The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-16 00:00:00

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WEDGWOOD'S FIRST PARTNERSHIP.—SOMe time
early in the year 1751 or 1752, the young man took
upon himself the management of Alder's pot-work, at pro-
bably a very low salary, judging it by the sums then paid
to modellers and other high-class workmen by the master
potters, or to men like Brindley for engineering work of a
most complicated kind. But it was soon seen that a
master-hand had come amongst them. Even the blue
scratched and common wares began to show a density of
body, a clearness of glaze, and an improvement in form.
The barbarous art which also adorned them also betokened
a change for the better. Sales increased ; and as to pro-
ductions of a higer class of ware, such as small articles
for ornamental and useful purposes, they were something
new to the works, and found ready purchasers in
Birmingham, Manchester, and elsewhere. The cupidity
of Harrison and his partner were excited. They urged the
young man to fresh exertion in this direction, without
increasing his share in the profits ; whilst personally he
was hindered in many ways by their ignorance, inter-
ference, and by the absence of those necessaries without
which no improvement in an art or science can be carried
onwards. All this was wholly antagonistic to such a
nature ; for, as commonly the case with knaves, they
mistook the character of the man they sought to overreach.
Incapable himself of meanness, trickery, or profiting
by others' loss, and already well aware that his art, like
land in the care of the agriculturist, must have capital as
well as labour bestowed upon it, if generous produce is to
be expected, revolted at length against their oupidity. The
partnership was brought to an end more speedily than is
generally supposed. By some it is stated to have lasted
two years ; it probably did not last more than one.—
Meteyard's Life of Wedgwood.
A SLIP BETWEEN THE CLIP AND THE LlP.—The
Echo de la 111-cayenne gives an account of an accident which
occurred two days back in the asylum for tho aged at La
Coconniere, Laval. About 20 old men were at dinner in
the refectory, under the superintendence of
.two sisters of
charity, when the centre beam of the flooring gave way
and all were precipitated into the room, below. By an ex-
traordinary chance very little injury was sustained, two of
the men alone receiving contusions worth speaking of.

Earl LONGFORD thought the bill ought to be passed.
After some further discussion the bill was read a second
,ime.

METROPOLITAN HOUSELESS POOR BILL.

Earl DE GREY and RIPON moved that this bill should
go through committee, and entered into some details to
show the necessity for legislation on this subject.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :--
Crieff Junction and Scottish Central Railway Companies ;
Dunblane, Doune, and Callander and Scottish Central
Railway Companies; North and South Wiltshire Junction
Railway ; Port Talbot Company ; Solway Junction Rail-
way ; Southampton Gas ; West Bromwich Improvement ;
and Wrexham, Mold, and Connah's Quay Railway (Ex-
tension).
METROPOLITAN MARKET BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Mr. COX objected to it on the ground that it would
convert several large buildings which it was proposed to
make into model lodging houses, to other purposes.
After some conversation, in which Mr. Crawford, Alder-
man Sydney, and Mr Ayrton took part,
The bill was read a second time.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Mr. WHALLEY brought in a bill for the better re,m-
lation of the services of the Church of England with re-
spect to auricular confession.
MR. WILDE'S RESIGNATION.

Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he should move for
the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the
resignation of Mr. Wilde, the appointment of Mr. Welch,
and the intended appointment of Mr. R. Bethell to the
Leeds Bankruptcy Court.

ENFIELD RIFLES.
Mr. H. VIVIAN asked the Under Secretary of State for
War if the committee on converting the Enfield rifles into
breech-loaders had reported ; and if so, whether they had
recommended any plan for the adoption of the Govern-
ment. And whether it was true that an order had been
given, or was about to be given, for the conversion of
60,000 rifles on the Mount Storm principle.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON said the report had
been received, but it was not entirely favourable to any
system of conversion submitted for consideration. A cer-
tain number of conversions would be made, but it was not
true that 60,000 Enfield rifles had been converted to Mont
Storm's principle. When the report was complete he
would state its purport.
SINGAPORE.

