The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-13 00:00:00

THE BUDGET.

In reply to Mr. J. WrirrE,
Tho 011ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
intended to bring forward his annual financial statement
on the first day after Easter, that he thought would be
Thursday, the 27th of April,
Mr. WALPOLE said ho should, under such circum-
stances, postpone bringing forward his measure relative to
British Museum until after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
had made his statement.

NAVAL CHAPLAINS.
Mr. LEFROY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if
any steps had been taken during the recess to ascertain,
through the Chaplain's quarterly returns, how far the
chaplains have been able to comply with the Admiralty in-
structions directing clerical visits to be made to transports
and small vessels of war not entitled to bear chaplains ; if
the revised edition of the chaplain's instructions men-
tioned last session had been issued; and if there was any
objection to the annual publication of a precis of the
Chaplains' Quarterly Returns ?
Mr. CHILDERS said no revised instructions had been
issued, but he might say the whole of the matter was
under consideration.

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called Sister Theresa), whether it was intended,
on the part of the Government., to require that lady
to be delivered up by the Belgian authorities.
and whether he would lay before this house the case as to
Miss Mary Ryan, submitted by his desire, in the month of
October last, to the Attorney and Solicitor-General for
England, along with their opinion on it.
Sir G. GREY said he believed there would be no objec-
tion on the part of the Belgian Government to deliver up
the person of Mary Ryan, but in her present state of health
it appeared unadvisablo to press for such a demand.
CAPTAIN BEALE.
Mr. PEACOCKE asked the Under Seretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether he would lay upon the table of
the house all the papers relating to the extradition from the
Canadian territory of Captain Beale, an officer in the ser-
vice of the Confederate States ?
Mr. LAYARD said he was not aware that Captain Beale
had been surrendered by the Canadian' Government.
There were no papers in the possession of the Govern-
ment with respect to the matter.
"OWL'S LIGHT."

Mr. ROEBUCK drew the attentioni the
i
7nttheehsonsetoan
alleged headed
letter which appeared n
" Owl's Light," from General Hutt, C. 8., in Which
it was stated that there was no truth in the report
that he was to be appointed chief secretary of
Chelsea Hospital, as such an appointment would be
contrary to the Queen's warrant ; and, being an Indian
officer, hewasineligible for the post ; and desiring a contra-
tradiction of • that which involved a reflection on his
brother's integrity ; and also to the actual appointment of
General Hutt to the office.
Mr. HUTT said that the letter in question was a fraud,
and the signature a forgery, and had emanated from some
persons whom he would call scoundrels, who pursued dis-

Liverpool Cotton Market—This D

Market unchanged. Sales about 5,000 bal

Fox CUM.—The second meeting of the Fox Club
this season took place on Saturday evening at
Brooks's. There were present :—Earl of Albemarle, Earl
of Fife, Viscount Falkland, Lord Cremorne, Lord Suffield,
Hon. W. Edwardes, Sir W. Gibson Craig, Bart., Sir
Thomas B. Birch, Bart, Sir Montague T. Cholmeley, Bart.,
M.P., Sir H. Ferguson Davies, Bart, M.P., Right Hon.
Stephen Lushington, Colonel C. B. Challoner, Mr. S.
Ridley, and Mr. J. St. Aubyn, M.P.
THE AMERICAN FLAG RE-QUARTERED. Whether
the South be recognised or not, as a consequence of the
war, it is clear that the negro will. When the stars shine
again, the stripes will have disappeared.—Punch.
THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.—A
shoemaker breathing his last.
A TUNNEL, which will be more than a mile long,
intended to carry the Midland Railway under Hampstead,
has been begun.
MR. TROLLOPE'S " ORLEY FAR3I" has been trans-
lated into German by C. Marggraff, and published at
Leipzig.
•
THE EASTERN COAST.—The steamship Pacific
has been purchased by the Great Eastern Railway Company
for its Continental traffic between Harwich and Rotterdam.
About 1,000 sacks of flour hare been recovered from the
screw steamer Star Queen, sunk off Winterton a day or
two since. The smack Saucy Lass, of Great Yarmouth,
has been brought into that port derelict. She was abandoned
by her crew after grounding on a sand outside; crew saved.
During the past five weeks upwards of forty shipwrecked
sailors have been received at the Great Yarmouth Sailors
Home.

