The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESMAY .17 ', V ENIN G 5 APRIL 29, 1856.

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The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented several
petitions against opening the crystal Palace on
Sundays.
Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates,
until an equivalent had been provided, were presented
by Lord Berners, the Earl of Cawder, and Lord Redes-
dale.

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THE MILITAFLY BOARD OF INQUIRY.
(This Day.)

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The Board met to-day at the usual hour.
The case of the Earl of Cardigan was proceeded with
this morning with the sitting of the Court.
The Judge-Advocate General called upon Lord Car-
digan to point out distinctly the passages in the Commis-
sioners' report to which he objected.
Lord Cardigan said he had not asked for an inquiry ;
but he would road a statement to the Court, in which he
would point out the objectionable parts of the report.
His lordship then read his statement, in which he stated
that the Royal Warrant alleged that certain officers had
demanded a full inquiry into charges which the Commis-
sioners' report bad brought against them ; but that so far
as he was concerned, as he had already stated in Parlia-
ment, and which he now repeated, he had not demanded
any inquiry. On the publication of the report he ad-
dressed a note to the Secretary for War, containing such
remarks as appeared to him (Lord Cardigan) necessary
on a first perusal of that report That
letter had been laid on the table of Par-
liament, and he was ready to wait a deliberate
consideration of it in that place. It having been de-
cided that the Royal Warrant should issue, he cordially
accepted the opportunity thereby given him of more
fully entering into a statement of the facts, having no
desire to shrink from any inquiry into his conduct. He
proposed to call attention to those portions of the re-
port which dealt with the question of the sufficiency or
insufficiency of the means of transport for the cavalry,
aud also that of the forage, and with that which espe-
cially referred to the condition of the Light Cavalry bri-
gade, which he commanded, and in which the correct-
ness of his diseretion with respect to the management of
the horses had been impugned. The noble earl then
gave a brief summary of his joining the light brigade on
the 23d May, at Scutari, and how he was engaged from
that time to the battle of Balaklava, when 370 horses
of the light brigade were put hors de combat in charging
the Russian batteries, and their being subsequently
moved to the heights of Inkerman, near Sir De Lacy
If..ees, who commanded the 4th division, where they
remained till the battle of Inkerman. Up to that time
forage was tolerably well supplied. His lordship said
the CoMmiseioners' report appeared to charge him with
contributing towards the subsequent inefficiency of the
Light Cavalry brigade by refusing to send his horses
upon the difficult service of bringing up forage from the
stores at Balaklava, and he said that at that time his
horses were in so wretched a state from starvation as to
be unable to carry their riders, and were dropping down
dead from exhaustion daily, and that circumstance he
brought under the notice both of Lord Raglan and Lord
Lucan. When the brigade moved to the front and were
a greater distance from Balaklava, the supply of forage
gradually diminished. Previous.to the storm of the 14th
November, the transport service was insufficient to keep
the horses supplied, and after that it was impossible for
him to supply hay to the brigade. There was some bay at
this time at Balaklava, but from the bad state of the
roads, and the commissariat being deficient of the means
of transport for carrying it to the front, the supply sen-
sibly diminished, and, on many occasions, the supply did
not exceed 41bs. or slbs. of hay a horse—at the best never
exceeding 10Ibs. or 12lbs. of hay a horse. His lordship
then detailed the actual supply of forage to the horses
after the et ,rm, which was the same as that already pub-
blished in Lord Lucan's case. The noble lord, in eluci-
dating his statement that he did everything he could to
promote the comfort and health of his men and horses,
said he should mainly rely on the evidence taken before
the Sebastopol Committee, so that it would be unneces-
sary for him to trouble the court with many witnesses.
His lordship was about to read the evidence of Lord
Lucan before that committee, when

