The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-13 00:00:00

FEBRUARY l3, 1852.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the .Act 7th and Bth w Victoria, cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of February, 1852.
ledUE DEPA3TMENT.

X.
Notes i55ued........ 31,712,040

Government debt 11,015,1E0
Other securities .. • . '2,984,904)
Gold coin and bullion 17,678,665
Silver bullion ...... 33,371

it could be sccoriinliO;s d with adv wage if his two No-
ble and Learned .Ptienos ocoopit d ;duo t, as they once
did, on the woolsack. Lortisips saw how they
were sow treated, merely because they had nothing to
do. He repeated mica more that ho doubted how tar
the plan of the Commissiosert, as regarded the abolition
of the Masters'-office, could be carried out. He was not
to be satisfied by mere declamation that this or that plan
could be accomplished; he required proof. In conclu-
sion he said that if bis Noble and Learned Friends per-
sisted in pursuing this course on future evenings, the
best thing that he could do would be to give them no
answer.
Lord LYNDHURST said that.his Noble and Learned
Friend had not experienced any attack front him. All
that he had dm.e was to ask a simple q.l6Btion.
Lord BROUGHAM ob,erv,ct that all their Lord-
ships who had heard his N,nbl. and Learned Frienit's
explanatory answer to Lord Lyndhurst must bave
seen that in point of face it was no answer at
It his Noble and Learned Friend had nut made up
his mind, as he said that he had not, no one
oould xpect him to give an opinion. He (Lord Broug-
hap') had then expresaed the disappointment svuicn he
felt at having his hopes of Chancery returns dashed to
the grounii, and that disappointment was the more in-
tense becau e the sehject of that reform had been men-
tioned as pre pared in her Ma.;( sty's Speech Irian the

ihreee,
Earl GREY stated that the Noble and Learned Lord
was not usieg the etirds of her Majesty's Speech, but
wee seeking his own v,rezen of hies. tier Mai, et) had
not said that tee Government had such measures pre-
Otsi ecl, but eels that the (..iele•ri.ment had directed them
to be prepared.
Lent BROUGHAM said that the Sp ech spoke of
measures prepared to be brought into Parli.meitt—or
measures founded on the report, and theref ire in accord
ante with it. Taking her .Mejesty'e Speech and the notice
of motion given by a member of the Government to-
gether, we had a right to expect that the substance of
the measure, however he might differ as to its details,
had obtained the approbation of his Noble and Learned
Friend on the Woolsack.
OUTRAGE ON AN ENGLISH SUBJECT AT
FLORENCE.
Earl FITZWILLIAM should have expected that, as
the two Noble and Learned Lords, who had been making
so many and such loeg speeches on the same subject
almost every night this session, had both sat for some
yews on the woolsack, and had therefore been masters
of order, they would have exhibited a greater mastery
ot its practice than that which they hal exhibited this
session; fur they had been speaking every night on a
question which, in point ot fact., was no question at all.
„is he now saw in his place his Noble Relative, who
had recently succeeded to the office of Secretary of
State fur Foreign Affairs, he was desirous to put a
question to him on a subjeet which had awakened the
atthntion of every man in England who hau cast his
eyes on the proceedings of foreign miaow', and who
telt an interest in the proaperity and welfare of his
own fellow-couutrymen. The question on which he desireus of obtaining information divided itself
into two points; the first relating to the nature
and extent of the outrage, and the second re-
lating to the conduct of her Majesty's representa-
tive at Florence, on hearing of the eccurreace at the
close of the year which bad just elapsed. It appeared
that a British subject was walking along the streets of
Florence, without giving off.uce to any one, when he
was first ',truck by an officer, whom he eEarl Fitz William)
must consider as an officer of the Tuscau Governm-nt,
for he could not suppose that an independent Govern-
ment like that of Tuscany would suffer in its streets
fereign soldiers, Assuming, then, that it was a Tuscan
officer, he would say that the Tuscan officer first struck
a British subject with the flat of his sword, who imme-
diately remonstrated. On his then inquiring of the
officer the cause fur which he had struck him, he wits
again struck by him, and on making another remon-
strance, he was struck by another officer, not with the
lilt, but with the curling part 01 the sword, and was
cut severely on the head, the effusion of blood being
so great that it was some time before he recovered
bis senses. He (Earl Fezevilliau.) did not exaggerate
when he said that our countrymen wets regularly
cut down. What followed ? The injury was so
severs that the victim of it was taken to a neighbouring
hospital, and the consequences of hib wound were hate
held to be so dangerous that ihree days elapsed before it
was deemed sate to remove tam to his private lodgings.
