The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-19 00:00:00

THE VISIT OP THE IMPEROR

hello, Col. le. Comte Ney, Colonel Fleury, Marquis de It
Toulongeon, Count Tascher de la, Pagerie, Earl Somers,
Lord A fred Paget and Lieut.-General Sir F. Stovin (iu
attendance on the Emperor), Lieut.-Colonel Roucher
(A.D.C. to Marshal Valliant). the Dean of Windsor,
Lord George Lennox, Major General Wvlde, Barite
Knesebeck (in Waiting to the Duchess cf Cambridge).
the Geetleman in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, and
Colonel Tyrrwhit, Equerry in Waiting to the Duke et
Cambridge.
The Band of the 94th Regiment played durirg the
dinner.
After the Banquet the Queen and Prince Albert, the.
Emperor and Empress, with the Royal Family, and he:
Maj sty's Guests, retired to the Drawing Room, where
the Queen received the evening party, and the following
Concert was then performed by her Majesty's Privat:
Band, under the direction of Mr. Andersen :-
Overture, "Enryanthe" Weber.
Andante con Moto t Sinfonia, No. 2
Presto Saltarella
Scherzo Sinfonia, No. 8 Beethoven.
Overture, " Cheval de Bronze" Auber.
Marsch, " Feldlager" Meyeebter.
The following had the honour of receiving invitation-
fer the evening :—Lord and Lady Cranworth, the Dukr
and Duchess of Argyll, Right Hon. Sir George and Lad%
Grey, Right Hon. Sir William and Lady Molesworth.
the Right Hon. R. and Mrs. Vernon Smith, Earl and
Countess of Harrowby, Viscount Canning, Marquis of
Lansdowne, Lady Raglan and the two Hon. Misses So-
merset, Lieut.-General Sir Hew and Lads Rose, Rear-
Admiral Hon. M. F. F. and Lady Charlotte Berkeley.
Lerd and Lady Wodehouse, Mr. Frederick Peel, Right
Hon. Edward and Mrs. Hersman, Right. Hon. Charles
and M:s. Shaw Lefevre, Duke d'Ossuna, Marchiouesp
of Breadalbane, Lady Erriest Bruce, Mr. Gibbs, Mr.
Glover, Countess of Mulerave, Colonel the Hon. C. 8.,_
Mrs., and Miss-Phipps, Lady Alfred Paget, Viscountess
Sidney, Marquis of Ely, Lady Caroline and Miss R;ir-
- einigtoo, Counter,' Si?pere, Larly Rivera, Major-Generai
Hon., Cbarle*..fld 'Mrs: Grey and Miss Clive, Ma
Lp'.
General .H.Xsa. Sir Edward and Lady Curt,
ade
B Ivater, Lady A. Charles Fitzroy, Lady Geo. Lennox,
Lady End y Seynieur, Sir George, Lady, and Mie,
Cooper, Major General Henry and Mrs. Bentince Lady
Mary Berkeley. Lieutenant-General Sir George Bowles.
Lie,,tenatit-General Sir J hn and La:iy Burgoyne, Ear;
of E,:linton, Ea: 1 and Countess of Elgin, Right Hon.
W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Lord and Laey Robert
Grosvenor, Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Kildare, Right Hon. Henry
arid Lady Mary Labouenvre, Earl and Countess id
Malmesbury, Countess of Mansfield and two Ladie
Murray, the Duke of Newcastle, Hon. and Rev. E
and Mrs. Moore and Miss Moore, Sir George Hamil-
ton Seymour, Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Rev. F.
and Hon. Mrs. Anson, Rev. W. and Mrs. Canning, the
Provost of Eton, Major-General and Mrs. Knollys ano
Miss Knollys.

AND

EMPRESS OF FRANCE.

