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Pbomotioks sor Sbbobakm . —The following has been issued by the Commander of the Forces : — " In obedience to her Majesty ' s commands , the commandin g officer of each regiment will be s o good as to transmit to Xieut .-Colonel Steele , military secretary , the name of the non-commissioned officer whom , in consideration of his m eritorious service , , he may deem best entitled to a commission . " Boots . —Five hundred barrels of winter boots , each containing thirty , have been shipped for conveyance to the Crimea . These boots are made for the upper leather to reach to the hip , perfectly waterproof and are met at the tops by a waterproof cape , the ends of which strap to the trunk of the boot , completely shielding the wearer from all outward moisture .
New Field for Recruiting . —General Beatson , who is in Constantinople , and is charged by the Government with the formation of a body of 4000 cavalry , is about to proceed to Thessaly , for the purpose of raising this force from the population of those provinces . The best field for recruiting in the Turkish empire is Tliessaly and Epirus , from whose mountain population a fine force could be enlisted . Tea and Sugar . —We have received from Messrs . Waterhouse , of St . Paul ' s-churchyard , some correspondence which has already appeared in other
papers . They state that some time since they offered to supply gratuitously a large quantity of tea and sugar for the troops in the Crimea . The offer was declined , on the ground that it was quite unnecessary , as a proper supply was-already in the camp . They enclose a copy of a letter from a regimental officer , who says , that at the period of the refusal there was not six pounds of tea in the camp , and that had it been accepted many lives might have been saved . The men had no such luxuries supplied , and , their pay not being regular , they were unable to purchase when there was an opportunity .
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THE ALLIED ADMIRALS . The Moniteur gives the following letters of farewell exchanged between Admirals Dundas and Hamelin : — " On Board the Furious , Bay of Kazatch , " December 19 , 1854 . "My dear Admiral , —I cannot- resign my command without making my adieu to the fleet placed under your orders , in whose operations I have co-operated so long with pride and pleasure . " I shall carry with me to England , and I _ shall always cherish , a reminiscence so dear to" me . I beg you , if you see no objection , to express my sentiments to the officers and seamen under your command , with the assurance of my constant wishes for the brilliant realization of their hopes . "
" Accept for yourself , my dear admiral , my hearty wish that you may find , on your return to your own country , all the happiness that you can desire . " J . W . Deans Dundas . " 44 Montezuma , Kamiesch , Dec . 22 , 1854 . " My dear Admiral , —I have the honour to inform you that to-morrow , December 23 , 1 - give -up -the command of the French squadron to Vice-Admiral Bruat . " At the moment of separation from yourself and the
squadron placed under your orders , I beg you , if you see no objection , to express in my name , to all your officers and seamen , how delighted I have been with the constant concord and good feeling with which we have carried on together all our naval and military operations since our entrance into the Black Sea . Though far from them , my heart will be with them , and longing for their success ; and the memory of the time we have passed together will be one of the pleasantest reminiscences of my naval career . 44
For yourself , my dear admiral , take with you my wishes for your happiness , and be pleased to accept the expression of my most affectionate and devoted good feeling . " The Admiral of France commanding in chief " the Mediterranean Squadron , 14 Hamemn . "
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THE QUEEN'S COMMENDATION OF THE FRENCH ARMY . General Canrohbrt has issued the following " General Order" upon the receipt of the Queen ' s despatch relating to the conduct of the French , troops at the battle of Inkerman : — " The Commander-in-Chief is happy to have to communicate to the troops the expressions , most honourable for our arms , in which her Majesty the Queen of England appreciates their conduct at the battlo of Inkerman . " The Queen has remarked with grateful satisfaction the vigour with which the troops of her ally , tho Emperor of the French , came to the assistance of tho divisions of the English army engaged in so unequal a combat . Her Majesty is profoundly sensible of tho cordial co-operatipn of tho Commandcr-in-Chief , General Canrobert , and of the valiant conduct of that distinguished officer , General Bosquet . She beholds in tho cheers with which tho soldiers of tho two nations
