The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-26 00:00:00

SECURITY FROM VIOLENCE BILL.

The report of amendments to this bill was considered and
agreed to.

OFFICERS OF ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE BILL.
This bill passed through committee.

INLAND REVENVE BILL.
This bill passed through committee.

THAMES EMBANKMENT (NORTH SIDE) BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.

MILITIA PAY BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
OFFENCES (SOUTH AFRICA) BILL.
The Commons' amendments to this bill were considered
and agreed to.
Their lordships adjourned at half-past 8 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--Last Evening.

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
The Buckley Railway, the Launceston and South Devon
Railway, and the Yarmouth Gas,

CHINA.

Lord NAAS gave notice that in consequence of the ab-
sence of the noble lord at the head of the Government,
which they all deplored, he should not bring on his motion

on China to-night.
Sir G. GREY said the noble lord had requested him to
express his regret at his unavoidable absence through in..
disposition, He would therefore postpone his motion on for-
tifications until Monday next, and immediately after that

was disposed of, would proceed with the Tote for the Ex-

hibition building.

CHINESE INDEMNITY.

Col. SYKES asked the Secretary of the Treasury how
it was intended to appropriate the balance of nearly half a
million of dollars of the first Chinese indemnity remaining
in the Treasury, and whether any rejected claims would be
reconsidered ?

Mr. PEEL said no claims would be reopened with re-
gard to the half-million dollars. He imagined they were

paid to meet the expenses of the army.

BERNARD M'LAUGHLIN.

Mr. HENNESSY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether the attention of the Poor .law Commissioners had
been called to the conduct of the Board of Guardians of the
Innishowen Union, in refusing to allow a sick inmate of
the workhouse, named Bernard M'Laughlin, half a pound
of bread, which had been ordered by the medical officer as
extra diet.

Sir R, PEEL replied that the person alluded to was a
pauper lunatic, and the medical officer attending him ordered
him half a pound of bread as extra diet. This, however,
was refused to be given by the master in the first instance,
but ultimately on the remonstrance of the Poor Law Board
it was granted.
EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.

➢Tr. DUNLOP asked the Lord Advocate whether it was
the intention of the Government to issue a commission of
inquiry into the state of education in Scotland, and whether
if se, the putting of the Revised Code in operation in that
part of the United Kingdom would be postponed until the
result of such inquiry be reported ?
The LORD ADVOCATE had some hope that a com-
mission would be issued to inquire into the state of educa-
tion in Scotland ; but he could not say whether the revised
code would be postponed until after that took place.

MARY ANNE WALKLEY.
Mr. DAWSON asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Departmentwhether his attention had been drawn to
the case of Mary Anne Walkley, deceased, and the word-
ing of the verdict delivered by the coroner's inquest em-
panneled to investigate the circumstances of her death ;
and if it would not be desirable and humane to introduce
legislation for the purposes of limiting and defining the
hours of labour in millinery and other establishments where
females are employed ?

Sir G. GREY said his attention had been called to the
subject. He could only repeat what he said the other night,
that it would be impossible to establish a system of regis-
tration applicable to rooms in private houses.