The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented by Mr. Brady from Ham
o•
.
polis, praying
n ersmith and Bankside, and other
places in the metr
for the repeal of the Sunday Beer Act ,
by Mr. Horaall, from Lancashire, for improvement in
the position of assistant-surgeons in her Majesty's Davy;
by Mr. Roebuck, several petitions, in favour of the mo-
tion he intends to bring forward next Tuesday week ; by
Sir G. Pechell, from a large number of inhabitants of
Brighton against the Sunday Beer Bill ; by Mr. M. Gib-
son from Manchester; against the Limited Liability
Bill.
BOMBARDMENT OF OLD TOWN, CALABAR.
Sir J. ANDERSON rose to ask the First Lord of the
Aaniralty whether her Majesty's Government had re-
ceived any report of the bombardment and destruction,
on the 19th day of January last, by her Majesty's steam-
!p Antelope, Lieutenant Commander Young, of Old
Town, at Calabar, on the coast of Africa, by which the
property of British
d stroyed ; b
—ritish missionaries residing there was
acted, and by whose authority Lieutenant Young
reasons assigned for
such a proceed: were the
Majesty's Governing' and
if
it
was
by
of her
interdicted the inhabitants
that the British Cons
the orders
Consul there had
Sir C. WOOD
counts of the bombard
said the
from rebuilding the town.
he Government had received ac-
place at the request Jilbeent in question, which had taken
for taking that course
treaty Consul. The rea-
sontreaty by which the natives Was that the original
stain from murdering by wejlo7ere bound to ali-
fringed, and consequently, at the "ale had been in- i
erequest of the Consul,
the bombardment had taken piac
PUBLIC HEALTH
In reply to Colonel SMYTH, BILL,
blc Realth
Sir B. HALL said he thought that, onside ring
at the
late peiiod of the session, and that theePOlinst the
Bill stood for tomorrow week, and lookin
fact that the house. had been good enough tgoaallT
should riot
to pass one very important measure and to mere /,,101,;.,n
siderable progress with another, he
be justified in pressing this bill at this
of the session. (Hear, bear) He. proposed
to go into committee pro fornut on Tuesday next, to
insert alterations and move that the bill be reprinted in
order that it might be circulated throughout the country
during the recess. It might be necessary, however, to
introduce a short bill to continue the present Board of
- Health for one year longer, with a medical counsel and
a medical officer.

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THE VIENNA CONFERENCES.
Mr. M. GIBSON wished to put a question to the
Prime Minister. It had been stated publicly in the

circular which Count Buol had addressed to bile diplo-
matic agents of Austria, dated May 25, that considering
the circumstances under which the Austrian proposals
had been rejected, it appeared to the Emperor of Aus-
tria to be his duty to give to the Cabinets of Paris and
London another opportunity of considering the plan, and
the consequences to Europe of itarejection. Count Buol
stated that full explanations of the plan, with the motives
of the Austrian Government, had been commu-
nicated to the Governments of France and England.
He wished to ask if there was any objection to lay before
the house those communications, or any correspondence
that had taken place between the Governments of Eng-
land, France, and Austria relative to the Austrian pro-
posal!
Lord PALMERSTON stated that the Government
had already determined to lay upon the table the whole
correspondence bearing upon the Austrian proposal.
That correspondence was now in preparation, and he
hoped in a few days would be ready to be laid on the ta-
ble of the house. (Hear, hear.) .