The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-11 00:00:00

THE TOWER GATES.

Mr. T. DU'NCOMBE asked the Under Secretary for
War why thte gates in the Tower, which had always
been open to :foot passengers going east and west, but
closed in Augia 3t last on account of the war, were still
kept shut, arid when they would be re-opened ?
Mr. MONSB LL said that the gates would shortly be
again opened to the public, but in consequence of the
large quantity o f material arriving from the East the
business at the t ower had not as yet decreased, and to
open it now yin Juld cause great inconvenience to the
Government.
THE C OF JAMES SADLEIR.

Mr. MACAI LTNEY asked the Attorney-General for
Ireland to state to the house the name of the magis-
trate before who m any information was sworn, and the
date of the sant, y and the day upon which the warrant
was issued for th e apprehension of James Sadleir _

Sir G. G said he must interpose before the
learned Attorney ,General replied to the question. It
was exceedingly inconvenient under present circum-
stances to reply t o such questions as these, but hon.
members were ?ri :pared to embody these suspicions
in the form of a Jut stantive motion,- the karned gentle-
man referred to woi ild be ready to reply and defend his
conduct aid tl ,at o f the Government with reference to
this case. (1.3* ,ar ) The learned gentleman has t►ppliz.d
for a crrect ropy of the observations of the le trued
judge, which bad i ic.sn the subject of remark, and asl soon
as he had reef +iv/ ;d them be would bring the question be-
fore the house. (Sear, hear.)
Mr. MACAB ,TNEY, in explanation, said he asked
the question in ( :onsequence of what fell from the learned
Attorney-Genes al for Ireland on a former occasion.

SALT TRADE—INDIA.
Sir J. PAf CINGTON asked the President of the
Board of Con. ,rol whether it was the intention of her
Majesty's Go vernment, iu consequence of the report
from the C mmissioner appointed to inquire into the
system of c.ianufacturing salt in India, to effect any
change in ti ie present salt monopoly of the Indian Go-
vernment the presidencies of Bengal and Madras, or
to lower tb n rates: of duty on salt ?
Mr. V. f 3NZITH said that the Commissioner had not
yet conclud ed his investigations, and had not made any
report with re ference to a large section of the Presidency
of Bengal. -4 .s soon as it was completed a scheme would
be devised f.7i altering the present system.

BELIZE.
Mr. M. GI BSON moved an address for copy of letter
addressed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in

ITov. 1836, to S. Cole, defining the boundaries
of the British s-,Vem,et ot
Mr. LAEOUCHEbE eaid that he found a I,tter Was
addre.ssed by Sir G. Grey, when s!cretary for the C 'lo-
llies in 183 G, in answer to a questibn from the Comp Any,
in which he stated what were the views of the Govern-
ment with regard to the boundarie3 of this settlement.
There would be no objection to produce the letter re-
ferred to.

On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON, the production
of the letter was ordered.
-THE INDIAN BUDGET.
In anqwer to a question front Mr. J. G. PiIILLIMORE,
Mr. V. SMITH said he would bring on the Indian
budget on Thursday next.
ROYAL ENGINEERS IN THE CRIMEA.

Captain L. VERNON called the attention of the
house to the services rendered by the Corps of Royal
Engineers in the Crimea. This corps had displayed
great skill and ingenuity in the late bomber linent of
Sebastopol, to whose exertions the surrender of the
place was mainly due, and the gallant member com-
plained that these valuable services had been inade-
quately rewarded.
No reply was made by any member of the Goverment
to the statement of the gallant officer, and the subject
dropped.