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Spain, when I could amply have defended myself from an imputation made, but was prevented from so doing be cause an explanation would necessarily expose to the enemy the intentions of the Government which I was then serving. (Hear, hear.) Bat here there is nothing of the kind—here the question is simply the provision made for the material wants of au army. I must say I have no con fidence in the Government upon this subject, and it is most important that every part of this matter should be inquired into publicly and above-board. (Hear.) There was an instance not long ago of secret inquiry somewhat remarkable in its circumstances. I will not mention the exact date, but there was an imputation made affecting the character of an officer of high rank, connected with two or three ducal families—an imputation certainly very discre ditable. It was brought, i❑ the first instance, before the late Duke of Wellington, and I venture to think that upon that occasion the illustrious duke did not proceed with all the equity which might have Leou expected, and was to be desired. The papers were taken away and locked up. How ever, it so happened that the matter was brought under public discussion, and thou it became desirable to take some step which would save certain noble families from annoyance; and what was done ? There was a board, as it was called; two er three old gentlemen of my acquaintance were placed on it ; and one or two of them were in so low a state of health that they were quite unable t') examine minutely and scrupulously into a difficult and disputel question. But a lawyer was given to assist them—a De puty Judge-Advocate-General—into whose hands the whole business, of course, fell ; and what was the result ? Some eight or tea officers of the highest rank appeared be fore the board, and made statements as to a particular fact ; they were supported by two eminent scientific wit nesses; the court was closed; and then what was the find iug ? Some gentlemen of rank and position had come for ward and said they could not think that the officer in question—their friend, so honourable a man—could have dons anything to forfeit good opinion. Well, the gallant officers, who had little to do with drawing up the finding, at last said, " At your lordship's desire we have proceeded to inquire into this matter. It has been an excessively psi uful task, and we have been met by very conflicting evidence—infect, the evidence is almost balanced on either side. Some of it was of a character which would not have been received in Westminster-hall, but we are not gentlemen accustomed to split hairs. Subject to these remarks we find the hon, and gallant officer perfectly in nocent of the whole charge." I do not know whether this board will exercise similar ingenuity, but I have not the least doubt that an attenypt will be made to induce them to do so. (Hear, hear.) Now, with that recent case in our recollection, what is to be thought of the secret court which, in the first instance, the noble viscount informed ua was to be constituted on this occasion ? The warrant constituting this court states, I think, that the object of the Government is to elicit the truth ; but, if that is their desire, I think all the documents bearing upon the subject should be placed Lefore the house, and that no portion of them should be withheld and concealed. (Hear, hear.) There are, however, particular documents which we cannot extract from the Government. We do not ask for opinions ; we ask fur returns and facts, and these facts are of the most frightful description. The truth is that the Government are fearful to disclose them. (Hear,hear.) It appears—l think on page 37 of the report—that papers detailing such facts have been laid before the Government, and iu other parts of the report it is stated that the average deaths in the army from sickness were 30 per cent. The house must not suppose, however, that that was the lois of all portions of the army tram sickness, for it was pro bably in some capes 50 or 60 per cent. We find from the report that some regiments lost only 5 per cent. ; and we find that, while non-commissioned officers and soldiers were perishing, as it is stated, at the rate of 35 per cent., the mortality from sickness among the commissioned offi cers was only 3or 4 per cent. What could be the cause of this difference? It was not attributable to the climate, but to neglect of the non-commissioned officers and sol diers. We find that in the cavalry and artillery and in some of the regiments encamped! near Balaklava the loss was small, compared with that suffered by those por tions of the army which were in more exposed positions; and yet the average loss was 3i per cent. To what con clusion are we led when we find that 35 per cent. was the average mortality, and that in. some branches of the army the loss was only 5,6, or 7 per cent. ? It must be that in some portions of the army the loss was 50 or 60 per cent. (Hear, hear.) I will ge even fur ther than that. It has been reported in the public press— and, as we know, hitherto the public press has been pretty nearly acenrate- I (hear)--that some of the regiments which went out with a strength of 900 or 1,000 men were abso lutely nearly annihilated. Now we want the documents which will show whether this loss was attributable to the misconduct of these who had charge of the regirneets. It is stated that one regiment—the 46th, I believe—disem barked iu the midst of very heavy rain, and on reaching the muddy shore nobody took the least notice of them. The men were unprepared for such hardships, and I believe the consequence was that in 36 hours or so the regiment al most disappeared. Now, if the Government refuse to give in the specific documents which will prove these facts, does it not show that their object is concealmeet? (Hear.) Is such conduct consistent with the statements in the warrant appointing the board of inquiry, that they aro "desirous that the truth should be made manifest ?' (Hear.) I will call attention to another most important matter. In con sequence of the great mortality which took place among the troops, the medical officers applied themselves to trace the progress of disease iu each of the regiments, to ascertain the number of deaths from wounds and disease, and to compare the losses of regiments occupying different posi tions in the country. _The information thus obtained is regarded as most important and valuable, not merely by military surgeons, but by medical men generally; and, from its bearing upon medical science, a strong desire exists among the profession that the returns sent in to the Government should be made public; but, notwithstand ing the reiterated applications which have been made on all ides, the noble 'viscount has particular reasons for withholding these returns. It has been intimated that perhaps they may be produced hesea;ter. That may be the most convenient coarse for the Government - to pur sue, sod they may be influenced by very good reasons. It is alleged in the report that while the troops were suffering from that dire disease, scurvy—and many hon. gentlemen may, perhaps, not be aware that when scurvy affects large bodies of men it is accompanied by diarrhoea and a variety of internal complaints—there were 20,0001 b. of line juice in store, and we ought to know who declined to issue some portion of that lime-juice. (Hear.) Scurvy rimy be checked to a greater or loss degree by pro per regimen. Well, there was lice in store, and why was not that issued ? (Hear.) Diarrhoea was prevalent, and it is alleged that medicines suitable for that disease had been provided; but they were not forthcoming, and why were they not issued? Then, in many of the regiments the men were so much affected by scurvy that they were unable to eat biscuit, but no bread was to be had. At that very time the French troops were supplied with bread, and now and then, with great kinds, is and consideration, they made present,-of bread to our. men. I remember that on one occasion we received 20,000 rations of bread from the French. When our horses were perishing for want of straw, General Canrobert sent us three small ships laden with straw as a present. Now, if there are any documents in the possession of the Government which will throw light upon this subject, is it not proper that they should be placed upon the table ? (Hear.) I say that these are mot serious matters. (Hear.) The whole question has been raised and discussed. I quite agree with the right hon. baronet opposite that it would have been much better if the discussion bad been postponed—(hear, hear)—but the Under Secretary for War would not allow it to be post poned. (Hear and cheers.) He has gone into the charac ters and qnalitications of the °leers of the staff to show that they deserved to be appointed to high situations. (Hear, hear.) During part o f th e ca l am it ous p er i o d t o which I have referred General Airey was ill, and Colonel Gordon acted as his factotum. When I saw that Colonel Gordon was appointed to the office of Deputy Quarter master-General of the army I confess I felt some alarm. (Hear, hear.) Why do I say so ? Because I have seen that when this country is involved in war the chief situa tions on the state' and in the most. important departments of the army are forthwith filled from the desks of the Horse Guardia. ("Hear," and laughter.) The men who are to occupy almost every important executive office—at all events the principal offices—on the staff are brought from those desks. I believe that some of the officers en gaged iu the present war iu thee. departments had not been in the field for 40 year s ; some of them had not seen service for 20 years; and the greaterpart of them had never met an enemy ; bevertheless, they were supposed at once to possess a perfect knowledge of their duties. We may ex pect that Colonel Gordon will become Quartermaster- General, anti in the next war he may be Quartermaster- General of the army in the field, or even Commander-in- Chief. Now, what is my knowledge of Colonel Gordon? I should not have thought of alluding to this subject un less I had been provoked into doing so; but I said I was alarmed at the appointment of Col. Gordon, because an in cident of a serious nature took place between that officer and myself, and I think the attacks which have been made by an hon. member upon the generals of division justify me in mentioning it. On the '23d of October Col. Gordon informed me he - Lad received an order from Lord 1t glan to direct me to take ray division (town into the Valley of the Tcherilaya and to attack and capture a Russian convoy of 1.000 carriages. He also told me that the I)uke of Cam bridge was ordered to turn cut his division for ray support. I was astonished at this order. I had, with my staff offi cers, boon observing the enemy ; we had seen no trace of a convoy, and I do not believe there was any such convoy. If I had taken ray division into the valley, and had been fellowed by, the _Duke of Cambridge in support, we might have beeraplaced in a moat awful position, for the'enesny were posted upon - precipitous heights, and could have directed npor, us the fire of 20 guns, so that they might have crashed us without it being possible for us to return a single shot. - I therefore said to Co]. Gordon—" I think there must be some mistake about this." " Oh, no, there is not." "I cert a i n l y th i nk somebody must be mistaken, and so, before I move any of ray troops, go back to Lord Rag lan and tell-him what I say." With some reluctance this gentleman went baek and returned with the same order, but with the slight qualification that his lordship was willing I should exercise my discretion in the matter, and that Ishould do Aothing a.gainst my own judgment. " Well, sir," was my reply, "you must find sat that this convoy really is where yon Say it is before I sacrifice my opinion on the subject ; and, therefore, you had better ge with CoLeHerhert t• the top of that hill, and if the convey can be seen I shall take steps accordingly." Accordingly, he went np the hill with Col. Herbert, but they could not discover any convoy. They came back. Poor Capt. N o l an , w h o was also despatched on a subsequent occasion from the Quartermaster-General's de partment, and fell immediately afterwards, accompanied Col. Gordon, and I told Capt. Nolan to go with another staff officer, examine the position, and return and tell ins whe ther he did not think the British troops would be completely compromised by any such movement as that indicated by Cel. Gorden. Many attacks, which I cannot answer, have been mad© upon Captain Nolan f or hi s con d uc t i n another affair, but I must say that his reply to m • on that occasion showed anything but imprudence and wan t o f sense. H e aesured me, as I had myse'f anticipated, that if I moved the troops into the valley they would have been utterly compro mised ; and that fact induces me to hope that some of the statements made to hiS disadvantage regarding the affair at Balaklava are not altogether well founded. (Hear, hear.) Very different to the behaviour of Captain Nolan was that of Colonel Gordon, the favourite of the Palace. (A. laugh.) When Colonel Cordon carne back I said to him, " Well, have yon seen the convoy " No, sir, I have not seen it." " Ah, I suspect there is none." " No, I think it is there notwithstanding." (Laughter.) " Where is it, then r , And this was the answer—" Why, I think it has probably halted in some corner of the road." (Laughter.) hinny persons may perhaps think this rather a ridiculous anecdote, but, unfortunately I might have lost 1,000 men if I had not hesitated to comply with this imprudent demand, Colonel Ainsti,- e who afterwards came up from another division, reported that they had seen no convoy in the position ind sated, Int that there had been a convoy on the other side of the valley, four or five miles off, I wrote a very strong letter to Lord Regh n on that occasion, and I think it is my duty to state the fact here, when the o ffi cer o f w h om l am spea ki ng is being I laced nearly at the head of the English army. That letter will most likely be found by the friends of Lord 11l can a „.,, : 4 3 hi; pal er. I did not detail to his lordship the whole I there isrti‘alli but I tsl4 him that Col. Gordon had very THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVE i > t-,M BCH 1,l'Ir)(i. lowed in the appointment of the Crimean commission ; if it • had the report of that commission would have been clearer than it was. Were the facts stated by the commiss.oners in the main untrue? The Under-Secretary for the War Depart ment thought that there were two points in which the report required rectification, and they were only cases in which the ; opinion of -a witness did not appear to be reporLd with per- ! feet precision. He (Mr. Gladstone) thought a short-hand wris ter should have been sent out with the commissioners ; with their own pens and their own hands they had taken down the mass of evidence which then- filled a lar g e blue-book; and he was only astonished that a greater number of errors had not occurred. It did not require a great deal of trou -I:Se t ) rectify those errors ; it was the duty of the de partmeut to give the parties power to explain those errors by access to any documents necessary for that purpose. He had not found fault with,what the Under Secre tary for the War Department had said, it was with what he had not said. He hoped the noble lord at the head of the Government would be able to tell them in what position Sir J. M'Neil and Col Tulloch stood before the Government in regard to their report, which, in his opinion, 'had earned for them the gratitude of the country. Ho hoped the noble lord would assure them that however loose the wording of the war rant was with respect to what the commission was to inquire into, that the intention with which that body had been ap pointed was essentially the same as that appointed after the Convention of Cintra -simply of investieatinf the military responsibility of the officers whose conduct . was impugned. He thought the limits of the inquiry should be defined be fore the commission sat, or it would be too late to attain that object. Mr. WILKINSON made a few observatiOns,•which were inaudible in the gallery. Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, I think that the course which these proceedings have taken has sufficiently proved that the hon, and learned gentleman who made this motion has not exorcised a sound discretion is choosing the present moment for introducing it. My hon. friend the Under, Seceetary of State for the War Department has been much blamed by many hon. members who have spoken, for having entered into the details of the matters to which the motion of the hon. and learned gentleman referred. But if anybody will take the trouble to read the words of the motion which we are now discussing, they will see that those words compelled my hon ourable friend to enter into the dgails which he felt it his duty to introduce into his speech. Sir, the motion of the honourable and learned gentleman is a censure upon the Government fer h tying appointed to military situations persons whose conduct has been canvassed and impugned by the report , of the commissioners ; and my honourable friend the Under Secretary for State but performed his duty in eudea.vouring to show that the Government was not to blame for the 3.ppointments which the hen, and learned gentleman regrets were made. He shows that one of these appointments took place before that commission was ap pointed; he shows that others took place be ore the report was presented to the Government, and consequently, even if the report lnd adverted in stronger terms than it did to the conduct of the parties concerned, these appointments having taken place before the report was in the hands of the Govern ment, it was impossible for the Government to have acted upon a report of which they were not iu possession ; there fore the hon. and learned gentleman's censure falls to the ground. I think it is very unfortunate that the debate should have led to animadversions upon officers who will be allowed an opportunity of stating their case to a competent tribunal. The hon, and gallant officer who spoke from below the gang way began by lamenting that this debate had taken a personal turn, and yet the whole of his speech was nothing but a tissue of personal allusions, attacks upon individuals, and attacks upon officers, high and low, which I think really were not consistent with the generous character which my hon. and gallant friend, if he will allow me to call him so, always evinces. On calm refleotion ho will feel that it would have been more becoming the high position which he holds, both in this house and in the army, if he had spared those attacks upon officers below him—(hear, hear)—attacks, I must say, not deserved by them from the person by whom they were made. Sir, it has been asserted that the course of proceed ings which the Government have taken is a reflection 'Upon the commissioners who were sent out to the Crimea.. I utterly deny the charge. (Cheers) In the beginning of the last year two commissioners were sent out to the Crimea. Sir John M'Neil and Colonel Tulloch were appointed to inquire into t'AD supplies of the- army ; and another com mission, consisting of two medical gentlemen, both eminent in their position, was sent out to inquire into the medical condition of the army. Colonel Tulloch and Sir John M'Neil have performed their duties to the entire satis faction of the Government, and to the infinite advantage of the service —(loud cheers)—and the result has been, that whereas at the time they weut out great local confusioa and irregularity existed in all the arrangements connected with the supplies of the army, from the time they set those matters right to the present the army has been exceedingly well supplied, and regularity and abundance have succeeded to irregularity and deficiency of supply. (Cheers) I must, therefore, beg to be clearly understood when I say, that her Majesty's Government feel muca obliged to the gentlemen who performed those duties which they undertook for the very able and satisfactory discharge of their duty ; and there has been nothing in the course which we have taken of ap pointing a board of general officers which implies the slightest reflection upon the conduct and proceedings of those two commissioners. (Hear, hear.) What, then, is the , state of the case ? Why, it is-this—that the reports of the commis sioners contain statements which several officers consider cast reflections upon their conduct, and those officers have a right to expect that there should be afforded to them some moans and some proper authority befell) whom they could give those explanations which it is due to their own characters to make. What better opportunity, I ask, could be afforded to them than the appointment of a board of general officers ? Is it in debate in this house that such explanations could be better given? I appeal to the example of this evening to show how utterly unsatisfactory such a course would havo been, either to the persons concerned, to this house, or to the country at large. (Hear, hear.) Would a select committee of this house have been a better means ? No. Would a select committee of the House of Commons-beras-,competent to judge of matters connected - With military details as a board cif general officers, necessarily conversant as they must be with everything which will be referred to them ? Sir, honourable gentlemen have chosen to take their views of the functions of this board from the title quoted at the back of the warrant appointing the co:nmissioners. If, instead of takin g detached words at the back of the paper, they had had the goodness to read the paper itself, they would have seen that the board of general officers is not to report upon the report of the commissions: s, bat that it is to inquire into matters the mention of which cei tai:: officers think has cast a reflection upon their character and conduct, to receive explanations, and to report their opinion thereupon. I cannot conceive anything less objectionable than the appointment of this board, for it seems to me to be the only proper method of affording to the officers io .ques tion that opportunity for explanation which they are fairly entitled to demand. I cannot go, therefore, with my right hon. friend, who says that we ought to have followed the pre cedent of the convention of Cintra, because upon that occa sion the board of general officers were to report whether any military proceedings should take place in consequence of their investigation. In the first place the case was one very different from the present. On that occasion a simple mat ter, and one upon which it was easy to form an opiuion, was to be inquired into; here the metters to no inquired into are much more complicated in their character, This board of general' officers is ca!led upon to report their opinion. That opinion may be either that military proceedings aro required, or that there is no occasion for any further proceedings in this, that, or the other case which may be submitted to theirjuclgmeat. Now, we are toll that we ought uot to have laid the report of these commissioners upon the table of the hells° until her Majesty's Government had iuquir -d fully into all the matters to which