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London, England, 1856-04-15 00:00:00

Balaklava and the camp we might have conversed freely,
honestly, and openly upon these matters, and without
difficulty have set everything right.
Col. Tulloch—Did not the Commissioners give you
that opportunity in waiting to yourself, and by four
days' examination of your senior assistant ?
Sir R. Airey— Of the examination in writing I have
already spoken. Mine were merely general and
superficial answers to general questions. I had no idea
the Commissioners would have blamed or implicated
any body. If I had had the slighte%t idea they would
have done so I should have gone more fully into the
matter.
Col. Tulloch repeated the question, and added--Did
not the Commissioners attend three tinges at head-quar-
ters for the purpose of seeing you ?
Sir R. A irey—You attended in person, but no exami•
nation of me took place, and consequently that was null
and void.

Col Tulloch (to the Board) said he wished to show
that ho gave Sir R. Airey an opportunity of affording an
explanation on this point, and asked him—Do you
think the Commissioners could attach blame to no one
when it was found so many horses had died ?
Sir R. Airey—l thought it was quite impossible for
the C,immissiuner3 to have found by these inquiries that,
under the peculiar circumstances under which the army
w;:s placed, any one in the Crimea was to blame.
It is now my impression that some of the persons is the
Crimea were to blame.

• Col. Tulloch continued to put questions of a similar
character to Sir R. Airey, and he replied that if he bad
hal any idea that there would have been a subsequent
inquiry would have afforded the Crimean soldier
fuller information. He considered from their questions
that they were seeking merely for general information,
and be gave his answers accordingly.
Cd. Tulloch—lf the Crimean Commissioners had to
report to the Secretary of State for War, and ultimately
to Parliament, could they have omitted such an impor-
tant circumstance as when shelter was ordered and pro-
vided, and should not the information thereupon given
to the commissioner; been of the most specific character ?
S r R. Airey—l don't know what were the instruc-
tions given to the commissioners, but I thought they
merely embraced Commissariat duties. I did not know
that you were called upon to report on other matters.
Col. Tulloch—Could they in " v,ny report " have
omitted such an important circumstance ?
Sir R. Airey—The question is so vague and indefinite
that I really can't answer it.

Colonel tulloch—Did it not occur toyou that in "any
short" made by the Commissioners to the Government,
that in the absence of such information, if the Quarter-
master• General's department had done its duty, that the
cavalry had neglected theirs.
Sir It. Airey —I don't admit the inference that is
drawn here, that the cavalry neglected their duty.
My impression is that the cavalry under the circum-
stances in which they were placed did all they could.
I can't answer the question in any other way.
Shortly after 2 o'clock, the Court adjourned for half
an hour.

The Court having re-assembled,
General Sir R. Airey was recalled.
Col. Tulloch—When the order was given to provide
shelter on the 12th Nov., and it was not completed until
the middle or end of February, could the Commissioners
have come to any other conclusion than that it arose
from any other circumstance than a want of promptitude
and ingenuity, especially when the great mortality
amongst the horses was taken into consideration ?
Sir R. Airey—l think it is an error the Commission-
era committed in not going sufficiently into the evidence.
Col. Tollosh—What could the Commissioners have
clone more than examine yourself and your senior as-
sistant ?

Sir R. Airey—My exa►ninaticn taken on the spot
appears now to have been incomplete.
Col. Tulloch—lf you supposed that the inquiry of the
Commissioners was confined to the Commissariat, why
should they have gone to the Quartermaster-General's
department for information ?

Sir R. Airey—That was best known to the Commis-
sioners themselves. Probably it was because he was is
continual correspondence with the Commissary-General.
Col. Tulloch—May did you rat at once reply to our
inquiries by. denying our authority in regard to the mat•
ter of shelter for the horses.

Sir R. Airey—l was desired by the Commander of the
Forces to appear before the Commissioners, and to give
them all the information I could.

Col. Tulloch—Why, under any circumstances, did
you give information which must of necessity lead to
erroneous conclusions ?

Sir R. Airey—lt appears to me that I have answered
that question in spirit several times. I gave all the
general information that at the moment appeared to me
to he embraced in tae Commissioners' questions, and I
had no reason to believe that they required any further
specific information. They knew where I was in the
Crimea, and after my return to E❑gland they might have
found me in London, and if they required more informa-
tion bad they applied to me I would have given it.
Colonel Tulloch—Are you not aware that when com-
missioners have taken evidence, and that evidence is
signed by the persons giving it, the duty of the eomwie'
rioner3 may be said to be ended ?
Sir R. Airey—.l think that when commissioners are
sent to make inquiries into circumstances such as
those that took place in the Crimea, they ought to leave
no stone unturned to obtain the most complete infor-
mation. If after the evidence of officers had been given
it was found that the evidence was not complete, they
should have applied to those officers for further informa-
tion. In the Crimea, when cholera prevailed, and there
was great fear in consequence—men in full health watt
taken ill at 11 o'clock and were corpses in the afternoon—
there were necessarily many difficulties. The Commis-
sioners themselves were obliged to go to Constantinople
for the benefit of their health, but they did not return
again to the Crimea.

After the gallant General gave some further evidence,
the Court adjourned at four o'clock.

Co .retry xlarKits.

CHELMSFOI
We had to-day a large sup]
dull trade, and prices must
best, and 2s for inferior sa
for, and the turn dearer. A
value, with but little doing-
Wheat, white, old, per s. s.
qr. 52 76
new 58 73
old 54 70
new 51 68
Barley 30 38
Chevalier 33 42
Grinding 2B 36
Malt 71 75
Chevalier 73 77

D-A?BIL 11.

ply of wheat, which caused
b 3 quoted is lower for the
,mples. Barley was inquired
11 other things unaltered in

s. 0.
Oats, per qr 22 28
Peas, Partridge 38 40
White 4O 47

red,

Boiling 4l 48
Dun 37 38
Beans, Tick 35 37
Harrow ticks 3T 39
Mazagan 34 36
Ditto, new 33 31

COLCHESTER- APRIL 11.

A good supply of wheat, and prices must be noted 18 to
2s per qr. cheaper. Barley continues in demand, at very
full prices. Beans the turn lower. Peas scarce, and the
prices well supported.
Prices to-day were as follow :---Wheat, white, 72s to 76a ;
red, 64s to6Ss ; barley, 3iis to 42s ; oats, 21, to 26s ; Lena,.
Kazagan, 34s to 36s ; middle and small, 34s to 44s ; leas,
white, 46s to 43s ; grey, 30s to 40s.

Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c
in the port of London, from the following pi
the ith to the 12th April, both inclusive.

receive 3
)rtd, from

4 p 4 0 Al P. 04
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Colchester — i 350' 60
Harwich l4l
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