The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1855, Page 2

3 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1855. ‘the Italian opera, has been 3 lorie’, sp ovinciag which kept the audience’ (and the Emperor and | the enemy with bulleta; the English tle - from Se! st St. Petereburg mention that | SUitn 27 Sbitious views, nor the desire of cbtainie She same reasvery over the resources of Euprees were present) fa Woman continual ex- | when is abtaocs ‘with another nation, now rdogye Bb 7,000 of tbo Tahabltanta of the former place had advantages to which we had no right, were the tion that the other works of Verdi. citement. There isa faneres] chorus and march, | shown by demonstration to understand the art of calito in ender to. toke refuge 99 Siaspheropel, for those acts and circumstances that have At the jaest of the Enipertel Coumis- | trom which stands out » noble romanza by Beau- | war much better than themselves, were bound and that it resembled some vast in ruin | resulted in the existing le. We had solely is sion for of 1855, American | cardé—“Non ti Scordar di me”—the motive of | to show rome deference to the opinions of rather than a city. th reas — Solaray roncaniend lssatay ) Commissioners already in Paris have formed a Can- | sbich is subsequently taken up by Madame Frezz> ally on such a subject, and to re- From the London Globe, Jan 4.) the Detaies Coane ta, attribu tzal Committee. The Moniteur announces this fact, | lini, the whole forming a duet in the choral and or- | flect that, however segurdlese they might be of If apy faith oan be placed in letters addressed to | ChSG ana secret Etentions that ete and adds that Mr. James S vain, Commissioner accompaniments. It is one of the finest | their own blood , Ooshers might and intelligence received by German journals from | thoughts, have complicated the soluion of the q Penrsylvania, hae been elected chairman of the | morceaux ever trom the pen of Verdi; itis | not be so content thus to be sacrificed to Odessa, considerable bodies of infaniry are being | and have Snished by forming an hostile alliance Pats big The Imperial Commission has also re- | thought by the judges to be characterized bya | such utopian exercise of freedom of the pushed down to the Orimes from the Bessarabian Russia. eognized Mr. Edward B. Buchanan, as Commissioner | plaintive and savage grandeur wortny of Meyerbeer. | press; that no aqneral, from Caiar down to Bo- army, and their places filled np by reserve brigades, | After having proclaimed as their object the saf from the State of Maryland, and Mr. Mau B. | — The opera bids fair to take a lead even among the | ni , could bave effected with and divisions from General jutin’s (24) corps, | the Ottoman empire, they have waged open war Field, Secretary of Legation at Paris, ad interim, | first works of the day. Berrie. success, with a system that not only told the enemy hitherto stationed in Volhynis, while the latter are | us—not in Turkey, but within the limits of o as Commissioner from the State of New York. everything, but kept Ft gerd blister on the relieved by divisions of ‘Ist corps and corps of realm, directing eis blows pai naan Gerd fete sal who Yow hi pocalar qushtcatos | Passion of he F wevthing NasFet | sandig coud be Same te wil the ‘hatas Fae °rfheoth nd avian, forming te ua | Se Bech Sen nes oe who know ions ie ; —Festi- cor come ia an 4 fr the des hich he willbe expected 9 perform. | an ot Tass er cer and’ Court Recep. | MRBE On te wut. It was imposible vo forsze corpe, now ‘comumanted by General Waudy in tue | Sotto shes, Oo thant otha More will be expected of him, , than ought | vities of the Season—Reviews pnt wat consequences might ensue. state of Spain place of General Osten-Sacken, removed to the 4th | Cverywhere mect with intrepid opponents, aniaa'| to be required, his familfarity with the French tions—Simple Personal Habits of the Emperor— | was evidently consi¢ered to be vere tious, and are said to have marched through Odessa on per ey for us and for their jand, to ou lapgusge will be of no less service to hisfellow- | His Encouragement of a Lavish Expenditure by | tbat her finances would of iteelf entail another revo thelr’ way to Perekop, in successive columns of bri- | solation in these troublous circumstances, amid commissioners, than his scientific acquirements, his | +,45¢ who Surround Him—Tie New Loan—The | lution. The manner in which the ministry had gedes, whose movements are to be aided by wa- | calamities inseparable from war, we are constantl: taste a9 8 in the arts, ed his ready and . rbtvow A been driven to abandon the octrio duties, even ons,’ pring’ furnished by German nessing brilliant examples and proofs of this feelii| graceful pen. Crimean Campaign Fought with Paper Bullets~- | though toe peymenta were still to be continued to ed over , in the same | well as of the courage that it inspires. Mr. Mason, American Minister, is slowly recover- French Criticisms on the License of the English | the municipalities and provincial deputations. show- manner as ing 2, wagons in the Such are the or more 4 bch tetid ing, I was told last night, trom his severe shock of | Press__Projected Visit to Windsor of Louis Na- | €4, it was said, that Espartero’s chamber would one tr of the 4th corps, immediately 00 fee sreete tam BORt OO. St. OOe tat forces Ga apoplexy. Figaro. day utterly break from under his control, and that the of Taking the Be [ihe charccl conaiy sustained vik snossse Bete SE, poleon and his Consort— A Coup d’ Etat Matrimo- Barsgoess, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia ‘and other murns at thelr value on pacer, the three ‘ the unequal coufist serene, ye hesceene te 3 Cas Marin eryeneeneenne: nial—Curious Reception at the Tuileries. towns were already, too, #0 deplorably situated that each of 16 battalions, would give 48,600 bayorets, | lovetsty, and of the port of Petropaulowsky in I Pants, Jan. 6, 1855. If in any part of the world more than another, old brio ay rektg he dons loans— including the 3d battalion at fhe ut- chatha "Buch, above all, 1s the heroic defence of: oppy Roses— wi in fact, the nation was 4 most average amount of effective a does | topol, signal 80 many ex) ot invinei oP nr eS pes oes Sree Hox Barty things are particularly dismissed with a blessing, rupt, the Cortes seemed to have but one idea—that not and Canneke exceed 700 men each, half of them | 18°, and of indefatigable activity, as to be admire at the Tuileries— Witty Repartee of a French Wo- | gnd new ones cheerfally adopted in their place, it ia | Oy getting rid of all taxation. The allisnce of Aus- being recruita of the last 18 months” Tho | done justice to by our enemies themselves. man to the First Napoleon—A Spectacle Without | surely in France. Whether it be time-tonored in- | tria was talked of as a fait accompli; that of Prussia actual force of the divisions, when they reach | joie the Mawes, thew? denial of our forees bo Spectators— Interception at the French Post Office | stitutions, on which the dust of ages has accumu- | i# Renep en Ger the prog of sary goad Sebastopol, will therefore be about 32,000 bayonets, land’ and pea;ant slag theganeral culburstet da af