The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS---Last Evening,

Mr TREHERNE called attention to the injury which
tte staple trades of Coventry had suffered, and were still
suffering, from the operation of the commercial treaty with
France—and asked the Governwent whether they would
use their influence with the French Government to obtain
the same free admission into France of English ribbons and
watches as was accorded by that treaty, on the principle of
free trade, to French manufactures of a similar description
into England.
Sir J. PAXTON thought that the retention of a duty
upon the impart of ribbons into France was a defect in the
commercial treaty with that country, and urged upon the
Government the necessity of making representations to the
Emperor of the French with the view of inducing him to
remit the impost.
Mr GIBSON would be glad to see a better market
created on the Continent for cheap ribbons manufactured
at Coventry. It could not be said, however, that the
existing rates of duty on ribbons going into France were
exorbitant, though he granted that they steed in the way
of trade in the interior sorts; but he was happy to find that
during the first five months of the present year there was
a considerable increase in the export of British silk rib-
bons. He did not regard the distress that had prevailed
at Coventry as a result of the French treaty, or as that
which it was within the power of legislation to remove.
Her Majesty's Government would be only too glad to see
the same freedom of import existing in France and other
countries that we had permitted those countries to enjoy
here.

Mr NE WDEGATE stated that the depression of the
Coventry trade, consequent upon the new commercial ar-
rangements, had been such as to drive between 11,000 and
12,000 people from the district. He hoped the Govern-
ment would represent to the Emperor that whereas France
had reaped great advantages from that treaty, it was only
fair and just to place English silk goods, and particularly
ribbons, imported into France upon the same footing as
that upon which French goods were received in this
country.

Tte subject then dropped, and the house soon after went
into committee of supply.
Mr H. BRUCE moved the remainder of the vote for
education, and in doing so entered into a variety of statistics
its explanatiln of the distribtvion of the grants, the nuaiber
of schools in opera:ion, the pupils attending them, and the
general effects produced by the new revised code.
A lengthened discussion ensued, in which Mr Adderley,
Lord IL Cecil, Sir S. Norihcote, Sir J. Pakington, Lord H.
Vane, Sir G. Bowyer, Mr Lowe, Mr Lygoo, and Mr Pugh
rook part. and the so..errne.d " Conscience clauses" were
sonmitted to considerable criticism,
Ultimarely ihe vote was agreed to non con,

On the vote of £97,582 for the Department of Seie-nee
and Art, Mr A. S tnoved to reduce the amount by
£l5 000, the sum required for new buildings ; but upon a
~ivision the ameiAltnent was rejected by 131 to 73.
The vote was then agrood to, and the Chairman reported
orortess.

PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL,
S,r G. GREY explameit the Lords' amendments to this
bill, most of which were considered and agreed to.
Mr ii.UNT moved that the house should disagree with
the nest amendment. The clause, as sent up to the Lords,
required that the holder of a licence, when at large, should
be rt quired to report himself within three days of his
►rrival at any place to the head of the police, and subse-
quently once a month. The Lords struck out "once in
each /Leath," and left the queetiou whether the Nome-