The Sun. — London, England, 1863-06-12 00:00:00

IMPRRIAL PM:IIWONT JIOUSE OF LORDS--Last Evening. Tha LDRD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five 'o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Tk x Mayo (county) Grand Jury Cess, and Stourbridge Bariway Bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The Southampton and Netley Railway—Elsecar, Went worth, and Hayland Gas (amendments)—and the London and South Western Railway (amendment) bills were read a third time and passed. CASE OF SERGEANT LILLEY, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY gave notice that on Monday next he should ask her Majesty's Secretary of State for War whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to institute any further inquiry into the conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Crawley. VACCINATION (IRELAND) BILL. The report of amendments to this bill was brought up and removed. BAKEHOUSES REGULATION BILL. On. the motion of Lord z,TANLEY of ALDERLEY, this bill was read a third time and passed. POLAND. The Earl of CARNARVON asked whether the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs could add any further in formation respecting the nature and provisions of the recent convention concluded between the Governments of Russia and Prussia beyond that contained in the correspondence respecting the insurrection in Poland already laid before Parliament. He did not put the question with any desire to embarrass the Government, but as he felt the greatest sympathy with Poland, he was anxious to possess all the information. He thought the conduct of Prussia on i this question most reprehensible. If she chose to abolish her Parliament and suppress the press, against that he had not a word to say, she was the mistress of her own affairs, and, therefore, liable to all the consequences. But when her policy carried her beyond those limits, and it affected other countries, he considered it was the duty of those countries to speak out. It was well known that a conven tion had been entered into between Itussia and Prussia, by the provisions of which, when the Russian troops were beaten by the Poles, they might take refuge on the Prussian frontiers, where they could be recruited and tthen sent forth in renewed strength. On the other band, if the Polish insurgents entered the territories of of Prussia they were at once captured and handed over to Russia. As to the convention itself, Prussia said it was proposed by Russia, whilst Russia seemed less eager to en force its powers than Prussia. The noble earl then pro ceeded to condemn the action of Prussia, and said it ap peared the chief motive of that Government was to crush every attempt made to obtain 'constitutional liberty in that part of the world. He pat the question merely because,he thought further time should not pass by without some at tempt to obtain further information. Earl RUSSELL said the noble earl bad very judi c i ous l y avoided all reference to the negotiations now going on with reference to the Poles. At the present moment it was not in his (Earl Russell's) power to add anything to the infor mation to be derived from the papers now before Par liament. Lord BROUGHAM condemned the conduct of Prussia for entering into such a convention. The Earl of CARNARVON asked the noble earl whether he would give any information relative to the secret article which was alluded to in the convention. Earl RUSSELL said he would not. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. TOTTINHAM took the oaths and his seat for New Ross. The hon. member was introduced by Col. Taylor and Col. Dunne. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time :—Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway—Hastings Harbour—Mil ford Haven Dock and Railway—Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway—West Shropshire Mineral Railway—and Worcester, Dean Forest and Monmouth Railway. SIR J. S. LILLIE. On the motion of Sir DE LACY EVANS an address for a copy of a despatch, dated 1860, from the Portuguese Ambassador to Earl Russell, conveying a strong recom• mendation from the Queen of Portugal of Sir J. S. Lillie, late a Major-General in the Portuguese army, on account o his eminent services in several battles while in command 01 the Anglo-Portuguese regiment was agreed to. THE SLAVE TRADE IN AMERICA. Mr. CONINGHAIII asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the efforts which bad been made hitherto by the British nation, for the suppression of the African slave trade, might not with advantage be extended to the continent of America, and whether the time had not at length arrived when it became the duty of her Majesty's Government to enter into friendly negotiations with the Federal Government of the United States, for the purpose of concerting measures for the gradual but total suppres sion of the slave trade in the Confederate States. Lord PALMERSTON replied that the hon. member was, no doubt, aware that the Federal Government had entered into a treaty with her Majesty's Government, giving both equal right of search for the purpose of suppressing the slave trade under the protection of the Federal flag. The Confederate States had passed a law which made the slave trade penal; but they had no relations to the Federal States except one of war. Perhaps in the course of a few months circumstances might permit the entering into such nego tiations as those indicated by the hon. member. (Hear.) As her Majesty's Government could not yet acknowledge the independence of the Southern States, no diplomatic communication could take place. In the course of time, should things alter—should the Confederate States succeed in establishing their independence, Government could only hope that the Confederate States would enter into an arrangement similar to the one entered into by the Federal Government. (Hear, hear.) _ _ Mr:CONINGHAM, adverting to the latter part of his motion, asked if communication could not be entered into with the Federal Government with a view to the suppres sion of the traffic. Lord PALMERSTON replied that he considered he had replied to that part of the question. (Hear, hear.) The Federal Government had no relation with the South except one of war, and, therefore, could enter into no negociations with them of the ordinary nature. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS REFRESHMENT ROOM. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked Colonel French, the chair man of the Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms Committee, what steps they were about to take to improve the state of the refreshment rooms, with a view to the next Session of Parliament. (H e ar, hear.) Col. FRENCH replied that the accommodation at - pre sent afforded was exceedingly defective. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Barry had furnished a plan and submitted it to the Chief Commissioner of Works for the improvement of the rooms, which would cost about £4,000, and the committee had reported that its adoption and execution were absolutely necessary. (Hear, hear.) He trusted the house would press upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer the propriety of proposing a vote to meet the indispensable improvements pointed out. (Hear.) THE HOTLKS OF LABOUR OF CHILDREN. Mr. FERRAND asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intended to bring in a bill this session to limit the hours of labour for children employed in potteries and paper tube factories ? Sir G. GREY repl ied in the negative. He had, however, directed the recent report of the Children's Employment Commission to be laid on the table. He had not received any special report with respect to children employed in paper tube factories. SMALL PDX PATIENTS IN PUBLIC CONVEY ANCES. Sir A. AGNE W asked the Attorney-General whether officials of railway and steamboat companies might lawfully remove from carriages or vessels under their supervision persona who were obviously labouring un der small- p ox ; and, whether individuals thus wilfully travelling from place to P la ce at the risk of spreading so dreadful a scourge t i r e il o ta ti w o h n ole community, were subject to any penalty The before a magistrate ? ATTORNEY - GENERAL said these were not questions that could be conveniently put to the law officers o h f is th p e ow C e r r. ewn At . uwcoreteeZer) he would give the best reply in law it did no t a pp ear t o hi m th a t the officials indicat e d could m There was no act o f Parliam ent passengers so a ffl icted. in the ca on the subject. The second question he answe re d ne g ati ve — magistrates such power. (Hear, he ar .) had no THE ARGENTINE onvivox, In reply to Mr. CLAY, - -" , 4 I 4ENT. Mr. LAYARD sail that the facts r the Argettrautteleto Re true. The Commissioners had refused to . ad were perfectly een principle of the former claims that had aCknowledge the presentations had been made to ment to the effect that the course the Commissioners vern e ,.: adopting were contrary :to national usage, and h e tm 7,. - therefore that the sittings would be suspended. ""` u BRITISH COLUMBIA. In reply to Mr. FITZWILLIAM, Mr. FORTESCUE said that the Secretary of State for the Colonies shortly intended to introduce a bill into the other house