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Sir Charges Napier . — The folio-wing letter has been & &m&kiQ M * . CB » h * - ¥ ^ : ^ MwWs ^ mSpU ; & 9 J 5 « deftn » Febwary II ^ t-Su ^—X bave . lw * " » W W »* surprised at Admiral Berkeley ' s , yd&ty to 3 PQW-qu «^ ft . I do not intend to handy words with the gallant admiral , hut I beg to tell you , when the papers—which 1 hope will be asked for—ate produced , it will be seen that I was goaded to act contrary to my own judgment—that I was censured—and finally dismissed my command . — I have the honour to remain , ax , yo » r obedient servant , Chables Najphsr . * . ,. . ired at his seat
Viok-ADMHtAi * BstatAK Hodgson exp in Cumberland last week- This gallant officer was in life 75 th year , and had seen much service afloat . He waa on the reserved flag officers * list , and in receipt of a « ood-s « rri <» pensiw « # l&Oi . a year . Tim vacancy will promote Captain Sir Richard , Gjeant to- the rank of Rear-Admiiat N-avm , S » ATisr © .- " | B St . James ' s Park , a rery novel scene took place on Tuesday ; a performance tensedthe " Express Train" came offi This consisted of 300 or 400 men , -who extended back to frontnearly 100 yards . Having seized each other ' s coata , they started at a given signal , . some whistling the railway * overture , and others making a noise resembling the blowing off of the steam , of a locomotive . This large body of men , who were at
certain distances joined by some of the Foot Guards , glided over the ice at the rate of three-quarters of a mile per minute . Owing to the exertions of the icemen the performance went off without any serious accident , but , owing to the continued crowding of the spectators , about 80 persons were either knocked down or fell upon the ice , by which they sustained serious cuts on the head and other injuries . They were taken to the society's marquee , where ; their wounds were dressed , but several others , by falling upon the ice , had arms and legs broken . Death of Lord O'Neil . —This event took place on Monday at Shanes Castle , County Antrim . The : deceased , who was in the 75 th year of his age , had seen muoh active military service , and attained the rank of general in the brevet of last year . Dying without issue , the ancient title of O'Neil is extinct .
The Commander-in-Chibf at Bombay . ——Major-General Sir Henry Somerset , K . C . B ., has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company ' s forces on the Bombay establishment , and second member of Council at that Presidency . General SrR William Coriwallis Eustace , K . C . H ., died at his seat in Essex , on the 8 th instant—He-luuLseen _ much ^ servic . eJin _ the .. Jsr irfi rebellion of 1798 , in Italy and Sicily , and ia the Peninsula . He commanded the Chasseurs Britanniques at Fuentes d'Onor—was at Salamanca , the capture of Madrid , Burgos , and the battle of the Pyrenees , where he was severely wounded , and for his services he received the order of K . C . H ., a gold medal , the war medal and three clasps .
A Good Example . —On Thursday last the Directors of the Bank of England passed a resolution to give each clerk in their establishment an immediate bonus of 10 per cent , upon his salary , as compensation for the double income-tax—a boon which is gratefully appreciated . Destruction of the Steamship Mauritius by Fire . —This fine steamship , belonging to the General Screw Navigation Company , which was undergoing repairs in the large graving docks at Southampton , previous to her again entering upon her duties in connexion with the Government transport service , was yesterday morning totally destroyed by fire . It is believed to b © the act of an incendiary .