NAPOLEON 111. MADE A KNIGHT OF THE

GARTER.
(Front the Court Circular.)
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
Tho Queen held a Chapter of the Opfer of the Garter
at three o'clock this afternoon in The Castle for the pur-
pose of investing his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of
the French with the en,igns of this most noble (trier.
Thy Knights Companions were robed in the Guard
Chamber, and afterwards passed to the Grand Reception

Room.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert were cor.ducted by the great officers of
-tiite to the Throne Room, followed by the Doke of
Cambridge and the Prince of Leiningen. The Queen
and their royal serene highnesses wore the purple velvet
mantle, the crimson velvet hood, and the splendid collar
of the order. The train of her Majesty, the Sovereign
of the order, was borne by the pages of honour in wait-
ing. The Queen wore also a diamond diadem.
The Knights Companions were called ewer by Garter
King of Arms, when the following answered accordin
to their order of seniority :—The Marquis of Exeter, the
Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Dike ~f C'eveland; Earl de Grey, the Marqui,, of Aber-
corn, the 111,.rquis of Hertford, the Duke of Bedford, the
Earl of Clarendon, Eirl Spencer. Earl Fitxwtlialn, the
D of Northumb, rland, the Earl of Ellesmere, and
h- Earl of Aber!een.
The officers of the Order present were—The .B.shop of
Winchester, Prelate •, the Thshop .1 04,rd, Chancellor;
the Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windem, Register ;
Sir Charles Geore Young., Ga.rter:Kince of Ar!9,4_,:_ansi_
Sir, Au.go-§0!1,44144,Ditii.-,Xvissittiociro;oher44 the
ttTaek• • • '

The Knights appeared in the mantle and collar of the
Garter ao d the off 'erA wore their rapective robes with
'heir Chains *A I adges.
The K ,ight- Compaoinnq and Officers entered the
Throw!, Room and look their meats at the table, the Queen
b-into-eated in s clemr of stat-, at the head, a second
'vacant) chair of State luing on the right hand of her
Maj sty.
Ti e Pr.late of the Order stood on the right of the
Queen, the Chancelkr on the left, while the Register,
;aver, and Black Rod remained at the bottom of the
table.

The ceremony commenced by the Chancellor reading
a new le atute, by the command of the Queen, dispensing
with the existing statues of the Order of the Garter in as
tar as required for the especial purpose therein men-
tioned, and ordaining and declaring that his Imperial
Majesty Napoleon 111 , Emperor of the French, be de-
Oared a knight of this order, any statute, decree, rule, or
uliere to the contrary notwithstanding.
By the Queen's command the Emperor of the French.
was conducted from his apartments through the music--
room and grand reception room between Pi ince Albeit
end the Duke of Cambridge, the two senior knights
companions present, preceded by touter King of Arms
(bearing the ensigns the order upon a crimson velvet
cushion) and by Black Rod.
The Queen and the Knights of the Garter received his
Imperial Majesty standing, and the Yenpernr, pawing
to the head.ef the table, weir &seat iu the chair of state
on the right hand of her Majesty.
The Empress of the French. the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, Prince Alfred. the Princess Alice, and
the Duchess of Cambridge a,41 the Princess Mary had
been con 'noted to the Throne Room before the entrance
4 the Queen for the purpose of witnessing the august
eereinoey.
The Empress and the Duchess of Cambridge were
usheree. to seats near the throne.
The Queen announced to the Emperor of the French
that his Ithperial Majesty had been elected a Knight of
the Most Noble Order. of the Garter.
Garter King of Arms, kneeling, presented the Garter
to the Sovereign, and her Majesty, assisted by Prince
Albert, buckled it on the left leg of the Emperor, the
Chancellor pronouncing the admonition.
Garter King of Arms presented the Rihand with the
George, and the Queen put the same over the lett
!der of the Emperor, the Chancellor pronouncing the
ni one ion.
The Queen then gave the Accolade to the Emperor,
and his Imperial Majesty received the congratulations
of Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of
Leiningen, and each of the Knights Companion,: present.
The chapter being thus ended, the Knights Com-
panions were again called over by Garter, and retired
from the presence of the Suvereign with the usual

WINDSOR, WEDNESBLT.

