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HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
The anxiously-looked for opening of Parlihment took
place this day, her Majesty the Queen inaugurating in
person what will, in all probability, be one of the most
important and deeply interesting sessions recorded in
the Parliamentary annals of this country.
The morning was exceedingly fine, the sun shining out
with a, brilliancy rare at this period of the year. From
en early hour the streets leading towards Whitehall and
the Park were crowded with persons hurrying to obtain
a good place for viewing the Royal procession ; and long
before two o'clock the Mall in St. James's-park, White-
hall, and Parliament-street, were so thronged with
spectators that circulation would have been im-
possible but for the good arrangements enforced
by the police. Along Parliament-street a number of bal-
conies were erected, which were crowded with ladies.
With the well-known punctuality of the Queen, the
Royal procession left Buckingham Palace at a quarter
to two o'clock. Her 11.1ajesty was accompanied by
?sines Albert and the usual attend trite. All along the
route the manifestations of flopular respect for the Queen
were warns and frequent; the cheering, at
.various points
being loud and enthusiastic, which her Majesty and the
Prince COnsort qcknoWledge-d repeatedly.
The Chamber.of ,the House of Peers was thrown open
soon after 12 o'clock, and from that hour up till the
arrival of her Mejesty the officials of the house were
Occupied in findingseats fur those who had obtained tickets
of admission, or ushering Peeresses to their allotted
positions in the body of the house. Very many of the
Peeresses appeared in deep mourning, too plainly indi-
eating that they had lost seine relations in the terrible
struggle going on in the Crimea. All the galleries were
filled with ladies, while, as is usual on these occasions,
the bishops' benches to the right of the throne were ap-
prOpria.ted to the use of the Foreign Ambassadors. It
was observed that Mr. Buchanan, the representative of
Ain-erica, a fine portly-looking-man, was attired in the
simple evening dress of a gentleman. Although the scene
of the opening of Parliament was associated with mourn
full recollections of the past yet it had lost none of its
former splendour, and the picture which the interior of
the house presented was truly superb. Several of the
judges, attired in their state robes, surrounded the Lord
Chancellor, and soine half,dozen of the bishops were ie
their places, including the Archbishop of Canter4ury
and the Bishop of London ; but the army was scarcely
represented—indeed there seemed to be an utter
absence of military uniforms, excepting, of course,
those worn by the Ambassadors. The attend-
ance of Peers was exceedingly numerous on both
sides of the' house. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of
Newcastle, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Clarendon, and
other of the Ministers were present,

At a quarter past two o'clock the booming of cannon
announced the arrival of her Majesty, and a few
minutes afterwards her Majesty entered the
house, preceded by the Earl of Aberdeen bearing the
sword of State, the Marquis of Winchester carrying
the cap of maintenance, the Marquis 'of Lansdowne
carrying the crown, and the Lord Chancellor.
Her Majesty having ascended the throne; she was
graciously pleased to command her subjects to be seated.
The Usher of the Black Rod (Sir Augustus Clifford) was
then 'directed to summon the House of Commons to at-
tend at the bar, and immediately afterwards the Speaker,
attired in his State robes, and attended by the Serjeant-
at-Arms and a large body of members, appeared at the
bar accordingly.

HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.

The Lord Chancellor then handed her Majesty the
Speech, which she read in her usually clear and distinct
voice as follows :

" MY LOIDS AND GI:NTLMIEN,

" I have called you together at this unusual period of the
year, in order that, by your assistance, I may take such mea-
sures as will enable me to prosecute the great War in which
we are engaged with •the utmost rigour and effect.
This assistance I know will be readily given ; for I cannot
doubt that you share my conviction of the necessity of spar-
ing no effort to augment my forces now engaged in the
Crimea. The exertions they have made, and, the victories
they have obtained, are not exceeded in the brightest pages
of our history, and have filled me with admiration aue grati-
tude.

" The hearty and efficient co-operation of the brave troops
of my ally the Emperor of the French, and the glory acquired
in common, cannot fail to cement still more closely the union
which happily subsists between the two nations.
" It is wf.th satisfaction I inform you that, together with
the Emperor of the French, I have concluded a treaty of
alliance with the Emperor of Austria, from which I antici-
pate important advantages to the common cause.

" I have also conclueed.a Treaty with the United States of
America, by which subjects of long and difficult discussion
have been equitably adjusted.
" These Treaties will be laid before you.

" Although the prosecution of the War will naturally en-
gage your chief attention, I trust that other matters of great
-interest and. importance to the general welfare will not be
neglected.
"I rejoice to observe that the general prosperity of my'
subjects remains uninterrupted. The• state of the revenue
affords me entire satisfaction ; and I trust that by your wis-
dom and prudence you win continue to promote the progress
of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures.
" GENTLEMEN OF TUE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

" In the estimates which will be presented to you I trust
you will find that ample provision has been made for the
-exigencies of the public service.
i‘ MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
- - -

" I rely with confidence ,on your patriotism and public
spirit. I feel assured that iu the momentous contest
in which we are engaged you will exhibit to the world the
example of a united people. Thus shall we obtain the re-
spect of other nations, and may trust that by the blessing of
God wo shall bring the war to a successful termination."

This -closed the ceremony of opening Parliament, and
her Majesty returned to Buckingham Palace i❑ the same
order that she came.

Their lordships re-assembled at 5 o'clock.
The house at this period presented a very animated ap-
pearance. A considerable number of ladies were in the
Peeresses' galleries ; the space below the bar was filled
by members of the House of Commons and their friends,
whilst "the house," properly so called, exhibited a goodly
attendance of Peers.

