The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-08 00:00:00

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The following excellent resume of the operations of the railway and description of the country are taken from a report addressed to Messrs Peto and Brassey by their chief engineer. It may not be out of place here to state that Lord Raglan has been so pleased at the energy and zeal of Mr. Beatty that he directed Mr. Romaine, who is acting (honorarily) as secretary to the Railway Board, to write that gentleman a letter, expressing his lordship's high sense of his services : " The bay of Balaklava opens into a wide plain towards the north. The high hills by which it is bounded on the east and west are composed of limestone. On the west the rook comes down steep to the water's edge. On the east, on which the town stands, the ground rises gradually for some distance to the foot of the hills. " The harbour is not approachable when the weather is rough, but once in, the shipping can ride with perfect safety ; they are completely land-locked and protected by a point pro j ecth .g inside, called the Castle Point, which effectually covers the entrance. " It is rather more than a mile from the mouth of the har , bour to the extreme end, but one-third of this is shoal water, and only available for small boats, and little more than half a mile long by an average of 30U yards wide is available for ships. In this space were crowded at one time upwards of 200 large vessels. " There is a landing-place at the north-west side, called the Diamond-wharf, where most of the heavy guns and powder have been landed out of boats, but the Baliklava, or east side, is where vessels discharge their cargoes, and where all the stores are. "The valley opening out on the north side of the harbour continues for some distance beyond Kadikoi, and is composed of a very rich deposit, and was, when taken possession of by the British, beautifu.ly planted with vineyards and poplars, not a vestige of which now remains, except some large poplar roots, which the tools in possession of the soldiers were un able to make any impression on. " This valley is exceedingly soft, and covered with water after heavy rains. At Kadikoi the direction changes sud denly to the west, almost at right angles, and extends for about a mile towards the Flagstaff, the lowest point of the ridge surrounding the plateau on which the army is en camped. . " It is after passing Kadikoi altogether outside the intrench ments, and therefore not available for the railway (the Flag- 1 staff is about 660 feet above Balaklava), and extends to Inker maa on the right, and to the French camp on the left. " What strikes a new corner most on his arrival here is the immense extent of country covered by the allied forces. From Balaklava to the extreme right is about nine miles in side the intrenchments, and the length of defence and attack ing works is over 16 miles, so that, instead of being a siege con centrated against a certain point, it is a serie s o f de t ached batteries agaiust batteries. I mention this to show that a few mils of rails are soon swallowed up in attempting to give railway accommodation to the army. " The whole is composed •of lime and sandstone, covered, except where the limestone crops out, with a light, rich, luxurious soil, varying from 12 to 18 inches deep, over the surface, which works into a heavy and tenacious mud after rain. The whole face of the country changes after 12 hours' rain from a good bard surface to worse than a newly-ploughed field. " The line commences from both sides of the harbour and proceeds direct up the valley to Kadikoi, where it turns. sharp to the west round the foot of the hill, on which is placed the Sailors' or 4-gun Battery, and through the French camp, thence along the side of the hills to the Flagstaff at the top of the plateau, and about half a mile from head-quarters. The line then diverges to the north, and proceeds direct to the Woronzow-ro id ; this is about seven • miles f. om Bala klava. There is also a branch about one mile long to accom modate the Third and Fourth Divisions and left siege train. Before the navvies arrived Lord Raglan placed at my disposal 2•;0 soldiers of the 39th Regiment, who were em ployed in collecting stones • from the several old buildings and walls between Balaklava and Kadikoi ; these were placed on the site of the railway to form a base for the rails, and very well they have acted. After 24 hours of the heaviest rain I ever saw, the portion of the line on which these stones are placed, with a sprinkling of ballast over them remained uninjured; whereas the whole surface of the camp was next door to impassable. We have also been so far fortunate as to find a large bed of tolerable ballast close to the town, which has been of great service in making the road travellable over the soft valley as far as Kadikoi and elsewhere, where we had not sufficient stones to foi m a base. " Beyond Kadikoi there is no ballast, except what coines out of the cuttings which are in sandstone rock, soft at top, but about six feet down it becomes very hard and compact. Between the French camp and the Flagstaff there are a few small excavations, unavoidable from the nature of the ground, and which, although they required some little time to get out, were available and necessary for ballast, as the horses cannot travel on the surface for any length of time, the soil working into a tenacious and deep mud. " From the Flagstaff to the Woronzow-road the line follows the surface for upwards of a mile. There are a few small cut tings (sandstone) necessary, from the nature of the ground, in this portion, but they will be all out and ready for laying the read through as soonNas the materials are advanced that far. The branch to siege train will also be chiefly on the surface. "As regards the labour furnished by the army, I men tioned that 150 men of the 39th Regiment (afterwards in creased to :!00) had been placed at my disposal for a short time (from the 27th of January to the 6th of February) ; they were of the greatest assistance, as far as they went, in forming the line, and were be 4 omiug very fair navvies, but, unfor tunately, were removed before they had time to be of much real benefit to us. I took a great interest in these men ; the officers seemed to take a pride in their work, and I was almost in despair when they were taken away. " Two hundred Croatians were given me on the Ist of February ; they were at first literally useless, except as beasts of burden, and were only employed is carrying stones for the road. The Want of interpreters who could speak English was also a great loss to us at first ; however, by dint of perseverance, we have at last broken about 30 of them to handle the spade and shovel and wheel a barrow. The re mainder have been and arc still engaged unloading the ships, for which they aro extremely well qualified. " With the exception of these 200 Croats and 200 sailors lent by Captain Lushiugton for about 10 days, we have had no a-sistance iu labour from the army ; indeed the Quarter master-General told me from the first that he could not spare any soldiers, and I do not believe ho could. The amount of fatigue duty and work in the trenches had fully occupied every available man in the army; and I feel quite certain that General Airey, from whom I have lately re ceived the greatest kindness, would have willingly