The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

TFIANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY.

Lord PNLXIERSTON said—l rise, sir, in pursuance of
the notice I have given, to propose to this house to return
its thanks, and express its grateful acknowledgments, for
the great and eminent services performed by that portion
of the army and navy that was engaged in the operations of
the war, and for the zeal and merit of the embodied militia
at home and abroad during the period of that war. Sir, it
was natural that the nation should upon the termination of
a successful war, and upon the conclusion of an honourable
and satisfactory peace, be led by its first impulse to the
temples of religions worship in order to render thanks to
that Almighty Power which has directed and favoured our
arms during the war, and which has blessed our councils in
the negotiations for peace. The next duty which is incum-
bent upon the country is to return its thanks and express
its acknowledgments to those bravo and gallant men who
have, under the blessing of Providence, been the instru-
ments by which our success in war has been accomplished
and the condi:ions of peace have been attained, Sir, it is
the peculiar privilege of a free people, upon the occasion
on which the national will has to be expressed, that they
are entitled as by right to participate with the Crown
in the expression of the national feeling. (Rear, hear.)
In other countries, not so fortunate in their institutions as
we are, these honourable expressions of gratitude are con-
fined to the Sovereign alone; and the brave men who
have 'sullied their lives, or wasted their constitutions in
the service of their country, have not the additional satis•
faction of knowing that, in conjunction with the approba-
tion of the Sovereign, they receive the grateful and heart-
felt thanks of their country. Sir, the value of that co-
operation of the Crown and the people is well known, and
cannot be exaggerated. We all remember the remarkable
expression of that gallant hero, Nelson, who, when going
into action, exclaimed, "Now for Westminster Abbey or
the House of Lords," thereby intimating that he lookbd for
the co-operation of the Crown and the people in estimating
public seavices. But if the hopes of such rewards are a con-
solation to those who think that they may not be spared to
enjoy them, how much more gratifying must those hopes
be to those who think that they will themselves live to re-
ceive the acknowledgments of a grateful country? (Cheers.)
There have been wars, no doubt, of much longer duration ;
there have been wars much more diversified by great events;
there have been wars in which greater battles have been
fought, and in which operations have been conducted on a
larger scale, but there have been few wars of which the
result has been more important—(hear)—and there has
been none in which the various qualities which peculiarly
belong, I am proud to say, to our race, were more called
into action—none in which our brave men had better or
more frequent opportunity of displaying that impetuous
courage in attack and that irresistible intrepidity in de-
fence, that endurance of privation, and all those other
qualities which adorn our soldiers and sailors, than that
which has just terminated. (Hear, hear.) When that
war began, in March, 1854, there sallied forth from the
shores of this country a gallant band of about 10,000
men. At that moment the anticipations of the coun-
try hardly :went beyond the idea of fortifying the Dar-
danelles and defending Constantinople, They never
dreamt that that gallant band would be increased to the
amount at which our army now stood in the East. Few
ever expected that that little :band would by successive
augmentations accomplish the great results which have
crowned
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of their operations would, I am
ed still further to justify that vote of thanks which it is
now my duty to propose. (Hear.) The events of the war
are too well known to require any detailed
recapitulation
on the part of any one discharging the duty which now de-
volves upon me. It is well known that after our temporary
sojourn on the coast of European Turkey', when it warsfon
that, by the cessation of the siege of Silistria, no immediate
necessity existed for our remaining anylonger on that coast,
our army was transferred, in conjunction with that of our
allies, to the coast of the Crimea. Every one recollects the
glorious battle of the Alma—every one, remembers with
what daring intrepidity, led by.the zallalt hue, as I Inv

call him, Lord Raglan—(cheers)—the British army, acting
in union with our gallant allies, sharing with the soldiers
of France the same dangers, and braving the same resist-
ance of the enemy, carried heights which might be deemed
impregnable—defended as they were by troops that were
supposed equal to any in Europe. '(Hear.) That battle of
the Alma was not long afterwards followed by the flank
movement on Sebastopol, and the siege of that place. Then
came the equally severe battle of Inkerman ; and it was
remarkable that these two battles, following each other at
no distant intervals, brought into prominent display the
various qualities for which the British soldier has always
been distinguished : for while, on the one hand, the bat-
tle of the Alma showed that nothing oould resist the rush
of the British troops—that no enemy could maintain a
position, however strongly defended, against the intre-
pid dash of the British army—so, on the other hand, the
battle of Inkerman showed that, when British troops are
placed to defend a position, whatever may be the force by 1
which that position may be attacked, however superior the
numbers by which it may be assailed, there is that in the
stern steadiness of the British character that will enable the
British soldier to maintain his position against any force
that may be directed against him. That defence of Inker-
man reminds me of an incident in the battle of Waterloo.
