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41 g THE XiEADER. {No. 310, Saturday,
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THE CRIMEAN BOARDLORD LCCAN'S BEPI/T. Lo...
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THE SADLEIR FORGERIES. Fresh discoveries...
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. FItANClC. The Ministe...
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The Treaty Of Peace. —?—The Ratification...
To-morrow ( Sunuay ; will oe ooserved as a ua > of general thanksgiving in all churches and chapels in England , Scotland and Ireland .
41 G The Xieader. {No. 310, Saturday,
41 THE XiEADER . { No . 310 , Saturday ,
The Crimean Boardlord Lccan's Bepi/T. Lo...
THE CRIMEAN BOARDLORD LCCAN ' S BEPI / T . Lord Lucan read his reply on Monday . He remarked that the objects of Colonel Tulloch ' s reply seemed to be twofold—fir . tlv , not to uphold the report , but to excuse the Commissioners for having fallen into so much miscalculation and error , and to claim a generous and charitable interpretation of those circumstances of difficulty which had occasioned so many false inferences and false conclusions ; and secondly , to exonerate him ( Lord Lucan ) and the cavalry from blame . His lordship then entered into a resum £ of the old facts and arguments , by which he seeks to exhibit his own blamelessness in the disasters which befel the cavalry . He thus narrated the story of the celebrated dispute with Colonel Griffiths : —
" Colonel Griffiths visited him one morning , as was usual with the field-officer of the day , and took his orders about the picket , and he well recollected complimenting him familiarly on a greyish-white great coat , which he told him he had provided himself with from Constantinople . He ( Colonel Griffiths ) subsequently said something about the future permanency of the position of the camp , whereupon he ( Lord Lucan ) very properly said to him , ' How can I tell you what we are to do ? ' Colonel Griffiths then continued in a tone of reproach . His ( Lord Lucan ' s ) reply he was quite unable to recollect , but he had no doubt that he received with a sneer some extravagant suggestion with regard to the matter which was uppermost in his mind , and which he was discussing at the time with the Commander-in-Chief and the
Quartermaster-General of the army , as could be shown by his correspondence . To his amazement , Colonel Griffiths threw himself back on his horse and said to him , ' You are not speaking to me like a gentleman , ' ' treating me like a gentleman , ' he did not remember which . He told him to be quiet , or he would place him under arrest . He ( Colonel Griffiths ) proceeded to say , that 'he was only saying what one gentleman might say to another , ' when he desired him to hold his tongue and join his picket . He had now given the court the whole of his present recollection of this incident , and he declared , upon his honour as an officer and a gentleman ,
-that he had , without the slightest reserve or qualification / si & t £ d the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . It tLc ecurt thought , as they must do , that this recital differed materially from that given by Colonel Griffiths , he asked them to weigh both , and consider which was the most probable . Did theygeneral officers of experience—think it likely that , immediately after a familiar conversation with an officer on a matter so trifling as his coat , he would threaten that officer with immediate arrest when he only suggested a matter connected with the welfare of his regiment ?"
Lord Lucan afterwards' made some counter accusations against Colonel Tulloch , who , " though he was , during the autumn , according to his own statement , in daily intercourse with the Minister of War , and though he was engaged in the preparation of the huts for the army , did not appear to have made any suggestion for the shelter of the cavalry . " Colonel Tulloch here interrupted Lord Lucan to say that his instructions from the Minister of War only referred to the hutting of the men ; and that , therefore , he had no authority to interfere , or even to make a suggestion in connexion , with the horses . Lord Lucan had no wish to misrepresent the matter ; his case was far too strong to need anything of that kind . All he aaid was , that Colonel Tulloch did not appear to have had the sagacity or " ingenuity" to think of the shelter of the horses at the period to which he had referred .
Colonel Tulloch said he must claim the protection of the court . He repeated that ho had nothing whatever to do with anything but the hutting of the men . The Judge-Advocate ( addressing himself to Lord Lucan ) said he thought there was no evidence before the Board to show that Colonel Tulloch was responsible for anything besides the hutting . Lord Lucan had merely wished to call attention to the fact that Colonel Tulloch , being in constant intercourse With the Minister for War , had made no suggestion to him with regard to the horses .
