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London, England, 1846-07-21 00:00:00

to the state of the tobacco duties, with a view to prevell:
4th of August, call the attention of the Government
the smuggling which was so extensively carried on 1
that article.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL AND SAIAII"
DEBTS BILL.
Mr. STE WART gave notice that he would, 012
Weduesday next, move for a Committee
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consider and report on the Charitable Trusts 131.11,
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and of the expediency of giving the Commissioner of the
Court of Bankruptcy a power to hear complaints, and to
investigate all charges as to the misapplication of
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trusts, with the power also to call for all the accounts
of charitable trusts, with a view to their investigation;
He would also put a question to the Secretary for tans
Heine Department whether it was the intention of taipi.
Government to push the Small Debts Bill, so that
might pass this session.
Sir G. GREY said that it had been already annotin he
that it was the intention of the Government to pass ter
Bill as soon as possible, and the Noble Lord yanuA
whose care it was in the other House, had already ,fie
as early a day as possible.
SIR ROBERT PEEL.
At this period Sir Robert Peel entered the Houser
leaning on a stick ; the Right Hon. Gentleman seems t°
suffer considerably from the accident which has befallen
him. He took his seat between Sir James Graham en
the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right lb°.
Gentleman looks pale and careworn.
REGIMENTAL STAFF-OFFICERS.
Capt. LAYARD rose to ask the Right Hon. Gentlenleu
the Secretary-at-War, if it was true, as bad been Well
mentioned in the military newspapers, that a new War;
rant for giving an improved retiring allowance to rer.
mental staff-officers after a certain long full-pay services
had been prepared by Mr. Sidney Herbert, and approve':
of by Mr. Geulburn, and which only required the royal
sign manual, in order that it might be promulgated to
the army ?
Mr. F. MAULE said that he found when. he cal
into office that a warrant was drawn up and prepare°
en the subject, and waited only for the royal eig
rasnual.
DEATII FROM FLOGGING IN THE ARIAY's
Dr. BOWRING, rose pursuant to notice, to inquire
of the Secretary-at-War, whether his attention h
been called to the case of Frederick White, a private Pfr_
the 7th Royal Hussars, whose death is reported to hay:
been caused by severe military flogging, and whether
any steps have been taken in consequence ?
Mr. FOX MAULE said that he was glad that the
Hon. Member had brought the subject forward. tb°
facts of the case were simply these :—FrederickWhites
the subject of the Hon. Member's motion, was a--
private in the 7th Hussars. He had been guilty
of one of the grossest acts of military imam'
ordination of which a soldier could be guilty'
While in the performance of his duty he had struck
non-commissioned officer violently with a heavy poker, *.
and had not the officer perceived the intention of 112,6
culprit, he would have received a most severe woun",
if not have been killed. He .was, however'
knocked down by the bloW. For this crime
he was, tried on the 13th of June, by a court'.:
martial, and sentenced to receive the military punien
meat of 150 lashes; that sentence was afterwards con-
firmed by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and °Ji
the 15th of Juno the sentence was carried into effect',,:
And be might state the course which was pursued in the
army with respect to soldiers sentenced to be flogged'
it was this :—whenever a soldier was sentenced to receive
punishment by court-martial a certificate, signed by tt
surgeon of the regiment, was sent to the War-offi(l7)
stating that the person was in a fair state to undecgt
punishment, so that it might not be carried into effeac
unless he were in a proper state of health,. Oa e
15th of June, as he had stated, the punishment o';,"
carried into effect ; and so far from any interferon:"
having taken place by the surgeon of the regiment bf,°B;
siring the man to be taken down, and that the commaiaoll37p
officer had refused to do so, he begged distinctly I
state that there was no interference either on the part d
the surgeon or commanding officer. After reeelYl°Z,
punishment the man was taken to the hospital in the us%
way, where he was visited, according to the practice s%.
the army, by the commanding officer every day. reed
remaining in the hospital some time he was repott,e,
convalescent, and so far recovered as to have been t
tively engaged in " fatigue duties." He was visited t.
the surgeon and commanding officer, who stated than;
two days the man would be fit for duty.
the 16th of July Colonel Whyte received information
that the man was dangerously ill. He immediately
visited him in the hospital, and under the circumstances°
he desired Dr. Warren, the surgeon of the regiment,
report his case immediately to Sir James Macgreger,la
order that further advice might be sent down ; but 1'
two days afterwards the man died, and a post mat! -
examination was immediately made of his body, not 0111-;
by the surgeon of the regiment, but by two other Inset
dical officers deputed by the Horse Guards, and thef
examination had satisfied the public that the death of
the man had not been caused by the punishment inflicted
on him. He understood further, that the ineu!o
officer appointed by the coroner was of the same 0001 0,
He had but one other observation to add. The v.
seemed much horrified at a statement which had eja
abroad, that the skin on the back of the individual utt,
been removed. Now this statement was incorrete
purposeas that
of proceeding
kitt was
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The subject. was now in clouresep
removedth after death fo.iirahtl%
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mot,
cworoner's jury, and he would at the present say no
hat he had said, however, would, perhaps, be ell;
dered enough to show that the case had been greatly
egxataimont e
exaggerated, and that the proprietorsof ewsPai-era
sansters of the
would always do well to make taiern
particulars of cases like these before iLnyial.a.rraed
public mind.—(Hear, hear.)
THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL.
Mr. I'. BORTHWICK, seeing the Right Hon.. Bari;
net the Secretary for the Home Department in he u
t
place, would take that opportunity of putting to toi
Right lion. Gentleman the question of which he "ra
given notice, but which he had not had An opportuna
of putting to him the other night. He had no don;
tl
from the auspicious manner in which the Right 0?0,
Baronet had entered upon the performance of his du
that he would give a satisfactory answer to hiw questii;
By an extract from the medical report of the Lentt
Fever Hospital in the year 1846, it would app ear ta-tat
no less than 130 patients were received ii tto
pc ctioomn m; ob tel at
wt ieoena, i9towaonudl dmaop pme aern,
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earse ofcr
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establishment from the Marlborough Union w0r.0011,.5,-;
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a room only thirty feet nine inches long and twenty .04
ewide. The question which he should put to the Sig 11
Hon. Baronet was, whether this matter had been. at ¢ brought under his consideration, and, if so, whether "e
had taken the necessary steps to compel the C.3l°-
missioners of the Poor-law to do their duty in that il°;
portant department? It was most clear that much inivaria
was suffered by the paupers, who had to seek relief in
,the
metropolitan workhouses to
and much injury was done
those who lived in the neighbourhood of the hospital P"
question.
Sir G. GREY said that in consequence of the state'
meat which the Honourable Gentleman had re'
(erred to having appeared in a public novelT;
per a few days ago, he communicated with
the Poor-law Commissioners on the subject. Be unner
stood from them that the statement about the size a'
the room was untrue. However the Commissionl;
would shortly present a report on the subject of
allegations, and when that was presented he would brit4
it before the House. He hoped, however, the guardians
of the union would take measures to correct the dis"
graceful state of things.
CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.- " the
Lord INGESTRE said he wished, with theleasve 0
House, to correct an erroneous impression, which it would
appear a portion of the speech which he had delivered
the other evening had occasioned out of doors.. It WO,
reported that he had told the House that he knew 01
his own personal knowledge that Sir Thomas 11111503145
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know this of his own knowledge, but Mr. Barnes', t";
late editor of the Times, had told him that the giu'lsn
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officer had admitted in general terms that he attae hea-
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no value to the invention, As they were not desitson"
that he should re .d the letter, he would conclude
by
stating that he had been anxious to correct the staterce"
he had previously made in this matter.
Sir DE LACY EVANS said. that in refaranaa to
subject of Captain Warner's invention, the newspapers'
had laid great stress on the services of the Noble
Lord (Lord Ingestre), and thought that through his tal "
ertions justice would yet be done to the Gallant CeP
He would ask the Hon. Gentleman (the C
the Exchequer) whether there was to be any difference
shown in this case by the present Government to that
which had been shown by the previous one. He con-
sidered tbat the last Government had done all that was
necessary in the matter. hancellor o_f