it related, and settled their opinions as to the conduct of every person whose conduct was in any degree animadverted upon in the report. I should like to know now what would have been the call for this re port, what would have been the imputations cast upon the Govern cent of wishing to conceal some grand dereliction of duty, toprevent the exposure of monstrous abuses, to pro tect delinquents, to withhold information? All this would have been said if, after taking these proceedings, and send its to the Crimea for information and examination, we had refused to lay the report before the house. Why, sir, there wou.d have been a prejhdice created in the public mind, and imputations would have. beets made, supported by prima fescieevideace, on wsich would have been based the most serious attacks, for which no foundation whatever existed in fact. The only course I conceive which the Government could take was to lay the report, which contained a great deal of very valuable information, as soon as possible before Parlia ment, and then to give those officers who felt that their con duct had been impugned by portions of the evidence whin had been collected and published, proper opportunities of making those explanations which it was duo to their charac ter they should make. The hon. and gallant officer appeared not to know the period at which the-discussion is taking place. Any person who had listened to the speech of the hon. and gallant officer, without' knowing exactly what year we are in, and what the present state of things is, might readily have imagined that we are discussing at this time last year the state of the artily in the Crimea. The hen. and gallant offices' went back to all the unfortunate circumstances connected with the distressing situation of the army in the early period of its service referred to. What bearing has that upon the present state of things? Unfortunately when that army was landed there was a complication of circumstances, which exposed it to great and almost unprecedented hardships. The service itself was one of the most difficult character — difficult on account of the local service to be performed— , difficult because the siege was to be carried on and the army to be supplied, that army being dependent for its sup plies upon places difihrently situated, and •,articularly upon a mill port which afforded little or •no conVenience for landing stores, in which there was not room for transports to. lie—and difficult because the arranges:cuts were conducted by persons who weronew to the position in which they found themselves. From all these circumstances the army was un fortunately exposed to diffichlties and privations which no British army, perhaps, ever before in the history of the coun try bad to support. They did support those diffisulties most gallantly, most nobly. (Cheers.) They faced the daugers and endured the privations and hardships of the camp with the same courage and intrepidity which they manifested in the face of the enemy on the field of battle; and I consider that• the fortitu le with which they bore those privations and hard ships reflects as much honour upon the British army as the valour which they displayed upon the fields of Alma, hiker man, or Balaklava. (Cheers.) Fortunately, however, that state of things ceased to exist, and f r the last eight or ten months the army has beets in a totally different condition. The health of the British army is now, as we know, better than the health of any other body of troops in any other part of the world ; therefore, all the observations of the hop. and gallant officer, applicable to that period of distress, fall to the ground, because they refer to matters relating to a time gotie by. So far from the mortality in the army iu the Crimea now beiug such as the hon. and gallant officer represents, it is less, I believe, than that of an equal number in any part of the United kingdom. Then with regard to the arrangements of the medical department, or the Quartermaster-General's department, the hoe. gentleman opposite (Mr. Stafford), who, much to_ his honour, has devoted that part of the year when he is not in attendance , in this house to inquiring into the condition of the army in the Crimea, has most generously given his testimony to the admifable condition of all the hospital arrangcmmts in the Crimes, and that all the arrangements connected with the supplies of the army are now as peifict as the nature of thipro can possibly admit. (Hear, bear) Well, sir, we are telcl teat the Go vernment are to be blamed because Sir R. Airey was ap pointed quartermaster-general at home. Sir R. Airey was quartermaster-general daring the first period to which I have alluded, when the supplies and arrangements of the army were not in a satisfactory condition, but be was also quarter master-general of the army during the subsequent period, when the supply was well regulated, and all the arrangements were naadein the most satisfactory manner. I should like to know when Sir Richard Airey, who came home on account of ill hea'th, was iu this country, and the office of quartermas ter-general became vacant, who was the person whom the Government or the Commander-in-Chief could more fittingly or more naturally have chosen to fill that situation than the officer who bad had the most recent experieuce of its duties, and under whom those duties had, during the greatest peried,• been performed in the most satisfactory manner ? (Cheers ) Theiefore, the censure which the hon. and learned gentleman in this motion - "id am speaking to the chotiou—vrishcs to . _ good qualities, that he was extremely industrious and pos d many attainments, but that unfortunately those attain- Lents were fearfully neutralised by a total unconsciousness of his own incompetence and by a most prodigious opinion of himself—(laughter) — and I requested his lordship, whenever he had any further orders of importance, to send them to me by some other officer. This was a serious letter to write re garding an officer of that rank. I have in my bands the an swer of Lord Raglan. If Col. Gordon had reported to me accurately the order he was desired to communicate, I am sure a man of high honour like Lord Raglan would have told me that no fault was to be imputed to the officer ho had so employed. But no such thing. Lord Raglan does not in the slighteet degree exonerate Col. Gordon. I will only read the passage in his letter referring to this particular case :—" My dear General, —Your letter has just been delivered to me, for which I am much obliged to you. I fear there has been some misconception in this matter. I had no idea of your under taking any serious operation. My object was merely that you should cause some interruption to be given to the convoy if convoy there had been, which it is evident there was not." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Well, now, I ask the house if, n fter such an inculpation proceeding from me and I challenge the friends of Col. Gordon to search among Lord Raglan's papers for the letter I am speaking of—l ask the house whe ther it is possible to doubt that Col. Gordon on this occasion made a serious mistake? There was, too, another small affair which led me to think that Col. Gordon, in spite of his attainments, by no means possessed that judgment and dis cretion which the Government ought to have been assured he possessed before they placed him in so responsible a position. What I regret to perceive is that this is taken up as a per sonal question. Such unfortunately in too many similar cases is the practice of this house—as if the whole matter to be considered on this occasion is, whether the conduct of Colonel This, or Major-General That, or Mr. Commissary the Other has or has not been judicious. Now, Sir, I, who know some thing of these matters, think there are greater interests at stake and weightier considerations involved in this question. (Cheers.) It bears upon the death of many thousands ofgal lant solders, and I can assure the house that, though my physical health gave way, and perhaps would have given way in any case from my not being sufficiently young to bear all the fatigues to which my position exposed me, yet my sorrow at seeing the blind and inconsiderate conductwhich was being adopted frequently disturbed that repose which might other wise have refreshed and restored me. In spite, however, of all this we are told that we must not inquire into this matter and that we are to leave other armies under similar circum stances to be exposed to similar evils. I believe 10,000 or 11,000 men are said to have died out of our small number, and if you add to these the number invalided and sent into the hospital what a state of things it will disclose. Surely such facts ought to be inquired into most amply and publicly, yet it appears to me tobe very evident, from the concealments attemptel by the Government, that no such inquiry will take place unless the public continue to insist upen it. Whenever a substantive motion is brought forward upon this subject I shall think it my solemn duty to go into the case as far as my humble abilities will allow me. In the meantime I must say that the conduct of the hon. gentleman the Under-Secre tary of State for War, as the representative of the Government, as well as the conduct of the noble lord the War Minister, towards these commissioners is the most ungrateful and unjust that I ever heard of. (Cheers.) About a week ago I was listening in another place to a debate in the course of which sorn very pertinent and important questions were put to the War Minister by Lord Derby. The War Mi nister made a vary plausible reply, with all that pleasing self complacency which pervades his countenance when he speaks —(a laugh)—observing that he was the last man in the world to wish for additional patronage. Why, I could tell as much about he nepotism in the War Department as in any other department, I am told that one of the clothing officers, who have very handsome salaries on this account, is a nephew of the noble lord, and not a fe w other appointments have fallen, I believe, to Maules and Ramsays. I have heard—the story was current at the time in the Crimea, and I have heard it a hundred times —a very good specimen, illustrative of the ex cessive delicacy of the noble lord with regard to the exercise of patronage. When the noble lord communicated to Gen. Simpson that he was to have the command of the army the telegraphic despatch ran to this effect:—" Lord Panmure to General Simpson. General Simpson is appointed to com mand the army. Take care of Dowb." (Laughter.) Now, General Simpson is a modest man, and I think nobody has a right to blame him. (Hear, hear.) He has been one of the most unlucky warriors I have heard of, awl I wish to heaven he had never been placed as he was, but I do not blame him, because he was forced to it. (Hear.) Can anything, how ever, be more egregious on the part of a War Minister than to force upon an old general a situation of such vast impor tance requiring the greatest poss ble energy and physical powers I (Hear.) The poor general officer did not wish to have the command, but Lord Panmure insisted upon it that he was a man of energy and resolution, and quite competent to discharge the duties devolving upon the Commander of the Forces at the seat of war. Well, as I was saying, together with the first news of his appointment came the' strange addendum, " Take care of Dowb." Such incomprehensible message dis tracted poor Gen. Simpson's mind, and made it more obtuse than it naturally was (A laugh.) What could " Taking care of Dowb" mean ? (Laughter.) " Perhaps," said the gene ral, " it is some outpost or other"—(laughter) —because I am afraid poor General .eimpson was not as conversant with the exterior defences of an extended line as a younger man would have been. The consequence was that in the usual way an answer was sent by the telegraph— an instrument to the ope ration of which I wish to God an end were at once put, for it has performed some of the most extraordinary antics that can be conceived—and that answer was, " General Simpson to Lord Panmure.