The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

THE CAGLIARI.

Mr. DEASY asked the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether the arrangement by which the
King of Naples placed the Cagliari and her crew at the
disposal of her Majesty was made with the concurrence
of the Sardinian Government, or whether it has been ap-
proved of by that Government ; and also, whether he
has any objection to lay the papers relating to the sub-
ject before the house
Mr. W. S. FITZGERALD said the arrangement by
which the Cagliari and crew were placed at the disposal
of her Majesty's Government was not with the concur
rence of the Sardinian Government. Neither her Msj •s-
-ty's Government nor the Sardinian Government had any
knowledge of the intention of the King of Naples to
make such an arrangement. They knew nothing what-
ever of the intention until it was publicly announced.
The English Government presented a categorical note
respecting the ship and crew, and they had learned,. that
a similar request was to have been made by the. Sardi-
nian Government; but the request of the Sardinian Go-
vernment had not been made, because when the Eng-
lish Government heard that the Cagliari was to be sur-
rendered they requested that the Sardinian note might
be withheld. Since that time the representative of the
Sardinian Government at the English Ciurt ha I ex-
pressed his entire satisfaction with the arrangement
that had beets made. With resptc: to the latter
part of the question, he had to state that the Govern-
ment had no objection to lay the papers bef re the
house, but they were bulky and required translation. At
as early a period as possible they should be producel.
TRANSPORT OF TROOPS TO INDIA.

Mr. NICOLL asked the member for Westminster when
the report of the committee on transport of troop to In-
diawould be laid on the table of the house ?
_ _

Sir DE L. EVANS said that a draft report had been
laid before the house. On Friday next the detailed re-
port would be laid before the house, and he hoped to be
able to call attention to it on that day. (Hear.)
THE POLLUTION OF THE THAMES.
Mr. MANGLES inquired whether the Government
intendedi-
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(Laughter.)
let
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seemed
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excitestto the
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had running through London one of the noblest rivers in
the world, and it was at present in such a state as to
threaten to poison the whole town. [Hon. members who
laughed before, supposing that Mr. Mangles was about
to seek some intelligence with regard to India, now made
amends for their apparent frivolity by heartily cheering
the question.]
Lord J. MANNERS said the Government had nothing
to do with the Thames, the whole jurisdiction of which
rested with the Metropolitan Board of Works. Tha:
ebooltrurdmi h:dion fipecpowers with regard to the river. The
f Works had, however, to sanction or to
sr oiai
reject any scheme which might emanate from the Thard
of Work,,, but up to the present time he had received no
plan to which he could assent', or from which he oould
withhold approval Ile had received no suggeeth n f any
ckeirtind.wAitht ptrheesernivt,ert.helrte fn rige,htthbeeGsao
tviesrf anent' oe rnyt hadto t bus') lc. ;ail
member who put the qu: stion and the house to know that
in his (Lord J. Manners') individual capacity he Will
serving on a committee for the purpose of investgating
various schemes for the purification of the Thames. The
committee woad very shortly make their report, aid the
honourat le member would then see what was the extent
of the respon ibility of the government.
THE CASE OF MR. BARBER, THE SOLICITOR.

Mr. BRADY moved for a select committee to in-
quire, into the allegations contained in the petition of
William Henry Barber, presented upon the 27th day of
April last, and to consider and report whether any and
what redress should be afforded to the petitioner ; and
whether any and what other steps should be taken in
reference to the matters alleged. The honourable mem-
ber said this was a case of wrong, followed by degrada-
tion and cruelty, such as had never been brought under
the consideration of the house. Mr. Barber, a gentle-
all of
considerable reputation in sooiety, and known