The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

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THE WEST INDIA MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 27.
The Royal Mail Company's steamship Shannon,
with the above mails, has arrived here.

Much excitement prevailed at Callao respecting
the settlement of the Spanish-Peruvian difficulty.
Admiral Pareja appeared before Callao with
his fleet, and sent in his ultimatim to be
answered in 48 hours. It was ultimately
accepted, with some slight modifications, being much
the same as insisted on by Senor Pacheco, the Spanish
Minister at Madrid, and with the addition that
Peru is to pay three millions of dollars
for the expenses of the expedition, and with
the modification that there shall be simultaneously
saluting of flags. Peru at once obtains possession
asrthhthee
admits
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of the Chincha Islands, and admits a Spanish
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and of its actually being in the hands of Spaniards.

The Fire at Houndsditch.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

•••• -
Sin,-Your impression of this day, no doubt, contains a
report of the calamitous fire that occurred at our premises
last night ; you will oblige by allowing us to take this
medium of stating, for the satisfaction of our numerous
connection, that although, as a matter of course, we must
be put to temporary inconvenience, yet having, fortunately,
the advantage of our other manufactory, we are enabled to
execute orders as usual.—Yours obediently,
J. DEFRIES, Jun.
147, Houndsditch, Feb. 27, 1865.

In the last sitting of the Frankfort Diet the lists
relative to the military contingents of Austria,
- '
Electoral Hesse, Anhalt, and Waldeck were sub-
mitted to the Assembly, and also reports on the
services which the railways of Bavaria and
Nassau would be able to render for military pur-
poses. The Governments of Reuss (elder branch),
declared their
lowfaLrinipgper,epaonrtsd ofon Hesse-Homburg,
Federal
lbuftresses rogr '
and with
readiness to adhere to a general law respecting copy-
right. The rest of the sitting was
Occupied with
private petitions.

A Berne letter of the 25th, in the Nord, says •
Langiewicz has been restored to liberty. He has
already left Josephstadt, and is on his way to So-
leure, where he will take up his residence. The Swiss
Federal Government has announced that henceforth
it will not admit on its territory any Polish refugees
who are not provided with passports
visa of the Federal legations."
de France states that
The Gazettebearing the
the triumphal
arch mentioned by the Emperor in his speech at the
OthpeeninPlgacoef same pro-
dthueTrLoegnise,laatnivdeissetossiebne wcftbhee erected on
Arc-de-Triomphe at the top of the
PC°lli.atmimipss-asElythseees.

An Imperial decree, issued at the instance of the
Minister of War, confirms one promotion to the
rank of Officer in the Legion of Honour, and 27
nominations as Knights, provisionally made b.y
the Commander-in-Chief of the French army
In
Mexico.

DEPER,IAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.
'The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
the usual' hour.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Henley
Gas Breast Down Harbour Railway ; Edinburgh liter-
chants Company; Hyde-park-gate Estate ; Bude Canal and
Launceston Junction Railway ; Dublin, Wicklow, and
Wexford Railway ; Lakes T !Leh, Derry, Clare, &c, Fishe-
ries, United General Gas.
ROACH RIVER FISHERY BILL.

On the motion for the second reading of this bill, 1
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE asked whether it was
the intention of the Government to introduce a fishery bill
regulating the usages and creations of oysters fisheries during
this session ; and whether the private bills now before Par-
liament have been examined and approved by the Board of
Trade and other Government authority ? In asking the
question the noble lord presented a petition from the Roach
fishermen against the bill.
Earl GRANVILLE said that it was not the intention of
the Government to legislate specially upon the subject.
After some further remarks, the bill was read a second
time ; and the following bills were also read a second
time :—Rochester Oyster Fishery, Whitstable Fishery Ex-
tension, and Ham Oyster Fishery.
UTILISATION OF SEWAGE.
The Earl of ESSEX said that as some of his observations
of Friday night bad been somewhat misunderstood, he
would repeat that his decided conviction wag that for
sewage to be applied for agricultural purposes to advantage
it should be applied in large quantities. His experience had
shown that an endeavour to apply small quantities to large
areas was unprofitable, while, on the contrary, large quan-
tities applied to small areas would be very productive.
PATENTS.

