The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-03 00:00:00

111INESD A Y 1-±::VEN IN G, FEBRUARY 3, 1847

manner in which the subject is treated, that the learned
Theban who wrote the article has never read the treaty.
This argument from the treaty of 1824, which was used
by the National of Sunday, is disposed of by the Journal
des Debuts in the following satisfactory manner :
"All the argumentation of the National consists in this
—the occupation of the island of Labuan by England is an
usurpation committed in direct violation of the treaty passed
in London on March 17, 1824, between England and Hol-
land, of which latter country the treaty guarantees the rights
over Labuan. The National appears to think that we
are ignorant of the existence of this treaty, and of the
representations which the journals of the Hague and
Batavia, in grounding themselves on it, have put forward
whenever there was a question of Labuan. It is mistaken.
4.s we said on Saturday, it is a long time since this matter
has been projected, and however ill-informed we may be
thought, it is not reasonable to suppose that some fragment of
the discussion that has arisen in England and Holland on
this subject should not have reached us. Far from that, we
desired to search into the matter ourselves, and we have done
what the National ought undoubtedly to have done before
launching forth somewhat rashly into the question. We
have read the treaty of 1824, the basis of the discussion and
of the rights of both parties. We have it at this moment
before us, and we affirm that in none of its 17 articles is it
possible, unless one is blinded by personal interest or by
foolish passions, to find anything that is contrary to the
creation of English establishments at Labuan, or even in the
;ndependent part of Borneo. This treaty, which regulates at
present in a sovereign manner the respective situations of
England and Holland in the Malay archipelago, allows to
Holland the entire possession of Sumatra, and to England
that of the peninsular of Molacca. It confirms the rights of
Great Britain to Singapore and the abandonment of all pre-
tensions on her part to the islands situated to the south of
that establishment; it stipelates the reciprocal admission of
the vessels and subjects of the two Powers to all their pos-
sessions, except the Moluccas; it treats of the Celebes, Timor,
Ceram, of little isles like Battam, Bintang, or Lingin, but it
says not a word of Borneo, and contains nothing which can
apply to the present matter. In even reading attentively the
treaty, and the documents annexed to 1., in studying their
spirit, and seeking to explain the results which they are
destined to produce, it is difficult for an impartial mind not
to arrive at the conclusion that in what concerns Borneo and
the isles dependent on it, the intention of the negotiators was
to reserve the question, or still better, to allow it to follow its
natural course without making it the object of any particular
stipulation, and to have recourse for the future to the pre-
scriptions of the law of nations."
The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address
(yommenced on Monday, but as the Address is debated
paragraph by paragraph, it is supposed that the discus-
sion on the Spanish marriages will not take place until
Thursday. The following addition to the paragraph in
the Address on the Montpensier marriage will be pro-
posed by UM'. BILLAULT and DUFAURB
" If, on the occasion of that event, any difference has ma-
nifested itself between your Government and that of a
❑eighbouring people, France has a right upon reckoning that
the good relations shall be re-established, without costing
anything either to her interests or her dignity."

On Monday, M. ROGER (du Nord) opened the de-
bate by censuring the conduct of the Ministry, in regard
to the occupation of Cracow, as wanting in dignity; he
was followed by M. DESMON VEAUX DE Cavaz, who de-
fended the Ministerial policy with regard to Cracow ;
.and after a speech from M. GARNIER PAGES, the general
,liscussion closed, and the first paragraph of the Address
was agreed to.

The Three per Cents. fell 60c. on the Paris Bourse on
Monday, apprehensions being entertained that public
tranquillity might be disturbed in that capital in conse-
quence of the increased price of bread. As measures of
precaution, the military posts had been doubled and the
troops had been confined to their barracks.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 771. 70c. ; the Five per Cents., 1171. 80c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2201. ; Rouen, 875 f. ;
travre, 6801.; Great Northern, 606 f. 25c; Avignon, 8201.;
Vierzon, 570 f. ; Bourdeaux, 5401.; Basle, 2051.; Paris and
Strasburg, 4701.; Tours and Nantes, 4661 25c.; Paris and
Lyons, 487 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 480 f. ; Bourdeaux
and Cette, 450 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 34.
MA A5E11.1.23, JAN. 27.—Marseilles and Avignon, 842 f.
50c.; Northern, 6201.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 2.

Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), l234—Dutch Rhenish,
4—East Indian, %—(lreat Southern of Madras, IA —Namur and
Liege, 2N—Northern of Franc•, IVA —Orleans and Bordeaux, 7
Sambre and Meuse, 6% —Tours and Nantes, 334.

Mr. 13nel:worth's Bashful beat Mr. Squire's Odessa.
Mr. Vipan's Viola beat Mr. Fyson's Fatima.

THE POET STAKES.
Lord Stradbroke's Mac beat Mr. Dobede's Dunkirk.
Mr. Gillett ml Foxhunter beat Mr. B. Smvth's Surrey.
Mr. King's Rhea beat Mr. Fyson's Fair Maid.
Mr. Dobede's Destiny beat Mr. Fyson's Flash.
Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Lord Stradbroke's Mintman.
Lord Stradbroke's Mainmast beat Mr.. Vipau's Varua.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton-market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales, 1,500 to 2,000 bales only, of which speculators took
600 bales American. Railway Shares were lower generally.
The sale of Railway Shares, yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond
and Co., was well attended, and, although prices were a shade
lower, a good business was done. Many purchasers for
investment were present, who took off the better descrip-
tions et shares readily. The following are a few of tke
principal sales : _ _

London and Manchester (Remington's) £0 7 6
Great Western of Bengal 0 5 0
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 18 0
Shropshire Union and Canal 1 8 0
Northern Counties Union 1 6 6
Taw Vale Extension and Dock
Northern and Southern Connecting
Madrid and Valencia
Buckinghamshire
Paris and Lyons •••
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3 19 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 13 0
Caledonian
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham 6 10 0
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 4 0 0
East Lincolnshire
Manchester, Buxton, and Ilatlock.
Accounts, per Northumberland packet-ship from New
York, have been forwarded to the North and South Ame-
rican Coffee-House. The dates were January 12th. The
corn trade was dull, and cotton was quiet, though it main-
tained its value. The Mexican war was likely to continue,
as the Congress had adopted Santa Anna's view, and decided
that there should be no treating for peace while the American
troops were in the country. Respecting the Government
pecuniary wants, we are advised that—:
The refusal of Congress to levy a duty upon tea and
coffee has defeated all the calculations of the Secretary of
the Treasury, and compelled him to look about for other
ways and means to raise the revenue and to increase the
credit of the Government. It appears that Mr. Walker
assured those who took the last loan that a duty of twenty-
five per cent. should be placed upon tea and coffee, and it
was upon that assurance the favorable bids were made. We
have no doubt but that the depreciation in the market prices
of the new United States 6's has been in a measure produced
by the vote in the House of Representatives upon the reso-
tion to tax tea and coffee.

