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Ke ^^^ atSiatrqHestion ^ speoificscBy ^ and reply ib easily ^ explained . -IfereferB not oniy-Ttb that particular < &tte , the aatih . of November , ( but -to * he -general aaeaeures adopted for . the shelter of cavalry when it was known that we were going * o swinteria the ifJrimea . " llGonsidejaible discussion between Colonel Tulloch and -GeneralAireythen ensued with reBpeot to ihisdisierepaBcy ; -and the latter added : — " JPhe ciroum--gtanoes stated in my reply go over the whole . period tttfter it a was ¦ ascertained that ihe cavalry were to avinter in : the Crimea , and in that reply to the Commiflsioners I have stated generally what was done for
( Seeded your duty when yotr went beyond it . " ( Laughter . ) A few more questions and answers coneluded the examination for that day . On Thursday , -Mr . Commissary-General Filder was examined , and , having expressed his anxiety to make a short statement in connexion "with some observations made on a previous day by Lord Lucan , entered into various details to prove that he had done his utmost to supply the horses with forage . Lord Lucan , on the other hand , asserted that there was a deficiency , but he admitted that Mr . Filder did not seem to be blameable . He thought the Admiralty , and not Mr . Fildei ' , was to blame for the delav and
confusion at Balaklava . Still , it certainly appeared from the statement of Mr . Filder that the reduced allowance of rations in the C rimea received the sanction of Lord Raglan ; but , nevertheless , Lord Raglan had told him ( Lord Lucan ) that Mr . Filder had made the reduction without his consent . Mr . Filder admitted that there was a difference between the amount of rations delivered and that demanded , and acknowledged as received ; but thia wa 3 exceptional . Some letters written by himself were put in by Loi'd Lucan , to show that he repeatedly called the attention of the Quartermastex ' -General to the want of forage .
. A conversation then ensued between Lord Lucan and Colonel Tullach , ia the course of which the latter seated . . . that he lad received a letter from the War Office expressing the satisfaction of the Government with the Commissioners' report , and their determination to support the Commissioners in all respects , s hould their conduct be impugned . The Board then adjourned tiu Friday .
: 4 &e shelter of > ihe . cavalry after it was bo decided . If , -however , youlook to the very last anawer I gave to rd&e < Commissioners , you will find I expressed nay rregret that their indisposition prevented them from . examining me personally . From the great amount fjpi * business , w . hich . devolved on-the Quartermaster . yQtejueral , I jwas obliged to make the most of my ^ time and ,-answer as . . rapidly , as I could- their general Z . cjuestio : us . " - Being asked why he did not explain Jjiisijto the Commissioner , he answered : — " I really jj 3 fid ., npt imagine that the object , of the Commissioners Jw 5 fts anything but to get . general information on of
^ ijceneral subjects . The time the Quartermaster-3 £ neral of an army inthefield is notihis own for five ajwputes at .., a time , either . day or night . I -was ex-%$ 9 # y Passed ; . and , as , I flay ,, » o-t imagining that ^?* , m 9 lWy w / as to . j ^ ke . any particular direction &te 559 & < i ^<> b ^ auuDg ; gene ^ l iafoi 3 » ation , I gave a ^ ejaeral . aa ^ wer ^ to = the . Cbmmaaaidners' questions . " He S $ W $ ^ . i ^ tat » . Bety eral we ekav ^ p aased before he could ~ W !?} t # > % ©/!; ' « 5 ? 5 yitiEp ; .,. queet 4 Q » a-.. of ihe iCommisjtiidvo rBi jandi ^ liaij at l eng th he did . bo in consequence ~ ^ p $ ,: ¦«» , telegrapMp . j leBpatph- from vLord iPanmuxe ¦ gSje "had , $ no notion , of the leaning of-the Coanand
miss ^ oners . of , their ; intention , to implicate any ' 0 & ? -,- " i Dj&no * $ ie Commissioners personally attend . ^' ' ' ^ o ^ .:. ^ fp 4 .- ;< qiu ^ t 9 | FS ' ;' xt ] x three successive days ?" asked Colonel Tylldoh ; to which General Airey r ^ pjied , : ' \ . Aa n , o , personal examination took place ; that attendance was n , ull and void as to information . " This , it appeaxed , T ^ as owing to the General being ^ able , from press of business , to see the CommisidQners . -He . further stated that he " thought it was an . . error" that the Commissioners did not go into further evidence on the spot . ¦' ,. " ¦ " The- greatest proof that fuifcher evidence could have been taken is that
here you are every -moment eliciting additional nT ^ pi ^ naiipnWrlf more specific information had been r ^ uired . frqm him , the Commissioners ; knew where to luad Mm , both in the Qriinea and at . London . " He thought , Lord Lucan had done the best he could , cqi ^ ider ing the great ^ scarcity of labour , and .- that no bjame ^ as attachable to any one . To have made canvas stabling on r the plateau would / in his opinion , have be en injudicious ; and , aa regarded the . suggestions of , Mr , Bracebxidge , with the utmost * efPee $ ~ , for . that gentleman , he did not think his . evidence . worth anything , " as he was a civilianand in
, ^ d nQt arrive the Crimea until May , 1855 . Je *^ farther particulars having been given in , the Bpard adjourned till Wednesday . On that day , the examination of Sir Richard Airey . was resumed , but 110 further particulars of importance wei-e elicited . Colonel Gordon was then called , but his evidence was br ief . He said he remembered that the Commissioners had made a not © that Lord Lucan had been directed to erect stables on the 12 th of November , and ; tha . t an engineer officer was . placed at his disposal fpr the purpose . JSTp information , was given to the Commissioners that this order had never been
