The Express. — London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

imi.ERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—licamiT, Fn. 26. TM LoaD Caknonttoa took his seat on the woolsack at Ivo o'elock. PETITIONS PRESENTED. By dm Duke of Motu. —Sims' ;mild as front dif- Sweat plani in Boatload, splint Rio pram' le of distilling whisky front !rola. CHANGES. The Earl of WESTMEATH said that although amidst the many chugs@ which bad recently takes plate is the members of her Mejesty's government it was only to be ex pected that those alms immediately under the eye of the legislature should attract the greatest amount of notice, yet he thought that one °Moe—that of Lord-Lieutenant of Ire lead—bad bees kept move in the background than was tlieh right. At t►e sung time he did not entertain the slightest doubt but that the matter bad received the atten tion of the noble viscount at the bead of the government. He (Lord Westmeath) thought that the present changes would have Weeded • good opportunity for • champ la the •overamst of Ireland and for the abolition OW eau of Lord-Lieutenant. As a ninon of Dahlia he bed bad opportunities of observing that the opinions of the lababitants of the Irish metropolis had coach changed of late with regard to this question. He had thought that the Mile earl, the present holder of the viceroyship, was to have bees the last. None was fitter to hold the position of Lord- Linkup% under such chromium:es than that noble earl. (Laughter) He bad heard, however, that this impression of his wee mot cornet, and that the Lord-Lnutenancy woe shout to pass into the hands of a noble earl. a member of that house (the Earl of Carlisle). If her Majesty's govern ment had decided not to abolish the office they could car- Only have selected sou mere worthy to fill it than that settle earl. His private worth, equally with his public talent, wee a guarantee for the satishotioa with which the sunny would receive his appeintmeat. He (Lord Westmeath) had also learned with pleasure of the appolotment of an imesourable asthma, Mr. Hon► man, to. the post of Secretary he Ireland. No ens, perhaps, had stronger national feelings than hiss tali, but with the appointment of that hon. gentleman, elthisegb he wee not an Irishiaaa, he could not bat 'sprees himself satisfied. There wee soother rumoured new ap peiatateat to which he would venture to address himself in a few words. This was the appointment of a right hoe. Unmet in the place of another right hos. baronet to the MN of Fint Lord of the Admiralty. There was no need fee him to tell their lordships that at this moment the atten tion of the people of England wee fired upon public affairs, and especially upon that branch of them which wee un seated with the °Moe which he had just mentioned, with an attention never exceeded, and rarely, if ever, equalled. A document wu at the present time going the round of the daily press, which gave the opinion of Sir George Cockburn upon the system which had prevailed at .the Admiralty, sad which showed the Whereat unfitness of that board for the duties which it had to fulfil. He (Lord Westmeath) thought that enough bad beea said to show aselasively that the head of that board ought to be a naval odium, and be could only add that the government would do well to take advantage of the opportunity which the Mara of Ad. mint Dudes bad eluded them, by plane, that gallon •liar at the head of the Admiralty Board. The gallant admiral had audio:it'd • dangerous sad delicate service meet ably, and be bad received the thanks of parliament sad of the Preach service. Earl GRANVILLE did not understood the noble lord to pat any question so the 'outmost, bat ealy to have expressed his own opinion spots recant events. He (Lord Gra•vitle) was not aware that any intention existed on the part of her Majesty's government' to propose any mum hr the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of It. bad. WM "pod to the feeling with whin that ones w Wend, UAW wet osecar with the noble had opposite. Peen an that he had hen able to observe whoa he was he Ironed, it eternity seemed to bin that the abolition of the oda wen sot non the wishes of the people. With regard to the obaages in the goverment, all he weld say was, that Mr. Horgan bad undertaken the dation M Secretes, for Ironed, sad Sir C. Wood those of the First Lord of the Adaairalty. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. TM LORD CHANCELLOR, is rising_ t• novo the /mead roadie Mt thin bill, said that it would be perfectly within their leohhipe• kaowledgo that for the last two years the &Melt et this mined of trial for petty offenses had waged i sank Meade& It had bees felt that the ma -0 min mil et quarter sessions, wins applied to Cisabound with petty 'argosy, was mat 'undid with es s ibega eine ander which was as hesitant object of dl pamiehmat. Nor was this the ealy owl. • great and 111EMINIIIIIIry agent Me Warred; eel this was the cage where poem win amid with a theft it but • few peace. With this eelusowledgin nil, Me maths was hew to met it ; gad tot was Me *Mt oln gment bill. TM Mean adopted were the Min Mole moll idlisese balm a mare demestio, lint alt a pubs hem, yin, tirojaillem of the pesos is petty oweleas. The eat paaYas, this, was as be alb limit to whin elbow to be ended ia this maser were to be sealsed, la the MB as it at present deal all larta= z 7here the valtissiasillse wee ender twenty were proposed to M ended hi this maser. Al MN Whe was mils ens( is committee to alter this it it should be ozP o ' Meat. The ant matter tamingg engages wee no amen et latitude to be given to the Judas as regarded penn ants. is this using the bill did not patron to mine them Mina sinew ; and he (the Lord ensuing) had adapted this comas partly because he Wined short cams et laaprieament wen Wearied with little elect (hear, user)—dad partly beesage be horn, if tee mail a power were OM, the juniors would coasuatiy end pri mmer, to no wiener, and thus the object of the MISIIIMI• he lost. The bt Mated also from a measure whist hed been adlunatoi by peNen in their lordships' house, I. which it me mimed to give the jostles a power to allow the pelmet to plead guilty, sad the. to trans mit the mead to the 'RIJNas ter sentene. huh a prone appeared too semplez, tad whoa it was considered that abs don et pmswr who were damn with petty Uroonee win wry andatatai, M mall at one be am that Mesa miner_ sign piled plity, within clearly migrating OM, minim et the amount of paslahmen was amened to the mire, the question of milk WIN mosiiiiely seeded by his plea. There was also sees manor to whisk this bill did not apply, and that we M the geselles of fertglare of goggle upea ennistion fa listaay. Is bed a=ed thet ia a hill me* AWN the mode et INK as the ants el son team geoid ma mealy be =:1. There were ems isg atioar ea rline - Win bill whisk would ems before their ia asimittee, but epos whin it was sot the aganiery to Innis the bane. Lead 11110170 HAM geld that the stab et the criminal law, at rho present time, was as. whin NAM for amend meat la may impel& A masa had law made to parlia ment fram ela et the oniatits at Naleining • ime-teMit 0 the satire et Ingland ad Wake, diewiag the de of the trials which had takes pint wit hia *sir limit. Pram this it ap -I=llthat eat el 1,800 cam et laresay, MC or tern -0 the whale, wive tee lennies b rmpest et matters et has who this 61. ; awl 400, ea eno4onn of di* whole, were fa regret of natten of tees value this Is. What was the oseeromage of this state of tbiapf Why, that may primers, is waiting for trial, mateeed a tree term of inprigament than their alltame i they cum to •be tried, were hand to dome. A cam of this kind happened net hag dame at Aylm i = There WWII 16 printers at that tows who had been man for two months awaiting Mak blab, sad the am= sanest of the property which they east were enellag wee tea . The bill mow beton theta wou ld, M thought, afford a remedy for this. berm similar some reepects to • measure which be lhorelf had iateedmed ; bat it did not mania sae provision whisk he thought was a very sandal as., sad that was, 'Win an option of ending • ease to the anus or to the court of quarter sessioss. It would be well to give magistrates at beisibab—b4ll