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Vir 4-4 1,0 t :13 44, w 1 - t 3.40 ;')UN OFFICE, ,evert o'Clock. A ME ra --^,. . . .' ' ' A . • - - - • - • ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. (BY MAGYETIO TELEGRAPH.) (FROM OUR OW CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. This day, at 4 p.m., the Royal Steam-ship Asia, Captain E. G. Lott, arrived off Holyhead. She was to leave New York on the 16th inst. with the mails from that port and British North America. She is expected to arrive in the Mersey about 9 o'clock this evening. MEETING AT LORD PALMERSTON'S. (This Day.) At one o'clock this day 204 members of Parliament assembled at Lori Palmerston's resi dence, in Piccadilly, by invitation. The only Taos tion brought before the meeting was the caurse to be adopted in reference to the impending moaon of which Mr. Whiteside had given notice for this evening. After some discus3ion, it was • decided that it should be met by a direct nogative, and that the amendrnent - of Mr. Phillirnore should not be proceeded with. The members in attendance, with few exceptions, agreed to support the Government, and there seemed a general impression that the motion would be rejected by a considerable majority. MEETING AT LORD DERBY'S. (This Day). There were 190 members in attendance at Lord Derby's Mansion in St. James's Square, at one o'clock. The same subject was discussed as at the Premier's, viz , Mr. Whiteside's motion. There were several dis sentients, many considering the proceeding premature. The Marquis of Granby spoke in decided opposition to the motion. It was, however, decided by a very large majority that it should be supported, and there has con sequently been considerable activity manifested by the whippers'-in on bo'h sides. It was generally understood that Sir E. Bulwer Lytton would speak in support of the motion this evening. Both sides seemed disposed to let off Lord Stratford de Redcliffe as easily as possible. PROCLAMATION OF PEACE. (Aroma Supplement to the London Gazette Extraordinary; BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA R.—Whereas a Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship between us and our Allies and his Impe rial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias was con eluded at Paris, on the thirtieth day of March last, and the Ratifications thereof have now been duly exchanged ; in conformity thereunto, we have thought fit hereby to command that the same be published through out all our Dominions; And we .do declare to all our loving subject=, our will and pleasure that the said Treaty of Peace and friendship be observed inviolably, as well by sea as by land, and in all cases whatsoever ; strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects to take notice hereof, and to conform themselves there unto accordingly. Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the nine teenth year of our reign. GOD SAVE TIIE QUEEN. GENERAL THANKSGIVING. (From a Supplement to the LoadoaGazette Extraordinary). BY TUE. QUEEN.—A PROOLA.II.IATION, FOR A PUBLIC THANKSGIVING, VICTORIA R.—Whereas it bath pleased Almighty , God, in His great goodness, to pat an end to the war fare in which we have been engaged against the Em peror df Russia ' and to restore peace to Eu ro p e; we there fore, adoring the divine goodness, and duly considering that the great and public blessings of peace do call for public and solemn Acknowledgments, have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby appointing that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God I,r these His mercies be observed throughout those parts of the United Kingdom called England and Ireland, on Sunday, the fourth day of May next ; and we do earnestly exhort all our loving subjects that they do religiously observe the said public Day of Thanksgiving ; and, for the better and more devout solemnisation of the same, we Lave given directions to the Most Reverend the Archbishops and the Right Reverend the Bishops of Eng land, to compose a Porn of Prayer and Thanksgiving suitable to this occasion, to be used in all Churches and Chapels, and other places of public worship, and to take care for the timely dispersing of the same throughout their respective Dioceses. Givwl at our Court at Buckingham Palace, the twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, sod in the nineteenth year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. BY THE QUEEN.-A. PROCLAMATION, _ 808 A PUBLIC THANKSGIVING IN SCOTLAND. Vicrome R.—Whereas it has pleasei Almighty God, in His great goodness, to put an end to the warfare in which we have been engaged against the Emperor of Russia : We, therefore, adoring the Divine goodness, and duly considering that the great and public blessings of peace do call for public and solemn acknowledgments, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this Proclamation, herebyappointing that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty G.,d for these His mercies to be observed throughout that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland, upon Sunday the fourth day of May next ; and we do earnestly exhort all our loving subjects in Scotland that they do reverently and decently observe the said Public Thanksgiving, on the said fourth day of May next. Our will and pleasure is, therefore, and we charge, that, this our proclamation seen, ye pars, to the Market Cross of Edinburgh; and i_ other places nee(iful, and•there, in our name and under our authority, make publication thereof, that none pretend ignorance. And our will and pleasure is that our solicitor do cause printed copies of this our proclamation to be sent to the sheriffs of • the • several shires, atevrarts of stewartries, and bailiffs of regalities, and their clerks, whom we ordain to see the same published ; and we ap point them to send copies thereof to the several Parish Churches within their bounds, that, upon the Lord's Day immediately preceding the day above men. tioned, the same may be published and read from the pulpits, immediately after Divine Service. • Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of April, 1856, and in the nineteenth year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. -..-____ HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the woolsack at the usual hour. The . Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented several petitions against opening the crystal Palace on Sundays. Petitions against the abolition of Ch urc h- ra t es, until an equi.valeot had been provided, were presented by Lord Bernere, the EArl of Cawder, and Lord Redes dale. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Blenheim Estate Bill ; Butt Twicks Estate Bill, and Llanilloes in Newton Railway Bill, wera read a second time. ItIARRIAGES IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. Lord BROUGHAM called their lordships' attention to a petition from the county of Cumberland which he Lad presented last week, complaining of the conflicting state of the law on the subject of Marriages in E:igland and Scotland. As the evil arisin g from this state of things was very great, particul ar l y as regarded those who resided in the neighbourhood of the border, of both coun tries, he thought that no time ought to be lost in endea vouring to applya remedy to it. Hehad introduced v. bill on this subject in 1853, but from the a d vanced period of.the session it failed to become law. He had tried on ilevand occasions since to provide against this evil, b u t without effect. He bad now the honour to introduce a bill with the vi t7 of remedying the abuses which at present sxiited. Tb7rfirst object of the measure was toarptres vent the evasio n o f t h e E ng li s h marr i age law by pie removing across the Scottish borders and there con tracting a marriage that was deemed valid by the law of Scotland. He proposed, in regard to all per sons not natives of Scotland, that there should be a residence of at least three weeks in Scotland as a condi don precedent to the marriage. He also proposed to givevalidity in certain circumstances to Scotch marriages with a view of providing fur the legitimacy of the children and preventing divorces taking place except for causes which, were recognised by the English law as being sufficient to justify such proceedings. The main principle of the bill was to assimulate as filr as possible the marriage lav;s of both contries. The Earl of MINTO hopel the bill would be extended to both sides of the border. The bill was then real a first time. THE TREATY OF PEACE. The Earl of CLARENDON' laid on the table a copy of the Treaty of Peace ' lately entered into between England, France, and Sardinia, on the one band, and Russia on the other. The noble earl also laid on the table the various protocils in connection with the Treaty of Peace, and then gave notice that the papers should be taken into consideration by their lordships this day week. • Their lordships shorty aft,r wards a lj yarned. HOUSE OF COMMONS —Mis Evening.