The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-12 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Leicester Gas Bill was read ;tiiird time.
The following bills were considered and read a third
time :—Dagenalstown and Wexford R
aiiway, Be
Llandatf and Canton District Markets, Liverpool
Corpora-
tion Water, 7'
tidland Railway (Station in St. -;oi li s,rWater
ancras,S:c.),
Midland Railway (Use of Railways a_ d
near
London),
North London Itailway, Shrewsbury ianndnWelchpool
way, and West Somerset Railway.
The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway Bill was
read a second time.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Usher of the Black Rod summoned the house to the
bar of the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given
to differext bills, for which see Lords' report.
THE EVICTIONS IN MAYO.
Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether it was true that a troop of the 15th Hussars had
been sent to Castlebar, county Mayo, for the purpose of
' aiding in the eviction cf more than GO tenants, representing
250 souls, from the property of Lord Plunket, 13ishop of
Tuam, at Partry, in that county ; and whether it had come
to his knowledge that the said evictions had been the result
of the refusal of the tenants, who are exclusively Catholic,
to permit their e iW,rell tQ Att.;l24 §ch99l§ WitAPli494 by

Lord Plunket, and which schools are publicly stated tog
anti-Catholic in their teaching?
Mr. CARDWELL said that troops had been sent to
Castlebar, which step was rendered necessary by the az..
cited state of that part of Ireland.
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN SICILY.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether any correspondence had passed,
since the accession of Ferdinand 11. to the kingdom of the
Two Sicilies, between the British Government and its re—
presentatives at Naples relative to those constitutional re—
forms recommended by England and France in 1856, and,
if so, whether there was any objection to lay the papers on
the table ? _ _

Lord J. RUSSELL said that the correspondence in
question was prepared, and would be laid on the table of
the house.

TELEGRAPHIC CONTRACTS.

In answer to Sir S. NORTIICOTE,
Mr. M. GIBSON said there had been an applicatiert
made by the Submarine Telegraph Company for an ex-
tension of their charter, but no steps would be taken until
after the report of the committee.
BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS, Sze.

Sir A. AGNEW asked the Secretary foithe Home De—
partment whether it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to carry through a measure, embracing the
subjects of bribery at elections, conveyance of voters, elec-
tion auditors, and other matters, lately referred to a select
committee, simultaneously with the final passing of the Re •
form Bill.

Sir G. C. LEWIS said it was impassible to state what
course the Governmmt would pursue until they had re-
ceived the report of the committee alluded to.

DUTY ON RAGS.
Mr. PULLER asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether it was the intention of the French Govern-
ment to impose any duty on the export of rags from France
when the existing prohibition should be removed; and, if
so, the amount of such duty.
Lord J. RUSSELL answered the first question in the
affirmative, but stated that he could not specify the amount
of duty that would be imposed. With reference to the free
exportation of rags from Belgium, Holland, Germany,
Spain, and Portag:ll, th,?. Government would take steps to
accomplish the object alluded to.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN WORKHOUSES.
Mr. KINNAIRD asked the President of the Poor Law
Board whether any, and what number of unions have ex-
pressed objections to a certain order of the Poor Law Board,
dated Aug. 23, 1859, relating to the religious instruction of
orphan children in workhouses f
Mr. VILLIERS said that the order referred to was made
by his predecessor, and it appeared that 38 unions had re-
fused to comply with it. Ile did not mean that the order
should be compulsory.

SA.VOY AND NICE.

In reply to Lord J. MANNERS and Mr. DISRAELI,
_ _ _

Lord J. RUSSELL said that he proposed to bring on
the Reform Bill on the 19th instant, and no engagement
had been made on the part of Government with respect to
the motion of the hon. member for Bridgewater (Mr. King-
lako) relative to Savoy and Nice.
Mr. KINGLAKE thought that, having given way to
the appeal of the noble lord (Lord J. Russell), and post-
poned his motion that Government should have afforded
him every opportunity of
.bringing his motion forward.
The question to which it referred had become more im-
portant than ever. (Hear, hear.) _ _ _

Lerd 3. RUSSELL said that he had appealed to the
hon. member to adjourn his motion on a pre•
vious evening, because he considered its discussion
on that occasion would be injurious to the
public service. (Hear, hear.) The house had already dis-
cussed fully the question relating to the annexation
of Savoy and *ace, and the hon. baronet the member for
Tamworth had made a very eloquent speech, which pro-
duced a great impression on hon. members. He deprecated
further discussion on this subject as being calculated to
create feelings of irritation and excitement in referenee to a
friendly State.

Mr. DISRAELI contended that the noble lord (Lord J.
Russell) begged the question by assuming that the only
point involved in the motion of the hon. member
was the policy of the Emperor of the French.
He denied that such was the case, and this
was a question in which the house and the country
were equally interested, namely, the foreign policy of the
Government. (Opposition cheers.) They desired to be
made acquainted with the amount of influence that had
been exercised by the Government in the adoption of the
policy of the French. Emperor's policy so far as concerned
Savoy and Nice. The Government were bound to give a
full, honourable, and satisfactory explanation of their con-
duct in regard to thisimportant matter. (Hear, hear.)

Lord PALMERSTOIC •mtended the Government hal
shown no desire to avoid any explanation of their conduct,
and he concurred with the noble lord (Lord J. Russell)
that a discussion on this subject at present was calculated
to act injuriously on the public service. If they wanted to
bring this question forward merely with a view to ascertain
whether the Government were deserving or not of censure
in respect to their policy, it was a perfectly legitimate pro-
ceeding. However, they should not mix up two questions
that were separate, namely, the policy of the Emperor of the
French and the conduct of the Government.
After some discussion the subject dropped.

TIIE ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY ON THE
COMMERCIAL TREATY.
This address was brought up and agreed to, and it was
ordered to bo sent to the Upper House for the approval of
their lordships.
The SPEAKER subsequently announced that the Upper
House desired a conference in reference to the terms of the
treaty.

Lord Palmerston, Lord J. Russell, Sir G. C. Lewis, the
Chancellor of tho Exchequer, Sir George Grey, and
other members of the Government, then proceeded
to the Upper House.

The sitting was aeeordingly suspended, and was not re-
mled when we went to press.

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