The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-27 00:00:00

as t o ~. *:rspei.;, l ,, n ire all active interference. His assertion was, t Saa,e‘,l,ef Russia never intended to seize upon the Ot o rsaini-I)`re• balance vernment said they went to . war to d that IN 4tl,the of power in Europe. hich the h al Leo olinse, and he would show them a case i e n re - w by 33A.tallee.au,?,e, eof 11)wer had been equally endangered bdeein ing of . i .- ,. 16 noble loid (Lord J. Russell), in . %N th "03, stated to Lord Cowley that her Majesty's . Atibm.9Thelat could not avoid seeing that it was theFren t ch e e at , lB actor at Constantinople who had first disturbed the 2t;t°BPear' an d that the French Ambassador was tlie r reht f having recourse to force, and to threatn the 'ist gal"l°4 °f 4 French fleet to enforce the demands / 'id 17. If the belittle° of power in Europe had . ti aa tali•P4'ored by the course the Emperor of Rusaia t/ k4Ow e 4 With regard to the Greek Church,. he wanted em a r why the balance of power had not been equally let, acrd Nvhen - the Fr ench Ambassador threatened to I„erhPrencit `or k , 4 1::!ror of lob -fleet to Con stantinople? (Hear, hear.) l'essi hadthroughout declared that it stoth his wish to takea Constantinople; but they . woutd hey h a l 7o one word that the Emperor of Russia said. If thelli,eigv_tio copfidence they no confide e n v c e e r i u. :::e: ~rietsti,ll:raintLyord Aberdeenthe head of the G qtli British had heard much of the present awfulcondition in the Crimea. He was not willing to to o z muchi stress upon the horrors which that army tr ; t i . h g ,:„ lie Must not be told that if Lord Raglan Ala4a. the - ' sa ed Men tsp rf, he would not, long before • ; 'ti e - made a rea 1 o n - a would not profess to judge of ' 4 14 h 'glan' s T' e .t ovious that NIA ~.a d h ad nal itary capacity, but i was , 4 areb• th e Men he would have made abroad. the vt'l ew„ - , 1 , °I Granby) traced all these evils to t r h . pt)"nra% 8 ,':,,` the number of Inert sent out. The Secre aL i eetta:l`: Mat we never had au army—thath o make we such a 01111:5e.. ;apt no army. Was this a tlin r e e t these man sent el•,-‘,143,..t.tae1c Zeshtra;')lnne:sr fnldt y " 7 ' ' re w ss h i_ _urope? The Go ht, Ilitt it; s 4 , t n w, ere to bla me —not they (the .0131,9!itieonn) 'tea of t °lit those men to perish so miserably the terig,tht, reeeenleirjrnea. Amidst all this gloom th t e e re ti T e as e o e n n e . 10, 1 1 alict th ~ 4; spot that would nerve them Itt: l , o ' (to l 3 . 4, was the bravery of our troops. The noble ee 41 (l h e . ttlissell) had said that he hoped that n aze n e d, t 11?) amctelyled honourable and just to s . lio to Z pea t , , o u nria ; but he had not said that he hoped thle,t4ble and 9 5 1(1 be concluded which would also be tie , i ns 0 1 . ert '.lllSt to Russia. (Hear, hear.) He thoughtyu ikt',.'}ght l ead ll !'es for peace which had been made b could clearly 1 0 in what'o an honourable peace, we Ve . 8, 1- w ere her objects, desires and ambition. oL I re said it could not be denied that I 's - ' L i Crimea was unclothed, unfed, and _un r. - N I 11, notwithstanding the observations . of M 4 , to . e ahOrdil vote for the motion of the hon. 1144 4644„14eniber for Sheffield, altogether irrespective_ ti,dte kt ' 6 or no confidence in the Government.. iu ll a '4°4 ofe°,44denOe in the abilities of the individual they t, a. , 1 tne Government, but he regretted that be ," Government, displayed that unanimity t hte kue hld have desired. Thera could .:n be the ;41 4. there had been gross neglect 1 ent e 4 ., e f the war, and as the G )1e 'dat e M an steps to remedy the overnm present to of any ittime fur the House of di 4ttitterfere-int the was matter, and he therefore ;11Arepeaed committee of inquiry thew ou_ld be 6 4 , 4 'Le was very much pleased to hear :secr e 6tste that only 14 per cent. of the 54,00_ osol- . 111071,11 b country had sent to the Crimea hart died * ' • and learned member for Sheffield had stated 4 417. 844 array of 51,000 Lind ay) ithth that were so, he (Mr. Lin say . . clhe colile of the 40,000 who were no w m183113g. tie wished to know how many o f r m brave 4NtiCie,llglorioutly on the battle-field, hew _ ec c i . desert r 7 nY sickness and how many byne4i u - r ,'; tie did not ' charge any particubr individual "kly, rot that had e rr ed in the management ofbrave ^nl a ' 4 : he . Was occurred that many of our . j ih-ju4 onld ll had perished by neglect, he wished that t o , - take place. The Secretary at War had se% great difficulty which the Gvernment had i., h tlnter was the sending of stores to the camp, '' had, in fact sent sufficient stores to Balaklava, 11'uld not'ibe transmitted thence to the a c u a y m a p e . b, hog gentleman had stated that as .i.tf the various descriptions, t h . m m ad m b e een_ ‘ .lave, for use of the army. Tha i e ane'l oft? 7 cost this country a great deal of mon e y !. and ) Wished to know why the Government nth ad Means of transporting it to the _le e , th•Attlinitting it to be rotting at Balaklava. H hen,...l.ce great delay in the transmission of stores the li - r" ta eed by the Admiralty not being reesproene kireirlPt n e ed by safe delivery of them. .It appeared r ep uting allai.eoutented itself by chartering n vessel, ~2 It to be conducted its the management by . kti 41,,.teed of undertakleg lt e d 4isc ir 41Y officer, until itssa m fe a a n n a gival i a n t th th a e t ahr,lP4,tion. until the present system 041.,'18ne(1 th. country n eed not expect that the Ori -,forth - - tly transported reek earnay would be Prom') d a pply to It out The same observations woul I,:4ate_ I,e,lentOsrddn7.t. and t tha n W g cr r D es e p p e a n r s t . m . ent. ibility a a a e o 4tithted for the present system of non-respon- 'iik t ,.. ilia 1(//11) h,,,4 k •Atile --.,t Mr. LAYARD rose toge li th in er ia , ta b r a ia t i '4l4„ft wss loudly called from the .- dt i k l , orq lig int o ,i'' sitil avr e Way * b i- - -ettils-- ke had no intention that give a silent 141 eir 114141, hi °4ll he cou ld • se h Secretary at IA a gged ts ti ghtfriend te . , on more ,„,°e, Way , into details, with whim, h right 'l"ellian 4s4 the house. • Islieeeches qiic tequired fog44l:ally o l io genious in e. lie did n e o w t t tg to show te that the ;1141411146 by the ter a moment t n i t n le s man e' but the y War l' e l were not what in h• na is hi at s atements fight la n on ty a r 9 e n i tier een haPr a l tte a mpted to Justify t h .- for ge m likely to s m u is w i t e h a ea d yt . consigerlaitAgltizents ilohristotor3;iie flames, if Was not to warn.44l) .o f s his vho y followed to avoid Ist time 9 The ria l e t ' ho n . gentleman / 11 te a a state of things existed similar to t r h oa at t elzisted at Balaklava ; but, surely , ar took a great war, the first thing i h f or e a s s h if o o o u l ll m refer to history to see how that ,y con,,_ ~. slid to see hat mistakes beenhad . d to defend gentleman attempted t 4 h e t re ? i r f te P :t BB i j u b- s i t e i 7 fi t at a tre'errors which had been throrv,lot hnn ' ge on the ti mbe r e d then, to s 'teg the blame ,G t eqa Y. O ll the army. to compel the almost they 6,„",ored last year Gover nment to do If here t o g v h o t r ly n. , to that ‘e compel the Gover kind of promise 'en that t f a 'ev the system, and some . 44 ti ea alte%relatkto should be altered ! hail state now 44 at remained in T r h ec s i t se s l y y ste th m e ' pat e n ; nothi tilat Period ;no amalgamation The right gesustean th_l_ig Whatever h a d been done. saying no oftc'eu__liirew the blame on th?.ararmbrigade. were e , lestnti" cNiable of commanain„ .daney Her_ ventured 56 1 ,78, itt the absence of Mr. Si anything lernas saisr4oexpressions of dissent.) The right t ie ry l e e s s i e orvu jec,_.... teg mental officer kanteowknow why. ( Hear.) He wante- i _ i _ . men gairie, sYwas allowed to prevent einp!..° `` 6 .I. y dia? He isetsn',ellieri.ence in the great wars ni h , n we owe ts veat;:f ii. wain Campbell. /te 'ls at tbe es we had gainedin n Inlia. His •4 ia ~,,, e disposal of the Government ! Did th m ey . ofd bri„nland of a divi • n? No ! but in the co 41 0 t e"clep nnder g 61 : 79 1 officer who had never lived „ a ua kn: -en thin about a eanit'agen. ,a° W ere the Other g n e n neral g officers ? He` did d eo n me t ratlYthing unpleasan ,t but the time was co me ratt`i,'lt speak out. (Rear, hear) 4-iiride,(_,l from India with a somewh O a n t e d r o o n n t t fu a. l 4041,i4ttie not pronounce whether that who • Y ss,ailed, but there was man b no leffect on 411onledge 4 must have a veil' a ' siltect.ve.ll ender him. (Hear.) Other c o mmands y ,4001.14 hers no less incompetent, a nd t events taralified them to take part in the great 1/41 seen service of such a nature in e l t nd t i h a er as e the orimghat latlentapidlatehean the C ld r . i o ni rs ea w . tehro T er h st en, ,lit ...L 0 OAT 80 1 ,tia,„:4 were dependent on o _ —aktehneyfrooni. remind tlikt."l, Mahe their own beds. He would rem a i t n e. our sailors ureic, taken from the sar i ! mate 4'e alla,..ud soldiers 'were alike nteredthe Je b as ilifference ? When a soldier e 4i ttq' 14 Englishme n. ~. effect tol h must no longer ex_e_r_- 0 1 - I,rnee. The sailor, on the contrary, Wa' t. B '4 i Va e .7 ta°4lett t 0 eiercise his intelligence, , o 1 ' rl-e' 8 th e °all of the difference between . th k tp, ll 11t4:13,t),, 'en the ePrench army the . soldier was in %I:erlON.' ; hi s • tore position as the sailor in thethe aftEnnige -4 l ntelli called out in , 1 Dereeiv• 0110 c ould Stay %tltrfotrt:lialir.o4ls. h g o: ce f a r w a b ss et w t eere week th the thein the Frenchtwo a armies sol. aa,,,s_ot vj e so ., l_B, isluties intelligoerntaly,r_ vit•ileetitetl.„,eti'lle ) 0 to (14 Clas°ll° tent e era roeteof the evil th a e v y (Ce m rh u ee 4 s . g . a t ' s ! I 'sot e d 6 , 3 and not till then would thbeeelt/lebeeauras; t 1,., 4t ~,.a ,o,i.t s wonld continue, kwohiu.chgeCOrn" lAd %e. ,' of half the mischi a ? n f d of ntle iatlit._ll% trStsellar, hear.) The right ofthose disasters, ~o buesrcl file roa4z4 i':,iocotesastera _pa h d b: t fallen ns, t 7 ti l l o e rCl 'i tt ,sv'erttnie,r the cil i j i° ,,P , to the camp. The.nob. tta, W°lll, l - 0 4 for t 1.6 foreseen that serve to 44 i4etv eh e"l ' l ha i' v` London actually sai n d d the army, til ofth, hart he,•fua transnort foo d un dert ook a cam iate had ..- d, [ i-sted before the un ert dissent.] 114:t114(1 j' 9° c l the t uA ta J. RUSSELLe xpre ssed 'the Govern t)lae sevail"*. swarl_ohle lord to say, that i 4 t e4l) til 'lll4 bet; th e army would be placed d J. RUSSELL kt,l4,,tigilio; thi,h, l e i en. the point of comm sn unication as an t d o k ea ti, htt, o4 , hi; ''• sve hesitated. [Lo! the noble lord's iiire i i,ta 3 ,f e t. wr otdr„ °° ,,t.] He begged er entered on s• , e ll ' bet w- "'ent ti. -s ' , had any army ev mil„ inter sOt. h e ‘teeri the 'te possibility of s i k 1,44 j sr.) Itac Point of ommunicati e o v n e . n and_the camp? h winter, la, it!i s e b. 4 Y' s cer tvsnerebered last year,' ett:AtiNoil'a hs e a w l t t'at e n e lo a o en ee t t a a p d p w li i e t d n t t o n h e i ß m as f t o ln r ; information r :qt:iet,c, 0411:41.saitked if any class of individu a a m ls o c n olld e. b n e . ; audit wa t t lthat there was som i n. 411tonsa•Zeolis gthagey'nwg Greek! a lle e' stated that if they . e . litNiOiat Wala4o., onld all perhaps run away d or a b s e p s o p r i t e e s rs , li l t itipi e " ° :, the , Ar menians, who acted He was asked k p er ti t i , i? glee; we,e taillight be trusted. Christians. c. (Laughter.) • ikk,,ht I?°llraZete orChristiainuZ,nsand suggested that, as they )„,:tth' f0r b .,,,e . , to the Turk h Government, a brigade tt'at-kt.t-Co?:'11, th eln, to b e s used especially ted and, not -4 I ,ll eil‘ qa t all ''e M.anyothers, was neglec ' rt were k t 4 op s . 'the Warig, no means of transport no 0 _ as came 's. katviaatt i re tight hon, gentlenian said me t hind 4 . Nl '. Wo llll", i ded, but the horses were left ''Nlated ,L toe house believe that those horses were ta(%) mad 11, -(or transport service ? They were offi n. 01 ; kaily, wur,were the officere treated ?y t '' fe, aver® tlak 1113, their miserable pittan O c ffi e c o s f r . s p o a s y f m a t l o o l pee, . l ir or :ecinired to bny two horses each— n ° : 0. th, iiik':_e_---and within a few days the ar my s l i e x ft . 