He considered, he repeated, this act to be the Cut or
a Tuscan officer. IL wished t,e knew wbetner, accord.
ing to the iuturinati .n received by her Majesty's Go-
vet ument, the statements of this outrage which bad be.--n
published in elf the newspapers were corroblrated by
the official a atement, and what course her Majesty's
Guvetnmemt had thought fit to adopt regarding 11? He
knew that the-re were some who th ,ught that we ought
rather to sue for compensa.ion than demand apology,
but, it her Majesty's subjects were nut to be efficiently
protected when performing their avocations peacefully
in a foreign country, a heavy responsibility would hang
over the heads of her Maj. buy's Government. Tbeir
L,ndships knew, from circumstances which had re-
cently occurred in Parlitsznent, how sensitive the
people of this country were to any insult or
injury inflicted on any parson who, though not
of English race, was frum circumstances enti-
tled to the protectiou of the English Government.
He hoped that the E.•glish Government would never
shrink from demanding reparation and apology for any
such itusult or ittjuty. But it would look very ill, if au
influential Government like our own, after the demands
ot reparation which it had exacted from an intent state
like Greece, should be slow in exacting it from a coun-
try I.ke Ta.ceny, merely, le cause it was believed that
under its feeble banner a stronger power was sheltering
uself, with which we might possibly be brought into col-
iiiion. He had the fullest coefid-nce in her Majesty's
Government, and more particularly in the desire ot his
Noble Relative to prevent any inconvenient comnitrieon
from being drawn between himself and his noble prede-
cessor in office as to their respective alacrity in demand-
ing from ioreigu powers, whether weak or powerful, no
partition for injury of insult commieted on the life or
property of Biitian subjects.
Earl GRANVILLE spoke nearly to the following ef-
fect :-I'he Noble Earl, in putting these questions to me,
has alluded to my recent accession to an office ofgreat im-
portance; and in answering questions which to a certain
degree involve one of the most important duties of a
British Minister for Foreign Affairs—namely, the pro-
tecion of the interests and persons of British subjects
who are innocently pursuing their course in foreign
cuuntries—l cannot help feeling that during the last
few years, while I way trequetitly called upon to trespass
on the attention of your Lordships in the discharge of
the duties which I then held, I always met with indul-
gence from my Noble Friends on this side, and with for-
bearance from my noble opponents on the other, and I
trust chat I shall not now be met in a different spirit.—
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the facts of this case, it
appears that Mr. Mether and his brother were walking
peetly with other persons in the streets of Florence, be-
tween the band of an Austrian regiment and the regi-
ment itself, and that in consequence of the passage of a
carriage some confusion occurred, in which Mr. Mather,
on turning round, accidentally touched an Auetrian.,ffieer.
The Austrian officer then •truck Mr. Mather with the flat
o• his sword, end on Mr. blather turning round to knnew
the Canso iit such an attack tee was again struck
by another °filler, and on lifting up his band to pro-
tect himself was again sti uck by the first officer in the
mariner which my Noble Friend has de-cribed. There
is a difference in he account of the transaction as given
by the Austrian officer awl Mr. Mather. The differ-
ence is this, and it is so small that it it not difficul, to
' reconcile the two accounts. The Austrian officer
says, that he told Mr. Mather that he must get
ut ' the way, end, as the Am elt
adeu officer sp&
ftn'f. very bsfil), and, Mr. Mather did nut sp•ak
it at all, there (nay have been some n3istak,-
or migapnrehension between them. Mr. Mather
raja that ne put himself in no aggressive attitude, while
the Austrian officer say's that he put himself in the atti-
tude of a boxer. I put it, n, L ,rds, to you whether a
man raising his two hands to protect himself trim two
draw:,swords might not he ceettniered as putting hiusielf
into the ie titude of a holm ? For myself, I first ,
re-
ceived iiirortnettee of tele trinweetien tram private COer,,
m • sty's Go-
respoudence, and ef.k.rWa- from the public, tiewspap , •
I immediately sent, in the name of her
; "sty'sj''repreae-n-
-vernment, to Mr. Scarlett her Me.
_di it. the
tranaac-
fattis at the Omit,
seen
I directed him to
reeresentetions whicti
tien were true, and, hof Fadlorenene,
oftothea
demand amply
and cruel injury
tt. account
e informedo the
y
0, an uneffending
4.i,ftketeh'-I,rwewli at I considered to
tie a wanto
reached me from Mr.
