The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY Ein MARC,H 30, 1855.

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1.31 PE A LIA 3 1E ENT Stratford Canning had ol:& tined an assurance from the
• 1 Sultan that no such execs ttions should take place in
® A
I future.
L PR,

Mr. A. PELLATT and !erstood that the assurance
applied to Christians becorei ng Mussulmen, and then re-
turning to Christianity.
•` .4
Lord PA.LMERSTON sa id the assurance, as he under-
stood it, applied to the who) e cise of such executions. .
STAMP tiUTIES.
Mr. HAMILTON asked • the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer whether it was the intention of Government to
propose, during the presen' t' session, any measure for
abolishing the stamp dutie. ton matriculations and de-
grees in the universities of Cambridge and Dublin, and
thereby to place students in those universities in the
same position, as regards s' tamp duties, with students in
the universities of Oxford, - Durham, London, the Queen's
University in Ireland, and t the several Scotch univer-
sities ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was quite true, as the ho D. member stated, with regard
to Oxford, and he could only say now that the subject,
as regarded Cambridge and Dublin, was under the con-
sideration of the Gover: anent.

THE n INS OF COURT.
Mr. CRAUFURD asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Dapartme nt when the report of the Commis-
siou appointed last s ansion to inquire into the Inns of
Court would be laid on the table of the house ?
Sir G. GREY said the report had not yet been re-
ceived, but be was c :riformeil that it was prepared, and
he might shortly e• erect it.
THE T JRANSPORT SERVICE.
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teedaheer Firstijan dLsao: do oft 2,tshoeoAtdo mo
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taken
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the Conveyance of troops to the Medi-
terranean
wiw Abc.,,r she was taken up by the new Trans-
port Board ; ;
'sow long she remained in the river after
being taken ,
up ; and whether her dela
fopuntd,th y at Portsmouth
present time had been occasioned by its being
re
,n her being surveyed at Portsmouth, thtre were
uo
no me Jical stores on board, or magazine fitted for hold-
ani. ' Ale ammunition of t'he troops ?
~
ieb. She was not taken up for the Transport Service,
41r C. WOOD said the vessel was engaged on the 14th
but she remained in the river 15 days filling, and this
'
was the only delay that occurred.
THE AUSTRALIAN POST.

Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Home Secretary what
arrangements were being made for steam or any postal
communication with Australia ?
Sir G. GREY said the subject was now under conside-
ration with the Treasury and the Colonial Department
with the view as stated in the question.
METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT.

Lord PALMERSTON stated, in reply to Mr. Fitz-
roY that there was no intention to bring in a bill this
session to amend the Metropolitan Buildings Act.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Colonel NORTH moved the adjournment for the
purpose of calling upon the Secretary at War to explain
what he meant when he said Lord Methuen objected
"t go on board a transport ship with his troops, be-
cause it was a sailing vessel."
Lord PALMERSTON protested against this sort of
proceeding. The motion ought not to be made without
some
,reason being stated for it. With regard to the
question, he believed the objection to the ship arose out
of her want of accommodation, and not because she
wal a sailing vessel.
Mr. DISRA.ELI said the necessity for the motion
had become necessary in order that an answer of the
Secretary at War, which had created some misappre-
hension, might be explained. Under those circum-
stances he thought the motion was justifiable ; but, of
course, it would be withdrawn.
Mr. PEEL said the vessel appointed to take out the
Royal Lancashire Militia to the Mediterranean was
a steamer, and not a sailing vessel. Lord Methuen
was the commander of the troops, and he objected to the
vessel because she did not afford sufficient accommo-
dation.
The motion was then withdrawn.
CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
On clause 1,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked whether it was in
contemplation to males any other loan of the kind ?
Lord PALMERSTON said, when there was another
loan it would be communicated to the house.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY inquired where the money
was to come from to make good this loan ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER' said it
would come out of the Consolidated Fund in the first in-
stance.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wanted to know why the
interest was to be so low as 3 per cent.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
loan would extend over a long series of years, and that
the interest had been fixed at 3 per cent.
