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

A, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and I.lremorrholds, Is.
each, by post Is. Gd.
WHAT TO EAT; DRINK; AND AVOID.
" Abstentia multi curantur morbi."
t popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless
ling, &c.) of the above harassing and distresging complaints,
an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should
to get rid of them ; to which is added, diet tables for every meal
he day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of
:r, hour out of the twenty-four.. Illustrated by numerous
;es, &c,

LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE.
" lie which that hath no wif, I hold him lost,
Ileiples., and all desolat. Ile that hath no child,
Like sun and winde."—Chaucer.
(object : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities.4-Development
the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded
lons—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental
(compatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter-
=lege— theory of Gestation—llereditary Resemblance—Mode of
terniining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas-
tilable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &c.

CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS.
A Lecture to Young Men.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
Mb)ect : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent
the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of
,entiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
id remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c.

On Secret Diseases, their Sell-management and Cure.
The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive and popular exposition
' genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com-
ising especially primary and secondary mptoms, all forms of
inary derangements, stricture and sperma torriama ; with 250 on-
vings and prescriptions.

The BLADDER, lIRE.,THR.I, ani RECTUM.—Comprising
[nary Derangements. Constipation, and llmmorriloids.
Vois. 6 and 7, companions to the pt eceding.
THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY.
"duconde Vivere."
" Few words to fair faith."—Shakespere.
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann. 39, Cornhlll ; or of

DP_ CULVERWELL,
rother, Successor, and Twenty Years C.,,nsultinft.Collcave of the
to Author 01 the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London.
to may be qdvtsed with on the above matters daily, from Ten till
re, and in the evenings. from Seven till Nine.

CALCULATIONS ON THE MINISTRY.-
What statesman can best guide the affairs of the nation, and
inister to the exi2.encies of ti:e times, is a question very justly can-
med. Comfort is minis end to, everybody by the seasonable
othing manutactured by E. MOSE 3 and Sore.
That every one in the City, in the country, and in all parts of the
srld may have the ministry of the newest and most appropriate
ti3les of dress, E. MOsES an.i SON have recently improved the
yles and quality, and reduced the price of alt-goods thoy submit to
to inspection of the public.
At E. MosEs ant SON'S the most commodious Clotting, Hat,
osiery, and Boot and Shoe departments, are connected with the
lost comprehensive Wholesale business in the world.. This offers
' ter investments for Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants than any
der merchandise can secure.
SPECIAL NO 111, !E.—Until March 1,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S
ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY
7VENING, except Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock.
CAUTION.—E. MOsEs and SON regret having to guard .he
iblic ageing imposition, havinc learned that the untradesman-like
!school of " Being eennected with their Establishment," or " It's
to same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
•vious reasone, they beg to state that they have
No C4lerrertion WITH ANY OTHEn noose tbr,,oa our OP LONDON.
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establidunent, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84,
5, and 86, Ald,gate, opposite l'ie Church, all communicating.
l',ontion West-end Branch, 505, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1,2,
' and 3, Hart-street, all consmviileating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
%twilled Branch, 36, Fargate.
Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Tailm-s, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot an
Moe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be
txchauged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
nice, trom which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments are closed from •sunset on Fridays to sunset
nn Saturdays, when businessie resumed till 11 o'clock.
A now Book for Autumn and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu-
opia," containing full lists of prices, our system at self-measure-
ment, Scc., lice., may be had on application, or post-free.
let l'on parte Francais. Qui al parla Italian°.
tit, spriobt man Dentsch Aqua sa battle 'Espano.
An Illustrated Almanac fur 1855 gratis en application ,or post free

ANOTHER DUEL PREVENTED.—The magistrates of •
Brighton on Saturday ordered a gentleman of the name
If Boyd to enter into recognisances to keep the peace I
.owards Captain Jones.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S NEW STABLING FOR THE
.‘
BRITISH CAVALRY IN THE EAST. —Some few weeks since
the new stable-tent invented by the Emperor Napoleon
for the Crimea, after being highly approved by the
French. military authorities and forwarded to England,
and being also looked upon here as a -great improve-
ment, it was determined that, without delay, a number
should be constructed for our cavalry in the East On
Monday week, Mr. ,B. Edgington, of Doke-street,
having nompleted the number ordered by his Grace the
Duke of Newcastle, despatched them to Woolwich for
transmission teour army. The tents will aceotnmodate
24 horses each, and are roofed with waterproof cloth,
the sides being filled in with stout canvas. One of the
principal improvements is, that the tents, if necessary,
can be fitted up together, forming one gigantic erection,
with or without partitions.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder,
and Prostrate Gland, and their connection with the
Ganglionic or Great Central System of Nerves ; being a
reprint (considerably enlarged) of a series of papers bear-
ing upon the more important and prominent symptoms,
and the most successful mode of practice in .the treat-
ment of diseases of those organs— in the press, and will
be speedily published, by Dr. Denis Cronin, 35, Bruton-
street, Berkeley-square.
ADVERTISRIIIINT.]—TAE WAR IN TUE EAST. —POWERFULPATSNT
RECONNOITRINO,GLASSES.— SIGHT AND HEARING —Messrs. S. and
B. Solomous, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Ob-
serve—opposite the York Hotel. Newly-constructed Spectacle
Lenses of the greatest transparent power The valuable advan-
tage derived froin this invention is, that vision becoming im-
paired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged
persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most
minute occupation—can see with these lenses of a much less mag-
nifying power-and they do not require the frequent changes
to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf-
ness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi-.
.nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness,
entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the
kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced.
Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it
enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of siegiug noises
in the ears is entirely removed ; and it afforls all the assist-
ance that possibly could be desired. By her Majesty's Boys.
Letters Patent fur valuable and extraordinary improvements
in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-
course, Opera, and PerspectiVe Glasses, to know the distances
of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the
army, navy, and others. Those telescopes possess such extra-
ordinary powers that some 3i inches, with an extra eye
piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's raoess, Saturn's ring,
and the double stars; with the same telescope eau
seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant,
and as object from 16 to '2O miles. They are of larger and alt
sizes, with increasing powers.accordinssly ; while their vary-
ing from 4 to 6 inches euab'e us to discover more than the
above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.--The Royal
Exhibition, 1851.---,Valuable, newly-invented, very
powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by whiel,
a person can be seen and known 1 tmiles distant; they anewe,
every purpose on the race-course, and at Vie opera houses
country scenery, and ships aro clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles.
They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, tc
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists- Opera
race-course, camp, and' perspective glasses, with woaderfn
powor.-39, Albemarle-street, 'Piccadilly. Observe-
_oppo
site the York Hotel.

