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

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 1855.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MAEcR 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.
A e air, 11. Forster, 3.
Bailey; t-ir J. Frewcn, C.
lia'nes, 1. t. non. M. Grosvenor, Earl
Ball, J. Hay ter, W.
Barnes. T lleatheoaie, J.
13,11, J. HeYworth, 1,.
Isi,„rgs. W. 110. swan, E.
Bland, L. IL Hudson, G.
Bonham-Carter, J Ingham, R.
Tooker, T. W. Jackson, W.
Bright, J. Joh r,stiale, J.
Brotherton, J. Kil k, W.
Browne, W. Layard, A. 11.
Suter, C. Lee, W. . • .
Chambers, T. Lindsay, W.
Cobden, R. . • Macgregor; Jas.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Mangles, R. 1). .
Crauftird, E. H. Massey, W.
Crossley, F. . 3ltiligan, R.
Davies, J. L. Mills, T.
Dillwyn, L. . Michell, Dr. W. •
Druml mrlg, Via. Molesworth, Sir W.
Duke, Sir J. Alowatt. F.
Evelyn, W. 3lulgrave, Earl of .
Fagan, W. - ' • Nuntz. G.
Feriwick, 11., ' Oliveira, B.
Ferguson' Sir R. Palmerston, Visct.
Filmes', Sir E. Peacocke, G.
Fitz Gerald, J. Pellet, A.

Percy, T.
rhillimore. J. R.
P. llarJ•Urquhart, W.
Reed, J.
-Rice, N.
Robertson, T. .
Sandal's, G.
Scliolefield, IV.
Sco:•ell, Capt. G.
S^,-illy, F.
Sey 'mar, ii.
Seymour, W. D.
Smith, J. R.
Spooner, R.
E-.tsuley, Lord
Steel, J.
Strickland, Sir 0,
Thornely, T.
Tollemache, J.
Villiers, C.
Walmsley, Sir J.
Wilkinson, ~W.
Willcox, B.
Williams, W.
Wrightson, W.

TELLEAS,
Heywood, J.
Ball, E.

NOES-53.
Acland, Sir T. Greville, Col. F.
I3alllle, H. Guinness, It.
Berkeley, C. Hanmer, Sir J.
Blackburn, I'. H Archd. •
Blandford. Marquis of Eleathcoto, Sir fr.
Bromley-Moore, J. Heneage, Geo. F.
Cubitt; W. )311yard, It. C.
Disraeli. B. Hotham, Lord
Duckwor.h, Sir J. T. Irtoo. S.
Duncan, G. Kinnaird; A.
Duli101), A. Lawn, C.tp t. t.
Dunne, Col. Langton, 11. 0.
'East, Sir J. Lockhart, A. E.
Fergus, J. Lockhart, W.
Freestun, Col. Macartney, G.
Fuller, A, Malin% R.
Gladstone, W. Moncreiff, J.
Gordon, A. Montgomery, Six G.
Gettiburn, 11. M,o:e, G.

Mowbray, J.
Norreys, Sir D.
O'Brien, P.
Paeke, ;C.
Philipps, J.
Portal, Ni. •
Shirley; E.
Smith. W.•
Taylor, Col.
Vansittart, O.
Walcott,- Admiral
Walpole, S.
Wigram, Loftus T.
Wise. A,
Wynne, W. .

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 80.
AYES.-32.
Bell, J. Gardner, R. Istorreys, Sir D.
Bland, L. H. Greene, rapt. John O'Brien, P.
Bowyer, G. - Greville, Colonel F. Peacocke, G,
Cole, H. A. Grogan: Edward Percy, J. ,
Craufurd, E. H.J. Heard, .I', Pollard-Urquhart, W.
De Vere, S. E. Hutchins, E. Roche, E.
Dunne, Colonel Jackson, N. Sadleir, John
Elliott, J. E.' Johnstone, J. " Scully, F.
Fagan, W. Kirk, W.
Ferguson,'S.irß. Mines, R.
Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Moore, G. . Bill, J.
French, Fitzstephen Murrough, J. P Kennedy, T.

TELLERS.