mutually encouraged each other during the action proofs of the reciprocal esteem which this campaign and . the traits of bravery it has produced have given rise to on both sides . . " Her Majesty the Queen of England could not praise in a more flattering manner the attitude of the army at the battle of Inkerman . In marching to the aid o « our brave allies we fulfilled a duty which they themselves would fulfil towards us with that valour we know they possess , and so many proofs of which we have witnessed with our own eyes . " The Commander-in-Chief , " Canrobert . " Head-quarters before Sebastopol , Dec . 28 . "
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DECORATIONS FOR PRIVATE SOLDIERS . We read in the London Gazette : — " The Queen has been pleased to grant unto private Andrew Anderson , of the Sappers and Miners , her royal license and permission that he may accept and wear the Order of the Medjidie , which the Sultan has been pleased to confer upon him in approbation of his distinguished bravery and good conduct at the passage of the Danube on the 7 th of July last , and subsequently in rescuing the body of his commanding officer , Lieutenant Burke , after he had fallen ; and that he may enjoy all the rights and privileges thereunto annexed ; provided , nevertheless , that her Majesty ' s said license and permission do not authorise and shall not be deemed or construed to authorise the assumption of any style , appellation , rank , precedence , or privilege appertaining unto a knight bachelor of these realms . " And also to command that her Majesty ' s said concession and especial mark of her royal favour be registered , together with the relative documents , in her Majesty ' s College of Arms . "
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THE MILITIA . The Lord Mayor , as Lord-Lieutenant for London , has received her Majesty ' s warrant to embody the whole of the City of London Militia forthwith . It is supposed that their first quarters will be at the . Tower . The 2 nd Royal Surrey will be fully embodied for permanent duty on February the 1 st . The regiment is expected to muster 70 _ 0 strong . The Norfolk Militia Artillery are summoned to muster at Yarmouth on Tuesday next , the 23 d instant , to be embodied for permanent duty . The Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Ttifle Corps assembled for ball practice at Dawlish last week . Considerable skill was displayed .
The South Devon Regiment of Militia has been recruiting in several of the rural villages and towns of Devonshire lately with some success . The regiment , which is under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J . Y . Buller , has attained great military proficiency . The Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Militia corps have assembled for permanent duty at Falmouth . The deficiency in the regiment , consequent upon volunteering into the line , will be soon made up . The Royal Westminster . Militia , Colonel Lord Chelsea , is ordered forthwith to be embodied for permanent duty . The Artillery battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia is to be embodied on the 1 st of February next , at the de ' pot in Southover . < .
On Tuesday the Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia assembled at Alnwick on permanent duty . The nominal strength of the regiment is 900 , and of that number nearly 600 have already come forward . The Fermanagh Light Infantry Regiment of Militia assembled in barracks at Enniskillen on the 1 st inst . The corps then mustered nearly 200 men , and volunteers have since joined at the rate of 10 a day . They are all young men of a very good description ; 21 have volunteered to the line . The Louth Militia , Lieut-Colonel Sir J . S . Robinson , has been constituted a rifle regiment , and is ordered to be embodied forthwith .
The 1 st Devon Regiment of Militia , which has now been assembled at Exeter for some time , have during the last fortnight been daily contributing volunteers for the line . The North Durham Regiment of Militia has received orders to assemble for permanent duty on the 1 st of February . * Tho second detachment of tho 2 nd Royal Lancashire Militia , composed of about 700 ' rank and file , left Liverpool for Edinburgh on Friday . The Second Regimknt of Derbyshie Militia . —It has been resolved to form a second regiment of Derbyshire militia , and from the spirited and influential manner in which tho lord-lieutenant's wishes on this subject are being carried out , there is no doubt tho resolution will be attended with success .
It it ) stated by tho Dublin , Evening Mail that many of tho Irish militia regiments arc likely to be loft as destitute of medical care as tho unfortunates of tho army at tho scat of war . Several corps have been unablo to proeuro assistant-surgeons , and , it is added tho surgeons of others will resign as soon as tho regiments aro fairly embodied . The cauao of this strange state of affairs is
attributed to an old source of public mischief—vfc , pinching and misplaced economy in small matters , while reckless and prodigal expenditure in great is bat too frequently regarded with indifference .
