The New York Herald Newspaper, January 1, 1855, Page 2

Neoteted that Pues = ro. oapeditien ‘Thus, by the confession of two noble lords, one im is ant ove in the other house of Parliament, it was ‘the govsrnment at home, notwithstanding the represen- ‘tations made by generals of high distinction of the in- waperadle Miticuliion of an atleet upon Sebustopel, who ‘urged on the commanders of the allied forces the neces- sity of making the attempt. It was not thoactof the generals in command of the pig ny it was urged ‘pon them by the government at home, and, being so became doubly the duty of the government at Rome le circumstance was omitted, and no provision neglected, which was calculated to con- tribute to the success of the war. (‘' Hear, hear,’ and ebeers.) Well, my lords, what steps were taken? What 9 were taken from the of June until the of June, when you received intelligence of the mmisiog of the siege Of Silistris, and when you began consider ‘what next?’ What were taken to geimforce your army of 25,000 men? t were the ex- operations which you in your wisdom deter- mined upen? I believe that reinforcements were sent of something like 5,000 men, and from that time after the battle of Inkermana—I don’t mean to that driblots here and there may not have gone t from that time till after the battle of er apn, when the 46th arrived in the field, the army, which was originally composed of from 25,000 to 30,006 =, was left without reinforcements. (Hear, hear.) ‘The battle of Inkermann was fought by not more than 9,000 ont of from 14,000 to 15,000. British bayonets, which ‘was all the force then left in the Crimea, (Hear, hear.) Be calling attention, then, to the course which govern- ment pursued, I cannot refrain from saying that they ‘teok steps in the dark without calculating the conse- gyno of their actions, and without making provision wecure success. (Hear. have now to mention a wubject which, perhaps, I ought to have mentioned be- fere. Her Majesty’s government sent out these troops eiginally to Varna, and I must ask your lordships’ per- maission to read to you a statement from an eye witness, gallant friend of mine, well known to your lordships, ‘but whose name J am not ited to name at present, aelam anxious that in discussion this day justice be to the merits of the army, and no undue ‘pepreaches cast mm them. My gallant friend saye— Ihave no idea what line you intend to pureu but I do ‘that there is to be no reproach of delay at Soutari or ‘Warns. From too close au economy wo [ abso- back up all mocensary append for a field army, wi! which Sisch weiner Cate cure of tient nes move me my. ut nothing olse. No eom! int, mo 8 caepe, nO wagon train, no medi- eal establishment for the id. All t! tran. for cavalry and artillery, had ina count affordin, organization of thi ‘and Varna, Iam sure that nothing bi ering was in the shipment of stores without method which no one know where to find them. One ‘Bouse for missing tent poles, which were found ‘Bours’ labor. fmeapable of movement? No; but it was detained in in- ‘action, amid the pestiferous atmosphere of Varna, and the enemy. We had regiments, and vory good oncs, and, still more el ou; and I rovest when 1 loo! in’ dhe oreauiaal = English officers could havo carried it Vee @ ehief e hundred men searching the Turkish Castom after eight ‘What was the consequence of all this? Was the army ‘there, night by night, says my correspondent— ‘Whose dreadful rer a or sixty feet long, were dug of ar ‘am evening on the hill te dic in the course ot the night. Surely Faden oe orate mga which ge to the highest pi ein le courage and energies of the men. It might be necessary, my lords, ret when fhe army marched to the banks of the Alma, or even ‘when it marched from Alma toe Balaklava and Inkermann, % should carry with it » small amount of baggage. It weald hardly be possible to carry with it any supor. Buities, but certainly it ought to have had medical su and comforts for the hospitals at Varna and Scuta- mi If such advances as have been made were to be at- tempted, thes appl ought to have been at hand. ‘Fhe government had ample means of taking them, and ‘every arrangement ought to have been le to secure them. At one time it was denied that there was any ‘want of medical attendance; we were told that there was @ larger proportion of medical officers than ever had been ‘Kwown upon any previous expedition sent out by this @euntry. I remember seeing two or three columns oc- sepied in one of the newspapers full of particulars as ‘te the amount of stores, and when public charity and surety came forward with offers of assistance—of of all descriptions, linen, rags, and other appli- ‘ences for the wounded—they were told that there ‘was abundance of ‘ything, that there was no want of supplies, that there was abundance both of medicines and of medical officers. Well, a lady has ‘Deen sent out under the sanction of the government— @ lady to whose heroism and that of her companions, it is tmpossible for language to do justice (casers)—who, up all the comforts and luxuries of life, devo' ives with noble self-devotion to the mitigation of even and to the supervision of those overcrowded . What was the account contained in the very demand made by these ladies sent out under the wanction of government? Why, it was an ardent, an almost importunate request to the British public to send out that which the government said was already sup- in profusion; and this was accompanied by the @tatement that in one day eleven mon sunk from exhaustion, in consequence of not having a bottle of wine te relieve them. (Hear, hear.) Now, this is a abject, in regard to which, I say, a heavy responsibility @evolves upon the government. (Hear, hear.) I can- mottell how far these charges are correct, but I know ‘aretn every man’s mouth; and ! felt, conseqnently, it was my duty, as a peer of Parliament, an ‘as one deeply interested in the welfare of the brave gmen whom we have sent outto fight our battles, to @omment upon what ia generally said ; and! there- Gore ask the government not only to deny, but to dis- these statements, if disprove them they can. , hear.) Well, then, you have lately sent out— Tate”? again!—(bear, hear)—you sent out on the ‘BSth of October, for the first time, a papply of winter elothing for the troops, who were absolutely in rags and bout to encounter the horrors of a Crimean winter. On ‘the 15th of October you sent out to Balaklava an abun- @ant supply of winter clothes. You embarked them on & magnificent vessel—how manned and com- Manded, I ask the noble duke to explain? You sent out also large stores of ammunition, together with this sup- ply of warm winter clothing, as well as medicines and ‘medical comforts. The medical stores ought to have been landed at Scutari, but when the vessel arrived there it was found that all these stores, although di- wectedsfirst to Scutari, wore deposited in the hold be- meath piles of ammunition and shot, so that it was im- ‘arna for the poor fellows sure ‘posnil to get at them without discharging and taloading the “whole of | the amtsahinn ‘sed stores. (Hear, hear.) Ultimately the yes- wel went on to Balaklava. At Balaklava bay, if Iam mot misinformed, this vessel, after losing two of heranchors, was for seven days allowed to arag out- ide, although having on board a cargo of inesti- mable value—in money value, I believe, something like half a million, but of a value at that_ moment not to be measured by money. (Hear, hear.) Yes, I am told—but Ican hardly believe it—that for seven days that vessel ‘was dragging in thirty fathom water in the open sea eutside roads of Balaklava—that she was not taxen dnside; and the consequence was the loss of that vessel, of her , ammunition, warm clothing, and medical stores. (Hear, gen) And now there is another question I wish to ask the noble carl and Her Majesty’s govern- ment. I don’t wish to cast any unjust or undeserved upon those who are responsible to the country; ‘bat Lam told (and I have it on authority which [ be- lieve to be valid) that representations had been made to ‘the First Lord of the Admiralty to the effect that the wommander of the ship to which I am referring, the Prince, to which you were entrusting such a priceless ar, ‘was wholly incompetent to take such a trust, and himself so incompetent upon his voyage to ‘the Baltic that, in the opinion of « distinguisned officer, po nn io the oi pe anc the command of that eaptain she wou! jost upon her voyage. Moreover, I aim tol that the officer whose opinion was thus ex- pressed was asked if he would commit this statement to writing; that he did so; that that statement was handed to the First Lord of the Admiralty; and, notwithstanding @uch a statement was received on such an authority, ‘this vessel, purchased by the government, was not sent sont under the command of an officer in Her Majesty's