The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-02 00:00:00

HARWICH HARBOUR. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Captain JERVIS moved—" That in the opinion of this house it is the duty of her Majesty's Government, before applying to this house for grants of money to construct harbours of refuge, to take steps that the natural harbours of refuge of this country be maintained." The hon. member referred to a number of reports made to the Admiralty, showing that with every long continuation of easterly winds there was an extension of Languard Point, threatening the access to Harwich Harbour, remarking that though attention had been drawn to the fact so long ago a s July, 1852, no remedy had as yet been provided. Regard ing the subject as one of very great importance he had written to the Board of Trade, but was told that it was no business of the Board of Trade, but of the Admiralty. The Admiralty told him it was the business of the Treasury, and the Trea sury that it was in the department of the Board of Trade. (A laugh.) Ho had, therefore, no alternative but to bring the question forward in the house. He might be told that it was not a question for the Government—that the town should look after its own harbour; but Harwich had been looked to from time immemorial as an important harbour of refuge, and his constituents had no jurisdiction over the harbour. The matter was one of deep interest to the east c o as t o f England, and he trusted the Government would take it into their consideration, and do something with a view to remedy the evils complained of. He should not have brought the question forward had it n o t b een f or the d i rect authority of the Trinity House and of the hydrographer of t h e n avy that it was a matter that could not be delayed,'that unless some steps were taken the harbour would be stopped by a bar of sand, and then the cost of the remedy would be so great that it would not be worth while to undertake it. The cost of the work was estimated at only £15,000, and he trusted that the Government would not grudge keeping the harbour in its integrity at so small an expense when they were asking Parliament to vote very large sums for artifi cial harbours of refuge. Mr. M. GIBSON was sorry the hon. gentleman should have been inconvenienced by the reference made from one department to the other; but as his application was for a grant of money, the Board of Trade thought, therefore, that it was a more appropriate subject for the considera tion of the Treasury than for the department with which he (Mr. M. Gibson) was connected. The Board of Trade were quite alive to the importance of the question, and it would be admitted by every one that the filling up of so valuable a harbour of refuge would be a great national misfortune. (Hear, hear.) He had heard it stated, however, that the predictions which had been made were not likely to be ful filled to the extent that it was supposed, and that the access to the harbour was not likely to be put an end to altogether ; but no doubt it was possible that the access might be ren dered far more difficult than it was at present. The subject should receive the most serious consideration of her Majes ty's Government. He quite admitted that it was a matter of importance, and that the hon. gentleman had done good service in bringing it under thenotice of the house. (Hear.) He should not anticipate what the Secretary to the Treasury was likely to say on the financial part of the question, but this they knew, that estimates for engineering operations of this character were not generally to be relied on, but that difficulties arose in the progress of engineering operations connected with harbours involving a great outlay beyond the original estimate. He hoped that full inquiry would take place, and that means would be found to deal with the difficulties of this case. Capt. JERVIS, after the reply of the right hon. gentle man, expressed his willingness to withdraw his motion, and The motion was withdrawn accordingly. SUPPLY.—CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. The house having resolved itself into committee of supply, Mr. PEEL proposed a vote of £38,214 for the expense of maintenance and repairs of the royal palaces—the first vote of the class " Public works and buildings." Mr. CHILDERS drew attention to the form in which these estimates were presented, and expressed his hope that the system which had been applied to the army and navy estimates would be extended to the civil service estimates. Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the increase year after year of the civil service estimates. In the last year of the unreformed parliament the civil service estimates amounted to £2,000,000, while this year the amount was £7,665,000, that being £123,000 more than was required last year. With regard to the vote before the committee, he did not complain of the expense of the palaces occupied by her Ma jesty, but he wanted explanations of the items £2,750 for St. James's Palace occupied by the royal household ; £3,627 for state rooms, chapels royal, and apartments occupied by the royal household; £4,755 for Kensington Palace, with the stables and out-buildings; and £6,054 for Hampton court Palace. Mr. PEEL said that comparison in the miscellaneous votes could be fairly made before the year 1834, when seve ral new charges were transferred to these estimates. The vote for the police alone made an addition of £lOO,OOO. With regard to the comparison with last year, the census vote alone was £127,000, which more than accounted for the increase this year. Mr. COWPER said the tree palaces referred to by the hon. gentleman were not in the occupation of her Majesty, but being royal palaces they had to be maintained. The Lord Chamberlain and Lord Steward had offices in St. James's Palace, there being no room for them in Bucking ham Palace. The palace of Kensington was in a dilapidated state and required considerable repairs ; indeed, some por tions of it would have to be pulled down before long. He was sure no one would grudge the money for the repair of a monument of such architectural beauty as Hampton Court. The works carried on there were works of necessity. Of late years, persons who got apartments in that palace, from the bounty of the Queen, were the widows of officers in the army and navy who had not the means of renting houses of their own. Mr. "WILLIAMS observed that he could find the names of only three widows of officers amongst those who were provided with apartments in Hampton. court Palace. The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of £35,470 for the maintenance and repair of public buildings, Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the item of £4,200 for supply of water to the Houses of Parliament and the foun tains at Trafalgar-square, also of the item of £9OO for the Tithe and Copyhold Commission,and the increase of £4,855 for the maintenance of Holyrood Palace. He should take the sense of the committee on the item of £6BO, the rent of the house in the occupation of the Ecclesiastical Commis sion. He thought they were wealthy enough to pay the rent themselves. He moved that the vote be reduced by the sum of £6BO. Mr. A. SMITH complained that so many items were jumbled together in this vote, and recommended a better classification in future. He also complained that the public were paying high rents for houses on Crown property. Mr. PEASE thought that the charge for the Ecclesiasti cal Commission was to have been removed from the esti mates. He understood the commissioners stated that they had not asked for this money. Mr. PEEL said he believed this money was not for the rent of the house, but for the performance of duties which were formerly performed by the Church Building Commis sion. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners stated that one fourth of their time was occupied on business that did not Properly belong to them, and it was under that calculation that the sum was put down in the estimates. Mr. WILLIAMS said he should withdraw his amend ment, in the hope that when the house was more full he should have a better chance of carrying it. Mr. The e m n ot i i r D z s ts t h w en is wi he t d hd to ra kn wn . of the Admiralty and the War b u r Ow why there was a dis tinction made between the build eartpmpreonptr.iatTedhetroethweaussea rent paid for the one, and not for Department . other. He th oug ht üb :o the votes of the publi c departments she put together. By that means they wo u ld b e betterable of £7 OO the whole cost of each. There w as th e large aura paid for the Stationery-office, whi c h had been built a- ear en built entirely at the public expense. That seemed to him every large sum Mr. LAYARD called attention to the item of £340 for the . removal of a hideous piece of upholstery, known as the Wellington Burial car, from Marlborough-house to the crypt in St. Paul's Cathedral. He thought it would be better to make a present of it to Madame Tussand. Mr. DISRAELI wished to know what had become of the amendment of the hon. member for Lambeth. The CHAIRMAN said it had been withdrawn. Mr. DISRAEDI said the putting of the question of with drawal had not been heard on his side of the house. If it had he certainly should have opposed it. It was desirable that the business should ba conducted with more precision and less haste. It was easy for the hon. member for Lam beth to obtain credit for.attending to the estimates; but then it ought to be understood that he withdrew his amend ment when there was a chance of its being carried. The CHAIRMAN said the amendment had been with drawn at the instance of an hon. member who wished to move an amendment on a previous item. Mr. COWPER observe i that the Admiralty had its own department of works. The two houses which had been re ferred to were sublet, so that in reality the rent was paid by the tenants and not by the public. He thought it was very desirable to keep the departments of Woods and Works separate, and not blend their accounts as had been sug gested. As to the Duke of Wellington's funeral car, he con sidered that though it had been exposed to great criticism as a matter of taste, it was an object of great interest to a large portion of the public, as was proved by the numbers that had visited it at Marlborough -house. It did seem to him, therefore, that connected as it was with the memory of that great man, the Duke of Wellington, it would be de sirable to place it in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, near bin reautio, The expense woad be YerY light, and weitl4 he THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1861. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. trict. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. ALLEGED NEGLECT OF IRISH AFFAIRS. - - - Mr. SCULLY gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the hon. member for Clonmel offered to resign his position as one of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, upon the ground that Irish interests had been disregarded by the present Administration, and has such offer been finally accepted ; and, if so, has the vacancy so created been filled up, and is it intended to fill it, and when ? THE DERRYVEAGH EVICTIONS. Mr. SCULLY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if be intended to propose any inquiry, either through a royal commission or select committee of the House of Commons, into the recent evictions from the lands of Derryveagh, in the county of Donegal, or as to the statements published by Mr. J. G. Adair, J.P., attributing a guilty knowledge of murder and other crimes to the evicted inhabitants ; also as to the several allegations made in Parliament on Mon day, the 24th day of June, that Ribbonism existed in that district ; or, if indisposed to originate an inquiry, would the Chief Secretary be prepared, on the part of the Govern ment, to support or sanction a motion for an inquiry pro posed by an independent member. Mr. CARDWELL said it was not intendel to propose a committee on• the subject. APPROPRIATION OF SEATS (SUDBURY AND ST. ALBANS) BILL. Mr. STIRLING then moved the following amendment : —That from and after the Ist day of November, 1861, the Universities of St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Aber deen, and Edinburgh shall be entitled collectively to return one member to serve in Parliament. The hon. member moved other amendments also, the effect of which was to carry out in detail the preceding alterations which he pro posed. He called attention to the great importance of these universities, which had been of the greatest advantage not only to Scotland, but to this country also, for they had provided first class education without any restriction on sectarian grounds, a desideratum which had only recently been supplied in England. He expatiated on the extent and intelligence of the members composing the Scotch Universities, and said that if such institutions were permitted to have a voice in the legislature the represen tatives would not be found unworthy to take their place by the side of the representatives for the English Universities. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the motion of the hon.. gentleman was in fact calling on the house to rescind a resolution to which they had come in com mittee after considerable discussion, and after a large majority had expressed their opinion. He argued that from the constitution of Scotch universities up to a recent period they were not to be placed in the same position as the English and Irish universities. In the Reform Bill of 1832 there was no proposition to enfran chise the universities, and although a great improvement had lately taken place in their constitution, by whi c h graduation was necessary, still he did not think the time had arrived to give them a superior claim to the seats to be disposed of as compared with the West Riding and South Lancashire. Mr. C. BRUCE supported the amendment. Sir J. GRAHAM stated the reasons which induced him not to press on that occasion the claims of the London Uni versity, which he had given notice to bring forward in the event of a member being refused to Chelsea and Kensing ton ; and having stated his views to the Senate of the Lon don University, he was acting in accordance with their decision in postponing their claims to a more favourable opportunity. Mr. BLACKBURN contended that the Government was wrong upon their own principles, and that it was unfair that Scotland should not have a greater representation. Mr. G. DUFF advocated the claims of the Scotch uni versities. Mr. BAILLIE hoped that Mr. Stirling would rest satis fied with having brought the justice of their case before the house; but as the house appeared to be almost unanimous in favour of preferring the claim of South Lancashire, he hoped he would not press his motion. Lord J. RUSSELL expressed a hope that this advice would be taken, as nothing could be gained by dividing the house. Mr. STIRLING was quite satisfied with the discussion his motion had elicited, and with the permission of the house he would withdraw his motion. The clauses were then withdrawn. Mr. COLLINS, who had a notice on the paper to move clauses to the effect that the West Riding of Yorkshire should henceforth be divided, and that two knights of the shire should be returned for each division, said that clauses so similar in nature had been proposed by the right hon. baronet (Sir G. C. Lewis) in the name of the Government, that he thought he should best consult the wishes of the house by withdrawing the clauses. (Hear.) The clauses were then, by permission, withdrawn. Sir G. C. LEWIS then moved the followilag clause : " After the dissolution of this present Parliament the West Riding of the county of York shall be divided into two di visions, to be called respectively the northern and southern divisions ; the northern division shall contain the Wapen takes of Staincliffe and Ewecross, Claro, Shyrack and Mor ley ; the southern division shall contain the Wapenstakes of Barkston, Ash, Osgoldcross, Strafforth and Tickhill, Stain cross, and Agbrigg." Mr. BAINES said he felt considerable objection to the course which the Government were now pursuing. It was not a course which had been recommended by tha determi nate judgment of the house themselves. The house wished to give two out of the four seats to boroughs and two to counties; although he (llr. Baines) thought that the four seats might have been very fairly all given to boroughs and none to counties. He admitted that the two boroughs of St. Albans and Sudbury were small, but there were others in the country still smaller, and these boroughs frequently re turned men who represented large mercantile interests, and not solely the landed interest. As a member for one of the largest boroughs in the West Riding he had one serious ob jection to bring to the proposed division of that peat con stituency. Although he did not object to four members being given to the West Riding, he must confess that in his opinion the metropolitan county had a better claim ; for in Middlesex there were eighteen members with a population of 2,800,000; whereas in the West Riding there were the same number of members with a population of only 1,500,000. One result of this mode of division would be that the large clothing district of Leeds and Hud dersfield would be severed into two parts. He should nct, however, think it necessary to divide the house on the clause. The clause was then agreed to. The following