to mesas epos thaw—the seise power of obtairtiag prefeniosel aid that existed is Ireland, whom almost without eaceptios, a assietaat barrister was sheen by W mamistratas ea chairman of quarter @onions. Se knew of assay Menaces with strongly evinced the aacessity M gun aid. Is the year 1849 three men were tried, at three damn sessions, whoss age was upwards of 111 Ono Wei assinsed to iii weeks' imprisoneeet, with had Meet, he stealing to the amount of one penny ; amine, to tam wain' impriseament, with hard labour, for almallag to the amen of car kalfpasay ; the third, to four weeks, with Mad labour, fareteals, to the moat of roe fernier. Be hod so roams to believe that there went say aggravatiag eireamileases I. nom eases. Ia the game year a man of 70 man et age, fat Maas to the value of threesome, was senteend to nodes months, with labour. He was wholly ands that is that ease there was sew great aggravation. la order that thin gems might be is aired late, he should BITS the aeon am/ dates to ble antis and honed hind ea ilea wegiemit; as/ be had a. dean *Ms tiatishiaw b ooby magi tal e ir. All NO ineemed la his Mail tie op that In tee ia quartet guises genii Maio OS idle o themselves et the misione who nasal ma. In sot believe that Wen a anew par died ever byslawywr es palmed la edminljodegradenos, es Whaler wank he the diem et Malin nen satin et • thentag, he mat to Ms treadmill he • math. By hie hill eamman jmlatlAon in" OMB sly is amightratee ia =rim; wad It ellpeedieey , sad frise garh o =his as midi l i V i r l aebra g arlsaraed to the lard Mayor d la s" Ima 8119 (Lad Brougham) deeidedlyia= that exteasien There was the helmet. tlie chartered 'magistrates of C i ti t ty and the magistratis 0 the other parts of the melmodia. The ens set of magistrates IMO THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1855. of the hospital, where some of the men 1/07111yisall i l cholera, had been refused,on the ground that the appl had not cease in the proper form and from the peeper quarter, and that, although the surgeon bad strand to bold himeelf reepeasible, end urged that the DTI' of the men would be sacrificed in the event of refuel, the store keeper declined even to lend the stoves. He wished to know whether, if this statement was tics, this officer was I still hilt in charge of the stores at Balaklave, or whether say communication had been made to Lord Raglan to re move him ? Sir J. WALSH, before the noble lord enswmd the question, wished to make en observation, in consequence of en Impression which had fallen from the hon. gentleman. The hon. gentleman had stated that the battles in the Crimea, which had reflected so much glory upon British arms, bed been won by the rank end file of the B ' • b army. If he meant by that the British soldier was the most gal lant, and in all respects the best material for • soldier io the world, he (Sir J. Walsh) fully agreed with him, and in that sense acknowledged that it wee to the rank and file—to the valour of the British soldier—these victories were owing —(hear, hear)—but if he meant to place the soldier in a position disunet from the officer, and to say that it was owing to the soldiers and not to the officers, then the boa. gentleman stated that which was not only not precisely in accordance with the actual circumstances which 000urred, but which was absolutely impossible to be the fact. They never found yet soldiers fight well unless they were well commanded ; and, with regard to the English officers serv ing in the Crimea, he believed they had shown as much or more valour in the engagements which the hon. gentle man had mentioned than had ever been exhibited by any similar class of men in any army in the world. In the cavalry charge at Balaklava there were more officers in proportion to the men and more casualties amongst' them in proportion than generally bevelled under similar circumstances, in consequence of the regiments having been at the time little more than skeletons of regiments, not filled up to their full complement. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON, while giving full credit to the courage and devotion of the rank and file, remarked that the ossualties amongst the officers proved incontestably that they had nobly done their duty as well as the men. With regard to the cue of Sergeant Sullivan, he could only repeat what he had before explained, via., that Lord It g len had authority, in consequence of the good conduct and die tioguished valour of the troops,ffo promote one non-com missioned officer in each regiment under his command to a commission. Of course it must be left to the officer in command of the regiment to *elect the particular non.cont missioned officer who should be recommended for promotion; and whatever the distinguished bravery of Sergeant Sulli van, it was to be presurned.that the non commisuone officer of his regimentwho had been:recommended for promotion had as good, if not a better, claim than he had. (Rear, bear.) It was quits impossible for persona here to enter into a com parison of the claims of the different men in each regiment who had distinguished themselves under the eyes of their officers, but must be left to those officers under whose oh mutation they were serving. (Rear, hear.) With regard to the second question, he had to reply that his notice had been attracted by the newspaper reports to the circumstance to which the 11011. gentleman had adverted, and he believed that Lord Raglan's attention had also been called to it. More than that, at present, it was impossible to say. (Rear, bear.) . _ _ . Mr. WHITESIDE urged that the rule which bad been laid down, that one commission only should be given amongst the non-commissioned officers in each regiment, was afloat's factqly, and ought not to be put forward against the claims of a man who bad distinguished himself In the way that Sergeant Sullivan had done. inemenhie—the sleben Wahl he mend ; sod In tratdre s=ren neasies to reined iheir lerabljn a that There was a eaten of I law gem benne onseedieglp P pren e le s at ila f t wee sailed ' "Sing Setae* , rad tas City ateistrate." Then was nyensass he that the Oity emegleanesbad any Idol slam of ewe le whisk be re laseed. sdal e moo there was a Manama to ea eels* se thing Item than the Wats of the Duke of Reediumberiand. The - olaimant weal to leek the City isailstrate's advise. In deed of at ones saying, " I have no jusisdletiee, Westin wart," the magistrate shoes to manlike tha can. Ile odd, " Let a letter be mines to the duke, to en that he is leg this this mss out of his poneesions, and let it be sealed with the need semi n th e laity.' Whether this at all Mused kis nein Ades* be kern not, but at all ensue it did not lakes lin le give up his estate. (Laughter) In emeher MN IMO nobles se—as kaaourable lass as ever mimed the earned with bathe ken bath Ms. a week 1111.7:1 1 .1...; and the nesnienele semenethal on the gtettlml sellemea who were wagewleg is wealth were lOW of gush encase. If that hal hennaed without the alb etas shy the magistrate wsaM ma ben had as eggllthilein of hag guilty of enie egregious folly a 91- Nal *Mil lir WOW boors owed Imo be • magistrate imme die* shaft eanthiselea of the same. It happened Sal abs genfranesat, whisk he bad the lean to be • wisest many years ago, took this object Isle its e sthelient ilea. fbe same MU'S was pureuel up to that dime by the ethos salrepolitan magistrates. It was very difficult to get rid of peer penons who same to the mut. The police simply heard the story, sad On told the ap p ly • =7::d no jurisdiction. Bat then. the het of the case hang heard in public behind the bask siths party accused, sad then reported in the newsmen. eras Avery great grie, and called for • remedy. Amemlin his noble Ilbsa at the heed of the Haarsliss, Lord Mel. Mews gth the matter losing messeated is bias, immediately 111•11.1•91 the differen stee Wean him, and said ask Skis magi us hogra ann , sad aothing of the bled boa warred dna Had that bate dams is the case d win were irressealie. they would UN at say such attempt to ninths, with them. Is y of opines that sannemy jurisdiction dada Is &ea to two same liegielesess at ptt pension, ssombisa at the meal plan, sehish,eiseerse, Implied that the posositap magi