Mr. BELLEW said the loan would come out of the
Consolidated Fund in the first instance, but it would
afterwards have to be made good in some other way. Now
it was just possible that we should have to pay more
than 3 per cent. for the money, and therefore he thought
it would have been better to let Sardinia herself come
into the market to raise the loan.
The clauses were then agreed to, and the house hav-
ing resumed, the report was ordered to be received to-
morrow.

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Admiral Dundas. On the contrary, they had every
reason to believe that the country was much indebted
t 3 the gallant' admiral for the zeal and activity he bad
displayed in the course of the war.
The motion was then withdrawn.
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT
BALAKLAVA.
Mr. H. BERKELEY rose to move that an humble ad-
dress should be presented to her Majesty, praying that she
would be graciously pleased to order that an inquiry by
court-martial should be held on Lieutenant-General the
Earl of Lncan for ordering a charge of the light cavalry at
the battle of Balaklava. Ile undertook the discharge of
this duty in consequence of the illness of a gallant relative,
who if he wero present would then stand in the position
which he (Mr. H. Berkeley) occupied ; and, if any apology
were necessary, that was his excuse for trespassing upon
the attention of the house. At tho same time, he must
say that he had met with no military difficulties in this
case which would prevent any civilian from perfectly com-
prehending it, and it was his intention to clear away as
much as possible the military technicalities surrounding it.
There never was a time when their soldiers were more
dear to the nation than at the present moment. Their bril-
liant gallantry, their patient endurance of suffering, the
high moral tone which bsamed forth in the extensive cor-
respondence that was printed, and which had been written
by all grades of the army, entitled them to their respect,
their gratitude, and he should hope to their protection.
Was it not their duty narrowly to watch over the wel-
fare of that army ? Already had the people by an over-
whelming majority of their representatives in' that house
demanded an inquiry into the destruction of thousands
of their gallant men by the withholding from them
of the absolute necessaries of life—fuel, food, raiment,
and medical attendance. (Hear.) The late Ministry op-
posed that inquiry, and they not only lost their places, but
they lost caste with the country. A committee had been
appointed, and the inquiry was witnessed with satisfaction
by the nation, and had produced a satisfactory effect.
(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. H. Berkeley) was there to ask for
an inquiry into the destruction of 300 gallant men—as fine
a body of men as ever drew sword or put foot in stirrup.
(Cheers.) Those men had been, it was admitted, uselessly,
vvautonlysacrificed, in an attempt where there was no pos
sibility of success, and where defeat was certain. (Hear.)
He was not able to ask for a committee to in euire into that
loss, but he asked to have the proper tribunal constituted
which was appointed for inquiries in such matters —a
court-martial. (Hear.) The late Ministry was disinclined to
inquiry ; it appeared the authorities at the Horse Guards
hed followed their example, and were equally disinclined to
inquiry, and it was to spur on their lazy virtue that he now
brought forward this motion. (Hear.) Why they should
refuse inquiry, and why inquiry should not be most natu-
ral in such a case, he was at a loss to understand. A court-
'martial could be held on anybody. It could be held on a
couple of boys who pulled each other out of bed and beat
each other with a candlestick ; but when they asked her
Majesty's Government for an inquiry into the death of 300
men who were thus wantonly sacrificed, they knew no-
thing at all of the proceedings. (Hear, hear.) • The care
of life was peculiar to the English people, and laws were
passed for the punishment of those who caused death by
ignorance, carelessness, or incompetence. (Hear, hear.)
Were not the lives of their gallant solders as dear to them
as the lives of passengers upon a railway, or were they
prepared to say that when men put on the military uni-
form they forfeited all their care and protection ? Were
they prepared to say that the charge of Balaklava was to
be a charge of fools, or that the Government should use
with respect to it the words of Falstaff—
" I have led my raggamuilins where they have been well
peppered?"
