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was to be feared, lead to that relapse gobbet
one of the especial *Nieto of parole meat to
Lord ST. LRONARDS thew moved for
as to the amber of eartviste at law 1/11t
which were aimed to.
CRIMINAL LUNATICS.
Lord ST. LIONARDS rose to inquire whether her
jestiagovesnient hod oap intends,* to ergot 'sylvan at
IMO* Is titeaght that this was a patina of
abobal odabisbotioa of this country in whin
a sense defect misted, and that Ins
ought le be taboo for the ereotiW ofstaZ
=of asylums to which his question referred.
who had not paid attention to the mailing wens apt
Niue that as lawns person was devoid of all the ordi
noty bangs of bans mature. There was, however, us
gnaw mistehe ; and awn persons had a strong wage of do.
podolloa at bang plain soda the same roof with nom
no had bon gab of Mon At posesat asylum nits
mused lam OM= regulation be
Ohs tin middy= bang the
islioded to erne nylon looliar, be spa=
pnub be, that at preen It was net is cos
ose was to lump the sabot Is view ;it was acne
poloonon Isse, tubber they amid km= lb se-
UM* ion= holm proman of war. Munn
sad illabiliOnnte &sub ho wend, it would be aesestaty
to IA Ihe greatest attainsa M obinideatioa, wad far that
riZalbe pursuant won/be assisted by the uterine*
l
Lunacy Camonsinue sod of the medical authorities
who had devoted Usk Weis to the treatmsat of Insides.
Sul 43/IAIiViLLI was happy in being able to men to
ibs tobloon of what had fallen from the noble and liaised
MA Is web ms doubt, most desirable that proper wean
nollatiss snub ha provided; and the suggestion with n-
eed to oluslimin was most valuable. Although he could
not give a pledge thee the object would be mein out nun
diately, be was AN Or state that it was in rnatenputios,
sad that the quietism was entirely one of money. (Hsu.)
The Eschew: hilb (17,183,0001.) Bill wu read a snood
On.

