The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-02 00:00:00

lA, PERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDIITirouDAT, Kum 1.
The Loan C esecnixtentesiehis seat upon the woolsack at
Ire Welock.
TICKETS OF LEAVE.
Lead ST. LEONARDS gave notice that on Monday ant
he should put a question is the government with reforest*
to the system at present prevailing of treating tickets d
leave to convicted re. He also Intended to
an
whether it was in to erect say institatioa foe Inas*
Criminals.
ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTBIL
A menage was brelit up from the House of Ouelmon t
s
by Mr. Beebe
hem * and boa. members, erodes tha
the wend fles leave to the Duke o owcestle to
Weed binge the annittes of the House of ninon upon
the 'my beton Snistepol, in order that .Igs nght be
exammieed by that esnamittee The nosedigen having
withdraws,
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that leave be given
tothe Duke of Newels* to attend acoordingtr.
Aimed to.
LUNACY REGULATION ACT AMEND ENT BILL.
This bill was read a onset time.
CO TENSOLIDAD FUND (3,000,0004 BILL.
This bill was read a second else.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (L 20,000,0014 BILL.
This bill was read a wood time.
COMMON LAW
(IRELAND) PROCEDURBILL. E ACT AMENDMENT
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that this act was
merely to remedy an error in the Common Law Procedure
Act of last ',arnicm la that act there were certain clauses
relating to evidence which it was intended to extend to
Ireland. A mistake, however, had occurred with respect to
those by reason of the irsteberiog of the clauses having been
altered as the bill passed through parliament.; This mistake
it was now proposed to cornet. His lordship then moved
the second feeding of the bill.
The bill was thee read a mooed time.
MR KENNEDY'S CASE.
The Earl of EGLINTON was not going to enter upon
the ems of Mr. Kennedy, as it had already received suck
fall coasidsration elsewhere, and as Mr. Kennedy's cha-
racter had already bean (ally vindicated. The house would
remember that a committee of that house had sat to consider
the subject of the newsagent of the crown estates of Kit-
son:ono, and before that committee Mr. Kennedy gave
evident.. The evidence of subsequent witness, appeared
is some degree to controvert Mr. Kennedy's statemeats ; or
at least, that egastruetion might be put upon it.
Mr. Kennedy thereupon wrote to the chairman of the
senagitne, the noble duke opposite (Duke of Argyll),
offering himself for mezemination, and requesting the
noble duke to lay his letter before the committee. The
Roble duke, however, did not answer Mr. Kennedy, nor
did he communicate the feet of his having mitt's to the
other members of the committee. Under these circum-
stances he thought that the noble duke would not object
to lay that letter of Mr. Kennedy's upon the table. He
had also to ask that a copy of the letter addressed by Mr.
M'Cullum to Mr. Kennedy, and forwarded by the latter
gentleman to the Treasury on the 26th of last month, should
be laid on the table.
The Doke of ARGYLL said that he regretted that he
would be unable to produce the first letter ta which the
noble earl had referred, inasmuch as he had no copy
of it. Indeed, until the matter had been privately
mentioned to him by the amble earl he bad totally
forgotten the circumetasse. Upon further coatideration,
however, be had recalled to his mind the facts of the case.
They were these: Mr. Kennedy, considering the evidence
of Mr. Wilson, as given before their lordships' committee,
tended to impeach his veracity, wrote to him (the Duke of
Argyll) to that effect, and offaing himself for re-examina-
tion, if the committee thought the correctness of his state-
ments had been affected. That letter be (the Duke of
Argyll) had brrught to the notice of the committee, and the
unanimous conclusion then arrived at was that no slur
whatever rested upon Mr. Kennedy, and that there
was no occasion for his re-esamisation. He thought
that the members et the committee now pre-
sent would bear him out in this statement. (Hear, hear.)
He regretted that he did not himself communicate with Mr.
Kennedy, but he believed the result was communicated to
him. The committee did not entertain the slightest doubt
with regard to the veracity of Mr. Kennedy's letter. With
regard to the other letter, to which his noble friend had re-
ferred, he thought it would be inconvenient to have it pro-
duced so long after the investigation, especially as there
would be no opportunity of estiog the accuracy or its state-
ments.
The Eul of EGLINTON said the noble dike was slightly
in error in supposing that the committee were aware of Mr.
Kennedy's letter, and that Lord Donoughtnore had com-
municated to Mr. Kennedy the result. He bad seen a letter
from Lord Donoughmoro expressing surprise that the letter
was not published with the other evidence.
Lord MONTEAOLE said as a member of the committee
he concurred in the statement that there was no difference of
opinion among the committee with regard to Mr. Kennedy's
veracity.
Tea sonversation then dropped.
The house adjourned at seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tanastay, Hawn 1.
The &masa took the chair at the anal boor.
Mr. Du.wid, the member for Swansea, took the oaths
sad Ha test.

