The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-10 00:00:00

DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 10, 1853,
E SUN, LON

SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Price Business
this Compass. this day.
St. 100 BurAglaamsh.lL. &N.W. 1.06 —lOB
50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caladon... 534 541
St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr
6p. cent Gt.Northn 150 152
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr fit.7restn 33 34
100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New.
Railway & Berw.. ... • •
50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 113 114
25 all Do. Shares Do 56 57
12 all Do. i Shares. Do 27i —28 ti
12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l4i —14 i
20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27
St. 100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent... Norfolk
St. 100 Do. 6 per et... Do —
5} all Manch.Bxton. Lu. &N.W.
and Matlock & Midld. 3 3} 3i
50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton &
Redcar Darlingt. ... ...
100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 1.08 109 1091
50 all Northern and
Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 55 67
50 all Do. 6 per ct Do
sd all Do.Fixedsp.c Do .• . ...
25 all Prest. &Wyre,L. &IN. W
&Ln& Yk ... „
12i( 1.1. Do. i Shares. Do .l
St. 100 Roystn.&liit.lGt.Northn 150 152
St. 100 Do.Shepth.St.Do l5O --152
25 188 Shef. Roth. &' Lancash.&
Gooleg.s.p.c Yorksh . . __ ...
12 9. S. Stallordsh.. MrMClean .14. i d
50 all WearVatoygr Stockt. &
6 per cent ... Darling . ...
25 all Do . Do 3t 5i
St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westa lo2i —lO3l

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

p,id 1 RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
this day.

Baldness done I St.
this dsy 50

MINES.
1 ' all Agua Fria i 1 p 2 g
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LOs. all Anglo Californian ... 6 p i
ii
10 2 Australasian ld par
20 5 Australian ll -- 21 2/ 2 (I t
1 all Australian Cordillera a 4 cl.' a
1 all Australian Freehold. a d 1 1
1 all Ave Maria i 1(1
1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) / a 'par
1 all British Austria. Gold 1 / d (
20 13.5 British Iron 7 - 9 2
35 2e41 Brazilianlmp. (issued
at £5 pm 3l 41 1
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 3 4 1 3
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 311 321
1 1 Carson's Creek lel par
40 all Cobre Copper 47i —48 i
5 1 Colonial Gold i iP 1i
... 14 Copiapo. lO —ll 10a
St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 55 —65
25 all Do. Pref. 7a p. cent. 61 —7l p
5 all English and Austin.
Copper Smeltg. Co. 21 2 d
20 all General.
2 all Great Nugget Vein i i p 21
3 all Great Polgooth . li i d
1 all Lake Bathurst.
id Par i
1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold
Quartz Crush. Co 1
1 all Mariquita .. .
10 9 Mexican&S..Amerien. 61 7
1 all New Granada id i p li 1
15 all NpoortuypeahniliMpo..n.d..e.............
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1 all Quartz Rock .......... ia pl 1
50 all Rhymney 1r0n........ •.. •..
15 Do. New .... .. - ...... 61 --7 i
30 10/ Santiago de Cuba..... 31 41
1 all South Australian ld par
10 7 Tin Croft .
281 all United Mexican
1 all Waller i 1 a
1 all West Granada g 1 d
1 all West Mariposa 1 1 d
1 all Yuba i d i I
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140 all
all
AaLibertyuuAustralasiadstjraLB2bl ------
40 all British Colonial Bank ... ...
50 all British N. American ... ... 62
20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India,
25 5 Chrtd. Brit. of Asia. Ad par
100 25 Colonial...
xd
100 20 Commercial of Lond. ..• •.• x d
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian Chrtd... par— 6 p 101 a
20 121 London Chrtd. Bnk
of Australia - 2/13
50 20 London and County ••• •••
x d
50 10 London Joint Stock ..• ..•
100 20 ILond.andWestminst ... ~.
d
100 35 NopafotilEo.antnaigollnanPr •••vincial
4,n
50A
50
20 10 Do. New — ".
50 221 National of Ireland .. • ...
25 all Oriental Bank Cor.
100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ...
10 all Do. New — ...
5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg
and Gold Imp. Co ls d— par
25 25 South Australa 44 46
_ 25 all Union of Australia 72 73xd 72 111 x a
2A\Do. New 8 Eq
50 10 Union of Loudon , ... ... x d
40 I all Nuion of Madrid ....I ... ...
1
MISCELLANEOUS
100 35 Australian A.gricult. 32 31 334
20 10 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ...
10 7 Australn. Royal Mail .., ...
50 381 Brit. American Land 64 67
100 324 Canada
5 5 Crystal Palace l/ 2 p 61
4 4 Crystal Pal. of France 1 1 p
20 1 Eastern Steam — ...
1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir , ••• ...
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ••• •••
20 14 General Screw Steam ..• •••
20 5 Irish Beet:oot Sugar ••• •••
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . •••
10 3 Netherlands Land ld par 21
20 76 NAIL ofEuropeSteam ... •••
50 all Peninsular& Oriental •.• ...
50 25 Do.
100 60 Royal Mail Steam
25 25 South Austral. Land 37 39
1 all Submar. Telegraph.. ••• _ •••
5 2 Univeral Emigration
and Colonization.... •
Ina 28l Vau Diemen's Land 16 17 16i al7