earned out , because they had not asked for it . ( A lough . ) No explanation was offered that , although the order was given on the lgfch of SToyeinber , the ground was not broke n until the middle of the following ; month , in consequence of the want of tools , of materials , and of labour . The next witness was Colonel Yorke , who explained that , although a return dated Qotober 1 st , 185 , 4 , and signed by the Colonel , professed to show the strength of the . horses at Pnjhtklaya on that day , it was not signed by him until some , days after the 1 st , and the portion of the JRragoons ho commanded did not arrive till tho 5 th , though they were included in the return datod on
m ^ b , I ^ prd Lucan was then examined by Colonel Tullooh . He asserted that the returns of several officers with respeot ; tp , the cayftlry were incorrect , "With respect to a oharge of " malignity" mado against the Com-^ m / esipners by Lord . Lucan , hie Lordehjp anid , in n&nawer to a question , "I suppose ^ he object of this ^^ xajnination iej to show thnt there ) waq no ' malignity ' , pn tihG > part of the , Commissionprs . I am glad to have «^^ , PPp 9 >? fcuaity of saying , if it is neqess ^ ry to , d . o ao , $# Ji Regr ^ fc having oaaerted anything of the sorb ; 'W : V \ 4 f uftt , adld thie , that I was led to oonqoive bo jp 9 Wi < f « &i ambiguity wh , idx those gputlepieax showed w ** BB | 8 i . TO , % ropw't , ftnd-the extuftprdinary fW «^ W . H tfafc , figures . " Ho subsequently ob-• fmw ? -- 'Having ,, xead tho wstmctlons to the $ 9 W » 8 t fc-w « s , n > pBt , () ajfofuUy ft » 4 repeatedly , I havo > wAl ^**^ on W imm itlvftt I Relieve the oWeot of TOiW ^» TOW » B wfta . tp ( ponfl ^ e tho inquiry into timm $ tmb B ^ npVes , $ , tUat you very much in-
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action for seduction rn 1817 , at Dublin , the jury awarded . £ 3 , 000 damages . After this , Sarah Birch lived the kind of life which commonly results from the first fatal error , u . nbil , go-trbing o , ui | ua , iulea vritt a Mr . Edmund Kelly , a solicitor and land agent , and a man of enormous property , she became his housekeeper , and subsequently , as it - \ yould Seem , his wife . The marriage , however , was kept secret ; but the housekeeper devoted herself with the greatest assiduity to soothing the old millionnaire ' s passage , to the grave . Mr . ICelly was eccentric and imbecile , almost to the extent of insanity ; and " strange stories , " says a Dublin paper , " told of his last days ; how tho idea haunted him that he should die of hunger : and
THIS TBUE ROMANCE OF . RO 0 KW 00 D . ¦ The events in the well-known romance of Ropkwood are hardly more strange and wild than the actvial circumstances in the life of Mrs . Kelly , the lady of Rookwood House , Galway , whose assassination in the course © f last week has startled and horrified the whole of Ireland . Mrs . Kelly was an Englishwoman , the daughter of an inn-keeper , named Birch , residing at Broadstairs , Kent . Fifty years ago , when she was a girl of extraoKdinaiy beauty , she attracted the notice of a you ng Irishman named Meredyth , the heir of a handsome estate and of a baronetcy . She was induced to fly with him to Ireland , where , after the birth of an infant , she was deserted by her fprmei admirer in so heai-tless a manner that , on bringing an
tion for assault , by which he obtained £ 200 damages and sixpence costs , against Mr . Birch . * " The wealth of Edmund Kelly , " says the Dublin paper from which we derive these facts , " seemed never to rest . Mrs . Kelly drove up in great haste o ne day to a police offi . ee in the city , and applied for a warrant against hex nephew , George Birch , who had absconded with £ 200 , 000 . Hewas arrested on board a steamer , leaving England for the continent , but , on being brought back , not only stood his trial , ' but challenged a prosecution . If one was pressed , we believe : matters were settled . The last appearance of Mrs . Kellv in the law courts was as defendant , sued by the police sergeant who arrested Mr . Birch , for the reward of . £ 500 which , it was alleged , she had offered . Since then , she has resided principally on her estates in Galway , where she has been assassinated . " The remains of Mrs . Kelly have been buried in Kensal Green Cemetery , London . Three men are in custody in Ireland , -under suspicion of being concerned in the murder—a Mr . Strivens and four tenants .
how his watchful mistress , wife , nurse , or gaoler—• whichsoever she was—had his bedroom hung round with eatables of every description . There -were also stories of a death-bed marriage , and a death-bed will ; but how much of this was truth , and how much fable , can . never be satisfactorily ascertained . Mr . Kelly died ; iMiss Birch olaiined the recognition of her position aB his widow , and produced a will entitling h « r to all the property , real and personal , of the late owner of Eookwood House . " Mr . Kelly ' s nearest relative , an elderly maiden lady , named Thewles , disputed the validity of this will , and obtained a verdiot in her favour ; but this was afterwards set asido by the late Chancellor Blaokburne .
