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lIVIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. KO USE 0 COI 0 NS. —CfrisTßADsri) - - The SPBAKER took the chair at a quarter before four. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. WYNN took the oaths and his seat for Sligo. Mr. HEATIICOTE took the oaths and his seat for Rnt land ehire. Mr. MASTERS presented several petitions in favour of medical reform. Dr. MICHELL presented petitions from various places against the Vaccination Bill, and also a petition from Dorking, signed by eighteen persons suffering from small-pox, six of whom have since died, and of those re maiming nine are now sufferingfrom various diseases aris ingfrom vaccination, also against the Vaccination Bill. Mr. E. LOCKHART presented a petition in favour of an alteration of the Factory Act. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented several petitions against the Vaccination Act. Mr. EGERTON presented petitions from Congleton, with a similar prayer. Mr. WICKHAM presented petitions from the Chair num and Secretary of the Managers and Overlookers of the Friendly Societies of Bradford, against the Factory Bill ; also a petition from Messrs. W. Hargreave, John Black burn, genry Butler, John Williams and James Craven, J. M. Garnett and Co., and James Dally, all of Brad ford, in Yorkshire, in favour of the Factory Bill. Sir G. GREY presented petitions in favour of the Police Bill. THE OTTOMAN LOAN. Mr. OLIVEIRA. asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether the Government would sanction (in such cases as may be desired by the holders) a registration of the bonds of the Imperial Ottoman Loan of 5,000,0001., 1855, ander the joint guarantee of England and France. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the subject was one over which the Government had no control. The matter would ba settled by the Turkish .Government and the Bank of England. There was more difficulty attending the subject than the hon. gentleman might be aware of. MALT DUTY. Mr. SPOONER, in the absence of Mr. Mullings, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the event of the additional duty imposed upon malt in 1854 ceas ing on the sth dAy of July next, the Government would give an assurance that a corresponding drawback would :be made on stocks of malt then in hand ? The t ciIiiA.NCELLOR of the EXC REQUER said the usual csourse would be followed this year with respect to the malt duty. The war duty would cease in July next, and the drawback would be allowed on the stocks in hand. POLICE BILL. Sir G. GREY postponed the further consideration of the Police Bill from the day for which it stood on the paper until that day fortnight. A pause for a few moments here occurred, it being expected that some member of the Govern ment would rise and make a statement with re spect to the sigoing of the treaty of peace in Paris yesterday ; but, Lord Palmerston not being present, the businees of the house was proceeded with, and, amidst much laughter, the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair was put and agreed to.] The house then went into committee of supply ; the first vote taken was 195,1411. for the royal paaces and public buildings. Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the great increase in this vote. Iu comparing the sum now asked for with that voted last year he found the increase amounted to no less than 70,197/. [Lord Palmerston here entered the house.] He thought the sums of money that had been expended had been far too large, and he would only mention the sum that had been expended on Hampton Court Palace in proof of his assertion. Ile found since the accession of her Majesty no less a sum than 165,0001. had been voted to beautify that palace —a palace that in all probability her Majesty hal never seen. Sir B. HALL defended the vote, and said it was not one so large in excess of former votes for similar items as insinuated bythe hon. member who had just addressed the house. The great item of expense over former years was 19,0001. for public office 4, &c., rendered necessary in consequence of the extra duties required relative to the war. Allusion bad been made by the hon. member with reference to the extra vote required for Hampton Court Palace, but he (Sir B. Hall) thought the house would approve of it, when be informed them it was to provide apartments for the widows of distinguished officers of both services. These apartments were granted in Hamp ton Court Palace by the Queen, and during the paSt year the following ladies, widows of distb.guished Olken had been accommodated there, viz. :--M rs. Strang ways, widow of General Strangways ; Mrs. Cureton ; Mrs. .B tier,' widow of Admiral Boxer ; Mrs. Shad worth; and Lady Torrens. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Spooner, Mr. Adderley, and other hon. mem bers addressed the house on this vote. Mr. WISE said the hon. member for south Stafford shire (Mr. Spooner) had called the attention of the com mittee to an important point, viz., what become of the balances of the sums voted by this house for specific purpse4, and he asked the Government for an explana tion. The hon. gentleman called attention to the cost ef the furniture for public departments. During the past six years 166,000/. had been voted by the house for furni ture for public deparmaents, besides paying 586/. for rent of furniture. The estimate of last year fur furni ture had been greatly exceeded and they were now called upon to vote the balance. lie saw 19,0001. entered for gas. candies, fire, soap, and towels for the public offices, which he thought a large sum. Sir B. HALL explained that in some caeea, as that of repairing the statue of Charles IL at Coaring•cross, the surplus money not required for one item ha I been expended in those repairs, and it frequently happened that the estimates were exceeded in some instances and not in others, when the money was transferred from one to the other. Atter some further discussion, . Mr. 11. BAILLIE asked what was intended to be done with Burliogtoo Horse Mr. WILSON said it was in contemplation to ra• build Burlington House , b u t until - the plans had b een decided oh It was intended that the societies ba s i ng apartments in Slmerset House should occupy it, t give mare room for the trausa?.tion of public business in the latter building. In reply to a question from an hon. member relative to 1,200/. for laying down red cloth for the distribution of Crimean med,ls last year being contracted for, or if it had been purchased anfl devolved on any person as a perquisite, Sir B. lIA.LL said that most of the cloth used on that occasion was borrowed. _ . The vote was ultimately agreed to. •The next vote, for 7,868/. for additional works for warming, &c , Buckingham Place, was agreed to. On the vote for 91,6341. for the Royal parks, pleasure grounds. &c., Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought this an extravagant rots, and call e d a tt ent i on to th e great increase that bad taken place in the last two years in this depirtment. He thought it unfair to the mass of general tax-paYer 4 that so large a sum should be expended on these parks. He objected to the Government laying out 10,000/: as proposed for Hyde Park, and he moved as an amendment that the sum be reduced by 5,0001. Sir B. HALL defended the vote in general, and that for Hyde Park in wtrticular, entering into details of what had been done in that park for the convenience of the public and beautifying the place, and what it was neces sary still to do to clhaplete it. Mr. BLACKBURN called attention to the increase of this amount from 62,010/., the last vote for the Royal parks and ple4sure-grounds to 91,000/ , the sum now asked for. He considered the hon, baronet had not asked to reduce this vote enough. He- (Mr. Blackburn) thought the committee should reduce the vote 62,000/. Lord J. MANNERS said the expenditure included in the vote had arisen from the remarks which had been made in that house and in the newspapers, in which such improvements ns bad been made had been pressed *Tithe right hon. gentleman. lie objected to reduce the vote by an arbitrary sum, which might cause the relin cinishment of some useful improvements. If any parti cular improvementvras thought unnecessary, let it be pointed nut. • Mr. BOWYER w i a h e d to know why t h e a l tera ti on i n • the p^.rks hat been under,en an expense of nearly 23 Flo (li‘i not see why ,00 1 0/. shoul ; have been-incurred at a time when there would h e suca along bill to pay for war expenses. (Hear.) • Mr. SPOONER thought it absolutely necessary for e th d of this that the hou-le to put sortie reitrictio n oinnonexpn description, aad he was also of op should be done to resist the.pressure put upotn°Jlle something 1 of departments, which frequently induced them thoeads ex pend sums of public inn , ‘ey without gi v i ng th e pnbl paving a corresponding benefit. There was a large item fo r • g the footway from flyde-park corner. Now, he eh on l d like to know whether that expense- ought not to have been paid by the parish authorities ? Sir B. HALL said the parish authorities paved one side of the path, and bad called on the Government to pave the other. Mr.. BOWYER was not satisfied with the explanation which had been given, and moved that the vote be re - dnced by the sum of 22,140/. Sir. B. HALL, in reply to a question put by 'Mr. Spooner, relative to the fictiog up of the reservoir in the Green-Park, said that the Lerds of the Treasury had as seated to the proposal, and he had taken the necessary • steps to put that portion of. the park into the same posi tion in which it was in 1726. 