The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-18 00:00:00

Six ran.
PORT STAKES.

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SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS.
Pretty Boy
Duke of Lancaster
Rip Van Winkle

SWEEPSTAKES.

Findon
Lunelle
General Brown

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7to 4 agst Yellow Jack (taken)
9to 2 agst Porto Rico (taken)
10 to 1 agat Milton (taken)
10 to 1 agst Bird in Hand (taken)
10 to 1 agst Fly•by•Night (taken)

DERBY.
9to 4 agst Wentworth (taken)
11 to 2 agst Ellington (taken)
1000 t 4 30 agst Mr. Verdant Green (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Newington (taken)

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THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.
(This Day.)

The Board of General officers reassembled this morn-
Lag at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at the usual hour.

Colonel Talloch's examination by Lord Lucan was re-
sumed.—lt was merely matter of opinion on his part
when he stated yesterday that it was the intention of

her Majesty's Government to institute proceedings to

dise)ve; who were the parties to blame for want of
" promptitude and ingenuity" in devising shelter for the

horses. He sta,ted yesterday there were two subjects

omitted from this report —one the mortality in a few of
the regiments, and the other details whioh perhaps the

Commissioners ought not to have inquired into, but which,
however, were very useful to the Government. He be-

lieved the Cotnrnissioners' signatures were affixed to the
first report on the 26th of January, and to the second
on the 2d of February. He could not account for the
want of the dates in the printed report. The signatures

of the commissioners were lilt affixed to the report
home months subsequent to the interviews and discus-
sion with the Minister for War on this subject,
but about three weeks before the meeting of Parlia-

meat, and during the time Lord Panmure was confined
to his house. No copies of the evidence taken before the

Sebastopol Committee were sent to them in the Crimea.

They bad a knowledge of the evidence that was given

before that committee through the London newspapers,
but they had no official communication on the subject.
He first saw an official copy of the Sebastopol Commit-
tee's report in his own office at the War•ofce, after his

return from the Crimea, but when he first saw it as a

private paper he could not say. He was unable to say

whether he read in the newspapers Lord Luean'e evi

dence before the Sebastopol Committee. His report was
drawn up on the evidence taken by the Commissioners,
and not on the evidence taken by the Sebastopol

Committee. The evidence in the Crimea was taken on

board a vessel in Balaklava, harbour, specially ap-
pointed for that purpose, but unfortunately they bad
not the assistance of a short-hand writer, and tne

consequence was the evidence had to be greatly con-
densed, and afterwards had to be forwarded to the
witnesses for their approval, when additions

and subtractions were made to and from the evidence

before the witnesses signed it. He had the original
minutes of the evid2nce with the officers' signatures.
Lr)rd Lucan —nen, Colonel Tutloch, the minutei are

not a faithful report of all that was said or passed be-

tween the examiner and the witnesses !
Colonel Tulloch —lt is, with a few exceptions,—that
of the alterations made by the witnesses themselves, lie
said, in answer to a question from Lord Lucan, that

as Sir John MiNeil was in c mfidential communication
with the Government, he would be the best person

to inform the Board if there were other instructions

given the Commissioners by the Minister at War than
those incliind iii-the report. He was in the confidence
of Sir J. M'Neit as much ai could be between two men

engaged in the same duties, but Sir J. M'Neil was an

older servant of the Crown than he was, and was in
constant communication with the Government on other

matters, He declined giving an opinion whether or not Sir
J. Nrlceil, who is a civilian, was capalle ofconducting an
inquiry affecting the canduct of general and other mili-