with respect to the two colonies, when he would enter upon a statement with respect to them. THE RECENT FIIN THE HOUSE OF COOMMONS. In reply to Mr. HUNT, Mr. COOPER explained that the fire in one of the cor ridors arose from a deposit for ye ars of Boot in consequence of some bricks haring been left out by mistake for one of the iron arches of the roof and not subsequently filled up as it should have been. The flue from which the deposit had been made, and which became ignited, was in toonnec tion with the kitchen. He had given directions have all the flues carefully examined. The nearest stand cock reported all right three months ago, was found too stiff to work. The next one which was in good order about t wo rendered available, and the defective one in which tgaiherieszearte . minutes after the discovery. These cocks, of water, communicate with a tank containing 12,e00 There was a constant attendance of police, whose duty it was to visit every part of the house every half hour. Means had been taken to prevent the possibility of any similar occurrence in the futur . ROYAL PATRIOTIC ASYLUM. :n reply to a question from Mr. W. FonsTE Sir J. PAKINGTON entered into a lens statement, and admitted the assumptions in the ques ur. Steps had been taken to replace the number of ladies vf io had retired. He wished to state that the wives of the officers referred to were completely independent. (Laughter.) AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. In reply to a question from Mr. HEYGATE, Sir G. GREY explained the course he had adopted. The colliction of these statistics would includa an outlay of £16,000 a year, and the benefit to be secured would not, in his opinion, warrant so large an expenditure. THE GREAT EXHIBITION—POLAND. Mr. GREGORY said as the paper was very heavy on Monday, it would be very convenient if the noble lord would postpone his proposition until this day week. Lord PALMERSTON replied that he could not post pone the notice he had given for Monday. - Mr. HENNESSY expressed his determination to bring on his motion with respect to Poland on Monday. Mr. CRAWFORD gave notice that he should to-morrow ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the offer of £BO,OOO to Messrs. Lucas for the building was in writing, and if there would be any objection to lay all the correspon dence on the table, MEETING OF THE HOUSE TO-MORROW. After a short discussion on the practice of the house, the proposed meeting of the house at 12 on Tuesday, and the count out on Monday, the motion for the meeting to-morrow at 12 to take the Salmon Fisheries Bill was left intact on the paper, though Mr. Butt, in order to create a discussion on the practice of the house, had moved that the order be discharged, a motion which he subsequently withdrew. ENDOWED CHARITIES. Mr. G. DUFF then rose to call attention to the abuses existing in many endowed charities, with especial reference to the bearing upon the amount of the N ote for elementary education. The hon. member divided the charities into six classes, and dwelt upon the vices which had crept into the management of them. His object in calling attention to the abuses of those charities was not with a view to their taxation, but their reformation. Taking the report of Mr. Cumin for their guide, and making allowance for the in- ;ease since 1818, the amount of income possessed by these particular charities could not be far short of £1,500,000. He fully believed that if the income of the several endowed schools was judiciously administered it would be amply suffi cient for the purposes of education without requiring any vote from Parliament. It was not for him to go into the de tails of the measure suitable for remedying the vices which existed in th• se charities; but he thought one great step towards it would be gained by reconstituting the Committee of Council on Education, and making it a committee of edu- cation and charities. EDUCATIONAL REPORTS. Mr. W. E. FORSTER desired to ask the Vice-President of the Committee upon what conditions he intended to allow the publication of the reports of the inspectors of schools. It appeared, according to the minute which had been recently issued by the department, that no report was to be published which contained matter of which the heads of the depart- meat disapproved. If a report contained any controversial matter it was to be sent back to the inspector, who was thus made his own censor, in order that such matter might be eliminated, and then, if the inspector was unwilling to make the amendment, the report was not published. Now, it seemed to him that that regulation prevented the inspectors from fulfilling their very first duties—that of informing the House of Commons, in the most complete manner, as to the progress of the educational system, as only one side of the question was thus made public. (Hear, hear.) The report of Mr. Watkins, one of the oldest of the inspectors, was not published last year, merely because it contained something which the right hon. gentleman did not like. The question was one not between the inspectors and the office, but between the office and the House of Commons. :Hear, hear.) Mr. LOWE was afraid he could not give a very satisfac ;ory answer to the hon. member. The minute to which the member made reference declared that the reports of inspectors ought to be confined to the state of schools, and to practical suggestions, and it was accompanied by a statement that if a report did not conform to that injunction that it would be sent back to the inspector to have it amended• Well, that in reality was no minute, but simply a conclusion drawn from an examination of a great number of previous minutes. He at once admitted that he did not think it was vious occasion. moved that the vDte be reduced by £B,OOO, the estimate for a lighthouse off the Little Basses Rocks near Ceylon. At all events, he hoped that item of the vote would be postponed till next year, so that the total estimate (which would be much more than £B,ooo) . might be laid be- fore the house. There had been already over £60,000 spent in ten years upon the lighthouse, for which the original estimate waw but £1,500, and to this day no lighthouse had . . been built. Mr. A. SMITH supported the vote. After some remarks from Mr. W. WILLIAMS and Lord MONTAGU, Mr. M. GIBSON said two years ago the house sanc tioned this light by voting £B,OOO for that purpose: A light ship was built by the Bombay authorities instead of the Trinity Board. The light ship had been built, and was at Ceylon, and do doubt was in use. This vote was to pay for works that had been in accordance with a vote of the house. It was a disputed question whether a light ship was the best mode of lighting those rocks, and the Government in tended to test it before building other light ships. The work had been done for which this vote was asked for, and must be paid. The light ship :was recommended by com petent naval officers and others, and any document relating to it was in the Colonial-office. The amendment was withdrawn. On the vote being put, Mr. A. SMITH called attention to the charge for the lighthouse at the Bahamas, and asked for explanation. If built of stone it would cost £35,000. The sum of £9,000 asked for was a re-vote, and there was no total of the coat appended to the vote. There were already seven lighthouses in the Bahamas, and his contention was that at least the Bahamas should maintain them after they were built by this country. He asked why the light charges had not be,n enforced against the shipping interest. He moved the re duction of the vote by £9,000. Mr. W. WILLIAMS objected to the expenditure for a lighthouse for the lonian Islands, now that they were about to be surrendered to the kingdom of Greece. Mr. M. GIBSON said at present there was no change, and so long as that was the case England would have to pay her share of the maintenance of the lighthouses at Corigo. With regard to the Bahamas, England was the only Power who could place lighthouses there. The arrangement was that England and America should divide the expenses by maintaining a certain number of lighthouses on each side of the straits. It was impossible to enforce a rate on the people of the Bahamas, or the shipping frequenting them. The lighthouses were for the protection of our shipping, and it was a duty we owed to the commerce of the world and humanity to maintain them. The £9,000 would covei the cost of the two lighthouses proposed to be built. Mr. W. WILLIAMS protested against any more money being spent on tho lonian Islands for the present. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the vote was agreed to. The vote of £6,000 for sheriff? court-houses, Scotland, was agreed to. On the vote of £27,000 for contributions in aid of local assessments for the relief of the poor in respect of certain descriptions of Government property, Mr. Alderman SALOMONS called attention to the petitions presented to the house from Deptford and Woolwich, complaining of the mode hitherto adopted in the distribution of the sum voted in aid of rates for Govern • ment property, and praying for an amended distribution. The present rule (which was very unjust) was, that the Government should not make any contribu►ion to parish rates except the Government property was equal to one sixth of the whole of the parish in which it was situated. Government property ought to pay the same as private pro perty. The people of Deptford would be very glad to get "• ' ' rid of the Government establishments, and have substituted shipbuilding• yards, which would afford employment to the poor of the district. He complained that the petition for warded to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject had not been answered. One-half of the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford, was Government property, equal to one• third of the value of the parish. Mr. M‘MAHON objected to the Government being cal 'ed upon to pay rates where the local property was enhanced in value by its proximity to large Government establishments. He moved the omission of the vote. Mr. W. MARTIN said Government held property which otherwise would pay rates, and he saw no reason why, from the circumstance of its being Government property, it should be exempted from rates, and the whole burthen thrown on the other portion of the parish. Mr. J. Powell, Mr. Doulton, and Mr. I. Butt spoke in favour of rating public property in all instances, and called upon the Government to rescind the arbitrary rule they had laid down in respect to this subject. Mr. F. PEEL said that if the proposal were to be adopted, it would be impossible to imagine to what ex- sum of £30,C00. proper to make public reports containing animadversions, on the part of subordinates, as to the policy of the heads of a department, and that it was the duty of a depart ment, if it was anxious to fulfil its functions, to prevent its subordinates from entering into controversies with those who were directly responsible to Parliament for the conduct of its business. As to the question raised by the hon. member for Elgin (Mr. G. Duff), he did not think that the proposal of the hon. member ought to be adopted. He saw no necessity for disturbing the exiting arrangements with respect to the Charity Commission. He had no hesitation in saying that a more excellent tribunal did not exist, and that the commissioners were working im mense improvements. No case had been made out against them, and he must say that he considered the department with which he was connected utterly unfitted for the exercise of judicial functions. However, he thought it would be very desirable to allow the commissioners tent the vote would be increased. The Government maintained the principle of exemption from local rating, but they gave voluntary contributions to certain parishes with reference—first, to the proportion of the Government property to other local rateable property, and secondly, in reference to the money levied in the parish for the main tenance and support of the poor. He did not think the tendency of Government establishments was to increase pauperism in the districts where they were situated, and he instanced Somerset House as a case in point. The officers in the Government establishments were pensioned on retire ment, and they were not likely to fall upon the rates for support. The contribution was considered more in the shape of a gift to the local charities than a payment towards the local rates. He thought if they paid the poor rate it was as much as could be expected. They had to reconcile conflicting interests, and he thought they did so by contri buting the portion they did to the rates. Sir F. BARING thought that when the principle was once admitted it was impossible to understand why the Government should draw the distinction between the poor rates and the other rates. Mr. AYRTON said that the question was one of few contributions to the public disbursements. With regard to Deptford, the rule adopted by Government acted very harshly. In Deptford, the poor rates last year were Bs. 3d. in the pound. Now when they remember that a great grievance was male of the rates in Lancashire rising to the monstrous sum of 3s. in the pound, they should exhibit more c3nsideration towards Deptford, and places similarly circumstanced. jected. school. to intervene in the affairs of a charity, although they were not called upon to do so by the inhabitants of the district, as the law now required. Then, again, in the case of the charities over £5O he thought the com missioners ought to be allowed to interfere without their being appealed to by a majority of the trustees; and that the power of the majority of the trustees to dismiss a schoolmaster should be extended to the masters of grammar schools. Hitherto the Commissioners of Edu cation in making grants did so without any respect to the existing endowmemts, but a minute had been recently issued by which endowments were made in all cases to come in aid of the grant. Mr. WALTER admired the courage more than the dis• cretion of the right hon. gentleman in justifying the minute with respect to the reports of inspectors. It seemed to him that the publication of the reports in their present shape was only calculated to mislead members, and he therefore hoped the house would express itself in the strongest terms against all tampering with the reports for the future. (Hear.) Mr. ADDERLEY confessed that long before he held the office of Vice• President of the Committee of Education he Mr. ANGERSTEIN opposed the course adopted by the Government, and expressed a hope that a mere liberal and generous policy would be adopted next year. Mr. M'MAHON regretted that there were not more country members present to suppert the Government against the pressure which was brought to bear upon it by the borough and local members Wherever Govern ment works were established, the value of property was largely increased. It the works of Deptford were re moved to Cork, for example, did they suppose that the people of Cork would m t willingly pay all the rates,and ask no contribution from the Government, being well satisfied with the advantages which the locality would derive from the Government works? Mr. PULLER said this was a question which should not be left in the hands of metropolitan members only, but should be dealt with in the spirit of justice and equity. The Government should not claim exemption from paying their fair share towards the public taxes in eve!) , parish where they had property, when railway companies and all other public institutions were allowed no such exemption. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS said that the exemption claimed for the Government property in Woolwich and Deptford had created much discontent in those parishes, and he hoped her Majesty's Government would reconsider the matter. Mr. W. MARTIN said if the Government establishments were removed from Woolwich, the value of the land would be doubled. The vote was then agreed to. THE VOTE FOR EDUCATION. was of opinion that the inspectors very much departed from their proper sphere in introducing irrevalent topics into their reports. He therefore when in cffice attempted to cor rect that abuse by laying down a rule that reports should be drawn up under five heads, and although he subsequently abandoned it, he adhered to the right of striking out from the reports all matter wholly irrelevant._ It was material _ _ _ perhaps that men of the highest mental calibre—such as the inspectors were—could not avoid the temptation of entering into) controversial disquisitions, But it was undoubtedly the duty of the heads of the department to prevent the conse quences of such an abuse being made public. Lord R. CECIL said the complaint was thatyiee-Fesi. dents of the Committee of Education should constitute themselves—or the officers under them—censors, for the pur pose of striking out of a report anything that might happen to be disagreeable to the Minister of the day. The right hon. gentleman had talked of loyalty in office, but there was one thing more important than loyalty in office, and that was loyalty to the House of Commons; and it seemed to him that the recent arrangement was nothing better than a conspiracy to keep the truth from the House of Commons. Mr. CHILDERS should regret very much if a return were made to the inordinate length of the old reports. He must say that, so far as the convenience of members was concerned, the returns of the last few years were in a greatly more convenient shape. He had the highest respect for Mr. Watkins, but he could not help observing that, in re gard to the length of his reports, that gentleman was a spe cial offender. At the same time he hoped that all succinct recommendations of the inspectors would not be excluded from the reports. _ _ Mr. LOWE said it would not be necessary,on the present occasion, to occupy the committee at any length after the debate which had recently taken place on the subject. The estimate for the present year was £Bo4,ooo,which was about £36,000 less than the estimate for last year. The estimate was not framed from very accurate data, but he had reason to believe that it would not be exceeded. It was made upon the calculation that half the year would be under the for mer code and half under the revised code, which would come into operation on the 30th of this month. The estimate for last year had been £774,743. The number of children in the schools was 1,057,426,and there was school