The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

Adderley, C. B. Gregson, S. Palmerston, Vlsct.
Bagwell, J. Gray, William Peel, Sir R.
Baines, E. Grey, Rt. Iln. Sir G. Peel, F.
5 Ball, E. Gurney, John H. Pennant Col.
3 Baring, Thos. Geo. Gurney, Samuel Pigott, Francis
a Bass, M. T. Hadfield, Geo. Pinney, Wm.
i Bazley, Thomas Handley, John Pollard Urquhart W
) Beamish, F. B. llankey, Thomson Ponsonby, A.
i Beaumont,Somerset Hanmer, Sir J. Potter, E.
) Beecroft, G. S. Hardy, Gathorne Powell, J.
Berkeley, Col. Hartopp, E. B. Proby, Lord. G. L.
Berkeley, C. Hay, Sir J. Pryse, Capt. E. L.
Bouverie, E. P. Hayter, Sir Wm. Puller, C. W.
Bouverie, P. I'. Headlam, Thus. E Ramsden, Sir J. IT
• Briscoe, J. I. Henley, Lord Ricardo, O.
13rocklehurst, John Herbert, 11. A. Robertson, D.
Brown, J. Holland, E. Rolt, J.
Browne, Lord J. T. Ilornby, W. 11. Scholefi6d, W.
Bruce, H. A. llothain, Gen. Lord Seely, C.
Buchanan, W. Howes, Edward Selwyn, C. J.
Burke, Sir T. J., Bt. Butt, W. Seymour, Sir M.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Ingham, R. Seymour, Digby
Carnegie,Hn. C. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B.
Castlerosse, fist. Kinglake, A. W. Smollett, P.
Caveni-ish, Lord G. Kinglake, Serj. J. Somes, Joseph
Cecil, Lord R. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Steel, John
Churchill, Lord A. Lawson, W. Stracey, Sir H.
Clay, James Layard, A. H. Sykes, Col. W. H.
Clifford, C. C. Leatham, E. Taylor, P. A.
Clifton, Sir R. Legh, G. C. Tempest, Lord A.V
Cowper, Hon. W.F. Lennox, Lord G. G. Thornhill, W. P.
Cox, W. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. 'Tito, Wm.
Crawford, R. W. Lewis, Sir G.C., lit. Tollemache, Hon. F.
Crossley, Frank Lewis. Harvey Tollemache, J. H.
Denman, G. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Torrens, R.
Dodson, John G. Lindsay, W. S. Tottenham, C.
Douglas, Sir C. Locke, John Turner, J. A.
Dunbar, Sir Wm. Lowe, Rt. Hon.R. Vernon, 11.
Duncombe, W. E. Mackie, J. Villiers, lit lion. C.
.Dundas, Sir David Marjoribanks, D. C. Tyner, Reginald
Egerton, Sir P. Martin, I'. W. Walpole, S. 11.
Enfield, Viscount Martin, J. Warner, Edward
Evans, T. W. Mills, A. 11'eguelin, T.
Ewart, William Mitchell, T. A. Westhead, J.
Ewart, J. C. Moffatt, George Whalley, G. H.
Ewing, 11. E. C. Moncreiff, J. Whitbread, S.
Foley, 11. W. Monson, W. J. White, Jas.
Forster, Charles D. Morrison, W. Wood, W.
Foster, W. 0. Mowbray, lit. lin. J. Woods, Henry
Fortescue, C. S. Nicol, William Wrightson, W.
Gard, It. S. North, F. Wyvill, M.
Gibson, T. M. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Gilpin, C. Padmore, R.
Glyn, G. C. Paget, C.
Goldsmid, Sir F. Paget, Lord C. E. Brand, H. B.
Greenwood, J. Palmer, Sir R. Knatclibull-Hugess
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TELLERS.

