The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-18 00:00:00

IRELAND FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL.

Mr. WMATION withdraw his motion fur the second
rea(ling of this bill.
TENANTS' IMPROVEMENTS COMPENSATION
(IRELAND) LAN D) BILL.

On the motion or the second reading of this bill,

Mr. Sergeant SIIEE appealed to the hon. gentlemen
in that house whether it would not facilitate the settle-
ment of the question involved in his measure, to allow
the bill to be read a second time, and po,tpone all dis-
cussion upon it r,ntil it was in committee. -
Mr. HORSMAN said the Government would offer no
objection to the motion, and that they would afford
every facility for the discussion of the bill. The
Government had already expressed its assent to the
principle of the measure ; but as its attention was just
iw demanded by th Budget and the Newspaper Stimp
Bill, of course the furth,r consideration of the measure
must stand over for the present, until these matters had
been dispos,rl of.
Mr. NAPIER questioned the consistency, as well as
the propi 1.-Ay of the Government supporting a measure
which was ii.seif a sham and a delusion, which embodied
within it provisions which, in the shape of another bill,
was rejected by the Goveinment during the last session.
Mr. KEOGH defended the Government from any
imputation of inconsistency, and assured his hon. and
learned friend that the support of the Government to
the bill was sincere and disinterested. and that it would
at the proper time when it came regularly before the
house receive the fullest consideration.
Mr. WHITESIDE maintaineir that the noble lord at
the head of the Government was insincere in his support
to the measure.

Mr. Fl LZGERALD reminded the house that the bill
which it was now convenient to characterise as a sham
and a delusion was introduced by ti:e right hon. and
leer.ted gentleman (Mr. Napier) when sitting on the
Miiisterial side of the house, and holding the office of
Attorney-General, and upon a principle as extensive as
that which it now contained.

Mr. MOORE expressed himself in favour of the pro-
position of the learned sergtant, that the discussion on
the measure should be postponed until the committee,
and thought that they ought in the trkanwhile to rely
upon the assurapce that the Government would offer no
obstacle Li the way of that olject.
After :.o.ne further discussion, in which Lord NAAS
and Mr. BAILLIE took par,,

Sergeant SH.EE briefly replied, commenting very
strongly upon the conduct of the bon gentlemen oppo-
site (Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Napier) in opposing that
which, when in office, they bad supported for the pur-
pose of retaining place and power.
Mr. BENTINCK having opposed the motion,
Mr. GEORGE rose when the house was about to
divide, arid having prolonged the debate until a quarter
to six o'clock, it was then, in compliance with the stand-
log orders ajourned.
On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD it was agreed
that the house, on its rising, should adjourn until Fri-
day on account of the festivities in connection with the
visit of the Emperor and Enpress of the French.
The house then adjourned.

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-

MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

The committee reassembled triii morning at the usual
hour, but the proceedings did not commence for some
short time afterwards.

Sir Charles Trevelyan was recalled, and his esamina•

tion was resumed by Lord Seymour.
The noble baronet's statements, which contained
some repetitions of yesterday, went to show that there
was no deficiency of transport animals up to the time
that the army left Varna ; but on the contrary he had
received a report from Commissary-General Filder
to the effect that 8,000 arabas might he obtained, if re.
quired, without difficulty. The arrangements for the
commissariat transport were the same that were adopted
in the Peninsula at the close of the war when the coin-
missariat was at its highest state of efficiency. From a
report made by Mr. Filder, it appeared that the com-
missariat department landed in the Crimea with 1,203
animals and 70 carts with mules, ready equipped. The
men carried with them sufficient rations fur one day.
Subsequently additional baggage animals were obtained
from Varna, and Mr. Filder reported that up to the
sth October he considered the means of transport at
Balaklava were adequate to the wants of the army. The
horses, with the exception of those belonging to the
cavalry, were fed upon chopped straw and barley, which
was supplied from this country. Tile hay that had been
sent out was retained entirely for the use of the cavalry
horses. It was to be considered very important to
protect the transport horses from exposure to weather
from which they suffered more severely than from the
want of forage. The noble baronet then proceeded to
read a large number of Treasury minutes and corres-
pondence from Mr. Filder bearing on these points, but
the contents presented no features of general interest.
The first intimation that the army would winter in the
Crimea was conveyed to the Commissary-General on the
8 h November, and Mr. Filder immediately in reply to
that communication stated to the Government what he
had got and what was required ; also informing theta
that it would be necessary t r semi out all sualies with
the exception of fresh mina from England. In cue of Mr.
Filder's communications on this subject, dated the 13 h
November, he expressed great appre.h-nsion as to the
possibility of keeping the army supplied during
the winter owing to the very limited accom-
modation that the harbour of B baklava afforded, to the
gales, which sffeetually cut off communication with
shipping aechored outside the harbour, and to the bad
state of the road from Balakiava to the camp, which was
almost impassable after a fa'l of rain. lie also referred
in that letter to the danger in which vessels anchored
outside the harbour ware exposed from the nature of
the coat. Several of the ships taken up by the Govern-
ment were appropriated to the commissariat, and though
they were never used for any other purposes, obstacles
were thrown in the way of tueir being use 1 for this pur-
pose by Admiral Boxer. There were maey cases in the
Treasury paper in which Admiral Boxer was to blame
for hating caused delay in the movements of Commissa-
riat transports. The commanding officer of the Jason
was also, he said, reported by Mr. Filder to be blame-
able, for having delayed his vessel unnece,sarily while
he was doing transport duty. The Government at
home had n it, he imagined, set on foot any inquiries
into aliy of these subjects.
In reply to further questions, the right hon. baronet
said sonic difficulty had occurred iu obtaining supplies
for Balaklava and the camp, in consequence ef the mor-
tality amongst the waggon drivers ; but 350 men were
sent out for the pAirpose as soon as the want was felt,
and he believed they active(' in the Gins, a in January.
The basgage animals also died in large numbers, but
their places were always immediately filled up by others.
An attempt was made as early as the 14th of Nov. to re-
pair the road from Balaclava to the camp by means of
Turks, but it was by no means successful.
Reference being again made to the name of Admiral
Boxer, the witness said be believed him to be a rough
honest sailor, who ha I the public service at heart, but
had not the high administrative powers which were ne-
cessary to perform the duties of the office to which he
was appointed at Constantinople.
The only other matter of particular interest which
transpired during the remainder of this witness's exami-
nation was, that every arrangement had ben made by
the Treasury to secure an efficient and well-organised
commissariat, and since he had had the direction of the
details of this department he had ordered many dismis-
sals to be made on account of incompetence, especially
in the came of clerks.
The committee adjourned shortly before four o'clock
until to-morrow.