The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-16 00:00:00

FINLAND AND THE OUL?.

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isiones of Austria for diegnisiel ll* bad ..q. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE.
—..... RAMDIN't OF =II DAILY raw) faith. A. "MIL OF ABERDEEN.
STOCKHOLM, Nes 6. ------
All diesel aumeaseisatiou with Mislead is odt off =ANIMATION UP TEA
PARIS,. :1711Dia ZVINISO.
patient when I say that in my opinion the opening i generally sedetstood that the iaveatigasizus of the eon-
Affbylellith. 011ia1d1144882181- thil" that
eul ftli.d Banthailsoiai,lnndebat horn lilt I 1"11 I shall not °bah with real' eleeniel °wee" miens yEaresterdal dy,Asedberdeelleith lir neblalle eat,' essieWitaulas hotbseiz7;
=2:=ll sore than a thousand miles, the of ta. in
Mich 4.adred
mike is a direct ihro. n reveal Exhibition was very sueoessfel. It mitts' aloes.
Ili adidelid air Mir .at being in posousion of istal.. we It gay and joyous segue. Although only persons The noble Earl, attar deseribleg the endued position he
=km Abo of a Imre date than the 26th Al. with mates tickets, and those ipselady invited for held se Prime Meister, is reply to a caution from the
et that dabs vet the activity of the Ens- ths inauguration, wore goosent, the handing was as Chairman, was then examined by
der k kg MMAllese• et th• ocoutrfi and full se scald well be. Many of the galleries were Mr. Ward who said—Will year lordship state to the 1
Cow bteriea te Grand l.'s theLatneveconfivitanivedtithen. riee crowded to inooovenietwe by well dreiesd ladies. All m•tcelttee awl' 4"l"gr'sla;h.dgiod aadet:riurtra, tiftswitais
laiktiPb6 in hi. mortifts to Minim the navy, the Pee* .boat me "Mena the mat illietlairtlest !Liam" "wits irasanyieratil. y—stl
it *mad think that about three sad has drawn spa plan by which all the line of Misfiled= with what they saw. The most striking moats. bow the
s ..." I icwattew of war "wino=
battle_ ships are to be fitted with steam reashinerTi part ef the prooredinp was the Court promenade were made by the gowiceasest is eiratemplatics of its
sad abirWly the screw. It is not said, however mod the hsimisit. The gyanorni salutes or the 0,„,„,,,,„,,, which had been awn is less apprehended; bat
view dr steam essehinery is to be nude, or by Empress as she wow dome with muddy sup attired of course thaw au a mem les of Opinion as to the probe.
wham. They cannot now get it from England, ....
In smut dress, with her beautiful hair surmounted by Witt of its lava vieurnot•
Ia what eh ws the -ios of war made t—At the
as the ter part of the English engineers and
meshsaiee have returned home, and those that are &dm of Purist won Plasm opinions from evet7llodY• end a mach bore pa duc
taw were womanised In the
etill istabsed in Ruda are not adequate to the work The crowd premed very aloes upon their Majesties ak of January.
--OM if they were induced b threats or 1100 d PS who were several times obliged to halt till way could To what extent did these preparatiam • 110 ? Did they rank
to wart for their oclantry's enemy—it ia difficult to
unierstand how the Grand Duke will be able during be made. In my judgment the apple's* wen mush to putties the army in an effective matt • P—lrsur sifteielY
the present war to transmogrily hie dull sailing ships greater than usual. To English ears it may not have and I think bFarriery a large force w, ‘d seat to Malts,
isle IIiSSEISTS.
pplared enthusiastic, but French crowds do not *tut 1,71 being friard.a i° . . Turkey.. fa the event of
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011011

