The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

' • wnwornweloubt of thiewarrel-itwww Neatly end (rebated - that no money had been voted by Parliament on account of these works. Here he might refer to the estimates, rio with a view to dismiss whether the expenditure was proper or not, but merely to show the amount de 'ended. The estimates, then , stated that about 11,0001. bad been expended, and the house would byand-by be asked to vote that money on account of it. Now, he apprehended there never was a clearer case 6 f expenditure incurred without the sanction of Parliament, and he thought this was note question of trifling importance, to be dealt with in committee as a mere estimate open to criticism and objection. He did not intend to discuss whether the expenditure was a proper or an improper me-whether too much or too little bad been spent. That was quite foreign to the more important poict in volved, which was this ;—Admitting that Parliament ought to have voted the money, and that not a sixpence bad been unnecessarily expended, bow came it that pub lic money had been expended at alt without the sanction of Parliament ? (Hear, hear.) Every schoolboy knew how important a privilege it was, and not only a privi lsge but a duty, for Parliament to preserve •intact this check upon the public expenditure. Perhaps, however, as this was a new Parliament. he might shrive from his own recollection how other Houses of Commons bad dealt with cases of this kind. In 1841, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Naval Lord, in consequence of the disturbances in Syria, thought it - necessary for the public service to exceed hits estimates. The subject came before the house. No one expressed a doubt as to the propriety of the increased expenditure; everybody seemed to admit that the Government had exercised a wise discretion under the circumstances in taking further precautions than were thought necessary when the estimates were voted. But still the course taken was objected to ; and the Government were called upon not only to explain, but to give satisfaction for having exceeded the estimates. Upon that occasion Ministers admitted that extreme necessity anti the fact that Parliament was not sitting at the time formed their only justification ; but such was the view entertained that a bill of indemnity being suegested, he himself brought in a separate Appropriation Act with the view of marking that the transaction was an irregular one, not lightly to be passed over. The predecessor of the present Speaker thought that objections existed to the passing of such a bill, and it was accordingly withdrawn, but in the Appropriation Act of the ses sion a special clause was introduced which stated the necessity, and eranted the money only on that ground; Again it happened that in Lord Auckland's time the estimates upon the dockyard battalion had been exceeded. The justification then was that at that mo ment there were reasons why additioral measures should he taken for the protection of the country. Parliament, however, was so far from admitting such an excuse, that Mr. Hume moved a resolution, which was pretty equiva lent to a vote of censure, declaring it to be the duty of the Government not to exceed the estimates, and this resolution was agreed to without a dissentient voice. het instance was a still more remarkable one than the one he had first mentioned, for the Treasury had given tke Admiralty a very strong "jobation" for what it bad done. The house would see that these were cases of a much lighter character than that upon which be was re marking, because there Parliament bad admitted the prin• ciple of the expenditure, and had actually voted a certain sum ; and it was always considered that a mere excess of expeneiture upon a sum granted was a more venial irre gulatity than to spend money upon a work which Parlia ment had never sanctioned. On looking at the last report of the Audit-office which had been presented he found that the auditors referred to a correspondence with t'-e Treasury, in which they pointed out that in 25 instances worSe had been undertaken and paid for by the Board o 1 Works before the sanction of Parliament had been ob tained, and that that sanction had not been obtained until after the completion of the works. Some of those works were trifline in amount, but there was an item of 1 0001. for wood pavement, and another of 1,6001. for the great clock. He perceived that l.is rieht hoe'. friend stated in c xelanation that al! these were cases of emer gency, and that he could not wait for a vote of Parlia ment. lie (Sir F. Baring) did not know whether that great clock was connected with the great bell which was to carry down his right hon. friend's name to posterity —(a laugh)—hut be did not ex tctly see any emergency in the case which rendered it impossible to wait for a vote of Parliament. As he had said, these sums were small in amount, but when the house found that two years ago there were 25 small peccaddl .es, and that no .v we bad arrived at about 11,0001. so expended, it was time for Parliament just to shoes that it bad not forgot!• ten that which he apprehended to he one of its prieWerAl de ice—namely, the control of the public expenditure. (Hear.) A very strong impression prevailed in these drays that the principal check which there. ought to he on t -e public expenditure should consist in the audit. That might be a eght or a wrong view—heavould n it stop to discuss it ; but if he were right, and if a'l the other checks were insufficient, 'se begged his right hon, friend to look for a moment to the return which load been presented last year upon the state of the accounts in the Au-lit Department. He found frees that return that the ac e tints of the " C uninissioner , of H, r Mej iety's Woons. Forests, Lands, Revenues, Works, nod Buileings," hall been received up to 1351, and that they had been audited up to 1848; so that the audit of that department was neerly nine years ...in arrear. In 1851. a &mine audit took place, one called the audit of the expenditure an-t the other the appropriation audit ; nod to this latter which was b7olght for yard from year to year, great value was very properly atta,cl_e I. The reports of the auditors were full of complaints of the way in which the accounts were hrongbt before them, and the auditors stated teat they were not able to present down to Parliament in a satisfactory manner, owing to the way in which the ba lances of one year were carried on to the succeeding year. Under these circunitances, be (Sir F. Rarity!) thought that, instead of waiting for another year or two to find out how the money bad been expended in S'. James's Park, it wool(' be better to bring the subject bef 're the House at once, in order to obtain some ex planation from hie right hon. friend. Whether that explanation should be verbally sa•isfatitory or not, he thought that the House sheet] not agree to a vote in cluding the money already spent witimet having the whole of the papers before them, and be should he glad if his right hon. friend would give a pledge not to avail himself of this voei until the full papers were presented to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish to in terfere with the business of the house, and he shoal I not follow up the subject, therefore, with any resolution. Sir B. HALL said that his right hon. friend who bad jest sat down had moved upon the 20th of May for papers in relation to the works which bad been proceeded with in St James's Park t that on the 8;h of the present month those papers bad been'presented to Parliament, that th were now being printed, and that they would very shortly be laid before the house in a printed form. He concurred most fully in all that his right hon, friend had said as to its being the duty of Parliament to watch with jealous care any expenditure of public money whice had n t been sanctioned by a vote of the Legislature ; and he thought that whoever called upon the Treasury for any expenditure of public money which had not been se sanctioned ought to hold himself respon-ible for his con tot, and ought to be prepared to give a good and suffi- Sleet ex , lunation to the House of Cminious with respect to it. He proposed, therefore, to state to the house every circumstance in coon xion with the expenditurs upon the lake in St. James's Park. At the end of July, 1855, he wee appointed to his prea nt - office, having pre viously held the nppnintment of President of the B.atl of Health. He was at the Board of Health during the time that the cholera was raging in the metropolis, and he was then brought int o f requent contact with the' prin.. ep 1 medical practitioners in London ; and almost e ver y nr e o' them to whom be h a d spoken had pointed out the defective state of tne lakes in the parks, and had urged the necessity of having them put into a proper condition. Os the 12th of October be wrote to the Trtasury, stating that fact, and recommending the propriety of some steps being taken in order to improve the state of the lakes in the parks of the metropolis. He stated also that before any works of that kind could be carried out, k would he necessary to make an out-fell drain from the lake in St. James's Park, because it happened, owing to circum stances which had occurred many years ago, that the outfall was about five feet higher then the bed of the lakes. He received the sanwion of the Treasury to the • making of that outfall drain, and hon. members must he aware that it was a very heavy work. It went from the Victoria sewer near the Thames under the archway of the Horse Guards, and it was finished during last sum mer. The house would recollect that last session a select committee was appointed to consider the communication from Pall-mall to Piralieo, and other communications through St. James's Park, and once of the res. lotions arrived at was that there should be a bridge made across the ornamental water. On the 6 . h of June he proposed to the house a vote of 2,8001. for the erec tion of such a bridge, but his proposition was rejected. The bridge was to have been very similar to the one w hich was now being erected there, oily instead of bet g a suspension bridge it was to have been sup porte d d by light cast-iron pill ars , an d i t wou ld h ave " u mach cheaper than the p resen t b r id ge , be hnil-de it thatwou wo uld not have been necessar y i n or d er t o the lake. the wa t er s h ou ld h ave been let out of la t vote was rejected, however, and the house deterr n i " t Thst 15 n that the re shell b e a suspension resolved upou towards the close of I set session, Iparliament breaking up in the third week in July. Ile theri u " t that it was essential that deep foundations should beo executed