the New York Henaup—Interesting Letter from | \ated, forms of government—monarchical, republi: | POW® om the ea a8 doubtful, and tne am with 1h EG proces 5 that reed the 14 batteries that animates all ranks of the empire, we venture Sebastopol— Unusual Mildness of the Winter in i : thing certain seemed to be, thas the Box ticular costume which necessitates an especial coif- with infantry. The fol- Paris—The Italian Opera— Production of Ver- di’s “ Il Trovatore,” and debut of Beaucards, ‘The beau monde is more happy than it has been for weeks, for the subject which extended my last to, I fear, a most fatiguing length, has given it some- thing to talk about. The wita laugh at the Emperor, ‘and eall him the poppy among the roses, or Napo. Jeon deserted at the foot stool of his throne exacting obeisance and fealty from thrice fifty women ; others sey that His Mejesty is perfectly consistent, and in this, as in other matters, follows implicitly in the footsteps of his great model, who had always au Sond a certain degree of malice prepense against the sex par excellence. It is remembered that when that great man was Consul, and a grand banquet was given, some of the principal ladies were placed by themeelves at a table over which the hero of Ma. rengo presided. Eating was a short operation in those Napoleonic days, and as under such circum” stances conversation eould not be expected to be very lively, one of those awful pauses or chasms took place, which Gods and men hold alike in horror, and was thus applied vy Bonaparte: “Pray, Ma dame, how old are you? And you, Madame? And you ?””—throughout the circle. Such an unforeseen assault was perfectly overwhelming at the onset, and the most invidious of questions was promotly and meekly responded to; but thete were thirty ladies t0 ore man, and Napoleon had entered upon a campaign for once, without calculating the odds; a littie fencing was soon manifest on the part ef one or two of the besieged; then came a non mi recordo, and at last some one, who was on the shady side of forty, had the hardiheod to reply, ‘I was born in the same year Monsieur, that gave to Franca a master, but to women a torment!” The applica- tion was unmietakeable ; a general langh broke out, and like many other tyrants, the young consul, tasn about thirty years of age, received speedy condem nation. Bo the world continues to run its round of repetition, and Napoleon the Third, who has beat his ancle hollow at a esup d’état—who, withouta Talleyrand ora Foucké holds Franse in his hand, and makes ali Europ? follow in his wake—is bound to improve upon him likewise in rebus fumieuz- Some will have it that the Empress is decidedly en- ciente, and that to save her from the fatigue of stand- ing, this expedient was resorted to; but from the Preparations made, it was evident a very much lar- ger number of persons was expected, and the thia- nese of the attendances is felt to be # reflection. ‘The court is never too tll of the right sort in France, ander the existing dynasty, the really noble families refusing to putfoot insides of it, and it ia not wise ‘to seem to insult thoseot respectability and station who are willing to supply the vacuum. A court desert. ed is a desert indeed, and crowned heads must never suffer taemselves to forget that the noblest and most .««p!ly interesting part of every spestacle ia the apevts.ors themselves. What wasic made ‘the faneral provession of the Duke of Welliagtoa the grandest sight the world ever saw? It was not the cortége—France can improvise fifty better in an hour; bot there is one thiog she cannot do —she can- not people her housetops, her broad causeways, her shops, her casements, the pinnacles and towers of her churches, her treea, and very lamp posts, with clustering hives of sympathetic human beings, who make the earth tremble wish tueir nervous voices, or who, a in that instance, hold it spell-bound by a silence more expressive than the rumbling throes of anearthquake. In England the Queen uses a high stool on State occasicas. But enough, and pe aps too much, of this. It grieves me, even by implication, to say a word aga net the Emperor; but one cannet help veing put out when women seem to be mace fools of, and men are deprived of their journals. Stop and gag tae French press! I have nothing to ray—that concorns Bo one but the French; but latterly every package of the New York Hgratp ie rifled of balt or three- fourths of its numbers, and your ways, your sayings and doings over the far Atlantic, are alinost as mys terious to us as if you were in tne centre of China. The parcel to-day contains bat one copy—that of December the 15th The following letter in the Patrie, dated the 20th ‘ult., from Seba: al, is worth reading, if only as a contrast to similar documents from the Haglish army:— We are in the trenches, up to the knees in mud, and the nights are far from agreeable. oing to attack the Lag 8s, of Prince Menschikoff, who us now and then the honor to fire a few guns at us, Dutwithout doing us much harm. Notwithstanding all things, our soldiers are gay, and animated with the best gpicit. They are well clothed and well fed, thanks to unceasing solicitude of the Emperor, from whom we are daily receiving some new benefits. Never was an army better treated, and never did a General take such care of his troops as General Canrobert does, He lias a heart of gold enciosed ina body of iron, We are at work raising batteries, and we shall soon have two huadred guvs in line, ‘The Russians attempted a sortie this ning, but were received with a sharp fire, and drivea dhek at ihe point of the bayonet to their trenches. They are raising formidable batteries, and have intersected the streets of Sebastopol with all kinds of obstacles. But if once our troops enter, the battle of the streets ‘will not terrify us, for we are stronger than they, and shall soon get the upper hand, So extraordinary is the mildéness of the season and the fecandity given to vegetation by the inces sant rains, that in the gardens of the Lullertes roses and flowers are as juxuriant as in the first days of autumn. We hear nothing at present of those things withoot which the Parisian would shrivel up itke a geroll of parchment— namely, ballsa—except that the Court deciares that such things will be out of the question until better news arrives from the seat of war. Napoleon is possibly not sorry, for of all his heavy iabor, that of going through these coart mnst be the most onerous. It is usual on the i de U An tor the ministers and grest fanction- ariee to dine with the chief magistrate, but on this | occasion Prince Jerome Bonaparte relieved his nephew from that burden, and the reeking chim neys of the Palsce Royal showed what hospitatity ita present lucky tenant was exhibiting. Tre great theatrical event is the tnanguration We prefer, therefore, | | French in their toilette; but immense of Verdi's opera of “ Il Trovatore,” which, though | mpwardes of # year before the Italian pubii:, hay mever before been iutrodoced into France. It porseeses many of the faults common to the Italien school, but, ss a whole, its snccess was most triumphant. Tae house was filled to the ceiling, and the most difficult andienve