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London, England, 1855-05-08 00:00:00

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condemnation which they deliberatey record against the
system under which they live. • Aristocratic factions
may.afford to despise the clamours of a mob, but they
must feel that they have thetrespassedheuynuaund
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demned by an assembly of men yielding to them neitioer
in wealth nor intelligence. ' 1
What makes this meeting still, mete formidable, klot
only to the present Government, but to the system out of
which that GovernMent springs, and which itliasi so
marvellously caricatured and exaggerated; is, tliat the
speakers earnestly pretest that, they have not left their
counting-houses for the mere purpose of making speeches
and passing resolutions, but with the view of ,inaugu-
rating a movement which shall not cease until the re-
form they seek be fully and effectually obtained. The
object of the meeting of Saturday was not the display
of oratorical power, but the foundation of a league de-
signed to upset the whole system of corruption and
favouritisin, and to introduce into public matters the
energy and enterprise of private management. To such
a movement we can only wish all the success it deserves,
and trust that the discontent so justly excited will not be
allowed to evaporate in mere words, but leave clear and
distinct traces of its action legibly inscribed on the in-
stitutions of the country. At the same time, let no one
suppose that the conquest will be easy or the vic-
tory certain. Those who atk for administrative
reform ask exactly for that which all concerned in
returning members to Parliament believe themselves
to have a common motive in resisting. Administrative
reform calls upon every voter to surrender those secret
influences by which his son finds his way into the Excise
or Customs, and .devotes_ to the public service talents
and energies for which no private establishment is dis-
posed to compete, Administrative reform would de-
prive the richer elector of the commission for his eldest
son, and the assistant-surgeoncy or cadetship for the
yeunger ; and, worst of all, Administrative reform
threatens to make rude havoc in those halcyon abodes
contrived especially for the benefit of young men of
family—the public offices, -where work is doled out on
the most humane principles, and the wind is tempered
so adroitly to the shorn lamb. Nay, more, Adminis-
trative does not respect even the very highest positions,
but assumes to carry change into the very councils of
the Sovereign. It demands the surrender of family and
hereditary influence, and the throwing open to men
whose pedigrees are invested with no hereditary charm,
the very government of the country itselk No demon-
stration less signal, no disclosures less startling and les-
complete than those which recent revelations have af-
forded, and are still continuing to afford, would have
enabled any class of men in this country successfully to
cope with an evil so thoroughly intertwined with every
fibre of our system.
Another difficulty with which the' originators of thie
movement will have to contend is the' abstract and re-
mote nature of the subject, appealing directly to no
popular sympathy, and resting on so little that can be
brought down to the level of the vulgar apprehension.
This is no question of the extension of rights of fran-
chise, of the persecution of one set of opinions and the
toleration of another, of the large or small loaf, or even
of the 'great and little shilling. Still, a nation that
has been found capable of clearly apprehending
and logically applying the abstruse doctrines of political
economy involved in the question of free trade may well
hope to be able to unravel the mysteries of pubic offices,
the causes of defective organisation, or the ways in
which interest and favouritism shroud themselves from
public view. It will, however, require not a little tact,
iidgment, and moderation to preserve to this movement
its neutral character, and to prevent it from being used
by selfish and ambitious men as a means of political ag-
grandisement. It was for the Whigs that the leaders of
the Anti-Corn-law League' as experience has shown,
fought and conquered ; and it may well be that there
are persons in the political world who are mentally ap-
propriating to their own use and behdof the labours of
this new combination.
We have but one more remark to make. The effect
of a vigorous agitation for administrative reform, in
which the gross misconduct of our military departments
must be exposed, will undoubtedly, in some degree, tend
to disgust the nation with the • continuance of the war,
and render those clashes whom such an organisation
attacks more anxious than ev(r for peace. We hear
already much less than we did in certain quarters of the
" vigorous prosecution of the war ;" we trust, however,
that it will be the effort of the new organisation to re-
mind the people of their own inherent strength, and to
point out to them that the remedy for existing evils is
not in an ignominious peace, but in a thorough and un-
sparing redress of abuses. Even while we write, Lord
Ellenborough has raised the whole question of adminis-
trative reform in the address of which he has given notice
in the House of Lords ; and the Peers will have the op-
portunity of showing how far they sympathise with this
commercial movement sooner than the. representatives
of the people, since Lord Palmerston hap' with rather
scant courtesy, desired Mr. Layard to find a day for
himself. Dtiubtless, however, such a day will soon be
found, and the Ministry which has just been enlightened
as to the views of the City of London will not long re-
main in ignorance of those held by both branches of the
Legislature.

