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

TDB CIVIL CONTENTGENCIES.

An abstract of the sums-expended under the head of
civil contingencies in the year 1857-58 bad 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 missione, 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, 3,957/. to the tx.
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 4,000/. for the expenses of the Frontier (Tur-
key and Persia) Commission ; 2,500/. for the expenses of
the Fishery (United States) Treaty; 6,121/. for the
expenses of Earl Granville's special mission to Russia,
to assist at the coronation of the new Czar; 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 el Paris (1846) ; 10,0001. for the expenses of
Lora 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 Corn-
moos. 70/. 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. fur 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 Suez 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
Ferouk Khan, from Persia, during his recent visit to
England ; 3101. for the "entertainment" of Messrs.
Newton, Watts, and others, while employed on excava-
tions at Beudrourn and Onidas ; 161. 10s. for the enter-
tai' ment of Dr. Livingstone on board the sloop Frolic
in 1856, besides a Lumber of charges for the conveyance
of c louial governors and official pereone, which occur
as a matter of course. The entertainment of the corn-
missiener of Liberia, during a passage from Cape Palmos
to Monrovia in the sloop Heels, only 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 8/. 17s. 10d. The ex-ra cx
penses of the household (not " Civil List" charges)
included 20/. 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 cf the Ceremonies" for attendance on
Foreign Ministers, and 2701. for the " household trum-
peter and and kettle drummer," in lieu of triennial cloth-
ing. Thera is a little bill for the collar and tabard of
"herald," and the mending of the Captain of the Yeo-
men's golden stick meet figures fir 671. 45.; 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 have been a costly affair, seeing
that the expenses incurred in the Lord Chamberlain's
department alone figure for 1,7701, beeides an item of
7211. for the department of the Office of Works "on
account" of the came. The " various public services"
include itenes of 9501. for the commission appointed t)
inquire " whether advantage might not be taken of the
rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament for the purpose
promoting and encouraging tke fine art," (en acceunt);
854/ for the Geld Coast Commission ; 993/. for the Cape
of Good Hope Territorial Commission ; 4501. for the
Oxford University Commission; 128/ f ,r the Cambridge
University Commission ; 431/. for the Galway Election
Commission ; 821/. for the Army Commissions (Pur-
chase and Sale) Commission ; 4101. for the Sewage of
Towns Commission ; 1001. for the four Metropolitan
Di iceses Commission (whose report WAS recently reviewed
ir, the Timis); 2,337/. paid to suedry persons for services
to the Statute lAN Cornmiseien ; 1,0821. for filing up
of Chelsea Hospital-hall for the Crimean Court of In-
quiry there held ; 300/. to Professor Airey, for the con-
struction of the new standards of length and weight ;
1,5551. to Dr. Thompson and Dr. Gifting and Mr. San-
dison, for enforcing the Smoke Nuisance Act of 1853 ;
1 5001. for the pubication of cuneiform inscriptions in
the British Museum, under the care Lieut Rawlin-
son ; 302/. to the Rev. H. 0 Cr xe, f r his journey to
Syria, Asia Minor, and Thmaly, for the obtaining of
lies of the ancient MSS. preserved in those countries;
5,000/. for the premiums awarded to the successful
competitors on account of their plans f.,r the new pub-
lic cflices ; 4 136/, fur relief of workmen turned off at
the Woolwich Arsenal at the close of the war, in
1856 ; 45/. to the Boer,l t f Works for expenses incurred
in :he parks (fire-work night, 1856); 1,621/. for the ac-
commodation of the plople in Hyde-park when the Vic-
toria Cro,ses we re distributed ; 500/. for replacing monu-
ments of officers in the new church at Waterloo (tae
moiety of the t xpenro) ; 2,544/. for the services of the
police at the Kentish camps ; 100/. to a Mr. Cettley, for
his outfit to j ,in L gel Raglan in the Crimea, to assist
his lordship by his knowledge of Russia and its language,
&c. ; 113/. as rewards for the discovery of criminals ;
5671. for the transmission by post of proclamations and j
forms of prayer to the clerev (Eyre a'id Spottiswoode);
785/ for the survey of the Thames ; 114/. fur translating
foreign tariffs ; 1,843/. (net) to Lord Chelmsford on his
appointment as L eel Chancellor ; 1,000/. for the outfit
of Mr. J. Evelyn Denison, M.P., as Speaker of the House
of Commons ; 1751. ter cleaning and repairing Mr.
Speaker's plate; 522/. for paesing letters patent and
commissions under the Great Seat; 2,7g91. for the equi-
page money of the Earl of Eglinton and Wilton, on his
appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and 923/.
for that of Mr. J. Napier, the Lerd Chancellor ; 963/.
for the 13elfest rites inquiry; and 3671. (incurred in
Ireland), for the Galway election inquiry. Professor
Taylor, the toxicologist, received, a!t'gether, a remune-
ration of abut 3501. for sundry post mortem examina-
tions, &c., in cases 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 seat in the Cabinet, without
office, in 1854 and 1855." Tee sum of 4/., 103. was paid
he lighting up a cave at Gibraltar during a visit of the
ex-Regent r f Portugal. 100,000/ is asked for the civil
contingencies of 1858-59

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or,ly 360 debtors remained in prison ; the other 1,624
had been released, 325 in consequence of the funds for
their support not having been supplied by their creditors,
486 after payment of their deb.s, and the r.imainder in
consequence of age or other motives.
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