The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-24

hatever-becsuse, II the governments hsve II,
least spiri about them they win immed lately dis,
and laughter The Admiralty perverted nv ian,
gusge. They not only did that but they wrote me
the moet goading letters they could possibly write
tney asked me why did not take Sweabore. nd
90 tnia, mat and the other They received my let.
yer. giving an account OF how Sweabo.g might be
usKen. upon the 4th of October--she very day the
| bsstopol. u in' 'eAins VI %
% on tne yin OF October the news came that Se-
the niein 40. saken; but the Admiralty had not
-r, ps,u =. Ggntforward dealing, or the hoaesty TO
s ss sna apologize to me, but they perverted what
! nao written, and which gave them nisn for the
fsins o. oweaoore was not going to stand that
up With 40 a0 io.a1s eneers .m not the man TO put
arated most strongly; but after sii INV re,non.
rances the Admiralty persisted sim In ssv;ns ,hs,
mad LED them astray. What could do, = -. ..a.
So. gong % oe driven into oil this particularly ss
SI lanes Iranam during the whole time vas h
the Baltic, had written to me, calling unon me :.
beware the stone walls-not to risk her Ma;est,,s
neef-that these stone walls were not to be trustsd
eno saying, when you were going to the Baltic
you were generally accused of want of discretion,
put now you have proved your,elf . econ.
summate commander in-chief"
Ater tnat came the rdost insulting and degrading
istters ever addressed to an oficer-and mention
PsrIcniariy, and hope it will GO throughout
the world, and that Sir James Graham viii be pre-
vented from ever sitting again In the administra.
tion az the First Lord of the Admiralty. state II
70 tne public and wish 1t to be known, that, had
. Ionowed the advice of Sir James Graham, should
most inevitably have left the fleet behind me In the
baitc. will prove it before all the world, and If
Sir James Graham has one single bit of honor 10
MIN. he will never take his seat at the Admiralty
until this matter is cleared up and have no right
ever to be employed again, and / ouoht 20 he
scratched Off the navy ist ii am moi telling the
truth. Cheers am taking the first opportunity
u anu pernaps tue only one | may have, of making
suls statement public as now do, and am per-
1sc.ly ready to answer for my conduct. before the
11ouse Vi commons, whenever they choose to call
upon me to do so
Alter Sir Charles had finished, s'the Army" was
toasted, and EARL CARDIGAN replied. In com
mencing he rather rebuked Sir Charles when he
SAID 1t was difficult to say any thing of the war
now going on in the East without touching ,oad-
'oF'entiy upon some of those subjects which then
occupied the public mind and were under eonai
oeration 10 Parliament 81 think you must clearly
see' said he' "that 1t would be by no means fitting
or proper for me in the situation hold-that of a
aen sts posltion IN the armyto enter into the sub
jecI" de then gave arapid sketch of the achieve-
msnis OF the army in Russia. Incidentally he
spoke OF an expedition which he had commanded
to the interior from the Black Sea- along the Dan.
uoe. In returning, he passed by Schoumls. the
husslan iortress which he did not interrupt He
said 1t had been often attacked, but never taken.
1t being, In fact impregnable." The Earl wa.
frequently cheered.
On the 9Th instant, the following notice was
taken of Sir CHARLES NAPIERs speech in the
House of Commons
Mr.. Crawford asked whether Admiral Sir Ch as.
Napier had been censured and dismissed from Ills
command, and whether his instructions had fet-
tered his operations against the enemy.
Admiral Berkeley replied, that he regretted that
an Old and gallant friend should have acted SO in.
discreetly as Sir Charles Napier was reported to
nave done in his speech at the Mansion House.
~ was, however, his duty to inform the House
that Admiral Napier has not been censured: had
not been dismissed from his command had NOT
oeen goaded to attack any fortress had not been
restricted In any way from attacking those for.
tresses II he had thought proper but that he was in.
formed by the Admiralty that the country expected
ne should perform everything he could with the
fleet He (Berkeley) again regretted Napisr's in
discretion-it was a bad example to his officers.
ana was it worthy of a commander serving with
the allied fleet nj tha -