Inthemeintime be has come down to Sweeny&
where then are half a dooms steam frigates, and it is
said to be his intention to proceed with them to sea
Ito endeavour to pick up some of the ships of the
blookadiog squadron. It is added that each of his
steamers will take a line-of-battle ship in tow to
*over his retreat if too bard pressed by the English
' frigates. If this news be confirmed it shows his
pluck, and will be glorious intelligent* for the Bri-
tish sailors, who desire nothing better than to catch
the Russian ships out of port, and have a brush with
them.
The export of grain from the west coast of Fin-
land
to Sweden, which was prohibited from Abo tol
Tama by a decree of the 24th of August last year,
is now permitted by the Russian authorities, but the
merchants will scarcely avail themselves of the per-
mission, as they will expose their ships and oargoes to
certain capture by the British cruisers.
Of the Finland State (forted) loan for 650,000
silver roubles, the first half is ordered to be raised by
the end of April, whilst the remainder will not be
called for till the middle of the summer.
Amongst the troops that arrived at Helaine= on
the 96th of April were two field batteries of artil-
lery, and two battalions of grenadiers, the we belong-
leg mike regiment " King of Prussia," the other to
that of *s Prince Frederick of the Netherlands."

habitually do the " Kentish fire "'hotly es English-
men.
'fhe Imlepaulasse• has again been seised to-day.
The reason of the seizure of yesterday wee, I au
informed, some remarks upon the probable resigna-
tion of M. Porta'', the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion. The Petrie announcer' that none of the
English newspaper' have been distributed to-day.
This is sot strictly accurate, because I have read
them at Cialignenre. But my own papers, and those
of my kinds, have not been delivered.
There hes been no change worth mentioning on
the Bower. Business was very dnil.
The King of Sweden has nominated Marshal
Valliant, Minister of War, Commander Grand Cron
of the order of the Sword.
The Americas clipper, the Great Republic, 3,324
tons, has arrived at Marseilles, from London. She
is to be employed by the French government to carry
out troops to the East.

A& Weal deelaratisi of war takieg place''.
Then previous to that period the 110111111iNeet Were still
ender the lapresalea that hostilities would not none ?—Ac'
I Sad before, on that autism there wee a dit..erenee of
pinks. Perhaps I was more sangsias than sa" ether
mamba of the goverment is the ►ope of preserving preen ;
but that was my iiidividnal view.
Bat during the previous year had no steps been talon to
obtain inforasation with regard to the partieekr estuary
irhere the war was likely to take Awe, or on any ether ash-
jest was no information proem od, or sought to be pre-
med ?-ob, yes, lesemation for a very madders hie time
ems sought to he pissed, bat it waa very dinkralt to pro-
em the isfeandes tree required, as to the character and
umeal of Buisha lows, end also on various other
Imams ea midst' ft was ilseirable to obtain informatics..
Timm was great diflieulty in obtaining information as to the
state of attain in the Bast and I should say that the most
comet infermation 'Mislaid was obtained in this esuntry.
I understood you to say that no setae preparations wen
made until January, whether in the commissariat sr other
departments of the public service, in anticipation of the war ?
think not; no aatual preparations.
After the brutal declaration of war, were all mitten con-
seated with the war and the army submitted to the considera-
tion of the cabinet?—All matters of importance were of
amine submitted to the various departments having the
management of the war. The details of all matters
were not submitted to the cabinet, but any decisions
er eircaniatancee of importance were brought before the
satinet.

A letter from Helsingfors of the 23rd ult., in the
Pafrie, says:—" The navigation is open ; the schooner
Ramis, laden with colonial produce, has arrived at
' Hugo); but, according to all probability, the marl.
time communitmtiom, which have only just opened,
will be speedily win suspended, as three English
war steamers amiaid to have already appeared off
Hanger-Udd. In order to prevent the ooro, which
has been stored up in large quantities in our pro-
vince. from being spoiled, the Government has re-
voked its former decision, sad authoriasd the expor.
tation of it from the western touts of Finland for
Sweden, and from Abo far Tomes. This permission,
however. will not be of much benefit to commerce,
as scarcely a venal will hazard going to sea, from the
English squadron being se Gloss. Notwithstanding
all the rigorous measures ordered by the Russian
Government, scarcely a third of the Finland loan has
been yet subscribed for."