When an officer, at a moment when superior numbers
threatened the position of the British army, asked the
Duke of Wellington what he meant to do, the simple
answer of the Duke was, " I do not mean to budge
from this to-night." (Hear, hear.) So again at Liken
man, no power was able to dispossess the British from
the position which they held. And then there was also
that memorable battle of Balaklava—a battle in which
all arms had an equal opportunity of displaying their
skill and intrepidi,ty. At that battle the gallant 93d,
when charged by a force of cavalry, disdained to have re-
course to the ordinary tactics of infantry by forming into
squat e, but stood in line as if they had nothing but infantry
like themselves to encounter, and in that position repelled
the attack of the enemy's cavalry. At that battle the Bri-
tish heavy cavalry had an opportunity of showing what
they could perform, and the charge which tliey made was
one most honourable to our arms. The charge of the light
cavalry upon the same occasion, although unfortunately
not successful, as, indeed, under the circumstances, it could
not be expected to be, was nevertheless, one of the most
heroic enterprises that was ever undertaken. (Hear, hear.)
It was an enterprise of which the countrymen of those
gallant soldiers may well be proud, and which will live in
the records of history as long as the memory of these days
shall survive. Then there were two other occasions
also of which the English people may well be proud,
although victory did not then attend our arms. I mean
the two attacks on the Redan—the one oc the 18th of
Juno, and the other on the Bth of September. (Hear.)
These attacks were not successful, because it was hardly
possible that success should attend them. But no one can
fail to admire the daring courage with which our troops
traversed the open space of 250 yards, exposed to a must
m arderous fire of cannon, of musketry, and of every imple-
ment of warfare calculated to deter men from persevering
in an attack. In spite of diffienities and dangers, which
would have made any other men quail, our troops still
rushed forward in theperfor inane° of their duty, and though
they fell by scores and by hundreds, nevertheless they re-
mained faithful to their duty, and accomplished all that
human bravery was capable of accomplishing; and although
success was impossible, honour and glory were obtained.
(Cheers.) I have already said that the events of that. war
brought out all the qualities which adorn and dignify the
race to which we belong. Bravery in action is a quality
which we do not pretend to monopolise; it is a quality
which is shared by other nations, which we are proud of
in ourselves, and which we honour and respect in others.
(Hear.) But the power of endurance—the power of sub-
mitting to privation and silent suffering is perhaps a quality
still more to be admired, because it is less general than
that which boldly leads men to despise danger; and that
quality our army bud ample opportunity of displaying.
We all remember the sufferings of that brave army during
the dark and dismal months of the first Crimean winter,
when, notwithstanding all the care and efforts of the Go-
vernment at home—notwithstanding the fact that there
were its the immediate neighbourhood great quantities of
everything essential for the comfort of the troops—yet,
owing to that want of arrangement which was, perhaps,
incidental to the first beginning of a war on such a scale, at
such a distance, and after so long a period of peace, the
troops were unfortunately subjected to the greatest and
most trying privations ; and, in addition to that, they had
to perform a duty which seldom befalls an army in the field
—they had to carry on siege operations of the most difficult
kind. When a large army invests a fortress, however
large that fortress may be, the garrison is limited in num-
bers, the extent of works is known, and it is a matter of
scientific calculation at what period of the siege a breach
can be made, and the superior force without can place it-
self in personal conflict with the inferior force confined
within. But this was a case of a totally different kind.
Here were two armies, equal in number, or, if there was
any difference, the army of the enemy was superior, iu
the first instance, at all events in numbers; it had an
open communication to the rear, by which great reinforce-
ments could be broughtdown periodically from the inte-
rior of the country. The position of the enemy precluded
a battle in the field, and our army had therefore to carry
on the siege against not a limited fortress and garrison,
but the whole military power of the Russian empire; and
the operations of a siege so conducted necessarily imposed
upon our gallant troops an amount of fatigue, followed by
sickness, which haft seldom occurred for so long a period
together in th© military history of the world. (Hear.)