for the new bridge, that it would be absolutely the like, and that it must' eb3eari to let the water out of out for a considerable time during the progress of the svoør also the desirasTaking that into con- ' eideretion, knowing lake. and that abeut 40,000 or stuff would be required to a. UP the holes g uhic yards of lilies in the lake au order to rende r it ea r er a f u o d r l ik e" °wing to the m tv a t t " and sliders ; and finding, moreover, buildings which were going on in the neighbourbo'a that he could obtain that material for 11 0 41 1 4, w, oe _ rea, ie another year it might cost Vat 2e. or 2s, 6,Cuaelard (which would make & difference of 4,0001. or 5 .0001. in • the cost of the works), he had thought it better to urge upon the Treasury the necessity of prsceedin e w ith 01, works at once, insteaad of waiting I.r another y ea ,. when the cost of the material to which he bad a laded might have added neerly 50 yer cent, to the original es timate. Under thee circumstarcee, be thought tise house wculd be of opinion that he eves justified in urgisg on the Treasury the expediency of coliftiencing a work which he believed to be neces-ary fur the e , mfort and well-being of th e i nhatitacts of the metropolie• wrote to the Treasury requesting power to proceed with the work, and on the 27th of Aug. received their sanc tion. It had been his intention to ask for a vote this year for the purpose of beginning the work, but under the circurrodances ho bad stated he thought no time was to be .loet, because it was impossible to say a hether he might not be oblieei, if be delayed, to ads f.ir a very mach larger surn. Ile therefore thought it best, as it was neeessary to let out the water of the lake, to pr. - coed with the work. That was the full explanation lie hill to'giv r e. He was ready to almit that neither he rEIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1857 -nareany-one-coneseated-with a public department ought t i Tsnel the public money without th- sanction of Par liament, yet circumstances might arise making it abs s lut ly necessary and 'expedient that money should be spent without waiting, for that sanction. His right hon. friend ha I said that it was the practice for the Office of 4 Works to spend sums of public money without ayote of the house ; and, hnving done so and executed the works, that then the First Commissioner came down to Parliament, and asked that money might be seel for the purpose of paying the expense of the worker carried on by his authority under the sanction of the Trea sury. He could assure his right hon. friend that, whatever had been the practice in former years, such was not the practice at present. In looking through the estimates for the present year he found very few cases, and those of a very pressing nature, of works for which charges were made without the authority of Parliament. His right hou. friend had called attention to two sums especially, ens of which was on account of the construction of the clock, which he would allude to at once. He found that there was an agreement made with Mr. Dent, the maker of the clock, to the effect that as soon as the gentlemen to whom the matter was referred gave a certificate that the clock was in a proper state and went well and ought to be purchased, a sum should be paid on account. He therefore was bound, as soon as he was called on by Mr Dent, to ask the referees whether they would give a cer tificate, and on receiving it he was bound to write to the Treasury asking for the amount a hich he thought Mr. Dent fairly entitled to under the circumstances. Another item was occasioned by the distribution of the Crimean medals. That was a matter which could not te foreseen, and 1,6001. were paid on account of it. There was a charge for ventilation, but that matter, he believed, was determined by a committee of that house before he was in the office he now held. His right hon. friend had called the attention of the house to the state of the ac counts of the office. He was not aware that that ques tion would have been brought forward, otherwise be would have been better prepared to give explanation re specting it. He was bound to say that, from circum stances over which he had no control, he found, when be first went to the Office of Works, the accounts in a m st unsatisfactory state. This was owing to circumstances which the house wonid admit rendered it to some extent excusable. He found that the gentleman who was prin cipal secretary in the office had not, in consequence of severe illness, attended the office for 11 months, and the assistant-secretary very shortly after he (Sir B. Hall) entered the office was seized with a malady which affected his head. This gentleman in consequence left the office very soon, and was now in a very unfortunate state. Other matters connected with the office, which it was not necessary for him now to enterupon, also contributed to occasion the bad state of the accounts ; but be might state that no less than 444 queries had been sent from the Audit-office to he answered by the Office of Works, and of them he believed there were not 30 in allusion to the accounts passed during the time he had the honour to fill his present office. All those 444 queries had been answered during the time be had been in the office to the satisfaction of the Audit-office, and he believed that the accounts of the office were now in a most satisfac tTy state. He bad only to repeat, with respect to the exoenditure on St. James's Park, a large sum of money ‘enul.i hereafter be :nsal in consequence of the course which had been adopted. Mr. BENTINCK thought that what had occurred within the last few year ought to teach the house and the country that nothing was so prejudicial or extrava gant as mistaken economy, and he asked why it w a s that, while there was a disinclination on the part of Go vernment to ask for sums necessary for the defences of the country, there appeared a disposition to make a wasteful and extravagant expenditure for works the ne eessiey of which could net be justified. He thought there ought to be some head having a general control over the expenditure of the country, in order that there might be a security that what money the house voted should be applied to legitimate objects —to works neces sary for the safety of the country—and not squandered on such absurd prejects as the making of a fish-pond. The SPEAKER—I must remind the hon. gentleman that it will be proper to discuss questions of detail in committee, and not at present. The right hon. hart, has confined himself to the general questien whether a cer tain sum of money should be expended without the sanc tion of Parliament. Mr. BENTINCK said he thought he had conveyed to the house the impression that he intended to de , cuss the principle referred to. Hecontended that money for beau tifying the metropolis ought not to be supplied by the public purse, but by means of a local rate. There was an increase of 24,000/. for parks and gardens, whilst there was a diminution of nearly 100,0001. for harbours of re foge. The public money ought to be expended on useful and national objects, and not frittered away in the man ner it was row done. (Hear.', Sir D. NollilEYSthought the right hon. baronet bad made out something like a justification of the course he had pursued ; but whist he placed every confidence in him, be recommended the house to watch him as aare roely as possible. (Laughter.) Mr. B. HOPE did not agree with the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Bentiock) that the decoration of the me tropolis was not a legitimate expenditure of the taxation of the country. If improvements were not carried on, the metropolis would be reduced toa state of disorganisation and oarbarism. according to the hon. gentleman no money ought to be expended for objects in which all the people did not participate. How he would ask the hon. member what benefit the inhabitants of the midland counties derived from harbours of refuge ! (Laughter.) Lord J. MANNERS said that as the attention of the right hon. gentleman (Sir B. Hal) had been directed to the improvement of the lakes, he del not see why be had not called the attention of Parliament to the subject. (Hear.) The complaints of medical men referred not only to the water in St. James's-park, but to the other parks, and especially to the Serpentine. It was no new thing for gentlemen in the position of the right hon. baronet to be waited on by medical men with respect to the S-rpentine. He was afraid that at the end of the session the right hon. gentleman might endeavour to im press on the Treasury the necessity of interfering with the Serpentine without consulting Parliament on the subject ; and trusted the discussion would not terminate without an intimation from the Government that such a request would not be assented to without giving hon. members an opportunity of fully considering the matter. Sir H. WILLOUGHI3Y thought they could not ex aggerate the importance of the que,tien before them. That question *as whether that house was to be a con trol over the public expenditure. His opinion was that it was ontrol in the nature of moonshine. They did not know whether the grants of last year were expended or ee'. If the Commissioner of Works could spend 14,0001. without authority on a lake and a sewer, what cs • trity had they that he would not spend 40,000/. ? He asked if 8751. was not voted for that sewer last year ; and what was the meaning of expending 3,7251. over it now ; and what was the meaning of a Treasury minute ? Then 11,0001. bad been expended in sending the ducks an d d e e , away. Was that the suet authorised by the Treasury lstter of the 27th of August, 1856, a few days after Parliament was prorogued, or did he expend it under the authority of the Trees* letter of April, 1857? Would the house sanction that sort of expen diture ? If so, their debates on matters of finance were utterly useless. He trusted that a resolution would be brought forward and carried that such expenditure was a aielation of the privileges of that house of Parliament. These- votes had - now increased to so ' large an amount that it was fair that Parliament should occasionally—he did not say every year—be informed of the grounds upon which this large_ exp-n liture bad taken place. In making this statement be did not wish to set a precedent for the future, but it was only just on the part of the Govern ment, seeing the ex'ensive manner in which these estimates had been criticised both in the house and the country, that he should have an opportunity of explain ing the chief grounds on which the large increase had taken place, in order that the Ho use o f C ommons s h ou ld exercise its discretion and determine whether it would proceed in the course it had pursued of annually increas ing certain important votes, which bad led to the aug mentation in these estimates. Hon. members would see . in Parliamentary pap er N o . 