(Laughter.) He (Mr. H. Berkeley) asked for inquiry into
the conduct of Lieut.-General the Earl of Lucan, because he
believed that, through misconception of his orders, that
disaster at Balaklava had occurred by which 300 gallant
men were slain—by which, though a minor consideration,
the country lost 360 horses, which cost the Government not
less than 1501. each—and by which the brigade of light
cavalry was all but annihilated. He (Mr. IL Berkeley)
had no personal feeling whatever in this matter; ho had no
enmity whatever to gnstify ; it was deeply painful to him
to discharge the duty he had undertaken. He had no
charge to make against the honour or courage of Lord
Lucan ; but, on the contrary, he was prepared to say that
he believed them both to be undoubted. But he had a
duty to perform, and that was to beseech the house to
throw the mantle of their protection ever the gallant men
who were in arms for their country. The nation had placed
the army at the disposal of the Crown, and if the House of
Commons should decide that a case of wrong had been
made out against any of the functionaries of the army,
whether high or low, it was their duty to address her Ma-
jesty that she should issue her command for a court-martial
to be held upon the offending party. (Hear, hear.) He did
not stand there to ask for a court-martial for Lord Lucan,
but he stood there to ask for a court-martial on Lord
Lunn. (Hear, hear.) It was necessary to mention. a few
of the particulars of the battle of Balaklava to explain the
facts connected with the brilliant but disastrous charge
of the light cavalry. The Russians advanced with great
forces, which were estimated at 20,000 or 30,000 men.
They drove in the Tarks, who, as the house were aware,
ran away incontinently, and, satisfied with their easy vic-
tory over them, they advanced a portion of their cavalry
against Sir Coln Campbell, who dispersed them with
great ease with his gallant Highlanders. Another body
of Russian cavalry advanced against their heavy brigade,
by whom they were charged and cut down, and they re-
treated in confusion. He begged the house to observe
that it was at a period of the day when the Russians were
in retreat, and as Lord Raglan imagined were carrying off
the guns taken from the Turks, that his lordship issued the
following order—and nothing could be more clear and pre-
cise than that order :—" Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to
advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to
prevent then carryingaway the guns ; a troop of horse artil-
lery may accompany. The French cavalry is to the left. Im-
mediate. (Signed)—AlßEY." Lord Raglan issued that order
to Lord Lucan' and Lord Lucan,en the strength of that order
charged with 650 light dragoons a Russian army of 20,000
men in position, and composed of horse, foot, and artillery.
This order, which could only be interpreted as an order to
charge and pursue a broken force, caused 670 dragoons to
charge an army of 20,000 men, horse, foot, and artillery.
The more you eissected and examined that order, the more
clear did Lord Raglan's intention become. First, no order
whatever was given to charge by Lord Raglan, but an or-
der to follow and prevent the enemy from carrying away
the guns, the mode of doing this being left entirely to
Lord Lucan. The implied impression to send a troop of
horse artillery was conclusive in his mind as to Lord Rag-
lan's intention ; for the idea that Lord Raglan could have
contemplated sending a troop of light sixes to pound away
at a large number of heavy guns in position was just as
absurd as that of sending 670 horsemen against the whole
body of the Russian troops. Lord Lucan was ordered to
do one thing, tho necessity of which had passed away, and
he did another thing, which was just the worst in the
world he could have done. It was unintelligible what
could have led to the misconception of one of the cleverest
orders ever given. They had heard a great deal of what
Captain Nolan did and said, but if his evidence could be
' taken, it would avail nothing whatever against Lord Rag-
lan's written order, and, therefore, it was of no avail to
talk of it. One of the greatest military authorities of the
day, the Duke of Richmond, fully agreed in the view
he took of the case, and it was not a small support
to a humble civilian like himself to have such testi-
mony on his side. Lord Lucan said that Capt. Nolan
obtruded his advice upon him in a way that ought not
to have been permitted ; but it was to be regretted
that the noble lord had not taken the Earl of Car-
digan's advice relative to the propriety of the charge.