in the world broke rounds of rapturous applause. Thare is one chorus of forgerons, who made such a dia with their anvils, that the real music was overpowered. ‘The scene is jaid in Calabria, and the action in those feudal times when every chief was lord of all he surveyed. The opera was expressly written for Beancardé, who made his debut on this occasion ia | Paris. It ie decidedly a successful one, and though not coming up to al one looks for in a first rave tenor, he was a great improvement on many of bis countrymen, who otten seek by laborious chest tones to compensate for that finesse and delicacy required from an artist of high finish, He was repoatediy | encored. But the star of the evening was Grazziani, who, if he take pains, will become the great bar:i- tone of the day. His lower tones are equal to those of Lablache, and he excels him infinitely in his higher range, which he delivers in touching pas- seges with true pathos. Asan actor he cannot be mentioned in the same breath with Lablache, bat he is young, and evidently improves. The Italian opera is in rently off fora prima donna, Fraz- zolini ie beantifal in her high register, and altogether sn accomplished artiste, a whole, it is distressing to hear seeing at what cost she exerts herself. Msdame neal, by her power and enery a4 an actress The opera, however, is full of cholve morceaux, ee CCC(;(CONNCOC:t#CNUCi(‘(#S...UOt(Uwité#NU(#(#(#w#ww#ieoogeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee aaa as her, | can, dictatorial or imperial—or storied streets, every stone of which might cry aloud of imperishable his- torical events, it is all the same; everything is swept away upon scientific principles, and a race that “knew not Joseph” reigns in his stead. And as with these,so it ia with the old year and the new one. If chargers are mounted, garrisons tarn- ed out, and all don their best, from the chief func tionary of state to the humbles: blouse in the de- partments, to usher in this last, the parting mo- ments of the expiring year are saluted with the Doise of trumpets, with the tramp of cavalry, the clash of arme, and the presence of a monarch sur rounded by the élite of his court. Accordingly the moment its death-struggles might be supposed to be beginning—say on the 30th—and the gurgling rattle of dissoiution clearly discerned, the Champs Elysées, the gardens of the Tuileries, the court in front of the Carousel, were swarming with armed men to be reviewed by the Emperor, and certainly if steel cuirass and champing war horse, if troops, not less magnificent for their physical p-o- portions than their are things grateful to the mares of that defunct atom of time called a year, those of 1854 ought to be perfestly content, for never did 20,000 troops of all arms present so fine a specimen of military completeness. The heavy cavalry —the carabineers, who mustered in great num- bers—were especially remarkable for the stalwart muecular proportions of both man and horse, as with brazen back piece, breast plats, and crested hel- met, they thundered along towards the balcony of the Tuileries where stood watching them the gen- tle Empress cf France. As with waving swords and admirable equipments, deafening cries of Vive l’Empercur, the sun playing on their armor, they executed this movement, the gazivg populace seemed to hold its breath with suppressed excitement, and when it was fiaished, a loud, long and continuova viva broke forth, tha’ made the color mount into the delicate cheeks of the lady of ladies in the baleony. So much for that which has been; and now for that virgin portion of time which it is believed was in the new born year. The morn of 1855—a year that bids fair, if there is spy reliance to be put inthe shadows deep and long which bave preceded it, to be famous in the ennels of the world—was gloomy, aud the sky gene- rally overcast; o:casionally the san made a valiant struggle to disperse bis murky attendants, bat the cloude finally, as they seem to have a knack lately, had it ali their own way; a sharp wind from the southwest kept the rain from falling till late in the afterncon, when it took ample revenge for its tem- porary suepension. But till tour o’clock, the weather was perhaps as favorable ae csn be hoped for at this time of the year, and at an early hour the Boulevards giittering with intomerable worthies in the way of etraines, and attractions for the miliion in the long linea of wooden forts or Lilliputian magazines wnhicn flanked oa either side the magnificent causeway, were intensely crowded, The emperor and empress had lately honored witn their presence the house of Giroux, 8 faint description of which I ventured to give you in my last, an 1 thus gave it additional importance in the eyes of the worla, Bat ths saailer wares com prised in those deal boards, whose itinarant mar chands, from year to year, sppear on the stage tora few days, and then are never heard of til, another annua! revolotion flods them agaia in tueic piace, were to-cay the chie! source of interest; aad it is really marvellous tv thiok how such ingenuity can obtain its remuneration in such insignitiomt sams. For ove sous you may purchase a tressare chat wil secure you from the whims and caprices of infancy for a week; and for three, you may have roises ia your bouse tbat will beat all tne Datch converts ever dreamed of in your philosophy. The rue Rivoli acd tbe neighborhood of the Tutle- rics, however, divputed the palm of attra stion with the Boulevards; for at the Palace the Emperor wis busy receiving the dutiful congrs.alations of the great bodies of state, the prand officers of the legion of honor, the Cour Imperia's of Paris, the Catholic clergy, the officers and ladies of the house- hold, the princes and princesses of the iwperia! tamily, the cardinals, minsaters, msrshals, admirals, penerals, &c., which constitute the pillars of his throne. Napoleon the Third, though singularly unostentations in his own deportment, is a great | agg of expenditure in entourage, and 8 nown to Jock wita a jaundiced eye on what are called prudent habite. His ministers and fanction- aries are paid well—good measure, pressed down and overflowing; and he insists that the mavses as well as themselves shall have the benefit of it. Their equipsges can never, there‘ore, be too hand- some for the tollettes of their wives never too. rich—tbeir hospitalities never too abundant; and aspirants to bis favor are not unmindful of this. On his first advent to power there were those who seemed disposed to act as if the present sunshine were but carpe diem, mox ', but who, how- ever, soon received for their guidance a very intel- ligible bint. Three years have now passed since the inauguration of the imperial ree , and in the present Lubbub of the world it is Navoleon who is “‘moster of the situation” —a fact which officials, at all events, reem to be conviaced of, if the sensible increase to their style of pee be anindex, Tne carriages which conveyed these functionaries to the palace were got up ‘’ lees of expeose;” the liverles were of tne ric! description; the coach- ™men wore wigs and curls and three-corner- ed bats, and almost all were guarded ny two footmen. As yet the