THE CRIIIEA. 
     
    

    
     Little has recently occurred to mark the 
     
     progress of events in the Crimea. With 
     
     the exception of the gallant exploit of Cap- 
     
     tain Osborne in destroying the Russian 
     
     stores at (iiheisk, which was performed on 
     
     the 13th of November, iiud the terrible ex- 
     
     plosion ofthe French magazine in the vici- 
     
     nity of Subustopol, which occuri-ed on the 
     
     l5th of the same month, nothing ol' the 
     
     slightest note has taken place to dislurl) the 
     
     serenity of the winter quarters into which 
     
     the Allied army seems now to be quietly 
     
     and comfortably settled down. 
     
    

    
     A correspondent at Bala Clava, in speak- 
     
     ing of Captain Osborn’s success, says—— 
     
     “ This news has afforded us the liiglicst 
     
     gratification. It seems that this gallant 
     
     ollicer has succeeded in destroying, at 
     
     Gheisk, fodder and grain of various kinds, 
     
     piled up in stacks for the distance of no less 
     
     than t-vo miles, and that the efforts ofthe 
     
     3,000 Russians stationed on the spot for 
     
     the protection of tlicso prodigious stores 
     
     were unavailing. The tire oftlio Vesuvius 
     
     and the giinbonts, and the precision of their 
     
     shell and shot practice, drove those grey- 
     
     coated gentry away in confusion and dis- 
     
     tnay, and they were unable to fire a shot 
     
     in defence of their magazines, which our 
     
     men burst before their eyes. Ollicers and 
     
     sailors are said to have displayed great 
     
     coolness and zeal in the affair which has 
     
     more importance, perhaps, in Russian eyes 
     
     than it will have in our own, hearing as it 
     
     does so materially on the position ofthe 
     
     enemy in the Crimea and their supplies 
     
     during the winter. The exploit is all the 
     
     more welcome, that it was quite unexpected, 
     
     as no one imagined our gunboats would 
     
     be able to remain in the Son ofAzofl'aftcr 
     
     the first week in November.” 
     
    

    
     The same graphic pen gives us It vivid 
     
     picture ofthe awful explosion ofthe French 
     
     magazine. “ I was riding from liead—quar- 
     
     tors, reading my letters, last Thursday when 
     
     the explosion took place, and had just 
     
     reached the hill, or elevated part of the 
     
     plateau, at the time, and happened to be 
     
     looking in the very direction of the park. 
     
     The phenomena were so startling, that they 
     
     took away onc’s breath. Neither pen nor 
     
     pencil could describe them. The rush of 
     
     tire, smoke, and iron attained a height I 
     
     dare not estimate in one great pillar, and 
     
     then seemed to shoot out like a tree, which 
     
     oversliadowed half the camp on the right, 
     
     and rained down missiles upon it. The 
     
     colour ofthe pillar was diirk grey, lluslicd 
     
     with red, but it was pitted all over with 
     
     white puffs of smoke, which marked the 
     
     explosion of the shells. It retained the 
     
     shape of a tir—tree for nearly a minute, and 
     
     then the sides began to swell out arid the 
     
     overliiingiiig canopy to expand and twist 
     
     about in prodigious wreaths of:-iiiiokv. which 
     
     flew out to the right and left iind let drop, 
     
     as it were front solution in its i-iiihraco, it 
     
     precipitate of shells, carcascs, and iron pi o- 
     
     jcctilrs. I clapped spurs to my ll(H‘:-At‘, and 
     
     rode oil‘ as fast as I could toward: lllv spot 
     
     as soon as tn_v cars had recovered the .-hock. 
     
     The noise was horrible: and, when lill' 
     
     aliells began to explode, the din ivas liki- 
     
     the op.-ui..:_r cm,»-.|i of one of the great can- 
     
    
   
   
    
     HASZAIUYS 
     
    
   
   
    
     army is this year comfortably housed and; 
     
     amply fed--that it is in the highest health‘ 
     
     and discipline—-and that it bids fair to be} 
     
     capable of any duty that may be demandedj 
     
     ol it on the hit return ofspring. The cor-i 
     
     respondent, from whom we have already: 
     
     quoted, in speaking of the present condi-' 
     
     tioii of the camp, further remarks:—" The 
     
     health of ‘our troops is excellent; the; 
     
     di-iiiiglits which arrive are rather younger 
     
     than is desirable, but they will get experi- 
     
     ence and vinstruction during the winter. 
     
     l‘licy are admirably clothed, and fed as no 
     
     army was ever fed before—-fresh meat, 
     
     bread, iind vegetables are issued to all. 
     