• • NOES—:BO. '
Aston, Joseph Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G .Ricardo, J.
Anderson, •it J. Hall, Sir Benjamin . Ricardo, 0.
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Harcourt, Gco. • Ricardo, S.
Ball, E. Basile, Alex. • RusselLF, (I.
Beaumont, W. Hastie, Archd. Seymour, H.
Beatinck, G. - Headlaw, T. Shaft°, It,
Berkeley, Hon. C. Henley,.. Shirley, E.
Blackburn, P. Rottman, E. . Smith, R.
'Boithain-Carter, J. Ingham, B. Smith, W.
Bramley-More, 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. Stuart, W.
Buckley, Gen. Lewis, Sir G. C. Valittart, G.
leen. Lord ' Marjaribanks, D. Virs, C.
Cheetham, John • Martin, J. Wa:pole. S.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Michell, William Whitbread, S.
Cowan, C. Moleswortb, Sir W. Wickham, H.
Crossley, F. • Moncrieff J. Wilkinson, W.
Davies, J. Morris, D, Wilson, J.
-Duff, G. i Mutiings J. R. Wood, Sir C.
Duncan, Viscount North, F. Wortley, J. S.
Filmer,S'r, E. Osborne, R. Wrightson, W.
Fitzgerald, J. Palmerston, Viscount
Frewen, C. H. Phi Ilmore, J. G.
Goodman, Sir Q. Plikington, J.
Goulburn. H Price, Sir R.
Grenfell, Charles Ramsden, Slr J.

• - TBLLEU.
Hay ter, W.
Malgral e, Earl of

PAIRS ON MR. HEYVirOOD'S MOTION.
FOR.. AGAINST.
Mr. Miall Mr. Cowan
Lieut.-Col. Clifford • Mr. Arkwright
Mr. M. Wyvill Sir E. Gooch
Mr. Hume Mr. Buck
Mr. Raikes Currie s Hon-. a 'Harding°
Lord. Ernest Bruce Mr. Corry

Mr. Locke General Peel
Mr. Hastings Russell Lord R. Cecil

Mr. Marshal Mr. J. S. Cocks
Mr. Leveson Gower Lord Alfred Hervey
Mr. E wart Mr. 0. Morgan

Sir F. Baring Mr. Greene (Lancaster)
Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald General Wyndham
Mr. Chichester Fortescue Lord Emlyn

Mr. R. Lowe , Mr. Walter
Colonel Smyth' • Mr. Kinitchbull
Mr. J. A. Smith , Lord Lovaine
Mr. 0. Ricardo • Mr. Baillie ,
Sir H. Maddock Mr. Trail
Mr. Hutchins Sir P. Egerton
Mr. John Greene , .51r. Follett
Mr. Woodd . Colonel Harcourt
Lord Stafford • Sir W. B. Sinijth
General Buckley Mr. Bouverio
Mr. Rich •
Mr. Haubury
Mr. Strntt • , Sir B. Hall
Lord Shelburne ' Mr. Stafford
Sir George Goodman Mr. Burnett
Mr. Kershaw Lord W. Graham
Sir J. Johnstone Mr. Henry Whitmore
Mr. Hankey Sir T. Herbert
Mr. Starkio Sir H. Willoughby
Mr. M. T. Smith Mr. Deedes
Lord Ebrington lord Henry Chohnondeley
Mr. Samson Ricardo Lord Chelsea
Mr. Samuel Whitbread Mr. Orogen
Mr. Elliot Mr. Bentinek
Mr. Charles Howard Sir W. Verner

Mr. Headlam Colonel Boldero
Mr. Waddington Mr. Mullins
Mr. Gardner Sir J. Hogg
Mr. M. Milnes Mr. S. De Vere
Mr. J. L. Ricardo Lord A. Lennox
Mr. Pilkingten Mr. Henley
Mr. Glyn General Arbuthnott

Sir.R. 'Prise Mr. Roundell Palmer
Mr. Grey Mr. W. S. Kuox
Mr. Bowyer Mr. Stuart
Mr. Oakes Mr. Franklyn

THE BERNAL COLLECTION.

