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decisive being known. It was trifling alike with the time
Chirb Mition of the house and the interest of the country, and he hoped
4. some understanding with regard to it would be immedi-
-1 ately come to. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LABOUCHERE declared that the house would be
1 lowering itself in the eyes of the country if it per itted
this conversation to go on. It could lead to no result, and
though the time might come when it would be the duty of
the house to address her Majesty upon the present position
of affairs, it should yet be done in a solemn, constitutional
manner after due notice, and not by a sort of side
wind, as some hen. members seemed now to desire. (Hear.)
He therefore implored the house not to be led into a dis-
cussion at this moment, which could accomplish no public
object, while it might seriously obstruct the settlement of
affairs. Let the house then wait until theyhad a responsible
Government before them when explanations might be
fairly and properly demanded, and not waste time in en-
tering upoh a conversation of tnis kind. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MUNTZ thought the house was in a very humilia-
ting situation already, and the country was in a hu-
miliating condition—(hear, hear)—for here they had
been wasting eight or nine whole days to get a
Government, and now it almost seemed that none could be
formed. Why should the country have to wait until three
or four aristocratic families had adjusted their disputes be-
fore it could obtain a Government? (Hear.) The fact was
the feeling was growing out of doors that there were men
disconnected with these aristocratic families of sufficient
energy and ability to carry on the Government, and to
those they ought to address themselves. (Hear, hear.) It
twhaesdtihireerfeeenitinpgarotfiesthweepreTnAneeoefesEsanlg aynlcvl
athatgt
thiemhe aadnsdof
f
something were not done to put an end to the present
state of thinEgs the country would not only be disgraced in
but placed in a positiou of imminent
the e
danger.yes o h
eaerrosps ,
Mr. MALINS could not look at the present state of
things without serious alarm, and he agreed with the hon.
gentleman wholiad just addressed them, that it was anythinc,
but satisfactory to the country that 8 or 9 days should be
allowed to elapse without any Government being formed.
The vote that was come to at the early part of last week
was intended as a vote of censure upon the Government,
and what had since occurred had proved that the censure
was well merited. (Hear, hear.) It was, indeed, a dis-
astrous state of things that in a country like this a body
of men could not be found capable of managing the Go-
vernment, but the time had arrived when it was absolutely
neeeesary that the poeple should take the matter into their
own hands and no longer allow the administration of their
political affairs to depend upon the wills or the whims of
a few aristocratic families. (Cheers.) If those ariste-
cratics could not find men competent enough for the task
amongst themselves they should have good mince to give
way, and the demanded to know of the right honour-
able gentleman opposite whether they had any reason-
able prospect of forming a Government. (Loud cheers.)
He blamed the Duke of Newcastle for having undertaken
an office for which he was not fit, while he equally blamed
the noble lord the member for London for acquiescing in
the appointment. He hoped the house would not tolerate
this state of things ; and if a Government was not formed
before Thursday, he should expect to see an address moved
to the Crown on the subject. Ho attributed the present
state of affairs to the unfortunate breaking up of the Con-
servative party in 1845 ; but he believed the time had
come when the country would no longer be governed by
the minority in Parliament.
Mr. S. WORTLEY put it to the house whether this
communication could be of any service to the country ?
He apprehended not ; and since they had been informed
that the one man to whom the country looked at this
juncture was engaged in the formation of a Government,
what other course could they take but at once assent to
the adjournment.
Mr. ROEBUCK remarked, in answer to Mr. Malins,
that the minority were not to blame that the Conservatives
were not in office, because the leader of that party had been
called upon to form an Administration, and he had failed
to do so. With regard to proceeding with the committee,
he could not do so in the absence of a responsible Govern-
ment ; while, as for wbat had been stated about the noble
lord the member for Tiverton, he hoped he would set the
obstructions aside, and form an Administration of men
who, if they did not obtain the support of the house, would
be likely to receive the confidence of the country. (Cheers.)
After a few words of explanation from Mr. BENTINCK,
The house adjourned at 10 minutes past five o'clock.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The Loa]) CHANCELLOR, took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Some bills, including the Bills of Exchange Bill
g were
advanced a stage.
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS,

Lord ABERDEEN, in moving the adjournment of the
house, said—My lords, before the next meeting of the
house, I trust that the embarrassment which at present
exists will be entirely removed.
Their lordships then adjourned until Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed : Alford and Boston Road; Ches-
terfield Water and Gas ; Cork and Youghal Railway;
Cornwall Railway ; Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen
Railway ; Glasgow and South Western Railway Consoli-
dation ; Londonderry Improvement • •Manchester' Shot'.
geld, and Lincolnshire Railway (Lincola Branch, 8:c.);
Newport Corporation ; Over Darwen Gas ; Sheffield Gas ;
and Dundalk Harbour and Port.

