The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-11 00:00:00

THE OONFERF-NCE.

Mr. DISRAELI—I will take this opportunity of making
as inquiry of the noble lord opposite in reference to the
statement he made last night respecting the costinuanoe of
the suspension of arms. I understood from him that there
vas to be a cootionance of the suspension of hostilities for
as. fortnight dating from to-morrow. I wish, therefore, to
know whether the noble lord can inform the house to what
day the conferee°e is adjourned, and whether that saspen„
Mon of hostilities for the spares of one fortnight wee car
Elected with any conditions which may acoonet for that
particular duration of the armistice.

Lord PALMERSTON—I am Dot able to say at the pre-
sent moment to what day the conference is adjourned. The
particular duration was not coupled with asy condition ; it
was the limit of the saspensioa of hostilities to which the
Danish government were willing to go. Although the other
parties wished for a longer suspension, this Dews were
natiafied with that period.
THE ABILISTICE•

ii,. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether It was understood that no further ertemion of
the armistice would be premed upon Deommk by the Bri-
tteh government in case the conference should not come to
a Goal agreement within the limit. of the additional fort-
night to which the duration of the conference was now
extended. He observed that as istelligeoce with reference
to the coatroom was forwarded to Berlin and telegraphed
back to this oonstry yesterday, before the noble lord could
communleate it to the house, be felt relieved from any
eousideration of *screw by which ha might otherwise have
felt himself bound. He therefore felt at liberty to put his
question.
Lord PA L 11 ELSTON. —I am ready to ens wer anyqueetioe
en
to the fact of the extension of the armistice, or with
✓efersoes to that which has been dam, but I cannot answer
for what may be done by the coalmen*, on the assumptiou
of some hypothetical cam

INSPECTORS' EDUCATIONAL REPORTS.
Lord R. CECIL asked the Vioe•Pnaident of the COM.
mitts, of Council on Education whether he would undertake
that none of the witnesses who might be examined before
the committee oe inspeetots' reports, should suffer any pre-
Wks to their official position sad prospect*, so far as the
ilofHoe wan onecorned, on account of any evidence
which they might give before that committee.
Mr. BRUCE said he believed the noble lord's questioa
arose out of the dismissal of an officer whose eareion. from
his own account of his eooduct, it was not prudent to retain,
Bo far as be knew it bed never been the practice of any de-
partment to allow any officer to suffer for evidence honestly
given M any inquiry affecting the honour of the department.
In the present inefsnos, therefore, the witnesses might give
their ev ideoce without fear. At the same time it must be
clearly understood that that concession was confined strictly
to the limits indicated by the question of the cools lord.
Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to know when the nom•
mattes were likely to sit. He understood th►t the noble
lord (Lord R. Cecil) and the Lord Advocate bad been ap-
pointed assessors. It was well known that the learned Lord
Advocate was daily engaged in the Yelverton can, and he
should like to loan whether the committee were to wait
the settlement of that appeal, or whether any arrangement
had been made.

Mr. BRUCE said the committee had been summoned for
Monday next, end then the necessary arrangements would
be made.

INDIAN PENSIONS.

Mr. A. MILLS said that he undetstood the right hon.
gentleman the Secretary of State for India, last evening, to
Mote, when the question of Lady Elgin's pension was before
the house, that pensions granted out of Indian revenue Ind
sot to be submitted to parliament. He would ask whether
there was not a provision in the act of 1838 nodes which
all pensioos and charges on the Indian revalue were to be
laid before parliament witbia fourteen days.
Sir C. WOOD—No doubt this pension will be laid before
parliament. What I intended to convey was that it was not
necessary that it should be submitted for the vote of
parliament.
QUARTERS OF MARRIED SOLDIERS
Sir H. VERNEY asked the Under Secretor? of State
for War whether the promise made in the last 8001000 of
parliftwent, that the quarters of married soldiers at Alder-
shot should he upstated, had been carried into effect.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON replied that the
arrangement for the improved accommodation of married
soldiers in the different stamps had in some eases bees
tarried out, and in others was in course of being carried out.
Formerly fire or six families were lodged in oats hut, and in
some inatuese the quarters were only separated by mama.
Now, however. • arm of mosey had been taken 08 the esti.
mates for separating thus quarters in • more pertusest
manner. Not more than four families would is future ow
sop, sae hut, and • chimetry would be erected in thee:entre,
se that each (molly might have a reperste devisee.
Although he could not promise the noble harout that the
mosey which bad bees takes was indlleiest to awry out the
saw arrangement is all the amps, still very past programa
had been made