accommodation for 1,378,000, which was very satisfactory, as the commissioners reported that 1,500,000 would be the most they would have to provide for for many years. The principal matter he had to state was the minute they had made with reference to the only experiment they had been able to try wader the revised code, which ap plied to the new schools which came into existence. They hae examined 14 such schools under the revised code. The average attendance, taking the whole of the schools as one, was 729 ; out of the 729, 512 were presented for examina• tion. Unlike the practice in the universities, each child had to pass three times—in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Out of the first 512, 375 passed in reading, 308 in writing, and 243 in arithmetic. The result was that the schools earned by the examination Bs. 3d. per child. The minute they had made with regard to the training colleges was one which he hoped would be found to protect the interests of the public, while at the same time maintaining the colleges. The minute was principally framed with the view of reme dying, as far as practicable, three evils, which they found existing in those training colleges. One evil was that they had almost ceased to be voluntary institutions. Many of them were receiving as much as 99 per cent., but the ave o2voe.rnAmneentht e w r a gr s e B e o t e p v e i r l w c e a e n t , . , t h w a h i t w l e h t i h l e e there was no security that the persons so taught would rara th ang e e c a o rgece l e le r g sl.P e a s rlil p fry rO m v p i a d i ed an excellent education for the teachers, Government de vote themselves to the profession. But under this minute no payment would be made on account of any person until he obtained his certificate and was two years employed as teacher and well reported of. Another evil was that under the former system the responsibility was thrown upon the i Gwviroovhuieercmbt the ane obliged eb o yli f sgt adapting eera d to ad t a h p e t supply the of teachers to the . . be about fi ve de mand; but under th e new m i nu t e t h e res p ons ibility would be mow upon the training colleges ; and henceforth they • supply to the demand. years hence,came into full operation, which 'MUM the training colleges would not receive mole th an 76 p er cent. Th ey h a d a l so ma d e a mi nute with regard t o the inspectors which had been alluded Mr. FERRAND denounced the Charity Commission as a gross Whig job, and said he believed it was the notorious political bias of that commission which caused most of the evils complained of. He believed every member of the board and every important functionary of that body were Whigs. How could their proceedings be satisfactory to the country while the board was so constituted ? Mr. HENNESS Y suppGrted the views of the hon. mem ber who brought forward the question, and mentioned as a curious circumstance that whenever an article upon the subject of education appeared in the Quarterly or any other of the bulky periodicals of that character, it was sure to be reprinted in the report of the inspectors. It was also re- 1 markable that the same articles were continually reproduced 1 ad nauseam. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that by the present practice information was only furnished upon one side of the ques tion. They had better have no information at all than that the t vice-president should have power to give only such por- Th T e I I O E ,D D O E N B O A G T H E IJE ON wi ona of the reports as min cated his own opinions. avestraj B T he H d E to k lß noW SH when li th lj e n al C j il ou ' rned debate on this question would be taken. He thought upon Mr. B. OSBORthlel subject o f s a 7 p h oin iin ta po d rtance it was the duty of the Go- Eaai a7 d: he would bring the question for wardhe thought it would ou the Government were be to y na as soon as courteous to Irish members if m ou e m a day for its iliscussion. forms of °I ) house would permit; but Lord PALMERSTON o questions brought gree that it was their duty to find days foiqhe discussion a 11 G o m o f :e m r b lu:ent had but two for ward by private members. The Mr. ia Blake, a d m ay o s n g o s f t themselves e e l e v k es f an or d th p e ri d v is a p t o e sal of thesotraheusr must arrang e ge After some brief remarks from Mr. Hadfi eld, Sir M. Farquhar, Major O'Reilly, Mr. Coga n , i r chiefly complaining that the Government afforded nr s ta c el i i : lities for the discussion of the question. The house went into committee of supply. SUPPLY. Upon the vote of £28,914 for lighthouses abroad (which was under discussion when the house was counted out on Monday night), Mr. CHILDERS, for the reasons he gave on the pre- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MINE 12, 1863. to in an earlier part of the evening. They proposed to make a small increase in the salaries in consequence of the additional duties imposed upon them under the re vised code ; and they further made provision for giving them schoolmasters as their assistants, and not, as had been said lat evening, appointing schoolmasters assistant-inspectors. The schoolmasters appointed to assist the inspectors vvuld have no power to report on the school, or do anything what ever beyond examining the school. He trusted the house would not put a forced construction upon this minute, for the only object of it was to give the inspectors assistance upon the cheapest terms in those places where it was re- quired. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BLACK said he would feel it his duty to move a re duction of the vote upon that portion relating to pupil teachers. Taking the certificated teachers, pupil teachers, and probationary — teachers together, they had an army of 28,288 teachers. He should like to see that army in Hyde Park. It would be a pretty one for the Prince and Princess to review. For what purpose had they 15,000, pupil teachers? The hon. member contended that no apprentices ought to be taken into the training schools during the present year, as there was not work for the pupil teachers already on the list; and, in that view, he moved that the vote be reduced by a Mr. LOWE said the money asked for by this vote was 'or the paymelat of pupil teachers already apprenticed, but he hon. member might rest satisfied that under the new code, which would come into operation on the 30th bast., no part of the grant would be directly applicable for the pay- went of pupil teachers. Mr. F. S. POWELL expressed his belief that the pupil teachers were the backbone of the system of education. Mr BLACK then withdrew his amendment. Mr. ADDIN GT ON inquired whether measures could not be taken to protect unmarried females placed in charge of parish schools from the temptations to which they were sub- Mr. LO WE said the Committee of Council could not very well interfere in the matter ; it was one which must be dealt with by the friends of the teachers themselves, more espe cially as under the new system they w uld be the servants of the managers, and not of the Committee. Mr. PULLER was of opinion that the training schools were the mainstay of the whole system, and their mainten ance was a matter of great importance. With regard to pupil teachers leaving their schools to follow other occupa tions, the last reports showed that out of 328 only 10 had given up and gone to other employment. With respect to the inspectors of schools, he thought it would be a very un fortunate thing fer the country if Parliament were to be de prived of the information furnished by their report. Mr. ADDERLEY feared that the system of maintaining the training schools, as set out by the right hon. gentleman's proposal, would not be so successful as he anticipated. Al together, however, he approved of the system, and only wished it had applied to Ireland and Scotland also. M r. W. E. FOSTER was opposed to the vote until further informed as to the operation of the new system. Sir M. FARQUHAR supported the vote. It was of the utmost importance they should know what the inspectors wrote, and he condemned the garbled reports of the inspec tors that were published by the Government. Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained of the annual growing increase of the vote, and he asked for an explanation why Scotland was allowed the liberal contribution of tour or five years ago, and was placed in a superior position to the other parts of the empire. He approved of educating the poor, but he thought it should be done with economy. Mr. LIDDELL supported the certificate system, believ ing that the success of the schools depended on the efficiency of the master. If they could not get beyond 88 . 