SOLDIERS' PAY.
Colonel B. KNOX seeing the right hon. the Secretary
at War in his place he wished to put a question to him of
which he had not given him notice. Complaints had been
made by persons in this country who had had money
sent to them from their relatives serving in the
East that they were unable to obtain the money, and
on application to the War-office they were given to under-
stand that they were unable to receive the money, from the
circumstance that up to a late date in last year no ac-
count had been received from the Paymaster-General.
Now he wished to know if that was correct or not.
Mr. S. HERBERT—Perhaps the gallant officer will re-
peat the question to-morrow; but I understand no accounts
have been received from the of the regiments.
Colonel B. KNOX—No, necounts have been received
from the Paymaster General.
HOSPITAL AT SCUTARI.
Mr. BENTINCK wished to ask the Secretary at War,
whether it is true that Dr. Lawson, who was recently
severely censured in General Orders by the Commander in
Chief for his " apathy and indifference towards the sick
and wounded on board the Avon transport," has been ap-
pointed as principal medical officer to the hospital at Scu-
tari and if so, by whose authority that appointment was
made ?
Mr. S. HERBERT said, I have on official account of the
appointment of Dr. Lawson, but I have reason to
believe that private letters have been received stating
that Dr. Lawson has been temporarily put in charge of
the hospital at Scutari, and have inquired by
what authority he could have been so appointed,
and I am informed that the distribution of
offices in the medical staff is left to the chief medical
officer, but his appointments are subject to the sanction of
the highest military authority. I may state that
Dr. Cumming, who was at the head of the Scutari hospital,
has been to Balaklava to inquire into the state of the hos-
pital, but I have every reason to believe that he has re-
turned to Scutari, and at this moment, therefore, he is
at the head of -the hospital, and not Dr. Lawson.
DUTY ON FOREIGN WINES.
Mr. OLIVEIP.A gave notice that on Tuesday, the 20th
inst., he should call the attention of the house to the pre-
sent rate of duty charged on foreign and colonial wines.
PROMOTION IN THE ARMY.
Lord GODERICH intimated that on this day fortnight
he should move that iu the opinion of the house the present
system of promotion inthe army, by which non-commissioned
officers seldom attained the rank of commissioned officers, and
rarely of field officer, was-unjust to the private soldier, and
ought to be amended. (Hear.)
BURIAL GROUNDS.

MWe may mention that neither Lord Palmerston, Lord
John Russell, nor the late Chancellor of the Exchequer
were present daring the sittings of the house.

Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that he should postpone
his motion on the books to-day on this subject until Tues-
day; the 20111 inst.
THE CAVALRY CHARGE .AT BALAKLAVA.
Mr. H. BERKELEY postponed his motion for inquiry
into the conduct of Lord Lucan, in ordering the charge of
Light Cavalry at Balaklava, until this day week.
'THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
Sir E. PERRY asked the President of the Board of Con-
trol, let, Whether as the regulations for the examination of
candidates for the civil service of India give a manifest
advantage to candidates who have been educated in England
under the English system of education, and arrangements
are in contemplation by which Hiudoos and Mussulmen,
who may be equally well educated under a different sys-
tem, may be admitted to compete with reference to their own
branches of knowledge ; and, secondly, if no such arrange-
ments are in contemplation, whether Hindeos and Iginssul-
men, and other natives of India, may be admitted to com-
pete, Tinder the present rules, without being obliged to
undertake the expensive journey to England, which in the
ease of Ilindoos militates against their religious opinions
and feelings ? In doing so the hon. gentleman was pro-
ceeding to enter into a few explanatory remarks, but was
interrupted by cries of " order,' and resumed his seat after
simply prating the question.
Sir C. WOOD, after alluding to the extreme inconve-
nience, under present circumstances, of questions by hon.
gentlemen being accompanied by -any reference to facts
and arguments, he (Sir C. Wood) did not, in replying,
intend to make any observations with regard to the
regulations now laid on the table ; but he might say that,
to a certain extent, the regulations must be of an experi-
mental character, and there was no intention at present of
making any alteration in them. (Hear, hear.)
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
Sir GEO. GREY—Sir, I beg to inform the house that I
have received a message from my noble friend the Secre-
tary of State for the Homo Department, stating that
ho has received a eommiesion from her Majesty to
undertake the formation of a Government. Under those.
circumstances he has requested that I would move that th
house at its rising should adjourn until Friday next ; but
I have been informed since I came into the
house, that it would be an inconvenience if the
house adjourned over to-marrow, as there is some business
which will not occupy much time to be disposed of to-
morrow. Therefore the house at its rising will adjourn as
usual until to morrow, but it may be understood that the
sitting will only be of short duration. ,
On the motion that the house do now adjourn,
Mr. BENTINCK rose for the purpose of calling the at-
tention of the house to the anomalous and disastrous state
of public affairs at the present moment. It was impossible,
he said, to imagine a state of things more disastrous than
those which at present existed, as regarded both the cha-
racter and prospects of the country. (Hear, hear.) It
was now more than a week since a vote of the house had
compelled the resignation of the Government, and he
wished to know'what had occurred during that time—time
every hour of which was invaluable, and on the proper dis-
tribution of which might, in all probability, depend the
lives of thousands of our fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) If
he was rightly informed—and it should be understood he
was speaking from public rumour in the absence of any better
guide—the Earl of Derby had, in tho first instance, been
commissioned to form a Government, and that ho had
made an attempt to do so, and appealed at the outset to
the noble lord the late Secretary for the Home Depart-
ment. The latter noble lord, it was said at first, consented
to fall in with the arrangements proposed, but be was
stated subsequently to have declined to accept them.
Now, he hoped the noble lord would take a
proper time to explain to the house and the country that
course of conduct which if correct as he (Mr. Bentinck) had
stated it eertaidly looked very much like vaccination. It
was further stated that the late President of the Council
had afterwards been called upon by her Majesty to form an
Administration but the attempt, as the noble lord had in:
formed, them had failed after a few hours exertion, a re-
sult which -after the proceeding of the last few days was not
surprising. (Laughter, and hoar, bear.) Then it was
said that the noble lord the late Secretary of the Home
Department, had been for some days attempting, and so
far as he (Mr. Bentinck) at present knew, without success,
to form an Administration ; and they were further told,
by rumour, that the difficulties which the noble lord hadhad
to contend with arose from thedetermination of certainpub-
lic men to insist upon a preponderance of ther ownpartyin
constituting a Government.: Now he would ask the house,
was this a creditable state of things for the country to find
itself in? (Hear, hear.) Was it right they should be
listening night after' night to personal recriminations be-
tween noble members in the other house and noble lords in
that house, whilst other public men were engaged in en-
deavouring to obtain a preponderance of their own party
before another Government could be formed ? Although
the affairs of the country were in so disastrous a condition
It was impossible to conceive any thing more discredita-
ble or disastrous than the delay which had taken place
during the last few day in the constitution of a Ministry
capable of carrying en the affairs of the country. (Hear.)
Ho had been induced to make these remarks in the hope
that having done so he might induce others who had more
weight than he had in that house to take up the subject,
end call upon the house for an expression of its
opinion, which might lead to a better state of
things, and to a termination of the delay which
ll'hd hitherto interrupted the conduct of public
bwin"B- (Hear, hear.) He need not remind the sho 1.1. 0
tbheatatghpeeilles of thousands of their fellow-creatures might
truetea thelg upon every rais-employed hoar, and he
had Bug :ause would express its opinion in the way he
longer contiou'e ro that their present pesition might no
both at home and weaken the character of the country
Sir C. WOOD „a„Vr. (Hear, hear.)
at this time explaneaest was excessively inconvenient that
be asked for by hon. menmaic,.': -what had taken place should
stood in much need of a freak Government,
one knew that they
ocrnment, but in the pre-
questions Aymara
sent state of Ministerial affairs, there was no respon-
indeed most in-
Bible person in that house to reply,Ts
Put as had been
convenient that such
expla-
nationu°
- %
Cput by the hon. member who had just t down.bihe No
doubt a proper opportunity would be taken
Government when it was formed to give the fuuyesTt
VHITESIDE said the right hon, baronet must
but had simply made few
plain
have misunderstood his hon. friend, who did not venture
with a view of indue
•nion on tho present delayine-
ptolaai stilleafnodr
onnyB
ibie explanations,srk
house to express its opi.
,hastening to a termination nag Hear
which 'eellemeod
d the present state of public affairs
mate to an eud. (Hear, hear.)
texe lry. neversco tTo
aatptrpirbouxtie
for if the questions put by
to tke unwillingness of t e.,4 ,
h.ouse to debate preliminary
questions in 1853 and ISe
la'
b is no war. The
have ee
the hon. member for Aylesbury 1 I been enforced and
debated, he believed there would
leader of the late Government was a ettPug
tune, and his Administration had been feeble from_
the beginning to the end, so feeble, indeed, as ultimately
to lead to a vote of censure that was carried by
of two tolone. (Hear.) Was the voice of the country to be
a majority
stifled by the house allowing these defeated Ministers to
return to their seats? Would the house or the country pei
mit the leader of an Administration that had so grossly
misconducted affairs to hold such a position in the new
Cabinet as to still leave him in possession of all the power,
though not, the honours, of his former office ? (Hear.)
Could they tolerate that when he was the very man whose
incapacity bad drawn us into this war ? (Cries of
has,r) He protested, then, against their ad-
Owning iiA thisi -way from day to daY wAixout arrytlithg

THE LONDON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

,WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 6.

