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      of ^ Guards ; all volunteers and recruits who have joined tfc& Household ' infantry-siitee- titte- 1 st of'January h&ve been supplied ; with it * : and * , being , tall . meny tbe tonic becomes them much . better * and- must be < m&re comr fortable and easy , than the padded and buttonedrup regimental coat . Reab-tAdmiral Down , who lately died , aged- 77 , at IIfifecombe , served as midshipman of the Barfleur in Howe ' s action , and was wounded-when mate of the Excellent off Cape St . Vincent He was . lieutenant of tbe Vincejo at the capture of the GuUlaume Tell , and also secvad at the surrender of Malta , in 1800 .

      Income and Expenditure . —A Parliamentary paper states the income for the year ended January 5 at 56 , 737 , 132 ? . 18 s . 3 d ., and the expenditure at 59 , 946 , 192 ^ . 2 S . 8 d . ; excess of expenditure over income , 3 , 209 , 0597 . 4 b . 5 d . Irish Demonstration . —An attempt was made a fewdays since to shoot Mr . Henry Bevan Slator , while standing at his own hall ddor , at Ballyrnahon ,. in the county of "Westmeath . Mr . Slator was the purchaser of some property of late in the Encumbered Estates Court , and found it necessary to eject some of the tenantry . The farm buildings of Mr . Murphy , of Grange , near Loughrea , were burnt down' last week , and eight fat cows , three horses , two packs of wool * , and other farm produce consumed . The fir / e was the work of . an incen-r diary * The Baltic Fleet . —All the Baltic-ships now under repair are ordered to be ready for service by the end of February . They are to assemble in the Downs the first week in March , and it is expected that the Emperor and Empress of the French will inspect them " on their way to England . Adsiiraltt Despatch . —A correspondent of the Daily News complains that six months , have elapsed without him having been able to obtain the effects of his son , who died on board the victory at Portsmouth , in August last .

      A Theatrical Veteran . —The popular actor , Mr . '' . " Smith , of the Adelphi Theatre , died on Thursday evening , having been suffering from illness for some weeks . Mr . Smith had been for , we believe , nearly fifty years upon the stage , and though in hia appearances before the public he was generally associated with some of the most wicked deeds of melodrama , we believe that in private life he was deservedly respected by those who knew him . _ . ' ¦ — ¦ _ - ¦ - ¦

      , Death from Cold . —We regret to learn by a letter from the Crimea , that Brevet Major Macdonald , of the 89 th , was frozen to death in the trenches on the night of the 16 th . Another officer , who fell into a deep snow drift , most narrowly escaped the same fate . Naval Expenditure . —A Parliamentary document has been printed on naval expenditure in the year 1854 . From the Government balance-sheet it appears that in the year ended the 5 th January last the expenses on account of the navy amounted to 12 , 182 , 169 / . 5 s . lOd . Finsbury . —At a public meeting of the inhabitants , the conduct of Russia and the conduct of the war were properly denounced ^ MinisFefiar ~ respbnsibility , abolition of secrecy in diplomacy , and curtailment of aristocratic influence were demanded . The meeting declared that the establishment of peace on the basis of the four points will prove the war to have been a delusion and a fraud

      Lord Cardigan . —The members of the United Service Club intend to invite the noble lord to become an honorary member , in consequence of his distinguished gallantry at Balaklava on the 25 th of October last . It ia said that his lordship will be the new Inspector General of Cavalry . A Camp at Aldershot . —The Board of Ordnance has just " invited tenders to bo sent in for the construction of wooden barracks at Aldershot-hoath , in Hampshire , for the accommodation of 20 , 000 men , with the proportion of officers , stores , &c , the whole to bo completed by the 15 th of March next .

      The Forty-Second Rkgimext . —The men of this regiment here have formed a sort of camp on the SlicrifTmuir , to which they march almost every day , nnd Where they are exercised in nil the manoeuvres of war , in order to inure them to service in the East , n great number of them boing young recruits . —Stirling Journal . Death of a Waterloo Hero . —We have to announce the death of General John Millet Hamcrton , colonel of tho 44 th Regiment . Tho General was a soldier from his youth , having' entered tho army at tho early ago of fifteen , nnd distinguished himself in various engagements in Egypt , tho West Indies , and during the Peninsular war . At Waterloo he bravely led on tho second , battalion of tho 44 th , in which gallant regiment ho had graduated to the rank of lieutenant-colonel , nnd waa left for dead on tho field , having received several severe wounds in the head and thigh .

