The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

WINE DUTIES.

Mr. ANSTEY gave not ice that this day fortnight he
should call the attention If the House to the decline
which had recently taken place in the revenue derived
from the:import duty on w Me.
VOTE B' r BALLOT.

Mr. H. BERKELEY gt tve notice that, on the 30th
inst., he should move for le ave to brilig in a Bill to make
vote by ballot the law of th e land.
• PARLIAMEN' rA.RY R:EFORM.

Mr. LOCKE KING gave notice that this day fort-
night he should move for hive to bring in a Bill to assi-
milate the procedure and :proceedin gs at elections for
counties in England to th ()Fie in bo:ooughs, namely, to
make the right of voting a, 101. rental, and to limit the
polling to one day.
SHOOTING' A SAILOR.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS ~tilled atti nation to a circum-
stance which had recently occurred a t San Francisco. A
sailor while attempting to idesnrt iron* a British ship of
war, by swimming ashore, was shot dead by one of the
marines; and he wished 'to know from, Admiral Berkeley
if there was any truth in thf report?
Admiral BERKELEY said the question• ought to
have been put to the pre stint Secretary for the Admi-
tatty. No report had reacia ed the Aamiralty.of the na-
ture referred to by the Ho it. Member at the time he left
it.—(Hear.)

lONIAN ISLAND: 3.

On the motion of Mr. PILE ME, a re turn of dispatches
between Sir H. G. Ward t m d Earl Gr ey wore agreed to.

VENTILATIOM OF THE :ROUSE:.
Lord R. GROSVENO'I inquired whether the Noble
Lord at the head of the Woods and Forests was able to
hold out any hopes of reli, A to the suCerings of Members
from the present state of tie ventilation of the Lower
House? He considered that if some steps were not
taken in the matter some !Fatal result would be the con-
sequence.—(Hear.) Wb en Members. entered and took
their seats in the D:o use they felt a sort of
burning sensation all round the bead., and a swelling.of
the temples, which in scum instances induced a species
of nervous fever, and in ofthers a kin, a of apopletic fit,
(Laughter and hear.) In order 1 o escape this in-
fliction last night, he went up to the gallery, and
sat by the side of the Renourcible Member for
Devon ; here they obi Wined a Mille fresh air, but
in four or five mintatim the breeze changed into
a gale of wind—(A litugh)—anti compelled them
to quit the place. T7ney nest went to the op-
posite gallery, but th er, found that doing so was
only jumping out of the' frying-pan into the fire—(A
laugh)—ter the stench vn is so bad I hat they were com-
pelled to retire,—(Hear; hear.) Gentlemen were all,
no doubt, anxious to dot heir duty Ito their constituents,
but unless some remedy %I -Ere devised there would cer-
tainly be loss of life.—(f ff .ar, hear.)
Mr. W. PATTEN al sc ) complained of the imperfect
state of ventilation in the commate, -room..
Lord J. MANNERS, :admitted That every Member
must agree in the net r,i ity of adt sometptiit:gguiry
speedy
remedy, and said •th at every
1 on the
subject either ha d or wus now
made. He understood that them report being
Reid bad been compllel:ed this afternoon,it,
bad not yet come into'. hi s possession. Inof
Dr.
but
consequence
of the notice of the Rol r. Member Vor WeGtminster he
had sent for Mr. Golldl sworthy Cita.,eY, and given
him every facility fc r inquiring into
the cause
of the nuisance. It was,, however, Impossible for him
(Lord J. Manners) to I Inf lertake that the evil should be
altogether removed, the rui gh he hopes
I the inquiries that
devise a remedy.
were being made would et :able them t
METROPOLIT & N IVATEIO. SUPPLY.
• o
Mr. THOMAS DUN( 1011 BE whaled to ask the Se-
eretdry of State for the, I [tome Department whether it
was the intention of her
II t
present ajesty's Ministers to take any
steps during the
se
a better supply of wat ssion of Rarlismeat to secure
er' 1 o the metropolis, or to provide
for the more distant intie; went of the dead?