The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-07 00:00:00

SALARIES OF AMBASSADORS.

Mr. WISE asked the S-cretary of the Treasury why
the charge for the salary of the Briti-h ambassador at
Paris had increased from 8,0001. in 1856 to 9,9001. in
1857 ; —and whether the Treasury minute of the 27,h
May, 1851, giving effect to the recommendation of the
select committee on official salaries, continued to regu-
late the payments made to her Majesty's diplomatic
representative at Paris?

Mr. WILSON said that during the war there had
been an increase of expenses at Paris and Constantinople,
which ha•l led her Majesty's Government to recom•
mend an increase of salary, or rather the restoration of
the salary to its amount previous ti the reduction a few
years ago.
A UNIFORM PENNY STAMP.

Sir D. NORREYS aske 1 the Secretary to the Trea-
sury whether there would be any financial objection to
the issue of a new stamp of the value of one penny,
which woull be available for all purposes, whether for
postage, receipt,, or drafts, the Post- .ffice receiving
credit fur a proportion of the future issues of the new
stamps, cilcuNted on the past average issue of the penny
postage stamp!

Mr. WILSON sail the question bad been considered
very carefully by Government. It would be impossibly
to keep the Post-of2ce accoun,s, and there would be no
means of judging of the progress of the postal experi•
went. Already the stamp was made to serve for drafts
and receipts.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
In reply to Mr. VISE,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
hat the civil service estimates would be taken on Mon-
day, and if there was time the militia estimates also.
DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL
Mr. DRUMMOND sa;cl he bad opposed the bill from
the beginning, but he had been no party to the attempt
to thro v obstructions in the way of what was evidently
the wish of the house. But he was anxious to do what
he could to make the bill, not such as be thought it
ought to be, but such as it had been at first represented
by its promoters, The court proposed to be constituted
would be such that it would never act. Mr. Drummond
then proposed certain clauses, omitting 8,9, and 10.
Lord J. MANNERS said, that at the adjournment a
few nights ago, it was on the understanding that the
learned Attorney-General was to reconsider the constitu-
tion of the court. He wished to know if the hon. and
learned een,lernan had done an ?
The. ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought, upon mature
consideration, that it would be better to alhere to the
ROUSE OF (V COMMONS.--e_ESTERDAY.) constitution of the court as at first proposed. He had no
The Stamm took the chair at 12 o'clock. doubt the judges would be able to attend to the business,
The 'Lore,' PRIVATE BUSINESS. which wou d only occupy them a few days in each year.
ways Rh Amendments to the Dorset Central Rail- At present the cases in the House of Lords were vir-
3""es' Railwa and Watchet Harbour bills tually all disposed of by the Lcrd Chance lor.
were consicterecLand agreed to. Lord JOHN MANNERS contended that it would
EASTER.
Mr. C. FOpßaanTy
' BENGAL RAILWAY BILL. be impos ible for the judges to attend to the busine s,
Reilway Corn Wt....moved that the Eastern Bengal Mr MALINS concurred in the opinion that, if there
time forthwith ;prints i'tl4 considered, and read the third were to be only three or four cases a year, the court as
with the doorkeeeere ...ee the We having been deposited constituted might get through the business. If there
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was to be any increase of business, it would be impus-
SCINDE EA:elm e .
Mr. C. FORSTER moved, that ",Y• Bibles fie. such a c nirt to get through it.
Company Bill be considered, and tr" Scinde Railway Mr. NAPIER said that if the bill be hereafter ap-
forth with ; prints of the bill haviegent
90 the third time plied to Ireland the oifficulty complained of would arise
nee/es:liked with from the Lord Chief Justice in that country being a
the doorkeepers yesterday.
NEW ZEALAND LOAN GUARANTEE Roman Catholic. He thought, however, when the act
BILL. L.. was applied to Ireiand few cases would arise. .
The adjourned debate upon the second reading of this
bill was resumed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he agreed with the
Principle of the bill, and that the Government were
Mr. HENLEY, who said that he should vote for the Perfectly right in ndeavouring to try to pass it
second reading of the bill, but unless that portion of the in the state it had come down from the Lords, to pre-
measure which authorised the of the loan to e.
the purchase of the lan
dof the nutsvest was omitted when ofvent d
an; "cussion again in that house, in consequence
might
trial
make in amendrnent the House of Com-
ist, It was necessary
vote against the third reading. I the bill was in committee, he should feel it his duty to money
that the bag should be passed in such a state as to pre
Sir J. GRAHAM. thought the security ought to be vent parliament having at anearly day to again discuss
minutely examined on which this guarantee rested, as ' the question of divorce,
ace therefore
he objected genera 4 to the practice of granting loans to Government would take
he hoped that the
care that the remedy proposed
colonies. He would therefore suggest to the Colonial by the bill sheuld be given to the people.
stood from the previous He under-
Secretary the adoption of the following motto : No mentors of the Attorney-
lender be, for the lender loseth both his and e• e " General that this measureStdait:
loan friend," ,
not propose to chance the
and provided this measure received the sanction of Par- law but to apply it in a different
Bement the Government macuer from that at
nment would have to bear the regpon pre-tent adopted (hear, hear), so that it should no longer
sibility of passing it. , . .
be su ejected to the reproach that the rich man was
The CHANCELLOR (Atha EXCHEQUER said the certain of obtaioing it, e whilst the Poor wan was pre-
colonies were of the greatest advantage the
to the commerce vented—(Hear, heat )—ti,a r . law should be eeten to all,
cf the country, and in order to secure the prosperity and and on teruje within their reach.. (Hear, 'Isla;) He
good government of their colonies they gave them fioan- doubted if the clause under consideration was like:lY to
seal aniitance, more particularly if they required it in effe:t that object, dhe hoped to have heard from I.:"
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