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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MA"RCII 13, 1857.

brought charges against no man except in a casual son- mencement of the financial yeer. He would not then enter to her Majesty the sum of 21,011,700/. be raised by Bache- armaments were simultaneously to attack the vital
tence against a medical men. If they brought any charges into fur' her details, but move that the number of men to quer bills.
they could only be derived by reasoning from a statement he raised for she year coeimencing the Ist of April should INCOME-TAX BILL. ' parts of the Celestial Empire—its head and its heart
of facts. (flea-, hear.) They performed a servic.• of great not exceed 126,796, exclusive of the men employed in the On the motion ter the third l'Oil'iing of this bill, —Nankin and Pekin, at the very time when the
that he asked the house whether it was not fitting that
worth and difficulty with gr.•at ability ; and having sold East Ins-ins. The CFIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE le, in refer-
Mr. A. STAFFORD didnot intend to enter into any dis- mice to a case refereed to on a peeViOUS overdue by the hal. ' thunderbolts of our artillery are being hurled at
,
they should express some opinion in recognition of the ser- cussion of the arrangements propos dby the Government, member for Southwark, for the purpose of showing the ex-
Canton, as it were, agaiust its broad front or
vices rendered by the commis loners. (ll= ar, hear.) What i but rose merely for the purpose of expressing his deep re- beanie pressure of the income tax upon persons of smell in-
he should like to see, if the hon. gentlemen who moved i attention hal as yet been paid to the recom
Bret that no e . comes,. and the harshness with which the commissioners breaAnl %tea
carried out the law, said that he had made inquiry: and as , -
the resolutions concurred, was this : that he should with-
mendations of the select committee on the medical depart- those meritorious functionaries had a delicate, difficult,
draw all the resolutions except the first, and add thereto
the last two lines of the resolution of the hon. member for ment of the army, although the noble lord at the head of and at the same time not a very popular duty to perform,
Liverpool. The resolution teethe then run thus , o That the Government, when he came into office, had promised Ihe hoped the house would not refuse to hear their expla-
Sir John MhNeill and Colonel Tulloch ably fulfilled the that this matter should engage his attention. The com- I nation. The right hon. gentleman here read a written
duty entrusted to them, of inquiring into the arrangement statement, from which it appeared that oa Feb. 4 a Mrs,
and. management of the Commissariat department ; and
mittee had recommended that the department should be as 1 Smith attended the office of the commissioners and com-
that considering the high testimony in their favour by her at present under a single individual, and not under a board I plained that a levy had been made upon her goods for 1/. ls.
Majesty's Government, an humble address be presented to as suggested. No praise could be toe great or eulogy too due by her late husband for income tax, and stated that she
her Majesty, praying that some special mark of approbe- warm for all that the noble lord had done to promote the was in great distress and quite unable to pay. The com-
tion be conferred on them." (Rear, hear.) Ho confessed missioners directed that the levy should be immediately
comfort of the army, and therefore it was the more to be
withdrawn, and to avoid delay they sent the order to the
he had a strong feeling on the subject.. It was not easy to
get persons to make reports like this of the commissioners, regretted that he should neglect the claims of the medical surveyor by Mrs. Smith herself, giving her is. to pay her
which affected persons of great rank and position; and if officers. The state of suspense in which they now were was expenses. The order was delivered, and on Feb. 4 the levy
you expect to get men who will make such reports, you most unsatisfactory. All they asked was, that the Govern- was withdrawn. Subsequently it appeared the broker had
most be ready to uphold and appreciate their services. meta should give them a decided answer as to whether or kept the levy in longer than was necessary for his own pro-
(Hear, hear.) Looking to the position of these two men, not they intended to do anything. The Government ought fit, and directions had been given to inquire into his con-
it appeared to him that they had not got justice at our not to have assented to the appointment of the committee duct. The woman also complained that she had been put to
hands.. (Hear, hear.) They were not there to judge of unless they intended to do something. It was not fair to the some expense for the keep of the man in possession, and that
the officers or of the board of commissioners at Chelsea, soldier that his life and health should beentrusted to men also would be inquired into. After this statement he (the
but to say whether these two gentlemen, who had en- whose position was such as not to offer any inducement to Chancellor of the Exchequer) thought the house would be
trusted to them duties of a difficult and invidious nature, the Most promising young men of the profession to embrace of opinion that no unnecessary severity had been exercised
had faithfully and ably discharged those duties; and if it- The attraction offered by the East India Company and towards this poor widow, (Hear.)
so, whether the country ought not to give them some mark the great steam-packet companies must take away all the Sir G. PECH ELL was glad the right hon. gentleman
of approbef •i? (Hear, hear.) first-class men from the army. He trusted that the hon. had given this explanation.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said he was sure this question was gentleman the Secretary of War would, either in committee The bill was read a third time and passed.