afforded me military aid if he could ; but the truth was, until we began to convey goods by rail, and relieve the army of their daily trudge into Balaklava, the trenches were not half manned. From Balaklava to the summit the line has been completed some time ; now it is comparatively down hill. and the labour of transport is reduced to a mere nothing. To give one instance —six horses can now take 30 13-inchshells from our depot at head-quarters to the advanced trenches in one day ; before it was as much as ever they could manage when the weather was fine to take 6 13-inch shells from Balaklava to the siege train. " TI e railway was commenced on the Bth of February by the navvies ; it conveyed commissariat stores to Kadikoi on the 23d, and on the 26th of March it conveyed shot and shell which,to tle summit m nAe Diamond tat he w a quath•taerfrs branch, m i a e n s df the double d ß o a u la b k l e l a vline ; from Balaklava to Kadikoi, makes upwards of seven miles of rail laid down 'n less than seven weeks^; and now I approach the most important question of the whole—what has the railway done, and what is it calculated to do ? " First, I will give a list of the stores to be sent up to the front daily, as furnished by the commissariat officer, Mr. Bailey. This is exclusive of the Highland Brigade or cavalry, who have, long since made use of the line for getting up their stores : • " Mom. daily supply of provisions for the front : lbs. Biscuit, 300 bags, 1121 b. each .................. 33,6 ,0 Salt meat, 100 casks, 4501 b. each ............ 45,060 Groceries and extras—say ........ . ........... 30,000 C o rn— say, 500 bags, 1 501 b. each ............ 75,0''0 Hay, 120 bales, 150 .............................. 18,00 Fuel, wood, and charcoal — say .................. 45,000 246,600 Total " Say, 112 tons daily. " BAILEY. " Up to last night the railway has taken up as nearly as can be 1,000 tons of shell and shot, 300 tons of small armsdes , 3,ti00 tons of Commissariat stores ( fuel and forage), besi upwards of 1,000 tons of miscellaneous—viz., guns, plat forms, huts, Quartermaster -General's stores, &c. " The biscuit, salt meat, and groceries, Commissary- General Fildcr has not made any arrangements abotit issuing at head-quarters as yet. I have volunteered time after time to take everything up for the Commissariat, and at one time it was settled everything should go by rail, but this was countermanded. The Commissariat have now at their disposal every day 30 waggons or more, and these might be filled on the average twice a-day, sufficient to take up every thing in the shape of stores ; but the Commissariat men will not work before Bin the morning nor after half-past sin the evening, aud the Commissary-General does not seem disposed to tal , .e any steps, by inducing them to work later in the evening or earlier in the morning, to make any further use of the railway—in fact, he will not put himself out of the way one step to forward the comfort of the army as far as the railway is concerned. Lord Raglan is, I believe, quite aware of this, and has strongly urged him to the point, but ho is immoveable ; so that, as regards the food of the men, unless the divisions send down men, and draw their own rations at Balaklava, and get them up by rail on their own account, the Commis-ary-General will net assist them. " In addition to the amount stated above, we have taken up all the railway materials for extending the line, forage, commissariat huts La. our own people, fuel for engine, So. ; and this, until the arrival of the 65 horses per the City of Norwich, was all done by 35 of our own horses and 20 Com missariat mules ; so that if the success of the railway has not come up to your expectations at home, it is not owing to any want of labour or energy on the part of the expedition ; but, in addition to what has been done in reality, it has had an inconceivably good moral effect on the army. It has shown them that everything that can possibly be done to assist them and lighten their labours will be done. It has enabled the siege to open again by the immense quantity of shot and ammunition taken up. It has relieved the artillery horses of the killing journey up hill from Balaklava to the camp, and enabled them to pick up their condition, which was deplorable in the extreme. It has—l say it without hesi tation—been the means of clearing Balaklava of the wretched and filthy Tnrks who possessed the place and made it a per fect pesthouse, and, by the example afforded by the navvies, has shown the army how to work ; aud I am convinced that 50 soldiers will do more than double the number would two mouths ago. " Now, as to what it is likely to do : —lt will show the army that there aro other and better means of transport than on ordinary roads ; that without infringing on the prerogative o: Military men they may yet derive some assistance from the skill and science of civilians ; that a railway—one of the n3os , improved means of transport—can be laid over an ordinary country as easily and quickly as a common road ; that an im mense amount of tonnage can be removed in one-fifth of the time required on common roads. " I am happy to say that the Royal Engineers are very friendly. I have been of some assistance to them in furnishing them with timber for their gun platforms and other purposes, and they reciprocate this accommodation by giving me every information and assistance they can --indeed I may say that every department works cordially with us. " Colonel M`Murdo is organising the Transport Service into an efficient corps, and I find him a good and energetic man of business. " Now, with regard t , ) the men to be sent home :—lt will require very nearly all the navvies to work the line. must be a breaksman to each waggon, then we must furnis drivers for the mules supplied by the Land Transport Corps ] the remainder will be barely sufficient to maintain the road— in fact, I do not think that a single good navvy can be sent • home. The carpenters and smiths are fully occupied, and, had I double the number, they would not meet the require ments of the army and the expedition. The only men I can dispense with for some time are the masons ; a few of the miners might also go home ; but they are a very useful class of men out here, where the whole country is rock, and the majority of them can always be advantageously employed in quarrying stone to the limekilns. Before the Prince of Wales leaves with Captain Raymond matters may take a different turn ; but at present I certainly do not see that we can spare many men with ou t ser i ous l y cr ippling the usefulness of the expedition. Captain R a ymond has received positive orders from Captain And rews to send home all the ships, except the Levant and Von Hu m b o ld t. These are to remain ; the latter is a very bandy s hi p f or our purpose, and may yet be exceed ingly usefql. " P. S.--Since writing th e above I have just learnt that Commissary-Getier a l Filder has received a positive order to establish an issue department at head-quarters, and we take up stores to-morrow." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Enterprise discovery-ship, Captain CoHinson, C. 8., is ordered from Spithead to Sheerness, and will sail to-day. . . The Cruiser, 14, C omman d er th e Hon. G. Douglas, .returned to Spithead yest er d a y f rom th e Ch a nnel. The floating batt er y T rus t y, from Woolwich, was towed into Sheerness Harbou r . n S un d a y, at 4 p.m., by the African steam-vessel, H. H a r ve y , m a ster. This vessel is in a very le.tky state. She was taken into the fitting basin yesterday. The Dapper gu -boat, Lieutenant Grant, has been placed in No. 5 dry dock, Sheerness, to ascertain and make good her damage received by teing on shore. --- " - Telegraphic orders reached Sheerness yesterday for the gun boats Cracker, Clinker, Fancy, and Boxer to get up steam and proceed immediately for Portsmouth en route for the Black Sea. They all left yesterday between 1 and 2 o'clock p.m. The Pylades received orders yesterday to leave Sheerness to-day for the Baltic, and to convoy and assist when necessary the gun-boats Starling,'Redwing, and Thistle. The Volcano is having her defects made good, and will be ready for sea in a day or two. The Odin will be detained at Sheerness until after to-morrow, in consequence of a court-martial, about to assemble on board the Waterloo on that day, to try an officer for a serious breach of trust. PLYMOUTH, MAY 5. The Agincourt, 74, is ordered to be fitted as an exercising ship for newly raised men at this port. The Couqueror, 101, had her masts and bowsprits put on board on Thursday. She was docked on Friday, to be cop pered ; after which she will be taken to Keyham, to receive her boilers and have her engines fitted. In Harbour —lmpregnable, Royal William, Belleisle, Pro metheus, Hecla, Sauspareil, Confiance, Zephyr, and Pike, tugs. THE BALTIC FLEET. We hear from the Baltic that the fleet are advancing. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, had been sent to cruise off the Moen light. The Locust, paddle, had jined the commander-in.chief, April 25. The Lightning, 3, paddle, had arrived, April 30. To reinforce the advanced squadron the admiral had or dered Captain Vansittart, in , the Magicienne, 16, paddle, to proceed to Faro Sound, with tha Cuckoo, 3, paddle ; Princess Alice, paddle ; and the screw guu-boats Snap, Snapper, Pincher, Gleaner, and Magpie. THE BLACK SEA. Our letters leave Rear Admiral-Lyons in the Royal Albert, 121, screw, Captain Mends, off Sebastopol, with his fleet. The Queen, 116, Captain Greville, and London, 90, Capt. Jones, left Constantinople to join him on the 21st inst., towed by the paddle-steamer Oberon. The Himalaya, screw transport, Commander Priest, left Constantinople, April 22, for Alexandria, for cavalry for the Crimea. Tho Higbflyer, 21, screw, Captain Moore, was under orders to proceed from Sebastopol to Kertch. The Viper, screw despatch steamer, left for Kertch on the 17th ult. Another screw despatch steamer (Snake) had been sent to Eupatoria. The Melampus, depot, cot. Borlase, sailed from Malta for Constantinople on the 27th ult., where she is to receive the flag of the admiral superintendent Rear-Admiral the Hou. F. W. Grey, C B. The Abundance, screw, fitted up as a flour mill, and carrying a cargo of flour, arrived at Malta from Woolwich on the 29th ult., and left to join the Black Sea fleet on the 30th. The Steady, store-vessel, arrived at Malta from Cork on the 29th April, and left for Constantinople on the Ist of May. The French squadron, under Admiral Penaud, left the Downs on Sunday, for the Baltic. The White Sea squadron, under the orders of Capt. Baillie, remains in the Downs, waiting orders. THE NEW SCREW GUN-BOATS. Although from the reports it will be seen that those vessels that started for the Baltic have been compelled to put back, and have received some damage, the circumstances of the peril and damage must not be regretted, as they have proved most satisfactorily, not only the good qualities of the vessels themselves, in spite of sententious croakers, but the difficul ties and dangers have served to develope theAkill,- pluck, and perseverance of the commanders, officers, and crews. It must be remembered that the gale of Tuesday night and Wed nes ;ay morning was one of the severest which has visited our coasts for s‘ me time, and that severs' disasters have been re ported as its effects. The more praise, then, is due to the commanders of the gun-boats, who weathered that gale, and proved themselves worthy of the commendation that we hear lies been conferred upon them and their officers and crews by. the Admiralty. Praise in those instances t}r such services is gracious and timely, and cannot fail to encourage the de serving, and secure the object of those who are its dispensers the efficiency of the naval service. We understand that on the recommendation of the Sheer ness officers, inch cables are to be supplied to the screw gun boats, instead of five-eighths cables. It is now determined to increase the number, so that both fleets in the Baltic and Black Seas shall have a squadron of these powerful little " sharpshtioters." MANNING THE FLEET. Although our fleets and squadrons are improving in disci pline and seamanship by the constant exorcise of the lands men and boys, anti may be deemed of double the strength this year (that is in the Baltic) as compared with last year, yet it would be very desirab'e if the vacancies in our screw guard-ships and other men-of war in the home ports were filled up. We require at least 1,5 , 0 more petty officers and seamen to man efficiently the fleet in commission. ARRIVAL OF THE LILY FROM CHINA, Her Majesty's sloop Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the China and Australian stations, last from the Brazils. She was de tached from the China squadron and left Singapore on the 18th of November; 1854, arrived at Port Philip December 29, left on the 23d of January, arrived at Rio on the 10th of March last, and left on the 17th for Spithead. She brought gold dust from Australia to the amount of 40,000/. sterling, on merchants' account. She met with strong westerly gales, and in latitude 58'46 S. longitude 161.8 W. fell in with large icebergs, and was running among them for a fortnight; on coming upon them the barometer was ob served to fall a great deal, accompanied by heavy snow storms. She passed the Exodus, of Liverpool, about 300 miles S.W. of tho Lizard, on the 28th ult., with loss of topmasts. When she left the Australian station her Ma jesty's ships Calliope and Achei on were at Sydney, and the Fantome and Electra at Melbourne ; the marines and sea men of the Electra had been landed on several occasions to act with the military in the late disturbances. The Electra had been to King's island to rescue the crew of two merchant vessels wrecked there, and had saved 20,00 , 4. in specie. The Lily has been five years and three months in commission, during which time she has circumnavigate' the globe. She brought home Lieut. Davis, on promotion from the Electra ; Lieut. Brock, on promotion from the Lily ; Mr. Howarth, mate, from the Electra ; Mr. Tucker, clerk, from the Fan tome ; and Mr. Douglas, mate, from the Sty; to join the Bulldog. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The following ships have been engaged by the Admiralty as regular transports : —Orinoco steamer, No. 218 ; Samuel Laing steamer, No. 219; Imperatrice steamer, No. 220 ; Dodo steamer, 221. - The transport, No. 99, arrived at Spithead at 5 o'clock last even ing. The Lancashire Witch transport embarked a fur ther remount of cava'ry yesterday at Portsmouth, consisting of Cornet G. S. Davies, 1 sergeant, and 51 men of the 10th Hussars, from, the cavalry depot at Maidstone. ,This regi ment has lately been removed from India, and has taken up wards of 800 horses with them; this detachment consequently takes no hors. - •s, but will ba mounted on arrival in the Crimea. THE MEDWAY, TRANSPORT.