The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAI P . HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE INDIAN NAVY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he would on Monday week present a petition from the East India Com pany, but he would ask on the present occas;, o n a question as to what arrangements had been mace consequent upon the abolition of the Indian navy. What he understood was that all the war services icrmerly performed by the Indian navy were to be performed by the Crown, and the conveyance of troops arAd stores were to be conducted by the Indian Governnlent, The Duke of SOMERSET replied that there would be a small local navy provided by the Indian Government for the purpose of conveying troops, but, as regarded the gene t-F.l protection of India the Admiralty would be called upon to provide. The noble lord then entered into the particu lars and extent of that navy. The Earl of ELLENBOROUCTII wished to know who was to have the control of the navy. The Duke of SOMERSET said the Governor-General of India would direct all its movements. THE EXHIBITION BUILDING. The Duke of RUTLAND then rose to put the question of which he had. given notice relative to the purchase of the International Exhibition building. He thought it would be a decided raistake to purchase the building, either on the ground usefulness or economy. It would be altogether imposs'gble to adapt the building, supposing the purchase was effected, to the purposes for which it was intended. Experience had always shown that attempts to convert large buildings for purposes of an opposite nature for which they had been erected had resulted in signal failure. As far as economy was concerned the purchase was quite out of the question, and instead of the building being offered at a very advantageous figure he thought the price asked was far more than its value, because it was only worth as much as the materials of which it was constructed would fetch in the market, and that he supposed would not exceed 1.30,000. It had been been said that the architectural features of the building were to be improved by covering bricks with a coat of stucco, but nothing would convert it into a sightly structure. Re thought the best thing that could be done was to remove the building alto gether, and to 'erect an entirely new one, adapted to the purposes for which it was intended to alter the one now standing. The noble earl concluded by asking his ques tion, which related to the state of the foundation of the Ex hibition 'b u ildi ng. Earl GRANVILLE said he regretted the noble lord had not stated the precise nature of his question when he put his motion on the paper. With respect to eco nnznY, the noble earl thought the house was scarcely competent to deal with the question. Re thought it would be the better plan to get the very best professional advice upon the matter that could be obtained, and be guided by that. With regard to taste, he did not profess to be possessed of any great taste, but he understood the picture galleries that had been erected were the finest in the world. In reference to the question of the noble duke, he did not think it would be necessary to raze the building to the ground before it could be made either a per manent or suitable one for the purpose proposed. The Earl of DERBY said he should like to know, as the ground upon which the building stood was to be sold for £120,0 4 30, why a vote in the other house for its purchase was only taken for £67,000. Lord REDESDALE said it appeared to him the simple question was should the building be removed or allowed to remain. He thought the beat thing that could be done was to let the contractor clear the ground, because no amount of money would ever make it an ornament or at, traction to the metropolis. The Earl of HARDWICKE 'aid it was decided to pur chase the.building, of which viery little could be said by way of admiration, they wrJuld buy a bad article, and all the money that would be spent on it would never make it a good one. The Duke of ARGYLL said it was entirely a question of evidence, With respect to the value of the materials, that depended on the time the contractors had to remove them. After a few words in reply from the Duke of RUTLAND, the subject dropped. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Charing- cross bridge, New Millford docks, Oswes try and Newtown railway (branches), Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds railway, Shrewsbury and Welchpool railway, Evesham and Redditch railway, Ashbourne, Sudbury, and 'Yoxall bridge, and Uttoxeter and Collingwood road, For martine and Buchan railway, Great North of Scotland railway, London, Brighton, and South Coast railway, and Mid Kent railway bills were read a second time. CAYMAN ISLANDS BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved that the Commons' amendments made to this bill be agreed to. The motion was passed unanimously. PRISON MINISTERS' BILL. The Duke of SOMERSET moved the adoption of the re port on the amendments to this bill. Lord BROUGHAM was only surprised that such a measure had never been passed until the year of grace 1863. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY would not persist in the amendment of which he had given notice. The report was received after some discussion. REDEMPTION OF RENTS (IRELAND) BILL. Th;s bill was read a third time, and passed. LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted. SALMON FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) ACT CON- TINUATION BILL. This bill was read a third time, and passed. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The report on amendments made in this bill was re- VACCINATION. ceived. Lord LYTTELTON asked whether her Majesty's Go vernment intended to bring in any measure amending the Vaccination Acts ? As the author of the Acts on compul sory vaccination, he had a deep interest in the question. His lordship read a report of the Epidemiological Society, in which recommendations were made, first of a more syste matic local supervision ; secondly, of providing more effec tual means for the inforcetnent of local authority ; thirdly, of extension of the age at which vaccination should be per formed ; and fourthly, extension of the powers of the Privy Council over the local arrangements for the securing of a supply of fresh lymph. Earl GR&NVILLE replied that the Government felt that the law required amendment, and the matter was under consideration. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS---Last Evening. The SPEAY.EIt took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time :—A thenry and Ennis Junction Railway (Extension of Time)—Bishops W althorn Railway—Galway Water—Kettering and Thrap atone Railway—London and North Western Railway (Ad ditional Powers)—:Midland Railway (Bristol Line)—Miat ley, Thorpe, and Walton Railway—and North British Railway (Wanabeck Railway). The Great Eastern Railway (Steamboats) Bill was read a second time. LONDON (CITY) TRAFFIC REGULATION BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. AYRTOIst moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He objected to the bill, because under the guise of a private measure it sought enormous public powers. The measure would give the city power over the traffic on the other side of Temple-bar ; but strictly speaking this proceeding would affect the traffic all over the metropolis. It sought to introduce exceptional legislation, whereas what was proposed to be accomplished should be effected by a public measure of a far more general character. Mr. MASSEY was surprised to find so stanch an advo cateov of local self-government as his hon. and learned friend opposing a measure which would confer upon the city of the Pub simply power to regulate its traffic with a view to g o to He hoped if this bill were per miited to sious would be private committee that none of its provi aimanpayed by the nuizance of street music, crawling cab s mr. cvp,ud_inaproper loiterers in the streets, itD supported the bill, which he consi deredindispensable for the better regulation of the traffic of the City. In th e t e reu course ii of a ve r y s h or t tim e th ere wou ld be three railway t within the confines of th e City, and the public convenienc onld the powers sought by th e bilr ere be jeopardised, unle ss conferred on the City. Mr. LOCKE was advocat e of municipal i ns tit ut i ons . He would have been better pleased if the bill h a d b een ex tended to the whole of the metropoli s , jected to committe es of five, because they Hw"ke greatly great ly ob jected deal of mischief. The bill sh ould have been introduced d a as a public mea sure. He criticised th® w ith respect to cabs and the d elivery of provisions coals, as in the one c ase not worth le g islatio n , in the other as co nstituting a system that would increaseen'd the cost of coals from is 6d to 2s 6d per ton, As the bill was couched in the foim of a private measure, the parties w ho would he chiefly aff ected by it would have no locus standi before the select committee. Mr. COX supported the second reading, believing that some of the clauses would confer grea t advantages on the public. Sir G. GREY said the bill was only part of a plan of legislation pursued for some years by the house. It would be a great boon to the metropolis. He advised the house to read the bill a second time , and probably subsequetly it would be well to consider its provisions in a committee of the