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o £ Colons ! "Yfatihwil } - Calpne . 1 Tulloch , replied that-ha cgn&il ^ atfmfctbftt lie had " altered" Colonel WetharflCfM > vi 40 » £ ft : bat , i £ he . had . donj * sof the reason was tftS tjwmumber of watph-ooata ^ ated ia . the evidwuieto , l wy n Vffl . i ^ iy > d . wa » . wholly at varianqe with . the . nwnbat giv < m . u * the return , front tha QuacteBmaster » Qmvetrallfi VeBtxtwtmt . „ Colonel WflthBBall ,. Aaaiafcant-Quai * erDmater-Gen « ai ,. was , than ^ Kamiaed . by . the Board * , and enteredi into v « Kio « wd » taafl . f # -8 haw ; that the QuaetenuasterrGenenal ' B d * gaxtmant had iaoppsed ; no restrictions on : the issue of , blankets . groat-coato ^ pi 4 Haas « s , &c . ; that , the only want of
p ^ aqd whan the men sufliaseaVfroms blankets was ijfc that eadw paot of Noyewberj . 1664 ; that the . first igroaLof rug * was not until the : 2 * st of November ; tfeftfcsthti&wa * no > neoesejtoy to * giv . e a thud blanket after the > 8 < jb , of January * 185 S , because a . slop-then , arriy-e < L Wth- huffalo robes , andi sheepskin ; coat *; and . that the tw ? P wore , onabje to . carats up . tptbe front , a large , part of the supplies which had beent ondered therm—Colonel XnUocht admitted that there , had been a confusion of tflnns , by , usjng the . word ; " issued" for " apportioned " itt . conne ^ on with the
Qaarteeraaaetec-General'sdeparfe-ThejBoatxi adjiMirjaed for a short interval , and on , its re £ umr . fo « ndi that . Colonel ; Tulloch . had been , obliged : to retire , op . account of illness . Mr . Filder was recalled , and gave some particulars to show the extreme difficulty / he experienced in procuring acftuioers andV timber for- the construction of storehouses apd . magajdnesatBalaklnva . —Colonel Mackenzie' then gajr&QYidenceiwith respect to . the issue of supplies from t } wjQitattormaater-Gieneriil ' » department , with which he lVAS connected ^ No requisition' that wast made to him rQmainedt , unanswexed ; . and Sir Eichard Aireyfrequently vt@ited _ , Balaklava , in all-states of the weather , and-somet $ me&a £ ter darki He could not agree-with the account , ©» eifc before the Sebastopol . Committee by Mr . Mac-^ dfinaldj . ofethe' ragged and filthy condition , of the sick and wounded when they arrived at Constantinople from the Crimea .
Sir ? Richard Airey said he was sorry to state that the account given by- Mr . Macdonald was at one period pwtty-accurate ,. the clothes of the troops being in many instances ^ entirely worn out , and the clothing of the artnyitr- general exceedingly deficient . There were no means Whatever of' procuring- a fresh supply of clothing without'sending home for it . The Board then adjourned . Some-discussion took place on the reassembling of tile Board on Tuesday , as to whether the proceedings could go on in the absence of' Colonel Tulloch , who was so seriously ill that Dr . Balfour read a certificate signed by Sir James Clark and Dr . Martin , stating that . he could not possibly appear . He was labouring ,
it . was said , under great' bodily and mental exhaustion . THe Judge-Advocate remarked that it was the opinion of ? tlie Board that the line of examination pursued on tKe previous day had involved a degree of personality against " . Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch , " as if the objfectwere to throw'discredit on the character of the : Crimean Commissioners , and on the good faith with which' they conducted the inquiry . " Sir Richard Airey denied' that he . had any such intention , but said that he could not avoid alluding to the alterations which had Veen made in portion of the evidence taken , in the Crimea . After some conversation , it was agreed to waive that part of the question , and to proceed with the examination of those witnesses who could speak to the character
oftije . Quartermaster-General ' fl department . These witnesses -were Mftjpr Keane , of the engineers ; . Admiral Unndas ( ttte- late Commander-in-Chief in the Black gfes ); Mr " . Bbyd , chief store-keeper in the commissariat department at Balaklava ; Captain . Milne , of the Adznitfalty ; , Colbnel Chapman , of the . Royal Engineers ; nnd'Colbnel Mackenzie , Ueputy-Assistant Quartermaster >< 3 enerali They stated"tbat many , of the difficulties arose from , the want . of transport ; that the navy did' the utmost tttey could to mitigate the Bufferings of the soldiers ; that there was great difficulty in getting the stores np from ttte harbour , where they often lay in the snow and
