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must therefore suppose that the Ordnance had done so
little that it could not be stated.
11Ir. MUNTZ said it was because the Ordnance depart-
ment had spent money which they had no right to expend
that he proposed the reduction of the vote.
For the vote

nto a eentract for setting up 20,000 muskets • but the
sights were not ordered till the middle of March. With
respect to the 90,000 order, it was not till the 22d of June
that any part of the barrels were ordered. The first order
for locks was heated on the 30th of June, but the patterns
were not delivered for two months later. A quan-
tity of bayonets were ordered on the 10th of July,
but the patterns were not delivered till the 11th of
August. The rammers were ordered en the 30th June,
bat the patterns were not delivered till October. An order
for 30,000 bayonets was issued on the 7th of August, and
part of the contract was to he executed on the let of Sep-
tember. The pattern was not delivered till that day.
And
yet the Board of Ordnance came dow he
)nd told t house
that the arms trade could not supply them. he
country owed a debt of gratitude to the hen. member for
Birmingham for devoting f himsel to facilitate the produc-
tion of arms. Day by day, during the past year, he
which
had
been employed merely in removing the difficulties
the Roars' of Ordnance created against their arms supply ;
and there could be no doubt that but for those difficulties,
Birmingham, which had actually produced from 40,000
to 50,000 stand of arms within the year, or about double
what Sir Thomas Hastings had called the maximum of
its productions, would have produced 100,000. (Hear,
hear.) He was sorry to say that only a slight change
bad been made in the Government system. Formerly
there were but four contractors employed to set up
the arms. The Government were induced to appoint 13
mere, who received an order to make a quantity o
es'
f mus-
kets on the 27th of November. The 17 together employ
all the labourers in Birmingham. But in January there
was another contractor appointed. He was not a gun-
maker at all, but a sword-masker • and, of course, he had
not a single tradesman fit for employment in his new occu-
pation. lle could only do one thing, which was to entice
away the workmen of the other contractors ; and that the
Government called expediting their supply of small arms.
In short, an utter want of busine-s management, and a total
neglect of every commercial principle, appeared n the
i
transactions of the Board of Ordnance with the trade.
Those whose duty it was to decide the pa.tterns knew nothing
about gunmaking ; while, as to the inspection of small arms,
he would content himself with mentioning one fact. A. late
inspector, finding that he could not defeat the Birmingham
traders by issuing impracticable instructions, actually had
crooked sights put on the 20,000 Minie rifles which were
now in the hands of our soldiers in the Crimea ;and had
it not been for the traders of Birmingham, the troops
would have left England with those inefficient arms.
(Cries of " Name.") The Government had now
got an
efficient inspector ; but Mr. Sumner was not properlyi in
structed by the Ordnance Department. They required
him to visit all the manufactories in which Government
contracts were executed; but his proper place was else-
where. What they wanted was a first-rate workruan—
which he believed Mr. Sumner was—always in the view-
ing-room in Birmingham, to be a referee between the
workman and the -viewer ; but it would be absurd to ex-
pect him to perform that duty and travel through the
country too. Every foreign Government—ovary important
commercial house--had a well-qualified commissioner to
watch the progress of trade. This was exactly what the
Board of Ordnance required. At present their whole
connection with the arms trade was a mass of confu-
sion. There was no inability on the part of the trade.
They had produced within the last year double the
maximum assigned by Sir Thomas Hastings ; and if the
Board of Ordnance employed a business man to regu-
late and conduct their connection with the manufac-
turers, they might depend upon it that they had in Eng-
land, available now, an arms trade far superior to any ma-
nufactery which they might themselves establish. (Hear.)
One hon. member had said that there was no machinery
employed in the construction of arms in this country.
Now, the most perfect machinery for making the barrel
was used at Birmingham, and that machinery was applied
to every part of the construction of the rifle except the
stook, and, by the showing of Mr. Anderson, it failed so
far as the stock was concerned, because such a pattern was
insisted upon that no machinery could bo applied to it.
There was as much machinery employed as was consistent
with profit and the manufacture of the kind of arm insisted
upon. It was said that arms could not be made in England,
and therefore they must be obtained from abroad. Now, if
the Government had been content with an arm serviceable,
strong, with a good lock, but without any fancy finish, they
Ii
might have obtained double the quantity they were now re-
ceiving ; but when they insisted upon an expensive pattern
great impediments were thrown in the way. The plan
which had been adopted was not calculated to meet the
emergency of the war, but the truth was there existed a
determination to take the supply of arms from the trade
of England, and he could not understand why, except from
a professional jealousy,it was the determination of the board
to have the matter in their own hands. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MONSELL said he had heard many statements
from the hon. member which were utterly unfounded. The
accusation made against the Ordnance was this. It was
stated that they insisted on having a most elaborately
finished gun, with a great deal of artistic devices, which
were utterly useless, and that that was the reason they had
been placed in their present position. Nowhe
ed t board
had
consulted Mr. Westley Richards, who suggest certa
alterations, and those alterations were adopted by the
board. (Hear, hear.) A short time ago he was waited
upon by the chairman of the Gnnmakers' Association at
Birmingham, and another gentleman connected with
the town, and when he asked them if they had any-
thing to find fault with, they said " no," and yet the
hon. member was trying to raise a cry against the Govern-
ment
by denouncing their dealing with the trade of Bir-
mingham, and thereby endeavouring to induce the com-
mittee to reject a measure which was of the highest import-
ance to the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Anderson and two
other gentlemen had examined the manufacturers in Ame-
rica, and had presented a most elaborate report, and he
had no doubt that by adopting their recommendations mus-
kets mild be made as correct as the Minio rifle, at one-half
the expense of that instrument. (Hoar.) There would be
no real opposition between the manufactory and the gun
