The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-03 00:00:00

[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPE.A.K.EII took the chair at four o'clock.
The following bills were read a third time and ordered
to be considered :—Ayr and Maybole Junction Rail way,
Perth and Dunkeld Railway, and Stourbridge Water-
works Bills.

VALUATION (IRELAND).
Sir R. FERGUSON moved for returns showing, in
the counties in Ireland in- which the townland valuation
has been completed, under the act 6 and 7 Will. IV.,
c. 84, the name of each county, the acreable contents,
the annual value, the cost of the valuation by the acre,
the cost by the 101. of the valuation, and the date when
it first came into force in each county : Of similar details
as to each county of which the tenant valuation has been
completed, under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. 110, and 15
and 16 Vic. c. 63 : Showing, in each Poor-law Union
in Ireland, in which the tenement valuation is in force,
the narne of each such union, the cost (if any) of the
valuation, &c. of such union above its share of the valu-
ation of the county, the date when it first came in force
in each union, the number of revisions of each union
which have been made under the 29th and 30th sections
of the last act, and Ole date and cost of each
revision, with the data of payment of each by the union :
Of similar details as to any towns under the tenement
valuation. And, statement of the progress and prospect
of completion of the General valuation of Ireland, with
the average cost by the acre, and by the 1001. of the
'valuation, comparing the townland valuation with the
tenement.
The motion was agreed to.
NI- le, ROYAL COMMISSION.
'll'll4/i, the Yeoman-Usher of the Black Rod,
'l).Peared at the table and summoned the house to attend
in the Ha number of bills.
ouse of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to
The Speaker and several then repaired
to the House of Lords hon. members
The Speaker, on
his return, announced the
"44°3 of the bills, for which
see Lords' report.
PUBLICATIONS By pnwr,
Sir J. SHELEY asked the Seereta-vz?'
what proceedings have been taken b
the Treasury with regard to the yino- Pout-office or
ihe Treasury
Atitenceum and The Builder of the Trent by The
1838, by which stamped publications noretn.nur/ Order of
ounces in weight are alone permitted to pass free lag two
the post, the "Phew-earn. and The Builder hanvitt2l,-;
reported to the Post-office as exceeding, two °enticesCu
weight.
Mr. WILSON said, since the minute in question was
passed, Parliament had altered the legal size of a new:-
paper, and the Secretary had in contemplation to in-
crease the weight in proportion.

SCINE.
Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORED
asked the President of the
Board of Control, whether he will lay on the table of
the house the report of Mr. Pringle on Scinde, in which
Mr. Pringle expresses his admiration of Sir Charles
Napier's government of that province, and refutes
the charges brought against him in the report of the
Board a Administration of the Punjaub, published in
the Indian Blue Book.
Sir r_i. WOOD said there was no report at the India
Howse answering the description of the hon. member.
BRIBERY BILL.
In reply to Mr. LIDDELL,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he proposed to
take the committee on the Bribery Bill on Monday
next.
PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED
FUND CITAIZGES BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY drew attention to the se-
ec"lkl clause, which proposed to alter the time of pub-
lishinrz the annual public accounts from 111 ire!' to July,
which -he thought would prove a great inconvenience to
Parliament, as the Leffislature would not ba in posses-
sion of the audited accounts until the session was draw-
ing to a close.
Mr. WILSON said, under the existing system, the
votes of the house were made for the year commencing
the sth of April. and ending on the sth of April follow-
ing, but the public audited accounts were made up from
Vie Ist of January to 31st of December. The object of the
c Luse was to make the published accounts harmonise
with the votes of the house.
Mr, V. SCULLY did not object to the general prin-
ciples of the bill, but he complained that there were cer-
tain classes of payments which were now thrown upon

the Consolidated Fund that were intended in future to be
brought into the estimates. One of them was the
charge for judicial offices in Ireland which he insisted
ought to be exempted from the operation of this bill.
He thought the bill ought to be reconsidered in a select
committee, with a view to an amendment of the s.le-
dule.

Mr. WILLIAMS rose and was
[LEFT SPEAKING.]