The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-12 00:00:00

NEWS LAP ER
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yesterday at
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for the Crimea.
The following appointmen
the Admiralty :—Edward A . C )°l'-t:', assistant payouts-
ter, to the Alarm ; John Too ; q, assistant paymaster,
to the Transit; William J. Shor le, assistant surgeon,
confirmed to the Royal A. I-
, In the memory of the o,ld, Ist officer or seaman there
were never so many fine ilea It 4 y lads and young melt
coining forward to enter P. tI ie navy as, at present.
Draughts of each are daily a n 1v ing at Sheerness from
all parts for instruction in th to as g-ship Waterloo. Most
of them volunteer for contint 'sins service.
Twenty-six men, beloni
ng to the sth Dragoon
Guards, 7th Hussars, 7th Pc ot, 14th, 19th, 41st, 44th,
46th, 49th, 95th, and Rifle 3 Iri./ fade, sent home as in-
valids from the Crimea, and 131 :log restored to health,
left the invalid depot, Chatl_ianc. h yesterday morning,
and proceeded to Gravesend, . the oee to be forwarded to
• - • flee vi • join their respective depots e), • - again.
Upwards of 300 men artily. 3,d at, Ohatham yesterday,
being the, depots of the 24th : Out 27thy.
'service.
from
Canterbury, for embarkation for foreign service. The
strea;th of the 24th, 2 se icants, 1 drummer. and
53 rank and file ; 27th, 6 s erjje ants and 230 rank and
filo, with the following officers: in command :—Captain
W. H. Davis, 27th ; Lieute nan t Loyd, 27th ; and Caw.
E. Codd, 99th. The depots are expected to embark at
Gravesend next week.

Great discontent prevails a rat mg the invalids from the
Crimea, now in quarters at the Casemate Barracks,
Chatham, against the Govern u lent, for not paying their
arrears ; some of them have n cr t been paid since the 314
of August last ; and a numb er of the men, since they
came home, have been discha) !.2 ed without receiving the
money due to them. The in • elide now remaining feel
that they will be treated in th e same way, although they
have made frequent applicati ons to the officials of the
invalid depot. They are told t hat the returns from their
regiments have not been receiv, ed. They complain most
earnestly, as they want the rcL oney. Some of the non-i
commissioned officers have wi yes and families to sup.
port, and have as much as 10/. due to them.
A. detachment of 40 gunn.en and drivers of ther9tll'
battalion of Royal Artillery left; Woolwich yesterday for
Leeds, to join Captain T. P. Ta'adcliffe's company, 9th
battalion (T field battery), stationed there. A number
of those who arrived on Saturday belonged to the Wa-
terford and Limerick Militia.

Captain C. Waller's compamv, No. 2, of the 14th bat-
talion of Royal Artillery, ;eft.' Woolwich yesterday for
Devonport, to relieve Captain H. A. Vernon's company,
3d battalion, ordered to Sheerness. Second Captain If.
Tomkinson proceeds with the company, being the only
officer at home belonging to it.
. _

On the 25th ult.-anaddress, with a valuable gold
watch, was presented by Serjeant John Devine, on be-
half of the non-commissioned officers of Major Wode-
house's battery', 11th battalion of Royal Artillery, to
Colour-Serjeant Wm, Banks, on the occasion of his
leaving the regiment, he having been promoted to the
rank of Quartermaster in the Land Transport. The
address expressed the high sense entertained by those
officers to the satisfactory manner in which Quarter•
master Banks had discharged his duties in the Crime&
under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty, and also
stated that Major Wodehouse, the commanding officer,
was well satisfied with his zeal and general conduct.
The watch has an appropriate inscription, and the testi.
menial was gratefully acknowledged by the recipient.
It was presented in a vineyard in front of Balaklava.
Owing to the vast increase of discharged soldiers, con-
sequent on the war, the pay of pensioners of the Cork
district, numbering more than 600 men, at present
amounts to 1,0001. per month.
The 3d battalion of the 60th Royal Rifles left Dublin
for the Curragh on Tuesday. They are to be replaced
in the Royal barracks by the South Down Militia, which
were to arrive in Dublin yesterday evening.

