The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-05 00:00:00

SCARIFF UNION.

Mr. POULETT SCROPE begged to rig lc the Noble
Lord at the bead of the Govcrcment i Nether any
measures, and if so what measures, had lie en taken to
remedy the abuses which had taken place in the union
workhouse of &aria'. He was credit tly informed
that during the last six weeks not only
had those paupers, who were under medic all. treatment,
been deprived of the sustenance necessary .fc r their con-
dition, but that also the 4,774 who A ere w, or rather
ought to be, the recipients of parochial relief:. They had
none of the requisite enjoyments which w necessary
to their condition, neither meat, milk, nom any of the
other comforts which they required.
Lord J. RUSSELL must confess that the pipers
which he had received were not quite so complete as
they ought to have been, but it did appeal that on the
16th of September,, there were 2,546 persi4 is who were
receiving relief, and that 8,000 appeared &A the books
on the 9th of January. On the 29th of September,
20,0001. had been given from the Rate a a Aid, and
that since then not less than 13,0001. had 'IJ een given in
advances. In addition to this, 2,0001. ha . since been
provided, and now a rate of 4s. in the po u nd had just
been male.

GOVERNMENT BUSINEE g;.

In reply to Sir W. MOLESWORTH, :as to whether
it was the intention of the Government proceed with
the Australian Colonies Bill, on Friday ni !21, t,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Govor nment would
not proceed with the Bill, as he purpose d, on Friday
next, to go into a Committee of Supply, a old to take the
first two votes of the Army Estimates; Luz d he intended
toafix Monday for going into the Navy Et ;timates. He
hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer v= ould be suffi-
ciently recovered to make his financial st ternent on the
15th instant, the day which had been on binally fixed for
the purpose.

Ir; r.:ply to another question from E. ar W. MOLES-
WORTH,
Lord J. RUSSELL said the Gover c ment would fix
the 26th for the Australian Colonies
DANISH QUESTIO/

In reply to Mr. SANDALS,

LordIALMERSTON said that nc r renewal of the
armistice had yet been agreed upon b vtwcen Denmark
on the one hand. and Frankfurt and Be lin on the other,
but her Maj,sty's Government had bet la in communica-
tion with many parties, with the viev., of obtaining a
fixed prorogation of the armis L ice, ai well
as for the purpose of obtaining a final settle-
ment. There were difficulties on bo sides which
ball, as yet, prevented a renewal of the armistice, but
the armistice continued de facto, and •would continue
until one of the parties gave notice of th eir intention to
bring it to a termination. He did not, however, think
that either party had any wish at pre=en 2 to give such a
notice.

ADJOURNMENT DURING EASISR RECESS.

hi reply to an HON. MEMBER,
Lord J. RUSSELL said it was his intenti.on to propose
the adjournment of the House from TUE Sday in Passion
week until Monday the Bth of April.
GREECE.

Mr. lIUME wished t) know in what position our pc,
litical relations stood with reference to I. ireece.

Lord PALMERSTON said the state of our relations
was this. It was thought necessary, of ter repeated ap•
plicttionl, to make, a peremptory de ma nd upon the
Government of Greece, but that being ased reprisals
were commenced which his Hon. Friend would know
consisted in taking certain property, whist t was held as
security for the payment of demands.--t ;Hear, hear.)
Those reprisals were carried on to a certain
extent ; the good offices of the French Government
had been accepted; but by the last accou' cts it did dot
appear that the :gent of the French Government had
arrived in Greece. The diplomatic relit :ions of this
country with Greece had, however, never bet n suspeLded;
and Mr. Wyse, although he had embarked on board a
man-of-wa; had continued in diploma tic commu-
nication with the Government, and ,no courtesy
was omitted on his side. On the anniversary of the
birth of tke Queen of Greece, it appeared that our Am-
bassador had been saluted with all honours.—(llear.)
MERCANTILE MARINE

In reply to Lord J. MANNERS,
Mr. LABOUCLIERE said that he would not be able
to propose the second reading of that Bill before Easter.

WESTERN AUSTRALI A.

Sir F. THESIGER wished to ask the Attorney-Ge
neral whether the answer which h© ha d given to the
Hon. Member for Southwark was one whi ch he meant to
abide by ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said th.tt he never
gave an opinion in that House which he was not pre-
pared to abide by. The law which expired on the 10th
of August was only a temporary one, and gave the
Crown the power to create a council for t'ce order, peac,.,
and good government, and ho thought that taxation
was a part of good government.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that the question
which he had aslrel, was ono very different feotn that
which the Attorney-General had answered. The ques•
tion was, v.hether the laws mad 2 by the council were
legal, or illegal, and whether it had the power cf taxa-
tion.

Si: F. THESIGER—WiII my Hon. and Learned
Friend allow me to ask him this question ? Has the
council now power to make laws for the taxation of the
colony?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Certainly; or any
other question my Hon. and Learcel Friend msy wish
to put.