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the uaual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Elihburgh Municipality, the Filey Water, Ulgter Railway, Wakefield Gas, aul tne West Hata Gas Bills were severally read a third time and passed. Several petitions were presented against any grant for religious purposes in Ireland. RETURNS ORDERED. Mr. M‘MALION moved for a return of the several districts into which the different counties of Ireland are divided for Cie purposo of holding a session of the peace and. civil bill court, or a civil bill court only, therein ; of tho names of the towns in which the courts ar 3 held ; and of the number of times in each year that a session of the peace or civil bill court, or either, was held in such town since the Ist day of August, 1851, till the lst day of August, 1855.—Agreed to. Viscount GODERICH moved for copies or extracts of recent correspondence respecting alterations in the or ganisation of the Indian Department in Canada. — Agreed to. THE NAVAL REVIEW. Mr. PEACOCKE sited the First Lord of the Admi ralty whether the wine and refreshments furnished to the persons on board the Pacific, at the late naval re view, were contracted for and provided at the same rate as those for the Transit and Perseverance ? Mr. OSBORNE said the Pacific was chartered by Mr. Quatermain, at seven shillings and sixpence per head. The Transit and Perseverance were not so supplied, but the officer of the mess was told to provide a cold collation and some of the best sherry that could be obtained for the Houses of Lords and Com mons.. (Laughter.) That 'arrangement was not well earrid oat. (Hear, hear.) The Himalaya was con tracted for at ss. 6d. per head. There was no par ticular contract for the Houses of Lords and Commons. IRISH CONSTABULARY. Viscount CASTLEROSSE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether the Government intended to intro duce any measure, during the present session, to enable them to alter the relative proportion in which that por tion of the constabulary force charged upon the consoli dated fund was at present distributed among counties in Ireland ; or to apportion the burden of supporting the supernumerary force upon a more equitable principle than that which regulates the present system ? Mr. HORSMAN said a better distribution of the constabulary of Ireland could . no doubt be male, but an act of Parliament was required for the purpose. If the present Irish business was disposed of in sufficient time, a bill would be brought in during the present session upon the subject. Lord Luean-LTl,at's a matter of opinion. Col. Tulloch=Lord Paumure made no alteration ill the report, and he (Col. TuHoch) maJe none, at the re^ quest of Lord Paumure. Lerd Lucan then read that portion of Col. Tulloch's evidence which he said warranted him in drawing the inference he had relative to this being a manufactured report, and said he still was of opinion it was a joint production ; and, after what had been revealed, that it was not worth the paperer' which it was written. Misses and laughter.) He said this report had been drawn up to secure the temporary ease of the Government, and to lull the just indignation of the poeple, and to excuse the Government for sacrificing the finest army that ever left England. Want of promptitude and ingenuity was. to be attributable to the authorities at home in not pro viding proper supplies to the army, and had the horses been supplied with a sufficiency of food they would not have suffered as they had done. The ques tion was, who killed the horses ? No doubt if any one was to blame it was the Minister for War and the Secretary to the Treasury, who had the control of the Corareissaliat Department. The noble lord, after stating that he was at all times accessible to his officers, and that he did everything he could fur the comfort of the cavalry, concluded his address. The Court then adjourned. The Earl of Cardigan's case will be entered on to morrow morning at the assembling of the Court. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGR.4PR.) QUEEN'S PLATE. Homily Alas Beeika Ninette Oltenitza . Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES. T. T.C. Four ran. 100/. PLATE. It)wley mile. Kalipyga Tyrius Glen Lee Eight ran. Won by two lengths. LATEST BETTING. - TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 4 agst Yellow Jack sto 2 agst Porto Rico 4 to 1 agst Fazzoletto • 10 to 1 apt Bird-in• Hand 20 to 1 agst Br. to Bird on Wing CHESTER CVP. - 40 to 1 agat Rifleman (taken) DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Newington (taken) 50 to 1 a6st Prince (taken) Arrived—Polmoodie and Joshua. Sweepstakes 300 Sovs—Paros paid forfeit. Country Markets. MARKET—AntrL 25. First.. Tl 4 .E Sl5 'S . , I_, 0 fki D 0 N.. INI o'l*4 DA 'V Efi , :II! N 1 N tl, .A. PRIL '2B, 1856. T.HE PEACE TREATY. Lord PALMERSTON laid upon the table of the house, by command of her . Majesty, paperi relative to the conference lately held at Paris, and also a copy of the treaty of peace. The noble lord then moved the papers be taken into cansideration on Monday next. The motion was agreed to. DAY" OF THANKSGIVING. Lord PALMERSTON said, by an order in CJuncil; Sunday next had been appointed as a day of genera thanksgiving for the return of the blessing of peace. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. In answer to the question of Lord J. MANNERS, Lord PALMERSTON sail it was intended to adjourn from Friday, the 9th, till Friday, the 16th of May. FALL OF KARS. Mr. WHITESIDE moved the following resolution " That, while this house feels it to bo its duty to express its admiration of tho gallantry of the Turkish soldiery, and of the devotion of the British officees at the Siege of Kars, it feels it to be equally a duty to express its conviction that the capitulation of that fortress, and the surrender of the army which defended it, thereby eadangeriu,g the safety of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey, wore iu a great measure owing to the want of foresight and one.rgy on the part of her Ma jesty's Administration." In doing so ha said that if in examining into the fall of Kars it was found necessary to make observations on the political conduct of public men, however disagreeable a dety it might be, it must be performed if essential to the interest of the country, and however reluctant they might be to disturb the joy of any Minister who might wish to repose on his laurels in having obtained peace after the country Lad been for some time engaged in war. The subject before the house opened up three questiona—political, commercial, and geographical. ['he hon. and learned gentleman, in confirmation of the first, proceeded to argue the necessity there was for the Government to consider the condition of Persia in any war in the East, and quoted the remarks of Sir J. Cam Hobhouse that it was the duty of the Go vernment to make war against any state that bad a de sire of aggrandisement of territory in Persia, Herat being the gates of India ; and he (Mr. Whiteside) examised into the position - of Ru,:sia with that country previous to the war, and Russia being desirous of attacking Turkey did so in Asiatic Turkey, and her possession of any part of Persia allowed her to do so easily, and at the same time, if she thought proper, put a check on the commerce of England in that quarter of the world. Kars gave the key to Asia Minor, and the possession of that by Russil, when they considered the will of Peter the Great, who bequeathed his policy of conquest to his successors, believing that the possession of Constantinople must lute Europe and Asia. Too policy of this ccun try towards Turkey, in 1853, when war broke out, was a repressive policy. Turkey at that time was full of enthusiasm for war, but England did all she could to destroy -it ; but having failed England was bound afterwards to assist Turkey in her extremity. He reviewed the state of Turkey in 1854, 6 n cennection, and the incursion of Russia iato Asia Minor and the check she received at Teffis from Schamyi. it was the duty of the Government in referenceto the future influence of Russia over Persia