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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1856.

victory. (Hear.) Then, if they had read the accounts of
what had recently taken place at Herat, they would see
that Russia was already making it be believed that there
was a quarrel between Persia and this country ; and it was
more than likely that, instigated and aided by Russia,
Persia might make a descent upon our possessions in Cen-
tral Asia. He was not an alarapeist in reference to Russia,
but it could not be concealed that Russia, by pushing on
the nations of Asia to attack us, might disturb our Indian
possessions to such a degree that we should have to use
force to defend them, or to maintain a large standing army
at an enormous expense and entailing a heavy weight of
taxation for their protection, while all those sctemes of
internal improvements—of railways, roads, whale, and
other works, from which so much benefit to India wee ex-
pected—must either be abandoned altogetheror indefinitely
postponed. And to increase the danger the Government were
throwing Persia into the arms of Russia, making her pos-
sibly a participator in the quarrel, and having both Persia
and Russia for ever after our enemies in the East. - That
Russia, who at this moment, he had hoard, was making a
movement amongst the Christian population of Khurdistan,
would be but too happy to avail herself of the opportunity,
there could bo but little doubt whenever she could do so
with advantage. If we had a war with Russia in Central
Asia we could not go to France or Austria (supposing the
present negotiations resulted in peace), and say, " Help
us." " No," they would say, " that is your affair; that is
a matter referring entirely to your Indian empire ; we
have nothing to do with it, you must fight it yourselves."
If two years ago Ministers had taken steps by sending a
force to Persia, to compel her to act against Russia, the
case would have been different. That might have been a
fair matter of debate ; but now to send a force against
Persia upon such a quarrel as this, would be to destroy
British influence in Central Asia altogether. He believed
the present Government had really the interests of England
at heart, and he entreated them nut to give way
to any pressure, came from whatever quarter it plight, to
precipitate the country into a needless and an unjust war.
There were still means of getting out of the difficulty—not
by arbitration, for he thought it would be as fatal to refer
this dispute to the arbitration of France as it would be to
send an expedition to Bushire. He would not explaiu
what his pan was, because he knew it would net be adopt-
ed. He therefore proposed to leave it to the sagacity of
the noble lord (Palmerston) ; but he entreated the noble
lord to consider well before he plunged this country into
a war which might be followed by the meet prejudicial
consequences. It was not too late to countermand the
expedition, and he urged upon the noble lord te do so, and
to consider whether some moans might not he found fur
bringing the quarrel to a peaceful issue. (Hoare hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON—I think, sir, that the course the
hon. gentleman has pursued is not that which is the best
calculated to promote the interests of the country. (Hear.)
I think, when a question of a difficult nature arises be-
tween the Government of this country and a foreign Go-
vernment, it is not generally conducive to the interests of
this country that an hon. member, however great may
be his talents or his means of acquiring information
with regard to the quarter of the world in which such
difference has arisen, when ha must necessarily bo
most imperfectly informed of the facts of the case
I think nothing oen he less conducive to the inte-
rests of this country than that an hon. member so situ-
ated should get up in the House of Commons, as the
bon. member has done, and pronounce unhesitatingly and
authoritatively that his own Government is in the wrong
and the foreign Government is its the right, and thus cre-
ate obstacles to the satisfactory adjustment of tee matters
in dispute. For it is manifest, that if the Government
with whom the difference has arisen find persons in this
house who, from their character and knowle lgo are enti-
tled to express au opinion, pronounce that opinion in their
favour and against the Government of their own country
—it is manifest that the amicable arrangement of such
difference must be rendered infinitely more difficult than
it would otherwise be. I will not follow the example of
the hon. member so far as to go into any argument upon
this question, but I must be allowed to set right some of
the statements ho has put forward. This Mire% Hashim
was undoubtedly a subject of Persia, and in the civil ser-
vice of that country. Ho applied for an increase of salary,
which his sovereign, through his Minister for Foreign Af-
fair s, refused to give him, saying, "If you are not satisfied
go where you like and get employment elsewhere, if you
can on more favourable terms." The man conceived, and
I think he was justified in so doing, that this was in effect
a dismissal from the Persian service, and as is customary
in Ca.C9 where a person is in fear of being subjected to
persecution from the Persian Government, ho took sanc-
tuary in the British mission. This was before Mr. Murray
arrived, and while Mr. Thempeon was charged with the
conduct of the business of the mission. The hon. gentle-
man said it was a'very objectionable practice, that the sub-
ject of an indep indent state should be able to withdraw
himself from the jurisdiction of his own Government and
take refuge with the Minister of a foreign power. No-
thing in principle or in practice can be more objectionable,
but it happens to be the custom in Persia. (Hear, hear.)
It was not a custom introduced by the British Govern-
ment, but it is a custom of very long standing—it is
practise 1 with regard to all foreign missions at Te-
heran, and is fully acknowledged by the Persian Govern-
ment itself—not perhaps as a legitimate and legal right, but
one which they are not entitled to dispute, and which has
been acquiesced in by them time after time with regard to
the missions of all foreign nations. (Hear.) Well this
Mirze Haelsien, being thus under the jurisdiction of the
English mission, Kr. Murray arrives at Teheran, and finds
that in consequence of the animosity which it was found
the Persian Government entertained towards the man it
would be better that he should be removed from Teheran
and employed elsewhere, and it was proposed that he should
be sent to Shiraz. The hon. gentleman had referred to a
treaty showing that the British Government had no right to
employ a consul a Shiraz; but for a very long time we have
had an agent there for commercial and other purposes, not
invested with consular rights, but merely as an agent.
When Mr. Murray proposed to employ him there, the Per-
sian Government threatened that they would arrest him.
Against this threat Mr. Murray remonstrated, and con-
tended that the right of protection did not cease in conse-
quence of the transfereecs of the party from Teheran to
ohirsz. While the question was pending, the Persian *Go-
vernment seized the mass's wife. The bon: gentleinan is
under slight error in regard to this lady. She is not, as he
supposes, a relation of the Persian royal family, but of one
•of the many wives of the Shah. She is a counexion but
not a relation, therefore. The principle of protection has
always been considered, and properly so, as extending
not to the person merely but to everything that belongs to
him. (" Oh, eh," from Mr. Layard.) I must .beg the
hon. gentleman's pardon, but such is the face : it extends
to the property and the family of the person protected, and
Mr. Murray consequently demanded that the lady should
be given up to her husband, who was under the pro-
tection of the British Minister. (Hoar, hear.) This
demand gave rise to a correspondence in which, as
the hon. gentleman acknowledged, there were some
very important letters written by the Persian minister
very unbecoming and very insulting letters—and the
Shah himself, who I must say most unnecessarily joined in
that correspondence, in his communications, showed very
clearly that he had not studied the Persian book of polite
letter-writing—(hear)—for his letters were conehed in
language most undignified and unbecoming for a person
occupying a throne. The hon. gentleman went into a va-
riety of matters to which I will not here refer, lent he
says that Mr. Murray demanded an apology from the Shah.
Now that is not the case, but be did demand tho with-
drawal of the offensive letter. As I said before, lam not
going to enter enter into the correspondence which has
taken place between the two Governments, because it
would be most inconvenient and improper to do so while
the question in dispute is still pending; but the hen. gen-
tleman says we at are war with Persia. That, too, is not
the fact. (Hear.) What has taken piece is this : Mr. Mur-
ray, foreseeing that the violence of the Persian Govern-
ment might possibly lead them to molest British subjects
residing at Bushire, requested the Government of Bombay
to send two small vessels to the Persian Gulf, not as a hos-
tile demonstration against Persia, but merely to protect
British interests there. That is the state of the case. The
matter is still pending bet weea the two Governments; and
under these circumstances, I think the house will concur
with me in thinking that no advantage can arise from en-
tering into a dissuasion at present. The hon. gentleman
has stated that which is quite true, that in a war with this
country and Russia, Persia might be an important element
either in our scale or that of Russia ; but Ide not think
ho has evinced great political sagacity iu saying that the
wise coarse would have been 2 years ago, to send a force
from British India to compel Persia to take part with us
against Russia.

