The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-30 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The house then went into committee of supply, and
several minor votes were agreed to.
On the vote of £29,193, the regium donum to noncon-
forming clergy in Ireland,
Mr. BAXTER protested against two or three dissenting
sects being selected for this grant, and objected to such
grants altogether as having been given for political pur-
poses. The operation of the grant was most injurious to
the nonconforming clergy in Ireland, who were worse off
than other clergymen, and he contrasted their condition
with that of the nonconforming Free Presbyterian Church
in Scotland, towards which no less than £45ru,500,0 had
been subscribed since the period of the diption.oo He
concluded by stating that he would briptg the whole ques•
tion before the house next session, and in order to enter his
protest against the grant he would move that it should be
reduced by £69 4s. Bd. the proposed increase on the vote.
Mr. LABOUCHERE trusted that the housethe would not
do away with this tax lightly, and adverted to sery
which the sects in question had rendered to the cause of
peace and good order in Ireland.
Mr. DAWSON sketched the history of the Irish regium
donum, which, he said, was a contract entered into by our
ancestors 100 years ago, and could not justly be abolished.
Besides this was a grant to which he believed no party in
Ireland objected, and the nonconformists in that country
were placed in a position different to that of their co-
religionists and other sects elsewhere. If this question
were brought forward on a future occasion he would en-
deavour to show that not only should this grant be con-
tinued, bridujostdctuiohsaaslit,ainitttacsahtkopsur.ld be increased and placed perraa-
nently on the consolidated fund, thereby relieving it from
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After some discussion the house divided, and the numbers
were—

For the vote 126
Against ..
Majority —B6
The vote was then agreed to.
On the vote of £5,965 for salaries of officers of the Board
of Health under the Local Government Act,
Mr. -WILLIAMS denounced the class of votes to which
this item belonged, as being most reckless and extrava-
gant.
Some discussion ensued, and it was ultimately arranged
that the vote should be postponed until the evening sitting.
On the vote of £3,588 for defraying the salaries of a
number of the officers of the ecclesiastical commisson of
England and Wales,
Mr. WILLIAMS contended that this vote was most un-
just towards Roman Catholics and Dissenters, who were
called onto pay for services which were of value only to the
Church of Faagland.
Mr. D. SEYMOUR, said that, as a Protestant, he was
opposed to this vote.
After some remarks by Mr. Walpole, Mr. A. Smith, Mr.
Deedes, and Sir J. Shelley,
Mr, E. JAMES said it appeared that the .aom-