The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-13 00:00:00

FRANCE. A douele military execution took place on the 2d inst. at Blidab, in Algeria. The condemned men were two Arabs, who had been convicted of an attempt at assassination. On arriving at the place of execution, the Arabs were placed on their knees in front of two platoons of 12 men each. The first platoon fired, and the Arab opposite them fell dead ; the other, thinking his men had also fired and missed him, jumped up and took to his heels. He had already gained the foot of the mountain, when an officer on horseback gave him a sabre cut and knocked him down. He was then brought back, and under went his sentence. The following are more ample details of the affair at the fort of Ivry:—On the nig ht of 7th inst. a shot was fired at one of the sentries at the fort, and hi s s h a k o perforated with a ball. The night after, t wo ot h er shots were fired at the sentries of the 37th regim en t of the line in front o f the bastion No. 4, b u t no person was wounded. T he soldiers, being on the alert, at once issued from the guard-h ouse , an d a ll fired in the dire ction which the sentinels pointed out as being that from which the sh o t h a d procee d e d . A search was next instituted in the neighbourhood of the fort, and not far off a man was f oun d l y i ng o n the ground with his right leg f rac t ure d w ith a ball. Hedepiared his name to b e D rou i e , th a t h was a native of St. Leg e r (Y onne ), an d t h a t h e h a d ar rived in Paris only three days before. He pro tested that he knew nothing whatever of the first shot fired from out s id e t h e f ort, as h e was go i ng quietly home at the time, and h a d no arms of any kind about him. His version appeared probable, as no weapon was discovered anywhere near him. He was then removed to Bicetre, where his leg was amputated, as already stated. Further search being made, a group of seven men was suddenly come on, and as the individuals composing it could not give any satisfactory account of their presence at that hour of the night (eleven o'clock), near the fort, they were all taken into custody. One of these men having asserted that they were going to a low wine shop in the neighbourhood, noted for being the ren dezvous of a great number of bad characters, a per quisition was made on the premises and the proprietor and two others arrested. The next day the wife of the owner of the wine shop, a servant girl, and four other persons of suspicious appearance, found in the house, were taken into custody. It is believed th a t the investigation of this affair will be intrusted to a military commission. The military commission established at the Palais de-Justice, which for the last fortnight had sus pended its sittings, met again on Tuesday. The trial of the national guards of St. Germain, who art charged wiih having wished to favour the escape of the military prisoners confined in that town will commence on Friday before the First Court Martial sitting in Paris. A hawker, named Dibier, was on Monday con demned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to six months' imprisonment and 500 f. fine, for having offered socialist and seditious publications tor sale Charonne. Also a journeyman tailor, named Hum blot, to eight months' imprisonment and 16 f. fine, for uttering seditious cries ; and another tailor, named ',Alarm, to a month's imprisonment and 100 f. for applying insulting language to the Prince-President of the Republic. The Tribunal likewise tried a shoemaker, named Lallemand, for having taken a soldier of the 6th Re giment to a public-house, and att em pt e d to se d uce him from his duty by persuading him not to fire on " his brothers." The offence was clearly proved, and he was condemned to three months' imprisonment and 1001. fine. Another workman, named Cnampy, was condemned to thirteen mouths' imprisonment and 100 f. fine for having threatened in a public-house to guillotine the aristocrats, and to " eat their noses." It also condemned a girl, named Costa, to four months' imprisonment and 16f. fine, for having ut. tered seditious cries and horrible threats agains Prince Louis Napoleon on the Boulevard des Cou. ronnes. The Cologne Gazette under date of Berlin, Btb, says :—" We learn trom a source on which we can rely, that France has opened confidential negotiations with several of the states of Italy which do not ap pear to have any other object than to furm a confe deration of Italian States under the protectorate of the French Republic. Up to tali] time these nego tiations, which are well known at Vienna, have not interrupted the friendly relations between the two Cabinets. On the contrary, the representatives of Austria show the greatest consideration for the French Government in their relations with its agents.' SPAIN. Merino's demeanour between sentence and execu tion is thus described :—" After the regicide was placed in capilla, two clergymen constantly attended him. He said to one of them who offered to confess him—' I thought some honest friar would have been sent to me for the purpose. As to y'u, I know you too well to have confidence in your ministry. You are as great a re probate as I am myself. Your conduct is well known to me. B-gone: Merino at first quietly listened to the second eccle-lastic, but when the latter spoke to him of hell and his crime be sud•rienly stopped him, saying, "Let us not talk of such non sense. You no more believe in hell than I do. Leave me quiet. I can dispense with your sermons.' Merino refused to take) any substantial food, and, under the pretext of suffering from his stomach, he confined himself to drink a li►sle broth and wine." The following are the principal provisions of the Bill introduced by Lord Seymour and sir. C. Lewis for the poapo.e of regulating the supply of water to the metropolis : The first clause provides that it shall not be lawful for any water company to take for the supply of the metro poll!, or for any pat thereof, any water from any part of the River Th ames b e l ow T e d d i ngton Lock, or from any part of any of the tributary rivers or streams of the River Thames below the highest point where the tide flews in such tributary rivers and streams respectively The second a n d th ir d c l auses d i rect that all reservoirs ish in kept w w i h t i h e i h n w a a c t e e r r ta h i , n r t el h i e st e a n n p c p e ly of o S f L the Paul'sCathedral, metropolis shall be roofed or covere d i n; and that no water shall ' within such distance, be conveyed by through p h i a p t e i s t o a r h c a o l i v e b r e a d l a a lu f e a d l a c f t n e r . any water com panyrects otherwise nets wi se e l t a h u a s n e one Th o e f her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State to d er appoint ai eat examination n t 8 u p i e pn r pt s ol o y n itnhg o e r at p hn e ea r r s e o em n s s e t frtr,o)opmuml metropolis e h the inqui ry wateran thereof procure water for the purpose s of or any part certain whether or not the directions of and into the works of such companies, es. thisor d order Act to areas complied with by such companies ; and also to inquire n s d tak h n o. for the purples There are two modes of doing even what is right— the pleasant end the agreeable; the unpleasant and un a d e a r seertein whether or not the sources from nich water a l the disagreeable—and of the latter Earl Grey's dis- of such supply afford patch dismiseing Sir Harry Smith from the Govern- procured wtane wa(er, and whether or not the therefrom is or ought previously to dis ment of the Cape of God H .pe, is a perfect specimen. :1, , trieueorm to be subjected to any process for filtering or It fully explains the Duke's euloefum on Sir Harry's otherwise purif • Reproving the same, and to re military mertts, and Lord Lendonderry's indigne- port thereon toy:ll(l(l " Secretary of State. tion that a mere civilian should treat an old soldier Six months at the least before any water company ao scurvily. take water fur the purpose of . such supply as aforesaid No one—except perhaps those two distinguished from any source whi n h• at the time being is not already Peers—doubts that the time had come for the recal resorted to as a source of such supply, such company of Sir H arr y S in i L h. W e all admire his long and s h all give notice of their intention so to do to one of her bril • hant career; we all know his courage and gal- Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; and it shall to lautry ; and we shall never forget the glory he , lesetul for Such Secretary of State to appoint a fit person achieved on the well-fought f i e ld of Aliwal; for it or personsd to make inquiry and examination into such mien ed source, nod wnether or not the same will eff ad is part and parcel of our national renown. We can- p ure and 1. wooleearne water, and whether or not the water not be too grateful to him for the skillwithwhich h e to tie precured therefrom is intended or ought to be sub assisted Lords Gough and H e edie ge in repelling jetted to any process for filtering or otherwise purifying the Seikh inv.l , 4* rienc ion of India. It was because of his or improving the same, aai io re pert thereon to such former exp e Kafir ware, and of his Indian Secretary_ of State. f ormer ex Lord G"f with the applause of the e , .11 r y t the ninth clause it is provided that if upon con country) recommended ( oi. Sir Harry Smith to the Crown a l)ienatedloans of the report of any person or persons ap for the Government h the Cape of Good Hope. In g , tat,, that an atoresaid, it appear to such Secretary of that colony Sir Harry tarisked a constitution, guar- water c l ompany is procuring water for the 1 celled with the coloni a s s purpose of su y chs b and got the nation into net tiff irding purenally as h l afuresaid from any source 1 another Kafir war without' some water, or that water oat of it. Under these eingat all able to get us distributed by aay wsucoh' jeered company ought before circumstances, his recal be- distribution to be slaw . • came, not a matter of choice, jet, to filtration or other But Sir Harry is an old , but of necessity. process for purifying or improving the same, it soldier who . . * In his time Awl