The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-09 00:00:00

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ing met few and insignificant defeats." We
should not then any longer have " a Ministry on
sufferance ;" and those will deserve well of their
country who exert themselves to produce a con-

summation so devoutly to be wished for as a
really strong and united Government.

Horrible and heartrending as the accounts of
the sufferings and the mortality of our troops in
the Crimea have been, there was still one gleam
of consolation left for the distressed and much-
enduring public. If the military staff wrapped
themselves up in a cold, haughty, and selfish ex-
elusiveness, and manifested no care nor anxiety
for any one or anything but themselves and
their chief, whose ears, forsooth, must, in their
opinion, be protected, at any cost, from the dis-
sonant wails of the wounded and dying ; if some
of the medical officers, taking their cue from head-
quarters, went over their wards and made their
arrangements as though having anatomised the
human heart, and examined the living fibres of
the brain with microscopic accuracy, they had
found the one stone and the other as insensible to
pain as spun glass; if the Commissariat, learned
in traditional misd.oings, gave no indications of
being possessed of bowels of compassion, still,
there was this comfort left the poor public—that,
crammed as the Pandora's box had been with
evil, one good thing would assuredly be found at
the bottom, and that good thing the consolations
of religion from the hearts and lips of her ap-
pointed ministers. Wearied and unspiritual lay-
men might, in the contemplation of their own
misery, become indifferent to the sufferings of
their comrades and friends ; but the ordained
ministers of a religion of mercy—they, by no
possibility, could fail in the discharge of their
important duties—their good offices could not, by
the remotest chance, be wanting. Miserable dupe
of a public that you are, how, it would seem, you
have been deceived !
If our readers will turn to our latest edition of
Wednesday they will see an extract from a letter
by a correspondent of the Times at Scutari, and
dated the Ist of the present month. From this
it would appear that the Melbourne, the first of
four steamers regularly fitted up and supplied
with the proper appliances of an hospital ship,
left the Golden -Horn on the preceding Thursday
with a freight of sick and wounded men, under
the medical charge of Dr. RUTHERFORD, an able
and conscientious officer, and his assistants. Now,
as every one at all conversant with surgical mat-
ters must know amplitude in a surgery is a deside-
ratum of great importance, and duly recognising
this fact, Admiral BOXER very properly directed
the largest cabin in the ship—a transport-ship,
be it remembered—the " largest cabin," conse-
quently suggesting no notion of chilliness by its
size—to be used as a surgery. Could the reader
have conceived it possible that any one with the
feelings of a man could dream even of disturbing
an arrangement like this—much less a clergyman,
still less the senior Chaplain of her MAJESTY'S
forces in the East ? And yet, if we are to believe
the Times correspondent, the most monstrous
conception of the three would have proved the
most correct. That most apostolical of divines—
who ought either to have been a prebend or a
bishop—in the plenitude of his personal benevo-
lence, cast (we are informed) an envious eye on
this best of cabins. Dearly beloved by himse
in the LORD, what to him was the physical wet

fare of the wounded heroes whose souls only were
committed to his pastoral superintendence ? What
reeked he tedious and imperfect operations, and
needlessly prolonged suffering ? Better that
many should be miserable than that a dignified
divine should fail of luxurious ease. He took,
we are told, possession of the cabin ; and when
Dr. RUTHERFORD quietly represented to him the

uses to which it was to be applied—with a silly

arrogance it would not be easy to parollal, this
prince of chaplains declared himself quito ready

to take upon himself the responsibility of retain•

ing "tity cabin until my arrival at BAlaklava,
feeling quite sure that the Commander of the
Forces will not consider my conduct wrong in up-
holding my position as Principal Chaplain, of her
Majesty's Forces." And as if this was not enough,
he goes on to say, " You are perfectly at liberty
to make any arrangements for the comfort of the

