The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-05 00:00:00

CHURCH MATTERS.

Mr. BENYON presented petitions from the clergy of
several parises in Berkshire in favour of an amendment of
the Court of Appeal, and an amendment of the system in
which education grants are made.
The O'DONOGHUE presented some petitions from Ire-
land in favour of Mr. Dillwyn's motion relating to the
Irish Church.

INDIAN OFFICERS.
Colonel SYKES gave notice that on Tuesday May 2,
Mr. Grant Duff will move an address to her Majesty rela-
tive to the grievances of Indian officers, and praying for
redress.

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THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND.
The O'DONOGRUE gave notice that on Tuesday, April
25, he would move an address to her Majesty praying that
a charter may be granted to the Roman Catholic University
in Ireland.
CRIMINAL CASES (EVIDENCE) BILL.
Sir G. GREY asked Mr. Scully to postpone the second
reading of this bill, otherwise he should be obliged to
oppose it.
Mr. SCULLY consented to postpone the bill until
Friday, when he would fix some day after Easter for the
second reading.

INCLOSITRE BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) SALARIES
BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill, and a reso-
lution was passed preparatory to the introducing a bill to
enable the payment of certain salaries and pensions from
the Consolidated Fund.
The resolution was adopted, and the house resumed.

LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS BILL.
This bill was read a second time.

SUPPLY.

.The house went into committee of supply, and several

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votes for the expenses of the Admiralty, the Coast Guard
Volunteers, and the Naval Establishments at home and
abroad, were agreed to.

METROPOLITAN HOUSELESS POOR BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Clause 1 was postponed, but the remaining clauses were
agreed to without a division.

Mr. VILLIERS moved the following additional clause
to the bill, to enable, the police to provide temporary relief :
—" Any constable of the metropolitan police or of the po-
lice of the City of. London may personally conduct any
destitute wayfarer, wanderer, or foundling, not having
committed or being charged with any offence punishable
by law within the knowledge of such constable, to any
wards or other places of reception approved of by the Poor
Law Board under the said act or this act ; and every such
wayfarer, wanderer, or foundling shall, if there be room
in such wards or other places of reception, be temporarily
relieved therein."

Mr. Bromley had no objection to the proposed clause,
providing the following additional words were added :
" That, from the passing of this act, every police station
within the metropolitan district shall be constituted an
office for the issuing of orders of admission, for destitute
persons requiring the same, into the casual ward of the
-workhouse of the district in which the said police station
is situated."
Mr. VILLIERS said the police acted under instructions
which rendered the proposed words quite unnecessary.
Mr. HENLEY moved that after the word "foundling"
the words "or other destitute person" bo inserted. Tho
right hon. gentleman then referred to the parishes of
Rotherhithe and St. George's, Southwark, and said the ac-
commodation provided for the casual poor was most unsa-
tisfactory in the latter. He believed some of the poor
people had been compelled to sleep in spaces about the
height, length, and width of coffins.
Mr. VILLIERS said the matter had not escaped the
attention of the Poor-law Board.

The amendment of the hon. member for Oxfordshire was
agreed to, but tho proposed addition was rejected.
The following additional clause was also agreed to :
The guardians of every union or parish referred to in the
said act shall admit without delay, either to the work-
house or to the wards or places of reception provided under
the said act, every poor person who shall apply to be ad-
mitted during the hours between six o'clock in the even-
ing and eight in the morning in the months between
October and March inclusive, and during the hours be-
tween eight o'clock in the evening and eight o'clock in the
morning in the months between April and September in-
clusive, and who shall not have applied in the same parish
during 30 years previously ; and the guardians shall cause
to be furnished to every poor person so admitted such re-
lief under such conditions as the Poor-law Board, under
general order, shall direct.

On the motion that clause 1 stand part of the bill,
Mr. AYRTON said as the bill stood it was merely a
temporary measure, being only for the term of one year.
An hon. memberopposite had given notice of his intention
of moving that the term of the act should be three years,
but his proposal was that it be made a permanent measuro.
He hoped the hon. gentleman the President of the Poor-
law Board would not object to his amendment, which was
to leave out all the words after " relief," and to insert the
following—" of destitute wayfarers, wanderers, and found-
lings in the several unions and parishes referred to in the
said act, received and to be received from and after Lady
Day, 1865."

Mr. VILLIERS said he had no objection to the proposal
of the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets.

The amendment was agreed to, and the bill passed
;hrough committee.

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR a new writ was or-
dered to issue for the election of a member for South
Shropshire, iR the room of Viscount Newport, who had
been called to the House of Peers.
The house then adjourned.