The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

On the motion for gang Cato committee of supply,
Sir J. HAY lewd that it was desirable that the Admi-
ralty should adopt the recommendation of the needle-
• of 1860, confirmed by the report of Sir R.
one of the press= comodarionen, and by the letter 5
Admiral Sir Jana Goedoe, the Gems= of Gressel*
I Hospital, that the present system of doable goverameat,
oonsatbig .1 oceninisioases for the eivil department sad
naval officers far what is celled the military department, be
abolished. •
Mr. LIDDELL =aoudad the motion. coeteeding thaq
such we slung= as was proposed would bring the govern-
ment of the artablishmeet into one harmonious whole, and
teed greatly to economy.
Mr. ADAM supported the motion, pointing out the ex-
ping= said anomalosa manner in which the hospital was
Yr. HILDERS pointed out that the question of alter-
ing the emetitatioe of Oresewich Hospital was one which
required peat ooesideratioe sad cans. He agreed in much
that had been said by the previous =oaken, their obeerva-
Mons being in commence with the recommeedatioa of the
communion. !levies stated the thaws thoosemsoded by
the commission, including an iscrease of above 600 pen-
✓imers to the establishment sad an addition to the comforts
of the Inmates of the hospital, sod a reduction of the go- I
yarning staff ; he stet= that many oddities@ had heft made
to the men's comforts. and several officers of the in-
stitution had been reduced; while much bad bees done
for the families of the men. The only point which had
not bees carried into of wee the large increase to the
number of peasioners. He showed that the improvements
made is the =edition of the ichabitwate of the hothead
had not tended to themes the number of those who sought
its benefits, fer the =mbar of lemates had remedy de-
creased. It was proposed to limit the admission to the
hospital to those men who from any =use had to maintain
themselves. It was proposed to remodel the governing
system by doing away with the 'overeat and the press=
staff, and establishing a angle superinteediag body, pre-
sided over by a chief ofSeer. The masher of Waste' in
the hospital would be deceseeed, and the number of out.
pensioners largely increased, and this would result in a
conaiderable saving ie the expenditure, and leave a sum of
over 80,0001. of he feeds for purposes of sceumulation,
with a view to pzovision for any extraordinary demand on
the resources of the inelitugoa.

Mier some further discussioo, in the course of which
Lard C. PAO!' stated that he would lay on the Uhl' a
detailed amount of the proposed chows is the hospital
eostained is a memorandum drawn up by the Duke of

Somerset ; nod that the claims of sliver Akers op the
institution would be hay recogniesd in the appointment'
to the new governing body which it ma isteoded to meet"
end that the managemsat al the lumber would be removed
from the hospital altogether,
The motion was withdrawn.

BOOTCH ADMINISTRATION IN PARLIAMENT.
Sir J. FERWEISON moved for a *elect committee to
inquire how far the number of members of the administra-
tion charged with the conduct of the ears of Sootiend,
and having 'Ws in parliament, is oommeesurate with the
rephireenteste of that part of the United Kingdom.
LORD ADVOCATE, referring to the illustration
of the motion by the mover, expressed an opinion that no
very stroog case had bean made oat in its favour, and
pointed out that the question was formerly raised in the
bowie in the year 1868, and disposed of in a sense oontatry
to that implied in the present motioe. He showed the
mode in which persons bolding the office he filled performed
their duties, and their competency, so far as devotion of
their time was otheerned, to discharge them ; sad in refer-
once to • complaint of the neglect of Bootees legialithoo, Its
enumerated many measures for that put of the country
which had been paned under his auspices.
Several Scotch members having spoken in the climatical,
the motion was withdrawn.
THE OCTOBER DIVIDENDS.

Mr. R.. hifiltis;iiia;hethe;,6;ib7oogi.enis. oft of the
public, arrangements might not be made that the dividends
as government 11110MUIPS payable at the Bask of England
in the mouth of October, shall he paid cm the Bth of that
month, se is the cue in the =maths of January, April, and
July.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that
the practice as it stood had so long obtained that the on.
carers of divideads most be so sequaiated with mad used
to the custom, that they could hardly feel any ineonvemi.
epos. The material point in the matter, however, was that
the September quarter was a weak owe in regard to receipt
of revenue, and small as the alteration appeared to be, it
would tend to diminish the sum io the public bslaooe avail.
able for payment of dividend by a million, and canes a paw
portionate less of interest.