The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-30 00:00:00

THE FALL OF MARS.

The Earl of MALMESBURY—In rising to move
that the summons to your lordships to attend on Friday
evening be discharged, I think it right to state that it-is
my intention to withdraw the notice I have given of
the motion I had meant to submit on that evening with
respect to the surrender of Kars. It is with extreme re-
gret that I find myself coerced by cireurnstances to take
this course, for I can assure your lordships that I ha 1
a very sincere and earnest intention to bring this inter-
esting subject under your consideration. For the delays
Which unforrunately prevent me from doing so your
lordships will admit that I am in no degree responsible.
In. the first place, the noble lord the Secretary for Fo-
reign Affairs remained absent three weeks longer than
we expected ; in the next, the importance of my mo-
tion rendered it necessary that I should give a lull week's
notice of it, and as your lordships do not sit next Thurs.
day—that being Ascension-day--I could name no earlier
day than next-Friday lid-the debate. But no later than
yesterday the Foreign Secretary laid the Treaty of Pans
on the table, and, as he has invited us to take it into
consideiation on Monday evening, I eaenot think that
it would meet • the approval of your lordships to' forestall
the interest of that great occasion by remarks and anirnad-
versions on such subjects as the war in. Asia Mlnor and
the surrender of Bare—topics which it would heimpossi-
ble to discuss without reference to their consequences 114
revealed by the treaty. Under these circumstances I have
thought that the better course is to withdraw the motion.
Had I not done so we should have had two debates on
the same subject, the one ou Friday, the other on Mon-
day, and, as it is manifestly desirable that if we are to
spend two evenings in the disc ,scion of the same topic,
they should be consecutive evenings, I trust your lord-
ships will be of opinion that I am now acting in the
Manner most conducive to your convenience. (Hear.)
I would be understood, however, as reserving to myself
the right of bringing forward any motion I may think fit
on Moriday 4evenine% I wish -t0... tick -my •-sioNerfrtertilt,*.
Whether he has any iiihjeetion-ete Nylon your lordships'
table, on Friday, the terms of the acidness which Lord
Clarendon will [neve on Monday next 7
Earl GRANVILLE—If I rightly understand the
noble lord be altogether withdraws his notice of motion
with respect to Ken'.
The Earl of MALMESBURY—Yes.
Earl GRANVILLE—I am giad to hear it. (" Hear,
hear," and a laugh.)
The Earl of MALMESBURY—The noble earl has
not replied to my question.
Earl GRANVILLE--The terms of the motion to he
made by my noble friend on Monday evening will be
laid on your lordships' fable on Friday.
The Mercantile Law Amendment Bill and Mercantile
Law (Se dland) Bill passed through committee.
The Mercantile Law (Scotland) Amendment Bill was
next passed Omagh co nrnittee.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--YESTERDAY.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.

PRIVATE BUSINESS,
The B ith Gas, the Boston Gas, and the Canada
Company bills were severally read a third time and
passed,

The Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Rail-
way Companies Amalgamation, the Leeds Improvement
Act Amendments, and the Sleaford and Tattershall
Turnpike Trusts Bills were considered, and ordered to
be read a third time.
WILLS. AND ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. PALK moved for a reti ra of the number of
wills proved and administrations granted, in each year
during the last five years by the Episcopal, Arcbdeanry,
and Peculiar Courts proposed to be abolished by the
Wills and Administrations Bill, showing the number of
probates and administrations, in each year, under each
progressive rate of stamp duty.—Agreed to.
SPIRITS )
Mr. GROGAN moved flora eturn 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 strength 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

LEAVING
SHOPS.
Mr.BRADY asked if the Government intended giv-
ing instructions for the prosecution of the man
°
and others owners of " Leaving eh Perkins-
BRPs who appeared
before Sir Robert Carden at Guildhall a few days ago
for receiving goods and lending money thereon without
having a pawnbroker's licence ? and also it (in the event
of the law being found imperfect, so as not to reach such
cales as alluded to in his former question) the Govern-
ment intended introducing any measure this session
hesing for its object the suppression of places so incen-
ti re to crime ?
Mr. WILSON said the solicitor to the Inland Re-
venue had received no information on the subject al-
luded to. But with respect to the second question he
bc,gged to say the law was in a very unsatisfactory
st ate, and he iotended to bring in a bill on the subject,
THE BAND IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.
The Marquis of BLANDFORD asked the Chief Com-
missioner of Works if he would state what arrangements
h ad been made, or were contemplated with reference to
t ae perfarmance of the military bands in the public parks
on Sundays; that is to say, in which of the public park
t was proposed that the military bands should in future
ierform ; and whether there was any truth in the state.
I cents that had appeared, that preparations were coo-
t emplated in such places for the accommodation of the
performers and the public by the erection of an orchestra
aad a place for the sale of refreshments ?
Colonel NORTH—He wished the hon. baronet would
info rm the house whether the permission of the colonels
of the regiments Who usually paid the expenses of the
r.,e,menta'l bands had been obtained.
Sir B. HALL said he had made a communication to
th Horse Guards that the bands should play at stated
b. iurs in Kensington-gardens, which request had been
co implied with. He had also been in communication with
tb e officers of the 2d Life Guards, and a satisfactory ar-
ra e gement had been come to with respect to payment of the
so Idlers. The noble marquis's question or questions were
fel it in number. With respect to the first he begged to
sa .
it r that last autumn he gave directions that the band
play on Sunday in Kensington-gardens for the
eh, lid
real iation, he might say the innocent recreation—(hear,
hear )—of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and in urdee
than there might be no exaggeration of the number o
' those performan( es he had given orders
perm ins attending
that the number might be ascertained as nearly as pos-
sible , and it was found that they amounted, on various
occasions, from 35,000 to 75,000 persons. The arrange.
Men is of last year would therefore be continued this
ill respect to the second part of the question, he had
of nerved that last year the number of persons attending
IC ensin gton Gardens amounted to 75,000 ; lout the
umber attendink there last Sunday week amounted to