The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-09 00:00:00

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The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds were quite as dear, 50. to 6id. Orleans were 1-16 d. higher, but the supply will no doubt be more plentiful in a day or two. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, consisting of 1,000 American for export, and 2,000 on speculation ; 100 Egyptian, 64d. to 7id. ; 1,000 Surats, 41d. to 4d. ; and 80 Sea Islands, 12d. to 161. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet. The advices from Melbourne by the Red Jacket state that the market for gold was quiet, the quo tations 755. per oz., and the amount brought down by escort was very large, showing an increase, com pared with the previous year to the same date, of about 40 per cent. With regard to the produce of gold from quartz there was very little room forcongra t ulation, the process of amalgamation hitherto issued being very imperfect. In order to develop this branch of mining a reward of 10,0001. had been offered in Council for the best improvement that could be made on the old system. Trade remained quiet, but confidence was almost restored. According to an official statement the revenue of Victoria dur ing the quarter ending Dec. 31 was 1,391,6131., being largely in excess of the receipts of the pre vious three months. Business at. Sydney was inactive, but, as in the case of the Melbourne markets, affairs were in a healthier condition. Commercial advices from St. Petersburg have come to hand, dated the 28th March, which show that the export trade continues to command the attention of merchants, and large supplies of produce are daily arriving from the in terior. Tallow was in demand, and a sale of 8,000 casks realised from 138 to 1381 silver roubles per last ; and with money advanced there were buyers at 133 r. to 134 r., but holders asked 135 r., or preferred waiting for the opening of the summer trade. Hemp is less in request, and Stocks are accumulating unsold, which are offered at 241 r. to 25r. without buyers. LiL seed of middling quality sells at 7r. 90 cop., and best sorts 81r. Cubanca wheat is firm and in de mand at Sir. to 9r. Exchange on London is 371 1. The Havre cotton market during the past week has been unusually quiet, and the importations from America are falling off. Prices are not much altered, and business is dull. Louisiana of best qualities is quoted at 89f. per 50 kilos., and inferior sorts range from 80f. to 87f. Georgia middling sorts are 411111, at from 83f. to 88 francs. Trade generally at this port has not improved, as was expected after the announce ment of peace being concluded, and the mercantile community are waiting with anxiety the decision of the Government upon the formation of a Trans atlantic Steam Company. It is expected that it will be in favour of the united companies, notwith standing the recent imperial decree, to form any new financial or commercial associations. To-morrow being account day in the English Stock Market, the transactions entered into to-day are chiefly in connection therewith, but there is increased firmness in the quotations. Money is in demand on the Stock Exchange, and the charge for " continuation" is heavy. Consols for money have been 92k to 931, for the 10th inst. 93k to 93, and for the Bth May 93i -a. The Scrip is 3i prem. The New 3 per Cents. are 92k to 931, and the Reduced 91/ 92k. Bank Stock is 213, be ing 1 per cent. lower. Exchequer Bills are 3s. for those dated March, and 2s. discount to par for the June dates. The Bonds are 981 and the Scrip is 3 premium. There is a dull market for Foreign Securities, and the quotations do not exhibit much variation. Mexican Stock is steady at 23 to 23k. Grenada Deferred have risen to 71 and 8, and Equador New Consolidated are 151 I. Danish 3 per Cents. are 84 to 841. Brazilian Fives 99i, and Ditto Small 100 k. Spanish Deferred are 24k, and the Passive 71. Turkish 6 per Cents. are firmer, being 1011 for money, and 102 to 1021 for account. The-4 per Cents. are steady, at 101 k. Dutch 2i Per Cents. are 63/, and the 4 per Cents. 94. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferre d Bonds, 74- 8 ; Mexi. can, 22i 31 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 04'6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104. 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 93 95 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 451 6/ ; ditto Deferred, 241 Of ; ditto Certificates, 51 6i ; ditto Passive, 71 1. In Railway Shares there is very little animation, and the prices are generally about the same as pre viously. Midland and North-Western are firmer. Northern of France have risen 155., but the other foreign as well as the miscellaneous shares are with out variation. _ _ Mining shares are dull, and also the Banks. Australian Agricultural are 11. 10s. higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT @NE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Official List.. nti , enett done. Rank Stock 3 per Gent. Redxced Annuities...... 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 921 31 2i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 15G0... 3 3-16 Cousois for &ccount Consol Scrip 3 -'i P Exchequer Scrip . Exchequer Bills, 21d. March. £l000 £560 5 p Small 5 P Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent. 9Bl i Ditto, 1859 ' 9Bl a PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO. E Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 991 Ditto Small lOO3 Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 Bll Equador Bonds Ditto New Consolidated lsi i , Grenada Now Active, 11 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 7i 8 keziesn 3 per Cent ... — Ditto Account Spaniel Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 24i Ditto Passive Turkish Ronda, 6 per cent 101; Ditto Account lO2 1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent* Ditto Account lOll Dividends on the above . ~ y able In Lam.", Ditch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Gull 631 Ditto 4 per Coat. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 93 1 Ditto Account (May 8) 931 i' June par 2 d par 2 d par 2 d MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. ii 20 - - - A. very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market. For most kinds we had a steady demand, and Monday's prices were well supported. Over 12,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh' to hand. The business doing was limited, yet late rates were realised without difficulty. The barley trade was firm, at fully Monday's improve ment in value. Malt was held on former terms. Oat*, beans, peas, and flour were steady, without alter ation in value. Wheat. tu611112 .. l SSO Irish roreign I 1 ' 12 140 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. O&M. 920 2,700 30 940 1,550 1 2,540 I 7810 brls 1 ,k, 1,160 BOROUGH HOP. W. have a slow demand for all kinds of hops, yet prices axe supported. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 25 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 35 Od to 45 4d lamb, 5 4d to 64 44; ♦eal, 35 10d to 45 10d ; pork, 3s 2d to 4s id per 8113 c, by the macaw Trad• dull. PRICE OE GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is 2 about 5 per mills premium (according to the last tariff), 2 which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 9 9. ; a'qly the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.371, it follows that gold is about 0.32 per cent dearer in Lon. ; don than i❑ Paris. By advice! from Hamburg the price l c of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint ic price of 31. 17s. 100. per oz. for standard gold, gives an u exchange of 13.51 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on 1 London at short being 13.71, it follows that gold is 098 f per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. Th e 5 course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent. ; in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 11Aummrs. Closing Prices yesterday JJAJ foubg_ Nottng. BoE 4nd Basta. jnnat.. all 11,i fast. & Lallyrnen* al; qtrming. Wclvorb. - Amu. Valley T3i girk (LIM. LanesL. Junct.„ Birk £5O and £25 Con, 1,7 1 On., £20........... all :1 yth &Tynaongita, £25 (issd. at £4 100 6ristol and Fizets , ,,, 100 laledonian. .... . . 61 R. .!Eirm. nnrl Omdigat all tihester tit Holyilea, all , '.)ork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pas 18 (I,,rnwall all Do. A : 8 Do. B . 1A rienT 45 Dub.indillelfastJune all Mtn. P. di Al , Joe. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Fast. 7 nion, A St 10 De., B. Stoop... if. Do., New A..... 10 East Kent 100 .sist Llneashire 1.0:) 7',linburst Glatii all F.dinb. and Peeblee 10;) Edin. PAL di Duni 9 , 'ortli & Clyde Jun all Furness Do. all Extension _ _ 100 Glasgow St S. Wost all Great N. of Scotlnd. 100 Great Northern , . 100 Do., A. Stock-- 100 Do.. S. Stock LX) Sth. kWest.(lre 100 ;treat Western 100 .)c,. Stour Vg. Rail Qua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all (.i.ocsAtor & Carlisle 141 Do., Thirds 8 Do. New Thirds 100 )..ancash.andYorkeb. ) 3 . 'Nat. RidingUn 1%11 :,IvArany.StSouthi.t an i,ondon & Blackwall 0:3 '..ond. Bright & S Cst. [OO .sortd. and N. Westn. 1.6 Fifths 5i D0.101.1311.,M&3, C 2 Do. Eighths,.. 100 London andS. Waste all Do., LbiL . all Do., £4O. all tindnarry&Colerain , all Lii(lndrr7.& Ennirle. 1. 1 )0 Nianeb.Slief.k 429. D,,., !Van. Az Lin. Un 1 Metropolitan 100 Midland 100 , o. Birmug. Dee all Hiclld. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares...... %11 Newcastle & Carlisle. all Nwpt.Aberg.tiHrf Newry ikEuniskille: ill Newry Warrenpoin' snd tioetrevor - N - orfolk Nprtim.CountioP liki North Britist, Nth Devno Rail. & 100 Deck Stock 100 A Stock .... .11 , B Stock all Do. B 14uarante , 00 I N. Eastern—Berwi, 211 Do. do. gsteusi on i 5 De.eio. CI. N. E. "Ptu , al Do. Leeds "1) Do. York. 100 North Lond on :3 . & S. Wstrte. ,liam stead, and City J 1... North StatTordshir al IN orth Western sl IN • k S. West rn. Atm I Nuneaton, Ilinek te•; , .snd Leicester........ Ox, Wore., & Wolv. 8 :)r.rtsLienth Scottish Central 101 Scottish Midland,. 100 seropahire a. South Devou I South Eastern 100 South Wales . I S. Vrksl3.4ltltiv.T.lnu, n() 16 Str.'nes ,, ,Wck &Wok a' • (Stockton & Darll lf *tc :kton & Hartlep 1.11 Taff Vale y • Do. Pref., No. Tl , lrnes Hay. D.& R. IJlverstone dt Lanes all Vait Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenn , all Waterford&Limor.e; all Vest all West End of Londc:T; and Crystal Palace . all Do. A 3 Do. B all Vest London. all ',Wimbledn & Croydon %ntwerv4o4.4.tt rd xn 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes all 3eig tan gastn. Junc 14 [legion to (iraisereesa• 4i Rombay, Baroda, an Oentral India,Scrii all Do. all Demerara 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 13 Do. New dl Nast Indian, g. sp. • 15 n o , For t.onsio all D 0.41 p.c.8nd5., 157 ail Do. do. du.. *Y.4, dr . 16 Gee'ong tr Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt.. :01 Do., Lon. allot., do. Tk of CanadaAi- 'Do. SD Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 14 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian PeninsulA 14 Great Luxembours , Constituted Sharer till Do. Obligations. 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. sl' (fit. W estern of Cana , shares )!, 5i Do. New %0 Rds., payable •. 1 with option till ) al , Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Dc. do., '73, without option ,h 1 all Ilamilton k Toronto, D 4.11 Do. Iper cent. r) 17 iLake Cnnst, be Basle 0 all I Lierre and Turnhout 5 all I Lucca. t Pist. sp. c.p 0 16 ILyons and Geneva . 0 14 Lyons di "afeditArran 0 all kfadras, guar. 4 p.c 0 10 Do. New 0., sp. e 0 0 Do. 4i p. c. Exten all Maria Antonis . /1 all Do. do. New all Varour Si• Liege ( tnterest) Do. (ex interest)._ Northern of France D 0.20/ Shs • Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bar (fray.T . l.tit Ams.Shs NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds .... Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati.. hoyal Danish • RoyalSworlish... Do. Obligations ISambre and Meuse. . Do. 5) p. cent. Pref. IScindo, guar. 5 p. c 4 . 1 all 6 all .0 I 41 o all '() all ,0 5 o All 5 , all 4 1 all .t) 1 an D 0... 'southern of Prance St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Uo "s rwr c. Pref `v. &N. W. of Franc West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Zealand 3 ti? L 0 9.11 ?,0 18 !O 6 all 20 ill 0 25 5 100 50 40 ,1) 27} 28 41 -4! 83 9 17i 18 15} I , :a 121 13 0 - 92 61. 61 • • ....... ••••• 17i 18, 10 10i 34 -- 38 24 - 36 78 63 Business done this day. 76 61 88 - 92 6i - 7 94 95 79 81 123 125 104 1 06 644 65 - 7p 7 - 8.9 ••• ''''' 7? 102 101 1014 - 102 par 6 p par - p 95 - 96 ••• ..." 29 id 74. 75 43 45 eat. • •«. ... 14 16 53 - 55 - 31 ,, 35 36 784 -79 i 5f 5t A 15f 61 50; b 7. 88 90 6 6 6 lot 10,1 28i • 4 03 105 7 - 3 - 75 j 46 ig 14 5 72 —72 i 70 72 4 • 2 id '45 37 20 - 41 54 • •1 ..... • • . ..pl 13i 9 par 2 r 4 —51 t. 2 2 2 241 1 - lii 2 p 40A - 41 12 - 14 • 22i 23 22 - 22: •• • • • Ri 7i(i 16, ;17 75 77 . 85 3 / 4 6 21i - 7 F. 3 - 311 ••• 25 26 - 3 P 99 100 117 122 118 123 107 109 1 'A 240 115 - 120 12 - Pi3 20 -20 i - 11 71 - 6 - 7 41; - 41 12 12 R - 10 53i - 54 64 foi - . 14~- 7 i§ 2 pin 43 - 5 356 ••• • _ . 19 - 196 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 1 Austral e.si ot . Bank of Egypt _ _ Bank of London hri. Col. Rk Ln. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asir Ohrtd. Btk. of Judi , Australia, Sc Chinr City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng. Scot. kais.Cht Lond. Chart. Bk. o Au5tra1i5............ 1 )itto New 1 - .. , ..nd0n and County 1 Lnn. &E. Bnk g. Corp. London Joint Sl ock London and Paris Load. & Westminstw national Pro.of Eng no. New Nationa' of Irelaud Vow South Wales_ Oriental Bank of CorporatAon . Ottoman Bank :loyal British rToion of Anatol a... tTnioo (,f London Western Bk of Low 97 t-9 11 - 1$ 63 - 65 •... - . 4 ... 