The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-17 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF TURKEY.

lir. GREGORY gave mottos' that shortly after Easter be
ihould move for coy condounication received at the Foreigu-
aloe with aped to the bombardment of Belgrade in Joe*
HO; also for a loatiouatiou of the parliamentary papas
based is 1861, to Boancial sod administrative redone is
Twiny • aid that he should rail the inertias of the home
to the oOadition of Turkey.

EDUCATION.

Mr. WALTER said at tie reepseet of the Vida-Frweideat
of the Committee of Privy Cocoon on Monti°. be should
postpone his motion on the subject of education, which
stood for Friday next, until after Seater.
OFFICERS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S
ARMY.

Cleptain JERVIS askedl;l;oler the government bad de-
terri to appoint a royal commission to inquire whether
the...wastes gives to the officers of the late Fast India
Company's army had or had not been departed from.
Sir 0. WOOD said he unite agreed with the hem and
gallant gentleman on the =pertains of the subject. He
need out my on the pan of himself end his co/leagnes that
there was every isteaticia to fulfil the pledgee gives to the
officers of the East India. army, said he thought he should
be able to satisfy the house that those pledges bad been in
no degree departed from. The military members of the
commit were sextons to show every consideration for their
brethren to anus. He bad recommended to her Midway, and
her • Majesty had been pleased to approve of the nine of •
royelesonsameioa on the subject, comprising members of
both homes of parliament.
damsel SYKILS asked whether the officers wbo proffered
their widows would be examined before the commission?
Sir C. WOOD used the gentlemen composing the commis-
Mon would determine whet evidence they would receive.

PIKES IN THE METROPOLIS.
31,. PEACOCKS asked the Secretary of State for the
Hodes Department whether be would brute in hie biE epee
the subject of fires is the metropolis before Imiter; elm
*beam he had received any communication from the is.
minpaw that they did not mean to costume the
fire •

Sit G. GREY said no exanansieatioa had been rewired
slope lest yam from tips insonase companies, that they
wished to be relieved hoar lbe charge of maintaining the
tire brigade, but be had been ia cominneicatioe with the
Mame. and he koped to be aide to make an mrsagantent
woald be satisfarkwy to them end (*admire to the
pis 'Merest' ; but it was sat eufficieatly forward to
Abs to brass in a ball before Fowler.

curi-mobr szavzcz GUNK.
Mr. KINNAIRD spired which of the several plans pro-
pceed for riling the existing cast-inea arises gums had
beet retested by the ordnance select committee to be the
beet ; Whether the governmest intended to istrodease the
improvement into the service without daisy ; and whether
the report of the ordains* sang imaindtbe oa ibis subject
would paiblished.
Mr G. C. LEWIS mid, as • µsera tall, the reporb of
the eidetic* select committee were oonfiden:ial, but this
beiqg a subject in which the public took great kitbag, and
the honor& Deis' of • nature which be was able to pre
duce, if his hot. (rimed would move for it it would be
produced. The gebremeat army net disposed to give effect
to the principle of riling eashinis Fels, but if they were
to do so they should adopt the prim* of Mr. Babb,
Britten.
DUTIES ON TOBACCO.
Mr. CRAWFORD asked whether it wee intended to
subject tobacco to an examination of quality with Mos-
aics to differential duties in the same mater as tem dais
with respect to wine.
The CHANCELLOR of the =CHEWIER replied that
the& wee no intends whatever to adopt in the ease of
totter° • system analogous to that wiiich was adopted in
the ems of wine. The object of imposieg an increased or
special duty on tobacco with a aerials degree of moisten
was to meet certain special gun is which tobacco was made
very dry. nue was not carried on at present ia the general
blab, but only in the trade between this country and the
Channel Islands.