The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-13 00:00:00

BOARD OF HEALTH ACTS.

'Sir B. HALL said that after the Christmas recess he should
propose to repeal the Health of Towns' Act of IE4B, and the
Nuisances Removal Act, and to introduce two entirely new
bills upon the same subjects. He gave that early intimation
of his intentions because he was aware tha; notices had ap-
peared of several local bills. He would venture to suggest to
the local authorities that it would be advisable to incur as
little expense as possible in the first instanoe, as it was possible
that the provisions of bills which he hoped to introduce might
supersede the necessity of prosecuting the applications of
which notices had appeared.

After a few questions 1-ad been asked and answered,
THE TREATY WITH AUSTRIA.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY demanded some further informa-
tion with reference to the treaty with Austria. It was too
much the practice to keep questions of foreign policy in the
background, so far as the house was concerned, but recent
events had shown the impolicy of that course, and he wished
to know whether the treaty with Austria would be laid upon
the table, with the view of taking the opinion of Parliament
upon it. (Hear, hear.) The house had a right to know what
was the distinct nature of the treaty, because it might so
happen that it had been drawn up in such a way as to force
England and France to spend their lives and treasure for the
sole benefit of the German Powers. (Hear, hear.) Now,
neither the country nor Parliament would consent to such a
treaty, and in order that all doubts upon the point
might be cleared up, he hoped a copy of it would
b 3 speedily laid before the house. (Hear, hear, hear.)
An expedition to the Crimea might have been very wise in
July but it was not so in December. He contended that
Baiaklava was no basis at all in a maratime point of view, it
was useful for the basis of our operations. He himself had
'aten in Sebastopol, and ho wanted to know from Govern-
ment if we got Sebastopol could we hold it, and if we did hold
it he would ask what good it would be to us. Our present
position was without a parallel, we had never yet embarked
an immense body of men in a country where the climate was
unfavourable, and the inhabitants unfriendly to our powers.
He wished to know the prospects of Government when
they obtained Sebastopol, and in what way they thought it
would tend to further the ends of peace. He would like to
know when the treaty would be laid upon the table, that it
might be fairly discussed. He, for his own part, distrusted
the German Powers, and, as far as he could hear at present,
thought that their present intention was to make England
and France pay the piper. After paying a most eulogistic
complement to the bravery and conduct of the allied powers
now in the Crimea, the hon. gentleman concluded by expres-
sing a wish that this house would be put in possession of the
clearest explanation of,the treaty which had been entered into,
After a few words from Mr. Alcock, Col. Sipthorp, and
Mr. Rice,

Tha CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER deprecated any
disclosure of what were to be the future military measures of
the Government, and pointed to the manner in which the
noble President of the Council had been attacked fur what he
said last year as his justification for silence. Government
was asked what they expected to accomplish from the taking
of Sebastopol; but for the reason he had just stated he must.
decline to answer the question, while with regard to the
faults which had been found of our past operations he must
leave them to be answered by the admirable speech of the
Secretary at War last night. At the same time, he must ask
the 1 on. member for Surrey if he was doing justice to his
countrymen when he said that nothing had been done in the
Black Sea—(hear, hear)—or that the expedition to the Baltic
had been without its results. (Hear, hear.) It was said
that the Baltic fleet was too large for its purpose, but how
could that be when it might have had to meet something
like 29 Russian sail-of-the-line. Nineteen ships•of•the-line
were certainly not too many to meet such a force.
While, as regarded the operations in the Black Sea and
the Crimea, it was an ill-founded statement to say that
they had been rashly undertaken, with an insufficient
force, because up to the present moment the united powers
had devoted no less than 150,000 to the invasion of the
Crimea. (Hear, hear.) Replying to the question of Sir H.
Willoughby, relative to the treaty with Austria, he stated
that the Government regretted their inability to lay it ou the
table before the discussion had taken place ; but the treaty
remained yet to be ratified, and it would be departing from
the ordinary course in such matters to lay it before Parlia-
ment until the ratification bad taken place. (Hear.) At the
same time the house was not now called upon by the address
to pronounce any opinion ifpon the nature of the treaty ; and
if it should hereafter prove unsatisfactory, it would still be
open to the honourable baronet to move a vote of cen-
sure upon the Government for having entered into it. (Hear,
hear.) The right hou. gentleman concluded by briefly
recapitulating what the army and navy had accomplished
within the space of twelve months. We had become familiar
with the difficult navigation of the Baltic, while we had
stopped the trade of Russia, The question of whether Con-
stantinople was safe had been set at rest; the Danube had
been opened, and our army had obtained an almost impreg-
nable position in the Crimea, which justified the hope that
Sebastopol would ultimately fall. Add these great results to
the prestige which these operations had given to our military
character, and he thought he would be a bold man who would
persist in saying that nothing had been accomplished.
Mr. WHITESIDE blamed the Government for having gone
to war without resources, which bad been the cause of all our
misfortunes.