clause was then, on the motion of Sir G. C. LEWIS, agreed to :—" In all future Parliaments there shall be two knights of the shire to serve of each of the said northern and southern divisions, and such knights shall be chosen in the same manner, and by the same classes or de scriptions of voters, and in respect of the rights of voting, as if each such division were a separate county, and all enact ments now in force applicable to divisions of counties return ing knights of the shire to serve in Parliament, shall apply to the divisions hereby constituted." Sir G. C. LEWIS then moved a third clause, the effect of which was that the polling place for the northern divi sion. of the West Riding should be at Leeds, and the oll ingizte.ifaitthilysousathiciezadtivhi:ion at Pontefract. P. certain technical objec tions to take to this clause, which had d think it better that it should be postponed. P hi rovi ra s n i e on e w i a s . made . for the erection of new polling-pl of a dissolution, but he was prepared to show that the election Y wit take pl ace before these polling places could b e arranged, you would have to use the present p ollin g - places in p e ariso o f ri t h h e West Riding, where the district s ex t ended into the n southern divisions ; and a s p ersons must poll in the d e i ni Bt an ' d for which they had their vote s , great inconvenience must ust ensue. Another point was that the high-sheriff would have only twelve days for giving the necessary notices; a n d, t h e present under-sheriff bad informed him that it would be quite impossible to do it in the time. He should prefer, therefore, that the sheriff should have the power of appoint ing as many returning officers as might be necessary. If the right hon, gentleman would permit him he would put his facts and suggestions into his hands, and if the clause were postponed they might be incorporated in the form of amendments. Sir G. C. LE WIS thought it better that the clause should be at once proceeded with. He confessed the difficulty there existed in not allowing the justices to make provi sional arrangements on sudden emergencies, and he had been unassisted by any precedent in providing for the case. With regard to the other point, he had always thought the Sheriff had power to appoint any necessary number of sub theriffs—but he would consider that point. On the whole, hs Was disposed to think that the better way would be to leave the law as it stood at present. Mr. COLLINS said that when the question was started before, it was proposed that the existing register should be retained. Mr. HADFIELD proposed as an amendment that " Sheffield" should be inserted instead of Wakefield. Sir G. C. LEWIS could not look upon this as a question tsf much importance, although it was naturally one to the hon. member for Sheffield. The whole question was, the most convenient place for nomination. Wakefield was situated near the border, and Pontefract was most conve nient for the central districts. Mr. COLLINS advocated Wakefield in preference to Pontefract, alleging that bribery had been as rife in the latter place as in the former. Mr. M. MILNES defended Pontefract, and complained of the hon. member for Kneresborough introducing irre levant topics. All the gentlemen of the southern division wanted was to select such places as suited themselves. (A laugh.) The question was not between Pontefract and Wakefield, but between the latter place and Sheffield. The resident gentry of the southern division of Yorkshire had declared that after f ull considerati on th e y b e li e v e d Pontefract was the most convenient place where the elec tions should be held. Colonel SMYTH believed that Wak e fi eld wa s ac cessible by road and railway than Pontefract, an i rf r o e r a l public purposes was almost central, Sir C. WOOD begged to sa y t hat he Was perfectly indif ferent as to which town s hould be sel ected ; but h e th ett ght on the whole, looking to the means of communication and 'hi position of the town, that Rontsfract was ova taco 09A, venient place for taking the elections for the southern dis- Lord GALWAY thought that Doncaster might have put forward some claims, but on the whole he considered Pon tefract was the best place for taking the election. The house then divided— For the motion 97 Against it Majority —3o The clause was then added to the bill. Sir G. C. LEWIS moved a number of verbal amend meats, of which he had given notice, the whole of which were agreed to. The bill was then ordered to be recommitted on Thursday next, in reference to the now clauses. confined to preparing a place at the entrance to the crypt for its reception. Mr. BLACKBURN begged to move that the item be struck out. Viscount PALMERSTON hoped the committee would ' not agree to the amendment. As to the taste of the car the Government were not responsible for that ; but no doubt the noble lord opposite (Lord J. Manners) would be ready to defend it. (Laughter.) Whether, however, it was in good or bad taste, the car was a relic of the Duke of Wellington, and he hoped that the house would not let it be broken up for the sake of this trifling vote. (Hear.) Lord J. MANNERS always trembled when questions of taste were submitted to the house, and he would not say a word on the subject. He agreed, however, that it would not be right or proper that the car should be broken up, and he thought that the right hon. gentleman had made a very wise selection of a place in which to deposit it. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether anybody could see the car in the place in which it was proposed to place it. If they could it would certainly be a great hardship. (Laughter.) Mr. COWPER said it would certainly be plated where nobody could see it—(laughter) —except those wh , ) wished. At the same time he must say that there was a good deal of difference of opinion as to the car as a work of art. There were many persons that thought it a highly credit able effort. Mr. BLACKBURN protested against the notion that any feeling of disrespect to the memory of the Duke of Wellington had prompted his motion. On the contrary, he did not see why the one failure of the public funeral should be perpetuated. (Hear.) Everyboiy admitted that it would have been infinitely better that the coffin should have been borne upon a common gun carriage ; and in fact the disrespect to the memory of the duke seemed to him to be connecting it with such an abominable abortion. (Hear, hear.) The committee divided : For striking out the item Against it 52 Majority The item was therefore retained. Mr. WILLIAMS now moved that the vote be reduced by £6BO, the rent of the house for the Ecclesiastical Com missioners. Sir G. C. LEWIS defended the vote, in which, he said, the house had acquiesced for many years. After some discussion, in which Mr. Pearce, Mr. Black, Mr. Disraeli, and other members took part, Mr. Williams's amendment to reduce the vote by the sum of £6BO was ne gatived without a division. The vote was then agreed to. On the next vote, for furniture and fittings for public offices, Mr. A. SMITH moved that the vote be reduced by the sum of £10,400 for furniture for the South Kensington Museum, in order that when they came to the vote for that department they might deal with the whole question at once. Mi.. COWPER replied that the present was the proper time for deciding upon the question of furniture, and he could assure the committee not only was there greater economy practised at the Kensington Museum than at any other public department, but this sum would be most economi cally spent. Mr. LAYARD hoped that the hon. member would not press his motion for a reduction. The committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against Majority —lls The vote was then agreed to. On the vote of £98,298 for the Royal parks and palaces, Mr. BLACKBURN complained that the vote was in excess upwards of £13,000 beyond that of last year, and hoped some explanation would be given why that occurred. Mr. WILLIAMS called the attention of the committee to the fact that £24,000 was spent on the pleasure gardens at Kew, beyond the amount charged last year, and he wished to know why that occurred. Sir S. NORTHCOTE complained of the manner in which the estimates were made up, so that the committee eould hardly understand them. The Public Moneys Com mittee made several excellent recommendations with re spect to the preparation of estimates, but he was sorry to say the present Government had not adopted any of them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not understand why the hon. gentleman who last addressed them could talk of the Government deluding the house in bringing forward these estimates. He remembered in 1858 those who were then in office said the miscellaneous