The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-06 00:00:00

:I 'I; 7 ' in: .F T AND AtrZt CrA N. Eli: •- cg ... • 9 N ot , , s`r, CITY, TW 0 0 Teurt,,.... 'N market' at LtNapool yesterday was ib,,„ „ ' t ile sales amounted to 20,000 or 25,000 kiiiit half of which were taken on specula k hilexPort. The prices obtained were id. qi t ter than on Saturday. The Railway ilti e ,..lt jEt active and firm : - O tt i i, taken of the present aspect of political 6,4t' vetersburg is certainly more favour -41.0Y reasons why too much confidence clilect should not be felt are adduced in Veci Communicationfrom Messrs. Smith i_ ~ ~ 3 .--- 0 tir ,hi t t o e o lar of last Friday we were led to review 4 iti e ,, 2 - of the tallow market since the outbreak t klt' uitt il d to 'endeavour to forecast the future in 4tt k 80thleu peace or a continuation of tho war. - ,11.11 4 111 e8 ° ° Ient when not the remotest inti h ma d M I „ s of the late Emperor of Russia a 111444'2/14, .our remarks as to the state of 1 1 Pa ke ?ai r d be likely to prevail on the . restora 4thowyeeeenirtirely fre? from t. th y at influence , e pt l aer the p s l c e a s r e ce t ly fail m to st b a e n ce r s n,, w el e h a ad panich 1 bq e s 4 ion of the market. With circumstances, introduc :4 Pe r haps,: l4 l3 be permitted to reproduce that ii•tel. circular which relates to the effect of ,:.41itzlaaritet. Should the Vienna negotiations c . % t o : s in peace, the price of tallow would pro. s 1 1 14, 3. 3 :, and then experience a considerable Ltk x tioninial price of tallow since the repeal of 1; 4 41.,,, be tak en a t 45 3. ; but so disorganised ,it, i , s Nets Russia tradi ng , it wou ld b e impos -47n4 averaee supply this season from that • ti , ll nre o f p e ace; the trade in this country is unpre - - k . i t . B tock, the consumption would be unu t"thr— w illbe seen, then, that we expected (and we ),,,le that nothing has transpired to affect this :otior,reteZator,ele above 503. in the event of peace. the d hat peace will be the noccsary con -I,Ny t h eath of the late Emperor? Alexander 'Olce 4 : lielitful heir to the throne, but in all 4 lth, h e ''!* B of Russia, 'as well as in the . liturgy A 11 ,,,,e_ ls recited as such. His accession was, 7of course. It is true . that he has hitherto tetv,.o ,„ 4 ' 5 of peace. It is 'also true measures; he i tellect, and averse to extreme anient rather than activity, and likely, 'o,._na anything calculated to make a "44 energies. But the war party, im,tf which is his brother Constan derstood, in the ascendant in St. ' very qualities of Alexander's charac relied on as our security-against b of his father, are just those which render him the tool of the dominant Alexander to exhibit a determination to Of this faction his throne would not be a l ) archaee--- a catastrophe which all the -.." 1 4 of his accomplished, but ambiti 4be directed to avert. Moreover, ,; of the leaders of the army to &I the power of these men at such a ' 5 is an e l emen t th a t mus t n o t be lost Hot believe it is in the power of any ' 4ll4 te with the least approach to cer • Political events are likely to take ; but -14 ' 4 while the death of the late Emperor 'eat obstacle to the termination of the Iron birth to a thousand others ; and. 'Pare ~,;0 8 we may be for a return to the bles "'llia be absurd to conclude that the ac t .Alexander will necessarily secure zr' a si dvices n o ti ce a ver y aus pi c i o u s t s ev eleping a new source of industry the eloping fibrous plants of the island. le ns of these vegetable fibres fit to :e of cordage and textile fabrics the Paris Exhibition. The plants Itts lY iu the luxuriant soil of the t t i ,ket is grad ua lly r el a p s i ng i n t o a %, 4 'ter the re c ent e xcitement ; and tr eul ative • account, which has to be I:t.gth inst., is the main cause. A e i l ;i tl iig was supposed to be Bearish ; b _ ' e that the operations for a rise 7 izi s., t he balance the other way. Con ' ` ll ,ts(f'' to 93/ for transfer, and 93 to 44 , being at present down to -1(07 Three per Cents. have been I) and the Reduced at 93/ to A. :`11,,,A;4ve been rather heavier, at ss. to 1 -e k ' t ) o ut although money is in fair de b, ~ t) , , hi,,,,N Pressure, and, as compared with I,,Tet e ()(ll y , 1 4 ' , a chancre towards ease. It 0ech.,160 It.7„tiBfactory ' that Saturday's pay ,lllB''' not niet, and that the immense !ka L!e4o,, a , lead t o an y important failures ' , l , 0 4 f l ,' Wercantile body. East India ' 3 eel l : i4 l4 at 224. les have been duller also, but '''". lave been supported at 36t .at 18i t o #. Turkish Bonds a i ; rl t ., Cl 79. Venezuela Stock has , .-"`` zquador 4. Sardinian Bonds • the nominal prices of foreign beferred Bond s , 5 to 6 ; PeruvianMexi , 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 52; Portuguese Four per Cents., . Five per Cents : , 99 to 101 ; a fe ' Ra lf per Cents, 89. to 91; rrecl, 18/ t o 18i ; ditto Three t o 3 4; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 ; . 'fiShare Market has been flatter 1,,.t.as prices ar e concerned, and 6,l l :less doing. Caledonian have "'"; in, as well as Ambergate, , N orth-Western, and Midland. have been a shade lower, but keep up, and the Scinde • Ar i l% l premium. 41 Idtr gl e Shares are rather cheaper, ilio i ted Mexican in brisk demand, 4 1.. et rates, upon more favourable lb, s'e 4 re steady; and the Land and lill. hi 1,.."......... Fe... "BIM DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. -wilt t 55 oScia/ List.) . - e e : a. . ' 0 991331;3T done ,i_ 4l° li lltd iti ti. ' Z it e 93 i i IA 3 i i 6 tb Jan , 1860 , 4 5-16 if ***• ' * 224 Ith arch '''''''''''''' 93 i 2 id. .. , n„ '"*.... ............... ''''' 5 8 -.41:11\ T FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOrJK• per"; °ent ...... t 86i Seol - 0 ' 3 Per Ceut lBe at,„ ......... 9 8i ..• ...... . 79f N Coat . 23 • -sac, . ••••••••••••••• 've Payable in London. arc.... HALF-PAST TWO. h 2 , .. 92i 3................ nt 1417401i144 I N THE PUNJAB.—It is probable ut t t ie f, the flax cultivation in the Punjab el lnd to be about forty-five thousand Were probably some two thousand 'roduee of this quantity of flax land ?bout five thousand tans of linseed, h undred tons of flax, involving a ' a of rupees, the employment of more o n the rivers, and some five or al It will be a very considenble e s c ontributing materially to the do '4i,urees of the Punjab, if as succtss l?resent appearances would had one qtr onj c e. 41Cital ISE IN THE EXPORTATI)N CF ('ornent kis just been issued, from '" l q the month end( d the sth Ftb. tLf. 'beer and ale exported was e sante month of last year it wrs 'll4'l IN ENGLAND.—A return or °l Lords, and which has just been were ),Ga the 31st of January there . ' 2ante of transportation in con ai nee iflblea'anvde.that 2,369 convicts were at ENLISTMENT.—The Lausawne Gazette. id Poreign Legion, in the service of Com lement of men, double 4" having presented themselves to e.fcers ate several belonging to the %ollies. 1.: 41111, OTHER GOVERNMENTSECUrIiI: ee of Lords, ordered by the House e s4e ,41riTteia_sP.eetIne). Deficiency bills and The interest paid on Defi- Ltth Jul y 1854" to sth January last, ...w• lea. id'. The balance in the Ex -1.-;3tloement of the last quarter, the ,4'4 j:',",15,6121. 13s. 6d. Of Exchequer- NtY, I,,ge bands of the Commissioners, on Exchequer- It, 'l's 47,1 405,506/. t 0 1,41, gnat?eal_a;,, the judgment ordering 1,t°61;14Y 4p,, new tragedy of Medea, or Nl(ltalleatd uamages for every day's delay, 1'1r,4 over ,_(:)la Saturday before the Imperial ''lba'4,ertie,'l. °Y the chief judge, M. Delang • epAt tll4-„ 4.e had been even worse•used by the 10:11tti:I'kl ii"poT the court below. Although the 0 ttli:11 agai" in her favour, the law was N,41 )4v 340,...05t her that the Court .not merely VOlt`t. f,-,:'!'neit, but awarded besides to I. Q1,4.' 44 Pta't damages. tlnt.t.,itir. that AND READING-RODMS.— IYQNdo,t We announce the liberality of a l'14Y1,1!Ilte-e.ta,t1. (h.... 11%. Worth), the proprietor I`.ill'o ,',Nard in Islington, whr! bas so band , 1e.,, lo behalf of the assistant trades '') 0 • li, 41110 f 20/., but who has since offered 'i ti It Asa , Nti kit Jo of °L a reading-room. It now remains .I,4l3'.ii''.4llll'nerl who -are " liberated".by the kti , th.llQ, „48 will improve their minds or Nttla 14`e2 th al,nd ai they have been accused of th -e 41,2e.,eat means of ascertaining the -1v of such statements. , - , _ . .---...._—. 4 • ; kr tt er (;f ' of'ttebvicitate of . 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East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prtil & Dunde e Forth & Clyde June. Furness .. Do. Extension.. Glasgow & S. Weston, great Northern Do., A. 5t00k....,... Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre : Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster St Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lanoash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Lin Liv.Creby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lord. Bright & S.Cst. f.ond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Do. Eighths London and& Westn Do., 450 Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine. Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Vlanch.Sbef. & Limb) Do. No. 1 1 Do., Mall. & Lin. Un. Midland Bfrning. &Derby Aidld, G. West. (Im) Do. Half Shares sToweastle & Carlisle gewmkt.BuryExten 1 !iwpt.Aberg. & H rfd ewry & Enniskilleu NTewry Warrenpoin; and Rostrevor gorfolk gorthn.Connties trn Vorth British North Devon, No. I :)0., No. 2 )0., A. Deferred Do. B Guaranteed I N. Eastern—Berwiela Do. do. Extension Do. do. G.N.E. Purcl Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New XlO V. &S. Wstrn , Ramp - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. Korth Western.,..... & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth kottish. Central gcottishMidland ihrewsby. do Herefd Shropshire Union 3outh Devon ionth Eastern - south Wales 3. Yrksh. do Riv. Dui Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlin: itc2,kton raff Vale to. £lO Eharos.. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn3 Waterford&Limeriel. West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. tWinibledn & Croydon .. 1 -V ETS . D A Y.) NAYS. Closing Prices y esterdiy. 20i - 21 41 - 5 8f - 8i 13 - 121 16 - 17 74 - 6it 90 - :y2 61 - 64; iii -= ii 31 - 21 51 - 61 it = 15 114 - ll 29 - 31 20 - 22 72 74 55 57 2d par 2) - 21 70 - 72 90i -91 i 72 - 74 27 -128 90 - 65 - 65:3 58 - 60 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 - 7 77 -~ ~ ••• - ... 0 99 101 99Z 1004 4d d 80 87 8 7i 7i 64 ti4i 76 - 8. BO - 69 i 41 - 42 it - 9* - 49' - 51 3A 29i 8 10 14 73 Oi i - 7 4 64 44 3i 124 12 50 -- 51 49 FO d par id 1 I 5i 4 di•g 6 1 d par 30 - 31 99 101 63 Co 46 - 48 13 - 14 61 62 28 - 294 4 - 2 2 - 1 37 = 30 •••• ••• 1 3 61 - 144 N 7 5i - -Q 6 ••• •.• - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon andßesancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France ~ Do. Now , East Indian Do. Ey;ension Do. 4 p. a. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Debon , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. e., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 por cent Groat Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations. t.Western of Canad Shares .. Do. Bds., payablc's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 por cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca ex Pistoja 5 p.c. - pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Niadras Do. New !,i.nria Antonia Do. do. Now gamer & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) lorthern of France )0.201. Slis.late Char• leroi and Erquelinet. gull% 3 p. e. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. ( B. & A ms. ) gorweg, is.nTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Ronen ?arisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish 3ambre and Meuse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref southern of France Andrew's and Quebec (A) west Flanaei's Do 5 per c. Prof_ Weetern of France_ West. of Switzerlane Wicsbadou Zealand JOINT-STO Australasia British Colonial Bants and Loan Company British N. American. Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, An.stralia, & Chiin Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia Ditto New. London and County.. London Joint Stook.. Lond. & Westminstol National Provinciall _ of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co , ISontli Australia , Union Jf Australia.. Do. New .. Union of Loudon ... 7f - - 11 3 - 3i par i p - P 1 - 4 33 - 3 6 - 7 2 - -11 j -- (i - 1 par ip 21 3 21 3 17.1 17 96 - 98 95 97 100 - 102, 92 94 2 d par 97 100 11 -21 p d— par ••• "".. ••. CI - iij : U - - 9 22 - 22 46 60 41 43 22 — P n par 2/ lid 8 ••• - ... ... - pm 3i - - 8 •• • 17A is BANKS. 80 -- 82 Id 6 d 26 - 21 20 21 par p ... -- „. 34 - 36 38 - 40 :31; -- 40 64 - 66 7 9 ••• = Ike Bnetne:s done thle day. di i 3 25 St, 20 8t 8 1 2 F 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 all all 2 63i 41 3,1 90 1 4 1 72 91 64,1 51 77i 9181 9 99 100 li 8G 6 691 k I 50 491 291 30 61 6 THE SUN, LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1855. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL CO M- Timl 11 [Y, - A Pr A A-V ITUINT k - their, csndidateship in this country, be suggested that a certain number of the 40 appointments in question should be placed at the disposal of the 'Governer-General, and that the examination for those appointments should take place in India, so that the natives might have a chance of deriving some benefit from a system which at present amounted to a practical exclusion. Lord WYNFORD said, when it came to be considered that the natives of India had to come 10,000 miles for examination before they could qualify for their appoint. ments, it was to deceive them and to deceive ourselves to say that there was fair competition as regarded them. The energy of one man had certainly shown the capa bility of the natives of ludia, and. he (Lord Wynford) hoped that gentleman would reap ail the rewards due to his intelligence and determination ; but it was pre posterous to suppose that, as regarded the natives of India generally, the examination could be considered a fair one. To make it a fair examination it should take place in India. He (Lord Wynford) should like t know whether any of the distinguished men in this country who had been connected with India were con sulted on the framing of the present system, or whether the advice of the East India directors had been asked or given ? 21ITTEE DAY.). The inquiry was resumed this day at noon. A large number of persons were present during the proceed . ILOUSE OF LORDS---(YESTERDAY.) ROYAL ASSENT. The examination c•f Sir De Lacy Evans was reeumed, and at the outset he corrected a mistake which lead ap peared in the report of his evidence yesterday, namely, that he stated the Guards were encamped in a marsh. This was not the case, and if he bad so stated it, it was erroneously, for the Guards were encamped on very high ground. NV ith regard to whether there was proper provision made for the sick and wounded, he stated that the war opened with, he presumed,- a belief on the part of the au thorities that there would be no wounded, but it was always his opinion that proper provision ought to have been made. There was sufficient ambulance means whilst he was there fir the removal of the sick and ;wounded. He did not altogether approve of the French means of conveying . the wounded in swinging baskets. They were all very well, and 'a few might be desirable, but he would rather have light carts. With regard to the bringing up of the tent , , he believed they were all brought up by the 2d October, but a great many of them were in a veryindifferent condition. There were advantages and disadvantages connected with hos pital tents as far as sickness was concerned. Up to the time be left the Crimea the hospital tents were but in differently supplied with beds ; but the men who were without beds had generally something else un der them besides their blankets. Ho did not think that in any case the men lay upon the ground. He had visited Balaklava, which was in much disorder. He never saw a town taken from the enemy which was not in some degree of disorder. The apportionment of residences to the principal officers of the army in Balaklava generally devolved on the Adju tant-General, and some houses on the outskirts were allotted to some officers. He had an opportunity of seeing the water's edge at Balaklava. There were no quays, or facilities for the landing of provisions or stores ; and there was occasionally some confusion and irregularity in the town in the conveyance of provisions, but he was not aware of the troops suffering in consequence. Supposirig the communication between the camp and Balaklava had been cut off by the enemy, or the town taken, the consequences would have been very calami tous, as he was not aware of any depot fur provisions and clothing besides. If such an event had taken place, however, it would have been necessary to shift the ves sels containing stores round to Kawiesh Bay. He had some cavalry and artillery in his division, and the horses were sent to fetch forage, and he was thereby much crippled. He should have thought transport waggons might have been in the meanwhile sent from Varna ; but that was altogether a question of maritime transport. On arriving first at Malta, where the troops wets!, first sent to, be learned that the Commissary- General had been sent before them to Constan tinople to provide for the army. On arriving there, however, he found that that officer had made no purchases of mules, while the whole of the commissariat staff was wholly incompetent and inade quate to its duties. A number of deficiencies began after their arrival to appear, and he sent word to the Commissary General, and asked to see him, but the an swer he got was, that that official was unwell ; and eventually, Lord Raglan insisted upon some change. In deed this was very necessary, for the soldiers were put to many inconveniences, such as having to wait four or five hours for rations, &c. During all this time no ade- ' The Royal assent was given this evening to the Con solidated Fund (3,000,0001.) Bill, and the Consolidated Fund (20,000,0001.) Bill. „ . - The Royal commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and Lord S!anley of Alderley. . HILL'S ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Hill's Estate Bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions from Scotland against the distillation of spirits from grain. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a Fea rcb ng in quiry into the mismanagement of the war, by which ouch a disastrous loss of life was sustained. ROMAN CATI3.OLIC PROCESSIONS. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice of his intention to-morrow to move for copies of the opinion. given by her Majesty's law officers in Ireland, in 1852, relative to the construction of the statute prohibiting religions proces sions of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; also for a copy of the opinions given by her Majesty's Irish law officers re cently in respect to their construction of the said act ; also for a copy of the proclamation of her Majesty, published on. the 15th of June, 1852, warning Roman Catholic ecclesiastics taking part in such processions. Lord BROUGHAM presented - a petition from the Leeds Chambers on the subject of the law relative to accommodation. bills. Earl GRANVILLE said the object of the Govern ment in the bill was to find the ablest men possible to conduct the Government of India. The admission of natives was a great advantage ; but, nevertheless, he flouleted if the increase of men in the service who had not sufficient energy of character to come to this country for examination, would be of any advantage. His noble friend had referred to Mr. Chuckerbutty, and he (Earl Granville) could state that the feeling of the Govern ment was one of great gratification at the success of that gentleman, because it showed, among other things, that those who denied the quality of moral courage to the natives of India had gone too far, Mr. Chuckerbutty having fully proved that be, at least, possessed that quality. In all the late references to the affairs of India, the President of the Board of Control and the Governor- General of India had acted in the manner they thought best calculated to be of advantage to the natives of India in this matter. Re (Earl G.) had no doubt that under the 41st clause of the act it was competent to the India Company to admit persons who had not passed through Haileybury. In reply to the noble lord who spoke last, he (Earl Granville) begged to state that one of the best proofs of the intentions of the Government were the names on the list, and he (Earl Granville) asked whether Mr. Macaulay was a man likely to in tentionally prevent the natives from being admitted, or whether that right hon. gentleman had not sufficient sagacity to see all the bearings of the subject ? The present, he (Earl Granville) assorted, was an honest at tempt made to devise the best possible echeme, and he could state that next year one or more- natives of India would compete for the highest prizes. Under these circumstances he was understood to decline ac ceding to the motion. Lord MONTEAGLE replied. He was perfectly sa tisfied with the explanations that had been made, and he should not, therefore, press the motion. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. The Earl of CARLISLE presented six petitions from places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, praying for the repeal of the law authorising the sale of spirituous liquors. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented petitions from Bristol against the sale of spirits on the Lord's-day. EDUCATION IN INDIA. Lord MONTEAGLE—who bad a notice on the paper fer copies of Report of Jan. 13, 1855, on the examina tion of candidates for the appointment of assistant sur geons in the company's service ; copy of the report of Nov., 1814, on the examination of candidates for the civil service ; also, a copy of the letter respecting the college of Haileybury, and of the regulations framed for examination of candidates far appointments in the civil service of the company—said that he ruse to call their lordships' attention to the subject, and to two papers respecting it recently laid before them. After referring to the importance of the Renewal Act of the charter passed in 1853, and to previous renewals, the noble lord said that if they looked back they would...find that many of the enactments of Parliament, espeeiziliy previous to 1813, on the subject of the Government of India, enact ments of the greatest importance, and on which the greatest reliance had been placed, had been forgotten, and allowed to remain inoperative. He m i g h t re f er to those arrangements made in 1813, for th e p urpose o f education—to the declaration made at the time Lord Grey was in power, in 1833, to put an end once and for ever to all distinction as respected caste, colour, and birth, by opening up all employments in India to the whole of her Majesty's subjects. In 1833 special provi sion was made regarding the admission of persons to Haileybury as candidates for the civil service, and those persons only were to be admitted who were recommended by the directors, aid who had proved their competence by competition with persons similarly recommended. That provision had been entirely set aside by the com pany. He referred to these things for the purpose of showing that it behoved Parliament, from time to time, when it passed an important measure, which was left to be carried out, not by the Government at home, but by persons at a distance, to make inquiry in order to ascertain whether its provisions had been complied with. He wished to call their lordships' attention to the minute, dated July 15, 1854, relating to the esta blishment of a system of education in India. The act renewing the charter passed in 1853, but be did no t com plain of the delay in issuing the minute, b ecause t h e question was a difficult one. He presumed that the President of the Beard of Control had communicated with the Government of India, and that tie despatch had been issued with their concurrence. A more important document, iu his opinion, never was laid before Parlia ment, for it was a noble design, and one worthy this country to undertake to provide a system of education for 150,000,000 of her Majesty's subjects in India. The document related to the whole subject, from the village schools to the universities in the presidencies, and dealt with the question in a manner highly satisfactory. He regarded it as the work of his right hon. friend the late President of the Board of Control, and was putting an end to what had been for some time a matter of doubt —viz., whether the education of the people Of Indi a was a task this country ought to undertake. The document in question, and the evidence on which it wa s f oun d e d, at once settled that question ; for it was quite clear that it was now beyond the power of those who had opposed education to prevent it, aid that education in India was advancing and extending itself among the people. His right hon. friend had proposed a scheme of general vil lage education, a scheme of collegiate education, a scheme of university education, and that scholars to a considerable extent should be supported at the public charge. The university scheme was the same as that which had been adopted in the University of London, recognising in religious matters a perfect neutrality. If any one fact demonstrated more tkan, another the impolicy of the Government interfering in re ligious mattere, it was the success which had at tended missionaries who had no connection with the Government. No point had been better established before the committee than the impropriety and irnpo- Hey of the Government interfering with the religion of the natives. There was another document to which he must refer, and in which, though he found much to ad mire, he also found much from which he must withhold his assent. By the act of the session before last, the system of nomination by the company of candidates for the civil service had been put an end to, and in lieu of it an open examination had been proposed. The Board of Control had been called on to form rnles for the ad mission of young persons to the civil service, and these rules, drawn up by several able and eminent men, had been made public. The paper with reference to the open examination of candidates for the civil services was open to objection. The question ho referred to was no less than the free eligibility of the natives of India for politi cal office in the civil service of India. In the act it was provided that no one by reason precluded from holding office in the c i v il serv i ce. Th e adhered al his birth l offices. a c est.oßw shoulduast the h b n e e . d n i a s t t i i v a e c s ti o o n n ly th ha at d b h e a e d n haidtmheirtttead beenof m tended to be done away with. But according to the paper he referred to, the course of examination was framed, he would not say intentionally, b ut practically, to exclude the natives from the civil service, and to fa vour the European candidate almost exclusively. The peculiar courses of study prescribed, demanded a as the wide study of European language, Were not calculated to form a native - tax-collecto r or an opiate-duty ga therer. Certainly, the natives would not stand a fair chance against the European in such a course of educa tion. He submitted to their l or d ships whether the course of examination, such as wa s i ntended, would not have the effect of excluding the n at i ves ? And was that fair to the people of India ? In short, the es stem adopted -with respect to _history, to la,ng,uageg, and to composition, would practically prov e an exclusion to the native scholar. He should