The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-01

was resolved upon. IL
thus, BY the confession Of two noble lords, one in
sAis and one in the other house OF Parliament it
the gov rnmen ut home, notwithstanding the represen
maze y ef an ttans auan IL. ,hn
urged the commanders Of the allied forces the
ssy Of making the attempt IL was not tho act Of the
generals in command of the army, but IL was urged
anon them by the government at home, and being SO
.rsed II became douby the duty Of the at
and no provision neglected. which calculated to
tribute 10 the OF the e. Hear hear" and
sheers Wen my lords what steps were takens What
end lof june when you received intelligence Of the
sains Of the siege Of silstria, and when you began
reinforce your army Of Is goo What were the
sensve operations which You In your wisdom deter
cut Of Something like 1000 men, and from that time
fn after the battle Of Inkermann-I don't mean TO
Say that dribets here and there may not have gone
Sut-but from that time till after the battle of nker
naapn, when the 46th arrived in the field the army,
which originally composed Of from rs 900 to 80 900
men left without reinforcements. Hear, hear
me battle OF mkermann fought by not more than
AoCo out Of from a. 600 to To- 900 British bayonets which
al the force then left in the Crimea. ear, hear
N sailing attention. then, to the which govern
nent pursued cannot refrain from saying that they
ssek steps in the dark without calculating the
uenees Of their actions, and without making provision
- secure success. (Hear) | have to mention
subiect which, perhaps ought to have mentioned be-
fsre Her Msjestys government sent out these troops
ssginally to Varna and must ask y,ur lordshps per-
mission to read to you statement from eye witness,
gallant friend Of mine, we'll known to your ordships,
anxious that in the dscu sson this day justice
should be done to the merits Of the army and undue
1eprsaches cast upon them. My gallant friend says
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varna From too close An economy we had given up al
tho
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. b formed and organized in country aaordng abso
Ss * ssss
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sanderng wa: in the shipment Of stores without method
day had hundred men sssrosns the Guso
Mouse for missing tent poles which found after eight
what the consequence of all thisP Was the army
Asspabe Of movement Mo- but It was detained in in,
there, night BY night, says my correspondent
dreadful n, | sixty long dug
30 de In the course OF the night.
Surely these circumstances which raise to the
highest pitch the indomtable courage and energies OF
me men. II might be necessary, my lords, that when
ne army marched to the banks of the Alma or even
when II marched from Alma to Baakava and nkermann,
n should carry with it small amount of baggage 1t
wsud hardly be possible to carry with Il any super
Suites but certainly it ought to have had medical sup
Plies and comforts for the hospitals at varna and Scuta
ID IL such advances rs have been made TO be at
tempted these supplies ought to have been at hand.
me government had ample means Of taking them and
every arrangement ought to have been made to
them. At one time it denied that there was any
want OF medical atendance told that there was
larger proportion Of medical officers than had been
Known upon any previous expedition sent out by this
country. remember seeing two three columns
espied in one Of the newspapers full Of particulars
sympathy came forward with offers Of assistance-of
stores Of all descriptions linen, rags and other appl-
was abundance Of everything that there WAS no
want Of supplies, that there abundance both Of
medicines and of medical officers. Well, lady has
Been sent out under the sanction Of the government
lady to whose heroism and that Of her companions II
inPossibe for language to do justice (caeers)-who
giving mp all the comforts and Injuries Of e devoted
themselves with noble selfdevoon to the mitigation Of
yuferng and to the supervision Of those overcrowded
hesptals What the account contained in the very
nrst demand made by these ladies' sent out under the
sanction Of governments Why, 1t ardent, an
aest importunate request to the British public
sut that which the government said already sup
patsd in profusion; and this accompanied by the
statement that in one day eleven men had sunk from
exhaustion, in consequence Of not having bottle Of
vine to relieve them. Hear hear Now, this is
subject in regard to which, say, heavy responsibility
dsvoiyes upon the government. (Hear, hear.) can
they are every MANS mouth; and felt, consequently,
1hat 1t was my duty, as a peer Of Parliament and
sasn whom we have sent out to fight battles to
eomment upon what ia generally said and there
vroye these If dprove them 0 thew 70 cans
(Edear, hear.) Well then you have lately sent out
s.tse late" againl(hear, hear)-you sent out the
18th Of October for the first time, supply of winter
cothing for the troops who absolutely rags aud
about 70 encounter the horrors Of Cean winter. On
aAnt supply Of winter clothes You embarked them ON
board q magnificent vessel-how manned and COM
nanded ask the noble duke to EXPLAIN You sent out
also large stores Of ammunition together with this sup
ply Of warm winter clothing, well medicines and
aedical comforts. The medical stores ought to have
been landed at Scutar but when the vessel arrived
there IL was found that all these stores although d.
rectedlfrs TO Scutari, deposited in the hold be-
meath piles Of ammunition and shot, that it i'm
possible to get at them without discharging and
unloading the whole OF the ammunition and
general stores. (Heer, hearl Ultimately the YES
sci went on to Balakava. At Balaklava bay, If am
not misinformed, this vessel, after losing two of
her anchors, for days allowed to orag out
side although having on board a cargo of inesti-
half million, but of value at that moment not 10 be
measured by money. (IIear hear) Yes, am told-but
can hardly believe itthat for days that vessel
dragging in thirty fathom water In the open sea
sutsde the roads Of Baakavathat she was not taken
Of her cargo ammunition, warm clothing, and medical
stores. Hear hear And there is another question
wish 70 ask the noble earl and Her Maesty's govern
ment. don't wish to cast any unjust or undeserved
stigma upon those who responsible to the country;
but am told (and have it on authority which be-
Keve TO be va that representations been made to
the First Lord Of the Admiralty TO the effect that the
commander Of the ship TO which referring, the
Prince, to which you were entrustng such priceless
cargo wholly incompetent TO take such trust and
had proved himself incompetent upon his voyage to
the Baltic that in the opinion OF distinguished officer
that vessel sent out under the command Of that
captain she would be Lost upon her voyage Moreover
san told that the officer whose opinion was thus ex
pressed asked he would commit this statement TO
writing that he did that that statement handed
TO the First Lord Of the Admiralty and notwithstanding
such statement received on such an authority
this vessel purchased by the government sent
ont under the command of officer in Her Majesty's
service but sent out under the command Of that
very commander Of whom this character had been given
- the First Lord of the Admiralty (Iear) do not
state this fact within my own knowledge but ask
Che noble duke (of Newcastle) II IL be so2 and IL So
ask whether for the loss Of that vesaeof her priceless
cargo and her crew OF one hundred and fifty menHer
Majetty's government are not deeply responsbleS
fHcar hear But whether the facts this point are
not, such they have been represented TO me-
why was this vessel with such a cargo, permitted so
long to drive outside the bayl Why was she not at
amy risk and at any inconvenience, taken into Bala-
klAva, by which this casualty and the lamentable
loss we have sustained through II would have
been preventedp CHear) Now, my lords, in making
these comments I hope and feel that ] have
made them with desire 10 embarrass the
government, but for the purpose Of afording