The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1856.

THE MILITARY BO A.RD OF INQUIRY.

MARKET

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(This Day.)

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Saturd2s.

44,
this ay.

CORN EXCHANGE.

The Board of General officers reassembled this morn-
ing at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at the usual hour.
Lord Lucan commenced the proceedings this morn-
ing by first putting the question to Colonel Tulloch
which, on a previous day, the Board took time to con-
sider was a question that o-Jgbt to be put to him, viz.,
whether he would now produce a letter which on a
former occa-ion he bad stated was in his possession or
that of Sir J. M'Neil, in which the Government bad in-
timated their approval of the report of the Commis-
sioners ?

The country markets held on Saturday were for the most
part but moderately supplied with home-grown wheat,
yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at drooping cur-
rencies. Barley was scarce, and in request, at very full
prices. All other articles were lower to purchase. The
continental markets continue heavy for wheat and flour,
on lower terms. The supplies have rather increased. Very
moderate supplies of home-grown produce were received
up to our markets last week. The imports from abAad
consisted of 9,865 qrs. of wheat, 3,240 barley, 29,110 oats,
1,750 beans, 20 peas, 60 tares, 1,630 linseed, 1,356 rape-
seed, 2,830 Indian corn, 301 sacks and 1,790 brls. of flour.
The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market,
to-chy, coastwise, were limited, and those by laud car-
riage were small, though in good condition. The Essex
and Kent stands were by no means largely supplied with
samples, yet, millets generally purchased with extreme
caution. Most of the Essex wheats were Pold at a shade
under the prices realized on this day se'nnight. Kentish
samples moved off heavily, and, in most transactions prices
were in favour of buyers by about is per quarter.

3cdrord Dui
Blot :!hloy
Buokghantell
Clydesdal.•
Col. Stour Vy.
Sud. and Hal.
Lin. 6 pc.
E. Uri. IL Sit.
(Rao. Barr. Az.
Neils. 'Direct
Do. New._
Glgtr. & Dn. Fr
Dk.
Railway
Hull At Selby
Do. Share-,
Do. Shares.
Lon. & Green Nr..,
Do. Preference
Lon. , Tit., & S.
Lowestoft gi
4 per cent.
Do. 6 per c:..
Manch. Bxtr
and tiatlo..t-,
Mieidlesbro'

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N.
L&N. .
E. Un.
E. Count.
Caldonir.,l

95 - 97
94 - 1,8

11 - 13

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Colonel Tulloch said he had given a letter to the
Judge-Advocate-General that he (Colonel Tulloch) had
receivial from Sir J. M'Neil, in which he stated that
Lord Panmure informed him--

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The Judge-Advocate-General said, you showed me a
copy of a private letter. You must use your own dis-
cretion whether you will produce it or not.
Colonel Tulloch—lt will he necessary for me to con-
sult Sir. J. Al‘Neil first. There is a public letter, of
which the Board have a copy.

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Acktor, &
Darling•

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The show of foreign wheat was good, but a very large
portion of it was much out of condition. The business
doing in all kinds was limited to small parcels. In prices
no quotable change took place.

.
Newmarket
Bury E. G.spu
N.& Est.s
Do. ti ner
1)o. .Eiie(ls e
Prest. XT. y:'
to. 1 Shr,. A
Roystu.gz Hit.
She f. Roth A n
Gooleg. 5 p.
Shrews. &T 1 er
S. Statlerclsh
Wear Valley g;
per cent...

92 - 91

Lord Luca:—l will put the question to Colonel Tul-
loch in a different form. Have you a copy of a letter
received from Lord Pan-mure, in which he intimates the
Government approve of your report I

En. Conn.
Conne,.

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Floating cargoes of grain were dull, but not cheaper.
The show of both English and foreign barley was very
moderate. All kinds sold briskly, and a good clearance
was easily effected, at very full prices.
We had a fair demand for malt at full quotations—the
best samples being worth 80s per quarter.
The supply of oats, chiefly foreign, was very extensive,
and the oat trade ruled heavy, at a decline in prices of
from 'd to is per quarter.

Colonel Tudoch---Here is the copy of the letter I have
alluded to. I should not like to read the whole of it ;
but I will a portion of it. Sir J. 111'Neil says, "And
whin I next saw L.r Panmure he told me he had read
every word of it (that is the report), and that he consi-
dered it to be temperate and moderate ; and he only
took objP.ction to a part of it that he thought more pro-
perly belonged to military statistics, which he would
have to lay before the Horse Guards." Besides this, I
think the board have a copy of an official letter, stating
that Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons inti-
mated his approval of the report.