British subject. In the in
transactionwet
at the Austrian general, on hearing of it, had re-
..ei.timsecaraitei
primande d very severely the Austrian officer, and bad
said that if Mr. Mather would make explanations t,
on his deathbed, refused to
him the officer would make an apology to /the
for the
injury which he had received. Mr Mather, Os he then
and subsequetitl
ng
the matter before the civil tribunals of Tuscany, thought
ttothaant yhee:palsailyaiee,
y brought
proved of this, and desired Mr. Se cuy, ' an-
sentative of her Majesty's Governmshent,
Tuscan Government that the trial ar ell as the repre•
to' request of the
fairness,uult
albsoe
instructedlc
openly and with all possible
Mr. Scarlett,
SS I was
Masher,
with the pecuniary
citcumatances of Mr.
M. er, to take care that that
gentleman
was
proved.
d with the best legal advice.—
(Hear, bear.) Th
received is a cora • ;
e wily information which I have since
oficatom from Mr. Mather, the
father, complaini Mun
s. which were
thrown in e way
the "g
of his theobtainingdifficulties
redress. cultieA. the
matter is still before the Tuscan tribunals, I am not
authorised to enter into fuller details until I shall
hays received further accounts from Mr. Scerlett ;
but I will confess, that
from the tone of the de-
mands made by Mr. Mather and his brother—out)
a youth of 19 and the other or 16 years of age... 4 was
struck with the conviction that they must be well Condi-
cloned young mere not likely to commit any off,nc,.
against the laws of it,lforeign
spokeco w
u ntrym with great good. (Hear, hear) Mr.
&tener, the father,
naturally
'd bl
touched his feelings consi e.ra y„ My Own
wishhas
cottsieeration the
sense and moderation on the subject which
been to conduct this matter with calmness but also with
s in the Austrian army and in our
difference
firmness.
sIo was
u s
anotgi onatt from my
own. In the Austrian army an officer is likely to be ,
broken if, when he is inaultee in the presence of his men,
he does not use his weapon to repel the insult. I recol-
lect a story—an occurrence which occurred some few
years ago at Vienna, and which created some discussion
at the time. There was a general order given to the
garrison or that place. that no
mlf,
should pais a sentinel
with a cigar in his mouth. A French gentleman passed
a sentinel without taking his ctgsr from his mouth. The
sentinel immediately pursued film and took the cigar
from him. The Frenchmen either did not understand
or would not understand the meaning of the sentinel,
and, in the course of the qua Gel which ensued, re-
peatedly struck a sergeant who
accompanied the
WO! At hist he wool 0 obliged ph 144 by toOk - - • _

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 12. rviis
SUPPLY OF ME V PROVISIONS TO
NAVY. •
(Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) the
Sir F. BARING said, so ter from objecting hiss
course leken by the Honourable Member, he gavns
credit for the sincerity of his intentions. Ha aldose
tremely glad that the subject bad been brought be
the House, because it gave him an opportunity
Whets
ewering objections made in another quarter; eel*
he was precluded from giving an eX1:".6"„-
bet
He would give the Hon. Gentleman hie icquirh, that
would propose to extend it a little further, in order he
more 0, .mplete information on the subject
spa
oheined. He was anxious there should be a Il
rot*
searching ii quiry, not confined to Goldner'a eentri tes
but to those of other persons who su„PPlieeboal!
navy with preserved meats.—(Hear.) Jae, ditty
show that no blame attached to the officers, wae of
he opened for inspection without destroying
It was to inspect tho canisters, They couldroe
tbe
001
which became unfit for human food. after being ePiesl
to the air for 48 hours; and it often happened' (be/
hough fresh and good a the time of examinationccoi.
became bad in a few hours afterwards. made
nation conducted by competent persont was always.df ad
of the preserved meat when it was shipped, ne„f tee
complaint respecting it was made on the par°v-ofte_ir
crew, it was immediately reported, and a sorite'showe:
wards took place. It the result of that survey dad!:
that the complaint of the sailors had sufficient I°-1) 51".
the meat was condemned and destroyed. 1;13,7, at tee
impression abroad that the sailor was obliged
oeot t°'
preserved meat.—(H, ar, hear.) Now, that wlistbs navy
case, for good care was taken that the ships in;sioas.
should be suffieientiy supplied with salted pro ens fot
was almost impossible to guarantee the
eert°;i
human food of the preserved meat bere"itle oP - n
time. Meat of that kind was perfectly good, Together.
