The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-11 00:00:00

ARTILLERY RETIREMENT.

Colonel W;;;TPATTE; asked when the committee on
41tillery retrenchment was likely to report.
CaPt. VIVIIN said it was expected that the inquiry
over
which he presided would be brought to a conclusion
ezt week, and that the report would be laid on the table
14 *Tilly.

, - THE GAMBIA SETTLEMENT.
1'12% ROBERT FOWLER asked the Under Secretary of
Mate for Foreign Affairs, whether it was true that ne-
gotiations had taken place with the view of the transfer
°f the settlement of the Gambia to the Emperor of the
French.

,
MONSELL said negotiations had been going on be-
-"ea the Governments of France and England with re-
Peet to the determination of the limits of the
territory belonging to the countries on the West Coast of
Africa and the transfer of the settlement of the Gambia
was one of them. The English inhabitants of that settle-
kent consisted of 39 males and 8 females. (Laughter).

BRITISH HONDURAS.
111% BARNETT asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies whether the Government had received infor-
Illation of an irruption of Indians from Yucatan into the
colony of British Honduras, and the seizure of the town of
COrosal : whether there was any reason to think this ir-
111Ption has been instigated by the Mexican Governor of
e°lllPeachy.
nfl‘ir• MONSELL said information had been received, not
the seizure of the town of Corosal, but the occupation
;the place by the Indians. The inhabitants had acted
;`, great gallantry, and drove them out,
as there was reason to believe that the Governor
a-411'
iefit Campeachy was connected with the matter, the
)(lean Government would be held responsible for
the
platter. Troops, however, had been sent from
ii;lll3aica, and as the Governor of Jamaica was now in
f,i_giand, he would be consulted as to the best steps to be
'-`4.en for the future protection of the place.

THE CONTROL DEPARTMENT.
COlOllel SYKES asked the Secretary of State for War
Itthuether he would lay upon the table a return in detail of
te Balriogs effected by the Control Department since its
ablishraent in the War Office.
Captain VIVIAN said there would be no objection to
lay
the Papers on the table.
S TIIE SETTLEMENT OF THE GAMBIA.
ti 11. JOHN HAY asked whether it was likely that the set-
t. ell:lent of the Gambia would be transferred to the Em-
b'l !!°r of the French without the consent of Parliament
og obtained ?
it 41'. GLADSTONE said his impression and belief was that
t° I:(3111d not be so. There never had been any intention
Ai,;33(e any proceedings of that kind without the mm-
-11 of Parliament.

CANADA RAILWAY LOAN.
41‘fir• MoNK called attention to the correspondence laid
:31.e l'arliament relative to the Canada Railway Loan
4th-'' 1867, and moved that, in the opinion of the House,
Provisioll s of the Act of the Canadian Legislature
,
c. 13, did not satisfactorily fulfil the require-
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be.hilts °f the " Canada Railway Loan Act, 1867."
dal
as he was to the whole system of
7,,--441 guarantees, believing that they increased
- taxes
of the ratepayers of this country,
II: should not have felt it his duty again toa
brought the subject before the attention of Parli -
74, if satisfactory explanations had been given to the
or if he had not concurred in the opinion of the
the T°l4cers of the Crown, that the spirit and intention of
iev-tat Perial Act had not been complied with, that the
Coup
-lellt of money under the limits of the Privy
thil of Canada was in violation of the provisions of
`vasatAct• He reminded the House that in 1867 an Act
3,04,000 - for guaranteeing the payment of interest upon
inter
co for the purpose of constructing an
. colonial line between Quebec and Halifax upon cer-
One of these conditions was that an Act
-°llld be Passed by the Parliament of Canada providing first
-°l‘ e°. nstrw3ting
the railway, and then for its use by her
t'WelaJesty's troops. It also required that the route should
WacaePiterved by the Secretary of State. In the nextd
exile Provided for the raising, appropriation, and
line elliilture, for the purposes of the construction of the
siakirin.tbf_e 23,000,000, and further, for the raising of a
'lf the 6 ,u!ld managed by trustees. It was to this point
tion
°f Bliniect that the hon. gentleman directed the atten-
eaaadn tzhe Rouse. He quoted from the Act passed in
£1,000,,.111 December, 1867, providing for the raising of
Ke ,°OO additional in order to complete the railway.
triiBsl°elt aome
degree of surprise that the Lords Com-
a' little of
Her Majesty's Treasury should have without
the t More consideration expressed their satisfaction at
lia Coat:11118 of the Act. He thought they would scarcely
end that it was the intention of the Imperial Par-
au t. 7011 that the money which was raised under the
teeiperitY of Parliament should be used in paying off
th" ,rarilY a portion of the debt of the Dominion. He
gat that With the Commissioners of the Treasury