The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-28 00:00:00

COLLIERIES.

Mr. HUME postponed a notice of his on the paper
relative to some legislative enactments on the subject of
fire-damp explosions in collieries.
PENSIONS.

The HON. MEMBER then moved for the following re•
turns:—"A list, alphabetically arranged, of all persons in
England receiving salaries, pensions, pay, profits, fees,
emoluments, allowances, or grants of public money,
between the sth day of January, 1845, and the sth
day of January, 1849, the amount of which exceeds
200/. ; stating the total amount received by
each individual, and distinguishing the sources from
which the payments are made, and the aggregate of the
Whol.. Similar return of all persons in England re-
ceiving salaries, pensions, pay, profits, fees, emolu-
Merits, allowances, or grants of public money (not in-
cluding those persons paid by wages), between the sth
ley of January, 1848, and the sth day of January,
1849, the amount of which is upwards of 501., and not
exceeding 2001. sterling each person, the total amount
received by each individual, and distinguishing the
sources from which the payments are made, and the
aggregate of the whole; so as to exhibit in those two
lists every person in England in the receipt of 501. and
uPwards from those and from all other sources of public
money (the Church excepted). Also, two similar lists
for Scotland and two similar lists for Ireland."
Mr. PARKER was explaining the difficulty as well
as the expense of complying with the motion, when he
a as interrupted by, _

RdYAL COMMISSION.
Sir A. Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, who
"Pp ea re d at the table and summoned the House to attend
to the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by
Commission to several Bills.
The SPEAKER and a number of Hon. Members
accordingly left the House. On his return he announced
that the Royal Assent had been given in the other House
to the Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Bill, and the
Ireland Revenue Bill.
Air. HUME said, in reference to his motion for the
above returns, that he did not wish to do anything which
bltright cause any unnecessa'y expense or trouble. His
Friend the Member for Finsbury had obtained
some such returns a few years ago, but they were limited
to 1001, If there was an objection to a continuation of
the same at present he would leave the matter for ano-
thtr day for consideration.
lend J. RUSSELL suggested to his Hon. Friend to
let the matter rest fora few days' consideration, and
they
would be better enabled to form an idea of the
trouble and expense attendant upon making such re-
turns.

Mr• HUME acceded to the proposition, and the mo.
tiwl was withdrawn.

COLONIAL COMMITEE.
On the motion of Mr. BAILLIE, T
the following were
Ilartid as the Select Committee on grievances in the
.eoloaies of Ceylon and British Guiana:—Mr. Hume,
'Sir Joshua Walmsley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James
I.)liNg, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr.
Israeli, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Wilson, Mr.
-tuart Wortley, Lord Hotham, Mr. Baillie, Mr. M'Cul-
lagh, and Major Blackall.

