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

t. ° MO Nr§ 77 in yr r la A AND 0 1 1 /1 1 117-20 DAL INTELLIGENCZ. CITY, Two o'CLocK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but the demand was steady. The sales were estimated at 8,0(.)0 bales, anti consisting of about 1,000 American. (speculation), 250 Pernam and Mar an h am, cgd. . to 7d. ; 500 Egyptian, 7(1. to , NIL, (500 spec ul.ation) ; 1,500 Surat, 4.1. to 5 0. per lb. Advices from Aratwerp report favourably upon the cotton and wool markets there during the past Week. The news from America of the improve ment in the quotations of cotton regulated the market, w hi c h ex hibi te d an upwar d t en d enc y. The business transacted was considerable, and the following rates ruled with - firmness :-2,600 bales American good. ordinary at 31l- to 32 centimes per kilogramme ; good ordinary ditto 334 c. to 3*. P ublic sales of wool were hold on the 24th instant, which attracted a large number of buyers, and the Prices obtained denoted a rise. These comprised 1,188 bales Buenos Ayres, 52 ditto Lamb's, and 48 bales Australian. The receipts on the French railways during the Week ended 14th April are just issued, and exhibit a favourable increase compared with the corres- Pending week in 1855, as well as the receipts for the year, as follows 1856. 1855. Fr. Fr. 901,486 950.098 13,360,098 12,096,649 619,0J9 577,876 9,007,482 7,325,658 769,152 10,28,153 8,971,183 375,511 254,500 7,037,697 4,V0,093 919,103 910,690 12,695,918 11,420,58 Eastern 739,597 716,920 10,859,331 9,896,447 At a late hour yesterday afternoon the Board of Trade ret urns were i ss ued. From these it appears that the total declared value of exports from the United Kingdom for the month ending March 31, was 9,418,5701., being an increase of 2, 13 7, 2651 . compared with the like month in 1855. For bhe monththe increase is perceptible in coal and culm, cotto n manufacturers, cotton yarn, earthenware, h aberdashery, hardware, linen manufactures, silk In abufacturerers, thrown silk, woollen manufac tureres, and woollen yarn, but there was a falling o ff in beer and ale, machinery, and one or two other articles. The importations of the principal a rticles were larger for the month as respects live animals, cocoa, lv b _heat, barley, oats, Indian corn, flour, guano , rice, brandy Geneva, sugar, tallow, and lamb's and sheep's wool. There was a diminution compared with the same month last year in coffee, ,currant s palm oil, raw silk, spices, rum, tea, to bacco, wine, and cotton wool. The shipping ac counts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage e mployed in the foreign trade of the United King gent for the month of 213,580 tons for the entries inwards and of 151,971 tons for the clearances out- Wards. Orleans Western liaris and Lyons.. Lyons and Mediterran. Northern To the coasting trade for the month 81,903 tons More were employed than in the corresponding Month of 1855 for the entries inwards, and 76,038 tons in the clearances outwards. The unsatisfactory manner in which most of the Public accounts are - arranged has led to the publi cation, by Mr. C. F. Cotterill, of an Improved Abstract o f th e P u bli c Accounts of Revenue and E xpenditure." In this small, but useful work, s uggestions are made, which, if adopted by the G overnment, would impart clearness, brevity, and acc uracy to the quarterly and annual financial Statistics. The Unity Joint Stock Banking Association h aving obtai ne d it s Charter, proposes to commence takig business n on Ist proximo, when a new principle in will be thoroughly tested. From the a.pieuupbplort which the Directors anticipate froth the generally, it is expected that success will attend the operations of the Association. A Pamphlet has been issued containing an account of the ori g i n , progress, an d prospec t o f th e Company. Meuse report o f the directors of the Sambre and -Lvieuse Railway Company has been issued iu anti cipation of th e meeting. The directors proposed that a di v id en d o f 3 s . 61. be declared on each share of the original capital of the company, payable at the offices of th e com pany on and after the 2 6th of ' l4 3' instant, provided a sufficient number of pro prietors, either personally or by proxy, and repre senting a requisite amount of stock, be present to legally constitute the meeting called in Belgium for the 9th inst. The proclamation of peace in the City has tem porarily impeded business, and the dense crowds that assembled around the Royal Exchange ren dered the streets in that neighbourhood impassible. The Funds are heavy at the reduced prices of yes tarday afternoon. Ti e rumours of a new loan and the Ministerial difficulties check purchases, and the market remains in a heavy condition. Con sols for money were 92 to 92i, but they have since been 911 to 92i. For account they are dull at 92 to 021. The March Exchequer Bills are 2s. dis count to 2s. premium. The New 3 p er Cents. Were 91: 8 ! and the Reduced 90 1 to 91 . Bank Stock is 212 k. Inthe Foreicru Stock Market no re cover y has take n place. 'The following stocks hav e chan g ed lia nds at the annexed quotations : —Mexican 3 per Cents. 211, ditto for the Account 211 ; Russian Per Cent s . 104 s ; Spanish 3 per Cents. 431, di tto New Deferred 23; ; Turkish 6 p er Cents. 9 `"s, ditto for the Account 96 1 R ; Dutch 4 per 'dent. Certificates 931. The followina are the nominal prices of Foreign 1 , Stocks :—GrenaCla Deferred Bonds, 72 ; Mexican, 10 22 Peruvian, 77 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 04 56 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian, 101 6 ; ditto '41 5 per Cents., 9 4 6 ; Spanish 3 p er Ce nts., 441 1 ; ditto Deferred, 231 1 ; ditto Certifi cates, 4/ 51 ; ditto Passive, 61 71. Railway Shares are generally rather firmer, although they have not wholly recovered the e.e cline of yesterday. The rates charged for " carry ing over are heavy, and the operators are chiefly engaged with the adjustment of the account. The foreign shares are quiet. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are generally at previous rates. B dITIPH FUNDS THIS DAY AT @NE o cLoca. ( Front the Official List. ) Bnaines: done. Illnk Stock ! Per tent. Reduced annuities...... °,,. per Cent. Consols Annuities 92 1 11 21 11 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3h India Stock Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 28d. March. June. £lOOO •.... •• 2 d 2 pi 5d £5OO — I Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 9Bl Ditto, 1559 PRIOR OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONLY O'CLOCE Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cent lO4l i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 43k Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 934 Ditto Account 9 61 Dividends on the above .ayable In Londou. Datch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gull._ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCEC Consols for Money Ditto Account MARKET NEI,VS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, 3115 s to 511.7 s ; clover do., di 15s to 6/ 108; and straw, 117 s to 1/ 118 per load. A fair demand. CIIMBEELA.ND.—Meadow hay, 31 18s to 6/ Os; clover do., V 14s to 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to lb 12s per load. Supply moderate and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, 3/ 10s to 5/ 163; clover do., 41 103 to 6/ 12s; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 11s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. guam—But little business has been done in either foreign or colonial, for either exportation or home con sumption. - Prices, however, continue firm. The con sumption generally is steadily increasing. Numerous public sales are announced. COFFEE.—A goad business has been done in Plantation and Native Ceylon, at full rates. Mocha is also in good demand, and good qualities fetch high rates. RICE.—No business of importance has taken place, the sales having been confined to a few parcels of the lower descriptions, at previous prices. Rum.