The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-24 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—This article has bden quiet, owing to the 'public
sales that are in progress.
SUGAR.—There has been very little doing either in fo-
reign or colonial. Foreign in bond is wanted for exporta-
tion at previous rates. A cargo of Manilla has been sold,
but the prices have not transpired. Refined is firm ;
br wn lu,.kps at 46s 6d to 475, and grocery 48s to 535.
Tl•ere were landed last week at the East and West India
Docks, 2,356 hhds, 251 trot'. 779 brls ; there were taken for
home ure 1,629 hhds, 153 trcs: and 355 brls. The stock
in these places is 8,835 hhds, 773 trcs, and 1.521 brls.
COFFEE.—There is scarcely any demand for Colonial or
Foreign, and last weeks' rates are not obtained. Native
Ceylon is 46s 6.1 to 47s GA per cwt.
Baez. - For East India the demand has not improved,
and I.twer prices hav been accepted.
Rux.—A parcel of strong Demerara has been sold at
2s 4il per gallon for proof There were landed last week,
at the above-named docks, 510 puns. There were taken
for home consumption 21 hhds, 263 puns, and exported
2)8 puns, 105 hhds. The stock is 7,791 puns, 532 hhds.
COTTON.—Prices are very wel supported, with a fair
demand.

HEMP.—The market is excited. St. Petersburg clean
is up to 481., end Manilla also is dearer.
TALLOW.—The tallow rnsrket was steady on Saturday at
the quotations contained in our circular of the night be-
fore. To-iiay the news from Vienna has caused a conside-
rable advance, prices being—.Y C. on .the spot, new, 53s to
53s ; old, 52s ; Mey, 53s 61 ; June, sis ; October
and December, 56s 6d ; sorts, 2i higher than on Friday.
Tha trade have not vet heard of the termination of the
conference. We anticipate, in the course of the week, a
general demand from this quarter, as they '-ave been hold-
io,,o• back determined to wait thedecision of peace and war.
The holders are reluctant to sell, as it is known that the
goods at Kovno have been seriously damaged and an actual
loss of property occarioned, and the reluctance is still fur-
ther increased by the uncertainty as to how 1 ng the over-
land trade will be permitted to continue.

Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, it was announced to the City
anthorities that her M.tjesty had been grAciously pleased
to confer the diJnity of a barOnetcy upon the Lord
Mayor of London, now Sir Francis Graham Moon,
Bart.
Lord Stanley of Alrlerley and family-have arrived in
Dover-street from Italy.
The Earl of Cardigan lias been on a visit at Badmin-
ton, and attenrl,4l a side meet of the Duke's hounds, at
Yate, where a brilliant field assembled.
Lid,/ Abercrombie, lady of Sir Ralph Abercrombie,
her Mej sty's Minister at the Hague, andssuit,t-t, arrived
in London on Saturday evening by the G-,neral Steam
Navigation Company's steam ship Rhine, J. W. Reader,
from 11,,iterilam.
Lady Georzina Cathcart, the widow of the late Sir
George Cathcart, who fell so gloriously at Inkerman, has
taken the Elms, Polygon, Southampton, fir a residence.
Colonel Henderson, olio of the olde-t directors of the
South-WeStern Railway Company, died suddenly at
Southampton on Saturlay last.
The Duke and Duchess de Saxe Cobourg and family
have arrived at Bru-sels from London.
The Minister of Prussia at our Court was absent from
the dejeurier given by Count Walewski after the Imperial
visit to Guildhall, last week ; but the preset:Nl of M
and Madame U-edom is supposed to deprive the fact of
any siwnificance._

The King of the BPlizians has nominated Vely Pacha
Grand Conlon of the Order of Leopold.