'Mr. HA.RCOURT VERNON said that in his opinion the iright hon. baronet was carrying the wide footpaths to a'very unnecessary extent. Mr. , I4A,RROW objected to the item for the footpath at Kniihtsbridge, Nvh:ch: appeared to have been put doWn beespse the inhahitant4 of that part of the metro polis preftwed walking on' flagged pavement rather than on a gravel walk. The inhabitants had put on a certain amount of ureesure for the benefit of their particular, lo cality. (Hear.) Why,-ron what principle such improve ment could be charged to the public he could not pos sibly conceive. (Rear.) Sir B. HALL inquired if the hocoura ble member wished the'parish officers of Knightsbridge to take legal proceedings against the Government to compel them to do that which they were bound to do ? • . what Mr. BARROW said he should like to kno w b y - sprocem of law the authorities at Knightsbridge could compel the right hon. b a ron et to put downa flagged ptveieent where no such pavement bad previously ex isfcd.., (Hear.) ' • - • , * Mr. W., AV ILLfAMS:oljected to the) expenditure for Wirolsor-park, and could not see why the public were 43 ,144 4 , / i ot i to pay for fodder for the deer, for fishing tackle, and for other articles from which they derived no enjoyment or benefit. Mr. DAVIS said he should like to know what legal obligation existed with respect to the pavement to which allusion had been made. He should be unwilling to vote for a reduction of the grant if the Government were compelled by law to provide such a footway. Sir B. HALL did not believe that any one but the Government could be called upon to make the footway. It was not under the Metropolitan Commission, but un• der the Office of Works, and they were bound to keep it in order. Sir J. PAKINGTON said there was a charge of 1,6001. for paving the footroad of the Birdcage-walk. Now, he did not see any reason for spending money to compel the public to walk on a pavement if they prefer. red walking on gravel. - (Hear, hear.) He certainly should vote against that item, and was not satisfied with the explanation relative to the pavement at Knights bridge. He approved of the course which had been taken in filling up the reservoir in the Green-park. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said, if it was necessary for the house to endeavour to protect the Government from pressure from without, it was not less necessary to pro tect a metropolitan member from pressure of that de scription. (Hear and laughter.) If the right bon. baro net had only exhibited at the reservoir a board, bearing the words "Rubbish may be shot here," the expense of filling up the basin would have been saved. (Hear.) Sir J. SHELLEY believed that flag pavements were more economical than pavements of any other descrip tion, a proof of which might be seen in the fact that flags were almost invariably used by parish authorities. The CHAIRMAN said the original amount proposed by the vote was 91,684/. An amendment hai been moved, that it be reduced by the sum of 5,0001., and another, that it be reduced by the sum of 22,1401. The question he had to put was, that a sum of 69,5441. be granted. The committee then divided. The numbers were— Ayes Noes M:aj•ority against the reduction --84 The CHAIRMAN then. put the question that the grant be for 86,6841., being a reduction of 5,0001. from the original vote. TILE TREATY OF PEACE. Mr. F. FRENCH said, if the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government did not think it worth his while to give information tag the House of Commons as to the treaty of peace which •was said to have been signed, he thought it would have been respectful to the house that some other member of the Government should have given the information desired before they went into com mittee of supply. In order to give the noble lord an op portunity of making an explanation, he would move that the chairman report progress. It was true that the guns had been fired to celebrate the signature of the treaty ; but it was to be remembered that . those same guns were fired for the capture cf Sebastopol, when in fact it had not been taken. Lord PALMERSTON—I was in the house three mi. nutes after the halt hour, which usually is the time when notices of motion are given and questions put. There were notices of motion previous to going into committee of supply, and there were also notices of questions ; and I was as much surprised as other members would be that the house was in committee at so unusually ear'y an hour. If I had come down 3 Minutes sooner I should have made a statement which am quite prepared to make now, though a very snort one, and which conveys no information to members beyond that which they al ready possess. (A. laugh.) If it is a satisfaction, how ever, to my hon. friend to be informed officially of that which he already knows individually, I shall feel great pleasure in enlightening his mind. (A. laugh.) The house is perfectly aware that yesterday, about 2 o'clock, the treaty of peace was signed at Paris. (Hear.) The house will have seen by the announcement in the Gazette that it was determined by the Congress that the particu lar conditions of the treaty should not be made public un til the ratifications had been exchanged ; and that indeed, is the usual course, from the very obvious reason that de - ference is due to the contracting powers. At the same time, without going into any details of a question the main cir- cutnstances of which are a!ready known to all the word, becau:,e they have been published in every country in Europe, I may say that my conviction is that the treaty of peace will be deemed satisfactory by this country and by Europe. (Hear.) . It will be found that the objects for which the war was undertaken have been fully ac complished. It will be found that by the stipulations of that treaty the independence and the integrity of the Turki6h empire will be, secured as far as human arrange ments can effect that purpose. It will be found that the treaty is honourable to all the contracting parties to- it ; and I trust that while on the one hand it has put an end ti war, which every friend to humanity must naturally wish to see concluded, on the other hand it will lay the foundations of peace, which I trust, as far as regards the dangers from which the war arose, will be lasting and enduriig. During the negotiations which have led to peace, I am happy to say that the same cordiality which prevailed renting the allies in carrying on the war has also mainly. contributed to peace, and we shall leave off at the termination of this war in even stricter and more close and more extended alliance than ex= isted during the continuance of the war, and tbat the future permanence, not only of the good understanding, but of the intimate cennecti-,n between the great Euro pean powers has been cemented and strengthened by communica,:ions which have been made during these negotiations. I have nothing more to say than this— that it must be gratilying to the country to know that nothing could exceed the ability with which the Bri tish negotiators have performed their arduous and diffi cult task during these negotiations. Lord Clarendon and Lord Cowley have not only maintained the honour and the interest of the country which they represented, but they have, by their conciliatory conduct, secured the respect, esteem, and good-will of those with whom they bad to communicate. (Hear, hear.) Thu ratifica tions are to be exchanged as soon as they can be received from Constantinople and St. Petersburg. The limita tion of time has been four weeks, but I should hope that at least within three weeks those ratifications may be exchanged at Paris. (Hear, hear.) The motion that the chairman report progress was then withdrawn, and the committee proceeded with the consideration of the vote. Cul. DUNNE protested against drawing money from all parts of the country to lay out in Loialon, while they: refused to Irelend.the-emalleat grant. Tile committee then divided on the amendment that the vote be reduced by E,OOOl. For the amendment • 28 Against it Mr. BOWYER then moved to. reduce the vote by the sum of 2,1751., the estimate for the two footpaths. Mr. .li. C HA NI BERS observed that multitudes parsed over the foo path from Hyde-park-corner to Knights:- bridge, and he thought the house ought not to demur to • the expense of it. - He asked where the•proposed•pave merrt was to be in Bird-cage-walk ?s! Sir B. HALL said some years ago. when '.Lord Car; lisle was chief commissioner of works he way balled upon to put down a ravemerit from' Great. George-streetsto Buckinharn-gato, and a pavement was laid doSvis 'tWo feet six inches or three feet wide. It was now proposed that there should be a wide pavemelt. After a few words from Mr. BARROW and Mr. BIG GS, thocoinrnittse divided, Vor the amendment - l9 Against it Mr. BLACKBURN then - called attention to an item of 2,570/. fo r m a ki ng a ' read from' Holyrood to.Ducl d - ingstone, Which he did not think was wanted! or de . aired by anybody: ! Sir R. BULKELVIV said - he w o uld askihe, right hon. ! bast. a cprests)n which inigidr;OrPrise. him, but he did not ' expect an answer from 'hiiri that . l'u evening, The question was ion woulda w was what objection there could be t o the St. James's Palace ? (Flear.) git do w n a good prospect from the top of St: Samehes.:;treet, and would enable them to build goverion& - lt isuildin nacre in the Style of the present day, Hiqt,ss: k s4 y ,s nothing 'particularly inter estin g in St. Jarrie's's 4 Pala: e : and it was a hideous structure. Theyss ser , Vo ti ng annually large sums for enlarging and bearitifyiug Buckingham Palace, and he could conceive no reason why such a hideous buildin g a s St. James's Palace should be allowed to exist. , !! Mr. BAILLIE was assured that the vote refexro to by the h o n. member for Stirlingshire was lob • its object being mer el y to insprotro ! tbe Pt?perty of .certain persons iu the neigh bourhood. He,was informed that the of g'Portiori of t h ose beautiful rooks c alled Arthur sea,. Proposed road would involve the blowing away. , fir B ' : I ! '4111,1 4 said his attention had been directed to of !Edinburgh. this Matter, 14 the:firat instance, by the Lora Provost satisfied bh4 that the vi ols used works would be a very Ile had since made inquiries, which had great improvement to tbe%"Cotl,i h metropolis ; and there was certainly nothing in - the transaction-which in the a . lifter some cOnveria.tion3 slightest degree rwsembled — oh ba ronet agreed to postpone4.4e ever, the right hon. w sect, an d the vote, re duced by the sum in question 99,383/. for works at the ! ,z;ew as itf o reed of under the direction of Sir C. Barry. In answer to an Hors. MEURER, parliament • Sir B. HALL stated that two court yards in g the " rear of the western portion of the building .bad ' th nails , been paved with a preparation of India-rubber, but that that having become rotten it had bee n fo un d sary to replace it with pavement. Sir C. Barry was not for the experiments with the new rnat er i a l Mr. W. WILLIAMS wished to know whet would b the total cost of the buildings, and also whether an y 6 ar rangement had been come to with Sir C. Barry, with respect to his commission Sir B. HALL said that his predecessor, the late Sin W. Molesworth, made a report to the house on Jan, 9, 1855, its which it was stated that the sum required to complete the building from that date would be 280,2721. He (Sir B. Hall) had every reason to believe that that sum would be sufficient. Mr. BAILLIE asked whether it would merely com• plete the buildings at present in progress, or whether it would suffice for the new buildings of which Sir ,C. 