inapire+-the
men, by the tin of airman and interest—that they were
an oared for' It 'mid be a practical declaration that
the egos of Ileeretery of Siete ler the Colonies was
sae of sag Isseaddereble isperlamee that it might not
only be eeeepled by a Walter who bad left this cousin,
but hold by a minister when being reeldent at Vienna, was
Cabreapable of its duties. (Hear,
It from them melionlieas that he had thought
it Ms duty to put to the geweennent the question which h.
ens about to submit to them He weld salt the =Me mid
the President of the Oeuseffi, whether Miami held eM to
the been any monition with regard be the peehalie
period of the noble lord's (Lord John Rein** meter
mil Übe were =able to give any assurance as that
Wield alas& him testate within what time her desirstre
gevermeat wield think it jest, and reasonable, and seises
eery, thee seem permaaest easagassat shield be made he
the dimness' of the dudes in peollion, by a ffieeretny if
State rink= in this country, end set by me employed hi
protranelaegotiations in Vim& 1 (Hear, hear.)
Earl GRANVILLE said, is proceeding to answer the
question of the noble earl, be wield first observe that he
felt great satisfaction at the dreaustssos that the noble
earl appeared sensible of the greet impertmee of the minim
which had been accepted by LaMantia Ennoll. He thought
no
appointment mold have been made which would bane
caused the nation generally to feel ass, satisfied that th
honour of the country was is sate bends; and on the other
hand, it appeared to him of the greatest importance that
set only this country, but the while et Europe, should hil
that :her Majesty's governing= were perfectly sth
core in their profession of • desire to AO&
peace as early as it could be secured on sda
sad bearersbie terms. (Hear, hear.) Under the
cdreemileases he thought it would have been the most Is.
jrelifileue Wag that could possibly be imagined, if, when
Lndohlut Russell had already visited the Tuileries, and
ins is his way to Vienna, he had been suddenly recalled
from his mission. (Hear, hoar.) In fact, bad such a rectal
taken an in consequence of the ministerial crisis, it
would In his opinion have been smoothies like • breech of
national faith. (Hear, hear.) Upon the question whether
the eir suds to the noble lord by the Prime Minister, or
the emplanes of that offer by the noble lord himself, were
jadhdese, he (Earl Granville) entertained not the
=sheen doubt. They had seen the difficulty of
a government strong enough for the OCCILIIiOII.
The earl (Derby) had himself given an example of
• right sacrifice of party feeling (bear, hear) ; and be did
think it was most deeirable,when the government bad been
weakened by the secession of some of its most eminent
members, to strengthen it as soon as possible in the mime-
ties of the public and of their allies by the addition of such
a statesmen as Lord John Ransil. (Hear, hear.) With
regard to the inconvenience of which the noble earl had
spoken, it was perfectly true that, formally and technically,
any Secretary of State might discharge the duties of the
°Zoe. Without the signature of • Secretary of State it
was impossible that the business of the department could
ban gone 00. If the duties of the Colonial Secre-
tary had been imposed on the Foreign Secretary.
sad the Foreign Secretary bad been required to
1/1•40/ the questions of the department, the attempt mut
have broken dowa ; but the person to whom the duties
wen entrusted for • limited time was the right hon. gentle-
man (Sir G. Grey), who had the whole business of the de-
partnent at his fingers' ends, having conducted it until
three weeks before the noble lord's appointment. (Hear,
hear.) There was not half the difficulty which a new
Secretary of State would have experienced in mastering the
beidnen. That this would be defensible as a permanent
arrangement no one belonging to the government would
contend for a moment. The noble earl had justly
remarked that it was a question of time. The
noble lord who was at Vienna was gone there
for the =nose of negotiating a treaty of peace.
As the noble earl had himself remarked, if it should unfor-
tunately happen that the negotiations were broken off at
aim, Lord John Russell's absence from London would so
doubt be vary short indeed. On the other band, if affairs
should take • more fortunate turn, the delay would not, he
assured the noble earl, be so great as he appeared to sup-
pose. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord went to Vienna to
settle the general principles on which any treaty of
must be founded; and if these should. be to,
he did not think it would be desirable for Lord
John Russell to stay to finish all the detail.
and all the formal matters connected with the carry-
ing out of the treaty. Therefore he thought he was justi-
fied in informing the noble earl that at present it was the
intention of Lord John Russell to be bark in this country
at Easter at the latest. (Hear.) With regard to the alleged
leconvenienc• of there being no Secretary of State for the
Colonies in this country, he believed no inconvenience had
in fact arisen. If any one had a right to complain,
it was Sir George Grey (bear, hear)— very arduous
duties having been cast upon him, which he could not
discharge, perhaps, with justice to himself. So far from
its being the fact that colonial subjects were unpopular
in the present cabinet, there had already been two cabinets
on such topics. Two very important decisions had been
given with reference to them, and the right hon. gentleman
(Sir G. Grey) had not shrunk from acting without delay
on questions requiring an immediate decision. The noble
earl had remarked that one way of attending to the dutiis of
such an of es was to do hardly anything. He recollected
having beard of a remark made on that subject by a dis-
tinguished member of the noble earl's own government, to
the effect that there were several ways of facilitating the
discharge of the duties of a public department, and that,
gam these, one of the beet was
downs. (Laughter.) He (Earl Granville) thought, however,
that tf any man in the country would weevers in discharg-
ing the duties which he had undertaken until his strength
bag down, the right hon. gentleman at the head of
the Haas Department was such a man. As to the question
elf On geld licenses in Australia, he admitted that it might
lIINSINO very serious; but it was not a question which
mil be dealt with in this country in the present state of
Ike khoseation with regard to it. On such matters, how-
ever, there had been communications, involving only a
week's delay, between Sir G. Grey and Lord Jobe
the sell. With regard to the Cape of Good Hope,
that could he done had been decided
4:ll2.thinlie regretted that he was unable to give
say assurance with respect to the appointment of
an under secretary for the colonies. As regarded the sup
' posed insult to the colonies, be regretted that the noble earl
isseld have spoken in the manner that he had done, be-
OM hie beguile was calculated to create the very feeling
he wished lo prevent. That the colonies would feel
allowlet at the acceptant, of the colonial secretaryship by
tuna who had been prime minister, and who wee so die-
m a etateeman, was, he believed, a delusion ;
tellh.tgeeght that the intonate of the colonies would not
egliegis Re atightitt degree from the manner in which the
Igen boa. bonnet would carry on the business of a depart-
ment with which he wain well acquainted during the tem-
porary &began of Lord John Russell. (Hear, hear.)
Their lordships adjourned it ten minutes past seven.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FaIDA
The Imes 'set at the weal hoar.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
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12, MARCH 9.

