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April 17, 1858
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
| April 17, 1858.
A NEW SCHOOL FOR SOLDIERS.
E cannot too highly
commend the pa-
triotism of a noble
Scotch Duke, deter-
up to this time, appear to have been a diplomatic Correspondence,
occupying 137 printed pages, the insanity of one of the prisoners, the
destruction of the health of the other, and the admission of both to bail.
It appears, further, that Heb Majesty's late Government, having at
their command the services of an Attorney and Solicitor-General, and
a Queen's Advocate, were satisfied with the opinion of two out of three
of these gentlemen, to the effect that Her Majesty's Government
mined, in spite of j were not clearly justified in making a demand for the delivery of the
much personal dim-; two British subjects ; the opinion of the other, and most distinguished
culty, to make him- j of these law officers,* Sra R. Bethell, being at the same time, that
self of some use to even if the seizure of the Cagliari was lawful, the Neapolitan tribunals
his country; that is | had no jurisdiction to try, and the King of Naples no right to punish,
not merely to Scot-1 the persons arrested on board of her, who being the subjects of a
land, hut to^the foreign power, must on requisition be given ud to that power, in whose
whole United King- Courts the trial must be had, and justice administered. I am at a loss
dom. This esti- to understand how, when two of the three law officers of the Crown
mable nobleman, had a doubt, the unfortunate prisoners were not allowed to have the
whose namewe will, benefit of that doubt, according to the well-known maxim of the
not pain his mo- law.
I am still more at a loss to understand how, with Sir R. Bethell's
opinion before them, Her Majesty's late Government did not at
, once require the release of these British subjects into the hands of Her
fact that the Camp j Majesty's representative at Naples. But I am even more astonished
at Aldershott is, in I to find that from June, when the capture of the Cagliari took place,
one essential parti- j till December, it does not seem to have occurred either to Her
cular, not answering j Majesty's late Government, or to the law officers whom that Govern-
its purpose, inas-' ment consulted, that it was important to ascertain exactly the circum-
much as its neigh- stances of the capture.
bourhood does not Had they done so, it appears to me beyond dispute that its illegality
afford the soldiers j must have been clear even to the hazy apprehensions of Mr. J. D.
the means of learn- Harding and Mr,. H. S. Keating, and that this once established could
ing how to forage, have drawn after it the illegality of all the acts following on the
His Grace has also capture.
been strongly moved by the reflection that, in depopulating the I am aware that this may be too simple a way of looking at the case
Highlands, and supplying the place of men with deer, certain ducal for highly cultivated legal apprehensions, though it seems to be the
proprietors have done as much as they could to prevent the mainte- j view which, all through the affair, has guided the action of the
nance of the British army. Considering these things, the truly noble J Sardinian Government. _ It appears, further, that the only one of Her
Duke has, with a generosity which seems scarcely credible, offered to Majesty's representatives who has acted throughout this matter with
place at the disposal of the Government an extensive brae, for the site i invariable good sense, promptitude, and due regard for humanity, is
of another camp. To this brae, a clear and sparkling burn is closely j Mr,. Lewis J. Barbab, Her Majesty's Acting Consul at Naples,
contiguous, running through a glen tenanted by numerous deer ; whilst j This gentleman, notwithstanding his name, appears to have abstainec
an adjoining muir abounds with no end of grouse. Will it be believed ? j from that far loo liberal use of soap in his intercourse with the
desty by trumpet-
ing, has been deeply
impressed with the
the Duke of WThat Vhis-name has actually gone so far in liberality as
to authorize Her Majesty's Ministers to station troops on his brae,
with liberty to procure themselves food by shooting in his glen and on
his muir, and by fishing in his burn, which contains plenty of fine trout.
Such an example cannot be too highly praised, nor too generally
imitated.
ME. PUNCH ON THE CASE OF THE " CAGLIARI.
Neapolitan authorities, which is observable in the communications o
his diplomatic superiors in the service of Heb Majesty.
I would venture to submit that Acting Consul L. J. Babbab has
earned any advancement it may be in your Lordship's power to bestowT
I would further submit that the Rev. Giles Ptjgh, both from his very
rose-coloured reportt on the condition of the prisoners, and his subse-
quent insinuations against Acting Consul Babbab,! appears to come
fairly under the general prejudice as to the existence of pews in the
Church.
I would also submit to your Lordship, that though Mb. Erskine
(Being further Correspondence, in addition to that presented to \ appears, in his communication of January 5, to have departed from the
both Houses of Parliament by command.) instructions of Lobd Clabendon, and to have altered the draft
approved by Sib J. Hudson, such departure and alteration were clearly
No. 158.—Mb. E. Hammond to Mr. Punch. | an improvement in such instructions and draft, and that though Mb.
Ebskine may deserve a wigging, on the ground of diplomatic subor-
dination, he deserves commendation on the higher ground of Nationa
feeling.