11'1%11i r,eeor„,l,'_ies were left there to die, and not e A ,the:,,venfle had been received by those gentlemen. iit tl . co; ~e Were the several thousand horses which the (hritti4444fotr ?.r44otstilomra„n_said the Gover nment had procured at titlhrtNy 11 ,. It wi,:ertvice. Then it was said there was a ti te r and 4'11°4 tber s e ; tie w aggons were . used, but what when a I'll et Y t tl ,?i,bt i ti n t w L a r. the o'fficennrawafntno t c r a a r i r n ; on and , t backs i ttit I:oueed the erld. How could officers do their duty O t t t t -et• t o a r beasts of burden ? It would . have t k its t. Dosed „mifice the transport of a whole regiment 4r1,11.,4t b ed ,ibLe efßeere to such treatment. The result 15,7 of ,Ze time the rm bed Balaklava a large cght lizrsioera were clsead Y or r u e n as able so serve. (Hear.) it;ie4 .'vie,s):l gentleman said they had provided a trans g t.O olit the horses were left behind them at Varna, ' t Ottl'as tiL W ,, o a at of food. Surely that was no excuse. c t , , l. look enlii° food there? The fact was, the com . m r is g - LAa.'rils lutitiataTee:l:ind mules b a size , lline u s ie n:t b , , i e -e i e n ir se t t NA for t°6ll,tialtla :a rweirthoulstetZy p r romvender being put t ° I . vklsage, rortunately it was n grain 01111), I lo s 71 •Enlp e na 4 , 4 4 r of to , , er min. „ er the w qnti, 1 g 3$ t 15 0 t a ha he the goe sPr o i P r ,valan ee pr e9e▪ at l o l of T h house , )11P1 1 .85 a nd 0k,"4 Arnb a ,; 4l ent gels° r at by I,O O IV I !'" Ilk 7 , 4 °, ai ) er for ~llitee : k nt ,of 0310 lor'„1, 0 het jo , boal"'y "en 4111 try, gam) Per # had t e klan e orrl,4) to k eo al ce* 4 got 2 0 _, P e 1 4 ( 1 00'! gar sily wa gn' jf°Nda one he *l ( o *he -urea, wore. rest )4,4 not h i s a *erg 40' ktb o . his Iv the e s „ er ;"; 1 4 3' ha d no alen 3- 11;1 4 : 1 ,, -4 408e1 - 11 ° C 110 ra' r ,f,tte, 01 3 been f` tile if ! "1 1 do f biLD., OO gi t oo riti e h „to b' Ner than ift ' 8, 4 t g e cd , l i c '• cheer' ha►,nbcl) 9. The ' ell. ;, if " ) , 44,?, 4 1( so ' 'r f tbe' (tli ad 1 1 s ;"'' ° I 0 1 e 4 ar !lean!, Lll eem quie wo u to ° OO Tar 0?f aal t 1 regn i " t the G °l v e t tg 4 j 11 the A• llgi f tt aek io ts , for wer : in fact', y irisht '?l`e: c : f ent 0 , 4 r t he C l tat s 1„ 41 a ) 4 ( r e eln d° our l. 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If 'enral were T o a n t , )IP J hou ° of y 13 6° q e ntle ed 8 1 bri tn au 8 e s Pgit e ,,, a( ! t / ger L''' S sc ith 4 4 -.7 )e a l e 0, cot fle k i k th e gglo e d k'tl the sta nce P l a t eel g t l f e ates % :Li t f t e l : oit at ti • j. 1 :4 4 , I l k et i4i t a tl 4 l l isb°P' • 4 0 4 w4 411 i4 ter l 'd2 t k ttl t ,,Nty a - We Oa" fn gL.e I gay , t lYth alit) Ili til,'44,lkl; 4 ‘let , „ e d , I ett itio, g e k n _mq.„,ee.e 4 , bd 1;,: o itei t ilto 3 0') ) ;e:4 )014 4 *I, °till it• w - i tr k,; 4 th hkat °ha Or d t t .14 e l t nle i ce4 Ita l 4 f, Pt oDi k° cooal ro ,o) Q1111,:k14, even wt • P 0) th e L° N °ll, ,'511 ) 0,0 tik, k % 1 1 " 5: 11d ;0 5 ,01J,, ttli 1 14 ( . 3 Ir a !' 1 o li ithi, l S+ 11 11 P :0 °' 0 0 , )1 tw o tki° o l e - :et We / 0 0 ). n e lye a r \ e ' a t', f 14,1 tb , v a„r_y t , _ rP3Pti 41 oi it1,41).-; , Jec 0 1 t ) t ga a ti t ,r 1 ' be rce ! l, ▪ hß e y L ie t 4 ii, th 1' 0441 1v 190 th e gt e ' l N. b 0 0/ 11 ) Iv g eo ed bf I to Lad t' t for r k el!l 3 , r an c h a de toe „ivy4i4t. ,;'(1 ,ga t 'ait gg e whi, o f 8 , 1 : 11% W t rkq a. P o i T 1 tee la} . °4 4 f• t 4 t, toe, e sd i 'er °el go re d 1 / 4 ,„ erht„ e 'r tip th ey eo f°raeßlgilwo°lll,l 7: 34 av 'ter 51 0 ) , tn t e tl ( f t he Otc A l , ha v t ' t h 4 e (i 4 t9o n i ti p 1 aid oj, f) 11 4 # th e ° , Lev e bee ll p i o j , ° ,,Oat p 4 e n.)l, l lQite a ki r o c leter,, r t tg eto ti giat4 e l ve:Pap.htit he er . 0 9. ( tt le i4l 4e i ' • it o.,,fe t Il e e ar, ~etv, w yelj t til 1•1 4 1 e 4 , jen • la %I tri ket Y' / had.i i " ) l o Nti o e tts r. t oL.1: 1 : 11 , ), ; J : ( 13 0 1) 00 6, ° 0 Port e . be d b,r e e , o at- ti,t4re,ictigag D' i 4' l"l° the rle seo tioi ° tf %" 4 11 .11411 t tic ° iti e to ° k' Ot. 41° P1 s Da o f ,?te n td th eeYe 3 ' W e w e P e for 0 0 0 ; 44 t.t e 49 P e r able, to "4l t tl ag rti • le l itla o o 5tL itfi e , 'th e c to orte sot ioo c i tt i l4 . P e r 'e 1 ' " • '° lrtt °°l i ot e , 0 13' ▪ 4P I I , qu i r tb e A eo a's" 3 ' Jll 'be' b e o Nt, l4 ' 0 x . 4 esse, o ° , tit ° o ', the ho as w ic it• r eee -er, et 144 t, tup, 1 et th e k ee " for e et ti l k tß o Idg ° ,oti 1111kr11,1,rgillS) 10 ,t a!- ~~ -. and by sweeping up the hold a little corn was obtained, i to send to Persia. Th ere was, however, a man who, above just sufficient to f ee d th e poor an i mals until thei r arrival . all others, was capable of carrying ' on ' the diplomacy ' of at Balaklava. Th e G overnment were told they would t hi s country in Persia, a gentleman well acquainted with want all the nece ssar i es o f lif e i n Bulgar i a, that the coun- , t h e recources of that country, ' with India, and with adja try was almost d e p opu l a t e d , an d i ts resources exhausted, 1 cent countries ; h e re f erre d to Colonel It. wlinson, who, of He suggested e s t a bli s hi ng a marketat Sinope, and took the : all men, was th e one to send to Persia, and who Would greatest troubl e t o po i n t out h ow available it would be, i alone be worth an army of 20,000 men to the GoVern whether for an army at Varna, at Sebastopol, or in Asia ment. He (Mr. Layard) had strong reason for believing Minor., From Sinop e th e y m i g ht h ave h a d a f u ll sup pl y th a t b e f ore long the Government would net be able to of fresh meat and p roven d er, an d b y a littl e t rou bl e b r i ng P ers i a into their system of policy. If they did not they might have obtained regular transport service from I take Sebastopol Persia would be against them, and in the the people of the country. But no ! the Government , course of a year would be at Bagdad, when our possession would not listen to a single man who knew the country, and of India would be—he would not say imperilled, but at they made a rule not to employ any one who could either any rate greatly shaken. And what was the position of speak the language or had been in the country before. He ' Europe ? All the troops had been taken from Bulgaria remembered recommenaing a gentleman who had been and thrown into the Crimea to assist our unfortunate many years in the country and spoke the language as well , army in repai r i ng the mistakes made by the Gover nmen t ! as he did English ; b u t w h en th a t gen tl eman wen t t o a at home. Turkey had been deprived of all defence, and gallant officer on th e su bj ec t , h e was t o ld th a t it was desired the Governm e nt were doubtful of the course Austria to engage his services, but lee could not be placed in a po- ? would take. (Hear.) He could not believe that she sition to dine with the officers; of course the gentleman , would not take part with us • but if she did not Russia refused entertaining any f ur th e r pr o pos a ls. Becau se th e I wou ld b e at • Constantinople ' before a single regiment Government could riot break through the system, they , could be sent to oppose her. Even supposing that Russia must' employ Sir Ch ar l es T reve ly an ' s c l er k s , w h o h a d never f e ll upon Austria, raised Hungary against her, and seen service, and wh o did no t spe a k a w o rd o f th e l an - b eat h er in a pitched battle, what was there to prevent ' guage of the country to which they were going. (Cheers.) Russia from going to Constantinople? If she did, what The Government sent a gentleman to Constantinopleto make ' was to save the army and fleet this country had now before a report on the coun t r y. H e reco ll ec t e d po i n ti ng out t h e S e b astopol? (Hear, hear.) In such a critical absurdity of sen di ng a gen tl eman w h o k new no thi ng of di d not think the affairs of the country ought to be adei the language, to report on th e s t a t e o f T ur k ey generally, nistered by men wh o h a d shown themselves incompetent with its mixed population, as different as black from white, I in war and incompetent in diplomacy, and he could not by and he was met with a reference to the Report and its in- his vote to-night show the slightest confidence in those Ilex of 70 or 80 subjects. That was exactly what he com- who had betrayed what he considered to be the best in plainel of—that th e y were i n d uce d t o b el i eve they had in- terests of the count r y. (" H ear, hear which " and cheers.) For formation on matters which p eop l e w h o h a d li ve d i n T ur k ey th e f i rst time brave hearts had ' never desponded half their lives kne w very littl e a b out. (H ear. ) The right were desponding at the state of things existing in th e hon. gentleman the S ecre t ary a t W ar h a d adverted to the Crimea. He h a d rece i ve d l e t ters from two gentlemen he large number of transports which had been employed by knew well, and from whom ho had never heard a,word to the Government, but it appeared that those transports say they doubted or feared, stating that at last they must had only been engaged in conveying goods to Balaklava confess things were desperate. (Hear, hear.) This , then, and back again with ou t ever l an di ng anyth i ng. An hon. was not the moment to hesitate, and it was only by the frientj opposite had given them an account of the state of 1 country compelling the House of Commons to take the affairs at Balaklava, and had 'particularly instanced the matter in their own hands, and having men equal to the want of vegetables. This was strictly true, for he (Mr. occasion to carry out the policy of the country, that they Layard) had himself been a witness to it, and had seen the could hope for safety. (Cheers.) He believed there were unfortunate soldiers brought down to carry upon their backs men who could do this and who could save the country. enormous sacks of potatoes an d on i ons, w hi c h t h ey were ' Th ey must have men to carry out a policy worthy f . o unable to remove. The p rov i s i ons m i g ht certa i n l y have , the country, and if that policy were n o t carr i e d out t hey been there, but had they b een consume d b y t h e troops? might depend upon it that England er e l ong would be(Hear, hear.) The h a I use must not be misl e d by re - reduced to the position of a second-rate Power. (Hear, ports of the abundance o f p rov i s i ons a t h an d . T here might hear.) It was with these c onv i c ti ons —th ese solemn ' bean abundance o f cl o thi ng an d vegetables, hut, unless the convictions—that he felt himself compe ll e d to vote in vegetables were consumed an d th e c l o th I ing worn, what favour of the motion of his hon. friend. (Ch eers. ) was the use of sendi ng th em th ere ? The house had been Sir G. GREY—It is with deep reluctance that I offer my completely mystified by the accounts which had been given se l f to this house to take any part iii the present debate, but of the Prince. Th e y were told that that unfortunate vessel had all the wint er c l o thi ng en b oard, and that the fact that I feel that I should be s h r i n ki ng f rom a public ifl did duty if such clothing was th ere s h owed that the Government had mere l y gave a silent vote against the motion of the hon. and not exhibited th e neg li gence of wh i ch they had been ac- learned gentleman the member for Sheffield, and no: cused. Now, in point of fact, the Prince had not on board record in tho meat dieceeee aoa cinematic terms th a t I give what was strictly e5.11,”1 winter eledhin„,- but she had on my vote without the slightest doubt or hesitation, thinking board such clothing as the troops might have put on any that I should be betraying my public duty were I to sanction day in the year. There was no special clothing whatever to enable them to stand the severity of a Crimean winter. the precedent of committing an inquiry such as that proposed (Hear, hear.) There was not a single rag of that descrip- to us to any committee of 15 gentlemen selected from the tion, all that was on boar. I being a certain number of shirts body of this house. (Hear, hear.) The objections s t a t e d b y stockings, and othe r ar ti c l es w hi c h wou ld h ave been several hon, gentlemen in the course of the debate, and by given out to the soldiers in England or any other place. And now he would for a moment call the attention of the none more forcibly than the hon. gentleman who has just house to the case of the siege artillery. They were told addressed the house—the objections thiesstated to committing that so far back as the spring of last year the Government such an inquiry