one which interested the house, and deeply interested the or on bringing up the report, state what the intentions of Tha Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was road a third
country. (Hear.) At a moment of great tn%iety these two the Government were with regard to the army medical time and passed.
gentlemen were sent to conduct an inquiry of great diffi- department. The Customs Duties Bill, as amended, was considered,
mite'', and no persons had ever been Sent to conduct such Sir DE L. EVANS, as a military man, begged to offer and ordered to be read a third time this day.
an inquiry who performed the duty with greater honour his thanks to the hon. member fur the pains he had taken The Indemnity Rill was read a third time and passed.
and honesty than these two gentlemen. His hon. and in connection with this subject. There was no department The Copyhold and Inelosure Commissioners, &c., Bill
gallant friend said it was no part of the duty of the board whose services were more arduous or difficult, and he hid was read a third time and passed.
of general officers to inquire into the conduct of Sir John hope that in the new Parliament at least some satisfactory The order for going into committee on the Municipal
M'Neill and Col. Tulloch, although they invited them to explanation of the intentions of the Government would he Corporations Act Amendment Bill was discharged.
be present during the inquiry. In taking that course the given, as the efficiency of an army before the enemy de- The Racehorse Duty Act Amendment Bill passed
Board acted with perfect fairness ; but he thought Sir J. pended very much on the state of the medical department. through committee.
M'Neill came to a wise decision in not appearing before There was another department that required the grave and The Pauper Maintenance Bill passed through committee.
the Board. Col. Tulloch, actuated by an honouraole feel- serious consideration of the Government, viz., the commis- The Cinque Ports Act Amendment Bill passed through
ing, took a different course but he thought he wouldhave sariat. It had been in a most unsatisfactory state before committee.
better consulted his own dignity if he ha I followed the ex- the late war, and he much regretted to hear that the THE INCOME TAX.
ample of Sir J. McNeill. The question now before the establishment had now been reduced even lower than it Mr. MUNTZ, who had a notice on the paper to move
house was whether the services of these men had or had was then. A member of the force, Mr. Pomery, had lately resolutions to amend the mode of assessing the property
not been recognised in the manner they deserved to be. He published a bock on the subject, and he stated it would and income tax, said he thought, at that time of the night
bad heard there was some understanding when these gen- not be in a satisfactory state until it was made a military and in the present state of Parliament, he should best con-
tlemen went out to the Crimea that some military honour a instead of a civil department, with the exception of the sult the feeling of the house by saying he should not now
would be conferred on them. The noble lord shook his accounting department. Such was the case in India ; and bring forward his motion ; but if he happened to have a
head, from which he inferred that that was a mistake. He in the Crimea, with the consent of Lord Raglan, he had seat in the next Parliament he should certainly bring it
did not mean to say that the noble lord was unwilling to attached three or four military officers to the commissariat forward.
do justice to these gentlemen • but he must say that their of his division. He had derived the greatest advantage The house then adjourned at live minutes to 11 o'clock.
services had not been acknowledged with the oe omptnese, from their services • but of course when the army came
of the generosity, or to the extent with which they ought before the enemy they returned to their regiments. A
to be. He heard with regret the answer of the noble lord military hint transport corps could not possibly work well
to the hon, member for Liverpool, because when he saw in conned) e n with a purely civil commissariat. Whh re-
that question on the paper he considered the hon. member gard to the position of the officers to whom the hon. gentle-
had good reason for putting it there, and lie therefore ex- man opposite (Sir J. Fergie a in) had drawn attention, he
pected the answer would be different. He joined his right thought their case deserved every consideration. With re-
hon. friend (Mr. S. Herbert) in asking his right hon. friend gard to the number of men proposed, he considered it was
behind him to accede to the suggestion of his right hon. the dutyof the Government to fix it on their responsibility;
friend with regard to the altering of his resolutions. He and notwithstanding it had been said that the inefficiency
. believed it would answer all the purposes in view, whilst of the army at the commencement of the war was the fault
it would be inconsistent with the forms of the house to of the House of Commons, he could not remember a case
move the amendment of the hon. member for Liverpool as where they had cut down the number proposed by the
an amendment on the resolutions of his hon. friend, they Government. He was satisfied with the number of
being themselves an amendment. men now proposed but ho was not sure that the
Mr. J. E WART said he certainly expected the noble lord amount to be expended for such a number was equally
would have given a different answer than ho did to his ques- justifiable. The number was about the same in 1803-51,
tion. These two officers discharged a painful :nal an arduous but the amount was much larger. He feared that a proper
duty, and did so in a manner which justified the confidence economy was not exercised in all departments; there was
reposed in them by the Government. He could not, there- a large increase in the charge for the staff.
fore, but expres his deep regret that no proper mark of re- Sir J. FERGUSSON expressed his regret that the Go-