     Hcnceforth the men are to get fresh meat 
     
     only three times a week, and bread only 
     
     three times a week, instead ofevery day. 
     
     On the other (lays, they will receive pork or 
     
     salt beef, and excellent biscuit. In respect 
     
     of winter clothing, hutting, and feeding, 
     
     oui- men are iinincasurably better olfthan 
     
     our Allies, and it is not unusual to see the 
     
     latter eating in the English camp ofthe 
     
     excess ot our soldiers’ cooking kettles.” 
     
     This state of things, presenting so striking 
     
     a contrast to the condition of the English 
     
     camp at this time last year, ought at least 
     
     to be satisfactory to all who profess to feel 
     
     an interest in the welfare of our gallant 
     
     soldicry. , 
     
    

    
     The intelligent writer, from whose com- 
     
     munications (penned in the midst of the 
     
     scenes he describes) we have so largely 
     
     borrowed, does not think it probable that 
     
     Prince Gortschnkotf will succeed in extri- 
     
     cating himself from the critical position in 
     
     which he is now left. " The Russian Gene- 
     
     ral," says he, " must be a man of extraor- 
     
     dinary centidcnce if he thinks he can extri- 
     
     cate his army when the spring comes from 
     
     the grasp of an enemy which already clutch- 
     
     es the whole ofhis coast,iii established at two 
     
     points in his rear, and has four distinct 
     
     bases of operations, with sufiicient troops 
     
     to use them all, and to concentrate a prodi- 
     
     gious force on any point he pleiises. He 
     
     may err, and ifhe does, and the blot is hit, 
     
     the result will be fatal. The Russian in- 
     
     fantry, in spite of its stubborn endurance 
     
     and passive courage, is not equal to ‘either 
     
     I-‘rencli, Sardinian, English, or Turkish 
     
     _troops. Every day shows us, that it has no 
     
     chance even against the latter when they 
     
     are led and olliceretl by Englishmen or 
     
     brave and skiltul European soldiers. Their 
     
     cavalry, in equal numbers, will be ridden 
     
     down like grass whenever they stand against 
     
     English or Frciicli squadrons; and iiotwitli- 
     
     standiiig the excellence of their artillery, 
     
     compared with other arms oftheir service, 
     
     it cannot compete with ours for an instant 
     
     as regards rapidity of motion or precision of 
     
     tire. Prince Gortschakolf will be a grand 
     
     strategist opposed to very weak generals if 
     
     if he succeed.-i in saving his army. and 
     
    
   
   
    
     marching lll('lll .~'-catlii-less froin the Cri- 
     
     iiiezi.” 
     
    

    
     Tlic.-0 opinion-', foiiiidi-tl upon oliscrva-N 
     
     tions tiiado \\‘lllIlll .<i;_rht of the position: 
     
     which the Rn-'.-i:iii lit-iici':il now occiipics, 
     
     lIlU.~‘l he alloivi-d to hiivc CflnSl(l(!l‘tll)l'* 
     
     to be (:Itl'l't't‘l. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     'l'iii: l'}.ui'i:i:oi: .\'.\i-oi.::ox has prcsviitcd to thi- 
     
    
   
   
    
     noiiadi-s or b«iiiibarduiciit ofthe siege." 
     
     Apart from the ciilainitoiis incidi-nt, and 
     
     front the daring and siici.-.c.-'sl'iil exploits of, 
     
     Captain Osborn, the uttitiiuo oftliv .\l|it-si 
     
     in the (Triini-a has liccoiiio oin- ofconi lwtn‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     inactivity. The wcatlit-r. we are told, l'1Illli-2 
     
     nuca to ho rcniarkably line, and l'.ivoiiralilu: 
     
     in the highest (l(‘gl't‘t‘ for any kind ofopi-r-' 
     
     ations that might be tiiiuli-rtakcii in the field; . 
     