L.&N.W
Do

45 47

(t North,:
Law:net! &
York sh.
11`. Brassey
M. Metoxt,
itockt•
Dar I inzi,
00.
f 4t WePtn

134 136

3t

Beans sold heavily and late rates were lyirely supported.
The sale for peas was heavy at ltttl qultations.
The fluur trade was very dull at barely previous cur-
rencies.

32 j

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE

PREFEItENCT SHARE

?).-+.erdeen
rio. N 0.2 7 p. 0.
Do. Debentures
i;lyth audTy t 0 r..•
c. (issd.at,so/
'-trip. & Fa. 4 p. c. S'.
Do. I p. C. shares
CAleclonian £10... -
!hos. & flo.Ou. 5i pc
Do. do. Pref. No. 2.
Do. do. Prof. No. 2..
Cork Grßandonsp.c
Dun.Prth Aber.J.
F,„ Anglian CIE. A Sh.
Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. e.
Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c.
r.as. Co. , spcNo.
Do. No. 2
Do. New 6 p. C. St
east Un., G. 6 p. e.
Do. 51., 10 per cent.
Do. 101.
Do. do. 4 per cent...
• L3.nca h. 6 p. et,
F. -kW. Volk. J. sth-'
• & Gl. 5 p.c. sh.
t Prth.&Dun.4p ,
Furness
Glas. & S.W. G. 5 pc.
Great Northn. 5 p. c
D,+, 5 p. 0. Redeem.
at 10 p. c. prem.
p. c
Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red.
At 5 p. c. ,

Wheat—Essex 7z Kent.
Red •• new 524 to 563
Ditt0........ old —s -6
Ditto, White new 58s 733
Ditt0........ old ---s —s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old —s
Ditto new •• •• 54s
aye—Old ............ —s
New .• •• 45s
Barley—Grinding••••• 309
Melting ......... 323
Chevalier.... . . 403
I.l.ilt—SuffolkandNor-
folk•• •• •• .. 743 78s
Brown . • • • • • • is 663
KingstonandWare 75s 783

Malt—Chevalier .. • • 78s to 80s
Oats—Yorkshire and
Lincolnsk., Feed 22s 24s
Potato .
Youghal and Cork
81ack....... 20s 293

Tha Judge Advocate-General said the board had no
such letter.

Colonel Tulloch said there was such a letter, and he
would furnish the board with a copy of it in the course
of the day.
Lord Luoan then called Admiral Sir E. Lyons. He
said he commanded the Black Sea fleet. He was never
applied to for canvass with which to shelter the horses,
and had never heard that such an appeal had been made
to the fleet until he entered that Hall. Hal such an
appeal been made, he must have known it ; because,
whilst the cavalry were in such a sad state, he was in
the habit of riding daily to the cunp to see if assistance
could be given them. He did not consider that such an
application was made by Lord Raglan ; because, before
the 14th of November, as many sailors, marines, and
carpenters had been sent to the assistance of the army,
with as much canvass as could be spared from the fleet.
It would have been impossible to have supplied canvass
for covering 2,000 horses. He never had at one time
15 sail of the line. The largest number he had at one
time did not exceed 11 ; the average was 7. These ships
were engaged in watchir_g the coast, and he had not one
man on board any of those vessels whom under any
possible circumstances he could have spared to the
army. Colonel Tulloch had stated that there
was nothing to prevent him (Sir Edmund Lyons)
from sparing some of his 200 or 300 carpenters, but
speaking from memory be should say that he never had
more than 50 or 60 carpenters at one time.
Lord Lucan—Would you, under such circumstances,
have given up anything on th 9 application of a divisional
and therefore a subordinate officer ?
Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not.
_ _

Cork, White .•. • • 21s 25s
Scotch, FOOd. •. .. 26s 30s
deans—Tick ......... 33s 378

Pige0n5.......... 34. 42.
Peas—Grey .......... 32s 36s
?staple ........... 358 38s
White. •• •• •• •• •• 39s 425

Boilers .....•• .. 433 463
Flour—Town-made... 63s Os
Suffolk .......... 463 MOs
Stocktn & Norfolk 46s Ns

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

Very moderate supplies of foreign stock arrived in the
port of London last week—the total import being 229
head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we received 951 ;
in 1854, 505; in 1853, 3,893; in 1852, 1,889; in 1851,
1,573 ; ani in 1850, 1,093 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WENS.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs

From
Calais
Harlingen 56
Hamburgh 8 121
Rotterdam 6
Kampen 2

2 ...

