The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-23 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.)
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1839.'
COMMERCIAL (LONDON AN!) BLACK-
WALL) RAILWAY BILL.
Order for Second reading. read; Motion made, and Question
proposed,—" That the Bill be now read a second time :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and
at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this
day six months:"—Question put, " That the word now'
stand part of the Question :"—The House divided :

MAJORITY-AYES,
Guest, J. J.
Hastie, A.
gieaor, C. J.
Hindley, C.
Hohhouse, T. B.
Hodges, T. L.
Holmes, W.
Hume, Joseph
Irving, John
Lockhart, A. M.
Lowther, J. H.
Lushington, Dr.
Lygon, Hon. Gen.
Lynch, H. A.
Mackenzie, W. P.
Mackinnon, W. A.
Macnamara,
Marshall, W.
John
Mauve, Hon. ecx
Morris, David
Muskett, George A.
O'Connell, D.
O'Connor Don
Varker, J.
Parker, IJ. E. N.
Pechell, Captain
Perceval Colon I

Attwood, W.
Bannerman, A.
Barnard, E. G.
Barrington, Viscount
Bewes,
Blake, W. J.
lin,therton, J.
Buck, 1.. W.
Buller, E.
Burroughes, N. N.
Butter, Hon. P.
Chute, W. L.
Clay, W.
Cole, Hon. A.
Colquhoun, J. C.
Craig, W G.
Denison, W. J.
Divett, E
Dourc, Marquis of
Ellice, E.
Farnham, E. B.
Fihoer, Sir E
Fremantle, Sir T.
Gore, 0..1. It.
Gore, 0. W.
Grant, F. W.
Grey, Sir G.
Grimsaitch, T.

Pcrceval, Captain
Planta, J.
Polhill, F.
Salwey, Colonel
Scarlett, Hon. R.
Somers, J. P.
Stanlftv, E. J.
Steuart, It.
Stewart, James
Strutt, Edward
Style, Sir T. C.
Tancred, H. W.
Teigtimoutli, Lord
Thomas, Co
Vernon, Granville
Waddington, H. S.
Wallace, R
Warou r ton, ii.
Ward. H. G.
White, Andrew
'M alehouse, Hon. E.
Wood, Captain
Yate,i J. A.
Young, John

TELLERS.
klston, Rowland
Duncombe, 'l'. S.

Millie, Colonel H.
Baker, E.
Berkeley, C.
Boldero, H. G.
Bradshaw, James
Bramston, T. W.
Broadwood, H.
Brodie, W. D.
Bruges, W. 11. L.
Byng, George
Chapman. A.
Chetwynd, Major
Chichester, J. Y.
Clerk, Sir G.
Collier, J.
Dick, Quintin
lrlsraeli, Benjamin
Duke, Sir James
East, J. Buller
Eastnor, Viscount
Freshfield, J. W.
Gasket!, J. M.

NORITY—NOES,
Gladstone, W. E.
Graham, Sir J.
Grote, G.
Halford, H.
Hay ter, W. G.
Heneage, G. W.
Hepburn, Sir T. B.
Hodgson, K.
HOpo, Hon. C.
Hope, G. W.
Cloward. W.
Ingestrie, Lord
Inglis, Sir it. H.
Knatcnbuli, Sir
Knox, Flon. T.
Law, Hon. C. E.
Lennox, Lord A.
Lushington, C.
Mackenzie, Thomas
Norreys, Lord
Paget, lord A.
Pag.t, Frederick

Pakington, John S.
Palmer, G.
Pattison, J.
Pease, Joseph
Pnillpotts, John F.
Pusey, Philip
Round, C. G.
Round, J.
Scrope, G. P.
Smith, B.
Somerset, Lord C.
Stanley, Lord
Stanstield, W. R. C.
Stock, Dr.
Stormont, Lord
'Ferment, J. E.
Willia:as, W.
Wood, Sir Matthew
Young, Sir L W.

REFO.

Aet [2 Will. IV.,
put, " That leave bi
Act :"—The House
Aglionby, H. A.
Attwood, 'l'.
Barnard, E. G.
Bodkin, John James
Broth erton, J.
Butler, Hon. P. S
Chahner,, P.
drington, Sir E.
Currie, Rai kes
Dennistoutt, J.
Duke, Sir James
Duncombe, 'l'. S.
Dundas, J. C.
Easthope, John
F'►eldeu, J.
Fenton, John
Finch, Francis
Grote, G.

TELLERS.
Crawford, W.
Harvey, D. W.

