The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-14 00:00:00

(Stamped, id. Additional.)

occurred dyes the amalgamation of the two departments„
' and whet was the amount of defalcation in the contracts.
He referredicularly. to a recent painful case in Dublin.
Mr. ELLICE complamed of the manner in which the
cedastral survey of Scotland had been neglected, and ea-
• pressed his hope that the right hon. gentleman would give
I some assurance that that survey would at length be pro-
eseasdXr. WILLIAMSwitL reminded the hon. member that the
cause of the delay was that Scotland had demanded • our-
IYe, on the 25 huh scale.
After en observation from Sir H. VERNET,
Sir G. LEWIS said, in answer to the hon. member for
Evesham, that the panthers of the twelve nompurchaas
regiments were shown in the estimates in the enumeration
of the army in India. Nomination to first commissions
would be obtained by competition after • residence of ote
, year at Bsndhuret, with the exception of 20 which would be
celled " Queen's cadets," and in which commissions would be I
obtained after • qualified examination. Officers at month
in the lodise army would be transferred to the new rep-
mute. With respect to the Dublin case, it was true that •
frauds • bad been committed by colludes between one ,
Hamilton Comedian, • government men; rad a contractor '
named McMartin; to the amount of 23,M0L They spread
Over thirteen years, and were not a consequence Or de con-
solidation of the departments. Very steps bed
bash taken to prevent their repetition. The Ordeasos strev
I could, in his opinion, be better dope on a 1 than on • 6 or 25
inch sale, as the map which had been made on the 6-inek
seals was too large for • map, and toe emall for • mousy.
The house had, however, derided otherwise, and,he had MI
it his duty to carry out its wishes. The 5,9091, voted Ira
year for the Scalar survey wee applied by- its-
eialeetiefese Ass..elelerefreedele
and it wee therefore impossible to refund MO roomy. 4MA
year there was no speafication of particular cases, see vet
g taken for the whole survey.
THE VICTORIA TRANSPORT SHIP.
Sir J. FAX wished to call the attention of the
Secretary to the Admiralty to • statement which had
red in the newspapers with regard to the return of the
secondofifte/aB:hrarteP:rteanton time disa
board. bled, with ecrlttorice.7uhoolew
was whether the statements to which he had alluded were
true. It appeared that the Victoria had been in the first
instance despatched with the 96th Regiment on board, and
wee obliged to put back to Plymouth, having been com-
pletely disabled at sea, and havi narrowly soaped
foundering. It was within his (Sir J. • n's) knowledge
that several officers had formed the worst opinion of the
ship, and were strongly disinelissd to sail in her *gain. He
had in consequence addressed a private note to his
noble friend, inquiring-whether Use ship with the regiment
wee to be sent to sea agam, and subsequently be addressed
• pubic inquiry to his noble friend in the house. His
noble friend, stated in reply that the Admiralty had taken
all possible pains to repair the ship, and to ascertain whe-
ther she was Made lit to resume her voyage. Hie noble
friend stated that she had been surveyed by competent
officers, and that their report was such that the Admiralty
had no hesitation in again sending her to ewe A
she went to ter, bat in three days her engines were=
and she we, in fact, only saved by bearing tip for FayaL
He wished to have some explanation with respect to the
seamiest" to which he bad referred, aid also to learn
what were tile reports of the elbows who had surveyed the
shiLrd C: PAGET said that nobody could overrate the
importance of the question which had just been put, but he
trusted that the hone would sot imagine that the Admi-
ralty bad neglected any possible precaution to secure the
lately of our gallant troops. The story of the Victoria was 1
an unfortunate one. When she put to sea she encountered
• heavy gale of wind, and her fault was that she hail
not very powerful engines. She wee therefore unable
to make heed against the westerly piss and put back to
Q68111111‘011,11, not because she was Ia danger, but be-
cause her coals had run short end the weather was so tad.
When she arrived at Cork there were various defects to
be made goad, and the admiral at Queenstown bearing that
there was amourt the military officers a certain amount of
alarm as to the seaworthiness of the vessel, ordered a most
careful survey to be made, and the reports of
the surveyors officers he would now read to the house.
The surveying aliases were the captain, the master, the
chief engineer, and the boatswain of the Revenge ; the
tauter and chief "gimes, of the Hawk ; end master, store-
keeper, and repanntendent carpenter at Haulbowlite. In
thei2tort they stated that they had inspected the bull,
the acu men ', and engines, and that they foetid that the
soyspecified Lathe report had beet made good in
a eatisfectory manner. They had also tried the vessel under
way and under steam, and found that her engines worked
very well, that her bellen kept steam sadly, and that
her speed was eleven loses an hour. Admiral Smart, how•
ever, directed the Th
rees.
frcarpenters of the squadron to
go ou nava sad y tier ie tr.t
sad reported that . they had toedtoedthey greatest
quantity of water in say compartment not to exceed
two inches. They were of opinion that the ship was •
strong built usseL sad capable of crossing the Atlantis at
any time of the year. She accordingly went to sea again,
but she fell in with a succession of hurricanes so dreadful
that he believed the like had not been known by say sea-
man that had crossed the Atlantic. It was almost hurt-
rending to think of the buses which must have occurred.
The Victoria eked from Queenstown on the 14th of Feb.,
and from her log it appeared that she experienced mode-
rata pee ere the loth. On the 16th there wee • strong
pie, and so it went on till the 18th, when the wind in-
creased, with very heavy squalls. At 3.30 es the 18th
there was • "fearful gale ;" on the 19th • "terrific pie,
with furious squalls aid snow." On the 20th two men fell
overboard and were lost. At one a.m. on that
day the gale was described as having increased to
• hurricane. After that it moderated a little,
hut on the =nil there was " a strong gale ;" and on the
23rd the engines " gave out:" so that the Yawl bed en-
countered furious gale* for nine days without any atsjdent
to her engines, nod without any leakage. On the 23rd, at
5 p.m., a leak was reported. In fact there was nothing but
• 'secession of gales and hurricanes, and indeed ahe ap-
peared to have encountered weather such as wee almost
without a precedent. A steam transport celled the Trojan,
freighted with stores, had actually foundered in the midst
of Use Atlantic ; but a portion of the coon had been picked
up by an American ship, the captain of which
deposed that he had been in the habit of craws-
tug to Europe for twenty-six years, end that he had
never knows anything like the weather during a portion of
February and the begiuniog of the present mouth. There
could be no doubt that a vosel which had so long resisted
the gales without disaster was perfectly seaworthy and fit
to cram the Atlantic. He was bound however to my the
Admiralty had thought it right that the pliant men on
board her should not embark in that v at all events
any more. (Hear, bear.) In couclusion, he must congra-
tulate the house on the noble conduct of the troops.
(Cheers.) Throughout that awful period Colonel Sorrell,
the officers, and the men, had behaved admirably. They
had assisted in baling the ship and in clearing the wreck ;
and it was owing in great part to their exertions that the
ship had been saved. (Cheers)
Sir G. C. LEWIS observed that the regiment was at present
divided, and the War-office had determined that the wing
which had already arrived at Halifax should be brought
home again, and that the second wing should not be sent
acme the Atlantic 11i all. (Hear, hear.)
SUPPLY.

