The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-20 00:00:00

THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Sir DE L. EVANS gave novice that immediately after
Easter ho should submit a resolution to the house, that, in
its opinion, it is not expedient for the public benefit that the
City and Metropolitan Police should have separate j urisdic-
tion or place.l under separatß control.
MARYLEBONE AND AN IRISH PAUPER.
Mr. VANCE rose to put a question to the President of
the Poor L.:w Board, respeciiog the deportation of Mary
Brophy, from the Marylebone Workhouse to the South
Dublin Union ? The hon, gentleman read a statement made
by the woman to the effect that when she desired to leave
the Marylebone workhouse she was prevented, great vio-
lence being used, her shoulder dislocated, a straight-
waistcoat placed upon her, and finally removed to Ireland.
Mr. VILLIERS replied that as yet he and his depart •
ment were entirely ignora.A of the case referred to. Pro-
bably the 11(.n. gentleman would put the question another
evening.

Col, I)IJNNE said he had learned that the poor woman
had been sent back and had arrived in London this morn-
ing, a lowing that the parish authorities had discovered
that they had acted illegally. (Hear, hear.)
Sir R. PEEL intimated that the statement of the hon.
Ind gallant member was correct.
THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

Mr. FERRAND asked the First Lord of the Treasury,
whether he would give a Government night immediately
after Easter to enable him to bring under the notice of the
house the present state of the cotton trade, and of half a
million of cotton operatives living in unwilling idleness.
Owing to the extreme urgency of the matter he trusted to
receive a favourable reply from the noble lord. (Hear,
hear.)
Lord PALME!ISTON assured the hon. member and
the house that the mbject to which the question related
was one which must necessarily create great anxiety in
the minds of the Government, and that being so, he
.hould be naturally desirous of giving any opportunity
that might be required for the consideration of the sub
ject. The two first Tuesdays immediately after
Easter were very much engaged, otherwise he might have
et aside a portion of that day for the discussion, but
anxious to afford the hon. gentleman every facility he
should set apart one of the first Government nights after
Easter for the discussion.
PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD.

Mr. LAIRD asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whe-
ther he would have any objection to lay upon the table of
he house any plans, r,ports, and estimates which might
have been laid before the Admiralty in reference to the
proposed extension of Portsmouth Rickyard
Lard C. PAGET replied in the affirmative.
THE EXPERIMEN I'S AT SHOEBURYNESS.
Sir J. PAK INGION asked the Secretary to the Ad •
mirelty whether it was true that, in the trials at Shoebury-
ness on Tuesday last, bl inch iron plates were penetra ed
by shells, and the wooden backing set on fire; and, if so,
whether the Admiralty still intends to build of wood the
five new ships to be plated with iron? (Hear.)
Lord C. PAGET repied that on Monday last very im-
portant experiments took place, not only with Armstrong,
but with Whitworth shells, and undoubtedly these shells
pierced 51 inch plates. As, however, the targets had not
been taken to pit ces he could not furnish the exact effect of
;he shells. Last year, owing to the anxiety of the house,
ho expressed an opinion on a similar subject which was very
much modified on the examination of the targets. He
could not venture, therefore, to express an opinion until the
targets had hoer thoroughly examined. (Hear, hear.)
Sir J. PAKI GTON arguA that his question had not
been fully answered. (Hear, hear.) Had the wood behind
the plates been set on fire and blazed P And did the Go-
vernment intend to continue building the fivo ships speci-
fied of wood ? (Hear, hear.)
Lord C. PAGE r begged pardon that :he had omitted
to reply to the latter part of the question. The Admiralty
had not, in consequence of the experiments last Monday,
altered their opinion with respect to wood versus iron.
THE FRESCO PAINTINGS IN THE HOUSES OF
PARLIAMENT.

In reply to Mr. C. BENTINCK,
Mr. COWPER replied that a commission composed of
eminent artists and others ht.d enquired into the causes of
the deterioration of certain fresco paintings, and they had
reported that they had been unable to discover the causes.
The report would bd laid on the table.
THE POLISH REFUGEE, ABICHT.

Mr. HENNESSY asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, whether the Russian Government recently applied
to her Majesty's Government for information respecting a
Polish refugee named Abicht ; whether her Majesty's Go-
vernment complied with th, t application, and afforded infor-
mation to the Russian Government ; and, whether this
Polish refugee was the individual referred to in a letter of
Earl Russell, dated Foreign-office, Feb. 14, 1863, as " a per-
son lately arrested in Poland as a political agent ?"

Lord PALME tiSTON replied that no application of any
kind had been addressed to her Majesty's Government by
the Government of Russia upon the subject of the refugee
Abicht. Ot course, therefore, no answer could have been
returned to the Russian Government. On the 14th of
January the British Consul at Warsaw sent a
despatch stating that a certain number of Poles
hid been arrested. Oa the 14th he wrote again to
say that a person named Abicht had been found travelling
with a British Foreign-office passport, in the name of Brett,
which had been regularly vieed at Vienna, and the various
places he had passed through on his way from Eng-
land to Warsaw. Inquiries were made how this
had happened, and it was found that in July, 1861, a Mr.
Leverson, of St. Helens, in the City of London, had applied
to the Foreign-office for a passport to Mr. Brett, his confi-
dential clerk, and also for another confidential clerk,
who was to accompany him, but whose name he
(Lord Palmerston) did not recollect, on the ground
that they had important business on the continent.
Mr. Leverson had been communicated with, and a letter
had been received from him dated from Paris, stating that
inquiries had better be mrde of Mr. Brett himself, Mr.
Brett had been written to, but up co that time no answer
had been received. (Laughter.) Probably he had not a
retentive memory ; at any rate he had failed to post a reply.
(Laughter).