cognition hat been bestowed on these officers. There was vernment were not prepared to carry out the recornmenda-
a strong feeling in the country on the subject, and the tion of the committee of last year, that there should lee, a
country would not be satisfied till some recognition was second assistant-surgeon appointed to each regiment.
given of the valuable services which these gentlemen ren- Col. NORTH had also been a member of the committee,
dared to it. He was quite willing to adopt the suggestion and hoped that, at all events, in bringing up the report of
which had been made, as it expressed the wish he felt on supply, some explanation would be given of the intentions
the subject. of the Government.
Mr. PALK said he should also consent to the proposed Mr. F. PEEL said the only explanation he could give
• alteration. was that the state of themedical department still continued
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the resolution to occupy the attention of the Government. There had been
put in the form suggested by Mr. S. Herbert. a large increase in the number of medical officers, and it
No member having risen, there were loud calls for a di- was intended to appoint a s ,cond a sistant-surgeon to each
vision, when regiment; the charge for the department had increased
Lord PALMERSTON rose and said —I was in hopes we nearly 40,0001. over what it was EOM': years back. It was
should have a more distinct expression of the opinion of true that the charge for a given number of men this year
the house on the proposition of my hon. friend, but if lam was higher than it had been in former years, but the dif-
to infer from the calla for a division that the house is in forenco was owiug to the increase in the number of officers
favour of the motion—(loud cries of "Hear, hear") —I cer- and non-commissioned officers. In 1854 the right hon.
tainly should not wish to stand between the house and the gentleman the member for Wiltshire (Mr. S. Herbert),
accomplishment of its desire, which I believe is prompted when Secretary at War, increased the number of companies
by generous feelings and the interest of the public service. in each regiment from 10 to 12; ho stated at tho time it
(fleae, hear.) Nobody appreciates more highly than I do was intended to be a permanent addition, and the Govern-
the services of the gentlemen to whom this motion relates. ment did not intend to make tiny change. Two additional
(Hear, hear.) I thought we had offers I to them a more battalions of infantry had also been rai3 d during the war
--one of the 60th Rifles, end another of the Rifle Brigade;
natural and appropriate aclinoelolgment of those services,
but if the house is of a different opinion, I certainly shall these two measures had much increased the number of re-
offer no objection to the accomplishment of its wishes. ginsent 11 officers, and consequeutly the expense.
The motion was then agreed to. The vote was then agreed to.
PROMOTION OF NON-COMMISSIONED On the vote of 1,467,0001. for pay and allowances for the
OFFICERS. land forces,
Sir J. FERGUSSON begged to call the attention of the Sir DE I. EVANS said the item under the head of staff
house to the present position of non-commissioned officers appeared to him unnecessarily large. He thought no gene-
who had been promoted to commissions in the army der- sal officer ought to require more than one aide-de-camp on
ing the war. Not long ago a great cry had been raised home service.
for promotions in the army, in which the consideration of Mr. PEEL sail the increase in the general staff arose
merit was to enter more largely than had hitherto been from the distribution of the regiments in this country in
divisions and brigades.
the case, and in deference to that cry promotions from
the ranks to be officers were allowed. At first there was Mr. J MA.CGREGOR thought the Government ought
great difficulty in getting non-commissioned officers to to take into their s-riJIIS consideration the case of officers
accept commissions, because it obliged them to leave a wl o had been promoted from being non-commissioned
sphere of life in which they had spent many years and en- officers. He knew distinguished non-commissioned officers
ter upon another which entailed expense without adequate who had refused to accept higher rank on account of the
means to meet that expense. He knew one case in which pecuniary difficulties in which it would involve them.
eight non-commissioned officers refused the offer of a corn- The vote was then agreed to ;as was also one of 181,0001.
mission. That reluctance, however, wore away during the for the miscellaneous charges of the land forces at home
and abroad.
war; when promotion, in consequence of the numerous
9n the vote of 11,000/. for the volunteer corps in Great
casualties which occurred, was more rapid,- and the men
bad larger allowances. But in a time of peace those men Britain,
Sir J. PAKINGTON said this vote afforded him an op-
who accepted commissions were in a worse position than
the non-commissioned officers, because they had to meet portunity of making an appeal to the Government with
young men who entered the army with private means, regard to the yeomanry cavalry, whose efficiency was, it
The consequence was that they maintained a great struggle appeared, to be impaired by their not being assembled for
to keep up their position in the service. The whole cost duty during the present year. This economy with regard
of a nen-conewissioned officer of the line was 6e. 6d., and to the yeomanry cavalry had nothing to do with the in-
his pay was 14s. 7d. a week, so that he bad over 8 e to creased expenditure, the small expense required having
spend on his family. When he received an ensign's com- been cheerfully defrayed for many years, and the corps
mission, his pay was 1/. 15s. per week, from which at least having been called out every year, in greater or less num-
4s, a day was deducted for mess expenses, which left him bers, ever siece the year 1815. The whole expense in
only 7e. to provide himself with clothes, shoes, a servant, former years was only 88,000!., and 28,0001. being the