     but ||.'-lltillff i- :itt«-iiiptvil-—iint|iing thought 
     
    

    
     oi’--thr troop.- ill?‘ llllllt'<l, zind this (il'lllN'tlll- 
     
     cainpaign of lr~'.'i.'i at no l'llIl. \\"lii»tlioi- our 
     
    

    
     }iciici'als liavo llt‘l. loll offii little too .-coon . 
     
     may the open to cavil. The Tiiiituv is vi'ryl 
     
     ,mg,.y upon the point, and rails at all the 
     
    

    
     Coinmaiidors in “ good set tcrins;" lint onri 
     
    
   
   
    
     cuntctnporury is not always ,|||=‘l |",,l'_'5 C9'|',‘ipi«-iit‘._\-, lIvtI'|l in it olo.~i.i upon 40 years. I'm: , M“ ,,,,.,.g 
     
    
   
   
    
     sure; and iii tlicpri-st-nt izistanct-, it is to; 
     
     be borne in inind that the Allied lieticrals, g 
     
     in preparing for the wiiiti-r ofthis year, had; 
     
     only the experience oflai.-at your to ;:ltltl(!' 
     
     them . \\/inter overtook them in the lirst. 
     
     week of November in l.\‘.'il. If it has not i 
     
     done so in I855, the fact is only to he attri- 
     
     buted to one of lllU:lt' variations ofthe sea- 
     
     son against wliich it is impossible for any 
     
    
   
   
    
     human foresight to provide with exact ac- 
     
    
   
   
    
     curacy. 1 
     
     Let us congratulate ourselves that tlie= 
     
    
   
   
    
     l'i'iiit-ass llo_\‘:tl of l'In;:land the fan ()llt"‘ hi-long-_ 
     
     in; to .\l:ii~i.: .‘.iitoiiii-ttt,-, and to the l'rint-o til" 
     
     \\'.il«.~-4 a siiiall watt-,li. of wliioli the case i.- 
     
     t‘<)lIt]iu.\'t§tl ofzi i-:inj_v_lo i'lll'_\' split in l-all‘. 
     
    

    
     'l'ii.'-: l'ol.:)_\‘l£l.I‘\' til‘ viii: l'i‘l:|lT!l lli'.~\.ti:s —-'l'h l 
     
     l'ill'l oi" liur in has l)l“‘l| "-2: tr.-ll to tho lfoloii-_-l-‘ 
     
     i-y of tin‘ ?3“i lio_'.’:il lri-i lil‘;ill lli'.i_'_'_«i.iti:: or 
     
     llii.~sui'.-‘. \.ii-.21.: by the 1'-‘:"'lll ll ~.~.-i—= ‘ -if i-sv.t.f 
     
     tirn. Sir John llrowii. Till) t'olo.i-.".v_\' (ilN'lll("l 
     
     t.‘|ll‘L‘) i-. v.'o;‘tha'~o=i‘. '.‘l.l|~ll psi‘ :ll|llill't. llo ol 
     
     coin‘.-‘ ' V (i ‘.|.'i.|l .ilii.:'i'. r .i,ii it --.iv..iit.t“.-l 
     
     tli-- ri'_;i'-ii-or. tl..it duty li4\'I!l\lll;;' u,oii thee 
     
     l.ii~iit. 4.’-ii -Bl; " : |t.i.i<'t'i'. xii 
     
     oiitcriii-3 upon this in-0»-i;-is oi’ the r-'.:iiiii-iit, ihei 
     
     llI.)lIl:! lord uiil li..v~.- to giio up his pay as (id-i 
     
    

    
     oral olliv--r, \i'.'.., Li Tm pi-r dii-iii. llllrd l.n- 
     
     caii, now in his .'it'>th yo-.r, t‘l|lL.‘l'l‘tl the .‘il,'l'\'lt‘."‘ 
     
     when illltllll. lli ya,-:i.ri~a of age. He has, t-on.~i:--; 
     
    
   
   
    
     '. V‘ ‘l.. ' i 
     
    
   
   
    
     . III‘ I':"i‘.:'..lil i..‘_ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Earl of (‘:irdig:in, his brother-in-l-.iw, is thin-o 
     
     _tc;irs lis senior in point of ago, but lllurc‘ 
     
     ltlltul. doiible that period liisjunior, in regard to‘ 
     
     t!t)l‘Vlv‘t'. 
     
     l’t)l.;\.\'l). , 
     
     lly into-lligcnce rcct-ivoil front I'IHllllI|ll':f, 
     
     dated the 5th, we are iiifoi-iiicd, that, I-_i 
     
     iinpcrial coiniiiand, a grand rcvii-w hurl 
     
     been held at \Varsaw, to celebrate the an 
     
     niversary ofthe victory of Russia over the 
     
     Polish revolution. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .:it an end? 
     
