The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-10 00:00:00

BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

On the motion of Lord DuttcaNtrox the House re-
solved itself into Committee upon the supplies to be granted
for the repairs &c. of this Palace.
On the motion that, upon the recommendation of the
Committee, 78,000/. should be granted out of the Crown
Revenues for this purpose,
Mr. HUME wished to know whether that supply ex-
tended to the furniture.
Lord DUNCANNON said the furniture wax not in-
cluded, but there was a large quantity of furniture in store,
which was likely to be appropriated to that purpose. The
resolution was then agreed to.
A message from the Lords was brought up, requesting
that the House would furnish a copy of the evidence given
before a Select Committee on the East India question.
WOODS and FORESTS and BOARD of WORKS.

Lord DUNCANNON, in pursuance of notice, rose to
move for leave to bring in a Bill to unite the offices Of
Surveyor-General of his Majesty's Works and Public
Buildings, to the offices of Surveyor-General of the Woods
and Forests and Land Revenue. He observed, that it had
been thought expedient to make this consolidation, but at
the same time to preserve the offices of the Surveyor-Ge-
neral of Public Works and his deputy, who was an archi-
tect. In lower departments great changes were made, as
it was not necessary to retain the services of many officers :
in future all works would be open to competition, and
would be executed by contract. Furniture would be pro-
vidEd, as at present, for the public offices, by the Ord-
nance Department. Compensation was intended to be
given to those officers who had devoted their whole time
to the public service, but such as had only necasionlly at-
tended duties in the department were not considered enti-
tled to it. It became necessary to apply to Parliament,
as the accounts of the Board of Works were audited by
one description of person•, while those of the Woods and
Forests were audited by another—the first by the Auditors
of Public Accounts, and the last by the Auditors of Land
Revenue. The Joist Auditor of Land Revenue was a pa-
tent place, and when that was abolished the whole of the
accounts would come before the Auditors of Public Ac-
counts. On Monday he should propose a clause, to en-
able the Lords of the Treasury, through the medium of
arbitrators (one to be appointed by the patentee, and the
other by the Treasury), to make an arrangement with the
patentee. Another cl lose would he suggested, for the due
preservation of the valuable records of the land rev-nue.
He moved for leave to bring in the Bill.
Mr. MABERLY contended, that the whole establish-
' ment ought to be incorporated with the Ordnance, which
might be done with a very small addition of expence.
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests could know no-
thing about public buildings.
Lord ALTIIORP justified the proposed change by the
analogy of private life: every large proprietor's land and
the buildings upon it were under the superintendence of
the same individual ; for this reason the Board of Works
was to be incorporated with tire Woods and Forests, by
which combination the expence of the latter department
would he but little increased, while a considerable saving
would be effected in the office connected with the land re-
venue. Individual responsibility would also be increased,
and the work undertaken would be much better done.
He saw no analogy between the duties of the Board of
Ordnance and the survey of palaces and public buildings.
Mr. HUME supported the suggestion of the Hon.
Member for Abingdon, and asked what objection could be
raised to the manner iu which the Board of Ordnance had
superintended matters connected with certain public build-
ings in Dublin ?
Mr. WARBURTON approved of the consolidation
proposed, and contended that a removeable officer was
not so likely to discharge his duties properly as one who

was permanent. He objected to any buildings and their
furniture being continued in the Lord Chamberlain's de-

partment.
After a few words front Mr. GOULBURN, leave was
given. . _

Lord DUNCANNON gave notice, that on Monday
next he would move for a Committee (we believe) to con-
aider of the abolition of the office of Auditor of Land Re-

venue.

Mr. HUME wished, as the place was to be held by pa-
tent, to see a copy of the instrument upon the table. No
information ought to be withheld, as it might be fuund
that the parties had no

Mr. MABERLY referred to the compensation formerly
granted to the Commissioners of Lotteries. Retired allow-
ance. ought not to be given to individuals who had been
in the receipt of large incomes, from which they ought to
have saved money.