?M OF PARLIAMENT.
c. 45J read; Motion made, and Question
given to bring in a Bill to amend the said
liviled:—
[NORITY—AYES, 50.
Hall, B. Salwey, Colonel
Harvey, D. W. Somers, J. P.
Hawes, B. Style, Sir Charles
Hector, ." J. Tanereil, 11. W.
Hoitind, &ken Turner, Edmund
Ilumphery, J. Villiers, Charles P.
Hutt, W. Wallace, It.
James, Vi illiam Wailiurtssn, H.
Leader, .T. r. Ward, 6 ii.
Lushingtoo' Charles White, A.
Muskets, 0. A. WiEle, Thomas
O'Connell, D. Wiiliams, W.
O'Connell, M. J. Wood, Sir Matthew
0 Connor Don 1 Yates, John A
Pattison, J.
Power, James
Protheroe, Edward
Rundle, John

Abereromb, N 2
y G. R.
Ainsworth' Peer
Ilaillie, Colonel
Baring, F.l'.
Barinzton, Lord
Barry, U S.
Nair, James
Bien ne rhasse tt, A.
Broadley, H.
Bruges, W. H. 14
Campbell, Sir J.
Canning, Sir S.
Cayley, E. S.
Copeland, W.
Courtenay, Philip
Curry, W.
D'lsraeli, Benjamin
Douglas, Sir C.
East, James Buller
Egerton, W. 'l'.
Eliot, Hon J. R.
Ellis, John
Forester, lion. G.
Fremantle, Sir T.
Fr.ilitield, J. W.
Gaskell, J. M.
Gladstone, W.
t,ordon, :t.
Goulburn, H.
Grimsditch, Thomas

.JORITY-NGES,
Guest, J.
Hakln-d, IL
Hastie, A.
Heneagc, (U
Hodgson, Richard
Hope, Charles
Hope, G. W.
Hotham, Lord
-Howard, P. H.
Howick, Lord
Jones, John,
Jones, Theobald
Henry
Lascelles, vv. S
Law, Hon. C. E.
Lefty, lit. Hon. F.
Lockhart, A. M.
I.owther, J.H.
Mackenzie, Thomas
Maule, Hon F.x
Maunsell, 'l' P
Mordaunt, Sir J.
Mdrpeth, Viscount
Murray, A.
Norre)s, Lord
Packe, C. W.
Palmer, George
Parker, K'.. T.
Prase, Joseph

Lord Dungannon, M.P. has paired off
until after the Laster Recess.

TELLERS.
flume, Joseph
John6on, General

Perceval, Colonel
Perceval, Hon. U. J.
Pinney, W.
itice, T. S.
Ri-bards, Richard
Itolre, Sir R. M.
Round, C. G.
Russelt, Lord John
Sandon, Loot
,haw, Frederick
Smnh, Vernon
Stanley, E. J.
Stanley. Lord
Stock, Dr.
Stuart, Lord James
Stuart, Villiers
Teigninouth, Lord
Torment, J. E.
Thompson, Ald.
Tollemache, F. J.
Troubridge, Sir T.
Vere, Sir C B.
Vivian, John Ennis
Wood, C.
Wood, Thomas
Young, John

TELLERS.
Seymour, Lord
Parker, John

ith Mr. Wyse, M.P,

HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE.

Analysis of the Reformers who, on the 21st of March,
1839, voted against Mr. Hume'.3 motion to bring in a
Bill to give Household Suffrage:—
Lord John Russell, Secretary of State.
Lord Howick, Secretary at War.
Baring, T. T. (Portsmouth), Secretary to the Treasury.
Campbell, Sir John, Attorney-General.
Gordon' Robert, Secretary to the Board of Controul.
Maule, Hon. Fox, Under Secretary of State.
Morpeth, Lord, Chief Secretary of Ireland.
Rice, Right Iron. T. S., Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Rolfe, Sir IL M., Solicitor-General.
Smith, R. V., Secretary to the India Board.
Stanley, E. J., Secretary to the Treasury.
Trowbridge, Sir E., Lord of the Admiralty.
Wood, Charles, Secretary to the Admiralty.
Seymour, Lord, Lord of the Treasury.
Parker, Mr. John, Lord of the Treasury.

Abercromby, Hon. G., Stirlingshire.
Ainsworth, Peter, Bolton.
Barry, G. S., County of Cork.
Cayley, E. S., York, N. R.
Curry, Wm., Armagh.
Guest, Sir John, Merthyr Tydvil.
Hastie, Archibald, Paisley.
Howard, P. H., Carlisle.
Murray, Alexander, Kircudbright.
Pease, Joseph, Durham, South.
Pinney, Wm., Lyme Regis.
Stuart, Lord James, Ayr.
Stuart, V., Waterford County.
Stock, Dr., Cashel.
Vivian, J. E., Truro.

