The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

ourtb Milton

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAV )

ISANDILANDS it. LECATT.
This was a rule obtained by Sir Fitzroy Kelly to
show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue
against Horatio Bethune Legatt, directing him to bring
up the body of Anna Maria Sandilands, the wife of John
Siadilands.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now showed cause against
the rule. As he was extremely anxious to avoid enter-
ing into the very painful circumstances detailed in the
affidavits, he submitted to the Court at the outset
a preliminary objection, which he said he was satisfied
would convince them that no writ could be issued in this
woe against his client. The affidavits showed that so
far from Mrs. Sandilands being detained by her son
against her own consent, she wished to remain under
his roof, and objected to return to her husband, whom
she had left in consequence of circumstances that took
place in his house, which rendered it impossible for her to
continue to live with him. These facts, he contended, jus-
tified the Court in at once discharging the rule, a habeas
corpus being of no avail to the husband to obtain the
return of his wife, as it was entirely with her own in-
clination that she remained apart from him.
Sir F. TCer.vr supported the rule, and argued that the
court could grant a habeas for the purpose of ascertain-
ing the truth of the statement as to the lady residing of
r own free will with her son.
Lord CAMPBELL thoughtthe rule for a habeas corpus
ought not to have been granted, as the Court had no
Jurisdiction in such a case. All the Court could do was
to restore to lihorty any of the Queen's subjects who
'vere improperly confined or imprisoned; but it appeared
that this lady was not under any restraint, but was
living in her- son's house with her own free consent,
and whether the husband had a right under
these circumstances to recover possession of her and
compel her to live with him, was a matter
which the Court had no power to determine.-If the writ
went, and the lady was produced,. the Court could not
make an order compelling her to live with her husband.
The constitution had wisely pointed out the tribunal
where such a matter could be heard and decided; and if
she had nc good cause for being absent from her hus-
band, and the Court offered no opinion on that point, a
deeree of the ecclesiastical court could compel her to
return to him, but a habeas corpus would be wholly
nugatory in such a case. The rule would therefore be
discharged.—lhscharged accordingly.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
Aceotmt, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the sth day of June, 1852.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes 34,352,260

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .. .. 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 20,318,885
Silver bullion • • • • .. 33,375

! reading, though he was averse to the principle of the
Bill. _ .

After some discussion the Bill was read, a third time,.
shd the further proceedings on the Bill postponed un'
Monday.

PETITIONS.
Mr. O'BRIEN presented a petition from a place in
Ireland, in ;a% our of the ocean penny postege.
Mr. L. HEY WORTH presented a number of petitions
from temperance societies, praying the House to inquire
into the causes and consequences of intemperance.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition in favour
of ocean penny postage.
Mr. LAWRENCE HEYWORTH presented four
petitions for inquiry into the causes, practices, and con-
sequences of intemperance—ono from 4,964 members of
temperance societies in various parts of the United '
Kingdom; one from Saffron Walden; one from Peel, Isle
of Man, and one from Hexham. Northumberland.
METROPOLITAN BURIAL BILL.
On the motion that the 12 o'clock orders of the day
be postponed, until after the 12 o'clock notices of motion
had been disposed of.
Lord E
BRINGTON inquired when it was proposed
to take the second reading of the Bill, He hoped it
would not be at a late hour of the evening?
Mr. WALPOLE said it would not be brought on
after a quarter past 11 o'clock.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. F. DUNCOMBE wished to know whether it was
1)41: at six o'clock?
fir.po s e
lied in the negative. The Go-
vernment would go on with the Law Bills.
The motion was then agreed to.
ESTIM.
Mr. BERESFORDMILITIA moved theATES Select Committee to
prepare Militia Estimates t—Mr. Secretary at War,
Viscount Palmerston, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Sid-
ney Herbert, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir
William Jolliffe, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, Mr. George
Alexander Hamilton, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Dunne,
Sir John Tyrell, and all Colonels of Militia. Power
to send for persons, papers, and records; three to be
the quorum. To sit and proceed fortwith.
Mr. HUME said this was an unnecessary proceeding,
and he hoped now that we were to have the militia that
it would be done away with. The Committee was a
perfect farce, for all it would have to do would be to
agree to the estimates that might be put into their hands
by the Secretary-at-War.
Mr. WALPOLE remarked that sending the estimate
to a Select Committee would not preclude the House
from exercising an authority over it in supply.
The motion was then agreed to.
PUBLIC TAXES.

