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correct in his interpretation of the orders he had con-
Veyeyd. Captain Nolan is reported to have replied to
he brought,
Lord Lucan's demand for an explanation of the orders
" that Lord Raglan desired the cavalry to
attack immediately." His lordship commanded Lord
Cardigan to charge, and when that gallant officer re-
monstrated, he was told that Lord Raglan had given
the order to do so. All these facts were stated in the
letter referred to from Lord Lucan to Lord Raglan at
the close of November. To that letter Lord Lucan re-
ceived no reply, but he was requested by Lord Raglan
to withdraw it, and his lordship refused to do any thing
of the kind. Under these circumstances Lord Raglan
forwarded the letter to the Duke of Newcastle. On the
12th of February Lord Raglan sent the Earl of Lucan a
copy of a despatch from the Duke of Newcastle, dated
the 26th or 27th of January, in which the Duke ac-
knowledged the receipt of Lord Raglan's despatch of,
the 16th of December, containing the Earl of Lucan's
letter of November, and stated that he had strength-
ened himself in the opinion he' held of the danger
of any misunderstanding between a Commander-ip-
Chief of an army and his General of Cavalry by the
advice of Lord Hardinge, and that he had come to
the conclusion that the Earl of Luella ought to
resign, inasmuch as he would not recall his letter, and
that the contents of it had placed his lordship in a po-
sition which made it desirable on every account that he
should be recalled. Lord Hardinge is declared to have
based his judgment on the fact of ikord Lucan's declin-
ing to recall his letter, and of his lordship's adhering to
the construction of the order he received in the sense
that it forced him to command the charge of cavalry on
the 25th of October, and he therefore recommended the
Queen to approve of his lordship's dismissal from his
post. In a divisional order last night Lord Lucan takes
his farewell of the division, and assures them of his good
wishes and of the interest he takes in their future career.
He paid a farewell visit to General Canrobert yesterday,
but he did not pay his respects to Lord Raglan before
he departed. The noble lord has taken a passage in the
Jason, which sails to-morrow for Constantinople, and he
is accompanied by his son and aide-de-camp, Lord Bing-
ham. The temporary command of the cavalry devolves
upon Major-General Scarlett, Brigadier of the Heavy
Cavalry Bri'gade. People in England will no doubt
speedily hear the whole facts of this case, and will be
enabled to form their opinion of its merits, as it is not
probable Lord Lucas will be many days in England
before he brings the matter before the House of Peers ;
and it is confidently affirmed that his lordship will in all
certainty demand a court-martial, should his reception
at home be of a character to imply that he has been re-
called for misconduct.

The following is from the special cov:espondent of the
Times :

CAMP BEFORE SEMI $1:01•OL, Feb. 13.
It blew half a gale of wind all nit Olt, and the rain fell
tall 2 o'clock p.m. in the day, but the wind was warm
and the temperature agreeable. Cho roads are very
heavy, and the country is not ea shy traversed. The
soil is not so tenacious, however, af: it is when drying up
in fine weather after heavy rains. It is then so sticky
that the wheels of artillery waggons actually " drag" in
it, and the earth accumulates solidly between the spokes.
It need not be said with what difficulty men get over the
ground on foot. As to the cocditior Lof the horses, it is
really pitiable. It is now four or fi, re days that our ca-
valry and artillery horses have bee n without hay, and
that all they have had to cat h as been the ration
of barley, and now and then a little chopped
straw. The reason of this is simple. No hay
has been received by the Commi isariat in harbour ;
and yet it is stated that Mr. Filder wrote last
September to the authorities at he 'me to state that it
would be absolutely nece-sary for th ens to take steps to
send out forage for the horses from Eoglaad. What is
the result of our mode of doing tsiness ? No hay is
in harbour ; the horses are subjec •ed to heavy work,
without proper food ; and at a recent board the veteri-
nary surgeons condemned no less th. to 140 horses out of
the Royal Artillery alone ! The diseases of most of
these animals—once fine English h orses, the glory and
pride of Woolwich holydays were simple ; they were
the produce of hard work in carryin c up shot and shell,
and of insufficient food. The state of the country has
been so bad that even our active and sanguine allies
were obliged to leave four guns behind them on the re-
cent occasion on which they undertook to arm our right
attack for us.

