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great Measure in invading. (Caters) With respect, sir,
to the merits of Lard Raglan, tt is unnecessary for ma to
and soy: king to what must be present to the mind of every
man. Lord Raglan devoted his whole We to the service ot
bisceuatry in conn•aiun with the arm?. (Cheers.) I believe
he unmet:teed his military career lo 1807, when he went
to Cepeohagen ; from that time to the day of his death t.
was continual employed 'fiber in active 1111,11111111111 the laid
or in the performauce of important ullietti duties coattecteo
with the army. His life wee devoted to the militory servie►
of his country, be bore about with him unfortunately proole
but too manifest of the devotion with which he wee et ell
rime. ready 1.9 expose tits rite in the held of b.ittic, but the:
mutilation—that glarions and honourable latrliitiOn, in no
way interfered with the eiSceent performance of his duty.
tChei,ri.) When the command of the army in the Crimes
we. offered to him, he might without soy disparagement t.
himself—resting on his Wag serviette—resting on his known
climate. no bravery—resting on the glorious sepses in which
he had uten engaged, and in which be had borne such a
distinguished part—resting on the pleats( advancing years, of
pliccal infirmities, and important nalcital dime. at home,
he m eht have asked to be excuaed, sod to be allowed to re-
eosoutend some other and younger man to be put is that
siinetion.

whew honour calls, end glory ants the way.
the moss of amour fellow andel:ay.
Grid Ragusa did me benitata • etesiaent In eseeptiag
commend. He knew full well the difficulties before him. He
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gloriously through the operation of the campaign. he badge
eimilect them through a much MOM difficult, touch MOM
p. ribose, ordeal—he had ko conduct them through all the
starkest, all the privations, tooldent to a winter
cempaign, in a coautry little known to oar army,
mid with the peculiari is. et which we were hardly
..eqkiainted. (Heat, hear.) To lettuces the suffering of
teat campaign must have been • rovers trial to a mind like
bon L card Raglan however had at length the satisfaction of
..ping that allay, which bad been reduced to thole a tate of
re-
turn misery
assedr spring, in privation
oraed b
during
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t the inter
change revoitved climate, byth
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teiutoreed by supplies of every kind, till at length he bed
the eatedeetion of seeing himself at the head of one of the
moot magnificent armies that ever followed the standard of
Seemed in any quarter of the globe, with whom he might
well have booed to plant the standard of Buttlandon the
walls of Sebastopol. (Hear, heat.) That I trust io a glory
which is still reserved, and at no distant period, for the tu-
tu:taw men who may be called on to sawed him. (Ch. eta.)
It must bath been • greet sfilictien to him, at the moment
when he must have area that he bad not
long to remain In this world, to find that the
bruliont hopes he had entertained could not be realised by
him, sod that he was deemed t • pass away from the stage
bef re he could eapeet to ',thee these ardent hopes the
especiation of which had bone up many • dark and gloemy
hour. (Cheers) Sir, aot only wee Lord Rfelse eminent
for th..se qualities which peculiarly blotto to a soldi. r, end
tor that bravery which bas always obaracterist d his noble
thaskiy, ent he was also remarkable for qualities which
I...culler!, fitted him for the position in which he was
else. d. (Hear, hear.) He had that gentleness of nature,
that conciliatory disposeles, and that comideration for the
leeliega ut others, which ao Invited, mid generally smote-
miry true valour. (Cheers) By the manner in which he
eiducted his intercourse with general end either officers
commanding the troops of our all to, it was his happiness
to cement that cordislit, of feeling, and to knit together
thine b Aide of union which now an happily embuse in
intionee companionship atmies which in less happy times
had known each other only as ot ponente is tbe field of
battle. (Cheers.) lu that respect Lord Roils* was emi.
neatly someeesful, end in that respect allow me tone he
has laid a deep foundation fur the thanks and gratitude of
this mammy. (Loud cheer..) It might well have happened
when armies came to cooperate together which had previ
cued, known each other only from opposing each other in
thi held of action, that jealousies, that rivalsbips, that con-
finite of opinion, or that the se venous desen.itins which
a.melunee arise even among effieers and men et the
same count- y, might bate teroon into the alliance feeling.
at colonete, or feelings of incipient animosity, which
would hove marred, sod been fatal to that great
alliance which has been art happily established between
the goy, rnments of the nations of England and France.
But teed Replan, in cenauctiog the istercrouse between
the allied armies, not only inspired in his own officers and
men that cordiality towards their Freneb allies which it
wee so emigrates should eziet, but also inspired in the officers
and troope of our allies a perfect conviction that there was
*most entire oblivion of the differences of the past, and
that Irom that time forward the armies of the two countries
were to be animated by one identical feeling, and to act
together se if they were notives of the same country.
