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

ANNEXATION OF CRACOW.

Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask the Hon.
Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) whether it was his
intention again to postpone the motion of which he had
given notice, upon the subject of the annexation of
Cracow ?

Mr. MIME was very desirous of bringing forward
his motion, but as the Government bad not yet laid the
papers promised by them upon the table of the .Heuse,
he hardly knew what course to adopt with reference to
the subject. lie did not wish to enter into the conside-
ration of the subject until the documents were laid before
the House.

BEQUESTS ACT (IRELAND). •
I%lni D. O'CONNELL presented a petition, signed by
two archbishops, and several other prelates of the
Catholic Church, praying for an alteration in the
Bequests Act.

TEN HOURS' BILL.
Lord GEORGE BEN TINCK presented several peti-
tions from Chorley and other places, in favour of the
Ten Hours' Bill (as we understood)._

MINISTERIAL MEASURES.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN wished to ask the Chancellor
of the Exchequer when the whole of the Bills embody-
ing the measures of ber Majesty's Government, in re-
spect to Ireland, would be laid upon the table of the
House.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that three Bills were already before the House calcu-
lated to affect the present distress in Ireland. The Bill
for carrying out the Treasury minutes would shortly be
ready. The Bill for the consolidation of the Drainage
Acts would hot be brought in at present; the existing
Drainage Act being already very well understood in
Ireland, and operations were still going on
under the provisions of that Act. The Bill
for the reclamation of the waste lands was in a
state of forwardness, and would shortly be brought under
the consideration of the House ; and the Bill for the
sale of estates, which was also in a forward state, would
shortly be ready to be introduced.
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL-

WAY.
Colonel SIBTHORP wished to ask the Hon. Member
for Derby (Mr. Strutt), who was at the head of the
Railway Commissioners, whether any compensation had
been given, or would be given, to the surviving relatives
of those two individuals who had lost their lives, upon a
recent occasion, upon the Great Western Railway? He
had looked over the evidence, and the just remarks of
the Coroner during the inquest, and it was his decided
opinion that some compensation should be awarded to
the survivors. He wished, therefore, to know whether
it was the intention of the Commissioners to provide
for the relief of those unfortunate individuals who had
lost their lives—(Laughter)—he meant those who had
been deprived by that accident of their relatives, and of,
perhaps, the means of support?

Mr: STRUTT was mit. able to answer the question,
because it did not come within the province of the Rail-
way Board. It had no power to deal with such cases at
present. Whether the Act incorporating the board
would give them such power he could not say.
MILBANK PRISON.
Mr: T. DUNCOMMBE seeing the Right Honourable
Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment in his place he wished to put a question to him. He
understood that a third report of'the Commissioners ap-
pointed to inquire into the state of Milbank prison had
been delivered at the Home-office, and he wished to
know whether the Right Hon. Baronet had any objec-
tion to lay the report upon the table of the House, and
to print the reports in the same volume with the evi-
dence ?

Sir GEORGE GREY had received yesterday evening
documents from the Commissioners, which required to be
altered. The Hon. Gentleman was aware that evidence
on the subject was before the House.
Mr. ESCOTT felt bound, as one of the Commis-
sioners, to report in the same form as the other Commis-
sioners.