The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-21 00:00:00

)t • *„ ••••4,•;, 6'U V OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(Phis Eveuiri,g.) GREAT NORTHERN. 10 to 3 agst One Act (taken) 11 to 2 agst The Earl (taken) 6to 1 agst Fandango (taken) Bto 1 agst Heir of Linne (taken) FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. sto 1 agt Hospitality (taken) sto 1 aget Pamicestone (taken) 6to 1 agst Uzella (taken) 6to 1 agst Zeta (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken and offered) 3to 1 agsVPorto Rico (take 7to 2) Bto 1 agst Milton CHESTER - CUP. Bto 1 agst Imogene . Bto 1 aget Hospitality (taken) 10 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey 25 to 1 agst Fatalist (taken) 25 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) DERBY. 9to 4 agst Wentworth (taken) sto 1 agst Ellington (take 11 to 2) 10 bo 1 agst Cannobie (taken and offered) 33 to 1 apt Peter Wilkin4 (taken) ARRIVALS AT YORK. Dulcamara, Madame Clicquot, Minerva colt, Kestrel, Actuary, Lady Tatton, Panmure, Magnifier, Hospita lity, Heir of Linne, Gamekeeper, Saunterer, Sir George, Bourgeois, Peace (late Beuzey), Skirmisher, One Act, Gaudy, Red-White-and-Blue, Medway, Sebastopol, Nougat (2 yrs), Roving Betsy, Fisherman, Fandango, Saraband, The Earl, Ghika, Pretty Boy, Apathy (2yrs), Viscount, Fanny Fern, Hesse Cassell, Zeta, Skirmisher (2 yrs), King of Trumps, Berezina, and Assayer. The ground is in excellent order. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—{This Evening.) the LORD CHANCELLOR took his'seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE NAVAL REVIEW. The Earl - of MALMESBURY begged to draw the attention of the noble and learned lord on the woolsack to a complaint which had been made by certain Irish peers, not members of that house, that they were not included in the accommodation provided for their lordshipi for the ptirpo/e of witnessing the review. He wished to know whether those Irish . Peers would not have tickets issued to them ? Lord CAMPBELL hoped the same privilege would be extended to the Scotch Peers. The Lord CHANCELLOR said he would use' his best endeavour to have both the Irish and Scotch peers accommodated on the occasion. ADJOURN - AIENT OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of E. GTZANYI LLE it was agreed that the house at its rising adjourn till Thursday. The Marquis of CLAN EtICA.R DE presented a peti tiOn in favour of Marriage with a deceased wife's sitter. The noble marquis took, occasiou to express his entire satisfaction that; her Majesty's Government had not 'adoPted the recommendation of the committee of the H' - use of Commons 'to rernoTe the column of the Duke of York on Carlte n .t errace , an d ma ki ng a roa d into St. James' , -park. After a brief conversation the subject dropped.l A great many petitions were presented a.tainst the Chucrch Discipline Act by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord LyttAton. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bari of Carnarvon, Lord Rodesdale, and several other lible peers. Petitions were also presented against the Oath of Abjuration Bill, and against the abolition of chtirch atom. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the 'Basting den awl Rawtenstall Water Bill, and the Southiort Wwer Bill were severally read a second time. t ., Tho Lambeth Water Bill was read a third time itnd assed. THE INDIAN CURRENCY. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from the European, the Chinese, and other Asiatic merchants of Singapore, remonstrating against the introduction by the Government of India of a novel and highly inconvenient currency instead of a long esta blished, convenient, and satisfactory one ; thereby throning confusion into the commerce of that .and the associated British settlements in the Straits of Malacca. The noble earl then referred to the currency of Siriga p.re, which was on the decimal system, and was of a most perfect kind. Its imports and exports amounted to seven millions sterling. There was no Land tax, no tartar°, and no inoturpha, and, therefore, it contrasted most favourably with the continent of India. The currency affairs of Singapore were in most admirable order until the Government introduced its barbarous metallic currency, and interfered most unwarantably with the commercial operations of the 'colony. The noble earl then went into the details to show inferiority of the currency about to be forced upon inhabitants of Singapore. Earl GRANVILLE explained that the Spanish cur rency which had prevailed in that colony was not a legal tender, and the officers of the Government were paid their salarie4 in Indian rupees. CHURCH DISCIPLINE BILL. The LORD CII9.NCELLOS rose to move the second reading of this bill. The noble and learned lord entered at some length into the object; of the bill. [LENT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COVIDIONS—(This Evening.) The &TAKER took the chair atte usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Captain lIANDCOCK took the oaths and his seat fur Athlone. PETITIONS. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from certain shipowners in Liverpool, praying far the repeal of the pottion of the Mercantile Marine Act which makes it imperative to , ship and pay off crews at the Government Wooing! office. Mr. WYNDHAM . presented f ,ur petitions from Sus sex against he a itnissi ,, n of Jews into Paeiament. Mr: MU/ROUGE' pr,sented a petition from the Torner'i Company against the C,ty of London Corpoin . lion Mr. MILNES nresented a petition from the married women of Wakefield, in favour of an alteration of the law affecting the property of married women. DAY OF THANKSGIVING. In answer to the question of an Hon. Member, Sir G. GREY said the question was rather prema ture. It was not usual to appoint a day of thanksgiving until after the ra.tine. s ation of peace, and these ratifioa tion,, had not yet been reee.iv,A. I THE FIREWORKS TO CELEBRATE PEACE. Mr. L. VERNON asked whether the fireworks would be charged to the estimates this year, or whether a special vote would be taken for the subject ? (Laughter.) Mr. MONSELL said no estimate for the fireworks would be taken this year. (Hear, hear.) Captain Boxer bad certainly received 3rders to manufacture a quantity of fireworks at Woolwich, and the erection now going on in the parks was certainly being carried on under his superintendence. The reason that the Chief Commissioner of Works was not carrying out these arrangements was that the hon. baronet had represented to Lord Panmure that such duties would interfere with other important works, and Lord Paurnure had directed Capt. Boxer to superintend the works. Mr. ROEBUCK—By whose - authority are the ar rangements for these fireworks being carried out? —(latighter, and loud cries of 'he'ai, hear.) Mr. MONSELL—Bv the - Secretary of State. Mr. ROEBUCK—What Secretary of State ? (Loud aughter.) Mr. MONSELL—The Secretary of State for the War Department. (Hear, h ear .) Mr. ROEBUCK begged to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether be had beets•consulted as to the ex penses of these sqnibs purl crackers—(lm:id laughter)—and whether be thought it was proper to put such a charge in the civil contingencies. (Loud laughter.) The CHANCELLOTI a- the EXCHEQ UER said that he had been consulted, and he was guided by the course that was adopted at the last celebration of peace. (Loud laughter.) The cost he thought would not exceed 8,000/., and bethought it was a proper one to charge to the civil contin gencies. ' Lord J. MANNERS wished to ask wheiher these de monstrations were to take place immediately on rece i v . ing the ratifications of the peace, or whether they wer e to be postponed till after the House of Commors had expressed its opinion on the treaty of peace ? (Laughter.) Sir G. GREY said it was usual, on the conclusion of " honourable peace, to have those demonstrations. The bon. member would find that, on the occasion of the Tr' aty of Amiens, the deinonstrations took place on the y day peace was proclaimed. If these demon strations were postponed till after the ratificatinn . _ the people would be disappointed. (Lang,hter.) Fire : works would be discharged in the Green-park, Hyde i)syk, and Victoria-park. • 0 4 1 1 Mr. BRADY wished to know whether there was to • be any display in Dubli2. (Load laughter.) - Sir G. GREY must refer the hon. member to the 'Lard-Lieutenant. (Laughter.) Col. KNOX asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he woul'l lay upon the table of the hone an esti mate of the probable cost of the contemplated fireworks and b uildings now in course' of erection in the several parks of the Metropolis, and of any other expenditure contemplated on the occasion of peace. No thought these rejoicings for peace were premature, the country not being aware of the nature. of the terms of peace. The feeling out of doors was that the peo ple would anon he called upon by the tax-gatherer to • pay for the Frenchman's peace. Great mischief must re result to the parks and the trees; from so many persons b e i ng no n f zregated at night i n the park. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho 00144 dilly repeat what he had alr ea dy btated 'Oll Tglit# subject. The Government believed they were justified in the course proposed. It was not the intention of the Government to lay an estimate of the expenses before the house, but defray it out of the sums annually placed at the disposition of the Executive Government for the payment of extraordinary charges. After some remarks from Lord J. MANNERS, who said that neither the house nor the people were prepared to welcome the peace that had been made, Sir G. GREY said that this celebration of the peed)" would not prevent hon, gentlemen from dissenting afterwards from the terms of peace, make war again upon Russia, or impeach ministers. In answer to a question, Sir G. GREY said that no fairs would lee held in the parks. Mr. DUNCOMBE asked when peace was to be pro claimed., and that if the proposed rejoicings were to take place how long they were to oontinue. Public rumour said they were to last from three days to a week. The public looked upon these rejoicings with apathy and contempt—(hear, hear) —the feeling in this war being that if energy and vigilance had been exercised no war would have taken place, and that when it was by the Aberdeen Government it was with great insincerity, and had been conducted with indifference and cruelty. The people also believed that by the diplomacy and intrigue of Austria, Russia bad obtained ,by these means what her arms could not achieve in the field. Nothing had been done to restore the nationalities of Estope, but, on the contrary, to sink them lower, and the people of England therefore considered they had nothing to rejoice pt. (Hear.) Mr. BENTINCK said the Chancellor of the Exche quer had mistaken the purport of the question that had been put to him, viz:, that the eountry should not be called on to rejoice at a peace of the details of which they were in ignorance. It would have been better to have deferred those rejoicings until after the details were known to the country. The subject then dropped. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. STANLEY called attention to the accommoda tion that had been provided for the members of the house to view the naval review in comparison with that pro vided for the Government departments. Sir C. WOOD said that the ratifications of peace could not be received for three weeks. The Government had no knowledge or intention of having three days' rejoicing for peace, but only fireworks, at a time when the people had left work, and they would not last probably longer than three hours. With regard to the accommodation provided for the members of the House of Commons to view the naval review, ample provision had been made to accommodate every mem ber of the house. There need be no apprehension as to the personal safety of hon. members, although the Perseverance had been selected for the particular service. Mr. GROGAN hoped the - Under Secretary for Ire land would take a note of what had occurred in the house with reference to the rejoicings, and call the Lord Lieu tenant's attention to it, that the people of Ireland might have a night's enjoyment. The same privilege ought to be extended to Scotland. Mr. HORSMAN said if justice to Ireland required it that he thought the Dublin member were remiss in not calling the attention of the Lord• Lieutenant to it (Cries of oh, oh.) LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL. Loid J. RUSSELL asked the Home Secretary when the London Corporation Reform Bill would be pro ceeaed with. Sir G. GREY said there was no chance of its being pnceeded with this evening, and he must postpone it tid Friday week, the next Government day on which he ennA bring it on. It would not come on for considera tion before that day, and if he found it could not be proceeded with he A-2uld give due twine to the house. THE NAVAL REVIEW. M r. M. CHAMBERS'asked what provision had been made fur the artisaTis of the dockyard who had been co gaged in constructing portions of the fleet ? Sir C. WOOD—Certain accommodation has been made. Mr. MALINS, before the Speaker put the motion for the adjournment of the house, called the attention of the house to the charge made by the Clerk of the Ordnance against Messrs. Grissell of having inserted pieces of iron in the mortars made by them, in order that the flaws in the materials they had used might escape observation. The hon. and learned gentleman said that the . Government being pressed for mortars, Messrs. Grissell undertook to manufacture eight mortars of five tons each at 241. per ton, and proceeded to detail how the contractors had acted in order to pros duce the best article that possibly could be manufac tured. [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) The Board of General officers reassembled this morn ing at the Royal Hospital;Cheleea, at the usual hour. Lord Lucan commeuced the proceedings this morn ing by first putting the question to Colonel Tulloch which, on a previous day, the Board took time to con sider was a question that ooght to be put to him, viz., whether he would now produce a letter which on a former occa•ion he had stated was in his possession or that of Sir J. M`Neil, in which the Government had in timated their approval of the report of the Commis sioners ? Colonel Tulloch said he bad given a letter to the Judge-Advocate-General that he (Colonel Tulloch) had received from Sir J. IPNeil, in which he stated that Lord Panmure informed bim-- The Judge-Advocate-General said, you showed me a copy of a private letter. You must use your own dis cretion whether you will produce it or not. Colonel Tulloch—lt will be necessary for me to con sult Sir. J. M.'Neil first. There is a public letter, of which the Board have a copy. Lord Liman—l will put' the question to Colonel Tul loch in a different form. Have you a copy of a letter received from Lord Panmure, iu which he intimates the Government approve of your report ? Colonel Tulloch—Here is the copy of the letter I have alluded to. I should not like to read the whole of it ; but I will a portion of it. Sir J. .111'Neil says, "And when I next saw L r,l Panmure he told me he had read every word of it (that is the report), and that he consi dered it to be temperate and moderate ; and he only took objection to a part of it that he thought more pro perly belonged to military statistics, which he would have to lay before the Horse Guards." Besides this, I think the board have a copy of an official letter, stating that Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons inti mated his approval of the report. The Judge Advocate-General said the board had no such letter. Colonel Tulloch raid there was such a letter, and he would furnish the board with a copy of it in the course of the day. Lord Lucian then called Admiral Sir E. Lyons. He said he commanded the Black Sea fleet. He was never applied to for canvass with which to shelter the horses, and had never heard that such an appeal had been ma le to the fleet until he entered that Hall.' Had such an appeal been made, he must have known it ; because, whilst the cavalry were in such a sad state, be was in the habit of riding daily to the c imp to see if assistance could be given them. He did not consider that such an application was made by Lord Raglan ; because, before the 14th of November, as many sailors, marines, and carpenters had been sent to the assistance of the army, with as much canvass as could be spared from the fleet. It would have been impossible to have supplied canvass for covering 2,000 horses. He never had at one time 15 sail of the line. The largest number he had at one time did not exceed 11 ; the average was 7. These ships were engaged in watching the coast, and he had not one man on board any of those vessels whom under any possible circumstances he could have spared to the army. Colonel Tulloch had stated that there was nothing to prevent-him -Edmund Lyons) from sparing some of his 200 or 300 carpenters, but speaking from memory he should say that he never had more than 50 or 60 carnenters at one time. Lord Lucan—Would you, under such circumstances, have given up anything on th 9 application of a divisional and therefore a subordinate officer Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not. By Col. Tulloch--Each- ship of war, under ordinary circumstances, carried a second set of sails. It would not be safe to go to sea without ; but it was not usual to carry a reserved supply of canvass in addition. The quantity of spare sails or canvass for an 