The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1863.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This Day.

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 12 o'clock, the
required number of 40 members not being secured before
that time.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Morayshire Railway and Putney and Fulham New
Bridge and Pier Bills were read a third time.
On the motion of Mr. MASSEY, it was agreed to that
standing orders 197 and 227 be suspended for the remainder
of the session. That, as regards private bills already re-
turned by the 'louse of Lords with amendments, such
amendments be considered to •morro vf. That when it is
intended to l.topose any amendments thereto, a copy of
such amendments shall be deposited in the Private Bill
Office, and notice thereof given this day. That, as regards
private bilis to be returned by the House of Lords with
amendments, such amendments be considered on the next
sitting of the house after the day en which the bill shall
have been returned from the Lords, That when it is in-
tended to propose auy amendments thereto, a copy of such
amendments shall be deposited in the rivate Bill Office,
and notice thereof given on the day on which the bill shall
have been returned from the Lords.
CULTIVATION OF COT lON IN AUSTRALIA.
Mr. BAZLEY presented a petition from Manchester, to
which 40,000 signatures were attached, praying the house to
promote colonisation to Australia, and the cultivation of
cotton in that colony.

THE DEATH OF A "FEMALE BLONDIN"

AT BIRMINGHAM.

Mr. DOULTON gave notice that he should to-morrow
ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department
whether the owners of licensed places of public entertain-
ment were responsible for the safety of life and limb of per-
sons undertaking to perform dangerous feats; and if not,
whether he would undertake to introduce a bill next session
to amend the law, enabling the police or other local autho-
rities to compel the adoption, in every case, of steps which
would prevent a recurrence of so shocking an accident as
that which had occurred at Birmingham, by which a woman
had lost her life.
NON• REMOVAL OF CONVICTS—BERKSHIRE,
Mr. WALTER said some time since a batch of prisoners
were sentenc9d to penal servitude at the Berkshire assizes,
and had been detained in Reading gaol until within the
last few weeks, instead of having been removed, in the
ordinary way, to the Government gaols. Parliament
annually voted a large sum of money for the maintenance
of these prisoners. Owing to the long period the convicts
specified had been left in the Reading gaol, considerable
cost had been thrown upon the ratepayers. In consequence
of this a charge of £2OO was made upon the Home-office,
which was referred to the Treasury, which replied there
was no precedent for making such a payment, and refused
to accede to it. He desired to learn from the right hon.
baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
whether, in cases of this kind, counties were not entitled to
compensation?
Sir G. GREY replied that it was the practice of the Go-
vernment to remove prisoners from the county to the Go-
vernment prisons as quickly as possible, but this, of course,
depended upon there being room in those prisons for their
reception. Unfortanately, in consequence of the increase
of crime, it had been found very difficult to find room for
all the prisoners, and he regretted that in consequence
serious inconvenience had been cattsed to some of the
county gaols. It had been considered by the Government
whether, when prisoners were detained an unusually long
time in the county gaols, a aim of 4s. per week ought not
to be paid for each. Nothing, however, had yet been done.
Additional cells had been constructed in the Government
gaols, and he could only hope that the inconvenience com-
plained of would not occur again.
ROMAN CATHOLIC REFORMATORY, LEICES.