Amongst the Ministers and other Peers earliest in attend-
ance were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Newcastle,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Earl
Granville, and Lord Stanley, of Alderley-
At 20 minutes after 5 o'clock,
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose and read the Queen's
Speech from the Woolsack.
The Royal Speech having been again read by the Clerk
at the table,
The Duke of LEEDS then rose to move the Address.
He said he was sure both Parliament and the country
would gladly respond to her Majesty'a appeal to the coun-
try for means of carrying on the war. (Near hear.) With
respect to the treaty which her Majesty had announced as
,
concluded with the Government of the United States he was
sure the country would rejoice at it. As
regarded that
other -treaty between Austria. and France and Eiglaud,
which the Royal Speech also announced as concluded, it
must bo regarded as a great ste towards bringing about
an honourable and a lasting peace. Referring to that
portion of the Royal Speech which alluded to the
of our bravo allies, the noble duke
paid a high gallantry
tribute to the
indomitable courage and bravery of Our own troops and of our
allies at Balaklava. Never had the unanimous spirit of
the country shone forth more brilliantly than now, ani-
mated by the justice of our cause. The collections now
being made for the relief of the wives and widows and
children of our brave defenders exceeded anything of the
kind ever before known. The noble duke (who was very
imperfectly heard in the gallery) concluded by moving, the
Address in the usual form. -
Lord ASHBURTON (in the absence of the Earl of
Abingdon through illness) seconded the address. He
trusted the Emperor of Russia would not be so misled as
to imagine that this county would not carry on the war
y
because of stint of money or stint of men. (Hear.) This was
due both to our gallant allies the French, and to Austria,
who ran so great a risk in embarking in this contest.
It was due also to our brave army,and to the entire British-
people, who had shown such a recuiness to sacrifice life and
fortune in the cause. (Heal.)
The Earl of DERBY-34y lords, if upon this momen-
tous occasion, on which her Majesty has, at an unusual
period, called us together, to deliberate upon subjects of
the highest and gravest importance, stet merely to this
country, but to Europe and the world ; if, under such cir-
cumstances, it was my wish to raise any objections to, or
cavil at, the terms of the proposed address; or if it had been
my intention to propose any amendment, or to enter into
any controversy, I should have preferred that some of her
Majesty's Ministers should have had the opportunity of ex-
plaining their views, and answering for the conduct pur-
sued by the Government, in order that I might have, at
all events, the opportunity of replying to the statements
which I might have heard. But upon this occasion, and
even were the address in reply to the speech from the Throne
even snore open ,to objection than I conceive it to be, I
should think it my duty to abstain from moving any
amendment or adopting any stop calculated to produce dis-
sensions among your lordships. (Cheers.) I have thought
that, honoured as I am 113 the confidence of a large num-
ber of the members of your lordships' house, I ought to
take the earliest opportunity of declaring, on the part of
the great Conservative body of this country, the views
which they take; and the course which they are prepared
to pursue, in this momentous crisis of our history (Cheers.)
My noble friends who moved and seconded the address'
have, so far as I and my friends are concerned, done us
scant justice in supposing that anything like hostile pro-
ceedings was contemplated upon such an occasion as the
present.. (Cheers ) The present is no time for discussing
whether this war could have been avoided or not—it is no
time for considering whether a different course of proceed-
ing would have effected'our objects without being involved
in all the dangers and calamities of war, in which as a na-
tion we are now embarked. In that war,the whole nation,
as one man, sympathises with the Crown and the Go-
vernment. (Loud cheers.) In the prosecution of that war,
the nation as one man are pressing forward with a unani-
mity of feeling and an abnegation of every selfish considera-
tion which is almost unparalleled in the history of our con
try, and, as far as I can see, in the prosecution of this
war, it is not the Government which are pressing forward
the country, but it is the country which is urging upon
the Government the necessity of carrying it on witevigour.
(Cheers.) I rejoice,' my lords, to see the altered tone o f
the present speech of her Majesty, as compared with that
prepared for her by her Ministers in the last session. 1
rejoice that, at last, the gravity of the circumstances has
forced itself upon the mind of the Government ; that even

relßElt 13, 1854.

the noble earl at the head of ,the Government, le medicia,
m2' fn. —(a laugh)—appears now to see that therii: is no
other caiirse to be taken but that which is the safest, the
most direct, and the most honourable, because the most
consistent with the principles of justice. (Cheers.) At the
opening of the last session of. her Parliament, it was with
surprise that I heard, in the speech which her Majesty
was advised to deliver, how little the Government appeared
to anticipate the probability—nay, the almost certainty—of
the war which was then impending over it, and with what
calmness it spoke of various measures of internal improve-
ment and innovation about to be introduced and carried
through both Houses of Parliament. I remember then
that the noble lord now the President of the Council, iu