      Fibk- ( jhip 8 for Sbdastopol . —Rcar-Admiral Ryder Burton has suggested a plan for destroying the Ruwjian fleet in Sebaatopol . Somo oldr ships and twenty men would bo wanted . It would evidently bo very dangerous i service , but'Admiral Burton would lead tho vnn , and aocs no difficulty . in the -way of' procuring twenty men to jfao « oven certain death .

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      THE METCSTERjAJi CRISIS ,. In the lobb y and the purlieus of ^ he fibttse of Commons , yesterday evening ,, the *© , was , C 0 pfu # io » worse confounded . The Queen having , -resorted tcr the Marquis of Lansdowne in the > difficulties ia . which she is placed , that was generally- supposed ; - ; to * augur a ataong , effort at , " reconstruction .. " TJbft-flttfeseftueat visits of the Marquis to the diflfepe * i * --seetk »« -t ) fH ; he late Cabinet were supposed to , indipate ^ tba ^ he toad undertaken the onerous , task , of peacemaker , , and that he had some hope , of reuniting the scattered elements of the late Government , the Duke of Newcastle . and Lord Aberdeen having been made the " scapegoats . " It , was clearly understood that no one had been , " sent for" with the precise object of forming , a . Ministry * It waa conjectured that the visits of the Marquis , of ; Lansdowne , first to the Peelites , and then to Lord John Russell , and lastly to Lord Palmerston , were final efforts to reconcile the contending interests of th e late Ministry , and' an endeavour ; to carry out the advice of Lord Aberdeen and Lord Derby , that under any circumstances " a strong Government should be formed . " The general opinion , however , was that most of his late colleagues would decline to serve again with Lord John Russell * At the same time it is also understood that h ' e does

      not stand quite alone , and { that remonstrances on the conduct of the war have been addressed to the late head of the Government and other members of the Cabinet . " The name of Sir William Molesworth has been freely mentioned , as one of those , who did not Hesitate to express a very decided opinion on that subject ; Among other-things it has been stated that Lord Joha Russell has said that , ; in the event of a Government being formed under the leadership of Lord Palmerston , it will meet with , his , ; support .. A $ both Houses of Parliament have not adjourned to any later day than Monday next , it is . expected that some decisive announcement with respect to the Ministry will . be made on ; thatday .

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      THE WAR . The subjoined despatch was received last evening from Lord Raglan : — ' . ¦ ~ " Before Sebastopol , January 15 , 1855 . " My Lord Duke , —The fall of snow has been very great for the last three days , and it is now fully a foot deep , which , I am assured , isa very unusual occurrence in this part of the Crimea . " This circumstance adds materially to our difficulties in obtaining fuel ; but detachments of Turks are posted near the coast to bring up wood , which has been cut by partie 9 ~ 6 f our own in the-neighbourhood-of the monastery of St , George , to the nearest divisions . " I am happy to say that the number of wounded in the sortie of the Russians , on the night of the 12 th instant , was only six instead of thirty-six , as I erroneously stated to your Grace in my despatch of the 13 th , and that it was altogether a less serious affair than waa at first reported . " I enclose a return of casualties between the 12 th and 14 th inclusive . " Last night the enemy attacked tho French advanced trench in considerable force , but were repulsed after a sharp contest and some loss on both sides . —I have , &c . " Raglan . " His Grace tho Duke of Newcastle . " &c . &c . &c . "

      The Monitcur contains a despatch from Admira Bruat , dated Knmiesli , Jan . 23 , which states that i blockade had been notified by commanders in th < French Fleet , at Odessa , Caffa > Kertch , Anapn , anc Soujuk-Kale . Tho fortifications of nil these places were . being strengthened . The Russians in Sebastopol were throwing up an embankment to conned the detached bastion with tho other works . For the two previous days a brisk fire had been kept up from the tower called Miilakoff , on the English batteries On the 22 nd the Russians made a sortie , ami were repulsed , after a very brisk flro had been kept up for two days against tho English batteries . General Niel had arrived nt Constantinople . WO 4 > : 1 Tho Turkish Minister at Vienna 1 ms received powers to join tho conferences for peace . ... ;„„ Lame masses of - Buwions are again concentrating at S A passage of the Danube is apprehended . Sad *? Pacha Eas . / arched to that point , with a fltrong d S ^ lSraro sending con i < le * ab !« r * inf <* ce menta to the Crimea . Two grenadier-dxvwionB , 1 5 J 0 riflemen , and fifteen reserved battalions occupy Perekop Another corps , under General Bead , occupiea the second lino of ; Boasawibia ..