WAR IN THE PUNJAUB.
_ Mr. G. THOMPSON rose, pursuant to notice, to
move—" That, in reference to that part of her Majesty's
gracious Speech informing her Parliament that a rebel-
lion had broken out in the Punj sub, an humble address
be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be
'Pleased to direct all papers relating to an event of this
th)naestie and important character to be laid before the
Rouse without further delay." The Hon. Member said
be did not wish to press his motion if he received an
'assurance that those papers would be laid on the table as
seen as possible. He conceived the present case was of
letteh more consequence than that of the Affghanistan
war. There was a strong case, he thought, against the
Government of India, but he did not wish to enter upon
Shy accusetion in the absence of all official papers. It
was of the utmost importance, in the present state of the
financial affairs of this kingdom, that no expenditure
which might be avoided should be entered into, and the
finances of India and England were very intimately
bound up in each other. He would conclude by merely
Putting his motion, but did not intend to press it.
The SPEAKER having read the terms of the motion,
Sir J. C. I.IOBHOUSE said he was exceedingly glad
that
the Hon. Member had taken the discreet course
which he had, and stated it to be his intention not to
preps his present motion, If the Hon. Member had done
8:3 ' he (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) should certainly have felt
to be Ids (levy to state that it weuld
have been impossible for him holding the situae
ti °ll which he had the honour of doing, to consent
to
the production of all those papers. There
might be a great many papers which it would extremely
prejudicial to the public interest to have produced; but
%e denied that there ever had been any improper delay
it~the presentation of any papers necessary for the pub-
utility. He believed that if that question
should ever be discussed with a full knowledge of all the
e aeta, the House would absolve the Government of India
from any blame in the transaction: The :public news-
10:1Pers contained very fair accounts of the origin of the
_attlibreak, and of the subsequent proceedings; and he
j."_o_,nght those accounts showed that the Government of
'"ula had taken the only course which was consistent
With the security and the honour of our empire in that
yen n try.
thilr. OSBORNE said, he could easily conceive that
p_ere would be some inconvenience in.. producing the
aps at present, as hostilities had not yet been termi-
fh ed ; but he hoped there would be no objection to
e.ca production of the dispatch of Sir J. Thackwell to
-Ltael Gough, which, as he understood, was in the hands
2,t.the Government, and which the friends of Sir J.
4hackwell were anxious should be made public.
:teSir J. C. HOBUOUSE said he was not certain that
dispatch in question had been forwarded to this
std but if he should find that it had been forwarded,
"lid if he could see no public ground for refusing its
,Piroduction, he should of course be ready to lay it before
We House.
The motion was then withdrawn.
BUCKINGHAM SUMMER ASSIZES BILL.
Mr. DU PRE, in moving the second reading of this
Bill, said the object of it was simply to place the county
of Buckingham. on the same footing with every county
in the kingdom, and to allow of the assizes being held
'in the most cotitienient place in the county. For a cen-
tury past, an Act, obtained by family influence, had
°ten kept on the statute-book, which prevented the
1183illeS been held elsewhere than at Buckingham, though
that was detrimental to the interests of the majority of
the inhabitants. The measure now before the House,
for holding the assizes at Aylesbury, was founded on
Petitions numerously signed, emanating from the ma.
ratrates and other influential inhabitants. Any ona
ir,,,king at the map of the county must be convinced of
had
situation of Aylesbury. The Chief Baron
eh.'"4 expressed himself decidedly in favour of the
areensgke- This Bill, however, did not necessarily autho-
ee,,ieee removal of the assizes, but merely enabled the
th""tY to bring the case before the Privy Council, under
fact of Wm. INT.
h,The,„ Marquis of CHANDOS said he did not think
ah'eLlesen. Friend had alleged sufficient grounds to justify
It ',Louse in assenting to the Bill. He doubted whether
Would be for the benefit of the whole county of
the Ingham. When the question was brought before
thretuagistrates in July, 1847, there was a division of
for to one against it. The subject was again brought
pis yard at the adjourned sessions, and amongst the ma-
lees noes who voted against it was his Hon. Friend. It
ham a question between Aylesbury and Bucking-
eouo't "ut a question between the two extremes of the
tieeerir• He opposed the measure, because it was not in
teeth 4',l,ee with the opinion of the magistrates in the
press has the county ; and ho would, therefore, move
847' be read a second time that day six months.
0, • GREY hoped that the Noble Lord would not
Lir vas amendment. The Bill would not necessarily
nteerneeepsitithtee:result which the Noble Lord seemed to eon.
The place of holding the assizes would not
eotte,3artie be changed. The Bill merely placed the
ceen:Y of Buckingham in tte same position as the other
eounle,B of England, saith regard to which the Queen in
ho id', had possessed the power of changing the place of
desirable
assiz2s. That was a power which it might be
able to exercise sometimes.
Tae a—
ee_ mendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill read
~soted timo
4ne House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock.
Tem Ist•

mein-
-0,0;48 .Intrma OF MR. GRIFFITH.—"This
01...4Y eis still involred in the deepest mystery.. DI ot
,st" r?rooteat Clue has been obtained to throw the sl.Thtn-
the alfehrtt upon this dark deed. The police are surltoe
t • . D and no exertion will be spared to discove h