The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

ROTTEN ROW.

Mr. CO WPER asked the First Commissioner of Work,
whether there would be any extension of or addition to thi
ride in Rotten-row to compensate for the interference witl
the ride, occasioned by the carriage road being mad,
across Rotten-roc, near Kensington-ga rd 3n s.

Lord J. MANNERS said it was not proposed to inaki
any alteration in the ride during the present year, but nex
year, on the north side, in consequence of the comp!etiot
of the AlloJrt Mom.2rial, groat alterations would becom.
necessary. lie would then take the oppor:unily of insk
inn compensation to the frequenters of that side for the in,
convenience to which they had been subjected.
OVERCROWDING OF MERCHANT SHIPS.

Mr. WEGUELIN asked the Vice-President of thoßoart
of Trade whether any regulations had hien promulgated
by the Board of Trade to prevent overloading of merchant
ships
Mr. CAVE slid the Board of Trade had no such power.
Certain suggestions had been offered to prevent over-
crowding, but ho thought it would be quite impossible to
meet every case. There was greater danger to be appre-
hended from over lesgislation.
IRISH REGISTRATION BILL.

In reply to Sir C. 0100IILEN,
The Earl of MAYO said the Irish bill would be intro•
duced the day following the passing of the English bil
through committee.
PRISON MINISTERS' ACT.

Mr. MAGUIRE called the attention of the house to the
indignity and contumely with which Catholic Ministers
of religion were treated by the magistrates who had
the government and regulation of certain prisons
confided to their care. The treatment those gentle-
men received who attended the prisoners as an
act of ministerial duty was disgraceful, and
such that ought not to be directed against any educated
persons. The poor Catholic prisoners, in addition to
the punishment they had to undergo, were, as
matters now stood, refused all moral improve-
ment by the indignity with which their priests
were treated, and to such a petty extent were matters
carried that whilst four Protestant ladies were admitted
on Sunday to one of the metropolitan prisons a Roman
Catholic lady, the daughter of a member of one of the
houses of Legislature, was refused the poor privilege of
playing the harmonium to some poor Roman Catholics in the
same prison on the same day. Feeling deeply the indig-
nity that had been inflicted, he asked the house to affirm
the following resolution :—" That in consequence of
the persistent refusal or neglect of the autho-
rities having control over certain of the county and
borough prisons of Great Britain to put in operation the
powers given to them by the Prison Ministers Act, it is
necessary they should be compelled by law to make ade-
quate provision for the religious instruction and divine
worship of Catholic prisoneis."
Lord E. HOWARD, in seconding the amendment, said
it was gratifying to know that some important places, such
as Preston, Liverpool, and Manchester, had made provi-
sion for Roman Catholic prisoners by thel paying Roman
Catholic ministers to attend the prisons. He thought it
would be at once conceded that the greatest good had fol-
owed the appointment of a Roman Catholic priest to pri-
sons, and such being the case, he hoped the day was not
far distant when such arrangement should become general.

Mr. HARDY thought the returns already produced
showed there Lad been no refusals. With respect to the
county of Middlesex difficulties existed, which it was not
at all easy to overcome. He could not give
his assent to the proposal of the honourable
member for Cork, the more so as it was not proposed to
follow it up by legislation, but as au improvement had
already began to show itself, and as it was going on
very rapidly ho hoped the hon. member for Cork
would persevere with his amendment, which he thought
would do no good, whilst it would interfere with all poor
Roman Catholic prisoners getting that to which they were
entitled, viz., religious instruction.
Mr. MONSELL hoped during the recess tho right
hon. gentleman would consider it his duty to introduce a
a bill carrying into effect the regulations iu England such
as existed in prisons in Ireland, and which would make
Roman Catholic prisoners independent of the feeling of
any bench of magistrates.
Mr. NEWDEGATE objected to the resolution.
Mr. C. FORTESCUE thought that the Roman Catholic
prisoners were only asking for that to which they
had a right, and therefore there could be no "con-
cession" in the matter at all. He thought the
giving to Roman Catholic priest the privilege
of visiting prisoners could only be followed with but cue
effect, and that was good. He hoped eventually all within
prisons, Protestants as well as Roman Catholics, would
have the privilege of attending divine worship in a way
consonant with their own feelings._

Mr. SYNAN supported the resolution, and altogether
denied the statement of the right hon. gentleman the
Secretary for the Home Department that there bad been
any great improvement in the matter since the amend-
ment of the Prison Ministers' Act.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JUNE 30.
Chaplain's Depa!twent —The Rev. Charles Jas. Duthie,
8.A., to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 26.
Dr. John Niliill has this day bee❑ promoted to the rank
of Staff Surgeon is her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of
Ist January, 1866.

Nannow ESCAPE.—The following remarkable
advertisement appears in a Natal paper, the IV it-
ness :—" I wish this to meet the eye of the prson who last
Sunday morning obtained from me, at New England, some
information as to the road to
.the Firewood Bush; for
he rode on before I had warned him (as perhaps 1
ought to have done at first) that the deliberate pursuit of
secular engagements on the Lord's-lay is an evil and
danger Gus sign of a man's spiritual and eternal state.—T.
Pairsos."