mud , exposed to the depredations of Greek . and Maltese robbers ; that there were plenty of boots and . siloes in store , butrtnat merely a few were issued ; because only ton nails out' of * every eighty would fit ; that it would have Seen injudicious for the master of a transport to sell or dispose , of' any portion of his spare set of sails ; that it . vronltt' have been difficult to put up canvas shelter on titer plateau ; and' that the men were not provided- with a-seepmt blanket till the 10 th of January ; in consequence of which tbey suffered much from cold . Havrmg heard these statements , the Board adjourned , till Thursday , When the proceedings were further adjourned t 01 nexf Wednesday ,, in order to give , Sir . Jbhn M'Noill a ^ omortnnity of appearing in place of Colonel'Tullbch , lf ^ oirittttfcortpealtb . is such that Mis medical attendants-Wqr Myntuat not return , to business for two or three moirtSU ,
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xeps , Ajsmr&x * . ixrajjjupjK . of the agarjsmx of Ants . Xs » eightflv-oighth annual exhibition oft the Boyal Mmdmoy of Arta , was , otlebratad . Utsb Saturday by . the
usual * dinner ^ The Exhibition was- thuown , open at two . o ' alock ^ whan . 1 &Q guests ; begant to dix > p in * , and to-examine the : pictures at tiieir- leisure . Dinner was served in , the- East ; room , at six , o'clock . The ; chair was- occupied , by the . President of the ; institution , Sir Charles-Eastlake : ; and the company ,, w-hich , amounted to about two hundred ,, comprised some of the most distinguished members of the diplomatic ,, Kterary , and artistio woridst A very fine enact was produced by-the sudden lightingof the jets * of a . hundred gas-burners-at the signal for the Queen ' s health . After the drinking of this toast ,, as well as the health ; of Prince Albert and the royal family ,, the . toast of " the > Army and Niawy" waa acrknowledged by-Lord Hardinge-and Sir Edmund Lyons . The former briefly alluded to the recent review of the English , army . in . the Crimea by General Lttdera . " I
am not acquainted , " he-observed * . " witjx the details of the event ,. , as far as . they relate to the French forces , and therefore do , not presume to pay a compliment to our gallant ; allies ; but , speaking : of our own , troops ; , I can assure this assembly that , they are in the highest state of- discipline ever known in a British : army serving abroad .. ( jSeor , heari ) I mention this > not to renew recollections- of the unhappy- position- of affairs at one , period of the late war , but simply as a tribute of justice to that brave army , which , as your President truly ob- * - served , has established claims to the gratitude of the country for its- unsurpassed , fortitude ; andi valour . ( Bear , hearJ ) , On the oooasion to : which I have referred , our army in the Crimea mustered about 40 , 000 infantry and artillery , with 186 . pieces of cannon—all in the most admirable : order and equipment . "
The : Prussian Ambassador returned thanks for the : toast of " TheForeign Ministers * " In proposing " The ; Guests , " Sir Charles Eaetlake obBervedi- —« 'AErencht writer .- has lately , expressed- the- opinion that highmanifestations of the fine- arts are > the great means ofpopularising good taste . He extols the recent efforts of " England in . adopting , every means of improving , the taste of- her producers by affording : instruction in design , and ' by the public exhibition of the best- works , ofv art- —^ for example , at Syde ' nham and elsewhere . " The ^ Lord ; Chancellor , in acknowledging this toastv remarked : " The time has been when , to the disparagement of British art , these walls were covered almost exclusively with portraits and works designed merely to gratify the
vanity of individuals . That such an imputation finds no justification now , I appeal with confidence to the interesting- display by which we are surrounded ; and I greatly doubt whether in any other capital of ; modern Europe a * single year could produce its equal . " Hi » Lordship concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the Royal Academy "—a toast which was responded to " By Sir Charles Eastiake , who made some remarks on professional and amateur art-criticism : — " The office of the professed critic is , almost necessarily , to detect imperfections ; the enlightened amateur , on the other- handj recognizes the principle , founded on a long observation of masterworks , that a , few qualities * or even one quality carried , to a high : degree of . perfection , though involving comparative defects in other , particulars , stamps th e ' work , of art with character and , value , and : seldom-fails * to command approbation , ( ffeqr , heari ) That this- is .