-Mr. LA.YARD—I said that would have beet a debate-
able question.

Lord PALIIERSTON—Very debateable indeed. (A
laugh.) To go to war with a power to compel them to
join with us in a war against another, would lee no doubt
very debateable on the one side, but not at all debateable
on the other. (lieu%) On the contrary, it apkeared to as
that, considering the position of Persia as continuous with
the frontier of Russia, her distance from this country, her
relative weakness, and that she could not embark in a
war with Russia without great assistance from us both in
troops and in money, the wisest advice we could offer to
her was to remain neutral and not commit herself to a war
with Russia when we might not be in a position to afford
her the protection which in that case she would have been
entitled to expect. (Rear.) I hope the house will not
think it necessary to pursue a discussion on this unfortu-
nate difference that has arisen between this country and
Persia at the present moment. I quite agree with the
hon. gentleman thatin dealing with these Asiatic countries
it is important to see that in any atop you take you are in
the light, end that you should not put forward your de-
mand if wrong—but the hon. gentleman is also aware hat
nothing answers less with those Asiatic countries than to
ir sub itto wrong when put forward by themselves. (Flear.)

THE REPORTED PRELIMINARY PEACE
TREATY.

Mr. DISRA.ELI—As a statement has been made public
to-day upon a very important subject, I trust the noble
lord will allow me to put a question to him in reference to
it, even though I have not given him notice of my inten-
tion to de so. It is stated in the publio.papers of this, day
that a preliminary treaty of peace had been signed by the
plenipotentiariee at the conference at Paris ; and it would
be very satisfactory, not only to this house but to the
Country generally, if the noble lord could assure us of the
fact, or if not, that he should give us come authoritative
explanation as to the state of the negotiations.
Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, the house and the public
are well aware that certain conditions—certain offers ware
proroged soma time ago by Austria to Russia with the
Consent of England and France, as conditions which ware
to serve as foundation for a treaty of peace between the
belligerents. Those conditions were at first accepted by
Russia with a reserve, but afterwards, the acceptance not
being agreed to by Austria, they were accepted uncondi-
tionally. They were accepted pure and simple. These ar-
ticles were afterwards recorded in a protocol at Vienna,
and signed by the plenipotentiaries of England, France,
Austria, and Russia. I am not sure about Turkey, but I
believe the Turkish plenipotentiary had not at that time
received his instructions. When the conference met at,
Paris it was agreed in a protocol at the first meeting that
the previous protocol signed at Vienna, embracing the ar-
ticles accepted by Russia, should hav3 the force and value
of a preliminary treaty of peace without going through
the form of a separate preliminary treaty, and that the
plenipotentiaries should at once proceed to the discussion
of the conditions. That is the fact of the matter. In one
sense aprelireinary treaty of peace has been signed, that is,
the articles recorded in the propositions accepted by Rus-
ea at Vienna hay, the force and virtue of a preliminary

treaty. No formal preliminary treaty of peace has been
signed, but in substance that is the effect.

Mr. DISRAELI—When was that protocol agreed to.
Lord P.A.LIIERSTON—I am not quite sure, but one day'
last week.