GALASHIELS.- LARGE STOCK SALE,

On Friday last, one of the largest and most im-
portant Border stock sales of the season came off at
Galashiels, at the auction ring of Mr. Henderson.
The stock belonging to Mr. James Leithead, farmer,
Langhaugh, consisted of both tat and extra grazing
sheep and cattle, and the sale drew together a great
attendance of farmers, dealers, and butchers, from
Fife, Edinburgh, Kelso, Hawick, 111usselburgh,
and the neighbourhood, all of whom were bent
on doing business. After lunch at twelve, served
in a large marquee on the ground, where the
chair was taken by Mr. Peak of Craigend, judge
of the sale, and " Success to the Sale" having been
pledged, the company adjourned to the pens, and
the half and three-part fat hoggs were first brought
into the ring, numbering 350. These were in prime
condition, and were quickly sold in fives and tens at
an average of 445, 6d. per head, the top price being
478. The competition far these lots was very close,
and a good number was knocked down to Mr.
Boosie, Fife. The half and three-parts bred
grazing hoggs, in number 600, were next put up,
and excited even a keener competition than the
forager. These were sold in scores, and re-
alised prices ranging per head from 325. to Us.,
the average being 345. 6d. Next came the short-
horned and polled fat cattle, twenty of which were
knocked down at an average of £l5 10s. The
demand for the grazing cattle was very brisk, and
these ranged from to £ll 15s. But the greatest
attention was directed to the young or one-year-old
shorthorned bulls, of which kind Mr. Leithead is a
well-known successful breeder. Nine beautiful
animals, both as regards symmetry and colours,
were turned out, which were quickly disposed of at
prices from £ll to £l6—the average £l2 15s. The
whole of these large lots were passed under the
hammer in little more than two hours.—Scotsman

ABOUT' BUTTERCUPS.