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MR . COBDEN AT LEEDS . ¦ .-. >¦ : On Wednesday Mr . Cobden addressed his conitituents at lleeds . The meeting was appointed to takje place in the Music-hall ; but the attendance wtis'tib great that it was found necessary to adjourn to the open area of the Cloth-hall Yard . Occasional falls of snow did not interrupt the proceedings . After the usual formalities , Mr . Cobden delivered an addrero which , upon the whole , was well received , and deserved to be well received . ¦ T Mr . Cobden commenced by observing that bis motive for speaking was , that all his hearers disagreed with him . He did not wish to talk about the origin of the war . There was war , and the thing was , had we not better get peace . He maintained that it could not be a little war , nor a cheap war .
OBJECTS OF THE WAS . I have told you that I am not going to detain you with a long historical account of the origin of that war , but I must take exception to a remark of the chairman , from which he seemed to consider that I was going to address you as the advocate and champion of the abstract principle of peace at all price . Now , really , it is rather unfair that one should be made responsible for opinionswhich one has never avowed , nor uttered , nor professed , nor entertained . There is a respectable body of Christians in this country—very influential from their character , if not from their numbers—who put an interpretation on the New Testament which leads them to believe that war , under any circumstances , is contrary
to the precepts of Christianity ; but these gentlemen themselves have never attempted to impress their religious opinions upon the policy of this country , and they have been the first to urge me again and again to disavow their doctrines . I have been again and again requested by members of the Society of Friends to disavow their opinions , which they know I am charged with entertaining , merely because I should lose all influence with practical ininds in the advocacy of peace principles . Let us discuss this question as a question of policy and of policy only . My first and greatest objection to this war has been the delusive—I had almost said the fraudulentpretences under which it has been made-popular in this country , and by which the feelings of the people have
been roused to enthusiasm in its favour . They have been allowed to entertain the belief that it was to effect objects which I knew and felt it never was intended to effect . ( " No , no J" ) Will anybody deny that twelve or fifteen months ago , when the first excitement in favour of war with Russia began , the idea was that we were entering upon a ' war which had for its object to give freedom to struggling communities on the Continent ( "JVb , no" )—that it would have for its object td put a check upon the proceedings of Russia with reference , for example , to such matters as the invasion of Hungary and the conquest of Circassia and other countries ? Does any one deny that the prevalent opinion was that we were going to raise as an inscription on . our . banners , ? 'jrhe
Reconstruction of Polish Nationality ? " ( Loud cries of " No , no" ) On this point I will refer to the opinion of the late Lord D . Stuart . I always thought that he represented , on this question , the opinions of the great body of the public of this country ; and I know very well that he and those who acted with him were of opinion that this war had for its aim the giving of liberty to Poland , and the restoration of the rights of other nationalities . ( " No , no" ") Now , I have never viewed it in that light , for I never believed that it would have had any such consequence . I have ever looked upon this war as a war of policy only . I have looked on it as a political war—a war of diplomatists and statesmen , and not ono carried on in the interest of nationalities or freedom at all . It is , in tho
fewest words I can use , a war in which we have a despot for an enemy , a despot for an ally , and a despot for a client ( laughter ) , and we have been for twelve months endeavouring to make an ally of another despot , and have not yet succeeded . But , look at the war as it really ia —a war in opposition to Russian encroachments on Turkey . ( A cry of" That ' s it . " ) That is the true state of the case , and all I object to is , that we have been a little too precipitate in going to war for that object—Q No , no / " )—because I believe that if you had avoided your declaration of war when you made it , and if you had avoided going to war so long as tho near neighbours of Russiawho are much more interested in this
ques-, tion than we are , did not think it necessary to do bo—I moan Austria and Prussia—wo should have got all wo could hope for without shedding a drop of blood . ( " Oh , oh / " ) Austria and Prussia have fur more interest than you have in keeping back Tinsmx , as , in the case of aggression , their territories will bo tho first to be taken . Now , as between Kussia and Turkey , I have again and again stated in the House of Commons , and Mr . Bright ( disapprobation - has stated tho some thtag most emphatically , that tlioro was no doubt tho Turks had right on their sldu ; that Kussia invaded Turkey ; that Kusaia was tho first to provoke hostilities by invading tho Turkish territories ; and that the Turkish Govern-
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January 20 , 1855 . ] THE OiDEiB , 53
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 20, 1855, page 53, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2074/page/5/
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