—SOUTHAMPTON, May 7.—The Medway is now taking on board a troop of Royal Horse Ar tqlery, comprising , 211 horses and 207 men, for the army in the Crimea. They take with them four 9-pounders, two 21- pounder howitzers, one 2 4-pounder,rocket tube, a quantity of ammunition, c. Thirteen medical officers of the Turkish Contingent will also embark in the Medway, which will pro• bably sail on Wednesday next. MILITARY. In addition to the draughts from the cavalry depots and the cava l ry regiments already noticed as being about to em bark for the Crimea the following regiments have been. placed under orders to proceed to the seat of war, viz :—The Ist, or King's Dragoon Guards,.from Picrshill Barracks ; 2d, g rn e scl o n f rt,h) Guards,ll.: d oow ; 7th ditt o (In + Horse) nnsl from Ligh t DundalkpraDragoons , o 0 u s ; 6t from h m Dragoon Man cheater. The abovemeutioned regime n t s w ill form a force of uear'y 3,0 00 sabres. The 14 th Light D ragoons, upwar d s o f 700 strong, have been ordered to the C r i mea. This regiment is at present stationed in the Bengal P res id ency, and has a depot of nearly 200 efficient men at M a id s t one ; consequently f G o t r . uo from Queensd s Dublinc the strength of the corps could be immediately augmented to 930 mounted men. Captain Campbell's company, No. 2, Ist Battalion of the . Royal Artillery, in garrison at Sheerness, consisting of 120 sunuers, 14 non-commissioned officers, and one trumpeter, were ordered on Sunday to hold themselves in readiness to embark in a transport that would call there for them for conveyance to the Crimea. 'this company is at present com manded by Captain Curtis, and are all ready for embarkation at a moment's notice. The Oneida, 2,370 tons, lately built by Messrs. Scott and sons, of Greenock, for the Canadian Ocean 'Steam-ship Com pany, has been engaged by the Transport Board for the con veyance of cavalry to the East. It is expected she will carry 220 horses and as many men, COURT-MARTIAL. A court-martial assembled yesterday morning on board the Victory, flag-ship, to- try Mr. Charles Hobbs, Chief Engineer, R.N., of the 2d class, serving on board her Majesty's ship Hastings, Captain Caffin, for negligently performing his duty on the 24th of April, 1855, whereby he did not take the.ne :essary steps to discover a fire which broke out between the boilers of the said ship Hastings on that day, iind fur not reporting the same to the • commanding officer. The Court declared the charge proved, but, in consideration of the prisoner's vreviqus good conduct, only adjudged him to bo dismisse , t from her Majesty's ship Hastings, to bo placed at the I ottom of the list of the chief engineers of the second-class, and to remain there for the space of one year. Me jack was then dipped and the Court reconstituted, with Captain Fisher, of the Retribution, in the place' of Captain Wellesley, of the Pembroke, to try Lieut. John Packwood, R.N., on the following charge:—' For that the conduct of i 4 the said Lieut. John Packwood, serv i ng on boar d h er 'Aic 'y's ship Cornwallis, being in a c t ua l serv i ce aid full , wa, :andulent and unofficer.like in knowingly the Co debts ,v Lich he h4s since refused to p a y." Th e Judg,e -e pro nounced the charge partly prov e d, an d '$ ship Cora hwAmt sentenced ti d rri vo r c ig7 . the prisoner to be dismissed from her Majesty wallis. [IMPERIAL PARLIAMENri': HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that on that day fortnight he would move for the production of the correspondence between the commissioners for the administration of.the poor-laws in Ireland and certain ratepayers upon the consolidation of certain poor-law unions. THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH-My lords; -I rise to give notice thht on Monday neat I shall move " That a humble address be presented to her Majesty, "To assure her Majesty of our continued support in the Prosecution of the just and necessary war in wbich.her Majesty is engaged. " To (jeclard the sincere gratification with which we !nye regarded the perfect community of councils between her Majesty and ,the Emperor of the French, and have - see - 6 Friendliness estAblished and increasing between the French. people and our' own—events fell of hope 'fcr the future to .ther nations as well_as to ourselves. " To express our admiration of the many deeds of valour by which the allied forces in the East have illustrated their brotherhood in arms, and our satisfaction that the brave army of Piedmont is now called to participate in their ae tions and in their fame. • "To declare our persuasion that amidst all their disap pointments, the people of this country still retain the generous feelings which led them at the commencement of the war willingly to place all the means requited from them at her Majesty's disposal ; that they will still protect the weak against the aggression of the strong, and that they are not prepared to consent that Russia shall, by her increasing preponderance, so fpntrol the Turkish Goyern- Ina n t as practically to hold Con,taattirtople within her grasp• "To acquaint her Majesty, that while we admit and lament the privations to which war necessarily subjects all classes of the people, we yet venture to assure her Majesty that they would, in so just a cause, bear those p►ivations without complaint if they could feel that the war had been well conducted, that the troops had not been exposed to any hardships which could have been avoided by fore thought, and that everything had been done to enable them to achieve decisive success. "Humbly to represent to her Majesty that her people, suffering privations on account of this war, have, as yet, had no such consolation ; that, on the contrary, we cannot withhold from her Majesty the avowal of our conviction, that the conduct of the war has occasioned general dissatis faction, and given rise to just complaints, and that we must humbly lay before her Majesty our deliberate opinion that it is only through the selection of men for public em ployment, without regard to anything but the public ser vice, that the country can hope to prosecute the war suc cessfully, and to attain its only legitimate object—a secure and honourable peace." Lord PANMURE said that he had intended to submit to the house on Monday next a plan for the consolidation of the military departments of the army, but in consequence of the motion of which the noble earl had given notice for that day, he should post pone submitting his plan until Friday next. A short discussion bere took place with respect to the distribution of the war medals, in which Lord Panmure, Earl Grey:and Lord Vivian took part. AFFIRMATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this bill was read a second time. LANDS IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. The Marquis of SALISBURY moved that it be an instruction to the select committee on the La Itn• provement Company bill to inquire and repo the house whether it would not be desirable that the powers now vested in the Landf, Improvement Companies should in future be regulated by. a public act. Lord PORTMAN supported the motion. Lord ST. LEONARDS suggested that the whole question should be referred to a select committee, to see whether this authority should, or should not, be given. • . _• The motion was withdrawn, and notice given for a committee on Thursday. INCOME TAX BILL. This bill was read a second tune. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered : Glossop Gas ; South-Eastern Railway cCapital). The fallowing hills were read a third time and passed : --43irrnin2hani Canal Navigatious ; Birmingham Gas ; Cornwall Rail way; Newcastie-upon-Tyne Improvements; Plymouth Great Western Docks ; Saint George's Har bour; Ulster Railway. • The following bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Fibre Company ; Hyde Gas (No: 3) ; Hartlepool Gas and Water ; Liverpool Corpo ration Water ; Londonderry Improvement; Nottingham and Loughboroulzh Roa.l ; Paisley Burgh ; Rbymney Railway ; Saint Helen's Improvement. PETITIONS. Petitions werepresentel by Mr. Ferguson, fr )m Car- isle, against the Mayimoth endowment:, by Mr.liorsfall, rota Dissenting cougregattons of Liverpool, for the Abolition of church rate. ;by _ Mr. Scholefield, a petition, signed by 13,000 inhabitants of Birmingham, against the. Sunday Beer Bill ; by Mr. flea clam, a petition signed by 30,000 InhAbiti,nti of Newcastle, against the Sunday Beer Bill of last session ; by Mr. Mowbray, from anrham, against the Marriage Bill. OUT-DOOR RELIEF FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES, &c. In reply to C,,103e1 KNOX, _ _ . Mr. i3AINES said, poor persons could not, in point of law, insist upon being relieved out of the workhouse, but there was an expresi4 exception in favour of able-bodied pet,ons in the service of her Majesty, either in the snob the navy, or the marine ,, , and he had reason to believe that the guardians thought the coon fry were exercising this power in a very considerate spirit. THE POST-OFFICE. Lord SEYMOUR moved fur accounts of the gross and not Post-office revenue, including the income derived from foreign and colonial postage, and the cost of ma- na,zement,fortho financial ycatl - 1854-5 : of the charges of management, under different heads, for the United Kingdom, for the year 1854-5 : of the payments made by the Post-office for the conveyance of mails by railway within theUnitel Kingdom, ior the year 1854.5, distinguishing, iu each instance, payments for work done within the year, from payment, fur work done in previ ous years : of payments out of Post-office Revenue, other than charge, of management : of the expense of the Money Order-office, and amount received for com mission, during the year 1854-5 : and, of the amount paid by each of the public departments under the' head of poAage, for the year 1854-5. , The motion was agreed to. THE VIENNA NEGOTIATIONS. Mr. DISRAELI sa►d as the Vienna negotiations had proved unsuccessful, and as it was now exactly a week since the unsuccessful negotiator had appeared in this house, he wished to know when the papers would be iaid on the table of the house relative to those negotia tions I (Hear.) Sir G. GREY replied he was not able to give a de finite answer to the question of the right bon. gentle man, but he could state that the noble lord the Minister for Foreign Affairs was now preparing those papers, and they would be laid upon the table as soon as possible. Mr. DISRAELI—Then, Sir, I give notice that to morrow I shall ask what day those papers will be pro duced, and unless her Majesty's Government are then prepared to give a promise to produce those papers very speedily, I shall call upon the house to express as opi nion upon the subject. (Loud Opposition cheer=.) DRESS AND ACCOUTREMENTS OF THE ARMY. Sir G. HEATHCOTE asked the Under Secretaryfor War whether the improvements and amelioration an ❑ounced last year in the dress and accoutrements of the army, with a view to render them less cumbrous and embarrassing, and more adapted to the requirements of actual service, paricula!ly as to stock., ki apsackg, &c, had been carried out, and to what extent, both at home and abroad Mr. F. PEEL said that the improvements which it eras proposed to make in the dress and accoutrements of the army had bean carried out so far as circumstances would allow ; but, of course, some time must elapse before they c uld be got into general practice. With regard to the accoutrements, new ones only were issued as they were required, but when fresh ones were issued they were always upon the improved pattern. As re garded the knapsacks, the improvements which had been made in them would relieve the soldier to the extent d about one-third of the weight he at present carried ; whilst they were upon an entirely new pattern. As to the stocks, the old stiff leathern ones had been discontinued, and a light elastic substance had been substituted instead. As to clothing, the troops in the colonies were clothed upon the old pattern-at prese►;t, but steps were being taken to secure a better description of cloth. ColOnel DllNili wished to 'ask the right hon. gentle man whether he had received any report to the effect that the new stacks were infinitely worse than the old ones I Mr. PEEL replied that the reports he had received had described them ai infinitely better. (Laughter.) THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. Mr. WISE asked the Secretary to the Treasury why the accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the Duchy of Lancaster had not been laid on the table of the house ; and, why ttie accounts of the Duchy of Lancaster, presented of lat., years to Parliament, had not been signed by the auditor in the same mariner as the accounts of the Duchy of Corn v all ? Mr. WILSON said the accluntS had been detayed in consequence of some misunderstanding that bad arisen between the auditor and the officers of his establishment. As to his signing the accounts, it ha d never been the practice hitherto for liini to do so. WOUNDED OFFICERS FROM THE CRIMEA. C,flonel NORTH asked the Under Secretary for War if her Majesty's Government would take into consideia tion the position of those officers who had returned from the Crimea wounded, and who were now in Lon don for the purpose of attenak,g the medical board, or for military medical attendance ; and, in the absence of an hospital for officers, hire furnished 'wives for their accommodation, and grant them those medical comforts which their cases required ? Mr. PEEL said the board met alrealy twice a week„ and he did not think it was &sirable to hire additi ona houses. Colonel NORTH was not the answec he ex. - . peoted—(a laugh)—and he gave notice that on an early day he should again bring the subject before the house.. EAST INDIA OFFICERS. Sir E. PERRY asked the President of the Board of Control whether, in her Majesty's commissions granting military rank to officers in the service of the East India Company, the words "in the East Indies only" are in future to be omitted ; or , whether it was merely intended under the ordei which appeared in the'Gazette of Tues day, the Ist day of May, to grant social rank and pre cedence, and not general military rank ? Mr ' V . SMITH said it was intended that the-ofEl l4 :s of the Indian army should in future take social rank and preceden ce , as well as general military rank, with the officers of th e royal army. (Hear hear. ) , MR. LAYARD'S RESOLUTIONS. Mr. LAYARD wished to know if the Government could name any day on which he could bring on the re solutions of which he bad given notice as to the state of the nation.. Lord PALMERSTON replieci 'ant really be could not now