PUBLICHOUSES AND REFRESHMENT Rooms.—At
Liverpool on Friday a licensed victualler was summoned
for allowing drink to be sold in his house between one and
four o'clock in the morning, and the case was discharged
on the ground "that if the house was closed it was neces-
sary to prove the actual sale of liquor after one o'clock."
In the instance of a refreshment room, it appears, it is only
necessary to prove drinking during illegal hours.
A MAN BURIED ALIVE AT Bow.—On Saturday
information was forwarded to Mr. Humphrey,
Middlesex coroner, of a shocking accident which befel
man named William Brown, aged 37 years. It appears the
decased was an excavator, and while employed in the con-.
struction of a sewer in Bow, the sides of the excavation,
not being sufficiently supported by retaining planks, gave.
way. The deceased was buried under a mass of earth,
and though labourers at once set to work to extricate him,'
they were unable to get him out alive. Dr. M. Davey,
was sent for, but all attempts at resuscitation proved
unavailing.
DEATH FROM CHOKING.—On Friday an inquest
was held in Kingsland-road, on the body of Ben-
jamin Wells, aged 73. Deceased was eating some beef on
Wednesday in Hewftt's eating-house, when a piece, weigh-
ing nearly two ounces, stuck in his throat, and caused im-
mediate death. The jury returned a verdict of accidental
death.

FRIGHTFUL DEATH BY MACHINERY.-011 Friday
an inquest was held in High-street, Bow, on the
body of William Woollard, aged 45 years, a labourer, in
the service of Messrs. Farnan and Sons, dyers, of Old
Ford-road, Bow. On Monday afternoon deceased's clothes
became entangled in a revolving perpendicular shaft, and
before the accident was discovered he was almost knocked
to pieces, and quite dead. A verdict of accidental death
was recorded.
PUBLIC RIGHTS TO SHOOTING.—A quarter sessions
of justices of peace of Forfarshire was held in the
Sheriff Court-room, Forfar, on Tuesday, Sir Geo. Ramsay,
Bart., of Bank, presiding. The only business was the dis-
posing of an appeal of Thomas Nicholl, ropemaker, Mon-
trose, against a late decision of the justices, finding Nicholl
guilty of trespass on Oct. 22 last, upon the estate of Dun at
a part thereof known as the lands of Sands, and fining him
55., with £1 lls. Gd. of expenses. Mr. Burnes, writer,
Montrose, appeared for the appellant, and stated the grounds
of appeal, the principal of which was that the case should
not have been brought up before the justices until a similar
case pending in the Forfar Sheriff court had been decided
In that case the proprietor of Dun had produced the sam
infeftment as was produced to the justices, and the same
decreet of declarator ; but the sheriff had declined to find
the man guilty of trespass until the proprietor of Dun had
proved his right to the lands of Sands. The proprietor
true enough, had produced his title ; but the Court of
Session had required that, when a party claims a right or-
dinarily possessed by the public he must show not only a
title, but that he had had continuous and uninterrupted
possession of the propert. The lands of Sands were a fore-
shore, and that ordinarily belonged to the public; so that
to claim them the proprietors of Dun must show title and
possession. Theproprietor had produced title, but could not
show the possession, as the people of Montrose had shot on
the lands of Sands, according to the evidence, for 20 years;
and the sheriff had therefore said that, before he could de-
cide that the man was trespassing so that he could interdict
him, he must have proof of possession, and had allowed .a
diet for that. Mr. Burnes contended that in these circum-
stances the justices should in common courtesy have waited
the sheriff's decision. Mr. R. W. Andemon, writer, For-
far, for the prosecutor, said that he had nothing to do with
the case in the Sheriff• Court, as it was against another party
altogether, and the Justices went under an Act by which
the prosecutor alleged there was a trespass, and it lay
with the defender to show there was no tres-
pass. The evidence showed that the man was

