The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

the Duke of Wellingtce, during the Penissulesearepalgs,
opened up communications, to supply his staff, with WI
parts of the world ; but the position of Lord Re#aa wee'
altogether Merest, and the hospitals were silents* it,
mother eonatry—the hospitals being at Coostantianrkerl
the army is the Crimes, though the distease betwess
kites and Scutari Wu not of many hours. The repetennlM
tion that hod appeared in the papers as to a de kt
lint, he had since heard from Miss Nlglatiagele
nether a misapprehension and mistake; end Om
that aeeamd at Scutari were in etemegneess d an
the departments being underhanded, and ik re-
medy this ieoonvenienoe he (Mr. Herbert) Silli
eat a considerable staff of ciente. He retsina
a grist deal of tea-efileisl information ion
Miss Highness's end the Rev. Mr. O,boras w
the state ef things at Scutari, oonoerning the state of wike
he had received extremely contradictory evidence. Was
correspondents bad written to hint saying that they inner
saw anything more effective than the state of thingeM
SciatiM, while others wrote representing ezactly the le-
vers*. Probably the fact was, that too much wm impute'
and too little dose. Dr. Measles was withdrawn on On
ground of ill health. There ought not to have been an 3
deficiency in the port wine, u the amount mut out was
enormous, though, no doubt, the quantity consumed was
enormous. The right hon. gentlemen than went on to
describe the provision made for the establishment of the hos-
pital at Sayre&
To Genera Peel—He maamsd, so to speak, the hospital
at Smyrna from top to bottom with civil fifteens, In 6ppts•
shim to the opinion of Dr. eolith, who thought it was
more desirable to Mit civil surgeons with army s
Witness thought it bettor te have the surgeons in thourroZ
iii wholly simians. 27
To Mr. Leyard—Re bed men some letters written by si
Lard Stratford on the subject of the hospitals, but they as.

were not (Asia.
To General Peel—He assisted to the best of his power
in providin clothing for the army. Some of the boots sent 19
LS, to the Crimea wire obviously too small, and were what
were called "ammunition boon." Great quantities of R.
warm clothing had been procured and sent out to the is
Crimea from Austria, Switzerland, and other foreign fo
countries as well as from England. He received Re I.
'machine, Offieilli or otherwise, trout the Crimea of the !!
want of clothing ; but he had received from General Bit- Z.
sous • eamplimentary letter for the exertions be had made st.
WOW* 1118 army with clothing. He altered last year the 10
etatidyieg the army with clothing. The system of Si.
Me Won els -supplying elothiag for each regiment at a cot- 01-
lin !zed prima which left them a profit, was then abo-
Ma. The plan that was substituted was a certain died
disanza• to the colonels, instead of a profit, varying in at,
asneunt. There would be some saving from that change, at
but not so much as was generally supposed. He himself, et
however, expected a vast saving to accrue from the employ- t
moat of sewing machines in the manufacture of regimental g
clothing, while the sewing itself would he of a superior at.
character. He did sot believe the army colonels received a let
profit for supplying the clothing at the expense of the men 3
for whom it was tarnished. 111
To Mr. Hoebnek—He thought Sir Thomas Hastings had t•
sated en a misapprehension of the facts when be stated that
he (whams) had fur caps at 6s. 81. for the troop, MI
whin law Gadd pt be get in the market for bs. 10d. The Is
big goblin bed boss in operation for some years, and
rtil=established to pat an end to a number of small frauds &•
and peculation/ which had gone on for a long time in the ;
commissariat. On this particular occasion the introduction of 13
female nurses into the hospitals had been very beneficial;
but he did not think it could be permanently engrafted upon U
the hospital system, in the way et lout, in which it suited S.
at Seated. Same 'rhea of female nurses was highly de-
'Prattle, but it was difficult to find paid female nurses who se
would act with the same seal and kiadaess as volunteers. let
With the exception of two weeks, one immediately after m
the last prorogation of perliatneet, and one again in Sep-
umber, be was in London and attending to the @idles of his 20
office from the time of the war breaking out.
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To Mr. Lsyard—He was not in constant cammonication
with those of his allonym" who were absent; but he should gt
have been if it had been necessary. They were all within le
reach of telegraph, sad could have come to Landon in 8
twenty-four hours at the most. All the arrangements had I
been made before his colleagues left town for the Siege of se
Sebastopol, and at that time they were awaiting the result. is
, —(Witness than put in some official papers showing the se
, steps that had been taken to embody the militia and to en- P.
courses volunteers in that genies to enter the regiments of u
, the line, and the results situated from the measure in the re
, way of recruiting the army.) He bad nothing to do with N
the embodiment of the Foreign Legios, except as a member le
of the Cabinet, sod except ineredeciag into the War-office, Lae
. for a time, it number of Germans and Swiss, with the view St.
to familiarising them with the duties of paymasters to that 1 IT