Messrs. Ferguson and Taylor write from Manchester:—
"There is certainly nothing in the aspect of our foreign or
colonial markets, nor in the social condition of our home popu-
lation, to encourage a hope of that large demand immediately
springing up which would fully employ all the productive
resources of our cotton manufacturers. On the contrary, the
likelihood of high prices for food continuing, at least
for some months, to rule in this and neighbouring
nations, must tend materially to abridge demand for
manufactures; the drain of money in payment for
imports of foreign grain, to supply the national
loss of several millions of wealth, occasioned by the failure of
the potato crop in Ireland; the necessary increase in the
ratespf discount, and accompanying contraction of the springs
of commerce; the uncertainty of an increase in our local and
national burdens, consequent on the calamity which has
fallen upon Ireland in the first place,—all these cir-
cumstances conspire to render highly probable the fact of
a diminished consumption of goods, and a consequent
decline in their value. On the other hand, the opinion is
pretty generally received that there will be a deficient sup-
ply of cotton, and that the present high rates will be firmly
upheld; and this fact is relied on by many who infer that a
limitation of production will, before long, be rendered ine-
vitable, and that the downward tendency in the prices of
yarns and goods will be arrested. The ultimate supply of
cotton yet remains problematical, and, as we have no longer
any confidence in manufacturers regulating their production
by the circumstances of the times or the simple rules of
commercial policy, we cannot at present venture to suggest
to our friends how best to time their investments, whilst so
many conflicting influences appear- to bear upon the future."
The English Funds have been rather better to-day, though
still somewhat fluctuating. Consols have been 90% to 9113
for present transfer and time. New Three-and-a- Quarter
per Cents. have been 92% to 931/i •, and the Three per Cents.
90% to 91'A. Bank Stock has been firm at 203 to 204.
Exchequer-bilk have been 3s. to 6s. premium.
The Foreign Bonds have been very dull. Spanish Three
per Cents, have been 34% , and Mexican 22. Chilian
have been 941 A, and Brazilian 85.
Shares have been rather firmer.
BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock .. • • 204 203 2031,6
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91% 90% 91% 91 91%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 90% 91% 91
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Amis. 93 92% 93% 93
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 9-16 % 9%
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9% 9%
India Stock .. . 250
Consols for Account .. .. 90% 91% 91%
Exchequer Bills. 1 4d. 134 d.
I,oool .... 6 3 pm. 3
5001. . 5 pm. 5
Ditto, Small •• .• 6 7 4 pm. 4
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 85
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 94%
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 22
Ditto, for the Account 22
Russian Bonds .. • • ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Three per Cent ..
Ditto. fer the Account .. 34% Ii
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 3454
Dutch Two-and-•a-Half per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certtrica.tes

CLOSING
PRICES.

11114

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE -WEDNESDAY
Since Saturday evening the arrivals of English Wheat,
especially from Kent, have been somewhat extensive, viz.,
4,440 quartrs, mostly in fair condition. The stands were
heavily filled with samples; at least four-fifths were those
which remained unsold at the close of Monday. This cir-
cumstance, together with the thin attendance of buyers,
caused the demand for all descriptions to rule excessively
heavy, and, to effect sales, a farther decline of quite Is. per
quarter must have been submitted to. In Foreign Wheats,
the show of which was not large, exceedingly little business
was doing, yet the holders were not to say anxious sellers;
hence, in prices, we have no material alteration to notice.
The receipts of English Barley have considerably exceeded
those of many preceding weeks; but the imports of Foreign
have been small. The Barley trade was dull, at barely sta-
tionary figures. The show of Malt was moderately exten-
sive. All kinds moved off slowly, at barely late rates.
Oats, Beans, and Peas were easier to purchase. Flour dull,
and the turn lower; 14,190 barrels have come from America
in this week.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Bartey.,
i Oats I Flour.
English .. —• • 4,440 qrs.) 6,570 qrs. 5,930 qrs. I 4,370 ski.
Irish. ........ _ _....._
--I and
Foreign .... • • 1,970 590 I 14,190br1s

1,940
Malt, 5,560 qrs.
WHITE CHAPEL.
We had a large supply of both town and country-killed
Meat on sale. Generally speaking the demand ruled heavy,
at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s Gd to 3s 8d ;
Mutton, as 4d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork,
Be 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs., by the carcase.

