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London, England, 1864-02-11 00:00:00

every reason to expect that the disturbances would ter.*
minate satisfactorily.
MR. WILLIAM BEWICKE.
Mr. H. BERKELEY asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department whether it was his intention to con-
tinue to refuse compensation to William Bewicke, of Threep_
wood Hall, in the county of Northumberland, for suffering
imprisonment as a felon for twelve months, under an uncle-
served sentence, and for the confiscation of his goods, chat-
tels, family pictures, and library, to his great pecuniary loss
and irreparable injury ?
Sir G. GREY said he had no power to grant or with-,
hold compensation in this case.
Mr. BERKELEY gave notice that on a future occasiorx
he would bring the subject before the house.
EXPENSES OF COLONEL CRAWLEY.

Colonel 6fLPIN asked the Under Secretary of State for
War, whether, considering the peculiar circumstances
attending the trial of Colonel Crawley, and the tailure of
the evitlence against him, it was the intention of the Wa••
Department to recommend that his expenses should be."
paid ?
The Marquis of lIARTINGTON said that in some
cases expenses of this nature were paid, and in others they
were not. This case, like others, had been considered, and
the expenses Col. Crawley had incurred in coming to and
returning from this country had been paid. '1 ho expenses
of bringing over his witnesses, atd for his accommodation
in this country, had also been paid ; and ho was at no more
expense than if his regiment had been at home instead of
India. The only expenses that were not paid, and for the
payment of which there was no precedent, were those in
connection with Colonel Crawley's legal advisers.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
Sir J. HAY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if ho
would lay upon the table of the house a copy of a report to
his Grace the Duke of Somerset, by Sir Richard Bromley,
on the organisation and working of Greenwich Hospital.
Lord C. PAGET said that Sir R. Bromley had laid before
the Duke of Somerset an elaborate report on the finances
and organisation of Greenwich Hospital. The Admiralty
will take the subject into consideration, and he would state
at a later period of the session what was the intention of
the Admiralty in reference to the subject.
THE DOCKYARDS.
Lord C. PAGET gave notice that on Thursday, the 25th
inst., he would move for a select committee to inquire into
and report on the subject of the public dockyards, and par-
ticularly with reference to the one proposed at Portsmouth.

SC HLESWIG. HOLSTEIN.
Sir H. VERNEY asked the Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs whether the papers on the subject of
Denmark and the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein
which are to be laid upon the table will contain the
report of Vice-Consul Rainalt referred to by Earl Rus-
sell in his despatch to Mr. Paget in June, 1861 ;
also, the memorandum on the affairs of Schleswig and
Holstein drawn up in 1855 or 1856 by Mr. Ward, her Ma-
jesty's Charge d'Affairs in Hamburg; and also, the terms
in which the guarantee of the British Government was
offered to Austria and Prussia, that the Danish ttigsraad
would repeal the Constitution of last November, which in-
corporated Schleswig with the kingdom of Denmark.
Mr. LAYARD said that the Government of the country
could give no guarantee that the Rigsraad would revoke the
constitution, and he supposed the hon. member referred to
a protocol calling on the governing powers to consider the
subject. The documents alluded to were strictly confiden-
tial, and no good would result from their being published.
The protocol in question would be laid, with other papers,
on the table.
BANK ACTS (SCOTLAND).

The house then went into committee on this bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained
at some length the object of the bill, which he said was
not to introduce any new principle, and was founded on the
act of 1844. The object was important, and he contended
would be very beneficial to Scotland,
Mr. FINLAY thought an important measure of this
kind should be referred to a select committee, and he trusted
the right hon. gentleman would give full time for its con-
sideration.
• After some observations from Mr. KINNAIRD, Sir F.
CROSSLEY, who considered that one-pound notes might bo
issued in this country with advantage, aad other gentlemen,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
hon. gentlemen exaggerated the importance of the mea-
sure.
The bill then went through committee, and the house
resumed. -