legion. it.
Mr. Drummond asked Mr. Herbert if he did not think i; ge
advantageous to have a legion of Spanish bashi Nowak'? xi.
(Inaghter.) so
Witness made no further reply than joining in the 10
laugh. SS
To the Chairman—He appointed the firm of Messrs. 12:
Hayter and Howell as packers of the army stores for Om 10
Crimea. Ile was not aware that at the time of the appoin, ao
ment he knew that Mr. Hayter, of that firm, was brother d SO
Mr. Hayter, of the Treasury ; but if he was aware of it, hi 20
was quite save that did not iofiuence him in the appoint r;
meat, which was solely made in coasideration of the high
commercial reputation of Mr. Haynes firm.
To Lord Seymour—He believed that the subordinates is
the office of the Secretary at War were the most efficient d .111:
any public department under the crown. From the time 'it:
of the war breaking out, he made very large aed ag
extra demands upon their time and exertion., and they el
co-operated with him on all minions in the most heavy 61
and zealous . The efficiency of those subordinate' 10
was probably due to the system which prevailed there if at
promotion by merit rather than by seniority, though thew ill
were occasional departures from that rule. The effect if XI
that system was to fill the whole of the subordinate office 10
of that department not only with the most meritorious mei, $
but also with men who were in the flower of their mgr. 111:
With the view to correct the evil of the different depat. si.
meats acting in ignorance of the proceedings of one anothw, is.
he proposed to the Duke of Newcastle in the course of lat
ear to have periodical meetings at the War-office of tie
heads of all the departments; so that when instruction ../11;
were given by the Secretary of State they should re ;I
given in the presence of the whole of them ; tint en
proposition was adopted, mad it worked so well alit at
the government deemed it necessary to give these Bt.
periodical meetings a more formal character. Accord-
ingly, before leaving office, he was desirous of Wig- 10
in 6 the heads of the war departments under a board, wheh
would have partly resembled that of the Admiralty, sty
the Minister for War would have been more of an sutovat Itg
than the First Lord of the Admiralty. That board world
, have consisted of the Commander in-Chief, to govern the 11
army; the Muter-Oeneral of the Ordnance, to arm end ti
equip the army; the Secretary at War, to control the 16.
Buenos of the army and move the whole war estimates in go
parliament ; and a contudasarrgeneral, if it was thought ISt
necessary, to feed the army. lel
The committee then adjourned, at 20 minutes to 4 o'cloek, 111
until this day.

COURT or LTZUTRNANCT.—Tho Lord Mayor hid 14
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a mart es Mislay tor the purpose of congratulating lO
Ilsarsse Mopilms 411 S his escape from the hand of so ft.
MMIMMIL The asselsden was moved by. Mr. Josiah Wilson, Lit;
y` be
byCarrell, carried unanimously, and orders' ".;
be be presented to the French Ambassador by the Lore r;
Mayer and & deputation. Colossi Wilson stated that re. se
perm were coming in very fast that many of those who tad 04
messed Lord Panninree offer in the Bret instanee had
eitnend their opinion and were rejoining the regiment, 5$
width le 'grated would soot complete its full complement ".,,
of RM, and that, with a few exceptions, they were eon. 11
ducting themselves la a very orderly and attentive manner. 10
Several epplicatiess for econvoinions were referred to the 1.1.1
head-quarters committee. In answer to Mr. Renaud, ot
Colossi Wilson said that es epos as the recruit* wers perfect
in their drill application would be made for more officers. u
The Czar banjo* °Warted now orders and insignia, s
enriched with diamonds, upon Prince Gortchakoff 111. (not
the Cocansaader-in-Chisf)andOenenl lihruleff for their
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serving in the Crimes.
A government school of art has just been este-
Wished at Southampton. Its establishment was originated
and chiefly supported by a lady of the neighbourhood. st.
Many of the pupils are uppers and miners belonging to the
Ordnance sang department in the above.mentiontd town.
The following is to be the new Manchester Post- si
caw staff, via.: one first clerk, with a salary of 3301. per
annum, to rise to 450/ ; one eoatroller, with a salary of
2601. a year, to rise to 8501. ; first clerks, with salaries NA
of 15W. a year each, to rise by 61 a year up to 2001.;
Ma second class, at 1001. a year, to rise by 41. a year up to
11401 ; wren third class dirks,* 701. a year, to rise by *
3/ a you up to 1001 All the net of the duties will be per- BL
/mod by threeigasses a lettersorters at weekly salaries.
A senament has jest been erected in Trinity is
amok 1111Mmime, to the memory of the late Captain
Mks. bileibissarmosi (sap the Militias* Journal) it
am Ile W 1101 Saw nof the turbos, and .„
doss Mtbe seat die lammed captain himself seed to
mow la Ids attadanse ages divine geniee with his corn. um
sales. The imundal 1111114 isubls tablet. in the foam
ed a swell. bs a seitslie loseidebta, with military H
eilbilnimat fhb log sad Ile mina the bottom.
Ammo Olt WOW AND MEOW(
h .—Y ester
10
- to
day a retain 10 Padhllolll wee billed, sowing the
number of saes= sor: missmesed to the different se
=tfa the put year for assaults on ~,,
robibbiss. number is 1,222; of which 16 r.l
were fees triel, Sid were etummuily convicted, and "'"
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0111 TR OT SCOTLAND RAILWAT.—TratiIo IS
(is, 12,1864.
April 28,1865, SOU 17e. 2d. Line opened
Bann AND COUNTY DOWN Ran.way.—Trafile 111
ser the week esdisir Kay 8, 1865, Mk 12s. 9d. ;, men- f 8
ependleg y 44036552681. 6a. 7d.