The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPODEENT.)

SEBASTOPOL,-JuNE 6

yhe evacuation of the Crimea goes steadily on,
and is, in fact, the only thing going, on at present.
The first division, par excellence, as well as numeri-
cally the first, comprising as it does that embodi-
ment of all the military talents (the Guards), by
to-morrow will have ceased to exist. Of the first
brigade, the Fusiliers alone remain, the Grena

diers having embarked in the Agamemnon, and the
Coldstreams in the St. Jean D'Acre, for their native
land. While the 31st Regiment now represents the
'second brigade, the other regiments are all
departed—the 9th to Canada, the 13th to Gibral-
tar, and the 56th to the head quarters of the army;
and these two sole remaining representatives of
the division, will also soon be on the broad seas,
the Fusiliers to the guardianship of our gracious

Queen, and the 31st on their way to Malta.
And so with the other divisions; so, that in a
short time the only traces left of our conquests
in the Crimea will be the dreary barren waste
of land,-that tells its tale of war's desolating tread,
and the gtaveyards (alas ! scattered too plentifully

over it), those bleached and silent witnesses to the
darker side of the "pomp and circumstance of

But, that the mind may not dwell too much on
these stern and stubborn realities, we had, to-day,
, a little of the other side of the picture, and saw
some of the pomp. Lord Gough, with all that
brilliancy of spectacle and grandeur of effect which
is the peculiar characteristic of grand military
festivals, invested some Crimean heroes with the
most noble Order of the Bath, having come to the
Crimea for that purpose as the representative of
our Queen. And among the number who received
this honour, as a fitting finale to the breaking up
of the division, was the General commanding
the First Division, Lieut.-General Lord Rokeby.
The whole affair was managed with such an eye to
scenic effect, as evidently showed we had borrowed
some hints from our gallant allies, the French.
The ceremony took place in the rear of the house
inhabited by General Codrington as the head
quarters of the army. This house (a long rambling
one-storied building) stands on the top of some
rising ground, between which and the opposite
eminence runs a ravine once covered with luxu-
riant vineyards. At the back of the house, and
connected with it by a hastily-constructed wooden
platform and balustrade, was erected a large and
tasty pavilion, in ,the form of a Chinese pagoda,
and decorated (I might say entirely covered) with
flags. On the slope of the ground, and along the
whole of the ravine, were drawn up, in solid masses,
the English army, while on the top of the opposite
eminence were ranged field batteries of artillery.
The sacred precincts of the place of honour was
kept by the 11th Hussars, and the usual amount of
staff-officers galloping wildly about. On either
side of the Pagoda (leading down as it were in
two long lanes to the great mass of the army
in the ravine below) were stationed the High-
landers on the left, and the Fusiliers on the right,
looking (as they always do) in splendid order. At
the appointed time, Lord Gough took his seat in
the pagoda in the gorgeous uniform of the Royal
Horse Guards, of which he is colonel. In a few
moments the artillery thundered forth a salute,
and General Codrington and Marshal Pelissier,
with all their brilliant staff came slowly riding
along the ravine, and up the slope to the pavilion
Dismounting, they were presented in form to
Lord Gough, and the proceedings of the day
commenced. First of. all a kind of Queen's warrant
was read. This of course was formal and slow,
but at its conclusion, at a given signal, the whole
of the artillery, ranged on the heights around,
fired a royal salute, and scarcely had the smoke of
the last gun cleared away before the whole of the
regimental bands poured forth in one overwhelm-
ing strain our grand national anthem, " God save
the Queen." The effect of this was very grand.
Then commenced the Investiture of the Order.
Lord Gough (having first encircled his rubicund
and warlike nose with a most undignified pair of
spectacles) read an address in English to those
who were about to receive the mighty honour ;
and as the generality of them were French, his
speech, though very grand, was partly thrown
away. The noble viscount is, unfortunately, not a
French scholar, and it sorely tried the politeness
of the French, to restrain a smile at his pronuncia-
tion of their patronymics. The speech ended, the
usual ceremony went on ; ribands and stars were
by Lord Gough's own hand appended to all the
martial breasts in the most courtly and gracious
manner. After it was all ended the artillery again
thundered forth a grand salute, and again pealed
forth, amid uncovered heads and lowered colours,
" God save the Queen." Among those invested
with the Order were Marshal Pelissier, and a num-
ber of French Generals; of the English—Lieut.-
Generals Lord Rokeby and H W. Barnard; Sir
Richard Dacres, R.A., Dr. Hall, Inspector of Hos-
pitals, and several others. Lord Gough, attended
by Generals Codrington and Pelissier, and followed
by a numerous staff, then rode along the lines and
inspected the troops. He afterwards took up his
position just in front of the pavilion, and the whole
army (Gen. Codrington standing in front and giv-
ing the word), saluted him. The troops were
then marched home, and all tvas over. One could
not help remarking the universal favourite General
Codrington seemed among the French officers,
his knowledge of their language materially
assisting him in his intercourse with
them. I forgot to mention that he translated
for their benefit the speech Lord Gough made to.
them ;• but Lord Gough amply made up for any
deficiency on the score of ignorance of their
language by his gracious smiles and courteous
manners, and the thoroughly English shakes of
the hand with which he congratulated every
Frenchman

June 7.—The weather is growing very hot.
Sirccco winds and a burning sun begin to make
this arid waste anything but a pleasant summer
residence The 14th Regiment and Ist Royals
sailed this week for Malta; the 31st Regiment and
Fusilier Guards are hourly expecting their orders.

FRANCE.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING,

The state of the money market is beginning to
excite serious alarm. There has been another heavy
fall to-day, and the " executions," (selling-up of
people unable to meet their engagements), have.
been extraordinarily numerous, and are not, it is
said, yet at an end. It is asked in dismay, " When
the fall is to cease ?" The Three per cents are now
very lade above 70f., three or four francs less
than they were in the midst of the war,
and very nearly 25 per cent less than those of
England. And railway shares and all other secu-
rities are equally low. If some change does not
take place very shortly, things will go down and
down until at last there will be a general sruash.
At present, I verily believe that no man living can
say positively whether this smash will come or
whether it will be averted. The resources of this
country are vast certainly, but the speculation of
the last few years, and especially the last few
months, has been out of all proportion with them.

The official Moniteur has, fol: the last few days,
been encumbered with lists of officers, soldiers,
and sailors, who have received the Cross of the
Legion of Honour or the military medal. Every
one of these nominations adds a pension of 10/.
or 41. sterling to the budget.
The weather has again became unfavourable.
In the departments of the Garonne and the
Gironde there have been new inundations.

With the exception ofllMAssenzblee. Nationale,
noticed yesterday, none of the papers discusses
the Anglo-American affair. The Debats, however,
says, in less than half a dozen lines, that even if
the present affair be arranged, there will be a
future collision between England and the United
States, owing to the determination of the latter to
get, coute qui mute, the domination of the whole
American Continent
Prince Jerome awl his son Napoleon are exas-
perated against the Emperor for having proposed
to make the Empress Regent instead of them.
They carried their anger to such an extent as to
refrain from illuminating the Palais Royal on the
day of the baptism.
A St. Petenburg despatch says that travellers
are no longer to be allowed to visit the Crimea.