The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-21 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

ARRIVALS AT LINCOLN.

Idle Girl, Jane Shore, Harriet, Fleur des Bois, Walpole,
Novice, Hecate, Sister Mary, Guardsman, Grand Falconer,
Grace Darling, Frileuse, Glorietta, Deerfoot, Virtuous,
Hawkshaw, Variety, Alpheus, Vexatious, Bayleaf, Me-
dicis, Ethel, Hope, Cockatoo, Tim Meagles, Heurlys,
Tomfoolery, Manrico, Rubini, and Stockinger.

The races are further postponed until Thursday and
Friday. The frost is rapidly going, and the races are cer-
tain to take place.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
COUNTY COURTS AMENDMENT BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in bill to confer
equity jurisdiction upon the County Courts in England
and Wales. Under the present circumstances a compara-
tively poor man might die possessed of £l2O, or even £l5O,
and he might leave behind him a widow and children.
Should disputes arise as to the disposition of property the
parties will be unable to get a proper settlement because of
the expensive nature of the procedure. Among other
cases were those consequent upon small mortgages.
During last session he had introduced a mea-
sure respecting small debts, especially referring
to the tally system. It met with great opposition, and ho
abandoned it. Returns had been made, showing that the
number of persons actually imprisoned during the year
1863 on County Court process was 8,583 ; in 1862 they
were the large number of 9,373 ; but, in 1864, in conse-
quence of new rules introduced, the number was only
6,428, being more than 2,100 less than the number impri-
soned in 1862. He would on a future day introduce a bill
forbidding any citizen to be brought into the County Court
to recover sums for ale or beer. The noble and learned
lord then moved that the bifl be read a first time.

The motion was agreed to.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Mr. WILLIAMS took the oaths and his seat on his election
for the borough of Truro. -

PRIVATE BUSINESS

The Standing Orders were declared to have been com-
plied with in the case of several private bills.
The following bills were read a second time :—Barn-
staple Roads, Glossop Water, North Eastern and Cleveland
Railways ; North Eastern •Railway (Pelew and other
Branches) ; Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and
Dock; St. Philip and Jacob's (Bristol) ; Southampton,tShir-
ley, and Woolston Gas ; Southport Improvement ; Weald
of Kent Railway ; West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway
and Cleveland and North Eastern Railways ; West London
Docks and Warehouses ;and Wragby Roads.
CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAIL-

WAY BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this bill,
Lord R. MONTAGU said that this was a very im-
portant bill, for it proposed to give powers to draw no less
than a million gallons of water daily from the Thames.
The inhabitants of Cheltenham no doubt • had to complain
of the supply of water from the Severn, but at the same
time he did not think any case had been made for the
diversion of so large a body of water from the Thames, and
therefore diminishing the scouring power of the river,
which was so essential to the health and necessities of the
metropolis. He moved that the bill should be read a se-
cond time that day six months.
Mr. NEATE seconded the amendment.
Mr. DODSON said there could be no doubt that this
bill was very important. It proposed to take away a large
amount of water from the Thames, but this was to be dis-
tributed over a large area of land, and meet the wants of a
very large population. The facts upon which the opponents of
this bill based objection were denied by the promoters, who
asserted that the amount of water abstracted from the
Thames would be infinitisemal. Under these circumstances
he thought the proper course would be to allow the bill to
go to a committee, whore its merits would be fully dis-
cussed. . . . .

Mr. HUTT said that the subject involved in this motion
had been overlooked by the Legislature, and the real ques-
tion at issue was, whether a commercial company should be
allowed to abstract any quantity of water from the Thames.
He considered it would be a great mistake if such powers
were conceded. He thought, however, that the bill should
be allowed to go to a committee. (A laugh.)
Sir G. BOWYER, as one of the members of the defunct
commission of the Thames, quite agreed with the hon•
member the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. But,
notwithstanding, the hon. member was persuaded by what
had fallen from the hon. member (Mr. Dodson) to consent
to its being referred to a committee ; but he thought if he
had voted in conformity with the first part of his observa-
tion, instead of the latter, he would have been more con-
sistent. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. POWELL supported the motion for the second
reading of the bill, on the ground that the population of
Cheltenham, which amounted to between forty and fifty
thousand was left without an adequate supply of water ;
and he denied that the Thames would be deprived of any
amount of water that would be an inconvenience to the in-
habitants who derived their suppiy from that source.
Mr. HENLEY opposed the bill.
The house then divided, and the numbers were—

••
For the motion •.• ••• ••
Against ... ••• 414
Majority ...
Tho motion was accordingly negatived.

NEW CROSS ROADS BILL.

88
118
-30

Mr. ANGERSTEIN moved the second reading of this
bill.

An amendment was moved to the effect that the bill
should be read alseeond time that day six months, by Mr.
LOCKE, which was agreed to without a division.

THE PARLIAMENTARY BAR.

Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the President of the Board of
Trade, whether the members of the Parliamentary bar had
come to any agreement, that the practice before Parlia-
mentary committees should be open to the bar in general
on the same terms in regard to fees as prevailed in the
ordinary courts of law and equity.
M. M. GIBSON said that, from the inquiry which had
been made, it appeared that members of the Parliamentary
bar practising had a right to be governed by the same
practice that prevailed in reference to other members of the
bar, and were entitled to receive the remuneration to which
they considered themselves entitled for their professional
services.

