The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-29 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

TATTERSALL'S.
(THIS EVENING.)

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 7 agst Miss Mowbray (taken)
100 to 7 aget Bourton (taken)
15 to 1 agst Dalkeith (taken)
15 to 1 aget Spring (taken)
25 to 1 aget Warner (taken)
GREAT METROPOLITAN.
15 to 1 agst Fandango (taken)
20 to 1 aget Dr. O'Toole (taken)
20 to 1 agst Paletot (taken)
25 to 1 agst Winkfield (taken)
25 to 1 agst Redlands (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7to 2 aget St. Hubert (taken)
4to 1 aget Bonnie Morn (taken)
6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 offered on the field
30 to 1 aget Andover (taken)
30 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken)
40 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken)
50 to 1 eaoh agst Scythian, Knight of St. George,
;tad Bright Phoebus.

DERBY.
Bto 1 aget St. Hubert (taken).
12 to 1 agst Grasculus Esuriens (taken)
12 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken).
15 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken).
15 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken).
50 to 1 aget Rambling Katie (taken.)
50 to 1 agst Vexation colt (taken)

Wolverhampton Races are postponed to Monday next,
the sth February. The Entries for the Hardie Race
close on Saturday next.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE, OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
Th• LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at Ave o'clock.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
magistrates and chairman of quarter sessions, complain-
ingof the expenses incurred in prosecuting petty offences,
and praying for a reform in the criminal law of the
country. The noble lord entered at some length into
the prayer of the petition, and said be was exceedingly
glad to see hie noble friend, the Lord Chief Justice, in
his place, and hoped that the attention of that noble lord
and the Government would be directed to the subject.
He therefore begged to bring in a bill to alter the pre-
sent law.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was exceedingly
glad to inform the noble lord that a bill of a precisely
similar object bad been prepared, and was about to be
introduced in the other house. He entirely concurred
with the noble and learned lord that it was time a mea-
sure was passed to meet the evil. He did not state this
much with the object of stopping the Noble lord ; indeed
he thought it was desirable to have both bills printed.

Lerd"CAMPBELL hoped that the present session
would not pass away without the law being altered.
LORD LYNDIURST AND THE MINISTRY.
Lord LYNDHURST postponed his motion from
Friday till the Monday following.
THE CHARGE AT BALAKLAVA.

• Lord VIVIAN asked the noble lord the Minister o
War whether he had any objection to lay on the table
of the house the exact words of the order to charge, in-
asmuch as there were two versions of the order given,
the one being imperative and the other was of a discre-
tionary character. He asked, therefore, whether they
would have any objection to lay the order on the table,
or a copy of the original order issued by Lord Raglan.
He also wished to know whether he understood the
noble duke rightly that it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to give to the army in the Crimea a clasp
for Balaklava.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he was not dis-
posed to lay on the table the exact words of
the order to which his noble friend referred, for the
reason that the circumstance attending it had lead
to a correspondence which had been only recently
been brought to a close. He did not think,
therefore, that it would be fair to the parties con-
cerned to lay that order before their lordships
until the whole of the correspondence which had taken
place was ready to be produced at the same time. With
regard to this second question with respect to tke Crimea
medal, it was intended to give that medal to all those
who had taken part in that campaign from its commence-
ment to the present time. With regard to the clasps
for Balaklava, it would only be given to those engaged
there. He would take that opportunity of stating that
it was the intention of her Majesty to institute a

cross of military merit, which should be applicable to all
ranks of the army, from the general is command to the
youngest private in the ranks. The principle to be
adopted in deciding how this order shall be conferral
shall be by adjudication of a jury of persons occupying
a similar rank to that of the person whose means shall be
given as during the order.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL.
This bill was read a second t me.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARMY.
Earl (.;REY then rose for the purpose of moving—
" That it is the opinion of this house that great evils
have arisen from the present division of authority and
responsibility in the administration of the army, and that
the whole of the busine,s connected with this important
branch of the public service, which is now distributed
among different offices, ought therefore to be brought
under the direct control of a single and well-organised
department."