Neither the Emperor nor Empress have been seen out-
side the Castle walls this day. It is said that the Em-
Press Eugenie suffered severely from the sea voyage,
and is at the present time not yet entirely recovered.
In the hope of being gratified with the sight of the
Emperor and Empress, several thousands of spectator.,
a great number of whom were in carriages or on horse-
back, assembled in the Long Walk. At five o'clock
the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred, and attendants., rode down
from the Castle, and were loudly cheered by the multi-
tude.
Soon afterwards her Makisty the Queen, accompanied
by the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Wellington,
attended by the Equerries in Waiting, in three carriages,
arrived, and were loudly cheered. The gentlemen corn-
posing the suite of the Emperor of the French followed
immediately afterwards on horseback.
The reception of the Emperor is thus announced to
the French nation in yesterday's Moniteur :
" The Emperor and Empress arrived yesterday even- 1
ing (Monday) at Windsor amid the loudest acclamations.
.The Queen of England gave the Emperor and Empress
a moat cordial and gracious reception. His Royal High •
ness Prince Albert, who had come to Dover in order to
receive their Majesties, accompanied them to the Palace
of Windsor. It is impossible to give an idea .of the
enthesiasin with which the Emperor and EinpreQs have
been received by the English nation from the instant
their Majesties set foot on British soil.. At London,
during the passage of the Imperial procession, more
than a million of persons were counted, the majority of
them wearing the colours of France, and uttering en-
thusiastio vivats. The town of Windsor had raised
triumphal arches, and the battlements of the castle were
illuminated. Never has a foreign Sovereign received a
welcome so cordial and so splendid. To-day (Tuesday)
the Emperor, the Enpress, and the Queen if England,
witnessed near WinOBor•park a magnificent review of ca-
va,iry a A arillery. Theday was fioe, and the Ina. oeuvres
were executed wind the cheers of the crowd, who thronge:i
to see this brilliant milit;:ry festival."

revere ices.
Her Majesty accompanied the Emperor to his apart
nents, folltrved by the Empress and Prince Albert, at-
'ended by the ladies end gentlemen of the royal suites,
The Queen and Prince afterwards returned to their own
rooms.
The FranoltAktabap.vadat. 844 the -Commt.aeo Foltawska.
efarehal Vaillant, Minister of War ; and the following
ladies and gentlemen of the suite of their Imperial
A”jesties, the Princ,ss d'Es ding, the Countess dr Mon.
eheilo, the Baroness de M. caret, the Marchioness of
Count deMonteht-110, Colonel Le Co.ete Ney, Colenel
F.:y, the Hon. Mary Saymenr, the Duke re Bassano,
Femry, Ma,•quis de Teulorgeoe, and Count Tascher
Pagerie, E arc Somers, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut.-
ent ral Sir F. Stovio, tngetlier with M. Baudin, of the
G French Embassy, vtettteseed the ceremony.
The fottewieg 'Ladies in Waitittg to the (liven, and
Officers of State and the Household were ale. present in
the Throne Room, viz.:—The Duchess of Wellington
(Acting Mistress of the Robes); Visceuutess Canning,
Lady in Waiting ; the Hon. Flora Macdot old and the
Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Maids of Honour in Waiting ;
the Marquis ef Breadalbane, K.T., Lori Chainberistin ;
the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Herse ; Lord
Foley, Captain of the Ron. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ;
Vi• count Sydney, Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard ;
Viscount Comberniere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Earl
of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Driest
Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; Viscount Drunalanng, Comp
troller of the Household ; Lord Rivers, Lord in Wait-
ing ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Prince
Albert ; Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting ;
Major General Wylde, Groom in Waiting- to his royal
:ugliness : the Master of the Household ;
Fitzroy, Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Seymour, Equerry
in Waiting to his royal highness ; Sir George Lee, Lieu-
tenant of Lord Charles
the Yeoman of the Guard ; Colonel Parker,
silver Stick in Waiting ; Colonel Ridley, (..ecots Fusilier
Guards), Field Officer in Waiting ; Sir William Martins,
Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State •Joseph
..;kip Lloyd, Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the
Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms ; Colonel Wilson,
the Queen's Harbinger ; and Lieut.-Colonels Nevill and
Cooke, Sub-officers of the Gentlemen-at-Arcus.
A Guard of the Hon, Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms,
at der the command of Major Harmer, the Standard
Bearer, was in attendance upon her MjeAy the Queen
at. the Chapter-room, and a special Guard ot Honour of
of t e Honourable C trrs, under the command. of Lieut.-
Colonel Topham, th • Lieutenant, was in duty le at-
teedance upon his Imperial Majesty the Emperer of
the French at his apartments and at the Chapter-room.
The Yeomen of the Guard, under the command of
Captain Macdona'd, the Exon in waiting, lined the
grand staircase, the vestibule, and the music-room.
The Queen's Footmen, in state liveries, were stationed
in the vestibule.
THE STATE BANQUET.
The Queen gave a S•ate Dinner in the evening, at
which all the gentlemen appeared in uniform or court
dress ; the members of Orders of Knighthood wearing
their respective ensigns.
The magnificent service of Gold Plate was used on
this occasion. The middle of the table was adorned with
a number of beautiful epergnes and vases in gold ; while
on two buffets at each end. of St. George's Hail, in
whieh the banquet was served; were diepleyed on a ba -k
atetund of rich ciim-on a variety of beautiful specimens
of art in the pteciuus instals, in shields, tanharde,
jewelled cuo-a vases, teases, and other articles of vertu
in the royal collection.
The bullets and the table were brilliantly lit by mimes
roux wax lights in cattdelabra of silver gilt, the St.
George candelabrum f. :sling the centre emollient. Op-
and on the opposite
posits to this can.'elabrule at the table were stated on
the one side her Majesty the Queen and his Imperial
Majesty the Empress and Prince
Albert
Behind the royal party on each side were stationed a
sNlidaejoshteyrthiemEpienrpia-rtori the French,
special guard of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gent:emen
at Arms.
Two yeomen of the guard were posted at each end of
the hall at the flanke ot the buffets.
After the banquet Earl Spencer, the Lord Steward of
her Majesty's Hensehold, gave, by command of the
Queen, the toast of "The Emperor and Empress of the
French."
The illustrious and distinguished guests were :—The
Emperor and Empress of the French, the Duchess of
Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary
the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Leiningen. the
Duchess of Wellington (acting Mistress of the Robes),
the Prowess d'Essling, the Countess de Montebel.e,
the Baroness de Malaret, the 'Marchioness of Ely
and the Hon. Mary Seymour (in attendance on the Ent-
press), the Ft rush Ambassador and the Cont toss Wa-
lewska, the Duke of Richmond, the Doke of Beaurtl,
Vre Duke of Northunibtrland, the Duke of Wellington,
VIE' Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Breadalbene, tll
Unrcptis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Marquie of Abercorn, the Marquis of Hertford, theMar-
3tw
quis of Exeter, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl Fitzwiliiam, the 'Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of
Bessborough, Earl (le Grey, Earl of Ellesmere, Earl of
Vtulgrave, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Faun
ioard, Lady Suffield, Baroness de Speth, Viscount
olev, Sir
Martins,Aug Augusts
i‘ui.
i'almerston, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Combermer.-
';rttld Sick in Waiting), Visconet Drumlanrig (Comp-
roller of the Housebol 1), Lord Ernest Bruce (Vice
iliamberlaiu), the Bishop of Wi. chester, the Bishop of
)Ix,ffrr,rd,,),
sLitrtrdch Frti,else
y,
oung, sC,rw William
'.tutlin, the Silver St ck ie Waiting, the Fief,:
Officer in Brigade \Voting, the Marshal Count Vail•
iitht, the Duke de BRMALIO, the Ceuut de Moat!.

