The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-12 00:00:00

attended with much success, but, as men of great prac-
ticAl experience entertained a different opinion, it was,
at all events, desirable that the committee should enter
on their labours with the utmost vigour, and that legis•
lation should be proceeded with in no hasty spirit.
(Hear, hear.)—The motion was then agreed to.

GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.
Sir GEORGE GREY moved for leave to introduce
a bill to make better provision for the exercise of the
powers of the General Board of Health. The right
honourable baronet in doing so took occasion to
observe that the Board had originally been created
in the year 1848 ; its members having tthen con-
sisted of the First Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, and two other gentleman appointed by the
Crown, one of whom was in the receipt of a salary. The
original Board had, however, been dissolved in the year
1854, and a new Board had been constituted, having at
its head, a president; who received a salary of 2,0001. per
annum, he being the only paid member of the Board.
By virtue of the act under which the department bad
been instituted its powers were to continue until the 29th
day of July next, and until the end of the next ensuing
session of Parliament. Paying regard, however, to the
ordinary duties which the Board had to perform, the
Government had come to the conclusion, instead of pro-
posing a renevral of the existing Board, to dispense with
it as a separate department, and that such a portion of
its present duties as it was desirable should continue to
be discharged should be transferred to the Council-office
to be performed by the Lord President, with the aid of a
committee of tke Council. If the house should agree to
that proposal an immediate reduction of 3 0001. or 4,000/.
per annum in the expenses of the department would be
the result, while a still greater reduction might after
some experience of the working of the new system be
effected.---Leave was given to bring in the bill.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY (IRE-

LAND) BILL.
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD moved for leave to bring
in a bill to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to
bankruptcy and insolvency in Ireland.
Mr. WHITESIDE reminded the Attorney-General
for Ireland thi.t about 12 months ago a resolution was
passed by a committee of that house stating that it was
essential to the due administration of justice in the Irish
Encumbered Estates Court that a proper place should
beravided for the transaction of its business, and to
which the professional practitioners and the suitors could
have convenient access. He added that, notwithstand-
ing that resolution, at that moment nobody knew why
or wherefore it had not been acted upon, though it re-
lated, as they all knew, to a tribunal which from time to
time disposed of an immense amount of property, and
had proved to be of great advantage to the public.
The motion for leave to bring in the bill was then
agreed to.
THE PRINTING COMMITTEE.
Mr. WILSON moved that Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr.
Greene, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr.
Vernon Smith, Mr. L. Eetcourt, Mr. Bonham-Carter,
and Mr. Thornely be the members of the Printing Com-
mittee.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY called the attention of the
house to the enormous amount .of the printing expenses,
and stated. his conviction that, unless some effective
control were placed over the various departments con-
nected with this subject, the evil would continue, if,
indeed, it did not go on increasing.
Mr. WILSON said the Treasury had prepared a set
of rules, which he should present for the opinion and
adoption of this committee when it sat, and which he
hoped would have the effect of accomplishing the object
the hon. baronet had in view. He (Mr. Wilson) quite
admitted that there had been as enormous amount of
unnecessary printing from first to last, and he hoped the
house would assist the Government in its desire to miti-
gate the evil, for during some years past they had had
returns moved for which were of no earthly use. The re-
solutions be meant to propose would be such as would
reach and control every department of the State con-
cerned in the subject of printing, arid such as he hoped
would effect a material reduction in that branch of the
public i-xpenditure.—The motion was then agreed to.
ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS.
The Marquis of BLANDFORD obtained leave to bring
in a bill to further provide for the mode of securing the
incomes of ecc'•.esiastical corporations, aggregate and
sole ; and the bill was subsequently introduced and read
a first time.