The gaudy buttercup, though a sad plague to the
farmer, for the cattle cannot feed upon it, is yet
extremely useful in medicine. Most of the butter-
cup plants have a poisonous watery juice, which
possesses emetic properties. The root of Ranun-
culus bulbosa, the bulbous crowfoot, was formerly
called St. Anthony's turnip, but it is quite useless
for the purpose of nutriment, even when cooked. A
beautiful plant of this tribe is the lesser celandine,
R. ficaria, abundant in quiet hedgerows and moist
meadows during March and April. Its heart-shaped
leaves are marked 'with whitish-green spots. It
is an excellent prognosticator of the weather ;
its blossoms shut up just before rain. It is a
.tussa, in Its minus, seiaom lifting up its
head to
look upon the sun before nine in the morning,
Bald
always retiring before five in the evening. The
root of this plant is much used in Cochin China as a
medicine, where it is held in great esteem, and be-
lieved to possess innumerable virtues. In many
parts of Norway and Sweden it is used as a table
vegetable,its leaves being boiled and eaten as greens.
It is also used in some English counties to prepare
a wash for removing specks from the eyes. All
the species of crowfoot are useful in medicine ;
their chief characteristic is that of raising a
blister on the skin ; and they are frequently used
in cases of acute inflammation in the place of
cantharides, and the effect is attended with a
less amount of suffering. One very beautiful and
interesting species of ranunculus may be found in
abundance during May and June, in most lakes and
clean ponds, and sometimes in rivers. It is called
Ranunculus aquatilis, and produces a beautiful white
blossom on the surface of the water. The most
beautiful:we have evefseen were growing luxuriantly
in the little stream that falls into the Ravensbourne,
at Rushy Green. This is the only one of the family
which is destitute of poisonous properties, and this
peculiarity is the less to be expected in an aquatic
plant; It is largely used as fodder in various
parts of Gloucester and Somerset. The borders of
the lovely Avon—a stream dear to all who have I
seen its peaceful waters and fertile banks, and
dearer still for its poetic memories—are covered with
it in profusion, and it gives an aspect of great love-
liness to the calm and quiet river. It is largely used
by the cottagers as fodder ; cows, sheep, and horses
are fed upon it to a great extent. The cows are so
partial to it, that they are very reluctantly dis-
suaded from taking more than they require. Mr.
Loudon states that one farmer who had severe'
cows and horse, required only one ton of hay in the
course of a year, feeding his cattle almost entirely
upon the ranunculus.— Gardener's Weekly ilaga.
zinc and Horticultural Cabinet.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,.—MAY 5.
EDUCATION—THE REVISED CODE.
In the Committee—Motion made, and question put, "That
to i equire the employment of certified masters by
managers -of schools, as an indispensable condition of
their participation in the Parliamentary grant, is inexpe-
dient, and inconsistent with the principle of payment for
results which forms the basis of the Revised Code,"
The Committee divided—Ayes, 156; noes, 163.
.A.Tt9-156.
, Colonel Morris, D.
Adeane, H. J. Gilpin
Ayrton, A. S. Gore, J. It 0.
Bailey, U. Gore, W. R. 0,
Morritt, W.
Mund William
Baring, Sir F. Greaves. Edward
Murray,y, William
Barrow, W. H. Greenall, G.
Naas, lit. Hn. Lord
Barttelot, Col. Greene, Capt. j. N„.1.11, Ca
Bentinck, G. W. P. Grey deWilton,Lord Northcote Sir S. 11.
O_,onoi Don, The
Bentinck, G.C. Griffith, C. D.
Grogan, Sir Edward
001;Psieorwra,
1161111-ildford
Benyon, R.
Blackburn, P. Gurdon, B.
Blake, J. A. Ilaliburton, Justice O'Reilly, 3.
Bonham-Carter, J. Banbury, H., jun. Pakim.rton, Sir Wm.,J. Bovill, Hardcastle, Jos. A. Papillon, P. p.S
Bowyer, Sir G. Hardy, J. Parker, Major iv.
Bramley--Moore, J. Heathcote, Sir W. Peacocke, G. M.
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Henley, J. Peto, Sir M.
Brooks, R. Hennessy, J. P. Pevenset, Viscount
Bruce, Sir H. Hesketh, Sir T. Powys, L. P.
Caird, James Heygate, Sir F. Pritchard, John
Calthorpe, F. 11. tlodgkinson, G. Redmond, J. E.
Cartwright,; Col. Holford, R. S. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Cave, S. HolsolL T. B. Roebuck, J. A.
Chipman, J. Howard, Hon. C. Rogers, John J.
Cobbold, John C. Humberstone, P. S. St. Aubyn, J.
, Cochrane, A. D. Ingestre, Viscount Salomons,Alderman
' Cogan. W. 11. Jervis, Captain sclater-Booth, G,
Coke, W. C. Jervoise, Sir J. Scully, V.
Cole, Hon. 11. A. Johnstone, Sir J. Seymer, 11. K
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Kekewich, S. Sheridan, R. B.
Collins, T., jun. Kendall, N. Smith, M.
Cubitt, George Kennard,R. Smith, Abel
Dalglish, Robert King, J. K. Smith, S. G.
Davey, R. Knatelibull, W Smyth, Col.
Deedes, Wm Langton, H. G. Stanhope, J. B.
Dent, John Dent Laird, J. Stanley, Lord
Disraeli, Benjamin Lindsay, General Stuart, Col.
Doulton, F. Longfield, Robert Sullivan, M.
Duke, Sir James Lopes, Sir Bt. Taylor., Colonel
Duncombe, A. Lovable, Lord Trefusis, Hon. C. 11.
Edwards, Major 11. Lyall, G. Trollope, Sir John
1 Egerton, W. M'Cann, J. Turner, C.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Maguire, J. F. Upton, General
Fane, Col. Malcolm, J. W. 1V aker, Admiral
Farrer, J. Malins, H., Walker, J. R. B.
Fellowes, Edward Manners, Lord J. Williams, W.
Fenwick, Henry Miles, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T.
Finlay, A. S. Miller, T. Wyld, James
Foljambe, F. J. S. Mills, T. Wyndham, Hon. H
Forde, Lt.-Col. W. Mills, J. R. Wyndham, Hon. P,
Fortescue, llon. F. Mitford, W. T. Yorke, lIon.E.
Freeland, H. W. Monsell, lit. Hil. W. TELLERS.
Garnett, W. J. Montagu, Lord R. Walter, John
George, John 3lordaunt, Sir C. Thompson, H. S.
NOES-163.