THE PARTNERSHIP AND JOINT-STOCK
COMPANIES BILLS.
Mr. LOWE, in reply to questions from Mr. Hattie aud
Mr. Spooner, stated that he was not sure that he should
be able to bring these bills forward this side of Easter.
SUPPLY.
The house then went into Committee of Supply.
Mr. MONS EL L moved for a vote of 503,000/. additional
on account, towards defraying the cost of the land troops
at home and abroad, exclusive of India.
Colonel BOLDERO said there was no intention, he be-
lieved, on the part of honourable members on his side of
the house, to oppose the votes that would be asked
for, but he called attention to the manner in which the
estimates were presented to the house. No one but a
person very conversant with the subject could under-
stand them. Ho suggested that in future the esti-
mates should be made out in sections, each section
containing the outlay necessary for one particular depart-
ment, such as for the Commissariat, barracks, stores, tee.
Ho called attention to the statements contained in the
estimates. Amongst the rest that of a grant of 246,716
men, including officers and Non-commiersioned officers,
were asked for at an expense of 451 per man, net pay, and
ef 126,950 militia, at a net pay of 251. per rnau. He ad-
verted to the manner in which the Land Transport Corps
had been inserted in the estimates, which conveyed an
erroneous opinion, and remarked that he would rather
that branch of the service had /retained its own name—
that of the Royal Waggon Service, but change and cen-
tralisation seemed to be the system of the Government.
Ho objected to the corn of 1,500/. a-year being paid to the
superintendent of the Engineer, Sappers, and Miners,
which. was more than that paid to a general officer coin-
mandis,g a division; and he thought the exeuee for it,
that he was a person conversant with railways, not D. valid
reesonlur his been paid such a large sum, especially as
they had men in the service like Colonel Wynne, who
were capable of undertaking and effectually discharging
such duties as the superintendent had to perform. (Hear,
hear.) He next notice i that the sum of 3J0,000'. had
been taken for the Turkish Contingent, but no number as
to men had been entered. He condemned the manner in
which the Government conducted their affairs at Alder- '
shott, wl ion as a place for a permanent camp, he obj •cttel
to, anti asked that the house might its future be supplied,
under their respective heads, with the coat of cone-traction
at this place. The Government appeared to him to be ex-
pending -money there foolishly, such as building huts and
then panic% them down again, Ric. He objected to the
princlple o: depositing so large an amount of stores in one
tlacci. The effect of such a course had been exemplided
1 in the ease of the fire at the Tower in 1341, when be-
-1 torceu 490,000 and 50 ~000 muskets had been destroyed.
1 In spite of that warning the Geveremeut were pur-
suing the same plan at Woolwich. There would soon
be stores there to the extent of many millions, besides the
I vane of the buildings, Suppose a tire were to take place,
Eegland might be disarmed in a single night. These was
another eeil in centralising at Woolvrieh—it was nut prt-
tected, it was altogether open to attack. Suppeee two or
three) large steamers were to elude our cruisers in a war
wi.h a maritime nation, what was to stop them running up
the Thames anal laying Woolwich ie nehes? Tilbury Fort
would be blown to ',hems in half an how, and that and a
small fort on the oppeeite shore was the only defence. He
hope I the Government would not carry out the system to
which he had alluded any farther. lie took some credit to
himself, in common with lion. gentlemen on that side of
the horse, for having been iustruseental in preventing the
small arms factory being established at Woolwieh. He
should like some information with respect to the number
of horses in the Critnel. The itim set down for forage ap-
peased to him to he roost extravagant.
Mr. F. PEEL did not think the estimates were fairly
chargeehle with the obicurity with which the hon. and
gallant member tesertstl they were prepared, Some gen-
tlemeu in the War-olliee had devoted theuaadves to the
I preparation of them, and he really thought they had sub-
witted theta in -s lucid and intelligible manner. The Go-
rerun-lent had given, its the first five votes, the whole of
the military forces, and the charges for those forces. In
the first vote there was the number of men, including the
regular branches of the army—infantry, cavalry, and an til-
lery, as well as to the other corps to which reference had
, heat made. In the next vote they had given the whole of
the militia, in the following vote the volunteer forces of
the country, and in the fifth vote the Army Works Corps
and its charges. He thought the consolidation of all these
branehea in the present estimates far superior to the mode
adopted on previous occasions. The votes from six to nine
iee'usive provided entirely for ail the civil establishments,
and all the executive connected with the adtninietration of
affairs of the military forces. Vote 10 contained all the
matters connected with the clothing and conamiss triet ;
vote il, which was nothing more than one of the sections
proposed by the hon. and gallant member himself, was for
the material of war. Tarn followed the edecational mid
scientific) branches ef the army. There then only remained
the nun-effective vote. He (Mr. F. Peel) could not con-
ceive anything mono simple than first giving the expenses
of the military forces, then the expenses of the executive,
then of the supplies and issues which were necessary for
that f e-ce. With respect to the pay of the superintendent
of the Army Work Cores being higher than that of is gene-
ral, he would observe that the allowances to a general offi-
cer made his pey much higher than it was set down, while
the officer alluded to received no allowance whatever.
With reference to the Turkish Contingent, he could only
say that the Turkish Government had agreed to place
20,000 men at the disposal of her Majesty's Government.
That number had been handed over, and were at present
stationed at Ken tch.
Ur. W. WILLIAMS could make nothing whatever of
the estimates. They were a mass of confusion that ho
should like to have elucidated. There were many items
which he thought ought, injustice to that house and to the
country, to be explained. What was the meaning of the
large allowances made to officers is addition to their pay ?
There was an item, amounting to 131,5001 a, for allowances
to engineer officers. in number only 300. That was nearly
' 1,0001. for each officer. What rendered this enormous sum
requisite for engineer officers ? Than there was " Con-
tingeet allowances for captains, 78,7421." What were
those contingencies which called for that large sum? He
could occupy the house the whole evening with items such
as those. Ile thought also that if the items were divided
j into army, ordnance, and commissariat estimates, as they
had been formerly, they would have beets much more iu-
telligible, enabling honourable gentlemen to reach the
meaning of the items and to arrive at some conclusion.
There was an item cf 43,0001. for Divine service—did
that provide for clergymen of all denominations or for those
of the Church of England only?
Mr. F. PEEL, expl need that engineer officers were not
proVided, with barrack and other accommodation like the
officers of the line. They were therefore paid in lieu of
these accommodations an allowance equal to half their pay
while at horns, and to the amount • of their pay while
abroad. He would also point out to the hon. gentleman
that the amount paid so far from amounting to 1,000/. to
each officer, did not :mount to 1001. The grant for Divine
service was for all denominatiens recognised in the army,
namely—Catholic, Protestant, and Presbyterian.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS thanked the hen. gentleman the
Under-Secretary for the War Department for the correc-
tion. He was glad to find. he had made an error. He
should like to hear how it was that Lord Hardiuge, as
Commander-in-Chief, received more than bad been paid to
Lord Hill and to the Duke of Wellington when filling that
office. He found that the sum paid to Lard flardinge,
while full general, was 3,453/. is. 6d., Which he believed
was the usual salary; but on his advancement to the rank
of Yield-Marshal that sum had been increased to 6 0001.,
within fit. 3d. Hew was it that the salary of that office
was not fixed like that of any other ? The duties wore
not of a very arduous kind, and, he did not see why theo
salary should be higher than that of the Secretary for War
or that of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. F. PEEL—The rats of pay set flown in the estimates
was that of a field-marshal, but within a very few days
after his appointment to that rank Lord Hardinge had
written to say that he should only draw the pay of a
general officer.
Mr. WILLIAMS—That fact ought to have appeared
upon the estimates. What was the ressen of therg being an
ncrease in Closure sot down for the home staff '? He be-
lieved that the number of the army in England was at that
time less than on former occasions in time of peace. He
could not, therefore, understated the increase in charge
under that head. Thera was also an increase in the charges
for the home medical staff. The hon. gentleman cared the
attention of the house to the large number of general officers
drawing pay, and also to the fact that a much larger
amount was paid to retired officers of the army as con,-
pared with naval officers of the same rank.
Mr. F. PEEL—The increased charge for the home staff
was obviously duo to the great increase of dater devolving
upon the staff at head-quarters, and at the camps, which
was much greater at that time than it was two years ago.
The hon, gentleman was in error in supposing the army at 1
home to be less at that time than on former occasions. All
the different regiments had been put upon the war este-
blishrent, half only were in the Crimea, the remaining
half were at the different depots. That the ben. gentleman
had cot taken into account the large number of embodied
militia. With respect to the medical staff, large additions
had been necessary to meet the requirements of wounded
men and invalids sent home from the Crimea, as well as for
the staff of the two new hospitals which had been esta-
blished. The pay of colonels had laten reduced; it was
formerly 1,20 e/., it was then only 1,0001., of which 500/. or
GU. represented compensation for the loss of perquisites
connected with the clothing of the regiments.
Colonel DUNNE fully concurred with the honeur-
able member for Lambeth as to the confused state
of the estimates. It was the duty ef that- house to see
that the sums were expended with economy, but he was
far from thinking that that economy had been exercised.
He would instance the case of au German Legion. The
number of men were said to be 20,000; he did not think
they amounted to that number, but he would assume it to
be correct. Was it possible the incredible sum of 50,000'.
had been spent to provide them with knapsacks and
colours. He found that there was a sum of 478,00/. set
down for the Turkish Contingent. He wished to know
whether that cum included the pay of the officers who were
not promoted by the Turks ? It was a serious item to pay
for the services of A body of men who would never render
the service of half the number of Bridle troops. Then
there was no account in any part of the estimate of the
money expended on the Beshi-bazeuks. He thought the
country lead a right to some explanation of the new de-
partment which had been created—the War Department.
He trusted they should hear from the hen gentleman, the
Under-Secretary for the War Department some expleua-
-1 tion of the cost of riding the G rum, Swiss, and Italian
Legions. . .
Mr. F. PEEL explained that the pay and allowances ia
the German Legion were precisely the same as in the Bri-
tish army, and he imegi cod that the vote provided for the
pay and allowances. With respect to the cost of raising,
that came under the bead of levy money, winch was pail
under stipulation to certain officers, who undertook the
whole expense of agencies throughout Germany, to collect
men, and wh© paint forwarding them to this country. In
alditiou to that the men received the bounty from the Go- ,
vernruent on arriving in this ceuntry. With regard to the
S vise Legion, there was a similar arrangement, with the
exception that the stern paid was a little less. In the
Italian Legion the scm required was least of all, be-
cause the man wore not brought to this country.
The staff arrangements to which the honourable and
gallant colonel (Colonel Dunne) had alluded would, he
presarned, undergo some change. It was impossible at
present to say what differences would he made, or how the
divisions would be adjusted. Then with regard to the
Turkish Contingent. To provide for it 300,0001. would Ice
required, which amoent would include the various officers
and men, and it would include also the Osmanli irregular
c.velry. The pay to the officers of the Turkish Contingent
was no doubt high, but a high rate of payment was deter-
mined upon for the purpose of obtaining the right sort of
men, who had highly-responsible duties imposed upon
thorn. He had also been asked where the pay of the civil I
medical officers was provided for. It was provided for