to hon. gentlemen upstairs—l believe to be contemplated a descent upon the Crimea. For the sake of fatal to the resolution of the hon. member for Sheffield, and I the Government themselves he could not believe this to be the case. It appeared to him to be impossible, considering confess that, deeply pained as lam now to stand here severed, the nature of the siege -train sent out. (Hear, hear.) They for the first time in a short political life, in any matter Of had already heard that there were no mortars in the train political importance, from my noble friend behind me, I can calculated for a siege of such magnitude as that of Sebas topol. The mortars a v a il a bl e were o f very small calibre, not, upon mature reflection and consideration, assent to a and there were no sieg e guns o f any s i ze, those at kind motion ' the only effect of which would be to paralyse the being merely calculated for a campaign in Bulgari a , i n b e - exertions -1 will not say of this Government alone, but of sieging such sniallplaces as the Russians might have taken. any Government whatever sitting upon these benches and But even in Bulgaria, they would have been unfit for ser- conducting the affairs of the country at a most critical period vice, as no horses had been sent out with the siege -train, — a period when greater confidence should be placed in th e and in conveying the g u n s t o th e h e i g ht s b efore Sebastopol they had been co m p e ll e d t o use th e h orses of the Horse Artillery; and then th ere were on l y so many rounds of Government than under ordinary circumstances, and when their hands should be left free and unfettered, in order to ammunition sent out as, at the common rule of firing, enable them to carry on the vigorous prosecution of the war. would be exhausted in a day. The right hon. gentleman (Hear.) I have not the slightest hesitation in believing that the Secretary at War said every endeavour would be made the hon. and learned gentleman who has brought forward to fit up the hospitals ; but why had this not been done this motion has done it with a view to serve the best interests before? (Hear, hear.) Did the Government think they of the country; but I feel it my duty as a member of the could go to the Crimea and fight battles there without Government, as it would, in my judgment, have been equally having any killed and wounded ? The French evidently my duty as a member of this house, to record my vote did not think so, for they had already established their against that motion. But I do not rest my opposition to hospitals, &c. No , outcry had been heard against their the motion on the ground of it being a covert and indirect proceedings in that respect. On the contrary, their hos- mode of passing a vote of want of confidence in the Govern- , pitals were admirably arranged, and not one man had went. There are those who no doubt say—" We will ap been suffered to die from the want of proper accommodation point this committee, and then, by a subsequent vote, we for the sick and wounded. The right hon. gentleman told will rescind the order of the house for the nomination of the them the Government were new about to send out a coin- committee, and thus leave the division on the present motion mission of inquiry, to imply a want of confidence in the Government." (Cheers Mr. S. HERBERT observed that the commis s i on was from the Opposition.) Honourable gentlemen opposite cheer sent out on the ith of November last. that statement—those who not long since filled high office iii Mr. LAYARDeaid, that was after many of the disasters the administration of this country, and who now aspire again, which had overtaken our troops had occurred. It now a perhaps, to fill those offices which they before filled for a con peered that Lord Raglan had b een di rec t e d t o make p- a aiderable period. What !—Have they no confidence in the report to the Government upon the state of the army ; but Government, and do they shrink from coming forward and how were they to get at the truth in that report ? Did they proposing a direct vote of want of confidence ? (Hear, hear.) think that if they examined the officers they would tell them Do they seek to carry their purpose by moans of this motion, all they felt! Not a bit of it. And how would these reports so objectionable in principle, and objectionable, as I conteed be made? Were they likely to be fair reports ? On the it must be in the greatest degree, hilts practical effect? contrary, rod very naturally too, would not all that re- Why do they not raise the plain and'simple.question of "'eon fleeted credit be gi ven , an d all that was unfavourable fidence" or "no confidence," and ask the House of Coinmons be kept in the background? (Hear, hear.) That was the to decide into whose hands the government of the country nature of the reports they would get, and not the least shall be intrusted ? I admit that that any man who votes for dependence could be placed upon them. The right hon. this motion, will express an entire want of confidence in t e gentleman had asked if commissioners were to be sent out Government; 'but still I wonder at hon. gentlemen not having such as those sent out by the French Republic ? This was courage enough to come down and explicitly avowing that certainly no revolutionary war, but in the case referred to feeling by a direct vote, but seeking to attain their object in by the right hon. gentleman the army was in a state of de- directly and ambiguously by a motion like the one now pro moralisation, and it was re organised and led en to victory, posed by the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. Still, it performing deeds rarely exceeded in the previous hi s t or y of is possible for a man to vote ao:ainst, +has veett...,. wltLoss.t e. the country, in consequence of the efforts of the commission- pressing any confidence whatever in the Government. What era. The House were told that, through the vicious system is it that my honourable friend who last addressed the house adopted by the Government, the medical officers before stated? He admitted that the motion was objectionable in Sebastopol had resigned in a body. Of course Lord Raglan principle, and must be disadvantageous in practice. I, refused to receive their resignation, but the matter was a however, rest my opposition to the motion on other grounds. very serious one, and it showed how badly the Government I admit, to the fullest extent, the right of the house and of departments must be managed when the medical officers the country to be furnished with the roost ample information finding they were usable to discharge their duties pro- , which the Govei.mient can give with regard to the state of perly, were corn psll,.‘l .- ....oiiiu ill a body View.) , He our ar, , as Wen . as wi . th re...,,,-1 1,-. th. ~......- -r .9.--.- .. , i uo wish now to enter into any run body a rasp acing ............a evils which exist in that gallant army, limit the war. He knew, as the right hon. gentleman told them, ing that admission of right to this extent only, that every ' that the Government could not grant this committee, for consideration shall be given to what the public interest if such a committee were sitting upstairs the hands of the requires in regard to the degree of information to be Government would be shackled, and disclosures might b e given at any particular period of time, for it cannot be made which would be most prejudicial to the public ser- denied that a certain degree of information only may pru vice. It was not, however, in that respect that he should dently be afforded on a particular subject at one period, con vote upon the motion of his hon. friend. He should vote cerning which, at a later period, more ample information may upon it distinctly because he believed it to be a vote of con- be safely granted. My right hon. friend has said that he was fidence or no confidence, and not because for a moment he ready to enlarge the terms of the motion so a l s t tc it giv t e he i r t e a imagined that such a committee could be conceded. (Hear.) more the g rn c m h e a u ra t They had been told it would be well to let the matter rest fore,. . be gen sa er id al th an at d duty, e a t i e v V. shr D in e k n in t g e from , afford now, Ws house and the country. But it is priu now, for the noble lord the member for Tiverton was Min- ing all the information which, consistently with their ister for War, and all things would go on right. It would they can afford not, however, shake the resolution he had come to when he character against certain depart found that at the last moment, with imminent danger hang- sure of a grave and serious . cipally owing to the feeling that this motion involves a cen which Ipreside, sort long in the department over . ing over their heads, the Government had appointed the ments of the Government that I oppose it ; for, although not noble lord the member for Tiverton Minister for War. That having fully responsible for all the sort of thing had been•going on now for the last 12 months. and which is not immediately connected with the conducting Had they not last year told the Government that the pro- of the war, still I stand . here as per person for Minister of War was the noble lord the f I had been acts of my . noble and right hon. friend upon . whom the im member for Tiverton. (Hear, hear.) He well remembered mediate direction of the war has devolved as i his lamented friend the late member for Marylebone mak- personally at the head of the departments they themselves ing a motion in that house upon this very subject, and fill. (Hear, hear.) , I feel it would be unjust to cast censure now, at the last moment, it was admitted that those who upon men whom I consider to be undeserving of th at censure. held ' that opinion were right, and the Government were (Hear, hear.) lam not here, however, to say that no mis wrong. But such had been the case in everything. (Hear.) takes have been made or errors committed, or that every- Last year hon. members proposed an amalgamation of the thing has been done in the right way or at the proper time. War-office and the office of the Secretary at War. They I have always said that if we had possessed that foresight were told that it should be done, and the ; 10118 e liberally which experience would have afforded us, we might have been voted 17,0001. on the understanding that the amalgama. able to guard against many of the evils which we all lament ; tion should take place. But what then occurred? A but I believe from my soul that those evils have resulted not ; noble duke was appointed at the head of the War-office, from the incapacity or the ignorance of any one man, or of and he (Mr. Layard) had supposed that the new Minister any other man, but that they have resulted from that igno would have chosen as his under secretaries some per- ranee under which we have all suffered, owing to the ines sons who knew something of the business of such a de- tunable blessing of a forty years' undisturbed peace. The partment, but he found one of the under secretaryships experience of war can only be acquired from the continuance was given to a relative of the noble duke—a military man of a long protracted war. lam not here to say that a road against whom he had nothing to say—and the other to the could not have been constructed from Balaklava to the camp noble duke's private secretary. (Hear.) It was really as - before the mud had so accumulated as to make all transit tonishing to see how the public interests were trifled with, impossible. lam not here to say thakhospitala could not have and, unless a better system were adopted, the House of been much earlier established, or that the transport service Commons had better at once resign its functions. Then, has been conducted in the most efficient manner; but lam I again, the transport service was brought under the notice here to say that I tilt k it would be most unjust - were Ito of the Government, but nothing was done in the matter concur in a vote which would lay the blame of these results 1 until Ministers saw that the country was determined to have upon any. one man. (Hear, hear.) I believe that if any I a transport service, when they stepped in and consented to one of us now composing the Government had b en p l a c ed make one. Time after time he and other hon. gentlemen had in the same position we might have fallen into the same risen in that house to state that there was no blockade in series of errors, for