The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-14 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1855.

PA RLIA.MEN TA.RY DIVISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MARen 13.
MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT.
Motion made and question put, " That leave be given
to bring in a bill to amend the law as to marriage with a
deceased wife's sister or a deceased wife's niece." The
house divided—ayes 87, noes 53.

AYES-87.

Acton, J. Forster, C.
Adair, IL. Fors' er, J.
Bailey, 3. Frewth, C.
Pa'nes. Bt. lion. M. Vrosvenor, Earl
Ball, J. Haytex, W.
Barnes. T Ileatitcoate, J.
Bell, J. CI eyworth, h.
Biggs, W. ITo small, E.
Bland, T.. IT. Hudson, G.
Bonham-Carter, J Ingham. B.
}looker, T. W. Jackson, W.
Bright, J. Johnstone, J.
Itrotherton, J, Kirk, W.
Browne, W. Layard, A. IL
But'er, C. - - Lee, W.
.Chambers, Lindsay, W.
Cob,ien, R., Macgregor, Jas.
•Cockbliru, Sir A. J. E. Mangles, it. D.
'Cranny& E. IL J. Massey, W.
Crossley, F. Milligan, R.
Davies, J. L. Mills, T.
Diiiwyn, L. Michell, Dr. W.
Drunil titrig, Pls. Molesworth, sir W.
Duke, Sir J. Mowatt, F.
Evelyn, W. Muigrave, Earl of
,Fagan, W. • i';untz, G.
Fenwick, IT. Oliveira, B.
Ferguson' Sir IL Palmerston, Visct.
Fihner, Sir E. .Peaeocke, G.
Fitztierald, J. Pellatt, A.

Percy, Y.
Phillimore. J. G.
F,-Ilard•Urquhart, W.
Reed, J.
Thee. E.
Rebellion, P.
Sanctum, G.
Scholefleld, W.
Scohell, Capt. G.
&ally, F.
Seymour, H.
Seymour. W. D.
Smith, J. B.
Spooner, It.
Stinley, Lord
Steel, J.
Strickland, Sir G.
Thornely, T.
Tollemache, 3.
Villiers C.
Walmsley, Sir J.
Wilkinson, W.
Willcox, B.
Williams, W.
Wrightson, W.

TELLEZ3,
Heywood, J.
Ball, E.

NOES-53.
&eland, Sir T. Greville, Col. F.
Batllte, H. Guinness, It.
Berkeley, C. Hamner, Sir J.
Blaelzburn, P. nastk. Arend.
l3lantlford. Marquis of Heatneote, Sir W.
itranney-Mcore, J. Ilent.age, Geo. F.
Cubitt. W. Hilyard, R. C.-
IThraeli. li. Ilotharn, Lorti

Mowbray, J.
Norreys, Sir D.
O'Brien, P.
•
Packe„C.
Philipps, J.
Portal, M.
Shirley, E.
Smith, W.
Taylor, Col.
Vansittart, O.
Wolcott, Maintral
Walpole, S.
IVigram, Loftus T.
Wise, A.
Wynne, W.

Dy.clvorili, Sir J. T. Irton. S.
. G.
Duncan, G. Kinnaird; A.
Dunlop, A. Lalran, Cacti t. R. .
Dunne, Gold • . Lank ton, 11. G.
East; SirJ; Lockhart, A. E.
Fergus, J. Lockhart, W.
Frccstun, Col. Macartney, G.
Fuller, A Mallns, It.
Gladstone, W.: Mon creiff, J.
Gordon, A. . . . Montgomery, Sit G.
Geulburn, II; . 3130:e, G.

TELLERS
Thesiger, Sir F.
Drummond, H.

EDUCATION OF PAUPER CHILDREN (IRELAND).
Motion made and question put, "That • it is expedient
that more effectual means should be adopted to improve
the education of pauper children in Ireland." The house
divided—ayes 32, noes SO.:
AYES.-32.
Bell, J. Gardner, R. Norreys, Sir D.
Bland, L: H. Greene, Capt. John O'arlen, P.
Bowyer, G. Greville, Colonel F. Featcocke, G,
Cole, H. A. Grogan.. Edward Percy, J.
Craufurd, E. H. J.' heard. J. pollard-Urquhart, W.
De Vorc, S: E..: Hutchins, E. Beane, E.
Dunne, Colonel Jackson, W. Sactleir, John
Elliott, J. E. Johnstone, J. Scully, F.
Fagan, W. Kirk, W.
Ferguson,' Sir R. Milnes, R. TELLERS.
•
Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Moore, G. B rt, J.
French, Fitzstephen Murrougb, J. P Kennedy, T.