11 di 64 - 66 '''' ••• 16 7 16 - 3 - 2d - ••• par -- 2p .3 - • 2 • ••• • 39 : 41 43 - 44 li - 2 ] 46 - 72 7i • 8i 2 : la THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENINn. A_PRiIL 9, 1856 FTXRD MtNl' A THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) instances, were attended to, and his lordship read vari ous documents in confirmation of his statement. General Peel asked the noble lord if he agreed witl Lord Cardigan that, notwithstanding, as he (Lore Lucan) had said the horses had d tsriorated in condito previous to their embarkation at Varna, that the Ligh , Division horses were in good condition ? Lord Lucan said he differed from that opinion, and read an extract from an order he issued at the time, pointing out the bad condition of the horses of the light cavalry, and calling on the officers and men to use their best and strenuous exertions to 3 procure forage for them, and for the men not to continue longer mounte than necessary, and that the pace should be as slow as possible. He had issued 72 order.; for the care of the horses. The condition of the horses on landing at the Crimea, from what they had suffered whilst at sea, he could scarcely recognise them. The Court adjourned at half-past 1 o'clock, and re turned shortly after two o'clock, when the eiaminatio of the noble lord was proceeded with. 7 1,ArLirATI. Lesein Compang. C losint rt lee. yesterday InsLnee4 this .lay London Sz' N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon.„ E. lin. & E. C Gt. N rtr n. E. Count. Caldonian. The Board of General Officers re-assembled this morn ing at the usual hour, at the Great Hall, Chelsea. As the inquiry proceeds public interest appears to be more excited in the inquiry, and the hall to-day was three parts full before the commencement of the businesq. Lord Lucan and his friends arrived before 11 o'clock, as did Col. Tulloch, Lieut.-CGI. Gordon, Col. Doherty, Cal. Connelly, and Col. Griffiths. There was a much larger attendance of ladies, the friends of general officers end others connected with the inquiry, in the reserved portion of the hall surrounding the president's table. Lord Lucan said that his object was not so much to secure juitica to himself as to those officer's who were inculpated with himself by this report, and again called attention to the publication of another article in to-day's Times, and to consider howlar that paper had attended to the suggestion of the board. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate (to Lord Lucan)—To what do you attribute the great mortality amongst the horses 95 - 97 94 - 98 11 - 13 - ... 5 Gt. Weetr• Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM, 104 - 106 Do Do S. Easton Do iii f. 13. iis 'Pet° & Co IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Norfolk Do L.,k N. W & Midld. Stekton Darlingt. •. ""'"' • • . HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. 2i - 2f 9 - ‘ - 93 Lord Lucan —D Des this refer to any particular period, or "t• the whole of the time the cavalry division was under my command ? . The Haslinden Water Bill and the Southport Water Bill were severally read a third time and passed. Mr. DUFF presented a petition from a place in the north of Ireland against the Bleaching Works Bill . The petition, which was read at length by the clerk at the table, stated that certain petitions that had been presented to the house in favour of the bill had been ob tained by misrepresentation, and prayed for inquiry inv the circumstances. Sir W. WEBB presented several petitions from North Wales in favour of Medical Reform. Sir F. THESIGER presented a petition from Stain ford against the Oath of Abjaration Bill. Mr. E. LOCKHART presented a petition frOrn Sel kirk against the Oath of Abjuration Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Man chester Commercial Association, and also a petition from 166 of the principal firms in Manchester against the Theaching Works Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented two petitions against the Maynooth grant. ROCHESTER ELECTION. En. Conn. E. Count. Do. Do i - iP 55 - 57 The Deputy-Judge-Advocate--The question has been altered to this form. To what do you attribute the great mortality amongst the horses during the time the cavalry division was under your command ? Lord Lucan—The cavalry was not under my command until they landed in the Bast, and I need not refer .to the horses lost on their passage. His lordship, who spoke slowly and cautiously, said the question I am afraid will require a very large answer. I may say independent of of the horses lost in action, and which I can explain, I might attribute the loss of the horses in the army first, I may say, that perhaps excepting a day or two--for a very few days at long intervals—l may say that the horses of my cavalry were ',ever properly fed any one day whilst under my command. From the inefficiency of the food, and from the irregularity by which they ob tained it, the horses were never in condition at any one time during •the whole time they were under my com mand. I may say thatthe horses deteriorated in condition from the moment they landed at Scutari or Varga. lean not say they continued to deteriorate, because they could not be in a worse condition— but they deteriorated from that moment until they got into that desperate state of emaciation from starvation that, as you observe, but a very small proportion of them survived. It miretber a ell known to all accustomed to horses, that when ex posed, it was the same with them as, I believe with an other animals, that they required more food than at any other time. I say that the rations of food issued to the cavalry were insufficient ; and when the whole of the ra tions were given it happened very rarely in Bulgaria. I will confine my remarks to those regiments under my immediate command at Varna, rather than speak of-at happened at Dome, and which came under my personal knowledge, because my brigadier did not keep me sup plied with very perfect information of what occurred there. At Varna, till the time of the great fire in August, there was not much difficulty in procuring bar ley and chopped straw. My first duty after arriving at &uteri was to become the president of a board tesein quire into the supply of rations fur troop, artillery, and' baggage horses of the army. His lordship's statement was of a very rambling character. We gathered, however, from it that the subject of foraging was considered, and it was arranged, with the consent of Lord Raglan, that the artillery and cavalry horses should have 12ths. of barley and 10 be. of hay or 1611 es. of chopped straw, anethe, baggage horses were to have a quarter less of barley, but the same quantity of hay or chopped straw. -At. Varna, before the fire, there was not much difficulty in Betting the quantity of forage, always getting the barley and in most instances the quantity of hay ; but setae times they got but 61bs. of hay, and in the Crimea the greatest quantity of hay they bad was Blbs. After the fire at - Varna there was a want of both hay and barley, and I bad only the services of Mr. Murray, who Was berth new to the country and the service, to asssist me in getting what I required ; and bad it not been for my aide-de-camp, Capt. Walker, the cavalry would have been in a much worse condition than they realty were. One of the great evils at that time was that of the Com missariat sending all over the country young men to secure forage for the horses, the consequence of which was that in many cases they were bidding against each other, and raising the prices considerably a sheaf of