The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

CATTLE TRADE.

Mr. M'LAGAN asked the Vice President of tho Privy
Council whether it was the intention of the Government
to introduce any measure this session to carry into effect
the recommendations of the Select Committee on Trade iu
Animals.

Mr. CORRY said a bill was prepared, and would be
very shortly introduced, on the subject of the removal of
cattle in different parts of the country.
MEDICAL OFFICERS IN THE GUARDS.
Sir R. ANSTRUTHER asked the Secretary of State for
War what compensation, if any, had been offered to those
medical officers of the Brigade of Guards whose prospects
had been seriously damaged by the alteration of their
system of promotion, under a warrant framed in 1860, but
not promulgated till 1866.
General PEEL said he saw no reason to alter the deter-
mination come to by his predecessor in office.
THE ACCIDENT IN REGENT'S PARK•

Mr. 11. B. SHERIDAN asked the First Commissioner
of Works whether, having in view the recent lamentable
loss of life in the Regent's Park, it was intended to lessen
the depth in the ornamental waters of the public parks;
and, if so, to what depth it was proposed to reduced them ?
Lord J. MANNERS said it was intended to lower the
depth of tho ornamental water in Regent's Park to the
extent of four feet. With respect to the water in other
parks, he could not at present say what was intended to
be done.

REFORM FOR IRELAND.
Dr. BRADY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if it
was thu intention of the Government to introduce a Reform
Bill for Ireland this Session ?
Lord NAAS said the wisest course to pursue on this
matter was to wait to see what course was taken with
respect to England and Wales before• they proceeded to
take an Irish reform into conkideration.

COLLIERY ACCIDENTS.
Mr. EDWARDS asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether he proposed to introduce any
measure during the present session to secure the more
efficient inspection of collieries and their workings, with
the view of preventing the recurrence ofesuch lamentable
sacrifice of life as attended the late accidents at Barmiey
and elsewhere.
Mr. WALPOLE said ho haul directed the most searching
inquiry to be made into the causes of the late lamentable
accidents, and he had not yet received the whole of the
reports of the inspectors whom ha had directed to investi-
gate the matter. When ho received them he would submit
them to the select committee, and when he received there-
pert of the committee he would state the course ho in-
tended to pursue.
THE CREW OF THE TORNADO.
Mr. C. E WING asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs whether any reply had been received to the letter
addressed by him to Sir John Crampton, dated February 8,
instructing him to demand the immediate release of the
crew of the Tornado.
Lord STANLEY said ho had received a telegram from
Sir J. Crampton stating that 45 of the crow had been re-
leased, but that seven officers and one seaman still re-
mained in confinement. No explanation had yet been
received as to the causes that had la to such a distinction
being made.
DOCKYARD MANAGEMENT.
Mr. SEELY rose to move the following resolution :
That in the opinion'of this house the control and manage-
pient , of the dockyards is iuefkient, and that the inefli-

cioncy may be attributed to: the following causes—l. The
constitution of the Board of Admiralty. 2. The de-
fective organisation of the subordinate departments.
3. The want of clear and well defined responsibility
The hon. gentleman took the opportunity of examining
the constitution of the Board of Admiralty, and the man -
ner in which the different dockyards were conducted,
which he contended was very inefficient and extravagan
With respect to the Board of Admiralty they bad six lords'
not one of whom was practically acquainted with ship-build-
ing. They had also a comptroller who- knew as little as
either of the lords, and tt.ef had a superintendent who
knew less than the comptroller, because he remained in office
a shorter time than lie did. lle contended that business
could net be satisfactorily conducted while such a state of
things existed. The Admiralty accouuts w,ct./ also kept iu
such a manner that it was impossible to know the charge
far constructing either a gnu-boat or a three-decker. The
syr4 en had been candJoi.led by &c James Graham, and
while he (Mr. Seeley) admitted that they had t),en kept
in a somewhat improved manner, yet they ware far
from bin` in a satisfactory state. It was the
syitem pursued wit It which he had feu .d fault It was
true that they got their wages and materials clearly set
forth, yet the " incidental expenses" mi., all lumped up
together, and spread-over the whole of the dockyards, so
that all establishment like Portsmouth got into a far more
favoarAle position than it ought to do, awl at the ex-
pense of another establishment where economy was
more particularly observed. The ships built in her
Majesty's dockyards, ho contended, cost the coun-
try a far greater suet of money than thole
constructed in private establishments, whilst the cost for
repairs was something extraordinary. In one case out of
many he should select the cost of repairing a single boat,
which could have been bought new for about .£3O fitted
complete, the repairs, effected. at Portsmouth cost the
country ..£72. Such a specimen of the way iu which the
public money was spent was by no means a singular case.
It had occurred in hundreds of instances, and he thought
the sooner something was done to put a stop to such an
extravagant expenditure of money the better for the tax-
payers throughout the country. (Hear, hear.)
[LEFT EFEAKING. 1

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15.
The Queen has been pleaspd to approve of M. Giusepp3
Biagi as Consul-General at Melbourne, with jurisdiction
over Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and New Zea-
!awl for his Majesty the King of Italy.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Alejan-
dro Carpintier as Consul at Sierra Leone for her Majesty
the Queen of Spain.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. C. R.
Hinson as Consul in Turk's Islands, to reside at Graud
Turk, for the Republic of Haiti.