The question as to the second reading of Shepard's pa-
tent, Wright's Patent, and Spencer's Patent Bills gave rise
to some discussion. It appeared that the promoters of the
bills had omitted to stamp certain patents granted tc them
-within the time limited. and now applied for permission
to stamp them after date.

Lord REDESDALE said he would not move the second
reading of the bills unless it were the wish of the house
that he should do so.

Lord CHELMSFORD and Earl GP.LxviLLE each expressed
as opinion that the bills should not be read a second time,
and as no noble lord moved the second reading the bills
were thrown out.
TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA.

Lord TAUNTON presented petitions from the city of
Melbourne and other places in the colony of Victoria, pray-
ing for the immediate and permanent abolition of transpor-
tation of convicts to Australia. The petition was signed
by 5,000 .of the people of Melbourne, by the Speaker
of the House of Assembly, and by the judges on the bench.
Having spoken on the subject he asked if he were correctly
informed that in three years transportation to Victoria
would cease. _ _

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Earl GRANVILLE said her Majesty's Government had
not the slightest hesitation in putting an end to the
system of transportation to Australia altogether. In
three years from the present time all the arrangements
that were necessary would be made. The providing of
additional prison room in this country had to be seen to,
and the cash had to be provided.
Lord CRANWORTH defended the recommendation of the
Commission as to sending convicts to Western Australia.
Every witness from that colony represented the advan-
tages a further supply of convict labour would be to it.
The colony asked for a continuance of the system, and as
it would have been an advantage to England and a benefit
to the convict himself, the Commission would come to no
other conclusion.
The petitions were laid on the table.
In answer to a question from Lord Clanricarde,
Lord GRANVILLE said the Government intended to
act on the report of Mr. Hardy, Deputy-Keeper of the Re-
cords, and Professor Brewer, respecting the Carew and
Corte manuscripts, in the Lambeth and Bodlean libraries.
Those papers would be calendared, and copies. of the docu-
ments relating to Irish affairs would be sent to Ireland.
Their Lordships then adjourned at 20 minutes past 6.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAIER took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. Mtaraniv took the oaths and his seat on his election
for the city of Cork, rendered vacant by the resignation o
Dr. Lyons.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Aboyne
and Braemar Railway ; Blane Valley Railway; Burnham
Tidal Harbour ; Caledonian Railway (branch to Dumfries
and Lockerby Railway); Cheshire Lines ; Crieff and
Comrie Railway ; Croesor and Portmadoc Railway ;
Dorking Water ; Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby
Junction, and Caledonian Railway Companies ; East
London Railway ; Evesham and Redditch Railway ; For-
cett Railway; Galway Water; General Terminus and Glas-
gow Harbour and Caledonian Railway Companies ; Girvan
and Portpatrick Junction Railway ; Tladden and Bentley
Road ; Helaton Roads ; Huddersfield and Halifax Railway ;
Kent Gas ; Limerick Embankment and Reclamation; Mans-
field and Worksop Road ; Metropolitan Sewage and Essex
Reclamation ; Monmouth, Forest of Dean, and Standish
Junction Railway; Monmouthshire Railway and Canal;
Mowddwy Railway ; Northampton and Banbury Junction
Railway (Deviation, &c.); Plymouth and Dartmoorßailway;
Port Talbot Company; Redhill Gas and Water; Seven-
oaks, Maidstone, and Tunbridge Railway; South Eastern
Railway ; Stapenhill and Burton-upon-Trent Bridge ; Tees
Valley Railway ; Tottenham and- Hampstead Junction
Railway (Deviation, &c.) ; Tottenham and Hampstead
Junction Railway (New Lines); and Vale of Crlckhowell
Railway (Western Extension).
GREAT YARMOUTH BOROUGH, HAVEN, AND