be lawful for such Secretary of State, by writing si hath done the state some service ' and even i n u nd e r his hand, to signify the same to su c h company; w ithdrawing him, he was entitled to ; k indly Pxpres- and such company shall, with all convenient speed, take aeons and to civi l s oo t h ing words. Not radical in the the necessary measures for procuring water from some colony would intentio n ally have hurt his give feeling s , not other source, instead of such course re afor esa id (sub s boy in the str eets would willi ngly him offence. ject nevertheless to the provisions herein contained) or recal him w • • The proper way to - for filtering or otherwise purifying rte- and politely to intimate that he had f • ously, ailed in water distr ib uted by such company, as the case may re terminating the war which had occupied him— very quire. mach, perhaps, on account_ of the lack Council, of t roops. In case it app ear t o h er M a j esty in Co The act itself, put it in its gentlest, kind es t f orm, Was th e representation of one of her Majesty's principal censure and rebuke enough, without adding to it the Secretaries of State, that any water company has neglected to comply with all or any of the directions of agony of re roaches and the severity of accusations. I :h e ! A But no. The Colonial-office, which had fostered end With tb ct, it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by and encouraged, endorsed lane supported every inchof Sir furthereadvice of her Privy Council. to order that no Harry's proceedings up to the 31st December, 1851-- until it be dividendoe shall be declared by such company which had repulsed and dwfied all criticism on his jeety,s principal Secretaries to her Majesty by one of ber Ma itre ProceedingW' n p 1, 1 S ii e h cretaries of State that such company policy and treated with contempt all re directions. diligence to give effect to such marks on his campaign—which was committed erovtded dne l sb,knt,t.artion shall be eive a ll w to lys, suchthat notice of such repre and recommitted to all that he had done this Colo • . nial-office, which by its own conduct on the convict ' I the same to When it shail company fourteen days please her Majesty to order tu be taken into question had first ' • jeopardise the dsuccess of mak ing of such consideration, and af.er the the old man's administration—this department, on company to declare it shall not be ' lawful for such the 14th January, 1852, fearful and apprehensive of State has certifiedretoaeledividend until such Secretary ot the responsibility which Parliament might impose on have complied with suchrdikir ajesty that such company it, coolly and deliberately prepares a bill of indict- Any water compa ny , upon ect it ) .ns. , so to do by the owners water ‘l.og required in writing meat against its own officer, addresses him in terms houses supplied with "pters of the majority of of contumely and disgrace , accumulating its ownby such street, shall provide and company in any keep in the faults and errors upon his head; treats him . wit all I ~. • • h i haters in such street a supply f pipes supplying the indignity official censure can convey ; and—un- , suffici ent for the f water domestic fairly contrasting him and his conduct • h wtt that of I tarts of all houses supplied b lue of the inhabi- Lieutenant-Governor Pine in N atal — coarsely and 'in such street, constantly laid y such company on at such a vindictively dismisses him. as will make the pressure water r h With his recal the public will be satisfied, butstory of the highest of such houses eac the top of sto the terms and the manner in which the act w e e shall forthwith II ' acid wh ere the _ 8 COM- else may requir . . Y down i - 11 substa Pitted hy Earl Grey, o,. no gentleman . man of feeling. non for any' existing communication pi „ ~,,. lu p , lei, m ay can approve. Itwas idle to suppose ''' - • , -11 or ochp • Srir arry he deheteu in c omma . rwise unsuited - Smith could such pres , ure a. iihr, , e ti ni to a be kept doing lift!! or nothing b u t eorestant supply at . such wri tin he i.iiteble to' g home self-complacent diE-naches about a I stronger or oilier pipes es m 4 s uc h war th a t ~ , "" costing England at the rate of 120 ono/ 1 sapply; and the e nvision. of the W , terwerks e h UIiPS a montn, ana b t - 1" ' "' " ) • Act, 18 ' *-- the tire!erts kers to . 47, authceisieg . charge n ating di , grece upon 132 r —los. But , meet for Earl Grey, t for pipes to be laid down by f•• teem as the:- i n who kn -••-• ere' when be . appointed Lin3k—wh cw 14:3 s eat .6- ' ioned, eI - - g seeti rent. and otLir.;' h o ed was responsibla for his oF- caicerning the pipes t o tall; dower, and the rep l y " pointment-- w h e defended his while career went (,f th.. t•r.p P en E se ofproviding and laying down the dismissal write a n - dismissal is "t„ baincrs.ulting letter of ignominious same, shall be applicable ro any such company, and to and a great " deal " too and in respec t of the pipes to be laid down by them as bad." And when the aforesaid and treatment of Si r H arr c e ountry compares this final the expense of 'd•ng and laying down provi i in office, and who h as y ria 6 e nlith—who h..is no 7elatif)7,s ' the same. Secretary of Sta - ,;k., who, risen from the rank =--oNt a 1 • esnynfcupmroparny hot effarding supply, e: n.:: I -a ingdown rington, did so in an apphi w u nl d : t recalling Lord Tore , p r e lp nalty of l i t p d. r ' X c i a '' d e e"nsti tie - ton, ••re c3bi to a will feel, and feel deeply, thatory dispatch, the public during he time th e y iel- furtherfurther penalty of 40s. per day measure of justice for kinstnee of the Grey haa one litii does not contain ay a -e guilty of negligence. The ike r .F: t.,,,,, a•dforti another and a very the IVhig house of under the value of 101. pernaynn schedule u of rseee on houses annum, as the rates are to be 1 „ e$ .. is the __,different one for ordi h t 3 I 1 ° 11 . s r ibli otaKeeeseee who . __ . . nare . r, eby t e e et: opunictee to "iem she Bill le to 111 '! Indignant s e ttled referred. ~v* A Z:-I'e, - V \ "4.\ - el, ~p , ...„,„, ‘t.-e„ faesseeL !watt eeeeies.---, 04 . s k f _ 4 -14.----314 ITAL Y. A letter from Rome, of the 4th, states that on the previous evening M. Tablo, an active and intelligent inspector of police, received a severe stab from a poignard on the Place Borghese. The assassin con trived to escape by some of the narrow streets. M. Tablo was struck from behind, at the moment when he was talking to some friends. THE RECAL OF SIR HARRY SMITH. THE SUN, with the press for calling M. Bonaparte a tyrant, and designating his rule of France absolutism. The Queen—Lord John Russell has sated never saw this dispatch. Of' that we may be quite certain. But . her Majesty, h e a dd e d , d oes not requ i re t o be ac• quamted with the contents of Colonial-office docu ments.. This, w e thi n k, i s very muc h t o b e regretted; it is not complimentary to Englishmen, who are ex tending the dominions of the British Crown in every part of the globe, to hear that the British Court takes more interest in the gossip and the squabbles of every petty German Court, than in colonial pro gress and welfare. It is not calculated to stimulate and keep alive colonial loyalty, to learn that the events of a disastrous war are only generally com municated to Royalty. It is not encouraging to the army to know that Earl Grey can readily dismiss, a general without taking the assent of the Queen to the ungracious language in which be dogs it. In disclosing to Parliament the Queen's minute of August, 1850, Lord John Russell open e d a su bj ect for much discussion of a kind calculated to tell rather against the Court,,,,and to encourage the old feeling that the reigning family should not meddle too much in the foreign policy of the Government. Having, however, made that minute public, further disclosures, such as that sought for by Mr. J. Williams, were unavoidable ; and they are not calculated to increase public respect for the in ternal working of our execu t ive system . I t w , ts not wise or prudent to risk such revelations, at a time when the " Grenville Papers " and Lard Albemarle's work are producing impressions un favourable to the active interference o f R o y a lty in the public business of the country. Lord John Russell has excited a suspicion that will long survive even his Administration.—Daily News. THE MILLINERY BUSINESS IN PARIS. There are in Paris 879 millinery establishments, of which 867 are managed by females. The houses oc cupy a personnel of 2,717 workmen, and the business for Paris alone amounts to nearly 13,000,00 W. a year Under the head of millinery is included the making of bonnets of different kinds, caps, head dresses for soirees, and fancy articles for the toilette. Gloves, ready-made linen, embroidery, and dress-making come under other categories. The articles of millinery above mentioned acquire almost all their value from the labour of the workwoman, the originality of the ma!, the grace of a bow, or from that je ne saes quoi which belongs exclusively to French taste, and of which our rivals cannot deprive us. And, neverthe less, for these skilful and intelligent workwomen the average wages is only If. 98c. a day. A great number of them are paid by the year, and live with their em ployers. Ahnest all or them lead a vary regular life, and have received a certain education; 98 out of 100 can read and write. This proportion as regards instruction will not be found so great in any other branch of trade. The millinery business reckons nix months of dead sea son, three in the summer and three in the winter. It is during this time that these houses make goods for ex portation, which are soon afterwards distributed over every part of the world. Dress-making includes almost -xelusively the making of dre-s,s, the material for which is furnished by the customer, the dressmaker furnishing only the lining, trimcaing, &c. These trimmings and the making of the dresses somtimes reach to a price almost fabulous. There are in Paris, 5,181 dressmakers, of whom 86 employ more than 10 work women; 1,219 from 2 to 10; 3,203 work alone, or only employ assistants at certain periods. The number of workwomen in this categary