SZARIYS (} .-\7.l1l'l"l'l=‘.., FEBRUARY

23.

LATE FROM THE CR|MEA.

(From the Correspondent qf the Tirnca)

Curr aiizrons SEBASTOPOL, Jan. I8.-—-Now that military operations are abandoned, and. indeed, _rendei-ed nearly im- possible by the weather and the state of the i_ri-ouiid, there is no more interesting subject of coiisitlei-atioii than the condi- tion of the troops thus condemned to it brit-t" inaction. My own observntioii and the evideiit:e ot'iiuntei-otis ofliccrs, both medical and noii-iiicdical enable me to say, without liesitati- on. that there never was an ariiiy in the field in winter so well clothed, foil, and lodged. and so liealthy as the Britisli ttI'llly now in the (‘i-iuivzi. i)t.~‘t‘IISC, in.-tend ofiiicreasing as the season iidvtini-t-.<. ttpji(‘:tt‘H to diminish, and l lia\'e it on e.\'ct-llcnt autlioiity that. if we deduct wounded men, the eti- tire niiinhi-r of sick in the ui-iiiy, including the English por- tion ol'tlie Lind 'l'i'aiispoi't, does not exceed 5 per ccnt., while, if you take the uriny without the Land 'l‘r.iii.-‘port, which has iii-in-. than its pt'opot'tion of illiics.-', it will be little inure than ‘i pt-i Ct‘lll This, it tnust he aduiitted is it highly sati.-tlict-..iy state ofiliings, and will appeariiliiiost miraculous tn pursuits who lItt\'(' been at-ciistoiiietl to iittiiliute to the “ pt‘-'tilciiti:il" (‘rim-i-aiii Cll|ltitl(‘- a very undue proportion of the tli.-tea.-‘e uliicli at-use chiefly froin exposure, want Sltill(‘i(.'l]l for! nail i:lotl.iiig, and neglect of proper satiitnr precatitioiis. The liict is, that we hzivc at last leaiut to pro- lit by our de: rly-bouglit ('.\pCllCtlC(.‘, and it is to he hoped advaut.-igo will be taken of it to found a system which shall preclude the possibility in future ctiinpiiigiis, either here or elsowlicre, of ii recurrence of such siiffei-iiigs and grievous lose til" life as were last winter encountered. The cheapest, wis-‘s3, ‘and most huiiiane plan unquestionably is to spend plenty of ltl0ttPy on the soldier, to supply him abundantly, keep him wiiriii. and feed him \\ ell—ol'cunrse without pain- Aperiiig him or iicciistoiiiiiig hint to lu.\'ui'ics. The Britisli soltlit-r is too Vtlltlttill-.3 an aiticlc, and too dillicult to ieplaco, to ht: ll(','_',’lL'(.'lt'tl or allowed to pt‘I‘l>lt for want of due provisi- on for lth li -altli ‘itltl e.,pil'oi‘t. \\'h it would we not give to grit tt..t:'t tlios-* l/tllii2llOllS oi" \\'t‘ll-il'£'iit'lt‘(l veterans \\ ho pe- l‘lil|t‘tl in the ni:id and iiiist-r_v oflast wiittei-P are .'tH.' i’! he rt-pliicetl for years, and rt-cruits, linwever stout oflieiit and .'tt'tll. criiinot till the void left by men who have been ling t.-mi:-r the ('tiltt‘lIS. \‘/at", liowevt-r, lltﬂi\'t‘S soldi- er: «,- 7l‘t'lil_\'. aiiil, ltlIitt'Uj_‘,ll it little iiiore age would bl,‘ d(_‘_3i- rihlv in in.iii_v ul t"ii- in :u out htric, \\t‘. lnivt-. not llItE(‘ll reu-

szui ti l.-’- vli-a.-2 iti:—ii- Ll \\ ith the C -iiip~,.-3tioii oft-ii; tirziiy in the ll.i—»‘. t‘.'lit;1i~\-‘i' :..t_v I-IL4‘. il1;‘ll~3, ttlil‘ .-‘t---s st:---rig, ltt‘i‘tl'l\', l't!tt(l-' lil‘ll4.)'.\'~‘, tliclr t:'t\‘i-itsgltv-tiiig '-'-'ill| ll("tllll, their .-‘ti-p .-‘pri l",\' an-l ttrlli". tliv-ir no It‘-tI'llilf‘I ta-i ti'::.<l:rIg 2-lt‘ikiii;;l_v