3 d per head they would have to fall back upon inferior teachers, and the efficiency of the schools would deteriorate proportionally. Mr. A. BLACK said he believed advantages were given to Scotland because they had a superior system than that which prevailed in England. lie should wish to see it, however, improved and extended, but the revised code was not likely to effect that object. Mr. E, COLE BROOK supported the voluntary system which prevailed in Scotland. After some further discussion, the amendment was nega tived without a division, and the vote was agreed to. The next vote was £122,883 for the department of science and art. Mr. A. SMITH pointed out the steady increase in this item year after year, and moved to reduce the vote by £lO,OOO. Mr. C. BENTINCK wished to know if it was the inten- tion of her Majesty's Government to carry on the build ings at Kensington under the superintendence of the gentle man who was, he underst )od e the master of drawing in the Mr. LOWE said that Captain Fowke had neither the honour nor dishonour of being the designer of what was called " The Boilers ;" they were the design of Sir Wm. Cubitt. Captain Fowke was the designer of the Vernon and Sheepshanks galleries at the South Kensington Museam, and they did him the greatest credit. He was also the de signer of many public buildings which were greatly admired. Mr. C. BENTINCK said the right hon. gentleman had not answered his question. He maintained that Captain Fowke knew nothing of architecture. With regard to the lighting of buildings, it was right that an engineer should be appointed. (Hear.) But he could tell the right hon. gentleman that the sheds which he valued so highly were the scorn of everybody who knew anything of the ABC of architecture. (Laughter.) They were on a par with the huge melon-glasses which the Chancellor of the Exchequer wanted them to buy. (Great laughter.) he right hon. gentleman's department was most unfortunate, and he could not congratulate it on having for its architect the designer of the melon-glasses. (Renewed laughter) Mr. LOCKE thought his hon. friend was too hard upon Capt. Fowke; for, if they ' , poked through the metropolis, they would find all their architects were in no better posi tion than Capt. Fowke. (Laughter.) Capt. Fowke was the designer of that great brick building, the International Ex hibition building. That building was not erected for orna ment (Laughter.) It was built for the purpose of present ing the most frightful exterior that could be conceived — (laughter)—but that showed the ability of Captain Fowke. (Renewed laughter.) He thought Capt. Fowke should be allowed to run his course, and try his hand as well as any body else at the ornamentation of the Exhibition building, but which he hoped would not cost so much as £448,000. Sir M. RIDLEY said that some pictures in the South Kensington galleries, which were in good preservation when they were removed from Marlborough House, were decaying very rapidly. The committee divided — For the amendment Against it Majority The vote was then agreed to. THE VOLUNTEERS' BILL. At half-past 12 this order was called on, when Mr. COX rose to present three petitions against that portion of the bill giving commanding officers the power of summary dismissal. One of them was from the 37th Mid dlesex, and another from the Ist Lancashire. The hon. member having remarked that the bill was brought on be fore, on the Ascot Cup night, said he felt that justice could not be done to it at that hour, and therefore ho should move the adjournment of the debate. (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of HARTINGTON said he was perfectly aware that the hon. member and his friends meant to ob struct the progress of the bill in every possible way, but the bill had been fully considered in committee. (No, no, and hear.) He could not help the bill coming on upon the Ascot night, but the hon. member had not explained why the friends of the complaining volunteers had not been more numerous in their attendance at Ascot than in the house. The only amendment on the paper, however, was exactly the same as that of the hon. baronet the member for Not tingham (Sir R. Clifton), which had been fully discussed the other evening. Therefore there was no reason for not going on with the bill. Major ED WAR 'ES was in favour of proceeding then. Sir J. SHELLEY spoke in favour of proceeding with the bill, which he believed was anxiously desired by the volun teers at large. Mr. COX withdrew his amendment. Some other amendments having been agreed to, Sir R. CLIFTON said the hon. Bart. spoke of the volun teers at large, but he said nothing about those under arrest. If the newspaper articles and correspondence he had seen and had sent to him were any test—he would read some of the letters. (The hon. gentleman then read a letter from Mr, Thos. Harris, of Blackfriars-road, and another from a member of the Forfarshire Volunteers at Dundee, com plaining that volunteers should be dismissed by their offi cers without notice er explanation, and with no power of appeal). The letters referred to numerous applications that sad been made to the Lord-Lieutenant and Commander-in- Chief, but which had never been attended to nor noticed. In one case a number of complaints had been made, and the Lord-Lieutenant ordered a court of inquiry, where upon a memorandum was issued, stating that the ex planation of the officers was satisfactory, but the men could be dealt with another time. Then came Mr. Hutchinsen's case, asking for the withdrawal of his name from the corps. This bill gave the colonel a despotic power to dismiss any man at his ca price, and if the Government wished to annihilate the movement, he had nothing further to say. He felt con fident, from the hundreds of letters he had received, and upwards of 60 leading articles that had been forwarded to him, that this bill was disliked by the men, and would have the effect of destroying that fine force. He moved the following amendment in clause 20, line 17, after "cause," leave out to and including "officer" in line 19, and insert "such cause or causes respectively to be committed to writing, and communicated to the accused by the adjutant of such corps, and the existence and sufficiency of such causes respectively to be judged of by a court to be summoned by the commanding officer, and to consist of one captain, two subaltern officers, and two non-commissioned officers or privates of the same corps." Mr. D. GRIFFITH had taken great interest in the movement, and he had an opportunity of knowing the feelings of the corps on this bill, and he could assure the house there was a strong feeling throughout the country against the bill. It was said there was a similar clause in the Act of 1804; but circumstances were different then and now, and it was not be expected that the present generation was acquainted with that ancient piece of legislation. He was impartial in the matter, but it was to be recollected that this was a house of colonels, and not a house of privates, the latter being, indeed, very rare in that house (Hear, hear, and latightet•.) It was likely there should be black she p in some of their corps, and in the case of Mr. Merrick Lord Ranelagh appointed such a court of inquiry as that proposed. It was a court that was generally adopted, and afforded a moral support to the colonels. A court of inquiry was summoned in Mr. Reid's case, and they suspended him. There was a subsequent proceeding against that gentleman by the colonel, but he did not mean to enter into that. He should support the amendment. Mr. COX said he was not anxious to bring on the dis cussion at so late an hour, knowing it would take a consi derable time, and therefore he must throw himself on the indulgence of t 4 house. The question resolved itself into two points. The first was the unlimited powers pos sessed by the colonels for dismissing any man from the corps they thought fit, for any or no reason whatever. The volunteers when they joined their respective corps had no idea the colonels possessed, or would ever possess, the powers now claimed, or they would never have connected them selves with the movement. Many of the volunteers were afraid to sign the petitions against the bill. Some of them had that very day told him that they dare not sign the pe titions, for that if they did they should at once send in their resignation, and they would be surely dismissed before the 14 days would be allowed to expire. There were several cases of hardship to which he could refer. One was an oc currence in one of the Surrey corps, the name of which he could not recollect. A Mr. Fricker, an auctioneer of King ston, had a dispute about business with cue of the officers, He appealed to the commanding officer, and as he could not get any satisfaction, he sent in his resignation. Before the 14 days had expired he received his dismissal. He had two sons in the corps who, seeing how their father had been treated, sent in their resignations also, and they, too, were dismissed. (Name, name.) Lord ELCHO— Will the hon. gentleman name the com manding officer of the corps ? Mr. COX had stated that he could not remember the name of the commanding officer, or the number of the corps, but he had said that it was one of the Surrey corps, and he had given the names and professions of the volunteers. He would find, in the evidence of Lord Ranelagh, proof of the desire of commanding officers to obtain power over their men. (Read, read.) He would read from Lord Ranelagh's evidence given before the commissioners. The hon. gentle man then read the well-known passage in which Lord Ranelagh said that schoolboys who commented improperly upon their masters ought to be flogged. His lordship was then asked what ought to be done with volunteers who commented improperly upon their officers? To which