The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-11 00:00:00

BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned at ten minutes to six.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at five minutes before four
o'clock.

EAST INDIA RAILWAYS.

Sir CHARLES WINGFIELD moved an address for a return
exhibiting the amount sanctioned for the home establish-
ments of the different guaranteed railway companies in
India, and the manner of its disbursement ; distinguish-
ing the sum allowed to the board of directors and the
sums paid to the mannging directors, secretary, consulting
engineer, and auditors, and fGr the office establishment ;
together with the amount of capital and revenue at the
respective periods of 1859 and 1869.
The motion was agreed to.
ILLEGAL LOTTERIES.

Mr. CHARLEY gave notice that on the 7th of June he
should move the following resolution :—" That the
power claimed and exercised by the Home Secretary
countenancing illegal lotteries on the ground of the
goodness of their objects, after having warned the promo-
ters of their illegality, is unsound in principle, unsatisfae-
tory in practice, and ought to be withdrawn."
PENSIONS.

Mr. MONK asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether there was any objection to the provisions of the
Pensions Commutation Act (1869), being extended to the
Civil Service generally.
Mr. STANSFELD said the action of the Pensions Com-
mutation Act had been purposely limited, and the Govern-
ment were not at the present moment prepared to say that
it would be advisable to extend it to the Civil Service.
LIGHT DUES.

Mr. GRAVES asked the Secretary to the Board of
Trade whether it was true that the Board of Trade had
decided on reducing the "light dues" now levied on
shipping ; and, if so, if he would state the extent and
nature of the proposed reduction.
Mr. LEFEVRE said in consequence of the flourishing
condition of the Mercantile Marine Fund it was proposed
to make a reduction in the light dues. The reductions
would come into operation on the Ist of October next, and
the proposed alteration of the rates would not affect the
expenditure for new works.
THE NAWAB OF BENGAL.

Mr. HAVILAND-BURKE asked the Under-Secretary of
State for India whether the memorial of the Nawab
Nazim, dated the 28th of July 1869, and forwarded by the
Secretary of State in Council to the Governor-General of
India on the 28th October following, was received by the
Governer-General earlier than the month of March 1870,
and if earlier, at what date.
Mr. GRANT DUFF was understood to say there hadbeen
some delay in this matter, but that it had arisen through
the papers getting mislaid.
THREATENING AT MANCHESTER.

Mr. GILPIN asked the Secretary of State for the Home
Department if his attention had been called to a state-
ment in the Times newspaper that a manufacturer at
Manchester was unable to sleep in his own house, or to let
it be publicly known where he resided, for fear of outrage
on the part of workmen of a trades union ; that the said
gentleman bad been refused the protection of the Man-
chester police except on the payment of Bd. per hour for
each man ; and if he could state if such report be correct,
and, if so, if the Government intended to take any steps
to put a stop to such a state of things,
Mr. BRUCE said he had read the report referred to, but
he could not say whether it was correct or not. He was
now in communication with the local magistrates on the
subject, and he had, on the part of the Government,
offered a reward of £lOO and a free pardon to any
person giving information that would lead to the dis-
covery of the perpetrators of the outrage on Mr.
Johnson. The local authorities, he thought, had power
to deal with ordinary cases, and where additional strength
was required, they could send for troops. He had
received no complaints that the local authorities said the
police had not done their duty.
EMIGRATION.

Sir JAMES LAWRENCE asked the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty whether he could state the number of applications
received from workmen discharged from the dockyards
for passages for themselves and families in the troop ships
about to proceed to Canada, and when the troop ships
Tamar and Crocodile would sail.
Mr. CHILDERS said the number connected with the
dockyards was 445 souls ; but there were others from the
Arsenal at Woolwich and the War Office, over which the
Admiralty had no control. The Tamar would sail on the
Ist June, and the Crocodile on the 7th.
THE PLOVER AND VENEZUELAN.

Mr. EUSTACE SMITH asked the Secretary to the Admi-
ralty whether the statement in the Times of the 9th inst.,
on the authority of the Liverpool Albion, is correct that
Her Majesty's ship Plover fell in with the steamship
Venezuelan in want of assistance, and that the captain of
the Plover refused to enter into any agreement with
regard to remuneration for the services required, and
abandoned the Venezuelan to her fate.
Mr. CHILDERS said he had received information on the
subject, but the captain of the Plover would be commu-
nicated with through the commander of the station.
SOUTH KENSINGTON.

Sir JOHN PAKINGTON asked the First Lord of the
Treasury how soon that part of the new buildings at
South Kensington to be appropriated to the Royal School
of Naval Architecture was likely to be completed and
roofed in.
Mr. GLADSTONE said the money for the building at
South Kensington was limited to the present year, and his
friend the First Commissioner of Works was engaged in
considering what was the best application to make of the
money. The right hon. baronet was perfectly accurate in
stating that the materials to a considerable extent were
lying on the ground at South Kensington, and they were
no doubt likely to become deteriorated by long exposure to
the weather. His right hon. friend was quite sensible of
the fact, and would take the most desirable measure.
THE GREEK MURDERERS.

Mr. A. HERBERT asked the Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs if the G-oveenment would think it
right to take steps to obtain the postponement of the
execution of any brigands now in prison in Athens until
such an investigation had been held of the circumstances
connected with the late massacre of captives as may be
considered satisfactory by the Government.
Mr. OTWAY assured the hon. gentleman that her Ma-
jesty's Government fully appreciated the interest and
anxiety he had shewn in the matter, and desired that the
investigation into all these lamentable circumstances

should be as complete as possible, and with that view
they had sent a telegraphic communication to Mr.
Erskine empowering him to obtain the best legal assist-
ance he could possibly procure. The Secretary of State
had also sent a telegraphic communication in almost the
words of the hon. gentleman's question.