—The demand has slightly fallen off; prices, how ever, have ruled steady, and previous rates were fully maintained, particularly for the better qualities. TALLow.—The market is steady. The stock in hand is 13,000 casks less than at this time last year. . P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 465. 6d. to 465. 9d. per cwt. At a banquet lately given to the Governor-General of Algeria the prefect of Algiers proposed the following toast :—"To the arrival of the Emperor, whose presence amongst us will mark a new era in the history of this country." The first edition of Victor Hugo's " Contemplations" as exhausted at Paris one day after the issue. It is stated as positive that Prince Dolgorouki, principal aide-de-camp to the Emperor Alexander and Minister at War, will be the new Russian Ambassador at Paris. The Embassy will be placed on a footing of much splendour, and will probably surpass all the others in the magnificence of its hospitality. rooks, or ies have of their :arch, is Straits, of war ion, by , the said . as tho , in the peace cerned d eon wear• Bailiff troop e regi- i pass nense with 3 Pro. Arms, and it emple- n the I off," ifih of r, the ut an :ering onses lasses mpets nade, ng in the at ap iation S A, It 7 MARKETS. 11 S DA Y.) R AILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday 25i 261 31 4k 8 - 16i 171 154 - If 4 12i 13{ 88 - 14. Shr. !Pal rl 0 ..... A.;abg. INTottng.l3c , t Eastu. Junot. -i +froc .si '-ally - fuei In 'Dunning. Wolvorb :!tour Vail ey ..... ;!:.* ,tr-I,,ealid. 4.)besnire Janet al',o. Chesth. es Birk. £5O and £25 1:-3 Do., £2O all '-nyth ?eryneorigina £25 (isad. at £4l - and Exeter... WG 7;al Gl on; au. ...... and Ca , digat, all !heater & Holyhea.i.. and Bandon_ all • )Drk, Black, &Pita: , 18 tlornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 1.1 Crier Junction Dub in ezßelfastJnnc all Dnn. P. el Aber. Jnc 1100 i Fast Auglian ...... 11 Eastern bounties 100 ' , .ast. `Trion, A 80 , 14' B- St ,, et 8 , , Do., New A 10 East Kent 1.00 •;;-,st. Lancashire 100 iz,dinbu , :gh& Glasgov• sll Eldinb. nr 1 Peebles .. 1.00 ;'din. Prth 2a Dmri? 9 _lrtl) & Clyde Jun ali Furness. all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow &S. vV , at ,- - ,- • all Great N. of Seotlnd. 100 Great NorthE'rn..... 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Dr i ., B. Stock 1)0 _4t. Sth. &I,Vest.(lre. 'lOO Western 1.00 Do. Stour Val, Rai' Gua. Stlt all IA sit So uth-:Fastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 8 Da. Now Thirds 100 L.= cash. andlrork.Fl, ' Wet. aiding Tin p).1.1 bfr.Crsb7.&Southll all Loudon & Blackwall 100 Lord. Bright &S.Cst. 100 Lond. N. West:, 16 Do. Fifths 54 2 ,D0.101..5h.,M,t13...0 De. Eighths.. 100 London andS. Westn. all Do., .R5O all Do., £4') Latlndrryet Coleraine all I ,ncliairrr. & Ennlslc. Mz.neh.Shef.k Linel ;425. " , ?..Man. k Lin. Un, 1 Metropolitan 1.00 Midland 100 I (:). Biro:mg. Derb all Midld. G. West. am all 1./o. half Sharer ‘ll 'Teweastle Si - , Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrtl 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint xnd Rostrevor 1, Norfolk . 31 Northn.Connties Trn 100 North British:.... Nt,h MATTO & 100 Dock Stock 100 !0., A Stock all , 0., B Stock 211 Do., Li Guarantee 'lOO N. Eastern—Berwio 21i Do. do. Extension 15 Do, do. G.N.E. 'lurch ail Do. Leeds ;100 Do. York 100 North London :3: I_4 I.SzS.Wstrn.,llsm , stead, And City Jo.. Staffordshir , al North Western., ~.' all N. S. Westrn. Jone. Nitianaton, 'Mackie , , aed 1 00 12r., Wore., 6G Wolv.l 8 t'ortßnloitth 100 Scottish Ceiitral ' 10'' •Sect ash 'lidlanl `,OO Shropshire Uri all South Devon I rIo South Easteru 100 '3outh Wales 1:i S. Yrksh. 4 Rh'. Dm 5 Do 16 Stai nes, Wc.k. a Stockton arli 16.. ,- "ito'.kton do Tfratleri 1)( Tff V a le :).1 Prof No 1„ llav„ n.SL R. I . rlverstone & Lanes all 1 1 ?. le Neat} sil Watertl. Pa 111 - enn7; all Water for? &Lirne,r all West Cornwall. all West Flna of London and Crystal Palacle all Do. A 3 Do. B nll West London all Wimblodu & Croydon FOR: all I utwer , ,,,t ?.,tt • rd , re 40 IDo. sp.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ar `lenses June 3eziers to GraigSeßEM iiceribay,lls.roda, an Central India Do. Demerara )uteb astern of France no. New „ Fast Indian, g. 5 p., ,5 Do. Fstension all D 0.4.. p.c.Ends.,'s7 ail 11 1 c. 10 ,Geelong ar Melbou• ne guar. 5 per c nt. Do., Lon. allot., do. Tk of Czana,-)a.A. Is Do. .................... Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. WI'S: , Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc( Dt. Indian Peninsni• Great Luxembonr. Constituted Share, Do. Obligations... Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. Ot.Western of Cause& Shares .............. Do. New............ Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. o do ~ :7626, p. , p. D. do., Do, do., '73, without option Hamilton ,54 Toronte 'Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Bast Lierre and Turnhout Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Vfadras, guar. 4 Do. New 00., 5 p. e Po. 4i p. c. Exten Karla Antonia ~. Do. do. 1 , -TeW Namur & Liege (witl Interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. no. 201. 3 p. c Bde (tiny. B. do A m a. Shs NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati , Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse.. Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Strode, guar. 5 p. c D 0... southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A),,. West Flanders Do 5A per c. Pref W. & N. W. of Franc( West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand Business done this day. s 591 9 15} 9 15A 16 - 17 94 -- :13 - 35 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 26~ - 27~ ... -- 88 - 92 7 -- 8 93 - 94 78 - 79 124 - 126 102 -• 104 60. 61 70 - 75 - 7p 5i - 64 87 -87 i 6 f ? 101 103 1 991- 100 d p d - Rp 4 4 93i - 94 ' ' ...di ... '''' ... 27} - - 72 - 73 42 - 44 - ... • Iv ..... 13i - 1q- 53 - 55 3i - 31 ,1 33 34 75i -76 - 6 34 - 34 15 - 16 541 ?5A 87 - 91 6d 5i - Gi 101 - 114 25 - 27 o 105 75 - 77 45 - !1 -- 15 59i - 712 71 - 73 4 - 2 1i - 10 - 8 -- 37 ,•• so, ^"' -- 201 4i - 5 N - 7i 6 - 8 li - 2i 5 - Np s ~7 I GN. 88 - 8A par 2 p 5A 6 24 - 24 . 34 11 - 14 pl Ox -41 j 43 -23 . f, 221 - 2 7. 8 - 16 - 17. 75 7 7 86 - 87 8F - 211 - 221 3g - 3:1 25 - 26 2' - 311 99 - 100 122 - 1 27 122 - 127 108 In 9 25 - 25 i 123 128 11 2 32" .1 i 19} - 20 it - 11 , 1? • 7 5i - 64 414 - 42 121 -- 12 ... 8 - 9 56f - .., ... 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New .............•• .... , ~. 50 22='_ Nations' of W Irelaud 41 43 ... ,•• 20 all New South alea 25 all Oriental Bank )f rlorporatim ........ 20 5 Ottoman Bank ...... 4 z..., - ip Si 100 50 [loyal British ••• ••• 25 all south Australia .... • 25 41 , Tnion of Australia 69 -.. 71 70 # Do. WSW . 4 .. 60 10 . Union of Lonrion ... tZ..I • nr I '3 Western k a 14on — d 6 El * O 4? ;t. , U t. !O 10 5 r.ll 20 A i l 2f , 25 ^'l 00 91 R,ll :6 14 ze I ?oif=.ll ZNI 5 8.11 20 all 5 All 20 16 20 14 20 all 20 10 20 10 31 , all 10 all lo all 6 all 10 all .0 1 all i 0 I all 0 5 0 all 5 all 4 all 0 all LU all 0 5 0 all 0 all 0 16 8 rll LO all CI all 6 all KI all 61 601 73/ 21 i i 6:, ••• ' 25 N 70 i 69i THE SUN, LONDON , TUESMAY .17 ', V ENIN G 5 APRIL 29, 1856. NEWMARKET F ;!ACES.--(This Day.) LINES LEA3ED ifIXEID RENTAL". IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 'f,Wz r_:3l:t ;,,o:r.pan C: ,mu ''i+ yesterday. this Ja' (BY ELECTE .10 TELEGRAPH,) HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). TWO T 110U3AND. Bedford and Bletc Buckghanish. Clydesdale Je. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. tx.6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Was. Barr. & Neils. Direct Du. New...... ... Lonlot, N. Wo , ,t. Caledon... E. Un. E. C FL Count. CoadoniNn. az3) etto SWEEP-TAW ES OF 300 SOVS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. ' 95 - 97 94 - 98 The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented several petitions against opening the crystal Palace on Sundays. Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates, until an equivalent had been provided, were presented by Lord Berners, the Earl of Cawder, and Lord Redes dale. raletot — . 1 Joshua • - Pugnator 11 - 13 133 - 135 4i ... 4i T hrce ran. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares,. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Rztn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Do Gt. Vfogo Yk. Now k Berw Y.&NM Do ..... LATEE a BETTING. TWO TRW. TSAND GUINEAS. 7to 4 agst Yellow Jack sto 2 agst Porto Rico 5 to 1 agst Fazzoletto Sto 1 agst Bird-in-Hand 14 to 1 agst 20 to 1 agst Br. to Bird on Wing la :Ic6 S. Easter Do 134 lib 'll5 !Pet° & Co Norfolk Do G.&N.W & Miclld itokton & Darlingt. 2i - 21 THE MILITAFLY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) Redear .. Bradfil Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & lh yr Do. Shn. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.and Goole g.sp.c. Shrews. &H er S. Staffordsh Wear Valley gr 6 per cent... Do. Wilts&i:omrst 92 - 94 A dp 56 - 58 The Board met to-day at the usual hour. The case of the Earl of Cardigan was proceeded with this morning with the sitting of the Court. The Judge-Advocate General called upon Lord Car digan to point out distinctly the passages in the Commis sioners' report to which he objected. Lord Cardigan said he had not asked for an inquiry ; but he would road a statement to the Court, in which he would point out the objectionable parts of the report. His lordship then read his statement, in which he stated that the Royal Warrant alleged that certain officers had demanded a full inquiry into charges which the Commis sioners' report bad brought against them ; but that so far as he was concerned, as he had already stated in Parlia ment, and which he now repeated, he had not demanded any inquiry. On the publication of the report he ad dressed a note to the Secretary for War, containing such remarks as appeared to him (Lord Cardigan) necessary on a first perusal of that report That letter had been laid on the table of Par liament, and he was ready to wait a deliberate consideration of it in that place. It having been de cided that the Royal Warrant should issue, he cordially accepted the opportunity thereby given him of more fully entering into a statement of the facts, having no desire to shrink from any inquiry into his conduct. He proposed to call attention to those portions of the re port which dealt with the question of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the means of transport for the cavalry, aud also that of the forage, and with that which espe cially referred to the condition of the Light Cavalry bri gade, which he commanded, and in which the correct ness of his diseretion with respect to the management of the horses had been impugned. The noble earl then gave a brief summary of his joining the light brigade on the 23d May, at Scutari, and how he was engaged from that time to the battle of Balaklava, when 370 horses of the light brigade were put hors de combat in charging the Russian batteries, and their being subsequently moved to the heights of Inkerman, near Sir De Lacy If..ees, who commanded the 4th division, where they remained till the battle of Inkerman. Up to that time forage was tolerably well supplied. His lordship said the CoMmiseioners' report appeared to charge him with contributing towards the subsequent inefficiency of the Light Cavalry brigade by refusing to send his horses upon the difficult service of bringing up forage from the stores at Balaklava, and he said that at that time his horses were in so wretched a state from starvation as to be unable to carry their riders, and were dropping down dead from exhaustion daily, and that circumstance he brought under the notice both of Lord Raglan and Lord Lucan. When the brigade moved to the front and were a greater distance from Balaklava, the supply of forage gradually diminished. Previous.to the storm of the 14th November, the transport service was insufficient to keep the horses supplied, and after that it was impossible for him to supply hay to the brigade. There was some bay at this time at Balaklava, but from the bad state of the roads, and the commissariat being deficient of the means of transport for carrying it to the front, the supply sen sibly diminished, and, on many occasions, the supply did not exceed 41bs. or slbs. of hay a horse—at the best never exceeding 10Ibs. or 12lbs. of hay a horse. His lordship then detailed the actual supply of forage to the horses after the et ,rm, which was the same as that already pub blished in Lord Lucan's case. The noble lord, in eluci dating his statement that he did everything he could to promote the comfort and health of his men and horses, said he should mainly rely on the evidence taken before the Sebastopol Committee, so that it would be unneces sary for him to trouble the court with many witnesses. His lordship was about to read the evidence of Lord Lucan before that committee, when En. Coun. E. Count. D 0......, Do L. &N.W 45 - 47 Do Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksb. T. Brassoy M. Mclean 3tockt. & Darlingt Do P.Westn 133 - 135 4104. •• 74 8 • 3 - iii : 4 The JudAe-Advocate-Generat said that as that evidence could not be taken as evidence by that Court, it would be better for his lordship not to refer to it. Earl Cardigan said it was impossible for him to pro ceed with his case without referring to it, and he then read the parts which referred to the precautions he had taken to provide forage for his horses, &e., and the difficulties he had to contend with, which have already been published. His lordship next referred to his suffer ing from ill health, and his being obliged to resign his command on the 29th November, and that he was sue c,eded in that command on the 30th by Col. Doherty. From the time of the storm on the 14th, up to the time of his resignation on the 29th, he did everything he could to provide sufficient forage for his horses, but was unable to provide it ; and the small supply the horses had of barley was diminished from the want of nose bags. With regard to his statement, that the Heavy Brigade was better supplied with forage than the Light Brigade, and contained in his letter to Lord Panmnre, he (Lord Cardigan) at that time believed it to be correct, but now that fresh figures had been supplied he found he was incorrect, and these figures showed a difference in the percentage of the mortality amongst the horses of the two brigades of two per cent. only,' making it 12 per cent. instead of 10 per cent. as he had stated. He was ready to give the Coinmi§sioners the advantage of that increased per tentage, but it must be borne in mind that the actual numerical losses appeared greater in the Heavy Brigade than in the Light Brigade ; and in con clusion said that the evidence of Lord Lucan before the Sebastopol Committee, who was a witness acquainted, with the place and the difficulties they had to contend with, fully bore out tha opinion lie (Lerd Cardigan) formed of the horses of the Light Brigade being unfit for transport duty, and was confirmatory of the justness of the discretion he exercised on that occasion. The same opinion was en tertained by the, C .numander-iu-Chief of the army. The conclusion of his Lordship's address was received with applause, which was immediately suppressed. His Lordship then called Assistant-Coinrnissariat- General Cruickshank—When he made application to Lord Cardigan for horses for transport duty between the 14th and 28th November they were refused. He made a similar application to Lord Lucan, and he re plied in a similar manner that the horses could not be sent down ; he was under the impression that he made several such applications to Lord Lucan, who on each occasion refused them. It was not his (.11r.Cruikshanks) province to inquire why and wherefore they were re fused. His Lordship declined putting any further questions to the witness, and he then retired. Earl Cardigan then informed the court that he had no more