The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-02 00:00:00

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THE WAR IN THE EAST AND IsilE PRE- I-:& -4
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to the late mayor, on Wednisday, in the Town-hall,
Oxford, in speaking of the war in the Crimea, said—
Gentlemen, we who remain at home know little of the
trials to which the soldiers in the Crimea are exposed,
but the feeling with which we regard them, and the rea-
diness with which we shall make every sacrifice for the
object they have in view, will, I trust, serve to show
that we are worthy to be their brethren. (Applause.)
Reluctant was all England to break our long career of
peace, bet war having been forced upon us we are de-
termined to carry it on, that in future other countries
shall be reluctant to make war with us. (Cheers.) Go-
vernment is resolved, the people are resolved, and with- •
in a few days Pai Lament is to meet to give final effect
to that resolution. (Hear, hear.) Sixty•two thousand
-VIM Itre-At this moment voluntarily serving on board her
Majesty's ships, raised without bounty and without im-
pressment, eager only to encounter those fleets which
cower behind the fortresses of the enemy. (Cheers.)
The army records of danger and suffering only increase
the spirit of volunteering, and the militia are eager to
depart themselves, or to take the place of those who
have volunteered for foreign service, for the relief of our
brave countrymen in the Crimea. (Applause.) All this
is, indeed, encouraging ; and, gentlemen, mingled with
the sense of bereavement of those braVa soldiers who have
fallen in the East, one feeling of proud satisfaction flows
in our bosoms. It is this—we do not think that Sir Geo.
Cathcart and his colleagues have fallen in vain. We
believe that the blood shed in the Crimea will produce
such a crop of confidence in British valour, and respect o
Great Britain, that when once an honourable peace has
been achieved, that peace may be lasting and inviolable.
(Immense cheering.) I will add my conviction that yeu
would not have lent your support to the war with the
cordiality and enthusiasm you have evinced, had you
not believed it was forced upon those who guide our
councils by considerations of humanity and justice.
(Cheers.) It is not for us to presume to look behind the
it scrutable veil of God's providence ; but this we may
venture to hope, that those countries in which the war
is being carried on, and which have been completely
closed from the circumstance of <nations turrouhding
theM from intercourse with other lands, may now feel
the civilising influence of the western world, and that
when tkis war is over, and peace again restored, it may
be udder circumstances which will open these beautiful
regions of the world to all the beneficial influence of
commerce, of civilisation, and of Christianity. (Cheers.)

THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.

According to the new organisation of August, 1,
1852, the Austrian army consists of—

INYANTRY.
62 Regiments of the line, each of 6,869
men

Men.

14 Frontier regimeists
1 Regiment of chasseurs
Division of depot chasseurs
CAVALRY.
16 Regiments of the line
2 Regiments light cavalry

• 425,878
. 55,200
6,864
. 32,534

.... 20,145
... 46,851

ARTILLERY.
Engineers and corps d'etat major, 1,140

guns
Pioneer corps
Gendarmerie
• At the beginning of last month the strength of the
Austrian mobile army under Baron Hess was stated by
the Augsburg Gazette to be 220,000 men, with 300 field
gulls. Marshal Wimpffen's corps stood in Bohemia
30,000 strong, and might, it was believed, be raised by
reinforcements from Italy and the south to 120,000 men,
with 200 guns. Since then, that is to say last week, the
sixth army corps has been carried by the North and
South Austrian railways from Styria to Moldavia.