the . case with the great masters . will ba seen on a mo--ment ' s reflection . Among the great masters , each is admired for certain . special qualities , while the . fact that he is deficient in other respects does not interfere with , the general estimation in which he is held . ( Hear ,, hear . ) Such , a train of thought may arise in the minds of those i who will hereafter have opportunities of . contemplating , the , worka of Turner , now , it is understood , to become the i property of the nation . ( JTear , hearS ) None will . v « n' ture to assert . that , those works are . faultless ; and yet the objects which that great painter had in view are accoin-! plished in , such perfection that the mind is . engrossed I with , them » , and defects ,, if seen ,, are disregarded . Sir i Charles proposed , the health of her Majesty ' s Ministers , i coupling with it the expression of a hono that wo should I shortly see a new National Gallery in the immediate , neighbourhood of the metropolis .
Lord Palmerston , in returning thanks , said : —" With regard to the topic to which you have just alluded' — namely , the prospect of our seeing in the neighbourhood of thin-City a building rising up better fitted than any now existing for the display of the works of genius and of art—I can only say that it shall not be owing to any indisposition on our part to advance the great objects which you . have indicated , if results adequate to the aspirations you have expressed be not ultimately attained !' The toast of '" The City of London" was acknowledged by ttio Lord-Mayor ; and that of " The Society of Antiquaries '" by its President , Earl Stanhope . He called
attention to the fact that' the Commissioners- for tile Great Exhibition of , 1861 V in . tiieir recently published report " recommend * , aa the : first stop , far establishing the > proposed portrait-gallery , that an- exhibition of national ) portmitaahouldiboheld , to whioh . piotures from oll'parta . ofitlie kingdom miglit in the ¦ first , inBtanoe ; be contributed : as i loans . I cannot but anticipate from auoh aicommcnoementi a , favourable progroasin , the . scheme whiob , I ) had the-JUononnto suggest . " lie tlian . proposed ) amidst mingled cheera > and laughter , that every member of the ; Roy » 1 Academy-should ho required to contribute hia own llkeneaiu .
The toast of " The Interesta o £ Literature "\ Tas . ackooavledged by the ; Dean . o £ St ^ Paul / s ,. in the absence o £ Mr .. Dickens , who . had bees , present at . the earlier part o £ the evening , bull had withdrawn . The laat toast -was that of " The Governors of the British Institution- " after which ,, tha guests departed .
