‘ceased, from the close of the batt'e till we left

THE VOTE 0? THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY. BPIICII OI‘ LORD Jt)‘||)fl juggggln I

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0' "N -iese whicrfiii’. I).ce‘lIl‘°u8ll.d‘0°l"t‘I|‘k:§mliiroiII {I110 assistance we have received from the navy “""°°")' Th? 8°'|°|’3l opinion of the siege, as 5‘:-0-ts";-liotog. in. that lllllougll it has been ‘go... ° J 0 °0l‘_I of great experience, ‘the work

a ‘h I i time of the most laborious kind, In 0 so or age and privarion of our troops ii such as never have been signalled.

in alluding to the loss that

th 9 I cannot omit one name- I : name all’: General who fell in the battle of )3 gal“. cause, from his cbaragter, from

I Me. and from his former services, the °°=':,""'! Md 0'0!‘ flghtto expects complete ?'- l'l‘“5'.Y °°m{I_Ian er in Ill‘! person (Ilear, hear). no bias to bir George Latlicsrt (Hear, hear_).

e raved at all times with the highest spirit. llo wiis so esteemed h ovary om,’ gt,“ when theiie was a question 0 sending out n Governor to t re Cape at a tiuie of emergency, his great °°‘“m“"d*-‘Pi the Duke of Wellington, and per- sons ofless authority, oogcun-ed in .355"; (ha; no more skilful commander, no wiser chief, could be found than Sir _(ileorge Cathcart (llear, 1I00|‘)- . I remember seein him this year, hav- hfrl" Wlufned l'l'0_ln that coniiiiiiud, having 7'! ll Md theicxpectarions of his Sovereign and l'," °°“""_'¥3 lid Mfiud with joy and exulrn- tiop of his (cod fortune in being at once ap- pointed to a command’ the Crimea (llear,

Ie_nr) _ last liouro his Iifc—to the last minute cfhis life-according to those who saw him, that loyal exultatlou seems to have con- tinued (Hear. hear). He had no further am- bition, he had no other wish, but to give his life to his country, and spend the last drop of his blood In her service (Cheers). Those are the men who do honor to this country, and who never will be for lten toad cheers).

_'I‘he next vote shall vs to propose to you will be a vote of thanks to the Navy (Cheers). I have mentioned that Lord Raglan in the com- mencement said, that the seal and eficiency of the navy in perforinia the service of embark- ing the_troops and sting them were beyond all praise—tbat from Adm rsl Dlllldlll to the lowest sailor the sense seal and the same care had been displayed for their safety: and he mentioned especially the conduct of Sir Ed- mund Lyons (Loud cheers). lu relating the account of the battle of the Alma, he used some words which I think I ought to quote (llcar. hear). Afhr expressing his deep feeling of gratitude to the navy, he said :—“They watch-

the progress of the day with the most intense aux‘ ; and, as the best way of evincing their ff’...

pation in our success, and their sympathy sufferings of the wounded, they never

the ground this morning, to provide for the sick and wounded, and to carry them own to the beach: alabour in which some of the olliccrs even volunteered to assist.—-an act which I shall never cease to recollect with the warmest tliaiiikfulncss. I mention no names, fearing I might omit some one who ought to be spoken of; but none who were associated wit us spared an exertion they could apply to so sacred a ury. Sir Edmund Lyons, who had charge of the whole, was, as always, most proiniiicntiu rendering assistiince, and rovi- ding for emergencies.” Thus it istliatlre speaks of this distinguished ollicero-this man who is an honour to the service to which he belon s—and one from whom,I trust, we may stil ex ct great and brilliant services in the course 0 the war in which we are now on ged (Cheers). A man of more ability in whatever position he may be employed I scarcely ever met with, and his services are well known to _his country (Cheers). After this operation. Sir E. Lyons was agiia most forward and most sealons at Balacliiva. He entered the harbour at the same time that Lord Raglan was descending to the place, and from that time to the present he has been ever foremost in rendering every assistance to the army (Cheers). When t fire was opened against the place. I_A)rd Raglan and General Cnnrobert asked Admiral Dundee and Admiral llamelin to co-o eratc_witli the fire of their ships against the i_itter_ies on the see side. That service was willingly u_ndcr- take The in'ury caused, as I have said, to the land-batteries, was not_ such as to enable the troops to attempt immediately to attack the place, and therefore the fire of the_ ships did not produce any effect, exce t for a time Hear, hear). But had the army en able. While "'0 batteries were stopped, to lay open the place. as s.ieins to have been ex ected, then the diver- sion thus caused would ve been most iiselul (Hear, hear). I believe every oiliccr engaged in that service formed_ his duty and _ is- charged it to the satisfaction of his superiors (Cheers). _