___
...
25 ...
2 ...

T0ta1.... 72 ...

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as fellows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
.855 416 397 ...
954 268 ... 128 1(1
853 620 2,883 356 3/
852 41.4 1,038 441
.851 lB4 ... 985 337 ...
,850 395 ... 317 211

pit. N. of Scot. IstPre
(4t. S. -.!S W. (Ireland'
Do. 4per c. Pr4f.
~V,(13,,k1.1.Fx5pa
,/o. con. red. 1 p.c.
Do. con. red. 4 p. a.
Do. irrea. 4u. C.
Do. 5 p. c. red. pref
Do. €lo. do.
Do. Sian. Pref,
Do. Cnester 8 p. c.
Do. do. 5 p. C. do_
Do. Birm. Gna. Stk
Do. Ches. dna. Sh
Do. do do
'Do. do.
lan. & York. F.
Do. 6 p. C. St' )ck
ison.&Brigh. 0.5 p.
Pref., 5 P. e. S
Do. New Guar.6 p.
Do. do. 5 per crsnt
!,on. &N. W., Coy. A
ATuneaton > p. ct
oo.& S. W. 7 per ct
ndy. & Si.
F
New,l(l
)o. 46
aryl t .& Carl. 4
per cent

Very limited supplies of foreign stock, mostly in poor
condition, were on sale to-day, and they changed hands
readily at high quotations. The receipts of beasts fresh up
from our own grazing districts were very moderate as to
number, but their general quality was prime. The at-
tendance of buyers was large, and the beef trade ruled
brisk, at an advance in the quotations realised on Monday
last of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots sold at 4s 8d to 4s 10d
par 81bs., and a clearance was readily effected.

By Col. Tulloch—Each ship of war, under ordinary
circumstances, carried a second set of sails. It would
not be safe to go to sea without ; but it was not usual to
carry a reserved supply of canvass in add►tion. The
quantity of spare sails or canvass for an 80 or 120 gun
ship might be 7,844 yards,,as stated in a nautical work,
but it was impossible for any naval man to recollect the
precise quantity carried. He was unable to say whether
canvass could have been procured at Constantinople
There was a great deficiency of carpenters at Cou-
stantinople, and he had to write to England for
some. The Admiralty wrote to say no more
could be obtained from England. Constantinople was
again tried for carpenters for the fleet, but none could
he had, and he was obliged to send to MAlta and offer
very high wages to get some. It it had been possible to
have gut carpenters at Constantinople Admiral Grey
would have obtained them. He could not say if car•
pointers and canvas could have been obtained from the
merchant vessels in Batakiava Harbour. That could
only be known of the admiral in cherge of the harbour,
but this he knew that the navy did everything they
could to assist the army. So well acquainted was he
with the number and strengitiof tbe ships in the 13,ink
Sea that he could give a list of the names of the ships
and their position in the Black Sea fripm memory, ou
any particular day Col. Tulloch might name. The ships
were never lying at one time snug in harbour at
Kainiesh. If they had been, there would have been no
difficulty in landing the spare canvas and the carpenters
t• provide shelter. There were only two vessels at one
time in harbour, and that was at Kaz itch, and for a
short period. The line-of-battle ships were stationed at
different points commanding the coast along from Eupa
toiia, round Sebastopol, to the other side ; and the
other vessels of war were spread about from the Danube
to the Circassian coast, changing their number and posi-
tion as to any given point several times a day.
Col. Tulloch explained that he took the number, &c.,
of the ships tram the Naval List of that date, and which
he handed in to the Court.

From Nort.lk, Suffolk, Esssx, and Cambridgeshire, we
received 1,900 Scots and. short horns ; from other parts of
England, 300 of various breeds; from Scotland 3GO Scots,
and from Ireland, 120 oxen.

The show of sheep was again very limited, but in fair
condition. For all breeds we had a brisk demand, at 4d
per 81bs above the rates obtained on this day se'nnight.
The best old Downs in the wool realised 5s 81; out of
wool, 5s per Sibs.
Lambs—the supply of which was very moderate—sold
slowly, at barely last Monday's currency. The top price
was 7s 2d per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight, about 600
head came fresh to hand.