trade of the country. From the number of arms required
the scan trade of Birmingham need not he afraid of having
their orders stopped for many years, and he had informed
them that the Government would receive as many muskets
as they could make. It had been stated that the proper
number of muskets had not been delivered because the pat-
tern was not given in time. Now, every one of the gun-
makers had the proper materials put into their hands.
He wished to impress this fact upon the committee, that
machinery to the extent of 26,0001. had. been ordered,
17,0001. of which was American machinery, and 9,000/.
machinery produced in this country. The contract had
been made, and the committee was now called upon to re-
ject a vote, the effect of which rejection would be to leave
the machinery without any factory for its reception. He
believed the establishment of this factory would have the
effect not of stifling the gun trade of Birmingham, but of
setting them an example, and inducing them to employ the
best kind of machinery ; and ho eked the committee, by
a large majority, to sanction a measure which he believed
to be of the highest importance to the country, and place
it in a position to create a, large number of muskets at any
time with great rapidity. (Hear.)
Mr. NEWDEGA.TE, in reference to the recommendation
ef Mr. Richards, to which the hon. member hd allud,
said that the sight ued was not made accordinga to th e pdeat-
tern of Mr. Richards.
Lord SIgYMOUR said the hon. member (Mr. Monsen)
a department which had been condemned
was defending
both by the house and the Government.
Mr. JOHN M'GREGOR objected to the Government
becoming manufacturers. He said that Lord Palmerston
had, in the formation of his Government, been more un-
fortunate than was ever any other Prime Minister.
Lord PALMERSTON had heard with great sirprise and
astonishment the opposition which had been made to this
vote- We were engaged in a war whioh, by universal con-
sent, it required the greatest exertion to conduct with sue-
c,ess. It was well known that owing to various circumstances
we had for some years suffered from a great deficiency in the
supply of small arms fei the army. A proposal was made for
the establishment of a factory which would not probably at
any early period enable the Ordnance to furnish the num-
ber required, but which would contribute to furnish our
army with an excellent weapon, and which might probably
in course of time render them iadependent of other sources
of supply, er at all events enable them to command those
sources on moderate and reasonable terms. And at
this moment, when we required every exertion possible
to furnish our army and militia with arms, when it was
well known that in Ireland some regiments of militia were
doing duty with broomstieks—(a laugh)—for want of mus-
and
kets to pat into their hands—lion. gentlemen got up, ,
upon various pretences, endeavoured to srevent the country
from having the advantage of the establishment which this
vote was intended to afford. Of all res.sons on earth, the
reason of his noble friend behind him (Lord Seymour)
seemed to him the weakest he could possibly imagine. He
forsooth refused the vote because the Government was going
to reorganise the Ordnance Department, to improve its or-
ganisation, and to make arrangements by which errors and
delays which had occurred at former periods might he
prevented. For that very reason, because the depart-
ment was going to be made more efficient, and more
capable of performing the public service with prompti-
tude and accuracy, his noble friend objected to the vote
which was now proposed. IV hat would he have said if
the contrary had been the case ; if the Government had
said that the department of which he complained was
perfect, and wanted no improvement ; if they had
announced to the house that they wore not going to
make any alteration or any improvement in the arrange-
ment of the civil department ? His noble friend would
then have turned upon them and said, " Then Irefuse you
the vote. You won't improve your system ; you won't
make a better organisation of the executive departments
which are to carry this service into practice, and therefore
I refuse." Now, because they were going to de the very
things which he had urged to do, he made that a reason for
refusing to the public the advantage of the establishment
which they asked the house to give them the means of pro-
tags (Hear) He (Lord Palmerston) did trust that the
would rise superior to these miserable quibbles.
(Cheers and
allow itself .t.ounter cheers.) He trusted it would not
Ise made the victim of local interests—
(cheers)—or of interests connected with particular places
particular
andviiiZ,ffanclies of trade. We wanted all sources
of supply
all that Birmingham possibly obtain. We wanted
obliged to have recoutars could afford is. We had been
what vie required. ahree,V,iege to assist us in obtaining
d been compelled to go to the
United States of America t e an additional supply,
and he did think that that novae would not be performing
the duty which it owed. to the
thatinZise
if it refused that
which his hon. friend now asked nation purpose of estab-
lishing that which would be only a very
D2:ld. his
rimental establishment for the supply partial
. and expo-
noble friend (Lord Seymour) imagine
• ,000/.
which was Toted. last year was enough to establish
was only a sum upon account. asamanu"
0/ could have ° plan
factory- of arms ? It
could imagine that for -5,00 . youco erected an
establishment which would have affordedyou the means
of ascertaining whether you could make arms at a cheaper
• op`'
su
rate than was charged by the private trade. He did h
that the statement of nix hon. friend would be
induce the house to accede to this vote,
and that cient to
the Go-
vernment would not, at a time when it
required every exs-
ertion to furnish our army, sur militia, sad our colonic
with arms, be turned. round and deprived ofdwould the mean
offs
of
supply which the establishment now proposeord.
Mr. H. BAILLIE wished to know whether the contracts
for forage for the army had been made by the Ordnance
Department or the Treasury ?
Mr. MONSELL replied that the Ordnance had been
made use of by the Treasury for the purchase of some
oats ; but that was all it had to do with the forage.
Lord PALMERSTON said the commissariat department
was responsible for the supply of forage.
Mr. MUNTZ persevered in his amendment. The noble
lord (Lord Palmerston) seemed to intimate that he was
supporting some local interest at the expense of the coun-
try. He denied this was the case. No man was more
sincerely anxious to promote the public interest than he
was ; and when publio and. private interest came into col-
lision, he always sacrificed the latter. (Hear.)
Lord sEYMOUB, did not wish to embarrass the Govern-
ment, and as he understood that the money had been spent
he should not vote iu favour of the amendment. He had
received no answer to his question of what had been
done towards the ootablishaint of this foottrYl and he