IMP E RIA L PA RI lAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Busi-
ness, however, did not commence for twenty minutes after-
wards, as forty Members—the requisite number to make a
House—did not assemble till that time.
RAILWAY BILLS.
On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, the following resolutions
for the regulation of Railway Bills were severally agreed to :-
1. That a Committee of five Members be appointed, to be
called the Classification Committee of Railway Bills, and that
three be the quorum of such Committee.
2: That copies of all petitions for Railway Bills presented
to the House be laid before the said Committee.
3. That the Committee of Classification shall form into
groups all Railway Bills which, in their opinion, it would be
expedient to submit to the same Committee.
4. That as soon as the Committee of Classification shall
have determined what Railway Bills are to be grouped to-
gether, they shall report the same to the House, and all
petitions against any of the said. Bills shall be presented to
the House three clear days before the meeting of the Com-
mittee thereon.
5. That there be no more than seven clear days between
the first reading of any Railway Bill and the second reading
thereof, except by special order of the House.
6. That the breviate of every Railway Bill shall be laid on
the table of the House, and be printed and delivered one
clear day before the second reading.
7. That such Railway Bills as shall have been read a first
time before the House shall agree to these resolutions, shall
be read a second time within seven clear days thereafter.
8. That such of the standing orders as relate to the com-
position of the Committees on Private Bills, and the orders
consequent thereon, be suspended, so far as regards Railway
Bills pending in the course of the present session.
9. That Committees on Railway Bills, during the present
session of Parliament, shall be composed of a chairman and
four Members, to be appointed by the Committee of Selection.
10. That each Member of a Committee on a Railway Bill
or Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend and vote on
such Committee, sign a declaration that his constituents have
no local interests, and that he himself has no personal interest
for or against any Bill referred to him ; and no such Com-
mittee shall proceed to business until the whole of the Mem-
bers thereof shall have signed such declaration.
11. That the promoters of a Railway Bill shall be prepared
to go into the Committee on the Bill on such day as the
Committee of Selection shall, subject to the order that there
be seven clear days between the second reading of every Pri-
vate Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon, think
proper to appoint, provided that the Classification Committee
shall have reported on such Bill.
12. That the Committee of Selection shall giie each
Member not less than fourteen days' notice of the week in
which it will be necessary for him to be in attendance, for
the purpose of serving, if required, on a Railway Bill Com-
mittee.
13. That the Committee of Selection shall give each
Member a sufficient notice of his appointment as a Member
of a Committee on a Railway Bill, and shall transmit to him
a copy of the twelfth resolution, and a blank form of the de-
claration therein required, with a request that he will forth-
with return it to them properly filled up and signed.
14. Teat if the Committee of Selection shall not within
due time receive from each such Member the aforesaid
declaration, or an excuse which they shall deem sufficient,
they shall report to the House the name of such defaulting
Member.
15. That the Committee of Selection shall have the power
of substituting, at any time before the first meeting of a
Committee, another Member for a Member whom they shall
deem it proper to excuse from serving on that Committee.
16. That power be given to the Committee of Selection
to send for persons, papers, and records, in the execution
of the duties imposed on them by the foregoing resolutions.
17. That no Member of a Committee shall absent himself
from his duties on such Committee, unless in the case of sick-
ness or by leave of the House.
18. That all questions before Committees on Railway
Groups or Bills shall be decided by a majority of In:ACES, in-
cluding the voice of the chairman ; and that, whenever the
voices shall be equal, the chairman shall have a second or
casting vote.
19. liat, if the chairman shall be absent from the Com-
mittee, the Member next in rotation on the list, who shall
be present, shall act as chairman.
20. That Committees shall be allowed to proceed so long
as three Members shall be present, but not with a less number,
unless by special leave of the House.
21. That if on any day within one hour after the time ap-
pointed for the meeting of a Committee three Members shall
not be present, the Committee shall be adjourned to the same
hour on the next day on which the House shall sit, which
hal been fixed for that day.
22. That in the case of a Member not being present within
one hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the
Committee, or of any Member absenting himself from his
duties on such Committee, such Member shall be reported to
the House at its next sitting.
23. That each Committee shall be appointed to meet on
each day of its sitting not later than twelve o'clock, unless
by the regular vote of the Committee.
24. That Committees on Railway Bills have leave to sit in
the present session, notwithstanding any adjournment of the
House, if the Committees shall so think fit.

25. That it be an instruction to all Committees upon PH.
rate Bills not to hear parties on any petition hereafter re-
ferred to them, which shall not be prepared and signed in
strict conformity ;vitt' the rules and orders of this House.
26. That all Select Committees on Railway Groups or Bills
be empowered to refer, if they shall so think fit, to the
Chairman of Ways and Means, together with the Members
ordered to prepare and bring in each such Bill, any unopposed
Railway Bill submitted for their consideration, and that such
Bills be severally dealt with by the said Chairman, and those
Members respectively acting with him, as other unopposed
Bills are to be dealt with.

