The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

• his silence was designed, sometimes accidental; but the required for the Turkish army at Kars. The Under-Sec ' gist of all was " I shall not answer for Ido not want to retary- a t-W ar t oo k f rom th e 29th o f M arc h t o th e 12th o f sappoint you, but when all is overl will give you an an- April to answer that letter—not- less than thirteen days. . ewer in full." If that system was to be carried out in all When the answer was sent it certainly was a weighty and • departments, what was to become of the business of this important one. When the fate of the three empires was great country? On the 11th of Jan., 1855, the Earl of at stake, what did the Under-Secretary of War say—the - Clarendon wrote an answer to that document. He said:— Under-Secretary to the great War Minister who had sup " This matter has received the careful consideration of planted the Duke of Newcastle? Mr. Peel, writing to her Majesty's Government, and they find that General Lord Wodehonse, said, "I am directed to request you Williams mast have been in a great difficulty, and that her will state to Lord Clarendon that Lord Panmure is of opi- Majesty's Government could not but regret the silence of nion that it will be desirable to urge on the Porte the im. his Excellency upon the subject." portance of paying attention to these requirements when Now he (Mr. Whiteside) admitted, on the part of Lord the necessity for the presence of the Ottoman troops sisa l' Clarendon, that he had fully discovered the misconduct of where shall cease. (Loud laughter.) If Lord Clarendon Lord Stratford de Redaliffe. He admitted that he had concurs that it is expedient to adopt that course, lam to ' been made aware of his errors, anti had expressed himself request that you will move his lordship to send instrac with regard to them in a manner highly creditable to him tions to the Ambassador at Constantinople to pay atten as a private gentleman, but at the same time in a manner tion to it." (Renewed laughter, and cries of " Hear.") And which was fatal to him as an English. t ttesmae, That was this was the mode of proceeding adopted by men who ' the last of the letters written by Lord Clarendon in answer talked of a vigorous prosecution of the war. (Cheers.) The to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. Commissioner Williams very thought that the conduct of the war should be directed did not submit to this mode of being disposed of by the by men who could write such letters at such a crisis was ambassador, and he begged to call attention to a letter a - enough to make every man shudder. (Loud cheers.) Then dressed by CommissiOner Williams to Lord Clarendon after came Lord Clarendon to the rescue to carry out the value- Lord Clarendon had sent to him the defence of Lord ble design communicated by the Under e Secretary for the • Stratford de Radcliffe. The despatch was dated Jan. 15, War Department, Writing to Lord Stratford, he said, 1855. They found that on the 21st of Jan., 1855, Lord " I have communicated to the Secretary of State for the Stratford de Redcliffe concocted another elaborate defence, War Department a copy of the despatch of Gen. Williams. which he forwarded to Lord Clarendon, in which he fell You will perceive that the Government think it desirable back upon that trifling matter, as to the superscription of, that your Excellency should urge upon the Porte the im- Commissioner Williams, and proceeded to speak of the real portance of paying attention to the requirements men . difficulties he had with the Sultan, who, having an army tioued by Gen. Williams, whenever the necessity for the ' in the Crimea, and an army on the Danube, could not presence of Omer Pacha 'a troops elsewhere shall cease." maintain a third. Then, he said, he had applied to the (Loud laughter.) Let it be recollected that the question at Sultan to make Commissioner Williams a Felid, which issue at that time was the very existence of the Turkish would place him in a proper position. It appeared that empire. On the 26th of April Count Pisani wrote that it was not done, or rather that it was done in such an absurd was impossible at present to spare any of the troops in • manner as to be perfectly useless. Tae appointment was actual service' in the Crimea. These statements, having granted in Sept., but it did not reach Commissioner Wil- been concocted with great labour, were delivered to the • liams until the 26th Jan. following. Commissioner Wil- Seraskier and the Effendi, who said they knew all about ' liams earnestly represented the wants of the soldiery, and the matter as well as anybody, for their own commander ' that was communicated to the Minister of War, who, on had told them the same thing. (Lou 1 laughter.) Lord the 26th of Feb., wrote that "Commissioner Williams Panmure went on indulging in his official slumber until • would never be able to do any good unless ho was allowed he awoke to mischievous activity in the July follow ' to have more discretion in organising the army at Kers." ins. (Hear, hear, hear.) Were honourable members, • Then came a very clever letter from Lord Stratford de under such circumstances, going to vote that there was ' Redcliffe, the scope and purport of which was, that foresight and energy in the War Department? He could Commissioner Williams, was sent out without any de- not believe that they would do any such thing. It was of finite object—that he was sent to Kars without little or no consequence what became of a ministry, but it the ambassador knowing for what purpose he went there, was of the last consequence that the character of the coon and then he requested to be informed how he was to treat try should be defended. (Cheers.) If a body of Englishmen him, what was the extent of his power, and to what extent were of opinion that such documents as th ese to which he he was independent of the Commander-in-chief. The noble had referred acquitted a minister of all responsibility, it lord concluded a very clever letter by giving a delicate re- would be useless to talk of a constitution. Let there be a bake to the Earl of Clarendon, for ho says—" We shall be Government at least intelligible and consistent, exercising inconsistent with ourselves if we seek to trample down the some kind of judgment. The first thing clone by Lord Pan last remains of Turkish independence." Now that was a mure on obtaining office deserved mention. Gee. Chesney downright request from the ambassador to the Foreign sent to the Wareeffice in the time of the Duke of Newcastle Secretary to explain the relative authority of the ambas- a plan for conducting the war in Asia Minor. That plan ' Bader and the commander, and the extent of jurisdiction remained in the office for some time. It was pointed out conferred on Commissioner Williams. Where was the that a force landed at Batourn,er thereabmts, an 1 marched answer to that communication ? Where was the answer straight to Tiflis, would not only save Asia Minor, but of her Majesty's Government to that important despatch ? uproot the Russian power there. Gen. Chesney never had - He (Mr. Whiteside) contended that the Foreign Secretary, the honour of speaking to the Duke of Newcastle ; but he or the Prime Minister directing the Foreign Secretary, had was appointed to the command of the Foreign Legion in come to some such conclusion as this —" This will be very January, and the Secretary to the Drake of Newcastle ad inconvenient—leave the question in the state in which it dressed a letter to him, requesting him to come to London • now exists—it is a very pretty quarrel as it stands, and do and to accept the command. Gen. Chesney did not know not let us attempt to reconcile or adjust it." On the Ist what the future policy of the Duke of Newcastle would of March there was that extraordinary letter from Corn- be, but he took the command and acted in that capacity missioner Williams to the Earl of Clarendon, in which he for a fortnight. Now, in the length and breadth of the said he wished-his influence was sufficient to induce the British empire there was not a scientific officer more corn- Porte to listen to his warning voice, for that such silence patent to give advice in reference to the country to which as had been maintained was highly dangerous to the public the troops were intended to be sent than Gen. Chesney, ' cause. " What could I not have done," he asserts, "in and no appointment , was ever more honourable to a British the way of reform had even a note from Lord Stratford de minister. No sooner was Gen. Chesney fairly in office than Redcl:ffe by return of the Turkish post, which is as regular he received a note from the private secretary of Lord Pan in its arrival , as that between London and Constantinople.' mure, telling him that he could not carry out the views of The house would hardly credit him when he said there was his predecessor on that point, and dismissing the general no answer by Lord Clarendon to those despatches. Th e officer as if he had been a mere footman. There coul I not least the Foreign Minister could in common justi ce h ave have been a more competent man to carry on the war in said, was that he would consult upon what should be done, Asia Minor, and he believed it was the fixed intention of and that henceforth no mistakes of the sort should be Lord Panmure, from first to last, not to assist in any way made ; but he made no reply, and Lord Stratford was the prosecution of the war in that country. What followed supplied with his defence—" I asked you to give me the was not of much consequence until Jilly. But there was a necessary information about Commissioner Williams, and letter in June from Lord Clarendon, in which he informed you did not so much as take the slightest notice of my de- Lord Stratford of the necessity of sending out3oo artillery spatch." He (Mr. Whiteside) could not understantla more men. Oh the 15th May a letter was written, which was of ridiculous aspect than the case assumed in reference t o the last importance. That was a letter from Gen. Williams Lord Clarendon, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ' and Corn- to Lord Clarendon, p o i n ti ng ou t th e con ti nue d neg l ec t a t missioner Williams, for Lord Cl aren d on l e ft it to the am- Constantinople, the destitute state of the troops, stating bassador and the commissioner to fight it out in the best that the latest news represented the Russians as preparing' manner they could. Then _there was another trenchant for the campaign, and sanding plans and sketches of thefor letter from Commissioner Williams, which called forth no tifications. On the 20th April Col. Leake had pointed out answer, He said : th