to do some thing, and then it was that the Ministry put themselves in motion to concoct the materials of a blue book, and the one now presented to Parha ment, • with reference to Karti, was one of the most extraordinary productions Viat had ever seen the light of day, being constructed on the pi inciple of mys tification. A gentleman was then sent out to Erzeroum as a commissioner, and it was owing to hi, great abilities that Asia Minor was saved - - (hear, heat)—Le being without instructions from the Government to guide him in his conduce. If in structions came from Lord Raglan, where were they ? If he received any from Lord Raglan, it was evident that if they were presented they would be found to tell against the Government ; and on that accouet, no doubt, they had been omitted from the blue book. The hon. and learned gentleman, havieg stated how closely connected was the interest and inde pendence of Persia with that of Turkey in Asia, procee2el to enter into the details connected with Gen Williams' appointment to the command of the Turks at Kars and his communications to Lord Stratford at Con star) inople with reference to the state of that fortress, and in pas:ing said be was usable to understand Lord S ratio, d's c neduct. All the assistance this great country had given to Turkey in this extremity was four men and a doctor. (Laughter* [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE MILIT.AIIY BOARD OP INQUIRY (This Day.) The Board resumed its sittings to-day at 11 o'clock. There was a much larger attendance of ladies this morning than on any previous occasion. That portion of the Hall devoted to the public was much crowded, probably from a desire to see Lord Cardigan (whose case was announced to be taken to-day), whose name has be come notorious in connection with the celebrated but unfortunate Balakiava charge. The business of the Court commenced with Lord Lucan reading his defence to the Board. He said that, after having attentively read Col. Tullneh's report, he had come to the conclusion that it had but two &pets in view : viz , first, not to uphold his report, but to ex cuse the Commissioners for having made it ; and, secondly, to exonerate him (Lord Lucan) and the cavalry from blame. He had little to complain of the tone, manner, or spirit in referer ea to his conduct in this in quiry, but he was compelled to express his opinion that he had collected the evidanee whie'r told against him, while that which was in his own favour was carefully paraded before the public. He had, moreover, the popu lar prejudice in his favour, and the press loud and clamo rous on his side, while witnesses called by him (Lord Lucan) were run down and undervalued, and those of Col. Tuilocli applauded and their motives upheld. If the inan'y and straightforward evidence of S:r Edmund Lyons had been treated in that, way who could expect to escape? It was not for Col. Tulloch to appeal for sympathy to the Court, and he (Lord Lucan) should not ask for it, for whatever might be the result of this extraordinary and humiliating inqiiiry—the first of the kind that had ever been held on a general officer—ho should never fear being hereafter taunted with the re proach that he bad ever neglected the comfort of that brave and gallant army committed to his charge in the Crimea. His lordship then adverted to the evidence of Colonel Griffiths relative to the alleged differences between them. Colonel Griffiths did not remember much of what occurred at the time he alluded to, and that not very correctly. He had stated that hie regiment was moved ten times, whereas Major Connolly hat stated it was not moved more than seven times. He might pi rhaps excuse Col. Griffiths for this mistake, for ho could easily understand how much mere serious it was for Col. Ceriffitles to move than for any other officer, in consequence of the difficulty of carrying about with him his own welt-regulated domestic and culinary esta blishment. (Laughter.) He denied that he had ever been guilty of rudeness to Col. Griffiths in the interview alluded to, or that he had done anything to discourage or deter him ; but that, on the contrary, he did every thing in his power t o ' urge him and other officers to pro vide every possible shelter for the cavalry, and that consequently the inference was unfairly drawn by the Commissioners with reference to the altercations be lie (Gerd' Lulus) did ne t reco ll ect tween him and . Col. Griffiths, and was both untiourteous ' did occur bet ween them, but he recol lected Col. Griffiihs visiting him one morning, as was usual with the officer of the day, to receive his orders relative to the pickets, when he (turd Lucan) jocosely remarked on the "greyish white greatcoat " Colonel Griffithiehad on, which he had received born Constanti nople. Colonel Griffiths thee made some remarks about the permanent position of the camp, and no doubt he (Lord LucatO replied, " How can I tell you what we are about to do." Col. Griffiths continued in a tone of re proach. He (Lord Lucan) replied, and he believed Col. Griffiths received it with a sneer, and made some extrava gant suggestion on what was then uppermost in his mind, and which he was discussing with the Commander-in- Chief and the Quartermaster-General of the Army. Col. Griffiths then in an extraordinary manner threw himself back on his horse and said, "You are not speaking to me like a gentleman, nor treating me as one gentleman ought to treat another." He then told him to be quiet, or he would place him under arrest. Colonel .~... -. ~~~~ Griffiths continued repeating that he was only talkirg to him (Lord Lucan) as one gentle,man had a right to talk to another, on which he (Lord Lucan) told him to hold his tongue and join his picket. (Laughter.) his lordship, after some other remarks, said he would wil lingly leave his case in the hands of the Board ; but there were some remarkable points in the evidence that had been submitted, both to the Commissioners and the Board, to which ho found himself bound to advert— and first with reference to the percentage of deaths of the horses. He maintained that his statements on a former occasion in connection with the deaths were cor rect, and that every figure in the Commi=hioners' report Was incorrect. He had shown that the heavy cavalry had not 1,055 horses on the Lt October, as had been' stated, because at that time there was not a single man of the heavy brigade in the Crimea, and it was only after the arrival of the Enniskillen and the Royal Dragoons on the sth or 6th of the month that the heavy cavalry became complete. His lordship then proceeded to ana lyse the figures in the Cominissioners reports,, relative to the returns of the horses and deaths, which he charac terised as " stuff," "rubbish," and " unintelligible," and in proof of it asserted that the number of horses landed in Bulgaria was 2,450, out of which 422 died there, and 276 on the passage to the Crimea, making a total loss, up to that time, of 698, leaving 1,752 horses alive. Out of this number 847 horses died in the Crimea up to the 16th of January, or 48 per cent. His lordship next referred to a paragraph in the report relative to the - hutting, which accused him of disiegeniotieness and com plained that a great deal of obloquy had been cast upon him iu consequence of the displacement of a marginal note, as alleged by the printer, which the Commissioners might at any time have put right, but they had declined doing so until two or three days after the commence• meat of this inquiry. In this as in every other part of the report the Commissioners state ments were inconsistent and at variance with the facts. He then again came to the question of censure, and here he contended that if there was one part more than another that contained animadversion on his con duct it was in the Commissioners' remarks in connection with the hutting, and notwithstanding what Col. Tulloch had said to the contrary, it was evident that the Com missioners had animadverted on him without mentioning his name, hoping thereby to evade the responsibility they would otherwise have incurred by stating his name. In passing to what he considered the most important part of the report, charging him with want of prompti tude and ingenuity in devising shelter for the cavalry, he remarked, in rather strong terms—amounting almost to animadversion—on Col. Griffiths' sheltering, which he said comprised only a six inch drain, quite inadequate for what it was intended, and which that officer was unable to make without relying on assistance from others. The charge of want of promptitude