The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

IMPRESSED STAMPS ON NEWSPAPERS.

Mr. LAIN(, iu reply to lion. members, said that it was
not the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
discontinue the impressed stamps on newspapers, awl
with regard to any further information relative to this
matter it would be more desira'lle to postpone it until the
bill of his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer was introduced.

COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF

INDIA.

Lord STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for India
whether it was his intention to bring in a bill in the course
of the present session for the reconstruction of the Council
of the Governor-General of India, and whether he intended
to bring in a bill for the amendment of tho laws relating to
the civil service in India ?

Sir C. WOOD said the subjects allqded to had been
under the consideration of her Majesty's Government, and
it was his intention to bring in a bill relative to them after
Laster. In the state of public business it was not in his
power to do so at an earlier period of the session.
ADJOURNAIENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord PALMERSTON moved that the house at its rising
should adjourn until the 16th inst.
Sir J. PAKINGTON availed himself of that opportunity
to draw the attention of the house to the returns upon
which the Reform Bill of the noble lord the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs was founded, which, he contended, were
quite fallacious. It was a fact that in forty-four
boroughs the number of £lO occupiers, according to
these returns, was greater than the number of houses of
£lO rental. He contended, therefore, that the return could
not be relied on, and that any. measure of reform based on
such inaccurate data must be a failure.

Mr. VILLIER3 contended that the returns were the
most correct that had been constructed.

Mr. E. JAMES considered that the returns were erro-
neous, and referred to Marylebone and Finsbury in sup-
port of his statement.

Sir G. C. LEWIS said that Government did not wish to
take any credit for what they had done' in reference to this
matter, because they did what was merely their duty.
(Hear.) Those returns, which had formed tho'subject of
criticism on the other side of the house, had been made to
furnish a satisfactory Wises upon what might be founded an
extension of the electoral franchise of the country. The
efforts made by Government to obtain correct information
on this subject were genuine, and no sinister motive could
be imputed to them in respect to that matter.
Mr. AYRTON contended that the practical operation of
the Reform Bill, as founded on the returns, would be to
exclude a large number of this class which it professed to
admit to the electoral franchise.
Mr. BONHAM-CARTER defended the returns.
Mr. J. LOCKE considered that the returns in
question were erroneous. To prove that, he re-'
(erred to the borough of Southwark, where the cal-
culation was made that the number of electors
was 10,600, a calculation which was based on the register of
1858 and not on that of 1850, which latter year gave 11,000
electors to the borough. He advised the Government
during the recess to devote their attention to correcting the
anomalies in the Reform Bill, endeavouring to render the
measure as perfect as possible.
THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF LONDONDERRY

Colonel FRENCH wished to know if it was correct
that a gentleman who possessed only 100 acres of land
in the county of Londonderry was appointed lord-lieutenant
for that county. He hoped that after Easter full informa-
tion would be given.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Tn reply to Mr. DEEDES,
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that it was not his intention to
proceed with the Ecclesiastical Commissions Bill and the
Highways Bill immediately after the Easter holidays.
Lord PALMERSTON stated, with respect to the ques-
tion of the gallant member (Col. French), that the subject
would be inquired into, and every information would be
afforded after Easter. If hon. members moved for any
returns calculated to render the bases of the electoral fran •
chise more correct than at present, Government would
afford every facility for that purpose.