The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

Mr. H. BROWN gave notice that, on the 16th of
March, he would move a resolution to the effect that it
was the duty of the Government to take more effectual
measures for the prevention of railway accidents.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE COMMISSION.

Mr. HEYWOOD wished to ask the Secretary of State
for the Home department, whether it is,the intention of
the Government to lay on the table of the house copies
of the Oxford College statutes, and of the Cambridge
University and College documents, recently published
by the direction of the Oxford and Cambridge Commis-
sioners ; and also, whether any steps can be taken for
the preparation of such academical collections, under
the care of the University Commissioners.
Lord PALMERSTON was understood to say that
_
should not feel entirely justified to put the country
to the expense of complying with the hon. member's re-
quest.

PUBLIC. HOUSES' (SCOTLAND) BILL.
teadi
Mr. BOUVERIE said the motion for the
_second
bng of the bill stood for Wednesday next: He should
e to glr.ci know if the hon. member for Liverpool pro-
Po
2ed to bring it on then ?
0n.4- . MA.CRENZIE replied in the negative, and,
on. the motion of the hon. member, the order of the day
read For purpose of being postponed
fdth of Marehr . until the

EXCIIEQIJER, BILLS.
Mr. RICH wished to ask the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer what course he proposed to pursue with regard
tO 10411.9 isauable by the Exchequer Loan Cora-

missioners, Act 27 George 111., chapter 24 ; also,
whether any portion of the 633,0001. which, by a
return from these commissioners, appears to be the
amount of interest on, and repayment of loans estimated
as likely to accrue in 1852, will be applied to the liqui-
dation of the public debt in the event of a diminution or
cessation of such loans.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
with regard to the application of the 633,0001. to repay-
ments to the Exchequer Loan Fund, •that was al-
ready provided for by statute, and it would be
carried forward in regular course. There was also a
provision by statute for the issue of a certain sum of
money not exceeding 75,0001. a quarter for the pur-
poses of the Exchequer Loan Fund. Upon an examina-
tion of the accounts, however, of the Exchequer
Loan Commissioners, it had been found that the
demands upon the fund this quarter would
not require the repayment of the 75,0001., and therefore
it had been stopped. With, regard to the general ques-
tion of what course Government proposed to take, with
respect to the Exchequer Loan Fund, he had to state
that information was now being collected to enable
the house and the Government to judge of the
expediency of discontinuing the system under which
the commission was created. Hitherto the commission
had been in the habit of making loans upon its own dis-
cretion, after a sufficient inquiry into the merits of the
application submitted to it. The commission had like-
wise been used by Parliament as an organ for issuing
money under compulsion, and the Treasury had used it
for the same purpose either through the means of
positive orders or by recommendations ; and, lastly, the
commission had been in the habit of issuing money for
special purposes, as provided by act of Parliament.
Now, what he bad desired to be done was this, that all
transactions under each of those heads should be care-
fullyseparated one from the other, and a balance-sheet pre-
pared for each, showing what the Exchequer Loan
Commissioners had done whether as the organ of Parlia-
ment, whether as the servants of the treasuiry, or whether
upon their own discretion, or in any other capacity.
When Government obtained these returns, they would
be in possession of the exact results of all the
tranaactions of the commissioners, . and then they
wrsuld be in a position to form a judgment as
'r•,o whether it was expedient that the system of making
loans by the Exchequer Loans Commission should or
should not be continues.
THE KAFFIR WAR.

In reply to Mr. ADDERLEY,
Mr. F. PEEL said, by the dispatch which had been
received from General Cathcart by the last mail, it appeared
that in Dec. last the general carried his army into the
Orange territory for the purpose of inforcing payment of
a fine which had been imposed upon the chief Moshesh.
A battle ensued, which terminated in favour of her Ma-
jesty's forces ; and General Cathcart had returned to
Graham's Town in the firm conviction that hostilities in
the Orange territories were entirely at an end.
NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was
ordered for Frome, in the room of Lieut.-Col. Boyle,
whose election had been declared void.
THE FACTORY ACT.

Lord J. MANNERS presented a petition from Tod-
sporden, complaining of the evasion of the Factory Act
by certain master manufacturers. The noble lord in-
quired if it was the intention of the Government to take
any steps for the pre vening of such evasions for the
future?

Lord PALMERSTON said of course it would be the
duty of the Government to employ the power and au-
thority vested in them to see that the law was enforced
and obeyed, and if it appeared that there were difficul-
ties to prevent the proper execution of the law, it would
then be for the Government to consider what were the
measures that ought to be taken to remedy that defect.