estimates of that year were less than that which preceded it ; but the fact was, the balances in the Exchequer were overdrawn to such an extent, that enough of money was not left to carry on the public service. The present Go vernment, he could assure his hon. friend, followed strictly the recommendations of the Public Moneys Committee whenever it was practicable, and would continue to do so. The expenditure under the miscellaneous estimates had never equalled the amount voted. He was ready to admit that the estimates ought to be framed upon the principle of keeping to the outside of the anticipated expenditure, but he did not know that the house ought to vote 202 estimates with 202 margins; the effect of which would be to vote a very considerable sum in excess of what was needed. The vote was then agreed to. On the motion that a sum not exceeding £54,692 be granted to her Majesty, towards completing the works of the new Houses of Parliament, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said this was rather an old story. (A laugh.) Every one knew that the original esti mate for completing those houses was £700,000, but they had now run the expenditure up to £2,500,000. The ex penditure went on for a long time, until it was at length put a stop to, in a great measure, by the late Sir William Molesworth, who brought the wasteful expenditure to a conclusion. It appeared a strange thing that the House of Commons could not control the expenditure of their own houses. It was owing, he believed, to a R ant of good faith in the executive. He wished to have an explanation from her Majesty's Government how it was that they now came to ask for a sum of £21,500 in addition to the gross sum, and after it was said on former occasions that a final grant of £121,000 would be sufficient to complete the houses. (Hear, hear.) Mr. COWPER said no doubt it appeared on the face of the estimate that the sum of £20,000 had been all that was spent beyond the estimate of Sir Charles Barry in 1859 He agreed with the hon, baronet that this was a matter very much to be deplored ; but he thought, if he looked rightly at the matter, that he would see that those houses ought to have been built by contract ; but instead of taking that course, the course taken was to give a general authority to the architect, who was not to come under any sufficient con trol of the Board of Works. He was responsible to a com mittee of the House of Lords and of the House of Commons, and he had, in fact, many masters. Every one grieved that those mistakes in the arrangement of this matter occurred. With regard to the proposed vote, ho admitted it was not satisfactory. But since Sir C. Barry had been removed from the scene, they could not obtain any information. One thing he might add, that the works were absolutely neces sary, and it was desirable that they should be completed. Mr. WILLIAMS said he found the sum of £3,200 put down for statues of the early English kings. Ho should like to know who they were. (A laugh.) They had already on the outside of the building kings from the very earliest periods of our history, and in St. Stephen's Hall there were statues of Hampden and other distinguished men, but where was the statue of the man who had laid the foundations of our liberties—the Lord Protector Cromwell ? (Laughter.) He regretted that the mention of that name should have excited laughter on the opposite benches— (hear, hear)—because the people out of doors were anxious to do honour to the greatest man of his age, and one whom all since had agreed to glorify. The time had, he thought, come when a statue should be raised to his memory. (Hear.) Mr. BOUVERIE observed that the First Commissioner of Works had stated the sum now asked for would com plete all the works on hand, but there was a great gap at the corner of the Clock Tower, which was intended in the original plan of the late Sir Charles Barry to be filled up by au elaborate screen, to give a magnificent courtyard at a cost of £900,000. What he wished to ask was, whether that plan had been abandoned, or what was intended to be done with that gap ? Had the Government. in fact, any plan or specification for the cempletion of the building, and any estimate of the cost. Mr. G. A. BENTINCK complained of the decaying state of some of the frescoes, and especially that Mr. Dyce had received £6,000 for frescoes in the peers' robing room, and had as yet executed very little of the work undertaken. He thought it was due to the country that it should be known whether any steps had been taken to enforce the completion of these engagements. Mr. LA.YARD believed that one great cause of the decay of the frescoes arose not so much from the badnes s of the m a t er i als used in painting years them as from the T badness h e old l o d f the plaster o n w hi ch they were painted. At Munich the fres coes had l as t e d for twenty without decay. Italian frescoes had lasted for centuries, and it was natural that the artists of this better material was countryprovidecito should hesitate until come paint upon. After a few w or d s from Colonel Dims oN, Mr. COWPER said a committee w the stone of which the P a l ace was bui a lt s now sitting, as to composed learned persons, and he e x p ected that they of very would shortly report. - With respect to the remarks of Me Layard, he believed that the damage to the frescoes . arose as from the materials used in painting as the raaterialsforerutchhe wall. (Hear, hear.) At all events he believed that the recent paintings did not show such signs of decay as those first painted. (Hear, hear.) But with respect to those paintings there was a balance of money in hand already voted, and the artists were only paid in proportion to the work executed, so that no vote was asked for this year on that account. The vote now asked for of £20,895 was in tended to complete all those portions of the building of the Houses of Parliament which were now in hand, and would complete everything that required to be completed, but did not include any plan for enclosing New Palace -yard, and he thought it would be-premature to come to any decision as to what should be done with the site till the brick build ings were pulled down. They would be pulled down in the course of next year, and then it would be decided whether it should be left an open space, or in what way it should be aPPropriated. Nothing iA tiKt own was iatade4 to all' t 7. up the rough wall of the Clock Tower that was at present left uncovered. Mr. E. BALL wanted to know when the flag-staff would be put up on the great tower; and he also wanted to know when there would be a statue to Oliver Cromwell, who was one of the greatest men of his time—(cries of " Oh," and " Hear, hear")—and when monarchs forgot their promises he was bound to say Oliver Cromwell did not. While he admired the monarch who now reigned over them, he be lieved that there was a moral worth in the character of Oliver Cromwell which no monarch ever had surpassed ; and he hoped, when a statue should be erected, that it would not be placed in an obscure situation. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wanted to know whether this vote of £20,000 would cover all the expenses. . Mr. COWPER assured the committee that a statue of Oliver Cromwell would be placed in the Houses of Parlia ment as soon as possible. As for the Royal Gallery, it was intended to have a chronological series of the Sove reigns of this country, so as to give the names of every ruler who governed it from the earliest period of their his tory. Mr. GREGORY protested against having such a chro.. nological series as spoken of by the right hon. gentleman ; and reminded the committee that last year they decided that no such works should be performed. In order, there fore, to tike the opinion of the committee on the matter, he would move the omission of £3,200 intended for statues. Lord CLAUD HAMILTON thought that no real Eng lishman ought to object to a statue of Oliver Cromwell being placed in the Houses of Parliament ; but he never could consent to have a vote of public money passed for that purpose. Mr. STIRLING objected to the sum of £6,455 being expended on furniture in the Houses of Parliament, and wished to know how it was expended. Lord J. MANNERS hoped it would not be left to the discretion of the house to select the names of the Sovereigns to whom statues were to be erected in the Houses of Par liament ; because if that were done there would be as great a diversity of opinion as prevailed in the distribution of the four seats now vacant. Lord PALMERSTON said the hon. member was not perhaps aware how difficult it was to form a committee. It appeared to him that the site was an appropriate one for works of sculpture. Well, then, what works of