The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-08 00:00:00

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING.)
The Sntaireit took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Tlyde Original Gas Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
BILL.

Oa the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. RILDY.A..RD moved as an amendment that the
bill be read a second time this day month.
Mr. CHAPLIN and Mr. HUTCHINS opposed the amend-
ment. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Mr. Beckett, Mr. Lahouchere, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Hen
ley, Mr., Scutt, and Mr. Macgregor supported the
amendment.
The amendment was carried without a division.
PETITIONS.
Colonel SIBTHORP presented a petition from Lin-
coln against the Beer Act of last session.
Mr. lIUTT presented a petition from the Chamber of
Commerce at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, complaining of the
manner in which the transport service is conduted.
LIMITED LIABILITY.
Mr. COLLIER, seeing the right hon. the President
of the Board of Trade in his place, begged to ask him
whether it was still his intention to bring in a bill re-
specting the law of partnership on the principle of limited
liability ; and if so, whether he could give any informa-
tion as to when he would bring it in I
Mr. CARDWELL said it was his intention to move
for leave to bring in such a bill, but he was not prepared
to say whether he should bring it in on Monday or not.
However, he should lose no time in bringing it in.
INSPECTORSHIP OF PRISONS IN IRELAND.
Mr. MACARTNEY wished to ask the Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland whether any vacancy had occurred in
the office of Inspector-General of Prisons in Ireland, by
the death, resignation, or superannuation of either
Messrs. Councilors or Galway ; and in such case of va-
cancy having occui red, at what data the same had been
filled up by the appointment of a successor.
Sir J. YOUNG was given to understand that Mr.
Galway had resigned, and that the vacancy had been
filled up by the Lord-Lieutenant.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Mr. RICH asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if
he was prepared to lay upon the table a copy of the offi-
cial document upon which he founded his statement yes-
terday—namely, that at the time the last reports left the
East there were under arms 28,200 men, independently
of the navy and marine brigades, and exclusive of all
men in hospital, at Balaklava, and elsewhere.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
had made the statement upon the authority of the mili-
tary department, and he would rather sot answer the
question until he had again consulted that department
upon it. (Hear, hear.) As he was on his legs
he would take the opportunity of intimating the
course it was proposed to take with regard to the pro-
gress of public business. If he gathered the general
impression of the house yesterday rightly, he thought it
was the wish of hen. members that no business of im-
portance should be proceeded with until his noble friend
who bad accepted the office of First Lord of the Trea-
sury should have bad an opportunity of submitting him-
self to his constituents. Now, should he be elected, it
was hardly probable that he would be able to take his
seat until the middle of next week ; but it was thought
yesterday that it would be a great convenience, as
tending to the despatch of private business as well as to
assist in advancing the necessary Ways and Means Bill
for meeting the exigencies of the public Exchequer if the
house were to meet from day to day in the meanwhile.
Being, however, anxious not to put the house to that
inconvenience the Treasury had looked carefully into the
matter, and they found that it would be possible to make
_ the necessary provision for the public service, provided
the house did not adjourn for a longer period
after to-morrow than Friday week. (Hear, hear.)
. He should therefore propose to move such an adjourn-
ment, and he would now give notice of the order of busi.
nese for to morrow week. The first subject an the order
Paver, , then, would be the Navy Estimates, then the
'TM, Estimates,and after that the committee on the
.
ei:willaper Stamps. He was happy to say that he now
mend tZ:d- a confident expectation that his right hon.
Vint Lord of the Admiralty would be in his
Plate to.morrs_
would, peter w week to move the Nary Estimates. It
as well
as the
for the convenience of the Speaker
of the usual hour, se
if they met to-morrow at 12 instead
Colonel SIBT.t 'Sumner to 4 o'clock.
ttußle
was right that the house should to know whether it
• period in the present state otulda adjourn for so long a
of supply.
The house then went into ePomitietaffai"!
NAVAL ESTIMATES.
"of 1,615,6001.
On the motion of Mr. COWPER, ~•V•
was voted out of the naval estimatenexcessan
expenditure for the year ending the 81st of
Mr. WILLIAMS wished to draw the attentlis:* of
the Admiralty to a statement which he had received
from from Plymouth, to the Sappers
it out bQing
tz for the
and Miners had been diestreecbt irk-e'datnhaerareber. ofi
provided
been almost starved. Ho wished
with fon l, atal kindness of a few
• townsmen would have t
to know whether such was coirac
The question wal, however, not replied to by any
member of the Government,
NATIONAL EDUCATION. a
bill
Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leer() to bring in
for the promotion of education in England and 11, a es,
which was agreed to.

TAXATION OP MINES (IRELAND).
Mr. J. FITZGERALD brought in a bill to
, •
assimi-
late the law for taxation of mines in Iralaud with the
5..,,. ~Ipw of England.
tj Ilii On the motion that the house do now adjourn,
....., -:''''' c 44. ti.t. :rs"ilonel SIBTIIOR? was understood to amain corn-
Z"4. tp.....--4,1-Eigim 4 the length of time to which it was proposed
....t.',..t.'-4k ;T: .that::44o consideration of the condition of our brave
el-2,:i.lle:734l4tlfosoPiffit the East should be postponed by the long ad-
tot-11::.‘ ~#li-,WWi l'.. pt feat of the house.
f a few words (4\
from ;%11'. G. BUTT, alive to the ,
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