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London, England, 1859-03-05 00:00:00

cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Sale or
Lease) Bill be committed, be read, and discharg
thed,
and that the bill be withdrawn ; also that e
order, that the Breconshire Railway and Canal (No.
1) Bill be committed, be read, and discharged,
and that the bill be withdrawn ; also that the Chichester
Harbour Embankment Bill be re-committed to the former
committee, with leave to the committee to sit and proceed
on Tuesday next, if they think fit ; and for the withdrawal
of the West London and Pimlico Railway Bill.—A:reed to.
PETITIONS.:
Several petitions were presented from letter-carriers and
others employed in provincial post-offices, praying that they
might be mcluded in the provisions of the Superannuation
Act.
LETTERS OF DETENTION.
Mr. WARRE moved or a return of the number of
" letters of detention" Issued by the Admiralty Court
since lat Jan., 1856,up0n affidavits made by parties alleging
that they had claims upon ships or vessels, foreign or
tish, in any ports or harbours of the United Kingdom with
the dates when such letters of detention were issued,'
and
also the dates when.the causes to which they related were
severally heard ai4determined.—Agreed to.
EAST INDIES .(MORTALITY AT DUMDUM.)
Mr. S. lIERBIP.T moved for an address for copy of any
reports: or correspondence which had been received in
the department of: the Secretary of State for War or the
Secretary of State for India, on the subject of the mortality
which occurred in tlie year 1858 among the women and
children quartered in the barracks at Dumdum, in the
Presidency of Bengal.—Agreed to.
MANNING THE NAVY. . _

On the motion of Admiral DUNCOMBE, copies or ex-
tracts of a report and appendex of the committee of 1852,
on manning the navy, were ordered to be laid on the table

NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND).

Mr. MONSELL moved for returns of the number of
pupils on the rolls of all the Irish National Schools for the
half-year ending the 31st day of March, 1858, specifying
the number of each religious denomination, the number of
literary teachers, and of managers of each religious deno-
mination : and of the names of all officers in the board's
service in receipt of salaries.—Agreed to.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that, on the occasion
of the second reading of the people's Representation Bill,
he would move that no measure for an extension of the
suffrage would be complete which did not include vote by

THE PAPER DUTY.
Mr. W. EWART asked the Secretary to the Treasury
whether the Treasury had considered the propriety of ex-
tending to school books generally the exemption from
paper duty which is now allowed on books in the Latin,
Greek, Oriental, and Northern languages printed by the
universities ; also, what books are considered to be free
from duty under the description of books in the Northern
languages ?
Sir S. NORTIICOTE said that it would be impossible
to define strictly what were school books ; and with refer-
ence to the last part of the question, the books described as
in the northern languages were Russian, Scandinavian,
Danish, and Dutch.
MARINE ENGINES.
Mr. HENRY GORE LANGTON asked the First Lord
of the Admiralty whether, as her Majesty's Government
had thought' it necessary to apply for tenders for the
supply of marine engines from Liverpool, Scotland, and
most of the eminent houses engaged in this particular busi-
ness, Bristol was included amongst the places to which invi-
tations for tenders had been made ?
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that no tenders had been ac •
cepted from America, but there was no desire to exclude
any locality or any respectable house from participating in
the business alluded to.
CLAIMS OF BRITISH TRADERS.

Mr. CRAWFORD asked the Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, whetheisteps were being taken to induce
the Portuguese Government to satisfy the claims of British
traders for injustice done to them on the African coast ?
Mr. S. FITZGERALD said that endeavours had been
made for the last sixteen years to obtain a satisfactory
settlement of the claims in question, but up to the present
time they had succeeded only in getting promises.

TREATIES WITH FOREIGN POWERS.

Mr. HORSMAN asked the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, whether the treaties which, subsequent to
the Treaty of Vienna, had been concluded between the
Emperor of Austria and the different sovereigns of Italy,
and having reference to the internal government
of their dominions or their military occupation by
Austrian troops, had been communicated to the
British Government ; and whether therewere copies of them
in the Foreign-office;. and, if the answers were in the
affirmative, whether there was any objection to lay them
before Parliament.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD said that some of the documents
referred to were in the library of the house, but that only
the substance of others in possession of the Government
were in the library.
ROYAL NAVY.
Mr. HORSMAN moved for a tabular statement of sea-
men (including officerp), boys, and marines, voted for naval
service, and actually borne, from the year 1756 inclusive to
the present time (1859) inclusive; and of the amount of
money voted in each year for the service, and specifying
the different periods of war and peace.—Agreed to.
ST. JAMES'S PARK. .

Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Chief Commissioner of
Works whether he was prepared to recommend and tc carry
out the widening of the passage leading from Spring-
gardens and Cockspur-street into St. James's Park, so as
to allow carriages and persons on horseback to enter and
leave the park by that route, the Metropolitan Board of
Works having announced their intention of immediately
widening so, much of the said passage as fronts Berkeley
House.
Lord J. MANNERS said that the subject was under
attention.