be glad to receive a contra diction from some official quarter that the paper had not been so prepared as to exclude the native subjects of her Majesty in India. There was one other subject so interesting and so important that it could not be overlooked, and to which he would now draw attention. In reference t• this he would remind th e h ouse that a liindoo of high class, who had studied medicine, was re fused an appointment in the civil servi ce on the ground that he was a native of India. Thin w as d one un d er t h e old overturningld apt,un - I erth the new act,hehad be en adm i tted to the post Owing t o hi s perseverance in which he aspired. The noble lord h ere re f erre d to to to the case of the 'ndo() gentlema n Ch uc k er b utty, whose interesting hi-t•iry appeared a f ew d ays ago i n the but obstacles, public press, who had acquired high hono urs a t co ll ege , who was refused an appointmentby the E ast I n di a Com pany because he was a native, who, after passing further honours in India, did, through the aid of the new bill, which removed his previous disability, obtain the ap point:nent which had previously been refused.to bine fie had a letter in his hand, written to Sir Edward n * , yan, in ' which Mr. Chuckerbutty s a id h e wou ld use hi s last effort in the service of his country, that he would find his way to England, in the hope of distinguishing himself in his profession, and getting the appointment of assistant surgeon, but he was in the dark with reference to tile nature of the examination he was subj ec t e d to, and with all his hopes it might be that he shouid fail in going through that routine inquiry which was indispen sable before he could obtain the position of assistant surgeon. lie had heard many of jections to the appoint. reset of this gentleman, on the around ~ that such promo tions of dominions. Such would endanger the saf e ty our Inuian Such arguments, however, could not weigh fen-a moment in the mind of any liberal and reasonable man. u, thanked their lordships for their attention. Ile trusted that the interpretation of the act would be such as to render the natives of India eli g ible to posts in the ci v il service, and he trusted their lordships would enforce their own generous intentions by eufm-cing the true operation of their own measure. He would now move for any cor respondence received from India on the sub j ect of these appointments. Lord ASHBURTON card it was a severe censure on the report of the committee to say that any intention existed to exclude the natives of India, or that such a construction should be able to be put on the course of examination prescribed. The opinion of Sir E. R ya , was, that the examination Lad been so framed as to give due facilities to the natives of India, and the noble lord's anxiety would be relieved when he le arned, as n o doubt he would do, that the natives carried off a number of prizes. There was a general anxiety that the doors should not be shut on any one Viherbver he might come from, and whatever might be the course of study he had followed. The Earl of ALBEMARLE expressed his concurrence in the sentiments of the noble lord who had brought the question forward. Ile thought, however, that while the motion as regarded the first report was unobjectionable, that which regarded the second, which was in contrast with it, was not so. He hoped that the new Governor- General of India and the new President of the Board of Control would consult with the late president of that board, ns no one was better acquainted with the subject; or had more at heart the interests,of the natives of India. He would also suggest that the new President of the Board of Control should take into his counsels in this case the new secretary of that board, who had been the • chairman of the Reform Association, and who was well 1 acquainted, therefore, with the wants of India. Seeing, however, the virtual impossibility which existed of the natives of India taking advantage of the act as regarded Lord VIVIAN, in reference to certain returns re specting the number of men and horses sent to the light cavalry regiments in the Crimea to complete those re giments, said that as he had been informed by the noble lord late in command of the cavalry in the Crimea that such returns would be inconvenient„ and as he had also understood that a certain number of old soldiers were to be incorporated with the batches of recruits, his object in moving for the returns was attained, and he should therefore not bring on his motion. The house then adjourned. quate provision of transport arrivals was made. He did not attribute these shortcomings to the commis sariat department, but to the spirit of the Cabinet, for he firmly believed that the Government had no idea that what had taken place would have occurred when they despatched the army, and when hostilities did com mence they were quite overpowered and paralysed. During the whole time the allied armies were waiting for some further instructions as to the result of some con ferences, whilst the Russians were gradually pushing their movements forward. Returning to the commissariat, he eventually applied to Lord Raglan to appoint two voluntary officers for the army to assist the commissariat department—and very great advantage resulted; but these officers were so much at tached to their more regular duties of warfare that they declined after a short period to remain in the depart ment, and he, of course, could net compel them. The Commissary-General never came to the camp to his knowledge, or to consu:t him as to the necessaries re quired in his &vision. He (Sir DJ Lacy Evans) thought the Commissary-General` ought t) have done so. Lord Raglan had supreme command in the army in all its departments, and the commissary might have been dismissed by his lordship. To do justice to the commissary, the duties were very onerous and arduous, and the officers sent out might have done very well iu the office,, but they were quite incompetent i n th e fi e ld. Up to the time of my departure no road had been con structed from l3alaklava to the heights. There was a track, which was good enough in dry weather, but there was no regular road. As he stated yesterday it would have required 1,000 men to have made a proper road. that number of men could not have been spared from the camp ; but he thought the Turks might have been employed advantageously. Up to the time he left there was great difficulty in getting a good supply of forage. There was some barley sent up to them, but no continuous and regular supply, and the horses consequently fell off in number--hard work con tributing to reduce them. He did not consider it necessary that an officer should have been appointed to look after the sanitary condition of the camp ; the inspection of the camp in this sense devolved on the staff department, and other officers under it. In reply to a question as to the manner in which staff ap pointments were made, General Evans explained that the officers selected from Ida personal staff were all officers of merit, experience, and high standing. They were all re commended to him, and he had never seen one of them before. With regard to the general staff he believed when an army was first organised for the field he thought the demands made upon such. officers were rather un reasonable. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. • PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Fibre Company ; Fife and Kinross Railway ; Furness Railway ; Medical Benevo lent College ; Mid Kent and North Kent Railway ; Severn Valley Railway ; Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway ; Went and Bronygarth Roads ; and Woolwicb. Equitable Gas. On the motion for the second reading of the Caledo donian Railway Bill, - - Mr. HADFIELD moved that it be postponed until Tuesday, the 2J April. Mr. LOCKHART objected to the postponement. Mr. COWAN advocated the expediency of putting an end to the ruinous competition which at present subsists between the Caledonian and the Edinburgh • and Glas gow Companies. He,had no wish to sae this bill thrown out, but, at the same time, he thought no injury would accrue to the company if this bill were postponed for a fortnight, particularly as a meeting of shareholders was about to be held at Liverpool, where the whole question was to be discussed. Mr. A. iiASTIE could see no necessity whatever for a postponement. Mr. BOUVERIE had heard no good reason assigned yet for postponing the second reading for a month. The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted ; as was abo the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way Bill. Sir De Lacy Evans was under examination when we went to press. REPRESENTATION OF CAVAN.—Mr. Burrewes, of Stradone, in whose favour the Hon. Captain Annesley and the Hon. C. Butler have withdrawn, is a sound Conservative. Mr. Henry Hughes, and some time ago Solicitor-General, appears determined to go to the poll. Several other Ministerialists say they will —but they will not poll a man. NORTHAMPTON.—The nomination took place yester day at Northampton. Mr. It. Vernon Smith, who bad accepted the office of the Board of Trade, was re-elected without opposition. THE CRIMEA DECORATION.—The decorations for the victories in the East will not be ready, we understand, before the beginning of May. Applicants on the behalf of deceased persons are to apply to the War Depart ment. • THE LATE CAPTAIN NOLAN.