The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-09 00:00:00

THE CONSULAR COMMITTEE.

Mr M. MILNES asked the Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, in what mode, and to what extent, the
Government intended to act upon the recommendations of
the Consular Committee of last session ?
Mr. S. FITZGERALD said that some of the recom-
mendations of the Consular Committee had been carried
out, but they could not consent to carry out that with re-
ference to an increase in the remuneration of some of the
officials, as the expense would be enormous.
THE MAGISTRACY AT HEREFORD.

Mr. CLIVE in pursuance of notice, called the attention
of the house to the recent appointment of magistrates for the
city of Hereford. The hon. member said at a time when no
additional magistracy were required at Hereford sin were
appointed by the present Government. In a petition which
he had presented to the house it was stated, first, that there
was no want of new magistrates ; secondly, that the appoint-
ment was made without any previous communication with
the local authorities ; thirdly, that the petitioners believed
the appointment to be due to some person unknown. The
petition was signed by four out of six aldermen, 11 town
councilors, and four justices of the peace. Two of the new
magistrates were objected to on the ground that they were
retail tradesmen. It was usual, he believed, for the Lord
Chancellor to communicate with the local authorities before
making any addition to the bench of magistrates ; but there
was no communication in the present instance, and he be-
lieved that if the session had lasted much longer, there
would have been numerous complaints like that which he
had thus brought before the house.
Sir J. PAK INGTON said his right hon. friend the
Secretary of State for the Home Department having spoken
once on the motion for the adjournment, could not do so
again ; but he had requested him to state that he would reply
to the questions which had been put to him on the order
of the day for goinc, into committee of supply. He (Sir J.
Pakington) would take that opportunity of replying to a
question put by the hon. member for Kildare (Mr. Cogan).
The hon. member asked him whether it was his intention to
place the medical officers of the navy in a similar position to
that of the medical officers in the army. He could only re-
peat what he said on a former occasion when the subject
was under consideration, namely, that it was his intention
substantially to comply with the request of the naval medi-
cal service.

Lord STANLEY said two questions had been put to him
to which he would endeavour to reply. One related to the
locality where the Indian business was carried on. He
thought his hon. and learned friend (Sir E. Perry) attached
rather too much importance to that question in supposing, as
he appeared to do, that the change of the locality from the
City to the West-end would influence the administration of
Indian affairs. No person was so much interested in the
Indian department being within convenient reach of that
house as the Secretary of State for India for the time being
There was very great inconvenience in his being distant
half-an-hour's journey from his colleagues and from that
house. Last autumn he considered whether the Board of
Control was large enough for the conduct of all the Indian
business, and, finding that it was not, he thought it better
to move the department in Cannon-row to Leadenhall-
street, than to have part of the business carried on at one
place and part at the other. The use of a site in Manchester-
buildings could only have been temporary, as a new India-
office was to be built in Downing-street, and as soon as the
house had decided what style of architecture was to be
adopted, the construction of the building would commence.
So far as the money was concerned there was no occasion to
wait, but as the India-office and the Foreign-office were to
form one block of buildings, some delay was unavoidable. As
regarded the intention of the Government to send out a
person versed in finance to sit in the legislative council at
Calutta, he thought they were not limited by the act to the
choice of a member of the legal profession, but after what
his hon. and learned friend .had said on the subject he
should take some means of setting that question at rest.
POSTAL SERVICE TO AMERICA.
partments on
BEAMISH asked the Secretary, to the Treasury
whether Sir Samuel Cunard having offered, through a
deputation
Monday last, to convey th
who waited on the Admiralty and Treasury des
an Irish port and America for thee insuemileof
voyage out weeklyseo o thebe-
and home it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government t
He had the authority o persevere •
COort. m completing a contract for £3OO
for this service (f
would undertake
(fortnightly) between Galway and America?
of Sir S. Cunard for saying that he
the chit
y for £250, He trusted that the