The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-27 00:00:00

- Mr. STANLEY said he was not yet in the Cabinet
—(Laughter)—and was therefore afraid he could not
give the explanation required ; but he was sure the con-
stitutional feelings of the Hon. Member would not per-
mit him to stand between the electors of Cambridge
and their Representative.—(Hear, hear.)
The new writ was then ordered to be issued.
Mr. STANLEY also moved a new writ for the
city of Waterford, in the room of T. Wyse, Esq.,
who had accepted the office of one of the Commis-
sioners to execute the office of Lord High Treasurer.
Mr. D'ISRAELI said that perhaps the Right
Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Con-
trol for India, would favour the House with a state-
ment of the principles on which the new Cabinet was
to be constructed. Members could scarcely meet their
constituents without havinc, it in their power to impart
to them a knowledge of the policy that was to be pur-
sued by the new Cabinet, three new writs had been
lately moved (and no doubt a great many more would
be moved) without any statement whatever being made
to the House.
Sir JOHN C. HOB HOUSE was not aviare of the
intention of Hon. Members generally to meet their
constituents, nor was he the least aware of what private
arrangements the Hon. Gentleman himself might have
made for meeting the electors of Maidstone. So far
as he knew the Government had no intention of
remodelling the Cabinet, or of changing that course of
policy which they had hitherto pursued.
The motion was then agreed to.
WEST INDIA MAILS.

.WARBL/ RTON said-that,-considering all cir-
cumstances, there was then a tolerably full House, and
as that was the last opportunity he would have this
Session of addressing the House, he would take that
opportunity of calling the attention of Hon. Members
to the subject of the contracts into which the Admi-
ralty had entered relative to steam navigation. In
the observations he bad ventured to address
to the House the other night he had stated
that the Government were entitled to thanks
for placing the mail bags on board of
steam-vessels instead of sailing vessels. The Govern-
ment did not seem to have exercised that wise discre-
tion and that sound consideration which they ought to
have exerted on this occasion. There was this point
-worthy of consideration, that the moment you establish
steam-packets between England and America, the West
Indies, Brazil, &c., all passengers to those quarters
would sail by those vessels, and thus a monopoly of
carriage to those countries would be set up most ad-
vantageous to the parties having the benefit of this
contract. No person now knew whether 100,0001.
would be lost or gained by the arrangement. Many
personsacquainted with the subject believed that the con-
tractors would realise by it 100,0004; one ofthem had cer-
tainly been offered 25,000/.0r30,000/. for the share which
he held in thel Company. The contract ought most
assuredly to have been made the subject of public com-
petition. Improvements in steam navigation were be-
ing daily introduced, and there should have been more
attention paid to that. The conditions of the contract
ought to have been submitted to Parliament before they
were finally sanctioned. The power of steam had been
increased from 20,000,000 to 80,000,000, as four to
one, within the last few years. He did hope that the
Government bad not even now fully concluded the ar-
rangement, and that next Session they would give that
House the power of expressing their opinion upon it.
He could assure the Admiralty that parties connected
with steam navigation viewed the contract with great
jealousy. Just to afford ground for a discussion, he
would move that the House do adjourn.
After a pause of some minutes,
Mr. B. SMITH rose and said, as the Hon. Secre-

