The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING.
The Lon]) CH.trzczuou took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Wandsworth Sand Putney Gas and Mersey Pnuema-
tic Railway Bill were read a second time.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
--The Gough Gas, Glasgow Houses of Refuge, Manches-
ter Gas, Tyne Improvement, Bristol and Portishead Pier
and Railway (additional powers).
THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY.
Lord DUNSANY asked her Majesty's Ministers whe-
thern_ they had received any information of the circum.
,ta
7t7
under which a man named Cryar or Bryar waS,ron
ult., sentenced to two months' imprisonment, for thesoldiers
ous offence of endeavouring to seduce
in the Fenian
from their allegiance, and engage them
ortande of any
conspiracy. He drew attention to the ImP
t of disaffection
which
matter connected with the movement of
of the deluded )
tuuseri-
had sprung up in Ireland amourtnaotP°attach any blame to J,
people of that country.
to
in Ireland
fromattempts
had
their elle-
Raved there was no barrack
soldiers
the Irish Executive in refifeer.ednice
had not been made to seducenln
0113 of a very serious cha-
glance, and the matter be thisi n subject.
which
e nature of the offence
for the gray
was far too lenient
committed. He referred to an act of
which had been
,W the offence of endeavouring to wean
racter. He contended that in the present case the punishment
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soldiers or sailors from their allegiance was punishable by
a felony and severely punished. He under-
death without benefit of clergy. The offence was after_
wards made n
stood that the attemptsH He considered therefore it on tho soldiery by the Fenians were
very extensive.
that would be
most impolitic, under those circumstances to relax the
stringency
-
of the law in regard to those convicted of such
an offence.
Lord DUFFERIN said ho concurred in many of the ob-I
servations of the noble lord, and he thought the punish-
ment in the case in question was by no means sufficiently
severe. But the Irish Government wore not to be made
answerable for the acts of magistrates at petty sessions.
When the case was reported by the inspector of con-
stabulary at the Castle, instructions were sent to the place
where the prisoner was confined directing that he should
be sent to Dublin for trial, but the magistrates had already
passed their sentence.
The Landed Improvement (Ireland) Bill end the Drain-
age Maintenance (Ireland) Bill were severally read a second
time.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tms EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bilis were read a third time and passed :
Esk Valley Railway, Ncath New Gas. Wantage and Great
Western function Railway, and Wesleyan and General
Assurance Society.
IRON PASSENGER SHIP.
of Trade
Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Vice-President of the Board
Iron P , what were the qualifications of the Surveyors of
of 1854. assenger Ships, under the Merchant Shipping Act
Mr. MONSELL said the persons employed to survey iron
passenger ships were required before appointment to pro-
duce indentures of apprenticeship personal examination of officers by the Board of Trade.and also to undergo a
cers appointed

THE SERPENTINE.
Mr. H. LEWIS asked the First Commissioner of Works
whether his attention had been allied to the practice of
permitting sheep to be washed in the Serpentine in tho
same spot where bathing was allowed ; and whether it
was true that last year an express promise was given that
the pollution of the water from such improper practito
should not be again sanctioned ?
Mr. COWPER said such a practice was contrary to the
regulations, and had taken place without permission.

CATTLE PLAGUE.
Mr. G. LANGTON asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether the Government had deter-
. mined what compensation should be given to owners of
stock for loss on cattle slaughtered by order of inspectors
previous to the passing of the Cattle Plague Act?
Sir G. GREY said that 300 papers had been sent out to
different places to obtain information relative to the value
of the cattle slaughtered. Only about half of those papers
had been returned, while only one-seventh of those sent to
Scotland had been received, and therefore he was not in a
position at present to answer the question.
Mr. BEACH asked the Secretary of State for War whe-
ther it was true that large quantities of hay had been pur-
Chased from infected districts in Cheshire, and sent to -Al-
dershot and to other places ?
Mr. HEADLAM said the contractors, like every other
person; were liable for any infringement of the act of Par-
liament.. The Government had no knowledge of the cir-
cumstance to which the right hon. gentleman had alluded.
Sir J. PAKINUTON said he had given no notice of the
question he was about to put, so that if the right hon. gen-
tleman was not prepared to give him an answer he
would not at present press it. He wished to know, con-
sidering the extraordinary loss that occurred in Chester by
the cattle plague, whether Government intended to take
any particular step with respect to that part of the
country ?
Sir G. GREY said he had received numerous represen-
tations from Chester, and a loan, spread over a period of
30 years, was asked for on the security of the county rate.
In the event of the Government being satisfied that the
instalments would bo paid, he intended to submit such a
proposal for the sanction of the house. -
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
In reply to Mr. 0. STANLEY,
Mr. C. FORTESCUE said only- seven cases of cattle
plague had occurred in Ireland, and they had been on three
farms
true, pre in
vaile the county Down. Lung disease had, it was
d, and where any cases bad been reported to
the Government properly qualified persons were sent to
examine into the matter. No fresh cases of cattle plague have
taken place. It was to be hoped that the disease would
not extend to Ireland.
THE CASE OF COLONEL CRAWLEY.
In reply to Colonel HERBERT,
Mr. HEA.DLAM said that £11,300 over the sum of
£18,378 17s. 6d., reported to Parliament in paper 98, had
been expended. • _ _ _