The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-17 00:00:00

CHURCH RATES,

Sir J. TRELAWNEY hoped that the Government
would for the convenience of the house and the public
make a statement as to whether the Church-rates Bill could
be proceeded with on Thursday next.
DISTRESS IN THE WEST OF IRELAND.
Mr. HENNESSY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether the Government intended to take any steps with
reference to the great destitution prevailing in the west of
Ireland? The hon. member stated that he would also ask
what reply the Government had given to the letter, dated
the 18th of lurch, and signed by 28 Roman Catholic
bishops, with reference to the system of national education
in Ireland ?

—Mr. CARDWELL said that, unfortunately, there was
great distress in the part of Ireland alluded to by the hon.
gentleman. He was in communication with the able
gentlemen who superintended the working of the poor law
in Ireland, and he had every reason to rely on the opera-
tion of the poor law, but he could hold out no hope of any
other interposition.
INDIAN FINANCE.
Mr. VANSITTAILT asked the Secretary of State for
India which of the following financial estimates of the
deficiency of income as against the expenditure of
the current year ending the 30th April is correct, namely,
£10,250,000, as per the statement made by the Secretary of
State for India on the Ist of August last ; £6,449,981, as
per financial balance-sheet drawn up in Calcutta in Sept.
last; £9,290,129, as per estimate submitted by Mr. Wilson
on the 18th Feb. last to the Legislative Council of Calcutta;
and, whether he can state the cause of these discrepancies.
Sir C. WOOD said that even from the most recent infor-
mation he had received he was not in a position to account
for the discrepancies in question. Last summer he had
made a statement relative to Indian finance, the Govern-
ment of India made a different one, and Mr. Nil-
son one that was also different from his. How-
ever, it was satisfactory that there had been an im-
provement in the income of India since he had made his
statement.
THE PEDESTAL AT WATERLOO-PLACE.

Mr. E. JAMES asked the First Commissioner of Works
whether any person was about to place anything, and, if
anything, what, upon the summit of a pedestal which has
been standing, for twelve months at the southern end of
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; and if anything was to be placed
there, when it might be expected to be done ?
Mr. COWPER said it was intended to place a statue on
the pedestal to commemorate the bravery of the Guards at
the Crimea. The statue was entrusted to Mr. Bell, and he
believed it would be worthy of the object proposed.
MORTALITY ON BOARD OF VESSELS BOUND

TO INDIA.
Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary of State
for War or for India, if the statement in the public journals
relative to the mortality which had occurred on board of
various vessels which had arrived at Madras and Bombay
with the wives and children of soldiers be correct; and, if
so, what department or officer may be regarded as respon-
sible for any neglect of due precautions, if such had been, in
connection with this lamentable event ?'
Sir C. WOOD could not state exactly the amount of the
mortality in question, but he believed it resulted from the
number of the children on board these vessels.