57. That the following clause be inserted in all Railway
Bills passing through this House :
And, be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railway by this
or the said recited Acts authorised to be made from the pro-
visions of any general Act relating to such Bills, or of any
general Act relating to railways, which may hereafter pass
during this or any future session of Parliament, or from any
future revision and alteration, under the authority of Par-
liament, of the maximum rates of fares and charges autho-
rised by this Act.
Mr. HUME wished to know if the Government proposed
to take any steps to carry out the principle agreed'io by the
private Committee, which sat last session on Railtvotßills—
namely, that some responsible board, answerable fothose
Bills, should be appointed. He wanted to know, thererdre,
whether any measures had been taken for the purpose of
having preliminary inquires made with respect to the pro-
posed railways ?
Mr. STRUTT said that he himself was a member of the
Committee referred to by the Hon. Gentleman, and con-
curred in the report that a local inquiry should, previously
take place before any steps were taken in that House. Such
an inquiry locally on the spot would be more advantageous
than any that might be made before a Committee of that
House. Since the report of that Committee an
Act was passed in the House to carry out the
recommendation of that report, and, in accordance
with that Act, preliminary inquiries had been made by two
departments--namely, the Admiralty and theßoard of Woods
and Forests. The department of railways was, he considered,
one in which it was especially necessary that these prelimi-
nary inquiries should take place, and he begged to inform the
House that the question was at present under the considera-
tion of the Government. He hoped shortly to be in a con-
dition to state that a measure on the subject would be in
readiness to be placed before the House. He did not think
it necessary, therefore, to make any further observations at
present.

CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAY BILLS.
Mr. sTßurr moved the nomination of the following
Committee for the Classification of Railway Bills :—Mr.
Wilson Patten, Lord Courtenay, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir
John Pakington, and Lord Dalmeny. —Motion agreed to.
Mr. HUME wished to know whether there was any pro-
vision that private Bills should be submitted first to a re-
sponsible Committee, as during last session ?
Mr. STRUTT quite concurred in the propriety of the
question.. By such an arrangement more points would be
satisfactorily arranged than if an Act had been passed, by
which preliminary inquiries on railway Bills should be made
by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and by the Ad-
miralty.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for a copy of the information,
and the punishment inflicted on certain parties who had left
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lief Bill

Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from the ship-
owners of Drogheda, complaining of the light dues.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented several petitions in
favour of the Ten Hours' Bill.

POSTPONEMENT OF MOTIONS.
Mr. HUME said he would postpone his motions for a copy
of the returns of corporal and other punishments on board
each of her Majesty's ships in the royal navy, in each year,
from the Ist day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of De-
cember, 1846, stating the name, rating, nature of the offence,
date of punishment, the number of lashes, and remarks of
commander-in-chief or senior officer, as to any excess of
punishments or otherwise, according to the schedules pub-
lished and ordered in the Admiralty Instructions, dated the
let day of January, 1844, for the government of her Ma-
jesty's naval service ; stating, also, the number of seamen and
marines employed in each year,and the average number flogged,
distinguishing the number of commissioned and warrant and
petty officers; also, specifying the name of her Majesty's
shipsand vessels, and the name of the commanders, in which
no corporal punishments have been inflicted in any of these
years---also for abstracts of the total number of men, rank
and file, belonging to the Royal Marines, who, from the Ist
day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of December, 1846,
have suffered corporal punishment or imprisonment on shore,
showing the nature of their offences, in classes, for which
such punishment has been awarded, and the number in each
class ; and showing the greatest and the smallest number of
lashes inflicted; also, the longest and shortest period of con-
finement awarded as punishment to each person, and the
average period of confinement for each class of offence, and
the average number flogged, stating the total number of rank
and file, and also the number of commissioned and non-
commissioned officers on shore in each year : of the total
number of soldiers belonging to the Royal Artillery
and Quiz:wee' corps in Great Britain and -Ireland,

who, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and
the 31st dry of December, 1846, have suffered corporal
punishment or imprisonment; showing the nature of the
offences, in classes, far which such corporal ponishment or
imprisonment has been awarded, and the number in each
class ; and showing, also, the greatest and the smallest
number of lashes; also, the longest and shortest period of
confinement awarded as punishment, the average number
flogged, and the average period of confinement for each class
of offences ; distinguishing also the total number of rank and
file liable to be flogged, and also the number of commis-
sioned and non-commissioned officers in the United
Kigdom in each of those years ; also, returns of
the same tenor, of the Royal Artillery and Ordnance
Corps serving abroad. Returns of the total number
of soldiers belonging to regiments and depots 111
Great Britain and Ireland, who from the Ist day of JanlerY
1844 to the 31st day of December 1846, have suffered either
corporal punishment or imprisonment ; and, whenever either
corporal punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted on
the same person more than once, specifying how often it hag
been so inflicted; with abstract of the total number of sol-
diers, belonging to regiments in the colonies and possession!
of Great Britain, who, in each year, from the Ist day of
January 1844 to the 31st day, of December 1846, have sot.-
fired corporal punishments oiinsprisonments ; showing the
nature of the offences, in classes, for which such corporal
punishment or imprisonment has been awarded, and the
numbers in each class ; stating, also, the greatest number
and the lowest number of lashes inflicted on any person 10
each year; also the longest and the shortest period of cpn;
finement awarded as punishment, the average numbe,_
flogged, and the average period of confinement for each
class in each year; also distinguishing the total number
of rank and file, and also the number of commissioned an s
non-commissioned officers, in each year. Of the numberbo;
soldiers, who, from the Ist day Of January, 1844, to
h..
31st day of December, 1846, have suffered corporal Puli!ss
ment or imprisonment, and whether either corporal punisoa
ment or imprisonment has been inflicted on the same Pere°d.
more than once, specifying bow often it has been so inflicte.e;
and distinguishing the numbers in regiments in the colon];,
in possession of her Majesty from regiments in depotBLi
Great Britain and Ireland ; distinguishing, also, the to
number of rank and file, and also the number of omil!ss.
sioned and non-commissioned officers in each year ;
ty
stating the number or name of the regiment or corps,lgl;si
the names of the commanding officers, in which no corpor
punishment has been inflicted in any of these years (10,eAs
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 308, of session I°' re
He would, however, move for a copy of the correspondenc_
between the Consul of her Britannic Majesty and the Austris°
Governmenerelative to the annexation of Cracow.
DESTITUTE POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL"
ossas
Mr. ROEBUCK said he would move to-morrow, in '"—
mittee on the Destitute Poor Relief Bill, that the power:
vested in the Government to render valid a presenting°
shoald be expunged.

^TI3,—kVELLING ON SUNDAY. 'ate'
Mr. FIUME said that certain railway directors had , 0
fered with travelling on Sunday, which was considered
,af
tremely incommodious to the public. Now he desired ec°%
of the resolutions and orders of every railway court
where the travelling on Sunday has been stopped vib°llo-
partially, so as to show the accommodation afforded rer,„e.
veiling to the public generally, and to the Post-office nrit
cially on that day. He would then consider what sterols
might be advisable for the House to adopt in reference"'
subject.

MILBANK PRISON.
Mr. M. GORE moved that the report made to her 310.
by Mr. Escott, a Member of this House, on the state °I
bank Prison, be laid before this House. with'
Sir G. GREY requested that the motion should be with
drawn. A Commission had been appointed of three Cs°3nuite
sioners, who were to make a joint report. Now he wes toe.
willing to receive it in the shape of a letter from the
rr
Member, the only way, he apprehended, that he coal(' e
ceive it, and he would then lay it upon the table of the Wire°
Mr. B. ESCOTT said that his ideas of what was comot..
differed from those of the Right Hon. Baronet. He was dye
manded to report by the Commission of her Majesty, Olio
did not think he would be fulfilling that command by vill oot
a letter to the Secretary of State. Though he •le
anxious to stand on ceremony, he considered that a OOP
was involved ; and he was not willing to concede it.
Sir GEORGE GREY said he did not wish the ..""
tb.
Member to change a single word of his report, but only
form it.