On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Mr. WILLIAMS rose to move—" That it appears, by
returns ordered by this House, that an enormous
amount of the public taxes is annually intercepted on
its way from the people's pockets to the Treasury, espe-
cially by the departments by which the taxes are col-
lected, and is expended for the payment of the revenue
officers and other expenses, but without the supervision
or control of this House; and in violation of the consti-
tutional principle, that no taxes shall be imposed on
the people, or the product thereof expended, without
the authority of their representatives in Parliament.
That for the security of the public monies, and accurate
keeping of the public accounts, it is indispensable that
the whole of the public income shonld, without any de-
duction whatever, be paid into her Majesty's Exche-
quer, and that no portion of it should be issued there-
from, on any plea or pretence, without the sanction of
Parliament, as it was recommended by the Commission,
which consisted of Members of the House, appointed
by the Crown in the year 1831.
Mr. HAMILTON hoped the Hon. Member would
not persevere with his motion now. He could renew
it on bringing up the report.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WILLIAMS acceded to the proposal, but
Mr. HUME said this question ought not to be left in
the hands of an independent Member. The House had
already decided that the public accounts should be made
out in one form, and that no money should be stopped in
its progress to the Exchequer. It was an anomaly which
did not exist in any other country, that seven millions
of money received as revalue was omitted from the re-
turns and taken out of the control of Parliament.

After a few words from Air. WALPOLE, the sabjeci
dropped.

MAYNOOTIL

In reply to Ur. MONSELL,
Mr. WALPOLE said ho apprehended that the reason
why there was no vote on the estimates for keeping the
College of May
nooth in repair was, that the late
Government, who had prepared the estimates, did not
consider such a vote necessary. The vote last year was
only carried by a majority of two or one, and there was
not much prospect of the Government getting the Home
to grant any sum for repairs in the present state of pub-
lic business, even if they wished to do so.
Mr. ANSTEY thought the Government had acted
with a very wise discretion in not bringing forward the
vote.

THE WORKING CLASSES.
Mr. SLANEY, on the motion that the Speaker do
leave the Chair, on going into Committee of Supply,
moved as an amendment, " That it was expedient that a
Department, Standing Committee, or unpaid Commission,
should be appointed, to consider, suggest, and report from
time to time, preventive and remedial measures, to benefit
the social condition of the working classes, and for re-
moving social and other obstacles to their improvement."
He said this subject had nothing to do with party po-
litics, bat was deeply interesting to the vast body of the
people whose condition was to be embraced by the pro-
posed inquiry. The :labouring population was divided
into two classes—those connected with husbandry, and
those living in large towns and in the manufacturing
districts. The great mass of them had been depressed,
degraded, and neglected for many years, and in a great
measure from the want of proper attention to their con-
dition by the Government and the Legislature. lie
thought that if some department or commission had
been in existence to watch the condition of the working
classes, and to suggest measures to remedy the evils that
surrounded them, there would now have been a vast im-
provement among them, both in a physical and moral
aspect. The Honourable Member referred to the reports
of Commissioners and Select Committees to show the
deplorable state of these two great divisions of the people,
and said he attributed the neglect he had mentioned to
great social changes which had taken place without any
corresponding
alterations of the law, so as to give
them fair play in their altered position. So frequent
were political changes, that before a Government had
time to direct its attention to subjects of this nature
it went out of office; and nothing effectual would be done
for the benefit of the people, unless some such perma-
nent body as he suggested was appointed. The exist-
ing state of things produced nothing but discontent, suf-
fering, and disease:in the country, and he asked for a
commission on the ground of economy, justice, and right.
While the comforts of the rich and middle classes had
been vastly augmented, crime had increased three
times faster than the population, and crime now cost
the country upwards of eleven millions annually.
Hitherto the wealthy had adopted the laissez faire sys-
tem in regard to these great grievances; but there ought
to be no longer delay in devising means of amelioration.
What he wanted for the working classes was instruction
to their children, protection to their health, and fair
play and: encouragement in regard to the employment
of their labour.
Lord R. GROSVENOR seconded the motion.
deserved to b Mr. WALPOLE said he was sure that the sincere
benevo
ulencoeb. Gentlemanalwayswhichhadry
d se distinguished
e
the career
of the
rewarded;
and if he thought the means proposed by the Hoc.
Gentleman would be likely to contribute towards
the improvement of the social condition of the working
classes, he should certainly wish, on the part of the
Government, at once to give his assent to this
motion. With regard to the motion before the
House, ho doubt. d whether it would really tend
to the benefit of those for whose benefit it was intended.
He doubted whether more information would be gained
by such a standing commission than was now obtained
by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament. A
commission would consist of one or two persons, who
would imbibe peculiar ideas and plans on these subjects,
on which their reports would be founded, while a
Parliamentary Committee would consist of persons who
took varied and different views, and in whose hands
these questions would be more likely to be considered in
a'l their bearings. Moreover, he did not think it judi-
cious to lead the people to depend rather on the Go-
vernment and Parliament,than on their own exertions.
On these grounds, therefore, he must give a reluctant
negative to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman, and he
hoped he would not press it to a division.
Mr. SCOBELL supported the appointment of a com-
mission, which he thought would do no harm, if it did
no good.

