The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-20 00:00:00

MARITIME LAW.

Mr. RICARDO wished to ask the President of the
Board of Trade, whether any dispatches have been
transmitted to that department from the Foreign-office,
containing information or statistics bearing'on the work-
ing of the Maritime Laws of the United Kingdom, and,
if so, whether he will lay them on the table of the house ?
alsO, whether any inquiries on these subjects hive been
made„ by the Board of Trade of the British consuls,
"aligh the Foreign-office.
334' rzlIEN11)BY said, questions had been transmitted to
rn—ation consuls abroad, requesting them to furnish infer-
-11 in. a particular form ; and to those questions
som. e few answers had been received ; but the answers
only related
in 1851. It the operation of the law in 1850, and not
and not ,__.Best ofthe answers merely conveyed opinions
opinions 7, ;,.and it was remarkable that some of these
of the la. ;n• n.q rent views to others of the operation
was no
objection,,,,ionif
toeth hon. gentleman wished it, there
roduce them. (Cheers.)
Mr. LABOTTCRE
RAILWAY pIALGAMATIONS.
R
fished to ask the right hon.
gentleman who had last
Ireessed them a question of
considerable importance to
araaagapinublic. It would refer to
those bills of railway
house
eation which were ex-
pected to come %before the
and the question he wished. to ask was whether th
at no distant period,
right hon. gentleman find given
, the subject his e
considera-
tion, and whether he would be prepared
to the house the at the pro er
time to recommend
best calculated
course which PA
d to him to be the calculated for the house to
peered
in reference to the bills, with a viewof ouse to
pursue
parties concerned that givin
the public and the at protectiong
which they both desired? (Hear, hear.)
question which th
Mr. HENLEY said the
had put to him could hardly be overrated • • gentleman
, hear.) He
its importance.
department to which he was - e-
tunity, nor had the
of these
con-
nected, of considering the details
to the public at large.
That except that which was open
published in the.
That was the parliamentary notices .
those notices that
Ga4ette, and it was quite clear from
at least arge schemes of railway amalgamation were
..
con-
templated. (Rear, hear). He had given such attention
would
notices as he had been able, and he thought it
be `the daty of the house—so far, as he could see his
way at • with
Pres** to appoint a committee of inquiry,
the-view of devising the best means, either by standing
order or otherwise, of enabling. the house to consider
and . deal with such lt
ne4guree. (Hear hear).
we4lel be the duty , of_ the . house

sake of the parties themselves, as for the
public, to take care that these great steps of amalga•
oration were not taken unadvisedly. (Hear, hear.)

DIPLOMACY.

Mr. EWART wished to know from the Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs if any steps had been
taken to provide for an educational examination of can-
didates for diplomatic offices.
Lord STANLEY said a system of educational
examination had been drawn up certainly, but it could
not be published yet, as it was likely to receive some
modification. (Hear, hear.)
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to ask the noble lord the
Secretary for Ireland whether, in accordance with an
instruction given by the Minister during the last session
of Parliament, it was the- intention of Government to
propose any alteration in the system of National Educa-
tion in Ireland during the present session 'I (Hear.)
Lord NAAS certainly was not aware of any instruction
of that sort having been given by Government last session,
but he had now to state that it was not the intention of
Government to propose any alteration of the national
system of education. (Hear, hear.) He had further to
state that the Government would see with considerable
regret any alteration made in that system which could
possibly interfere with its efficiency, or was calculated
in any way to deprive the people of Ireland of the bene-
fit of the system as it was now in force. (Hear, hear.)
But, at the same time, if it should seem to any ho-
iourable gentleman on either side of the house that
any improvement could be made in the rules re-
gulating the system, so as to make it more
extended in its operations, by removing the religi-
ous scruples which some parties might entertain to them,
it would of course be the duty of the Government not
only to acquiesce in these improvements, but to assist in
putting them in force with the sanction of the law.
(Hear.)