Than the cabinet was consulted an all =attars relating
to the war, of impartaus ?-02 important operations, ter-
tatty.

Viers cabinet councils eentiauilly summoned until the
tires parliament wee prorogued I—Yes.
It km been slated to the committee that at the period of
the preregadea of parliament last autumn, no cabinet coun-
cil was bold 1-1 think from the time of the prorogation of
parliament. shoat the middle of August, until about the
middle of Ostoba, no eabiast council was bold.
That was a period of three months I—Of twe months.
At that time were all the members of the cabinet present
in Loudon during those two months P-011. no. Oa the
prorogation of parliament the various 'members of the govern-
ment were dispersed in different directions.
What seembus of the cabinet remained is town ?—The
Duke of Newcastle coastsatly. I remained until the
sad of September, sad having heretofore not having left
Loudon • simile day, I west for a week home, and for
another week I was in attendance is her Majesty ; sad
with that exception I was in tows, and the other members
were frequently—Mr. Sidney Herbert was almost cos-
steady ; bat the greater pert of the cabinet were dispersed.
Daring that portholes period I think the expedition
sailed from Varna to the Crimes, and the leading of the
tempt leek plum, use He battle of Alma wee &asks, sad the
siege commenced ?—Yee, the order for the expedition bad
been nude, and instructions were seat for it to sail at the
end 01 June ; bat a delay in the sailing took plum. It was
dories that time.
Then these operation, did take place daring the period I
lace nientiesed P—Tes.

Did year lordship set think it aeosseary during that
period to submit any question to the rennet f—l s not
sure that the precise satire of thin .setup of the cabinet
were perfectly tuellenbeed. I armband that it is so part
of the duty of the germanise to hold these 'ablest neat.
hags at a partionler or stated else, bat only as the amenity
of the pulls sinks digest's. It is true that duties the
meting et parliament I desired that t►e @shiest should be
stinsaned every week for Saturday. This was tar the
general regress of the legislation of parliarasat, sad for the
eurraat baleen of the week, bat it did am reader Manly
the met* of the cabinet for other days is the week, when
the public service ogled ter or required it. Aay =blister
of the Crown any sanasea a cabinet whenever be Maser,
sad for say object, either masested with ble own &pert-
ain or far smiling else; but instead of *Nadia; at ease,
sad ordering a avieseager to seance a cabinet. it fa anal
to mead= it to the fitieninkter, who this naturally orders
the fishnet to met

Is year lordship of opinion that in the am of s groat 1
scassilitey a abbot 'Weld be sannsoaed t— Certainly,
sad wham the labia,' was Ind sunusoaed en the ead of the
amiss end attar the prorogation of parliament, it was with
the fall uaderetanding that the sabiaet sight be suasosed
at the shortest weds,. sad that whoa owseion required it,
it would be swesaed, sad it would asesable in less than
48 houss.

Welt net year lordship be of 'pinkest that it was as
seeemery to mess* a tibiae% essaell is elm pubis events
of impresses swished it, as well after the prorogation of
parliament es when parliasost wee eetsally sitting I—That
deposal on whither the aspartame of the events 'maimed
it. It weld set be of saisisat isperause, mhos as..

event at aa•a
Vilma do r

withistke of anusquemee rfrirallt.
Laded to the Crises,

-.a OS was it not sada
a metal ftspeenisa that Sebastopol would fall &haat
bamediately 4 a coop Jo MPS t—That was filly
bolissed.