After proposing this motion. 1 BIN!“ \‘°nt|I|'° to propose it vote that is rhaps unusiial and without precedent (Cheers). But I think the feelin of the country has been such (Loud cheering, which lnterro ted the noble Lord) that the House will read’ y agree to it (R0n°W- ed cheers). 1 mean to pro one a vote of thanks so General Canrobert (C ears) and to the oflcers and men who have co-operated with her Majesty's forces in the war (Renewed_and loud cheers . Sir, such has been the feeling shown that I believe that the llant acts which have been performed b the aglisli _and French con- jointly—-two man y nations which have always respected each other—have been such tl_ bonds of friendslii have been formed winch will notbe easily isseverd (Cheers). so that

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instigated by Russian olficers. The Command- ers in-Cbiefof the Allies sent a flag of truce to Prince .\Ienschikod', to re resent the circumstan- ces tc hivn_, and -to say t as they felt nite con- vinced that such acts as that must ave ' cu committed against his girders, rind trusted that he would take severe measures to prevent such barbarities in future. I do wish I could say that the answer of Prince Menschikoll’ espress- ed that readiness wliloli everyone would have expected them an'oIeer in -hirposition ; but he states, that_it is not the custom of the Russian cops to give. I19 $1.lP.lnr, thoqgh_ tl_ie troops might have been ey led, because a church had ii burnt by some detachments of the Allies. It is said. whether truly or not, that a church had been entered and sacked b some soldiers; but that such an set should _ mentioned as any palliation.(llear, huvr). I must say I think is not to the credit of the Russian Commander (llasr, heart. We all-know what was the con- duct of the French and English to each other when the were fighting continually on the battle-licl sof the last war (Hear, hear); we all IKIIOWIIIIII in the Peninsula, after the battle wi_is over, they would meet in the same stream with their crossbelts ell, as the Duke of Ricli- inond said—that they would help one another and converse in the most friend y iuaniier to- tlior, showing their mutual respect for the actions of each other. We know that when a vidette was seen upon the army being about to advance, whether it were the English army oing to advance a inst the French, or the ‘rcnoli against the Ifinglish, that, scorning to take advantage, they gave him warning of the approach of the army, andsoiiiotimes hel d him with his knapsack. in order that he might gain the shelter of his comrades. Such actions. sir, iire characteristic of civilised nations ; and and in such a spirit one would have he d that war in this nineteenth centur woud have been carried on. -I am afraid t at it sliows— not, certainly, that any Russian General would order such atrocities; noteertainly, that the great Svereilgn of the Russian empire would countenance ora moment such barbarous acts ; but it shows, that the enem with whom we are to deal, if he obtained t ecommand over that fair part of Euro , instead of civilizing and improving it, won (I not onl destroy the arts of peace, but even darken the horrors of war (Cries of “ Ilear, hear”). I therefore trust sir that the cniise of England and France may he triuinphnnt, believing that it is con- iii-cred with all the l-estinterests of civilization. with the regress ofliumaiiity, and the spread of real re igion (Cheers). Men who have been thus excited b fanaticism-as we all know they were previous to the" battle of Inkcrman— who were called upon in the name of the Christian religion to take up arms and go into the field, were guilty within a few hours of such acts as I have mentioned (Hear, hear). I do trust,‘ that the Government of llussia. ashamed of these note, will take some means to prevent any ‘repetition of them.

Sir, there is but one thing further that I have in sin, and it is of a more agreeable nalure in itself, and one in which I trust I shall have the concurrence of this House. It was said, in reference In one of the victories gained in the course of the last war, bv Mr. Wyndham. Ilisl, lor his part, he would rather have to celebriirc a gallant feat of arms performed by the British army, than ro'rccord ibe conquest of a whole arcliipelsgo of sugerislands. I am convinced that iliiii saying of his was as wise as it was forcible and pointed. It is In these things that the life of a nation consists; it is b actions such as we have to coininemoi-are in-iisy, ihai the spirit ofa nation is maintained from age to age (Hear. hear). It is by battles such as we have the glory to record in our history—by battles such as the French likewise lisve to record in their history -—ii is by such berries and victories that each nsiioii has its sepsralc existence. and that ii is ready to defend its independence, at whatever coal (Hear. hear). We have been for years, all of us, the Parliament and lbs people of every class, engaged in speculation and in practices concerning the progress of ueallh,concerniug the arts, and ilie machinery, and ilis iinprovemenls of peace. We have shown Ilist lhoee sludivs, that ll ilevoiion In such pm-siiiis,lisve not in the least shared that fire which belongs to this nation; we have shown ihst, whether it be England, whether it be Scotland, whether it he Ireland, a similar spiriisnimeles the whole United Kingdom, and ihar. we are ready to peril in a just cause all that is most dear to men. say again, air, that no victories which have been gained in such ii cause as the present, and with such a spirit as ihe nation has shii\vn,cau fail to redoesod to our honour and in our fame in future generations, and to exhibit llill nation in allafler-time as an object of respect and ndmiraiionto the world (Loud and coniiuued clir.-eiiiig),

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Progress of the War.

