The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Earl of DERBY said he was not in the habit of occupy-
ing the time of their lordships in matters personal to himself,
but in the observations he had last night addressed to them
he had been reported in the Times to say that which was
exactly the reverse of what he did say. In that newspaper
he had been made to say, with reference to the Southern
States, that the time had now arrived when we should re •
cognize the independence of those States. Now, what he
did say was, that the time had not arrived for such recog••
nition.

THE MEMORIAL TO THE PRINCE CONSORT.
The noble Earl also said he would put a question to the
noble lord which he could answer on Monday, it was,
whether the Government as a Government intended to
state how the subscriptions which were at present being
raised for a memorial to his late Royal Highness the
Prince Consort were to be appropriated. At pre-
sent the subscriptions amounted to nearly £27,000 ;
and Is no instruction was given as to how those subscrip-
tions were to be appropriated, many persons had withheld
them until it was known how the amount was to be appro-
priated.

Earl GRANVILLE said he would give the noble earl
an answer on Monday.
THE EDUCATIONAL MINUTE.
The Earl of DERBY wished to know whether there
would be any objection to lay on the table, side by side, the
educational minute which bad been issued and the altera-

tion it was proposed to make in it.
Earl GRANVILLE said ho would take an early oppor-
tunity of stating the intentions of the Government, and he
had no objection to lay the paper referred to by the noble
earl on the table of their lordships' house.
THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. SHEPPARD.
The Earl of CARNARVON inquired of her Majesty's
Government as to the truth of the arrest, imprisonment,
and treatment-of a Canadian subject under order of Mr.
Seward, and moved for copies of any correspondence which
existed on the subject.
Earl RUSSELL said the circumstances were nearly as
already known. On the 29th of October, Mr. Sheppard
wrote to Lord Lyons, complaining of the arrest. His lord-
ship immediately communicated with Mr. Seward, who
stated that the oath of allegiance had been tendered to Mr.
Sheppard, under the belief that he was an American subject,
and his release was subsequently obtained on the condition
that he should not go into the Southern States. The Fede-
ral Government claimed that in an extraordinary emer-
gency like the present, the President must be armed with
extraordt narypowers extending to foreigners and Americans.
Her Majesly's Government had entercd a strong remon-
strance to this, and there was no objection to produce the
correspondence.
The Earl of CARNARVON said he should most cer-
tainly move for the correspondence. He did, however,
hope as the circumstances were so in accordance with the
reports on the subject, that the Government would not be
content with simple remonstrances, but that they would
demand compensation tor the indignation.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Turs EVENING,
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Leave was given Lo introduce a number of private bills,
and in several others the standing orders were declared not
to have been complied with. The private business occu-
pied the greater portion of the early part of the evening,