The Chute? ;nil itaii;si was reed n
second time.

T OP SIR R. PEEL AS LORD OF
THE ADMIRALTY.

Mr. HAYTRM r;;;;d7;i:;ew writ for the election of
s burgess to serve in Pediment for Mumma, in the room
of flir IL Peel, who hse sampled the office of sae of the
Lords of the Adair. ley.
THE CAVALRY CHARGE AT EALAKLAVA.

MARCH 10,

enigma eamides of Ilk, he thought it woo due both to the
arm, ail to the amble lord whims conduct woo impugned,
that emlequiry *Mid take plata. (Hear, hear.) Under the
slemiliummt silted by the noble lord, he could hare no
tosslpealsg his motion until some answer was
reenlisi hem the Closamander-in•Chief to Lord Loran's

is. Mon)
The men rot adjourning the house from its rising to
IXeaday was than put sod agreed to.

ORDER pp_PUBLIC BUSINESS.

The ardor of the day for the committee of supply having
been moved,
Mr.DlSßAßLl,referring to the understanding that public
holiness should emunmes at half. past four o'clock, and to the
feet it'd Walden were not generally in their places at
wri tint bin,. lnd that if the government thought it de-
eleohie dto the old plan of not commencing public
WOW= till he, t would be for the convenience of both
ides edthe hems if they would say so. (Hear.)
Led PALMERSTON intimated that half-put four
Wald be the hour for commencing public business.
Ste H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know whether it war
intimiled to proceed with the Savings Banks and Friendly
Sodelies Bill, which stood No. 4 oa the paper of that even-
ing, and when ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It is in-
tended to proceed with that bill, and I will take an oppor-
tunity la the coarse of nest week of stating when It will be
brought on.
Mr. RICARDO Inquired when the Chancellor of the
Esehequer would be prepared to fir a day for bringing on
the Newspaper Stamp Bill?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It may be
for the convenience of the house that I should state at once
that I propose to take the second reading of the Newspaper
Stamp Bill on Monday se'unight (19th inst.)
THE SEBASTOPOL ARMY COMMITTEE.

A messenger from the Lords annonnerdJ that that house
had given pernitialon to the Duke of Cambridge, the Earl
of Cardigan, and Lord Harding, to attend and give evidence
1 before the o.mmittee.

ERTIJRNS ORDERED.
The following returns were ordered :
ELECTION EXPENSES.

Mr. B. EGERTON—Return of the al7si;aa's of amounts
of election impinges rendered by the different election
auditors since the postai of the Act 17 and 18 Viet., o. 102,
specifying in each particular case the amount of the bill. so
paid, and the names of the parties to whom paid.

CLERKS (POOR LAW UNIONS).
Mr. T. CHAMBERS—Return of existing annual salary,
compensation, and allowance to the clerk to each poor law
union in England and Wales.