The long aeries of Ministerial explanations which have pre-
ceded, accompanied, and followed the formation of the pre-
sent Administration was brought to a close last night by the
statements of Lord Granville, Lord Derby, and the Marquis
of Lansdowne in the Hbuse of Lords, aid by the observations
of Lord John Russell in the House of Commons. At any ordi-
nary time Parliament and the country would hive listened
with- unusual interest to these incidents of political life,
which display.the action of parties and the personal relations
of public men ; but, from first to last, in the present state of
public affairs, there has been a strong and just feeling in the
country that these discussions were paltry and mischievous.
As Parliament adjourns this day for another week, to enable
the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary to be returned by
their respective constituencies to their seats in the House of
Commons, very nearly three weeks will have been consumed
in this crisis from the day of Mr. Roebuck'S motion to the
recommencement ot the session on the 16th of February ; and,
what is of still greater importance, the action of the public
departments has for a considerable portion
,of this time been
suspended. It is impossible not to remark that a little more
foresight and candour on the part of two or three members
of Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet might have avoided all this incon-
venience, by effecting a modification of that Administration
during the recess.
The proceedings of last evening in the House of Lords
were opened by Lord Granville, who will now act as the
principal organ of the Government in the upper house,
with the assistance, - or, as he himself modestly expresssd
it, under the guidance of Lord Lansdowne. No man
is better qualified than Lord Granville for this hon-
ourable duty, and we remember that the discriminating
judgment of Lord Lyndhurst marked him out at a very early
ago as the member of his party best fitted to succeed the emi-
nent statesmen who have filled-that post. Lord Granville's
Statement of the policy of the new Cabinet amounted to no
more than a renewal of their solemn pledges to adhere to a
liberal system at home, and, above all, to carry on the war
with vigour and effect abroad. These,expressions have been
used so often frOm the very commencement of hostilities that
they might 'be stereotyped in every journal, in every debate,
in every public meeting, and in every official declaration.
There is absolate unanimity in the sentiment. But the ques-
tion addressed to the late Government was " What do yon
mean by carrying on the war with vigour and effect ?" The
House of Commons was of opinion that the measures taken or
promised for this purpose were not an adequate performance
of the engagement, and Lord Aberdeen's Ministry fell. The
present Cabinet has the advantage of knowing by melancholy
experience where our military system is most defective, what
men have- proven most incompetent, what evils we have to
surmount ; and we are therefore entitled to expect that they
will apply their efforts in the right direction, and especially
to objects which it is but too easy to point out.
Lord Derby's account of the transactions in which he has
recently played a considerable part was elaborate to minute-
nese and admirably eloquent ; but it had in some degree the
tone of an exculpation, and of an exculpation addressed to his
own adherents, rather than to his opponents or to the coun-
try. We have not 'the slightest desire .to address to Lord
Derby any adverse criticism upon the conduct he pursued
ou this occasion ; on the contrary, it appears to us to have
been sensible, spirited, and patriotic ; and perhaps it is
to be regretted that he was not more successful in his
attempt. But that conduct is a complete disavowal of all-
that the Tories have been professing and demanding for seve-
ral years ; and Sir Robert Peel's announcement that he meant
to repeal the Corn-laws was scarcely more startling to the
rural mind of his party than Lord Derby's declaration that he
desired to place himself at the head of a Coalition Govern-
ment. He boasted, indeed, of the strength of his phalanx in
the House of Commons-280 good men and true, whom ad-
versity itself has not reduced. He told the House that Lprd
Ellenborough was ready to assume the direction 'of the War
Department ; that the " commanding abilities" of Sir Ed-
ward Bulwer Lytton would add their lustre to the Cabinet ;
and that Mr. Disraeli had waived his pretensions to lead the
House of Commons. Yet, such 'Was the unanimity of the
country with reference to Lord Palmerston's high qualifica-
tions for office in the present conjuncture, that Lord Derby
felt it necessary to address himself in the first instance to that
nobleman, and the proposal was accompanied by an offer to
include Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Sidney Herbert in the same
Ministerial combination. Considering the language which
has been addressed to these statesmen by the Tory party and
its organs for the last seven years, it must bo confessed that
Lord Derby was'prepared to construct his Cabinet on a very
broad basin of reconeiliation.. But he did not stop even hero.
He proccededto pay a just tribute to the ability .displayed by
Lord' Clarendon in directing the foreign affairs of the country,
and he intimated that, if the arrangements for this Adminis-
tration had not been cut short by Lord Palmerston's refusal, it
would have been his duty and his desire to urge Lord Clarendon
and Lansdowne to lay aside all party feelings and join
,in
the formation of this national and - patriotic Govern-
ment. Such schemes are, unhappily, too brilliant to
be realised, and, even if the attempt had been made,
we could scarcely have hoped for success in the combination
of elements at once so powerful and so various. But what
are we to think of the effect of this disclosure on the Tory
party' itself ? What are we to believe when Mr. Diiraeli,
who declared that ‘4 England loves not coalitions," was pre-
pared to sacrifice his own personal pretensions to the most
wonderful coalition which had been projected since Mr. Fox
joined Lord North ? What has " the great country party"
to hope for when the possibility of their return to power was
made to depend on the consent of their antagonists to act as
their leaders ? These are the questions Lord Derby en-
deavoured to answer, and the difficulties he attempted to
remove ; but his speech only confirms the opinion we ex-
pressed at the commencement of theie transactions -that his
return to office was impossible without extraneous support.
We cordially concur in the spirit of the just and forcible
exhortation with which Lord Lansdowne concluded his
• statement to the house. It is true that the difficult and