sculp ture were they to have? Would they have allegorical statues? Would they have works of heathen Danes ? (Laughter.) Well, then, what would they have but works to be selected from the history of England ? They could not obliterate the history of England. (Laughter.) Well, then, there was a certain number of statues to be se lected, and those statues would represent certain periods in the history of England, and they were the statues of the Sovereigns whose reigns were the most remarkable in that history. He thought, then, that they ought to be left to the committee, perhaps for the committee to be found fault with and come under the control of the House of Commons. (Laughter.) The vote, after a few words from Mr. DILLIVYN, was agreed to. • The house then resumed. EAST INDIA (HIGH COURTS OF JUDICATURE; BILL. On the motion that this bill, as amended, be considered, Mr. BUTT moved, as an amendment to clause 4, page 2, line 26, to insert the following clause :—" Every chief jus tice of any of the high courts shall hold his office during good behaviour, and shall be removable upon an address from both Houses of Parliament. Provided always that when any judge of the high courts shall be removed from his office a copy of the warrant or other instrument remov ing him, together with a statement of the reasons for such removal, shall be laid before both houses of Parliament by one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State within ten days after the issuing of such warrant, if Parliament shall be then sitting, and if not, within three days after Parliament shall next meet." Sir C. WOOD objected to the clause, which was nega. tived without a division, Sir C. WOOD proposed the insertion of a clause, the ob ject of which was to secure the interests of existing judges . Sir J. ELPHINSTONE moved as an amendment " That any covenanted civilian who may be appointed or transferred under this act, shall be entitled to receive the same salary as any judge appointed under the act." The SPEAKER said the hon. gentleman (Sir James Elphinstone) could not move his amendment, as the charge was one upon the Consolidated Fund, without the consent of the Crown. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time. Mr. MASSEY brought up the report on supply, which was agreed to. \ THE :COMET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The comet, of which I see some accounts in the Times of this morning, appeared to me equal in size to the planet Jupiter, with a tail very bril liant, for at least 20 degrees, traceable for as many more, nearly up to the Pole star. On account of the great breadth of the tail near the nucleus, and unusually large dark space in the middle, it had the appearance of being double, and the western part seemed to end abruptly at about 10 degrees from the.body of the comet. If the tail of the present comet is fainter, it is much broader towards the nucleus, and even longer than that of Donati's comet. In the apparent mag nitude and brilliancy of its nucleus it is much superior to the latter ; and, considering the com paratively unfavourable circumstances under which it is seen, in the light of the moon and in the northern twilight of summer, it must be thought a much more striking object than the great comet of 1858.—1 remain, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN BIRMINGHAM. Cecil-street, Strand, Ist July. The following letters appear in the Times : Sir,—l beg to inform you that I saw an enormous comet this evening in the border of Lynx. When first seen, which was at 7h. 49m. G.M.T., it was not only daylight, but the sun was shining. There were then no signs of a tail, the appearance being that of Jupiter in a fog, only much larger. At 9 o'clock the tail was visible, and by half-past 10 it could be traced to the altitude of Polaris—ie,, 45 deg. in length; and at the widest part three times that of the diameter of the moon ; the nucleus being twice the apparent size of Saturn. The tail was nearly perpendicular, but passing slightly west of Polaris, and varying in brightness. From a very rough estimate (without measure ment) the R. A. was 6h. 26m., and the N. D. 43 deg.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant. E. J. LOWE. Observatory, Beeston, June 30. Sir,—l beg to send you a few particulars of the fine comet which was visible last night, as observed here with Mr. Gurney Barclay's refracting tele scope, of 13 feet focal length and 10 inches aper ture, armed with a power of 105. _ _ At 1.15 a.m., mean time, the head of the comet presented the singular appearance of three distinct parabolic envelopes, of which the innermost w&s much the brightest ; a space devoid of luminosity separated the innermost from the middle envelope, excepting at the apex, and a similar belt intervened between the middle and outer, but on the left side only. The nucleus itself was situated on the appa rent right of the innermost envelope, and was equal in brightness to a star of the second magnitude. Notwithstarding the moonlight and approaching dawn the tail extended through a space of nearly 70 deg., reaching Draconis, or twice the length of that of Donati's comet when at its maximum; it was inclined at an angle of about 40 degrees to a line drawn through the vertices of the parabolic envelopes of the head. Shortly before 3 a.m. the comet was hidden in a bed of cirrus cloud. Measurements of the position of the comet gave the following results, which are not corrected for refraction : H. m. H. m. s. D. m. s. At 20 4 Sidereal time R.A. =641 54 Decl.= +47 40 50 „ 20 50 7 =64621 „ 48 0 0 „ 21 20 ---- 647 13 „ =+4B 13 5 At 20 27, barometer corrected = 30.146 ; at tached thermometer, 58.5 deg ; external tempera ture, 51.5 deg. At 21 20, barometer corrected = 30 . 160 ; at tached thermometer, 53 . 8 deg.; external tempera ture, 49 . 0 deg.-1 am, sir, obediently yours, H. S. EATON. Observatory, Knott's-green, Leyton, Essex. Sir,—We have been favoured this evening with several views of the comet through fine clouds. A clear break, however, at 12h, 25m. G.M.T., revealed the fact that its brilliancy has decidedly increased, the nucleus being much condensed ; and it is still moving in the direction indicated in Mr. Hodgson's observations already published. We have reason to believe that this is not a re turn of the comet of .1556.—We are, sir, yours obediently, THOMAS CRUMPLEN, 1, Harvey's-buildings, Strand, W.C; J. TOWNSEND, Theobald's-road. Monday Night, 12h. 35m. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. QUARTERLY MEETING-(THIS DAY) The thirty-fifth quarterly meeting of this society was held to-day at the offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. Lord Ranelagh, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The SECRETARY (C. L. Gruneisen, Esq ) having read the advertisement convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN read the report as follows : " The returns below show the satisfactory state of the society's affairs for the first nine months ending at Mid summer of the current financial year. Shares Shares Total , Quarter ending in Receipts. proms. Complete Shares. £ s. d. Dec. 25,1860 213 51 294 15,206 16 3 March 25,1861 ' 77 71 148 14,728 3 2 June 24, 1861 I 194 120 314 17,820 310 514 242 756 47,755 3 3 Totals to Sept. 1860 12,c07 3,148 16,055 481,000 8 7 Grand totals to Midsummer 1861 13,421 3,390 16,811 528,755 11 10 INLAND REVENUE ACT. Upon the bringing up of the resolution, on which to found a bill on this subjeCt. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the object of the proposed• bill was to give effect to the Suc• cession Act. Leave was given to bring in the bill in question. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. WINDSOR SUSPENDED CANONRIES BILL. Sir G. C. LE WIS, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that these canonries had been established in the time of Edward 111. Out of eight canonries now suppressed and the proceeds of which were payable to the Ecclesiastical Commission, he proposed to take two, and divide the pro ceeds of one among the Military Knights, and those of the other among the parishes of the tow, n of Windsor. Lord J. MANNERS thought that words ought to be in troduced giving the living of Wraysbury a preference over the two livings of the town of Windsor. Mr. BOUVERIE objected to the bill as entirely opposed to the spirit of recent legislation. Mr. AYRTON said that the bill was a strange contrast with the conduct of the Government in reference to cathe drals, no portion of the expenses of which, incidental to the performance of Divine worship were allowed ; for it pro posed to give money to those military gentlemen who had no claim to it whatever, as it was originally set apart to religi ous purposes. Mr. HOPE denied that this was the case. The knights were entitled to the very small allowance for decent main tenance, which it was proposed to give them, namely a shilling a day and six yards of broadcloth a year, and that was the source from which it was to be applied. Mr. DEEDES said there were many other chapters that had equal claims to that of indsor. The bill was read a second time. COUNTY SURVEYORS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed. Mr. CARDWELL stated that he had withdrawn the superannuation clauses, and he hoped the bill in that state might now be allowed to pass through committee. The bill then passed through committee, and the house resumed. The Courts of Justice Building Act (Money) Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Local Government Supplemental Bill was read a third time and passed. Tho Enclosure (No. 2) Bill was read a second time. The house adjourned at five minutes past two o'clock. SPURGEON.