amount now asked for, the saving to the country would be
and the subscriptions he was obliges! to make to the regi-
only 60,000/. This Laving was effected by the omission of
went. He was also exposed to greater expense than he
two items, 22,000/, for clothing, and 40,0001. for pernea-
could afford when the regiment was ordered to the code- two
duty. He put it to the Government whether it was
nies, and the consequence was that many sol 1 out rather
w
than go to the expense of taking their familiee with them worth while, in order to effect so small a saving, to risk
abroad. It was true that the illustrious personage who of impairing the eciency of a force which hat so often ren-
now presided at the Horse Guards did what he could to de, ed sit to the civil power.
Le' d PA.LISERSTON could assure the right hon. baronet
ameliorate their position by making them adjutants or
(Sir J. Pakingtoo) opposite, that if he had been with him
quartermasters of militia regiments. If they sold out they
and his colleagues when they wet e settling the estimates fir
got 450/., that being the price of an ensige's commission ;
the year, lie would not have spoken of 60,0001 as an in-
but 4501. only brought an interest of 18/. a year; whereas
the pension of a non-commissioned officer was 'ls. fie. a considerable sum. The Government had been obliged more
day, or nearly 50/. a year. Whet be submitted was, that than once to go over those estimates, in order to keep them
within due boon is. Hence they I lel been obliges! to post-
non-cornmissioned officers should not be promoted for acts pone many things which it would perhaps have been better
of mere gallantry performed in the heat of the moment ;
at once to have been taken in hand and attenled to. Hon
bat whenever a man was pro.no',ed from the r tnks for dis-
tinguished services, something in the nature of a good members were however quite inistakenif they thought that
service pension, which need net amount to more than 50/. the Government undervalued the great importance of
a year should accompany the promotion. Ho thought that maintaining intact the yeomanry system. He corPi-
a man who had been offered and accepted a commission dared that system an important element in the orgsni-
should be enabled to maintain himself and his family in his sation of4the national defences. In the event of any un-
new position. He was not for an unnecessary army ex- expected and urgent call requiring the immediate absence
pendlture in time of pea but the why r lessen that ex- of the regular army from this country, the yk rrnanry would
pentliture was not by cutt ng down the rewards of those pelf() m a great portion of their duty. Hence, if he did
men se ho were struggling hard to maintain their position. cot propose to cell oat the yeomanry during the present
year, it was not thorn his undervaluing their services, but
THE ARMY ESTIMATES. because the Government desired to save in every possible
Tho house having gone into committee of supply, item the national purse.
Mr. F. PEEL s-id that in proceeding with the motion The vote was then agreed to, as was also the vote of
on the army estimates, it was not his intention as the 61,0001. on account,Secretary of
, for the departments of
committee was aware, to invite them to agree to the whole 5e ate for War an I the General Commanding-in-Chief.
of the estimates which they assumed would be required to On the vote of 125,010/., on account, for manufacturing
carry on the service of the army through the ensuing departments and military stores,
financial year. Considering the circumstances in which Mr. SPOONER called the attention of the committee to
the Government and the house were placed he proposed to the fact that public money had been expended in erecting
follow the course which had been adopted with regard to machinery which was to have enabled the Government to
the navy estimates, and to ask only for so much money as elect a great saving by dispensing with manual labour.
would meet the payments which would fall due in the He had been informed, however, that in fact the Govern-
course of the next four months; and as the major part of ment had been bribing workmen to le we their employers
each P
vote would have to be submitted to the new erlia- by the offer of higher wages, such workmen performing
ment, and as even the money voted on account would have the very operations which it was alleged were to be done
to be re-voted, as he understood, he thought he would best by machinery. He also complained that in some cases
consult the convenience of members if he abstained from arms had been furnished by manufacturers to Government,
entering into details on the present Government occasion with regard to which the had refused to pay for according to
the various items and services comprised in these votes. the agreement which they had made.
With regard to the vote for the zember of men he would Mr. PEEL said that it had been necessary to hire work-
have to adopt a different coursen cause the number was men for a time, while the machinery to which the hon.
the same, whatever amount of money
rtie
might
i be
granted, member had referred was being set up. He thought that
and ho would therefore take the vote
entire year. the hon. member was not accurately informed with regard
The number he proposed to ask the committee to sanction to the manner in which Government had hired workmen.
was, 126,796 ; the number voted last year
119,920w0as r,i3n round
246,716, With regard to tl.e arms to which allusion had been made,
showing a reduction in the number of
numbers, 120,000. This reduction was made upposed ?her elanne- the Government found upon inspection that they were not
tions in all the various services which corn in accordance with the specification.
forces. In the case of the Guards and infantry, the re-d After some further conversation the vote was agreed to.
duction would be 78,510 ; the number last year was The following votes were then passed :
162,573, this year it would be 84,063. The reduction was 111,000/. for wages of artificers, &c.
