The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-25 00:00:00

CONSULS TO JAPAN.

Mr. MONCKTON MILNES called the attention of the
house to the appointment of consul and vice-consuls to
Japan, in connection with the evidence and re-
port of the Committee on the Consular Services.
He considered that commercial men were better adapted to
fill consular departments than military men.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD defended the consular appoint-
ments that had been made in Japan by the Government,
and contended that military men had qualifications that
rendered them well adapted to discharge the duties of such
offices. He deemed that the salaries paid to consuls and
vice-consuls in Japan and China were exorbitant,-looking
at the remuneration given to clerks who went to those
countries. Most of the appointments that had been made
lately were promotions, and he maintained that they were
such as were calculated to confer benefit on the public ser-
vice.
Mr. WYSE thought that resident merchants might be
employed advantageously as pioneers, in the capacity of
vice-consuls. Last year they were called on to vote
£45,000 for the consular establishments in China, and
no doubt this year they would be required to
grant a large amount for the consular appoint-
ments In Sapittl. no §trongly deprecated the conduct of Go-
vernment in sending Mr. Barber to Cairo from Naples,
which was like sending him from heaven to hell. (Laugh-
ter.) Ins services should have secured him a better ap-
pointment than to a climate which
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his wife and family could not aecompany him.
After a few words from Mr. S. F
PALMtitsTON, the subject dropped.
STATE OF EUROPE.

Lord PALMERSTON, on rising, said he did not wish
to interfere with the statement of his right hon. friend
(Sir J. Pakington), but he was merely influenced by a
desire to discharge a duty incumbent on the house, namely,
obtaining information on a subject that was agitating the
public mind. The information given by her Majesty's Go-
vernment on a previous occasion • was not considered
satisfactory with reference to the continent of Europe. It was
only due to the commercial class and other portions of the
to be informed whether they were in danger of war, or
whether they were to look for peace, instead of being kept in

the dark, and led perhaps to the brink of an abyss. There
could be no doubt that military preparations were increas-
ing to a considerable and an alarming extent throughout the
continent of Europe; and such being the -case, it' was
natural that the greatest anxiety should be felt
and, therefore, it was indispensable that the real state
of thin::s should be accurately ascertained. With regard
to the great Powers of Europe, he confessed he did
not see that there existed between them any matter so
serious as to lead to an appeal to arms. (Hear, hear.)
He could not suppose that France entertained any inten-
tion to violate the existing treaties. 'Was it likely that
Austria would or could or would break these treaties,
which were the title-deeds by which she held
some of her most valuable possessions ? He
could not suppose that either Russia or Prussia had
any hostile intentions, and he believed that the
only ground for apprehending any danger to the
peace of Europe arose from the state of central
Italy. That portion of Europe had been occupied
for ten years by foreign troops, and that occupation had
continued too long. (Hear, hear.) He considered that
Austria was induced to continue occupation from an appre-
hension that if she withdrew her troops she might suffer
danger from Russia. That apprehension he considered
unfounded, and he thought if France and the other powers
would offer their friendly counsel, hostilities might be
averted. He thought it necessary to the peace of Europe
that the foreign troops should withdraw from Italy, that
they should do so with the understanding that they
must now reform, and that the present Government
would undertake to reform their administration, he
believed that every man in the country wished for peace,
and that we should enjoy that ropose which was indispens-
able to the development of commerce and the general pros-
perity of the country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ac-
quitted the noble lord of any factious motives
in asking these questions on the present most legiti-
mate occasion. He thought the noble lord was
correct in stating that it was not the wish of the great con-
tinental Powers to violate treaties, and he agreed with him
in his remarks in reference to the state of Central
Italy. (Hear, hear.) When all the preparations
alluded to were going on, her Majesty's Government had
been stirring, and had used their best endeavours to secure
the peace of Europe. He had great pleasure in confessing
the noble lord and the house that they had received com-
munications to the effect that the Roman States would
ere long be evacuated by Roman and French troops
with the concurrence of France, and Lord Cowley had de-
parted on a confidential mission—a mission of peace. (Cheers
from both 'sides of the house.)
Lord J. RUSSELL congratulated the house on the
statement they had just heard.

[LEFT SITTING.)

TREASURY WARRANT.

(From the London Gazette of this Evening.)
Whereas by an Act of Parliament, passed in the fourth
year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An
Act for the regulation of the duties of postage," cer-
tain scales of weight and rates of postage were fixed
and made chargeable and payable upon, for, or in re-
spect of, letters transmitted and forwarded by the post,
and various regulations were made, and powers were
given to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury,
for the purpose of facilitating the transmission of such let-
ters by the post.
And whereas further powers were given to the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, by an Act, passed in the
eleventh year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled
" An Act for giving further facilities for the transmission
of letters by post, and for the regulating the duties of post-
age thereon, and for other purposes relating to the Post-
office."

And whereas the Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury, by a certain Warrant under their hands, bearing date
the 2fith day of January, 1859, did order and direct that on
every letter sent or tendered or delivered in order to be sent
by the post between places in the United Kingdom, or by the
post of any post town in the United Kingdom addressed to a
person or place within such town or its suburbs, the postage
thereof should be prepaid in stamps, and that every such
letter should be duly and properly stamped when posted ; and
that if any letter sent or tendered or delivered in order to be
sent by the post between any places in the United King-
dom, or by the post of any post-town in the United King-
dom, addressed to a person or place within such town, or
the suburbs thereof, should be posted without any postage
being paid thereon in stamps equal to the sum of one penny
every such letter should be detained and opened, and should
be returned or given up to the sender thereof, and in the
said Warrant further directions were contained relative to
letters so sent or tendered.

And whereas it is expedient that the said recited War-
rant should be repealed.
Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
in exercise of the powers vested in us in and by the said
hereinbeforo recited Acts, or either of them, and of all other
powers enabling us in this behalf, do by this Warrant,.
under the hands of two of us the said Commissioners, by
the authority of the statute in that case mads and provided,
order and direct that the said recited Warrant of the 20th
day of January, 1859, shall be, and the same is,
hereby repealed, revoked, and annulled, and that the seve-
ral regulations, orders, and directions therein mentioned
and set forth, and the repeal therein contained of a certain
portion of a Treasury warrant, bearing date the 22d day of
October, 1817, shall from henceforth wholly cease and de-
termine.

Whitehall, Treasury-chambers, Feb. 24, 1859.
DERBY.
G. H. LENNOX.

LONDON GAZETT.E-( THIS EVENING)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 23.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon William George Armstrong, Esq.,
F.R.S., of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Engineer to the War
Department for Rifled Ordnance.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Walter Farquhar Hook, D.D., the Deanery of her Ma-
jesty's cathedral church of Chichester, void by the death of
the Rev. Doctor George Chandler.