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speech lie admitted the vigour and energy which the noble
earl had displayed. Let him first call the attention of the
house to the positiou in which Gen?ral Williams went to
Kars. It seemed, he •thought, that sending him there
was the commencement of a British campaign in Asia
Minor; and that we ther..by pledged the power and
the reputation of England in a cqntest with the armies
of Russia. That was not the case. Ho was merely sent
there to advise the Turkish generals, who' were plunged
in corruption, to organize their army in such a
manner as to enable them to mike such a stand
as it was thought would be useful to the common
cause. Then it was said that Lord Stratford de Bede&
had neglected to answer General Williams's letter. Bat
what had he neglected to do ? It was perfectly plain that he
had exerted himself to the utmost with the Porte to attain
the objects that General Williams had in view. Whatever
was the result of Lord Redcliffe's silence it had nothing to do
with the fall of Kars, because his silence ceased in Dec., 1854,
•and Kars did not fall till November, 1855. Now, he would
ask the house in what position were the allies in Europe at
that time when the Russians broke up their winter quarters
in Asia Minor. It was no doubt then found by General Wil-
Mims that the troops for the defence of Kars were not suffi-
cient ; but it did not follow that her Majesty's Government
was bound to find troops far that purpose. There was at that
time a great enterprise in the Crimea ; and it certainly -eas
a question whether troops might not be sent thence to Kars.
Omer Pacha said that if they would allow him to take his
troops from Sebastopol, he would invade Georgia by way of
relieving Kars. Her Majesty's Government consi lered that
proposition, and came to the conclusion that it would not be
safe to reduce the number oft • oons before Sebastopol; but even
if the War Minister had taken a dffferent view of the case itmust
be remembered that we were bound to our allies, and could
not act in such a matter without their consent, The.nohle
lord who spoke I st made a charge against the British Go-
vernment that they sent out instructions clogged by condi-
tions which ho knew wore not the work of the British Go-
vernment, but of the French. (Hear.) That proposition of
Omer Baena was rejected both by the generals in the Crimea
and by the allies at home. Suppose by the removal of those
troops Balaklava had been taken, would not a strone. e isc
have then been made out against the Government for want of
prudence and foresight. The hon and learned gentleman
who commenced the debate seemed co think that there had
been a vacillation and hesitation on the part of Lord Claren-
don in his correspondence with Lord Stratford and General
Williams, but every one who looked to that correspondence
would see that there was throughout au earnestness
and straightforwardness which reflected the highest credit
upon the Foreign Minister, and showed how zealous
he was, not only that Kars -shoUld be defended, but that
the war generally should bo carried on with vigour. Re.
ference had been made to the Turkish loan. Everybody
knew how the :Government was treated a,beut that mat*. er.
(Hoar, hear ) After the treaty had been actually made, gen-
tlemen opposite were willing to brea'e both the treaty and the
alliance, by refusing the loan. (Hear, hear.) He mere'y
mentioned the subject in connection with the debate that
night in order to show how hon. gentlemen's opinions might
change. In reference to the want of foresight he might re-
mind the house that if it had not been for the prudence and
foresight exercised by the British Government, Omer Paella's
army might have been lost in the Georgian expeditioe and Se-
bastopol not taken after all. (Hear. hear.)
On the motion of Mr. J. G. PHILLINIORE, the debate
was adjourned until to-morrow (Tuesday).
COAL WHIPPERS (PORT OF LONDON) BILL.

This bill passed through committee.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of.
I.JUBLIC OFFICES BILL.
On the motion of Sir B. HALL, a select committee was
appointed to consider the best means of providing accommo.
dation for the various public offices.
The house then adjourned shortly after 12 o'clock.