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NOES-80.
Acton, Joseph Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G .Ricardo, J.
Anderson, >it J. Halt, Sir Benjamin Ricardo, G.
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Harcourt, Geo. Ricardo, S.
Ball, E. ' Hestia, Alex. Ressell.F, C.
Beaumont, W. nestle, Archd. S tymour, H.
Bentinck, G. Headlam, T. Si 'tan°, R.
,
Berkeley, Hon.-C. Henley, J. Shirley, E.
Blackburn, P. Horsman, E. St nab, R.
Bonham-Carter, J. Ingham, R. Smith, W.
Bramley- Moore, J. Johnstone, Sir J. , Stafford, Marquis
Brockman, E. D. Kershaw, J. Steel, John
Brown, W. King, J. Strait, Hon. E.
Bruce, Lord E Lee, W. S' art, W.
Buckley, at
Gen. Lewis, Sir G. C. Vansittart, G.
lecil, Lord If arjorlbanks, D. Villiers, C.
Cheetham, John Martin, J. 19 alpole. S.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Michell, William Whitbread, S.
Cowan, C. Molesworth, tir W. i Vickham, li.
Crossley, P. Moncrieff J. 1 Pilkinsou, W.
Davies, .1. Morris, D, 1 rilson, J.
Duff, G. Muilings, J. R. 1 rood, Sir C.
Duncan, Viscount North, F. I rortley, J. S.
Filmer,Sir E. Osborne, R. Wrightson, W.
Fitzgerald, J. Palmerston, Viscount
Frewen, C . H. Phi limore, J. G.
Goodmar, Sir G. Pilkington, J.
Goulburn, U. Price, Sir R.
Grenfell, Charles Ramsden, Sir 1.

TPLLEIV.

lE.Ay ter, W.
2►l algrave, Earl of

PAIRS ON MR. HEYWOOD'S MOTION.
4.'GAINST.
tfr. Miall . Mr. Cdoi MU
Lieut.-Col. Clifford Mr. Arl might ,
Mr. M. Wyvill Sir E. C looch
Mr. Hume Mr. Buc lc
Mr. Raikes Currie Hon. C. jiardinge
Lord Ernest Bruce Mr. Cork 7
Mr. Locke General Peel
Mr. Hastings Russell Lord R. 'Cecil
Mr. Marshall Mr. J. S,. Cocks
Mr. Leveson Gower - Lord Al tied Hervey .
Mr. E wart . Mr. 0. 1 itorgan
Sir F. Baring Mi. Gre line (Lancaster)
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald General Wyndham
Mr. Chichester Fortescue Lord En iulyn
Mr. R. Lowe Mr. Wel tter
Colonel Smyth Mr. Kale tclibull
Mr. J., A. Smith Lord LT rai'.ue
Mr. 0. Ricardo Mr. Bail*.
Sir 11. Maddock Mr. Trail
Mr. Hutchins Sir P. Egerton
Mr. John Greene Mr. Fell 3tt
Mr. Woodd Colonel Ll:5 rcourt
Lord Staffori Sir W. B. Sueijth
..General Buckley Mr. Bouvet .ie
-Mr-Rich Mr. Hanha ry
Mr. Strutt • Sir B. Hail
_Lord. Shelburne ' Mr. Staffor A
Sir George Goodman Mr. Burnol .t
Mr. Kershaw,. Lord W. C Telma
Sir J. Johnstone Mr. Henry Whitmore
Mr. Hawkey Sir T. Her• bent
Mr. Starkie ' Sir 11. Willoughby
Mr. M. T. Smith- Mr. Deed. 4
Lord Ebriugtou Lord Hens y Cholmondeley
Mr. Samson Ricardo Lord Chela ea
Mr. Samuel Whitbread Mr. Grogal i
Mr. Elliot Mr. Bentis ick
Mr. Charles Howard Sir W. Vet crier
Mr. tleadlam Colonel Be .ldoro
Mr. Waddington Mr. Malt gs
Mr. Gardner Sir J. Hogi
Mr. M. Milues Mr. S. De ' Vero •
Mr. J. L. Ricardo Lord A. L e.unox
Mr. Pilkington Mr. Houle 'lr
Mr. Glyn General Ai louthnott
Sir R. Price Mr. Round all Palmer
Mr. Grey Mr. W. S. Knox
Mr. Bowyer ' ' Mr. Stuart
Mr. Oakes Mr. Frankly in
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TAB BERNAL COLLECT' 'ON..