The Great Nathan Railway (Church and Schools at
Doncaster) Bill, was opposed by several =mitten, and ulti-
mately it was withdrawn.__ __-----

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NOTICES OF MOTION.
BT Ma. F. Score—On Monday neat, to ask whether
provision has been made for the appointment of chaplains
to every ship entitled to them which may be about to pro-
ceed anon aides service to the Baltic or elsewhere ; and
when a Vice-President of the Board of Trade should be
appointed, to inquire whether any step was intended to be
taken by that department to establish an efficient communi-
cation between the engine-drivers and guards in railway
trains.
Dr Ha. Colsam—On Thandey se'nnight, to move for
leave to bring in a bill to regulate the hours of labour is
and to provide for the better inspection of factories.
NEW WRITS.
On the motion of Lord Etcao, it was ordered that the
Speaker's warrant be issued to the Clerk of the Crown to
snake out a new writ for the election of a bargees to serve
in parliament for the borough of Hadley, in the room of
Mr. Benin+. deceased.
THE NBW IRISH APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. HATTER moved that Mr. Speaker do lane his
warrant to the Clerk of the Crows in liaised to make out
a sew writ for the election of a burgess to sena in parlia-
ment for the borough of Stroud, is the room of H. Horsmsn,
Erg.. who, slam his election, has accepted the office of
Chief Secretary to the Lard-Lieutenant of Ireland.—Agreed
to.
Similar moth= were made sad peed to in nineties to
the borough if AthMse, for the deetie• of • bur la the
room of Mr. W. leegk, eppleiedel be
Inland; and to the beressals of Wats. lomat by the ae•
oeptanee by Mr. I. D. Fitzgerald of the Irish Solicitor-
Generalship.

MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE.
OF SECRECY.
Mr. ROEBUCK moved that the committee appointed to
Woke into the madition of the army before Sebastopol
have leave to report.
The meting' haying been pat and agreed to,
The Rea. sad Liaised Mumma brought up the report,
which was ready the clerk at the table as follows —" The
select committee appointed to inquire into the condition of
our array before Sebastopol, sad into the conduct of those
departments of the gormumeat whose duty it is to admi-
nister to the wants of that army, have come to the followlag
resolution, which they beg to report to the house, via. :
•In the opinion of this committee the object for while
they have been appointed will be best attained, injustke to
iadividuale prevented, and the public interest b• beet
protected, if the committee be a °maltase of secrecy. "
The report was ordered to Ue on the table.
Mr. ROEBUCK then moved that a message be sent to
the Lords, requiting that the Doke of Newcastle be per-
mitted to attend sad give evidence before the committee.—
Agreed to.
REFORMATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS—
POLICE, itis.
Mr. PA= eked whether it was the intention of the
iteesenssert Ittlateedeut any neater' for the establishing a
polies, sad ales say menus for the reformation et
whether it was the Wootton of the go-
vernment to grant any funds for the establishment of re-
f/natatory schools ; and whether any plan would he proposed
Ise the profits ble employment of convict labour t.
• Sir G. GREY replied that his noble friend (Lord Palmer-
aeon) had stated some time ago that the government did not
propose to admit any hill to parliament this eassioe upon
the subject of the polio,. Ha (Sir G. Grey) admitted the
Importance .f that subject, and was sanitise that an in-
ward system of polite In comities sad bone to lieu% be
establebed. His attention should be distiloll le the Mlle,
sad be biped at some future time to be able M prime a
maim In referent* to it. Thaw was, believer, a we,
lofta newt est of partisans% by wldeli *realise odd
Ibenseless establish an bspeeeM myelin al ries,
mei the seseasity for a swaryakerp eassenee ewes
wiy _ /ran tire indlepesitise la ems plasm te adage is
WM raped le selteseberyftsbook, an ast pared last ela
siva by which pewee was gloss le smelt juvenile °frisbee
le attain refonaelsey insanities', as their bees w efled
by tbe Secretary el S tate as it plates fee the Tint
=bail been seareleed In several skit sub
bad bees Milled. sad WM* tai bele seeds
eel wets mar onsldleration fofenlslYleg regaimaiwy
obese la several table wands,. The bee. samba he
dMYtrd had gives amiss of a bill te mead die ass aflame
sloollw, tow Web be €lllr G. Grey" alleflek sell ben eller
rraTeems enspessleas of ameedoeset bed ban node.
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that
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in *en entableibeemee, aa grimed that as
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tba they we'll be paratansatly dowsed te the obleet gee

whist they wore @rested. In ninon., to the employment
of Illaviat Lebow is pslaireaslis, his attendee had bees far
isms time diesels& le thamtert, sad at this newest at
Peodsad tie Wow of *as employed is that way.
AS Periamesth a Op .pies to facilitate the
empielomms @Rd 'shear is eh@ Dlekyard. A similar
primes was sow of @Gatineau) at Chatham, with
the same eljost; rod at Gibraltar and Bormeda there wen
establishmosis msviats„ who were employed upon the
IWO, weeks lbws with great advantage.
THE TURKISH CONTINGENT.
Kr. OTWAT wished to kaow from the Under Secretory
fort War, window there was any agreement between her
goosesmoot and the Pert*, by with* her Manetre
• s
goesmosei sodormek to provide food, for the Turkish
MON@ sod Imp far their cavalry in the Crimea, and, if
"Han what steps had been taken to ensure the deli-
hay sollsient for the large body of Turkish cavalry
sta or 'boat to be soot to the Crimea ?
Mr. P. PEEL—Under an agreement with the Porto it is
intended that a Turkish auxiliary (ores shall be employed
in conjunction with our army in the Crime., part of which
will be cavalry. The borne of this portion of the aurtlia,
force will no doubt receive their forage from the British
governmeat, but in the course of the lest few months such
large protracts had been entered into for the supply of hay
for ear army that I do not apprehend any special provision

will be 'memory.
THE METROPOLITAN LETTER CARRIERS.

