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The day wad magnificently clear j every sentry on the opposite side could be seen , " eveiy wdrking party watched , every soldier that was lounging in the sun ; occasional shot and shell were sent from the enemy to the Karabelnaia aud the town , but otherwise nothing disturbed the usual appearance of quiet , almost of desolation . On our ( the south ) side , we looked down on the large ruined barracks in front , on the hlner creek of the Dockyard ^ the Quay , and the remains of Fort Paul , the spacious inlet from the harbour on our left , beyond which stand the a-oofless buildings of Sebastbpol ; itself . There also is the well-remembered long line of pointed arches , the casemates of the interior of Fort Nicholas , of -which thp embrasures in double tier pointed to seaward and away , from us . , * . ' out the
It ^ juts into harbour built on an inner tongue of land ; Fort Constantine foriUirig a similar but' r tiore oiitvvard defence for the sea approach on tnen ortbl " - ; ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ , ' ¦ - ¦ 'The scene and feeliug of expectation were of great interest , for another tangible proof of pdwer and success was to take place , and ' 106 , 000 lbs . of powder were in the several mines . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - At the hour named a burst of smoke , dark and thick , i rolled from our . left of the building ; it was followed by another ; the heavy sound arrived , the stones were shot into the air and to the sea ; the explosions of the extreme right and the centre mingled at little intervals into one drifting cloud , which veiled the destruction below .
The light of the sun played beautifully on the mass of smoke , of which the lower part lay long and heavily on its victim . The breeze passing it away over the remains of the town ; showed that a low line of ruin was all that remained of the pride of Fort Nicholas , and one standing menace of the harbour lay buried under its waters . The state ojrthe docks has been given in detail in my letters . They are all destroyed , whilst the earth surrounding them is" shaken into cracks ; basins , docks , masses of broken granite , capstans , gates , beams of " iron , and of timber , are tunible , d into one mass of destruction . —I have , &c . \ V . J . CODRINGTON , The Lord Panmui-e , &c . General Commanding Some other striking details are furnished by the Times' correspondent : — :
" The day was extremely fine , the sky nearly cloudless ; the white masonry of Sebastopo ] , beautiful even in those ruins with which the well-preserved but doomed fort conspicuously contrasted , lay Bilent and seemingly abandoned in the embrace of the bright green sea . Suddenly , forth , gushed the smoke , not rapidly , but in heavy billows , rising and rolling one above the other as if the vapour were so dense that it had a struggle to ascend . Slowly it rose ; so slowly that it was easy to imagine
fantastical forms melting away but gradually . Immediately over the eastern explosion there hung for some seconds what seemed a niighty grey lion , With head , mane , and body perfectly denned in shadowy delineation . Others besides myself recognised the fanciful image , acceptable aa the emblem of dissolving Russian strength , and presently replaced by other vague shapes . Upwards of twenty seconds elapsed before the explosions were audible in front of Pickethouse-hill . There was so little wind that the smoke
rose to a considerab le height before it began to d rift off in a south-westerly direction , and it rose , not in columns , but rather in heaps or domes such as are sometimes seen in the sky when clouds are piled on each other . The lower part of these heaps of vapour joined , and the scattered summits dispersed and mingled before the light north-easterly current , sooner than the contreB blended , and bo there remained a sort of loophole in'the smoke , through which wan seen a patch , of tho emerald wator glittering in the brilliant sunbeams . The effect , of course very transient , was oxtromely beautiful . Tho whole mass of smoke then began , to dear o > ff , and the spectators impatiently awaited tho moment when tho windvynrd extremity of the fort should bo disclosed to their gaze . A sort of low grey spit waa presently seen , bub was almost
immediately again ovorolouded by other explosions which now rapidly succeeded each othor . There were eovon in nil , none of tliom much louder thnn the report of a very heavy piece of ordnance . When all ttio mines had boon ftrod and tho smoke cleaved off , we saw how completely tho Frenoh engineers had done thoiv work . The long , massive , stone fortcertainly tho most prominent object in a bird ' s-eye viow of Southern . Sobastopol — ' had totally disappeared , aad in ita plaoo wao a low flat bank of grey ruins , as nearly as might bo , of tho emmo colour as tho smoko thftb had just boon blown ' away from it , and of which some lingering romaina still oozed and curled out from tho rubbish . So important a feature was this fort , that its removal luxa made quite a ohaugo in tho physiognomy of tho town . "