YEOMANRY CORPS.
On the motion of Mr. HUNT, a return was ordered
of the number and names of the different yeomanry corps
in Englind and Wales.
Lord ALTHORP move.l, that the House at its rising
should adjourn to Monday next.
Mr. GOULBURN wished to know (as we understood
him) whether Wednesday was to be, this Session, fixed as
an order day ; and if so, whether by that arrangement the
Members of his Majesty's Government would resist the
introduction of important private business on Mondays and
Fridays ?
Lord ALTHORP said, that he, for one, would not he
so discourteous as to resist the introduction of private bu-
siness of importance by any gentleman on Mondays and
Fridays. But he thought it was a convenient arrange-
ment to have one day in the week set apart exclusively for
such business.

On the motion of Lord DUNCATINON, the Bill for con-
solidating. the Surveyorship of Woods and Forests with
the Board of Works, was read a first time, and ordered to
be printed.
The other Orders of the Day being disposed of, the
House adjourned at Half-past Six o'clock.

The Brighton Gazette states that the per-
formance of PAGANINI went off on Wednesday night
without the disturbance which had been expected on ac-
count of the raising of the prices at the theatre.

THE IRISH CHURCH.-Mr. SIIEIL, it
seems, intends to anticipate the promised Ministerial mo-
tion for a Committee on the subject of the Irish Church
and its tithes, or to prepare materials for it. On the 20th
instant he has two motions—l. For an address to hisllla-
jesty for a return, stating the annual value of the differ-
ent sees in Ireland, distinguishing income arising from
rents and from fines, since 1820 ;-2. To submit resolu-
tions respecting " the Established Church in Ireland."

Dr. WHATELEY, the newly appointed Arch-
bishop of Dublin, on being offered his high station, is said
to have replied, by letter, that the emolument of the situa-
tion was not his inducement for accepting it ; that did
not know what the amount of the revenue of the see
might be, but that it was his wish that it might be reduced
to the lowest sum which might be supposed sufficient to
maintain the respectability of the office. This high-minded
proposal was met on the part of Government by a declara-
tion equally considerate and dignified, that the annual in-
come of the Archbishopric would not admit of any reduc-
tion, being barely adequate to the expenditure required.
All comment on a transaction thus mutually praiseworthy
would be superfluous.—Bath Chronicle.

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS, in a Pas-
toral Letter to his Clergy " on the present aspect of the
times," says that " he is, and ever has been, a decided
friend to Reform ;" that " he is decidedly opposed to the
whole system of nomination boroughs ;" and that, in his
opinion, the " sentiments and feelings of a British people
ought to be fully and freely expressed in a British House
of Commons." He also declares that he would not have
voted against the Bill of last Session, "except on the
fullest understanding that a measure would be brought for-
ward early in the ensuing Session of Parliament—a mea-
sure calculated to give the people all that the peiiple bad a
just right to expect, and which would at the same time
uphold all the ancient and venerated institutions of the
country." " I have no hesitation (he says) in declaring
that to any legislative enactment which may be brought
forward calculated to meet the general wishes and to pro-
mote the real interests of the people, I, for one, shall be
ready to give nay most hearty and conscientious support."