72 20

691 70 691 110 5

G 0 i6O 4 125
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IMPERIA

lAMEN T.

should be, and from a consideration of the habit, the taste,
and the health of the men the board were induced to give
the preference to rum. The matter had been brought be-
fore various Boards of the Admiralty, and they had all
concurred in the opinion that the preference ought to be
maintained. With respect to the correspondence which
had passed between the Board of Admiralty and the re-
presentatives of the distillers of the United Kingdom, upon
that subject, he had only to observe that if the upon
that
should wish for its production, he (Sir J. Graham)
eould have no objection to accede to his request.
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD wished to ask the right hon.
baronet whether he would be prepared to lay before the
house a copy of the medical report which had been made
upon that subject. He understood that the question had
been referred by the Board of Admiralty to the medical
officers of the navy, with a view to ascertain whether in a
medical point of view ruin possessed any advantage over
home-made spirits. It was stated that the report of those
officers was in favour of native spirits, and that, in their
opinion, rum contained deleterious qualities which those
spirits did not possess, while it did not contain their good
qualities. There was no doubt that the movement against
the existing practice in the royal navy had origivatedwith
the distillers of the United Kingdom ; but those gentle-
men were perfectly justified in seeking to obtain the
abolition of a monopoly which was a direct infraction of
that principle of unrestricted competition which had of
late years been adopted in the commercial policy of this
country. (Hear.)
Sir J. GRAHAM said that that was not a question of
free trade or of monopoly ; it was merely a question of
what was most conducive to the discipline and the com-
fort of the men in her Majesty's navy. He was not aware
whether the question of health, as regarded the use of any
particular kind of spirits in the royal navy, had been under
the consideration of any medical officers. But he should
say that if the Board of Admiralty were not competent to
decide a case of that kind, or if their decision was to be
set aside by the House of Commons, the sooner the board
was abolished the better. (Hear.)
The vote was then agreed to.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS OF PRISONS. s
The vote of 407,6071. for the government convict esta-
blishments at home having been read,
Mr. LUCAS said he found that there were 16 govern-
ment prisons in the United Kingdom, eight of which were
in Great Britain and eight in Ireland. He also found that
the systems of prison discipline enforced in the two cowl-
\
tries varied very materially in one important point. He
referred to the provision made for the religious instruction
of prisoners. Upon that subject one arrangement was
Ireland,aindopEtengdlainndand another and a totally different one
ha was a question which had recently
become one of very greatly increased importance, because
it appeared that for the future the system of transporta-
tion was to be entirely, or almost entirely, abolished, and
that convicts should, in nearly every case, undergo their
punishments in prisons. Under the system of transporta-
tion to the colonies, the principle of perfect religious
equality had been adopted, and all convicts had received
religious instruction from clergymen of their own faith.
That practice had been established by the present Earlearl
of
Derby when Colonial Secretary, aud that noble
had, in the year 1847, delivered a speech in which he had.
expressed his gratification at the good results which had
been attained by the adoption of such a course. But
as the system of transportation was about to be abo-
lished, he (Mr. Lucas) wished to know whether
that mode of conducting the religious instruction
of convicts which had worked so well in the col-
nies was to be introduced into the government
prisons in Great Britain. He said in Great Britain, be-
cause he was aware that the practice which had prevailed
in the penal colonies had long since been adopted, and was
at present in force in Ireland. In the Irish government
prisons the arrangement was this—and it was one so sim-
ple and reasonable that nobody must wonder how any
other had been adopted elsewhere—that prisoners when
first placed in the gaols were entered
professed, according to the re-
ligions which they and prisoners of every re-
ligious denomination received the ministrations of chap-
