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Lord Cardigan. — A Numerous Meeting Of T...
15 f txuafoEf ; " " afi volunteers arid recruits who have joined * he Household infantry * ace -the 1 st of January hare been imppBed wi * h it , and , being tall men , thettunic becomes them much better , and must be more comfortable and easy , than the padded and b ' uttoned-up regimental coat . Rear-Admiral Down , who lately died , aged 77 , at IIfracombe , served as midshipman of the Barfleur in Howe's action , and was wounded When mate of the Excellent off Cape St . Vincent ^ He was lieutenant of the Vincejo at the capture of the Guillaume Tell , and also served at the surrender of Malta , in 1800 .
Income and Expenditure . —A Parliamentary paper states the income for the year ended January 5 at 56 , 737 , 132 ? . 18 s . 3 d ., and the expenditure at 59 , 946 , 192 ? . 2 s . 8 d . ; excess of expenditure over income , 3 , 209 , 0597 . 4 s . dd . Irish Demonstration . —An attempt was made a few days since to shoot Mr . Henry Bevan Slator , while standing at his own hall door , at Ballymahon , in the county of Westmeath . Mr . Slator was the purchaser of some property of late in the Encumbered Estates Court , and found it necessary to eject some of the tenantry . The farm buildings of Mr . Murphy , of Grange , near Loughrea , were burnt down last week , and eight fat cows , three horses , two packs of wool , and other farm produce consumed . The fire was the work of an incendiary .
Thk Baltic Fleet . —All the Baltic ships now under repair are ordered to be ready for service by the end of February . They are to assemble in the Downs the first week in March , and it is expected that the Emperor and Empress of the French will inspect them on their way to England . Admiralty Despatch . —A correspondent of the Daily News complains that six months have elapsed without him having been able to obtain the effects of his son , who died on board the ' victory at Portsmouth , in August last .
A Theatrical Veteran .- —The popular actor , Mr . "O . " Smith , of the Adelphi Theatre , died on Thursday evening , having been suffering from illness for some weeks . Mr . Smith had been for , we believe , nearly fifty years upon the stage , and though in his appearances before the public he was generally associated with some of the most wicked deeds of melodrama , we believe that in private life he was deservedly respected by those who knew him . ¦ - .. Death from Cold . —We regret to learn by a letter from the Crimea , that Brevet Major Macdonald , of the 89 th , was frozen to death in the trenches on the night of the 16 th . Another officer , who fell into a deep snow drift , most narrowly escaped the same fate .
Naval Expenditure . —A Parliamentary document has been printed on naval expenditure in the year 1854 . From the Government balance-sheet it appears that in the year ended the 5 th January last the expenses on account of the navy amounted to 12 , 182 , 169 / . 5 s . lOd . FiNSBURY . ^ -At a public , meeting of the inh abitants , the conduct of Russia and the conduct of the war were properly denounced . Ministerial responsibility , abolition of secrecy in diplomacy , and curtailment of aristocratic influence were demanded . The meeting declared that the establishment of peace on the basis of the four points will prove the war to have been a delusion and a fraud
Loud Cardigan . —The members of the United Service Club intend to invite the noble lord to become an honorary member , in consequence of his distinguished gallantry at Balaklaya on the 25 th of October last . It is said that his lordship will be the new Inspector General of Cavalry . A Camv at Aldershot . —The Board of Ordnance has just invited tenders to be sent in for the construction of wooden barracks at Aldershot-hcath , in Hampshire , for the accommodation of 20 , 000 men , with the proportion of officers , stores , & c , the whole to be completed by the 15 th of March next .
The Fohty-Skcond Rjsgimknt . —The men of this regiment hero have formed a sort of camp on the Sheriffmuir , to which they march almost every day , and where they are exercised in all the manoeuvres of war , in order to inure them to service in the East , a great number of them being young recruits . —Stirling Journal . Dkatii of a " Waterloo Hkro . —" We have to announce the death of General John Millet Hamcrton , colonel of the 44 th Regiment . Tho General was a soldier from his youth , having entered tho army at the early ago of fifteen , and distinguished himself in various engagements in Egypt , tho West Indies , and during the Peninsular war . At Waterloo ho bravely led on the second battalion of the 44 th , in which gallant regiment he had graduated to tho r / inlc of lieutenant-colonel , and was left for dead on tho Held , having received several eevero wounds in the head and thigh .
