The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-30 00:00:00

SYRIA

Mr. RICH gave notice that on Friday next, on the mo-
tion of the adjournment of the house until Monday, he
would draw the attention of tbo house to the disturbances
in Syria, as well as the despatches on the subject which
had recently been received.
In reply to Mr. B. OSBORNE,

Lord J. RUSSELL said that; he had stated some time
Ago that a commission would be sent to Syria, and it was
c ,nsiderecl by her Majesty's Government, as well as the
Executive at Paris, that some representeive from the
English Government should form a part of that commis-
sion, and accordingly Lord llufferin was selected to occupy
that position. There would be a council of the five great
Powers of Europe on the subject.

MARITIME TREATY WITH FRANCE.
Mr. LINDSAY asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, if he would lay upon the table of the house the cor-
respondence which had passed between this country and
the Government of Franco in regard to a maritime treaty
with that country ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said it would not be advisable to
produce the correspondence in question at prese,-it.
NATIONAL FORTIFICATIONS.
In reply to Sir D. L. EVANS,
Mr. S. HERBERT said that the subject of the nation*
fortifications would be again brought on as soon as possible
DISEMBODIMENT OF MILITIA. -
Sir H. STRACEY asked the Secretary of State for War
why the rule of disembodying militia regiments according
to the order in which they were embodied had been de-
parted from in the case of the Norfolk Artillery it
Mr. S. HERBERT said there was only one rule in re-
gard to the matter, and that was the benefit of o public
service, in conformity with which the War-office had acted
as regarded the corps in question.
GRAVES OF ENGLISH SOLDIERS AT SEBAS-
TOPOL.
Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, whether the British Government, had au-
thorised the appointment of au agent at Sebastopol to watch
over the graves, at a fixed salary; whether such salary had
been paidby the Government, and to whom, and through
whom ; and, if so, why no agent had hitherto been there
for that purpose ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said that there had been some cor-
respondence on the subject with the Russian Govern-
ment, and the accounts received from the latter were most
satisfactory.

SYRIA.
On the motion of Mr. KINNAIRD, an a.ddraAa for a,
copy of the correspondence relative to Syria (in continua-
tion of papers already laid before Parliament) was agreed to.
EUROPEAN FORCES INDIA BILL—NATIONAL

FORTIFICATIONS.
On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned de-
bate, on the motion for going into committee on the
European Forces India Bill,
Mr. HORSMAN said that he had given notice of a
question relative to the subject of the national fortifications
to the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government,
and that noble lord was not in his place. (Cries of " Order,
order.")
The SPEAKER explained that the hon. member was
out of order. A question was before the house altogether
differen from that to which he addressed himself.
Mr. HORSMAN said he would put himself in order, and
conclude by moving that the house do now adjourn. He
repeated that he had given the noble lord (Palmerston)
notice of his motion, and considering the importance of the
question—a question to which the national mind
was most anxiously directed—he certainly thought the
noble lord should have been in his place to answer his (Mr.
Horsman's) question. He believed the general impression
at the conclusion of the debate last week on the subject of
the national fortifications was, that it would have been one
of the first subjects brought forward this evening, instead
of which there were several other questions on the paper
which had precedence, and which were likely to occupy for
some time the attention of the house. The question of na-
tional fortification had derived additional importance from
what the noble lord said the other evening in bringing this
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matter forward; and he might state that he (Mr. Horalaan),
and he believed the majority of the house, fully concurred
in what had fallen from the noble lord on that occasion.
(Hear.) He thought, under the circumstances, that what
the noble lord stated would have been by a course of action
which the public safety demanded. (Cries of " Order.")
The SPEAKER again called the hon. member to order.
The circumstance of the hon. member having given notice
of a question to a Minister of the Crown did not entitle
him to ask that question when an order of the day was laid
before the house.
Lord PALMERSTON expressed his regret that he had
been detained later from the house than he expected that
afternoon, but he was in his place before the order
of the day was moved, though the honourable member
(Mr. liorsinan) did not perceive him. He was as anxious
as that hon. member to come to a decision on the subject
of the national fortifications, Lut the house was engaged in
the consideration of a question of considerable im-
portance. He applied to the hon. member and
his friends to assist him on the present occasion in for-
warding the public business, so as to enable them to expe-
dite the discussion of the question to which he (Mr. Hors-
man) referred, by discontinuing the opposition to the regu-
lar order of the business of the house. (Hear.)
Mr. HORSMAN said that under the circumstances he
would not prese his motion, and the subject then dropped.
The debate was then resumed by
Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR on the following motion:--.
" That it be an instruction to the committee that they have
power to make provision therein that all appointments to
military commands in India (the commands in chief alone
excepted),staff and all appointments, whether military,
naval, or medical, be vested in the Governor-General in
Council and other constituted authorities in litclia."
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