. -
bringing forward a measure for reforming the constitution
of Parliament, stated that a war with Russia need .not bo
comidered a matter of so much importance as to interfere
with the ordinary deliberations of Parliament-7-ns,y, more,
he thought that the time upon which wo were entering—
that of war with Russia—was one which of all others was

the best to select for the amendment of the constitution of
Parliament, and thought it would be a spleudid moral
spectacle to Earope and the world to see that we con-
sidered it as a matter of such trifling importance and con-
cern that we could manage it with a side-glance, while our
main attention was directed to the arrangement of our in-
ternal affairs, and, among. other matters, the revision of
our Parliamentary- constitution. (Laughter.) Various
other metteuree suggested iu the speech from the Throne
were brought forward, while the Government was
all the time drifting helplessly to a state of war.
Even when the war was declared, there was no end
of the extravagant anticipations held out of the marvel-
lous successes to be achieved by a handful of men. Of
all the great measures proposed last session, few indeed of
them were carried into effect, in consequence of its being
found that the feeling on the subject of a war with Russia
was one which the hearts, minds, and feelings of the whole
country were set intently upon, and to the exclusion of all
other questions. There is now, lam lieppy to see,, a very
different tone in the speech from the Throve. It recognises
the present as a great and important occasion—as a "great.
wee—calling for the united efforts of the whole country,
and taxing its energies to the utmost. Nearly the whole
of the speech is -devoted to that single and all-absorbing.
'topic, and expressing a confident hope that the asssistance
which Parliament will grant will enable her Majesty vigor-
ously, and God grant successfully, to prosecute the war to
its close. It is of course aenatter of congratulation to be
informo I, upon the authority of a speech from the Throne,
that the state of the revenue is highly satisfactory, and the
country in a prosperous condition. Undoubtedly, so far
as the agricultural interest is concerned, the blessing of
Providence, which has given us a bountiful and abundant
harvest, combined, bye curious and unprecedented coinci-
dence, with a range of prices higher than under such cir-
cumstances ever was. known, have added greatly to the
means of those (Erectly interested in the land, and have
placed them in a situation of greatly increased prosperity.
I hope the case is the seine in other branches of industry.
I learn with satisfaction that it is so from her Majesty's
speech, because, unless I am greatly mistaken, the present
prosperity of some of the manufacturing' districts is not
such as could justly be made the subject of congratuletion
in a speech from the Throne. Ido not mean that there is
not a fair amount of business doing, and a fair am mat of
profits realised, but I know that iu Manchester and some
of the surrounding manufacturing towns a large number
of the mills are working short time, and others are com-
pletely closed, and, almost for the first time, facilities exist
in Manchester for recruiting in aid of her Majesty's forces.
This may be owing partly to the feeling on the sub-
ject of the war, but it is also duo to the fact that a
large number of persons are unemployed. Her Majesty
has also informed us that she has concluded a
treaty with the United States, "by which subjects o f
long and difficult discussion have been equitably ad-
justed.." It must, of course, be a matter of satisfac-
tion to know that any subjects of difference, still more of
long standing difference, have been equitably adjusted
between ourselves and a community so closely connected
with us by ties of language, podty, and in a great mea-
sure of laws, and whose good feeling towards us at the
present moment is of particular importance. With re-
spect to the other subjects which are to occupy the atten-
tion of Parliament during the course of the present session,
the sort of et ceteras which are now substituted for those
more magniloquent promises of the last session, they are
included in tee very modest paragraph—"l trust that
other matters of great interest and importance to the gene-
ral welfare will nut be neglected." What these impending
measures may be Ido not kuow. They are, perhaps, in
the secret knowledge of the Cabinet; or, for aught we know,
they may be hidden from the discrimination and knowledge
of the Cabinet itself. Upon this topic we may therefore
safely express our most cordial concurreuc i with her Ma-
jesty's speech, for I am confident that whenever any " mat-
ters of groat interest and importance" are introduced to us
by her Majesty's Government they will receive due con-,
sideration. (A. laugh.) I proceed now to that allfengros-
sing topic which occupies the greater portion of the speech.
I must be permitted to express my most cordial concur-
rence in the approving words from the Throne of the
hearty and efficient co-operation of the brave troops of
our ally the Emperor of the French, and in the expres-
sion of the hope that common dangers, common perils,
common glories, and common victories may cement more
strongly than ever the alliance which at present subsists
between the two countries. Anti if anything could add
to my satisfaction on the suhjeot it would be seeing that
its importance is recognised lay Ministers who a very
little time since entertained totally different opinions on
the subject. I doubt not that the opinions and wish so
ardently expressed by her Majesty have been fully con-
curred in by the Right Honourable the First Lord of the
Admirhlty and the Right Honourable the President of
the Board of Control. (A. laugh.) I rejoice also that the
noble earl at the head of the Government can feel and
can understand that there are great and important, advan-
tages to be derived from an intimate alliance between
this country and France, although its destinies are
not swayed by one of the old dynasties. The harmony
which prevails between the troops of the two countries is
also a source of great gratification. It is impossible to con-
ceive a more pleasing state of things than that the two na-
tions, which have for many years been accustomed to