whole house. Sir J. SHELLEY opposed the bill , If the city w as so anxious to remove all obstructions to the enormous street traffic, why was not Temple-bar removed ? The bill, to be effectual, should be extended to the whole of the metropolis. After a few words by Mr. SCULLY, Mr. AYRTON withdrew his amendment. The bill was read a second time. sir j SHELLEY gave notice that he should to-morrow move that the bill be referred to a select committee of fifteen. POLAND —THE KNOUT. Mr. SCULLY gave notice that to- morrow he -1 ould ask the First Lord of the rt•tasury whether the -thtemePt in the second edition of the Times of to-day to t effect that a Russian general in Poland had issued a ,r(linance that all Polish ladies attiring themselves in mou ng should be punished with the knout, was authentic. Mr. FORSTER gave notice that he should move an amendment to the motion of the hon. member for King's County (Mr. Hennessy) to the effect that her Majesty be thanked for the papers presented to the house, and that she be solicited to signify to the Emperor of Russia that his violation of the treaty of Vienna in regard to Poland will lead Great Britain to withdraw from the contract then entered into. , SPITHEAD FORTS, Sir M. PETO asked the First Lord of the Treas.ury when he proposed to bring in a bill on the subject of a loan for fortifications, and whether he proposed to re-commence the suspended works of the Spithead forts? Lord PAMERSTON hoped shortly to introduce a bill on the subject, He would then enter into an explanation. THE SEVERN DEFENCES. In reply to Sir W. MILES, Lord PALME RSTON said that the Government had bought the land, and meant to erect a battery upon it, but no vote would be asked for the current year. THE INDIAN FINANCIAL STATEMENT. In reply to Mr. A. MILLS, Sir C. WOOD said that he was quite ready to make his statement; but he feared the papers presented had not yet been sufficiently long on the table of the house. Due notice, however, would be given. COURT-MARTIAL ON PAYMASTER SMALES. In reply to Mr. CONINGHAM, The Marquis of HARTINUTON said he had no objec tion to lay the report and the reply of the Colonel of the 6th Dragons on the table. THE RATE IN AID. In reply to Lord G. CavENDisit, Mr. VILLIERS said that the act did not expire until the let of September. INDIAN REGIMENTS. In reply to Captain Jruvis, Sir C. WOOD said that officers retiring under the Indian regulations would attain the step adverted to. The officers referred to in the second question, mainly consisted of those belonging to disbanded regiments. The regulations re - ferred to in the third question had been agreed to three months ago. SALT (FRANCE). In reply to Mr. TOLLEMACHE, Mr. LAYARD said that the French had appointed a commission on the subject which had concluded its labours, but the report had not yet come into the hands of the Go vernment, THE LISBURN ELECTION.—PROPOSED PRO SECUTION. Mr. COLLINS gave notice that to-morrow, in going into committee of supply, he should move a resolution on the onbject of prosecuting persons who had been guilty of bribery at the last election. PUBLIC WORKS (MANUFACTURING DIS TRICTS) BILL. Mr. VILLIERS, in moving the second reading of this bill, said it was the natural result of the inquiry announced by the Government several weeks ago, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the circumstances of certain towns and populous places in the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire were not such as to offer resources for the employ ment of the unksrtunate operatives who for so long a period had been Ps,eprived of their ordinary occupation. That in cluir:j was prompted by an anxiety on the part of Govern l'nent, at the continued dependence of so large a proportion of the working classes in a given spot upon charitable and parochial relief. And though there was every reason for feeling satisfied, and even grateful, that adequate means had been found for the maintenance of so numerous a body of working men, it was impossible at the same time not to be alive to the consequences of such numbers for so long a time deriving their maintenance from these resources. But the bill was also introduced in presence of a slight prospect of reviving trade, and of a manifestation of uneasiness on the part of the operatives at their continued state of idleness. The house would remember that there was a very general feeling in the community that something should be done to place these people in a healthier position; and for that rea son it was determined to direct a competent person to pro ceed to those districts where it might be supposed indepen dent labour could be provided, to institute the necessary in quiries. There was no delay in the course to be pursued, for within a few days of the discussion in that house the gentle man selected by his right hon. friend the Home Secretary, namely, Mr. Rawlinson, proceeded to the spot, and in a very short time they were able to lay his report upon the table of the house, He believed that Mr. Rawlinson had been hap pily selected for the purpose, and, among other reasons, on account of his being a native of one of the counties con cerned, and of his intimate knowledge of the districts. He thought he might say that their mission was welcome, and they were everywhere well received by the local autho rities. Every information was given, because thereby as sistance was afforded to the operatives. He only mentioned that, as showing that every means had been adopted to ob tain information, which fact was important in reference to the results. It happened that everything which was anti cipated proved to be correct. The towns were reported to be in a state to afford great facilities for the employment of unskilled labour in the construction of new works, without suspending ordinary labour. The first report of Mr. Raw linson, the engineer, led to the conclusion that that was the case, and from first to last he had adhered to his original opinion, namely, that there were ample opportunities for the construction of new works that had long been much needed in those districts, and which would afford employ ment for all the unskilled operatives then out of work. (The right hon. gentleman then quoted some extracts from Mr. Rawlinson's report in confirmation of his statement.) Mr. Rawlinson had reported that he had not only communicated with the local authorities, but with the operatives them selves, who assured him that their only cause of regret was that they were not employed the whole day upon the works. Mr. Rawlinson went on to state that in his opinion £1,500,000 might be well and profitably spent in public works, such as sewers, recreation grounds, drainage, deepen ing, cleansing, improving, and embanking rivers, and other similar undertakings. This, it should be borne in mind, was not an engineer's report made for an ordinary professional purpose, and therefore Mr. Rawlinson did not pretend to say that those were works which unskilled operatives could perform alone. He then accordingly proceeded to show different classes of works, and what portions of them could be accomplished by unskilled hands. These consisted chiefly of levelling waste lands, making suburban roads, cleansing rivers, and some other works of that kind. In calculating the application of this £1,500,000, Mr. Rawlinson was necessarily obliged to come to the conclusion that not more than £451,600 of it could be profitably expended upon unskilled labour. After stating that £690,000 of the amount would have to be ex pended in the purchase of materials, he alluded to the cir cumstance that, although the apparent relief to the local rates was but £451,000, the actual relief was much greater, because the bulk of the money paid to the skilled labourers would no doubt be expended in the neighbourhood of the works. In recommending that report to the earnest con sideration of the house, he thought it would not be inappro priate to call attention to the statement in that report as to one of the districts referred to. He alluded to Haslingden, as a fair sample of those numerous towns which had sprung up in a short time, and possessed considerable population without any local governing body. The population of Haslingden was 10,000, but to this day the houses were =drained, the roads unrepaired, and the streets unpaved. There was no system of sewerage, fevers prevailed to a great extent, and the whole place was but a type of many others of the kind in Lancashire. Altogether there was found throughout those reports ample evidence of the positive necessity for works of the character suggested, It was un fortunately the fact in all parts of the manufacturing dis tricts that when their prosperity was at its highest point, the smallest attention was paid to domestic and sanitary im provements. Nevertheless he felt it his duty to state that, however desirable those works might be, there were ob stacles to be overcome before they could be effected. Those obstacles were partly financial, and partly legal. With respect to the financial obstacles, it was not difficult to imagine that many of those townships, being already in debt, the ratepayers would naturally be reluctant to incur charges not absolutely necessary ;so that, unless they could contract loans on easy terms, there was little hopeof their embarking in those public works. So far as hehad ascertained they could not readily raise money upon the security they had to offer at much less than 5 per cent. He thought