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cuted the improvements, his charge upon the tenant
should he restricted to the estimate of the tenant.
After some discussion the house divided, and the
numbers were—
For the amendment 39
Against it
Majority
—5O
The committee again divided upon the amendment of
Sergeant Shee, limiting any allegation of fraud by the
landlord against the tenant to the lifetime of the latter.
The numbers were—
For the amendment
Against it 74
Majority —44
The house then adjourned until 6 o'clock.
The house resumed at six o'clock.
DISEASE AT CROYDON.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND moved that a return of the notes
of the evidence taken on the recent inquiry before Dr. Ar-
nett and Mr. Page, into the prevalent disease at Croydon,
and also the papers contained in the appendix to their
report on that inquiry, bo laid on the table of the house,
and printed.—Agreed

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Mr. LAYARD gave notice that to-morrow (Friday) he
would put a question to the noble lord (Lord J. Russell)
relative to the pending negotiations with Russia, and also
with respect to the production of papers connected there-
with.

Lord D. STUART asked the noble lord the member for
the city of London whether, as it had been stated by the
Government that a great number of British merchant ships
are detained in the Danube in consequence of the state of
that river, which has been produced by the neglect of the
Government of Russia to discharge that which has been
described by a Minister of the Crown as a great duty owed
by Russia to Europe, and as great loss must be occasioned
to British merchants by the detention of those ships,
whether Government will demand from the Czar, compen-
sation to those merchants for the loss inflicted upon them
by the culpable neglect of the Russian Government? Also,
whether, as it has been stated by the Government that
repeated representations have been made to the Govern-
ment of Russia respecting the interruption of the naviga-
tion of the Danube, the noble lord will have any objection
to lay upon the table of the house copies of the correspon-
dence on the subject ?

Lord J. RUSSELL doubted whether any claim could be
made on the Russian Government for compensation, for
though the Russian Government had not taken proper pre-
cautions with respect to keeping clear the navigation of the
Danube, yet natural causes also had very much contributed
to prevent the navigation of the Danube. There had
recently been an overflowing of the banks fronraceumula-4
tions ; but those loadings had subsided, and there were
now several more feet of water in the channel than recently,
which of course would facilitate the liberation of the con-
fined vessels (we understood). With respect to the second
question, as to correspondence, the noble lord at the head
of the Foreign-office would look over it, and see if there
was any portion that ought to be produced ; if so, it would
be placed in the hands of members this session.
THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.
Colonel BLAIR wished to ask the right hon. gentleman
the Secretary at War a question relative to a paragraph
which had appeared in the public papers, to the effect that
many of the men belonging to the camp at Chobham were
confined in the hospital from sickness. The question was
one of a personal character, inasmuch as it was not credit.
able to a regiment to have men in the hospitals on the sick
list. The circumstances had only been mentioned in a
paragraph in the public papers, and he wished to know
whether Government had received any official contradic-
tion of the paragraph ?
Mr. S. HERBERT said, in consequence of the severe
weather last week it was supposed that the troops at
Chobham would have suffered, but it appeared that the
inconveniences to the troops were borne by them with an
amount of cheerfulness and good humour quite satisfactory.
Further, the last accounts from the camp were that a less
degree of sickness prevailed than would, perhaps, have been
the case had the men been in barracks. (Hear.)
Colonel PEEL wished to know if it were true that the
42d Regiment and 2d battalion were kept in the wet a
considerable time at the station in consequence of the train
not being ready ?
Mr. S. HERBERT was not able to answer the qmption.
But a communication had been made to the Horse Guards,
and the subject was under inquiry.
Sir DE LACY EVANS put some further question on
the subject of the alleged sickness at Chobham, and was
referred by Mr. S. Herbert to his answer to Colonel Blair.
Mr. SCOTT asked the Secretary at War whether he had
information that the train for the conveyance of the 42d
Regiment from Woking to Gosport on the 14th was at
Woking three-quarters of an hour before the time agreed
upon—that it started with the regiment about a quarter of
an hour after six, which was the hour named, and reached
Gosport exactly at the time fixed ? Also that the train for
the Rifles left London with the 97th, and reached Woking
at 6.45, where half the Rifles were already loaded in
carriages, and departed as soon as they were loaded, leaving
a short time after the hour determined upon ?
Mr. HERBERT replied, that he had no information on
the subject, but ho was glad to hear it stated from so
authentic and official a quarter.
THE SEWERS COMMISSION.
In reply to Sir B. HALL,
Viscount PALMERSTON said he proposed to extend
the commission for twelve months longer. He hoped to be
able by next session to arrange a plan for the further con-
tinuance of this commission, with, however, a due propor-
tion of the representative element infused into it. It was
impossible to pass any measure on the subject this session.
There was a certain quantity of works planned, for which
the commissioners could not find funds. These works did
not relate to such matters as arterial drainage, and the
question was whether such works should be postponed, or
whether Parliament, by an enabling clause, should put the
commissioners in a condition to give the different districts
that which they urgently required. He should propose a
clause to that effect, and he would be glad to give the house
an early opportunity of discussing it at one of the morning
sittings.