e con di t i cn of the fortress, stating that it was incumbent "It exhibits, throughout the analysis of my re p or t s to take every precaution against defeat ; and that, with a from Kars, a marked disdegard to my opinions; and a su ffi cient force and a gaol supply o f ammun iti on , K ars future reference to a Muchir to be appoint e d i s th e burden would be able to resist any attack. The fair meaning of of this long story. In forwarding it for your lordship's that communication was, that with plenty of food and perusal, I must, nevertheless, call your lordship's atten- ammunition, Kars could never be taken. (Hear, hear.) tion to one or two salie n t p o i n t s ." O a th e 9th- o f J u l y Lord Clarendon received a Ione; de- Anti having stated these ho says— spatch from Lord Stratford, informing him that the Porte "Unhappily it is on record that his Excellency did not was thoroughly alarmed, and desirous of discovering how do me the honour to acknowledge my communications, they could relieve the army in Kars ; but he inquired how public or private, until my despatches had reached the are the troops to be found, and how are they to be pro• number of 61." vided ? Now it was plain that, before the receipt of that Now these despatches contained the substance of the first despatch, the Government were in possession of the opinion part of the question now under the - consideration of the of General Williams, and knew that the army was deficient house. Before, however, he proceeded to the second part, in necessaries and ammunition, and that ir they had proper he would ask the house briefly to consider the case in its supplies they would hold Kars to the last. The despatch constitutional aspect. He saw by the amendment of of the 9th of June was received by Lord Claren lon on the which the hon. and learned gentleman opposite had given 11th of July. General Williams in his despatch had said notice, that he proposed to appoint a select committee to "On the day I wrote to you I received from General inquire into the circumstances which attended the sur- Leake a confirmation of the intelligence that Kars was render of Kars, and especially whether any neglect of duty about to be attacked. I also received a letter from the on the part of Lord St ra tf or d d e Redcliffe, her Majesty's Muchir recommending th e a b an d onmen t o f K ars. The Ambassador at Constantinople, and inattention to the re- garrison continues in good spirits, and promises to do its posted letters, statements, and demands of General Wil• duty." Let the house look at the conduct of that gallant officer, who at the a pp roac h of difficulty and danger was hams, her Majesty's commi ss i oner i n th a t c it y, are among the main causes to which that calamitous• event must be endeavouring to inspire hope in every man around him, attributed. But let hi m as k, i n r e f erence t o th at amend- and ;stating that they wore prepared to do their duty to ment, whether the Ambassador was responsible to the the last. In describing the recommendation of the Go- House of Commons? Who appointed the Ambassador? vernor of Erzeroum as to the abandonment of Kars, Gene- The Crown. Who exercised control over him, and could nal Williams mildly called it a false step. He might have call him to account? The Ministry. C told the House of gone much further, and used a far stronger expression. Commons call him to account? No ; all it could do w a s, (Hear, bear.) What did that despatch prove in fair argu by its voice to act upon the Government, wha had the oaent ? That the false advice given to the officer in cora control over the public servants. The House of Commons maul of thegarrison at Kars was to fall back on Eizeroum could neither dismiss nor appoint, for that would be taking en I elan lon that place in Asia Minor, which-would sub the duty of the executive. H e w ou ld b eseec h th e h ouse ject Asia Min or t o th e con t ro l o f Russia, and render. her to consider the opinion of the country upon the question. :riumphant in peace. (Hear, hear.) That letter having "True," said the Foreign Secretary, "Lord Stratford de been written, on the 11th of July Lord Clarendon receives Radcliffe is an extraordinary, intract &ble, and clever War a useful and instructive despatch from Lord Stratford, in -he is our Ambassador at Constantinople—l ordered him forming him that at a meeting which had been held, at to correspond with a valuable public servant, but I did so which certain persons were present, it was c l ear t o a ll t h at in vain." The F ore i gn Secretary says to Lord Stratford the Turkish army required an effort to be madefor its re de Redcliffe, "You heve misconducted yourself-, but still lief with all possible despatch, and he proceeded to show I retain you at your post." That was in precise accord- how materials might be got for the formation of an army, ante with the system which prevailed of late, which con- and to set out all the information which had been ob ferred rewards upoa men who had failed in their duty, tainea, and entering in'o particulars respecting the and promoted men ac cor di ng to ties measure of their mi s - Contingent und er G enera l Vi v i an. Lord Stratford sent deeds. (Loud cheers from the O,iposition.) Some time a second despatch to Lord Clarendon, which was re ago he (Hr. Whiteside) took upon himself the case of ieived on the 13th July. The mode then proposed to relieve Kars w as t o sent an expedition t o K a t a i s . Lord Mr. Kennedy, a n d w h a t was th e groun d upon w hi c h the right honourable gentleman the member for the Uni- Clarendon stated that the plan had been considered by the versity of Oxford, the n the Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc h equer, Government, and th a t it was o bj ect i ona bl e to throw an justified hie dismissal. He did not say that he was die- army on a coast which was not known, anti unprovisled honest ;or dishonourable, bat nod he was en intractable with the means of transport. Now it was quite clear that man, a man who rivalled the Treasury, and sometimes Lord Clarendon could not have read the papers, for there thought differently from the Secretary of the Treasury. It were at that time officers attached to the army who coulr was the argument used by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, have given all the information that was required. Having of an Administration of which the present Prime Minister objected to the plan, Lord Clarendon said, " The Govern formed a part, that that house had no right nndor any cir- went are of opinion that the wiser course would be to send cueastances to interfere with the dismissal of a public ser- rei. f dcoments t ) the rear of the Turkish army instead of • want; but he (Mr. Whiteside) now asked the house the the roar of the Russian army—that an expedition might constitutional questior, whether the Government justified go to Trebizond—that if the army of Kars could not main the conduct of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and wheth r t tin its position against the Russians, it should fall back • or not it be a fact that they consider hid conduct to have upon Erzerou e. and that the whole Turkish force should been dangerous to the public cause. If it were the fact besconcentrated there ; and he concluded by stating that that the army in Asia Minor, fighting in a common Cause, he concurred in an ()pinata which h a d be en e xpr esse d by was disorganised by the ambassador what must ho the Gen. Vivian, that an Army thrown on the coast with ou t condition of her M a j es t y ' s Governmen t' to induce them to transports and supplies was doomed to destruction." Now retain him, or ire the spiris of c!iquisrn to say, that he was that was not exactly the opinion of Gen. Vivian. What the only man who could perform the duties of her Majesty's ever view might be attached to the opinions of the noble ambassador at C ons t an ti nop l e ? If mea were to be em- lord on matters of poli c y, th e y were no t o f muc h va l ue ou ployed because they were incompetent—if when to a gene- points of strategy, and there was no authority to justify ral W 33 committed the command of an army he disobeyed, the opinion of the node lord at the bead of the War De• pertirent. On one side were the opinion of Omer P a ch a , or an admiral whe n t o ld t o go one way went another—if these things were allowed, there would be an end to all Gen. Guyon, the Soraskier, Col. Symonds, the whole of constitutional Government. Sat this was not the card(- the French embassy, and the whole of the English embassy, nal point of th e i nqu i ry w hi c h h e i nten d ed to submit to and on the other sid e th e op i n i on o f Lard Panmure. the house. That portion of the inquiry being disposed of, (Hear.) The words " fall back upon Erzeromn," in the they came to a very interesting portion of our Padiemeu- despatch of the 13th July, were remaraaale. Oa the Ilth tary history. It was impossible to understand the eines- there had been a letter from Gen. Williams charging the tion thoroughly without looking back to the disruption of Governor of Kars almost with treachery, for surmising Lord Aberdeen's Government. At that time the house that it would be necessary to abandon Kars. That letter would recollect they were favoured with some personal was in the hands of Lord Clarendon, and in the possession explanations cf a very interesting character, and in aim- of the Government, and be considered it the most cowardly ther place a noble earl, who possessed a-thorough know- and contemptible doctrine ever recorded in a despatch to ledge of the subject and great eloquence, recommended s=ad to such a man as Gen. Williams, a suggestion to aban her Majesty's Government to attend to the state of affairs -don Kars, and fall back on Erzeroum, and settle down at in Asia Minor. Having vigour, intelligence, and elo- Trebizond. When that despatch resehel Gen. Williams grimace, of course the noble earl fillet. Bnt the fate of there could be very little doubt of the way in which he the hon. memberfor Aylesbury (Mr. Layard) in that house treated it. Most likely - he burnt it at once, saying, " Let was more fortunate, for he made a convert of the noble it not Le supposed that any such advice was ever given to lord the member for the city of Lenten. (Hear, hoar.) me — (cheers)—notwithstanding the opinion of Lord dla- He made a speech on the state of Asia Minor, the infer- rendon, I'll fight against the Russians to the last. It is my motion contained in which was eminently useful. Whe n dn'Y to maintain the key of the position in Asia Minor— he spoke on that evening the noble lord said nothing about if I lose it I lose all, and you will not conclude a glorious