The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

THE SARDINIAN LOAN.

Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lord of the Treasury,
whether her Majesty's Government intended, previous
to bringing before Parliament the supplemental treaty,
by which her Majesty engages to lend two millions to
Sardinia, to lay before this house papers showing the
condition of the finances of that country ?
Lord PALMERSTON said he had no doubt that

Sardinia would be able to pay interest upon the sum of
2,000,000/., which England was about to lend to her,
but he could give no particular information as to the
condition of the finances of that State.
IRISH BILLS.

In reply to Mr. E. B. RocilE,
Mr. HORSMAN stated he proposed to postpone the
Fairs and Markets (Ireland) Bill, and the Juries (Ire-
land) Bill, until after Easter. The Lunatic Asylum
(Ireland) Bill would be taken on Monday.
MILITIA BOUNTY.

Captain STUART asked the Secretary for War
whetO(r the remainder of the 6/. bounty promised to all
militia recruits (on their enrolment) would be paid to
those men who had lat(ly been discharged, as married
men with lane families ?

Mr. PEEL said the bounty was only paid for sit
years' service.
CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA.

Lord P.ALMEIZSTON brought up a message front
the Crown, which was read by the Speaker from the
chair. It stated that her Majesty, in conjunction with
the Emperor of the French, had entered into a military
convention with the King el Sardinia, whereby her Ma-
jesty agreed to equip and keep up for the pure
poses of the present war a f r e of 15,000 men.
'Her .7'.,Lejesty had also entered into a supple-
mental convention with the King of Sardinia, in
which she undertook to ask her Pa rliament to give
her powers to advance to his Majesty by way of lean a
suns of 1,000,0001. sterling, to be paid in two instalments
of 500,0001. eacb, one immediately after such power was
obtained, and the other within six months afterwards,
In the event of the war continuing, her Majesty
further undertook to recommend to her Parlia-
ment to all 9w an tdditional 1,000,0001. to
he advanced to his Majesty the King of
Sardinia within twelve months after the first loan--his
Majesty undertaking to pay interest at the rate of 4 per
cent, per annum upon both loans, 1 per cent. of which
to be treated as a sinking fund. Her Majesty concluded
her most gracious message by declaring that she relied
upon the zeal of her most faithful Commons to
enable her to make good the engagement which
she had contracted with his Majesty the King of Sar-
dinia.

On the motion of Lord PALMEBSTOX it was agreed
that the message should be taken into consideration on
Monday next.

THE FAST-DAY SERMON.

On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, seconded by Mr.
Disn.tEra, it was agreed that the thanks of the house
should be presented to the Rev. Mr. Melville fur the
able sermon which he preached before the house in St.
Margaret's Church, on Wednesday, and that the ser-
mon should be printed and circulated amongst mem-
bers.

IRISH APPOINTMENTS.
On the motion that the house at its rising should ad--
journ until Monday next,
Mr. MACARTNEY asked if the appoiatinent of an
Income tax Commissioner which had recently been
made was to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the re-
tirement of Mr. O'Flaherty, the Irish Commissioner ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied in the negative.
Mr. F. FRENCH complained that it was too much
the practice of appointing Englishmen to Irish offices.
He thought such offices ought to be more freely ills-
tributed amongst Irishmen.
Mr. WILSON declared that the appointment to
which special reference had just been made in no way
related to Ireland. Its duties were wholly confined to
England.
The subject then dropped.
INTERMENT ACT.
Mr. A. PELLATT drew attention to the imperfect
tions which prevailed in the existing Interment Act.
They were so framed as to place Dissenters at the mercy
of the bishops, and the consequence was that they were
compelled, when burying their dead upon consecrated
ground, to dispense with the services of their own minis-
ters, and put up with those of clergymen belonging to
the Church of England. (Hear, hear.) In
point of fact, the bishops refused to consecrate
the Church portion of a cemetery unless it was walled
off from that appropriated t Dissenters ; and he, there-
fore, called upon the house.to deal with the subject imme-
diately, by taking the law of consecration out of the
hands of the bishops, and bring it within the jurisdic-
tion of the civil government.
Lord PAL ME RSTON did not anticipate that there
would be any difficulty in this matter so far as the me-
tropolis was concerned. No metropolitan graveyard had
been closed which was not previously reported against,
while he was given to understand that those grave-
yards that had been closed had made ample provisions
for the burial of the dead in cemeterie
Mr. FITZROY defended the existing law, and stated
public that in the case of cemeteries, Dissenters and
Churchmen contributed in equal proportion. towards
their support.
Mr. HAD FIELD said the hon. member far South-
wark bad twice attempted to bring this subject formally
before the house, and twice bad he been coon ted out.
This evening's discussion, however, had by no means
exhausted the subject, and since lie thoneht the " count-
lierB c,ut " Nvcr, attributAble• to official inte rfcrence,
lie 11,,ped the horocral.l., member Croy Id atilt
persevere
til he got a night for ventilating the whu:e

cpestion.
D. VV. NVILLIPIS denounced the pr.,•JLtiee rtf
counting Out whenever the question for disculiioll W4EI
impalatatle to the Government.
After a few words from Mr. MALIN3 the ruiption fix
a ijournment was ::greed to.
NEWSPAPER St AMP BILL.

Mr. DEEDES gave notice that on tia;"--inoii.on for the
second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Bill, :he should
move as an amendment that the second reading be post-
poned until af).*:.r the Chancellor of the Exchequer had
made his financial statement.
DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) MAILL.
This bill was read a second time an 3 ordewed to be
committed.
EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND.
The LORD-ADVOCATE, in moving lfor leave to bring
i❑ a bill to provide for the education of tile people of Scot-
land, begged to remark in the first place that the bill was
the same in substance as the measure pf last year. R.