The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-18 00:00:00

Mr. LAYARD, as representing the Foreign Office, said

that the appointment of last year was founded on a misap-
prehension, and that the evidence taken by them com-
pletely destroyed the case of the chambers of commerce and
completely refuted the imputations directed against the
Foreign Office. It had been the practice of that depart-
ment to bring up its attaches in a knowledge of the princi-
ples of commerce; the secretaries of the legation and of em-
bassies abroad were directed to furnish reports annually of
the trade of the countries with which they were connected,
and a more valuable collection of documents than these
could not be found. Yet, strange to tell, the chambers of
commerce were utterly ignorant of their very existence.
With regard to the recommendations of the committee, the
Foreign Office had constituted a new department, under the
denomination of the commercial division, consisting of a '
chief clerk and other officers, whose duty it would be to carry
on all correspondence in commercial matters with British
ministers and agents abroad, the Board of Trade, commercial
associations, and private persons both at home and abroad,
This department would be under the immediate and ex-
clusive supervision of Parliamentary Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE thought that injury was done to
the interests of British commerce by maintaining the delu-
sion that the Board of Trade could be of the slightest ser-
vice in promoting and extending trade and commerce
abroad. In his opinion merchants and commercial men
were much better able to advance the interests of com-
merce by their own representations and intercommunica-
tions with other countries than either the Board of Trade
or the Foreign-office, or both combined. Government in-
terference was only calculated to add to the work of the
administrative departments, and to maintain a vicious sys-
tem, without producing satisfactory results.
Mr. GOSCHEN said there were several questions con-
nected with commerce, as, for example, trade marks, with
which the Foreign-office could not deal. If such matters
were undertaken by the Board of Trade, and the Foreign-
office would look to the commercial interests of the coun-
try as well as its diplomatic relations, the result could not
fail to be satisfactory.
Sir 31. FARQUHAR was opposed to the principle of
having two departments with divided responsibility.
Mr. BAINES considered that great practical results
would flow from the labours of the committee, and thanked
Mr. Forster for bringing before the house a subject in
which the different associated chambers of commerce felt
so deep an interest.
Mr. GIBSON remarked that the changes effected by the
Government were very much those which had been re-
commended by the committee. The Foreign-office did not
consult the Board of Trade upon mere abstract principles,
but in reference to such matters of detail as that depart-
ment was peculiarly acquainted with. There was as little
difference in the relations between the Foreign-office and
the Board of Trade as in those between the Home-office,
the Admiralty, and other branches of the Government. He
contended that all communications with ambassadors and
consuls abroad should be conducted by the Foreign-office,
and there could be no reasonable objection to the Foreign
Minister consulting the Board of Trade or any other de-
partment from which he could derive the knowledge he

required.
Mr. FITZGERALD believed that so far as the just com-
plaints of the mercantile body were concerned, the measures
taken by the Foreign Office were a mere sham. The com-
plaint was that a great deal of delay and inconvenience
arose from the communications between the Foreign Office
and the Board of Trade, and nothing had been done to
remedy it, but the evil still continued. The real practical
solution of the matter was to strengthen the Board of Trade
and establish a communication between it and the commer-
cial world. That department should communicate directly
with our agents abroad on questions of trade, and when
once a negociation was initiated he would leave them to
carry out the details. And he saw no reason why any con-
flict of jurisdiction should arise.
Mr. CIIEETHAM was glad to find that that was the
view of the hon. gentleman.
After a few words from Mr. BAZLEY the subject dropped.
Mr. COX drew attention to the large increase in the
amount now paid by the metropolis for police rate, and put
a question to the Home Secretary on the subject.
Sir G. GREY admitted that there had been a large in-
crease, and it had arisen from two causes, namely, the
growth in the number of houses within the metropolitan
district and the now assessment which had recently come
into operation.
The house then went into committee pro forma.
The Union Officers (Ireland) Superannuation Bill was
read a second time.
The Consolidated Fund (£175,650) Bill went through
committee.
The Colonial Naval Defence Bill and the Metropolitan
Main Drainage Bill were read a third time and passed.
Leave was given to Sir C. WOOD to bring in the follow-
ing bills to enlarge the powers in certain matters of
the Governor-General of India in Council at meetings for
making laws and regulations, and to amend the law re-
specting the territorial limits of the several presidencies and
lieutenant governorships in India ; and bill to extend the
term for granting fresh letters patent for the high courts in
India, and to make further provision respecting the terri-
torial jurisdiction of the said courts.
The house then adjourned.

EADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.
Diseases of Women.—Medical science in all ages has been
directed to alleviating the many maladies incidental to
females, but Professor Holloway, by dilligent study and
attentive observation, was induced to believe that nature
had provided a remedy for those special diseases, and after
vast research succeeded in compounding his celebrated
ointment and pills, which embody the principle naturally
designed for the relief and cure of disorders peculiar to
women of all ages and constitutions, whether residing in
warm or cold climates. They have repeatedly corrected
disordered functions which had defied the usual drugs pre-
scribed by medical men, and still more satisfactory is it
that the malady is relieved completely and permanently.
BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Iionice ipa , hie practitioners,
and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa
as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc-
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country
there were to be obt fined no preparations of cocoa either at-
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
llomceopaillic Chemist, was induced in the year 13l to turn
his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with
thet assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
thro
boypthroduce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
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rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 186 a,

measured mile off Maplin Sands on her final trial
previous to leaving for her destination.
The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel frigate, 1,850 tons,
800-horse power, Master-in-charge F. Townsend,
was swung for the adjustment of her compasses
yesterday. She will be shortly commissioned and
made ready to accompany the Great Eastern in
laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable in July
next.

The Phaeton, 39, screw steam frigate, 2,396 tons,
400-horse power, Capt. G. Le. G. Bowyear, recently
returned from the North American and West Indies
station to be paid out of commission, was taken into
Sheerness dockyard on Thursday to be dismantled.
She will be paid off on the 24th inst., and placed in
the third division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve.

A general order has been received at Chatham
garrison from the Horse Guards, announcing that
by an Act passed by the Legislature of Queensland
the privilege hitherto granted to military and naval
settlers in that colony is abolished.
The route for the departure of the depot of the
81st Regiment from Chatham has arrived at that
garrison from the War Department, and the two
companies will forthwith move to Gosport, where
they will await the arrival of the head-quarters from
India. The 81st Regiment embarked for the East
Indies on the Ist of July, 1853, and was one of the
corps which served with the Eusufyzie expedition
under Sir Sydney Cotton in 1858. From the time
the regiment has been in India the strength of the
service companies has been greatly reduced, but they
will be raised to their full complement by the depot
companies and recruits.