The mounted staff corps is now r educed to about 2
eflectives.

The French workmen, however, Lave made consider-
able progress with the new batteries on our right. On
the left they were exposed to a heap 'y fire from four till
half-past four o'clock, and the Russif ►ns blew up another
French magazine inside the batter ies. They at once
opened fire along their lines with si x tremendous salvos
of artillery, and rushed up on their parapets and gave
three loud ringing cheers. The da "nage done by the
explosion was, lam happy to say, very insignificant,
and before the Russians had ceased e +leering the French
took their revenge by discharging a tremendous volley
of heavy shells, which burst on the w: Ills of the Admiral's
house, and silenced for a time thegun .s ix No. 3 Battery
at the Flagstaff Fort.
The railway progresses very rapidly, and has now
reached a point 300 yards from the town. The enemy
appears to have abandoned any atte rapt to annoy the
workmen, and have not put guns f )n Canrobert's-bill.
As soon as the works are completed, a strong party of
cavalry will be advanced every nigh t into the plain be-
fore Balaklava, to prevent the enet ay coming down to
injure the rails. _ _

THURSDAY, FEB. 15.
Last night the wind increased in force, blowing in
strong gusts and squalls, whick tore down tents and the
materials for hutting on the heights over Balaklava, and
sent tin clattering down the hill. The wind, hot and
dry as one of the warm breezes of the tropics, sucked up
the moisture of the roads as it passed, and the tracks of
deep mud and the waste of earth and water on which
our camp stands are rapidly becoming solid—so rapidly,
indeed, that the effect is little short of magical. It
much resembles the Mediterranean sirocco. The ther-
mometer exposed outside my quarters marks no less than
71 deg. The sky is overcast and lurid, but there are no
clouds visible—the whole atmosphere is of a slaty grey
hue overhead and on the horizon, but objects at a dis-
tance give well-defined outlines, and are not at all ob-
scure. The wind is very uncertain in force ; at times
the gusts are terrific ; they generally come at intervals
of five or six minutes, and vary in strength at each out-
burst. The general direction of the wind, as far as I
can judge, is from the south-south-east to south-west.
Under its influence, under the strange change of tempe-
rature, the bulbous roots, which seem to abound in the
soil of the Chersonese, are putting forth shoots with
vigour, and crocuses and hyacinths, some in flower, have
pushed their bright gr7en leaves above the black surface
of the soil, and, by their freshness and vividness of co-
lour, afford a strong contrast to the sterile aspect of the
hoof-betrodden ground.

Two spies were found within our lines last night be-
tween the extreme right and the I lussian camp, and
were brought in this morning.
The French mortar batteries are v rithin 1,300 metres
of the inner batteries of the Russians,,. A sortie of insig-
nificant strength was made by the garrison last night,
and was repulsed, as usual. The Fi •ench lost five men
only. The Cossacks on the hills to tale N. E. of Balak-
lava have nearly disappeared, and there are no indica-
tions that they intend to reoccupy tl se hills on which it
was supposed the enemy were abou t to reconstruct re-
doubts. There have been two deserti ons from our camps
this week. It has been ascertained that the soldier of
the Rifle Brigade who deserted soma time ago did not
go over to the enemy, but went awa y to Malta in a ship,
on board which be concealed himself.. No soldier of that
distinguished corps has ever left its ranks to join the
enemy since the beginning of the cai npaign.
The utmost secrecy is observed mu-pectin our future
operation.;,i
and much of the nformation one gleans is
imparted " in confidence," is of a duisi ous authority, and
is generally of a nature to demand concealment. Any
time from " this day week" to " the beginning of April"
may be taken as the period for the re-opening of our
batteries. Strict orders have been issmed that artillery
and engineer officers are not to give Information respect-
ing our works to any one but officers. entitled to demand
it, and infantry officers are not alloilved to get any de-
tails concerning the works and atinatnents. These
orders are so stringent that no officer, unless he be
known to the sentries, is allowed to go through our
lines above Balaklava; and the restriction applies even
to xaval officers, and to all officers of regiments not ac-
tually stationed on the spot.