Mr. MITCHELL asked the Secretary of State for India
whether, in the event of the transfer of Singapore from his
department to that of the Colonies, full provision would be
made for the continued employment o; naval officers hold-
ing command under him in the Straits of Malacca.
Sir C. WOOD said he did not quite understand the hon.
member's question, but if he would repeat it on another
opportunity, he would make inquiries, and give him all the
information he could collect.

THE PATENT LAWS.
Mr. COX asked the Attorney-General whether it was his
intention to bring in a bill this session to amend the laws
relatinglo patents?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not think it would
be possible to proceed with the bill this session.
THE LEEDS APPOINTMENTS—MR. FERRAND'S

QUESTIONS.
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The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he hoped the house
would allow him a few moments to make some further
explanation relative to the questions that were put to him
last night by the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Ferrand)with
respect to the resignation of Mr. Wilde and the appointment
of Mr. Welch. He had received a letter from Mr. Welch
which ought to have come to . hand yesterday. That
gentleman stated that he received the appointment to the
Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy unconditionally—
(hear, hear)—and that at the time he was not in
a precarious state of health. With regard to Mr. Bethell, he
stated that he did not in the month of February, or at
wily other time attend at the Leeds. District Court to make
the statement that he had been appointed. The officials
of -the; Court deny all knowledge of the circumstance, and
they all stated they had no personal knowledge of Mr.
Bethel]. (Hear, hear.) He had also read a letter from Mr.
Bethel]; which was substantially to the same effect.
EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE.
Mr. A. MILLS rose to call attention to the existing regu-
lations for the examination of candidates for the civil service
in India; and moved an address for copy of all correspon-
dence on the subject between the India-office and the Civil
Service Commissioners which had not yet been laid before
Parliament.
Mr. B. COCHRANE thought the system of examina-
tion was very faulty, and that next year a select committee
ought to be appointed to consider the subject.
(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZE TTE—This Evening.

FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 13.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred
Rimmer as Consul at. Montreal for his Majesty the King of
Denmark.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Johann Heinrich Dauelsberg as Consul at Singapore for
the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 13.

The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Captain Frederick
Robertson Aikman, V.C., half-pay Indian Army, one of
her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
vice F. V. Mills, Esq., resigned.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 16.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Veterinary-Surgeon
Michael D. Byrne, from the Military Train, to be Vete-
rinary-Surgeon, vice Edwin Thomas Cheeseman, who
resigns.
4th Dragoon Guards—Paymaster, with the honorary rank
of Captain, George Andrew Coventry, from the 11th
Hussars, to be Paymaster, vice Dyer, who exchanges.
sth Dragoon Guards—Edward Armitage, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice George Pritchard, promoted.
11th Hussars—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Cap-
tain, John Akin Dyer, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to
be Paymaster, vice Coventry, who exchanges.
14th Hussars—Cornet Joseph Harpur to be Adjutant, vice
Lieutenant Francis John Stuart Hay Newton, who re-
signs the appointment.
19th Hussars—Captain Kendal Josiah William Coghill,
from the Bengal Staff Corps, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Major Hugh Henry Gough, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Wales to
be Assistant Surgeon; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Edward
Joseph Boulton to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Military Train—The appointment on May 2, 1865, of Cap-
tain Gisborne Homer, from the late sth West India
Regiment, vice John Smith, who reverts to half-pay,
has been cancelled.
Grenadier Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Michael
Bruce to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Edward G. Wynyard, who retires upon half-pay; Cap-
tain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Alfred.
C. Cure to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel Bruce ; Lieu-
tenant and 'Captain Clifton Gascoigne to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Cure ; Ensign aml Lieutenant Robert George Gaussen to
be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Gascoigne;
Henry Wellesley, Gent., to be Ensign' and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gaussen.
Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon.
Vesey Dawson to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. Denzil Hugh Baring, who retires ;
the Hon. Edward Archibald Brabazon Acheson to be

iweERIAL LitLIAXENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Lan. EVENING,
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the vrrJolsack

