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London, England, 1865-06-20 00:00:00

works might afford an administrative precedent in
the relief of o nilar future distress, as well as a
il.
lasting stimulus to municipal improvements.
On the motion of 11
Tr. Ross it was resolved—
" That this meeting at its rising adjourn sine die, subject
to the summons of the chairman, vice chairman, and secre-
tary."
Grants were made of £5O to the Tintwistle Com-
mittee, £l2O to Glossop, £3O to Bacup, £250 to
Wigan, and £2O to Heywood.

IMPERIAL FABLIAMENT

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—TATS DAT.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 20. minutes past 12.

SUPPLY.
Mr. DODSON brought up the report on Supply, which
was agreed to.

WAYS AND MEANS.
The house went into committee of ways and means, and
several votes on account were agreed to.

EXCISE ACTS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
following resolution :—That, upon the delivery for home
consumption of any British compounded spirits which may
be warehoused in any Customs or Excise warehouse upon
drawback, there shall be paid for and in respect of and in
addition to every one hundred pounds of the Excise duty
payabla thereon the same rates as are directed by the 15th
section of the Act passed in the 23d year of the reign of
her Majesty, chap. 22 (as construed and explained by the
sth section of the Act passed in the 23d and 24th years of
the same reign, chap. 36), to be paid for every one hundred
pounds of Customs duty payable on goods (not being to-
bacco or sugar), delivered for home consumption from any
Customs warehouse.—Agreed to.

COUNTY COURTS EQUITABLE JURISDICTION

BILL.
In committee on this bill,, a resolution was proposed to
meet the proposed increase inthe salaries of the judges.
Mr. A. SMITH urged that it would be better to increase
the number of the county court judges than to augment
the salaries of those now in existence.
Mr. PEEL explained that the proposed increase was on
account of the Equitable Jurisdiction Bill, which proposed
that no county court judge's salary should ever exceed
£1,500 per annum. Only 12 of them now received that
sum.
Mr. AYRTON hoped there would be no further addi-
tion to the salaries on account• of other. duties.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
the salaries proposed were liberal, but it was impossible
to say what—might be the nature of the duties imposed
on them. He hoped that no further demand would be
found to be necessary.
The resolution was agreed to, and the house resumed.
THIRD READINGS.

The following public bills were read a third time and
passed without discussion :—Greenwich Hospital, Forti-
fications (Provision for Expenses), Malt Duty, -Harbours
Transfer, Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 2),
Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 3), Trusts
Administration (Scotland), Record of Title (Ireland), Wick
and Ayr Burghs Election.
INLAND REVENUE BILL.
This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to.
_ FIRE BRIGADE (METROPOLIS) BILL.

In clause 10,
Mr. BARING moved the introduction of the following
words :—" Including the payment of all pensions that have
been granted to the members of the said fire engine esta-
blishment, according to a list that has been furnished to
the chairman of the said board by the chief officer of the
said fire engine establishment, and all trustees for the same
shall be indemnified against such liabilities and obliga-
tions."
The amendment was agreed to.

In clause 11,
Mr. HARVEY LEWIS moved to strike out the words
" thirty-five pounds," and to insert instead " eighty-seven
pounds ten shillings." The object of the clause was to protect
the metropolitan ratepayers from paying more than £15,000
to make up the £50,000 annual expenses incurred by the bill.
The fire insurance offices were exceedingly wealthy, and
he did not see why they should be allowed to escape at the
expense of the ratepayer. It was estimated that the expense
of carrying the bill would be £50,000 ; now, as the fire
insurance offices were to contribute £25,000 per annum,
the Government offices were to contribute £10,000; and
ho considered the remaining £15,000 was all that ought
to be contributed by the ratepayers.
Sir M. FARQUHAR opposed the amendment. He denied
that the fire offices wished to escape any of their just liabi-
lities. .They were remarkable for the promptness and libe-
rality with which they liquidated their claims, and he
thought it was unjust that they should be made in
any way responsible, further than they had agreed, for
the protection of the uninsured property of the metropolis.
There were, it was estimated, £900,000,000 worth of pro-
perty in the metropolis, out of which only £300,000,000
was protected by insurance.
Mr. AYRTON thought that insurance ought to be paid

according to the risk. -
Lord FERMOY thought that the fire insurance
offices would be much better off under the new law than
they were previous to its passing. That being the case
he felt that the proposal of his hon. colleague was a per-
fectly fair one. He thought the insurance companies ought
to lower theirmte of insurance, because the public were going
to greatly improve their position. He felt it was quite
true, as had been stated, that in the end the whole of the
cost of extinguishing fires would be cast upon the rate-
payers, without some provision was made to prevent it.
He did not see why the burden should be taken off the
rich insurance companies, and cast upon the poor rate-
payers, and for that reason he cordially supported the
amendment of his hon. colleague.
Mr. BARING could not agree to the amendment. Ho
thought that the principle laid down in the bill, that the
proportion to be paid should be according to the amount of
property insured, was the best mode that could be adopted
The committee divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment l6
Against
Majority
The amendment was therefore negatived
(LEFT

