The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-05 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

OUNDLE RACES.—(This Day.)

FARMERS' AND TRADESMEN'S STEEPLE•
CHASE.

Ingomar
Blemish
Hack

Three ran.
GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE.

Evington Lags
Althorp...
The Minor

Eight ran. Won by a neck.
TUE CLUB STAKES.

Magnet ,
The Painter . 2

Waniham ..

Four ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.)

The LORD CHANOELL'III took his seat at 6 o'clock.
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AMENDMENT ACE.
Lord DUNGANNON presented a petition from St.
Asaph against the Religious Worship Amendment Bill ;
also a petition from the rural deanery of Ellesmere, in
the diocese of Litchfield, to the same effect.
Lord SHARCESBURY presented a number of peti-
tions in favour of the bill.
THE PASSPORT SYSTEM.

Lord STANHOPE, seeing, the noble earl the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs in his place, begged to
ask what course would be pursued for the future with
respect to giving passports to British subjects going to
the Continent. He had been informed that the French
Government had given notice to Her Majesty's Govern-
ment that they would not, for the future, recognise
pteesp its given to foreign subjects by the French con-
suls in this country. He thought that the present
moment was a good opportunity of doing away with the
anomaly altogether.
The -Earl of CLARENDON said only a few days
ago, tht ye had received an intimation from the French
Government to put an end to the system of French con-
sular agents granting passports to British subjects. He
entirely concurred with the object if it was intended
to adhere to the passport system, as at present any,
person calling himself a British subject obtained a pass-
port without the slightest d.fficulty. By this means
some of the most dangerous persons—persons to whom
the French Government had the greatest objaction—
might travel lihrough France as British subjecte. We
had never icterttred heretofore with the eye-
tem of passports, because we attached no
importance to them. Any person was free to leave er
enter this country without being provided with such a
document ; and he did not think there was any reason
at the present moment to break through the rule.
He had no doubt that the whole system
would soon be abolished, as it . was the in-
tention of the Government to invite other countries
to a uindon the passport system. (Hear, hear.)
THE ENGLISH ENGINEERS AT NAPLES.
Earl GREY presented a petition urging upon her
Majesty's Gouernment to interfere to procure the
liberation of the two Bntiele subjects at present in
confinement at Naptee. The noble lord ❑rged on
the Government the necessity of attending to the prayer
of the petition.
The Earl of CLARENDON said the subject alluded
to by the noble earl had excited great interest., and at
the outset he begged to inform the:house that those two
perzoris had not suffered any inconvenieece from the
interruption of our amicable relations with the Neapoli
tan Government. It was but just t r the Govern-
ment t s sey that no unnecessary harshness had
been exercised towards those men ; on the contrary,
he believed that they had been treated with much more
consideration than they would have been bad they been
nativee. The noble lord then detaded the
circumstances connected with the arrest of the
men on board the steamer Cagliari. He thought
the government had no right to interfere so long
a 3 the Neapolitan Government pursued the regular
course Lid down by the law of the land. There was
no doubt the engineers had not been parties to the in-

surrcctionary movement of the Sicilians who took pos-
session of the steamer in July last. He knew it had been
said her Majesty's Government ought to have taken more
vigorous measures, but they had no right whatever
to call upon the Neapolitan Government to depart from
the ordinary course of law.
ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY.

A congratulatory address to ber 'Majesty, on the
occasion of the marriage of the Princess _Royal, on the
motion of E.irl GRA.NVILLE, seconded by the Earl of
DERBY, was agreed to unanimously.
The Archbishop (:f CANTERBURY introduced a
bill to legalise special services in the Church of England
under special circumstances.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.)
The STEALER took the chair at 4 o'cl ck.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. WARD HUNT took the oaths and his seat for
North Northamptonshire, in the room of the late A.
Staff •rd, Esq.
LONDON CORPORATION.
Mr. Shei iff LAWRENCE and Mr. Sheriff Amatzrappeared
at the bar of the house, and presented a petition praying
the house to allow the introduction of a bill prepared
by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common CJuncil of
the City for the better regulation of the corporation of
London.
Leave was accordingly given.
CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.
Several petitions were presented, praying for the in•
troduction of the bible into all the Government Schools
in India.