Towards night the violence of the gale abated. The
Field-Marshal came down to Balaklava yesterday and
visited the various public establishments in the town,
and inspected the progress of the railway. There was
another sortie last night, which the French repulsed
with a loss of 35 killed and wounded and missing. The
Russians lost at least as many in their hasty retreat.
The works on our right are iu splendid order. The roads
have-dried so rapidly as to admit of the passage of artil-
lery. The railroad is now completed for about 200
yards from the town towards Kadikoi.
The division of General Bosquet on our right and in
rear of our right flank was reinforced to-day by upwards
of 8,000 men, so that it is quite probable tie rumours
we hear of a reconnaissance in force being likely to take
place in a few days under his command are true, and
that the mysterious disappearance of the Russians from
our rear will be explained and their present position
ascertained. These troops, all of whom are light in-
fantry, marched along the ridge of the plateau. is heavy
marching order at half-past 10 o'clock, and took up their
ground on the ridge overlooking the Inkerman valley
and the Tchernaya ; they were encamped before half-
past 12 o'clock, but many of the tents were blown down
by the wind. Tho Russians opened a new battery upon
them from the opposite heights, but they did no da-
mage. I believe this battery may be said to have been
" unmasked," for I am not aware that its existence
had been previously observed. The Russians have thus
established three batteries from Inkerman Light east on
the heights over the Tchersaya towards the south-east,
with the object of annoying our flank, but the distance
is to _Aram, and ail their pfr..4. Loveinznerto been abortlve.

WEDNESDAY, FEE. 14.
The great topic of conversation and gossip to-day is
the recall of the Earl of Lucan from the command
of the Cavalry Division. The circumstances under
which this unusual exercise of authority has taken
place are not very accurately known, except to a few
officers to whom Lord Lucan has communicated
them, but the prevailing impression among those who
are likely to be well informed, and 'whose opinions carry
weight, is certainly to the effect that the step is notjus-
tifiable on the ground set forth for taking it. As far as
I can ascertain the particulars, the facts are as follows :
—When Lord Raglan's published despatches respecting
the cavalry action at Balaklava reached the camp
towards the close of last November, the Earl of Lucan
wrote a letter to the Field Marshal commanding the
army, in which he objected to the term " misconception
of orders" used by Lord Raglan with reference to the
of th,Liziat ,a 4 the 21 .4th
of October. It will be remembered at Lora itava—,
in those despatches, stated that the charge was made in
consequence of some misconception of his orders by the
Lieutenant-General commanding the Cavalry Division.
Lord Lucan is said not only to have objected to the
use of the term, but to have set forth at length in his
letter the reasons why he felt himself bound to obey the
orders tent to him by Lord Raglan, without exercising
his discretionary power as commander of the division,
which would, he maintains, have amounted to positive
disobedience of orders under the circumstances of the
caw, and would have subjected himself and the cavalry
to very grave suspicions and imputations. As an eye-
witness of the sceno I may here state my impression
that the Russians had succeeded in carrying off our
guns out of the Turkish redoubts before Captain Nolan
had well left the plateau and got down to the plain where
the cavalry were stationed. I remember Captain Nolan
stopping a moment to tighten his horse's girths close to
a group of officers, and saying to us, " Well, you'll see
us going in for a spin at them at last;" and that just
before that zeoment I had been looking through my
glass at the Russians drawing our guns away from the
back of the redoubts, and retiring with them towards the
rear of their lines.

CONDUCT OF THE WAR.

MANCHESTER.