we sh uld not only have laboureo under the Black Sea. Over and over again he was flatly contra - that inexperience which results from the absence of war for dieted by the First Lord of the Admiralty, and told that many years, but we should have had to contend with the there was a blockade. He (Mr. Layard told them that the non-combative feeling which prevailed in the country at the tradein the Black Sea was as open as it ever had been, that time when this war broke out I have thus, sir, stated what many of our merchants had been ruined, and that the com- I believe to have been the main cause of those evils and sad merce was. eing carried on regularlyby Greek merchants ; results which we aro now lamenting. A great deal of the he was contradicted morethan once ) though they now found misery has also proceeded from disease, which has been the a notice issued to establish a blockade from the Ist of effect of climate, and against which no experience or foresight February next. (Hear.) Really, this was laughing at the could have guarded, What was the effect of the troops be public, and he could not understand how people could ing put in motion after having had their spirits cowed and allow themselves to be treated in such a manner. Was it their health destroyed by being kept in a state of inaction at true or not that there had been a blockade? Ib was evi- Varna, where disease was carrying them off in great numbers? dent that none had existed. inasmuch as they now found I say that the disease in the camp and the scourge of cholera, that fact admitted by the Government themselves. (Hear.) which, even in this country; had its almost c untless victims, The other day a complaint was made that medals had not seriously affected the army by weakening its strength and been given for the action at Balaklava, but when the Go- diminishing its efficiency ; and yet it would be most unjust vernment saw the strong feeling entertained by the public to attribute these results to the conduct of any portion of the in that respect they at once conceded the matter, and came Government. As this motion has been taken up as a vote of down to the house to say that a medal wcald be granted. want of confidence in the Government by hon. gentleman, I (Hear.) New, was this statesmanship, or what was it ? can only say that if the blow is to be struck and blame is to Did it not bear out the. ruth of the words of a celebrated be cast on the Government, strike the blow at once. (Cheers.) English writer, that it would be of little detriment to This is a time not for debate or hesitation; it is time for ac the public service to throw a piece of orange peel tion. (Hear.) Let the house come to a decision, and, be it ad into the Palace Court-yard, and make the first man who verse or be it otherwise, to that decision we must bow. (Cheers) picked it up Prime Minister? (Laughter.) Recent events I was much gratified to hear the hon. member for West Sur bore out most strongly the truth of this remark of Mr. Car. rey (Mr. Drummond) pass a well-merited compliment on that lyle. Either Lord Raglan was sent out at the head of the department of the Administration which is more immediately expedition, or he was not. If he was not, why throw under the direction of my right hon. friend (Mr. Sidney Her any blame upon him? Upon all sides there was the same . bert), against 'whom, nevertheless, the force of the present —he scarcely knew what to characterise it—the same motion is more particularly directed than against any other sacrifice of public interests to private interests. He might member of the Government. There are a few points respecting almost warn them of the fate of Athens and Florence, and which it appea:rs to me there exists a great deal of misrepre ask if it was creditable, when the very existence of the sentation, no doubt arising from misapprehension, of what country was at stake, that they should sacrifice its honour my right hon. friend has said. The hon. member for Aeries and welfare for private and personal feelings? (Hear, bury has said that the Secretary at War had actually thrown hear.) His hon. friend the member for the city of London blame, and even a stigma, on the army, by stating that its had attemptedlo explain the speech he made some time ago officers were not capable of taking the command of a brigade. with respect to Austria, but he would much rather that My right hon. friend said nothing of the kind. What he said his noble friend had adhered to the former version. He was, that our army is not an army in the sense in which that did not mean to say that Austria would not joie the treaty, word is used in war, or the sense in which it is regarded and ultimately deal with them - but what had she done when speaking of the great continental armies, .which are hitherto when one word upon her part might have saved kept up in a perpetual state of efficiency to act as a defensive half of those who had been sacrificed in the Crimea ? and offensive army. What my right hon. friend did say was (" Hear, hear," a n d c h eers .) Did th ey th ey t hi n k th a t R ue - that our army was an aggregation of regiments, a n d whi c h I I six would hav e ad vance d b e y on d Od essa if A us t r i a h a d b een believe is perfect in its organisation ; but, from the very na against her? Certainly not. And how could he, by voting titre of the duties attaching to a regiment the service is a re again,t the motion of his hon. friend, show any confidence gimental service and not an army. There are many regimen in a Government who had shown themselves so incapa- tal officers who, from serving in the colonies and at other pable ? (Hear and cheers.) It was admitted by the Go- parts of the British empire, have never had the opportunity of vernment themselv es that they had made a gigantic mis- seeing a brigade. But surely, to say so is casting no reproach take, and h a d b roug h t us to th i s terr ib le position ; and he upon the British army. The next observation I have to make trusted the house would allow him a few moments, while is not with respect to any misrepresentation of what has fallen he endeavoured to point out the really critical position in from my right hon. friend, but is a misrepresentation which which we now stood. Looking at the Crimea and Seb as t o - has been made by the hon. member for Aylesbury himself pal as nothing, it appeared that the Government were now with respect to the condition of the British soldier. The concentrating their energies on potted meat and warm hon. gentleman has said that the habits of the British soldier clothing—certainly most important things, but not the is not so good as those of other nations, and that he is not so only important things to be looked to. What was the real fertile in resources as the soldiers of other armies. Is not that position of the country at this moment ?We were engaged speaking in deparagement of the British soldier? Then, with a gigantic power, and our army—what little army we again, he says the British soldier is a mere machine—that you now had—was in the Crimea, and could not b e d rawn make him a machine, and that a machine he is. Now let me thence. In whet position did Russiae stand.? • Sh e h a d upon quo t e , i n oppos iti on t o the opinion of the non-combatant the borders of Asia a vast army which it was highly probable, member for Aylesbury, the opinion of one, of the gallant deeds as soon as the warm weather set in, would march upon with which his name is associated in both services—the army Erzeroum, and Kars, and Bagdad, and overrun the whole and the navy—we are proud to speak, and to whom we are of Asia Minor. And what would be our position if all indebted as the historian of the Peninsular War. (Cheers.) Russia gained possession of Erzeroum, and engaged , If the hon. gentleman has not read that book, ' nothing till the winter even in the way of sending an I Mn: BAYARD rose amid loud cries of "Order," let m agent there. Hear.) The gentleman they have then sent that th e c h arge w hi c h h a d b ee n made against him by the was on e o f grea t a bility, and whom he should be glad to 1 right hon. gentleman was a most serious one. He begged to 1 and m advise ise sa id Persia on her side t The Government did nothing la s t i him to do so before he again ventures to cast imputations upon year to engage Persia with the Allies, and they did the character of a,British soldier. / I " in AIWA way position, m but ho WO4 not quit 9 the ► a ll I gay that ho had cyst no imputa t ion 11 , r 04 t h e D r iti o 4 wilier. - - - THE SUN, LONDON, SATTIRDAI EVENT What he said was, that as a raw aaterial he possessed all the excellencies of a soldier, but tit the system made him a machine. Sir G. GREY.—Yes, as a raw Aterial he was excellent, but that that material, in consequice of the system, was so deteriorated that it made him a ►achine. Now, Sir, Wil liam Napier, in a passage of his Ivrk, gives this description of the qualities of a British soldier—. " That the British infantry soldw is more robust than the soldier of any other nation can scrcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his poveful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Euroe ; and notwithstanding his habitual excess in drinking, heiustains fatigue and wet and the extremes of cold and heat dth incredible vigour." There is the raw material ; and nov we come to the ma chine. " When completely disciplined—ad three years are required to accomplish this—his port is loft, and his movements free, the whole world cannot produce a nbler specimen of military bearing: nor is the mind unworth of the outward man. (Loud cheers.) He does not, indei, possess that presump tuous vivacity which would lead hb to dictate to his com manders, or even to censure real frors, although he may perceive them; but he is obserant and quick to com prehend his orders, full of resource under difficulties, calm and resolute in danger, and more Om usually obedient and careful of his officers in moments ofimminent peril. It has been asserted that his undeniable firnness iu battle is the re sult of a phlegmatic constitution uniepired by moral feeling. Never was a more stupid calumn s uttered ? Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields where eery helmet caught some beams of glory, but—[l am now cony to a passage, the accu racy of which I don't admit]—the Bitish soldier conquered under the cold shade of aristocracy. &oud shouts of laughter.) No honours waited his daring, no despatch gave his nam3 to the applause of his countrymen, his life of danger and hard ship was unchequered by hope, his death unnoticed. Did his heart sink therefore ? Did he not endure with surpassing fortitude the sorest of ills, sustain tie most terrible.assaults in battle unmoved, overthrow with incredible energy every opponent, and at all times prove, Rut while no physical mi litary qualification was wanting, the bunt of honour was also full and fresh within him 1" (Cheers.) I hope I need not apologise to the house for having read this passage from so eminent an authority—(cheers) —and I trust, that from this time forth the hon. gentleman will not venture to describe the British soldier as being composed of a " raw material" that is converted into a mere machine by the system of the British army. (Hear.) But, sir, since this passa g e was written b y Si r William Napier, not only has a great improvement taken place in the habits of the soldier, but his deeds of valour are now recognised in a manner which was formerly never done, and marks of merit given, and commissions bestowed upon him with a liberality that was never before practised in the army. The letters received' from our brave, soldiers now in the Crimea have been such as to come home to the hearts and sympathies of all in this land ; and . st. , i , yelLit is no slight prof t of the 'i2 fr ,in the private soldier as from the officer. (Hear.f One wait with reference Whe;;Tve - g - cl - SUCI letters - p l ublisc4:l4er'' ( ' -'" to a misapprehension on the part of an hon. gentleman near me who spoke seemingly on the assumption that authority had been given to Lord Raglan now for the first time to re move incompetent officers. Does he not know that from the first time Lord Raglan set foot in the Crimea, or took the command of the army, he had full authority, and knew that he would be supported in the exercise of that authority, to remove every officer who might be found incompetent to the discharge of his duties ? I have thus stated