Asia Minor, but ho meditated upon it, and the result was war but an ignominious peace." The despatch sent out to the overthrow of the Aberdeen Government. Th e no bl e General Willi ams ought to have ' been c niched in those lord made an important statement on that occesiore The terms—" I have received your letter—l applaud your Duke of Newcastle, who was a member of the Adnainis. spirit—maintain your ground to the last—and if England tration at that time, was held up by the noble lord to has the power you shall have assistance before the siege judicious and friendly exposure. (Hear, anti laughter.) can be raised." (Cheers.) The next plan proposed Remembering th a t statem en t, h o (M r . Whit es id e ) ca ll ed was to send ou t some tletechinents of 25 000 men. Every upon the noble lordsfor his vote, not on 140.101111 L of party, military man who had written on the subject had written but out of respect for his personal honour, his consistency, consistently, contending that some effort should have been his conscience, and his country. (Cheers.) The made for the relief of Kars by aiming at ICutais by way of noble lord, in the statement he made on the occasion ad- Tiflis. Lord Panmure pronounced against the plan, and, verted to, said th a t i n ma ki ng arrangements f or the next writi ng t o G eneral Vivian, said that it would be open to campaign he was not satisfied with some of the provisions failure to follow out such schemes as had been proposed her of his colleagues. The danger of the Russian army ap- the relief of General Williams. General Beatson who preaching f rom the Asiatic side was pointed out. The had the command of the Bashi-Bazouks, stated on the 12th n oble lord said that that was a most important subject, and September, "We could have conveyed any amount of pro bed occupied his mind very much, but he could not find visions had the duty devolved-on us; bat the Ambassador that ho received from Lord Aberdeen the consideration he and Minister-at-War accepted the accounts current. my hoped for when the subject was brought under the consi- men were declared insufficient to stand before the enem y. donation of the Gover nment. NOW that proved that the Had the Turkish Conti ngen t an d t h e Bashi-Bazouke been noble lord was convinced by the arguments of the hon marched as recommended, the expulsion of the enem y . member for Aylesbury, and his consequent patriotism in- • would have been comparatively easy. Now the war in duced him to overthrow the Aberdeen Administration,Asia wi ll assume a formidable aspect" . (Hear.) The sus and to bring in a ban d of chosen Whigs, wh o 1 takenp w os o s u es Ai sio ca n rr o y f , out the recomm endations which h ad' Sebastopol. • (Hear.) With respect to the Bashi-Bazonks, the noble lords mind. He now asked the noble lord it was well known that they had completely rented the whether he thought the war in Asia had been conducted Cossacks, and General Beatson was a much likelier judge with proper vigour, and if he replied that it had not, he of their value than the noble lord at the head of the War should ask him for his vote on the resolutio n he should Department, who had never seen them. (Hear.) Tne noble that ni g ht propose . Now, ho (Mr. Whiteside) prop osed lord at length knew that the state of things in Eastern to come to busine s s. (Cheers, and great laughter, it b e i ng A s i a was d esperate, and then said it was too late to regret just seven o'clock. and t h e h oe , m ember having spok en the policy which had left a gallant officer and his friends more than two hours.) The ambassador was in good tern- to the straits in which they were placed. lout all that per, the -Foreign Secretary was happy, and the Ministry might have been prevented by a little prudence. _ It ap. wee changed. Lord Panmure was in the War Depart- neared that, not understanding the character of the War arerpaettnent, General Mans fi eld and other officers made wont, and General Williams was at Erzeroum, writing to bat order neeati v 1 the • • all the gentleman, who received his despatches, but soldore a geanente for an expedition, and that the men wore 1 thcrto beenetlealin readyrhotr marching, and wore only waiting for an order, March General Williams wrote a letter to Lord Clarendon. v w op it o h m % t v io h n at en i t in er il el n y n . nurr (El m e l ar a . t ) fe had hi , 'lt was a most important letter, and contained a complete Constantinopl e . I account of the state of the war and of the army, and the W 33 not Ilk Iy to get anything done by Ho l vv v.h p ie r n oce t e h r e l s to ul c t t a m n si f d o e u r n A t lh h a n t future prospects of the campaign, and on that letter the 11 ' hie elite% he wrote Government might have acto:l if they heel been disposed to do anything. Genera' Williams roys he told the to that famous soldier who heel ( 1 0,000 men doing time t i indtTho Crimea. Omer Paella recei ve d a co of de- snatch of Gen. Williams, and on the 1 lth J py uue requested Muchir that h e thought the allies w ou ld not leave them an interv i ew with the cot n manders. It was wor th w hi le withoa m a t er i a l ass i s t a nce to bear th e b runt of the attack Bat, he s t a t e d t h at hi s warn i ng vo i ce was disregarded at Constantinople. That letter proved that the lines were to compare the reasoning of a Turk with the too extensi ve t o b e h e ld S y th e army i n A s i atic Turkey. of the head of the English War • Dep,rtment, r a e n ar i t rg and the necessity of a supply of . th e ma t er i a l of wear, a nt i arguments of Turkish statesmen wide those of this of some assistance from the B r iti s h, French, or Turkish country. Omer Pasha said, " I hasten to inform forces, or the a lli e d forces. That document must have you that I have received from my G overnment deserved conside ra ti on from any minister who was anxious despatch i n f orm i n g me that the wh o l e of Turkey a :for a right conducti o f th e war. ( H ear, h ear. ) H e would in Asia up to the gates of Constantinopl e i s na. now introduce several other persons, who - took a part in defended. The greater part of roy,,army are Asiatic, whose ,the business. Lord Whciehonse was called into action, wives, families, and properties are exposed to th© ravage s He was the under secretary to Lord Clarendon, and on the of the Russian army, and as my_ariny is inactive, without 29th of March he addressed a note to tho Under Secretary any prospect of employment I consider it my duty to -re at War. Lord Clarend en cert a i n l y was promp t on th a t new the pr o p osa l w hi ch I made before dor v. conference." occasion, for he sent a despatch to the hoed of the War But they ilia not like to meet Outer Peelle, for he was a Dept; tineut, Lord Panuaure, wh o was bound to consider man of ene rgy and vigour, and went straight to the mark. Col. Sytnends, it, alai pronounce a judgment anti opinion upon the mat- an Englishmen, an artillery officer, Attached ter which it contained. .Lerd Wodehonse transmitted a to the army of Omer Pacha, said that Omer Paella had ee l:46l*QU AMA Qua. Willugue-resPectivg the re i n f orcemen t oived . a coraMiinic4ion from CondAntinople, informing ; him that if Kars should fall there was no force to prevent the Russians from marching directly upon Constantinople, and that it was probable that success on the part of the Russians would decide the Persians to take arms against Kars. A meeting was at last obtained, but the application was unsuccessful. Omer Pacha, in a document drawn up by him, said, "It appears, from incontestible information, that the Ottoman army in Asia, to the number of 10,000 men, besieged at Kars, is in a position in which it is pro bable, from want of food, it may be obliged to capitulate. The commander of that army, finding his communication with Erzeroum cut off, requires reinforcements to be sent without delay, or that a powerful diversion shall be made in his favour. The object therefore of saving Kars and its garrison, which is the Ottoman army in Asia, demands the serious attention of the allies." A meeting was held, but nothing was done. On the let of August all the former ideas of the War-office had changed, and Lord Clarendon wrote to Lord Cowley with reference to the disposition of the troops, which were to replace the Turks with whom Omer Pacha was to march to the relief of Kars ; but why our French allies were written to on the subject he was at a loss to understand, because they had no control over Gen. Vivian's contingent nor Gen. Beatson's horse. It was in the power of the War-office to send these troops where , ever they pleased ; and from the blue book he never could ascertain where it was they really were to be stationed, for he no sooner found them at one point than a despatch announced that they, were to take up another. Lord Clarendon, in his despatch to Lord Cowley, stated that be had transmitted to him a despatch received from Lord Stratford respecting Omer Pacha's suggestion for the re lief of the Turkish army in Asia, and how the troops should be empl o y e d by hi m under his command. He pro posed that 20,030 Turks should be withdrawn from Eupa toria and 5,030 from Bulgaria. Her Majesty's Government were favourable to the proposition, and hoped the Em peror of the French would have no objection to it. Count Walewski sees objections in it, but nevertheless submitted it to the. Emperor. Oa the 3d of August, 18F,5, Lord Cla rendon appeared to have discovered what was well known on the sth of March previous, for he wrote that he con sidered the relief of T u rki s h troops in Asia of such vital importance that he could not abstain from laying before the Emperor the various arguments by which the plan propounded was to be carried out, or Kars must be de feated or surrender in a few weeks, 13,000 Turks made prisoners, and the position of Russia much strengthened in Asia. Erzeroum would then share a similar fate. whilst the neighbouring country, being in the hands of Russia, she would soon have advanced too far to drive her oat of Asia. Should the allies fail to take Sebastopol before the Russians took Kars, it would have a stranee effect on Turkey, and bo a disaster difficult to be overcome. If Omer Pacha proceeded to Redoubt Kell with sufficient force, no doubt the Russians would be driven back, aid be forced to retire. Omer Pacha would then be doing an essentiil service, and which no other man could do, whilst his presence in the Crimea was comparatively of no value. (Hear, hear.) No doubt one portion of the de fence of the home Government for their conduct would be that Omer Pacha could not be spared from the Crimea, but he begged the house to remember that they had in that despatch the opinion