A meeting was held at Manchester on Tuesday even-
ing, at the rooms of the Peace society, in Newall's-
buildings, to consider the general policy and the com-
mercialand social effects of the present war. The cir-
cular convening the meeting was signed by Messrs. Geo.
Wilson, R. H. Greg, Thomas Thomasson, W. Rawson,
Edmund Ashworth, W. B. Watkins, W. Harvey, W.
Bickham, and Sir Elkanah Armitage, and, in addition
to these gentlemen, about 70 or SO others, several of
them large employers of labour, were present.
Mr. GEo. WiLsoN, who presided, alluded to the nego-
tiations at Vienna for the restoration of peace, and said
it was incumbent on everyone to aid in establishing it
on an honourable and lasting basis.
Mr. ROBERT HYDE GREG said that no doubt every
man would express himself in favour of a " safe and
honourable peace," but very few could agree what
that meant ; and although the basis of a peace
had been agreed upon, he was very sorry to see that
we had been very tardy in commencing negotiations ;
although the terms had been accepted by Russia, he
believed, in perfect good faith. The only point un-
settled was, as to the extent of diminution of the Russian
power in the Black Sea, and it was understood she had
freely consented to some. But, as we were not propos-
ing to dismember the Russian empire, nor to raise up a
powerful kingdoin in Poland or Hungary, he did not see
how it was possible for Russia to give what was called a
" material guarantee," even if she really desired to do so.
Mr. T. TEIOMASSON, of Bolton, said, we could not ex-
pect Russia to negotiate with us in the Crimea, anymore
than we should consent ourselves to negotiate with a foe
upon our own territory. But the Russians were, never-
theless, so far from that disposition, that their plenipo-
tentiary had now been waiting for our negotiator more
than a month at Vienna. It was altogether erroneous
to suppose that this war Lad come upon us on account
of our insufficient military preparations, or because Mr.
Cobden had succeeded in reducing our peace establish-
ment ; for he defied any one to point to a single instance
in which Mr. Cobden had been able to do so.
Mr. E. ASHWORTII entered into various statistics to
show the importance of our commerce with Russia, and
argued that the war injured trade by interfering with
the money market. Having shown how the price of food
had been increased by the war, Mr. Ashworth concluded
by expressing a hope that we should be satisfied with
the war suceesses already gained, and with having brought
the Russian Emperor to be willing to negotiate on our
terms ; and that the thirst of England for glory and
honour being appeased, we should be willing to hail
Lord J. Russell with all the popular acclamation which
would attend him if he came home announcing peace.
The CEIIIRMA.N said it was not intended to take any
action at this meeting beyond preparing the puhlic mind
for the conclusion of the negotiations. It had been sug-
gested that they should meet again on Tuesday evening
next.
The proceedings thei terminated.