wervice, but was sent out under the command of that commander of whom this character had been given + Lord of the Admiralty. (Hear.) Ido not state this as a fact within my own knowledge; but I ask the noble duke (of hap hhph dd it be so? and, if so, I nek whether, for the loss of that voasel—of her priceless , and her crew of one hundred and fifty men—Her ty’s government are not deeply responsible? hear.) But whether the facts on this point are, — ot, nuch as they have been represented to me, was this vessel, with such & eargo, permitted «0 Jong to drive outside the bay? Why was she not, at ny tisk and at any inconvenience, taken into Bala- by which this casualty and the lamen we have sustained through it woul: prevented ? my lords, in making comments fecl that J have them with ewbarrass the mt, but purpose of affording ‘ible, of ; hope and no desire to for the vernment an opportunity, if qopediating and refuting them: and,’ if they cannot, of wtrongly urging upon the government to avoid such acts 1 for the futu But when I charge them with an atter ‘unconecio’ as of what they are about to do, there eannot be a stronger proof of the jastice of that charge ‘than the very circumstances under which we are meet- ae eer Parliament stood prorogaed until the Mth of ber. On the 10th or 11th—I am not certain as to the exact day—o Privy Council was summoned for ‘the purpose of further proroguing Parliament, and a further Prorogation accordingly took place from the 14th of November to the 1/th of December, without being ac- companied by the words, ‘then to meet for the discharge of business.” It was thus perfectly clear, then, that on the 10th of November the government had not the slightest inkling as to the actual meeting of Parliament ©n the lith. I admit itis perfectly competent for the iment, upon any unforeseen emergency, to call liament fogetier at an earlier period than that to Which it!) provogued, but in this case, from the terms of the not co officisily ixsved, there was a general un derstan’ ng that there would be a further prorogation, that mem)ers of both houses would bo enabled to form th eogagements according!y, without in- Convenienee. Weil, but om the 20th of November a ehange cane o'r: the spirit of the dream of the govern ment, antl that «biel they evidently considered unne- cevsary on the 10th they deemed so urgent and pressing on the 20th that they immediately summoned Parlia ment together—not on Proroeued, but two days e in the opinion of the gc lost. Now, what was arisen in those ten daye—wha terval to make the meeting of P. the 20th of November. which ai wr ton the loth’ Undont i the news of the battle of Inkermena’ hus am Ito be told that a provision wh that the period to which mnrt le pated in « Puch importance and Must be Som | to be ‘ws BA slic ie ye Ments of move ae ay to whi here it bad been therefore, an hour to be eit p ar, hear.) you were at &bastopol rithot avy addition to that swall fore ) | the statem was it only on the -vth of November. and not previously to that day, that it came your heads that it was possible and advisable to take measures for increa the effective strength of your army? (Sieur? ad cheers.) Your lordships must remember that the gov- ernment have not yet condescended toinform usin what manner it is intended to strengthen the army, or what they mean to do to meet the emergeacy. ‘¢ have been wid, indeed, by the organs of the government, that they have money in abundance, (a laugh,) and don't stand in need of a loan; and it is also hinted that it is iutended to take powers to enable portion of the militia of thie country to volunteer for foreign service, aud ocenpy the places of some of oar foreign garrisons.’ If that be the case, was the eens Oo ere measure not foreseen before the battle of Li m? (Hoar, hear.) I say, my lords, the government stand convicted of a want 0! foreknowledge of the exigencies of the country up to the time at which they summoned Parliament to meet. I have spoken of the deeds of glory formed by the lant army im the Crimea, most gallantly have been supported by @) sister service; but I obearve Be reference in Queen’s speech to the t achievements of the Baltic fleet. (Hear.) Yet never did so mighty a force navigate most seas—it was one of the werful armaments which this country ever sent forth. It formed the pride and boast of the country, and very considerable powers were given to the admiral for claiming war—(a laugh.) The tee that was given cannot be forgotten, We all recollect the injunction that was given .o the seamen on board that fleet—‘ to shar eir cutlasses, and the day was their own—(a laugh)—and that if the Russian fleet did not come out to meet them, von, daeey to see whether they might not move into the harbor of Cronstadt. That fleet was sent out, and what have they dume? Individual officers be- longing to it have exhibited highly meritorious examples of seamanship, but, so far as results are concerned, the results are Haealy nil. You certainly crumbled down a half Gnished fortress, but you are not able to occupy it, and the ships composing that fleot aro at this moment cropping home one by one from the scene of their labors. I apprehend the government knew beforehand the strength of Cronatadt. I apprehend, also, they knew the character of the Baltic, and that it is not altogether an unknown sea to British nat ‘tors—(@ laugh); and what did they do? They sent out, in the first a fleet of such superior metal, and of such overw! ing force, that it would have been an act of madness for the Russian fleet to meet them in the open sea; and, in the second water it it was absolately impossible for them and the Russian fleet to come into contact. The result was that our flect in the Baltic has all along been condemned to a state of i ious inactivity, reminding one of the story of uel between Sir Richard Si a and Lord Chatham :— for Sir Richard Strachan; rd, to be at him, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham. (A langh ) Now, my lords, I say these things, not for the purpose of disco ing there gallent men, who, whether in the Baltic or Black 8ea, on jand or on shore, have done their best to maintain the honor of the Brit: inh flag. (Cheers.) But, if we are to come to a success ful epryies eat it and eens Linsey arate ooo quer an honorable peace—depend upon it, knowing the resources of the Russian empire, knowing the character of that great man—for he is a great man—who wields the power of that empire, you will obtain no peace un- Jess you conquer. (Cheers) You must obtain such advantage and such superiority as to compel him, reluc- tantly as it may be, to submit to your terms of peace. But if you do not achieve some it success, you may have a long and disastrous war, but an honorable and a successful you cannot achieve. ee hear.) There is only one inore topic, my lords, in her Majesty's speech to which I feel compelled to allude. Her Majesty announces with satisfaction that she has concluded a treaty, in conjunction with the Empe' diaain npertan! mntages, Tonto tant taal sine it intages, I confess that thisisa para- fyaph which creates some considerable doubt in my mind. ere can be no doubt that, in the prosecution of the general objects of the war, we sball gain the co-operation of Austria—a matter of tho greatest importance, and of signal benefit ; but looking at the course which Austria has hitherto pursued, J must be permitted to hesitate in expressing my satisfaction at this treaty until I have an becoming acquainted with the nature and x of the stipulations it contains. Austria had a very difficult game to play ; I make every al lowance for her position ; she has played not a very dig- nified part, but she has played it with considerable dex- ferity, and she may now feel it to be for her interest to Jay down the mask which she has hitherto assumed and to throw herself into the arms of the allies. I trust it may be so ; but up to the present moment, although I remember it was a a favourite phrase of her Majesty’s corenaeat that they had protracted negotiations, and 1y protracting them they had secured the immense ad- vantage of the co-operation of Austria and Prussia—J have yet to learn, in result, benefit we have derived, or what co-operation we have had from Austria—still lest from Prussia. So far as I can make out the ceutee Baratd, that of one power has been 2 Soutniry out pravecety of Rorctiars 2oating at the part 4 zt \UBTHity. a ri which Austria has hitherto taken in this cam lam not at all sure that she has not been in a great measure the cause S yee wan of success. It was not until after the siege of Silistria that Austria volunteered the assistance of her intervention in any shape; but when that siege had been raised—when Russian ar- my was in full retreat—when Omer Pasha was at the head of a triumphant army, with which, at all events. he could