The sale of the further portion of the pi. Mures has oe
cupied the last two days. There has been ; little diminu•
tion in the interest excited by the dispersal of the collec
tion, and.the prices realised, it will be obsa rued, are in
many instances remarkably high. The folk. wing may be
instanced as possessing more than an avers ,ge interest :1
—Lot 781, Nell Gwyane, in a yellow ail k dress and
white sleeves, with a blue mantle, seate don a stone
plinth, caressing a lamb, half-length, by tgir P. Lely,
s4hBainl ..vbayu3bBaQn.i,a7oa. ghuainlfe-aasr,esMs
ar.nFd arwhreitre. :Lseaortt 7. Bh6is, Mhaanrd-
resting on his baton, by Rigaud,-engra red, 43/., Mr.
Webb. Lot 794, Charles IL, in steel aml grad armour,
with the badge of the Garter, half-length, by Nason,
46in. by 36in.,; the subject of the celebrated engraving
by Van Dalee, 71 guineas. Lot 796, Charles L, in a
pink silk dress with slashed . sleeves, half-le. ,gth, by
Myttens, 4f;in.•by 36in., 841. Lot 798, Nell Gwynne,
in a white dress and blue mantle, seated on a b sok in a
landscape , half-length, by Sir P. Lely, 49in. by 401 n., a
very elegant portrait, 651. Lot 804, William 11.,. Prince
of Orange, in a black dress, edged with gold, on a brown
horoo,-river' in tbsdistanea, by Cuyp, 19in. by 13in.,
100 guineas. Lot 807, the Cardinal of Chatillou, in a
crimson damask dress and cloak, half-length, by Piimat-
ticio, 36in. by 28:n., inscribed m 48, 1531, full of , fine
character, signed 'ey the master, 158 guineas. Lot 828,
Anna Maria of Austria, Queen of Philip IL of Spain,
in a white silk dress, by S. Coello, half-length, 48in. by
39in. A chef-d'Oeuvre of the great Spanish pormait
painter, signed by him, 205 guineas, Sir Hugh Hume
Campbell. Lot 842; The Artist, in a yellow ,3ilk dress
and crimson, velvet cloak, fastened by ajewal, by W. Maris,
oval, 34in. 'high; this portrait is of the artist's istost ela-
borate and delicate finish, 62 guineas. Lots 853 and 854,
the youthful. Princeits of Conde, in a yellow dress, and
the youthful Prince of Conde, in a dress richly embroi-
dered, by Migeard, 1101. Lot 857, Isabella de Valois,
wife of Philip TI., ina black dress with pink sleeves, ky
Palomino, 110 guineas. Lot 901, Louis XII. in :I
crimson cloak, giving alms to a beggar, in a t ortoiseshelV
frame, 50 panel is. Lot 910, Henry VII. in a yellow
dress, or.,ament ed with jewels, by De Mabeiise, 22in.
by 18in of the highest interest, 65 guineas, Mr.
Morant.,. Lot 911, Henry VIII., in a gold damask
dress, by Holbein, 25iin. by 17 in., marqueterie frame,
71 gr iineas. Lot 917, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,
in a :fellow doublet and crimson sleeves, wearing the
°raw: of the Garter, by Zucchero, half length, 36iin.
28in, very_ fine, 871., Mr. Webb. Lot 925, Isabel,,
Quec a of Charles IX. of France, in a white dress beau
tifullv ornamented with jewels, and bands of pearls in
her hair, by Janet, three quarters length, 14in. by 10in. ,
149 ;guineas, Mr. Colnaghi. Lot 926, Eleanor of Poe-
tugal, Queen of Francis 1., in a black dress with Oulu
slee yes, by Janet.. three-quarters length, 15?,in. by 12ii
Of Oehighest gut tlity, 215 guineas, Mr. Colnaghi. L of
927,' Anne of Cle. ?es, in a dark dress ornamented wi th
broad stripesof g old damask, by Holbein, half lengt. I,
15,itn. by 14in., on. vellum, 175 guinea°, Mr. Moran G.
Lot 923, the celebrated Lady Johanna. Abergaventsy,
in a crimson dress with. yellow sleeves, by Holbein, 52
guineas. Lot 935, Nichwlas Lord Vaux, the celebrated
poet and •musician, in a black dress and cap, by Rol-
bein, lniu. by 17in., in a portrait of the highest inte-
rest, 106'gninea.s, Mr. Morant. Lot 936, Edward. IV.,
e gbhys
In a gold dress and crimson cloak, edged with fur, a
chain of jewels round his neck, n
; this portrait is from the colle, the Tin,
of Allingten, 150 guineas, Mr. Farm T. Lot 9).64, the
Annunciationthe Virgin, a red dress and blue 0. ak,
seated with a gold drapery behind her, by 'Fre Anis"-e-
-ilea da. Resole, 66 guineas. Lot 968, the Virgin, i.
a red dress and blue cloak, lined with gre,w, seated on
a stone throne, by Hemmeluick, 20in. by 14in., one of
the most perfect works of the master, 91 guineas. The
too days'saleyealised nearly 43,000/. The disposal of
the collection of miniatures will be commenced this day
at the late residence of Mr. Eternal, in Elton-square.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Riehxrd Sannders Dundas,
C.B.,'Coinmander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, embarked
on board his Bag-ship,.the Duke of Wellington, at Ports-
mouth yesterday, and was received With a guard of
honour of Royal Marines, yards manned, and the usual
ceremony. The fleet despatch steam-vessel Vivid took
hini to Spithead.
The Britannia, Capt. Carter, was
_put out of commis-
sion yesterday at Portsmouth, and her crew raid %sages
and granted a fortnight's leave, at the expiration of
which they will be draughted into the Baltic fleet, which
is in want of above 1,200 men to man it completely.
The 17th is the day on which all the ships in progress
for the Baltic expedition are to be officially "reported"
free from the artificers' hands, and the 27th is confidently
expected" to be the day of sailing.
The screw block-ship Edinburgh, 58, Capt. Hewlett,
hauled out of dock to the fitting basin, after a general
overhaul and repair, yesterday ; this ship having been
fitted for Rear-Admiral Chads in the first expedition is
expected to Lie the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Baynes.
The Ariel. R, strew sloop, Commander Luce, went out
of harbour to Spithead again yesterday.
The Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen, will undock to-
.morrow, and return to Spithead.
The Hastings, blockship, 60, Captain Caffin, newly
converted from a sailing 74 to a GO screw, got up, her
steam in the factory basin yesterday for the first time,
to prove her boilers and machinery, which all worked
satisfactorily.

