The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

COSIMIT-TEE OF SUPPLY.

The House then formed itself into a Committee of
Supply.
A vote of 772,8891. for the united service of England
and Ireland was agreed to; as were also
A vote of 169,435/. for the staff officers.

A vote of 14,0621. for the expense of the Royal Military
Asylum.
The following sums were voted, as portions of the
army estimates :-36,501L ; 12,0001. ; 49,0001. ;
46,000/. ; 26,000/. ; 38,000/. ; 4,2001. ; 82,000/. ; 34,6501. ;
191,350/. ; 30,000/. ; 500,000/. ; 94,439/. ; and 82,3751.
The Chairman was then ordered to report progress.

The House having resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported
accordingly, and the report was ordered to be brought
up to-day.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (4,000,0001.) BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
JOINT STOCK BANKS BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
SPIRIT LICENSE AND DUTIES BILL.
The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to,
and the Bill ordered to be engrossed.

RATEABLE PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill went through Committee pro forma, for the
purpose of having amendments introduced into the Bill.
Ejectments (Ireland) Bill, Leases (Ireland) Bill, and
Rateable Property (Ireland) Bill were postponed till
Wednesday.
FISHERIES (IRELAND) BILL.
Captain JONES objected going into Committee at
that hour of the night.
The Bill was postponed till Wednesday.
The District Lunatic Asylums Bill was postponed.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES (IRELAND) BILL.
On bringing up the report of this Bill,
Mr. GROGAN moved the omission of clause 4, and
the insertion of the following clauses:—And be it en-
nacted, that the expenses of carrying this Act into exe-
cution in any such borough, or such city or town in
which the Council or Town Commissioners respectively
shall have resolved to adopt this Act for their borough,
or city, or town respectively, shall be chargeable upon,
and paid out of the funds to be raised under, the au-
thority of this Act ; and for that purpose the Council or
Town Commissioners may cause a separate rate, not
exceeding in the whole, at any one time, the sum of one
penny per pound sterling upon the rateable property of
such borough, city, or town, to be levied, paid, and re-
covered in like manner, and with the like powers and
remedies in all respects as the borough-rate or town-rate,
to be applied in payment of the expenses of carrying this
Act into execution, as if such expenses were necessarily
incurred in carrying into effect the provisions of the
Act of the third and fourth years of the reign of her pre-
sent Majesty, or the said Act of the ninth year of his
Majesty Kin... George the Fourth, or of such local or
other Act or Acts as aforesaid, as the case may be; and
the income arising from the baths and washhouses and
open bathing places in any borough, or city, or town,
shall be paid to the credit of the separate account of such
baths or washhouses. And be it enacted, that when
the Town Council of any such borough as
aforesaid, or the Town Commissioners for any
such city or town as aforesaid, shall have
adopted this Act for their borough, city, or town,
respectively, they shall cause their treasurer, or, where
there shall be no treasurer, such person as they shall
appoint, to keep a true and regular account of all sums
of money expended by them in the purchase of any
land or buildings for the purpose of erecting baths or
washhouses thereon, or in the purchase of any baths
now erected, and of all sums of money borrowed by
them under the powers of this Act, and of all ex-
penses incurred by them for or on account of the pur-
poses of this Act : and the said account shall be
examined and audited in like manner and at the same
time as all other accounts of receipts and payments of
such borough, city, or town, respectively, are ex-
amined and audited : and the said Council or Town
Commissioners shall, before the first day of February in
each year, transmit to the Lord Lieutenant or other
Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the time
being, a true and correct copy of such account : and
the said Council or Town Commissioners shall also
cause a copy of such account to be deposited in the office
of the Town Clerk, or of such person as they shall ap-
point to execute the duties of Town Clerk, within one
month after the same shell have been audited, and the said
account shall be open to the inspection of all inhabitants
of such borough, city, or town, and copies thereof shall
be delivered to all inhabitants of such borough, city or
town, applying for the same, upon payment of one shil-
ling for each copy.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS BILL.

This Bill went through Committee, and the several
clauses were agreed to.
The House resumed.
The Cop hold Commission Bill, Turnpike Act Con-
tinuance Bill, Stock in Trade Bill, Highway Rates Bill,
and Loan Societies Bill, were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed this day.