generally the grounds on which I feel it incumbent on me to stand on this occasion by the acts of my colleagues when att ac k e d by the motion of the hon. and learned member f or Sh eff i eld—to avow, my full responsibility for those acts, to sh are i n the censure twiohinc,hanthdisto defend e n m d grounds of censure or blame—but to state th e i r case openly to o f n ar th as them a b m able —n o t f rom all Passing this resolu aythem as impose the house, and to depend on its candour and fairness in coming to a decision. This imposes on me the necessity of observing— which Ido with considerable reluctance—on what fell from the noble lord, the member for the city of London, in the early part of this evening. He has stated with great clearness, and temper, and moderation the grounds which have induced him to retire from the Government of Lord Aberdeen ; and knowing, as I do, the character of the noble lord, I do not for one moment doubt that he has been actuated by a high and conscientious sense of duty in taking that step, an d in with holding his vote and support from his colleagues in resisting the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. He has referred to the correspondence that took place be tween Lord Aberdeen and himself some time in November, and he has also referred, and referred, no doubt, truly to the opinion which he says was conveyed to him by his colleagues on this question. I certainly thought he was not at that time justified in resigning his post in the circumstances in which we were placed; but I beg most distinctly to assert, that I cannot hesitate for one moment in thinking that, what ever be the position of a Government—whatever may be the consequences which may follow such an act—any member of a Government is entitled, nay, is bound, to separate himself from that Government in any circumstances of peril to the country, and of deep anxiety and responsibility, if, when he proposes a course of action which he considers essential to the interests of the country, he finds that proposal over ruled. (Hear.) I should have felt that I was departing widelyfrom my duty, and acting in a way not worthy of myself or of him, if I had ventured to say, " You have stated that you think a certain course essential to the interests of the country, but, that course having been negatived by the head of, thelGoVernment, you are bound to.withdravifrom it." I should rather have said, " You haea only one course to take." (Hear, hear.) But in, my own defence, and without casting the least blame on him, I must say that what I felt deeply at that time was that the arrangement proposed by my noble friend, and to which he referred in one of the letters he read, was a mere arrangement for securing unity of action in the different departments of our military administration by combining them into one. (Hear, hear.) His proposal was that the two offices of Secretary at War and the Secretary for the War Department should be combined, and that the two offices should be held 1,3 , of this house. I said at the same time, that if that change was to take place, and if it would be conducive to the interests of the country, it was a change that should certainly he made, and that there was no man the country would look to with so much confi dence for holding this combined office as my noble friend who now holds the seals of the Home Department. (Hear.) But I certainly did not unde r st an d th a t h e proposed this change as essential to the conduct of the war nr a d terests of the country,_ll:lya L l_Thg n Epose no w t e s om ma mu _ e IliCated to me till after tho notice appeared in the G'azette for the meeting of Parliament, and I confess that I consi dered deeply what would be the effect if I concurred in a step by which one of my colleagues would bo summarily ejected from an office which he held, merely on the notion that ' an improvement would thereby be made in the administra tion of the army. Now, I frankly admit that, all things now considered, knowing what the results are, seeing the feeling of the country, and knowing the vigorous mind of my noble friend the Secretary for the Home Department, I could wish that when the original appointment was made the office should have been confided to him. (Cheers.) Ido not say different results would have been obtained, but the country would have had the most tried and efficient man intrusted with the office, and, whatever the results might have been, I do not think the same censure would have attached to the Govern ment that is now cast upon it. (H ear, hear.) But I must say that when I was solicited by my nobl e f r i en d t o j o i n t h e Government in June, when the re -arrangement of offices took place, I then understood him not only to consent, but to ap prove the arrangement by which the noble lord (Palmerston) m ta ig p h e t rf h e a rsa ve . wish e d to t b o e o obtain in I i s n speak holds the office of Home Secretary, and th e Duke of Newcastle that of the War Department. As th e D uke of Newcastle's colleagues separated for the summer th ey were unable to give vheimrytthryatinagdvlacetiewshhice hade which my own mind, but I certainly do feel that there would have been the appearance of a want of generosity to have turned round on a colleague who was acting most ably and labo riously in the office which he filled, and ej ec t e d h i m from that office to carry out a mere arrangement f or greater un i ty of action. No doubt we all concurred in the opi n i on th a t a c h ange might at some time. or other be desirable. I told my noble probably break up th e G overnment by leaving it, he should consider the respon sibility attached to such a step. (He ar, h ear.) I was one who dissuaded him at that time from in s i s ti ng, I w ill not say on the proposal then made , but from leavin g th e G overnmen t i t friendand h t e h that, would before or leaving on account of it ; and, though I knew that my noble friend, in common with many others no doubt, thought that some change might at some distant period be desirable, I cer tainly heard with surprise on Wednesday evening that he had tendered his resignation in consequence of the notice of the hon. member for Sheffield. I feel the deepest pain in being for the first time separated from my noble friend—l trust it will be the last time we shall be so separated. Nothing could grieve me more than to believe that the rest of my life was to be spent in difference of opinion with him on matters of im porbance. (Hear, hear.) But I could not, consistently with the feelings which I think due to one of my colleagues, agree with him on this question. Do not suppose that I think any consideration for a colleague ought to stand in the way of the public interests. (Hear.) But I do not feel that the pro posed change would, in present c ircumstances, be conducive to the public interests, and I have th erefore felt it my duty to oppose my noble friend. (Hear, hear.) I deeply regret that he is not . here now to share the responsibility of that which he, in common with u s , approved of. (Hear, hear.) One word in consequence of what fell from my noble friend, and was repeated by the hon. member for Aylesbury, to the effect that he has heard that since he left the Government the very change which he proposed has been made—that, in short, my noble friend the Secretary for the Home Department has been appointed to the War De- partment. (Hear, hear.) All I can say is that I stand here, a member of Lord Aberdeen's Government, to defend the acts of that Government, and to submit, in common with my colleagues in that Government, to any censure that may be passed upon it, but I am no party to any arrangement by whieh any reconstruction of the Government is to take place. (Hear, Hear.) Ido not mean to say what course may here after be taken by the Governinent. If this Motion is not carried, it will be for the colleagues of Lord Aberde en t o con sider what changes it may be proper to make ; but no changes such as have been referred to have received the sanction of the Government. (Hear, hear.) I know of no such changes. All I say is, that I am a member of the existing G overnment, ready to submit to the verdict of the house, whatever that verdict may be. If the verdict IL not a hostile one, we will then have to consider whether, consistent y with our ow n ho nour and our own character, we ma y not feel ourselves justi fied, from a regard to the public interests, to continue to hold the offices we now occupy. I earnestly join, however, in the appeals that have been made to the house, not to hang up this question in an undecided state till Monday • Let the result be known, so that the Government may kno w th e position in which it is placed, and the co !miry may under. stand in whose hands the management of public affairs is to be vested—that the Government, by whomsoever eon. ducted, may be able to take those measures that the cir cumstances of the country eminently require, and to carry succour and safety and comfort" to our gallant army in the East. (Cheers.) Mr. WALPOLE—I wish to state very shortly to the house the view which I take of this subject, and lam not certain that I should have done so but for the remarks that have fallen from the right hon. gentleman who has just spoken. One of these was that this motion, if carried, will be detri mental to the interests and to the administration of affairs in this country ; the other was that we were unwilling on thi s side of the house to discuss, or did not care to discuss frankly, a vote of want of confidence in the Government. Now, with regard to the former of these points, I have always said in private, and I have no hesitation to repeat it in • public, that it would be a great misfortune to this country if the Government were changed at the present moment, and that it would be much better for the public interests that they should reconstruct the Government in such a manner as to be able to carry on the public affairs of the country. In respect to the other charge, of not daring to vote a want of confidence in Government, I wish exactly to state my views of the. present motion. After the speech of the noble lord the member for the city of London it appeared to me that it was totally impossible to resist an inquiry some time, and ' that the only question the Government had to consider was what that inquiry should be. (Hear, hear.) You have before you the evidence of the noble lord, who is the only person in this house out of the Government who knows i all the circumstances connected with t, an whois, therefore, competent to acquaint the house whether some inquiry i s necessary or not ; and I must say that, after such a declare.