Having gone through the evidence , Lord Lucan characterized the Report as the joint production of Sir John M'Neill , Colonel Tulloch , and Lord Panmurc . On this , the Colonel interposed , and said there had been no interference whatever on the part of the War Minister , but admitted that ho removed two portions which he considered were beyond the scope of the inquiry . Lord Lucan reminded Colonel Tulloch that he and his coadjutor had frequent conferences with the Seoretary-at-War after their return , to England . " Not on that subject , " roplied Colonel Tulloch . Lord Lucan obsorved that . for flvo months these Interviews went on :- the colonel surely did pot mean them to understand that none of those interviews had reference to tho Report ? Colonel Tulloch answered * '' Nq £ one of them , till within a few days bofore the production of tho Report , " Lord Lucan said ho
think such an assumption justified by the evidence . Lord Lucan would not ask the Board to adopt the opinion which he held on the subject ; but , for himself , he still maintained it , and , under all the circumstances , he thought the Report was not worth the paper it was printed on . ( At this remark , demonstrations of disapprobation on the part of the public began to be manifest ; but they were suppressed ) . " Colonel Tullocb , " said Lord Lucan at the end of his address , " concluded by stating it to be the fate of a civil servant to meet with reproach for the performance of his duty . If that be the case , what is to be thought when soldiers like myself find themselves the objects of obloquy and animadversion , and , instead of being thoug ht deserving of their country for their devotion , are to be placed on their trial to defend their professional characters ?" The Board then adjourned to Tuesday .
. was thankful for this admission , which entirely bore out his statement , and he thought he might now assume that the Report was the joint production of Lord Panmure and the two Commssioners . The Lord-Advocate did not
LORD CARDIGANS CASE . On that day , tho case of Lord Cardigan came on . His Lordship commenced by referring to the statement in the Commissioners' Report that , when the supply of forage began to fail , Deputy-Commissary-General Crookshanks proposed that a detachment of thehorses should be allowed to go down daily to Balaklava , where there was plenty of barley , by which means he would engage to bring up enough ; and that this proposal seems to have come under the notice of Lord Cardigan , but that he declined to do anything . In answer to this , Lord Cardigan contended that a careful consideration of the evidence given on the subject before the Committee of the House of Commons ( Mr . Roebuck ' s ) would show that , in not
adopting the suggestion , he exercised a sound and wise discretion , with a view to maintaining his brigade , as far as possible , in a situation to discharge its various duties . General Canrobert had pointed out to him the importance of the position of his brigade at Inkerman , in case of an attack from the Russians ; and Lord Raglan subsequently said that he was privately bound to the French to maintain the Light Cavalry at that place . Lord Cardigan then referred to certain remonstrances addressed by him to Lord Raglan and Lord Lucan against the continued stay of his horses on the heights of Inkerman , where they were subjected to great sufferings , which remonstrances resulted in his obtaining permission to remove a considerable portion of his horses to Kadikoi .
After the storm of November 14 th , 1854 , there was a great deficiency of hay , and he was often unable to get more than five pounds , and never more than eleven or twelve pounds , at a time for each horse . It was for military reasons that the horses were subjected to so much suffering from exposure , and the extent of that suffering was described to the Committee by Lord Lucan , Sir Charles Trevelyan , Sir De Lacy Evans , and others , in forcible terms . With regard to the suggestion that the cavalry horses should be despatched to Balaklava for forage , the issue between himself and the officers who had given evidence on the point was comparatively slight . The real question was whether ho exercised his discretion wisely in declining to act on that suggestion .
Mr . Crookshanks , having been called , stated that he made the suggestion referred to to Lord Lucan , as well as to Lord Cardigan , but with the same result . He believed he made it several times . Lord Lucan crossexamined Mr . Crookshanks ; and the object of his questions was to show that the suggestion had never been made to him . Mr . Crookshanks , however , persisted . Tho Judge-Advocate asked Mr . Crookshanks whether any one ordered him to make the application to Lord Lucan ? Mr . Crookshanks said he was under the impression that Lord Cardigan recommended him to
make it . Lord Lucan asked whether it was generally the custom for a brigade General to communicato with the divisional General through a commissariat officer ? Mr . Crookshanks said that in the cavalry the duties were performed in a very extraordinary manner . The Earl of Curdigan said he had no recollection of making the recommendation alluded to ; but he did not think that it would be a very extraordinary thing , supposing the commissariat officer had made an application to him verbally on the subject , that he should reply that it was impossible for him to carry it out , but that ho had better apply to tho Divisional General .
