The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

WARWICK RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE HURDLE RACE.

Gay Lad..
Victress ...

Ten ran.
THE HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE.
Duc-an-Durras
Betsy Prig

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Eight ran.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

The Royal assent was this afternoon given by com-
mission to the Mutiny, Marine Mutiny, Consolidated
Fund, County Election Polls, Grand Jury Cess, Indem-
nity and Commons Inclosure, and Inland Revenue Bills.
_s_

The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the
Duke of Argyll, and the Marquis of Breadalbane.
At five o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat
on the woolsack.

The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from a
place in Scotland, praying that the ordnance survey of
Scotland be continued.

Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Dun-
fermline, against tests imposed on professors in Scotch
universities.

The Bishop of St. DAVID'S presented a petition
against the admission of Jews into Parliament.

-The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions from the
city of Devon to the same effect.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
Colchester praying for Parliamentary papers.

THE SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFFRAY,

The Earl of DERBY rose to ask whether there would
be any objection to lay before this house copies of all the
papers relating to the Six-mile Bridge affray, being
identical with those which had been moved for and
granted in the other house last night.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said there could be no pos-
sible objection.

The Earl of CARDIGAN complained of the course
which had been taken by the Government in placing the
soldiers on their trial after the assurances which he had
heard from the noble earl at the head of the Government
that no distinction should be made between the priests
and the soldiers. He also expressed himself as greatly
astonished at the doctrine which had been propounded
by the Chief Secretary for Ireland, that any man who
stood for a populous place without a very perfect chance
of success was answerable for all the excesses which
might take place at that election.

The Earl of ABERDEEN deprecated the irregular
introduction of the noble earl's remarks. The noble
earl opposite (Derby) had moved for papers, no doubt,
with the intention of founding some motion on the sub-
ject. It would have been better if the noble lord had
waited until that occasion. He also deprecated any
allusion to the proceedings of the other house of parlia-
ment.

The Bishop of EXETER was glad to hear the last
remark which had fallen from the noble earl. If such
were his opinion, he hoped that the noble earl had
already intimated, or would immediately intimate, to a
right hon. colleague of his in the other house (Sir W.
Molesworth), who, some few nights ago, had done him
(the Bishop of Exeter) the honour to allude in not very
favourable terms to some remarks which had fallen from
him in this house. (Hear, hear.)
The papers were then agreed to.
THE OVER-CROWDED STATE OF THE
METROPOLIS.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose according to no-
tice to move that for the future every company coming
for a bill before their lordships' house, and proposing to
take any houses occupied by the labouring classes for the
purposes of their undertakings, should be obliged to prove
that by taking such houses they would run the danger of
over-crowding the neighbouring houses, and in cases they
should not prove that such would not be the case, that the
company be obliged to provide houses of the same capa-
city, as near as possible to the locality of the houses
destroyed. The noble lord proceeded to describe the
hardships which had been inflicted by the ejection of the
inhabitants occupying the houses destroyed by the for-
mation of the Victoria-street, the Blackwall Railway,
and other undertakings of a similar nature, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Redruth and Chasewater Railway Bill was read
a third time and passed.
The report upon the Salford Extension and Improve-
ment Bill was considered and agreed to.
The following bills were read a second time :—Bays-
water, Paddington, and Holborn Bridge Railway ;
Monmouthshire Railway and Canal.
PETITIONS.
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS presented three petitions
from working men in the metropolis against the Crystal
Palace being opened on Sundays.
Mr. PIGOT presented a petition from Reading against
the occupation of Roman territories by French troops.
Mr.BANKES presented a petition from a farmers. club
in Dorset praying for the repeal of the malt tax ; also,
three petitions from Dorset against opening any public
places of amusement on the Lord's day.
Sir E. DEERING presented a petition from Kent
against the admission of Jews into Parliament.
Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition from members of I
the Free Church of Scotland against the grant to May-
nooth.
Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the metro-
polis against the admission of Jews into Parliament.
Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from working men
in Whitechapel against the Crystal Palace being opened
on Sundays.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Glasgow
against a bill for regulating the opening of public houses
in Scotland.
Mr. LOWE presented a petition from the guardians
of the poor at Kidderminster, in favour of the county
rates being taken out of the Consolidated Fund; also,
a petition from the same place, praying for the repeal of
the Militia Bill, and in favour of international arbitra-
tion in lieu of war.
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY ELECTION.
The SPEAKER informed the house that he had re-
ceived a letter intimating that it was not intended to
proceed with the petition against the return for the
county of Tipperary.
A considerable number of petitions were presented
against opening the Crystal Palace on the Lord's day,
and against the admission of Jews into Parliament.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from
printers at Birmingham against all taxes on knowledge ;
also, a petition from the same place in favour of the re-
moval of all Jewish disabilities.
RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.
Mr. CARDWELL brought up the report of the
Select Committee on railwaymanagement. The report
was ordered to lie on the table.