have found occupation for a large portion o! the army of Russia—at that moment Austria came in— whether without the sanction or with the previous know! of Her Majesty’s government, I know not; but she concluded atreaty with Turkey, the effect of which was to give her the occupation and control of the Prineie palities—to cover, in point of fact, the Russian retreat— to prevent the advance of tho Turks—ani to’ commence the demoralization of that hitherto successful army, and to set at liberty the whole of those Russian forces which had previously been opposed to Omer Pasha, and for which he might have found employment in Bessarabia or the Provinces, and to pour upon our forces, already outnumbered by the army they were besieging, those yore, yd Fdaoal yd or six times their own number. is happened, 8, in consequence of Austrian intervention. (Hear.) When I see what has hitherto been the effect of the intervention of Austria, I must MQ ereteird to doubt, unt] I see it, how far we shall derive advantages from the treaty now concluded, We may have entered into engagements, and bound ourselves to conditions which it would be very difficult to accomplish, but which we should be bound in honor to carry out. 1do not know what pro- mises Austria has made, or into what stipulation she has entered, and I think it is unreasonable to call upon the House of Lords to express their satisfaction at tlie con- clusion of a treaty, the contents of which are known only to her Majesty and her advisers, who may, there- fore, express their satiefaction upon the subject—a sa- tisfaction which it is impossible that we should express, because we know not one ae point of the treaty— (hear, hear). I point out this because I am certain that it will appear #o reasonable to noble lords opposite that they will consent to such a modification of the terms of the address a4 will avoid calling upon the house for an expression of satisfaction with that of which they know nothing, and will be content with her Majesty's expression of satisfaction at having, in concert with her ally, the Emperor of the French, coneluded a treaty with the kmperor of Austria. I shall not move this in the form of an amendment, but I suggest it to her Majesty’s government as a means of avoiding all difficulty with regard to the unanimons adoption of the address—(hear, hear). I feel it to be doubly important that for the pro- secution of this war we should have not only, as we have, the cordial, deliberate, sad stea/ly sanction of the people of this country, but that we should also have the opinion of parliament expressed in the most un- mistakeable language, that no questions or difference ag to the mode in which the war been conducted, or might have been conducted, shall interfere with the unanimous declaration of Parliament, that we will give her Majesty’s government every support in our power— that the world shall see a spectacle of aprent uation sinking all political animosities, sinking all party con- tentions, and uniting heart in hand with al! the means at their disposal, with all the influence they can exercise among their fellow countrymen, to prosecute the war, even although we may not entertain confidence in those who have the management of it, to give to them the most liberal support that they can require. (Cheers.) I think that I am speaking the sentiments of the coun- try, of my own friends, and of Parliament, when I say that, far from grudging them any supplies or any sup- port which is necessary for the successfal prosecution of this great and important war, it will be the country that will urge forward ministers to spare no pains, to omit no exertions, to make every sacrifice and every ef- fort for the purpose of securing a just and honorable peace, im consequence of successful, distinguished ope- rations, (Cheers.) ‘To those gallant men who are no under circumstances of considerable difficulty, with diminished numbers, gallantly fighting the bat of this country, reinforced ax they have been to a cer- tain degree, calculating as I do upon their indomitable reeverance and courage under all circumstances of ifficulty and discouragement—to them I would say, “Yet a little ymore patience, yet a little more perse- verence. The end is not yet, but the end is approaching you when you shall reap the reward of your labors. The eyes of your countrymen are upon you—the hearta of your countrymen are with you. The sympathies of your countrymen are in hs ed) of your unparalleled ex- ertions, Men, women, and children are exhausting their stores for the purpose of relievin, ministering to your comforts, and assuaging your suf- ferings. Fresh reinforcements are at hand. Your cour ur daring, your steady and obstinate resist. ance, and your unflinching perseverarce, shall not only de acknowledged, but shall serve as@ moral and an example to the country, which is proud of having you for soldiers. Go on in the gallant course which yon have begup. Have yet a little more patience to struggle inst the unavoidable dificulties which are opposed to you, and believe that the hearts of your countrymen aré with you. There are laurels for those who have fallen, and when you return from on expedition which, with all its harrassing difficulties, and all its dangers and ite labors, will be and must be successfal, because your example wiil inepire your country me the men who will have upheld and'maintained the honor of your fag—you will be the men who have delivered Europe from the power of the oppresvor, and you will deserve the blessings of Kogland and’ of the world. (Much cheering.) REPLY OF THE DUKE OF NEWOASTLE, The Duke of Newcastiw—Whenever it has fallen to my Jot to follow the noble lord who has just sat down, | have always felt the dificulty of the position in which f have been placed in endeavoring to reply to him, or to refute the arguments brought forward by so able aul practised adebater The great question as was oberved by the noble earlat the beginning of his speech, is one of mo: meutous interest. I deeply feel there difloulties as be ing greater than ever, andl pray your indulgence if I should be somewhat tedious in endeavoring to reply to of the noble earl ax to the admisteation epartment of which Lam at the be Allow me eo outset tosay that I re yeah of the think part of your distresses, and y rean be found s¢ was that the government had nat bean ynough in earrying on. thiswar, I re, * tone of the speech of the noble earl, w 1 believe to be im atcordamce wiih the rpirit of the coug- heen pat " , they sent out a fleet of such a draft of you will be | generally, that there cannot be the slighest delu- be ny ar a ‘the J as to the sentiments of this country—(hear, hear). Allow me to at once, SED am’ sot about, 2 the answer which {hope to make a defence of the ai- ment, or of the en gee to make to the noble earl, to muvistration of the which I belong. has been done which again, as on the 29th of which we have aequired, that the same dove in the same mann*r. Some would be omit. ted—other things woula be done which have now been omitted tobe done. But before I p to comment ‘upon the ‘facts to which the noble earl has referred, I ust, in justice to the government, recall to your lord. tention that the circumstances affecting the ad. inistration of the war, and the measures of the govern- ment from the commencement of this war, have not been fairly dealt with by the noble earl, who seemed to me to be somewhat inconsistent in two of the charges which he made against us. He began by saying that it was clear that, at the commencement of the warlike opera- tions we had other ebjects in view than the mere de- fence and assistance of the Turkish power; and, then he shortly afterwards endeavored to that, until the aeige of Silistria was raised, we no information as to what we were about to do, and that everything was a mere afterthought. I say that the first proposition, that we had throughout a double object—the first, the support of the Turkish power, and the second, the protection of Constantinople—was correct. My lords, we thought also tbat we should not be sat sfied with the mere ex- pulsion of the Russians from the Principalities, but that we should endeavor to obtain such securities for the fu- tureas should prevent the reeurrence of those evils which had involved us in this war, and should also prevent a recurrence of those eave attempts on the Turkish empire which were source of those evils—(hear, hear). And, my lords, let mo say at once that our policy on this question was identical with that of France—(hear, hear)—not merely from the first mo- ment of warlike operations, but from the commencement of negotiations, our poliey has been identical with tuat of the Emperor of the French, and our upion was com- plete—(hear, hear). My lords, I frecly confess Ido rather pit: noble ear! for his having mado that not very dignified