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THE CITY RE-ELECTION. Lord John Russell ...
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T He W A R. The State Of Affairs Before ...
The same paper says that Sir George Brown has returned Sthe command of the Light Division , and that S appeared quite recovered from the effects of his ^ Tht ' Fremden Blatt says that an order of the day had been issued by General Canrobert demanding 10 000 volunteers for an assault upon a portion of thefortress The whole siege corps reported itself ready and willing . A special-correspondent of the DadyKews , writing from Constantinople on Feb . 14 , vouches for the authenticity of the ensuing statements : — " There has been no recent sortie or any other demonstration made by the Russians of any importance , and notwithstanding the late reinforcement of the garrison by 25 , 000 men . and the report that the Czar ' s commands to his sons forbade them to return to St . Petersburg until the invaders surrendered or were driven into the
sea , the besiegers do not anticipate that the Russians will resume the offensive . On the contrary , it is confidently stated that the mines of the French are in perfect readiness for the match , that in a week or ten days at furthest those of the English will be equally advanced , and then , after simultaneous explosions of the several mines , a bombardment will commence far surpassing in numben weight , and efficiency of projectiles , anything of the kind hitherto witnessed . The French troops are in excellent condition , as regards their general efficiency , and their sanitary condition is far more satisfactory than that of our own troops , who are still dependent upon them for services , which the numerical weakness of the British forces disables them from performing themselves ; and the same kindly feeling which has been so frequently chronicled continues to exist between the soldiers of the
two nations . " The same writer says : — * ' From January 1 to January 31 , there died in hospital at Scutari 1482 , the mortality being greatest towards the end of the month , and about the samenumber died at Balaklava and in the hospital-ships within the same time . During the first five days of February , the mortality at Scutari averaged 110 per diem , but has rapidly fallen to about half that number at present . The accommodation at Scutari being overcrowded , drafts of the convalescents are now being made to Smyrna ; but I am sorry to say that the same improvidence which has disgraced almost att our transport arrangements in the East has signalised this also . "
The Admiralty have engaged two more steamers as regular transports , viz ., the Black Sea and the ^ Jfadian . The Moniteur of Tuesday publishes the following despatches : — . " Batotim , Feb . 1 . ¦ " The Georgian Militia , forming part of the Russian army in Asia , attacked yesterday ( Jan . 31 ) the camp of Laghva , the advanced post of the Turkish army , which was entrusted to the guard of 800 Bashi-Bazouks . These latter , after a brisk fire of musketry , repulsed the Russians with considerable loss . " »* Jassy , Feb . 11 .
" An electric telegraphic line is being constructed between . jTassy and Czernovitz , in the Bukowina . The poles are already erected , and theT wires arc being passed through them ; in ten days , or a fortnight at latest , the line will be ready for service . It will then be continued to Galatz , passing by Vasloui , Berlad , and Tecoulch . The preliminary works for this second line are going on , and it is hoped that it will be finished in May next . "
THE RECAL OF IOKD 1 . UCAN . The Times correspondent in the Crimea says that the circumstances connected with the above event are believed to be these : —Lord Raglan having , in his despatches relating to the Light Cavalry charge at Balaklava , described the affair as the result of " misconception of orders , " Lord Lucan wrote a letter to the commandcr-in-chief , saying that he objected to that expression , and that , had he used the descretionary powers of a general of division , he should have entirely disobeyed the order to advance . Lord Lucan showed that he had no alternative but fulfilment of the order or disobedience ; but the only answer he received was a request on the part of Lord Raglan that ho should withdraw his remonstrance . This , Lord Lucan refused to do , and the letter was forwarded to the Duke of Newcastle , who , upon tho advice of Lord Hardingc , required Lord Lucan to resign .
