The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-26 00:00:00

THE FRENCH DERBY.

Souvenir
Stradella
Choisy le Roi ....

AQUATICS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

CLASPER AND DREWITT FOR £2OO A SIDE.
This race took place to-day, when Clasper beat Drewitt.

STRATFORD AND CONSTABLE FOR £25 A SIDE.
This race likewise took placo to-day, the distance being
from Putney to Barnes. Stratford won the choice of sta-
tions, took tho lead from the commencement, and won
very easily.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—This EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Metropolitan Railway, Bala and Dolgally Railway,
L9ndon Railway (depot and storehouses), Cromford and
II gh Peak Railway (!case), and the Denbigh, Ruthin, and
Corwen Railway Bills were read a second time.
The Dovey Reclamation and Frosterley and Stanhope
Railway bills were read a third time and passed.
THE TREATY WITH AMERICA.

Lord BROUGHAM drew the attention of the noble earl
the Secretary:of State for Foreign Affairs, to the provisions
of the treaty lately entered into between this country ani
the United States for the suppression of the slave trade.
As the matter at present stood Porto Rico, a place that
afforded great facilities for the landing of slave
was exempted from the operations of the treaty. He be-
lieved the American Government were perfectly sincere in
wishing to put down the detestible trade; and if proper re-
presentations were made, he believed it would be possible
to obtain such a modification as would bring that place
within the operations of the treaty.
Earl RUSSELL said ho was confident the American
Government was thoroughly in earnest in their wish to put
a stop to the slave trade. With respect to the position of
Porto Rico ha could not, as the noble and learned lord well
knew, give an offhand answer, but he was certain the Ame-
rican Government were quite ready to listen to any sugges-
tions that were calculated to make the treaty most effective.
He would see that, the point to which the noble and learned
iord had referred was not overlooked.
MUMBEE'S DIVORCE BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
IRISH NATIONAL SCHOOLS.
Viscount CLANCARTY moved for a copy of the
memorial addressed in the month of March last to the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland by the Bishop of Down rela
tive to the use of the Holy Scriptures in the Irish national
schools, and his lordship's teply thereto.
[LEFT SPEARING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tnis EVENING.
The SPEARER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were considered with amendments :
Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock—Edgware,
Llighgate, and London Railway—North tiritish Railway
and lisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Companies
—North British Railway end Port Carlisle Dock and
Railway Companies—North British Railway (Monktou-
hall and Ormiston and Dalkeith Branches).
The following bills wore read a third time and passed :
Caledonian Railway (Leith Branches)—Deaf and Dumb
Poor Asylum—Eastern Counties Railway and other Com-
panies Amalgamation—London and North Western Rail-
way (Additional Powers)—Mid Kent and Addiscombe
Railway—West Midland Railway (Additional "Works).
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Barton-upon-Trent Railways—Great
Western, Hereford, and Gloucester, and Ely Valley Rail-
ways—Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway (Deviations)
—Leeds and Birstal Road—Leeds Water—Llanidloes and
Newtown, Mid "Wales, and Manchester and Milford Rail-
ways—Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market (Western
Approach)—North British Railway, Edinburgh, Perth,
and Dundee Railway, and West of Fife Railway and Her
bour Companies—North Eastern and Newcastle-upon-
Tyne and Carlisle Railway Companies Amalgamation--
West Midland and Severn Valley Railways.
- NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr. BRAND, a new writ was ordered to
be issued for the election of a burgess to serve in Parlia-
ment for the borough of Shrewsbury, in room of Robert
Aglionby Slaney, Esq., deceased.
CUPOLA STEAMSHIPS.
Mr. 'WILLIAMS asked the Secretary to the Admiralty
if any money had been paid to Captain Coles for his claim
for the invention of the cupola iron tower for ships?
Lord C. PAGET replied that no sum of money had as
yet been paid to Captain Coles for his invention, but it was
intended to grant to him, in consideration of his giving up
the right of his patent to the Admiralty and the War-
office, a sum of £5,000, and, further, to allow him during
the continuance cf the patent a sum of £lOO for every
shield that was manufactured under it, either for the use of
the Admiralty or the War-office.
EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL.

