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

SWEEPSTAKES.

Findon
Lunelle
General Brown

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7to 4 agstllor Jack (taken)
9 to 2 agst Porto Rico (taken)
10 to 1 apt Milton (taken)
10 to 1 agst Bird in Hand (taken)
10 to l'sgst Fly•byNight (taken)

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

THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.
(This Day.)

The Board of General officers rea.sembled this morn-
ing at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at the usual hour.
Colonel Tulloch'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

discover who were the parties to blame for want of
"promptitude and ingenuity" in devising shelter for the

horses. stated yesterday there were two subjects
omitted from this report —one the mortality is a few of
the regiments, and the other details which perhaps the
Commissioners ought not to have inquired int ), but which,
however, were very useful to the Goverament. He be-
lieved the Commissioners' 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 commissioner 3 were n)t arffized to the report

some months subsequent to the interviews and disene-

sion with the Minister far War on this subject,
but about three weeks before the meeting of Perna-

ment, 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 had a knowledge of the evidence that was given
before that committee through the London newspapers,

but they had no official communication on the subject.
Re first saw an official copy of the Sebaitopol Commit•

tee's report in his own office at the War•ofice, after his
return from the Crimea, but when he first saw it as a
private paper he could not say. He waq unable to say
whether he read in the newspapers Lord Lucan's 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 sp_
pointed for that purpose, but unfortunately they had
not the assistance of a short-hand writer, and the

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 evidence with the officers' signatures.

Lard Luoan—rnen, Colonel Tillloch, the minute; 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. He
said, in answer to a question from Lord Lucan, that
as Sir John M.Neil was in e.mfidential communie.ition

with the Government, he would be the beat person

to inform the Board if there were other instructions

given the Cotntnis•doners by the Minister at War than
those included in the report:- He was in the confidence
of Sir J. O'Neil as mach cquld by tw.ween two men

gaged in the same duties, but Str J. was an

older servant of the Crown than he was, and was in
constant communication with the aivernment on other
matter.. He declined giving an opinion whether or not Sir
J. IVP2itiil, who is a civilian, was capa ofconducting an

inquiry affecting the c.'nduct of general and other Lulli.

tary officers.

Lord Luean—lf you had known the inquiry wai td

are been into the conduct of generals and other officers,

do you think that your pint experienc3, antecedent=,
and position qualified pu for uniertaking ouch an

enquiry I

Col. Tulloch— Certainly not, and I explessCd. my

doubts on undertaking it, whether some otficmr of
greater experience ought not to be sent out to canduct

this itiqutry.

Lord Lucan—Why did you not exernine Lori R %flan?
Col. Tulloch—Sir J. Nl`Neil and myself had maey in -
terviews with General Airey respecting it, who said Iris
opinion was that it would not become an officer of his
(Col. Tulloch'() rank to exa;eine an officer of the high
position of Lord H g!an. Another rea :en for their not
doing it was that the Commissioners did nut hear a
word breathed against Lord Raglan by any person in the
Crimea. Under these circumstances the Commissioners
thought it unnecessary to examine him. If Sir J.
Nl`Neil had Leen of a different opinion, and had thought
it necessary to examine Lord Raglan, he (Col. Tulloch)
should have sent home to the Government, and asked
to have had a general officer associated with the Com-
missioners to have enabled them to have examined Lord
Raglan. If they had examined Lord Raglan, it would
have been the first instance on record where Commis-
sioners had examine d into the conduct of a General
commanding an army.
Examination continued—He saw but few horses of
the allies under cover in the Crimea, late as his visit
was there. He was not aware of the ()contrary, but he
believed the Russian horses in the valley of Inkerman
were not under cover in Nuvem'ier. Russian horses
were very different to English horses, and could stand
the climate better. He could not say whether the Rus-
sians and our allies displayed more ingenuity and promp-
titude in providing shelter than the English. It was
necessary, on account of the bad weather, that the
horses in the Crimea under c ever should be moved as
often as possible. Certainly oftener than every two or
three days. Had they been chang--d oftener it would
have been better. From what he had been told in the
Crimea he was of opinion that temporary shelter by dig
ging pits and trenches for the horses might have been
provided. Colonel Tulloch again denied that there
was any animadversion in the report un Lord Lucan ;
the remarks objected to by his lordship merely
stated the Commissioners opinion of want of promptitude
and ingenuity in devising tempo rary shelter, leaving it to
be subsequently ascertained who was the party to blame.
Lord Lucan said that if Cul. Tulloch would relieve