be la pith*. ea (wherever there was • elery megleinte. whe th er la the mosisgolis or in thy pet of the num', he thought the Nan jarfedictios *NM be exercised. Mee be leek anion es sepsis the EVof his own 10 be had .slued ounemunintioets •17ous parts of the sereatsy. Asia aosistratos, solici. ton, sad justices' clerks, ell sagnedag gamed approval of the aseasare. Lord CAMPBELL said as he was about to go upon dr ink Ar the purpose of &datelining justice in the pro caine. he sonkl est help saying that he should feel great nthielffea in stating to the grand juries sad magistrates lONS he should have the honour to address, that such a Mine was before their lordships with a prospect of be- OWN kw. Their lordships could hardly form an idea of theenaWwhich prevailed on the subject to which this bill MOIL B• had remonstrated with magistrates for not Wake swim more than four times a year. The reply woo *5 they ware not bound to meet oftener, and that task PIONS fm not meeting more frequently than they did fa pints was that they Imbed an evil of such magnitude le Mgt its own curs. It was deeply to be issuseli that in the middle of the nineteenth cen tory wok an evil should prevail. When he visited Scotland be whitened a very different system. There the sheriff and his deg/ft Obi ell eases with great expedition, and there wee NI sew of ensplaist. It was absurd to make such • datiallsa as was made between trespass and felony. If • sea west with a waggon to a field, and cot down and carried away a load of wheat, that would be only trespass, and the case would come before quarter sessions; but if le stole • single sheep, his offense would be felony, and he must then be tried at the anises. He was exceedingly glad to fled that this MMUS was received with approbation is that house, believing, es he did, that it would prove very benelkdal to the community. In reply to a question from Lord St. LIONARDB, Lord CAMPBELL said he thought there should be no forfeiture of gone in eases of summary conviction. He could not sit down without bearing his testimony ia favour of the unpaid magistrates. In his opinion they administered jostles in petty sessions meet purely, and mach to the benefit of the public. Formerly the squire sat in his hall, having his gamekeeper for his clerk, and I. that position he fom ented the poacher. That was • proceeding ha familia, an in aerie. Lord BT. LZONARDS said he was rather alarmed at the pow whit* was given by the bill to puniah a man who had pleaded vas with two years' imprisonment and bard labour. Wiliest the interposition of a jury, he thought that pumbimmat wu IN heav It appeared rather sin gular, Mai each power should be given to two magis trates is milli whew they were told that it had beim at tweiew medess. If the general amts. bly of WOO not Is be Meted, how could they teed i to nub= ? Aker a few we teem Leal Bac trauma, Tim Roelof MART said is en Irish magistrate he bad often imperious& greet isesamnienee from having no power to convict ennemarily la eases of petty larceny ; for example, stealing twesips oat of a field—and be should be very glad to see Me big szteaded to Ireland. After a few weeds ism Ile LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply, The bill wu road a weed time, and ordered to be com mitted be-morrow (this day). REGISTRATION OP JUDGMENTS BILL. Oe the modes of Lord Sr. LIONAZDS, this bill was read a third time sad peered. Their lordships then &teamed, at twenty-five minutes to mesa. HOUSE OF COI LT, FEB. 26. The 8 took as chair at t►e anal hour. PRIVATE BILLS. SECOND READINGS. Abingdon Rail;;;;liiuroOlG,Ti.iii Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Alteratiou of Linrpool Doak Rates, ttc.) ; Birkenhead sad Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Bir kenhead Dock Trustees , Ike.) ; Bri port and Bread Wiwi. Roads; Bridport Roads ; British and American Great Rail way Land Company ; Carmarthen sad Cardigan Railway ; But of Fife Railway ; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; Electric Telegraph Company ; Easter and Exmouth Rail way; Fergus Estuary Reclamation ; Gateshead Quays and Improvements ; Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health; Gun-Banal Proof Houses (Birmingham and Leedom) ; Hamilton Improvement ; Hartlepool Gas and Water ; Hartlepool Pier and Port ; Radon and Hull, &e. Road ; 'palms Mineral Branch Railway ; Jedburgh Rail way; Keighler mid Kendal Road ; Leslie Railway ; Li merick and Fame Railway ; Luton, Dtuutable, and Welwyn Railway; Lyme Regis Roads ; Manchester, Shef field, sad Limelashire Railway (Capital) ; Medical Invalid and General Life Assuan*, SoOety ; Metropolitan Rail. way ; Natiseal Loan Fend Life Assurance Society ; North fleallisedehire Railway; Newton in Mackerileld Improve maWord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Gauge); Portsmouth Railway ; Rhymney Railway ; Ty and Yeovil Railway ; Salads Railway ; South Wales Railway (Extension of Time) ; Stokes Bay and Isle ef Wight Railway, Pier, and Telegraph ; Stroud and Ised Road ; Waveney Valley Railway ; Weymouth Water ; Worcester and Hereford Railway ; Grand Surrey Canal ; and Wigan and Preston Roads, South of Yarrow, bills. NEW WRIT.-THE LATE MR. HUME. Lord P, said—l riss to moss that Mr. Speaker do isms lie wagenne In the clerk of the crown, di- reefing a sew writ to knee he the deities of a eommiesiensr to represent the Montrose diets'st of liergits in paillemint I. the roes of Joseph Hume, Bag., decemped. la deign so I mascot reconcile myself to merely pugling the bare seine is your hands. (Hear, hear.) I think sir, that I shwahl cot be doing justice to the teenage of this bones if I were not, however feebly, to express tias wept and impel whisk I Thal assured I share with all who sow hear Ma towards Abe member whom loss we are sew gobs to replete. (Hem, bow.) It was said of an maiamt ass in former times, that be ' To pasty gave up what wee meant for mankiad." Now the very reverse of that might be odd of our late eolleageo—(beer, hear)—tor the party to which he de ' voted the labour of his lib was his country ; and that served, his study was, the general interests of mankind. (Cheers.) Many men have gained for themselves an emi nent politica in this house by placing themselves at the head of faithful bands *1 friends whose object was to acquire pe lineal power for the purpose of governing the country, bat Mr. Hume was a remarkable instance of a man who pained an eminent position not only in this ham but in the coantry—who established a name and reputation not only throughout Europe, bat far beyond the limits of that part of die globe, by emotions wholly disinterested, as regarded himself individually, and equally without the motive of se oaring political power for his friends. (Hear, bear.) He was • man, in abort, of whom it may be said, that he took the lead is promoting every sedate of inspromenent which hie of bate years been carried into proudest operation, ea his eternise were spread over the whole reap of mitten which ecomera tte interests of this coustry ; and be punned them with a perseverance which defeat could net bailie, ea energy which no obstructiou could abate. (Cheers.) But Mr. Hume bed still another claim on the grateful molls'. ties of this bete. Although, in the leas course of his struggles to awry eat his opinions to mew, he was fro gamey opposed to wee than one party is this Maw, be pawl through these rough medics+ without bevies any nambessat reminiseenos of the strife. He met obstacles as amp Man should meet thou who means honestly to SWIMS lb ogiolow is this haw, bat nothing ever posed between him eel those who were most opposed to his which left see Wm of resentment, toe particle of bitterness behind. fiend sheers.) Aid whereas I remember it to bow boos said of a perms who held a high politics is Oil bows that whatever aerimeay might be generated ia soft woliolo be never serried it beyond the door of the base, I may say of our deceased irked that with him the iimesabrasee of party maniste never seaters. so far as the Baer. (Rear, hear.) Sir, amu of 'meta industry, a sun who more peneverlagly devoted his whole lite to what he I seaddered to be the good of the ermatry semi sat within MISS walls—pond miss of " Hear, hear"),—aad I am per ' waded that those who most differed from him is opinion _ _ _ respecting matters which he felt it to be his duty to brim behre the house suet do him the justice of admitting that ►e sated from that purest of all motives, a sincere desire to ulnae* the welfare of his country. (Cheers.) Those who differed from him will he foremost in doing justice to his integrity ; and those who epee, us wall as those who differ. will admit th►t a man pomessisg his ability, Industry, and disinterested character, must, on poising away from amongst us, be deplored as a heavy loss to this house. (Hear, bear.) He was a man peculiarly belonging to the ego in whisk ha lived. He had his party feelings— that is, he Aso elated wit► than who agreed with him in principle ; but without any notion of political ascendancy, he endeavoured to do what was good for the whole country. (Cheer.) In conclusion, he was a man on whom we must all look back with admiration and regret; and no man feels more sincerely than I do the sorrow with which any cue must propose the motion which is now before the house. ('. Hear, hear," sad cheers.) Mr J. 11AL/ISL/a mid—Privileged to enjoy for many ran the lemblemee and friendship of the late lamented member, I web plebe's, be permitted to add one sentence to the well•deamned tribute which t►e noble viscount at the head of her Majesty's government has paid to the memory of our departed friend. (Hear, hear.) It may be justly said, that his unostentatious laboun for the public good were only melted by his private worth. Even in the arena of political strife, he never either made an enemy or lost a friend. And I would indulge the bops that the re presentatives of a grateful people will rot suffer services at once so eminent and disinterested to pus away without some memorial worthy of them and of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. MAL-ARRANGEMENTS IN THE WAR AND ADMIRALTY DEPARTMENTS. _. . ----___ _ Mr. LINDSAY could not, when they were called upon to go into supply to vote money for carrying on the war, avoid making a few remarks upon the subject of these esti mates, and to protest against granting those large sums for the army while the present defective system was continued. If the house would permit him, he would endeavour to ex plain the system which prevailed in France, where he was a few days ago. While there, he had the honour of an inter view of the French Minister at War. He found him a plain man, easily accessible, and when he called upon him in the midst of the business of his office, which busiseu be op poses& thoroughly to understand. On one side of his NM ONO wee a map of Europe hung up, upon which woo a wastbar ofd etches of blue, white, red, green, and eldree seises He (Mr. Lindsay) inquired what these meeir*. The reply was, they represent the different armies Id Iraqi. One colour represents the French, another the s third the Austrian, a fourth the Russian, a fifth the sad so on ; and the positions in which they stand 7JO Map show where they are now stationed." , the minister added, these coloured patches wen somoved by means of a pia from one plate to another, samoding as he received edibres from abroad as to any Movomnat made by either of the armies. He (Mr. Lind say) them asked whether the government had information so is the quantity of stores at the different depots is con , union with the Crimean army ? The minister at once re =informing him of the quantity at Marseilles, at Unapt*, at the Crimea, and the amount which was being sent to Sinop*. He thought it somewhat extra ordinary that this French Minister of War should know everything, and be able to answer at once upon all them mitten of detail connected with his department ; while if he asked the question of any minister here no information could be obtained, and no one appeared to know anything about the matter, and therefore ezpreesed ems anxiety to be informed of the system by which such malts were produced. That system he found to be exceed ingly simple. Under the Minister of War it appeared there were five directors—one of transports, one of infaatry, one of eavaL7, one of commissariat, and one of a department width at the moment he did not recollect. Subordinate to these five directors there were 20 or 25 different heads of districts, who were spread throughout the whole of Franc*. Beery day and every mail brought from these 20 or 25 per sons commiulications as to the state of the stores, the transports, the state and position of the army, and of everything connected with it as far as it came tinder their alsauce, and the particulars of any change that might eccur from time to time. The five directors having received the reports from their subordinates summed them up, and communicated the result to the Minister of War daily, by whom a condensed amuse was prepared and en tered in a small book, to which be referred when he (Mr. Lindsay) asked him for information upon any point. Now this was an exceedingly simple system, and if it worked well with an army of 750,000 men, he could see no reason why it should not work equally well with a much smaller army like our own. He had been impressed with feelings of shams in allowing such vast sums as had already been voted for carrying on our mili tary establishments to pas' without protesting against that confusion which all admitted to exist in re ference to them. Why was there that centurion? He might be told it was want of time. It was not want of time, it was procrastination, that thief of time, that was the canoe of all the evil. The hon. member for Aylesbury the other night bad been somewhat misunderstood when be said the knife ought to be applied. He cant to apply the knife to our glorious institutions, but to the cutting away of that stupid red-tepism by which our whole govern mental system was encumbered, sad by which the business of miry departessat was encumbered by innumerable, use less, sad sameesseasy forms. (Hear, hear.) Hs wished also to say one weed as to the transport service, with which he was more intimately acquainted, the more so as he was not in the house the other night when the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Graham) asked for and obtained a vote of 7,000,0001. for that service. He wished to direct attention to a return delivered on Saturday last of the amber of transports now employed. /Motley months ago, moved for returns more in detail, in ending the names of the transports, the price paid for them, the quality of stores sent to the army in the East by means et tbe liamiperts, and the amount each vessel had taken. Tint vetoes he was surprised to And had not yet been laid Imes the table; but looking at the return they had, he found fiat no low than 220,000 tons of shipping were required to supply an eimy sow reduced to 26,000 men. But that was not all, hit dame the date of that return 30,000 toes more had Ws twined, making 250,000 tons of regular trans- Mike sliest 100,000 tons of other vessels engaged in Mena, making a total of 350,000 tons to serve the a an army of 25,000 men. (Hear, hear.) wpb 810,000 Ms of shipping he, or any other man of busi ness, would undertake to provide transport not only for our army, but for the whole of the French army now in du este.. she, sett w ceavey alt the stores required. (Hoar, hear.) Of coarse, this could sot be done by the system—or rather the no eyebolt—now resorted to; but by em,V the ships la Haas, and keeping them regularly ses imbed at laving them, some to be used as hos pital end others waiting la die Black Sea, doing no. Shies. These were matters the house ought to look to when they were galled upoa to vote 7 t 000,0001 for the transport service. (Hear, h./sr.) The right honourable baronet the late First LEI of the Admiralty had ad mitted that there IPSO semething wrong in the transport 1:111sad had Mend that a remedy was to be applied. 