The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

HANOVER.

A letter frtyrn Hanover of the bth, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :
" The report of the Committee of the Diet on the in-
termit affairs of Germany, and which Las proposed to
invert the old nobility with its ancient rights for the
composition of our First Chamber, aml of which they
bad hert deprived by the revolution of 1843, has caused
the gitatest agitation throughout the coutttry. The in-
habitants, who considered that the privileges of the
nobles bad been for ever abolished, are quite in a state
of consternation at the present revival. In every past
of the country retitions are being prepared and signed,
praying his Majesty to convoke as soon as possible the
two Chambers having the confidence of the country,
and which may be able to avert the evils with which the
country may be timatene I if the conclusions of the
Committee of the Diet in favour of the old privileges cf
the nobility should •be again introduced into Ilanover.
The petition of the burgomasters and the municipal
cmincil of the capital has already been presented to the
King, and will be followed by others. All of them de-
mand the maintenance of .the preent mode of electiot
and the abolition for ever of all privileges tc the.nobles.'

The Wanderer of Vienna of the sth says :--
The Consuls General of France and England,
Who have returned to Bucharest after a prolonged
absence, hoisted their flags on the 25th ult., and
thus indicated in official style that the diplomatic
relations between those powers and the Govern-
ment of Wallachia, were re-estalished."

LORD PAT,ItIEI?STO.N AND TIIE -COMMIS-
SARIAT SERVICE.

The following is a copy of the letter of remou-
shance for Warded by the Commissariat officeti serv-
ing in the Crimea to ConomissaryGeneral Fader,
C. 8., for the purpose of Wing transmitted by the
last mail to Lord Punmure, the Minister for War :
Balaklava, March 17.
is with great reluctance that we have decided
upon the course of addressing you thesa reinarks, with a
rsonest that you will lay them before his Lordship the
Secretary fir War; but we feel that it is due to the
department to which we belong and to ourelves indivi-
dually to notice the following reflections cat upon the
commis,ariat officers by Lord PalmerAtoo in his speech •
in the House of Commons on the 19th of February, viz

" And I must say that there was great truth and great
force in the observation-9 which fell from the hon. mem-
ber for North Warwickshire, in answer to the at'ack..
which have been made npen the aristocracy, along with
whom I suppose we must include the gentry of this
country, for I believe the term caristuer,cy' includes
the two. Iu reply to the charges that our army has not
been successful, :or it ought to have besn, in c'.n-equencc
of the grs at number of gentlemen who are officers n it,
I think .the hots. member male the as triumphant
answer, by showing that where your system has 17reken
down—that where evil has acs-en from want of carattity,
of energy, of intelligence, or of accurate and zealous per.
fermance of duty—it was not that the gentry; not tl.at
the aristocracy, not that the nebicmen in the army wire
at fault, but persons helorging to other classes uf
community. It is the, medical depprtment, the eemtek-
sariat department, and the transoort depattuicnt, which
nobody contends are filled with • the sues of e ar:sto-
craey or the gentry—it is there Oat your sy- tem has
broken diwri, it 6 there that the service le:ts faiied, and
that it is that has hen the train cause ,of the suffering
of which we are all cemplnning."
We can hardly imagine that Lord Palmerston could
have meant that the officers of the commissar7at do not
belong to the class of society celled " gentlein,n ;" but
the expressions made use of
.Ly his e-rtaiidy
convey that meaning ; and it is plainly stafesi tb it the
officers of the commissariat have beets "wanting in capa-
cAy, energy, intelligence. and the accurite and zeal-
ous performance of duty.." As these expres.Aong smatmte
not from a quay ter which might be treated with itMilk-
rence, but from a Minister of the Crown, con cant, it
may be presumed, of the merits of the question who thus
prejudges it, before any decision by the commission of
inquiry now pending is arrived at, their eff..et upon the
pudic mind'eannot but be as injm lolls to the department
as thiy are offensive to the individuals cf whom they are
c,nip is,d.

li is not for us to point out the causes of tLe fa!Jures
in the various arrangements connected with the cam-
raigii, but we trust that his Lordship, the Minipter for
War, under whose orders we haft the honour of being
placed, will afford us the protection to. w hich we con-
ceive we are fairly entitled, that he will not withhold
from us a just appreciation of tnr most:strenuous eildert
yours to perform our arduous and responsible duties, and
that he will afford us an opportunity of proving that. we
have not been "wanting in capacity, energy, intelligence,
or zeal."