Mr. B. ESCOTT replied.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE was sorry that the House, 1.0.1,,e2aed
of coming to the subject-matter itself, should be eng'"ef
reatt_er
with a mere matter of form. But, speaking of a
form, he did think the Hon. Member (Mr. B. Escott) 'Too
the right, for it was in accordance with precedent no;Bby
commands of her IVhjesty, that a report should be Ini, ":„,eot
the commission. Such was the language of the doe%) to
by which they had been appointed, commanding the the
inquire into the matter, and make a report
same. In fact the duties of the Commissioners woubt.t%p
be completely discharged unless they made and brought touching of
their report; yet, so far from doing this, they had kept froo!
report open till another was ready to be sent • ag,of
another Committee. He recollected that in thepaic-grave
a former commission, of which Sir Francis - to
was a member, that gentleman had sent in a report sePeller.•
from that of the other commissioners, and he did not %fie&
stand how that should not rule in the present in
Indeed, without a report from the Hon. Member for
coo,
chester, the papers of the commission would not ffbi tb:
pleted. He at the-same time could not help saP; "
opIOWIS
did not agree with that Hon. Gentleman in_u.w.tx,"
which he had formed, an opinion, as it apPeal'",l $ll tte°
which he could not have arrived at, if he had ice.. etter "1'
evidence over attentively. But to return to' the =gilt bi
form which was the subject before the Ho; ;17.„'etano
immaterial whether the result of the comm,srrepert;
before the House in the shape of a letter or or
the pro Per
but there could be little doubt that a report 'was
goes'
form for the commissioners to adopt. e the
befor f three per-
Mr. ROEBUCK said in the instance
a commission had been appointed, consisting
01°,
ttie
sons, and power was given to any two or
n ether it was
do certain things; unless two of them Were to
of her
clear that they could not legally and in ful issionerg
Majesty's Commission do any act; that if the Conlin. - re.
instead of meeting together, should transact the businesit's
so
quired of them, each in a separate chamber, the Aer,,ni.
done would be illegal. By one clause of her Majesty's vv_d
mission, power was given to any two of them to together to
gether, rdt
no fewer, to dischargi the duties of the Commission. P;,,,"
when they came to another clause, requiring the C001,111„,a-
-sioners generally to report, the construction of that vs-
must be ruled by the former clause, so that the meanly%
must be taken to be that not fewer than two of them tcr4
gether could legally draw up a report on the transactions "
the Commission.
Mr. FOX MAULE was sorry that the House should Pre.
their time on a matter which would really come to no is: to
It was agreed that a report from the Commission Ong' ers
be laid before the House, and he was of opinion that a reP for
ought to be made irrespective of the Hon. Alernborreee
Winchester. He recollected that in the case of the
Inquiry Commission appointed for Scotland, one of the-M-1k
bers of that Commission was a dissentient from the.,, '6reir
but instead of interfering with that report, that Hon.,
tleman tleman sent in a separate report to the Secrets*" °1 etight
and he thought that the Hon. Member for Winchester
to follow the same precedent.
The motion was then withdrawn.

MILITARY STATISTICS. um tb°
Mr. HUME inquired of the Right Hon. Gentled
Secretary of the War Department (Mr. F. Malty had
the military statistics of India, which Major ,L1r,,,„
been formerly engaged in, would be resumed? 137-to be
tistics were of the greatest importance, and ought lght
forthcoming without delay. He would also ask tThis re'
Hon. Gentleman whether he had received the retll,; Ottr•
garding the health of the troops in India, which '-
Hume) had moved for two years ago?
Mr. F. MAULE said he was not aware that the: bat
referred to by the Hon. Gentleman had been receiv
he would inquire at the War-office. In reference to th ;
of that
tistics of Colonel Tulloch, the other engagemems
Gallant Officer bad for a time interfered with their con
ance, but they would be resumed as soon as possible- coal
Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Tuesday next ke " that
move an address to her Majesty, if found necessarY'Acet,
tbese statistics be continued forthwith by some public owthe
for which duty he knew of none better qualified than
Gallant Officer who had been referred to.
The House then adjourned at Half-past One o'clock'