The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-25 00:00:00

TREATY OF ADRIANOPLE.

Lord D. STUART wished to ask Lord John Russell
whether there would be any objection to lay on the table
of tho house a copy of a Despatch written'in the year 1829
on the subject of the Treaty of Adrianople by the Earl of
Aberdeen, and referred to by hiur in another place on the
31st day of January last.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he would consult his noble
friend on this subject, and answer the question on some
future day.
MEDICAL REFORM.

Lord D. STUART wished to ask the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, 1. Whether it is the intention
of her Majesty's Government to issue a commission to in-
quire into the state of medical and surgical education and
government in the United Kingdom : 2. Whether it is the
intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill
on medical reform during the present session of parliament ;
and whether the draft of a bill, submitted to his lordship
by a deputation from the Council of the Provincial Medical
and Surgical Association, has received his approval or that
of her Majesty's Government : 3. Whether it is the inten-
tion of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill during
this Session of Parliament to enable them to grant a new
Charter of Incorporation to the Royal College of Physicians
of London.
Lord PALMERSTON said there was no intention to
issue a commission, but he hoped to be able to bring in a
bill before the session closed, on the subject of the other
two questions.

LEICESTER GAOL.
Sir H. HALFORD wished to ask the Secretary of State
for the Home Department whether any report had been
received from the commissioners appointed to inquire into
the discipline and management of the county prison at
Leicester; and if so, whether such report may be expected
to be laid before the house ?

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Lord PALMERSTON said he had received the report,
and he was now consulting the law officers of the Crown
whether it was right to institute any proceedings upon it.
MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.
Mr. GRENFELL wished to ask whether the Govern-
ment intend, during the present session of Parliament, to
cause inquiry to be instituted with reference to the claims
of the Military Knights of Windsor, for an equitable ad-
justment of the rents and profits arising from certain es-
tates belonging to the military order of St. George and
the Garter.
Lord PALMERSTON replied that the Government had
no intention to introduce such a measure.
SOLDIERS' WIVES.

Mr. MACARTNIIY wished to ask the Secretary at War
whether it was intended to provide temporary accommoda-
tion and support for the wives and children of soldiers
now proceeding to the seat of war, who had not been pro-
vided with a passage on board the transports ; and, in
case of their being unable to support themselves and
families during the absence of their husbands, whether
there is no other mode of providing for them than by being
passed to their several parishes, and becoming inmates of
the workhouse.
Mr. S. HERBERT said his attention had been called to
this subject, and he wished the house, in the first place,
to understand the system upon which the Government
pursued with regard to the wives of soldiers on the removal
of troops in ordinary cases. It was usual, when a regi-
ment was removed for ordinary foreign service, to allow
six women to every hundred men ; but as the troops in the
present instance were about to go on particular foreign
service, it had been thought to reduce the number
of women and children generally allowed to accom-
pany a regiment ; and for this reason it was thought
only an act of humanity to take such a course, for on
advice being sought on tho subject from officers who had
had experience in the field, it was found that it was only
with peat difficulty that the women who accompanied
the troops could keep up with their husbands, while as the
march was prolonged, the children gradually disappeared,
from which it was inferred that they died of sufferings or
starvation. (Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances
the Horse Guards had thought it advisable to reduce
the number from six to four, and, of course, in
reducing the number of wives they reduced the
number of children also, but he should state at the same
time that provision would be made for the support of the
other two wives and their children, who, under an ordi-
nary removal, would have been entitled to accompany
their husbands. (Hear, hear.) The wives remaining be-
yond the number of six were, in the every day cases of
removal, convoyed to their friends at the expense of the
State, where they had any, or to their parochial settle-
ment, where they had none, but no permanent provision
was ever made for the indiscriminate support of soldiers'
wives whose husbands were sent on foreign service. (Hear.)
And the reason for this was obvious ; because, if such
universal provision were made, it would hold out such an
encouragement to the soldier to enter the marriage state
that there would be no end to such claims upon the public
purse, and, therefore, it had been not thought advisable
to depart from the ordinary rule that prevailed in such
matters, except iu so far as he had already explained.
(Hear, hear.)
REMOVAL OF IRISH POOR FROM ENGLAND.I
Mr. MAGUIRE drew the attention of the house to cer-
tain cases of illegal removal from England to Ireland. By
the present law an Irish pauper removed from this country
may be taken to the nearest ports to England—namely,
Cork, Waterford, or Wexford—the port, in fact, most
convenient to the person taking the contract for their
removal—and flung upon the Irish shore, frequently lea,v-
in,, then to trudge ou foot unaided a distance of 40 or
50,° or 130 miles before they can reach their birth place,
and there they have no other resource in most cases than
an Irish workhouse. The hon. member quoted a number
of cases of Irishmen who had lived for is, 20, and even 40
years and upwards in England—chiefly in metropoli-
tan parishes—but when they died their wives and children
were, on seeking parochial relief, summarily laid hold of
by the parish• authorities and sent off to Ireland, even
though their children were born in England.
afx. BAINES said he should regret very much if the
house should suppose that he underrated the importance
of this subject. (Hear.) Ou the contrary, he fully appre-
ciated the importance of the subject, and he had no hesita-
tion now in repeating what he said the other night, that
the law ou this subject is iu a highly unsatisfactory Awe,