he replied, that that was a different thing, seeing that they could not flog volunteers, or put them in the black hole. From that passage he (Mr. Cox) contended that the noble lord evidently had in his mind a regret that he could not flog a volunteer. (Oh, oh, and No, no.) He desired to have a regular court of appeal, to which volunteers could go without requiring the assent of the commanding officer. He would mention the case of the Lanarkshire Volunteer Artillery. A vacancy occurred in that corps. They elected a captain. The commanding offi ces declined to send his name to the Lord Lieutenant. The corps applied to the Lord Lieutenant, and lie told them that he could not receive their memorial except through the commanding officer. They went to the War- office, where they received the same answer. They then sent the memo rill to the commanding officer to have it forwarded, and he refused to do so. He (Mr. Cox) said that such an appeal was a farce. The result was that the whole body resigned, 50 men and officers of No. 7 battery—and there was no longer such a battery in his Lanarkshire Artillery. If th a t clause passed the volunteer force would be at an end. They would not submit to ba degraded and ruined in their busi noss, Lord ELCHO said that the hon. gentleman bad alluded to cases which it was very desirable should be clearly be fore the house, in order that they might be understood The portion of the evidence of Lord Ranelagh to which he had referred happened to be precisely the very passages for the publication of which, and the holding him up to public odium as the supporter of flogging iu the volunteer force, Lord Ranelagh had proceeded against certain parties. (Hear.) Lord Ranelagh had proceeded against the gentle men who published those very extracts, with comments, deducing from the passages that he advoca , ed flogging amongst volunteers, and the magistrates held that the pub lication was a gross libel. (Hear.) And it was only by pay ments of all costs and the signing and publication of a most ample apology, dictated by Lord Ranelagh, that those gen tlemen escaped the consequences of their libellous asser tions. (Hear, hear.) Yet the hon. gentleman actually read the same paragraphs, and attempted Lo fix upon them the meaning which had been decided to be libellous upon the noble lord. (Hear, and cheers.) There was an associa tion at present trying to promote disaffection amongst the volunteers, and to set the men against the commanding officers. He protested against officers being held up as tyrants. If they acted despotically, they produced re signation in their corps, and thus the atrampt to tyrannise cured itself. He contended that it was desirable that appeals should only be sent through commanding offi cers. The noble lord the Under-Secretary said the clause was necessary to preserve discipline in the corps, and he trusted the house would uphold their former decision. Major EDWARDES hoped the noble lord would perse vere in passing this bill in its integrity, and he would have the thanks of all the volunteers of the country. (Hear.) Mr. HENNESSY was surprised to hear it stated that the bill introduced by the Government embodied the whole spirit of the English law on the subject. The hon. member referred to various corps, in alt of which there were rules providing for a court of inquiry. He should support the amendment. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that as early as 1860 a circular was sent from the War-office relating to that power, and the volunteers had multiplied and prospered under the rule. It was only since the introduction or this bill that a demand for courts of inquiry had arisen. The duty of the court of inquiry was simply to ascertain facts, but not to pass sentence, and therefore the amendment, if carried, would entirely alter the nature of the measure. In the case of Mr. Reece, referred to by the hon. member for Nottingham, it so happened that that gentleman was pla carded all over London ; and this is the very thing which the amendment would bring about on a large scale. In making a grant it was not the object of the Government to have more members, but that the volunteers should show themselves worthy of the approbation of the country. (Divide, divide.) Sir J, SHELLEY said that the volunteers had been in formed by circular that they were to be subjected to disci pline by the commanding officer. Mr. WYLD said that the noble lord was wrong in stating that Mr. Reece had been dismissed by a court of inquiry; he was dismissed by the lieutenant-colonel commanding. The house divided, The numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority against.... —7l The clause was allowed to stand, and the report agreed to. The bill was ordered for third reading this day (Friday). DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was recommitted for the purpose of amend went. ALDERNEY LABOUR. On the adjourned debate on the ruport on supply, Sir J. ELPHINSTONE objected to the vote on account of Alderney Harbour, and moved that it be reduced by £BO,OOO, The house divided. The numbers were— For the vote Against Majority for The repart was then agreed to. The Regimental Debts, &c., Bill was read a second time. The Officers of Royal Naval Reserve Bill was read a third time and passed. The other business was disposed of, and the house ad journed at twenty-five minutes to three o'clock. The fourteenth report of the Oriental Inland Steam Company, to be presented at the ensuing half-yearly meeting, has just been published. It is stated that the result of the operations of the company does not warrant the declaration of a dividend for the six months ending March last. Reference is made to the managing directors i❑ India, whose proceedings, it appears, have given great dissatisfaction to the Board in England. Col. Grimes, the chairman, has a►rived at the scene of operations and suspended his subordinate. HAIR AND LlGHTNlNG.—Residents in Brighton aro not likely soon to forget the storm which flooded Pool Valley in 1850. The lightning of that storm burnt a hole, such as a red-hot rifle bullet might burn, through the bushy whisker of a man who was out in the storm. I record this fact on the testimony of the late Dr. Williamson, from whom I had it, and to whom the man went immediately with his scathed cheek. Father Feyjoo, relates in the Cartes Eruditus, that lightning passed near a young man named Juan Francisco Menendez Miranda. He was not in the least hurt, yet his hair began falling off immediately after wards, and in a few days none remained upon his body. One more example of the effects of lightning upon hair. The particulars were supplied by the sufferer himself to M. Arago. Captain FLihouet was second in command of the frigate Golymin, on the 21st Feb., 1812, when she was sailing out of the harbour of L' Orient. The vessel was struck by lightning - , and the captain received several injuries on the head. " The next day," he says, when I wished to shave, I found that my razor, instead of cutting my beard, pulled the hairs out by the roots, and since then I have had no beard. The hair on my head, on my eyebrows, and on m y eyelashes, all the hair on my body, in fact, came gra dually away by the roots, and d d not grow again.-- Dickens's "All the Year Round." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Thousands of persons, of all ages, afflicted with bad breasts, have been restored by these wondettul remedies to perfect health, after they had been discharged from hospitals as in• curable. The parts affected should be cleansed and fomented with warm water immediately previous to the application of the ointment: at the same time the patient shout() enter upon a course of the pills, which, by purifying the blood and correcting the depraved secretions, greatly expedite and facilitate the cure, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, HAMPTON RACES —THURSDAS% The second day of the Hatupton Meeting invariably at tracts an immense concourse of people, not so much to witness the legitimate sport as to enjoy a day's outing. Yesterday did not fall at all short in the number of visitors, as both the stands and the course its were crammed to over g awing. The fun and frolic going on in the centre of the course, at the back of the drags and carriages, of which there was an immense number, was something perfectly marvelous. were in gre a t d eman d, an d a very great number of those who ventured to ride, and who no doubt had never crossed a saddle before, speedily found themselves on the green sward again. The proprietors of the knock'-em downs must have had a most prosperous day's trade, as their time appeared to be fully employed in collecting the sticks after being thrown at the various ob jects. Between each ra ce the crush in the running ground was something fearful, but the police did their duty most effectively and managed to get the course perfectly clear before the start for the different events. For the Visitors' Plate Walloon was made the favourite, but had to succumb to Rosina, about whom 10 to 1 could have been had at the opening of the betting; but, meeting with some support, the closing price was 6 to 1. Antoinette was made the favourite for the Maiden Two-yr-old Bate, and justified the confidence placed in her by passing the winning-post first. The Railway Plate produced a very fine finish be tween King of Italy, Cadiz, and Zeloo, the first-named only just managiag to win, while the other two animals ran a dead heat for second honours, For her Majesty's Guineas Caller Ou and Millionaire were much fancied by their partisans—but the former won in a canter, Mil lionaire being second. Bolero, reported to have pulled up lame after the race he won the day before, was installed first favourite for the Richmond Plate—but the race was won in the most easy manner by Flash-in-the Pan. Full details of the racing will be found below. The Visitors' Plate of 50 sous (handicap) for all ages, Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Payne's Rosins, 3 yrs, 6st ' (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. C. P. Hudson's Walloon, 6 yrs, Bst .... (H. Covey) 2 Mr. Bryan's Welland, 4 yre, 9st 10Ib (Custanee) 3 Gem of the Sea, Walpole, Alcibiade, and Maubourquet also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Walloon, sto 2 agst Welland, 6to 1 agst Rosins. 