136 o f the present sess i on the amount under every bead of the civil expenditure as it bad been voted since 1830. Hon. members on casting their eyes over this statement would find that since 1838 the amount of the Civil Service Estimates had been in creased from 2,393,0001. in that year to 6,724,0001. la-t year. It must be admitted that this increase of expendi ture was not unnaturally a subject of anxiety and alarm both in and out of the house ; but it had been caused in a great measure by an alteration in the practice which formerly prevailed of placing very large sums on the Consolidated Fund. For example, when it was deter mined to pay the charge for the hide constabulary, that charge amounting to 630,0001. per annum, was placed on the Consolidated Fund, and was not found in the civil estimates voted by Parliament. In those days all the charges for the Board of Works, the land revenue, the public parks and pleasure-grounds, were paid out of the revenue of those departments before it reached the exchequer. That practice was now altered. The house had not only properly prevented any expenditure from being withdrawn, after collecti -n of revenue, on its way to the exchequer, but it had entirely abandoned the plan of placing charges upon the Consolidated Fund, which, never coming before Parliament, by that means escaped the attention of the House of Commons. Every new ex penditure provided by Acts of Parliament was now placed in the annual votes of Parliament, and there fore the house was enabled to consider not only the question to which the expenditure referred, but also the amount and character of that expenditure. He did not propose to trace back these estimates so +at. as 1838, but in the discussions, which took place in the last session, and in the speeches since made out of Parliament, it bad almost become as familiar as a houseLold word, that the Civil Service Estimates bad in creased during the short period between 1852 and 1856 by 2,300,000/. He was free to admit that this increase was not only a &dug subject for discussion by that house, but also by all who took an interest in the econo my of the public service • and this being the point to which public attention h a d more particularly been drawn be proposed, avoiding a discussion of individual esti mates in committee, to call attention to the amount in which this large expenditure had taken place, that the house might see the exact amount of this increase and the distribution of that ansouut, and determine whether it would proceed in the same course that it had of late years pursued. As to-the increase of expenditure, the Government were not . responsible. Every shilling of that amount bad been voted by the House of Commons, and resulted from the deliberations and decisions of Par liament. -It was therefore proper that the house should no w have the opportunity. of seeing the result of the va rious acts that it had done during the last 4 or 5 years, and of coming to a determination whether it would pro ceed in the same course for the future. He would now read to the house the amount of the Civil Service Esti mates from 1852 to 1856. 1852, 4,407,7541 ; 1853, 4,802,318/. ; 1854, 6.648,522/. ; 1855, 6,686,062/. ; 1856, 6,724,250/. Toe committee would obs.rve that the estimates of 1854 showed an advance of 2,000,0001 upon 1852 ; that the estimates of 1855 were somewhat less than those of 1854, and those of 1856 were some what greater. However the estimates fur the last three years —1854, 1855, and 1856—were nearly the same, the great increase having taken place in 1854. He would now give the increase of the estimates of the fol lowing years as compared with those of 1852. That in crease was asfellows;-1853, 394 6591.; 1854, 2,240,7691. 1855, 2,178,3031. ; 1856, 2,316,4961. -What he pro fited was, not to trace the causes of the increase in each year, but to take the year 1856—the year of the largest amount—and to represent the causes of the increase of the years 1854 and 1855. In the first place, he must re mind the house of the existence of a strong feeling mani fested by the house on many occasions, and most of all expressed by his hon. friend the member for Lambeth (dr. Williams), as to the inconvenience and loss that arose from the fact that a large portion of the expendi ture imbedded in acts of Parliament was annually paid out of the gross revenue on its way to the Exchequer, that in these eases the House of Commons had no oppor tunity of saying a word on a single shilling of that ex pentliture, and bad a opportunity of controlling it. His right hon. friend Mr. Gladstone took steps to -remedy this defect, and among the' many signal services per formed by that right hon. gentleman none were of greater importance than this. Featly in the session of 1854_ the Treasury prepared, at the request of the Government; it, bill for the purpose of transferring from the Consolidated Fund all charges of a nature that could, be voted,by,Par liament, and withdrawing from the Customs, the_ Exche quer, and the other revenue dep'arttnents all payments either for salaries or other purpoes. In pursuance' of that bill the House of Commons in 1854 removed frowi the Consolidated Fund 34 items of public expenditure. Therefore, in 1854 they voted for the first time for these items no less a sum than 977,6001. By the same act they transferr d from the Customs 12 votes amounting to 205,800/. They also transferred from the navy and the commissariat votes to the extent of 29,6001. Fur post- ages transferred from army, navy, and gross revenue, they annually voted 85,0001. lii addition to that, it bad been the custom to pay a great number of persons by fees, but the house having condemned that practice, sala ries had been paid instead and the fees .handod over to the Exchequer. In soma cases these fees had been con . . _ verted into stamp duties. Therefore a considerable num ber of new votes were represented by fees paid annually into the Exchequer, or by stamp duties in lieu of fees, the total amount of them being 138,0001. Adding these various sums together, it would be found th a t no less than 1,436,000/:of the increase of 2,316,006/ had been transferred from the other funds by which they had previously been defrayed, and were now borne on the annual votes of Parliatnen;. This reduced the large amount of 2.316,0001. which looked so alarming when stated by itself, to only 880,0001. There was an in crease for education in- Great Britain of 291,0001 — in Ireland, 63,0001. ; the department of science and art, 25,0001.; and the National Gallery, 1 5,0001.—making toge;her 394,0001. A very large increase would spin be found in the educational vote this year ; and it the present system was to continue they must txpeet the augmentation of this item to proceed still further. In 1852 the entire educational votes, including England and Ireland, science, art, and the National Gallery, amounted to 440.0001. In 1838 the corresponding sum was only 30 0001; 1836 it had risen as high as 759,000/. The awn proposed for the present year was 850,000'.; the vote for England alone considerably ex ceeded half a million. This was a charge which was entirely under the control of Pediment, and while such conflicting opinions Were held in this country on the sub ject of education, it most he some consolation to those who were in favour of its tx'ensiou to know that tles cause they had at heart was not being neglected either by the Legislature or the G • riment. The next item was for Holyhead harbour and other harbJure of refuge. Upon this the increase in the plan of last year, as com pared with that of 1852, was 150,0001: When the first vote for Holyhead Harbour was taken, a very large scheme was proposed to Parliament, founded on the re commendation of the. Admiralty ; but owing to the jealousy of Llverpool and the neighbouring ports, toge ther with a scepticism on the part of that house as to the utility of the project, the undertakit g was reduced from a plan that would cost 1,200,0001.—tbe original sum suggested—to one th - at would cost only 808,000/. The smaller project was the one actually adopted ; but to such a remarkable degree had the expectations of those who advocated the more extensive scheme been realised, that even during the progress of the works the harbour was so much resorted to in its incomplete state, and so inade quate to receive the veisels having recourse thereto, that the Government had been compelled to come down to the house and propose increase after increase in the vote until they had reached the highest amount contemplated in the original plan, and the present estimate was 1,980,0001. The following table, taken from the report of Cafe !sin Skinner, the superintendent of Holyhead harbour, showed the number of vessels which had en tered from 1852 : Mr. AYRTON tendered his thanks to the right h baronet (Sir B. Hal), but when he came to the explana tion he did not hear a word of it. He trusted that another time when he got up to make an explanation he would make himself hoard. (Oh.) Mr. MOWBRAY remarked that this was not the only unauthorised expenditure. Last year there was an expenditure of several thousands on fireworks—(a laugh) —without authority, though Parliament was sitting. The CHANCELLOR of the EXOEIEQUER said, with regard to the fireworks, it would be in the recollec tion of gentlemen who were members of the house at the time that the question was asked about the amount of the expenditure, which was answered by members of the Government, and it was stated that the money would be paid out of the civil contingencies, which, as the house was aware, were voted in a gross sum. Mr. HENLEY said Sir F. Baring bad complained that Government without sufficient cause had expended money without ;he sanction of Parliament, and the an swer that the fireworks were paid for out of the civil contingencies did not give them aoy security that such expenditure woull not be repeated. The Commissioner of Works having suspended the proposed suspension bridge at the close of the last sessi m of Parliament got authority from the Treasury in August to do certain other things. That certainly was a queer time, just after the close of Parliament. He thought something bad happened to the right hon. baronet from his short con nection with the Board of Health. He always thought that when a person was inoculated with sanitary views it was a bad thing for their pockets. (A. laugh.) He hoped that his successor would not go through the same train ing. He quite agreed with the hon. member for Norfolk as to the injustice of taxing the c }untry at large for the benefit of the metropolis, but that objection did not apply in this case, as trims money was used for one of the royal parks. s _ s No. Tonnage. 