The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-24 00:00:00

:.p.i.,birb nbrition.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

EPSOM RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
TWO-YR-OLD STAKES.

Sugarcane .
Bubble ..
OverreaJb.

Six ran.
GRAND STAND PLATE.

17;:tain
Cos.ey
aabourne

Four ran.
SELLING STAKES.
Alilington
COBHAM PLA.TE.
Duke of Lancaster ............................................. 1
Old Rowley ..........................
Professor Airey
Seven ran.

LATEST BE
BETTING.
S.
3to 1 agst Blooming Heather)
7 to 2 agst Nettle
6to 1 agst Capucine.
S to 1 nest Clotilde.
10 0 1 agst Dame Judith
11 to 1 agst Chalice
12 to 1 agst Marchioness
15 to 1 agst Lady Tatton

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CLINCZLLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from Cam-
bridge University in favour of the proposed alteration in
the Cambridge University Bill.
The Earl of RODEN presented a petition in favour of
closing public-houses on Sundays.
SECOND READINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills
were read a second time :—Hyde Gas (No. 3), Croniarty
Estate, Liverpool Corporation Water, Jenkin's Estate,
Livesay's (Biackbourns) Estate, Hartlepeol Gas and
Water, Kelso Bridge, KilMarnock Gas, Londonderry
Improvement.
. .
THIRD READING.
Ileff's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed.
THE SECOND SECRETARY OF THE
• ADMIRALTY.
The Earl of HARD W ICKE said he begged to put a
question to the noble lord opposite, but he did not care
whether he answered it or not, as it was merely for the
`7, purpose of hanging a remark ripen. He haw, by the
newspapers, that Mr. Phion had been appointed to snc-
.
%i ,ceed Admiral Hamilteni as Second Secretary of the
Admiralty. On referring to "Dodd," he found that
ten,. -Phinn was a barrister, and member for Bath ;
that he was highly educated at Oxford, and• was
a ..Liberal, and in favour of the ballot, &c., &c.
Now, he (the Earl Of Hardwicke) thought that great
public inconvenience would arise in consequence of the
appointment of a civilian to an office that bad been
held by a naval officer. (Hear, bear.) The Second
Secretary of the Admiralty bad hitherto been
looked upon as irremovable. It would be a great in-
convenience also if the present appointment were made
a political one and renio :aile by a change of Govern-
ment. He wished to know whether the statement he
h ;.4 referred to was true or not ?
Earl GRANVILLE said that the fact was perfect'y
true that Mr. Peine had been appointed. The fact was
that the appaintment of a naval eificer to that situation
was an exception, and not the rule. Mr. Barrow, who
had occupied that po:ition for 30 years, was not a naval
officer. The great qualification was that of an highly
educated lawyer In a t'we of war highly useful, and such
he believed Mr. PArin to be.
The Earl of ELLENBOUOUGII saw the appoint-
- ment of Mr. Phinu wichregret, because the public thereby
lcist the cervices of Admiral Hamilton. He objected to
the appointment of a civilian. It might have been
the exception to appoint a naval officer to
the situation reffrred to, but he thought that it should
be made the rule, and not the exception. After some
further cot versatioa' in which the Earl of Hardwicke,
Earl Granville, and Lord Colchester took part, the sub-
ject ciro Ted.
ALTERATION OF PLEADINGS BILL.
This hill was read a second time.
CUSTOMS DUTIES AND SPIRIT (EXCISE)
BILLS.

Yt s,:!

~~rj;.

a~~-»

~+t S ~t i

1 ~v~
~.c:r

t:

These bills were severalty read a third time and

NEWSPAPER ST AMP DUTIES BILL.

