The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-23 00:00:00

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RACING FIXT

Bath 23
Harpenden 26

Blaydon-on-Tyne 5
Redditch
Uxbridge
Bradford Moor 5
Manchester 7
Chelmsford 7
Southwell
Maid tone
Ascot
JI
Newmarket July
Carlisle
Jersey 5
Worcester
Pontefract
Abingdon
Stamford l3
Hungerford l3

AUG
Brighton 1
Brighton Club - 3
Knutsford 3
Lewes 4
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Paisley
Reading
Radcliffe l4
Egham l5
Stockton l6

SEPTE
Warwick
Leicester 7
Dover
Hereford
Doncaster
Brecon lB
Richmond

OCTO.
Bedford
I
Caledonian Hunt and

Edinburgh 4
Northallerton 5
Newmarket 2d Oct 9

NOVE
Lincoln Autumn
Liverpool Autumn
Shrewsbury

LADVERTL

Canterbury l9
Hendon (Welsh Harp) 2l
)lonmouth 2l
anchester Autumn
Newmarket Ist Oct 26
Walsall
Lanark

Perth
West Drayton
Kelso
Newmarket Ho. If
Worcester Autumn
[BER.

Warwickshire and Leam-
ington Hunt

[SEMENT.]

RACING TIMES OFFICE, 286, Strand, London, W.C.—Mr.
THOMAS TEMPLE, the Proprietor of the "Racing Times,"
begs to inform the Sporting Public that he has commenced
Business for the: Season, and will execute Commissions
on all Races to any amount. Winnings guaranteed.
P. 0. Orders to be made payable at Strand Post-office, and
cheques crossed London and Westminster Bank (Temple-
bar Branch).

Public-house Closing Act (1864) Amendment

Bill.

The following are the provisions of this bill (as
amended in committee). It is entitled, " A Bill to
Amend the Act of the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-
eighth Victoria, Chapter Sixty-four, commonly
called ' The Public-house Closing Act, 1864 :' "
Whereas the operation of the said act has inflicted injury
on and caused great inconvenience to many of her Majesty's
subjects, and it is desirable that the same should bo
amended; be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most ex-
cellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows :

1. This act may be cited for all purposes as the " Public
House Closing Act, 1865."
2. It shall be lawful for the licensing justices at the time
of granting or renewing anylicence, upon the producaon of
such evidence as they shall deem sufficient to show that
it is necessary or desirable, for the accommodation
of any considerable number of persons attending
any public market, or following any lawful trade or calling,
if, in the discretion of such justices, they shall think fit, to
grant to any licensed victualler or keeper of a refreshment
house whose place of business is in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of such market, or of Cie place where the persons
follow such lawful trade dr calling, a licence exempting him
from the provisions of the herein-before mentioned act,
during such days, times, or hours as shall be specified in
such licence ; and no licensed victualler or keeper of a re-
freshment house to whom such licence has been granted
under this act shall be subject to any penalty for a contra-
vention of the herein-before mentioned act, during the days
or times to which his licence extends ; but he shall not be
exempted by such licence from any penalty to which it
may be subject under any other act of Parliament; provided
that a printed notice, stating the days and special hours
during which and the class of persons for whom the house
is open under such licence,shall be affixed in a conspicuous
position outside the house.
3. It shall be lawful for such justices, from time to time,
as and when it may seemfit, either to withdraw suchlicence
altogether, or to alter, vary, or amend the same, in such
manner as such justices may deem necessary or expedient.
4. The said act, as herein amended, shall be in force in
such districts under the operation of the Public Health Act,
1848, or the Local Government Act, 1858, as adopt the
same ; and Local Boards of Health established under or by
virtue of the said Public Health Act, 1848, and local boards
established under or by virtue of the said Local Government
Act, 1858, may adopt the said Public House Closing Act,
1864, in the same manner; and the same shall come into
operation at the same time as is provided for the adoption
and coming into operation of that act by corporate boroughs
or boards of improvement commissioners; provided
that
this section shall not apply to any district which is a cor-
porate borough, or within the jurisdiction of a board of
improvement commissioners.
5. So much of the eighth clause of the said recited act as
defines the local authority to be a commissioner, superin-
tendent, or other chief officer of police shall be repealed, and
instead thereof the local authority shall be, in any district,
city or town where petty sessions are held, two justices of
the peace sitting in petty sessions, and in any other district,
city, or town two justices of the peace acting in the district,
city, or town.