attempt, on his part, to sow dissension between the government of this country and of France, through some speeches delivered long ago by mem- bers of her Majesty’s government, when the noble earl knows as well as I do that never was an alliance firmer than the present alliance between this country and France; and really, when the noble earl turned round and taunted my noble friend, the Firat Lord of the Treasury, that he had at last disco- vered that an alliance with France was worth having, the noble earl, I must take the liberty to say, was per- fectly well aware what the policy of her Majesty’s gov- ernment had been. (Hear.) Our alliance was fixel, and we were faithful to it, as we had been faithful to our alliance with Louis Philippe so long as he was on the throne, or it will be more s0—a result which will be due to the candor and open confidence shown by the present Emperor of the French. Hear.) When the noble earl argues that the policy of her Majesty’s gov- ernment has been a ‘‘hand-to-mouth”’ policy, 1 appre- hend the noble earl alludes to the steps en at the commencement of the war, and to that quarter of the world connected with the Baltic, The noble earl has commented with considerable severity on the result of the operations in the Baltic. Iam not about to refer to the noble earl’s jokes about the First Lord of the Admi- ralty; but, nevertheless, our operations in the Baltic were not unattended with beneficial results. It is true that Cronstadt and Sweaborg have not fallen, but your lordships will bear in mind, looking at the position of Russia, that the result has been that her fleet has never been able to take the sea, and that her trade is entirely suspended. (A cry of “Nol’’) The noble lord says “No.”? Lam not, of course, alluding to a trade carried on through a neutral state; bat I say again that the trade of Russia in Bothnia and Finland is not ey crippled, but completely suspended. (Hear, hear.) It ‘was not unnatural that the public should look with comparative indifference on the capture of Bomarsund, ys tha account of the facility with which it was ef- lected, and partly on account of the greater object hich engaged public attention; but if your lordships consider what Bomarsund was to have been, and what it was rapidly becoming, the result achieved is far from unimportant. In Sweaborg and Cronstadt the whole of the ficets of Russia might ride; the Gulf of Bothnia. would become another Russian lake, and be wholly at the mercy of Russia. I say, then, that the noble earl is hardly justified in reflecting, as he did, on the opera- tions in the Baltic. ButI pass that over to proceed to other points in his speech. My lords, when the noble earl commented on the budget brought forward at the commencement of this year, and said the government brought forward an estimate for sending 25,000 men to Malta and ‘‘back again’’—a phrase which he seemed ra- ther fond of, as he used it so often—I don’t know whe. ther the nobje aarl found any auch estimate im apeochen, or wheter it is a picture of his own vivid imagina- tion; but I can say that it was never meant for one moment that thore uld come back again, unless——what we never expected—— the Emperor should sue for peace. The force ori- inally estimated for was, I believe, between 28,000 and ,000, including officers. In fulfilment of our policy, that force was sent to Malta; but not to remuin there, or to “come back again.”? And here let me say that the greater portion of that force was sent for the purpose of expediting the whole force. The noble ear! aliudes to the supposed inactivity of the government, and s: those tions consumed the months of March, April, reg \ aoy, part of June. Let me remind the noble earl that heis entirely mistaken, and that the whole force was sent out, with the: ion of a few regi- menta of cavalry, before the ‘April, and that Lord Raglan soon afterwards reseived from me iustructions to move that force from the position they occupied. That force was ordered, in the first instance, in conjunc- tion with the forces of France, to Gallipoli. They pro- ceeded to take up position at Gallipoli, with instruc- tions from the commanders of the united forces to tarow up field works, and occupy a position between Varna ‘and the Black Sea. Before, however, this was accom. ished, the march of the Russians across the Danube yk place; and on the 22d of April orders were sent to move the troops as rapidly as possible to Varna, subse- quently with a view to support Silistria. About this time those events took place in Greece which appeared likely to embarrass other natio: nd I think in was on the 20th of May that a force was sent to the Pireus to secure neutrality on the part of Greece. The noblo earl said it was only when the siege of Silistria was raised wo contemplated an invasion of the Crimea; he said it was only then, when the siege of Silistria was raised, that the siege of Sebastopol was contemplated; that it was only then general orders were issued to proceed to the Crimea; that it was only when the siege of Silistrin was raised we asked the question ‘“‘What next?’ Let me in. form the noble earl that he is entirely in error in the whole of that statement. From the first the invasion of the Crimea was contemplated, and I only wish it was consistent with my duty to lay upon your lordships’ table those despatches which have passed between Lord Raglan and myself upon the conduct of the war, but I think your lordships will agree with me that this is not the fitting time to produce those despatches, and that it would ,be fonly ‘endangering the public service to do so; but f say the production of those documenta would prove that, on the very day on which the first official instructions were given to Lord Raglan, in- structions were also given to him in a separate de- spatch to make inquiries as te the means of an inva- sion, and of carrying it out. The noble earl proceeded tosay, upon the authority of some #; he raw in the newspapers, that it was not till the end of July these orders were issued. Here, again, he is entirely inerror. The siege of Silistria was raised on the 22d of June. We then decided that the moment was now come when, looking at the great object of the war, ve should strike a blow at the power of Russia. On 11¢ 29th of June my instructions to Lord Reglan for the invasion were written, The noble earl complains that we did not strengthen Lord Raglan’s force, but I can’t forget that at the end of June there was not a voice raised in depre- cation of the acts of the government which did not aay our forces were sufficient, and did mot deprecate delay. Ani let me here call te your attention that the noble earl, in dealing with the question of the insufiiciency of our forces, overlooks the fact that this war was not un dertaken by our own army alone, but that we undertook it in conjunction with agreat military power, and tha: when you send 9 force insufficient for the purpose you wish to accomplish, you should look, not at your own force alone, but vt the te foree, and consi ler whether that is suificient or not. But the first step we took was to send to Lord Reglan such reinforcements were ina condition at that moment to take the field efiectively, Believing it might be possible to carry on operations on a smail scale in conjunction with Fran in other countries, we had reserved at home more infant! ry and cavalry, but the moment the invasion of the Cri- mea was decided on, a reinforcement was sont out under Sir G. Cathcart, comprising artillery and two battering trains; and I believe never were two battering trait sent out in such a state of efficiency, nor anything |i no large an amount of ammunition. I belicv you look into the annals of the Peninsular war, you will jind no example of such a force, and this is acknowleiged by the most. competent judges in conjunction with the com- mander in chief. The noble earl has touched upon a ic which is made a subject of complaint out of doors —the deiny in the embarkation of troops for Varna. The noble earl read a letter from av officer, who sail it would be most unjust to accuse the troopa or military com- manders for the delay, My lords, I say at once I believe ‘no blame belongs to them, and certainly I am not the man to blame them. But, if the noble earl says no Dlame attaches to the army, blame therefore by impli- cation belongs to the government; but will the noble earl point out what blame he attaches to the govern ment? In the first place tho operat ons of the Turkish army on the Danube caused some delay. Marshal 3t. Arnaud found it necessary to send forward a portion of the French army after those operations on the Danube, and the preparations mode for embarking so very considerable a force took a considerable time. Tf believe upon no occasion was there so large a fleet of transports as upon that occasion: but though