it not unreasonable that they should ask the assistance of the State to raise the money at a more advantageous rate. It would be no inconsiderable matter in raising those large sums to enable them to make a difference of nearly li per cent., and, looking at the precedents upon which the Loan Commissioners had formerly been empowered to act, the Government felt disposed to make that con cession. A case had, they thought, been established, not withstanding attempts had been made to draw distinc tions between those instances and the present. It was quite clear that the Loan Commissioners had liberty to guarlaseatsraointt forusttee money employed i n t h at way, an d h e saw no giving one case p rece d ence of anot h er. Th e and wmansocme eowcchuartrerdemaatrkthaeblpeassilnnganofticthipeatCioonrno-flapwossßibillle, in jury to the agr i cultural interest, £2,000,000 were placed pro prietors t o d rain their land, Commissioners' at the disposal of the Loan pensation for the loss to That b tion ; but he was w occurred, and th e whole of o ea t y la £2,000,000 afterwards, h a d been m out in improvement of the l and, and tashasupposed such to o u sl b o e sl ye c o hl i naai had enable happy t e sustained by f ore i gn compe eo tamount and an o th er existed,ns surely,athveanpeeeefssoernoft m be o e n n ey los w t hen lf n th o e eGyoilveamumuaelnlyt elated atosixPdenee bad necessity would be ample justification. Re, therefore, hoped the house would not object to the Propo se d advance. `With regard to the legal difficulties, they consisted chiefly in deficient powers either to borrow money or to carry out works. It was quite clear that some of the places had already exhausted (or nearly) their borrowing powers; and in others there were no powers at all. But to enable those P laces to avail themselves of the Local Government Act of 1853, they would have to comply with formalities which would take about three months. At that late period of the session there was no chance of their being able ke ebtain private borrowing Acts, and the proposition Was that those places shall have money advanced for the purpose of exe cuting those WOrlits The bill before the house would, he believed, meat the grievance complained of as far ae was possible. This bill would facilitate in all the distressed dis tricts the borrowing of money on the security of the rates, even in those outlying places within the districts respecting which a misapprehension appeared to prevail. Another ob jection raised to the bill was, that it would not accomplish all that was desired, and a complaint had been tnade that no opportunity was afforded to the proprietors of property within the district of taking the benefit of those loans. It was a very different thing to make inquiries into the policy of lording public money to towns to be expended for sani tary purposes, from making an inquiry into the private requirements of particular districts. It wonld hot have been seemly if commissioners had been sent to inquire into the condition of certain private property, and had specified them in a report by name, :and holding the owners up to the public as persons who had neglected their property— and, furthermore, ho was not aware that any claim for assistance had been put forward by them. The bill now proposed was not intended as a panacea for all the evils that had arisen out of the present unfortunate state of things, and did not strike at the root of that great calamity that had befallen this country, but he believed its provi sions might be turned to good account, and it ought not to be condemned because it did not accomplish all that was desired. He was satisfied with the manner in which the bill had been received in the cotton districts. It had been there fully considered and the Central Relief Committee had given it their most unqualified approbation. (Hear.) That was an encouraging and satisfactory circumstance and it was to be hoped that the working of the bill would alleviate In some measure the misery that at present existed, when it was considered that the 70,000 or 80,000 Men that would be employed represented four times that number in their families. Mr. FERRAND complained that the right hon gen• tleman had not dealt fairly with him in saying that when the bill was introduced he (Mr. Ferrand) should oppose it. All he did was to object to the bill being brought in at half-past two o'clock in the morning. He regretted the bill did not go further than it pr,posed. At a meeting held in Manchester on Monday last the most alarming statements were made, and in confirmation of what he said in that house in April last, viz., that the operatives were weary of idleness, were degraded into paupers, and that they saw no chance of escape from their miserable condition ex cept in emigration. His remarks on that occasion were treated cavalierly by the right hon. gentleman, and he re torted on him now that his arguments in moving the second reading of the bill were obsolete in reference to free trade. After the statements that had been made in that house by the right hon. gentleman with reference to Lancashire dis tress, the Government were bound to find employment in England for the distressed operatives, or to supply them with the means of emigrating. Mr. Rawlinson had reported that a short Act extending the provisions of the Local Go verrment Act would give the means of employing all the ablebodied operatives in Lancashire. He charged the Go vernment with having desired Mr. Baker, one of the factory inspectors, to send in a report adverse to emigration ; and he complained that Mr. Farnall's report had only been placed on the table of the housethat morning—a time much too short to enable them to become thoroughly acquainted with recent facts in connection with this momentous ques tion. At the Manchester meeting referred to, the speakers appeared to apprehend as bad a state of things in the Lan cashire cotton districts this winter as it was last—that they would have to provide for at least 400,000 persons. He should like to know what Film of money would be asked for during tho session, because, so far from a million and a half being sufficient, he was informed twice that sum would be requisite; and he further wished the right hon. gentleman to state what was to be done with the 300,000 persons who would get no relief from the public works. If all those persons were to be kept in idleness, it would re quire four millions for their sustenance for the next year. Distress prevailed in Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of England, and he thought public money could be better ap plied than in buying rotten buildings at South Kensington. (Hear.) The Government had broken their promise to find employment for the operatives if they continued peaceable and well conducted. He doubted if the proposed public works, such as making drains, were suitable employment for factory operatives, who were accustomed to work under cover in a high temperature. Out of door work, in incle ment weather, would carry them off by thousands. He sup ported a scheme of Government emigration, and called upon her Majesty's Ministers to send out a large number of the unmarried female operatives to our prosperous colonies. That would be an act of justice to them, as the bill was to the manufacturers themselves. He gave the bill his sup port, and should leave any alteration in its details to those more immediately connected with the manufacturing dis tricts. Mr. 1 - 11BBERT supported the bill, as being one in the right direction. He approved of changing the support from charity to a reward for labour. He referred to certain mis statements that had been put forth in the limes, and said that on the 30th of May neatly 300,000 persons received re lief, showing that great distress still prevailed in the cotton districts, though there was an improvement from last Dec. If the operatives were unfit for out-door employment in this country, they had bettor not emigrate. The bill was not without precedent, but he confessed he should be unwilling to support it if it contemplated a grant of public money. (Hear.) The hon. member for Devonport complained that capitalists continued to build mills during this period of distress ; but the circumstance not only benefited the dis tricts, but also showed that Lancashire men had faith in the future of the cotton trade. (Hear.) They believed that prosperity would again return, and they only desired the aid of Parliament to tide over their difficulties until that period. (Hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE hoped that the legislation which they were then pursuing would be considered wholly excep tional, and warned the house of the danger of encouraging the expectation in the minds of operatives that, when their employment was suspended by causes over which they had no control, the Government would support them in con• fort until their trade revived, Mr. HENLEY approved of the general principle of the bill, but he thought they would be embarking on a very questionable course if they sanctioned the employment of public money by corporate or other bodies in private enter prises. (Hear.) In that belief he should carefully watch the progress of the bill when in committee. Sir B LEIGHTON was of opinion that it was not de sirable that the Government should enter the money mar ket and underbid the regular investor. There was no reason why the Lancashire towns should not borrow at 4 per cent.; but as it was