8 to 1 agat Alcibiade, 100 to 8 each agat Gem of the Sea and Walpole. Immediately the flag was lowered, Rosina jumped away with a clear lead, followed, on the lower side, by the fa vourite, Gem of the Sea, and the heavy weight to the halt distance. When Gem of the Sea dropped away, Walloon at the same time joined the leader, the pair finishing a close race home, Rosina winning cleverly by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third, Walpole was fourth, Gem of the Sea and Maubourquet were the next two. A Maiden Fwo-Year-Old Plato of 40 sous; colts Bst IMb, files Bst 71b. With optional selling weights. Half a mile. 16 subs. Mr. Wake's Antoinette (£5O), 7st 111 b (Custance) 1 Mr. G. Reynold's Andromeda (£5O), 7st 111 b ..(Lynch) 2 Mr. Greviile's Verdiere (£5O), 7st 111 b (Drew) 3 Master Sykes, Leila, Allwork filly, Buckhound, Miss Herbert, Little Go, and Wee A ggie also ran. J. Daley weighed for Mr. Flemings Peony, 7st 111 b, but at the last moment the fitly could not be found. Betting-2 to 1 agst Antoinette filly, 9t , 2 agat Leila, 6 to 1 as st Verdiere, 8 to 1 each agst Buckhound and Little Gs, 10 to 1 each sgst Miss Herbert, Wee Aggie, and Maid of Allwork filly. Verdiere made play into the straight, where he was joined by Wee Aggie in the centre, and the favourite next the rails, the others, headed by Leila, Miss Herbert, and Little Go, lying up to the half distance, when Antoinette took a decided lead, and won in a canter by three lengths; a length separating the second and third, Wee Aggie was fourth, Buckhound and Leila were the next two, side by side, the Maid of Allwork filly was last. The Railway Plate of 50 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for two year olds and upwards ; weights for age, with selling and maiden allowances; five fur longs; 12 subs. Lord Westmoreland's King of Italy, 3 yrs, £5O, 7st 111 b (Custance) 1 Mr. Rowland's Zeloo, £5O, 7st 81b (J. Daley) Mr, Angell's Cadiz, 3 yrs, £5O, 7st 81b (Perry) f The following also ran :—Columbine, Netherdale, Ken nett, The False Step, The Idea, and Folly. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Cadiz and King of Italy, 6to 1 agst Columbine, 7 to 1 agst Kennett, and 100 to 8 agat Zeloo. The Idea was the first off, closely attended by Kennett, Cadiz, King of Italy, and Zeloo into the straight, when Kennett assumed the command, which he held to the dis tance, where he was disposed of, leaving Cadiz with a clear lead, who half-way up was joined by King of Italy and Zeloo, the former getting his head in front at the Stand and winning in the last stride by a neck, J. Daley coming with a rush at the last caught Cadiz on the post and finished with a dead heat for second ; Kennett and The Idea who were fourth and fifth, close up, and Columbine next. The False Step was last. The winner was sold to Mr. Jones for 180 guineas. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for 3-yr-olds Bst ; 4-yr-olds, 9st 71b; 5-yr-olds. 9st 131 b; 6-yr-olds and aged, lOst. Two miles. Mr. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Bryan's Millionaire, 6 yrs, lOat (Custance) 2 Mr. J. Ward's Spitfire kitty, 3 yrs, Bst (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Necklace, General Outram, brother to Abron, and Reindeer. Betting—Eves on Caller Ou, 5 to 4 agst Millionaire, 100 to 6 agst any other. Necklace immediately the flag was lowered rushed to the front, and made the running at her best pace, fol lowed at a respectful distance by General Outram and Brother to Abron, at whose quarters came Caller Ou, and a length in the rear of whom were Millionaire, Spiteful Kitty, and Reindeer nearly abreast. In this way they ran past the stand and up the hill, when on rounding the top turn Necklace considerably increased her lead, her immediate followers, having thus early had enough, dropped back, the favourire going on in waiting; Spitfire Kitty lying third, Millionaire fourth, and Reindeer next. At the three quarters of a mile post Millionaire took the third place, and in a few strides further he ran up to the side of Caller Ou, who shook him off as they neared the T.Y.C. post, and 'then assumed the command. She was never after approached, and won in a canter by half-a-dozen lengths; twice that distance separating the second and third; Necklace was fourth, al, d Reindeer next, the latter trotting past the post; the others were missed in the tllrong that closed up the running ground, and did not pass the chair. The Richmond Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs, for all ages. Winners extra. One mile. Mr. T. Hughes's Flash-in the-Pan, aged, 7st 101 b (Drew) 1 Mr. W. Baker's Bolero, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (in 51b ex) (Nightingall) 2 Mr, B. Angell's Columbia, 3 yrs, Est 51b .. (Mordan) 3 Mr. Pe.yne's Energetic, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (G. Prince) 4 Betting --7 to 4on Bolero, and sto 1 each agst Flash-in the-Pan and Columbia. The favourite, with Energetic in close attendeace, made play, closely attended by Flash-in-the-Pan and Columbia to the distance, when the old horse came to the front and won in a canter by two lengths ; three-quarters of a length divid ing the second and third. The Bushy Plate of 30 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. Half-a-mile. Mr. Braylcy's Neilgherry, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (£4O) (Cannon) 1 Mr. Eytun's Welcher, 2 yrs, sst 1016 (£4O) (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Jaye's Grisette, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (£4O) (Hibburd) 3 The following also ran :—Ossian, Speedy, Rosemary, Southport, Gazelle, Omen, Copia, Baffler, Baliverne, Jack son, Sanita, and Good for Nothing, Betting-2 to 1 agat Southport, sto 1 agat Welcher, 7to 1 each agst Neilgherry and Speedy ; 8 to 1 agst Ossian , 100 to 8 agst Baliverne. Sanita made running to the distance, closely attended by Neilgherry, Baliverne, and Ossian. At that point Sanita declined, and this example was speedily followed by Bali verne and Ossian, Neilgherry then assumed the lead to the stand, where he was challenged by Welcher, but the latter failing to get up was beaten by a length and a half. Grisette came at the finish, and took third place, a head only in the rear of Mr. Eyton's colt. Neilgherry was bought in for 160 guineas Rosemary fell and severely shook Smith, but he speedily recovered on being conveyed to the stand. Speedy was sold to Mr. Land for 51 guineas for a hunter. The Scurry Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous each, with 20 added; gentlemen riders, qualified to ride as for the An glesey Stakes at Goodwood—professionals allowed to ride by carrying 51b extra. One mile. 12 subs. Mr. T. Hughes's Flash-in-the-Pan, aged lOst 1 9 1 b (Mr. Coventry) 1 Mr. Cherry's Disappointment, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b .. (Owner) 2 Mr. Goddard's Petersham, 3 yrs, Oat 3ib . (J. Daly) 3 Mr. G, Bryan's Waterwitch, 5 yrs, 121:.... (Mr. Dixon) 4 Mr. Fuller's Walpole ' 4 yrs, lOst 6lb ....(Mr. Bottom) 5 Mr. Marsh's Weasel, 6 yrs, lOst 1316 .. (Capt. Barclay) 6 Mr. Edwards's Warrener, 4 yrs, lOst 10Ib (Mr. Cave) 7 Betting-5 to 4 agst Flash-in-the-Pan, 4to 1 agst Peter sham, 5 to 4 agst Waterwitch. l he latter made the running to the stand, and then fell back ; Flash-in. the- Pan then came on and won easily by a length; a bad third, Waterwitch was fourth, and the others as placed. NEWTON MEETING-THURSDAY. The Garswood Handicap of CO sovs, for all ages; winners extra. Red House in, about 5 furlongs. Mr. Smith's Garibaldi, 4 yrs, 7st 51b .. (Barlow) 1 Mr. Coburn's Captain Knight, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b.. (Lomas) 2 Mr. Osb :roe's Fanfreluche, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Whiteley) 3 Captain White's Nimble, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Hoystead) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst Garibaldi-2 to 1 agst Captain Knight-4 to 1 agst Fanfreluche-10 to 1 agst Nimble. Won by a length ; four lengths between the second and third. The Newton St. Leger Stakes, of 10 sovs eac a h oe h e: f o; t r , na w eb) i a th dl 100 added, for three - Stake s , penalties an ( d Gj a i l tu lo ß w h a a n: ) es 2 . One round and a distance. Mr. Osborne's Comet, Bst 101 b Mr. Rich's East Lancashire, Bst 101 b Mr. Cliff's Airedale, Sat 51b (Challoner) 3 Betting-3 to lon Comet, who won by this d. Tin Gold Cup (Handicap), value £lOO, added to a Sweep, To stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft; winners extra. Tw miles. Mr. Buckley's Wynnetay, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (H. Grimshaw) I Hr. W. Hudson's Captain Crow, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Launder's Ratcatcher, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Richards) 0 Betting-6 to 5 agst Wynnstay-13 to 8 agst Captain Crow— 5 to 2 agst Ratcatcher. fell. Won by three lengths ; Ratcatcher. The Golborne Sapling Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 . added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra; second to save his stakes. Golborne Course. 