The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-14 00:00:00

THE VIENNA NEGOTIATIONS.

Mr. M. GIBSON wished to know if the noble lord at
the head of the Government intended to name any day
for discussing the papers laid on the table relative to the
Vienna negotiations ?
Mr. LA YARD said before the question was answered
he wished to suggest to the noble lord that he should
bring forward his resolutions on. Friday or Monday.
Lord PALMERSTON said the Government bad
several measures of importance in progress. There
were the remaining votes of supply, and two or three bills
of pressing urgency, and he thought it very unreason-
able that gentlemen who could give notice for any day
of their motions should expect Government to put on'
their measures. He was sure his right honourable
friend (NE-. Gibson) could have no difficulty in doing
so, and as for the honourable member for Aylesbury,
(Ur. Layard) he must remind him that he offered him a.
day—(hear)—and an offer once refu-ed could not be re-
newed. But at the same time the forms of the house
did give hon. members a fair opportuaity of bringing
such motions forward.

Mr. DISRAELI apprehended it would be really im-
possible for the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gibson) to
bring forward his motion for an address to her Majesty
unless the Government gave a day for that purpose.
Now he (Mr. Disraeli) begged to call the attention of
the house to the circumstance that he did not
find any precedent, when negotiations had termi-
nated, and the papers had been laid upon the
table, that the Minister himself bad not given
notice to bring before the house the subject of those
papers, and the conduct of the negotiations ; and he
now wished to ask the noble lord if he did not feel
bound to do so ? (Rear.)
Lord PALMERSTON said he had no wish to throw
any impediment in the way of hon. members who wished
to bring forward motions or to take the sense of the
house on any matters of a very pressing nature, and it
would be in the power of any bon. member who had
any important questions to bring forward to do so.
It was impossible to answer those questions‘ off-hand
without notice, but he could assure the right
hon. gentleman, that as far as was compatible with the
forms of publio service, there was nothing but willing-
ness—he might say a desire—that the sense of Parlia-
ment should be obtained at an early day upon matters
of such great importance.

Mr. DISRAELI—Then the Noble lord does not pro-
pose to name any day himself ?
Lord PALMERSTON—No.
REFORM OF CORPORATION OF LONDON.

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In reply to a question from Mr. LABOUCHERE, _ .
Sir G. GREY stated it was the intention of her Ma-
jesty's Government to introduce a bill for the reform of
the Corporation of the City of London at an early day.

SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
METROPOLIS.

Lord EBRINGTON, having no desire to impede the
public business, postponed his motion relative to the sani-
tary condition of the metropolis, and to the urgency of
enabling the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers to
turn to account the two months remaining available for
the execution of preventive and palliative works before
the hot weather rendered imminent the outbreak and
spread of epidemic di.orders.
CUSTOMS DUTY BILL. . _ _

After a few words from Mr. M`GREGOB and Mr.
HEYWOETH against the bill, the third reading was agreed
to without a division.

.E;.th.T-I-LEA-P.lO-1;1•OF SPIRITS FROM MALT.

In answer to a question front Mr. GROGAN,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated
it was his intention shortly after Whitsuntide to intro-
duce a bill for the permission of distillation from malt in
bond, and to extend to sugar the same regulation as
malt, the change to commence from October next.
METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL.
0n the order of the day for the house going into com-
mittee on this bill
Sir B. RA-LL ' •
binillantoy interfere
said it was not his intention by this
with the principle of Hobhouse's Act, or
be proposed, was modify it. Amongst the alterations
cation for vestryteetn°f altering the amount of qualifi-
Under Hobhouse's i'
the metropolitan districts.
401. in the metropolitan tet the qualification was
some of the districts there were but he found that in
few 401. houses, in corn-
' parison with others of a lessevtael
1
in such parishes where the 401.1t' and
he
nificant portion of the rateable proposed that
_ouses formed an insig-
la°llls" the qualilcation