General Scarlett testified to tho fact of tho Heavy Brigade constantly going to Balaklava for forugo . The Light Brigade was situated two and a half miles , and tho Heavy Brigade three and a half miles , at the time he alluded to , from Balaklava . Colonel Doherty and Sir Richard . Airoy were examined , but stated nothing of importance ; and tho Board adjourned till Thursday . Tho adjourned proceedings of the Board recommenced on Thursday with a passage of arma between Lord Lucan ami Mr . Deputy-AssiHtant Commissary-Goncr / il Crookshankat Ilia Lordship eiuid that once in the Crimea he was obliged to put that gentleman under arrest for disobedience to hit ) orders ua to supplying the 1 th Light Drugoona with rations , and for tolling a falsehood . Lord Lucun added , thut Lord Raglim contoured Mr . Ciookahanka' conduct , but that ho was
released from arrest after a few days . Mr . Crookshanks said this was the first he had heard of Lord Raglan censuring him , and it appeared to him that Lord Lucan had brought this subject under the notice of the Board with the view of damaging his credibility as a witness . He added that he had demanded a court-martial to clear his character , as he felt that , as a man of honour and a gentleman , he was entitled to a court-martial , when the General of Division insulted him in the presence of other officers by telling him that he lied . ( Applause . ) Lord Cardigan having summed up his case , and submitted that it was proved that there was no hay in 13 aiaklava for some time after the 14 th of November , 1854 , and that therefore it would have been useless to send down for it ; that , till the 16 th of November , the horses were receiving a fair allowance of barley ; and that he had no power to send down the troop horses without superior authority , —the Board proceeded to the consideration of SIR RICHARD AIREY * S CASE . A long address from Sir Richard , imputing the mishaps in the Crimea to the grievous want of land transport in lhe arm }' , was interrupted by the rising of the Board , which adjourned to Friday .
The Sadleir Forgeries. Fresh Discoveries...
THE SADLEIR FORGERIES . Fresh discoveries in connexion with the crimes of the late John Sadleir still continue to be made . The Dublin Post says that it is now ascertained that the Royal Swedish' Railway Company alone has suffered to the extent of nearly 350 , 000 / . The same paper asserts that some initiatory ^ proceedings have been taken on behalf of the Crown , in the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury , with a view to the appointment of a person to take out administration in the affairs of John Sadleir . In the Leinster Express we read : —" Some recent proceedings in one of the English law courts have called prominent attention to Mr . Sadleir ' s connexion with the London and County Bank ; and from other
circumstances it is tolerably certain that Mr . Sadleir made up his liabilities to that establishment at the expense of the Irish concern . His position as chairman , of the two companies at one and the same time has raised the point as to whether the London and County Bank cannot be compelled to disgorge certain securities which it became possessed of at the eleventh hour , and which were ostensibly purchased for the Tipperary Bank , and with its cash . This and the relation of the Bank of Ireland to the Tipperary Bank may form supplemental work for the official manager . Notwithstanding some contradictions that have been made , we deliberately repeat that the Bank of Ireland was much more intimately concerned with the defunct company than the public have been since led to believe . "
" The case of The Earl of Kingston v . Sadleir , Eyre , and Others , '" says the Times Dublin Correspondent , " came on Friday week before one of the Masters in Chancery , when counsel on behalf of the defendant Eyre applied for liberty to file a new charge on foot of his demand , and , if necessary , a charge as between himself and J . Sadleir , or the official manager representing the Tipperary Joint-Stock Bank , and that he ( the defendant Eyre ) might be at liberty to take such proceedings as he might be advised , to sustain his demand in the Masters ' office on his own behalf and independent of Mr . Jainea Sadleir , the public officer of the said bank , or of the official manager . The bill was filed against the defendants Sadleir and Eyre as mortgagees in possession , and a decree to account obtained . A joint charge was filed by tho defendants , in which they claim the balance of a sum of 103 , 000 / . as being due to them as
mortgagees . Counsel for Lord Kingston contended that it was no concern of his client in what position Mr . Sadleir and Mr . Eyre stood with reference to each other or to the Tipperary Bank . A discharge had been already filed by them jointly , and its voluminous nature might be gathered from the fact that it cost no less than 70 / . to take out a copy of it . On the terms , however , that that suit should not be delayed , nor Lord Kingston involved in expense or collateral issues , ho had no objection that liberty to filo tho separate charge should bo granted . Ho waa tho less desirous to oppose it , as it might , possibly , be tho means of throwing some light on the nflaira of tho bank , and bo of service to tho unfortunate shareholders . An application was then made on behalf of tho official manager for liberty to file a discharge to the charge , if it should be deemed advisable to do bo . Tho Master granted , liberty to filo both tho charge ami the discharge . "
Continental Notes. Fitanclc. The Ministe...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . FItANClC . The Minister ofkhe Interior has addressed to tho prefects tho following cjiiular , dated the 21 th ult . ;_ " Monsieur lo Prciet , —On tho occasion of a recent discussion on the distributions of voting bulletins in matters of municipal elections , doubts wero thrown , in a general manner , on tho frois and bonAJMa practice of univorHul auffnige . This fundamental principle of our institutiona should »» t 1 » tho object of any doubt or equivocation . Tho dcairo at tho Emperor is that universal auflYago shall bo perfectly froo , a \ u \ , moreover , that every one whall bo well awnro
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Leader (1850-1860), May 3, 1856, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03051856/page/8/
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