'Barry had given in a plan—a plan, namely; which in volved the removal of the law courts ? Ile might just rowark that a vdy good site had lately been provided for the law courts in Covent-garden, and thus a consider able difficulty which had hitherto been felt had been ob viated. Sir B. HA LL replied that the 280,872/. would only suffice for the works iu actual . progress. At tho fling of the session Mr. Spooner had asked him if he (the right hon. baronet) had given any sanction to the fur• ther plans of Sir C. Barry ? His reply to that question was that he had not, and that he should not until the works which had been commenced were completed. The new plans were of a very elaborate character ; aid it would cost 500,0001. or 800,0001. to carry them into effect. (Cheers.) Mr. M. WILLIAMS remarked that the charge for re pairs was 5,200 Z. for the very small portion of the buildings which had been delivered over to the office of Works. Last year it was 5,400/. ; and it was really frightful to think what this item would amount to when the whole had been delivered up. Surely there must be some fault in the construction of the building. He was glad to hear the statement of the right hon. baronet with regard to undertaking new plans ; but he cautioned him against being led away by Sir Charles Barry's schemes. Mr. WILSON explained the proposals which bad been made to Sir Charles Barry for the settlement of his com mission claim. Sir Charles had been offered 1 per cent. on the measurement of all passed works is addition to kis commission; but Sir Charles had not yet intimated his acceptance of the offer. Mr. H. DRUMMOND insisted that Sir Charles had a right to 5 per cent, upon the money expended on the works, and these overtures to compromise on the part of the Treasury were neither more nor less than attempts to filch from what was Sir Charles Barry's just due. Mr. WILSON repudiated all idea of overreaching Sir Charles. The Treasury had made him a liberal offer, and one which he had accepted in respect of a portion of the works. Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought Sir Charles had no cause for complaint, as the offer of the Treasury was a large and a liberal one. Mr. SPOONER also took the same view of the matter, and expressed his belief that the house apd the country would take the side of the Government. Mr. WILSON repeated that the practical effect of the offer would be this, to extend to a much larger sum the same proportion of percentage that Sir Charles had already consented to accept in respect to a smaller sum. Mr. MALINS observed that Sir Charles was placed in this position ; he could not sue the Government, but he had offered to refer his claims to arbitration, and he put it to the committee whether it would not be better to adopt that course than be continually reverting to these disputes. In the matter of Sir Charles's claims for building the Re form Club, the question was referred to the arbitrement of a gentleman at the bar, and having been his counsel on that occasion, he happened to know that the whole dispute was settled in one morning sitting. Now, why could not the same course be taken in the present case? Mr. "WILLIAMS said the hon. and learned gentleman opposite had referred to the Reform Club, for which Sir Charles Barry hail put in a plan. He was to receive a certain sum for this work, and he then made some altera tions which were not carried out, and he male his demand for commission. The Reform Club propose(' to refer it to arbitration, but he did not agree. The club then proposed that it should select three persons, of whom he was to name one, by whom the inatter.wasto be decided. He re fused that, and ultimately it was referred to a barrister, and it was decided in the way the hon. and learned gentle man had stated. Mr. L. DAVIES hoped her Majesty's Government would not accept the proposition of the hon. and learned gentle-. man (Mr. Matins); but would stand upon the high grounds of justice in this matter. Mr. WILSON was bound to say that Sir C. Barry had frequently attempted to refer the question to arbitration, but the proposition had been declined. If the Govern ment treated Sir C. Barry unfairly, he had that house to appeal to. Mr. MALINS thought it would be useless for•an indi vidual to appeal to that house in opposition to the influence of the Government. (Hear.) Mr. MALINS again advised that a friendly power should be called in to settle the question at issue. That was the principle on which they settled all their affairs. The peace which had just been concluded was settled by means of calling in a friendly power. He did not believe that there would be any difficulty' in arbitrating upon the question. In the case of the Reform Club, Sir C. Barry claimed for furnishing the house. It was said that he had not the arrangement of the furniture, but he stated over and over again that that was one 'of the most troublesome of his uties. The whole matter was brought under the notice of the arbitrator, Mr. Erle—now Mr. Justice Erle—and he gave a decision which perfectly satisfied all parties. Mr. SPOONER said: there was a charge for embank ment. Was that a continuation of the charge already made on account of the embankment? Sir B. HALL said it was a continuation of the embank ment account of 1854. . Mr. M. CHAMBERS said that men of eminent ability were invited to send in plans. Many plans were sent in, one of which, that of Mr. Fairbairn, excited general attention. It was pretty generally knowu that these gentlemen had been deceived; and the result was that the Ration, instead of having to pay 750,060/., would have to pay many millions. Ho did not agree iu the principle which had been laid down; that architects had a legal right to make any specific charge for services rendered; for it was proved °vete , day in oar courts of law that great dif ferences existed upon the subject. The Institute of Ar chitects mightliy down rules of honour for their own guid ance, but they e Add not set up any legal right. It was the former practice of architects not to agree to erect a buil:ling for any given sum ; a ,practice from which they had de parted. He was of opinion that if Sir C. Barry was desir ous of keeling up the reputation of the institute, he would accept the oar of the' Government. He believed there would be some difficulty about the clock, which was like Farmer Flare borough's picture, which was expressly painted for him ' •and could not then be got into his house. Sir B. HALL said the clock was finished, and was going remarkably well. He believed that the clock and the b e lle would be got up without further difficulty. Mr. WISE asked what would be the cost of the clock ? Sir B. HALL said the cost would be 1,9601., of which 1,6001. had been paid on account. The remaider would be paid en delivery. Mr. BOWYER wished to azk a question in reference to the last item, 4,000/. for works of art iu connection with the Palace of WeCnineter. He wished to know whether, in those works of art, persons other than subjects of her Majesty had been employed. He thought that in times like the present their choice of artiets should not be confined within any particular geographical limits. Some of the frescoes were below mediocrity, and one was particularly disagreeable to him. It represented the baptism of King Ethelred, who had a crown on his head and wee stark naked. (Laughter.) He was sure that there was no his torical authority foe that. In one of the principal figures representing the ceremony of coufering the Order of the Garter the legs were left'otit, as they were supposed to be below the framework. In such a subject he thought the appearance of zhe legs was a very important item. '(Laugh ter.) In other figures there was a sad want of proper dress and clothing. These, however, were matters of taste, and some gentlemen might suppose that the pictures were very good. He maintained that this country would never ob tain any - deserved reputation unleesi it took a broad view of art, and considered the republic of art as extending over the whole of Europe. In sculpture, for instance, he found that the name of Baron 'Maroolietti, one of the meet emi nent of our sculptors, was omitted from the list'of those who had been invited to compete. The vote was then agreed 'to. On. the vote of 207,3051. fur works connected with the packet harbour. ef -Holyhead, - Mr. WILLIAMS inquired whether this was to complete the expenses in counectiou with. the harbour ? Sir C. WOOD would answer the question from the esti- Metes themseivel he total amount required was 471,0001., of which it was pr, posed to take 207,0001. this year. Agreetl . 