desirable that they should pay punctually, an inducement might be held out in a reduction of the rate (4 per cent.) for pr ,mpt payment, 5 per cent, as the penalty of delay. In regard to emigration, he could not see whygreater inducements should not be held out to the operatives t 3 emigrate into other countries; but that would never take place so long as they were paid more for doing nothing in the manufacturing districts thaia spade labourers earned in the agricultural districts. In hia own district, a labourer with a family was paid 10s. a week; in Lancashire he would roceive 12s. for doing next to nothing; but in this, as in all other cases, the commercial principle of demand and supply should be allowed to regulate the price. _ Mr. COBDEN said that the hon. baronet had raised a question which had a wider bearing than that which he had given to it; he alluded to the wages that were ob tained in the manufacturing districts. That was one of the difficulties which was experienced in meeting the present distress. It met them in the case of emigration ; it met them in the case of relief-works ; and it met them in the case of migration from one part of the country to the other. The population about which they were speaking had been receiving a rate of wages in ordinary times larger than any other body of labouring people in England, or probably Europe. (Hear, hear.) He had taken some trouble to ascertain what that rate of wages had been in ordinary times, and what it was now. He found that at the former period families had been earning from £2 to £3 a week, some upwards of £4, and he was satisfied that the average earnings had been 30s. a week when engaged in the cotton manufactories. When, therefore, they had to deal with a population which had been living in that state of comfort, it was impossible suddenly to reduce them to the rate of wages with which the agricultural population were content. It would not be consistent with their health, or probably be safe for the peace of the district to do so. (Hear, hear.) Con cerning emigration he should not say a word in the interest of the capitalists. His doctrine in the case of labour was, that wherever it got its highest reward, that was its truest destination. Ile should say nothing of the capitalist, and his advice to the labourer was to go elsewhere if he could benefit himself. But then came the question, would the cotton operatives be benefitted by emigration ? When deal ing with the agricultural labourers, whose normal rate of wages was Os. or los.a week, no greater blessing could be be stowed than to transfer them to the wealthy regions of Aus tralia or America, where their labour was in demand, and where their earnings were instantly doubled. But that did not hold true in the case of the cotton spinner or weaver. Send them to Austria or Canada, and when there they would find no demand for their labour. There were no cotton mills in either country, and, as a rule, nobody bene • fitted himself by changing his business after he had arrived at years of maturity. He might benefit himself by trans ferring his labour to a field of operations where there was more demand for his skill, but not by changing his avoca tion. But, besides that objection to such a course at this particular crisi , , there was the still stronger objection that all wholesale systems of emigration had proved not only inoperative and disastrous, but also sometimes most cruel, (Hear, hear.) We had in 1847 a wholesale system of erni• gration. What happened ? Wretched people were hur ried away to Canada and America ; several thousands of them died on the passage ; upwards of 10,000 of them died conditi on . It when they l an d e d i n C ana d a an d A mer i ca; an d such a cry of horror c ame across the Atlantic that C ana d a an d A m erica both passed laws p ro hibiti ng th e i r i mm i gra ti on in a desti tuteout°u oplzion by like m waaperopigrtiooseadnno;wbutt were we away the we prepared to make provision shores ? . for them wh en th e y l an d e d on foreign gentlementlitt De i ar, h rse e ta ar li .? It was c h ea p phil an thropy for "Wessex (ittu ire, or where they w ro t e l e tters from ghter)—to say, " Send them away—let THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1861 them emigrate." But had the people themselves been con sulted Mr. 'ERRAND—I presented several petitions the subject. Mr. COBDEN continued—And still more, had the cost been considered ? (Hear, hear.) It would not be enough to disembark them on the shores of America; they must also be supplied with capital in the shape of houses, seed, tools, and all other necessary equipment; but in that case the cost would amount to a sum such as they had never contem plated, nor had entered into the calculations of the writers, poets, and romancers of Dorsetshire and Wessex, who for warded it as a compendious receipt—(laughter)—for Lanca shire distress, and assailed with imputations the Lancashire manufacturers, because they did not follow the prescription and allow the people to emigrate. (Laughter.) He did not with to be misunderstood. He did not speak in the interest of capital, nor did he say that emigration was a bad thing. But he maintained it was not an expedient worthy of con sideration until they saw how much it would cost, and what would be the effect when the operatives were landed on the bores of America or Australia. (Hear, hear.) He had, in deed, always been of opinion that there was no specific which could be called a complete remedy for the present distress. The bill before them was certainly not of that character, but by co-operation it might be made to mitigate the evil under which they were suffering. It was only a permissive measure, but he hoped that all the local authorities in the cotton districts would feel that it was their duty also to do their share, and would, to the fullest of the powers which the measure placed in their hands. (Hear, hear.) He was afraid that there was every reason to expect i hat next winter would be worse than last. The savings 01 the operatives had been spent, the credit of the small shopkeepers had been exhausted, large public subscriptions could not be counted upon, and he therefore feared the prospect was such as he stated. Under these circumstances, the best that could be done was to provide employment for the people, and to mitigate the pressure of the rates upon the class of small ratepayers by making such employment reproductive and borrowing for long periods. (Hear, hear.) Mr FERRAND, in explanation, said that he had at tended a meeting at Manchester, when 27 delegates from that district and Cheshire advocated emigration as the chief remedy for their distress. Sir G. GREY said that the hon. member was the only one who really objected to the bill, and that his objections were in several instances founded on misapprehension of its provisions. The Government did not intend to undertake the responsibility of providing employment for the unem ployed operatives, but were simply willing to assist the local authorities in doing so. (Hear, hear.) He sincerely hoped, if Parliament should grant the facilities, that advan tage would be taken of them in the distressed districts, and that, charging the rates for the purpose, they would pro vide the people with such employment as thefr circum stances required. As to the question of wages, he thought they should be on the same scale as similar work was re munerated in the part of the country in which it took place; but, as a great portion of it might be performed by task-work, the wages would be in proportion to the skill and industry of the labourer. He quite concurred in what had fallen from the hon. member for Rochdale concerning emigration. The Government would, indeed, do wrong to throw the slightest obstacle in the way; but for the purposes of wholesome and useful emigration they should have —first, people desirous to emigrate ; secondly, people fit from age and physical capacity to labour at the rough work of a colonist ; and, thirdly, colonies willing to receive them. (Hear.) It was said that a large sum was likely to be sent from Australia in aid of emigration. If so, the Government would not throw the slightest obstacle in the way of the agents for those colonies in endeavouring to induce people whom they thought would be useful to them to emigrate; but any attempt on the part of the Govern ment to force emigration would, he believed, be not only unadvisable, but prejudicial. (Hear. hear.) Mr. SCULLY also disapproved of wholesale emigration, and urged that it was much more suitable to the condition of Ireland than England. Mr. BAZLEY feared very much that certain apparent indications of returning prosperity in the manufacturing districts would mislead the public, and restrain the efforts of the benevolent. But he could state with confidence to the house, that the diminution in the numbers of those re ceiving relief was entirely owing to the joint influences of emigration and the absorption of the operatives in employ ments altogether different from their accustomed pursuits. The consumption of the raw material at the moment was the most reliable proof that the cotton mills were still closed to the operatives. In ordinary times the consumption was 50,000 bags a-week, whereas now it was only 5,000 bags. It was said that new mills were being erected. Well, be warned the house that it took three years to prepare a mill for the manufacture of cotton ; and, therefore, the building