distracted condition of public affairs and the incalculable in-
t crests which are engaged in the war do impoSe on •every
s
nd
member oeygft
careat,llings
motive
contribute,t
direct,ino gnbs ,
by whatever
aowanni
hod,
dfae
oieans lervlseice.
the successful
tlmlsacyEcice Each
osflos
sfauf
;usbsh liii
nes
y, to
ive
co,b;oluntry,
Lut.peovel.seyeirut nationalnoim'antrl
es interest
pro-
secution, to
of this contest. We are bound to assist the cause
of our country, not merely by a passive acquicsence in the
sacrifices required of us, but by vigorous efforts to improve
what is amiss, and to supply what is wanting and wein' mustve
be allowed to add that in this respect the press and the
country have set an !example to the Government,:and not
the Government to them. In the efforts in which we have
had the honour to participate we acknoWledge no object, we
are conscious of no motive, but an earnest and ardent desire
to throw our whole power into this national cause. We have
spoken the truth without respect of persons, even when it
was most painful to do so ; we have exposed abuses wherever
they could be detected ; because these are the duties which
immediately devolve on our own profession. In every in-
stance a tardy confession or a reluctant discovery has demon-
strated the accuracy of that information. Let the Govern-
ment and the officers of the Government in every department
of the public service be equally ready to give effect to their
resolutions, and to enforce in every instance the paramount
obligations of public duty, and we shall have little reason to
complain ; but at present the most essential condition of im-
provement and success is that these principles should be not
only addresaed by the Ministers to the country; but applied
to their subordinates and sternly enforced by themselves.

(From the Morning Herald.)
We arc glad to perceive that a period is approaching in
England when her people are likely to throw off the various
delusions by which they have been misled to follow one poli-
tical nostrum after another, instead of looking steadily to
honesty and integrity as the only things needful to secure the
safety of the nation at home, its honour and its authority

abroad.
We need not attempt to run the gauntlet through the
various erroneous phases which have signalised the long years
since 1830, durinc, which the nation has been running to and
fro, vainly demanding " who will show us any good ?"
The first'wds the greatest—the Reform delusion ; and .to
that after the test of experience has been applied, we find the
miserable residuum to consist of that exposed humbug—Lord
John Russell, and the powerless and factious assembly called

the Reformed House of Commons.
Next.the Peel humbug lasted a considerable time, but we
think the condition of our army in the East has finished that
delusion, as the nation is now convinced the whole of its mis-
fortunes and miseries is the work of Peel's clerks.
During the last two years we have had the Coalition hum-
bug, divided into various small delusions. Suffice it to say,
wo have had the diplomatic humbug—the Sehastopol delusion
-- the alitic font dream ; and now thr nation stands aghast
at the fearful reality of the Crimean catastrophe.
There remains, however, a last delusion, which the people
of England must throw off before they are entirely restored
to health—the Palmerston delusion an t this we hope will
be the work of a very few, but alas, very precious weeks.
The Palmerston delusion has already cost this country and
the world : •
The Affghan war, and the destruction of our army in the
Khyber Pass.
The breaking up of the Protestant kingdom of Holland.
The sacrifice of the kingdom of Poland.
The treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, handing over the Dardanelles
to Russia--the direct cause of the present war.