BREECH LOADING FIREARMS.
Mr. MAGUIRE, preparatory to the consideration of the
Ordnance Estimates in Supply, rose to bring before the
notice of the house certain improvements in the manufac-
ture of breech loading firearms, and the importance of
adopting such improvements in the British mirage. He
said ha had had an opportunity, within the last few days,
of testing two or three specimens of these improved firearms,
in company with certain members of that house, and
akin of the army. The particular weapon he wished to
call attention to was Sharp's breech-loading rifle.
It had been adopted in the American service, and the
patentee bad been in this country for seven weeks endea-
vouring to force the attention of the military authorities.
The hon. gentleman then detailed the manner in which
Mr. Sharpe 's breech-loading weapon had been taken up
by the American authorities, and its having been tried in
their service at once for two years on the frontier, and on
its being favourably reported on had been adopted, after
having been subjected to a comparative trial, as the "best
arms " for cavalry. Colonel Harris, who had been sent out
to America to inspect and report on the improvement in
fire-arms, had recommended this weapon for adoption in the
British army, and in September last the Horse Guards had
directed Colonel Hay, at the rifle establishment at Hythe,
to make a comparative trial of this weapon with other
arms, and he had sent in a report three weeks ago, but no de-
oision had been come to on the subject. The hon. member
then described Mr. Sharpe's breech-loading weapon, and
showed that the trigger-guard acted as a lever, and opened
the breech Into which the cartridge was plated, and the
piece was at once loaded, having than a great advantage over
the proems of the ordinary muzzle-loading rifle, which re-
quired the cartridge to be bitten, turned, the ramrod to be
pulled out, the charge rammed down, and the ramrod re-
turned, before it could be fired. The Ming rifle could not
be fired more than two or three times in a minute ;
but he had that day seen the breech-loading weapon fired
21 times in one minute and a half, 14 times in • minute,
sad 40 times in five minutes and five seconds. The weapon
he had seen had been fired from 100 to 200 times without
being fouled. With the Ming rifia there were often
mistake. in loading, and the ball was often put down first,
and the rifle was nukes till the barrel was unscrewed. The
hon. gentleman pointed out how advantageous this weapon
would be for cavalry, to whom muzzle-loading carbines
were all but useless. Referring to the probability
of disturbances at the Cape, he observed how useful
this arm would be, which bul been used by the Ameri-
can troops against just such an enemy as the Wets, and
mentioned that Colonel Bolton, who went out to the Cape
the other day, bad urged on the Horse Guards that the
Cape Mounted Rides should be armed with it. He strongly
pressed the matter on the consideration of the government.
With regard to anuaar weapon, it was known that Colt's
revolvers had done good service, and he particularly men-
Nailed the case of Lieutenant Cross, wbo, with one of them,
had killed four Russians, by whom he was attacked. He
wished to mention that he had that day seen some of Deane
and Adams' revolvers, which contained some improvement'
which, he thought, were worthy the attention of the govern-
meat.

Colonel KNOX confirmed what had been stated by Mr.
Megaire, having also seen the breech.loading gun tried that
day, in the presence of a number of military men and Fun•
makers, who all docisred it to be a very valuable weapon.
He hoped the government would lose no time in testing it,
and if successful of adopting it in the army. He believed it
would be found the most valuable weapon for cavalry pur-
poses that ever was invented.
Mr. MONSELL entirely agreed with the bon. member,
that it was desirable, with the least possible delay, to in-
troduce the breech.loading carbine into our army, and it
was oily the anxiety of the Commander.in-Chief to obtain
the very best description of weapon before it was finally
adopted that had caused any delay. Before Mr. Sharpe
carnet° this country his breech-loading weapon wee in the
hands of thoee who toted firearm for the government. The
nurse taken by the government was this. Some time
early :n last year intimation was given to experienced gun-
makes that a breech-loading carbine was to be introduced
into tie army, and they were requerted to submit pat-
terns by the lit of May. Some of the most eminent
requested an extension of the time; but the whole of the
patterns of the carbines had been sent in, and they were
forwwded to Woolwich to be tested, after which they were
sent fir trial to Colonel Hay, at Hythe. Since than, a very
remarkable carbine had been forwarded by a M. Lenoir, a
Frendunan, which had also been submitted for trial, and in
• very short time which was the best carbine would be de-
cided on, and when that was done, they would be supplied
to the eavalry by the Ordnance as rapidly as possible. He
rather thought Mr. Sharpe's was the most highly thought
of, and the choice lay only between his and that of M.
Lenoir.