and ingenuity resolved itself into two questions, a ean vas question, and a drainage canvas. With regard to the former, he called the attention of Sir R. Airey to the use of canvas for shelter as early •as October. There was no want of promptitude or ingenuity here, but did Col. Tulloch shoe , ' sufficient sagacity when he- was di rected by the Minister of War to make the necessary arrangements for hutting the Wien. Col. Tulloch said he was not invested with that re sponsibility by the Minister fur War, and begged the protection of the Court. The Judge-Advocate-General sail there! was no evi dence of that kind before the Court, and Lord Lucan had better confine his remarks to what had been stated in evidence. Lord Lucan continued—Ho said that whatever might have been stated about the use of canvas, no person of experience, and especially those who had been in the Crimea, would say that it could have been used with safety to the horses on the plateau in the month of November. He agreed that if nothing else could have been obtained canvas t o a certain extent might have been of advantage especially in roofing, but there never W 33 a sufficient quantity of scantling with which to form frame work for canvas roofing, and if Mr Rawliuson had stated that it would have been safe to have used the same scantling for canvas as for timber. The deficiency of scantling was a difficulty which any amount of canvas could not have remedied, but admit ting canvas would have been useful was it to be got, Admiral Sir E. Lyons bad stated that canvas could not have been had from the fleet, and every word that had fallen from the gallant admiral would have been con firmed by Admiral Dundas if ho had been allowed to use his written replies to the queries ho (Lord Lucan) had forwarded to him so that they had evidence of the two admirals of the station on that point. The Judge-Advocate -Gen eral-- I think not Lord Lucan. The replies of Sir D. Dundas had not been received in evidence. Lord Lucan said he would fall back on the evidence of Sir E. Lyons, which was quite sufficient for his pur pose. It hal been proved that if there had been a suffi cient supply of canvas that there was a deficiency of car penters. The authorities at home were not well ac quainted with the supply of carpenters at Constantinople, and, as an instance, he had only to refer to what occur red at Scutari. Some works requiring construction there the War-office sent out a clerk of the works at 5001. per annum to look after it, and the Ordnance, not knowing what the War-office had done, sent out ano ther clerk of the works at 5001. per annum—(laughter) —and the conserience was that there were two clerks of works, at 1,0001. a yen s tlary. When they got to Scutari they fume I they had only 16 men to look after — (laughter)—that being all the men they could get. do would next refer to the trenching, &c., for shel ter, and that brought him to the evidence of Mr. Raw. linson, who, in addition to his being a civil en gineer was also an eminent genealogist—('aughter)— he meant geologist, had stated that pits could have been constructed in certain places, but that was impossible, because the cavalry had orders to keep in a certain place, and be bad further given a statement of how much ground a soldier could excavate, based on what a navvy was capable of doing, an assumption which every one who knew the habits, &I. of the two classes of men knew to be absurd. His lordship then pointed out in detail how wrong it would have been to have dug such pits for the use of the horses, and the danger littely to result from them. The Russians never placed their horses behind trenches, for the great object in warfare was to change their ground as often as possible. Lord Lucan then referred to a report be had furnished to Inns on the 16th December, of the available men in the cavalry not being satisfied with the progress they were making in sheltering the horses, and he found that on that day the available m e n o f the Royal Dragoons num bered 10, the 4th Dragoons none, the sth Dragoons 16, the Scots Greys 5, the 4th Light Dragoons 6, the Bth Iluesars none, the 11th Hussars 1, the 13th Light Dra goons 1, and the 17th Lancers from 30 to 40 men, not including regimental duties. His lordship next read a detailed statement of the duties of an "idle dragoon ia the field, consisting of his cleaning his own horse and accoutrements, as well as those belonging to men who were sick or engaged as butchers, &c., attend to stable duties and other matters, which allowed him only three heurs idle time in a short December day. Great stress had ben laid by the Commissioners on the fact that of the horses sett to Balaklava for stores, one-half only carried loads, the other half being ridden by the men ; but that was not a matter for which he (Lord Lucas) was responsible. His orders were to send to Balaklava a certain number of horses, and if the Commissariat only loaded half of them he was not to blame fur it. The commissioners were wrong in stating that the stores were but one mile from the camp, when they were two miles distant. He again reiterated that ho had not the assistance of an engineer officer to assist hits in con structing shelter, and that the small number of tools he had were of the worst description possible, and perfectly usele3e. [At 2 o'clock the Board adjourned for half an hour, and on their re' urn Lord Lucan continued his statement.] He sai I that he believed he hal not been assisted by an engineer officer in providing shelter to the extent the Commander-in-Chief and Sir R. Airey desired, and he did not blame Colonel Tulloch for alloWing himself to sup pose, from the answers of Colonel Gordon and Sir R. Airey, that an engineer officer waeordered to assist him, though they were unable to carry out their intentions ; but he did blame him for not carrying his inquiry fur ther, and have satisfied himself that that was the fact. If the cavalry had bad no other duties -to perform than beloeged to them in providing shelter, So., an I had been in that regent as favourably circumstanced as the French cavalry, he believed that in the course of t wo or three weeks, had the materials been forthcoming, he sh,uld have succeeded in hutting the horses ° and it was to the delay is the subs equen t arrival of material, the transport duty the cavalry had to perform, and tt e want of proper scantling for roofing that the delay was to be attributed. He was quite cer tain that by the llth of Feb. eyelet horse that sur vived was under cover. This, too, was in the middle of v inter when the ground was covered with snow, and when it would have b: en most improper to require the men to expose themselves more than was necessary to the severity of the weather. He next said that the blunders in the report were so great that it was difficult to account for them. The noble lord complained of the manner in which the Commissioners had selected their witnesses, and con fined their inquiries to certain officers, and asked why they had not examined Lord Raglan and his staff, and also himself (Lor 1 Lucan) ? The army suffered greatly from " scurry," of which they bad reason to complain, but the general officers in the Crimea bad more to com plain of the "scurvy " treatment they had received from the Commissioners. He next condemned the inter ference of the War Minister in reference to the drawing up of the repent, and charged the commissioners with having sent slips of the report to the Warq ice as they were produced for correction, and for allowing of the "latest improvements" being introduced into it ; and the last was said to have taken place on the 26th January. It would appear to be "heresy" to doubt this report, and "sacrilege " to meddle with it ; but the inquiry on which the report was founded bad not been c7mducted as it ought to have been, atd the report itself had been so manufactured that it could not be urged that it was entitled to such reverence and respect as a report of this nature should be en titled to. He next adverted to Colonel Tulloch not baing an officer qualified to conduct such an inquiry, and said that this report should have been drawn up without any communication with the Minister of War, and completed without his interference only handed to him after it had received the signature of the Commis- Eiioners ; but this was a joint pr - odution of the Minister for War and the Comtnisdioner.. Col. Tullo c h d issen t e d f rom , th is inference being drawn from his evidence. Lord Lucan said he called that a joint production where a third party interfered. Col. Tulloch—There was no interference by the Minis. ter a War. Lord Lucan—But Tuliceh's evidence states that a third person did interfere with the drawing up t! • report. The Judge•Advocate•General—You are not justified in making that statemeLt by the evidEnee, ~~ HADDINGTON CORN WIISAT. I BARLHY I 31s OATS. I BRAN-. 