lains, whose salaries were paid by the state. In the votes
for the Irish prisons there weraenldnVreudetveotaes forl Church
of England, Roman Catholic,
principle ofy perrfeacte religions
s;
and so completely was the
equality carried out in the Irish prisons, that Romang
Catholic chaplains gave certificates of good conduct to
Roman Catholic prisoners just as Protestant chaplains
gave certificates of good conduct to Protestant prisoers.
In the Irish prisons no temptation whatever was held out
to Roman Catholic prisoners to practise hypocrisy. But, in
the English prisons, the case was very different, and there
the Protestant chaplain alone was known to the law. In
those prisons a Roman Catholic or a Presbyterian convict
might ask for the services of a Roman Catholic or a Pres-
byterian clergyman, and his request would be complied.
with ; but the only person whom it was his interest to con-
ciliate and from whom he could obtain a certificate of good
conduct was the Church of England chaplain. That was a
fact which appeared in the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Kings-
mill, the chaplain of the Pentonville prison. That rev.
gentleman stated that many Roman Catholic prisoners
entered their names as Protestants from a feeling that it
would militate against their interests to have it known that
they were Roman Catholics. He (Mr. Lucas) had further
to state, that in the Government and the county gaols of
Great Britain the Roman Catholics had no service on Sun-
days. This was a matter of extreme importance ; and as
her Majesty's Government had taken the whole manage-
ment of the prisoners at home into their hands, he hoped
the noble lord would assent to the claim which he now
urged. (Hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON assured the hon. gentleman he
had no need of making apology for having brought this
matter—one of great interest and deep importance—before
the house. Ho had also to thank the hon. gentleman for
the courtesy with which he had communicated his views
to him (Lord Palmerston) in private on this subject. He
begged to state, in the first place, that, with regard to the
ditlerence to which the hon. gentleman adverted as exist-
ing between Roman Catholic and Protestant prisoners, it
might be accounted for by the fact that the convicts in the
colonies included all those who carne from Ireland as well
as England. He (Lora Palmerston) had issued directions
to the prisons to the effect that, upon the committal of a
prisoner, he be immediately called upon to state what re-
ligion he belonged to, and that his declaration in reply
thereto should be taken as an indication of his religion.
Beyond that, he admitted that the prisoner who made the
declaration ought to be made to know that nothing in re-
gard to his treatment in gaol would depend upon the par-
ticular religious persuasion to which he might belong. The
prisoner would be equally sure of having religious instruc-
tion given him by the clergyman of his own creed ; and
also the prisoner should know that all testimony as to his
good conduct whilst in prison should proceed from his own
religious instructor. (Hear.) What was their object in the
treatment of prisoners ? Reformation as far as possible.
How could that reform be effected if religious consolation
were attempted to be given to men by the clergy of an op-
posite creed? (Hear.) If a man, a Catholic, on entering
prison, called himself a Protestant, he commenced by hy-
pocrisy, and the man's heart was hardened against all in-
struction owing to the conflict he had to endure with his
own previously imbibed opinions. (Hear.) Instruction
to such a man was scattering seed on a sterile soil. In that
way, the Catholic, instead of spending his time in receiv-
ing instruction, spent it in theological controversy. (Hear.)
It was evident they would defeat their own object if they
did not give to persons of all religious denominations in-
struction in that shape, and coming from that quarter,
which might render it most useful. (Hear.) The hon.,
gentleman (Mr. Lucas) had moved for certain returns, to
which motion he (Lord Palmerston) readily acceded ; and
he should further say he deemed it his duty to carry into
effect those views which he had explained in reference to
the Government prisons. (Hear.) There should be reli-
gious instruction given to the Catholic and Dissenter, as
well as to the Protestant ; and the clergyman imparting
that instruction should have the respect and reward at-
taching to the adequate discharge of those important
duties. (Hear.) With regard to the county prisons he