-
The house then went into committee of supply on the
army estimates.
Vote 14 having been agreed to, No. 15, 296,2F3/.. for edu •
catioual and scientific botecliev, which had been postponed"
was taken and discussed, the debate being mainly us mili-
tary education, on the item for the Military College at
Sandhuivt.
Lord STANLEY quite understood the government say-
ing they would not take anyone into the army without pur-
chase who had not acquired a certain amount of qualifica-
tion ' • but what he did not understand was that it should
matter anything to the government, provided the men
acquired knowledge, where they got that knowledge. (Hear.)
Instead of the system proposed, it would surely be better
to throw the education of persons intended for the army
open to the world. Let them receive it where they would,
and let whatever special military training might be required
be
given afterwards, but given only to those who had
obtained commissions, only to be forfeited in case of mis-
conduct.
Lord PALMERSTON said it had been contended that
young men should he allowed to get their general education
where they liked. So, iu fact,
i they were. What was re-
quired of them was to remain n Sandhurst for one year, in
order to receive a special education. A young man on being
nominated toSandhurst was examiued, to ascertain whether,
at one of the universities, at school, or at home. be had
received that general education which was considered um
cessary as a fousdetion for the military instruction which
it was requisite he should receive, and which it was obvious
could best be given him at a military college. (Hear, hear.)
How could it be expected that a person desirous of making
the army hie profession could at the Universities of Cam-
bridge, Oxford, or Dublin, acquire that knowledge of
military discipline it was indispensable he should
possess ? There Deemed to be some eonfusion
during the debate between the terns general knowledge and
military knowledge. It had been said that a different
system answered with regard to civil and scientific appoint-
ments. No doubt it did, and for this reason, that the in-
formation requisite for these appointments could be an well,
or even better, acquired at universities or schools than
at military seminaries. (Hear, hear.) What bad been said
, duties the discussion by military men was most reasonable,
namely, that a knowledge of the duties required of a young
man when ha obtained his commission could best be ob-
tained at an establishment like Sandhurst, where be should
practise them duties which he would have to discharge when
he joined the army. (Hear, bear.)
' Sir M. PETO having moved the omission of the item
of 71.0001. for the surveys of the United Kingdom and
Topographical Department,
On- a division the amendment was lost by 75 to 43.
The vote was then agreed to—thus concluding the army
estimates.

