The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-31 00:00:00

REPORTS OF BRITISH CONSULS.

Mr. FREELAND asked the Government when these
re ports would be laid be ore Parliament.
Mr. COGAN said that these reports were at present in
type, and he hoped they would be Toady for presentation to
the house before the end of the session, as the G verument
were making every endeavour to r ffrct that object.
LORD PALMERSTON'S ADMINIS ['RATION.

Mr. COBDEN gave notice that on the motion for the
adjournment of the house at its rising to-morrow he would
draw attention to the administration of the noble lord the
member for Tiverton.
UNION RELIEF AID BILL.

The house went into committee of progress on this bill.
Mr. VILLIERS said that in conformity t.ith the wish of
the house, as expressed, he had prepared a clause to enable
poor-law guardians to raise money to meet any excess of
expenditure with the consent of t:.e poor-law board, which
were to b 3 charged to the corninon fund.
After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHIIN,
Mr. PULLER said he would vote tor the clause, but at
the same time he did not consider it went far enough.
Colonel PATTEN thought that. the lira t of the amount
which the guardians were entitl ,d to borrow should be re-
duced from ös. t. 4a. in the pound.
Sir H NV ILLOUG HBY contended that the clause was
so trained as to be entirely inoperative.
In rept), to Mr. BARBOW,
Mr. VILLIERS deteuded the clause, which he asserted
was sui ed to the existing state of circumstances, and that
five shillings should m be the liit. He had received tutor-
illation that morning to the effect that at Oldham it the
mills were stopped two-thirds of the ratepayers would
cease to pay tares' Bow( vtr, he aid not ()Eject th,t
the limit of the amount fur which powers of borrowing
wets conferred should be !educed to t. ur shillings.
Mr. GIL IN defended the clause.
Mr. Di, RAELI said that hen. members were called on
to consent to the proposition before them without having
had time to consider it, and he trusted the noble lord at the
head of the Government would postpone the further stage
of the bill until Monday.
Some further discussion ensued, in the course of which
it was contended that the borrowing powers should be still
further reduced to 3s. in the pound.
Mr. AYRI'ON said in the.try he was in favour of ex-
tending the area of rating, but at the same time he objected
to any sudden alteration in the lap.
Sir G. GREY drew the attention of the house to the fact
that the question before the house was whether the c ause
should be read a second time, which he thcught might be
agreed to, and then they could be discuss it it it were
thought desirable to do se in committee.
Mr. COBDEN thought that the house was not in a
position to read the bill a second time. He considered that
the parties interested in borrowing should be allowed to
deal with their own property in relieving the poor in their
iminsdi -tedistricts. He believed these bodies would attend to
their own interests until Parliament met, and he ob-
jected to any limit btittg imp sed on the amount to be
raised by unions for the rsliet of the poor.. He drew the
attention of the house to the fact that the Government had
considerably altered the original bill which they had in-
tro .uced.
Sir G LEWIS contended that when the alternative was
was given to gu.rdians to raise money on their own pro-
-1 perry or to borrow from their neighbours, they would pre-
I ter the latter.