RO,OOO/. for clothing and nee. roariec
effected by the diminution of the number of rank and
1999y:ta0001/..
ffoorr
wpr,orysistoiorness,foforrlaagned,
file in each regiment, last year the regiments in the
&a.'n. d sea service. Upon
Crimea had 2,000 rank and file, the other regiments at
home or in the colonies, exclusive of those in India, thie
ofliflre• aland. CHAMBERS asked for an account of the sales
1,200. It was proposed that every regiment, exclusive
articlesan had been disposed of as old stores
of those in India, should be reduced to a uniform estab- stated
thatman superfluous stores, observing that it had been
lishment of 840 rank and file. The cavalry would be which were usefyul so sold hal been fur-
reduced from 16,820 to 9,325, making a reduction of 7,49 S. nish id again under etwacoomnetraecvtesn.
account was given up to the end
This was made up by reducing thenumber of troops in each Mr. PEEL said a
une ,but 1, was most unlikely tffihnantl
regiment from eight to six, and the rank and file from 640 of last year. There woulda
aten
yin p
of urtrinoins hoifntgh the
eso
be no difficulty
II 350. The artillery and engineers would be reduced from ace, - • t
28 2e
, el to 21,124. In the Military Train and Hospital old stores had been re-supplied. to the Government under
Corps there would be a reduction of 8,191. The remain- new contracts. •
der of total reduction was made up by 21,790 of the foreign 8?,0.0'. for fortifications.
legions disbanded in the course of last year. The commit- 231,0001. civil buildings and barracks.
tee might be c
the course of
trine
to know whether there bad been in 76 00 I. for educational and scientificbranches.
of 120,000. Ite Past year a real reduction to the extent 9,0001. for rewards for military services.
effective men hawdall not the case that such a number of 31,6001. for pay of general officers.
en discharged. In the ewe of the Land Iho,ooo/. for pay of reduced and of retired officers.
Transport Corps the Foreign '
actual reduction of 30,000 oLegion, there was an 63,0001. for pensions to widows of officers and
0,000 men, leaving about 91,000 to be sionate allowance. compas.
accounted for. The number voted last year for Guards, 11,000/. fu •
r pensions and allowances to wounded officers.
cavalry, and infantry, was 173,000, not including officers ; • •
but there was never ready ar,
effectivell,o 0/. for in-pensioners.
force equal to that 393,000/, for out-pensioners, and
strength. The army was largest
meaaetieinvicea was only
.April last, but at that 47,000'. for superannuationallowances.. time the number in thtehseetelfei
or about 40,000 below 129,857, The house then resumed, and the resolutions were ordered
which left a reduction to be reported to-morrow (this day).
of 42,000 to be accounted for. Fre'rn April last to 14 of
Feb. in this year, 20,000 rank and fileobvaert 12,72 discharged,
to
to bring THE SPEAKER—MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN.
leaving only a balance of something
obe voted for Viscount PALMERSTO V I have to acquaint the
the effective force to the strength prope,el
beck at its terming. house that their address of Tuesday, the 10th March last,
the next year. During the war two re •
guaents of cavalry praying her Msjeety "that she will be roost graciously pleased
to confer some signal mark of her had been brought from In lie and sent
Right Hon. Charles Slaw L f royal favour upon the
tion ; that accounts for 1,360; he anticipated that frome evre, Speaker of this house,
thetheist Feb. to the commencement of the financial for his great eminentandand. services performed to his country
about 10 or 12,000 men would be discharged from tee year for
during the lone
the cheat. of this house; and to ability
u.arnedher
either because unfit for service, or anxious to leave, ands With such di tl misheslepaohript period in which he has
m integrityaiestyptrhe presider]
ai
tn.
then there would remain only 9,000 effective men over the ever expense her Ma j' sty shall think proper to be incurred
number proposed to be voted for next year. With regard
to these men, the course he proposed to take /vas this—ho has,u
epanb3tehnaltaaicacobuenfto;othehiserhous Majesty,owll
tmhaatkehgeorodlatahjeesstaymhea's'
pleased to receive the same graciously, and has cm:-
had received a return showin r that for the ten years end-
ing 1853, when the strength U't. the aernY was 121,532, the
thiciquthaeintwtihsen hoofusehetrhaf!itlhrefrulMcsojmet,vio,n
ueeniraanio4rire' utwpoion the Right Hon.
a nrinal loss from death, discharge, and desertion evi s
some signal mark of he
12,700 men, or rather over 1,0.10 per month. If, there-
not be granted ane secured without favour'C;hhaur Charles
as Shawu.,e sa
mL ee f
co
av
nr e.
fore, they were to reduce the army at once to the
ent, her Majesty. recommends actual strength propos 1 to be tints j, they would
thout thethe concurrence
House
of c o
mo f.
glove compliance to th • • h
have immediately to commencee -creitruer, to meet parii9,,n
ats(uibr
object.
moos to enable her toas
may
be necessa for h
the monthly less; recruiting was a very expeneive mode
cheers. I
.ry eitruewaiesoomLy.
of supplying that deficiency, as every recruit had to be
provided with a kit besides receiving the bounty • he pro- ipilaisssbitangent suchof
tmhea.
posed, therefore, for thepresent to ' s'
I suspend recruitineunti that the house resolve • (Loud •
these 9,000 men were absorbed ; the 0 itself into a ) beg tome •-
these would be that house to-morrow to consider committee of the whole
in about six or nine months theher Majesty's
strength of the Guard. sage,—Agreed to, gracious mes-
cavalry, and infantry would be reduced to the '
number ac- WAYS AND MEANS
tuallynceted. The artillery and engineers were, on the Ist On the motion of Mr. WILSON
, the house
of Feb., about 2,000 above the
strength proposed to be •
vet- itself Into a committee of ways resolved
ed, but would be reduced that number before and mean
the com- resolution that towards making odd the S'
anew Passed a
II supply granted