regard one another with feelings of enmity, have not only
laid aside altogether those feelings of enmity, but are now
our rivals in glory and brothers in arms in fields of a de-
scription such as those in which they had formerly encoun-
tered each other as foes, breast to breast, and hand to
hand; and upon these occasions, as former occasions would
have led to conclude, to respect the valour of each other,
just as the present experience leads them tb regard each
other as brothers in arms, and as friends having interests,
ambition, and rivalry if you will, but rivalry without jea-
lousy, but having one common object—recognising the
merit, bravery, and good conduct of each other, and cheer-
fully striving together in the teeth of victory as brothers
insarms, and feeling no other sense but that of a cqmmon
one of glory. (Cheers.) Words would fail me, as they
would any member of your lordships' house, to express the
debt of gratitude which we owe to these gallant and de-
voted men. (Loud cheering.) But in order to carry com-
fort and satisfaction to these gallant hearts some testimony
is due from the assemblea. Parliament which would express
our admiration and gratitude for their services. When I
remember that of that numerically small force sent from
this country not many months ago—when I remember that
probably not ono in ono hundred of the private soldiers,
and not one in ten of the officers, had ever beore hoard a
hostile shot fired—when I remember that they went forth
at the first outset of the campaign to pine away in inaction,
and while disease was thinning their ranks and depressing
their spirits—if, indeed, aught could depress their in.
&imitable courage—when I remember that so, raised and
commanded, that such forces, so unusually small, so
weakened, and so dispirited, they were led to invade
the country of a- powerful enemy—when I remember
that they were lest out with scanty equipments,
carrying nothing with them but what WAS abso-
lutely necessary for their rearch, and scarcely sufficient
for their equipment, and due provision and sustenance—
when such a body of men, under such circumstances, found
themselves in front of a body numerically superior, en-
trenched upon heights, fortified with all the skill and all
the power which the might and military genius of Russia
could supply—fortified upon:ground, the natural diffical-
ties of which were such as to impede even an active and'
unencumbered men unchecked by an enemy in his ascent
—but when those heights were bristling with batteries,
when from those batteries storms of shot and shell mowed
down their ranks as they ascended.that blood-stained hill
of glory--when I remember, too, that in the face of num-
bers not inferior to their own, who against all the diffi-
culties of position, against the most powerful artillery,
weakened in numbers, and falling by scores, the gallant
survivors still pressed on with indomitable courage and
unconquerable valour ; and who, under such circumstances,
hand by hand, that body of men, who had never before
heard a shot fired, repulsed a veteran army from the
heights so held and so fortified, as that it had been the
boast of Boissia that no army could dislodge them in less
three weeks—when that grand charge—when that great
success was secured by such an army in th.ree hours—
when, too, I see afterwards hbw these men, outnumbered,
the positions being changed, when they were changed frdm
the; besiegers into. the besieged, assaulted by an enemy
!seven times their number--(cheers), —having,no doubt, some
advantage of position, attacked after successive and con-
stant labour in the trenches, suffering from cold, from pri-
vation, from hunger, in some cases from all but nakedness,
with, too, all the disadvantages of a surprise in the dark-
ness of a foggy morning, and when those men, who won
the heights of Alma in the course of three hours from a
veteran army, resisted the assaults of another army nume-
rically seven times stronger than themselves, and for
eight hours waged the unequal conflict, sometimes even
without ammunition, and yet maintained their position,
supported and reinforced by a portion of their gallant allies
when, I say, I lookat thesedeeds of arms—aye, and when,
—too I look even at that unfortunate but astounding ca-
valry charge in which we suffered 53 severely fer our gal-
lantry—l say, my lords, no words can do justice to the
valour and the courage and the endurance of our army.
When we read the history of this campaign—when we read
it not as politicians, but as men, and as Englishmen—l
say there cannot be a heart which does net throb with
honest and generous pride that these much enduring, all-
daring, all-achieving men were our countrymen, were Bri-
tish subjects like ourselves. I say there will be no eye in
which a tear does not spring unbidden when we reflect
that so many of these gallant men are numbered with the
dead. (Great cheering.) - My lords, I will not dwell fur-
ther upon the subject, upon the glory which has been
achieved, upon the noble sacrifices which have been made'.
Our country will know how to value the services of those
who still survive. Whatever may be the honour, or what,
ever may be the mode in which this country may show its
gratitude to those who, under suehuseequal circumstances,
and placed in such difficulties, have sustained, upheld,
and increase) the honour of the British flag, those rewards
and those honours will, I am satisfied, be granted with no
• ard hand, but with the universal approbation and cor-
nigg
dial approval of the country. (Loud cheers.) I knownot
whether I may 13,4
be going almost beyond Parliamentary
license, if, while speaking of the honours to be conferred,
and justly conferred., upon our gallant officers and soldiers
—I know not whether, I say, I may not be trenching on
the prerogative of the Crown, but this I know, that when
at the head of the army of our ally there has been a general
who has acted with ours in the most cordial and uninter-
ripe t d harmony, of whose advice we have had the benefit,
and by whose assistance we have largelyprofited—l know
not whether I am making a R uggestion which I ought not to
make, when I say lam satisfied that nothing could be morn
grateful to the feelings of the army and to the country, and
nothing could be more due to the gallantry and cordiality