THE GALE IN THE CAMP.

The Times correspondent gives a graphic and animated account of the storm whic visited the camp on the 14th of November. After describing the commencement of the hurricane, wliich began, he tells us, shortly after six o'clock in the morning, he says :

Such a sight as met the eye! The whole head-quarters’ camp was beaten flat to the earth, and the unhappy occu nts were rush- ing through the mud in all directions in chase oftlicir effects and clothes, or holding on by the walls of the enclosure as they strove to iuake their win to the roollcss and windowless barns and slab es for shelter. Three marq iees alone

those two nations, the most enlightened, the ’ll(\'4b sb'e, the most spirited in Lurope, may always act in alliance together, and give an example to Europe of duties rcsolutey per- formed and high principles adequately main- tained (Renewed cheers.) Sir, I likewise mean so propose a vote lamenting the fate of thpsc who have perished in this action, and ollbrripg the expression of our condolence to the families of those brave men who have died (Hear, hear) There is still a part of the task which I have to II which I think I on tnet to emit, but which I cannot perform wit at some p_ain- ful feeling All the accounts we have received hose who witnessed the_ last action at Iiikeriasiv--there were seine similar accounts witli res t to the battle of Alina—but all those rslatiiig to Inksrrnan state. that when the ulcers and soldiers of the Allied u.rmies fell wounded on the field of battle,the Itussuintroope. instead of taking them rsoners, immediately in their bayonet-. an ciispatclied those un- fishnets lost on the Ield (Mariners). rd Raglan and

General (burn-bert tbou t that the

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eelietakssby the ledge-Mveuteos Twenty-roar muss were ess- twesty-four 01 and QICJQ to hsvla bees wl ohthp sy ea Ids part of he

stood against the blast—(i‘ieneral iletcourt's, Sir John Bnrgetyafs, UNI Major Pasenbam’s. The general ha built a cunning w_al of stones arouu his marquee, but are noon it ‘ind fallen before the wind, and the Major'sshared the same fate still earlier in the day. Next to our tent had been the marquee of Captain de Morel, aids-dc-camp to the Adjutant-General Eeteonrt. It lay fluttering on the ground,and,as I looked, canvass eeein animated by some great internal convulslcn—a mimic volcano sp

to be opening beneath it, and its folds assumed the most fantastic shape, tossing widely about in the storm. The phenomenon was s I

accounted for b the apparition of the gallant owner ll htin h s way out desperately against

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through the mud to the hate. Dr. Ila l's tent close at hand, w s levelled ; and the prlnci

in ieal olcerc British array ml bt be seen, in as unusual state of

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toshes, uilts, India-rubber tubs. liedclothcs. sheets 0 tent-canvas, went whirling like leaves in the gals towards Scbastopol. Tire shingle roofs of tho outhouscs were torn away and scattered over the camp. and a portion of the roof of Lord Ragl.-in's rouse was carried ofl' to join them. '|‘he barns and commissariat-slicd.-. were laid bare at once. As instances of the force of the wind I iiiiiy mention that large arabas, or wagons, which stood close to us, were overturned; that men and horses were knocked down and rolled over and over; that the ambulance wiigoris were turned topsy-turvy ; and theta large and heavy table in Captain Chetwode’s tent was lifted ed’ the ground. whirfcd round and round till the leaf flew oil’. and then came to mother earth deprived of a lo and seriously injured.

‘he rench, flying for shelter, swarmed across the plains in all directions. seeking for the ice of old walls or banks for protection from the blast. Our men nllen rind resolute. stood in front of their levelled tcnts while wind and rain tore o\'cr them, or collected in groups before their late camps. Woe bctide the Russians hail they come on that day, for, ficrcer than the storm and stronger than all its rage, the British soldier would have uietnnd beaten their rooming battalions. The cry was all throughout this di-ciidful day, “ Lotus get at the town ; better far that we should have a rush at the batteries and be done with it, than stand here to be beaten by the storm.” One regimeatalono is said to have presented soiuc instances of an unsoldierlikc rind disorderly ' osition, and that is one some of whose clliccrs linve lately been much before the pub- lic. A few oung recruits, free from the comforts of iome, felt severely such a rude initiation into tliererilitiesofthe rofcssion, and seemed to think they could not e expected to go into the trenches in this bad weather, but they were soon shamed out of their unwilling- ness by the spirit of their comrades.