The destruction of freedom in Portugal, by the treacherou
arrest of the Junta of Oporto.
The non-execution of the cession of the Milanese to Pied-
mont, as proposed by Austria in her extremity, thereby sacri-
ficing the liberty of north Italy, preventing the strengthening
of the constitutional kingdom of Sardinia, and, as a conse-
quence, aiding the entrance of Russia into Hungary, and the
establishment of her influence in central Europe.
These few items may suffice for the present ; it would be
easy to extend the list of our debts to the present Premier.
But one evil more, the last and the worst, remains behind—
the present state of things.
Lord Aberdeen and Lord Derby both declared that what
England required ut the present moment was a " strong
Government ;" and no one can deny that Palmerston is the
man who has forced on the country the wretched mummery
which now mocks the nation by assuming the functions of a
ministry. Look to the Treasury benches. There sits the
phantom, mopping and mowing—the ghost of the old
Coalition, " sitting crowned and ghastly on the grave
thereof."
Now, it is a fearful thing to ask for what has this Minister,
who has reached the full period of human life, interposed,
individually and personally, to prevent the possibility of a
strong Adthinistration being formd adequate to the emer-
gency? The great difficulty of carrying on the Government
of this country since the Reform Bill, and the destruction of '
the confidence of the nation in tho honour of public m en, has
been the difficulty of obtaining. a reliable Parliamentary ma-
jority—from the vast subdivision of members into cliques,
and the impossibility of those cliques trusting each other.
Au opportunity occurred, however, by which a party might
have been formed capable of commanding the majority of the
house, and so carrying out the wishes of the nation.
The 'great Country party under Lord Derby amounts to
something between 270 and 280 votes-40 more of the men
wno may be classed as waverers and supporters of all
'Governments would have joined this, and by a junction with
this mass Lord Palmerston'might have aided in constructing
a Ministry able to count on supporters numbering consider-
ably more than half of the entire house. • • •
Nevertheless, this patriotic Minister has preferred to join
himself to a wretched and feeble clique, already condemned
by the nation, which has even coerced its representatives to
endorse the sentence by a majority 0f157. Even. with the
aid of these condemned men he cannot Command a sixth of
the house, but must entirely depend upon the forbearance o,

But Lord Derby, failing himself and by his own weight to
form a Ministry, bethought hhnof the'nobleman whose name
was on all lips—Whose ieputation was in all hdarts—as the
man to lead And to save the country, lie offered seats in the
Cabinet to Lord Palmerston and to two of his friends—Mr.
Gladstone and Mr. Sidney Herbert—and professes himself
somewhat surprised at the receipt of a negative reply. We
should have been surprised had .ho received any other
—had Lord Palmerston disappointed the demand of the
country 'by accepting a nominal office, such -as • that of
President of the Council, at a time when Lord .Ellen-
borongh would have held the War Secretaryship, at a time
when ho himself would have been virtually shelved, and the
fate of England would have been entrusted to a Ministry in
which the country could not have felt that'Cotifidenco now so
essential. No man stands higher than Lord Palmerston above
all suspicion of selfishness in such matters.. Ho has repeatedly
sacrificed 'personal claims and personal considerations to the
desire of serving his Queen and his country. *The country
will decide whether he was not justified in concluding that
his presence as President of the Council iu the Ministry of
Lord Derby would be 9f no service either to that Cabinet or
to the nation. The houses of Parliament will .seen be called
ou to decide whether or no they prefer the Ministry of Lord
Pahnerston to the raw recruits whom Lord Derby would be
forced to call into office.

(Front the Morning 'Chronicle of this dag.)
At a moment when the fortunes of England are depending .
alike upon the conduct 'of a great war, and the successful
management of her foreign policy, it is a circumstance of pe-
acideiharieffeliwcihtoysewhpireho, tonged elie Ceriaboiiinceet niundearth4then4prterasiudeonncyh,aosf
been derived from services iu The War-bffib and iu the Fo-
reign-office, of nearly equal duration. Lord Pabnerston
has spent in each department a term of years which would have
entitled him to rank - Mutest as a veteran functionary, and
has in both achieved a reputation for singular ability and
success. At the War-office his services extended in au un-
broken series from 1809' to 1828, during which • time ho gra-
dually add literally worked his way to the chief administra-
tion of the department. As Foreigu,,Seoa7lie held the
seals of office Under every Whig 04oViiiiiiribilit;from 1830 to
18
two intervals of leisure, extending to five months,
and consequently 'enjoyed throughout that long period
only
from November, 1834, to' April, 1`35, and to as many
•
years between 1841 and 1846. The curious in detecting
" coincidences," will probably notice that the year iu which
his lordship first became apublic servant was -that of the
celebrated Walchereu inquiry, which served. the sole, and
inveeriyitholafpli4orsi.teßopie-ebcueedkent,s
Committeethat coiild the
during the recaeiTtoidnet--
bates. It may also be recorded among the curiosities of
ipnoliltBi coa7l haisst ory
the t
chaolt L l
eagod Palmerston
uro
inther epi.eesnotiej
traetdi
obfl i c life,Nesv
New-
port, Isle of Wight, of • the future Duke Wellington,
the great military organiser of the age ; and afterwards
won his way into .-tho.-,foramost ranks of statesmanship
during the Ministry of Mr. Canning, who first vindicated for
this country her due place in the councils of. Europe as the
:check and opponent of.absolutism. When Canning died, the
Liberals of the Continent looked to Palmerston as his politi-
eal heir, and the trustee of their own future4hopes.
The functions of a Secretary-at-'War were,
.and are, chiefly
executive. It was; accordingly, not until he became Foreign
Minister that Lord Palinerston was in a position to put the stamp
of individuality upon his policy. Since 1530, while administer-
ing the foreign affairs of the country, he has encountered
twice over, at distinct intervals, the perils -of a republican
cataclysm which shook the thrones and submerged the nations
of the Continent. He has also conducted us successfully over
successive crises, which threatened to plunge us in war with
one or more of our powerful neighbouN—crises of the greater
peril on' account of the unconquerable apathy that per-
vades the English public with regard to all foreign affairs
until they are roused by the actual presence of insult or
policy
only nl
preserved
b ese er derived ve
thed from the
charac-
ter
support of danger, and leaves the Minister; at moments of the
In: culic
most pressing exigency, without the strength which,
infeoo prudentlyhi
sei
svti
isc uco yunto'e, to restrain the aggres-
ssiblEvery-where lie stood forward
to rebuke,p
unpdperorotin-
of
popularcoustitut oiontlinsyiosute.
Throughout the whole Ad-
ministrationsion of absolutist Sovereigns upon the liberties of Mankind.
By no act and no omission on his own part hashe ever justly
forfeited the confidence reposed in him 'by the advocates of
liberty and progress either at home or abroad. •
ofunity
aii' thetdu, d
'Nevertheless, at, two different eras in his career, Lord
Palmerston has been assailed by eager Liberals on ac-
count of 'his alleged want of sympathy w;th national
efforts .for enfranchisement. In the first month -of his
Foreign Secretaryship.a trivial incident created a disturbance
• Poland, which rapidly acquired the dimensions of an in-
.

