The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-11 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

CHESTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPE.)

DEE STAND CUP.

Helena

Octavia

Six ran.
WELTER CUP.

Captain Cornish
Milk Boy

Five ran.
DEE STAKES.

Scythian
Champagne

2

Ten ran.
TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES.
Lord Alfred
MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE.
Vanderdecken .................................................
Indian Warrior ....... ......................................
ileven ran.
SCURRY HANDICAP.

Monimia ............
Anteverta ..........................
Eleven ran.

SELLING STAKES,

Galanthus ...........
13ridekirk ............

Six ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--(THIS EVENING.)
The house met at five o'clock.
Lord BROUGHAM called attention to the law in
regard to secondary punishments, and urged the neces-
sity of some improvement in it, as well the establish-
ment of reformatory institutes.
THE EXPEDITION TO THE EAST.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH complained of the
enormous expenses incurred by the Government in the
transport of troops and horses to Turkey. As we were
now, he feared, entering upon a long war, he thought
he was justified in asking the Government to give the
house some information on this subject. (Hear, hear.)
In 1808 a larger number of troops were conveyed
to the Peninsula, at a cost which was 1,000,0001.
less than was now required. He also wished to know
in what manner the Government intended to pay the
soldiers in Turkey, as he understood that the English
currency was there very greatly depreciated. He likewise
inquired what measures were to be adopted in Turkey
for affording means for the movements of an army. It
was a very common, but a grievous error, that, when
the troops were landed with the cavalry and artillery, the
commanding officer could move them wherever he pleased
or wherever the exigencies of the war required them.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said there was no indis-
position on the part of the Government to give every in-
formation consistent with the public service, but it was
impossible for him to go into all the details men-
tioned by the noble earl, for to do so would be to give
a great advantage to the enemy, without doing any
good in this country. The reason why several transport
vessels had not left before was a total inability to get
them ready sooner, and not any want of preparation on
the part of the authorities who were conducting the
operations, or delays by the officers or men who be-
longed to the different regiments.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT.

Sir B. HALL complained that the report of the General
Board of Health had been communicated to, and printed
in, a morning paper before it was delivered to members.
The report was made for the use of Parliament, and he
wanted to know how it was that members did not receive
a copy of the report, seeing that it had been printed, until
after it had appeared in the paper alluded to.
Mr. FITZROY replied that early in the year an autho-
rity for printing the-usual number of the General Board of
Health Reports was sent from the Home-office to the Sta-
tionary-office, and on the 11th April two copies of the
report were printed and laid on the table of the two
houses of Parliament. Subsequently the Board of Health
obtained permission to print 4,000 additional copies of
this report for their own distribution, and no doubt one
of these had been furnished themselves to the paper in
question. The Board of Health, and not the Home-office,
was responsible for the distribution of the report to
members.

Sir B. HALL asked if these 4,000 copies would be
charged in the general accounts of the Board of Health, or
would it be charged in the estimates under the head
" Printing Parliamentary Papers.'
Mr. FITZROY imagined it would be charged in the
latter manner. The charge for printing Parliamentary
papers was exceedingly heavy ; and so far as the Board of
Health was concerned, their account for printing was
something like 20,0001. a year.