PORT BILL

On the motion for the second reading of this bill,

Mr. WARREN moved as an amendment that it be read a
second time that day six months. He said that in the reign
of Charles the First a commission had been appointed to
regulate the conservancy of the river and general mercan-
tile interests of the borough of Great Yarmouth. Various
modifications had been introduced to meet the local cir-
cumstances from time to time, and the bill now
before the house was not introduced in e,onfor-
mity with the requirements of the district or the
wishes of the inhabitants. The fact was this, that this bill
originated with the Corporation of Yarmouth, who wanted
to acquire an undue preponderance in the commission by
the proposed increase in the number of the commissioners
to 18. The city of Norwich, which he had the honour to
represent, wasmuchinterested in the bill, and had petitioned
against it. Other petitions also had been presented com-
plaining of the provisions of the measure, and under the
circnmstanc,es he trusted the house would not consent to
its adoption.
Sir H. STRACEY defended the bill, and contended that
the Corporation of Great Yarmouth was the body most
deeply interested in this bill. Several petitions had been
presented from shipowners in favour of the bill, and he con-
tended that the opinions of those persons who were best
acquainted with the subject, and the more interested in it,
should have weight with hon. members. He said that he
had not been properly treated by the hon. member who
moved the amendment.

Mr. WARNER
denied that there was any ground for
the charge brought
(Siraa llinst him by the hon. baronet, which
ho attributed to hisH. Stracey's) defective memory, or
active imagination. (Laughter.)
After a few words from Mr. Howcs,
Mr. M. GIBSON said that the housete bill would be
dito go into.
dis-
charging its duty best by allowin
discussed.
The when its merits would b: h
fully ussed
The house divided, and the numbers were—
For
the second reading
Against.... M 1:11
ajority ll2
The bill was accordingly read a second time
THE GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS.
Col. SYKES and other members presented petitions on
this subject,
DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE.
Mr. HADFrELD presented a petition from the Corpora-
tion of Sheffield in favour of the total abolition of the
duty on fire insurances.
Some other petitions to the same effect were also pre-
sented.

THE ARMY.
Colonel GILPIN asked whether the number of the army
cm the first day of the present month was not below the
proper establishment by the number of 4,000 men ?
The Marquis of ITARTINGTON said that the military
establishment had been reduced to the extent described,
and that reduction was in conformity with the estimates
for the year.
Mr. THE LATE CONVICT TOWNLEY.
whatprison IiARDCASTLE asked the Home Secretary under
regulation George Victor Townley, sent from
Bedlam to Pentonville as an ordinary prisoner under sen-
tence of penal servitude for life, was there allowed access
to books of 011111 g literature such as " Silvio Pellico"
and " Gil Bias?"
Sir G. GREY sailthat the regulations of the gaol were
be
that the prisoners should
Permitted to peruse the books
in the library of the estab re ent, but a departure had been
made by a previous
Governor,ho had allowed the late
prisoner to read books suppliedhim-sr
the regulations of the prison. by his friends against
REGISTRY OF TITLES TO LANDSIN IRELAND.
Mr. SCULLY asked whether, in the abs
Irish
law officer, it was intended that a bill tohueceof
register anyth e titles
in Ireland should be introduced during
ses-
sion, either by the Attorney-General in this house, torb;
the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords ?
Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of the Lord
Chancellor to introduce such a bill at an early period.
STEAMERS ON THE RIVER NIGER.

Mr. WHITE asked whether it was the intention of her

Majesty's Government to propose the grant of a subsidy to
the Company of African Merchants (Limited), to enable
them to put trading steamers on the River Niger.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he
was unable to offer much information on the subject.
Papers had been laid on the table in reference to the