Polish
he
fem
lad:cell:: d
surrection. Two students drank the healthy of Kosciusko
and the unwise attempt to punish their offence produced a'
conflict
against their Russian oppressors, at first forg freedom, and
gi
niteedrer
e heroically.i
in
~
th e
afterwards ' for existence. At. this time the-Enalish/ svmp-
grievous fault with the
in which the
has assailed the noble viscount from the
s t:ou
contest further than by an assauranee that England
would keep watch over the faithful observance, by
Russia, of tho obligations entered into at the Treaty of
Vienna. Much more recently, an
Foreign
nts
mwinitihsterthbe-ecPauoslees
outcry, excited by a
partisans of Hungarian ~ nationality, " 1
pre-
cisely parallel event,
his• n both instances
Lord Palmerston never concealed personal predilections
for the cause of liberty, nor abstained from giving expression
to his opinions either in Parliament or through his official
correspondence with foreign diplomatists. ' His fault lay in
his not allowing those predilections to overbear the dictates
of prudence and the responsibilities of a Minister of State. He
would• not involve the country in the dread hazards of war,
even for the propagation of liberty and constitutionalism,
when those principles were erab (1' o led in the conflict between
a people and their recognised Sovereign.
The propagandists of liberalism have censured Lord Pal-
merston for timidity in the advocacy of abstract principles.
As an English Minister, and in controversies wherein the
dignity or interests of England were engaged, ho has been
taxed with temerity. Both charges aro
equally unsubstantial.
The allegation of rashness has been raised once and again, at
times when the country seemed verging u-
pon hostilities with
Franco; Just as. often has it been disproved by the result,
which allowed that the Foreign Sceratary was able to obtain
the desired end without paying the heavy penalty
of
war,
and
what events could not do for him the noble viscount did for
himself during the session of lB5l, when all the pleas it was
possible to collect from fifteen years of administration were
piled together into a monster indictment, and provoked that
memorable reply which formed at once one of the most
triumphant vindications of statesmanship and splendid effu-
sions of eloquence to which the House of Commons has ever
named. May we not include it among our coincidences, that
this noble speech was elicited by A motion proposed by Mr.
Roebuck, just as it has boon another motion of the same
honourable member which has resulted. in placing Lord Pal-
merston at the head of the Cabinet ?
Ono epithet was attached to the name of ,Palmerston dur-
ing the debate to which we have alluded, earned throughout
his whole career, and constituting new his great claim to the
confidence of the country. Alanlys, and at all i
Dints, he is
pre-eminently an " English" Minister. English in his sympa-
thies for liberty--English in the po'icy which ho has enforced,
and the interests he has. fostered throughout Europe—he
is not the less English iu his personal character. In
courage, vigour, perseverance, and patience Lord Palmer-
eton exhibits the endowments which his countrymen Most cul-
tivate and admire. His Parliament:lly career has testified to
the possession of qualities of intellect and temper that pro-
mise to fit him well for the performance of the arduous duties
he has now undertaken. Alike as a Minister and as an aspi-
rant for Administration, be has shown himself prudent, pa-
tient, and bold. He has never _snatched at power, nor fled
from responsibility. No momentary petulance has caused him
to throw up a great scheme of reform, nor any hope of
Personal aggrandisement induced him to plunge the Go-
vernment into confusion and paralysis. The critical times
that have come upon us demand the interposition of a
Premier who can act withooat fear and 1 without haste ;
who unites great administrative vigour with mature
official experience ; to whom the intricacies of our mili-
tary system and of oin• foreign diplomacy ArQ equally-