may he, therefore, reckoned at 10,000, and are perfectly distinct from those we have mentioned above. They are employed in making dresses, cloaks, and such like articles. It is in the Ist and 2d arrondissements that the greater number of dressmakers reside. The average rate of their wages is less than that of the milliners ; being only It. 501. a-day; most of them live in furnished lodgings, and away from the salutary protection of their families. The stay-making business in Paris is carried on by 653 princi pal establishments, which occupy 2.968 work women; we are right in calling them work women, since there are only 38 men employed in the business. Paris alone makes stays to the amount of five millions of francs every year. Nearly 1,200 000 corsets are made every year tor exportation. The establiehments of this kind, and those which specially make to measure, are principally in the Ist, 2d, and 6th arro n di ssements . T he average rate of wages is If. 50c. a day; the workwomen in this category are generally industrious women, and 93 out of 100 can read and write. The ready-made linen trade is one of the most important ones in Paris. By this business is understood body linen, baby linen, and table and house linen. The ladies of Paris attach more importance to fine linen than even to the richest silks and velvets. The production of this trade amounts to 27,000,0001. a year. It is carried on by 2,023 persons of both sexes, and employs 10,130 workwomen. The 3d and 6th arrondissements may be considered as the prin cipal seat of Ibis important branch of commerce, as it is there that the largest establishments are situate, and that the most business is done. Since the large em broidered sleeves worn by the ladies have come into fashion, one house in Paris has exported more than 30,000 of them to America.—Siecle. SUPPLY of WATER to the METROPOLIS. LONDON, POSTAGE OF BOOKS, 6-c. By a Treasury werrent. in pur,uance of the 4th of Victoria, dated Jan. 29, 1852, certain former warrants therein set forth are repealed, and regulations to the , ollowing effect set forth, with respect to the transmis sion of all packets, consisting of books, publication?, or works of art, by post within the United Kingdom, viz.—Every packet not exceeding Ilb. in weight shall be charged 6d.; not exceeding 21b ,Is.; and for every addi tional pound over 21b. an additional 6d.; every additional traction to be c'•arged as a pound. No packet to exceed in length, breadth, or depth two feet in dimensions. Al! such, packages to be prepaid by stamps affixed on the outside, near the address, Every such packet to be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides. Any officer of the Posteeffice to have the power of delaying the transmission of such packets for the space of twenty-four hours after the time in which the same ought to be dispatched in due course of the post. l'he warrant not to affect the transmission by post of the printed votes and proceedings of Parlia ment, nor British newspapers, nor to extend to places beyond seas. If the packets be sent witheut post age stamps, to be charged double postage, or where the stamps are insufficient double postage for the difference of value. The packets to contain no sealed or unsealed let ter or sealed enclusure. By another Treasury warrant dated Feb. 6, 1852, in pursuance of the 11th Victoria, it is or dered that printed books, megs•ezine;, &c., whether British, colonial, or foreign, posted in the united kingdom and directed to Ceylon, or posted in Ceylon and directed to the United Kingdom, may be transmitted under the following regulation. Not exceeding half a pound weight to be charged 6J., not exceeding a pound Is., not exceeding two pounds 25., not exceeding three pounds 3:i.; fur every additional pound or frac tion of a pound, Is. more. The dimensions of each package not to exceed two feet in length or breadth. The postage to be prepaid by stamps affixed outside near the address. If sent from Ceylon by stamps or money, the ends to be open. The officer of the Post office to have the power of delaying the transmission 24 hours. If the provisions of th e w a r r an t b e n ot complied with, the packet may be opened aed forwarded to the address or returned to the sender; the warrant to come into operation on the Ist of March. ACCIDENT TO A VESSEL ON THE MERSEY. The ship Anna Henderson, Conll master, from Cal cutta, belonging to Mr. Steele, merchant of Liverpool, came up the Mersey with the tide on Monday, and was about to be towed into the Albert-dock by the Queen steam-tine, at about a quarter before three o'clock, it being then about three-quarters of an hour ebb tide. The gale, however, was so strong and the sea was rolling so heavily, that the ship drifted and got jammed between two other vessele at the south end of the Prince's Pier, where the eff)rts of the Queen tug were strained in vain to extricate her from a position which was fast becoming one of con s id e r a bl e p er il. H er b owspr i t projected over the pier, and her fore rigging caught one of the iron lamp posts at the head of the stairs, which it tore up from the foundations with the huge stone into which had been sunk, as if it were a mere toy. The other iron lamp-post was snapped off about the centre, and the head, with its fittings, and aconsiderable portion of the gaspiping, cast on the ground. Great anxiety was felt lest he should run foul of the bridge belonging to the most lauding stage, but such a result, was prevented by ropes being made fast in the iron pillars on the pierhead, which put a check upon the movements of the ship till six steam tugs were brought up and rescued her from her perilous position, Just before this occurrence, and while the Anna Hen derson was in the river, a frightful accident befell the third mate of the ship. While engaged in the performance of his duties he gut entangled in the rope round the capstan, which was being worked by the seamen, and, being worked up therein, both legs were dreadfully lacerated and fractured. Indeed, so serious were the injuries, that the limbs were nearly severed from the body. He was immediately removed to the hospital io a dangerous condition, and, it was believed, with small hope of recovery. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF THE DUN. DEE BANK. Between Saturday night and Monday morning last a most daring attempt at robbery was made at the office of the Dundee Banking Company, in Castle-street, the perpetrators of which, it would seem, are not novice; in their profession. They had, it would appear, ob t lined admission into the Episcopal Chapel, but by what means is not known, unless as is generally supposed, by picking the lock of the door entering from Castle -street one of the busiest thoroughfares in the town. If so, however, they bad been careful to conceal this trace of their operations, as both on Sunday and Monday morn ings the door was locked. From e closet under the chapel stair the entrance to the bank was effected by cutting through the partition between it and the chapel, which is merely lath and plaster, and to accomplish which the burglars were furnished with a most com plete set of tools. Having thus obtained access to the bank, their next object was of course to secure the ultimatum of all their previous exertions, and ac• cordingly set to work on one of the safes. Failing to force the lock, they proceeded to open it with a brace and bit, and had succeeded in boring several holes about the lock when they were scared, and made a precipitate flight, leaving behind them a number of large crowbars, which would appear to have been stolen from some builder's premises in town, three excellent new bag-portmanteau, two of which were of glee -d leather, full of tools of every description, fitted for housebreaking, overalls, ropes, seemingly for lowering themselves to the street from upper stories, oils to enable them to work noiselessly, wine, whiskey, porter, candles, black cloth blinds, &e. Had they succeeded in opening the safe which they were operating on, how blank would have been their disap pointment to fiad that they had wasted their time to get a sight of the ledger, journals, &c., only, and not receive remuneration for their trouble to the extent of a farthing—that, in fact, they had gone to the wrong box. It is strongly presumed that they are the same parties who recently broke into the bank at Doane; and that their instruments—which are all new, quite unique, and bear nu maker's name—had been pur. enased with the money acquired by that robbery, pr o . bably from a secret workshop, in some large town, such as Birmingham or Glasgow. Certain parties are sus petted; and so prompt and efficient have been the steps taken by Mr. Meliey, that to us their escape seems to be more doubtful than their apprehension.—Dundee Ad vertis,r. DANGER OF KISSIAG. CHIDDINGLY.—A few weeks ago, at a small public. house withi n a s h ort di stance of this place, there was a ball given, or rather what, in the time of our grand• fathers, would have been called a " hop"— au entertainment of real jovial life and hilarity. Daricing was carried forward with a mst not known at Almacks, but fully appreciated by the rustics of this lucllity„ To see Sal's face and neck after the fiddler had finished his " Drops of Brandy," was to see the counterpart of the rising sun of a misty morning. '' lloll Was the glow of heat—such the dew-drops on the rose; and the hearty smack which each John gave his Jill as a finisher caused the room to resound again. Thus far all was delight; but in two or three days afterwards there was a sad change o! scene, Almost without exception the parties present lay on a bed of sickness; small-pox had assailed them. It appears that a servant girl, one of the company, came over from Brighton to see her friends, and the day afterwards was attack, d with small-pox; doubtless unknowingly, the insviii,e% poison was, while dancing, pervading her whole system, and from her the others must have received the contagion. The poor doctor, who attended her day after day, had his list of patients increased, and upon each fresh application for his services the question asked was, " Were you at the Yew Tree?" If the reply was in the affirmative, his rejoinder was, "Then I know what is the matter; you have got the small-pox." Let this be a lesson, not to finish the dances with kissing. for there may be poison on the lip. SEABORNE MAILS. DT signifies that the mails are sent from the General post-ofllet by the night--and If by the morning —dispatch.] When made np Lai From what PLACES.GeneraI Post- office port dis- When London. I patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N,Feb. 13 !Liverpool Feb. 16 America (by U.S. pkt.) N 'Feb. 24 .. :Liverpool Feb. 19 America (by U.S. pkt.) M :Feb. id .. !Southampt. Feb. 14 Africa (West coast).. N! lath of the month 'Plymouth March 3 Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. , Dover .. Feb. 18 Belgium N Daily .