The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

CLEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BILLS.
On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, leave was given
to bring in a number of private bills. The bills were
subsequently brought in and read a first time.
STANDING ORDERS.
On the motion of Mr. GREEN, the following members
were nominated to serve on the select committee on
standing orders, viz., Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley,
Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Thos. Greene, Sir J. Y. Buller, Sir
R. Ferguson, Mr. E. Denison, Capt. Jones, Mr. Wright-
son, Mr. Bramston, and Mr. Thornely.
COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
On the motion of Mr: GREEN, the following members
were nominated as the committee of selection :—Mr.
Sotheron, Sir John Y. Buller, Sir Robt. Ferguson, Mr.
Banhara-Carter, and the Chairman of the Select Com-
mittee on Standing Orders.
PETITIONS.
A large number of petitions were presented praying
for a reduction cf the duty on stage carriages.
Mr. BRIGHT presented nine petitions from different
parts of the country praying the house to repeal the
newspaper stamp.
Mr. WATSON presented a similar petition from the
printers of Hull.
Sir J. SHELLEY presented a petition from the
churchwardens of St. James's, Westminster, expressing
sympathy for the sufferings of our brave army in the
Crimea, and ascribing them to the mismanagement of
the authorities under her Majesty's Government, and
praying the house to withhold its support from the pre-
sent Government, in order that a change may be made
in its constitution, with a view to secure a more vigo-
lOU administration of affairs in the Crimea.
RECEPTION OF THE WOUNDED IN
ENGLAND. •
Myg, begged to ask
Mr. M. MILNES said, in the absence of the right
bon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty, to whom
he had given notice of the q
the naval lord present wheth-uestion, he beg
whether
taken place between the Admiralty
any correspondence had
miralty and the autho-
rities of Portsmouth respecting
glect of such authorities making thete allnecessaryeged ne
iar-
rangement for conveying and succouring soldiers and
seamen who had arrived from the seat of war in the
Himalaya ; and if so, whether there would be any ob-
jection to produce the correspondence!
Admiral BERKELEY said he could assure the hn
gentleman that it was 'tot from any neglect that 4th•e
right hon. baronet (Sir J. Graham) wan not there to an-
ewer the question, as he was sorry to say the right hon-
ourable baronet was so extremely unwell as to be
confined to his bed. With regard to the question of
the honourable gentleman, he could only say that
the an Williams did not belong either to the army
or to the navy, nor was he returned either by the
captain cr surgeon of the ship as being on
board. He was conveyed in the first place to the
Sailors' Home, where he ought to have been re-
ceived, the authorities having no knowledge of such
a person being on board, he having been sent home as
but • -
a distressed British subject. No public correspon-
dence bad taken place on the subject, his right
honourable friend the
~,, First Lord ooff the Admiralty
had written to the uperite
to make the most searching inquiries
u:ttriocengtolestatyer,tldiaet.
requesting him
into the case. It was oiril!yd aen.raitcttenofaj
the surgeon of the ship
laying that the matt Wtti neglect ,d w
Mr. M. MILNE"; said the answerh was i
le ou bc(e)anrfni.ed to
the case of the nt.) but his inquiry
(I)ire..-.1
generally to the sick and wounded soldiers a
When they arzi.tel they WVI.O improperly
calls,:
huddled togtther, aid rn,n wed no eousideration
ever the hand.; Ut ti. CLISLOIfI-iIJUiO :kut!wr; tILH•
Mr. S. EißitlilatT. said, d r2cti if he sail this niat'tr in
the newspaper,', hc lust nu tune in wr:ting to Lord liar.,
ins
begging that be weel.l institute an inquiry into it, buL
he found that his lordship had already done so. lie also
wrote to the Treasury asking whether there was any truth
- in the statement as iar 44 it related to the conduct of the
Ctistona-house officere, and he was told that no such de-
• tention had taken place. He believed the distressing
occurrence arose out of an error. An officer was de-
spatehed to meet the Himalaya with the view of making
the necessary arrangements for disembarking the men,
but before he get back the vessel had arrived in port.

THE PATRIOTIC FUND.
Colonel NORTH wished to ask whether the widows