1852 ... ••• 514 ••• 34 650 1853 1,293 ... 106,392 1854 ... 1,788 . 137,058 1855 ••• ••• 1,607 ... 119.413 18.56 ... 2,394 ••• 193666 The importance of this harbour was very great, because not only did the Irish postal packets ga to and from it, but it was for the convenience of the metropolis that the American steamers should land their letters, arc., when they arrived off Holyhead. One cause of the large in creme upon this and similar works was that it was found advisable to complete them as expeditiously as possible. It was due therefore to the exertions of the late Mr. Rendell, who had NO the supervision of this harbour, and whose great professional-abilities everybody would admit— (bear)—that they had been able to expend a large sum in the execution of this undertaking in a sin gle year. If important public works of this kind were to be carried out at all the quialter they were advanced the better for the interests of the community. (An ironical cry of " H ear, hear !") While the works con tinued unfinished a .vast. ciapital was lying idle from which the public .derived—no advantage, whereas—as ho begged to remind hen. gentlemen who cheered—the sooner they were brought to completion the sooner would the country reap the benefit of its expenditure. Although Holyhead and 'some ether - harbours would not continue to be an annual charge- to this extent, yet, from the interest generally taken in the' state of the harbours of refuge along our ooast, and from the absolute-necessity of these improvements, not only for the sake of the navy but for the safety of life and leropertytonnected with our mercantile marine, it would be forthe house to determine whether it would persevere fn eutlays of this ddscription in time of peace. The next head of charge wee printing and stationery, the amount of which-would no doubt pro duce come surprise. The increase since 1852 was no less than 211,0001. He should not 'be doing ju s ti c e t o M r . M'Culloch, who was at the head of this department, if he did not state his belief that no public servant had exerted himself wore than that. gentlemen - had" done to eieonomise an keep down this expenditure; 'although certainly his control over it was but limited, - the head of the stationery blanch being as it were but a sort of warehouseman for the other departments. The charge for'stationer had aug mented as follows : The motion that the Speaker leave the chair was then agreed to, and the house went into commmitteN CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. The house then went into Committee of Supply, Mr. FITXROT in the chair. Wr. WILSON said that before placing in the hands of the chairman the first vote which be intended to pro pose he designed, in pursuance of the notice he had given, to make a general statement with regard to the great ,increase that had taken place in the expenditure upon certain votes in the Civil Service Estimates. The hon. baronet (Sir H. Willoughby) bad, indeed, ques tioned whether he would be quite in order in making that statemont after going into Committee of Supply. As far as he was concerned it was a matter of indiffer ence whether he male that statement before going into Committee of Supp'y or in Committee of Supply; but the question having been referred to the right hon. gen man in the chair, to whom it must be the wish of the house to defer, and the right hon. gentleman having, as he thought, on good grounds decided that this statement would be beet male in Committee of Supply, he hoped that he should be held to pursue the best and most con sistent cou rs e i n adopting that plan. He was aware that it . was a noveLpractic e t o ma k e a general statement on going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, but circumstances bad somewhat chaned of late iu regard t g these esticuates. Some 'years ago the Civil Service Litimates amounted to a ver y email sum. in It was customarythose days to place every descrip tion of civil expenditure upon the Consolidated Fund, but a more .whele.seme and Parliamentary course bad bun aicipttd, cfpla r Ong this Expenditure uken the Yob's In 181B'it WAS In 1852 In 18513 This Allgraentation R as subject, to a diminution which th 3 committee would view with satisfaction. The difference between the items for 1352 and 1856 (242,00'0 was composed thus :—the printing of patents had been trans ferred to the Stationery Department ; and though that item now cost the country 40,0001. a year, which was included in this vote, yet the amount of fees paid inio the Exchequer was upwards of 100,000/. Instead, there l i - fore, of this forming a charge, it was on the whole a source of profit to the Exchequer. There was a sum of 30,00 C/. in respect of a transfer to the stationery-office for the purchase of stamps on parchments, which were repaid by the public in the purchass of those stamps. Thera was therefore an amount of 70,00 1., which con sisted of a mere transfer from the Patent-office and the Inland Revenue-offiee. Besides, the war had caused a very large increase in the demand for stationery. The hours was probably aware that it had been the policy of the Government for many years past to bring into the St , - tionery office the whole of the business connected with the purchase of paper, books, and the printing of documents for all the public departments ; and even to such an ex tent had that been carried that the cartridge paper for the regiments had been purchased at the Stationery-office by the Orinanoe Department. ( Rear.) It was obvious that the gentleman who was at the head of the Stationery-office, and who had frequently to make contracts with paper manufalturers for every description of paper, was more likely than the superintendent of the Ordnance Depart ment to enter into an advantageous contract for the sup ply of paper for the service of the army. In the War Department there had been an increase of 65,0001. and in that of the Admiralty ari increase of 16,000/. making to gether 81,00 J/., a large portion of whi c h m i g ht b e cons id ere d as temporary and attributed to the late war. As might naturally be expected from the increase of public business, the printing of that boys) had increased during the last few year... There was an increase of 13,000/. un d er th a t b ea d . The Treasury and the Stationery -office would only be too happy to check, if possible, that expenditure. The house was aware that it rarely happened that motions for the printing of returns were opposed by the Government ; and why? Simply because the hon. members who made these motions almost invariably said that they intended to found resolutions upon the papers for which they asked. But when the papers were printed, and they were frequently very bulky, not more than five or six persons cared to read or look at them. Thera were also increased charges as follows : Parliamentary stationery, 3.000/. ; Foreign office, 3,000/ ; Board of Trade, 4,000/. ;' , Board of Cus toms, 8,000/. ; Board of Inland Revenue, 17,000/. ; Post office, 16,000/. ; Prisons and Convicts, 4,003/. The house would find that Mr. M'Culloch had in hie report fully explained the case of the increase in the estimates for stationery for this year. That increase was mainly owing to the war with Russia; but, independently of that cause, a vast amount of printed forms, mrps, &c., had to be supplied to those military and naval schools which had been recently opened, and the libraries opened in barracks, gaols, &e., also helped to increase the expendi ture for stationery, printing, &c. Mr. M'Culloch very wisely suggested that the books and stationery supplied to public schools and other establishments were of a too costly description. and that if they were of an inferior quality they would answer their purpose quite as well. Re (Mr. Wilson) gladly availed himself of that oppor tunity to testify that there was not in the public service any one who was more anxieus to promote the public interest than Mr. M'Culloch. (Hear.) The next head of increase was that of prisons and convict establishments, and the amount of the increase was 114,907/. That was a subject which recent discussions in that house rendered peculiarly interesting. The particulars of that increase would indicate to hon. members the steps, which had been taken by the Government since 1852. The following was a tabular comparison under this head between the charges in 1812 and 1856 : 1852. 1856. Inspection and general superintendence £16,196 £16,783 Government prisoners at home and aproad 275,921 415,90' Maintenance of prisoners ... 159,123 161,595 Expenses of transportation ... ... 101,041 25,485 Convict establishuients in colonies ... 253,586 288,605 £791,467 £906,374 The house would no doubt be surprised at the vast ex penses for convict establishments in the colonies, after the abandonment of the transportation system some three or four years ago ; but it ought to be borne in mind that, although they had ceased to send convicts to the colonies, there was yet a very larg e number of convicts there whose sentences must expire b efore they could be set at liberty. For some considerable time, therefore, an establishment as vast almost as th a t w hi c h was in existence when the transportation system was abolished would have to be maintained. But that was not all ; for, about two years ego, in consequence of the increased cost of living in Aus tralia, the salaries of the officers who superintended the convicts had to be increased, and the maintenance of the convicts had also become more expensive. This country, therefore, had at the present moment to bear the expense of two systems for the punishment of convicts, and it would be some time before one of them—viz., the trans portation system—ceased to be a charge upon the country. The number of prisoners in England and llrela.nd during the year 1452 was 12,172 ; in 1856 it was 12,769, bein, an increase of 597 ; so that no-withstanding the ces sation of transportation for the last few years, the io crease of prisoners in the home prisons was only 597, which was rather surprising when one thought of the great outcry which was made a few months ago about the alarm ing increase of crime in England. Hon. members were aware of the improvement which had taken place within the last few years in the management of the home prisons. That improvement especially marked the prisons in Ireland, /tool ,it; was due in great measure to the visit of the right hbti. l baronet the membe r f or C ar li s l e t o th e conv i c t estab lishment at Spike. Island when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. In