The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-09 00:00:00

SECOND CLASS.

J. Eckford, mathematics, military surveying, Hindus-
tani, and third good conduct ; A. M. Brandreth, fortifi-
cation; H. T. Gordon, military drawing, civil drawing;
H. W. Garnault, Latin ; W. Stockley, French.
THIRD CLASS.

W. H. Oliver, mathematics ; B. Holmes, fortification •
J. military surveying ; H. F. Blair, military
drawing; D. C. Pemberton, civil drawing ; H. Smalley,
Hindustani ; R. Brown, French ; M. Clerk, fourth
general good conduct ; W. R.. Craster, Latin.
Soon after one o'clock the Chairman and Court of
Directors proceeded to the sand modelling hall, where
they inspected a most interesting model, scale 50 feet to
an mile, and covering a space of 80 feet by 50, of the
harbour, city, and fortifications of Sebastopol, with the
adjacent ground, as far as and including the port of
Balaklava; showing the allied lines of attack, the posi-
tions and camps of the several divisions, together
with the lines of circemvallation crowning the various
ridges and heights, and constructed after the battle of
Inkerman. These and many other interesting par-
ticulars and circumstances were de-;cribed and pointed
out by Cadets Bonus, Luard, Judge, and Hancock, In
the meantime, a model of a battery in sand, scaly one
inch to a foot, was constructed by Cadets Goodfellow,
Swinton, Mathew, and Manson. The plans and draw-
ings in this department were of the usual excellent de-
scription.
The CHAIRMAN (nr. Elliot Macnaghtcn) having ad-
dressed the cadets, the company adjourned to the house
of the Lieutenant Governar, where a luncheon v,aq
served up, and the proceedings terminated.

THE NEW CATTLE NIARKET AT ISLIYGTOTC. —Yester-
day morning a deputation of the Markets Committee,
together with B. Bun nieg, Esq., the City architect, in-
spected the preparations made for the reception of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert (who has signified his in-
tention of honou;img the inauguration by his presence
on Wednesday next), and, from their magnitude, there
is no doubt that the ceremony will be well worthy of so
important an occasion as the opening of, perhaps, one of
the largest commercial marts in the world. The scene
will be enlivened by tip military bands, and the various
flags displayed will consist of the banners cf Englaud,
France, Turkey, and Sardinia.

ment.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOI7SE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

SECONREADINGS.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following
bills were read a second time :—Merton College Estate,
and the Cromford and High Peak Railway.

THIRD READINGS.
The Banff, 31a.cduff, and Turriff Railway Bill, the
Swansea Dock Bill, and the Cornwall Railway
Bill,
were severally read a third time and passed.
The Earl of HARDWICKE gave notice that, on
Thursday next, he should call their lordships' attention
to the system of measurement of ships for tonnage.
Lord BERNERS gave notice that on an early d..Y
he would present a petition for the abolition of set-
tlements and removals, and be would then call the atten-
tion of their lordshiPs' to the subject. The noble earl
also presented a petition in favour of closing public-
houses the whole of Sunday.

CLOSING OF BURIAL GROI7NDS.
The Bishop of LONDON having given notice of his
intention to move that an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, that it appears by petitions presented to
this house that the want of adequate provision for the
decent interment of the dead in some parts of the me-
tropolis is producing very injurious consequences on the
welfare of its inhabitants and much suffering,
which falls especially on the poorer classes:,
said the question demanded the most considerate atten-
tion of the Government. He had taken several oppor-
tunities before this of calling the, attention of •her. M-
ajesty's Ministers to the subject, in the hope that some-
thing effectual might be done to remove the serious evils
which at present existed. He was advised to move
for a select committee on the subject, but he forbore to
do so, because ho relied +von the assurance given him
by the noble earl at the head of the Government, that
the subject would be taken into their immediate con-
sideration. In that hope, however, he was disappointed.
He bad since made application to the Government that
had succeeded for a remedy for the evils complained
of, but nothing► had been done upon, the subject.
It was impossible that a remedy should be longer de-
layed without a tremendous risk to the health and well-
being of this immense population. Scenes of the most
distressing kind were of daily occurrerce in consequence
of the practice of closing so many burial grounds. Be-
fore the Burial Act passed there were- 43 burial
grounds in the metropolis—a number far too
small for the accommodation required. Since that act
had passed, thirty-six of these burial grounds had
been closed, while not a single new one was
added to make up for the want thus sus-
tained. He understood that in one burial ground,
which was left open in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-
green, no fewer than 3,660 interments had taken
place in the year within a space of an acre of
ground. The expense and inconvenience to the
poorer classes was exceedingly severe, and the most
heart-rending scenes took place in their efforts to con-
vey their dead relatives to the enormous distance which
was now required. He would not persevere in moving
the address, but would leave the subject in the
hands of Lord Waldegrave, who had given
notice of taking up the subject.

