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 APPENDIX. 4 31 in possession of the Minister for War's communication and orders, without reserve or comment. If you should desire to see me, I shall be happy tc re- ceive you at any time that may be most convenient to you. — Believe me, very faithfully yours, (Signed) RAGLAN. UeutenaTit-Ocneral the Earl of Lucan. 20 Hanover Square, London, March 2, 1855. •Sir, — I have obeyed her Majesty's commands to resign the command of the cavalry of the Army of the East, and to return to England ; and have now the honour to report my arrival, for the information of the General Command ing-in-Chief. I consider it due to my professional honour ami char acter to seize the earliest moment of requesting that my conduct in ordering the charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade at Balaclava, on the 25th October, and writing the letter addressed to Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, on the 30th November, may be submitted to, and investigated by, a Court-martial. I make this appeal to General Lord Hardinge with the greatest confidence, believing it to be the undoubted privi- lege, if not the positive right, of any soldier to be allowed a military inquiry into his conduct, when, as in my case, he shall consider it to have been unjustly impugned. — 1 have the honour, &c. (Signed 1 ) LUCAN". Ueut.-Gen. The Adjutant-Gen eral.