The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-07 00:00:00

,DITION OF THE DAILY NEWS.

lie servants, and therefore it applies by law to all clßoers,
whether serving at home or abroad, subject to those varia-
tions only which depend on the amount hf their incomes,
whether above or under 1601. It is true, as the bon. gen- '
Censers stated, that the ofiloare of the British regiments
serving in the Bast ladies do not pay the income tax ; but
the reason, as he must know, is that those regiments are
not paid by th • government ; thy an transferred to the
service of the But India Company, and ate paid out of the
revenues of that company, and, of course, the act imposing
the income tax does not apply to their salaries. But those
officers who are on leave, or on service at home, receiving

their pay from the government, to be reimbursed b
the Esst India Company, are 'abject to the tax. With
respect to the ground on which the hon. member thinks
that (Akers servieg in the Crimea ought to be exempted, I
would remind him that officers upon active service Mae a
daily allowance, called field allowance, in addition to their
pay, which is more than they would gsio by the remitting
of the kaolin tat. That brings me to the question put by
the bon. member who wished to snow what has bees done

in panuance ease announcement made by Lord Panmure
to another place. The arrangement intended is this •
Oflioers on service will rewire a daily allowance, under
denomination of field allowance, to meet the additional
perms of the eanapalga. it is pregme_k_ylAaftet
private eis allewasse el fin same nisi; owasies
will be an anowanee of ed. a day, which will be eesennted
for to the man to the same meaner as his pay, Tinian' ar-
raegement which will give him the same means cif tram.
mating any portion of his pay and allowance which ha may
please to his friends and family at home. He will therefore
be plated an the same footing as the navy is placed wit% re-
gard to the facilities of home transmission. That field
allowance will give him the means of obtaining those com-
forts which are requisite in the position in which he is
placed ; and on the other band hs will be enabled to make
more easy remittances to his friends while he is employed
abroad.

THE HYDE•PARK DEMONSTRATION.
Mr. ROEBUCK—Sir, words have !win used in this
boast which I think ought not to be used by an English
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gentleman in the Hoots of Commons. The boa. member
for Linlithgow (Hr. G. bench►) bas recommended to the
right hoc. baronet the Secretary for the Home Department

t use a 6-pounder upon the people of London. (Hear.)
Mr. DUNDAS—I beg to explain. All I mean is that I
hope the right hon. gentleman will have military amistanes.

(Cries of" No, no," and expressions of disapprobation.)
Mr. ROEBUCK—I hope the hon. gentleman will apolo-
gise for the words he has used. (Cheers.)
The SPEAKER—The established rule with regard to
the words of any hos. member which are excepted to is, that
the exception should be taken immediately.
Mr. ROEBUCK said le had taken the first opportunity
of doing so.
The SPEAKER—The rule is, that if the words are not
excepted go, no lattice tea be taken of them afterwards.

They most be excepted tout the time.
Mr. LOEBUCK—I rose immediately after the hon.
member (Mr. Builds') ; but another bon. member having i
risen at the same time, I did not succeed in arresting your
attention. I yielded ; but I rose for the purpose of moving
that the bon. membet's words should be taken down.
(Hear, hear.) I think that no man who feels himself as an
Boglishautn and a gentleman in this house ought to have
used such expressions coneerniog the people of this country.
(Cheers) First of all, the hon. gentleman called them
canaille. (Hear, hear.) Then he imputed to them that
they intended to commit • breach of the peace; and,
thirdly, be recommended the right bon. baronet to use •
sit•pounder. (Hear, bear.) I say this conduct is seaworthy
of as English gentleman. (No, no.) What I say I mean
—(eheen)—and though it may he strorg language, I think
it is not more so than the occasion requires. (Cheers.) Bar, the
people of this metropolis deem themselves unjustly treated. I
am net Gas of thou who thick that the noble lord (Grosvenor)
acted wisely in yieldisg to the rumour of last Sunday. I
was the only pearno in the hoar wlo *seed eat the west
of wi►dom fa yielding to that clamour; therefore I cannot
be charged with being a friend to any course of conduct
which would yield to clamour on the part of the public. But
it is a very different course to take a 6 .pounder to the people
of England. I wish to fix upon the hon. gentleman the
words. (Hear, beer.) It is all very well for him to say that
he did not intend what he said. I suppose the hon. gentle-
man has reached the years of discretion, and knows t►e force
of the language he has used. This language was used ; it
his only cue signification ; that signification is one which is
unworthy for the house to listen to, and unworthy to be
pronounced by any member of the house. (Hsu, hear.)
• But as you, air, have signified that I should hate noticed it
at the time, I will not further dwell upon this painful
subject.

POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUSTRA-
LIAN COLONIES.
In Sneerer to Sir J. PA/LINO/OW
Lord J. RUSSELL. said the Australian snail was en-
tirely under the control and management of the Treasury,
and lois hon. friend the secretary would state the strange.
meet that bad been made.
Mr. WILSON said it was correct that the arrangement
made some time ago for a cheap postage to Australia had
bees abandoned ; but the contract for • communication
every two months by way of India had not been aban-
doned, but was suspended is consequence of the failure of
the ships employed by the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany, and in consequence of their being unable to place
other ships on floatation. A proposal had been made by
the Admiralty, at the request of the Treasury, to the Pen-
insular and Oriental Company to submit an offer to the
government for the purpose of conveying mails monthly
by way of India to the Australian colonies. To that no
answer bad yet been received. The company were wait-
ing for some information from the East in order to regu-
left their offer, and they were also in hopes of having some
vessels at their command. The subject, however, had not
been lost eight of ; it was one on which the government
felt • lively interest, and a desire to secure to the lustre-
lifts colonies as frequent a communication as poesible.
GRANTS TO OFFICERS' WIDOWS.
Mr. RICH wished to bring under the notice of the house
the heavy charge and serious consequences that might ensue
from grants to the widows of officers killed in action, as
compensation for the pries of the commissions which their
husbands might have perchssed. He referred to the count-
out on his motion on this subject on Tuesday night, and
complained that the bell bad not been rung as on divisions ;
so that members were not aware of what was going on. He
knew not what mesmeric lath:mace bad operated upon the
bell, but certain it wsa that a minute atter the count was
over, it found utterance and rang. (Laughter.) He hoped
the persons who had charge of the bell would take care that
this never happened again. Recurring to the subject of his
motion, Le
expressed a hope that the system of purchase,
which wee fairly worn out, would shortly be put an end to,
whereby the country would be rid of an iambs, slowly and
effectually. He understood the government was pre-
pared to grant sums equivalent to the value of the commis-
sions of those officer* who fell in battle ; but be could not
learn whether this applied only to officers who bad purchased
their CoMirlillliGol, or to officers g lly. But could the go-
vernment confine this regulation to officers who fell in bottle,
and exclude those who died of their wounds, or from ex-
posure in the trenches, or marches ? It was impossible to
confine it : it must extend to all the officers in the field.
This would involve a great expense, and the country ought
to know all the circumstances. It would be unjust to con-
fine it to those who bad purehesed their commissions, for
had not those officers who had been in the army twenty or
aid, years jut as good • latent right to sell their com•
missions, and were not their widows and families entitled
to the same sionoideration ? Tae more so, because it was ;
presumable that the widows and families of officers who had
not been able to purchase their commissions were is worse
circumstances than those of ethers. He hoped the noble
lord would give • full explanation of the views of the
government ..n this point.
Mr. HEADLAM said, es the regulation bad been made
upon a motion of his, he wished to say a word on the sub-
ject. He thought that both the house and the army had a
right to complain of the delay that had taken piece on this
matter. He brought forward his motion early in the
session ; the government then made their own distinct pro-
Rossi on the &eject ; • long time had since elapsed ; death
had been rife in the army ; and it was due to the officers
there 'rigged that they should know without delay what
the scheme of the government was.
L ird PALMERSTON—When my noble friend, Lord
Pawnor., began to put his plan in shape he found that there
were technical difficulties greeter than be bad expected at
the time. Those have not yet been entirely overcome ; but
I cos swore the bolus that ne unnecessary delay all take
piece la forming the requisite order and giving effect to it.
COMPENSATION TO OFFICERS FOR LOSSES.
Lord W. GRAHAM asked en what principle, and by
whom—whether at home or abroad—the compuntion to
officers for the loss of their hones tad been awarded ? He
complained that this had been done in the most arbitrary
manner, and meationed several inetaues. Lieut. POOl3l.
father bad get fouft•en guineas for a black hone, while
Lieut. Hopkins had only rewired 30s. for his. (Laughter.)
TREATMENT OF THE WOUNDED IN TILE
CRIMEA.
IRD said be * ithed to call the attention of