The Earl of 'WALDEGAAVE quite coincided with
the views and statements of the right rev. prelate, and
would, therefore, move for a select committee to inquire
into the whole subject.

Earl GRANVIILE observed that, in dwelling
on the evils which existed under the present law, they
should not forget the evils which it remedied. The right
rev. prelate complained principally with respect to the
defect of cemetery accommodation in the eastern part of
London. But the deficiencies in this respect, so far as
they affected the poor of London, were fast being sup-
plied. Many of the large parishes had exerted them-
selves with most commendable zeal to provide new ceme-
teries ; one of whicle that had been laid out at Woking
was almost large enough to receive the interments of the
whole metropolis. With regard to the complaints of the
right rev. prelate with respect to the detention of the
dead bodies, it should not be forgotten that the act pro-
vided for the establishment of dead-houses, which he
believed were very important, both in a sanitary point of
view and in regard to the feelings of the poor themselves.
The noble earl concluded by stating his willingness to
receive any suggestions from the right reverend prelate
on this subject, or to agree to the select committee
moved for by the noble earl.
The Earl of MALMESRURY, in pointing out the
difficulties which beset the question, observed that even
if the parishes were willing to buy, it was impossible to
compel the owners of land to sell sites. He had known
cases in which the parishes had been compelled to pay
1001. or 1501. per acre for a site for a cemetery. Another
obstacle in the way of the provision of new cemeteries
was this :—By the act of 1852 it was provided that a
new chapel.might be built in a new cemetery; but in the
act of 1853, which extended to the whole country, it was
provided that if one chapel was built two chapels should
be built—one for members of the Church, and another
for the Dissenters. , The act did not, however, compel
any chapel whatever to bo built. He knew the case of a

parish, some of the parts of which were actually twelve
miles from the parish church.

The Bishop Of LONDON than expressed his willing•
ness to leave the subject in the hdnds of the Govern

The Earl of BURLINGTON moved the second read

ing of the Education of Poor Children's Bill.
After a short conversation, the bill was read a second
time, and their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
Mr. FITZEOY took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
considered :—Bristol and Exeter Railway, and Inverury
and Old Meldrum Railway.
The following bills were read a thirdtime and passed :
—Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar, and Cairn well Rea-l; Bom-
bay, Baroda, and. Central India Railway; Carlisle and
Silloth Bay Railway and Dock ; Grand Surrey Canal
(No. 2) ; Metropolitan Railway ; Stockton and Dar-
lington Railway ; Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight Rail-
way, Pier, and Telegraph ; and Weymouth Water.
The following bills were considered, and ordered to
be read a third time :—Gateshead Quays and ffmprove-
moots ' • Londonderry and Cr)leraine Railway ; Gun-
Barrel Proof Houses (Birmingham and London).
Hoffe's Estate Bill was read a second time.
PETITIONS.

Sevexal petitions were presented by Lord J. Man-
vers, against church-rates, and for closing public-
houses on Sundays; by Mr. Cranford, several petitions
from Scotland against the Lord Advocate's Education
Bill ; by Mr. A. Hastie, from places in Scotland against
the Maynooth .Grant ; by Mr. C. Bruce, against the
Lord Advocate's Education Bill ; by Mr. Cobden,
from Saddleworth and other places in Yorkshire, .for
repealing the Sunday Beer Bill ; by the Lord Advocate,
petitions from places in Scotland in favour of the Edu-
cation Bill, against the Maynooth grant, and for the
repeal of the Sunday Beer Bill.

