The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-01 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

LIVERPOOL RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

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Seven ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF C011111ONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 2 o'clock.
RAILWAY BILLS.

Mr. BOUVERIE moved thatthe committee of selection
do nominate, from time to time, not more than one in
five of the members nominated by them as the general
Committee on railway and canal bills, to act as chair-
men of sub-committees on such bills. To be made a
standing order.—Agreed to.
The West London Railway Bill walk read a second
time, and crdered to be committed.
PETITIONS. _ .

Several petitions were presented against any alteration
in the Parliamentary oaths.
A. number of petitions were presented praying that
Public-houses may be closed on the Lord's-day.
GRAVEYARD OF BERKELEY.
Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to ask the Under
Secretary of State for the Home Department whether
an application, signed by the proper authorities, had
reached the Home Office for closing the graveyard of the
;71, town of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester ; and, if
hush application had been received, why the noble lord
had allowed three months to elapse without takiag any
.steps with regard to the subject.
-• Mr. FITZROY said a letter was received on the
I'd 14th of last November, and on the 6th of December an
answer was sent stating that an officer would be
sent down in due course to inspect the grave-
- yard. Three officers had been appointed for the
especial purpose of inspecting the graveyards of the
country, and the inspector of the Gloucestershire die'
trict would visit the Berkeley churchyard as soon as
possible. Of course, when his report was received at
the Home-office it would be immediately acted upon.
SUPPLY.
The report of the committee of supply on the war and
ordnance expenses was brought up and agreed to.
LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. LUCAS took the opportunity of adverting to the
case of the Misses Arrowstnith, referred to last
night by Mr. Chambers. He mentioned that while these
ladies were in a convent he had an interview with
them, and he could assure the house that they enjoyed
as much liberty and happiness there as it was possible
for one to obtain out of it. It was entirely with their
own free will that they entered and remained in the
convent.
The subject then dropped.
ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.
The house then went into committee of supply on the
Ordnance Estimates.
902,8211. was voted for defraying the expense of
works and buildings abroad.
On the question that 134,3681. be voted to defray the
expense of the scientific branch of the ordnance,
Mr. W. WILLIAMS found fault with the system in
operation at Sandhurst College. Young gentlemen
of station and family were allowed to be sent there to
the exclusion of the orphans of military men.
Colonel DUNNE remarked that the hon. member
was mistaken, for the orphan children of military men
always had a preference over other candidates for ad-
mission into the college.
Mr. MONSELL confirmed the statement of the gal
bat colonel.
Mr. HUME denounced the practice which prevailed
of allowing persons entering the army simply for the
sake of the name or the station it afforded. No one
ought to be permitted to enter who did not really mean
to adopt it as a profession and a means of livelihood.
Colonel DUNNE also thought it was highly prejudi-
cial and detrimental to the efficiency of the service that
young men of fortune were permitted to enter it without
the remotest idea of adopting it as a permanent profes-
sion, as they stood in the way of better and more prac-
tical men. (Hear.)
Lord SEYMOUR drew attention to the Ordnance
Survey of Scotland. He said there was a report abroad
that it was intended to be constructed upon a scale of
Aix inches to the mile ; but for the purposes of a map it
would be of no use unless it was made upon a scale, of
only one inch to the mile.
Mr. WILSON said the scale had not yet been fixed
upon, but the Treasury were seeking the advice of emi-
nent scientific men upon the point.
Lord SEYMOUR hoped no scale would be finally
agreed upon until the opinion of the house had been
taken upon it. It might be advisable to have a larger
Scale for the towns, but for the country generally he
should decidedly object to going beyond the scale of an
inch to the mile, as it would otherwise be putting the
country to unnecessary expense.
Colonel DUNNE suggested that the smaller scale
should be adopted as the rule, and that where landlords
or other parties required a larger scale it should be
carried out at their own expense only.
Mr. SMOLLEIT inquired what was the position of
the survey, as it was now being carried out.
Mr. MONSELL said the survey was being compiled
upon a reduced scale, but it would be highly inconvenient
to disband the corps of engineers until the final scale
had been decided upon.
Mr. HUME objected to this blind mode of pro
seeding, and insisted that there ought to be one respon
Bible officer in the State who should exercise a supervis
log control over the expenditure of every department of
the Government. For instance, no less than between
700,000/. and 800,0001. had been expended upon this
Survey, and yet it appeared it had not been reduced to
such- a form as to make it available for the use of the

'public.
Colonel DUNNE thought the house should press the
Treasury to make up their minds at once as to the scale
upon which the survey should be made.
Mr. WILSON said he could state that there was no
intention to depart from the six inch to the one inch
Seale, but he could assure the house that nothing, would
be done in the matter by the Treasury until the house
had an opportunity of pronouncing an opinion upon the
resolution which should be come to.
Mr. SCULLY said this was not a mere question
of expense, it was a question of what scale would be the
best for the public interest, and whichever scale effected
that object ought to be adopted whatever was the ex-
Penn. He suggested that a selected committee of the
house should be struck for deciding upon the scale.
Colonel BOLDER() said the survey of Ireland, which
had been completed by the Ordnance, was one of the
most perfect maps in the world, and he thought a better
scale for Scotland could not be adopted than that.
Mr. E. ELLICE observed that, on a recent visit to
Scotland, he found a very useful and efficient staff of
engineers engaged in surveying so useless a part of the
country as the island of Lewis. That survey could be
of no possible use to the public, and he was very much
afraid a great deal of money was being uselessly ex-
pended upon many parts of the ordnance survey of
gootland.
Mr. BARROW proposed that the vote should be
postponed until an understanding should be come to
upon this question of the ordnance survey.
Mr. WILSON said there was no necessity for that,
48 no money would be expended upon any new scale
until it bad been sanctioned by Parliament.
',The vote was then agreed to.
171,446/. was voted for the non-elective service of
the ordnance.
The Chairman was then ordered to report those re-
solutions to the house, and the house having resumed,
the seport was ordered to be received to-morrow.
INNS OF COURTS.

akr. NAPIER rose to move an address to the Crown
fora commission to inquire into the arrangements in
the Inns of Court for promoting the study of law
and jurispradence, the revenues properly applicable,
r'l. and the means most likely to secure a systematic
t4' . and sound education for students of law, and provide
' !;.,-114isfactory test of fitness for admission to the bar. He
lisit-this.question was one of great public interest and
't.
IsPortari* there were 800 barristers in Westminster,
while the provinces- in Ireland and the colonies, there
were no less than 3,000, and the education of so large
and influential a body of men could not be a matter of
indifference to the house or the country. The
honourable and learned member having adverted to the
steps which had been taken with respect to this subject
in. former years, proceeded to adduce authorities in
favour of the establishment of a public school for the
study of law and jurisprudence, All these authorities
admitted the want of some regalar system of train-
ing for persons going to the bar, but up to this
moment no test whatever was applied to ascer-
tain the competency of law students who were called
to the bar. His immediate object in making
this motion was to supply that deficiency, and
in order that it might be speedily attained ; he thought
the Inns of Court ought to be subjected to the same
scrutiny and examination that was about to be proposed
with regard to the universities. When he was study-
ing for the Irish bar, he had a difficulty in ascertaining
what steps he should take for rendering himself profi-
cient as a law student ; buthe applied to an eminent friend
for advice on the subject, and he would tell the house the
advice he received—" Oh," said his friend, "you are going
to the bar, are you ?" " Yes, he replied. " Well," said
his friend, " I should recommend you to study 'Joe Mil-
ler.' ". (Laughter.) But the joke did not end there, for
when he came,over to England to complete his studies
in one of the inns of court, he found that all he had to
do was to eat so many dinners in each term. (Re-
newed laughter.) There were no public libraries or
schools which he could apply to for instruction, and the
consequence was that he was forced to have recourse to
the library of a distinguished professor attached to the
London University to obtain that knowledge which was
necessary to render him competent to practice at the bar.
Now since that time repeated committees had sat upon the
subject, and various alterations had been suggested to
be made in the system, but these recommendations had
only been partially carried out, and up to the pre-
sent time, things remained in pretty much the same state
as [when he first came to England to study for
the bar. (Hear.) There was no bona fide test for

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