80 or 120 gun ship might be 7,844 yards, as stated in a nautical work, but it was impossible for any naval man to recollect the precise quantity carried. He was unable to say whether canvass could .have been procured at Constantinople. There was a great deficiency of carpenters- at Con stantinople, and he had to write ' to England for some, The Admiralty , wrote to say no more could be obtained from England.' Constantinople was again tried for carpenters for the fleet, but none could he had, and he was obliged to send to Malta and offer very high wages to get some. If it had been possible to have got carpenters at Constantinople Admiral Grey would have obtained them. He could not say if car penters and canvas could have been obtained from the merchant vessels in Balaklava Harbour. That could only be known of the admiral in charge of the harbour, but this he knew that the navy did everything they could to assist the army. SC well aCquainted was he with the number and strength of the ships in the Black Sea that he could give a list of the names of the ships and their position in the Back Sea from memory, on any particular day Col. Tulloch might name. The ships were never lying at one time snug in harbour a t ' Kamiesb. xf they had been, there would have been no difficultyin landine , the spare canvas and the carpenterg to provide shelter.; There were only two vessels at one time in harbour, and that was at Kazatch, and for a short period.' The line-of-battle ships were stationed at octaiqukii*the Goa eloug foal LuPao toria, ronnd Sebastopol, to the other side ; and the other vessels of war were spread about from the Danube to the Circassian coast, changing their number and posi tion as to any given point several times a day. Col. Tulloch explained that , he took the number, &c., of the ships from the Naval List of that date, and wbico he handed in to the Court. Admiral Lyons—lt's perfectly clear you Were not there yourself, and ..you have been misinformed, and that's about the end of it. Examination continued—He was of opinion that can vass would have been worse than useless on the plateau as Capt. Drummond had stated, but he was unable to give an opinion - on it with regard to the Talley of Kadi koi. It was a military question, which he did not feel himself qualified to answer. It will be seen by the following report how some of our flying squadron have been engaged in the Baltic during the last six weeks :-The Firefly, which left Sheerness six weeks since with the mails for the flying squadron, proceeded direct to Kiel, there coaled, thence to Faro Sound, there fell in with the Euryalus, Pylades, Falcon, and Harrier, the Imperieuse being on a cruise up the Gulf of Finland, up which she advancnd until the solid ice impeded her further progress. The Imperieuse then proceeded to Dantzic to coal, thence she went to Faro Sound, and there received, her mails from the Fire fly five days after their arrival there. Oti the arrival of the Firefly at Faro Sound she was towed through the fixed ice, from six to seven inches thick, a distance of three miles, by the Falcon screw steam-vessel, the paddles of the Firefly being rendered useless. The Fire gy then coaled there, and was towed back again by the Falcon to her anchorage. She theu took the mails to Kiel, and there found the Majestic and Caesar at anchor. She coaled there, and proceeded again to Faro Sound. On her passage down she communicated with the Amphion off Bornholm, the squadron still re maining at Kiel. She remained there for three days, when the Pylades and Falcon were sent to cruise off Gottka Sando. The Amphion and Harrier were sent to cruise eff Courland. Three days after they left the Cuckoo arrived with the news of peace and with) orders to recall the squadron. The Firefly then pro ceeded to Gottka Sando to recall the Pylades and Fal con, and thence off Courland to recall the Atnphion and Harrier. From off Courland she proceeded to Faro Sound ; when off there fell in with the Imperieuse, com municated with her ; during this time of absence of the Firefly, all the vessels except the Falcon, Cuckoo, and Impel -lime, had left there. The Firefly then, by order of Commodore Watson, proceeded up to Gottka Sando in search of the Falcon, and found her off the Island off Gottka. The Firefly, then, being senior vessel, ordered the Cuckoo and Falcon to proceed to Kiel. The Firefly then proceeded to Faro, and there took on board from the Government depot about 15 tons of coals, be• ing all that remained at the depot, a ll o th er vessels of the squadron having filled up there previous to their leaving for England. The Firefly then left on the 7th inst. for Kiel. Between Faro and Bornholm fell in with a dense fog. Guns were kept fired and fog signals made, which were shortly answered by several guns. On the Firefly approaching slowly towards the sound she found the Lit piirieuse at anchor under Bornholm. The Firefly anchored there also. On the same evening the fog clearing off, the Impdrieuse and Firefly proceeded for Kiel ; there found the flying squadron, except the Falcon and Cuckoo ; the latter vessel arrived at midnight of the same day. On the following day all left for England except the Firefly and Cuckoo, The Firefly coaled during the ngh'e and left on the following day ; she anchored off Sprogo the same evening to take astronomical .observations, remaining all that day ; at midnight weighed and proceeded to Anholt for a similar purpose ; left A.nholt in the after noon, and rounded the Scaw on the 6th inst. at 6 a.m.; she arrived . in the Downs, and anchored at 5 p.m. on Friday, making the-runefroter the Scaw in 59 hours ; re mained in the Downs nine hours fora pilot, then weighed and arrived at Sheerness at 8.30 a.m. the same day. The Firefly bas run over about 3,500 miles, . and expended during T he il w d e fi e r k e s e m t e o a r m e than e o M t a l s n t s er of C c o o m al m s. ander G. Brockman, left Sheerness yesterday morning for Ports mouth. Captain Lord F. H. Kerr proceeds round in her to be present at the coming review. The Thames steam transport, No. 92, Captain Strutt, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Crimea, with the following invalids and passengers :-Lieut. Charles P e Stokes, 4th Foot (in command) ; First Class Surgeon J. Paynter, of the Medical Staff ; Assistant Surgeon J. M'H. Cowan, of the 55,1 ; Acting Assistant Surgeon G. Hind; and Hospital-dresser W. Coombe (in medical charge) ; First Class Staff Surgeon F. Foaker ; Captain G. A. Warburton, of the 19th Foot ; Capt. J. 3. Wood, of the 82(1 ; Capt. John E. Miring, ILA. ' • Lieutenant J. Sharpies, 39th Fo o t ; Li e ut enan t Ri c h ar d Coote, 46th ; Lieut. E. Townsbend, 46th ; Lieut. C. H. Williams, R.N. ; Rev. G. J. Gill, Chaplain to the Forces ; Mr. Y. Fogartby, of the Turkish Contingent ; 1 Medical Staff Steward, 14 orderlies, 2 non-commissioned officers, 13 Commissariat bakers, 2 servants, 2 distressed sea men, and the following soldiers and others :-18 of the Royal Artillery, 2 of the Royal Horse Artillery, 1 of the Royal Sappers and Miners, 4 of the Grenadier Guards, 7 of the Coldstream Guards, 7 of the Scots Fusilier Guards, 6 of the Ist Royal Regimeht of Foot (2d battalion), 3 of the 4th, 2 of the 7th, 2 of the 9th, 9 of the 13th, 3 of 14th, 1 of the 17th, 3 of the 18th, 4 of the 19th, 1 of the 20th, 1 of the 21st, 1 of the 23d, 6 of the 30th, 5 of the 31st, 3 of the 33d, 2 of the 34th, 6 of the 38th, 3 of the 39th, 3 of the 42d, 2 of the 44th, 5 of the 46th, 2 of the 48th, 1 of the 50th, 3 of the 55th, 5 of the 56th, 1 of the 57th, 1 of the 63d, 2 of the 68th, 1 of the 71st, 2 of the 72d, 1 of the 77th, 5 of the 82d, 3 of the 88th, 1 of the 89th, 2 of the 90th, 1 of the 931, 2 of the let Battalion Rifle Brigade, of the Medical Staff Corps, 11 of the Land Transport Corps, 1 Commissariat Labourer, and 50 of the Army Works Corpe all whom she landed at the dockyard in the afternoon, and , they proceeded to invalid quarters. Tne freight-ship Hope, of 500 tons register, now lying in :,the Lendon-docks, is appointed to sail shortly for Halifax. Her magazines have been prepared for storing 40 tons of powder and anamuni.ion, which are ordered to be in readiness at Woolwich Arsenal, and to be con veyed to Gravesend for shipment on her arrival there. The Government transport Hesper, No. 47, Capt. R. Walling, lay to on Saturday morning off Woolwich Ar senal from Deptforklorthe riteihse of reshipping her powder. She proceeded thence the same day on her voy age to Plymouth to make up her caego for the East, with provisions for the troops, In pursuance of the orders for discontinuing, the fur ther despatch of gun boats from Woolwich to Fortsinputh the screw gun-boat Cochin, 2, turned over her stores to the Peacock. A telegraphic message was, however, re ceived on Saturday at noon, ordering her to