The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

NORTHERN ARMISTICE.

Mr. SANDABlsiiiiiicai c4lFgiailasT, bad the noble
lord the Secretary of Siam for Foreign Affairs been in his
place, he should have asked him the following question—
whether an answer had been received from her Majesty's
ministers at Frankfort aed Berlin, in reply to the proposal
of the Danish government to renew the armistice on certain
ennditigns ' • if those conditions bad been acceded to; if not,
whether this provisional state of peace or war, dspendicif
on sin weeks' notice on tither side, was to be suffered to
continue on the part of England, to the serious hindrance
and prejudice of the true and commerce of the United !CUR-
does. He had on Friday given notice that he would put
the question ;to-day, but as the noble lord was not yet
in his place, he wished to ask the noble lord at the head of
the government—seeing, from the SOLTC•II of public informs-
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tion,-that an armistice tied been 'peed to between Ramie
and Denmark—whether official information on that subject
bad leen received, and, if se, what were the terms and con-
ditions of that armistice ?
Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that no official informed=
had been received. Certain conditions had been proposed
by Denmark. bat whether they had been acceded to had yet
to be learned.
Mr. SANDARS said, that this answer was not satisfac-
tory• that he would renew the question tomorrow evening,
and that if the noble lord, the til cretary of state for
Foreign Affairs, was not in his place to answer it he would
move the adjournment of the house for an hoer to enable
the noble lord to be present. (Hear, and laughter.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said he was not aware, from the na-
ture 01 the notice Co the paper, that the ques*.ion could b•
answered in any more sausfamory manner than he had al-
ready answered it in the atomics of further official in-
formstion. (Hear, heal.)
NAVAL DESPATCHES.
Sir E. BUXTON asked whether Rear-Admiral Sir F.
Collier's despatched, dated September, 1849, inclosing Com-
mander Farquhar's report of his preciedings on the 31st
July, 1849, would be laid before the house prior to going
into the naval estimates ?

Lord J. RUSSELL said the question would be answered
by the First Lord of the Admiralty, when he was in his
place.

THE SARAWAK PAPERS.
Mr. HUME ohs ned tout he had for some time pelt been
expecting papers to be laid on he table respecting the Sara-
wak affair, the more pardculaiy as he wanted to know the
grounds upon which her Majesty's government had ordered
some of the troops to interfere in that matter. The papers
in question had mference also to the lonian Islands and the
Eastern Archipelago, and they ought to be ;pieced before
the house without delay.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not know the reuons
of the delay, but would wake inquiry and have the paper
produced.

DUTIES ON RAW MATERIALS AND MANUFAC-
TURES.

Mr. HUME said there was another return of considerable
importance which hod not yet as been laid on the table ; he
alluded to a return of the duties levied on raw materials and
manufactures.
Mr. LABOUCRERE said the return in question was
very int, ortant ; tha• he was in c immunication with the
B surd of Customs on the subject, and that it would be pre-
pared with all pomade expedition.
SCARIFF UNION.
Mr. P. SCROPE begged to ask the First noble Lord of
the Treasury, wheelie' be had received a letter from
the guardians of the Seariff Union, stating that during
four weeks out it they had been unable to give the news-
say sego( to the peer; that the workhowse was overcrowded,
many bolas
scent to rentals in • shelterlms condition
swim the wane; that 23 persons had been seized with fever
in the probadwery watd in one night; that there was no
milk or bread for the sick is the holvtal; that some of the
sick were withoet shirts ; that the clothing of others was
sally deficient; that the sheriff,' officers had se.zed all the
goods in the house, for debts owing by the union ; and that
the guardians were utterly unable to fulfil the duties en-
joMed on them by law. He also wirhol to a•lt the noble
lord on whom be considered the responsibility rested of
aegoviug the poor ?
L .rd J. RUSSELL said that he certainly had received a
letter from the Scud(' Union, which he had referred to the
poor-law commisslonen in Ireland. I' ha I not, ho sever,
entered into all the particulars just detailed to the house.
It appeared that the numbers redeved in the workhouse in
the week ending the 19th of February was 2,446, and that
out of the house there was a very large number, who ha I
not reamivtd constant relit f. There had been gr, at difficulty
in collecting the rates in the union, and very lane advances
had been made to it. 20,0002. had been adverse,' to it last
Sep.ember, and since the Itate-in-aid Act passed, about
15,0001. more had been advanced. Lately there had been
1,0004. placed at the disposal of the guardians for the ern-
tiOn of • temporary workhouse. There was a rata now in
course of collection in the union of 4s. in the pound, and
Mr. O'Brien, the inspector, had written to say that he
thought Mere was 110S0 improvement going on amongst the
1,009146

Mr. SCROPE vked whether the noble Ind would allow
W ISMS roosived on the subject to be printed 2

Lord 3. RUSSELL replied thet the papers mast be sent
to Ireland first, and that he had no objection to their beir g
afterwards Fisted.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL.
Air W. MOLES WORTH asked whether the noble lord
would certainly bring on the Australian Calculus Bill on
Friday neat?

Lord J. RUSSELL mid he wee about to state that in
giving notice of the financial statement being made at a
teach earlier period this peer than usual, it was the inten-
tion of the government to take v.tes on the army and navy
before that financial statement was introduced. He proposed
to go into the army estimates on Friday, and to take the
first two vet. on these estimates on that day. He would
take** navy estimates on Monday, and he had every reason
to hope that his tight hon. friend the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer would bring on his financial statement on the 'Sat
inst. He proposed to postpone the Australian bill until
Friday, the 22nd inst.

Sir W. HOLESWORTH said that many bon. memben
were eximedincly sauna to know for certain when the
Australian bill would come on. Ho did not want the crest
business of the nation to be postponed for it, but he wished
the precise day to be abaolatsly find.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had named the 22nd inst.,
with some confidence that it would soma on on that day.