On the whole, it appears to me clear, that Heb Majesty's Govern-
ment have only one course open to them on the facts stated, viz., to
support Sardinia, vigorously, in all her demands upon the Neapolitan
" Sib, " Foreign Office, April 1st, 1858.
" I am desired by Lobd Malmesbtjby to forward to you the
enclosed correspondence in relation to the Cagliari, with a request that
ou will peruse the same, and report to Lord Malmesbtjby, at your
earliest convenience, your opinion on this correspondence, and as to
the course which Heb Majesty's Government should adopt under I GOTe7n^ent7to"require^moreover of that" Government the immediate
all the circumstances of the case to which these papers refer. j annulling of'all proceedings against the unfortunate^men, Watt and
" I have, &c,
"(Signed) E. HAMMOND."
Pabk, and to exact whatever compensation Heb Majesty's Govern-
ment may think proper for the alienated reason of the one, and the
ruined health of the other. If these demands should be resisted, Heb
Majesty's Government will, in my opinion, be justified in resorting to
ulterior operations, and I beg to tender your Lordship my assurance
i that the verdict of this countrv in the event of the worst that can
My Lobd, Fleet Street, April 9th, 1858. _ befall the Government of Naples will be " Sarve 'em right:
No. 159.—Mb. Punch to Lobd Malmesbury.
I am honoured by your Lordship's commands—signified in
Mb. Hammond's letter of the 1st instant, forwarding to me the Cor- I have the honour to be, &c. &c,
respondence in the case of the Cagliari—that I would peruse, and
report at my earliest convenience to your Lordship my opinion on,
that Correspondence, and as to the course which Heb Majesty's
Government should adopt under the circumstances. i See N°- 94 of Correspondence.
In obedience to your Lordship's commands, I have taken these
papers into my consideration, and have the honour to report—
That the first and most important fact which results from their
perusal, is that two British subjects appear to have been confined for
* See Opinion No. 72 of Correspondence,
f See No. 55 of Correspondence.
Paragraph to be Avoided by Every One.
nine months, under circumstances of the greatest hardship and indig-: Reading the papers daily, weekly, and almost hourly, as we gene
nity, on a charge in support of which there does not appear to be a rally do, we find that robbery and assassination have been committee
shadow of evidence, and under an arrest which is clearly illegal, on
every admitted principle of international law.
The only results of this illegal arrest and subsequent imprisonment
by the Arabs at Aden. That pleasant country seems to be what the
French Colonels were pleased to characterise England as being, viz:—
"A—den of Assassir.; •'
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
| April 17, 1858.
A NEW SCHOOL FOR SOLDIERS.
E cannot too highly
commend the pa-
triotism of a noble
Scotch Duke, deter-
up to this time, appear to have been a diplomatic Correspondence,
occupying 137 printed pages, the insanity of one of the prisoners, the
destruction of the health of the other, and the admission of both to bail.
It appears, further, that Heb Majesty's late Government, having at
their command the services of an Attorney and Solicitor-General, and
a Queen's Advocate, were satisfied with the opinion of two out of three
of these gentlemen, to the effect that Her Majesty's Government
mined, in spite of j were not clearly justified in making a demand for the delivery of the
much personal dim-; two British subjects ; the opinion of the other, and most distinguished
culty, to make him- j of these law officers,* Sra R. Bethell, being at the same time, that
self of some use to even if the seizure of the Cagliari was lawful, the Neapolitan tribunals
his country; that is | had no jurisdiction to try, and the King of Naples no right to punish,
not merely to Scot-1 the persons arrested on board of her, who being the subjects of a
land, hut to^the foreign power, must on requisition be given ud to that power, in whose
whole United King- Courts the trial must be had, and justice administered. I am at a loss
dom. This esti- to understand how, when two of the three law officers of the Crown
mable nobleman, had a doubt, the unfortunate prisoners were not allowed to have the
whose namewe will, benefit of that doubt, according to the well-known maxim of the
not pain his mo- law.
I am still more at a loss to understand how, with Sir R. Bethell's
opinion before them, Her Majesty's late Government did not at
, once require the release of these British subjects into the hands of Her
fact that the Camp j Majesty's representative at Naples. But I am even more astonished
at Aldershott is, in I to find that from June, when the capture of the Cagliari took place,
one essential parti- j till December, it does not seem to have occurred either to Her
cular, not answering j Majesty's late Government, or to the law officers whom that Govern-
its purpose, inas-' ment consulted, that it was important to ascertain exactly the circum-
much as its neigh- stances of the capture.
bourhood does not Had they done so, it appears to me beyond dispute that its illegality
afford the soldiers j must have been clear even to the hazy apprehensions of Mr. J. D.
the means of learn- Harding and Mr,. H. S. Keating, and that this once established could
ing how to forage, have drawn after it the illegality of all the acts following on the
His Grace has also capture.