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. Feb. 16 Buenos Ayres 9th of the month ;Soathampt. Feb. 16 Callfornia(viaChagree) M 12d & 17th of month , Southampt. Feb. 20 Cape of Good Hope N i l4th of month , Plymouth .. March 3 Constantinople* .. • . N j 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 20 Central America .. 34!2d & 17th of mon. ISonthampt. Feb. 20 Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th. Bat Chili . 17th of the month iSouthampt. Feb, 20 France &NlTvriee daily .. 'Dover Twicedaily Greece* N,7th 17th27th ofmo !Dover .. Feb. 20 Hamburgh N; Tuesday & Friday !London .. Tues. But. Holland .. M Wednes. & Satur.lLonden Mea.Thur Honduras .• . N 17th of the moeth!Sonthampt. Feb. 20 Ireland .. M& N ,Tvriee daily .. .. !Holyhead.. Twicedally India(via Sonthcrap.) M,2oth of the monthSonthampt. Feb, 23 India (via Marseilles) Ilstti&24th efmonth'Dover .. Feb. 20 Mediterranean (via SouthairnMn) • • M,2oth of the month Southampt. Feb. 23 fieditenanean (via Marseilles) N Bth&24th of month Dover .. Feb. 20 Mexico 31 2d of the month.. Sonthampt. March S Madeira .. It i t'9th 3 o oth f th o e f m m o o n n t t h h Sonthampt. Feb. 16 7th,17th,19th,27th Malta. •• •• It D N ap l es * N Oth 15th 25th ofnaelDiv Papal States* .. .. N , s th 15th25th efmo Dover .. Feb. 12 o o: r eer Feb. ebF. lB 12 Peninsular.. • • .. 31:7th 17th 27th ef mo s Sonthampt. 'Feb. 16 Peru • • •• IWITth of the month S ou th ampt. !Feb 20 rus y* .. Njsth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. !Feb. 12 West Indies .. 31117th of the month Southampt.lFeb. 20 7th,17th,19th,27th 30th of month Naples* • • N j Otb 15th 25th ofnae l Papal States * j s th 15th25th °foto' Peninsular.. • • .. 31;7th 17th 27th ef mo p Peru 6 M 17th of the month Tuscany* Nj sth 15th 25th of mo West Indies .• M 17th of the month 1 I%od of the month •. Soathavopt. !March 5 West Indies (except Havanna NossaU) • The malls to those c ountries thus marked (C) a r e ceuvoye.. by French oacket via Marseilles The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this month will be made up three times a week only, instead of daily. CALIFORNIA.-- Mails to and Irvin Cautornia, Via Llle United MLatAlt. are now despatched and due by every American paciu,' Li,,,.kercirpoOOLl D B T or tt ou lC g t S se U sl eC io E n S s ! ip Wednesday, at the obtaining 31 1 is. 6d. under fatie one Thome. Duncan for preten ces . bought about F l; j 1 1; : lsaac A few weeks ago Mr. Gaitskell 40Ibs of what was said to be smuggled tobacco from the Prisoner, at about 2s. per lb., or if thelarticle had been as represented, nearly ls. 2d. nder its real value. Having paid for his bargain, without inspecting it previously to taking it home, he opened the parcel, and found it contained a quanti ty of sawdust. Of the money found on the prisoner, 24 J 3 .. th e Prosecutor only identiSed one sovereign, which was all th a t . tho c , urt would allow to be given up t him, and the cost s of his attendance as a witness were likewise re fu.ed to the Learned R ecor d er remarking that tra d esmen ought keep themselv es aloof from clandestine tra di ng. He was not onl y attempting to defraud the revenue, but offering a premium t o the poor and ignorant classes to carry on practices which frequently resulted in their severe Finial' mult i And in rainyany Immo. in thfkutte; ruin. EVENING, FRIDAY IMPOiIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 12. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. IMPORTATION OF ARMS IN THE CAPE COLONY. The Earl of MALMESBURY gave notice that he should to-morrav ask certain questions relative to the importation of arms and ammunition to the Cape Colony. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Black burn, praying for an amendment in the Patent Laws ; also a petition from Brighton, praying for the compul sory eefranchisessent of copyholds. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT. Lord LYNDHURST begged to put a question to the Noble and Leaned Lord on the Woolsack, whether he would have any objection to refer the Bill now on their Lordship' table with regard to common law procedure to a Select Committee, as it contained several nice prints which could scarcely be discussed in a Committee of the full House. With regard to the table of fees, he should propose that they be retained in the Bill, and then, following the usual custom with re gard to money clauses, be struck out on the third read ing, in order Chit the other House might have an op portunity of seeing what was the opinion of the House on that subject, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should have no objection to the course recommended by his Noble and Learned FrienC, and he should be obliged for any suggestions whint might be offered. At the present moment he was not prepared to frame a table of fees without having taken the opinion of those who were most conversant with the subject. Lord LYNDHURST said the table of fees formed a part of the. original report. He wished, in addition, to ask the Noble Lord whether the Court of Chancery Bill was in such a state of preparation as to be ready to be laid on the table of the House of Commons on Monday night, as had been announced? The LORD CHANCELLOR said that that an nouncement must hare been given under a mistake, because the Bill was very far/from being in such a state of preparation as to ba brought forward at that time. He could leisure the Noble and Learned Lord that every possible means of expediting the measure should be used. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his earnest desire, as Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, that the Bill for the amendment of common law procedure would be carried forvard with as great speed as pos sible. It effected a gteater change in the mode of pro cedure at common lav than had ever been contemplated since the reign of Edward I.; and he was sure it would confer the most important benefits on the suitors. Lord LYNDHURST thought it would be the most convenient course to refer the Bill to a Select Comccittee. where the most deliberate consideration could be given to the subject. The LORD CHANCELLOR complained that these reiterated attempts to anticipate the discussion on the yet unborn Bill for the reform of the Court of Chan eery were as inconvenient as they were irregular. If such discussions were to be continued, much time would be lost without advantage to their Lordships, and with out benefit to the rublic. When a superior judge was to be c a ll e d upos to do for 6,0001. a year what the Master had heretofore done fur less, and when subordinate officers were to be called upon to do what had hitherto been done by the Masters themselves, be might be permuted to ask for time to enable him to make up his mind. If his Noble and Learned Friend had made up his mind on the point, ao soon after the appearance of the report, it might be owing to his Noble and Learned Friend having greater facilities for making up his mind than he had. His (the Lord Chan cellor's) facilities might not be so great as these of his Noble and Learned Friend, but his responsibilities were greater. He repeated that he had not made up his mind on the subject of the Masters' office; on the con trary, not having anticipated that the abolition of the Masters'-office would be proposed, he had prepared to fill np a vacadcy which had occurred. He was then asked, " Are you aware that the Commissioners intend to abslish the office?" To this ho replied that he was not. He had then applied to the Comuotssieners for in formation on the point, and the Commissioners then told him that the abolition of the office was then under con sideration. H e requ ired a more distinct a n d d e fi n i te answer. He required that a meeting of the Commis ,ioners sh o uld b e con vened; and, atter they h a d met, be received this a nswer to nis question. namely, t h at they intended be edto dt a d ho e l o is t h fil t i h o e p Masters'-theoffiee:.fficlv hen the repo rt ofe, a n d i n conse quence he Commissioners appeared, about ten days ago, he im mediately applied his best attention to it; but he had not made up his mind to carry all the details of it into affect. It was, he admitted, a most valuable report, and would be productive of great public advantage. Whether those who almost stifled that report with their commen dations were prepared to go the whole length of it be could not tell, but he had not yet made up his mind fur the abolition of the Masters'-office, whatever he might do after a minute and careful perusal of the report. He had not yet made up his mind, he repeated it, either one way or the other. Earl FITZ'iVILLIAM was saying a few words on the point of order, which were not heard in the gallery, when ho was suddenly interrupted by Lord BROUGHAM, who contended that nobody was more out of order than his Noble Friend at that very minute. He had often heard questions put 'and answered both in that and the other House of Parliament; but a plainer question than that put to his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack by his Noble and Learned Friend near him never had been put, and a more unsa tisfactory answer never had been given. That answer was given with so many "ifs" and with so many " un fits," and with so many qualifications, that he defied any man to know the result of it. What were they to con jecture to be his Noble and Learned Friend's meaning when he said, that when he had time to peruse and con sider the report he