—A neat tablet is about to be erected in Maidstone Church to the memory of Captain Ne'an, which bears the following appropriate inscription :—" He fell at the head of the light cavalry brigade, in the charge at Balaklava, on the 25th of October, 1854, aged 36. General Sir George Berkeley, K.C.8.; on whose staff he served in India, General Airey, his brother officers and friends, have erected this tablet as a slight tribute of their esteem and affec tionate regard for the memory of one of the most gallant, intelligent, and energetic officers in her Majesty's ser vice." The tablet, in the form of a marble scroll, is exe cuted by T. Gaffin. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have received Cape papers of the 30th December inclusive. Considerable alarm had been. caused on the Eastern borders by some re ported movements on the pait of the natives ; but it does not appear that any serious apprehensions were en tertained respecting immediate hostilities. Sufficient, however, was known to 'Warrant suspicion and vigilance, which doubtless would go far to check, if not altogether to prevent„any outbreak on the pait of the disaffected. COMPULSORY PRE-PAYMENT OF LETTERS TO THE SEAT OF WAR.—General Post-office, March, 1855.—As there is reason to believe that the rule requiring the pre payment of the postage upon letters addressed to officers, soldier, and seamen serving in the army and navy at the seat of war, is not generally understood, the particular attention of the public is called to this regulation, inas much as letters which are not pre-paid are detained at this office for the purpose of being opened and returned to the writers. The same regulation applies equally to letters addressed to officers and seamen in the transport service in Turkey and the Black Sea.—LOWLAND HILL, Secretary. AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD COMPANT.—A general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Nicholas-lane, for the purpose of making a fur ther distribution of the a3sete. Mr. Renald was in the chair. A vote was passed confirming an award of 50 guineas to each member of the committee of investiga tion, and 25 guineas to the directors, the latter only after the strenuous opposition of Mr. Guadella, who in sisted that the old directors had received a large propor tion of shares wherewith to rig the market. It was proposed to make a further distribution of 2s. per share, in addition to the_6s. a'ready paid, and upon . that ar rangement wind up the company. For the purpose of carrying out this plan, two rival committees were pro posed. A discussion disfigured by gross personalities ensued, and many innuendoes were employed. At length a poll was taken, and it was declared that 77,245 votes had been recorded, a new source of difficulty, seeing that only 72,000 shares had been issued. The meeting was ultimately adjourned to this day (Tuesday), at 2 o'clock. A MAD COW IN FLEET STRERT.--A n extraordinary degree of excitement was caused last evening, about eight o'clock, in the immediate vicinities of New Bridge street, Blackfriars, Ludgate-hill, and the Blackfriars road, in consequence of the following occurrence. It ap pears that a cow which had been driven from Smithfield Market to the Surrey side of the river, owing to the yel ling of some boys, became quite furious, and darted off at a desperate rate towards Blackfriars-bridge, knocking down, in rapid succession, three men and one boy, who were severely injured. Tioe cow then passed over the bridge, and made its way ieito New Bridge-street, where it knocked down several other persons. People, to avoid being knocked down, climbed up the railings round the two obelisks in Bridge-street and Farringdon street, whilst several hundred persons of both sexes crowded the foot of Ludgate-Lill and Farriugdon-street, in order to escape coming into collision with the infuri ated animal. Fortunately, owing to the exertions of some drovers and the police, the cow was ultirse.tely secured at the bottom of Ludgate-hill, and a cart having being procured from Snow-hill, it was placed therein, and driven to some neighbouring stables. Who the owner of the cow was could not be ascertained ; nei ther could. it be learned whether or not the parties knocked down were fatally injured. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. PULMAN, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table and summoned the house to attend at the bar of the Peers to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several bills, for which see Lords' report. LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. M. GIBSON moved that in the case of the Li verpool Improvement Bill, so much of Standing Order No. 90 as relates to the appointment of members locally interested be suspended • and that it be an instruction to the committee of selection to withdraw the local members already appointed to serve in respect of that bill. Mr. EWART thought it ought to be made a role that local members should not serve on these private bills. _ , Mr. HORSFALL objected upon principle to Liver pool being made an exception to the well-established rule, that local members should serve on the committees to which the bills of their locality were referred. Mr. BROTHERTON said, this motion was the result of an understanding come to on Friday last, as this was quite an exception to the ordinary class of local bills. Mr. SOTHERON opposed the motion. Mr. BOUVERIE thought no sufficient ground bad been made out for depriving the members of Liverpool of their right to serve on this committee. Mr. DUNCAN and Mr. HADFIELD supported the motion. Mr. LIDDELL and Mr. GREENE opposed it. Mr. M. GIBSON said he hadinade the motion in accordance with what he thought was an understanding that no local member should serve on this committee. The house then divided, when there appeared, For the motion Against it Majority —2o NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for Barnstaple, in the room of Mr. La,wley, un seated on petition. THE CRIMEAN MEDAL. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY gave notice that, on an early day, he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whe ther it was intended that the Crimean medals should confer similar advantages upon those to whom they were awarded as the Waterloo medals. ARMY IMPROVEMENT. Mr. HUTT wished to asked the noble lord at the head of the Government whether, amongst those mea sures for improving the condition of the army, which ho promised at the time of hia accession to office, he contem plated one for relieving the Secretary at War from sub ordination to the Horse Guards ? . _ Lord PALMERSTON replied that tho Secretary at 'War never stood in such a relation to the Horse Guards. Mr. HUTT explained that he meant the Minister for War, not the Secretary at War. Lord PALMERSTON said that if the Secretary at War were not subordisate to the Horse Guards, a for tiori the Secretary of State would not be. EDUCATION OF OFFICERS IN THE ARMY. Mr. EWART wished to inquire of the Under Secre tary of State for War whether there could be laid before the house any statement of the measures now .adopted for further promoting the education and professional competency of officers in the army ; also of any mea sures adopted for giving useful and practical instruction to non-com►nissioned officers and privates? Mr. F. PEEL said he should have no obisction to lay on the table a statement showing the condition of the regimental schools, and the examination of officers previous to obtaining their first" commission; but the larger measure contemplated last year, and which bad been in abeyance, was intended to be taken up by the Government. DIVISIONAL ORDERS TO THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE-ARMY. Mr. LAYARD wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether any bri g ade and divisional orders had been issued in the army before Sebastopol, to the effect " that no questions must be answered by medical men attached to the forces, without permission from head-quarters ;" whereby medical men attached to the army were precluded from giving complete evidence to the commission sent out to the East to inquire into the state of the medical department ; also, whether it wal true that Dr. Lawson had been appointed to the super intendence of, or to any other high employment in, the hospitals of Scutari, Smyrna, or Rhodes ; and, if so, by whose authority such appointment was made, and whether it had.