with the sickly eiiiaciateil ttspcct of s.i.iie -»t' the l*‘i-t-itch, slit.-.\‘i::;_5 l)('ll('i' l\'(‘(':i, and alsu, l incline t.» iilillli, the 5Il[)L‘i‘l- or .~i..iiin~..i n:'uiii- p.-n::l.ition. \\'ttli':nt beiii-_- by any iiieiins --l \'-tIl‘l(t'(l, the tIIf‘ll li.-tie (,‘ltill|_|_‘ll to do to km-p thein llt‘1tl- t7.i_v. :1‘--l occti;-y tinit-. which iuitiiy ..-l' liit’ltl i:ii;,ht otlitrrnisc l)|'<'i.':ti)l_V ltll.-‘\',.t‘lltl. .-\ntl they do 'iltt'lt‘ wt-ik i\'illiii;;ly and with out f_gl'll2l|iilll|I. 'l'lit-re is iio ;_'t‘4ill.i‘I' iiii.-lake than to inake ineie |)Ttl':itl(‘ .-:.»liliei's-—t«i eoiitli-iiiu ilN'Itl to i(.llCllt‘rS except when in action or at a‘di'ill. lt is tie way to I'o.~'trr bad habits and eiicotirage driinltenness. As regards this latter vice, be it said an passimif, I note a very great differ- ence ltPiW(.‘Pll this time and three months ago. A drunken man on the road is comparatively a rarity, and the discipline ofthe array has manifestly gained largt-ly'by the amcndinent. The llt!‘tl iii-e more orderly mid steady in their deiiiuiinoiir, more attentive in saliitiiig their (>m(Z(‘l'S, in which respect they were so lax last autumn that severe orders were given to enforce a usage highly necessary to the maintenance of dis- cipline; and generally they appear to have a more soldierly bearing and increased self-respect. Although their is still a good deal of work doing in the way of road making and mending, bringing up litits from Balalilava, conveyance of rations &c., time is found for military exercise, and, when the we ther permits, one sees a very fair amount of drill and parade going on. There are also riﬂe practice, milita- ry promenados, and sham ﬁghts. The Light division is particularly active.

The sick and wounded sent away from the Crimea have lately averaged about 200 a-week, but just now a large shipment is taking place. The Great Tasmania sailing ship, the accommodation of which for invalids is of the very best description, is about to proceed to Eng- land, with, it is said, about 400 men, disabled from various causes, permanently or for a while. Most of the men who go by her are wounded cases. It is pos- sible she will take more than 400; but up to this time the numbers are not exactly known. For the last three da s the camp hospitals have been seudin down in-' valids, some in carts, some on mules- It wi lbe gratify-

‘ ing to the friend of those brave snffeibrs to know that

nothing can exceed the care and kindness with which they are conveyed from camp to Scutari, Renkioi. or‘ England, as their destinaton may be. I believe the great Tasmania goes straight to England. She will be towed down to the Bosphoriis by a steamer.

I would gladly. tell you something of the santary state of the French, but it is difficult to ascertain anything on that head. Our gallant allies are very reserved ii on the subject, and one is reduced to conjectures found on what one can see with one’s own eyes. I ‘greatly fear that they are neither so well off nor so healthy as our

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army, which I believe to be as healthy at this moment as any agricultural popiilation in the United Kingdom, Making allowance for the ditl'erence of race and aspect, and for the naturally S'.tllt)\\' coiiiplexioii and spare frame of the natives of some at the French provinces, I cannot say that .\l:ir.~hal l’cli-..v.t-i".~ st)lLllt‘l'S have geiierally the appearaiice of li(‘lll!_.{ as well fed and cared for as our men. Certainly they have not that robust look of rude health which our fellows prtscnt. ’l'hoy may, llt‘i\V(‘l'(‘l‘, be in good working conditioii. lint l fear their hospitals are fuller than they oiitzlit to be, and I am assured by persons who are more iii the way of seeiitg l*‘rcncli func- rals than l tun, these are wry l)ltt'ttt'l'()1tb. 'l‘licrc liave been reports in our camp that the l-‘rencli were iiiideifcd —--that they were uctiially on half rations—biit the in- quirics l have inrtde iiidticosiiie to discredit this. l have little doubt, that they get the hill ratioiistliey are entitled to by the regulzitioiis oftlieir sei'vico,, but wlietlicr that be sutlicieiit to support them well in this climate, under

anotlicr question. As to the .\‘ai'diniaiis they look :1 little tliiu, and ])lllCll(‘tl (the t‘riu~.t~aii (‘old and wet must be

of trying to Italy's cliilt‘.rt-ii), but as sniart and soldierly as

ever; their ll(".tllll is tolt-rably good, and their sick are well taken care oil :~'ciir\'y has :tppt~:iretl among them, btit as yet not to any great t‘.‘(l('ltl. lt is attributable to the waiitofa due propoitioii of vogt-talile dict. also to hard work and exposiirt.-.