might bo of the same opinion with the Commissioners, and if he were, then he would adopt their recommendation s ? He did not complain of hi. Noble and Learned Friend for having given this answer, which was no answer at all, if he wore in this entire state of thickest darkness--for, until light broke upon him, it was impossible for him to give any other answer than hat which he had just given. But, under such circumstances, he (Lord Brougham) felt utter disap pointm en tWhen he found in the other House public consider ation, o Parliam ent a n n si d d edr d ismay , founded measure ,)n the wasreptoorbt of estuhbemitted to Com missioners, opposed to it, a n d w h en h e a l so found thsithisNo and ble not and Learned Friend was not intending to leave out of it one of the most important recommenda tions of that report,—.which he almost stifled with his commendations, thsugh he differed from points of detail in it, —surely he (Lord Brougham) had a right to expect that a measure of Chancery reform was not only in con templation, but was, also actually prepared, in compli ance with the gracious speech from the Throne. It would appear that all this expectation had arisen from the accidental circumstance that there was not a good understanding between the Premier and his Loud Chan cellor. The notice of motion was a mistake on the part of Lord John Russell; but what did this prove, except chat the understanding between them was, like that of Derby and Joan, of au unsatisfactory nature? After indulging in this vein of ridicule for some time longer, the Noble and Learned Lord concluded by declaring that, atter the answer of the Lord Chancellor, his hopes of Chancery reform were entirely dashed to the ground. The LORD CHANCELLOR reminded the House that, at the commencement of tho session, his Noble and Learned Friend had complainsd that their Lordships had but little to do. From the prospect which they now had before them, he thought that their Lordships might now discharge their hlinn s f rom that m i sappre h e nsion. For his Noble and Lear ne d F r i en d , w h o h a d just sat down, even before a mea sure, w hi ch was on l y i n contem plation, bad been introdu ce d i nto P ar li ament —tor a pur pose which could lead to no useful result, and which he nevertheless followed up with speeches after speeches, without any advantage to the county had well con trived to misunderstand th e f ew wor d s which he uttered in way of answer respecti ng that measure, and had complained that he (th e L or d C hance ll or ) w as not dis posed to bring in a Bill, which would require amend ment every year—fC • -r-es Of " Hear") —and to substitute for an old system a new code, which year after year would require to be altered and improved.—(Hear, and a laugh.) And all this was, fi rst, b ecause a report had been presented not mo re t h an ten d r y s a go, reversing to the entire extent the w h o l e system of p ro ceedings in Chancery, and, next, because he had not made himself master of that report, involved as he was in other deities, both in that House and the Court of Chancery, a report, too, so voluminous, that it' he had devoted to it all his time, both day and night, since its appearance, he would not have had more than suffi cient time to app rec i ate its merits. W as i t , th e n, fai r or just to him pers malty that these two Noble and Learned Lord s s h ould be indulged n i g h t l y i n t h e deli very of these speeches, or rather attacks against him? —(Hear, hear.) He asked their Lordships to judge what in candour; but it a motives induced these Noble and Learned Lords to put these questions to him night after night. If their Lord ships could not find any ground of public importance for them, be found for them. He hoped that he was not wanting he should like to know what other ground could night after proper had had no time for reflectieg upon it—as bath the question was put to him when he Noble and Learned Lords well knew that in this in stance he had not, whatever they might say to the con trary--it w as sub mitted to their Lordships whether it was fitting and it could be accomplished the with advantage if his two No ble and Learned Friends occupied places, as they once the woolsack. did, en Their Lordsbips saw how they were now treated, me rely because they had nothing to do- He repeated once more that he doubted how tar of the Master s '- s ffi ce c ,old be carried out. Ho w as not the plan of t h e Commiss i one rs, es regarded the abolition could be accolished; he le quired p roof In conclu sion he said that be sa ti sf i ed by mere nar declonation that this or that p lan 'if his Noble and Learned Friends per answer. .ist i d i n pursuing this course on f uture evenings, the best thi ng that he could do wou ld be to give them no Lor d LYNDHURST said that his No ble and Learned Friend h a d not experienced any attack fr om him. All to ask a simp le q uestion. d Lord BROUGHAM o b s erved that all their Lor - slaps wh o Ld heard his Noble an d Learned Friend's that he h a d done "Pi :it/story ausvver to L o rd Lyudhuret must have point oft act seen that i n If his Nobl e and Learne d Friend had not made up his mind, as b e said t h a t he bad not, no °be *could expect him to ire an opinion. H e ( Lord Broug ham) had th en expr esse d the disappointment which he felt a; haying his hopes of chancery rig9rin dashed to' g FEBRU'ARY l3, 1852 the ground, anti that disappointment %yea the more in tense becau , e the subject 6f that reform had been men tioned as prepared in her Majesty's Speech from the thrtine,-- Earl GREY stated that the Noble and Learned Lord was not using the words of her Majesty's Speech, but was making his own version of them, Her Majesty had not said that the Government had such measures pre pared, but only that the Government had directed them to be prepared. Lord BROUGHAM said that the Spi ech spoke of measures prepared to be brought into Parliament—of measures founded on the report, and therefore in accord ance with it. Taking her Majesty's Speech and the notice of motion given by a member of the Government to gether, we had a right to expect that the substance of the measure, however he might differ as to its details, had obtained the approbation of his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woinsael s . OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISH SUBJECT AT FLORENCE- Evil FITZ CVILLIA.jj should have expected that, as the two Noble and Learned Lords, who had been mskieg so many and such lorg speeches on the same subject almost every night this session, had both sat fir sense yeses on the woolsack, and had therefore been masters of order, they would have exhibited a greater mastery of its practice than that, which they ha i exhibi.ed this session; for they had been speaking every night on a quea:ion which, to point of fact, was no question at all. As he now saw in his place his Neble Relative, who had recently succeedsd to the c ace of Secretery of Stan) for Foreign Affairs, he was desirous to put a question to him on a subjoin which heel awakened the attention of every man in England who had east his eyes on the preceedings of foreign nations, and who felt, an interest in the prosperity and welfare of his own felloeecountrymen. The question on which he was desir us of obtaining information divided itself into two points; the first relating to the nature and extent of the outrage, and the second re lating to the conduct of her Majesty's representa tive at Florence, on hearing of the occurrence at the close of the year which had just elapsed. It appeared that a British subject was walking along the streets of Florence, without giving offence to any one, when he was first struck by an officer, whom he (Earl Fitawilliatn) must consider as an officer of the Tuscan Government, for he could not suppose that an independent Govern ment like that of Tuscany would suffer in its streets fereign soldiers. Assuming, then, that it was a Tuscan officer, he would say that the Tuscan officer first struck a British subject with the flat of his sword, who imme diately remonstrated. Oa his then inquiring of the officer the cause for which be had struck him, he was again struck by him, and on making another remon strance, he was struck by another officer, not with the flat, but with the cutting part of the sword, and was cut severely on the head, the effusion of blood being so great that it was some time befiire he recovered his senses. He (Earl Fiizerilliatn) did not exaggerate when he said that our countryman was regularly cut down. What followed ? The injury was so severe that the victim of it was taken to a neighbouring hospital, and the consequences of his wound were there held to be so dangerous that three days elapsed before it was deemed safe to remove him to his private lodgings. He considered, he repeated, this act to be the act of a Tuscan officer. Ile wished t., know whether, accord ing to the information received by her Majesty's Go vernment, the statements of this outrage which had been published in all the newspapers were corrob 'rated by the official statement, and what course her Majesty's Government had thought fit to adopt regarding ? He knew that- there were some who th ought that we ought rather to sue for compensation than demand apology, but, if her Majesty's subjects were not to be efficiently protected when performing Their avocations peacefully in a foreign country, a heavy responsibility would h ang over the heads of h e r Majesty's Government. Their Lordships knew, from circumstances which had re cently occurred in Parliament, how sensitive the people of this country were to any insult or injury inflicted on any parson who, though not iif English race, was fete° circumstances enti tled to the protection of the English Government. He hoped that the Riglish Government would never sbrink from demanding reparation and apol gy for any such insult or injury. But it would look very ill, if an iefleential Government like our own, after the demands of reparation which it had exacted from an intent state like Greece, should he slow in exacting it fromia coun try Ike Tuscany. merely b cps' it was believed that, under its feeble banner a stronger power was sheltering itself, with which we eaieht possibly be brought into col lision. He had the fullest coufid-nce in her Majesty's Government, and more particularly in the desire or his Noble Relative to prevent any inconvenient comparison free. being drawn between himself and his noble prede- Mr. _ cessor in office as to their respective alacrity in demand- Sir RI / ing from foreign posers, whether weak or powerful, re- jecnone to the Be. partition for injury of insult committed on the life or The House then dive._ property of liri4iah subjects. For the second reading Earl GRANVILLE spoke nearly to the following ef- Against it ••• feet :—The Noble Earl, in putting these questions to me, has alluded to my recent accession to an office ofgreat im portance; and in answering questions which to a certain degree involve one of the most important duties of a British Minister for Foreign Affairs—numely, the pro tection of the interests and persons of British subjects who are innocently pursuing their coarse in foreign countries—l cannot help feeling that during the last few years, while I was frequently called upon to trespass on the attention of your Lordships in the discharge of the duties which I then held, I always met with indul gence from my Noble Friends on this side, and with for bearance from my noble opponents on the other, and I trust that I shall not now be met in a different spirit.