If he could have found anything in excuse or extenuation
of the conduct of Lord Lncan he would most freely Avow
it, but he wished to show that the noble lord was fully
aware of the strength of the Russians against whom he
was operating. When he received the order, he commanded
Lord Cardigan to advance. Now, if there were any man
in the British army to whom such an order could be more
grateful than another, that man was Lord Cardigan—one
so gallant and adventurous that he might well be termed
a Hotspur, and one who, like Hotspur, would pluck bright i
honour from the moon. Yet, did that noble earl receive
the order given him with joy and alacrity ? Far from it ;
he received it with great consternation, and he had the it
moral courage to demur to it before he know that Lord 1
Lucan was aware of the desperate nature of the charge on 1
which he sent him. The aide-de-camp was ordered to state
that the point was three-quarters of a mile distant, that
the flanks were lined with Russian artillery, and the hills
in front and around covered with infantry, yet Lord Lucan
still persisted in the order. Lord Cardigan himself re-
peated the statement to Lord Lncan, and then proceeded
at the head of his men on a charge so desperate that it was
not too much to say there was not one amongst them, from
the general to the trumpeters, who did not believe they
were about to charge on eternity. No language could be too
strongly laudatory for the description of this gallant charge.
It was a marvellous example of the power of discipline, and
showed, in the clearest manner, the glorious spirit of pa-
triotism which animated them, their loyalty to their
Queen and devotion to their country. Lord Cardigan's
name would be handed down to posterity as a belted earl,
entitled to be ranked with the Bedfords, the Bohuns, the
Chandoses, and the proudest of the olden time. A Rus-
sian general who had sent his men on such a desperate
eeL sr—, ........J Ica to such featrui .amiri.b ~f lire, would have
died under the knout, or would now have been digging in
the mines of Siberia. What had happened iu our army?
Nothing. Had any notice been taken of it ? None at all.
Lord Lucan himself demanded a court-martial, and in a
most gallant spirit, he was ready to declare. (Hear.) He
did not stand there to say anything of Lord Lucan which
could give pain or umbrage to his best friends, nor would
he refer to his military knowledge ; but he could not shut
his eyes to the fact of his having been promoted over the
heads of many gallant and distinguished men who had seen
service, he himself having seen none—such men as Wynd-
ham, Thackwell, Cavendish, and others, long° ordine gentes
who were perfectly well qualified for such a post. He sub-
mitted to the house that he had at least made out a case
for inquiry, and it was an insult to our service that such a
transaction should have taken place without inquiry. He
demanded a court-martial on Lord Lucan in justice to our
army and in deference to the wishes of the nation. He
should therefore move an address to her Majesty, praying
her to command an inquiry, and he entreated the house to
consent to the motion, in the name of the martyrs who had
found a bloody grave on the heights of Balaklava, is the
name of the survivors, in the name of the mothers, widows,
and fathers of the unfortunate men who had died, or of
those who were still fighting for all that was dear to them.
Lord ELOHO, in seconding the motion for the address,
could assure the house that he did so most readily, because
Lord Lucan only courted inquiry into his conduct. Aq
the hon. gentleman had stated that he made this motion
from a sense of what was due to the gallant men who had
distinguished themselves on the memorable day to Which
it related, so also he said it was due to LordiLucan, as well
as to these gallant men, that an inquiry into his conduct,
should bo granted. One word with respect to his own posi-
tion, which was both painful and
_peculiar. It Was at all
times painful to defend the conduct of a relation which
was impugned, but it was doubly painful when the occa-
sion was one on which he had the misfortune to lose a re-
lation still nearer and dearer. He said this not to excite
the sympathy of the house, but with the object of showing
that, in supporting the motion of the hon. gentleman, the
events of that day, in whatever light they were to be viewed,
were certainly not calculated to prejudice him in favour of
Lord Lucan. It was from a sense of justice, and from that
alone, that he supported the motion, for he never was more
firmly convinced of anything in his life than of this—that
Lord Lucan was a grossly wronged and injured man. Lord
Lucius courted inquiry into his conduct, and it was his
duty to endeavour to induce the house to grant him that
which he thought be had a right to demand. He knew too
well the value of the time of house to occupy it with
any lucubrations of his own on military law, policy, or tea-
tics, which, as these of a civilian, mid have little claim on

their attention. He should not, therefore, follow the hon.
gentleman in fighting over again the battle of Balaklava,
but he would refer to two questions which required an en-
s wer. They had heard a great deal of what Lord Raglan's
order did not mean, but he was moat anxious to bear- and
as yet he had not hoard it clearly explained, either by Lord
Raglan or any one else—what that order really did moon.
