The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF OF L9RDS-(THIS EVENING.)

Lord REDESDALE, as Deputy-Speaker of the House of
Peers, took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock.
EDUCATION IN INDIA.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH gave notice that shortly
after Easter he should draw the attention of the house to
the state of education in India, particularly with respect to
the exclusion of the bible from native schools.
CHURCH RATES.
Petitions against the abolition of Church-rates were pre-
sented by the Bishop of Chichester, the Duke of Marl-
borough, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Dungannon,
and several other peers.
SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
The Earl of CARNARVON drew the attention of the
Government to a telegram which appeared in the news-
papers stating that terms of peace had been signed
between the two contending parties, and asked
if the Government know whether the terms
of peace were those proposed by General O'Donnell.
If such information had been received, he wished to know
whether there would be any objection to lay the papers re-
lating to the subject on the table of the house. The pro-
duction of the papers was of the utmost importance, if such
were in the possession of the Government, as it was highly
desirable the exact terms of the peace should be publicly
known.
Lord WODEHOUSE said the Government had received
similar information to that referred to—namely, that preli-
miniaries of peace had been signed, but they were alto-
gether ignorant of the details. He reminded the noble
earl that peace had not been concluded. The preliminaries
had only been signed. Under such circumstances, he could
not at present give the noble lord any more definite infor-
mation.

SAVOY AND NICE.
The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that on Fri-
day, the 20th of April, he should move the resolution of
which he had given notice, that matters of great pul)lic
importance should not be made private letters instead of
public despatches.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills wereread a second time :—Bainbridge,
Lisburne, and Belfast and Ulster Railways; Belper Water,
Ualue ito,riu,.y. Liverpool Corporation Water.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company, and Dublin and
Drogheda Railway.
MUTINY BILL.
On the motion of Earl DE GREY, this bill was read a
third time and passed.
MARINE MUTINY BILL.
On the motion of the Duke of SOMERSET, this bid
was read a third time and passed.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (£851000) BILL.
On the motion of the Duke of NE WtASTLE this bill
was read a second time.
BANKS IN INDIA.

Lord MONTE AGLE moved for returns of all correspon-
dence between the Secretary of State for India and the Go-
vernment of India, touching the establishment of Govern-
ment banks; and also for lists of all banks now existing in
India.
The Duke of ARGYLL laid on the table tl-e returns
moved for by the noble lord. He did not wish at that mo-
ment to enter into a discussion on the subject, the more so
as several noble peers, who took great interest in banking in
India, were not in their places. His own opinion was
that it was as much the duty of the Government to issue
paper money as coined metal. The doctrine of the noble
lord, that it could not be the ditty of the Government to
issue paper money, was in opposition to the opinion of the
highest authorities.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH thought that the
issue of paper money could never be important in amount,
and that the attempt to issu! might lead to inconvenience.
He would take that opportunity of asking if the Government
had yet received an account of Mr. Wilson's financial
scheme in sufficient detail to lay them before the house.
The Duke of ARGYLL said he had only received the
document that morning, and was therefore not in a posi-
tion at that moment to answer the question.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THis EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Liskeard and Caradon Railway Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The following bills were considered, and ordered for
third reading :—Cardiff Water, Chard Railway, Norwich
Corporation Markets, &c.
The Finn Valley Railway Bill was road a second time.

THE 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS.
Mr. PAPILLON asked the Secretary of State for War,
how it happened that the 14th Light Dragoons were sent
home by long sea instead of overland, as intended : what
were the circumstances under which the Himalaya
was detained at Alexandria with ' the two Arm-
strong batteries of Royal Artillery barracked on
board ; whether the Himalaya, having been further detained
owing to the expected arrival of the 14th Light Dragoons,
will now return empty ; and, what is the probable amount
of expense to which the country will have been put owing
to those arrangements ?
Mr. S. HERBERT entered into an explanation, which
was to the effect that telegrams sent by the Government re-
lative to the conveyance of troops from Bombay by Suea
were not received at the former place. Arrangements were
now made in reference to the Himalaya and the conveyance
of the trocps in question to this country.
THE ANNEXATION OF SAVOY AND NICE.
Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the hon. member for Bridge-
water (Mr. Kinglake) on what day he proposed to bring
forward his motion respecting the annexation of Savoy and
Nice ?

