The Press.
London, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

THE CASE OF MAJOR DOWBIGOIN.

Sir DE LACY EVANS, on Monday, said :
Sir, on Friday evening I gave notice of my intention to
repeat on this evening the question which L then put,
relative to the production of a certain passage in a telegraph
despatch from Lord Panmure to General Simpson, and
referring to a gallant officer whose name has been before
mentioned in the house. I do not wish to press the
Government to lay this passage on the table of the house
if it be inconvenient to them to do so ; but as I have seen
it stated in an apparently authorised paragraph in the
Globe newspaper that this passage, instead of being an
objectionable one, was one calculated to reflect honour
on Lord Panmure, I suppose them can be no objection to
its production ; and I, therefore, repeat my question, and
ask the noble lord at the head of the Government if he
will produce it ?

LORD PALMERSTON :
T have in my hand a copy of the telegraphic message,
which is rather long. and relates to many other affairs besides
that referred to by my hon. and gallant friend; but there is
a passage in the middle of the message which does refer to
the gallant officer to whom the hon. and gallant member
for Westminster has alluded ; and these are the words in
which he is mentioned :—" I recommend young Dowbiggin
to your attention if he is fit, and you have a vacancy." I
have no objection to lay that on the table, Sir; and I wish
at the same time to read an extract from a letter written
by the gallant general commanding to Lord Hardinge. It
says :—" In the trenches again last night the Russians
made a strong attack to regain the Cemetery. but we were
prepared for them. Captain Dowbiggin and the 4th
Regiment party behaved admirably " (" Hear, hear," and
laughter. The noble lord then, amid much laughter,
walked towards the front bench below the gangway, where
the hon, and gallant member for Westminster was seated,
and in his blandest manner tendered Sir De Lacy Evans
the two documents from which he had just quoted.)
Sir Da LACY EVANS : Oh, I don't want them. Laughter.)
Lord PALMERSTON : Oh, read them. (Renewed laughter.
Amid which Sir De Lacy Evans took a seat on the Tres-
snry bench, and commenced perusing the Dowbiggin
message.)

The Earl of MALMESHURYgave notice on Monday
that if the armistice between England and Russia
expired on the 31st, he should call the attention of
the house to the blue-bock and correspondence on
the siege and taking of Kars.
The Earl of ELLENtioaouoit thought it would be
desirable that the house should have fuller informa-
tion upon different points connected with the subject
—as, for example, the strength and distribution of
the British and Sardinian forces iu July, '55, and the
disposal of the Turkish Loan.
Lord WODEHOUSE, on Thursday, in reply to the
Earl of Ellenborough, gave some additional details
of the correspondence between the Foreign•ofce
and General Williams. He declined to produce re-
turns of the number of men composing the allied
armies whilst the war still continued.
CONFERENCES AT PARIS.—AFFAIRS OF ITALY.

Mr. BovrzEit, on Thursday, rose to ask the First
Lord of the Treasury the following questions :

Whether there is any truth in the report that the atten-
tion of the Paris Conference will he directed to the affairs
of Italy; also, whether the Sardinian Government has
suggested or requested that any and what matters of Italian
politics may engage the attention of the Conference.
Lord PALMEUSTON : I am sorry that I cannot give the
hon. gentleman any information on the subject to which
he has referred. (Cheers ) One of the very first resolutions
come to at the Conferences was, that the proceedings
which might take place from day to day should be known
only by their results. (Laughter.)

THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.
Mr. LAYARD, on Monday, postponed to a future
day the motion of which he had given notice for
Tuesday evening, respecting the promotion and deco-
ration of certain officers inculpated in the Crimean
report.