POWER OF THE GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR.
Mr. OLIVEIRA asked the Secretary of State for the
Colonies whether his attention had been directed to the
Ordinance issued by order of the Governor of Gibraltar,
entitled "An Ordinance to prohibit unlicensed printing
within the City, Garrison, and Territory of Gibraltar,"
dated the 18th day of May last ; and whether the said
Ordinance met with the sanction of her Majesty's
Government ?
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had only to state it was
only within the last few days the Ordinance in question
had been brought under the notice of the Government
by a letter from the Secretary of State for War. He
should say it was not at all necessary that ordinance
should have the sanction of the Government at home,
but it was issued by the authority of the Governor of
Gibraltar alone.

EAST RENT RAILWAY.
JAMES M'GREGOR asked the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, whether the clause in the East Kent
Railway (extension to Dover) Dill, to authorise the
public works loan commissioners to advance 400,0001.
t 9 that railway company, on such terms as may be satis-
factory to the commissioners and to the Lords of the
Treasury, was inserted with the approbation of the govern-
ment ; whether any correspondence had taken place be-
tween the East Kent Railway Company and any de-
partment of the government on the subject, and, if so,
whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer had any ob-
jection to lay such correspondence on the table of the
house ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
clause was not inserted by the, consent or approbation of
the government. A correspondence had taken place
between Sir C. Fox and Lord Sondes, and if any hon.
member wished to move for the production of that cor-
respondence he should not object.
Mr. M‘GREGOR gave notice that on Monday he
should move for the production of that correspondence.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. WILSON moved that the house, at its rising,
should adjourn to Monday next.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH said before that motion
was put, he wished to take the earliest opportunity of
alluding to the remarks of the honourable member
for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) and en-
dorsed by the bon. member for Manchest.r (Mr.
Bright) in two speeches of his—one on the Pacifico de-
bate and the other on the Syrian question. He would
now read from Hansard what he had paid on those
occasions. The right honourable baronet then read
some extracts from his speeches, in which be said
that if Russia puThed her aggression further France
and England would compel her to desist. (Cheers.)
Mr. COLLIER also offered a brief explanation of
his remarks on a former stage of the debate on the war.
The motion was then agreed to.

PROSECUTION OF THE WAR-ADJOURNED
DEBATE.

On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned
debate,
Mr. SCOTT said his right hon. friend the member for
Buckinghamshire had placed upon the paper a netice so
plain end distinct that the country fully understood it.
After referring to the different mot ens which had been
brought before the house in the course of the debate, the
hon. gentleman proceeded to say that we were now dis-
cussing identically the same question which had ly.,en
raised throughout, only under a difft-rent form to that
in which it was first introduced. Revolve it as they
would, the question. was
:still the same,—the conduct
of the war and the management of thy:, ntg,:t'ations
for peace. The right hon. baronet opposite (Sir James
Graham), although he was theoretically and morally
in favour of the motion of the right hon. member for
Bucks, he nevertheless voted against his own convic-
tions on the side of the Government, in which example
he was followed by the two right hon. gentlemen who