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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

Against
Majority
The vote was therefore agreed to.
The next vote was of 22,346 officers and non-commie- 1
sioned officers and men for the service of her Majesty in
the several Ordnance corps and departments for the service
at home and abroad during the year 1855-56.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained that the sum of up-
wards of one million had been expended durin lithe las
at
t
and present years in barracks. He was glad to th
the vote for the Ordnance-office was to be withdrawn, and
he the
cure that a great amount of saving might be effected
by the consolidation of that office and the Commissariat
Department with the office of the Secretary at War.
Colonel GILPIN said as the question had turned upon
barracks, he wished to ask whether any arrangements had
been made for the better accommodation of marrie
the same
d mon in
barracks? He believed that they were still in
disgraceful state which he had pointed out last year. He
was sure the public would agree to any mto lodge thse
men in a manner more consistent with d suecency and with
their comfort.
Captain SCOBELL said he had seen a most excellent
suggestion for floating hospitals. There were a great
might many
line-of-battle ships lying useless in ordinary, which
be easily ventilated, and made otherwise available for the
purpose.
ed u
Mr. M. SMITH urgpon the Government the neces-
sity of adopting a better system of ventilation in the medi-
cal hospitals.
on the formation of
Mr. OTWAY wished to know if,
the camp at Aldershot, it was intended to exorcise the
troops in the construction of huts ? He thought that, in-
stead of employing labourers in constructing; the huts, ten
thousand men might be exorcised in constructing them.
Colonel his tent
like to know where the hon. mem-
ber would get his ten thousand soldiers? Why, they were
not in existence.
Mr. MONSELL said these
they would last long time.
They would be particularly useful in respect to the move-
ments of the militia in Ireland.
Mr. OTWAY could not see why ten thousand men
I should not be employed at Aldershot constructing the huts.
Mr. DIONSELL said the reason was that they would be
too much occupied learning the goose step.
The vote was agreed to.
The vote of 1,117,8131., to pay allowances and contin-
gencies for the Ordnance, was agreed to.
On the vote of 1,460,8171. for commissariat and foreign
supplies,
Colonel KNOX thought the sum of 90,0001. for clothing
the foreign legion, which existed only in the imagination
of the Government, was a large one. With respect to the
great coats served to the army nothing could be more use-
less. The cloth was little batter than baize. He did not
know if they were surveyed ; but if so, the person who
surveyed them should be dismissed. They were disgraceful
to the country, and a fraud on the soldier.
Mr. MONSELL took the same view as the gallant mem-
ber of the great coats. They were not made of the sort of
cleth they ought to be, and they were altogether out of
1 the pattern. The real fact was they were made as light
as possible.
Lord W. GRAHAM called attention to the shell-jacket,
out of which the Ordnance ha I struck the lining.
Lord ELCHO drew the attention of the Government to
a process by which the lightest tweeds were rendered wa-
terproof. Ho had observed that on very cold days the
soldiers here were on sentry in their red coats ; wereas
when the weather grew warm they had on their grey h
coats.
Why had they not their great coats hung up in their sen-
try boxes, like the soldiers in foreign countries ?
Mr. PERCY complained of the wretched parsimony in
the making of the coats. From 6Ad. to 101 was the price
pail for making the coats, and it was impossible they
could be well made.
Mr. E. BALL said it was exceedingly scandalous that
our soldiers, who had undertaken such arduous duties in
the Crimea, should bo supplied with such wretched cbat9,
i after the enormous sum. voted by the country for supply
ing them with proper requisites.
Colonel DUNNE thought the quality of clothing for the
soldiers was disgraceful, except in the Guards and some
other favoured corps.
Lord ELCHO called attention to the ammunition boots
sent to the Crimea, which were much too small for the
i men ; they were also objectionable on account of having
smooth solos without nails.
Mr. MILES said another objection to the boots was, that
they were so badly put together that the soles separated
from the body of the boots. There were several items taken
in the estimates for the foreign legion, but he understood
there Ivan not a man yet raised for it. He wished, there-
fore, to know whether it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to take up the Turkish contingent as the foreign
legion. At present the latter was an imaginary body, but
he should have no objection to vote the 90,000'. for the
Turkish contingent, which he believed would be a really
effective auxiliary force.
Lord PALMERSTON assured the hon. gentleman that
no money would be spent on the foreign legion if it should
not be raised ; but the Turkish contingent was totally
different from the foreign legion.
Mr. MONSELL repeated the explanation he had before
given respecting the size of the beets seat out to the
Crimea, but observed that the ammunition boots were not
supplied by the Ordnance.
The veto was then agreed to.
On the vote of 303,1491. for establishments at home and
abroad,
Sir J. ANDERSON expressed a hope that the establish-
ments at home would be used for lodging the militia. The
inhabitants of Stirling had the militia billetted on them ;
though there was accommodation for them in the Castle
Barrcks.
Mr. COWAN observed that great dissatisfaction pre-
vailed
among a certain portion of his constituents, upon
whom fell the burden of providing lodging for the militia.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that he thought it highly
desirable, wherever it was possible, that the militia should
be in itrracks ; and that the deficiency of such accommo-
dation at the beginning of last year was one reason why
only a portion of the militia had been called out.
The vote was then agreed to ; as was that of 368,8721. for
wages of artificers, labourers, and others employed at the
several establishments in the united kingdom and the
colonies.
On the vote of 2,792,3481. for Ordnance stores for the
land and sea service,
Mr. MUNTZ moved as an amendment that the vote be
reduced by 40,0001., being the item for the small-arm fac-
tory at Enfield.
Lord SEYMOUR recommondedthe hon. gentleman potter
the expression of opinion upon the 15,0001. vote, to I
\
divide the committee ; but oomplained that the Govern-
ment had not had the courtesy to state what progress had
been made with the building, and when it was likely that
some arms would be produced.
Mr. MONSELL said that he hoped to be able to com-
mence the manufacture about the beginning of July. A
great portion of the American machinery had already ar-
rived, and the building would soon be completed.
Mr. H. HERBERT called attention to the fact that the
Irish Militia were without arms, and narrated a circum-
stance which had occurred in his own county. Not having
received any printed forms, his regiment had sent a requi-
sition for arms to the Quarter-Master General in Dublin,
in manuscript. That officer sent it back to the general of
the district, stating that the requisition ought to have gone
through him (the general of the district), and that he could
take no notice of any that was not printed. The general of
the district, therefore, transmitted it to him (Mr. Her-
bert). He had to send to London fir a printed requisition
to apply for arms ; and the consequence was that two
months had passed by, and the regiment had not got a
single musket. In the meantime the general of the dis-
trict had ordered his regiment to supply men for sentry
duty, and they were actually keeping sentry with sticks in
their hands. (A laugh.) Though a shillalagh might be a
national weapon, and might be very effectively employed
at times, yet he thought that a limited supply of " Old
Brown Bees" would be desirable. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MAGUIRE moved that the chairman report pro-

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COVENTRY RACES.
(THIS DAY.)

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AKRlVED.—Tipperary Boy, Spring, Augustine, St.
Arnaud, Freedom, Salopian, and Potter.

LE CROIX DR BERNE STEEPLECEIASE.—bI gentleman
from our establishment, late this afternoon, applied at
the proper quarter for a list of the acceptances for this
steeplechase, bat the required information was declined.

LIVERPOOL RXCES.
ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. - Bnurton, Peter, Trout,
Escape, Nugget, Garland, Cutaway, Little Charley,
Torn, Medal, Polestar, Meleora, Lady Tatton, Noddy,
Elton Star, Bacchus, and Van Dunck.

I3IPERIAL PARLIAAIENT

gress.
Mr. NEWDEGATE hoped, if the vote were passed, that
the noble lord at the head of the Government would take
immediate steps to assure the trade that he did not intend
to supersede them ; otherwise the vote would do more to
shake their confidence than anything that oould be done.
Mr. MUNTZ expressed his determination to divide upon
his amendment.
Lord PALMERSTON hoped the hon. member (but
Maguire) would not insist upon reporting progress, but
take the discussion on the report.
Mr. MAGUIRE was only anxious to have the subject
discussed, and, on the understanding that another oppor-
tunity would be given for that purpose, would withdraw
his amendment.
Mr. SCHOFIELD contended that this was net a mere
Birmingham question, but one affecting the country at
large. The gun trade formed a very small fraction of the
trade of Birmingham, and it was not on account of the
supposed interests of Birmingham, but because he believed
the Government could not provide themselves so well with
arms as private manufacturers could do, that he was op-
posed to this vote.
Mr. WALPOLE said, there existed a misapprehension
that on account of the resolution come to by the committee
last year, the Government had been prevented from obtain-
ing as large a supply of arms as otherwise they would have
done, but he believed that had the vote been carried last
year it would have been impossible to establish the manu-
factory in time to provide the necessary supply of arms.
Mr. MONSELL said the right hon. gentleman was per-
fectly right in his cousion. It would have been imp in
sible for Government to manufacture the arms required n
any circumstances.
The committee divided, and the numbers were—
For the amendment
Against llO
—B6
Majority .........
The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed.
The report on the Army Estimates was brought up ant
agreed to.
The second reading of the Newspaper and Postage aid
Stamp Duties Bill was postponed till Friday next.
The Tea Duties Decline Suspension Bill was rent a
second time.
The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill passed through committee.
The house adjourned at 1 o'clock.

