The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-30 00:00:00

PRIVATE BILLS.

Lord REDESDA.LE then culled the attention i f
:heir lords:zips to the standing orders, and sugg,steci
levenl t.l erations which he thought were calculated to
,rnprove and facilitate the hu:iness o. the liouie.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF OOSISIO.4.3—(This Day.)

The SPEAKER took thP chair at 4 o'clock.
THE OPIUM TRADE,

Numerous potiti.,n4 were presented condemning the
opiu trade in China,
ELECTIONS BY VOTING PAPERS.

Mr. ROEBUCK preAented a petition from a gentle-
man who advocates elections by voting papers.

TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS.
Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Attorney-General if it was
the intenti ,n of Government to bring in a bill next
session of Parliament to relieve trustees and executors
from the present severe laws affecting them, and to en.
large their powers for the better administration of trust
estates.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, after referring to the
question, and what had been dune in respect to it, Paid it
would be somewhat presumptuous in him after the difficul-
ties felt in so many quarters to make any promise
on the subject. He should be prepared, if it lay in his
power, to remove the objt-ctionslelt, and it he succeeded
he should be ready to submit a bill to the attention of
the house next session, but only on the supposition that
he thought the difficulty could be overcome.

RETURNS.
Numerous uooopl-ed r. turns were ordered.
SERGEANT BRODIE.

In reply to Mr. CONINGHAM,
General PEEL said ic *as impos.ible for hire to say
what private clmmunications had passed between his
predecessors and Sergeant Brodie, but no official docu-
ment or remonstrance from Sergeant Brodie Was in the
office of the department over which be (General Peel)
presided. Sergeant Brodie was appointed f fireman f
the saddlery department, subject to the same terms
of dismissal as others, and it was not customary
to make allowance for anything that was done privately
before quitting office. Sergeant Brodie was dismissed
r,n the 18ch of September, and so far from refusing the
gratuity offered to him, he (General Peel) had seen a
receipt from Sergeant Brodie, dated September 19th,
acknowledging its receipt. The alterations suggested by
Sergeant Brodie in the saddlery had been submitted
to the In.ip,ctor-General of Cavalry, who had
decided against their adoption, and it was not customary
to give remuneration iu cases where the suggestions were
not adopted. With regard to the last question, he bad
to state that Captain Smith received 10d. a day as
salary in addition to his half-pay.
SUBALTERNS OF THE ARMY.

Colonel FREESTUN gave notice that early next
session he shouql call the attention of the house to the
condition of the subalterns of the army.

Io reply to a queqtion from Mr. CRAWFORD,
Mr. HAMILTON said the answer from the Austrian
Gov-rninent with reference to the telegraph from Corfu
to Altxandria hAd not yet been rtceive
BANKRUPI-CY AND INSOLVENT LAWS.

Mr. NICOLL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
.f it was the inteuti,in of her Majesty's Government to
lay upon the tale of either house the long-promised bill
to amend the law relating to bankruptcya.•d insnlvench
PO that members might have an opportunity to consider
the same during the recess.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
understood the Lord Chancellor intended to introduce a
bill of this kind that night in the Howe of Lords.
TELEGRAPH TO INDIA.
Mr. WILSON asked the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, what progress bad been wade in arrangements for
completing a telegraphic communication through the
Mediterranean to Alexandria, and thence to India, since
the dates of the last papers upon the subject, recently
laid upon the table of the house
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Turkish Government bad granted concessions for carry-
ing the telegraph from Alexandria to Aden, and her
Majesty's Government was in communication with that
purpose, with a view of continuing it on from Aden to
lonia. It the negotiat;ons were concluded he had every,
reason to hope and believe that the line would be com-
menced in the autumn. (Hear, hear)
TRACTION ENGINES.
Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the President of the
In pia Board whether it was intended to act on the
strong recommendations by the official authorities at
Woolwich of Bray's and B traction engines
being likely, in the opinion of these authorities, to proveas
of utility to tae army in India in facilitating the trans-
port of troops, artillery, and stores.
Lord STANLEY said, that on 22:1 of this month a
letter was written from the Board of Control to the
Directura at the Bast India 11.A1,,, containing
an official

report on these traction engines, suggesting that four of
them should he sent to India, viz , rwo to Calcut'a and
- ro 113 imbsy. t.ad 'tor t elver' a re! ly front
t Court of Direetor4. There was no doubt a. to the
?blue of the prinoiple of these reline;, but there was as
Ito whither the w•-irking construcaon was fit for con-
veyance of heavy stores in India.
THE CASE OF MRS. TURNER.
Mr. TITE asked the hon. member for Hereford, as
one of the Commissioners in Lunacy, whether their
attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Turner,
lately a lunatic patient in Acombe House, near York ;
and, if so, what steps had been taken by the commis-
sioners in regard thereto.
Colonel CLIFFORD said the attention of the com-
missioners was called to the case through the news•
papers on Saturday, and on Monday last they instituted
an inquiry into the circumstances, and commissioners
were now sitting at York for that purpose. (Hear, hear.)
THE WELLINGTON MONUMENT.
Lord ELCHO asked the First Commissioner of Works
whether, as he bad announced his intention of causing a
full-sized model of the Wellington monument to be made
by Mr. Stephens, and placed on the proposed site be-
f-re anything more is finally decided upon, he would
give the pub:io an opportunity of viewing the work of
any other sculptor who might be willing, on his own re-
sponsibility, to make a design and full-sized model of
the monument I

Lord J. MANNERS said, adopting the noble lord's
construction of my words on the occasion referred to, he
answered his questio❑ in the negative.
L'rd ELCHO said he should early next session take
the sense of the house upon the point raised in his ques-
tion.