sick, but that you (.9 and an assistant-surgeon (! !)
should wish to remove me from my present cabin
is, I conceive, not only highly wrong, but espe-
cially so as directed towards me, a clergyman."
Another ntorcean still remains : "I have the

honour to consider your manner highly unbecom,

ing, and shall not fail to report it to Lord RAG

LAN." Shades of the Apostles ! surely you never

heard or road of anything like this ! What we
wish-to say by way of comment on this affair will

admit of much conciseness. "Ex uno disces

()ranee." If this be a sample of our clerical staff
in the East—and the Rev. Gentleman is " Prin-

cipal Chaplain "—GOD help our poor wounded
soldiers ! There will be little spiritual consola-
tion for them ! What was that poor priest that

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laid down his life to give the wounded succour

Whatever he was he was not Principal Chaplain
of her MAJESTY'S Forces in the East.

Ni ov _N EY MA ft K. F,

AND
OW GirTFROIAL INT I+7I,LIGENCE.

e. Pe
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds Redeemabl
1862... 98 er C99nt.
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...105 106
United States 6 per, Cent. Inscribed
Stock 1867-1868...104 105
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent ... 73 75
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 78 80
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868-102 103
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) .. 91 92
Alabama 5 per Cent 1863.... 82
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9.66... 83
V irginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds
Kentucky 6 per Cent. 1863... 88 89*
LOANS OF CITIES.
Montreal 6 per Cent 1857-1865... 83
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80
Do. do. do. 1874... 78

RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Csnt. 1875... 65:1 66,i
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
ling Bonds) 1860... 90
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage lB6B-1869...100 101
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 77 78
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 68 70
Northern Indiana 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage (Gosehen Branch) 1868... 75
Terre Haute and Alton 7 per Cent. Ist
Mortgage

* Buyers.
The amount of bills drawn here by the Hon.
Ea-it India Company, from the 25th ult. to the Bth
inst., both inclusive, was 136,3041.

The funds have been rather firmer, but with
business as limited as for some days past. Money
is easy, at 3 to 3i per cent, on Stock and Ex-
chequer Bills until March 8. Consols have been
90'k to 91k for Transfer, and 911 to for Account.
Exchequer Bills are Gs. to 95., and India Bonds
12s. premium.

Foreign stocks are neglected, the only dealings
as yet recorded being in Dutch Four per Cents. at
93, and Brazilian Five per Cents. at 1001.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 204. to 21i ; Peruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 50 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cants., 100 to 102 ;
iitto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90
Spanish New Deferred, 17/ to 18 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36i to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 41. to 41;
ditto Passive, 4 to 4,.
The Railway Share Market has been firmer, al-
though the business done has been very restricted.
Great Western are higher, and also South Western.
The foreign lines are nominal.
Mines, Banks, and Land Companies are heavy.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom the Ofieiat List.) _ . _

_
Business done
Sank Stock
3 per Cont. Reduced Anuttitiae 914 5
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities .90,7i 14
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
n lia Bonds, 21060 ..
Co-Isola for Account, Bth March 9lh 1
Exchequer Bills, 2id.
£lO - 7 6 9
.250000 G9
Small 6 9
'exchequer Bonds 185 S, 3i per Cent.
Ditto 1859,

993

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
B:azilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOOl
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Onteh Exchange, 2i per Cont. 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates....... 93
HALF-PAST TWO.