receive fresh stores, and. with the Peacock, to get under wayas speedily as possible for the review. Efforts were immediately made for their eat ly clearance, after which the fitting basins will be entirely empty, and the caissons ore to be thrown open and the water drained off, and a partial holiday is to be given. A Eurnl'er . of the clerks who are desirous of wit nessing the manoeuvring of the ships at Spithead have obtained leave, and are to be accommodated with berths on board the iron screw troop-ship there, the Megsera. Accommodation is likewi-e to be given oa board tee Himalaya to the clerks of Whitehall and Somerset-house. On Saturday afternoon the Erebus floating battery was launched in the most successful manner from the building yard of Messrs. Robt. Napier and Sons, at Govan ' about 2 miles below Glasgow. O n t a ki n g th e water shedipped deeply en account of the immense weight, and was sub merged for a moment or two almost to the level of the deck, hut as all the pert-holes were closed with the excep tion of those at the bow she shipped little or no water, and gradually rose upon the reflux of the wave. Two im mense chains, fastened to two anchors of the same weight as those used on board the Duke of Wellington, line-of battle ship, and which were buried in the earth, covered with immense iron forging plates, acted as a check against the ship touching the opposite side of the bank. When the temporary warp checks on the chains had snapped, the anchors were drawn forward about two inches, and would in all probability have been drawn out altogether, but that the chains in the interior of the battery were gradually slackened from the windlass, wiiereby the Erebus got smoothly across the stream, and was brought up after slightly grazing the north bank, from whittle, however, she did not sustain the least injury. When stoat the battery drew eight feet four inches of water aft, and six feet eight inches at the bow. The Erebus left in the evening for Portsmouth, under the command of Captain Case. She is 186 feet long, with a breadth of beam of 50 feet, and a depth of 16 feet. With the exception of being nearly as flat on the bot tom as she is on the deck, she is framed and plated like any ordinary iron vessel ; but there is this peculiarity in her construction thic'oake'Tioie hull, for a distance of 12 feet from the top of the gunwales downwards, the vessel is sheathed with teak planking six inchei in thick ness and, malleablethen agai n, iron p over planking, there ar e massive p lates not the noless than four inches thick. Thus, with the inside plates, which average from to s)-inch thick, the entire hull of the ship above water mark forms, as it were, an iron and wooden wall of no less than 103 inches in thickness-a wall apparently so formidable as to be capable of resisting the effects of shot of the largest size. The battery is pierced for 30 guns, there being 15 port-holes on each side ; and her armament will consist of guns 11 feet in length, with an 8-inch bore, and capable of throwing 1001 b. shot. She is supplied with two decks-a gun-deck, which is the lower, and an upper or weather-deck. The battery has been fitted with seven water-tight bulkheads or com partments, extending from the bottom of the vessel up wards to the gun-deck. The vessel has been constructed under the superintendence of Mr. R. Kneebone, from her Majesty's dockyard at Pembroke. Of the 15 iron mortar-boats ordered 'of Mr. J. Laird in January last, 13 have been sent to Portsmouth, and the remaining two will leave Liverpool about Wednesday next. Of the .14 wooden gun-boats ordered at the end of last year, eight are now at Portsmouth, and two more will be launched at Liverpool to-day, and two to-morrow Naval and Dilutary intelligence. Tho Assurance, 4, screw deQpatoh gun-boat, CJTI2 inandet Win. G. Jones, has had her cfrieffiSs adjusted, and left Sheerness on Saturday last for Portsmouth to join the squadron. The Firefly, 4, paddlo-wheel steam vessel, Capt. H. C. - Otter, left Sheerness on Saturday at three p.m. with the new mortar-vessels, Nos. 53 and 54, and the Thames, tender to Formidable, in tow for Portsmouth. These mortar-vessels built by Harvey and Co., draw 6 feet of water, with full completnent of stores, provisions, shot, and shell, with armament com plete. Sir G:Berkeley—You have mentioned that you were constantly riding through the camp. Did it strike you that there was any want of promptitude or ingenuity displayed in not having the cavalry horses more under shelter I Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not. I saw a great many officers occupied in sheltering their horses in a way that appeared to me the most efficacious, and that was by throwing up embankments in a certain direction against the prevalent and piercing N.E. wind. Sir George Browne's horses never had any other shelter. Every one appeared to me to be doing their best. Examination continued—Ha 'was unable to form an opinion of what ought to have been done, and be never could admit there was an interval of a month, or any time, as Col. Tulloch assumed, between the 12th Nov., when the order was given to provide shelter for the cavalry, and the February following, when it was pro vided. Every one always appeared hard at work. By the Judge-Advocate•General—D o yobs consider yourself competent to speak further on the promptitude or ingenuity displayed in providing shelter for the ca valry ? _ Sir E. Lyons—No. • After some further unimportant questions the gallant admiral was informed he might withdraw; but before doing so he addressed the Board on the, cordiality and :good feeling that had existed during the Crimean cam paign, and which he trusted would continue between the army and the navy, and entered into a detailed statement of the assistance rendered by the navy to the army during their periods cf suffering, atter the battles, and sub sequently, when afflicted with sickness, &c.,i becau3 from the statements that had gone forth it might be inferred that there were many things and much assistance that might have been rendered to the army voluntarily or if asked for that had not been done or given. He was far from believing that Col. Tulloch meant to blame the navy for not giving assistance—[Col. Tulloch—No.}—but that he blamed the army for not asking for it. [Col. Tulloch—Yes.] The gallant admiral then read several letters and documents conveying the thanks of Lord Raglan and others to the navy, for the great and valuable assist ance they had given to the army, and for their readiness in placing everything they had available for the army at their command, as well as for their assistance in getting up ammunition and supplies for the army. The gallant admiral then withdrew. Major Connelly was next called by Lord Lucan.—He was Brigade-Majoim the East. On the 3:1 of October 782 horses of the heavy brigade were landed in the Crimea, aad he produced the return, signed by General Scarlett. The returns of the duties of the cavalry in the East, as stated by Col. Hodge, and, printed in the ap pendix of the report, was incorrect, so far as the heavy brigade was concerned. Col. Tulloch asked that the correct returns should br put in. Examination continued—The details of brigade duties should be obtained from the Brigade-Major, and for a division from the Adjutant-General of the division, and not from officers in the temporary command of brigades and divisions. Lord Lucan • frequently called his brigade-majors and officers of division to con sult together how they might best provide shelter for the horses. Witness read a copy of an order, dated Ist Jan,, 1855, in wir.ch Lord Lucan informed them they had better take all the care they could of their horses and men, because in all probability the calamities that had befallen the cavalry would be laid to their charge. More promptitude and ingenuity could not. have been displayed, under the circumstances, in providing shelter for the horses, and Lord Luca u had never deterred th e officers by any act of his from providing shelter. The Greys changed their encamp merit, from the time of their arrival at Balaklava to the 14th November, about seven times ; the ground of the horses might have been changed oftener. He thought it incorrect that the Greys had changed their ground during that period from 20 to 27 times. Witness, with General Scarlett, went repeatedly to Balaklava to procure canvas for nose-bags for the horses ; but they never get any. One captain of a vessel promised them a sail for that purpose, but he failed to keep his promise. No unfair prejudice could be drawn against the cavalry from the artillery providing shelter for their horses. They had greater facilities for doing it. During the whole time he was in the Crimea he never saw any of the French troop horses hutted. The French cavalry mounted on French horses suffered. One