(Cheers.) Sir, I say, then, that whether you regard Ltd
lt eglen es a man who pawed the whole of his life to the
performance of arduous military duties, and devoted him-
self without reserve to the service of his country, or
whether you consider him as • mon who. placed
in • peculiar and difficult position, performed the
duties of that position with the most conscientious cl.votion,
and with • somas which, while it did honour to himself,
c abated great advantages noon his country ; I fay, in
whatever light Lord Raglan be regarded. I am persuseed
this house will feel • melancholy satiefectioa in atquiesciog
in the timulutions which I am about to propose, and I am
confident that these* resolutions, while on the one bend they
test fr the gi [Weak regard of the crown for those who have
performed good service in ie. cause, and prove that this
house is not indifferent to the claims of those who have
eocrificed their lives In the service of their country, or per-
form. d great deeds in its defence—will, on the .thee head
be *reeved' to the people of this country; and the people
will think higher of this honer, and will look with more
gratitude upon the crown, in conwriur ace of the resolutions
which lam about to place Layout nerds. (Cheers.)
A resolution wee then read from the chair for treatise
an aunnity of 1,0001 arose to Lady Replan, to be paid out
of the Ctwooltdated Fund, and to cemmente from tee 2nd of
July. IS-5.5; sod another resolution fur imitating 2 0001 per
aneunt to toe present Lord Raglan, and the MUM amount
to b a nee, to commence from the seno period as the former
annuity.
DIrIDISRAELI said be bed peat p'easore in seconding
the inctiun of the noble lord, sad had no doubt it would
meet with tee unanimous assent of the house. (Hear,
hear.) Half a century of public
valuable, and sometimes illuatrieus was not to
be allowed to pass sway without record and
recrognitiesi. (Cheers.) The career of Lord Raglan
was remarkable. Forty years ago be sealed with his blued
the triumphent cies , of a great struggle easiest. the danger
ot unreenal empire ; and alter that long interval he had
given to his ci.untry his life, in order to guard it from the
menace of a new and overwhelming enemy. Tim qualities
o. Lied Raglan were researkehle, and it might b, doubted
whether they would be supplied by any one who might be
appointed his summer. W hat, perhaps, most distinguished
him was an elevatioa and serenity of wad that invested
him, as it were, with heroic and denies' repose, which
enabled him to brine to the menagement of men and the
transaction of greet *Moire the magic leffuence of character,
and which often accomplished results which were in other
cases prouuced by the inspiration of genius. Per-
haps there was no other instance on record in
which valour of so bivb a temper was so hap-
Pity and .insularly combined with a dlociplined dis-
cretion. Never before went courage and c .ution nutted in
so great a degree. (Hear, hear.) At the tomb of the great
departed critici.w must be silent—(bear, himr)—but he
might be permitted
.just to remark that the course of events
ad sanctioned the judgment of their late commander, and
that the difficulties by which he wee surrounded were difli,
culties which he did not choose or create. (Hear, bear.)
He hoped that those who succeeded him would 'sweat. r
happier lotuses. They could um meet with a more glorious
end ; for there Wes nothing more mtheirable than laf-
escrific- in the pantie interest. That was the priaciple
which regulated the life of Somerset—that was the prieciple
which animated his end. (Cheers.)
Sir DE L. EVANS said it wee with very great diffitleace
that he rove to say • few words in support of the mutton,
feeling as he did that it was impossible for him to add say-
thing to the admirable addresses of the sable lord aad the
right hen. gentleman. But still, se he heti been detiog
Insley year- eseociatid with the laments d chief in honour
and remembrance of wbom this mkeion seta made. be felt
that be should be wanting in peeper feeling and io hes duty
if he did not humbly 'wen t% that Pause his warm and
medial and earliest coincidence of feeling with Ike speeches
which had been made. (Chliere.) The neble lord had
said very truly, with regard to Lord Raglan, that
one of his most important services in the situation in
which he was placed was that of contribute; to cement
the allisnee of this country with France ; and
he (Si Di L. Emma) did not think it possible
that any men could have been melee cad from the Bntish
army, or frets this country, so admirably adapts-I to carry
out that great object. (Chime./ He might touch, ea the
right hon. gentleman bad done. upon the estraitedinary
ditties/ivies which iotetposed ice the labours and combats
weich Lied Raglan had to conduct. Nearly half • citatory
ago he einem-toe Led R -glees Reliantly, tne de-
votednees in the field, and is every duty whhiis ch no
be bad to
diocharep, and it would, no dnabt, have been • great ad-
vantage for him to have been charged with his re-
met duties et an earlier period of his life. There
were, however, wailer siecemstseces connected with
th,s asomeekeue eaterprise, weieb reedered bias pa
culierly direeeviog of the sympathy and admiration
of tie country. He did ant thank the history of this
country presented smother foetuses is which • se menender
had, not of hi. owe seeking, bat solely at the deshe of his
government, taken charge of so othieentoue as operatioa
suedeely, end without tb se reornme and WOW wheal;
were eadmtheottly snowiary. (Boor, bees.) Re mat sins
nbesswo WI did MS sire W boss Muni W the mble

.rd the riuht hon. gentleman, that it was a great .
