The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-05 00:00:00

THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.
(This Day.)

The Board re-assembled at the usual hour.
The proceedings of the Court commenced this morn-
ing with the examination of Mr. Filder, the Commis-
sary-General, at the reque4t of Mr. Cruickshank,
relative to his being placed under arrest.
Mr. Filder said that he perfectly well remembered
Mr. Cruickshank being placed under arrest, and be
forwarded to Lord Raglan a request from Mr. Cruick-
shank that an inquiry might be instituted into his con-
duct. Lord Raglan refused an inquiry, on the ground
that it was inexpedient to do so, but never expressed to
him (Mr. Filder) any disapprobation of Mr. Cruick-
shank's conduct. If his Lordship had expressed his
disapprobation of Mr. Cruickshank's conduct he (Mr.
Filder) must have known it.
Lord Lucan said he wrote a letter to the Adjutant-

General stating he had placed Mr. Cruickshank under
arrest, to which he received an answer with his ow❑
letter containing Lord Raglan's remarks on Mr. Crnick-
shank's conduct. That letter, with the other, was
again returned to the Adjutant-General's Department in
the Crimea, and he hoped the Court would ask for its
production.
Mr. Cruickshank said he had already applied for the
production of the letter Lord Lucan surmised was in
existence.

The subject dropped.
Sir R. Airey then resumed his case, and asked for the
production of Col. Mackenzie's evidence taken is the
Crimea by the Commissioners.

Col. Tulloch said it had already been produced, and
then proceeded to defend his statements made on a
former occasion as to the mode adopted by the Commis-
sioners in the Crimea in taking the evidence of the va-
rious witnesses. He admitted striking out of Colonel
Wetherall's evidence some marginal notes that officer
bad placed on it, because they did not bear on the ques-
tions the Commissioners had put to him. After striking

them out he again sent the evidence to Col. Wetherell.
The minutes produced were in the same state as when
they were sent the last time to Col. Wetherell for ap-
proval, and returned by him.
Sir 11, Airey read the whole of the evidence given by

C.)l. Tulloch relative to the manner the Commissioner;

took the evidence of the military witnesses in the Crimea,
and submitted the minutes to them for correction and
signature, to insure accuracy, which he said was at vari-
ance with the facts, since the minutes produced showed
erasures had been made in them.

Col. Tulloch could not assent to the term "erasure."
The portions of evidence complained of were not obli-
terated, but merely crossed over. The witnesses, or any
other person, could easily read what was marked out.
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Sir B. Airey asked Col. Tulloch why he took upon
himself to alter the evidence of Col. 'Vetherall ?
Col. Tulloch said he was not certain that he made the
alterations alluded to. The reason for its being done
was that it was at variance with thA -c

ter coats, as shown by tho otlicial returms.
Sir R. Airey—Then I collect from that you did it to
"square the account" with evidence taken elsewhere.

Colonel Tulloch—l don't say that.

Colonel Wetherall was then re-examined by Sir R.
Airey—The blue-book did not contain the whole of the
evidence he gave before the Commissioners in the Criraea,

and portions had been omitted without his authority.
The MS. in Col. Tulloch's handwriting, with certain
portions crossed out, was the evidence he gave in the
Crimea, and he considered the omissions important parts
of his evidence. The printed evidence was not a faith-
full report of his evidence. Re thought the commis-
sioners were not justified in animadverting in the strong
terms they had on the Quarterina iter-General's depart-

went, and had they analysed the returns he felt confident
they would not have done so. The report stated that
but 460 watch•coats had been issued and drawn up
to a certain period, when in point of fact there
had been 1,061 issued and drawn as stated in the

omitted portions of his evidenos. The books were pro•

duced on his examination for his own reference, but he did
not remember whether Colonel Tulloch examined them.

After he had left the Crimea he wasiattachedlto the Turk-
ish Contingent, and was stationed 12 miles from Constan-
tinople when the Commissioners returned to that place.
If they had wished to bave examined him farther they
could have done so easily. Col. Wetherall proceeded
to point out the other defective portions of the Com-

missioners' report relative to the actual supply of
rugs, blankets, &c.
[We will give the conclusisn in our last edition.]

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will pre-
side over the festival of the year of the Royal Literary
Fund, on Wednesday next, at the Freemasons' Tavern.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing•street. The Ministers pre-
sent were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of
Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr.
Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R.
Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Puke of
Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Ba.ineF. The Council
sat two hours.