(Hear.) The way in which the order was understood by
Lord Mean and the aide-de-camp was, that the cavalry
was to advance rapidly to the front., and recover, if poesi-
b!e, the guns. They were told, however, that the English
language in this case meant something else from what it
usually did mean, and that it must be interpreted in a
non-natural sense ; he wished, therefore, that some expla-
nation should be given as to what the real meaning of the
order was. It should be observed that Captain Nolan had
the misfortune shortly to fall—a fact which showed that
the cavalry were in a position where the slightest advance
brought them immediately under the fire of the eneeny'a
guns. Another matter as to which he wished for some in-
struction or information was this. They had heard Lord
Leman blamed for obeying the order, and being guided by
the interpretation of the aide-de-camp, and the noble lord
was now here in disgrace. He wished to know whether
Lord Lucan would have been now in a more favourable
position—whether he would be now in the Crimea, com-
manding the cavalry—whether he would be looked up to
as one worthy of all honour and esteem, if he had dis-
obeyed that order ? (Hear, hear.) As to Lord Lucan
being afraid to take upon himself the responsibility of
pausing, which, as a lieutenant-general commanding a di-
vision, he was entitled to do, he wished to point out to the
house that Lord Lucan was not a man who shirked or
was afraid of responsibility. The noble lord had published
the speech lately delivered by him in the form of a Pamphlet,
and in a note to it he mentioned that he had omitted in
his speech to state that, on the day after the battle of
Alma, he sent a message to the general commanding, ex-
pressing his hope that Lord Raglan would allow him to act
on his own responsibility, as occasion might offer, because
otherwise opportunities of gaining success and injuring the
enemy would certainly be lost. To that message Lord Incase
said he received no reply, and he had been led to make the
offer in consequence of having taken upon himself on the
previous day to move his cavalry and artillery across the
river in order to protect the infantry when ascending the
opposite heights, and because he considered that, if he had
felt himself more of a free agent on that occasion, more
prisoners would have been taken. Again, in a conversa-
tion with General Airey on the day after the action at
Balaklava, Lord Lucan expressed a hope that orders less
peremptory and leaving him some discrection would be sent
to him, because if orders were sent more fit for a subaltern
than for a general to receive, then as a subaltern he would
execute them, because he would not expose himself to be
charged with backwardness or hesitation in executing
them. He (Lord Elcho) had received a letter from his late
brother after the battle of Alma, in which he sa'd that
Lord Lucan at a certain period of the action ordered up
the cal airy and artillery in support, which proved so effec-
tive'and of such signal service t.a the Highlanders, who had
just charged the heights, that Sir Colin Campbell, with
tears in his eyes, shook him by the hand, and thanked
him for what he had done. (Hear, hear.) He did not
intend to uispute or discuss the prerogative of the Crown
to recall Lord LUC:I3I; that was a right which undoubtedly
existed, and which it was necessary for the efficiency of
the army that the Cs own should exercise without question.
It might indeed be questioned whether the exercise of the
right was just or necessary in this case, the only reason
alleged that he had written a letter containing certain re-
presentations to the general-in-chief, and that he was on
bad terms with Lord Raglan. It might have been sup-
posed from this that the letter alluded to was intemperate
or disrespectful, but when it came to be read, that was not
the impression which it made on the people of this coun-
try. Again, as to the personal relations between the gene-
rals, he had been informed by Lord Lucan that shortly
before his leaving the Crimea, General Estcourt saw him
and declared that he expreesed the feelings of the com-
mander-in-chief when he said that Lord Raglan re-
gretted his recall, and could not understand why it had
taken place. If it were considered essential that two such
officers should not to be allowed to remain on service in
the same army, he wanted to know why they allowed so
long a period to elapse between the date of the receipt of
Lord Raglan's letter and the date of the recall of Lord
Lucan. Lord Raglan's letter was written on the 16th Dec.,
Lord Hardinge's reply to the reference made to him respect.
