The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

SYRIA.

Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE rose to move
for the correspondence connected with the recent events in
Syria. He said it was of interest both to the Legislature
and the country that he should ask for the papers of which
he had given notice. With respect to the proceedings in
China they had gone on there openly, and had been carried
on with a spirit which reflects credit on the Government, but
with respect to the recent events which had taken place in
Syria comparatively little has become known. For the last
six months certain most important proceedings had taken
place, and before Parliament separated last year a very
talented and amiable young nobleman (Lord Dufferin) was
appointed to an extraordinary mission to that country, and
it was natural, ho thought, that Parliament and the country
should be anxious to know what had been done during the
residence of the noble lord abroad. (The noble lord, who
stood within a few feet of the Earl of Granville, here ad-
dressed the whole of his observations to that nobleman,
and in such a low tone of voice as to be quite inaudible
in the reporters' gallery.)
Lord WODEHOUSE said tho noble lord had not over-
rated the importance of the subject of Syria. There was
at that moment a Congress of the great Powers
now sitting at Paris, at which the subject of Syria
was under consideration, and the noble lord at the head of
the foreign office felt that to produce the correspondence
the noble lord wished for would, at the present time,
lead to great and serious embarrassment. Amongst
the subjects now under the consideration of the conference
was whether the stay of the French troops should be pro-
longed, and, under all the circumstances, he hoped
the noble lord would not persist in his motion for the pro-
duction of the papers.
After a few words from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE,
The motion was withdrawn, and their lordships then ad-
ourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
AFFIRMATION BILL.

This bill, on the motion of Sir J. TRELA.WXY, was
brought in and read a first time.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

Several bills were read a first time, and the following
bills were read a second time :—Airedale Drainage, Alton,
Alresford, and Winchester Railway, Birkenhead Railway,
Bolton Corporation, Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and
Dock, Colne Valley and Halstead Railway, Darlington
Local Board of Health, Dublin and Antrim Junction
Railway, Dublin Markets, Eastern Counties Railway,
East ,India :Irrigation and Canal Company (No. 2),
Frosterly and Stanhope Railway, Gainsburgh Bridge to
East Retfordßoads, &c.; Great Western Railway (Capital);
Greetwoll District Drainage, Henley in Arden Railway,
Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, Leeds and Boland
Road, Leven and East of Fife Railways (Extension, &c.),
Marlborough Railway, Midland Counties and Shannon
Junction Railway, Preston Markets, &c., Ramsay Railway,
South Staffordshire Railway, South Yorkshire
Railway (Keadby Extension), Thorne Moor Drain-
age, &c., Trent, Ancholme, and Grimsby Railway;
-Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway, West Cheshire
Railways, West Midland and Severn Valley Railway Com-
panies, Withington and Northenden Road, Wycombe Rail-
way (Extensions), Chatham Dockyard Enlargement,
Forest of Dean Central Railway, and Royal Marine Bar-
racks (East Stonehouse), (Devon).