72s 6,1 433 Od 6d 453 0( _.. _ _ Second 663 lld } 40s ld 1 293 <2d i 421 8,, Third 6la Od I 34s Odl 253 Od 1 40s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 477 qrs., 295 sold PP barley „ 313 qrs., 313 sold • oats 13 341 qrs., 336 sold II ll beans ~ 191 qrs., 143 so '.d AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Pl. PP SP Wheat, 31. 6 11 11-12ths j Barley, ...21. 0 1 7-12 tbs Oats, 11. 9 2 3-12ths Beans, ..... 21. 2 8 11-12ths DITAKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Arm 24. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 215 Wheat 72s 01 oos Od 821 Oats 3os 01 oos Od .... ..... 234 41 233 Barley 41s 0(1 OO6 Od 34 Peas & beans 46s 03 oos 041 ABERDEEN-Armr, 25. Potato oats 25s Od to 25s 6,1 1 401bs per bushe Common oats 24s 01 to 24s 6 . 1 Bere 35s Od to 36s Od 1 531bs Barley 35s Od to 36s 0(.1 Wheat, red (spring)s3s 0(1 to 58s Od 1 621bs OP white 6os Od to 67s'Od Oatmeal 19s Od to 20s 0(1 per boll. Flour 52s Od to 553 Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. _ __ Beef, per lb 5d to 9(1 I Buttar,i lb. OslOd to is 01 Mutton, per lb 6d to 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 5,1 to 03 61 Veal, per 1b...... 6d to Os 9d Hens, p pair 3s Od to 03 0.1 Pork, per 5t...5a 9,1 to 6a Od Chickena,do. 3s Od to Os OJ Salmon, per lb Os to es Ducks, do., Os Od to 2s 61 Grouse, per brace Os to Oa Ducklings,do Os Od toOe. OA TalloW, p stone, 3s9d to Is 01 Turkeys, each4s 6d to 5.1 Od Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 7d Geese, do., Os Od to Oa 03 Rabbits, each 9d to 10d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.—sOd to 100 e Eggs, wholesale price, per dozcji —d to 6LI RETAIL PRICES. Flour, 141 b --s Od to 3s Od. Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s Od Oatmeal Os Od to 2s Od „ dust, Os toOs 10d Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10d „ per lb 2d to lid Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 1 1 d Sills, rid 4-lb. 10af...8d. f 2-lb. 10af...4d. Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. to 4s 6d. DUBLIN, Arm, 25. White wheat, 37s Od to 41s ; red ditto, 31s Od to 38. 0 ; barley, 14s Od to 19s Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s Od ; rapseert, —s Od to —a Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15i 01 ; bakers dour, 21s Od to 27s Od per owt ; Indian corn, 29s Oct to 31s Od por 430 lbs. SHARE MARKETS. ... LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26. STACK En/HAMM—The market has been dull to day, and transactions limited, closing at the following rates: —Caledonians, 294 i—South Eastern, 218 i—Mi Bands, 738 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 891 B—Great Western of C?nada, 2i 3 p.—Lnxemb onr o., 7, dis.—Loudon and North-Western, 994 I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln' 28 7i —North E as t ern, B erw i c k , 191 Li verpoo l and London Fire and Life, 58 pm. MANCHESTER, APIUL 26. SToOic EXcHANGR.—This market was doing a rather dull business to-day, and prices rather lower. South Eastern and Dovers, 21i J—London and North Western, 100—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. 274 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 27d- Midland Railway Con sols, 731. LEEDS, Aram 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87— Thirsks, 151—Eastern Counties, 94—Sheffield!, 27i — North Westerns, s i—Midland, 731 73. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a brisk business to-day, and prices were lower. Shropshire Unions. 47i L-mdon and North Westerns, 1001 —Birmingham and Derby, 44—Midlands closed at 64—South Staffords, 2i 3 dis. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Simla, tianeport No. 118, will, it is expected, leave Southampton for the Crimea to day to alsi.t in bringing home a portion of the English army. The freight•ship Alice and Ann has been, taken up by Government, and appointed to embark 2,000 barrels of powder from Woolwich, to be shipped at Gravesend fur Quebec. RiamA, April 23.—The state of ail'airi continues un changed. Count Crenneville has received orders from Vienna not to remove the troops under his command without having previously applied for instructions to the Imperial Government. Oa Thursday evening a trial of the monster breech loading cannon, the invention of Dr. Church, and now ordered by the Government, took place near the carriage works of Messrs. Brown and Mariball, at Saltley, near Birmingham. Col. Gordon, with a number of gentlemen connected with the Tewer establishments of Birmingham, was present. The gun is 11 ft. in length and calculated to throw a64lb. spheroidal shot vita the greatest preci sion. In respect to the breech-loadirg action, it is the same as the gun proved with success at Shoeburyness, and can be fired 1,200 times without rp , ongin g o r cleans ing. One ma n can l oa d, fire, and "lay ' it with perfect ease, and, by a very simple contrivance, the trifling recoil which occurs produces ne shock, while the gun returns to its natural position without manual labour. So slight was the jar on Thursday evening upon the recoil and the return that every shot was thrown into the same hole as that made by the first, while at a depth of about six feet in clay and rock the latter was completely flattened by the second shot discharged. The perfection of the breech. loading apparatus was completely established at Shoe buryness, and the experiments at Saltley showed that the mode is applicable to heavy as well as to light ordnance The recoil with 51b. of powder to a 321 b ball was but 11 inches ; with 101 b of powder to a 321 b ball it is about 20 inchee. The experiments gave satisfaction to those by whom they were witnessed ; and the gun will be fora with conveyed to Woolwich. The gun and carriage are patented by Dr. Church and Mr. S. A. Goddard. EAST KENT RAILWAY.—The following are the terms of the arrangement to be made with Messrs. Fox, Mtn derson, and Co., Mr. Burge, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Crampton. Those gentlemen proposed to enter into a con tract for constructing all the works upon the East Kent Railway, between Strood and Dover, on the terms of the contract entered into with Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., on the 19th July, 1855, for the line between Strood and Canterbury. They proposed to execute the works in sections, under the orders of the company's engineer—vi z . ' from Strood to Faversham, from ra ver: , ham to Canterbury, and from Canterbury to Diver, be ginning, in the first instance, with only a single line of way, with all necessary works for a double line to Faversham, and so complete that section in twelve to fifteen months. They agreed to take half of the first 200,0001. of works in shares, so that with a contribution of 100,0001; by the company, 200,0001. would be ex pended, and the company get the line open to Payola ham through this expenditure, and a small ext rcise f the borrowing powers. They also proposed to enter into an arrangement for taking a working lease for 21 years, and to provide all necessary rolling stock at prices to be agreed in for paying an annual rent of 5 percent.. with half profits beyond 6 per cent., and also pa3ing 5 per cent, interest on the share capital employed during the construction of the works. The performance of the contract was to be secured by the deposit of 20,0001. . A 1- Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Daily News of this day.) Orders have been issued, both by the Ministerial and by the Opposition leaders, to clear decks for ac tion. Lord Derby has summoned his retainers of the House of Commons to assemble this day in St. James's-square. Lord Palmerston has invited the Liberal members to meat him in Piccadilly. The neutral tint which has hitherto characterised the Parliamentary proceedings of tne session is about to be washed out. The object of the Derbyite as sembly, as we intimated on Saturday, is twofold— to make arrangements for divesting the vote on Mr. Whiteside's motion of a party complexion, in the first place ; and, in the second, to deliberate on the party tactics to be adopted for the remainder of the Parliamentary campaign. As for Lord Palmerston the number of incidental defeats which the Government have sustained in Parliament, and the number