Fyench, though enor- mously improved, are as much benind the English in the taste as well as splendor of their equipages, as English ladies are interior to the pains are taken ad yearin the way of progress, and the Emperor himself is such an authority, that the time may soon be looked for when, in France as in Eng- land, it will be understo:d that horses worth five hundred guiness « pair don’t require too much lack- erivg on their barness, and that a carriage whose body and scroli are modelled on a sy metrical mould, and worke1 up to a mirror-like eed neither needs flaunting crimeon nor bands of braas to improve it. Bot the turn-out generally was undoubtediy superb, and it is evident that the “on thought so, Tae star of the day was the Turkish ambassador's car- riage, which, with coschman and footmen covered | with crimson fez, and resplendent a!l over with gold, and admirsbly horsed, clearly took the shine ou} of every other diplomatic or special fanctie He | himself, as he lolled back in his golden cage, looked | 4 pew and as sleek as any turkey at Christmas shou! | Mamo took the house by surprise on thir | of the Bast m the English lines on As many as three thousand different officials pro- sented themselves on this occasion at the Tuileries; ond it is said that at no previous time has a0 ma ‘a general enthusiaem been displayed towards Na- poleon. The speeches of the varions bodies you will derive trom your ordi channels in- formation. The subject of the loan was a fertile topic of interest in the casual con- verestions of the various coteries, and opiaion unanimous as to ite success. It appears taat rch, 1854, out of 89,000 names in the subscrio- tion lists, 60,000 subscribed for less than 50 trancs of rentes, and the total amount reached in ton days 467 millions. It was divided in the proportion of 214 millions for Paris, and 253 mitlions for the de partments—a manifeststion in which the savings of the workmen and the riches of the great capitalista | might be seid to be united, and asimilar vourse is | to be proceeded with in the ot instance. Another topic constantly it om the tapis among the palatial throng, in ita character so pure! offietal, wah evems, thet orf indrance which the cause sustelos from newspaver correspondents It was avgned that to the war in such » manner was to fight against Empress would soon pay the Queen of a yisit at Windsor. But Napoleon the Third, im the consciousness iron will and seg nanny ven to man. bas made another d'état, whic Was fair to rival brity that coup egainst that holy institution for which a leaveth father and mother. Bat I explain:— On tne 28th the Moniteur an- nourced that on the 2d of January, 1855, at o'clock in the evening, their Maje: would a grand reception ut the Tuileries—that ladies must appear in manteaux de cour (such as had been pre- viously prevented), and that gentlemen could als> be received if in court dress. The notice was none of the longest, seeing that sisters of the needle, no Jess than brothers of the thimble, cannot outstrip time, but must be content to take him as he flies. Toere was a hurrying and chasing forthwitn in search of coutusters W) skill and taste, a4 well as expedition, could be relied on. Reans of silk, in tee twinkling of an eye, underwent the cruel or- deal of the scisaors—heaps of beautiful dentelle were dug ue oss Ey aa fantasies, achemes without ¢nd, of reac neenatty, were struck out and carried into execution. All Paria,from the Arc de be rtd ad and that of St, Denis, was in 8 flutter of feminine excitement, and M. Frogé, and other knights of the sheers and broadcloth, were loudly heard to re; that the cameleon principle adopted by toe fair cex, of perpetually changing color, should not be shared by the masculine portion of creation, so that it might jnot be once a coat always a coat, and certainly so when it is a court coat. Thus stood matterson the 28th, and before nightfell mavy a strange transformation was on its way, when on the 30th the Moniteur appeared, re- Deating, verbatim, tre previous aunouvcement re- specting the Jadiea; but instead of saying the same in regard to the gentlemen, the following line was apnexed:— “Les hommes ne seront pes admis.” It was a perfect bomb, a shock from tne Lancaster gun into the domestic Sebastovol. It must bia wisprint—the negative had accidentally crept in (such things do happen in English, wher one little word makes all the differencs). It couldn’t be true. What? Expect the ladies to dress themielves in mantling plumes and spreading tails, and rustle all alone in imperial halis, no manly heart to beat re- sponrive, a8 in ali the charms of diamonds and bro- cade tuey swept over thoee priceless Gobelin carpets, no approving emile or proffered support as they passed through thore grave reverences waich ex- acting courts require even from their brigat est ompsments! Tne thing was monstrous— impossible. Mavy refused to trouble themselves abcut it, satisfied that a correction would appeartie next dey. But the Monieur appearedand seemed to have no covsciousness of having comnitted a fault, for it uttered never a word; and to make the matter worse Galigpani came out with a translation in these words:—"The gentlemen will not be al- Jowed to accompany the iadies.” This was on San- dsy, and of course interfered with the movements of the Americans and Engiish. As it was, the va- ricus private secretaries of diplomati; fuoctionariea were called upon for an explamation—an exglana- tion which none of them could give beyond this— that they suppored the Moniteur had stated exactly what it had received orders to do. The following morpin; neral bombardment occurred at the doors of ice of the grand mas ter of the ceremonies, the Dus de Cambaceris, whose secretary, with that politeness which #0 pre- eminently distinguisbes French officials, assured the bese oy tnat the official orzan was blameless of error—it had simply anaeunced an ordre imperiale, which was without appeal. “But,” said one of those disconsolate beings, whose duty itis to fetch and carry like @ poodle dog when ever great events are on the tapie—" bu’ if I accompany my wife to the Palace, is there no room, apars from that appro- priatea for the recep*ion, woere I can wait till rt ia over?” “Mons‘eur,” was the reply, ‘I have said the eotlemen will not be admitted, but there will doubt- 88 be & place for the domestics.” To a state of wild desperation, some Iadies made a Cath at their milliners—some had done so on the first announcement; but whether any French woman suc ceeded in arresting a command once given in such a quarter, I cannot say; of thia I am clear, that such succees was voucheafed t2 no American or Baglis) Isdy. The article was of coarse already far ad- vanced, almost ready for delivery; and if anything like ocular evidence was hinted at, such was quite out of the question, as embarrassing the work peo- ple. A French couturiéve ia not caught with chaff. Accordingly there was notbing aor it but to wait for the moriow, and when the morrow and its eve came, mapy & ga lant spouee banded in to her car- ti ge the best beloved portion of himself, and de- livered her over bodily to the house of a gentleman, bow an Emperor, and husband