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It has been written that war makes soldiers. Peace
may give us the men, and we may clothe awl drill them,
but it is only in the field that their metal is tried, and that
experience obtained which makes them serviceable to their
country. No doubt a seasoned officer is worth a score
who bave had no experience of the rugged edge of ser-
vice. The Duke of Wellington always naturally pre-
ferred the man of one compaign to the mere recruit. It
may be, however, that war may carry away the greater
part of the good and tried soldiers, and so neutralise all
' the benefits arising out of a little hardship and a few
combats. Some regiments may be all the better for ser-
vice, and many more may be completely deoluiated.
Looking at the state of the regiments in the Crimea, no
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are and
very must,man in his senses can come to any other conclusion than
that they are gradually reaching an alarming point of
demoralisation,frons which there is no escape under the
system of rapid promotion sanctioned from a mistaken
sense of justice. There are now upwards of 400 line
whoaharevephl aaededb,ubteocnoomyeearcap
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full-pay service I Very many of them are within two or
tirs in es
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tains of only three, four, five, and six years' full-pay
service, and some of two years. Now, it is very
right to let gentlemen reap some of the fruits of
warfare in a rapid promotion, resulting from the
casualties in the ranks above them ; and, if their
good fortune were not pregnant with danger to the
service, no one would grudge them the attainment of the
highest positions. We ask, however, in all soberness,
whether the crowding many regiments with boys is not
a certain method of uprooting discipline, of destroying
character, and creating a world of dissatisfaction in the
numerous corps which have not been employed in the
Crimea, and which, consequently, are filled with officers
whose full pay service is in the proportion of fife years
to one of the lucky survivors of the conflict before Se-
bastopol ? The main argument against promotion by
purchase has been that it enables the young to leap over
the heads of the old, superseding experience and service
by incompetency. Bat of what avail would be the
abolition of the system if every youth, whose regiment
happens to be nearly cut np, while he, perhaps, was
away on leave or still at the depot, is to run up the lad-
der of preferment to the supercession of much older and
more useful men in other corps ? While the fortunate
regiments (as they facetiously call the greatest sufferers
from the fire of an enemy) are all encamped together,
the mischief immediately apparent, excepting in the
looseness of discipline. Hew will it be when a regi-
ment, returned from the Crimea, iaiin the same garrison
with sue that his but just returned from the Cape or
India ? Why, that lieutenants of 13 -and 14 years'
standing will find themselves subordinate to boys of three
and four years' service. Put the case that the 87th were
quartered with the 23d, 62c1, or the 133 d • no fewer than
15 lieutenants of the 87th would find themselves junior
in rank to men who have not half of their full-pay
service ; and so with other regiments. Place the 59th in
juxtaposition with the 57th or the 64th in the same
cantonment with the 77th—nothing but heartburning
and mortification would result from the contrast. We
repeat: give a fair share of recompence to the gallantry
which bag confronted the enemy and endured the &pug
effects of trench duty in a hostile climate and udder pri-
vation ; but for the sake of common justice and disci-
pline, let us have a few transfers from unlucky regiments
to the corps which bare been deprived of so many of •
their best officers. Lord Ilardinge will be able to find
n aqy excellent excuses for the promotion of officers out
of their regiments in the colonies and India, into Crimean
corps. To some of them the step will be a proper com-
pliment to the memory of a relative slain in action ; to
others it will be twice blessed—a compensation for tardy
promotion, and a benefit to a regiment needing the pre-
sence of a few more experienced soldiers.—United Ser-
vice Gazette.

EXPULSION OF THE REFUGEES FROM
JERSEY.

The Jersey Weekly Times contains a report of a discus-
sion which took place on Monday last in the States, or
Legislative Assembly of that island, upon the subject of
the recent expulsion of the foreign refugees. Judge de
Quetteville denied the right of the Lieutenant-Governor
to expel strangers from the island, and gave notice of re-
solutions on the subject. These resolutions are to the
effect that the order of the King in Council, dated the
12th of June, 1635, investing the Lieutenant-Governor
with unlimited aethority, is contrary to the charters of
this country, and is not in harmony with the present
age, and therefore the States have decided to pray her
Majesty to repeal the order and to substitute the follow-
ing regulation : " For the future, no stranger residing.
in this island shall be expelled by an order of the Lieut.-
Governor, unless the latter shall have had, previously,
a conference with the Royal Court and obtained its con-
sent to that effect. The Royal Court, previous to coin-
ing to a decision, shall have, if it deems it necessary,
the right of ordering the appearance of the person
about to be expelled, and to hear witnesses on the
fact of which he may be accused." Mr. Godfrey hav-
ing put some questions to the constable of St. Helier,
M. Le Quesne, which the latter declined to answer,
denied that the resolutions passed at the Queen's
Assembly Rooms were agreed to unanimous ly, and
said that the second resolution was negatived by a ma-
jority, and that his amendment was carried, and it was
not only his opinion, but that of Dr. Dickson and many
others. Dr. Dickson, as well as himself and the majority,
were for having the authors of the letter, or the pro-
prietors of L'Homme, brought before the Royal Court—
the only legal way they could have been punished.
Mr. Godfray proceeded to contend that the liberties of
the island were in jeopardy by the recent acts of the
Lieutenant-Governor, who pretended to have the right
of expulsion by an old law of 1635, made in the Star
Chamber. That law was never made for aliens, but ex-
pressly fur the nobles and othersliving iu London, ex-
pelled by that most iniquitous chamber under the insti-
gation of Charles I. 'Tie King, fearing teat they should
organise a Parliament, banished them from London, and
as many had already resorted to the island, he emanated
this order of 1635 to expel them from our shored. M.
Le Quesne denied that Mr. Godfray's amendment was
carried. M. Le Quesne proceeded to say, "My opinion
is that the majority was for the resolution. Wall know
that the refugees insulted us. Have they not carried their
red flag in our streets ? It is not my duty to examine if
the power of expelling rests with the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor, and he has only complied with the request of
the inhabitants if he has so used it. Three of them were
not satisfied with banishment, but 36 others must needs
sign a declaration which sets at defiance the authorities.
We have only acted in this affair as loyal subjects ; and,
had we brought the offenders before the Court, it would
only have been acting a comedy which would never have
bad an end. I regret the Lieutenant-Governor thought
that such power resided in him. lam aware the Court
would never have finished the affair bad it been brought
before it." It was arranged that M. de Quetteville'd re-
solutions sheuid be discussed at the next meeting.