On the order of the day being read for the second reading

of this bill,
The LORD ADVOCATE stated that it was not his in
tention to proceed with the measure this session, and he
had therefore to move that the order for the second reading
be discharged. it e did not do so from any opposition which
the measure had encountered or was likely to encounter, but
from the course which had been adopted respecting it by
those who were opposed to it, ho considered that it would
be but a waste of time to proceed with it this session,
while he should, on a future day, move for leave to intro-
duce another bill on the subject, simply for the purp9se
that it might be printed and circulated during the vacation
of Parliament, and receive the consideration of the country.
After a few words from Lerd H. SCOTT, who had an
amendment on the paper, in opposition to the measure; and
Mr. BLACK, who considered that the announcement of the
1 withdrawal of the bill od bs received in Scotland wihthe
much disappointment,w the
motion that the order for t
second reading of the bill ha discharged was agreed to.
The bill was accordingly withdrawn.
HIGHWAYS BILL.
On the order of the day being read for the house going
into committee on this bill,
Lord HENLEY objected to the measure, as it would en-
tail an immense additional expense upon counties, without
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he
had
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any counteracting advantage. He had made a calculation
of the additional expenses which the passing of the mea-
sure would entail upon the county of Northampton, which
was a very small county, and he found that it 'would
not be less than £3,000, or 10 per cent. ad-
ditional to what it was at present. The
manner in which this expense was to be provided for
also objectionable. It was to be voted by the Courlvaosf
Quarter Sessions, so that the ratepayers could have n
voice in the matter whatever. (near, hear.) That heo
considered most objectionable, as it would be te means of
creating a bone of contention between the ratepayers and
the magistrates. He would, therefore, suggest that before
the magistrates divided counties into districts in terms of
they should first have
measure,o the boards of guardians in the
which. were that it NN as too much of a cen-
tralising objections
ter and that it touched too much on the
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3.
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aouTrfrioaeaN:
ctioroanittihsrio‘ which the ratepayers at present exercised over the
obviatinisigEtmherspeEhGe had, aso.
management of the road
Wl‘airrw.ick, which he rep objection to the measure.
If amendments were introduced
represented, was
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measure as was that of the pe,ple of Northamptonshire,
which had been referred to by the noble lord opposite.
All that was wanted was to place the roads
under
whena properthe system of surveyorahip, so
that
reads were not kept in a
proper state of repair, the .
parties neglecting so to do
•
might be liable to an indictment at the instance of such
surveyor. With that alteration, the law, as it at present
stood, would be quite sufficient. He must say that he was
himself somewhat alarmed at the centralising character of
this measure, as he saw no use whatever for the interfer-
ence of the Secretary of State in the matter.
Mr. DODSON contended that so far from the measure
inducing centralist tion, it was a measure which gave aEldi-
tionat power to the local district boards, so far the manage-
ment of the reads were concerned. The great defect of the
present system was that the law could not be properly put
in force, for what was everybody's business was nobody's
business, and therefore the object was that each parish
should have a board elected by the ratepayers for the pure-
pose of seeing that the law was carried out, and that the
roads were kept in proper repair, the Go-
Mr. ALCOCK said he
was much indebt to .
dared it
vernment for introducing this measure, as be onsi
too he
would, if passed into law, be of great advantage
country. • of additional
I`.lr. A. SMITH objected to the creation
would be the
districts as proposed by the measure, as they
of manage-
means of causing an increase in the expense
went. He had such objections to the measure, that if an
day
amendment was moved for going into committee that
six months he should support it.
Sir G. GREY saidthe bill was exactly the sam etas intro-
duced last year, and as he had fully explained o-
sions in moving the eeond readies of it, he cou1(1 E3B)