The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-24 00:00:00

THE BATTLE OF BA.LAKLAVA..

Mr. C. BERKELEY said—Sir, I wish to ask the
right hon. gentleman the Secretary at War two ques-
tions, and the first is, whether the order published in the
newspapers as emanating from Lord Raglan to Lord
Lucan, ordering the light cavalry to make the disastrous
charge at Balaklava, is the correct order or not t That
order runs thus :—" Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to
advance rapidly to the front, to' follow the enemy, and
try to prevent their carrying away the guns. Horse ar-
tillery will accompany them, and the French cavalry is
to be on the left." I hope the right hon. gentleman
will be prepared to name a day when ho will inform the
house whether that report of the order is correct or not.
Sir, my second question is, why the light cavalry are not
allowed a medal for that disastrous charge (Loud
cries of hear, hear.) It was not the fault of the men
that it was so disastrous. (Renewed cries of hear, hear.)
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I will ask at once, then, why a clasp is not given to them
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for that engagement as well as for Alma and Inkertnan?
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NATIONAL EDUCATION.

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Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Friday he
should move for leave to bring in a bill for the promotion
of education in England.
NAVY ESTIMATES.

Lord J. RUSSELL took this early opportunity of
stating that the Navy Estimates would bo laid on the
table in the course of a clay or two: and his right lum,

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friend the First Lord of the Admiralty would be pre-
pared to go into a committee of supply, for the purpose
of considering these estimates, on Friday se'nnight.

LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.

Mr. CARDWELL gave notice that on Monday next
he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
law of partnership.

THE FOUR POINTS.

' Mr. LAYARD wished to ask the Lord President of
the Council whether there would be any objection to lay
, on the table the correspondence which has taken place
with the foreign Power 3 with regard to the tr, aty of the
2d of December, 1854, and especially any document
issued by the Russian Government containing the inter-
' pretaton placed by the British and French Governments
on the four points.
Lord J. RUSSELL said lie could not at present say
whether it was possible to lay the correspondence on the
table. With regard to the correspondence generally,
it would not be usual, and besides it would be
inconvenient to do so ; but there might be one paper of
great importance, which it might be possible to lay cn
the table, but he would consider that point before he
gave his final answer. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps, as his
hon. friend bad asked the question, he (Lord J. Russell)
might state generally what had occurred with regard to
the four points, and in what state the question stood.
(Hear, hear.) At the end of November the Austrian
Government, by its Minister at Vienna, declared its ac-
ceptance of the four points, and on the 2d Dec. a treaty
was signed by the Ministers of France, England, and
Austria. On the 28th December a meeting was held
at Vienna, at which the Ministers of England, France,
and Austria attended, and Prince Gortschakoff on be-
half of Russia, when the French Minister, on the part
of Francs, England, and A ustria, stated the interpretation
which the three powers had put upon the Four Points as
the bases of negotiation. He (Lord J. Russell) would
mention that, with regard to the third point, it
was proposed by the interpretation to put an end to
the dominion of Russia in the Black Sea. Prince
Gortschakoff stated that he could not express his con-
currence in that interpretation, but that be would re-
quest further instructions from his Government. He
afterwards informed Count Buol that he had received
those instructions, and on the 7th or Bth of the present
month another meeting was held at the office of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs at Vienna, at which Prince
Gorstchakoff presented a memorandum, which he said
contained the views of the Government he repre-
sented. Count Buol, however, intimated that he
had. no authority to receive such a memoran-
dum, and that he must require the consent of the Rus-
sian plenipotentiary to the interpretation he bad already
received. The Russian plenipotentiary then withdrew
the memorandum he had read, and declared his accept-
ance, on the part of his Government, of the interpreta-
tion as one of the bases of negotiation. Of course his
(Lord J. Russell's) hon. friend would understand by this
that the Russian plenipotentiary accepted this, reserv-
ing to himself the right of making any observation
upon it on the part of his Government. Her Majesty's
Government had declared itself ready to enter into ne-
gotiations on those bases, but hitherto no negotiations
had taken place.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask the Lord
President of the Council whether there would be any
objection to lay the protocol signed by the three powers,
and explaining the four points, on the table.
Mr. LAYARD also wished to ask the noble lord
whether he was to understand that negotiations had been
commenced by her Majesty's Government or not I
Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to the first question,
said that was one of the points he had re served for
consideration. As to th• last question, he might say
negotiations had not yet been begun.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY inquired whether he had
rightly understood the noble lord that Russia had con-
sented that Russian dominion in the Black Sea should
be put an end to I He hoped if such was the case that
negotiations were about to be begun. He should be
glad if the noble lord could satisfy him more clearly on
this point.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that her Majesty's readiness
to negotiate on the Four Points had been intimated ;
but, hitherto, no full power had been given to any Mi-
nister to negotiate.