The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

HANOVER.

A lettei from Hanover of the sth, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :
"The report of the Committee of the Diet on the is-
ternal affairs of Germany, and which bas proposed to
invest the old nobility with its ancient rights for the
composition of our First Chamber, and of which they
had been deprived by the revolution of 1848, has caused
the greatest agitation throughout the country. The in-
habitants, who considered that the privileges of the
nobles bad been for ever abolished, are quite in a state
of consternation at the present revival. In every part
of the country petitions are being prepared and signed,
praying his Majesty to convoke as soon as possible the
two Chambers having th 9 confidence of the country,
and which may be able to avert the evils with which the
country may be threatened if the conclusions of the
Committee of the Diet in favour of the old privileges of
the nobility should be again introduced into Hanover.
The petition of the' burgomasters and the municipal
council of the capital has already been presented to the'
King, and will be followed by others. All of them de-
mand the maintenance of the present mode of election,
and the abolition for ever of all privileges to the nobles.'

The Wanderer of Vienna of the sth says :
" The Consuls General of France and England,
who have returned to Bucharest after a prolonged
absence, hoisted their flags on the 25th ult., and
thus indicated in official style that the diplomatic
relations between those powers and the Govern-
ment of Wallachia were re-established."

LORD PALMERSTON AND THE COMMIS-

SARIAT SERVICE.

The following is 6, copy of the letter of remon-
strance forwarded by the Commissariat officers serv-
ing in the Crimea to Commissary-General Filder,
C. 8., for the purpose of being transmitted by the
last mail to Lord Panmure, the Minister for War :
Balaklava, March 17.
Sir,—lt is with great reluctance that we have decided
upon the course of addressing you these remarks, with a
reouest that you will lay them before his Lordship the
Secretary for War ; but we feel that it is due. to the
department to which we belong and to ourselves indivi-
dually to notice the following reflections cast upon the
commissariat officers by Lord Palmerston in his speech
in the Ho use of Commons on the 19th of February, viz
" And I must say that there was great truth and great
force in the observations which fell from the hon. mem-
ber for North Warwickshire, in answer to the attacks
which have been made upon the aristocracy, along with
whom I suppose we must include the gentry of this
country, for I believe the term aristocracy' includes
the two. In reply to the charges that our army has not
been successful, as it ought to have been, in consequence
of the great number of gentlemen who are officers in it,
I think the hon. member made the most triumphant
answer, by showing that where your system has broken
down—that where evil has arisen from want of capacity,
of energy, of intelligence, or of accurate and zealous per-
formance of duty—it was not that the gentry, not that
the aristocracy, not that the noblemen in the army were
at fault; but persons belonging to other classes of the
community. It is the medical department, the commis-
sariat department, and the transport department, which
nobody contends are filled with the sons of the aristo-
cracy or the gentry—it is there 'that your system has
broken down, it is there that the service has failed, and
that it is that has been the main cause of the suffering
of which we are all complaining."
We can hardly imagine that Lord Palmerston could
have meant that the officers of, the commissariat do not
belong to the class of society called " gentlemen ;" but
the expressions made use of 'by his 'lordship certainly
convey that meaning ; and it is plainly stated that the
officers of the commissariat have been "wanting in capa-
city, energy, intelligence, and in the accurate and zeal-
ous performance of duty." As these expressions emanate
not from a quarter which might be treated with indiffe-
rence, but from a Minister of the Crown, cognisant, it
may be presumed, of the merits of the question who thus
prejudges it, before any decision by the commission of
inquiry now pending is arrived at, their effect upon the
public mind cannot but be as injurious to the departmettt
as they are offensive to the individuals of whom they are
composed.
It is not for us to point out the causes of the failures
in the various arrangements connected with the cam-
paign, but we trust that his Lordship, the Minister for
War, under whose orders we have the honour. of being
placed, will afford us the protection to which we con-
ceive we are fairly entitled, that he will not withhold
from us a just appreciation of our moststrenuous endea-
vours to perform our arduous and responsible duties, and
that he will afford us an opportunity of proving that we
have not been "wanting in capacity, energy, intelligence,
or zeal."

We have enjoyed none of the advantages consequent
upon war with respect to promotion, &c., which have
been so liberally extended to every other branch of the
army. Our services and our exertions have not been re-
cognised in any public manner, and we cannot feel other-
wise than greatly aggrieved that we should be thus held
up to the public as having been "the main cause of the
evils which have arisen."