name any clay. The bon member must fix a day hitoself. Mr. TAYARD—Then I shall take the opportunity of bringing forward - the resolutions of whieh I have given. notice on an early. day, on going into coinmitte of supply. COLLECTORS OF INCOME TAX. Mr. WICKIIAM asked the Secretary to the Treasury what rate those officers connected with the iticome tax, whose- remuneration consisted of ,a poundage on the assessments or receiptS, were paid when that tax was levied at the rate of 7d. in the pound sttrling, and what rate per pound sterling they'are now paid when that same tax is levied at the rate of ls. 2d. in the pound sterling I_ L Mr. WILSON said the same rate of remuneration as formerly was now paid to the officers of the income tax, and, the payments being regulated by act of Pariiament, had not been altered. When the late increased rate of income tax was proposed complaints from various parts of the country were sent to the Government, complain ing of the indifferent payment then existing ; and, had no augmentation of the tax taken place, it would have been deemed expedient to increase the rate paid for col lection, and an increase would accordiugly be made. THE COMIVIISSA.RIA.T OF THE SAIWINIA.N CONTINGENT. In reply to Lord W. GRAHAM, Lord PALMERSTON said that the answer he had previously given on this subject was virtually correct Whilst he was on his legs he would take the opportu- nity, with the permission of the house, Of replying to a question which he believed bad been put by the hon. gentleman opposite (&tr. Disraeli) in his absence. The protocols relative to the Vienna negotiations would be ready to-morrow, the only hindrance which bad taken place having been caused by the temporary indisposition of a gentleman in the Foreign-office. He would also take the opportunity of stating that his right hon. friend the Minister for War would, this day week, state in his place in the other house the arrangements which he intended to make with a view to the concentration of several military departments. (Hear, hear.) 1001 EDUCATION, Sir J. PAKINGTON had a similar question to put to the noble lord with regard to his measure on education. He trusted the noble lord would appoint some early day for the resumption of the debate upon that important question. Lord PALMERSTON was anxious to accommodate the right hon. bart., but he thought it difficult, if not impossible, to postpone urgent business at the present moment. He trusted the right hon. gentleman would communicate with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and if he did so he could assure him it would not be the fault of the Government if something was not done to meet hi; wishes. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA. Colonel NORTH wished to know when the hon. mem ber for Newcastle (Mr. Headlam) would move for the committee relative to officers dying in the present war during actual service ? The question was one of great importance, and ought not to be delayed. Mr. HEADLAM said he would use all his exertions to bring the subject forward upon an early day if the Government would only g've him their assistance. NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. HADFIELD wished to call the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the extremely hard pro- vision of the 15 days' clause, and to express a hope that some more extended provision would be made. He thought 15 dais was but a short period during ;which ',ta►nps on newspapers were to be effectual. (Hear, bear.) All newspapers were obliged to publish a greater number of stamped copies than they had an immediate demand for. He considered that an allowance for spoiled stamps ought to be made on all such copies returned to the stamp•office within a certain time. He would also suggest that a newspaper should he allowed to pass at any time after publcitien if a peony ittauip was affixed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the reason of his proposing the present clause was the fear of abuses ; but, if it was considered that fifteen lays was too short a period, he shou!d have no objection to extend it to thirty days. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the suggestion of the honourable member of a postage stamp, he would inquire into the subject, and see what could be done with respect to to the transmission of papers through the plst. As soon ai this bill passed it was the intention of the Government to issue a new and reduced scale of charges for the con veyance through the post of " culler p rinted matter," not newspapers or periodical publications. Mr. BItEGFIT said that the principle of retransmis sion was bad from beginning to end, and he looked for ward to the entire abolition of the Newspaper Stamp. Foe question had been brought forward chiefly by the . . • newspaper proprietor., who had had rirtrie it . 3 riia,tter ap- parent!y of great advantage to attack this matter it self. He was of opinion that the newspaper proprie tors would gain nothing by the system of ratransaus- sion,becau,tt the public. he considered, would rather by and by buy a separat. paper than have one second, third, er fourth hand. He suggested it as desirable at an early period to abolish the t•tamping of new,paperB on account of its excessive injustice t ► the manufacturers ,f paper in the different parts of the kingdom. There were at present only font: places where the compulsory stamp was attached to the paper, and the tnanu6eturets in the neighbourhood of those places had a great advan tage over the manufacturers of paper in other neigh bourhoods. He was told a short time since by a Bristol paper maker that the system prevented his supply ing the newspapers with paper published in the same city, because he had to send his paper up to London" to be stamped, and had the expense of carriage both ways, whereas the paper manufacturer in the neighbourhood of London had only to send his paper one way, and consequently had only half the ex pense of carriage to pay the Bristol paper manufacturer was subject to. That he (Mr. Bright) considered a great injustice, because it gave a monopoly to the manufac turers of paper carrying on busine's in the neigh )riurhood of London, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Dublin, where the paper was stamped. It was highly desirable the whole system of the compulsory stamping should be abolished, and with it the monopoly to which he had referred, and the expenses of the stamping office. He was ready to vote fur the abolishing of the retransmission of newspapers, which would have the effect of making every man pay for the postage of his paper, if he availed himself of the post office the same as be now did when he posted a letter. The sooner the house came to the simple question of postage, the better it would be for the newspapers and the revenue. Mr. CAYLEY considered the honourable member for Manchester should have been the last perzon to oppose the re-transmission of newspapers. He often told them the people in the country were less enlightened than these in the cities, but how were they to be enlightened if the re-transmission of newspapers was a',olithed ? By the use of reading rooms in cities one piper served for 20 or 30 'persons, whereas in the country a paper was taken in by two, three, or four persons living several miles from each other, and to abolish the re transmission of the paper would be an injury to them. He opposed the second reading of the bill, considering many of its provisions nnj st to existing interests, and such as he did not believe the committee would have sanctioned. He was unwilling to purchase a blessing or advantage at the expense of jestice. He did not believe it was a just bill, and was in hopes before it was printed the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have remedied the injustice to which he had alluded. It was his intention, if the proposition that six ounces should be transmitted by post, instead of four ounces, it was his determination, indeed, to take the sense of the house upon the question. However great might be the advantages which were anticipated by this measure, and of which be was somewhat doubtful, though no one was more desirous than Le could be to promote the spread of information, he could not consent to secure that by doing injustice to existing interests, whilst, however true it might be that three bad dinners were better than one good one, he could not believe that three bad newspapers were better than one good one v . 