The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-22 00:00:00

THE FRENCH TREATY.

Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that he should ask
the Conservative member of Manchester whether he in-
tended to proceed with his notice having reference to the
French Treaty.
THE PRISONER ATKIN IN WARWICK GAOL.
Mr. NEWDEGATE gave notice that on Friday next
he would call attention to the case of the prisoner Atkins,
now in Warwick Gaol.
FLOGGING GIRLS IN FACTORIES.
Mr. STAPLETON asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether his attention
.had been called
to a paragraph hi the Times of February 14th, headed
"Factory Discipline." being the repor cf a case decided
upon on Saturday, at the Ilford Petty Sessions, in which
Hannah Andrews, a girl aged 15, employed in the Barking
Jute Factory was plaintiff, and Mrs. Ann Mills,
the forewoman of the factory, was defendant,
in which it was stated that the girls were em-
ployed at separate frames in parties of four and
five each, and the girl who is last in finishing her work at
any particular frame receives ten or a dozen strokes with
a two-foot strap, the end of which is cut into strips, so as
somewhat to resemble a cat-o'-nine tails ; that the girl
Hannah Andrews having on Tuesday been last at her
work, on two occasions received fifteen strokes the first
and ten the second time.

Mr. BRUCE said he had made inquiries, and must
'say that flogging, whether it amounted only to three
br four strokes, and not to fifteen or sixteen, was
altogether illegal. As to the conduct of the magis-
trates, it was hardly the thing to require him to express an
opinion upon it.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL.
Mr. W. JACKSON asked the First Lord of the
'Admiralty if any mode and proportions had been settled
for the distribution of the annual sum of £4,C00 which, in
the last session, was fixed should be divided among the
merchant seamen, who had contributed to what is generally
known as the " Greenwich Hospital Sixpence Fund," and
how soon the appropriation of the money would
commence.

Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE said no person who was not
at least 70 years of age had any chance, at present, of re-
ceiving a pension.

LICENCING AMENDMENT.

Mr. CARTER asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether he was able to name a day
for the introduction of the Lice acing Amendment
Bill.

Mr. BRUCE said he hoped to be in a position to brin
in a bill on the 4th March.

UNSEASONABLE SALMON.

Mr. 31ALCOLIVI asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether it was lawful, under the Act
24 and 25 Vic., c. 109, s. 14 and 31, for a justice of the
peace to empower by wa7rant any inspector to seize and
open boxes, which there was probable cause to suspect of
containing foul or unseasonable salmon while in transit
under the care of railway or other carriers. And whether,
in the event of its being illegal for a justice so to empower
an inspector, he is willing to extend the power granted
to the Customs' officers under the Act 26 Vic. c. 10, from
the 2nd February to the 30th April.

Mr. BRUCE answered that with regard to the first
part of the question, that it was not lawful. With regard
to the second part of the question ha had no objection to
extending the time for the capture and sale of salmon
from the 2nd of February to the 30th April,