The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

MAL-ARRANGEMENTS IN THE WAR AND
ADMIRALTY DEPARTMENTS.
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Mr. LINDSAY could not, when they were called upon
to go into supply to vote money for carrying on the war,
avoid making a few remarks upon the subject of these esti-
mates, and to protest against granting those large sums for
the army while the present defective system was continued.
If the house would permit him, he would endeavour to ex-
plain the system which prevailed in France, where he was
a few days ago. While there, he had the honour of an inter-
view of the French Minister at War. He found him a plain
man, easily accessible, and when he called upon him in the
midst of the business of his office, which busiseu be op-
poses& thoroughly to understand. On one side of his
NM
ONO wee a map of Europe hung up, upon which
woo a wastbar ofd etches of blue, white, red, green, and
eldree seises He (Mr. Lindsay) inquired what these
meeir*. The reply was, they represent the different armies
Id Iraqi. One colour represents the French, another the
s third the Austrian, a fourth the Russian, a fifth the
sad so on ; and the positions in which they stand
7JO Map show where they are now stationed."
, the minister added, these coloured patches
wen somoved by means of a pia from one plate to another,
samoding as he received edibres from abroad as to any
Movomnat made by either of the armies. He (Mr. Lind-
say) them asked whether the government had information
so is the quantity of stores at the different depots is con-
, union with the Crimean army ? The minister at once re-
=informing him of the quantity at Marseilles, at
Unapt*, at the Crimea, and the amount which was
being sent to Sinop*. He thought it somewhat extra-
ordinary that this French Minister of War should
know everything, and be able to answer at once upon all
them mitten of detail connected with his department ;
while if he asked the question of any minister here
no information could be obtained, and no one appeared to
know anything about the matter, and therefore ezpreesed
ems anxiety to be informed of the system by which such
malts were produced. That system he found to be exceed-
ingly simple. Under the Minister of War it appeared there
were five directors—one of transports, one of infaatry, one
of eavaL7, one of commissariat, and one of a department
width at the moment he did not recollect. Subordinate to
these five directors there were 20 or 25 different heads of
districts, who were spread throughout the whole of Franc*.
Beery day and every mail brought from these 20 or 25 per-
sons commiulications as to the state of the stores, the
transports, the state and position of the army, and of
everything connected with it as far as it came tinder their
alsauce, and the particulars of any change that
might eccur from time to time. The five directors having
received the reports from their subordinates summed them
up, and communicated the result to the Minister of War
daily, by whom a condensed amuse was prepared and en-
tered in a small book, to which be referred when he (Mr.
Lindsay) asked him for information upon any point. Now
this was an exceedingly simple system, and if it worked
well with an army of 750,000 men, he could see no reason
why it should not work equally well with a much smaller
army like our own. He had been impressed with
feelings of shams in allowing such vast sums as
had already been voted for carrying on our mili-
tary establishments to pas' without protesting against
that confusion which all admitted to exist in re-
ference to them. Why was there that centurion? He
might be told it was want of time. It was not want of
time, it was procrastination, that thief of time, that was the
canoe of all the evil. The hon. member for Aylesbury the
other night bad been somewhat misunderstood when be
said the knife ought to be applied. He cant to apply
the knife to our glorious institutions, but to the cutting
away of that stupid red-tepism by which our whole govern-
mental system was encumbered, sad by which the business
of miry departessat was encumbered by innumerable, use-
less, sad sameesseasy forms. (Hear, hear.) Hs wished
also to say one weed as to the transport service,
with which he was more intimately acquainted, the
more so as he was not in the house the other night
when the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Graham) asked
for and obtained a vote of 7,000,0001. for that service.
He wished to direct attention to a return delivered on
Saturday last of the amber of transports now employed.
/Motley months ago, moved for returns more in detail, in-
ending the names of the transports, the price paid for them,
the quality of stores sent to the army in the East by means
et tbe liamiperts, and the amount each vessel had taken.
Tint vetoes he was surprised to And had not yet been laid
Imes the table; but looking at the return they had, he found
fiat no low than 220,000 tons of shipping were required to
supply an eimy sow reduced to 26,000 men. But that was
not all, hit dame the date of that return 30,000 toes more
had Ws twined, making 250,000 tons of regular trans-
Mike sliest 100,000 tons of other vessels engaged in
Mena, making a total of 350,000 tons to serve the
a an army of 25,000 men. (Hear, hear.)
wpb 810,000 Ms of shipping he, or any other man of busi-
ness, would undertake to provide transport not only for
our army, but for the whole of the French army now in
du este.. she, sett w ceavey alt the stores required.
(Hoar, hear.) Of coarse, this could sot be done by the
system—or rather the no eyebolt—now resorted to; but by
em,V the ships la Haas, and keeping them regularly
ses imbed at laving them, some to be used as hos-
pital end others waiting la die Black Sea, doing no.
Shies. These were matters the house ought to look to when
they were galled upoa to vote 7t000,0001 for the transport
service. (Hear, h./sr.) The right honourable baronet
the late First LEI of the Admiralty had ad-
mitted that there IPSO semething wrong in the transport
1:111sad had Mend that a remedy was to be applied.
41sew did tie Adashalty propose to remedy the evil ?
By empeladmi a board. That was merely trans-
ited's(' Ihe frees one man's shoulders to those
of a maim me& they had one man responsible
they knew when is kok to, but when the duty was trans-
lated to a beeui tame was practically no responsibility. He
therefore protested against this project of entrusting the
musgement of the transport service to a board, and hoped
the responsibility would yet be placed in the hands of one
eileisnt pence. They need not go far to look for such a
man—they had one already at the Admiralty, in the person
of Captala Milne, who he hoped, in any promotion that
might take place in that department, would be appointed.
It might be said that the sum granted for this particular
service was too large to be placed under the control of any
one man ; but without going into that question, he might
observe that, if Captain Milan was appointed, he would be
under the check both of the Minister at War and the Chan-
' allor of the Exchequer.
Mr. GLADSTONE—The Chancellor of the Exchequer
has nothing to do with it.
Mr. LINDSAY thought, whoa a bill for 7,000,0001. was
pissed before him to pay, the Chancellor of the En-
dows, ought to have very much to do with it.
Ho Might to know what it was for, and how the nosey
wee Is be upended. (Cheers.) Seventeen thousand tar
of sham transport vowels had been taken ham
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well while a large proportion of the ships were
engaged by the government in another service.
The oountry, he believed, would never grudge any amount
which might be necessary for carrying on the war, but
they wanted to MO the money properly applied ; and, for
one, he did not think it was properly applied, especially in
the transport service. (Hear, bear) The noble lord (Pal-
wanton) the other evening said he wished to sever the
aristocracy from the people. He (Mr. Lindsay), as ore of
the people, said, on the contrary, that neither he nor any
ono who was a true friend to his country, either
in or out of that house, would wish to see
the aristocracy d from the people. (Hear, hell
He was proud of the aristocracy of England. (Hear, hear.)
He was proud of them when he compared them now with
what they were formerly, and also when he compared them
with the aristocracy of other countries ; and if he saw any
attempt to separate them from the people, he would be the
first to lift up his hand against it. (Hear, hese.) The
people did not complain of the aristocracy, nor did they care
whether a scion of the house of Bedford or the child of some
unknown man held the reins of government. All they
required was that the destinies of this country should be
entrusted to men of ability and energy, who would carry
us through the fearful crisis in which the country now
we,. (Hear, hear.)