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LORDS CARDIGAN AND LUC AN . Lord Cardigan has published a long answer to the allegations made against him by the Crimean Commissioners , the results of which may be stated briefly . Hiis Lordship 'is charged with declining to accede to a proposal made to Mm by Lieutenant-Colonel Mayow , Assistaut-Quarternias ' ter-General of Cavalry , to the effect that a detachment of th ' e horses should be allowed to go down to Balaklava , where there was plenty of barley . In his reply , Lord Cardigan admits the want of forage , biit asserts that there was ndhe at Balaklava , and that , even had there been any , the troop-horses were unfit to -perform the duties of
fetching it . He also emphatically denies , in direct contradiction to the evidence taken before the Commissioner , the Commissary-General ever applied to'him officially to send down troop-horses , or that any representation was made to Lord Raglan by that department , or that the same proposal was made to him either by Colonel Douglas , Colonel Salis , or any officer of the brigade . But he admits that , on the 24 th of November , the Commissariat officer of the brigade proposed verbally to Colonel Mayow , for his Lordship ' s information , that the troop-horses should be sent for forage—a proposal he rejected , on account of the enfeebled state of the horses . Bis Lordship
asks why , on the 18 th of November , " when , the Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry Division gave a variety of orders to the commanding officers of regiments as to the details of the duties of the brigade / Colonel v She well , or any other omcer did riot seize the opportunity to ask for permission , to send the troop-horses for forage . Other opportunities , he asserts , were equally lost sight of . Quoting a statement of Colonel Dbnerty , that sixteen troop-horses fell dead while marchmgironi one encampment to another , Lord Cardigan asks if this ^ . does not confirm Mm in
asserting that the horses were not in a ' j fct condition to bring up forage . On the 16 th November , his Lordship adds , he suggested to the officers of th « i Light Brigade the necessity of their furnishing him with reports y / ith respect to the condition of their men and animals , which was done , but very ^ ittle mention was made of the condition of the latter ; and he quotes a letter from . Sir Edmund Lyons to show that he had made endeavours to obtain nosebags for the horses . The statement concludes by the production of several documents from Lord Raglan and others , testifying to his services while with the army ,
Lord Cardigan has also communicated a statement to the T ' tincs , in reply to certain allegations contained in the letter of "A Civilian , " addressed to that paper : He here says that he had no authority to move the Light Cavalry Brigade , xinless he had an order to that effect from the Commander-in-Chiefof the army transmitted to him' through the General of Division . He also asserts that he generally visited the camp at least once a day , aud sometimes twice ; that it was not his
duty to attend the sentries either by night or day , as they wore only the usual camp sentries who ought to bo visited by the orderly officer ; that Lord Raglan advised him , when a friend of his brought a yacht , to sleep on board it , " which , " adds the Earl , " was a sufficient authority for me to do so , aud to feel confident that there was nothing improper in the measure . " His Lordship concludes his letter by saying that there is no correspondence in existence which can in the slightest degroe reflect upon him . "
Lord Lucan , as well as Lord Cnrdigau , has published a statement . Tho chief assertions lie puts forth are , in the first place , that , contrary to tho statement in tho Report of the Commission of Inquiry , the stables for tho horses of the cavalry wore first begun oarly in December , " so soon as Lord Ragliux could bo prevaiJod upon to movo thorn from the heights before Sebastopol to a pornxauout camp ; and , instend of only completing in tho middloof March , tlie eight hundred horses , of which tho cavalry then consisted , wore every one of them stablod on tho 11 th of February . " His Lordship moreover states , in contradiction to tho
Commissioners' Report , that tho sorvioes of every man available wero omployetl in tho orootion of the stables ; but that it was u « t always possible to obtain hands for that purpose , ho much were tho mon occupied with othor duties . Ho adds , . that ho " conaUuitTy visited tho different camps himself , " that , being somewhat dissatisfied at tho sp eed with whioh tho mon porfoi'inod their wprl ^ ho mado thorn report progress daily to him , "I venture to observe /* ndda his Lordship , " that it was most oroditivblo to tho cavalry that , against overy difficulty and obstruction , thoy
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the inhabitants of Silistria in 1854 , they shall not he liable for three years to any taxes , nor to furnish re cruits to the army . The surviving wounded are to receive a money indemnity , and all who took part in the defence a military medal . The Nightin « aiiE Fund in the Crimea . —The subscription to tha Nightingale Fund collected from the army in the Crimea amounted , on the 5 th of , the present month , to £ 4 , 195 15 s . 6 d ., which sum was on that day transmitted to England . M . db Giganbes , Colonel of Artillery , who lately arrived from the Crimea , where he- took an active part in the labours and perils of the siege of Sebastopol , died at Marseilles on the 15 th hist . He had been dangerously wounded , and when convalescent had obtained leave to return to France for the complete recovery of his liealth .
