WITH LORD RAGLAN. 253 open some glimpses of the altered spirit and tone c ha p. in which he afterwards used to address the ! — English Commander : — ' I have just received your ' telegraph of yesterday. It gives me the great- ' est satisfaction, and I am sure we owe it to you ' and Lyons that our expedition against Kertch ' has sailed. The scheme from Aloushta I hold ' to be visionary, but I shall have full confidence ' in your decision.' * 1 1 cannot help being alarmed lest the indecision ' of the French should cause some serious out- ' break here. Hitherto, our press has behaved ' better in that respect than we were warranted ' in expecting, but there is a limit to forbearance, ' and we are approaching to it.' t ' He [Lord Ellenborough] will fall foul of you ' and all of us for certain, and we must try and ' meet him with an effective fire.' ' You shall find me strictly honest in taking all ' my own responsibility, and backing you and ' your army with all the esprit of a quondam ' soldado. . . . The resolve of the country is for ' war, or an honourable § peace, not such as Lord ' Grey and Milner- Gibson advocate, and for which ' I regret to hear Sir James Graham and Mr 1 Gladstone are to speak and vote.' [| ' I begin to incline to your opinion of the
- Lord Panmure to Lord Raglan, 4 th May 1855.
t Do., 7th May 1855. X Do., 11th May 1S55. § Underscored in the original. y Lord Panmure to Lord Raglan, 21st May 1855.