Our mew bore their sufferings with the same steadiness
with which at Alma they had carried the heights of the
enemy, and with which at Inkerman they had defended
their own position ; and, to the honour of the British sol-
dier be it said, that in the long course of those operations
they displayed not only courage and endurance, but that
generosity which belonged also, I am proud to say, to the
character of our countrymen. (Cheers.) It is well known
that many a private 'soldier, whose health had been im-
paired by his services, who ought to have gone into hospi-
tal, and who was advised or commanded to do so, refused
to avail himself of pernaNsion, or to comply with such
orders, because he said, if he did, the duty would fall
heavier on his comrades, and he would, he said, go on as
long as he could, and share with others the labours anti
dangers of the siege. The history of the war confirmed the
well-known adage—
" That noble actions may as well be done
By weaver's issue as by prince's son."

(Cheers) The private soldiers were distinguished in the
war by every quality which gives dignity to human nature,
and of the conduct of their officers it is impossible to say
too much. Such, then, having been the bearing of our
brave soldiers, without entering into any further. details,
I think you will readily. concur that there cannot be a fit-
ter occasion upon which this house, as the organ of the
national sentiment, should express its thanks and convey
its acknowledgments to those brave men who have thus
earned the gratitude of their country. In regarding the
great and glorious deeds of those who survive, it is impos-
sible not to remember with feelings of regret those of whose
services the country has been deprived. We have lost in
that war many a brave and gallant officer and man. Some
have perished on the field of battle, others have fallen in the
service of their country by the wasting effects of disease.
But those who have suffered private losses must at least
have the consolation of thinking that, whether their gal-
lant relatives fell on the field of battle, or by wasting di
sease, they are equally entitled to the gratitude and admi-
ration of their country, and that their names will equally
survive in the fond and proud recollections of England.
We lost, in the first place, that great man, for so, on ac-
count of his noble qualities, he may well be called, Lord
Raglan. He had reached a time of life when, without
any disparagement to himself, he might have declined the
active service proposed to him to take. He held high and
important official situations. 11.3 had won his spurs in for-
mer wars, by the side of his groat commander and friend,
the Duke of Wellington. He of an age when men are
generally considered exempt from active duty, bit having
devoted all his life to the public service, he would not
shrink at the last from the call which his Sovereign and
his country thought proper to make upon him. Ho fell a
sacrifice to that performance of his duty—(cheers)— and
I am convinced that the only feeling of regret which
crossed his mind at the last moment of his life
was that he ha I not the good fortune to fall in
the field of battle, the dangers of which he had often
so bravely and freely encountered, and the consolation
to breathe his last in the front of an enemy, rather
than in the manner which it had pleased Providence to
release him. We cannot sufficiently lament those other
gallant generals whom we have lost. Cathcart, Gelding,
Strangways, Torrens—ay, Torrens, for though he did not
die in the rimea, be succumbed to the wounds he received
there—(cheers) —Estcourt, and Sir John Campbell, and
other names which belong to the same catalogue of brave
officers. But it must be a satisfaction to the families of
these men that, though by the will of Heaven they were
taken, they died in a noble cause, maintaining the honour
or their country anti their own dignity. Although our losses
are deeply to be deplored, yet, upon the whole, taking into
consideration the great difficulties which our armies had to
encounter, the various battles they have fought, and the
services in which they have been employed, it cannot be
said that the number is greater than might inevitably have
been expected. The whole amount of casualties of all
kinds in the coarse of the war—that is to say, the whole
number drawn from the army bydeath in the geld, by death
in hospitals, or by discharge under various circumstances,
amounts to 2.1,450 men, of which the number killed in
action was comparatively small. I do not mean to underrate
the extent of these losses ; at the same time, when we com-
pare the disasters of war with those calamities to which
all nations are subject—with the scourge of pestilence—it
must be remembered that one epidemic sweeps away far
more men than those I have enumerated. The dangers of
these epidemics may be mitigated by art and science. It
has been said that in peace sons bury their fathers, and in
war fathers bury their eons ; but it must be recollected that
there are in peace calamities which sweep away whole fa-
milies, and leave mothers widows and children orphans.