    
   
   
    
     tspiiit ol the Ti-cnt_V of the ‘Ill of 
     
    
   
   
    
     GA Z l‘I'l"l‘E, DECEMBER 22. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (From lVilmer's European Times). 
     
    

    
     Most ofthe papers during the week have 
     
     been discussing the question whether we 
     
     shall have peace before another campaign. 
     
     All the accounts seem to warrant the con- 
     
     clulion, that terms have been proposed, but 
     
     the acceptance of these terms by Russia 
     
     depends upon circumstances into which the 
     
     chapter ofaccidents must necessarily enter 
     
     largely. A recent telegraph despatch from 
     
     Berlin states, that Prince Got-tschakoff as- 
     
     sured Count Buul, that Russia was willing 
     
     to coiicode largely on the Four Points; and 
     
     the French Minister at Vienna is declared 
     
     to have informed the Austrian Minister, that 
     
     the arrangements concluded by General 
     
     Canrobert are equally satisfactory to Swe- 
     
     den and the Western Powers. There ap- 
     
     pears now to be no doubt, that Sweden has 
     
     entered into some formal compact with 
     
     England and France, and such being the 
     
     case, it will readily be conceived that Rus- 
     
     sia is willing to “concede largely " on the 
     
     Four Points. This treaty between Sweden 
     
     and the Allies is the most important com- 
     
     pact which has been entered into since the 
     
     commencement of the war. It cannot fail 
     
     to produce intense uneasiness at St. Peters- 
     
     burg, and in the same degree to strengthen 
     
     the probabilities of peace. A London 
     
     Morning paper, of rather apocryphal autho- 
     
     rity, which aometimea puts forth startling 
     
     statements on slender grounds, gives this 
     
     version of the terms which Austria is said 
     
     to he pressing on the attention ofthe Czar: 
     
     —‘,‘ That the Dardanelles should be closed 
     
     to the ships of war of any Power; that the 
     
     Black Sea should be declared open to the 
     
     commerce and navigation of all nations; 
     
     that the south angle of Bessarabia which 
     
     commands the navigation of the Danube 
     
     should be incorporated with Moldavia, tliiis 
     
     rendering the river free from Russian con- 
     
     troul; and that the Crimea should remain 
     
     in possession of Russia without any naval 
     
     establishments.” 
     
    

    
     Meantime, we learn that a Grand Coun- 
     
     cil of War is about to be held at St. Peters- 
     
     hurg, at which all the Archdultea, with so- 
     
     veral Generals and Admira|s,—al|, indeed, 
     
     except those employed in the South,--are 
     
     summoned to attend. The advices from the 
     
     Russian Capital, while they speak of the 
     
     misery and poverty caused by the war, and 
     
     oftiic dissatisfaction which it is producing, 
     
     mention at the same time the resolve ofthe 
     
     Czar to prosecute it with vigoiii-, and to 
     
     listen to no overtures for peace. 
     
    

    
     The leading journal of yesterday touches 
     
     upon the peace propositions, but not in a 
     
     tone which will induce people to think that 
     
     there is much in them. “ VVliat is it, 
     
     then, " says our great contemporary, .‘ 
     
     “ which has sent up our funds, and lc to‘ 
     
     the general belief that all our troubles arei 
     
     Simply this—that now, as in 
     
     the month of llecctnlier last year, we tlI‘t'f 
     
     favoretl with the other of the good sci-vicrst 
     
     of .\ustri.'i. This is but a siiiiily fonniliitioiii 
     
     on which to rest sut-li towring hopes, and. 
     
