The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

THE CZAR AND MS MINISTER.

An amusing contemporary, the Clarivari, has the
following Jew creep,* on the voluntary donations for the
allied armies in the Crimea :

" Nesselrode !
" Sire ?

" You aro aware of what is taking place in England It
"There are a great many things going on there.
"No doubt ; but you cannot fail to have heard of the
plum-puddings which are making there by subscription
for the army in the Crimea!
" I have, Sire ; and it appears that all the women
and young girls of Great Britain have set themselves to
work on this occasion.

"And the French subscription, do you know any-
thing about the _
__

"a subscription for sending cigars and tobacco to
the expeditionary army. Nothing else is talked about.
"And are you aware of the object of these subscrip-
tions ? They are got up in order to make Europe be-
lieve that the war carried on against us is popular in
England and France, and to annoy Russia.
" Yes, sire, but we must not allow ourselves to be
annoyed at it. _ _ _

" Oe.rtainly not, and I intend to immediately open a
subscription throughout the whole of my empire for
the troops of Menschikoff.

" That is an excellent idea, Sire. ay so doing we
shall not allow ourselves to be distanced by the allies.
" Yes, hut what can the subscribers send theca
"Ah ! that is the question.
" Reflect, Nesselrode, reflect.—
" I have, Sire, but I cannot think of anything:
" We cannot send them puddings, those articles being
unknown in RIISSia•
"Tobacco and cigars would not come amiss to them.
" Certainly not, but it would be said that we copied
the French.

" Al ! Sire---an idea has just struck me—send them

caviar.

14 The idea, Nesselrode, is a weak one, very weak.
What the devil would you have our soldiers do with
caviar ;'ben they do not even know what it is T Besides
that, preti.qnded national delicacy is oily a prejudice
accredited by Russian diplomacy. All the caviar which
is eaten at St. PMersburg is manufactured by Chevet at
Paris, and since the declaration of war not a single bar.
rel has reached us.
" Then I know not what to imagine. Suppose, Sire,
our ladies were to embroider braces for the army of
blenschikoff

Nesselrode, that would be immoral ; embroidered
braces are only presented by ladies as love tokens.
" What say you then, Sire, to embroidered purses I
" Rococo, my dear Nesselrocie, nothing could be more
rococo. Think again.
" Sire, I am at my wit's end ; take my head.
" What ! do you then take me for a Shahabaham
But let us think a little. Ah? I have hit on it. Listen
to me, Nesselrode.

" Sire, I am all attention.
" What is it that replaces the plum-pudding in the
enjoyments of the Russian people I
" Sire, I cannot tell you—that is precisely what we
have been endeavouring to find out.
"It is candles, Pay friend, candles. Do you oempre•
hend now ?

" Perfectly, Sire.
"Nesseirodo, you will proceed immediately to the
Alini.ter of Police. and you will tell him from me that
a subscription must be instantly opened throughout the
whole of Russia, in order to regale with packets of
candies the soldiers who fight in the Crimea in defence
of the orthodox faith.
"Ah ! Sire, the idea is an excellent one—it woultt
never have occurred to me.
"Oh ! do not fear, I will find many others. Bet re..
member the subscription must have the same character
of enthusiasm, and the same eagerness as those in E,g_
land and France, otherwise I will send you all to Siberia.
The Invalide Rune will publish the list of subscribers,
and it is in this way that I will reply to the cigars of
the French and the puddings of the English ladies, Go,
Nesselrode ; candles and, orthodoxy. Let that be the
motto of the subscribers.

.--The Royal College
of l‘SitfrpgieocAnns on:finFbOußrgThßhEavt'llirrssued a notice to medical
stndenm, intimating that those whose course of study
would be completed at the end of the present session,
and who intend to apply for admission to the army
medical service, may be admitted to examination for the
diploma on or after the 16th of January, provided they
produce a certificate from the Directer-General, stating
that it is his intention so to employ them if found compe-
tent. The examinations, however, will be as strict and
comprehensive as if the candidates had finished their
course of study.— Glasgow Commonwealth.
GENERAL SIR DR LACY EVANS AND HIS ATTEND.
ANTS IN THE CRIMEA..—A fact has been mentioned to
us as creditable to the kindness of heart of General
Evans as the bravery ho has displayed throughout the
campaign has been to his military character. Preciously
to leaving the Crimea he expressed to the anon who bad
been in immediate attendance upon him as servaits the
great obligations he felt he owed to them—as indeed
all the general officers owed to the same class, for be
felt satisfied that without their constant care and atten-
tion he should not have been able to bear up against the
severity of the campaign. In testimony, therefore, of
this feeling he presented them with 301. each ; and find.
ing that one of them, a native of Roxwell, in this county,
had-died of dysentry, he has just remitted, through T.
W. Bramston, Esq., the same sum to his mother, with
kind expressions of sympathy—a boon soothing and
peculiarly acceptable at this wintry season,—Q4onteeni
Cltronific.