the officers used their best exertions, saffic ont time had not elapeed to enable them to provide doats ‘or the embarka- tion and disembarkation, and with the greatest energy Sir E. Lyons and Sir G. Brown wore employed nearly a month in procuring those materials and hastening those operations. (Hear.) My lords, 1 come now to the third and most serious cause of delay, namely--the breaking out of cholera in the camp. (Hear.) When the noble earl says the army was kept wasting, IT tell hin again he is wrong in his facts and in his dates. The ocder wa< given for going to the Crimen before the breaking out of the cholera in the camp. (Hear, hear.) The picture of its effects drawn by the le earl may be somewhat exaggereted—of graves prepared at might for burial in the moruing—but at the same time the calamity was a most serious one; bat, though it eansed a great loss to ua, i caused a atill greater lose to our allies; and even the les: of those who died was far less than that of those who recovered, but were so debilitated as to bewholly uniit for service, (Hear.) The army was hardl this enlamity when the fleet was attarked by « & biast blown from the shore. The ships put ¢ and in ingle night nearly 100 men in perished from this disease, They to v isorder; but a gale es « of stopping this ening—they were obli malady increase), aud thts 1, for one, greatly doubt that thik delay, oxcept as regards the debility waw so vreat ay it has been represented the Cyimen in yery poowlinr, epd during the yymmpy in the « the ney \ Y 1, 1855. [SS months that of the neighberbood of Varna is far more salubrious. I greatly fear whether, even if happens to the Crimea at an earlier age tng. ve coc’ the greatumemity of the ‘a which us in As regards the insufficiency of prepara- tions with which the noble earl charges the government, lreally do not knew what he means, except it be that which Crore tenm sam the paucity of men. Ican only say that these preparations were not only immense, but minute, and that transports have been collected an sent out Sor ye per pceen et the war such as, I believe, at no former pe: ‘the history of this country wo have been possible, and are now only ticable im con- uence of the increase of steam navigation within the last two or bene nape As uantity of stores and Rema robe kinds eon te ae try, no practical man ever ex, an o their inadequacy, but on the contrary. As I said of am- munition, so I say of medical and other stores, that they were, in the opiaion of those who were beat able to ) in most cases double, and in some cases, treble of what was thought absolutely mecessary. I said I was notabout to tell your lordsbi 't there were no mistakes,and that every yey was perfect. I admit at once that it is not sufficient to prove that this immense amount of ammanition aud stores has been sent out if they are not available at the moment when wanted. I readily confess that mistakes have been maile, and that there have been defects, buf I hope that in the further progress of the war they will be remedied. (Hear, bear.) The noble Earl really speaks of this ex) ition to the Crimea as if the force carried across the seas was so nmall and trifling im amount as not to be worth speaking of. He forgets the successful and ble manner in which that great army was disembarked, What did the army amouat to? The English force consisted of 27,000 men, and the French force of 24,000; and these two great bodies of sol- diera were carcied at the same time, and disembarked within a few hours of each other, in addition to 8,600 Turkish troops, which were attached to the French army. That makes a body of nearly 60,000 men, all of whom were landed at once on the shores of the Crimea; and I believe the records of history do not show any undertak- ing on such @ scale so successfully accomp! |. (Hear, ear.) Then comes the battle of the Alma. The noble Earl, with his accustomed ek ce, has dwelt on the efforts and courage of our ys. I will not attempt now to add anything to what he has said, lest I should injure the effect of his observations. Then followed that flank march of the Light Cavalry, which has been so well commented upon by my nob! friend the noble duke who moved the Address. I will here, my lords, remark again upon the charge of the noble earl with reference to the want of reinforcement, I stated that, when the expedition to Crimea wi decided upon, Lord Raglen’s army, the Pktent of which was not short of 30,000 men, was increased by the ad- dition of 7,000 more, and that no reinforcements were subsequently sent until after the battle of Inkerm: I do not wish to quibble about figures, or to take advan- tage of the small mistakes of the neble earl, but I will explain to the house why it was impossible to send larger reinforcements, if larger reinforcements were at that moment considered ntial. After the 7,000 troops had been dispatched, and before the news of the battle of Alma were received, a force of between 6,000 and 7,000 more were under orders to proceed to the Crimea, ‘The noble earl alluded to the Prince steamer. It was that vessel which carried the first portion of the reiuforcement—and I shall have a few words to say about her presently; and I would here observe that, if the re- mainder of this reinforcement of 7,000 did not proceed with the same rapidity as formerly, it was becanse the whole available steam transports had been rent to the Crimea. Others were coming in from foreign countries, and our colonies, no doubt; butas soon as they arrived, they were taken up by the govern- ment. At the moment, however, when the force of 7,000 was ready to embark, steam transports were not at hand to take them. The noble earl says there has been a want of prescience on the gts of the government —that their policy is one of hand to mouth—that they never anticipated from one day to another what tn should be called on in the future to undertake. #eems to forget that no country can enter intoa war, at its commencement, in as perfect a state for carrying it on as in a few months or a year or two after it has be gun. Not even the most military nations on ‘he conti- nent can be always quite prepared to go to war, and England, be it recollected, never kept a large standing army inthe country—her army is scattered over ditfer- ent parts of the world; there is a large portion of it in India and in the colonies, and only a part of it, so to speak, in this land. But did we show aay want of pre- science? What was the step taken by the government when I held in conjunction the offices of Colonial Secre- tary and the Secretary at War? On the first declaration of war, I sent out to all the colonies to withdrawas many regiments as possible from them, with the view of strengthening the whole force. Ten regiments of infan- try, besides several companies of artillery, were ordered home. And to show the noble lord that there was not @ want of prescience, 1 may mention that we have already profited by our foresight. Some of the regiments, which; a few months ago, were in the colonies, have been Lager Payee on. I admit—since they arrived here, and are now on their way to reinforce tne army of the Crimea; but I readily owm, that in consequence of the extent and distance of the colonies, some of those regiments have not reached England, and that, when they do arrive, a considerable time will be requir- ed t recruit them and make them fit for foreign servic But I was alluaing to the impossibility of commencing war with such an amount of forces as it would be desir- able to Pour into the country with which we are engaged in hostilities. Look at the position of our great and powerful mili ally. France has now collected a very powerful army, but it not a fact that, at the com- mencement of hostilities, she was not able to send those reinforcements which she now sends? Then look at that great military power, Austria, which I hope we shall be able to call our ally. What has she been doing during the last four or five months? Was her army in an effec- tive state to take the field when war was declared by this country? And if Austria had been obliged, as we were, to send an army into the field, is it not ay, she would have been compelled to send one much more inadequate, much weaker, and much leas fitted for ice than she would now be en- abled todo? If that is the case of a great military nation, whose whole military system is based on con- scription, ought not we to expect it to be the case of a country whose military system rests entirely on volun- tary enlistment? We never undertook a under simi- lar circumstances. On former occasions we had a mixed system, but now it is entirely and simply voluntary, On former occasions we had a power o ress meat ards the navy, and we had ballot ffs regartis the militia. it is true we have the ballot now as to the militia, but I rejoice to find that at present, at any