The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-02-11

aonbt M. NOW had was whether he ought not then 10 have
passed hS onion but he had been dissuaded nom taxing
that step by his noble friend the Home Secretary himself
So matters vsrt Kill that hich MAS before an exped
ency became an urgent necessity, and when he 10
consider the course he should take on Mr. Roebucks mo-
ton felt that be could not while admitting the suffer-
iaes ~ our troops in the Crmea fairly and honestly come
forward and say that the most perfect arrangements had
been made carry the warhe felt that be could not
therefore resist inquiry into the conduct Of the He
then wrote 70 Lord Aberdeen that could oppose
the motion for inquiry and Il involved Of the
War Department he thought IL right to tender his resgna
ton. To this communication he got answer but on
the following evening his noble friend informed him that
he had been to Windsor and that her Majesty had been
pleased TO accept his resignation Referring to the position
OF our foreign relations the noble lord stated his belief
that consideration Of the large OF 100000 which had
been raised by Austria had abaed much Of the pretensons
Of the Emperor Of Russia and made him consent to terms
which in August last he had rejected With respect 20
the which peace should be made he thought II
right state that having recently conyersed with LORD
Aberdeen the subject be convinced that the noble
lord would consent peace that was not Just and
honorable The speech Of the noble lord was received
with loud cheers
LORD PAL9KRsToss RESPONSE.
Lord palmerston could allow the speech Of the noble
lord to pass without thanking him for the complimentary
terms in which he tLord Pamerson had been referred
He admitted the right Of any public man to resign Of
fee but had strongly urged the noble lord 70 remain IN OF
fee He thought il would have been better had Lord John
Russell stated the which prevented him opposing
the committee ofnqury and given the government time
department. to choose between adopting the motion Of Mr.
Roebuck and the loss of his services.
THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY
Mr. Roebuck then state the for which he
considered it necessary to make inquiry into the
duet Of the war; but account of physical weakness
unable TO proceed. He simply moved for select commit
inquire into the condition Of army before Sebas
topo and into the conduct of those departments of the
whose duty has been TO minister to the wants
of that army
THE CHANGE OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THE PRESS
The following is translation of the leading article in
the Paris Assemble Rationale:
Letters from London inform that Lord AberdeenS
ministry is the of breaking up Lord Aberdeen, Nr
Gladstone the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sidney Herbert
will retire. and administration will be formed, OF
which Lord John Russell will be the head Sir James
Graham who joined the existing coalition Peelite,
will now abandon his friends and keep his portfolio
Formerly such conduct would have appeared strange in
England but in the confusion Of parliamentary parties
which prevails political consistency is virtue some
what out of fashion Sir James Graham, moreover is
in the art of suddenly wheeling about In 1894 he
left Lord Greys cabinet to become tory and he now re-
turns to whggsm after having passed through in
termediate phase of the conservative party If
rightly informed Lord Aberdeen and his colleagues do not
retire of the charges made against them respect
ing the way in which the has been conducted The
division to which their retreat is to be attributed is
serious and important 1t appears that Lord Aberdeen has
been able agree with the wings about the end pro-
posed to be attained by the present
In the opinion of the First Lord of the Treasury the
should continue maintain the character which 1t had
the beginnngthat ia it should be limited to the obtain
ing the four points and the taking of ebastopo These
objects attained Lord Aberdeen and his friends think
that English policy should be policy of peace without
aiming change in the territorial situation of Europe
On the other hand Lord John Russell and Lord Palmer
ston of opinion that the object of the be
restricted beforehand and that door should be left open
for every combination which the fortune of may bring
about In the present state OF Europe
PROGRESS sEBAsroPoL
Nothing important has occurred since previous
accounts. The following are the latest dispatches
To II A u
date January 49, thus reports progress The cold has
been pretty sharp the past few days Snce yesterday the
weather is milder and the has thawed though the
wind is still from the north
In the night between the 18th and sth the Russians
made sorte against the parallel which is in advance of
battery No 49, Our soldiers waited until they were with
in poinbank distance and then vigorously repused them
They left many killed upon the ground
ain the night between the nth and l2th 1900 Russians
attacked lines, Driven back, after n hand-o-hand
fight of minutes they left in works seven killed
and two prisoners wounded Our loss FIVE wounded"
January I4Considerable renforcements have recently
reached the allies Lprandi has again advanced his out
posts to the Tchernaya. 10000 Russians with so guns
said to be at Perekop
January l2.-Letters of this date from the Crimea
state that the flagstaff battery had been mined by the
French who only wait favorable opportunity to blow it
up Sickness on the Increase in the camps.
Another despatch, which arrived Marseiles January
22d stated that the allies had undertaken anything
new in the Crimea they waiting until the Turkish
army had all assembled at Eupatoria No battle had been
fought as was reported The besieged had repaired and
reoccupied the Quarantine fort Gen Brown about
resume his command in the Crinea.
Menschiko is reported to have said Our troops NAV
rest Gems January February and March will fight
battles far better than CAM
Mercantile letters from st Petersburgh are to the 18th
January. Their tone continues pacific.
hospital is about to be established by the allies, for
1000 men at Smyrna and establishment for GONZALES
cents at Rhodes .#.
According to Russian reports of the 18th from Sebasio-
pol many men OF the allies desert and join the Russians
RUSSIAN RENFoRcEaESrs FOR THE cRnEA
letter from Odessa of the sh in the Oa Deache Post
says II am able to inform you positively that the Rus
the offensive in the Crimea and you may shortly expect TO
hear Of their moving forward they have received the
necessary renorcements The Wanderer Vienna of the
goth says that the exerons made send large bodies of
troops to the Crimea from the Danube are incessant
Prince GortschaSo the 9TH ordered General Luders to
make diversion into the Dobrudscha in order to prevent
possible the Turks from leaving Varna for the Crimea
tThls order led to the of General Paulo on
the 9Th and 9th Large bodies Of Russian troops have
been ordered TO concentrate themselves Perekop as TO
afterwards advance Eupatoa and attack the place by
assault If necessary.
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II reported Vienna on the 25th that battle had
been fought before Sebasopo In which the Russians were
victorious but direct authentic adyices from Balaklaya
received the previous day said that nothing had oc
Cured.
1t was positively asserted that Omar Pashas force would
begin operations the 18th of January by advancing un
der cover of the artillery Of the fleets along the coast to-
wards the Alma and the Beek The last Of the Turkish
conveys sailed from Varna the l4th for Balakava
THE RUSSIAN PEoPLE CESsURING agSscHIKoFF FoR RErss
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