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle received on the 24th
of November, 1854, from Field-Itlarshal the Lord Raglan,
G.C.8., a despatch and its inclosure, of which the following
are copies :

Before Sebastopol, Oct. 29, 1554,

_
My Lord Duke,
I have the honour to transmit to your Grace the copy of
a letter from General Canr6bert, fel-warding a certificate
of Brigadier-General Rose having been wounded in the
face by the splinter of a shell, when in attendance upon
his Excellency in the &mulles, and containing the expres-
sion of the estimation in which the Brigadier-General, his
Aida-de-Camp Major the Honourable St. George Foley,
and Major Claremont, are held by him and tho officers
with whom they are associated.
I can speak strongly in favour of these three officers ;
and I trust I may be permitted to avail myself of the pre-
sent opportunity to state that the Cemmancleur Vico, who
is attached to my Head Quarters, is ever desirous of ren-
dering me any service in his power, and by his zeal, acti-
vity, and intelligence, he is enabled to be of essential use
in the communications which I am constantly obliged to
have with the General-in-Chief and the officers of the
French Etat-Major.
It would certainly be most gratifying to me if your
Grace would be so kind as to bring under the notice of the
Emperor of the French the high opinion I entertain of
Commandeur Vico, and the advantage I derive from his
assistance.—l have, ke,,
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c.

RAGLAN,

Au Quartier-General devant Sebastopol,
Le 24 Octobre, 1854.

MYLORD,
J'AI l'honneur de volts adresser, dans les termer ♦oulns
par lee reglements militaires, une piece destinee a certifier
les circonstances dans lesquelles le Brigadier-General Hugh
Rose, Commissairo de Sa Majesto Britannique pres du
Quartier-General de rArmee Fraucaise, a eta blesse dans
ses rangs.
Permettez-moi d'ajouter a cette piece, officielle l'ex-
pression de la, haute eetime que cet officier-ge-
neral, le Major Claremont et le Major Foley out sit
se coneilier parmi nous, par lent bravoure, la droiture de
leur caractere, et lee services qu'il none rendent.
L'Armee Britannique ne saurait etre representee plus
dignement anpres de son allies.
Tennlex agreer, Mylord, l'expression de ma haute con-
sideration.

Le General Commandant en Chef l'Armee
Francais° en Orient,
(Signe) GENERAL CANROBERT.
A Sa Seigneurio le General Lord Raglan,
Commandant en Chef l'Armee Anglaise.
Je sousigne, Docteur en Medecino, Medecin-Major,
attache au Quartier-General do l'Armee d'Orient, certifie
que le 14 Octobre, 1851, Monsieur Hugh Rose, Brigadier.
General, Compagnon de I'Ordre du Bain, Comtnissaire de
Sa Majeste Britanniquo pros du Quartier-General de l'Ar-
mee Francaise en'Orient, a ote atteint, par suite do I'explo-
sion d'un obue, d'un plain contuse a la face, en visitant los
trancheos avec to General Commandant-en-Chef,
Au camp sous Sebastopol to 18 Octobro, 1854.
Le Modecin-Major,
(Signe) F. GUBSNAY.

Approuve :
Le General Chef-d'Etat-Major General
do l'Armee,
C. DE MARTIMPREZ

(Signe)
Vn :
Le General Commandant-en-Chef,
(Signe) GENERAL CANROBERT.

WAR DEPARTMENT, FEB. G.

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle received, on the 2d of
October, 1854, from Major-General Harry D. Jones, of the
Royal Engineers, a despatch, of which the following is an
extract :

" 11.11. Ship Duke of Wellington,
Nargan Roads, 25th September, 1854.
" I take this opportunity of bringing under your Grace's
notice the very great assistance I derived from the ser-
vices of Captain Rodney Mandy, R.N., during the opera-
tions against Bomarsund. This officer was permitted by
the Vice-Admiral commanding to accompany me, and
I have to express my thanks to Captain Mundy for the very
active, able, and zealous manner in which he discharged
many important duties which I requested him to under-
take ; his knowledge of the French language proved ex-
tremely useful on many occasions, when communicating
with the French authorities "