The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-18

coutnuee the report, I'm excess OF these numbers,
the excess Of deaths and sieknea in our towns, re-
erable to conditions that In the present state Of en-
gineeriug and medical science may be removed TO
considerable extent In ordinary climates, even in
art Of preserving life has since the Peunsuar cam.
psisns, made as much progress as the nanufA cture
Of arms, and II skilfully applied our army will nov
er again endure the mortsIty from disease that %
much impaired is etciency once IN the Peninsula,
in the Cr!meA" In the opirions here expressed we
entirely concur. That all casualties should be &c.
capped except those Of actual conflict is Of course
NOT TO be imagined but that, at any rate IL the OBJ
ject At which We should aim. and to which we may
undoubtedly approximate.
We may 60 one step further, and say that the
lesseB In tie Cnmea have been Of a character more
than usually entitled - be considered Available.
We have asserted more than once and we afiirm
again. that not only has nothing happened which
Was net TO be foreset n, but much which was 70 be
spplehs nded has not occurred Mr.. Sidney Herbert
observed In the debate, that "wsen we talked OF
by him AZ whose breath the stormy tempest RACES,
snd ioun0 that serious Losses might be sustained
that element" But such an appeal was not deco.
lcusiy made TO cover the shortcomings Of men. I'm.
coubteoly The command OF the elements pertains 70
no mortal power, but this we may truly say. that
We have been provisenrial'y projected from their
violence. Every vessel and transport we believe, Of
every description which has sailed from these shores
Va
if its cargo has been lost to the army it has not
been through tbs tempest or the waves. Even the
Prince, as ia well known, might have landed every
bale OF her stores. As 10 the ngors Of the
have been anticipated, and the very last tesgraphic
despatch received from the Crimea describes the
weather, on the 22d Of January, AZ very fine and
temperate II il not from the atmosphere tnat we
have suffered, but from the want OF the 'mmon
nece@aries Of food, clothing, fuel, and SHELTER in
fact, like mortality might have been experienced
by any regiments quartered on the Welsh hills or
the Dtv0Dsbire moors, and exposed to similar privA
tluc'ive to contend with, or the French soud be
in as bad plight as ourselves. Cur communica-
tions have not been interrupted by sea, for nothing
could be more secure, however irregular, than the
be. ovepoweIed by the mex aaustible legons Of the
ere my for we have repulsed oil his attacks. and we
still remain masters OF our position. We have snf
Tered simply because there was nowhere the c0mpe
ten"e to turn our resources to proper account.
Our statements on this subject, long denied and
occasionally censured, have now been confessed by
ministers themselves. and confirmed by the sea.
tencs Of the House Of Commons. Mr.. Stsf,rd too,
ont reserve that Blu. for the efs Of this Journal
the horrors Of our Mmys situation would never have
bee Ie revealed, and, never being revealed, would
never have been remeded even to the extent that
they had been" The same seeaker, himself an eye
witness Of the scenes he depicted, and "a energetic
laborer in the cause Of humanity, disposed conclu-
sivey OF the puerile apprehension that in telling
the truth to England we might be telling too much
to the Car. The Gar, II Is manifest must already
know at lie ast as much as any correspondence from
the Crimea could possibly tel him, and the true re
medy, as Mr.. Stafford observed was not TO conceal
or DEFY te disease but to lay 1t bare courag .ously
to open day examine IL, to discuss i, to grap.
question in its broadcast and mos. practical
fern. Had the press held back from " that
sacred and imperative duty" which, by Mr..
Ssahe tds own testimony, It has, upon the whole,
conss qutnce! The nation would have been Left in
Ignorance Of what the Emperor Nicholas, we may
be very sure, sould have subs' antiay learnt, and
all tee advantage Of Information would have been
en- the ensmy's SIDE Our soldiers would have been
lett without the euccors which these reports nave
secured them and their condition would have beeo
even worse, while their c0untrymen at home In
the dark. The disclosure OF the real trut1 to the
public has compelled extraordinary effortsto remsdy
tave been materially aleviated by private beneyo.
krce, the easu'es of government have been quick
ened the government itself Is at last to be remodel
led for the avoidance Of future nism ansgement aud
the Emperor OF Russia is taught that we have learnt
cur nsiorfunes only TO u,moant them by resou
tiCn and wisdom. Which Of these courses was the
better or the mere becoming Is question which we
cor fdently leave to the judgment Of the country.
Arrival or F3is Royal Highness the Duke or
Cambridge Ina England.
From the London Times, January 81
His Royal HiRhnest the Duke OF Cambridge land.
deIstcod that the Princess Alice steampacke., be.
longing 70 the Dover Royal Mail and Continental
Sfesm Packet Company, had been despatched TO
Caiais, under the command Of Ca )tain Smithett,
expressly TO convey the noble and gallant Duke to
ihese shores: aud long before the hour Of bis Royal
HighDesss expected arrival, the pier and surround
ing quays were crowded with persons anxious TO
obtain glimpse OF parsonage Whose name has
been 80 honoraby connected with the ssDguinsry
but glorious struggle that has been waged IN the
Cfimes. The roya standard foased from the Ad-
miraity Pier ano other spots in the town; and such
ot monstrations as the shor, notice would allow TO
be made were to be observed. guard Of honor
OF the Stsfoidshre Milris, under the COM
msnd Of Major IDee, was In attendance besides the
Mayor, Mr.. W. II. Psyn, the members OF the corpo-
ration and ether lccai authorities Captain Herrck,
II. N; Colorel Streatfeld, the com mandant OF the
garrison; Colorel Gator OF the Kent Militsa Aril.
lery; Mr.. s. N. Latham, Foreign Consul, &c. On
the arrival of the Princess sAlice at the place OF
landing, Captain Herrick, Colonel StreafHeld, Col.
Gator, Msjor lnee, the Mayor, and some OF the
btrs Of the corporation. proceeded on board, and
shortly afterwards his Royal Highness appeared
upt the deck. The interchange Of civties be.
tween hn Royal Highness and the gentlemen Assem-.
bed was the ngral Tor shout from the multitude
who bad now oonsregsted, end amid vociferous
cheers, the booming Of roy 81 saute from the drop
Iedoubt, and the strains Of military music tue gal.
liant Duke set loot agsiu upon the soil OF England.
Notwithstanding the extreme severity OF the weather
great number OF ladies had assembled, and their
greeting formed not the least int esting OF the de-
me pstaations that were 10 generally isplayed.
post csrrisse bad been provided 70 carry his
Regal Hghuess 70 BirmiDgnams Ship Hotel, bat
his Ryal Higbnees proceeded on foot towards that
establishment, acc mpanied by the Mayor and other
authorities. and followed by large crowd Of per.
sons, who continued cheering till his Royal High.
ness bad arrived at the steps OF thel hotel. Tho
Duke OF Cambridge was accompanied by the iolIoE.
ing members OF his staff The Hon. Colonel Mac
dc maid, Colonel Tyiwhitt, and DR.. Gibson his Royal
Highresss physician, was also in attendance upon
his Royal Hlahnss The Duke having been ushered
into one OF the State apartments Of the Ship yte
the mayor and corporation, accompanied by some OF
the leading Itsicen Of the town pro ceeded thther
for the purpose Of Offering his Royal Highness an
address, copgratulatory Of his return 70 England.
THY were very courteously received by the gallant
Duke; and the Town Clerk, Mr.. T. 3. Bass, then
proceeded to read the iollowing:---