-These calamities may be avoided by the appliances of art
and. skill. We ought, therefore, to be thankful that our
losses have not been greater than they are ; and, when we
consider that there are 90,000 Russians lying under the sod
on the heights before Sebastopol—and, as I have been as-
snred, on good authority, since the commencement of the
ever 500,000 men have been swept away from the Russian
army—although these results do but increase the horrors,
and make us to regret the necessity of war, at the same
time we cannot but be thankful that our losses have been
comparatively so small in prosecuting a just and necessary
war to a successful issue. (sear, hear.) In this war the
navy has not had the same opportunity of so brilliantly
distinguishing itself as the army. The Emperor of Russia
had for some time expended a largo portion of the revenue
of his empire in collecting together a vast navy, as well as
a great army, but the presence of the British ships was
alone, sufficient to deter that feet from coming into contact
with them ; and. neither in the Baltic nor in the Black Sea
'Dad our breve and gallant navy any opportunity of encoun-
teriug that fleet which our enemy had for so long a time.
and at so large a cost, prepared for war. But in the Black
Sea the, navy contributed greatly towards the successes of
their brothers in arms. For not only were they ever ready
to reeet the enemy at sea, but we know that a naval brigade
was formed, who took np a position in the trenches before
Sebastopol, and the blue jackets and the red coats, side by
sielet, shared the dangers and the toils of the seige. We
might have extended our operations in the Black Sea, and
laid in ashes the city of Odessa, but we thought it better
not to do so. (Hear, hear.) And, therefore, that'which
is seenetinees made matter of reproach to our navy, was, in
reality, a matter of satisfaction. (Hear.) The house will
sdess remember that there is to be
no longer any fortifica-
ti ons on the Aland Islands. Well, in the succeeding came
`'alga, we were no less fortunate, Admiral Dundas having
accomplished the destruction of the great arsenal of Swea-
porg, an °rite/rise which was conducted with great skill
244 cobra Well, then, I say our bravo sailors, no leas

than onr gallant soldiers, are entitled to the admiration
and thanks of the country. (Cheers.) But I say it is a
proud feet reecieded in the history of Europe, that Eng.
land having begun the war with a small army, and a
comparatively small navy, at the end of two years tho
country which began the war with 20,000 men, ended
that war, having in the Mediterranean under their
general, including the foreign corps, 110,000 troops, such
as were well described by a noble lord in another place as
placing this country in a position of exhibiting a mighty
armament the like of which the world never saw before.
(Cheers.) But, sir, it is due to the great body of the men
who compose the civil service of the country to do them
the justice to say that they lent a most efficient aid in car-
rying out the operations connected with the war. The
army in the Crimea required immense supplies of every
article and material connected with warlike operations ;
and without the utmost energy of the civil administration,
it was impossible that the army could be now in such a
condition as no army ever stood in before. (Cheers.) In
the same manner with regard to the fleet the First Lord of
the Admiralty never could have produced such an aug-
mentation of our naval force if he had not been seconded
by all the subordinate officers under him, including the
people employed in the dockyards. (Cheers.) Well, sir,
neither can we forget the groat services rendered by the
militia. (Hear, bear.) We must remember that that force
was intended only for self-defence ; that it was officered by
the geatlernen of the country ; and I may mention that,
though ten regiments went out for foreign service, there
were 6S regiments who offered their services besides those
who actually went. (Cheers.) I must do them the jus-
tice to say, that the regiments that went out were models
of military efficiency ; and I had it from the officer who
commanded at Gibraltar that he never met a better officer
than Col. Wilson Patten. (Cheers.) With regard to the
act which enabled the Government to employ foreign corps
I may state that we have iueur service 16,000 Swiss, Ger-
mans, and Italians, and better troops I never saw—(hear)
—and if the war had gone on I believe the country would
have been thankful to those men who had ente -ad into her
service. (Hear, hear.) In former years the militia had
been raised by conscription; but it is new a remarkable fact
that in all our vast armament we have neither in the army
nor navy ono man who has not entered as a volunteer.
(Loud cheers.) Thus it is clear you have augmented your
forces solely by the public spirit of the people (Cheers.)