care of our gallant Allies. •
We are fully prepared for this sort of advice, or rather re-
proof. It is the language of , all barbarous and semi-civilised
nations, who either decapitate the bearers of ill-tidings or pro-
mulgate false news, turning defeatsinto victories, multiplyiug
their own army till the• hour of action, and ;then
.multiplying
as much .the slain of the enemy. The readers of " Hadji
Baba" will remember just such a scene. At the opening of the
present war the-British people chose to consider the Russian
accounts very much exaggerated, and took occasion to con-
trast, very favourably to themselves, their own candour at all
costs. Indeed, it is popularly supposed that the English can-
not lie, and are, if anything, rather too frank, so tha t if you
want to know the worst of them you have only to hear what
they say of themselves. -We believe that- this is true. But
then it is -not true of the whole nations and, certainly is not
true of the whole house of Lords-or the whole House of Com-
mons. If it had been true of every part of the common-
wealth—if there had been no statesmen, no classes, no in-
terests, no professions, no combinations of any kind, always
having an eye to fair seemings, hollow consistencies, and pre-
sent inconvenience, rather than the plain truth, we should
never have had the management of this expedition left so
many mouths in the same incompetent hands. Indeed; on this
very point of plain-speaking, we beg leave to challenge a
comparison. between Lord John Russell' part and our
own throughout this war. As . soon as there was
the least chance of fighting, we - sent gentlemen to
various stations in the East with one and the same simple
instruction-4o describe what they saw, and relate what they
heard on the best authority. Had. we given no such com-
mission, the necessity of the case would itself have prescribed
the same thing, for no acknowledged correspondent of this
paper could show his face in the army if that army did not
find him faithful and exact in the discharge of his mission.
licides these letters, we have also inserted many others from
all ranks in the army, and the remarks we have ventured to
make ourselves have been simply in the nature of the com-
ments on those letters, generally with no other view than to
• call attention to them, and secure for them the weight they
deserved in regard to the administration of the war. From
• the first landing at Gallipoli and Varna, and again, with still
more, urgency, from the lauding in the Crimea, we hive, on
the indications supplied by our correspondence, endeavoured
to impress -upon Government many deficiencies to be sup-
plied. When the siege operations threatened to be pro-
tracted, • and still morn when the news had arrived of the
failure of the first general attack, we innnediately offered
many warnings on the prospect of a winter campaign, and
the result was a great number of letters, from persons en-
titled to respect, on the proper means of preparing against
the winter of the Crimea, and the peculiar • hardships of a
camp in so exposedrenrt„Ti
za,a,seinitattibaelteri
f,lL,vs.eo thise
knho7 d
el:0;0st:: hesitation in
disaster
saying that if the suggestions which appeared in this paper
, laew
ast half
cbeeifvocr,e, thi,enelcyn c,luot
might have been averted. We regret, however, to state that
such was not the .feeling at head-quarters in this country,
and that about that very time a contemporary, in
the confidence of a section of the late Cabinet, and evi-
dently under its inspiratiOn, published a series of articles
lampooning all the suggestions that had been made in those
columns—railway, lists, sheep-skins, woollens, &e., with the
general remark that it was just as absurd to send these things
to our soldiers in the Crimea as it would be to a friend who
was going to spend the Christmas iu the same latitude at
Dijon. .

We have described our course. Now for LLY d John Rus-
sell's. He confesses ho was never satisfied with the adminis-
tration of the war. Ho always wanted it to be in stronger
and more experienced hands. First he wanted one man,
with more authority; then, when the Duke of Newcastle
seemed to have settled into the office, and his colleagues more
immediately concerned in the conduct of the war began to
complain that the Duke did not take sufficient notice of their
suggestions —still more, when matters looked ill, Lord John
then began to talk about a Board of War—a second best ex-
pedient to supply what was wanting in the actual Minister of
War. In fact, however, he did not press his advice, and for
months he gave so little vent to his convictions, his words
and deeds so little corresponded to his information and his
judgment, that not only were his colleagues all under a rills.

