The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-11 00:00:00

CARDINAL CULLEN.

Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the
occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales, made inquiry
of the Government by what style and title he was to
invite and receive Cardinal Cullen ; whether he was in-
structed to address him in the invitation by the title of
"His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin;" if
not by what title ; and whether on that occasion prece-
dence was granted to Cardinal Cullen immediately after
the Royal family, and before the archbishops of the Esta-
blished Church iu Ireland, the Lord ‘3ltancellor of
Ireland, and the whole of the English and Irish nobility ?
Mr. DISRAELI said no communication h'td taken
place between the Government and the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland as to the visit of Cardinal Cullen to his Excel-
lency. The precedency given hitn was according to the
established rules of etiquette.
Mr. D. GRIFFITH said lie wished to know whether
he was invited as "His Eminence the Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Dublin ?" (Hear, hear, and laughter.)
The Earl of Mayo said his Excellency did not address
him as the Cardinal Archbishop.
THE SCOTCH REFORM B[LL.

Mr. MONUIIIEFF asked when it was likely the Scotch
Reform Bill would be proceeded with. The bill had
been read a second time mole than two mouths ago, and
he thought it was quite necessary to know when it was
intended to proceed with the bill. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. DISRAELI s ti.l the lion. gentleman must allow
him to be the best judge of the propriety of his own con-
duct, in endeavouring to bring about al; speedily as possible
the dissolution of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) He dii
not know that ha WAS chArgeabte with 11,38-ieCt iu not
pressing this bill forward. It was of the utmost importance
that the Boundary Bill should be proceeded with on Thurs-
diy, and he had proposed to place the Scotch Reform Bill as
the second order for that evening, but that coarse had not
given satisfaction. It was his anxious desire that the bill
should proceed its quickly as p,issible, and what he pro-
posed was to place it as the first order on the tirst upon
day ater the Boundary Bill had been advanced another
stage.
HUDSON BAY. _

Sir C. LAN YON askedthe Under Secretary for the
Colonies whether neg wiations were now in progress for
the transfer of the Hudson Bay Company's territory ;
and, if so, at what period the transfer was likely to bo
made ? _

Mr. ADDERLEY said certain negociations were in pro-
gress relative to the transfer and government of the ter-
ritory, but they were not sufficiently alvanced to allow
hint to state their nature at the present time.
BEER FOR INDIA.
Mr. GREENE asked the Secretary of State for India
whether he considered that the habit of taking the lowest
tender for the supply of the troopain India was calculated
to gave the troops a sound, wholes in) beverage; and
whether he had thought it desirable to ascertain if at the
price accepted fur last season's supply it was possible to
produce beer calculated to travel eight thousand miles by
sea, and a thousand or two thousand miles by land, and be
fit for the soldiers to drink ?
Sir S. NOItT IiCOTE said the bser sent to India had
to be brewed of a certain quality and strength. Before it
left this country it Was uxamined, and during the last
year and a half that the arrangemmt had been in operation
ho had received no complaints as to the quality of the
article.

THE IRON CLAD NAVY.
Oa the motion for the Speaker leav!ug the chair for the
purpose of going into committee of supp!y on the navy
eetituates,

Capt. IdACKINNON drew the afteatiol of the house
to certain deficiencies said t) exist in the iron-clad fleet.
l'he hen. gentleman con,leamed the policy of the Admi-
ralty iu constructing ironclads, which, during the last few
years, had ainouut,d to 10 millioas of money, while the
worth that was got for all this great outlay was simply
nothing, because the ships built were useless., and ren-
dered Bug!and the laughing stock of the whole world.
Mr. SAMUDA then referred to another branch of the
navy estimates, viz., designs for ships of war furnished by
the private shipbuilding firms on an invitation from
the Admiralty, and to the step t tken by the
A imiraity in respect of them. The private firms sent in
their designs in answer to the request of the Admiralty,
hat it was a positive fact that the private
builders were invariably set aside, and the
plans they had sent in were sot aside by an official design
coaling from the officer of the chief constructor of the navy.
The present system was most unsatisfactory, because it had
the appearance at least of oil lad persons getting, the ad-
a plan and then producing something
n
s, wLicli always bore a lOW
tvacatannyoef seeiag
arkable resemblance
to the plans supplied by private individuals.
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