tary for the Admiralty did not seem disposed to address
the House, he would make a remark or two. He
wished to direct their attention to the improvements in
steam navigation, which he could assure them were
daily increasing in number and importance, and the fa-
cility for which was very great. One great point was,
that the size of the vessels might be much more in-
creased, than in the ordinary kind : a large steam ship
was as manageable as a small one, while the power was
considerably enhanced. Whereas these steam ships
were, he understood, to be only half the size of the
Great Western—(Hear, hear.) He feared that these
were considerations which the Admiralty had not suf-
ficiently borne in mind.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. C. WOOD said the reason why he had delayed
rising was the consciousness that he had already ad- '
dressed the House on the subject twice, and he now
felt that he would do no more than repeat what be had
again and again stated before. He liticw that where
public competition had been resorted to on a former
occasion, no such favourable offer bad been made as
that which the Admiralty bad accepted. It should
be borne in mind that in cases where the enterprise
was, as in the present case, highly difficult, compe-
tition would operate much less than in ordinary cases.
He thought, therefore, without assigning too great
authority to the Admiralty, their experience might be 111
permitted to set aside the theories of the Hon. Gentle-
man. He had never asserted that no improvement had
taken place in steam navigation within the last ten
years, but what he had stated was, that no such im-
provements had taken place within that time, as would
authorize the expectation of any great reduction taking
place in the expense of navigating steam-vessels within
the next ten years. The contractors were also
bound, on the requisition of the Government, to give
the advantage of every improvement that might take
place in steam navigation, and taking all these circum-
stances into consideration, he did not think it would be
worth the while of the contractors to make an outlay of
capital for a less period than ten years.
Mr. HAWES would observe, in reference to the re-
marks of the Hon. Gentleman as to the improvements
likely to be effected in steam navigation, that the Great
Western Steam Company were now engaged in building
an iron steam-boat for transatlantic navigation, by
which from 400 to 500 tons of stowage would be saved,
and be devoted to cargo instead of to the stowage of
fuel, and thus a great saving would be effected.
Captain BOLDER() considered the Government
had made a most advantageous contract, and that great
credit was due to them as well as to the contractors.
Mr. W ARBURTON wished to know whether in
the contract made with the Company, any provision had
been made as to the charges that were to be made by
them for carrying passengers across the Atlantic.
Mr. C. WOOD said that Government had not
entered into any contract upon that point.
Mr. WARBURTON thought that such being the
case, a due regard had not been paid to the interests of
the public, because the Company would have the power
of charging what they pleased. He hoped that when
Parliament met again the subject would be properly
considered.
Admiral ADAM rose to address the House, but
was interrupted by the entrance of the Deputy Usher
of the Black Rod, who summoned the House to the
House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given to
several public and private Bills (for which see our Lords'
Report).
On the return of the SPEAKER he informed the
House of the different Bills that had received the Royal
Assent, and the House then adjourned at a Quarter-
past Four o'Clock till to-morrow.

VOLUNTARY ABOLITION OF SUNDAY TRA.
ING. —The Churchwardens of the palish of St. Clement
Danes have issued a notice, stating that, by the desire and
concurrence of the greater part of the tradesmen of that
parish, no trading will be carried on on Sundays after the
Sth of September next, when all baskets, stalls, and goods
exposed in the market, streets, and other places will be
removed. The Churchwardens express their great satis-
faction at the result of the endeavours of thosespaabrbiasht,hilo-dnea
who attended the public meetings a few weeks since, when
andthe to impressyagreedto the proprietykeepthe
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of opselose
closed on theunanimity
on the trades-
men of the various districts, the consequence being that,
the Churchwardens have received the most satisfactory
assurances of support in
their efforts to obtain a due ob-
servance of the Lord's day.
On Wednesday last, some evil-disposed person
named Edward
his rent.— 11)sl,g..lbabs belonging to an industrious person
poisoned twenty •
, residing in Crook's place. The
animals were the only the poor fellow had of paying
IVcrfolk rrnoneLtre.
ACCIDENT TO TUE BATH COACII.—On Sa-
turday morning, at eight o'clock, the Beaufort coach quitted
the White Lion, Bath, for London, with its usual caution
and regularity, but had not proceeded to within a quarter of
.efrion,sius were promptly in att e n -
a mile of the Pickwick Gate, about eight miles no:a Bath,
when, upon a slight descent, and the horses going at a roc-
derate pace, the axlctree broke short in two, and the coach-
man, named Everett, one of the best whips on the road,
was precipitated to the ground, and in the fall broke his
leg just below the knee. By the concussion one of the
ni
more
stoehrs
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hinder wheels broke away from the coach, and ran
grasswith
such velocity upon the causeway as to knock an o7d woman
down who was accidentally passing, and in the fall the poor
creature (an aged person) also had Irlaceattgefcchbewrer
werbel
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escaped witl
other, wiiLing for a spring carte to convey them to the Bath
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frightened t 1 a few
were brought to town by the
They Regulator, Bristol
coach.—Observer.
ARRIVAL OF DRAGOONS.—This morning
(Friday) two troops of the 7th Dragoon Guards arrived in
Carlisle from Burnley. They Kill be biletted in various
houses until the quarters in Mr. Barton'sodoknmoei nine
e.n theo ' o'clock,
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yard arc ready
for their reeeption.—Civlisle Patriot.