regiment suffered se much that the few horses that remained were handed over to another, and the dismounted cavalry were all fresh horsed in April witl, horses from France. The French never had an out lying picket during the canipaign. Several other French regiments suffered with their horses. All the trenches used for sheltering French horses were paved ; the 3 could not have been used without it except new trenches were dug daily. Sir G. Berkeley—There were few entrenching tools, and they were very bad. The ends of the picks and the turned up on coming in contact with hard sub stances. The handles also broke. By General Peel—The French did not put their horses under canvas. By Col. Tulloch—The return of horses on the 3d of October hail reference only to those landed. There might have been others on board in the harbour at th. time, but he could only speak of those which joined thF_ army, and for which the return was signed. The differ ence between the horses landed and the whole strength of the cavalry was named in the return ; if they wer. in the harbour at that time, they were not reported. The officer commanding a brigade was the proper person to make up a return, Such return being furnished and signed by that officer, Col. Tulloch was justifies in as sumiug it to be a correct one. No doubt• Col. Hode.e was in command when he made out and signed the re turn alluded to. The witness then explained how Col. Hodge had made a mistake in the return alluded to, and which that gallant officer much regretted. Witness was abient on duty the day the return was asked for, and Cul. Hodge, who was on duty at the. time for him, made it out with the assistance of a soldier who acted as clerk, and hence the inaccuracies complained of. By the Judge Advocate-General—Durin g the months of November, December, and January, the health of the men was very bad, and it would have been worse thin cruelty to have • worked them harder than they were during that period. The witnesses theu retired. Colonel Lowe was again recalled and re-examined by Lord Lucan. He did not remember ii the Light Ca valry commenced commissariat duties so eariyas Dec. 13. He did not think he should be properly performing his duty if he allowed himself to be deterred from the per formance of his duties by any alleged altercation between himself and his divisional general. He had never been deterred by any act of Lord Lucan's from attempting to provide shelter for his horses. His lordship had always urged upon officers the duty of making such provision. This was the whole of the evidence in Lord Lucan'h case. • Colonel Tulloch said he was not then prepared to go on with his statement, and he should require wale days to consider the matter. The Court adjourned for deliberation, and on the re• turn of the Commissioners they adjourned the Cour until Friday next. The Fulton, from New York, was telegraphed this afternoon, with 112,0001. in gold, a considerable portion of which is probably for Pans. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indus amount to 356,5741., of which 5,2001. is gold for Alexandria and Ceylon, and 351,3741. silver for Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. The Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., has given dinners during the past week at his residence, in Great Stanhope -street. The following, among others, have been guests of the right hon. baronet Excellency the Netherlands Minister,..his' Excellency the Saxon Mini ster, the Earl of Zetland, Lord Falkland, ViscouLt Monck, Lord Sudeley, Sir H. R. Fergusson Davie, Sir John Shelley, Sir Baldwin Walker, Sir Chas. Barry, Sir Chas. Eastlake, Mr. Campbell, Gen. Bnlkeley, and Mr. A. Berring,ton. On Wednesday the guests included the Bishop of Oxford, the Speaker, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir Edmund Lyons, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Wodehouse, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Baron Marochetti, Sir Edward Cust, Mr. Spencer Walpole, Sir Edward Lytton Balwer, Mr. Austin, and Mr. A. Berrington. 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When finished it will accommodate nearly 1,500 convicts. Each pri soner will be provided, so far as practicable, with a cell to himself, the separate system appearing to the autho rities the best method to ba adopted. All association • among the prisoners will be avoided, and alterations which have_been suggested as improvements on the Mo. del Prison at Pentonville- have been carefully attended to. A large and handsome church has been erected within the prison for the use of the prisoners. The con., victs will be employed in the dockyard, with which esta. blishment it is intended the priionll communicate by means of a subterranean passage. It is expected that the prison will be completed and fit for the reception of ROOM' NOT i4llO castiiag moor, • THE StiN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN I APR IL 21, TILL FALL OF KARS. ( From the Press.) By the mation of Mr. Whiteside, postponed till Monday week, the House of Commons will be called on to express an' opinion whether her Ma jesty's Government is in any degree chargeable with the great military disaster of the war—the loss of Kars. The question raised is very simple, but most important ; and the discussion will be closely scrutinised. It is a great mistake to suppose that the public are indifferent to the manner in which the campaign was conducted because the war itself is now over. On the contrary, they are eager for an explanation on circumstances which they cannot comprehend. They see that the reputation of England has in some unaccountable manner been damaged by most adverse incidents since the war commenced, and they are anxious to know whether the blame rests mainly with what is called our Administrative System, or with those men who are are at the head of the system, and who have at their disposal the whole might and re sources of the nation. It is this point which it is hoped the -impending debate will clear up, and hence it is anticipated with the strongest inte rest. The Administration is responsible to the house, but the house itself is responsible to the country. There are some facts which are indisputable. General Williams joined the army in Asia as " the Commissioner of the Queen of Eugland," in Sept., 1854, and from that date until the capitulation of Kars at the end of Nov., 1855, our Government was constantly and fully informed of the condition of the Turkish army in Asia, of its wants, its de plorable inefficiency, and its danger. Lord Claren don and Lord Panmure well knew that without prompt aid and large reinforcements that army could not hold its ground against the Russian force —they knew also that such aid was not to be ex pected from the Ottoman Government at Con stantinople. Either it wanted means or it wanted Vigour to place 'the Asian army in an efficient state. But with this knowledge our Foreign Secretary and Minister of War decided that nothing more was to be done than to make remonstranceswhich they knew would be unheeded. By sending Gen. Williams to join the army in Asia, England was directly made a party to the war in that quarter. Of this Lord Clarendon seems to have been fully conscious. It was necessary, he wrote (Sept. 22, 1854), that Gan. Williams should " have high Turkish rank given him to insure re spect for his authority ;" and in the following Oc tober he wrote that " her Majesty's Government had a direct interest in the effective state of the Turkish army, as it was likely that military opera tions on a large scale would be carried on in Asia next year.' So far there was a foresight, but it was foresight of that kind which regards the probability of events, without making the slightest preparation to meet them. • From the first of Gen. Williams's despatches to the last their tenour is the same. Constantly and un varyingly he complains of the wants of the Turkish army, and especially of the deficiencies at Kars. The infantry were in ragged clothing, without shoes, without stockings, without knapsacks., The cavalry had neither valises, boots, spurs, sabres, nor carbines. The men were 23 months in arrears of pay. For the service of -the artillery there were required horses, ammunition, and gunners. En trenching tools were wanted to repair the roads ; drugs and surgeons were needed for the hospitals ; provisions and stores of all kinds were wanted for the supply of the garrison. These wants are urged not once only, but a hundred times ; they are re peated in every variety of form, and pressed in the most moving manner. Such sentences as the fol lowing are constantly recurring in General Wil liam's despatches to Lord Clarendon : I repeat it, my lord, that not a day is to be lost ; and I urgently impress upon your lordship the necessity of prompt, active, and ample