Mr. F. SCOTT thought the army had been exposed to un-
necessary risks from the want of foresight iu the Government,
and he was convinced that no explanation had yet been given
which would satisfy the country. Delay and timidity had
..41,414001.11e moe mcnts,and tit tag ,17.1.0 ricalr, sacs W,
with regard to the Militia, what they ought long ago to havo
recommended for the adoption of Parliament.
Sir J. TROLLOPE thought it would have been more advi-
sable if that passage in the Address relative to the treaty
with Austria had been omitted, because it was quite clear
the antecedents of that Power afforded no hope that she
would ever be induced to draw the sword against Russia.
The Address was then agreed to, and a committee appointed
to convey it to her Majesty.

BARNSTAPLE BOROUGH ELECTION.
On the motion for considering tho special certificate o:
Returning Officer,

Sir W. JOLLIFFE moved that the members returned be
called to the table and sworn, as the error in the certificate
did not invalidate the election.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL saw no objection to the
course.

After a few words from Mr. BUTT, the motion was agreed
to.

Accordingly Mr. GUIITNESS and Mr. LAURIE, the members
returned, took the oaths and their seats.
MILITIA BILL.

Lord PALMERSTON then rose to move for leave to bring
in a bill to enable her Majesty to accept offers of service by
militia regiments in places out of the United Kingdom.
In doing so, the noble lord said the bill which he had
the honour to move for leave to bring in would be
framed upon the model of the bill passed during the late war,
which the Government of that felt it their duty to bring in to
enable them to accept the offers of militia regiments to do
duty in garrison abroad. It would be remembered that at
the close of the last war an act was also passed to enable
regiments, or parts of regiments of militia to join the
regiments of the line.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

RACING FIXTI
MA:

RES FOR 1855.
tCH.

Cnventry
Salisbury
Doncaster 1:
Thirsk l5

Warwick Spring 2O
Epsom Spring 22
Northaistpton 27
Croxton Park 29

AP:
Newmarket C 9
Catterick Bridge 11
York Spring 17

Malton l9
Newmarket F S 23

M.
Chester Spring 1
Newmarket S S 8
*Shrewsbury 10

Bath l5
Epsom 22
*Manchester 30

JU.
Ascot 5
Hampton l3
Bibury 2O

Stockbridge 2l
Winchester 22
Newcastle 26
,Y.

YU.
Newmarket
Carlisle
Worcester 5
*Lancaster
AUG
Nerth Staffordshire 7
Brighton
Brighton Club 10
*Wolverhampton 13
*Reading l4

Liverpool ll
*Stamford 17
I Nottingham 19
Goodwood 31
:UST.
Lewes
16
York
22
*Egham 28
*Derby 2B

ABINGDON ELEOTION.—At the close of the poll the
numbers stood thus :—Major Reid, 125; Mr. Norris,
117.

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Southampton, Ameri-
can liner, Mr. Isaiah Pratt in command, arrived at the
Metherbank to-day from the river, and will receive pas-
sengers and stores at the hands of Lloyd's agents, Messrs.
Garratt and Gibbon, and sail for New York.
BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES CATTLE AND
POULTRY SHOW.—BIRMINGHAM, M•nday.—The award
of prizes for cattle and sheep at this exhibition has just
been made. The private ♦iew takes place to-morrow.
There are upwards of eighteen hundred pens of poultry.
The entry of stock is fully as large and the quality far
beyond the average. His Royal Highness Prince Albert
takes three first prizes—namely, for Hereford steers,
Devon steers, and Devon heifer&
SHIPWRECK.—The fine brig Struve, from Cardiff to
New York, the property of Mr. S. Campbell, of the
former port, has unfortunately been wrecked on her pas-
sage out. On the 12th of October she experienced a
violent hurricane, which carried hermasts by the board,
and caused her to leak very much. She was, however,
fortunately fallen in with on the 15th in latitude 44 deg.,
long. 30 deg. 40 min. by the Arrow, who succeeded in
rescuing the crew, and conveyed them safely into New
York.

BLYTH LIFE-BOAT.—A boat, built by subscription.
on the lines of one of Mr. Peake's boats, has been placed
in a very substantial house erected by Sir M. W. Ridley,
Bart., on the north side of the river. A few days ago,
when the sea was running high, she was pulled over the
bar to test dier qualities, manned by 12 oarsmen, John
Brown, pilot, acting as coxswain, and Mr. Dent, one of
the directors for her management, going out in her.
She pulls very fast, rose beautifully to the sea, was lai
athwart, and palled before the sea in every po,,,ible svq,
and gave entire satisfaction to all on board and a larg,
number of spectators. On her return Co the harboui: she
was placed under a crane and capsized; she righted her-
self, in smooth water, in seven seconds,
and cleared
Ilerself of water in 3 --conds. The ears were Own
lashed fore and aft, and capsized again, and in thre
seconds she was upright, and delivered herself in 33
seconds, as on the first trial ; she bore fifteen men under
her gunwale before bringing it under water.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.