The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

NIGHT SIGNALS.

Viscount DUNGANNON asked the President of the
Board of Trade whether it was intended by her Majesty's
Government to introduce any bill into Parliament com-
pelling vessels sailing along the coast or in the Channel
during the night to exhibit lights ; and whether any new
and recently-recommended plan for safe lights for sailing
vessels was at present under the consideration of the
Board of Admiralty..
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said there could
not be the slightest doubt but that the exhibiting of
night signals by vessels as they passed along the coast
was one of the greatest importance. In 1852 the Ad-
miralty laid down certain regulations, but in consequence of
complaints having been made against those regulations by
the masters of vessels at South Shields,:and other port., a
commission was appointed, consisting of Admiral Chads
and other officers, who presented their reports to the
Admiralty on the subject. The whole subject was un-
dur the consideration of the Admiralty, who had the
power of making such regulations as they thought neces-
sary without applying to Parliament.
The Earl of HARDWICK E (as we understood) said
that all steamers as well as sailing vessels should be
obliged to exhibit such lights as would distinguish them.
The subject then dropped.
PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for the report of the amend•
ments in this bill

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH took exception to
the 188th clause of the bil'.

The Earl of BESSBOROUGH having explained the
nature of the clause,
The report of amendments was then received and
agreed to.

ANNUITIES (NO. 2) BILL.
This bill was reAd a third time and passed.
NATIONAL GALLERY BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
The Earl of GRANVILLE having made a few verbal
amendments on the bill, it pa-sed through committee.
FIRE INSURANCES BILL.
The bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Eveninz.;
The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
NEW MEMBER.
Lord SANDON took the oaths and his seat for I.4ch,
field.

Several petitions were presented against the abolition
of Church Rates and against the Oath of Abjuration
Bill.

The following bills were severally read a third time and
pawed :—Bardney, (Lc. Drainage, London and North
Western Railway, Monmouth Roads, Stockton and Dar-
lington, and Newcastle and Carlisle Union Railway,
and Swinnerton's Name.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Clarke Thornhill's Estate ; Doning-
ton Turnpike Trust ; Grand JUnction Water ; London
and South-Western Railway (Yeovil to Exeter) ; Mid•
Kent Direct Railway (Bronaiey to St. Mary's Cray) ;
North British Railway ; West London and Crystal
lace Railway ; London Diocesan Church Building So-
ciety ; and Westminster Terminus Railway.
The following billy were read a second time :—East
Indian Railway Company ; Severn Navigation Improve-
ment Commission ; St. Sepulchre's Manor (Dublin).
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN
RAILWAY BILL.

Sir R. FERGUSON- lowed, that the onler (1 ith
April) for the third reading of thie bill be read, and
discharged, and that the bill be re-c:inmitted to the for-
mer committee, with leave to sit and proceed forthwith.
—Agreed to.

THE PRINCIPALITIE.
Mr. ROEBUCK wished to ask a question of the
noble lord the First Lord of the Treasury. It hal been
stated that certain instruetior.s had been agreed to in the
Congress lately held in Purls with respectito the course
to be pursued by the Commissioners about to proceed to
the Principalities
Lord PALMERSTON said no instructions had been
agreed to at the Congress. The instructions to be given
to the Commissioners rested entirely with each of the
Governments appointing a Commissioner. Those as-
semblies would not meet until the Principalities had
been evacuated. Foreign troops were still there, so
some delay would therefore take place before the Com-
missioners met.
Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether there would
be any objection to publish the instructions given to the
British Commissioner ?
Lord PALMERSTON said it was not usual to pub-
lish such instructions. Such a course would be produc-
tive of much inconvenience.
THE SOUND DUES.
The CII.A.NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave
notice that on Friday next he should move for a select
committee to inquire into the Sound Dues, in order to
ascertain in what degree they were detrimental to the
commerce of the couirry. (Hear, hear.)
CHAPTERS.
Mr. W. EWART moved four a return from the Eccle-
siastical Commissioners fur England of the grants or re-
ductions allowed by them since the Ist day of March,
1855, to the several Chapters of England and Wales, to
pay substitutes fir performing additional duties cast on
them by the suspen,ion of cAnonries ; with the names of
the persons who, as such substitutes, have received
such grants.—Agreed to.