- ti 94 as he bas ivado a fl it would Do eri9US 073_,PP9illtment t 9 NG, JANUARY 27 3 1 the country at large, it would create the greatest possible dissatisfaction, if this house presumed to refuse that inquiry, and to enable the country to judge of the persons who are to blame for the mismanagement that has occurred in our army. The daily, or at least the weekly accounts that come from the Crimea are so calamitous—the condition of the troops, if these accounts are to be credited is so alarming—the apparent mismanagement of almost every department is so clear—the plenty which the Secretary at War states to have gone from this country, and which lies heaped in profusion at I thest Balaklava —alrthis affords the strongest condemnation of management of the war on the part of some persons. g 7 first' duty in such circumstances, it should have been the duty of the Government to ask for this inquiry, so that the country might be informed who were the parties to blame fer what has occurred. (Hear, hear,) I should fur ther have thought that it was the interest of the Govern ment, for the sake of, and in justice to, those commanders who, in their absence, behind their backs, without the means of answering the charges that are brought against them, have been censured indiscriminately . for the want of that information which might have furnished the house with a defence of their characters, not to have re sisted this inquiry. I should further have thought that, in justice to the country, which from one end of it to ,he other now demanding inqujry—(hear, hear) -the last thino the House of Commons would have done woul I have been to resist such inquiry, to increase the existing dissatisfaction— (hear, hear)—and that they would rather have quickened the hands of the Government in the due and proper prosecution of the inquiry. These are reasons which, to my mind, arc absolutely irresistible in favour of some inquiry, unless the objections taken to such inqu:ry by the right lion. baronet (Sir G. Grey) and by my right hon. friend the Secretary at War could prevail—namely, first, that au inquiry of this kind would be seriously detrimental to the public interests; and, secondly, that it implies a censure upon the Govern ment, which, if the house is prepared to cast such censure, ought to. be conveyed by a direct motion. Allow me to refer brieflyeto both those points. The only real argument, the only strong objection, which has been urged against this mo tion is that it maybe detrimental to the public interests. Now, observe what is the nature of the inquiry which is asked for. It is an inquiry into the condition of the army before Sebas topol, and into the conduct of those departments of the Go vernment whose duty it has been to minister to the wants of that army. It is not such a searching, roving inquiry as has been alluded to by my right hon. friend, which is to continue hanging over the heads of our generals and admirals during the time that the inquiry is going on, It is an inquiry into the past, and into the conduct of those departments to which the interests of the army have been intrusted, with the view of ascertaining why the wants of that army have not been properly ministered to. Now, how can such an inquiry be detrimental to the public interests ? Being a retrospective in quiry, with reference to a state of things which is appalling the country at this moment, it is precisely similar to the in quiry which was instituted at the time of the Walcheren ex '', 74 , 4 , no,- ...in ,utt ministerial ..,enches,) Yes, with the exception that the Walcheren inquiry was made by a committee of the whole house, or rather in the house—(hear)—instead of being conducted —like the inquiry now proposed—by a select committee. When I said that the Walcheren inquiry was similar to that now proposed, I meant with respect to its retrospective operation. (Hear.) I have heard it objected that this inquiry would be prosecuted into the affairs of the expedition while it is in progress ; but I deny entirely that this is the object of the inquiry now sought ; and, if such had been the object of the inquiry, I conceive that the Government ought to have limited it to the past, and I venture to say that this house would almost unanimously have supported them in such a limitation. (Hear.) It is also objected that the inquiry is to be prosecuted before a select committee, instead of before a committee of the whole house; or, in fact, before the house itself ; but are hon. gentlemen aware of the immense difficulties which occurred before, and which would occur again, if you were to prosecute an inquiry of this description before the whole house ? Arc they aware that the reporters were excluded from the house during the whole of the Walcheren inquiry, because of the danger that might arise to the public interests from the publication of the proceedings ? Do they recollect that the evidence pro duced before that committee found its way into the papers, and that serious riots took place in consequence of the exclu sion of the reporters ? I think the house must see that it would beeinfiuitely preferable to have a select committee in quiring into this matter, with the power of closing their doors while the inquiry is in progress, and then furnishing the house with the necessary information to enable them to form a judgment upon the subject. It seems to me that the inquiry which was directed by a majority adverse to the Government at the time of the Walcheren expedition is the strongest pos sible precedent for granting the inquiry which is now de manded ; anJ, indeed, until you grant that inquiry, I know not how this house will obtain the information which they ought to possess with regard to the prosecution of the war. But it has been said by my right hon. friend, " You will hamper the generals and those who have the conduct of the war if you grant this inquiry," Why, I appeal to the house whether anything can be worse than what is taking place at present with reference to those' generals ? You have anonymous letters written, charging the generals with mis conduct, with incapacity, with want of knowledge of their military duties, when they themselves are at a distance of 3,000 miles,—when they have no friends here with sufficient information to justify their conduct—(hear, hear)—and when this house, it it should adopt the plea set up in opposition to the motion, would in fact depri ve th ose generals of their only means of defence. (Heae, hear.) For these reasons, therefore, instead of this. motion being detrimental to the public service, it would, I firmly believe, be rather con ducive to its interest than otherwise, although I admit that by inquiries of this description considerable difficulties must be placed in the way of those who have the management of public affairs. We have, however, to balance two sets of inconveniences— the inconvenience of interfering with the conduct of public affairs to a certain extent, and the still greater inconvenience of refusing to the house and the coun try that information which they justly demand, when they find the finest army that was ever sent out from their shores reduced from 54,000 to some 20,000 men, or as some ac counts state. which I would fain hope are incorrect, to 14,000 effective men. (Hear.) This, then, being my answer to the first objection, let us see whether the second objection ought to prevent us from voting for this committee. That objection is, that the motion involves a censure upon the Government, and that if censure-is intended to be cast upon the Government, it ought to be a direct motion. I must 15r3,111a0ZIErty thp same view is not - ialen , sent motion in the strict sense of a censure upon the' La, eCT4,- ment. On the contrary I look upon the . motion as a propo lotion for inquiry, in order that the blame may be fixed upon the proper persons, as soon as information is rendered to this house. My argument would be that, seeing that so much damage has happened to your troops —seeing that they are in want of all the necessaries that would enable them to per form their military service—seeing that they have neither fuel nor food, nor clothing, nor shelter, nor ammunition not because these things are not at Balaklava, but becaus l e your agents and officers have not the means of carrying them up to the spots where they are required—l feel it impossible to refuse an inquiry which would enable us to ascertain who is to blame, and in prosecuting such inquiry I do not necessarily impugn either this or that man's character. I say further, however, that if the Government are to leave the question upon the present state of our information, gleaned as it must be from the public organs, and if they will not furnish us with that information which would enable us to judge.more accurately, we must then bestow our censure where prima facie it seems to be deserved —namely, upon the public departments which have the conduct of the war. Prima facie the heads of those departments are responsible for the whole of the business transacted by, through, or under them, and it is for them to discharge themselves of that re sponsibility by showing that they have done all that they could do in this country towards securing the proper conduct of affairs, and towards ascertaining who were the parties who have been blameable, and that having ascertained the fact they have recalled the blameable persons from the positions which they have occupied. I think, then, the objection that the inquiry would be detrimental to the public interests is not so strong as the countervailing objection that if you re fuse inquiry you are denying to this house, and to the people whose representatives you are, that information which is im peratively demanded, and which, I must say, is imperatively needed. (Hear, hear.) I also conceive that the objection taken to the motion, on the ground that it involves a cen sure upon the Government, does not strictly apply ; for although blame undoubtedly attaches somewhere, you would not specify the particular individuals to whom such blame attached until a proper and sufficient inquiry had been instituted. These, then, are the reasons which will induce me to vote for the appointment of the committee. It has been said indirectly—and, no doubt, it is felt in many quar ters—that, if this motion should be carried, it will lead to a change in the Government. Ono word I should like to say upon that subject. In my view of the Government of this country, nothing is more disastrous than constant and fre quently recurring changes. For the stability of the Govern ment, it is important that the same hand should carry it on continuously, as long as they are able to do so in unity among themselves and for the benefit of the public service. ' I have always held, and I still hold, that, as Conservatives—at least, as right-minded Conservatives —our first duty is not unneces sarily to hamper the executive Government. That is a duty which I think we ought to impose upon ourselves, and a duty which I believe is felt by most of the gentlemen sitting on this side the house. But there are times when we may think that a Government is either wrong in principle, or that public affairs have been so misconducted that some step may fairly be taken, even by those who are willing to strengthen the hands of the Executive, lest they should be implicated in the responsibility of measures which they feel in reason they are bound to condemn. This consideration undoubtedly leads us to the question—supposing the Government is dis placed how is it to be re-formed ? Is it to be reconstructed from megtbers of its own body, or is a new Government to be formed ? (Hear, hear.) I know that I tread upon delicate ground in touching upon this subject, but the reason why I regret most of all the retirement of the noble lord from the Government is the enormous difficulty which the Government find in the way of their reconstruction. (" Hear," and a laugh.) Ido not hesitate to say that recon struction is the best thing that could have happened if it had happened before the Government met Parliament—(" Hear," and laughter) -, but, in such reconstruction, it would be ne cessary for you to consider how you could have suited the places tothe men who were to fill them, rather than how you could fit the men, however ill-qualified they might be, to the place's. (A laugh.) There is another thing of which I cannot lose sight, and which has been apparent for the last year or two. I cannot conceal from myself that the experiment of what is called a " coalition" has again failed, as it always has failed in this country—(" hear," and a laugh)—not fromwant of ability, not from want of principle, not from want of integrity of character in the men who compose the Government, but it has failed because—as anybody must have noticed who has watched the course and the measures of the Government— there was not one mind pervading them (hear, hear) ; because there ts. a difference of opinion which was sadly detri m ental to the interests. (" Hear," and cheers.) That difference has manifested itself upon almost every greatques tion ; it has manifested itself signally upon the question now before us—the question of the war. (Hear, hear.) We have had Ministers in the two houses using very different language—(cheers)--and, since there comes to be a q uestion of reconstruction, I may say I hope that if you do recon struct yourselves you will take care that, at any rate, in fu ture there shall be fixed plans, steady views, perfect consist ency, and unity of purpose. (Cheers and laughter.) Without that the Government of this country cannot go on, and, whatever may be the injury done by a committee of in quiry, a far greater injury will result from continuing a Government with discordant opinions. (Hear.) The noble member for the city of London (Lord J. Russell) in his memoirs of the great Whig leader of whom he was always proud, and justly proud, to be a follower, has made some remarks upon what a coalition Government is, and upon its want of success when Mr. Fox joined Lord North. He says, in his " Memoirs of Mr. Fox," that when that coalition Government was formed, its members, by their own con duct, pronounced its condemnation. Ho tells us that Mr. Fox said, " Unless it meets with complete suc cess there is nothing to justify it ;" and he adds that General Fitzpatrick remarked that, Unless it tTas followed by really good government, nothingc T ou he ld w justify it of it ;" and then he gives us his own opinion. ~ this success was therefore its condemnation." Whether or not these remarks are applicable to the Government which we have seen during the last two years history no doubt will hereafter judge. I think its judgment will be against the 855. Govern: ment. ("Hear," and cheers.) And I must say that, wh elev. 3r happens—whether this Government is reconstructed or a, no` Government is formed—l h ope t h e condition of thin ,gs - which Ims been existing for some twelve months will not he, allow° 1 to continue much longer, for it is a condition of thh Igs which I say sincerely, because I feel it deeply, is unsout d in point of policy, is unwise in point of principle— that it will prove in the end degrading to yourselves and detrim ei7tal to the best interests of this country. (" and el leers.) Mr, V. SMITH said—He entirely put faith in the first ob servat ion of the right hon. gentleman who last spoke, that it was not his desire, nor the desire of those about Trim, to take p ossession of office by any course they might take upon the pr( !sent occasion ; for he could not see how any man in his set mos could be so desperately ambitious, or cravingly hu'ngrY , as at the present moment to wish to occupy the Mir Aisto rial Bench. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) The rigi"xt h on. gentleman had divided the question into two with respect to th e Government ; and the other part. s .— one, concerning a cen sure or vote of want of eon •espect to a question o f confidence or no con cant to the necessity of the proposed inquiry. In the present Administr a ti on, he should be prepared I fi V d i e t i ll e t l to vote t luite at his ease, for he could not imagine any one Possessin such an amount of credulity as to have confidence in the AO Ministration as it now existed, if, indeed, it could said to exist at all. (Laughter.) He had 'given an hide .: , *dent though critical support to the Administration hi therto. P 6 no- his confidence in three of its memb ers most -- Lord Landsdowne, to whom he owed every particm. species of .giance, and for whom he entertained the hi g h est possible acin2n ation as a statesman—(hear, hear)—the n o bl e lord the menitit 'r for London, and the noble lord the H ome Secretary. -.la- noble lord, the member for London, h a d n ow withdrawn front . ‘bat Administration, and, excepting Lord Lansdowne, his IT , - mining confidence was due and given to the noble lord the h 9rue Secretary with the utm os t hil ar ity. (Laughter.) But ,71a,... t did that noble lo r d sa y ? Wh y, on l y N let the house give exe• - tfidence to the Minister t o - n i g ht , and to-morrow they wOuld make a fresh Administrati on alto gether, (" Hear," and .lauelter.) The noble lord said that the Administration was under fe-composition, but the Secre tary for the Colonies, on the contiirary, stated that he had no thing to do with the re-constructioir of the Cabinet, and that he defended it as it stood at pres'ent. Then whom was the House to give confidence to ? Who was , the leader of the Commons at the present moment, and 'who the War Minister ? (Hear, hear.) These were most important to know, and if any Minister had risen and said that the noble lord the member for Tiverton was now the War Minister, that announcement no doubt would influence many votes with respect to the pro• sent motion. He entirely concurred in the propoOition made by the noble lord the member for London that the noble member should be made War Minister ; but he was afraid that the proposition might now come too late,—and the art I of doing things too late might be called an attribut e o f th e present Administration. arrerltoßP renretted that the right hon. frArviln. man who lately spoke from the Opposition be nches had dis played so much of the suavitur in modo, and so little of the fortiter in, re. " Fine words buttered no parsnips." He was one who choso to use plain terms. It was small concern to him how the Ministers were driven from office, whether by a vote of want of confidence, or by a vote of stigma, for with one or two exceptions, including the noble lord the Home Secre tary, he cared not how soon they were turned right about face, and marched from the Treasury Bench. He re garded the sufferings of the finest army that ever went out of England with sorrow, and those sufferings had arisen from the want of care, management, knowledge, and energy on the part of the Ministers, As the noble lord the member for London had retired behind the scenes, ho would not say a word against him, except that he had retired, probably, be cause " conscience makes cowards of us all." (Laughter.) He only hoped that the Government would be constructed in such a manner as would enable it to do its duty to the country. Mr. STAFFORD moved that the debate be adjourned until Monday. Lord PALMERSTON said he had hoped that the debate would have been concluded this evening, but if it were thought by a considerable portion of the house that, looking to the importance of the subject, there should be an adjournment of it till Monday, he should certainly not oppose the proposi tion. He hoped, however, that the house would feel that it was really incumbent upon it to pronounce an opinion on this motion not later than Monday—(hear)—and upon that dis tinct understanding he should have no objection to agree to the adjournment of the debate to that da37. The debate was then adjourned until Monday. THE LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, a standing committee of 16 members was appointed to assist the Speaker in the direc tion of the library, and to whom shall be referred all matters relating thereto :—Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord John Russell, Mr. Goulburn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Napier, Sir James Graham, Mr. Monckton Mines, Mr. Disraeli, Sir J. Young, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Macaulay, Lord Naas, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Thomas Acland, and Mr. Walpole. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN INDIA. On the motion of Sir C. WOOD, a copy of report was ordered of examination for admission of assistant-surgeons in the service of the East India Company. BULLION RETURNS. On the motion of Mr. HANKEY, an address was agreed to for a return of the amount of bullion purchased and sold by the Bank of England, distinguishing gold from silver and bar gold from foreign gold coin, in each month, from the 31st day of December, 1853, to the 31st day of December, 1854 ; also the excess of payments to or of receipts from the public of British gold coin ; and also the amount received from the Mint during the same period (in continuation of Parliamen tary paper No. 102 of Session 1854). FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. air. SOTHERON obtained leave to bring in a bill to con solidate and amend the law relating to friendly sooieties. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. WILSON gave notice that on Monday, In committee of the whole house on newspaper stamps and postage duties, he would move the following resolutions :—That it is expe dient to repeal the exemption of newspapers from postage duty, and to charge on newspapers and printed books and papers transmitted by post rates of postage not exceeding one penny for every four ounces In aei)~~iciit tofu Ni - aiid a:Mena part of four ounces. That'the laws relating to tho s tam p duties on newspapers, the nd registration and of the antie - in - papers. printing and publishing of n.ews_pap.ocwrsit,ha, and the regulation Tho house then adjourned at a quarter before 12 o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 24. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of. Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty'b Charge d'Affaires in Morocco, reporting the following concessions in favour of commerce, viz.:— 1. A reduction of 30 okeats in the export duty on washed wool, which will now be 90 okeats por 1001 b.; and of 20 okeats in that on uncleaned wool, which will now be 60 okeats per 1001bs. 2. A reduction of 10 okeats in the export duty on olive oil, which will now be 60 okeats for 1001 b. 3. Permission for the tribes of Shedna, Halm, and Een Toja to bring skins, the produce of those provinces, to the Mogador market, on payment of one okeat per in to Government. 4. Permission to sell calf-skins on payment of 40 okeats per 1001 b. SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY IN THE CHINESE SEAS. This Gazette contains despatches and enclosures from Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships on the East India and China station, giving an account of the measures adopted to repress piracy in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 26. Ist Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase —George Deane, Gent., Jan. 25 ; John Heron Maxwell, Gent., Jan. 26. 4th Foot—Henry Arthur Blake, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, Jan. 26. 7th Foot—Henry Kerr, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, Jan. 26. 9th Foot—Henry George Hunt Grubbe, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, Jan. 26. 31th Foot—Captain Philip Philpot, from the 74th Foot, to be Captain, vice Drew, appointed to the 94th Foot, Jan. 26. 14th Foot—Captain Martin Petrie, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain ; Arthur Molopy, Gent. to be Ensign, withou:, purchase, Jan. 26. 17th Foot--To be Ensigns, without purchase—Serjeant- Major John Lee, Jan. 24 ; Francis Hartwell, Gent., Jan. 25 ; George Daniel Webber, Gent., Jan. 26. 18th Foot—Lieutenant G. A. Elliot to be Captain, without purchase; Robert Isaac Adamson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. 19th Foot—Robert Conolly Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. 20th Foot—Edward Augustus Patrickson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase Jan. 26. 23d Foot—Lieutenant boo. Phipps Prevost, from the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant; Francis M. Hall Dare, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. 28th Foot—Lieutenaut William Gordon Shute to be Captain, without purchase ; James William Kingsley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. 30th Foot—Lieutenant A. H. Williamson to bo Cap tain' without purchase ; Lieutenant J. C. N. Stevenson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Stevenson, who retires ; Ensign Henry L'Estrange Her ring, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Prevost, appointed to the 23d Foot; Ensign H. D. Erskine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice J. C. N. Stevenson, Jan. 26; Serjison Hyde Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Erskine , Jan. ,25 • homas Elwyn, Gent., to be Ensign, withou t pur chase, Jan. 26. 33d Foot—Richard Raecliffe Twining, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 25; Lestoc k Reid Forbes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. 34th Foot—Captain A. G. Shav e, from the 70th Foot, 1 to be Captain, ; Henry Lampen, Gent., to be Ensi gn, without purchase, Jan. 26. 35th Foot—Ensign A. J. R evell to be Lieuten ant, with out purchase, v i ce Spratt, promoted iu the 936. Foot, Jan. 26. 38th Foot—Lieutenant J. C. Vaughan to be Captain, without purchase ; Robert Johnston Stansfeld, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. 39th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Lieutenant Henry Lionel Nicholls, from the 2d Somerset Militia, Jan. 24; Thomas Reginald Gosselin, Gent., Jan. 25; Francis Henry Chambers, Gent., Jan. 26. 41st Foot—Lieutenant Edward Every to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hunt, Jan. 11 ; Brevet- Majordeceased, James C ono ll y, from half-pay uua tt a chei, too Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenent G. H. Page , frore the 58th F oo t, to be Captain, without purchase, Jan: 26 ; Ensign R. E. Maude to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Every, Jan. 11. 