A correspondent of the Opinion Nationale remarks
on the too pronounced desire of the Exhibition
commission to make money out of an undertaking
which ought to have been conducted in a more
popular and generous spirit. Tne writer concludes
h:s letter by saying, " the English can study with
profit the finest contributions sent to the exhibition
Palace, wt ich, built of brick, surmounted by two
glass bells, is in most horrible taste. Perhaps there
never existed anything more ugly. This is not an
individual and French opinion—it is unanimous.
The English themselves go so far as to say it is Et
stable.'"

7118 I)IB.IRESS
.I.4IVCASIII_RE.

• Robert Townley Parker, Esq., Mayor of Preston,
convened by private circular a meeting of the clergy,
manufacturers, gentry, and leading inhabitants of
that borough, for yesterday afternoon,'at the Theatre
of the Literary and Philosophical Institution, " to
consider what further measures should be adopted
to relieve the wide-spread and unparalleled dis-
tress in the town," the funds at the disposal of
the relief committee having already become
nearly exhausted. There was a very influential
attendance, and the proceedings were com-
menced by his worship reading the letter from the
relief committee stating the failure of the fund, and
requesting him to convene a Meeting to consider
what should be done. He also read letters from.
Sir T. G. Hesketh, M.P., and other gentlemen;
and an offer from General Tom Thumb to give an
exhibition in aid of the funds for the relief of the
poor. Mr. William Livesey read a report, from
which it appeared that the receipts of the commit-
tee, from the establishment of the fund to the pre-
sent week, amounted to £3,234 16s. id. with 200
tons of coals. 120 visitors were employed. The
smallest amount of destitution was in Christ Church
Ward; the greatest in St. Peter's Ward, where the
greater part of the population were unemployed.
The number of factory operatives in Preston was
25,000, of whom 7,600 worked full time, and
7,700 short time, while 9,700 were entirely out
of work. If those directly affected by the
stoppage of mill work were taken into the
accuut,t,
.the total number would be not less than
10,000; and if these had each one dependent upon
him, then the ordinary means of livelihood had been
withdrawn from 20,000 persons. The amount of
wages withdrawn from circulation was £B,OOO per
week. Since the commencement of the fund,
102,600 3-31 b loaves had been distributed, at a cost
of £2,065, and 14,000 quarts of soup weekly; the
total expenditure being £3,018 19s. 7d. It had
been estimated by the Overseers that the amount
of the poor rate to be laid for the present kalf
year would not be less than 3s. in the pound.
There were in the workhouses of the Preston
Union 914 persons ; and last week there
were relieved in Preston alone 2,668 cases (in-
cluding 7,882 individuals), at a cost of £475, or
more than three times the average of the past six
years. The committee regretted that the sum
left in the hands of the Treasurer was only £215
16s 9d being less than the cost of one week's
distribution. Mr. Alderman Goodair moved the
adoption of the report, and showed that tbe cora-
bins(' relief given by the Board of Guardians,.. and
ondapedpltihede
the Relief Committee amounted to only eld per
head, besides which there was a large number of
Andrew
wnot
Reed
carried. The Rev. Thomas
necessitous person who
Crfoelsrnorlkrue,tlii:Cnfh.,rwisThthiceehhilwueravc.s.h, . moved the next resolu-
the Continued dis-
tressed state of the. operative classes, owing to
tion :---e That, consldering
the working short time and the closing of the
1 mills, this meeting
I
considers it of urgent
( necessity to continue the Relief Fund, and forth-
with to re-open the fund which has been in exist-
ence for the alleviation of the distress." The
resolution was seconded by Mr. Alderman Walms-
icy, who referred to the absence of a number of
names of influential gentlemen from the relief sub-
scription list. He urged that the time had now
fully arrived when they should contribute to the
tukd so nearly exhaused.—Other gentlemen fol-
lowed, and the subscription fund was re-opened, as
proposed ; and steps were arranged to obtain addi-
tional funds. Mr. Alderman Miller has promised
an additional £200; Messrs.. Birley Brothers gave
#100; Messrs. T. and B. Meek, £5O; and their
example will no doubt be followed by the other
wealthy owners of property and employers of la-
bour.