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS or THE NAVY.—At a general
meeting of the students of the London Hospital, held
yesterday, Dr. Andrew Clark in the chair, resolutions
were agreed to in reference to the present condition of
the assistant-surgeons of the navy. The first resolution
appointments.
was to effect that their positir n was derogatory to
the
toytheiot u best
ttindndmtieairreasittsy otfhtahteitsershviocuel,danfodltlohwe stehceonedxasmugpgiee setsted
Board in the distribution of their medical
gfo
ing
viewed
w.lyhin alarm the present policy of the Admi-
raltyt The third resolution was that the meet
in
employing
theowing
unqualified men as dressers in the
Baltic fleet, thus
the example already set by
the sister service in
casedutiesof the Scutari dressers, who
the are now performingassistant-surgeons.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIo of
extraordinary medicines for zer. Ointr* and Pills
est
Win. Hill, of Exeter, bad for upwards of bad legs.—Mr.
ulcerated kg of a most fearful rdenr4s of three years an
the best medical skill to heal, having been which defied
Hos-
pital, King's College, and the Devon anden in Guy's
•,. 1 Each pronounced it incurable, and
piLa.,s•Hos.
be to have •the only
remedy be could obtain would it amputated
Notwithstanding these opinions, he made a trial of Hol-
loway's ointment and pills, which effected more good
in a few days than all the treatment he had heretofore
received, and subsequently the wounds on hfit
m ed leg
ici were
completely healed. Sold by all vendors one,
and at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand,
London, And 80, Maiden•lane, New York.

THE SUNS LONDON,_ TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1855.

since his election had accepted the office of a Lord_ of
the Treasury.
PAUPER CHILDREN.
Mr. MILES wished to ask the President of the Poor
Law Board whether any communication had taken
place between the President of the Privy Council and
himself, relative to the el ncation of children receiving
out-door relief ; and, if so, whether there was any objec-
tion to lay such correspondence: before the house
Mr. BAINES said there was a correspondence on
this subject in the possession of the Poor Law Board,
and there would be no objection to produce it.
Mr. MILES next asked the President of the Poor
Law Board -whether any communication bad taken place
between 'himself and the Emigration Commissioners
relative to the Act passed by the New South Wales
Legislature, 16 Vic., c. 42, s. 7 and 8, whereby the Emi-
gra.t'ion Commissioners are declared competent to engage
avy boy or girl, of and above the age of 13, from any
-parish or board of guardians, the parents or guardians
i of whom shall be willing to contribute towards their
passage to the colony, the colony paying a sum not ex-
ceeding 8/. sterling towards the passage money ; such
children, upon their arrival in the colony, to be appren-
ticed to proper employers under certain conditions.
Mr. BAINES said there had also been a correspond-
ence on this subject, and, if the hon. member would
n3.,3ve for it, there would be no objection to produce it.
SANDHURST COLLEGE.
Col. NORTH gave notice that, this day fortnight, he
should move an address to the Crown relative to th 6
Royal Military College of Sand
D hurst.
POLAN.
Mr. PHINN postponed his motion relative to the
restoration of Poland until this day fortnight.
COFFEE FOR THE CRIMEA.
Col. NORTH wished to ask the Secretary of the
Treasury upon what days the following ships laden with
roasted coffee for the Crimea sailed from England :
Sydney Hall, steam-transport, Adelaide, steatn-transport,
and Lady Eglinton, steam-transport.
Mr. WILSON said the first sailed on the 2d Decem-
ber • the second, on the 29th December ; and the third;
on the 4th January.
Colonel NORTH asked the Under Secretary for War
if he was aware that green coffee was served out in the
hospital at Scutari on the 17ch day of February.
Mr. F. PEEL was not aware of the circumstance ;
but up to the middle of January no coffee had been dis-
xibuted

ARMY BEFOICE SEBASTOPOL COM-
MITTEE.

CRIMEAN MEDAL.
Mr. STANLEY asked the First Lord of the Treasury,
or Under Secretary for War, if it was intended that the
Crimean medal shall confer two years' additional service,
or any peculiar advantages similar to those conferred by
the Waterloo medal in 1815.
}Joni PALMERSTON, in answer to the question,
said undoubtedly these actions were actions in which the
brave troops of the country displayed a much valouress ,as
ever was evinced in former actions,neverthel
although medals had been prepared for these actions, it
was not intended to accompany those medals with the
priv lege of counting these actions as ten yeaonars' sehrviceese .
The battle of Waterloo was quite exceptil to t
actions or those in the Peninsular, because it decided,
as it were, the fate of Europe.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CEIANCELLOR took his seat on the wool
sack at five o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Lord LONDESBOROUGH presented two petitions
praying for the total prohibition of the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors.
Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from New-
castle-upon-Tyne, against the present system of promo-
tion in the army, against flogging in the army, and pray-
ing for a searching inquiry into the war.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Pais-
ley in support of a vigorous prosecution of the war ; the
petitioners further prayed that the independence of Po-
land might be proclaimed, and that the aid of Hungary
and Italy ought to be secured.
Lord BERNERS presented several petitions against
the Maynoeth grant.
Lsrd LUCAN gave notice that, on Thursday, he
should call the attention of the house to the land trans-
port service in the Crimea.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
Yorkshire, in favour of a total prohibition of the sale of
intoxicating drinks.
LORD LUCAN AND THE GOVERNMENT.
Lord LUCAN, approaching their lordships table, said
he regretted being compelled again to present himself
before their lordships.
Earl GRANVILLE interposed and said, if the noble
lord intended to speak upon the same subject which he
had before done, he submitted that it would be highly
incorrect in the absence of the noble lord the Minister
of War and the Cominander-in-Chief for him to do so.l
Lord LUCAN said he was in the hands of the house,
and he felt himself fully justified in again presenting
himself to their lordships' notice. The noble lord was
then about to enter into his case in respect to his con-
duct in the Crimea, when
Earl GREY apologised for interrupting the noble lord,
but said he felt strongly the inconvenience of the course
he was pursuing. The noble lord came forward to read
letters and public documents, which were not thrown on
their lordships' table. If the noble lord wished to
have the documents produced, he would make a
motion for their production, and when they were placed
upon the table it would then be in his power to raise the
whole question. The course ho was now pursuing was
contrary to th• rules of the house.
Lord LUCAN said he had no desire to proceed
irregularly.
Earl GREY—WeII, then, make a motion.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was sure the noble
lord would see the inconvenience of proceeding as he
was now doing.
Lord PANMURE, who had just entered the
house, apologised for his absence on Friday] when
the noble lord addressed the house.
Lord LUCAN hoped that his lordship would have
no o'Jjection to his reading a letter which he had 're-
ceived from the noble lord opposite yesterday after-
noon. (Laughter.) He then read the following letter
from Lord Pannsure :
"My dear Lord,—As I perceive that you had read
an incomplete correspondence last Friday in the House
of Lords, I think it right to forward to your lordship
a copy of Lord Raglau's despatch, dated the 16th of
December, and addressed to the Duke of Newcastle.
(Signed) PA.NItURR.
Lord Lucan said as he was not aware of the existence
of the letter, it was impossible that he could have read
it. The noble lord then proceeded to read a copy of the
letter addressed by Lord Raglan to the Duke of New-
castle, dated Dec. 8, 1854, in which his lordship
set forth the facts of the case connected with the charge
at Balaklava, and concluded by observing that Lord
Lucan had not misconstrued the order. Lord Lucan
then also read the answer to his application for a court-
martial, which was a refusal on the part of his Com-
mander-in-Chief to institute tuck a tribunal.
Lord PANMURE hoped that his lordship would not
make that house an arena for deciding points of disci-
pline in the army.
Lord LUCAN having moved for the production of all
papers relating to his conduct in the Crimea,
The subject dropped.
EXPORTATION OF MUNITIONS OF WAR.
Lord BERNERS moved for a return of the lead or
other articles contraband of war exported from the dif-
ferent ports of Great Britain and Ireland to foreign
ports since the declaration of war, and of the imports
into Great Britain and Ireland of Russian produce in
neutral vessels during the last year.
Lord GRANVILLE said he had no objection to the
first part of the motion of the noble lord, but suggested
some alteration in the latter part of it. The noble lord
entered at length into the subject of the prohibition of
the munitions of war, and said it was intended to limit
it to three articles, viz., small arms, sulphur, and powder;
asd that the Government had made concessions to pre-
vent the orders pressing with undue severity upon
French merchants, and the French Government had
made similar concessions in favour of the English,
and not ono single complaint had been received
He (Earl Granville) thought the course pursued was
most judicious. The noble earl then alluded to the
blockade that had been ,established, and said that the
trade of Russia, in the Black Sea in particular, had been
entirely suspended.
Lord COLCHESTER deprecated the whole system of
blockade as inefficient.
The Earl of HARDWICK said that the blockade
was affected. The ships could not be kept in the sea
in the winter, so that there could be no blockade at that
season.
After a few words from the Duke of ARGYLL,
The motion was agreed to.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS.
The Bishop of EXETER rose to move for the pro-
duction of the opinion of the Irish law officers with re.
spect to the Roman Catholic processions in Tuani.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