ABSTRACT.—FOR THE MOTION.
52 Reformers.
AGAINST THE MOTION.
_ _ _

Lord John Russell anal4-1117mbers
of the Government ...
Reformers
Tories

Majority against

87

SAVANNAH.—By the Eli, Whitney, w•e have
received Savannah papers of the date of the 25th of Feb.
The Augusta Chronicle informs U 3, that the centre of the
island of Guadaloupe has sunk considerably below the level
of the sea, and that the consequences of this calamity,
the occurrence of which is attributed to the earthquake
which has recently devastated Martinique, are, that many
rich plantations and costly edifices are engulphed beneath
the surf.ce of the yawning and dissevered earth. The con-
tinuance of the disturbances which the Indians who skirt and
infest the frontier have fomented, is indicated by the fact,
that agrarian outrages are daily committed by them. In
the district of Tallahassee they have successfully hazarded a
Rock.te expedition; and in the course of their lawless ca-
reer, deliberately murdered the greater portion of the
family of a highly respectable resident. The glaring inef-
ficiency of the armament dispatched to check the aggressions
of these marauders, appears to have become the theme of
general complaint ; and a reinforcement of forces, suffi-
ciently formidable in numbers and equipment, to defeat
the designs and to repel the advances of their merciless
invaders, is imperatively demanded by the inhabitants of
the province. _ _

THE LATE MURDER AT Fis AtaYti
Engs.t—hait nthemostof
,
the papers of Monday last there appeared an account
(copied from a Sunday paper),
grand-
father of Mr. Francis Hastings Medhurst, against
whom a verdict of wilful murder has been returned
by the Coroner's inquest 1131 d on the body of Mr.
Joseph Alsop, had some years since killed his
wife by cutting her head off, and afterwards placing it on
the table, and saying to it, " There now, will you hold your
tongue ?" We arc however, assured from an authority
on which we can rely, that the statement is in many re-
spects incorrect. There is, it appears, no doubt that Mrs.
Medhurst died by the hand of her husband, but not in the
manner described; the fact being that an altercation
taking place between them, Mr. Medhurst, whose mind
had been for some time affected, in a violent passion
stabbed his unfortunate lady, and instantly throwing
down the weapon fled the house. He was ultimately
tried for the murder, at the York assizes, in 1804,
and acquitted as stated. on the ground of in-
saity. At that time the unfortunate gentleman was
a stockbrolier of eminence, and possessed of large property
in the county of York, where he kept an extensive esta-
blishment, and a pack of hounds. tic is now, however,
an inmate of the lunatic asylum of Messrs. Stilwell, Moor-
craft House, in the parish of Hillingdon, near Uxbridge
(and not at Hayes, as has been stated), is approaching to
near fourscore years of age, and from illness and debility
is fast hastening to " that bourne from whence no traveller
returns," and is, of course, quite unconscious of the se-
rious charge against his grandson. The parents of Mr.
Francis Hastings Medhurst are not, as has.been stated, both
dead. His father died about two years since, but his mo-
ther is still living, and he has several brothers and sisters.
One of the brothers is a clergyman of the Established
Church.

CATERPILLAR IN THE HEART OF AN
OAT( TREE.---Some time ago, a caterpillar was brought to
our office, which had been taken out of the heart of an
oak tree cut up in a ship-builder's yard in Leith. It is in
length from two and a half to three inches, and about an
inch or an inch and a half in circumference. The scat or
bed in which it was found was in width merely sufficient to
contain it, and about twice its own length. The timber all
around was fresh and sound, and no communication was
discernable with the external air. The discoloration
of the wood attracted the attention of a carpenter
as he approached the place with his adze, and the crea.
torei was brought out dive. On being exp'osed to the
air t. opened its mouth, and writhed about as if in hunger
or n. Shortly after it died, As now preserved in
spirits it presents rings of black, red, and yellow blending
partially with one another. A scientific friend, to whose
inspection we submitted it, pronounces it to be the cater.
pillar of a goat moth, the cossus ligniperda of Rennie,
and other naturalists. As its name indicates, it is de.
structive of timber, and is of rare cccurrence in Britain.
Fromits appearance one would conclude that it would
soon have been changed from the larva to the moth form;
.but how it got into its seat in the heart of the tree, or how
it could have got nut no' in in ?Inv h 'fi
been liberated in the manner we have described, mot be I
settled by some Wiser head than ours.—Scottish Pilot.