of mills at that moment has only indicated that the old policy of the cotton districts still prevailed. He was of opinion that the amplest provision ought to be made for the coming winter; and while he entirely approved of the bill before the house, he could have wished that the India and Colonial Departments had made an effort to pro vide a larger supply of the raw material. The house should remember that the present proposal was irregular, and in consistent with sound economic principle. Sir F. CROSSLE Y said his hon. friend the member for Rochdale had asserted, as one reason why the distress would be very severe during the coming winter, that the subscrip tion lists had been closed. Now he should be very sorry if such an idea were to get abroad, because the subscription lists ought not to be closed, and he was fully convinced the public would be willing to renew their subscriptions. He quite approved of the bill introduced by the Government, and he earnestly hoped the various localities would avail avail themselves of its provisions. But at the same time it should be borne in mind that the employment to be ob tained under the bill almost entirely applied to the male population, for females could sot make roads or do the other rough work which it contemplated. The bill was then read a second time; and in reply to Mr. COBDEN, Mr. VILLIERS named that lay (Thursday) week as the day on which the comraitlee would be taken. The house then went into committee of supply. IRISH NATIONAL EDUCATION. Sir It. PEEL proposed the vote for Irish education, amounting to £306,663. The vote showed an increase of £15,112 over the vote for last rear, and it was owing to the greater number of schools 'which were now open, and to the increase in the salaries of those engaged in teaching. Major O'REILLY then proceeded to denounce the model schools which had been established in connection with the National system. His principal objections to them were that they were under the superintendence and patronage of the central authorities, and that they educated children in large numbers whose parents could afford to pay for their educa tion. The hon. gentleman then quoted the case of Enniscor thy, where tho number of children was 31, and the cost £268, or over £8 per head, and the pupils were all children of persons in good circumstances. He, therefore, called upon the Government to put a stop to the system. The hon. gentleman also alluded to some other cases, and compared th,m with a large attendance ct children at Roman Catholic schools. He should, therefore, move the reduction of the vote by £268, as the best method of obtaining the gradual abolition of the schools he complained of. _ _ Mr. BAGWELL opposed the amendment, which, though possiby just, was not generous. Mr. MAGUIRE supported the amendment. They were not the foes of education in Ireland, and he asked the hon. member for Clonmel to banish the contrary idea from his mind. He opposed the monopoly of education being given to the Government. The model school at Cork would be a failure, or, if a success, it would be to the ruin of the free schools, He urged that some deference should be paid to the Catholic hierarchy, who were opposed to the present system of model schools. Mr. P. URQUHART supported the reduction of the vote. Colonel GRE VILLE said the condemnation of the system by the Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland was a proof that it did not give satisfaction. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL for IRELAND, as one of the commissioners, had acted from a conviction that he was doing the best for Ireland. He traced the history and ope ration of the system, as opposed to that urged by its oppo nents. It had never been contended that the system was a perfect one ; but it had worked substantial benefit to the whole of the people of Ireland, who had accepted it as one of the greatest blessings that had ever been conferred on the country. Since January 1, 1861, 520 persons had come into connection with the board, and there had been 136 applica tions for building grants, He defied contradiction when he said that during th e w h o le of the long time these schools h chadbaeregneedstaagbaliinshsetdt,hneomt .a single case hear.) And as to th e of proselytism could be objections which had been raised to the model schools he contended that no comprehensive system of education ever had been, or ever cculd be, established any where without the assistance of model schools. The celebrated Dr. Doyle, the Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, in 1831, re commended the establishment of model schools ; and one of the purest-minded and greatest men he had ever known, the late Dr. Murray, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, who was one of the Comiaiissioners of Education in Ireland from the beginni ng, having been called upon by Cardinal Fransoni to lea ve t h e board, wrote a letter to Rome in reply, in 1839, in which he assured the cardinal that such a step would be irjurious to religion, and calculated to deprive the people, for whose spiritual welfare he was responsible, of education, and to throw them into the hands of proselytisers. As to the charge that religious instruction was not given in these schools, there were abundant time and opportunity given iu the ordinary schools for religious instruction daily; but in the model schools there was, further, at , imperative rule, by which the pupils were absolutely prohibited from attending any religious instruction except that of the deno mination to which they belonged. The right hon. gentle m a aien n li naa nt t t a h i doi then (di a h p aten p ha applied himselfsdhepeaa rrneithere a ns Wy t daso systems e t t s h mhu e asi tteo dtfhnteoa t mixed ho consideration inexaec dirl ec:u o ugm f et: l tt h imao e t inN d ev, echasni and Ir n ow prevailed was the best calculated to secur e its ultimate peace and prospe r it y. (Hear, hear.) The O'CONOR DON said the n': entirely unsuccessful, and what di al circumstances, exceptional he asked, were there in Ire nd that required their continu ance ? On an avera y p cost the Government L'l per head, w inch W ee :s e a ve h r ighe u r p average than any of the public ar private schools of England. The standard of ed" t• del schools had been ,„,oa ion was too high for the position in life of its reci- pients. He called upon the committee to express by the division their disapprobation of the interference of the State with the education of the people. Lord C. HAMILTON criticised the speech of the At torney-General for Ireland, and regretted that he had intro duced subjects beside the question before the committee, viz., the maintenance of the model schools by pliblic grants of money. Mr. BLAKE supported the amendment. Mr. MONSELL also supported the amendment, and contrasted the relative cost of the two systems. Mr. LEFRO Y protested against the system of national education in Ireland, because it was not founded upon Scriptural truth ; but, at the same time, he should abstain altogether from voting on the present occasion. The committee divided— For the amendment For the vote as it stood 122 Majority —B4 Mr. HENNESSY moved that the chairman should re port progress. Lord PALMERSTON hoped that, after the long discus sion which had taken place, the committee would proceed with a single v te. Mr. MONSELL thought that at half• past 12 o'clock they ought not to proceed further. Sir It. PEEL said that the vote had been postponed from a former evening on the uud_rstanding that it would be com pleted on that night. The commit tee divided — For reporting progress Against it Majority --79 Mr. HENNESSY appealed to Lord Palmerston not to proceed, as the house would have to meet again at 12 o'clock. Sit R. PEEL was ready to give any information sought for on the vote; but he hoped the committee would go on. Captain JERVIS said that a very important bill was coming on after supply, and it would not be right to attempt to discuss it at that hour of the morning. Mr. lIENNESSY moved that the Speaker leave the chair. The committee divided, when the motion was negatived by 110 to 31. On the motion of Colonel GREVILLE, The Chairman was then ordered to report progress. The Charitable Uses Bill passed through committee. The Mutiny (East India) Act Repeal Bill was read a second time. Sir Robert Hitcham's Charity Bill was read a second time. Ruthin Charities Bill was read a second time. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (St. Mary Magdalen Hospital) Bill was read a second time. The Militia Pay Bill went through committee. The Land Drainage (Provisional Orders) Bill was passed through committee. The Marriages Registration (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Stipendiary Magistrates Bill was read a second time. ELECTION PETITIONS BILL. The following were named the select committee on the Election Petitions Bill :—Mr. Ayrton, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Massey, Mr. P. Bouverie, Lord Henley, Mr. Monsell, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Sir W. Heathcote, Sir W. Miles, Mr. Knightley, Mr Adderley, Mr Walpole, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. Sergeant Pigott. The house adjourned at 20 minutes to 2 o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE—June 18. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. DICKSON V. LORD COMBERMERE AND OTHERS. This was an action for conspiracy against Lord Comber mere, Lord Lieutenant of the Tower; Gen. Peel, M.P., (late Secretary of State lot War), and the Earl of Wilton, Colonel of the 23 Tower Hamlets Militia, in depriving Lient- Col. Dickson, by false and malicious representations, of the position of lieut.-colonel of the 2d Tower Hamlets Militia. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Great interest was manifested in the proceedings; and as each party is deter mined to fight the matter and investigate the circumstances to the utmost, the case is likely to occupy the Court four or five days. The Earl of Wilton, Lord Combermore, Count Nesselrode, Major-Gen. Hodgson, and Rear-Admiral Cut ton, occupied seats on the bench. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Denman, Q.C., and Mr. Gordon Allen were counsel for the plaintiff; the Attorney-General, Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. Dowdeswell, Mr. Field, and Mr. Milward were counsel for the defendants. Mr. Coleridge, in stating the plaintiff's case to the jury, said it was one of no ordinary character; but, on the con trary, it involved matters of considerable importance to the plaintiffs professional and honourable life and career, and equally so to the honour and character of each of the three distinguished defendants. The plaintiff, in early life, had been in the 2d Queen's Royals, and served in India under Sir Lionel Smith. He returned from India and joined the 51st, and afterwards exchanged into the 25th. In 1836 he raised a regiment under the sanction of the Government for the service of the Queen of Spain, and he served with great distinction under Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans. On his return he was shortly after appointed to the 77th, from which he soon after retired. In 1842 he was sent out by the then Colonial Secretary, as civil commissioner in one of the Cape of Good Hope districts, and received from Sir George Napier, Lord Maitland, and the Earl of Derby, testimonials for the efficient manner in which he die charged those duties. On his return he applied to the late Duke of Wellington, who was then Lord Lieutenant of the Tower, who presented him to the majority of the 2d Tower Hamlets Militia, Earl Wilton, who was a civilian, being the colonel—a piece of honorary distinction. During times of peace militia regiments were only kept up in skele ton, and at the time Lieut.-Col. Dickson joined the regiment Col. North, M.P., was the major, a gentleman named Cowell was the adjutant, and Mr. 0' Shaunessey was the captain and paymaster. The officers of the 2d Tower Hamlets were appointed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets and the Constable of the Tower, but could only be dis placed by the Queen, acting under the advice of the Secre tary of State for War, In May, 1854, during the Crimean war, the regiment was called out for 21 days' trairing ; the headquarters were at Bethnal-green, and, having gone through its training was disembodied from that time till March, 1855, when it was again called out and permanently embodied, owing to the great drain upon the regular army from the Crimean war. The militia, when embodied, was subjected to the Mutiny Act, the Articles or War, and cer tain regulations for the army, and one of the regulations was ttat the commanding officer should conduct the affairs of the regiment and look after in a general way the affairs of the mess, and see that the mess bills were regularly paid, and that the regiment did not get into disrespect in reference to it. The mess fund of a militia regiment consisted of a compulsory contribution of 30 days' pay and a voluntary contribution of 8 days' pay, and there was what was called the regent's allowance of £l5O per annum for each com pany. In March, 1855, when the regiment was called out, no regular mess committee was formed, but however the plaintiff and the Earl of Wilton went on amicably up to March, 1855. Articles were, however, obtained necessary for the requirements of the mess, and it appeared that dur ing Col. North's time there was an inspection luncheon which came to between £3O and £4O, and afterwards the question of payment was raised, and it was arranged, with the consent of the Earl of Wilton and the other officers, that it should be paid for out of between £3OO and £4OO belonging to the regiment in the hands of the paymaster, and a cheque was accordingly drawn for it. Afterwards there was a presentation of co lours by Lady Wilton, when another luncheon was given, and as there was a large assemblage, which included a number of ladies, the expense was between £6O and £7O, and as in the former case payment was ordered out of the funds in hand. In August, 1855, Colonel North left the regiment, and the plaintiff was appointed the lieutenant colonel. It was accordingly determined, as Col. North was very popular in the regiment, that he should be presented with a piece cf plate, and the money was raised by subscrip tion. The presentation of a piece of plate without some kind of entertainment, the learned counsel said, was a very dry affair ; and it was arranged that the presentation should take place at a luncheon, which was done at a cost of between £3O or £4O, which had to be provided for in a similar man ner as the two former. In Oct., 1855, the mess was regu larly formed. It appeared that during the embodiment of the regiment there was a Jae at Cremorne for the benefit of the Wellington College. Some portion of the Guards was there, and also the 2d Tower Hamlets Militia, and they took part in what was to have been a representation of the taking of Sebastopol, but, unfortunately, the stage up which the soldiers were to charge gave way, many of the men falling with their bayonets fixed, and others falling on them. Several were seriously injured, and most of them had their clothes torn. A dispute took place afterwards about the payment of the injured or destroyed articles, which was afterwards inquired into and explained satisfactorily by Lieut.-Col. Dickson, but notwithstanding, after that Earl Wilton charged him with malversation of the funds of the regiment. The learned counsel then proceeded very minutely to enter into the circumstances of the disputes which arose subsequently between the parties relative to the supplying of the mess articles and their payment. There was a sergeants' mesa fund established, and also a maternity fund for the benefit of the wives of the privates, and there was a complaint that Lieut.-Colonel Dickson had retained for a long time improperly a sum of £45. There were other matters connected with the affairs of the regiment which tended to increase the misunderstanding between the parties. The mess accounts were in disorder, there having been no regular audit of the accounts, and the tradesmen who had supplied the plate, glass, wine, &c. likewise pressing for payment. There was grea t di ffi culty in getting money with which to liquidate the demands on the regiment, and the Earl of Wilton gave £lOO, and Col, North and others subscribed; but as the regiment had been disbanded suddenly the resources for the mess fund were cut short, and the result was that the mess was several hundred pounds in debt. It was t h erefore in reference to matters in connection with the state of the finances of the regiment that the alleged false representations were made which led to the plaintiff's dismissal from the command of the regiment. The plaintiff declared that all the circum stances of the regiment, the purchase of the articles, the non-formation of a mess committee, were well known at the time to the Earl of Wilton, and that the plaintiff was in no way responsible for the irregularities, He was never mess ' president after the miens committee was formed, and if the mess president and committee had discharged their duty there world have been ample fundo for the requirements of the mesa. An inquiry was made into i 1 a circumstances by a committee of inquiry, the tendency of wilt,-eo, report was to screen the mess president; and the committee and to inculpate the plaintiff; and a lengthened correspondence ' ensttcd between the plaintiff and the Earl of Wilton, in which hepointed out where the errors had been committed that had given ties to the difficultieg, the part he had taken in dealing with the regimental funds, and how he had ap plied them. He also stated that he was willing to go into the matter and explain everything in the presence of Col. North. A complaint was then laid by the Earl of Wilton before Lord Combermere. lie approached that part of the case with great regret, for it wan impossible for anyone to address a jury to endeavour to convince them that Lord Combermere had been guilty of a great dereliction of duty without knowing that he had undertaken a very difficult task. The first impression, when they heard such a charge mentioned, was to think that it was ab surd to suppose that a man like Lord Combermere, who had passed a long life in the service of his country with honour and distinction, was likely to have been guilty of such a dereliction of duty. That his lordship was actuated by direct personal dislike or malice towards Lieut.-Col. Dickson, whom he had never seen, and perhaps never before heard of, he did not suggest, and it would be idle and ridiculous to do so ; but when he laid be fore them facts that could not be disputed they would say that a greater act of injustice had never been committed by one man towards another than had been done by Lord Cora bermere towards Lieut.