ROYAL COMMISSION.
Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod,
here entered, and summoned the house to attend the
House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given to seve-
ral bills which have passed both houses. (For the list
of bills see Lords' report.)
The SPEAKER then left, preceded by the Sergeant-at-
Arms with the Mace, and followed by, on his return, a
few hon. members.
ELECTION FOR MALDON.
Lord It. GROSVENOR reported that the committee
on the petition for Maldon had come to the resolution
that Mr. Du Cane, and Mr. Taverner J. Miller were not
duly elected for the borough at the last election, and that
the last election was a void election ; also, that Mr. Du
Cane and Mr. Miller were, by their agents, guilty of bribery
and treating, but it had not been proved to the satisfac-
tion of the commitee that it had been committed with
their knowledge and consent. The committee were also
of opinion that corrupt practices had extensively pre-
vailed at elections for that borough.
On the motion of the NOBLE LORD the evidence before
the committee was ordered to be laid on the table. The
noble lord also gave notice that, after the recess, he
should move that the writ be suspended until the 21st
April, and that an address be presented to the Crown
to appoint a commission to inquire into the existence of
corrupt practices in that borough. (Hear, hear.)
COUNTY OF WESTMEATH.
The SPEAKER informed the house that the parties
did not intend to proceed with the petition against the
return for Westmeath.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house, at its ris-
ing, do adjourn until Monday, the 4th of April, and
announced that after this motion was disposed of he
should move that the order of the day have precedence
of notice of motion on Thursdays.
Viscount JOCELYN took the opportunity of asking
the President of the Board of Control whether any and
what measures have been taken according to the recom-
mendation of the Governor-General of India, in his
lordship's minute dated the 27th day of February,
1851, to appropriate a portion of the revenues of the ter-
ritory withdrawn from Ali Morad, Ameer of Upper
Scinde, as a penalty for forgery, to the relief of
the Ameers of Scinde and their families, who
were dispossessed of their territories in 1843 by
the orders of the British Government. The noble
lord reminded the house that last session he
brought the whole subject of Scinde affairs under the
consideration of Parliament, and it was now only neces-
sary
for him to state that a Commission of Inquiry had
reported that Ali Morad was unjustly deprived of his
rights. Now, he thought the present was an appropriate
time to make the amende honorable mentioned in his
question.
Sir C. WOOD (President of the Board of Control),
declined going into any discussion on this subject ; but,
with regard to the question, he could only state that
Mr.Frere had been instructed to make an inquiry into the
whole case. In the meantime, a liberal allowance was
made to the whole family of deposed Scindian Sove-
reigns.

Mr. DISRAELI had given notice of his intention to
inquire: whether it , was the intention of the G overn-
ment to take steps far establishing gold as a legal tender

in our Indian territories ; but as he intended to found a
motion upon this subject, he should defer his question
until after Easter.

The motion for the adjournment of the house was then
agreed to, after a few words from Mr. HUME.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.

Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that after Easter
orders of the day should take precedence of notices of
notion.