of Lord Clarendon to the con trary. (Hear.) Ho was at a loss to know why France should have been called on to put her veto aye or nay on the Sultan's withdrawing any of his officers from one point to place them at another where their services were required and would be of infinite advantage. Sorely, that was not the way to preserve the independence and in tegrity of the Turkish Empire—(hear, hear)--but rather to put an-end to it. (Hear, hear.) Lord Clarendon went on to say that it was very doubtful whether, if Turkey felt disposed to have Omer Pacha sent to Asia, any just objection could be raised to it, the allies having no right to do so ; and e ven if th ey h a d , h e doubted wether it would be wise in them to do so. (Hear.) Every portion of that despetch was true, except that it should have been dated the March previous to August, 1855. To that letter of Lord Clarendon a reply was received from the Emperor of the French, and Lord Panmure wrote, August 4, that the French Emperor had no objection to the proposed ex pedition of Omer Pacha, provided the Turkish contingent before Sebastopol was not diminished. (Hear, hear.) No doubt the house supposed that the matter by that time was settled, that orders were given accordingly, and that the business proceeded, but such was not the case. An ex traordinary discussion was got up with the aid of the elec tric telegraph relative to whether Omer Pacha should take troops _from B da'slava or Eupatoria, which occupied another month. (Bear.) It was but just, however, to remark that from the time the quarrel, as it was stated, had terminated between Lord Stratford and General Wil liams, the former had acted, in his (Mr. Whiteside's) opi nion, with zeal, fidelity, and activity, and in the know ledge that he was al ways in the right, and the home Govern ment always in the wrong—(cheers)—he always contrived to put Lord Clarendon in the wrong, and no doubt he had reason for it—and he (Mr. Whiteside) appealed to the house whether it was a creditable thing for the Government to attempt to wriggle out of a difficulty and attribute to Lord Stratford's conduct the loss of Kars. (Cheers) He hoped when next the country went to war the electric wires would be cut, for their continual use on this occasion had been fraught pith great mischief. The hon. and. learned gen tleman then referred to the despatches and telegraphic messages that passed between Lord Clarendon, Lord Strat ford, and Lord Cowl e y, re l a ti ve t o Omer Pacha's removing the Turkish troops from the Crimea, with which to assist the garrison of Kars, and on the 28th of August Lord Cla rendon wrote that ho was of opinion the Turkish troops might be taken from Balaklava, and a telegraph was de spatched from France, stating that the Emperor had uo objection to its leaving provided the Commander-in-Chief had no objection to it, and then Osaer Pacha had to contend with (them. A long correspondence ensued on that, and after some time had elapsed Omer Pacha was under the impression that all difficulties had been removed, and that he might proceed to Asia; but it appeared that on the 7th September, Lord Clarendon having groped among some old papers, found something that had been written by General Simpson anterior to that date, wrote to Lord Srra.tford stating there was an inconsistency in his despatch of the 29th ult. with what had lately come to the knowledge of the Government relative to Omer Pacha's plan for taking troops from before Sebastopol for Asia, replacing them with troops from Eupatoria, and the in formation to which Lord Clarendon referred was that sup plied by General Simpson that Omer Pacha had stated that the Turkish troops would not be fit to take up a position before Sebastopol before next spring, and the Government had therefore determined that General Vivian's contingent should not join the army before Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.) This remark of Omer Pacha was made in the July preVious, at a time when the critical state of the army in Asia was unknown, and under the impression that the officers and soldiers of the contingent -would not be sufficiently well acquainted and understand each other before then. (Rear, hear.) It was of the utmost importance that Omer Pacha should get to Redout Kaleh before the rainy season commenced, in the latter end of August or the be ginning of September, when he would have been able to effect his purpose and force a passage across the country, but he was prevented doing so by the delays of the Govern ment. (Hear.) Every proposition that was suggested foi. effecting the relief ofKers was neglected, and the objection of our French allies was put forth, but which amounted in reality to nothing. (Hear.) The hon. and learned gen tleman next referred to the difficulty and privation the garrison of K as had to submit to from the want of provi sinus. In September, 1854, there had been an abundant harvest, anti supplies could easily have been obtained, but unfortunately there was a scarcity of money, which lasted for 15 months. General Williams, seeing the privations the garrison would have to submit to, wrote from eight to twelve despatches on the subject, imploring the Govern ment to lose no time in collecting provisions, and that there was any amount of bullock waggons to be obtained by 'eriest payment for th•it purpose. 225,000/. in specie and paper money was all the Turks sent out to Kars; and, find ing how things were likely to turn out, General Williams wrote to Lord Stratford, asking to be commissioned to provision Kars, being satisfied that if England guaranteed to pay, there would be no difficulty in obtaining what the garrison required. Such powers wore rever forwarded to trim ; but General Williams, to a certain extent, assumed those powers. Mules and mule waggons came into the city in great numbers, and then charges for hire and the price of provisions for a time considerably increased, but General Williams was not in a condition to continue it. Dr. Sandwith in his recent work had confirmed this, and had ad led that, had General Williams been invested with plenary powers to have provisioned Kars, that the city would have bean saved. (Cheers.) The house would un derstand by that that the fall of Kars was to a certain ex tent a question of money. Had the Minister come down to that house and asked for 100,0e0/. for the protection of Turkey in Asia, and have saved the key of A3ia Minor from falling into the hands of the enemy, would it not have been granted—(hear) —and a ministry who undertook to conduct a war could not escape from serious responsibility if they increased it by saying they did not choose to ask the house for money with which to effectually conduct that war; but if they asked for it and the house refused it, that f was another cage. (Rear.) He contended that this Govern ment never intended to grant assistance to Kars, and he grounded that opinion on a statement male by Lord Pan mure in the House of Lords, after the debate on the Turkish loan, who said, in reference to the affairs of Asia, " that Turkey in that quarter was able to maintain herself against her enemy ;" which ho (Mr. Whiteside) contended was the grossest deception that had ever been practised on the people of this country. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman then read other portions of the despatches relating to this part of the question, and said he felt convinced that the capture of Kars had been made great use of by Ramis at'tbe Conference, and he had no doubt that that had been used as a check against.. their getting much of Bessarabia. (Hear, hear.) They, how ever, found that K ars was l os t— t h e garr i son starved out —and then Lord Clarendon knighted B igadier-General William - (laughtes) --end wrote a letter to Lord Stratford, expressing himself in indignant terms against the Gover nor of Erzeronm, who, he said, sh o uld hav e gone t o th e assistance of K ars , and erdering that he should be brought to trial. (Hear, hear.) What right had Lord Clarendon to use such language to an independent pow. r, and the Government to sanction it ? (Hear, hear.) Lord Strat ford replied to that despatch that he would state to the Porte the purport of his lordship's despatch ; and added, that Generals Mansfield and Bliant had informed him that the Governor of Erzeroum was one of the bravest mea that could be found. Had General Simpson been in Erzeroum, would he have gone to the relief of Kars ? (Hear.) No. He was sure he would not; and the Govern ment, instead of bringing him to trial, would have pre sented him with three medals. (Laughter.) It was one of the most insolent documents he had ever read, to dare to threaten to bring a Turkish officer to trial because be and his Government had suffered the garrison of Kars to fall into the hands of the enemy, (Hear, hear.) After the fall of Kars, the Porte wrote a letter to the noble and brave defenders of the garrison, wherein he referred to the signal victories they had gained by the grace of God, and that their heroic deeds would fill a bright page in his tory, and described their conduct as being deserving of universal praise, adding that the sufferings which the Im perial forces bad undergone in Kars had disturbed his re pose, and all those connected with the affairs of the coun try, and that they all had never ceased to pray for their success. (Hear, hear.) The letter was forwarded by Lord Stratford to Lord Clarendon, to which the latter replied that her Majesty's Government concurred with his Excel lency in opinion with him with regard to the letter the Sultan bad addressed to the garrison of Kars, and adding that they had at least the satisfaction of knowing that the events and suffering connected with the garrison of Kars, had dist ur b e d the sleep of the Sultan and his Minis ters, and who, in default of o th er means, h a d never cease d to pray for their safety. (Hear, hear.) Was that ironer Was it sarcasm ? He would not stop to ask if it was jus tice. Had the noble lord ever heard of a country from which th© youth and manhood of the land went forth in high spirit to fight for that country's honour in a distant land, and who were abandoned by their Government and he had t respaesed at allowed to pe r i s h b y s t arvation, by cold, and every combi nation of harem wretchedness, anti had the mi sera bl e f a t e (ch e ta s so of his conntryrnen never disturbed the slumber or the re pose of th e noble lord ? (Hear, hear, and cheers) Through house— great length upon th e p a ti ence o f t h e to which leoeers, o Realive "no )—there was one other fact to , call attention„and the hon, and gallant member for Westminster would testify that he had waited upon the noble