WAR MISCELLANEA . SiLisTniA . —Tho Sultan has decreed that in ronaomqranoo of tho courage and porsove . rnn . oo displayed by
Murder in the Crimea . —A ; soldier named Day , has murdered one of his sick comrades while in bed —a man , moreover , from whom he had just received a kindness . He has been found guilty , and sentenced to be hanged . " There was difficulty , " says the Fimcs ¦ correspondent , " in finding a hangman ; but a btitehei of the First Division has come forward and offered his services . He is to receive £ 15 , his discharge , aud a passage home to England . We hear that he refuses his discharge , and wants only the money ; but it 'will probably not be deemed proper to retain Mm in the service after his performance of so odious a task . " There has been a report to the effect that Day will get off , owing to a flaw in the indictment . This , h . owever , appeal's incredible , tho ugh a strange leniency has lately been shown in courts martiall .
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Palrnerston replied , « Of course we are in wanh « « money , or we should not ask for a loan ; " Tnd Sir Coraewall Lewis said the public might draw * £ , I conclusion it liked . The interview then terminated " The smallness of the loan , and of the amount of Exchequer Bills' to be funded , caused considerable surprise . - The Chancellor of the Exchequer has since announced that , in eonsequenee of representations made to him / the deposits will be fixed at ten , instead of twenty , per ' cent . ; the additional ten per cent , to be payable as an instalment on Monday , March 3 rd . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦
THE NEW . GOVERNMENT LOAN . A vert large number of influential gentlemen connected with the monetary world attended the Treasury on Monday at one o ' clock , for the ¦ -purpose of heal * ing from the Chancellor of the Exchequer the particulars of the proposed new loan . The right hon . gentleman was accompani-ed by Lord Pal merston , and- Mi-. James Wilson , Secretary to the Treasury . Among those present were Baron Lionel de Rothschild , Sir J . L . Gdldsanid , and Messrs . Cazenove , It . Thornton , Mullens , &c . The interview commenced with the reading by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the PARTICULARS OF THE PROPOSED LOAN . 1 . The loan to be for the sum of five million pounds . 2 . For every £ 100 sxibscribed in money , the contractors to receive Three per Cent . Consolidated Annuities ; and the biddings to be made in such annuities . . 3 . The interest on the Three per Cent . Consolidated Annuities to commence from the 5 th January-, 1856 . 4 . The days of payment , and the proportions of the contributions to be paid , to be as follows : On Tuesday , February 26 th , 1856 , deposit of £ 20 p . c . Thursday , March 13 , „ payment of 25 „ Saturday , March 29 , „ ., 25 „ Thursday , April 10 , „ „ 15 „ Thursday , April 24 , „ „ 15 „ 5 . For each instalment after the deposit , a proportional amount of stock to be created for the contrihut . offi .
The stock for the deposit to be created at the same time with that which will be due on the last instalment . 6 . Scrip receipts will be issued by the bank in the usual manner . 7 . The biddings to be made at the Treasury , on Friday morning , the 22 nd of February , 185 G , at ten o'clock . The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed that so much related to the conditions of the loan . The Government further proposed to conver t a portion of the unfunded debt into stock ; but thut operation would consist merely of the conversion of one class of securities into another . He then read the following particulars :
FUNDING . Tlie amount of Exchequer bills to bo funded will bo three millions . The deposit will bo twenty per cent ., on the 26 th of February . The instalments : — 20 i > er cent March 13 . 80 percent March 29 . 20 per cent April 10 . 10 ] ior cent . ,......, April 24 . The contractor for tho loan to havo tho option of contracting for tho Exohequor Bill funding on tho san ^ o terms us shall bo accepted for the loan . In tho ovont of tho contractors wishing for nn option to pay money instead of Exchequer Bills , it will bo roooivod at £ 100 6 s . inonoy for ovory £ 100 of Kxchoquor Bills .
Iu tho course of tho conversation that onnuod , tho Chsxnoollor of tho Exchequer several times utatod , in answer to questiona that wero put to him , that tho dovornmont did not intend to miiko another loan while tho present is in ooureo of payment . Mr . Thornton having remarked that it waa evident tho Qovorniiiont mutit bo very muoh iu want of monoy , Lord
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February 23 , 1856 ' LK A B K . ] THE ^ & r ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 23, 1856, page 173, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2129/page/5/
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