corn, that generally sold for two or three piastres, fetched on this occasion four or five piastres. At Devna the forage efraa so • ehoet Lend, it generally_ happen ed -that: it the, sol4iec r tFaacdfiffeient the enerat' was so. also) that I had (cede' 'priest my baggage horses of their forage, and leave them to do their best, to provide my chargers with food. This deficiency continued dining the time the cavalry was in Bulgaria, and I called personally on Mr. Commissary Filder often re specting it ; and, although I am always prepared to give him the greatest possible credit for the manner in which he rationed the men, I must say, with equal fair ness, that I was always dissatisfied with the way in which he fed the horses. I never had an interview with him about the forage that I did not leave him without being dissatisfied with him on that account. I found from the inefficiency of the forage that my horses were failing, and as they were almost my first care I oould not feel satisfied at finding they were starving. When the light brigade came in from Devna I inspected them the morning after their arrival, and, with the exception of a few of them, I could not see much difference in their condition between them and the heavy brigade, although Lord Cardigan had stated they were in good condition, and that he was satisfied with their condition. I consider there was the greatest misman agement p )ssible in embarking the cavalry for the Cri mea, consisting of 1,100 horses. After they had been at sea a few days, one of the officers on board of the Simla came to me and complained that there was no forage on board for the horses, although Lord Raglan — bad ordered, previous to their embarkation, that there should be six weeks' forage put on board each of the vessels. In consequence of that deficiency it became necessary- to shorten the rations. His lordship then described the debarkation of the troops in the Crimea, which occupied three days, to show what a condition the horses must have been in. After then landing, Lord Cardigan took 200 horses on patrol, and these horses, in addition is short forage, had to go 30 hours without water, from which they suffered much, being sucject to a harrassing patrol. As the cavalry proceeded they found no forage except a few stacks of what could hardly be called straw—there was a total absence of corn. The horses for some days after the commenced their march in the Crimea had but little corn and but little water, which was also very scarce. On the morn ing of the battle of the Alma I was promised some corn, and a little was given to some of the regiments, who shared it with the others. So alarming was the state of the cavalry at this time that on the morning of the battle I spoke to Lord Raglan about it, to which he replied, "I fought to bave come to him before, and not to annoy him then about it." I informed him I had, not done so, hoping it would have been better by that time. The cavalry remained at Alma two days, and the first night a little forage was suppli ed, and the horses were then much below condition, having had to do 12 or 14 hours' work a day with short rations. From the moment the cavalry landed in the Crimea the supply was irregular and very short, and on one occasion the cavalry divided their forage with the French. When they were within a quarter of a mile of Balaklava barley was eupolied to the cavalry, and tie horses were in a better condition at the battle of Balaklava than they bad been pre viously, from the extra fodder that had been supplied, but they still suffered from want of water. After marching to the plateau on the 30th Oct., 1854, the horses had their allowance of barley, but only 81h. of hay, whilst the artillery horses had 101 b. of bay, and on my remonstrating I was informed by Mr. Filder that it was in accordance with Lord Raglan's orders, which I foolishly believed was the case, but I afterwards found that the reduction had been made by the Commissary, and not by Lord Raglan's orders. On the let November the light brigade was ordered to take up a position seven miles from Balaklava, on which I remonstrated on the difficulty there would be of providing them with forage, but I was informed that I must proceed. If I had bad the assist ance of a Commissary-General, whose business would have been to have superintended the forage of the ca valry, I should have been informed of what was going on, which I did not receive from the Commissary, who probably considered the brigadier was his commanding officer, and not me. The noble lord then proceeded to state the nature of the weather at this time, the difficul ties be bad to contend with in supplying forage, the harassing nature of the work the horses had to dis charge, and the unavailing representations he made of the state of the cavalry to his supe rior officer, and raid that the effective strength of the cavalry at Varna was 16 squadrons of 155 horses each. The light brigade lost during September, from horses being thrown overboard and a considerable number that were lost in landing, between 50 and 60, besides what were killed in action. The heavy bri gade lost on the passage to the Crimea 226 troop horses, besides a considerable number of baggage horses, and many officers' chargers. In all the heavy brigade lost then about 300 horsey. I have an account of the daily loss of horses, and I find that in October not more than a dozen horses were lost. In November 46 horses were killed. and 68 wounded in the Battle of Balaklava. The light brigade lost 341 horses, which arose from the enemy crossing the lines and taking them away ; 120 horses, however, died in the month of November. In reply to a question from the Deputy-Advocate- General, His Lordship said that his recommendations, in many L. &N.W. 134 : li ICU Northnl Lancash& Yorksh. T. 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OATEIOF ABJURATION BILL. Mr. M:GIBSON then rose to move the second read ing of a bill to abolish the oath of abjuration and as surance, and, in doing so, contended that no ill could fellow such a measure. The measure was of precisely the same character as that of Lord Lyndhursts, and had the approbation of that noble lord. The passing of the eneasure which he advocated would not in the slightest degree interfere with the others now on the statute-book, but it would be a relief to all classes of her Majesty's subjects who objected to take that oath, which was a political one, and passed by Parliament to meet a political danger. That danger no longer existed, and, therefore, he contended that the oath ought to be Abolished. By a single act of Parliament one hundred and twenty-five useless oaths had been abolished, and not the slightest inconvenience hael arisen in consequence of such a proceeding. He had taken the opinion of a gen tleman learned in the law—not a Parliamentary lawyer— with respect to the persons who were called upon to tan. the oath of abjuration, and he found that all militar3 carers, all common soldiers, and sailors were called upon to take this oath. The ouly persons who were require not to take the oath were those persons iu the Cuatones an- Excise, who were only required to take the oath of alle giance. All schoolmasters