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donald was last autumn referred to a committee of mili-
tary and scientific men ; but the difficulty of the case
seemed to increase as it was more looked into ; and he
really was not prepared to state what day the Govern-
ment could give a final answer on the subject.
CAPTAIN CHRISTIE.
Mr. E. ELLICE called the attention of the house to
the statement made in that house
.a short time since by
the hon. member for Aylesbury with reference to Capt.
Christie, who, he (Mr. Ellice) regretted to state, was
dead. With regard to the facts of the case be could state,
from his personal acquaintance with the late lamented
gentleman, that he was not aware of hie suffering from
any complaint when he left this country for the East,
and that with regard to his age he was but 57, and, irre-
spective of age, he was a man of athletic and vigorous
constitution. (Hear, hear.) Hon. members should
remember that Capt. Christie had nothing whatever
to do by his appointment with the harbours of
Balaklava, and bad he issued any orders with respect
to it, he (Mr. Ellice) doubted if they would have been
obeyed. His duties were outside with the transports,
and where his,duties were, there he was to be found.
(Hear, hear.) He thought when an hon. gentleman,
a member of that house, made .public an incorrect state-
ment, and it was pointed out to him, it was his duty,
immediately that incorrectness was pointed out to him,
to as public knowledge his error. The statement to
whcih he referred was made, he believed, February, ant:
replied to in four or five days by Captain Christie's B'S-
ter, followed by one from Captain Christie's brother, and
after that by one from Captain Christie himself,
couched in language which bore truth upon the firse of
it, and in the most modest and gentlemanly lan-
guage—(hear, hear)—and which it was possible to have
been written. These letters have been in the possession
of the hon. member for Aylesbury for a period of ten
weeks, an interval of anxious suspense to the relatives
of the gallant officer whose professional reputation was
dearer to him than life, and that anxiety had done more
for the gallant officer than years could do ; ire had
broken him down in mind and health, and he was
now gone where neither slander or praise could
reach him. (Hear.) He begged to ask the hon. mem-
ber for Aylesbury, if he received those letters, and whf.t
answer he had given to them ? (Hear.)
Mr. LAYARD said he felt ashamed that at a 'Lime
like the present when great interests were at stake., end
the excitement of the country at such a p;.l,ch at
what was about to take place, that the time of the
house should be taken up with personal matters. (Hear,
and "Oh, oh !") He asked hon. members wb;lther they
were about to renew that unseemly scene Only had had
on a former occasion, and thereby bring the house into
disgrace. (Oh, oh !) There was a feeling gaining ground
in the country. (Cries of " Question," and " Oh, oh.")
The question before the house was of the adjournment of
the house, and he repeated there was a feeling growing
up in ibis country that the time of the house shoull not
be trifled with in such a manner, and the house be male
the arena of personal altercation. (Oh.) He warned gen-
tleman opposite of it. Had the hon. member (Mr- Ellice)
mentioned the subject to him before bringing it I- efore
the house, be might have given him such inforunat' on as
might have placed the subject in a very different farm to
what bad been done. The hon. member then leferred
to the various reports of the newspapers of his speech in
question, and quoted from that paper that had attacked
him more than any other, and he found he was there
reported as stating Captain Christie to be "about
seventy years of age," He did not charge him with
being in charge of Balakiava harbour, but at the head of
the transport service, and that his health was so indif-
erent that he could not leave Ins ship after clad: from
'ear of catarrh.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

OFFICIAL DESPATCB FROM FIELD-
MABSIIAL LORD RAGLAN.

(Prom a Supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.)
WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY is.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch
and its enclosures, of which the following are copies,
a idressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord
Raglan, G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, May 5.