The sale of the further pOrtion of the pictures has oc-
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 observed, are in
many instances remarkably high. The following may be
instanced .as possessing more than an average interest :
—Lot 781, Nell Gwyane, in a yellow silk dress and
white sleeves, with a blue mantle, seated on a stone
plinth, caressing a lamb, half-length, by Sir P. Lely,
48in. by 38in., 70 guineas, Mr. Farrer. Lot 786, Mar-
shal Vauban, in a half-dress and white scarf, his band
resting on his baton, by Rigaud, engraved,. 431., Mr.
Webb. Lot 794, Charles 11., in steel and gold armour,
with the badge of the Garter, half-length, by Nason,
46m. by 36in. ; the subject of the celebrated engraving
by Van Dalen, 71 guineas. Lot 796, Charles 1., in a
pink silk dress with slashed sleeves, half-length, by
Myttens, 46in. by 36in.;84/. Lot 798, Nell Gwynno,
in a white dress and blue mantle, seated on a bank in a
landscape, half-length, by Sir P. Lely, 49in. by 40in., a
very elegant portrait, 651. Lot 804, William 11., Prince
of Orange, in a black dress, edged with gold, on a brown
horse, a river in the distance, by Cuyp, 19in. by 13in.,
100 guineas. Lot 807, the Cardinal of Chatillon, in a
crimson damask dress and cloak, half-length, by Primat-
ticio, 36in. by 28in., inscribed re 48, 1531, full of fine
character, signed by the master, 158 guineas. Lot 82G,
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 portrait
painter, signed by him, 205 guineas, Sir Hugh Hume
Campbell. Lot 842, The Artist, in a yellow silk dress
and crimson velvetcloak, fastened by aje*e), by W. Mieris,
oval, 34in. high; this portrait is of the artist's most ela-
borate and delicate finish, 62 guineas. Lots 858 and 854,
the youthful Princess of Conde, in a yellow dress, and
the youthful Prince of Conde, in a dress richly embroi-
dered, by Migi.ard, 1101. Lot 857, Isabella de Valois,
wife of Philip 11., ina blac& dress with pink sleeves, by
Palomino, 110 guineas. Lot 901, Louis XII. in a
crimson cloak, giving alms to a beggar, in a tortoiseshell
frame, 50 guineas.. Lot 910, Henry VII. in a yellow
dress, ornamented with jewels, by De Mabeuse, 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 guineas. Lot 917, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester,
in a yellow doublet and crimson sleeves', wearing the
Order of the Garter, by Zucchero, half length, 36iin. by
28in., very fine, 871., Mr. Webb. Lot 925, Isabel,
Queen of Charles IX. of France, in a white dress beau-
tifully ornamented, with jewels, and bands of pearls in
her hair, by Janet, three quarters length, 141 n. bylOiti.,
149 guineas, Mr. Colnaghi. Lot 926, Eleanor of Por-
tugal, Queen of Francis 1., in a black dress with slashed
sleeves, by Janet, three-quarters length, 153 in. by 12in.,
of the highest* quality, 215 guineas, Mr. Colnaghi. Lot
927, Anne of Cleves, in a dark dress ornamented with
broal stripes of gold damask, by Holbein, half length,
154 in. by 14in., on vellum, 175 guineas, Mr. Morant.
Lot 928, the celebrated Lady Johanna Abergavenny,
in a crimson dress with yellow sleeves, by Holbein, 52
guineas, Lot 935, Nicholas Lord Vaux, the celebrated
poet and musician, in a black dress and cap,- by Hol-
bein, 17iin. by 17in., in a portrait of the highest inte-
rest, 100 guineas, Mr. Morant. Lot 936, Edward IV.,
in a gold dress and crimson cloak, edged with fur, a
chain of jewels round his neck, by Holbein, 17in, by
llin. ; this portrait is from the collection of the Leighs
of Allington, 150 guineas, Mr. Farrer. Lot 964, the
Annunciation—the Virgin, a red dress and blue cloak,
seatecl with a gold drapery behind her, by Fra Aug°.
lioa da Fiesole, 66 guineas. Lot 968, the Virgin, in
a red dress and blue cloak, lined with green, seated on
a stone throne, by Hemmeluick, 20in. by 14in., one of
the mpst perfect works of the master, 91 guineas. The
two days' sale realised nearly 6,000/. The disposal of
the coUtation of miniatures will bacommeneed this day
at tho late midonoo of Mrs Benoit in DawnriciuttA
_