-Col. Dickson. And it was difficult to understand how Lord Combermere—a man of station, and of great ability and experience—with all the circum • stances before him, could have come to the conclusion that he had, unless he had yielded to influences which be cer tainly ought not to have done. On the 18th March, 1858, Lieut.-Col. Dickson received a letter from Lord Comber mere, desiring him to call on him the following day, He did so, but he regretted to say that his lordship did not treat him as became a person who had had 30 years' experience as a military officer, and as was becoming a person of his lordship's eminent position. On his entering the room Lord Combermere said to him that he had been told there was great confusion in his regiment on account of the mess, that the officers had told Lord Wilton they would none of them go out with him, and that he had better resign. Lieut.- Col. Dickson asked why he should resign, and Lord Com bermere replied, " Sir, you have had a quantity of confused accounts. Lord Wilton has sent them to me, with your ex planation. I can make neither head nor tail of them, but you ought to resign." Lieut.-Col. Dickson said he could not understand why he had been called upon in that sharp and short manner to resign. Lord Combermere said, "You have misconducted yourself, sir. Your regiment is in a bad state, and all your men and officers have lost confidence in you. In short, you had better resign, sir." Lieut.. Col. Dickson, who was not accustomed to receive such conduct from a field marshal or any one else, declined to resign. On the 7th of April Earl Wilton was sued by Messrs. Sharpus for the glass, crockery, and other things sup plied by them to the mess, amounting to between £5OO and £6OO, and so also was the plaintiff, who disliked the proceeding quite as much as Earl Wilton. On the 30th of April it appeared Earl Wilton must have again seen Lord Combermere, because Lieut.-Colonel Dickson received an intimation from Lord Combermere that his lordship wished particularly to have some conversation with him. He called, and though the atmosphere was not serene on the former interview he found it exceedingly clouded on the second occasion. His lordship told him he had committed a gross offence against military law, and must resign. He said he was sorry for it, and Lord Combermere added, his colonel had been there, and insisted on his resigning. Lieut.- Colonel Dickson, who commenced his military career in India under his lordship, still refused to resign. When Lord Combermere eaid "You must resign, sir, and Lord Wilton says you shall;" to which Lieut.-Colonel Dickson replied, that rather than resign he would put a pistol to his head. The interview then terminated, and the learned counsel could not refrain from remarking that he thought Lord Combermere's conduct towards Lieut.-Colonel Dickson was such that his lordship would have resented it if it had occurred to him in the earlier part of his career. To have acted in such a manner from feeling of friendship towards Earl Wilton was discreditable on the part of Lord Com bermere ; and, if true, were they fo be told that, because Lord Combermere was a justly-eminent man, and a halo of glory might surround his name that was not possessed by Lieut.-Colonel Dickson, he was not entitled to have justice at the hands of a jury if he brought before them conduct that could not be disputed by those gallant and eminent men ; and that because Lord Combermere might have entitled himself in former years to the gratitude of the country that he was to be justified when he thus conducted himself and outraged the character and honour of a dis tinguished officer like the plaintiff. On the 7th May they would find a judge's order was signed for the debt and costs in Sharpus's case, which, no doubt, was a very dis agreeable thing to Lord Wilton. On the 4th May, how ever, finding that Lieut.-Colonel Dickson would not resign, and having also discovered that he had no power to remove him from the regiment, an application was made by Lord Combermere, by letter, to General Peel, the then Secretary of State for. War. In that letter his lordship, who had before told Lieutenant Colonel Dickson that he could make neither head nor tail of the matter, said he had ascertained that the complaints of the Earl of Wil ton were just (never having asked for any explanation from Lieut.-Colonel Dickson), and asked that he might be re moved from the regiment. On the 10th of the same month Lord Combermere, General Peel, and Lord Wilton, having had an interview at the War Office, and General Peel hav ing, perhaps, the fear of the House of Commons before him, wrote what to Lord Combermere appeared to be an answer of the letter of the 4th, requesting from his lordship a full statement of the particular grounds on whioh his recom mendation was based, together with any counter-statement Lieut.-Colonel Dickson might have to offer, and for such ob servations as the facts of the case required. On that Lord Combermere wrote to Lord Wilton a statement of the charges to be sent to General Peel, he having in his letter of the 4th to General Peel stated that he bad investigated them and had found them to be just. The learned counsel as latent to enter into the charges, when The Attorney-General, who appeared for General Peel, suggested, as it was then four o'clock, and as the learned counsel's statement must occupy a considerable time longer, it would be convenient to adjourn. He also asked for the adjournment on the ground that he had other public duties to discharge. The Lord Chief Justice said he would not accept that as a reason for interrupting Mr. Coleridge in his statement to the jury, and if the learned counsel wished it he would then adjourn. Mr. Coleridge, who had been speaking upwards of two hours and a half, said that he must of necessity occupy a considerable time longer, and that, as far as he was con cerned, he should offer no objection to the adjournment. The further hearing of the case was then adjourned till this (Friday) morning. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (Sittings in Error.) COX V, THE LORD MAYOR, &C., OF LONDON. This was a question affecting the power and jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor's Court in attaching the property of those persons who are indebted to debtors, or property held by bankers and others, who have been sued in the court, and against whom judgment had been obtain-d, neither party residing or being within the city. The city had exer cised this extraordinary power for upwards of 1,000 years, and the question was now raised in consequence of a person who had obtained judgment against a Mr. Farquharson, claiming a right to attach £B6 3s. belonging to him in the hands of Messrs. Cox and Co., the army agents. Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Charles Pollock appeared on behalf of the city; and Mr. M. Chambers, (i.e., and Mr. Griftits for Messrs. Cox and Co. Sir F. Kelly's arguments occupied the greater portion of two days, and at its conclusion The Court said they would consider whether they would hear Mr. Chambers, and let him know on the 4th of July. Should they wish to hear him the case must stand over till next term ; and if not, they would givo judgment on the 4th of July. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Cresswell.) MASSEY Y• MASSEY-EXTRAORDINARY AND REVOLTING CASE. Dr. Deane, Q C., and Mr. Field were for the petitioner. In this case the petitioner, Sarah Caroline Massey, prayed for a divorce from her husband, a captain in the 30th Regi ment of Foot, on the ground of adultery and cruelty. The respondent denied the allegations, but was not re presented by counsel. The marriage was solemnised in June, 1860, and there was one child, issue of the marriage. Jane Sowden was examined by Mr. Field, and proved the marriage. She also identified a photog4aph portrait of the respondent. Mrs. Massey, the petitioner, an interesting and ladylike young woman, who was very muc h affected dur i ng h er evidence, was examined by Dr. Deane. She said that she had concealed her marriage from her family for some time, and that she cohabited with the respondent in different places in England t o J une , 1861 . H e t h en wen t t o C ana d a with his regiment, and on his return they resumed cohabi. tation, At the time of her marriage she was possessed of £l,lOO in cash, which she gave him, £1,700 in Canada Five per Cent. Bonds, I'l,ooo in East India Bonds, £3,600 in Canada Six per Cent. Bonds, all of which she gave her husband. On her husband's return from Canada on the 16th of July, 1862, she lived with him for some months. They went together from London to Newhaven, and her husband paid for a carriage to themselves as he told her. She said she thought it would be pleasanter to have somebody in the same carriage with them, and he replied " I dare say you do," a nd was most abusive in his language, He also beat her with the backs of his hands while they were in the train, On reaching Newhaven the same night they crossed over to Dieppe, and put up at the Royal Hotel there. On the morning followin g their arrival, and b e f ore she had taken off her clothes, ho desired her to u n d ress herself, and then he beat her with a stra p which he took from off one of their boxes. He beat her also with a pillow in the f a ce, and during the whole time used the most atueive language. She called out for mercy, and he desisted for some time. He went down stairs to get breakfast, having previously desired her to be dressed by the time he returned. She was unable to do so, and when he came back he asked. her why she had not obeyed him. She told him she was stiff from the effects of his beating, and asked him to let her rest. He replied, " Rest, you ; you rest, you lunatic." He then took up the strap, and looking at her shin, said, " How I have marked you—l merely touched you." On the 19th July they went to Paris, and took up their residence at the Hotel de la Pala, Soon after their arrival he com menced his ill-treatment, and his conduct was most savage- He took her up and threw her to the other end of the room. He then placed her on the sofa and endeavoured to stifle her screams by placing his hand on her mouth , She went into hysterics, which she could not prevent. He went behind her, opened one of her eyes, and poured half a. bottle of eau de Cologne over her. He then left the room, and was absent some hours. On the 21st of July they left Paris for Havre, and put up at Wheeler's Hotel at the latter. The witness then proceeded to detail a series of acts of ill-treatment, both in language and personal violence, until the period of their final separation. 