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, with which the whole of the French forces have supported
ours in the great contest, than, if it were possible, to confer
upon General Canrobert some of the military honours of
this country. (Cheering.) I have attempted to do justice.
to my own feelings with respect to the merits of the gal-
lant army and the sacrifices the country has taken upon
itself. 1 wish that I could hero close the observations
which I have to make. But I hope that it is not incon-
sistent with my determination of not bringing forward
any topic likely to create dissension on the question of the
address if I feelit necessary to comment upon what ap-
pears to me to be some of the shortcousingsof the Govern-
ment, and some of its deficiencies, to which I propose to
allude, not so ranch for the purpose of censure as for in-
suring the attention of the Government in the future.
(Cheers.) I am anxious to avoid saying a single word
which may be calculated to give the slightest encourage-
ment to that powerful adversary against whom we are de-
termined as a nation to contend to our last man and to
oar last -shilling. (Cheers.) My complaint against the
Government is, that they have from the commencement of '
th 6 war left, as it wore, everything in a state from hand
to moleth—that they have never anticipated in due time
the magnitude of the struggle in which they were about to
ho engaged, and never made adequate and timely provi-
sion to meet, nct the immediate exigencies of the day, but
to meet those exigencies which the fortune of war might
hive imposed upon them. (Cheers.) I have always un-
derstood that in war, as in everything else, the first maxim
was to leave as little as possible to chance, to bo provided
against every pessible contingency, to make your prepara-
tions, extravagant if you will, but upon such a scale as
that any single matter going wring may not have the effect
of causing you to change your whole plan: In the conduct
pursued by her Majesty's Government they appear to r ave
left from day to day the task of providing for each succes-
sive exigency as it rose ' and, therefore, in every case being
too late. " Too late" has, indeed, been the fatal word ap-
licable to the whole conduct of the Government in the
course of the war. You were too late in the declaration of; i
war—too late in regarding the passage of the Pruth as a
casuabeli—too late in sending our troops to the Black Sea—
too complaisant to Russiain not sending our fleets to co-ope-
rate with those of France at the proper time—too late in
entering the Black Sea—and wrong in not preventing the
massacre of Sinop°. And. when we- did go to war, what
was the course pursued by the Government? On the Gth
1854, a few days beford the declaration of war, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, knowing that the war was
imminent, took an increased vote for something like 10,000
men in the army, and a small number in the navy, and his
calculation of the increased expenditure consequent on the
war was, as ho stated, the sum of 1,250,0301.—that being
the estimated expense, at 501. per man, of transporting
15,030 troops—where ? To meet the Russians ? To defend
Constantinople? Nothing of the sort. To take them to
Malta - and bring them back again. (Laughter.) The
notion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer appeared to be
that all that was necessary to carry on the war with Rus-
sia was to double half a year's" income-tax in order to ob-
tain the means of sending 25,000 men to Malta anti bring-
ing them back again. (Laughter.) These were the pro-
visions in reference to which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer said the Emperor of Russia, when he saw them,
would be indeed aware of the energy with which the peo-
ple of this country were determined to carry on the war.
Now, my lords, what was the course taken by the Govern-.
meat last autumn ? One remembers, and with mingled
feelings of satisfaction and regret too, the mustering of
those gallant men. the elite of the British army, from
25,003 to 30,e00 strong, who were sent out from this coun-
try, and in regard to whom the Government took credit
for unparalleled exertions, that they had been able, in so
short a space of time as three menthe, to send out a force
of 30,000 men. Now,.really, I do not deny-that the exer-
tions of the Government were great in getting this body of
men together in that time ; but this I say, when you speak
of this country sending forth a body of 33,000 mon as an
achievement which is to be considered a miracle of the
national resources, you aro really detracting from the
rank of, this country in the scale of nations. Why was
not this step anticipated by two or three months ? You
sent out 25,000 men, and then you folded your hands
and sat down. But if any disaster heel happened to
those 25,000 men, where were your resources? (Hear,
hear.) You were then depending on raw recruits ;
you ware teeing what you could to make a slight addition
to the army ; but you sent out these men, and you sent
them out in conjunction with the French army ; but did
you suppose that neither disease, nor thesword, nor want,
nor any other misfortunes were to occur to that gallant
hand of men ? And if such misfortunes were to occur,
where was a body of men to come from to reinforce them ?
Where were your Mediterranean garrisons ? Wore they in-
creased ? Where was your second army of reserve ?
(Cheers.) You had it not; you had no army of reserve ;
you had nothing to call an army of reserve. But, perhaps,
it will be said—though even that will not be an answer to
the question—the objects for which those troops were sent
out were the defence of Constantinople, the relief of Omer
Pacha, and to prevent the Russians making further inva-
sions on the Turkish territory. It was not possible, how-
ever, that the war could be limited to such objects, nor, if
it had been limited tosuch objects, was it possible to achieve
any peace, still less au honourable peace. I remember on
the 19th of June, inanswer to my noble and learnedfriend
Lord Lyndhurst—whom I regret not to sae in his place
now—my noble friend opposite (the Earl of Clarendon) de-
clared, as indeed he had declared before, that the objectof
the war was not to afford protection to Constantinople, but
to settle at once and for ever the question of Russian su-
premacy, which had been growing in iraportence for years
—not to say centuries—and which must now be once and
for ever settled. From the first, then, you contemplated
something much more extensive thanthe mere relief of the
Turkish provinces from Russian invasion. It will not do to
tell me thatlthe whole object of your campaign was answered
from the 23d of June, time time when the siege of Silistria