Fifteen or twenty thousand men thus simul-
taneously assaulting, in three bodies, the three
principal cities of China Proper, must inevitably
bring the war to a close immediately.
A thoroughly energetic campaign like this, is of
all campaigns, we maintain, the vary one sug-
gedted both by Humanity and by Prudence. It is
the course of proceeding calculated to prove in the
end the most economical. It is the one most
probable to insure the speediest settlement of
existing differences ; and therefore, by reason, the
very one most likely to insure the smallest effusion
of human blood, and the least expenditure of the
lives and treasures of the belligerents.

Therefore it is that we are solicitous at once
and without any further delay whatever to urge
upon the Government the absolut-ly imperative
necessity of prosecuting, with the utmost energy,
the New War originated by the Chinese—provoked
by their faithlessness, precipitated by their inso-
lence, and aggravated by their inhuman bar-
barities, their incendiarisms, poisonings, and
assassinations.

An insulated attack upon Canton musi, if per-
sisted in, be simply cruel, because wholly ineffec•

tual. Jacta fuisset ales—but it would be alto-
gether wide of the mark aimed at. If we want
the blow to " tell" we must take care, above all
things, that it is properly directed—that it is
directed judiciously, energetically, and sagaciously.
Remember the old war-song of our forefathers,—
" Britons, Strike Home 1" When driven t 3 the
necessity of waging war against an enemy, ntt
merely strike—but Strike Home ! Undertake no
Little War, of course, under any circumstances.
Against that evil have we not been solemnly
warned by the greatest of alt our warriors, or, at
least, of all our Military leaders, our NELSON of
the Land, ARTHUR Duke of Wellington ? But in
remembering, and • not only remembering, but
acting upon, that recommendation, let us not do
so merely by halves! In making Great Wars
rather than Little Ones, let us always, if we can,
make Great Wars Wisely. To which most desir-
able end, in the present instance, we would here
most earnestly insist upon the advisability, on
every account, of our forthwith assailing China,
not simply at Canton, but at Canton and
Pekin and Nankin simultaneously. Directing
against the enemy not merely some five thousand
of our soldiers—but, at the very least, some
fifteen or twenty thousand Not only sending
against our old antagonists of the Flowery Land
a solitary squadron, but a grand and over-
whelming fleet—and a fleet aided by our already
well-prepared, and at present wholly idle and use-
less, armament of gun-boats and floating-batteries.
Supposing we really and without any further
delay, and with the utmost possible energy and
determination, act according to this programme.
Supposing we despatch forthwith from home,
from Bombay, from Calcutta, by way of Pulo
Penang, through the Straits of Malacca, round
by Singapore—a really efficient and sufficient ex-
pedition. Supposing we direct one portion of it,
as we are actually doing at present, against Cari-
llon, sending our war vessels with their freight of
soldiers up the Bocca Tigris, the estuary
of the Pearl River, or Choo-Kiang, to the
scene of the attack conducted by Admiral SEY-
MOUR. Supposing we direct another portion of it
against Nankin, sending it thither along the
broad current of the Mississippi of China—the
great river of the Yang-tsze-Kiang. Supposing
we despatch yet another at the very same
time against Pekin, up the Pei-ho River,
after traversing the Eastern Sea and the
Yellow Sea and Gulf of Pe-tohe-li. Supposing
this bold and triple blow to ba struck simultane-
ously. Tho Chinese war--with the least procras•
tination, and the least bloodshed in the end, and
the least expenditure at all practicable—would be
very soon terminated ! And England has only to
will all this, to do it ! She has a- heroic army at
her command, in a perfect state of efficiency. She
has a ffilly equipped flotilla of gun-boats. She
has steam-power at her command to any amount
that may be required. She has a maritime force
such as never before floated upon the deep. She
has every conceivable requirement. She has the
disposition at home to carry on the war Imergetio
tally--a disposition at the present moment ani-
mating, even to enthusiasm, the whole of the
vast majority of her population. And at the
Head of her Affairs, directing the machinery
of her Executive, presiding over the Councils of
her Government—she has, happily, at this moment,
the most resolute, the most energetic, and the
most patriotic of her Statesmen. We look con-
fidently therefore, be it said, for the immediate
adoption of a policy in regard to this new War
with Chiva consistent with the course we have
already indicated.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Mathews., Stage Manager, Mr. R
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
Last Six Nights of the present Season.
The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening,

