The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, "LONDON,

54,4001. for defraying the salaries and expenses of her
Majesty's Treasury.
27,,5951. for defraying the salaries and expenses of the
office of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home
Department.
83,8491. for defraying the salaries and expenses of the
office of her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, including the expenses of messengers and extra
couriers.

35,8971. for defraying the expenses and salaries in the
department of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the
Colonies.

75,7331. for the expenses and salaries of the Privy
Council office and Board of Trade, 'including the regis-
trar of merchant seamen, marine, and railway depart-

ments.

2,7001. for the salary and establishment of the Lord
Privy &mi.

25,2111. for the salaries and expenses of the depart-
ment of the Paymaster-General.
7, 3141. for the salaries and expenses of the office of
the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer.
21,6954. for the salaries and expenses of the office of
Works and Public Buildings. •
21,8621. for the salaries- and expenses of the office of
Woods. Forests, and Land Revenue.

14,098!. for the salaries and expenses cf the office of
Public Records. _

205,383/. for the expenses connected with the adrni-
ni-itration of the Poor-law in England, Ireland, and
Scot'and.

15,5301. for the expenses and salaries of the liispec-
tors of Factdries, Mineg, &c.
5,1561. for the salaries and expenses of the office of
the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Renmmbrancer of
Se-Aland, and other charges, formerly on the hereditary
revenue.

6,4311. fur the household of the Lord-Lieutenant of
'rein:n(l.

17,0321. for the Falaries and expenses of the office of
Chief Secretary of Ireland._ _ _

6,839'. for the charges of the Paymaster,of the Civil
Service office in Ireland.

On the question that 22.7391. be voted to defray the
Pat a ries and expenses of the Board of Public Works in
Ireland,

Mr. MACARTNEY asked for some explanations as
to why Messrs. Brinsley and Stephens's report in refer-
ence to public works in Ireland had not been carried out,
or at least onli"'paitially so ?
Mr. WILSON said, so far as the recommendations in
the report related to the Board of .Public Works, they
had ',eel, fully carried out ; but, inasmuch as the report
was drawn up upon the assumption that the Poor-law
Board was unaltered in its constitution, the recommen-
dations; so far as that board was concerned, could only
be partially carried out.
On the question that 46,421/. be voted to defray the
expenses of Coe commissioners of audit,
Mr. WILLIAMS again took the opportunity of pro-
testivg against the hurried manner in which these esti-
mates were being disposed of. He had been many years
in the house, but never in the whole of his experience
had he seen impottsnt public hasinese, su,th as was ic-
, luded in these estimates, brought in the very first eight
after the Easter recess. It was a complete farce asking
the house to vote these' estitnates when there had been
no tine to consider them.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER =aid full
notice was given before the recess that these estimates
would be troueit on to-night, and he could not see, there-
for.), that his bon. friend had any reason to complain.
Mr. WILLIAMS observed that when the right hon.
gentleman the m,2mher .13ockingharnshire was Chan-
cell,r of the Exchequer he laid the estimates before the
house long before lie a,ked the house to vote them.
Wiev was not the same course ttken this year ?

Mr. DISRAELI did not think the house had any
riJdit to complain, as it was generally understood before
the recess that the miscellanebus estimates would be
brought forward immediately on the re-assembling of the
house. He r,sti, however, cuiefly for the purpose of pro-
testiug against the principle laid down by the hon. gen-
tleman, that no business of any importance ought to be
brou4ht forward on thefirst night after the recess. Why,
on the first night after a recess hon. members returned
their labourswith rein vigorated energies, and that he should
havethought was just the time when business of importance
could be be-1 disposed of. If the principle/of the lion.
member were allowed to prevail it would be tantamount
to prolonging the holidays, and there
.would be no-end
to delays and confusion.

Mr. SPOONED quite agreed with the right hon. gen-
tleman that it was highly inexpedient to prolong the
holidays ; but what he complained of wa4 that these
estimates were not printed before the recess, which might
eaF:lly_ have been done.. •
MC-WILLIAMS contended that the whole of the
estimates ought to be delivered together, and not distri-
butol piecemeal.
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AIr.M'GREGOR said, for his part, he objected to
voting estimates while they were in ignorance of the in-
tentions of the Government with regard to the ways and

means.

The vote was then agreed to, as were also the follow-

mg, viz.:-
16,2701. fur the Copyhold Enclosure and Tithe Com-
mission.
12,1901. for the imprest expenses under the Enclosure
and Drainage Acts.
42,5001. for the General Register-office of England
and Wales.
3,6681. for the General Register-office, Dublin.
5,7151. for the office of Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, &c., in Scotland.
14,9861. for the expense of the National Debt-office.
3,2601. for the Public Works Loan Commission. •
1,5701. for. the West Indian Islands Relief Commission.
8201. for the Commissioners of Lunacy.
On the vote for 3,0001. to pay the salaries of the prin-
cipal officers of the Office of Metropolitan Buildings,
Lord SEYMOUR declared that no act contained so
much of injustice and inconvenience as the Metropolitan
Buildings Act. Instead of tending to secure the safety,
of houses it often tended to endanger them, while in-
stead of tending to good drainage, it tended to just the
contrary. There were two official referees under the act,
one a lawyer, the other an architect; but they so little
agreed with each other that they would not sit in the
same room together._ Now, before they passed this vote,
they ought to have some pledge that a bill would be
brought in to remedy this disgraceful state of things.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH said he had already ob-
tained leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the
Metropolitan Buildings Act ; and in that bill he pro-
posed to deal with the question of referees.
The vote was then agreed to, as were also the follow-
ing viz.:-
9841. for the general superintendent of country roads,
South Wales.
1,6101. for the Registrar of Friendly Societies in Eng-
land;
32,000/. for the Secret Service.
360,4701. for printing and stationery.
Mr. WILSON said he proposed to take the next vote
out of its usual course. It was the Education Vote, but
if the house objected to pass the vote without discussion,
perhaps they would allow him to take a sum on account.
Mr. DISRAELI—Why not have the discussion now
Mr. WILSON did not think it would be convenient
to take the dis6ussion now. The vote was 331,0001.
Would the committee allow him to take a vote on ac-
count for 200,000/. ?
Mr. DISRAELI thought it would be much better to
postpone the vote until it could be introduced by a
statement from the Minister. ,
Sir G. GREY raid a vote on account was required for
the sake of carrying out pressing arrangements. A state-
ment would be made before the balance was moved.
Mr. DISRAELI—Cannot you take a smaller sum?
Mr. WILSON—Yes, 100,0001.
A vote on account for 100,0001. was then agreed to.
The house then resumed, and the report was ordered
to be received to-morrow.
PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
-The bill was passed through committee pro forma.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS (IRE-
LAND) BILL.
This bill was read a second time and ordered to be
committed.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the
CHEQUER, the following members were appointed as
the select committee on Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Ad-
vances Bill Horsman, Sir J. Trollops, Mr. Mac-
artney, Mr. Robt. Palmer, Sir J. Duckworth, Mr. E.
Denison, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Stanley, Mr. F. Scully, Mr.
Byng, and Col. Dunne.
COURT OF SESSIONS (SCOTLAND).
The LORD-ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in
a bill to regulate the procedure in the Court of Sessions
in Scotland. The object of the bill is to equalise the
business before the Lords Ordinary and the Court of
Sessions.
The bill was subsequently brought in and read a first
time.

On the question that the house do now adjourn, .
Mr. DISRAELI inquired if the financial statement
was to be made on Friday ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied
in the affirmative.
The house then adjourned at half-past nine.