The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

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ROUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock,
GOVERNMENT STORES.
Mr. NICOLL asked the Secretary to the Treasury
if, with the return ordered for detailed accounts of the
receipt and expenditure for navy, for army, including
commissariat, and for ordnance services for the year, up
to the 31st day of March, 1856, there will be any ob-
jection to include a detailed account of the nature and
value of public stores in band at that date ; together
with a statement of the produce of sales of condemned
and surplus stores dining that year ; and if the evidence
taken by the Public Contracts Commissioners would be
circulated during the recess?
Mr. WILSON said that the return to which the hon.
member referred had been prepared and laid on the
table of the house, and if the hon member would refer
to the published quarterly accounts he would
find, under the head of old stores, what they
produced to the revenue. A detailed account of
the produce of sales and surplus stores would be
very difficult to make out, and he thought the expense,
time, and trouble it would entail on the department
would not be compensated by the value of the return
when it was made. The report of the Contract Com-
mittee had been presented to the house, and he had no
doubt it would be circulated during the recess.
CHAPLAINS FOR THE INDIAN ARMY.
Sir HARRY VERNEY asked the Secretary for
War what number of chaplains had been appointed to
accompany the military force now proceeding to India ?
Sir JOHN RAMSDEN said that the providing of
chaplains for the Indian Army devolved upon the East
India Company. He believed that there were chaplains
at every station in India.
FRENCH REFUGEES.
Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS asked the First Lord
of the Treasury, whether there was any truth in the
rumour that, in compliance with an application from the
Government of Prance, the Government of this country
would expel some of the French refugees who have
sought an asylum in this country ?
Lord PALMERSTON said his answer first was that
no such application bad been made to her Majesty's
Government—(hear, hear)--by the Government of
France. His next answer was something like the ex-
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ea
traarrliepsahlfio.r,
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trhinegyinhgadthneonboeltlso orningt—he
(laughter)—that the Government had no power to expel
them. (Hear, hear.)

CHAPLAINS FOR INDIA.
Sir H. VERNEY renewed his question on the Chap.
lains tor India, which was answered by Ms. V. Smith in
similar terms to Sir J. Rarnaden.
BISHOP HIND. _ _

Mr. GRIFFITH asked the First Lord of the Trea-
sury whether her Majesty's Government were disposed
to make provision for a retiring pension to Dr. Hind,
late Bishop of Norwich, now that the retiring pension
granted to the late Bishop Bloomfield of 6,000/. per
annum had fallen in? _ _ _

Lord PALMERSTON said that the late Bishop of
Norwich resigned his bishoprick under circumstances
painful to himself but honourable to his personal cha-
racter, for, finding that his infirmities prevented him
from adequately performing the duties of his high and
stc of
ha had prevented.
sacred office, he resigned without any stipulation. It
was the intention of her Majesty's Government to
frombav
a have
asked the sanction of Parlia.nent to sanction some
o generalr provisionnfirmt
infirmities,
on b
but circumstances
resignationireuinans
He hoped, howcv,r, next session to be able to do so,
and to make it retrospective to meet Dr. Hind's case.
At present the Government had no means from which
to make a provision for Dr. Hind.