We have enjoyed none of the advantages consequent
upon war with respect to promotion, &c., which have
been so liberally ext,:nded to every other branch of the
army. Our services and our exertions have not been re-
cognised in.any public manner, and/we cannot feel other-
wise than greatly Aggrieved that we should be thus held
up to the public as having been "the main cause of the
evils which have arisen,'

We are invidiously designated as not belonging to the
class of society usually termed "gentlemen,' but as be-
longing to other classes of the community. While we
coudnct ourselves honourably it matters Ingle with what
families we are connected ; but we con'end that the
officers of the commissariat as a body, do belong to the
class termed "gentry," aid that ‘Ve are a-s well educe,' ed,
as well inf,:rmed, and as honourable and upright in every
respect as any other body of officers in the army.
Our duties are of a most responsible nature, and there
are no officers in the service in whom such in amount
of trust is placed, which should siire:v entitle us to be
classed in the highest ranks of the public strvice.
If we have not acquitted ourselves to the satisfaction
of our superiors, we invite incriiry into our conduct ;
but as we are confident that we have at least exerted
ourselves to the utmost, we mo-t respectfully beg that
his lordship will not disregard the honour of, or refuse to
do justice to, a department under his control, and de-
pendent upon him for official support.
If we have exore,ted ourselves with freedorii, we trust
that his lordship will make due allowance for our feel-
ings, under what we conceive a toast unjust and un-
founded imputation, and we .beg to assure his lordship
that we shall continue to perform our duties consc:en-
tiously, and that no endeavours will be spared by us to
uphold the character of the department, and our
inaivi-
dual reputation, at the high standard to which, we trust,
his lordship will not fail to admit they have attained.
IV have, &c.
G. ADAMS, D.C.G.
H.J BROWNRIGG, D.A.C.G.
W. H. DRAKE, D.C.G.
L. ROUTH,
F. S. CARPENTER, A.C.G. R. BOOTH, D.A.C.G,
M.
J. M.
D.
AMRALHINONG:
jj..sß.BAur
W. S. ARCHRB, A.C.G. A. CLERK, C.C.
TL
HE YE ,R 124 .A.D C,
D. G.
A.
A. F. COOKESLEY D.A.C.G.
J. D. WILLAN, AM. G. •F. C. COL D. A.C.G.
.C.G.
W.
G.
J. P. LUNDY, A.C.G. G. It. PRIMROSE, D.A.C.G.
W. T. POWER, A.C.G. J. B. BARGEE, D.A.C.G.
B. CUMMING, A.C.G. A. L. 13avNEs, C.C.
G. J. WEBB, D. 4.CG. W..U. GREEN, C.C.
H. BARTLETT, D. A.. C, G. A. PETRIE, C.C..
G. S. BLANE, D.A.C.G. A. CHAPLIN, C.C.
C. B. SMITH, D.A.C.G. H. C. LEWIS, *C.C.
J. B. THOMPSON, D.A.V.G. W. F. G. t-3ERVANTES, C.C.
J. H. SALE, D.A.C.G. J. MANNING; C.C.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an Impceal de-
cree conceding to the Great Central Company— first., the
tcction of the Cierniont-Feirau I an,' Montauban
Railway, extending from Lempdes to the Jiver Lott;
secono, the two Pections of the Bordeaux and Lyons
line, compriPed, the one between St. Etienne a•id
the Cl,rmont Ferriud and Montauban road, tn..] the
other between the !atter and Perigu'ux ; arid, third, the
L,moges,arid Agen Railway. The duration of the conces-
sion fixed at .99 years from the date ttipulateil for the
completion of the works. The Government is to allow the
company a subvention of 76,000,000 f., payable in 18 half-
yearly instdment,i, from the Ist of Jan., 1857, to the Ist of
January, 1866 ; aul another of 2,000,000 f., for the con.
struetion of a branch on Redez. Four other branches
are conceded to the company, on Caliors, Villeneuve
d'Agen, Bergerac, and Tulle, which are to be comitructed
according to ;he clauses of the law of the 11th June,