the very best materials, and carefully Period to-dap
would, on examination, be found perfectly gociion of the
and yet after a certain time, by the itnii,erriebutnan
process which itunder went, become unfit Ye
,:e of Eng'uh
He recollected one case where a quaetN otberee";
meat suppled, not'hy Mr. Goldner, by by °Zoo otucei
tractor, underwent an examination before the Lev.
of the Admirslty at Devoiiport, in
George Poulett and several officers of the inavyktre Loa
presence ° the
report which they made stated,' not only that 1100tiog
was exceedingly fine, but that during thet exilteug,
they themselves partook very largely of , (
before";oo%
wished to show tbat.no.ec'e-ir
But notwithstandin
the meat salmi ned and certified beeeuel
that they so reported,
hcore
rested With
. Ile
ers who were entrusted witn.: golf
meat into store, for the corruption in" tee
ing the
and could not be ascertained at
iilLtrWarda.
moment of its reception. The Admiralty shoo'
it in their power and were bound to esti
humanw
thhi ce
h theyls ec
that they did not adopt the use of preserved 1331 i,
rashly and carelessly—that there was a proper exBtes
nation made of the meat before it was received isles&
store-rooms; end that when complaints were; no
they attend. d to those complaints and did what `ll they
143, reaway the evil,
and afterwards, as far as
woo
c uld, punish the ceetractor. The Hoe. Gentle
s fir!,
said that tar use
preserved meat in the navyWe igbf
commenced in 1840. Bet he (Sir F. Baring) W!.od
glare that so ar buck us 1813 they had some presery
f their
mast, though in stuali quantities, on board some 0
lies,
ships, the use of which had been allowed oil the a..PbP,dll
Lion ii,keveral OEO,II. It was, however, . undo. tit.
intro.l need gen.relly in 1840. Some time after,
276
Guldner—who, be (Sir F. Baring) was inforreodt wo test
Jew, though he could not see any reason 'chi niveert
account he should not recedeproper treatments( ti
hew )—appli,cl to the Admiralty to use a Preserved
ehieh he was the inventor, for mannfacturiegy
ex
the
meat. At his request the Admiralty caused Sll_Tv_ 'be
nation to be made into the merits of his inverldEdwiti'oo to
result of which was deemed sarisractory. In a of le
hat !he Navy Medical Board reported in favour bole
Geldner's preserved meat, Notwithstanding thltro the
ev.r, the meat was only introduced graduanY lureattr
navy, and not all at once. In consequence of a 0 hod
mendetion as to the manner in which the servied wee
been performed—mede not to his Noble Frie,e, ore-
preceded him m office, but to the gentleman wu'jrai•
ceded Lord Auckland—the present Lords of the
rally were left by their predecessors with oeltioo
day's supply of meat necessary for the consul" rwith
or the whole service, and a running contrAc! „00.
&lr. Goldner. Up teethe beginning t: ate
plaints 1849 pea
plaints were made to the Admiralty with respect „oat
preserved meats. Later than that they recteiveda_..
from Sir Charles Napier, who was then in the ship
cent, stating that he had consulted the men Lent they
respecting the use of the preserved meats, and that Only
said they I.ked it better than any other. It was
in 1849 that the Admiralty received any ofrtroart
whatever with regard to those meats. ‘136039
however, they had two serious complaints made raser
in c usequence of wroeb they called on Mr. GT haying
mike sumo explanation. That explanation ghat
b:-en deemed satisfactory, they intimated to that
tleman that his contract with them must cease, au- vs-
hey must enter into a fresh one on the subje_et' co
ri.006 precautions were taken in the subsequent A 030
tract with respect to the size of the canisters en'
_ew to ,
perfect exclusion of the air from them, with a Y'.„ight
mant2,ingood quality of the meat. nowys
mention that the contract entered into WitO ''o3est
was not a private one, but the result of publicicolisfoi-
tion ; and now that his transactions with the ton
RBB a serious matter to
ratty had terminated it
oboe
w u had invested so large a sum of money id his
_trsot ILL
merit as that gentleman. There was a new oeu,,„iroltl
the b.gtunhe A.- but
' ing of 1850, and up to 1851 t it
under it;
had no complaint of the meat supplied
contra
that mono' nt they received a complaint the confee, told
immediately cancelled, and Mr. Goldner his
that he could mailer be permitted to V.r..u"i The
supplies nor to make a fresh tender filtrado
CO r
omphiint Which erigineted the neat luT Pe*