The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-31 00:00:00

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.

WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. i STE. I IMAMS. I PEAS.
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QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK.
Wheat, 64,035 ; Barley, 2,289 ; Oats, 4,614 ; Rye, 673; Beanip

1,935 ; Peas, 277 quarters.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following Bills Tiera
considered and agreed to:—
Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea sod

Loughor Railway (No. 1).
Trinity College (Dublin).
The Coal Dudes (London and Westminster and adja•
cent Counties) Bill, with amendments, was read a third
time and passed.
SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE mETßopoLth•
The Sheriffs of the City of London, Messrs. CA.snrti
and HODGKINSON, attended at the bar and presented *
petition from the corporation against the Bill for tho!,
better supply of water to the metropolis.
RETENTION OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
In reply to Mr. OSBORNE,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
following was the exact state of the •case with regard to
the Crystal PulAce. By the engagement en tersa
into the Commissioners were bound to Purf
chase the building, if they did not before tb,e.
Ist of December give notice to the contractors
pull it down, and the sum which they would be requi.real4
to pay if they desired to retain the building in per
manence was 70,0001. But whether the Coruailv'
sioners were at liberty, under the specific terms
of the memorandum, to apply any portion
of the surplus funds, which he believed would be Veil
large, to such purposes as a winter garden in the metro'
polls, he conceived would be very doubtful.—(ifesr.)
Whether, if they had the power, that was their
determination it was of course not for hill
to say. However, whether they had or ba'
not the power, if they were not inclined to make the
building a present to the public, the public could not
obtain possession of it without paying 70,000/.—(llcar'
hear.) That would be the first cost, but then there
would be a considerable additional expense in order
to render the building fit for a permanent erection,
and again a large annual outlay for maintaining it in a
state of repair. Then there must be a certain outlay for
the purpose of constructing a winter garden, and after-
wards for maintaining it. These different items must ill
one shape or another fall on the public.—(Hear.)
Mr. WAKLEY said it had been stated the other
night very distinctly that no application would be made
to the Government for a single shilling in respect to the
Crystal Palace.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
served that what was stated the other evening was alit
the contractors wore perfectly willing to extend tb
time for receiving notice for pulling down the building
from the Ist of December to the Ist of May.
The subject then dropped.
METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL.

On the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
Sir B. HALL protested against the Bill, on the ground
that the board would be composed of too numerous
and expensive a body of officials. He hoped that next
year the Government would introduce a Bill to infuse
the representative principle into the management of the
Commission.
Mr. WAKLEY was against a barrister being BP"
pointed to preside at the head of the Commission. 110
thought some eminent engineer would be more fitted for
the post.
After a few words from Mr. B. OSBORNE and the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Bill was read A
third time and passed.
METROPOLITAN INTERMENT BILL.
On clause 1 being proposed for granting 130,0001 to
the Board of Health for purchasing existing cemeteries.
Mr. B. OSBORNE opposed granting that sum to a
commission, which ho looked upon as one of the greatest
nuisances in the country. If the clause ;‘"°
acceded to, he believed that the country
would be involved by next year in an expense
amounting to half a million of money. Mr. Chadwick,
who was at the head of the Commission, grasped st
everything within his reach, and like Mr. Barry, the
architect, made all connected with him subservient to
his own views and purposes.
Mr. WAKLEY said the Hon. Member should real..
led that a medical gentleman was a member of the
board, and that medical men were always zealous and
attentive in the discharge of public duties.—(A laugh.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re-
minded the Hon. Member that when cemeteries and
burial-grounds were closed, it was absolutely necessary
that others should be provided, and in order to purchai°
them money was required. This was merely a tempo'
rary advance, and would not be repeated.
Mr. J. BELL objected to giving so large an advance
to the Board of Health. It was a mere speculative joint-
stock company, in whose hands large sums of mope)"
were to be placed without any check or control whatever.
Mr. B. OSBORNE thought the whole Bill looked
very much like a job; and if he had any chance of
getting a respectable number of Members to vote he
should divide against the clause.
After some further discussion the clause was agreed to.
The other clauses and the preamble were also passed.
On the motion for reporting the Bill,
Mr. BELL intimated that next session he should bring
the whole question of metropolitan interments under
their consideration. _ _

Mr. W. WILLIAMS hoped the public would under-
stand that those who opposed this Bill wore not averse
to the closing of the burial-grounds of the metropolis,
but what they objected to was the purchase of ceme-
teries with public money, in the manner proposed bi
the Bill.
Sir B. HALL thought it necessary to protest against
the Bill once more, and in order to do so without se,'
further delay., he should divide the Committee on the
motion for rejecting the Bill.

The Comniittee then divided, when there appeared--'
For the motion ••• ••• ••• 42
Against it .., ... ...
... 7
Majority ..• ••• ••• ... —35
The House then resumed, and the Bill having been
reported, was ordered to be again considered to-morrolf
at one o'clock.