The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-15 00:00:00

(Stamped H. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY.

TWENTIETH DAY.
(Cosaladed hem yesterday's Express.)
Attar so adjouramest, which lasted about half-at-hour,
irdon, at the request of the Judge-Advocate,
roes to open his ease. He said, before proceeding any fur-
ther M wished to allude to the evidence given by himself
in the Crimea, and he regretted that Colonel Talloch was
sot present to hear his statemest. With regard to Colonel
Tall ch's assertion that the original notes of the 'mitigate
were seat so all the witnesses in the Crimea fur their tor-
retries, be bad to state that the original notes of his own
avid. am which he held is his hand be ewer saw till they
were produced in that hall the other day by the direction of
the board. The papers which were actually sent to him
for correction were also before him, and tiara was
considerable difference between the two. To prove
dd., he would red from the original notes of
his evidence taken down by Col. Talioch in hie presence.
The sellout soloed then read ea extract in which it was
stated that the paillasse severe in store at a certain period
Gould not be aged for west of straw to staff the
_and in
which allusion was also reeds to the rags In store. No part
of the 'video's which he had thus read from the original
not of his evident* takes In his presence, appeared in
what was twat to him m the original notes. He then "stored
in o minute esplanades' relating to this cmisaion, the effect
of which append to be that he was examined on the 24th
and on the 28th of May, and that the evidence omitted
is the notes of his evidence on the 24th was
Warted by mistake in the notes of his evidence on
the 28th. The result wee, he observed, that the avid's",
welch be pve on the Ant-named day, is reply to outdo
question', had been @endowed and made to appear to the
form of answers to • memonadeas whisk be never saw till
four or Ave days after givisg evidence. With regard to •
oortion of Colonel Wethersire *videos' net being sect to
him for correction, he staid that Ms towns of that was
that that portion related to islbial retain, and could, if
assess sty, be trimeted from the beam of the Qsartennaster-
Geaerai's department. After some farther szplasstions
relating to the same 'abject, the gallant colonel proceeded
to ssy that there were two paragraphs in the report of the
seimmissiosere of which be thought be had rea-
son to complain, and that he should canine
his remarks almost entirely to what they referred V'.
He OM, grit request the board, in considering his petition
both there sad in the Crimea, to remember that he was
not the Miser who was specially charged with the distribu-
tion of warm clothing gad stores—n fact which mimed to
have escaped the attention of the oomatiesionsts, although
it was tantalised to them in the Crimea both by Major We-
therell sad by himself. It would, therefore, be understood
that whilst giving the onaminsiosers the best information
that he was able to give them, in compliance with the desire
of the Quartermaster-General, he was not is all caws

'puking of matters for which he wurespoesible, or whit*
were within his own knowledge. Indeed It wee ezplained
to Mu by 13:r John 11.144111, that hie 1111SalillitiCC was only
preparatory to tsat of the Quartermaster Goserol, sad di-
e_tgeed to save General Airey's tine as such as possible.
The diet paragraph in the report that he wished
to notice, related to the sea-recoury of the knapsacks.
L page 24 of the retort the cionsmissiosere said : " It will
be seen from the evidence of Colossi Gordon, then Assist-
ant Quartermaster-Omura, that he attributes the nou-noo-

very of the huarache at as early pried to the parr oil-
ears of divisions, with the ezteption of the Dake of Cue
bridge, preferring cot to receive them. Cla terniag, how-
ever, to two of the dams who aommaaded divisions ea that
oeartoa, oaf of thou states positively that no rich offer wee
made to him, another that be has so reolieetioa of it,
W ough it ray have bra so ; the third brag Groat we
have bad ao opportunity of rommureating with his oa the
sebjest." With regard to this paragraph be meat observe
that on the let of Orator there wee great Menne, of opi-
are is to what the neat movessest of the army would be.
The assault wee expected, aad had tat her suesessful, the
korner might sot have been relaired. The gallant 'c-
lear then gar • detailed want of the trepan& sad 'tri-
vet of differeut reeela la coasesion with the recovery of the
I knapsacks. As the orualesiosen bad sot thoaght proper
to give the num of the two parrs to whoa they
shaded, he word, he rid, ealy anode to what we. dine
by the Quarter metseheaerr to eatable the gearals to ob-
tain the knapeaelts if they wished to have then. A arso-
rade, of Oren] Airy wee mat to them with the view
et reertariag whether they would have thus or not, sod
that was ell the department wild do fa the matter. He
bed we intention to blare any of the parrs, sad be re-
gretted that tarred of melbas the use of his evidence that
they had dose the trommiademen did not apply
the grerals themselves is the spot for explanation.
Tha other paragraph to whirl he wished to advert was in
page IS of the report. The following wee the pomp :
" It will ha observed that Colonel Gordo., fa his evidence,
tripe sea ream for the emelesue of many of these supplies,
that be ocaostved the men bad marsh, and be sanmeratee
• long list of articles supplied to them; hat he overlooks the
far, that the greater number of these were sot based till
shoat the end of Jerry, or begiaaing of Febemary,
whereas the period darts' which the era principally
feted, warn in the swaths of December and harry, when it
appears that there were supplies enough is head to have
averted emelt of that erratum." He must beg to dry the
secrecy of that statement in the most ratite manner.
Honig referred to hie evidence on this point, be observed
that the board would see hoe that that the reason which he
soloed to the commissioners for blankets, greet cotta, and
rags sot berg issued to the great of a third bleaker,
an ern seat, and as extra rag, was that be
did not believe there was • sulkier number
fa stock derlag the greater part of the wittier
to admit of each as leer. He thee referred again to his
rider* is refirmatioa of this view of the matter. The

