The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF COIYIIVIONS—(Ihis Evening.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Bath Gas, the Boston Gas, and the Canada
Company bills were severally read a third time and
passed.

The Aberdeen. and.SopttiALlliloncl, Juoction. Rail-
way Ganpanies Ama!garnnti7in;-tCn,LeedB Improvement
Act Amendments, 'and the Sleafori and Tattersball
Turnpike Tr u4ts Bills were considered, and ordered to
be read a third time.

WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. PALK moved for a return of the number of
wile proved and administrations granted, in each year
during the last fivoye4rs by the Episcopal, Archdeanry,
mid Peculiar Courti proposed to be abolished by the
Wills and Administrations Bill, showing the number of•
probat-s and administration,, in each year, under each
progressive rate of stamp duty.—Agreed to.
SPIRITS (IRELAND.)
Mr. GROGAN moved for a return of the number of
proof gallons of British spirits on which duty was paid
in Ireland in the year ending the 31st of December,
1855, the amount of duty received on same, the deficiency
in quantity and in stret.gth on such gallons, and the
allowance made by the Inland Revenue for such defi-
ciency in proof gallons and money.—Agreed to.
PENSIONS.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for a copy of the Trea-
sury minute which authorises the purchase of pensions
charged on revenue departments.—Agreed to.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Sir D. NORREYS moved for a continuation of the
Return, No. 278, of Session 1855, relative to the Geo-
logical Survey, together with skeleton maps correspond-
ing in scale and the colours used with the maps of 1855,
to show the progress of the survey to the end of April,
1856.—Agreed to.

Mr.
BRA.Dy I;:hArdViflNthGe
Government
giv-
ing instructions for the prosecution of th e intendedman
Leaving shops "
Perkinsbefore Sir Robert Carden who appeared
and others owners of
t Guildhall a few days ago
for receiving goods and lendinga
having a pawnbroker's license? money thereon without
of the law being found imperfect, and also if (In the event
cases as alluded to in his formerquestion) the Govern-
ment intended introducingthe
any
measure' this session
tive to crime ? suppression of places so limn-
Mr. WILSON said the ol' •
s icitor to the Inland Re-
venue had received no information on the subject al-
begged to ray the law
-pweact to the second question he
state, and he intended to brings in 11?
a very unsatisfactory
TEiE BAND IN KENSINGTONa bill on the subject.
GARDENS.
The Marquis of BLANDFORD asked the Chief Com-
missioner of Works if he would state what arrangements
bad been made, or are contemplated with reference to
the performance of the military hhn
on Sundays; that is to say, in which of
in the public parks
of the public parks
it is proposed that the military bands should in future
perform ; and whether there was- any truth in the state-
ments that had appeared, that
preparations were con-
templated in such places for the accommodation of the
performers and the public by the erection of an orchestra
and a place for the sale of refreshments ?"
Colonel NORTH—He wished the h . baronet would
inform the house whether the permission
of the regiments who usually paid the expenses of
the colonels
expenses of the
regimental bands bad been obtained.
Sir B. HALL said, he had made a en
munication to
the Horse Guards that the bands should play at stated
hours in Kensington-gardens, which request n bad bee
oomplied with. He bad also been in communication with
the officers of the 2d Life Guards, and a satisfactory ar-
rangement had been corns to with respect to payment of the
soldiers. The noble marquis' question or questions were
four in number, with respect to the first he
say that last autumn be gave directions thatt theeged to
band
should nifty on Sunday in Kensiugton.gardens for
the
recreation, he might say the innocent recreation
bear)—of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and "C.; (hear,(de
that there might be no exaggeration of the numhtl:r ofr
persons attending those performan es he had given orders
that the matter might be ascertained as nearly as pos-
sible, and it was found that they amounted, on
various
occasions, from 35,000.t0 75,000 persons. The arra
ments of last year would therefore be continuedtnhise.
With respect to the second part of the question, he had.
observed that last year the number of persons attending
Kensington Gardens amounted to 75,000 ; kilt the
number attending there last Sunday week amounted to
79,245, and in order to prevent the inconvenience of such
a number of persons congregating at one point, he bad
given directions with the approbation of Col. Willis, for
aband to play in Regents Park during the hours of
Divine service. With respect to the band in the Vic-
toria Park, he begged to inform the house that a com-
munication from Woolwich from Lieut.-Col. Dickson,
the officer of one of the regiments of militia, offering the
use of the band to play in that locality. He intended
to answer the letter of the gallant officer, thanking him
for the offer, which it was his intention to accept.
The only accommodation for the band in Kensington-
fWardens was the platform that was used on the days
that ladies and gentlemen promenaded Rotten-row. The
same was used on Sundays, but it was intended to erect
a new one. With respect to the accommodation of the
public, if he found that the prevent arrangements were
not commensurate, be should propose that some tem-
porary building or tent should be erected. The re-
freshments that were sold were of the most wholesome
description, and consisted of tea, coffee, ices, lemon-
ade, soda water, and other non-intoxicating drinks.
amongst those present last Sunday, Many of the no,
elity were observed, and the number of persons on that
we-Rion amounted to 79 0000 persons. The superin-
•.rodent of the gardens waited upon hire the following
Monday morning and informed him that not a single
k shrub bad been injured. (Hear, hear.) It was his in-
. tion to proceed as he bad begun, and the people bad