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We were but moderately supplied with calves, which
moved off vlowly, on former terms.

10... Do. 4i p. c. Pref. - I
all ,i)o. Yrar. 3 per c"`
all :Do. 51. Pr-f. 4p. c.
100 Ditto L. &H. Prof.
all New., Aber., dzc., pr.
r :5 p. c. red. 5 p c. pin.
,Norfolk Downturn
Do. Prof. 5 p. o. St ci
5 p. o. Eat......
F.A per ct. pref.
iDo. Way. Val. 5 p.
`North Bri.V sh
N. S. Rervr, 4 p.o, P
Do. do. do
Do I.eeds p.c
Do. do. Quarters ...
Do. Vr..rkri. At P,r
North Statfordshir....
Ox,Wo. W 11'1 ip•
,Do R. Pref. 101. Sh.
'Scot. Cent. ,New Pr-
South Devon
Do. tlxed,4i percen'
S. Eastern (Readh),!
Nun.) of £1 Os. (id.
Do. 4? per cent_ „
Do. Fixed 4i p c eh.
IS. Wales (Ina. 4 p, C.
do. 4. p. C.
;S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar.
IStnek.& Dar., sp. c.
do. do.
Stock. & Barth g. E
c. till July 1,
NVatertd. & Kilk .6 pc

The perk tra,le was heavy. Iu prices no change took

place.

Per Bibs to sink the offal's.
s. d. s. d.I 8. d. a ,t•
Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6iPrimeSouthdown 5 4 5 8
3eoand quality.... 3 8 4 OfLarge erne. calve:. 4 2 5 0
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6,F'rime small do 5 2 5 8
Prime Scots. dgc. 4 8 4 101 Large hogs
Inferior Sheep ...4 G 4 4,Small porkers
second quality ...4 6 410 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0
?rime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 2,Quarter old pigs 21 0 27

Lamb, 6s Od to 7s 2d.
TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.

Beasts •• • •• •• 3,319 . 137
Sheep and lambs ..... .18,310 ( Sheep .. •••••• .. • • .•
L'alyes ~.... ••.••• • • • .. 75 1 Calves..". •• .. •........• 2

P,gw-- . .... • 270 Pigs ...... ..... ..

A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, April 23, 1855, and in the' Metropolitan Markt):
this day, Monday, April 21, 1856,
Per Sibs, to sink the offals.

April 23, 1855.

April 21,'56.

Coarse and inferior beasts ... ...
second quality ditto ... ... ...

a. d.- a. d.
3 4 to 3 6
3 8 4 4

d. s. d.
3 4to 3 6
,3 8 4 0

Admiral Lyons—lt's perfectly clear you were not
there yourself, and you have been misinformed, and
that's about the end of it.

Prime large oxen ...
Prime Scots, &c
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality ditto
Prime coarse woolled ditto
Prime Southdown ditto

Examination continued—He was of opinion that can-
vass would have been worse than useless on the plateau
as Capt. Drummond lia4 stated, but he was unable to
give an opinion on it with regard to the Valley of Kadi-
koi. It was a military question, which he did not feel
himself qualified to a'iswer.
Sir G. Berkeley—You have mentioned that you were
constantly riding through the camp. Did it strike you
that there was any want of promptitude or ingenuity
displayed in not having the cavalry horses more under
shelter ?

40 4 6
48 5 0
30 4 0
4 2 4 41
4,012

Large coarse calves
Prime small ditto ..
Large hogs
neat small porkers
Beasts...

Il 2
,5 2
6
14 4

.................. ... ... ... ___ . .
Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 21,580 18,::10
Calves... ... ... ... ... ... 155 75
Pigs ... ... ... ... ... ...335 270
SUPPLTES ON SALE, April 21, 1854.—Beasts, 4,445 ; shed;
and lambs, 21,470; calves, 167; pigs, 380.
April 25, 1851. R'asts, 4,562 ; sheep and lambs, 20,23) ;
t alveb, 249 ; pigs, 175.

Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not. I saw a great many
officers occupied in sheltering their horses in a way that
appeared io me the most efficacious, and that way by
thr:)wilig up embankments in a certain direction against
the prevalent and piercing N.E. wind. Sir George
Browne's horses never had any other shelter. Every
one appeared to me to be doing their best.
We snail give the c Inclusion in our last edition.