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

jects. That was exactly what he conplained Of
Information ON matters which people Who had lived 10
Turkey bali their lives knew very little about. Hear
The right honorable gentleman, the Secretary Of War,
had been employed BY the govern nsnt, butt appeared
that those transports had only been engaged In convey.
i iss hos': anything >. lna AZ i honor Ssss f fsisna S oppesis. i Ssi
given them an account OF the state OF affairs ct Balakla
bles. This was strictly true, for he (Mr. Layard) had
himself been q witness to II, and had seen the ~un.ortu.
nate soldiers brought down to carry upon their backs
enormous sacks OF potatoes and onions, which they were
unable to remove. The provisions might certainly have
been there, but had they been consumed by the troops2
(Hear, hear) The House must not be mlsled by reports
OF the abundance Of provisions at hand. There might
be an abundance Of clothing and vegetables. but unless
the vegetables had been consumed and the clothing worn,
what was the use of sending them :hsres (Hear.0 The
House has been completely mysided by the accounts
which had been given OF the Prince They were told that
that unfortunate vessel had oil the winter clothing on
board, and that the fact that such clothing was there
showed that the government had not exhibited the
point OF fact, the Prince had not on board what was
strictly called winter ~clothils, but she had on board
in the year. There was no special cloth ng whatever to
enable them to stand the severity Of q Crlnean winter.
lHear, hear There was not q single rag Of thai dss-
crption, all that was on board being a certain number
OF shirts, stockings and other articles, which would
have been given out to the soldiers in En- gland or any
moment cali the sstesntion Of the House . tho case Of
the spring Of last year the government eo4te@p,a.sd .
mcnt themselves, he could not believe this to be the
case. 1t appeared to him to be impossible, considering
They had already heard that there were no mortar. in tbs
train calculated for q siege Of such magnitude ~ that OF
caiibre, and there were no siege guns Of any sins, those
at hand being merely calculated for a campaign in Bul.
garis in besieging sush small places as the Russians
they would have been unit for service, as no horses had
been sent out with the siege train, and, in conveying
the guns to the heights before Sebastopol, they had been
compelled to use the horses of the Horse Artillery and
then there were only SO many rounds Of ammunition
sent out as, at the common rate Of firing, would be ex.
hausted in . day. The right honorable gentleman, the
Secretary OF War said, every ~endeayor would be made to
farS up the MI hospitals s but nG Th X had so not this been sn, dSn; sh be,
could 60 to the Crimes and light battles there without hay
ing any killed and woundeds The French evidently did
pitfalls, &c. No outcry had been heard against their pro-
ceedinys in that respect. On the contrary, their hospi-
suffered to die from the want Of proper ACCOMMODATION
for the sick and wounded. The right honorable gentle.
man told them the government were now about to send
Mr.. s. HKRnxar observed that the commission was sent
out on tho 7th Of November last.
which had o%vertaken our troops had occurred. 1t now
appeared that Lord Raglan had been directed to make a
but how xers they to get Il the truth in that rsports
Did they think that II they examined the officers they
w would ten ,alt them all they felt H., Not vi. bit q 4: And no.
fair reports. On the contrary, and very naturally too,
would not all that reflected credit be given, aud az that
WIN " ACPb II to uhChkTouHul (ucAT,
hear.) That was the nature Of the reports they would
get, and not tire least dependence could be placed upon
missioners we're to be sent out such IS those sent out by
the French ~republicS This was certainly NO revolution.
airy war, but In the case referred to BY the right honor.
able gentleman the army was In q state Of demoraliza-
tion, and it was reorganized and led on to victory,
performing deeds rarely exceeded in the previous
efforts Of the commissioner. The House wers
told that, through the vicious system adopted
SaLaafOnOt had rpQiUnQd in n hniv nj rnnraa Inr D..
