The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-16 00:00:00

THE DEBT OF BUENOS AY.RES.

A correspondent has addressed the following letter to
Vie Editor of the Morning Post.:---
" Sir,—As a creditor of the Buenos Ayres Republic,
I thank you for your review, in the Morning Post of
Thur;day, of the committee's able pamphlet. I recom-
mend every creditor to obtain it. Let them real Mr.
Frank Parish's severe castigation of Dr. Don Irineo
Portela and his code of finance, and what he calls jus-
tice. What is to be expected from a Ministry composed
of such men ? Nothing! I thank you for drawing my
attention to this report, as it further leads me to the
conclusion that the small driblet, which in future is to be
diubled (and will pay us about 3 per cent, instead of
merely 1 per cent, per annum), comes with a sad grace ;
for at the moment this sop to Cerberus' is thrown—this
bait to siienea Mr. Giro, Mr. Parish,' and, if possible,
the bondholders and Lord Clarendon—this report tells
us a seizure is made upon our lands in the vicinity of
Buenos Ayres, that are so notoriously of high value that
they (this mortgage on them is secured by the original
bonds) would pay this paltry debt off if it were three
times the amount it is. Wells might the bondholders
point to the 9 per cent. paying by Chili and I)ru (being
G per cent, on capital and 3 on arrears), besides (as
pointed out in the Morning Post of Friday) a redemp-
tion fund that, in the case of Peru, insures its total pay-
ment and liquidation within a very short time. What
a contrast !

_ .
"I will not touch upon the policy or impolicy of Mr.
Robertson's allusions to the late President, General
Rosas, as 3 do not understand the political bearings of
such remarks. This, however, I venture to say and to
recommend to the creditors—' Let them agitate till they
obtain justice,' whoever may be President of Buenos
Ayres—be it Rosas, be it Obligado, a Rivadavia, or
Garcia. Our money (1,000,0001. sterling) was lent at
85 per cent, to the Republic, not to its president or pre-
sidents, be they who they may.
" If General Rosas has signed decrees such as Mr. Ro-
bertson refers to, they certainly do the General credit
and honour ; and I hope and wish he (the General) may
further elucidate the matter, as he is, I hear, still in.
England. With regard to his general policy ;and his
bold and ambitious invasions of the Banda Oriental
and the southernmost Brazilian province of Rio Grande
do Sul, it might have been an error, for the Emperor of
Brazil had large navies, a well-paid and well-disciplined
army, and enjoyed a credit equal to any `Ztate in Et.-
rope ; whilst Rosas was, from mistaken policy, inferior
in 0,!I these respects. Still I have heard even Brazilians
admit that, in crushing Monte Video and laying waste
the 'Banda and Rio Grande do Sul, he aimed (perhaps
erroneously) at making Buenos Ayres a great and pros-
perous city, securing to it a monopoly. We all know
the result (and General Rosas more than others) of this
mistaken policy.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
"J. T., A BUENOS AYRELtN CREDITOR. I
"City, Feb. 8,1856."

MINING INTELLIGENCE.—The mining market opened
this week very heavily, and a considerable decline in
prices took place in several shares wh►ch were offered
for hale, the decline in each case being without any ap-
parent cause, excepting a preponderance of sellers ; and
a s the public demand was limited, the dealerl would
only bny at their own prices. The shares most affected
in price were—Rosevrarne, United Mines, East Rose,
Bottallack, and a few others.—Mininy Journal of this
day.

LORDS LUCAN AND CARDIGAN.

The following letterz have been addressed to the
editor of the Times :

Sir,--Having laid before the Secretary of State for
War a statement in.reply to the allegations male against
me in the report of the commission to the Crimea, and
which will be made public,•it will be unnecessary, and,
indeed, impossible, for me to answer all the calumnies
of anonymous writers ; but to the letter of " A Civilian,"
which occupies a conspicuous place in your j.nirnal of
to-day, I will give the following replies :-
1. I had no power to move the Light Cavalry Bri-
gade ; such an order must have come through the L'eu-
tenant-General of the Division from the Commander-in-
Chief of the army.
2. I attended the camp daily with scarcely any ex-
ception, and sometimes twice a-day.
3. It was no part of ,ny duty to visit the sentries by
night or day ; they were only the usual camp sentries,
and ought to be visited by the urderly officer. If they
had been videttes at the outposts, and there were none
at that time from the Light Cavalry Brigade, they would
have been visited by the field officer of the day.
4. When a friend of mine brought out a yacht which
I had lent to him Lord Raglan recommended and sanc-
tioned my sleeping on board it. This was a sufficient
authority for me to do so, and so feel confident that there
was nothing improper in the measure.
5. Thera is no correspondence in existence which can
in the slightest degree reflect upon me.
6. With regard to other groundless insinuations, I do
not consider it necessary to notice them.—l am, sir,
your obedient servant, CARDIGAN.
Portman-square, Feb. 15.

