The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
STUDDED SHOTS.
In reply to Mr. ESMOND,
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the studded shot system was
not to be abandoned. No trial of Mr. Murphy's plan had
been made.

EDUCATION.
Mr. BRUCE asked the Vice-President of the Committee
of Council on Education whether the Government, having

withdrawn their Education Bill, it was their intention to

propose the repeal or alteration of Articlo Eight.of the

Revised Code, so as to admit secular schools to the benefit
of the Parliamentary grant ?
Lord R. iiIONTAGU said it had been determined to in-
troduce a general measure of education during the present
session, which it was hoped would be satisfactory to all
parties; but it had unfortunatAy been withdrawn. It

was not thought advisable to deal merely with oue branch
of the subject. He regretted that Cougragational ba lies

who had altered their trust deeds would be inconvenience
by such a course.
CAUSES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Mr. LABO MIER l asked the Secretary of State for the

[um° Department whether he haa. I any obj )ction to lay

on tho table of the house a return of the number of causes

standing for hearing before the House of Lords at the
commencement of the present Session of Parliament, and
of the number already hoard during the present Session ;
with the number of days on which the Lords had sat for
hearing appeals, and the number of hours occupied ou each
day of sitting, and the mums of the Lords who sat on

each day.
Mr. HARDY said if the hon. member would move for

the information in the form of a return no objection would
be made to' it.

THE SCOTCH REFORM BILL.

Mr. YORKE asked the First Lord of the Treasury what
course the Government proposed to take about the three
boroughs proposed to be disfranchised by a late vote of
the house, and not assigned to Scotland in the Govern-
ment scheme of Redistribution : And whether the seven

boroughs to be disfranchised were those which are lowest

in the scale of population.
Mr. DISRAELI s:tid the Government did not intend to
avail themselves of the privilege as to the seven seats.
The programme of the Government would be strictly ad-
hered to, and the disfranchisement of the seven boroughs
would be made according to population.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Mr. HARVEY LEWIS asked the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, whether, 'adore moving the se-

cond reading of the Metropolitan Police F ands Bill,whereby

the local taxation of the metrop)lis for police purposes
is sought to be augmented, he would lay before the house
copy of the evidence taken by, and the Report of the Home-
office committee on, the Metropolitan Police ; and whether
he would also, before the second reading of the bill, pro-
duce an estimate of the increased expenditure to be in-
curred thereunder ?
Mr. HARDY said the police had been augmented not

with a view to increased local taxation, but for other pur.

poses. With respect to the expenditure, he proposed to
lay on the table of the house papers connected with the
matter which he hoped would prove satisfactory.
BO SHABA.

Sir IL RAWLINSON asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs if he had any information of a proposed
renewal of Russian hostilities against Bokhara ; and, if so,
whether he could state the aim and object of such hos-
tilities?

Lord STANLEY said an account in the journals of St.
Petersburgh had appeared of the return of an armed party
from Bokhara, but he was not award that any other expe-
dition had been despatched. •
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOR IRELAND.
Mr. MURPHY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland
whether he'r Majesty's Government intended to take any
further steps with regard to the proposed Catholic Uni-
versity for Iraland ?
The Earl of MAYO said a copy of the correspondence
on this subject would soon be laid on the table ; but he
might say that, as the right rev. prelates who had been
appointed to represent the Rom an Catholic Hierarchy of
Ireland had declined the condition the Government pro-
posed, the matter .was considered to be entirely at an end.