The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

THE LATE THOMAS ATT WOOD.

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A town's meeting was held in the Town Hall, at
Birmingham, yesterday, the Mayor (r. R. T. Hodgson,
Esq.,) in the chair, for the purpose of devising the best
means of carrying into effAct the resolve of a small meet
ing held a week or two Since, the raising up of a me-
morial commemorative of the great public services of
the late Thomas Attwood. The ball wal well filled ;
Mr. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, M.P., Mr. Salt,
Mr. George Edmonds. Mr. William Mathews, Mr.
Joseph Webster, Mr. J. Betts, Mr. Alderman Cutler,
Mr. Alderman Baldwin, and all the surviving political
unionists were present, many of them wearing the long
laid-by medals. The meeting was of a most enthusiastic
character, and the following, ' amongst other resolutions,
was passed :
" That the eminently patriotic services of the late Thomas
Attwood, as the leader of the greatest political movement
of thi' century, deserve an acknowledgment from the coun-
try. In a time of great public peril, when law and liberty
were alike in danger, he curbed the passions of the people
by his wisdom, and led them to victory by the force
of his enthusiasm and the earnestness of his patriotism.
He sought no compensation for his sacrifices, and he ac•
cepted no reward for his services; and this meeting is of
opinion that it is the duty of all who have profited by his
labours and who admire his character to mark their gra-
titude and perpetuate the memory of his good deeds by a
memorial that will be a stimulus and an example to his
townsmen for ever."

A handsome sum was subscribed in the hall ; and a
committee was appointed to decide on the form which
this memorial of honour and gratitude shall take,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—;Tbis Day.)

LONDON, April 22. - Wind this Jay at noon, N.E. ;
slight breeze, and cloudy weather.
SWANSEA, April 21.—Wind for
Marseilles; Brazilian Packet, Barcelona; Marco Polo,
Gibraltar.

WATERFORD, Apeil 20. —Wind N.N.E. to W.—Sailed
—llllnon, for Quebec.
POOLE, April 21.—Wind E.—Sailei—Nelson Packet,
For Carboneur.

SALCOMBE, April 20.—Arrived—Achilles, from Ceylon.
JERSEY, April 20.—Wind E.—Sailed—Christopher Co.
lum bus, for Bay Chaleur ; True Blue, Malta.
CARDIFF, April 21.—Wind N. W.—Sailed —George
Kidd, for Rio Janeiro ; Eustace, Milo; Primus' Mai.
SHIELDS, April 21.—Wind N.—Sailed—John Robin-
son, for Shanghai ; Hamet, Quebec.
HARTLEPOOL, April 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Melte,
Margaretha, from Fanoe. Sailed—Holland Frauw, for
Hong Kong ; Croxdale, Genoa.
SKYBBEREEN, April 17,—The Boomerang, of Liverpool,
dismasted and abandoned, was passel on the sth inst., in
lat. 41. N. lon. 46. W., by the cutter Muscongus, arrived
off Cape Clear.

MALDON, April 21.—Several smacks were round and
stripping a large easel, with Newcastle on her stern, sunk
in 3! fathoms at low water, off the Whittaker Spit, on the
19th April. The schooner which was on shore at Thurstill
Spit on the 16th April, (line off yesterday.
SYRA, 9th April.—The British schooner Timandra,
Ellis, from London to Balaklava, put ipto the island of
Milo on the 31st of March, her cargo (patent fuel) being
on fire ; she had to run on shore and was scuttled ; her
cargo would be landed.

JONSTANTINOPLE, April 21.—The Omer Pasha (a.), is
ashore in the Bosphorus ; assistance has been sent.

(PAR KLEMM" TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind S.
Arrived—Astarte, from Rio Janeiro ; Orion, New Or
leans.
Sailed—Harriet Stewart, for Konigsberg ; Margaret,
Narva ; Thermutis, Beirout.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.43 a.m.
Wind, E. ; tide, low water; fine.
Arrived, April 21.—Anne, from Dunkirk; Poniard
Ostend.
Arrived, 22.—Wellington, from Madras.
Sailed, April 21.—Jame Shepherd, for Jamaica.
Saild, 22d.—Gertrude, for Danzig ; Blue Jacket, Ge
flea.

DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m.

Wind N.E., moderate,
Sailed—Helena, for London.

