The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

THE ATTACK ON THE REDAN.

In answer to a question from Mr. 14 AYA
Mr. F. PEEL stated that Generals Codrington and
Wyndham and other officers who took part in the attack
on the Redan had made a report to General Simpson, on
which he founded his report, and which it was not
thought necessary to send home with the official re-
port. The reports of the above officers to General Simp-
son had been received by the Government, but they did
not deem it advisable to publish them.
OUR AMERICAN RELATIONS.
On the motion for the house going into a committee
of supply,
Mr. ROEBUCK said In bringing forward my
motion " to call the attention of the house to our rela-
tions with the United States of America, and to move for
the production of all correspondence with the Government
of those states relative to the conduct of Mr. Crampton,"
it is incumbent on me that I should make an apology
to the house and the Government, after what has been
stated on this question. It has been stated by the
noble lord at the head of the Government that the rea-
son why the Queen's speech did not allude to
American affairs was, that the negotiations were not in
such a condition as that in fairness to all parties it could
be brought forward. On that proposition the noble lord
appealed to the house, and said, do you think in that
state of things I ought to have mentioned it to the
house, and have brought forward an incorrect statement
of the affairs inlquestion. I quite agree with the noble
lord that to have done so would have been wrong, but
as I believe that silence would lead to that conclusion, I
am determined to break this silence. It appears to me
that there has been an incorrect statement of these
affairs laid before the people of England, and that we
really do not know what has occurred ; and I think I
hold in my hand the means that, in some degree, antici-
pates it, and will enable me to make them acquainted
with the actual state of affairs. As my intention is
only to convey to the house, and the nation at large, a
correct statement of the facts in question, I hope the
house will bear with me whilst I attempt to discharge
that duty. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord
at the head of the Government stated that
he had done all that, as a man of honour, that eauld be
done in the case of Americt—that he had apologised for
what had been done—had expressed sorrow for having
entrenched on the laws of that country, and all that
could be done as persons desirous of peace, and that
honourable men might be called on to do. (Hear,
hear.) If the facts were as the noble lord has stated,
I should have been the first to have supported
him in that view of the case; but, as I believe
they are very different to that which have been stated,
I have come forward, if I might use the expression, to
enlighten the ignorance of the world on the matter—an
ignorance that has been fostered by holding back all that
militates against England in this particular, and lead-
ing them to suppose that we had right on our side, and
that eur cousins on the other side of the Atlantic were
taking an advantage of our position and endeavour
ing to force us against our will to make a sort
of supplication to him for peace when we were in the
right. Now what was the state of the case. It is this.
After the passing by the Legislature of this country the
Enlistment Act, the Government in pursuance olthat act
determined to enlist persons in America into our ser-
vice: Being unable to intercept the emigration from