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The JudAe-Advocate-Generat said that as that evidence
could not be taken as evidence by that Court, it would
be better for his lordship not to refer to it.
Earl Cardigan said it was impossible for him to pro-
ceed with his case without referring to it, and he then
read the parts which referred to the precautions he had
taken to provide forage for his horses, &e., and the
difficulties he had to contend with, which have already
been published. His lordship next referred to his suffer-
ing from ill health, and his being obliged to resign his
command on the 29th November, and that he was sue-
c,eded in that command on the 30th by Col. Doherty.
From the time of the storm on the 14th, up to the time
of his resignation on the 29th, he did everything he
could to provide sufficient forage for his horses, but was
unable to provide it ; and the small supply the horses
had of barley was diminished from the want of nose-
bags. With regard to his statement, that the Heavy
Brigade was better supplied with forage than the Light
Brigade, and contained in his letter to Lord Panmnre,
he (Lord Cardigan) at that time believed it to be correct,
but now that fresh figures had been supplied he found
he was incorrect, and these figures showed a difference
in the percentage of the mortality amongst the horses
of the two brigades of two per cent. only,' making it 12
per cent. instead of 10 per cent. as he had stated. He
was ready to give the Coinmi§sioners the advantage of
that increased per tentage, but it must be borne in mind
that the actual numerical losses appeared greater in the
Heavy Brigade than in the Light Brigade ; and in con-
clusion said that the evidence of Lord Lucan before the
Sebastopol Committee, who was a witness acquainted,
with the place and the difficulties they had to
contend with, fully bore out tha opinion lie
(Lerd Cardigan) formed of the horses of the
Light Brigade being unfit for transport duty, and
was confirmatory of the justness of the discretion he
exercised on that occasion. The same opinion was en-
tertained by the, C .numander-iu-Chief of the army. The
conclusion of his Lordship's address was received with
applause, which was immediately suppressed.
His Lordship then called Assistant-Coinrnissariat-
General Cruickshank—When he made application to
Lord Cardigan for horses for transport duty between
the 14th and 28th November they were refused. He
made a similar application to Lord Lucan, and he re-
plied in a similar manner that the horses could not be
sent down ; he was under the impression that he made
several such applications to Lord Lucan, who on each
occasion refused them. It was not his (.11r.Cruikshanks)
province to inquire why and wherefore they were re-
fused.
His Lordship declined putting any further questions
to the witness, and he then retired.
Earl Cardigan then informed the court that he had
no more witnesses to call.
Mr. Cruickshank, in answer to questions from the
board, said that he met all the commanding of-
ficers on the 15th or 16th November, relative to
providing transport horses, and they all agreed
dt to send a certain number to Balaklava for fcrage,
and in consequence of that he made application
to Lord Cardigan, and afterwards, by his suggestion to
Lord Lucan, the Divisional Commander. When the
first application was made for horses the roads were not
very bad, and at that time it was thought the horses
could have gone from the ca np to Balaklava for the
forage. It had never occurred to him that if the trans.
port mules had taken the forage half way, the cavalry
horses could have conveyed it the remainder of the dis-
tance to the camp. It had been arranged that no delay
should take place at Balaklava in loading the animals.
He knew of no instance when the Light Cavalry Brigade
which came under his notice, had to wait for barley at

Balaklava.
Lord Lucan, who was present, out of regimentals,
asked to be allowed to explain what occurred with re-
ference to the application for horses, which was at
variance with what he (Lord Lucan) believed to be the
ewe.
The Court assented.
Lord Lucan then entered into a statement of how he
acted with reference to such applications, and denied
that he was applied to by Mr. Cruickshank to supply
horses, except on two occasions, which related to Inker-
man, and as he had on a previous occasion stated his
objections to these horses, he requested the orders
should be given in writing.
Mr. Cruickshank persisted in the truth of his state-
ment,
and that, in consequence of his applications to
Lord Lucan, his lordship saw Lord Raglan on it. The
refusal of the horses was a subject of conversation
throughout the camp.
Lord Cardigan said he had no recollection of having
suggested to Mr. Cruikshank to apply to Lord Lucan.
If he had done so there vvolld not have been anything
extraordinary in it. It was the duty of the divisional
commander, and not the Brigadier-General to provide
the transport animals that might be required.
A long discussion ensued between Lord Lucan and
Mr. Cruickshank relative to this point, each persisting
he was right.
The Court adjourned at two o'clock, and on the re-
assembling of the Board,
Col. Tulloch proceeded to make some remarks on
Lord Cardigan's statement.
(The conclusion will be given in our last edition.)

PRINCESS'S THEATRE —Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean's be-
nefit took place last night, on which occasion "The
Winter's Tale" was introduced at this theatre, in the pre-
sence of her Majesty and a crowded auditory. " The
Winter's Tale" has added another signal triumph to
those already gained by Mr. Kean.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—The season at the Adelphi will
close in June, when the building will be taken down for
the purpose of erecting a new theatre on the enlarged
site, covering the whole of the freeholds purchased by
Mr. Webster, in the meanwhile the new theatre,
which is to be entirely coftstructed of iron, will be in
progress in Liverpool, so as to be ready for erection as
soon as the site is to be cleared. Mr. Webster, we un-
derstand, confidently calculates Ola being able to re-open
in December,