of the firat dame ia hia dominions, but who s:arce two years since bore a Lina questionable reputation in matteta do- mestic. For my part I consoled myself with a seat in the hall of the Palace, whose monarch I have more than once seen changed, and from that place for the domestice, witne: the entrance of many whose patural graces lent such lustre to those beautifal accidents of dress, which are here so prof. penetrated. The trains gravefully gathered up ant thrown over the left arm, must certainly be said to add great dignity to the carriage, and some of our scquaintance, we thought, appeared to unusual ad- vantage, as, sweeping across the marble fizor, they entered that gorgeous vestibule, carpeted with crim- son and gold, whence poured a fivod of light, and where an army of richly arrayed serving men, in geld lace and let, received them, hermetrically losing the doo! hen, like beanteous doves enter- ing an ¢agle’s nest, trey forsook their natural homes to sit dows at the footstvol of his beaked majesty. We thought of the many that had gone in, a pi membering that the wise man saith, “in the mu!ti- tuae of councillors there is safety,” we took heart, and comforted ou:selves. Tt appears that the suite of rooms was ht up and adorned as for @ bali on the largest scale. A guard ot honor, consisting of the Cent Garde, was station- ed pear to them; but, on entering the Salle des Ma- reschaux, which can contain a thousand persons without difficulty, the lacies found they numbered about a hundred and fifty, and it way be aafely pre- dicted, that if the Moniteur bad issued {ts last aa nouncement in the first place, before traine, dresses and plumes were commanded, these spacious rooms, which locked cold with apy number under 3,000, would not have had fifty guests, The presumed object was to spare the Empress fa- ue. ne coup d’axl, Tam told, waa very beontiful, as it could not fail to be in any case whet manteaux de cour, from 3,000 to 5,000 snd 10,000 francs were worn, and tollettes arranged as it for immortality. When tee Mareschal du Palais opened the door of the Saile du Trone, and avnounced their ge A pleasure to receive their fiir guests, the sad: rising from eeats and gathering up of trai 1s of these 150 flattering birds of humanity, it is said, was very striking. None were in a harry to lead the way and face the dread crdéeal of greatness in parple; but all were anxious to smooth down each crevice or fold which might Interfere with the fond al. In the throne room, beside their Majesties, who stood on @ raised dain anc under acrimson sootted with bees, there were the Princess Matailde and her ladies, and the Princess Murat. The only male portion of the sssembii was am baesedcrs and minsters of forogn courts, the several marshals of the Palace, gentlemen ia waiting, &c., who formed a jine before the throne, through which the ladies passed, one by one, a4 their pames were announced, and their trains ob- sequiously spread oat by the marshals before their moejesties, Three ite reverences were made— one cn entrance, the other in the immediate pre- rence, and the Jast on diss) ing through o on the site side. I have no doubt these atti- tudes must have been very instructive to those who witneseed them, but lest any mischievons angel might be tempted ae tome uslacky sister whose pres‘nce of mind might forsake her, the temptation not thrown in her way, for but one at a time was permitted to enjoy the imperial coun- | tenance. The Emprees locked as she always does, and , an feur, and great science and skill in preparation; to do ail this on a tempestuous night ladeaunry, ‘and then summarily torn them out ‘the streets with- out one cup of comfort—not so mueh asa glass of cold water—ia, I say, @ very lant and ut cus Lap pany Se one whom all the ladies of, and whose hespitality in general is princely and unbounded—mais voila le coup d'état pee TB. z The Crimea. [From the London Times, Jan. 5.) ‘The Paris Manitewr, of the 4th inst., publishes the following de ‘the Marshal Minister of War bas ed from the General Oommander-in-Chief of the Army in the East the following report, dated Dec. 22, 1854:— MONSIKUR LH MARECHAL—The bad weather has conti- nued, with rare and short intervals of improvement. We nevertheless continue, as much as possible to encircle the place with our trenches, and all the siege operations become perfect and solid, notwithstanding the rainy season, which renders the transport very difficult. ‘The two armies mutually assist each other. [am in- debted to the English army for the transport of nearly all the cavalry I have under my orders in the Crimea, and, on my part, Ihave placed at the disposal of Lord Raglan my mules to convey his sick to Balaklava, and teams to convey his ammunition. These exchanges con tribute to keep’ up excellent relations and perfect cor- diality between the two armies. ‘There vcarcely passa a night without some points of our lines being attacked by sorties, which generally cost dear to the assailants, Yesterday, at 2 A. M., the Russians, after having made a sortie on the third parallel of the English, who vigor- ously repulsed them, made alsoa demonstration upon the centre and left of our works. Received by a very brisk and well-direeted fire, they withdrew before our soldiers, who pursued them at the point of the bayonet. ‘The enemy left great number of dead upon the ground. To make the guard of our trenches more efficacious, I have organized a corps of yolunteers, whose duty it is to keep the approaches of our works clear of the enemy at night. I expect good results from this institution, which completes that of the francs- tireurs, organized since the commencement of the siege, and whodo duty by day in the trenches. They have already done much injury to the enemy. ‘As T have already informed you, our works exten} actually to the bottom of the quarantine bay. The enemy’s attention is drawn to the efforts we are making on that side, and his artillery sharply dispates the ground with us, where, as nearly everywhere, we are obliged to hollow out the rock; but our’ progress is not the less real, and we rewain in possession. Thave informed you that the enemy had withdrawn his left, and evacuated the portions of the valley of Ba- Jaklava’ where we formerly saw them in considerable numbers I was desirous of ascertaining their exact porition in that direction, and the day before yoster- day I pushed forth a reconnvissance to the vicinity of the village of Tchorgoun, consisting of a brigade of cavalry, under the orders of General d’Allouville. They came upon some hurdred riflemen behind the village of Camara, and drove them back into the ravi De- tachments of cavalry, accompanied by their artillery and some battalions of infantry, appeared on the flanks of the reeonnoissance, but did Lot attempt to interrupt its operations, which were happily accom- plished. At the same time 1,000 infantry, Scotch and Zouaves, Jeft Balaklava, on the right of our position, and ex: plerea the heights, which extend towards the valley of jaidar. ‘They only met a post of Cossacks. To resume, 1am of opinion that on the left bank of the Tchernaya there are only pickets of the enemy ob- serving our positions from