The Treaty of Peace with Russia contains a clause to
the effect that the Allies shall evacuate the Ottoman
territ ,ry on the exchange of the ratifications.
Letters from Riga of the 14th inst. mention that the
ice in the river had broken up two days previously, and
that the arrival of vessels at the port and the general
resumption of navigation might be expected in a fort-
night, if not sooner.
MALT.—During the year from the 10th of October,
1854, to the 50th of September, 1855, 4,513,718 quar-
ters of malt were made, and 3,843,931 quarters used by
brewers and retail dealers in beer. Of this quantity, '
3.464,160 quarters were used by brewers and victuallers,
and 379,771 quarters by retail brewers. 3,557,074
quarters of malt were used in England, 114,839 quar-
ters in Scotland, and 172,018 quarters in Ireland.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. SAUNDERS, OF TEE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.—A most interesting presentation
of plate to Mr. Saunders, the seer,tary of the Great
Western Railway, took place in the Board-room on
Saturday afternoon, when about 200 of the clerks and
other employa on the line assembled ; not more than
that number, out of about 1,200 gentlemen, employed
as managers and clerks on the line, being able to be
spared from their duties at one time. The testimonial,
which had been got up so privately that Mr. Saunders
knew nothing of it within a very few days of the time,
consisted of a most elegant epergne—supported by ex-
quisitely-modelled figures, representing Justice, Indus-
try, and Wisdom-:—and two beautiful claret jugs. The
plate was designed and executed by Messrs. Hunt and
Roskell, and the epergne was surmounted by some ex-
quisite artificial flowers (from the studio of Mrs. Stodart,
a floral artist of great talent). Mr. Saunders, who was
most deeply affected and loudly cheered, expressed his
heartfelt thanks in a very neat end appropriate speech.

TIIE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.

[A part of the following appeared in our impression
yesterday.]
The Board of General officers reassembled this morn-
ing at tha Royal Hospital, Chelsea, at the usual hour.
Lord Lucan corninznced the proceedings this morn-
ing by first putting the question to Colonel Tuiloch
'hick, on a previous day, the Board took time to con-

ider was a question that ought to be put to him, viz.,
vhether he would now proc:tice a letter which on a
•ormer occa-ion he had stated was in his possession or
of Sir J. 11.1'Neil, in which the Government had in-
i mated their approval of the report of the Commis-
ioners ?

Colonel Tulloch said he had given a letter to the
Tudge-Advocate-General that he (Colonel Tulloch) bad
received from Sir J. APNeil, in which he stated that
Lord Panmure informed him--

The Judge-Advocate-General said, you showed me a
copy of a private letter. You must use your own dis-
retion whether you will produce it or not.
Colonel Tulloch—lt will be necessary for me to con-
nit Sir. J. Al'Neil first. There is a public letter, of
vhich the Board have a copy.

Lord Lucan—l will put the question to Colonel Tul-
loch in a different form. Have you a copy of a letter
received from Lord P,anmure, in which he intimates the
Government approve of your report ?
Colonel Tudoch—Here is the copy of the letter I have
Alluded to. I should not like to read the whole of it ;
but I will a portion of it. Sir J. 111.'Neil says, "And
vhen I next saw Lord Panmure he told me he had read
every word of it (that is the report), and that he consi-
lered it to be temperate and moderate ; and he only
took objection to a part of it that he thought more pro-
perly belonged to military statistics, which he would
have to lay before the Horse Guards." Besides this, I
think the hoard have a copy of an official letter, stating
that Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons inti-
fnated his approval of the report.
The Judge-Advocate-General said the board had no
such letter.

Colonel Tulloch said there was such a letter, and he
would furnish the board with a copy of it in the course
of the day.
Lord Lucan then called Admiral Sir E. Lyons. He
said he commanded the Black Sea fleet. He was never
applied to for canvass with which to shelter the horses,
and had never heard that such an appeal had been made
.o the fleet until he entered that Hall. Hai such an
appeal been made, he must have known it ; because,
whilst the cavalry were in such a sad state, he was in
the habit of riding daily to the c Imp to see if assistance
could be given them. He did not consider that such an
application was made by Lord Raglan ; because, before
the 14th of November, as many sailors, ma,ines, and
carpenters had been sent to the assistance of the army,
with as much canvass as could be spared from the fleet
It would have been impossible to have supplied canvass
tor covering 2,000 horses. He never had at one time
15 sail of the line. The largest number he had at on:.
ime did not exceed 11 ; the average was 7. These ships
.gere engaged in patching the coast, and lie had not one
,nan on board any of those vessels when un ter any
possible circumstances he could have spared to th,
army. Colonel Tulloch had stated that there
was nothing to prevent him (Sir E 'mut) 1 Lyons)
rom sparing some of his 200 or 300 carpenters, but
peaking from memory he should say that he never had
nore than 50 or 60 carl‘enters at one time.
Lord Lucan—Would you, under such circumstances,
.ave given up anythinz on the application of a divisional
tied therefore a subordinate officer
Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not.

