The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cloi.k.

TATTERSALL'S.

(THIS EVENING.)

DERBY.
sto 2 agst De Clare (backed heavily)
9to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (taken)
sto 1 agst Rifleman (taken, 11 to 2 also I Aid)
7to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (8 to 1 taken)
10 to 1 agst Kingstown (taken freely)
12 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken)
30 to 1 apt Rylstone (taken)

OAKS.
6to 1 agst Nettle (offered)
10 to 1 agst Marchioness (taken)

HARPENDEN RACES.
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ROTHL•MPSTEAD STAKES.

1
2

Little Jem
Grey Chicken►
Nine ran.
TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES.
Maid of Morn
Scot Free ........................................... .
Ten ran.
HARPENDEN HANDICAP.
Pantheon.

Scipio ,
Nell Gwymie

Sixteen ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAME IT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENII 3.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the we ,lsack
at five o'clock.
The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition : gainst
the grant to Maynooth.
The Earl of DERBY presented a petition agate st the
total abolition of church rates.
Lori SOND YS presented a petition from Grer . Yar-
mouth, praying for a comprehensive measure of ac minis-

trative reform.
The Marquis of LINSDOWNE presented a p' tition
from dissenting bodies in favour of the abolit`..n of

church rates.

THE VIENNA CONFERENCE.
Earl GREY gave notice that he intended to pc itpone
the motion for which he bad given notice for 1,. inday
next until the following Friday. He did this wit' great
regret, but it was to prevent the question being u •mated
in both houses the same evening that he had as ,ented
to the postponement of his motion.
THE CIVIL DEPARTMENT OF THE ATMY.
Lord PANMURE said he hogged to call thei lord-
ships' attentit n to a statement connected with tlo admi-
nistration of the affairs of the army. He con. i not
do so without saying one word on the gratifyinL, scene
they had witnessed that morning. That was ti c fist
occasion on which a sovereign had condescended o dis-
tribute with her own hand honours not only to those
who were high in birth but to the humblest sol her in
her Majesty's service, who bad shed their bii oil in
the defence of the Crown and their country. ( :tar.)
He trusted that that would not be the only tia, si her
Majesty would perform that duty, and that it -,could
act as an incentive to young soldiers to imit; to the
noble example set to them. The noble lord then r ferred
to the object of his motion, and stated the c. ,angel
which her Majesty's Government proposed to in; ke in
the civil departments of the army. It was, the
first place, the intention to abolish the off le of
Master-General of the Ordnance and Board of Ore pence
altogether. These being removed, it would be ne( issary
to deal with the whole establishment of the Ord dance.
That establishment consisted of two departments, he one
principally relating to matters military, the other t ) mat •
tern purely civil. The first was the command of the Royal
Artillery and the Royal Engineers. This it was pry posed
to vest in the office of Commander-in-Chief of the army.
In speaking upon this subject, he must say it w as the
concurrent opinion of every officer, as well as of every
member of her Majesty's Government who had an thing
to do with Sir Hew Ross and Sir John Burgo)- ne, in
their military characters, that two more meril Jrious
officers, or men who had taken greater pains to bi 'ng to
perfection the military service, had never held ot ice in
any Government. As regarded the civil departm nt, it
was proposed to place in the room of the Master Gene-
ral of the Ordnance the Secretary of State for th. War
Department, who shall be supreme, and be reap< risible
for the administration of the whole, and that he . hould
move all the estimates connected with thedepartmen The
noble lord said that what was termed the civil depai ;merit
would be confided to four officers, all responsible to the
Secretary of State for War. These woul Ibean _I ispec-
tor of Ordnance, and he trusted that officer would have
the assistance of Sir J. Burgoyne. The next office would
be that of Director of the Ordnance, to which d aty he
proposed to appoint Sir H. Ross.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

ROUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVEN_ZSG.)
The &gram took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBERS.
Sir M. S. STEWART took the oaths and his snpt for
Renfrewshire, in place of Colonel Mure, resigned.
Sir J'. FEBOUSSON took the oaths and his seat for Ayr-
shire.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
ordered to be considered :—.Birmingham Water Bill,
Medical Invalids General Life Assurance Societ' • Bill,
and the Plymouth and Stonehoniae Gas Bill. •
The following bills were read a third time and pi 4ssed :
Ayr Harbour, Cromford and High Peak Railway, Glas-
gow and South-Western Railway, and Nottinghw u and
Loughborough Road.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Carmarthen and Cardigan Rai, way ;
East of Fife Railway ; Fife ani Kinross Rail ia,y ;
Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Railway ; Lyme aegis
Roads ; Royal London Militia ; Exeter and Ex! south
Railway.

PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented by Mr. Hadfield, from Tor-
quay, for the abolition of church rates ; by Sir J. Shel-
ley, several petitions from Pimlico against church ates ; 1
by Mr. Crauford, praying for some alterations the
Lord Advocate's Education Bill.
Mr. W. LOCKHART presented two petitions i aani-
mously ailopted by the Commissioners of Supply c : the
counties of Lanark and Dumfries on the 30th of 2 pnl,
praying that the proprietors of lands and hon es in
Scotland may be relieved from the injustice to % lach
they are subjected in being called upon to pay a b'gher
rate of property tax than the proprietors of Englai cr
the owners of funded or other descriptions of prop rty.
CONSTITUTION FOR NEW SOUTH WAL es.
Mr. LOWE gave notice that on the second read) ig of
the above bill he would move that it be read a st. cond
time that day 3ix months.

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN IRELAND.
Mr. M`MAHON asked the Chief Secretary for Ire-
land whether his attention had been called to the trial
at the last Tyrone assizes of certain persons, beloi:ging
to two opposing political and religions parties, f 0.7 riot
and assault, and to the course pursued by the public
prosecutor on that occasion; and whether that cc arse
met with the approbation of the right hon. gentlernt 1?
Mr. HORSMAN said he understood the questi,,n to
refer to the system rather than that particular case. In
that ease the proceedings were not out of the usual e -der.
He had consmunicated with the Attorney General, and
he was of opinion such a practice should not be con-
tinued, and should not occur again.
THE FOREIGN LEGION.

In reply to Mr. EWART,
Mr. PEEL said he was informed that between 3 000
and 4,000 men had been enlisted, and from the success
attending the efforts of the recruiting agents a for
ce
of
10,000 men would be raised. Depots had fora at
Heligoland and at Shorncliff for their accommodation.
ORDER OF MERIT.
herd ELCHO asked the First Lord of the Trea,ury
when the new Order of Merit for service in the field
would be instituted and distributed, and whether the
delay was attributable to the neglect of any particular
allwent
PALMERSTON said the only cause for delay
Wyszzrther his noble friend at the head of the War De-
ft.i.whie: Was anxious to have a report of the manner
trie4, will‘chuali orders were distributed in foreign c.)un-
stsimu„ rem had not yet been received.
CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS IN
In reply to itd,. IRE CRIMEA.
Mr. PEEL said zalls"RD,
house in Vienna :Ider had been sent to an eminent
Pan a large quantity of al mer
clothing for tto prepare troops' he had no doubt they were
by this time supplied Nvith t
hem.