THE SPACE BETWEEN BRIDGE-STREET, WEST-
MINSTER, AND PALACE-YARD.
Sir J. SHELLEY asked whether any decisien had been
come to, and, if so, in what way it was proposed to deal
with the vacant ground between Bridge-street and New
Palace-yard ?
Mr. COWPER said that he considered it would be a
great injury to the public if the space in question were
filled up, as it would interfere with the full view of Parlia-
ment and Westminster Abbey. (Hear.) He had a plan
which would be submitted to the house for dealing with
the space in question and other parts of Westminster
with a view to making arrangements suitable to the public
buildings in the neighbourhood.
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CASUALTIES ON THE COAST.
Mr. KEKEWICII asked the President of the Board of
Trade whether his attention had been called to the large
number of wrecks which had lately occurred on the north-
west coast of Devon and Cornwall ; and whether it was
the intention of the Government to establish a harbour of
refuge on that coast for the protection of the shipping ?
Mr. M. GIBSON said that there had been no doubt a
great many casualties on the case in question, but he was
not avow that the present was a very exceptional year in
the amount of disasters. It was not intended by Govern-
ment to erect any harbours of refuge on that part of the
coast.

LIFE ANNUITY AND LIFE ASSURANCE BILL.
Mr. HODGKINSON asked under what circumstances
and why the order made on the 13th of February for print-
ing the tables which were on 10th February laid upon the
table of the house, with reference to the Government Life
Annuity and Life Assurance Bill of last session, was sub-
sequently discharged ; and whether, notwithstanding the
discharge of such order, it was intended that such tables
should be acted upon at the expiration of thirty days from
10th February, pursuant to the Gth section of the act, &c. ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
the order was discharged because the tables were prepared
and would be shortly laid on the table, but they would not
take effect for 30 days after their introduction.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART.

Mr. POTTER asked whether the report of the Depart-
mont of Science and Art for the year 1864 would be issued
previous to the stimates for the Schools of Art and tho
South Kensington Museum being moved for ?
Mr. DODSON said that the report in question included
the general report on the subject, and could not be laid on
the table before Easter.
ROYAL SOVEREIGN, PRINCE CONSORT, AND

ROYAL ALFRED.
Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the
Admiralty if ho would lay upon the table of the house a
list of the alterations and repairs executed on the Royal
Sovereign, Prince Consort, and Royal Alfred, from the Ist
of September, 1864, till this time, and the cost of the same.
Lord C. PAGET—A report as regarded the alterations
made in the Prince Consort and Prince Alfred was ready,
but the report relative to the Roysl Sovereign was not
propared.
OPEN SPACES (METROPOLIS).
Mr. DOULTON moved for a select committee to inquire
into the best means of preserving for the public use the
forests, commons, and open spaces in and around the
metropolis. Ho contended that the proposed enclosure
of Wimbledon Common would be an infringement on the
rights of the public, by depriving it of its picturesque and
attractive character, without any public benefit resulting.
Alderman ROSE seconded the motion.

Viscount BURY defended the conduct .of Earl Spencer
in regard to Wimbledon-common, who, he asrerted, had a
legal right to make the alterations he proposed, but who
preferred having the subject submitted to a committee of
the house.

Mr. LOCKE advocated the principle of the public at
large contributing to the ornamentation of the metropolis
and the establishment of parks, for those who resided in
the country enjoyed tho advantages of them when they
came to London.

Colonel NORTH objected to the conduct of Lord
Spencer.
Mr. JACKSON supported the other side.
Mr. COWPER considered that Lord Spencer was judi-
cious in allowing the subject to go to a committee, but he
differed entirely from the views of the hon. member for
Southwark (Mr. Locke).
I LEFT SITTING. j

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 4.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Christian Koch, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Frank-
fort.

FE8.17.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Julius
Meyers as Consul at Demerara for his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. C

H. Powers as Consul at Coaticook, Canada, for the United
States of America.

FEB. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John R.
Ringrose as Consul at Hull and for all the ports on the
Humber for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Gustav Heyn as Consul at Belfast for his Majesty the King
of Hanover. ,

CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 17.
The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and ap-
point—Thomas Webster, of Lincoln's Inn, in the county
of Middlesex, Esq. • Sir Thomas Phillips, Knt., of the
Inner Temple, London ; Joseph Brown, of the Middle
Temple, London, Esq.; Clement Milward, of the Middle
Temple, London, Esq. ; James Redfoord Bulwer' of the
Inner =temple, London, Esq. ; and Hardinge Stanley
Giffard, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq., to be of her
Majesty's Council learned iu the Law.
The Queen has also boen pleased by writ under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom to call—Benjamin
Coulson Robinson, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq.;
to the state and degree of a Sergeant-at-Law.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 20.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Tralec.—Daniel O'Donogime, Esq. (com-
'monly called The O'Donoghue), of the Glens of Killarney,
in the county of Kerry, in the room of the Right Hon.
Thomas O'Hagan, who has accepted the office of one of
the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland.