The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1862:

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.

THE THEATRES IN LENT.
Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Friday,
the 14th, he should call attention to the licenses granted by
the Lord Chamberlain, in which the clause prohibiting
performances on Ash Wednesday had been excluded.

CHURCH RATES.
The Bishop of WORCESTER presented petitions from
places in his diocese against the unconditional abolition of
church rates.

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AMERICA.
Earl of DERBY said he was not in the habit of occupy-
ing the time of their lordships in matters personal to himself,
but in the observations he had last night addressed to them
he had been reported in the Times to say that which was
exactly the reverse of what he did say. In that newspaper
he had been made to say, with reference to the Southern
States, that the time had now arrived when we should re •
cognize the independence of those States. Now, what he
did say was, that the time had not arrived for such recog-
nition.

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noble lord which he could answer on Monday ; it was,
whether the Government as a Government intended to
state how the subscriptions which were at present being
raised for a memorial to his late Royal Highness the
Prince Consort were to be appropriated. At pre-
sent the subscriptions amounted to nearly £27,000 ;
and as no instruction was given as to how those subscrip-
tions were to be appropriated, many persons had withheld
them until it was known how the amount was to be appro-
priated.
Earl GRANVILLE said he would give the noble earl
an answer on Monday.
THE EDUCATIONAL MINUTE.
The Earl of DERBY wished to know whether there
would be any objection to lay on the table, side by side, the
educational minute which had been issued and the altera-
tion it was proposed to make in it.
Earl GRANVILLE said he would take an early oppor-
tunity of stating the intentions of the Government, and he
had no objection to lay the paper referred to by the noble
earl on the table of their lordships' house.
THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. SHEPPARD.
The Earl of CARNARVON inquired of her Majesty's
Government as to the truth of the arrest, imprisonment,
and ill- treatment of a Canadian subject under order of Mr.
Seward, and moved for copies of any correspondence which
existed on the subject.
Earl RUSSELL said the circumstances were nearly as
already known. On the 29th of October, Mr. Sheppard
wrote to Lord Lyons, complaining of the arrest. His lord-
ship immediately communicated with Mr. Seward, who
stated that the oath of allegiance had been tendered to Mr.
Sheppard, under the belief that he was an American subject,
and his release was subsequently obtained on the condition
that he should not go into the Southern States. The Fede-
ral Government claimed that in an extraordinary emer-
gency like the present, the President must be armed with
extraordinarypowers extending to foreigners and Americans.
Her Majesty's Government had entered a strong remon-
strance to this, and there was no objection to produce the
correspondence.
The Earl of CARNARVON said he should most cer-
tainly move for the correspondence. He did, however,
hope, as the circumstances were so in accordance with the
reports on the subject, that the Government would not be
content with simple remonstrances, but that they would
demand compensation tor the indignity.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Leave was given to introduce a number of private bills,
and in several others the standing orders were declared not
to have been complied with. The private business occu-
pied the greater portion of the ()ally part of the evening,

.REMOVAL OF 2'HE PROHIBITION ON
THE EXPORTATION OF ARAM',

(From the Gazette of last evening.)
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the sth
day of February, 1862, present the Queen's most excellent
Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Ma-
jesty in Council that theprohibitions now subsisting, under
her Majesty's Orders in Council of the 30th day of Nov.
and the 4th of Dec., one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one, on the exportation or carrying coastwise from the
Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the
Isle of Man, respectively, of gunpowder, saltpetre, nitrate
of soda, brimstone, arms, ammunition and military stores
(including percussion caps and tubes), and lead, be, and the
said several prohibitions are, hereby taken off. And the
Lieutenant-Governors of her Majesty's Islands of Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Isle of Man, respec-
tively, for the time being, are to give the necessary direc-
tions herein as to them may appertain.

ARTHUR HELPS.
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the sth
day of February, 1862, present, the Queen's Most Excel-
-lent Majesty in Council.—lt is this day ordered by her
Majesty in Council, that the prohibitions now subsist-
ing, under her Majesty's royal proclamations of the
thirtieth day of November, and the fourth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one, on the exportation out of the United King-
dom, or carrying coastwise, of gunpowder, !saltpetre, nit-
rate of soda, brimstone, arms, ammunition, and military
stores (including percussion caps and tubes), and lead, be,
and the said several prohibitions are, hereby taken off.
And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury are to give the necessary directions
therein accordingly.

ARTHUR HELPS.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
The directors of this company have resolved to recom-
mend a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum for
the half-year ending the 31st December last.