The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Mr. M. GIBSON, with reference to the Metropolitan
Foreign Cattle Market Bill, asked what the intention of
t'3e Government was s% itla respect t., the bill. The leader
of the house said tue Corrupt Practices Bill and all matters
connected with reform havieg b3on wound up, he would
state the course to b 3 pursue I wit'a respect to the Cattle
Bill. Now the Irish Itegistration Act was decidedly one
of the necessary reform measures it p7,tcol. after the Cattle
Bill. Then, again, there was the Corrupt Practices Bill,
that alse was a necessary measure to pas:. Under these
circumstances ho should like to knew Vat) int3utioa of
the Government.

Mr. DISRAELI said Parliament wou!,l most certainly
not 133 prorogued until the Corrupt Practices Bill had been
passed. (Elear, hear.) W.th respect to the Irish It-gis-
Iration 818 it would b 3 taken Leal 3iliato!y tie Foreign
Cattle MarkA Bill, which prec3 le I it on thi papir, was
disposed of. tie proplsed a mornins sitting on Saturd.ty
-113 well as to-morrow, which he hop )(I weall enable them
to make great progress in business.
Mr. M. GIBSON wished to know at what time th 3 de-
bate on the Foreign Cattle Market Bill was to cease that
evening, in order that the Irish Registration Bill might 133
considered.

Mr. DISRAELI could give no idea when the debate on
a measure which was not in committee would terminate.
THE BRISTOL ELECTION.

Mr. Sergeant GASELEE asked if it was the intention
of the Attorney-General to institute criminal proceedings
against those parties found guilty of bribery and persona-
tion at the last Bristol election.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said ho was unable to
givo any definite answer to the question.

SUPPLY-ARMY ESTIMATES.

The house then went into committee of supply.
General DUNNE called the attention of the hous3 to the
report of the committee on the Military Reserve Funds.
He should like to know what steps le Government pro-
posed to tlke with respect to facilitating promotion and
retirement in the army. He contended that the Reserve
Fund had been improperly used for purposes of retire-
ment.

Sir J. PAKINGTON said the subject was a very im-
portant one, and on considering the report of the commit-
tee he proposed to go on until the voting of the estimates.
Next session, it was to be hoped, the Government
would bo in a position to submit a measure to the house
on the subject. He had hoped to have been able during
the present session to have adopted some plan, but that
had been found to be impossible. He wished it to be
clearly understood that no premature action should be
taken during the recess. .

Captain JERVIS thought after what had been said by
the Commander-in-Chief about the present unsatisfaetory
system of promotion some alteration would be speedily
proposed. Under the present regulations it would take
a subaltern 69i years to arrive at his promotion to the
rank of General.

The vote of £389,000, in addition to £Bl,OOO already
voted for half-pay and retiring allowances, was then
agreed to.

—This being the last vote of supply the house resumed.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.
The order of the day for going into committee on this
bill was postponed until to-morrow at two o'clock.