The Pembroke (sister ship), Capt. a. H. Seymour, is
expected to be ready for similar trial to-day. Great ex-
pedition and exertions were used by the dockyard engi-
neer-staff to get these ships ready. '
The James Watt, 91, Capt. Eiliott, alongside the
jetty up to the basin, and will be again. fit for sea in al
day or two. -
The victualling of the' flect-goes ou..amost without ip-
termission, and the officers and men of the Royal Cla-
rence Victualling-yard, Gosport, are taxed day and night
to meet the demands upon their stores. They slaughtered
for the fleet alone last week 168 bullocks ; at present
they are victualling nearly 14,000 men- daily ; they
are now. actively engaged, in addition to this duty,
in, roasting, grinding, and shipping coffee for the army
in the Crimea, to carry out which Cargoes three
ships are now alongside. Baking biscuit' fol. the
fleet goes on day and night. The quantity of provi-
sions received lately from Ireland alone is enormous,
amounting to upwards of 10,000 tierces within the last
month only. The weather yesterday having again been
fine, the work of fitting out and refitting the ships made
• I good progress. •
Her Majesty is expected to pass through the fleet en
route to Osborne to-morrow, and while in the neighbour-
hood her Majesty is expected to visit the military hospi-
tal for sick and 'wounded in Portsmouth garrison, and
also the Royal Naval Hospital, at Haslar, if its sanitary
state will permit.
Admiral Seymour left Plymouth yesterday for Ports-
mouth.

The following troops will embark at Port3mouth to-
morrow for Malta, to join the depot of Lord Rgalan's
arthy. They go out in her Majesty's sailing troop-ship
Resistance :-5 officers and 128 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men of the 42d Royal Highlandere ; 2 officers
and 65 non-commissioned officers t,nd men of the 46th
Foot ; 4 officers and 128 non-commissioned officers and
men of the 79th Cameronian Highlanders ; 3 officers
and 128 non-commissioned officers and men of the 93d
Sutherland Highlanders ; 4 officers and 128 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the 97th, Earl of Ulster's.
The General Screw Steam-shipping Navigation Com-
pany's transport Crcesus, Captain Hall, will embark on
Friday 4 officers and 128 non-commissioned officers and
men of the 20th Foot, 4 officers and 128 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the 95th Foot, for Malta, to
join the depot of LoM Raglan's army. The Royal Wilt-
shire Militia, about G5O strong, will also embark on
board the Crcesus for Corfu. , . .