— (Hear, hear.) With regard to the facts of this case, it appears that Mr. Mather and his brother were walking quietly with other persons in the streets of Flore• ce, be tween the band of an Austrian regiment and the regi ment itself, and that in consequence of the vaesstre of a carriage some confusion occurred, in which Mr. Mather, on turning round, accidentally touched an A nstritineffieer. The Austrian officer the , truck Mr. Mather with the flat ot his sword, and on Mr. Mather turning round to know the cause of such an attack be toes again struck by another offieer, and on lifting up his hand to pro tect himself was again struck by the first officer in the manner which my Noble Friend has described. There is a difference iu the account of the transaction as given by the Austrian officer and Mr. Mather. The differ ence is this, and it is so small that it is not difficult to reconcile the two accounts. The Austrian officer says, that he told Mr. Mather that he must get out of tho way, and, as the Austrian officer spoke Italian very badly, and, Mr. Mather did not speak it at all, there may h ave been some mistake or misapprehension between them. Mr. Mather says that he put himself in no aggressive attitude, while the Austrian officer says that he put himself in the atti tude of a boxer. I put it, my L irds, to you whether a man raising his two hands to protect himself trim two drawn swords might not be considered as putting hisst if into the attitude of a boxer? For myself, I first re ceived information of this transaction free) private cor respondence, and afterwa-ds from the public ne.wsparera. I immediately sent, in the name of her Mej.eery's Go vernment, to Mr. Settrlett, her Majesty's represen tative at the Court of Florence, to ask if the representations which I had seen of the irensao- Lion were true, and, if they were, I directed hOin to demand ample reparation for what I considered to be a wantoe and cruel injury on an unoffendiug British subject. In the meantime an account ot the transaction reached mo from Mr. Scarlett. He informed me that the Austrian general, on hearing of it, had re primanded very severely the Austrian officer, and bad said that if Mr. Mather would make explanations to him the officer would make an apology to him for the injury which he had received. Mr Mather, as he then thought that be was lying on his deathbed, refused to enter into any explanations, and subsequently brought the matter before the civil tribunals ot Tuscany. I ap proved of this, and desired Mr. Scarlett, as the re pre sentetive of her Majesty's Government, to request ot the Tuscan Government that tee trial should bee c ineucted openly and with all possible fairoess. I also instructed Mr. Scarlett, as I was unacquainted with the pecuniary circumstances of Mr. Mather. to take care that that gentleman was providi d with the best leg it advice,— ( Hear, hear.) The oily information which I have since received is a communication from Mr. Mather. the father, complaining of the difficulties which were thrown in the way of his obtaining redress. As the matter is still before the Tuscan tribunals, I em not authorised to enter into fuller details until I shall have received further accounts from Mr. Scerlett ; but I will confess, that from the tone of the de mands made by Mr. Mather and his brother—one a youth of 19 and the other of 16 years of age—l was struck with the conviction that they must be well condi tioned young men, not likely to commit any offence against the laws of a foreign coantry.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Mather, the father, also spoke to me, with great good sense and moderation on the subject, which naturally touched his feelings considerably. My own wish ha s been to cond uc t t hi s ma tt er w ith calmness. but also w ith e firmness. I was not to omit from my consideration the differences of usages in the Austrian army and in our own. In the Austrian army an officer is likely to be broken if, when he is insulted in the t pr e es i e e n e c e e lt. of h li sr e m e e e ni _, he does not use his weapon to repel t occurr ed some few p het a story—an occurrence watch el n years ago at Vienna. and whi w chc a r l ea o t r e dr d e som 4 i e ve discussion n t to the at the time. There was a garrison of that place that n g A o e o n er one French gentleman passed should pass a sentinel with a cigar in his mouth. a sentinel without taking his cigar from his mk the cigar outh. The sentinel immediately pursued him and took from him. The Frenchman ei m th e e e rd e i g d e n f ot th u e nt e l e e n rs ti t n a e n l, d or would not theunderstand quarre meaning which ensued, and. in the course of the y struck a se a r s geant who accompanied t h e guard. At last bese was obliged to fly, and he took refuge in the house of the French Ambassador. He indignantly demanded reparation. The sergeant was brought in consequence to a court. martial. A verdict was given, which was ordered to be read at the head ot every regiment in the Austrian service. It was to this and faithful service of the, sugar duties. affect, that. considering the long th i s sergeant, be was not to be drummed out of the regiment for not having run the gave notice ihat he would the body.—(A laugh.) I mentio n this to you. m L o t One fer a tortr'ilji Frenehm-n through Sir J. FAKING I g O G h N t A n t il i ti s i CRIVINAL OFFENDERS. _ , D em U oi T on lE o S n , not, to excite y p hug"' but to show you hew many uir- 1 3P J UVENILE eumstancea are to be taken into consideration view- I The lioN. MEMBER also gave noti ce th at on Wednes , thee tills case. and h ow t ar the plot of hono ur i s carr i ed 1 d ay nex t be would inure the appointment of a Committs in the Austrian service. But, giving the fullest extent to inquire into the tretithaent of juvenile crimiusl to this argument on the part of the Austrian offieer, d ' ff-eeders, with a Flew to their reformation, taking the , OF THE EAST e Austrian aceount of this transaction, and CIiaRTE3 'ELL sa'd h INDIA COMPANY. contr • it • Lord J. b e was asked the other day contrasting with the act aint Of it given by Mr.. if he interict to propose the appeietment of a Com- Masher, and corroborated the testimony of sveral wine° to iiiquire into the affairs or India previous to the French aod filLilttaUt-S of it, it still apps •th appe"s to tee e ve 41 of toe charter of the Esst Company. as au to jusittieide act of outregie aid injustice has Is It • to been committed on a British subject, for bad now state that his Ri Hon . Friend the M which " 'Pie h er for Pe. th would " on ' eme give notice of his intention to bring reparation is justly due; arid I say further that I have forward 111 1011 on the subject. that confidence in the justice and honour Of the Tuscan Government, and I may add th at I have that confidence r to e in the keen sense of hono ur o f the Austr i an officers T., p ystion, MILITIA BILL. a iu Timmy es $9 induce m e t o b el i eve that th e y W ill 1 11414 " ' 4IT -0 4 44 Dialed thill he Proposed to Wag HOUSE OF COMMONS,‘Feb, - I The S , PEAKER souk the Chun. a ;ew minutes befure Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The Right Hon. VEAN-N ZSDIITEI took the oaths and his seat on his, re-election for Northampton. Admiral STEWART tuck oaths and his seat for Greenwich. not refuse to give now ample reparation in this matter. I mentioned before to your Lordships that the Austrian officer offered, if Mr. Mather would make explanations, an apology. Considering the state of this young gen tleman, I have no doubt that, if the Austrian officer had speedily given an apology, he would not have dimi nished his reputation either for physical or moral cou rage, or have injured his character as a Christian or a gentleman, or have acted inconsistently with that code of honour which obtains, I believe, throughou Europe. The sense of honour is the same among nations as among individuals ; and I •herefore, trust, that on that ground. the Tuscan Guvernment will not refuse repara tion. When I say that one nation should behave towards another as it would wish that nation to behave towards itself, without making any concession where honour and good 'aith is at wake, I mean to assert that, when a na tion is clearly in the wrong, it ought not to be too proud to say so; and I may be permitted to make that decla ration in consequence of the position in which I, as the For. ign Minister of this country, have been recently placed. I have not been enunciating new principles which we do not apply in our own case. Of one thing I am justly proud, that I have made an apology in the name of her Mejesty'a Government in a case which I thought it to be jus;ly due. An unfortunate circumstance recently took place, in which, by the neglect of his instructions, a naval officer and civil ser vent of the State committed an act of insult and