support in the execution of my duties,-Dec. 12, 1854. Lord Clarendon recognised the justice of these representations as often as they were made. He admitted the urgency of the case. He declared it was most necessary that the *ants brought to his notice should be supplied, and that all the require ments of General Williams should be promptly fulfilled. Nearly as often as be received a despatch from the British Commissioner he wrote to Lord Stratford at Constantinople, desiring that the com plaints of General Williams might be brought to the notice of the Ottoman Gavernment, and that his requisitions might be complied with. In this manner he conveniently threw all responsibility front himself. He wrote much, but did nothing. Having made up his mind that' the Turkish Go vernment ought to do whatever was necessary in Asia, he would pay no attention to the hints he received, that he was expecting more from'it than it would ever perform. He seems to have con ceived that his sole duty was remonstrance ; and this duty he discharged with wonderful pertinacity. If his Lordship's expostulations could have saved Kars, we are quite ready to admit it would never have fallen. At one time he is exalted with the hope " that measures will be taken for at length abandoning that systematic neglect with which the army at Kars has been treated." (Nov. 29, 1854.) And at another time he is silenced with despair at discovering that, " with the ex ception of some ball-cartridges, little or nothing seems to have been sent for the relief of the army at Kars . . , . notwithstanding the repeated dud urgent remonstrances of her Majesty's Govern ment, which are of aidate long anterior to the de parture of General Williams from this country" (Jan. 11, 1855). His "painful duty" at being compelled to draw attention to General Wil liams's reports of misdoings at Kars (Jan. 6, 1855), is rapidly succeeded by his confident trust that "in future" the demands addressed to the Turkish Government will be better attended to (January 16, 1855). Often his re monstrances are dictated with that calmnt ss of mind which a supreme reliance on the effi cacy of official routine inspires. Thus, adverting to Williams's despatch on the importance of nomi eating a vigorous Governor for Kars, Lord Cla rendon simply acquaints Lord Stratford de Red cliffe, " I have to state to your Excellency that General Williams fully demonstrates the import ance of sending an efficient, Governor to Ktrs" (Feb. 5, 1855). General Williams asks for a thou sand artillerymen, and Lord Clarendon instructs Lord Stratford "to state to the Porte that it.is of urgent importance to send this corps of artillery men and supply of ammunition without loss of time." (Feb. 9, '55.) It is in vain for Lord Strat ford to reply that it is doubtful whether the Turkish Government can send the thousand artil lerymen. When Lord Clarendon is informed by authentic documents that all his " hopes " have been disappointed, and all his " fears " have been realised, he consoles himself with being able " to state" to Lord Stratford, that a memorandum sent him from the Porte "is most unsatisfactory, and therefore quite consistent with all the pro ceedings of the Porte as regards the army of Kars" (May 13, '55.) If the urgency of General Williams's appeals be contrasted with the measures taken by Lord Cla rendon to satisfy them, a just estimate may be formed of the amount of assistance the British Commissioner met with from the Foreign-office. As the result of six months continued and most urgent entreaties for .supplies, he writes, April 2, 1855 :--" Not a shoe or knapsaok for the remnant of the infantry, not a boot or a sabre for the wrecks of the cavalry, have been sent from the Seraskie rat ; not an infantry or cavalry recruit to fill up the casualties of last s yeAr_bas been sent from the capital ; in short, we are left utterly uncared for." Well might he subsequently write that the Kars army seemed doomed to destruction. Yet it is on the despatches of Lord Clarendon— which were by his own acknowledgment futile for any good end—that the Government will ground their defence. "Admirable despatches!" " High ' toned compositions I" They amused the time that should have been occupied in vigorous action, and which hatte helped to swell a bulky Blue-book in exchange for the loss of Kars ! The winter' of 1854-55 was passed in diplomatic correspondence ; with the spring Williams con ceivScl hopes that decisive action might be under taken. So early as March 5, in' last year, he ad dressed,a despatch to Lord Clarendon, stating the prornps reinforcements which would be r e q u i re to enable the army of Asia to hold its ground. He re quired 15,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and 1,100 ar tillery. In this despatch he expresses his confident expectation of allied astistance. He was deceived. The cold answer returned to his urgent appeal by both Lord Clarendon and Lord Panmure was, that the Porte would be urged to " the importance of pay ing attention to the requirements mentioned. by General Williams whenever the more press ing need of the services of the Ottoman troops else where shall have ceased." (April 13, 1855.) Those despatches; sealed the fate of Kars. The opportunity for reinforcing the army of Asia was lost. Liter, when Kars was completely invested, when the danger of its fall became apparent, when the Porte insisted that some effort must and should be made for its relief, our Government discovertA that a force under Omer Paella might be spared. But the 20,000 men which would have been sufficient in March were wholly inadequate in August. When the crisis came, it found. our Government unprepared for it ; no shipping had been provided for the conveyance of a force ; no transport service bad been organised, no sup plies had been collected. Lord Clarendon would object to the plans of the Turkish Government, but had nothing to propose himself. Not till the garrison of Kars was reduced to the last extremity of isafferillg, and till ite relief lad become impoo• sible, did our Government signify its readiness to approve any scheme which the pinie, of the Divan suggested. What a satire is the telegraphic despatch of Lord Clarendon on the 9uli of August last, authorising the hopeless expedition of Omer Pacha to Redout-Kaleh upon the deliberate documents which informed Will►ams, four months previously, that no assistance would be resdered ! The real question& the v House of Commons, sitting as the great inquest of the nation, to deter mine is, whether more should not have been done for the relief of Kars than could possibly have been anticipated from the despatches of Lord Claren don ? Had a resolution been taken in the spring of last year to comply with the requisitions of General Williams, and to have afforded the army of Asia the direct asistance of this country, the army of Mouravieff would surely have been kept in check, and perhaps have been signally discomfited. To affirm that the 'Adruinistration is free from the blame of the Kars disaster will be to approve a weak, vacillating, and inglorious policy, and to declare that the wisest course for our Government, when a great military - operation in which we are nearly concerned is in progress, on the issue of which the reputation of England iu the East must mainly depend, is to follow the precedent esta blished by Lord Clarendon and Lord Panmure, and do —NOTHING. SIR R. AIREY AND THE CRIMEAN BOARD OF INQUIRY. When the news of the Crimean horrors arrived in this country, not wholly unexpected, nor yet without warn ing in what had occurred at Varna and in the long-de ferred embarkation, it was often asked, both here and abroad, how it was that the English character, so vigor ous, so practical, so inventive, so full of resources, Was so little reflected in what hal just transpired of our mili tary operations. It was clear that England was one thing at home and another thing abroad. But this was not the whale of the puzzle. The soldier was hardy, brave, ready, and, above all, thoroughly subordinate. He might he said not to have a will and scarcely a mind of his own. Whence, then, the failure of an army which seemed to combine in an extraordinary degree the absolute obedience of the soldier with the power and skill of civilisation ? Let us see how far answer to this question is supplied by the tone of the wit nesses before the Crimean Board of Inquiry. Sir R. Airey must be considered a fair specimen of the more favoured class of . British cfficers. He has enjoyed the friendship of our most powerful military men, and is evidently regarded with no disfavour by the Court of Inquiry. Intrusted with a most important position in the Crithea—with what sad results we know—he has been rewarded with a still more important position, with what results we nave still to experience. He is the Bri