—During the service on Sunday forenoon Mr. Spurgeon stated that the excitement of a visit to Swansea and Merthyr Tydvil, where he had during the past week addressed large multitudes, had brought on a " tremulous feeling," accompanied by indisposition, from which he is now suffering. His medical advisers had in formed him, that unless he abstained in the meantime from all labour beyond that connected with his own chapel he might lose his voice for ever. He had resolved, he said, in consequence to preach nowhere but in his own chapel, and he begged his friends not to countenance any attempt to in duce him to break through his determination. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The great injury inflicted on many invalids by drugs increases the interest the public take in Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, which cures without medicine. We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by the delicious Food. Cure No. 180.—" Twenty five years nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and de bility from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." Cure 4,208.—" Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Health Restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Food which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 ties its cost it other remedies, removing effectually, m , ,thout purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,413. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure‘ MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr, Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly fake. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barr) and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins llb. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4e. 63, ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbit, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement; Phillips and Co tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., Kin.. William-street City ; at 127 Ilnllwbrn: and all grocers, [AnvEnTisEmßsT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Supruer Season.—All who have a due regard to their well being will at this season use some cooling purifying reme dies, or probably fever or inflammation wilL endanger their lives. Holloway's Ointment, well rubbed over the liver and stomach, exerts the most wholesome influence over both organs; and when rubbed on the back and chest operates with wonderful celerity and success is removing all congestion of the lungs, in allaying irritation of the air passages, in cooling and purifying the blcod, and equalising its circulation through the frame. It is advisable for the invalid to take Holloway's Pills at the same time ; they assist the curative powers of the Ointment, and expel all bicicisA impurities from die body, The above returns show an increase of the last Mid summer quarter over the first one of the present financial year of £2,613 7s. 7d., and over the Lady-Day quarter o £3,092 Os. Bd., and, compared with the corresponding guar ter of 1860, of £5,778 17s. 3d. X s. d. Total sale of land to Christmas, 1860.... 258,931 13 11 Total sale of land to Lady-day, 1861 262,619 14 5 Total sale of land to Midsummer, 1861.... 266,986 0 0 Total withdrawals from Sept., 1852, to 24th of June, 1861 138,184 16 11 The returns of the Register of the Order of Rights are as follow : _ Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total. 4091 3140 1651 8885 Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c... 6311 Unexercised rights 2574 The last Share Number on the Register by Seniority is No. 13,128, and the last share taken up to 24th June, 1861, inclusive, was No. 16,811. The second allotment of this year was on the 16th of May last, when the Putney Common Estate, forming a portion of the Roehampton Park Estate was offered at prices ranging from £39 14s. 6d. up to £214 2s. 6d. par plot, thus presenting to purchasers the selection of sites either for high class villas or close built houses. On this occasion the unsold portions of the h entish Town Estate were also sub mitted for ckoice, a new plan having been published, as the Kentish Town Drainage had been completed under the sanction of the Metropolitan and St. Pancras Board of Works at a very large outlay. Putney Common and Kentish Town Estates, respectively situated the first in Surrey, the second in Middlesex, are both valuable suburban proper ties, possessing every advantage of easy communication with London. The next allotment will be on Wednesday, July 17th, when the third portion of the Woodbury Park Estate, Tunbridge Wells, and the new estate at Hertford, will be offered. The forty-fourth land purchase of the society has been effected at the thriving town of Newark-on-Trent, in Not tinghamshire. The Rev. Dr. Worthington has retired from the Board. The executive committee have the pleasure to report that H. W. Currie Esq., and C. E, Newcomen, Esq., have been elected members of the Bourd. The purchasers of plots on the Society's estates have the advantage of having their claims for the freehold franchise in counties sustained free of expense at the registration c4urts, but in order that the solicitor may be fully prepared it is absolutely necessary that he should be supplied with the requisite deeds and particulars. The allottees must also be careful to specify the most convenient polling districts in the county in which their property has been acquired. Any alterations in qualifications, or changes of residence, should be at once communicated. The last day for send ing in the claims for the county franchise is Saturday, the 20th of July, and on or before that day the solicitor should be put in possession of the necessary information, in order that the allottees may be duly registered. Qualifications for eighteen counties may be purchased through the Con servative Land Society, securing at the same time safe in vestments in land. At the resent annual meeting of the Conservative Registration Association, attention was em phatically called to the fact, that had the Conservative Land ~ s ciety received the 'rep r amount of political pa tronage since its foundation, in addition to the extensive commercial support it has met with, several counties might have been saved, besides those in which the good faith of the Society's allottees was so successfully proved. La order to appreciate the value of the Society's Pur chases in various counties, it is only necessary to refer to the tables of population and houses, compiled from the census of the Bth of April last. In comparing the re markable increase of inhabitants from 1851 to 1861, with the numbers of inhabited houses for the same period, and also those of houses building, the disproportion of that latter to the marked increase in the former, proves d land for building purposes will be in much greater deman to meet the additional accommodation that must be a rea in course of time. The executive committee have the great satisfaction of terminating their Thirty-fifth Quarterly Report wit: . the a announcement that the Roehampton Park mansion, with considerable portion of land, has been advantageously sold, leaving but a small portion of t his valuable property undisposed of. The report was adopted unanimously, a vote of thanks k to the Chairman terinizatin the proceeding& THE GREAT FIRE IN TOOLEY-ST_REET. This fire still continues to make fearful havoc. Everything has hitherto been done with water to extinguish the fire, but without the least avail. A number of gentlemen, at the direction of some of the committee of the London Fire-engine Establish ment, made some experiments last night for the purpose of trying quite a different means of extin guishing the flames. A gallon of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) was mixed with half a ton of water, and then discharged through the hose of the fire engine upon the flames, but the effect upon the fire was nil, as far as decreasing its violence, but on the contrary, it appeared to add fresh vigour to the flames. Another experiment, we understand, is to be made this day, under the direction of Mr. Warrington, of Apothecaries' Hall with some kind of chemicals, but what will be the result, of course it is impossible at present to tell. In the meantime the flames not only engulph the different warehouses, but they rise so high as to threaten with destruction the parish church of St. Olave's and sundry cheese warehouses close at hand, having a frontage in Tooley-street. Several severe explosions of saltpetre took place during the night, coupled with the bursting of casks of tallow in the vaults. The rumbling noise made by the crackling of the arches, and the boiling of the water as the heated tallow rolls into the Thames, is such as cannot with accuracy be described. Even the firemen now look upon the fire with astonishment, there being little chance of the con flagration being extinguished unless more than ordinary means are used. LAW IA TELLI4BNCE.