Thy Emperor of thefirauch has. bougtt_ the Schloss
Arenteig, near Ibilitake .rrneily the re-
sidence of his-mother when Duchess of S. Leu.
At the review on Tuesday the Queen and the Empress
wore grease • of a light colour, with dark scarfs and veils.
her Majesty having on a g en b •nnet, and the E opres,.
one of a blue col ,ur: Tee E,liperor of the French wa:
mounted on his favourite charger, Phillips. The fame
of his Majesty's 16 E•iglish horses brifight over the
Duke of IVellingtoo (Ma=ter of tit, Hume t . the Queen)
to Windsor on Tuesday at an early hour, to in-peet the
animals.

11,;h0SCOPE OF THE EMPEROR OF THE

FIiENCH.

To-morrow, the 20th of April, is the anniversary of
the birthday of Napoleon 111. The fact had escaped
our recollection till our attention was called to it by
that great watcher of times and seasons, the illustrious
astrologer Raphael—the Lilly of the 19th century.
Our astrological education having been sadly ne-
glected, we must honestly confess that the technical
language employed by this venerable sage has rendered
his lucubrations on the astral indications of the future
fortune of the Emperor in a great measure a sealed
book to us. It is therefore gratifying to learn from one
passage, which is couched in common English, that the
positions which the planets that dominated at the Eta.
peror's birth assume at the close of the 47th Solar re-
volution, promise him "g eat success, good health, new
friends, pecuniary benefit. &c."
On this day—when the C,rporation of London en-
tertain the Emperor at Guildhall—it may not be unin-
teresting to the friends of our esteemed L, ird Mayor to
learn that, according to Raphael, the Moon plays an
important part .in the Imperial H oro.eope. Tue eru-
..

dire astrologer is iudeed of opinion, that " the Moo
always aphetie to some extent, if not 'fully so.