and Mr. and Mrs. Keeley.
Last 6 Nights of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
nost magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
TIIIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform the
popular Comedy,

It were preposterous to argue for an instant
that it is a course wanting in any way either in
humanity, in economy, in prudence, or in mode-
ration. It
.is, on the contrary, to our mind,
as we have before insisted, of all projects the one
most obviously dictated by each of those very
considerations. Recollect the empire whose want
of faith, whose unprovoked insolence, and,whose

ALSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
This Evening, with its manifold romantic equestrian
effects, invented .1, Mr. Wm. Cooke, the operatic drama of
ROB ROY, with the original music, the last week of its
performance. Rob itoy, Mr. James olloway.
After which, the Equestrian EVOLUTIONS in the
ARENA.

wholly wanton brutality, have kindled anew the
flames of another great war in Asia, is not by
any means "unworthy of our steer' by its insigni-
ficance. It is an Empire whose sway extends
over 4,500,000 square miles—in other words,
over more than a quarter of the whole area of
the Asiatic continent, or more than a twelfth of
the whole of the known land in both hemispheres !
It is an empire having
a population of some
350,000,000---or otherwise to express it, at the
very least, a third part (if it be not actually more)
of the entire human family It is an Empire
beyond all other empires—considered is relation
to the compact vastness and the prevailing fertility
of its gigantic dimensions ! For, although the
British Empire and the Russian Empire are really
larger than the Chinese Empire, which is the
third power in the world in territorial extent—.
Russia comprises among its dominions frozen
plains and barren steppes of enormous magnitude!
England having her vast colonial possessions
scattered far and wide over the whole habitable
globe—over Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Aus-
tralia, Polynesia I While China, on the contrary,
besides being the most fertile and populous coun-
try in the world, is bounded solely by her own
natural geographical boundaries—by the frontiers
of the Burmese Empire and Tonquin, by the Ye
chain of mountains and the mountains of Thibet,
by the Desert of Gobi and the waters of the
Pacific !

To conclude with the equestrian harlcquinade called PAUL
PRY ON HORSEBACK,

Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 1/., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Vox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghinans, It, Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corii, Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Rime; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
(Joni; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
Director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre►
rely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.

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Renov ETER, 29.70—foiling.
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L);. DON, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1867.

As we have been long-suffering and moderate
in our conduct hitherto towards the Government
of China, in spite
of all its irritating obduracy.,
its barbaric arrogance,
and it 3 consistent and sys-
tematic turpitude—let us, at least, now that we
have at length drawn the sword in vindica-
tion of the Honour of the National Flag, of
the rights of the property, and, above all,
of the security of the lives of our remote fellow-

The energetic prosecution of the War with China
is the course obviously dictated by Humanity not
less than by Prudence.

Fifteen or twenty thousand men, properly di-
rected, would at once bring the conflict to a con-

...
elusion.
Supposing, for example, Viat is to say, that our

citizens—let us at least, we repeat, " strike home"
with it, promptly and energetically I That Fiag
has been grossly outraged—that property has I
been wantonly destroyed—those lives have been
barbarously and inhumanly sacrificed. All which
crimes must be expiated by their perpetrators,
and so eipidted that England shall have the best
security against their repetition. Wherefore it
is—again we repeat—that, viewing this new war
with China in its true aspect, we do earnestly
demand at the hands of Lord PALMERSTON and of
his Government its rapid and energetic prosecii-
tion. Demanding this again and again, be it
said, in the name of Humanity and of Prudence.

ATESII NqWS " •

News from Cireassi.a has be-n receive] to the
effect that the Cirecvsians have iig.iin beaten the
Russians in a battle on the 17.ant.:s of the Laba.
The Russians were driven back over the river, with
the loss of 400 men, 4 pieces of carthou, and their
baggage. The Russians are seeking to take pos-
session of Chukla ; its sovereign has demanded the
interposion of the Sultan.

MARSEILLES, MARCH 12.

Nerimon Khan and Milzx Ebo] Khan, the bear-
ers of the treaty signed at Paris by Feruk Khan,
sailed this morn7ns'for Constantinople.