take to the last, but Lord John has been utterly incapable of
doing justice to his own mental history in the matter of the
war. With much humility he has confessed that he ought to
have resigned very much earlier, and it is obvious that ho
ought not to have resigned without first saying and doing
everything that was possible—short of resignation. In fact,
therefore, his fault has been not speaking out, and a very seri-
ous error it has proved. Had he spoken out in time, no doubt
the administration of the war might have been rendered much
more effective. Indeed, Lord John said only the other night
that, had Lord Aberdeen had a better servant, or the
Duke of Newcastle a better master, things might have gone
right. All, therefore, that was wanted was the application
of the Cabinet stimulus to the Duke, which Lord John Ems-
.sell confesses he did not give as he ought to have done. The
result has been a break up of the Cabinet, and a new Admi-
nistration, much too late, .we fear, to save more than a frac-
tion of the army, and only just in titne=if in time—to pre-
pare for the campaign of 1855. With a course of conduct so
mysterious, so untrue to conviction, so dilatory, so timid, so
uncertain, so bari-en of present results, so abrupt and appa-
rently so treacherous at last, so indefensible, so calculated to
shake the mutual confidence of political men, and finally lead-
ing to such negative and even injurious-results, we fearlessly
contrast the open, decisive, and uniform course taken by the
"ribald press" Lord John now petulantly abuses.
But there are accusations which in their subitance, their
spirit, their time, their occasion, and their authors are the
strongest testimony one 'could receive in one's favour. Mark,
an inefficient-Administration is overthrown, the faulty mem-
bers removed, and a new Administration formed on the un-
derstanding of prosecuting the war with new vigour. Thu
three members displaced aro the Minister who would not do
his work, the chief who would not make him do-it, and the
colleague who would not speak his mind till it was too la o.
As we, by the consent of all, have spoken our mind all
along, and newspaper and, statesman have Ml in turn had to
come round to us, the result is a triumph. We may now hail
it as a triumph, for we find ourselves greeted with a storm of
abuse from all the disappointed personages. We say " all," for
several of the Conservative leaders have joined in the cry,
evidently chagrined to have gained so little in the scramble,
which has merely ended in the substitution of one chief for
another and tho strengthening of-one particular department.
But why are we abused just now, when so much good has
been done, if it be not from a general conviction that we have
done it I No sooner does the new Administration meet Par-
liament than the malignints in both houses, instead of at-
tacking the new Administration, turn round and attack us.
Nay, they attack us under cover of civilities to the new Ad-
ministration, as if it mattered very little whether they praised
or abused Lord Palmerste4 or Lord Pamunre, but was very
important and very appropriate to the occasion to abuse us.
• So much for the charge of plain speaking, and letting the
British public know more than they are likely to hear from
Cemmanders-in-Chief and Chancellors of the Exchequer. One
word for the very much smaller affair in which Lord Malmes-
bury has a flinr, at us. Does he pretend to say that rank,
private interest,* and money. have not more influence in the
British army than in any other army in the world ? Does he
pretend to say that personal talents, personal virtues, and
experience in actual service, have• not loss influence in the
British army, and in the whole military system of this corm-
' try, than in any other ? If ho cannot say this, what is the
' value of all the details he can rummage out of the Army List?

Mr. Thomas B. Curtis, of Roston,
f, rmerly of . the
United States' navy, has lately issued printed circulars,
both in the United States and on this side, to urge an
alteration in the course pursued by st.aners in their
pa,sige from Europe to Ann-Tina. The present plan is
to keep as northerly as pos
sibtey passing over the length
m
and breadth of the Banks of Newfmiland and sighting
Cape Race. It is in this vicinity, however, that the
most deplorable accidents, including the loss of the
Arctic, hays happened, and Mr. Cultic clutends that
an agreement should be adopted to let the course be
shaped so as to on 8; int.relv the WI of the banks, and
leave Cape Race 100 or 150 miles t!) the northward,
thus escaping the possibility of wreck at that point, and
alio in a great measure tho danger of collision with
v grto the foggy banks. The temptation to
ricsosrkt.eh has
es r been from an idea that the more
course involves a shortening of distance vari-
nlelyrohsisitlii e
vari-
ously estimated at flo n 75 to 300 mike, but, according
to Professor Peirce, of Howard Univerzity, the lois by
the new route would be only 20 miles.
The accounts from all parts of the country describe
great stagnation in trade. Probably, however, it is due
to the severity of the weather more than to any other
cause, . . _

.....
column, and Were supported by a corps of reserve of
novel descripton. That corps, composed of Men, spe-
cially chosen for their agility and dexterity, was only
armed with slight but solid ropes, at the extremity of
which was a running knot. On arriving within reach of
the batteries, and during the engagement, they threw on
our soldiers those lassos, which they had handled with
much skill. They did not even spare our wounded.
We have been told that this new weapon was used in
Caucasus. This may be the case, but as we are not the

half-savage populatiOns of Caucasus, we could not help
branding that barbarous proceediin as unworthy of a
European army. Publish the tact in your journal. It will
be a reply to the fine sentiments expressed by the Empe-
ror-Nicholas, which we read to-day in the papers. Every-
thing in that sortie was strange indeed. It was evidently
organiied by a man of great skill and boldness. Those
lassos, the peculiar arms borne by the officers,—long
straight swords with poinard hilts,—the nails and hammers
• for spiking the guns, found in their pockets, all showed

that the, attack was planned and conducted by men who
were determined to die or succeed in the attempt. One
of the officers, in his despair at not being able to climb
on the epaulement, ran his long sword through the
gabions to wound the soldiers placed behind him. One
of the latter broke the sword in two with his spade, and
,then, leaping over the parapet, he attacked the officer
who had only his broken sword to defend' himself, and
killed him. No doubt remains as to the worth and rank

of the brave chief, who commanded that coup de main.
The next morning a flag of truce presented himself with

a letter from General Osten Sacken to General Furey,
in which he expressed his deepest regret for the death
of that most distinguished officer,' and requested the
Commander of the besieging corps to give up his body to
him. Gen. Forey immediately acquiesced in his desire,
and by the same opportunitydelivered to the Russians the
bJdies of 26 of their comrades who bad not yet been in-
' interred. This delivery took place within the buildings of
the Quarantine, in the presence of an officer of an eccentric
character, who spoke French very fluently, and said to us
This is a shocking work we are engaged in ! What

