The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.
TEE COTTON FAMINE.

Earl FORTESCI7E inquired whether Mr. Farnall, the
poor-law inspector, in addition to the duties of special com-
missioner to the manufacturing districts, was still attached
to the metropolis as an inspector ; and if so, whether he
received increased remuneration for the double duties ho
performed ?

Earl GRANVILLE replied that the services of Mr.
Farnall had been of great value, but in the cotton districts
they would cease at Lady-day. He had received nothing
beyond his personal expenses, which were calculated at the
usual rate of LI per day.
The Earl of DERBY testified to the value of Mr. Far-
nail's services, and the assistance rendered generally by
the Poor-law Board during the cotton famine.
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
Lord WHARNOLIFFE drew attention to the territory
lying between Canada and the Rocky Mountains, known
as the Red River Settlement, and asked what course the
Government proposed to take respecting it. Two methods
had been suggested, namely, that it should be united to
Canada or erected into a separate colony. His own idea
was that it would be unwise to unite this large tract of land,
which was one so capable of improvement, to panada, and
that the best course would be to erect it into an indepen-
dent settlement.

Earl GRANVILLE said that negotiations had been for
some time on foot between the Colonial-office and the
Hudson Bay Company on the subject, but that no deter-
mination had yet been come to. The Canadian Govern-
ment had been requested to take immediate steps for de-
fending tho boundary between their territory and that of
the Hudson Bay Company. In the present state of the
arrangements for the confederation of the British North
American provinces, however, it would be injudicious to
decide anything with regard to the erection of the Red
River Settlement into an independent colony.

Their lordships roso at a few minutes to 6 o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS—THis EVENING.

The SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock.
PICCADILLY AND PARK-LANE NEW ROAD BILL

On the motion for the second reading of this.bill,

Sir J. FERGUSSON said that he did not consider this
bill should be sent to a select committee without a discus-
sion on its merits. An explanation was desirable on the
part of Government previous to the house being called
on to sanction the further progress of the bill. The ob-
ject of the bill was no doubt desirable in affording a com-
munication between two important points in the
western part of the metropolis, but the bill
itself had formed the subject of newspaper dis-
cussion, and some strong arguments had been used to
show that the present scheme would not give sufficient
accommodation to the public. The road from Hamilton-
place was proved, •in his opinion, by Mr. Nelson, not to
be the best that could be selected considering the locality.
The fact was, that the Chief Commissioner of Works
had been goaded into doing something, and he had con-
sented to this scheme without being at all satisfied
that it afforded the best means of communication between
the points in question, and the cost of the scheme would be
no less than £16,000.

Mr. TITE supported the bill on economical grounds,
and drew the attention of the house to the cost that would
be incurred if they adopted any scheme that would involve
the pulling down of Gloucester House. He concluded by
moving that the bill be read a second time that day six
months.
Mr. MELLOR supported the bill.
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General PEEL said that he did not know why the Metro-
politan Board of Works took the subject of this bill on
themselves. The matter was very important, and he ap-
pealed to the house to allow the bill to: go into committee,
where it would receive ample discussion.

After some further discussion the bill was read a second
time.

ALLEGED GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS.

Col. SYKES presented a petition from certain officers
in the Indian army praying for redress of grievances.
Col. FRENCH and another HON. MEMBER presented peti-
tions to the same effect.