The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-17 00:00:00

SPEC IAL EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocic.

-1111-C-ERIAL PAULIA ‘i EN I.

HOUSE OF CONIMONS—THIS DAY.
Speaker took the chair at five minutes to four.

REVISION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
bZr A. JOHNSTONE, on the part of Mr. C. Buxton, gave
notice that on the 14th of June he should move for the
appointment of a ROyal Commission to consider the revi-
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of the authorised version of the Scriptures.

INDIAN FINANCE.
helrrsiloPuniawarr gave notice that on that day month
call the attention of the House to
rhe above subject, and move a resolution to the
eet, that, considering the unsatisfactory state of the
1144110 es of India, it was a matter of regret that the Indian
budget Was not to be brought forward until the close of
" session, and that such a circumstance must prove to
the
People of India that the Government was not duly
solicitous for their welfare.

ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS.
/1041‘. J. TALBOT asked the Secretary of State for the
gomeDepartment whether his attention had been
awn to the way in which the return of Prison (Reli-
gih°llB Instruction) presented Bth February last, has been
vrePated, and to the irregular manner in which the
Inanber of Roman Catholic prisoners are given.
ford received
said the return was made up exactly in the
received at the Home-office, and the want of uni-
t°,lll% Was due to the uncertain terms in which the re-
rn was moved for. The only way to remedy the matter
;!ulwhether d be to move for a fresh return, but it was question-
L'ie it would be worth while to do so.

PARK LANE
DENisoN asked the hon. member for Bath what
Ps had been taken by the Metropolitan Board of Works
Barry into effect the Act of 1866 for opening out a
t liii°l.°lighfare between Piccadilly and Park lane through
t ; and when such thoroughfare was likely
\be ready for public use.
the TITE said not a moment was being lost in making
roadway through Hamilton-place to Park-lane, which
vro
ll', be sixty feet wide. The land had all been arranged
Lot.
th ' and before the 'end of February next year the
°l.°llghfare would be opened.

NEW THOROUGHFARES.
Mr. DENISON asked the First Commissioner of Works,
Yil.ether he was prepared to allow the passage of cabs
tt‘th fares) from Hyde Park-corner to Stanhope-gate as
teinPorary measure, until the new thoroughfare through
ti
ablilton Place was opened for public use.
4441.- AYRTON said he had not the requisite authority to
"7 cabs to pass. As the new road just spoken of would
re °Den in so short a time, he did not think it would be
equisite to make any alteration.

NEW ZEALAND.
MAGNIAC asked the Under Secretary of State for
the
lid Colonies whether her Majesty's Government had con-
e ered fully the representations made to them by the
°llltaissioners from the colony of .New Zealand, and had
hvilleeitto a final conclusion in regard to the reply to be
tlr. MONSELL entered at some length into the subject
of 'evir Zealand, and concluded by saying that the pre-
e%rliti°lls in the case of that colony had induced the
Cl'el'lnnent to submit to Parliament proposals for the
„411 ting of a loan of £1,000,000 for New Zealand under
D"'Per conditions for its repayment.
4,0 THE PUBLIC STATUES.
f CLAUD HAMILTON asked the First Commissioner
works whether his attention had been called to the
fact that the bases of the Statues in Waterloo Place,
0 °e4Pur Street, and Charing Cross had been used by tht
°a(l contractors during the past fourteen months as depOtt
for Stones and other rubbish.
IVir• AYRTON said the matter more particularly belonged
t
the Rome Office, but the vestries in whiclithose statues
i'cre Situated had promised to remove the rubbish and
fatiktucrecare it was not allowed to accumulate for tht

Lord ELCHO thought some of the statues might be as
"eu Carted away with the rubbish.
(LEFT SITTIN G. )