A diecussion of • very miscellaneous character followed,
in which a multitude of questions and details relating to the
army aid its organisation formed the subjects for censure or
vindication by many hon. members.
Mr. LAYARD wished to ask some questions as to Lord
Raglan's despatch of the 10th of February, in which he
said " Forage is our only want, and this arises chiefly from
the Commissary-General not receiving from England the
supplies of hay upoa which he had reckoned." That was a
most scandalous proceeding. Three months ago our horses
were dying from want of forage, and why forage bad not
I been obtained was perfectly ipexplicable, more especially as
in the neighbourhood of the Crimea forage could be obtained
with scarcely any trouble. An hon. gentleman bad asked
that evening what provision had been made for the Turkish
troops and cavalry. If we could not supply our own troops
it was not very reasonable to suppose that we could make
provision for thou of our allies. Another question he
wished to ask was in reference to the subject of tents—a
subject which he held to be of great importance just now,
when nobody kaew whether we should have peace or
another campaign. If the campaign was to be continued,
sorely more protection was wanted. Colonel Napier
had sent him • drawing of • tent, which be presumed the
Under-Secretary at War had teen, which was very appro-
priate, and would supply every want. The French had
two tents, a small one and a larger one, for use when they
were before a town. The next point on which he wished
information was in reference to summer clothing, to which
some attention should be paid by the government, if they
wished to prevent a repetition of such calamities u had
previously befallen our army. There was another point to
which he wished to direct the attention of the government.
General Chesney was summoned to take charge of the
foreign enlistment in this country, but soon afterwards the
Duke of Newcastle retired from office. General Chesney
was then told that his services would not be re-
quired, and it was very painful to that gentleman
to be told that he had been dismissed so suddenly. He
(Mr. Layard) thought he might have been treated with
more courtesy and consideration. The noble lord who last
spoke had alluded to the staff appointments. A friend of
his, Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon, who, he regretted to hear,
Ind been wounded, had not been promoted, although he
bad bad very arduous and very important duties to dia.
charge. He was on Lord Raglan's staff, where if be bad
continued he would have bees promoted ; but when opera-
tions began before Sebastopol he asked to be pot in com-
mand of a battery, and that request being complied with
be commanded • battery the whole time. He had been
seriously wounded, and had made no advance, being still a
captain of artillery.
Mr. IL BAILLIR directed the attention of the house to
a " begging letter," which had been sent out by the late
Secretary at War. The copy of which he had become pos-
sessed had been addressed by Mr. Sidney Herbert to the
Bishop of Moray and Ross, in which he had asked for any
contributions, and had particularly specified that pillow-
cases and sheets would be far more acceptable than shirts.
If pillow-cases and sheets were so much wanted, why were
they net sent out by the government ? If people had seas
shirts they would have gone direct to the soldiers, whereas
pillow-cases and sheets went into the stores of her Majesty's
government. (Hear, hear.) He would like to ask whether
the soldiers discharged from Scutari had been supplied with
proper clothing ?
Mr. WARNER thought that much of the mischief that
had occurred in the Crimea had arisen from the inefficient
state of our staff, which had brought down upon us the
sneers of our allies, the indignation of Europe, sod the dis-
gust of every officer in her Majesty's service. Ile trusted
that the government would take immediate meuures for
the thorough re-organisation of the staff.
Mr. F. PEEL said he could not follow the noble lord
(timbal's) through the various parts of his address. With
regard to the warrant of promotion, it was to enable the
crown to employ the services of comparatively young men,
and it was provided that lieutenant-colonels might become
colonels without a brevet, and thus be enabled to take
charge of a division. With regard to the questions put to
him by the hon. member for Aylesbury, he admitted the
importance of all the subjects to which he bad directed at-
tention, and be thought he should best consult the wishes
of the committee by saying that all of them should receive
the attention of the departments connected with the army.
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the question of the hon.
member for Inveresseonhire,whether the soldiers discharged
from Scutari had been provided with proper clothing,
he found that not very long 'ago the Ordnance bad mode
arrangements for establishing a store at Constaatinople,
from which all supplies could be procured. Although
soldiers might have left that hospital without the attention
to which they were entitled, he did not think that would
ever occur again. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the re-
organisation of the staff, be had only to say that he had been
so short a time in office that be did not like to give any
assurance upon the matter without consulting the heads of
the departments.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS wished to ask some questions as to
the re-organisation of the medical staff. It was a prevalent
opinion that the medical staff in the Crimea ought to be placed
on an entirely different footing from that it now occupied. In