From the Emperor's nativity, which the sage published
in 1853, it appears that the Moon was "on the cusp ot
of the second house, but her great northfra latitude e'e
vated the luminary so much in a mundane position as te
cause it to be no less than 6 degrees from the cup
thereof, and consequently brought it within the hylegia-
eal limit." This is, indeed, a wonderful coincidencel;
fur inasmuch as "Hyleg" means "the Giver of Life,'
the planetary position at the time of the Emperor's birth
clearly foretold that his health would one day be given
—or proposed—by a Moon when " elevated in a mun-
dane position."
What follows is oracularly obscure, but, on the whole,
encouraging. "The significations are most striking and
complex, referring to both good and evil ; namely, the
sextile of the Sun and Jupiter, the latter being on the
radical place of the Moon, is very favourable, giving a
great impetus to the national prosperity of France.
The arts, sciences, and commerce flourish ; but the con-
junction of the Sun and Mars points to some extraordi-
nary warlike afts, which gr-atly redound to the national
hoonur and glory." Of course t' e watcher of "the stars
in their courses' never condescends to stoop from the
" high lonely tower" in which he prosecutes his astral
resea'ches to listen to the vulgar hum of what is going
on up n earth. N'ithii,g can have reached his ear about
the opening of the Palais de l'lndustrie en May,lay, or
the Emperor's projected visit to the Crimea. But the
stars have told him all,
When we ventured to remark, a day or two av), that
a parallel between the visit of Henry VIII. to. France
and that of Napoleon 111. to England, was calculated to
impress upon the mind a conviction of the unchangeable-
ness of human nature in all ages, we did not count upon
the resuscitation of a professional jester to assume the
functions of "Bluff Hal's" Will Somers. Yet who can
deny that the astrologer, as Sir Tohy Belch might have
mid, is in "admirable fooling ?"—Morning Paper.

CALAMITOUS FIRE AT GRILENSVICII.—A. serious fire,
by which a, aged female lost her life, took place at a
lite hour on Tuesday night., in the premises of Mr. E.
Mizell, refreshment-room proprietor, No. 6, Park-road,
Greenwich. The fire commenced from some unknown
cause, and so rapidly did it extend that in a very few
minutes the whole building became ignited. The en-
gines of the parish, the London Brigade, and West
of England Office quickly attended, but during the
time pending the powerful reservoirs of the C liege
and Kent Water Company had been brought to bear
upon the fearful element ; but, in spite of the op-
posing element, the fire continued its ravages, and
It extended to the premises of Mr. J. Greenway, No.
5, in the same road, and also to those of Mr. E Aebhl.en
No. 7 ; and the propert of Mr. Lorvil!, Neoife% tiepinot
exposed to imminent danger, had such and
Vie wife of the proprietor that she su:floci•enl_y dropped
R division.
down and expired. The police-officers
London at length got
the neighbours, and Fremen frmi
not utitil the premt es
the mastery over the flames, but
and half the
deAroyed, in which the disaster commenciedOre bnrilt thrOUgh ;
thos:i of Mr. Green
way
ng Yceupied by Mr. Ashley
way partial
roof consumed. beiongiog to Mr.
is also severely daTinhaegetFb-sidnic‘iv-1"::,.• %Mr. Hazel! was in-
Lorvill, is also darnag_ei,rece ;
Mr. Greenw-ay was in.
sure,' in the County__Fee ;
3fillr. Afhley was insured in the
wired in the same nib
of the unfortunate deceased
a oroner's inquest is held, which it is ez-
Th e body
County-office.
remains ant c
pg.;
ted will take place to-day.