tish officer, the man of the Crimea, the very, being on whom England and all Europe were speculainga twelve s month ago bow it was that, being'an Englishman, he was so little of an Englishman, and showed so tittle of that race which covers earth and sea with its achieve ments. Tue tone and temper of the Man have now been tested, not merely by command, but by being brought into contact with two Royal Commissions, both of them coming from the same source, and entitled to the same respect, as his own commission of Major-General and the commission of his Commander-in-Chief. Under t ie first Commission two officers of great ~ability" and services went t the Crim'ea to inquire into the loss of many thousand men and horses by want of food, clothing, and shelter, in spite of immense eueplies sent out from this country. As General Airey's office was directly responsible, and as the Generals of Division, Lord Lucan, for example, referred to the orders from his office, of course the Com missioners of Inquiry had to go straight to him and the register of his office. It is impossible to read Sir R. Airey's own account of what took place between him eelf and the Commissioners without perceiving that he determined to set them at nought. Though they often sought him, and thrice-actually sat down at the table of hie office, and opened a regalar examination, be never answered one question by w or d o f mouth. Though written questions were sent t him, be left them unan swered for many weeks, .and, to all appearance, never would have answer e d , th em , h a d h e no t rece i ve d a pe remptory order from Lord Panninre to answer them by the next mail, which, by-th•by, be boasts he did not do ! He assumed from the first that the inquiry was to be " only" into the Commissariat, and business of that sort, aed that the only object was the future mending of tha>, department. Even on this supposition, though his own reeent experience had shown the importance of that de partment, he neverthe'ess did not take one step, net one minute's trouble, not one word, not one stroke of the pen to advarce that supposed object—the improvement of the Commissariat and Transport services—till after the departure of the Commissioners, and when he bad received peremptory orders from her Majesty's Secretary of War. He admits that, as it was his own opinion that a formal examination, in which the Commissioners were to take the lead, would be of no use, he was resolved not to submit to it. He was ready, he says, to take a ride with one of them - ; and thinks, he says, that in free. conversation lie could have expleinel everything. No doubt many a man who, in the course of life or the vicis situdes of human affaira, has to stand an examination would like to have it conducted in that free•and-easy manner. But the two Commissioners did not think they were sent 3,000 miles to inquire into the loss of an army in this pleasant conversational style. They resolied to ask questions and obtain answers, which they did even tually. So, as the answers have been obtained, and a report has been founded thereupon, let us now see' how Sir R. Airey deals with a result so much beyond his an ticipations. The second of the two Royal Commissions with which Sir Richard Airey has been brought in contact on the affairs of the Crimea is that now sitting at Chelsea. It sits, as our readers are aware, in no small state, as be comes an inquest ..on a deceased army. Sir Richard, however, is above such influencee, and he exhibits throughout his examination the same nonchalance, the same easy way of shifting the responsibijity from his own shoulders ? and the same art of involving the subject in a perpetual haze, that he did in the Crimea. The chief point on which these qualities have been celled for is a certain-order found in the register of his office, and issued to the - tenerale of Division at the be ginning of November, for the immediate stabling of the cavalry horses. The oiler was not carried out to any considerable extent till three months afterwards, in Fete ruary, and the question is how the order was issued and eot obeyed. There is hardly a question as to the fact— .md itis one of the most remarkable features of thi, campaign, —that nobody seems to have taken,the trouhl. to see orders carried out. Nobody seems to have gone about everywhere, early and late, as we r ea d o f N apo leen and the Duke - of Wellington, seeing w ith hi s own eyes the state of the arm"; and the progress of the works ordered to be done.. With regard to the order its ques tion, Lord Lucan seems to have a vague recollection of hardship, confusion, and difficulty, and realer nothing more can les extracted from him on the momentous his tory of those three months,—of the disasters in which he may say, "Quorum pars magna fai." He cannot say whether it was the uncertainty of the position, or the want of tools, or the want of labour, or the al, straction of the men to other work, or the want of wood, or of canvaes. We are not surprised at this in Lord Luca!), who did not give the order, and bad, no doubt, much practical difficulty in carrying it out. Sr R.' Airey, however, gave the order, and was responsible for its execution ; but he is quite as dark on that subject as Lord Lucan himself ; and we must say wilfully dirk. In a alurt created to inquire into the causes of a terrible military disaster. for which he was officially responsible, he says at different times that the order was a matter of. course, that it could not be executed, that the work of his once was done more by verbal communications than by written orders, that this particular order comprised more than could he done, but not enough for every pur pose ; that he supposes it was executed, as of course all orders from head-quarters are ; that it is perfectly worthless as documentary evidence, and Colonel Tulloch might: have. spared himself the trouble of quoting it ; that though he issued the order, he not only could not give the necessary meats for its execution, brit, when the huts did arrive, he sent them to the front, where they were more wanted. Sir Richard, then, by his own admission, issued orders by rote or at random, without knowing or caring whether they were executed, and did not watch for their execution. Of course he might just. as well have remained in London the whole time, dreaming that he was in the Crimea and perform ing that or any other office. But what we wish to ob serve on is the effrontery of avowing all this in the Court, and employing his own scandalous admissions for the sole purpose of baffling, not to say insulting, her Majesty's Csmmissioners sent to the Crimea to make these inquiries Hawn!, as he thought, succeeded in refusing to answer that Commission on the sp it, and heingobliged afterwards to answer written questions, hr is now disgusted to find that the Commission did obtain evidence from him on the spot—that is, from the regis ter of his office ; and, still more, that it is not very compatible with his own written answers. So he at tempts to ride off under a cloud of confusion. The most spoilt child in the worst-conducted family in this king d could not behave with more levity to a tutor the least qualified to command his respect. But it was only wit}l a view to ;he future, Sir Richard says, that the kviry was to be made. He had no idea of its retrospective charactr. He must in deed 'aave a msrvelloas power of directing his merit .1 vision at will, if he is able to shut out even in his own mind the retrospective side of the inquiry. Then, is so light a thing that about 3,000 bores, which cost on the sp .t, counting all things, not less than 2001. a-piece, perished miserably, without doing' anything but that fool's promenade at Balaklava ? With what confidence can we send out our.next brigade of cavalry to as distsnt and as liezardous a war, when the min who talks in this w" . 37 of his own disaster is ro direct the expedition from hosie ? When a gentleman finds that, though his groom is a very fine fellow in his way, the stable b e c omes emnpts , under his care, and the groom makes light of it, he will prohshly change his man before he renews his stud. H. would rather see disaster taken a little more seriously, and then he would have the less fear of its early repeti tion. But it is not at all clear that Sir Richard would think it his place t mend matters. even if he knew how. He throws the non.execut'on of his order for the stabling of the horses partly on the badness of the tools, and adds that the tools of the British army are notoriously bad. I Bnt why ? It was his place to see that they were good. He wa,s at the Horse Guards all the time the expeditien was preparing ;" he knew the tools were bad, arid he did I nothing. S far from accusing his own remissness, he now fouucts upon it a jin , tification for not having at tesidisti toile) oieoutioti of 143 ovhi °Nato: . 