under the item of " Hospital expenses"—the amount
charged being 1.7.154.1. If that amount were analysed, it-
would be found that about 127,00(g. was for rationing, the
1-4m:timing Gi,000!. being for medical men employed here,
at Sthyrna, and at the civil hospitals at Scutari.
Colonel IC Z,TOX inquired whether the order prohibiting
permanent officers on the staff had been rescinded ? He
found that some of the officers were still retaining perma-
nent staff appointments. For instance, the present D -
pay-Quartermaster-General hai 6911. 19s. 7d. for his staff
pay in addition to his ordinary pay, making more than
I,IOOG, a year.

Mr. PEEL slid- that could hardly he the case ; at all
events it 'would not occur for the future.

Mr. OT W T referred to a debate which took place at
the close of last session, in .tke course of which Mr. Layard
complained that a Lieut.-Colonel B-- had been super-
seded by a Lieut.-Colonel S----- under circumstances of
great injustice. No names were given at that time, but
he thought there was no impropriety in mentioning that
the Lieut.-Colonel B---- was Lieut.-Colonel Bassett, and
the Lieut.-Colonel 5- was Lieut.-Colonel Smith. By
that act the country had been-put to the unnecessary ex-
pense of 1601. a year, the gentleman superseded having
received a colonial appointment, for which there
wise not the slightest necessity. Another point he
wished to refer to, was one in reference to the salary ofthe
Commander-in-Chief. He was glad to hear from the hon.
gentleman the Under Secretary for War the statement he
had made on the subject of that salary. He never wished
to say a word in disparagement of Lerd Hardinge, but he
really bad intended to take the sense of the committee on
the reduction of that salary if it hail not been for the
satisfactory explanation that had been offered. (Hear.)
The house would remember that a committee, of which
the late Duke of Wellington was a member, had agreed
that when the Commander-in-Chief became field-marshal
he should receive no additional pay, and this was an ar-
rangement which he thought should be strictly carried out.
(Hear.) The hon. gentleman the. Secretary for War had
asked where it. was possible for him to get recruits. He (Mr.
Otway) would show him where at once he could get 6,000
or 8,000 men, not lads and boys, but experienced soldiers,
namely, by moving them from India. There was a general
complaidt in the C. imea that lieutenants, captains, and ma-
jors went off so fast that the authorities were compelled to
till their places with mere boys, but from India officers who
were acclimatised might be obtained, awl who would be glad
to serve. There were 22 regiments in India, each having
2,030 men. If only two regiments were sent to the Crimea
4,000 efficient men might he obtained, and their places
might be supplied from England. Ho never heard any
objection to that plan, except that it would diminish the
number of troops in India. (Hear, hear, and 1 slighter.)

Mr. PEEL said that future commanders-in-chief would
follow the case of Lord Harding°. In reference to the de-
portation of troops from In:lia, he ',egged to say that some
of them had bee!) removed during the last year.
Sir C. NAPIER wished to make a remark on the subject
of medals which he found charged for. He had watched
with souse anxiety the last two promotions to the Order of
the Bath, and a more unsatisfactory selection he had never
seen. He believed it was a general rule that a man should
he a Comp inien of the Beth before he became a B.C. B.;
but that rule had been departed from. He found that in
the recent promotions o'd officers who were entitle 1 to any
honours that could be awarded wore unceremoniously
passed over. He might mention, for instance, General
Shaw Kenneiy, a most distinguished officer, who hail five,
six, or seven &asps, and who went with the Duke of Wel-
lingtoe through the Peninsular War, was entirely left out.
o;llc3rs who had served with him in the Bark and else-
where, were omitted from the list. Oue friend of his, an
admiral, who had received the honour, told hint the other
day that he never asked for it._ and that in •faot he was
ashamed to wear it. (Laughter.) He hoped and trusted
that if the Government neglec ed this matter, the House
of Commons would take it up, and would insist upon a
committee to consider and report upon the manner in
which the order of the Bath was best'wed (Hear, hear.)
From a pretty gaueral acquaintance with officers connected
with both services, ho knew that people locked open the
honour not on'y with indifference, but with contempt. One
other officer he might mention, although he was rather
chary of doing so, because be was his brother—he meant
Sir William Napier. Ho was in the Penh/111a, where
he was twine wounded, and hat his aras..• Ho was
new only a C.B. (Hear, hear.)
Colonel NORTH was glad that the gallant admiral hill
directed the attention of the, house to that subject. He
might add to the names he had mentioned that of General
Freeth, who served in the office of quartermaster-general
for a period of forty-two years. He did not say he should
have been' made a K.C.B. for that service. but he had the
war medal and eight clasps. There was a general feeling
of regret throughout the army that that distinguished
officer had not re ceived the honour. There was another
gallant officer, General de Renzy (as we understood) who
had been fifty years in the. service. He was severely
wounded nt C.n.unna. in both knees, was wounded at
Flushing and Teulouao, and had eleven clasps. He was
not even a C.B.