the first place with regard to those who were appointed to
attend to the sick, it was admitted that there had been great
defects with respect to the individual surgeons whose duty
it bad been to attend to the sick. He thought it was per-
fectly clear, that with reference to their powers in the per-
formance of their duties, however humane and skilful they
might be, those powers had been very much crippled, and
that consequently they had been unable to discharge their
duties efficiently. There had been a defect—a routine de-
fect—a defect arising from a kind of susceptibility in
reference to the departments which had very much inter-
fered with the efficiency of the medical staff. There had
been, to his certain knowledge, many enthusiaatie and
skilful surgeons who had been extremely desirous of going
out to the Crimea for the purpose of devoting themselves
to one of the mat admirable duties that could be performed
by men in their station, and yet they had been met by im-
pediments. It struck him (Mr. Chambers) that instead of
impedimenta being put in their way, every facility should be
afforded to such men—(hear, hear)—that when they went
to put down their names their qualifications should be in-
stantly inquired into, and that if they brought good testi-
monials they should that instant be marched for the station
to which they were desirous of proceeding. But Instead of
that, when a man put down his name, being desirous of
goieg to the Crimea, he might be despatched forthwith
to Van Diemen's Land or Sierra Leone. He (Mr.
Chambers) thought it was the duty of every mem-
ber of parliament, in the present critical state of
affairs to mention thine little incidents to the
authorities, in order that a repetition of the evils complained
of might be prevented. He was anxious to know what new
arrangements had been made to send out an efficient body
of surgeons. The second question on which be sought in-
formation was with respect to the medicines. Every one
knew that the medical department in the East had excul-
pated Wolf from blame oa the ground of medicines not being
fortimemitag, for Dr. Andrew Smith had stated that, long
beihro they were wanted, he sent large quantities to be for-
wiled to the Crimea, but that when they were wanted
they WWI not available—that they were a sort of baggage in
the vessels in which they were convoyed, and which went
materith the general store*, so that before the medicines
amid be obtained the army stores had to be unpacked.
Kr. G. DUNDAS said there was not only • want of
amp at the seat of war, but a want of men to distribute it
whoa it reached there. When, a few weeks ago, he was in
the harbour of Beakless, he found that there was an &ban
dance of forage, and that yet within a mile of that harbour
the horses were starving. He was horrorstruck with the
state of the horses there. He saw horses standing there
two or three days, during incessant hail and rain, without
any covering • and so deficient was the supply of food that
the manse and tails of horses were eaten off by their neigh-
been. And yet during all this time there was no want of
forage at Bahaism& The ship Cormorant came into the
harbour at Balaklava on the 12th of November. The captain
with great difficulty persuaded the authorities on shore to
relieve him from his cargo. The bran bags were taken out
and thrown on to the beech, and there they remained
on the 12th of January, when he left. This was not a soli-
tary hiatuses of mismanagement. The steamer Harbinger
was sent down to Constantinople for vegetables. Oa the
arrival of the Harbinger in the harbour of Balaklava, no
one could be found to relieve the captain of his charge,—
there seemed to be no one who had responsibility enough
to remove the vegetables from the vase. At last a
strong representation was made to headequartins,
and after considerable delay, an order was sent by the
Commander-in-Chief that 'Mean and men might go on
beard and take vegetables by paying for them. Vegetable-
could be bought to some extent on shore, and as there was
gnat difficulty in getting the goods from the ship, few per-
sons availed themselves of the Commander-in-Chiefs per-
mission, and the consequence was that the vegetables coos
bow to rot. At last a permission was given, which ought
to have bees given at first, that officers and men might go on
beard sad help themselves. Although by that time a large
parties of tile vegetables were rotten and ruined, many
availed themselves of the offer, and what was serviceable
was soon taken away. All this would probably become a
matter of inquiry, and he (Mr. Dundu) trusted that a
most stringent inquiry would be made into the matter, and
that the committee which had boon appointed
mould be able to trios to whom the blame was attributable.
L was very unwilling indeed to lay blame cm the shoulders
Of any one without due investigation. Probably blame was
ass is these in authority at home ; but much must also not
Oa Kees in the Crimea. He thought a grievous error had
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of clothing at Balaklava, nor of fuel. Another mem
airy requisite WAS this. Had not the transport broken du;
between Balaklava and the
our army would not have suffered one thousandth part of
the calamities they had endured. Take the ease of the
officers. The officers serving in the camp had nee
signally exempt from &geese. Many of them were very
comfortable ; all were in a state of health and vigour. The
reason was easily pointed out ; they were all men of Ws.
pendent fortune, they could command beast.' of herded, sod
they furnished themselves with all those little requisites
which were denied to the soldier. Another great cell vu
