The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-28 00:00:00

Tag CIVIL CONTINGENCIES.

An abstract of the sums expended under the head of
civil contingencies in the year 1857-58 had been pub-
lished. The total sum expended was 128,1211., against
94,0611. in the year 1856-57. The sum of 45,6221. was
appropriated to special missions, 3,545/. to the outfit and
equipage of Ministers at foreign Courts, 19,1341. to the
expenses of entertaining and conveying " persons of dis-
tinction," ambassadors, and governors, 3,9571. to the Ex-
penses defrayed by officers of the Household (not part of
the Civil List), and 48,740/. to " various public services."
Among the various items of the expenditure last year we
find one of 4,0001. for the expenses of the Frontier (Tur-
key and Persia) Commission ; 2,5001. for the expenses of
the Fishery (United States) Treaty; 6,1211. for the
expenses of Earl Granville's special mission to Russia,
to assist at the coronation of the new Cztr ; 6,5001. for
the expenses of Sir H. Lytton Bulwer's special mission
to the Danubian provinces ; 11,500/. for the expenses of
three separate special commissions for carrying out the
Treaty of Paris (1846) ; 10,000/. for the expenses of
Lord Elgin's mission to China ; 1,0001. for the American
and Canadian Boundary Commission ; and 1,0001. for
Sir W. Gore Ouseley's special mission to Central Ame-
rica. The entertainment and conveyance of "persons
of distinction" includes a large number of those items
that ordinarily provoke discussion in the House of Com-
mons. 701. is charged for the entertainment of the
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia on his passage in
her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne in the English
Channel ; 161. for the conveyance of the Duke and
Duchess (dowager) of Cambridge, Prince Frederick
William of Prussia, and certain German princesses to
and from the Continent on sundry occasions; 8561. for
the entertainment of the Siamese ambassadors and suite,
on their passage from Bangkok to Soez and thence to
England, and another charge of 10,1091. for expenses
incurred on account of the embassy from the Kings of
Siam in this country ;" 2,1761. for the expenses of
Farouk Khan, from Persia, during his recent visit to
England ; 3101. for the "entertainment" of Messrs.
Newton, Watts, and others, while employed on excava-
tions atßoudroum and Onidas ; 161. 10s. for the enter-
tainment of Dr. Livingstone on board the sloop Frolic
in 1856, besides a number of charges for the conveyance
of c )lonial governors and official persons, which occur
as a matter of course. The entertainment of the com-
missioner of Liberia, during a passage from Cape Palmos
to Monrovia in the sloop Heels, oaly cost the country
the moderate sum of two guineas • while that of the
Princess of Prussia and suite, and the Prince of Baden
and suite, .on their passage from Calais to Dover,
entailed an expense of 81. 17s. 10d. The ex ra EX.
penses of the household (not " Civil List" charges)
included 201. for the cleaning and care of Whitehall
Chapel ; 8611. for the robes, collar, and badges of
knights of the several orders ; 170/. as a remuneration
to " the Marshal of the Ceremonies" for attendance on
Foreign Ministers, and 2701. for the " household trum-
peter and and kettle drummer," in lieu of triennial cloth-
ing. There is a little bill for the collar and tabard of
"herald," and the mending of the Captain of the Yeo-
men's golden stick next figures for 671. 43.; and 761. 7s.
is charged "on account" of the exhibition of the Welling-
ton funeral car. The funeral H.R.H. the late Duchess
of Glocester appears to hays been a costly affair, seeing
that the expenses incurred in the Lord Chamberlain's
department alone figure for 1,7701., besides an item of
721/. for the department of the Office of Works "on
account" of the came. The "various publio services"
include items of 950/. for the commission appointed to
inquire " whether advantage might not be taken of the
rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament for the purpose
promoting and encouraging tke fine arts" (on account);
854/ for the Gold Coast Commission ; 9931. for the Cape
of Good Hope Territorial Commission ; 4501. for the
Oxford University Commission; 1281, for the Cambridge
University Commission ; 4311. fur- the Galway Election
Commission ; 8211. for the Army Commissions (Pur-
chase and Sale) Commission ; 4101. for the Sewage of
Towns Commission ; 1001. for the four Metropolitan
Dioceses Commission (whose report was revently reviewed
in the Times); 2,337/. paid to sundry persons for services
to the Statute Law Commission ; 1,0821. for fiAing up
of Chelsea Hospital-ball for the Crimean Court of In-
quiry there held ; 3001. to Professor Airey, for the con-
struction of the new standards of length and weight ;
1,5551. to Dr. Thompson and Dr. Odling and Mr. San-
disc), for enforcing the Smoke Nuisance Act of 1853 ;
1,500/. for the publication of cuneiform inscriptions in
the British Museum, under the care Lieut.-Col. Rawlin-
son ; 3021. to the Rev. H. 0. Coxe, fur his journey to
Syria, Asia Minor, and Thessaly, for the obtaining of
lists of the ancient MSS. preserved in those countries ;
5,000/. for the premiums awarded to the successful
competitors on account of their plans for the new pub-
lic offices ; 4,1861. for relief of workmen turned off at
the Woolwich Arsenal at the close of the war, in
1856 ; 45/. to the Board of Works for expenses incurred
in the parks (fire-work night, 1856); 1,6211. for the ac-
commodation of the people in Hyde-park when the Vic-
toria Crosses were distributed ; 5001. for replacing monu-
ments of officers in the new church at Waterloo (one
moiety of the expense) ; 2,5441. for the services of the
police at the Kentish camps ; 1001. to a Mr. Cattley, for
his outfit to join Lard Raglan in the Crimea, to assist
his lordship by bis knowledge of Russia and its language,
jsc, ; 1131. as rewards for the discovery of criminals ;
5671. for the transmission by post of proclamations and
forms of prayer to the clergy (Eyre and Spottiswoode);
785/. fur the survey of the Thames ; 1141. fur translating
foreign tariffs ; 1,8431. (net) to Lord Chelmsford on his
appointment as Lerd Chancellor ; 1,000/. for the outfit
of Mr. J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., as Speaker of the House
of Commons ; 1751. for cleaning and repairing Mr.
Speaker's plate; 5221. for passing letters patent and,
commissions under the Great Seal ; 2,99/. for the equi-'
page money of the Earl of Eglin ton and Wilton, on his
appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ideland, and 9231.
for that of Mr. J. Napier, the Lord Chancellor ; 963/.
for the Belfast riots inquiry; and 367/. (incurred in
Ireland), for the Galway election inquiry. Professor
Taylor, the toxicologist, received, altogether, a remune-
ration of about 3501. for sundry post mortem examina-
tions, &c., in oases of murder and suspected poisoning ;
and there there is a curious it )m of 54/. "for newspapers,
&c., supplied to Lord J. Russell, M.P., during the period
his lordship retained a beat in the Cabinet, without
office, in 1854 and 1855." The sum of 4/. 10s.
was paid
for lighting up a cave at Gibraltar during a visit of the
ex-Regent of Portugal. 100,000/ is asked for the civil
contingencies of 1858-59.

DEBTORS IN' FRANCS.—According to official returns
just published, the number of persons imprisoned for
debt throughout the whole of France in 1856 was 1,981
—of whom 1,894 were males, and 87 females ; 1,813
French, and 168 foreigners. At the end of that year
only 360 debtors remained in prison ; the ether 1,624
bad been released, 325 in consequence of the funds for
their support not having been supplied by their creditors,
486 after payment of their debts, and the remainder in
consequence of age or other motives.
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