Lord PALMERSTON said there were no doubt many
things of which the House of Commons were competent
judges, but be did not think they were the proper judges
of the persons upon whom should devolve honours con-
ferred by the Gown. If hon. members took upon theta-
selves to say what officers dif the army were the fittest to
receive the order of the Bath, these matters would become
matters of canvas in the house, and the bestowal of honour
would be taken away from the heads of the army, who
were certainly the hest judges of the relative merits of
officers. If honourable members came down and urged the
merits of one gentleman to the disparagement of others,
when honours were to be bestowed, is feeling would soon
be create' in the army that officers must leok to the House.
of Commons for distinctions, instead of relying, as hereto-
fore, on a more legitimate source. (Hear.) No doubt,
General Freeth was a most distinguished officer, and dis-
charged with great ability the duties of quartermaster-
general. But those duties, at home, were not quite withiu
the range of service which would point out an officer as the
most fitting person for the honour of a (Hear.)
The Ordt r c f the Bath was conferred for military and naval
services. He rather thought that the gallant admiral (Sir
C. Napier) was mistaken in supposing that an officer could
not be appointed to a higher grade in the order cf the Bath
without going through the inferior grades.
Sir J. %VALMSLEY apprehended the committee were
rather engaged in voting supplies than in discussing the
merits of particular officers for the Order of the Bath.
(Hear.) The bon. member for Stafford (Mr. Otway) hail
reconiniencied that regiments from 'lndia should bp sent
to the Crimea. Many officers from India wet e there at
present, but he did not think soldiers from India would be
as effective in the Crimea as others who might he found.
Captain L. VERNON complained that Col. Clarke, the
Assistant Quartermaster-General, had frequently been
paused over when he ought to have been promoted. Go-
vernment found they had made a mistake, and made a pro-
mise that they would promote, him. He asked for the com-
mand of a cavalry regiment in the Crimea. for which be
was eminently qualified, bet they refused, en the ground
that they did not intend to send any more to supersede
those who had the command there. Col. Clarke was obliged
to go somewhere, so he went to Newport, where he died
the other day.
Mr. PEEL said that if a promise was made to Col. Clarke
be thought it would have been performed.
After some remarks from Captain SCOBELL in refer-
ence to the partial distribution of the honours of the Bath,
CoLeDIINNE said the committee were getting into a
discussion as confused as the estimates themselves. He
found in those estimates that the field expo tees were
lumped altogether. They would be quite unintelligible with
out a more detailed statement. Another subject to which
he would call attention, was the Lan I Transport Corps. He
saw that there were 21,000 animals charged for, but it did
not appear from any report he ever saw, that 21.000
animals were in our possession at any one time. He found
also that 211,000/. was charged for waggons, the united
charges amounting te a million and a quarter, and yet it
was admitted on all hands that the deficiency of our land
transport system caused .nearly all the misery our army
endured. As to the waggons, Colonel Gordon had re-
oinked that he did not believe there was an English wag
gon in the whole place. He hoped the severe lesson we
had learned would induce the Government to take proper
precautions for th'e future- He thought, too, that some
alterations should be made in the Commissariat Depart-
meat, part of which was under the control of the Secretary
for War, and part under the direction of the Treasury.
Mr. PEEL said that the hon. and gallant gentleman was
in error about the animals. There bed been collected more
than 24,000 animals, for at the end of last year there were
18,000, and the losses must have exceeded 10,000, making
together 28,000. The vote would provide for a land trans-
port
in the form of a military train, in which everything
would be conveyed for the use of the army. It was a very
difficult thing to form the establishment of a military
train, which must vary with the amount of articles to
be carried, with the demands of the army, and with its
numerical strength. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed that
the new department should form one large regiment of
8,000 or 10,000 men, divided into battalions according to
tire number of divisions of the army, so that each division
would have one of those battalions attached to it. How-
ever a division might be divided, it would have part of a
Land Transport Corps to attend to its wants. As to the
commissariat it was transferred to the War Department
last year, but by arrangement part of it had been taken by ,
the Trearary. The provisioning was attended to by the
War-office' while payments were made by the Treasury.
Colonel KNOX complained of the absence of informa-
tion respecting the cost of the Land Transport Corps. The
expense was enormous and the results trilling. In Janu-
ary, 1855, at the time when the armi was suffering the
meat, not above 400 animals ware sent oat. To be sure
the Government had done something ' • they had sent out
Colonel M`Murtio—who had dope what he could— which
was to pick up all sorts of scoundrels, and to press them
into the service. Very few animals had been sent, and
those few were rapidly absorbed. Every one knew the
state of things, and the reason was, that the business was
taken from te hands of competent persons, and given to
those who knew nothing about it. At this moment, the
Government took credit for :4,000 arrivals, and the hon.
gentleman says, that he had that number. He (Colonel
Knox) stated that the next time he wrote to the Crimea,
he would "ask for a return of all the animals there, acrd ho
was quite sine he would not find half the number. (Mr.
F. Peel dissented.) Well, if the honourable gentleman
takes into account all the animals purchased at Varna, and
elsewhere on the Turkish territory, ha might perhaps
make rip the number. Why, we had got a Land Trans-
port Corps ; and the reason was, that we were civiliauis-
leg the army—taking the managetneut front military men,
and putting it into the hands of civilians, who knew no-
thing about it., That was the cause of all the blunders;
and, unless military men were entrusted with their proper
departments, the same blunders would be committed over
and over again.
Mr. PELL ATT wished to ask the Under-Secretary for
War a question respecting the seen of 75,0501. granted for
good conduct payments. No wished to know how far the
sergeant's .irere to be coniidered in this );rant, and whether
any addition to the amount cf pension the sergeant was
entitled to would be given him for long service