FiRK-siaps for Sebastopol . —Roar-Admiral Ryder Burton has suggested a plan for destroying the Runttiun fleet in Sebastopol . Some old ships and twenty man "would bo wanted . It would evidently bo very dangerous service , bict Admiral Burton would lead tho van , and ¦ BeoB no difficulty in tho -way of procuring twenty men to £ ac « even certain death .
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LfiftSSft OVftTOB , Saturday , February 3 . Last night , about half-pftst "four o ' clock , SbrDe Lacy Evans received the thanks of the Hoase lirpdfton . Not only the House itself , but the . galleries were weH filled . Colonel Freestun and Sir J . Shelley introduced the gal- lant general in full Uniform to the House , and the members from fedth sides rose , and ' loudly cheered him as he took his place below the gangway , next to M ¥ . Layard . The Speaker having called him by flame , Sir De Lacy Evaas arose , and the Speaker then addressed ! him thus : — " General Sir De Lacy Evans , I have to inform you that on the 15 th of December last the House agreed nemine contradicente to the following motion : — 'That the thanks of this House be given to Lieut .-General Sir De Lacy Evans , Knight-Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath , for his zeal , intrepidity , and distinguished exertions in the several actions in which her Majesty ' s forces have been engaged with the enemy . '" The Speaker then went over the incidents of the recent services of Sir De Lacy , and reiterated the thanks of the House .
Sir De Lacy Evans deeply appreciated the high honour conferred on him . There is no honour of which a British subject is more proud than the recognition of his services by the Commons . It is almost a novelty to me to be received in this manner for my military services , for I certainly do think that I was just as good an officer some twenty years ago as I am now . ( " Hear , hear , " and a laugh . " ) I believe I had a . more difficult and intricate duty to perform on that occasion , and that I performed it—however imperfectly—at any rate with equal success to the less important duty which 1 recently endeavoured to perform . I am very much more grateful to you , sir , for the reference you have made to the Second Division ,
which I had the honour to command . I should not have the remotest chance of obtaining , the kind and honourable reception I have this day received at the hands of the house , were it not for the noble and gallant devotion of that division , from the officers under me down to the humblest soldier in the ranks . ( Cheers . ' ) I must confess I am under the necessity ^ of saying that when the vote of thanks which I am here to receive was moved by the noble lord who then represented the Government in this House , when I read his official speech , I wasjnuch astonished , because it appeared to me that he took a totally different view of the operations of the army , or at all events , of that division which I had the honour to command , from that which the facts could warrant . I am sorry to be obliged to allude to this ; but when half of that division perished in battle , or
whilst engaged upon some other service , I feel that I should be wanting in gratitude to them if I did not endeavour to place , though it may be displeasing to some individuals , that matter in a more just light . Sir , the noble lord gave a sort of tactical description of the battle of Alma which reminded me of the opinion expressed by a . late witty ^ divine , Jthat _ the .. japbh ^ ord . ' jthought himself capable of taking the command of the Channel Fleet . It is evident that the noble lord thought himself a better judge of the transactions that took place than Lord Raglan , for he stated , in effect , that the two divisions which won the battle exclusively were the First Division and the Light Division ; whereas Lord Raglan represents in his despatch that the two leading divisions were the First and Second . The noble lord went on to speak of what he called the two lesser actions of the 25 th and 26 th of October ,
Ho gave all due credit and honour to the gallantry of those men who were engaged in the action of the 25 th . but ho passsd over the action of the subsequent day . That action , however , was deemed by her Majesty worthy of high approbation . It wna deemed worthy of approbation by the Commander-in-Chief of the army , and by the Commander-in-Chjef of the French army , as appears from the despatch which he wrote homo to his Government . But tho noble lord , in his speech , took no notice of that action .. With regard to the battle of Inkerman , in which tho Second Division was first engaged , aait was in each of the other engagements , not tho slightest allusion was made to that division , though for one entire hour it bore the brunt of tho attack of twenty thousand Russians . { Cheers . ") I have to beg pardon fbr this xmpleasant reference to the matter ; but
I feel that I have some claim to your indulgence , and I have not made it on my own account . ( Ckeera . ) Again , I have only to say for myself that I feel most deeply grateful for the kind expression of your thanks . ( Cheers . ) Lord Palmkuston then congratulated Sir Do Lacy Evans , and uIho f-uturo heroes who might share the eloquent thanks of tho Speaker . Ho moved that the proceedings be printed with tho votes , Tho motion was seconded by Mr . Wali » ole , and carried . Lord Palmkhstow : My hon . and gallant friend , in the course of his speech , Adverted to- topics of a nature not immediately connected with tho vote of thanks , and therefore tho motion I have to make is , that what you have said , sir , and so much of tho reply of my hon . and gallant friend as relates thereto , be inserted in the minutes . Tho motion was then agreed to .