C ,usols
Ditto, March Account ......... -...• 91

Viscount Canning, the Postmaster-General, will be a
nember of Lord Palmerston's Cabinet. Lord Panmure
entered upon his duties as Minister of War yesterday.
No definite arrangement regarding Mr. Layard's ap-
pointment has yet been made, and it is not improbable
that an Act of Parliament may be required to render
the working of the several war-offices harmonious. The
house will sit from day to day as usual. No political
business is to be proceeded with until Friday week, when
the First Lord of the Treasury will be in his place. The
election of Tiverton will take place on Monday or
Tuesday.
General Bosquet mustered the English Light Divi
sion on the 19th inst. Both men and officers were
highly elated with the interest the French General took
in their condition and prospects.
BALL IN AID OF THE FRENCH POOR.—There is to be
a ball in aid of the funds of the French Benevolent So-
ciety, in the Hanover-square Rooms, on the evening of
Monday next.
THE FRENCH TROOPS IN ITALT.—On the 31st ult. the
column of French troops coming from Rome, arrived at
Port Maurice, where a considerable crowd, headed by
the officers and band of the National Guard, were
waiting to receive them. At Voltri, Finale, and Alessi°
the French troops were received with the greatest cor-
diality.
GALLERY OE ILLUSTRATION.—The Earl of Cardigan
visited the diorama illustrating the events of the war
(including the charge of the Light Cavalry) at the above
gallery on Wednesday afternoon.
GREEK PIRATES.—A letter from Syra, 27th ult.,
states that on the 24th two Greek pirates, who had been
arrested in the Island of Santorin, bad been brought to
that place and delivered into the hands of the authorities.
Measures had been adopted by the Nomarque of the
Cyclades for the capture of three other pirates, who
have taken refuge in the Island of -4.mergoe.
BANK OF LormoN.—The announcement of the City
Bank, under the chairmanship of Sir Robert Carden, has
been followed by that of another, to be called the Bank
of London. In the latter the pron9sed eaPit9l is
1,000,0001., and the chairman and provisional manager
are to be Sir John Viiliers Shelley, Bart., and Mr. Scott,
of the City Chamberlain's-office.
CRYSTAL, PALACE COMPANY.—At a meeting of this
Company held yesterday a dividend was resolved upon,
at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, instead of eight,
as originally proposed by the directors. In the course
of the discussion several suggestions. were made for in-
creasing the popularity of the undertaking.
PARIS EXHIBITION.—The Board of Trade have nomi-
nated Messrs. Lightly and Simon, of Fenchurch-street,
agents for the transmission to France and delivery of the
goods intended for the Paris Universal Exhibition. Ac-
cording to the regulations of the Imperial Commission,
all goods must reach Paris before the 15th of March—
save in a few exceptional cases, such as silks and jewel-
lery, for which the time may be extended to the 15th of
April.
EXPORT OF SPECIE.--The Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Madrid has taken out 72,964 i., principally for
Lisbon and Cadiz.
It is stated in a letter from the Hague, of the 2d, that
the Dutch Government intends to present bills to the
Chambers for effecting diminutions of taxes of even a
larger amount thaw these which certain members of the
Opposition had intended to propose.
MISS LATHER] NE HAYES.—Miss Catherine Hayes
reaped a rich liar rest in Sydney ire she left that city for
Melbourne—some 7,0001. from nine concerts, besides
presents of plate and jewels. Her visit was one con-
tinued triumph, the Queen of England could hardly have
received more attention. Music evidently bath very
powerful charms at the antipodes.
OXFORD UNITERSITr BOLT CLUB.—On Wednesday
next, at two o'clock, a captain's meeting will be held,
for the purpose of formally opening the new barge, to
elect a president, secretary, and treasurer, and to fill the
vaeanci.se in the cc minittie, alter the rules, and appoint
days for the Torpid races, &e.
FREE 'TRDE IX FRANCE.—A. petition to the Emperor
is now be course of signature at Havre, praying for the
importat on, free of duty, of raw materials used in ship-
building. The petition was sent to the Chamber of
interfere
as for its adhesion, but it declined to
as a body, although the members signed it individually.
Mr. Brown, the late Mayor of Newport, Monmouth-
shire,
was kstruck out of the list of justices of the peace,
after havieg been inserted, because he had presided at a
meeting to petition in favour of Frost and the other
Chartists wh. o were banished.—Monnioutltshrre Parer.

