The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-19 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ... 712
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Females ... ..• •.. IGO ••• 689
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Total ... ~. ... ... ...1,401
*ln this number are included 44 by Scarlatillas 36
by Typhus Fever. and 16 by Diarrheas.

THE NO-DOUSE LAST NIGHT.
The following were the Members present at four o'ol
ock
when the House was not made:
Alcock, I'. Milligan, Robert
Anstey, C. Mcnsell, William
Berkeley, Grenville Masterman. John
Brotherton, J. Muntz, G. F. - ..
Cowan, C. Patten, J. W.
Duncan, George Pusey, P.
Edwards, Henry Rice, E.
Fordyce, Captain Stansfield, R. W.
Forster, M. Scholefield, William
Geach, Charles Strickland, Sir George
Hayter, W. G. Stuart, Lord lludleY
Harris, Richard Thompson, Colonel
Hindley, C. Thicknesse, R.
Inglis, Sir R. H. Villiers, Hon. C. P.
Kershaw, J. Williams, John
Matheson, Colonel Wrightson, W. B.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD

B EFOR AI ASSOCIATION.
(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) go
Sir,—On Monday the 17th, the Militia Bill W“
proceeded with in Committee. The part imposing gib
forcible conscription in the event of the number In
being raised by voluntary enlistment, was only carve;
by 127 against 110. The argument on which tb,,
Ministry rested their refusal to leave the enactsuel!"
of the ballot to a future Parliament, was extraoril:
nary in its way, and no doubt contributed to to;
smallness of the Ministerial majority. They urg,eto
that at the present moment the ballot was presentea.,
the public in conjunction with the pleasant possibil
of its being done without ; whereas if left to fu
turr
Parliament, it would only be brought forward uncle
the disagreeable nakedness of necessity. A strove
argument, to set cff against the desirableness of No
ing till the necessity was proved.
It is not easy to say, what is the object of the
Government in thus apparently wooing the introduL"
tion of an unpopular m,asure eight months before 91
necessity is proved. What is it they expect to gain
What they lose, is sufficiently clear; in proof °`
which, a portion of the daily press is already WI/
up the point, as what must have a substantial effec
on their chances of official permanence.
The Ministerial organs were loud in their declare'
e
tion against exemptions. Which, as in the case in'
the Income Tax, means that they have got somebea!
in a bad position, and mean to keep them so. At tu°,
same time it is just to mention, that they promiseu
some alteration in the law as connected with thi:,
power of distraint on the members of the Society 0'
Friends. A sort of giggle ran along the To/
benches when the subject was first moved. But the
leaders wer
Tuesday,ewi onlyerth 30 Membersanthe foll
beingowers. present •
four o'cl(ck, there was no House.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
Blackheath, l9-h May. 1852.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ,
SlR,—The Queen of Spain se. ks to flatter England
ce
conferring the Order of the Golden Fleece on the Fri°
of Wales. It would be much better for this proud va.
tion, boasting of her resources and possessing a vast z.
crease of revenue, to act honestly by her foreign c!:,
ditors, to whose money and forbearance she owes her 17.
dependence. Spanish principle is to borrow—paY )
thing. For eleven years confiscate one-half the interel.o
and give one per cent. on the other moiety. We 13%
now a Conservative or Protectionist Government---0
the "Press" and Lord Malmesbury do nothing?
A CONS CANT SUBSCRIBE,'

FEARFUL ACCIDENT,—A very melancholy nra
er,.
rence took place on board the steamer Whitehaven, 7,1,103.
just off the Heads, on her passage from Liverpool to INL",,eO
haven, on Sunday morning last. The engines had tit
temporarily stopped for some purpose, and Mr.
Greenshields, the chief engineer, was leaning over them foot.
the arrangement of some matter which had got into dermentary disorder, when a sea struck the vessel, urging Be,ahead, and necessarily setting the engines in motion. -`'he
fore Mr. Greenshields could withdraw himself, or have tro
engines stopped again, his right arm was caught in t,;9
machinery, and iu an instant was nearly severed from P'
body. The unfortunate man made his appearance dt
deck, holding the several portions of the arm in his left baAl3.r
a small piece of skin merely attaching it to the retneill'„-,
of the limb. The mutilated member was hastily bound 7
by Captain Askew, of Whitehaven, who happened to be
,°,.."6
of the passengers on board ; and on the arrival of the %%4":
oismle
haven in the harbour, Mr. Greenshields was taken to the "";
firmary, where amputation near the shoulder took 090 at
once—Carlisle
do we find in too manYo nf
of
oncOe ;Call
our houses? Not a picture? Not a "thing of beauty, re-
any description ; often not a thought of it. Even vibe
reign thrift and carefulness, there sometimes shines no joy'
and the clay-bound spirit never reachesright levatioe;
its e
Bible
the occupants groan instead of living. But there is a o
on the window-sill, you will say ;we want not Apollo. Tri„it:
We have deeper consol I tion, purer teaching, higher incitelne.
than the poor dark Greek; but The Book scarcely requ'r`t
white ceilings, drab walls, and bare, gloomy looks; coaste ;
care; lamentations for ills which are not and never rneY. °het.
thoughts only for the animal life ; a shutting out of the light'
and refusal to be j.)yous. If you do not know of such flouter'
you are lucky in your friends.—Correspondent of the Buda' is
MONEY MARK-LT.—The quotation of gold at P6rh,
is about 5 per mille prem. (according to the new tariff), oblefor
at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce
standard gold, gives an exchange et 25.29 i ; and the „41's
change at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it fol',`..'so
that gold is about 0.61 per cent. dearer in London to ,d
in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of g°'of
is 431 per mark, which, at the English Mint Price,o
31. 17s. 100 per ounce for standard gold, gives an exeb3"l4
of 13.3 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London t.
short being 13.9 k, it follows that gold is about 0.69 per cam.
ceo
dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course is
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sigh
td
IlOi per cent., and the par of exchange between Bug
the
and America being 109 23.40 per cent, it follows that
exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of Engi7be
But, after making allowance for charges of frarapor.,tiou
present rate leaves no margin of profit on the hiVrta
pi* phi foul truited Otateet