The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-11 00:00:00

STANDING ORDERS.

Mr. ESTCOURT moved the consideration of the
Report of the Select Committee appointed to revise the
Standing Orders of the House. In the absence of the
Judge Advocate, the Chairman• of the. Standing Orders
Committee, the task of bringing forward this motion had
levolved on him. He was happy to say the number of
Alterations he should have to propose were very few, in-
ismuch as the Committee of 1837 had so admirably
performed their duty. The first alteration they hid
proposed was a new arrangement of the Standing Orders
under various heads, so as to simplify the labours of the
lifT,rent Committees, and to define accurately the prac-
tice of the House and the practice of the Private Bill
Office. The next alteration was that they proposed the
numbers,of the Standing Orders should be progressive, so
as to make them more easy of reference ; then the
next alteration was the introduction of those resolu-
tions which had been made Standing Orders since the
last revision ; and the last was. the: introduction of cer-
tain new Orders to the number of six.
A message from the ,Lords was brought up announc-
ing that their Lordship's had agreed to several
and requested a copy of the Report. of the Select Com-
mittee on East India produce. • •

Mr. HAWES brought up the Report of the Corn-
mittee appointed to draw up reasons for disagreeing
with the Lords in their amendments to the Loan So-
cieties Bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
btought up the Report of the Committee appointed to
draw up reasons for the House disagreeing in the
amendments of the Lords to the Joint Stock Banking
Companies Bill.
Mr. ESTCOURT then resumed his explanation of
the alterations he proposed in the Standing Orders.
Mr. HAWES shortly afterwards returned, and
announced that the Lords had agreed to a conference
upon the Loan Societies Bill.—The Hon. Gentleman
and other Members were thereupon appointed mana-
gers to conduct the- conference ; and, after an absence
of about ten minutes, Mr. Hawes reported that they
had left the Bill, with their reasons for disagreeing to
the amendment with their Lordships.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQULR also
reported', the Lords having agreed to a conference. upon
the Joint Stock Banking Bill, that he had left that Bill, 1
together with the reasons of the Commons for disagree-
ing
to the, amendments of their Lordships.
'Sir, ESTCOLJRT having concluded his observations
moved ttat the resolutions of the Standing-Orders Com-
mittee be agreed to.
Lord G.SOMERSET would .not'oppose'the motion,
although be thOnght it was a very' inconvenimt period
of the Session at which to bring 'such a subject fcrrward.
After a shori conversation, in which Mr. Ewart, Mr.
Aglionby, and Mr. Freshfield took part,
Messengers from the Lords announced that their
Lordships did not insist upon their amendments to the
Joint Stock Banking Companies Bill, and the Loan So-
cieties Bill.
The Resolutions of the Standing Order Committee
were agreed to, and ordered to be made Standing Or-
ders in lieu of those repealed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
laid on the table papers relative to the Revenue and
Population, and
The House adjourned at Seven o'Clock.

THE COLONIAL OFFICE AND TIIE
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PRINCIPLE.

We request general attention to two official papers
which we do hesitate to class among the most important
which have ever been promulgated, and to be truly
worthy of a statesman who presides over the most ex-
tensive colonial empire in the universe. The first is a
despatch from Lord John Russell to Governor Sir
George Gipps, relative to the disposal of lands in New`
South Wales and Port Phillip ; the second is a copy
of the instructions under the royal sign manual and
signet, addressed to Sir George Gipps, for the purpose
of carrying the instructions of Gove :9 ment into effect.
It is now announced that to all the new colonies, the
South Australian principle is to be applied. This memo-
rable resolution is declared by Lord John Russell in the
following terms :
"It appears to me tobe shown that in new settlements,
twcohdlss those comprised within the more recent of the
salesi s exposed,
time byfo r advertisementth
districts thus separated, a fixed uniform price con-
stitutes the best method of disposing of the land. In
auctionere rtohree tpu, rdaeehtadys e r must wait a sufficient
The fixed price also enablestia'pnaandrttmioe
of these inconveniences,'3
. they leave this counter
are obviated by a fixed price.
asuyntboc eerkotnau•oltevrbtly,d.. b
eßf
oolirt
ehe
can buy. Anctbe r r,cut
circumstance
teaxnaelcet
which, quantity f a
rof f
rloamn d titer
look-
ing upon it with ajealous should consider to be a
great advantage, is, that one uniform price for all coun-
try lands renders it probable that the
takea'up firs!, instead of, by a
(I.ffthe best lands will be
tempt-
ing persons to begin with lands ofrsze of cost,
Thus none are forced into premature or!dary qualities.
cultivation, but the
different lands of the colony are successively occupied. in
the natural order of their advantaees."
The date of this despatch, for this declaration alone,
deserves to be designated—A new epoch inthe
history
of colonization.—South Australian Record.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, AUG. —Thy
Sugar markets getwrally have been exceedingly flat since
our last; but ;be sellers are so firm in the confidence of
future high prices, that we have no decline to quote._
Bristol Jrcrcury.