Mr. KINGLAKE—The declaration of the present views
and future policy of the Government which the house had
heard last night from the noble lord the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs with so much satisfaction, had superseded
the necessity for the motion of which he had given
notice on the 6th of March last: He should not deem

it his duty to call for the interposition of the house in re-
ference to this matter, so long as he believed as he then did
that her Majesty's Government were determined to carry
on their foreign policy in conformity with the opinion of
that house and of the country at large. (Hear, hear.)

LUNACY LAWS.
Mr. TORRE NS asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department when it was intended to nominate the
select committee on the lunacy laws sanctioned by the house
last February; and whether it was intended, without fur-
ther delay, to submit reports on the evidence already given
on the lunacy laws before the select committees of the two
previous sessions, with a view to legislate for the ameliora-
tion of the condition and treatment of patients confined in
insane asylums.

Sir G.-GREY said that the committee previously ap-
pointed on the subject was re-opened this session, on the
motion of a private u.omber. That committee had taken
evidence, and would report the result to the house.

FORTIFICATIONS.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether it was the intention of Government to pro-
pose ary vote in the present year for raising by loan, or
otherwise, any sum for fortifications beyond the sum pro-
posed in he army estimates at present laid on the table?
Lord PALMERSTON—The subject of additional forti-
fications had been the subject of inquiry before a commis-
sion appointed for that purpose, and their report was under
the consideration of the military authorities. The matter
had to be dealt with in reference to the description of forti-.
fications that might be deemed requisite as well as other'
points. As soon as the report has been laid before the
Government they would deliberate on what course they
ought to pursue, and then it would be his duty to bring the
report before the house, and to state the intentions of the
Government.

CARDINAL FIESCIII AND M. TIIOUVENEL.
Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether, Lord Cowley had forwarded to her Majesty a
communication from Cardinal Fieschi relative to the note of
M. Thouvenel ?

Lord PALMERSTON considered that notice of the
question should be given before he was called on to an-
swer it.

Mr. BOWYER then gave notice that he would ask the
question on Thursday next.
PACKET AND TELEGRAPHIC CONTRACTS.
Capt. L. VERNON called the attention of the house to
the report of the packet and telegraphic contracts commit-
tee. The hon. and gallant member contended that Mr.
Churchward had been most unjustly treated, and that the
conduct of the Government in regard to him was calculated
to shake the confidence of the commercial classes in the
justice of Ministers. He went in detail through the cir-
cumstances relating to the contract in question as deve-
loped in the committee appointed to inquire into the subject
last session.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENINC.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MARCH 23.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Baron Bentinck,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from
the King of the Netherlands, to deliver a letter from his
Sovereign.
To which audience he was introduced by Lord John Rus-
sell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant. General the Hon. Sir
Edward Oust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere-
monies.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 27.
Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle will be closed to the public after Friday,
the 30th inst., until further orders.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 27.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve
of the following gentlemen being appointed Pro-
fessors of the new Army Medical School at Chatham:—
Clinical and Military Surgery—Deputy Inspector-General
T. Longmoro, M.D. Hygiene—E. A. Parkes, Esq., M.D.
Pathology—William Aitken. Esq., M.D.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Philip Andrew, brewer, Swansea.
BANKRUPTS,
Thomas A. Freeth, pianoforte manufacturer, Edward-
street, Hampstead-road, to surrender April .5, at half-past
eleven, and May 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy:
Robert Tanner, tea dealer, Stratford, Essex, April 14, at
eleven, and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Denis Nicholas Vericchio, upholsterer, Paddington,
April 7, at eleven, and May 8, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Thomas John Boyd Wallis, draper, Colchester, April 7,
at eleven, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Lough Moreland, draper, Lidford and Keinton,
April 16 and May 14, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Craig, Baidland, Ayrshire.
James Veitch, hotel keeper, Edinburgh.
Richardson and Crichton, drapers, Glasgow.
Law, White, and Co., merchants, Glasgow.
James Druce, salesman, Glasgow.

THE 9TH LANCERS.—A troop of this regiment,
under the command of Captain Ellis and Lieut. Carleton,
and consisting of 5 sergeants and 75 men, left Exeter a day
or two since, en route for Trowbridge, where they will be
otationed.