The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-14 00:00:00

CATTLE PLAGUE.

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE presented a petition signed by
600 agriculturists praying for compensation for their losses
by cattle plague.
Mr. GORE LANGTON presented similar petitions.

DAY SIT TTNGS.
Mr. EIVART said he should postpone the motion which
stood in his name relative to the house bitting during the
day on Tuesday until Friday week.

ART UNIONS.
Lord R. MONTAGUE gave notice that on the 13th of
March he should move for a committee to inquire into the
law with respect to art unions.

COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES.
Mr. DOULTON asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department if it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to introduce this session a bill having for its
object the preservation of commons and open spaces in
and around the metropolis ?

Mr. COWPER said it was his intention to introduce a
bill on the subject. The bill was in preparation, and he
hoped to introduce it on an early day.
BANK CHARTER ACT.

Mr. SAMUELSON asked the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer whether he intended during the present session to in-
troduce an amendment of the Bank Charter Act of 1844,
enabling the Bank of England to increase its issues against
securities beyond the amount to which they are at present
limited by that act ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
had no such intention.

EDUCATION.

Mr. FAWCETT asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department whether, viewing the deplorable condi-
tion of the children employed in many of the trades in
Sheffield and other towns, it was the intention of her Ma-
jesty's Government to introduce a measure for regulating
the employment and securing the education of those
children.

Sir G. GREY said his hon. friend the Under-Secretary
of State for the Home Department intended very shortly
to ask leave to introduce a bill which would, he thought,
effect the object of the hon. gentleman.
THE LEEDS BANKRUPTCY COURT.
Mr. HOWES asked the Attorney-General whether any
steps had been taken to prosecute the Rev. George Rogers
Harding, Patrick Robert Welch, Esq., and the Hon. Richard
Bethell, or any of them, for corrupt practices in obtaining,
or attempting to obtain, a judicial appointment, as sug-
gested by the report of the select committee on the Leeds
Bankruptcy Court ; and, if no such steps had yet been
taken, what was the cause of the delay ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, in accordance with
the recommendation of the select committee of the house,
criminal informations had been filed against Mr. Welch
and Mr. Richard Bethell, and stood for trial next term, the
Crown being quite ready to proceed. With respect to Mr.
Harding, it was thought that he would be a very neces-
sary witness; therefore he was not included in the pro-
ceedings taken against the other persons he had men-
tioned.

SMOKE NUISANCE.

Sir R. PEEL asked whether it was intended to in•

troduce a bill applicable to large towns for the prevention
of the smoke nuisance, such as that passed for the metro-
polis in 1853.

Sir G. GREY said the bill had been of great benefit to

the metropolis, and it was desirable that it should be ex-
tended to the whole of the country, but ho could not say
that any bill was in preparation.

CATTLE PLAGUE BILL.

Mr. TOLLEMACHE asked the right hon. baronet the
Secretary for the Home Department whether he would,
when the house was in committee on the Cattle Plague Bill,
consent to postpone the compensation clauses, and go on
with those for stamping out the plague, and thereby affirm-
ing the principle of the bill ?
Sir G. GREY thought it bettor to postpone all arrange-
ments on the matter until the second reading.
Mr. TOLLEMACHE asked whether the Government
declined to his proposition.
Sir G. GREY said it appeared to him impossible to sepa-
rate the compensation from the other clauses of the bill.
H they were to agree to the clauses authorising the
slaughtering the cattle without giving compensation, the
agricultural interest would, he thought, not be at all
satisfied. (Hear, hear.)

JAMAICA.

In reply to an Hox. MEMBER,

Mr. CARDWELL said if the business with respect to
the cattle plague bill was disposed of early on Thursday
night he should proceed with his bill referring to the Go-
vernment of Jamaica. He should not proceed with it if he
could not do so at a reasonable hour. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUNT asked if the house could not sit on Thurs-
day morning ?

Sir G. GREY did not think such an arrangement at a'

necessary.