49th Foot—Captain Lachlan Hector Gilbert Maclean to be Major, without purchase, vice Glazbrook, whose promo tion on the 22d December has been cancelled, Dec. 22 ; Brevet-Major James Wells Armstrong to be Major, with out purchase, vice Maclean, whose promotion on the 29th December has been cancelled, Dec. 29. To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenant Faushaw William Goat ling, vice Glazbrook, died of his wounds, December 19 ; Lieutenant Edward Le Marchani, vice Armstrong, Deo. 29 ' • Lieutenant William W a tt s C or b an, v i ce G os tli ng, whose promotion on the 29th December has been cancelled, Dec. 29; Brevet-Major B. P. Browne, from half-pay Un attached, repaying the difference, Jan. 26. To be Lieu tenants without purchase—Ensign Thomas Fox Eustace, vice Le Merchant ; Ensign Harry Denham T. Savary, vice Corban, Dec. 29. To be Ensigns without purchase — Robert Francis Burrowes, Gent., vice Savary, promoted, Jan. 25; Robert Hall Spratt, Gent., Jan. 26. 50th Foot—Captain Edward Joseph Thackwell, from the 48th Foot, to be Captain, Jan. 26. 55th Foot—Arthur Sibley Young, Gent, to be Ensign, without yucLases ha, 26, , 57th Foot--Lieutenant Thomas William John Lloyd, from the 59th Foot, to be Captain , without i tre h ma, Jan. 26. to be Lieuten an t 58th Foot—Ensign Dawson Toerm - without purchase, vice Page, promoted In the 41st Fo o t, Jan. 26. 60th Foot—Surgeon John Harry Ker Junes, from th e 56th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Boyee, yeennoted on th e Staff, Jan. 26, 62d Foot—Captain Charles Fitz Roy Neynee, from half.. pay Unattached, to be Captain, Jan. 26 ; John Manners Kerr, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 25; Lorenzo G. Mandan, Gent., Ito be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 26. 63d Foet—Captain John Woodford, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, Jan. 26. 66th Foot—Ensign Alfred Trigge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Paget, promoted, Jan. 26. 68th Foot—Captain James Spratt, from the 93rd Foot, to be Captain; without purchase, Jan. 26; Francis Gordon Digge Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. N. 71st Foot—Lieutenant C. J. H. Howard, from the Ist or King's Own Staffordshire Militia, to be Ensign, with out purchase, Dee. 31; Frederick Harding Anson Hamil ton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 23 ; William 't al k Miilcr Fortescue, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, Jan. 23. 74th Foot—Captain Adam Campbell, f rom th e 94th Foot, to be Capiz'll, vice Philpot, appoint e d t o th e 11th ' Foot ; Ensign Colin Hugh Thomson, from the 29th Foot, to be Ensign vice woo-tail, promoted, Jan. 26. 77th Fo ot Lieutenant W. B. C. A. Parker, from the 78th Foot, to b , Captain without purchase ; Lieutenant Henry Alf re d Macdonald, froth the 16th Foot, to be Cap tain, with ou t purchase, Jan. 26. taiThwiFthooout—t purchase, Jan. John Edward Riley to be Cap 89th Foot—Lieutenant Charles kleyoock to be Captain, without pr.-cha3e ; Marcus Antonins 'Waters, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. Nth Foot—Lieutenant G. J. Wolseley to be Captain, without purchase, vice Purnell, promoted ; Ensign Percy Julius Deveiill to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Wolseley, Jan. 26. 91th Foot—Captain Francis Barry Drew, from th e 11th F F o o o o t t, ; toLbieeuCtaeplit A. C. Elliot, Captain, viceCainEpllbetn,: appointed to th e 74th from the 18th Fo o t, t o be Lieutenant, vice Coast, appointed Paymaster of the Rifle Brigade, Jan. 26. To be Ensigns, without purchase —Ensign Poltimore Ridgway, from the 58th Foot, Jan. 25 ; Francis Hamilton Elliot, Gent., Jan. 26. Rifle Brigade—Hector Stewart Tandelenr, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 26. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Scott to be Captain, without purchase, vice Harpur, who retires upon full pay; Ensign Milner Burleigh to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Scott, Jan. 26. BREVET. m. 4 oi-Cloeural air Henry So_nesset,K.C.B., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General while serving on the Staff Cuf the Army in the East Indies, Jan. 26. Brevet-Colonel William Freke Williams, half-pay Un attached, and Brevet-Colonel Randal Rureley, Lieutenant- Colonel of the Provisional Depot Battalion at Parkherst Barracks, to have the local rank of Brigadier-General while employed upon the Staff of the Army at Malta, Jan. 26. TO BE MATO,I{B IN THE ARMY. Captain John Woodford, of the 63d Foot. Captain Charles Fitzßoy INjeynee, , of the 62d Foot. Captain Michael Goold An'Anas, half-pay Unattached, employed on a special service Captain John Harpur, on retired full-pay of the 24 West India Regiment, the rank bein:g honorary only, „ 4 TO BE LIEUTENANT - COLONELg IN THE ARMY. Brevet-Major B. P. Browne, of the 49th Foot, Deo. 11. Brevet-Major John Woodford, of the 63d Foot, Dec.ll. Brevet-Major Charles Fitzßoy Neynoe, of the 62d Foot, Dec. 20. TO BE COLONEL IN THE ARMY, THE JUNK BEING HONORARY ONLY. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Slater, retired full pay from a Provisional Depot Battalion, Dec. 26. STAFF. TO RE PAYMASTERS OP DEPOT BATTALIONS. Paymaster John Wheatley, fro.n 42d Foot, Jan. 26. Paymaster Alexander Fair, fro - n 59th Foot, Jan. 26. HOSPITAL STAFF. TO BE SURGEONS OF THE FIRST CLASS. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Francis Sievwright, from half-pay, vi-e Dartnell, promoted, Jan. 26. Surgeon Charles Robert Boyes, M.D., from the 60th Foot, vice Thou', deceased, Jan. 26. Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Browne Fisher, of the 82d Foot, has been superseded, Jan. 26. Assistant-Staff-Surgeon John Collis Browne, M.D., fro - u half-pay, to be Assistant-Staff-Surgeon, vice Webb, promoted, in the 51st Foot, Jan. 26. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 23. The following promotions, dated the 22d instant, have this day taken place, consequent on the decease, on the 20th instant, of Rear-Admiral of the White Sir John Hill : Rear-Admiral of the Blue William James Hope John stone to he Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Honourable Frederick William Grey, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Captain Charles Gordon hos been promoted to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1846, but without increase of half-pay. BANKRUPTS. William Nehemiah Parsson, millwright and engineer, Southwark, to surrender, Feb. 8, at two, and March 8, at oue, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings;' Stevens and Satchell, Cheap. side. George Hall, upholsterer, Brighton, Feb. 3 and March 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater, else lane. Archibald Nevison, hosier, Darlington, Feb. 3, at two, and March 17, at one, at the C uti, of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basin3hall-street ; Roscoe, King street ; Mewburn, Feb. 3, at one, and inaic,-.Jieensed victualler, Putney, Court of Bankruptcy. Nicliv:, -4 ,1* -- af : past one, at the" singball-street; Shineffand Son, tidcoArrnat.L.4.-.. ,,, .. Samuel Glover Fairbrother, printer, Bow-street, Feb.t 6, at eleven, and March 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stanafeld, official assignee ; West, Char. lotte-row. John Richard West, dealer in hard wood, Sun Saw Mills, Canal-road, Kingsland, Middlesex, Feb. 3, at one, Stevensraunty. a Marchnps Pennell, h, ft e t ioiffi, h a Qc fu; Queen - s tr eet, assignee, en one, eete: atc Che ap side. Guildhall -C hambe rs da C ihd o ae u i. r i e t h o a f n i ß b a e r n s k ;- David Enoch Davies, grocer, Pontypridd, Glamorgan shire, Feb. 7 and March 6, at eleven at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, officicl assignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. George Smith, hat and cap manufacturer, Southwark, Feb. 10, at eleven, and March 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official risignee, Basinghall. street ; Jones, Sise-lane. George Ward, victualler, Bristol, Feb. 6 and March 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assigree, Bristol ; William Bevan and Girling, Henry Phillips, corn chandler and corn dealer, Bethnal. green-road, Middlesex Feb. 9, at eleven, and March 9, at one, at the Court of ? Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Stevens and Satchel, Queen. street, Cheapside; Wittey and Son, Colchester. Richard Beck, watch and clock maker, Blackman-street, Southwark, Feb. 6, at twelve, and March 6, at one, at the. Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Crafter, Blackfriars-road. Joseph Bradford, licensed victualler, Coventry, Feb. 2, and March 2, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court Bittleston, official assignee , Birmingham ; Dawes, COM* try ,• Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Walter Milligan, William Gandy, and George Gandy. merchants, Bradford, Feb. 16, and March 16, a t e l even , a t the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leicle ., Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. John Waidson, innkeeper, Montgomery, Feb. 7 and March 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court-,. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Yearsley, Welsh pool, Montgomeryshire ; Rogerson and Peacock, Liverpool. Richard Canard, coach proprietor, Devonport, Feb. 5, and March 5, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Beer and Rundle, Devonport. John William Shaw, passenger broker, Liverp ool, Feb. 7, and March 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool Distiat Court Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool. Samuel Garratt and Henry Buckley, innkeepers, Sand Mill, near Mottram, in Longdendale, Cheshire, Feb. 7 and March 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. COUNTRY MA.RKETS. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 26. At to-day's market there was a very thin attendance of the trade, and the business done insignificant. Wheat and . flour same as on Tuesday—also oats and oatmeal. Barley, beans, and peas neglected. Indian corn met' with little attention, and in the few gales made the buyer had the ad vantage. wAR - RFIELD—JAN. 26. The supplies in the agricultural districts have diminished and the fleet reported for these markets have been disposed of either by sale or landed. In the early part of the week there were some sales of wheat made at improving prices, but to-day millers show little disposition for business, and the prices for this day se'nnight cannot be exceeded. EXETER—DEC. 24. COEN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from 8s 9 to 9s 3d. Malting barley, 4s 3d to 4s 9d ; grinding do., 3s Od to 3s 6d. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Beans, 08,4:k1 to Os Od. Peas, 00s Oil to 60s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 53s Od to 54s Od; seconds, 51s Od to 52s Od per Back. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs 9d per score ; COWS an d ca l ves 121. to 16/. ; butchers' calves, 6 dto 7d pe r lb. rear i ng calves OOs to OOs each. Sheep, S id to sp. LamLs, Od to Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, 40s to 50s each; slips, 21 , t o 30 0; small, Os to 00s. Rough fat, Sid per lb. Pork carcases from 8s 6d to 9 s Od per score. INVERNESS.—JAx. 23. CORN.--Wheat, white, per qr., 68s Od to 70s Od. Bar. ley, chevalier, 29s Od to SOs Od ; ditto, common, 28s Od to 30s Od. Oats, 27s Od to 28s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 23s 4d to 24s Od. ; ditto second, OOs Od to Os Od; barleymeal, 16s id to Os Od; peasemeal, 17s 6d to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os Bg.l. to 9d ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od to 56s Od ; 2(1 ditto, 46s Od to Od ; oatmeal, best, per at. of 141 b imperial 2s 6d to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od. to Os Od ; barleymealls 6d to OOs Od ; peasemeal, is 3d to Os 04; Ist flour, 3sOd cash, 3s 6d credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6cl cash, 2s 9clcredit. BRISTOL SUGAR—JAN. 26. The stocks of West India of: r:ng are far from consider- able, and as a steady demand is e xperienced, all parcels brought forward have been taken at prices not quotably varying from the currencies of this day se'nnight. In fo. reign there is nothing parti cular calling for Notice. Be. finera' goods do not - experience so active an inquiry, and prices are, if anything;s, shade lower. COAL MAR la Prices of Coal per ton at t' ,~ ---___ --Jex. ~6. close of the market. Wallsend, ka. s. d. Buda) W. Hartley NI 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton ~,,,,,,,,,,,,,20 0 Tanfield Moor l7 0 Tanfield l7 0 Wallseud l9 0 Ecleii MAUI 21 0 s. d. Hetton 25 6 llaswell 25 Stewart's 25 6 Cassop 24 0 Hough Hall . 24 3 South Hartlepool 25 0 put); AeUtOftogivilimiso2i 3