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

THE BUDGET.

In reply to Mr. J. WHITE,
The CHANCELLOR 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 he 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 bo 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.
THE CASE OF MARY RYAN.
Mr. SCULLY asked the Secretary of State for the Homo
Department (with reference to certain official correspon-
dence as to the Irish nun, Miss Mary Ryan,
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 for
England, Solicitor-General or
England, along with their opinion on it.
Sir G. GREY said he believed there would
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Mr. PEACOCKE asked the Under Seretary of State for
the house all the papers relating to the extradition
in the ser-
from the
Canadian territory of Captain Beale, an officer
viae 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 attention of the house to an
alleged letter which appeared in the Times? headed
4, 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, hewas ineligible 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. BUTT 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-

honest purposes by disloyal means. Ho had the origin al
letter to the Times in his possession, and ho expecte d 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
()Seer
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
ho 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 bo 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 fortifications they would set about them in a mere
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.
Lle 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 lie begged to put to the Government was whether
they intended to put a naval force on Lake Ontario.
[LEFT SPEAKI,NG.]

FOURTH EDITION

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
ARRIVALS AT DONCASTER.

Sutton, Pirate, Emma Oberon, Buckenham, Dunkeld,
Fury, Queen Bee, Hawkshaw, Valentine, Hollyfox,
Idle Girl, East Lancashire, Qui Vive, Catherine, Grenadine,
Gamecock, Freshman, Lumdy, Earl of Surrey, Brimstone,
Lassitude, Ambition, Sisiphus, Reindeer, Walpole, Novice,
Tragedy, Wandering Minstrel, Portland, Sly Fox, Doge,
Redneck, Nelly Grey, Vandal, Brandy Wine, Jessamine
Gaily, Vanessa, Nell Digby, Club Queen, Haphazard'
and Jane Shore.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market unchanged. Sales about 5,000 bales.

Fox CLUB.--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 Hou.
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 be gun.

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 have 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 tho 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 a
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.

PUBLIC RIGHTS TO SHOOTlNG.—Aquarter 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 Nichol), ropemaker, Mon-
trose, against a late decision of the justices, finding Nichell
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 Hs. 6d. 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 be must show not only a
title, but that ho had had continuous and uninterrupted.
possession of the propert. The lands of Sands were a fore-
shore, and that ordinarily belonged fo the public; so that
to claim them the proprietors of Dun must show title and
possession. The proprietor 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. IL W. Anderson, 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. Ile 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.
regarding t the justices
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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. llawkshaw's award may therefore now
be looked for immediately.

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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 ho 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 asseut: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 .tho
chief of Irsalala 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.—. 4 Walk Across
Afilca, by Captain J. A. Grant.