    
   
   
    
     it may also cover a rock. 
     
     last have l‘lS(‘l| soinowliat nearer to the lc-~ 
     
     \'t'l oflior duties and her pl‘L'lt'll.~‘l0ltS; she} 
     
     tiny at la:-t liiivo licgiin to feel that, thotighl 
     
     l.l'llt‘ to the li-tti-r, she has bceii liilw to thol 
     
     i)i~ct-iiibi-r,, 
     
     uni] \\'t'(ll'J\' of it pvuitinii which i-' llt‘.llll(?l‘i 
     
     izi iitvzil, liostilo, nor friendly, site niav‘ 
     
     thi :.'t the time has arrived to seek for ll(‘t' 
     
     Stll. a pit.-illutl tit tilltzc niorc secure ant 
     
     inure tligtiitii-il. 
     
    
   
   
    
     the post l-iile o.-' to be anything but s:iii-' 
     
    
   
   
    
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
     "0-rs-13-...-.~...,. 
     
    
   
   
    
     thusiastic as he could desire. The spirit of 
     
     the addresses which were presented to him 
     
    

    
     brcatlied a love for constitutional freedom, 
     
    

    
     and an attachment to civil and religious 
     
     liberty which could not be unpalatable to a 
     
    

    
     monarch who has carried out in his owti 
     
     policy the noble principles which tlicse ad- 
     
     dresses reflected, The King's replies were 
     
     for the most part happy and to the point, 
     
     and the visit cannot fail to bind us more 
     
     closely in alliance with a State the head of 
     
     which in fighting with us eiicrgctically in it 
     
     co-uni-iii cause. The friend;-'liip and mutual 
     
     self-iiiterest thus cerncnted must long sur- 
     
     vive the cause which called it into operati- 
     
     on. His Majesty left our shores on the 
     
     morning of Tliursday, and arrived in Paris 
     
     the same evening. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rizixroitciziuc. . or Russii\ss.—The la- 
     
     test intelligence from the seat of war says, 
     
     that the Russians had received a reinforce- 
     
     ment by the arrival of Gen. Cll:lS.~5t:l(illp’l 
     
     division, which was 12.000 strong. This 
     
     force is stated to have reached the camp of 
     
     St-bastopol. The English and Picdinontese 
     
     camps had also received more troops. The 
     
     enemy had erected batteries in his rear, on 
     
     the north side of Sebastopol, anticipating 
     
     the possibility of the allies landing a force 
     
     and attacking in that direction the garrison 
     
     which holds For-t Constantine. Sir Ed- 
     
     mund Lyons, it was believed, would remain 
     
     at Htiiniesch in the Royal Albert. The 
     
     fleet will probably be etiiployed in contem- 
     
     plated operations. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GENEIIAI. Si1urson.—Geiier:i| Sir James Simp. 
     
     sonlste (‘oinmande in Chief of her Majesty‘: 
     
     forces in the Crimea, arrived in London on Sun- 
     
     day night, 25th inst., Sir .lames- went, on Mon- 
     
     day morning, to the \Var Department, in White- 
     
     hall, hut, Lord Panniure being absent, ho imme- 
     
     diately lcfi and proceeded to the United Service 
     
     Club, in Pall Hall, where he was cordially wel- 
     
     comed by the oflicers \\ ho had the good fortune 
     
     to be present. We have tiiuch pleasure in am- 
     
     ing that, in appearance. the gallant General 
     
     seems to have siilli-trod from tlI¢ ell".-cts of the 
     
     Climate of the Crimea. On leaving the United 
     
     Service Club, the gallant soldier was rcco-,ziiized 
     
     by the few passcrs by, whose szilutations he 
     
     acknou-led;_-rd. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cerrospondcnce from Constantinople states 
     
     that Vioount Stratford do Rcdclitlb has protest- 
     
     ed encrgctically against. the late arrest of Colon- 
     
     el Turr by the Austrian Coniiiian-lcr at Buch- 
     
     arst. The Porto also has expressed itself to the 
     
     Austrian Minister at Constantinople as deeply 
     
     aggreived by this outrage, seeing that the Tar- 
     
     kish territory was the scene, and that the ofiicer 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘arrested is attached to an allied army, the in- 
     
    
   
   
    
     dividual iiiembcrs of which, by virtue ofa 
     
     treaty have the right to circulate throughout 
     
     the Sultan's dominions. The U5! D<u.'si-lie Post 
     
     says, that on the 30th ult, Colonel '.l‘iiri- was in 
     
     prison at l\'i'r-nstiidt, and that :i (‘oloiiel of 
     
     War had pronounced his sentence ofdcath. 
     