Mr. DISRAELI objected to the motion. He did
not wish to throw any obstacles in the way of the ad-
vancement of public business, but the house ought to
pause before they consented to give up any of their
constitutional privileges, of which Thursday night
notices formed a part. (Hear, hear.) What were the
circumstances under which the motion was made ?
Why the public business had never been so much ad-
vanced at this period of the session, as it was at pre-
sent, while they were called upon to adjourn for an un-
usual length of time. Such was not, however,
the state of affairs in 1847, when the noble
lord proposed that, after the 19th of April, orders of
the day should takeprecedence on every alternate Thurs-
day, but that motion was opposed by the present First
Lord of the Admiralty, though it was true it was ulti-
mately carried. In 1851 this concessionwas sought only on
the Ist of July, but even then, although he did not divide
the house upon the motion, he took objeCtion to it, and
said it would be establishing a dangerous precedent to
agree to it. The result had proved that he was right
in his apprehensions. In 1841, when this motion was
made, there were 45 bills on the papers, but now there
were only 25, and he really did think that this proposal
ought to be postponed until after Easter, or he must
give it his unqualified opposition.
Mr. WILLIAMS also opposed the motion, and ex-
pressed his belief that the Government would obtain no
additional time by carrying it, because advantage would
then be taken to make independent motions upon going
into committee of supply.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the practice of the house had
been to give three days to independent members, and
two to the Government. Hitherto that had worked,
but of late years the Government had been pressed to take
up great public questions which ought to remain in the
hands of private members, and under these circumstances
it was indispensably necessary that the Government
should have another day placed at its disposal. For the
last 20 years the Government had been compelled to
give up an inquiry of bills of the greatest importance,
because there had ,been no time to pass them through
the various stages. Now, was that a state of things
which ought to continue. He thought not, and that
was the reason for his making the present motion. After
Easter, many subjects of the utmost importance would
have to be taken up; such as the Financial Selwyn° and the
Income Tax, besides that of Education, which he intended
to bring forward the very first day after Easter. (Hear,
hear.) There was another question of great interest,
namely, the bill for the registration of lands, which
would have to be discussed, and, on the whole, he
thought the house could not do better than agree to the
motion.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not think the practice of
keeping the Thursdays for independent members had
worked so well as was supposed, for it very often hap-
pened that there was " no house," or a " count out,"
on a Thursday, and by adopting the motion, that evil
would be got rid of.
Lord R. GROSVENOR did intend to rote against the
motion, but he thought an exception ought to be made
in favour of hon. members who had their names in the
ballot box for motions. (Hear.)
Mr. WALPOLE admitted that there was still a good
deal of business on hand besides that specified by the
noble lord, such as the question of India, and that of
secondary punishments, which ought to be brought on
after Easter, and every facility ought to be given to the
Government for conducting the public business. But
still he thought Government ought to be content to take
the alternate Thursday, and to that extent he was ready
to support the motion.
Lord PALMERSTON thought the speech of the right
hon. gentleman opposite ought to be sufficient to induce
the house to adopt the whole motion, but nevertheless
he had no doubt his noble friend would bo quite
ready to postpone the commencement of the rule
until after the 18th of April, so that the existing notices
on the paper might not be prejudiced. (Hear, hear.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the motion was premature.
There would be no objection to make the concession
asked for when the proper time arrived ; but at present
it was too much to ask for every Thursday.
Mr. HUME said it would be time enough to ask for
additional days when the house was in possession of the
measures which the Government intended to propose,
but at all events there was no necessity for passing this
motion before Easter.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection to
substitute the 18th of April for the 4th.
Mr. DEEDES moved as an amendment that the date
be " on and after the 2d of May" next ; but after a brief
discussion the amendment was withdrawn, at the sug-
gestion of Mr. F. French.

The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion 171
Against it 139

Majority 32
The motion was accordingly agreed to.
NORWICH ELECTION.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Tuesday,
the sth of April, he should move that the order for dis-
charging the petition complaining of the return for N.r•
with be rescinded.
CHURCH RATES.

Sir W. CLAY gave notice that immediately after
Easter he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the
total abolition of church rates.
TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.

Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that he should bring
forward his motion on the subject of taxes on knowledge
on the 14th ofApril.
[LEFT SITTING.]

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-THE SALE.
(SECOND DAY.)