THE MILITIA.

The Cumberland Militia arrived in Dublin on Tuesday
evening, and marched into Beggars'-bush Barracks,
where they are to be stationed.
The County of Dublin Militia left Dublin on Tuesday,
for the encampment on the Curragb.

AUSTRIAN REPLY TO THE .FRENCH
EMPEROR'S SPEECH.

The official Wiener Zeitung has an article, taking
notice of the references made to Austria, in the
speech delivered by the French Emperor before the
Senate and Legislative Body. The following is an
extract :

Since, however, Austria has been more than once
alluded to in the last French speech from the throne,
it may be neither inopportune nor disrespectful to
throw some light on certain of its passages, which refer
to the facts of the moment. Should a question be
mooted, as to who has saved Turkey, who com-
pelled the Russian army to evacuate the Principalities
of the Danube, whether it was owing exclusively
and alone to the victories of the Anglo-French
troops, or at all events. likewise to the " strategical rea-
sons" on this side the Austrian frontier, we can submit
such question calmly to the judgment of the public, to
whom the facts are known. With respect to the Aus-
trian proposition, adverted to in the French speech from
the throne, its object was to prevent the number of the
ships, maintained by Russia in the Black Sea before the
breaking out of the war, from being re-attained. The
fundamental difference between the surpassing (depasser)
and the attaining (atteindre) is so patent, was so empha-
tically enunciated, that it was precisely on its account
that the chief plenipotentiaries of the western powers
(Drouyn de l'lluys and Russell) declared their readiness
to advocate the proposition in question with their courts.
The difference just mentioned is for the rest virtually re-
moved by the article with which the Monitcur accompa-
nies its publication of his Majesty the Emperor Napo-
leon's speech from the throne and in which the Austrian
proposal is again given with its correct interpretation.
If, then, the French speech from the throne passes over
in silence the equilibrium provided for in the Austrian
propositions against the possible increase of the Russian
fleet in the Black Sea before attaining its specified maxi-
mum, on the other hand this important provision is sa-
tisfactorily commented on in the explanatory article in
the Moniteur As we have already observed, these com-
ments only justify the axiom laid down by us, that the
speeches of sovereigns to the deputies of the nations over
which they reign cannot be criticised as if they were in-
ternational documents. Should, however, any reference
be made to the way in which Austria has performed the
engagements entered into by her, it suffices for her pur-
pose to cite from the treaty- of the 2d of December last
the two articles referred to :

Art. V. "In case the restoration of the general peace
should not be secured on the bases traced out in Art. 1.,
his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, his Majesty the
Emperor of the French, and her Majesty the Queen Eof
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, enter
into deliberation without delay reqpecting the means for
attaining the object of their alliance."
Art. III.—" In case of hostilities breaking out be-
tween Austria and Russia, his Majesty the Emperor of
Austria, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and
her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, mutually promise to each other their
offensive and defensive alliance in the present war, and
will to this behoof, according to the requirements of the
war, employ land and sea forces, of which the number,
nature, and destination, in case of need, shall be arranged
in subsequent consultations.
The protocol of December 28 had laid down that Rus-
sian preponderance in the Black Sea should cease. The
Austrian proposition fulfilled this object, according to
the admission even of the two French and English Am-
bassadors themselves. The basis of peace as contemplated
by the treaty would hence have been obtained. The pro-
positions of the imperial cabinet could assuredly not be
termed unsatisfactory, when we place them in their
natural and necessary juxtaposition with the project of
a treaty simultaneously brought forward, and which de-
clared the increase of the Russian naval force in the
Black Sea to the former state to be an aggression
against Europe. It is true that by this means a form
humiliating to Russia was avoided, but in reality every-
thing that the protocol of December required was at-
tained. It must be admitted that the Western Powers
had reserved to themselves the right of making further
demands ; but to insist on these was not prescribed to
Austria by'
any contracted or moral engage:lB2%a
right.' a
of the contracting powers had merely
juriously set aside, no rightful pretension
s have been
No justifiable claims of any kind whateevle.e;
neglected, and the objects desired in common remain
intact.