We regret to learn the eyesight of Lord Charles Wel-
lesley is considered irretrievaWy lost.
Prince A!exander of Hesse has been appointed
colonel of a Russian reg,im nt of Lancers, which is to
bear his name.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.--The United States mail
steam-ship Atlar.tic, Captain West, sailed this afterreieri
for New York with the usual mails for the United
States and C 'nada, 120 passenger', and a full cargo on
freight. She could not sa;l on her appointed day (Sa-
turday last), owing to some repairs being required in her
machinery.
CRYSTAL PAT, ACE. APRIL 20.—CORRECTED RE-
TllllN.—A,lmisslons on payment of 2s 6.1 , 2,055 ; ditto
by sea-on ticket., &c., 22,213: total vi-itore, 24,273.
CRYSTAL PALACE. —FIVE SHILLING DAY.— Satur-
day, April 21. Admissions on payment, 482 ; ditto by
season tickets, 1,061; total. 1,543.
CRYSTAL PAL AC E. —SHILLING DAY.-APRIL 23.
Ad inis-i-ns on payment, 4,501 ; ditto by season tickets,
671.—Total, 5,172.
Accounts from Lima (Peru) to the 11th of March, re-
ceived via New York, stets that a vessel, said to be
Russian, but under Argentine colours, had been seized
by the intish Admiral on the Pacific station, and that
a number of Russian sailors had volunteered to serve on
board the British ships of war bound for Petropau--
lovski.
The report of the business of the port of London
during the past week shows the, although there is yet
considerable activity abort the docks and quay., the
arrivals have not been very numerous. The number of
vessels reported inward was 135, being 59 less than in
the previous week ; and the total number cleared out-
war l was 129, showing a decrease of 20.
The departures from the port of London for the
Australian colonies during the week have comprised
five vessels—three to Adelaide, with an aggregate bur-
den of 1,991 tone, one to H bait Town of 610 tons,
and one to New Zea'and of 570 tons. Their total capa-
city was 3,171 tons. The rates of freight exhibit little
alteration.
MR. G. SANE ARS, M.P.—We regret to announce
that our borough member, G. Sanders, Esq., is confined,
at Hastings by severe indisposition.— TVakefield Journal.
The Printers' Pension Society hold their anniversary
lat the London Tavern, on Friday. The Lord Mayor is
to preside, and to have the support of the sheriffs, and
more than one of the leading Iderreen.
Havana advices to the 3d of April have been received
in New York. Estrampes was garotted on the 31st ult.,
and died, exclaiming with his last breath, "Death to
the tyrants ! Long life to liberty 1" The island was
tranquil. The fate of Felix, Pinelo, and Cadalzo has
boon decided. The first-named is condemned to the
chain-gang for ten years ; the others ate by this time
manacled to malefactors in the galleys. The arrival of
reinforcements of troop,: from Spein was daily expected.
The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, brothers of
the reigning Czar. are admitted members of the Council
of the Empire, The Grand Duke Ovnetautiuo VISS rt
member under the late 'reign,
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NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.)
LATEST BETTING.—TWO O'CLOCK.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6to 4on St. Hubert (taken)
2to 1 agst Lord of the lefts (taken)
12 to 1 agst Claret
20 to 1 apt any other.

CHESTER. CUP.
12 to 1 agst Scythian (taken).
100 to 6 iost Early Bird (t dirn)
100 to 6 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken)
100 to 6 asst The Reiver (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mortimer (tAken).
25 tri 1 azSt Niibob (taken):
25 tO 1 agst Claret (,akeo).
30 to 1 agst Costey (taken).
DERBY.
11 to 2 apt St. Hubert (taken).
12 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken).

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-

MiTTEE.--(THIS DAY.)

The Committee re-assemleed this morning at tb•
usual hour. •
His Graca the Duke of Newcastle was re-called and
his examination was resumed by Mr. Layard.
He stated found considerable difficulty as Secre-
tary for War in the'forms in transacting businesi with
some of the subordinate departments ; which answer
applies to the whole period of my bolding office, as well
before as after the separation of the Secretaryships for
War and the .Colonies. I superseded some of these
forms in the medical department, which was an exercise
of my personal authority. To obtain such a thing as
medical comf ,rts, the. applications bad to be made
through so many offices that I deemed it sometimes ne-
cessary to do away with these formalities. What
I meant by the subordinate departments were
those -under mo as Secretary for War. With
regard to the Ordnance, the delays which arose, and
which I readily admit did occur, did not occur from al :y
difficulties as to forms, but born a mi.canception in the
mind of the public as to the proper war department to
apply to. A vast number of inven'ionsand improvemer.ts
from practical and mechanical persons as well as from
others, and it was the custom to submit these to a mili-
tary committee at Woolwich. Many useful inventions
were delayed in cons~ queues of the accumulation of
work upon the committee. This delay I tried to avoid,
by classifying -the inventions and forming a series of
sub-committees.

Mr. Layard—ls your grace aware whether any inven-
tion which was submitted to the Ordnance, and which
might hhve been uSeful to the army, was delayed ?
Duke of Newcastle—Yes, unnecessarily so. I have
little doubt tlfat'many inventions were not investigated
fot causes I have already mentioned until some time
after they had been submitted.
Mr. Layard—Did the same difficulties exist at the
Horse Guards ?

Duke of Newcastle—To a certain extent ; but they
did not arise from... routine of forms 89 much as a large
subdiviion of offices.