was !raised. Even before that siege was raised you had
avowed ulterior objects far which it was quite manifest that
a force of 25,000 men was wholly inadequate. But when
that siege was raised what had you to say ? The siege of
Silistria was raised on the 23d of June, when the Turkish
troops were in straits and were beginning to withdraw
from the ticcupatien of the provinces. Did any alteration
of your course fellow on that altered state of things ? The
truth is, !that we had some information from the Govern-
ment even in July last that the expedition to the Crimea
was decided upon. In July the noble lord, new President
of the Council, made a remarkable statement in the House
of Commons, declaring that there could be no hope of
gaining an honourable peace so long as Russia retained the
menacing position which eke held at Sebastopol. That
announcement was made by Lord Join Russell on the
24th of July in the House of Commons ; and we know
subsequently, from information given by various members
of the Cabinet, that the expedition had at that period been
decided upon by the Government. My noble friend oppo-
site (Lord Grauville), at the beginning of October, in an
address to the Staffordshire Yeomanry, was one of the
members of the Cabinet who furnished that information
to the public' out of doors ; and Lord J. Russell, on the
27th of October, stated that immediately after the siege
of Silistria was raised it became a qu,estion to the Govern-
ment at home what course was to be taken with regard to
Sebastopol. I should have supposed that the Government
would have decided upon that long before the siege of
Silistria was raised. (A. laugh.) But it appears that it
was not, until after the siege of Silistria was raised that the +
Government began to say " What next" (Laughter ?)
Now, by the contestioa of those two noble lords—one in
this house, and the other iu the House of Commons—it
was the Government who, notwithstanding the ropreten-
tations from generals of high distinction, iu almost every
country, of the almost insuperable difficulty of capturing
Sebastopol, urged upon the allied forces the necessity of
making the attempt ; and so urged, it became doubly the
duty of the Government that no provision should be ne-
glected which could tend to diminish the difficulties with
which the enterprise on which they were about to embark
wasteeet, and which could render the task not only prac-
ticable, but comparatively less hard of fulfilment. Now,
what steps were taken from the latter end of June, when
you began to consider " What next," for reinforcing
that army, originally of 25,000 men, for the more
extensive field operations upon which yon were deter-
mined to place them ? I believe you sent out at that
time 5,000 men ; and from time until the day after the
battle of Inkerman, when the 46th Regiment landed at
Balaklava—ptitting out'of sight the driblets of men who
went to join them from time to time—they never received
anything like a reinforcement ; and that battle of Inker-
man was fought by not more than 8,000 out of about 15,000
British bayonets, which then constituted the whole of your
force that was left in the Crimea. (Hear, hear.) My
lOrds, I may select another instance. In what state did.
you send out your troops to Varna ? I have before use an
account of an eye-witness, a gallant friend of my own,
whose name I am not at liberty to mention, and who is
exceedingly anxious that in the discussions of this day the
merits of the army should be properly recognised. He de-
plores the giving up of all the necessary appendages with-
out which the army there could neither take care of itself
nor move against the enemy—the want of a commissariat,
and the blunders committed in the shipment of stores with-
out anything like method or order ; and he adds that no-
thing but the spirit and zeal-of the English officers could
have sustained them amid the difficulties and privations
with which they were beset. The army was in consequence
detained in inaction, and subjected to all the dangers
attendant upon living in the pesteferons climate in Varna.
It might be necessary, ?ellen the army marched towards
the lines of the Alma, or from Balaklava to Inkerman, that
they should carry with them the smallest possible incum-
brance ; it may cot be possible for an army to carry any-
thing like superfluity it‘the field; but for the deficiencies
in our hospital accommodation at ,Varna and Scutari, if
there were such deficiencies—and that there were such de-
ficiencies I think no one eau now doubt—there can be no
defence, because the Government had ample means of pro-
viding the requisite supplies. I know we were told that
a larger number of army surgeons were in attendance upon
our forces than bad ever ace empanied any previous expedi-
tion, and that when the public sent stores of linen raga and
lint, they were told by members of the Government that
there was the greatest abundance of medical stores and
medical officers; and yet when those ladies were sent
out - to whom it is impossible for lankuage to do jus-
tice—sacrificing as they did all that could be attractive, all
the conveniences and luxuries of life, and giving themselves
up with heroic self-devotion to mitigite the sufferings of
our wounded and dying soldiers in crowded and pestilen-
tialfirst hospitals in a foreign country—what was the very _
demand made by those ladies? Why it noes an urgent
importunate request, addressed to the British public, tod
send out those very articles which the Government had
said before were there in the greatest profusion. H
In the course of one dayeleven men sunk from exhaustion,
in ustion,
in consequence of a single bottle of trine not he at hand_
for their relief. I say, my lords, this is a subjecte:
in regard
to which the Government have incurred a heavy responsi-
bility ; and I think it is my duty, as a peer of Parliament,
and deeply interested in the well-being of those pliant men,
to comment on these matters, and to ask the Government
not only to deny, but to disprove those charges, if disprove
them they can. (Hear, hear.) You sent out—but too late
again—on the 15th October, I believe for the
first time, a
supply of winter clothing—you embarked it on board a
magnificent vessel—how managed how manned, and how
conducted, I will ask the noble duke to explain. You sent
out a large quantity of winter clothing, and with it a large
quantity of medical stores and comforts. Those medical
stores ought to have been landed at Scutari, but, Owing to
their having been deposited in the hold of the ship beneath
that part of the cargo which was composed of ammunition
for the army, the vessel was obliged to go on to Balaklava
without landing them at Scutari ; and there, after losing
two of her anchors, she was for seven days permitted to