Wu it set at a period whoa the way cane mad to the
math of nebeetepol, sad whoa it was head too otters to be
tabs. by • mop do aria, as eeslaapisted, that Owe WM
sa Mama hem tow of the imams of the ablest ; sad
'wee het that, to 'eat °Saha, sa malt that wield have re-
volted a geishas of the eibiset to dhows is des%
haw. All seesemary isdraetioas had bees gives to the

osamosador.hroblof eat them mai to Ow (iamb sow
pain YU snap TM Xiakaardor-Wor woo is Lemke,
sad Ulla bad say difloolty to say &Woks do sight Irish to
submit, he would, of ems% boo sermonol a Wad

But did net the hat of the -..tones the lartrue el
liehestepoi being thud awl theendie dm wee =delimited,
mad the hot of our sooty having to by reviler siege to
ohm arepletioly the ethoplezioa of the expedition to the
Crises i—N..
ileppoing u Ind been tiatisigehod that debate* would
hove @Waned a long siege, would the goreennient, to year
apish's, etill both thought the akslO. et, the expedition to
the Crimes woe the Wstho 411 l—.Ar I have ihnoly
laid, the lastosstiese anodes the expedition to go ned
wino met in the end of Done, sad ve led no memos to
'oppose slat they were nth ferried into exerinka NABS
than they were. At the Mae tin*. Ido think th.it the
expedition saint eratheiset tine.
The expedition laded is the beginning of deptertheia—
Ten

The, the guenaseat dila* that thane bigamies of
aspesuber eu tr less peeled if the par dee the eapedl=
tea to be eatiatelcia ?—Ths eathentin mad aineeele
unseal had • puha dioneties act to vadetiehe it eg
areeecaable Sae.
11heiieseatanateee main ia Amearereithunsuo.
oat under ea Inanedea antis talatd
jlese sear Om that t—a Utak so. satelisip. "
whet ism war lordship &Sabato the egg ?-'Ti a
Wised andelnien.
Wish taPitswit ff • wand at Pretwaatlwil
it warapit't-4 *lna nen Sal • thiiiimag.
Then ilesen deny sadist enewirhattbad •

erlaeipel muse oftUq. , A • .
t.
Wer• hey pea W-foul.teffhlrafat
lkilsoll; or by ..6aesaembot of 06
atiggi OW a PAW Nint7.'
yaw 1-21 a MI
id • erne dot diastole
Jeasitermiti ed TM Watt seutibiel of ta•
the mulled If s tomelidasha elf elkee—s elesslikties
eltee, sot • tegeraties of Ales ; bat It woe thought, sr
wee the *ales of Lerst hes Rama eat myself,
• Tee hot a it time to any the premed ssls lass Mies.

I Lard John Memeli at that thus was opposed to a coasoli-
dation el adios ?—No ; he did at oppose it ; on the NS-
airy, ha resomassailed it ; bat atter a greet dist of dismis-
sion sak: smisideraties, he mums to the sewelission that it
....
tealmee.4..; . ''time.
- Lis at t..... -.sung Lard ;:ha Rases*
Are yes aware upoa what a.. '"t to siumNigaa,
decided that it we lot of material SOW.
aced la us • --.
the ogles ?—I apprehend, from the risk inn,
taking sash a cleave I. time of war, sad from ea appre-
hension that it might lead to laeorivealeass la the manage-
meat of these eases, sad prod's°, elects salwalated to be
injurious to the public .aria, although in itself the object
sight be desirable.

