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to the ssme effect, adding that I felt bound to continue my
reserve, as the acceptance of the throne of Greece must de-
pend upon considerations which I was then unable to de-
termine."
(Cheers.) Was it not perfectly clear that in the first in-
stance the Government intended to exclude members of the
Royal families of the three countries ; that they found Rus-
sia,willing to give a nominal, and not a real, adhesion to
that exclusion ; and that, changing their tone, they allowed
the Greek people to believe it possible Prince Alfred might
accept the Crown, in order to prevent the election of the
Duke of Leuchtenberg? Another object was to put Russia
in this position—that finding, through the popularity of
Prince Alfred, the Duke of Leuchtenberg had no chance,
the Russian Government might be driven to concede that
the Duke of Leuchtenberg came within the exclusion.
The English Government succeeded in preventing the Duke
of Leuchtenberg being elected, and in extorting from the
Russian Government the admission that he was ineligible.
But• was that a policy which the British Government ought
to pursue ? Was it straightforward, frank, and candid ? It
appeared to him to be a disingenuous and tricky policy, and
one which reflected no credit either upon this country or its
Government. (Cheers.) This was the charge which was
made against her Majesty's Ministers, and they had not
sought to meet it except by quoting inaccurately the papers
which they had themselves supplied. The Government, as
had been well said by the hon. member for lialiton, had
befouled the Greek people and made them and the English
Government ridiculous by actinz trom impulse, and without
consideration or advice. He had other grounds of quarrel
with the Government. What was the course which they
took with regard to the other candidates ? They proposed
King Ferdinand ot Portugal. It was soon found that he would
have nothing to do with it:. The more reasonable plan would
have been to ascertain what were the feelings of King Fer-
dinand before proposing him to the Greek people. (Hear,
hear.) The same with the Duke of Coburg. They not only
went the length of proposing him, but of authorising their
Minister to announce his acceptance of the Crown, be-
fore ascertaining the grounds on which they were proceed-
ing. (Hear.) This hasty hand. over-head sort of policy
marked their conduct with respect to the lonian Islands.
Before Greece had a Government they signified to the Greek
people that England was willing to give up the protectorate
provided the new sovereign would do what King Otho did
30 years ago—promised everything and fulfilled nothing.
(Hear.) Did it never strike the Government that the ques-
tion might be considered by the British Parliament of suf-
ficient importance and magnitude to deserve their advice
and consideration? Before they threw this apple of discord
amoug the people of the East did it never strike them that
the lonian people ought to be consulted ? (Hear.) The
noble lord told them that it was a mere offer, and went for
nothing, because it was necessary to consult the other
Powers who were parties to the Treaty of Vienna. Did it
never occur to the Government to ascertainwhether Austria
who was deeply concerned, would consent to the cession;
or was it a cheap piece of generosity, by which the Govern-
ment might be able to say, "We are willing to make the
cession, and are desirous of consulting the feeling of nation-
ality, but here is Austria again standing in the way ?" It
appeared to him that throughout the affair the policy of the
Government had beenhastyand ill-considered, and, whether
they regarded the negotiations about the candidates, the
cession of the lonian Islands, or, still more, the conduct
which the Government pursued in first refusing the candi-
dature of Prince Alfred and afterwards encouraging it, it
was such a policy as reflected no honour upon them or upon
this country. This was the charge against her Majesty's
Government, and it had certainly not been properly met
this evening. (Cheers.)
Mr. B. COCHRANE said he had no intention to divide
the house. (Cheers.) The noble lord had misrepresented
him. He had never said that the Greeks were difficult to
govern. On the contrary, he expressed his admiration of
their conduct in the increased difficulties consequent upon
the noble lord's policy. It was also a misrepresentation to
say that hon. gentlemen on those (the Opposition) benches
regretted the popularity of Prince Alfred. The conduct of
Lord Russell had excited false hope, and was disrespectful
to the Sovereign in making use of Prince Alfred's name for
the sake of a diplomatic intrigue. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then negatived.
ORDER OF THE DAY.