'lt 11 egg. land's own fault if she commits her armies, her • niev , her treasure, and her honour to me,' whom even exP" rience not make wi-er, and, while alone re.ponsible for hei calamities, wean' .none unclricerued.—Tisbes• Coantry iliarkets. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET-Amur, 18. WHEAT. I BAILLSY I OATII, 1 HIS A4-. First 7Bs Od 44s Od 32 3 01 478 61 Second 69s 4d ; 40s 11(1 1 283 9d i 431 2 a Third 62s Od 1 : - 3.53 Od 1 25s Od 39^ 0a Total quantity of wheat in market, 391 qrs., -74 '' ld ,1 f P barley ~ 41T qrs., 401 -4 °,l A ~ „ oats ,; 526 qrs.. 498 s" ,i ... qrs., = ~ PP Pt beau ~ 147 qrs., 135 o 'd AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 3/. 9 4 11-12ths j Barley, 2l. 011 11-120 1 Oats, ... 11. 9 8 B.l2ths I Beaus, 21. 3 2 11-1001 DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Ara•L 17. Qrs. Best. Current. InfeliZ 300 Wheat 72s Od oos Od - ' 972 Oats 3ls 4d o os Od ... ...... 23i 6j, 301 Barley 433 6d oos Od 73 Peas & beans 463 Od oos Od ABERDEEN—APRIL 18. Potato oats 25s 01 to 26s Gd }4olbs Common oats —s Oct to 25s Od Bere 30 s Od to 37s 6d per bush. Barley 36s od to 37s 6d 1531 b Wheat, red (spring)so s Od t o stis Oct s 1 621bs .„ white Os Oct to 65s Oct Oatmeal 19s Od to 20s Od per boll. Flour 538 Od to 51s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 5d to 9d I Butter, p lb. Osild to is OA Hutton, per lb 6d toad E ggs , p d oz . O s 4d to O s 01 Veal, per 1b...... 6d to Os 9d Hens, p pair 3s Od to 38 ri, 1 Pork, per 5t...5s 3d to 5s 6d Chick ens ,d o .2 s Od t o 2 E , IP, Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducks, do., 2 s Od t o 2s ,`` Grouse, per brace Os to Os Duckli ngs ,d o O s Od t u Ch. ul Tallow, p stone, 3b9 . 4.1 to -is Od Turkeys, each4 s Od t o 54 u , , Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 7d Gee se , do., Os Od to Os "" Rabbits, each 9d to 10d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.—sOd to 10 61 Eggs, wholesale price, per doz e n — a too' RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb —s Od to 3s Od Barley flour,l4lb.oB to 2s 041 Oatmeal Os Od to 2s Od „ dust, Os toOs 1 0 d Beremeal ....Us Od to is 10d „ per lb Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 1 'd 4-lb. 10af...8d. 2-lb. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4 s . t o 4s 8(1. 2d to 261 DUBLIN—Aram 18. Our corn market to-day was generally dull, without 9 ,13 1 alteration in the currencies of Tuesday. White wheat, 37s Od to 41s , red ditto, 34s Od to 38. 0 ; barley, 14s Od to 19s Oct ; oats, lie Od to 14a 01 ; —s Od to —8 0.1 per brl; oatmeal, 141 Od to 158 01 ; h i ke'A l ou r 91. 04 to 27s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 29 3 01 t o 313 4 . 14 g, er 480 lbs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 21.—Wind this day at noon, N. 10 N.N.E. ; moderate breeze, and hue clear weather. Thera was a very sharp spring frog last night and this morning' PORTSMOUTH, April 20.—Wind S. to S.E.—Arrivefl'" Thames (s. tpt.), from Balaklava ; H.M.Str. Sampop' thweastward, with mortar-boats and flo a t s i n t ow ; Franco war steamer Du Chay.ter, Cherbourg; H.M.S. Blenheia , Lisboa ; Pacific (s. tpt.), London, f o r th e C r i mea ; Alheri (s. tug), Liverpool, with two mortar-boats in tow ; Job s Bull (s. tug), Clyde, with. one mortar-bout in tow ; Seahorse, tha eastward, with six gnn-boats in tow. the port.—Anna Magdalena, from St. Croix for Cop.' hagen. PALmooTH, April ?O.—Wind E.—Arrived—SnsannA from Sunderland, for Oporto, to stop a leak. HULL, April 20.—Wind S..—Sailed—Doham, for S/' Domingo. WATERFORD, April 12.—Wind variable.—Sailed —JO dina, for. Quebec. SWANSEA, April 20.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Oscar° for Coq u i inbo. STUDWELL ROADS, April 19.—Sailed—Sarah Anne, f° Quebec. ILFRACOUBE, April 20.—Sailed—The Choice, of Bid e• ford, sprung a leak and sank off Lundy Island; crew saved and arrived here in the jolly boat. CHERBOURG, April 17.—The Despatch, Exeter, {rota Blyth to Southampton, was abandoned on the 15th insb.' 5 wiles off Portland ; crew saved and landed here by ti ll Freneh pilot Gossline. (PAR ELPOTIITC TRLEGHAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning' Arrived.—Hermann (s.), from Bremen; Atalanta ( 1 ./. Jersey; Argyll (s.), Caren tan; La Poole and Carolina * Cherbourg ; Elizabeth, Falmouth ;'Mechanics' Own, NOW port ; Flora, Sunderland ; Charl o tt e , G uernsey ; C ynths' Poole. _ Sailed—Sylph (s.), for London ; Dove, Plyinou Emily, Newport; Harriet and Ellen, Sunderland; Riehsr" Falay, Cardiff; Twyford, Guernsey. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Off—Bosphorus, Melita (e.g.), Orion, Golden Era. Sailed—Pride of Canada, for Montreal . • Pelican (8. 1 "/' Rotterdam; Franc Condole, Havre and Rio Jannis"; Triton, Riga. Wind S.E. QUEENSTOWN, April 19. Arrived—Rnnnymecle, from Alexandria; Danube, el l ' lao ; Euphrosyne, Mauritius; Ann and Sarah, Alexandria; Araby Maid, Callao. Sailed—ll: C. Kifiston, for Antwerp ; Simon Hard • Barbitdoes ; Corrido, Cronstadt. (BY SUBMARMB A/4'D Barnsii TnLEGBAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10 a.ns• Whit?, E. •, tide, one hour's flood ; fine. Arrived, April 20.—Sir E. Banks, from Calais ; Siridh Stralsund ; Rival and Falcon, Terceira. Arrived, 21st—Leone, from Gravelines ; Jenny Joneof Leghorn. Sailed, April 20—Electra, for Grenada; Madras, Id drag ; Alma, Christiania; J ute , Pi c t oa ; N ew York Packew Alexandria. DEAL, Monday, 9.37 a.m• Wind N.E. by N., moderate. Passed—Times, for Leghorn ; Naragansett, Cardiff ;4: bert, Alic an t e ; C o l um bi ne, L i s b on ; Protector, Jainal all from London. ELM. gun-boat Carbine, from Rivero for Portsmouth. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19. Slims EXCHANGE.— The market has been fair t 041 8 , 90 and prices are about the same currency as yesterd&P Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89,1 i—Liverpool, Crosby, an d Southport, 17i—East Lancashire, 19.',—Midlands, 76e North British, 83—South Eastern, 22—Buffalo and LBW Huron. 2 p.—Great Western of Canada, 263 i—Ditto new 2d issue, 33 p.—London and North Western, 1010 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29A. MANCHESTER., APRIL 19. STOCK EXORANGE.—This market was doing a rather dull business to-clay, and the sales were few. Doveier 22 1-16 Menchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 294 Shropshire Union, 48 —Macclesfield Canal, 53. BIRMINGHAM APRIL 19. STOCK EXOHANGE.—There has been a brisk buiduesi to-day, prices were steady, and railway stocks general/1, in demand. Great Western Birmingham G uaran t ee d, 741 -Ili land, Birmingb3m and Derby, 43 to 444—Sh r ews' bury and Hereford, % 2 Great Westerns, 648 —Wellington Gas shares, 14. LEEDS, APRIL 19. STOCK EXOHANGE.—Midlands, 75 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89—Great Western of Canada, 26g. DUBLIN, Amur. 19 STocx EXCHANGX.—Three per Cent. Consols, 921- Ditto for Account, Bth of May, 924 f—Ditto, for ne w Ac• count, Bth of May, 0 —New 3 per Cent. Stock, 93 92i - - —Ditto, for Account, Bth of May, 92j—Great Southern and Western, Ali 6 per cent. pref., Irish South Eastern, s(4—Mining Co. of Ireland, 13e. ___ APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—The following ,are de names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certia• cates to practise, on Thursday, April 17. 1856 : Midg ley Cockcroft, Hebden-bridge, near Halifax ; Robert Renton Wood, Wood-14mile Eaves; Leicestershire ; Mark Edwin Bailin Nicholson, Cambridge ; George Dawson Hunt, Preston, Lanca,hire. BIRTHS. Or 4 SON. On the 19th inst., at the Grove, Balham, the wife of R. Roberts, Esq. On the 19th inst., at St. John's-wood-park, the wife of Charles Howard, Esq. - OP A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., the wife of James Dixon, Esq., of Green-street, Grosvenor-sqiiitre. On the 18th init., the wife of Hen ry S pencer Perceval, Esq. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at 1, Donne-terrace, Edinburgh, by the Very Rev. the Bishop of Edinburgh, William Over end Priestley, EVI . , 31:D., of 16, Somerset-street, Port man-square, London, to Eliza, daughter of Robert Cham bers, On the 19th inst., at Christ Church, St. Pancras, the Rev. W. H. Lyall, NI.A., rector of st Dionis Backchurob, London, youngest son of the late George Lyall, Esq., for merly M.P. for London, to Susan Henrietta Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Tassel Grant, Esq., of Chester-ter race, Regent's -park. - DIED. On the lath inst., at Hadley, Joseph, the onli Mr. John Gorhell, of St. John street, London, aged 2'). On the 18th inst., at Chichester, the Rev. Edward In. wool Jones, rector of Shire Newton, near Chepstow, J.P. for the county of Monmouth, and rural dean, aged 42. 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