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had appeared, relating to the amaegearate for the reeeptier
and treatment of the wounded ou the 18th Jam kat :-
81r,-After all the talk to Parliament and oat of it, about the sees.
shy of reform in oar military system, aid especially is the medical
department, an¢ alter the repot to of the sista of the hospitals at dm.
tart, permed of a confiding disposition, who were unncquabited with
the (issue llke unclum ty of offichl men and things, might
have supposed that, in the event of any great aetion-sn event for sO
loog expected-every conmelence sad conslort for the mounded
would be In abundance. Perhaps the following Meta may tend to us.
duties them : At 3, ans., as the itith of June the assedt eousnismed.
We were all waiting .or the wouadcd, who arrived so aeon es
could travel the distance between the rammed works sod the IftspieL
AU a.m.a ward was given over to me. It contained no patients. I wait
regulated to as what 'Ns weal= for it. I Mond in it 11 wretched
ah.ky bmilinie. as many mattresses stuffed with chopped straw, the
assayer= use sewn up at the Aim and sheets and blankets to corns.
spend. This was aU-sot • &gm amber utensil. not • cup, knife.
hark, or epoon-ea large sailer =Map water-nothing but what
1 hays eased. I trredleady applied fur the various thiml defici-
ent. Del them were Was; one chamber 'genet I could
have for the ward. mid Mee betimes; nothing Witold water or
tea, no Saar. The wounded beam to arrive-that wad wea soon
rued; eases mare given over to me in exactly themes preclitemseat.
One orderly was given to attendee I ewoundelmes, ant am al Mont
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eat, and not etTolgh to drink. Dur tag thertigict of the ;Sttitii
wounded came crowding in; some of them were admitted by the
animate without having seen a medical Aker, sad comequently, not
having men sten, their wounds were not dreaetd till morning. Yea.
terdoy the only toed given to these poor emanate. until nine o'clock
at alight wu hard biatedt and tea. There wu no bread ler them—so

arrowroot, no beet-Ma—nothing except tea without milk. I did sot
end this out unul the bread had arrived, or certainly as long an any
bread wee to be bought my own men should have lute Nome. We
were Occupied imemantly all yesterday and the day before in dressing
and cperat log. As loon as one man waa removed from the operating
table soother wee put on. Hume not time, fir, to write more, or I
could give many further particulars. I think them toots
need no comment. I can vouch for every word I ham
written. Though I do not wish my name to be published,
you meat liberty to give it to any of the authorities, or to anyone
who wishes to invesidgate the matter further. I will only say this„
that as bog as you have a revtem by which one man diecovera a
deficiency, and too, to report It •o a auxrlor, the superior makes a

rogialliii rad& has,o is &Ignored by his atherior„ind whops by
a reread, and this regulation is ant to an official who may tr. my
sot can* with it—as keg as oodles' °Mere have to make rapist.
time ke sandlee,soap, brushes, and things of that kind—se keg, in
My es the army medical system continues the preposterous and
rotten thing it Is-so long must you look for regalia similar toe
worse than those 1 have dssenbed. I beg to eats that lam sot a
civilian surgeon. ending fault with what Ido not understand. lam
is tin army and being in the army It Is perhaps, to use an Medal
Um, "indiscreet" to write this letter. Nor am la non-professional
parson writing to the Times to eemplain that a man with a hall
through his shoulder suffers pain; but, care-bardsned and tough
though a prehenswel bas rendered me, I cannot Fes brave man
a massesaisity without indignation. I bane written strongly
abtaaVilkd strangiy.—l am, sir, your obedient sereant,
Comp beim Sebastopol, June 20. hI SCA., LILA.
How was it possible that the government or the country
'mild have any confidence in the head of the medical de-
partment sifter the charges brought whist him by the
Sebastopol committee 1 Whoa statements like those he had
read were made in the papers, people would read them with
indignati'n and surprise, and at the some time with the
strongest belief in their accuracy. (Hear, hear.)
—BILLETING OF THE biILiTIA IN SCOTLAND.
Mr. COWAN put the following question to the Under
Secretary for War.. If a letter from the Commissioners of
Polies for the city ef Edinburgh, which was addressed to
Mr. Cowan, and was by him transmitted to Lord Penman.
in March last, has received the coneideretlrn of the War
Department, and whether any of the suggestions therein
ocuteined for the removal of the *listing irritation caused
by the billeting of soldiers and militiamen upon private
families in Scotland are likely to be adopted. Also, if the
Under Secretary for War is now prepared to name a time
when either by the erection of a camp, by the militia being
accemmodated in temporary or permasent barrack., or
otherwise, the localities upon which they are now quartered
will be relieved from the burden which is laid upon them."
Mr. DUNDAS said he feared he had, in the heat of
debate, bi en betrayed into the use of an expression which
night worry a different meaning from what he intended;
and he regretted having made use of it. (Hear, hear) He
amid oaly throw himself on the indulgence of the house:
(near, hear.) All he meant to toy was that he hoped the
right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) would take steps to
maintain next Sunday peace and order. (Hear.)
Mr. PEEL said, in reply to the question of the noble lord,
that the ecmpeasation to be given for the loss of horses
would be regulated by .warrant from the Horse
Guards. With regard to the question of his hon-
ourable friend he could only say that if the letter
to which he referred was correct, the hospitals in the
Crimea were in a very disgiaceful state. All he could do
was to refer the statement to Dr. Hall, the head of the
medical department, and await his reply. But as be had
received a letter from Dr. Hall, dated the 18th of June, in
which he says that the temporary field hospitals were
exppiied with everything necessary, surgical instruments
bad all other appliances, and that Ming the case with ro-
ped t* the temporary field hospitals, which had been pre-
tested in anticipation of the attack, he could not believe that
the statement of the army surgeon with respect to
oh. regimental and other hospitals could be borne
out. However, they sent out a oopy of the letter
and asked Dr. Hall to give an explanation. He
thought it would be desirable to give the name of the army
surgeon who wrote the letter in order that the investigation
might be more complete. With regard to the question of
the hon. gentleman behiad him (Mr. Cowan), he could add
nothing to the statement which he made last week. When
the militia were embodied, it was necessary that they should
be collected together ; and if quartered, that they should be
in some place where there was a sufficiency of houses to
accommodate them. The militia of Argyle and Bute, from
which places there were many complaints, were transferred
to buildings erected for them; and with regard to military
encampments in Scotland, it was the intention of the go-
vernment to form a camp in Stirling fur four or Ave regi-
ments.
The:motion for the adjoummint of the loate wag then
agreed to.
DIPLOMATIC EXAMINATION.