233,0;01. was-voted for harbours of refuge. 3841. weas voted for Port. Patrick Harbour. On the vote of'4l-0:1/.- for' public' works in Ireland, . Mr. BLA.CKBURN complained of the increase over the estimates of previous•yeare..• • - , j Ir., WILLIAMS objected to the expenses incurred in resPeot to Kihnainhana Hospital, which he thought was treeless for the purpeees for which it was designed. • 'Mr. IVILSON explained in reference to ruany.of, the items - that theYavere 1 o'gers *them ueual in consequence of no vote heitig taken laet yeer. Mr:" WISE objected to thecharges which were made for the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and which entailed au ex pense of 30.00 alrear on this conntry. Mr. SPOONER objected to - the. , support of a'Romri Catholicchaplaia-in connection with liilinainhain Hospi tal,whielehe found provided feria the votes. , The vote Waeagreel to. , • - 'A,yote of 1.0,3501., for the purpose, of Kingstown Har ' boor, was agreed to. A vote of 83,680 T. fOr allOwarrees and payments to offi ete of - - Parliament was agreed to; after some remarks from Mr. PELLATT and Mr. HADFIELD on' the propriety of allowing persons to defend their rights, in opposing bills before committees of the house, without incurring such heavy expenses as they were now subjected to. In the course of his. remarks Mr. Hadfield said the railway com panies hail been put to an expense, of a million of money in obtaining their acts, although railways were thegreatest . linprovernente of modern times. Mr. M. CHA.'d BE aS asked a question in reference to the °hare° of 4,0001. for short-hand writers., He wished to know whether, since the death of Mr. Gurney, any new arrangement had beau made. He understood that Mr. Gurney, Who was the shorf-hand writer to both housee, -took half the amount, while the persons who did the work received the other half. That was a most inequitable ar rangement. Air. WILSON. said that when Mr. Gurney died a heti arrangement was made with Mr. Gurney, jun., by the SpSaker, He could not engage with Mr. Gurney as to the amounts he, paid the persons he employed, which must be aprivate`larrangeurent between them. - Mr. M. CHAMBERS was most anxious that the matter a ta l re sr ie i r t- o li e Lnd iee w t r o it t e h rs e should lie well considered: He had had the matter repree .1 8 t i e h t Ut y ey , 3, 13 4 w Il l e ttZ h p h li l O n e W b e t a ll u l s daO r h of o g us r e ea u t n a l b es i ; proper footing. e The fellowing votes were agreed to 52,00.1/.. for the vmeireerr departments of. the Treasury. 24,2011. for the Rome Department. , • , 68.?,41.1, for the Poreigueerfice, . - 28,4521. for, the Colonial Department. , • 61,0071:for the Board of Trade. 2,700/. for the offices of the leord Privy Seal. ' 24,5111. ter the office of the'Paymaster-Genera.L 6,1831. for the office of the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer. 23,313/. for the office of Works and Publio]Buildin g s. 21,6e4 1 . for the W o ods and Forests and Land Revenues. 10,147 1 - for the Public Record-office. e a slight discussion took place. Upon this last-named vote LD looked upon the vote as ex tremely2oe,93/, for the Poor-law Board. had been a great reduction in the There larg©• Ireland, and he trusted of the poor-law charges in . amount prelude to reductions inEngland. that would be the Mr. S. FITZGERA. Irelandd •g the last in during view to show that the decrease character. fete years bad been of a highly satisfactory admitted that, but still consi- Mr. HORSMAN went through . some statistics with a Mr. S. FITZGERALD that a commission upon Mr. MACA]-4TNEY believe. and wished to know when the subject had been appointed, .dered the expenses to be unduly large. had been issued. Mr. 'WILSON said that no commission Mint, some discussion On the v o t e o f 48,8294 for the the rep or t wou ld be laid upon the table 9 arose ae to th e pro b a bility of an increase in the gold chin age during th e next year . Ur ' WILSON said that the Mas ter of the Mint had had some communication with the Bank, and had come to the conclusion that there would be a considerable increase in the gold. coinage. It had been decreased lately, a large quantity of coinedgold having been sent out to the &St. - - The vote was agreed to. A vote of 23 ,1451. for inspectors of factories and mines was agreed to. PR the Too of 5,964 b, for the Scottish Ezobeggeb I 'SO THE SUN, LO.P4 DON, T CIES D_A__Y if_Sr 14.-,ti----AP-R4L Mr. CRAWFORD, in reference to the increase proposed manent. As to the Tithe Commission, it was necessary to to be made in the office, wished to know whether any wind up the operations of that commission, which we , in commission had been appointed to inquire into the matter, posles.siou of an immense mass of documents to which con and whether any report would bs laid upon the table of stant reference was necessary. the house? Mr. WALPOLE asked for an explanation of an item of Mr. WILSON said that, from his experience in the 1,8001. chergod on this account. Treasury, he was enabled to say that no office was better . Mr. WILSON said that it arose from the expenses of an conducted than that under review. action which it had been necessary to institute. Mr. WILLIAMS called attention to the expenses of the i After some further observations from Mr. W. WILLIAMS, Queen's plates, and expressed an opinion that the house 1 the vote was agreed to. should not be salted upon to pay for these adjuncts to I The next vote, 11,7101. for enclosure, drainage, and horse-racing. • 1 other expenses under the Enclosure Act, was agreed to, Mr. WISE said that there was no charge upon the civil ' after a protest from Mr. W. WILLIAMS, who contended estimates for such things in this country, where they were i that theseexpenees wore strictly of a private nature. paid out of the Queen's private purse. Ho did not under- ' The following votes were then agreed to : stand why the satue principle should not be applied to 38,2311. for salaries in the General Registry-office. Ireland or Scotland. 3,33e1. for the General Registry-office in Dublin. The vote was agreed to. 6,665/. for the General Registry-office in Edinburgh. On the vote of d,131/. for officers attending the house- 13,8801. for the Natienal Debt-office. ho d of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 2,810. for the Pablic Works Loan Commission. Mr. WILLIAMS said he could not conceive what was 1,5701. for the West India Islands Loan Relief Commie the use of these officers. The Lord-Lieutenant was a pri- sion. vote gentleman, and it very seldom occurred that he was a 1,3101. for the office of Commissioner in Lunacy, after military man. He found that two of the persons charged some objections urged by Mr. WILLIAMS. for were termed " gentlemen at large," who received The vote was agreed to. 2571. 17s. 4d. He should like to know what were their 9811. was voted for defraying the expenses of the cora duties. (Hear, hear.) Then there was the master of the mission of roads iu South 'Wales. horse ; could anything be more farcical ?To maintain the 1,4051. was voted for the Registrar of Friendly Societies. dignity of royalty in this country was necessary, but to 32,0001. for foreign and other secret services. adopt the seine system in reference to the mock royalty in 456,2:5/. was asked for ou account of printing and Ireland was in the highest degree absurd. Then there was stationery. a Court Herald. His salary was certainly small, for he Mr. WALPOLE called attention to this sum. This vote received lees every year than his clothing amounted to. had been increased since last year by 40,000/., and he (A laugh.) , alluded- to the inquiry of the committee appointed last Mr. i3LACKBURN thought it was useless to discuss session with reference to the printing for that hous e . Ho such details. The office ought to be abolished altogether. said that with regard to toe printing of the appendices to The vote was agreed to. the reports presented to the house, and which cost a large On the 'rota of 15,161/. for the Secretary of State's offices stern, nut one hon. member, he ventured to state, ever read in Dublin and London, . them. He thought, however, that in many instances the Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know why the salary of the appendices should be printed, but in accordance with the Lord-Lienteuant was not included in the estimate.:? In recommendation of the committee, viz., that the printing former years it was so; and he saw no reason why it should appendices to commissions and reports should be under now be omitted. The salary of the Lord-Lieutenant used some controlling power. It was necessary that some check to be 7,0001. a year, but now it was reduced to 4,0001. should be put on this expenditure Mr. WILSON said it was not so. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER concurred Mr. WILLIAMS assured the hon. gentleman that if he in the necessity of a cheek being put on this expenditure, went back 15 or 16 years he would find that he was per- which pow amounted to the income of a petty German tectly accurate in his statement. state, but considered it would be a delicate, thing to inter- The following votes were agreed to with scarcely any fete with commissions and committees, and say what do discussion : currents should be inserted in their reports. An increase 6,2911. for the office of the paymaster of the Civil Ser- in the expense had ooccut red this year in consequence of vice in Ireland. the statistical accounts that had been required by the house 2,5551. for the inspectors of lunatic asylums in Ireland. relative to the war. 22,516/• for the inspectors of the Board.of Public Works Mr. WALPOLE instanced the excess to which the print in Ireland. ing was carried by the production of volumes that probably On the vote of 30, , 161/. for the office of the Commissioner were never read. In one department—that of the Board of Public Works in Ireland, of Health—he believed there were .40,00 e large volumes Mr. BOWYER said he wished to ask a question of very that had been printed, but never distributed. (Hear.) considerable importance. It would be remembered that Mr. CRA.WFORD thought more di-cretion should be when the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucking- exercised in p rintin g p a p ers, &c., for that house. When hamshire (Mr. Disraeli) held office as Chancellor of the matters of importance were printed, they soon were out Exchequer, he said, on bringing forward his budget, that of print, and teat was time case with reference to the Kars Government would take into consideration a general re- pipers that had recently been printed. The .lern.ind that form of public accounts. Soon after that the Government had been made by the public for them had been so great with which the right hon. gentleman was connected re- that he believed it was impossible now for hon. members signed office, and the house bad heard no more of that int- or the public to get a copy, whilst others, not so interest portent subject. The house would remember that so far ing, remained on hand. back as 1831 this subject of public accounts was taken into Mr. V. SMITH said that, in order to check this expen consideration by the Government. It had been considered diture, they should awpoiut a printing tribunal, whose de long before that time, but in 1831 it was fully gone into cision in all cases should be biudiug. The fault rested in by commissioners, of whom Dr.. Bowring was at the head. a great measure with hon. members moving for pipers to The commissioners recommended many important mea- .be printed that were more of a private than a public (la sures, the chief of which was a perfect uniformity in the ractcr. method of keeping the public accounts, and the introduc- Mr. HENLEY said that not above one-fourth of the tion of the commercial eystena of double entry. With re- amount asked for was pecess try for the printing of that Bard to the audit-office, he believed that there had been house. The Army and the Admiralty took more than no return of business since 5847, when it was two years 100,0001. of the amount. He was desirous of reducing the in arresr. The great evil that - prevailed in the audit- large expenditure, but he did roe, wish thereby t' iuterft re with the privilege of hon. members, and say what ehotod office was clearly pointed out by the commissioners. It was thus that the accounts were brought into the or should not be printed. audit in the form of the office where they were Mr. WILSON defended time vote, and expki ted that a made up, and afterwards they had to be put into the form great portion of the amount charged for the Ordnance was required by the Exchequer, a coarse which it sometimes not stationery, but included a large amount for cartridge took, a couple of months to accomplish. Compulsory powers paper necessary on account of the war. He also referred should be given to the audit-office to secure uniformity of to other details in which the requirements of the war had system, and then the grave delays now complained of caused an increase of expenditure. would be avoided. He should like to know whether the Mr. DISRAELI said he was averse to checking the pri- Government had any intention of following out the helix.-- vilege of the house ire printing evidence and documents in tent promise made by the right hon. gentleman the member which commissions and eounidetees had reported. Some for Buckinghamshire when he held office ? thing had been said of not printing the appendices to these The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the reports, but lie thought these reports would not be so corn subject had recently engaged hie attention, and if it should plete as they should be without them. He was of opinion be in his power he should lay the result before the house the house should have the documents on which reports at an early period, were made, and which:illustrated evidence, and considered Mr. MA CARTNEY had heard that some of the clerks that hon. members often found them of great assistance to had been transferred from the audit to the War-office, and thorn in endeavouring to arrive at a proper conclusion on important questions. The charge of 100,00 /. for the priet a report was in circulation that the war accounts were to be audited by the War Department. ing he thought small for the benefits obtained, and was Mr. WILSON said it was true that clerks had been trans- surprised at the house cavilling at such a small auto. It was of the greatest importeece the house should have full ferred as stated, and that the 'War-office would audit its own accounts. Thera was a Treasury minute to that effect.. documentary evidence. The papers were not published Mr. MA.CAR rN EY intimated that to-morrow he suould merely for lion nienraers, but rur the country generally, move that it be laid upon the table of the house. and were necessary for the good governmeut of the eouu- Mr. WILSON would have no objection to its production, try. He deprecated such an important question being Mr. WILLIAMS thought the course which hail been compared to the revenues of a German prince as a reas( n why it should be reduced.. He supported motions fur just pursued in reference to this matter was not commendable. economy, and iu his opinion there was not a vote brought He was strongly of opinion that the war accounts should before the house that was of more advaetage to the public go to the audit-office, and he hoped that whatever the °pis uion of the Treasury might be, the house would never service than that for printing, for it was by the Means they had established to obtain information that gave their elect sanction an opposite principle. If there was any security BMus so Lunch importance, and a Lich ultimately hal an at all in reference to the dispesal of the national funds, it was clearly through the audit-office. The house had passed influence on the prosperity of the country. the War-office vote, which he would have opposed if he Mr. WALPOLE having explained, hail known of the fact which had just been elicited, and Mr. DISRAELI said that the chairman of committees virtually had the power of checking the. expenditure, by which certainly took him very much by surprise. It was deciding that appeadces should not be printed if too velu m most improper thing to allow any public department to , urinous, and were not consilerei essential to thereport. audit its own accounts. He trusted that the commissioners salaries would be from time to time subjected to the revi- After some remarks from Mr, HENLEY kohl Mr. A. PEL on of that house. - LATT, the latter of whom called attentiou to the printing The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained of specificetions of petents, F .s that the expenses in question were chiefly incurred in the Mr WILSON said thet these sp cifica ions were printed under an act of Parliament passed within the last three colonies. The auditors were altogether independent of the offices audited. There had been a transfer of audit from years, and sold at it shillieg each. Many applications had ireen made f• ir them from all parts of the country. the Audit-office to the 'War-office, by a Treasury minute, which ho would lay on the tat.le. If the office which made Mr. A. PELLATT asked how much money had been the expenditure likewise audited the account, the system received for would be liable to great abuse. It had been understood Mr. WlLSONthese specifications? said he could not then state the amount, that the Commissioners of Audit should hold their offices but a retetrn could be furnished if desired. oa the same tenure as the judges—not subject to annual Mr. WILLIAMS suggested that in future the amounts votes of Parliament. This was an arrah ement of long received or referral to should be printed in the estimates. g T standing, and not introduced ay any aristocratic principle he vote was ultimately agreed to. o:- patronage. 11,e410/. was voted for the pesteges of the several pub- Mr. HENLEY could not see any fair reason why the lie dep e-tments, business of audit should be taken from the proper tribunal 26,C411. was voted for the payment of the salaries of ' and transferred to a body which, in fact, constitutee no the ortieere of her Majesty's Treasury. 2511,0J0/. was voted to defrey the charges of prosecutions tribunal at all, handing it, in fact, to the very parties who might have been guilt of mismanagement. He trusted at quarter sessions, originally peal out of the county rates. y the Treasury minute v oda set all right. 1,100/. was voted for the Crown-oil - ice (Chancery). Mr. WILLI AIMS hoped that the army expenditure 2,053/. for the Cr ,wn-office (Queen's Bench.) would be audited by the Audit-office, and nowhere else, 16,3101 ' Snetitis, &c • and wished to have an exact intatection to that effect. 6,4161., Registrar of the Admiralty. Lord PALMERSTON said that the transfer of the audit 8,215/ , Theolveut Debtors' Court. , e,01., Treaeur ere of County Courts. i had evidently been misunderstood. It was not the general 13 ee - mv expenditure which. was transferred to the War-office, 3,6151., Queen's Prison, 102.303/ , Metropolitan Police. but - the regimented expense. These accounts were reit , tiered to the paymaster for audit. They comprised large 3 312/ , Lord Advocate and Solici to r General (Scotland). sums, involving a multitude of (Nails, which made it int- 17,5511", Court of Session (ecotland). possible for their accounts to be audited by the Audit- 9 , 5 e 81 ., Court of Justiciary (Scotla nd). office. The officers there did not understand their details, 6,4001., Criminal prosecutions (Seotlerni). and were quite incompetent to such a duty. The principle 1,41 1 , Reuternbraucer ire Exchequer (Scotland). oa which their accounts were made out was not a new (..110. 