at five o'clock.
THE EDMUNDS SCANDAL.
The Earl of WICKLOW drew the attention of their
lordships to the circumstances connected with the inquiry
instituted into the alleged defalcations of Mr. Edmunds,
and said that, there being no check on the Clerk of P
amend-
was a very defective state of the law, and required
ment. He wished to ask the noble and learned lord, the
Lord Chancellor, if it was intended to introduce any bill

to meet that grievance.
Earl GRANVILLE said that steps had been taken to
remedy the defect, and the subject was receiving the con-
sideration of Goent.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Duke of Bridgewater's Estate Bill; the Birming-
ham Water Bill; and Buckfarthing, Totnes, and South
Devon Railway Bill ; the Bristol, Exeter, and Devon and
Somerset Railways Bill ; and the Rhyl and District Water
Bill were severally read a second time.
The following were also read a third time, and
passed :—Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway
Bill, with amendments ; Edinburgh Merchant Com-
pany Bill:; Ham Oyster Fishery Bill ; Bristol Port,
Railway, and Pier Bill ; Llanelly Railway and
Dock Bill; Ventnor Railway Bill; Isle of Wight

Railway (Steamboats) Bill ; Isle of Wight Railway Bill ;
Cork and Limerick Direct Railway Bill ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and Lancashire Union Railways Companies
Bill ; the Preston and Wyre Railway ; Harbour and Deck
Bill ; the Laiddenden Valley Railway Bill ; the Runcorn,

Weston, and Haltin,Wateriill; and Stafford and llttozeter

Railway Bill.

ALLEGED GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS.

Lord DONOUGHM---ORE presented a petition from
Brevet-Major Piers, praying for redress of the grievances
of which the Indian officers complain. He said that this
subject had been before Parliament, having been ven-
tilated in the other house, and having been also
lately brought under the consideration of their
lordships, by petitions having been presented from time
to time praying for redress of grievances of a very serious
character, which, he contended, should have been investi-
gated. He drew attention to the fact that the Indian offi-
cers were not satisfied with the manner in which they had
been treated by the Secretary of State for India, and he
thought they were entitled to have their case fully in-
quired into. They complained that the recom-
mendation of the Royal Commission appointed to
inquire into their case had been rendered a nullity.
He contended that it was a great hardship on an officer of
the Indian army to have him deprived of the opportunity
of promotion for two years, as was the case in regard to the
petitioners, and other persons who were similarly situated,
some of whom had served her Majesty for nearly 40 years.
Lord DUFFtRIN, speaking on behalf of the Indian Go-
vernment, contended that if any grievances had ever
existed they had not only been removed by the arrange-
ments recently made, but the position of these officers was
better now than before. He intimated, however, that a
commission would be issued for an inquiry as to how far
the recommendations of the previous commission had been
carried out.

Lord LYVEDEN expressed an opinion that the Indian
Government had treated the officers of the Indian army in
a shabby and ungenerous spirit, for from the first, so far
from attending to their complaints, they had declined to
carry out the recommendations of a royal commission.
Instead of suspending tbe matter by commission after com-
mission it would be much better to meet their complaints
, In a wise and liberal spirit.
Lord Horcarrox warmly supported the claims 'of the
petitioners, which were disputed by the Duke of ARGYLL.
Lord CRAN WORTH made some observations in expla-
nation of the proceedings of the last commission ; and
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE, in replying, ridiculed
the appointment of another commission.
The Married Women's Property (Ireland) Bill passed
through committee.
The Earl of WICKLOW called attention to the statement
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer before the Edmunds
committee, to the effect that the Treasury had no check
upon the payments of money by officers in the public
.de-
partments. He inquired whether the Government con-
templated the introduction of any measure to correct so
serious a defect.
Earl GRANVILLE replied that steps had been taken to
enforce punctuality in the payments of the Clerk of Patents,
and that the whole subject was under the consideration of
the Government.
THE CONFEDERATE STATES.

