The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-02 00:00:00

PENAL SERVITUDE ACTS BILL.

The Lords' amendments to this bill were brought up and
read, and some were agreed to.

THE DANO-GERMANIC QUESTION.

Lord BURGHLEY asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether he could explain the statement which appeared
in the Times of Tuesday, the 28th of June, to the
effect that the President of the Council of the Lower House
of Rigsraad, in answer to a question upon the Conference,
made the following reply : " The Danish Plenipotentiaries
ware instructed to accept the line of demarcation of
the Schlei, and to agree to a fortnight's prolongation
of tho armistice, should England firmly adhere to
that line. Earl Russell promised that neither would
he make a proposal himself, nor support the proposal of
any other plenipotentiary, which would be less favourable
to Denmark, unless Denmark herself should consent to
such new proposals. Earl Russell nevertheless proposed,
in the sitting of the Conference on the 18th, that the ques-
tion should be submitted to arbitration, although Denmark
did not consent to this proposal."

Sir G. GREY said that as his noble friend the First Lord
of the Treasury was ab3eut, he trusted tho question would
not be pressed at present, but that it would be put on the
order for going into Committee of Supply at a later period
of the evening.

TERRITORIES OF THE HUDSON BAY
COMPANY.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,

Mr A. MILLS called attention to the present condition
of the territories claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company;
and moved an address for copies of all correspondence
which has taken place between the Imperial and Cana-
dian Governments respecting the western boundaries of
Canada, and of any memorials forwarded to the Colonial
Office from the inhabitants of the Red River Settlement.
Having drawn attention to the vast extent of the territory
in question and to some of the territorial points in reference
to it, he contended that it should be annexed to Canada, so
to make a great colonial chain of British territory.
Mr WATKINS expressed his strong disapprobation
of the policy of allowing this vast territory to be held by a
mere trading fur company. He said that unless Government
took active steps in regard to this territory it would
dwindle into a mere America settlement; but if the Eriti.h
flag were hoisted over it, it would become one of the most
flourishing of British colonies.
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Mr CARDWELL said that he would offer no objection
to the production of the papers moved for. The subject had
been referred to a committee in 1857, which recommended
that the offer of the annexation of the territory to Canada
provided that colony were willing to incur the expense of
purchasing it. He explained the d ificulty of dealing with
chartered interests that existed for 200 years, and said that
Government would be only too happy to promote the
interests of ale territory and the colony.
After some remarks from Mr LYALL on the colony of
Canada, the motion was withdrawn.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND).
Mr BLAKE called the attention of the Chief Seere•
tary for Ireland to the necessity which existed for
amending the laws relating to the administration of lunatic
asylums in Ireland, and for making better provision for the
care of imbeciles confined in union workhouses; and in-
quired whether he would introduce a bill next session to
remedy the defects complained of.
Sir 8.. PEEL said he did not think there was any need
of further legislation, and replied to various points raised
by Mr B!ake, observing that the subject had not failed to
attract the attention of the Irish Government.