of motions announced by the Conservatives respecting questions on which they hope to pick up loose votes here and there, has rendered irindispensable that he should once for all come to an understanding with the Liberal party. Indeed, the wonder is that he has been so long of taking this step. On most of the occasions when Ministers have been left in a minority during the present session, it has been either on some question of secondary importance or on some mea sure which though supported was not raised by them. None of their defeats have been of such a nature as to call for, or warrant, their throwing up the reins of government ; and the supplies have, so far, been voted with almost unprecedented faci lity and rapidity. Still, there can be no doubt that any Government, by undergoing a succession of small defeats, will of necessity lose prestige to an extent that must ultimately render it unable to maintain its ground. And it is clear that the Conservative opposition are disposed to persist in this guerilla warfare—in stealing petty advantages, which, without exposing themselves to any serious danger, may ultimately wear out their adversaries by exhaustion. Already notices have been given of Mr. Whiteside's motion on Kars in the Commons, and Lord Malinesbury's on the same subject in the Lords ; of Sir Bulwer Lytton's on Central Ame rica; of Mr. Baillie's on the Enlistment dispute with the United States ; and, last not least, of Lord Lovaine's fireworks motion. Looling both to the past and to the future, it is on the part of Lord Palmerston no more than an act of common pru dence to insist upon knowing whether he can count upon the support of the Liberal party in Parlia ment, and on what terms. In so far as the result of these Conferences may affect Ministerial ar rangements alone it possesses for us but a minor importance ; but we confess to a considerable amount of anxiety when we think of the influence it may exercise over the destinies of the great Liberal cause. The country has no confidence in the present House of Common 9. It was elected under evil auspices, and it is tainted with the worst vices of its origin. It has literally no character ; an im mense majority of the members have no decided opinions, no fixed principles. It is utterly anar chical ; turbulent without independence, pragma tical without originality, swarming with jobbers who seek to conceal venality under the cloak of su periority to party combinations. It has broken up more than one Ministerial arrangement, and will neither indicate clearly what kind of Administra tion would satisfy it, nor give a frank support to any Administration whatever. The professing Liberals are confessedly a rope of sand, and the Conservatives are no better. The ultra-Protes tants and the squirearchy have no faith in Mr. Disraeli, nor, for that matter, even in Mr. Walpole ; Mr. Henley smiles at Sir J. Pakington ; the intel ligent leaders of the party shrink from "marching through (or to) Coventry" with their ragged regiment ; the (so-called) Peelites affect a neutral attitude, deal largely in political elccticism, and are the slaves of their own petty piques and feeble vindictiveness. A short time will now show us whether it be possible to organise, out of this political Noah's ark, a phalanx that will earnestly support a Cabinet with a really liberal programme, or, indeed, any Cabinet whatever. In the actual state of public opinion, we have but slender hopes of seeing a Liberal party organised that will be entirely to our mind. But we are desi rous, until the time comes when the great questions which are now emerging assume a more definite development, and thereby command the assent of earnest and united supporters, to see a Liberal party of some sort kept together. To this end we would desire to smooth asperities and to pro mote co-operation among all real Liberals. We are anxious to see less of rivalry and alienation among Liberal statesmen, or knots of statesmen, who enjoy the confidence of considerable bodies of personal partisans, and a better feeling between them and the large and in creasing numbers of independent Liberals who ac knowledge no particular flag. Among these parties there appears to us to have been faults on all sides. Independent Liberals have attached too much im- portance to personal aims and opini ns, which, however praiseworthy, have not yet come to inter est the great public ; and the official leaders of or ganised sections of the Liberal party have been too slow to recognise that the questions which agitated the country during their youth and early manhood having now been in a great measure settled, new questions are beginning to engross the public mind, to call for being dealt with by practical statesmen. It could be wished, therefore, that the most unre served frankness should characterise the conference to which Lord Palmerston has this day invited the Liberal members ofParliament. Let his lordship set the example of giving a full and frank exposi tion of his views and aims, and insist upon an ex plicit declaration of the intention of members in return. And let the members, on their part, treat his lordship with equal candour : if they are pre pared to go into opposition, let them say so at once. Our expectations, however, are of that very mo derate kind which rim little risk of being disap pointed. To us a dissolution, and that at a very early period, appears inevitable. Even from such a step our expectations are not over-sanguine ; but it is some consolation to reflect that we can scarcely, under any circumstances, get a House of Com mons -more weak and vacillating than the present. It is not to be imagined that L)rd Palmerston will so tamely relinquish' the object of a life's ambi tion and throw up the game without first resort ing to a dissolution. But whatever his own per sonal inclinations may be, he owes it to the great Liberal party, to which he professes to belong, not to resign before he has tried the experiment. Tile country is entitled to protest against having a House of Commons elected under the control of a Tory Cabinet. Before the reins of Government are again entrusted to the Derby-Disraeli party, or to the hybrids who rejoice in the name of Peelites, or to an amalgamation of both, the nation has a right to exercise its privilege of choosing representatives free from the influence of the Carlton Club, with all the resources of the Treasury at its disposal. If the numerous hollow factious of which the Liberal party in Parliament is at present made up cannot be brought ;to co-operate in good faith, let the sup p'ies be passed, the budget voted, and let us have a general election before the harvest. THE BETRAYAL OF KARS. (From th,e Morning Herald of this day.) There are few subjects upon which there has been more wilful blindness and misrepresentation than that which we.must ca►l the betrayal of Kars. Many members of both houses, we fear, have shrunk from investigation into this matter for fear that knowledge should compel them to act, having a suspicion that on examination they would dis cover neglects too bad to be passed over, even by their dull apprehensions, and still more dull poli tical consciences. A portion of the press—the Tinges, of course, load ing —has in a great measure wilfully misled those who trust in it, being determined to save Ministers at all hazards, come what will of the country. The approaching discussions in both houses, how ever, render it necessary to put the question for ward in a shape about which there can be no mis take, and to endeavour to make it comprehensible to the meanest understanding. Our readers will remember that we have all along expressed an opinion that the sacrifice of Kars seemed as if pre-al ranged, in order to allow of Rus sia appearing at the Conferences with something in the nature of an equivalent for the losses she had sustained in the war. The question now for the English public to decide is, who are the person or persons responsible for the great disgrace that has fallen upon England? far as we can gather, Lord Palmerston 's Government has provided itself with two scapegoats to account for the short-comings which are unde niable in the two periods into which these trans actions must b divided. Lord Stratford is to be made accountable for the want of preparations, which left General Williams unable to prolong his defence ; while Marshal Pelis ker is, on the other hand, to be mado - answerable for the non-adoption of measures for the relief of the beleagured town aftei the siege commenced. Now, we shall in a very few words be able to