The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

GAS RETURNS.

Mr. HUME moved for a return, or statement, from
every gas company established by Act of Parliament in
the United Kingdom, stating the several Acts of Par-
liament under which established, the rates per I,ooocubic
feet at which each company or corporation have supplied
gas in each of the three years since 1846 to 1849,
and the average price of the coals used by the company
in each year for the same period; also, stating the
amount of fixed capital invested by each gas company,
and the rate per cent. of dividend to the shareholders
or proprietors on their shares in each year since that
date (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 734,
of Session 1847).
GRAND JURY SYSTEM.
In reply to Mr. FORSTER,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Bill for
a reform of the grand jury system in the metropolitan
districts was still under consideration, but would be
introduced in the course of the present session.
MR. DISRAELI'S MOTION ON THE POOR-LAWS.
In reply to Sir G. GREY,
Mr. DISRAELI said the motion of which he had
given notice, and which was on the table of the House,
was a specific motion, on which he would take the first
division. If the House consented to go into Committee
on the subject to which it referred, he should
then propose a series of resolutions for the con-
sideration of the House, and before he asked
for a division to-morrow, he would, in detail
and specifically, state what those resolutions were.
At the same time he had a disinclination to put the re-
solutions on the table of the House before making some
observations upon them, because without some prefatory
observations they would lead to an erroneous conclusion.
air. HUME observed that he was anxious to have a
discussion upon the Ron. Member's motion, but would
be unwilling to go on with it unless he had some
specific knowledge of the nature of the resolutions.
Mr. DISRAELI said no doubt ho would be able to
induce the lion. Member to ♦ote for the first resolution.
—(A laugh.) As regarded the other resolutions,
before he asked the House for any division, he would,
in detail and specifically, let the House know what was
the nature of them.
DANISH ARMISTICE.

Mr SANDARS asked the Noble Lord the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs if it wore true that the Danish Go-
vernment had refused to renew the armistice of the 10th
of July last ; and if so, whether the Noble Lord con-
sidered as a natural consequence the renewal cf the
blockade of the Prussian ports of the Baltic and the
Elbe? It had been stated in the public papers that the
Government had consented to an extension of 'the
armistice on certain conditions, and he wished to know
if this statement was correct; and if so, what were the
conditions and the time to which the extension went?
Lord PALMERSTON said the armistice continued
virtually, although the specific period for which it was
contracted had expired ; but it could not be removed by
either of the contracting parties without six months'
notice. Her Majesty's Government had proposed to
continue that armistice for six months.—(Hear,
bear.) There were some objections to that
on both sides, and on the 16th of this month he
had received a communication from the'Danish Minister

intimating the willingness of the Danish Government to
renew the armistice, on condition that all parties should
concur in acknowledging that armistice. The parties
whom the Danish Government required to be consent-
ing parties to the promulgation of the armistice would
be Prussia and the Central Power of Frankfort.