la reply to ir7EWART,
Lord PALMERSTON stated that his noble friend the,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs fad turned in bin
mind the establishing of a system of examination, but he
bad not yet arranged any defiuite plan. When he had done
so, he would lay it on the table.
ACCIDENTS BY FACTORY MACHINERY.
Colonel DL'NNE row to move," an address for copies
of all correspondence between the Secretary of State for the
Herne Department and certain magistrates of Oldham, on
the subject of a prosecution before the said magistrates of a
manufacturer, for Laving on his premises unfenced machi-
nery,from which neglect the death of an individual resulted."
There were five magistrates on the bench when the case to
which he referred we. heard ; three of them being for a dis-
missal. The CAM was seat to the noble lord when be we.
Secretary of State for the Home Department, and like every
right.mindsd man the noble lord seemed to think that the
conviction of the muter ought to be affirmed. What he
complained of was that the magistrates who diansiued the
case were themselves guilty of having machinery in which
the proper precautions required by law ware not taken, and
therefore were not the proper persons to try such a car..
Since this case an association had been formed in the
district for the pupae of p ing these prosecutions On
the 7th of March. Mr. R. H. Gregg took the chair at the
meeting for the formation of the association, the object of
which be stated to be the raising of a fund to prevent prose-
cutions like this in future. He (Colonel Dunne) thought it
we. an illegal act for &large number of men to mumble and
subscribe funds for such a purpose. One of the speakers
tried to juttity the factory owners by comparing the swill per
untage of deaths with the 40,000 who were lost en rheCrimes.
This individual was, it should be told, • member of that
ferocious society known as the pesos society. (Laughter.)
But it was a curious fact that 40,000 we. about the number
who were either killed or mangled or seriously injured by
factory machinery in this country since 1846. According
to a return which be obtained there were 38,000 kilted or
mutilated or seriously injured, and sines the data of that
return Dm number we. increased by 2.000 or 3,000 more.
The amount of fines inflicted was only 7,0001., and Dome of
that amount had been remitted. More than half the
deaths and mutilations took place in the case of women and

children.
Lord PALMERSTON bad no objection to the produc-
tion of the papers es tar as be was personally commented.
The case was this : An accident having occurred as steted
the ease was brought before certain magistrates, who dis-
missed it; be was not initialed with the grounds et the die-
miesal, and expressed his opinion in writing ; a correspond-
ents@ then ensued. After be left the Home-office he bad an
interview with some of the magistrates, who were men of
great respectability, and he was hound to say that he did not
think the feet of their being millowners at ell disqualified
them from acting as magistrates. They satisfied him that he
had taken a partial view of the matter, and they bad since
convinced the present head of the acme Department that
they bad acted in imerdenee with the law in dismissing the
case, and that no impetation could be oast on them. With
regard to the motion before the house he would have no
objection at • future time to produce the papers ; but as the
motion, it narried in its present chap*, would supersede the
committee et supply, he felt it his duty to giro It • dittet
negative.
Mr. PDX wished to do justice to tie magistrates, who
were allowed to remain under a meeoedsser.,ert Imputa-
tion. The hon. and gallant member had Wed some of the
magistrates violators of the law. They were not violntore
of the law es it was understood at the shoo. It was true
%We of them bad since been arrette but that was in order
to make a ease for the opinion of a superior teem The
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