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

THE :BALTIC FLEET.:

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Richard Saunder&Dundas,
C. 13.; COmmander-iu-Chief of the Baltic fleet, einbarked
on board his flag-ship, the Duke of Wellington, at Ports-
mouth - yesterday, and was received with a guard of
honour of Royal Marine?, yards manned, and the usual
ceremony. The fleet despatch steam-vessel Vivid took
him to Spithiad.

The Britannia, Capt. -Carter, was put out of commis-
sion yesterday at Portsmouth, and her crew paid wages
and granted fortnight's .leave, at the• expiration of
which they will be draughted into the Baltic fleet, which
is in want of above.l,2oo- men to man, it Completely.
The 17th is the day oh whicht all the ships in progress
for the Baltic expedition are to.be Offi&ally• "'reported"
free from the 'artifictr: hands, and the 27th is confidently
expected to be the day of sailing. . •
The screw block-ship Edinburgh' 53,,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 be the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Baynes. • .
The Ariel, 9, screw sloop, Commander-Luce, went out
•
of harbour to Spithead again yesterday.
The Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen, will undack to-
morrow, and return to Spithead. •
The Hastings, blockship, 60, Captain Caffin, -newly
converted from a sailing 74 to a 60 screw, got, up her
steam in •the factory basin yesterday for the first, time,
to piove her boilers and machinery, ;which all 'worked
satisfactorily. _

The Pembroke (sister ship), Capt. G. H. Seymour, is
expected to be ready for•,bitpilar trial to-day.. Great ex-
pedition and exertions were used by the dockyard etigi-
neer•staff to get these ships ready.
The James Watt, 91, Capt. Eilintt, is alongside the
jetty up to the basin, and will be again fit for sea in a
day or two.
The victualling of the fleet goes on almost without in-
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 list 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 for 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
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, atHaslar, if its sanitary
state will permit.
Admiral Seymour left Plymouth yesterday for Ports-
mouth.

The following troops will embark at Portsmouth to-
morrow for Malta, to join the depot of Lord Rgalan's
army: They go outin 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 and 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 Lord Raglan's army. The Royal Wilt-
shire Militia, about 650 strong, will also embark on
board the Ctcesus for Cerfo.'

. 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.
Lieat. 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 Bythesca, recently serving in the Arro-
gant, to command the Locust steani-vessel

Midshipman W. R. Kerr, .to the Pembroke.
The Otter steam-vessel left Woolwich yesterday for
Sheerness, and her new commander will hare to proceed
there to hoist his pendant.
0 Niug to the violent gale from the west which pre,
railed on Monday, the Great riritain steamer, which was
to have sailed from Queenstown that day, was nut ex-
pected to take her departure before evening, or the
following morning. Tier present destination -is Malta,
wlier3 the troops she has vow on board, mostly raw
levies, are to take the place of veteran soldiers, and un-
dergo drib preparatory to being despatched for thecri-
Inca. A very large proportion of the entire number is
Irish, and niaay of those are from Dublin and its neigh-
bouroood. In addition to the immense number of sol-
diers which the Great Britain carries, she has a very
large crow, so that in her present voyage she carries a
grand total 011,700 persons.
Colonel Wood, C. 8., arrived in Dublin on Saturday,
and entered upon his duties as DeputyAdjutant-General
in Ireland. .

Colonel Mansfield, 53d Regiment, bag 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-
pointed Assistant Quartermaster-General at Limerick
during his leave of absence at Home for the recovery of
his health.