sat beside him. This they had done, it was said, In
order not to upset the present Cabinet, but he (Mr. Scott)
-would remind thele- right hon. gentlemen that there
After the opinions those
gentlemen bad expressed on
was a time, and that not long ago, when they were not
so scrupulous to avoid the dislocation of the Cabinet.
this question he should have thought it would have been
most important for them to have retained their former
positions in the Cabinet rather than to have deserted it
at a time when their opinions might have had so
beneficial an influence. There was one feature
in the debate which he could not but mention,
and that was that last night when the house was en-
gaged in one of the most interesting debates which could
affect the character of public men, and the welfare and
happiness of this country, there was an attempt made
by the supporters of the Government on the other
side of the house to bring the debate to a conclusion
by counting out the house, and sours Cabinet Mi-
nisters who wore not far off thought it not worth
their While to take any steps to prevent such a
course. Whatever opinions they might entertain, they
at all events seemed to think that what took place in
that house %vv.., of less importance that, that which was
occurring in thelobbv. He must aiso say that he was much
surprised that the noble lord at the head of the Govern-
ment should have allowed the speech of the hon. member
and ho (Mr. Scott) regarded it as a sign of weakness, or
for Matic,,e,,•t-r to go forth to the country unanswered;
division in the Cabinet, that they had had only two
who had expressed. their
opinions Cabinet Ministers,
onthe vital
sl
the country was looking sn anxiously
time, too, when qyue,:stion before the house; at a
to whatever they might have to say. (Hear, hear.)
Six Cabinet Ministers had seats in • that house,
and this was the sixth night of the debate, but
only two of those gentitroen had as yet condescended to
expae.s their In the present condition cif the
country it became of great importa-ce that we should
know what were the
sentiments entertained by public
men. It had been said that the Opposition ought to
point out what should be done. It was not the duty, he
contended, of the Opposition to dictate totheGovernment:
their business was to take care that the Government did
not embarrass the country. The country and the press
had been unjustly charged with precipitating the nation
into war. The fact, on the contrary, wag that both be-
lieved the Government was doing
all' it c mid to pre-
vent,in an amicable manner. the progressive encroach-
ments of Russia, but finding those aggressions still
going on, the press, as the organ of the opinions and
feelings of the country, pointed out that there was but
one course open to uQ, and that was to resist those ag-
gressions by force of arms. That was the reason, and
the only reason, why the country nvaF; a„ions ic;
go
to war. Well, then, coming to the late negotiations for
peace, why was it that they had failed ? It
was because the country had trusted too confidingly to
the Cabinet, and exercised an almost culpable forbear-
ance towards it, in giving too much confidence to its
measures. The papers which had been laid upon the
table of the house, disclosed the means which were
taken to arrive at the desired end. But
whilst they enabled us to arrivs at that, be
could not say that he could bring his mind to the con-
clusion that the Conferences were conducted in a way
likely to arrive at the desired result. At the same time
be thought the selection of the noble lord who had acted
as our plenipotentiary at Vienna was the most unfortu-
nate which the noble viscount at the head of the
Government could have committed. (Hear, hear.)
He thought that they ought to have some more explicit
explanations than they at present had of the course that
had been pursued in the present negotiations. He attri-
buted the failure of the present negotiations to the noble
lord the member for the city of London, and the noble
viscount at the head of the Government. It might be
said that in making these observations he entertained a
spirit not consonant with those entertained by the noble
lord the Colonial Secretary and-the noble viscount at the
head of the Government, that his views were repugnant
to them. He might do so, but still he thought that
they were far better calculated to conduct and carry on
the war than those parties who had seceded from the
present Government The hon. member, after some
further observations, concluded by stating that he should
support the amendment of the hon. member for Kidder-
minster.