Mr. Layari-:-What waq the nature of your Grace's
relation with Lord Hardinge. I mean did you in any
way consider it your duty to consult him in reference to
inttructions you sent to Lord Raglan ?
Duke of Newcastle—There was nothing to compel me
to consult Lord Hardinge in all matters relating to the
direction of the war ; the Secretary of War is always
supreme. But in my:own ca-e, if I required an opinion
on strictly tuilitary points, I naturey referred to Lord
Hardinge for a,:vice.

Mr. Llyard—Tben in your correspondence generally
with the Commander-in-Chief you did not think it nece:.
nary, out of courtesy, to submit it to Lord Hardinge ?
_ .

Duke of ;slewciiestle—Certainly not. I believe-it is
the usual practiae in the time of war for the .Secretary
for War to give all directions personally. There was no
official regulation, at all events, which rendered it in-
cumbent on me to submit my instructions to Lord Her-
dingo ; and it.was always the practice for the Secretary
for War to communicate with the Commander-in-Chief
abriad, and not the Commander-in-Chief at home.
Examination continued.—When I sketched out a plan
for a military :campaign I showed it- to Lord
Hardinge, but did not hold him re-ponsi►,le
for sanything contained in my despatches. The Com-
mander-in-Chief abroad was not responsible for the
movements of the troop, but he- certainly was for their
ordinary clothing, of which, however, I myself took a
general supervision. The appointments to the Ordnan. e
were.made by the Crown, and the chief officers were
usually removable by the GoVernment. Much improve-
ment had, however, of late taken place in this depart-
ment, and there appeared to be less dispo-it:on to
change than formerly. When Lord Raglan went
out to the East he held the office of Master-Gene-
ral of the Ordnance, which office he still retaine,l, with
Sir H. Ross as deputy. I aui of opinion that the whole
Ordnance system requires revision. I had co control of
the navy ; all blockades were under the direction of the
Admiralty, and if the want of blockades had interfered
with tnilDary regulations 1 should, of course, have called
the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the
circurnFt,trice.,

Lord Seymour Your Grace has Ftsted that, there
was no blockade in the Back Sea, although it has been
A-ited that ord, rs were deApatcht.d that there should be
such a blockade. Do you mean that that arose from
political and not from naval causes?
Duke of Newca,tle—Quite so.
Examination contilated—The general conduct of the
army ail% under the control of Lord Raglan, and he was
Mr. Layard—Lord Lucan in his evidence stated that
at the period at which the army was cuff,-ring the greatest
need, he offered to .Lord Raglan to organise a proper
and efficient ambulance c,rps, ;.nd that the reply he re-
ceived from the Ailjutailt-General was, that the subject
was under the considerit.nn of the Goverr mint at home.
Now, had Lord Riig'au pi) er or not to have adopted
this of Ur en the spot without further in,tructio,s from
bonne

Duke of Newcastle—He had undoubtedly power to
have done so had he considered it did iit4 affect, his respon-
sibility. The power of the Command,r•in-Chief was t.f
c,,urse unlimited so far as it did not aff ct his reTonsibi-
iity. I have little doul t that Lord .Raglan felt that one
system of ambulance having been alopted it was neces-
sary to have further instructiors from home before Inek•
ing any cbattge ; but I d.. not recollect any application
of the kind having been made from him to the Govern-
ment.

His Grace was then examined as to the hospital pre-
par itions made in the E in reference to which he
denied the i-tat,inents of Dr. Smith that he had given
him no io,tructions to direct tl4 esta'Aishinent of hos-
pitals. He stated that' he was i i the halet of ,-eeing

Dr. Smith every day on the subject. No writt.ti
instructions, however, passed between them ' for
various reason,. His gra then went on to repast
his statement of yi sterday that he had recyived no offi-
cial intimation as to the deficiency of hospital accommo-
dation or medical comforts. All he hard on the sub-
ject was through the put,lic press and private sources ;
upon which, although he had no rea,on to act, be
nevert,:dess consi:iered it his duty io take steps to ame-
ln•rate tt air condition. Whenever he saw anything in the
press he was in the habit of calling upon Dr. Smith' for
explanA;ons.
Mr. Layard—Can your grace mention any instances
_

