The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-07 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Metro..
)olitan and St. John's Wood Railway, Midland Counties

and South Wales Railway, Newcastle and Gateshead
Water, Newport Pagnal RailwaY,\,North Metropolitan
Railway, Pembroke and Tenby Railway, Severn Junction
Railway, and Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway.

NOTICES OF MOTION.
Mr. STAPLETON gave notice that in committee on th
Irish Land Bathe would move that no advances be made

out of the Consolidated Fund to tenants who had not

b cn seven years in occupation of other farms.

SCHOOLS OF SCIENCE.
Mr. SAMUELSON asked the Vice-President of the Com-
mittee of Council on Education whether any steps had
been taken during the recess to provide the increased ac-
commodation required by the School of Mines, the Royal

College of Chemistry, and the Geological Survey ;
whether inquiries had been instituted as to the possibility

of economising space in the building of the New School of
Science and Naval Architecture at South Kensington,
so that the Jermyn-street and Oxford-street schools
might be transferred and held there, either in combina-
tion with the School of Naval Architecture or otherwise ;
And what progress had been made with that building, and

when it was likely to be opened?
Mr. FORSTER said the subject was under the attention
of a committee, until whose report was issued it was
impossible for him to say what would be done in the
matter of amalgamation.
THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.
Mr. KEowN asked if it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to bring in a bill this session to assimilate the bank-
ruptcy law in Ireland to that at present in force in Eng-
land ?

The SOLICITOR GENERAL for IRELAAD said that several
gentlemen of commercial eminence in Ireland intended
communicating their views to the Government on the
subject, and in the absence of such information it was
;mpossible for the Government to arrive at any determi-
nation on the question.
THE BRIBERY AT BEVERLEY.

Mr. EYKYN asked whether the William Henry Cook,
scheduled as a briber in the report made to the House of
Commons by the commissioners to inquire into corrupt
practices at Beverley, was the same person as William Henry
Cook, Esq., Q.C., now one of the judges of the county
Court for the county of Norfolk ; and, if so, whether he
was not, under section 45 of 31 and 32 Vic. c. 125, ren-
dered incapable as being found guilty of bribery, of hold-
ing any judicial office. And, if in the judgment of Her
Majesty's Government the statutable incapacity does not
attach without further proceedings, it was the intention
of Her Majesty's Government to institute such proceedings
as must be necessary, in the present state of the law, to
subject the person so scheduled to the disqualification
imposed in the said Act.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said there was no doubt as to
the identity of the two persons. Whether Mr. Cook was
rendered incapable of holding office under the crown, he
declined to give any authoritative opinion upon the sub-
ject. The Government did not under any existing cir-
cumstances take any judicial proceedings in the matter.

INCLOSURE OF WASTE LANDS.
Mr. VERNON HARCOURT asked the Under Secretary of
State for the Home Department, whether, before the in-
troduction of any further bill authorising the inclosure of
commons and waste lands, her Majesty's Government
would bring in a measure giving effect to the recommenda-
tions of the committee which sat last session as to the
amendments required in the existing law.
Mr. HUGESSEN said the matter had been fully consi-
dered by a commission, and he was about to introduce a
bill on the subject. He would take care no further in-
closure should take place until the bill was before the
house, and full opportunity given to every member to state
his views on the subject.
SOLEMN DECLARATIONS. *Pt*
•

Mr. GILPIN asked the Secretary to the Treasury
if his attention had been called to the case of
George Furneaux, of Penryn, collector of income
tax ; to the fact that, having been duly appointed
to his office upon making a solemn declaration in
lieu of oath, his return of defaulters was objected to on
the ground that its correctness was not sworn to ; and
whether, if the attention of the Treasury had been called
to the inconsistency of the existing law, the Government
would take the needful steps to remedy the inconsistency
by legislative enactment, or by giving power to the
Treasury in all cases to accept a solemn declaration in lieu
of oath.
Mr. STANSFELD said Mr. Furneaux objected to verify
the schedule of defaulters to the tax on oath. He asked
the Treasury to relieve him of the necessity of doing so,
but the Treasury had not the power to do so. The Act
requires the verification on oath, and whether it was ad-
visable to substitute for it an affirmation was hardly a
departmental question.
THE ARMY LIST.

Mr. JONES-PARRY asked the Secretary of State for War
whether he had any objection to the names of retired field
officers of militia being retained in the monthly Army List,
either in italics in connection with their late regiments or
in a separate column, as in the case of retired field officers
of the army.
Mr. CARDWFLL said he had no objection to that arrange-
ment, and he would order it to be made.
THE CUSTOMS.

Mr. O'REILLY asked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether the committee appointed to inquire into the organi-
sation of the Customs Department had reported ; and if
so, what was the purport of their report.
Mr. STANSFELD said the inquiry had extended itself
much further than was at first proposed, and certain pro-
posals had been adopted

(LEFT SITTING.)

TATTERSALL'S—This Evening

LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.:
4to 1 agst Doctor (taken and offered)
9 to 1 agst Primroso (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Colonel (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Cristal (taken and offeredj
100 to 9 agst Q.C., (taken)
11 to 1 agst Pearl Driver (taken and wanted)
100 to 6 agst Guy of Warwick (taken)
100 to 6 agst Surney (taken and offered)
100 to 6 Tathwell (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Gardener (offered-25 to 1 taken)
20 to 1 agst Moose (offered)
500 to 15 agst Hall Court (offered-40 to 1 taken)
100 to 3 agst Thalassius (offered)
1000 to 20 agst Elk (taken and offeree)
1000 to 20 agst Traveller (offered)
Lord Raglan scratched for all engagements.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
No betting.
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Cherie (taken)
500 to 15 agst Vintner (taken)
500 to 15 agst Thorwaldsen (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.

sto 2 agst Kingcraft (offered)
6to 1 agst Sunlight (offered—take 7to 1)
10 to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Macgregor —(offerad—(take 30 to
DERBY.
Bto 1 agst Kingcraft (offered)
9to 1 agst Camel (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Sunshine (taken and offered)
3to 1 agst Bridgwater (offered)
1000 to GO agst Sunlight (taken twice)
500 to 10 agst Palmerston (taken)
1000 to 15 agst King of Scots (offered)
2000 to 25 agst St. Guthlac (taken)

CITY BETTING.—TRIS DAY.
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL.
4 to 1 agst Doctor (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst Primrose (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Colonel (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Cristal (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Q.C. (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Pearl Diver (taken)
160 to 6 agst Guy of Warwick (taken and offered
100 to 6 agst Gardener (offered—take 20 to 1)
100 to 6 agst 'Patti well (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Stanley (offered)
25 to 1 agst Moose (taken and offered)
100 to 3 agst Thalassius (taken)
33 to 1 agst Hall Court (taken)
100 to 3 agst Alcibiade (offered)
40 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Cinna (offered)
50 to I agst Karslake (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Elk (taken and offered)
Bto I agst Brayley's lot (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
10 to 1 agst Miss Dayroll (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Walter (offered-11 to 1 taken)
11 tg 1 apt ,Ladas (taken and offered)