The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

(1.-EFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tors EVENING-)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction
Railway and Canal Company; Bourton-on-the-Water
Railway; B uckley and Connah's Quay (Flintshire) Railway;
Hinckley and Leicester Railway, London and North-
Western Railway (No. 2), Manchester and Buxton Road,
Manchester Corporation Water, Manchester Improvement,
Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company, and Sir-
howy Tramroad.
NESS AND BENALy FISERIES BILL.

On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Mr. C. BRUCE moved as an amendment that it be read
a second time that day six months. He contended that the
bill would be an unjustifiable infringement of the chartered
rights of private individuals.
After a protracted discussion the house divided, and the
numbers were—
For the third reading l4B
Against it
—5
Majority
The bill was accordingly read a third time and passed.
The following bills were considered and o_rdered for third
reading : Cannock Chase Railway i Chesterfield and
Worksop Road ; Faringdon Reilly-ay; Leicestern, Cemetery ;
London and Blackwell Railway L'end Brighton and
South Coast Railway (Croydonffotio Belham Hill) ; I]owe
rdshire Railway ; Shef
King's Ferry Road ; North y,
field Water; and Tenbury 5d
Bewdley Railway.
marnead a second time :—Grunt
The following bills
ent, Limerick and Ennis Fen Drainage and Imp‘rovevem
Clearing-house
Rail-
way, North Kent Water, Railway(lreland) ;
and Spalding Water.
EAST INDIA CURRENCY.
Mr. HANIJEy moved for a copy of all correspondence
relating to the establishment of a paper currency in India
and of a minute from the Right Hon. James Wilson, re
spotting a gold or double standard.—Ordered.
ARMY, &c.
Gen. PEEL moved for returns of British regimenta
establishments for 1860-61, of all ranks ; of effectives 1 s
day of April, 1860, of all ranks ; of Indian establishmenti
for 1860-61; of effectives, Ist day of April, 1860 ; of tota
;Amber of embodied militia, Ist April, 1860, of all rankti ,

and of any transfers that may have been made, or of which
notice has beengiven, from Indian establishment to British
not shown in estimates.
Mr. S. HERBERT said that the forces in the British ser-
vice were placed in a more effective position than it was
expected to be some time back. As the financial year
would exuire on Saturday next, he hoped the house
would vote him the amount he would require on
account on Wednesday next, and he promised that
when the estimates were reprinted he would afford hon.
members an opportunity of discussing the subject referred
to in the motion of the hon. and gallant member. He had
no objection to the returns, with the exception of the last
paragraph.
After a few words from Gen. PEEL and Mr. DIsnAELI,
The returns, with the omission of the paragraph in ques-
tion, were then ordered. '
REMOVAL OF IRISII PAUPERS.
Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether it was the intention of the Government to intro.
duce any measure, in the present session, with a view of
putting an end to, or at least of materially mitigating, the
hardships now entailed on Irish born poor, by their removal
to Ireland by the parochial authorities of England, Wales,
and Scotland ?

Mr. CARD WELL said that the evils of the present sys-
tem were universally admitted, and the Poor-law Board
had taken steps to redress them, but without success. It
was unnecessary for him to state what these steps were, but
he begged to inform the hon. member that the Poor-law
Board intended to appoint a committee to inquire into this
nulject, and would adopt the necessary measures as soon as
they were in possession of the report of that committee.
MAGISTERIAL APPOINTMENT IN AUSTRALIA.
Mr. HOPE asked the Secretary for the Colonies whether
he was in possession of any information bearing on a state-
ment which had been made that an electioneering agent
had been appointed a justice of peace in one of the Austra-
lian colonies, he being at the time, and having continued
after his appointment, to be a hired servant in the employ-
ment of a resident in the district for which he had been
appointed such justice.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said he heard nothing on the
subject officially.

DIPLOMATIC ESTABLISHMENES IN
FLORENCE.
Lord H. LENNOX asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs what steps it was intention to take with
regard to breaking up the diplomatic establishments now
existing in Florence ? also, whether he intended any, and
what, change in the position of the Queen's representative
at the Sardinian Court in consequence of the recent aggran-
disement of that State?

Lord J. RUSSELL said with respect to the first part of
the question he had advised her Majesty's Government to
abolish the diplomatic establishmen at Florence altoge,
Cher, and measures were being adopted for that purpose.
With regard to the next question, on the annexation of
Piedmont, he had raised the mission at Sardinia to the
first class, and he did not know that any other step was
necessary in reference to this matter.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (L 850,000) BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
FOREIGN POLICY.
On the bringing up of the report on Ways and Means,
Mr. HORSMAN drew the attention of the house to the
foreign policy of the Government in reference to Italian
affairs, which ha conceived
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

SPORTING NOTES.