The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-20 00:00:00

B ILL.

Oa the order of the dey7.7171; third reading of this bill,
The Earl of NALNESBURY said he w 'bed to draw
the attention of the government to a subj. ct which was in
some measure ideatillsd with the bill before the hose..'
Their lordships ware aware of the death within the last
week of the of the three 'angst °liken who bad majored
Gwent Williams la the defense of Bars. (Hear, bear.)
Their names were Teesdale, Lake, "ad Thompson. The last
and youngest had eerr,d for tome years in India, and was
weaseled in tho Bursters war. He afterwards repaired to
Asia Maser sad 'misted most wa'eri.lly in the defence DI
tha forums, *THUS, ia tbe gnat victory of the 29th of
September. His cosiduet on that oessethe had been septet-
ally described by hi. friend Dr. thadwith sad bis lid.,
General Williams. 0.. his release from copt.vity It.
r tamed to London, anaemia, to reap tbe honours which
kis coantry was ready to give, and to receive is the bosom of
his family all the proud othpratulatiose they were stale,, to
oder. It did sot please tho Almighty that be should be the
rewarded. Within four days after his arrival he was rossoved
from manogst there. It was tot for him to the
eztoot of the 'misfortunes of WO. 'Dominos ; he believed
that if the gild bay. Amen mho would have preferred that
leer son had fallen on the field of battle rather them have
been spared to die at mob a mousse. It was not, however, to
sympathies with the fallen dither that he called their atten-
tion to the subject, bat he had heard with regret that Mn.
Thompson was tot possessed attach a iodine as would au-
nts her the comforts they mast all desire bar to "illy.
He would read • letter be had renewed from a gent:emth
OR thssubject:—.. I feel convinced, knowing the straitened
eircumataases of his widowed mother, that at Meet ono
smarter of her sansal income will he swallowed up, in
meeting the charges 'methane upon the Woes. and toners!
of bar lamented roe ; aid I can assure your lordships, that
se fixed is her 'noose, and so partitioned out to meet ths
yearly expenses of a largo family, that it is with the stream
difficulty that feuds sere be provided to matt. bar to gn to
the amid., immediately after her son's (astral (which takes
place to-morrow) on the physician'. racommendstloa, who
says he will sot thaw., for her life, so pithead is grief
is she, if she does not get charge of air sad these "
Ho did tot make say appeal for client,, bet be had Railer-
whin to bring the circumstances ander the knowledge of
her Majesty'. govern roes t.
The Nagai. of LANSDOWNE said, that the go_vera-
meat bad so knowledge of the eircurostances to whisk the
' soble earl bad referred, and hi they're' could give ao
111111.11/. Ha waseatramely scrth to hear that iamb a state
of things should bare mime. (Hear, boar.) And it could
not fail b *mite the most lively loterest (Hon, bees.)
Everybody 1111511 i do les:Loo to the great merle of Gm
Williams. He bad ed a military salmi, sad, of all
hie amistasits, nese bad both more distiaithishad then tits
gallant same when lour be &Wend, or mon "stilled to
tbe attsation and rowel of goversuest and of the petal*
mad so far se walled fiee the etheidnatios of the 'thermostat,
ha would Mimesis that the tdreatattaasas timid be duly
tad la the proper %easter.
TM Wl was the road a Writ dm sad plod.