a distance. A movement has evidently taken place in the Russian army, cauand pro- bably by the landing of the Turkisn troops, which con- Ynues at Eupatoria. I shall soon know the ‘real state of eo rane, Although the number of the sick has somewhat in- creased, in consequence of the perpetual wet in which we live, the sanitary condition of the army 1 satisfac- tory, and its moral condition perfect. It the troops have suffered much from the rain, it has not yet been cold; the snow, which for some time has covered the tops of the mountains inland, has not yet fallen upon the plain which we oceupy, and the thermo- meter has not yet ina single instance’ been below zero (freezing point of Fahrenheit), These general condi- tions are rendered better by the care taken of our mon, and, thanks to the wise foresight of the Emperor and his goverpment, our army enjoys relative comforts which make it gaily support the fatigues it bas to uu- ergo. ‘The number of sick in our military hospitals at Con- stantinople is 3,794, of whom 1,387 are wounded. I have established in the Crimea, near the Bay of Karatach, a depot of convalescents, where the men who leave the army ambulances, and who only require rest, will regain their strength, and be enabled to return to their duty, This measure will diminish the number sent to Constan- inople. His Imperial H'ghness Prince Napolron, still rstaiaed at Constantinople by the malady which forced him to leave the Crimen, wished to rejoin us. I opposed his re- turn, which might compromise the health of the Prince, Tam, &c., ROBERT, General-in-Chief. The Mon:teur likewise publishes the following:— A recent act illustrates the intimate uvion waicn the treaty of the 2d of December has establianed between France, England and Austria. Prince Gortschakoff having ‘demanded to enter into negotiations on the basis of the four guarantees, the three Courta concerted to address aa identical reply to the Russian Pienip teatiary, wich testifies the perfect solidarity of their interests, and the complete accordance of their views. The Moniteur alao publishes the following:— We bave already announced the resolution taken by the Sultan to seni into the Crimea, under the orders of Omer Pacha, a corpe destined to second the operations of our Commanders in Chiet, by means of an important diversion uvon the rear of the Russian army. Intelligence whicn we have re- ceived from Constantinopls, dated the 25th ot De- cember, announces thata Jetter from the Vizier en- bo igh dng | Ming rnd of his troops, an rove ime tiately, in person, to join the Generale of the allies, and to concert his move- ments with them. an Journal de Constantinople of the 24th of De cember, 81 According to the latest news from the Crimea, the siege works had been advanced so far that di- 1ect communications bad become impossibie be- tween the garrison of Sebssto20l and the division of the Rorsian army in the viginity of Bataklava. That division was im want of provisions, and was with difficulty supplied by the town, which could only send by roundabont paths along the coast. MOVEMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY— ITS EFYECTIVE STRENGTH. The last number of the Vologne Gazette says:— Hitherto Rosia has brought on the theatre of war only the third of her army. In fact, Rassia has placed in lire the 3d, 4th. Sth and 6th infantry corpa of the activo army, with the corps of dragoons of tae reserve and the corps of the Caucasus. Ist and 2d corps of infs , the two corps of cavalry of the reserve, the corps of the Guard ana of the Grenadiers have not appeared hitherto on the theatre of war; she keeps them to rope Austria, and forms besides an army of reserve of 300,000 men, commanded by Genersi Tchecdsyeff. In the spring, there will ap- ear on the line of operations an army subdivided into six principal parte:—the army of the North, in the Baltic provinces; the army of the West, in Po- jand; the army of the Dneister and Danubs, that is to say, the army of the South of Prince (ortacha koff; the army of the Crimea of Prince Menschikofl; the army of reserve ot Tcheodayeff; and the army oi the Caucasus of General Monravieff. The Paris correspondent of tae London Times, writing on January 3d, says :— A private letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 26th ult., mentions that some important chaoges have teken place, and more were expected, amon, the higher officers cf the army. The one look bpon aa the most serious is the nomination of Gea. e Berg, who distinguished himself at Revel by the measures he ‘adopted for the defence of the place sgainst the allied fleets. He has been appoiated Commandent in Chief of Finlan the place of Geo. Rekoseowski, who comman there when Bomarsund was attacked by the allies. This nom!- ration is considered all the more signitioant that Finland is fully expected to become the theatre, or rather one of the theatres, of war next spring. Political pereors at Petersburg fully believe that the King of Sweden is determined to abandon sil idea of neutrality, and whenever hostilities re- commerce in the north to take an active part with the allies. A similar resolve is expected from the King of Denmark, particularly since the fall of the Ocerstedt Cabinet, which was favorab'e to the Ras- wiave. The ecmmandant of the corps of grevadiers bad left for Warsaw. Two divisions of the c now oceupy the banks of the Bog. The letter adda that the Grand Dokes, who bad left Sebastopol on the 15th, arrived at Gatechica on the 23d. Accounte received lowing ls the composition is of the third corps, by di- visions, brigades, é:c.;— EVENTH DIVISION (LIKUTENANT-GENERAL USCHAKOFF) :— Batialions. Men. First Brigade. Smolensko Regiment (13th Line). 4 2,800 Mohileff ot (14th Line)... 4 2}800 Second le— Wit Regiment os ht) 4 2,800 Potolsk Regiment (14th Light). 4 2,800 KIGHTH DIVISION (LIEUTENANT GENERAL POPOFF) :— First Brigade— Diebitsch Regiment (15th Line) , 2,800 Pultawa Re t (16th Line). 23800 Second le— Alexandropol Regiment (15th Light).. 4 2,800 Krementschuk Regiment (16th Lne)... 4 2,800 NINTH Motard LIEUTENANT-GENKRAL SAMARLIN) _— ir Heteki Regiment (17th Line: 4 2,800 Seffeki it (18th Line) 4 2,800 Second Brigade— Brianski apne (17th Light 4 2,800 Prince of Warsaw Regiment (18th Light) 4 2,300 Bd Rifles......cecccecscscreceecceesers 1 600 49 34,200 To this corps is attached the Third division of light cavalry, consisting of the 5th and 6th Lancers aud 5th and 6th Hussars, each of eight squadrons, or about 3,200 effectives. It has also rourteen field batteries, of ten guna each, divided into three bri- gadee, one of which is horse, of two batteries. A position battery of 12 or 18 pounders is attached to each foot brigade. The cory's has farther a ba‘ta'ion of Seppers, and six battalions (or rather strong companies) of field train; so that the total amoun’ may be cet down at 44,000 effectives. Snpposiag. this corps to join the Crimean army, the following will be the general detail of infantry, according to corps darmée:— Batlalions Men. oe 2,100 49 33,000 4th Corp Three divisions, six brigades... 28,000 5th Corps:— One brigad 8 4,800 6th Corp Two divisions, four brigades. 