The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-15 00:00:00

FOOD FOR CATTLE.

Mr. FENWICK asked the vic7e-Yresident of the Board
of Trade whether the experiments recently made under the
direction of the Board of Trade, on the relative merits of
barley and malt for feeding cattle, would be laid upon the
table of the house, and when we might expect them to be
in the hands of members ?

Mr. M. GIBSON said he was not prepared to answer the
question at present, but might do so to-morrow. (A laugh.)
_ EUROPEAN TROOPS SERVING IN INDIA.

Mr. VANSIT TART asked the Secretary
.of State for
India whether anything had been done to improve the
sanitary state of Calcutta ; if so, whether he had any ob-
jection to produce papers relating to the same. And
whether it had been determined to relieve the European
troops serving in India by the overland route ; if so,
whether any and what arrangements had been made for
their transmission ?

Sir C. WOOD said that he had not received any report
on the subject.
PATRONAGE IN THE IRISH CHURCH.

Mr. SCULLY called attention to the recent eieicise of
public patronage with reference to the benefices or parishes
of Clonpriest, Farrahy, and Carigeohane, in the county
of Cork, and moved for returns in a tabular form, showing
as to each of those benefices or parishes the date of the
last presentation, the name of the patron, the annual
value, including any glebe or glebe-house, &c. The hon.
and learned member said that there were two parties in
Ireland, one of whom was desirous of the total
abolition of the Established Church there, and
the other, who only wished for its reform. He
was not in favour of extreme measures, but the anomalies
that existed in the Establishment were such as required
remedy. He quoted statistics to show that the endow-
ments to Protestant clergymen were, in the parishes
to which he referred, in the diocese of Cork,
totally disproportionate to the duties they had to
perform. For instance, in a certain number of parishes in
the diocese of Cork, there were 2,729 Catholics and only
251 Protestants, and the latter had three churches, includ-
ing a cathedral with deacons and precentors and inferior
clergy, while the revenues amounted to £1,176 per annum.
There was a parish in Cloyne, which contained only 14
Protestants, including the incumbent, his family, and
a policeman. The incumbent had been brought from Tam-
worth, where he:was paid a small amount, comparatively,
for the duties discharged ; while in Ireland he was
paid at the rate of £4O per head for his congregation.
The clergymen in question received from £5OO to £7OO for
his parish in Ireland. He mentioned other anomalies in
the district to which his motion referred.
Sir R. PEEL defended himself from any personal feel-
ing in the:appointment of the clergyman in question, or any
favour in regard to other Irish clerical appointments
recently. With modifications he had no objection to the
production of the returns.

Mr. LEFROY opposed the motion.
Mr. HADFIELD denounced the continuance of a State
Church in Ireland.

Mr. VANCE objected to bringing this question of the
Church in Ireland before the house by a side wind, as ro-
,
garded the Establishment in Ireland.

- After a few words from Mr. HADFIELD, tho motion was
agreed to.
NIGHT-HOUSES REFRESHMENT ACT.
Mr. COX moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
act of last session for closing publichouses and all other
places of refreshment. He argued that it was harsh and
arbitrary to prevent, persons attending the markets, and
others engaged in industrial pursuits at night, obtaining
any refreshment, simply because it had been found de-
sirable to close the night-houses in the Haymarket.
Sir G. GREY consented to the introduction of the bill ;
but warned the house how it interfered with the principle
of the law as at present laid down, or give a monopoly to
certain establishments to the prejudice of others.
Leave was then given to Mr. Cox and Mr. Goschen to
bring in the bill.
THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.
Sir F. KELLY obtained leave to bring in a bill for the
further amendment of the law of evidence and of the
practice in certain courts of justice by enabling accused
persons and defendants to give witness on their own behalf
if so minded. _ _

Leave was also given to Mr. PAULL to bring in a bill
to consolidate and amend the acts regulating proceedings
before justices of the peace out of quarter sessions in Eng-
land; as also a bill to facilitate the discharge of insolvent
debtors in certain cases.

Mr. PENMAN obtained leave to bring in a bill for the
amendment of practice and procedure in the courts of
criminal jurisdiction ; and Sir C. O'LOGIILEN to amend
the Election Petitions Act of 1848 in certain particulars.
The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 7 o'clock.