The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-25 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

Mr. W. EWART moved—That it was expedient to issue
a digest of Parliamentary papers and blue books from time
to time, and consolidated into one or more volumes at the
close of each session, under the authority of the Statistical
Department of the Board of Trade, for the convenience
of members and the diffusion of information among the
public.

The motion was seconded by Mr. KINNAIRD, and sup-
ported by Mr. YORKE.

Mr. PEEL admitted that if such a work as that proposed
were well executed and brought out promptly within a
week or two after the presentation of the papers, it would
be of considerable use to members who desired to have the
information contained in these voluminous papers in a con-
densed, classified, and portable form. But with all this
advantage it would not be a saving of the expenditure for
Parliamentary printing, nor would it dispense with the
necessity on the part of the Government of still presenting
and printing in extenso papers of which a very small pro-
portion was deserving of extraction, whilst many were of
an ephemeral or merely local character.
Mr. A. MILLS observed that the Government had it in
their power to limit the number of documents that were
presented and printed, but never read, and suggested that
they would do well to exercise a rather more arbitrary au-
thority in refusing what were termed " unopposed
returns."

Mr. HENLEY feared that whatever might be the advan-
tage of an abstract it would not be commensurate with the
expense it must entail.
Ultimately the motion was withdrawn.
Mr. MALINS brought under the notice of the house the
petitions of the general committee of the Thames and Isis
navigation and the mayor and corporation of Wallingford,
complaining of the decayed state of the upper portion of
the Thames, and the probable destruction, ere long, of the
navigation in that part of the river. He called upon the
Government to appoint a Royal commission or a committee
of the house to inquire into the subject, or introduce some
measure to prevent a continuance of the present state of
things.

Colonel NORTH also urged the importance of immediate
steps being adopted to remedy the evil complained of.
Mr. GIBSON admitted that the navigation ought to be
maintained ; but then it should be self-supporting, and as
long as the old heavy tolls were collected there was little
chance of that. Ho should be willing to agree to a com-
mittee of inquiry for the purpose of ascertaining what was
the condition of the navigation, and whether any measures
could be devised by Parliament which would enable it to
support itself. If, as the result of such an inquiry, it were
shown that it presented a proper security an advance might
be made by the Public Works Loan Commissioners, but
he could not otherwise consent to any grant of public
money for the work.
Mr. HENLEY doubted whether the inquiry could be
well conducted by a select committee, owing to the vast
number of conflicting interests that were at stake. A
small commission, with proper scientific assistance, would
collect much more valuable information, and was, there-
fore, to be preferred.

Mr. CARDWELL. replying to a question of Mr. Ayrton,
said it was not his intention to ask the sanction of Parlia-
ment during the present session to a guarantee of a sum of
money required to complete the railway from Halifax to
Quebec. When the colonists had fulfilled the engage-
ments they had entered into with the Duke of Newcastle,
the Government would be prepared to perform their share
of the contract, and make a proposal to the house.
The house having gone into committee of supply on the
army estimates, resumed the consideration of the vote of
£811,424 for works, buildings, and repairs, which after
some discussion was agreed to.

The following votes were also taken :—£153,500 for
military education ; £88,345 for the survey of the United
Kingdom; £130,700 for miscellaneous service; £26,100
rewards for military service ; £74,200 pay of general
officers ; £455,000 pay of reduced and retired officers ;
£152,100 widows pensions' and compassionate allowances ;
and £28,200 pensions and allowances of wounded officers.
Progress was then reported.

The second reading of the County Voters' Registration
(Ireland) Bill was opposed by several Irish members, on
the ground that the existing law did not require amend-
ment, and that the bill would entail unnecessary expense
and inconvenience.

Mr. BAGWELL moved that the bill be read a second
time that day six months ; and upon a division the motion
was carried by 32 to 30. The bill, a Government measure,
was therefore lost.

The other business on the paper was also disposed of,
and the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock.

The Reciprocity Treaty,

The following papers respecting the termination
of the Reciprocity Treaty of June 5, 1854, between
Great Britain and the United States, have been pre-
sented

No. 1.

MR. ADAMS TO EARL RUSSELL.--(Receiyed March 17.)
" Legation of the United States, London,
March 17, 1865.

" My Lord,—Under instructions from the Government
of the United States, I have the honour to transmit to
your lordship a certified copy of a joint resolution of the
Congress of the United States, approved by the President on
the 18th January, 1865, in regard to the termination of the
treaty concluded between the United States and her Bri-
tannic Majesty on the sth of June, 1854, commonly known
as the Reciprocity Treaty.
" I have the honour further to inform you that I am
directed to notify her Majesty's Government that, as it is
considered no longer for the interests of the United States
to continue this treaty in force, it will terminate and be of
no further effect, as provided by the terms of the instru-
ment, at the expiration of 12 months from the date of the
reception by your lordship of this notice.—l pray, &c.,
(Signed) "CHARLES FRA.NCIS Amass."
Inclosure No. 1.
Joint Resolution providing for the Termination of the Re-
ciprocity Treaty of June 5, 1854, between the United
States and Great Britain.

" 'Whereas it is provided in the Reciprocity Treaty con-
cluded in Washington, the sth of June, 1854, between the
United States of the one part, and the 'United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland of the other part, that this treaty
'shall remain in force for 10 years from the date at which

it may come into operation; and further, until the expira-
tion of twelve months after either of the high contracting
parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to termi-
nate the same ;' and whereas, it appears by a proclamation
of the President of the United States, bearing date 16th
March, 1855, that the treaty came into operation on that
day ; and whereas, further, it is no longer for the interests
of the United States to continue tho same in force ;
therefore,

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
that notice be given of the termination of the Reciprocity
Treaty, according to the provision therein contained for the
termination of the same ; and the President of the United
States is hereby charged with the communication of such
notice to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.
"Approved, January 18, 1863."
No. 2.

EARL Ruscrmr4 TO MR. ADAMS.
Foreign-office, March 17, 1865
" Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt. of
your letter of this day, containing a resolution of the Con-
gress of the United States approved by the President, in
regard to the termination of the Treaty of 1854, commonly
known as the Reciprocity Treaty.
"Her Majesty will instruct Sir Frederick Bruce, on his
proceedinglto Washington. as her Majesty's Envoy Extra-
ordinary, upon this subject.—l am, &c.,
(Signed)

“ RUSSET.T,”

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