lord about getting soldiers for Kars, and though he could get any sol tiers for the war in general, he could gat no assurance of measures being taken to relieve the 'finking garrison of Kars. With regard to Persia, the hon, member for Aylesb ury h a d as k ed for aid in Per sia from the noble lord, but what was the answer ? "Why did he interfere abo u t _K ers ?" Th e papers, too, were there, showing that the Persian Ambassador was re ceived at St. Petersburg, and loaded with presents, with a view,to future designs against that Herat about which Sir John Cam Hokhouse spoke so strongly. The noble lord had spoken a good deal about the fallen nationalities, but when any proposition was made for the benefit of Eng land or Turkey, what was done ? Nothing. (Hear, ,hear.) The great question of the conduct of the war was before the house. The first point touched the conduct of an am bassador, and the Government attempted to tide off by saying that it was owing to the neglect of a public servant —a transparent device that could deceive no ono. (Hear, hoar.) Was the house satisfied with the conduct of the war? There were not two merchants amongst them who after being a quarter of an hour in the Cabinet would not have made better provision for Kars than they had done. The public press said, " What was the use of referring to the past ?" True, they could not redeem the past ; but they might take precaution against the future. Peace, with its blessings might disappear; war, with its horrors, might break forth again ; nay, a more terrible war might yet be lurking under a hollow peace. It was for them now to take good precautions. It was a maxim of the ancients never to pardon a second blunder in the conduct of a war, a profound maxim that it would be well for the house to adopt. He would ask them could they affirm that reso lution. He asked the question fearlessly, not appealing to one party more than to the other, because he believed that all were resolve I to maintain the honour of their country. Wee they satisfied with the war ? Should it go forth to the world that England could do no more than subscribe four meet and a doctor for the bloody strife in Turkey, and leave the army there to perish upon the sm sliest atom of sustenance ? Would the house consent before Europe to acknowledge its obligations to the Turk ish army ? He had placed that first in the resolution, be cause he thought it deserved best that position. They gave aid to the English, they endured suffering in every form, they followe 1 the gallant Williams exclaiming, "This is a paths such as we never followed before.' Once only had they broken out in murmurs. It is re:lorded that they dashed their muskets to the ground, and cursed the coun try that they b elieved had betrayed them, but they mis took and confounded the country with the Government. He believed there was not an artisan or a mechanic ie this Empire who would not have shed his blood to have saved t leen. (Loud and prolonged cheering,) Will you refuse, I ask again ( ontinued the hon. and learned gentlema )), io make your public acknowledgments joy.at ly of your debt of gratitude to the officers who fought at the siege of Kars? I should hardly think there will be d voice against that. The gallant Williams speaks to the hearts of all of you, from his bed of suffering. Will you say that the tall of Kars did not endanger the Turkish provinces ? It did, and involved larger interests in terrible peril. Will you hesitate to say that there was a want of foresight on the part of her Maj esty's Ministers ? Where was the grand scheme boldly devised and ably executed? Where was the use of that allied army fit to conquer a worl:l, or tbat mighty fleet which was to sweep the seas ? Search the mass of jargon in that blue book, and tell me where. (Cheers.) Will you be satisfied with hollow words for deeds, and take badly-written despatches for brilliant ac tions ? I rest this re ;elution upon the truth of the case. I place it in your hands, invoking the high assistance of a patriotic power, and anticipating the approving voice of an indignant people. [The hon. and learned gentleman took his seat after speaking for four and a half hours, amidst immense cheering, which was prolonged for several minutes.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL begged the house to de scend from the lofty heights to which the vivid eloquence of the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen had carried them, into the more sober region of fact and reality; and while going through the facts of the case, it was not neces sary to excite hostile feelings towards Russia by recalling her acts of aggression. We had now arrived at a peace which he believed had achieved all the objects aimed at. He would therefore come at once to Kars, and for that pur pose it was necessary to go back to the commencement 'of the war, and see the position of the Turkish army in Ar menia. However brilliant the successes of the Turkish army on the Danube, in other places they had been com pletely disoomfited. The . Russians beat them in August, 1851, and it was just after that that General Williams was chosen to proceed to the seat of war. He would not read blue books, but simply the despatches of General Wil liams, from which it appeared that there never was an army less worthy the name of one than the Turkish army in Asia when General Williams joined it. The men were without discipline, food, or clothes, and the officers were worse, if possible, than the m e n. Th ey were utterly incompet en t in action, and when out of it the worst set of robbers that ever disgracedjthe name of a soldier. The colonels robbed the men of their fations of bread and rice, and the chief man was the head of a band of smug gler?. In the medical department there were no medi• tines, which, as Dr. Sandwith says, was fortunate, because they did not k now h ew t o use th em. Th e medical officers sold all their stores and instruments, and pretended they had been seized by the Russians. Colonel Williams im mediately set to work to remedy that state of things. He .urged upon the commanding officer the necessity of sup plies. The next thing was to get rid of Zedir Pacha, who commanded the army at Kan, and countenanced all those things. To do this it was necessary to get the co-operation of the Turkish Government, and Colonel Williams was put into communication with Lord Clarendon and Lord Stratford do Redcliffe. His instructions were clear and definite, to get all the information he could, and give the best advice ho could to promote the welfare of the Turkish army. It hid been said that he had not bean referred to Lord Raglan, but that was inco rect, as the despatch from Lord Rag' in, instructing him what to do, would show. Bet then it was said ho had no authority over the Turkish soldiers ; bnt that was no fault of the Home Government. If the instructions sent to Lord Stratford do Redcliffe were not attended, to, the Government were not to blame. Col. Williams immediately put himself in communication with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and urged that stores should be sent from Trebizond, which was impossible. The sup plies had to be collected in Asia Minor, and forwarded to wards Erzeroum and Zas. He (the Attorney-General) did not believe up to this point that anybody would say the Government were to blame. As far as regarded Lord Stratford de Reilcliffe's refusal to correspond with her Majesty's commissioner, he was not there to defend that— (hear)—but any high-spirited man who was sensitive of censure from a, superior would consider the despatches of the 6th and 11th of January, 1855, sufficient to cause much pain and moitification. But what he would ask the gentlemen opposite was, would they have been prepared to say that her Majesty's Government ought to have re called Lord Stratford do Redcliffe? He was the most dis tinguished diplomatist they could command, and certainly no partisan of the present Government. It was Lord Derby's Government that had over-leaped the first and unusual step in the peer tge, and made him a Viscount at once for his great seryi - ees. No arnblssador of ours had ever filled the post of ambassador with gi eater influence and success, and he thought that simple proposition was a better way to try the question than all the eloquence of Lis hon. and learned frieed. World gentle eel opposite have recalled Lira Stratford de Relcl;ffe?. But fro n the point he bad just alluded t Col. Williams was found to he in constant communication with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and there was no lack of energy on his lordship's part to promote the objects that Col. Williams had at heart This part, however, the hon. gentleman opposite had pissed over. [The hon. ant' learned gentleman then referred to the procedings adopted to get tile incompetent leaches re moved.] Such was the state of things in March, 1855. The army said to have been at Erzeroutn was found not t number 20,000 men, the g enerele h tying conshntly doubled the actual number of men so as to draw double the rations required, and pocket the difference. Colonel 'Williams then writes for riinf a cements. The Turkish Government would Lot withdraw any men from the Danube or Bulgaria ; but honours de gentlemen said, "You ought to have sent me I," but from whence were they to co.no ? Evorybo ly a emitted the import ance of aiding Kars, but how was it to be done? This country, never a gre tt military Power, had just awoke from a long dream of peace. All the men that could be got were wants lat Sebastopol. The Turkish Government said they had 15,000 men at Bat Rim, of which they would send 10,0)0; but when the 15,030 came to be examined the whole number was found to be only 3,770. It was afterwards proposed to send the British contingent of 20,000, General Beatson's corps of 3,000, and General Vivian's ci n'degent, but this was not done owing to their being raw beer - re. Omer Pacha himself, in July, declared them unfit for •service in that country. Another reason was, that the British Government know nothing of Cle country nor of the roads, and shat would have been sail had 30,00) or 40,000 men been landed in a strange country, and the expedition had failed ? How could the Govern ment have Justified themselves? It was afterwards' pro posed that Omer Pacha should take his . own course. He went to Constantinople, and at the council, which was attended by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, it was suggested that Omer Pacha should t a k e the Turkish forces from Eupatoria, and attempt a diversion in Circassia. But it was previously necessary to obtain the concurrence of the French Government, and ho was sure that iu doing its duty the house would not forget what was due- to our Imperial ally. Tile French Government, however, wished all the force_ practicable to be concentrated upon Sebas topol, believing that the fate of the operations there would decide the issue of the war. The French Govern meet acccr lingly agreed to Omer Pacha preceeding to Armenia, or Circassia, upon condition that the number of troops before Sebastopol was not diminished. But then another diffioulty arose. Omer Pacha peremp torily refused to move unless he had the troops from Balaklava, who had followed him through the campaign on the Danube, instead of the Eupatoria troops, in welch be had no confidgpce. What did the British Government do ? They tried to Obtain the consent of the French Government, and Lord Clarendon sent a telegraphic despatch to Lord Cowley proposing that what had been suggested by Omer Pacha should be agree 1 to. It is at page 267 of the blue book, No. 291. Lord Cowley sent back a telegraphic mes sage to the effect that the Emperor had no objection to the removal of the troops from Balaklava, if they appeared fit to the generals in command, but that he himself would not take the responsibility. But it turned out that Generals Pei rem o m v i a e l r o a r t i ie Simpsontroops had the greatest o Balaklava. General to such Simpson protested in the strongest manner oven against having the Turkish Contingent sent to the army before Sebastopol, or 'sent to the Crimea at all in its actual state. What, then, was the precise nature of the charge brought against the Packs refused have hi Government?