The Chaintaa—Will your lordship be good enough to
state the tine at which the determinatioa was come to that
it was net desirable to make the suggested change ?--A.
correspondence took place between Lord John Russell sad
I myself, • portion of which he read or the Homo of Com-
mons, and to which the Dohs of Newcastle also Warred hi
' the Rouse of Lords. That oorrorpondentn I have no objne-
don to refer to, or, if the committee like to see the whole of
it, I have no objection. But altar rsoommending that con-
' solidatioe, the end, the conclusion of that correspondence,
come to about the ekes of November, was that it was not
desirable to awry the contemplated alteratioas into effect.
Lord Beymoor—Rarly in ISM a motion was sada in the
Rouse of Commas by the late Mr. Hume, with Worthen
to a consolidation of office and Lord John Russell on that
occasion stated on behalf of the government that the
goverassont objected to it at that time nadir any circum-
stances. le it in your lordship's recollestica whether that La
the fact ?—Yee, to any extensive consolidation.
Did not the government, on farther prewar*, state that
they would not ask. any consolidatioa—did they not agree
to attach to the office of Secretary for the en.onise • military
secretary t—A military secretary?
Yes. An additional secretary--a military secretary,
under the Secretary for War and for the Colonies—was that
done, or two it and to be dose /—The noble earl hesitated,
and was understood to say he was not aware of the fact.
Do you know whether any military onder.sewetary was
anointed to aunt the Duke of Newcastle in his office ?—I
think not.
Sir J. Pakington—Does 3,,0ur lordship recollect the ap-
pointment of Captain Mundy as an additional weretuy to
the Colooial.odlati before the separation f—At that time, I
think, as far as I recollect in the month of June, the separa-
tion of office took place.
Lord Seymour— Was it not suggested to the governineat,
as in the ease of know military epochs, more part=
under Lord Bathurst, that when they objected to a
datioe of office, they should at least give the Secretary for
War and the Colonies the advantage of a military -ander-
secretary to meat him f—lt may have been so, not I do not
remember at all.

Than, if a military under secretary was appointed, it
was done by the Duke of Newcastle himself, and without
any reference to you 3—Yes, certainly. I made no ap-
pointment of the kind.
Mr. Leyard—Your lordship stated kidney that you had
the remainder of the correspondencewith Lard John Rus-
sell, and that you bad no objection to ;about it to the caw
mitts* ; now, does the remainder of the correspondence
affect the question of the consolidation drake 3—Yee, the
object of that oorrespondance, I may state, was to propose
that the Duke of Newcastle should be relieved from his
office of Minister of War.

Teo Doke of ftTine7tie he'd the °floe of Secretary of
State for the C0b01.., aad at the wee time the dace of Xi-
' sister of War f—Yes.

ThelalUin;a•en-:-iiias the Duke of Nematode cognisant of
this correspondence ?-0h yes, and every camber of the ca-
binet.

Layard—There is an impression that Lord John
Rumen objected to the retention of the office of &notary
ter War by the Duke of Newoutle. Is that the ease t
Q1i..14.13t _ . _

H. Eli object?—Yee.
1 The Chairman—Did any other person object?—The only
thing is that is dismission. in the Csbinet, of worse, whoa
persons meet together there is a difference of opinion as to
the mode of sarrying on the basin**, bat I do not think
(se we understood the noble earl) it will be found
that there was any different* of opinion as to matters
of general public policy. The correspondence stands
on a different footing to whet it did, because Lord John
Ransil by moment seed it as be thought proper is the House
of Commas', and the Duke of Newcastle did the same in
the Bosse of Lords; red therefore I do not feel atty"e
is necessary about it. That correspondence wwt*eonfrutea
eatirely to the proposal of Lord John Basell to relieve the
Doke of Newcastle from the ciao' of fleerwry at Wm.
Mr. Layard.—Phis committee, as year lordship is aware,
wee *madame to Mantra taut the undset and edministra-
don of the various departments whose duty it was to sup-
ply the waste of the army before Sebastopol ?—Just so.
And a great deal of blame has been thrown by the differ-
ent witausse who have bun outsized before this commit-
tee, and I think by the public also, on the medical depart-
ment, the beard efordasue, and on other departments ;
end thiscdme I think it ha hit question to ask your lord-
whether the saggeedea that was made at an early pe-
rt last year for the sonsehdation of dim at all affected
the proceedings of the 'shine* ?—No.
Sash beieg the sato, your lordship might perhaps submit
to the committee say correspondence that took place on
the subject, if you lordship hes no objection ?—I do not
think there is say correspondence on that subject. I have
already stated the eiresrostaneee under which the sures-
ponder)°, arose; end although the appointment of the Duke
of Newcastle 5, the War-oflies wee approved by Lord John
Russell, and, by the whole cabinet after, I think early in
November, ti my groat surprise. Lord John Russell wrote
to propose that the Duke of Newcastle should be removed.
Lord Jolla &well was not satisfied with the conduct of the
war by the Doke of Newcastle, and proposed that be should
be removed Iran 'eke. That was la the beginning of No-
vember.