By Col. Tulloch—Each ship of war, under ordinary
!ircumstances, carried a second set of sails. It would
iot be safe to go to sea without ; but it was not usual to
tarry a reserved supply of canvass in addition. The
quantity of spare sails or canvass for an 80 or 120 gun
hip might be 7,844 yards, as stated in a nautical work,
out it was impossible for any naval man to recollect the
irecise quantity carried. He was unable to say whether
:anvass could have been procured at Constantinople.
Cher° was a great deficiency of carpenters at Con-
stantinople, and he bad to write to England for
some. The Admiralty wrote to say no more
could be obtained from England. Constantinople was
again tried for carpenters for the fleet, but none could
he bad, and he was obliged to send to Malta and offer
very high wages to get some. If it had been possible to
have got carpenters at Constantinople Admiral Grey
would have obtained them. He could not say if car
neuters and canvas could have been obtained from the
merchant vessels in Balaklava Harbour. That could
only be known of the admiral in cherge of the harbour,
but this he knew that the navy did everything they
could to assist the army. So well acquainted wati,.he
..vith the number and strength of the skips in the Black
Sea that he could give a list of the names of the ship,
and their position in the Black Sea from memory, on
any particular day Col. Tulloch might name. The ships
were never lying at one time snug in harbour at
Kamiesh. It they bad been, there wou'd have been no
difficulty in landing the spare canvas and the carpenters
to provide shelter. There were only two vessels at one
time in harbour, and that was at Kazatch, and for a
short period. The line•of-battle ships were stationed at
different points commanding the coast along from Eupa-
' toria, round Sebastopol, to the other side ; and the
other vessels of war were spread about from the Danube
to the Circassian coast, changing their number and posi-
tion as to any given point several times a day.
Col. Tulloch explained that he took the number, &c.,
of the ships from the Naval List of that date, and which
he; handed in to the

Admiral Lyons —lt's perfectly clear you were nut
t here yourself, and you have been wisinformed, and
times about the end of it.

Examinwion continued—Hi wan of opinion that can-
vass would have been worse than useless on the plateau
as Capt. Drummiind ha f stated, but he was unable to
give an 'minion on it with regard to the Valley of Kadi-
koi. It was a military quei-tion, which he did not feel
himself qualified to agswer.
Sir G. Berkeley—You have mentioned that you were
constantly riding through the cainp. Did it strike you
hat there was any want of promptitude or ingenuity
display-et' in not having the cavalry horses more under
,nelter ?

Sir E. Lyons—Certainly not. I faw a great many
offic,rs occupied in sheltering their hones in a way that
appeared io me the most efficacious, and that was by
iwiog np entbatikmei,ts in a certain direction against.
'he prevalent and piercing NE. wind. Sir George
Browne's horses never had any other shelter. Every
one appeared to me to be doing their best.
Examination continued—He was unable to form an
opinion of what ought to have been done, and lie never
could admit there was an interval of a month,orany

tune, as (Jul. Tulloch assumed, between the 12th. Nov.,
when the order was given to provide shelter for the
cavalry, and the February following, when it was pro-
vided. Every one always appeared hard at work.
By the Judge-Advocate.General—llo you consider
yourself c3rnpetent to speak further on the promptitude
or ingenuity displayed in providing shelter for the ca-
valry ?
Sir E. Lyons—No.
After some further unimportant questions the gallant
admiral was informed he might withdraw; but before
doing s he addressed the Board on the cordiality and
good feeling that had existed during the Crimean cam
paign, and which he trusted would continue between
the army and the navy, and entered into a detailed
statement of the assistance rendered by the navy
to the army during their periods cf suffering, after
the battles, and subsequently, when afflicted with
sickness, &c., because from the statements that had
gone forth it might be inferred that there were
many things and much assistance that might have been
rendered to the army voluntarily or if asked for that had
not been done or given. He was far from believing that
Col. Tulloch meant to blame the navy for not giving
assistance—[Col. Tulloch—No ]—but that he blamed
the army for not asking for it. [Col. Tulloch—Yes..]
The gallant admiral then read several letters and
documents conveying the thanks of Lord Raglan and
others to the navy, for the great and valuable assist-
ance they had given to the array, and for their readiness
in placing everything they had available for the army at
their command, as well as for their assistance in getting
up ammunition and supplies for the army.
The gallant admiral then withdrew.
Major Connelly was next called by Lord Lucan.—He
was Brigade-Major in the East. On the 3d of October
782 horses of the heavy brigade were landed in the
Crimea, and he produced the return, signed by General
t-3 carlett. The returns of the duties of the cavalry in the
East, as stated by Col. Hodge, and printed in the ap.
pendis of the report, was incorrect, so far as the heavy
brigade was concerned.
Col. Tulloch asked that the correct returns should be