rate, there is no necessity to carry it into effect; and { say it is a proud thing for us to boast that we are enabled to maintain the high position which England has so long held in Europe, to assert our rights and to espouse the cause of justice on behalf of others, without compelling a man to enter our army and fight our battles. (Hear, hear ) But when the policy of the country has been to keep a very limited force—when the economical feeling of the House of Commons nas placed very great restriction on our expenditure for all military departments, it is not wonderiul, at the commencement of the war, that our forces should not be of such an awount as the energy, zeal and keen anxiety of the country might desire, or that those recruits which we are now collecting are not xufficiently trained to be equal to those more prac- tised and admirably disciplined troops which first pro- ceeded to the Crimea. I have no hesitation in saying, moreover, that the voluntary syfem of enlietment has ity inconveniences. It was practically found before, and is now most specially evident, that men in this country are most anxious to enlist when success is somewhat retarded, and when increased energy appears to be necessary, and not when everything is proceeding with every probability of an early and successful issue. This theory, if theory you think it is, has been completely established during the last few months. At the first declaration of war, recrnits came forward freely, but the supply soon relaxed, and during some months very few offered themselves, so few indeed aa to cause con- siderable anxiety on the part of the government; but as Foon aa it appeared evident that the siege of Sebastopol was likely to be protracted, and that there would be greater difficulty and hazard in carrying it on than was at first believed, from that time, when the energy of the people was roused, the zeal and energy of the young men of the country increased, and week by week the number of recruits has increased until the week last past, when, I belie it was double the number of that in ‘any one week since the commencemont ofthe war, and six and sevenfold more than it was five or six weeks ago. The siege of Sebasto- pol commenced, after a considerable amount of desultory preparation, on the 17th of October. Seon afterwards it became apparent, from the intelligence which reached this country, that the siege was likely to be more tracted than, I readily admit, the govern- ment at first expected. Icandidly own, whether it be any shame to the government or not, that wo did hope and believe that long before the time at which we are now assembled, the fortress would have fallen; and if we were over confident—though we were supporved in our opinion by men of great experionce—we erred, to- ber with the public at large, both in this country and in France, the moment it appeared that the siege of Sebastopol was likely to be protracted, every exertion was used by the government to obtain reinforcements, and to ¢end them with as little delay as possible to the Crimea. And here | again admit that, under any other cireumstaners than those which existed, those reinforce- ments ought not to have been sent, because the troops that have gone out had arrived too recently in this country to be effectually recruited, oul, besitos, had amongst them men who were not trained as effi siently as could be wished. I don’t hesitate to say, and your lordships may blame me if you will, that’ 1 ordered those regiments to proeeed to the Kast with very great relnctance, but I felt that the exigencies of the service required them. When you blame the government for not having sent these reinforce- ments earlier, let me tell you that those generals on the spot, who were best competent to judge, did not desire those troops to be sent out prematurely; they rather wished them to be reserved for the next cam- prign, unless those everts arose which now rendered them necessary, and induced Lord Raglan to press for them, snd the government to dispatch them immediate- ly. Undonbdtedly we did not expect that Russia’s power of reinforcing her troops before Sebastopol was as great aa it bas proved to be; we did not doubt her power—we | were aware of that—bat we dil not suppose that her | army could move from Odessa to Sebastopol with such | marvellous rapidity. You, my lords, will be surprised to hear that, through the extraordinary exertioas of the Rossian getmggal, and by means of an unlimited number | Off horses auiieattle, the movements of the army were se rapid that Ppelieve in one day a march of 42 miles was efleoted. 1 nay, Be imprudent in making these confes sions, but 1 wie deal frankly with your lord (bear, hear). We didmot calculate on Russia being able to send reiuforéements to Sebastopol in time for the battic of Inkermann. I will only say we did not form our y the hap-hagord and guess. work—we took the ns we were able to obtain in the coontry— | the opinions of thoxe who were most likely to inform uk of the capabilities of the Russian forces aod the country | throngh hich they would have to pass. Now what are the | | !reinforeements which have been sent out of the ¥ The noble earl bus greatly underrated thom He month of June more than 20,000 men have pnt from this country to the Fast; the greater | portion of these, or about 12,900, have gone withm the laat few weeks. Some of your lordships will be sar. sed when 1 tell you that the whole aumber of men, ineluding officera, who have been sent to the Rest, from | tho-compencement of hostilities paty tho present time, ree yo that a few years 28th mwas taken up with what.I term the Bogbear imvasion, we were that 10,000 men of the regular army could not be brought to defend our I think the exertions the country has now made ought net to be underrated. Looking at the operations condeected iu this country at a period when we were longer at war, I doubt whether, on any former occasion, so many British troops were sent out in the same space of ti to be placed under the command of re ge |. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl us wo the inadequate supply of stores of all kinds. I have here returns which show the enormous amount of gun- wder and ammunition which has been sent to the army. ‘ith regard to the ordnance, 62 guns were sent out at the commencement of the war; two complete batteries of 43 qarnenth, with an enormous amount of shot and i) seven nine-pounder batteries; and two troops of horse artillery, with six pieces each. And, asl said before, on no former occasion was the same quanti- ty of ordinance supplied to any British army. gy your lordabips a more distinct idea, I may mention that the amount of ammunition for small arms sent out war 22,933 rounds. But yet the government are not satisfied witb the exertions which they bave made in that ter, for we are continually Pee as often as ships can ‘be obtained, ammunition of all kinds. And at the same time 14 la: uns and mortars have been sent from 8 t weight. severe comment by the noble earl in the course speech—that the government had exhibited no foresight in the supply of warm clothing. The noble earl is correct in the le matter that the epprly of warm clothing arrived at its destination on the lith October; but noble lord will not deny that if the supply on board the Prince, and the various other steamers, were landed safely, there would be little reason for complaint, considering the climate and the season of the year when warm clothing became necessary. I may mention to your lordships that orders for warm clothing were given by mynelf as carly as the month of Ju! and August; and, as soon as they could be executed an steamers eould ‘be procured, yy were dispatched. There were 35,700 woollen socks, 53,000 woollen shirts, 17,000 pairs of drawers, 2,500 watch coats, 16,100 blan- kets, and 3,700 rugs on the Prince alone; and the sum total of the supply for the service comprised 150,000 woollen socks, 90,00 pairs drawers, 80,000 woollen shirts, 80,000 pairs long woollen stockings, 40,000 rail. hy Ae tiie waterproof cape 000 40,000 fur coats, and other articles of warm cloth ing in proportion, The government, as soon as the ru- mor ofthe calamity to the Prince reached them, and be- fore the intelligence had reached the public, sent orders by express to gow and Leicester,and the other wool- len markets, to buy up the necessary articles to replace the suspected loss, and before the intelligence of it had this country the whole actually replaced, d within two or e days after the most of those articles were embarked. Ger hear.) As soon as it became probable that the troops must winter in the Cri- mea without roofs over theirheads, we issued orders for theepekin coats for the whole of the army. That be- ing an article not in use in this country, we found that 35,000 only could be supplied in land, but we have