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'[‘Hl~l Ql'lili.\"S i5i).l‘4i14l ‘ll. Jly Lords emf Grnllniicn ; -

:~'ince the close of tho last Session of l’ai'liainciit, the urins of the Allies have acliieved it signal and important success. Ebbastopol, the !_1l't‘Z).I strongliold of l{iissia'in the Black Sea, has yiehlvil to lllt! porseveriiig constancy and to the daring lir;i\'ci'y of the allied ftiiros.

The naval and inilitary pi‘t‘p;iiutioiis for the ensuiiig year have iiecess-:ii'ily occupied my serious {lilt‘ltllOllL but while (lt‘l(‘l'tltlllL‘tl. to omit no effort, which could give vigor to the operations of the war, 1 have d(.‘Cl1lt‘tl it my ditty. not to decline any overtures which might ran sona- bly atlbrd ii jit‘0Sj.('Ci ofa safe and honorable pczicc.

Acccortliiigly, wlieii the Emperor of Austria lately oll'ei‘o.-tl to uiy.~elt'and to my aiieust ally, the .l‘im['H"l‘0t‘ of the l"i't-i rii. to employ his good Pill-t'l‘.\ witli the l'lnipc- rorof l{ii.~si:i, with :1 view i()tlt(l('1‘t\'ti;‘ to l»riti;.f uliottt an aiiiicahle atl_",ii.xtuit-iit of the !ll2lllt'l‘:~' at lrtsllt‘, ll‘.‘l\\'(‘Cll the contending powers, l 1'()llSUllltLl, in ('t'llCt'l‘i: with my allies, to ll(‘(‘.t'j)l. the oil;-r thus lll1ttlt‘2 and l ll-'.l.\'(‘ the sa- tisfttction to inforin you that certain t't)ll(itllt)l:L~‘ liavt: been agrt-eil upon wliicli. I hope. may provc the fotiiidation ot a general treaty of peace.

Negot-iatiozis for such a treaty will shortly be Ujit‘ll(‘(l at l’t'.t‘i.<.

lti conducting tlirse iiegociatioi'is. 1 shall be careful not tolosc sight of the objects for wliieli the war was uti- dertakeii, and Ishall deem it right in no degree to relax my naval and military prepaiatioiis until asatisfactory treaty of peace shall have been concluded. ~ Although the war in which I am engaged was brought on by events in the south of l‘illl'0pC, my attoiitioti has not been withdrawn front the state of thingsin the north, and in conjunction with the l‘il'l‘tpt3l'0I‘ of the Freuch,l have concluded with the King ofﬁwcdeii and Norway a treaty containing defensive engagements applicable to his doniiiiioiis, and tending to the preservation of the balance of power in that part of Europe.

I have also concluded a treaty of friendship, coni- merce, and navigation with the republic of Chili. I have given directions that these treaties shall be laid before

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ou. . The estimates for the ensuing car will be laid before you. You will ﬁnd them framed in such a manner as to provide for the exigencies of war, if peace should un- fortunately not be concluded. .

It is gratfyin to me to observe that, notwithstanding the pressure 0 the war, and the burdens and sacriﬁces which it has unavoidably imposed upon my people, the resources of my em ire remain unimpaired.

I rely, with con deuce, on the manly spirit and eti- lightened patriotism of my loyal subjects for a continu- ance of that support which they have so nobly afforded me, and they may be assured that I shall not call upon them for exertions beyond what ma be required by a due re ard for the great interests, the honor, and the ig- nity of; the empire. ' ‘ .

There are many subjects connected with internal im- provement, which I recommend to yourattenttve consi- tderation.