Being now in quiet possession of tho estate , Mrs . Kelly took a house in the Belgravia of Dublin , Merr ion-squaro , and lived in great magnificence . A new disturbance of her repose , however , speedily appeared . A poor looking woman , with two children , called one day at her house , nnd requested the footman to talce a note to his mistross . This was done ; but no answer was returned . Sho called again and again , with no batter success . This woman was no other than a daughter of Edmund Kelly by a former wife . The girl had been sent away in her childhood to England 5 had been expensively educated at Clifton , and afterwards at Bath ; had married a profligate
scoundrel , who abandoned her with two ohildren ; had again married ; and , hearing of her father ' s death and of the strange oirouinutanoea ensuing on that evonb , hod gone to Dublin to cjolioifc some assistance ( for eho was poor ) from Mrs . Kolly . The hope , however , was vain . A Mr . George . Biroh , tho confidential solicitor of Mrs . Kolly , nnd hor nephew , according to her own account , but , » b rumour reported , a still nearer relative , -told Mrs . Morton ( Kelly ' s daughter ) that Mrs . Kolly would do nothing for her , but that fie Wjould . Ho made dishonourable proposals to her , followed by an attempt that induced her husband to bxing on oc-
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IRELAND . The Athlone Ejection has terminated in the election of the Hon . Captain Hancock , son of LordCastlemaine . The new member is a Derbyite . The Mtjbdeb of Miss Hinds . —James Murphy , a tenant of this unfortunate lady , has been found Guilty of murdering her ; and Thomas Dunn haa been eonvicted of conspiring to procure the assa , ssination . They were both sentenced , to death . Some of the accomplices turned Queen ' s evidence . Red . Pat Bannon , the other man engaged in the actual murder , has escaped , it is supposed , to America . Patrick Lalob , Esq . > J . P ., of TinaMU , formerly M . P . for the Queen's County , and well known for the active part he took in the anti ^ tithe , Repeal , and Tenant-right agitations , died on Thursday week ,. at the age of seventy . . Mr . Justice Keooh . —The Right Hon . ¦ William Keogh has been sworn in before the Lord Chancellor as one of her Majesty ' s Justices for the Court of Com ' mon Pleas . He is remarkably young for a judge 3 being only thirty-nine , Mr . Jamss M . Knighting has been committed for trial on the charge of forgery detailed in our last week ' s paper , and on another which had reference to a transfer of railway shares .
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THE ORIENT . ¦ INDIA . The settlement of the annexed territory of Oude is proceeding rapidly and in perfect tranquillity . The feantals at a quiet , vuud tlie feui o £ mi outbreak at Rajpootana has passed . Lord Canning arrived at Calcutta on the 2 Sth of February , and was at once swoi-n in . The address of the inhabitants of Calcutta to Lord Dalhousie was presented on the 5 th of March ; and , though faint and weak with work and illness , his Lordship read a rather long reply . In this he remarked that the approving voices of those around him made " amends for the toils and cares , the injustice and ill-will , which form the burden that must be borne by every man who serves the State . "
Alluding to the present condition of India , he observed that " no prudent man having any knowledge of Indian affairs would venture to predict a prolonged continuation of peace in Indja ; . . . . but we seem to have every x'easonable ground for believing that tranquillity within and without is likely now to prevail in India ! Referring to himself , he said : — " Nearly thirteen years have pasBedaway since first I entered the service of the Crown . Through all those years , with but one short interval , public employment of the heaviest responsibility and labour has been imposed upon me . I ana wearied and worn , and have no other thought or wish than to seek the retirement of wbioh I stand in need , and which is all I now am fit for . " His lordship quitted Qovernment'houso on tho 6 th of March , and was attended to the landing- place by several ladies and gentlemen , many of whom wore much affected . Ho arrived at Suez on tho 2 nd of April , and at Malta on the 11 th . CHINA . A still further destruction of pirate junks haa taken place on the coast of China . Tho exploit has been performed by the steamers Barracouta , Captain Fortesquo , and tho Confucius .
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AMERICA . By the arrival of the Royal Mail steam - ehip Persia , which performed ite pnseage from Now York in the unpreoodontodly short period of nine days and twolve hours , we ore in receipt of dates from Amorioa up to the 2 nd inat . The chief news of importanoo lias roferenoo to Nicaragua , which ia in a very disturbed Btate . Colonel Sahleasuigor , the Nioaraguan envoy to Costa Rica , waa oeoorted out of that country on the 9 bh of Mavoh , ft » d a declaration of war followed , on the part of Costa Rica . On the very day this dool ** ration was roooivod , Wwlkox \ ocoonaponlod by five
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Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1856, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2137/page/6/
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