4 1sew did tie Adashalty propose to remedy the evil ? By empeladmi a board. That was merely trans ited's(' Ihe frees one man's shoulders to those of a maim me& they had one man responsible they knew when is kok to, but when the duty was trans lated to a beeui tame was practically no responsibility. He therefore protested against this project of entrusting the musgement of the transport service to a board, and hoped the responsibility would yet be placed in the hands of one eileisnt pence. They need not go far to look for such a man—they had one already at the Admiralty, in the person of Captala Milne, who he hoped, in any promotion that might take place in that department, would be appointed. It might be said that the sum granted for this particular service was too large to be placed under the control of any one man ; but without going into that question, he might observe that, if Captain Milan was appointed, he would be under the check both of the Minister at War and the Chan ' allor of the Exchequer. Mr. GLADSTONE—The Chancellor of the Exchequer has nothing to do with it. Mr. LINDSAY thought, whoa a bill for 7,000,0001. was pissed before him to pay, the Chancellor of the En dows, ought to have very much to do with it. Ho Might to know what it was for, and how the nosey wee Is b e upended. (Cheers.) Se venteen thousand tar of sham transport vowels had been taken ham use emspey, the West India Packet Comps% for whisk dm 'swimming as long spa. T apposed as onnindiaary sum, bath in onnhio of it, won r art this same sondomy Nonni in In on of Ss aim mos& 240,0001. fres Einalbsir dominant Ise the paid auto. (Ham) 4ong He did set mean ea say that the ellll* OW g were an _fink wok fain, hose' In um basal Isellilled bow t tly ry mid do t the mak well while a large proportion of the ships were engaged by the government in another service. The oountry, he believed, would never grudge any amount which might be necessary for carrying on the war, but they wanted to MO the money properly applied ; and, for one, he did not think it was properly applied, especially in the transport service. (Hear, bear) The noble lord (Pal wanton) the other evening said he wished to sever the aristocracy from the people. He (Mr. Lindsay), as ore of the people, said, on the contrary, that neither he nor any ono who was a true friend to his country, either in or out of that house, would wish to see the aristocracy d from the people. (Hear, hell He was proud of the aristocracy of E ng l a nd. (Hear, he ar.) He was proud of them when he compared th em now w ith what they were formerly, and also when he compared them with the aristocracy of other countries ; and if he saw any attempt to separate them from the people, he would be the first to lift up his hand against it. (Hear, hese.) The people did not complain of the aristocracy, nor did they care whether a scion of the house of Bedford or the child of some unknown man held the reins of government. All they required was that the destinies of this country should be entrusted to men of ability and energy, who would carry us through the fearful crisis in which the country now we,. (Hear, hear.) A diecussion of • very miscellaneous character followed, in which a multitude of questions and details relating to the army aid its organisation formed the subjects for censure or vindication by many hon. members. Mr. LAYARD wished to ask some questions as to Lord Raglan's despatch of the 10th of February, in which he said " Forage is our only want, and this arises chiefly from the Commissary-General not receiving from England the supplies of hay upoa which he had reckoned." That was a most scandalous proceeding. Three months ago our horses were dying from want of forage, and why f orage b a d no t I been obtained was perfectly ipexplicable, more especially as in the neighbourhood of the Crimea forage could be obtained with scarcely any trouble. An hon. gentleman bad asked that evening what provision had been made for the Turkish troops and cavalry. If we could not supply our own troops it was not very reasonable to suppose that we could make provision for thou of our allies. Another question he wished to ask was in reference to the subject of tents—a subject which he held to be of great importance just now, when nobody kaew whether we should have peace or another campaign. If the campaign was to be continued, sorely more protection was wanted. Colonel Napier had sent him • drawing of • tent, which be presumed the Under-Secretary at War had teen, which was very appro priate, and would supply every want. The French had two tents, a small one and a larger one, for use when they were before a town. The next point on which he wished information was in reference to summer clothing, to which some attention should be paid by the government, if they wished to prevent a repetition of such calamities u had previously befallen our army. There was another point to which he wished to direct the attention of the government. General Chesney was summoned to take charge of the foreign enlistment in this country, but soon afterwards the Duke of Newcastle retired from office. General Chesney was then told that his services would not be re quired, and it was very painful to that gentleman to be told that he had been dismissed so suddenly. He (Mr. Layard) thought he might have been treated with more courtesy and consideration. The noble lord who last spoke had alluded to the staff appointments. A friend of his, Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon, who, he regretted to hear, Ind been wounded, had not been promoted, although he bad bad very arduous and very important duties to dia. charge. He was on Lord Raglan's staff, where if be bad continued he would have bees promoted ; but when opera tions began before Sebastopol he asked to be pot in com mand of a battery, and that request being complied with be commanded • battery the whole time. He had been seriously wounded, and had made no advance, being still a captain of artillery. Mr. IL BAILLIR directed the attention of the house to a " begging letter," which had been sent out by the late Secretary at War. The copy of which he had become pos sessed had been addressed by Mr. Sidney Herbert to the Bishop of Moray and Ross, in which he had asked for any contributions, and had particularly specified that pillow cases and sheets would be far more acceptable than shirts. If pillow-cases and sheets were so much wanted, why were they net sent out by the government ? If people had seas shirts they would have gone direct to the soldiers, whereas pillow-cases and sheets went into the stores of her Majesty's government. (Hear, hear.) He would like to ask whether the soldiers discharged from Scutari had been supplied with proper clothing ? Mr. WARNER thought that much of the mischief that had occurred in the Crimea had arisen from the inefficient state of our staff, which had brought down upon us the sneers of our allies, the indignation of Europe, sod the dis gust of every officer in her Majesty's service. Ile trusted that the government would take immediate meuures for the thorough re-organisation of the staff. Mr. F. PEEL said he could not follow the noble lord (timbal's) through the various parts of his address. With regard to the warrant of promotion, it was to enable the crown to employ the services of comparatively young men, and it was provided that lieutenant-colonels might become colonels without a brevet, and thus be enabled to take charge of a division. With regard to the questions put to him by the hon. member for Aylesbury, he admitted the importance of all the subjects to which he bad directed at tention, and be thought he should best consult the wishes of the committee by saying that all of them should receive the attention of the departments connected with the army. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the question of the hon. member for Inveresseonhire,whether the soldiers discharged from Scutari had been provided with proper clothing, he found that not very long 'ago the Ordnance bad mode arrangements for establishing a store at Constaatinople, from which all supplies could be procured. Although soldiers might have left that hospital without the attention to which they were entitled, he did not think that would ever occur again. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the re organisation of the staff, be had only to say that he had been so short a time in office that be did not like to give any assurance upon the matter without consulting the heads of the departments. Mr. M. CHAMBERS wished to ask some questions as to the re-organisation of the medical staff. It was a prevalent opinion that the medical staff in the Crimea ought to be placed on an entirely different footing from that it now occupied. In the first place with regard to those who were appointed to attend to the sick, it was admitted that there had been great defects with respect to the individual surgeons whose duty it bad been to attend to the sick. He thought it was per fectly clear, that with reference to their powers in the per formance of their duties, however humane and skilful they might be, those powers had been very much crippled, and that consequently they had been unable to discharge their duties efficiently. There had been a defect—a routine de fect—a defect arising from a kind of susceptibility in reference to the departments which had very much inter fered with the efficiency of the medical staff. There had been, to his certain knowledge, many enthusiaatie and skilful surgeons who had been extremely desirous of going out to the Crimea for the purpose of devoting themselves to one of the mat admirable duties that could be performed by men in their station, and yet they had been met by im pediments. It struck him (Mr. Chambers) that instead of impedimenta being put in their way, every facility should be afforded to such men—(hear, hear)—that when they went to put down their names their qualifications should be in stantly inquired into, and that if they brought good testi monials they should that instant be marched for the station to which they were desirous of proceeding. But Instead of that, when a man put down his name, being desirous of goieg to the Crimea, he might be despatched forthwith to Van Diemen's Land or Sierra Leone. He (Mr. Chambers) thought it was the duty of every mem ber of parliament, in the present critical state of affairs to mention thine little incidents to the authorities, in order that a repetition of the evils complained of might be prevented. He was anxious to know what new arrangements had been made to send out an efficient body of surgeons. The second question on which be sought in formation was with respect to the medicines. Every one knew that the medical department in the East had excul pated Wolf from blame oa the ground of medicines not being fortimemitag, for Dr. Andrew Smith had stated that, long beihro they were wanted, he sent large quantities to be for wiled to the Crimea, but that when they were wanted they WWI not available—that they were a sort of baggage in the vessels in which they were convoyed, and which went materith the general store*, so that before the medicines amid be obta in ed the army stores had to be unpacked. Kr. G. DUNDAS said there was not only • want of amp at the seat of war, but a want of men to distribute it whoa it reached there. When, a few weeks ago, he was in the harbour of Beakless, he found that there was an &ban dance of forage, and that yet within a mile of that harbour the horses were starving. He was horrorstruck with the state of the horses there. He saw horses standing there two or three days, during incessant hail and rain, without any covering • and so deficient was the supply of food that the manse and tails of horses were eaten off by their neigh been. And yet during all this time there was no want of forage at Bahaism& The ship Cormorant came into the harbour at Balaklava on the 12th of November. The captain with great difficulty persuaded the authorities on shore to relieve him from his cargo. The bran bags were taken out and thrown on to the beech, and there they remained on the 12th of January, when he left. This was not a soli tary hiatuses of mismanagement. The steamer Harbinger was sent down to Constantinople for vegetables. Oa the arrival of the Harbinger in the harbour of Balaklava, no one could be found to relieve the captain of his charge,— there seemed to be no one who had responsibility enough to remove the vegetables from the vase. At last a strong representation was made to headequartins, and after considerable delay, an order was sent by the Commander-in-Chief that 'Mean and men might go on beard and take vegetables by paying for them. Vegetable could be bought to some extent on shore, and as there was gnat difficulty in getting the goods from the ship, few per sons availed themselves of the Commander-in-Chiefs per mission, and the consequence was that the vegetables coos bow to rot. At last a permission was given, which ought to have bees given at first, that officers and men might go on beard sad help themselves. Although by that time a large parties of tile vegetables were rotten and ruined, many availed themselves of the offer, and what was serviceable was soon taken away. All thi s would probably become a matter of inquiry, and he (Mr. Dundu) trusted that a most stringent inquiry would be made into the matter, and that the committee which had boon appointed mould be able to trios to whom the blame was attributable. L was very unwilling indeed to lay blame cm the shoulders Of any one without due investigation. Probably blame was ass is these in authority at home ; but much must also not Oa Kees in the Crimea. He thought a grievous error had 1411141mingtted in not appointing men to find duties--sea of yo f ci n g ue i n nsne rt t ia h yl e d i g e th p w a ie r department cum.t ht6;t origourunt duties. responsible ability—and.ntoer u:what saying iTogthbtaaimakt happen e 41 understandingeardw there,h defy w h weo e hfiplace p: duty eEd ° gi u o r e" e t h e red: Engineers. t al aspg i e t a c w i trto la e v a s hear .) thhi Very e k nowledge Idu seen t y to ll tk eo h proper and fit road wu made from Balaklav;aatidthyeect tole. great mil. d was made, or at leuient:ashuecelstathreutedeeuce:graenyvhaeted ecru no o n e d r o e a r s r Highlands a n campaign . a o d f°B "c One t iv* audak47 Immensely the calamities of the e e .sei son liesi tle P v un m en en is t d w h t e hO d e :h fi c a ad c . u t fe ti t e es n w o n in f e t l a us h peered over these roads without killing the horses thatt' e t hosetch e d grievous e u e d e d e y e , and dd terrible deep; b e u e t l if calamities e e s horse eee : properly fed, and things carried on with a li ttle lugged them. The road from Bahaism to the camp ba a sound heavy bottom ; he bad ridden over it often tad often, and lmode v er yebe e n system, Pwrer Pe plateau, he firmly believed that not have happened , food would have been conveyed is the soldiers on the plateau in sufficient abuodance to enabl e them to maintain their strength, and they would ili a have been supplied with clothing. There was no we t of clothing at Balaklava, nor of fuel . Another mem airy requisite WAS this. Had not the transport broken du; between Balaklava and the our army would not have suffered one thousandth part of the calamities they had endured. Take the ease of the officers. The officers serving in the camp had nee signally exempt from &geese. Many of them were very comfortable ; all were in a state of health and vigour. The reason was easily pointed out ; they were all men of Ws. pendent fortune, they could command beast.' of herded, sod they furnished themselves with all those little requisites which were denied to the soldier. Another great cell vu the enormous amount of work which our soldiers had to perform. (Hear.) We had undertaken to defend line which our numbers did not justify us in undertaking. The consequence was, men went into the trenches, and wer e kept there so long and so often, that their strength no totally exhausted, and they became unfit for duty, (Hue) He had heard of instances of men—good men —twang to the surgeon, and saying, " Sir, we are qu i te well, bat es are worn out with fatigue and want of sleep • ere feel that if we were to go on sentry we should go to sleep directly ; if you would only put us on the sick list, and let us bare a few hours' quiet rest, we world gladly return to our duty." (Hear.) In many lettuces, the surgeons, knowing the men, acted in conformity eke their wishes; and, refreshed and invigorated, in a few homy they returned to their work. The statements which k i d been made as to the want of medicine in Baled in vats perfectly correct. There was some signal mismanagezep in ahead every department out there. lie had been told by a medical man, very