The differeiice which exists in several im iortant par- ticulars between the commercial laws of otland and those of the other parts of the United Kingdom, has oo- casioiied inconvenience to a larger portion of my subjects engaged in trade. Measures will be proposed to you for remedying this cvil.. . - . 5 , Measures will also be proposed to you for ,i,i_nprovlng the laws relating t partiiersliip, by sim lifying those laws mid thus ren ering more edsy”the‘ei’\ﬁi dymetft of

capital in commerce.

canvass, and when doing a good deal of hard work, is

The weather has been very variable since I last wrote. We have had frost, snow, thaw, rain, two ﬁne sunny days, and a little wind. There wag mow last night ; to-day the ground was soft and heavy ; to-night it freezes. Doyne’s road stand; the tggt of this changeable and trying weather very fairly in- deed. The trafiic on it is enormous, and it requires some care to get along it without accident. It is crowded with all sorts of men mid aniinals ; cattle, carts, strings of mules, ii French wagon train, Eng- lisli transport, the convenient well-made vehicles of the Sardinians, cluiiisy Turks contendin-..' with yokes of buffaloes, Frencli soldiers upon mules, which they alternately tenderly caress and furiously revile British soldiers bearing big boards, canteeiiiiien, and all kinds of nondeseript with carts and beasts of _bu.rden,. and English infantry otlicers on every con. ccivable size of pony, cutting in and out of the throng at inuninent peril, as it seems, to themselves land their steeds——sui:h is the composition of the con- ,coursc that, every day, and all day, flows along the ,Doyne liiglitvay. The order is, that every‘ one ysltould keep to his-riglit liaud, but this order is not ltilways strictly obeyed, and a little confusion sonic- times arises, particularly when two spring carts meet, with the additional complication of ti few hundred soldiers coming. by carrying huts piecerneal—soinc lof the pieces being so large that four men carry one lot‘ them, each taking a corner . Then there is apt to be some bother, and preliaps a little hard swear- ing. but the. men are good—liuiiiouretl enough, and a row or quarrel is seldom seen. Really, however, e.\'t:eptiiig Clieapside, and the Epsom-road oti Derby tloy,bcforc rdil-ways \verc,l hardly know a ride reqiiir. iiig more circiiinspection, if you wish to avoid tramp- liii_«_; on it felloiv-creature, or getting your oivn knees crushed, than the road from the camp to Balaklava. And when, in despair, one quits the road, cuts :1- cross the country, he gets into awful holes, such still' mud, alioiiiinubly ileepgrountl, tlitit, out ofcoiisiilcr- atioii for his horse, he seltloni repeats the experi- iiii,-iit. As for splaisliiiig, that is it matter of course. A lll?tlI turns out of his but after lircukfast, got up in the ltl'.‘:‘l uiic.\'ct-ptioiiablc style (for lllt! Crimea) -——lii.s bouts shiny, his spurs brilliant, his coat ivell bi-iislictl. tlic oilsltin of his cap it very mirror to’ the son. He has his horse brought quite close up to the door, that he iiiiiy not carry into the stirrup 'tl poiiiid and a-half of that adhesive mail. which hutc- ly ceases at his threshold. He returns. after his title to Blll71l\'ltl\’fl, Kaniicscli, Head—quarters, or else- where, with mud to his knees and splashes to his eyes. llis bpots are no longer boots, but pillars of clay, his servant groans at the sight of his coat, and he carries the weight of half a brick spread in de- tzicliments over his face, cap, and heard.

A deplorable iiccideiit occurred on Tuesday last, in front of the conimissariat of the Fourth Division. Lieutenant Messenger, of the 46th Regiment, had charge of the divisional roads as Assistant-Engineer, and was siiperintending the blasting of some rock, when he iinprudeiitly approached a fuse which, had been lighted, but which he believed, from the time that had elapsed, to have gone out. He was shak- ing some powder over it, when the mine exploded, killed him upon the spot and badly wounded a cor- poral who was with Iiim. The amiable disposition of the unfortunate ‘young man had rendered him a favourite with his comrades, and his funeral, which took place yesterday on Cathcart’s-hill, was attend- ed by the General. commanding the Fourth Division, by the two brigadiers, and by a very large number of officers. -

Jan t9.—The Russians ﬁred more than usual yes- terday, but I have not heard that they did any dam- age. The weather continues fair and slightly frosty.

swnnnms DISTR UST or Rvssu.

An article in 9. Stockholm 'ournal has some strong observations‘ on the crisis:-¢ ew in Sweden believe in the good faith or sincerity of Russiti —ttnd who knows Russia better than Sweden? "tve‘siticerely hope that Na oleon 11!. mo. not meet with the same rostlts rom Austrian ii iance ad Na‘ eon l. Sweden ho , that in any case she will ally herself still more osely with England, and she is persua- ded that while France seems to,'re§t sati,stie0tl with mere glory, England ought to wish for tho’ ,conti- niiance of the war.-i Hitherto it was thou" , t, that it was England that drew Franco.-along on her; ltmaybe seen before long, than Fraaeo,\rill be ‘obliged 'to‘follow England.‘ Sweden. willaot cease

tier war preparation until peace iuniidiii",. .

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