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Th « same paper says that Sir George Brown has re-... Sa SttoHl » a of the Light Division , and that ie ^ peared quite recovered from the effects of his W ™? 'pWmJen Blatt says that an order of the day had rJr iS ^ A hr ( Serai Canrobert demanding 10 , 000 ? iTZrtar an assault upon a portion of the fortress . SSSS sSge ^ rpi « Porte d i ^ elf re a 4 y and willmg . A special correspondent of the Daily News , writing frot KaSSop ^ e 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 bv 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 number > 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 same number 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 all our transport arrangements in the East has signalised this also . " The Admiraltt have engaged two more steamers as regular transports , viz ., the Black Sea and the Indian . — . ¦ ~ — The Moniteur of Tuesday publishes the following despatches : — " Batoum , 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 Jassy and Czernovitz , in the Bukowina . The p ^ Iesare ~ already ^ erected , ~ and the wiresare 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 ia hoped that it will be finished in May next . " THE REGAL OF LORD MJCAN . 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 commander-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 ho received was a request on the part of Lord Raglan that he should withdraw his remonstrance . This , Lord Lucan refused to do , and the letter was forwarded to the Duke of Newcastle , who , upon the advice of Lord Hardinge , required Lord Lucan to resign . . It is said that Lord Lucan , on his arrival in London , will demand a court-martial . The Morning Post correspondent , who throws some doubt upon the above reason for his recal , says it is reported that General Thackwell is to take the command . Major Powys communicates to the Times the following extract of a letter from a sergeant at Sebastopol to his son : — " Camp near Sobastopol , November 80 . " My dear Boy , —I sent your mother 1 / . some time since , which I hope she has received . I have not spent Is . on or for myself since last August , although I have often felt a great inclination for the little luxuries' which I see others indulge in . The other day I wont to Balaklava on duty , and saw some of our sorgoants 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 fob 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 : — Li T « i 4- \* is , itwAw /* Y \ A « r -wri ^ o-rnrnTP + V » f » f . ^ inhoan mo / ial d \ ri
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 , 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 Corps . —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 fol-Isvora _ SnT > oi » iTi + onflf > nt Ra . a . Aav suh-siinerintendent .
4 s . ; first-class drivers , 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 claim a free 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 , 6 ne regimental quartermaster , and 24 divisional ditto . There will be about 2000 of other ranks . All the officers have started for the Crimea , except the recruiting staff , and those at the de ' pot 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 .
" ' ' " " IJtTKST INTEIXIQENCE ; - - ¦* - ¦¦ - The Russians have demolished the Malakoff tower . Information has been received by General Bosquet of an intended attack on Balaklava .
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A meeting of the' electors of the City was hold on Thursday , at which a resolution was passed to the effect that those present would do thoir best to secure the return of Lord John Russell .
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PROVINCIAL JMMTWOg . ON OUR MILIMketinos have been held in severnl provincial towns , to impress on Government tho necessity of inquiry into the recent disasters in tho Crimea , and to urge a more vigorous prosecution of the war , and a refotmntion of the present military By stem
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THE CITY RE-ELECTION . Lord John Russell has issued the following address to the electors of the City of London : — " Paris , February 23 , 1855 . 11 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 . " While in this capital intelligence has reached me of the resignation of three of the principal Ministers of the Crown ; and Lord Palmerston has asked for my assistance in carrying on tho Government .
" In tho difficult circumstances in which £ hc country is placed , I have not thought myself justified in withholding from the Queen any aid which it might bo in my power to afford . * " I have , therefore , accepted office , and , on my return from Vienna , shall bo prepared to assume its duties and responsibilities . " In these circumstances , I humbly place myself in your hands as a candidate for the renowal of your confidence . " I have the honour to bo , gentlemen , " Your obedient servant , . ( Signed ) u John Russell . "
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Habch 3 , 1855 . ] THE LEADEE . 197
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MR . LAYARD AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . A numerous meeting of the electors of Aylesbury assembled on Wednesday in the County Hall of that borough , in consequence at Mr . Layard ' s publicly expressed desire to explain to his constituents his 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 . Layard expressed what had passed with respect to the proffers of office which had been made to him in the Russell Government . Lord 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 gentleman , 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 . I / astly , he was offered by Lord John Uussell 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 pffered _ him the TJnder-Secretaryship of War ; and , as ~ he did not wish to seem afraid of incurring the responsibilities of office , he accepted the offer'upon certain conditions ; but , on the following day , Lord Palmerston told him he 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 byJ ; he _ S . altan _ eyenjfl _ ambassadorB _ at foreign courts ; though it is not to bje "denied that they still have grievances to complain of . 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 ca&us belli , placing the negotiations in the hands of Austria , and in telling the Emperor of Russia that we did not mean to make the war a territorial one . The placing the troops in the 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 Bending 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 he 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 the little interests of little men . ( He 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" Tnat this meeting entirely approves tho course adopted by Mr . Layard , and fully agrees with him m tho necessity of a radical change in tho system of army promotion . "
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2080/page/5/
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