were required to take tht oath of abjuration, and if the law was strictly carried - tint at the present time there would not be a single teacher of the Jewish religion—in fact, an immense num ber of her Majesty's most faithful and loyal subject , . would be altogether outlawed. He might be told they passed the Indemnity Act, and by that act you exempted the great crowd, but refused the same ex emption to a member of Parliament. He had been looking over Boswell's "Life of Johnson," and be - there found that the profligate person who framed the' oath -of abjuration boasted that he had framed an oath which would damn nne-half of the population and starve the other. He maintained that the oath of abjuration was utterly useless, as it was perfectly cer tain that none of the descendants of the Prince of Wales (the Pretender) existed at the present moment, and it was absurd to continue on the statute-book such an oath. The Pretender died in 1765, and the Parliament of that day di I not continue abjuring the Pretender, but they took out the word "Pretender," and inserted in place of the word, "his descendant," so now that all the descendant] were dead, it was but proper that the words, "his descendants," should be expunged, as by doing so the house would only be following the strict rule of precedent. The oath • of allegiance and supremacy, he contended, were perfectly sufficient for the purpose for which they were taken, and after they were taken it was palpably absurd to insist upon the taking of the oath of abjuration, as the whole of the provisions of the oath, tbat it wai thought necessary by some parties to retain, was to be found in the oath of allegiance. He had thus gone through the oath, with the exception of the concluding paragraph, which stated that the oath was to be taken without reservation on the true faith of a Christian. If it was the will of the Parliament that such should still be the declaration, then they must submit to take the oath, but he did hope that the honourable member for Stamford would not say that such was the case until he had taken the opinion of Parlia ment that it was intended to impose religious teats to exclude some portions of her Maje'ty's subjects from their civil rights. If it was wished to exclude some par ticular persons from Parliament, he insisted that it ought to be done by statute, and not indi rectly, for he insisted that no British subject ought to be deprived of hie civil rights, except by act of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) The effeet of this oath had been for nine years to keep the city of London, to a certain extent, unrepresented ; but it must not be supposed that by mentioning that cir cumstance he was there as the advocate of Baron Rothschild. He was instigated to pursue the present course by his feelings as an Englishman and a member of the British Parliament—(hear, heart—and he for one would not allow the fag end of this oath to debar his Jewish fellow-subjects from their civil rights. (Hear ) [LEFT SPEAKING.] A letter from Athens sates that Mr. Smith O'Brien is at present travelling in Greece. THE DIVIDENDS.—The dividends will be payable to the public at the Bank of England on Wednesday, the 9th inst. THE " POLL AT ELECTIONS."—By a❑ order in Council, dated April 4th inst., her Majesty has bee❑ pleased to direct that the town of Ventnsr shall be a polling-place for the Isle of Wight. MEMORIAL TO LIEUT. WALSHAM.—A. brass tablet has just been placed in St. James's Church by the school fellows of this gallant young officer, who fell one of the first sacrifices of his country on the heights of the Alma. —lpswich, Express. We regret to hear of the death, on Saturday last, at his residence, Cum'aerland-terrace, Lloyd-square, Pen tonville, of Mr. John Stoneman, of the firm of Iloulston and Stoneman, Paternoster-row, in his 64th year. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at the previous price of 61d. The dollars have not yet been disposed of. A meeting of the Deposit and General Life Assurance office was held yesterday ; but the directors considered it expedient to avoid publicity. The London and County Bank have announced that Messrs. Philip Patton Blyth, J. C. E wart, M.P., and Wm. Lee, M.P., have been elected directors of that establi,hmenf. SACRED HATIMONIC SOCIETY. —Herr Formes has ar rived in England, and will sing in the oratorio of Elijah on Friday next. The Bulletin de Paris assures us that, from information collected, it can state that the appearance of the corn crops throughout the country is of the most promising character, and if no unforeseen accident happen the production of this year is likely to turn out uuusually productive. HER ili AJESTY'S THEATRE.—Pending the issue of the managerial prospectus, it may be interesting to our mu sical readers to know that an engagement has just been concluded with Alaalle. Marietta Piccolomini, who will make her first appearance in England on Vie boards of her Majesty's Theatre. This young lady (the niece of Cardinal Piccolomini) has only very lately adopted the stage as a profession. Her performances in Rome, Flo rence (at the Pergola), Bologna (at the Comrnunale), Turin (at the Carignano), and lastly, Sienna (her native town), have nevertheless already made her celebrated ; and in one opera especially—" La Traviata," of Verdi —her success has been s) extraordinary that enthusi astic compatriots have almost made an idol of her. Whether she is destined to create the same impresvion upon the more sober public of this metropolis remains to be seen ; if, however, one half that has bee ft n written and said of her is true she roust be a very gied and at person. Madlle. Piccolimini was engaged at • Padua and other Italian towns up to October ; but, in order to secure her services for the forthcoming season • of her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Lumley, we understand, bas paid the stipulated forfeit to the directors of those establishments. THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—The first st: , ne of this institution founded in honour of the illustrious Duke whose name it bears, for the education of orphan sons of officers of the army and the East India Company's service, will be laid early in the ensuing mouth of May ; and we understand her Majesty,. desirous of further evincing the deep interest she takes in its success, an d h er sympathy with those whom it is intended to benefit the orphan sons of Gallant men who have fallen, or ma y hereafter fall, in the d ischar o 3 of their duty to tleir country—has signified her pleasure to take part in the ceremony. The original Intention was to lay the foun dation stone on the Ist of May, the anniversary of the late Duke's birthday, but that has been abandoned, owing to the day this y ear being Ascein , ion-day. It may be desirable to some of our reAders to know that tie site of the intended building is about two miles from the Military CAlege of Sandhurst, on the Reading and Reigate Railway. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. [A. part of the following appeared in our impression yesterday :-1 The Board resumed its sitting this morning at a quar ter-past 11 o'clock. Lord Lucan, who appeared in an excited state before eroceeding with his case, said he considered it due, not miy to himself, but to the other gallant officers who Ronld find themselves in a similar position, to call the ittentien of the Board to an article published this morn• ng in the Times newspaper. The paper had been put into iis band since leaving home, and he had not had time to read it thoroughly, but he had read sufficient to enable im to say that a more improper article in itself, from its njustice, from the manner in which it had allowed itself comment upon all that transpired yesterday, upon the nanner in which it had allowed itself to scan and sift the ,vidence of the different witnesses, and to compare chat had transpired yesterday, and that already pub ' ished in the report to which ho objected, and the ails. .fations he was endeavouring to rebut, for the manner in ehich it had brought forfflard the evidence of those per ;ens be proposed to examine, the Times had had the audacity to bring it forward as established evidence to meet that which he had brought forward, and he did not hesitate to state that a more disgraceful article had never appeared in any paper before. If the paper pretended to be the leader of publie opinion in England, he was Aatisfied there was not an Englishman who would not feel ashamed of writing such an article. Having said that he tailed the attention of the Board to it, and asked them to interfere if they ceuld, and prevent the repetition of ,uah pending the inquiry. The Board having conferred together, The Assistant-Judge-Advocate said that it was a mat- er requiring consideration, and that the Board would leliberate on it and give him their answer in the after ;Art of the day. Lord Lucan said that he would submit to the Board the course he intended to pursue. He should proceed with the examination of Colonel Griffiths, and after that kith the examination of Sir R. Airey, when he should himself for examination. Having done that, he :liould ask the Board to give him a short time to pre )are his reply on his case. _ . . The Assistant-Judge-Advocate, after conferring with the Board, said they would give an answer to the noble ord at a subsequent period of the day. The Assistant-Judge-Advocate handed to his lordship written paper, on which Lord Lucan said he understood the Court to ask him vhether he could produle Lord Raglan's order for the .:avalry's being employed on transport duties, and what t amounted to. He said he thought he could. His )wn letter acknowledged the receipt of it, and it in formed Lord Raglan how he intended to carry out hip lordship's orders. He received from Sir R. Airey, the Quartermaster-General, a letter dated 12th of Dacember, 1854, in which he stated that as the cavalry horses were lot occupied in field operations, Lord Raglan hal di- cected that 500 horses should be employed in conveying movisions for the infantry to the heights. General Peel—What was the duty of the horses ? Lord Lucan—The horses were divided into dithrent narties. They had to leave the camp about 8 o'clock in he morning and go to Balaklava, a dragoon leading , ach baggage-horse with their own saddles of the regi• nent, because there were no pack saddles to be had. After that they pro ceeded to each division of the camp cith provisions. General Peel— What weight did each horse carry ? Lord Lucan—As there were no pack-saddles Le in- ormed Lord Raglan they could not carry more tha❑ .ne hundred weight. Had there been pack-saddles each orse could have carried 2 cwt. The way the horses vere worked was perfect destruction to them. Thcy sere in a bad condition, and their ribs were greatly ex wised, so that they were i❑ much greater danger than 10...5ea in good condition. General Peel—ln your letter you allude to the double f irage. What was the forage duty of the horses? Lord Lucan said that what was meant by double forage duty was, that the light dragoon horses had to carry both for themselves anti others. They had to make double journeys. Colonel Griffiths was then called and examined by Lord Lucan—He said he was unable to state the day or month when he was examined by the Crimean Commis sioners, Sir J. M'Neil and Colonel Tulloch. The day on which be was the field-officer for the day, on the lfith, two days after the storming Sebastopol, be went to Lord Lucan to ask his order for the picquet. It was not ready. Lord Lucan then referred to a coat he had on. In the course of the conversation he said, "My Lord, I fear that if something is not done immediately `or my horses, they will suffer considerably, and I shall !use the greater part of them," having a,'ready lest a considerable number. You replied, "D you think I have not thought of that already. I have a gnat mind to put you under arrest." My impres , ion, at the time, was, and is still, that the threat to put me under arrest was for making that suggestion to you. There might have been warm expressions used by me towards your lord ship, but I did not use them before your lordship had used harsh words to me that called them forth. Lord Lncan said the witness was not giving a full an 4wer. He was not informing the Court of all that passed. Col. Griffiths—l am convinced of this. I nor any man would a,sk a favour of a person in a disrespecttul manner. I certainly should not do so. Lord Lucan submitted that was not a full and pro per answer to the question, and it would be necessary for him to examine Col. Griffiths further. Lard Lucan—You recollect the storm of the 14th November ? Col. Griffiths—Yes. Lord Lucan—What ground did your regiment occupy? Col. Griffiths—The lowest of all. Lord Lucan—Was that the first encampment ? Colonel Griffiths—l can't say. The ground was wet and low ; and as an instance of that I saw a goose on one occasion swimming about there in the water and mud. Lord Lucan—Yon know perfectly well that on the hill the Heavy Brigade occupied two different grounds of encampment ? Col. Griffiths—The Greys had three encampments. Lord Lucan--I wish to ask you whether, on the 14th Nov., you occupied the first ground we took up on going up the hill, or whether you had moved ? Col. Griffiths—l am certain it was the first ground. Lord Lucan—Did you keep a journal during the autumn and winter of 1854 55 ? Col. Griffiths—l made a few memorandums. Lord Lucan—Are they producable ? Col. Griffiths—l don't think I could get them. Lord Lucan—Are they in England ? Col. Griffiths—No, certainly not. Lord Lucan—Do you recollect that as soon as the weather permitted, after the storm of the 14th, you changed your ground to a position near Sebastopol ? Col. Griffiths.