could not say that some legislative alteration might not be
necessary. To what degree or extent the Secretary of
State had control over them, at present he was not pre-
pared to say ; but, if necessary, legislation would be in-
troduced on the subject. (Hear.) He hoped that state-
ment would be satisfactory to the house. He thought they
should not convert their gaols into proselytising schools,
or arenas of theological controversy, but make them places
for sound moral improvement. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. BALL hoped the treatment of juvenile and adult
inmates of English workhouses would not be overlooked,
as they stood as much in need of spiritual instruction as
the inmates of any of our gaols or prisons.
The report was then agreed to.
WAYS AND MEANS.
After a few words from Col. NORTH, who thanked the
right hon. gentlemen on the Treasury bench for the kindly
manner in which they had acted towards the militia,
The report was brought up and agreed to.
METROPOLITAN SEWERSL. ACTS CONTINUANCE
BIL
On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Lord D. STUART wished to know whether it was pos-
sible for Parliament to continue that which had no
existence?
Lord PALMERSTON wished tlnoimoinfitfmotroamuthhineits
oonmobnli woman
ep
fortiee :ICI
twhoamt,senxicentoptinmgarith,ethtrearneswfoarms
natoio
of Parliament. (Laughter.) Parliament, therefore, had
power to continue that which had no existence. (Laugh-
ter.) He (Lord Palmerston) originally intended to re-
strict the borrowing power to 500,0001.--namely, 400,0001.
in addition to the 100,0001. already borrowed.' Irl.
ow-
ever, on the representations of his hon. friends the me-
tropolitan members, he now proposed to diminish that
sum by one-half—namely, 200,0001., exclusive of the
100,0001. already borrowed. The locality of the Hack-
ney-road was to be included in the improvements, but,
owing to this reduction to the borrowing power several
important works would have to be left untouched until
next session. He now begged to move, " That it be an in-
struction to the committee that they have power to make
provision in the Metropolitan Sewers Acts Continuance
Bill as to monies borrowed, or to be borrowed, under the
said acts." (Hear, hear.)
Sir B. HALL complained that the noble lord had taken
a course hardly just or fair to the people of the metropolis.
The noble lord brought in his bill on the 14th of June, and
it being understood that it was to be a mere continuance
bill, it was read a second time without opposition—no
person dreaming that it contained a borrowing
what
(Hear, hear.) He wished to inform the house wh. t
as
the history of this commission. In 1848 an act wa
tub
to abolish the commission of sewers, but an act_ , ~. 111
sequeutly passed to continue it for two yelFse,
cs•l±..".„_n_
the greatest dissatisfaction prevailed at
_,ll. _ Turgreaw°' t;
and management of the commissionodit. as"
, they had the
proper had
power of levying a tax upon
power than almost any other similar
th ....a power to levy
. sterling, the amount of
1 9,500,000/. sterling, and the rate
found that from
of inspecting the
not a single
the part of the with-
annuallyrate-
amounted to no less thoann
The honourable
poialytearns.y fewer oaf
linterference
p
entry had been ml ceded to detail several important
then procee
gentleman
the minutem month nbt ho o ko
of fOt chteo lci :in.:lS;cEstee°rt'bu3o2fosni:ktydY's'°:.l7-815l ,
transactions that
ofad whchken thereplace wasf not the slightecommist
sinners of severs'
h tai beore
and instanced in one the s-
case a sum
minuteof 10,000/. which had been borrowed, a which the
or memorandum,
secretary could give no information whatever. This was
the coniniissiou which had existed up to the present
day, and which it was now proposed to continue for
some further indefinite period. He reminded the house
that the noble lord the member for Colchester had some
time ago given a positive pledge that a bill would be
brought in early in the present session for the purpose of
doing away with the existing commission. It appeared
that the debts and liabilities of this commission had gone
on gradually increasing,
and now amounted to no less a
sum than 174,186/. With regard to the expense of manage-
ment, that also had shown a regular progressive increase,
until it had reached no less than 35 per cent. on the amount
expended, But, at all events, they ought to see that the
works executed, which had cost the public so large a sum,
had been well executed. The present commission had
executed only one great work, the Victoria sewer, and it