nectiou :-
1. The brother of the duchess is Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland.
Lord Granville is first cousin of the duke.
3. The Duke of Argyll is son-in-law of the duke.
4. Lord Harrowby iw first cousin of the duke.
5. Lord John Russell is cousin of the duke.

6. Lord Lansdowne's father married a cousin of the duke.
It does, we say, seem strange that in a nation with thirty
millions of inhabitants, when we come to choose a Cabinet
we select out of that small body supposed to be the wisest
of the land, six of the immediate connections of the Duke
of Sutherland.

But this is not all. The whole Cabinet is filled up by
ramifications of the family connection. Many persons, no
doubt, have wondered why Mr. Vernon Smith, an untitled
person, is introduced into the Venetian Council of Ten.
The answer will be understood when we say that he, is
married to a cousin of Lord Lansdowne. Sir Charles Wood
is in the same way a Cabinet Minister for no other reason
on earth than because he' married a daughter of Lord Grey.
He, of course, is cousin by marriage to Sir George Grey.
The Home Secretary, again, has strengthened his family
interest by the introduction of Lord Harrowby, to whose
cousin he himself is married.

The only exceptions to the rule of relationship are to be
found in the Chancellor,
,who must be a lawyer. Lord
Panmure, who was only offered his present office when
Lord Grey, one of the family connection refused to accept
it. Sir W. Molesworth, a remnant left by the Peelite intru-
sion which was submitted to in 1852; aud, perhaps, Lord
Clarendon, although, we believe, Lord Clarendon owes his
official position to some relationship which the 'Peerages
do not disclose.

If this be not sa, the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs
is attempting to found a family influence of his own. Few
persons, we suppose, will say that Sir George Lewis
is Chancellor of the Exchequer for any other reason than
his being the brother-in-law of Lord Clarendon.
Let the honest people of England, before they condemn
the exclusiveness of the aristocracy for the evils which
exist, in common justice, remember that we are now go-
verned by a family conspiracy, the very principle of which
is to exclude from office all, whether belonging to the aris-
tocracy or the people who cannot vindicate their title to it
by relationship to the family connection which calls itself
the Whig party of England.