Ian refused to receive their resignation, but the matter
was a very serious one, and II showed how badly the
medical officers, finding they were unable to discharge
,heir duties properly were compelled to resign in
any full details respecting the war. lie knew, as the
right honorable gentleman told them, that the govern
msnt could not grant this Committee, for L such : com
ment would he ~shackled, and disclo sures might be m,de
which would be most preiudicial to the public service.
upon the motion Of his honorable friend. He should
vote upos II distinctly because he believed 1t to be a
moment he imagined that such 4 com mlt.ee soaIa Ia II
conceded. Hear, hear.) They had BEEN told II would
DO well TO let the matter rest NOS for the noble lord the
things would go op right. II would not, however, shake
the resolution he had come 10 when he found that at
the last moment, with imminent danger hanging over
their heads, the government had appointed the noble
lord the member for Tiverton Minister for War. That
sort o. thing had been going on nov for the last twelve
that the proper person for Minister Of War was the noble
lord, the member for riverton? (Hear, hesr) He well
remembered his lsmented friend, the late msmber for
Earylebone, making a motion Ia that house upon this
very subject, and now, ct the last moment, II was -
mitted that those who held that opinion were right aad
the government were wrong. But such had been tAs
case IN every thing. Hear. hear.) last year honorahD
members proposed an a~mslgamAtion Of the War 0nics,
and the office Of the Secretary ut War. They were toil
II should be done, and the House literally voted eli, 600,
on the understanding that the amalgamation should
was appointed 1t the head OF the War Office, and he
(Nr Lsysrd) had supposed that the new minister would
have chosen as bis under secretaries some persons who
knew something Of the business, Of such a department,
but he found one Of the under secretaryships was given
to relative Of the noble duke-a military man against
whom he had nothing to say-aud the other TO the noble
dukes private secretary. Hear, hear 1t was really
astonishing to zee how the pubic interests were triasi
With, and. unless a letter system were adopted, the
House Of Commons had better nj once resign It's func.
tons. Then, again, the transport services was brought
done in the matter until Ministers saw that the country
was determined 10 have a transport service, when they
stepped In and consented TO make one. Time after time
he and other honorable gentlemen had risen In that
house 10 stats that there was no blockade in the Black
Sea. Over ard over again he was fatty contradicted BY
a blockade He (Mr. Laysrd) told them that tn. trade
in the Black Sea was as open as II ever had been, that
many Of our merchants had been ruined, and that the
commerce was being carried on regularly by Greek mer-
chants; but be vas contradicted more than once,
though they nov found a notice issued to establish
. bi9c4Ade from the LIST Of February next. Hear,
bsaV Really. this was laughing ct the public, and
be could not understand how people could allow them
selves 10 be treated in such a manner. Was II true
or rot that there bad been a blockadsS II was
evident that none bad existed, in,smuch as they
now found that fact admitted by ths govern.
ment themselves Hear, hesr) The other day q com
plant WAS made that medals had not been given for the
action at BaaLlava, but when the government saw the
sirfp g feeling entsrtair ed by the public In that respect
they At once conceded the matter, aud came down 10 the
House 10 say that q medal would be granted. Hear.
hear.) how, WAS this statcsm Insbip, or what was "
Did 1t not besr out the truth OF se words of . celebrated
English writer, that II would be Of little detrimsnt 10 the
p pslses sen.sy. re- , ans NAL : pee, &. 81 sr .ti %sD s pis, p ,n,s ~ I.
up prime minister bear, hear, and laughter J Recent
even Il bore out most strongly ,he truth OF this remark
OF Nj. Carlyle Either Lord Raglan was sent out At the
head OF the expedition, or be was not. II he was not,
Why throw any blame upon him. Upon all sides there
wnstbe ssme lie scarcely knew what 10 eharactsrixe 1t
rests. He might almost warn them OF the fate OF Athens
and Florence, and ask II II was ereditable. when the very
existence OF the country was a. stake, that they
should sacrifice its honor and welfare for private add
personal feslings hear, hear HIS hoooraele fri nd