6. This act shallbe deemed, constructed, and taken as part
of the said hereinbefore mentioned act.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.. June :8.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 12.
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pac.et June s.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 25.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jane 2.
Ditto, via Marseilles • May 27.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton June 2.
Ditto, via Marseilles . ........... . ....May 27.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. May k 7.
Ditto, via Marseilles . May 26.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil'e+ June 5.
Newfoundland May 24.
Portugal ••••
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United states and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton •••••••••
Ditto, via CJrk
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. May 26
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and T.neritre June 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except BahatLas, Cuba,
and Mexico • • • May 29.
Bahamas, via New York ...... Juce I.
Bermuda, ditto ..................... . ............. . June 7.
Cuba and Mexico

ThEPERTA

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING•

The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
the usual hour. _

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Glasgow Corporation Water; Whitehaven and
Furness Junction Railway ; Whitehaven, Chester, and
Egremont Railway ; King's Lynn Docks and Railway
and Ilexham and Allendale Railway Bills were read a
second time.
THE METALLIFEROUS MINES BILL.
Lord KINNAIRD, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said that he did not propose to include iron mines
which were not open to the objections against other mines
in this bill. He did not think that the subject could re-
ceive the necessary discussion in the present session of
Parliament, and therefore he did not feel justified in pro-
ceeding with the bill at the present stage of the session.
He complained that the Government did not treat him
fairly in not giving him support in regard to this
bill, but leaving him in an extremity, without
intimating to him previously the course they would adopt.
He had been taunted with taking up a subject upon which
he had no information, but ho denied that suchassertion was
true at present, for, however ignorant ho might have been
on it, at present he was in possession of information derived
from authentic sources which enabled him to deal with the
subject practically. He repeated the statement he had
previously made as to the inefficiency of the arrangements
for the working in metalliferous mines, and cited the state-
ments in support of his arguments which appeared in the
report of the commission appointed to inquire into tho
subject. It appeared that the celebrated firm of Messrs.
Taylor opposed the bill, and while he admitted the general
efficiency of the arrangements made by that firm in regard
to their mines, he was aware of the fact that even they
were open to objections in regard to those defects
in reference to the condition of miners, which the bill
proposed to remedy. He concluded by moving formally
that the order for the second reading of the bill should be
discharged.
Earl GRANVILLE vindicated the course of the Go-
vernment in respect to this bill. The Royal Commissioners,
upon whose report this measure was professedly founded,
did not recommend any legislation on the subject, and he
thought that it would have been quite premature to do so
in the present session, when they considered the enormous
value of the property that would be affected, and the feel-
ings entertained upon the subject both in the northern and
southern mining districts.'
Lord VIVIAN characterised the bill under consideration
as one of the most mischievous that had ever been intro-
duced into Parliament, and severely censured the course
taken by the noble lord (Lord Kinnaird) in circulating a
handbill through the mining districts, calling for the sup-
port of the working miners. It was calculated, if it was
not intended, to produce ill-feeling between employer and
employed, although, happily, it had nothad that effect. The
noble lord said that this bill was founded on the report of
the Royal Commissioners ; but the fact was—and of this
the noble lord was well aware—that his colleagues on that
commission were wholly opposed to legislation.
Lord KINNAIRD denied that the noble lord was justified
in saying that the whole of the Royal commission were
opposed to the bill. There had been no meeting of the
Royal commission to consider the subject, and he did not
think that any one knew their opinions as a body. Ho had
addressed the handbill referred to the working miners, be-
cause he wished them to know what the recommendations
of the Royal commission were, nor did he shrink from the
responsibility of that step.
After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE,

Lord PORTMAN said that a more unwise step was never
taken by a noble lord who had served upon a commission
than to bring in a bill without the sanction of his colleagues.
It was perfectly unnecessary to agitate on this subject, be-
cause the owners of mines were most anxious to do every-
thing they could to protect the lives and health of their
workmen. The miners of Cornwall utterly objected to be
legislated for by the noble lord, who did not understand
the subject, or to have inspectors sent doini froin the Board
of Trade, to teach them how to carry on their business.
The' motion was then agreed to, and the bill was with-
drawn.