(From the Morning Advertiser of this day.)
Yesterday the town was considerably startled by the an-
nouncement that M. Drouyn de l'Huys had resigned the
office of Foreign Secretary, and had ceased his connexion
entirely with the government of Louis Napoleon. When
the circumstances under which the resignation took place
became known, the uneasy feeling was mingled with sur-
prise. It is said that grave dillerences of opinion have
taken place between the Emperor and his late Foreign
Minister, with regard to the manner in which the latter
acquitted himself as plenipotentiary at Vienna. His Im-
perial Majesty, we are told, has expressed his strong dis-
approval of the disposition which his representative at the
Vienna Conferences, manifested to accept dishonourable
and delusive terms of peace from Russia, and that he con-
demned Dhi. Drouyn de too great confidence in the
good faith of Austria. Count Walewaki, the French Am-
bassador at our Cc urt, yesterday quitted London for Paris
where ho is to take the portfolio for Foreign Affairs.
As Lord J ohn Russell took substantially the same
view of matters at the Vienna Conferences as M. Drouyn
L'Huys, and concurred in the acts of the latter, the pre-
sumption is, that the noble lord cannot ninain in the Pal-
merston Ministry. Louis Napoleon would consider his
lordship's retention of his place as a protest against the
opinions which his Irnpdrial Majesty has expressed. The
r aria correspondent of the Times, in the second edition of
yesterday—which we suppose will be repeated in its general
impression of to-day—says, indee,4, that the Palmerston
administration, as a whole, is believed in the French caipi-
tal to be on the eve of dissolutipn. " It is considered herZ,"
says the Parilcoriespondent of the Times, "as probable
that, should M. Drouyn de L'Huys quit the cabinet, a
change will take place in the English Ministry also. It is
not in Eegland only that disappointment is felt with Lord
Palmerston. Those who were always opposed to him now
exult at the general disgrace into which be and his collea-
gues appear to have fallen, and his warmest partisans un-
willingly admit that ho has proved himself utterly in-
competent to the task which he had taken on himself.
Nothing can exceed the astonishment of the French at men
being retained in their posts, at home and abroad, who
have all but ruined the noblest cause that over mankind
was engaged in. At all events, the fall of the English
Ministry is anticipated here."
This cannot be very encouraging to the Palmerston
Ministry or its adherents. And as if to fulfil the predic-
tion of its downfall, with the least possible delay, Lord
Ellen borough list night gave notice of his intention to move
a vote of censure on it on Monday next. Mr. Layard, too,
was evidently in high spirits last night with regard to the
damage which he expects his resolutions to do to Minis-
ters ; for he made a great effort to obtain an early day for
bringing them forward. The Premier, as if dreading the
effect of the hon. gentleman's resolutions, declined to place
any day at his disposal. The member for Aylesbury will
not, however, be thereby diverted from his purpose. He
will avail himself of the earliest opportunity which the
forms of the house will afford, to'bring forward his resolu-
tions. It would be, perhaps, too much to expect, with
such a cimbination of the oligarchical interest as there
will be against him, that Mr. Layard will carry his mo-
tion. But the debate may, and probably will be, suffi-
ciently damagiug to complete the process of dissolution
I already so evidently begun.
' The great point for the people now to consider is, who
are to be successors of the present Ministry. The country
must be on its guard, lest it be again juggled by the for-
mation of another oligarchical Cabinet. Let the voice of
public opinion now demand that we shall have no more
Ministers of Lords, but we shall have an Administration
composed of men of merit and capacity, with regard to
their rank in life.
The friends of the " Family" interest are, we know, in
the habit of asking, witla a jeer—as if they alone could
govern the country—where else are the materials to be
met with, out :of which to form a Ministry? The mate-
rials exist in abundance—only they have never hitherto
been sought out. At the risk of exciting a smile on aris-
tocratic countenances, we will mention four gentlemen, all
of who-e names, curiously enough, begin with the letter
" L," who, with great credit to themselves, arid advau-
tage to the. country, would fill four of the most important
offices of State. The men and offices are—

A TURKISH RECONNAISSANCE.