We are invidiously designated as not belonging to the
class of society usually termed "gentlemen," but as be-
longing to other classes of the community. While we
conduct ourselves honourably it matters little with what
families we are connected ; but we contend that the
officers of the commissariat, as a body, do belong to the
class termed " gentry," and thatwe are as well educated,
as well informed, and as honourable and upright in every
• respect as any other body of Officers in the army:
Our duties are of a most responsible nature, and there
are no officers in the service in whom such an amount
of trust iH placed, which should surely entitle us to be
classed in the highest ranks of the public service.
If we have not acquitted ourselves to the satisfaction
of our superiors, we invite inquiry into our conduct ;
but as we are confident that we have at least exerted
ourselves to the utmost, we most respectfully beg that
hislordship will not disregard the honour.' of, or refuse to
do justice to, a department under his control, and de-
pendent upon him for official support.
If we have expressed ourselves with freedom, we trust
that his lordship will make due allowance for our feel-
ings, under what we conceive a most unjust and un-
founded imputation, and,we beg to assure his lordship
that we shall continue to perform our duties conscien-
tiously, and that no endeavours will be spared by us to
uphold the character of the, department, and our indivi-
dual reputation, at the high standard to which, we trust,
his lordship will not fail to admit they have attained.
We have, &c.
G. ADAMS, D.C.G. H.J BRowNunsl G, D.A.C.G.
W. H. DRAKE, D.C.G. J. MURRAY, D.A.C.G.
L. ROUTH, A.C.G. J. MARSH, D.A.C.G.
F. S. CARPENTER, A.C.G. R. BOOTH, D.A.C.G.
W. S. ARCHER, A.C.G. A; CLERK, C.C.
E. J. M. MAHON, A.C.G. J. BAILEY, D.A.C.G.
M. W. DARLING, A.C.G.L. J.S.SUTLIERLAND,D.A.C.G.
W.
A. F. COOKESLEY, D.A.C.G.
J. D. WILLAN,, A. C. G. • F. C. COLQUHOUN, D.A.C. G.
J. P. LUNDY, A.C.G. G. R. PRIMROSE, D.A.C.G.
W. T. POWER, A.C.G. .J. B. BARLEE, D.A.C.G.
R. CUMMING, A.C.G. A. L. BAVNRS. C.C.
G. J. WEBB, D. A.C.G. W. U. GREEN, C.C.
H. BARTLETT, D.A.C.G. A. PETRIE, C.C.
G. S. BLANE, D.A.C.G. ' A. CHAPLIN, C.C.
C. B. SMITH, D.A.C.G. H. C. LEWIS, C.C.
J. B. THomrsoN, D.A.C.G. W. F. G. SERVANTES, C.C.
J. H. SALE, D.A.C.G. J. MANNING, C.C.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an Imperial de-
cree conceding to the Great Central Company—•first, the
section of the Clermont-Ferraud and Montauban
Railway, extending from Lempdes to the river Lot;
second, the two sections of the Bordeaux and Lyons
line, comprised, the one between St. Etienne and
the Clermont Ferraud and Montauban road, and the
other between the latter and Perigusux ; and, third, the
Limoges and Agen Railway. The duration of the conces-
sion is fixed at 99 years from the date stipulated for the
completion of the works. The Government is to allow the
company a subvention of 76,000,000 f., payable in 18 half-
yearly instalments, from the lstof Jan., 1857, to the Ist of
January, 180 ; and another of 2,000,000 f., for the con-
struction of a branch on Redez. Four other branches
are conceded to the company, on Cahors, 'Villeneuve
d'Agen, Bergerac, and Tulle, which are to be constructed
according to the clauses of the law of the 11th June,
1842.

NE WM ARK ET RACES:

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPV
LATEST BETTING.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP•

7to 2 agst Quince.
7to 4, agst Crown Pigeon (offered).
sto 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken).
9to 1 agst Benhams (taken).
16 to 1 agst Freckle (offers to take).
COLUMN STAKES. -
Even on Habena.
sto 2 agst Rambling Katie.
6to 1 agst Bonnie Morn.
THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS'
6to 4 agst St. Hubert.
25 to 1 agst Noisy.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP'
3to 1 agst Vandal.
6to 1 agst Neville.
12 to 1 agst Crown Pigeon.
20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken)•
30 to 1 agst Atherstone (taken).

CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Scythian.
20 to 1 agst Mortimer.
20 to 1 agst Amy. -
30 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus.
100 to 1 agst Nancy.
DERBY.
7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken).
Bto 1 agst De Clare.
18 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles.
2000 to 25 agst Kingstown.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(TfiLg

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.) toe pl,
Frederick Kemp, 21, pleaded guilty to a d othet
burglary, and stealing some, silver spoons and
articles, and also to having been before coo/1"
felony. a d
F leare

_ rom inquiries made by the Court, it el3P.;etedb
the prisoner had been five times summarily eelijc:
a magistrate, and sentenced to different peri°u%voo'
prisonment, and he had also been in custody
charge of assault and robbery in the public streetsl
„ The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that coo
cases where a prisoner pleaded guilty, it might
oy,,
sidered that he was actuated by a feeling of retl3',
his offences ; but, in the present instance, he Wl°, iz
that this was not the ground for that course Willi' t;0°:.
and that the prisoner felt that the case
VIM II ;PI.;
against him that he had no chance of escape, e°",,,,
by pleading guilty, to avoid any inquiry into u:001
career. It was clear he was a very bad offender' poi
therefore felt it his duty to order him to be kept
servitude for four years.