The terms of the order which Captain Nolan carried
to Lord Lucan from Lord Raglan are well known.
" Lord Raglan wishes the
to the front, to follow the enemy, to advance rapidly
try to prevent the
enemy carrying away the gunsand
'Troop of Horse Artillery
may accompany ; French Cavalry is on our left.—lm-
mediate.
" RICHARD AILEY."
Now, it may be observed that when this order was
given the enemy had actually, or I am mistaken, accom-
plished a part of that operation which the cavalry were
ordered to try and prevent, and that they were actually
carrying away the guns at the time it was issued ; a
fortiori they would have completed the whole or very
nearly the whole of the operation before Captain Nolan
a
could have reached Lord Lucan with the orders in ques-
tion. But, froea the position of
have been impossible, I think the cavalry, it would
, for Lord Lucan to see
either that the enemy had carried away the guns or
where they were carrying to ; nor could he have
beheld the masses and dispos''''''' of the Russian guns
and infantry, inasmuch as a ridge of hills of gentle eleva-
tion ran right in front of him across the valley and plain,
and shielded their position front view. It will be remem-
bered that the Heavy Brigade charged early in the morn-
ing and checked the advance of the Russian cavalry, who
then retired behind that ridge of hills upon their infan-
try and cannon, taking with them the English guns
from the redoubts, and formingon the flanks of their
and
battalions below TchorgeunKamera, where the
of valley is contracted by the sides the mountain ranges
which compress the Tcheinayeintot a narrow gorge.
There is a pretty general opinion
Cavalry Brigade charged the Russiatnl
that had the Light
cavalry as they re-
tired, all broken and discomfited by
thele severe overthrow
utterly,
they had met with at the hands oHeavy Brigade,
theymight have broken them up
have saved our guns ; but the latter and might even
uls,a_rt of this conjec-
ture is very problematical, for the Rua artillery were
then in possession of the redoubts,
Lightuld have in.
Cavalry.
flicted severe loss on our small body of
It is believed, however, that the Lightßrigade should
have acted on that occasion; and it is further affirmed
follow up its
that the Heavy Brigade did not sufficienttysi
naoiould, at all
success in the first charge, and that
chargedre forward
events, have been pushed considerably
afterwards. When the Heavy Brigade
enemy we had only a handful of infantry on th
the
the
eld—
the 93d Highlanders—who were not charged fi
Russians at all, for their cavalry never came within
i vcit suieote,
8,
yards of the place whence issued that rolling fire of 5"
ketry. Subsequently, the Duke of Cambridge's d 'nlins-
advanceds
Sir George Cathcart's division, and General Bo
division debouched into the plain, and
up to the line of redoubts, where they halted andn layd
nearly
would
down. It was expected at the time that there
have been an advance made by us upon theenemy,to-
' drive them out of the valley, but nothing of the kind
I took place, and when Lord Lucan ordered the brig
ad
to charge they were not supported by all)* advan
the part of the infantry, and only the Scotch Greys "a on
the Royals, and the 9th troop of Royal Horse Artillrnd
y,
then commanded by Captain Shakespeare (as Mae•-
Maude hal been wounded early in the day), were moved
up to assist them in their desperate venture. The Heavy
Cavalry, in sonic measure, protected and covered the
retreat of the survivors of the Light Brigade, but Cap-
tain Shakespeare, with considerable judgment, halted
his troop when he saw the real position of affairs, and
probably saved the guns of his troop by doing so.
Had the Light Brigade been supported by a strong
body of heavy horse, and by infantry and field
ar-
tillery, they would have at os t likely saved our guns, and
would very certainly have taken a number of the guns of
the enemy, but the success gained by their unequalled
bravery was evanescent, as is the success of all cavalry
charges—they were unsupported ; every ene knows the
result. Lord Lucan finds, it is said, in these circum-
stances strong grounds of defence in clearing himself from
any charge of indiscretion in commanding Lord Cardi-
gan to carry out Lord Raglan's written orders. He
relies on the circumstance that the cavalry were drawn
up to support a regular advance of infantry, to show
that he had reason to believe the cava'ly would be 'as-
sieted in their movement by the infantry in the plain,
an I he is understood to have urged the fact on Lord
is 'ler :'. when he leeHte'.ol 4e f'.(11i;? the order,

..-,d let:: ilia: no :alter-
native but to obey, 33 it was but natural to suppose an
officer of the Quartermaster-General's staff would be