Kr. T. BUNCOMBE inquired whether any of the re.
commendations contained in the report of the Pest-offles
essmittes bad been submitted for the approval of the
Lards of the Treasury, for the classification of the letter
carriers of the metropolis, with a view of improving that
salaries and superannuation, and if sanctioned, from whet
date • also, if it was intended to make any provides dr
grading to the letteroarriers, without deduction tram their
pay, some relaxation, in the form of annual holidays, as,
recommended in the report upon the Post-office ?
Mr. WILSON replied that on the 17th of August a
Treasury minute was issued authorising the PosZoffice to
make the whole of the alterations recommended by the re-
port to which the hon. member had alluded, sad in conse-
quence en amalgamation had takes place of the two classes
of letter-carriers—the general and the district postmen—
who henceforth would become one body. They were how-
ever to be divided into four classes, as recommended in the
report, holding different rank, and receiving • different rate
of payment. 'That classification would of course depend
upon the merit of the men, and as there were 2,000
of them, some time must icessarily elapse ere their ,
relative merits weld be ascertained. Ina few days, however.
it was hoped that the classification would be completed, sod
the arrangements put into perfect execution. With lewd
to superannuation, the letter-carriers had been beseglet
under the Superannuation Act without being called apes
to make any payment to the Superannuation Fund. It
was intended also that each letter-carrier should have •
fortnight's holiday in every year, without any deducties
being made from his pay.
THE BALLOT.
Mr. H. BERKELEY, in pursuance of a notice he hid
given, asked the First Lord of the Treasury the following;
question : " The bribery and corruption which prevailed el
the last general election having given rise to an act against
bribery and undue influence, expiring at the end of the
neat Serelloll whether the government contemplated a re-
newal of that act; and also whether it was the intention of
the noble lord to permit the question of the ballot to be an
open question to the members of his government ?"
("Ilear,bear," and a laugh.)
Lord PALMERSTON—The act to which my hon. friend
refers was passed last year, and will continue in rues ma
the let of August next, and till the end of the next seed= of
parliament. So far as I am aware of the experience of that act,
it ought to bare a faller trial than it has yet had, and is all
probability it may be proposed by the government to continue
it still further. (Hear.) With regard to that question, in
which my hon. friend has an annual interest, all I have to
say is, that no change is intended to take place in the ar-
rangements on that subject. (Cheers and laughter.)
THE NEWSPAPER STAMP REPEAL BILL.
Mr. COWAN was anxious to know whether this bill was
to be brought on te-morrow sight, and whether, if the
second reading passed, it would take effect from that time.
He put the question in mondani:a with the request of a
newspaper proprietor of Edinburgh whose paper was pub-
lished on the Saturday, and who was therefore directly in-
terested in the matter. (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.)
Mr. WILSON said that it was proposed to take the army
estimates to-morrow nieht first, and then the Ordnance
estimator. If these should not occupy the whole evening,
or rather if they should have been gone through at a com-
paratively early hour, he believed the Newspaper Stamp
Bill would be brought on. (Hear.) At el events no time
would be allowed to be lost in bringing it forward, seeing
that it was most desirable the question should be settled as
soon as possible, in order that the new law, if it should
pas, should take effect from the next (miter day, that
was from the 31st March.
THE BERNAL COLLECTION.
Lord EBRINOTON inquired whether it was intended
by the government to purchue this collection, and intimated
that if it was not, he should not press the motion of whieb
he had given notice on the subject ?
Lord PALMERSTON—The collection to which nay noble
friend alludes is undoubtedly one of great interest, and
would be exceedingly valuable to many persons who taboos
interest in, or who have partial collections of, the different
things it contains. I think it does very great credit to tbe
taste and judgment of the person who collected it ; but, M
the present moment, when there were such large demands
ea the finances of the country for objects of the highest
national importance, I do not think we should be justified
in recommending that it should be purchased by means d
the public money.
ARMY PROMOTION.
Mr. LAYARD presented a petition from Aylesbury in
favour of Lord Ooderich's motion.

Kr. ROEBUCK presented a similar petition from
Sheffield. .

