The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-11 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCIOBER, lj, 1855.

PUBLICATIONS.

This day is Published, in 2 Tole.,
MY EXILE IN SIBERIA.
By ALEX,OII)ER lIERZEN.
Hurst and Blacken, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Dfarlborough•street. To be had of all the booksellers.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
pERCY BLAKE ; or, the Young Rifleman.
By CAPT. RAF FEB.
" A capital novel of the Charles O'Malley school, full of 'dashing
adventure, with scenes of real history cleverly introduced in the
narrative."—Literary Gazette.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

NEW SERIAL WORK BY UR. CHARLES DICKENS.
Uniform with "Dotnbey and Son," "David Copperfield," "Bleak

I oun," &c., &c.

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On the Thirtieth of November will be Published, to be completed in
Twenty Monthly Parts, Price One Shilling each, the First Monthly
Part of a New Work of Fiction, called.
LI T T,LE DO RRI T.
By CHARLES DICKENS. •

With Illustrations by FisatoT K. BaowriE.
Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouveric-Street.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "CHARLES AUCHESTERI

AND "COUNTERPARTS."
Just Published, in 1 vol. post Bvo., price 10s. 6d., cloth,
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MY FIRST SEASON
By BEATRICE REYNOLDS.

" A very well-written story, ingenious in its construction, bold
and vigorous in its delineation of character, graphic in its descriptive
passages, and 'as fall of spirit as the month of Hai,: The interest
of the book is sustained by the rapidity and subtlety of the dialogue,
by the flash and sparkle of a poetic fancy, by the graphic pictures of
life nd manners, and, above all, by the skilful portraiture of human
Character."— Dior. ing Post.
"Remarkable for a certain evidence of great power and much
force of style ; the style is very brilliant. Above all, the dialogues
are spirited and flowing."—Dally News.
"The story is ingenious, spirited, mad well developed; the dialogue
spa'kles with talent; and the pages are crowded with satirical•
sketching, and clone, clever presentations of life and character, drawn
with arts-tic skill."— Press.

" A story of remarkable excellence. It is a masterly performance,
and belongs, by its intrinsic merits alone, to the highest order of this
class of fiction "—Weekly Dispatch.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill.

CRIMEA.—WYLD'S MAP of the CRIMEA
and SEVASTOPOL, with the Fortified Towns, Forts, and
Roads ; including a Map of the Countries around the Black Sea. One
sheet, 35.; in case, ss. ; on rollers, 7s. 6d.
James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next
door to the post-office, and 2, Royal Exchange.

ODESSA (BOMBARDMENT of.)—WYLD'S
PLAN of ')DESSA, with the Forts and Batteries. In sheet,
Is. ; in Case, Is. 6d.

N FORTS. Attack and Siege Works of Sevastopol, with
the Russian Earthworks and Batteries. In sheet, Is.; in case, Is 6€l.

James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, nex
door to the Post-of:lice, and 2, Royal Exchange.

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ASK FOR THE PICTURE TIMES, the
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On Saturday, Nov. 3, 1855, will be published the First Number,
SATURDAY 5d., or Gd. stamped, of the
REVIEW of POLITICS,
LITERATURE, SCIENCE, and ART.
This Publication will consist exclusively of original matter:or of
news embodied in original comments ; and it will thus be distin-
guished trorn all existing periodicals in several important respects.
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provide for themselves the works which they may select for cri-
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THE AMERICAN COOKING STOVES.-
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New Oxford. street. Should be obtained by every family for their
convenience cf Cooking and the great Economy in the Qaving of
Fuel. Price, with all their Fixtures of Pots, Kettles, Pans, and
Boilers, from 21. 10s. to 61. Each Stove is arranged with an Oven,
at all times properly heated by the Fire, so that Boiling, Frying,
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October 9.1855.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following
Music will be performed by his celebrated Band during
be week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily
of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney).
Ethel Neweome ( Laurent), La Sultane (Ilosislo). Quadrilles—Le
lid du Pastel (Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al-
bert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), II Trovatoro ( l'utton)•
Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italic (Oaviolo), The Lillian (D'Al-
bert), Des Coucous (Ilouffmet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops—
The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische
—La Guirlande de Fleur* (BosqUet), La Varsovlana (Laurent). Prin-
cipal Cornet a Piston, ➢i. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission
One Shilling.

VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDG.E

effects upon them. He concurred with the Mayor in
thinking that the calamities of the present had brought
with them one compensation, in having strengthened
our alliance with France. During the late campaign
the best possible feeling bad existed between the ar-
mies. He once possessed the friendship of the late
lamented Marshal St. Arnaud, and now possessed
the friendship of Marshal Canrobert, and he should ever
reflect with pleasure upon the kind feeling which the
French army had ever manifested towards us—a feeling
which he hoped and believed had been entirely and
warmly reciprocated on onr side. A great deal bad been
written upon the shortcomings and defects in our arrange-
ments for the comfort and efficiency of the army, but the
fault was not so much in individuals as in the system,
and still more in the state in which our establishments
had been left by a4O years' peace. It might be said
that the French had enjoyed a 40 years' peace as well as
ourselves, but it should kbe remembered that the break-
ing out of the war had found them much better prepared
than ourselves. The French had for many years carried
on war in Algeria, and their transport and com-
missariat departments were therefore in a state
of efficiency. When the war broke out we had no
land transport corps at all, and no ambulance,
and we landed in a country where no horses or
forage could be procured. The commissariat was a
department of the Treasury, and the officers arrived in
the Crimea with little or no experience of the work they
had to perform. They were willing to learn, anxious to
do their duty, and desirous to receive suggestions. But,
under all the circumstances, it was not to be wondered
at that deficiencies manifested themselves which made
every one impatient. Officers were impatient, men were
impatient, and (said his Royal Highness) " I was impa-
tient." But he saw around him many eminent mer-
chants having establishments in every part of the globe,
and he would ask them whether a space of three, four,
or five months would enable them to form those esta-
blishments and make those ramifications in every part
of the globe which were essential to the success of their
undertakings, and the harmony and efficiency of their
action ? (Cheers.) Time must be given for establishing the
necessary organisation, and our establishments were now
fast attaining an efficiency worthy of thisgreat,country.
The lesson to be learnt from these events—and he
trusted it would not be forgotten after the peace—was
not to starve our establishments during a time of peace,
•r tl maintain them in such a low state of efficiency as
if we thought that war was impossible. Four years ago,
ha admitted, he did not believe that we were about to
enter upon a state of war. No one then believed war
to be possible. But when the present, war should be
happily terminated, lie trusted that we should not ne-
glect the efficiency of our establishments from any belief
that we were about to enter upon another 40 years'
peace, although no one would rejoice more than himself
if such a blessing were in store for us. Every one who

. had witnessed, as he had, the actual miseries of war
would rejoice at the return of peace, and would cherish
a state of peace as one of the greatest blessings a
nation could enjoy. He had been much gratified at
one passage in the speech of his worthy friend the
Mayor at the Town-hall that morning, when his Worship
had stated that, although the great commercial town of
Liverpool was deeply interested in a return of peace,
one sentiment alone pervaded the whole community—
namely, a determination to persevere in the war in
which the country was engaged, at all hazards and at
every sacrifice, until its object was attained. In that
sentiment he entirely coincided, and he had a strong
opinion that a peace concluded at the present moment
would not be an honourable, during, or lasting peace.
Until such a peace was concluded he was for carrying on
! the war with all possible vigour and determination, and
he was gratified to find that this also was the opinion of
the inhabitants of Liverpool. He had seen a great deal
written upon the relations between the officers and men
of the British army. He thought that in raising the
standard of the officers you raised also the standard of
the men. Too much justice could not be given to the
officers for their conduct in the late campaign,: and their
care and devotion for the comfort of the men. This care
and deVotion on the part of the officers was highly ap-
preciated by the men, who liked to be commanded by
gentlemen, while they often felt irritated under the com-
mand of men of their own station. (Hear.) One of
the proudest positions that could• be' filiM"hrY'finy man
was to command a body of English soldiers going
into action, because he knew he could rely upon his men
to go anywhere, and the men felt confident that their
officers would be found at their head when the moment
for action arrived. He had been compelled, to his great
regret, to leave the army in the East in consequence of
the state of his health; but now, thank God, his health
was restored, and nothing would give him greater plea-
sure than to rejoin the army in the Crimea. (Cheers,)
His Royal Highness concluded by again thanking the
Mayor and the inhabitants of Liverpool for the kind and
brilliant reception which they had given him, and re-
sumed his seat amid.the hearty cheers of the company.
The MAYOR then proposed the tea,st of " The Bishop
and Clergy of the Diocese." I!
The Right Rev. PRELATE said he felt bound to acknow-
ledge the cordial assistance which the clergy of Liverpool
received from the laity in every work of charity and bene-
volence. He felt the greatest pride and pleasure in view-
ing the various noble charities with which the town of
Liverpool abounded, and be was glad to acknowledge