57 OM., Sheriffs and Stewards (Scotland). They were not the general accounts of the War Depart- 12, 11371., Procurators Fiseal . 01/., Sheriffs' Clerks (Scotland). went, but accounts of the manner in which money. was ex- 12,5 2,3001., Solicitor of the Crown (Scotland). pended which had been issued for regimental services. 12,219/e, General'Register house (E iinburgh). The form of audit in the Audit-office was of a different 1,124/. Commissar) Clerk (Edinburgh). kind, and not applicable to these expenses. 51,7 di, Criminal prosecutions (Ireland). Mr. HENLEY wished to know what was the exact ac- 1,2941.,. Court of Chancery (Ireland). ' ' counts withdrawn from the Audit-office, and how it was 1,3381:, Court oteQueetras Bench (Ireland). that the Audit-office attempted these duties heretofore? 1,12.11.; Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Lord PALMERSTON explained that his observation 1,5801., Court of Exchequer (Ireland). only applied to what had been said in respect of having all 2001 Taxing O'ficere (Ireland) the army accounts audited by the Audit-office. - The great bulk of the regimental accounts would continue to be 5 23 7 / Reerstrare to Judges' (Ireland). audited as they had been hitherto audited—at the Wur- 1;766 2 ” Registration -. Of Juegruents (Ireland). 3001., .6 Court of Delegates (Ireland). office. 3 '164/ , Insolvent Debtor. Court (Ireland). Colonel DUNNE wishe Ito know if the contracts and '‘ ' 3 1 "56°0011;1'. , P m el e i t c r e op 0 t ap o o l je ll e :ib p li a n b . lin. 2;7/ Court of Errors (Ireland)• other expenses, such as those of the Land Transport Corps, '' • Justices • '' were to be submitted to a board under the control of the 639,100'. Constabulary (frelsnd). Minister of War, or to the Audit-office, under the control 1,5321., Forte Courts, Meestrelsea, 'Dablin. .of Parliament ? As to the regimental expenses, there was no doubt about them ; but he wished to know what wes -.The next vote being one for the salaries of prison in spectors, the practice with regard to the general army expenditure, in which there had been so much waste? ' Mr, HENLEY objected to proceed with it at that late Mr. WILSON said that the effect of the clans was that hour, on the ground that it roust give risetto much discus the final audit was still to remain at the audit beard, but the details were tem bo examined at the Wer-office. Sir GEORGE GREY coneentel that , the Cheirtnen Mr. HENLEY wished to know distinctly if the accounts shoild report progress. ' were alt . to go before the au lit board or not?, Nearly one- Mi. WALPOL, e E eeil that he presumed this' vote would fourth of the staff of the Audit-office was now taken away, be taken in corronittee of rimipply on Friday night; and as just at the time . Wheri a strict audit was most wanted, and uoticerff a motion On this subjedt El'iali'eeir given, bethought thus the Audit-office would he rendered unable to do its it would be desiteside that Governtnetif shouldgate whether business. He thought that the house was entieledlo further • they had introdueed or intended to introduce any Modifies explanation, and that the vote should be postponed, assit lion of .the ticketmfdeevu system, hied what were their was uecertain how the change would work. . . views with rempeetto the propriety of an inquiry into the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that working of the syetem, the arranement was intended not to make the audit less, va 'S it i e r: i . G. GREY RreEspY,,ctsatiodtthheategvrielsattlLeteehael esrpartiVlgidfreoatsnptrhee but more , efficient. The clerks were transferked' to the. War Department that they miht examine the accounts in p resent s y stem. Ho believed that it would be desirable that conueetion with the clerks of that department. When the theas and that this would satisfy' the publiethen their apprehen commissariat was transfereed• to the War-office , it w themshould be an inquiry into the working of the system , thought advisable that its expenses should likewise be in- sloes were grontlless. Its thought, however, that the terrus (if the motion for inquiry intended to be brought forward coerce at that efffcca; He was confident that the spirit df h b e y h th ,,,, e i , h t e h n e . re member a o for d B o n er t w h i e cir t s a li b i l r e e t i w i a e t r e n i t g o h o t v : l a n e m u n e ; o a n n ti c . i c t b h e a n a g u e d , w i taaisneoffit e t i o e rt h t us a h s ' p u o p s s a i n b Y le. ex tr u e V e a s g a. a w n c n e 0 , butgoo good he reason e ment limiting the inquiry to time working of 'he act of for postponing the vote. . Mr. DISRAELI said that when the Chancellor of the 8 :3, which abolished transportation, and substituted the reeent system. Exchequer himself admitted that he could not explain the p The CAA : MILAN theureporteel progress. vote, he really thought there . was . good reason for post- • pelting it. He himself (Mr. Disraeli) had once hod occa- : , . , • VACCINATION BILL. ' sion to examine tle.audit system, and he hart then thought Mr. COWPER moved the - second readitig of the that one great fault was that the audit was too e llidited, Vaccination. Bill. After osome general observations and diet a change was necessary in the whole audit system. on tire beneficial effect , of vaccination . he explained To be efficient, audits should be complete and independent ; the objects of the bill, - which was generally to make the and the fault of the present audit. was.that it was neither regulations with regard to this matter more stringent, and complete nor independent. He could not approve of any vote that tended to diminish the functions of the audits; ...o.giy.e, the b WigritA of guardians power to defray the' ex penses of prosecuting those parents wise neglected to com and where there was a probability of such a diminntibu he • idy with ike law. ,It was also, proposed. to provide pro really thought thatthe vote might beipostponeet till it was perly ekille 1 operators, sibs • understood that improperly further examined, lest they should arrive at a-conclusion performed vaccination WAS the cause of much of the pre which the Government itself would regret:: The Chaecel- j edict) entertained ag dust it. 'At the same time he pros ler of the Exchequer had said OA persons whoseauthority posed slightly to raise the medical fee for the operation. was of weight, had declared that the arrangement now pro posed Would, in their epiniort, be conducive to the public the bill, bat 'd there ' •' e Mr. HENLEY :beim-overt generally of the principle of said was..severel details which he would iditvice. Now he (Mr. Disraeli) 'lid • not aPproie of refer- propel , eto have altered in committee. ring to anonymous aueherities; but, as the Chancellor of the Dr, tenet; ELL oposecathe bill altogether, and amidst . Eltchetiner had dime se,' he would refer himself to one, at th e altercate laughter and irnpetionce o the house; quoted liceteof equal impoitanee. He remembered a good and eitost'effiment public seivant, Who' hall declared that be did ai influence e b e r, 9 cl il y s o m f t l at p i o s, , e x i , e ee,,jeco4 except show to e th c a o t tir vaccination it. but never h eb. be transferred.oped that th h rh a e u p d audit i t o i o f n the in not care whether, the commissariat was transferred to the oe W m ar raTi ili sea ce ri o at r wnoll;(lAfter some farther discussion, in which My. BARROW MIALL also opposed., thehompuleory cieueee, the which they found themselves was this— that they n w o n- and Mr, retail a second time. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of. fined the audit system jest as there was a large increase °, f expenditure; and thuseender present circumstances, the REFORMATORY. AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. audit would always be uneqetal to the occasion. The audits Sir S. NORTHCOTE obtained leave to bring in a bill should always be complete and independent; but they had to amend the mode of committing criminal and vagrant never been complete, and scarcely ever been independent. children to reformatory and itiduettial schools. He trusted that the right hon. gentleman - would remonsi- The house then adjourned' at twenty minutes to two der'his opinion, and consent to the postponement of the o'clock. vote. Mr. WILSON consented to the postponement of the Tote. Mr. WILLIAMS said that he had asked a question which had been answered by the noble lord by a reference to the regimental system. They all knew that the regi mental accounts must be audited in a distinct manner ; but the general accounts of the army stood in a different Position. There was a paymaster for the navy, and the army accounts should be treated in the same way. The vote was then withdrawn. On the vote for 17,710 1 . for the copyhold, enclosure, and tithe commission, Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know when the commission would expire ? It was film that it was wound up, and there could at least be no occasion for three commissioners. They were doing private business with public motley. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the enclosure commission was instituted to save the ex pense of Parliamentary proceedings in the inclosuro of waste lands. The cepybold commission was in the same way extended to facilitate the enfranchisement of copy holds, Musa two 011117a4149113 wore iu thair nature pez. THE DYCE SOMBRE WILL CASE.—TbiB celebrated case has been appointed far hearing on the 3d of April before the Judic;al Committee of the Privy C.Juncil, the parties to the suit being the Ea•it India Company and Mr. Prinsep on the one part, and Mrs. Dyce Sombre on the other part. [ADVERTISEMENT,]—HoIIoway's Pills are undeniably thefionest medicine in the world for Bile and Indigestion. In ell cases of deranged stgrnachs, determination of blood to the head, bile, sick headache, and stomach com plaints, there is no medicine known that will give such immediate relief as these renowned pills. Young and old, rich and poor, patronise them ; and so many ,cures are effected by 'heir use that their praise is sounded frem the temperate clime to the frigid zone; in truth, persons who travel consider them a uece , g4sury requisite.