Orders have been transmitted to India for the follow-
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 lst battalion of the 60th
Royal Rifle Corps, from Bombay ; and thelsth Foot,
from Bengal. Each of these, being 600 strong, will,
with the addition of those regiments already under or-
ders or on their nay to the Crimea, make a total of
10,100 men withdrawn from the Indian Presidencies. It
is stated that a number of irregular cavalry, from the
northern provinces of India, are to be employed during
the summer against the Russians,

THE MILITIA. •
The King's Own Light Infantry Militia, now on-per-
manent duty at Hackney, Las been presented with 300
prayer-books, from a subscription by a-few ladies, and
liberally aided by the local Society for Promoting Chris-
tian Knowledge, which have been kindly acknowledged,
with the unanimous thanks of the officers and men, in a
letter addressed by Lieut.-Colonel Grant, the command-
ing officer, to the churchwarden.
On Saturday the Hon. Colonel Maynard, the Com-
mandant of the Royal Essex Rifles, visited the -head-
quarters. of the Webt Essex Militia, at Chelmsford, for
the purpose of receiving such men as would volunteer
into the Rifles, that regiment being under orders for
Corfu. Theanen were mustered, and 55 stepped for-
ward. They will receive 2/. each beyond the usual bounty.
'The First Devon Militia, who were at first embodied
at Exeter, have arrived at Newport, Monmouthshire,
where th y will perform garrison duty,
Yesterday morninl the City of Loudon Regiment of
Militia, numbering 600 strong, assembled in the Artil-
lery-ground, Finsbury, when, having been inspected
and put through various evolutions, in order to ascertain
the efficiency of the corps, knapsacks and greatcoats
were ibsued to the non-commissioned officers and privates
preparatory to their taking garrison duty. The flank
(grenadier and light) companies will proceed to the dObk-
yard at Deptford, there to do duty, the latter part of this
week, and the remaining companies will follow early in
the ensuing week.

(thaedleateathe lsaidr: q Price'suartr s
. -
THE NEW LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
w.Fe
lruoning
tinquiries
s, which
rwi
oeo
rhoaavde made
in London of the Land Transport Corps), we ,re
sorry
to learn that Captain Mayne has not been so successful
in enlisting recruits in the agricultural-districts as he
ima the advertisement in
thean-
ticipated.inselves
aWs We
recruits
srsteannldy
lt that out
verb
of 180 who offered
accepted,
and even
these were not nearly. so good as those'enlitted 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 three or four hundred'fresli applications
at the late London rendezvous—Lone of them being from
newspapers. We have no doubt but that the Go.
vernment could get 5,000 men in London for this corps
tMhealta , the applicant having
if they wanted them. Mr. James H. Maclean has been
appointed a quartermaster of a brigade.. .

against 42,039,752
Mr.
Pe
duty,liatt
MALT AID HOPS.
—Eeturns moved for by
ALP., show that the quantity of malt made in the United
Kaminogudnotemd, itnoth3e6,Byle9a,rssl4Bsb4u,
sahnedle, chagaia'g
bushels made in 1353. Of this malt, 31,869,127 bushels
were made in England, 3,412,950 in Scotland, and
1,537,477 in Ireland. The quantities of foreign barley
imported into the United Kingdom in 1854, amounted
to 552,972 quarters, against 824,068 quarters in 1853.
The quantities of foreign hops imported in the year 1854
amounted to 119,677 cwts., of which 39;936 cwts. were
from the Hanseatic Towns, 48,034 from Belgium, 8,125
from Holland, 3,419 from France, and 18,916 cwts.
from the United States of America. The rate of duty
chargeable on these hops was 2/. ss. per cwt. till the'Bth
of August, 1554, and from that day (till the let of Aug.,
1855), 1/. per cwt. The total quantity of British hops
exported from the United Kingdom to foreign countries
in the year 1854, amounted to 585,1681 b. weight, of
which 438,2391 h. were the growth of the preceding year.
The hops were chiefly exported to Australia and the Cape
of Good Hope. The quantity of foreign hops exported
in the year ended January 5, 1555, amounted to 6,823
cwts. The total quantity of hops charged with duty in
the several collections of the United Kingdom in the
year 1854, amounted to 9,877,12614,, and the quantity
of foreign hops charged with duty for home consumption
to-102,736 cwt. 20,130 cwt. of foreign hope rimed
is bcoad os thO sthflisy of Jczillirh 1410•

ME MILITARY TOOLS SUPPLIED TO
THII TROOPS IN TEE EAST.