The following are the latest appointments :
Lieut. John H. Glover, recently serving in the Rosa-
mond, is appointed to command the Otter steam-vessel,
and she will .proceed immediately to Sheerness to be.
made ready for sea at that port.
Lieut. Wm. E. Fisher, recently serving in the Despe-
rate screw steam-sloop, to command the Alban.
Lieut. James C. Campbell, recently serving in the
James Watt, to command the Lightning steam-vessel.
Lieut. John Bythesea, recently serving in the Arro-
gant, to command the Locust steam-vessel
Allishipman W. R. Kerr, to the Pembroke.
The Otter steam-vessel left Woolwich yesterday for
Sheerness, and her new commander will have to proceed

there to hoist his pendant.
Owing to the violent gala from the west which pre-
vaned on Monday, the Great Britain steamer, which was
to have.sAiled from Queenstown that day, was not ex-
pected to take her departure before evening, or the
follownw morning. Her present destination is Malta,
where the troops sbo has now on board, mostly raw
levies, ore to take the place of veteran soldiers, and un-
dergo drill preparatory to being despatched for the Cti-
mea. • A very large-przportioti7a the entire number is
Irish, and many of those are from Dublin and iti neigh-
bourhood. In addition to the itomense number of sol-
diers which the Great Britain carries, she. has a very

large crew, so thht in her pi estnt voyage she carries a
grand total of 1,700 Persons.
Colonel Wood, C. 13., arrived in Dublin on Saturday,
and entered upon his duties as Deputy Adjutant-General
iu Ireland.
Colonel Mansfield, 53d Regiment, has arrived in Dub-
lin, and entered upon his duties as Assistant Adjutant-
. General of the Dublin district.

Brevet-Major Sankey, of the 47th Regiment, is ap.
uarteraster-General at Limerick
absence at home for the recovery of
pointedduring hi As
s leave sistan
oft Q m
his health.
Orders have been transmitted t' India for the follov-
ing regiments of infantry to be held in readiness to pro-
ceed to the seat of war, viz., 10th Foot, from Bombay ;
29th ditto, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir G. Congreve, C. 8.; the Ist battalion of the 60th
Royal Rifle Corps, from Bombay ; and the 75th Foot,
from Bengal. • Each of these, being 600 strong, will,
with the addition of those regiments already under or-
ders or on their say to the Crimea, make a total of
10,100 men withdrawn from the Indian Presidencies. It
is stated that a nutnber of irregular cavalry, from the
northern provinces of India, aro to be employed during
the summer against the Russians.

vis,sitedstetphpeedfor
THE MILITIA.
The King's Own 'Light Infantry Militia, now on per-
,aftrolimacaksnuebys'eription
has beenbypraesfeenwtedladwfeitsh,
and
Can Knowledge, which have been kindly acknowledged,
pm
liberallyraatyietbdoauoikdtyse d by the local Soci e ty
with the unanimous thanks of the officers and men, in a
letter addressed by L'ont.-Colonel Grant, the command-
ing officer, to the churchwarden, for Promoting Chris-
ve
21. mustered,
each
beyond and
On Saturday the Hon. Colonel Maynard, the Com-
iniitifliae!'at Chelmsford, for
head-
quartersmtbaeupdua nrpt 000sffe the
e receiving RWestoyalEEs
Essex
men as would volunteer
into the Rifles, that regiment being,under orders for
The First Devon Militia, who were at first embodied
wereCwoarrfda,,TiTieyhewtfililenreeei
at Exeter, have arrived at Newport, Monmouthshire,
Yesterday morninz the City of London Regiment of
where they will perform garrison duty.the usual bounty.
Militia, numbering GOO strong, assembled in the Arta.
levy-ground, Finsbury, when, having been inspected
and put through various evolutions, in order to ascertain
the efficiency of the corps, knapsacks and greatcoats
were iesued to the noncommissioned officers and privates
preparatory to their taking garrisou duty. The flank
(grenadier and light) cotrpanies will proceed to the dock-
yard at Deptford, there to do duty, the latter part of this
ow early in
the ensuing week.
week, and the remaining companies will foll