England there had been built since 1852 'prisons at Brixton, Chatham, and Fulham, and in Ireland at Cori( and Phillipstown, the annual expenditure of which was 80,917/.. so that it appeared that more than the whole in'ereaAe - was attribetable to prisons erected since the year in question, and not to any increa s ed expenditure con pectki with prisOns existing at that time. The next in crengie to which he would refer was that in respect to public buildings, amounting to 81,0001. Upan palaces in the occupation of her Majesty the increase was only about 3,000/. ; upon those partly occupied by her Majesty the increase was very trifling ; and upon palaces not so occu pied at all the difference was also inei4ni6cant. The great increase arose under the head of buildings for the public departments placed under the charge of the Board of Works. In England thelcharge for public buildings had increased by 6:,5171. ; in Scotland by 12,5001. In the first instance, this him ease included the rent of offices hired on the part of the public, which in 1852 was 8,8321., and in 1856, 42,6381. ; the cost of furniture in 1852 being 23,600/., and in 1856, 34,9721. This increase had arisen in a great rt ea ,nre from the consolidation of the War Departments, and from the great number of public offices now hired for temp , racy purposes, such as commissions. The sums altoge ther amounted to somewhat more than the balance he had to account for, but he had only taken the principal items, prefe -ring not to weary the committee with the small changes involving a decrease of expenditure which had taken place. They arrived, therefore, at this comparison be ta een 1852 and 1856:—The increase of which they had heard so much was 2,316,496; : Transferred from consolidated fund and gross revenue E iucation Holyhead harbour ..... . Printing and stationary Prisons and convicts Public buildings showing an increase of 25,871 And beyond that large additional amount of correspondence which the Foreign-office had to conduct, the introduction of the telegraph system had added almost as much to the labours of that department, in communicating by that means, as their correspondence in the shape of despatches bad been augmented. In the Treasury the increase had also been very large. Notwithstanding this large increase of business, and notwithstanding there had been a revision of these establishments, which led to an increase in the salaries and incomes of the leading officers, who had in tellectual work to perform, there had been little or no in crease iu the genera , amount expended for salaries. Taking the Treasury, the Home-office, the Foreign-office, the Co lonial-office, the Council-• ffice, and Education Department., the Board of Trade, the Office for the Registry of Seamen, the Office of Paymaster-General, the Offic• of the Con troller-General, the Office of Public Works, the Depart ments of Works and Woods, the State Paper-office, the Poor-Law Boards for the United Kingdom, the Mint- .ffice, the Office of Inspectors of Factories and Mines, the Office of the C iief Secretary for Ireland, the office of Public Works for Ireland, and the office of the Paymaster of Civil Ser vices (Ireland), and one or two others, the whole of the salaries in 1632 amounted t• 332.8991., and in 1857 to 332,9761., being an increase of only 771. But that was not all. The creation of a new department in the Board of Trade, in order to carry out the Mercantile Marine Act, bad led to an increased expenditure in that department of 12,0001. There was also a new charge of 7,6251. for the inspectors of mines, in pursuance of a bill passed by that house. Deducting these two items, together about 20,000/., from the gross aruouut of salaries, it would be seen that there was an absolute reduction of 20,0001., as compared with the salaries of 1852. The committee would therefore see that while an enormous increase of expenditure had taken plate, it had arisen on items over which that house had a direct control, and had, in almost every instance, ex pressed that opinion, and sometimes put a pressure upon the Government ;while, with regard to that expenditure which was peculiarly within the control of the Govern ment, where, if there was prodigality at all it would have been shown, and notwithstanding the large increase of 1 business there was an absolute diminution in the aggregate salaries of all these public offices of 20,0001., instead of any increase. (Hear.) It was not for him to recommend any thing to the house more than any other hon. member; but there was one particular point which his experience of the Treasury induced him to recommend to the special atten tion of the house, if they wanted to study and promote economy. Above all things, they ought to look with a jealous eye upon every proposition, from whatever quarter it might come, I , r removing local expenditure and placing it on the consolidated fund. (Hear, hear.) He believed that there was nothing which had led to greater abuse— nothing which was more detrimental to anything like •sonoeay and. good public service than that course. The great argument against a common poor-rate payable out of the national revenue was, thatit would destroy all local con trol ; and the same argument was exactly applicable to local charges placed on the consolidated fund. So long as these charges were local, everybody was interested in see ing them reduced to the lowest amount. The instant they were placed on the consolidated fund everybody was try ing to get the largest share of a vote. (Hear, hear.) In 1835, Parliament consented to take upon itself the charge of one-half the cost of prosecutions throughout the coun try. So long as they only paid one-half no great harm occurred; the counties having to pay the other half, the country had the wholeseourity of their vigilance in watch ing the expenditure for that purpose. Unfortunately in 1816 the house consented to take upon the public expen diture the other half. The object might be good, but the consequences had been most prejudicial ; for, the localities having no longer any motive for vigilance, the sum had increased until at last the revenue was saddled with a quarter of a million a-year as the cost of prosecutions. To such a❑ extent had this gone that the Government bad been obl:ged, iu the last three or four years, to send round Treasury officers for the purpose of checking that expen diture, and they had succeeded in reducing it very con siderably. In Scotland alone, out of 30,0)01., 5,0001. or 6,00)/ had been struck off ; and in the total quarter of a million the saving was in about the same proportion. Still, after all, the control thus exercised was very imperfect. Without saying that the county magistrates wished to swell these expenses, he must observe that they were not so vigilant as when the charge was paid out of the county rates ; and he mentioned it as an illustration of the evil and danger of consenting to any removal of these charges Lfrom local to the general funds. (Hear, hear.) He would conclude by placing in the hands of the chairman the irst vote : 134,1461. to complete the sum necessary to defray the expenses of royal palaces and public buildings. Sir J. PAKINGTOM said the Course the honourable gentleman had taken of making his statement after the Speaker had left ,the chair was a very inconvenient one. It was a bad precedent to establish, because of course if a member of the Government could enter on such a statement at such ktime, any member of 112) house might do the same thing, and thereby greatipecavenience might be the result. The hon„ Igentleman,had aliuded to the right hon, gentleman the member for Oxford (Mr. Gladstone) as having been the • 1,438,000 . 394,000 . 180,000 . 241,000 . 114,000 . 81,000 £2,446,000 Unfortunately this was not all. There was a very large in crease in the estimates of the present year, and he should now endeavour to show hovr'that increase arose : Increase. Decrease. Class I. 24,882 ..... 380,046 IV. __ V. „ VI. . Showing a net increase of nearly 600,0001. in the estimates of the present year as compared with 1656. To these items he would now call attention. In the first place he found that education figured fora lar ge p roport i on o f t h e i ncrease. The vote for education this year in excess of that for 1856 amounted for England to 90,0001. ; for science and art the increase was 9,310 1 . ; the National Gallery, 5,5261. ; the British Museum, 34,0001. In resp ec t t o th e N at i ona l Gal lery, he might say in passing that the inc rease w hi c h h a l taken place was occasioned by the splendid bequest of the late Mr. Turner, and he thought that no member of this house would begrudge the 5,0001, spent in providing for the magnificent selection of pictures so given to the na tion. (Hear, hear.) Here therefore was an increase of 138,7261. attributable to he items of education, science, and art. Then hon. members would bear in min 1 that last year a bill was passed by what a portion, not ex ceeding one-fourth, of the police-rates of counties and boroughs was pai l out of the consolidated fund. An attempt was made to induce his right hon. friend (Sir G. Grey) to consent to a larger expenditure on this head, and it was not the fault of the House of Commons that such an expenditure did not take place. (Hear, hear.) As it was, the charge for riolice under the Act of last year amounted to 145,980/. Then, another bill was passed respecting County Courts, upon which there was a strong combination which the Government found themselves wholly unable to resist. They proposed what they believed to be a fair and liberal remuneration w the registrars, but the house doub led the amount they proposed by a majority of nearly two to one. He thought, therefore, that the Government were at all events not responsible for this very large increase of expenditure—(bear) —an expenditure which this year amounted to less than 195,2121 , though it would be some thing less in future years. Then, again, hon. members con sented to a heavy charge upon the consolidated fund in re spect to the s a l ar i es o f th e judges, in which perhaps they exercised a wi se di scre ti on , instead of making those sala ries a matt er o f annua l di scuss i on i n Parliament. Ag tin, however, the Government had a very narrow escape, a de mand which had nearly been successful being made that the salaries of the county court judges should be increased by 2 0,0J0/. a year. Under the bill to which he alluded the total cost to the country would be, at the very le tat, 231 0001. a year, thus made up :—There would be an an nual charge upon the votes of 114,320/. ; the salaries charg ed upon the consolidated fund would be 76,9001. ; the com pensation given to judges of