The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-13 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTION.

Sir B. HALL said this day week he gave notice of a
motion on the subject of the Admiralty Board which he
had fixed for Tuesday next, and he had now to appeal
to those hon. gentlemen who had notices on the paper
for that day to forego their motions in his favour.
Mr. STAFFORD also made an appeal to the house
to allow the hon. baronet's motion to come on first.

Mr. PHILLIMORE said he had no objection to give
way if the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets would
do so. _ _

Sir W. CLAY said the motion referred to was one
affecting the character of a Government department ;
and he thought, under these circumstances, the Govern-
ment themselves ought to furnish a day for its discus-
sion.

Mr. FITZROY gave notice that on Thursday next he
should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
law for regulating hackney carriages within the metro-
polis.
Mr. L. KING gave notice, that on the 3d of May he
should renew his annual motion on the subject of elec-
toral reform.

Mr. Sergeant SHEE gave notice, that on an early
day he should move for leave to bring in a bill to explain
the provisions of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. B. CARTER gave notice, that on an early day
he should submit a motion to the house on the subject
of the ballot.

Mr. COLLIER gave notice, that on an early day he
should move for leave to bring in a bill to remove the
jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in the case of
wills and letters of administration to the superior courts
of law at Westminister and the county courts.
FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.

Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of per-
sons flogged in the army of Great Britain and Ireland,
in each of the years 1847 to 1852 inclusive, specifying
the offence, the regiment, the place of station, the time,
the sentence, and the number of lashes inflicted (in con-
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 81, of Session,
1847).

Agreed to.
EXPULSION OF A GENTLEMAN FROM
TUSCANY.

Lord D. STUART wished to put a question to the
noble lord the member for the City of London, respect-
ing the arbitrary expulsion of Mr. Craufurd from the
Tuscan dominions.. Mr. Craufurd was the brother of
an hon. member of the house, and filled an important
situation under the Government at Corfu. Recently,
Mr. Craufurd had occasion to pass through Florence, and
while there he was told by the authorities of Tuscany
that if he did not immediately quit the Tuscan territories
force would be used to remove him, although he had
done nothing to merit the displeasure of the Duke.
He wished to know if the Government had received any
information on the subject ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was quite true that Mr.
Craufurd had been expelled from Tuscany under the
erroneous impression that he was connected with some
revolutionary movement. A representation had been
made to the Tuscan Government on the subject, and an
apology had been returned.
In reply to another question,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would be incon-
venient to produce the correspondence which had passed
between the two Governments on the subject.
GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES.

Mr. HEADLAM wished to ask the Chancellor of the i
Exchequer whether, on the creation of the new 31 per
Cent. and 21 per Cent. Stocks, the same contract with
reference to the income tax will be entered into concern-
ing such new stocks as were made in 1801 with reference
to the existing 3 per Cent. Stocks ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said- he
had some difficulty in understanding the question, but he
presumed it meant to ask whether the new annuities
which were about to be created would be exempt from
the payment of income tax as provided by the existing
. .

law: If that was so, all that he could say was simply
that this was a matter of detail, but, nevertheless, as at
present advised he saw no reason for departing from
the existing law upon the subject.