The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-28 00:00:00

to volunteer into the second battalion of the 14th Regiment,
BO as to raise it to 1,400 men.

VOTE FOR FORTIFICATIONS.

Sir F. GOLDSMID asked the Secretary of State for
War whether he could, on or before Monday, lay upon the
table a statement specifying the works towards which the
£2,000,000 proposed to be voted for fortifications are to be
applied, and showing the probable cost of completing each
work. He wished to know why the house was called upon
to depart from its ordinary course of going into committee
of supply, and voting this money upon estimates. The
difficulty appeared to him to be greater, because this vote
of £2,000,000 applied to part only of the money that
was required, the rest being included in a lump sum,
which was intended to be voted in that committee as
soon as the necessary ways and means were provided. It
was important that this sum should only be voted after
a proper estimate, which ought to state the sum proposed
to be expended in the current year, and the total amount
required. It might be thought that the report of the De-
fences Commission stood in the place of an estimate; but
this was not so. The statements of Lord Palmerston and
Mr. S. Herbert showed that different works were contem-
plated.
The SPEAKER--The hon. member is really travelling
too much beyond the ordinary limits of these discussions ;
the matter must come before the house—a day is appointed
for the discussion, and the hon. member will then have the
opportunity of expressing his views.

Sir F. GOLESMID said he would simply refer to the
statements made on Monday night by the noble lord and the
right hon. gentleman.

The SPEAKER—I must remind the hon. gentleman
that he has no right to refer, on this occasion, to statements
made in another debate.

Sir F. GOLDSMID said he would simply ask the ques-
tion of which he had given notice—whether the Secretary
for War could, on or before Monday, Jay before the house
an estimate of the works for which the vote of two millions
was proposed, and the probable cost of completing such
works.

Mr. S. HERBERT said that if the vote for fortifications
had been proposed in committee of supply, the expenditure
must have been limited to the period ending on the 31st of
March next; but by taking the vote as proposed they would
have the advantage of carrying on the works during the
whole of next summer. He had already drawn up such a
statement as the hon. baronet asked for ; it had been laid on
the table of the house ; And he believed that it would be in
the hands of members to-morrow.
THE LANDING PIER AT HOLYHEAD.

Mr. LEFROY called attention to the present state of the
landing pier at Holyhead, and asked if the temporary ar-
rangements for bringing the new packets safely alongside
t Holyhead, in all weather, to land the mails and passen-
gers, would be quite completed on the commencement of
the improved service, early in August. The hon. member
urged the importance of adequate accommodation being
provided for the new vessels, and called on the Government
to do all in their power to carry out the arrangement.
Sir E. IROGAN said that the Government had under-

taken to erect a suitable station for the new vessels, which
were now provided, and would be on the station on Wed-
nesday next.
Mr. LAING said that there was considerable difference
of opinion as to the erection of a stone pier ; but a tempo-
rary arrangement had been made, under the direction of
Mr. Hawkshaw, the Government engineer, and the direc-
tors of the steamboat companies. The principal thing re-
quired was a wooden staging on the side of the pier, and
that he understood would be ready by the Ist of next
month. Some delay had occurred in the building of the
second boat, the Ulster, and by the time it was on the sta-

tion the staging would be ready. Steps had also been taken
for providing waiting rooms and a shelter from the wind.
The Government would do all in their power to afford the
best possible temporary accommodation. As to the case of
Mr. Dunne, he had become insolvent some years ago, and
was mixed up with accommodation bill transactions, and
that was the principal ground on which the board had dis-
missed him. The questions of the hon. member reminded
him of a string of interrogatories in Chancery. (Laughter.)
The matter had been considered two or three times already,
but the Government had no objection to look into it again.