put in.
Examination continued—The details of brigade duties
should be obtained from the Brigade-Major, and for a
(division from theA.djutant-Gencral of the division, and
not from
and divisions. Lord Lucan frequently called his
brigatle-mPi.rs and officers of division to con-
sult together how they might best provide shelter for
the horses. Witness read a copy of an order, dated Ist
Jan., 1855, in which Lord Lucan informed them they
had better take all the care they could of their horses
and men, because in all pr ibability the calamities that
had befallen the cavalry would be laid to their
charge. More promptitude and ingenuity could noc
have been displayed, under the circumstances, in
providing shelter for the horses, and Lord Lucan
had never deterred the officers by any act of his from
providing shelter. The Greys changed their encamp
client, from the time of their arrival at Balaklava to the
14th November, about seven times ; the ground of the
horses might have been changed oftener. He thought
it incorrect that the Greys had changed their ground
during that period from 20 to 27 times. Witness, with
General Scarlett, went repeatedly to Balaklava to
procure canvas for nose-bags for the horses; but
they never got any. One captain of a ma

promised them a sail for that purpose, but be failed to
keep his promise. No unfair prejudice could be drawn
against the cavalry from the artillery providing
shelter for their horses. They had greater facilities
for doing it. During the whole time he was in the
Crimea he never saw any of the French troop horses
hutted. The Fr-nch cavalry mounted on French horses
suffered. One regiment suffered so much that the few
horses that remained were handed over to another, and the
dismounted cavalry were all fresh horsed in April with
horses from France. The French never had an out-
lying picket during the campaign. Several other French
regiments suffered with their horses. All the trenches
used for sheltering French horses were paved ; they
could not have been used without it except new trenches
were dug daily.
S r G. Berkeley--There were few entrenching tools,
and they were very bad. The ends of the picks and the
shovels turned up on coming in contact with hard sub-
stances. The handles also broke.

By General Peel—The French did not put their horses
under canvas.

By Col. Tulloch--The return of horses on the 3d
of October had reference only to those landed. There
might have been others on board in the harbour at the
time, but he could only speak of those which joined the
army, and for which the return was signed. The differ-
ence between the horses landed and the whole strength
of the cavalry was named in the return ; if they were
in the harbour at that time, they were not reported.
The officer c,immanding a brigade was the proper person
to make up a return, Such return being furnished and
signed by that officer, Col. Tulloch was justified in as-
suming it to be a correct one. No doubt Col. Hodge
was in command when he made out and signed the re-
turn alluded to. The witness then explained how Col.
Hodge had made a mistake in the return alluded to, and
which that gallant officer much regretted. Witness was
absent on duty the day the return was asked for, and Col.
Hodge, who was on duty at the time for him, made it
out with the assistance of a soldier who acted as clerk,
and hence the inaccuracies complained of.
By the Judge Advocate-General—During the months of
November, December, and January, the health
of the men was very bad, and it would have been
worse than cruelty to have worked them harder than
they were during that period.
The witnesses then retired.

Colonel Lowe was again recalled and re-examined
by Lord Lucan. He did not remember if the Light Ca-
valry commenced commissariat duties so earlyas Dec. 13.
He did not think he should be properly performing his
duty if he allowed himself to be deterred from the per-
formance of his duties by any alleged altercation between
himself and his divisional general. He had never been
deterred ny any act of Lard Lucan's from attempting to
provide shelter for his horses. His lordship had always
urged upon officers the duty of making such provision.

This was the whole of the evidence in Lord Luean'a
case.

Colonel Tulloch said he was not then prepared to go
on with his statetnert, and he should require some days
to consider the matter.

The Court adjourned for deliberation, and on the re-
turn of the Commissioners they adjourned the Court
until Friday next.

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