ARMY REFORM.
Mr. HUTT said, seeing, by official correspondence,
that when the Duke of Newcastle found it necessary to
recall Lord Lucan from the command of the British
caved? y in the Crimea he was compelled to obtain the
interposition of Lord Hardinge for that purpose, he
wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether,
among the improvements in the administration ef the
army which he promised to the house on his accession to
office, he proposed to empower the Secretary for War to
effect such changes without the intervention of the Horse
Guards
Lord PALMERSTON said there was not any inten-
tion to make any alteration in the subordination of the
army, the staff appointments would still remain in the
hands of the Commander-in-Chief_
THE CAPE.
Mr. LIDDELL asked the Colonial Secretary if any
report had been received of a fresh outbreak of Kafirs
in the Cape.
Sir G. GREY replied in the negative, but, by the last
despatch from the Governor of the Cape, dated the 30th
of December, the Kafirs had a sumed a very hostile
position on the eastern frontier of the country.
CORPORATION OF LONDON.
Mr. LA BOUCHERE reminded the right hon. baronet
the Secretary of State for the Horne Department that
the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire
into the state of the Corporation of London had been
some time in the hands of the Government, and he
wished to know if Government contemplated bringing in
a bill to reform the corporation.
Sir G. GREY said a bill was in preparation founded
upon the report of the Commission for the Reform of the
Corporation of the City of London, but it was not de-
sirable that the bill should be laid before Parliament
until the measure of Sir B. Hall, for the better govern-
ment of the metropolis, had been dispoled of.
RECORDERSHIP OF BRIGHTON.
Mr. CRAUFURD moved the appointment of a select
committee to take into consideration the case of the ap-
pointment of Edwin James, Q.C., to the office of Re-
corder of Brighton, the said Edwin James having been
refused admittance to the Bench of the Inner Temple,
on account of his conduct in respect of certain transac-
tions connected with the election for the borough of
Horsham in 1847. The hon. and learned gentleman
entered into an explanation of the circumstances attend-
ing the election in 1847, from which it appeared that
Mr. Jervis, the son of the then Attorney-General, was
returned for the bororgh, but upon petition he was un-
seated, and it was alleged that Mr. James was impli-
cated in the affair in this manner : it was said he nego-
tiated a compromise whereby the bribery charges against
Mr. Jervis were withdrawn in consideration of his un-
dertaking to pay over a sum of money to the parties
who made them. The charges were withdrawn,
but the consideration was never paid. Subsequently
two qui tem actions were brought against Mr. James
and Sir John Jervis, the Attorney-General, for bribery,
but they broke down upon a technical point of law.
Immediately afterwards Mr. James was called within
the bar, and Sir John Jervis was promoted to the Bench.
Mr. James then applied to be elected a bencher of his
Inn, but the benchers called upon him to give
some explanation in reference to his conduct
at the Horsham election. That explanation he gave,
but it was not deamed satisfactory, and therefore his
application to be elected as bencher was either rejected
or withdrawn. Now, comparing this case with that of
Mr. Stonor, be could not understand upon vrlat ht
round
the Government could defend the appointment of Mr.
James, and acting uponthe precedent of theStonor case be
called upon the house to institute anonquiry t
intof
the Re-
the cir-
cumstances attending the recent app
corder o
corder of Brighton.
Sir J. WALMSLEY seconded the motion.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed the hon. and
learned gentleman had brought this motion forward from
the purest and loftiest of motives—(a laugh)—butht have he
thought the hon. and learned gentleman mig ab-
stained from attacking the Chief Justice of CorramonPleae.
He asked the house whether the case made out against
Mr. James was worthy of a moment's notice, because
all that he did in connection with the Horsham election
was not in his professional capacity, but in the chae
ter of a private gentleman. Nor was his condit uct in con
nection with that election teinted wh abuse,
while with regard to the case laid before the
benchers he believed the benchers of the Inner Temple
determined that it was one in which they could noelectetd
in-
terfere. The benchers of the Inner Temple were
by ballot, and ten black balls defeated a candidate. In that
way Mr. James had not been elected a bencher, butsurely
that was no reason why he should be excluded from office,
seeing that there was no imputation whatever against
either his private or public character and honour. He
knew several other honourable men who had attained
the dignity of Queen's Counsel without beingesi electedthe a
bencher of their Inn, but all that might be beside
question. He would state that the Government were
quite ignorant of the fact that Mr. James had been re-
jected ; they had no means of knowing it any more than
they had the means of knowing whether the learnedb
gen-
tleman had been rejected by any particular cluor
not, and he therefore hoped the house would soers.t for a
single mement entertain this proposition. (Che)
After a few words from Mr. I. BUTT, who opposed
the motion,
Mr. ATHERTON, as a member and bencher of the In-
ner Temple, declared that no sufficient reason had been
shown to justify the house in adopting the motion, because
it implied no censure that a gentleman-had not been
elected a bencher. The benchers claimed the absolute
discretion of electing or rejecting Queen's Counsel, just
as they thought proper, without being responsible to
an one for their decision, and hence the objection of
the hon. and learned gentleman to this appointment
was illusory. (Hear, hear.)
Lord PALA.IERSTON repeated what he had stated
on a former occasion—namely, that he used his best
exertions to select the most competent person for the
office out of a large number of candidates who sought
the appointment. The preponderance of the profes-
sional testimonials were in favour of Mr. James, while the
majority of the Town Council of Brighton memorialised
the Government in his behalf. His appointment pro-
ceeded upon public grounds alone.
After a few words from Sir J. DUKE, who spoke to
the ability and integrity of Mr. James, Mr. CRIIIFORD
replied.
Sir J. WALMSLEY said he
gentleman who bad
moved it, but aft,of the explanation he had heard he
must decline to vote for it. (Hear, and laughter.)
The motion was negatived without a division, the only
" aye" in its favour being that of the hon. and learned
gentleman who had made it.
Mr. 1. BUTT moved that the motion should not be
entered upon the journals of the house.
Mr. CRAUFURD objected to the motion, and de-
clared his intention to divide the house upon it.
The question was then put, and there being only a
solitary " No" against it, namely that of hon. and
learned gentleman, there could be no tellers appointed
for the " Nos," and therefore the motion was declared
to be carried.
MASTERS AND OPERATIVES.
Mr. MACKINNON called the attention of the house
to the inconvenience now felt in the country from the
want of equitable tribunals, by whose means any differ-
ences between masters and operatives might be
satisfactorily adjusted, from which also other ad-
vantages might be gained in disputed claims.
He alluded to the fact that there was a growing feeling
in the country in favour of councils of arbitration for the
adjustment of disputes between masters and men, but
that at present English law did not formally recognise
any such institution. His proposal was thus to legalise
hem, and he contended that they would be exti eteely
heeeticiusi in preventing a recurrence of those ecenee
which had so lately taken place at Preston ; whilst at the
same time it would condule to the interests of intention by