Great nut abers of horse 3 are being sent at present
from Han !aye ,r to France hut, owing to the prohibition
to export L mses from the Zcliverein, they are forwarded

by way of . VEoliand and Belgium.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.
The Cotton. Market at Liverpool yesterday was
heavy, but there was no change in prices. Sales,
6,000 bales. Railway Shares were dull, and the
quotations were slightly in favour of buyers.
Business in Colonial produce, this week, has been
of a more limited character, the purchases having
been mostly for immediate requirements. British
Plantation, as well as Madras sugar, were at full
rates early in the week, but have become quiet
since, and some descriptions of Mauritius and Ben-
gal were sold at a slight reduction. Coffee has been
very little offered, but former terms have been
sustained, and tea has ruled dull though steady.
In spices there have not been many dealings, nor
in rice, but there is ne reduction to notice in their
values. For Rum there has not been much in-
quiry, and cotton has attracted but little attention.
Cochineal has risen about ld. per lb.; saltpetre has
receded 6d. to 9d. per cwt. The following state-
ment upon the Indigo market is furnished by
Messrs. Layton, Hulbert, and Co. :
" The trade being engaged in the examination of the
indigo fur sale on the 13th inst., little market business
is to be reported ; the home consumers, out of stock,
have in some cases been driven to make purchases for
immediate use. The declarations for the public
sales have closed with 12,330 cheste, 1,300 of which
ara in catalogue B. We observe an excellent
assortment of middling, good, and fine quali-
ties of Bengal, several parcels of middling and ordi-
nary oudes, and about 3,200 chests of Madras and
Kurpab. The deliveries in January, although unequal
to the usual clearances in that month, have, all circum-
stances considered, been satisfactory. The stock, 1,153
cheits under that of last year, shows a decrease of 1,462
chests in Bengal, and an increase of 304 in Madras. The
latest accounts from Calcatta still represent the late crop
at 97,000 maunds.
The quotations of United States Stocks, which
are in active demand, as reported to us by Messrs,
D. Bell, Son, and Co., are as follows :

place.

beds.

LATEST NEWS.

We have news from Sebastopol of the 30th.

The cold was less severe, and it was thought that
the general attack of the place would not be
delayed. No new event of importance had taken

VIENNA, TH fIRSDAY, FEB. 8,

Intelligence has been received from 03nstan6

nople up to the 29th January.

A sortie on the 23d January, made by the gar•

rison of Sebastopol, had caused the French

heavy losses.

The Zouaves bad mutinied, and demanded a

retreat from the Crimea. 400 of the mutineer

lad arrived at Constantinople in chains, and w:

e despatched to Toulon.

The railroad from 13a!Alava, to the camp had

been commenced.

The barracks at Smyrna have been converte

uto hospitals, and will be provided with 2,000

Intelligence from Odessa of the 30th January
confirms the report of the illness of the Grand

Duke Michael.

Accounts from Warsaw under date of yester-
day state that the Russian forces in Poland were

concentrating.

The troops on the Gallician frontier had been

ordered to retreat into the interior.

In consequence of instructions received lasi
night, Count Esterhazy returned to his post ai
Berlin this morning.

FRANKFORT, THURSDAY.

The Diet has adopted the proposition to put
the principal contingents of the Federal army on
a war-footing, in such a manner as to be able to
enter the field fifteen days after the order,

COPENHAGEN, FEB. 7.

To-day the Volksthing passed, by a majority of
87 to 7 votes, the third reading of the bill for
altering the Constitutional Act.

The following rumours were current yesterday
in Paris, viz., that the Emperor Napoleon lately
told some general officers that, unless something
unexpected should occur to alter present arrange-
ments, a general assault upon Sebastopol would
be made on the 12th instant. Also, that General
Canrobert was likely to be superseded by General
Pelissier. It was said that the Emperor had
taken this resolution in consequence of statements
contained in a report from General Neil, the com-
niandaat of the engineers.