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was the very first step taken with a view to the enlist-
'Dent of a f 'reign legion. The G-overnment did not c to-
sicler it becoming to proceed in such a manner without
the consent of Parliame4. • •

Mr. Layard—Can your Grace inf .rm me whethet• it
was intended to confine the foreign legion to Germans
The Duke of Newcastle—ln the fir t instance it was
inter,ded to confine it to Germans and to Swiss.
Examination resumed—Great d fficulties were placed
in the way of obtaining a foreign legion and caused by
the strong language used in Parliament. I had had
overtures from many di-tinguished foreigners who had
come over to this country for the purpose of assisting us
in the formation of a foreign legion, but after being called
" cut throats" and -the like they were offended, and
.vould have nothi-hg more t 3 do with the matter.
In reply to Lord Seymour his Grace went on to state :
I received a litter from the Ordnance department stating
that toy orders relative to the warm clothing had been
executed. I th night the Ordnance ought to have a
separate store department in order to relieve the Corn
missariat, which I thought was ove4 burthened.
By the Chairman—Means were taken tl supply the
army with fresh meat—but I believe the supply has
been better duiing the present year than it was before.
Tenders were sent in fir preserved meats, , but the Go-
vernment were apprehensive in consequence of the tricks
which had been played in such contracts, and none were
obtained. I have personally a very high opinion of
preserved meats. Preserved vegetables were sent out,
and were procured from France. I think it ver
tile that some portion of the army might never have
heard of them. With regard to fresh meat lam afr yid
that during the winter the troops only had it
once or twice a week ; . some portions might, and I
fear probably, had none for a week at a time,
but it is impossible that the general body of
the army could have been without it fir that period.
Si, far as I WIC4 concerned I took the best steps in orler
that fresh meat should be supplied. Soon after the
battle of Inkerman I took step: to provide a supply
of wooden huts for the use of the army in the winter.
Wood for the purpose was sent from this country to
Balaklava. 01 course wood procured at Constantinople,
or near the spot, would have been cheaper, buti t would
not have been ro available. Planking was also for-
warded from Malta, but I suppose the want of huts in
the camp arose from the simple fact of there being no
road from the harbour to the camp.
The Chairman—l suppose your grace, in common
with others, heard of the state of the harbour at
Balakla.va

Duke of Newcastle—Yes ; and I at once applied to
the Admiralty on the subject. I bad no control over
those persons who bad the direction of the harbour,
but I took means to remove the nuisances which existed
on land. '

Examination continued—l have never been called
upon officially to take any steps in reference to Admiral
B fixer ; but a large number of persons, who have either
called upon me or written to me, have complained of
his conduct. If any complainte had been made to me
officially, I should undoubtedly have taken notice of
them. I had nothing to do with the selection of medi-
cal officers ; the whole responsibility of that rested upon
Dr. Andrew Stnitb, of the medical board.

The Chairman—Did you receive any intimation, ex•
cept through the public newspapers and private chan-
nels, of the miserable condition of our soldiers in, the
hcspi tals ?

Duke of Newcastle—l did not. -
The Chairman—Did you receive no official report as
to the state of the hospitals ?
Duke of Newcastle—l did not, but so far as lay in
my power I endeavoured to remedy this condition of
things after what I read. In the case of the Kangaroo
and the Dunbar, in relation to which I have seen my-
self accused in the public prints, I did the best I could.

In reference to the commission consisting of Mr.
Maxwell and two medical gentlemea, appointed to in-
quire into the state of the military hospitals, his Grace
said that Lord Raglan was aware of their appoir.tm. nt,
and had offered to give them all the a.sistance in his
power. He did not know that orders were given that
no information sh.uld be given to the Commissioners.
Mr. Layard—Dr. Andrew Smith has said that he had
so many mater's to please that he did not know to whom
he was responsible. Does that agree with your impres-
sion as to what his duties were ?

Duke of Newcastle--It was not a fair interpretation
of his' position. He was no doubt responsible to the
Horse Guards, to the War-office, and to the Ordnance,
but I told hirn that when he was in any difficulty to
lo3k entirely to me.

Examination continued.—The question of the green
coffee was not brought under my consideration until
after the complaints were remedied. I am, not aware
that green coffee is issued to this hour. When Mr.
Smith complained of the absurd forms he bad to go
through I told him to disregard them. He led me to
believe he foll.-)wed my advice. Whenever there was
any case of emergency I supplied it at once.
The cmunittee then ajourned until to-morrow.

A. Supplement.tn. the London Gazette of Friday con-
tains the official announcement of the investiture of his
Imperial Majesty Napoleon LII., Emperor of the Freneb,
with the Ens.gos of the Most Noble Order of the Gar-
-Iv2r, the particulars of which we published on Thursday.

THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS AT LEWES. —Another of
the Russian prisoners escape] from the Lewes ear prison
shorty bef ,re five o'clock on Ft iday afternoon ; and be
is supposed to have done so in the same manner as the
other, who got out about t',ree weeks ago— namell , by
get ing on the roof of the guardhouse, and from there
to the top of the wall, from which he inti,t have dropped
into the street, a depth of About twelve feet. This is the
lowest part of the wall, ani is the only place where the
top of it can be reached from the inside. As soon as the
prisoner was missed, several of the warders and pen
sinners were sent in search of him, and he was shortly
aftewar is discover-id in the King's ArMs, a public-house
not far from the prison, where he harl just purcha,ed
half-a-pint of rum. The prisoners are not entirely confined
within the wails, as Lieut. Mann. the governor, takes
them out in parties of from 150 to 200 almost ev ty
morning ; they are generally taken to some portion
of the South Downs, where they are allowed to
enjoy themselves for two or three hours in various
athletic sports and exercises. Small parties. of the
men are also allowed out in the town. accompanied
by one warder, and there wander about as they
please, so that they are not totally deprived of
liberty. During the seven months the: Russians have
been confined here, no less than seven have died,
the three last within a week of each other ; the first,
on Saturday, March 31, of pneumonia ; the second. on
Sunday, April 8, of acute dysentery ; and the third, on
Sunday, April 15, also of dysentery. At the inquest on the
last, Dr. Burton, the prison surgeon, gave it as his opi-
nion that the Finnish prisoners had not th same strength
of constitution as Englishmen and were not so well able
to struggle against disease. We understand there are
about twenty more in hospital, and the total number in
the prison amounts to about 150.
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