--Repeat the message ;" which is the usual way of saying " I don't understand what you mean." Another message then arrived, and the word " Dowb" was extended to " Dowbiggin," the name of a relative, of the noble lord ; and then the mystery was explained and the message made clear and manifest, (" Hear," and a . laugh.) Now, the lion, gentleman the Under-Secretary for War, in the oracular statement with which he has this evening favoured us—and I must ray that when he deals with mili tary topics he does assume a degree of oraeulardy which I, notwithstanding ray - service in the army of nearly 50 yearg' duration, would not venture to affect—(hear, hear)---has en deavoured to make us understand that the present bovern recut are unexampled judges of military affairs, and therefore I. feel myself called upon to make a. few observations on the subject. (Hear, hear.) As regards the telegraph, I may say, in passing, that when the estimates are introduced I sincerely trust that, it will be found to be like the boots of last year, omitted altogether. (A laugh.) Mr. MONSELL—No, it will be included. Sir DE LACY EVANS —Well, I am sorry for it, for it has caused a great many blunders. Let mo just mention to the house a circumstance which I have been informed of upon what I believe to be very good authority. The house is, of course, aware that a Turkish. Con:input was formed under the command of General Vivian. Now, I have watched the progress of that Contingent with great inte rest, for I have a very high opinion of General Vivian, and I was very anxious to see formed in Turkey the nucleus of a regular army well officered, and all the accounts which I have heard of that contingent have confirmed the partiality with which I have always regarded it ; but I must say that the favourable progess which it has made is not to be attri buted to the Minister for War, but has taken place in spite of him. Now, the house has, I daiesay, h ear d th a t th a t con tingent has been ordered to a variety of places by our great War Minister. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) At first they were stati :red on the Bosphorus, and near the Dardanelles was a body of irreg dar cavalry under General Beatson, with Bashi-Bazouks, who were certain to get up quarrels and pay all kinds of antics if nothing were given them to do, and it was clear, therefore, that they ought to be sent as quickly as possible to the scene of action. This, however, was not done, but it was determined at last to move them, and I have it upon very good authority that in the coulee of, I believe, six weeks, about nine different destinations were telegraphed by the War Department to that unforturiato contingent. One day an order arrived that it was instantly to proceed to Shumla, and Commissariat offieers were sent to make the necessary preparations. In about two days, I think, another order arrived that they were not to go to Shumla, but to Eupatoria, and there also Commissariat officers were des patched. Then came an order that they were to go to Varna, then to Kertch, and an these variea destinations were as signed to the contingent by that great personage at the War office, that second Carnot— my Lord Cernat, in fact. '("He •r, hear," and laughter.) Is not such a state of things most pitiful and deplorable ? (Hear, hear.) Than, again, the Dragoons mimed to Kertch found that the country about Kertch was net adapted for the cavalry at all, and, conse quently, had to return to Balaklava, the horses, meanwhile, suffering most severely, and it being found necessary to throw many of them overboard ; but when they arrived they were not allowed to disembark, but were informed that they must go back to the Bosphorus, and so for 29 days, for no purpose whatever, those horses were kept on board ship, That, sir, is a specimen of the manner in which the War Department conduct their business. (Loud cries of " Hear," There is another subject to which I wish for a mo ment to refer, although I wish that the initative had been by taken hen. g entlemen On the other s id e o f th e h ouse. An lion. and learne d gentleman on that side of the house (Mr. Whiteside) has given. notice of his intention to provoke a die • cussion upon the circumstances which led to the fall of Kars. But, as the Opposition display so much forbearance towards her Majesty's Government—(hear)—I de tot know whether that discussion will be brought on or not, and will therefore make a passing allusion to that subject now. The noble lord at the head of the Goverment did um the honour, about the 9th or 10th of Aug., of desiring me to Walt upon him in or der to give him some expression of my opinion as regarded the army in the East, and of course it was my duty to fulfil the request of the noble lord. I must now remind the noble lord that three months and a-half before the tall of Kars, on the occasion to which 1 am referring, I pointed out to him the great anxiety which I felt for the danger in which that city was left. I will not relate what else took place upon that occasion, but I will only say that the noble lord did not appear to me to be as firmly impressed with the importance of the subject as I was myself. Kars was blockaded for 5 or 6 months, and yet no assistance was sent to that gar rison, and it fell. I do not hesitate to say that that disgrace ful and disheartening circumstance is to be attributed to the management of the War Department. AR attempt has been made to throw the blame upon Lord Stratford de Radcliffe-- an old diplomatist, and the War Department appear to have thought that be ought to be perfectly conversant with the carrying on great military operations ; but I say that Lord Stratford de Radcliffe did not accept the office of Minister for War—and I also say that all military operations in which we have taken or could have taken part ought to be most care fully and vigilantly watched and directed by the War Depart ment of her Majesty's Government. (Hear.) Had any at tempt been made to relieve Kars, the Turkish army would have afforded you most willingly all the assistance which it was in its power to afford. You wore master's of the Black Sea, and had ample means for sending troops to any part ; but yet not the slightest assistance was given to that garrison. This is a very incidental method of referring to the subject, but I have been led to make this remark by the lau dation passed upon the War Department by the hon. gentle man. Let me remind the house of what happened a few nights back i n ano th er p l ace. Tho noble lord at the head of the War Department, in reply to a question put to him by Lord Derby, said, " See what a vast sueeriority there is in the material state of the army in the present year as compared the noble lord a N s o t w rea , t l in th g in h k is that e in r f m ri a e k n in ds g r t a b t a h t er sta ha te rs m hi e y n, The effect of it, in fact, was to say, " S e what a nice man I ma, and what a ch ange I have effe cted ;" for, while ho men the h h o a a l n i g et e x ah w ma h ap i h e): h e : a n d , b r lo e u e oh e wt f f e am e b t oo e st d it t , d. h i s e t( i c n a ce r ta e l ry f 11 8 a l 2SyI o st m i hm i a t i ti tt en oodtn follow ) g e it has been mainly brought about by those Commissione r s whom the hon. gentleman has thi s night been Instructed to depreciate and disgrace. (Hear, hear.) I do sot say that a vel - Mr. Filder should b e mad e a scapegoat of. He was -y c with him knew what th ey were a bout, tive and dili g e n t man , but if none of the persons who - e in communication how could a commiseary-general be expected to understand every thing? I say, eosvever, that the commissioners couferred-a benefit by explaining t. • the Government that there was an abler man in the Commissariat Department out there than Mr. Filder. Who was it also that caused fresh provisions to be sent for along the various coasts of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus? Why, the commissioners. (Hear.) . There were 1,500 miles of coast along the Black Sea and upwards of 1,000 along the Bosphorus, covered with cattle and provisions; 'there never was an army in the world that bad such vastmeans of transport at its command ; we had unlimited command * R a j and. an enormous amount of vessels at our dis and, alellongle these thine were known, it was the . commissioners who have been disparaged to-night, who first convincedithe Government of the facts. I speak, therefore, of the co umissioners with gratitude, because of the material benefits which they conferred upon the troops. (Cheers.) I fear that they are in a very perilous position ; at least, I will not sly that, for, although they have incurred the displeasure of the Government, they are men of too much independence to care for it, (Cheers.) Tim hon. gentleman has not been content to pass the commissioners by this evening withmit notice, as was done a few nights since by the noble lord ; but he has ventured to impugn even the veracity of those gentle men. (Hear.) Sir, Ido not regret the absurdity of which the Government have been guilty in publishing the reports of those commissioners. They first publish the reports, thereby making known to the world that they approve of them ; and they then come down and say, " We are not sure that those reports are correct, and therefore we will have another com mission." They do not stop there even, but they do their best to disparage and impugn the veracity of the commissioners. I rejoice that the Government have committed the gross blun der, injustice, and inconsistency that they have Upon this oc casion, by publishing these reports ; because, independently of the proceedings of the commissioners having saved the lives of some thousands Burin; the last six or eight months, and having immensely contributed to the efficiency of the troops, the reports of the commissioners, and the evidence with which they are accompanied will remain on rec,,rd as a menace to incompetence and to Governments who may be willing to place favourites instead of competent men in high stations, and will point out to the staff, commissariat, and military of other armies, and perhxps of other ages, what ought to be dose to protect the lives and health of an army in the field. (The gallant general was warmly applauded on resuming his seat.) _ _ M - r. GORDON would- not have addressed the house on that occasion, but the remarks of the hon. and gallant general upon a gallant relation of his really left him no choice. He had listened to those remarks with some sur prise, as well as with much pain ; because he knew that his gallant relative had always felt great pride in the good opinion which he believed the gallant general entertained of him. (Hear, hear.) He had heard Colonel Gordon say that it was a proud moment for him when a veteran officer like the gallant general selected him after the battle of the Alma, when the Quartermaster-General of his division had been temporarily disabled by a wound—selected him from another division and another service (for he was then in the Adju tant-General's department), to fulfil the duties of Quarter master-General of his division. (Hear; hear.) It was true that that appointment did not take effect, because Colonel Gordon had been appointed the day before to a situation on the staff of the Quartermaster-General of the Crimean