the enormous amount of work which our soldiers had to
perform. (Hear.) We had undertaken to defend line
which our numbers did not justify us in undertaking. The
consequence was, men went into the trenches, and were
kept there so long and so often, that their strength no
totally exhausted, and they became unfit for duty, (Hue)
He had heard of instances of men—good men—twang to
the surgeon, and saying, " Sir, we are quite well, bat es
are worn out with fatigue and want of sleep • ere feel that
if we were to go on sentry we should go to sleep
directly ; if you would only put us on the sick
list, and let us bare a few hours' quiet rest, we world
gladly return to our duty." (Hear.) In many lettuces,
the surgeons, knowing the men, acted in conformity eke
their wishes; and, refreshed and invigorated, in a few homy
they returned to their work. The statements which kid
been made as to the want of medicine in Baled in vats
perfectly correct. There was some signal mismanagezep
in ahead every department out there. lie had been told by
a medical man, very shortly before he left the Crimea, lets
in December, that be went down there for the purpose of
procuring a quantity of opium, which was a sine pm eon
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asked for in pounds, he could barely get it in ounces. On
"hhisereirtli:rerntotettdboeitti, tegmuch as be felt for them, It wu impost-6k
to obtain those medicines which were required for
the malady they were labouring under. He hoped
that the attention of the government had alit
been directed to the state of the transport*
conveying the sick between Balaklava and Scutari. (Hear
hear.) He believed that, since he left the Crimea, Wags
had been considerably improved ; but when he was there,
there wu very great room for improvement indeed. They
could hardly picture to themselves anything more wretched
than the condition of the poor men who were sent dowel to
Scutari from Balaklava. The ships that conveyed them
were totally destitute of anything like honor bedding. He
remembered 600 sick and wounded helve brought don
from the plateau to Balaklava, by our generous allies. the
French, by their ambulance mules. It happened to be a
wet day, but they were taken on board just as they wen,
bap.hazard, on board the transport which was to convey
them to Scutari. Those men had nothing whatever except
the clothes they had on, and an extra blanket. In this con.
dition they were compelled to lie down on the deck ; yet,
so great was the change from the misery they had beta
enduring in the camp, the wet, the exposure, and the want
of proper sustenance, that, wretched as was the bed they wen
compelled to take, the hard deck of the transport, those sea
looked upon this as the acme of comfort. This, however,
did not last very long, because when a sick man lay for s
long period on a hard deck he soon began to suffer. He
might do it two days with impunity. He (Mr. Dundu) vu
in a ship from Balaklava to Scutari with 300 of these met.
The passage was rather 'quick one ; two days broughttlum
abreast the hospitals. But on their arrival there there vs
no accommodation for the sick, and ten days elapsed beton
the greater number of them were landed. This waste
trying part to the men, and they died off very rapidly,
During that ten days they lost 11 per cent. out of the 30),
but the greater number of those died
the ship was kept at Scutari. The French managed then
things a very great deal better than we did. They wend
during the time that
half so tender with the Turks ; when they wanted a hospital
Into a long correspondence, beat about the hush, and took
they went and took one—(hear, hear)—while we entered
se much time that the whole matter terminated is In
lowing our chances. (Hear, hear.) It had been pc
posed—in fact, the scheme had been already enrol
out—to establish a hospital at Smyrna. But another
suggestion had been made by a gentleman of the medical
profusion who bad had large experience in India ; his plc
was to send out from this country a large wooden beildiog,
or the boards and materials for it, to be erected at Sinope
Sinop, wu but a very short distance from Balance; and
the advantages of this plan were many. One wu, that the
short distance would enableus to hate our sick and wounded
conveyed from Balaklava, in a very short time, to amu
fortable and quiet hospital; and in the event of there being
any further engagement, when it was to be expected that
there would be a large number of wounded, these sea
would be conveyed down to that hospital, and would there
at once have the necessary operations performed. Hitherto,
it had been the regular experience of the surgeons, that
secondary operations had hardly ever been successful; those
performed on the field had been generally samurai. It
was impossible to perform anything but a secondary open
ties when the patient was conveyed such a long dimes
u from Belukha's:to Scutari. In the event of this plan being
recognised as a sound and good ens, and carried out by the
government, many valuable lives would be es
(Hear, hear.) Another great advantage of this wade
hospital would be this : It had been found that, after a lug
period of time, stone buildings contracted a deleterious to
Imosphere, that militated greatly agaiast the recovery des
patients ; it seemed to be impregnated with disease, Ind
death was more common than recovery. In a mocha
building this was not the ease. A very eminent physician,
who belonged to the civil department recently organised to
go to Smyrna, was fully cognisant of that fact, and was
endeavouring, by all means in his power, to bring the plat
take the nutter into their consideration, and not dismin
before the government. He trusted the governmeat wool

