The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

MALLOW MAIL.

(Mr. V. BROWNE wished to ask the Secretary of the
Treasury whether any contract has been, or is about to
be, entered into by the Post-office authorities, for the
conveyance of the mails, for one year, between Mallow
and Killarney, by a one horse cart, although the railway
between those towns will be opened in the course of a
few days ?
Mr. WILSON replied in the affirmative, adding that
the hours at which the railway company ran their trains
did not suit the convenience of the public.

KAFIR WAR.
Mr. ADDERLEY wished to ask 'Lord John Russell
whether he would allow the postponement, if necessary,
of the vote in Supply for the Kafir war, until the pro-
mised papers on that subject are presented.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the papers would be laid on
the table shortly, but the vote would not be taken till
they were before the house.
AFFAIRS OF TURKEY.
Mr. DISRAELI said he wished to ask the noble
lord the member for the City of London a question re

specting the present state of the affairs of Turkey, and
perhaps the house would permit him, in doing so, to
preface his question with a brief statement, although his
doing so might contravene the regulations of the house.

To make the question intelligible, it was necessary that
he should draw the attention of the house to dates.

The house was aware, that since Friday last, when

he addressed a question to the Government on the sub-
ject of our relations with the Porte, the Russian am-
bauesdor, Prince Menschikoff, quitted Constantinople
because his ultimatum had been refused. It appeared
that Prince Menschikoff left Constantinople on the 22nd
inst., and to communicate between Constantinople and
St. Petersburg would require seven days. Prince Men-
schikoff therefore would not reach St. Petersburg until
the 29th of this month. Now, assuming for a moment
that the Emperor of Russia might wish to act instantly
and with decision upon Constantinople, which he could
do, as he had a considerable fleet and military force at his
command, they must remember that it would take seven
days to pass from St. Petersburg to Sebastopol. This
would bring the dates down to the sth June,four days would
be required to effect the passage between Sebastopot
and the entrance to the Straits, and that would bring
the dates down to the 9th June ; but it would be impos-
sible for a Russian fleet to obtain a complete entrance into
the Straits until the 11th June. Assuming that there would
be no considerable opposition to their entering the Straits

from the Black Sea, the Russian forces would, by the
latter date, be enabled to pass the Dardanelles, and,

obtaining possession of the castles, prevent any other
fleet entering. Having stated these details to the house,
which were absolutely necessary to explain the point of
his question, be begged to observe that on Saturday last,
after the minister had thought proper to give directions for
our admiral at Malta to proceed with the British fleet to
the Dardanelles, he could have done so Vol Marseilles,
as there was a steamer waiting for the purpose at the
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moment, and our admiral would have received his in-
structions by the 2d of June. It would take seven days
for Admiral Dundas to proceed from Malta to the Dar-
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dandles, and therefore he would arrive on the 9th, exactly
two days before the Russian armament could make its
appearance. Now, the question he wished to put was
this, whether, taking the contingencies to which he had
referred into consideration, the Government had issued
instructions to the Admiral at Malta to proceed with the
fleet to the Dardanelles.

Lord J. RUSSELL—Sir, in the present state of the
relations between Russia and Turkey, I must decline
answering the question which the right hon. gentleman
has put to me ; and I beg leave to add, that if he will
give notice of any motion that he may intend to make
on the subject, the Government will be ready to defend
he course which they have taken. (Loud cheers.)

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In reply to Mr. GROGAN,UP PLY.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not think supply
would come on on Thursday, but it would certainly not
be the first order on that day.

INCOME TAX.
The House then went into committee upon the Income
Tax Bill.
On clause 26,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
hon. member opposite (Mr.' Barrow) had an amendment
on the paper for the purpose of making an allowance to
tenant farmers in respect of interest on borrowed money.
He thought the hon. member had proposed the amend-
ment under a misapprehension, for under schedule B
tenant farmers were entitled to such an allowance in the
same way as a trader under schedule D.
Mr. BARROW waq glad to hear the Chancellor of
the Exchequer make that declaratlors; but he thought it
would do no harm to.inseits. Allf.--°r(lß',.._ ,i'P_ .Prpßesed in
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