16,600 Black Sea Line Cossacks, Marines. Total, . ‘Thus allowing 25,000 place and ‘orta, Prince Menschikoff will have 65,000 bayonets disposable for oataide work, with at least 12,000 horse and 300 fied pieces. Of tae Danube army, origwally unter Prince Gortachakoff, only the 2d brigade of the 14th and the whole ot the 16th division will remaio in Bessarabia. Com- mon reascn chows, therefore, that the places of the 8x divisions moved or moving thence to the Cri- mea within the last two months have beea filled up by troope from Volbynia and Podolia, #9 as to give re least 60,000 effectives to Prince Gortszhakoff’s fore. Having a knowledge that Priece Mensshikoff will shortly be enabled to dispose of the above aention- ed force of 90,000 beyouets, of course the British apd French governments must ba fully aware toat it is for them to take such precautions as shail plase the silied commanders in a position to attack or de- fend upon tolerably equal grounds. THE TURKISH ARMY AND OMER PACHA. The Paiis Moniteur, Dec. 4th, has the following troche respecting the cooperation of the Porte in the war:— Since the Eastern question has led to a formidable wer, tie Sublime Porte has made great aac -itices in order to supply his troops witn what they re juire. Ji ia understood tbat the brave army of Omer Pacha, their chies, has not been neglected, and this is wh: they have displayed in face of the Rassians a wal. lantry that has won for them the just sympathy of entire Eurcpe. Some persons of tate have thought proper to epreed abroad the rumor thet the army of the Danube was in the gees and most pressing want; revertheless his Excellency Riza Pacha has never ceased occupying himeelf with all possible ac- tivity in providing every kind of provision necea- sary for tue army, and he sends to Varna on all occa- sions provisions, ammunition, winter clothes, and whatever, in short, is indispensable. Very precise orders sre at the same time given to the proper par ties for their being forwarded without delay to his Excellency the Generalissimo, Omer Pacha. The followiag letier, datea Constantinople, Dec. 26, 18 Zot authenticated: — General Canrobert and Field Marshal Lord Raglan had demanded, you are aware, of the Porte, that Omer Pacha should head the reinforcements convey- ed to the seat of war, with a view of operating a ai- version on the right flank of she 0 » To this the Porte assented, necessarily without hesisa- tion, aud transmitted to the Serdar the requisite or- ders to this effect. Omer Pacha, however, to the utter astonishment of all, refused to conform to the instructions of his government, founding his objec tions on potitive infurmation from tie camp respec? irg the critical eae of toe allied armies, and nis reluctance to ta es m an enterprise likely to re- suitin sbeoiute failure, and floally demanded per- mission to return to the capital confer with the Grand Vizier on this 1 it subject. On the re- ceipt of this a:tounding intelligence the Grand Coua- cil weeembled at once, and, in pursuance of a resolu- tieu onapimougly adopted, orders have been trans mitted requiring tne Turkish Generalissimo to pro ceed forthwith to Sebastopol at the head of his con- tingent, and there to expose t the commanders-in- chief of the all:ed armies his motives and opioions— the Porte being no longer in a position to modify a reeolution which bad been adopted in common with them. These bias wed orders were yesterday for- warded to Omer Pi , and which, it is hoped, will finally terminate this painful little episode. THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS OF ENGLAND—QUEEN VIC- TORIA’S SYMPATHY. [From the London Morning Post, Jan. 4.) Perhaps sinse the c:mmencement of the vom gg no document has found its way to the public so- gratilying in ite pature as tha: which we here sub. join. The earnest expression of her Majesty’s anx iety for the brave men who bave been wounded in the rervice of the country will have the best effect in the army; it will console the unfortunate who have already suffered, and animate to increased ex- ervion their comrades who have hitherto escaped the accicents of war. The letter was addressed by her Most Gracious Mejeety to Mr. Sidney Herbert, and through om to | M's. Herbert, by whom it was tracsmitted to Miss Nightrwgale:— Wixpson Castix, Dec 6, 1854, Would you tell Mrs. Herbert that | begged she would let me see frequently the accounts she receives from Mies Nightingale or Mrs. Bracebridge, as I hear no de tails of the wounded, though I see x0 many from officers, &c., about the battle field, and naturally the former must interest me more than any one. Let Mrs. H-rbert also know that I wish Miss Nightin- gale and the ladies would tell these poor noble wounded and sick men that no one takes a warmer interest, or | feels more for their sufferings, or admires their cour: and heroism more than their Queen thinks of her beloved troops, So does th Beg Mrs. Herbert to communicate these my words to thove ladies, as J know that our sympathy is mach va lued by these noble fellows. (Signed) VICTORIA. LATEST DESPATCH FROM LORD RAGLAN. Beronx Sxnastoron, Dee. 14, 1854. My Lory Doxe—Your Grace will be happy to hear that the weather has continued fine since I had the ho. nor to address your grace on the 8th inst. The army has made no movement of importance, and vothing of any material consequence has taken place be- fore Sebastopol. The Russians moved upon our advanced pickets in front of our left attack the night before last iu some force, but they were instantly driven back by « detach- ment of the 1st battalion Rifle Brigade on the right, and by one of the 46th on the leit. The joey | however, was kept up for some th d the third and fhurth divisions were bel in readin support,in care their assis ance shonld have been required, Lenclose the return of casualties to the 10th inst. I have, &e., RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &e. Manifesto of the Czar of Russia. An extraordinsry supplement of t.e Jyurnal de St. Petersbourg of the 16h (28th) December briags | us the following document: — ¥RSTO. MANL By the Grace of God, We, Nicholas the First, Empe- ror and Autocrat of all the Russias, ke , &e., Re, make ar, that still laste, are well under- | Despite) marques in the camp—no light b ognize therein the pledge and augury of a be uture Penetrated with onr duty as a Christian, we desire a prolonged effusion of blood, and certain shall not Sree any offers and conditions of peace are compatible with the dignity of our empire, an interests of our well-beloved subjects, But anothe| not less sacred duty commands us, in this ob atruggle, to keep ourselves prepared for efforts and fices proportioned to the means of action di against us. Russians ! my faithful children! you are accas' to spare nothing when called by Providence to.a and boly work—neither your wealth, the fruit o: years of toll, nor your lives—not your own blood the blood of your children. The noble ardor th inflamed your hearts from the first hour of th will not be extinguished, happen what may; and feelings are those also of your sovereign. We all, monarch and subjects, if it be necess| eckoing the words of the Emperor Alexander, in of like trial, the sword in our hands, and