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TITIE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—The whole family of mendicants
oug,lit to feel deeply indebted to the writer of the
first article in Blackwood, who takes up the pen in
their cause, and by a variety of arguments and
illustrations succeeds in awaking the reader's in-
terest in a class not generally regarded with much
favour. The paper is entitled " The Beggar's
Legacy," and narrates the fortunes of the author
of the " Journal of Llewellin Penrose," who left
the manuscript of that work, and two hundred
volumes, to the benefactor who had placed him in
the almshouse, where he ended his days. The ac-
count of this old man is extremely curious, and not
the least remarkable point is the assertion of Mr.
West, ILA., that but for the beggar lie would never
have been a painter. It appears the unfortunate man
had been an artist, among other occupations,
and it was he who first showed and explained the
camera to Mr. West, and lent him the "Lives of the
Painters," which confirmed his inclination to pursue
the art. The introductory comments on the race
of beggars are not the least entertaining portion.
The writer is at great pains to show the advantages
of their calling. Ho asserts that one should look
on a beggar with confidence and respect, as lie
stands apart from the circle of our experiences, and
is not one to be known but to be speculated on.
He will not go to law ; " though twenty lawyers
pass between him and you he will not engage one
against you ; he will not even give you in charge
to the policeman. From whom on earth can you
expect such privilege of exemption ?" Poets and
painters are cited to uphold the beggar's dignity :
lie has formed models for the one and subjects of
song for the other. Every ballad-lover re-
members " The Blind Beggar's Daughter of
Bethnal-green," which, of course, is alluded to ;
but as he turned out to be a De Montfort, with
hoards of gold, the argument is perhaps not very
logical. One confession our author makes rather
to the disadvantage of his clients—the fact that,
since the days of Homer, "though revered by men
dogs have an antipathy to them." As the canine
race are celebrated for being good judges of charac-
ter, this is not to their credit ; but the writer inge-
niously suggests that the quarrel arose in the ealy
social state, when dogs and beggars were alike ad-
mitted to feasts, and disputed for the prizes. The
charming romance of " Zaidee," which becomes
more and more interesting, describes the flight of
the heroine from her home and friends, urged by a
spirit of self-sacrifice and affection. The sorrow
which has come over the happy family at the Grange
since the fatal will was discovered, the various
forms which the trouble takes, and the ap-
proaching dispersion of the little home circle,
are gracefully and pathetically portrayed, in
the writer's most succesful manner. An enter-
taining paper on " Vagabond Life in Mexico,"
is a notice of a recent French work, " Scenes
de la Vie Mexicaine," whose author gives
a graphic description of the extraordinary adven-
tures and associates he encountered in the New
World. According to his account the neighbour-
hood of Mexico, is the "paradise of robbers."
Every ono takes the law into his own hands, and
the greatest disregard of human life prevails. This
is, unfortunately, a Spanish characteristic. It is
with regret that the reader learns at the close of
the article that the traveller who escaped so many
dangers only survived to meet his death by
drowning while crossing the Atlantic. Another
article on " Civilisation," brings the correspondent
of Eusebius to the conclusion that the unfortunate
Census Commission, against which he has taken up
arms, "is not only an impertinence, but a mischief."
A " Peep at Paris" gives a very attractive descrip-
tion of the City of the Seine, and takes a view of
some of the picture galleries. The writer very
nearly becomes a convert to the " enlightened
despotism " of our neighbours, and is very much
inclined to think " a constitutional Government,
like a constitutional walk, a necessary bore." Cer-
tainly our recent Governments have not been such
as to make the French discontented. The " Story
of the Campaign" gives a brief sketch of the hos-
pitals of the Bosphorus. A paper on the recent
Ministerial changes concludes the number—those
changes which seem to have led us into a charmed
circle, only wasting time and expectation with
scarcely a step in advance. After an article on the
new Government, it is of course necessary to add
in a postscript that three of the chief members have
resigned.