been strongly moved by the reflection that, in depopulating the I am aware that this may be too simple a way of looking at the case
Highlands, and supplying the place of men with deer, certain ducal for highly cultivated legal apprehensions, though it seems to be the
proprietors have done as much as they could to prevent the mainte- j view which, all through the affair, has guided the action of the
nance of the British army. Considering these things, the truly noble J Sardinian Government. _ It appears, further, that the only one of Her
Duke has, with a generosity which seems scarcely credible, offered to Majesty's representatives who has acted throughout this matter with
place at the disposal of the Government an extensive brae, for the site i invariable good sense, promptitude, and due regard for humanity, is
of another camp. To this brae, a clear and sparkling burn is closely j Mr,. Lewis J. Barbab, Her Majesty's Acting Consul at Naples,
contiguous, running through a glen tenanted by numerous deer ; whilst j This gentleman, notwithstanding his name, appears to have abstainec
an adjoining muir abounds with no end of grouse. Will it be believed ? j from that far loo liberal use of soap in his intercourse with the
desty by trumpet-
ing, has been deeply
impressed with the
the Duke of WThat Vhis-name has actually gone so far in liberality as
to authorize Her Majesty's Ministers to station troops on his brae,
with liberty to procure themselves food by shooting in his glen and on
his muir, and by fishing in his burn, which contains plenty of fine trout.
Such an example cannot be too highly praised, nor too generally
imitated.
ME. PUNCH ON THE CASE OF THE " CAGLIARI.
Neapolitan authorities, which is observable in the communications o
his diplomatic superiors in the service of Heb Majesty.
I would venture to submit that Acting Consul L. J. Babbab has
earned any advancement it may be in your Lordship's power to bestowT
I would further submit that the Rev. Giles Ptjgh, both from his very
rose-coloured reportt on the condition of the prisoners, and his subse-
quent insinuations against Acting Consul Babbab,! appears to come
fairly under the general prejudice as to the existence of pews in the
Church.
I would also submit to your Lordship, that though Mb. Erskine
(Being further Correspondence, in addition to that presented to \ appears, in his communication of January 5, to have departed from the
both Houses of Parliament by command.) instructions of Lobd Clabendon, and to have altered the draft
approved by Sib J. Hudson, such departure and alteration were clearly
No. 158.—Mb. E. Hammond to Mr. Punch. | an improvement in such instructions and draft, and that though Mb.
Ebskine may deserve a wigging, on the ground of diplomatic subor-
dination, he deserves commendation on the higher ground of Nationa
feeling.
On the whole, it appears to me clear, that Heb Majesty's Govern-
ment have only one course open to them on the facts stated, viz., to
support Sardinia, vigorously, in all her demands upon the Neapolitan
" Sib, " Foreign Office, April 1st, 1858.
" I am desired by Lobd Malmesbtjby to forward to you the
enclosed correspondence in relation to the Cagliari, with a request that
ou will peruse the same, and report to Lord Malmesbtjby, at your
earliest convenience, your opinion on this correspondence, and as to
the course which Heb Majesty's Government should adopt under I GOTe7n^ent7to"require^moreover of that" Government the immediate
all the circumstances of the case to which these papers refer. j annulling of'all proceedings against the unfortunate^men, Watt and
" I have, &c,
"(Signed) E. HAMMOND."
Pabk, and to exact whatever compensation Heb Majesty's Govern-
ment may think proper for the alienated reason of the one, and the
ruined health of the other. If these demands should be resisted, Heb
Majesty's Government will, in my opinion, be justified in resorting to
ulterior operations, and I beg to tender your Lordship my assurance
i that the verdict of this countrv in the event of the worst that can
My Lobd, Fleet Street, April 9th, 1858. _ befall the Government of Naples will be " Sarve 'em right:
No. 159.—Mb. Punch to Lobd Malmesbury.
I am honoured by your Lordship's commands—signified in
Mb. Hammond's letter of the 1st instant, forwarding to me the Cor- I have the honour to be, &c. &c,
respondence in the case of the Cagliari—that I would peruse, and
report at my earliest convenience to your Lordship my opinion on,
that Correspondence, and as to the course which Heb Majesty's
Government should adopt under the circumstances. i See N°- 94 of Correspondence.
In obedience to your Lordship's commands, I have taken these
papers into my consideration, and have the honour to report—
That the first and most important fact which results from their
perusal, is that two British subjects appear to have been confined for
* See Opinion No. 72 of Correspondence,
f See No. 55 of Correspondence.
Paragraph to be Avoided by Every One.
nine months, under circumstances of the greatest hardship and indig-: Reading the papers daily, weekly, and almost hourly, as we gene
nity, on a charge in support of which there does not appear to be a rally do, we find that robbery and assassination have been committee
shadow of evidence, and under an arrest which is clearly illegal, on
every admitted principle of international law.
The only results of this illegal arrest and subsequent imprisonment
by the Arabs at Aden. That pleasant country seems to be what the
French Colonels were pleased to characterise England as being, viz:—
"A—den of Assassir.; •'