Forum' DrersroN- CAsrP, APRIL 24.—A reconnaissano,
was made by a strong division of Turkish troops underibt
command of his Excellency Omar Pasha, assisted by
French and English cavalry and artillery, this morning.
The particulars of the affair you will learn from another
hand ; but as there was an English force present, I may be
Cowed to give my own version of what took place under my
eyes. Late last night, or rather early this morning, orders
were sent to the head-quarters of the Heavy Cavalry Bri-
gade and to the C troop of the Royal Horse Artillery to
be in readiness to turn out at daybreak, and the 10th Hus-
sars (Brigadier-General Parlby, of the Light Cavalry in
temporary command of the Cavalry Division, during Gene-
ral Scarlett's absence) received similar instructions. The
Chasseurs d'Afrique and a French rocket troop for moun-
tain service, accompanied the reconnaissance, and ren-
dered excellent service during the day. The Heavy
Cavalry Brigade, consisting of the remnants of the
Ist Royals, Major Wardlaw • Scots Greys, Colonel
Griffith; Enniskillens, Colonel White • 4th (Royal Irish)
Dragoon Guards ; and sth (Princess Charlotte's) Dragoon
Guards, turned out about 5 o'clock, and, with the 10th
Hussars in advance, proceeded into the plain of Balaklava,,
the heights over which were already crowned by the Turk
ish infantry to the number of some 6,000 or 7,000 men,
and before 7 o'clock the whole of the troops were in motion
towards Komara. The Chasseurs d'Afrique were in ad-
vance, with a line of skirmishers spread out in front of the
little expedition. The French rocket troop and C troop
Royal Horse Artillery, and the 10th Hussars and Heavy
Cavalry Brigade covered the advance of the infantry ; and
as the morning was fine and clear, the sight presented by
the troops as seen advancing across the plain from the
heights was very beautiful. So little was known about the
reconnaissance, that many officers at head-quarters were
not aware of it till they learnt that Lord Raglan, attended
by a few members of the staff, and followed by only six
orderlies, hail started to overtake the troops. General
Canrobert was, I believe, on the field, but I did not see
him. A great number of amateurs, forming clouds of very
irregular cavalry, followed and preceded the expedition.
His Excellency the Pacha, who was attended by his staff,
by Behrem P tcha (Colonel Cannon), and several Turkish
officers of rank, had the control of the force.
The Turks marched in dense columns, bristling with
steel, and the sunlight flashing on the polished barrels of
their firelocks and on their bayonets, relieved the sombre
hue of the mass, for their dark blue uniforms, but little re-
lieved by facings or gay shoulder straps and cuffs, look
quite black when the men are together. The Chasseurs
d'Afrique, clad in light powder blue jackets, with white
cartonch belts, and in bright red pantaloons, mount .d
on white Arabs, caught the eye like a bed of flowers
scattered over the plain. Nor did•the rich verdure indeed
require any each borrowed beauty, for the soil produces an
abundance of wild flowering shrubs and beautiful plants.
Dahlias, anemones, sweetbrier, whitethorn, wild parsley,
mint, thyme, sage, asparagus, and a hundred other diffe-
rent citizens of the vegetable kingdom spring up all over
the plain, and as the Turkish infantry moved along their
feet crushed the sweet flowers, and the air was filled with
delicate odours, which overcame the sweltering atmos-
phere around the columns. Rectangular patches of long,
rank, rich grass, waving high above the more natural green
meadow, marked the mounds where the slain of the 25th
of October are reposing for ever, and the snorting horse
refuses the unwholesome shoots. As the force moved on
evidences of that fatal and glorious day became thick and
painful. The skeleton of an English Dragoon, said to be
(From the Times of this daone of the Royals, lay still extended on the plain, with
y.) tattered bits of red cloth hanging to the bones of his arms.
Everybody will have his own opinion with regard to All the buttons had been cut off the jacket. The man must
Saturday's meeting in the city of London, according as have fallen early in the day, when the heaevjurevtrlroydvteLse
hope or fear, prejudice or interest, sways his judgment, close up to Canrobert's hill and came d