binders you from taking the town r All this cannot
amuse you. For our part, we are heartily tired of 'it.'
What did be mean by putting to us such questions 2 I
cannot, I merely repeat his expressions verbatim. The
artillery of the place has modified its firing, and has of
late adopted thu strange syr-tem of letting off several
mortars at a time. This producf.s sit extia,ordinary coin
motion in the air. The plan is not a bad oue, fur it is
easier to avoid one bomb than ten. Since the return of

the fine weather the sanitary condition of the army has
sensibly improved. The arrival cif an immense supply
of winter clothing, and leather ,and wooden shoes, will
hereafter protect our soldiers from cold and damp. One'
would suppose we had" Turks to command. All our men

wear the red fez, which has been given to them in lieu (e
nightcaps. They have, besides, received wooden shoes,
with excellent socks and woollen gloves. Those particu-
lars will afford you an idea of the minute care taken of our
soldiers. A large cargo of charcoal has just been landed
at Kanaiesch, for distribution among the divisions.
Some vessels laden with firewood have also arrived
there. The Government, you see, does not let us want
for anything. Since the night of the 14th we have not
heard of nor seen the Russians. They have only retained
posts of observation in the valley of the Tchernaya,
Since their last unsuccessful attempt to penetrate by
Inkermann into Sebastopol they can only communicate
with the army outside along the roadstea 1. Neverthe-
less from our positions we can see them regularly attend-
ing to their usual occupations. They establish works of
defence, carry gabions, and, like us, often blow on their
fingers to warm them. On the 12th of January (the
first day of the Russian year), I was standing in our new
battery (the one we received from the English, and which
is to batter the tower of Malakoff), whence I had a full
view, between the fort of the Mat and the city, of the
fine promelade, on which the theatre stands. With my
long glass I perfectly beheld five or six female figures,
dressed nearly alike, enjoying a morning walk. Every-
body was anxious to have a peep at them, for it is now
eight months since such a sight relieved our eyes. Two
of them appeared handsome. We followed their move-
ments with a certain pleasure, when they were ac-
costed with many demonstrations of politeness by two
officers, in Whose company they shortly afterwards dis-
appeared."
The Constitutionnel contains the following from
the Crimea, under date 25th ult. :
" The weather • has become very fine. Every night
we have a strong frost, followed the next day by a bright
sun, when we begin to bestir ourselves and set to work
as if nothing was the matter. Our batteries are all
finished, and armed with 230 guns and mortars. The
English, en their side, lose no time. They have lately
received a number of horses mail mules from Spain. The
armament of their batteries is proceeding rapidly, and
will be soon completed, provided the fine weather lasts
some days longer. The Ottoman troops are fast arriving
at Eupatoria. The Russians continue to fire upon us
as usual, but the moonlight has no doubt dotal-led then.
from making sorties. It was Colonel Papof, of the Im-
perial staff, who was killed in the sortie of the 14th,
and whose body was delivered up by us to the com-
mander of the town. The general health of the army is
good. We have lately received supplies of provisions and
effects, as well as presents from private individuals. The
city of Algiers has sent to the General-in-Chief a large
quantity of cigars and tobacco for our soldiers. This is
a kind and noble actiou, and the gift of cur colony will,
I am sure, be gratefully acknowledged by .our brave
troops, who for the most part commenced their military
career in the country. Yesterday, I suet my General
Emperor,
dressed in a fur cloak sent to him by the All
the Generals have received from his Majesty a similar
gift. Thank God, thesun has reappeared, and we shall
soon be able to storm ten.Sebastopels.
We road in the Courier de Marseille, of the 6th
inst., under date Constantinop'a, 29th tilt :-
-‘• Mehemet Bey, son of Redschid Pasha, who has been
lately elevated to the dignity of Pasha, and appointed
Ambassador to France, win pass through Turin, on
his way to Paris, to concert measures with the
Piedinontese Government relative to the Sardinian con-
tingent destined for the East. Two Piedinontese offi-
cers, M. Morelli and Count de Revel, arrived yester-
day at Constantinople, to prepare quarters fit those
troops. Detachments of the 9th French division land
here every day. General Brunet, their commander, re.
paired some slays ago to Daouil Pasha, where the French
are encamped, and reviewed the 16th and 4901 Regi-
ments of Infantry. We expect, to complete the division,
a portion of the let brigade, ee route from Algiers, under
the orders of General Cceur. The batteries of artillery,
the c company of engineers, the waggon train, and the
gendarinerie attached t ► the division are also shoitly
expected. A company of engineers, placed at the dis-
posal of General Larcher, Military Commander of Giti•
stantinople has arrived in the Gauges, and was quar-
tered at the Point of the Seraglio, in the L arrack
occupied by the Tuuisiatis, wh,Te the General inttn Is to
install a large artillery tahlishincht. The barrack is
to be given up to him by the Turkish Government, and
lie is expecting every day a compaly of artnourers
Algeria, which the Minister of War has placed unCe •
his direction, together wills four guards of artillery, and
as many of engineers. Yesterday, Gener tl Brunet, ac-
companied toy his staff and a numerous coy tege of offi-
cers of the 9th division, repaired to the Palace of Tche-
ragan, where they were received with the utmost dis-
tinction by the Sultan. - Abdul Medjid conversed with
several of them, and expressed to them in . excellent
French his almiration for our army. The arrival of the