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Pro fessor floll,way's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Alai f ien-lane, New York; by A. Stampa, .Con -stautatoplO;.,A..Guicligh.Sulyraa. and B abinir) 110 W TO REFORM' THE ADMINISTRA TIVE FO ME. S. (From the Exaininei•.) A meeting has been held at St. Martin's Hall, to Consider the necessity of a vigorous effort to counteract existing abuses in the administration of the affairs of the country, to expose corrupt influences and favouritism in Government appointmehts—the consequent inefficiency of the public service and enormous increase of taxation. In plain and homely words, this was a meeting to up root all abuses, and put everything to rghts er ery where. Strange to say, it was thinly attended, not more ilia,' 200 persons having responded to this summons to rescue the State from corruption and incipacity. How can this fact be accounted for ? Was it, indifference to the object, or was it that men, such as feortal men ordinarily are, did not feel themselves equal to the Herculean task of cleansing the Augean stable, and puttieg allibings and men to rights ? Did persona win , did not found in them 'selves a mis. - ,ion to save a sinking Sate, apprehend that they would u ,, t be the right men in the right place for this momentous discus>iou ? Strange diffidence ! The meeting ba i the advantage of the assistance of a deputatton of the Administrative Reform Assorvation, who of course perfectly understood what was to be done, and how to do it, But we confess we were somewhat startled by their spokesman's (Mr. Bell) statement, that The.association which he represented was not intended to be permanent in its duration, but would cease to exist when the purpose for which it was established should be . accomplished. We should have thought that such an association would have looked forward to a length of days, compared with woich the life of Methuselah was; a span. The As sociation, if it be what it professes, is a scaffAding to take Own a, gigantic pile of abuses, and to build up in its stead a faultless structure on a solid and sure foundation. Compared with this undertaking, to pull to pieces and recomitnict one of the pyramids would be ►evelling and restoring a mole-bill. And the diffidulty that lies here in the first step is stupen dous. For in order to render the Administrative Re- form Association an instrument fir hoisting the right Man into the right place, the Association must itself be coinp.sel of right men in right places, for which essen tial condition there is at present no sort of guarantee. Sir j ,, kin Shelley, ilideeo, remarked, that If they had done nothing more than originate that ad mirable phrase, "The right ma❑ in the right place," they had.not lived fur nothing. But dues the member fur Westminster really, in the simplicity of his heart, believe that the A,sociation ori ginated " that admirable phrase," which is as old si anything uad•r the sun, and which has been a problem baffling solution since the beginning of things. We hail be dispo , ed to question whether Sir John Shel;ey Is the right man in the right place, if he evinces such grcenties, , . The "annul - able Oral." is a trite truism; the application is the difficulty. Which is the right man, which the right place? Here were two hundred sages assembled itt St. Martin's hall, and they could wit find a right man among them. Several, perhaps ail, thought themselve• right men for any and every place, but each individual could find no other to concur in this reasonable opinion. • A Ms. Finlan, a Chartist, was the first to discover and proclaim that the meeting was a thing of chaff. He said, that there had been nothing definite yet pro posed, and that what the country wanted was something palpable, something which cduld bo seen, felt, and valued. .Che chairman had tkid them that there was a " spicy" bill of fire before them, but the Administrative Reform Asso- elation had failed. to give to the people that which they really wanted, !and which they had so often in vain de manded. The - Administrative Reform Association could scarcely be considered a popular association, when on such an occasion it was only able to muster some 200 or 300 persons; but be did not think that was surprising when they remembered that its objects wore altogether insipid. (Laughter .and cheering.). : The association might 'please it' few disappointed electioneering candidates, or it might be supportedl4 people who wished to be lifted into the House of Coinineue upon the backs of constituents whom they would betray as soon'as they had taken their seats. Why, at a meeting of this very association at Drury lane Theatre some time ago, Mr. Tite, member for Batn, avowed his ignorence of politics, and said his studies had been directed to very different objects; but. he (An Fin lay) supposed that, when Mr. Tite was elected, the associa tion considered• that be was "the right man in the right place." These were shrewd bits, and called forth Mr. Bell in vindication of the association, who - Replied, that the primary object of the association was to throw open all situations under the Government to pub lic competition. (lieu, hear.) The supporters of the association wished to abolish the system of dispensing Go verornent patronage in order to maintain corrupt political influence, and their desire was,. that every man in the country should be enabled, if he chose, to submit to an examination, upon po.ssllog which he would be eligible f.r employment in the' public service when a vacancy might' occur. The comprehensive project is thus to give public em . ployment to every one. Each moan capable of passing an examination is to be a candidate, waiting only a va cancy for a situation wider Government. The whole country is to he - . one huge ante or waiting room for office. . - - - A Mr. Stainsby now put in a word of good sense : he _ _ Thought the great mistake made by the promoters of the Atl winistrative Reform Association was, that they did not appear to have any definite objects in view. Lois gentlemao probably to irks that a parrot might be taught to repeat .everlaAtingly the admirable phrase " the right man in the right place," without adding very materially to the world's wisdom, or the adjustment o f means to ends. Mr. Bel, for ever in requls'tlou, again came fortil to the rescue of the Ai.sociation with this rather awkward declaration : He milet tako upon himself the responsibility of having called the meeting, aud of having caused any app t rent dif ference of opinion among reformers with regard to the ob ject for which it was convened. He had been cautioned against calling a public meeting on the ground that.a spe,- tees of tyranny was exercised by certain gentlemen it Westminster, who atteiole 1 every political meeting for the purp , sa of creating- a disturbance. So tna., after all, e ven here in St, Nlartin's-hall, on such an o c cas i i n---no other than the vigor.tus eff trt to c , unteract existing abn , es, expose corrupt influence-, and the consequviit 'inefficiency of the public ser vice, and enormous increase of taxation—here were wrong men in th-, wrong place ; and out of a small Ras impossible to agree assembly of two hundred, mho were the 'right men and who the wrong. The finale was the eitairmaT.'s decision that nothing was car ried ; every proPoSal was negatived at this grand meet ing to put e verything to rights. Such, even such, was t h e la me and itnpotent conclusion of " the vigorous eff , rt." Administrative Reform obviously wants some school log. An examination to test the capacity of its pr.tfes sors is requisite. It may be confined to the import o f "the admirable phrase , " which is the 'motto and 'the object of the society. The question f o r the candidate should be,—BY what signs and tokens do you recognis e aright man, and his aptitude for the particular pl ace called the rightl and farther, upon what grounds do you a',;sutne that all the honest and wise part of the commu nity will concur' i n your judgment, and give it their support! Administrative Reform is an excellent proposal, but, like many other g ood things, it. is in extreme danger of being q uacicotte death. Whenever a good thino- is without avowed enetnie') beware of its officious friends, fer they will werk to its prejudice what no open opposi tion could acc"tnplish. What should be grave they turn to farce. What should ,be practicable they render chimerical by th e ir extravagances and exaggerations. T 'ey fight rttt.U 4 .hiil battle with anuses, their voices arc never beard whit e qoestions like those of the Crimean miStuanageopht, and the rewards of the unworthy, are in hot debate ; h ut , these holPay champions come forth alter the battl e, E tstern phrase, "throwing , words in the air," of Which nothing can collie but a contempt for their weakness a nd felly, some of which glances preju dicially on a cruse worthy of a better fate. 2 ' llBB 5 1Gil:TING :LB AND S9LDIERS' V/Di TVS. The wife of a private soldier, belonging to the 89th Regiment, Staying Witii her children at Sauth Shields, n.)t haviog heard from her husband for many mouths, and hearing of Miss Nightingale, was induced to write to that excellent lady, begging of her it she could to give her any i"Ntmation 6f hix hasbancL The following re ply, so fell of feeling and sympathy, yet so clear and explicit, and co nveying all essential information to the poor won% necessary to procure help for herself and poor childrO c , ha's been received from Miss Nightingale, and appears 3 model for , English ladies in communicating informatiAi to the viocr in their, distress " Scutari, Barrack Hospital, March 5. g, Dear m r ,. LaNA reaece,— I was exceedingly grieved to reco v e your letter, b 'cause I have only sad news to give you ltiiireturn. Alas ! in the terrible time which we had he'e la s t year, when we lost, from 70 to 80 men per day in these hospitals alone, many widows have had to sufferliks you, and your husband was', I regret to say, antibng the number. 