Mr. Pi EL—No.
Co LII4DS.A.Y thought that there ought to b 3 some
system by which, the sergeant could earn extra pay after
three years! service. Such service ought to carry with it
good conduct ps.y. He wished to ask a question respect-
ing the Land Transport' Giros. Ile had heard from the
Clerk of the Ordnance that the non-commissioned officers
of the Sappers ,and Miners were to be appoin, ed, by pre...
ference; to clerkships and store-keeperships, and he hoped
that promise would be realised. There was another sub-
ject to which he ~.ished to allude, which was that of mar-
tial laW. :Under the present system the proceedings were
attended with, inconveni-3ce, from Om length of time
during which prisoners had to remain in prison after con-
viction, asso-isted with those who had committed great
crimes. He keow of cases where prisoners had been left fo:
five weeks in this way.
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Mr. MONSELI, said that the conrse to be punned with
regard to the non-commissioned officers of SAppats and
Miners was this—a considerable nninber of clerkships at
Woolwich was thrown opeb to these officers ; and those
deserving of being appointed to them Were, to pass an exa-
mination, aid the best among them was to be appointed to
those situations. It was intended, upon the same prinoi•

pie, to throw s large number of clerkships opsn to non-
coinudesiened officers of the line, to bs given to well-coa-
ducted officers according to their average 'f merit.
Mr. PEEL said, with regard :o the great expense of the
Land Transport Corps, that the only safe peinciple was
that Of a fixed rate of pay. The melt had to take ears, not
only of themselves, bat of their horses. The men were
taken from the regiments upon the, principle that if they
did not behave wt7ll they were to be seat back again. As
for the sergeants they were in the enjoyment of many ad-
vantages. They were allowed the fullamount cf good con-
duct pay which they had when privates in addition, and
the increased pey ae sergeants.
Mr. M. SMTPH c,.lled attention to the state of the luna-
tic asylum at Chatham.
Mr. PEEL said that the whole establishment at Chat-
ham,requireil to be superseded. The Government had
already purchased grounds to form any asylum for lunatics
near Southampton.
Mr. MILES called attention to the items for the pur-
chase of horses. He had looked through the army mad
ordnance estimates, and he was not able to arrive at any
exact conclusiou respecting their number. The number of
horses it appeared for the yoar were 22,09 ; while 20,000
had been already sent—making the whole number 40,C00.
The cost this year was 742,000/. ; while last year it was
390,0001. The first seemed an imreease sum, and he could
not account for the differeaco. The charge for forego was
enormous—no less than 4,051,923/. ; while last year it was
only 1,050,00 The excess was enormous, and he wished
to know what 19.1.3 the explanation It appeared that the
cost was upwards of ';'7l. or each animal.
Mr. PEEL s tic: that the nember of horses was given in
one of the co!uirini of the estimates. There would be a
eonsideiaMe deduction in the estimates for this year.
6ir W. JOLLIFFE said, that the expense of each horse
would be above 401. He wished to call the attention of
the house to the present scarcity of horses. He blamed
the purchase of old horses. which in a short time became
unfit for work. The horses purchased were usually above
five years of
Mr. F. PEEL did not understand that the horses pur-
chased were above five years old, but be preferred the plan
of purchasing them at that age ; it was found to be more
useful and inure economical. _ _

Colonel BOLDERO said that the subject mooted by the
tourable member for Kent was a hi4hly important one.
He had minutely visited the lunati • asylum at Chatham
a me y- ars ago; and was so disgusted with what he saw,
that he resolved to build another, at his own exuense. But
he had found a btullieg at Yarmouth exactly fitted for the
purpose; he had reported this to the 'Government, who
had sent clown a medical officer, whose report was unfa-
vourable. He was not discouraged ; he obtained leave
from the Government of the day to ,take down other
officers, :cud iit last he prevailed upon the Government to
have the lunatics transferred to that place. He was asto-
nished to dud that they had been retrausferred again to
Cantharn. . _ .

moNsELL that the reason was simply this.
The buil tings in question belonged to the Admiralty, and
as there W :IS an expectation of a large number of invalid
seame c?uring tlla war, the Admiralty had reclaimed the
pr..,,-rty, nod the War Dep,rimient had no choice but to
c nse•it.

Mr. NI. SMITH observed upon the unprotected way in
which the troops were allowea to diseinire.rit- at. Gravesend.
The deaf, bodies were carried aw,y at night, without any
proper pi °visite, for their sepulture.
Mr. A. S i'AFFORD called attention to the case of the
medical staff in the East. He had waited vainly in the hope
th et some Weill ivi• of the i;oemeineut, Nimbi have rieen to
afford some explanation on the subject which would make
his stetement uneecesseary. He had welted through the
inst month .of the lest session iu the hope of hearing some
St it,tll,..tht. 14.:Sp:or,tog the ; and now, ou S..turilay
last, out came the eriny list, with the name of or. Andrew
Smite as the hew( of the medical hoard. He. could nut
hop to get the truth either from the noble lord at the head
of the Go.:ernment or the Under Secret 'Ay for War, bet
hoped some of ler Minister would rise, and either endorse or
explain their premises. The members of the ineilicel staff
had been meet unfairly treated, they hiel been doing their
duty in the Crimea at great sacridee to themselves, in ex-
pectatien of the fulfilment of the promises of the Govert-
meat. He hop,'" that the Government would see the
iteetea of apse lily c u rying out tho.,e promises.
Mr. PZEL Moil that if the Governineet had been some-
what slow in carrying out the proposal of inedicel reform,
the reason MLR partly in the assertion et the hon. member
who said that everything wolkiet so well in the Crimea
that the Government was nut Very hasty in waking altera-
lhe realm] why those alterations were not made was
that some tiere was required, and the reforms were in-
tended to embrace a large portion of the service. The case
of the army surgeons required consideration ; a memorial
had bunt received from them by Lord Panwure. This,
rind all the other matter relative to the staff, were under
conslderati
Mr. STAFFORD said that they had been told this be.
fore; hut the carrying out the promise would depen upon
th ,t house, or upon electioneering influence out of it.
The vote was thee agreed to.
On the next vote----1,000,0001. for the militia,
Mr. WILLIAMS said that the militia was estimated at
65,0 iO men ; out not more than half that nunahet were ever
enralled end etelhoaied.
Mijor SIBTHORe believed the cenntry would give
credit to the militia for the manner in which the regiments
had besia organised.
Lord LOVAINE said, nothing could be more discourag-
ing to officers when they had organised a regiment than to
be placed at the mercy of the Secretary of State, partici],
laxly when thoy had exerted themselves more than they
were actually called upon to do. Many of the militia
regiments had become totally useless, and something ought
to be done in the case of those officers who had eu strenu-
ous!, exerted themselves in the public service. (Hear.)
Colonel ADAIR said that in a regiment he commanded,
in which the companies were 112 strong, au arraugement
was made that when the rateable strength shoal be re-
duced to 50, as recruits came in they should be again placed
on the establishment. He was prepared to admit the duty
of commanding officers to send to the regular army as many
trained men as possible, but he ventured to say that the
recruiting for militia was not conducted in the way most
beneficial to the service at large.
Colonel GILPIN was of opinion that the militia service

had worked beneficially for the country.
• Lord LOVAINE said nothing should ever convince him
that an effective militia cores could ba maimtsined when
the !non were continually enlisting into the line.
Mr. COWAN said thore was groat discontent in Scot
land with respect to the b.llettinw, as nien of the lowest
class had been introduced into houses and communicated
disease, vermin, and in:thy other unpleasantuesses• lie
hoped the Government would no lougJr rektrd tbeAthings
with the official nonchalance hitherto observed, but place
the soldiers in barrac.cs na.ier the surveillance of proper
officers. • . _