iii.I3ELLEW stated that he had also men Mr. Sharpe's
carbine tried that day, and bore his testimony to its ad-
mitted excellence.

Mr. MAGUIRE said he had forgotten to mention that
several of the military men whom he saw that day had
stated not only that this weapon was eminently fitted for
cavalry and fur infantry, if the principle of breech-loading
was adapted to the Minis ride, but that it was the very
thing which the Artillery required, and which would ea-
able them to defend their guns with greater success than
they could now.
VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that he had the other evening
asked the Home Secretary whether he or his predecease la
office had had any applications for the sanction of govern-
ment to the formation of volunteer rifle corps. The
right hon. gentleman said that he had had such applies-
dons, but they were declined because they did not offer to
go on foreign service. He wished to a have distinct reason
from the noble lord (Palmerston) why the formation of
volunteer corps was discouraged, ahe believed that such a
force would be most useful in case of invasion.

After • few words from Mr. G. DVXDAS, urging that
the government should break through the routine system of
Oar military administration, which caused all the delays
temsplained of,
Lord PALMERSTON said that when he was at the
Nmae-olliee he reeeived • great number of applications from
4111111hesat parte of the country, for the sanction of government
is the formation of volunteer rifle corps. He had to cos-
Mier. Indy , whether there would not be some expense in
the formati,on of the corps ; and, secondly, whether any pos-
sible utility could be expected from them. There was of
wane srme expense connected with the formation of the
'MPG : and it also appeared to him that there would he
me earthly use in such a forte. They were to
be formed in places and in towns where, if we
VIM to apprehend any danger of invasion, they
cm/ d be of no use, and then the persons of whom they
were composed being tradesmen, and persons occupied in
ib e engagements of civil life, could not be expected to leave
Valli? occupations without great interference with the com-
mercial interests of the country; and besides they were by
their habits quite unfitted to go through a campaign, wham
they must march and bivouac at night, sad expose
themeless u troops were accustomed to do; and if they
did, the greater part of them would in a week have
been in hospital instead of on the field. If, in-
I deed, we were at war with • nation from whom we
expected en immediate attack upon our coasts, there might
be some advantage in those corps In our several sea-port
towns; but fortunately that was not the cue; sad it did
not appear to him that there would be nay nee in accepting
or emeouraging the offers which wen made by some moat
SWIM individuals, to whose public spirit the government
I was most willing to do ample justice while declining their
idles.
, ; Cllkmal DUNNE said be had seen many of the improved
emit same asbmitts4 Is trial • by a semmitasa of the
Osissasisesdobsissmistibs Immah4sadisi had
ammosild mapt to sae Wises; there we. skeet lIIVM
soli
itill comps
fg hem the brkaeh when the
Ord itt:as time. He knew that v
dm noble lord
1111=111141421:111. 11111 no . sed
gun, h
inglyaraice loooteeS noeseash
f♦wsMita the
army as pesstisally sew almost disarmed ; it was
s ass, sad a very bed sae.
. MONBBLL mid that is July or Aorust last Sharp's
Mlles mho% sod was submitted to the committee at

Woolwich, who made a most favourable report of it ; two or
three other carbines, which were favourably reported on,
were also mut to be tried. _

The helm then weal into Committee of Supply on the
Ordnance Estimates, and proceeded to pale the remaining
voter.