him from all blame he should be satisfied, and there
would be an end of the matter so far as be was concerned.
Col. Tulloch said it was the duty of the Commissioners
to point out defects to the Government, leaving them to
find out who were the parties to blame.
Examination continued—He did not inquire who
was the Engineer officer placed at Lord Lucas's dt-zpo-
sal by the Quartermaster-General for providing shelter,
nor had he examined him on that point. He had seen
trenches dug and earthworks thrown up in the High-
lands to shelter cattle in the winter, that was all the
experience he had had of sheltering horses in that way.
He believed that was the practice adopted in the pampas.
He examined Mr. Rawlinsoa and not a military engi-
neer, because he was sent out by the Government
to inquire into, examine, and make arrangements for
the establishment of a camp in that country. The
Commissariat Department lost some horses, but not to
the extent that bad been stated. He thought the nature
of these duties had been exaggerated. He was con-
sulted with reference to the organisation of the Ambu-
lance Corps, but it was not carried out by the Govern-
ment in accordance with those suggestions. In the
Crimea he made no inquiries respecting this corps. If
canvas was necessary for the covtring of the horses, it
was a matter of opinion whether it should have been
provided by the civil authorities at home. It might:
have been bad if necessary from Constantinople, as
well as spars, carpenters, So., in ninety hourp.
It was also a matter of opinion whether, when wooden
shelter was sent out for the men, similar shelter should
have been sent for the horses. To use trenches_ for
horses, in a wet season, they should be paved; and there,
Was no difficulty in doing it in tlae Crimea. SoiDe of tbo
regiments did it. ' Ho could not say if stone enough for

2,000 horses could have been found on the plateau, but
there was plenty of stone a short distance off.
Lord Lucan—Did you satisfy yourself that there were
materials and labour wherewith to shelter the horses,
efore you wrote that paragraph, attributing want of
iroreptitude and ingenuity, and to which I take ex-
ception !

Col. Tulloeh—l did satisfy myself, by the Quarter.
Loaster-General's answers, that there was no diffi-
oulty, so far as I could see, except that of labour, in
~roviding shelter ; and that labour appeared principally
o apply to the Turkish 'soldiers not being good work-
qien. I certainly considered that there was a certain
tomount of cavalry available for the construction of shel-
ter. With regard to the tools, I now learn there was a
greater deficiency than I expected. I only thought it
vas a partial deficiency, confined to one or two regi.
:vents. I knew sufficient timber had arrived on the
25th November.

Lord. Ldean--If you had known there were neither
materials nor labour available, should you bave framed
your report differently ?

Colonel Tulloch—l am not aware that I oho old. It
is probable, if I had known it to a greater extent, we
should have been more particular in pointing out another
.lepartment as in fault.

Lord Lncan—l shall not examine Colonel Tulloch
further.

General Peel put some questions to Colonel Tulloch,
with reference to the mortality amongst the horses,
and as to his manner of striking the averages. He said
that if be had taken the averages of the deaths at five
months, instead -of six or seven, the mortality might
have appeared to exceed the actual number of animals in
the Crimea. The averages published by the commis-
sioners were correct according to the returns furnished
them.

Lori Lucan—Were you ever deterred From or die
couraged in any way by any act of mine in giving shelter
to the horses of your brigade, but, on the contrary, did I
not urge you and every other officer to provide shelter
for the horses as far as possible ? •

General Scarlett—Yes, you never discouraged me or
any other officer, but, on the contrary, was anxious that
every shelter possible should be provided for the liorses,
In answer to another question from Lord Lucan, Gen,
Scarlett said—l don't think more promptitude or inge-
nuity could have been displayed by your lordship and
the, other officers in command of the cavalry in the
position we were then placed. If se I should have
thought it my duty to have stated that fact to your
lordship at the moment.

We shall give the conclusion in our last eiition .

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—;This Day.)

LONDON; April 18,—Wind this day at noon, N.B. ;
moder,.te breeze, and fine clear weather.
PORTSMOUTH, April 17.—Wind E.N.E. to E.—Arrived
—H.M.S.'s Pallas and the Falcon, from the Baltic ; Im-
peratriz (s. tpt.), Plymouth. Sailed—Lancashire Witch,
for New Zealand.

