The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY
_EV ENING, . JUNE 1, 1858,

harbour much frequented by American vessels. There Were
several other cases which he held to be not alarming for he
had no apprehension of a war with America, we were too
deeply engaged in commerce for that, but calculated to create
an angry feeling, What he was afraid of was, that with tbs
state of angry feeling a collision might arise which would he
much regretted both by America and by 'England. --Ati;
sion had been made to these occurrences in Congress. n
would ask the Secretary for the Colonies, who might 10°
an opportunity of answering in the course of the night of
of to morrow (this) night. It might be that some of tbege
vessels were engaged in the slave trade. If that we:6n
they were justified in asking for their papers, but that vie.
not justify firing into, boarding, and searching any WO
di=cri:oinate'y. He was informed 'that they were ships°
gaged in the sugar trade, and not at all like slave ships in el.
struction. The American Government proclaimed agaciast::
slave trade before we did, and by the first act of the Anieri a
Government the slave trade was declared to be piraeY,3n„.
they had co-operated with us and with France in sendi%
cruisers to suppress it. Ha would ask whether it Nne
case that merchant vessels had been so fired on, board and searched ; and if so, under what authority and briehe0
instructions ?
Mr. WALPOLE said these were matters on which Governs
ment were as yet uninformed, and of which they now 110,h,
for the first tine. He was therefore unable to answer
question at present.
Mr. D. GRIFFITH referred to the th apologetic despatch of
Count Walewski, which, he said, gave a new turn to
feeling of the house.
Mr. INGHAiI contended that the late Government did
in their power to obtain the liberation of the engineers.
The house then went into
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. -
The vote of 36,629/, for the Mint, including coinage,
agreed to; as was the vote of 22,0101. for salaries of inSP'"
for of factories and mines.
lAA On the vote of 6,2511, for salaries of the Queen's and
Treasurers' officers in Scotland,
Mr. WILLIAMS asked for explanations as to several:oo3l3l
Mr„WISE objected to some of the items. He must obllo
to the house publicly patronising horse racing. He there
should move that the vote be reduced by the amount insert
for the purpose of supplying Queen's plates in Scotland.
Sir G. LEWIS had certainly no desire to make grants 1
racing purposes in themselves ; but it was undeniable that
horse racing had done very much to encourage the breed :h
horses in these counties, and that was the ground upon Which
the money was, voted by Parliament.
The committee then divided upon the question that thoef
vote be diminished by a sum of 981. 165. 6d. on account
the Queen's plate for Edinburgh, when there appeared
For the amendment - 44
Against it
Majority
—26
The vote was then agreed to.
The next vote was for a sum of 6,4211. to defray salaries,
&c , connected with the department of the Lord-Lieutenant °
Ireland.

Mr. WISE objected to the allowance for four aides'd_f
camp ; he proposed, therefore, that the vote should be P-
duced by the sum of 6471.
The committee divided—
For the amendment.,, 42
Against it
Majority in favour of the vote —46
The next vote was for a sum of 15,804/. t) defray allar
ef
connected with the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. #0
Mr. BAXTER objected to the vote as very excessive
could not conceive that there were duties connected with '..:t
office requiring so large an outlay. He would move the sal;
of the Chief,,Secretary be reduced from 4,4257. allar
3,425/.
Mr. WISE might be permitted to recall the fact that a :be;
lect committee had already reported that the salary ofar
Chief Secretary for Ireland ought not to exceed 3000/. a'y rg.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Goire ,
ea
ment had taken into consideration the report which had
made by the committee but he thought that there Bete
ill
many recommendations in that report which. were Woo.
arrived at. Ho admitted at the same time that hon. "en d.
men opposite had good giound for the arguments theito
duced in relation to this subject. With regard to the du e
of the staff of the Secretary for Ireland being h
a sinecure, to
beggod to assure the house that so far from that beingua
case, the duties were so multifarious that he had seri° o
considered whether it was not his duty to recommend t
.tee
augmentation of the -tall. (Hear.) He hoped the comreP,lot
would not sanction the opposition of the hon. gentleman,
the vote had been thoroughly considered.
Mr. BUTLER thought they got on very well witlretot
Chief Secretary for Scotland, and that they might do With°
such au officer for Ireland.
The committee divided, and the numbers wore—
For the amendment
Against it l5l
Majority against the amendment —96
The amendment was therefore lost. tioit
rihiei
Mr. WILLIAMS, on the resumption of the considers
of the vote, moved that the amount allowed to the ‘,-tef
Secretary for coals should be reduced by 425/. The ",,h1
Secretary for Ireland had a handsome salary, and he tlior
he should buy his own coals (Laughter.)
The committee divided, and the numbers were
For the amendment
Against it
148
Majority against the amendment —SO
The amendment was lost and the item was agreed to: „..
Several other votes, for the payment of inspectors of
tic asylums and other Government officers in Ireland, .11
agreed to.

A sum of 22,615/. was voted for public works in Ireland'
A vote of 30,768/. for the Board of Health was epee('
S2veral other votes were agreed to. Pri2.
A sum of 38,838/. for the General Registry Office was
posed and agreed to.
A sum of 3,3081., for the General Register Office in Dublin
was agreed to,
0.30
A vote of 0,8121. was proposed for the office of Co
sioncrs of Lunacy for Scotland, and agreed to.
A sum of 401,3881. was proposed for printing reports' 0.
Sir G. C. LEWIS called attention to the cut:among
peuses of printing reports of commissions. One oonlre.
sion was appointed to inquire into end3wed sehoo'S i 4
land, and the report of the commission consumed
than 32 tons of paper, and the printing was upwardSto
5,0001. There ought to be some supervision to prevent each
wasteful expenditure.
tet°
Mr. HAMILTON said that Government had taken s
to remedy the evil, There could bo no doubt that much
this printing was merely waste paper.
After a fesv words from General CODRINGTON, for
The vote was then agreed to, as was that of 123,00 a
post ge.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obild°l
leave to sit again.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said.tha.4. 0 Is,
matter of convenience he proposei to take the comulittton,
supply on Thursday, and go on with the bill of his right
friend the Attorney-General on Friday.
SALE AND TRANSFER OF LAND (IRELAND)
BILL/ SALARIES, cte.
eci In committee of the whole house a resolution was cre
to, and a bill ordered to be brought in founded thereon* col
The Markets and Fairs (Ireland) Bill was read 3 Be
time.

The Public Health Bill was also rzad a second
The Prescription (Ireland) Bill passed through commaesea
The Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bill also „
through committee.
The Trustee's' Relief Bill was referred to a select CO°l
tee.
'
The CHANCE LLOR of the EXCHEQUER then I 0 d
0
up some Treasury minutes, which were ordered to be
the table; and the house adjourned at half-past 12 e'c'°