u unworthy of attention. (Hear, hear.)
The house then went into committee of supply, and ply-
ouded to discuss and pass the remaining votes of the sew
for the army expenditure.
In committee of ways and means a resolution was eha•
Iwards passed, authorising a sum of 17,183,0001. to be nixd
by Bxehequer bills towards the service of the anionic Mt
The Militia (Ireland) Bill, and the Commons Indult
Bill ware respectively read a second time.
The house adjourned at ten minutes to one o'clock.

THE " INDEPENDENT " CONSERVATIVES, TO
PNILITNI, AND THE GOVERNMENT.—Mr. C. li. Pro
M.P.,: writes to the Sasses Standard :—" I would me
respectfully represent to the independent conservative nee
ben of the House of Commons 'of which I take cribs
being one) that our first object should be to keep the Polity
out of office; and, secondly, to have the best governsiestis
office that we can have. If we cannot have my Lord Derbl
for prime minister, let us give an independent supports,
far as is consistent with our public principles, to the ant
beet administration that can be formed, which I Wen

to be one that has Lord Palmerston for its chief.
The country cannot be left without a government, and it
appears to me to be the duty of all loyal men to give then
beet support to ' powers that be,' provideT they wen
on the affairs of the nation at all in a creditable tinnier I
hope we may never have the ultra-Radicals brought isto
power, of which there appears to me to be some doe.
If Lord Palmerston will propose to Parliament to raise
sum of money by way of lean, and is carry on the war wad
vigour, his lordship shall certainly have my vote is the
Rouse of Commons."