Lard GODERICH, in • speech which was much ap.
plended, then moved:—" That an humble address be
=led to her Majesty, praying that she will be gra-
te take into her consideration the present
elli=1:1=1111 in her Majesty's army, under which
Misers rusty attain to the rank of com-
eielmet Mew, sed marcely ever to that of field officer,
ad h to reeemmend to her Majesty. that it is the
*Mon of ilde home at the said system is injurious to the
still:. samba, sad unjust to the private soldier in her
teicy." •
was opposed on various grounds by Mr. F.
Lord Lookers, Col. SIBTROZP, Sir J. WALSH,
811T1101711, Lord ELCIIO, and Mr. S. HIMIIIRT. The
following spoke in ite favour, Mr OTWAY, Mr. Wisest.,
Capt. Boom's, Mr. J. BALL. and Sir E. linear.
Sir DE LACY EVANS, in answer to a very general all
ham the house, rose, sad wee received with loud cheers.
e said-1 have not come down to the house this evening
far the purpose of trespass* upon its time by what ie eant-
misty called a speech, but as this is a subject upon which
I have before offered my opinion to the house without mo-
ws, I thought it my duty to come down and offer a few
weeds—and they shall be very few, upon the motion of the
wide lord. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord who has just
addemesd the house expresses great apprehension lest we
deo& be driven to the adoption of an imprudent resolution
he sossequinice of the ezistance of a cry throughout the
muntiy. Now I, as an humble individual, am not in the
slightest degree infisenced by that cry, if there be a
cry. I merely offer my unbiassed opinions, which
are quite consistent with those which I bath frequently
offered before. (Hear, bear.) There have been various
etiegEsna raised te the motion of the noble lord, one being
that of the Under Secretary for the War Department, who
looks at the question in the financial aspect. Another is
that of the noble lord the member for Toenail, who dwelt
etrangly on the report of the iconunission of 1840, of which
Me Duke of Wellington was the head; sad I shish that an-
Mheiroommissiou was also referred to by the noble lord be-
hinds'. For my part, I must Goatees that these forenntio
dens have not oath supreme authority over my mind, be-
muse their decisions were, in point of fast, the decisions of
the Duke of Wellington. (Hear, hear.) No military man
dared to oppose his opinion to that of the illustrious duke,
died it was not to be wondered at, seeing the transcendent
glories and abilities of the noble duke, and besides, it any
ens did oohs was pretty lure to suffer for it. (A laugh.) They
simnel drab% the settled convictions of that noble person;
bet are me to remain for ever under the laws of the Mediu sad
Esteem la Medisece to the dictum of one man, however
peat ? Irothis, the noble duke's opinion was probably not
solely kaki ea itis consideration of what was beat for the
=bet bad also in view our aristocratic institutions,
is later years he came to think of still greater int-
Plibmeo. (Hoar, bear.) I believe that those who noticed
modest of the agile duke after the war—not daring the
war, beenesothes he was a practical nen and did not trouble
bimeeKvNlpeffillb—obeerved that military matters begone
table mtimieffie oohs omeadary W political objects. I my,
*MI it one do not bow impligites• this ism-
mission in whet the duke ezpresned his ie Amer
of the sibling MGM of things, thiloMeg Memo the
army which be sommanded hid performed lie duty
admirably, there was so iessollty for nay further
improvement. I believe that the Wile dabs wee
of the same minims with regard be peer but he
wee subsequently obliged to ohmage them is a rev; rotten,
bad even in military matters be wee ullimeleiy Ailed to
admit some relaxation. Why, his gram was opposed to the
present system of metal Gaps instead of 11aY, ad oho te
the Unlit ride, whist. recently Meagre* our enemy mak
admirable mewl& (" Hear," ed theist) Aso wit Mt,
this. that Imams the system of parcbnieff tissehilas
eels the beet, we are never to edvocotolie reeneealles
Mew Wh if this tem et pothole is so
ely sot iatroduy,es it into sys
sem tw iYreaf Why
sot Os evil webs be pet up tomb, end the edloo of Seem
ley if Mate Mows has Oho armlet? (Ohms and
Iresphtese.) If Me sperm Lfigoools le liesseekl, Irby
est love it in the nay led r 1 balm sir, ls the
faetrary, that it la disheemoraido the messy, end that
Its will be a dispose to this ham SI we smalls ito emainu-
-1 ant*. (Loud sheen.) Why, it is the Imam of miry
people in Europa that ter people lime toilette& it iso
(Hoar, hear.) Cleatieemen mg soma flows with their she.
penny economy, sad WI no OM if we attempt to modiffidi
a system of prcmotion by Mat il ass UMW a