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPISAIKEIt took the ehair shortly before four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBERS.
Sir C. Wood, Mr. V. Smith, and Sir G. C. Lewis,
severally took the oaths and their seats on their re-elec-
tion for Halifax, Northamptonshire, and New Radnor.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Blackburn Rail-
ways Bill was read a second time and ordered to be
committed.

PETITIONS.
Mr. MITCHELL presented a petition from a place
In Cornwall against the sale of intoxicating liquors on
Sundays.
Mr. THORNLEY presented a petition from the
licensed victuallers of Wolverhamton praying for the
repeal of the Beer Act of last session.
Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from Liver-
pool against the opening of the British Museum and
the National Gallery on Sundays.
Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Lei-
cester, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sun-
days.
Mr. WATSON presented a petition from the post-
masters of Hull, praying for the repeal of the mileage
duty.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the Scottish
Trade Protection Society, in favour of Lord Brougham's
bill for the registration of Bills of Exchange.
Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition from the
licensed victuallers of Lincoln, praying for the repeal of
the Beer Act of last session.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the Pro-
testant Association, praying the house to insist upon the
immediate production of the Maynooth report, and pray-
ing for inquiry into the circumstances under which the
Pope's legate became possessed of the evidence taken
before the Maynooth Commission.
Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from the
manufacturers of Southwark and Bermondsey, complain-
ing of certain clauses in the Nuisances Removal Act.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Man-
chester, in favour of the bill for the repeal of the
Newspaper Stamp.
Mr. LAYARD presented a petition from Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, praying fora searching inquiry into the con-
duct of the war.
P.Miarn.dPalisiltNhNadptroeosTfeNnutiekdeya.petition from Bath, praying
the house to extend the same measure of justice to
for Portsmouth ii.WrihneWArotßeTralETß.,o
On the motion
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.protecting patents from piracy. At present the only . Militia, are substituted for thew which appeared in former f 'with a convulsive gr, tsp, exclaimed in broken aciants,
appeal in the case of disputed patent was to the Court Gazettes.]
of Chancery which involved great expense, and On 22a December, 1854—Ensign Andrew Tennent to be "0 e, co. Johnson. I saw somethingon the Step/ I Take
me away !" This unel 'pec&d incident imparted a re-
was consequently beyond the reach of a poor man. Lieutenant, vice Douglas, deceased, Dec. I. On 13th
With this view, therefore, he should move that an hum- February, 1855—John Binnie Mackenzie, Gent., to be - was
slily to the occasion wh. 'eh perhaps few present bad sk
peeled. Mrs. Rollinsoi k, in an agony of terror, ,
ble address should be presented to her lajesty, praying Ensign,i vice Strang, deceased, Feb. ti.
ttooybael
CLeantanainksbilarkM' itr r Brisbane conveyed up the steps, and immediately afterwards
that the necessary information as to the " Conseils des ) Esq. , 4 ioal-,Gw.;ltte to I)eeuteFu'aunke fainted. After a while her consciousness returned,
Prud'hommes" in France might be obtained by 1 Feb.. 15;
a commission, or in William Fullerton Fullerton, Gent., to be Lien_ but for a brief interval, : end she assured her friends?,
order to bring before the ' tenant, Feb. 16 - William Wilson, Gout., to be Lieutenant in the most earnest and s, tlemn manner, that she had
white
house the operation of otherwise,thse institutions in that country, Feb. 17 ; George Pollock G :t to be, Lieutenant Feb 19; . seen on the stairs a fame Je form, dressed in
which were analagous to those be proposed to introduce John Reid Pollock, Geni., Gent.,
Enei,-,n, Feb. 15.,
into England. I apparel, and that it apl oroacbed and rushed Pals.!
Inverness, Bauff, Elgin, and IVairn Regiment of I her. The fact of no one el se having seen it made 1)
(LEFT SPEAKING.) Militia—Richard Rose Manson to be Lieutenant, vice difference to her. She belie led the evidence of her eye'
George Alexander, resigned ; William Chefden Goldie to sigh; in that inst.ance, as she bad been accustomed to de,
be Ensign, vice Manson, promoted.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Milltia Artillery— on oulinary occasions, and pi -oba,bly nothing cousldnehea:
shaken her conviction that she had sees. a r :,
Captain David Laird to be Major, vice Rait, resigned ;
Reginald Howard Alexander Ogilvy, Gout., to, be Captain, loar
Feb. 9. Again she relapsed into a st ate of unconscioueness, 1
which condition she was remo-ved in a cab to her _,
ings, and died there about coo aon Monday. lier dear
had certainly been caused by the fright that
tire
received on the previous d.ay, up to which ,ends
she was in perfect health and spirits ; and her friends
concur in stating that she was by no means of a timid
concur
disposition. A coroner's inqui ,st was held deathTe.V...
in consequence of the poor wow man's sudden.. 'II!,
Liard-headed matter-of-fact jury could make sudden,nothing of
i.lt.e ghost story, so they return'- el a verdict a " ___.-
but natural death." We are u) )able to add that thi!l Toc_';
diet .has had the effect of extero2inating the Superstetl;
feeliog s that the tragic incident. of Sunday hacitt 34,,figi.fi
rumours which preceded it, have awaleened.---P dr

Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirkslaire Militiar—David
Hope Johnstone, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 14.
East Kent Regiment of Militia —Lieutenant Charles
2
Castle to be Captain, vice Slark, resigned, Feb. 2 ;
-1110 Y,
Etisign
James O'Donnel Annesley to be Lieutenant, vice Res
resigned, March 2 ; Ensign Edwin Balfour Wimberley to
be Lieutenant, vice Castle, promoted, March 3 ; ThomiNs
Shirley Ball, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Annelev, pro- I
moted, March 2 ; Joshua John Pipon, Gent., to be
*Ensign,
vice Wimberley, promoted, March 3; James Bartholomew
Schlotel, Gent., to be Eusign, March 4.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—Charles Nassau
Girardot, Gent., to he Second Lieutenant, vice Bentiuck,
resigned, Feb. 22.
2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia—Martinus Van Kirkwyk Bowie, Esq. Adjutant
of the 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment Middlesex
Militia, to serve with the rank of Captain, Feb. 8.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—George
Waugh, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 26.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Bell,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Join' Swainston Stratigways, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Feb. 28.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Nicholas Gif-
ford to be a Lieutenant, vice Birch, appointed to the 411 h
Regiment of the Lino, March 3.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia.-Ellsign
Cecil Frederick Holder to be Lieutenant, vice Miiler, re-
signed ; Ensign Thomas Mansfield James to be Lieutenant,
thur
vice Lees, resigned ; Edward Francis Brown B.rooke,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mansfield, promoted ; ,--
Fitzgerald Howe Daniel to bo Ensign, vice Merrett, pro-
moted, March 3.
2d or North Durham Regiment of Militia—John Henry
Lukis, Esq., late of the 61st Regiment of Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Pemberton, resigned ; George Lewis Trotter
be
,
Gent., to be Disign ; Win. Henry Green, Gent., to
Ensign ; Randle Macdonell, Gent , to be Ensign ;
Ben-
jamin Earnes, Gent., to be Ensign, March 1.
Durham Militia Artillery—Rugh Stafford, Gent., to be
First Lieutenant, vice Hopkins, resigned ; Second Lieu-
tenant Edward Featherstonhaugh to be First Lieutenant,
vice Wood, resigned • John George Robson, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, March 1.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
William Groom, innkeeper, Sudbury.
James Lucas, cheese factor, Stroud.
BANKRUPTS.
Robert Edward Barnes, wine merchant and house agent,
Chelsea, to purrender, March 12, at half-past eleven,. and
April 25, at' eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy: Pennell;
official -assignees Guildhall,-chambers ; Pain, - Greiham-
street, City:
Thomas Berwick, licensed victualler, Half Moon-street,
Piccadilly, March 16 and April 20, at twelve, at the Bank-
ruptcy Court. Carman, official assignee, Alderma.nbury ;
Strong, Coleman-street.
Llewellyn Wallington, grocer, Bridgend, Glamorgan-
shire, March 19 and April 17, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official 'assignee, Bristol ; Ed-
wards and Naldor, Bristol.
James Barlow, brass founder, Birmingham, March 17
and April 14, at twelve, at th Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Suckling,
and Son, Birmingham.
John Thynne Carr, timber merchant, Regent-terrace,
City-road, March 16, at half-past two, and April 19, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Taylor, South-street, Finsbury-square.
George Roots, brickmaker, New-road, Chatham, March
17, and April 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Stopher, Cheapsido.
John William Dobson, brewer, Leyburn, Yorkshire,
March 19 and April 17, at twelve, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Prest, Leeds ;
Willmott, High-street, Southwark.
Evan Edwards, grocer, Taibach (not Taiibach, as adver-
tised in last Friday's Gazette), March 13 and April 16, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Cci. t. Acraman, official
assignee, Bristol ; Trenerry, Bristol.
Francis Edward Bingley, sharebroker and auctioneer,
Somerset-terrace, Pimlico, March 16, at twelve, and April
19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, officia
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer,
Old Jewry Chambers.
Thomas Bain and John Cowan, merchants, late of
Madras, March 16, at two, and April 20, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba.-
singhall-street ; Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and
Hughes, Bucklersbury.
Joseph Wilkinson, jun., cloth manufacturer, H
the Leeds
orsfortb,
Yorkshire, March 16 and April 20, at eleven, at
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Bond
and Barwick, Leeds.
James Fenton, cotton manufacturer, Reeds, Lancashire,
March 16, and April 19, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ;
Faulkner, Manchester.
William Henry Miners, grocer, Plymouth, March 20
and April 10, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter ; Abrahams, Southamp-
ton-buildings ; Bishop and Pitts, Exeter.
Clifford Firth and John Archer, brokers late of Liver-
pool, March 12 and April 4, at eleven, at Liverpool. Cazo-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool • Whitley, Liverpool.
Nathan Clough, painter, Bradford, York, March 26, at
half-past eleven, and April 17, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Terry and
Watson, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Thomas Walker, licensed victualler, Edwin stowe, Not-
tinghamshire, March 17, and April 21, at twelve, at the
Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ;
Neale, Mansfield ; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield.
Edwin Sparrow, metal broker, Liverpool, March 20, and
April 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Boggie, Liverpool.
John Lambert, timber dealer, Halifax, March 22, and
April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds ; Holroyde, Son, and Cronhelm,
Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS,
Thomas Cargill, flax spinner and merchant, Dundee.
John Wilkie, warehouseman, Glasgow.
Campbell, M`Nab, and Company, merchants, Glasgow.
Adolphe Breysig, merchant, Dundee.
Peter M'Duff and Company, tanners, Dundee.