aggres sion to Aards the United States. My Noble predecessor in office began a friendly commuoicstion or the subject with the Minister of the United States now residing in England; but, on the very day after I bad entered on the duties of my office, I was able to disavow the act of violence which had cceurrcd, and to express our re gret that such an act had been committed. lam not ashamed to say that I should have pursued the same course if a weak State had complained instead of a powerful one; for it was the only course that was con sistent with the just pride and dignity of this natioa. Some allusion has been made of Austria being behind Tuscany in this respect; and I cannot deny that there' has lately been, on the part of the Austrian Government, some Negligence in checking insults and petty persecu tions to British subjects on the part of its subordinates. I certainly trust, however, that this will not continue; and I have some ground for saying so; for one of the first steps I was compelled to take on entering my pre sent office, on learning that an Englishman charged with dispatches to Sir S. Canning bud been exposed to insult, was to demand ample reparation for this breach of the international usage and law ; and I am happy to say that within the last two days I have received from the Austrian Government an answer which, though I do not think it a very good one, yet at the same time is so tar satisfactory that it informs us that the policeman concerned in the affair had been punished; and further, I may state that the Austrian Government has repre.tedly exp'essed its regret at the occurrence, aid acknowledgwd the justice of the repara tion.—(Hear) For this reason I am inclined to believe, which I do with great pleasure, that these sad small in cidents will not again occur; or that, if they duos to some extent perhaps they are unavoidable, they will be met in such a manner as to render it unnecessary for the Minister of one country to writs to the Minister of ano ther making claims and demands, which are painful to indite, and irritating to the Minister of that other country to receive, and which usually lead to recrimina tions which are alt , v-ther, in my opinion, below the dig nity o' the Governments of the two countries, which, although they may differ entirely with respect to the spirit 3nd corm of , neir internal administrations, have still the same common objecte in view, and great ano important interests committed to their chsrge.—(Hear.) The County Courts Further Extension Bill was read a second time (we understood); and the Municipal ,Cor poration Acts Amendment Bill and the Secretary of Bankrupts-office Ab , lition Bill respectively passed through Committee. Their Lordships then adjourned. PRIVATE BILLS. The Macclesfield Improvement Bill was read a seounil time. _ _ On the motion that the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill be read a second time, Capt-itin JONES moved that it be read a second time this day his months. Mr. CLAY pposed the amendment. Mr. BATF.,sON Klid Mr. CIJNOLLY supported it. Sir tßEtt t' FERGUSON thought there were ob. jecion, to the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared-- For the s , :cond reading 56 Against it 48 —8 The Bill w M a ' s i° a r c i c t o Y rdirigly read a second time, and or dered to be committaii,_ PETITIONS. Mr. presented twelve p e ti t i ons pray i ng f or an gUME inquiry into the existing mo d e o f levy i ng the ;axes. Mr. WAWN presented a petition praying for the abolition of the attorneys' certificate duty. Sir G. PE(I.IELL presented a petitio❑ from Brighton complaining of the war in South Africa and the extra vsgant exralAii!tire which it occusioeed. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from some individual whose we could not catch, praying the House to take hts plan into consideration fur paying off the national debt. Alderman SIDNEY presented a petition from the Na tional Society, praying for an amendment of the Paten Law. SCENE IN THE HOUSE. Here an incident occurred whicil created some amusement in the House. It is a general practice to light the lamp previous to the sitting of the House, and to keep the flame very low until the approach of darkness renders it necestary to turn on a greater volume et gas. To-night, howev , r, by some accident, the lights were simultaneously extinguished, and it was expected that the Home would have to adjourn_until the lamps were lowered, and re-lighted. But about five o'clock a posse of men entered the gal leries on each side, and endeavoured by means of a light sulended at the end of a long wand, to re-illumi nate the House. This was done with some difficulty, and after considerable delay, the Members heartily en joying, as they proved by their loud laughter, the repeated unsuccessful attempts of the men. There was a strong smell of gas in the House for some minutes afterward., and every now and then an omi nous cracking of glass, Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the House for the future be lighted with wax caudles•—(Laugh ter ) "EVAN r RIGHT. Mr. S. CR A WFO itl) brought in his Tenant Right Bill, which was read a first time, arid ordered to be read a b. coal time on the 31:o. of March. NEW REFOR\I BILL. Lord JOHN ItU6SELL brought iu his new Reform Bill , whicii was t edd first time. Ott the motion Jre fixing the second reading on the 27th inst. Mr. DISRAELI ailud if the schedule of the 67 boroups which i; xae proDubed to adjubt by this Btil would be laidou the tt,rd ? I Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it formed part of the Bill, and would be delivered with it to-morrow morning. Mr. BRIGHT harltte _or een gi v velo e u n n t and derst o tt b ri i d a t i la n a ,d t o h r r d g e e r to prepare this Bill, h amounc of information with r, gard to the population of the towns which the Bili embraced and the number Of electors that would brit included in the amalgamated districts, and also with regard to the rateanle property of thoie districts. He Maned to know whether the Noble Lord would lay upon the table such information upon the subject as the Goverrtint.rit were in posse-sion of; and also whether the Noble Lord could furnish the House with a map of the propod new consolidated boroughs, showing the position in which the towns bitted to the counti,s from which they were to be withdrawn. Lard JOHN ItUS-)ELL said there would he no ob jection to lay the intorm..ttion, with regard to the assess mentdre of property, upon the table, but be must consider if such a map could be prepared before he could answer the sr-cond question. Thefortnight. BBill Weis rri ttih4eh. then ordered to be read a second time, to-morrow Bill,NS BILL. CORRUP r PRACTICES AT ELEinCTOIiO Lord J. RUSSELL also broug ht s which was read ra first time. and ordered to be printed. The second reading was fixed for to-morrow fortnight. NAVY ESTIMATES. _ Mr. PARKElbrought up the Navy Estimates for the year, which were orders .d to be printed. ARMY ESTIMATtS. y Estim a t ee, Mr. V. SMITH brought . up the Ar m which were ordered to be prmird. lONIAN ISLANDS. 14r. HUME gave n.itice that ou an early day he would call the attention o f the House to the state o f affairs in the lonian Islands, EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. kIA MAL l 0 Ni ,ave notice tent on this day fort night he would move an address to the Crown on the subject of education in ledand. CHURCEI RATES. Mr. TRELA.WNY gave ti ti c of a motion for this day fortnight on th e su bj ect et church tau 5. BALLOTTINI4 FOlt NOTICES OF MOTlraiSrly Sir J. PAKING VON complained of b 4. u treated in not he might give notice of a motion. He d to put his neglected b&ving his name called over, ha had the ordinary way, but tho clerk dinnbg!lrldo;trodt in t t h o a t 6 : I t , name down in the list. The SPEAKER informed Was the duty o r a Member,. : on e the _,.. that his name was inert d le o :11.510.7.:ii:ettiT, RUSSELL the sub Al er a few woros from L thew,EtE jeep dropped. forward the Militia Bell on elendee next, lesfo.ro any of the other business. FOREIGN SHIPPING. Mr. LABOLTCIIERE gave notice that, on the 25th of February, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable her Majesty to make. other wise than by treaty, arrangements of reciprocity with regard to foreign shipping. HOUSE TAX. Mr. GOULBURN moved for accounts of the number of houses valued at 201. and upwards, distinguishing the number of those which pay house tax at the rate of six pence and ninepence in the pound respectively. stating, the amount of tax derived annually from each class; ot the number of houses rated to the poor at 101. and under 201, and the estimated produce of a house tax on the same at the above rates; and, of the number rated to the poor at Si and under 101 . ; together with a like esti mate of the produce of such a tax.—Agreed to. SUPPLY OF MEAT PROVISIONS TO THE NAVY. Sir W. JOLLIFFE moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the contracts, and the mode of ma king them, for the supply of meat p rov i s i ons for the use o f her Majesty's navy during the years 1847, and 1851; into the causes which have led to the receiv ing ing into the Government stores, and to the issuing for the use of her Majesty's ships on foreign servic, e, certain pres# rye d meats, which have proved to by unfit for human food; and into the Weans the which an occarrenee so prejudicial to taf . public service may most effectually be preventeda. 1848, 1849, 1819.. He did not pass a day without hearing some anim a . version made upon the Admiralty, and he thought it was high time that department of the Government e n d derwent a thorough reform. Ho was no disappoin ted admiral, nor was he in any way connected with the so !: vice, and he was therefore perfectly disinterested hie bringing the qu est i on b e f ore the House.—(Hear)T leading point whi c h h e w i s h e d to h ave i nq uired ; was the state and nature of the coatract made with Mr. Goldner. The first contract made by him was da tedl 1845, but it was not unt il 1847 that an y considerable.r contracts were entered i n t o w i t h hi m. Ab o ut this period the preserved meats prepared by Goldner came into general use in the navy, """ it was not until 1848 th a t a n y con d emnat i ons o f the meat as being bad were made.