--I had not changed when I spoke to you about the horses. After the storm of the 14th I moved to a position near Lord Raglan's quarters. It was only a quarter of a mile, at the furthest. Lord Lucan—ln your evidence before the Crimean Commissioners you state that not only was Col. Hodges and Lord W. Paulett, but others. Inform the Court who they were to whom you allude as being present on that occasion. Col. Griffiths—lt is so long ago, and I have not asked any officer if he heard it. I stated to the commissioners that so and so was present, and I state eo now, but who they were lam unable to remember. I believe, how ever, that your lordship's son and Col. Walker were present, and that the interview took place between ten alai eleven o'clock in the morning. Lord Lucan—Do you recollect when and how often you met your Brigadier-General, and the other officers commanding in the heavy brigade, whilst on the Hill ? Colonel Griffiths—l have no recollection of meeting any of them previous to the 14th, or of having done so whilst on the Hill. Lord Lucan—Do you recollect any differences occur ring between yourself, General Scarlett, and myself, in consequence of some remarks you made about taking the saddles off. Colonel Griffiths—l don't recollect it now. Lord Lucan— Don't you recollect it? Witness, on consideration, said he did. Lord Lucan—Was it a meeting of commanding officers ? Colonel Griffiths —No ; I think it was in the morning. It was very damp at the time, and General Scarlett moved the brigade. I had not received say order through a mistake. I was sent for. Lord Lucan--There was a meetino. of officers, as I have mentioned, at which Colonel Griffiths was repre sented by Major Sullivan. (To witne-s)—Do you not recollect meeting commanding-officers in Lord. W. Paulett's tent on one or two occasions during Sir William's absence at Scutari. Colonel Griffiths-4 don't recollect being at any meet ing of commanding officers when we were in the front, but I believe I was in the plain of Kadikoi. Lord Lucan said, that in examining the witness on this point he wished to show that these meetings were with reference to sheltering the horses. (To witness.) —Can you say that this altercation took place the same day as that on which the cavalry removed ? Colonel Griffiths—lt took place the day I was the field officer after the storm of the 14th. Lord Lucan—Did you not say, in a very loud tone of voice, "You are not sposking to me as a gentle man," before any thing was said about arrest ? Gdonel Griffiths—No, my lord. Lord Lucan—Did you subsequently make use of those words, or any words like them ? Colonel Griffiths—Yes, I did. Lord Lucan—State to the Court what they were ? Colonel Griffiths—l said that I bad only addressed you as one gentleman would another, and that you had no right to use the expressions you had to me. Lord Lucan—Woat were the expressions ? Colonel Griffiths- 1 : have stated them already. Lord Lucan—(to the Court)—l am rather at a loss how to proceed, being unaccustomed to this sort of ex amination. (To the witnes,)—You are requested to repeat the expressions to which you have alluded. Col. Griffiths—l have done that before. Sir W. Rowan—You are asked to repeat them. Col. Griffiths--I have done so already. I have dificultYll7,;ecollecting the precise word; Lord Lucan made use of, in consequence of my suggesting to bitn his making provision for providing some £3.1 1 1 sl. 91 St. Ili 654 41 163 102 If 10 St. 1 20 St. li St. 1i 111 gt. 12i 7. 1.0 I al St. ilOl 2011' St. I.oi St. 110 t.;101 St. 1 10 10 al 3 al .0 al 10 al St 101 !6•1 al 13A ..;t. 110 St. 10 St. !10 St 110 St. 10 S . . 10 St 1101 2 21 rx; it. 10 4t. St. It 3t. St. St. 1 St. 1 St. St. 1 20 1 12 25 11 20 al St. 10 10 9 3 A a 25 al 10 1 ..0.6 St. St. li St. 11 20 20 25 25 426 all Stock. & Ilartl. g. p.c. till July 1,'56 , 5 4i ;Wtert(l.&Kilk.6pci 108 20 7 1 Al 1 4.1 sO s. 20 1 35 2 9.1 20 , 1 1 at. 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T,pria V.Go.6p.e.Jau&July 33 - 35 64 - 140 -- 145 IC9I 110 107 -- 109 1 106 ►O3 I2i-- 2i 5i -- 5i li - 2 87 - 89 3J 31 8 - 10 5 - 6 3i - 4 * - fP 18 - 22 ..• ••• A } A - iP 3 -- 3# .. - ...p. - 1 -- 37 - • 11 413 39 .4• ''''' .. 33/ 4 all all 10 100 all all 10 all 10 10 5 100 1 20 Pm pm 95i d 1021 x d 1.. ~~ 34i 4 Pm 3i 3 ; ./PlV.,,i' covering for the horses. 'lt was then he said, " You think I have not thought of that my. self. I have a good mind to put yon under arrest." His lordship used warm words that might have brought forth warm worth in reply. The finish of the conversa tion was that said to him, "I have only spoken as 900 gentleman Would to another, and you have no right to use these words to me." That was all I said. Your lordship then ordered me to j , in my regiment, and I replied I was the field officer of the day, and then you told me to join my picquet. I don't profess to recollect the precise words that were then used, but I have no doubt there are those who do. Lord Lucan—What were those harsh words of mine I Colonel Griffiths—l have said I can't remember. I know you used very strong language, and that you be came very excited. Maj ,r Connelly was the first I spoke to on the subject,. Perhaps he can recollect what I said to him. Major Connelly--I was parading the picquet at the time. Colonel Griffiths—l told the officers of my own regi ment immediately after the interview every word I said. I have not communicated with them since respecting it. I did not say one word more before the commissioners tha,n-was extracted from me by the questions they put to roe. The evidence I gave then was in self-defence, to show that I had not neglected the interest of ray own regiment. Lord Lucan—Did you make any official complaint to your Brigadier ? Col. Griffiths—No ; I made none to any one. Lord Lucan—llai you not 95 men at this time sick —present and absent ? Colonel Griffiths—l dare say I had. I can't say if I bad or had not. Lord Luctn—Do you not know that when the cavalry first changed their camps that it was proposed as soon as materials could be got, and the assistance of some Turks, to move the permanent camp about a quarter of a mile moee to the south ? Col. Griffiths—As far as T remember I don't recollect anything about it. I think there was an order some day or two before leaving the heights of Balaklava, but more than that I don't remember. Lord Lucan—Did you then believe that the cavalry were to remain there where they were durh g the winter? Col. Griffiths--No, I did not expect it because we had had so many changes, and that was the reason why I spoke to you respecting sheltering the horses. I think we had moved some 20 times and more from our landing to that time. Lord Lucan—What sort of covering for the horses would you have prepared at the time to which yots refer ? Col. Griffiths—l would have dug only a half foot drain in the front and rear of the horses. That of itself would have kept them from being covered with mud and water as they were ; and as I proved afterwards in the encampment at Kadikoi. When the horses laid down they were covered with water and mud, and the conse quence was that with the sudden change of the weather, a frost coming, on the horse, if laid down all night or in the day, Ras so paralysed with the free, and so froz , n, that he could not rise—his spine being paralysed with the front, and we lost many of them. The Turks made a few very fine huts. Lord Lucan (to the Court)—ls this evidence ? Colonel Griffiths—l am only explaining. The Turks who were close to us at this time built a large lumber of huts which General Scarlett purchased for his men at 30/. each. Lord Lucan (t the Court)—What has this to de with it ? Colonel Griffiths—l am only exp'aining what I think I have a right to do. At this time several of the captains of the ships in Balaklava harbour asked why application was not made