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.—THE NAVAL
REVIEW.
In reply to a question from the Earl of DONOUGII-
MORE,
The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that
it was not considered necessary that the house should
meet on Wednesday, and as the business for Thursday
was only of the ordinary character, and was not likely
to occupy much time or occasion discussion it was not
proposed to adjourn over that day.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN IRELAND.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second read-
ing of the Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill, the
Tenants' Improvement Compensation (Ireland) Bill, and
the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill. In the course of a
long speech explanatory of the objects of these measures,
his grace chimed for them the support of the adherents
of the Earl of Derby, on the ground that they had been
introduced by his government, and expressed his assu-
rance that were the noble earl present he would not op-
pose them. He disclaimed any party object, or any
other object than the welfare of Ireland, in introducing
these measures, and entreated their lordships to allow
them to pass the stage, not as a preliminary to passing
them necessarily in their present form, but in order that
they might have the full consideration of the house.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE urged the neces-
sity of postponing the bills until next year, on account
of the many difficulties at present in their way—the late-
ness of the session and the necessity for attentive and
deliberate consideration of their provisions. With re-
gard to the hills themselves, he urged various objections.
Without opposing the second reading, he proposed that
the bills should be referred to a select committee.
The Earl of MALMESBURY would not object to
going into committee on the two firstnamed bills, be-
cause they yet retained some of the spirit of Mr. Napier
in their provisions, but he urged them to reject the third
(the Leasing Powers), with which Mr. Napier had no-
thing to do, and which Mr. Napier condemned—as
Lord Malmesbury showed by reading a letter from that
gentleman.
Lord RODEN condemned the bills generally and re-
commended the straightforward course of rejecting them
altogether.
The Earl of WICKLOW was for giving fair conside-
ration at any rate to the Leasing Powers and Landlord
and Tenant Bills during the present session.
Lord ST. LEONARDS, without denying that the
late Government had intended to legislate for Ireland in
the form proposed, maintained that the present state of
the bills must now be taken into consideration.
The Earl of ABERDEEN confessed that it was not
without some concern that he observed the feeling which
manifestly prevailed in the house on the subject of these
bills. He had hoped that the time was come when, after
the lapse of many years they had arrived at the point at
which it would be possible to bring this difficult and ex-
citing question to a conclusion. There could be no
doubt that these bills, whether they were or were not
precisely so, were in fact substantially the same as those
introduced by the late Government ; and this circum-
stance had naturally given him ground to expect that
they would be readily brought to a successful conclusion.
He perceived that the reverse was the case. He re-
gretted the feeling that evidently prevailed among the
majority of their-lordships, but he assured them most ex-
plicitly that her Majesty's Government, in taking up these
bills had no other desire than the benefit of Ireland. It
appeared that the feeling was against them, and that being
the case, he did not wish to press them. He would,
therefore, accept the proposition made by the noble
marquis, and he advised their lordships to concur with
him in the second reading of these bills. If they agreed
to that, he on his part, and on the part of the Govern-
ment, would undertake that, at an early period of next
session, the whole subject should be taken into con-
sideration in their lor:lship's house, with the view of
seeing whether it could not at last be settled. Mean-
while these bills should go no further. (Hear, hear.)
Under these circumstances he would abstain from dis-
cussing their merits, and would merely observe, in con-
clusion, that he thought the proposition made by the
noble marquis should be accepted by their lordships, and
especially now that they had the undertaking which he
had given them. (Hear.)
The Earl of MALMESBURY was as anxious as was
the noble earl himself that at the earliest period of next
session the question should be considered again, and
that bills analogous to these should be brought forward.
He would suggest that these bills and other important
measures should be introduced into that house in the
first instance, and that they should not be called upon
to consider them at the end of the session.
The Earl of RODEN declined to divide, and after a few
remarks from the Earl of DONOUGHMORE, in approbation
of the course the Government had taken, and expressing
a hope that the question might in another session be
satisfactorily settled, the Landlord and Tenant Bill was
read a second time.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE hoped the noble marquis
did not intend to press his motion to refer the bills to a
select committee as it was obvious no practical result
could follow at this late period of the session.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE assented ; he was
perfectly content with the arrangement suggested by the
noble earl at the head of the Government.
The other two bills—the Tenants Improvements Com-
pensation (Ireland) Bill, and the Leasing Powers (Ire-
land) Bill, were also read a second time on the under-
standing that all three bills were to be withdrawn for
the present session.
The Merchant Shipping Bill, and the Drainage of
Lands (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill, were severally
read a second time.
INCUMBERED ETITA ANCE ESTATES (IRELBILLJ.ND) ACT CON-
NU.