NEW COURT. e PI;
The Common Sergeant sat in this Court trYl7°o6,'

Boners for passing bad money. 'The cases, of 'Ale'lavi°
aie 30, possess no feature of public interest, ti°
occupy the Court the entire day.

M ARKET IV IV S-(THLS DAY')

fi
HAY MARKETS.
Ofl ; 9
SMITHFIELD.—XIeadow hay, 2/ 153 to 41 18g„ pet
EU°, 3/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 11 5
A naoderate supply and a sluggish trade. . 901
5/ Og •
CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 17s to n pst
ditto, 31 Os to 5/ 15s • and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lu4 infO
Supply tolerably good,' and trade rather dull. 180; crio
W lIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21= Ns to 41 ' net
ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ Js to 11 9/ r
Trade dull. -

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COLONIAL.
• As
SUGAR.—There are not many public sale;, ~ 11140 Pr4fir
and they are chiefly Mauritius. A •cargo of bruSooo,
nambnco-has been sold at 18s 9d, for'Haniburgkroc9
has been sold at 16s 6d for a cargo of Cabe irest cof
There were lauded last week at the East and hope iii
Docks 31 hhds 2 trcs ; there were taken fer," st4o
sumption 960 hhds, 22 trcs, 60 brls; and "" 0 07,P'
8,416 hhds, 748 trcs, and 1,313 brls. manritillos u"
lised is worth about 34s to 41s 6d, and brow" d
293 6d.
# vr,
akboU'' PJ
COFFEE.—St. Domingo, two cargoes, of -„, 0•00$'
bags together, sold at 45s Gel, for the Mediterr°ose fine
tive Ceylon is at 46s 6d to 47s 6d, ane. Plantatl
703 to 78s. Mocha fine to finest 73sto BGs, 15*
CoTrox.—Full rates are obtained for Surat. !,, pi RICE.—The market is quiet. Low Be 18
26 0 g
" •
t l
and good at 14s, fine 15s per cwt.
Rum.—At the above-named docks last week, -
tisoi,
3 hhds were landed, there were taken for Horns 0, '
puns, 16 hhds, and there were exported 195 Po'„ 0
birds. The stock is 690 hhds and 8,109 puns. V
COCHINEAL.—The consumption is large and priCe-4 ,
been firm.
0 ar
TALLow.—The .market during the past week b
for til
quiet; the business chiefly confined to purchaserso V{i,
portation. The demand for the Continent contint10001:,
for tallow on the spot and forward delivery; our
00 0
ing prices are-47s 9d to 48s for new on the spot ;ie.,
46s 6d ; May, 48s; June, 48s 3d; Oct. 1, Dec, 11°"-sbr
'llO
49e to 6tl; town tallow, 465, nett cash; Australian
.4'
47s 6d. PPl.tt
TEA.—The last advices from China, to the 13th FO,
ary, although they bespeak increased difficulties:l, d°,/,
commercial relations with Canton are concerneho, J r
appear to have any effect upon the trade here, 1/4001,0
ing from the' shipments that have taken pities ic,cit iloor
Chow and from Shanghai, added to which o ,i 3 sap/
amounting to 59,353,000 lbs., cannot believe 1° of
otili city at least for some time to come. The Boaraht ,i 0,/ returns show the following result for two racgi'cloSi.
sth March, 1851, and 1855, for the United iCii4gs6oook
. 1854.
Home Consumption 6,756,000Th5. 9,913,'000 ',O
Export evo, i
659,000 , - gist.'" ,
merge
dip
The delivery in London, for the month' ending "
is 5,153,000 lbs.
Under the influence of large supplies the of Al,
the last three weeks has maintained- an asPe°4os"
depression, and we have to quote a decline in ol'otel,
Cons ; common Congous have been sold to 8001111.,0, 4,
9d but buyers have been found for all offered w' 0014
leaving orders on hand unexecuted : Siochn_.llB_;ool ,F
id to a ld, and Ning-Chows ld to 2d lower : li-',i tey,
on the other hand continue their rates. Scent
~p!
or
hardly saleable at the extreme rates of last woe
ugh Pi,
won country. Greens are in large excess, and tb° 1100111
are low, are very difficult of sale • good and filf;3o 0 II
kinds are. on the other hand in demand, and " Or
deficient. The current prices are :
i.,,, t 01 tr CoNam—Ordinary to good ordinary, v,. -0 to), 1
middling, 9id to ls • rather blackish leaf?, 1s li,dd tov
blackish leaf, is 3d t'c:, is 10d; Pekoe kind, is 1„u 90,
SOUCHONG.—Good ordinary to but middlings
2cl- middling to good middling, is 6d to 2s 3d.
il
FLOWERY PEKOE.-.is ls 4d to 4d.
CAPEK.—is 2d ; scented, is ld to Is 6d.
w
V a OVr
ORANGE PEKOE.—Is id to is 4d ; scented, is -ga ' TWANKAY.—Good ordinary to but middling,
vs
middling to Hymn kind, is id to is 7d. to i
HYsoN SKlN.—Ordinary to good ordinary; 81 40
but middling to good middling, is 2d to is 3d- red. ~
HYSON.—Good ordinary, is 6d to is 7d; hat,;4o;il "
is 8d to is 10d ; middling to good middling, 2Ely 1r
YOUNG HYSON.-9d to 2s 6d; Canton kin"'
la 2d. 13"
~,,, le ioj
IMPERIAL.—Is 3d to 2s ; Canton kind, lop 0-a t°
GUNPOWDER.—Is sd. to 3s 6d ; Canton kind, '-'" ~-,........—_

