The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-17 00:00:00

WOOL.

The demand for low qualities of English, as well as
greasy parcels of colonial wool, having fallen off, the wool
trade, as regards all qualities, has been in an inactive state
since our last report, nevertheless prices have been sup-
ported. Last week's import was 2,800 bales from
Adelaide.

SEEDS.
The seed trade is in a sluggish state, even for the time of

TATTBRSALLS'-(THIS EVENING).

LINCOLN HANDICAP.
10 to 1 agst Suburban (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Arcadia (taken and offered)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 2 agst The Mute (taken)
14 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
14 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken)
25 to 1 agst Tumbler (taken)
25 to 1 agst Northern Light (taken)
25 to 1 agst Tippler (taken)
33 to 1 agst Eheu (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Zodiac (offered)
22 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken)
33 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (taken)
33 to 1 agst Agag (taken)
33 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken)
35 to 1 agst Caller On (taken)
35 to 1 agst Victrix (taken)
60 to 1 agst Satanella (taken)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
3to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst The Marquis (taken)
14 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken)

THE DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Old Calabar (taken)
22 to 1 agst Ensign (taken)
25 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken)
30 to 1 agst Athleta (taken)
40 to 1 agst Zetland (taken)
40 to I agst Hubert (taken)

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE EDUCATION MINUTE.

The Earl of DERBY presented several petitions against
the new education minute. The noble earl said, seeing
the noble earl, the President of the Council, in his place,
he wished to ask a question, or rather offer a suggestion,
with respect to the course that was proposed to be taken
with respect to the discussion on the new education minute
When the new minute was first made public great
apprehension and dislike was evinced. subsequently
her Majesty's Government made some alterations, and as
far as they went they were in the right direction, but there
still remain many other points which would require the
most serious consideration. There was, for instance, the
new state and altered condition of pupil teachers • as to the
examination of pupils in elementary schools, and that relat-
ing to the remuneration to be paid under the new code, which
was at variance with the report of the Royal Commission,
upon which the code was formed. The measure was merely
an experimental one, and to come under consideration year
after year. He might feel disposed to allow the measure
to ba tried as an experiment, but he looked upon it as a
permanent system, and therefore it \va, desirable that it
should be considered roost attentively by this and the other
House of Pariiauent in all its details. Instead of the course
intended to be pursued, the subject could be best dealt
with if the whole of the provisions were embodied in a
series of resolutions when the whole details could be most
amply oiscussed in the same manner as that
of an ordinary bill, clause by clause. If this cows)
was not adopted its resolutions could still Le moved con-
demnatory of some provisions of the measure, if it was
thought advisable to adopt that course. What he wished
to ask was, whether the Government would have anyof
ob-
jection to the embodying the main proposals in a series
resolutions which would enable Parliament to thoroughly
discuss each part of the scheme.
Earl GRANVILLE said he had to thank the noble earl
for the candid manner in which he had spoken on the sub-
ject tha other evening, when the revised code was
under discussion. He must say, however, that with respect
to the present suggestion of the noble earl, he did not see
any reason for a departure fr m the usual course of pro-
ceeding as regarded the discussion of the new e•lucational
minute. He begged to assure the noble earl that there
was no desire on the part of the Government to abridge
discussion, neither was there any wish on the part of the
Government to avail itself of any technicality. He re-
gretted he could not assent to the course proposed by the
noble earl.

[LEFT SITTING.]
HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.