Lord HOUGHTON asked the Secretary for Foreign
affairs whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, after the events which had lately occurred in the
United States of North America, to withdraw the admis-
sion of belligerent rights conceded to the so-called Confe-
derate States? The question was principally of importance
with regard to naval operations, and it appeared to him
that, although the blockade of the Confederate ports
had not been raised, yet that, asthose ports had been closed
by the supreme authority of the United States Government,
the war might be considered at an end, and that belligerent
rights should, therefore, be withdrawn from the Confede-
rate States.
Earl RUSSELL regretted the terms in which the motion
was couched, and also that it should have been put at the
present time. We did not concede belligerent rights to the
Confederate States. We simply recognised a state of war
which existed beyond any doubt between the Federal and
the (so-called) Confederate States. The United States Go-
vernment, in fact, itself recognised the existence of such a
war by the proclamation which the President issued in
March, 1861, under which he declared the ports of the Con-
federate States under blockade. As soon as that proclama-
tion was issued the English Government had only the al-
ternative, either to acknowledge the belligerent rights of the
North, and on the other hand of the South, or to refuse to
acknowledge the blockade. The English Government took
the former course, which followed inevitably upon their ac-
knowledgment of the rights of blockade claimed by the -United
States. That war had now been carried on for four years,
and the present question was asked at a most unfortunate
time, for it was very difficult to say what was the state of
facts at the present moment. His noble friend said that
the Government of the United States had closed the
Southern ports. Well, they might exercise that authority
over ports which were in their possession or occupation.
But the port of Galveston, in Texas, was still in the pos-
session of the Confederates, and therefore the only power
which the United States could exercise in respect of it was
that of blockade. We did not know whether the United
States intended to give up the further exercise of the belli-
gerent right of search on the high seas. Of course, it was
Impossible for us to allow the exercise of such a right in
time of peace. What the Government were anxious to as-
certain, and what they had asked of the Government of
the United States, was, what was the present state of things.
They had already told the United States Government that
it was not necessary to maintain any restrictions upon the
resort of their vessels or to their stay in British ports. But
they could not go further until they knew whether the
United States intended to give up the further exercise of
the belligerent right of search on the high seas. The
Government would rejoice sincerely at the termination of
the civil war which had so long been going on in America.
In answer to Lord HoucarroN,
Earl RUSSELL said that, if the United States Govern-
ment declared the war at an end, it would become his duty
to take the opinion of the law officers as to the course
which the Government ought to pursue.
The Married Women's Property (Ireland) Bill passed
through committee.
The District Church Tithes Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The Isle of Man (Disafforestation) Compensation Bill
passed through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Barnstaple Roads; Bishop's Castle Railway (Extensions.
,
to Crayon Arms, &c.) ; Burnham Tidal HarbourEx-
mouth Gas ; Heysham Pier ; London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway (No 1;) Northampton and Banbury Junc-
tion Railway (Extensions) ; Toign Valley Railway ; and
Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway (Deviation.)
THE MALT DUTY—THE BUDGET.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice
that on an early day he should move a resolution, prepara-
tory to the introduction of a bill to allow the duty to be
collected by weight instead of, as at present, by measure.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BRIGHTON.
Mr. WHALLEY gave notice that on an early day he
should call attention to the manner the service was per-
formed in St. Paul's Church, Brighton. (Hear, hear, and
laughter).

FOREIGN SALT.
Mr. J. TOLLEMACHE asked the President of the
Board of Trade the cause of so long a delay in the settle-
ment r
the whieh English
reciprocity
ment of the question as to the terms
salt was to be admitted into France,
between the two countries, and what was the present
treaty
state of the negotiations thereon ?
Mr. M. GIBSON said he believed the salt duty would
soon be the subject of legislation in France.
THE RESIGNATION OF MR. WILDE.
Mr. FERRAND asked the Attorney-General whether it
was true that Mr. Henry Sedgirick Wilde, when registrar
of the Court of Bankruptcy at Leeds, was called upon by
one of the bankruptcy officials, by authority, to resign his
office, and that he refused to do so ; whether Mr. Wilde
was then informed that if he would resign at once and ob-
tain a medical certificate he should have a pension of £6OO a
year, although he was then in a good state of health; whether
he did obtain such medical certificate and resign, and was
the__ pension so promised granted or sanctioned by the Lord
Chancellor
Welch,
ncellor ; was Mr. Wilde, on his resignation, succeeded
t7h
who was then in a precarious state of health ;nged o
was it arranged that
hhtateMr. Welch should hold the office un-
til the reversal
outlawry of the Hon. R Bethel; and
was Mr. R. Bethell's appointment made out R.
after his out-
awry was reversed, and did he attend the Bankruptcy