On the order of the day for going into committee of
supply being read,
Colonel BARTTELOT moved that the house should
resolve itself into a committee to consider of an humble
address to be presented to her Majesty, praying that she
will be graciously pleased to give directions that the stop-
page from the pay of cavalry and Horse Artillery officers
for forage be discontinued. He urged that the pay of office! s
was insufficient to support them in their position as gentle-
men, and in the case of officers who had risen from the rank s
the stoppages were peculiarly oppressive.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that whilst some gentlemen were
trying to cut, sown And keep down the estimates for• the
otheis were bringing pressure to make the cost of
the army greater. (Hear, hear.) They had a debate the
othEr evening in which the cost of a soldier iu Denmark
was said to be £l2, and it was contrasted with that of the
British soldier, which was said to be nearly £lOO. Now
they had an hon. gentleman asking for an increa,e to the
pay of the officers. (No, no.) Yes. If it was not an in-
crease of pay, what was it, (Hear, hear.) It Would re-
quire a supplemental estimate to provide for these allow-
ances, amounting to about £20,000. The Government could
nor consent to the motion.
Colonel NORTH supported the motion, as did also
Colonel DUNN.
The house divided—
For the motion
Against .
Majority --32
SUPPLY—ARMY ESTIMATES.

The house then went into committee of supply, Mr.
Massey in the chair.
On the vote of £635,637 for barrack ettablishment ser-
vices and supplies, a conversation took place about some of
the charges to which soldiers were subjected in barracks.
Sir M. PETO referred to the immorality existing at the
camp at Aldershot. There were no efficient police regula-
tions to check the spread of immorality, which was accom-
panied with a large amount of disease.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said he had investigated the question
of canteens, but he did not find any great abuses existing,
and he was at a loss how to make the alterations sug-
gested. With regard to the camp at Aldershot, he ad-
mitted the evil, which it was difficult to exaggerate ; but the
difficulty arose how to devise a remedy. He did not despair
of finding a practical means of mitigating the evil, and in
the course of the session he hoped to be able to make a
statement to the house upon the subject.
After a few words in reply from Mr. WYLDB,
The vote was agreed to.
The vote of £46,097 for the new form of divine service
was agreed to.
On the vote of £43,012 for martial law a discussion en-
sued on its details, and the vote was ultimately agreed to. 1
On the vote for £255,993 for medical establishments, ser-
vices, and supplies,
Gen. PEEL said they were bound to provide the best
medical men it was possible to procure for the army, never-
theless, in consequence of the warrant of 1859 not having
been carried out, it was now impossible to obtain the ser-
vices of properly qualified practitioners for the army. Great
dissatisfaction existed amongst the medical officers at the
warrant not having been carried out, and no doubt they
were justly entitled to complain on the subject.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said the warrant had not been carried
out in consequence of a difficulty having arisen as to giving
effect to the corresponding warrant in the navy. However,
negotiations had been entered into with the Admiralty, and
he was happy to say that they had now taken a favourable
turn, and that the warrant would be shortly carried out in
a form satisfactory to the medical officers.
Lord W. GRAHAM inquired how it was that Dr.
Sutherland came to be employed on work on which ordi-
nary military men might he employed.

Sir G. C. LEWIS ;aid that Dr. Sutherland was employed
on duties the performance of which was inconsistent with
permanent military service.
The vote was then agreed to.
On the vote of £751,084 for the disembodied militia,
Colonel DICKSON pointed out that militia surgeons
ought not to Le required to reside at the head-quarters of
their regiments. Their pay was not more than £4O a year,
and it was a great hardship to compel them to reside in a
particular locality.
The vote was agreed to.
The next vote of £94,162 for the yeomanry was agreed to,
when

The Chairman was ordered to report progress, und the
house resumed,

The report of the committee of supply was brought up
and agreed to.

The Consolidated Fund :(Z10,000,000) Bill was read a
second time.

The Mutiny Bill was read a second time.
THE NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS ACT
AMENDMEN r BILL,

On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Mr. BERKELEY said that if this mischievous bill passed
it would destroy the fine body of Coast Volunteers, for it
would give power to send them to all parts of the world, in-
stead of not going more than three hundred miles from our

coasts. These Coast Volunteers replaced the Sea Fencibles
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of French war, and the passing of the bill would destroy
their efficiency, which was to protect our shores. Ho would
therefore move that the bill be read that day six months.
Mr. H. BERKELEY seconded the motion.
Lord C. PAGET said his belief was that while the pre-
sent amendment to the original bill was necessary to make
the Coast Volunteers at all available, the act was not re-
trospective, and only applied to the future.

The amendment was negatived without a division, and
the bill was read a third time and passed.

REIGATE ELECTION.
The petition in this case was withdrawn.
The house then adjourned.

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According to the Giornale di Napoli, the Italian
squadron which is to set out for the Piraeus carries 170 guns
and 2,000 men. Rear-Admiral Vacca, in command of it,
will hoist his flag on board the Re Galantuomo.