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Great Conflagration in Spitalflelds

(THIS DAY).
At an early hour in the morning the inhabitants of the
industrious and densely-populated neighbourhood of Spital-
fields were thrown into a painful state of excitement, in
consequence of the outbreak of a fire, which was nearly
attended with fatal results to two firemen. The premises
in which the misfortune commenced belonged to Mr. Bau-
grave, a looking-glass frame-maker, carrying on business
at 15, Fashion-street, Spitalfields. The discovery was
made by a police-constable of the H division, by seeing an
unusual glare of light in one of the upper rooms.
The constable at once sounded an alarm, and the
inmates, consisting of two men and two boys, who
were sleeping on the:ground floor, managed to escape before
the flames reached the lower part of the premises. Con-
ductors S. Vv ood and W. Joles promptly attended with the
Royal Society's escapes; and Turner, the parish engineer,
and thQ engineer of Christ Church parish followed, and
also several engines of the London Brigade and two
powerful land steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co., under
the direction of Mr. Gatehouse, the chief officer of the A
district, and the ion. Colonel Armytage. Fortunately
the mains of the East London Company yielded a good
supply of water, and the firemen, taking advantage of the
same, had the steam and manual power engines set to work,
but by that time the roof had fallen in, and the third,
second, and first floors were in a thorough state of ignition,
owing to the flames descending from room to room with
such rapidity. Tho firemen, however, nothing daunted,
carried the hose of their engines up the ladders, in order to
discharge the water into the principal seat of the confla-
gration, and, whilst so engaged, the rounds of one of the
ladder broke, and two firemen who had been standing
thereon with the heavy hose charged with water were
precipitated from the second floor to the ground. Strange
to say, neither of them received any other injury than a
severe shaking. The fire was ultimately extinguished
but not until -the premises, with the exception of a small
part of the sleeping apartments, were destroyed. The
total loss is very considerable. The origin of the fire is
unknown, bat it is understood that the sufferer was
insured.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day,

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BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.

LoNno)r, June 20.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weatherr.
PORTSMOUTH, June 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Middle-
sex, from London for Madras.
PLYMOUTH, June 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Roman,
screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hone; left on the
I,lth May.
CLYDE, June 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Adept, from
Quebee.
FALMOUTH, June 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Harold,
from Havannah.
OFF HARWICH, June 19.—Wind S.—Arrived—Oronato,
from Buenos Ayres.
CARDIFF, June 19.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Alida, for
Buenos Ayres.
SHIELDS, June 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rosemary,
for New York.
HULL, Juno 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Atlantic, for
Quebec.
NEWPORT Juno 19.—Wind S.W.- Arrived.- Alidia,
from Bristol for Havannah.

Arrived, Juno 19.—Robert and Sarah, from Porto Rico;
Roseau, from St. Vincent; Billow Crest, from Paraiba;
L'lmperatrice Eugenie, from Port Natal ; East Lomond,
from Callao.
Sailed, June 20.—Botanist, for Sydney; Strathmore, for
Swan River; Cumberland, for Sydney.

TERRIBLE AND FATAL EXPLOSION IN A BALLOON.
—Recently a circus manager named Lamberger
gavo ajete at Agram, in Hungary, which had been an-
nounced to terminate with a balloon ascent, firework a &c.
Just as the balloon ascended au iron pipe filled withiTun-
powder and various pyrotechnic ingredients oxplodedwith
terrible effect, killing three persons on the spot and in-
flicting such serious wounds on others that six of them
died in the hospital in the course of the night. The mob
would have torn Lamberger into pieces had he not been
protected by the police, who had taken him into custody.
IRON-PLATED SHIPS AND BATTERlES.—Yesterday
a return was issued from the Admiralty, which shows that
the country now has 26 iron-plated ships afloat, and six in
process of building. There are are also. five floating bat-
teries, making 37 in all of this modern class of vessels.