( From 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, blunders, obstinacies, and crimes imough to sup-
ply a dozen farces or as many tragedies ? No illyt"Lian
Nights, no stories of Wise Men of Gotham, ever matched
the stupidities, the perversities, ,the downright malig:
pities of office. Were nut the results " horrible and
heartrending, equalling, indeed, in their misery and
magnitude the fell swoop of an earthlivalie or other visi-
tation of nature, we might almost befrostAl at the
absurdity of the disclosures bef ra the minittee of In-
qary. Bat.ire:mu.t go at once into the thick of it.
Our readers will remember that'frorn the very first land-
ing at 'Gallipoli last year.our e:irrespondent remarked on
thabad. quality of the military tools, or, to sp6ak more
exa.itly, he reported the complaints of thiase• who had to
nse them. Others took up the sulject at home, and
more than once questidns vs era 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 despatdhes 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 Peninsular
_tents, the Peninsular great-coats, the Peninsular tools,
the Peninsular casualties, costs, wastes, and—sha)l we
add, for general Sir C. Pasley seems to promise as
much ?--disatrous retreats. But to thatools. Our cor-
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 tho' various
regiments would be much more serviceable if they would
only cut; but they have yielding edges, which obstinately
refuse to keep sharp or straight.- The soldiers 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 bail their cooking tins) with them, 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.
Lempriere, &c., of the Royal Engineers, have proceeded
from Gallipoli, with a party of Sappers and 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.
meat in the House of Commons on the 6th of July, and
every statement in it was denied, not ones 'alone or
simply, but with every possible form and 'variety of de-
nial. The Clerk of the Ordnance declared that thezora-
rnantlin`g officer of the Engineers in' the Eait had made
no complaint about the quality of. the tools, that the
quantity was enough for the present purpose, and that,
though Lord Raglan bad transmitted a complaint from
'die 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 hal had them examined by Sir John Bur-
goyne and other competent persons, and that they pro-
nounced the pattern and quality to be excellent. He
then went 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 mot respectable manu-
facturers who bad made the other ;—indeed, he brought
such an array of arguments to prove the tools good,. as
must almost have convinced the unfortunate Sappers,
hacking in yain at hard ground and hewing in vain at
tough roots.. .At all events, poor Mr. Ha ifiell was shut
up for the present, and the Administration was victo-
rious. But facts are stubborn thinio, and no force of
official eloquence could multiply, or harden, er sharden
tools at the distance of 3,000 miles. A month alter 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 deficiencifis 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 ,bafore the
eominis,ariat's tent at Bayne'. • They were like UM-things
one sees dug out of bogs, and emb:amed in the cabinets
of the curious.' Whet were they ? Military t0,,15,
adzes, hatchets, spades, &a., 'which had been re-
turned from the various regiments AS u3elesa and unfit
for service.' Very unpleasant thiega these would have
been to work with in facie of an enemy ! lieless our siege
add trenching tools are somewhat better, it will certainly
take us time to reduce any placo to which regular ap-
proaches must be made."

Now this warning—this prophecy, as it has unhappily
turned out—appeared in this paper on August S. There
was then ample time t ) proem e in this country a
snfficient supply of ail the tools mentioned fur the
of the expedition, which was then believed to be on
iti way to &bast:poi. To supply a good billhook, a
good pick, a good spade, a:id a good 11,th:het 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 done ? What bin-
di'red it ? No physical difficulty, but that moral diffi-
culty which is more powerful to obstruct than oceans
and mountains—the ris inertia of office, which opposes
itself the most to the greatest and most reasonable pres-
sure. So now f, ,r 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. Ie wa3
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 Shakespf are, 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 lelt, but they were
as bad as the first." And in answer to further inquiries,
"All the tools, stores, harness, and all thiaczs for the
aitilli-ry, 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 had were very bad indeed. The bills
would not cut 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 w onder at anything in the history of this
siege—at the tedious work of the trenches, at the want
of fuel, at the impossibility of sviring 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 his aYe, because he knows that, should
it prove treacherous, be may havo to retrace his steps
hundreds of miles for another, and lose the best part of
the 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 we 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
thiiek it ; the value of the reiterated Ministerial asser-
tion that the tools sent out to the war were as good as
could be male ; the character of that official system
which went on and on, and, for anything we know, goes
on to this day, sending out tools from the very same
store and of the very same 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 that 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 gentlerean himself has done?
_ _ _