The 611ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
the present Government had no intention of offering
opposition to Captain Warner's invention without in-
vestigation.

SUGAR DUTIES—COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND
Them i order of the day
C sirWtte.e of
CLAYM for resolving the House into a
EA NS.
Ways
presentedan da
Means
petitionwas the nre ad
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refiners of Sunderland, in favour of an alteration in the
present sugar duties. The petitioners complained -thi`",
under the existing law the supply of sugar was deficient'
and that unless an alteration was made to admit supplies
from ibe sugar
of sugar from all countries, great inconvenience would
take place. Last year the quantity received was short
of the demand, and this year it would be more so. Ti:
petitioners therefore prayed that all foreign sugar should
be admitted at the same rate of duty.
Messengers from the House of Lords brought uP
several Bills, which were ordered to be laid on the table.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and said—gr'
Speaker: Sir, if her Majesty's Ministers bad been
disposed to consult their own ease, they would not
in the present state of affairs •n the sugar question
propose any considerable alteration in its duties ; the),"
would have many reasons to allege in support of till!
course ; they could have alleged the advanced
state of the session—the labour which the House had

just gone through, the recent formation of the Govern"
ment, and Ole intricacy of some of the details
connected with this question. These reasons would
have formed in the eyes of many grounds sufficient for a
postponement to another Session of any large, or
considerable, or permanent alteration of the duties
on this question. But, Sir, in our opilli°ll'
there are considerable evils suffered by this
country in connexion with the present state of these
duties.—(Hear, hear.) We, Sir, consider that the great
Wily of the public suffer by the imereat,od price °i.
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sugars—a commodity of which no less than 12,000,000;
a year, or a sum ranging from 11,0000 •
tp 13,000,0004 14.expouded is this countrb :WO 44r