The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

BELGIANS.

The Earl of DERBY laid on the table of the house a
statement with regard to the funds vested in the trustees
of his late Majesty, the King of the Belgians; and asked
her Majesty's Government how soon the trustees would
be relieved from their responsibility in connection
therewith ? The noble lord said that, as one of the
trustees, ho was desirous to render a satisfactory
account of their stewardship, in the course of which they
had to deal with no less than .£2,5004'00. At the time of
the marriage of the late King of the Belgians with the
Princess Charlotte Parliament granted them £60,000 a-
year, which was to be reduced to £50,000 a-year to his Ma-
jesty in the event of herdeath. His Majesty surrendered this
amount into the hands of trustees, subject to certain charges
after defraying which the balance was to go into the na-
tional exchequer, and none of which his late Majesty had
received. The noble earl then went into different details
explanatory of the disbursement of the funds placed at the
disposal of the trustees. The noble earl, after inviting the
generous consideration of the Government to the cases of
persons who had been receiving:small pensions from the
late King, referred to the future disposal of Claremont,
and expressed a hope that Queen Mario Amelie would con-
tinue to make that place her residence, in accordance with
the understood wishes of the Sovereign, and with the
hearty approval of the people of this country.
Lord RUSSELL observed that the facts just stated
preyed how judiciously the trustees had been selected.
With respect to Claremont, tt would be painful to the So-
vereign and to the people of this country if Queen Marie
Amelio were now to quit it.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took tho chair at four o'clock.
GREENWICH AND WOOLWICH LOWER ROAD
BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. LOCKE moved as an amendment that the bill
should be read a second timo that day six months. He said
the turnpikes, speaking generally, had on the south side of
the metropolis been abolished at a gr6at cost of taxation to
his constituents, and because a debt still remained unli-
quidated the trustees of this trust came to Parliament and
asked for a prolongation of their trust for six years.
Mr. LAYARD hoped the house would agree to his hon.
colleague's amendment.
Mr. BRUCE thought the bill ought to be allowed to
pass its second reading. It would be inadvisable to
adopt the recommendation of the hon. !member for
Southwark, especially as a portion of the debt belongs to
Greenwich Hospital.
The bill was read a second time without a division.
IRISH FISHERY PIERS.

Sir IL W. BARRON asked the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer if he proposed to replenish the exhausted fund for
making fishery piers.
Mr. CHILDERS said there had been about £90,000
voted for these piers, and as it was nearly all exhausted,
he was about to propose an additional vote, but there
being an Act of George the Third, by which it was
thought t',ooo per annum ought to be set aside for th© pur-
pose referred to by the right hon. gentleman. The opinion
of the law officers of the Crown had been asked on the
matter. In the event of the opinion being against the
£5,000 being paid, then he should ask the house to agree
to a limited vote of money for making the piers.
Mr. ROEBUCK asked if any piers at all had actually
been built out of the £90,000 which had been expended.
Mr. CHILDERS said he believed so. (Loud laughter.)