—(hear, hear.) New ha eee wanted to know who it was th at ma d e th os e condemna tions, tions, and why they were m a d e . I n 1850 i t was said a 'a/ c contract was again enter e d int o w i t h M r. G o ld ne r with° _ any steps having been t a k en to prevent a recu rrence °_!. f those evils which h a d p rev i ous l y l e d to t h e con demns ticns of large quantities of preserved meats.--( 116 4 hear.) The penalty for the due performance of 7h - a contract was 6,0001., bat nothing else was done by . - g 6 Admiralty to prot. ot the national purse. In , 18.1 of there were complaints made about the quality o` the meat, and yet in 1851 another large ce° 4 , -- „e was made with Mr. Goldner. This brought them a,"'" it to a crisis; for it was found, upon opening the u n r it parcel of the meats delivered, that much of it was tan for human food. and the contractor suddenly it"; appeared.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he wanted to I tl eb e who were the securities for Mr. Goldner in 1851. information which he had upon the subject was not e i a t official character, but it Lad been before the public wiib o wa' ids known being answered or contradicted.—(Hear, hear.) " e e d then, he was told that in 1851 the contractor was f°re ,eo to withdraw 2,000 canisters of his meat ; while in the summer of this year the Lords of the Admiraltrwe re . oo Portsmouth, on a tour of inspection, and their attee ti se was then called to the fact that the stench which W ra emitted from the stores where the preserved moats we kept was not only horrible, but was endangering,th elive r. of those who lived in the locality.—(Hear.) And Xt. knowing all this, the Admiralty did not order an , spection spection until the winter, when the result of thSet,hk e and it became evident that the abuses Whi Ch ee 'lei"; occurred could not be allowed to pass over witll7lt. iustituted.—eeee 3 "„ er the beingthrough the public Parliamentary in qui ry • • - ere e Iptte: He was in possession of testimonials which showed her. Niejeetyhe ships obtained a tar superior served meats from a enanuoictory in Australia timu eee 7 e e e r did in this country. He thought that on the s uul i; eet e humanity some explanation ought to h'al' e given long ago of the gross imposition. w h aii r had been , p ract i se d on the Government._ • world from were to b e f oun d i n all parts of the o s" from the - Atlantic t o th e Pacific, and from the' „ fleiw e t;at,,tt:, Vane. tueer's ISland,eitactle underateod that 9 , ‘ of them had been furnished with supplies of Goldner, canisters of meat. If Captain Franklin had alio en abominable st u ff on b oar d, the chance that now region ot his safety wo u ld b e cons id era bly diminisu e t i a There were besides other vessels engaged in the Ar c ee , re gions. The Investigator had been th ree w i n ters the' t ; but had not been heard of, and the Enterprise bad bet s on a similar expedition for two years. Now he thong , it was right the public should be informer', vih ethe a t these and other vessels were supplied with Govertunehe meats. On these grounds, therefore, he called upon t!' ee authorities of the Admiralty to vindicate their charse!oe" as guardians of the public purse and of the sens e d on which the national greatness had deP tli ne ed and which he trusted, under the blessing of God, WY -- still 4epend.—(Chee rs .) Colouel CHATTERTON seconded the motion; 5 1 6 3 ; veral other Hon. Me m b ers r i sing at the same reline to do so. the Sir F. BARING said, so far from objecting to h a d course taken by th e H onourable Member, he gave credit for the. sincerity of his intentions. He was trendy glad that the subject had been brought Is, the House, b ecause i t gave him an opportun ity et s. s ere ewering obje c tion s ma d e i n another quar ter, vr". o , he was pr ec l u d e d f rom giving an eephenatt,ool He would g i ve t h e H on. Gentleman his i nq uiry, would propose to ext e nd i t a li tt l e furt h er , in more c mplete intorrnetion on the subject /n ight ev e obtained. He was anxious there should be full a; searching it quiry, not confined to Goldner's contrec_iht, but to those of other persons who supplied id navy with preserved meats.—(Hear.) lie 6de show that no blame attached to the officers, whc s , A ° it was to inspect the canisters. 'They' could 1 . eat , order tha t be, opened for inspection without destroying th w e in os ed which became unfit fur human food, after being 'Trost to the air for 48 hour,; and it often happened' do/ tho ug h t r ash and good at the time of examinat i on become bad in a few hours afterwards. An ° m e a ds nation conducted by c om p etent persont was altelly j a f i el of the p reserve d meat when it was shipped, ati", l ,,f the complaint respecting it was ma d e on t h e part e fter , crew, it wa s i mme d iate l y reported, and a su rvey we d wards took pl ace . If t h e result of that survey Dilation that the co mp l a i nt o f the sa i lors had suf f icient foe an the m ea t was condemned and destroyed. There:jirthe impression a b road that the sailor was obliged te pet the preserved meat,—(Hear, hear.) Now, that wa s n avy n erf case, for good care was taken that the ships the It should be suffi.liently supplied with salted prorist" a for was almost impossible to guarantee the fit ne n e e etain e human food of the preserved meat beyond a d - °' time. Meat of that kind was perfectly good, lo a n : Oat the very best materials, and carefully nu t e t ; del: would, on exemination, be found perfectly g°. ° 7 o oft" - and yet aft er a certain time, by the impel - 1 00 0 OA process which it underwent, become unfit for bli Oog li ' il He recoll ec t e d one case where a quant i t y of thereon" meat supplied, not by M r . G ol d ner, by by err e d offic er tractor, underwtnt au xamination before the be e Loru of the Admiralty et D&ronp o rt, in presence ° f the the George P o ul e tt an d severa l o ffi cers o f th e navy; at meat report which they made stated, not only that the °e was exceedingly fine, but that during the exami .e.`er.) they thems e l v e s p artoo k very largely of it. — (LeugiaL n , But n o twith s t an di ng that they se reported , before l 73 the meat which they examin ed and ce rtified b e ees_le unfit for human use. He wis hed to s how that no lane rs meat into store, for the corruption in it a lag the the and could not be ascertained at ett e rested with the officers w ho were entr usted with rece e " . atterwards, moment of its reception. The Admiralty ralty ,:tmraPelshoe' it in their power and were bound to at e that they did not adopt the use of preserved meat rashly and carelessly—that there WBS a proper exatbe nation made of the meat before it was received hit s I da , taoirn.ts, Theand , d H id on w . h G i t n m t l h e_ e / store-rooms; and that when complaints ' In t a nt they e uid a , t t t o en p d u e n d is t h o t t h h e o se c Ley to remedy the evil, and afterwards as far 135 ,_, - sg said that the use of preserved meat in theenavy was first commenced in 1840. Bat he (Sir F. Baring ) might state that so tar back as 1813theeed soma preservedtbel maw, though in mall ; a rd a r elzi e of quantities, on boa r ships, the use of which on the a PP licv had been allowed l tion of several office .rs. It w as however, u-ndoubtedl Dir* introduced ge • • e after, e nera y in 1840. Some time after, - Goldne re-who, he (Sir F. Barin was informed' eat Jew, though lie could not see any g why ° d ears reason t ( 1388 1 account he should not receive proper treatmen- - 4 0 4 o tle ar) - -applied to the Admiralty to use a P s se rved which he was the inventor, for manufacturing Pry reoi meat. At his request the Admiralty caused an nation to be made into the merits of his inventintuoo to result of w hi c h w as d eeme d sat i sfactory . In addll that 'he Navy Medical Board reported in favour of boe. Goldner's preserved meat. Notwithstanding th et ' to the ev•r, the meat was only introd uce d gr adually ' n o on. navy, and not all at once. I n consequen ce of ar had mendation as to the manner i n w hi c h t h e servic e w ho • been performed—mad e not to his No bl e Frie nd preceded him in office, but to the gentleman w hs it ded• ceded Lord Auckland— t h e present Lor d s o f the 0 00 ralty were left by their predecessors with onlY ties day's supply of meat nsuelP • necessary for the ce wi th of the whole service, and a running con tract Co w Mr. G. ildner. Up teethe beginning of 1849 130 to t ee plaints were mane to the Admiralty with respect for preserved meats. Later than that they received are ill , from Sir Charles Napier, who was then in the Sf• s hip cent, st a ri ng that he had consulted the men in his bey t hey respecting th e use o f t h e preserve d meats , and that 001 Y said they liked it better than any other. It was f a int P he 1849 that the Admiralty received any con! ~,oat, whatever with regard to those meats. In th s ' t t e ro, however, they had two serious complaints made to Golds er . 10 in cenee quence of which they called on Mr. , av eg nuke some explanation. That explanation not g elr been deemed satisfactory, they intimated to the t t est tleman that his contract with them must cease, an d vet they must enter into is fresh one on the stibjeete a pe rents precautions were taken in the s absequen.: d t he tract with respect to the size of the canisters eZ o ,„ to perfect exclusion of the air from them, with /I ta i g ht maintain the good quality of the meat. Ile„ a jdner mention that the contract entered into with u meet ts was not a private one, but the result of public co . tion ; and now that his transactions with the w an ralty had terminated it was a serious emitter tn4lise win # had invested so large a sum of money in his eats et ja Mali its that gentleman. There was a new conita:lrvaity the b,giuning ot 1850. and up to 1851 the' A ci ., • bat der 1 had no complaint of the mem supplied un tract w the moment they received a complaint the can 10 1 d immediately cancelled, anti Mr. Goldner _W .. % els that he could neither be permitted to con__ll: . " supplies nor to make a fresh tender ill falt.,lolll oonvlGini whigh wigilleled the need 14171_ spg..gr