The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

CHELSEA. HOSPITAL.
Colonel NORTH rose to ask the Paymaster-General
whether an undertaking was not given by the late Se-
cretary at War, on behalf of the Government, that 120
soldiers' sons should be admitted into the Asylum at
Chelsea, and whether only 50 soldiers' sons had been ad-
mitted ; and what was the cause of the delay, and on
whom the blame of it rested?

Mr. BOUVERIE said the only undertaking by the
Government was that part of the building occupied by
pupils was for 120 children, and he proposed to admit
them into the school. There was a building for the pur-
pose of being occupied by the military schoolmasters,
which was proceeding with the utmost despatch.
BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.

Mr. SPOONER asked whether it was intended to go
into committee of supply that night ?
A reply having been given from the ministerial bench,
in the negative,
Lord PALMERSTON said—lt may be now the most
convenient opportunity for me to redeem the promise
I made en Friday, that I would state, so far as I was
able, the intentions of her Majesty's Government in re-
gard to the various bills which are now before the house.
The number of them is certainly Very considerable ; but
those who have looked at theca with a view to classifi-
cation will see that those children whose fate is to be
disposed of are, in a great proportion, the offspring of
private members ; and those in regard to which the
Government can claim responsibility are, comparatively,
a small proportion of the whole. It is, therefore. with
these only that the Government can deal. Of course,
we do not promise to take 14. upon ourselves to dispose
of bills that have been brought in by private mete/fors ;
and it will be for them to judge, as they are responsible,
how far they think they have a fair chance of carrying
them through, and at what period they may think
it most convenient to proceed with them. There
are of Government measures thirty-three in different
stages of progress, independently of continuance bills,
and of bills sent down from the' House of Lords. I
should only be occupying time unnecessarily by reading
through the list of them. Some of them are mea-
cures which are of comparatively small interest, or whioh
would not give rise to much discussion. There are others
of considerable importance, which the Government con-
ceive it is essential to pass, whatever discussions may take
place upon them. Among these I should mention the bills
upon the subject of limited liability and partnership ; the
bills of my light hon. friend the President of the Board
of Health upon the government of the metropolis, and
upon the provision to be made for the removal of nui-
sances and the preservation of the public health ; and of
course the bill which provides for the transfer of the pro-
perty in Ordnance lands from that board, which has now
ceased to exist, to be vested in the Secretary of State for
the War Department. These measures of course are es-
sential, and we must endeavour to pass them. It will be
best perhaps that I should state those which we think it .
will not be desirable to press on the attention of the
house this session ; and the first will be the Jurors and
the Juries Bill for Ireland, which now stands for the
second reading. The Secretary for Ireland thinks that bill
might stand over for another session. On the same
principle the bill for grand jury sessions in Ireland,
which stands for the second reading, will not be pressed.
With regard to the Education Bill, it 'is generally un-
derstood that all the bills connected with that subject
which stand for the second reading will, if the house
should agree to read them a second time, be referred to
a select committee, not with a view of passing this ses-
sion, but to have the opinion of a committee in regard
to their general and aggregate object. Therefore that
bill, together with the bills of the right hon. baronet
opposite, and of my right hon. friend the member for
Manchester, it would of course be proper to press on to
the second reading, to be referred to the select committee.
Next comes the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. Now,
it was clearly understood, and the Chancellor stated so
in the other house, that that bill should be coupled
with a bill for Church discipline. Various circum-
stances have hitherto prevented the Government from
presenting to Parliament a sufficient and satisfactory
bill on this subject; and at this advanced period of
the session I think it is hopeless to suppose those bills
Could elicit sufficient discussion to justify the house in
passing
them. We therefore do not mean to press the
Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill. (Cheers.) There is,
thee, the Court of Sessions Bill for Scotland, which, al-
though it
has reached a very advanced stage in this
house, gives rise, we know,
of opinion to a very considerable dif-
ference; and in deference to that, we intend
not to press it in the present session. So muchP for the
Government bills in different stages of progress. With
regard to the continuance bills, they are mostly matters
of a mere temporary form. There is a bill for the con-
tinuance of the Metropolitan Sewers Commission, which, ,
of course, will drop, because the bills of my right hon.
friend the President of the Board of Health ould su per-
Bede the present Commission of Sewers, and;render, there-
fore, its continuance unnecessary. There are seven bills
come from the Lords which I hope the house will se-
riously
consider. It is not our intention to withdraw any
of those bills. Then come 36 bills of private members.
There is one bill, the Tenants' Compensation (Ireland)
Bill, which the Government will support, and it is
in a condition from which we hope the house may be dis-
posed to pass it with the amendments and improvements
that may be made. That is as far as we can at present
State it the view of the business before the house, and
I should hope that there yet remains sufficient time in
the session to pass into law those bills that I have not
mentioned as being withdrawn. I may at the same
time say that at this time of the session, considering
the importance of the Government measures still under '
consideration, it will be utterly impossible for her Ma-
jesty's Government to yield to applications that may be
made to them to give Government days for the purpose
of bringing forward the hon. gentlemen's bills or motions,
and therefore those gentlemen who have bills before the j