The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-10

lsve that, for three months after they were bouxht.
s ss:y h us|s, sssr p S.s sP. s.ss. 20. nd ! % n not nno. wsstAs.
yish to make .i Z :s.t 70 .i he. these things cam: about:
give the Duls Of Newcastle . hint that h ,,n s s1's ,ar dso not
the wagon trains Does the Duke OF Newcastle aver 20
to = friends to dinner q , By r.ilwsyf Il 80, does he not
miles to his houssY II not, that two miles may lose oss hi%
stiil more remarLsbis. Only ast spring LORD H.rdinrs
:ss1 Is. x is: 1'o ss. 1'i before, pro- Promising Ih that sr' Ia. Z s j.: hs
should bs carried At the public expense Could not Lofd
s S:s', .py MEANS nsss so of s. sns EsAs sh .. N ssssssss : Yn; w na ne
Iemsmber, too, the debates In the House Of Lords, In
which Lord Marlborough distinctly All.ded 70 this quss-
tancs from the scene Of action or their ineflcisncy. Bue
l now pass on to the most extraordinary thing. I lost
hat It had lett varna and gone to the Crimea.. What
appeared 10 extraordinary TO me was, the war being un-
Ministers, this House, and the whole country, should
hink that the defence Of Turkey and the invasion Of
hing. ffI Az IN. ., end S' Of the s last sAs war, the govern.
ment desired the Duke Of Wellington TO draw up 6
statement upon the military power Of Russia, its power
The duke did 70, and We never heard or thought more
Of IL until he came into Office many years afterwards,
and Prussia had obtained the same kind of information,
and the three reports were lying in some Office in this
Russia might buster she could DO nothing 10 the way
q attacking the rest Of Europe; but that an the other
Russia. This sppssrsd 70 me a very strong reason
against our proceeding ss we did. But It was stil more
The crimss Without any Of the Ss' sscesssry i'm inior ! y
The right honorable gentlemen said the other night that
ISIS a.sl iS. h. lab been .,i Sisss, to Lord % gI SssI.. The b I ssss l2'S Or.
formation why, It reminds me o. the Chinese Chi procia.
not give h m the information he wanted. Why did you
not make our ambassador at Constantinople procure that
(Cheers.) Ny right honorable friend has alluded to q
i.tter that l troubled him with, but I also forwarded him
ter Of the language, aud Who offered his services to
the government to procure information for them.
The right honorable gentleman gave enc 2 ciyiI
laugh | know that Lord stratford was asked
for this ~nfoImation in 1853, and that . relation Of mine
was snnt to Ii I'd Stratford, and recommended t0him q
person who spoke the whole OF the languages Of the
country. Lord ~stratford was implored TO send this per.
son to the Crimes, to obtain information. Instead OF
the fOrtiacs tionf or the country, the force in the town
Of sebastopol itself, or IL Russian force in he Crimsa.
! say this was q most rash and ill-considered proceeding,
and that the thing wanted was the information which
It IS ali very fine now 10 talk about dsspising caiumny.
The only coubt l have IL, whether there has not been too
much leaning on the part Of the government in the d.
il it had not been for the newspapers, that expedition to
sebastopol would ever have been sent. Herr, hear
the extent Of the fortllcations, the number OF men in
The place, or the dispo dton Of the inhabitants; and SO
Raglan been, that while the German neWfpapeI.-no
doubt instructed by the Russian Ministers ia those
ing the number Of reinforcements sent by the Emperor
OF Russia into the Crimea. Lord Raglan had no know
ledge whatever ogthe arrival Of those re.nfSrcements.
The diplomatic department ought to have sup
Piled this kind Of information, and the Minis
tiers at Berlin AID other places ought TO be
ibis information Should like, also, to know the truth
about the opinion. of officers highly. placed relative to
has been stated by the friends Of Marshal St. Arnaud
that il was his opinion that It was impossible to expect
an army Of SO, oC0 men, With another army of 90, 700 be-
sides 20 protect tie ~besieeers. l should Ike to know
whether other commanders did not share that opinion. I
remember hearing that a strong opinion was expressed
by an officer high In our service, who was engaged IN ths
expedition, that the force which invested sebas,opol was
not sufficient. In the last edition OF o work by Sir II.