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Leader OFFrcn , Saturday , February 17 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . The House was fuller than ordinary at the sitting . Lord Palmerston and Mr . Sidney Herbert were on the benches under the gallery , and came up to the table to take the oath . There was no cheering or demonstration of any kind . Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Layard , and Lord Godorich were in their usual seats . Mr . Lowo took his place on the second bench below the gangway in tho scat generally occupied by . Mr . Bright . THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIUV , Mr . Roebuck : gave notice that on Thursday next he « ho «! dmoye the names of tho members of . tho Committee of Inquiry Unto tho . condition of tho army i p tho East . TJHB MINiBTBIUAL STATEMENT . lj < ord Palmkrston rose to move that tho House should go into Committee on the Naval Estimates , and took that opportunity of making a statement such , as '
¦ w ^ -. - . . he said , was usually expected from persons standing in the position in which he was placed . He eomnienced by narrating the cbcumstance& connected with his accession , including the negotiations ^ t ^^ ord D «* 7 » and afterwards with Lord John Russell , both of whom , he said , he had been ready to serve under ; but there was nothing novel or noticeable in his narrative beyond what has been fully made known to the public already . The noble lord then proceeded to pass a high panegyric on the administrative ability and political sagacity of several of his colleagues , especially alluding to Lord Clarendon , Lord Panmrare , Mr . Gladstone , and Sir James graham . He then proceeded to say : — " We begin this * the task which it has been the P *** ?* cf herMatestv to confide to . ow eare . In undertaking
that task it is usejess to dissemble that there is onedimculty which meets us ; which , I may say , stares us in the face . ; that difficulty , I mean ,, which arises from the notice which my hon and learned friend ( Mr . Roebuck ) has given of hk motion for Thursday next . I will not attempt to disguise that I feel the same objection to tfee appointment of which my hon . friend has given nottee , as I had the honour to state when the appointment of that committee was under discussion . My opinion is , that such a committee would not be in accordance with the fair and just principles of the constitution , and that for the fair and effectual accomplishment of its purpose it would not be an efficient instrument . I should hope that this House , when it cornea calmly to reflect upon such
the principles involved in the appointment of a committee , when it comes calmly to reflect upon the cumbrous machinery and the leading result which may be expected from its action , may be induced , at least , to suspend the appointment of the committee . But , sir , I feel that the only ground upon which the House should be disposed to waive or to postpone- the appointment , would be that the Government intended itself to do . those things which the committee might at the end of a long period recommend to this House . We well remember the case of that monarch of England who , when meetinga body of his discontented subjects , andfinding their leaderwas slain , inhis ownpersonrodeboldlyout to them , and said , "I will be your leader ; " so I should say to this House , if it would give up this committee , I committee
would say , we , the Government , will be your —and we will leave it to-you to judge upon the result of our changes . If at a future time you should not be satisfied with what we have done , that will be the time to institute some more formal and parliamentary inquiry . The object which the-committee would have in view were improvement at home and abroad , at least the object of those who voted for the committee , was to compel the Government to make cerain administrative changes in the military departments tat home and abroad , to restore order and regularity in those services , which unfortunately have been marked with a very different character . Now , these things we propose to do , and I will shortly sketch out our plan * to show the intentions which Government seriously entertain . The House must be aware that I have not felt it
my duty to recommend to her Majesty the reappointmeirt of a Secretaiy-at-War . The ^ reasonjKhicjhLii / is induced me to take this step , is that I think the amalgamation can be effected between the offices of Secretary-of-War and of Secretary-of-State for the War Department , " whioh will assist to the efficiency of the public service . My opinion is that , with regard to the Ordnance Department , a great improvement may be made , that , speaking generally , but without , of course , binding myself to details , the discipline of the artillery and engineers may be transferred to the commander-in-ehief—but that of the rest of the
army , that the civil department of the advance may be under the control of the Secretary of State for the War Department . What may be the particular arrangements when matters are examined in detail , I cannot presume to say , but that general outline is one which { here can bo no difficulty in carrying out . My right hon . friend , the First Lord of the Admiralty , has established a board to superintend the transport service at sea ; a service of the utmost importance , which has grown into great magnitude , and which our alliance with France has made it necessary to call upon for greatly increased efforts , for tho conveyance of French troops as woll as of our own ; and just it is that such should be tho case . Wo are engaged in warlike operations in concert with Franco as an ally ; wo have not tho moans of contributing tho same amount of soldiers for tho prosecution of the war which the largo military
establishment of France enables her to send , it is therefore that wo should boar our share of tho expense of tho war by affording to France those means of carrying her troops which are necessary . These arrangements involve much greater details than could well bo carried on by the limited department while the Admiralty iias had the conduct of that part of the service . My right hon . friend has therefore established a separate Board , and I think that step will tend at once to increased economy and increased efficiency in that department . Thoro has been some actual and many well-founded complaints as to tho care of the sick In tho hospital . Wo are going to send out a commission composed . of scientific men , not likely to bo swayed and turned by tho prejudices of military persons , and accustomed to deal with sanitary questions , and that not at home . only . After describing the " personnel" of this commission the
