The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-15 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELANI,

Earl GRANVILLE then made a statement of tie pro-
ceedings the Government intended to adopt, with a view
of giving greater and increased protection to life and
property in Ireland. The noble lord then repeated
in nearly precise words the statement made in the House
of Commons by the First Lord of the Treasury.
Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to six.

IiOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY,
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
SUNDAY TRADING BILL.

Mr. T ATLOR gavo notice that, on the motion for the
second reading of the bill, he should move that it be read
a second time that day six months.
EMIGRATION. _ _

Sir J. LAWRENCE g;;;notice that on an early day he
should move for a return of all moneys advanced as loans
to emigrants by the Emigration Commission.
REPORTS ON ED UCATION.
Lord ROBERT MONTAGU asked the Vice-President of the
Pommittee of Council on Education, whether the num-
bers given by Mr. Fitch in his recent report on
edncatiou were correct, namely, 83,126 children
between the ages of 3 and 13 in Birmingham,
and '58,307 in Leeds ; and whether it was ascertained
by the last census ( 1861) that the number of children of
the total poinflation of England and Wales between the
ages of 5 and 12 is 15'8 per cent. of the gross population,
or 1 in q.
Mr. FORSTER replied that with regard to the first ques-
tion, he had reason to believe that the numbers given in
the Pailiimentary return were correct. They were
obtained from the Registrar-General With regard to the
second plestion, he believed the census was correct, and
the noble lord had just the same access to the information
in respect of the census as published as he had,
and his opinion would be no more valuable
to the House than the noble lord's. With
regard tiithe'third question it was a matter of calculation
and estimate, and so far as could judge it, was correct.
With regard to the fourth question the noble lorg. had
fallen into some Confusion: between his returns, and pro-
bably that accounted for his noticing the question. He
quoted figures- to spew that the returns as affecting the
Parishes in 1861, by no4meani applied to the borough of
Birminglim in 1869.
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• REMOVAL OF PAUPERS.
Sir HEaVEr BRUCE asked the Lord Advocate whether
he proposed to introduce al bill this session to amend the
law regarding
_the removal ofpaupers from Scotland to
Ireland.
• The LORD ADVOCATE said that a committee was inves-
tigating the subject, and it would be premature to take
any steps until it had concluded its labours.

LAND IN IRELAND.
Mr. WINGFIELi) RAUB asked the Chief Secretary for
Ireland if he would inform the House what had been the
number of petitions for sales of property under the sale
of Encumbered Estates Acts since the end of December
la3t : whether in any eases where sales had been-com-
pleted, proceedings on notices to quit and evictions had
taken place en such estates since such date : and whether
it was not desirable that some steps should be taken to
suspend the continuance of sales under the court of the
above-named acts, until the Irish Land Bill, now before
Parliament, became law, in consequence of the hardships
experience had shewn evictions under the causes above
referred to have brought on the tenants holding under
estasestldby the Encumbered Estates Court.
FORTESCUE thought upon the whole there was no
reason for special thought pin the matter.