The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-16 00:00:00

THIRSK RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SPRING HANDICAP.
Maid of Team Valley
Braxey
Freddy
The Rajah

Ten ran. Won in a canter.

SALISBURY RACES.
(THIS DAY.)
•
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.)
CITY BOWL.

Namur
Pharos

Three rau.
WILTON PARK STAKES.

Astrologer
Rogerthorpe

Six ran.
£BO HANDICAP PLATE.

Tow Burke
William the Third

Ten ran.
QUEEN'S GUINEAS.

Kingstown
Sailor

Eight ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.)
ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal Assent was given by commission to the
following bills, viz.:—the Exchequer Bills (17,183,0001.1;
the Common Law Procedure (Ireland) Bill ; The MU-
tiny Bill ; the Marine Mutiny Bill ; Tea Duties Decline
Suspension Bill ; the Secretaries and Under-Secretaries
of Btato Bill.

The Lords' Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Stanley of Alderley, and Lord Monteagle.
Their lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool-
sack at five o'clock.
Lord SHAFTESBURY presented petitions from
Nottinghant and other places, praying for the closing of
public-houses during the whole of the Sabbath.
Lord MONTEA.GLE moved for a continuance of the
return of penny s.amps issued to the different newspa-
pers up to the sth of January, 1855.—Agreed to.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition
from Bristol, praying that the war might be prosecuted
with the utmost vigour.

THE HORSES SHIPPPED TO THE EAST.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE moved for a return of the
number of horses shipped to the seat of war by her Ma-
jesty's Government in sailing or steam transports, for
military purposes, during the year 1854 ; the amount of
the tonnage of, and the number of horses conveyed in,
each vessel ; the number of horses that died on the pas-
sage, or were rendered unserviceable in each vessel ;
and the average expense of the conveyance of each horse.
The noble lord stated that his object in bringing forward
this subject was, if possible, to persuade the Minister of
War to desist from the present method of shipping
horses, and, at least, to give a trial to the plan adopted
at Hull. He contended that the system of shipping
horses at present pursued by the Government was the
worst that could be by any possibility adopted. The
horses suffered immensely from the cruelty ; it
was a loss to the country, and utterly unneces-
sary for the sevices required. The difference be-
tween the system pursued by the Government and
that at Hull was in two points--the one was thatthe cavalry
horses were only allowed a width clear, while the horses
shipped at Hull were allowed 3or 4 feet. It might be
supposed that by giving double the space to each horse
there would be a doable expense. He thought he would
be able to show satisfactorily to their lordships that the
expense attending the Hull system would be one-third less
to the Government. The other points of difference were
that the cavalry horses were never allowed to lie down.
It signified not what the length of the voyage was, the
horses were never allowed a moment off their legs. In
considering the expenses of the system followed by Go-
vernment, there was, first of all, a platform to
be erected, upon which the horses were to stand,
upon which were raised pillars, posts, and
rails, and each horse found itself wedged in
between the rails so tightly that it was hardly able to
move. The Government were also put to great expense
in the purchase of sheepskins and other contrivances to
prevent the horses from being chafed by friction. When
It was considered how many horses died on the passage
through the treatment they bad received, he thought
that this of itself was a fact greatly in favour of
th Hull system. The noble earl then referred to the
r -sults of the system under which a greater space was
given for hi rses on ben r I, and accommodation afforded
them for lying down, and proceeded to show that, taking
all things into consideration, there would positively be a
saving to the Government and the country of more than
one-third of the expens 3 that they were sulject t) under
the present system. The noble earl then concluded by
stating that the best p'aces for embarking bosses, was
Falmouth and Plymouth, as none of the difficulties be
alluded to there existed.
The Earl of LUCAN considered ten tons per horse
quite sufficient. The noble lord said that tie Jones
that the noble earl had alluded to was greatly exagge-
rated. Nothing could be more perfect than the present
Government system of steam-transport. The horses con-
veyed by the Himalaya, the Jason, and other steamers
bore strong evidence in favour of it. He believed that
1 per cent. would be much above the loss.
[Lxrr SITTING.]

11.01JSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.
The SPX/M took the chair shortly before four
o'clock.