PAPE R
.
, this n rPprventea to Cllterffaii-Vg4-7.:\--N
o..,....lftacirry-la.
,a,drm.,,y,R0,,,fn2,,19a0t?0,‘m.e7t0 scar 'SO_, LVG sveitra.4.lll\\-irz,
rte.•
sesee,e-e, • a •
-.es., tr.: Aese• . , !we Are told that, - instead of the thoro
1 • • La,,r fraesport in the- French service, he tied"tto~ a,
•..
- sisgle vehicie or driver of I,i own on r -trelval4st
I Varna ; w' en ate are told the officers co)s4leibikehifi
staff in the Crimea bad je,t co•:' e together from all putt!"
of tf•e war d, eit bout a common tie fer-tandieg uT tautens
confidence; that he ere; by his position sitrply a store
keeper, so far as regards the stores of the Quartermaster
General ; that hi. department eat: utterty overtasked
that on the embarkation from Varna he was compelled
to leave behind some thOusand animals collected in Bul-
garia, or lust conveyed thither ; that whenever an ams
munition animal broke down the contents of one of the
few commissariat carts were turned out, and the cart '
filled with ammunition P • that immediately after the
failure of our fire on the 17th of October he pressed Lord
Raglan fot supplies, and coal not get his lordship to
move for several weeks ; thit he failed in his attempt to
ransack the shires of the Back Sea ; that as fast as be
got horses they were kille l by overwork and expeettre,
or stolen for want of soldiers to protect them ; that an
immense quaet t\' of his stores v.as ordsrei out of harbour
eithout a-kieg his leave, and kept there till they went
to the b ttom ; tear on the 13th of November he wrote
a letter intimating that all his -Ores and transports would
be of no aveil if time read to the camp were not kept in ye.
the
jet rse,
pee hoinc it
eh
efnteli,:eerttvrheoless
tsewataiiserinot,:nthwahticwhhehne hheacisetont
de.
end 'for supplies, to Constantineple, and expected it
hack in three or four digs, Admiral Boxer let the cap.
t iin keep it there on slate frivolous pretence for three
weeks ; that the forwarding of the French soldiers from
the Bosphorus, or any other of,ject, was considered be-
fore the sending of supplies to the British Commissariat ;
that no magazines of any kind wire established at the -
eamp, and scarcely any at Balaklava ; when we are told
all this, it seems the most natural result possible, the
very thing that was to be expected from the humble rel..
nistratien of plain Mr. Filder, with his insufficient staff
uOnel)i s.
conceivable
r it
r ng
of 3siltants hastily collected from all parts of the world,
eer of any
size,l eked out with ceerks from the Trea4nry. We have
(yit.o.otamnat:i: elderly gentlemen who come
in
,tvery stay by 'bus from Islington to Somerset.honse
by big guns, big ship., big generals, big admirals, and.
pevareerydtitnga,c,arnsca andoua
amount
eoafreinepffire:
cieWficeY•can only say that, considering an army must be
feel, awl the Ritish soldier is particularly dependent on
solid food f,oof his peculiar qualities • and
v
horses above
rse. must be fed, and, i
all,
ptrio the
thatdispy
the horses that carry the British Dragoons, there ought
either to be no such person as this plain insignificant,
much seethed, much disregarded Mr. Filder, and the
Cotemaieler•in-Chief ought to be immediately rteponsible
for the feeding of his army, or Mr. Filder ought to be a
greater man, and better prepared for the struggle with
the big peeple around him. tie ought to be General -
Fader, or le•rd Filder, or the Hon. Mr. Filder, at least,
-cod he ought to have a suitable staff of the quality that
inspires confidence and respect in the British mind.
There really is eoinethine in that remarkable observa-
tion of Lord Palmerston, that the Commissariat is not
en aristocrat service, and has broken down. It quite
explains itself that Mr. Filder should find his
horses left behind, his carts seized for ammunition,
his ships laid up at Centantinople„ his hints about
reads and depots set at nought, his winter sup-
plies sent to the bottom of the Black Sea, and his
name villified by everybody. But, then, it certainly
is rather unfortunate that the whole British army, and
all the mighty interests and issues above enumerated,
ssould depend on ple:n Mr Fader. The two or three
thousand officers in the Crimea, for their own sakes, had
better look more carefully to the position of the man on
whom they depend for their lives. It must go hard •
with them if they damage the credit of their purveyor.
There is nobody, not even Lord Raglan himself. whom
they are more interested in supporting and aiding in
every possible was. If they could make him a head and
shoulders taller than the rest of the army, if they could
give him the voice of Stentor, the hands of Briareus,
the feet of Achilles, the eye of Lynceus, and the wings -
of Pegasus, so much the better for them, for they and
their horses will be better fel, and will thereby be ena-
bled to fight better. As they have not these preter-
!lateral gifts at their disposal, they will cansult their
own interests by investing the cninmissariet with what
towers they can, and raising it t) an equality in rank
and dignity with the other branches of the service.