The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

FORCED LABOUR ON THE SUEZ CANAL

Mr. ;sari
whether the Sultan had nosatly ordered t►e Pseha of
Egypt to discontinue tb. supply of forced labour to the
works of the Sues canal ; sod whether her Majesty's (Deem
moot would rapport the Sultan in that determination
Lord PALMEESTON—The hon. gentleman and the how*
are fully aware that some time ago the Sultan gave sa order
that forced labour should be disooritinued is Egypt as i
had law been is every other part at the Turkish *Empire.
The potties engaged in the works of Mt* &az canal peti-
tioned for • prolongation of time. end that has been, I
think, twice granted to Nein sad now they wanted •
further astensioo of two mouths. No doubt it is very much
to be repotted, both in the interests of England and knraest,
when both countries are much in need of settee, that
thirty or forty thousand people wbo could be sedully sod
profitably employed is the cultivation of co►ton should be
employed iu digging a canal through a sandy desert, sad
making two harbours I. deep and sod shallow water. (A
laugh.) I hope that useless occupation will soon be put an
end to.

LICENSED HOIJSES IN THE METILOPOLIS.
Sir J. SHELLEY asked the Secretary of `State for the
Home Departmeat„ whether the government had come to
any determinatioe in reference to an alteration of the law
regarding the regulation. as to the hours at which honeyed
house' in the metropolis should he closed during the night.
Sir G. GREY said he had received straw/ representations
from some parts of the metropolis, that certain public-
houses,liceneed victuallers' houses, and refreshment bcusee,
were kept open during the whole of the night. It was sug-
gested that it would bsdeeimble to make sock an alteration is
the law as would compel the clarinet such bowies Nitwits° the
hours elope and four o'clock in the morning. He believed
that such an Alteration would be of advantage, not cooly to
the licensed victuallers themselves, but &Leo to the public.
(Hear, hear.) The right hoe. gentleman was uoderstood to
say that a measure was in course of preparation on the
subject. -

GARDENS FOR SOLDIERS.
Mr. W. EWART isquired of toe lJnder of
State for War, what steps bad been taken, or were • t
to be taken, to enable soldiers in mmp (or elsewhere. when
it, was possible), to employ themselves in the zultivstloa
of gardens.
The Marquis of HARTINOTON said that he bad little
to add and &Sothis( to retract from the &sewer which he
had Oren to a similar question a few days sines. There
wa.s every dispositioa no the part of the military authori-
ties to employ soldiers is ordeals'. wherever it wee at all
practicable. la Alderebott, Watley, Brighton. Woolwich.
Colchester, and in other places, garden grossed bad Week
appropriated to the me of the soldiers with the most ad-
vantageous results.
GRIEVANCE OF INDIAN OFFICERS.
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to Ce;;;;;;e or the
royal earimuisniee .s saratoriels of lodate rams% and
motel that the hones, having by certain acts pearanteed to
the alters of the late Fast India Company's service that
their admateges se to " pay, pantioas, allowasoss, pritri•
loom, promotion, and otherwise," should be seemed to
them, b.d learnt with regret hem the above re that in
certain eases this mssisses has bees de from, and
wee et opinion that full sad speedy 'spastics should be
made to those who bad suffered by snob departure.
The motion waa secooded by Sir IL FMIQUZAI, sad sup-
ported by General Krems.
Sir C. WOOD admitted that them officers were sealed
to liberal sad handsome treatment, but said that the satire
subject had bees dealt with is ecoordrinee with the sanction
ri the MAIM malhosithe, tadvalai Imam Osumi;