-what w as the specifidaccusatioe ? We h a d said that we obj e ct e d t o s ending our own troops with ou t necessaries, but we had no objection to sending Turki s h troops fr t o o m re E c : i p v a e t t o ho Eupatoria, id . 1 the otthh veterans from Bal a kl a v a , or he would have none at a ll. The ontingEint. must besides, in that case, have been taken to Balakl a v a f rom E upa t or i a , a most necessary p o i n t t o sa e a r t h he and m, () s u t el; defend. Meanwhile the generals said—You must not move a man from Balaklava till the place has fallen, Was our Government, then, to fly in the face of our allies, and have taken the troops from Balaklava ? Suppose the Go vernment had don e all this—suppose they had taken the troops from Balaklava, and sent the troops at.Eupatoria to Balaklava—and suppose any catastrophe to have occurred, site have wrun g w ith exc l ama ti o ns at their folly an d hn what would h a v e b een sa id—h o w would the het.e'.es oppo providence. If, then, the troops could not be sent from Eupatoria, and the generals forbid their being sent from Balaklava, what troops had the Government to send ? We had exhausted ourown resources to send men to the Crimea. The winter had passed over with much distress, but our 'army bad at lest become efficient; and were we to divide it—to have sent one-half of it to Armenia, while we left the other half before Sebastopol? What would have been the declamation if the Government had adopted such a course? lent then it was said that we might have sent supplies. Supplies from where? What was to be got was in Asia,-Minor itself. Some supplies of war might have been sent from Conszantinople, and the blue-book shows that the exertions of Lord Stratford - de Recleliffe were int ceesant to get supplies sent, and supplies were sent, Gen, Williams acknowledges the receipt of ammunition, powder, and ban, for the heavy guns. Some artillerymen were also sent off. Many of thorn never reached their destination ; they were stopped at Erzeroutio, but the British Govern ment were not responsible for the irregularities and pecu lations of the Turkish authorities. But then again the hon. and learned gentleman said that the Government ought to have sent money. Money ! in what form ; as a gift or as a loan ? (Loud cheers.) If as a gift, it would be said that we were recurring to the old system of subsidies. If as a loan the ministry would not have dared to ask it. They had asked leave to raise the Turkish- Continent. It was said that what was wanted was efficient soldiers, commanded by efficient officers. Now, he believed that the Turkish soldiers were bravo and efficient, but the officers were just the reverse. When they asked for the contingent how were they met ? Who was so loud in his denunciation as the hon. and learned gentleman op posite. Then, when they asked for a loan they were told that they had not made out a sufficient case? They were toll that time was wanted for consideration, and the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Cam bridge urged in July the postponement of theloan. Where was the hon. and learned gentleman on that occasion he should like to know, who to-night was denouncing the am bition of Russia, and actually seeme 1 to grieve at the re turn of peace? Why, the hon. and learned gentleman, on that occasion, opposed the loan He had no doubt that the hon. andlearned gentleman acted conscientiously when he said that rendering pecuniary assistance to Turkey was a false policy ; but what he did complain of was, the in consistency of theirturning round and denouncing the Go vernment for not sending money. The sum and substance of the attack was, that the Government had not done all to avert the fall of Kars which it might have done. Now, he wanted to know what were the precise points by which the Government could have prevented the fall of Kars which they did not do. He was not one who judged solely by events, yet when the hon. gentleman said that the down fall of Kars was the downfall of Turkey, yet the concentra tion of the troops upon Sebastopol had proved to be the real test of succws. What was the result? Kars fell, Sebastopol fell also, but the Russians have not advanced to Cene tan ti nople. The-reel responsibility for the fell of Kers rested, he asserted, on Selim Pacha, who commanded a consider able force, and most wen were agreed that if Salim Pacha had done his duty Kars would not have fallen. Was it fair to throw the blame on the British Government, seeing that there was already a sufficient force in Armenia that they did not withdraw their troops from Sebastopol--or to assert that they would have been justified in so doing? Again, it was said that Omer Pacha might have prevented the fall of Kars. Now, when Omer Pacha found his troops at liberty, he did land at Circassia, but he could get no further. Ho would have been in time to have relieved Kars. He (the Attorney-General) heard some one say he would have relieved Kars if he had been in time He denied this. The reason wss not advanced, but he was stopped by the same difficulties which would have been met with by our own troops if they ha I made the attempt. It seemed to be the universal opinion that Omer Pacha failed because he went by way of Circassia, and if he had fol lowed the plan which Gen. Williams advised, he might have succeeded. Was it a ground of objection to her. Majesty's Government that Omer Pecha's expedition failed? But now that peace was ratified, that the substance of its condition was known—that the herald of peace would most probably to-morrow announce it in official language—an attack was made on the Government for this single failure. Turkey was preserved and the British name honoured. When were the resources of the British empire ever s gre t —as a proof of whish there was the noble spectacle which they all witnessed on Wednesday. (Laughter.) Hon. gentle men might laugh, but he did not think this eu object for ridiaule or merriment. It really showed that while the enemy was in a state of exhaustion, Britain was never is a batter position for continuing the war. This was to be attributed partly no doubt to the liber ality of Parliament : but some credit was due to those un ler whose administration of the country such results had - been produced in so short a time. On looking round he saw every reason for exultation in the present position of the country. But the hon. and learned gentleman, in the midst of peace, found, on looking back, one little dark spot which had produced no results, and hail not retarded the successful issue of the war. The hon. gentleman seized upon this as a party triumph. But the house and the country were too j ust and too generous to take such a view of the affair, or to visit it with their censure. L )rd J. MANNERS said that the hon. and learned gentleman sued for the approval of the house in forma, pauperis, net on the particular case, but on the general issue. He felt it his duty to recal the house to the real question. The bon. gentleman had candidly admitted that there was ono little dark spot on our military affairs, and hail endeavoured to diminish its importance with something approaching to ridicule. But what was the importance of the fall of Kars? It meant that the power of England had failed before that of Russia in the East ; that Persia . had become a moral province of Russia; that the power of Russia had been established from the Caucasus to Hindoo Moosh. When he was asked respecting the fall of Kars, the honourable gentleman would seem by what he said to suppose that Kars had not fallen. Ho had done justice to the Turkish Goveranceent in admit ting that that Government had done something to re lieve Kam It was not the fault of the authorities at Con stantinople, and those in Armenia had shown the most laudable desire to put the army on an efficient footing. But the hon. gentleman in his desire to whitewash his Government throws the blame on Selim Pacha, when Selim Pacha was responsible for Eizeroam, the nest im portant place to the Russian armies. He had but 3,000 men ; and what with these could he have done against 30,010 men admirably equipped; when, if h 3 had failed, the result would have been the immediate capture of Erzeromn. If, then, there was no one else to blame, upon whom could the blame fall but upon her Majesty's Minis ters ? The hon. and learned gentleman passed over that part of.his hon. friend's (Mr. Whiteside) speech, which re ferred to her Majesty's agent at Constantinople. He (Lord J. Manners) did not think Lord Stratford implicated in the neglect which had lost Kars. If his advice had been taken, Kars would n o t h ave b een l os t. H e did not thi n k that the catastrophe would have happened if the hon. mera- Om for Aylesbury had been Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Lord Ellenborough, Minister at War. When the only use made of them was to deprive Turkey of 20,00 J men, then he said their absorption into the English army was one of the causes. which led to the fall of Kers. Let them read the language of Omer Pacha, Colonel Symonds, and others, and then say