[TWOPENCE

The estimates for the revenue department 1114“ then
taken, and a vote of 750,000/. for the salaries and '
of the Customs was agreed to, as were 1,382,2741.7=
inland Revenue, 2,084,6871. for the Post-office, 635,8341.
for the superannuation* of the three departments, and the
house resumed.
On the third reading of the Officers' Coramiodons Bill,
Mr. HENNESSY moved that the order be discharged,
and thebill re-committed, with an instruction to the com-
mittee to provide against any infringement of the roval
prerogative, sad to secure the temporary duration of that
set, urging that the matter involved was already within the
rprerogative of the crown, and needed no act of parliament ;
ust after au explanation from Sir G. C. Lams, the maw&
meat was withdrawn, and the bill read a third time and
rati....AL SCHOOLS ACTS (1861) AMENDMENT

BILL.

Oa the motion for the see-On—d—i:eading of this bill,
SW S. NORTHCOTE pointed out a defect in the bill, fa
regard to the payments to the managers of the schools for
the maintenance of children. He suggested that the govern.
meet should introduce a clause for extending the operation
of the bill from two to five or seven years.
After a few words from Mr. CAVE,
Sir G. OBEY said that the act required amendment,
Inasmuch as sentences recently passed for terms of five
years would become inoperative when the act ceased. There
bad been nine schools certified under the act, in addition to
those which bad been established under the previous act.
-Under the existing act the Treasury were authorised &airy
for a child during the whole time of its detention. heart
year the house would be asked to consider whether the act
should act be continued for a considerable peztowilf it
my hand to work well it wirdiii,ao doubt We
After a few words from Mr. Newdegate, Mr. S. F.A.
court, and Mr. A dderley, the bill was read a sewed time.
TRANSFER OF STOCKS (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill weed through committee.
CROWN Burls (ISLE OF MAN) BILL.
This bill pared through committee, as did also the
CONSOLIDATED FUND (18,001):,,0001 .) BILL.
TRADE MARKS BJ

The hone haring resumed,
Mr. CRAW FORD said that there were three parties who
were affected by this bill, namely, manufacturers, pur-
chasers, and that important class who stood between both,
namely the vendors. When the subject WSJ last before the
bone it was proposed that the name of the bon. member
far Hinton should be added to the select coos•
Wand he (Mr. Crawford) was desirous that that
Mon should be carried, as it was important
ile interest, of the vendor should be represented.
The legal preinniou and the manufacturing interest wore
represented, but the claims of the wholesale houses to be
represented appeared to have been altogether lout sight of in
the imposition of the ooniroittes.
The motion was agnied to without discussion.
BLEACHFIELDB (WOMEN AND CHILDREN
EMPLOYMENT) BILL.

This bill was Ned ► secood time.
The house salaamed at Aye minutes past we o'clock.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE,
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(ssanes Tainauts.)

MINCE
PAWS, l[•acu 13, Emma.
The debate on the address in the Corps Legialatif
was continued to-day.
Paragraph 5 was adopted.