Some will dwell on the absence from the list of requisi-small bullet-skull,
Rrinatla
in ghastly
Tmherlehlivhanssha
ip.
Theeßnunssian skeleton dose
tions of names familiar in the annals of civic agitation,
and others may consider that, since members of Parlia- raotunad as]. aga
scalp, which was still
cannon-ball
y eo
el: hailve covered beend w it
h pickedg rilly barered locks. all
t savee.Fota,h,r_e_
ment were admitted, a stronger cast in that part of the ther on, amid fragments of shells and round shot, the
performance would have been desirable. For our own of another Russian seemed starting out of Lteegaf..decayed
part, making allowance for these and all other reason- scarcely covered his lower extremiotires%
coTvere,l_
with r_ otn-
able deductions, we are disposed to consider this meet- skeletons of artillery andcaval h
and saddles, lay heYs frbriis
ing as a demonstration of good sense, backed by a very ting trappinogfs , harness,
eath
or
had crumbled awy saltant(o
l buckles.
large amount of social and commercial influence. The thehtotronatnesd
skin,i
and leather straps,
el°etd. bes of tbe
want of the prominent leaders in city matters was of
From the numerous graves, the i
com-
pensated by the undoubted respectability of the audience tenants had they had ben buried.
and the speeches delivered breathed a tone of strong against the haste withlrtinswand the shrill strains of the
English feeling, and firmness tempered with moderation, ' With the
thec y
started up through the
itillacshatonfping of tlin,3esoil, as fto appeal
bits and ringingh ofeir fel Isot%evesl innlaalnl
honourable to the a=sembly itself, and very impreesivefife, N
It a.nd horsev swept over the reinuanti
least inotfertestieg part of the
to those who carefully consider its proceeding,.
more the pri to of life.
would, we believe, be found impossible .t ) ex pre lt thethorlics of the Heavy Cavalry
' -nnent of grand encounter
completely and accurately the prevailing
give sentiment of scetacle w furnishCtl by the relics of the Heavy Cavalry I
tl Brigade passing over the scene of their Crand encounter
the public mind, antl at the caine time give it in3r' faith- Brigade
Sttticovcite cavalry. Scots Greys and Enniskil-
the public mind, and at the same time
__:et itu'
iss
alto- ~,; t
SpeCtaCle was
vNerot
heyscene of their
't .ntsh Rhoeals, 4th Dragoon Guards and sth Dragoon Gnat ds,
ful picture of our national character. AV
it:, lied been there; and the survivors 'might well feel proud
,yofnc
one would
wr remount gether in the proceedings of this meetingt the declaina- ,„
when they thought of that day. These regiments were not
tion of the practised agitator, or theisa, r. of the hack- '
Mule:mit
think,
(a
neyed debater. There is a just
reference of
at the larger than troops, and some of them, Indeed, were not
of every- pearly, equal in strength to a troop on war footing, for some
mismanagement of the war, and a
speakers proceeding which k civilian as rather curious, see-
!lles and fami- oinfathtehiartmtteen
crasshaveh beenstmrii
ge s et e na ts
well,
h a
thing to the standard of plain business r
ne,,t irritated ;
liar common sense; a fairness in dealing in the .
hem they are
gm
oht up to them and welal
, have
even with those against
honesty win the language employed, been
tthba7euno horses to ),mount. others of the men who were
and a downright
thin, wholesome and retreshing after
s ieuous for the soldierly The 10th Hussars were con-
which
has in it some .
"explanations' by which P _. . and efficient look of the men, and
the evasion, the,„ . , the fine condition of their light • the quibbling,
and the "communications by wnicu Sinewy
is explained, As the force descended into and showy horses.
nothing
which occupy so large a portion right flank, the plain they extended their
nothing is communicated, and marched towards K d.
Let those who have
' Parliamentary columns. .across the ground in front Amara, spree mg
of our ,
that this country exists for the bene- . Turkish Redoubt of Canrobert's-hill from No. 2
themselves -
1
persuadedgreat families, and that for the sake of being 1 village. up to the slope which leads to the ruined
fit of a few A part
by them we are willing to renounce all con- y of Turkish infantry followed the cavalry
governed I. in skirmishing order and
a on approaching the village the