ordered 10,000 from France, and 20,000 more from Styria and other provinces of Austria; and, confident that parliament would net begrudge it: on the score of expense, I wrote, through my noble friend at the Foreign Office, to Lord Stratford, request- ing him to buy up 26,000 more in the districts of Tur- key. I would not have mentioned these things, but that the noble earl endeavored to raise the opinion that the care of the army had been neglected, for great in- deed would be the responsibility of that government that could be guilty of conduct so disgraceful to humanity. Independently of the number provided from Turkey, Malta, and Trieste, 10,500 men have been sent from this country, and 3,200 more will be despatceed in the course of the next day or two. The noble earl, in al- luding to the condition of the army, said they were in rags. It is undoubtedly the fact, that in consequence of the hard labor endured by the men in the trenches and elsewhere, the uniforms with which they left this country are wern out ; but the result was antici- pated before the complaint was made, by those placed over that department, and new uniforms have been made, not only such 'as would regularly be issued to them, but a third suit had been supplied, and all with- out any of the reductions to which the soldier was usually subjected. (Hear. And these have, no doubt, by this time reached ther destination, presuming always that no calamity, such as could not be con- trolled by human power, should occur. Government have taken upon themselves to deal with the army on a scale of liberality hitherto unusual, and such as I am sure will be approved of by the country. We have re- uired reductions in no case; we have issued extra ra tions of meat and spirits without ing reductions for these. Yet the noble earl said the army were half starved. That I mustentirely deny. Iyadmit that acei dents have occurred, and that everything has not been perfect, but I say fearlessly that no army was ever bet ter fed than this has been, and that is admitted both by the officers and the men. Not a single dey, except one—the day after the disembarkation at Balaklava— had occurred that the regular rations were not server out, and if salt rations have been #1 pen more fre, tly than was desirable, your lordships will att that to the peculianty of the surrounding cireuns stances. The Earl of Denny said that what had fallen from him did not bear upon the condition of the army, except on the day of the battle of Inkermann, that many of tho men had been in the trenches all night, and the greater portion had not breakfasted when they entered bat- ue. ‘The Dake of NewoastE:—I am obliged to the noble earl, for the circumstanses to which he alludes undoubtedly enhances the brave conduct of the men. I admit, wit! to the commissariat, that mistakes have occurs¢d; and, considering how great a novelty it was to many of those in the department, I only wonder that more ‘mis- takes have not been je. Speaking now of the medi cal department, I am certainly not to defend it; quite the reverse, for I think the deficiency experienced in it de- pends on an ill-judged economy, which prevente! the establishment of a well constituted medical depariment in time of peace. Blame is not to be attached to any one of those under whom that department is placed, still less to, the department itself. While our allies, the French, had a well organized hospital corps, we had none, not even a code of hospital regulations; we had all bday in de novo, and it is only wonderful that ater blunders have not oceurred. J only regret that mere suf- fering than need be was occasioned to our brave men in consequence of these blunders; and, befor? blame is cast upon the government, let me say that, in February and March, Mr. Guthrie addrewed me as to the number of army surgeons to be sent out. He stated that the number empleyed in the pen- insula was quite insufficient, and recojmended a third assistant surgeon for every regiment. [ consulted Dr. Smith, but he was adverse to that view, and was in favor of augmenting the hospital staf. i consulted others, and came to the conclusion that both were right, and accordingly increased the medical staff and the regimental surgeons also. Therefore the num- ber of medical officers now on the staff is 280, regimental surgeons 192, and those attached to the ordnance 114, besides nine more proceeding to join the army, making in all 495 medical officers. ‘That gives, according to the estimated strength of 30,000 or 40,000 ‘men, one medical officer to 77 of strength—about double the namber in any former war, At the same time I will not compare that which has been done with what was done fifty years ago, for Iam satisfied that, with all the improve- ments already made, there is still room for mare, And when the noble earl speaks of the charity of thecountry, 1 am prepared to admit that charity, and that it has been called forth by actual deficiencies for the moment; but J must Song that it has been called forth by the in sufficiency of the supplies. The supply of medical stores had been made on a scale of 10,000 patients, and all was sent out at the earliest possitie moment. The supply of linen and lint amounted to 26,564 Ibs., an amount which would cover thirty-six acres of ground. Linen bandages were sent, in number about 17,500, anil 25,500 yards of adhesive plaister. All that I wish to im- ‘press upon your lordships is, that there has not been that neglect in the supply of theee articles which might be inferred from the statements of the noble earl (Der- by). 480,000 dozen of port wine have been sentout for the use of the hospital at Seutari, and by far the greater part of that was in store there before the arrival of any of the wounded, 1,200 gallons of braudy have been sent, and suger and other comforts in similar proportions, My lords, that those who have visited these hospital) have been painfully struck with the scenes they witness ed is certainly not at all surprising. Tse influx of 1,000 wounded men must strike anybody, and I fear that sufii- cient accommodation for such a number was not eapable of being immediately afforded upon their disembarkation, Tam bound to say I think that those who had the man agement of the hospital at Scutari have been influenced too much by those feelings of attention to economy, which are right under ordioary circumstances, but wrong in the exigencies in which they were placed. I Delieve also there has been a want of ordinary organiza- tion. Steps, however, have been taken by the govern- ment to rectify these evils. Instructions were imme- diately sent out to procure supplies at aug cost whatever. We have arranged that a general officer shall proceed out to take charge of the whole administration of the hospi tals of Scutari, with a view of improving their organisa- tion; and we have sent out a medical commission of three gentlemen for the purpose of inquiring into all the complaints made upon this subject—not so much with the view of condemning or punishing individuals, but forthe purpose of ascertaining defects, and ena- bling us to Fectity th {impression should have gone abroad that the commission was only iasued by the government with the view of bolstering up 8 delective system, and making out a case to be Laid before parliament. No such idea has influenced the government in issuing this commission, The commis sion will not be influenced by any such desire, but only by that of fulfilling the injunctions of tho government, and benefitting the public service. I regret to say that one of there commissioners perished on board the Prince steam lam confident that no hep bat dl devire actu ated this gentleman. But what has been the step taken by the two surviving commissioners’ Upon the death of Dr. Spence, and upon their considering who they should select as their colleague with a view to laying their Isbors before the public, they applied to the Rev. Mr. Sydney Godolphns Osborne, who hap pened to be at Seutari, to act upon that com- mission, and to join in that investigation, I do not think that any one will deny this, that Mr. Osborne has shown himself to be n most ardent investigator of abuses, and that in bir bands, atany rate, the government and the medical department are not likely to receive too lenient treatment, if abuses are discovered. 