The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
COUNTY TREASURERS' (IRELAND) DILL.
This bill was committed and passed.
THE EMPLOYMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.

The Earl DE GREY called the attention of the house
to a recent memorandum in regard to the employment of
volunteers in aid of the civil power. Ile said he consi
dared that great inconvenience would be experienced in
employing volunteers as auxiliaries in any popular dis-
turbance. It was necessary that some more definite regu-
lations regarding the functions of volunteers should be laid

down than those in the memorandum. It was not safe
that they should allow volunteers armed like soldiers
to go forth to assist the civil power in quelling a tumult.
He could see nothing that was more likely to bring dis-
credit upon the volunteer force.
Lord LONGFORD said that the memorandum stated
that in case of riot, or tumult, the volunteers might be
called upon as special constables, and in cases of tobellion,
or revolution that they might act vi et arnzis like every
other subject without the presence of the civil power.
The memorandum was merely to explain to the Volunteers
their duty, and the Government had no intention whatever
of calling out the Volunteers without authority. The
memorandum was open to revision, and perhaps that might
be satisfactory.
After some further conversation, in which the Earls
Russell, Cowper, Cardigan, and Ellonborough took part,
the matter dropped.
The Marquis of CLAN RICARDE having inquired whe-
ther her Majesty's Government bad received a decided
answer as to the course which the Spanish Government
intended to pursue with respect to the Tornado, and whe-
ther a tribunal had been specially constituted for the trial
of that ship,
The Earl of MALMESBURY said thero was great diffi-
culty in overcoming that description of passive resistance
the Sp-,nish Government was so clover in practising. The
last despatch received from them had already been pub-
lished, and in the meantime there was no alternative but
to accept their assurances that the case should be tried.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
Tho SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
GAME LAWS (IRELAND).

The O'DONOGIIITE gtvo notice that to-morrow he
should ask leave to introduce a bill to amend the Game
Laws in Ireland.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.

Mr. BAXTER asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
if any further progress had been made in the negotiations
with the Government of the United States of America re-
garding the Alabama claims, and if the clainis made by
British subjects arising out of the late war exceeded in
amount those on the other side.
Lord STANLEY said he could not say that they were
making rapid progress in the Alabama claims, but nothing
had occurred to lead him to despair of a satisfactory settle-
ment of the matter. But whether the matter was settled
or not, ho intended to lay the whole of the papers con-
nected with the matter on the table, as ho felt the house
and the country hail a right to know what had been done.
With respect to the claims of British subjects arising out
of the late war he could not oven give an approximation
of their amount. A certain number of claims had been
sent, but the American Government declined to go into
the matter until the other matter was disposed of ; and
that fact, doubtless, had led many who had similar claims
to keep them back, so that nothing definite could be ascer-
tained in the matter.

CASE OF CAPT. JERVIS.
In reply to Mr. OTWAY,
Sir S. NORTHCOTE said the exact amount given to
Capt. Jervis was £l,BOO, but he could not say it was in
onsequence of the decision of the Simla court martial. It
was paid as a commutation of the subsistence allowance.
The amount was to be paid out of the general revenues of
India, and it was made in accordance with the usual rule
adopted in all cases of officers removed from the army.
THE lIYDE PARK REVIEW.

Captain VIVIAN asked the President of the Board of
Works what arrangements had been made for the accom-
modation of the members of both Houses of Parliament
and of the public to see the review in Hyde Park on the
sth of July.
Lord J. MANNERS said each peer would receive two
tickets, and each member of that house would receive a
similar number. Members of the Ifouse of Peers would
receive their tickets through the Secretary to the Lord
Chancellor, and members of the House of Commons
through the Sergeant-at-Arms. With respect to
the arrangements, space had boon allotted to the
Diplomatic Body, and other distinguished persons ;
also for members of both Houses of Parliament.,
which it was hoped would be ample, as care
would be taken to prevent the recurrence of the inconveni-
ence which arose on the last occasion, which was pro-
duced by the circulation of unauthorised tickets, by which
means persons having no right obtained admission to the
space, and thus brought about all the inconvenience that
led to so much complaint. With respect to the seats and
sfanding places not allotted they would be placed at the
service of the public, but for these the applications were
already very great, and if, as he feared, some must meet
with disappointment it would be attributed solely to the
limit of the accommodation.
Lord ELCIIO said he observ,:d that it was laid down in
the regulations that officers in uniform were to be admitted
within the enclosure, and what he wished to know was
whether that would apply to the militia, volunteers, and
yeomanry.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the privilege would apply to
those officers. (Hear, hear.)
THE SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

In reply to Mr. O'REILLY,
Mr. llusT said it was left to the superior officers of
(lop trtments to arrange for the greatest number of persons
to enjoy the Saturday half-holiday ; but there was no
general order issued on the subject.
MORNING SITTING.

The motion of tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
that the morning sittings on Tuesdays and Fridays at two
o'clock be continued during the present month was agreed
to, after au amendment had been moved by Mr. Crawford
that on the Speaker resuming the chair it should not
"count" the house until 10 minutes after nine. The amend-
ment was negatived without a division.