In reply to Mr. BLACKETT, who wished to know the
intentions of Government respecting the Crown property
know a as Chopwell Woods,
Mr. WILSON said the decision was that the ground
should be cleared and planted with larch. The whole
question had undergone patient investigation and the
determination arrived at was presuSred to be Yeist
caleu-
lated to promote the profit and convenience of the public
at large.
Mr. PELLA TT asked Lord J. Russell whether the Go-
vernment had received intelligence of the destruction of philo-
sophical instruments, property, and papers of the Rev.
Dr. Livingston, at the Baktalles, and also of the expulsion
of the missionaries, Messrs. Inglis and Edwards, from the
territory beyond the Vaal ; as also of the seizure of native
women and children for consignment to slavery by the
Transvaal Boors ; and if so, whether these aggressive acts
are in violation of the treaty made by the British on the
17th January, 1852, with the Boor authorities at Sand
ll'ver ; and what steps have been taken to obtain redress,
especially in reference to the Gth article of the said treaty,
that no slavery is or shall be permitted or practised to the
north of the Vaal river?

Mr. F. PEEL replied, Government had received com.

munications on the q-uestiou. Those communications had
been printed, and if the hon. member referred to them, he
would find the information he required. Copies of all
communications to Government had been forwarded to the
Cape to Sir G. Clerk, who would institute inquiry, and if
the allegations were proved to be founded on fact, would
use his influence to induce the Boors of the Cape to respect
the rights of the natives, and to allow the missionaries to
remain in the country.
Mr. HUME asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
whether the distribution of prize-money for the capture of
brass guns at Brune, notified in the London Gazette of the
15th inst., should not be postponed until the report of the
commissioners agreed to bo appointed to investigate all
matters relating to those transactions at Borneo, had been
laid before Parliament.
Sir J. GRAHAM, after detailing the circumstances of
the capture of the guns, which took place seven years ago,
and the claim which was made in 1851 by Sir Thomas
Cochrane on behalf of the captors to have the guns declared
lawful prizes and sold—and the amount distributed amont,
the captors—said, that this claim had been referred to the
law officers of the Crown, and had been decided in favour
of the claimants. Two years ago the guns were sold—the
proceeds realised were made over to the agents of the cap-
tors, and the amount now stood for distribution. He was
,uot prepared, considering the time that had elaped, and
the formal decision that had been given, to arrest the
course of law or to disturb the decision.
RECENT CAB CASE DECISION AT BOW-STREET.

Mr. BRIGHT wished to ask the noble lord (Lord Pal-
merston) a qaestion with reference to a recent decision of
Mr. Henry, the Bow-street magistrate, which had been
much commented upon in the press, in which that
magis-
trate had sent a cabman to prison for a month, because he
happened not to have ss. in his pocket to cover the expensei
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shocked at the severity of the sentence. He merely wanted
to know whether the noble lord had had his attention called
to the case, for it was just such a case to which the atten-
tion of the Home Secretary ought to be called. If such
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mation at present on the subject. He would, however,
entreat the house to suspend their judgment, for though
newspaper reports were generally accurate, yet errors did
sometimes take place, and he could mention one in which
Mr. Serjeant Adams was stated to have given a woman
two years', additional punishment for calling an officer a
"pig.' Mr. Serjeant Adams denied that this had taken
place ; and as there was an error in that instance he hoped
the house, in the present matter, would suspend their
judgment until the facts had been investigated.
Mr. HUME wished to known whether an official list of
distances was ready ? That was what the public wanted.
Viscount PALMERSTON replied in the affirmative.