show that neither of these grounds of defence for Lord Palmerston's Administration I.re tenable. We are far from attemptin g to deny that f or th e first six months o f G enera l William's arrival in Asia Lord Stratford totally neglected his duty. Neither are we inclined to deny that for the greater part of that period Lord Clarendon wasted a great deal of time that might have been better employed in writing urgent letters to the ambassador, and sending insulting messages to the Turkish Govern ment. A very few words will serve to show how utterly valueless each of those admissions is as a defence to the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to the Minister of War, or to their chief. With regard to the ambassador—were he acting in contravention to the instructions received from home—it was at any moment competent to Lord Clarendon to dismiss a servant whom the whole tenor of his correspondence accuses of being un worthy of his trust. Lord Clarendon, however, did not adopt this course, and the disobedient Minister—so called by Lord Clarendon—remained at his post. Surely , this makes Lord Clarendon answarable for any misdeeds which may be brought home to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. • With regard to the insulting. letters and urgent applications sent to the Sultan's Ministers, there was no man in Europe more perfectly aware of the fact than Lord Clarendon, that from a total want of means, in men, money, ships, and material, it was an utter impossibility that the Porte could have complied with his demands ; therefore the letters so addressed, both to the ambassador and the Mi nisters, could have had but one object—namely,.to be produced as excuses when the foreseen misfor tune had actually occurred. Absurd as it would app3ar under any other cir cumstances, these letters formed the sum total of the exertions made by her Majesty's Government for the relief of Kars during the period which elapsed from the autumn - of the year 1854 until the latter end of June, 1855. Even in the matter of provisioning Kars, upon which the possibility of General Williams maintain ing his defence entirely depended, not one single piastre was placed by the British Ministry at the disposal either of the general, the ambassador, or of the Turkish Treasury, which was well known to be empty. • We shall conclude our remarks relating to the first period up to the 28th June, 1855, by remark ing that the inactivity and neglect of Lord Strat ford de Bedell& had entirely ceased many months before ; in fact, in February, at the period when Shukir Pacha was sent home, on General Wiiliams's suggestion, to stand his trial. On the 28th June, 1855, commences the series of efforts made by Omer Pacha to obtain permission to attempt the relief of a city, whose fate was the turning point of the war. Lora Clarendon at this period was aware that three requisites were necessary for the Turkish General to succeed. These were—troops, trans ports, and money. The first proposal made by Omer was to employ for the expedition the Turkish Contingent, which was entirely at Lord Clarendon's disposal, but this was, on the 13th of July, most peiemptorily refused. - In the same despatch which contains a refusal of so momentous a nature was also contained the opinions of those able strategists, Lord Clarendon and Lord Panmure, upon the subject of the line of operations proposed by Omer Pacha, and assented to, teste Lord Stratford, by every competent au thority in the East. The Ambassador writes :—" The Seraskier, Omer Paella, General Guyon, our own officers, as far as I have means of knowing, agree with the Porte and the French Embassy in preferring a diversion on the side of Redout Kaloh," to going to Trebi zond, as proposed by the British Ministers. Of the expedition so approved of my Lord Pan mure expressed the folio ving judgment in a letter to General Vivian, dated the 14th July : "Any expedition of a nature so wild and ill digested as that proposed by the Porte." "It would be madness to attempt to succour General Williams this way." Let us now see what was tha substituted pro posal of Lord Clarendon : " Forei g n Office, July 14, 1855. "Trebizond ought to be the base of operations, and if the Turkish army of Kars and Erzeroum cannot hold out at the latter place against the Rus sians, it might fall back on Trebizond, where it might easily be reinforced." And so leave the road to Constantinople, via Konieh, perfectly unde fended. It thus appears that the surrender of Kars, since acknowledged by the terms of the treaty to be the equivalent for everything that we have gained at the expenditure of 60,00 J lives and 100,000,0001. of money, was coolly recommended by the British Government on the 14th July, without even an effort to save it. This recommendation at so early a period puts an end to any defence that could be based on the supposition of objections made subsequently by the French general to the withdrawal of Turkish troops from before Sebastopol. The whole of the subsequent correspondence, in cluding the approval of the very expedition so fiercely condemned, when too late to be available, resolves itself into a series of shifts and dodges by which troops were refused, transports kept unem ployed, and the money necessary to set both in mo tion withheld, until twelve days after the fall of the city ' • while, as if in m oc k er y, p erm i ss i on was given to Omar Paella to move his troops at so late a date as the 29th of September, within a very few weeks of the setting in of the rains. Yet so well did this dilatory and incapable gene ral make use of his time, that in six weeks he trans• ported the mass of his army from Europe to Asia, reorganised the broken Turkish army at Batoum, marched them up the coast to Redout Kale!), and thence moved with' his united forces 70 miles into the interior, fought and won a pitched battle, and proved,to demonstration that had he been allowed to go one fortnight before he was ho oould have saved Kars. , Can special pleading get out of such a case as this? Lord Clarendon and his master may allege that all the troops that the Western alliance could mus ter were required before Sebastopol. We cannot allow this excuse to pass current, for not only by ourselves, but by the far higher authority of Lord Ellenborough, they were warned two years ago of the indispensable necessity of transporting troops from India to meet this very emergency. Although we cannot but think we Wave already sufficiently exposed the plea of French unwilling ness, yet as it is likely to be the cheval de bataille of the ministerial defence, we think it best, as this will be our last opportunity, to give the pretence a final coup de g'-ace, a very few words will do it, they - shall be Lord Clarendon's own : " No. 274. "LORD COWLEY TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. " (Telegraphic) _ "Paris, Aug. 4, 1855, 3.15 p.m. "The French Government will not oppose the projected expedition to Asia Minor, under Omar Pacha, provided that the numbers of the Turkish Contingent before Sebastopol are not diminished." That is that any troops taken from Balaklava are to be replaced by,others. " No. 275. THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD STRATFORD DE REDCEIFFE. "(Extract.) " Foreign Office, August 4, 1855. • "My despatch to Lord Cowley of yesterday's date contains a full statement of the grounds on which her Majesay's Government consider such a movement under Omar Pacha advisable - , and I have received this afternoon from his excellency the tele graphic message which I enclose, announcing that the French Government will not oppose the desired expedition. " Immediately on receipt of this message, I sent to your excellency a despatch in the following terms : "August 4.