Mr. Layard Minister at War.
Mr. Lindsay
Mr. Laicg
Mr. Lowe Secretary for the Colonies.
We feel a thorough conviction, though, we say again,
the thing may evoke an oligarchical smile of derision—
that these four gentlemen would severally kill the offices
which we have assigned to them, in a manner which would
cover their names with renown, and which would confer
the greatest benefit on the country. They are all men of
intelligence, integrity, patriotism, energy, and ability ;
and these are the qualities which are required in those
into whose hands the administrative interests of the coun-
try aro confided. Nor, unless we greatly mistake the
signs of the times, is the day distant, when some, if not
all of these men, will be found filling the very situations
in the Government of the country, with which we have
connected their names.

THE GREAT CITY MEETING.

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-IXimo immediate ipmediat in their rear halted, till B Tab ~,, i-sts, ~ -,..-
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proceeded with -great-activitY to cover the hi li ';:-').-).1 til -
hill which overhangs the village to the right. _ .._--
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did without resistance, as the few -.;
Cossacks in t 'P'''sl ---
had abandoned it after firing a few straggling shot
advanced skirmishers. One fellow had been so co-7
\ (1.-ftN-Ig
taken by surprise that he left his lance leaning agar
wall. An officer of the 71st espied it just as the Cosiack
was making a bolt for it. They both rode their
best, but the -Briton--was- first, and carried off, the
lance in • triumph, while the Cossack retreated with
effective pantomime, representing rage and despair.
I am told that the Turks discovered a wretched man
armed with a bow and arrows, who said he was a Tcher-
gess, lurking among-the ruins of the village, and that he
had smear escape of his life, as the Osmanli would not be- i
lieve he was indeed a soldier. In addition to hie bow and
arrows, he carried a quaint old pistol, and his coat-breast
was wadded with cartridges. I did not, however, see the
man, and only report this from hearsay. I looked into
the church, the floor of which had loetnerly been covered
an bach.in depth with copper money, thrown there )3y the
inhabitants when the expedition first came to Balaklava.
their church had not been vioated by us, but the Cossacks
The simple faith of the poor people in the protection of
appeared to have had no Pinch scruples, for not a copeck
was to be seers,-and the church was-her ~
e and desolate, and
stripped
rest of the place is a heap of ruins: but the Cossacks have
burrowed here and there iute the store:, and bad Made
sleeping places and stables in the walls of the hoie,es. ` As
soon i,:ri the Turks on the right had pined the summit of
the hill 'above Kamara, three of th 3 colmons advanced and
'took posseriou of the ruins, and then drew up on the slop*
in front of the church. A. few men were teent further on
theai re he iellosituns
halted
towards Baidar, but could, see no enemy, and they con-
tented themselves with burning a building which the Cos-
sacks had left standing. the smoke from which led some
of us to believe that a little skirmish was going on among
MeantimeattKheatraearat bmula
bert's-bill, the sides ' '
krchofed
of which are covered with the wig-
theonp
wams of the Russians—some recent, others those which
were partially burntwhen . • •
Liprandi retired last year.
They passed by the old Turkish and
force,as C leaving
an ro-
redoubts Nos. 1
2 towards a very steep and rocky conical hill
covered with loose stones, near the top of which
the Russians threw u
osPsackivatall of rubbish about 2i feet high. A group of C
assembled on the top of thisabnitill some Russian officers had
and watch' our movements. to examine our strength
advanced, the- French rocket Ast the Turkish skirmishers
The Turks ascended the mu
with accompanied them.
agility, firing their pieces as they ad
ardour and with great
Cossacks replied by a petty fusillade.vaneed, to
which the
of thick white smoke rises from the Suddenly an arch
hissing, rushing noise, and throws itself groundiko with a fierce,
towards the crest of he hill—as it flies onward-aat snake
disappears and the fiery trail is lost, but in st the
smoke
of smoke bursts out with a slight explosion on thend 4 ' 1
and the Cossacks and Russian- disappear with precipitation.bill t°-
In fact, the French had begun their rocket practice with
great accuracy and success. Nothing can ge better for