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ortanaissioners said at_ page 27 of their report, " One of the
nuns scalped foe not lianas the regimental great c's,e,
woo, that the regalatioas of the envies, as established by
the Queen's warraat, did sot inherits each is.. more fro-
=that oast in three yeast." The commissionen
said in referents to this subjan, "Had an applies.
tlos km made, it is not probable that the General coat-
maadlag would have refused to authorise, on hie own re-
sponsibility, tba distribution of articles of clothing which
were likely to contribute to the health and 'finnan of the
troop, and if the Quartermaster-General doubted his aim
pewees is Ilia matter, it spoof?, to us that he ought to
have spying for that authority. He had "earthed through'
the eivi of Sir Richard Airey, Colonel Wetherell, sod
himself Its aaythisss which Gould justify the 'lnman here
made by dm QOM re; but he had dose so in este.
His own finnan showed that the prisaiple adopted was
that of keeping the mea supplied 'Maas great east, and
giving than another whoa that waa worn out. There was
no keel .. fa encoding the limits provided by
the sguiaffine wilseaver that wee likely to (ocarina* to
the heath =A offienhey of the troops. Whoa questiosed
by the tessiiissenos the 24th of Kay, before he had any
idea of the purpose fee which the inquiry now appeared to
have bees istinted, reap/cabs the issue of blet.kets sad
great eons, he mid Mere had been no limitation to the issue
of them; but, Raring lest such language should wean an
ides that there had Been too little an needled with re-
ined to the .toes, he subsequently observed that the Queen's
warren was still in esisinae. sad that it was not yet espressly
dlepessed with by inetnactions hem borne, eddies, however,
that Leal Is felt at liberty to dispense with the war.
ran Wltenenir bothonght it sectswary to do so. It was, indeed,
well knows to all military officers that any general dikter
nmsaaadtes troops abroad might order the issue of great
seats wheasver he pleased. As regarded applying to Lord
Raglan for his authority, he had distinctly stated In 'vi-
deos' that Lord Raglan suspended the rogadatioa in qesatioa.
The Qoartensaster-Geoual's department sever shrank from
in romoosibility, bat issued stores as they thought
proper, without any de asite instructions from Lod Raglaa ;
sad he weld not stadentaad why they should ander any
absentees's:to have appllod to Lord Raglan for authority to
at la the precise manner to which, as he had previously
stated, they did act is all cues in which they
etessidned It likely to sontribute to the health end
eillolosoy of the troops. He hoped he had now 'efficiently
answered the two paragraphs Ist the report of which be
cemplaiaed as being aafnuoded. He thought be bad ninon
to complete that after having obtained from )/ajar Witha-
-1 all sad ether officers materials on which to found the sal-
madversioos la their rivet, the isomminknen did not put
to General Airey a sisals gentles with regard to the bus-
men or the Seas of ciente'. Finding that the commis-
sioners had put no additioaal questions to General Ainy on
the subject. he thought he bad a right to amuse that they
ware satialled. The galling solonel then read thee letters
written by Lord Region to Lai Hardiap, in the Crises,
recommending bias for preantios, mon especially to the
office of Deputy Qsartermseter-Geneval, and • farewell
kiln sent to hint by Geseral 'tiny en the day he left the
Crimea for Kaoland, which be said be valued as • spoon-
semas espressiaa of opiate. is hie fawn os the pert of the
°Meer ender whose immediate esannad he served. He
ciao reed an insect from • letter wrists to himself by
Lord H when Master-General of the Ordinate, in
1822, and w be end he was permitted by hie bedabip
to en IS that oceselos, relative to kis exertions in the pre-
punka of a sew musket sow used, a. he stated, through-
out the British army, sad which he believed was also used
la some of the sostiantel inane.

—Owser-si ii;rheley rid tat, tat, as Oaks= of the earamittee
ea small arms, he issued to express Ids satire essearrease
la Lard Hardiase's teetharey ea that =Wet.
Colossi Gerdes farther sited a letter from llsier.osiaeral
Sir Frederick Smith, sertifyieg that la his swamiaaties at
Chatham he proved himself yeti versed is the art of .Unary
eaglet/nig,. I. swoolasies Mremarked. Is vesla *sly
asp that It wee his arm roarieties that whoa She essitswoat
el the pretest pried had pawed away, sod nes had had
time to eats rarefies s ;the sweats el the war, it woald
le raorally felt that the lime width was sow se freely

dlspeseed was sot deserved, and that bat for the energy
aodual with which every offieer and every man performed
his duty to the winter of 1864. the esfferiop of the army
would have bun far puler than they were. (A faint
cheer, which was iseutoUy bushed down, [atoned toe ClOn
chitin of this addreu.)
Is reply to cautions from Geaml Peel,
Colonel Gordon said that is the Crimea he etheidered the
commissioners at basing come there simply with a vi.w
to the removal of defects, and that so officer was warned
that any 'newer* which be gave might form the ground of
• subsequent charge egaiost him.
In reply to • ovation from the Judge-Adueste, the gal-
lant colossi stated that in gushing, u he bad done, of
"secret evidesee," he hul is view the tact that every wit-
sow wee examiaed by the commissioners separately, there
being no other officer present.
Colossi Gordon having intimated that he did not in'ead
to sell any witnesses, the he ring of bib cue termineted,
having occup:ed altogether little mon than ao hour
The board. after intimating ttat they would be prepared
to hear Mr. Filder's statement to-day, arj d at half-
past three.