(Continued front our first edition. )
Examination of Sir De Lacy Evans continued :
He thought no winter clothing had been sent to the
Crimea when be left. With regard to clothing generally,
whilst he was there, he did not think the army was very
much distressed for want of clothing—what depressed
them most, as he had often stated, was the night-work
in the trenches. The men were allowed to leave the
camp to fetch firewood. During the time he was there
they were singularly fortunate in the weather, although
the nights were cold with heavy dews. He believed that
a probable cause of cholera in his division was the night
exposure to these dews,whilst they were without tents from
the 18th September until the beginning of October. As
to the night work in the trenches, he should think one
night in every three was not unreasonable under such a
siege as we were now engaged in ; but continual night
work was, in the opinion of all the superior officers,
highly injurious to the men. His division when sent out
was not properly equipped for a campaign such as had
taken place ; but for all ordinary purposes of an expedi-
tion, partly naval and partly military, he should say they
were. The strength of his division when he landed in the
Crimea was between 4,000 and 5,000, but when he left,
which was after the battle of Inkerman, it did not num-
ber above 2,000 ; but in the meanwhile it bad been rein-
forced. Whilst the expedition was at sea it was as well
provided for as others he had seen. There were more
stringent military regulations laid down than he had ob-
served in any former campaign. It was his opinion that
from the first the work cut out for the army was far be-
yond its numerical strength, and that was decidedly
the main cause of all the suffering which ensued.
He did not see any British soldiers in French clothing
as had been stated. Comparing this campaign with
others in which he had been engaged, he. did not think
the troops had been badly provisioned. The main cause
of the disasters which had befallen the army he attri-
buted to over-work, but the deficiencies and irregulari-
ties in the commissariat had something to do with them.
At the same time the provisions were of good quality.
They had the full command of the sea, front
which an unlimited supply of provisions might have
been drawn if proper arrangements had been made.
He had complaints made to him of the coffee being un-
roasted, and he had represented the subject to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, but not in the shape of an official
written complaint. As to the deficiency in provisions
generally, it was known down to every drummer boy.
lie had other grounds—and very strong ones—for the
impression that the Government contemplated, or at
least hoped, that the misunderstanding with
Russia might be remedied without actual hos-
tilities. The army and navy were not actively
recruited—only 10,000 troops were organised for the
expedition—and the militia were not called out. All
these were grounds for inference in his mind, that the
Government did not, in point of fact, anticipate what
had since taken place. He never saw any waterproof
clothing distributed to the army ; nor such a thing as a
Mackintosh upon a soldier whilst he was there. He
did not consider himself quite competent to ex-
press an opinion as to the general army arrangements,
so far as to say that modern improvements had been
madeuse of to the extent they might have been. He always
understood there were ship loads of provisions in Bala-
klava harbour ; and he had little doubt that the diffi-
culty of bringing them up to the camp arose from the
want of a proper land transport corps with proper

facilities.
Mr. Dundas, M.P., was next examined. He had an
opportunity of ascertaining the condition of some of the
sick in his passage from Balaklava to Scutari. No pro-
vision on board was made for them by way of accommo-
dation. The vessel, the Simoom, was clean. The sick
were accommodated on the upper deck, and were brought
from the shore in boats, and to the shore on ambulance
mules. The weather was wet, and when they arrived on
board they had no clothes to change, nor was any pre-
paration made fcr their reception in the shape of
beds. The inen had only their great ?coats and
blankets, and lay upon the bare decks of the
vessel—their knapsacks being their pillows. There were
no sick officers on board. There were three medical
officers on board, but they were invalids themselves, and
were sent down from the camp in charge of the sick.
The kinds of disease amongst the men were diarrbcea
and dysentery. There were foul smells in ,the vessel,
but the captain did all he could to alleviate the nuisance.
They lost five or six by death on thh passage to
Scutari. There they found that no hospital accommo-
dation existed, , and it was seven, days before the
whole of the sick men were landed. 'They were landed
in fifties and forties a day. The Tamar is a screw
steamer belonging to Mr. Lindsay. Two days, he be-
lieved, sufficed for the embarkation of the sick. Had
there been hospital accommodation the disembarkation
could soon have been effected. The total deaths on
board the vessel, including those on the pas-
sage, amounted to thirty-three. The sick did
not at first complain of their condition ; but they
soon became quite helpless. The orderlies were few,
and could not, of course, be expected to attend to so
many patients ; and to add to the distress of the poor
fellows, many of them were covered with vermin, in
consequence of their not having had a change of clothes
for some time previously. He visited the hospital at
Scutari two or three times. He had previously seen
the French hospitals, which in his opinion were very
much superior for arrangement and convenience.
As to the Scutari hospital he gave every credit to the
exertions of the medical staff, who did all they could,
but the work was too much for them. The sick beds
were generally comfortable, and he heard no complaint,
but it occurred to him that the beds were too low. The
wards were comparatively clean, nor was there any
offensive smell in them. The orderly system in the
hospital was very defective. There were- about 800 of
them when he was there, who were not of very good
character ; and one was overheard to say that "It was
a very bad day for them when they had not two bottleb
of wine among three of them."
Captain the Hon. M. Ponsonby, M.P., of the Grena-
dier (xuards, was next examined. He said he left Eng-
land in October last. The regiment under his command
before the arrival of the huts lay upon their blankets in
the open air. They managed to procure some fuel. The
weather was ultimately wet and cold, and sickness to
some extent prevailed. He left Ealaklava on the sth or
6th of January. He attributed the sickness amongst the
men to cold, wet, and irregularity of food. The supply,
although irregular, was not deficient.
The inquiry was adjourned at twenty minutes to four
.ac-
o'clock.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 5.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Arnold
L. Vanden Bergh as Consul at Portsmouth for the King
of the Belgians.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 3.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right
Honourable Robert Vernon Smith to be her Majesty's
Commissioner for the Affairs of India.
CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 6.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA-
MENT.
Borough of Halifax—The Right Honourable Sir Charles
Wood, Bart., First Commissioner of the Admiralty.
City of London—The Right Honourable John Russell
(commonly called Lord John Russell), one of her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State.
Borough of Northampton.— The Right Honourable
Robert Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control
for the affairs of India.
Borough of Radnor.—The Right Honourable Sir George
Cornewall Lewis, Bart., Chancellor and Under Treasurer
of the Exchequer.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 5.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State fer Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Jassy, trans-
mitting a Notice published by the Government of the
Principality of Moldavia, authorising the admission of all
vessels with their cargoes to Free Pratique on their arrival,
in the absence of contagious malady, under the observance
of certain prescribed forms.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 6.
BREVET.
Lieutenant Charles Vaughan Arbuckle, of the Bengal
Artillery, to have the local rank of Captain in Turkey, while
employed on a particular service in that country, March 6.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Sussex Regiment of Militia—Richard Rodd Robinson,
Esq., to be Paymaster from the 11th December, 1854,
Dec. 11.
Ist Royal Lanarkshire Militia—William Ross, Gent.,
to be Paymaster, vice Stevenson, deceased, Jan. 27.
Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Captain William
Clune, late sth Regiment, to be Paymaster, Jan. 30.
2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia—Martinus Van Kirkwyk Bowie, Esq. (late Cap-
tain 52d Light Infantry), from the Sligo Militia, to be
Adjutant, vice Colvill, appointed Governor of Coldbath-
fields Prison, Feb. 7.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County Palatine of Lancaster-- Bryan Paget Greg son,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 1.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
John Scott, Gent. to be Ensign, March 1.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Thomas
Arthur Bellew, Esq., late Captain 34th Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Roskell, resigned, Jan. 3.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—James Ash-
ton, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant, Roger Forrest, Gent.
to be Ensign, March 1; Joseph Richard Hamilton, Gent.,
to be Ensign, March 2 ; William Singleton, Gent., to be
Ensign March 3.
Comity of Pembroke—Nicholas John Dun Esq„ to be
Deputy Lieutenant ; William Walters, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, March 1.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—William George Neilson, Gent., to be En-
sign • John Beaumont, Gent., to be Ensign.
Ist'Royal ll,anarkshire Militia—Robert Ild la
w ' cnee C ont.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Dickson; John Edward "Wii:;lit
Hussey, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Naismith, resigned,
Feb. 21.
[The following appointments is lot Royal Lanarkshire

Silver in bars . .... 0 5 P 4

FRIGHTENED TO DEATH.