the assistance which the clergy had always received from
the Mayer, as well as other members of the laity. He
thanked God for having spared the life of his Royal
Highness, and restored him to health, and long might
he live to enjoy his well-won honours. (Cheers.)
The MAYOR —I have now, your Royal Highness, my
lords, and gentlemen, to propose the toast of " The
Army and Navy," Often as " The Army and Navy"
has been proposed in this room, never has there been a
time when the toast would be received with greater
enthusiasm than the present. We may search the annals
of history in vain to find records of snore glorious deeds
than those which have been achieved by our brave army
in the East. Time would fail me to relate their many
deeds of valour from the time when first they
landed on the shores of the Crimea—how in the face
of batteries, which might have deterred any but such
troops, the lion of England and the eagle of France were
borne over the heights of Alma. Then, indeed, the
union of France with England was accomplished. The
bond of union was written in the blood of warriors,
and sealed amid the dying and the dead. Nor need I
dwell on their heroism at Balaklava and at Inkerman.
It has been said that France and England never could
unite cordially. A few weeks since a pamphlet was pub-

lished at Geneva, in which it was written " Waterloo
must be avenged." Waterloo has been avenged in the
thousand acts of kindness and goodwill shown by the
allied armies to each other. It was avenged on that day
when the brave Bosquet rushed with the legions of
France to assist the British troops contending against
almost overwhelming numbers on the field of Inkerman.
(Cheers.) This is the vengeance which is dear to a chi-
♦alrous nation like France. It was avenged on that day
when the eagle of France floated from the tower of the
Malakhoff, and showed that the might of Russia had
fallen ; and when we think of the first Napoleon, and
recall the history of the past, we straightway see a new
vision—Napoleon 111. and Englifnd's Queen paying to-
gether a tribute of respect at the tomb of departed great-
ness. When France and England were opposed to each
other, it is related that the'. troops, when not in actual
combat, interchanged many acts of kindness and good-
will. How different in this war. The slaughter of
Sinope—the murders at Hango—the murdering of the
wounded at Inkerman—tho firing on those who were
sent out to relieve the wounded Russians at the Tcher-
naya will ever remain a foul blot on the escutcheon of
Russia. (Hear.) With the permission of his Royal High-
ness, I beg to couple with the army the name of Sir H.
Smith—(cheers)—and with the navy that of the Earl of
Hardwicke. (Cheers.)
Song—" The Battle of the Alma."

Sir H. SMITH, who was received with great cheering,
said he had seen with great regret certain comments
upon what was called the failure of the English troops
in the late attack upon the Redan, which were calcu-
lated to shake the confidence of the men in their com-
manders. He would not enter upon the question whe-
ther the siege of Sebastopol were really a siege or not,
but he would call it an attack upon a strongly intrenched
camp very numerously defended. When an attack was
made upon a strongly-fortified city the assault was
usually made upon three or four points, in order to dis-
tract the attention and divide the forces of the besieged.
It was not expected that all should succeed, but it was
hoped that the besiegers would be successful at one or
two points, and would thus gain an entrance into the
place. Thus, at the siege of Badajoz, Wellington or-
dered an assault to bo made upon four points. His two
crack, divisions, who had even then
,gained immortal
fame for themeeiveh were ordered ttl*"krY the town by
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