witnesses to call. Mr. Cruickshank, in answer to questions from the board, said that he met all the commanding of ficers on the 15th or 16th November, relative to providing transport horses, and they all agreed dt to send a certain number to Balaklava for fcrage, and in consequence of that he made application to Lord Cardigan, and afterwards, by his suggestion to Lord Lucan, the Divisional Commander. When the first application was made for horses the roads were not very bad, and at that time it was thought the horses could have gone from the ca np to Balaklava for the forage. It had never occurred to him that if the trans. port mules had taken the forage half way, the cavalry horses could have conveyed it the remainder of the dis tance to the camp. It had been arranged that no delay should take place at Balaklava in loading the animals. He knew of no instance when the Light Cavalry Brigade which came under his notice, had to wait for barley at Balaklava. Lord Lucan, who was present, out of regimentals, asked to be allowed to explain what occurred with re ference to the application for horses, which was at variance with what he (Lord Lucan) believed to be the ewe. The Court assented. Lord Lucan then entered into a statement of how he acted with reference to such applications, and denied that he was applied to by Mr. Cruickshank to supply horses, except on two occasions, which related to Inker man, and as he had on a previous occasion stated his objections to these horses, he requested the orders should be given in writing. Mr. Cruickshank persisted in the truth of his state ment, and that, in consequence of his applications to Lord Lucan, his lordship saw Lord Raglan on it. The refusal of the horses was a subject of conversation throughout the camp. Lord Cardigan said he had no recollection of having suggested to Mr. Cruikshank to apply to Lord Lucan. If he had done so there vvolld not have been anything extraordinary in it. It was the duty of the divisional commander, and not the Brigadier-General to provide the transport animals that might be required. A long discussion ensued between Lord Lucan and Mr. Cruickshank relative to this point, each persisting he was right. The Court adjourned at two o'clock, and on the re assembling of the Board, Col. Tulloch proceeded to make some remarks on Lord Cardigan's statement. (The conclusion will be given in our last edition.) PRINCESS'S THEATRE —Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean's be nefit took place last night, on which occasion "The Winter's Tale" was introduced at this theatre, in the pre sence of her Majesty and a crowded auditory. " The Winter's Tale" has added another signal triumph to those already gained by Mr. Kean. 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Scrip... - 1 20 all D Registered 15 5 Prust& L.Co.U.Can 100 1 28i vs,. 15 16 15 1 st, Vfic,46l).c.hably 110 9 PM Pm SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Blenheim Estate Bill ; Butterwicks Estate Bill; and Llanidloes in Newton Railway Bill, were read a second time. MARRIAGES IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. Lord BROUGHAM called their lordship? attention to a petition from the county of Cumberland which he bad presented last week, complaining of the conflicting state of the law on the subject of Marriages in England and Scotland. As the evil arising from this state of things was very great, particularly as regarded those who resided in the neighbourhood of the borders of both coun tries, he thought that no time ought to be lost in endea vouring to apply a remedy to it. He had introduced a bill on this subject in 1853, but from the advanced period of the session it failed to become law. He had tried on several occasions since to provide against this evil, but without effect. He had now the honour to introduce a bill with the view of remedying the abuses which at present existed. The • first object of the measure was to pre• vent the evasion of the English marriage law by parties removing across the Scottish borders and there con tracting a marriage that was deemed valid by the law of Scotland. He proposed, in regard to all per sona Scotland, tihea Scotland e t e h t e l e r e n d e e shoulda condi tion residen n c o e t o n f a a t t iv l e e s ast of three weeks precedent to the marriage. He also proposed to givevalidity in certain circumstances to Scotch marriages with a view of providing for the legitimacy of the children and preventing divorces taking place except for causes which were recognised by the English law as being sufficient to justify such proceedings. The main principle of the bill was to assimilate as far as possible the marriage laws of both countries. The Earl of MINTO hoped the bill would be extended to both sides of the border. The bill was then read a first time. THE TREATY OF PEACE. The Earl of CLARENDON laid on the table a copy of the Treaty of Peace, lately entered into between England, France, and Sardinia, on the one hand, and Russia on the other. The noble earl also laid on the table the various protocols in connection with the Treaty of Peace, and then gave notice that the papers should be taken into consideration by their lordships that day week. Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Edinburgh Municipality, the Filey Water, Ulster Railway, Wakefield Gas, and the West liana Gas Bills were severally rearl a third time and passed. Several petitions were presented against any grant for religious purposes in Ireland. RETURNS ORDERED. Mr. M'MAEION moved for a return of the several districts inte which the different counties of Ireland are divided for the purpose of holding a session of the peace and civil bill court, or a civil bill court only, therein ; of the names of the towns in which the courts are held ; and of the number of times in each year that a session of the peace or civil bill court, or either, was held in such town since the Ist day of August, 1851, till the let day of August, 1855.—Agreed to. Viscount GODERICH moved for copies or extracts of recent correspondence respecting alterations in the or• ganisation of the Indian Department in Canada, — Agreed to. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. PEACOCKE asked the First Lord of the Admi ralty whether the wine and refreshments furnished to the persons on board the Pacific, at the late naval re view, were contracted for and provided at the same rate as those for the Transit and Perseverance ? Mr. OSBORNE said the Pacific was chartered by Mr. Quaterrnain, at seven shillings and sixpence per head. The Transit and Perseverance were not so supplied, but the officer of the mess was told to provide a cold collation and some of the best sherry that could be obtained for the Houses of Lords and Com mons. (Laughter.) That arrangement was not well carried out. (Hear, hear.) The Himalaya was con tracted for at ss. 6d. per head. There was no par ticular contract for the Houses of Lords and Commons. IRISH ,CONSTABULARY. Viscount CASTLE ROSSE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intended to intro duce any measure, during the present session, to enable them to alter the relative proportion in which that por tion of the constabulary force charged upon the consoli dated fund was at present distributed among count-les in Ireland ; or to apportion the burden of supportinr; the supernumerary force upon a more equitable principle than that which regulates the present system ? Mr. HORSMA.N said a better distribution of the constabulary of Ireland could no doubt be made, but an act of Parliament was required for the purpose. If the present Irish bu4iness was disposed of in sufficient time, a bill would be brought in during the present session upon the subject. THE PEACE TREATY. Lord PALMERSTON laid upon the table of the house, by command of her Majesty, papers relative to the conference lately held at Paris, and also a copy of the treaty of peace. The noble lord then moved that the papers be taken into consideration on Monday next. The motion was agreed to. DAY OF THANKSGIVING. Lord PALMERSTON said, by an order in Council, Sunday next had been appointed as a day of general thaaksgiviug for the return of the blessing of peace. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. In answer to the question of Lqrd J. MANNERS, Lord PALMERSTON sail it was intended to adjourn from Friday, the 9th, till Friday, the 16th of May. FALL OF KARS. Mr. WHITESIDE then, in a full house, rose to move the following resolution : " That, while this house feels it to be its duty to express its admiration of the gallantry of the Turkish soldiery, and of the devotion of the British officers at the Siege of Kars, it feels it to be equally a duty to express its conviction that the capitulation of that fortress, and the surrender of the army which defended it, thereby endangering the safety of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey, were in a great measure owing to the wient of foresight and energy on the part of her Ma jesty's Administration." The hon. and learned gentleman spoke as follows : I claim, sir, the indulgence of the house while I endea your to prove that the resolution which I have risen to propose ought to be affirmed by its members. I have but slender claims upon the notice of those hon. gentlemen whom I address, but it is my hope that, owing to the importance and the magnitude of the subject with which I am about to deal, I shall receive that consideration and attention which under other circumstances I mil - Flit not be entitled to expect. From inquiry into the fall of Kars, and into the circumstances and the policy which led to that event, it would be impossible to escape, and if in the prosecution of that inquiry it should be found ne cessary to comment upon the political conduct or cha racter of public men, that duty, however disagreeable, must be performed, if to dkcbarge it be essential-to the interests of the country. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentle man who opened our proceedings this present session of Parliament alluded in an eloquent and graceful speech to the position of that minister who by a glorious peace should terminate a glorious war. He said, and with some truth, that a minister so fortunate might well be contented to repose upon his laurels. I accept the sentiment, but I fear I must disturb the delusion which seeks to apply it to the circumstances of our day. Mine must to-night be a gioomy retrospect. I have to call the attention of my hearers to a splendid opportunity lost, I fear, for ever ; to the sacrifices of a gallant army; to the abandonment of the bravest of our countrymen ; to the military triumph of Russia ; and to the disap pointment of the fond hopes of the nation. The attitude exhibited by Parliament during the last few months must, I apprehend, have produced a feeling of respect among the states of Europe for representative govern. ment. Calm, dignified, forbearing, Parliament has ab stained from observation upon questions of the deepest political importance, when to debate or to make COM ment upon them appeared to be prejudicial to the inte rests of the public. (Hear.) That forbearance must not, however, be confounded with indolence or with apathy. This house can be alive and active in the per formance of its duties and in the assertion of its autho rity when a suitable time for the exercise of its high functions has arrived. That time has now come. I can conceive no responsibility more awful than that which devolves upon a minister of the Crown who undertakes to advise his Sovereign to embark upon that which may be a bloody and a protracted war. No great war ever left a nation in the same position in which it found her ; and the advantages, therefore, expected to be derived from its prosecution ought to be proportionate to the sa crifice and to the loss which it must inevitably entail. (Hear.) I can conceive a minister consulted upon this question revolving in his mind the answer which he should give to his Royarmistress. I can conceive that minister retiring into his closet, glancing over the history of Russia—passing in review the provinces which she has annexed, the kingdoms which she has incorporated, the nations she has conquered. I can then conceive him turning his eye--the eye of a statesman—upon the map of Russia in the East, and rising from its contemplation with a feeling of consternation and amazement—of con sternation at the result, of amazement at the infatuated policy by which that result was brought about. I can further conceive that Minister (arriving at a clear and satisfactory conclusion that it was his duty to his Sove reign to advise her—under God's blessing—to grapple with an enemy to whose aggression submission would be dangerous. The question which I am about to lay before the house cannot be commenced at once by an immediate reference to the blue book upon the table. There are arguments historic, political, and geographical, all tend- ing to prove that if war broke out between Russia and Turkey it would become the paramount duty of a Mi nister who was alive to the responsibility of his position to assist at the right time, and with the right means, a Power which in reality was supporting English interests. About 30 years ago an experienced officer of the country published a tract called "England, Russia, and Persia." The object of the judicious author of that tract was to prove the interest which each of those states possessed in relation to the others, and to establish that which ought to be the true policy of England in reference to Perks, anti in oPPoiti" t 9 929 designs Qf Russia, e advocates no aggressive policy, but he says it was the first duty of England, by the aid of judicious counsels and by the employment of judicious agents, to attach Persia to her interests—to develore her resources, to strengthen her army, and so to obtain an, influence over her Government by the adoption of wise measures that might constitute her a formidable barrier against the aggression of Russia in the East. The Whigs adopted that view, and the memorable expedi tion to Affghanistan was justified upon the principle which it involves. Acting upon that principle, Sir John Cam Hobhouse—whose scholarship I have often had reason to admire, and who was well acquainted with the affairs of the East—went the length of contending that if Russia sought to obtain influence in Persia and to secure Herat—a city of great importance from its position in Central Asia—this country would be justified, with a view to the protection of India, in declaring war against the Czar. Sir J. C. Hobhouse makes some further ob servations upon the subject, which I shall read to the house :-- " The intervention which I particularly allude to was the intervention on the part of the representatives of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, which was totally incompatible with the very safety of India. Count Simonich advised the advance upon Herat. Hoe. gentlemen are now so familiar with the importance of that city and state from its posi tion in Central Asia, that it is unnecessary for me to dwel o❑ it. This, however, I must state, that the best autho rities had laid it down as an indisputable fact, that that city and its immediate dependencies are the most import. ant of all the cities and states of Central Asia, and that the master of Herat is in a position, both in reference to Persia and to the Affghan States, to hold the balance, if ho has any considerable power, between the parties wh• might contend for empire much further, and with much greater proximity to India. But Count Simonich did not confine himself to giving advice. At the very time that the British minister, in consequence of instruction from Lord Palmerston, retired after fruitless endeavours to prevail upon the Shah to relinquish his intentions, Count Simonich remained in the neighbourhood, and ac tually, it might be said, superintended the siege, and an officer of distinction who had been in the Russian service assisted at the siege, and I think I recollect, was killed there. But it did