The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

THE CRIMEA

The London Gazette of Friday publishes two
despatches and an enclosure, received from Gen
Sir W. J. Codrington, K G 8., by Lord Panmure
The documents are as follows:

Sebastopol, Feb. 29.
My Lord,—The answer to my enquiries relative to Maj. r
M'Gowan, of 93d Highlanders is, I regret to state, that this
fficer died of his wounds in the hospital of Sebastopol, on
the 14th August, 1855,
I enclose General Luders' letter, with the Russian official
return of Major M'Gowan's death.—l have, &c.
W. 3. CoDRINOTON, General Commanding.
The Lord Panmure, &c.

Enclosure.
Monsieur le Commandant en Chef,—The enquiries made
on the subject of Major M.Gowan, of the 93rd Regiment of
Highlanders, having proved that he has sunk under his
wounds, I consider it my duty to transmit herewith to your
excellency the certificate of the death of that officer.
(Signed) A. LuDEItS.
Au Quartier General, 28th February, 18.56.
His Excellency General Sir Wm. Codringtan, &c.

Sebastopol, Feb. 29.
My Lord,—l regret extremely to have to inform your
lordship of the death of Major Ranken, of the Royal Engl.

He bad the superintendence of the operations necessary
for the destruction of the large White Barracks in the
Karabelnaia, where p-art of the mines were fired yesterday
afternoon, but several of them did not explode.
Major Ranken, in the energetic performance of his duty,
seems to have proceeded to light the fuze again, in several
places where the connection had failed. It appears the
powder hose, as well as the fuzee, ignited—the explosion
took place, and buried him under the ruins of part of the
wall.
Energetic efforts were made at once to discover the bady,
and the removal of the ruins began, and continued thro,gh-
out the night. This morning the body was found. Death
must have been immediate ; and thus this excellent and
gallant officer, who had done good duty at the siege, and
at the assault of the Redan, lost his life from eagerness to
complete the work entrusted to him.—l have, &c.,
W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding.
The Lord Pattmure, &c.

DEPUTATION FOR PEACE BY ARBITRATION

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A deputation consisting of sixty influential gentlemen,
including eighteen members of Parliament, among whom
were Mr. Milner Gibson, Lord Robert Grosvenor, and
Mr. Richard Cobden, waited upon Lord Palmerston on
Friday to present a memorial to the Government, praying
that au arbitration clause be inserted in the forthcoming
peace treaty, providing, that in the event of any future
disruption between the belligerent powers, the matter in
dispute be referred to a court of appeal.
Lord Palmerston:replied : he need not say that Govern.
ment would give to the memorial the attention due not
only to the spirit in which it was conceived, but to the
parties from whom it emanated. But he could not, in fair-
ness, say that it appeared to him the object at which it
pointed was very likely to be attained. No doubt, in the
abstract, nothing could be more reasonable than the
course proposed, that when nations differed, they should,
like individuals, agree to refer their points of difference to
some impartial third person. But the system that was per-
fectly practicable between individual members of the same
community was not equally applicable to nations, because
it was nearly impossible to find arbitrators who might be
considered to have no interest in the question at issue.
Take the very case adduced, that of the present war.
Who was the impartial judge between Turkey and
Russia? There had been several instances of late years
in which this reference had been attempted, but he would
not say that the results were encouraging. One of these
was the case of our own dispute with the United States of
America, in which the King of the Netherlands had made
an award, to which the Americans objected, because, in
their judgment, it was rather a recommendation than a
decision. More frequently arbitration had been tried in
cases where private individuals claimed compensation
from foreign governments—no doubt with success, but
still the result was not very encouraging. There was
another difficulty. They must stipulate before-hand the
court of appeal, or the discussion about the appointment
might itself become an element of dissension.
After some remarks from Mr. Cobden, the, deputation
withdrew.