in which You so called upoi; Dr. Smith for explanations?
The Duke of Newcastle—Yes. The first case was the
deficiency of port wine, the second was the non-delivery
of cholera-belts to the troops, which had been provided
as a precaution. I cannot say whetner the medical de-
pertinent was responsible fur these instances or not. I
heard a bub:sequent complaint of the mode in which the
sick and wounded were treated after their arrival at
Scutari after the battle of Alma. This complaint was
made to me 'through a private source. With regard to
what I saw in the public prints I cannot say that I took
it all to be entirely correct; indeed as Dr. Smith has
already stated, I could scarcely believe that so much
culpability existed as was described.
Examination continued--Lninediately the propriety
of hospital-ships being estabished was suggested to nie,
I made representations on the subject to the Admiralty.
Mr. Layard—ls it your belief that what you read in
the public journals was in the main correct as to the
state of the hos' itals I
Duke of Newcastle—lt is of course difficult for me to
speak on that point. My belief is that the state of the
hospitals was not by any means what it ought to have
been.
Mr. Layard—.Mr. Macdonald in his evidence stated
that when he waited- upon your Grace, previous to his
mission to the East to administer the Times fund, that

you offered him some discouragement. 14 that so
Duke of Newcastle-1 think the term discouragement
which you make use of is i-careely correct or borne out
. .

by my conversation with Mr. Macdonald. I never di,-
couraged him in any way. I simply told him, when he
waited upon me, that I had made very careful inquiries.
of those responsible at Scutari for the performance of the
duty which he said he was going out to perform, and
that the assurances they had given rue Jed me to hope
that thelstatements be made to me were not correct, and
I further informed him that I 1)3,1 sent out only recently
the fullest authority to Lord Sti.atforl de Redcliffe to
use every exertion and spare no expense to remedy any
wants which Might be felt in the hospitals, and that, I
hoped his lordship's exertions would obviate the rbecessity
of Mr. Macdonald's journey. I however said that any
facility which I could give him, except authority in the
hospitals, which I could not afford him, I should be most
happy to do.
Mr. Layard here read from the offic;al copy of the
evidence Mr. MaAoral,i's account of the nature of this
interview, which his grace said was very fair and candal.
Examination con,inued—l do not think Lord Strat-
ford de Itecl&itle was re-ponstble for any neglect or wait
of proper precaution in the hospitals. He had no any
thority over the, hospitals, which were strictly under
military control. I consider the authorities on the spot
were r esponsible for the filthy state of the hospitals, It will
be found that scarcely two op:nions agree as to theorigin
of the evils existing at Scutari; I think the blame attaches
to almost all the persons connected with the hospitals.
Dr. Smith had every power of direction granted to him
in reference to the hospitals, but if other people did not
obey his instructions' I do not think Dr. Smith can be
considered responsible. lam aware that the 39th Regi
meat was, sapplied with warm clothing from the TinvB
fund. That regiment with others arrived from a Medi-
terranean garrison, and was totally unprovided with
warm clothing - but the Government had no depots
of clothing at. donstantinople, and had not the regiment.
receiTed clothinfrom tho fluid it :would 1130,W to.

iti

I deem,
wait until its arrival at Balaklava.
it advisable that a hospital should be otrk
Wished in same salubriousi spot, and I at. fir
thougam
of Rhodes but I found that here were several objections
to it ; and Smyrna was therefore selected. I adoP.ted
this„ locality upon concurrent testimony as .to its clestrs_:
bility, but the fint suggestion I received on the sahi°l'.
that
was from' Mr. Stafford, M.P. I have understood
fsoivatnebrde,hi‘oviforabroken out in thiA hospital, but it is, / under.
kpinegcu(l)ifatrhaitndb.osplithalavaenrdecoefivceodurrstoeinteittidieei.
myself responsible for its establishment. I,never fiear
of the spot being in any way unhealthy.
Mr. Layard—Do you think that since-the state olths,
htoesppsi ta
haverlscpaaboemewe:eenir:toaaknetdhnnetootriknowledgee‘llniee (i
asthl
the
evils
.v
ilthes? Go v ern we e e
DiluiskeGyof Newcastle--en Aces ftaor,yiaisis li:ittneircvoiencwearned I did
all in in
• _ ivith the
man Hon. i an
nd
returning Rev . Sidney
itentle•
long interviews, and offered a variety of suggee'l%
"sOcsutni,e,fasyaci,dorter
ht
itihnawt
iteto:
which he (his Grace) at once adopted, and
took iale3"'
diate steps to carry into effect: • dlut
Examination resumed—l think a military cotpulen rt•
at the head of the whole of the hospitals is, if
the P I
sent sytem continues, ve importat ; bu I do
1191
think it- advisable that they s h ld b coot°
ou en nild r e tthe ~ ~./
of a medical man unless he were responsible to a ral'l7,
commandant. I think the system of seniority
.in
_!...,
appointtnents to the Management of the hospitals is vre'fl
prejudicial, and that a medical head oughtuto have he
',specially sent out from home. ' • ,
[LEFT SITTING.]
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