The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Mr. BOWYER moved for a statemeni of the accounts
in the Audit office, showing to what date examined or
finally audited ; and the reason for the delay, if any, in
the audit of accounts in arrear.—Agreed to.
ST. JAMES'S PARK.

Mr. L. DAVIES asked the Chief Commissioner of
Public Works, whether be intended to carry out the
plan suggested by the committee for opening the cow-
mutlicatten from St. James's Park to Waterloo Place ;
and whether the recommendation of the committee, that
the Duke of Yerk's Monument should be removed, had
been fully considered by the Government ?
Sir B. HALL said he should be prepared neat week
to state how much of the report the Government in.
tended to adopt. As great objection existed to the
removal of the York Column ; he ha I measured
the ground on either side of the column, and he
found that the carriage-road into the park at that point
might be effected without disturbing the column. The
house should be fully informed upon this subject before
anything definite was done.
Mr. MACARTNEY asked the First Commissioner of
Poblic Works whether the attention of the Government
bad been, or would be, directed to the advantage of
opening a carriage way from Queen's-square through
the present gates into the Birdcage-walk, in connection
with the other improvements in St. James's-park ?
Sir B. HALL said the opening of a carriage way at
that point did not rest with the Government.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMMISSION.
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In reply to the question of an 110 x. MEMBER,
Mr. WALPOLE stated that the papers appended to
the report had been printed by mistake. They ought
not to have been attached to the report.
'PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Viscount PALMERSTON moved that upon Thurs-
day the 29th day of May next, and on every succeeding
Thursday during the present session, Government orders
of the day shall have precedence. The noble lord hoped
the precedents of former years would be followed, as
great convenience had resulted therefrom.
The motion was agreed to.
WORKING ON SUNDAYS.

Captain STUART asked the Clerk of the Ordnance
whether it was the fact that the operatives in the Royal
dockyards and arsenal at Woolwich still continued to be
employed on Sunday ; and whether the responsibility of
commanding such employment rested with the heads of
departments at Woolwich, or with the authorities of the
War-office ?

Mr. MONSELL said, with respect to the dockyard
he could give him no information, but with respect to
the arsenal, it was not the practice habitually to employ
labourers on Sunday. On one or two occasions, owing
to accidental circumstances, some persons had been em-
ployed in the carriage department, but that was all.
Sir C. WOOD said it was not true that work was
permitted to be done in Woolwich Dockyard on Sundays.
Mr. HO RSFALL asked the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty what were the circumstances which led to the
employment of a large number of workmen in the Dock-
yard at Portsmouth on Sunday last, and whether he
would give directions for the discontinuance of such a
procedure for the future? _ _

Sir C. WOOD said that in order to enable certain
work to be completed, which was of great importance,
the workmen ha been allowed to assist the contractors,
but such a proceeding would not again be allowed.