10 subs. Mr. Osborne) Prince A thur, Bst 10Ib (Osborne) 1 Mr. Arabety's Lady de Trafford, Bst 71b ((Ala'loner) Mr Smith's Oulton Low , , Bst 101 b (Barlow) 3 Mr, J. Barber's Cutaway Bst 7lb ... (Noble) 4 Mr E. Buckley's Sir Watkin, Bst 101 b (H. Gritnshaw) 5 Mr. Cowell's Hartford Hill, Bst 101 b (Clement) 6 Betting-7 to 4on Prince Arthur-6 to 1 agst Oulton Lowe-8 to 1 aget Sir Watkin and Cutaway-12 to 1 apt any other. The Newton Stakes (Handicap) of 3 soya each, with 25 added. Once round. 7 subs. Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb .. (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Scott nd. Mountain Buck, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b.. (Go 2 Mr. Peace's Lorette, 3 yrs, 6st 6[b (Noble) 3 David Ann and Acorn also ran. Batting—Even on Flytrap--5 to 2 agst Acorn-5 to 1 agst Mountain Duck— 101 to 1 agst David Ann. Won by a head ; half a length botween second and third ; the others close up. AQUATICS. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The third and last match of the week, which has been fraught with features of aquatic interest, took place yester day amongst the boats of the second and fourth class of this distinguished club. The prin in the first of these was a piece of plate value £5O, and in the last a prize value £3O for the first boat, and £lO for the second. The following contended : Second Class. Yachts. Tons. Owners. Emmet 32 ...... Mr. W. W. F. Hay Phantom Water Lily .. 26 Fourth Class. Octoroon .... 12 . Mr. Cecil Long Aerolite 8 Wasp Be , sie Quiver .. 12 ...... Capt. D.T. Chamberlayne There were three other boats entered, but from some un toward circumstances they could not come to the post. The course was from Erith to the Nore Light and back, a.nd there was a time allowance of half a minute per ton. Mr. Alfred Cox, a very experienced yachting man, was, as on the occasion of the last race, appointed president of the match. The wind blew very heavily from W.S.W., and the apprehensions that there would soon be some mishaps to record, was soon realised. The gun to get in readiness was fired at 11 hrs 40 min, and at 11 hrs 45 min 30 secs a s-cond was fired for the small class to start. They swung imme diately, the Octoroon taking the lead, the Aerolite being second, the Wasp third, and Bessie fourth. At 11 hrs 5S min the signal was given for the largo boats to go off, and the whole wore round directly, but the Phantom took the lead, followed by the Water Lily. Withidten minutes of the start, while the whole of the small boats were close together, the Wasp carried away her bowsprit, and retired from the contest; the Emmet had a reef down, and the Phantom also. At Broadness Poir.; the Octoroon was leading by a quarter of a mile, the Bessie was next to her, and then the Quiver ; the Aerolite being overpowered by the wind. The Phantom was leading well on entering St. Clements, when the Emmet, which was gaining slightly upon her, carried away her jib -halyard, but soon repaired the damage, the Water Lily, however, passing her during the time, but being again re-passed a little lower down. On entering Sea Reach the Phantom was nearly half a mile ahead, and it was not until after this that the smaller boats were all passed, so great had been their pace. No further change worthy of notice occurred, and the yachts rounded the Nore Light just after low water, as follows : H. M. s. Phantom 2 25 0 Emmet 2 / 26 0 Octoroon ... 2 30 0 Queen Beseie Water Lily The boats all lay up right to the Hope, and a most inte resting and exciting race occurred between the Phantom and the Emmet ; the latter gradually ctule upon her, and neared her within a hundred yards ; but when they became close hauled it was manifest that the Phantom went nearer the. wind than her adversary, as she again went rapidly ahead of her. The Emmet had its go-about at the upper part of the Hope, the Phantom at the Oven Buoy, and the latter then. further increased her lead. After leaving the Hope, they sailed up at a very fine pace, the wind still being very good. On the way from the Nore to the Hope, the Prince of Wales steamer, which accompanied the race with the Club, passed Lord Alfred Paget, so many years its excel lent commodore, who was steering his beautiful yacht, the Water Lily. He was greeted with loud cheers both by the company on board the Prince of Wales and Oread, which biso was in company, and the band of the 2d Life Guards struck up " Auld Lang Syne," which was succeeded by "There's a Good Time Coming." His lordship bowed his acknowledgments at the unmistakeable expression of regard thus exhibited. From the point where re last left the yachts there was no change, and the race concluded as follows : H. H. s. Phantom Emmet .. 5 22 0 Octoroon Quiver .. Bessie Lily COUNTRY MARKETS. 1.- - MANCHESTER —JUNE IL At our market this morning there was a tolerable at tendance, but a very dull demand. For English wheat the rates of last week declined 6d to is per qr. Flour scarcely inquired or. Oats and oatmeal receded Id per 451 b, and 6d per load. Indian corn 6d to Is per qr cheaper. Egyp tian beans gave way is per qr, and English were scarcely so well sold. BIRMINGHAM—JUNE 11. English wheat was sold at 48s to 568 for white, and 40s to 50s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 32s to 42s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 30 stone; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 38s to 44s per qr. Peas, 36s to 44s per 36 stone. EDINBURGH GRAIN—JUNE 10. A fair supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which ri ot a slow sale at about the prices of last week. 'Barley a ready sale, and oats in good demand, at full prices. Wheat on the top 4s 6d up... average Os 7d up. Barley on the top Os 6d up .average Os 2d down. Oats on the top Os 9d down average Os 7d up. Beans on the top is 6d up ..... average Os lld up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 863 qrs Sold 701 qrs Barley... 322 qrs ext 3 r 2 aB 7R 41s 0 d ; Sold 153 qrs O ats B e ans 37 qrs Sold ; Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 43a superfine, 39s Od ; fine, 37s Od. CORK—JUNE 10. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, Os 9d to —s 01; white, lOs 3d to —s Od , barley, 6s Od to Os Od ; oats, 7s Sd to 9s ld. ; black do., 7s Od to 8s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD-JUNE 9. A better supply of fat beasts to-day ; sales were heavy, at last week's prices, and a clearance could not be cflected. The number of sheep aid lambs in the pens was large. Fat pigs were also in large supply. Fat and store calves were in good average supply. Beet Mutton .... 6d to 7d Pork Lamb 9d to —d Rough fat, 3s 9d per store, Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s Bd.), is tho strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. Births. Burr.—On the 10th inst., at 32, Hyde-park•square she wile of Lieut -Colonel Butt, 79th Cameron Highlanders, of a daughter. Monatts.— On the 11th inst., at Englemere, near Ascot, Berks, Mrs. Mowbray Morris, of a daughter. MAXWELL.—On the 10th inst., at Liverpool, the wife of Wellwood Maxwell, Esq., of Gienlee, N. 8., of twins—a son and daughter. Marriages. KNIGHT—SULLIVAN.—On the 9tb inst., at St. George's, Ramsgate, Captain Knight, Adjt. 2d Warwick Militia, to Mary, eldest daughter of Captain J. Sullivan, late of the 3d Light Dragoons. MANLEY—DELPRATT.—On the 9th inst., at Christ Church, Lancaster-gate, Bayswater, the Rev. Riehd, H. Manley, M.A., to Agnes Elizabeth, daughter of J. Delpratt,E , A. of Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park. Deaths. BURCHALL,—On the Bth inst., John Henry Burchall, of B , oadtield Lourt, Herefordshire, aged 36. CALDECOT.—On the 9th inst , at Bath, William Lloyd Caidecott, Esq , of Llandegwning, Carnarvon. C.AnsoN.—On the 7th ult., at Colombo, Ceylon, Geo. Bell Carson, Esq., aged 35. DORRELL.—On the 10th inst., at South Hackney, Joseph H. Derrell, Esq., aged 56. MITCHELL.— On the 10th in -t., Mr. Fred. Y. H. Mitchell, of 8, Idol-lane, Tower-street, aged 61. STEELE —On the Bth inst., at Jersey, John Steele, Esq./ aged 45. SUMMERS.—On the 10th inst., at Islington, Mr Thomas Summers, formerly of Little Britain, Aldersgate street, aged 86. s • • London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the lavoy, in the County of Middlesex.— Friday, June 12, 1801.