The Press. — London, England, 1856-05-03 00:00:00

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Subscribers are requested to send their Orders throughtheir Wows Agent; if direct to the 011 ice. accompanied by a remit tance. Advertisements also must have a referenco or remittance Money orders to be made payable to hlr. Atrrisn Lys, 110 Strand London. -. 41 _6 0 -.-. - 6 13 0 .. 0 6 6 Zni)T 2 vrxig+ LONDON. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1856. POSTSCRIPT. ARRIVAL OF BARON BRUNOW. Baron Brun ow arrived at Dover from Calais yes tsrday morning at nine o'clock. His Excellency rested at the Ship Hotel, and pro seeded t.) town by the twelve o'clock train. The King of Wurtemburg is expected in Paris this day. The King will remain eleven days in Paris. The tw•o Russian steam-vessels of the line an chored at Nicolaieff will shortly leave that port for the Baltic. Aali Pacha is expected to leave Paris this day for London. Le Nord, on the authority of its Berlin correspon dent, states that Baron Brunow will probably be the Minister of Russia at Vienna, and Count Chrepto witch at London. A meeting of the Conservative members took place at Lord Derby's private residence on Monday. Cabinet Councils have been held on Saturday and Tuesday afternoons during the current week. All the Ministers present. The Councils sat three hours and three quarters, and an hour. A private Council was also held at the Premier's on Sunday afternoon, and on Monday a meeting of Liberal members took place at Lord Palmerston's private residence. A Court of Privy Council was held on Monday at Buckingham Palace. The Bishop of Norwich, though slowly regaining his health, will not attend the confirmation during the ensuing month. The Bishop of Deny will officiate for his lordship. The Earl of Dalhousie left Malta for England in H.M.S. Tribune on the 20th ult. The ex-Governor general may be daily expected. Willi: ahem Egerton, Esq., formerly the Conserve tive member for Chester; Christopher Blackett,Esq., ex-M.P. for Newcastle; and Maxwell Fox, Esq., M.P. for Longford, have died this week. Mr. Egerton had for some years retired from the representation of Chester, and Mr. Blackest had for some short time accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. The death of G. J. Guthrie, the eminent military surgeon, has also to be recorded this week. The health of Mr. Blight is not yet sufficiently restored to permit him to return to his parliamentary duties. A "lengthened period" of repose is now spoken of as necessary to insure the honourable member's complete restoration to health. General Wyndham, M.P., was presented, on Thurs day, with a handsome whip by a deputation of coach proprietors, in consideration of his succesful efforts to obtain a reduction of the stage coach duty. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of Wellington College has been postponed until the &rat week in June. THE PRESS. HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. THE UNITED STATES. The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table the correspondence interchanged between the British and United States Governments respecting the en listment question. NEW BILLS. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a bill respecting Scotch boroughs. Lord REDESDALE brought in a bill to abolish the existing exemptions to the operation of the Smoke Consumption Act. The b►ll was read a first time. Their lordships, at six o'clock, adjourned until to-morrow (Sunday), when the house will attend at Westminster Abbey to hear Divine service, the day being appointed for thanksgiving on the conclusion of peace. HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY. NEW WhIT. On the motion of Mr. HAyTER, a new writ was ordered to issue for the borough of Cheltenham, in the room of Mr. G. C. Berkeley, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. THE PEACE. In reply to Lord W. GRAHAM, Lord PALMERSTON stated that under the treaty of peace no prohibition existed against Russia raising her submerged fleet in the harbour of Sebastopol, and transferring those or any other vessels of war she might now possess in the Black Sea into the Baltic, where there was no limit assigned to her naval armament:. To further questions, the Noble Viscount replied that Russia might rebuild the destroyed forts on the eastern shores of the Eusine, but was forbidden to construct naval arsenals anywhere round the coasts of that sea. KARS. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE gave notice for an early day after the Whitsuntide recess, of a resolution convey. ing the thanks of the house to General Williams and his companions in the gallant defence of Kars, and expressing a censure upon Lord Stratford de Red chffe. THE BANDS IN THE PARKS. On the motion that the house on rising should adjourn until Thursday, Lord R. GROSVENOR urged various objections to the Sunday performances of music in the public parks. The subject was followed up by the Marquis of BLANDFORD, who insisted that in sanctioning the performances in question the Ministers had ignored a recent vote of the house recognising the principle of Sabbath observance. Some further remarks were offered by several hon. members, and Sir B. HALL vindicated the course he had adopted. Lord PALMERSTON also justified the step as ex tending the means of innocent enjoyment afforded to the working classes on their day of rest. The subject then dropped. THE BUDGET. Replying to Mr. Glyn, the CitaxcErzon of the EXCHEQUER intimated that he intended to bring forward the annual financial statement on Monday the 19th inst. THE ENLISTMENT QUESTION. Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table the papers re lating to recruiting in thi• United States. POLICE (COUNTIES ♦ND BOROUGHS) BILL. . . The considera tion in committee of this bill was then resumed, and the remainder of the sitting was chiefly occupied in discussing successive clauses of this measure. On resuming, the remaining business on the paper was disposed of, and the house adjourned. THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY. LORD LUCAN, on Monday, made his final reply upon the whole case. The gallant earl first explained the circumstances connected with Colonel Griffiths' charge : Colonel Griffiths visited me in the morning, and I quite remember complimenting Colonel Griffiths on a large white great-coat which he wore, and which had been pro cured from Constantinople. Colonel Griffiths might then have spoken about the horses, and how long the cavalry camp was likely to remain in its then position, and I might possibly have received with a sneer sonte extravagant suggestion which Colonel Griffiths made about a subject on which I was almost daily in communication with the commander-in-chief and the quartermaster-general. To my amusement Colonel Griffiths suddenly threw himself back on his horse and told me I was not speaking as one gentleman would to another. Upon which I said I had a great mind to put hint under arrest ; and upon Colonel Griffiths replying in the same manner again, I ordered him to hold his tongue and join his picket. That was the truth, the whole troth, and nothing but the truth of what passed upon that occasion, on my honour as an officer and a gentleman. The gallant earl then entered upon the question of the relative amount of deaths between the cavalry, artillery, and hawse animals, ipeopwatably proving SATURDAY, from the official returns that while the losses of the light and heavy brigades nt to. at ct sea, hose ry ao , int doeutdhnuetec amounted artillery n rt g tio.l 1 6 : 9 4 8 average of o a f et 4 o B n per an " l amounted to 67 per cent., and of the baggage to 73 or 71 per cent. Lord Lucan then explained the duties of the " idle men " in a cavalry regiment to show that at most but three hours a day could be given to the erection of stabling, but that the want of tools and material retarded the work. The noble earl then pointed out the great incorrectness of the commissioners' report, originating in their taking in formation from any but reliable sources, and coin. mauled of the non-examination of either himself or Lord Raglan. He next condemned the interference of the War Minister in reference to the drawing up of the report, and charged the commissioner with having sent slips of the report to the War-office as they were produced for correction, and declared hi s belief, founded on Colonel TulloA's own admission, that the report was the joint production of the War Minister and Colonel Tulloch. In conclusion, the noble earl contended that the report had been drawn up to secure the temporary ease of the Government, to lull the indignation of the public, and to excuse the Government from having sacrificed the finest army that ever left the shores of England. The Earl of Cardigan's case was opened on Tuesday, when the noble earl read a state ment, in reference to the charge made by the Crimean Commissioners against him, that he hail refused to send the horses of his brigade down to Balaklava for forage before the supply in front failed. The noble earl, in a detailed statement of the services of the light brigade, pointed out that after the battle of Balaklava the light brigade was removed to a plateau four miles nearer Inkermann, and seven miles from Balaklava. Hence the diffi culties of foraging the brigade at all from Balaklava; and in addition to this, grave military consiaerations existed against employing the brigade horses to bring up forage from Balaklava, as it would from the severe nature of the wor k have involved the total destruction of the brigade. The heavy brigade horses suffered severely from having to transport their own forage half the distance; and it was not reasonable to suppose that horses in so weak a condition as those of the light brigade, from their exposed position and short allowances, could possibly have transported forage a distance of seven miles. Proposals had been made to employ the troop horses to bring up the forage, but he had no authority to apply his horses to that purpose, and his opinion was that it would have been inexpedient and improper if he had so employed them. General Airey explained that the cavalry were placed on the extreme right, from the urgent request of General Canrobert, who apprehended an attack from the Russians on that point. On Thursday the court resumed. Mr. Crookshank, of the Commissariat, was briefly examined with reference to a proposition he had made to Lord Lucan to send the troop horses of the light brigade down for forage. Colonel Low and Colonel Douglas gave evidence that the troop horses could have been so employed after November 14th. Every two horses could bring up rations for twelve others. Lord Cardigan's case having closed, General Airey was called on by the board, and immediately pro. ceeded to address the court at great length. General Airey, vindicating his department from the charges brought against it by the commissioners, proceeded to point out the principal causes of the lamentable state of affairs in the winter of 1854.5. In the first place the transport of the army was grossly defective. The intention to winter in the Crimea was never decided on till after the battle of Inkermann, when the position of the army became so critical that no other course was left open to Lord Raglan. Then, on the Bth of November, immediate preparations were made, when instructions were given for the purchase at Constantinople or elsewhere of the materials and implements for building huts. Orders were also issued to preserve all animals, hides, and to purchase fuel and charcoal at Constantinople ; while 3,000 tents and camp materials were requested from Eng land, none of which, however, arrived for several months. Forage long ordered from England neither arrived. The animals died; the transport became exhausted, and an army of 12,000 men were com pelled to do the work of 30,000. It was nothing but the want of transport and want of human labour which caused all the miseries of the winter. On Friday General Airey concluded his statement by a criticism of the commissioners' report , and emphatically disclaimed the possibility of any two men, civil or military, coming to the Crimea in the middle of Maroh, and being able to arrive at a fair report or opinion upon what could, or could not, be done by the army there, placed as it was in a peg non of difficulty—beyond all human conception-- and in the middle of winter. Sir Richard Airey con ' eluded his statement with an elaborate panegyric on the conduct of the late Lord Raglan during the time be commanded the army in the East,