local courts replaced by the county courts, 10,000/. ; making altogether, 231,5121. Ano ther point upon which the Government were foiled by the house had reference to the fees charged in these courts. It was argued that justice should be made as cheap as possible to the poor man. But he thought, judging from what bad happened, it wou ld b e f oun d t h at, i nstea d o f ma ki ng j us ti ce cheap to the poor man, Parliament had encouraged au amount of litigation which woul , i compel it in a very short time to reconsid e r its d ec i s i on . In moa t ca ses he believed, particularly in th e manu f ac t ur i ng an d m i n i ng districts pos sessing a large population, the business of these courts bad increased by 50 p er cen t. N ow , if th a t i ncr ease represented legitimate attempts on the part of small traders to recover their debts, it could not be objected to. But he was told that small traders and hawkers, who in populous places went from door to door tempting dour people to buy upon credit, were systematically making use of these courts for the collection of their debts. They first induced peoile to take credit, forcing their goods upon thew, and as scon as their customers gol into debt to the extent of 20?. or 255. they put them into the County Court, obtainedjdgment for a fee of 9d. or l s., an d t h en go t the debts .ollected trough an officer of the caurt at the rate of, perhaps, ls. per week. In many cases it was found that these haw kers trusted the same persons again, and the semi process took place until the bailiffs of the court in these districts were feet becoming mere collectors of these small traders. He had dwelt upon those subjects at some length because out of the total increase of 594,636/. in 1857 as compared with 1856 no less a stun than 341,19'2/. was entailed by the two measures of which he had been speaking, passpd :in the lest session of Parliament. He wished to show the House of Commons that it really lay with them, rather than with the Government, to support measures of economy, and that in some instances the Government had been striving to enforce economy while the House had preferred some-. thing akin to extnaltagan — c — e. — TheiriTiiillni present year person who bad brought the - Lt tare country tine — there was an increase of 24,54 9 k in prison end convict es- der the annual consideration of Parliament, but he (Sir John tablishrnents; and in public buildings, alsoi there was an Pakington) must remind the hon. gentleman that the right increase of 24,8821. Here, •again, was an increase attri- hon. gentleman the member f r Buckinghamshire (Mr. Dis hatable to the House of commons, and not to the Govern- raoli) had previor.sly arum-raced his in_ention of taking the ment. Some years ago, a committee sat upon the Dublin same s ep. He (Sir J. Pakington) must express the satisfee hospitals. Every one felt that to vote 16,0001. or 20,0001. tion he felt at ;the statement which had been made by tl re'- a-year to the Dublin hospitals, and nothing to the hospitals hon. gentleman. It was clear ant satisfactory. The iucreise of Edinburgh, London, or other large towns, wee an abuse, in the expenditure had no doubt been caused by the changes and the house determined that the vote should be reduce d, in the times, and the improved position of the country. He by 1,.0001. a year until it expired altogether. The vote I highly approved of the measure of last yea r for the mpeove was in process of extinction, and had b een b roug ht d own ' rr eert of the county I olice. That had caused art in reascd cx in 1853 to 13,0001. when the hon. member for Dublin I Nose, but it had been a most judicious expenditure. With gave notice of a motion for recurring to the original regard to the expenditure for education, he should be glad to I vote. Ha (Mr. Wilson) being then, as now, at the see that expenditure increase year by year, provided we re- Treasury opposed the motion, but be was beaten in a tole- i ceived a full equivalent for the money so spent. He did nut rabty full house ; and the hon. member obtained the ap- believe that at present we did receive that equivalent. ' pointment of a committee. The committee was fairly com- Mr. BRIS OE said the remarks of the Secretary for the posed, and they recommended that the original vote of I Treasury had applied to the expenditure of the last five years 16,0001. a year should be retained, and that it should be but be had said nothing about the expenditure for this year made permanent ; so that there again the Government iof 1857. It had been said in another place that the House of ' was foiled by the House of Commons, and they had nothing Commons had abdicated its functions as guardians o the to do but to carry out the views of Parliament. The con- , üblic purse. He for one protested against th t imputation, sequence was that 19,000/. figured this year in the esti- and would do all he could to show how unfounded it was. He mates for the Dublin hospitals. Then there was a further wished to know why a charge of 21s, bad been made on the additional charge of 12,000/. for the constabulary, and inhabitants of Hampton Court for keys to enter the park some alteration in the Court of Chancery ; and thus np- with ? wards of 560,0001 out of the 593,6661. of increase was al- Mr W. EWART thought the public ought to have free ac counted for. The remainder was composed of small sums, cess to that park. • but the increases which he had now complained wore— Mr. W. WILLIAMS contended that the course pursued by On education, science, and art, &c - £90.00 Mr. Wilson had led to great inconvenience. Ho had gone Police for counties and boroughs 145,981 into a general review of the expenditure for the civil service; County Courts 195,212 and he (Mr, Williams) contended that they were very extra- Prisons-an I convict establishments 21,543 vagant Public buildings 24,8.2 Mr. AYRTON thought the country was mach indebted to Dublin hospitals... 19.000 the late Mr. Hume for urging the transfer of the charges for- Court of Chancery and constabulary '2,000 merly paid out of the consolidated fund to the estimates; and The total increase from 18.52, including the estimates for to the rght hon, n.ember for Bucks (Mr. Disraeli) was due the present year, amounted to no less th an 2,978,0001,— 0r i the creditof being the first Chancellor of the Exchequer who nearly 3,000,0001. in five years upon the Civil Service Esti- adopted that suggestion. mates : Col. SYKES had no means of judging whether the sums The amount transferred was - £1,436,00 asked for in these votes were necessary or not. Here was Education, Sec 532.726 6,2181. demanded for Hampton Court Palace and grounds ; Holyhead Harbour Printing and stationery Prisms an I con victs,law and justice 486,04 for the officer of the War Secretary, without any explanation Public buildings Of that amount 1,436,0001. represented charges tr.nsferred tee beforehand. to examine them and say how far they were from other branches, while 1,515,682', represented altoge- necessary. ther new charges or increases upon old charges. He had ' Mr. EWART concurred with Mr. Wilson that the principle new stated as clearly and distinctly as he could the grounds of local government should bo as far as pd sible carried out upon which these respective increesee rested, and he in regard to the police and the criminal jurisclicti n generally. thought that the committee would agree with him that the He would also extend hat principle to national education, for causes lay in a very small compass. The questions in whi h he believed they would never have a satisfactory system of the Government were' particularly concerned were few in national education until it was established on the popular number ; they were matters peculiarly fitting for the con- principle, paid by the people and managed by the people. sideration and decision of Parliament; they were all ques- Mr. STAFFORD never remembered any Parliament in tions of high policy and not of small Governmental details; which the army and navy estimates had been voted so easily. they were all questions mixed up with the interests, social Remembering the pledges many hon. gentlemen had so re and commercial, of the country, and, therefore, they were cently given at the hustings, he confessed himself.surprised especially subjects which Parliament ought to deal with. that so little attention bad been paid to the gre A qUestion of The committee, would shortly be called upon to vote items retrenchment in the public expenditure, and remarked that similar to those which he had been explaining. They would apathy and indifference of hon. members in this respect ope then have an opportunity of discussing the principles upon rated as an inducement, an encouragement, and even a sti which the expenditure of the year was based, and of de- mulus to extravagance on the part of the Government tiding whether this large increase of expenditure for edu- Viscount PALMERSTON came to elude a different con cation was to be allowed. His own impression was that elusion from that which the hon. gentleman had (hewn from they would decide, not only that the vote now proposed the course the house had pursued in regard to the military should be sanctioned, but that it should go on increasing and naval estimates. The hon. gentleman inferred that be- Klear.) They would have the opportunity of considering cause no - great objections were offered to those' e-timates, whether they would go on expending the moderate sum of hon. members had forgotten the pledges they gave at the 200,000/. a-year—for, after all, it was a moderate sum for a hustings to enforce economy, and had shown a blameable great country like this to expend—sin the improvement of want of Industry in not making themselves masters of the de harbours of refuge. (Hear.) He should propose next week taila'of the several votes. He (Lord Palmerston) must beg the appointment of a committee to consider this subject as leave to draw an exactly opposite conclusion from that fact. a whole question, and to devise some s c h eme f or s y s t em - (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He inferred, and was justified in atically improving our coasts, with a view both to safety inferring, that if there had been no prolonged discussions on and commercial purposes, and to the improvement of the the army and navy estimates, it arose from this plain and fisheries on the coasts of Scotland aed of Ireland. If the simple fact—that hon. members having paid attention to house should agree to a policy of that description, it would these details—having exercised great industry—(laughter)— very probably be incumbent on Parliament to vote a con- in making themselves masters of them, and in comparing the siderable sum