not stop there. The intervention of Russia did not stop with the mere appearance of the Rus sian ambassador at the siege of Herat. Forsooth a treaty was entered into—it will be found in the papers before the house- by which in the most summary way the lawful Sovereign of Herat (the real representative of the ancient dynasty) was to be dethroned, and his dominions were given to one of the princes of Candahar, a brother of Dost Hahomed. By that treaty an entire change was to occur in the whole of that important part of Central Asia ; and who does the House of Commons think was the guarantee of that treaty? No less a person than the Russian am bassador, and I hold a proof of it in my hand." That was a very strong argument to maintain in this house, but still he justified a sanguinary war upon that ground. lam now going to quote a letter, which was not in the published papers, but which is completely confirmatory of these opinions. It is a letter which was sent to me by Lord Auckland, and which Sir A. Burnes, after his retirement from Cabuol, wrote to Sir W. 111`Naghten, no unf rtunate but not undistinguished countryman of my own. It is in these terms :- " Jan. 3, 1835. "It is clear thar the British Government cannot, with any credit or justice to itself, permit the present state of affairs in Cabool to continue. The counteraction applied must, however, extend beyond Dost Maimed Khan, and to both Persia and Russia. A demand of explanation from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg would, I conceive, be met. by an evasive answer, and gain for us no credit; be sides the policy of Russia is now fairly developed, and re quires no explanation, for it explains itself, since that Go vernment is clearly resolved upon usin g the influence she possesses in Persia (which i s as gr eat there as what O„ British command in India) to extend her power eastws . „ r d . It had better, therefore, be assumed at once that sue d are her plans, and remonstrate accordingly." Now no political writer I have been able to cons Litt, and no experienced officer of the Government, has, ever yet argued that you could consider this questi ot , w i t h re ference to Persia or to Asiatic Turkey akrae. Their in terests are not merely incidentally but sii . .bstantially con nected, and all the authorities upon t'ae subject argue with irresistible force that the past history of Russia shows that when she wishes to mal".e war on Persia she leaves Turkey at peace, and that when she wishes to make war on Turkey she leaves Persia at peace, because the combination of both migh's be inconvenient to her in the execution of her plans.. The noble lord opposite knows better than I do w' eat passed after the peace of 1314. A promise had b,een given by Russia to restore the territory she had trskea from Persia ; and Lord Cath cart endeavoured at 'St. Petersburg to obtain the fulfil ment of that promis.e. But Russia evaded the obliga tion on the gr ound that she never restored what she had one,e obtained. She afterwards said to Per sia that the Arr .xes would form a convenient boundary between her and that state, and insisted that it should be adopted. I heard an hon. gentleman a few nights ago ask the noble lord at the head of the Govern ment wh'sther he had taken any means to have the road completed between Trebizond and Bayazid, for the pur- P'' ,6 'of promoting the interests of commerce in that re gio-4. If the hon. gentleman who put that question will rr in his eye along the map from Trebizond to Erzeroum, and from Erzeroum to Bayazid, and from Bayazid to wards Persia, he will find he will arrive at the town of Hoe, which is the entrance for our manufactures into Persia. The road employed for purposes of commerce runs through that town. There is no fort between it and the Caspian Sea ; but there is one a little above it at Abarrabard, where Russia has placed a strong fort. That tort is the same distance from line that Kars is from Gumri—namely, about 23 miles. The constant policy of Russia in that quarter of the world has been that after she has made war upon another state she exacts an in• demnity at its termination, and if the indemnity cannot be paid she lakes a province as a "material guarantee" for the fulfilment of the engagement. In fact, she obtains a mortgage which she intends to foreclose, leaving the mortgagor no equity of redemption. But her position now is that she holds the fortress of Abarrabard, within 23 miles of Hoe, and that whenever she pleases she can extinguish your trade by seizing on the town of Hoe. That was the state of things at the outbreak cf th• war in 1853. Now a word with respect to the condition of Asiatic Turkey. It is not. necessary to remind the house of the territory which Russia has already seized in Asiatic Turkey. It is a principle of ,her policy, never lost sight of or forgotten, that the vital strength of Tur key consists in her Asiatic provinces, and that, there , fere, whenever a war begins between her and Turkey she must strike at that Asiatic territory. That is a funda mental principle of Russian policy. But there is a geographical consideration in the case, and a very serious one. What is the route of Russian power as against the Eastern empire of England, against Persia, and against Asiatic Tin key ? It is Georgia. But how can she get to Georgia ? She gets across the steppes of Southern Russia, passing along a causeway constructed by the Euapress Catherine; and the defiles which her troops have to traverse iu that quarter are commanded by hos tile tribes. ller great difficulty, therefore, has ever been to maintain a sufficient force in Georgia to enable her to carry out her designs against Persia and Turkey. The consequence was that the late Emperor Alexander d. Glared Ise had no object of aggression, that he had already too much territory, and that be on'y wanted to concentrate the power ho had already acquired. He looked about him and saw on the Black Sea', PLO, Anapa, and the river Rion. They suited his purpose and he took them. From their neighbourhood a road passes on to Georgia, and thus Russia obtains an en trance to that province which she could otherwise oaiy enter by the perilous passes of the Caucasus. These are facts- which cannot be disputed, and to which any British Minister must at the cutbreak of the war have directed his attention. I believe there is no more interesting or instructive study in connection with this question than that of the campaigns of Prince Paskiewitch in 1328-9. Military men have written volumes upon that subject, and base expatiated at great length on the consummate ability with which Russia has worked out her plans in that re gion. They tell us how Prince Paskiewitch seized on the strongholds of Asiatic Turkey in a shorter time than had ever before been known, and conquered one fortress after another until he was left in a difficulty as to whe ther he should march from Erzeroum on Constantinople, or whether he should, as the Emperor, it is said, in tended, conquer all the vast countries stretching towards the Persian Gulf. Those provinces he ultimately left untouched, in consequence of the apprehended oppo sition of England to their seizure. It has been asked why Prince Paskiewitch. did not march on Trebizond ; and the question is important on account of some astounding revelations contained in this blue book. lie had instructions to march en that city ; and why did he not do so with his victorious army ? The reason why he did not do so was that he found the road to Trebizond almost impracticable for artillery. I am not aware whether any doubt has been cast on the authenticity of that singular docu ment known as the will of Peter the Great. lam not n a condition to say whether or not it be genuine ; but it is at least a remarkable circumstance that the author of that document bequeaths to the successors of Peter, as a policy never to be forgotten, that Russia was to march towards the East ; that she was to overthrow Persia; to conquer Turkey; and then, it was added, that the power which ruled at