A body of 2,000 " navvies" is going out to the Cri-
mea 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 as possible as the fighting man.
These " navvies" are to be victualled by contract ; they
take out their own houses, their own chief, Mr. Coda-
rare, who did most of the work of the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham under the contractors. It is a great experiment
in the work of commissariat, and, as civilians are the sub-
ject of it, it is endured in military circles. We only trust
—indeed, we are sure, the contractors and the
" navvies themselves will not take their tools
from Woolwich. They would as soon think of going to
the toyshop in Cheapeide and supplying themselves with
the wooden axes, billhooks, and shovels, intended for
our nursery " navvies." They well know that they oral-
not supply the Waco of a bad tool 3,000 miles from
home, and that, even if they could wait for a substitute
from Woolwich, it would only he the fellow of the last.

We Lave little space for a very great subject.

must remember the exultation with which the 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 in the descrip-
tion of this wonder of the world—in her dimensions,
the marvels of her engines, the zapidity with which she
appeared here or there, taking up now a few thousand
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 less than a fortnight. Russia
to tali, uot to woji goatikg action as Viol. we

saw at Portsmouth, at least to our mercantile steamers.
Certainly a misgiving, almost superstitious, did occa-
sionally obtrude, whether any human contrivance
was' to have its weight in human affairs. Were
we not worshipping our tools, as some. barbarous
tribes do ? It must be confessed that there was some
ground for the misgiving. While England was
thinking . of the Himalaya, she forgot that the
noble ship, even though she- might carry an army,
yet must be under the criers of a man. She
f ergot that a sword in the hand of a child is only a dan-
gerous plaything, and that a gun in the hands of au idiot
may kill friend or foe, just as it happens. In face, Eeg-
land, forgot that there were I3,,xers and Christies in the
werld ; that they abounded in her service, and were high
in favour. So this noble ship, of 3,500 ton and 750-
horse power, having arrived at Court ,ntinople, and hav-
ing fallen under the orders of Admiral Boxer, was there
fipt dstained, by his orders, far tlrce unern- •
ployed, useless, helpless, like a giant asleep. There she
lay stranded, as it were ; or "at an idle end," as young
people ray, or old people pay of them. Having at length
token some Lancers and Hussars to the Crimea, she
took the :Ambulance • Corps, of which an interesting
account .is given, and the unhappy conclusion of which
corresponded too well with the character and habits of
the men selected for this much- despised service. The
next employment of the finest ship in the world is thus
described by the captain :
"The Himalaya also took charcoal from Constantinople
to Balaklava. There were about 650 sacks. It was much
wanted by the army, and was pressed for the service of the
Government. When hi arrived with it at Balaklava it
was not landed, because Captain Christie would not re-
ceive it, and he took it back to Constantinople again.
Witness was extremely anxious about the charcoal, and
offered Captain Christie, if he would receive it, to laud it
by his-own boats 'and with' his own crew. It-was not re-
ceived, and witness carried it back to COnstintineple
There he.delivered it to' Admiral Boxer, who sent ligliterts
to laud it." - . .

The charcoal, it appears was consigned to Captain
Christie, as agent of transports, and, as the consignment
was irregular, the captain determined that a few hun-
dred men should perish from frostbites, or dysentery
consequent on a diet of raw salt pork, rather than do
violence to his own dignity by admitting the
charcoal into his port, even though Captain gel-
lock' would gladly have landed it in his own boats,
And with his own men ! But . there was this co-
lossal fabric, this gigantic power, a mere shuttlecock
between the official battledores of Constantinople and
Balaklava--Inocked bore and there on a fool's errand,
or left for days and weeks like a log on the water, at the
caprice of either despot. What wonder that our Esti-
mates are more than double, and that nothing is done !
Millions are playthings in the hands of such men. Yet
are they recalled ? What security is there against the
employment of men equally destitute of common sense
and common feeling ? We cannot yet answer that
question.