the-crd ovr hearts—know how to face the ranks of our en for the defence of the most precious gifts of this the security and the honor of our country. Given at Gatchina, the fourteenth day of the of December, in the’ year of grace 1854, and the tieth of our reign. NICH The Disorganization of the British A THE TROOPS REDUCED TO A MOR. (From the London Times, Jan, 3.) There isa singular but not real cousolatioy failure to which we are occas'onally reduced. body can really complain when a thing doe; answer & purpose for which it was never in' Indeed, there is & kind of triumph of such disappoinunents. Thirty yeara ago a brought tis houre down over his head bya d on bis drawing-room floor. This was disagree enough; but all the rights of the question satistied when it was found the builder expresely excepted a dance from the capabil of the house, and the Jease proviged that no di should be given wishout consent of the lan: Abstract rea:on, whenever it can geta hearin this hour cf anxiety and disappoiatment, some such bitter comfort in the almost utter down of our military system. When one o to think, itis not mtended for sctual servic Jesst, if itis intended for actual service, it tex ded for 80 many other conflicting purposes ‘we cannot be surprised if it answers oce pury and not ancther. If anybody conducted an ord business on the ssme principles as those whi avowed ip the army, and to a somewhat less ex] in the nevy-—that is, if he endeavored to m: the mediom of employment, contracts and q favors to brothers, nephews, friends, poli:ical ne xions, boo compenions, or apyhody but the men in & mereantile view—he would soon himeelf in the bankruptcy court. The commis would then inform him tuat ne had totally mist the object of bis business, and the nature oj mercantile operations, which were, not to relatious or friends, or to produce a short display, but to realize a fair profit, with saaef: to al parties. Thiea homely view to take o upiortupateiy tragic theme; but common very pervading, and aeserts its supremacy nobeenee, Deglects, and abuses of all kinds, field of battle as in the counting honse. We have Zatpeey neglected the single ob of efficiency in the menagement of our arm: we caunot say how long. There are in that at the mateiiaix of @ very effivieot army; there plenty of good men and true in all ranks; there men who have seen plenty of service in our In and other ware; there are men who have d guiched themeclves at Sarohnrst; there are who woud aistinguish themselves whenever pertunity wee sliowed them; there are men ust make the army their profession, and who hi nothing ww setie}to when they leave it, ana no 4 of disuacticn or heppinesa out of 11; set all stuff ror Field Marshals is absolutely rejected in Insnagemect cf curarmy. When 4 barbarian ba bishovel in arui, be worss into his rough walls scription turned upeice down, @ baereiief with fece lowarcs, a statue detruncated, and a itat foliated, to fit the uccidental vacancy. Such is rude masoxry of the British army. The miluary genins or devetee—the poor fe! who dreams tw Atte pucpose of Maratnon, and been atthe paing to study the victories of rough avd she difficulties of Wellingten—is s bolt into his regiment, witn his corners knoc! off, and his face tained inwards. There he lies| nie, if it may be, in the order of seniority and nes; but no study, no courage, no promptitade, soidieriike qualities whatever, will assis: bim competition where tae battie is eee not to strong, but to the sealthy and no! ‘the case iso fisgrant, 60 manifest to friend to fce, snd 10 coniersed and jai sed to all world, that it woula be ridiculous to slur over fact that the British army is found to be no at oll in the general milary sense of the w. lv is@ mob ot breve men—not more than an and rather Jess, inasmach as it is evidensly cd manded by thore who should not command and so deprived o: its rude natural efficiency. the accounts that we publish, and mavy more for one reason or other we do ged ony bat wh ie in envelopes, loose heaps, and elastis oands sbont ns, sgree in t..is—toat tre orgacization of simy is either none, or worse thau pone. For last few weeks we bave so often had w say th that it only remains to bring up the ead story of for eraughis, +0" hardly spores 69 thi cousary jor draughts, #0 hardiy ’ rive at Balakiava. A boy aid-decamp, asa ., officer complains, shows the promptness of his fo by ordering it immecistely to aieembark, hd Proper clothing, in the rain, to march + mi of sludge to toe youl asaigied for ite quacters, to bivouack, in that case, some in tents, come und the canopy of heaveu. The next day some equ comfortable, equally thougaless maiapert, #snd: to the trevehes, and in tea deye, or # fortaighs the latest, two-thirds of jthe poor lacs whow as as November, we were ©. ¢ering tirough ths atre are stretched onder the soil of the Crimea. Wh they are disposed of, the cry is “More m more men!” At the Jest date, after ail she i merse clearances to Balakl: and Sent thee remained more than 3,000 sick under in the probable event of any active movemeata. poor fellows tail sick by ss certain and recipe as any to be fonud in medicine, or husband Or otber physical s.iense. Yet bundreda of veter| officers, who share the hardships of their wen, ment in vain the merciiews régime of an ignorant p cracy. We confess thet we cannot look at toe rors of Balablava and Ickermaan as we oace di for it is plainly better thet man and berse sho die glorivusly, seling thetr lives dear, ana afford epectacie to the world, then that they should ich unseen, unpitied, unnamed, almost angambe — for it has cume to toat. We confess, when we told thet the British cavalry is no more—thst t horses, after gnawiig ove snother’s manes and tai have mcst of them perished on tne fatal route to 1 comp—some in the act of dragging their dead co: races out of the way—wedo indeed, confers we ccuid wish they who are thas dend had ali o in the battle fied, even in some mad charge into heart of the Russian army. . Then what is to be done? We think Sir De L: Evers bas answered this question for us ina tpeaking manner. When be could no longer shi the hardships of hie men—when he could 20 Mmoont his horse, show himeelf everywhere, and things with his own eyee, be would no jonger hor or at the cost ot truth and his country—he wou 1o longer attempt to fil: the hollow same aad j figment of a geveral. Yet to the last, sick, inj by a fall, and unable to leave his tent, ne was telt be the most efficiert offiser in the army. Now, we to sacrifie what remains of the 50,000 seos ay. and 20,000 or 30,000 more tid off ‘rims, to @ name that, by tne and uncontradicted testimony of tae whole my, is only @ teme, atd even worse thap veme? The command of the British army Sepastopol is worse then a mere name w 1 # apathy, re klessness, fatal delays, and utter 0! provisions Bré condemned by the common end experience of every practi ssl man in the arm and when it in deliberately asserted by officers Gistirction that the amy might just as well be manded by its sergeants as by the men tocommacd it. We are aware toat set to sopervede besve and ioyal men, t1 end yeate—cetre wonld feel the pati scotely than ourselves; we are aware