whether if they had remained in Turkish pay in August last they would not have effected this diversion, which Our Government would not let them make when in their pay ? The hon. and learned gentle- man had not correctly stated the facts with regard to the projects fur the relief of Kars. Had he shaken the opi nion expressed by all the military authorities at Consten tinopl in favour of the diversion proposed by the Turkish Government in Juno ? He said, indeed, that Omer Pacha, could not hive succeeded if his expedition had bean underlaken at •an earlier period, for he said that the weather had nothing to do with impeding his march. But we were expressly told by his. Oliphant that the season of the year and the state of the elements had everything to do with the matter. The ATIORNEY-GENERAL did not say that the weather was no obstacle, but that it was not the only ob stacle. Lord J. MA NNERS said that all other obstacles had been removed by the genius of Omer Pacha. The Russian troops had been defeated ; the Georgian and Mingrelian levies had been dispersed ; broken bridges had been re placed, and nothing but the break up of the weather pre vented his taking Ktitais, in sight of which his army ap proached. In fact nothing c :uld have prevented the suc cess of Omer ?ache, bad he undertaken his expedition at an earlier period. The fault of this ley with our Govern ment. For the French Government did not at first stipu late that no Turkish troops should he taken from. before Sebastopol, but simply that the total number of the troops there should not be reduced. But then, said the lion. and learned gentleman, what could the Government do but yield to the objections which the French Government raised on the 2d of August to the departure of Omer Pacha with the troops from before Sebastopol. But he could net see the necessity of a second reference to the French •Cabinet., after they had once acceded to the fernier proposal. And even when they nut it was clear that the despatch sent permitted the allied generals no latitude but to decidd in what pro pordous Oyer. Paella's troops were to be replaced by tlie contingent, and by troops from Eupatoria. Omer Pacha was, subject to their being replaced from these sources, to be allowed to take as many of his own troops as he liked to Asia Minor. But then the end of the despatch threw upon Gen. Simpson and Gen. Pelissier the respon sibility of deciding whether Owe: Pacha—the independent general of an independent power—should be allowed to try to save the key of one of its fairest provinces. 13nt it was said that after Sebastopol fell Gen. Simpson and Gen. Pelissier showed no indisposition to allow Omer Pacha to proceed! to Kars. But he deduced very different conclu- MOM from the blue-book. Nearly three weeks after the fell of Kars, Col. Symonds stated that on the 13th Sept. Gen. Pelissier had permitted the embarkation of three bat talions, but that up to that time that was all the Turkish troops before Sebastopol that he had allowed to embark. This showed the ill effect of that addition to the telegraphic despatch of August, which threw the responsibility of detaining the troops of Omer Pacha in the Crimea on the allied generals before Sebastopol. They were told that the Government would have been deserving of censure had they run counter to the opinions of the allied generals, and had determined to allow Omer Paella to make his expedi tion. One point which should not be lost sight of had hitherto escaped notice. On the L3th and 14th of July Lords Clarendon and. Pantoure repressntel the fate of Kars as nearly hopeless, and rejected the best plan for relie - ving Kass as wild and impracticable. But on the 18th of July Lord Clarendon wrote a (:esdatch to Gen. Williams to continue that defence, which, on the lath of July, he had proclaimed to be 'hopeless. Was this creditable to the fore. sight, or the decision, or the clearsightedness of our Beg. lists Minister ? Did that letter produce no effect on General Williams ?• We hear from Mr. Sand with that General Williams was kept at his post, and deterred from attempt. ing to cue his way through the Russian army by the vehe ment encauragetnentsof Lord Clarendon,who had, neverthe less, a few days before, stated his belief twat their ca re was hopeless. Th en the hon. and learned gentleman said that the Government did all a Government could do ; that, they wrote despatches to Lord de Radcliffe and General Williams. But of what value were these despatches ? They sent neither men, money, nor materiel. And they refused to assent to- the proposals of either the Turkish Government or Omer Paella to find ,men, and to make an attempt. And when at last they did permit an expedi tion, they clogged their assent with conditions that ren dered it valueless. They refused the Turks permission to make their own efforts, they sent them nothing, they gave them no assistance; but they sent them advice by reams, its only defect bein g that it was foolish, impr ac ti ca bl e , and inconsistent. Could any one deny that the advice given by the Government was deservedly characterised in this way, when they saw that the counsel they declined to take in July they tardily adopted in September? This charge against the Government. was, that while they did nothing, they prevented others from doing that which might have had the effect of relieving Kars. He charged against them inconsistency, vacillation, self contradiction, of proposing plans which %ere imperfect and useless, and defeating plans which were statesman like and useful. He charged the Government that the noble lord at their hoed, who had opposed that wise settle ment of our differences with America by the Ashourton treaty, had so'copdnated our effail s in Asia Minor as to restore the military supremacy of Russia in Asia, and to enable Russian diploniatists iu Paris to regain in Asia what tbey had lost in Europe. (Hear.) When the noble lord resumed his seat no one rose, and there were loud cries for a division. After a short interval, The LORD ADVOCATE Mid the honourable and learned gentletn'anwho had proposed the resolution had passed from one brilliant incous:Stcney to another. It was not true that the fall of Kars was due to the want of fore4;lit ou the part of the British Government. For if there was one thing clear, it was that if there was one man who had exerted him- self throughout from first to last — indefence of Turkoy, and iu promotion of the relief of Kars, it WAS Lord glarendon. Indeed the hen. and learned gentleman himself seemed to feel clniethin of this, for in the conmencenatut Of his --~=-= TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN! NCI, APRIL 29, 1856 speech he admitted the vigour and energy which the noble earl bad displayed. Let him first call the attention of the Ihouse to the position in which General Williams went to Kars. It seemed, lie thought, that sending him there was the commencement of a British campaign in Asia Minor; and that we thereby pledged the power and the reputation of England in a contest with. tho armies of Russia. That was not ' the case. Ho *as merely sent there to advise tho Turkish generals, who were plunged in corruption, to organize their army in such a manner as to enable them to make such a stand as it was thought would be useful to the common cause. Then it was said that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had neglected to . answer General Williams's letter. But what had he neglected to do.? It was perfectly plain that he had exerted himself to the utmost with the Porte to attain the objects that General Williams had in view. Whatever was the result of Lord Redcliffe's silence it had nothing to do with the fall of Kars, because his silence ceased in Dec.,185:, and Kars did not fall till November, 1855. Now, he would ask the house h r w h a t pos i t i on were the allies in Europe at that time when the Russians broke up their winter quarters in Asia Minor. It. was no doubt then found by General Wil liams that the troops for the defence of Kars were not suffi cient; but,it did not follow that her Majesty's Government was bound to find troops for that purpose. There was at that time a great enterprise in the Crimea ; and it certainly "as a question whether troops might not be sent thence to Kars. ' Omer Peeha said that if they would allow him to take his troops from Sebastopol, he would invade Geergia by way of relieving Kars. Her Majesty's Government considered that proposition, and came to the conclusion that it would not bo safe to reduce the number oft. oops before Sebastopol; but even if the War Minister hail taken a different view of the case it must be remembered , that we were bound to our allies, and could not act in such a matter without their consent. The noble lord who spoke 1 st made -a charge against the British Go vernment that they sent out instructions clogged by condi. tions which ho knew were not the work of the British Go vernment, but of the French. (Hear.) That proposition of Omer Paella was rejected both by the generals in the Crimea and by the allies at home. Suppose by the removal of those troops Balaklava, hid been taken, would not a strewe cise have then been made out against the Government for want of prudence and foresight. The hon and learned gentleman who commenced the debate seemed co think that there had been a vacillation and hesitation on the part of Lord Chiron don in his correspondence with Lord Stratford and General Williams, but every one who looked to ti at correspondence would see that there was throughout an earnestness and straightforwardness which reflected the highest credit upon the Foreign Minister, and showed how zealous he was, not only that Kars should be defended, but that the war generally should be carried on with vigour. Re. ference had been made to the Tnrkish lean. Everybody knew how the !Government was treated about that matter. (Hear, hear ) After the treaty had been actually made, gen tlemen opposite were willing to break both the treaty and the alliance, by refusing the loan. (Hear, hoar.) He merely mentioned the subject in connection with the debate that night in order to show how hon. gentlemen's opinions might change. In reference to the want of foresight he might re mind the house that if it had not been for the prudence and foresight exercised by the British Government, Omer Paella's army might have been lost in the Georgian expeditio and Se bastopol not taken after all, (Hear, hear.) Oa the Motion of Mr.. J. G. PHILLIMORE, the debate was adjourned until to-morrow (Tuesday). COAL WHIPPERS (POR r OF LONDON) BILL. This bill passed through committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. PUBLIC OFFICES BILL. On the motion of Sir B. lIALL, a select committee was appointed to consider the best means of proViding accommo dation for the various public offices. The house then adjourned shortly after 12 o'clock. ' Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. MONDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 ~, Y uiaeas, for mares ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 91b ; 9it 816 ; e.