The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-17 00:00:00

FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.

On the notices of motion being read, • 4
Dr. BOWRING said that he understood theren
some difficulty respecting No. 3. That was a ret",o6,
the annual number of Europeans, since the year:nil°
in the service of the East India Company, who '7„:0-
three presidences have renewed service at the "rhey
Lion of their enlistment, showing the proportion t, of
bear to the whole number of soldiers, and the perioalts
their enlistment. Similar returns of the re-enliste3ll,
among her Majesty's troops in India. He 1119°,.
quired whether any instructions have been or be ID'
tended to be is4ued, regulating the character of tbe
strument with which flogging in the army is to the of
flitted, as regards the size, the weight, the lob" or
the handle, the number and thickness of the corto
thongs, the size and number of the knots. l'oei
determining. what functionaries are to be c,,harraid
with the infliction of corporal punish wen" each
what period of time is to be allowed hetoeean,. the
certify also, whether, in case the medical attenr2.aou'e the
certify that it would be dangerous to .eh°°lnteint. is to
flogging, any unapplied portion of the P
lashesoolshether it is
be reserved for a second infliction ,k shall ap10.19
intended that the diminution to fffty
to the European and native troops Governraens
East India Company ; and, whether the
• ent of the
will consent to make annual returns to Parhan2 .
the numb
corporal punishments employed in the army,
theservice of iNt:
of lashes the offences for which inflicted,
returns way,
species of court-martial ordered.—The
ordered.
Mr. HUME gave notice that'll° should, to-mor=el'
ask a question respecting the examination of candid#l
before they entered the erussian service. sad by svh

- SIR ROBERT SALE. ther
Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know Whew
anything had been done towards the erection of a r"
nument, and if not, what was the cause of the doh* der
Lord ItIORPETH said that the matter was 012
consideration. First
Sir DE LACY EVENS wished also to ask the ris
Lord of the Treasury what provision had beano the
intended to be made for the widow and fsmilY °
late General Sir R. Sale? - sof

Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not say. 'at been
provision for the family of Sir Robert Sale #he Jo'
agreed to at present, but he could say that it W." '"od to
tention of her Majesty's Government to reconiale but
her Majesty to grant a pension of 1,5001. a Ye.lr
still it should be recollected that a measure of thi4 ape
could not be arranged without a reference to the r 1
S from whence the means were to be derived. 1400'
friends of the Gallant Officer, Genera' „rice°,
who had also fallen in consequence of his r;r
in that part of the world, had put forward the c'e.`L tws the
his family ; and very justly. But still, In to ke
present session of Parliament, it was impossihlet°oo'
these matters into immediate consideration. .I',.„earce'
lant Officer might, however, be assured that the ::,cierte
Oil' as it was entitled to it, would receive the best
tion of Government.
Sir DE LACY EVANS was perfectly satisfiedr•oin
Lord.J. RUSSELL understood this moment, been'
friend near him, that tOO/. a year had already
granted to Lady Sale. 410;
E LACY EVANS trusted that, as that
ance had been made for a totally different serTs'f her
one which had no reference whatever to the less,:d the',
lamented husband, that his Lordship would disw%-ieriog
circumstance altogether from his mind, in c 0136/
the pension to which she was now entitled.
ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL MUSEu'Tof the
Mr. HUME, seeing the Noble Lord at the he3"iro
b
Woods and Forests in his place, wished to ask
iG
what state this structure was? He understocd eb,t
was intended to keep the front houses in JernlYn ciis-
still in existence, and he thought that it rft'uld b:porect
grace to^,the country if a few shops were tc.' ~ YeA
to interfere with a public institution of this /zit' TOW
Lord MORPETH quite agreed with the 1:10:1%.heS
ber, that it was advisable to render the awe eT.,, Spy
facile as possible, but ho could not at present gri•-,
bpi
decided reply to the principal part of this questiei.' ' ,eOV
would he might say that no paltry consideration 'll'2l a s
the Government from giving an institution so cm'. to
would be creditable to themselves, and advantaged'l
the people.

BIRDCAGE-W ALA.
Sir DE LACY EVANS, seeing the Noble Lqbdielantilloi:
place, wished to ask whether there would be eV ad. of
to order a flag footway, or of asphalt" erl :f foot pas-
the Birdcage-walk, for the convenience o•raeions,u
sengers, now that her Majesty has ber • , road to
pleased to permit the uninterrupted use thi.
the public ?
°f the
Lord MORPETH said that as the Whole , the isl;
country would have to pay the expense, gala not ter of
habitants of Westminster alone, it became a rast„tigh
consideration as to bow far it should be incurred,t; of
there was no doubt whatever respecting the Yit,"„","-'
the plan. It should, however, if possible, be Will-
ow,.

for Montrose (Mr. Hume) whether he bizended
POOR-LAW.
eoh report
oh observe et
Sir GEORGE GREY wished to ask the Hon. Oeutbero
nht hoaeta morrow.
atsast
yh ea dtLionly
heaought s
u of
mgt
hia
:tweet hoait to Pr:o,s .
their opinion. He was not ashamed evleel ht ace,he to
to „o or
digest any portion of its contents.gr l, t 't west
hoh,ofatuitdighahetgitvdhe:necue,:novroje:yic:tatao,:fonrohtliaodof
Mr.
HUME was quite ready to allow 4.3- 1 fen/
necessary to have the whole of the evitienee oere , I
sifted before any decision was arrived at,. for the p. !";
who had impugned the evidence of a Conan iittee of rientof
he (Mr. Hume) had been a member, had state °P
,he pt'
vious Committee that he had not read RaNe e"--- - tr.'
a sy the co
vious evidence. He would, therefore, posts wee I,
sideration of these resolutions till to-morreer, Wee—. -,
SEIKH WAR. et of
Mr. 'WARBURTON,
seeing theYrosid hed to
the Board of Control in his places wtc:tory,
read a statement in the Stanifor il, ""`„; jobs
It was a letter said to be received from. PricaLsed to
Lunn, by his father, in Staffordshire, and Pr,e%nwribiug
give an account of the battles in India. Afte r at, 00
the engagement on the 20th December. ~'" v on
an account of the proceedings of the '7Boage
the subsequent days. In doing so, OM 113, We
occurs—" On the following, morning ear "which,
commenced slaying and shooting the prisottertot we
kept us the whole of the day. On the eat 00
recommenced our march." Now this was a eater% the
utterly disgraceful to the British arms that. it till ;eve'
delinquents ought to be punished with, the lawns b so
rity, and, if false, the report ought to be Wet /
most public and unequivocal contradiction. d with
Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE quite egr'3o have
the lion. Member that this atsertion oughV
hat there
every explanation, and he was happy to say i.vneet
was not a single word of truth in the eta:
age.
from beginning to end. Immediately after the 'eleloted
meat the whole of the British surgeons had dea
oun
all their energies to the relief of the e
___l3 to
Shikhs as well as to their British comrades, very inu'_se
millet "
the surprise of the former, by whom such co
altogether unexpected.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDSOR.
In reply to a question from Colonel REID,
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