to them for tarpaulins and sails with which to oover the horses and for the men to be employed in erecting temporary shelter, but I laughed at the time, thinkinse it badanage. However, I found after that so ne of the artillery availed themselves of it and had shelter. I would have given shelter by drawing round the horses and turning up mud walls to the homes knees, which would have kept their legs dry and benefitted then. If the horses had been protected only as high as the stomach they milet have been benefitted. L rd Lucan—Was it your business or that of the Divisional Commander to drain a camp? Colonel Griffiths—l should not think it your business nor mine, but the engineers'. Genet al Peel—Wee it necessary for you to obtain per mission for doing the trifling work you allude to to shelter the horses ? Colonel Griffiths—l have already explained that we changed often, and it was in consequence of that, and having so many sick men, that I did not feel justi fied in calling upon my men to do work to-day that, by our being moved to-morrow, would have been useless. General Peel—Did you make a communication to that effect to Lord Lucan ? Col. Griffiths—Yes, I did. Lord Lucan—Tell the Court whether I had anything to do with moving the cavalry ? Col. Griffiths-1 can't answer that question. You gave the orders for it to move. Lord Lucan—At what date did the Captains of trans ports offer canvass, and to whom was the offer made ? Col. Griffiths—l don't know. It was the talk of the camp. The time my friends spoke to me about it I can't recollect. Lord Lucan—Did you shelter your own horses, at any time, On the hill with canvass Col. Griffiths—No. Lord Lucan—Your own private horses? Col. Giiffiths —No. Because it was no use going to the expense, not knowing how many hours I might re main in one place, otherwise I might have done it. Lord Beauchamp—Did the movements of the Cavalry camp rest with Lord Lucan ? Col. Griffiths.—He was the only authority from whom I received my orders to move. Sir W. Rowan—Do you mean to say positively that Lord Lucan threatened t place you under arrest for making that suggestion relative to the horses ? Col. Griffiths—Yes ; I believe so. That was my im pression at the time, and is so now. The witness then retired. Lord Lucan called Sir Richard Airey as his next Lord Lucan—Were you personally examined by the Crimean Commissioners ? Sir Airey—No ; never. Lord Lucan—lnform the board if you recollect the morning of the Bth, when I was in conversation with Lord Raglan. Sir R. Airey—l can't recollect any particular date. Your lordship was in constant communication with Lord Raglan with reference to your sheltering your horses. Lord Lucan—Did I not on that occasion ask for in structions about the winter quarters, and did I not afterward daily commu n i ca t e , personally or otherwise, to Lord Raglan for the assistance of an engineer? Sir R. Airey—Most certainly. Lord Lucan—When you said in your evidence before the Crimean Commissioners that an engineer was placed at my disposal, did you mean more than that you had ordered one ? Did you mean to convey that an engineer officer really had been given to me at the time ? Sir R. Airey—l regret that your lordship did not give me some insight into the nature of the questions you in tended to put to me, as I could then have given more satisfactory answers to them than I am now able to do. I am, however, able to answer the question to a certain extent. Lord Lucan from the commencement pressed to be informed whether cavalry would probably be camped, so that he might at once commence operations for the shelter of his horses, and after that for materials. After the cavalry were ordered down to Kadikoi, Lord Lucan recommenced his applications for material for sheltering his horses. This was brought under the notice of Lord Raglan, and we were all anxious to effect that object. Afte r that he received a letter from Lord Lucan for the assistance of a cavalry officer. Colonel Gordon said one could not be spared, but as soon as he could he should be sent to Lord Lucan, but that then he could not be solely and exclusively at the service of the cavalry. Lord Lucan—Then may the Board suppose, from all that passed within your knowledge on this subject, that there was no want of promptitude or ingenuity in pro viding shelter for the cavalry horses ? Sir R. Airey—l say, certainly, that every exertion was made by your lordship in providing for the shelter of the horses. After answering some other questions, in whiois he explained the application for canvass for sheltering the horses, and that the Artillery got the most of it from being close to Balaklava, Sir R. Airey retired, and the Court adjourned for half an hour. On the return into Court, The Deputy - Judge-Advocate announced that the Board had considered the subject alluded to by Lord Lucan, relative to the Times, and said the Beard thought it would be betters-if tke Times would abstain from commenting on those proceedings until after the Board had presented their report to her Majesty. Colonel Doherty, of" the 13th Light Dragoons, was next examined with reference to his statement before the Commissioners, that the hutting of the horses was not completed before the 221 of January, and was asked if he still adhered to that statement, or believed it to be a mistake ? He said he might have made a mistake, but he could not say now whether it was or not. On this witness retiring, Colonel Tufloch was called, but did not answer. The Deputy•Judge-Advocate stated that in conse quence of an application that had been made to the Board by the above officer he would be allowed to call evidence and cross-examine witnesses to support any portion of the commissioners' report that was in:" pugned. Lord Lucan was called upon to produce the letter he had received from Lord Raglan relative to the hut ting, &c., which he handed in. General Peel asked Lord Lucan if he was of the same opinion as Col. Griffiths with reference -to the advantage of digging a trench or drain round the horses would hare been to them. Lord Lucan said he should hope if any command ing officer had entertained such an opinion that they would have carried it immediately into effect. There was nothing on the plateau to give shelter to the horses. He was not aware of any canvass being offered, and if it had he did not think it would have been safe. Every one knew that on the 14th every tent was blown down. The Board not having any further questions to vitae his lordship, lie was informed that possibly Col. Talloch might wish to ask him some questions if to morrow, and it was for him to decide he would proceed with hie address to the Court then or wait the result. Lord Lucan said be thought it would be better to wait. The Court, shortly after 3 o'clock, adjourned till to morrow, and then at its rising will adjourn to Friday, There will be no sitting on Thursday. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA RAILWAY.—The dir.c.; tors of this company recommend the payment of a divi dend at the rate of 8 per cent. annum. spwr r LAI u the e pri' cd gastb l a 0 6 ly the Li 00 1 of tk e other' ~ mitt cool' the f° l ' ee cho' n were he los/ - 30 DN. 35 a i 85 25j 8 1 i 411 2 I I 1