CATHEDRAL AND COLLEGIATE CHURCHES.
Mr. W. EWART moved for a return from the Eccle-
siastical Commissioners for England of every Payment
made to them since the 20th day of January, 1855, on
account of any suspended stalls in the cathedral and col-
legiate churches of England and Wales.—Agreed to.
POOR-LAW UNIONS.
Sir G. B. PECHELL moved for a return of the unions
and single parishes included in the several Parliamentary
returns in which the poor were managed under the pro-
visions of the Act 22 Geo. 111. (Gilbert's Act) which
since the Ist day of March, 1837, have been dissolved
and become subject to the provisions of the Poor-law
Amendment Act ; stating the grounds in each Case
on which such dissolution has taken place, and whether
with the consent of a raaj,mty of the guardians or other.
wise. And also copies of all correspondence since the
3d day of April, 1856, between the visitor and guardians
of such unions and single parishes and the Poor Law
Board, relative to the clauses in the Poor Law Amend-
ment Bill, for their compulsory dissolution.—Agreed to.
ORDERS OF REMOVAL.

Mr
ACK R paoye _for _e Ull_EthaWina thra
.nunahar
ot orders or removai rparisAes signed by ju.3tices and
executed in England and Wales during the year ending
the 25th day of March, 1855, stating the number of per-
sons removed, the nature of alleged settlement, and the
amount of expenses incurred in the removal, including
the cost of obtaining the orders, serving the same, and
travelling expenses of the paupers removed, but not the
cost of relief before removal ; distinguishing the orders
so executed between parishes in the same union and be-
tween parishes in different unions ; stating also the
number of orders of removal of Scotch and Irish paupers
and PauPei'B belonging to the Channel Islands and the
Isle of Man during the same period ; and similar return
during the year ending the 25th day of March, 1856.
Agreed to.
On the motion for the house going into committee of
supply,
Mr. BLACKBURN called the attention of the house
to the increase of 23,0831. 31. 10,1. -on the superannua-
ation, &c., allowances granted in 1855, as shown by Par-
liamentary paper, No. 112, and to ask for explanation
of certain items apparently not in acctrdance with the
4 and 5 Will. IV., c. 24.
Mr. FITZROY rose to order. The items having been
considered and agreed to, on the bringing tip the report on supply, it was not competent for the hon. member
reopen the consideration of the items in question. to
After some discussion,
Mr. WILSON said be had no objection to explain,
which he thought be could satisfactorily, the payments
complained of, but declined doing so on the point of
order.

The SPEAKER ruled that the bon, member (Mr.
Blackburn) was out of order, and the subject dropped.
MONUMENT AT SCUTARI.
Mr. ROEBUCK asked if any arrangements had been
made relative to the erection of a monument at Scu-
tari in memory of those who died in the East, and if it
was intended to throw the design open to competition ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was intended to erect such a monument at Scutari, and
that Baron Marochetti had been commissioned to exe-
cute one.
Mr. ROEBUCK—Am Ito understand it is not to be
thrown open to Competition ?
No answer was returned to the hen. member's second
question.

TE STATE OF GREECE.
Mr. J. WGHREGOR called the attention of the house
to the present state of Greece, and in reply
Lord PALMERSTON" kaki the course pursued by the

government of Greece had confirmed what he had said
on former occasions. The occupation of Greece by de-
tachments of English and French troops was rendered
necessary from the aggressive acts of the Greek govern-
ment against Turkey during the late war. The
occupation of Greece bad the effect of stopping those
aggressive acts against Turkey, but, he was sorry to
say, it had produced no improvement in the Govern-
ment or internal tranquillity of Greece, which continued
in as lamentable a state as ever. There had been every-
thing done to destroy and get rid of the constitution
forms of a representative Government, and the money
that should have been paid to liquidate the debts of Greece
had been spent in corrupting the electors so as to make
the ;Government but a shadow of what it should be.
With regard to the debt due from Greece to England,
France, and Turkey, it was stipulated by the Treaty
that one country was not to be paid before the other
out of the surplus revenues of that country. It was im-
possible for him to say what would be the future policy
of England towards Greece.