Sir F. BARING said that in bringing forward his
amendment he did it not from any opposition to the Go-
vernment, but to support it against the attack of the
right'hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire.
Whrn he proposed his amendment the conferences at
Viennahad not been closed, andhe thought that undersuch
circumstances it would have been unfair to have censured
the Government. Circumstances bad since then changed,
and the important point now for the house to deal with
was the amendment of the hon. member for Kiddermin-
ster. He had been told by the noble viscount at the
head of the Government that the words of that amend-
ment were better than his. He bad his own opinion
upon that point ; but still, if the house preferred it, he
would at once give way. The resolution of the hon.
member for Kidderminster was anything but sub-
stantial, because if the house carried it, the greatest
loophole would be left to escape from every undertaking
that had been entered into. Much had been said
'about
the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. Of all
the propositions he had heard, none seemed to him so
plausible for the prevention of that supremacy as the
proposition of the present Government. It appeared to
him that the house would not, upon the amendments
that had been proposed, come to any satisfactory con-
clusion. As to the amendment of Mr. Lowe, Re thought
the difference between that amendment an his own was
more a 'ratter of taste than of politics ; and as he had
always found in public life that the most troublesome
persons to deal with were those who had a pedantic at-
tachment to words end phrases, he would not object to
Mr Lowe's first amendment, on the understhnding that
it did not alter the sense of his own resolution. But
he - bad a strong objection to the honourable mem-
ber's second amendment, because it left the Govern-
ment free to mate any terms they pleased on all the
points except the third. Wfth regard to this third point,
he was surprised at the arguments used by Sir James
Graham and Mr. Gladstone, as if the Russian proposi-
tion to allow Turkey to call in her allies was a boon con-
ceded by Russia, seeing that, in the protocol of the 19th
of April, that very power was claimed by Turkey as her
right, without any reference whatever to the consent of
Russia. But, more than that,"these right hon. gentle-
men gsve great and deserved praise to the good faith of
our French ally. But he would ask whether we were
keeping good faith with France in turn, if, after pledging
ourselves, as we bad done, not to make peace without
France, we were now to lay down certain terms with or
without which peace was not to be made? He ridiculed
the idea of a great party division being taken on the
simple words of Mr. Lowe's first amendment, that the
conferences had been broken off in consequence of Rus-
sia refusing to limit her fleet in the Black Sea, and hOped
the house would not be misled by such an attempt.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the Government
was attacked by various parties and from opposite spar-
,
ters. One consolation was that many of the shafts flew
over their heads and fell among the ranks of parties op.
polite. He attacked Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright for
their envenomed attacks upon the Ministers, and for
making the sacred cause of peace a stalking-horse from
behind which to discharge envenomed shafts against
political opponents. Turning then to the seceding mem-
bers of the Cabinet, be said those gentlemen had brought
the country into war, had then deserted their colleagues,
and now lent their powerful aid to discourage the coun-
try, to dishearten their allies, and to inspire their
enemies with the reflection that they had influential
ranks among the statesmen of England. Sir James
Graham gave as a reason for concluding peace, that all
wars in modern times had become unpopular after a
few years. There was some truth in that representation
for special reasons connected with those wars ; but
even assuming that this war should become unpopular
like the rest, was that a reason for concluding a disho-
nourable peace ? What an argument was that to put
into the mouths of our enemies—that if they will only
persevere, England will soon grow weary of the war,
and insist on peace ! He then dilated at some length
on the aggressive tendencies of Russia—tendencies which
he believed to be ineradicable, and therefore it was neces-
sary, to have some material guarantee for the independence
of Turkey. It was said that that guarantee would be se-
cured by allowing Turkey to call her allies into the Black
Sea whenever her independence *as menaced. But that
amounted to no guarantee whatever ; for it was absurd
to suppose that Turkey had not the power to do that
independent of treaties. On the other hand, he held
that the limitation of her fleet, as proposed 'by the
Allies, did contain in it the elements of a guarantee.
And if that guarantee were not secured—if Rus-
sia obtained possession of Constantinople, it would
not be long before she interfered with our commerce in
the Mediterranean, and with our empire in the East.
He thought, therefore, the Government had done
rightly in rejecting the Russian propositions. He depre-
cate-1 these discussions about phrases and nice distinc-
tions when the conferetioes had closed, and when peace
was to be hoped for only through the path of victory.
Sir F. THESIGER also deprecated the continuance
of a discussion whether there should be peace or war at
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a time when all present prospect of peace had closed ;
but he thought the time had now come when the house
ought to inquire how these negotiations had been con-
ducted. He believed that they had been conducted
most unsatisfactorily, and that arising in great part from
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Mr. BENTINCK also expressed his intention to
orTosa a,ll the amendment. _ . -

Mr. CARDWELL repelled the imputationi which
the Attorney-General bad thrown on the motives of the
seceding, members of the Cabinet. According to him
Thissia was not to be bound by treaty ; and yet the hon.
and learned gentleman was now serving the second Go-
vernment that had attempted to make a treaty with
Russia. He severely commented on the rashness of the.
Attorney-Gene:-al, who had told Europe in the face
of Parliament that we had gone to war, not to maintain
the balance of power, but to save India. With regard to
the question before the house, he came down prepared
to support the resolution of Sir F. Bating in preference