7:successful
THE NEW LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
From inquiries which we Lave wade at Me. Pride's
Wellington Arms, Waterloo-road (the late head-quarter;
are sorry
d-quarter;
into Ll oa
rnod otiiimotf
ctheof La
iann dm.To
yr none s
hp
ao
sr t
noCto
been pe
es )o,
in enlisting recruits in the agricultural districts as he an-
ticipated. We understand that out of 180 who offered
themselves as recruits only 10 were accepted, and even
these were not nearly so goodtas those enlisted in Lon-
don. We believe that he has sent one of his superin-
tendents to Yarmouth to beat up for recruits there.
Since the head-quarters have been removed to Norwich
there have been thra or four hundred fresh applications
at the late London rendezvous—one of them being &Om
Malta, the applicant having seen the advertisement in
the newspapers. We have no doubt but that the Go.
vernment could get 5,000 men in London for this corps
if they wanted them. Mr. James H. Maclean has been
appointed a quartermaster of a brigade.

869,127 bushels
MALT AND Hors.—Returns moved for by Mr. Pellatt,
M.P., show that the quantity of malt made in the United
Kingdom,bushels
nla inde thei
n 18y5i3a.r 108f5t4h, i
sa,:nital
,tc,h,
37:ged with duty,
isn 1854, ainountAl
amounted to 36,819,554 bushels, against 42,039,752
quarttri in 1853.
were made in England, 3,412,950 ino sf,c,roetilgannilb,ain.ltelyd
and 18,916 cats.
ii-Ttn'io•ls:es3‘ qs7qr;tt4;e9a7d7n72ti iiLit(itii e7ils:tleitifefte r.V;(7l;llr.)cai tiggerladi'iihiihlesot9ip"::2ailCui:ioripitl6,i-ieSr te d i n th e ye a r 1854
amounted to 119,677 cWts., of which 39,936 cwts. were
from the Hanseatic Towns, 48,03 t front Belgium, 8,125
'brr.-ornm'j the United d3A4trtesflo.ofmAl;;learli'ce..ei '•
The rats of duty
chargeable on these hops was 21. ss. per cwt. till the Bth
of August, 1854, and from that day (till the let of Aug.,,
1855), 1/. per cwt. The total quantity of British hops
- w la i c 11 438,2391 b. were the growth of the preceding year.
The hops were chiefly exported to Australia and the Cape
; ei
nx 1
twilit; te
yd
ear frontthe
1854, Unitedanitm nte Kingdom
tl 585 tolfoBrlebi
.g foreign
g II
t , countries
cf
of Good Hope. The quantity of foreign hops exported
in the year ended January 5, 1855, amounted to 6,823
cwts. - The total quantity of hops charged with duty in
the several collections of the United Kingdom in the
3 Tar' 1854, amounted to 9,877,1261 b. and the quantity
of 'foreign hops charged with duty for home consumption
to 'id 136 cwt. 20,130 cwt. of foreig hops remained
in 1n
on the sth day of January, 1855.

THE MILITARY TOOLS SUPPLIED TO
THE TROOPS IN THE EAST.