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0-FR eiTILIZATION . . —?—ALLEGED ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN . Great interest was excited on Tuesday at the Boirstreet police-office by the investigation of a charge brought by a young lady , Miss . Clementine Archer , against Mathew Taylor , a policeman of the D division ( No . 57 ) . The young lady ' s story was this : —On the morning , of the proclamation of peace , she accompanied some friends to Charing-cross , to witness the ceremony . They were standing near Farrance ' s , the pastry-cook ' s , when , in consequence of the crowd , she became separated from her friends . Seeing them at a distance , she endeavoured to rejoik them , but was seized round the waist bv a policeman , who forced her back . She asked to be
allowed to go to . the two ladies from , whom she had been parted , but he said she should not-, no one being allowed to pass there . He continued to hold her tightly by the shoulders , when she jerked herself partly round . On this , the man drew his staff , and struck Miss Archer a blow on the shoulder . A gentleman who was passing exclaimed , " Shame , shame ! what are you holding her for ? Release her immediately ! You shall hear more of this . " The . constable then threw the young lady away from him with such violence that she would have fallen if * the same gentleman had not caught her . It was afterwards found by Miss Archer ' s lady friends that she had' received a severe bruise , extending from the shoulder to the bosom , which were quite black . -
It then became necessary to identify the offender . Accompanied by a friend ( Mr . Henry May hew ) Miss Archer went , to Scotland-yard , but was unable to discover , among the men there drawn up , the constable who had assaulted her . At St . George ' s station she was equally unsuccessful : She then went to Marylebone station . A number of men were drawn , in a line or circle , and she walked round the room , looking at each ; but still she did not see the offending constable- The inspector asled
her to walk round again . She turned to do so , fixed upon D 57 as the man , and , being overcome and frightened , shrieked , and became for a time insensible . The man thus identified was very tall and powerful , and of an appearance distinct from that of the others . M 1 s 3 Archer had previously described the man who assaulted her as having straight hair , &c . ; and the inspector considered that the constable Taylor answered her description . On the charge being entered on the sheet , Taylor said ,. " I deny using my staff !"
In cross-examination , Mr . Mayhew said that there had been a conversation between , the Marylebone inspector and himsel f- as to Miss Archer having passed D 57 on first walking round the circle ; but this was not within the young lady ' s hearing . Miss Archer admitted that she had mentioned 194 as the number of the policeman she had seen on that day , but she denied , having said that that was the man who had' assaulted her . It further appeared that she made a mistake at first as to the locality of the outrage ,
having stated it to be in Warwick-street . Though she had resided in the vicinity of London many years , she did ' not know C 6 ckspur-street very well ; , but she had since been to the spot , and discovered her mistake . Several witnesses , including members of the police and others , testified in favour of the accused , and to tho effect that no such assault took place ; and the constable was therefore discharged : One of tho inspectors , when before the magistrate , remarked that Taylbr was " a firm and determined man "—by which , he said ho only meant that he would do his duty .
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dangerously ill , and that Mrs . Kuan , wanted to aeo Mrs-Humphreys immediately on important business A nma-Bago to the same offtct had been previously sent , and , on receiving the letter , Mrs . Humphreys went , leuving the house merely in charge of a young servant-girl ; but , on reaching Mr . Hush ' s residence , she found that tho letter was fabricated : In the moanwhilo , it was intended to attack tho house ; but the girl' had got her father to stay withihur ,. and ao the attempt was . not made . On tho . night ofSthe 24 th . ofr Aprih , a noian was . heardim the house ,, and , aboubaha otolocla , thogiriwont down afaurfl , and : entered ana . oil the- pariourm Twoi mon-ruahw iio
BUltGLABY . Tho particulars of a . singular burglary at tho houso of Mrs . Humphreys ,, an oldlady at Stamford-hill , have boon elicited in tho examination at . Worship-street of Henry Horwood , a house-decorator , Edward Toweru , an unemployed groom , and a woman named Mary Ann Perkins , churged with tho offence . A third man is implicated in tho robbery , but was too ill to be brought up . As long ago as the 3 rd of February , an attack on , tho promises waa . designed , but for the time frustrated . A forged letter , purporting to come from tho wife of Mrs . Humphreys' solicitor , was sent to tho lady . It contained a statement that Mr . liuuh , tho solicitor , was
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Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/6/
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