Constantinople must govern the world. All these facts were patent to the English ministry, who had to consider, when the war broke out between Russia and Turkey, what course they should advise her Majesty to pursue. I forgot to state that the lieutenant of Prince Paskiewitch, in that famous campaign, was an officer known by the name of Mouravieff, and Russia, knowing how to put the right man in the right place, placed him at the head of her army in the same quarter at the outbreak of the late war, leaving him to accomplish the work w hi c h Prince Paskiewitch bad left undone. (Hear, hear.) I do not feel it necessary to enter, upon this occasion, into any . review of the origin of the war. I will adopt upon that subject the views of the statesmen who first embarked in it, and treat it as essentially a de fensive war—a war undertaken for the purpose of main taining the independence and integrity of Turkey. What was our policy at the commencement of the war in the year 1853? A French gentleman said to me last autumn—" I so admire the book of your Seymour; it is so droll." However this might be, there was vie thing in these despatches which was not droll. The Rus sian Minister bad said to Sir H. Seymour that it would be impossible to settle with Turkey till she had been set tled with by a defeat. To this the reply was, a reply which he (Mr. Whiteside) could not admire—that as long as the ends required were attained, it did not matter about the means. This was au answer he could not reconcile with justice or policy. What had been the condition of Turkey in 1829 ? Her troops were disorganised, her spirits broken, her people dispirited. In 1853, on the contrary, the people were enthusiastic, the name of Mahomet was in voked, the people threw money into the Treasury, and the universal feeling among the Turks was, that it was better to negotiate with Russia on the Pruth than on the Danube. England had interposed and prevented this — it might have been right for her to do so, but it then be cam° the bouudea dalof geglauci to, geist;l2er ally in jo;.amme..,.,4oNlWL her extremity. Well, the war of 1853 broke out, Could any British Minister believe that Turkey was then able by herself to contend with Russia ? Who could believe this, after the results of the war in 1823 ? When the war broke out in 1853, could any one believe that Turkey could fight Russia in Asia ! Why, she was beaten in wee ral battles, and the only thing which saved their army was the summoning that admirable officer, General Guyon, to their assistance, who restored the army to something like a disciplined state, and whose only reward had been neglect and contumely. Then came the year 1854. What was the state of things at the commencement of that year? One of our countrymen had described the campaign. Tb• course of Russia was one continued success, for our com merce was stopped, the Turkish armies were defeated in battle after battle, defeats which might have been avoided if the advice of Gen. Guyon had beeu followed, and the artillery was only saved by the abilities of.Talair Pacha, who had been educated in England, and who car ried with him English knowledge and English vigour. He had so well organised the artillery, that in the last battle the loss of the Turks was 3,025, while that of the Ruse shins was 3,050. The remains of the Turkish army then retired to Kars. It had often been a question why the Russian army did not at once advance upon Kars. Their army was superior in numb er , t h e enemy was routed and broken. This consideration would introduce them to a personage of whom little had been heard lately—it had been said because he had made his own private terms with Russia—be meant Schamyl. (Hear, hear.) That chief made an expedition towards Georgia, and threatened to attack Tiflis. The result of this foray— for he could give it to no other name—on the capital of the Russian possessions in that part of Asia at that critical moment was to compel the Russian general to divide his army in order to protect Tiflis, and thus save the Turkish army from complete annihilation. It thus became evident that in the case of Russian invasion of Turkey her great strokescarne from the Asiatic provinces, so the great stroke to be aimed at Russia should be in Georgia, which was the root of her power. A stroke at Tiflis put her under the necessity of retiring to protect her power, and this was what Schamyl did. It was now that the English Govern. ment felt the necessity of stepping in, and it must be ad mitted that it was high time, if an English minister looked at Lis duty, not merely in reference to Turkey, but in re ference to Russia's designs against Turkey. But with reference to her designs against Peirsia and to eur in terest in the East, it was at least time for the Go vernment to put itself in motion— and it did so by creating the materials for a blue -book. This blue-book was one of the most extraordinary ever written—it seemed to have been made, out with a view studiously of perplexing its readers, But as to its matter, what was the course taken by the Government of England! The Turkish army was utterly deficient in food and sup plies, it had lost several battles. Kars and Erzeroum were threatened, tire affairs in Asia were in a desperate state, and so at last the English Government resolved to sent out a commissioner. (Hear, and a laugh.) He was to pick up news in the best way he could, to communicate with the ambassador and with the ministers, and to make reports on the condition of the army ' • and with these in structions it was d ec i ded that he should 'leave England. It was tiue that Lord Clarendon wrote him a lettter the slay after, in which he was desired to restore the Turkish army by every means in his power, but what those means were to be the noble lord forgot to state. He had no in struction, no guide, except his mother wit and his true English heart. He was, indeed, told that he might get instructions from our ambassador at Constantinle. What woul . d th e h ouse t hi n k of this way of fighting Rus sia, when all we did, after all the misfortunes which we had taken upon ourselves to redress, to send out a come Ini B Si° T /or who was to tell our Minister-at-War what he ought, to have known long before, the state of the army and . the means of providing fur it ? It was true that the co minissioner, regardless of the trammels of etiquette and ley trampling them down, had of himself saved the army, and Heaven bless him for it. Had he been in the Crimea, and had seen men dying by hundreds of starvation, with provisions in the hence, and the door closed by red tape, he would have kicked it op..n. It had been said that Commissioner Williams received instructions from Lord Raglan; if so, where were those instructions? He had a right to ask if such instructions had ever been issued— whether the commissioner got them or not was nothing to his present purpose. He divided the blue book into three parts-Lthe first consisted of 170 pages, and contained the correspondence between our ambassador at Constantinople and the commissioner ; the second referred to the events of July; and the last contained th e memora bl e d espa t c h of Lord Clarendon, which put an end for ever to the hopes of our allies—he meant the despatch of the 7th of Septem ber. This book had been put out to make out a case f.r the Ministry. If any hon. member could lay his hand on his heart and say that he believed that the blue book esta blished that case, it would be his duty to vote for the Ministers on the present occasion. It appears that the commissioner was well received by our ambassador at Constantinople. Ho received, what was not in his instruc tions, seine information as to the state of things in Asia Minor. In the first or second page of the blue book is a letter which refers to the fact that it is impossible to separate Persia, from Turkish interests. This letter was written in August. One of the points with which General Williams was to inquire into was t , ) discover a great general. He observed that Lord