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      Leader * Office , Saturday , February 3 . Last night * about half-past four o'clock , Sit De Lacy Evans received thft thapka of the , -House in > person ; Not only the , House , itself , but , the . g $ Ueries were , well filled ^ Colonel Freestnn and Sir J . Shelley introduced , the , ' galr lant - general- in "full uniform to the House , and the members fton * both / sides rose , and--Xoudly cheered him as hertook-his . place ; belowv the gangway , next to-Mr Layard .. The Speaker- having called him by name , Sir De Lacy Evans arose , ; and the . Speaker then addressed him thus : —

      " General Sir De Lacy Evans , I have to inform you that on the .. 15 th . of December last the House agreed nomine contradicente to the following ¦ motion : — ' That the thanks of this House be . given to Lieut ^ -General Sir De Lacy Evans , Knight-Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath , for his zeal , intrepidity , and distinguished exertions in the several actions in which her Majesty ' s forceshave beetL'engaiged with the enemy . '" The Speaker then went over- the , incidents of the recent services of Sir De . Laoy , and reiterated the thanks of the House . Sir De Lacy Evans deeply appreciated the high honour conferred on ? him . There is no honour of which

      a British subject is more proud , than the recognition of his services by the Commons . It is almost a novelty to me to be received in this manner for my military services , for I certainly do think that I was just as good an officer some twenty years ago-as I am now . ( " Hear , hear" and a laugh . ') I believe I had a more difficult and intricate duty to perform on that occasion , and that I performed it—however imperfectly ^ -at any rate with equal success to the less important duty which I recently endeavoured to perform . I am very much more grateful to you , sir , for the reference you . have made to the Second Division , which-1 had the honour to command . I should not have the remotest chance of obtaining the kind and honourable reception I have this day received at the hands *

      of the house , were it not for the noble and gallant devotion of that division , from the officers under me down to the humblest soldier-- in- the- ranks . ( C / ieersJ ) I must confess I am under the necessity of saying that when the vote of thanks which I am here to receive was moved by the noble lord who then represented the Government in this House , when-1 read hia official speech , I was much astonishesd , because , it appeared to me that he took a totally different ^ view . of . the . operations of the army , or at all events , of that" division which-I had the honour to command , frorn ^ that which the facts could warrant . I am sorry to be obliged to allude to this ; but when half of that division perished in battle , or whilst engaged unons * ome other service , I feel that I should

      be wanting in gratitude to them if I did not endeavour to place , though it may be displeasing to some individuals , that matter in a more just light . Sir , the noble lord gave a sort of tactical description of the battle of Alma which reminded me of the opinion expressed by a late , witty divine , that the noble lord thought himself capable of taking the command of the Channel Fleet . It is evident that-the-noble lord thought himselfa better judge of the transactions that took place than Lord Raglan , for he stated , in effect , that the two divisions which won the battle exclusively were the First Division and the Light Division ; whereas Lord Raglan represents in his despatch that the two leading divisions were the First and Second . The noble lord went on to speak of -what he called

      the two lesser actions of the 25 th and 26 th of October , Ho gave all'due credit and honour to the gallantry of thoso men who were engaged in the action of the 25 th . but he passsd over the action of the subsequent" day . That action , however , was deemed by her Majesty worthy of high approbation . It was , deemed worthy of approbation by the Commander-in-Chief of tho army , and by the Commauder-in-Chiof of the French army , as appears from the despatch which he wrote homo to his Government . But tho noble lord , in his speech , took no notice of that action . With regnrd to the battle of

      Inkermnn , in which tho Second Division was iirat engaged ,, na it waa in each of tho other engagements , not tho slightest allusion was made to that division , though for ono entire hour it boro the brunt of tho attack of twenty thousand Russians . ( Cheers . ") I have to beg pardon for this unpleasant reference to tho matter- ; but I feel that I have some claim to your indulgence ,. and I have not made it on my oVvn account . ( ChoeraJ ) Again , I lmvo only to say for myself that I feel most deeply grateful for tho kind expression of your thanks . ( Cheers . ")

      Lord Pakmkrbton then congratulated Sir De Lacy Evans , and also future heroes who might share tho eloquent thanks of the Speaker . Ho moved that the proceedings bo printed with tho votes , Tho motionwns socorided by Mr . " WAt , roi'E , and carried . Lord P-almkrbton : My hon . and gallant friond , in tho course of hia speech < adverted-to topicaof a nature * not iinmedjately connected with tho vote of thanks , and therefore the motion I have to make ia , that what youi lmvo said , sir , and so much , of the reply of my hon . nnd , gallant friend ao relates thereto ,, be inoortod in thoi minutes . * . ¦ Tug motion , was then agreed to .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 3, 1855, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2076/page/11/