'The evidence of the petitioner was corroborated, and a diary kept by the respondent was read, which left no doubt as to his misconduct. The adultery charged took place with a female with whom the respondent had formed an acquantance on his voyage to Canada, and with whom he cohabited on hie return to this country. Sir C. Cresswell pronounced the decree nisi, and com mented in most appropriate terms, on the misconduct of the respondent, who, in the diary produced, had recorded his own infamy. The learned judge, in compliance with the prayer of the petitioner, directed that she should retain the custody of the child, and that the Canadian Bonds which were not disposed of should be settled on her during her lifetime, and should then go to the child. THE TYNE, A very interesting report hes been made to the River Tyne Improvement Commissioners by Mr. T. E. Foster and Mr. John Taylor, two of the leading coal owners and coal viewers in Northumberland, relative to the existing state and prospects of the Northumberland Steam Coal field and the quantities that may be expected to be shipped therefrom upon the Tyne. These gentlemen report that they have measured the respective royalties in which is being wrought at the present time the Low Main, or best steam coal of the district ; and after making full allowance for the quantity already excavated, loss by dikes, small coals left under ground, and screened. out on the surface, they find that there is sufficient to endure, in the present rate of shipment of steam coal on the Tyne, in addition to the portion diverted. to Sunderland Dock, for a period of 110 years. But the present collieries could produce from 20 to 15 per cent. more than they do at present, were the demand to arise. On this head there would be an increase of, say 300,000 tons; a new colliery is be ing opened out at Camboise, from which may be computed an annual vend of 160,000 tons, and from Sleekburn 80,000 tons ; and other districts adjoin ing, 160,000 tons—total 700,000 tons. The increase of the steam coal trade from the Tyne has been as follows :-1859, 1,275,707 tons ; 1860, 1,647,09 1 tons; 1861, 1,544,067 tons; 1362, 1,955,586 tons. Besides the Low Main seam, there is another coal, called the Yard seam, which is capable of being ' worked in very large pieces, and combined in a great degree many of the excellencies peculiar to the Low Main seam. This seam is almost entire throughout the district, and there is sufficient left to endure, on the existing vend, for a period of sixty years. In addition to the Low Mein and the Yard coat seams the following are wet; with, more or less, in the district on the north and south sides of the Tyne :—The Stone coal seam, Bersham seam, six-quarter seam, five-quarter seam , the Townley seam, and Walbottle seam ; and to the north, some distance from the large down-cast dik of 90 fathoms, the High Main seam, stone coaL seam, Bersham seam, gray seam, Plessy coal seam, and Beaumont seams, These seams are not now in operation, because, at the respective colleries, the , Low Main and Yard seams are worked, as being more productive of profit. But there can be no doubt, as these are all workable seams, the time will arrive, as demand arises and coal becomes further enhanced in value, that they will come into opera tion. As regards the inferior description of coal , the time (110 years) is so distant when the steam coal of the first quality will be exhausted, and as 1.111 addition the yard seam will endure 60 years, together 170 years, Messrs. Foster and Taylor did, not think it necessary to go into the question o the quantity of inferior coal in reserve, excepting, generally, to remark that the various inferior seams of coal will naturally come into operation as those of superior quality are exhausted; at the northern part of Durham, adjoining the Tyne, throughout which those seams have been fully proved and ex plored, is very extensive, they do not anticipate that there will be any scarcity of icoal in the Newcastle district for a very long time after the exhaustion of the steam coal seam. COUNTRY MARKETS. ------ MANCHESTER—JUNE 18. At our market this morning there was only a slender attendance, and we had a very dull demand. For w heat, both English and foreign, we cannot alter the rates of last week. Flour scarcely inquited tor, and no improvemen t in prices was obtainable. Oata and oatmeal met a slovl sale. Beans ruled firm. Indian corn was the turn in fa vour of buyers. BIRMINGHAM—JUNE Is. English wheat was sold at 48s to 56s for white, to 50s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 325 to 42s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to per 30 stone ; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 38a to 44s.per q r. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 stone. an d 408 EDINBURGH GRAIN—JUNE 17. A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met a slow sale at about the prices of last week. Barley a ready sale, and oats in good demand, at full prices. Beans rathor higher in price. Wheat on the top 2s 6d down average is Id down- Barley on the top Is 6d down average is 4d down. Oats on the top Os 9d up average Os 5d down. Beans on the top 2s Od down ..average is 8d down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1082 qrs ........ Sold 815 qrs 8ar1ey........ 215 qr 5........ Sold 159 q rs Oats B eans 74 qrs Sold 45 qrs Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 42s Od ; extras, 408 Od superfine, 38s Od ; fine, 36s Od. CORK—JUNE 18. The following were the quotations this morning :_Red wheat, 9s 9d to —s 01; white, 10s 3d to —s Od , barley, 63 Od to Os Od ; oats, 9s; Od to Os Od. ; black do., 7s 2d to Os Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD-JUNE 16. A limited supply of fat beasts to-day, and an advance on last week's prices was easily obtained. The number of sheep and lambs in the pens was also loss, and they were better sold. Fat and store calves were in large supply. Fat pigs were in full average supply. Beet Mutton .... 6d to 7d Pork Lamb .. 9d to —d Rough fat, 3s 9d per ston e ' Hides, 3d to 4/d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills—lnfectious Mala dies.—We are all certain that at times disease runs through, the people like the plague of old, and all should likewiso know that Holloway's pills can check such spreading calamity. This purifying medicine expels from the bloc' and system all obnoxious matters which breed contagioue and infectious maladies, it institutes a radically curative rather than a palliative treatment. Holloway's 0 16 ' should be taken without one moment's needless delay when disordered stomach, headache, restlessness, or gene ral feverishness betokens some derangement or debility of the frame. The true art of conquering disease lies la obeying nature, and surely quietly getting rid of lurking poisons, and overcoming their pernicious effects, is it l9 safest course for the physician. Births. ANTRIM.—On the 15th inst., at Glenarm Castle, the Countess of Antrim, of a datighter. BULTEEL.—On the 16th inst., at Pamphlete, Devon, Mrs• Bulteel, of a daughter. CAMPBELL.—On the 17th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, Bt., 60th Rifles, of twin sons. GLYN.—On the 18th inst., at Durrington House, Esser, the wife of Clayton W. F. Glyn, Esq., of a son. Marriages. CURE—SELAVIN.—On the 17th inst., at Holy Trinity, Hatfield-heath, the Rev. EdWard Capel Cure, of Blake Hall, Essex, to Gertrude Louisa Jane, second daughter of Sir John Se'win, Bart,, of Down Hall, WATERFIELD — CLARKE.—On the 16th inst., at Hanwell, William Garrow Waterli e ld, E sq., B engal St a ff Corps, and Assistant Commissioner, Punjaub, to Rosa Helen, eldest daughter of the Rev. Sir Charles Clarke, Bart. Deaths. BELL.—On the 9th inst., at Algiers, John Bell, Esq., he r Majesty's Consul General there. BOOTH. —On the 16'h inst. at Balgonie, Markinch, N. l3 '' Isab e ll a B axter, relict of 'David Booth, Esq., of London. aged 68. E D J E .p . — ., o a n ge t d he B3. inst., 17th at Billericay, Denzil Ede, ES CO HALL —On the 16th inst., at Hamburg, James, son of James Hall, Esq , of Scarborough, aged 22 London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office. No. 112 ' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex.— Friday, June 19, 1863.