- _
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR,
The Commons' amendment to this bill were agreed
to, after a remark from the Earl of DONOUGHMORE, who
objected to the alteration made in the second clause.
The Poor Relief Act Continuance Bill was read a
second time, as was also the Duties on Horses let for
Hire Bill.
The amendments to the General Board of Health (No.
3) Bill were reported and agreed to.
NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
LIBERATED AFRICANS BILL.
This bill went through committee.
LAND TAX REDEMPTION BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CONSOLIDATED ANNUITIES BILLS.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL.
The report on this bill was brought up and agreed to.
BELFAST MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
REGISTRAR OF PRIVY COUNCIL BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
DUBLIN CARRIAGES BILL.
This bill went through committee.
PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
TURNPIKE ACT AMENDMENT (IRELAND)
BILL.
This bill passed through committee ; and
The house adjourned at half-past 10 o'clock.

INTREPIDITY OF THE HAWK.—One instance of the
daring intrepidity of the hawk, when pressed by hunger,
occurred at the parochial school-house at Maderty, one
day last week. It happened while a favourite canary
was enlivening his auditors with his native song, that a
hawk darted with the speed of lightning through a pane
of glass in the kitchen window, to the dismay of three
tailors, who were busily plying their avocation in close
proximlty. The bold intruder, however, missed his aim,
and with the broken glass, fell with a sudden clash into a
tailor's lap. It would be difficult to determine whether the
hawk or the tailors were most surprised by this unexpected
occurrence. One of the tailors in an instant sprang to
his feet with that elasticity for which his fraternity is
remarkable, while another gave utterance to certain un-
earthly sounds, indicative of expiring nature ; the third
had scarcely time to unplait his legs when the noise
reached the ears of other domestics in an adjoing apart-
ment, which caused them to rush to the scene of action,
and who, when they beheld the uproarious confusion, at
once concluded it to be " the de il among the tailors,"
until the cause of their excitement was discovered en-
deavouring to retrace his way through the shattered
window. He was, however, speedily secured, but not
until he had broken other two panes of glass in attempt-
ing to make his escape.—Pertle Courier.
SINGULAR CASE OF LOCKJAW.—A man died at Led-
bury, on Tuesday week, under rather remarkable cir-
cumstances. Freeman, the constable, was on duty in the
market about 11 o'clock, when his attention was called to
a man named D. Jones, who was standing bythe side of
his cart, containing potatoes, peas, and beans, which he had
brought for sale. When the constable went up to him he
was in the act of recovering a halfpenny from the inside
of his cart, in order to give change to a woman, who
first give intimation as to his condition, and was groan-
ing badly. The poor fellow told Freeman that he
had had a stroke, and in something like ten minutes he
became insensible. What followed was thus detailed to
the coroner, on Thursday, when an inquest was held
at the union workhouse :—" I at once ran for Mr.
Griffin, the surgeon, and in the hurry I saw Mr. Dunn,
surgeon, coming down the street, and he came to him.
He at first did not think him in danger. He had a little
water, and afterwards Mr. Dunn ordered a draft from Mr.
Meacham, the druggist ; but he could not take it ; his
jaws were closed. By Mr. Dunn's directions, I took him
up to the union house, where the body now lies. Mr.
Dunn told me it was a case of lock-jaw, and that it was a
very bad case. As soon as the deceased was conveyed up
here Mr. Lewis, the union doctor, saw him. He told me
there was no chance of his recovery. lam of opinion
that as soon as the deceased was taken with lock jaw he
became insensible. The deceased, after he was taken
ill, said, 'Oh ! Lord, kill me ! ' and his last words were,
Oh, God ! ' (three times). Deceased seemed to have a
second attack, when his jaw became closed and he be-
came insensible. His eyes were almost closed." The
jury found "That the deceased died by the sudden visi-
tation of God."—Gloucester Chronicle.
CURIOUS SITUATIONS FOR THE NESTS OF BIRDS.—
In one of the flower baskets on my lawn (the
bark having cracked and become partially separated
from the wood), a blue titmouse has profited by the
opening ; and, passing through a passage of some
length behind the bark, has found sufficient room for its
nest, and is rearing its young successfully. In the
neighbouring church of Buttermere a wren has filled one of
the divisions of a window with its cosey domicile, and is
sitting on its eggs at a distance of not more than 2 feet
from the elbow of the preacher when in his pulpit. But
the most curious situation for a nest is the following :
In the garden of a neighbour, a lady had placed a flower-
pot over a patch of sweet peas ; and on removing it, to
ascertain the progress of the flowers, was surprised by
the sudden escape of a bird from within. It appeared
that a titmouse (the Parus major, Joe Bent, or Ux-eye)
had entered through the bole at the top of the
inverted flower-pot ; had formed a nest on the ground •
and was then sitting on ten eggs ! The bird subse-
quently became accustomed to visitors, and would
allow the flower-pot to be tilted, so that she might be
seen on her eggs within. The nest is now filled with eight
or nine little tits ; and it would be a matter of curiosity
to watch how, in the first instance, they will escape
OM from their confinement, as some skill and accuracy of
movement must be necessary in order to pass through
the only outlet, the small hole, which is some nine or ten
inches above, and which is only just large enough for the
passage of the pareut.—Kidd's Journal from Nature.

HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.,
SUPPLY.—REPORT.
The report of supply was brought up, and the various
votes were read at the table.
THE SUPPLY OF RUM IN THE NAVY.
On the vote for the Naval Coast Volunteers,
Mr. F. FRENCH said he wished to ask the right hon.
baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he could
assign any reason why rum should be the only spirit se-
lected for consumption in the navy ? In the ”arnlB4tol
one
extraordinary preference which was thus give
article of colonial produce had been brought under the no-
tice of the House of Commons ; and the Admiralty autho-
rities had then given the house and the public reason to
understand that they were about to introduce some other
spirits besides rum for the use of British sailors. Since that
time, however, the question had not again been mooted.. It
was certainly a very surprising fact that free-trade Minis-
tries, which had carried the principle of unrestricted com-
petition so far as to accept tenders for supplying the Bri-
tish navy with foreign beef,. pork, and bread, had endea-
voured to prop up the colonial monopoly in supplying the
same navy with rum. The parties whose interests he was
then advocating did not ask the Board of Admiralty to
take British spirits at a higher rate or of a worse quality
than the colonial spirit. On the contrary, they con-
tended that they would supply a better article at a
lower price. An application had lately been made to
the board to the effect that sailors in the royal navy
should have the same privilege extended to them in that
matter which was enjoyed by sailors in the mercantile
navy, and that they should be allowed to use rum, ( r
other spirits, just as they themselves might prefer. 111t)it
that application had been met by a decided refusal , and
immediately after it had been made a contract had been
entered into for the supply of 30,000 gallons of rum for the
Royal navy, and there was at present a contract be fore the
public for the supply of an additional quantity. He had
been informed that the spirit which was supplied to the
Royal navy was what was called " the sweepings"sat therate
of the
rum in the market, and that it had been sold
of 2s. id., while the price of good rum varied from 2s. 8d
to 3s. But even at the price of 2s. ld., he believed
that
better article could be obtained from the manufacturer of
British spirits. It was evident that the public in general
preferred British spirits to rum ; for while the annual
consumption of the former in the United Kingdom
amounted to 24,000,000 of gallons, the annual consumption
of the latter amounted to only 4,000,000 of gallons. He
wished to know whether the right hon. baronet could offer
any explanation of the course taken by the Admiralty
upon that subject, and also whether he would have any
objection to lay before the house the correspondence which
had taken place with respect to it between the Board of
Admiralty and the representatives of the distillers of the
United Kingdom ?
Sir J. GRAHAM said he should plead ignorance of the
meaning of the term sweepings', of rum, to
therefore,
give gentleman had referred,- and he could Totlefurfthei,r
give any explanation upon that point.
say, that he doubted whether that question had had been put
to him in consequence of the existoefritcneeoßf
Royal
Navy,dee ort
promote the comfort of the sailors .
in a desire to promote
whether it had not had its origin
the interests of the distillers
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however that might be,.hehhat
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that it was the opinion I,
the bon. gentleman, 4
of the Board of Admairnalty
orth attoitthwe oduialdeipnlionteboefctohneduinceivne,
to the good
that therd shoofulthdeb
M t's ships. There was,
service,an issue of more than one description
n board of her aies y
of spiritsbut one kind of spirit distributed on board those
therefore, • • ade but once a day, at
an that distribution was m
sird Then came the question of what that spirit
o'clock.