-yr-olds and aged 10!,t. R. C. 3 miles, 4 furlongs, 139 yards. Lord Clifden'a Homily, by Surplice, •4 yrs ...(A. Day) 1 Capt. Lane's Alas, 5 yrs (J. Mann) 2 Lord Exeter's Resika, 4 yrs Mr. Batson's filly 15y Birdeateher, —Barbara, 4 yrs (Sly) 4 Betting-2 to 1 ois Won by 10 lengths; three lengths between the sewn( and third. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71h, and fillies, Bst 4lb. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs, 140 yards. 4 subs. Mr. Evans's Ninette, by Slane, Bst 41b (Yates) 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Oitenitza, Bst 7th (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Swan's Piccaninny, Bst 71b Mr. W. Rcbinsou's Postisorse, Bst 71b ...(J. Quinton) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Olteniza ;3to 1 agst Piccaninny. Won by a neck ; bad third. Posthorse got badly off and was last throughout. Plate of 501., for 3-yr olds, 7st 71b; 4 yr-olds, Set 121 b ; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9it 31b ; m. and g. allowed 31h. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs if demanded. &rt. Allowances if entered to be sold for less. D.M. 7 fuifongs, 201 ”rds. Mr. Hobson's rtter, by Melbourne, 3 yrs (701), 6,4 51b (Musgrove) 1. Mr. E. Batson's filly, by Sir llerculee,—Heresy, 3 yrs (401.), sst (Ford h am) 2 Mr. Gulliver's N‘tisette, 0 Trsi (70/ ), 7st 1216 (Wells) 3 Sir R. Pigot's Brother to Folly-o%the-Day, 3 yrs (2001.), 7st 71b (f Mann) 4 The following• also ran :—Pluwpton Maid, Cineas, Heyday. Betting-3 to 1 agst Cineas, 7to 2 agst Noisette. Won by two lengths ; a head between the second and third, and the same distance between the third and fourth. Plumpton Maid was fifth, and Cineas sixth— both beaten a long way. The winner was claimed by Mr. Bat=on. Plate of 100/.. fur 3-yr-olds ; Bst 71b ; fillies, 84 416. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards, Sir J. Hawley's*Kallpyge, by Bay Middleton, 84 4th (A. Day) 1 Lord Zetland's Tyrius, 84 71b (A , litnall) 2 Mr. J. 117. Stanley's Glen Lee, B s t 71b (B art h o l omew) 3 The following also ran :—Cunning Bird, Druid, For tuna, Barfleur, and The Empress. Bitting-6 to 4on Kalipyge, sto 1 agst any other offered. The favourite made all the running, and won in a can ter by two lengths. Same distance between the second and third ; a'length between the third and fourth. The Empress filly was beaten off. Swei-pstakes of 50 sovs each for foals of 1853, out of mares that never bred a winner; colt, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst Sib ; those by stallions that never got a winner allowed 31b. A.F. I mile 2 fur. 73 yds. 6 subs. Mr. J. White's Tyne, by la4o, 84 311) (E. Sharp) 1 Baron Rothschild's Mr. Huffam, Bst 41b... w (Charlton) 2 Won easily. BETTING UP TO Six O'CLOCK. TWO TIIOUSAND. 910 4 agst Porto Rico 3 . t0 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 4to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (offered) 100 to 6 ag,t Polmoodie (taken) • 20 to 1 agst Enchanter (taken) 20 to 1 agst Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing 100 to 1 agst Milton 70 to 30 and 65 to 35 on three (taken) CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 on the Field (offered) 40'to 1 - agst Rifleman (taken) 1000 to 30 about Typee, and 1,000 to 15 abou frlinie (ctanted) THE DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Wentworth (take 9to 4)) 100 to 7 agst P.rto Rico 20 to 1 age:. Yellow Jack (taken) Racing Fixtures for 1856. MAY. Chester Spring G Bath Shrewsbury... 13 ETarpenckn Manchester .... l4 Epsom Southwell' 16 I • ' --. JUNE. Beverley - 4 i Newcastle-on-Tyne - Ascot Heath • . lO I Bibury Hampton lB Stockbridge I Newton JULY. Newmarket Carli*le Worcester Summer 3 I Liverpool Nottingham 151 Stamford lO Chelmsford 22 Kn utsford 23 Marlborough 25 Good wood AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club Lewes - 25 Wolverhampton ll Darby 26 Reading Ludlow 14 Stockton o , i SEPTEMBER. Warwick Sept. Lichfield Lincoln lO f Manchester Autumn ...26 Doncaster 16 Newmarket F 0 ..30 Leicester 24 OCTOBER. Kelso - I Newmarket S 0 l3 Chester Autumn 7 Warwick Autumn ......21 Bedford 9 Newmarket II 27 Wrexham Autumn NOV E dRER. Worcester Autumn 4 Tarporley Hunt Liverpool Autumn l2 Shrewsbury Autumn —lB SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market has boon firm to day, and transactions limited, closing at the following rates : --Caledonians, 291 —South Eastern, 208 1 4 —Midlands ' 73 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86—Great Western of Canada, 3 p.—Lusembourk, 71 dis.—London and North- Western, 9 93—Dutch Ithenish, 11 p.—North Eastern, 191. 3s. 9d., 19. - • - ILANCHESTEIt, APRIL 23. STOOR EXCIIANCE.—This market was doing a rather dull business to-day, but prices rather improved at the close. London Stock, 100—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 27i1-Midland Railway Consols ' 731—South Eastern and D o y en , 20 —East Anglian, 4 316 —Che s t er and Holyhead, 15—East Lancashire, 194—British Electric Telegraph, q. BIRMINGHAM - , APRIL 28. 81,0" Exo ßANG E.—There has been a dull business to-day, and prices were lower. Shropshire Unions, 47 4 s London and Nor th • Westerns, 99 to 100—Birmingham Canal, 92 to 92i--:,Great -Western, 6l to 6R—Batern Counties, 9i to 10. Co entry Markets. CHELMSFORD-A.rmr, 25. A fair supply of wheat, a good demand, and the trade brisk, the best samples being is up on last week. Barley, li3ans, and peas a ready sale, at full rates. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr.sl 74 new 51 72 rod, old 50 66 new 49 65 Barley 30 38 Chevalier 33 42 Grinding 2B 36 Malt 71 75 Chevalier 73 77 0. 0. Oats, per qr 22 28 Peas, Partridge 38 4 0 White 40 41 Boiling 4l 4 Dun 37 38 Beans, Tick 35 37 Harrow ticks 37 39 Mazagan 34 36 Ditto, ne w 33 31 COLCHESTER— Arnii 2G. A good supply of wboat today, at last week's prices ; the same may be said of barley ; in other grain not much doing, and pride unaltered. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 68s to 72k; red, 62s to 68s; barley, &is to 40s ; oats, 22s to 26s ; toot Mnzagan,.34s to ii6s ; middle and small, :36s to 425; peas , white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 36s to 40s. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c, in the port of London, from the following pi the 21st to the 26th April, both inclusive. receiYei nts, from _42 1 --2 v; :5 U -2 a a I Colchester .15' 570 Harwich 125 —1 200 , Leigh Malibu 1482 4.0 83112 118 5 LIVERPOOL-APRIL 28. CATTLE.--The supply of stock is nearly the game as last Monday ; the demand was very slow, at nearly the - same prices for beef and mutton, but lamb was much lower. Bad, s,id to 7d—mutton, 6d to 7d, shorn; 74d to Btd is wool—lambs, 1:03 to 30s each. KIRKCALDY-APRIL 26. We had moderate supplies of wheat and oats to-day, but although sales were slow needy buyers had to pay the full rates of last -week. Wheat. I I Earley. Oats. First Second 703 Od I 403 Od I !,98 Od I Third Od 38s Od i 250 Od I Beans. Os 0(1 Os Od. Os Od COAL- MARKE' Prtooa of Coal por ton at M.—APRIL 28. the close of the market. Walleend, arc. s. d. Bate's West Hartley 17 6 Huddle W. Hartley lB 1. Byass's West Hartley 18 3 Ears(len's Hartley l7 C ilasti ng 's Hartley lB 6 1 Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 3, Taulield Ninor Butes 14 Victoria Hartley l6 9 _Walker Primrose l4 0 West Riding Hartley l6 9 Wylam 15 6i 8. ' Tetton l7 6 Retton Lyons Main l5 6 Kepler Grange l6 .6 Lambton l7 0 Pensher 15 . 3 Russell's Rotten 16 0 South Hetton 17 Stewart's . 17 6 Camdoe l6 0 Cowndon 15 9 Cassop l6 0 Hartlepool • l7 3 Heugh Hall .......... ......16 0 South Keno° 16 6 Fees Whitworth l6 0 Birchgrove Graigola 2l 0 Carr's Merthyr 2l 6 f)erwentwater Hartley lB 0 Fothergill's Aberdare 2l 0 Wayne's Merthyr 21 0 E 5 f Sold . 77 Wallsond, &c. 'Eden Harvey Wylam 14 0 Heaton Burley 15 0 Wharncliffe l5 6 Bell's Primrose 14 0 '.lain l6 0 1.4-adayll l6 0 Framwellgato .........,, 15 61 chips at market..; 14 HEABORNE MAILS. (Pi signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post oflica '7 the night—and M by the morning—despatch,) ODUNTIIIts, Prom was - Pori. Dispatche due 13 England. !April 30 Uncertain Daily May 16. May 16 lUncertsiti Tu.Th.sat ITwicedaill ITwicedally 116thotm, !4 & 20 Di ITwicedally Ilday 8 Day whot made a; ha General Post 01lie% Landoll.* F.' very Friday .. merlcacoyltrit.pacVN kmericr. (by United Sta. packet) ..........N I.meriee (by U. States packet) kustralia (via South ampton) .. 111 2:itio (via Marseilles) Nj reitto (via Cape of (oo& Hope) kfriea ( West Coast) „Ni t3d of the month :Vexandria..........N 24, & 30 of 0. & 29th of mon 7,:hamits ........... ptl7th of the menu tleigium ......... Dell Y.. of the month Iluenos Ayres '9th 01 the month Cape ot Good Hope .1N Cape of Good Hope „N 04 , 0 de Verde ......ys 9th of the month Ceylon (see In , lia) Ceylon Olivine] Isle. i 2l gr, I Once g,13,1 17th ef month a month.... 18,23,&28 ol ;, ;:rnitn . :Oon3taut iLople Liverpool ILiverpool ISouthatmA ,, , ISoutbamptoti 'Dover !Plymouth .. Dover .... ;Southampton Squtharn pt; 'Dover Southamptob Southampton Various port lgouthampton gouthampto: southampt, ~r over .. , . ,Southatopto !Dover .. • lay 4 ?.; i0e1; of nio:; ITiv!ce daily OGrotantinop:o • t.ont. of Europe M 2tt Kgypt (see 121(113) ! iTtvleo daily. GibratlßT m ;4, 7, 17, 20, 27 fro t4roeeo (see India) „. m 2nd & 17th of mon. Tuesday & Frida3 . 2rel of the mann :Tolland M Dal!): • • • • • • ...... Honduras ' l7 t the month. India (visSoutharnpt.)ll 4th t th eat'n mo. !n !.is (via Marsoittes )71 9th& 25h of mouth loafer. fs:os (see India)! 7, 17, & 27 of mon froland & N !Tw l " da11.) .. .• • • • • A O, 9, 17, & 27 of ............ m it:4th of the month' ylv . ,! ra 23,1 of month .. Nlalta (see rnd:a) 1 .; 'B, 18, &28 of mon.'Dover t Ina (ace India) - /23urItlos lath of tho moon _ _ B 4 .2nd of the mono:. Sontituunnt.., N :Bttilhtb2sl.ltorrcert. Dover , 2 , 1& 17th of month senthampta, lowT 3 :1 private at ip Varfoua port Papal tqater, „ ~..N ; slhlf, t h2Nt,hotinon. Dover ~.. ..:4427hx,17t21172t7htoittofmrno,. t5O, Porn on , .9ou it t h h a a m en p p t t o o n n .. m 1 Dy private ship—Various ports Eveily .......... th 1 5 th24lmartoooDover „. w.any ~.....„ ,N if ithlth 2,s thofmon. 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