PLYMOUTH, April 17.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Anna
Arnoldina., from Surinam, for Amsterdam ; Tinamara,
Hartlepool, for Malts, to atop a leak. Sailed—Clio, for
Quebec. Off the, port—Columbia, from Baltimore, for
Bremen.

FALMOUTH, April 17.—Wind N.N.E., atrong.—Ar-
rived—Yenikale, from Port-Adelaide ; Voyageur, Bahia.
POOLE, April 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Heroine, for
Plymouth and Newfoundland.

WEYMOUTH, April 17.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Atlantic,
for Quebec.

DARTSIOUTII, April 17.—Wind E.— Sailed—Heinldal,
for Kingston, Jamaica • Go Forward, Newfoundland.
Off the port—Hoophandel.
RYE, April 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Jane and
ElizA, from Warkworth, for Dieppe, with bows damaged,
&c., and having been run foal of in the roads, by the Ro-
der, of Whitby.
Pint.. April 17.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Try, for New
York ; Malakhoff, Prince Edward's Island.

HARWICH, April 17.—A loadcd gailiot is sunk in four
fathoms water, to the sou►hward of the Heaps in the Swin
Middle; a diving vessel wiil proceed to the wreck.

(PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Express, steamer, from Jersey ; James, Sun-
derland; Commerce, Christiana.
Sailed—Devonshire, steamer, for Dublin.

We have reason to believe that the Government.of the
colony of Victoria has been offered by Mr. Labouchere
to the Earl of Elgin.
Mr. Thomas, a Madras civil servant, has, we hear,
been appointed by the Crown a director of the East
India Co iipany under the late Charter Act.
A letter f .om Berlin, in the Cologne Gazette, states
"The Dowager Emprass of Russia is, we are assured,
expecfed here on the 16th May."
A statue in white marble of Napoleon 1., in imperial
costume, with a crown of laurel on his head, has just
been placed in the centre of the grass plot in front
_of the
hotel of the Duke d'Albe, in the Champs Elysees.
SURREY ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. —Me Royal Righ-
nes: the Duke of Cambridge has been plearied to accept
the °Mee of .patron of this society. •
Mr. Leigh Murray, the, eminent actor, is engaged by
Mr. Lone, the lessee of the Britannia Theatre, to play a
round of his most popular -characters.. He opens on
Monday week, and will doubtless prove as great a fa=
vonrite with the Eloxtrinians as he alrsady is with the
denizens of the West End.
TEM LATE LOCOMOTWIC EXPLOSION ON THE.CALE-
DONIAN'.RAILWAT.—Tue..adjournt.d inquest uwai the
bodies of Thomas Musgrave,' engine driver, and Isaac
Se:sford, stoker, who lost their lives by the 'late- loco-
motive explosion on the Caledonian Railway was held in.
the Coffee-house Assernoly.r.om, Carlisle, on Ttiesday,
before %V. Carrick, Esq , county coroner. The jury
assembled shortly atter 10 o'clock. The. coroner ad-
journed the inquiry till Thursday, the 24th instant.
, •
STAR. CLUB OF LONDON.—On Wednesday last, tne
third inei trig of this club, for the present session, was
hell at Fenton's Hotel. St. James's-street. The mem-
bers present were Mr. alwan, M P. ; Mr. Tite, M.P. ;
Mr. Steel, M.P. ; Mr. Luce, M P. ; Lord Kingston ' •
Sir F. G. Moon, Bart. ; Mr. Oliveira, M.P. ; Mr. Jack.
son, M.P. ; Dr. Sibsen, ; Mr. Wyld ; Mr. C.
White ; Rev, G Jep:on, 111,A ; Mt. J. M. Deere, Mr.
C. Payne ; Mr. N. Levis ; Mr. Barnes, M.P. ; 111 r, I
Piikington, M.P., &c. Amongst the visitors to the club
.were his Excellency Mr. Dallas, the American Minister;
Meer Jatur Alee Khan ; Mirza Alec Ackbar Khan ;
Count de Birague ; Col. L. Watkins, M.P. ; Mr. W.
A. Mackinnon, M.P. ; Mr. Burmester ; Mr. Brooking ;
Mr. Hartree ; Mr. Bischoff ; Mr. Kershaw, M.P. ; the
Lord Provost of Edinburgh, &c.
CONVOCATION OV THE CLERGY.—The Lower House
again as embled yesterday morning ; Dr. Peacock in the
cnair, After some preliminary business, the house pro-
ceeded to the adjourned discussion on the Report of the
state of the Law affecting the Discipline of the Clergy.
A resolution prOpOsed by the Archdeacon of Berke,
gave rise to a long and uninteresting discussion ; after
which the Archdeacon of St. Alban's proposed, and the
Rev. Chancellor Martin seconded, a proposition to the
effect that it was not judicious to discuss the resolution
before the other portions of the report had been disposed
of. This suggestion was adopte.i. The house•then pro-
ceeded to the discussion of the report, which lasted the
whole day. A new repOrt was substituted for most of
the clauses which were taken up to the Upper House
fur adoption,. and the house adjourned at five o'clock.
THE OUTWARD AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN M AILS.
—The British and North American Royal Mailesteatn-
ship, Persia, Captain C. H. E. Judkios, will sail to-
morrow forenoon for New York, with the mails for the
United States. Letters require to be posted in Liver-
pool at 6.30 a.m.,' with late fees until 7.30 a.m., and at
toe Landing-wage until 8.30 a.m. The Royal Mail.
ship Mindoro, Captain Crowell, of. the White Star line,
will sail on the morning of the 22d instant, with the
English mails for the Australian colonies, about 250
passengkrs, and a full cargo of
.merchandise.