Our ollicers and soldiers, aftera day like this, had to descend to the trenches again at night to look out for ii crafty foe. to lnboiir in the mire and ditches of the works. What fortitude and high courage to do all this with- out a murmur. and to hear such privntione and hardships with unflinching resolution! But, nieantiine—for one‘s own experience gives the best idea of the sulf.-rings of otliers—oiir tent is down ; one by one we struggle out into the mud, and leave behind us all our little house- hold goods, to fly before a pitilcss blast wliieli nearly curries us away to the side ofa broken stone wall, behind which are ceweringzouuves, Cliasseurs d'Afriquc, ambulance men, llussars, infantry men, ollii.-ers,rind horses. Major Blane in a state of distress, is seen staggering from the ruins of his marquee, under a press of greatcoat, across the camp, and bearing up for the shelter of Major Piikcnham‘s hut. W hear that the hospital tents are all down, and that the sick have had to share the fate of the healthiest and most robust. On turning to- wards the ridge on which the large and ‘in o- sing wooden structures built by the French for hospitals and storehouses were erected, ii few scattered lanlis alone met the eye. The woun- ded of the 5th November, who to the number of several hundred were in these buildings, had to bear the inclomency ofthc \\'0‘iIIllCI' as well as they could. Several succumbed to its clliicts In every direction fresh scenes of wretchcdncss met the eye. The guard tents were down, the 5 late occirpnnts huddled together under the side ofa barn, their arms covered with mud, lying where they had been thrown down from the “pile" by the wind. The oficcrs of the guard had lied to the commissariat stores near Lord Region's and found there partial shelter. Inside the commissariat yard, overturned carts. dead horses, and groups of shivering men were seen—not a tent standing. Mr. Cookcsley had to take refuge among his stores. and was no doubt glad to find it, even amid salt pork and rum punchcons. Nearer to us liussar horses were dead an dying from the cold. With cliatlcring teeth and sliivcriiig limbs each man looked at his neighbour. Lord liaglan‘s house, with the smoke of the fires steaming away from the chimneys, and its white walls standing out freshly against the black sky, was, indeed, ‘-the cynosure of neighbouring e'cs.” Our generals‘ marquees were as iucapab o of resist- ing the hurricane as the bell tents of the com- mon soldiers. Lord Lucan was seen for hours

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sitting u to his knees in sludge amid the wreck 0 his establishment, meditalin as lllarius amid the ruins of Carthage. rd

igan was sick on board his yacht in the harbour of Balaklava. sir George Brown was i ing wounded on board the Agamemnomofl miesch Bay; Sir dc Lac Evans, sick and shaken, was on board the gnspareil, at Bala- ava. neral Bcntinck, wounded, was on board the Caradcc, at Constantinople, or on his we to England. 'l‘lie Duke of‘ (Jainbridgc, sic and depressed, was passing an anxious tiuio ofit in the Retribution, oil‘ Balaklava, in all the horrors of that dreadful scene at sea. But General Penncfather, Sir R. England, Sir J. Campbell, Brigadier Adams, Brigadier Biiller, in fact, all the generals and colonels and oflicers in the field, were just as badly ed as the mean- est privale. The onl raons whose tents weathered the le, as far as I could hear, were .\lr Romaine, eputy-Judge-Advocate-General : Licut. Col. Dickson, Re al Artillery, and Capt. Woodford The first rad, however, _ itclicd his tent cunningly within the four \\'llI s ofiin outhouse. and secured it by guys and subtle devices of stonework They were hospitable spots, those tents—-oases in the desert of wretoIi- edncss; inanya or half-frossn wanderer was indebted almost or life to the shelter be there received. While all this writing is going on, pray never lose sight of the fact, as you sit over your snug coal-fires at home, that fuel is nearly all gone hero, and that there are savage lights, even in fine weather, among tlis various domes- tics for a bit of shaving or a fragment of brushwood. Never fo t that all this time the storm is raging with increased violence, and that from half-past six o'clock till late in the day, it over the camp, with the fury of Asrael, vexing and bufleting every living thing and tearing to pieces all things inanlma denly it occurr to us. that there might rooui in the barn used as it stable for the horses of Lord Raglan's escort of the 8th llussars, and we at once waded across _the sea of nastiness which lay between us and it. tacked against several gusts, fouled one or two soldiers in a dilercnt course, grri pad with walls und angles of outhousee, near y fouridered in bi horse-holes, bore sliar up round a corner, an anchored at once is the stable. What a scene It was! The olcers of the escort were crouch- lcgugrer some eiabe.-s ofa wood fire ; along the we were closely packed seine 80 or 40 horses and Rules, with cold, and kicking tlng with e to and bad liumoae. ‘I‘hei cloaks, teed looking on the dskes of snow wh ch drifted In through the extensive sper- lereef. leldlere efdlkeat tliewaru ssraese sad