Cou-xt at Leeds, on or :about the 24th Feb. last, and state
to. officials that he was appointod registrar ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said Mr. Wilde had not

been called upon to resign, but had been ca led upon, in
consequence of the report of Mr. Commissio ier Ayrton, to

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account for certain irregularities in his office. Those an-
swers had not been deemed satisfactory, and Mr. Wilde
pleaded ill health. He was then informed by the chief
registrar that, as ill health was the cause, he could present
a petition praying to be allowed to retire, in accordance
with the provisions of the act of 1861. A petition was
presented, which was verified by affidavit, and also by a
very eminent medical practitioner, that Mr. Wilde was
suffering from total loss of sight, and upon that he was
allowed to retire upon a pension of £6OO per annum. It
was not arranged beforehand that Mr. Wilde was to be

succeeded by Mr. Welsh, but that gentleman had been re-

commendedfor promotionlong before that of the lateSirW.

Atherton.

The Lord Chancellor, however, had never

seen Mr. Welch before the appointment, so that no ar-

rangement was made with him respecting his retirement,

and/no proposal was made to him to that effect. Mr. R.
Bethell was never appointed a Registrar in the Leeds Dis-
trict Bankruptcy Court, and if he attended and stated that

he was so appointed, he did it without the sanction or

knowledge of the Lord Chancellor.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS IN INDIA.
Mr. TORRENS asked the Secretary of State for India
when it was intended that the new rule for competitive
examinations for the Civil Service in India, fixing the
maximum limit of age at 21 years, was to have effect ; and
whether there would be any objection to postpone its ope-
ration until such time that it cannot injuriously affect per-
sons who had studied for the examinations under the
belief that the old rule, making the maximum limit

22 years, would not be altered ; and, also, what
publicity had been given to the new rule ; whether its
publication by the Civil Service Commissioners or the
Secretary of State had been confined to the note at the
foot of the printed "Regulations for the open competition
of 1865," or had it been published in the English, Irish,
Scotch, Colonial, or Indian official Gazettes, as well as in

some of the London and provincial newspapers.
Sir C. WOOD said the alteration would take effect in the
year 1866. The utmost publicity had been given to the
arrangement, as it had been sent for publication to nearly
every known channel of information.
THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
Mr. J. WHITE asked the Frst Lord of the Treasury
whether the Government had determined to withdraw its

recognition of the belligerent rights of the (so-called) Con•

federate States of America.
Lord PALMERSTON (who, on rising, was received
with loud cheers) said the President of the United States

had determined to blockade the Southern States in ac-
cordance with the law of nations. The British Govern-

ment could have refused to assent to that arrange-
ment, but as it had been acknowledged, both

parties were considered to possess belligerent rights. When
that blockade was raised by the Government of the United
States, of course there would be no acknowledgment of

belligerent rights either on one side or the other.
PROMOTIONS IN INDIA.
Mr. HEYGATE asked the Secretary of State for India
whether any return had been furnished by the Madras au-
thorities in India, showing the effect of the staff corps pro-
motions on the lieutenant-colonels of the local service in
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that presidency. What had been the effect on these lieut.-
colonels by the brevet promotions, which were to remedy
the supersession caused by the staff corps warrant ; and, if

he would lay upon the table of the house copies of any re-
presentations from the Government of India, Madras, or
Bombay, and from the commanders in chief of the presi-
dencies respecting army arrangements ordered by the Sec-
retary of State for India in 1861.
Sir C. WOOD said a commission had been appointed to
inquire into the whole matter, and he thought it would be
better to let the subject remain for the present.