Mr. MONSELL said he must deny that Government
had tilt endeavoured to raitio,ate th, evil complained of.
since 1815 accotivitolv.tion had been purch,sed at great
expense for nearly 0.),,;( 0 ,nen, and since the war tiroke
out further accommodation wag obtained for 50,000 wan,

e H ill was in oroo,i.ration.
Mr. B .1' ART would give the Government credit for whet
they ha 1 dime, but in the conuty he represented there was
accomnaodJ tion.
The vwe f,r 1,000,03 1. was then agreed to
A vote of 88,0tA0V. was also agie:Al to for the volunteer
c3rne.

On the vote for 250,01,31. fir the Army Works Corps,
Se. W. H. JOLLIFFA oerplained of the country being
sadd ed with this corps, which was, he would admit, a
necessary evil, hut not the less an evil, as costing a great
slight ou the Sappers and Miners and Royal Engineer
toreps.
Clptein VERNON also protested against this vote. The
country was ch ,reei with a superintendent at 1,5001. a
ye tr, while the commander of a division received only
j 1,383/. 19s. .4d. And whet was it that this superintendent
hart te superintend? He had 2,7 9 Labourers to manage,
and was especially guarded from etanding to be shot at.
j A major-general ouly received 691/., while an assistant-
' superintendent of this corps had 700/. a year. A colonel
of the staff received but 415/. as. , while an ordinary
secretary got 400/ a year, cud so on until the whole
amounted to 37,1.301. for 2,799 mechanics and labourers.
But that was not all. There al the "Chasseur" floating
factory, the Cornerissariet br non attaches to this cores,
and other matters amounting alt egether to 87,4911. The
price of these 2,799 men amounts I. therefore, to the price
of the staff of fourteen regiments of the line. With respect
to the duties of these men they only did what ought to be
done by the fatigue parties of the line, and had things
been conducted as they should have been there woal
never have been any occasion for there. A great deal was
said about what they would do, and that the Russians
would soon find when that corps got out what the raw
uneducated British bone and muscle could do. That
sounded very well no doubt. A man could break a Rus-
sian's head with a pickaxe as well as with a sword, but
thou came the question—would these men do all that a
friend of his, who knew a regiment from a rabble, was de-
sirous to try, whether, in the event of the Russians at-
tacking the army works men. while at work, they would
stand with their arms folded ur whether they wane". fight?
They had attached to the army a class of men, at a most
terrific expense, capable of only discharging a particular
duty. They were only required when an army was be
the
field, and in the event of peace occurring, what would.
'dole with them? A sufficient number of men might have
been obtained from the militia to increase the Sappers and
Miners to the number required.
Mr. F. PEEL said it was impossible, from the require-
ments of the service, to send more than 1,000 Sappers and
Miners to the Crimea, and hence it was that this force was
established. It was the intention of the Government to
increase the Sappers and Miners by 1,100 men, but it took
time to make them fit for duty. As for the Army Works
Corps being kept only in making roads in the Crimea, their
eesistaece in relieving the men of the line had been of the
utmost consequence, and acknowledged by officers, and,
their number in consequence had been increased from
1,030 to 3,470. Ho did not consider the pay of these men
too high, and he eulogised the exertions of Sir J. Paxton
in getting the corps formed.
Sir J. FERGUSSON had had an opportunity of seeing
this corps in the East, unit be thought they ought not to be
coutinuel. They caused great jealousy in the ranks, sod
fuel been very troublesome from their not b iug/under
tuilitery control.
Sir J. PAXTON defended the establishment and fitting
out of this corps, :ind she reavar,tagethey had been to the
array in the Crimea. WI fi regard to tee py of the chief
superintendent, it was roily a fair remunera ion for a civil
engineer, and it was with difficulty he could gat an effi-
cient man to undertake the duties. It was all very well
for hon. members to talk abent raising an additional force
of S pprs Miner's, hut it would have been impossible
to have got 4 00 t efficient men added to that corps in less
than 12 months ; whereas the Army Works Corps was
raised and ern hotted in four weeks, and t a ti eie when
they were mach wanted. (Hear.) The establishment of
this corps tits the &newest that could have been estab-
lished. If necessary, the corps could be disbanded in three
months, without entailing any expense on tee country,
which would not have been the case had they increased
the Sappers and Miners and afterwards disnanded them.
(Heee.) lie hail received cotrreenicatiene fr..m officers in
the Crimea, exteleue the coreluet of the Army Works
Carpe, end the great °benefit they had beau there.

Colonel B3LDERO slid he wished the hon. nieinher
for Cov,ltty by i never fo..(i a fttipermtmoiont for the
Army Works Corpe at (PO/. a year. He (Col. Boldero)
would have found an efficient officer for a less sum.

Colonel KNOX asked for a po,zuve w.,1 from the
Goverucee3t, whether the corps was to be a pezmanent
one.

Mr. F. PEEL said that must depend upon circum-
stances.
Colonel KNOX said he should divide the house on the
vote. •

Ira answor ton qulstion from Colonel Du NF,
Mr. F. PEEL said it had already been stated that this
corps was established for a particular purpose.
The vote was agreed to without a divigion.

A vote of 169,6201. for defraying the charges and salaries
intuit utal to the War Department was then propo,eii.
CoLaiel sv.id the War Department as at pre- I
Bent conducted was in a state of confusion.
Ur. MONSELL said the conduot of the department had

gone on improving ever since the present system was in-
troduced. That system was now simple, and worked with
ping ar regularity.
Colonel. DUNE said that as a whole the civil part of
the War Ddoartment was perfectly disorganised. •
Mr. WILLIAMS said there never would be a thorough
reform of the army until the throe departments of the War.
Dopartment ware included in the vote. The army ought
to be under the control of the House of Commons. (Laugh-
ter.) What he meant was, that the beads of the War De-
partment should be responsible to the house,and that there
should be a minister in that house responsible for the War
Department.
Mr. OTWAY said there were five under-secretaries in
the War Department. He did not see why that depart-
ment 'should r squire five, when the Foreign-office required
two only. He found that most of the directors general had
this year an increased salary.
Mr. MONSELL said the labour of the secretaries of the
department were very different to those of the Foreign-
offioo. Such had been the duties to be performed that it
would be quite impossible to reduce the number of the
officials. _ _