Douglas I apd sir II Douglas is Of opinion ina, to invade
the Crimea, and lay siege to sebastopol with the force at
and hat i was undertaie en- Contrary to the ladssment OK
n eminent engir Ger officer, whose opinion ought TO have
that several persons of high authority thought the foree
sent to the Crimea was insufficient, the course ! shaii
order to carry on the war, strongly objsciing TO your
whole proceedings from beginning to end. The landing
4 the troops In the cIimea was, I admit, q well effected
o~nsideripg the extent Of the :orcc to 30 landed, . most
wonderful thing, and people who think that the handbag
as goirg down TO a wbitebait dinner at Green wish, know
very little Of tie difficulties Of such an undertaking.
did ytu intend to invade Russia or not2 II you did, Why
was there no proper sizes artillery ready (Hsarl Only
this morning l received Q lethr from an o6cer in
the army, who says -" There was not one single
Il inch mortar for the first two months OF the SIEGE
Then, again, Why was no provision made for hospital &C.
c,mmodations There were neither hospitals at BalakAvs
blame TO my right honorable friend. He has done ad.
are put Up Jet Il scutari. Part are at to- one es u's.e . snx
Part at anoiher-lke the Mpie rifles, which were sent to
ore place, while the ann untion was sent TO another.
Why was there not q superca'go on board the govern
nent vessels, who had command Of the THU s on board,
and who knew wha. ought to be left at cash place AZ
out @Is end . q, Bsissla s1sr But The s1 srmy wee. ssel sl nVs : ss th sn,
because no one had the ord n TO give them out. Hear.
h Ssag9 ., lf re e f1% a has been, a. they ~, in the
the Treasury, and was it possible that the whole feeding
Of the army was intrusted to Lord Aberdeen ana the
troops could not get anything to eat. have received q.
letter from an officer in the Guards. The honorable
member proceeded to read the letter, which stated that
the writer met the colonel Of his regiment with q pair OF
saddieeags upon his horse, With which he was going to
was stated in . general order, would Be issued for their
use. They went together 10 the stores, where they were
told that there vas not a tallow candle Ia all Baiailava.
another general order was issued that any regiment
writer went to Bs isiisa Su. seDss could b. sss for i Ss
ginning to decay. Sooner than throw them overheard,
The French soldiers got them for nothing. why, then,
sue potatoes and candles, except TO humbae the people
OF England The men, 700, he added, were one year in
snd 1t had been promised to Be brought up; but i. was
there stin, and the men were In rags. The writer OF this
letter Gays this sort Of thing has been caused BY the
country neglect. ] say 1t has been eau ed solely by
Ministerial incomplete nee. (Cheers) SO, again. the
militia clothing haf been delayed, until the taiiors have
lost $4,000, because Lord Hardir &c could not settle the
cut Of those ridiculous German postboy coats. "A
laugh) An order was sent 70 Gibraltar for the men
there 10 practice with the Mimic rife. But from The day
on which the order was given, until . few weeks ago, /
understand there was not q Mimic rife to be got there.
With regard to this N ME rife, I believe that NJ. West
ley Richards went to an enormouse expense, and in
cured q erest deal Of trouble, 10 perfect II. Iftsr q
wsarisome delay enc OF the specimens was selected, and
what did the 0OyeYI mont do y T1nv cent 10 IN \ fo~o % ~
manufactured, and there they also manufacture Mimic
Ii6es fer the Emperor Of Russia. Upon inquiry, I fni
that Mr.. filder 10 still at the head OF the COM
pifssriat at Sebastopol, who was the man that
SIR JLomas Picton Nantsd TO hang. LAUGHTER ] When