Dublin Unicersity.—" The Dramatic Writers of
Ireland" is continued in a third series, and is
equally deserving of attention, as on previous oc-
casions. The present series contains twelve names,
among others that of Thomas Sheridan, the father
of the great orator of that name. The last men-
tioned in the list is Oliver Goldsmith. The highest
praise is here awarded to him. "An Irishman he
was, and Ireland may well be proud of him." It
is r.ziaarked that his talents were of a most versa-
tile description ; ho was alternately a critic, a no-
velist, an historian, and moral poet, and afterwards
a dramatist. An anecdote is mentioned characteristic
of his conscientiousness : he had received from a
bookseller one hundred guineas for the copy-
right of the " Deserted Village ;" but upon men-
tioning the fact to a friend, the latter observed it
was a great sum. Goldsmith replied, "ln truth,
I think so too, it is nearly five shillings a couplet."
He subsequently said that he would return the
note, which lie actually did. In conclusion, it is
remarked that, "Goldsmith's principal works
are now more popular than ever. They charm
and fascinate in youth, they please in life's de-
cline, and are acceptable to all tastes and all
humours. Age cannot wither them, nor custom
stale their infinite variety. It would be difficult
to cull from the aggregate labours of any other
general author so large a proportion which bears
the undeniable impress of immortality." Some
observations are made on the literary " Life and
Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington,"
recently published. Dr. Madden, it is said,
has performed his task well, and has brought be-
fore us a collection of " wit and wisdom" unrivalled
in variety, extent, and interest. Lady Blessing-
ton, with all her brilliancy and glitter, had not an
enviable existence. Her own testimony of herself
is—" I have drunk the cup of bitterness to the
very dregs." " Flights to Fairyland" has for its
subject " the Lily of the Valley." It is written
in an easy, flowing style ; and, although the idea
is not a very original one, of an old beggar woman
coming to two sisters, and, on being repulsed by
the one and succoured by the other, suddenly trans-
forming herself into a fairy capable of dealing re-
wards and punishments, the story is pleasingly
narrated. The " Memoirs of James Montgomery,"
which are commented on, are very interesting,
and give some accounts of the poet's young days,
iu which the love of literary composition was mani-
fested at an early period. The " Soldier Surgeon"
is deserving of attention, but it is doubtful whether
the War-office take the moral intended for them,
as announced at the commencement. It is asserted
that "we should have as good a medical depart-
ment, &c., as any in the world if we were only to
set the intelligence they contain free to work, un-
restricted by the incapacity and unchilled by the
discouragement of official chiefs. What we desire
to inculcate is the eternal truth, that, in the con-
duct of war, no extent of material develop-
ment can compensate for the lack of human
intelligence, and that this will not work in
chains." These remarks are peculiarly appro-
priate at the present time, when so many la-
mentable errors and mistakes have occurred in this
department, and so many obstacles have been thrust
in the way of the surgeons performing their duty.

The New Monthly.—The New Monthly opens
with an article entitled " Travels in the Crimea,"
and founded on a recent work, by Dr. Karl Koch,
who has published the history of his travels under
the title of " Die Krim and Odessa." " The Cha-
teau de Beaufoy" is the continuation of thestory of
" The Elopement" under a different title. It seems
to promise a melancholy conclusion. "Our first and
Last Winter at Carlsruhe,' by an Old Traveller,
gives a description of German life, and
makes the extraordinary assertion that the Germans
are deficient in persevering energy—persever-
ance beilag one of the qualities most generally
ascribed to them ; but, according to this traveller,
the tradesman would not relinquish his pipe or j
mealtime for the prospect of a fortune. The '
twenty-ninth number of Literary Leaflets contains
a criticism on Lord J. Russell's Memorials of Fox,
and remarks upon his adventurous spirit
in the department of letters. "A Night on
a Whale " is, as its name implies, a vivid and ex-
citing narrative of the " perils of the seas." " A
Chapter of Incidents of the War" gives a few
anecdotes of the battles and their attendant cir-
cumstances. It is stated, in alluding to the ca-
valry charge at Balaklava, that it was the first
action the 17th Lancers had ever been in. Their in-
signia, it appears, is the appropriate motto of a death's
head and cross bones, with "or glory," written
underneath. The " Diary of a first Winter in
Rome" is this month " intended for those fond of
the history of the past," and takes a retrospective
view of the ancient histories and heroes. A de-
scription of " Gambling iu the Eighteenth Cen-
tury" describes the uiliversal mania of lotteries,
which at one time reached such a ridiculous height.
A paper on "-The Regimental System "
the number. concludes

Co/burn's United Service.—The narrative of the
siege of Sebastopol, brought up to the latest period,
leads the way. In connection with it will be found
a substan4l.ajadetailed description of Sebastopol,
drawn up byTa French Staff-officer, by couituatal
of the gmliiiror, " Campaigning before Sebasto.