FATAL EXPLOSION OF AN ENGINE ON THE
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

Yesterday morning, shortly after two o'clock, a
very sad occurrence took place on the London and
North-Western Railway, at Harrow. A goods
train bad just arrived at Harrow station, drawn by
one of Fairbairn's most powerful gooda-train en-
gines, and was just pulling up, when the boiler ex-
ploded with a fearful noise, blowing
the unfortu-
nate fireman, Henry Cowdry, together with the
massive ironwork of the engine, to atoms. James
Beckwith, the driver of the engine, was also blown
high into the air, and had one ofhis arms broken
and received other injuries, so as to render him in-
capable of giving any account as to the accident or
Henderson, locomotive
its probable cause. Mr•
foreman at Camden Town, soon after the news of
the occurrence reached London. proceeded to the
spot, circumstances
with a view of ascertaining the
which had led to the catastrophe, and in the mean-
time the driver (Beckwith) was brought to London,
and conveyed to University College Hospital,wherel
he lies under medical treatment, Up to last night
g
definite had occurred to show the causes
to so lamentable a catastrophe.
Twahohteihcrihn could have led
emains of the unfortunate fireman were col-
lected, as far as possible, to await an inquest.
fir

_ A riY-sheet in the last number of The Cornhill
Alagazine contains the " unqualified assurance" of Messrs.
Smith, Elder, and Co , that the average sale of each num-
ber of the magazine was 84,427 at the time of making 'W
the accounts at the end of last year ; and that the smallest
number of copies sold, up to that period, of any single
number of The Cornhill Magerzine, was 67,019, while of
some of the numbers more ths-u 100,000 copies Ni ere sold,

71IE ROYAL EXHIBITION COMMIS-
SIONERS AND THE REPRESENTA-
!LIVES OF 7HE _FOREIGN PRESS.

The Nord of yesterday has the following :—" We
are informed that the Royal Commissioners of the
London Exhibition have refused to grant tickets of
admission to the representatives of foreign journals.
We must be permitted to remark on this singular
proceeding. We are aware that, notwithstanding
the act of nnion,British hospitality is quite distinct
from the disinterestedness proverbially attributed
to Scotch hospitality. In London, if you wish to see
the monuments, museums, churches, &c., you must
pay for passing from one room to another, from one
story to another. The trafficking genius of the mo-
dern Carthage is to be discovered in this extremely
inconvenient union of fiscal formalities and national
memories. But if there was an occasion in which
these utilitarian habits should be departed from,
it was this of the Universal Exhibition—this con-
vocation of the civilised world, who were asked to
bring to the capital of Great Britain the tribute of
their sympathy
If, and the treasures of their labour.
enY Privilege was allowable it should be in fa-
vour of those, without whose publicity the grandest
and most eneyelopmdie exhibitions would be re-
stricted and confined. Surely the Universal Exhi-
bition has not been designed for some hundred
thousand visitors. All Europe ought to participate
in the information to be derived from this ecumeni-
cll council of contemporary art and industry. And
who but the press will set loose and give
wings to
this information P In denying to the representa-
tives of the press of Europe facilities to which they
are fairly entitled,there would be at oncea shocking
want of logic and a pitiful shabbiness. If the London.
Exhibition be only a speculation, if it be not a
monument raised to intelligent and liberal Eng-
land, as well as to laborious Europe, we no longer
recognise in this congress of manufacturers,
merchants, and artists, assembled from all parts
of the globe, guests invited to a pacific
tournament—to an interational fete—but merely
supernumeraries, who have come unwittingly to
give a varied representation for the benefit of
England.