The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

PENSION TO THE SPEAKER.

The bowie having gone into committee,
Lord I'ALMERSTON said—l risotto propose a resolution
fur the purpose el giving effoct to the grarioua niessage
which her Majesty has sent to thin house, in reply to our ad-
dress, praying that she would be pleased to confer some mark
of royal favour upon the present Speaker. That reply, you
will remember, was to the effect that it would require the
oaneumnee of parliament to enable her Majesty fully to
eery out her gracious intention. 1 therefore propose " that
an annuity of 4,0001. be granted to her Dlnjesty, to com-
mence from the time the Right lion. Charles Shaw Lefevre
shall celiac to hold the office of Speaker, to be settled upon
him in the most beneficial wanner, and to continue during his

lifo time." (Clieeni.)

Tho motion wu agreed to nemine eateradirente.

The house then resumed.

SUPPLY.

The report of Committee of Supply en the precious night
was brought up.
Mr. VILLIERS—I with to ash the riermieeien of the
home to make a single obeervatien on what fell lost night
from the hon. and gallant gentleman the member for Hun•
tingelon (Gen. Peel), with:referance to the proceedings of the
Chelsea Board. The gallant gentleman stated that I had
been the prroon to impute a charge of political bias to the
pausal officers in the conduct of their preceedings, and in
the decision they came to. I with to state distinctly that I
did not do so, and that I did melody the contrary. The only
occasion on which I refereed to the polities of the board
was in defending myself against a charge of the some
kind that had been made against me elsewhere. I stated that
no hiss whatever had been manifested during the whole of
tho proceedings ; and that I did not know in the least what
the 'edifice of the board were, fur I had never collected from
anything they bail maid the mealiest inforniation on the sub-
ject. I believe that the hon. and gallant gentleman the
member foe Huntingdon did not intend to &ewe tae of
having made ouch a charge. The only thing like it that I
said was, that I had heard the board were on the conserva-
tive aide ; and I regret that error, for it has been mode use of
fee the purpose, of charging them with notified favour. I
certainly never heard till two or throe weeks ago, when the
hen, and gallant gentleman informed me for the first time,
although my statement had been needs meth months before
that the general entrant enneidered themselves aggrieved. I
uedermand from the hon. and gallant gentleman, that Sir
Alexander Woodford, General Knollys, and Sir G.
Berkeley, have all declared themselves to be not en the con-
'creative aide. (A laugh.) I certainly regret that I im-
puted that to them. (Laughter.)
Mr. STAFFORD repeated the obeervatinne he made on
the night, with respect to the dote of the army
department. He walled to enter his earnest and
mowneftel protest ardent the medical Arrangements of the
Chinese expedition. The general horpitide which would be
opened on the arrival of the troop. at Canton would be on the
same principle, or rather want of principle, and would be
method by the mine ennfueion of departments, the woe
clashing of authorities which had made Scutari a theme too
mthincholy to dwell on. All the expectations that had
been held out to the public:and all the Lopes that had been
entertained of Improvement had led to nothing. We had
learned nothing from the sad experience of the puff; and we
could place lean reliance than ever on the promisee of the
prominent. The general hoapitels at l'oetsneouth and
Woolwich, and in fort all the military general h,apitals, eon-
travted very unfavourably with thooc of the other servicee.
The miseries of the late war might peal from the neelleetion
of the house, but after what he (Mr. Stafford) had witnessed,
they could never be effaced from hie own memory ,• and if be
bad the honour of a wet in the new parliament, he Pbuald
bring the subject again before the home. (Hmr, how.)
Mr. PEEL said that since yesterday he had referred to the
recommendations of the committee to which the hon. gentle-
man had referred. He found that the most Impertent of
three resolution, bad referenee to en increase in the pay of
medical offlems, and to permeated facilities for their retire-
ment on half-pay. He (Me. Peel) would not deny that the
aup:,:rior advantage held out by other memiece might have the
e lb' of drawing away the cleverer men from the army;
and he therefore desired to see the advantages held out by the
army made at least equal to those which were presented by
other rervires. But the hon. gentlemen must be aware that
when the government was reetrieted in the amount it could
expend on the army, it must norawanly exercise the right of
retesting from the various iniproveelents suggested thee.
which they thought the most urgent, and of postpnungothers
which, though of great value? they didnot think of ouch press-
ing importance. It was on thus account alone that tho govern-
mime had not carried out the recommendations to which the
hon. gentleman had referred. It was the intention of the
government to nppoint a comndeeion for the purpose of eon-
eidering the whole of the existing arrangements; and he had
perfect confidence, and the result of its labours and of the
committee of last year, of which the hon. gentleman was the
chairman,would enable the government to dealwith the qua-
non ins manner which would be entiofactory to individual
officers and lametleial to the Pereira. The hon. gentlemanha
indulged In very gloomy peedietions with regard to the
Chinese expedition. It wan not to Le denied that the
climate was sickly and unfavourable to the European eon-
' ethernet ; but the government would send out a numerous
body of medical oftme. „ would tarnish every possible Mud
of medical More, and would take every poedble preform°.
;:l every t found
enardagelnat thetnawof the unhealthy
in endnheelthyclirnat Hs
that
the government had done everything in their power to place
the medical departroent of the expedition on a taliefeckey
footing. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. STAFFORD said his complaint had priaciplly
reference to the ospanleatien of the dapertaasst.
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Sir F. WILLIAMS said the 'hon. gentleman (Mr.
Stafford) was totally misinforniod as to the condition of
Woolwich Hospital. A very few weeks since ho had had
met,onou to wort Miss Nightingale over the establish-
en gad ate
taaromod bassi( highly Flamed with every-
thing ohs taw. Ho had Waco received • letter from Colonel
Lefroyorbo aeocospadod bar, stating her opinion that it was
the boat taillto=oll oho had war iota except that of
the Outdo at
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