The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-30 00:00:00

CHARGES AGAINST BARON HUGHES.

Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE asked the honourable and
learned membea for Dungarvan what course he proposed
to take with respect to the petition presented by him
from certain inhabitants of the borough of Waterford,
praying to be heard at the bar of the House, or before a
committee, for the purpose of supporting certain charges
made by them against Mr. Baron Hughes, in respect of
his conduct when trying a petition against the last return
for that borough.
Mr. IVIATTnEws said he did not propose to take any
course in reference to the petition. He had no means
whatever of forming an opinion as to the degree of founda-
tion that might exist for the allegations contained in it.
The hon. gentleman stated that the transcript of the
shorthand writer's notes had not been printed.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Mr. SINCLAIR AYTOUN asked the Under Secretary of
State for the Colonies whether it was the intention of
the Government to bring in a bill during the present
session of Parliament with the object of directly alter-
ing the representative system of the colony of British
Columbia.
Mr. MONSELL replied that Earl Granville had introduced
a bill on the subject in the other House. It had been
read a first time, but it was impossible for him to say
when it would reach the House of Commons.
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THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND HIS
LONDON MANSION.

wtá since the question was raised in the Court of
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. M. James whether the Duke of
Newcastle had not, in consequence of the non-payment of
rent, forfeited his right to the mansion in Carlton House-
writes, bequeathed to him by his deceased father, on cer-
tain conditions. The question was decided in the negative :
andMr.Osbome Morgan, Q. C. , M.P. , applied this morning
for the appointment of a receiver, so that inthe event of the
property being let, the rent should be placed in the hands of
a person who would be responsible to the estate for the
amount. Mr. Morgan intimated that the conditions
which his Honour had imposed upon his client when the
prior application was before the court, had been complied
with and the suit of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and
the Duke of Newcastle, which had been instituted in the
Rolls, had been transferred to the court of his Honour, se
that that and another action in which the trustees of the
late Duke and the present holder of the estates were the
litigants might be investigated simultaneously.
Mr. Eddis, Q.C. who represented the defendant., Sir
E. Antrabus, mentioned that a summons had been issued
for the purpose of obtaining from the court directions as
to what definite steps should be taken with regard to the
mansion in question. Until that summons was decided
he assumed that it would be futile to appoint a receiver.
On the last occasion the counsel appearing for the Earl of
Lincoln suggested that the mansion should be let on lease.
If the suggestion were acted upon, the lease would of
necessity be terminable with the death of the Duke of
Newcastle, but he did not think that any satisfactory
result could be arrived at until it was absolutely
decided in what way the property should be dealt
with.

The Vice-Chancellor thought that the better plan
would be to defer the whole question to Chambers.
Mr. Eddis enquired whether the adoption of that course
would not be a tacit recognition of the plaintiff's right—
s question the decision of which was now pending ?
The Vice• Chancellor said it would prevent the property
from being ruined.
His Honour referred both suits to Chambers foe
the purpose of disposing of the point raised. A receiver
was not necessary until it had been decided to let the
property. He would not then b• the receiver of the
plaintiff, but of the court