Upon paragraph 0, relating to Mexico, M. Favre
opposed the object of the expedition. He could
not understand why, under the pretext of aveng-
ing their countrymen, the blood of French soldiers
was lavished to provide a throne for the Archduke
Maximilian.

M. Billault called to mind that the war against
Mexico originated in the iusults and violence
offered to French subjects.

With regard to the supposed project of modifying
the internal government of the country, Mr. Bil-
lault said that he confined himself to indicating the
object of the treaty concluded between the three
Powers.
Paragraph 6 was adopted.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Mance 13.
In the Lower House of the Reicluirath to-day,
the government brought in bills to increase the
taxes upon ground, upon buildings, upon classes,
upon trades, upon incomes, with the exception of
the proceeds derived from rent, and to raise the
amount of the poll-tax.
The Bank Act was also introduced at the same
time.

THE TURKISH BUDGET.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Mews 13.

The official budget for 1862 has been published,
and shows a net surplus of 884,1631., including the
sroceeds of the new tax.

HOLSTEIN AND THE FEDERAL DIET.
FRANKFORT-ON-Tllll-3LUNE, ILAsca 13.

In the Federal Diet to-day, the comudttees on
the Holstein question moved that the approval of
the negotiations carried on by Austria and Prussia
with Denmark shoe August, 1861, should be joined
to the reservation made by the Federal Diet on the
14th February.

HERZEGOVINA.
TRBBIGNE, ILtsca 12, EVX2/11W.

Yesterday Dervish Puha set out with his entire
force for Zubzi. No fighting whatever has taken
place up to the present time.

INDIA.

BOMBAY, F. 26.
(By Telegraph direct from Suez.)
The license tax has been abolished as unneces-
sary, the financial equilibrium being restored.
The cash balances of the Treasury amount to 18
millions.

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
LIVERPOOL, lissom 13.
The African Mail steamer Armenian arrived
here at 10. b p.m. to-night.
Her dates are—Benin, Jan. 26 ; Cameroons,
Jan. 29 ; Old Calabar, Jan. 31; Bonny, Feb. 5 ;
Fernanio Po, Feb. 6; Brass River and Nun,
Feb. i ; Lagos, Feb. 10 ; Accra, Feb. 12 ; Cap•
Coast Castle, Feb. 13 ; Cape Palmas, Feb. 16 ;
Sierra Leone, Feb. 21 ; Bathurst, Feb. 26 ; Ten-
neriffe, March 4.
The Armenian brings 2,3100 z. of gold dust,
2,5081. in gold, 3,003 dollars, and 20,500 francs in
specie, and 14 passengers.
Her news is unimportant

Her Majesty's ship Rifleman left Tenerife
Feb. 4 for China, and her Majesty's ship Brunette
had put back WO miles for coal, and sailed on the
24th Feb.

The wail steamer Athenian had arrived at Cape
Palma.

One of the taxes which the American Congress
will have to impose will, it is believed, be one on a-gismo.
The consumption of tobacco in the United States is esti-
mated at 7.601 be. for every male inhabitant above eighteen
years of age. In Austria the consumption is 5.751 be. per
head, which pays a tax of ls. ; in France the consumption
le 5.400 m, the tax Is. 1011.; in Human, 2.501 be.. the tax
Icd-z in Portugal, 3.5016 a., the tel Is. Ild.; in Spain,
4. 511 w., the tax 2a.• Pupal States, 21be., the tax 2a. 11;
England, 4.1011 w., tax 3e. 3,1.; Belipum 91ba, tax le. 3d.;
, Sardinia, 2.751 he., tax la lid.; Hama, 8.251b5., tax Id.
1 In the Spanish Cortes on the 24th of February
Signor Figuerola called attention to the olwtacles placed in
the way of the development of the mercantile marine of
the country. He mentioned amongst other mutters that a
merchant ship could not be caulked in a foreign port with-
out the pertnisaion of government ; that none but matricu-
lated seamen eouldbe employed es board
ng ship, sad
froth c.e that
pasaporta were requiredi bif 1
. Tit Minister of Marine stated
tha port
to atwonthmeroal cleth'esnellOinils governmente agreed with the
suggestion, of Signor Ftguerola.