ing that letter was dated 26th Jan., and the letter of recall
was dated 2d Feb., so that three weeks elapsed between
the receipt of the letter of Lord Raglan and the date
of the recall of Lord Lucan. He asked this because
there might possibly have been—and the idea was not his
own—a question as to which should be recalled at that
time; and there was, moreover, a striking coincidence of
dates between the recall of Lord Lucan and the notice of
motion which had been put on the votes by the hon. gen-
tlemen opposite respecting the battle of Balaklava. He had
no doubt himself that a clear explanation would be given
of these points by the Government, but as he bad heard
them mooted in society, he thought it desirable to call the
attention of Ministers to them. The letter of Lord Raglan
brought against Lord Lucan charges of the gravest charac-
ter. The production of that letter on the part of the Go-
vernment was, if he might be allowed to say so, a mistake,
because it entirely chaugtd their position. As long as they
kept that letter within the drawers of the Minister of War,
they could take their stand on the prerogative of the
Crown, and the right of the Government to recall any
officer without assigning any reasons ; but when they pro-
duced that letter they placed the matter on other grounds,
and must stand or fall by the reasons contained in it. Lord.
Lucan declared, in his letter apply ing for a court-martial,
that the letter of Lord Raglan contained the gravest pos-
sible imputations on his professional character—that of ab-
solute disobedience of orders, superadded to that of gross
misconception suggested in the original despatch, and that
these charges could be cleared up by a professional investiga.
tion alone. In the letter refusing the court-martial no grounds
for refusal were assigned, and he must therefore look to the
speeches made in another place by the noble lord the Mi-
nister of War and the Commander-in-Chief. He gathered
that there were in the main four grounds ; first, that there
was no precedent; second, that of a court-martial were
granted to Lord Lucan, it must be granted to every officer
and private who thought his conduct arraigned ; third,
that there would be a difficulty in framing the charges ;
and fourth, that Loed Lucan had done duty since the action
of Balaklava, and that by military law he could not be put
on his trial. First, as to there being no precedent. Now
he thought that if justice required that a particular course
should be taken in a case which had not previously arisen,
the fact that there was no precedent was not a valid reason
why justice should not be done. Besides, there was a pre-
cedent for the grant of a court-martial here. The case of
Lord G. Sackville, the commander of the English cavalry
at the battle of Minden in 1759, was, in its broad features,
analogous to that of Lord Lucan ; the only difference being
that Lord G. Sackville was tried and condemned for dis-
obeying orders, while Lord Lucan was censured for obey-
ing them. In the general order issued by Prince Ferdi-
nand of Brunswick, the commander-in-chief of the allied
army, after the battle of Minden, he declared his opinion
that if the Marquis of Granby had commanded the cavalry
of the right wing instead of Lord George Sackville, the re-
sult of the day would have been more brilliant, and went
on to say that he was desirous to impress on all his gene-
rals that when orders were brought to them by his aides-
de-camp they should be obeyed without delay. When
that general order was issued, Lord G. Sackville,
feeling himself aggrieved, obtained leave to return to Eng-
land, when he demanded, and immediately obtained a
court-martial, by whom he was found guilty of disobedi-
ence of orders. He must in passing remark that the posi-
tion of English general officers appeared to him somewhat
unfortunate, for Lord G. Sackville was condemned for dis-
obeying orders, and for exercising hie own discretion—the
very thing which Lord Lucan was censured for not having
done. He found, in turning over the pamphlets at the
British Museum with reference to the case of Lord G.
Sackville, that amongst tho officers by whom he was tried
was one William, Earl of Pantuure. He hoped this might
be regarded as a prophetic omen, and that we should soon
have a warrant signed " Fox, Baron Panmure," ordering
a court-martial upon Lord Lucan. Ho also found amongst
these pamphlets one by the general who commanded the
French cavalry at the battle of Minden, in which he tried
to console Lord G. Sackville for his disgrace by telling him
that the English were like the Carthaginians, for whenever
a general was unsuccessful they immediately crucified him.