• been sanctioned by the authorities at home ? Lord PALMERSTON said he would reply to the first part of the question. No information of any such orders as those referred to by his hon. friend bad been received by the Government; but they had been in formed by private correspondence that such orders were issued. He (Lord Palmerston) could only conceive that the moaning of such orders must havo been that the medical officers were not to place themselves in commu nication with the commission without authority to do so. He could rr,t conceive that the orders had teen given so as to in any way interfere with the functions of the commission. Mr. F. PEEL, in reply to the second part of the , ag w l Raglan r h e a dh be p w p a o s i n p te l d ace D d r. i n La a w s s u o b n . ur u dta nd r er Dr. Cumming. This was after ßi toordi questio n, proceedna te capacity said t o L s c o he had been censured In the general order of Lord Raglan. POLAND. Lord PALMERSTON, seeing his hon. and learned friend the member for Bath in his place, he wished to ask him a question. The hon. and learned member had a motion on the paper for to-morrow night relative to Poland, and he wished to put it to him whether, in the present state of affairs, and considering that negotiations for peace were going on, lie woulci . not in the exercise of his discretion think fit to postpone his motion until a future d'iy ? heat•.) Mr. PHINN had he ne3itation in acecdingt3 tee wish of the e::,1,1e, lord, s.ipported as it seemed to be by the general Leling of the house. At the same time the question Wa4 one in which the country took a great in- - terest; - and he trusted, vben a fitting - time - .arrived, the house would think it a proper subject ft:r. discussion. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. Mr. WILLIAMS wished - to ask the right honour able baronet the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, whether he had received any application frOm any part of the country volunteering the formation of rifle corps ; and, if so what answer had been returned ?• Sir Cr. GREY said his noble friend woo preceded him at the Home-office received three such applications, and he bad himself received one ; none of these offers, however, had been accepted, but he should mention that none of the offers were for volunteers to serve abroad. )1)g8. DR. 3IAYER: Mr. PIERCY wished to ask whether it was true as was asserted by the correspondent of a daily news pape. r that Dr. Mayer, a German gentleman, h a d b een appointed to .a high medical appointment in the army through the patronage of Prince Albert, although he knew little or nothing of medical science ? Mr. S. HERBERT said he was responsible in some measure for the appointment because he recommended Dr. Mayer to his noble friend Lord Panmure. Some great misapprehension, however, existed out of doors with regard to this gentleman. He was an Englishman, born at Norwood, and he was educated at Hammer smith. After studying at Guy's, he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and he had been at the head of several medical establishments in Norfolk Island and Van Dietnen's Land. He was, in fact, well and fa vourably known at the Colonial-office ; while with re gard to one part of the report, the gentleman himself had informed him that he had never had the honour or pleasure of seeing Prince Albert in his life. (A. laugh.) MILITARY EDUCATION. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. RICH said he had been most anxious to move for a select committee to inquire into the subject of mi litary education in this country, but owing to the recent Ministerial changes he bad been unable to bring such a motion on and now, seeing that there was no prospect of introducing it before Easter, he was compelled to take advantage of this opportunity to introduce the subject to the house. A great change, he thought, was about to be made in the organisation of the army, a change which had been brought about in some mea sure by the disclosures of the press in connection with the war. There were some people who found fault with the press for disclosing the condition of our army with so much freedom ; but he, fur one, did not share in these censures, because the press had done much good in exposing abuses and suggesting reforms in the military department. This country stood the foremost amongst the civilised countries that cul tivated the arts and sciences, but, nevertheless, recent experience had proved that in the art of war we were lamentably deficient. The navy, however, pre sented a singul ar con t ras t t o th e army. I n th e navy th e strictest discipline was preserved, and the men who adopted it as a profession were trained to it almost from childhood, but not so in the army, and he wanted to know why it had not or should not be so ? He was told that there was no fit school in this country where the military art could be studied. The hon. gentleman then referred to the fact that pro motion came from purchase or from favour, and not from merit, and thus one of the greatest incentives to exertion and distinction was lost. Then as to appointments on the staff, he defied the house to say that staff appoint ments were fairly and impartially made, and with a re gard to the previous character and service on the part of the individuals selected. (Hear.) He instanced ca-es in which officers who had never been under fire ha I re ceived their promotion, whilst veterans who had ap peared years and years in the active service list were passed over. Under such circumstances could they feel surprised at the inefficiency of our stiff ? Well, how should this be remedied 7 Why, by adopting the same regulations as were observed with regard to the navy— by educating cur officers for the duties they were to perform. Those who followed particular professions or particular avocations were generally fitted by espe cial education previously fur the nature of their duties, but in the army no such preparation was demanded. Let officers pass through a certain routine of education before they were entitled to thelr commiseiens, and then they would be qualified a', the outset for the performance of their functions, and, as they progressed in experience, for promotion from rank to rank. With regard to the . Military College, the junior department was devoted to cadet', and the senior department of it was designed fur the qualification of officers for staff appointments, and on completing their curriculum of examination in it a cer• tificate was given to them, stating that they were so qualified. Well, was this certificate a mockery or not ? It was a decided mockery, inasmuch as it was never acted upon when those appointments were made. But the college itself had been allowed to dwindle away, and at present there were only about 150 cadets and officers under its care ; and this arose not from the fact that the college was expensive —for, in fact, it was self-sup porting—but from the simple circumstance that every commission awarded by it to merit interfered with the patronage of the Horse Guards. In the officers of an army there were two classes; the first composed of scions of the aristocracy or heirs of estates, who had entered tVe service with no intention whatever of making it their profession for life ; and the second of young men of intellect and talent, who had adopted the service in the full hope of rising in it to distinction. Looking, then, at the promotions, and bearing this in mind, it would be found that the first-class were those who were invariably promoted by the Horse Guards, whilst the latter were too poor to command themselves such patronage as their more fortunate brethren, though their acquirements and capabilities not only entitled them to preferment, but rendered them far more deserving of it. All he asked was that the military college should be placed on an equal footing with the naval college at Woolwich, and that similar indu cements should be held out to students after they had studied there for a certain period of years, not only in the way of simple book-learning, but also all the science of the profession they intended to adopt. By that means only could we hope to possess a more efficient and properly educated class of officers in the army. (Hear.) He should, therefore, hear with great satisfaction a statement for the Secretary at War, to the effect that the Government would take this- matter into considera tion. Mr. F. PEEL was glad that the hon. gentleman had not proposed a committee, for, were a committee appointed, the Government, who had the subject under their anxious consideration, would feel bound to suspend the alterations they contemplated, in deference to the committee, and while waiting for the result of its inquiry. He wished he could have persuaded the hon. member from not only dis pensing with the appointment of the committee, but from making the speech on the occasion which ho had made, for he felt it was disadvantageous to himself (sir. Peel), and to the department with which he was connected, to be called on so soon after being appointed to that department to ex press opinions on subjects of such magnitude as that of the organisation of the army. A few nights ago he had been called on to give an opinion on the question of recommend. ing soldiers to commissions in the army; and now the hon. gentleman called on him to adopt a proposition which was based on an opposite principle—that of giving the officers in the British army a high education. With re spect to the general value of education for officers of the army there "could be no difference of opinion whatever ; and he did not speak of professional education merely, but of general education. But too high a standard of educatime we:ell:exclude many valuable officers from the service There could be no doubt that the institutions established iu this country were exceedingly scanty in number, and were also not well calculated to supply to the anny'those wants which had been lamented by the hon. member. With the exception of the college for the Ordnance, there was hut the institution