The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

LA.MPETER COLLEGE.

Mr. L. DAVIES asked the Secretary of State, whe-
ther it was his intention to bring in a bill to repeal the
clause in the Act of the 16th and 17th of the reign of
her present Majesty, which authorises the removal of
Saint David's College from Lawpeter to Brecon, under
the sanction of her Majesty, advised thereto by the
Privy Council ; and, if not, whether such sanction would
be withheld, in compliance with the prayer in the nu-
merous Petitions presented on the subject.
Sir G. GREY said there was no such scheme at
present before the Privy Council or, he believed, the
Ecclesiastical Commission. No decision would be ar•
rived at without allowing to the opponents of such a
measure the fullest opportunity of stating and urging
their objection,..
Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the Secretary for the
Howe Department whether he had received any infor•
oration with respect to a memorial signed by 106 of the
Fellows of Oxford, which bad been transmitted to the au-
thorities, touching pecuniary circumstances in the elec.
' tion of fellows t
Sir G. GREY said he bad no official information with
respect to the memorial referred to, but there had been a
preliminary meeting of the Privy Council at which he
had not been able to attend, but he had no doubt the
memorial had been transmitted to the proper quarter,
where it would receive every attention.
FOREIGN TROOPS IN ENGLISH PAY.
Mr. OTWAY gave notice that on Monday he should
ask the Under Secretary of War the numerical strength
of foreign troops in the pay of this country, and what
was to be their future destination.
ABSENCE OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.
Sir J. PAKINGTON complained of the absence of
the Under Secretary for War at that hour, which pre-
vented his putting a question to him of some importance.
Mr. L ABOUCHERE said the hon. gentleman was
absent in consequence of a domestic affliction.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the answer of the right
hen. gentleman was satisfactory.
_ _ THE LATE ABDUCTION CASE. _

Mr. HILDYARD asked the First Lord of the Trea•
sury whether the attention of the Government had been
directed to the case of Susannah Evans, a girl of 16
years of age, conveyed to Hamburg for the purpose of
prostitution ; and whether, in consequence of the dis-
closures elicited in the investigation of that case before
Sir IL Carden, any correspondtnce had taken place be-
tween the Foreign Secretary and Colonel Hodges, the

British Consul at. Hamburg?
Sir G. GREY said that the attention of the Govern-
ment had been directed to this case. Despatches iron)
Cu]. Hodges, the British Consul at Hamburg, relative to
this case, had been received at the ForiAgn-office, and
bad been transferred to the Home Secretary's De-
partment. These despatches detailed what Co]. Hodges
had done with reference to this case, and also cases of
similar character, though not of so aggravated
a nature, that had come under his notice. From these
despatches it appeared that an extensive traffic, for so
it might be called, of this disgraceful ct,amater was car-

rind on between the ports of Hull, Liverpool, Louden,
and Hamburg. He (Sir G. Grey) had communicated
with the mayors of these places, and he hoped shortly
to he able to take such measures as would obstruct
similar proceedings for the future. (Cheers.) _ _