• Viscount CANNING then rose to move the second
reading of this bill, and having explained its provisions
proceeded to state the reasons already given by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in the lower house, and which had
actuated the Government in bringing forward the mea-
etre. The noble lord also alluded to the state of the
law with respect to the definition of a newspaper, and to
the enlargement of the definition which took place in
1819, and ine:uded pamphlets and other printed matter.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Charlbury, Witney, &c., Road ; Colonial Life Assur-
ance Company, Cork and Yougball Railway, Electric
Telegraph Company ; Exeter and Exmouth Railway,
Glasgow, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh Railway, Glou-
cester Water and Local Board of Health, Hill's Estate,
Limerick and Foynes Railway, National Loan Life
Assurance Society, Newport Gas ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Lincoln Branch, &c.) ;
Royal London Militia (by the promoters, new title) ;
Sligo Gas, Warrington Water, Lyme Regis Roads,
Northern London Cemetery, Great Western and Brent-
ford Railway ; Staines, Wokingham, and Woking Rail-
way (alterations, &c.); West Somerset Mineral Railway,
Weymouth Water, Wolverhampton New Water, and
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
(Narrow Gauge).
The Thames Embankment and Railway Bill passed its
second reading, after a short discussion.
PETITIONS.
Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from a large num-
ber of the inhabitants of Lambeth, complaining of the in-
convenience of the Beer Act of last session. Petitions
were also presented by Mr. HADFIELD from two congre-
gations in Ireland against any further Regium Donune
endowments ; by Mr, WARNER from Norwich, in
favour of administrative reform ; by Mr. SCHOLEFIELD
from Birmingham, signed by 2,500 persons, with a simi-
lar prayer, and also one aqainet the Beer Act ; by Mr.
Lowe, from the inhabitants of a place in New South
Wales, against the proposed censt,tntion for that colony.
ARMY CLOTHING.
In reply to Col. DUNNE,
Mr. MUNSELL said the pattern for the great coats
for the army was still under consideration.
CLAIMS OF OFFICERS IN THE ARMY ON
THE GOVERNMENT.
On the motion of Viscount DALR.YMPPE, a nomi-
nal return of all officers belonging to the army in the
East who have app;i2d for remuneration for the loss of
horses, mules, and baggage, between the 30th day of
April, 1854, and the 21st day of May, 1354, with the
dates of such applications, V. 4 oriered.
NOTICE OF MOTION.
Mr. HEATUCOTE gave notice that when his hon.
friend the member for Portsmouth brought forward his
mit ion, he should move as an amendment that after the
words "termination of hostilities" the following words
shou:d be inserted :—" Still cherishing the desire that
the communications in progress may arrive at a success-
ful issue." (Hear, hear.)
ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO PARLIAMENT.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the First Lord of the
Treasury if it was his intention to bring in any bill dur-
ing the present ses§ion to enable Jews to Pit in Pa.rlia-
meat ; also, on what day the long-promised bill for the
reform of the Corporation of the City of London would
be introduced ?
Lord PALIVIERSTON replied that there was no in-
tention on the part of the Government at present to pro-
pose any measure of the kind indicated in the questions
of the hon. member.
THE WALLACHIAN AND MOLDAVIAN
PRINCIPALITIES.
Mr. OTWAY asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
whether it was true that the people of the "principalities
of Wallachia and Moldavia had been subjected to mar-
tial law by the authorities of Austria ; and, if so, whether
that step bad been taken with le previous know-
ledge and
concurrence of her Majesty's Govern-
ment ; also,
this subject whether any communications bad passed
on subject between her Majesty's Government and
the Austrian Government, or any of its agents, and, if
nob
so, whether the noble lord had any objection to lay such
communications
on the of the house ?
Lord PALMERS
officer
replied that it was true
that the general oft
ommanding the Austrian
troops had proclaimed martialand that Lord West-
moreland inquired into the matteriiaa and found the case
to be as he (Lord Palmerston)ve
such stated.
extracts H e
from was not
th e
Dive
aware of any objection to
jest,
as which had taken place on_the sulect,
as would afford tha hon. member the information he
sought.
MILITARY EDUCL TREATION IN
...A.DERSHOTT. CAMP AT

r. EWART inquired of the Under secretary for
Ar
War wheth_er any programme would he laid before the
of military education, practical as
scribed for the tro()p.; in
public of the, sort
h t* • especially, whether it
well as theoretical, to be pre
give them instruction in details
the encampment at Alders. o . ,
wauld be endeavoured to gi
connected with hotting,
food, fire, discovery of supplies
of water, and other practical matters fitted to increase
their resources and exercise their intelligence as soldiers ?
Mr. F. PEEL said no programme in detail of the sort
of military education which would
be afforded to the
troops in the camp referred to would bebefore the
laidcamppuVic. Pe nti gilt state, in force however that the militia would
,
= have the full benefit I f the educational system
in the army. choola would be established, and: chap-
' laing would he appointed to take the spiritual charge of
the nice, In a practical Leuse the discipline which was

pursued with regard to the army would be extended to
the militia. (Hear.)
CRIMEAN MEDALS.
In reply to Admiral WALCOTT,
Sir C. WOOD said it was always a great object to
cultivate the best feelings between the marina and sol-
diers. With regard to the position it was considered
best to draw them up on the side of the square most
convenient for the purpose.

THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR.

Mr. DISRAELI then rose and said—There was great
distrust with regard to the Government. It wa3 im-
possible for him, entertaining the opinions he did, so
long as negotiations were obviously going on, that it

would not be prudent to discuss those propositions be-

fore the conference had terminated. At last the proto-

cols were presented, and, after an unusual period,
published ; and in place of the anticipated occa-
sion of the Minister following precedents and taking the
earliest opportunity of asking the opinion of Parliament,
or of laying before the house what the Government
intended to do—(hear, hear)—with respect t) this
great question of peace or war, they were now without
the knowledge which the house required. He more than
once asked them to take that course, and he confessed
he did feel that the First Minister of the Crown would

have done his duty more satisfactorily to his Sovereign,
to the house, and to the country if he had stated in what
condition these negotiations were. Well, he was disap-
pointed ; and then he felt constrained to bring forward
the motion which he intended to lay before the house.
He never for one moment supposed that discussion would
not take place. No objection was made on the part of
the Government when the notice of motion was made.
(Hear, hear.) True it was the hon. member for
Manchester had not the power of commanding a day on
which to bring it forward, but the magnitude of the
question, the feeling of the people of England,
and that sense of propriety which he supposed
still influenced a Queen's Minister and the
leader of the house, a day was appointed for its
discussion. On the day appointed Parliament assembled,
the house was more than usually full, and the whole
attention of the nation on the House of Commons,
believing that at last, after a dreary, dreary interval of
lassitude, the house was going to give some signs of Par-
liamentary duty and life, to the great surprise of the
house, and of many persons not in the secret--(hear)—
a secret that was well kept—the expectation of Parlia-
ment.,and the country, and he might say the expectation
of almost all Europe was baulked, there being no
chance of that discussion taking'' place— (hear,
hear)—and on one of the most momentous 'transac-
tions-that had occurred in this country since. the year
1815. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to de-
scribe the occurrence -of Monday night, with reference
to the.withdrawal of Mr. Gibson's motion, but whether
he and the noble ford who was -to have seconded the
motion, actuated by political or social influences
_ on,
in pursuing the course, they did, -he could not pretend
ta. sty. - Finding they were by thOse proceedings to
have no .debate on this question before the Whitsun
holidays, and influenced by the same conviction he now
had on the subject, and looking at the conduct of her
Majesty's Ministers with the utmost susPiclon and dis-
trust on this question of peace or war, and which, if not
vigilantly watched and carefully controlled, might lead to
consequences most perilous to the honour and interests of
the countryhe felt it his duty to give notice of this motion.
The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to say -that if
it were attempted not to limit the issue to that expressed
in the resolution, but to involve the question of a vote
of confidence or censure on the part of the Government,
he was free from the imputation of its being a hasty
notice. The Government and hon. members were aware
of it as soon as he had formed the intention of making
it, it having arisen on his part from the circumstances of
the house. He should be ashamed to take any ministry
by surprise, but not having any confidence in the Go-
vernment hardly on any one subject—(hear, and a laugh)
—and feeling it was a moment in which it was not
improper to ask the opinion of the house on this subject.
(Hear.) He thought the conduct of the Government
with reference to the conductnf the war bad been uncer-
tain and their language ambiguous, which had been occa-
sioned, as he would endeavour to point out, by a pecu-
liar combination of circumstances ; and should the house
be of his opinion, he hoped they would join him
in arresting a course of policy which he thought the
most injurnus to the country—(hear)—and he also pro-
posed to ask them when uncertainty Was so prevalent,
and ambiguity so rife, that they would in a manner that
could not be mistaken, declare to the country, that
with regard to the war the opinions of the house were not
changed, and that their spirit was not daunted, and
that whilst they disapproved of the language used by
and the conduct of the Ministry, they will, by their
vote, destroy what was the cause of their ambiguity of
