The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-06 00:00:00

WAYS AND MEANS.

The report on the Budget resolutions was brought up
and agreed to, and leave was given to introduce a bill
thereupon.
The house then went into committee.

Mr. PEEL moved the following- resolutions :—" That,
towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty,
the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury be authorised
to raise any sum of money, not exceeding one million
pounds sterling, by an issue of Exchequer Bonds." " That
the principal of all Exchequer Bonds which may be so
issued shall be paid off at par, at any period not exceeding
five years from the date of such bonds." " That the interest
of such Exchequer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and
shall be charged upon and issued out of the Consolidated
Fund of the United Kingdom, or the growing produce
thereof."

The resolutions were agreed to, and the house resumed.
COLONIAL GOVERNORS (RETIRING PENSIONS).
The report of the resolution respecting the pensions of
colonial governors was brought up and agreed to, and leave
given to introduce a bill thereupon.
POLICE SUPERANNUATION BILL.

This bill passed through committee on recommittal, a
new clause being added respecting the superannuation of
constables who were formerly watchmen of Brighton.
WRITS REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the order for the adjourned debate on the amend-
ment to the second reading of this bill,
Mr. CARNEGIE said it was not the intention of the
hon. and learned member for the Ayr burghs (Mr. E.
Craufurd) to press his amendment, as an understanding
had been come to between him and tho Lord Advocate
that the second reading should be agreed to, and that a
meeting of the Scotch members should afterwards be called
to consider the bill.

After a few word 4 from Colonel SYKES,
Sir J. FERGITSSON thought that the meeting to
which reference had been made ought to have under its
consideration not only this bill, but also the rival scheme
which had been proposed.

The LORD ADVOCATE said the understanding come
to between the hon. and learned member who moved the
amendment was that no division should be taken on the se-

cond reading, on condition that a meeting of Scotch mem-
bers should be called to consider the measure. Beyond that
no understanding had been come to. He might mention
that ho intended to press the bill, and carry it this session
if he could.

After some further discussion the amendment was with.
drawn, and the bill was read a second time.
FORFEITURE FOR TREASON AND FELONY.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring
in a bill to abolish forfeiture for treason and felony, and to
make other provisions in relation thereto.

DUBLIN EXHIBITION.

Mr. HENNESSY was calling attention to the pro-
gramme of musicfor the opening of the Dublin Exhibition,
from which all Irish music had been excluded, when
An HoN. MEMBER moved that the house be counted.
and 46 members not being present,
The house stood adjourned at a quarter past eight
o'clock.

Too CLEVER BY HALF.—A Russian soldier,
recently, whilst enjoying himself at a rustic ball in
one of the Polish villages, boasted that he could put a
bullet through a man's hat at a hundred paces without
touching his head. A peasant accepted the wager, but in
order to foil the marksman squeezed his hat so low down
over his eyes that the ball went through hat and head both,
and left him a corpse on the ground. The soldier was sen-
tenced to a month's imprisonment for homicide by impru-
dence, but he appealed against his sentence, alleging that
the fault lay with the peasant,and offering at the same time
to repeat the experiment with the judge, providing the
latter did not " bonnet " himself so completely. Le Moni-
tear de l'Armee, from which we extract the story, does not
inform us whether the learned functionary accepted the
soldier's very liberal•offer.

The Earl of Harrowby has arrived at his man-
sion in Grosvenor-square, from Sandon Hall, Staffordshire.

The Metropolitan Board of Works.

The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works
was held yesterday at the office in Spring-gardens—Mr. J.
Thwaites in the chair.

FINANCE.

The financial statement was presented, which showed the
following cash balances in the hands of the Treasurer:—

Current accounts, £213,153 18s. 3d ; deposit accounts,
£293,300; total, £505,453 Bs. 3d. Government securities,
£51,371 10s. 10d. Payments were ordered to be made to the
amount of £44,201 14s. 11d.
PRESERVATION OF COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES FOR THE