-July 1. COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. (Before the Judge-Ordinary and Common Juries. HARRIS V. HARRIS AND PAUL. Mr. T. J. Clark and Mr. Littler appeared for the petitioner, and Dr. Spinks for the co-respondent. The respondent was not represented by counsel. Henry Harris prayed for a dissolution of his marriage with Rachel Harris on the ground of her adultery with James Fraser Paul, and also charged her with cruelty. The pleas of the respondent and the co-respondent were condonation, connivance, unreasonable delay in presenting the petition, and recriminatory charges of adultery, cruelty, and desertion. The petitioner was a tailor in Little Argyll street, and was married to the respondent in April, 1848. They have had four children. They did not live happily together, and it was proved that the wife had been guilty of various acts of violence ; that on one occasion she gave her husband in charge, stating that he was a lodger and had stolen her property; that on another occasion, when they were living in Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, she had set fire to the house, and had said she wished to burn her husband in it ; that she had caused an execution to be put into the house; and that one night she locked her husband out, and he had to let himself down into the area and get in at the kitchen window. She had also been charged at the Marylebone Police-court with threatening her husband. A separation took place, in August, 1858. Mrs. Harris stayed in Wigmore-street, and Mr. Harris removed to Argyll-street, and instituted a suit for a judicial separation on the ground of cruelty. The adultery was alleged to have taken place while that suit was pending. The co respon dent, Paul, was a married man, the keeper of some Scotch stores in Oxford-street, and had been on intimate terms with Mr. Harris. The witness called to prove the charge of adul tery was niece of the respondent, named Cox. She stated that in October, 1858, after the separa tion, she was staying with Mrs. Harris, in Wig more-street, for a few days; that on the 22d of October her sister spent the day with her and Mrs. Harris ; that Mrs. Harris sent them to see Mr. Harris in Argyll-street; that they went to Mr. Harris's house and saw him, and were introduced by him to Mr. Paul ; that two bottles of port wine were sent for and drunk ; that Harris and Paul walked back with them, and Harris left them at the end of Wigmore-street, but Paul went in to see Mrs.. Harris; that Paul remained all the evening; that some brandy was sent for, of which he and Mrs. Harris partook ; that in the course of the evening Paul took liberties with Mrs. Harris ; that they all took home her sister, who lived at Islington, in a cab ; that she and Paul and Mrs. Harris then re turned to Wigmore-street ; that there was only one bedroom and one bed there ; that Paul undressed and got into bed ; that Mrs. Harris then turned down the gas and also went to bed • that she (Cos) fell asleep on a chair, and that when she woke in the morning Paul was still in the bed aid Mrs. Harris was standing in the room fastening her clothes. She added that Paul stayed to breakfast, and about 8 o'clock, while they were at table, Harris came in and said to Paul, "Who did you sleep with ?" that Paul mad© no answer, and Mrs. Harris said, " With me, of course ;" that Harris appeared to take no notice, and that Harris and Paul went away together in a friendly manner. Before Harris came in Paul had said that he would not have Harris know that he had passed the night there for all the world, and that he would not have Mrs. Paul know it for £5O. It was proved by Mr. Jennings, the proctor for the co-respondent, that Cox had made a statement to him of what had taken place on the night of the 22d of October, 1858, which differed in several im portant particulars from the account she had given upon oath. In that statement she said that Paul was the worse for liquor, that he lay on the outside of the bed with his clothes on, that she did not see Mrs. Harris go to bed with him, and that when she woke in the morning Mrs. Harris was lying on the hearthrug with her clothes on, andithat she did not believe any impropriety bad passed between Mrs. Harris and Paul. A sister of Mrs. Harris was also called to prove that she had frequently complained of her husband's violence, and that they had been bound over by a police magistrate to keep the peace. A girl named Wright stated that the petitioner had committed adultery with her on several occa sions, and that she had had a child by him. Dr. Spinks submitted that Cox's present state ment was much more improbable than her former s tatement to Mr. Jennings , a nd that in the absence of any other evidence to support the charge of adultery the jury would not be justified in finding that the charge had been established. He also sub mitted that the recriminatory charge of adultery had been conclusively proved. Mr. Littler, in reply, commented upon Cox's evi dence for the purpose of showing that her last story was more . probable than the first, and that there was nothing line connivance in the petitioner's conduct. The Judge-Ordinary having summed up, Thejury found that Mrs. Harris and Paul had not committed adultery, that Harris had committed adultery, and that Mrs. Harris had not condoned it. CLARK v. CLARK AND WINDOW. This was a petition by Josiah Latimer Clark for a dissolution of his marriage with Margaret Helen Clark on the ground of her adultery with Frederick Richard Window. Dr. Spinks (with whom were Mr. D. D. Keane and Mr. Searle) appeared for the petitioner; and Dr. Phillimore, Q C., for the respondent. The petitioner was a civil engineer, living at Hampstead, and he married the respondent, for merly a Miss Preece, in September, 1854. They lived together apparently upon the most friendly terms until about September, 1859. The corespon dent was in the same profession as Mr. Clark, he was very intimate with him, and frequently dined and spent part of the day at his house. For some weeks before that date Mr. Window had passed a great deal of time in the house with Mrs. Clark while Mr. Clark was absent on his daily business. In September, 1859, Mrs. C,ark's health was out of order ' • she expressed a great desire to go to the s ea side alone, and Mr. Clark allowed her to pay a visit to Hastings. She did not return. He went to fetch her, but could not find her, and he subsequently re ceiNa d some letters from her, in which she said in substance that she had always felt an antipathy to him ; that she could not overcome it; that she there fore wished to live separate from him, and that she was about to go to Australia with a family in which she had obtained a situation. Mr. Clark, however, caused inquiries to be made, and at last ascertained that on Jan. 28, 1860, Mrs. Clark and Mr. Window had gone to the Hyde-park Hotel, in Oxford street, and had remained there for three days and two nights, occupying the same bedroom, and passing as man and wife. They then went away together to the Great Western Railway station, and it appeared that Mr. Window had since gone to South America. It was proved by a servant in Mr, Ciark's employment that on the evening of the 16th Apt it last Mrs. Clark suddenly made her appearance at his house, went into the room where he w as sitting without being announced, and stayed an hour or an hour and a half, and saw the children in th e presence of the nurse, and was then sent with one of the servants to her mother's house. Dr. Phillimore did not call any evidence on behalf of the respondent, but submitted, first, that the re spondent had not been satisfactorily identified as the lady who slept at the H) de-park Hotel on the 28th and 29th of January, 1860 ; and, secondly, rywo t u ha id t jury if adultery had been committed, the infer that it had been condoned at the interview of t y e summed found rd the 16th of April. The The J j u u d r g y e i -O mm rd e in di a a r up, and for the petitioner upon both issues. Decree nisi granted, with costs against the ea respondent. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand , in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the County of Miidlett% Tueodigh JO' % 1601. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE. Yesterday being the time fixed upon by the mem bers of the Master Builders' Association for putting into operation the resolution adopted at their late meeting, to enforce the new system of payment and engagement by the hour, much interest was evinced not only by the operatives in the trade more immediately concerned but by the working classes generally in the result of the proceedings. Only a few firms, however, carried out the resolution. On inquiry at the committee-rooms of the Brick layers' Society, the branch of the trade more imme diately interested, as their men were to leave all the firms where the system was introduced, we were informed that up to five o'clock last evening they had received information only of the following firms having enforced the terms of the resolution, viz. :—Messrs. Cubitt, Myers, I'Anson, Higgs, Patrick, Foster, and a few of the small masters — in all about 12. This list is exclusive of the firms (10 in number) where it had been previously intro duced. At several of the large works, amongst others those of the Metropolitan Railway, the Sewers Works, &c., no alteration has been made. It is thought that there are a few other firms where the system has been enforced, but no report had been made to the society. Several of the large employers, who have exten sive contracts in hand, and by whom it was sup posed the system would be enforced yesterday, came to the decision of first having conferences with their men, with the view, if possible, of averting the evil to both parties ; and this had also the effect of making the number less than was expected. The following large firms, including those who adopted it yesterday, are reported as now enforcing the hour system :—Messrs. Kelk, Lucas, Trollope, Walker, Ashby, Mansfield, Holland, Freake, I'Anson, Cubitt, Myers, Higgs, Patrick, and Wythes. These firms, with the exception of the first two, are almost without masons and bricklayers, and their works are at a stand-still. There are 27 firms, large and small, now paying upon the terms of the compromise. It appears from the strike pay-sheets of the brick layers that on Friday last, out of 84 men receiving the strike pay, there were 40 non-society men who had turned out against the system. So few com paratively of the employers having enforced the new system, the carpenters have not thought it expedient at present to strike at any of the shops, as was their intention last week, but to allow all the men for the present to remain in under protest. The plasterers have not yet come to any final deci sion as to the course to be pursued by their trade. COUNTRY DIABERTS. COLCHESI'IIt -JuxE 29. A week of showery weather. Not so large a supply of wheat. Best samples at the prices of last week ; inferior dull, and unsaleable. Spring corn meet with little demand at late rates. Wheat, white ....Ws to 62s i Beans„Mazagan...364 to 42a red 44s to 56s I Middle & small 38s to 44s Barley —s to —s White peas 44 to 48e Oats —s to —s I Cirey, . 3Bs to 44s CHELMSFORD-JUNE 28. A rather limited supply of wheat, but the greater part out of condition. Best wheats again receded is per qr on last week; inferior qualities fully 2s per qr. cheaper, and at that reduction very little business doing. Spring corn dull, at about late quotations. Wheat, white 298 to 61s red 388 to 57s Barley 29s to 428 Chevalier 32s to 458 Grinding 26s to 378 Malt 61s to 678 Chevalier 64s to 69s Oats 26s to 31s Peas, Partridge 44s to 45; White 43s to 468 Boiling 43s to 478 Dun 40s to 43s Beans, Tick 39s to 48s Harrow Ticks 39s to 50s Mazagan 33s to 45s STAMFOR . •.TUNE 29. There was a limited show of wheat at market, and trade ruled slow, at is to 2s less money. Little or nothing doing in barley, and late rates were on the decline. Oats and other articles in slow demand. Wheat sos to 58s I Oats.. 24s to 30s White do .. 60s to 64s Beans 4Bs to 503 Barley ....30s to 40s I Ditto, old ........60s to 64s KIRKALDY-JUNE 29. A very fair supply of wheat to-day, but mostly of in ferior quality. Good sorts brought last week's currencies; inferior is to 2s lchver. Barley and oats in small supply, and prices as before. Wheat I Barley Oats First.... 34s 3d I 308 Od 26s Od Second.. 59s Od I I 34s Od 308 Od Third .. 55s Od I —s Od 3la Od ET—JULY 2. the close of the market Walls End. s. d. South llartlepool 17 0 Eden 16 3 Acom Close 16 3 Thornley ...... l5 0 Tunstall Heugh 11%11 16 3 Trimdon Thornley 15 3 Hetton Byron ......15 1 Haswell South Hetton 18 6 Stewart's • . lB 6 K elloe Hartlepool..... 18 3 Hedley 15 3 Bmddyll's Hetton 17 3 Keiper Grange.... l6 9 Thorpe .. ..17 0 Russel's Hetton ..17 6 Trimdon Hartlepool ..18 0 Cassop 17 6 145; sold, 105. COAL MAR (frioes of Coal per Ton at s. d. Wylam l5 6 Belrs Primrose l3 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ....15 6 Tanfield Moor l2 9 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9 Lambert's West Hart- — lei - 15 3 Holywell 15 6 Walker Primrose 12 3 West Hartley 15 6 Howard's West Hart- ley.. Edon Main ..16 3 West Wylam 15 0 Carway and Daffryn Malting Do. Anthracite..2l 6 Hastings Hartley ....15 3 Walls End. South Kelloe. 17 6 Ships at market, THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. July 19. Do. (via Marseilles) July 13. Brazil and Cape Verde July 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and Mexico .. .. June `29. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) July 3. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Aug. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore ("via - S'ampton) July 2. Do (via Marseilles) July 13 Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. ( v i a S ou th ampton ) J u l y 2 . Do. (via Marseilles) July 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. July 5. Lisbon .. July 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. ( v i a M ar seille s ) .. July 5. Vigo, and Oporto July 1. United States, California, Sc.c. .. July 4. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. July 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena. Cuba, &o. July 15. FRIGHTFUL CASUALTY IN A FOLD YARD, NEAR LEEDS.—As a married woman named Westerman, tempo rarily employed at the house of Mr. Vince, butcher, and landlord of the Jolly Colliers' Inn, Moor Garforth, near Leeds, was engaged in some household duty in the fold yard, she was attacked by a young bullock, which had only been recently purchased by Mr. Vince, and gored fright fully. The attention of the infuriated animal was then taken by a man who was working in an adjoining garden, and it rushed at him, but he escaped by scrambling into an apple tree. In the meantime some persons had placed the poor woman in a chair, but before they could remove her the animal returned to the place, and inflicted such dread ful injuries upon her that she shortly expired in great agony. The bull has since been slaughtered. 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F oster, 32 i 1 Infantry, f t a t litry, of a daughter. FoAs LightiTdnenr Waxxixs.—On the 30th Juno, the wife of W. Watkings Esq., of Cole Harbour, Blackwall, of a son. MARRIAGES. ATTLEE—WALLER.—On the 29th June, at St. Paul's, Hook, Surrey, John, eldest son of Richard Attlee. Esq., of Dorking, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Thomas Waller, Esq., of Surbiton. MACKENZIE—COLOMB.— On the 26th June, at Monkstown Church, Dublin, Colonel Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, C. 8., to Mary, the second daughter of Major-General Colomb, DEATHS. BATHURST.—On the 27th June, at Bruges, Caroline, the eldest daughter of the latelLieut.-Gen. Bathurst, K.C.8., and of Lady Caroline Bathurst. PLEMING.—On the 29th June, Thomas Fleming, Esq., of Champion-park, Camberwell, formerly of Dulwich, Sur rey, aged 86. GREEN.—On the 29th June, at Claremont-place, Brixton, Philip Green, Esq., aged 73. lIESKETIL—On the 30th inst., at 1, Portland-place, Lloyd H. Bamford Hesketh, Esq., of Gwrych Castle, Denbigh- shire, aged 73. HANCOCK.—On the Ist inst., at The Villas, Erith, Kent, Charles Hancock, Esq. , solicitor, of Tokenhouse-yard, city, aged 44. STRIDE.—On the 27th June, at Clapham, Isaac Stride, aged 68.