The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING.
The Lott]) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a
five o'clock.

THE TORNA DO.
Lord CLANRICARDE said that he hoped that the
house would allow him to postpone his motion relative to
the production of papers in theicase of the Tornado.
RECOVERY OF DEBTS (SCOTLAND) BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from
Scotland praying that this bill might bo acceded to. The
petition was very cautiously worded, but it expressed an
opinion that the bill would fticilitate the recovery of cer-
tain debts.
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORSHIPS BILL.
Lord KIMBERLE Y moved the commitment of this bill,
and the bill was approved accordingly.
The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition on the
employment of her Majesty's troops in their leisure
hours. He stated that he had received the peti-
tion from the Mayor of Colchester, and originated
from a largo meeting in that town. It appeared that the
people of that town considered that much better arrange-
ments might be made with regard to the sanitary and
moral condition of her Majesty's troops. It was
thought that the time of the soldier was not
sufficiently occupied, and that they had eight hours
out of the 24 entirely at their own disposal, and this led
to what idleness always created—dissipation. The peti-
tioners thought, after the experience of the Crimean war,
where it was found the troops were physically incapable
of enduring the hardships of a single campaign, that it
was advisable that some employment should be found

for them, and that they could be remunerative at the rate
of three halfpence an hour in addition to their pay,
thus profiting by employing their leisure time in indus-
trial pursuits.
Lord LONGFORD said that the subject upon which the
noble earl had spoken bad ben much considered at the
War Office. Various reports had been made to that de-
partment of the different industrial pursuits which might
occupy the leisure time of the soldiers. The industrial
schemes of the petition brought up by the noble
earl involved one of the most complicated
plans with regard to employing soldiers. Although
the plan might be good, the best result would not per-
haps immediately follow. In India soldiers had been
necessarily employed in this way. In those times,
however, he (the noble lord) was sure that there
would be nothing else but the most cordial co-operation on
all sides with regard to any'scheme for the amelioration of
the soldiers. .

Tho Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that, as far as the
military authorities were concerned, no one was more
anxious as to the condition of the soldiers than
they were. The troops were very much scat-
tered in England, and it was difficult to provide
permanent employment for them in any one place,
but in India they were stationed almost permanently.
In all parts of the . foreign dominions this
was going on progressing, but in England it
was much more difficult. He was sure that throughout

the whole of the army there was the greatest desire to
promote the employment of troops in every way that
would be beneficial.

Eal GREY said that hitherto this subject had not re-
ceived the attention that it ought to have. There was
great cause for improvement. He was happy to find that
there was a disposition to forward it.. (Hear, hear.)

Earl DE GREY AND RIPON said that it Was most de-
sirable that this matter should be put into the hands of
the commanding officers of regiments, and that it should
be thoroughly understood that the Government wished
that these regulations should be carried out. It was ne-
cessary that a largo amount of discretion should be left
in the hands of the commander-in-chief of the forces.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEMBER.
Mr. CIIATTERTON took the oath and his seat for Dublin
University.
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PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were road a third time and passed :
Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, Brighton
Improvement, Cardiff and Penarthßoad, Ford and Lowick
Roads, London and North Western Railway (Buxton,
Chapel en le Frith, and Sheffield Railway), Middle Level
Drainage, North Metropolitan Railway, Tnomson's
Divorce, Tynemouth Parish Gas, Worcester County and
City Gaols.
THE TRIAL OF BURTON AND HAY.

Mr. GILPIN asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department if his attention bad been called
to a trial at the Kingston Assizes, where two men,
named Burton, aged 23, and Hay, aged 29,
were indicted for burglary, before Mr. Baron
Bramwell, and sentenced to seven and ten years' penal
servitude respectively; to the fact that the convicts were
violent and abusive on receiving their sentence, and, hav-
ing been removed from the bar by the police, wore ordered
to be brought back by the judge, who thereupon sen-
tenced them each to a further term of five years' penal ser-
vitude.