Well, then, I say those men of your army an.' navy have
well earned the thanks of this house ; but, sir, though it
'is not within the functions of the Parliament of a free
country to interfere as the'dispensers of praise or censure,
in regard to another country, yet I am sure in the expres-
sion of our feelings we cannot for a moment forget the
great services that were rendered by the army and navy
of our illustrious ally the Emperor of the French. (Loud
cheers.) Neither can we forget the services of the gallant
troops of Sardinia—(hear, hear)—nor those of the Sultan
of Turkey. (Hear, hear.) To speak of the achievements
of the French army were to mention everything great in
the history of man ; those achievements are too well known
to require praise from any living man—history is the best
record of their glorious achievements. (Cheers.) But, at
the same time, it, must be pleasing to every man in this
country, and a matter of satisfaction to know that the
forces of France and Eugland, whether soldiers or sailors,
worked together like brothers in arms, and that a feeling
of brotherhood existed among them. (Cheers.) The troops
of the King of Sardinia did not arrive in time to take
part in those great actions which distinguished the earlier
actions of the war, but at the Tchernaya they displayed a
military science which did them the greatest honour ; and
I believe, if the war had continued, they would have per-
formed feats of most distinguished bravery. (Cheers.) Sir,
for the Turks I may say that they kept watch and ward
on the Danube. (Cheers.) They defended with skill—
Omer Packs showed he had great skill—the posts entrusted
to them, and in a subsequent period of the war, at the
only opportunity offered them of distinguishing themselves
—at Kars—they fully bore out their character for bravery.
(Cheers.) The noble lord concluded by placing the resolu-
tion for a vote of thanks to the army and navy in the
hands of the Speaker.
Mr. DISRAELI—I have the honour, sir, to second the
motion for a vote of thanks to the army and navy on
the conclusion of a war which, though as the noble lord
j ustlyobserved, has been of immense importance, yet owing
to the marvellous improvements in the modes of communi-
cation, and the complete information which has reached us
from the scenes of this war, has been characterised by dif.
ferent features from any preceding war. There has been a
variety of means, and a development of heroism that have
become, as one may say, household words in every village,
and at every fire-side ; and the Government has been sus-
tained with a firmness which can only arise from a convic-
tion such as the noble lord has touched upon. We have had
pitched battles and a protracted siege ; and we have had
throughout this campaign such traits of individual heroism
as were never exceeded in any previous war. It is true the
fleet of England never in this war met an enemy ; and we
must remember that the flag of England for the first time
waved in those waters in a hostile attitude. (Hear ) The
noble lord has alluded to that third erre of her Majesty's
forces—the marines—which has always been conspicuous
for its daring deeds, and which have this evening received
that expression of admiration which they eminently closer ve.
(Hear, hear.) I are very glad the noble lord dwelt with so
touch feeling and justice on the services of the militia.
(Hear.) I think the manner in which the people of this
country, when the militia was embodied, rallied round
their natural leaders, one of the most significant and im-
portant proofs that the heart of England is true. (Cheers.)
The noble lord has reminded us that 10 regiments of militia
have served in our foreign garrisons during the late war.
But the house should be ir in mine that it is not merely
those 10 regiments that have defended our Mediterranean
garrisons and been employed in active service, but that
those 6 i regiments, who, in a manner so much to their
credit, have offered their services to their Sovereign have,
so to speak, been present in great battles. For it was from
their ranks that many of the best youths of England en-
tered into the regular army. Thirty thousand good and
picked men were by the militia contributed to our land
forces, and it may be remembered, with a pride common
to both sides of the house, that the gentlemen of Eng-
land during the war gar) isenee our arsenals in this country,
and defended our strong places abroad—a pride ncrt di-
minished by the circumstance that many of those gentle
men are members of the House of Commons. (Cheers.)