Clarendon was in want of a first-rate general, and he hoped Lord Clarendon would have found him. He would have been of great use in the ensuing campaign. There is another letter from General Williams describing the state of the supplies, and above all the arrears of pay then duo for the nine months. In the letter was a most important fact, that of General Williams pressing upon the attention of Government the state of ourrelations with Persia. This letter was written in September. About December arose the quarrel between our ambassador and General Williams. What were the motives of Lord Stratford he could not pretend to ascertain, but the quarrel then began —if quar rel it could be called—in which ono party gave no cause of offence, and the other never explained the reason for his feelings. He explained that General Williams had orders to send copies of his despatches to Lord Stratford and to Lord Raglan, and then to have them forwarded to London, but the roundabout plan was wisely abandoned. At Erze roum, General Williams met with that excellent young officer Teesdale, and two other officers were sent him by the Government, so that the total of the contribution of the Government to the great war in Asia was five men and a doctor. These were, however, men such as could rarely be found elsewhere ; these noble specimens of their race and country had gained the affection of an array which had declared themselves ready to follow them to death ; and these ware the men who had been abandoned to a dismal fate. (Lou I cheers.) In December, 1854, General Williams addressed a letter to the Secretary of State. It appears that the only order given by the Ministry was touching the release of some ladies taken prisoners by Schamyl. This touched the gallantry of our Secretary. It would be ob served that General Williams had addressed fifty-fonr de , spetches, and to them he had no answer. He (Mr. White. side) held the Ministry responsible for those things, and when he said the Ministry, he meant the Prime Minister, whose duty it was to read all important documents. Gene ral Williams talks about the ;olden opportunities they were losing ; what were these golden opportunities but the opportunities of striking a blow at the power of Russia in Georgia, at Tiflis, and attaching that stronghold of Russia against Turkey and Persia. 1u January, 1354, Lord Cla reuden wrote to Lord Stratford. In his letter Lord Claren don requested that the insult to General Williams as a Bri tish envoy should be redressed, and that his proper title should begiveu him. No w this was the only case in which Ge neral Williams was wrong; for the title given him in the Turk ish doeument referred to wise as long as his arm. And yet this was the only thing in the whole course of the preliminaries ia which our ambessador get the better of the commissioner. Now there were bold avowals in Lord Stratford de Red cliffs's despatches that he had disobeyed the instructions of the Foreige Secretary, and this would give the house an opportunity of investigating the constitutional constitution to which he would further advert after he had read one or two more extracts.' Ho understood that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe made some defence to not having replied to the 51 unavailing despatches, but that was before ho condes cended to write to Col. Williams. On the 28th of Decem ber ho wrote a letter, in which lee stated Col. Williams had been hasty in his desire to obtain answers to his letters, and because ho did not write to him as fast as he wished he communicated with Lord Raglan on the subject. The noble lord must be of a very phlegmatic temper to write such a letter as that. (Hear.) It was plain from these and other letters that the documents alluded to were sent to Lord Raglan—it was plain that that noble and estimable lord had sent his opinions upon the question in dispute, and it was plain that his lordship's letters were suppressed. (Hear.) Well, Lord Redcliffe employed a certain gentle men of Constantinople —a Count Pisani—to obtain answers to a long series of queries. He performed that duty much to the satisfaction of the ambassador; but the Foreign Secretary would be a very innocent man if he believed a tenth part of the answers to the queries so reported to him. It was is somewhat remarkable circumstance, but one no doubt which would be well understood, that when Lord Stratford wanted anything done he went himself, but whenever lie wanted a thing not to be done ho sent this Count Pisani. Pisani trembled before a pacha. The pacha told Pisani what he liked, and Pisani told the ambassador, who immediately said " Put that down ;" and in such a form it came to the Foreign Secretary at home. It ap peared to him that from the beginning Lord St r atfordde Redcliffe understood that he Was violating his duty,. and this view of the case received a strong confirmationiChcontatir.no:ad the fact that, at the close of the volume which these despatches, he found a large quantity of matter col iittTahis circum stancea murder. e lected remindedge h e r for him the o f p . t a r r manpose of defence. who committed He made his escapeing home, and ho said, I went home, and went o forbeingn th e asked pur: posy of preparing my the reason for go defence." In like manner, whilst Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was corresponding, Pis an i was ma ki n g up the defence for the trial which he knew must take place. Mr. LABOUCFIERE—Count Pisani is a dragoman. M r . WHITESIDE—Yes • be w as aware o f th a t f ac t . what did this country pay, he should like to know, for the large force of officials which we kept up at Constantinople ? First, there was the ambassador ; then the secretary, Lord Napier, who appeared to be equal to the ambassador him self ; then an oriental secretary, and six or seven attaches. Why, then, should not this business have been transacted by one of those gentlemen, instead of by a Levantine count? For aug h t he kneve ' the ambassador did not speak to any one of those gentlemen, or perhaps Count Pisani would undertake matters to which they would not for a moment consent. (Hear.) He had boon told that throe English gentlemen had been specially appointed there on account of their knowledge of the Turkish language, but they never seemed to be employed in the performance of the duties of their country. Now having disposed of Count Pisani, he would turn to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who after going through the queries, said : " But the well-known proverb, which contrasts the faci lity of bringing a horse to water with the impossibility of forcing him to drink, is no less true at Constantinople than in London or Paris. Unfortunately, too, the horses whose reluctance I have to overcome, are not without circum stances to excuse, though not entirely to justify the slow ness of their pace ;" and then to this were appended some remarks upon Lord Bacon and other writers. Now he (Mr. Whiteside) would venture to make a remark, thatmar k,awn'yhicrhespweacst this—did Lord Stratford de Redcliffe believe that he would ever have any hold on public opinion, o would be attached to his office while he pursued such a course of conduct as this? (Hear, hear.) Could he appeal to public opinion in the present day, if the acts ho com mitted in plain violation of his public duty we re pro t ec t e d by the Government, which retained unf i t. Of w h at useamed him i n an o ffi ce f or which be had clearly proved himself was it to be moralising about Bacon, except to prove that a man might have groat talents, and at the same time great vices, and that while cultivating lighter literature he was neglecting the heavier concerns of State. And then he used these remarkable words : " It remains for me to say a word about my release to Colonel Williams. It originated in my desire not to an nounce measures which might not be carried into effect, for I preferred giving him an answer in full, and then found I had not time." 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