1 bell that gentleman is fulfilling a charitable mission m ably in that country, and he bas declined to serve that commission; and I therfore only mention the fact of an application having been made to him, for the purpore of dirabusing the public mind as to the object for which the commission was iseued—(he 5) With regard to the institution of nurses at Scutari, at the commencement of the war proposal was made to the government that hospital nurses should be sent out to the English army a* was the practice in the French and other armies; but the experience of military w and the opinion of the medical department was to any such commission, and we did not fee thorived to net at variance with that experieare, though we undoubtedly now feel that that experience | based ated that | pon a totally different state of thin, jon was founded upon circamatences altogether on these, The reasoq why formpsly murspa wery ty tke | tert | rienced in sendigg out reir sith rerious lo eutl (Der! the Feesied b Ihe Earl of Dx re, I merely Duke of ward that th Hite to 0 bis the greatest q commander. which had elap Palaklava and eos | ing her’ of this delay in | ately wrote to Lq may mind was th party, and beggin} the case. Of cou time, but I am bor duct of all concern the authority of a that the state of the the days the Prince never be brought i nor discharge the cargo assistance of a smal companies of the Forty-sixt on board. With reference to the a of the captain of the Prince, unt earl had made that statement, I had n word upon the subject. I will endeavor to formation, and in the meantime | will reaq a short statement explanatory of the q ‘The noble Duke then referred to a docun} held in his hand, to the effect that the A informed by a naval officer that he diste ability of the master who commanded the Prince: nj which an inquiry was instituted, and the directors af steamboat spmpeny deelared that thoy had the great im. The result of the inquiry confidence in fa ter, he was mand. ted t! there on hoard, but a complete deni Yessel—a commande! appear to have tak From the observation of t he seemed to have lo of our allies, and alone, but there was a large Frenc! everything in our of the Brench. power of our allies possessed by thie country, we are at ment conveying nearly 10,000 troops of the Proa army in British transports from Toulon to the Crim, We have conveyed other trocps of hers from other pa and we shall continue that assistauce, feeling pec gatisGed that in no way can our money and the hi this country be better employed than in conveying j gallant army to the field of ‘action in the present We are vending ovt 4 complete veilry (Hear, bear.) and stationary engines, and other urpase of saving the physical exertions of our mer. ve not undertaken to carry this oat ourselves, are quite aware of the way in which governmen undertakings, in comparison with private indiy ifh and we have therefore called to our assistance (() prise of the most proper persons to carry thi tts were the two genjle! to whom the government applied, ag upon tioning the matter to them, thes-mfmediately said everything in their peswa<-Ould be placed at thy sal of the government, and thoy made only o Mion, namely, that they should not derive one fi They would not undertake the as a contract, but they would act as our doing everything for us, and sending the bift I make ‘this (Cheers. ) tion this to their bonor, and also as a yamp! and spirit which animates al) raul ect, Mr. Peto and Mr. of profit. the Treasury. (Cheers.) in justice to these gentlemen. the energ: people in the country—(hear, hear.) J, for one, T hope that ne’ the government nor the country will beat all disp ill more important, that you will nc ese brave mim in the j—(hear, hear.) I shalibe unwillir} this occasion to attempt any elaborateallusion +4 t re above guch anu ithout the agistancep! fleet the efforts of the army would be uspyailin, despair of the result of our efforts. but w! one in jagine that are discouraged gallant band. I feel meed of praise as mine. has been when there existed much these two arms of the British servi ‘Than does not exist now, and J crust never In the present instance, #0 far feom ji the navy have shown the greatest anx ways the men of the sister service, that of our allies the Frenel kindness that did honour to the navy that the ships have had an opportunity ot joining a word abou) at War boge rust that might have existed between the « and goo Marshal St battle before Sebastopol, Let me sa; French allies, From the moment ished, and the greatest cordiallt; had existed between Lord Raglan a (whilst he was living), But not only the generals, bi the same fecling of cordiality. ments of the seige. ultation, to those propht that the long p ed, and the luxurious ease which perienced, would have weakened ours juced our faculties, so that, when way have succumbed to any enemy reli’ eater ourselves, The events of the war hi trary to be the case, The noble ear much feeling of the losses we have ex; been my painful duty more than on to a mother, a sister, or a wife, the low ¢thow were dearest to them. Such tidings, delay of all tidings, must of necessity » ing.” The conduct of the soldiers in # the juftice of the endeavors which hai made towards the amelioration of theii have seen their conduct in the field, a vate letters from some of them to their fans at which have hee ert tat that they aragiate: feeling of duty to the punty It is said thet it is tabvivil only by the highest also of morality. the English to grumble. It is so; but it Who, surrounded by luxuries grumble annoyance. Such has not been the cow mies in the East. They bave, ander all showed a spirit of contentment: and one hospital of Scuteri, on hearing of the arc dies who liad gone out for the purpose of hder' sistance to the sick, said: ‘This, indeed, i land; now we see that our countggrmres army has had toendure, during, than the ordinary horrors of war; tent with using against us the usual weapon had the barbarity rocious villany cold blood tle wounded who were lying on ti battle; and these atrocities were not commit) by the common poldiery, but by"those holdi mission of officers in the enemy’s service. diers, however, have not retaliated, but h forbearance. most Christ 1 must say tised the conclude few worlds fe friend the Commander-in Chie! of the army tn U7 Your lordships can bave no somnaatiene ner can who has not been in constant and intimate qn tion with him how much he hss done. ord Raglan is loved by the army abi Demet Mis worth Wht wot’ Be fay until some day, not only his derpati private letters which I have from hii vith respect to the suggestion that the no nite (the Earl of Derby) had made, that sone tod of respect should be paid to General Canrobert to state, that Her Majesty, some time since rigyy him ber intention to confer om bim the Ord: | ont and that the official notrfication wa cause it was felt that the compliment appreciated if it was offered at the same conferred upon our own soldiers, which animates this count wixe—a strong proof of which (s to be contributions from Canada to ihe Pat war will be prosecuted with vigcr, fo orlships that we have end to attain that we are decormined to makes I will now state to your lorie rnerifiee. ects for which this house ew been ‘One of those objects is to bring in a militia regiments to volunteer { nies, The ebject of that bill able us to avail ourselves of t Islands. her Mo; foreign trongps to a limited amount under existing sete of Marlis ploy foreign troops in foreign serv! Cops in thik country war, so in ¢ importance to have this powe further matter, which does not req purpos®, but whie * right to m intention to inere: m having four addition or that may be, on number of companie. tos ner dueting the war ata ap pwar andd moles. to reme he ip rentene or men bat puryone to some place, the most « be Malta, Fdo not mean ort to other p continued in his ed 8 nO Nava! off tion to give that staten 1 officers were placed in nda lieutenant—and [ think House will, therefore, not condemn the unfortur master of the vesstl, or the Board of Admiratty, recy poenibia pevepntion, (Hes ¢ noble Earl (Earl of Derbd| sight of the power and strend forget that wewere not fight army also en, My lords, we have, on the part of this country, dq wer to facilitate the operatid The means of transport. in being much inferior fot y' that, if they were not te take so active a part in ff it was because the ships of Russia were placed their reach, that they had no opportunity of prov] active service their attachment te their country. been otherwise, I am convinced that not these Russian ships which aze now is harbor, a view of pouring their broadsides upon would have escaped falling a prize to our na’ bh. But, though thi not to be, they had lost no opportunity of assist af} army. To them it was owing that, after the battled Alma, the soldiers were treated with a gentlene side by side they fought and side by side they have passed the weary] We can now refer, with son which werdto the ‘Present co or the ener! With ry prosecution of the war, | am glad to seo that animaten tl colom, t scrvice athe obrious—na werviees of ments at present ot Gibraltar, Malte and Tintend to lay upon the tadle @ boo 's government to train within dedl You are aby ut, although © We dalieve t resent, ti would b to a limited ation of t te onch regi —ihur ine vents, whey oat