The Bourse Gazette of B•'rlin says :—" The Russian
Government has appointed M. Wasyli to be member of
the commission charged with the re-organisatioa of the
Danubian Principslimies. That diplomatist, who has
already filled diplomatic functions in the principalities
and in the East, is of Greek origin, and perfectly con-
versant with the questions with which the commission is
to occupy itself."
COMMITTAL FOR CHILD MURDER.—A woman named
Eliza Davis, aged 27, has just been committed to the
Hereford county prison for trial at the next assizes, on
the charge of the wilful murder of her child, aged four
month, by throwing it into a well at the village of
Kingsland, in that county.
THE MAILS— SOUTHAMPTON, May 4.—The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's screw-steamer Ava, Capt. Field,
sailed this morning for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria,
with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, 45 par.
sengers, 2,395 boxes of specie for India, Straits, and
Chiaa, value 644,7091. 155., and for Malta and Alexan-
dria 1,4611.—t0tal 646,1711. 10e.—and a full general
cargo. This is the lareest amount of specie ever shipped
on board either of this company's steam ships. Among
the passengers are Lieut.-Gen. Sir Patrick Grant, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Madras army ; Col. Haines, lion.
G. Edwards, Capt. B. Ford, Major Jackson, and Lieut.
Pearse. The Tagus, Capt. Weeks, with the next out-
ward Peninsular mails, leaves on the 7th inst. The
United States' mail steam-ship Fulton, Capt. Wotton,
will sail from Havre and Southampton on Wednesday
next for New York with the French and English mails,
passengers, and cargo.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed the Rev. C. E.
Hall to the rectory of Shire-Newton, county of Mon-
mouth. The vicarage of Wardley, county of Rutland,
has been conferred by the Lord Chancellor upon the
Rev. C. R. Newmarcb. The vicarage of St. Michael's
Derby, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, has been
given to the Rev. J. Erskine Clarke. The Lord Chan-
cellor has presented the Rev. J. Maddy to the vicarage
of Down Hatherley, county of Gloucester. The vicar-
age of Stokeewith-Sorne, county of Warwick, has been
given to the Rev. Robert Arrowsmith by the Lord
Chancellor. The Queen has appointed the Rev. Y.
Pettet to the perpetual curacy of St. Jude's, Birmingham.
Mr. Coghlan M. Mg-lardy is appointed to be third
class clerk in the Director-General's Department, of
the Admiralty, at Somerset-house. Captain R. B. Wat-
son, C. 8., is appointed to be Naval Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen.
COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—A meeting of the ren-
ters of the late theatre at Covent-garden was held on
Saturday at Mr. Robins's rooms, in the Piaaza, for the
purpose of considering their present position. Mr. Sur-
man (the representative of the proprietors) stated that
since the last meeting of the renters and proprietors,
about two months since, the Duke of Bedford had brought
an action of ejectment to recover possession of the site
of Covent-garden Theatre, and early in this present
week his grace would, no doubt, re-enter upon the
ground, and, consequent upon that event, the proprietors
and renters will become divested of all interest in the
theatre and the ground. The proprietors had no means
of re-building the theatre, and had stated their intention
of surrendering their leases, Of course they could not
expect the duke to remain quiet under these circum-
stances. Mr. Surman thought the duke had acted libe-
rally in giving up the five quarters' rent due to him.
DIRECT TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEENLON-
DON AND ST. PETERSBURG.—Since the re-establishment
of commercial relations between Great Britain and
Russia, the Electric and International Telegraph Com-
pany have received despatches direct from St. Peters.
burg, within a second of their leaving that capital ; the
length of wire being about 1,700 miles. The medium
by which the messages were conveyed in the printing
telegraph, and simultaneously with the necessary touch
of the finger on the instrument at the Lothbury or Strand
stations in London. This is the greatest telegraphic
feat yet achieved through the medium of the submarine
wires, and indicates the progressive and rapid extension
of instantaneous communication. The direct transmis-
sion of messages between London and the other princi-
pal continental cities is now a matter of daily occur-
rence.
THE MURDER OF MISS HINDS.—The Anglo-Celt
says :—" The death warrants for the execution of Dunne
and Murphy have arrived, and persons are employed
every day for the last week arranging and painting the
scaffold in front of the gaol, upon which they are to
make their ignominious exit. It is probable, however,
that there will be no execution on the 16th, as it must
take a longer time than lies between this day and that
to have the motion in error in the case of Dunne de-
cided; and the identification of Murphy being essential
in the conviction of Dunne, the former must be held
over for the purpose, if the latter is to have a new trial.
The afidavits in the case have been made, and counsel
for the prisoner are confident that the point raised by
them is a very good one and must prevail. We have
heard on the most reliable authority it is intended to
urge the matter to the furthest, even to the House of
Lords, if thie be necessary,';