The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-06 00:00:00

are called raw recruits. This is • letter from a distin-
guished °Meer in the Coldstreams, who was an eye witness
of the assault on the Redo, and who wrote the *letter to •
Emily in this county. He says—" The conduct of our
young oaken in the assaulting regiments, and the way in
widish they led their men, was splendid. The bravery of
young Ratcliffe, of the 23rd, was beyond all praise. Three
times did this boy attempt to climb the scaling ladder,
toles was he beaten down, and the third time be gained
the top, when he was wounded with the thrust of •
bermes, sad hurled to the bottom of • ditch. Bet,
strange to say, he is now doing Why, that boy was
only seventeen. (Load cheers.) Gestlemes, I wish that you
would cheer. for that sheer will Set only Weddell • father's
heart, but will ring through the county of Hertford—
(cheers)—red it will show of what metal Hertfordshire men
are made. (Renewed cheers.) And, gentlemen, while we
do honour to those young living soldiers, do not lit us forget
that liertfordstife can also boast of one of
who is still spared to the service of his country—the son of
Mr. Prettyman, of Wheathannstead—(cheers)—whew
name, as one of the ablest and bravest Aileen in the Runtish
army, is now familiar to every military mats. Well, per-
baps, Sebastopol has been a rough school, but I think it
1 will turn out some famous scholars; and we may be well
proud of that matchlee army, which, maintaining die
delis' amid hardships so incredible, and earning renown
oftolast each formidable odds, has transferred its encamp-
ment to the very fortress of ttio essay, and sow holds in
Sebastopol • material gearaatse for the rights of nations
wad the demands of justice. (Loud cheers.) It is not
here--mad I hap it would not be aeywhere—that I would
dwell oa what has bees urged, I think somewhat hastily,
la some of the newspapers, is mitigation of our joy at
the victory for which we have rendered up our thanks-
givings to the Divine Arbiter of human &anise. It is
' is.. thin we did not storm the Malakhoff, and therefore
had nog SO direct and immediate a share in the taking of
ilelluityin as the French—but what then ? Look at that
emblem before you. It is ieseribed with the fattish of
Victoria mad Napoleon surrounded by the same wreath.
(Hear, hear.) What does that miss ? Why it Weans that
England and France area angle army—(loed sheers)—and
that the glory of the oi •is the glory of the other. Do you
believe there is any Frenchman who would deny as oar
full share of the halt of the laurel tree which took its roots
os the hills of Alms, because the last gale is the storm of
battle drifted in I towards the ranks of the French?
(Heir, hear.) Why, is the next tuns of the wind those
leaves might be drifted towards us. Bar, gentlemen, I will
never for the paltry purpose of damagisg a goverameat to
whose I may have been oppeeed—no, I never will gaunt to
disparage English soldiere—(hear)—and, though I will not
epos imperfect and hasty evidence, mann as absent gene
ral, for whom, as for all military appointments, the genial•
mast alone ma be held responsible, still, there is one umiak
and moat wholesome losses that ought to be impressed upon
our minds—for we Boglishise• can bear to be told of our
Rules, and I have always observed through life that the
man who is meet painfully sensitive to the fear of failure is
always the NM net sure of ultimate susses. (Applause.)
Kr. Fez miss said, in the House of Commons, that when
Ragland west to war, she mild set depend upon the mount
of ber physical force, hut that she must depend upon the
superiority of her civilised intelligence—that it was not to
be espeeted that she could bete g the largest armies
hue this field, bat that it wee to he expected that the
may whisk she did hang should have the best weapons,
the best emanation, the best commiteariat, the wisest
strategy, the most skilful commanders, and the amplest
avail of all modern facilities and isveatioss—in short, all
that the highest degree of eivilieatiou weld give to iota-
noses. (Neer, hear.) Well, gentlemen, lan afraid we
must all acknowledge, without distortion of parties, that
is them pasts in which we had • right to look for nom,
we have notoriously failed. (Hear, hear.) We have re-
ad thinly, sad net in vain. upon what our gamesters
Nig ligegioas staysky of their gentlemansad the pluck
of Ilhele ieldiere—(applasse)—but we must all Gamow-
illifplilat we have a great deal to learn before wenn fairly
Mr Me have brought the entire force of English Jean-
gym sad eiviliestios in 1866 to hear again t the enemy
iliet we have assumed the right to despise es herbarium
(beow, hear.) Led, therefore, whatever Government Is
in power—no matter what party is uppermost—l say it
Our imperative duty, as Englishmen sad as ran of
sumo, to tone into all our departments, military and
'dal, that intelligent* which it is betmn to pawn%
laud without which we may indeedoar enemy, but
st the pries of the meet fearful less, sad as the risk of
parts. our position as a wise and enlightened people in
the eyes of our allies and the judgment of less friendly
ustiest. (Hear, berm) Well, gestalten, it was with that
view —lf you will allow me to refer for • single moment ue
the motion which, by your Madsen is suiting me es your
repimestatin, I introduced is the Home of Commas% and
I may de .0 without irritating polidal differences, for it
wee serried visitant sae Montane voles—l say it wee with
that view that I framed the resolution to which, in my
epistle, parliament and oeisleeses are banal, that at the
wveryy earliest period they would so revise all our ratio sata-
blishaenp as to bring late all the barest available moan
of that energy end intell4ease which distisguish the
people of this anintry. (Hoar, hear.) And now, goalie-
see, eines you have called std up to adrift you, as a
member of pa:lnmost may I dais the right to say tee
word on behalf of that sasonbip t I ant oars you will grant
me that indulgence, as my obsenatioss *hall have no ran-
este In *Met. You will all remember that the loot Keno
of Chnimons was sleeted nadir very different dronsoloness
hem thee. in whisk we now led ostoolves. The nnlsoity
wore unieed upon a commercial yelled* under leaders,
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