The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-27 00:00:00

THE CKAWLEY COURT•SfAZ~TLiL

Lord COLS ILII ire; itteaici; to the prourediap of
the deputy judge advocate at the late Crawley mAtrt-thittiti.
and complained that that learned gentleman brat Pr*Wed
the articles of the prosecution, acted as legal advisoz to the
prosecutor, sad drawn up the reply to the defence.
Earl DEGILEY mid that the proceedings were coarituted
is accordance with precedent, and that both Mr. Dee.;son
and S.r A. Honsford had discharged a psiuful and diftct'lt
duly in an honourable atd impended wanner. In 1860 the
judge advocate-germs' advised • change of system. and the ,
question was now under the consideration of the govern-
ment whether the existing practice might not be improved.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE explained that orticially the
deputy jadze advocate was counsel to the military proem
smog. In the case cf Colonel Crawls he thought the trial
had been fairly and ably eo by the posecutics.
and, disclaiming any intsratiow of reflecting upon Sir Hash
Rose or Sir William Mansfield, expressed his regret that
they should have put any ether construction upon his
orders.

Lord CHELMSFORD was of opinion that, whilst the
proceedings were accordant with the letter they were op-
posed to the spirit of the regulation., mid that practically-
an assessor who ought to have been perfectly impartial had
been coovertedinto a vehemeut prosecutor. . . .

The Earl of LONGFORD con;ured the means which had
been resorted to, especially by a member of their lordships'
louse acd a pinion of the newspaper press, for the purpose
of iudaniteg the public mind against Colonel Crawley. who,
be thought, was entitled to the most ienerous sympathy
for the obloquy which had been so usdelerveilly cast apse
bins.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, who was the peer referred
to by Lord Longford, denied that he had dome anything
more than to insist upon a public inquiry into the truth of
the auger, which had created a arms excitement in the
country. He did not regret tSe course he hid takes,
espechdly as the result had been so satisfactory, and the
humblest soldier must now feel that say wrong done to
him would be rigidly inquired into.
In answer to a question of the Earl of DONOUGH-
SORE,

no LORD CHANCELLOR dated that the Attorney-
General wee of opinion that, under all the circumstances of
the ease eitainst the late directors of the West Hartlepool
Railway Company, it was doubtful whether a capriccios
could be obtaMed ; and considering that the parties had in
Wale respects condoned the *Reece by the corn prowls° of
last sesnioa, he wee obliged to concur in that view of the
matter.

Earl GRANVILLE said the question had been referred
to a very competect pennon to consider whether two other
recommendations of the committee should be carried out.
It was felt that the committee had not sufficient time to
consider the entire matter before them.
The Earl of DONOUGHSIORE observed that all the
inouiries before the committee led them to conclude that
Mr. Jackson had not applied any of the money to his own
purposes• (Hear, hear.)
The subject thee dropped.
Their lordships adjourned tl 3) minutes to 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FILIDAT, Fmk 26.
The SPV-Mkll took the Astir at 4 o'clock.
THE SUEZ CANAL
Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that, the answer he received
yesterday sot being sufßeisatly satisfactory, he Amid
move the followEg resolution :—"That so attempt should
be made by the government et England to obstruct the
formation of a maritime canal across the Isthmus of Suez
by the Freccia company uow mimed is that undertaking."

THE E ERTCH AND YENIKALE GRANT.
Sir 3. HAY wished to ask the Seeretary to the Admiralty
if it was true that a portion of the pant made by this bore
to the captors of Ketteh arid Yirle had been bestowed
upon three flag officers who were not serving in the Black
Sea fleet or present at the capture.
Lord C. PAGET said that a portion of the grant hid
been awarded to Admiral Boxer, Admiral Montagu Stop
ford. and Sir F. Grey, who were sot actually present at
the ceptare of Kerteh. But the earl prize proclamation
of l$ 4. at the commeornart of the Burr war, gnus the
gag share of the prizes to all the lag officers on the static..
Their presence at the capture, therefore, was not required.
The aw:.ni for I:.?rtch was, be the terms of the royal war.
rtot, 0. derail to he dietritwted " according to the rules of
the naval tarsi," nod in &accedence with our proclamation
of March %tr.
Sir 3. ELPHINSTiINE—Perhaps the noble lord would
tell us where those officers were.
HIGHWAYS BILL.

Colon-1 W. PATFEN wished to ask tie Secretary of
State for the lion.e Department whether it wee his intention
to introduce an bill during the present session to amend
the Highways Act passed during the last sevioe of parlia-
ment.

Sir I:. • ;REV st'd he had already. stated it was the inten•
Con of the government to introduce a bril ; but as he had
received some memorials on the subject, he should like to
bare an opportunity' of roosidering them

TRAINING SCROOLS.

Mr. HARDY wished to ask the VlMlPresident of the
Committee of Council for Education whether. when a stu-
dent haying been sdr...itted to a tramiog college without
pwinz. after failure at the examisetion for admissioe by
tie insp,ctor. er.,:reeds in the examioation of students at the
end of each of two successive years of training. completes
the ptmcribstl period of probation, and becomes a certificated
teschtr. ho al ill be counted to the credit of the trekking eel-

lege in e,timatie7thegrent earned by the institution-index
the n.nute of h: treh 21,10.
•

Mr. LA/WE said, it laving been found very inconvenient
and a loosing ler lemons to enter a training school to be edit.
rated as terchere without hawing received a sound prelimi-
nary education, in order to obviate that, the Committee of
Council instituted a matriculation examination, and it was
only on account of students who passed that examination
that gnats were made.
PENAL SERVITUDE FOR LIFE. _ _

Mr. MORRITT wished to ask the Secretary of State for
the Rome Department whether it would be possible for
Townley. lately convicted of murder, whole senteece was
oomr.,:ted to petal servitude for life, to obtain, by good
conduct or otherwise, at any future eriod of his life, a
license or ticket of leave to be at large and free from re-
straint is either this or any other country?
Sir G. OREY said he could only repeat the answer he
gave last night. timely, that convicts under sentence of
penal mervitude for life, whether original or commuted, were
net ent:Cerl to the benefit of those regulations by which
ether convicts might on certain specified conditions obtain a
romission of a portion of their sestemm. (Hear.)
THE TUSCALOOSA.

Mr. PEACOCKE wLihed to uk the Pint Lord of the
Treasury what were the -Aber &residences coder which
ketractioes were nest oat to the C■ps of Good Hope sad
is cosserience of which the Tuscaloosa wu seized ; and
whetter the goverment would Liy apes the table of the
hone the papers relating to the subject.

THE E:

Lord PALMERSTON said that if he mattered the second
pan of the natation first, it would gin the answer to the
lust part. There was no objection to lay the papers on the
tab/wand those papas would fully explain the circumstances
under which the Ana add wee given, and under which the
second order to Mean the venal was given. (Hear.)
THE HOUSES IN BRIDGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER.
Sir J. SHELLEY wished to ask the First Commissioner
of Work, when the houses left standing on the mouth sided
Bridgeatreet, Westminster, would be removed, end whether
any decision had been arrived at as to the mode in which
the vaunt ground should be utilised.
Mr. COWPER said the freehold of the four Louses

which still remained had been purchased, and he was in
negotiation for the purchue of the leasehold interest, which
he was in hopes of obtaining in a few days. When this
occurred, the houses would be taken down, and then would
be the time to decide on the appropriation of the site.