on the lands of Sands; and he held the property was
his, so that the defender ought to show it was not. He re-
ferred to documents produced to show the right of the pro-
prietor of Dun to the lands of Sands, and concluded by
asking a confirmation of the decision of the justices. Mr.
Burnes said his reply was that no Court should decide in a
case where another case with the same principle was pend-
ing in a similar Court. The justices held that the rights
produced by the proprietor of Dun to the lands of Sands
were sufficient ; and, setting aside the plea that they should
wait the decision of the sheriff, dismissed the appeal, find-
ing the appellant liable in modified expenses of .£2 2s. Jas.
Powrie, Esq., of Reswalli, one of the five presiding justices,
expressed an opinion that the justices should have waited
the decision of the sheriff regarding the rights of the pro-
prietor of Dun to the lands of Sands.—Scotsman.
It is understood that the arbitration so long pend-
ing between the Humber Iron Works and Ship-
building Company and the vendors, Messrs. Samuel-

son and Moss, was brought to a close on Friday
last ; Mr. Hawkshaw's award may therefore now
be looked for immediately,

THE COURT OF AN AFRICAN SULTAN.—On the
17th, at one p.m., a dance took place for an hour, after
which a court assembled on the same ground to hear
evidence regarding the M'salala war, In the centre space
lay the tusk of an elephant. Only the Sultan and his
wuzeers or officers sat ou stools. The women were most
attentive listeners to the speeches, and all was marked
with the utmost decorum. For an hour the Sultan ad-
dressed the crowd, sometimes stopping to think, and pull-
ing out hairs from his face with iron tongs. There were
bursts of laughter at his jokes, and when he had finished,
a general conversation began. A wuzeer now spoke very

sharply, and after each of his sentences there was a great
clapping of hands and assent.of "hums." Two of the
crowd then delivered addresses, which were received with

a single " viva" and the court abruptly broke up.
Except the ridiculous part of pulling out the hairs of the
Sultan's beard, there could not be a more impressive or
orderly court. It again assembled two days afterwards;
the tusk still lay in the space, and was presented by the
chief of 11'salala in token of submission to the court's

decision against him. Thus, by simple arbitration, ended
their war of four-and-twenty days, which had entailed
no greater loss than half a dozen men.—A Walk Across
Africa, by Captain J. A. Grant.

honest purposes by disloyal means. He had the original
letter to the Times in his possession, and he expected to
be able to trace its author. General Hutt was not incapable
by the Queen's warrant, or by the fact of his being an officer
of the Indian army, from holding the place in question, as
he possessed all the necessary experience, and was an officer
distinguished for his services, and had been named in the
Gazette by Sir C. Napier and by the Duke of Wellington,
recommending him for the honour of the order of the Bath
for his services at Meanee and Hyderabad.
THE DEFENCES OF CANADA.
On the motion for going into committee of supply on the
army estimates.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD rose to call the attention of the
house to the report of Colonel Jervois with reference to
the defence of Canada, and also for the purpose of
asking for certain information on the subject. The
hon. gentleman, in his opening observations, said the
matter was one of the greatest importance, and while ex-
pressing an opinion that there was no distinct intention on
the part of the United States to enter upon hostilities with this
country, yet he contended that circumstances might readily
arise, in Canada especially, which might bring about dif-
ferences of a very alarming description. After alluding to
the present position of affairs in the United States and
Canada, the hon. gentleman proceeded to refer to the
steps that were now proposed to be taken. What
he asked, did the Government intend to do ? and he
supposed he should be told that the intention was to carry
out the recommendations that have been made by Colonel
Jervis after his inspection. He reminded the house that
there had been a commission sent out to Canada in
1862, with Colonel Gordon at its head ; and the
conclusion the commissioners arrived at was very
similar to that of Colonel Jervois, yet the outlay was set
down at such an enormous figure that another
commission was sent out• in 1863, and another in
1864. 'Yet, after all the inquiry, what was now
proposed to be done by the Home Government ?
Why, they only intended to undertake the fortification
of Quebec, and that they intended to set about by the ex-
penditure of .£50,000. He should have thought that if the
Government were convinced of the necessity of erecting
these fortificrations they would set about them in a more energetic manner than merely spending £50,000 for two or
three years. He should have thought that the proper
course to pursue
would be to throw all their energies into
the matter, and instead of doing the thing by driblets to
effect all that was required in the speediest manner possible.
He condemned the principle of the Government, and he could
not see-why they could object co do as much for Canada as
they did for Sardinia during the Crimean war. There were
many things he desired information upon, and one of the
questions ho begged to put to the Government was whether
they intended to put a naval force on Lake Ontario.
[LEFT SPEARING.'