 Roebuck gave notice that he would move for a select committee to inquire into the condition of the army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those departments of the Government whose duty it had been to minister to the wants of the army.  Annual Register - Page 226edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Sir Peter B. Maxwell - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1855 - 328 pages
...announced, on the meeting of Parliament, his intention to move for "a select com" nrttee to inquire into the condition of the army " before Sebastopol,...had " been to minister to the wants of that army." Mr. Roebuck's case against Lord Aberdeen's Government was very simple. What is the condition of the... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 626 pages
...Roebuck gave notice that he should move for a select committee ' to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those...it had been to minister to the wants of that army.' To defend the Government, of which he was the leader in the House of Commons, was felt by Lord John... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...Roebuck gave notice that he should move for a select committee ' to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those...it had been to minister to the wants of that army.' To defend the Government, of which he was the leader in the House of Commons, was felt by Lord John... | |
 | Joseph Irving - 1871 - 1064 pages
...appointmen of a Select Committee " to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebastopol, ant into the conduct of those departments of the Government whose duty it has been to ministe tu the wants of that army." — Resignation of Lord John Russell Writing to Lord... | |
 | National portrait gallery - 1874 - 568 pages
...Russia, was defeated on the motion of Mr. Roebuck to inquire into the condition of the British troops before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those departments...had been to minister to the wants of that army. The condition into which the nation was thus thrown was one of much delicacy, but it was made somewhat... | |
 | National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) - Art - 1875 - 418 pages
...Russia, was defeated on the motion of Mr. Roebuck to inquire into the condition of the British troops before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those departments...had been to minister to the wants of that army. The condition into which the nation was thus thrown was one of much delicacy, but it was made somewhat... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - Great Britain - 1879 - 330 pages
...after the Christmas recess Mr. Roebuck gave notice that he would move for a select committee to inquire into the condition of the army before Sebastopol,...whose duty it had been to minister to the wants of the army. Lord John Russell did not believe for himself that the motion could be conscientiously resisted;... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - Great Britain - 1879 - 492 pages
...motion by Mr. Roebuck for the appointment of a Select Committee " to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those...it had been to minister to the wants of that army." At such a moment, when the acts of himself and of his colleagues were to be made the subject of investigation... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - Great Britain - 1879 - 488 pages
...motion by Mr. Koebuck for the appointment of a Select Committee " to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebastopol, and into the conduct of those...it had been to minister to the wants of that army." At such a moment, when the acts of himself and of his colleagues were to be made the subject of investigation... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1880 - 692 pages
...(1837-41, 1847-9, and 1868-74) he had been a member of the House of Commons ever since Lord Russell's Reform Bill, quitting Bath for Sheffield in 1849....being put, the number of ayes was 305, and the noes 140. By this blow the coalition Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen fell. Mr. Roebuck had no place in the new... | |
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