The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-10 00:00:00

POLITICAL ASSOCIATION IN DUBLIN.

Sir H. BRUCE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether his attention had been called to the fact of a sti-
pendiary magistrate having signed a requisition to the
Lord Mayor of Dublin to convene a meeting to form an
association for certain political objects ; and, if so, whether
he considered it consistent with the duty of a stipendiary
magistrate to sign such a requisition ?
Sir R. PEEL said that the attention of the Government
had been drawn to this subject, and it appeared that Mr.
French, the magistrate in question, was a most respectable
Roman Catholic gentleman, who had discharged his duties
for 18 years in a most efficient manner. The Government
had thought it right to direct his attention to the matter, and
they had received a reply in which he regretted the course he
had adopted, and which he has taken merely in his capacity
of a chairman of the board of commissioners of Cashel. The
Government considered that under the circumstances it
was unnecessary to :institute any inquiry into the matter.
Mr. SCULLY moved the adjournment of the house in
order to enable him to make some observations on this
subject, and deprecated the principle that a gentleman
holding the position of Mr. French, who was the heir pre-
sumptive to Lord French, should be prohibited by his offi-
cial status from passing an opinion on any public subject.
His resignation of the office in which he acted would be an
injury to the district whore he resided.
After a few words from Sir R. PEEL,
The motion was withdrawn on the promise that the right
hon. baronet would consent to postpone the second reading 1
of the Union Officers Superannuation (Ireland) Bill until
after Easter.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

Mr. G. DUFF asked the First Commissioner of Works
whether he had under his consideration the letter from the
senate of the University of London, dated Nov. 10, 1864,
on the subject of a building for the university ; and
whether he proposed to take any, and, if so, what stops,
with a view to meet the wishes of that body, as explained
in the specification which had been laid before him.

Mr. COWPER said that he had received communications
as to the amount of building accommodation which would
be required by the University, tut it was an important
question, and should be referred to a commission.
PUMPING OF SEWAGE TO HAMPSTEAD, dtc.
Mr. BLAKE asked the hon. member for Bath whether,
adverting to Mr. Ellis's letter to the chairman of the Metro-
politan Board of Works (dated Feb. 18, 1862), a copy of
which will be found at page 415 of the Report on Sewage
(Metropolis), and the seventh clause of Mr. Ellis's tender for
the sewage, which will be found at p. 423 of the same report,
as well as Mr. Ellis's examination before the select committee
of last session, and in particular his answer in question
2,100, which will be found at page 85 of the same report,
it does not appear that Mr. Ellis's plan does not contem-
plate pumping the sewage to Hampstead, Highgate,
Shooter's-h 4 or any:other point to which the Metropoli-
tan Board of Works objected.
Mr. TITE, who was scarcely audible in the reporters'
gallery, entered into some explanation on the subject, and
was understood to say that the matter should be fully con-
sidered, and that the Metropolitan Board
of Works ought
not to be called in to decide the partial point at issue.

ANOMALY IN TARIFF.
Mr. J. B. SMITH asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether it was his intention to rectify the singular anomaly
in our tariff—viz., that while wooden ships and all articles
manufactured of wood, are allowed to enter British ports
free, the raw material wood is subjected to a duty ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
one of the ways of removing the anomaly was to impose a
tax on shipping—(laughter)—but he could assure the hon.
member that there was no such intention. He was not
prepared to give an answer to the question at present.
UNION CHARGEABILITY BILL.
In reply to Mr. BENTINCK,
Mr. VILLIERS said it was intended to proceed with
the army estimates next Monday, and if the discussion
respecting them was over at an early hour, it was intended
to move the second reading of this bill.