—Omer Paella can go to relieve Liars, provided he does not diminish the Turkish trpops before Sebastopol, or disturb the garrison of Y enikale." It will thus be seen that all the French Govern ment required was, that if Omer took his veteran army to Asia, troops equivalent in number should be sent to replace them in the valley of Baidar. Here, at least, was a service for which the Anglo- Turkish Contingent might be considered available, and yet we shall find that its services were at this late date once more refused by Lord Clarendon, although Baidar was the very spot of all others for the men to become acquainted with their officers, the only discipline required, as they were all drafts from the regular army. This course was strenuously recommended in No. 279 ; but we see shortly after how it was replied to by - Lord Clarendon, and how completely his refusal paralysed the Asiatic expedition. It is needless to say that much valuable time was lost in discussion ; but at last, OR 00 7th of September, Lord Claren don (after recapitulating some excuses which we beg leave, to consider insulting in their utter senselessness); writes, No. 303, the following ora cular words :—" Her Majesty's Government have determined that the dontingent shall not go to join the army before Sebastopol:" Thus . ended the last chance for the relief of Kars, and we think it will now require some pow er of effrontery to attempt to lay the sacrifice at the door of our French allies. For six months Lord Clarendon professed to consider the relief of Kars a matter of imperative necessity ; and for six months did he personall y throw every obstacle in the way of any and every measure proposed for the purpose. It is for the House of Commons to deduce the motives from the facts. The result, however, was to put Russia in a position which enabled Ler to make peace with the allies upon equal terms, and recover her prestige in Asia. TRH TROOPS IN TURKEY,—A return has been issued of the pay and allowances to all troops and per4ons em ployed in the service of the British Government within the Turkish dominions, It occupies a space of 20 pages, the list of pay, &P., to the various officers being given seriatim. Naval and Military Intellidence. The following general memorandum and c3py of a n Admiralty letter, expressing the Queen's thanks to the officers, seamen, and marines of the feet, for the succeed of the late review, were promulgated on Saturday : " Victory, in Port,mouth Harbour, April 24. " Vice A.dmiral Sir G. Seymour has great pleasure in communicating to the flag officers, the captain of the fleet, the captains, commanders, officers, and crews of the fleet and flotilla, the accompanying expression of her Majesty's satisfaction at the accuracy and precision dis played in the performance of the evolutions at the naval review on the 23d inst. ; together with her approbation of their conduct on that occasion, which will be received as an additional instance of the Queen's gracious appre ciation of zeal in her service. " The Vice-Admiral avails himself of this occasion t 4) thank Rear-Admiral Martin, Rear-Admiral the 11.,n. Sir R. S. Dundas, Rear-Admiral Baynes, Commodore the lion. F. T. Pelham, and the captains and other officers of her Majesty's ships and vessels assembled at Spithea cl , and in Portsmouth harbour, for the ready and able ee• sistance they have afforded him iu carrying out the in' structions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiraiti in every arrangement connected with the late review ; and be desires to express his sense of the general good conduct which has distinguished all classes belonging to the fleet during the time of their being assembled in unexampled numbers at the port where he has the honour to command. "G. F. SEYMOUR, ' Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. "The Respective Flag Officers, Captains, and Commanders, ecc.'"' • "Admiralty, her Majesty's ship Black Eagle, Spithead, April 24. " Sir,— I am commanded by my Lords Commissioner g of the Ad►niralty to acquaint you that her Majesty half been graciously pleased to desire that her satisfaction may be expressed to you, to Rear-Aamirai Sir Richard S. pandas, Rear-Admiral Baynes, Commodore the Hon. F. Pelham, and to the captains, offic , rs, and crews,of her ships and other ie.ssels assembled at Spithead on the oc. casion of the naval review on the 23d inst., at the Lica' racy and precision displayed in the performance of the various evolutions, which reflect the greatest credit Oa the ability and zeal of the flag officers, captains, and crews of the different ships and vessels employed. My lords have much gratification in conveying to you this intimation of her Majesty's pleasure, and in desiring you to make known this expression of her Majesty's gm' cions approbation to the flag officers, officers, and crews of the fleet assembled at Spithead.—l have &c., THOMAS PHINN. `i Vic:-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, G.C.11.0 ecc." H , :r Majesty's State yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt• the lion. J. Denman, left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon on a cruise, it is said, to Lisbon and Madeira. She is expected to return in eight days. We some time since reported the probability of her Majesty paying Lisbon a visit this summer. The Fox, 42, steam-transport, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon, and placed in the steam basin to receive her machinery. The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain H. Stewart, C. 8., and the Centaur, 6, paddle-frigate, Capt. Clifford , C. 8., left Portsmouth on Saturday for the eastward , with the Thunder, 14, floating battery, (;apt. Randolph. The Conqueror, 100, Capt. Symonds, C. 8., and, the Centurion, 80, Capt. Williams, left Spithead on Satur' day for Plymouth. The long-burning blue lights by which the fleet at Spithead was so grand!) , illuminated on the ii;ght of tb° review were introduced into the service by Capt. ( 00 W General) Jvhn Harvey Stevents, of the Royal Marine Artillery. The Royal West India Mail Company's steamer Ofi' noco, transport No. 218, the Paninsu'ar and Oriented Company's steam-ship Ripon, transport NJ. 25; and the General Screw Company's vessel Harbinger, transpovs No. Bd, sailed from Southampton for Balaklava an sy' turiey, for the purpose of bringing home horses ea' troops. The Harbinger will touch at Plymouth to take on board bread. The Royal Mail Company steamer Thames, transport No. 94, is being got ready at Southampton, and will probably leave for the Elvs tomorrow or Wednesday, It is expected that a ieL f officers and troops will be conveyed i by this ship to Gin" ratter and Malta. The General Screw Company's stem' ship Queen of the South, transport No. 135, is also on' der orders f,r the Black Sea, and will probably leiVe Southampton about the middle of the week. The steam-transport Argo, No. 81, Captain Ronson, belonging to the General Screw Company, Y: rived at Southampton y e st er d a y morn i ng, f rom the Blitov. Sea, with the C battery of Royal Artillery, which Bye embarked at South am pt on on 7 t h M arc h , cons ieting...!' Major the Hon. D. F raser , Li euts. P . J ackson, W - Llewellyn, and E. M`Laughlin, Assistant-Surgeon 1 Y: M. Milton, 152 men, and 190 horses. The Argo arrived at Belaklava on the 28th March, and remained there five days, but the intelligence of the conclusion of pesos reaching before the disembarkation of the horses and troops had taken place, orders were immediately given for ber to return to England. The Argo left Belaklawe for . Southampton on the 21 of April. She arrived 0 Constantinople on the 4th, and having taken on board , for England, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, R.H.A., one civil servant, and ono soldier ; Captain Gould, 63d Reg"' went, and one soldier; Lieutenant Preston, 3J Light Dragoons, 2 soldiers, and 2 horses; Veterinary Surgeon Carter, RA. ; Mrs. Birt,' three children, and servant ; three- civilian carpenters, and 12 distressed seamen, Eli e sailed again on the 6th inst. In consequence of befog windbound the Argo was compelled to anchor for 4t) hours at tho entrance to the Dardanelles, and thereThro did not reach Malta until the 13th, She sailed on On folio wing morning for Gibraltar. at which port she ehl; barked Captain Piele, Royal Artillery, and servant, eon, one private of th e 54 t h R eg i ment, and left for England on the 21st inst. During the homeward voyage the Argo on the 19th inst. exchanged signals with the tishebark Edward a-id the British ship Charlotte off Cape de Gatt, steering to the westward ; on the 22d, off Cape St. Vincent, exchanged signals with the General Screw Company's ships Golden Fleece and Jason, standing to the south-east, also spoke the same' company's chip Propontis, bound to Liverpool; on the' 23d inst. signalled the brigantine Rattlesnake, standinf ; to the south-west, and on the 25th spoke the steam-ehil Emperor standiug to the southward. The Argo has, i addition to Government stores, 210 tons of freight, col sisting of guns, gun-carriages, See. Since leaving En ti land, although during portions of the time she met wi tb heavy weather, she has •not lost more than 16 hors 20 , The remainder are in excellent condition, and the ore or, and cleanliness of th e s hi p are str iki ngly o b servable. 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