'He died in this hospital, Feb. 20, 185 5 , Jtigt at the time when our mortality reached its height, of fever and dysentery, and on that day we buried 80 men., " Iu order that I might be sure that. there was no mistake of name, and. that there were not two men of the game name, I wrote up to the colonel of his regi ment, m n e d n t Who confirms the sad news in the note I enclose, a ~ ough••• he is mistaken in the precise date of yo ur husband's death, there is no mistake, alas ! in the fact. 6 %ished to get this reply before I wrote to you. hieXour hu•tbantl's balance due to him was 1 /. 2 .7t.41., w was remitted home to the Secretary of War Se ptember 25, 1855, from whom you can have it on a Tieation. • As you were not a ware of bein g a w ido w, you are, of eoaree, not in receipt of any allowance as a widow ; P u lithould therefore make applicAtion to Lieut Col. Lo rey 8.A.., H on , Secretary, P a t r i o ti c F un d, 16 A, GrratGeorge street, Wehttninster. ``l enclose the ne cessar y papers for you to fill up. Your colonel's letter will be sufficient proof of your h usband's death. I enclose it .ht that purpose. `‘You will state ail particulars about your children. "Your minister will he!p you to fill it up. I a m very sorry for you and your trouble. Should You have any diffiitulty abotit the Patriotic Fund, you Way make use of this letter, which will be sufficient evidence for you to produce of your being a widow. With sincere sympathy f)r your great to-s, "I re'nain, yours truly, " FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. "To Mrs - . Mary &pn Lava-a:lnce, widow ofTriyate Lawreance, 88th Regiment." Co iiitry 'Marke CHELMSFORD-MARCH 28. The wheat trade to-day opened very heavily, andi is to 2s lower for the beet samples, and 2s to 3s WO rate qualities. Best barleys realised is more other sorts of spring corn firm at late prices. Wheat, white, old,per s. s. n 6w - " . I . r . :55,3 7 73 6 Oreaats3: per qr • . 4 1 1 Partridge ...... White ....... ....; red, old 55 70 new 52 63 Barley 30 37 • Chevalier 33 41 Grinding 2B 35 Malt 71 76 Chevalier. 73 77 f Boiling ......• • Dun Beans, Tiak ........ Harrow ticks Mangan • Ditto, new •• • COLCHESTEit— NEARCI 29. A further decline is wheat to-day, the mlllO9O l , to take even the finest samples . uuless at 2s per qr.' tion, and for other qmalities an abatement of 3s ol i o witted to where sales were effected. Good bail*, request, is dearer ; beans rather improved. Prices to-day were as follow :--Wheat, white, 0 1 1 red, 6ils to 7t,s ; barley, 3lis to 44s ; oats, 231 to 28 1 1, slazagan, 34s to 36s ; middle and small, 36.1 to 44$ white, 46s to 45s ; grey, 36. to 40s. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &a, in the port of London, from the following IN the 4th to the 29 - th March, both inclusive. iicii•A 8 ;olehester 277 4922070 ( 15 ' ilarwich 258 165, 680 150 41 Leigh Jlalclon lll4O 11'4 487 840 °", KIRKCALDY—MARCH 29. Small supplies of all kinds of grain. Sales quick. 28 to 38 per qr. higher; barley and oats same as 10 Wheat. I' Earley. Oats. I a First Second Third 6os Od I 35s Od 1 271 Od•I U COAL MARKET. t"rtoo. of Coal per ton at e. d. Byass's West Hartley .. 17 6 Lougridge's Wet Hartley 17 6 deufield Moor • 14 0 raufield Moor Butes - l4 0 Aralker Primrose l4 .—MABou 31. ;1 the close of the nier,a o Wallsend, ago. Fletton Lyons Main .." Latnbton ............ North Hetton ........ Pensher Bonth•Eletton tewart's Tees Derwentwater Hattie; I Sold WaMend, &(.. Eden Main 16 3 tiraddyll l6 6 Haswell 17 Ships at market... 21 SBA lignitles that the the night—and NI by 0017NTRIEfit. werie.a(Gynin..pac.. meriep. N by United St/ packet) , nerica (by U. State: neket) Instralia (via •South. ampton) :• •••• • •M Jitto (via Marseilles) ditto (via Cape of Good Rope) •• •• •• •• ••N &frica ( West Coast) ...IS kloxandria • • •• •• • • . • M Bahamas ••• •• •• •• ••114 3elgium ••••••• •• .•17. arazil •• •• •• •• •• •• ••M auen05Ayr05,.......5 1 ;AMA tioUti Bops Jape of Good !lope Isoo do .Verds Jeyion (see India) Ceylon .......... •-• —IN Channel Isles 'China '.ionstantinople Cenatantinop:e ....... Ant. of Eitroi4e 31 do igypt (see India) ?'ranee ........M libraltar •Areeee (see India) freytown • •• •• • • • • . • as qamburgh •• •• • • •• lo•N lavannah ..........:t: slolland .. •••• •• fondants .ndia (viaSout hampt.) b. n.lia (via Marsellles)M 'anian Isles (see India Ireland Aadeira .• • • • • •• •• •• tladeira ............ to (silo India) Halts ......... Uauritine (see India) '4 -u ........ , Mexico ..M Naples New (iranada New Papal Btatel • ..h eatuusula •• •• •• • . let ?ern •• •• •.•• •• ••3/ 'ort h alcily ~ •• •• •• •• •• •.N Tuscany •• as •• •• •• • AI; enezuele •••,, Tan Diernan's Land Australia) . v e et. Tndies . • ?Yuen any ot ctie4c •l to. fall on a Sunday, the mails Al ,oatchea on the following day, with the exception of the I ,mthampton), and the Nialta. both of which will be (100 0 -,receding da, SHARP: MA RKETB. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31. STICK EXCHANGE.—The market has been excel brisk to-day, and an apparent advance in some des ~f. securities has taken place. North Eastern, J.,oi 19i 18s. %I.—Blackburn, 6i--Caledonian, 2.93-3 , 4 74 4 g s—Eastern Counties, lA!—South i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 87/ —London and North-Western, 104 a 3 gsfi G s. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 291 a—Ditto, 6 per cell Great Western o f C ana d a , 25$ i $ —Ditto, new. —Dutch Rhenish, 1.14.9. 223 2 p.—North Bra 18.9.—Namur and Liege, 83. MANCHESTER, MARCH 31. STOCK EL:MAW/E.—There has been a good I to day, and prices well supported, closing strong Lancaehire, 19f - Leeds. s 84—Slieffields, 29—Mi North British. 84—Caledonian, 3Oil —Dover, 22A- - ", and North-Western, 1021--Ditto Eighths, 9.1 ( Blackburn, 6i--Cheshire Junction, 18 7.16. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was extreral9 mated to-day, and prices advanced. London aqj Westerns were done at 13s. 9d. dis.—Great Wee —South Staffords, 3 dia.—Coventry and Nuneato Pi —Shropshire Banking Co., 44. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—We are happy to quote the . 01P interesting information fro m D u B arr y' s Report .1' of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipatio? , , vous, Bilious, and Liver • Complaints, Cough, Ai4 Consumption, and - Debility, without medicine ,A Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food : Eight 'years' sia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and for which my servant had consulted the advice of have been - effectually removed by Du Barry's Re Arabiea Food in a very short time; I shall be be, answer any inquiries•— Rev. JOHN W. FLATELL, „ ton Rectory, Norfolk. Fr om th e D owager CO un t ee e a 1 smart.--Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, l 9th December, 1854.—ne Dowager Countess of Castl e feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, t that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food bag l' her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile , i he ) nervousness and irritability, of many years' standink food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may y. sidcred a real blessing. Inquiries will be c $O ,l answered. Cure No.. 1,609 Three years i, e ) nervousness, with pains in my neck and left grw' general debility, which rendered my life very. tai 6 ,l has been radically removed. by Du Barry's Revalcate ci Food. ALEXANDICR. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skit'd In canisters, slbs. Ile.; 121b5., 225. The 121 be. I free, ou receipt of post-office srder. Barry du Balii Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, a 01 Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, church-street; 33J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside: Ccrnhill ; 49, BishoPsgate-street ; 55, Charing-eroto' Upper Raker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. , BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 21th ult. at Park-terrace, Brixton, the 0 George Humble, Esq. On the 30th eat., the wifo of Mr. Wm. Swenebe le of 34, Mecklenburg-square. at A DATICIRTWIL On the 31st ult., at 86, Oxford•terrace, H 1-ps ll4 wife of Henry Carnet, Esq. On the 290 ult., at Greystoke Castle, Cumberhow Howard. MARRIED. On the 29th ult., at St. George's Church, SO% square, Charles Stirling Dundas, Esq., sou of Mr. PIO and Lady Mary Dundas, of Dundas Castle, to j Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir Norton and Lady bull, of Morsham Hatch, Kent. 1 1/ On the 9th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Doblie, _ _ Fanshawe I3ed ford, Lieutenant-Colonel 3d Battalii; ll ) Rifles. to Elizabeth .M , ria, youngest daughter of the Rev. P. Sleeman, of Whitehurch, Devonshire. DIED. On the 28th ult., at 3, Southampton-street, Blootni William Warren Hastings, Esq , solicitor, aged 64. oi On the 29th ult.. Mr. Robert Simmons, of Friday. . Cheapside, aged 46. On the 29th ult., at Brompton, William Probattoe aged 74. On the 23th ult., at the Marsh, High Wycombe, 10 1 and formerly of Earley Court, near Reading, Berke, Shackel, aged 79. d On the 28th u lt., Mr. Thomas Brant, of T urd' Worcestershi re , aged 74. ti . PF On the 25th ILL, at Edinburgh, Colonel James go - Mackinlay, Bengal Army, aged 65. On the 11th ult., in the Crimea, Leonard John Sedif Lieut. 17th Regiment, son of John Seagram, Buries, near Warminster, aged 20. On the 18th ult., at Constantinople, Mr. T. C. Tab", Bedford-street, Reading. borTnoii: Printed and Publial3ed by . lIIIRDO V° 11 10 ; of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottiee.,s,, _°• 4 ti r trans, in the Pr,einet of the Savoy, in the oelP Idlddlesu, Mosby. April 1e66. 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