... THE AB3USE Or PATRONAGE. [From the Daily Nesa-.j Under the present system there is no rising. in our civil or military service without votes or toadyismn If you have the first, or can- degrade your manhood by practising the last, you have a good chance of success: but marry a Grey or an Elliott, or .be their led captain, or lend them money, and your chance becomes a certainty; for without ...

... The Committee re-assembled on Monday. The first witness was the Duke of Cambridge, whose evidence was taken at great length: we give, in this instance, as in others, only the most salient points. After stating that he joined the army at Scutari on the 10th of May, and embarked lbr Varna on the 13th of June, he described the condition of his division as being very good at that time, and that ...

... EARL GREY AtD THE CASE OF POLAND.` Sir, The eccentricities of public imen are really astounding. But a few days since we had a great Whig Lord, no less a man than Earl Grey, flinging contumely on Poland ; and, in this crisis of Europe's fate, reminding the world of her national vices, which, having led to her fall, are held to preclude her appeal to the sympathies, and her claim to the ...

... tbe court, The Queen and Prieco Albert left Buokintgham Palace yesterday morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight, * accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princese Itoyal, | fr Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, l ol Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold; and also by the Prince of Leiningen. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Colonel ...

... lbt etourt. OSBORNE, MARCH 16. The Queen and Prince, with the whole of the ro) al family and the Prince of Leiningen, arrived at lh Osburne at half-past I o'clock yesterday, from London. El Prince Ernest of Leiningen accompanied the royal party ST from Portsesonti, and remained at Osborne. WE A deputation of Irish members of the House of Commons ex bad an interview with the Chancellor of the ...

... ?? - O. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, MARcH 20. The LORD CHOANCELLORt to kI his seat at 5 o'clock. LAW OF PARTNERISHIP. The Earl of DERBY gave notice that on Friday next be should put a question to the President of the Board oft Trade as to whether it wee the intention of the governmentc this session, and if an at what period of the session, to in- troduce any Mesasure relating to the law of ...

... 0I21 .E.RIAL PARLIATME1I. tT. at HOUSE OF LORDS.-FR~IDAY, MARCHi 9. Tbo LOteD CHANCELLOR tack big seat on the )VosISack at five o'celock. IsIESSAGE F.ROM THE COMMONS0. sir', tegeta from the Commons bro~ught tip the Under So' cretary ot State Bill, whieh aa ou irttm.I TICKETS OF, LEAYf.'~ Lord, ST. LE ONARDS, whio spoke in A 70ry low t~% OF Voicve,--oceeded to call E~ttertiet'.S e'crd ci' ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THw DAILY NW&S. SBu,-The worst symptom of public morals is the probable impunity of offences. It leaves us no hope of improvement. Had not the Earl of Lucan resented the very mild and qualified language of Lord Raglan's despatch, the world might never have heard of the additional proofs of incompetency which his commanding officer was compelled to bring home to him. Lord ...

... TUE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. (FrOM OUR SPECIAL CO0RR5P01D3NT.) BALAKLAVA, FaB. 19. The sirocco was over on the morning of the 16th. It was followed by a few hours' rain, and the rain in its turn was followed by a cutting south easterly wind, which has blown without intermission everl t since the afternoon of the 17tb. The sudden change o in the temperature has been very perceptible, and al- . ...

... Vot court# The Queen vill hold a Privy Council to-morrow, fii at Buckiogham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majestyyeaterday, at up, Buckingham Palace. the The Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Judge Advocate General, of had an audience of the Queen, and submitted to her Ma- jesty theproceedings of some coorts martial. bal Prince Albert, attended by Captain Da Plat, rode on tre horseback ...

... THIs same civil hospital at Smyrna is one of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT'S legacies to his successors in the o War Department. It appears to bear a strong re- a semblance to the legacy of blunders which the 6 amiable and accomplished Mr. Dousterswivel left to c Sir Art1ur WTarden and Mr. Jonathan Oldbuok, 0 when he was ejected from the administration of their lead mine. On the judgment evinced in the ...

... FRANCE.-There appears to beno longer any doubt as to the emperor's departure for the Crinea, tha4,n. perial yacht Reine Hertense being ordere to be re'' at Marseilles by the 20th instant. Another army is to be formed, and to be called the army of the north. This army, which is to be under tbe command of Mar. shal Baraguay d'Hilliers, will consist of the two coeps d'crints now occapying the ...