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THE HON. W. 0. STANLEY, M.P.—We (Chester
Chroniek) are sorry to hear that our honourable motto
has been confined at Pewter from a bad attack of low set
which has prevented his being at London at the punt
period.
DEATH OF LORD KENYON.—This nobleman expired
at his seat, Oredington-hall, in Flintahire, oa Sunday let,
at the venerable age of 78. The deceased lord was 501 °I
the first baron, who was a distinguished judge, and filled the
caw of Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in 1788. Os
succeeded his father in 1802, and is succeeded by his soe,
the lion. Lloyd Kenyon (now third Baron Kenyon).
DR. BARTH.—At a meeting of the Royal Geolif!_,"
phical Society last evening, Dr. -Shaw, the secretary, 00'
that Dr. Vogel had written that the report of the death 01
Dr. Barth had not been confirmed, as he had been speed
by many people that the doctor was in Timbuctoo as lap
the month of July let, and could not therefore haves tarts 4
to meet the Niga Chadds Expedition, which daring tbst
month proceeded up those rivers.
MEETING OF THE MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS.—t
a meeting yesterday of Mexican bondholders the report
the committee wan adopted. The committee also ,
their intention of retiring from their trust, 'tattooists ass
the appointment of Mesas. Suing as spats fn the bed'
holders. The committee, however, will retain office for t"
or three months longer, to make the necessary aloe
meets with Messrs. Baring.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF SlClLY.—'fhe resignati46
of Prises Satriano, the Lord Lieutenant of the island ,
Sicily, has been accepted by the King of Naples. DAL
eltlfiTaL PALACE, ice. 26.-BKILLINO
—Admission at the doors, 334; admission by was
tickets, 86; total, 420.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27.

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BATOUM, Ti,, 1

A body of Georgian militia (Asian) attacked, at the
gimp at Laghoe, yesterday, a post confide. to 800
Bachi-Bouco,ixs. The Russians were driven back
With considerable loss.—Daily News.

The Moniteur of yesterday announces that, by an
Imperial decree dated Jan. 17, 18.53, M. Ochsenhein,
thief of the military department in Switzerland, has
been named gt neral of brigade au titre &ranger.
General Ocheenhein will take the command of the
second foreign legion.
A note from Vienna in the same official journal
states (in confirmation of our telegraphic report) that
Count Rechberg will go to Frankfort to replace
Baron Prokesh, appointed second Austrian plenipo•
tentiary at the Vienna Conferences.
The Nun iti vr, noticing the changes in the English
government, arts. that Lord John Russell's accept-
ance of the Colonial Secretaryship will not set aside
his journey to Vienna. It also gives as rumours (on
parte) the comination of Sir George Cornewall Lewis,
Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir Charles Wood,
First Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr. Vernon Smith,
President of the Board of Control ; and Lord Stanley
of Alderley, President of the Board of Trade.—
Daily News.

BERLIN, FIB. 24.

The negotiation with France still remains without
result. The parties, it is believed, thoroughly under-
stand each otter. Prussia wants to enter the new
Conferences in the interest of Russia. The Czar is
exceedingly anxious on this head. But Prussia
would enter the Conferences in vain if she took upon
herself any positive engagement to act against Russia.
M. Drouyn de Lhuys has held very decided,
although conciliatory, language to General Wedell,
and the issue of the Negotiations will not be long
delayed.—Daily News.

VIENNA, Flea. 23.

Lord John Russell is expected here on Tuesday or
Wednesday. It is not thought that the negotiations,
will belong protracted, unless England and France de-
clare themselves ready to give up the objects for which
they have taken arms. The Russian party ascribe to
Prince Gortchakoff the declaration that the Czar
will never consent to displace a stone of the forts of
Sebastopol, and that any effort to take the place will
be regarded as showing that neither France nor
England sincerely wishes to treat for peace,—Daily
News.