army. He (Mr. Gorton) felt certain, however, he would hear with much pain that the gallant general had seen reason to change the opinion which he believed he had once held of him. (Hear, hear.) The gallant general's censure of Colonel Gor 'don had taken the form of several charges. He said in the first instance that Colonel Gordon had shown a disposition in his evidence to shift the blame from his own shoulders to the shoulders of other persons —to get rid of all the responsi bility and to throw. it upon others. He (Mr. Gordon) was happy to be-able . to state that that was not the (Onion of the comniessioners themselves ; and, in proof of that, be would read an extract of a letter which his gallant relative had received frail Mir John M'Neil only a few days before. " Greater candour," said Sir John, "greater care to avoid asserting anything too much, and greater readiness to furnish every information in your power, it was impossible, I think, for any man to hay, shown. This is so strongly my impres sion, that I have frequently spoken of it, as well as of the excellent arrangements of your office, which enabled you at once to refer to any point on which information was required." (Hear, hear.) That was Sir John M'Neil's opinion --an opinion which would no doubt be considered as entitled to at least as much weight as that of the gallant general. (Cheers.) The most serious charge of the gallant Ikember, however, was one of a very grave character indeed. He had informed the house, with considerable detail and at some length, of a conversation which he bad had with Col. Gordon when the gallant colonel was the bearer to him of a certain order from Lord Raglan. The gallant general had repeated that conversation in order to ground upon it a very serious charge of misconception of orders and of miscouduct—for he (Mr. Gordon) thought it deserved no less a name. (Hear.) He (the hon. member) was not himself a military man, and his gallant relative was unfo. tunately not a member of that house. (Cheers.) He cou:d not pretend at that moment to enter into any details of the transaction, but he thought there were many in that house who would agree with him iu think ing that a grave charge of that kind ought not to have been brought forward without some notice being given to Colonel Gordon. (Loud cheers,) If Colonel Gordon's conduct had indeed been such as the ,gallant general had described, it was his (Sir De L. Evans's) duty either to have taken notice of it at the time, or to have held his peace about it afterwards. (Cheers.) Certainly the gallant general ought not to come down to the house with a story which there were no means to refute on the instant, although he supposed his gallant re lative would be prepared at the proper time co furnish a satis factory explanation. The hon. and pliant general might perhaps say that he had been provoke l by the speech of the - hon, gentleman the Under Secretary for War ; but he was afraid, from what had fallen from the gallant gentleman, that he had anticipated some reference to Col. Gordon. The only I document he had read was a letter from the late Lord Raglan. Did the gallant general always carry that letter about him ? (Cheers.) The gallant general also stated that Colonel Gordon had made au inaccurate statement with regard to knapsacks; but the gallant gentleman would find that there was evidence, in the shape of a memorandum, with regard to the wishes of the, generals of divisions on that subject. There was only one other part of the hon. and gallant gentleman's speech to which he would now refer. The gallant general more than once stated that Colonel Gordon was a favourite of the court, and alluded to his courtier like spirit. Now he (Mr. Gordon) must deny that his gallant relative had at all owed his promotion to court favour. Col. Gordon was not a soldier who had merely attended at court. He had been employed on active service for many years lie was in Canada during the rebellion in 1543. and he had been engaged in arduous professional duties, and not lauluties of a merely regimental character, since that time. He Lad re ceived the highest certificates of scientific skill, and he trnstea, therefore, that th e house would - not beliovethat his relati'io had owed his promotion to mere court favour. In conclusion, he (Mr. Gordon) would venture to make an earnest appeal on behalf, not only of his relative, but of the other officers that were about to be summoned before the court of inquiry. He would appeal to them in the strongest language against the injustice of prejuding this question, by going further into matters of det ail, or by discussing fur ther the pros and cons of a question not then before the house. (Cheers.) Those gallant officers had already difficulties enough to contend with. They had enough to contend with in the natural desire of the public t) find out some persons who should be responsible for what had occurred, and in the ad verse articles of that great organ of public opinion the cen sure of which the bravest of them would be unwilling to face. (Oh, and cheers.) He would appeal, therefore, to - the sense of justice and honour, not only of the house as a body, but of individual members, not further to prejudice the ques tion, as they must do if they attempted to go further into a discussion for which that was neither the proper time nor the proper place. - Sir DE L. EVANS (in explanation) stated that, after the battle of the Alma, Major Vaux came to him and said, " My cousin wishes to occupy the vacancy which has occurred through your quartermaster being disabled :—have you any objection ?" He (Sir De L. Evans) replied that he had not, hut there bad certainly been no offer ou his part to Colonel Gordon. (Order.) Whatlie wished to say further was some thing to the credit of Col. Gordon. He wished to express his conviction of Col. Gordon's merits and his attainmenti; but ho (lid not wish to sae him in a responsible situation. Mr. GLADSTONE regretted the latitude that hail been given to the debate. . It was just to say that he did not think that latitude in any degree owing to the speech of the right hon, gentleman the member for Droitwich. When ho heard the speech of the hon. gentleman the Under Secretary of the War Department, he thought it was easy to anticipate what was to follow. No doubt that hon, gentleman hail been actuated by a generous regard to the characters of those officers, but he must by that time have been aware that he would have acted, if not with greater generosity, at least with greater prudence, if he bad refrained from the course he had pursued, He (Mr. Gladstone) lamented the introduction of the names of General Airey, of Lord Cardigan, of Lord Lucan, Col. Gordon, and some other officers whose names were more or less affected by this report. Ho still more la mented the introduction of the came of Sir J. Simpson into that discussion. With respect to Col Gordon, he would ob-• serve that that officer was not the head of the quertermas ter-general's department, lie was not charged with the issue of army clothing. From the speech of the Under-Secretary of the War Department ono would suppose that Col. Gordon was the officer charged with that department. He was nei ther the head of the department nor was he the person charged with duties the s performance of which had caused so much dissatisfaction. He regretted that the house was called upon to say anything with respect to the position of the Cri mean Commissioners either in their relation to the Govern ment or to the country. When he had seen the notice of motion of the bon. member for Sheffield, in which he stated " that there was to be a commission of general officers to report upon the report of Sir John M`Neil and Colenel Tulloch," he (Mr. Gladstone) felt there could be no ground for such a etatem ut as that. Ho felt sure the Government would uphold the commissioners who had undertaken so important a duty, under such painful cir cumstances, as inquiring into the condition of an army whose sufferings had harrowed. up-the feelings of that Louse and the country a year ago. Ile felt sure the Govern- - aunt would give no grounds for the charge that a com mission was to bo appointed so inquire into the report of those commissioners. No one could read the warrant for the appointment of the commission without adopting the opinions of the hon. gentleman opposite. When be, in conjunction with his friends the hon. member for Carlisle and the hon. member for Wiltshire, chose rather to*quit'their offices than consent to the inquiry by committee into the state of the army, ho said that the report of such a committee must ne cessarily be feeble and futile as well as unjust—that that com mittee would have no power to suggest improvements, and that the house would not act upon its conclusions. Had those assertions been verified or not ? The fate of the motion of the hon. member for Sheffield, last summer, best an veered that question. The appointment of Sir J. M`Neil and Col. Tulloch was an act in which neither lie nor his friends had any share, but he wou:d say that when the names of those gentle men were announced by the noble lord at the head of the Go vernment, every one felt that no two individuals better quail. fled by their character, their abilities, their experience, acti vity, and intelligence could have been selected to form such a commission. It was stated at the head of the warrant that "a beard of general officers are to inquire into the statements contained in the report, and on the evidence on which the report is founded " And the hon. member for Sheffield in his speech distinctly challenged the Under-Secretary for the War Department upon this subject. He said, "Are you going to re-try the report of the commission ?" That challenge was unanswered. Ho (Mr. Gladstone) had listened with anxiety, but without hearing any acknowledgment of the labours of the commission. He had not heard of any benefit resulting from it, or of any intention on the part of the Government to uphold it. Ho had heard that there were discrepancies be tween the repo,rt and the evidence. If such were the case it was the duty cif the Government, enjoined alike by prudence and good faith, to bring the discrepancies to some settlement and issue. The warrant was not more definite on the prin ciple on which it proceeded than in its title. It did not define the persens into whose acts inquiry was to be made. The eonunislion was authorised to try nobody except those against whom animadversions were made in the report. Was it true that the report contained great animadversions on officers I There were but one or two 'passages which could be construed into animadversious. Dr. Hall bad been censured; but it might be questioned whether Lord Cardigan had been animadverted on or not. That noble lord had, with high spirit and honour, written a letter explaining those parts of the report which related to himself, leaving his caso with confidence in the halide of the Crown. The question of the position in which Sir John M'Neil and Colonel Tulloch were to stand before the commission was the most important point to be considered. Those gentlemen had not been authorised to inquire into the conduct of officers, and they had adhered with singular fide lity to their instructions. They were ordered to collect the facts of the case, and to suggest remedies. The reports were a collection of facts, and the commissioners had done no more than obey the orders aed instructions which were given to them. It might be said that out of facts inferences arose which were prejudicial to the character of officers. He (Mr. Gladstone) regretted that the precedent afforded by the cora l:al-31bn ancintad after the tattle of Ctrs bad not been fol- sldAdi _ - ~~ _ Y--= ~'ri. ?'C!p,5 cast upon die Government for having eppAnt3:l, amen oz,her Sir Richard Airey to the office of quartermaster general or the army, is wholly uaderserved. (Hear s ) ram ready to take my full share of responsibility as oue of her Majesty's ministers for that appointment. It waQ, in my opinion, a good appointment, one which the Government were justified in mating, and by making it they did good service to the country. (Hear, hear.) 