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ditinn which they made into Spain for the purpose of replacing
Ferdinand. they had, under eircumwancea when there were very
great inducements to relax their discipline, displayed a degree of
torbearance and atteniion to the rule• of war which would have done

honour to any service ; and he had not on that occasion heard a ail.
gle instance of gross misconduct on the part of the French. Notwith•
sitandim; this. it was a certain fact that the French used none of dur e
corporal punishments which were pretended to be absolutely intik-
rotsible in this country. Ile was glad to hear that even in the
Prus.tan service—a service which wan always understood to be one
of the most severe in Europe—there was still a data who were en. I
tire) y exempted from all immoral punishment'', and in that respect
he should led satisfied if our Government would imitate their ex-
ample. There could not be a more honourable distinction con-
ferred upon a man, whose length of service would render it pro-
per that some distinction 'should be conferred upon him, *ban an
exemption from punishment of the nature of that which had been
mentioned in the Prussian service. The Gallant General had in-
atituted a comparison between the Roman and English armies;
hut he by no means saw that there was any reason to
draw those conclusions front the parallel which had been drawn
from it. The Romans were a nation remarkable for their cruelty,
and It would he unfair to draw any conclusion from their conduct.
The (Snliant General had also talked of the cane, but was the cane
a punishment to be compared with the cat.o'-nine-tails. He was
quite satisfied that the flogging kept out of the service many per-
mini at a Much superior description to those of whom it is now
principally composed. Many persons would have no objection to
see a little service and geeing a little knowledge of the world, if it
were to be acquired without running the risk of being disgraced for
life. Ile was satisfied, at least, that some progress had been made
in the last fifty years—nay, in the last ten years—in the views which
men took on the subject ; and he was persuaded if this law were
adopted; that in twelve months there would not be a man who
would not see that the service would be conducted equally well

without punishment.
Mr. Alt. SMITH said he should be satisfied if they established
confinement or any other punishment whatever hut that of flogging.
Colonel JOHNSON observed that the motion did not go far
enough ; he wished it to extend to all parts of the world. When he
had the command of a regiment in Ireland, he had no occasion to
use corporal punishment, and be was happy to perceive that it was
every day getting out of use. In times of war there might (tie some
necessity for a power to inflict corporal punishment ; but he could
not think that it was at all necessary in times of peace.
Lord PA LMERSTOIN could not agree with the Gentlemen on
other side of the House. trisivlind advocated the abolition of all
corporal punishment. He did 'set ocean to enter upon a defence of,
that particular punishment which
.'sras the subject of debate; nor
would he deny that it had a tendency to harden the fkelings, par-
ticularly when accompanied with exposure; but the danger was.
that in abolishing the punishment of flogging there was a danger
of admitting a greater evil; and it should be recollected that no
army ever existed without corporal punishment. It was a practice
which the Commander-in-Chief discouraged, and had communi-
cated to certaid regiments his opinion that the necessity of inflict-
ing corpofal punishment had partly arisen from the neglect which
the Commander-in-Chief had sometimes attributed to the
officers. The Noble Lord could not agree to the distinction
which the Honourable Member for Aberdeen wished to make be-
tween trooj* at home and those on foreign service.
Sir R. I.EROCSON said the Noble Lord agreed in the opinions
of the Right Hon. Member for Aberdeen, but his situation would
not allow him to adopt those opinions. From his own knowledge
he would assert that those were the best regtinents in which flog-
ging was least practised. He would therefore vote for the motion
of his Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen.
General TOWNSEND said he had been thirty years In the
practice of regimental duty, and that he thought corporal punish.
ment necessary to preserve discipline. Ile had known it prevail
to a greater extent than at the present time. The abolition of it,
bethought, would put officers in great difficulty.
•

The House then 'divided, when-their appeared,
For the Motion 47 I Against it 99 I Majority, f. 2.
The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be
brought up on Monday.
The (louse then resolved itself into a Committee upon the Law
of Merchant and Factor, the Report of which was ordered to be
brought up on Monday.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Om E OTLOCI.

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