iilr. CARTER thought the appointment of this com-
mission would prevent the appointment of Select Com-
mittees for special purposes connected with this question.
After a few words. from Mr. PACRE and Mr. P.
HOWARD the motion was withdrawn, and the House
went into Committee of Supply
THE EXPENSES OF THE EMBASSY AT CON-
STANTINOPLE.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER acid
1 that r t
thet evzotee which stood to be taken first was the vote for
basil fancses of repairing the chapel of the British Em-
.onstantinople. The Government had taken
0 e into t •
heir consideration since yesterday, and
had taken
it appeared to them to be one of those which required
considerable'
at ConstantinopleTquiry. The enormous expenditure which
face indefensie upon the ambassadorial residence
appeared to him on the
that to to spend 85.00 It certainly appeared to him
He knew it had 01. in ten years was rather too much.
up to a practice, not sufficiently
checked at a die any
expeeseeeelrom this country, to launch out
into heavy
lay any blame on thm this sort, and without wishing to
te,!eprodecessors, her Majesty's illi-
opportunity of expressing
itihisetierrdsiswiaisthisefdacttioon
0,,n
this
sis
ehouhead, and therefore, under
further now
these circumstances, he
with this vote._ 14 not propose to proceed
Mr. W. PATTER said (111.1 ear, hear.)
which had fallen fro was glad to hear the
Ti.vine• presided as •Ch • the Right Hon. Gentle-
man. i.' ' " airman of the
Committee
on Official Salaries, he remembered
opinions
that the subject of
fussedf the Embassy et
the expe
selves o Constantino le had
strongly ps them n the notice
thep
Com-
mittee, though be wa3 not quit) Sure of
whether it had
been mentioned in their report.
Votes of 7831. for repairing the Ambassador's house
at Madrid, of 1,5951. of the late Earl of
the
Shaftesbury's pension due at time of his ,
navigation a aeath, and
of 4,000/. for improving the of the is/ -
enai
Straits, were also agreed to.
On the motion that 100,0001, be vote for civil con-
.

the Bishop of Barbadoes
in-
-h:
tiugencies,
The re.xApeNbsSeTiEboYurrroesde
btoy object to the following items
visitation to the islands of St. Vincent and SL Lucile
321. 58. 1".; the expense incurred by the Bishop oi
Antigua, for passages on his visitation to eaver.d
islands within his diocese, 424 as, 4(Li the ez.