HuicRIBLE ASS.4,sSINATIoN IN RUPEIiT-

STREET.

One of the most daring acts of assassination ever per-
petrated in this country occurred last night, shortly after
eight o'clock, in Rupert-street, Haymarket.
One man has been so seriously injured, that in all
probability he has already ceased to live ; and three
others are dangerously wounded.
The assassin is an Italian, named Foschini ; and, un-

happily, in the confusion which arose at the moment he
committed his diabolical crime, he effected his escape,
and up to the present moment has evaded the most
active search of the police officers.
The scetie of the tragedy was an Italian and French
restaurant, kept by a native of the Papal States, named
Louis Stuochi, at 45, Rupert-street, Haymarket. This
person is at present in the provinces, and the crime,
which will give to his house a terrible notoriety, will
therefore be firat c3mmunicated to him through the
newspapers.

Among the fdreigners who were accustomed' to a.,sem-
ble at Stucchi's restaurant were Francesco Rossi, Carlo
De Rudio, and Pietro Chiesa, all natives of the same
part of Italy. The assassin Foschini has been a visitor
only during a comparatively recent period, but from his
family and connexions having been known to Rossi and
the other Italians, he had been admitted into their so-
ciety, and frequently passed his evenings in Rupert-
street. At about a quarter-past eight o'clock last even-
ing Rossi, Chiesa, and Di Rudio were conversing to-
gether in the back room on the ground floor, on cursory
subjects, when Foschini entered, and producing a pack
of cards, suggested that the whole party should play a
game together. Rossi objected, and assigned as a reason
that he wished to go home early, upon which Foschini
repeated his request, and volunteered to fetch some beer
from a neighbouring public-house as an inducement to
keep the party together. He did so, and on re-enter-
ing the restaurant offered Rossi and the others the free
use of the beverage he had furnished. Something was
said as to the bad quality of the beer, and Foschiui went
out to exchange it, returning presently afterwards, and
again joining his companions in drinking. There was
a fifth Italian present at the time, in the person of Carle
Rouelli— a man of education and birth, but reduced by
circumstances to act as waiter at Stucchi's restaurant.
In a short time atter Foschini had rejoined the party,
and before any game of cards had been commenced, Fos-
chini complained of feeling ill, and requested that one of
the party would assist him to the shop of a medical
man. Rossi, anxious to gu home, volunteered to do so,
and resting upon his arm, apparently in a state of suffer-
ing, Foschiui left the house and proceeded up Rup. re
street, Rossi's intention being to conduct him to the
nearest chemist's shop for the purpose of obtaining some
alterative draught. They hai arrived at tne corner of
Richmond-street, opposite to Brettell's printing-office,
Rossi rallying Foschini, and endeavouring to persuade
him that he was not so ill as he affected to be, when the
farmer, releasing his arm from Foschnii's grasp, acci-
dentally touched with his hand a hard substance within
the trousers of the latter, which he at once knew to
be a poiguard or stiletto. Rossi immediately charged him
with possession of the weapon, and asked him what he
meant. Foschini made nu reply, but at once seemed te
have recovered his strength, and with Rossi retraced his
steps to the restaurant. Rossi had, it appears, some
knowlsdge of Foschini's desperate character, and from
his sullen manner on being questioned he felt somewhat
alarmed. On reaching Stucchi's house Rossi was in the
act of placing his hail upon the door handle, for tla
purpose of entering, when Foschini, who was following
closely behind, struck hiss a violent blow over the shoulder
with his paignard. The blow fortunately took only a slight
effect, having been stopped by one of the upper ribs. Rossi
instantly exclaimed, " What are you doing, assassin V
But before he had time to recover himself he received an-
other ulow on the arm, and retreating into the house, hr
was followed by Fo chilli, who continued to strike at him
with his poignard. Chiesa, Ds•Rudio, and the waiter Rouelli
were in the front saloon on the ground floor when this
attack took place, and on discovering Rossi retreating
from the assassin they ran to his assistance. Foschini
then dealt his deadly blows against all present. Rossi,
taint from loss of blood, rushed into the street, and,
calling aloud for help, hastened to the nearest surgeon's,
where his wounds were dressed, and from here be was
conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital. As soon as Rossi
left the house, Foschini, with an artful cunning, turtle.
off the gas, and then in comparative darkness continue
his murderous attack. Rouelli, the waiter, who had been
foremost in endeavouring to seize the assassin, fell first,
dangerously wounded in the head and abdomen, and,
indeed, in all parts of the body. De Rudio next sue-
cumbed, and Chiesa alone remained to grapple with the
assassin, when Foschini, finding, it is supposed, his
strength to fail, him, retreated into the street, followed
by Chiesa. On finding himself pressed, within a few yards,
the assassin turned again upon Chiesa, aud struck him
a severe blow in the abdomen, from the effects of
which Chiesa fell, still retaining strength, however,
to call upon the bystanders, of whom nearly twenty
were at hand, to arrest the assassin. The sight of the
poiguard and the determined appearance of Foschin),
however, seemed to strike a panic into every heart, and
the assassin was actually allawed to escape without too
lestation, no police constables being at this time near.
As soon as the restaurant was entered a dreadful sight
presented itself. Rouelli, apparently in a dying state,
was stretched upon the floor, blood flowing freely from
wounds in every part of his body, and De Rudio was in
a fainting state also from hemorrhage. Assistance was
at once procured, and all the injured persons were con•
ve)ed to the Charing-moss Hospital, where the best
medical aid was instantly afforded by Dr. Go'ding and
Mr. Hancock, the chief physician and surgeon to the
institution.
The case of Rouelli was at once pronounced to be a
most dangerous one, and under the advice of the medi
cal men his deposition was at once taken by Inspector
Parke, of the V division, under whose care all the
wounded men bad been conveyed to the hospital.
M. Francois Napoleon, an Italian, aud M. Atbert, in-
terpreter at Marlborough-street Police-court, were sent
for, arid as soon as they had arrived, the dying man's
statement was taken--Mr. J. T. Buck, house surgeon,
supporting the unhappy man, and directing the officers
how to apply their questions between the paroxysms
of agony front which the pour many suffered.

The S'atement was as follows
"April 17, 11.45 p.m.

"I, Carlo Rouelli, of 45, Rupert street, Haymarket,
state that I feel that I am dying from the effects of the
wounds that I received from the man name i Foschini,
io the front parlour of the ground floor of the hou-e, be-
tween S and 9 dolock p.n . this day. lam not aware of
having given aiy off,nce or cause for such an atta.:k.
Foichini jumped on me I:ke a savage, and stabb,d with
a triangnar-tortned instrument in several paces, more
particularly in the region of the heart and the head.
" CARLO ROUELLL,"

" Witnesses—Franeii Napoleon.
"John D. Prake."

The sufferings of the poor fellow were of the most ago•
nising character while this deposition was being taken.
He rolled about from side to side, as if unable to obtain
a moment's relief, and continually exclaimed, " Ah, aiio
dio Ah, mio dio itnmortale ! Come io soffro !"

It was generally believed that he could not survive
through the night.
A. very accurate description of the assassin has been
obtained by Inspector Parke from M. Rossi ; and it is
hoped he will not be many hours at liberty. le is a
young wan only 23 Sears of age.