The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

ARMY COMMISSIONS.

On the motion of Sir DE LACY EVANS a return rela-
tive to the sale of commissions for commuted or other sums
within the last seven years by parties who had neither pur-
chased nor completed 20 years service was ordered.

FEES ON PRIVATE BILLS.
On the motion of Colonel WILSON PATTEN returns on
this subject were ordered.
MILITARY RESERVE FUND.
In reply to General PEEL,
Sir G. LEWIS said that this subject had been under the
consideration of the Government, as he had stated on a
previous occasion, and had also been considered by his pre-
decessor. It had been decided, wtth the concurrence of his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, that payments
out of this fund should be made with respect to the merits
of the claimants and the circumstances under which they
left the service, such as illness crr other sufficient causes.
METROPOLITAN TURNPIKES.
In reply to Mr. WHITE,
Sir G. GREY said that Ile abolition of the metropolitan
turnpikes had been under the consideration of Government,
and a bill on the subject would be introduced next session.
COUNCIL OF EDUCATION.
Viscount ENFIELD asked the Vice• President of the
Committee of Council on Education whether he would
consider the advisability of making the districts connected
with the Committee of Council on Education smaller ; and
whether there was any intention of promoting the masters
in these schools to the post of examiners ?
Mr. LOWE said that both subjects were under con-
sideration, and he was at present unable to give any definite
answer in reference to them.
THE CORPS OF GENTLEMEN-AT-ARMS.

In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS,
Sir G. LEWIS said that some arrangement had been
made for compensating this corps out of the reserved land
for their services, The subject of the continuance or recti-
fication of that fund was under consideration.
THE COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH.

In reply to Mr. WHALLEY,
Sir R. PEEL said that he saw no reason why the calen-
dar should not be published according to the recommenda-
tion of the commissioners, but the consent of the Roman
Catholics was necessary for that purpose, and he need not
say that he (Sir R. Peel) had no influence with that body.
(Laughter.) With respect to the other subject, he had a
return in his hand, which he would lay on the table in the
course of the evening.
THE COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH BELGIUM,
In reply to Mr. M. FORSTER,
Mr. LAYARD said he was happy to state that a treaty
between this country and Belgium had been signed yester-
day, but he could not lay the text on the table at present.
THE BUILDINGS IN THE VICINITY OF THE

NEW FOREIGN-OFFICE.

Mr. B. COCHRANE asked what steps the Government
proposed to take with respect to the houses in the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the site of the new foreign-office,
as he understood the proprietors of these buildings were
making improvements in order to obtain higher prices for
their premises, being under the impression that they must
ba purchased by Government.
Mr. COWPER skid that it was no doubt desirable that
certain premises in King-, treet and Parliament-street
should eventually be purchased, but the Government had
already purchased as much ground as they required.
PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS IN IRELAND.

Captain ARCHDALE drew attention to a statement
which had appeared in the newspapers, to the effect that
certain parties had been prosecuted in Antrim fur carrying
orange flags, while other persons were allowed to carry
cockades with impunity.
Sir R. PEEL said that if notice of this question had
been given he would have been prepared to answer it; and
he could merely state that, as he understood, there had been
no infringement of the law in the way in which the hon.
member described.
UNION RELIEF AID BILL.
On the order of the day fez the second reading of this
-

bill,
Mr. POTTER said he thought the Govornment should
carry out their intention of affording relief to the distressed
operatives in Lancashire than the bill proposed, consider-
ing that no less than 300,000 of the best artizans of the
country, whose conditions it was intended to ameliorate,
were suffering the greatest distress.
Col. W. PATTEN would not oppose the bill, but con-
sidered it was insufficient, and thought there should be a
loan granted to the millowners, to enable them to assist the
unfortunate operatives in Lancashire.
Mr. J. B. SMITH thought that the bill should be read
a second time in order that the different constituencies of
the kingdom might be prepared to consider its provisions
before it went into committee.
Lord STANLEY objected to the principle of the bill.
Alderman SIDNEY would not oppose the second read-
ing of the bill, but considered it could be materially im-
proved in committee.
Mr. HENLEY was of opinion that they ought not to de-
part from the act of Elizabeth, and alter the law merely to
meet what what he hoped was a temporatrhyeepmreersgenent
csytatelioef
thought the subject of any alteration in
the Poor Law should be postponed until next session.
Mr. COBDEN said that the observations of the right
hon. gentleman who had just addressed the house convinced
him that lion. members generally did not understand the
subject of the distress in the cotton districts
was, that it was proposed by certain honourableThe fallacy
members
to tax this district to meet the local distress,. but it was in
P
a state of collapse. There must be roductmn before there
could be taxation, and as to the district to which he
referred, unless manufactures were carried on, would no
more be able to pay taxes than
struck with sterilty. xf'ordshire if it were

[LEFT SITTING

A CANARD.—We find the following paragraph
in a French newspaper, vouched for by two names, Cha-
vette and Calino :—" The Emperor of Austria recently
met a soldier, in full uniform, with one arm, and accosted
him thus :—' Where did you lose your arm ?'
' Artation
fain°, Sire.' Ills Majesty at once detached
from his coat, and placed it himself on the
p man. Such a sudden. and unexpected recompense
trem-
bling, areedioo f the
over-
whelmed the poor fellow,
exclaimed, ' Ah, sire i I If I had
lose of but an, arm iu your e
lost two ---_.' lie was
the decoration would have then been
the Eraperor remarked witho
I would have made
dier drew his sword,
is just a dish well seasonedallmtahyisb; imagined, who,
for the
proci‘eicaidinSbtgeYensperhaps, to say that
too bountiful, when
' If you had lost both
leer.' In an instant the sol-
dier an
cut off his remaining arm." This
and
d to the taste of the French
we allude to as benefited by this
readers of the
~, journal
sruChavette and Calino, and, doubtless,
anecdote of P-"derseswr
a large amount of subscribers' tears.f
the anecdote.
0 nable, and a little more mathematical, we o.
Less ill'. resswsa would simply ask how the man could peinr
the British
4' rm the font of drawing his sabre with his
h t remaining
.1)--off that remaining arm with
t a
and cutting remaining.ar. ,
sabre?—Court Journal.
The German Journal of
Frankfort declares that,
under a calm surface, a grand moveruent is in preparation
in Hungary, " All is ferment—all agitation. ,