(Prom the Times of this day.)
Where shall we begin ? On what principle .shall'we
select, when every day spreads before us a profusion of
follies, blunder,',. obstinacies, and crimes enough to sup-
ply a dozen farces or as many tragedies ? No Arabian
ucestories of Wise Men of Gotham, ever matched
the stupidities, the perversitiee, the downright malig-
nities of office. Were not the result " horrible and
heartrending, equalling, indeed, in their misery and
magnitude the fell swoop of an earthquake or other visi-
tation of nature, we might almost be amused at the
absurdity of the disclosures before the committee of In-
quiry. But we must- go at once into the thick of it.
Our readers will remember that from the very first land-
ing at Gallipoli last year our correspondent remarked on
the bad quality of the military tools, or, to speak more
exactly, he reported the complaints of those who had to
nee them. Others took up the subject at home, and
more than once questions were.put to Ministers on the
subject. Their replies were to the.uniform effect that the
tools were according to approved patterns, and must be
good ones. We quoted from his despatches the Duke's
complaints of his tools in the Peninsular war, and others
stated that these tools were of the very same pattern and
quality. It was of no avail. We were to work out the
Peninsular war, the Peninsular Generals, the Peninstilar
teal, the Peninsular great-coats, the Peninsular tools,
the -Peninsular casualties, costs, wastes, and—shall:we
add, for General Sir C. Pasley seems to promise as
much ?—disatrous retreats. - But to the tools. Our or=.
respondent from the East, in a letter which appeared in
this paper on June 12, says,—. .
"It may be as well to let the authorities know that the
tools issued to the men-are all but useless._ The hatchets,
billhooks, and axes furnished to the men of the various
regiments would be much more serviceable if they would
only cut ; burt they have yielding edges, which obstinately
-refuse, to keep sharp or straight: The soldieries: complain of
them loudly, and it will not make these utensils one bit
more useful to produce bushels of certificates or letters
from generals, commissaries, or toolmakers, declaring that
nothing could be better. Let them come and try to chop
wood (to boil their cooking tins) with there, and the au-
thorities will soon alter their opinions as to these Govern-
ment supplies. , No one who has had practical experience
of camp life can imagine the annoyance caused by such a
circumstance as this, or the real discomfort it originates in
carrying out the details of a life under canvass. In the
same way that most indefatigable and invaluable body of
men, the Sappers and Miners, are impeded in their labours
not only by the tools they have being 'frequently indif-
ferent, but, what is worse, by the want of the implements
which they ought to carry. A pontoon train has been sent
up to Varna, and Captain Gordon, Captain Hassard, Mr.
Lenipriere, &c., of the Royal Engineers, have proceeded
from Gallipoli, with a party of Sappers ani Miners, to the
same place, and it could have been wished that the equip-
ments of the latter were a little more perfect than they:are
at present."
This passage was brought before the notice of Govern-
ment in the House of Commons on the oth of July, and
every statement in it was denied, not once alone, or
simply, but with every possible form and variety of
The Clerk of the Ordnance declared that the com-
manding officer of the Engineers in the East had made
no complaint about the quality of the tools, that the
quantity was enough for the present purpose, and that,
though Lord Raglan had transmitted a complaint from
the Guards as to the structure of the billhook and the
quality of the axes, his lordship had been entirely
satisfied with the Ordnance explanation. Mr. Monsell
further stated, that on a previous complaint by the
honourable member for Sheffield, he had caused different
_specimens of • the articles to be brought up from the
stores, and had had then') examined by Sir John Bur-
goyne and other competent persons, and that they pro-
nounced the pattern and quality to be excellent. He
then event on to 'describe the boards that had sat and
were sitting on the subject, the nature of the competi-
tion for one sort of tool, and the most respectable menu-
facturers who had made thee other ;—indeed, lie breught
such an array of arguments to prove. the tools good, as
must almost have convinced the unfortunate Sappers,
hacking in vain at hard ground and hewing in vain at
tough roots. At all events; poor Mr. Ha Mel] was shut
up for the present, and the Administration was victo-
rious. But facts are stubborn, thing,,, and no force of
official eloquence could multiply, or harden, or shard en
tools at the distance of 3,000 miler. A month atter our
correspondence from the army contained the following
paragraph :
" I observe that some comments have been made re-
specting the condition of our military tools, to which I
called attention some time ago; but, unless the authorities
take immediate steps to remedy the mischief which may
arise from the deficiencies of these invaluable articles, we
may have grievous reason to remember it.. The other day
I saw a heap of old iron implements piled up before the
commissariat's tent at Devlin. They wore like the things
one sees dug out of bogs, and `embalme.l in tho cabinets
of the curious.' What were they? 31ilitary tools, bill-
hooks, adzes, hatchets, spades, &e., which had been re-
turned from the various regiments as ' useless and unfit
for service.' Very unpleasant things these would have
been to work with in face of an enqiny Uelees our siege
and trenching tools are somewhat better, it will certainly
take us time to reduce any place to which regular ap-
proaches must be made."
NOW this warning—this prophecy, as it has unhappily
