The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-08 00:00:00

TH.E LATE PANIC.

Mr. WATKIN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
when—referring to the pledge of the President of the Board
of Trade last session that the Government would in the
recess look into the causes of the commercial panic and into
the operation of our monetary laws, " with the earnest de-
sire, if possible, to legislate on the subject, or to invite the

attention of the house to the subject," at the earliest period
—he proposed to put the house in possession of any evi-
dence taken, and of the views and intentions of the
Government.

Mr. DISRAELI said it was not intended to place any
evidence before the house or to legislate cn the monetary
panic. When the hon. gentleman rose to move for the
committee he proposed ho should, thinking that was the
most convenient moment, state the views of tho Govern-
ment on:the matter.

GORTSCHASOFF'S DESPATCH.
Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether he would lay upon the table of
the House the circular despatch of Prince Gortschakoff to
the Russian representatives abroad relative to the break--
ing off of the relations between the Holy See and taro
Imperial Government, and to the abrygation of the Con-
cordat of 1817, together with the documents annexed,
extracts from which hal appoared iu the newspapers of
this country.

Lord STANLEY said the papers had been published br
the Russian Government, and had been printed in maiAr
of the newspapers, both English and foreign ; and as CO
a despatch relative to matters with which the British Go-
vernment had nothing whatever to do, he thought it
would be a waste of money to reproduce them, uul-ess it
was for the convenience of the house that the paper was
required. For private purposes there would be every fa-
cility given to members wishing to look over the papers.
OATHS AND DECLARATIONS.

Mr. HADFIELD asked the Secretary of State for the
Homo Department when the report of the lloyal Commis-
sioners on oaths and declarations on taking offieJ would
he laid before the house.

Mr. WALPOLE could not say when it was likely the
report would be presented, but he would inquire and com-
municate with the /ion. gentleman.
REFORM—THE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT.
Mr. GLADSTONE asked the right hon. gentleman the
course he intended to take with respect to the public busi-
ness on Monday next.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said on the
reading of the first order of the day, and the paragraph in
her Majesty's Speech relating to the representation of the
people, he should then enter fully and freely into the in-
tentions of the Government on the subject.
LAW OF FORFEITURE.

On the:motion that the house, at its rising, do adjourn
until Mouday,_ _

Mr. FOS i'ER asked tho Secretary of Stato for the
Home Department, whether it was his intention to intro-.
duco a measure for the abolition of the Law of Forfeiture
on convictions of felony, founded on tho provisions of the
bill which obtained the assent of this house in the last
session ?

Mr. WALPOLE could give no positive promise in the
matter, but it was possible a bill might be submitted to
the house.

METROPOLITAN POOR.

Mr. HARDY then rose to move for leave to bring in a
bill for the establishment in the metropolis of asylums for
the sick, insane, and other classes of the poor, and of dis-
peumries; and for the distribution over the metropolis of
portions of the charge for poor relief ; and fur other
purposes relating to poor relief in the metropolis.
The right hon. gentleman went at great length into
the present system in practice in the different workhouses
in ther metropolis. He said it was highly desirous that
legislation should take place on the subject, and with that
v vie ho proposed submitting for the approval of Parliament
a bill which he thought would in a great measure meet the
evils complained of. In this bill he proposed that
imbeciles should be kept in separate establishments, and
not as now kept in the same establishment as the sane.
The bill also provided for children going to separate
schools, but its main object was to classify the inmates
generally found in workhouses. Buildings were also to be
erected solely ror the reception of lunatics and embecile
poor, because under the present state of things, lunatics
were just kept long enough in workhouses to prevent
their recovery from the fearful malady under which they
laboured. Fever and small-pox patients would also
come under the provisions of the bill, and they would
have to be removed to other and more convenient places
than the workhouse infirmaries. Sick inspectors would
also have to be appointed, and a system would be esta-
blished which would result in a very short time
in establishing a greal number of trained nurses
whose services would be productive of the greatest com-
fort to those placed under their care. He thought that
pauperism began with sickness— (hear, hear)—and hav-
ing, from inquiries which he had caused to be made, be-
come satisffed with th 3 medical system in Ireland, the bill
proposed that dispensaries should be established in diffe-
rent parts of the metropolis, and that the medical men ap-
pointed to them should give a prescription to ovary
person who became an attendant at either one of them.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

IV AR-OFFICE, FRB. 8.

The Queen has been graciotuily pleased to direct that
the decoration of the O ictoria Cross may be conferred on
Major Charles Heaphy, Auckland Militia, for his gallant
conduct at the skirmish on the banks of the Mangapiko
River, in New Zealand.
OSBORNE, FEB. 2.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Richard Mains, Esq., a Vice-Chan-
cellor.

INDIA OFFICE, FEn. 8.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and
appoint Colonel Henry M. Durand, C. 8., Royal (late Ben-
gal) Engineers, Fifth Ordinary Member of the Council of
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, and William
Muir, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, Secretary to the Govern-
ment of India in the Foreign Department, to be Knights
Commanders of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of

WHITEHALL, FEB. 7.
The Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole, one of her
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has appointed
Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Esq., M.A., to be an Inspec-
tor of Fisheries, under an Act intituled "Au Act to amend
the Laws relating to Piehoriog of Salmon in Ensi.nd"
(and continued by subsequent Acts) until the Ist day of
October, 1867, and end of tie then next session, in the
room of Frederick Eden, Esq., resigned.
WAR OFFICE, PALL
_MALL, Fxn. 8.

CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Reverend Charles
Moore, Chaplain of the Third Class, has been permitted to
resign his Commission. Dated 19th December, 1866.

COURSE OF EXCITANGE,This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 15f 11 17
Ditto 3 Months. 11 18* 11 19{
Rotterdam

Antwerp — 25 35 25 40'Brussels — 25 35 25 40
Hamburg — 13 8/ 13 9
Paris Short 25 12* 25 22k
Ditto 8 Mouths. 25 32* 25 40
Marseilles
Fro.nkfort on the Maine ' 119 f 120/
Vienna — 13 lu 13 lo
Trieste — 13 10 13 15
Petersburgn - 30i 311
Berlin - 6 26
Madrid 47} 48/
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples —2 G 26 90
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon . — 51} b 2
1 Oporto — 511 52