The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-04 00:00:00

REFORM BILL FOR SCOTLAND.

Mr. BAXTER asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Departm3nt• if Government intended to explain the
provisions of the Reform Bill for Scotland, and to lay it on
the table at the same time that they did the bill for Eng-
land and Wales.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Lord Advocate would
lay a Reform Bill for Scotland on the table when the Re-
form Bill for England was introduced.

INDIAN MEDALS, &c.
Sir M. FARQUHAR asked the Secretary of State for
India when the Indian medals were to be issued ; and
whether, as information had been received of the amount
of Lucknow prize money, he would state what that amount
was ; and also, whether any steps had been taken for the
payment of the batta or prize-money to the troops and sea-
men engaged in the battles of Bushire and Kooshab, in
Persia ? _ _ _

Sir C. WOOD said that the Indian medals had already
been distributed, and that the amount of Lucknow prize
money was about £143,000.

HYDE-PARK.
Mr. E. JAMES directed the attention of the Govern-
ment to the state of Hyde-park ; and asked the First Lord
of the Treasury what plan the Government proposed for
the ornamental cultivation of the space
i nowed vacant
sai by the
removal of shrubs and growing trees.
had been voted for plants in Hyde-park, and £l,OOO more
£350
for laying them out. While Lord Llanover was •ln office
"the object was carried out, and he believed his immediate
successor, Lord John Manners, did not interfere with that
arrangement. Last year Mr. Fitzroy succeeded to the office,
a gentleman whose name would be received with a feeling,
of regret
.in that house. He (Mr. Fitzroy) had long pre-
sidedover the debates in that house, and attended to
the private business and other matters of business,
and throughout exhibited the impartiality of the
English judge and the courtesy of an English gentleman.
(Hear, hear.) Last December a number of excavators were
sent to the park in the night, and, by the removal of the
plants, very soon reduced the space between Stanhope-street
and Hydef .park-gate into an utter waste. He understood
no alteration could be made in royal property without the
sanction of the Duke of Cambridge, as Ranger of the Parks,
and when the noble lord (Palmerston) was applied to on
the subject, he said that it was intended to convert the
space-of ground in question into a nursery, than which there
could be nothing of a more objectionable character to those
accustomed to frequent the parks.
ord PALMERSTON said he was happy the present
L
subject had been brought forward, in order that same delu-
sions which prevailed might be dissipated. In the first
place he was happy . that the honourable andt
learned member had done justice to a late member of tha
house—(hear)—a gentleman who possessed to a greater
extent than, perhaps, any other member, the respect of both
sides of the house. (Hear.) In a certain degree there was
some truth in the statements attributed as having been
addressed to the deputation by him (Lord Palmerston).
The fact was that the plants in the space in question were
found not to flourish, and it bad been found necessary
to remove them, and to improve the soil by manure and other
means to enable it to support the plants that would be
placed there as soon as the ground was fit for their recep-
tion.
After a few words from Sir J. SHELLEY, the subject
dropped.