deader to Lord Raglan to have fallen in the midst
ow great an t potions enterprise, sod while it was yet
achieved. If thorn gloriosa chiefs who had passed away halm
alai had b tee cut off before the termiurnion of their labours,
and had thus been deprived of the opportunity of sharing
on the triumphs of sue:teas, the world would hot, perhaps.
having given them credit for that ability and merit which
now attached to their memory. (Rear, hear.) If the noble
lord had been spared to his country and to Europe, he would
have shared those laurels which would now be wo-n only
hy his survivors (Hear, bur) He would only say further,
that to most deeply apopet bind in this motion, nod he war
oars that it 'meld be unanimously assented to not only .-
that house, but throughout every part of the land—(cheers)
—and that everywhere • desire would he mantfested that
all nosrible honour should be rendered to great and meri-
torious swims. (Chess )
Admiral WALCO IT said he rose to say in due course:
the racy cordially responded to the sentiments which h.
been so forcibly 'spurned by the noble loril, the right hon.
ernatlernan, and the g Ilant general—sentiments of admira-
tion and esteem for the illustrious dead. (Cheers.) He
could assure the Mime that no one could more cordially
o rear in this expression of feeling than the officers of -
navy.
Lerd J. RUSSELL said—Having had the pleasure
intesenneeternigemay years with Lea aisle% easseg
deny myself the suelaocbttly utisfactioe of joining gig
voice to those which have been raised in this hones. His
guild's!, were truly heroic. His courage, his composure,
and the conciliation which he manifested, wan. all carried e,
a Point win. h were truly heroic; but, as they were
displayed, they did not smear so at HA time.
was in tact his unaffected simplicity of character that raise*
his so high, and which won for hint the admirction of all.
(Getters) Amidst the perils and disasters of the list win-
ter, when the army might have become so much relaxed is
diessipline, the knowledge that they had such • commuiders
that they had with them as their chief one who had been
the ecompanion of Wellington, and who hereon his person th-
snare which war had inflicted on him, was • ground of
amuse in the army and a ground of conhdence to
lousily. (Hear, bear.) Thum who lov.d Lord Raglan
might have wished that if be were to fell it might Wog
been like W.,lfe and Net u, in the arms of victory. T
although that was not hi, torture, it may be said of him
nothing in victory could have surpassed the devotion which
he showed to his Sovereign and his mammy—a devotion
worthy of the name that he bore, worthy of the nation V
which be belonged, worthy of the great master in wh
ree.,,terai be followed. (Cheers )
On the questien being put,
Mr. M. GIBSON took this constitutional opportunity, i
said, to make some inquiry of the goversus-nt in reference t
the policy they were now pureuttig in the East. He woh
to know, Met, what were the present views of the noble
lord the member for London—secondly, whether the
moment had taken effectual steps for the future
tuition of life and property in delenealus towi
videos T. thirdly, whetter they had made inquiries
regard to the late atrocities at Kertch
Lard PALMERSTON—Sir, there are tiara and seasons
for all things. (I, iud cheers.) Tee right hon. gentleman
may be the brit judge as to what is fitting for the present
yeaaalqa. but I certainly dissect from the judgment w?-'
he seems to have form. d. I can only say that although
Maiesty's government have been and will be prepared
all fitting times to defend their conduct when it is thougl
to require defence, they will not be led by the Vitiate
the right hon. gentleman, ic by the cheers of his friends,
to mix up with a subject which they coaceive ought V -
one and undivtdatt, topics .if party acrimony or the
tility of the peace party. (C- leers and laughter.)
The reso:utions were then agreed to, and the
resumed.
The SPRALIa having resumed the chair,
Mr. M. GIBSON said be would take leave to ask
noble lord (Lord J. Russell) wheal.' as • minister of
crown he would condescend to explain to the house whether
the views which he now entertained with regard to the le-
proposition of Austria were those which be bola when
was ambassador at Vienne?
Lttro J. RUSSELL said he should defer his 'newer
that question until the policy of the government was v
the cousideration of the house—(hear, hear)—and
would be more than one opportunity of di curniog
policy. All he c laid say then was that the right nom
demon bad totally misrepresented the tuts of the case.
Mr. M. GIBSON said as he bad been charged with
representation, he begged to say that In ao.wer to • question
put from the other side of the louse, as to whether t sue con-
tents of Count Boil's circular was correct—(cries of" Order,
order." 'Chair, ot.air."), He wished to explain. (Renee'
interruption.)
The SPEAKER observed that there was no question
boors the house. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. M. GIBSON said hasne been charged with .
praseotation, he asked fora moment's indulgeoes to eel
(Hear, hear) An hon. baronet opposite asked the I
lord (Lord J. Ru•aell) the other day whether certain
tents of Corot Buoi's despatch, which he quoted, were o-
nce In teply, the noble lord said that they were comets
and therefore it he had misrepresented the noble lord tar-
misrepresentation arose from the noble lord's own
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMISSIONS
THE ARMY
Mr. RICH rose to move • resolution on the suhjt
army promotion, and was proceeding in his speech when
house was vaunted out, shortly atter half-put 7 o'clock.