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been made the " scapegoats . " It . was clearly understood that no one had been" sent for" with the precise object of forming a Miaistr-y . It was conjectured that the visits of the Marquis of Lansdowne , first to the Peelites , and then to Lord John . Russell , and lastly to Lord Palmerston , were final efforts to reconcile the contending interests of the late Ministry , and an endeavour to carry out the advice of Lord Aberdeen and Lord Derby , that under any circumstances " a strong Government should be formed . " The general opinion , however , was that most of his late colleagues would decline to serve again with Lord John Russell . At the same time it is also understood that he does
not stand quite alone , and fthat remonstrances on the conduct of the war have been addressed to the late head of the Government and other members of the Cabinet . The name of Sir William Molesworth . has been freely mentioned , as one of those who did not hesitate to express a very decided opinion on that subject . Among other things ifc has been stated that Lord John Russell has said that , in the event of a Government being formed under the leadership of Lord Palmerston , it will meet with his support . As both Houses of Parliament have not adjourned to any later day than Monday next , it is expected that some decisive announcement with respect to the Ministry will be made on that day .
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THE WAR . The subjoined despatch was received last evening from . Lord Raglan : — " Before Sebastopol , January 15 , 1855 . " My Lord Duke , —The fall of snow has been very great for the last three days , and it is now fully a foot deep , which , I am assured , is a very unusual occurrence in this part of the Crimea . " This circumstance adds materially to our difficulties in obtainingfuel ; but detachments of Turks are posted near the coast to bring up wood , which has been cut by parties of our own in the neighbourhood of the monastery of St . George , to the nearest divisions .
"I am happy to say that the number of wounded in the sortie of the Russians , on the night of the 12 th instant , was only six instead of thirty-six , as I erroneously stated to your Grace in my despatch of the 13 th , and that it was altogether a less serious affair than was at first reported . "I enclose a return of casualties between the 12 th and 14 th inclusive . " Last night the enemy attacked tho French advanced trench in considerable force , but were repulsed after a sharp contest and some loss on both sides . —I have , & c . " Ragxan . " His Grace the Duke of Newcastle . " & o . & c . & c "
The Moniteur contains a despatch from Admiral Bruat , dated Kamiesh , Jnn . 23 , which states that a blockade had been notified by commanders in the French Fleet , at Odessa , Caffa , Kcrtch , Anapa , ana Somuk-KalC The fortifications of all these places ¦ wore being strengthened . The Russians in bcoastopol were throwing up an embankment to connect the detached bastion with tho other works . * or tno two previous days a brisk flro had been kept up from the tower called Malnkoff , on the English batteries . On the 22 nd tho Russians made a ff - " naj we renulsed after a very brisk fire had been kept up for two clays against ^ he English batteries . General Niel had arrived at Constantinople .
The Turkish Mincer at Vienna h « received ^ o ' n ^^^^ at Scti ? A passage of tho Danube is apprehended . Sndjk Pnclm has marched to that point with » strong ' The Russians are Bonding considerable feinforcoments to the Crimea . Two grenadier divisions , 1500 riflemen , arid fitteen reserved battalions occupy rerekop . Another corps , under General Bead , occupies the second line of Bessarabia .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 3, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03021855/page/11/
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