The noble lord spoke with a just feeling of satisfaction of
our relations with our g silent allies. Admirable as was
tho fortune of Marlborough and Eugene, I think we may
look back to the struggle, and feel that the co-operation
of England with her allies is not inferior in concord, and
sympathy, and general success to what prevailed in that
illustrious age. But whilst joining with the noble lord in
the fullest expression of thanks to our gallant allies, let
us not forget some who were not our allies—who were not
the soldiers of our Sovereign, but to whom it is no less
generous than wise to do justice. (Hear, hear.) I believe
it is the father of poetry who said " that the strength of
the conqueror*cannot be more surely estimated than by
the character of him who has been conquered." The men
with whom the soldiers of our Queen and our allies had
to contend were no common men, and were not meanly
commended. (Hear, hear.) The descendants of those
legions who fought under Suwarrow, and triumphed at
the Borodino, though conquered at Sebastopol, proved
themselves foemen worthy of the chivalry of France and
England. (Cheers.) And in doing justice to our late
opponents, we are only placing the achievements of our
fellow-countrymen, and of our allies in their true aspect
and proper condition. (Hear, hear.) And I feel great
pleasure in seconding the motion and, if it were pot pre-
sumptuous, I would, before I sit :town, express an opinion
that when, I will not say the verdict of posterity, but
the calm and unimpassioned verdict of the times in which
we live is given upon these events, it will be acknowledged
that in this struggle our country has shown all those qua-
lities which maintain national greatness, and which pre-
vent the decline and fall of empires. (Cheers )
The motion having been put,
Mr. STAFFORD passed a euloginm upon the navy, by
which it was that our alliance was first cemented with
France, when the French and English ships were placed
yard-arm to yard-arm in Besika Bay. Attempts were made
to disseminate discord, but the admirable conduct of Ad-
miral Deans Dundas, to whom the country owed much,
frustrated all these eft‘orts, and completely cemented that
alliance. That gallant, admiral, though most unjustly cen-
sured, had never sail or written a word in his own vindi-
cation. Time had shown that that which he was blamed
for not doing could not have been done, and he retired into
private life with the approbation of a good couscience, anti
the good wishes of all who knew this gallant and true-
hearted sailor. The hon. gentleman then alluded to the
sufferings of the troops in the East during the early part of
the war, and contrasted their miserable condition then
with the comfort, health, and abundance which they now
enjoyed. The House of Commons unable to endure the cry
of the soldiers agony, had taken the hazardous step of
changing the Administration ; and it had since listened
with the utmost patience and interest to any member how-
ever humble, who cord ' tgest anything which might lead
to the amelioration of the condition of our troops. Our
army in the Crimea was now well fed, well lodged, well
clothed—so well as to excite the admiration—she believed
he might almost say the envy—of foreign generals. If they
were sick they were taken to our hospitals, which possessed
such an amplitude of resources and excellence of detail that
as a French medical officer had told him, it was vain to
compete with. If the men were sent home, the transports
had the best accommodation, differing, indeed, little from
land hospitals, except that the sea breezes played round
them. When they arrived home, they were taken to es-
tablishments where every want was provided for, every
wish anticipated, as any one might see at Brompton or
Chatham. The bon gentleman then read an extract from a
private letter from Miss Nightingale, in which that lady
said she never saw so teachable and thankful a class as onr
soldiers. If they were aftorded a little rational amusement
they would not drink, if there was work to be done, they
would do it, if there was suffering they would bear
it. She would rather have to do with the army than with
any other class, and was struck with the superiority of the
col Her as a moral and intellectual being. (Cheers.) The
hon. gentleman, as we understood him, concluded by re-
commending, as an act of grace and favour, and as a solid
proof that we estimated the services of our soldiery, that
the Government should release from custody all those ju-
venile offenders who were in prison for the first time, and
give them one chance more of retrieving their characters
and earning an honest livelihood. He 'made this sugges-
tion very humbly to the Government, and he hoped they
would consider such an act as a not unworthy mode of ex-
psessing our deep and sincere joy and satisfaction at the
conclusion of the war. (Hear.)
LtoS. (IRELAND) BILL.
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The house then went into committee on the bill.
Mr. DUNLOP moved several amendments to the bill.
Mr. MAGUIRE objected that the schools were used as
a reply of proselytising. While the hon. gentleman was
speaking,
An HON. MEMBER moved that the house be counted.,
but there being more than 40 members present, the
,corre-
mittte resumed,
An HON. MEMBER having again moved that the com-
mittee be counted, and as there were only 37 members pre-
sent,
The SPEAKER took the chair, and upon counting no
more than 32 members in the house, he declared the house
adjourned at 20 minutes to eight o'clock.