The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-12 00:00:00

THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT TINLING.

Lord CHELMSFORD rose to all the mato:aim of the
rim Loyd of the Admiralty to the partionkre of the
&Mit of Lieutenant Tisling, of her Majesty's ship En-
muter, at Shoushing, no the sth of March, 1863,
and to ask for an explanation of =stemmas made by the
Secretary of the Admiralty respecting the semis
The Duke of SOMERSET, in reply, quoted a letter from
Captain Dew, of the Encounter, is which it was distinctly
stated that Lieutenant Tinling bad accomminied him (Cap-
tain Dew) to Sinusitis, at his own
did
reaest, is common with
other officers ; that all who westso cm the under-
standing that they were on leave, sod were especially
cautioned not to expose themselves to the 6re. It was air
omen for the writer to pees beycod the radius of 30 miles
rimed NibgPo occasimally, but Lieutenant Tiolinc and the
other officers who accompanied him did so at their own re-
quest, and were not ou duty. Captain Dew added his
belief that bad Lieutenant Tinting foreseen the came which
was sow being taken by his family, his last moments
would have been very much embittered by the kneaded's.
There could be no question about the courage, and the gal-
Wary, and the high qualities of the young officer. He wee
so doubt oneof the most promising young men in the service.
We have many more like him in Chia& He was • young
man who would put himself forward in danger. The letter
of Captain Dew stated that be, bowing hie fearless na-
ture, waned him not to put himself in danger, because he
considered that be was responsible for his life. Their lord.
ships all bear that oar officers would place themselves in
danger—eves the highest office= had done so. Admiral
Hope himself did, add whey he (the Duke of Somerset)
Complajw! to him sod called his attention to the s..riona
logs which the service might have sustained, he replied that
be thought that the Chinese wanted a little cheering up.
(Hear, hear.) If they wished to have gallant men all over
the world them sad occorrenori would inevitably take place.
Me was more the swab had lost an excellent officer, and
having stated all the facts of the mot, and read the letter
of Captain Dew, which contained a perfectly sinners account
of the matter, he honed it would be satisfactory to their
lordships, mil to the Meads of the young officer. (Hear.)
Earl GREY said that Lieutemet Tinling west to Shoe.
thing is charge of to English gun, and was practically set-
Mg under the orders of his superior officer at the time.
The noble earl, also, in strong terms, coodemned the policy
of the government in Menace to Chime, and complaisea
of oar constant interference in Eastern affairs when our
interests were in no way cocooned. Al to the civil war
in China, we ought to do one of two things—either refrain
from all interference in the struggle between the Pekin go-
vernment and the Teeniest, or, if we did interfere, to do so
in a manner that would be worthy of our country.
Earl RUSSELL replied to the criticise= of the govern-
ment policy by Earl Grey. and said that we had main-
tained a strict neutrality between the Imperialist, and the
Taeipinp as long as we could • but at length it became
absolutely necessary to take steps for defending Shanghais
and the other treaty ports from the attacks of a botch of
barbarians.

The diemmeion ti °outland for a brief spa,* by the
Earl of Herdwicke, the Earl of FJleaborough, Earl Gren-
ville, aad Lord Chelmsford ; the @abysm then dropped.