The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-20 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN.
(Via Greencastle.)
NEW YORK, June 9 (Evening.)
The Federals have occupied Brownsville. The
Confederates had previously sold their artillery to
Mexican Imperialists.
The fort at Salisbury Pass had surrendered. It
was expected that Galveston would also be sur-
rendered to the Federals on the 28th ult.
General Kirby Smith has gone to Mexico with a
large amount of money.

A large proportion of the citizens of Kentucky
have refused to employ free negroes, the object being
to drive them from the State.

It is not yet decided whether Mr. Jefferson Davis
is to be tried by a civil or military tribunal, nor is
it certain that he will be tried in the district of
ColuMbia.

Mr. Garritt Smith, in his speech delivered at the
Cooper Institute, declared that the North having
fully admitted the laws of war it would be perfidy and
a mean crime to punish the fallen foe for treason.
The spirit of slavery dwelt in Northern as well as
in Southern bosoms. Mr. Horace Greely declared
it would be a black violation of faith to try Lee or
his pardoned men.

A letter in the Nassau -Guardian states that the
pirate Parr, who captured the Chesapeake and the
Roanoke, appeared off Maine, and there he boarded
and fired the bark Lizzie, from Cuba, and then
withdrew, leaving the crew to save themselves, and
telling the captain that he intended to drown thou-
sands before the war was over.

Panama journals reiterate the statement that
Juarez had issued letters of marque.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money abundant. Gold, 1371. Exchange on
London, 150 ; do. Paris, 3 728. Stocks slightly
firmer. New York Centrals, 901. Illinois Shares,
1218 ; Erie, 751 ; 5 20 Bonds, 1031.

NEW YORK, June 10, Morning.

A great fire has taken place at Nashville, which, it
is estimated has caused the destruction of $10,000,000
worth of Government stores. Contradictory ac-
counts have been received as to the cause of the
conflagration.

It is stated, from a reliable source, that the whole
of Georgia is in a starving condition.
The Toronto Leader declares that Merritt's testi-
mony given during the secret sitting of the Con-'
spiracy trials contains the glaring misstatement that
Clay was present in Montreal in February last.
W. 11. Carroll writes that the testimony of
Sandford and Connover concerning him is a wilful
perjury in every particular.
The Georgia journals state that the negroes re-
fuse to work, and are committing robberies and
outrages.

The Nassau Admiralty Court has discharged the
steamer Alexandria with a caution. She was seized
upon suspicion of being a Confederate cruiser.
Semi-official depatches from Washington doubt
the statement that Juarez had left Chihuahua.
The Teutonia, City of Baltimore, and Helvetia,
sailing hence to-day, takes out $BOO,OOO in specie.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—TiIIs EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRbillVlsAwTeEre
Lord ST. LEONARDs
PARTNERSHIPS AMENDMENT ACT BILL.
Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, praying that provi-
sions for the registration of specialbe
partnerships presented a petition from the
in-
cluded in the bill.
BUSINESS.
The EseScoSn.
The followingßailway ; Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway ; Carnarvon-
shired time :—Barry
Railway; Drayton Junction
shire Roads; Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay (Dee
Valley Branch) ; Newry and Greenow Railway ; Port
Glasgow Police and Water; Skipton and Wharfdale
Railway; West Riding and Grimsby Railway ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway : and Stonehouse and Nailsworth
Railway.
The following bills were a third time and passed :—Rat-
tray's Estate ; Cronaford and Belper Road ' • Manchester
Corporation Water ; Heysham Pier • Rickmansworth,
Amersham, and Chesham Railway ; Sutherland' Railway ;
Barnstaple Roads; Crays Gas; Belfast New Streets.
RAILWAY DEBENTURER, &c., REGISTRY BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill, and the
different clauses were agreed to.
The house then resumed.
PUBLIC HOUSE ACT (1864) AMENDMENT BILL.
The report of the amendments on this bill was brought
up.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that the bill
would act with great hardship on a very large and indus-
trious portion of the community, including the market gar-
deners, who had to rise unusually early, and who neces-
sarily required refreshment at the hours when public
houses would be closed. He considered that the bill was
most arbitrary in its character, and vested the police with
a judicial authority which was never contemplated when
they were originally constituted. He referredto large towns
to show the injurious operation of certain provisions of
the bill, and moved that clause 5 be re-inserted so as to
give the power of granting all licences in special cases to
magistrates sitting in Petty Session instead of to the
police.
Earl GRANVILLE said there was no doubt as to the
princip • ' le of the bill, but the clause in question would natu-
rally affect its operation.
The Earl of DERBY said that there was more objec-
tion in fact to the form in which the bill was presented
than to the principle. The act of last year was intended
to apply to London alone, and he believed it had effected
much benefit. It appeared from the statement of the noble
marquis (Clanricarde) that there was a class who suffered
from the power vested in the police, withregard to whom it
was desirable that the licensing power should be entrustbd
to the magistrates. He had great respect for the police,
but he did not consider a chief of that body a person to be
clothed with the powers given him under the bill, and he
knew a case in which a chief constable had announced that
he would not grant a special license under any circumstances.
No doubt that was an exceptional case, but it showed how
authority might be abused.
Earl GRANVILLE Suggested that the license in Lon-
don should be given to the police, and in the country to
the magistrates.
The clause was then reinserted, with an undersanding
that another clause would be inserted embodying the
suggestion of Earl Granville.
The remaining clauses were then agreed to.

LOCOMOTIVES ON ROADS BILL.
This bill went through committee.
ADMIRALTY ACTS REPEAL BILL.
This bill was read a second time..
DOCKYARD PORTS REGULATION BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAY.
The SPEARER 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
payable thereon the same rates as are directed by the loth
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 in the 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.

Tho 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.