The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL GUARANTEES.

Mr. HUBBARD moved for an address for return of the
unexpired imperial liabilities arising under either of the
following heads :—Guarantee of loans made by foreign
countries or colonial dependencies ; guarantees of interest on
railway, telegraphic, or other undertakings, specifying the
extent of the loans and the rates of interest ; also the amounts
already paid under such guarantees, and the amount still
depending.

The motion was agreed to.
CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION)

BILL:
This bill was read a second time.
EXCHEQUER BONDS (E 2,000,000) BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
ENDOWED CHARITIES BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.
Clauses 1 to 17 were agreed to with one or two verbal
amendments.
On the motion of Mr. LYGON clause 18 was struck
out.

Clauses 19 and 20 were agreed to.
On clause 21, there was a long discussion, in which the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Her ley, Sir
R. Bethell, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Ayrton, and other gentlemen
took part, relative to salaries to be granted to official trustees
of charitable funds. It resulted in the promise that a clause
should be brought up on the report, on the condition that it
should be a temporary measure preliminary to a general in-
vestigation of the whole subject of salaries under the Charity
Commission next session.

Clause 22, which provides that clerks and accountants
under the commission should not be liable to serve on juries
was objected to by Mr. HENLEY. He had no objection to
the commissioners and secretary being exempt, but he
thought that clerks and accountants should be liable as
other people are.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there would be no
objection to amending the clause as suggested. .

The clause having been so amended was agreed to.
Mr. HADFIELD moved a clause, which provided tt
where, under the deed or instrument constituting or regu-
lating any parochial charity, administered by the '-a-
cumbent, churchwardens, or other persons appointed by the
vestry of a parish, no auditor is appointed, it shall be law-
ful for the commissioners of charities to appoint an inspec-
tor of accounts.
The committee divided—
For the clause
Against
Majority
The clause was negatived, and the bill was reported to the
house.

MILITIA PAY BILL.
This bill passed through committee.

MILITIA BALLOT BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and
agreed to.

NEW ZEALAND BILL.

The order for the second reading of this bill was post.
poned until the evening sitting.
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (1855) AMEND-

MENT (No. 2) BILL.
This bill passed through committee, and the standing
orders having been suspended, was read a third time and

passed".

NAVAL DISCIPLINE BILL.

The order for going into committee on this bill was post-
poned until the evening sitting.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES BILL.

The adjourned debate on the amendment on consideration
as amended was postponed until the last sitting.

COURT OF CHANCERY BILL.

On. the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. HADFIELD adVerted at some length to the clauses
of 'which ho had given notice, providing for the appoint-
ment of additional chief clerks to the Master of the Rolls
and the Vice-Chancellors.

Sir J. GRAHAM said the bill had come down on high
authority from the House of Lords, but he hoped the House
of Commons would pay some respect to a committee of its
own who had considered and rejected the clauses to which
the hon. member for Sheffield had referred.
The house went into committee on the bill, and the vari-
ous clauses were agreed to with some slight amendments.

Mr. HADFIELD then moved the first of the clauses on
which his speech was founded, namely that an additional
_ thief clerk be appointed for the Master of the Rolls, and
ee
rttne of
Mr. John Arthur Buckley, late chief in the
tient, f one of the Masters in Ordinary, for the appoint-
Sir a
gard 10; (it jte A.II AM opposed the clause. He had a high re-
and he ,a,:.,Z•ebat ability and respectability of Mr. Buckley,
and o her hlaix?orry to oppose the Master of the Rolls
commended the judicial officers, who were said to have re-
,:„Pointrnent. The committee to whom he
had referred bed
recommended the abolition of the office of
Master in Chance
aoillgh it was foreseen that it might
he productive of Borne
practice a the sceauritY, on the ground that the
chamber
ability
would be transacted by
clerks, who were inferior in
to the Masters in Chan •
eery, whose office had been obsolete, The Master of the
Rolls had two chief clerks and inferior clerks,oi and now the
conceded,
proposition W2B that the Master of the
Rolls
ahould
additional
would
l clerks.l
tbird chief clerk. If that point were
, Parliament
might reckon upon it with a certainty that an r have n.
at
be made by thq three Vic- Chancellors for ad
The time had come for the appointment of a new equity
judge, whose establishment would not amount to morn than
£I,OOO a year than would, be incurred by the proposed chief
clerks. _Ho recommended that when a fourth irice-Chan.