Sir,—Lord Pat mnre having undertaken to lay the
enclosed letter on the table of the House of Lords this
day, I am enabled to give it to you for publication,
should you consider it deserving of a place in your
columns, and for which I shall feel obliged.—l have the
honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant,
Hanover-square, Feb. 15.

LUCAN.

"Hanover-squar.3, Feb. 7.
"My Lord,—Late last evening only I had the oppor-
tunity of reading the report of the Commission of In-
quiry in the East. I consider that I have much cause
of complaint. The Commissioners have allowed them-

selves to offer opinions Ishich, if founded on fact, must
tell to the disadvantage of the cavalry, as also to my
own, their commander. In one place the Commissioners
° state that the mortality of horses from sickness in the
t cavalry exceeded that of the transport animals which is
• notoriously inconsistent with fact. In another place it
is inferred, and without foundation, that there was tar-
' diness in the construction of stables, and that the cavalry
• only commenced their construction at the end of January
• or beginning of February, and only terminated in the
middle of March ; when, on the contrary, they com-
menced early in December, so soon as Lord Raglan
could be prevailed upon to move them from the heights
before Sebastopol to a permanent camp ; and instead of
only completing in the middle of March, the 800 horses,
of which the cavalry then consisted, were every one of
them stabled on the 11th of February ; and, so far from
there having been many disposable hands for this work,
and that so small a proportion of the regiments was em-
ployed in transport and carriage of sick, as it is alleged,
I am prepared to show by nominal return of men that
every disposable man was put to constructing stables,
but that on many days in many regiments not ono man,
in consequence of other duties, was available. I made
it the first duty of my Deputy-Assistant-Qaartermaster-
General to report daily upon the progress made in this
hutting. I constantly visited the different camps my-
self ; and, not altogether satisfied, as I fancied, with the
energy displayed by some regiments of the Light Bri-
gade, I made them report to ono daily the work of the
day before. I venture to observe that it was roost cre-
ditable to the cavalry that, against every difficulty and
obstruction, they succeeded in stabling all their horses,
when in the French army at the same time, whatever
may have since happened, not one horse was under cover.
Again, these Commissioners have not scrupled to charge
the Lieutenant-General with deterring officers from pro-
posing to stable their horses in consequence of the man-
ner, as they state, with which I received a proposal from
the officer commanding the Scots Greys. Now, toyl
Lord, I have no personal knowledge of these Commis-
sioners, but I think it not only due to myself, but,
perhaps, to others, to show how these gentlemen have,
in my case at least, allowed themselves hastily to form
and unscrupulously to promulgate opinions, if at all
founded, most prejudicial to professional character,
without giving themselves an opportunity, either by the
cross-examining a witness or by a reference to the party
accused, of elicit:ng the truth. Sir John M`Neill is
not justified in casting imputations upon me without
giving me an opportunity of justification or defence.
Had he felt disposed to do me justice he might have
asked for my examination, or have referred to melor in-
formation ; and I cannot withhold that, through his
omission to do either, be has inflicted a wrong where, in
the discharge of a public duty, he should have shown a
spirit of equity and jurtice. Now, my kird, to satisfy
your lordship that I have cause to feel hurt, and for
some indignation, I must, at the risic of extending this
letter, give the facts in the case of Colonel Griffiths as
they occurred. Subsequent to tho storm of the 14th of
November, Colonel Griffiths, when visiting rii, as field
officer of the day of the division, to report upon the out-
posts, spoke to me in a complaining tone of the suffer-
ings of his men and horses. I was at that time, and had
been many days previous, in daily communication with
Lord Raglan personally, or the Quartermaster-General,
depicting to them the fearful sufferings of the horses,
and urging them,' in every possible manner, either to
allow the cavalry to be moved to a position less ex-
posed, or where their forage or the materials for hut-
ting would be available. It is difficult to exaggerate
my anxiety at this time, and your lordship must oh.
serve, that before any stabling could be constructed
it was necessary for a permanent winter camp to be
fixed upon, which would depend upon the state of the
siege of Sebastopol, and the means of defence of Lord
Raglan had at his disposal to protect the rear of his po-
sition. Both Raglan and General Canrobert felt that
they could not spare the cavalry at that time, and de-
tained them accordingly. At the moment that Colonel
Griffiths referred to the stabling of his horses we were
only occupying a temporary camp, and it was undecided
whether we were to shift to another position, still on the
heights, but a little removed, or were to take up a per-
manent winter camp in the neighbourhood of Kadikoi ;
and this last was at the end of ten days decided upon.
As has been said, Colonel Griffiths referred in a plain-
tive tone to the state of his horses, and in one of re-
proach. I, knowing from the past that I felt to say
the least, as much anxiety for the horses of the
Greys as Colonel Griffiths, replied accordingly ;
upon which this officer allowed himself a manner and
the use of words so disrespectful that I de-fired
him to desist, or I would place him under arrest.
If Colonel Griffiths in his evidence intended to say
that he was threatened with arrest for expressing any
anxiety about his horses, and not on account of his dis-
respectful manner in the conversation which followed,
he has stated that which is as unworthy of him as it is
untrue. At this time no horse of my own, of my staff,
nor do I believe of any of the regimental officers, was
stabled. I cannot recollect a single structure within
the cavalry camp excepting Colonel Griffiths's kitchen.
"My lord, in this report inferences are drawn re-
specting the commissariat supplies, so far as the cavalry
are concerned, so much at variance with the state of the
case, that I think it my duty to tender myself as a wit-
ness. No officer, so far as the Cavalry Division is con-
cerned, can speak with equal knowledge and authority
of all the circumstances and facts, and this report must
continue very incomplete without my evidence.--I have
the honour, &c.,

