The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-24 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

TATTERSALL'S.
(THIS EVENING.)

Owing to the absence of several of the leading sub-
scribers, no doubt attracted to the grand gathering at
Goodwood to-morrow, the room was very thinly at-
tended, and not a bet wait laid calling for special men-
tion.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
ROUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given, by commission, to the
following public bills ;—Gaming Houses ; Indemnity ;
Insurance on Lives ; Abatement of the Income Tax
Continuance ; Poor Law Board Continuance ; Union
Charges Continuance ; Linen Manufactures, &c. (Ire-
land) ; Ecclesiastical Courts ; Commons Inclosure
(No. 2) ; Dublin Carriages ; New Forest ; Savings'
Banks ; Middlesex Industrial Schools.
The Royal Assent was given also tb a considerable
number of private bills.
The Lords Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, and Lord Stanley of Alderley.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that
on Monday next he would ask what were the intentions
of the Government with respeot to the continuance of
the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland.

REPLY TO HER MAJESTY'S
MESSAGE.

The Royal message having been read by the clerk at
the table,

The Earl of ABERDEEN said he felt quite sure that
the house would concur in the desire expressed by her Ma-
jesty. Whatever:differenceefopinion there might be am ong
their lordships on the subject of war, he assumed there
would be entire agreement in the necessity of adopting
all such measures as were best calculated to carry it to
an early and successful termination. (Cheers.) He
assumed, likewise, that such a result was mainly:to be
produced by the activity and energy of England and
France, in concurrence with the other powers. (Hear,
hear.) It was likely the present session would not be
long delayed, and it was probable contingencies would
arise which it might be of the highest importance for the
Government to be able to avail themselves of, and turn
to account. It was therefore intended, following the
precedent on similar occasions, to ask Parliament for a
♦ote of 3,000,000/. sterling—a large sum, undoubtedly,
and the disposal of which some might possibly
prefer seeing placed in other hands ; but he was unwilling
to believe that any such wish would interfere in any de-
gree with their desire to promote and assist, as far as
possible, the efforts of the Government, in con-
ducting the war to a successful termination. The
House would clearly understand that this money
was alredy voted, and provided for by Parliament that
there was no question of any new burden on the people
—no new loan—no new tax —no loan—the Government
only wished to be authorised to employ the funds already
provided for, but which had hitherto not been appropri-
ated by Parliament. The noble earl concluded by
moving an humble address be presented to her Majesty,
expressive of the cheerful concurrence of the house in
the measures necessary for making due provision for any
additional expenses which might arise in consequence
of the war.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not object to
this vote for the future expenses of the present just
necessary and politic war, but urged strongly upon the
Government the necessity of the most searching economy
in the civil departments of the State, on which the suc-
cess of the war in no degree depended.
The Earl of HARDWICKE was ready to give the
Government all the necessary powers for conducting the
war, but reminded them of the responsibility which
would rest on them if, after raising the expectations of
the people to the highest pitch, by sending such enor-
mous forces to the seat of war, the campaign concluded
without any great deed of arms.
Earl of FITZWILLIAM considered that this and
the other house had been placed in a singular posi-
tion by the Government. The noble earl (Earl Aber-
deen) would forgive him for saying that never was
a speech made on such an occasion of which it might
be truly said that it conveyed scarcely a single idea to
Parliament, as to what was the existing state of the war.
the noble earl had used the very ominous expression,
" with the concurrence of other Powers," which would
lead to the supposition that what was now going on in
regard to other powers, was involved in some kind of
mystery.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought that
after Parliament had voted money for the war, with un-
exampled liberality, it was unusual to come forward and
ask for an additional sum without giving some informa-
tion as to the war.