The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-25 00:00:00

.BALE OF THE GREEK SUIT OF ARMOUR.

Mr. C. BBBSBLBY wished te knowireT.tic:6;i of
the Ordnance, whether it was true or not that a suit of
armour, which might have been bought for 501., cost the
public 250/. at a public auction, In consequence of two
agents from different public departments bidding the one
organ the other, in utter ignorance of each other ; and
whether some means would not in future be taken to put a
stop to such ridiculous and absurd waste of the public
money ? (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MONSELL said the statement to which the boa.
geatleman referred was quite incorrect It was tame that
a suit of Greek armour of great value and antiquity bad
been purchased for the Armoury at the Tower, the esti-
mated value of which was 3001. At the auction not two,
but three, brokers were bidding for the armour, one of
them being the broker of the British Museum. The fund
from which the purchase was made was not strictly a public
fund, it arisiag out of a surphas of about 3001. a year which
accrued from the payments for visiting the Tower af.er
meeting the expenses. He thought that the Tower was the
proper place for the reception of each an article. He quite
greed that it was the duty of one publics department to
give the other aotiee that they were Being to make a pur-
chase ; sad he had ao doubt that the authorities of the
British Museum would aet permit smelt ea clairioa to
ow= again.
COFFER AND CHICORY.
Mr. HMIS wished to know what decision the gown-
sman had come to relative to the laising of chicory with
Mae ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
when the present government added to odes, they found
thamttles of the mixture of shiesey end cedes in this
A minute, dated July, 1862, had been issued
g the ermine(
TIMd down regulations for
LeksTeti:f th two months had been given
to the dereneto red of their addle et the mixed artier,
then the naiads was not to late Wiest till the Std of
Nowiabre. Sobseguestly M Mk herder, the parties d-
hoti& had an holoniew with the lele First Lord of the
Maim sad eadannications were gate on at the web-
jed whir the preeint gemmed dim ist• power. Up
to diet time them bed bus so poesseolks with a der de
dr eslbreement d Me aim* mod no desseree bed bola
telies to give it the IhE epeollut et law. The parties,
therefort, madded Asir ogoilsolled to hiss he a resew
gionlisa st w Iminnins ma-order Ae eireuertreses it
mil le Ma to be his doll to dossidier the waded oh
es the Wrote led seed due bee fall sad unless-
easel. The suedes woo ore of t MOW% but
thatallinlty wagoners& sod to a certain Wort
ia essesquene• albs parties. amens to the raise* siding
that they did net desire to fall book on the former system
whisk prevailed begin the peerage( the minute—the*
sey, they reguested not that di sestristiou Co the ma
le
shard be resseeed, but that they should be permitted to
edl the mixture under klub and distinctly
melted. After fully hedettgalieg the en and Deering
the etemeesuts side Isuilese, the Ceylon mad after
the intsmole el the reverse, le Omagh& Ad,
under the Or eiseembrosek he ward best emend the
public interest by eestiag to the reedit of the parties who
wished for the moillleation of the present system, is
far u to be allowed to sell chicory mined with coffee, pro-
vided it wu distinedy denaribed se such on the labels at-
tached._

Mr. -DIERAELI whiled to know if the right his. gen-
tleman intended to convey that the late government autho-
rised the suspension of the urinate ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sold he did
set soy they did authorise the suspension beyond the three
maths which were given for investigation.
As HON. MEMBER asked if the relative quantities
were to bs wombed ea the labels ?

The CHANCELLOR of as EXCHEQUER said that
they were to be tliatiactly marked thee, Mixture of Chi-
cory and Coffee.'
lir. T. BARING asked if the now minute would mote
into operation immediately ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saw no
lesson for delay.
Mr. HASTIE asked the right lea. gentles= if be
would allow pepper to be sold in the same way ? (Hear,
hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the

eitenaletances were different. If the bon. gentleesaa lama
to ask bin whether rice was to be allowed to be mined
with pepper, he should say certainly not, for that would be
an adulteration and deterioration of pepper, whereas the
=ileum of chicory with coffee was not an adulteration or
deterioration. (Oh, oh.)