The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-08 00:00:00

NAVAL FORCES.

The Naval Officer actually commanding the said Naval
Forces—Fifty-one shares.
Captains in the Royal Navy, not commanding the said
Naval Forces—Seventeen shares each.
Commanders—Sixteen shares each.
Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Captains of Marines,
Masters, Surgeons, Paymasters, and Pursers—Twelve
shares each.

Mates, Lieutenants of Marines, Assistant Surgeons—
Seven shares and a half each.

Second Masters, Midshipmen, Master's Assistants,
Clerks, Navel Cadets, Clerks' Assistants—Five shares and
a half each.
Warrant Officers, and Sergeants of Marines—Three
shares each.
Petty Officers, and Corporals of Marines—One share and
a half each.
Seamen and Marines—One share each.

The share of the native troops to be fixed in proportion to
their day's pay, but no such share to be less than one-half
of the share of a British private soldier of the infantry of
the line in our service. Such classes of native Indian non
combatants as water-carriers, bullock-drivers, doolie-
bearers, as have been accustomed to share, according to the
usage of the army in India, axe to share in the same man-
ner, and in the same proportions, in relation to the shares
of the fighting ranks, as they have hitherto been accus-
tomed to share, according to such usage.

NOTICE.
INDIA-OFFICE, FEB. 6.

The prize money for Delhi and Lucknow is, in the first
instance, payable in India only. All applications on the
subject must be addressed to the General Prize Committee,
Calcutta.

IMPE RIA I, PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(Tms EVENING).

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at live o'clock.

TIIE REPLY TO THE ADDRESS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR read her Majesty's reply
to their lordships' address on the occasion of the opening
of Parliament.

GRAND JURIES.
Lord CHELMSFORD brought in a bill for the better
regulation of grand juries.
The bill was read a first time.
MR. BRIGHT'S SPEECH.
The Marquis of NORMAN BY was about to draw the
attention of the house to a recent speech delivered by Mr.
Bright, in which certain erroneous statements were made,
with a view of correcting them.
Earl GRANVILLE said he thought the course about to
be pursued by the noble marquis was quite irregular.
Earl GREY strongly deprecated the course of raising a
discussion upon the matter. He considered the noble mar•
quis was quite in the wrong.
The subject then dropped.

CliUitCll RATES.
A number of petitions were presented against the aboli-
ion of Church Rates.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Earl GRANVILLE rose to move the appointment of a
select committee on the public business of the house, with
a view to ascertain whether any improvement could be made
in conducting it. Their lordships were very much in the
position of a man who complained to his doctor that he felt so
very empty before dinner and so very full after. The difficulty
was, that in consequence of the arrangement by which so
=ray measures were obliged to be originated so very late
in the other house, the House of Lords had very little
business to perform iea the early part of the ses-
sion, but it was perfectly inundated with measures as it
drew towards a close. lie thought the evil could easily be
pointed out, but he did not think the remedy could so easily
be discovered. It had been proposed that a joint committee
of both houses should be arranged, but he preferred that
their lordships should appoint their committee as the
House of Commons had already appointed one on the same
subject.
The Earl of DERBY said the difficulty of dealing with
the business in their lordships' house differed very widely
from that in the House of Commons. The Commons had
a very wide range for inquiry, while in their own case the
only difficulty that arose was from the glut of business that
had to be transacted just at the close of the session.
Taking the Bankruptcy Bill, he thought if such a bill was
brought up in July, it might bo considered as a matter of
urgency, but it would bo very impolitic to force such a bill
through at such a period, when it was clear it would not
receive the attention it deserved. The practice of moving
motions of urgency was one greatly to be deprecated.
Lord REDESDALE said the way to facilitate the busi-
ness in their lordship's house was to expedite it in the Com-
mons. A practice existed in the other house of raising
long and irrelevant discussions upon motions for going
into committees of supply, which greatly impeded business,
and if that was put an end to great improvement would

follow as a natural result.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought although a joint
committee could not be appointed, yet from the circum-
st nee that a committee on the same subject having been
appointed, their lordships would be kept well informed of
the proceedings of the committee of the other houee.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS EVENING).
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

NEW MEMBERS.
Mr. TLEYGATE took the oaths and hi■ seat on his
election for Leicester, and Captain CLIVE for Ludlow.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The standing orders were reported to have been com-
plied with in the case of several railway and other private
bills. Some private bills were also read a first time.
PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented in favour of an amend-
ment of the law relating to church-rates, and also against
their abolition, from the wine merchants of the city of
London for the imposition of a uniform duty on all foreign
wines imported into this country, instead of a duty accord-
ing to their alcoholic strength.
HOPS, &c.
On the motion of Mr. LOCKE, several returns on this
subject were ordered.
THE FRANCHISE.
Mr. BAINES gave notice that on Tuesday next he
would move for leave to bring in a bill for the extension of
the suffrage in England and Wales.
THE INDIAN LOAN.

In reply to Colonel SYIKES,
Sir C. WOOD said that he had succeeded in obtaining
the £3,000,000 loan for the purposes of India. £13,000,000
had been offered, £6,000,000 at the minimum rate of inted-
rest, but he had succeeded in raising the amount he require
below that rate.
THE DISTURBANCES IN THE EAST.
Sir JAMES FE RGUSSON asked the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs whether her Majesty's Govern 7
ment had received any information respecting the tribunal
before which the Drnse chiefs have been tried, who volun-
tarily surrendered themselves to the Turkish authorities ;
whether the evidence before that tribunal was in
ther it i ths
true
e pos-
session of her Majesty's Government; whe
that these men had been condemned to death; and, if
they have, whether the Government intend to make any
representations to the Porte upon the subject? lie con-
tended that the chiefs -who had surrendered themselves the
neon prejudged, and, if the reports which appeared in the
man country
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newspapers were lorrect, the proceedings before the tribunal
were a farce and a perversion of justice. If such were the
case, then ho contended that it was just and politic for this
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