The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-04 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS,

The following bills wore read a third time and passed :
—The Cirencester Districtßoads, and the Dollow and Kil-
moro Commons Inclosure.
PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presented in favour of an amend-
ment of the Irish Poor Law, for the reduction of the
duty, against the modified Revised Code, against the un-
conditional abolition of church rates, against the Local As-
sessment Bill, &c.
GREAT GRIMSBY ELECTION.
The following members, nominated to serve on the elec-
tion committee appointed to try the petition against the
return of Mr. Chapman, were summoned to the table, and
the committee obtained leave to :sit to-morrow at twelve
o'clock :—Mr. Egerton :(chairman),7Mr. G. G. Glynn, Sir
A. W. Buller, Mr. Liddell, and Mr. Long,field.
HOPS.

On tho motion of Mr. LOCKE, returns of the quantity
of British hops oxiorted from the United Kingdom were
ordered.

MEXICO.

Mr. S. FITZGERALD gave notice that he would draw
attention to our relations with Mexico after Easter.

MONUMENT TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
Lord LOVAINE asked the First Commissioner of
Works how soon it was expected that the monument of
the late Duke of Wellington,in St. Paul's Cathedral, would
he finfiled, and whether the surplus of the sum voted for
the duke's funeral would be sufficient to defray the whole
cost of the work.

Mr. COWP ER said that an order had been given for
the making of the model three years and a half ago, and he
supposed the artist was preparing himself for his work' by
Preliminary study. (Laughter.)
UPPI4R STEPHEN-STREET, DUBLIN.

Sir E. GROGAN asked the Secretary of State for
War why the ground at the corner of Great Ship-street
and -Upper Stephen-street, in the city of Dublin,
War-office purchased several years ago, is per-
mitted to remain for so long a time in its present ruinous
and allayidated state ; if it be still in contemplation of the
War-ofneo to build an addition to the Ship-street Barracks
on that ground; and, if so, when the works will be com-
menced.

ADJOURNMENT FOR THE EASTER RECESS.
In reply to Colonel PA.TTEN,
Lord PALMERSTON said that it was proposed to ad-
journ on Friday, the 11th, or Monday, the 14th, accord-
ito the state of business, and to re-assemble on Monday,
the 26th.
THE 1113-DGET
The house saving gone into committee of ways and
nicans,

Tho CHANCELLOR of the Exc,,
11.-EQ
i! the st
f ,rward his financial statement. it, saida-UthtEß brought-
rnent he was about to submit was of a simpler character
than those which.he had &liven(' on recent previ`)
u
sion3. Nevertheless, it WAS not be intentirm ~, s
confine
°enn-
himself to the mere balanee-sheet of the year, but would
lay befoTe hem a fall and impartial view of the general
financial condition of the country. Referring' to the expeTt.
ditto° of last year, he had estimated it at V 35.875,000; but
be then slated that there would be issued of Exchequer
balances betweon 1:200,000 and 000,000, They had
amounted to :£278,000; but they represented money spent,
awl were not provided for in the ways and means. They
were provided by anticipation fur the respective departments
until they were provided for in the coming year by the
house. - Tho real expenditure of the year was in fact much
greater than the estimate by means of supplernentarY
grants in 1851 and 1862, principally in reference to the
despatchh of troops to Canada and a small amount for China
.tA the actual expenditure of the past year was
ntior`m:_!,o:o. Comparing this expenditure with that of for-
£69,)77,„Lit
being
that in 1859-60 the expenditure vies
1° , a difference between that year and the
preseut year of zr 0
, 90,000. The total expenditure of the