Captain L. VERNON inquired whether the inspector-
general of fortifications and his under secretaries per-
formed military duties under the military commander,
or whether they were under the clerk of the civil de-
partment ?
Mr. MONSELL said they had two classes of duties to
perform —military duties under the Commander-in-Chief,
and civil duties under the Secretary of State for War.
The vote was then agreed to.
A vote of 22,731 f. for the head quarters of the military
department wal then propose,t.
Mr.. WILLIAMS said there were five secretaries in this
department, when there were only 22 clerks in the offices.
Why did the present Commander-in-Chief require one
more secretary than the Duke of Wellington when he was
Commander•in-Chief ?
Mr. PEEL said the reasen was that the artillery had
been thrown into this department.
Mr. S. HERBERT said that a recommendation by
committee of that house had been made that all appoint-
ments to offices in this department should be for five years
only. He wished to know if the present appointments
had been made for five years or for lifa ?
Mr. PEEL said that they had been made for five years
only.
The vote was agreed te, and the chairman reported pre-
gresi.
Lord PALMERSTON said the Government would pre•
coed with the committee of supply on Friday.
POLICE (BOROUGHS AND COUNTIES) BILL.
Sir G. GItEY, in rvpiy ro a question from Mr. HENLEY,
gated that this bill would be brought forward on Monday
next.

The C RAI 13, MAN reported program!, and obtained leave
to sit again on Friday.

WAYS AND MEANS.

The house went into committee, and 26,000,0001. were
gr nt.3,1 to her Majesty en the Consolidated Fend of groat
Britain acid Ireland.
The hon.e then resumed.
TRIAL OF OFFENDERS BILL.

After a short conversation, in which soveral hon. mem-
bers took part, this bill was read a second time.
Annuities Bill-, and the Exchequer Bills Funding
Bill were read u third time
T.ie Marine Mutiny Bill and the Matiny Bill went
through committee.
-The Secretary Poor Law Commissioners (Ireland) Bill
was read a third time.

The Ow-Pen,doners (Greenwich and Chelsea) Bill wail
read a second. tiro.

The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes before one
o'clock.

Sporting Intelligence.

TATTE RSA MIS-YESTERDAY.

Members mwtersd numerously, but beyond paying
and r,ceivmg on the events at the recent Liverpool meet-
ing, very little bu,iness wa4 transacted.

wag in very great force, especially for
" The Guineas." In the early part of the afternoon 2to
1 %las taken to nearly 1,0001. ; the odds afterwards
dr-tmed to 7 to 4, which were also taken to some money.
Yellow J,,,,ck declined to 7 t' 2 taken and offered.

The beta hooked aboutFly-by—Night fora;Derbf
were 270 to 30, 1,600 to 200, and 800 to 100. Thes•
were the only movements worth particular notice.
CLOSING PRICES.
NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP.
7to 4 a,st Fulbeck (2 to 1 taken freely)
3to 1 agst Mary (taken)
THE LITTLE JOHN STAKES.
6to 4 agst The Dupe (taken)
3to 1 aget Madame Clicquot (taken)
NORTHAMPTON'SMILE STAKES.
10 to 1 aget Winkfield (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
7 tch 4 agst Fiy-by-Night (taken freely)
•
7to 2 agst Yellow Jack (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
40 t o 1 agst Stork (taken)
40 t o 1 agst Warlock (taken)
THE DERBY.
7t o 1 agst Ellington (taken and offered)
8t o 1 agst Fiy-by-Night (taken)
15 t a 1 agst lt,gerthorpe (to 701.)
20 t o 1 agst Vandermulin (taken)
33 t o 1 agst Bird-in-Hanii (taken)
50 t o 1 agst Newington (taken)
60 t 1 aget Enchanter (taken)

LIVERFO COL SPRING Cur.—The race not being P.P.,
the 1).44 at K iut Berezina, De Ginkel, and other borstal
that did ti..t start, are void.

WARWIC 8: SPRING MEETING.—Bourton, the Trout,
and Alonzu. are struck out of their respective engage'
meuts at tltis meeting.

Country Markets.

CFIELUSFORD-FEL 29.

Great dn' ',lam prevailed in the wheat trado to-day, thl
best wimple u of maintaining last week's prices, and the
inferior un, a usable at any price. Spring corn firm,- and
the best ba r leya worth le per qr. more money than last
week.

«heat•, e, old, per s.
qr.sB
nevr 62
old 58
new 56
28

5. a. 0.
76 i Oats, per qr 22 28
75 I Peas, Partridge 38 40
72 White 40 51,,„0
71 Boiling 43 0,1
34 Dun 36 337 Beans, Tick 35 3,1,
32 j Harrow ticks 37' 3Y,
74 I Mazagan 34 26
76 I Ditto, new 32 35

red,

Barley
Chevaii on- .. 30
Grindii 2 g . 2ti
Malt 7O
Cbevali A .r 72

COLCHESTER— MARCH 1.
Wheat in fair supply sad trade heavy, at is per quarter
decline on i a ferior samples. Beans and peas as last week'
Oats 6s per fir. lower. Spring tares the tern dearer.
Prices to- A ay were as follow :—Wheat, white, 76s to SO3;
red, 64s to ilOs ; barley, 32s to 38s ; cats, 21s to 26a ; beaoll
ISlaznan, 34 to 36s ; middle and small, 36s to 41s;
white, 4'3s t e 43s ; grey, 36s to 40s.

Official Statt 9.`111113 t, of the Quantities of Corn, ice,
in the port. of Loudon, from the following p 4
the '2sth Fe b. to the Ist March, both inclusive,

~ received
nts, frog)

I 'M3
..1
ei ..a
a -4.1

Colchester .......

Harwich

2601006

Leigh .
slaldon

4461
1149;

71!
20,

KIRKCALDY-MARCR 1.

We had a Luse supply of wheat at market toLday, but
slow sale, at about last week's rates, and latterly at 3s per
qr. reduction. Barley and oats in
.middling supply, the
former sold rwbeily at Is per qr. decline, and the latter at
last day's rates.
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Beaus.
First
Od I 393 6.1 ? 31s 6d le Od
Second
Third s6ki Od I 34s Od 1 27s Ott I 05 Od

COAL MABEE
Prices of Coal par ton at

s. d.
Ilyass's West Hartley 17 3
Davison's West Hartley 17 C
Hastiug's Hartley l7 3
Holywoll l5
Howard's West Hartley
Netherton l7 6
Longridge's Wst Hartley 17 3
South Pearnth l5 t
Tantleld Moor l5 (
Taucteld Moor Butes 15 0,
West Polton l5 6
West Riding Hartley l5 0
Grey's West Hartley .6