Yesterday the House of Commons undid by
oue magnanimous vote the whole of the miserable,
bungling, and complicated Farce of the Chelsea
Commission. As How 'I By agreeing unani-
mously, or at any rate without any division, to
this very significant resolution :—" That Sir
JoaN M'lsl-Eur, and Colonel TuraLocH ably fulfil-
led the duty entrusted to them of inquiring into
the arrangement and management of the Commis-
sariat Department ; and that, considering the
able services rendered by Sir JOHN MWEILL and
Colonel TULLOCH, as Commissioners in the Crimea,
the high testimony in their favour by Her MA-
JESTY'S Government, an humble Address be
presented to Her MAJESTY, praying that some
especial mark of approbation be conferred
upon them 1" So—Justice has been at
length done effectually, though tardily,
by the Representatives of the People, to men
whose good services to their country have been
grossly overlooked and depreciated by the Advisers
of the SOVEREIGN ! Men whose eminent services
have not only been overlooked and depreciated,
but who have been themselves actually insulted
as well as unrewarded ! Insulted by the vulgar
offer of the bounty of 1,0001. a-piece ! A
species of recompence coming literally within the
same category, if not absolutely as that including
what is called " blood-money," at any rate as that
embracing within it items such as the cash given
to an Informer, or the free pardon accorded
to a Queen's Evidence I And yet a species of re-
ward that Ministers, wonderful to relate, actually
had the effrontery to proffer to gentlemen of dis-
tinguished character—one of them an eminent
officer in her MAJESTY'S Army, the other an able
and veteran Diplomatist. Happily, however, as
we have seen, this insulting bounty having been,
as a matter of course, scornfully declined by Sir
JOHN M'NEILL and Colonel TuLLocu—the House
of Commons, exercising its high prerogative, has
at length come in to the rescue, tardily, it is true,
but effectually and magnanimously. At the in-
stance, it ought to be remembered, of Mr. PALK's
original motion as amended by the Right Hon.
SIDNEY HERBERT ! So that the services of the
Crimean Commissioners have at last been formally
recognised by the popular branch of the Legisla-
ture ; and not only this, but that recognition of
them has been accompanied by the recommenda-
tion of the whole case to her MAJESTY, with a
view to the ultimate and fitting reward of Sir
JOHN M'NEILL and Colonel TuLtoca by the
SOVEREIGN.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 4.

Admiral Lyong, in an order of the day, has
pointed out the order of departure of the vessels of
his squadron from the Bosphorus.
They are to leave in succession, and repair to
Malta, where they will all assemble before proceed-
ing to England.

Admiral Lyons himself will leave Constantinople
on the 15th, in the Royal Albert, at which time
the only vessel remaining will be the Miranda, at-
tached to the service of the English embassy.

The journals of Constdnt'nople sta'e that the
Council of Ministers have approved of the statutes
of the new Bank of Turkey.
There is a clyinge of Ministry in Alexa,udtia.
Achmet Pacha takes the Department of the In-
terior, Abdul Halin Pacha that of War, and Mus-
tapha Bey the Finances.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 2.
A Russian corps of 3,000 men had been received
with enthusiasm at Tabriz.

It is to be regretted that this decision, this
generous and just decision of the House of Com-
mons, was retarded as much as it could possibly
be retarded by her MAJESTY'S Ministers, and par-
ticularly by the Noble Viscount the First Lord of
the Treasury. Vainly, we rejoice to say—but
we grieve to observe at the same time most per-
versely and disingenuously. The ease, however,
was in itself altogether so gross and unjustifiable
that—as in the instance of Mr. ROE-
BUCK' s Crimean Cmnmittae—Lord PALMERSTON,
after ungraciously interposing, was at length com-
pelled as ungraciously to waive his utterly futile
opposition. At any rate, his yielding in the
matter even thus, is a concession on his part to
public feeling, which is entitled, we conceive, to
recogniti )n. As in a more genial manner we
feel at once that the same is due to the last Act
of Grace of the Doomed, or, as the Leader of the
Opposition calls it, the Moribund Parliament.
The incident ii one, we rest assured, which will
be hailed with particular satisfaction " out of
doors" by all classes of the community.

The Pers*ian army destined to act against the
Affghans hld been reinforced ; and Russia was
seeking to occupy the Khanate of Khoukhand,
with a view to the extension of its frontier to the
English possessions.

The Sovereign of Bokhara, alarmed at these pro•
jects of invasion on the part of Russia, had soli.
cited the mediation of the Sultan to secure the in.
depence of Khoukhand.

ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 7.
Letters from Bombay, of 16th of Feb., mention
that Colonel Jacob had sailed for the Persian Gulf
with 1,000 cavalry and a regiment of infantry.

Dost Mohammed had shown himself favourable
to the mission of General Lawrance. The former
believes he shxll be able to make Kandahar his