at Sa.ndhurst ; and with respect to the latter establishment it should be borne in mind that it was the House of Commons, and not the Government, which had restricted the extant of its accommodation. At pre sent there were 25 orphans and sons of poor officers who received their education at Sandhurst, on payment of 401. a year each, and it was the larger payments made by more wealthy persons which enabled the education to be pro , vided at this low rate. The hon. member suggested thet the basis of the college should ho enlarged, and that every officer intended for the army should pass through that in stitution. He was not' disposed to agree in the policy of that recommendation, as lie believed no great results would be found to attend a system which educated in a military manner persons of very youthful age. By devoting them selves to one particular study, narrow notions of their pro fessions would be fiirmed by those for whom the education was designed. The best class of public officers would, he conceived, be found among these who had passed through the public schools and universities, and who poseeesed a ` knowledge of general literature. (Hear, hear.) His right hon. friend the late Secretary at War had proposed a plan which ho thought would be inure advantageous to the offi cers of the army than that suggested by the lion. member -L-it was, that every officer, before getting his first commis sion, should pass an examination before a board of qali fied officers, similar to that of Sandhu rst, and that he should also be called upon to show before subsequent ea t ienehs i promotion that be had acquired increased p profession. The only reason Why- thi ! verv_., ux r e o ellent ay in rrange- had been filet moist had not been more ful l y carried out most of the members of the board of examiners appointo had been, war. Whether - in consequence of the urgent demands of the war, the ordered on active service the seat of should be brought to a speedy close, or whether it sl 'a o r uld be continued for a ranch longer period, in either case the Government felt it their duty to take measures for providing the officers of the army with the best means o f acquiring a full knowledge both of the theory and prac tice of their profession. (Hear.) He fully concurred in the opinion which had been expressed, that appoiatments on the staff should be regarded as the prizes of the arm but under the existing system such was not the case, and it not unfrequeutly happened that general and field officers were placed in command of divisions cud of armies who had' no knowledge beyond that of regimental duties. (Hoer, hear.) The " etatonejor" of France was a staff corps, to tally different from the army corps, but it was a system which could not 14 adopted in this country except after the most mature and deliberate consideration. After the statement which had been made of the consideration which the Government was . be.stowing upon the subj ec t intro ' cinema by the hon. member, he trusted that ho would not think it necessary to press his motion. (Hear, hear.) Col. DUNNE said there was one very easy means of improving tho eduCation of the army without costing the country anything, and that was simply by insuring em ployment to those officers who knew their duty. (Hear.) The groat reason why we had no good staff officers was, that, whatever might be their attainments, their study, or their knowledge, they f oun d th em no recommendations for employment. Another great reason for the deficiency of our staff officers was the fact, that there did not exist in the English language a single really useful work devoted to a desersotion of the duties of staff officers, and there was scarcely an officer to be found who could define with accuracy the duties of either the adjutant or quartermas ter-general. During the visit of the French officers to the camp at Chebham they expressed their opinion that our regimental system was perfect, but that our staff arrange ments were sadly deficient. It was perfectly absurd, in his opinion, to suppose that any academies of the countly would produce staff officers. Every staff officer must elle , cate himself. (Hear.) lie should go to France, make .• himself master of the Frenchlanguage,andstudyth e /14.7..7.-- ,11 .-- " ° "\;., tern adopted in that country. He had lived many I . ' .-74 0.1 , _,rv•••a'cti 4 with officers attached to the etat-major in France,patV i.,,,.-: , .. - •,.., : t i., ~:-. . 4411„ from his experience, he did not. hink it would be 1. - if . e4x_l*- 7 y: . ,'3, ; 4 . 09:0 , matter to adopt . that system in the English army. kr: - . , 7 : 1-,, ,, 0. • .1p:: , #4:::=1 * Mr. 0. STANLEY was glad to hear that the Gov'ern-'1:•;" , ,-• 4•14,; . , moot intended to take 'the whole question Of army orgNivr: . 7 * . -.4 , _W : _• .. j isation into their careful consideration. • - 1464, Mr. OTWAY could not eo p cc i ve h ow , w ith the eller, : N , .... rnous lois of wealth which had occurred in the Crimea, • r the Government could any longer continue to treat the _._ question of the education of the officers of the army as a mere money question. .. After a few words, the purport of which did not reach ; ,,.:....f . .• the gallciy, f rom C ap t . B ELLEW, . ' .... lilii.. - ;_ Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE warned the house against '-o.'• rushing hastily into extremes on the subject of the educa. .••• 4 1- .. tion of the officers of the army. The cases of the Duke of " , - .) - 17 ' Marlborough and of Marshal Saxe, neither of whom could ._ . . scarcely write his name, and of a great proportion g the greatest French generals, afforded evidence that education was not essentially necessary to the making of good get , . nerals. • Lord PALMERSTON said—There is no doubt much truth in what the hon. member has said, but the case comes to this- 7 when you apply a test of qualification for a partioalar employment, you will take care not to employ a test applicable to another totally different emp l oyment . It is quite true that the attainments which qualify a man to be a good officer are not the same which would qualify a man to be a learned professor ; and if you require your officers to pass an examination which will quakily these for a professorial chair, you will certainly commit a great error. Upon the other hand, great advantages would arise from taking care that upon each step of promotion an offi cer should keep himself up to proper progress in the attain. meats belonging to the profession of which he is a mem ber. The qualities which constitute a good general arc qua lities which must be inborn in a man. The combination of qualities which make a great general is one of the rarest which occurs in the moral constitution of man. My belief is that you will find a great many more men fitted to be successful statesmen than men suited to take command, and who have all the foresight necessary for the performance of the duties attaching to that station. At the same time it is highly important that your officers should keep up and make progress in their profession; and those examinations which have been alluded to aro examinations which I think ought to be tests of military knowledge. It would be de sirable that that test should not only be applied upon the first entrance into office, but that the officers should also understand that unless they occupy their minds and per fectthemselves in those matters which are essential to a proper performance of military duties, they will not gain such promotion as they are desirous to obtain. (Hear.) Colonel KNOX suggested the desirability of adopting to some extent the system pursued in the French army with respect to the formation of the etat-major. By compelling young men to serve for a limited time in each branch of the service more general knowledge connected with the army would be obtained than from any system of examinations, however numerous or searching they might be made. Mr. 111014 stated that after the satisfactory explanation of the Government he should not press his motion. The motion was accordingly witndrawn e and the house went intireonafintee on the ee ni gr - -•• '- ORDNANCE ESTIMAA.