The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-13 00:00:00

IIIBERIAL PARLIALIENT

IiOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING.
TllO LOUD Cif/MELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
fivo o'clock.

ESCAPE FROM A CONVENT.
Lord SHARVESBURY said that he wished to
call their lordships attention to a paragraph which
had appeared in the papers relative to the escape
of six young ladies fr.nn a convent, and who had gone to
the police wation at Sheffield for a night's shelter and pro-
tection, and that instead of receiving it were sent back to
their convent again. He would ask the noble lord at the
head of the Government what steps had been taken in the
matter?

The EARL of DERBY said that he bad not been
able to ascertain what had been done by his right
honourable friend the Secretary for the Home Deplort-
'tient, to whom the matter belonged, as he had not
returned to town till that afternoon, but he
would direct his attention to it. But he (the noble earl)
must inform the noble earl opposite that, according to the
statement in the Times, those young Catholic ladies had
been conveyed to the convent at Sheffield; and
not to the one from which they came, which
appeared to him was perhaps the most proper thing to do.
The subject then dropped.
THE DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG.
Lord LERBY said he had great pleasure in announcing
that a treaty which had been the subject of a conference
lately held in London with regard to the Duchy of Lux-
embourg, had been Satisfactorily adjusted and signed. The
question had arisen in consequence of what had taken
place by these recent events on the Continent. It
provided that Prussia should withdraw her gar-
rison from that of the fortress of Luxembourg ;
that it should be dismantled and should not be repaired,
that Luxembourg should be guaranteed to the King Lf
Holland; and that Luxembourg should form an integral
portion of that kingdom.
After a few remarks as to the gxarantee from Lord
STANLEY of ALDEItLEY the subject dropped.
INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE BILL.
The house went into cmimittee upo❑ this bill.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEYAIstated that, in his
opinion, no increase iu the episcopate should take place
unless Parliament sanctioned it.

Lord DERBY was of opinion that the words "or any
part of it" should be inserted, iu order that it might b;_t
referred to the commission to amend the scheme.

The amendment was then put, and on a division IL was
rejected by a large majority.

(LEFT- SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
Thu SPEAKER took tho chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW WRIT.

A new writ was ordered to issue for Sutherlandshire in
the room of Sir D. Dundas, who has accepted the steward-
ship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
Mr. S. MILL gave notice that on the 21st of May ho
should move for leave to bring iu a bill to establish muni-
cipal corporations in the various districts of the metro-
polis, and also for eAablishing a, wutr.d federal municipal
corporation for the whole of the metropolis.
THE FENIAN PRISONERS. _

Mr. VERNER, asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, if
the desperado who twice attempted to shoot the police in
the streets of Dublin was the same Cody or Byrne who was
arrested at a Fenian council, after violent resistance, on
the 13th April of last year, and was liberated late iu the
autumn ; and if the noble lord had any objection to grant
a return of the number of Fenian prisoners who have been
re-arrested out of the 500 and odd whom he stated at the
beginning of the session he had set free ?
Lord .N AAS said the identification was not perfectly
complete, but there was hardly any doubt but that it was
as the hon. member had stated in his question. With re-
spect to the number of persons re-arrested, he had to
say that the entire number arrested since the suspension
of thn Habeas Corpus Act in February, 1366, amounted
to 961, and the re-arrests only amounted to 26.

SOUTH KENSINGTON CATALOGUE.
Mr. DILLWYN asked the Vice-President of the Com-
atittee of Gentled on Education whether the publication
by advertisement of a universal catalogue of art books,
compiled by the Science and Art Department at South
-,singtou, the first part of which appeared in the Times
~paper of the Bth inst., had been duly authorised, and
• so, what was the object of publishing the said catalogue
by means of newspaper advertisements, what was the esti-
mated cost of publishing such. catalogue in this form, and
whether it was intended to publish it in any other form ?
Lard k. MONTAGU said the publication of the cata-
logue was authorised by the late Government, and
their object iu inserting it iu the Times was that
it would at once secure a circulation of 65,000,
and be seen all over the world, by which the correction
of errors would be more likely to be corrected than by its
publication in a book. The cost of the advertisement was
£ll a column instead of £2O as ha was informed was the
usual charge. Only a portion of the catalogue had yet
appeared, but the publication would be spread over a period
of three years, cud the 'cost would be £e,ooo. (Cries of
"Oh, oh.") A portion, however; of the amount—viz.,
£2,4oo—would be returned to the Government for the
stamp duty on advertisements, so that the real cost of the
publication would be £2600.
Mr. GLADSTONE would like to know what was meant
by stamp duty on advertisements?
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Mr. GREGORY. 'asked whether before thleyowullidolehaovfe tub:
arrangements were completed the house
opportunity of expressing its opiniTi. o
Lord R. MONTAGU would niquile and give an answer

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:o-morrow.
THE LUXEMBURG QUESTION.

In reply to au Hon. ME3nou,
Lord STANLEY said the Conference concluded its
sittings on Saturday. On that day a treaty was signed,
awl when the ratifications were exchanged a copy of the
treaty would be laid on the tablo.
THE RESIGNATION OF MR. WALPOLE.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had
to inform the house of the resignation of Mr. Walpole,
which was occasioned solely by the unsatisfactory state of
his health Her Majesty hadaccopted the right hon. gentle-
man's resignation, and he therefore only held office until his
successor was appointed. The right hon. gentleman should
still occupy a seat on tho Government bench, and although
not one of her Majesty's Ministers, he would still remain
one of her responsible advisers.
THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEIt then
moved