The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-09 00:00:00

PETI rioNs.

Petitions were presented by Mr. Brady from 3lam-
ersmith and Bankside, and other places in the re stro-
polis, praying for the repeal of the Sunday Beer Act ;
by Mr. Horsfall, from Lancashire, for improvement in
the position of assistant-surgeons in her Majesty's Aavy ;
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
Admiralty 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 eteam-
Rldp Antelope, Lieutenant Commander Young, of Old
Town, at Calabar, on the coast of Africa, by which the
property of British missionaries residing there was
destroyed ; by whose authority Lieutenant Young
ini_, and what were the reasons assigned for
u
ee a proceeding, and if it was by the orders of her
aPstY'aGovernment that the British Consul there had
interdicted the inhabitants from rebuilding the town.
Sir C. WOOD
said
the Government had received ac-
counts of the bombardment in question, which had taken
place a
son fort thetakeineqnest of her Majesty's Consul. The rea-
treaty by taking that course was that the original
stain from In which the natives were bound to ab-
fringed, and consequently,
by wholesale had been in-
the bombardment°nsefeuaently, at the request of the Consul,
In reply to Colonel
i3Alaken place.
HEALTH BILL.
Sir B. HALL
szud 11`/Til,
late peliod of the se he thought that, considering the
Bill stood for to-morel"' and that the Public Health
hadveheweek, and looking also at the
fact that the house
importanetn good enough to allow him
to pass one very
siderable progressp with measure and to make con-
be ittoether, he should not
be justified in
of the session. (Hear, h bill at this period
to go into committee pro feema,ear) He proposed
h
insert alterations and move that the Tuesday next, to
ill be reprinted in
coue
order that it might be circulated throughout the countr
b durine. the recess. It might be n
epa y
rrY, however, to
Board of
introduce a short bill to continue the
C
Health for one year longer, with a mediceaelnt
ounsel and
a medical officer.
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 Bun! had addressed to the diplo-
matic agents of Austria, dated May 25, that considering
the circumstances under which the Austrian proposals
hail 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 plait, and
the consequences to Europe of itsrejection. 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-
posall '
Lord PAIMERSTON stated that the Government
bad already determined to lay upon the table the whole
correspondence b.a.rin,upon the Austrian proposal.
That correspondence---* -preparation, at.d he
hoped in a few was now in ..
of the days would be ready to be laid cn tie ta-
blehouse. (Hear, hear.)
THE TE
Mr. LIDDELL A
as - DISTURB-
INCES.
ited whether in cases
outrages committed b
was given to persons nYe, whether
assemblages power
of popular
from the hundred in Waiured to claim compen•iation
mom
l He asked the 4 Suck outrages wer° cora:
enceuraged resticn Whether in Cd,,,;8 Of
that kind,
member of that house. ce its speeches made IT 3
°t " Hear ,"
and "order.) ,hear, ' "chair,
The SPEAKER said the hon. member
permitted to make use of such epre .Icould nct be
was ho aware any member of theta-ens' Neither
blamed for what took place yesterday. ((Tee 1\ ad been
Mr. LIDDELL withdrew the expression,ars;'
ask from what quarter compensation could be 3'
for such damage as that committed yesterday c`t'ed
/ (gear.)
Sir G. GREY said the question of the hon. member
rnber
being strictly a legal one, he declined to answer it in
his place in Parliament. (Hear.)
ORDER OF MERIT.
Captain SCOBELL asked the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Government having repeatedly, during,
the last six months, stated, that it wal intended to in-
stitute a military and naval "Order of Merit," appli.
cable totvLry rank in these services, what is the cause
of a delay so lengthened and ungracious, and during a
period which has been, and continues to be, so remark-
able in instances of conspicuous personal valour in
battle, so worthy of the promised and appropriate dis

tinction, and :
ment of the t' '
The SPE lc it would extend back to the commence-
AvIE
by the hGla R said, in allusion to the question put
•
nion of hit
. . own, and could not, in accordance with the
. member (Mr. Liddell), it contained an opi-
rules of '' ae house, be put upon the paper.
Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Capt. Scobell,
said the t the cause of the delay arose from the necessity
of havi• ng ample time to consider the details and arrang-
ing th, em satisfactorily.
T HE DISTURBANCES IN BELGRAVIA.
Sir !J. PAKINGTON asked whether it was in conse-
quo/ ice of any order given by the Home Secretary there
-firer e no extra police on duty yesterday when the mob
eel .0 derno'iishing the windows of various houses in cer-
tai n neje ibourhoods of the metropolis ? (Hear.)
Sir G . GREY said he should be sorry for the house
-to thin' ic. it necessary such a question should be asked of
:him> ! And he thought it would be hardly necessary for
lim ' to say no such order as that alluded to had been
giv, .n. He had no idea, nor had the chief superintend-
;l
en./ of police that such a sudden turn would have been
to ken with regard to the populace, but as soon as
ll , was known a reserve force was ordered out, but not
' in sufficient time to prevent what occurred. The damage
, complained of was effected within a quarter of an hour.
More damage was done in Tottenham Court-road and
Hampstead-road than in Belgrave-square,Welton-street,
and Eaton-square.
SUPPLY OF CARTRIDGES.
Sir J. SHELLEY asked the Clerk of the Ordnance
whether, previous to commencing the establishment of
the Cartridge Manufactory at Woolwich, the Govern-
ment made application to the paper-making trade for
tenders for the supply of cartridges?
I Mr. MONSELL said that tenders were invited, but
' that under the circumstances it was found advisable to
make the cartridges at Woolwich, where they had to be
loaded.