In the course of the discussion,
13 1 EVANS said be wished to impren on the com-
mittee the expediency of improving the accommodation of
barracks as they Gained at present, and he believed they
were very limited. It was a false economy, and it operated
very injuriously, especially with regard to the recruiting
unrioeto have barracks without the necessary acoommoda-
tion. Three or four years ago, a commission wu sent by
the government to inquire into the state of the barracks is
Prussia, Franco, and other countries, and report thereon.
That report was made, but it bad never been laid before the
how. He bad no doubt that that report showed a decided
advantage for the soldiers of Francis, Prussia, and two or
three other countries, over the British soldier, as to the se-
commodation afforded them in barracks. He knew that
some hon. gentlemen bolding office in this country had a
notioa that it was better to accustom the British soldier to
imperfect and bad accommodation, and that thee he would
be better able to rough it on foreign terries. He doubted
that very much. (Hear, hear.) Officers, when they were
obliged to rough it, were able to do so quite as well as the
privates ; and by neglecting the accommodation of
the barracks, they not only injured their soldiers,
but deterred men in better situations in society from enter-
ing the army. (Hear, bear.) Circumstances might easily
be addnoed to prove teat an army collected from the better
classes of society was a much more efficient army than one
of the inferior alum. (Hear, hear.) We had several in-
stances of this in our own country. One was familiar to
every one in that house. There was a consultation between
Oliver Cromwell and some of the other great men of that
time, as to the difficulty which they had in getting troops
who wen capable of resisting the cavaliers, at the com-
mencement of the civil war ; sad it was represented that
the persona who then composed the parliamentary army
were tauten and people of the inferior claims, who could
sot resist in the field the sons of peasants, and the better
classes who had enlisted under the royal standard. At pre-
sent there was a difficulty in gettiag the eons of farmers and
shopkeepers to enter the army, and the inferior
accommodation was one of the obstacles. These
clamor, as well aa the officers, were quite prepared
to meet the difficulties of a campaign, to be
without tents, and to lie upon the ground when necessity
required it—(hear, hear)—but for a long continuance at
home they would probably Improve the moral composition
of the army materially, by letting people know that they
would not be kept in a state of physical discomfort mine.
cessarily. (Hear, hear.) There had been great reluctance
on the part of the executive to face the house with estimates
for improvinp barracks. (Hear, hear.) It was a most ab-
surd thing that in this immense metropolis—perhaps the
greatest metropolis that ever existed in the world—there
were only barracks for about 3,000 men. (Hear, hear.)
And it was notorious that one or two of tin barracks in the
metropolis were totally unfit to maintain the health of the
troops. Medical men had addressed their attention to this
subject within the last few years; and they stated that is
several of the barracks of this country, not above one-half the
proper space was provided. From time to time very little pro-
gress had been made in this matter. He would suggest, now
that military matters were more attended to, from the
urgency of the state of national affairs, that the report to
which be had referred should be laid before the house.
He believed that report bad been made by the chaplain-
g I, who was partly • military end partly a clerical
authority; for he had been originally in the army. He
i knew that a report had been drawn up at the public
expense, and the executive government had no right to
withhold it from the house. He hoped that the clerk to the
ordnance, who had probably not heard of it before, would
inquire about it, and ascertain whether there was any ob-
jection to its being laid before the house. He believed that
report would prove that the continental governments paid
mere attention to this subject than we did, and expended
more money on barrack accommodation.
The Chairman wee directed to report progress, and the
house resumed. _

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The Lunacy Regulation Amendment Act was read a
second time.

The Marine Mutiny Bill was read a third time and
pawed.
The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Dean Forest Bill passed through committee.
METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT.
Sit B. HALL postponed this bill, with the above title,
until Monday week.
The ether orders of the day were disposed of, and the
house adjourned at ten Min u tea past eleven o'clock.

Zlie Court.

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keyless !sr this eapire,-ths whole of whisk wesebsesd to the mother-
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