The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-22 00:00:00

PALACE COURT.

Lord DUDLEY STUART said an order of the
House was made on the 25th of May for certain returns
relative to the Palace Court, on his motion. Those
returns had not yet been furnished, and he begged to ask
the Secretary for the Home Department the cause of
the delay.
Sir GEORGE GREY was not aware of the cause of
the delay; but in consequence of a communication he
had received from Lord Dudley Stuart, notice bad been
sent to the parties charged with preparing those returns
Ito furnish them forthwith.
Colonel DUNNE rose to ask the Right Honourable
the Secretary for Ireland whether, in the cases of evic-
tions in the Kilrush Electoral Division in Ireland, mea-
tioned in Captain Kennedy's report, the notices pre-
scribed by law were served, and, if they were, why the
vice-guardians did not (as was their duty) provide
efficient relief for the persons so ejected ; and, if the
notices were not served, whether the vice-guardians
have instituted any prosecution against the persons who
have neglected to serve these notices previous to eviction.
Sir GEORGE GREY said all he could state in the
absence of his Hon. Friend the Secretary fur Ireland

was, that to the best ofhis belief in all the evictions
that had recently taken place the law, with
lrespeFt to
giving notice to the guardiacs, hadbeenconp d with.
REWARDS TO MEDICAL OFFICER,.
Sir DE LACY EVANS rose to bring under the
consideration of the House the claims of the medical
officers of the army and navy to military rewards and
distinctions. He said, unfortunately, this question was
divested of all party interest, nevertheless upwards of
two thousand deserving public servants—men of
education, and who had rendered essential service to
their country—were interested in the matter. He sub-
mitted to the House that the nature of their services—
the great hardships they were constantly called upon to
suffer, the great dangers to which they were ex-
posed, and the great saving of lives of troops they
were enabled to effect by wise precautions, entitled them
to be placed in the same class as those who had received
rewards. It was said that they were civil officers, and not
entitled to these rewards. He did not see the force of
the objection. Take, for instance, the case of the engi-
neers who had received these rewards; they were seldom
called into actual conflict, being engaged in
storming
.parties, whilst the medical officers
were invariably called upon to peril their lives.
He thought the civil and military services should be duly
considered, and that those men !Alio had served their
country had a great source of grievance when they saw
men who had not been half their time in the service
promoted over their heads. Complaints of this kind
were well deserving the consideration of the House and the
Government. Amongst these men he might instance the
names of Sir John Macgregor, Mr. Fraties, Mr. Gurney.
Mr. Howland, and Mr. Guthrie, who had rendered
great service to their country in the medical department
of the army. He did not claim pecuniary compensa-
tion, but only that they should be entitled to the same dis-
tinctions that were conferred on other officers of the army.
Mr. Guthrie was himself twice wounded during the
Peninsular war, and scarcely an important engageme
nt
took place at which he was not present. He could
men-
tion many instances in which surgeons had been
wounded and killed, but he was not on that oc-
casion willing to trespass further upon
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