such work as this than these light rocket troops. The ap-
paratus is simple and portable—a few mules, with pannie-re '
on each side, carry the whole of the tubes, cases, sticks,
fuses, &c., and the effect of rockets, though uncertain, is
very great, especially against irregular and ill-disciplined
cavalry. The skirmishers now crowned this hill also, and
the generals and officers of the staff, and numerous •idlers
and amateurs, followed them. The Russians rode rapidly
down the hillside, and crossed the Tchernaya by the bridge
and at one or ,two fords near Tchorgoun. Omer Pacha,
Lord Raglan, and the French Generals then spent some
time in surveying the country, while the troops were halted
in the rear, the artillery and cavalry first, supported by
four' battalions of Egyptians. At 2 o'clock the recon-
naissance was over, and the troops slowly retired to the
camp, the skirmishers of the French cavalry being' fol-
lowed by the Cossacks at a prudent distance, and ex-
changing
long shots with them from time to time. Before
the troops moved off the ground the 10th Hussars filed
past Omer Pacha, who seemed very much gratified and
pleased at the appearance of men and horses. He then in-
spezted his own battalions, and on the march homeward
followed the Turks, moving off in good style to the music
of their own bands, to the great distress of those who beard
them. As the Cossacks retuined they managed to pick up
one of our followers, and I only wonder they did not get
more of them, for they loitered about the place in spite of
all remonstrance. The man they took was, I believe, a
commissariat mule driver. A few of the French Chasseurs •
made a charge to get him from his captors, but the Cos-
sacks were too quick. In the twinkling of an eye one of
them had hoisted up the muleteer to his saddle and lashed
him there across the bow, and, setting spurs to his horse,
he was lost to sight in a ravine in a few seconds. The
' Cossacks fired some shots at the troops as they retired but
hit no one, and a Russian officer and his staff came so
close to observe us that they got under the fire of a battery
over the Woronzow road, and received a flight of rockets,
but Were not hurt. Altogether, the reconnaissance was a
1 mc'st welcome and delightful interlude in the dull, mono-
tonous "performances" of the siege. Every one felt as if
he bad beaten the Cossacks and got out of prison at last,
and Ivever saw more cheering, joyous faces at a cover side
than were to be scen at Canrobert's-hill. It was a fillip to
our spirits to get a gallop across the green sward once more,
and to escape from the hateful feeling of constraint and
confinement which bores us to death in the camp. A little
expedition of the kind now and then would be of more use
to the men, if it could be properly managed, than a cargo •
of physic.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY, ._
MAY 7.—The hired
sailing transport Camperdown (No. 99), Captain
Denny, with Lieutenant Lewis, Admiralty agent,
has anchored at Spithead from the Mauritius and
the Cape, with a
.portion of her Majesty's 15th
Regiment, consisting of Lieuteuant-Colonel Pin-
der, Captain Hague, Lieutenants Walmsley, Cow-
per, and Allen, Surgeon Dyce, Paymaster Tilgh-
man, Ensign and Adjutant Coupe, Quartermaster
Stratford, 13 sergeants, 10 corporals, 7 drummers,
and 209 rank and file ; also six children of two
officers, 19 soldiers' wives, and 42 children.

She has also brought Mahr Morris Hall, of the
Gth Regiment, from Ceylon, and about 40 iuva4ds
from the 37th Regiment.
She had ten deaths at sea.

The Camperdown sailed from Colombo on the
22st of January, and from the Cape of Good Hope
on the 9th 'of March. - All was quiet in the latter
colony. The Governor, Sir G. Grey, returned lo
Npe Town on the 9th of March from his journey
to the upper country, and was shortly to open the
Colonial Parliament.

Her Majesty's shin Frolic and Hydra were in
Table Bay.

The Cinperdown on the Bth of February spoke,
in lat. 21 deg. 4 min. S., long. 68 deg. 14 min. E.,
the Esperance, from China for London; on April
25th, in lat. 44 deg. 32 min., loug. 17 deg. 51 min.,
the Xarifa, from Dublin for Barbadoes ; also the
Gondola, front the Mauritius for Queenstown ; the
Wellington, with invalids from Bombay for Lon-
don ; and the Roman Eanperor, from Calcutta for
Loudon. On the 28th of April, in lat. 45 deg.
9 min., long. 14 deg. 59 min., the Speculation ;
on the 29th, in lat. 47 deg. 36 min., long. 14 deg.
13 min., the barque Gwa.lior.