turned out-7appeared iu this paper on August 8. There
was then ample time to procure in this country a
sufficient supply of all the tools mentioned for the
use of the expedition, which was then believed to be on
its way tq Sebastopol. To supply a good billhook, a
good pick, a good spade, and a good hatchet for every
man in the army if necessary, would not have cost the
conveyance and maintenance of one regiment or the hire
of one transport. Why was not this (rune ? What hin-
dered it ? No physical difficulty, but that moral diffi-
culty which is more powerful to obstruct than oceans
and monntains—the via inertia' of office, which opposes
itself the most to the greatest and most reasonable pres-
sure. So now fer the sequel. One witness declared the
other day that he found a whole regiment incapable of
supplying itself with fuel because it possessed only three
tools—that is, two old spades and a broken pick. It was
much the same with the rest of the army. The trenches,
the works of defence and of course the road, were all
hindered by the fragile or yielding quality of the tools.
:Now for yesterday's evidence. Captain Shakespeare, of
the Royal Horse Artillery, was president, he said, of' a
committee which sat to report upon tools, and "all were
condemned except the pickaxes. The billhooks were
especially bad." In reply to another question he said,
"Fresh tools were issued before he left, but they were
as bad as the first." And in answer to 'further inquiries,
"All the tools, stores, harness, and all timings fur the
artillery, were sent out direct from Woolwich to Mr.
Young, at Balaklava." So much for the captain of the
Royal Horse Artillery. Let us hear Sergeant Thomas
Dawson, of the Grenadier Guards, on the same point
" The tools we bad were very bad indeed. The bills
would not cut a piece of wood ; pieces chipped out of
the edges an inch long. The pickaxes were generally
bad ; they were always coming off at the handles, if they
did not break. The shovels were worse than the picks."
Now, can we wonder at anything in the history of this
siege—at the tedious work of the trenches, at the want
of fuel, at the impossibility of sparine men for the flank
defences, or- the road, when these noble fellows had to
work for their lives with tools that broke, flew, bent,
twisted; chipped as fast as they were used, and which,
on the complaint of the whole army, and a formal re-
port sent to England, were replaced from Woolwich with
other tools not a whit better ? A Canadian lumberer will
give any price for hie aer, because he knows that, should
it prove treacherous, he may have to retrace his steps
hundreds of miles for another, and lose the best part of
time season. On the merest computation of X. s. d., it
would have answered to give a guinea--ay, ten guineas
—for every tool sent with the army, if its excellence
could thereby be secured. But, before wo leave this
affair of the tools, let 'our readers just observe these
manifold and most melancholy confirmations of the above
passage in the letter of our correspondent, "graphic"
and "highly-coloured" as General Sir C. Pasley may
think it ; the value of the reiterated Ministerial asser-
tion that the tools sent out to the war were as good as
could be made ; the character of' that official system
which went on anti on, and, for acythiug we know, goes
on to this day, sending out tools from the very same
store and of the very came quality ; and the infallible
result not only to this expedition but to England alto-
gether, if the one paramount policy to be observed is a
determination to profit by no warnings, to persist in the
same course, the same men, the same tools, the same
everything hat were proved to be utterly bad, simply
because they are they same, and there is a certain humi-
liation in changing them ; and, with this new light, will
General Pasley be so good as to answer the question
whether campaigns are more lost by the letters of "spe-
cial correspondents" or by pooh-poohing them as the
poor 'old gentleman himself has done?
A body of 2,000 " navvies" is going out to the Cri-
'lnca to do all that digging and trenching work, which,
rough as it may seem, requires as much apprenticeship
as a soldier's proper trade. The soldier, for the future,
is to be reserved as much aipossible as the fighting man.
These " navvies" are to be victualled by contract ; they
take out their own houses, their own chief, Mr. Coch-
rane, who did most of the work of the Crystal Palace at
Sydenliani under the contractors. It is a great experiment
in the work of conimissariat, and, ae civilians are the sub-
ject of it, it is endured in military circles:. We only trust
indeed, we are sure, the contractors and the
" asievits
" themselves will not take the r tools
from Woolwich. They would as soon thiuk of going to
the toyshop in Ckeapside and supplying themselves with
the wooden axes, billhooks, and ellovels, intruded for
our nursery "navvies." They well know that they can-
not supply the place of a bad tool 3,000 miles from
home, and that, even if they could wait for a substitute
from Woolwich, it would only be the fellow of the last.
We have little space for a very great subject. All
must remember the exultation with which time exploits of
the Himalaya were greeted last year. She was the
largest, -the most capacious, the fastest ship in the world.
England was as delighted to possess her as any young '
nobleman his first yacht. We all revelled iu the descrip-
tion of this wonder of the world—in her dimensions,.
the marvels of her engines, the rapidity with which she
appeared here or there, taking up now a few thoisand
men, now some hundred horses, as the case might be.
The distance of 3,000 miles shrank to nothing when a
whole army could do it in leas than a fortnight. Russia
was to fall, if not to such floating castles as those we