    
   
   
    
     l’lllD.\l0N'l.‘ AND 'l‘l.'b'C.\.\'Y. 
     
     By the inediatoiy lllllllt‘llC0 ot'I-‘rancc and 
     
    
   
   
    
     wci}_:ht, Let us trust that thi-v will prove , yet though the sand may be ii quicksaiid, , Ellgltllld. the point in dispute between Sar- 
     
     }\u.-tria l|lll_\‘ at ;‘ diiiia and Tuscany has been adjusted. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tin: Coi.oxi:i.cv or 'riii: Einiir Huss- 
     
     .\ns.-——'l‘hc Earl of l.ui:.'iii has been ga- 
     
    
   
   
    
     7.t)l.l(‘.tl to the Colonclcy of the 8th Royal 
     
    
   
   
    
     Irish l.iglit Dragoons or llussars, vacant 
     
    
   
   
    
     by the l'(‘t2l‘lll tit-iiii-‘r: of Lictit-(icii. Sir 
     
     ' i.lol:n l;.'t)\\'.'l. The Coiozit-icy (a sinccure) 
     
     ];i.s' worth alioii! £l.lOt) poi‘ aiinuiii. He 
     
     All is as yet lll|(,‘(:['lul|]; ,‘ of i-oiirsc, l\"lll_L_' :i General ollii-ct, cannot 
     
     coiiiiiizind the rt-gciiieiit. that duty (level- 
     
    
   
   
    
     -_-.iiiit-, and tin- future, llI)Wt‘\‘(‘l‘, l~:'i,:l:: it \-i,,._: "PU" the Lit-:12, Colon:-l’ or own- 
     
    
   
   
    
     iiiziy’ id‘, is yet iiiipi-iii-ti-zililo. " 
     
     This in all piobiibility. is the prcsi‘itti 
     
     2-‘talc of tlio'q-.ii-.-‘tioii. All i.-' iinct-rtaiiity,'l 
     
     but llw inoiii-y lllitl'lit‘l is .<t-ii.-'iti\'c, and the] 
     
     lt't’ll|l_'_{ of the in--iii-y inarket has a pacilici 
     
     hearing. lt is now stated that l’ai-liaincnt 
     
     no the Illst of .lannary l'or the 
     
    
   
   
    
     ll(‘S[|ltlt‘..lt of litisiiii-s~i. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The visit oftliv King of H.ii-diiiia has hr; t ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     pmi '\t : m present work in that state ofcx- 
     
     whicli the (Iockiicyt-i love, and if 
     
     1' hi. tsikon place at a more genial season 
     
     ..' :m- year, the itiipi-cs.-iuii produced on the 4 
     
     llillltl of our Italian ally Wollltl l!€l\'c been 
     
     lll;till_V liivoi-alilc. As it was. all the pnblici 
     
     bodies, and more especially the pcople,: 
     
     gave the king a greeting as hearty and en- 
     
    
   
   
    
     -vz--=.-:-’ t: 
     
    
   
   
    
     i 
     
    
   
   
    
     illltllltllllg o{',~’i.:ut'. 
     
     rvceiptsoftlio regiment the iiohle lord 
     
     will have to give up his pay as General 
     
     ofliccr, viz., 
     
    
   
   
    
     On ciitt,-iiiig; upon the 
     
    
   
   
    
     £l 5s per (ll(‘.ll’l. Lord 
     
     Lucan, now in his 56th year, entered 
     
     the service when but 16 years of age. 
     
     He has, consequently, been in it close 
     
     upon 40 _voar.<. The Earl of Cardigan, 
     
     his ll|‘t)lllt‘l'-lll-l(\\\', is three years his se- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,t|..- lil'lll."il iiietropolis during the gro:iti~r nu".inpm,”,,[,,gc,|m[more1|mn double 
     
    
   
   
    
     that period his _pinior in regard to service. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Sir Archibald Alison has received a let- 
     
     ter from Sir Colin Campbell, stating that, 
     
     owing to his leaving for the Crimea in a 
     
     few days, he will not be able to come to 
     
     Scotland. ‘