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS PP' .. pi
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LONDON, April 10.—Wind and. weather w , fl' noon, W. ; fresh gale, and squally, pID
RAMSGATE, April 9.—Wiud, N.W. ArrivetV A,
11:,
from Sunderlt ' - --

.., aunderland, for Gibraltai, to stop ;:lealc• ,irVfor%
PORTSMOUTH, April 9.--Virind, W., Arr.'„ v laide, from London, for Swan River; Agnes, dam #
maica ; Manuels, Havre, for Liverpool, with ae fly
el,,j
collision.
410 "/
COWES, April 9.—Wind, W. Arrived-3-I',o °Glifrii,lf
Krrgero, for Liverpool, with bow damaged,lrro-All;01
SOUTHAMPTON, April 9.—Wind, W.N. " ',Tote' fi
Jason, from Monte. Video. Sailed—Great 1' - e
for the Brazils.
~..051,0,
PLYMOUTH, April ,9.----Wind, -wr,, sale.. ot Quebec; Samaraug Melbourne. Pi ,1
, d..--- p
FALMOUTH, April 9.— Wind, N. W: Arre .
off'
from Manilla, for Bristol.
A NI
DARTMOUTH, April 9.—Wind, W. Saile--- ;0
Rio Janeiro.
~,ictoto"
OFF DIINGENESS.—B. Thompson. from 01'—"" tol)
SHIELDS, April 9.—Wind, W . 'Sailed— Nord
for Calcutta. _
11/
BERWIGIC, April 9.--Wind, VT, Arrived-if:l I
o•
Hughes, from Callao.—The Louisa, of Jersey' toot
port to Leith, which was wrecked near Nell
old'
15th March, has been sold.
, ni Olifai,
LEITH, April B.—Anived—Lady Peel, .ro— i.- pb r
BOSTON, March 2P,.—An Eng/ ish barqll°' 0094
waterlogged,' mod abandoned, t)je two last 19000
name being TT, of London, w' As seen on the 1
lat. 33, and 9 long.

(PER ELECTIAIO TELEGRAPIL) 3foii"/
'LIVERPOOL, TailSO/ /1 Wind, N.W.
os; ‘
Arrived—J!...me4 Wak.efield, from New OM* 1'
~,,,,,r Al/I,
pie, from Cllip Island..
KINGSTO ~ - P ft,
Wind W
il v
Avt ,
Arriie.—gose .Anna, from Rouen. wily ' /
Q UEENSTO
40,
Wind, N.W.
Arrived—lngleborongh lind Pointer, from Dexterous and Juan, from Mazagan.

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HAVESEND, mesa' oil
Wind, W. ; tide, 321 b ours' ebb ; strong, an {ems
No arrivals.
m.ift, 0,
Sailed—Panther, Oka rner, for Boulogile;„:";v_ for Hamburg; Marie. 11, aulinatfor Kipnigr,""9."
W.N.W..• tr on DEAL, Tuesday' ft ,
/00 jell'
Passed Dungene,s7,, A,pri —Flying Fish, gi 8
for London. for /
April 9—E, T hoinsonrom r r..ynalcal ,08"
, ..
George Robinson. , from Cork for Ghent. Ors-dr, :1
Anchored—He rkulas from Newcastle, for l.4°P
Passed---Gaze)lo brig,
from , 4 esviVar d f°l. !i .k

writ, op
borough bei,jg
ROCHESTEP4.--Irt the event of a- uefhe iotsP
th© Liberal, moved for We 'hear it isgpia
patty to put. fort lard Mr'
44.0., as a candidate.

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