- • Mr. MONSELL, in moving these estimates, observed that, though they were much larger than had ever before • been demanded, the house and the country were only too painfully aware of the reason. He should commence with- the supplemental estimates of 1,200,0004 The first vote, 267,0001., was for barrack supplies, of which 129,5191. was required for barrack bedding at the new hospital at Smyrna • and for the establishment at Malta. For greatcoats 3,1061. was required and for boots and shoes 54,3751. Some re mark had been made with regard to the quality of the boats and shoes, and also with respect to their size. Not withstanding it was complained that they were too small, the Government, in sending them out, had taken the pre caution to select only the two larger sizes. He attributed the fact of their being too small to the circumstance that the men wore more than nne pair of stockings, for certainly the boots supplied to the soldiers in the Crimea were con siderably larger than those worn by the men at home. The next item was 234,8601. for camp and miscellaneous stores, and of this 124,9061. was required for tools, a large portion for warm clothing for convalescents in different hospitals, and 92,0541. for camp equipage. The next vote was for 1,000 huts, 54,8001., and 19,0111. for stable huts that were finished within 18 days of the time ordered. For hospital huts, which had been completed within 14 • days, 2,0001. .sere required, cud for huts for 3,030 sol diers of the Foreign Legion at Heligoland, which had been finished within 10 days of the order, 13,9311. The next vote was •382,5001. for warm dalLg. On this subject there had been a great deal of con troversy. All he could say was, the warm clothing was sent out by gentlemen who undertook to supply that, and. that undertaking was, in his opinion, =lied out with groat celerity and ability. As au instance of the de spatch used, - he would mention that when the intelligence of the loss of the Prince arrived in this country, within two days a similar amount of clothing to that which had been lost was supplied. The house would be surprised to bear the enormous extent of the shipments of this article. In the month of November 130 tons were sent out by the Government, and 344 tons by Messrs. Hayter and Howell; in December, 234 tons by those gentlemen, and 752 tons by the Government ; and in January, 180 tons by Messrs. Hayter and Howell ; and 309 tons by the Government. The second 'point ho desired the committee to consider was, whether the clothing had been supplied economically. It had been supplied in great haste and under the most urgent circumstances, and everybody who had had to do with it had felt that their great object was not price, but time, and this bad been the essence of all the contracts. Calculations had been made, from which he came to the conclusion that the amount paid over and above a fair rca. seeable price at which the goods could have been supplied. under ordinary circumstances was V I per cent. Ile was also convinced, after a searching inquiry, that the warm clothing sent out to the Crimea was, generally speaking, of excellent quality. A great deal had been said as to the mode in which the things sent out had been packed. It had been stated that the transport-ship Robert Lowe had. conveyed medical stores to Scutari, but that they could not OR their arrival bo delivered, as they had been placed under heavy cylinders for powder. A committee had in quired into this case, and had unanimously reported that the charge was unfounded, and that it was impossible, be cause the great cylinders were of such enormous weight that they wore obliged to be packed in the hold of the ship. The neglect in this case, and also in another in which goods were sent to Balaklava, was not on the part of those who packed the goods, but of those who had to deliver them on their arrival. The next item in the estimates was that of 25,0001. for the factory for the manufacture of Lancaster shells. It would be in the recollpstion. of the committ ee , that this shell was first submittO to the Government in 7. 1852 ; a variety of experimati'were made, and before the invention was quite ripe it was considered desirable that it • --- should be made use of. It was necessary in the structure of the shell to use a Nasmyth hammer ; and in the first in• stance, because the experiment had not been sufficiently tested to warrant the erection of a large factory, the con- • struction of these shells had been very expensive, each shell . having had to be reheated It times, in consequence of there being only one of Naamytles hammers in use, and some 1,800 shells had been made, each of which had cost 61. In November Lord Raglan transmitted a report from Colonel Lake which was extremely satisfactory, and the Govern ment immediately decided that a large number of shells should be produced with as little delay as possible. He (Mr. Monsall) had the advantage of a consultation with Mr. Nasmyth, who most liberally placed his factory at Manches ter, at the disposal of the Government ;' but, on con sidering the plan that would have been required there, and the plant already at Woolwich, that gentleman came to the conclusion that it would be more economical for the Government to proceed with their • own factory. This was accordingly stone, and in two months, owing to the exertions of Sir C. Fox and Mr. Henderson, the factory was erected. It was now at work, producing GO shells per day, and would very soon produce 100 per day ; and these, instead of costing 61. each, would only cost 11.165. 2d. The next vote in the supplemental estimates was for 15,0001: for the gun factory at Enfield, but in the esti mates would also be found the further sum of 40,0001. for the same factory; and he would therefore at once explain the grounds on which he asked for these sums, amount ing in the whole to 55,000!. It would be recollected that hot session there had been a committee for the purpose of considering a proposition made on the part of the Govern ment for else erection of a large factory, intended to pro duce 150,000 muskets per year. The committee were un favourable to the erection of a factory on a large scale, and recommended ono on a limited scale, which would serve as an experiment as to the advantages likely to ac crue from a large factory, be a check on the prices of con tractors, and aloe a resource in times of emergency. Three gentlemen of great experience —Colonel Burn, Captain Warlow, and Mr. Anderson—then went to America for the purpose of making inquiries and investigations. These gentlemen were authorised to spend 10,00(1. in the purchase of machinery in America. Shortly after they went to that country they communicated with him (Mr. Monsili) en the subject of the machinery they had witnessed there. Colonel Bern wrote, stating that the snore they had seen of the operation of the musket machinery in Ame rica,and the extraordinary e ff ect it produced, the more they were convinced of the absiiluto necessity of a radical change in our system, and of our establishing a complete and permanent organisation to enable us to secure a con tinuous supply of the best article at a cheap rate. Colonel Burn also observed that, though the woik of the machinery at Springfield, in Massachusetts, and at Ilerper's Ferry, in Virginia, differed in certain respects according to the skill u terc of e muskets in a ll th e i r parts was r yet the operations were so perfect that au i made between them quarterly, and th a t t h e result was foun d to be the same as if they had been all prod ne el by one engineer only. Subsequently Colonel Barn applied forperrnheion to spend a larger amennt that, the 10,0;01. first specified in the pur chase of machinery in America. and the Government upon further consideration accordingly authorised a total expen diture of 17,0031. for this purpose. When these gentlemen returned home they brought with thorn an elaborate and lucid report, detailing the results of their investigation. In this document they stated that their anticipations not only as to the rapidity with which the muskets could be menufactrired, but r s to the lowness of their cost, were more thahrealised by what they had witnessed, and they ex pressed their conviction that the experiment of establish ing a musket factory in this country would prove signally successful. The comnaittea then considered the size of the factory that should be erected, and ultimately decided that it should be one capable of nianufacturing 50,000 muskets per annum. They found upon calculation that the seine staff and nearly the same quantity of machinery would be requisite fon manufacturing 25,000 muskets annually as d would be necess ar y t o manacture double that number; and that if they had determined upon having a f ac t or y only adequate to furnish the smaller supply the machinery would have to remain idle for half the year. Plans were therefore prepared for a factory sufficient for thepholue tion of 50,000 muskets a-year, the situation selected for it being at Enfield, and the first estimate of the cost of its erection was 30,0001. In deference, however, to the sug. geslons t . •of the gentlemen who had vi sited America, an en largement was afterwards resolved upon, and the actu a l outlay for the building amounted to between 43,0001. and 41-,000/. The cost of the machinery contracted for in Ame rica was 17,0e0 1 . ; and about .9,00J1. worth mare was con . , • tracted for after the return of those gentlemen, making • 26,001/. —an a mount very nearly corresponding with the su pplemental. estimate of 25,0001. taken l as t year. During the months of October, November, and December there was a lamentable deficiency in our supply of small arms, • to obtain which the Government were obliged to resort to, - • the markets of other countries, and the Minister of War, ' in the emergency that had arisen, authorised the Board of Ordnance to enter into contracts for the erection of the factory. The building was now in progress at Enfield, and the factory would commence operations about the begin, ning of next July, and be able, no doubt, to manufacture a cnsiderable, quantity small arms in the course of the present year. Passing from the subject of the supple- • mental estimate, he' came next to general. estimate for the year. The increase in the estimate for Ordnance stores +wtoV ,~~ 21N 100 20 Pald.l I_oo 100 8 100 100 iOO all all 3 IE. all 141 s. 16i 10 20 20 6 20 73i i 12i 50# ri t 3 2i 2,i 3 1011 38 a 15i a 21} 41 1 -