of money annually for that purpose, in order estimates now presented with those which were presented that they might proceed on some intelligible and system- during the war were struck with surprise —as he knewmany atic plan, instead of working piecemeal and without sys- were—(loud laughter) —that the Government ha I been en tern, while Irish members were crying out for votes for abled in so short a space of time, to make such great reduc- Irish harbours, Scotch members for Scotch harbours, and tions in regard both to the army and navy. Theref re he English members all round the coast for harbours for the took it as a tribute of praise to the care and attention which different places which they represented. (Hear.) They the Government had bestowed on the economical ar.ange would have an opportunity also of considering whether they meat of these branches of the public service that the esti would proceed with the improved mode of managing con- mates h d met with the general acquiescence of the house. victs, which bad led to so great an increase of expenditure; (Renewed laughter.) And speaking now seriously on the sub and, judging from the d e b a t es w hi c h h a d l a t e l y taken place, ject, that they were satisfied that those who were the mos he tied no doubt that th e y wou ld persevere i n th at source o f competent judges and had bestowed attention to the subject, expenditure. (Hear, hear.) With regard to public build- the Government had done as much as they possibly could do litre , they all knew that there were three or four which in the course of the year that had elapsed sines the war in were most urgently required at this very moment; we reducing the charges of the public service. (Hear, hear.) wanted a new Foreign-office, a new Colonial-office, and a Mr. HENLEY said no doubt the Secretary of the Treasury War-office, and he thought that they would be unanimously could take what course he pleased, but he did not see that of opinion that those works had been too long delayed. It there was any analogy between the cases mentioned by the would be seen, therefore, that all these increases of expen- noble lord, for the army and navy estimates consisted gene ' diture related to matters which were peculiarly for the rally of one subject only, while the civil service estimates con consideration of the House of Commons, and he did not see slated of a vast variety of subjects, embracing consular este how they could well escape the dilemma of spending even blishments abroad, the Queen's Palaces at home, ponds in more money in that direction than they had hitherto done. the Green-park, and a multitude of topics. He should be Having thus gone through -the increased expenditure, for very sorry to see the estimates referred to a committee, be which the house was more par ti cu l ar l y respons ibl e, cause he knew the result would be t o i ncrease th e exp e n ses would now refer briefly to the Government departments ho of 50 per cent. the country, where, if any Prodigal spirit existed in the Sir J. SHELLEY wished to inquire in reference to the Administration, there would bs likely to be found some in• buildings in Hampton Court appropriated to the stud. He did not think it was right to call upon the country to main crease of expenditure. The c omm itt ee mus t b e aware t h at there had been a very large i ncrease o f b us i ness w i th i n the rain that establishment ? last few years in all th e p u bli c d epar t ments. T here never Sir B. HALL said the sum voted last yea r f or th e ro y a l palaces was 41,81 - IV., and this year it was ;:9,6901. As to the had been a period i n th e hi s t ory o f th e country when there Hampton Court Palace expenses alluded to by the ho n , mem ' bad been so rapid a d eve l opmen t o f i ts tra - le, its inter- Hampton for Westminster (Sir J. Shelley), none of the it e ms course, and of everything whi c h mar k e d th e mater i al pro . charged had any rate once to the reeling stock, but was en thegross of a nation as had t a k en pl ace i n thi s country w i t hi n tirely for the stud of her Majesty's use In answ er t o th e last few years. If he t oo k th e expor t s an d i mports as affording a broad and toler a bly accurate i n di ca ti on o f th i s question of the gallant colonel (Colonel Sykes), who said th a t fact, he found that the ex p or t s h a d i ncrease d f rom 4,901/, had been granted for furniture for the Secr e t ar y o f 78,076,8541. in 1853 to 115,890,8571. in 1856; that the im- War, he had to say that that amount was the sum granted ports had increased from 104,345,409/. in 1852 to last year. As to the 6,218 a for Hampton Court Palace, t 72,651,8231. in 1856, while shipping had increased in the there htd certainly been an increase of 7831., arising from the same proportion, (Hear, he ar .) W e h a d es t a bli she d steam employment of police instead of se n t r i es , an d f rom th e repa i rs communication with all parts of the world, and we had now of the chapels. It was never intended that a charge was to a monthly steam communication with Australia, carrying bo,made for admission to the Hampton -court gardens, and all the mails in about 50 days between Sydney and London. that was intended was, that if gentlemen wished to have keys We had telegraphs established, or being established, con- to pass through the private park, they might have them on fleeting all parts of Europe, and arrangement s were i n p ro - payment of I's. a-year. grass for connecting the whole of our M e dit erranean pos . Mr WILSON said that the increase in the expenditure on sessions with London by telegraph. Th e t erms were b e i ng public buildings in 1856, as compared with 1852, was 21,010/., arranged by which we should be enabled to communicate the chi f items being not far palaces but for public euildings almost with the rapidity of thought with Malta and and public offices in England, and the erection of a building Corfu. The telegraph w as b e i ng l a id a l so b e t ween t h e in Edinburgh for the Scotch Poor-law Board, west coast of Ireland and Newfoundl an d, th e serv i ce b e i ng Mr. ROEBUCK said that if any knowledge could have been already complete between Newfoundland and North Arne_ acquired on the subject of the navy estimates it ought to have rice, and being disseminated over th e w h o l e o f th e U n it e d been obtained by. the hon, member for Northamptonshir e States and Canada. (Hear.) All the se ma tt ers h a d l e d t o (Mr. Stafford), who had taunted other members with igno rance and want of industry. But ho bad not acquired any an enormous increase of labour in the different Government offices. He found that in the Board of T ra d e th ere were— knowledge on the subject. He had designated the navy esti mates as extravagant, but there should not have been anyone In 1852 papers received In 18' , 6 (to Nov. 21) In 1852, papers despatched 14,835 ought to be the last man to sneer and then to propose no re- In 1856 (to Nov. 20) showing an increase of work of 178 per cent. In the Fo- two cocks on a dunghill, and might very appropriately have reign-office there were— been pitted against each other on the floor of the house. In 1852, papers received and sent 32043 (Laughter.) The hon. and learned gentleman proceeded to In 1856 . 57,914 discuss the propriety of the course which had been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury in making his statement in committee instead of with the Speaker in the chair, coming to 'the conclusion that the course adopted was an erroneous •ne. Mr. STAFFORD said that while in office ho had learned more things than the navy estimates, one of which was to take in good temper the bitterest attacks that could be made upon him. It was true that he had offered no opposition to her Majesty's Government on the navy estimates, but then it must be remembered that on the host ngs he had made no professions of retrenchmeat and reform, for he belonged to that class of ecaentry members who were generally supposed to be in favour of prodigal establishments. (Hear, hear; and laughter.) After some remarks from Mr. MOWBRAY, Mr. WILSON said that the sum of 140,0001. was for the purchase of Burlington House, ori,inaily intended for Govern ment offices, bat the idea had been abandoned, and instead it was applied to the locating of the learned societies that were obliged to leave Somerset House, in consequence of the Increase of business there, arising from the succession and other new duties. The sum of 4,7051., also charged to Bur lington-house, was for repairs and alterations necessary for giving the required accommodation to the above societies. After some observations from Colonel P. HERBERT and Mr. Gum, Colonel SYKES pressed for an answer from the right hon. baronet the Chief Commissioner of Works to the question he had put to him. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. HALL said with reference to the comparison of the expenses of royal palaces in 1852 and 1857, and said that in 1852 the sum was 45,4271., and in 1857 39,693/. being a diffe rence of between 2,0001. and 3,0001. The next question, wi It reference to 7,9501., was for public offices, and snowed a diminution from that of last year of 2,0001. ; and the third question was by whose authority 1/. or a guinea was charged to persons for th privilege of walking through Hampton Court-park. The right hon. baronet said that as the park, being private property, and the roadway only used for the convenience of the neighbourhood, the Government had thought it right to compel persons requiring keys to pay for them, the same as was done with reference to other royal parks and 'gardens. Mr. W. EWART called attention to the desirability of the Government labelling the paintings of works of art and curi osity at Hampton Court Palace, the same as that adopted at the National Gallery and British Museum, 4:e. Sir B HALL said it was his intention to do so after the articles had been re-classified. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. WILLIMIS proposed that the charges for royal palaces and public buildings should be reduced one-half, viz., to 17,8541., which would reduce the gross amoant e to be voted to 118 3121. A lengthened discussion took place relative to the effect of the amendment if carried. Hon. members not belonging to the Government contending that if it were carried they would be prevented from reducing the sum again if it.-should be thought expedient. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK then put the question to the chairman whether, if the committee reduced this vote by 4,5001. it was competent for the committed to still further reduce it. (Hear, hear.) Thw CHAIRMAN said it was not. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in such cases it was the practice to propose the reduction of the larger sum first till they arrived at the lowest sum. Mr. RICARDO said that the difficulty arose from the fact that they had pat together several items to get at a single vote. After the decision which the chairman had given, the only way was to move that he report progress and ask leave to sit again, so that the estimates might be amended. Lord PALMERSTON said that the difficulty was none at all. It was necessary that the estimates should be given in detail, but the votes cannot be taken in detail. Any hon. member objecting to any item moved that the vote be re duced by that sum, which was well understood to mean that that item was negatived. All knew what w4s meant. Sir D. NORREYS recommended the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take the opinion of the house on the single item. Mr. WILSON referred to what occurred last year when that hon. member wanted to reduce the estimates by so many sums, The amendment for the smaller reduction was put first, and if that was carried, the motion was made that the estimates sh .uld be still furth r reduced. This happened several times ovary year, and the chairman pu , the smal est sum to which The vote was reduced for the appr :val of the house. ' No good could ari e from r eporting progress. They could not propose 70 or 80 votes on this single statement. Mr. HENLEY thought the statement open to objection. Mr. FITZRCit said; supposing the reductions propoSed by different persons—:Of 20,000/. 10,0001., and 5,000/:, the course would be to put the r (faction of 5,0001., then that of 10,000/., then that' of 20,000/. Colonel SYKES said that it was impassible to arrive at a conclusion under the present rules. He objected to five items, yet, if one of his objections was negatived, it would be im possible to move another, whatever his objections might be. Mr. DISRAELI .said that if one motion f r redu c ti on were decided against thelon. member, he could still make another motion. He diet not think the form of the house was much to blaine. _Daring along experience he had never anoWn the tame difficulty. It. was true that to-night the number of items wlti,tuueh indieised ; ,and the consequlnce was, :that a - furth - er analysis of the vote should be- made, -and the hoot should come to a decision on a large number of votes. It was a necessary consequence of imparting to the house so much information. The best course the Government could do wou'd be to accede to the motion, and reconstruct the estimates. He saw no other way out of the difficulty. Their form had been founded on experience, and had beenrecently submitted to t'le consideration of experienced men, and they should not, in the first difficulty, throw over forms which had, as it were, been embalmed for centuries. Sir B. HALL proposed to withdraw the vote, and go on to the next :and at the end bring up the same vote in three diviSions. 171 The motion for re:iorting progress of the first amendment to the vote was withdrawn. The original motion was then • withdrawn. The next vole was for 75,7811. for putting the parks rnd royal gardens in order. - Mr. DILLWYN moved that the. Vote be reduced by 8,0691., all the sum set down for Battersea Park. Sir B. HALL said that, when the house voted these esti mates last year, he was urged to complete Battersea-park — : and they had their permission to'open the park in August et this year, and he was happy to say that the park was open/ and their vote was for the completion of the public works. Sir J. TROLLOPE said that the right .hon. baronet bed promised, during the late discussion, to withdraw the vote of 11,6001. to St. James's-park, and yet this was included in the present estimate. Sir B. I4ALL said that he now proposed to reduce th e vate by the sum of 11,6001, which was proposed for the Name park. Sir F. BARING objected to the confusion which W' produced in the vot. a fir the parks by mixing up t he expstidi.nre of past years with the present. Mr. BENTINCK said that he did cot quite understand , if the right h , mountb'e baronet intended t.) withdraw th e i vote for 11,6001. for St. James's Park. If so, he should reduce 303/. further for, filling the pond. He begged t ° move an amei dment to that effect. Mr. BLACKBURN said that they had got into ettch, confusion that they could go on no further. Ho move ( ' that the chairman report progress. Sir D. NORREYS thought that they should decide the question respecting Battersea Park in the first instance, ss the point was first raised. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, under the circumstances, said he was prepared to accede. to th e motion. The house then resumed. THE OATH BILL. Sir F. TFIESIGER asks I the noble lord when he ill' tended to introduce the Oath Bill ? Lord PALMERSTON—The first thing on Monda9• JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES ACT AMENDMENT• This bill was read a tbi'd time and passed. SOUND DUES. On the motion for going iTito:Tcomm — ittee on this bill, , Mr. W. WILLIAMS rose to move that it be committe d that day six mouths. He had calculated that these duel amounted to about 11/. 10s. on the average on'each care, from the Baltic. How then could the consumer o ,' articles from the Baltic, as had been alleged, be benefit e d by the remission of these dues. The whole benefit wo u j n go into the pockets of the traders to the Baltic. concluded by moving that the bill be committed that dal six months. Mr: WHITE seconded the motion. The Baltic mg' chants ought not to have this concession at the expens e of the Briti.h public. t The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sai d tha t no new argument had been submitted in opposition t° this measure. The object of the bill was to carry out thee treaty which had been entered—into with the Sing °I Denmark in conjunction with - Yranoe, Russia, Austr ia ' and other powers. Mr. WYLD hoped that provision had been made in the treaty requiring the Danish Government to keep up tb° lighthouses in the Bal ic. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the re was very fu;l provision. After a few words from Mr. AYRTON, the:an:oli meat was negatived without a division, an d the bu t , passed through committee, and was ordered to be read third time on Monday. The other orders were dispoeed of, and the house al" journed at twenty minutes to one. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-41:71 , TE 12. he To-dsy then was a poor attendance of the trade, w 6 showed some disposition to buy, but the business 041 limited. Wheat was at a decline of Id to 2d pei btlee o on last Tuesday's rates. Flour brought extreme Pric e :. both sacks an,l barrels. Indian corn opened in rather t. 'Live request, and commanded the full rates of last wee k ' a fair quantity WAS taken for shipment to Ireland. WAKEFIELD—Jur/II 12. Fresh wheat must be noted 2s per qr. higher than t be rates of Friday last. Nothing doing in other artieleo• ads Average prices of grain —Wheat, 61s 61d ; 4 ;1 10 ; oats, 26s 6d ; beans, 435 9id ; peas, 485 rye, -2. Od. EXETER--JusE 12. , A CORN.—Wheat, 7s 9d to 8s 3d; barley, us to 50 /.I.'" grinding do., Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 35 v"'" B eans, 'os Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s O FLOUR. —Fine 453 Od to 46s Od ; seconds, d. 433 Od to 44. id per sack. 1340 • CATTLE. —There was a large supply of bullocks. beef, from 10s to lls 6d pm score ; inferior, 9s 6d to 118 Poi ~core ; fat calves, 5d to 6d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to_,t Od. per score ; cows and calves, 12/. to 201. is ; butchT calves; Od to 7d per lb., rearin9. calves —s to se a 4,; sheep, ewes and lambs, 2/. Os to 3(. —EI per couple; ewes.„ o , to Bd. ; wethers, 8d Bid ; lambs, =to Od per lb.. 1%5, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to" —8 ; to --a ; suckers, —s to -- s. Rough fat, 4id-per Pork carcases from Os 6cl to 103 6d per score. .-JuNE 12. the close of the market. Walisend, COAL NARK Prices of Coals per ton at s. (1, Bell's Primrose l3 0 .Bebside's Hartley 16 6 I.'autleid Moor l5 North Percy Hartley _l4 0 Caufteld Moor Butes 15 3 Walker Primrose l3 9 Wylam a 4 Framwellgate l5 'a' Haswell , l7 '' I Lambton l6 g Eleugh Hall 16 - 9 South iletton lb 0 Tees l7 3 Kepior Grainge 16 WsHaan& &a IWharnclifTe " 6 Acorn Close l5 3 Coundon Tees ........... 1 ' 0 Braddyll l5 9;Birchgrove Graigela • ..F K 6 Whitworth l5 3 Eden ottain .... W K g Eletton Lyons Main l4 6; Cassop ............ j " 9 Lumley 15 61ieslam l6 - Ships at market, 140 ; sold, 109. COURSE OF EXCHA.NGE,YEsTHRDAr• 11 18 Gibraltar •••••••••••• .• „n 0 _, Ditto, three months .. 12 Leghorn ,11 gottordam .. .... .12 Genoa ......... Amtwerp .............. 2b 55 Milan • russels .............. 25 55 Venice...............- 4 - 0 lamburgh ............ 13 •• 8.. Naples Altona .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Pari5........ .... 25 32% Messina ... •.• 1307. 62 4 Ditto, three months .. 25 75 Lisbon Marseilles .•• •.. • • •.•• •• 25 75 Oporto.• •• •• •• •• .• •• •• Rourdeaux ........ ;Rio Janeiro ...... Frankfort-on-Maine •• 119% ,Buenos Ayres Berlin •• York,6o days'sight Vienna .............. 10 P 4 Philadelphia rrie5te.......... •• 10 35 7ZIOES OF BULLION, 1 0 9 Petersburg .. 36% Foreign Bold in Bars £3 17 0 Madrid 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 1 Cadiz Barcelona ............ teville•• •• ,„•• •• •• • . •• 49% %lexican Dollars 0 5 0 . New Dollars 0 ° Silver in bars A.DVERTISXMENT. I— SIGHT AND HEARING - SPECTACO°.O - TELESCOPES—OPERA, RACE, AND Pxitsrg e : i i e GLASSES.—Messrs S. and is, - , elonions, opticians, 30,..:7 - 1, giarle--treet, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York BO ( I her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable extraordinary invirovements in the most powerful -aril ' liant T lescopes, bamp, .cacecourse, Opera, an, Perepee' l i s GI saes, to know the distances. These telescopes , poet', such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half with an extra eye-p ece will show distinctly Jupiter's m oon , Saturn's ring, and the double "tars ; with the same t e lescelf: can be seen a per son's countenance three-and- a -h a lf u t ile' d i a taut, nd an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the wa i.tee - pocket, an • are of lar...er, and all siz es , w ith Increasing f Jew!, s accordingly, The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—A vat is able . ewly-inveute very small pow e rful Wai s tcoat POP - , Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be °e 2:4 and known one and a half mile distant. 'they answer 0 1, purpose on the race-course, and at the Opera lit gls zi e ,s. 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