It is said that Lord Lucan , on his arrival in London , will demand a court-martiai . Tho Morning Post correspondent , who throws some doubt upon tho above reason for his recal , says it is reported that General Thockwell is to take tho command . Major Powys communicates to the Times tho following extract of a letter from a sergeant at Sevastopol to hia son : — " Camp near Sebastopol , November 80 . "My dear Boy , —I Bent your mother 1 / . some time since , which I hopo she has received . I have not spent Is . on or for myself since lust August , although 1 , have often felt a great inclination for tho littlo luxuries which I Bee others indulge in . Tho other day I went to Balaklava on duty , and saw some of our sergeants drinking bottled porter at 2 s a bottle . I felt very weak and tired , and was almost tempted to bo extravagant ;
but I reflected your mother would put it to a better use ; so I kept my 2 s . " Major Powys adds—" The Central Association has had the pleasure of maintaining the wife and family of the writer of this letter ever since the war began , for the small sums of money that he can send go but a little way towards the support of a wife and six children . " A Case for Reward . — "A British officer , " writing to the Times with reference to a drummer-boy of the Guards , named Keep , who at Alma and Inkerman behaved in a most gallant manner , makes the following suggestion : — . _ ¦ _ ..
" Let this brave boy , wearing the Crimean medal on his breast , be instantly sent home ; let him , at the nation ' s expense , be educated at the Royal Military College , and if he succeed in earning honours in the study similar to those he has earned in the field—if , in short , he duly qualify himself for a commission r let that commission be given to him in the Guards , where he commenced a career which under such auspices , would be likely to prove honourable to himself and useful to his country . Such are the stimulants required by the British soldier to raise future effective officers for the ranks . " General , de La Marmora commander-in-chief of the Sardinian contingent to the Crimea , accompanied by the Marquis de la Rovera and the Count Balbo have arrived in England .
The American Correspondent of the Daily News says : — " There has been no such drift of American sympathy for Russia as your journals complain of , although it is not to be denied that your bad management of the war has cost you- that warm feeling of sympathy , which came from our hearts involuntarily when we knew that-the Anglo-Saxons of England had landed in the Crimea . The Americans now think that Russia understands the art of war better than England ; that her officers are abler men ; or , at all events , that they have seen more service . "
The Land Transport Cokps . —On Monday , a large number of young men assembled at a tavern opposite the South-Western terminus for the purpose of- joining the Land Transport Corps . Their pay will be as follows : —Superintendent . 5 s . a day ; sub-superintendent , 4 s . ; first-class driversj 3 s . ; and second-class drivers , 2 s . 6 d ., with rations and clothing . They are all regularly enlisted for 10 years , but a warrant signed by the Queen entitles each man to TSlaim afree discharge after having completed five years' service . The corps will be commanded by the following officers :
—Director-General , Colonel M'Murdo ; assistant ditto , Colonel Napier ; two regimental majors , one adjutant , one regimental quartermaster , and 24 divisional ditto . There will be about 2000 of other ranks . AH the officers have started for the Crimea , except the recruiting stafty and those at the depot at Bristol . This corps will have sole charge of the transport of provisions for the army , and will only act on the defensive—never being in the field except on such occasions . They will have the direction of foreign muleteers , and will be well armed and equipped . A Russian despatch , dated Sebastopol , February 18 , which has reached Paris by way of Czernovitz , states that Prince Menschikoff was unwell . "'" " "" " " ¦¦¦ " LATEST iNTEIXIGENCEr —~ — The Russians have demolished the Malakoff tower . Information haa been received by General Bosquet of an intended attack on Balaklava .
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The City Re-Election. Lord John Russell ...
THE CITY RE-ELECTION . Lord John Russell has issued the following address to the electors of the City of London : — " Paris , February 23 , 1855 . " Gentlemen , —Her Majesty having been pleased to confide to me a mission of the highest importance , involving the interest of Europe , and affording hopes of an honourable termination of the present war , I felt it my duty to withdraw for a time from my service to you in Parliament . u While in this capital intelligence has reached me of the resignation of three of tho principal Ministers of the Crown ; and Lord Palmerston has asked for my assistance in carrying on tho Government . " In the difficult circumstances in which tho country is placed , I have not thought myself justified in withholding from tho Queen any aid which it might be in my power to afford . " I have , therefore , accepted office , and , on my return from Vienna , shall be prepared to assume its duties and responsibilities . "In these circumstances , I humbly place myself in your hands as a candidate for tho renewal of your confidence . " I have tho honour to be , gentlemen , 11 Your obedlcn ^ servant , ( Signed ) " John Ruhskix . "
A Meeting Of Tho Electors Of Tho City Wa...
A meeting of tho electors of tho City was held on Thursday , at which a resolution was passed to tho effect that those present would do their best to Hccuro the return of Lord John Russell .