language and uncertainty of conduct, and that they
were ready to carry on the war until its great object
was secured and an honourable peace obtained. With
these views he should try to obtain a clear and precise
1 opinion from the house ; and also, if possible, but with
less hope, from her Majesty's Ministers. (Cheers.) The
hon. gentlemen then referred to a remark that had been
made, that he had acted in concert with the hon. member
for Aylesbury in order to bring this motion forwari, and
assured the house he had no communication with
that honourable member on the subject. (Hear, hear.)
Now it so happened that he did not meet the hon. gen-
tleman. (Hear.) He stated that because he did net
think there was any impropriety on his part in communi-
cating with the hon. member, and he trusted that as long
as he was a member of Parliament he should always be
found to adopt the course he had hitherto done, of being
open and candid on every question, and stating his opinions
to his opponents as well as his supporters. (Hear, hear.)
He had known the hon. gentleman from his childhood,
and it was his firm belief that the hon. gentleman had
made for himself a reputation that would outlive all the
prejudice's that bad been raised against him. (Hear,
hear.) He would not have made these observations had
he not within the last few mil:rites heard that the hon.
gentleman intended to vote against his motion. (Hear,
hear.) If he did so, he trusted—nay, he was sure— that
if he adopted that course, he would not do so until he
heard the arguments for and against it. (Hear, bear.)
The man that could adopt any other course would be a
bold and shameless one—(hear)—and one that ought to
be scouteloutef all civilised society. (Hear.) Now,thecri-
ticisms that be intended to bring before the house to-night
were not of ancient but recent date. He would begin with
the installation of the noble viscount opposite into office
—(laughter)—a most glorious epoch certainly in this
country. (Cheers.) He was the man, it was said, for
the occasion. (Laughter.) He was the man of the
people—(laughter)—backed by the people to uphold a
fallen State. (Laughter.) Welt, what had the noble
viscount done ? (Hear, hear.) Why, he had followed
the footsteps of his predecessor, and the result
'of all the conferences that had taken place
would clearly show it. For the truth of this need he do
more than refer to the different protocols that had been
laid on the table of the house. Looking at them, he
would ask the house whether the noble lord had made
one step in what was called the right direction ?
Well the protocols were laid on the table, and the noble
lord did not fulfil his duty in moving an address to the
Sovereign upon them, but left it to another to set the
example. The motion was on the table, and if that mo-
tion meant anything it meant disapprobation of the con-
duct of our plenipotentiary, it meant, as it said, that the
conditions of peace were reasonable, andthat the ,e condi-
tions might have been accepted. This led him for a
moment to go back to the critical period when the
noble lord (Lord John Russel!) was placed in
office, for upon his appointment and the conduct of the
noble lord depended much, in his opinion,
the amount of suspicion, distrust, and dissa-
tisfaction which prevailed in this country.
That appointment did not appear to have been a very
happy one. (Laughter.) Of late years he knew nothing
of which the noble lord—so distinguished in everything
he undertook—had been more distinguished than by his
denunciation of the power and ambition of Russia—(loud
cheers)—and it was to the noble lord's speeches that in
his (Mr. Disraeli's) opinion might be traced much of the
great desire in the public mind to have a decisive
struggle with that colossal country. (Hear, bear.)
After receiving his appointment the noble lord addressed,
he might say, a very inflammatory harangue
in favour of the war being undertaken in
an unhesitating spirit. (Loud cheers.) He referred
to this in order to show, as he could show, that the sub-
sequent conduct of the noble lord'had been characterised
with much uncertainty. (Hear, hear.)
(LEFT SPEAKING.)
AI

OFFICIAL DESPATCH PROM FIELD-

MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.

( Prom a supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
INTAB,-DEPARTMENT, MAY 24.
Lord Panrnure has this day received a despatch and
its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord
Raglan, G.C.B.

My Lord
Before Sebastopol, May 12, 1855.
or,—l do myself the honour to acquaint your
lordship that General de la Marmora with a portion of
the Sardinian Contingent, arrived off Balaklava on the
night of the Bth instant,
ters the following morning and he came up to head-quar-
.
The very unfavourable state of the weather
since the