. _
My Lord,—Since I wrote to your lordship on the Ist
instant nothing of importance has arisen ; the enemy still
appear to be collecting troops upon the high ground on the
opposite side of the Tchernaya, in the neighbourhooo, of
Sebastopol, and convoys are constantly seen movir,g in
that direction.
The fire from the place upon our trenches has no't been
heavy I but, notwithstanding, I have some casualties to
report to you, as shown in the accompanying returns ;
and. I have to lament the death of three promisinu young
officers, Lieutenants Carter of the Royal Engineers, Curtis
of the 46th, and White of the 62,1 Regiments.
On the night of the Ist instant the French attacked a
kind of counterguard which the Russians had established
in front of the central bastion.
The operation was quite successful, and the enemy were
driven out with great loss, leaving behind them nine
small mortars. Our Allies have remained in the work,
notwithstanding the heavy fire to which they have been
exposed, and have established themselves therein, frus-
trating the efforts made by their adversaries to dispossess
them of it on the following day, when a vigorous sortie
was repulsed, and the Russians were again great.
sufferers. .
The conduct of the French troops was very brilliant.
I have, &c.,
RA.GL AN.
The Lord Panxanre, &o. &c,

Enclosure 1.
RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 30TH
APRIL, TO THE 3D MAT, 1855.
Ist Battalion, Ist Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file,
wounded.
2d Battalion, Ist Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank
and file, wounded.
4th Foot- 1 rank and file, wounded.
7th Foot-1 rank and filo, killed; 2 rank and file,
wounded.
19th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
23d Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
28th Foot-2 rank and file, killed ; 3 rank and file,
wounded.
30th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
34th Foot-6 rank and file, wounded.
38th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
39th Foot-1 rank and file, A ounded.
41st Foot-1 serjeant, 1 rank and file, wounded.
44th Foot —4 rank and file, wounded.
46th Foot-1 officer, killed.
47th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
55th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
62d Foot-1 officer, 1 rank and file, killed.
77th Foot-1 drummer, killed ; 1 serjeant, wounded.
88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded.
89th Foot-1 serjeant, 2 rank and file, wounded.
90th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded.
97th Foot-1 rank and file, killed.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 serjeant, 1 rank and file,
wounded.
Royal Engineers and Royal Sappers and Miners-1
officer, killed ; 1 serjeant, wounded.
Total-3 officers, 1 drummer, 6 rank and file, killed ; 5
serjeants, 32 rank and file, wounded.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOITRT,
Adjutant-General.

En closure 2.

NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN KILLED FROM THE 30TH APRIL TO
THE 3D MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
KILL ;...;D.
MAT 2.
46th Regiment of Foot.
Lieutenant F. J. Curtis.
Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant J. H. S. Carter.
MAY 3.
62d Regiment of Foot.
Lieutenant G. J. White.
J. B. BIICKNALL ESTCOI7RT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 3.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM
THE 30ra APRIL TO THE 3n MAY, INCLUSIVE.
KILLED.
APRIL 30.
2d Battulion Ist Foot.
Private Amos Pipler.
62d Regiment of Foot.
Private Patrick Lynch.
97th Regiment of Foot.
Private Edward Corbett.
MAY 1.
7th Regiment of Foot,
Private Michael Murphy.
28th Regiment of Foot.
Private Francis Chi verton.
Private John Edward.
MAY 2.
77th Regiment of Foot.
Drummer Owen Bennett.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

Enclosure 4.

WOUNDED.
APRIL 30.
4th Regiment of Foot.
Private William Robertson, slightly.
7th Regiment of Foot.
Private Peter Morgan, severely.
Private George Wardell, severely.
30th Regiment of Foot.
Private Ch'srles Holborn, slightly.
41st Regiment of Foot.
Serjeant George Corfield, severely.
Private Patrick Keary, severely.
89th Regiment of Foot.
Sergeant James Carruthers, severely.
Private William Atkison, severely.
* Private Thomas Broadbent, severely.
2d Battalion Rifle Brigade.
- - Private Joseph Bolter, slightly.
MAY 1.
28th Regiment of Foot.
Corporal Bernard Carr, slightly.
- Private Thomas Smith, severely.
Private Matthew Thomas, slightly.
- 39th Regiment of Foot.
Private Quill Daniell, slightly.
44th Regiment of Foot.
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THE 30TH APRIL, TO THE 3D MAY, 1855, INCLU
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