~ Zwta lnWI icsnf an + n aav •— -This Government . Tinri olo « . noble lqrd went on to say : —The Government had alsp determined to .-. fit out a o > rps of scavengers for the use of -the camp . Then again many complaints had been , made of a want of a system in thp commissariat department both as regarded . the suppl y and issue or food to the camp . A commission would also be empowed , to inquire -intotbis department ; with ftiH power of control over it , with a view to its better organisation . The army had hitherto laboured under the want of an officer known as the chief of the staff , and Major-General Simpson , an officer we . ll known in Peninsular campaigns was going out tn that capacity , and would , fro . m his experience and knowledge of the matters which would come under his superintendence , render himself of great
service to the Commander-in-Chief , and relieve the latter of duties which scarcely ought to come within his sphere of action . Then great improvements were to be made iu the army medical department both at the seat of war and at hpme . Hitherto the commissariat abroad had been not only charged with the supply and issue of provisions fbr the camp , but with the duty also of the me « ns of transporting them thither . This had been found highly inconvenient and inoperative , and accordingly a land transport service on the plan of the waggon train was therefore in course of "formation under a separate supervision . AH these matters , as he had said , had been done , or were in course of being done since the short time the new Government had come into ofSee . At the
same time the Government had thought it , charged as they were with the conservation of the honour of this great country , whilst anxious to provide more efficient weans forth © \ ngorous prosecutionof thftwa * in which they were engaged , it to be their duty to aim at ast amicable , conclusion of the struggle without compromising the honour and independence . ; Qf to © , country . Therefore , as negotiations with that view -were now in progress , and in . order that they might have the moat solemn and weighty consideration , the Government bad proposed as negociator Lord John Russell- —a noble lord who stood so high as a . statesman , and in the estimation of Europe—and the noble lord had . consented to
undertake the duty , and never did he do . himself more honour than by doing so . The noble lord had . accordingly proceeded upon his mission , but of course he would pass through Parisjind Berlin , and be in communication with the Governments of France and Russia . If the noble lord's mission should result in the establishment of an honourable peace , the country could not fail to be grateful ; but if , on the other hand , _ it should be unsuccessful , we should prosecute the war with a renewed vigour and increased heartiness of spirit . In the latter event , the Government would appeal to the support of the country in carrying on the struggle with vigour , and he ( Lord Palmerston ) felt assured that that appeal would not be
made in vain . Mr . Disraeli defended the motives whioh influenced Lord Derby and himself in consenting to unite with Lord Palmerston in forming a Government , and he accused Lord Palmerston of . being somewhat disingenuous in the reasons he had given of the negotiations . He then proceeded to satirise the mode in which Lord Palmerston had spoken of his colleagues , and his eulogies on their ^ administrative ~ ^ . bilities' and political sagacity , arguing that these qualities could only be judged of by past experience . Had this panegyric been passed upon men who were new in their positions it might be pardonable , but when they saw the new Government composed of hon . gentlemen who had only a few days ago
resigned office under the previous one on account of the very qualities their possession of which the noblo lord had so eloquently lauded , ho thought the noble lord had been very unfortunate in his allusion to those qualities . He thought solemn silence would have been tho best conduct for-the noblo lord to have pursued ; and he ditl not think that the noble lord had done wisely in praising the administrative capacity and political sagacity of the hon . gentleman who had been instrumental in bringing upon this country so many acknowledged and fearful calamities . Having briefly alluded to the disasters of our army in the Crimea , the hon . gentleman went on to observe that they wore told to-night that the Hpusc of Commons was to stultify itself . Having arrived at the
solemn decision that inquiry was absolutely necessary , tho House was now told they must shrink from tho duty of making it ; but for his part he was not prepared to take that course—he was for inquiry—ho was fur Parliamentary inquiry into tho condition of tho army before Sobastopol , and , therefore , he should have no niternative . but to support tho motion for nominating the committee Tho circumstances demanded inquiry , tho country thought so with him , and if tho result of his vote should send hinvback to his constituents , ho should he quite ready to meet thorn . He rejoiced to hoar there was a prospect of peace ; but should it unhappily turn not
out that the anticipations in that respect wore realised , the noblo lord told them he intended to rely upon tho spirit of Parliament and tho country to cnnblo him to renew and carry on the war with such vigour as to insuro a successful termination . If that should bo so , tho noblo lord might reckon uppn the same support frohi tho Opposition that was afforded to tho Adminiatruiion of Lord Abordeon , though it was to bo hoped the noblo lord ' s Government would not be followed by tho saiuo disasters that attended tho labours of his predecessors . ? After some observations from Mr . R « ju , Mr . RoiiuucK , who was loudly called for , shortly ex- >
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 17, 1855, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2078/page/10/
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