Then there were also the cases of Sir J. Norris and Admi-
ral Sir 11. Palliser, both of which were cited by WArthur
in his work on military law, to show that officers who
thought themselves aggrieved had aright to demand a court
martial. He now carnet() the second point-to which he had.
adverted, and he should contend that there was no analogy
whatever between the case of Lard Lucan and those with
which it was sought to confound it. Lord Lucan was con-
demned because, being a lieutenant-general commanding a
division, he did not exercise any discretion, but simply .
obeyed the orders ho received, as a private or any other
officer would have done. What proved that this was so
was, that although the Earl of Cardigan and the Earl of
Lucan both disapproved of the order for the cavalry charge
at Balaklava, both remonstrated against it, and both
obeyed it, the one received praise and honour, and the
other censure and professional disgrace. (Hear.) Now,
he must contend that if they threw upon an officer like that
Earl of Lucan greater responsibility, and called for the
exercise of more discretion from him, then they must con-
cede to him a greater measure of grace and favour than
they did to a private or officer not in that position. With
regard to the third argument against this court-martial, he
must say that he did not believe that the present Judge.
Advocate would have found any- greater difganlty in fram-
ing a charge against the Earl of Lucien, with Lord Rag.
lan's letters before him, than the Judge-Advocate-General
of 1759 did in drawing up the charges against Lord George
Sackville. With regard to the fourth argument, he was
quite willing to admit that if an officer or soldier was put
under arrest for an offence, and was afterwards released,
that olence was condoned. But that was not the case here.
Besides, he begged the house to recollect that this was a law
intended for the benefit of the accused, and surely it ought
not to be wrested to his disadvantage, as was now being done
in the Earl of Luoan ease. He must say thatif Lord Rag.
lan believed the charges which he brought against the Earl
of Lucan, as no doubt he did, when he wrote his letter, he
was much to blame in allowing a general whom he be.
lieved to have shown himself incompetent for command to
remain for two months longer at the head of the cavalry,
upon which the safety of the army mainly depended. A,
great deal has been said about this not being a fit subject -
to bring under the consideration of Parliament, because it '7
related to a matter of military discipline. But although
it was undoubtedly one of the prerogatives of the Crown
to command the army, that house had alwaysleen jealous
of that power, and had always exercised a strong control
over the army by passing the Mutiny Bill only from year
to year, and by retaining in its hands the power of stop-
ping the supplies.
Nay snore he found numerous instances
in which motions having relation to the discipline of the
army had been brought forward with the most beneficial
results. Motions were made for addressing the Crown for
a court-martial in the cases of Admirals Matthews and
Leath& in 1745; in that of Capt. Norris, in the same year;
in that of Sir Hugh Palliser, during the late war; in that
of Col. Quintin, in 1814; and in the case of Alexander So-
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brought a motion before the house in 1832. Why, only a
few nights ago the noble lord tin member for Huddersfield
hadibrought forward a motion with respect to the array,
and had supported it in a speech than which nothing
could be more likely to affect injuriously the discipline
of the army, for he said that an injustice was done to
the private soldiers because more of them were not pro-
moted to be officers. In 1836 the present Chief Com-
missioner of Woods and Forests, in bringing forward a
motion for a committee to inquire into the conduct of the
Commander-in-chief with respect to an appointment which
he thought calculated to injure discipline, insisted strongly
upon the responsibility of the Ministers of the Crown to
Parliament for the administration of the army. In reply
to those who urged that his motion trenched on the prero-
gative of the Crown, he said ;—" Indeed, whenever we
hear that term prerogative' made use of within the walls
of this house, we may feel convinced that some abase is
about to be defended—some attempt is about to be made
to escape inquiry—to shrink from responsibility." Not
only had Parliament often interfered in matters relating
to the cliacipling of the iorPaY, but in many set wit& the