Prom osly to that paled had Lord John Russell made any
°bind= ?—Not a syllabh.
The Chairman—Then I suppose you lordship will hare
no objsetion to produco duos parts of the oorreepondenco
that bus not already come before the public ?—Nece.
The Cbairenan-1 think your lordship is rather desirous
that it should be so ?—No, I osanot may that. It involves
a dimmable pummel dimuseion. That is the only lemon
I I him for objecting to it. I think tits committee will
sired with is. that it is a tort' disagreeable subject, upon
Audi I kayo not said a word in parliament ; but Lord J.
Rummell used the eorrespostiente as he thought right to
wit.

~Mr.Layara—l think I nay fairly ask year lordship
hereto eyes the eesvespeateses, do you think that what
took place in asesquace the correspondence you now
anode to, or say dames) between Lord J. Busmen and
yourself, or say other member of the Cabinet. his led to
any et she stabilises that have teased to the may in the
Char, se that it has traberreased the hands of the
govassent lit.providlan for the army is the oast?—Oh,
net in the Ised—siet in the least.

Man;Nee' thderstead year lord-
ship to Mel that se °birdie was made by Lord Joha
Resell to the Duke of Newcastle Width; the Ake of Beare-
eery of War tall November ?—No.
Ilr. Lewd —Portions of this eorreepondeses have already
bees beforeathesiblie, sad it is of hapertease r regards the
war, and Me lair• se die labile, that ON whole *one-
theadenee be gives.
The Clethetth--And gale thir M loftlibill aim
The Earl of Abewiem=rbe wMi. of It has a perms/
Mier, whether the Debi of Niter s& obeeld be removed
or remain. I haves. ellestise.
Mr. Leyeeth—Nat that eery garden of perteaslity
math arts the *airy of the aommittee, mad involves this
important point r to whether the pissed in °See
wee alt rad esespeteat man to the desks that
devolved ea hth.—Well, tint wol show
away ~see ter readmieg the Dthe of where he
woo, sad he at weft to the Lord J. linemen
to remove him them OM ethos. _

to the Were of Commons
that he left "ear leraldrt ift.llll2llll ea account of the
keesible add liontroadies aesenab received as to the state
'tee way to the Odom, and that he She blerelfjirtilled
in his resiedes se thy of want of ownscon manap-
went to the siNrrbibo Otlbe war ?-1 think that would
le • wirp amens tedteetiote draw.
NH it was ea tehesese t o pat& naturally drew 'froac.
Lord John Russeirownit ?-1 sea wily say this, that whoa
livßeolyeek gave dtihi. et lb vet*ea la the house for the.
appeialanat of the wend eawnittee. Lord J. Basra
male to me to art he odd net oppose Ow
maw- lad diet oe It did the waded of seas
hiseelisezesit le • ft his duty Mmes, Tied ens
*oast 1 Maid et It, lorry greet ea Ind mother
hafteedon et the NarselTbieikely se lai punned.
sowed Pial— soinspdsdiese task this.* Previos•
tolideveraher N--Ito; comepalibiwie MOM to Aleut
=die Deb of Nowaverbew eller ingeeno=n
and teriebated I thigh as the soil et
es early he tbringlauing of Deenalosr.
The Cheissaiill lon litv• th• SiZttie
the serterpowdesso 14W-03 ye
arm if
s yea* plonks' sit to
eay espionalswe 1 may give in paribinest. told plus It.
Ur. loyeeto-da aMitisa to the eideespendeoeft wen
airl Illitirellieee of the seas kind eabaitted le tho
&Awn P—ideori 1 dieing any eat the perinea efl either
Ambit/ or rellire the Doke et Neweede frees *doe..
it war net brought Were die eater& mot Ewen midi
he weal& submit it II the gabfest, hat did, sad ilk
ma dose mortiered. "
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