MILITARY BIOGRAPHY.—In writing his
celebrated " Lives of the Poets," Dr. JOHNSON frequently
lamented the dearth of incident in the career of literary
men. We understand that a work comprising a body of
original memoirs concerning a class of famous individuals
is about to be published, in composing which the author
will not have to encounter the difficulty complained of by
the Doctor, inasmuch as no lives are fuller of adventure,
even of the most romantic kind, than those of the men of
whom he will treat. The volumes alluded to will be en-
titled " Li,,es of Great Commanders," and the biographer,
Mr. JAMES, author of " Darnley," &c. is said to possess
many sources of information, manuscript and otherwise,
which must confer on his work great value.
CHOLERA MOREUS.—SUNDERLAND, DEC.
7.—Fresh cases of cholera continue to occur in the poor-
house, and the projected plan of removing them as they
occur, to the cholera hospital, has been adopted. My re-
cent inquiries after the state of the patients in general in
the town lead me to conclude that we shall have a rather
numerous list of deaths in to-morrow's report. Some in.
stances of the disease have been observed in which certain
symptoms presented a remarkable intensity comparatively
considered. In the cold period of cholera, it is usual to
observe that no urine is formed during the whole of its
unimpeded progress. In the case of a man named Eworr,
who died yesterday, the suppression of urine, I tun in-
formed by the medical attendant, was complete, not only
during the cold, but also during the hot period, and the
portion of time in which the absence of urine was re.
marked amounted to the extraordinary duration of ten
days. Mr. GRECIAN, a surgeon, gave me the following
remarkable fact. In Islaud's-court, a young woman,
aged 18, of a robust and healthy appearance, was suddenly
seized last Monday with all the common symptoms of pro.
tracted cholera in an apparently moderate degree. Mr.
GRECIAN saw her very soon after these symptoms had
commenced, and he endeavoured to perform free blood-
letting, but lie could only procure a slow discharge of
four ounces of blood. It would appear therefore in this
case that the circulation had been affected for some time
before the other 53 mptoms became developed. There are
rumours that another case of cholera has occurred in New-
castle, near to the Keelman's hospital ; the neighbourhood
where JORDAN had resided. Cases are also said to have
been observed at Houghton, since the death of the woman
there of a rapid attack on Friday last. Rumours, how-
ever, of this description have been found so often incorrect,
that, until authenticated, little weight should be attached
to them.— Times.

By an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope,
to the Bth of October, we have late advices from Mada-
gascar. The French had withdrawn their hostile forces
from the shores of that island, and they only remained at
the Isle of St.llary's—a place long noted for its unhealthy
climate. There still remained traders up the North,
where the French Government claimed posvession of the
land ; but the ships of the line and the troops were with-
drawn, and it was not expected the attack would be re-
newed, as it had proved a most impolitic measure on the
part of the French. The QUEEN had behaved exceed-
ingly kind to the English Missionaries, forwarding all
their packages tree of expellee into the interior, except
those of beer, wine, or spirits. The laws of the country
forbid the use of ardent spirits, and the law is in force
in 'merino; on the coast, however, spirits are freely used.
The resolution of the people to resist the claims of the
French appears to he very decided. The Ambassador• is
said to have returned much mortified. He was allowed
to proceed within three mites of the capital, but was not
permitted to proceed further. His chief difficulty seems
to have been the want of credentials from King Louis-
Parton', he being furnished only with those from the Go-
vernor of Bourbon. The QUEEN'S officers stated, on
behalf of their Sovereign, that they were not prepared to
enter into any arrangements with the Governor of Bour•
bon ; they could only treat with an officer directly com-
missioned by !he Sovereio himself. Prosperity was re-
turning with peace. Houses were being built in Tama-
tare ; the village is about to be laid out on a new plan,
streets to be made straight, inferior houses pulled down,
and other improvements. The trade was rapidly increas-
ing. This island is one of the largest in the world, con-
taining about 150 millions of acres, a large port'on of
which is, however, sterile. The population is estimated
at between four and five millions. The staple food of the
island is rice, but there are many valuable productions,
such as the sugar-cane, the vine, cotton, and hemp. Till
very recently Madagascar was divided into many small
tribes, but the late KING and his father succeeded in re-
ducing newly the whole island under one head; and the
present QUEEN and her Councillors have secured the ex-
tensive authority possessed by RADAMA. The schools for
education are much patronised by the Government; there
ate upwards of 100 of them, containing about 5,000
scholars. The Press is also actively employed.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S.OFFICE, Sstrr. 28, 1831.
The King has been pleased toappoint Sir Robert Gill, Lieute-
nant of his hfajestv's Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, with Ilse
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army so long as Sir Robert
Gill shall continue to hold the said appointment.