shortly before he left the Crimea, lets in December, that be went down there for the purpose of procuring a quantity of opium, which was a sine pm eon in cases of scurvy. On his arrival there, he found, to his c c o a m m p p e , l l b e e d tfoon tell d i the himself men, that tthediffi greatly cul u t very great astonishment, that the quantity of opium i n g ots was so extremely trifling that, insteed o f t h e quantity he asked for in pounds, he could barely get it i n ounces. On " h his ere irtl i : re rn t o te tt d boe i t t i , teg much as be felt for them, It wu impost - 6k to obtain those medicines which were required for the malady they were labouring under. He hoped that the attention of the government had alit been directed to the state of the transport* conveying the sick between Balaklava and Scutari. (Hear hear.) He believed that, since he left the Crimea, Wags had been considerably improved ; but when he was there, there wu very great room for improvement indeed. They could hardly picture to themselves anything more wretched than the condition of the poor men who were sent dowel to Scutari from Balaklava. The ships that conveyed them were totally destitute of anything like honor bedding. He remembered 600 sick and wounded helve brought don from the plateau to Balaklava, by our generous allies. the French, by their ambulance mules. It happened to be a wet day, but they were taken on board just as they wen, bap.hazard, on board the transport which was to convey them to Scutari. Those men had nothing whatever except the clothes they had on, and an extra blanket. In this con. dition they were compelled to lie down on the deck ; yet, so great was the change from the misery they had beta enduring in the camp, the wet, the exposure, and the want of proper sustenance, that, wretched as was the bed they wen compelled to take, the hard deck of the transport, those sea looked upon this as the acme of comfort. This, however, did not last very long, because when a sick man lay for s long period on a hard deck he soon began to suffer. He might do it two days with impunity. He (Mr. Dundu) vu in a ship from Balaklava to Scutari with 300 of these met. The passage was rather 'quick one ; two days broughttlum abreast the hospitals. But on their arrival there there vs no accommodation for the sick, and ten days elapsed beton the greater number of them were landed. This waste trying part to the men, and they died off very rapidly, During that ten days they lost 11 per cent. out of the 30), but the greater number of those d ied the ship was kept at Scutari. The French managed then things a very great deal better than we did. They wend during the time that half so tender with the Turks ; when they wanted a hospital Into a long correspondence, beat about the hush, and took they went and took one—(hear, hear)—while we entered se much time that the whole matter terminated is In lowing our chances. (Hear, hear.) It had been pc posed—in fact, the scheme had been already enrol out—to establish a hospital at Smyrna. But another suggestion had been made by a gentleman of the medical profusion who bad had large experience in India ; his plc was to send out from this country a large wooden beildiog, or the boards and materials for it, to be erected at Sinope Sinop, wu but a very short distance from Balance; and the advantages of this plan were many. One wu, that the short distance would enableus to hate our sick and wounded conveyed from Balaklava, in a very short time, to amu fortable and quiet hospital; and in the event of there being any further engagement, when it was to be expected that there would be a large number of wounded, these sea would be conveyed down to that hospital, and would there at once have the necessary operations performed. Hitherto, it had been the regular experience of the surgeons, that secondary operations had hardly ever been successful; those performed on the field had been generally samurai. It was impossible to perform anything but a secondary open ties when the patient was conveyed such a long dimes u from Belukha's:to Scutari. In the event of this plan being recognised as a sound and good ens, and carried out by the government, many valuable lives would be es (Hear, hear.) Another great advantage of this wade hospital would be this : It had been found that, after a lug period of time, stone buildings contracted a deleterious to I mosphere, that militated greatly agaiast the recovery des patients ; it seemed to be impregnated with disease, Ind death was more common than recovery. In a mocha building this was not the ease. A very eminent physician, who belonged to the civil department recently organised to go to Smyrna, was fully cognisant of that fact, and was endeavouring, by all means in his power, to bring the plat take the nutter into their consideration, and not dismin before the government. He trusted the governmeat wool u unworthy of attention. (Hear, hear.) The house then went into committee of supply, and ply ouded to discuss and pass the remaining votes of the sew for the army expenditure. In committee of ways and means a resolution was eha• I wards passed, authorising a sum of 17,183,0001. to be nixd by Bxehequer bills towards the service of the anionic Mt The Militia (Ireland) Bill, and the Commons Indult Bill ware respectively read a second time. The house adjourned at ten minutes to one o'clock. THE " INDEPENDENT " CONSERVATIVES, TO PNILITNI, AND THE GOVERNMENT.—Mr. C. li. Pro M.P.,: writes to the Sasses Standard :—" I would me respectfully represent to the independent conservative nee ben of the House of Commons 'of which I take cribs being one) that our first object should be to keep the Polity out of office; and, secondly, to have the best governsiestis office that we can have. If we cannot have my Lord Derbl for prime minister, let us give an independent supports , far as is consistent with our public principles, to the ant beet administration that can be formed, which I Wen to be one that has Lord Palmerston for its chief. The country cannot be left without a government, and it appears to me to be the duty of all loyal men to give then beet support to ' powers that be,' provideT they wen on the affairs of the nation at all in a creditable tinnier I hope we may never have the ultra-Radicals brought isto power, of which there appears to me to be some doe. If Lord Palmerston will propose to Parliament to raise sum of money by way of lean, and is carry on the war wad vigour, his lordship shall certainly have my vote is the Rouse of Commons." - - THE HON. W. 0. STANLEY, M.P.—We (Chester Chroniek) are sorry to hear that our honourable motto has been confined at Pewter from a bad attack of low set which has prevented his being at London at the punt period. DEATH OF LORD KENYON.—This nobleman expired at his seat, Oredington-hall, in Flintahire, oa Sunday let, at the venerable age of 78. The deceased lord was 501 ° I the first baron, who was a distinguished judge, and filled the caw of Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in 1788. Os succeeded his father in 1802, and is succeeded by his soe, the lion. Lloyd Kenyon (now third Baron Kenyon). DR. BARTH.—At a meeting of the Royal Geolif!_," phical Society last evening, Dr. - Shaw, the secretary, 00 ' that Dr. Vogel had written that the report of the death 0 1 Dr. Barth had not been confirmed, as he had been speed by many people that the doctor was in Timbuctoo as lap the month of July let, and could not therefore haves tarts 4 to meet the Niga Chadds Expedition, which daring tbst month proceeded up those rivers. MEETING OF THE MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. — t a meeting yesterday of Mexican bondholders the report the committee wan adopted. The committee also , their intention of retiring from their trust, 'tattooists ass the appointment of Mesas. Suing as spats fn the b e d ' holders. The committee, however, will retain office for t" or three months longer, to make the necessary aloe meets with Messrs. Baring. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF SlClLY.—'fhe resignati46 of Prises Satriano, the Lord Lieutenant of the island , Sicily, has been accepted by the King of Naples. DAL eltlfiTaL PALACE, ice. 26.