From the rumour published in our first edition, we
anticipated a stoppage in the sale of the " valuable pro-
perties of Her Majesty's Theatre" would take place ;
but, on visiting the theatre this afternoon, we found Mr.
Scott in the rostrum continuing the sale of the gentle-
men's wardrobe. The large concert room was as thinly
attended as yesterday; and, what with the gloom with
which the sale is looked upon by the professionals who
attended the auction, and the enormous mass of " pro-
perties" that lay heaped together in the utmost confu-
sion, a scene far from agreeable is presented to the
casual visitor. At the left hand of the auctioneer a large
quantity of antique armour is ranged in lots, while, on
the right, the throne and all the emblems of Eastern
majesty shared the common fate. The "lots" com-
menced this afternoon with 141, Twenty surcoats, which
realised only 13s. 170. Eighteen pieces of ring armour,
20s. 182. Fourty-four parts of Egyptian dresses, 3/. 15s.
203. Seventy-nine Egyptian head-dresses, 2/. 4s. 221.
A Roman dress, /. 1 ls. 215. Five shaped dresses, six
pair of pantaloons, and eight pair of trunks, 1/. 3s. Such
are the prices the lots bring. The whole of the orna-
ments used to decorate the stage during the national
concerts realised only 11. 3s.
The proceeds of the day's sale amounted to about
3501.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

JONES' DIVORCE.

Their lordships sat to-day at three o'clock for the pur-
pose of hearing evidence in support of this bill. The
Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leo-
nards, Lord Colborne, and Lord Jersey.
Mr. SLEIGH, having briefly stated the facts on behalf
of the petitioner, the following evidence was called :
John Chippindale produced the proceedings in the
Ecclesiastical Courts.

Elizabeth Court, examined by Mr. SLEIGH, deposed
to being present at the marriage of the petitioner and
his wife.

Elizabeth Rick examined, said—l lived with the peti-
tioner and his wife as servant, in the year 1842, at
Bristol. There was a Mr. Ward living with them as a
lodger. Mr. Jones, who was a tobacco manufac-
turer, used to be absent from home sometimes
for a week or two at a time. Mr. Ward used
to remain in the house while he was away. At one
time I was in London with Mrs. Jones and her children.
We lived in Swallow-street, St. James's. Mr. Ward
used to visit Mrs. Jones, and they were in the habit of
going out together. He used to come at all hours, and
sometimes would stay for an hour together. He was
about 40 years of age, and by trade an oil and colour
dealer. Mr, Grabham used also to visit Mrs. Jones
while we were in London. He was separated from his
wife. I remember one night Mr. Ward taking Mrs.
Jones to the theatre. They came back again about 12
o'clock. Mr. Ward immediately went away, and Mr.
Grabham came immediately after, and he and Mrs.
Jones went out again. They were away about two
hours. Mrs. Jones appeared as if she had been drink-
ing. She said she had been to a place which would
have frightened the witness. Witness let out Mr.
Grabham and Mrs. Jones. She said she was not
satisfied with the supper which witness had provided
for her, and she insisted upon going out for some supper.
Examined by Lord St. LEONARDS—Witness did not
observe any improper conduct towards either Ward or
Grabham.

By Mr. SLElGH—Witness had seen Mrs. Jones drink-
ing spirits with a man named Webb. Mr. Jones did
not behave well to his wife. • Had heard Mrs. Jones say
many times that she loved Mr. Ward. She had often
thought that Mrs. Jones was light-minded, and that was
the reason she had not told Mr. Jones of what his wife
had said.

Fanny Wade, examined by Mr. SLEIGH, said-that she
had lived in Mr. Jones' service at Bristol. Witness had
often seen Mrs. Jones behave improperly with
a porter named Webb, who lived in the house.
On one occasion witness had seen Webb with his hand
up Mrs. Jones's clothes. That had been occasioned by
previous indecent liberties which Mrs. Jones had taken
with Webb. Mrs. Jones often used to talk indecently.
Mr. Ward was living at the house as a lodger. k When-
ever Mr. JoneS was gone out of town Mrs. Jones used
to go up into Mr. Ward's drawing-room and spend the,
evening there. The door was sometimes locked. On one
occasion witness went in and found Mrs. Jones and Mr. '
Ward lying on the sofa together, and Mrs. Jones'
dress was very much disordered. (From the further
evidence which the witness gave with much hesitation
no doubt remained that criminal intercourse had taken
place.) Witness also deponed that on another occasion,
when Mr. Jones was from home, Mrs. Jones and a
young Woman named Eliza Smith had entertained four ;
gentleman at dinner, and in the course of the evening
witness kaw'Mrs.fories and Eliza Smith come out of tli