"LuCAN, Major• General.
"P.S. Since writing the above, I am informed that
there is no very pleasant mention made of the subject of
this letter in the Times. I have not read it, purposely ;
bu: your lordship will, I am sure, feel that it is not now
the less important to me that the examination I seek
should he accorded.

"LueAN."

INSURRECTION IN ALGERIA.

We read in the MO niteur Algerien of theloth:

"The Governor-General received information on the
21st ult. that an insurrection had broken out in the
Valley of the Sebaou, and that several tribes had col-
lected together and made a hostile movement towards
Tizi-Ouzou, and threatened the now post established
there. Not knowicg whether this insurrection might
have ramifications in other parts, at Kabylie,
orders were immediately given to concentrate a
sufficient force to reestablish order. On the 2d, three
battalions of the 60th reiginent, a squadron of the 7th
Hussar:, and a detachment of artillery under the com-
mand of General do Ligny, left Algiers and pro-
ceeded by forced marches towards Tizi-Ouzau. The ad-
vanced guard arrived there at daybreak on the 24th. The
news of the rapid approach of the French troops had the
effect of clearing away the insurgents from the neigh-
bourhood of that post ; still the Kahyles did not retire
to their homes, but remained in numerous groups on the
sides of their mountains, firing off their muskets by way
of challenge to the French. In order to establish the
French authority in the plain, and also to draw the
Sabyles into the ground more favourable to the opera-
tions of the French troops, Gen. de Ligny, on the 28th,
ordered a razzia to be made in the direction of the village
of Meddour, two leagues to the east of Tizi.Ouzou. This
operation was effected without the troops engaged in it
meeting with anyresistance, butat the moment when they
were returning to the camp, Capt. Beaupretre, who had
pushed-a reconnaissance to some distance along the valley,
was followed by a body of horsemen, aided by from 300 to
400 foot. The general sent a force to support the captain,
and the squadron of hussars under Captain du Sers
charged the enemy, who hastily retreated, leaving 20
killed in the hands of the French. After this success it
was hoped that the Beni-Ouaguenous would abandon
the insurgent tribes and return to their submission; but
as they persisted in their outbreak, it was resolved to
punish them. On the 30th a column left the camp,
crossed the Sebaou, and attacked the ria,byles. They
resisted obstinately, but were at length put to the rout,
with the loss of 50 killed, and several wounded, besides
a great- number of oxen and sheep. The loss of the
French was only four killed. Almost all the tribes on
the right bank of the Sebaou have quitted the other in-
surgents and renewed their submiesion to French autho-
rity, and those tribes who still remain in rebellion have
retired into the mountains of the Beni-Eaten."

IRON MISER IN NOVA SCOTIA,—The prospectus
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mines of Nova Scotia to be cAlleci the Acadian Iron Com-
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SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

POLAND.

The funeral of Field-Marshal Paskiewitch
took place on the 4th, at Warsaw. The mortal
remains of the prince were carried in great
ceremony to the palace chapel, accompanied
by the clergy, the entire body of officers, and
all the civil officers present in the city. The
corners of the pall were borne by the superior
officers of the regiment of Cossacks' which had
served as body-guard to the deceased. The
crowd in the streets, • was immense, and mili-
tary deputations were present from the armies
of Austria and Prussia. The Austrian baton of
the deceased marshal was borne in state by Gene-
ral Parrot, the Prussian one by Colonel Bosse,
and that for Russia by General de Witt. At the
Cathedral the Archbishop of Warsaw, Mgr. Ar-
senius, officiated. During the whole of the
ceremony the batteries of Warsaw filled the air
with repeated salvos. According to the wish of
the illustrious deceased, the body was after the
ceremony transported to the family vault in the
village of Iwanowka.