The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-13 00:00:00

TURKEY.

Lord S. DE REDCLIFFE, in moving that an humble
address be presented to her Majesty for copies or extracts
of any correspondence which has passed between the
Foreign Department and her Majesty's Embassy at Con-
stantinople in the last and present years on the subject of
financial or administrative reforms in Turkey, especially of
such as were proclaimed in the late Sultan's Hatt-i-
-homayoon of the year 1856, and more particularly since the
accession of the reigning Sultan, strongly insisted upon the
policy of our encouraging the Sultan to carry out the re-
forms instituted by his brother.
Lord WODEHO USE said he thought it better, as the
Sultan was showing himself an energetic reformer, ,to let
him have all the credit of it in the eyes of his subjects.
Such would not be the case if it should appear that he was
stimulated to it from abroad. He had no objection to
comply with the motion if the noble lord would strike out
the concluding words of it.
The Earl of HARDWICKE expressed himself gratified
at what had fallen from the noble lord, the Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The motion was then agreed to.
COAL AND WINE DUES CONTINUANCE BILL.
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, in moving the
second reading of this bill, stated it was to continue those
dues to the City of London, for ten years, to defray the
debt incurred in opening Cannon-street, the surplus to be
applied to the embankment of the Thames. The area, how-
ever, within which these dues were to be charged, was to be
reduced frome one of 20 miles radius from St. Paul's to the
Metropolitan Police district,
The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition in favour of
the bill from the parishioners and churchwardens of St.
Mary's Cray.
The bill was then read a second time.
LABOURERS' COTTAGES BILL.
Tlie Burl of DEVON moved the second reading of this
bill. He explained that it would enable landed proprietors,
who were tenants for life, to borrow money from the Loin
Commissioners, to be expended, under the sanction of the
Enclosure Commissioners, on the building of labourers' cot-
tages, and to charge the owners with its repayment by in-
stalments.
Lord PORTMAN thought the house would hesitate be-
fore it passed this bill. It was proposed that no cottage
should cost more than £l2O, but the machinery was so
cumbrous that the preliminaries of the loan would cost such
a large portion of that sum that the balance would not be
sufficient for the building of a cottage anywhere else than in
Devonshire. He-moved that the bill be read a second time
that day three months.
Lord GALLOWAY supported the bill. Parliament had
already recognised the principle of it in the act for the build-
ing of the labourers' cottages in Scotland.
Lord REDESDALE considered the bill unnecessary, as
everything it proposed could be affected by existing statutes.
Lord DUNGANNON did not agree with the proposals of
the bill in its entirety, but its objectionable features might
be removed in committee. There was, no doubt, some le-
gislation required to improve the domiciliary condition of
the labourers.
The committee divided and the numbers were—
Contents
Non-contents
Majority
The bill was accordingly lost.
FOREST OF DEAN BILL.
This bill was passed through committee.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY
NOTES (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, the
Commons' amendments of this bill were agreed to.
BOOK UNIONS BILL.

Lord BROUGHAM, in moving the second reading of
this bill, explained that its object was to extend to the dis-
tribution of books the principle of the Fine Arts Union Act,
and was almost in the same words, ample provision being
made against the risk of the provisions of the bill being per-
verted to gambling purposes.
Earl GREY opposed the second reading of the bill. It
was not called for by the public, and the house should not,
except on some exceptional grounds, depart from the recog-
nised principle of legislation, which discountenanced
gambling.
Lord DENMAN supported the bill. While he desired
to see the law generally obeyed, he consider ed it undesirable
that its letter rather than its principle should be enforced.
Earl GRANVILLE suggested to the noble lord the pro-
priety of withdrawing the measure. He considered the ob-
jections of the noble earl to the bill insurmountable.
Lord BROUGHAM said the bill had, in the House of
Commons, received the support of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, and he was at a loss to understand the part now taken
by the Lord President of the Council. If the bill were lost
it should not be through any act of his.
INCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
TRANSFER OF STOCKS ANNUITIES BILL.
This bill was read a third time, and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned at 20 minutes to eight
o'clock.

110 USE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PAROCHIAL AND BURGH SCHOOLS (SCOT
LAND) No. 2 BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.

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Upon clause 9, which provides that parochial school-
masters should not be required to sign a confession of faith,
but should make a declaration that they would not incul-
cate opinions opposed to the Scriptures, or to the Shorter
Catechism of 1648,
Mr. HADFIELD opposed the clause, on the ground
that it enforced an unnecessary test.
Upon a division, the numbers were—
For the clause
'Against it
Majority 36
The clause was then added to the bill.

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On clause 10, which transfers the jurisdiction of the
Presbyterians to the Sheriff in cases where charges of im-
moral conduct or cruelty are preferred against a school-

master,
Mr. DUNPOP objected to the provision in the clause
that the complaints of the schoolmaster to the Sheriff should
proceed from the Presbytery, and proposed in (al cases it
should be presented to them by the heritors, ministers,
or elders.
The LORD ADVOCATE could not consent to the
amendment. Ho admitted that the Presbytery did not
form a convenient body to sit in trial upon a schoolmaster,
but there was nothing objectionable in giving the power to
complain to the Sheriff of immoral conduct, cruelty, or ne-
glect of duty.
Mr. BLACK said the position of the schoolmasters was
very unfortunate.
After a short discussion the amendment was withdrawn,
the Lord A dvocate having suggested an alteration of the