drag out at sea, with a cargo onboard of inestimable value,
of the value in money of something like hitlf a million.
(Hear, hear.) lam told, my lords, that for seven days
that vessel was dragging in thirty fathoms of water in
the open sea outside the roads of Balaldava—(hear,
hear)—and the consequence was the loss of that mag-
nificent vessel and her whole cargo of stores and cloth-
ing. (Hear, hear, hear.) lam told on authority, which
I think is valid, that representations had been made to
the First Lord of the Admiralty that the commander of
that ship—the Prince—was notoriously so incompetent,
and had proved himself so incompetent upon the voyage to
the Baltic, that, in the opinion of a distinguished officer,
if that vessel was sent out in command of that officer she
would be lost. I was told that that officer was asked to
make a statement in wi iting—that he did make it in
writing and forwarded it to the First Loiet of the Admi-
ralty—and yet that vessel was sent out in command of that
very man. Ido not say that it is a fact within my own
knowledge, but I aek the noble duke if that were so? I
ask, also, why a vessel lying in that state for seven days
was not taken into the harbour of Balaklara at any risk ?
(Cheers.) My lords, in making these cominents, I have
done so for the purpose of affording the Government an
opportunity of repudiating or disproving them; and I
make them also with the view of their avoiding such wet-
dents in future. But, my lords, I cannot have a strongei
proof of the want of reasonable forethoucht on the'pert of
the Government than in the circumstances under which
we aro this day assembled. Parliament stood prorogued
until the 14th of November, and I think on the 10th of
November a council was summoned; and the result was
that Parliament was further prorogued until the 14th of
December, without its being then announced that. it would
then meet "for the despatch of business." It is clear,
then, that on the 10th of November the Government had
no intention of calling Parliament together at this time.
The universal interpretation of the omission of the words I
have mentioned is, that there will be a further proroga-
tion ; but on the 20th of November "a change had come
over the spirit of their dream," and the Government im-
mediately summoned Parliament to meet (not on the day
to which it had been prorogued) but two days earlier.
(Hear, hear.) I want to know, my lords, what was the
sudden emergency that called for this =usual proceeding,
and what were the circumstances which occurred on the
20th of Novem bee to make it necessary to assemble Parlia-
ment, which did not make it equally necessary on thenlOth.
Undoubtedly they had received the news of the battle
of Inkerinan ; but am I to be told that this was the
reason for calling us together? Did you calculate
that you were goings to take Sebastopol, or to raise
without any addition to that small force which remained
after the battle of Inkerman? The Government have not.
yet condescended to inform us as to the exigency which
justified this step ; we are told in their organs that they do
not want money; but ads hinted that it is intended.to take
powers to enable a portion of the militia to volunteer, and
to occupy the place of some of our foreign garrisons. If
that bo the case, was the necessity for that measure not,
foreseen before the battle of Inkerrnau ? (Hear.) I aay,
my lords, the Government stand convicted of a want of fore.
kuowlodge of the exigencies of the country np to the time
at which they summoned Parliament toi meet. I have
spoken of the deeds of glory performed bythe gallant army
in the Crimea,and mostgailantlyhava they been supported
by the sister service ; but I observe there is no reference •
in the Queen's Speech to the great achievements of the
Baltic fleet. Yet never did so mighty a force navigate that
sea—it was one of the most powerful armaments which this ,
country ever sent forth. It formed the pride and boast,of
the country, and very considerable powers were given. tothe
admiral for proclaiming war. (A laugh.) The signalithat
was given cannot be forgotten. We all recollect the ine,
junction that was given to the seamen on board that liege,
"-to sharpen their cutlasses, and the day was their own",-
(a laugh)—andthat if the Russian fleet did not coma outto
meet them, they were to see whether they might not move
into the harbour of Cronetadt. That fleet wassent out, and
what have they done? Individual officers belonging to it
have exhibited highly meritorious examples of seamanship,
but, so far as results are concerned, the results are literally
nil. You certainly crumbled down a half-finished fortress,
but you are not able to occupy it, and tha ships com-
posing that fleet are at this moment dropping home one by
one from the scene of their labours. I apprehend the
Government knew beforehand the strength of Cronstadt. I
apprehend, also, that they knew the character of the Bal-
tic, and that it is not altogether an unknown sea to British
navigators. And what did they do ? They sent out,
in the first place, a fleet of such superior metal, and Is;of
inch overwhelming force that it would have been an act
of madness for the Russian fleet to meet them in the open
sea ; and, in the second place, they sent outs fleet of such
a draft of water, that it was absolutely impossible for
them and the Russian fleet to come into contact. Ths
result was that our fleet in the Baltic had all along been
condemned to a state of ignominious activity, reminding
one of the story of the duel between Sir Richard Strachan
and Lord Chatham—

"Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn,
Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan.
Sir liichard, longing to be at him,
Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham."

(A. laugh.) Now, my lords, I say those things, not for the
purpose of discouraging those gallant men who, whether in
the Baltic or the Black Sea, on land or on shore, have done
their best to maintain the honour of the British flag.
(Cheers.) But if we are to come to a successful issue Hs
this great and serious war—if we aro to conquer an ho-
nourable peace, depend upon it—knowing the resources of
the Russian empire—knowing the character of that great
man—for he is a great man—who wields the power of
that great empire—you will obtain no peace unless you
conquer. (Cheers.) You must obtain such advantage
and such superiority as to compel him, reluctantly as it.
may be, to submit to your terms of peace. But if you do
not achieve some great success, you may have a long and.
a disastrous war, but an honourable and a successful peace
you cannot achieve. (Hear, hear.) There is only one
more topic, my lords, in Majesty's speech to which I
feel compelled to allude. Her Majesty announces with
satisfaction that she has concluded a treaty, in conjunc-
tion with the Emperor of the French, with the Emperor
of Austria, from which she hopes to obtain important ad-
vantages. I confess that this is a paragraph which creates.
some considerable doubt in my mind. There can be no•
doubt that, in the prosecution of the general objects of
the war, we shall gain the co-operation of Austria—a mat-
ter of the greatest importance and of signal benefit ; but.
looking at the course which Austria has hitherto plumed,
I must bo permitted to hesitate in expressing my satisfac-
tion at this treaty until I have an opportunity of becom-
ing acquainf ed with the nature and probable effect of the
stipulatious it contains. Austria has had a very difficisla
game to play; I make every allowance for her position -
she has played a not very dignified part, but she has played,
it with considerable dexterity, and she may now feel it to
be for her interest to lay down the mask which she has
hitherto assumed, and to threw herself into the arms of the
Allies. 1 trust it may be so ; but up to the present mo-
ment—although I remember it was a favourite phrase of
her Majesty's Government that they had pretreated nego-
tiations, and by protracting them they had secured the
immense advantage of the co-operation of Austria and.
Prussia—l have yet to learn, in practical result, what,
benefit we have derived or what co-operation we have had.
from Anstiia—still less from Prussia. So far as I can
make out the course pursued, that of one power has be, a a
course of doubtful neutrality—of the other, of doubtful
hostility, but practically of hostility. Looking at the put
which Austria has hitherto taken in this campaign, Ism
not at all sure that she has not been in a great measure the
cause of your want of success. It was not until after the
siege of Silistr:a that Austria volunteered the assistance of
her intervention in any shape ; but when that siege had
been raised—when the Russian army was in fall retreat—
when Omer Paella was at the head of a triumphant army,
with which, at all events, he could have found occupation
for a large portion of the army of Russia—at that m. merit
Austria came in— whether without the sanction or with he
previous knowledge of her Majesty's Government I know
not; but she concluded a treaty with Turkey, the effort of
which was to give her the occupation ani control of the
Principalities—to cover, in point of fact, the Russian retreat.
—to prevent the advance of the Turks—and to commence
the deinol alis. t nof that hitherto victorious army, anti to
set at liberty the whole of those Rues,an. forces which had
previously been opposed to Omar Paella, and for which he
might have found employment in Bessarabia or the pro-
vinces, and to pour upon eur forces, already outnumbered
by the army they were besieging, thyme troops, niaounfing
to four, five, or six times their own nivnber. All this hap-
pened, it appears, in consequence of .the intervention of
Austria. (Rear, hear.) When I see -bat has hitherto -
been the effect of the intervention of Aust: la, 1 must be
permitted to doubt until I see it, how far we shall derive
advantages from the treaty now concluded. We may her
entered into engagements, and bound ourselves t
o tions which it would be very difficult to accomplish, but
which we should be bound in honour to carry out. Ido
notp tkilirtiwonwshhaet
hparso
emnitseerse uasntri a
dI had,tksinmk aite is oitrn
30 0
nwahbai
et
stoti call upon the House of Lords to express their satisfac-,
tion at the conclusion of a treaty, the contents of which
are known only to her Majesty and her advisers, who may,
therefore, express their satisfaction upon the sUbject—a
satisfaction which it is impossible that we should express.
because we know not one single point of the treaty.
(Hoar, hear.) I point out this because I am certain that
it will appear so unreasonable to noble lords oppoeite!that
they will consent to such a modification of the toms of the
address as will avoid calling upon the houselor An expres-
sion of stisfaction with that of which they knowxiething,
and will be content with her Majesty's expression -of satis-
faction at having, in concert with her Ally the finxperor of
the French, concluded a treaty with the Emperor .of Aus-
tria. I shall not move this in the form of an amend meat,
but I suggest it, to her Majesty's Government as a Insane
of avoiding all difficulty with regard to the unanimous
adoption of the address. (Hear, hear.) I feel it to be
doubly important that for the prosecution of this war we
should have not only, as we have,
the cordia, deli
but this
we should also have the opiniondeliberate,
and steady sanction of the people of this country,ea.
of Parliament express
difference as to the mode in which the w
in the most unmistakeable language, thatarnohaqsuebeetsi
ec teudu,aouriisoncsonof-
hthat
we with
con-
ducted,
moingsh tde haveclratan a°ouf 111-' a reli am e n shall
t interferet.
—that the world shall
.see spectacle
all
partycot. give her Majesty's Government everysupopforat ignmourt nation ew e r
sinking all political animosities, sinking"
tentlons, and uniting heart and
the inflnence they can: ()tar-
eot their disposal, with all
t roseeute the war,
head ,with all the means
e
confidence in those
eferalloawy-ucooutnetory.tternrienaino p
ivseen a
anii
tohnogu tghhe iwr
t that they can require. (Cheers.) I the
tank
liberal supper
who have the management of ive te them oat
that I am speaking the
lsentiments of the country, of my
ownfriends
the andm a
any
yf
,applies pariam Parliament when wnyh es nu
support
Ipsoaryt
whichthat,fiaar
utieaecet
grudging
psaorryt fnotr
wt, successful
ar, itwulta the
countrysecuti eof this great and int-
that will urge forward
Mieist3rs to spare no pains, to omit ne exertions, teleAke
every sacrifice and every effort for the purpose 'el-securing
a just and honourable peace, in consequence of successful
distinguished operations. (Cheers.) To those gallant tnen
yaeo nifhit considerable
,finoig(mihe rti
beenti aan bbgtll°oe the
a certain
persever-
ancedifficulty battles
who are now, under
srheeia.dnscircumstances
rnumbersdcoedupa osugtahtlehl
ttulone
themc,
ie ro
rael l circumstances of difficulty end
oad fn:gltr country,iwaiesin:dh codcalculatingimu
rage
Ipewroseuvlderasanyce
reward
atrhde
of
fnd youris labours.appro a approaching i nTgh
ey
eyesou , wohf eyno:uy‘
dpaistrenucrea,guyinetena
urrphoensyymoup—atthhieeshoer
your
TroYuhceoestuhe anna
col
untrymen
itr stmelnaeepo mat
the
at
urofsupport of your
countrymenyourcountarreyminen with you.
unparalleled exertions. Men, women, and children are ex-
hausting their stares for the purposes of reliving your dis-
tresses, and ministering to your comforts and assuaging
your sufferings. Fresh reinforcements are at hand. Your
courage, your daring, your steady and obstinate resistance,
anti your unflinching perseverance, shall not only be ac-
knowledged, but shall serve as a moral and an example to
the country, which is proud of baying you for soldiers. Go
on in the gallant course which you have begun. Have yet a
little more patience to struggle against the unavoidable
difficulties which are opposed to you, and believe that the
hearts of your countrymen are with you. There are laurels
for those who have fallen, and when you return from
with
expedition which, with all its harassing difficulties, wth
all its dangers and its labours, wilt be and must be sue.

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