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London, England, 1854-05-11 00:00:00

for encouraging voluntarily established industrial reforma-
tions for criminal children, of which he had given notice.
Lord PALMERSTON hoped shortly to be able to intro-
duce the bill ; but he could not name the day.
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Bills relating to'Cambridge and other boroughs.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that the Scotch Education
Bill would stand first to-morrow, and if that discussion
extended beyond n o'clock, these bills would not be
brought on.
CONVEYING THE IsT ROYALS TO THE EAST.
Mr. FRENCH put a question as to the conveyance of
the Ist Royals from Plymouth to the East by the Andes,
and that in the course of the voyage the bulkhead took
fire, and that but for the determined gallantry of the
Royals the gunpowder on board would have exploded and
destroyed all on board.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he had made inquiry into the
matter, and no official complaint on the subject had reached
the Admiralty, nor he believed the Horse Guards. It was
true a fire took place on board, but owing to the gallantry
of the officers and men no injury was sustained. (Hear.)
EXPENSE OF THE PRINTING OF THE STA-
TIONERY DEPARTMENT.
Mr. FITZROY said be wished to correct an answer ho
had given at an earlier part of the evening with respect to
printing. Ho had said the expense of printing the reports
&c. of the Board of Health was 20,0001. a-year ;he should
have said that that was the expense of the whole printing
of the Stationery Department.

KINGDOM OF GREECE.
In reply to Mr. BRIGHT,
Lord J. RUSSELL said the papers referring to the
Kingdom of Greece were in course of preparation, and
would shortly be laid upon the table.

PRUSSIAN SAILORS.
Mr. OTWAY wished to ask the right hon. the First
Lord of the Admiralty if it was true that some Prussian
officers and sailors had been allowed to serve on board some
of our ships in the Baltic, at the request of the Prussian
Government, on the understanding that if such ships came
in contact with the Russians they were to leave the fleet ?
(A laugh.)
Sir J. GRAHAM said, at the request of the Prussian
Government some Prussian officers had been allowed to
serve with our Baltic fleet ; but he was not aware whether
there was any such a stipulation made as that mentioned
by the hon. member. However, he would make inquiry,
and give him a more explicit answer to-morrow.
HIGHWAYS (DISTRICT SURVEYORS) BILL.
Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of the above
bill, the details of which he explained to the house. He
wished to have the surveyors of highways in this country
appointed in the same manner as they are in Ireland, by
the magistrates assembled at road sessions, for nowhere
were the public roads and bridges better managed than
they were in that country, and at a great saving of expense
as compared with this country. He proposed that the bill
should only be passed from one year from the next ensuing
session of Parliament, and then, if it was found to work
well, it could be continued annually, with such improve-
ments as might be desirable. He believed a saving of 50
per cent. would be effected by the rate-payers ; and he
trusted the noble lord the Home Secretary would consent
to the introduction of the bill, and then that it be referred
to a select committee.

The motion having been seconded,
Mr. MILES opposed the bill, which he characterised as
an "oligarchical bill." He moved that it be read a second
time this day six months.
Mr. FI rzaoy concurred in the objections of Mr. Miles
to this bill.

[LEFT SITTING.]