0. Mr. EWART said that be had always befits Wherever cate for allowing newspapers to spring . u r p oughthee they were wanted, and that they should he b nuchester sustained the • h the bon. member for Ma r to ela th ti e ve v e t r o y t d h u e ors abolition u thep o e f op tl l i e e . agreed with never found that American p . on by post, simply by by any principle of re transm m i a ss n i stet:pads otnyithaenodornhemqiuttietee their own cheapness. A. newspaper for a penny or a halfpenny, e w s i n Pthat and'q ebut i e t country Hasl g o t b theiris He quite agreed with was unnatural and abnormal. they duty could, tu the butpublic not t t o u supportg ileth t e h i e u m eh h e y ap a c s e y w st s e p tn ap w er h a ic i t r i in u s t u l i i i e ss iarl , motives but wahtichthiandsuactende tthientnle those a gentlemen k4 t e o t them (l " have newspapers in abundance, and as near as i '1 retransmission, r a kossible to the doors of the people. Mr. DUFF' called the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the clause in the bill restricting the time in which newspapers should be p os t e d for- re -trans mission to 15 days, and remarked th at it would he lda : f 1: hear,) ) ct all rivers intended for col on i a l postage. me The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the clause was never intended to apply to colonial postage, and if the hon. gentleman chose he would insert distinctlyhrerAUßniTted aapply m clause r.v onlyA N tos it iii,gdom. it was intended to specifying that read a second time t t a h n a d t i t ; e h e tho billugha he wassaid it was his t a i t n intention i Fix to months, the Chancellor of the Exchequerjustified.ihnasdo doing ; in the first place, because at the time this bill was read a second time aware of the great in se of taxati n o o n t w m h ade which the ha housedsince been imposed ti t s . on ti c ie rea country—especially of the la r g e 1 incre ase i n the 'income tax, which, as they were all aware, p resse d mos t h eav ily on the majority :Qf the community. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Of all the speakers in that house whore bo llSafti 444 ject, he did not think any one, except the hon. member fir Manchester, really liked that bill. It was not de sired, and it was not wished fen The right bon. gen tleman had stated that a large amount of revenue, to the extent of 2 00,0001., would accrue in consequence of the abolition of the duty, but he thought the retransmission of newspapers, as proposed, would be a source of loss rather than gain to the Government. Under all the circumstances, he felt it his 'duty to move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. LABOUCHERE said although he had, in the first instance, voted in favour of the bill, because he thought it advisable at the time be should not vote for the amendment. We had a deep interest in the diffusion of political intelligence, and useful information by means of newspapers he admitted, but they had an equal interest in taking care that these newspapers should be of the best possible class, and that they should be carried on by men of character and intelligence ; and believing, as he did, that the power oF re-transmission was a premium on of the Ex the highest class of newspapers, be should be sorry to see Chancellor chequer would pause before he i n terfered wit h its ope ration. (Bear, hear.) it abolished, and he hoped the Mr. \VPITE3IDE said it was never too late to do an act of justic e , and in his opinion be had been gusty The different clauses in the had appeared of inju-ticc in supporting that measure o n a previous oc cision.bill hso frequently, e sure now teat he scarcely knew in what positiem t . e , m a . and disappeared, and again reappeared so freq - tiently, , D ue ld as h u e re n w ot o p u z i to ask his right hon. friend why did he propose it at a stood. Then again, in the case of the copyright, he wished u el r i y ef u t p h o a n t the isting interests unless a remedy of some such kind were P L: 3 I3 i r t o productive veofa conscientious deep in b j provided ? (Hear, hear.) That remedy was accordingly suggested, but upon this discussion it was withdrawn, it being found absolutely inoperative to effect its object. What was all this but an admission on the part of his right hon. friend that he was about to do au injustice, which it was h is duty to remedy. And yet this injury was still a b out to be inflicted for the sake of effecting some good, w hi ch, so far quite problematical. What right had the house, whose duty it was to protect the rights of property, to failed in this copyright clause the next obnoxious dh oaein proposition positive w i a n injury u t r h ,v e to j o in l e t x a is t it,: of existing s Well,see th w en a s , passing through the post. On what hedwideighhist rightof pa hon.prs f r i en d ground that principle—why should he draw the line at lour ounces instead of six ? Why, it was a positive contradiction to preceding legisla tion. First of all they had abolished the adver tisement duty, but now that that had been productive of an increa , e of advertisements the house interposed and said, "You have too much printed matter, we will not allow you to send it by post without extra charge." (Hear, hear.) This was as ridiculous as it was unjust. Why not allow a man who bought an unstamped news paper, after reading it, to transmit it to his friends if he saw anything in it interesting to them ? The bill was full of anomalies and absurdities. The honourable mem ber concluded by urging that there was no principle of legislation so unjust as to obtain a problematical good at the expense of a private or public injury. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the hon. member had adopted, to say the least of it, a most unusual course in respect of the bill now before the house. In committee on the bill he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) proposed a clause with re ference to copyright and its remedy, which the hon. member for Enniskillen opposed, on the same grounds he bad stated in such forcible' language that evening to the house. (Hear, hear.) The clause was not a part of the original measure, and proposed by him as necessary, but on the special ground he stated in moving the clause in committee, that the Government did it in deference to the interests of existing newspapers, who conside re d the measure would be detrimental to their interests by calling into existence a large class of newspapers who would pilfer their intelligence. He did not state then, that he believed, nor did he believe now, that such a state of things would exit to any considerable extent under the provisions of the bill now before the house. The clause was considered and withdrawn in committee, and it ought not now to form an ob- jection to the third reading of the bid. As to the fears of those gentlemen who believed that the passing of this bill wow(' call into existe►:co such a class of pub• lications, a remedy could shortly be found to meet it. Ile Cleo proceeded to defend the proposition of charging by weight ; &c., as proposed by the Government. Lord PAL MERSTON subalitted to the house whe• ther they would nut allow the third reading to stand over, inconsequence of the illness of the Speaker, and to allow him to vacate tae chair. , All present must be aware of the pain the hon. gentleman was suffering, and would be anxious to relievelim from his attendance that night. Mr. DISRAELI submitted that the best course to adopt would be to adjourn the debate on the third read• ing, and the proposition Laving been acceded to, the third reading Hay postpon ed till Friday. The SPEAKER then left the chair ; and the how, then went into committee of supply, Mr. FITZROY in the chair. Mr. WILSON said that in moving the necessary votes for defraying the sums payable for establishments con nected with justice in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and for convict departments, two courses were open, either to take four votes for the nggregsto sums, or to take a sepa rate vote upon each particular item. It was for the com mittee to decide which way they thought the better; in asmuch, however, as it seemed to him that time would be .aved by moving for tho aggregate sums, he should pro pose that course. sir. HENLEY objected. He thought such a plan would only lead to long desultory conversation. The CfrANCELLO.R. of the EXCHEQUER said that each item should be proposed separately. The following votes were then agreed to : - 3 ~9111. for solicitor of the Treasury department. 250,0001. fur presecutioos at as.izes. 1, [OOl., for Chancery, Crown-office expenses. 2,05:4., for Queen's Iseech, Cro wn-office expenses. 15,000/. for sheriffs expenses, fie. Upon the vote of 6,0001., for the department of the Re gistrar of the Court of Admiralty, Mr. OT WAY asked if sufficient securities had been taken from the gentleman who at present held the office of re-istrar Mr. WILSON—Yes. Mr. HENLEY remarked that out of this 6,0001., 1,0001. was for incibutal expen es. Mr. WILSON said that the proceedings in this court ott account of the war required a comparatively large sum for contingencies. Iu answer to Mr. WALPOLE, Mr. WILSON said that proceedings werebeing taken to recover as much as possible from the estate of the late Registrar of the Admiralty. - The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were then agreed to : 8,4151., for Insolvent Debtors': Court. 13,8501., treasurers of county courts. 23.2341., salaries and'expentes of police courts. 101,2181., for metropolitan police. 4,228/., the Queen's Prison. 3.3421., for salaries of Lord-Advocate and Solicitor. General. 7,755/., expenses in prosecutions under order of the Lord. Advocate. Upon the vote 17,5261., for Court of Session, Mr. COWAN objected to this vote being passed without explanation, as it glowed an increase of 5,0601. on the vote of last year. The LORD-ADVOCATE could not at that moment ex plain the increase. He knew that an increase in the ex. penses of the Court of Session had taken place, and he pre sumed, therefore, that the difference in the vote of the two years arose from something having been omitted last year. Mi. COWAN objected to the vote being pressed in the absence of more definite information. The vote was withdrawn. The following votes were agreed to. 7,19'4. fur salaries, Szc., Courts of Justiciary. 1,5931. for salaries, Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Re reembraucer (Scotland). 57,000/., salaries of sheriffs and procurators fiscal not otherwise paid, and expenses of prosecutions in &Wulff? courts. Mr. CRAUFIIRD asked whether it was intent:od to ex: tend the system of paying pro.iurntors fiscal by salarien Those who were still pail by fees complained. of the time actl,xoPcurescieu.er (Ireland). • wasted in collecting their remuneration. The LORD-ADVOCATE said that in districts where there was much business the fees bad been Cl nnuiuted for' salaries ;in the others the fees rermined. Ile could not hold out any hope of the imucipleuf paying by , salary bein g extended. Vote agreed to. l without no tPai 4'1 4 1 ' i b s y cn r ss ee i s C . : Ag l r l e , e s3 d o t / o ..salaries of procuratorresedfistcao The following votes were a, 4,3181., sheriffs' din ) burgh). l (Edinburgh). 1,1191., commissary C Cotland). 2,2501., solicitersc,leerrkosten 11,16131., General Itegi. (Ireland). Bench (Ireland) . the law' courts Common P leas(lreland)." elegatesareland)* 111 5 i 1 332 , 1:9 7 381 2 :1 ? ... ; :0f1icer5, 51,7'01., criminal 200 3513243.16:111...,:ariearffigYics'etrocsrltetrokcotthouetrataxing judges g z :( l l i r ( c i e e a . r n d f° ) (Ireland). . officers, Queen 's ri 2671., clerk, Court of and 3 .31 1 6 ; ) 03 0 0 : f: l e°, . ° lnsolventpoliceto metropolit an e Afdvr olae tgeijusticesst 'te p rc a police rt (Dublin). Ct I li e e iino (Dublin). cfryclaJudgments.nd ) . vz il ro i g rs heo ui t . l e r l tof) . oonfrsses(sDitlin). 638,511/. cmstabultary (Ireland). (Scotland). 1,912/.,. , Fo o u u r r C t inspector -general of 17,526/ C 18,770/., prisons in the "United Kingdom. r i ce,:lit le::uni( Sol .1 Government convic t at 3 h f ol 4 e i9 . 1 G Mr. HENLEY inquired wh eth er Maintained abroadriYsaid wa t s ha w t. nd the reformatorynumber p:: se s con victs transported Sir G. GR EY said now greater or less than formerly ? e t s h t e ern " A ly asTa n Z were sent to Bermuda and Gibraltar being employed on Australis, those e em w e h n o t public works, the same as at home. He believed the num ber transported was between 600 and 700. Vote agreed to. ~, 1,1741. expenses reformatory prisons, S.::::. In answ er t o i nqu iries from Sir 8. NORTHCOTE and Sir J. PAKJNCTON, to reformatory Sir G. Gli,Eir said that the allowa nces inmates, calculated 1 prisons was based, on the number . of 1 s. able to com pel 1 at ss. per week per bead. It would be ' twat li. thec't l an allowance from h_ rants, but he fc,.re, i cu •• ties of recovering it would be. n s urmountable. The prin cipleadmit such boys as were recom mended of selection was to t t who tri ed - the case, in by the judge or inag,s ra. es . parents being so addicted to consequence of their have the . crime, and therefore unfitted to or of their bein c , a altogether without. friend s ; H e thought it inespedient to propose any alteration in the act of last session, with the view of ; Veaig the expedite of these re ' formatery institutions w olly upon thesi,Consolitiated . 1 Fund ; first, on account of the large eipenditure it would. involve; and secondly, because it would interpose an ob stacle to the establishment of such institutions by privet* ' and local means. Mr. MACARTNEY complained that a czimpa6 whick he said had been entered into by Sir R. Peel, re; carding 4 , s° °l 30 20 1 40 5 St. 25