't hen again, with regard to Lord Cardigan's appointment, my hon. friend the Under Secretary of State mentioned, even before the commission went out, that every man who knew anything of the merits of the army would do Lord Cardigan the justice to say that he is a most distinguished cavalry officer. (Hear, hear.) Two or three years ago I remember talking to a general officer of great distinetion, who had served in India, as to the merits of the ditiercut officers who have been under him, and he told me that t! e two best cavalry officers whom he jj had ever met in the whole course cif his service were Major- General Gunton, who unfortunately fell fighting, and Lord Cardigan. (Cheers.) Therefore, Ido 'not think that Ihe Go vernment did wrong in choosing Lord Cardigan as inspector general of cavally. It seems to me that the motion of the hon. and learued gentleman is neither well-timed nor is it sound. If it was meant as an opportunity for canvassing in this house the conduct of officers whole conduct is about to come under the review of the board of general officers which has just b en appointed ; if that is the motive, I think it is a nltstake on the part of the hon. and learned member, and a mistake which the house will not sanction by adopting it. It is a mistake to call upon this house to discuss by anticipation, and-without explaeation, which can be given by the officers, the matters which the board of general officers is about to in quire into; but if the hon. and learned member intends by his motion to censure the Government on'account of - the ap pointment of these officers, I say that that censure is not de served, and I think the house will not be disposed to go with the hon. and learned g,entletnan in that respect. (Cheers.) I again repeat that it is most unjust, both to her Majesty's (do vernment, and to Sir J. and Colonel Tulloch, to re present that by the constitution of the board of general officers wo aro establishing a'commission to report upon a com mission. We are doing no such thing. We are appointing a board of general officers to receive explanations from those ' who think themselves aggrieved by that which is contained in the report of those commissioners ; and so far from any thing which we have done implying the slightest disparage ment upon the judgment of Sir J. M'Neill and Col. Tulloch, I state in the most unqualified manner that the Government attach the highest value to the labours of the commissioners. They were chosen because we - knew them both as men of high character, great ability, and great discernment. (Hear, and cheers.) I mu sure that the public service has derived the grew est benefit from the inquiries, the report, and the suggestions wnich were made, and from the iinprovements which have been made in that department of the service to which their inquiry was directed. (Cheers.) I should hope, sir, that the house would not pursue this as an inquiry into the conduct of officers; but would be content to leave the matter in the hands of the board of general officers by whom the investigation is to be con lueted. I thi ;k the names of those officers, and their high character and standing in the service will be a sufficient guarantee that it will be conducted in such a manner as to elicit the truth, that it will afford to the officers a full opportunity of vindicating their character, and tha', the result will be both satisfactory to them, to the house, and to the country. (Cheers.) Lord LOVAINE trtbted that in the inquiry which was about to take place an opportunity would be afforded to the relatives and representatives of that gallant man who so long commanded the army in the Crimea (Lord Raglan) to defend his memory from any imputation. He was the more anxious on this point because, at a very trying period, the noble lord the member for the City of London was the only person connected with the Ministry who came forward to defend the deceased general. Lord PA'LIIERSION—As the court will be open, those who are interested in the character of the distiuguished - man referred to will naturally be represented during the whole of the proceedings ; and I am sure, quite sure, the Board of General Officers will give the relatives of the late Lord haglan, should they think that anything that has passed at all reflects upon his memory (though I cannot anticipate anything of that kind), an ample opportunity of affording ex planation. Lord C. HAMILTON complained that a near relative of his (Col. Gordon) Had been attacked in a most uncalled for,' he ha 1 almost said cowardly, manner, by the hon. and gallant member for Westminster. (Cries of "Order.') What could be the object of relating such au anecdote after so long a silence ? The thing was clearly premeditated. The hon. and gallant member said he should net have mentioned the matter but for the speech of the Under Secretary for the War Department. By what magic could that speech have put 'the letter in his po.kes? The facts of the case were these. A gallant colonel of artillery haying noticed a convoy in the distance, and at a point falling within the dis riet of the gallant general's (Sir Do L. Evans's) division, forwarded information of that fact to Lord Raglan. His lordship instantly sent to Col. Gordon, and requested him at once to mount his horse, gallop to the gal la.ut general's division, and request him to cut off the convoy if possible, as the arabas composing it would be of the utmost service to the army in its then position. Col. Gordon had never seen the convoy—he knew nothing of it, except what he was told by Lord Raglan. He instantly mounted his horse, and hastened to the gallant general's quarters. The gallant general demurred ; he saw no convoy, and had seen none, and appeared indisposed further to trouble himself in the matter. Upon this Col. Gordon returned to Lord Raglan, and put hiss in possession of the facts. Then it was that Lord Raglan—and not Golonel Gordon, as the gallant general had said, and raised alaugh in so saying - suggested that perhaps the convoy might be hidden in a turn in the road, and again sent Col: Gordon to the gallant general on the sub ject. Now, such being the facts, ho put is to the house whether it was manly aud staightforward in the gallant gene ral (Sir De L. Evans) to make the charges which he had be hind the back of Col. Gordon ? The gallant general com plained of the inexperience of Col. Gordon. Did he compare Col. Gordon with himself ? If so, ho (Lord C. Hamilton) thought that the inexperience of Col. Gordon—who obeyed his orders—was preferable to the experience of the gallant geueral—which prompted him after the battle of lukermau to no better suggestion than that our army should. retire to their ships. (Cries of Divide.) Ho (Lord C. Hamilton) be lieved that he had only done hi,s duty in exculpating', his: ab sent friend, and he called upon the gallant general for some explanation. Sir DE L. EVANS—The noble lord considers that I have been totally unprovoked in this matter. I stated that ti e Under-Secretary of State for War had attacked me, and other Generals of Division, ou the ground of a statement made by Col. Gordon, that, ho would not receive the knapsacks sent out for the men. I stated that such was not the case, that they were never offered to us; and does the noble lord think that I have no right to defend myself when thus mis represented. I say that,l am justified, after the attack made on me and other Lieu euaut-Generals of Divisions, then in the Crimea, of vindicatieg them and myself ; and I say, after the allusions made by the Secretary of State, it is my duty to say so, that, while Col. G.nelen showed great zeal in the service and attachment to it, I do not think that he shows that discretion which is so desirable should be exercised by those in high situations. (Hear.) The.noble lord has alluded to a conversation which took place between me and Lord Raglan after the battle of Inkerma.n. I was at the time in great distress of body, and I may say of mind also. On the evening of the battle of Inkerman, seeing the immense loss we had sustained, I tlid say to Lurd Raglan " My Lord, will you pardon me i I say, that flout time great loss we have sus tained to-day arrangements ought to be made for obtaining a position for the army on some other point, rather than in cur the risk of greater reinforcements coming up for the enemy, and which might prove disastrous to us in our pre hsent state." (Cheers) And if any one will reflect on the state we were there in, they will see the justice of what I stated. Lord Raglan, however, did not make the slightest remark. He did not invite any d scussion. (Hear.) We were allvery much subdued by the losses we hail sustained that day. I was in very bad health myself, aud suffering great distress, and I did think that if it was possible t.) remove the army to a safer position, without pressing the siege during that winter, the lives of a great Many men would have been saved, a-d e was not sure but greater success might have attended their arms. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. PEEL sail, in explanation, that the gallant general was perfectly mistaken if he considered he (Nlr. F. Peel) made any attack upon him. He was specifying instanc.3s of tho difficulties which Government had to contend with in this matter, aid as one of View, ha said this ; rise of d the knap sacks was stated by Colonel Gordon unsupported by evidence —ttat was denied by the generals referred to, but he did not say to whom the greatest credence was. to be given. (Loud cries of " Divide.") Mr. ROEBUCK then said; seeing that he would, as usual, be in a minority, he woull not put the house to the trouble of dividing, but would withch•aw his motion. The motion was withdrawn accordingly. ARMY ESTIMATES Tho house then went into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates. Tho first vote was for a stun of, seven millions, to defray the charge of the land forces at home and abroad. Mr. MILES objected to going on with the vote at that late hour of the night. He hoped it might be deferred until Mon day. Lord PALMERSTON said this vote was necessary, as the foundation of the Ways and Means Bill, which must be passed without delay. This was only a portion of the sum to be asked for, and when the remaining portion came on it might be.thoronghly discussed. What he proposed was, that the house should agree to this vote, so that the whole of Monday evening might be given to the remainder. Mr. WILLIAMS said that the vote amounted to 10 mil lions, and now it was asked to vote 7 millions on account. He should move that the Chairman report progress and ask leave to sit again. (Cries of " No, no.") Mr. J. M'GREGOR perfectly concurred with the hon. member for Lambeth. He thought it would be decorous on the part 'of the noble lord at the head of the Government to allow this vote to be postponed. There had never been any division on any voterelating to the war, and it was not his intention to oppose this vote, but ho thought that timoshould be given for its consideration. Mr. WILSON said that if this evening were allowed to pass without this vote being agreed to, the Ways and Means Bill could not he passed before Easter, and then the money would not be available for the payment of the army in due time. If this were granted there would be still a balance of three mil limit to be asked for, and upon that a discussion might take place. Mr. DISRAELI bore testimony to the accuracy of the state ments of the Secretary of the Treasury, and added that if this vote were not at once agreed to the public service would be seriously injured. Mr. WILLIAMS did not wish to stop anything that might be necessary for carrying on the war, -but there were many items in the vote which had nothing .to do with the war, and upon which he ,ished to take the sense of the com mittee. He should persevere in pressing it to a division if he stood alone. After some further discussion, Mr. WILSON suggested that a vote of 61 millions should be agreed to, leaving the remainder to stand over for discus sion until Monday. This was acceded to, and a vote for 61 millions was taken. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Holiday. The house then resumed. The Consolidated Fund (4E31,005) Bill was read a third time and passed. `MIITINY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. EWART called attention to the billet system, and esnecially the inconveniences of the billet system in Scotland, and boped'tloat some steps would be taken for placing it on a proper footing. • Mr. PEEL said that every effort had been made, by the establishment of camps, to relieve the towns of having the militia billetted upon them. EWART said the inconvenience was very great in Liverpool. Mr. fiASTIE trusted the people of Scotland would be re lieved from the great inconvenience of having soldiers billetted upon private houses, After a few words from Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Ridley, and Mr. Pellatt, the bill was read a second time. FACTORY ACT. • Mr. W. PATTEN move'clfe; leave to bring in a bill to ameni the act withregard to the fencing off machinery. After a short conversation leave was given to bringJn the bin, and the house adjourned tensainutes past twelve. L.+ ..._~ ........,,,,..... frx.n the London Gazette of Last Night ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 20. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Thom Blaikie, Esq., Provost of the City of Aberdeen. FOREIGN OFFICE, FE 3. 27. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Louis Chapalay as Consul for the Swiss Coufederation in Aus tralia, Victoria, and New South Wales, to reside at Syd ney. WAR-DEPA.P.THENT, FEB. 29. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub Lieute nant the Hon. Cecil Duncombe to be Lieutenant, by per chaSe, vice Hare, who retires. 3d Dragoon Gnarls—Cornet: William Blenkinsop to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swinburne, promoted. 2a Dragoons—Robert B tinbritlge. Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons - Captain William Hone Davis, from the Rval Dublin City Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase. • Bth Light Dragoons Second-Lieutenant the Hon. Everard Stourtoo, from the Norfolk Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice' Johnson, appointed to the Ist Dragoons. 13th Light Dragoons—Cornet E. H. E. Kauntze to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chamberlayno, promoted.- 11th Light Dragoons —Cornet G. M. Dew to be Lieute nant, by purchase. vice Hathway, who retires. 17th Light Dragoons—Corset Robert Bainbridge, from the Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase. ROYAL REGIMENT OP ARTILLERY. Brevet-Colonel Henry George Teesdale to be Colonel, vice Pickering, made apernunnerary. Brevet-Major George Ashley M3uLle, C. 8., to be Lieu tenant• Colonel, vice Teesdale._ Second Captain Charles Wright, to be Captain, vice Maude. Lieutenant 'William Howley Goodenough, to bo Second Captain, vie© Wright. Brevet-Colonel Noel Thomas Lake, C.D., to be Colonel, vice Tulloh, made Supernumerary.. _ _ Captain Evan Malierly to be 'Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lake. Second Captain John Everett Thring to be Captain, vice _Haberly. Lieutenant Albert Henry Wilm©t 'Williams to be Se cond Captain, vice Th7ing. Captain William .Manley Hall Dixon to be Lieute nant Colonel, vice Askwith, made Supernumerary. Scond Captain William Niagrath King to be Captail, vice Dixon., Lieutenant William Smith Maynard Wolfe to be Second Captain, vice King. Captain Henry — Wm. Montressor to be Lieut.-Colonel vico Etrtiley ihnot, made Supernumerary. Se.:ori CAptain Lambert Henry Fulke Greville to bJ Captain, vice Montre,,sor. Lieutenant Chas. Fred. Cockburn to be S,:cond Captain, vice Greville. Brevet-ColGnel Collingwood Dickson, C 8., to be Lieu• ten:tut-Coloncl. Captain Henry John Thomas to be Liout. Colonel, vice Dixon, made Supernumerary. Second Captain liu L Bunt to be Captain. Second Captain Thos. Rubb. Glanville to be Captain, vice Thomas. Lieutenant Henry Hamilton Con°lly to be Second Cap tain, vice Glanville. Sficotni Capt.iin floury Jervis White Jervis to be Cap tain, vice Camp6oll, lends Sapernuinetary. Lieutenant Walter Chidio3k, wangle to be Second Cip tame, vice Jervis. Second Captain Wrn. Lovelace Dainaresq to be Captain, vioo Clerk, made Supernumerary. Lieut. Henry Strover to be Second Captain, vice Do maresq. Brevet-Major Gaspard Le Merchant Tupper to be Cap tain, vice Boxer, made Supernumerary. _ . - Lieut. Campbell Hardy to be Second Captain, vice Tupper. E_iecond Captain Henry Heyman to be Captain, vice Baddeley, made Sunernu,nerary. t Lieut. Wm. Wilberforce fiaina to be Second Captain, vice Heyman. _ _ - Brevet-11,1jor Dixon Edwd. Hote, C. 8., to be Captain, by augmentation. Lieut. Lewis Fred. Hall to bo Second Captain, vice Hosto. Lieut. Fre 1. Cockburn Griflin to be Second Captain, vice Fraser, ma le Sorrnutnerary. _ _ . Lieut. John llenry Pile' to be Second Captain, vice Warlow, nrideSupernulneraty... Lieut. Jao. Kelly to be Second Captain, vice Vandolour, made Supernumerary. Lieutenant Charles John Dowse to be Secona C vice Orr, made Supernumer3ry. . . Secona Captain'Alfrod Wilks Drayson to be Adj atant, vice Arbuthnot, promoted.. • Second Captain Reginald Onslow Farmer to be Adjutant, vice Smith, who re,ignm the Adjut.autcy only. Second Captain Dominick Sarsfield C4130:10 to be Adju tant by augmeaation. „ Second Captain James Frederick D'Arley Street to bo Adjutant, vice Hastings, prmoted. Second Captain Henry Walpole John Dashwood to be Adjutant, vice Freeth, promoted. Second Captain Wiliam Morris to be Adjutant, vice Patton, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. second Captain Frederick Close to be Adjutant, vice Colciongh,promfded. _ _ Second Captain John Bawden Parkin to be Adjutant, vice Dyneley, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Probationary Veteriusry Surgeons to be Veterinary Sur geons, viz. :—Johu Henry Carter, Edward Kelly, John Bolton Hall. let Et-giment of Foot—Ensign George Turner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vino W. C. F. Kelly, de ceased. To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign John Tymons, vice Gregory, promoted ; Ensign 0. D. W. Hun• ter, vice O'Connell, promoted. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieut. Thomas Arthur Mills, from the sth Lsupshire Militia, vice Thomas, who resigns ; Lieut. John Richard Palliser, from the Dubli n Militia Artillery, vice Turner. sth Foot—Lieutenant F.. A. Cubitt, from the West Norfolk Militia, to be Ensizn, without purchase. 7th Foot—Ensign H. G. Follett, from the 87th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 9th Foot—Captain C. H. Leslie to be Major, without purchaso, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel F. D. Lister, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rink, under the Royal Warrant of Gth Oct o b er , 1851 ; L ieu t. W. Daunt to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Leslie ; Ensign A. F. C. Rollo to be Lieutenant, without pure ass, vice Daunt; Lieut. V. G. Coates, from the West Suffolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rollo. 11th Foot--John Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Furneaux, promote I. 17th Foot—Assist Lut Surgcon Thomas Houghton Walker has been permitted to resign his commission. 231 h Foot —Ensign J. H. H. St. John to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parkinson, promoted ; Fredk. Gowland Horn, Gent., to lie Ensign, without purchase. 25th Foot—Charles Pell Heighain, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cnnynghaine, promoted. 28th Foot —Assistant-Surgeon James Frederick &eriart, M.D., has been permitted to resign his commission ; Wil liam Cowl, Gent., to be Dispenser of Meiticines. 2911 Foot—Lieutenant John Bomforii, from the Lan cashire Militia, to be Ensign, without pufchaso, vice Cochrane, appointed to the 89th Foot; Ensign lohn James Bailey to be Adjutant, vice Bruce, promoted in the 82(1 Foot. 36th Foot—Thos. M. Le Mesurier, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gray, promoted in the let Foot ; Fiist Lieutenant C. D. James, from the Devon Artillery Militia, to b 3 Ensign, without purchase, vice Gledstaws, appointed to the 57th Foot. - '3Bth Poot—Ensign J. T. Carroll to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice BAfithi, who resigns ; Captain B. B. Thompson, from the EAst York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Carroll. . - 41st Font-Second Lieutenant Ajax Manera, from the Devon Militia Artillery, to be Ensign, without purchase,' vice Palmer, promoted. The first Christian name of Ensign Qtayle is Arylrea and not Mylrcd, as previously stated. 45th Foot—Thomas Apjohn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Preston, promoted. 52d Foot—James Hill Bradshaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King, appointed to the 9ch Light Dra goon 3. 5 ;tit Foot—Ensign Vero Temple Bally to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Shiffner ' promoted. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Launcelot Charles Brown, from the Hampshire Militia, to be E isign, without purchase, vice Rundle, appointed to '.4(1 Fuot. COth Foot—Lieutenant Henry Stephen Hodges, from the West Kent Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Warren, who resigns. 66th Foot—Major Frederick Hammond, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, repaying the difference, vice Michel, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Captain E. Mentage Davenport to be Major, by purchase, vice Hammond, who retires ; Lieu tenant James Galbraith to be Captain, by purchase, ek e Davenport; Ensign Charles Valentine Oliver to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Galbraith. 69th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Charles St. George, from the Fermanagh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Grote, appointed to the 95th Foot. 76th Foot—Assistant Surgeon John Macartney, from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice G. A. Wilkinson, placed upon half-pay. 78th Foot—Lieutenant E !ward Jackson'', Fitzsimons, from the South Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barker, promoted. 84th Foot—Ensign Harry B. Crohan to be Lieutenant, without purchase,- vice Maclennan, deceased ; Lieutenant Robert Fraser Hunapkrey,- from the Aberdeenshire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Crohan. promoted. 87th Foot—Harding Giffard Follett, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Lawpen, pro noted. B,qh Foot—Lieut. Lewis Buchanan, from the Tyrone Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. • 95th Foot—Lieut. Francis George C. Prohart to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-d-ijor J. N. Sargent, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 135 t ; Ensign W. R. Willaus to be Lieutenant, without purhase, vice Probart ; Ensign Robert Anderson, from the Renfrew Militia', to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Winans. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Edwin Winsemn, pianoforte deal or, Croydon. Thomas Whitehead and Joseph Lassey, dyers, York. BANKRUPTS. JaeAs Tomlin, Lloyd's-rooms, Royal Exchange, ship owner, to surrender, alareh H. April 11, at halt-past 12 o'clock, at the Bankrupts Court : solicitor, Mr. Keighley, Basinghall-street; oineial assignee, Mr. Whitmore, Bas.'ng hall-street. Richard Jenkin Pulglase, Borough-road, and Japp's terrace, Commercial road East, millwri. c ht, March 7. at 11 o'clock, April 11, at 1, at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor, Mr. Ashley, Old Jewry ; Official assignee, Mr. Whitmore, Bas; nghall-street. William Arliechney, Plaistow, merchant, March 15, April 11, at 12 o'clock, at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors, Messrs. Sole, Turner, and Turner, Ablermanbury ; t fficial assignee, Mr. Canaan Alderman bury. James Mechie, Sleaford-l - ouse,B atersea-fields, engineer, March 7, April 19, at 11 o'clock, at ths Bankrupts' Court : solicitors, Messrs. Lowrance, Plows, and Boyd , Oil Jewry chambers; official assignee, Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-cham bers, Basinghall-street. George Davis, Wigmore.street, Cavendish-square, cabinet-maker, March 11, at 2 o'clock, April 8, at 1, at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor, Mr. Patrick, Chancery lane ; official assignee, Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Ba sin gh 1 -street. Jacob Win. Henry Schafer and Wm. Henry Brown, Fenchurch-street, merchants, March 14, April 8, at one o'clock, at the Bankrupts' Court ; solicitors, M egan : M`Teod and Stenning, London-street, Fenchurch-street ; official assignee, Mr. Lee, Ablerma.nbuly. Thomas John Nicks ' Coleman-street, City, retie maker, Mardi 10, at it o'clock, April 3, at 11, at the gazakrupte ~ ~i~ : s , ,!icitor, Mr. M.:II-shalt, Sion College garde ns assigtie,!, Ir. Hell, Cole , an-street•buildiugs• , 7 Eruersuu, \Alto-I -street, City, builder, Mar cu t i ; at 11 o'clock, Ap r il 3, a t 1•?, at the Bankrupts' C001,'5P,, solicitor, Mr. l Wt. Mourgata -street; official assigne e, Bbll, Cololuan-stroct•buittings. Alfred John Green, Chalcroft-terrace, Lambeth, b in ,ker. M a rch 10, A pr il 10 . a t 12 o'clock, at the Bankroll C opt : solicitor, M r . M oss, G racec h urc h •s t ree t; o fricis assignee, Mr J ,, hrison. Basinghall-street. „ Robt. Dullam Tornlyri, Tipton, chemist, March 1 4 April 2, at half-past ten o'clock, at the Birmingbagl i. 7,:b; trict Court o f B an k ruptcy : Mr. Smith, HorseleY-0,°_70. Messrs. M o tt erarn an d K n i ght, B i rmingham; offic , '" signs:.3, Mr. Whitmore, Bir mitighatn. ? hob Henry Smith, far, ruer, arsigeley. Staffordshirnr„n r i 13, April 3. at hall-past ten, at the Birmingham Drat y; Court of Bankruptcy: solicitors, Mr. Smith, TiP i t4l o .' Messrs. Motterarn and Knight, Birmingham; (ac he ' sign e, Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham. v derit William Carter, jun., ironmonger, Leamington ..- 1 ? Warwickshire, March 12 and April 2, at half Po s " o'clock, at the Birmi ng h am Di s t r i c t C our t BaukruPterisi solicitors, Messrs. Anon and Hodgson, Binniog ba official assignee, Mr. Christie, Birmingham. Thomas Smith, lace manufacturer. Nottingham , 'li n g: 11 and April S. at half-past ten o'clock. at the Pir w s ,' lr ham District Court of Bankruptcy, at Nottingham : 0 1 citors, Mr. Bowley, Nottingham ; Messrs. Hodgr ll o Allen, Birmingham; official assignee, Mr. Harris , tingham. 11 Henry Prinz, bake-, Old Market, Bristol, 3 11 "" tr ist and April 8, at el e v en o' c l oc k, a t th e B r iAol Dl 9 ir Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Bevan and ling, Bristol ; official assignee, Mr. Acraman, B6301;011 Richard Gribble, Milton, Devon-hire, carpenter , 31 .,,t0f 12, April 10, at 1 o'clock, at tho Exeter District C 0 I " sr' Bankruptcy : solicitors, Mr. Gribble, Barustspk) Stoglon, Exeter ; official assignee, Mr. Hirtzel, Ex ° 7 at John Douglass, hosier, York, Man-h 14, April 2 1 0 : eleven o'clock, at the Leeds District Court of Bankl o isl solicitors, Mr. M ann , Y or k ; M r . Cl ar k, L e eds; ° assignee, Mr. Young, Leeds. gib' Charles Fox, cod-liver oil manufacturer, Scarbor°ol March 26, April 16, a t t we l ve o ' c l oc k a t th e Leedg pl.t or s, Court of B ,nkruptcy, King s t o n-up on -Hull : 001 1 0 11; Messrs. England and S axe lbye, Ki ngs t o n-upon' official assignee, Mr. Carrick, Hull. 11 °lju Suthern,Willis u glass dealer, Liverpool, March ook. 31. at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpoil District Court of ;di ee/ rriptev : solicitor. Mr. St one , Li verpoo l ; official 0" Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. 4 0 00 Thomas Burn e t, gi,..ss bottle manufacturer, BL l tibolif Durham, March 17, a t t we l ve o ' c l oc k , Apr il 'ls,t r io past twelve o'clock, a t the Newcastle-upon.Tyn• ii`v" o ph Court of Bank, uptcy • solicitors, Messrs. Bolding , .• :Aia Simpiot), Foochurch-strect ; Mr. Scaife, N B A It' up') , ) Tyne ; official as s i g n e e, M r . B a k er , N ewca stle- 11 r Tyne. SCOTC a SEQUESTRATIONS. ' , t ile' Glace and Duncan, booksellers and p u blishers, P'.'rolid street and Queen-street, Glasgow. Creditors m eet i t leo Globe Hotel, George-square, Glasgow, March 11, - o'clock • ow Peter Findlay, merchant and commission-agent lo lo op ;ow. Creditors meet in the Globe Hotel, George -94 lasgow, March 10, at twelve o'clock. trf e ; John M'Artbor, provision merch a nt, Howsr a.s ot Glasgow. Creditors meet in th e Gl o b e Hotel, n square, Glasgow, March 10, at two o'clock. James Sclanders, wright and packing-box P' Glasgow, Globe Hotel,Glasgow. March 14, at two. 010' James Rowaud, surgeon, Glasgow, Globe Hotel, gow, March 10, at two. BANK OF ENGLAND. si pc &n Account pursuit.' to the Act 7th 0.11,1 4th V , etotte , Cs 6. the Week ending on Saturday tilt. 21d day of Feb., I) ALTMENT. ' ,l OO Government debt.. • • 34 11,01090 , 4 0 Other securities .. .• • • , 916' Gold coin and bullion Sliver bullion .• •• •• - - ' 1 30„ •c: 04 3 9 ' .10 , L. ‘IAItSFIALL, Chief t•— ; Notes issaeo .. • • .... 24.3-;0,330 £24,3'J ~360 Datol tn; 23.11 lay 01 Feb , RANKING DL Proprietors' capital .. 0 Rest ........ 3.470,016 Pu',lie deposit oiuding Exchequer, Commissioners of ing's Banks, and A,eounts) 4,141.• 51 Other 14,7G5,364 even Day and other :PA aTMENT. Government securities roe (Includg.Dead Weig lo 11, 94•4 1 71 Annuity) .. ••• •• o,lo'oo Other securities.. •• • • 5,6 4 %41 Notes . .... ••• • • • 6 6 ' Gold and silver coin Bills ..:..... • • . : 7• 713,091 £37,670,T55 t . 0 ,56 .€37. 6 xtA RSU ALL, Chief ..-144nj Datod the 28th day et Feb., 1856. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR,. Feb,;,' Uho Average Price of Brown or Muscovado StlelV/, e puto,i from the returns made in the week ending .Lacsbi, 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or Piioiti, ' thereon, on the importation thereof into Great D 08. Sr Prom the ' British Possessions in America ....... .• „ 111 Nluscovicio, the produce of the Mauritius ••• 1 Muscovado, the produce of the Earkt Indies Average of the tilt ee foregoing descriptions ..• -4" COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— YzsTEBDA I ' • Amsterdam 11 194 Gibraltar .. •• •• ••• ••• • 3 $74 Ditto. three !maths .. 12 1% Leghorn •• •••• •• • • Rotterdam ............ 12 2 Genoa ........ •• •• •• Antwerp .............. 25 7() Milan ......•• •• -• " Brussels 25 70 Venice .........• •• 4 4 tiamburgh •• •• •• ••.• • • 1311• X Naples • • .... • • •••" 4 ,i I.ltona Palermo .... ...... •• ,331 Paris ......... 25 50 Messina .. ....... • " Ditto, three months .. 25 85 Lisbo- ......... •••• %larseilles ............. 25 85 Oporto •• '• •••' toordeaux ..•• .. • • Rlo Janeiro ..... . ...... ankfort-on Maine 12 •); Buenos Ayre5.......• terlin ~............ New York. 44) days 318 11. IO 84 Philadelphia •••••••••• 04' Crieste.• • • ....•• •• „ 1 40 PRICES OF STYLI ICrao eS/ 17 "etersburg Foreign fold in Bars ‘ 3 it 0 ‘ixtri , l 49'4 Portugal fold Coin •• n 5 'adiz . ........• 50! i i Mexican Dollars ...• 0 n % .......... New D011ar..... •-• 0 5 I Silver in bars •• SEABORNE MAILS. , signifles that the mails are sent from the General r° rt • the night—and If by the morninc—Aespateh.) _ - - : : rt es ---______ . ' Day when madc ..l FIVER whir due I, 1I COUNTILIKA.: in General rtW.T. Port Eta , ' _./ Office, London.* Dispsteht. • ---- 1 4 ----- —.----- ~A 0 . .4.merica(byiirit.paa'f• Every Frkil“ •.. Liverpool .• r kmericP. tby United Sls i . elo 0 packet) ........ ~ h ••'• -•- 1 Liverpool ,i " America (by U Stela. ifO or ' packet) ...... .... h '' s• • • . SonthamP to, ' Australia (via South ampton) ..........N ...... -, • • . Southumpto • litto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of tiood i 0 1 _,.' .' fi cops) .........• ••Ni Itl l . Vries. (West CottAt)..l:, 2 3d of the :nu;,;: Plymouth 4exandria..........N i 4, rl • 14 . & 31 P o' Dover .. • • 41exandria..........141;4th k 9 0th tf ii,.. i liouthampto. Bahamas ........... b' 17th of the men? ISouthatudw , B rit Belgium Belgium ......... .. IiIpall•• .... •• • !Dover .. •• - gar. 1 6 Brazil ...... ........ IN, 9th of the Month.. S.mthamps 0 ' or. ,01 fluenos Ayres ........IBl9th of the mont i • .' • South-tor -tot ... Cape of Good Hone ..N ( Various port fla Cape of Good Hope ..1, It'd Cape de Verde .... - 9th of the month . lßouthamet"' Ceylon (see Ittllo) • Ceylon... .... .... . - I ,••.• Channel!Kea . .. .. . .... IMon.,Werl.,&Fri• SouthampW rd. Chili.. , .......... . '••• 2d & Or' „f nKe , Bouthatoro lo t 4 China .... . Constantinople ~. p 8 4 11 h 3 5, ,i 82,02tt& ai r to 2eio • 8 11 3 0 , i ti t e h r a . m . p . t • ~ it iri 041 Constantinople ~.... I Cont. of Ettro;• a II •?. , Irw ei , daily .. Dover .. ., Egypt (see India) I pf France ........ 1 4 •1 ,: . ;Twin,, de i l , .. . Dover .. Gibraltar ........ •, m '4, 7, 17, 20, 27 .1 • Boutbsmpto Greece (see India) Groytown .......... al 2 nd &Intl or mut• Flottts•mPt" flamburgh ..........15 Inesday & Fri•lo-: London .... ~,,f, ' Elavannah .......... Al i2nd of the mo,t' So ip)::; ( v t , t ne h r. a2 u u .t.h p . l: .. l ., i iP t.:.. ..7 00 ,.. 4 , 11 Holland ..,.........1111 1341 4 , . 1 . 0 . t . h ... r .. m .:: Honduras .......... Af 17t . I 7the month. Southampto.l l 2O ' India (viaSouttiatnpt•ilt: 4 th India (via Marseilles' V 9t.l'At 25th of moral; Dover .... • - or lonian fees (see fadia)4. 17 , 2 7 01 nlm Dover.... ••!,,It , Ireland ........M St N rwl" 'In'IY • . . • • • Rol; head . • 1, 1 ' 0 4 P Li5b0n..............k 7,9, 17 . & 2 7 or n . Southampto x'' Madeira ............ 14l I `'' 'd 11, n lo l , ' Soutampto , Madeira ............ ‘, 23d of month .. . Liverpool ... Stalls (see India) 2 00 SP Malts .. .. .. .. .... . ifi, ii. &28 of man Dover - ... •• 4 - ?Mauritius (see India • I Mauritius ........ i‘ :14th of the mon. 11 0 e Mexico ............14I 2 '' '' " f ''''' moot . Southampton 1 r N Z i o tle t s ir . a . n . a . d .. a . . ..: ..: ... : 1: ;sthlsth26thofmor ' . 0 Dover ..... '2l & 17th of moat' ;SouthamPto' • LI New Zealand ; BY Priv 4,l, 8 , id •• ;Various port '"-- Papal Btates ........ is qhl l •th2sthohnon !Dover ...... Peninsula ..........m Ttl)l7th27thormon.li.outhamptor .. , Peru ~ ..........a i 11 * 27th 01 me! , stoothamptor tiro Port Natal ... .•,„ ..N ,ay private ship— Various pork'. Sicily ~.,, ...: •.. ;. .. lc ; ith I Mll2stho , mot, Dover.... • • .„ 1 Tuscany .. ~.........1% I It h ""' 2 Mh•Mtmo Dover ....•• AO' ve nezue l l .. ........ iy i ,2d le 17th of onto Southampton l fan Diemen's Land (se; ~ P. 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