-BKILLINO —Admission at the doors, 334; admission by was tickets, 86; total, 420. wished oleo to offer his humble tribute to the memory of his late friend. He bad been a witness of his conduct in that house for twenty one years, and he never knew a man lam actuated by party feeling than Joseph Hume. (Cheers.) LORD JOHN RUSSELL. fir. HATTER then moved for a new writ for the City of London, in the room of Lord J. Russell, wise had ac cepted the office of Secretary for the Colonies. Sir J. PAKINOTON said, that in consequence of theme. Lion which bad just been made, he wished to avail himself of the opportunity to pot a question to the noble lord. lie found that Lord John Russell had accepted the office of Secretary for the Colonies; and having done so, he (Sir J. Pakiagton) wished to know whether the noble lord meant to proceed on his mission to Vienna ? Should those questions be answered in the affirmative, he wished further to ask the noble lord whether there was at present any lJnder-Secte tary for the Colonial Department ; and also, in the event of Lord J. Russell proceeding to Vienna, by whom the business of the Colonial office was to be *enacted in his absence ? Hs could say, from the limited experience he had had in that Aloe, that serious inconvenience must result from the absence of the head, as questions of importance were arising every day. There were gentlemen in London this moment from Victoria and New South Wales waiting to give the benefit of their experience relative to the new constitution, and, under all the circumstances, he trusted that the First Lord of t►e Treasury would be able to promise the speedy return of the noble lord the member for London. Mr. ROEBUCK said that there was a gentleman in Lon don from Newfoundland who bad told his tale to three colonial secretaries, and was now waiting to address a fourth. As the object of his mission was the removal of the gover nor, it must be admitted to be of some co:onial importance. Lord PALMERSTON —My noble friend Lord John Russell has accepted the office of one of her Majesty's secretaries of state, and the department he undertakes is the colonial department. He proceeds, nevertheless, on his mission to Vienna; and in the meanwhile my right bon friend who lately held the office will undertake to be answer able that no public inconvenience shall ensue from the absence of my noble friend. There is, u the right hon. gentleman is aware, a permanent undersecretary, aa well u the political under-secretary, who is not yet named, bat will be in a short time. It is impossible for me to state the precise time at which my noble friend will return, but I have reason to suppose that 'whichever way the negotiations tun, there will not be the protracted absence which the right hot baronet apprehends. Mr. HAYTER moved for a new writ for the borough of Halifax, In the room of Sir C. Wood, who had accepted the ova of Lint Lord of the Admiralty, and for the Radnor Burghs, in the room of Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer; also for Forfar, in the room of Lord Duncan, appointed a Lord of the Treasury. THE WAR. Bit E. B. LYTTON gave notice for that day fortnight to present a petition from the West 2Cidiag, praying for en quiry into the muses of the mead calamities in the army. HOSPITALS FOR THE WOUNDED. CelonerailtCoUßTasked whether any of the offers said to have been made to the government by the London or other hospitals, to receive a certain number of the sick and wounded who have °ems home from the Crimea, have been accepted, or whether the government have themselves provided the necessary accommodation, and whether they have made, or in making, arrangements for the fit recep tion and treatment of those who may hereafter arrive from that tauter t Mr. F. PEEL said that if additional hospital accommoda tion should be required, the government would be happy to avail themselves of the offer of the London hospitals. At present, however, there was ample accommodation, there being arrangements for the reception of 1,600 patients. THE CLOTHING OF THE CRIMEAN ARMY. Mr. NEWDEGATE in q uired ;WulW clothing for the troops in the Crimea suited for the spring and summer months was being prepared, and whether the winter cloth ing bad been supplied generelly to our soldiers now on ser vice in that part of the world ? Mr. F. PEEL replied that a second suit of clothes, which, under the ordinary regulations would have been furnished at' the commencement of the financial year, viz , in April next, had already been issued. Every soldier now serving in the Crimea had received his second suit during the current financial year. With regard to the issue of the warm weather clothing, perhaps the hen. gen tleman would be satisfied with his (Mr. Peel's) assurance 'that every provision would henceforth be made by the government for clothing the troops in a manner suited to else mason. (Ileaj, bear.) Col. KNOX—Who is now responsible for the clothing of the army ? Mr. PEEL—The government. (A laugh.) Col. KNOX—But what department of the government ? Mr. PEEL—The War.oEce. (Rear.) THE IRISH BILLS. . . Lord NAAS adj; q;;;;;;; ; . s . to t . he course in which ehe various bills on the paper having reference to Ireland would be brought on. Lord PALMERSTON intimated, in reply, that it would be more convenient if the noble lord would pat his question when the Secretary for Ireland was in his place. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP AMBNDMENT BILL. I[s. YALINB wished to inguln whether it wu the n - castles of the right hoa. gentleman opposite (Mr. Cardwell) to premed in his Individual capacity with the bill which he had, in hie capacity of President of the Board of Trade, in •rodneod for limiting liability and amending the law of part stabil? Mr. CARDWELL would have communicated with the Preedent of the Board of Trade to ascertain his intention with regard le the bill, had =edge Use. hie .f the intention to put the question. He bad no hesitation however in toying that should the department of the government with which he had recently been connected; dachas to pro ceed with the mensure, be would himself bring it forward. TUB CASE OF SERGEANT SULLIVAN. Oa the order of the day for going into supply es the army Mimi@ b read, 11,. FRH drew attention to the claims of Sergeant flaitivaa, of the 80th Regiment of Infantry, to a commission ea mama of his game Millet at the battle of the Alma, sad espremed his dimalidesSisa at the answer given by the nails liesesat (Dammam) to a question be (Mr. Freaeli) had pat to hie ea • haw evening on the sum ea= Ms., *A a pascal authority had been given to the is esmammi ef me regiment serving in the Crimes to re mammal an., mmesmadadesed a ver fee a esemeiesies, and that the gems sky @agleam. @Ohm had net bees peemeted wee diet metier sem.eamkeiesed Meer of the sane reglaest had been remarmaded by the deicer is sad had spas reek resseamendation been ap• iiited le • meadmies. He was eery to say that that reply mach eatekemedi the high opinion he bad enter- Weed; sweaty-flee Ilan of the noble lord's sagacity, tee he esseelve nothing which could, at the essamesessamet of a sat tend more to discourage sees from velaMmelsa from; the militia into the regular army than thiefsdaisties, that gallant deeds like that which j=rt Wiwi bed perfeneek and whisk had been re try the WNW easmamdiss the clideles, were to go tiagewarded. He malleelled the maser fa which gallant einlese wen rewarded Is the hitch army, when a man Me had dietiartilied blemelf by map act of unusual larami le bedbeeszatelal M the rash of chef d' madras spaAMC the timidly Irby is which each acts wage rameded la ear ewa mmy, sod after observing that it wm to the bravery of the rank cad die of the army that the image ef the Alm, the Oilier cavalry charge at Debacle's, mad the Mmory es the blights of Inhumane wen imialyewing,lardred wham there was any intention te imesdipale the me te Mika be had called atten dee, sad In peas o onside. to Sergeant Sullivan, la the west Mid Meg Semi dirt be deserved it. He also wished to knew whether the adds bird's atteaties had been called to adefamost which bad appeared is the public prints M the Meet, that a eagess who had applied to the Ilffekeeper at Ihileklats for two Or Otte Ito Tee for the um