Mr. I/Ayard And His Constituents. A Nume...
MR . I / AYARD AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . A numerous meeting of the electors of Aylesbnry assembled on Wednesday in the County Hall of that borough , in consequence of Mr . Layard's publicly expressed desire to explain to his constituents bis views upon the present crisis . Mr . Acton Tindal was in the chair . Mr ; Layard first referred to the unfortunate affair between Admiral Dundas and himself . The publication of his letter had arisen from pure accident , having been privately addressed to a gentleman connected with the Times , and by him , through some unlucky mistake , inserted in that paper . He never intended that letter for publication ; and although he did not mean , to convey any imputations against Admiral Dundas ' s private character , he agreed to
explain whatever might appear to contain such imputation . This he had done , as they had seen in the papers . Mr . I > ayard expressed what had passed with respect to the proffers of office which had been made to him in the Russell Government . jLord Granville offered him the post of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , which he occupied until the fall of the Government , about three weeks after his acceptance . ' Lord Derby wished him to remain in the Foreign Office until the return of Lord Stanley from India , after which he promised him a diplomatic mission on the Continent , but he refused on account of Lord John Russell ' s opinion that he could not conscientiously accept the offer , since his political principles differed from those of Lord Derby ; and on the accession , of the Aberdeen Government , Lord
John Russell promised him the Under-Secretaryship of the Board of Control , but subsequently requested him to withdraw in favour of another gentlemaji , and offered him instead a consulship in Egypt , which he declined on various grounds . He afterwards went out to Constantinople with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ; but , having a disagreement with him , he returned to England . Lastly , he was offered by lord John Russell the Clerkship of the Ordnance ; but , as he had no confidence in the Government , and as he was unqualified for the Ordnance , he refused . On the recent resignations of Sir James Graham , Mr . Gladstone , and Mr . Sidney Herbert , Lord Palmerston offered him the
Under-Secretaryship of War j and , as he did not wish ^ seem afraid of incurring the responsibilities of office , he accepted the offer upon certain conditions ; but , on the following-day y- Lord Palmerston told him lie could not hold to the engagement , and therefore offered him the Under . Secretaryship of the Colonies . This , however , he declined for the same reason—unfitness—which made him decline the Ordnance Mr . Layard then replied to the assertion of the Manchester party that we are fighting in the interests of the Turks alone . He contended that we are fighting more in the interests of the Christian subjects of the Porte than in those of the Mussulman Turks : for , although the conntry has made great
progress during the last few years , there are causes which will probably lead to the extinction of the Mahometans in European Turkey . Christians are now-employed by . the Sultan . even as ambassadors at foreign courts ; though it is not to be denied that they still have grievances to complainof . Liberal opinions in politics and religion are gaining ground in Turkey ; and it was out of a fear of these that the Czar invaded the Ottoman territory- That invasion was precipitated by Lord Aberdeen ' s accession to office . We committed great errors in not making the passage of the Pruth a casus belli , placing the negotiations in the hands of Austria , and in telling did not t
the Emperor of Russia that we mean o make the war a territorial one . The placing the troops in tho pestiferous neighbourhood of Varna was the next false step , and one against which he repeatedly warned the- Government . Mr . Layard averred that the proper men are not selected for the work ; he doubted the utility of sending out a Commission of Inquiry ; he feared that Mr . Roebuck ' s Committee , if not conducted with great prudence , might endanger the interests of the country ; and lie asserted the necessity for a higher class of public men . England must demand that the great interests of a great country be not sacrificed to tho little interests of little men . ( Ho sat down in the midst of loud cheering . ) The following resolution was carried unanimously , and it was resolved that a petition in accordance with it should be presented to Parliament" That this meeting entirely approves tho course adopted by Mr . Layanl , and fully agrees with him m the necessity of a radical change in the system of army promotion . "
Provincial Meetings On Our Milimi-Ftingb...
PROVINCIAL MEETINGS ON OUR MILIMi-FTiNGB linvoboen hold in several provincial towns , to in press on Government the ncccaBity of niquiry into the recent disasters in the Crimea , and to urge a more vigorous prosecution of tho war , and a reformation of the present military system
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03031855/page/5/
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