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London, England, 1854-06-12 00:00:00

COMMIT

ROUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JUNE P.

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This afternoon a Committee for Privileges assembled
for the purpose of hearing counsel and evidenee in sup"-
port of the claim of several noble lords to vote for re-
presentative peers for Ireland.
The members of the committee present were—Lord
Redesdale (Chairman), the Lord Chancellor, Lord Broug-
ham, the Earl of Fingal!, Lord Farnham, Lord Strad,
broke, and the Earl of Donoughmore.
CLAIM Of THE EARL or Do:soul:ntoBt.
Mr. MESSITER appeared as counsel in support of this
claim, and having offered evidence in proof of the pedi•
gree, and the death of the previous earl,
The CHAIRMAN having consulted, the noble and
learned Lords announced that the claim Was admitted.
Claim admitted accordingly.
THE EARL OE' ALDBOROIJCIIVS CLAIM.

Mr. ALEXANDER appeared in support of this claim.
The necessary proofs having been given,
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the claim was admitted.
The claim was accordingly admitted.
LOAD DURSANt'S CLAIM.

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Mr. CALVERT appeared as counsel in support d thie
claim, and having produced the necessary proofs,
Thy AIRMAN said that this claim was also made
out.
The claim was accordingly admitted.
LORD CLONCURRY'S CLAIM.

Mr. HODGSON represented the claimant in this caSti,
The ordinary proofs having_ boa adduced,
11,3 CHAIRMAN announced that the claim was ad-
mittej.
Claim ,zdmitted accordingly.

nb"COUNT MIDDLETON'S CLAIM.
Mr. FLEmi„ „tab- counsel in support of this claim,
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and tendered the usual e7iden and proofs.
iR claim was also admitted.
The CHAIRMAN said that tt,i
The claim was accordingly admi:ted•
THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY'S CLAIM 1..c.5 THE "BL OP

WITERPOID.
Mr. FLEMING, in support of this claim, said that iiie
petitioner sought to exercise the right to vote for repre-
sentative peers for Ireland as the Earl of Waterford.
The learned counsel then proceeded to put in the cus•
tomary proofs, and having brought his evidence to a
conclusion,
'The CHAIRMAN announced that the claim was ad,
mated.

VISCOUNT DONERAILE'S CLAIM.
Mr. R. CAPIr. Cunt appeared in support of this claim
The usual evidence having been adduced,
The CHAIRMAN announced
.that tho claim was ad-
mitted.
The claim was accordingly admitted.
VISCOUNT MOUNTGARBSTT'S CLAIM.

Mr. I. BUTT and Mr. WORDSWORTH appeared for the
claimant in this case.
Mr. BUTT was about to state the circumstances under
which the claim was made, when
A solicitor said that he had only reoently received
what he might perhaps term parliamentary Instructions
to apply to the committee on behalf of Mr. Pierce
Somerset Butler for a postponement of the proceedings
under this claim, in order that an ejectment, which
would come on at the approaching assizes, should have
been determined, Mr. Butler having presented a petition
to that house claiming his right to the peerage as next
in descent.
The LORD-CHANCELLOR.—When was this petition
presented
Mr. Burr said he would explain to his lordship and
the committee how the matter stood. Some seven or
eight years since, shortly after the death of the late
Earl of Kilkenny, Mr. Pierce Butler presented a petition
to their lordships' house, claiming the title and estates.
But from that tine to the present Mr. Butler had taken
no proceedings in reference to that petition, having been
advised that the proper preliminary proceeding would
be by an action of ejectment.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it very strange that
so many years should have been allowed to elapse with.
out Mr. Butler having taken some proceedings upon
the petition which he had presented to their Lordships'
h7ouse.
Th,c+ solicitor said, that he was really without any in-
structiozis in the matter, and could give the committee
no further i'!lformation than that -slr. Butler had, under
advice, taken proceedings by way of ejectment. All
that he had been fequired to do was to apply to the
committee for a posi,nonement of any proceedings under
the claim then before thoir Lordships until the ejectment
had been disposed of.
The LORD CHANCELLOR consulted the Chairman and
Lord Brougham, and then said thanthe counsel for the
claimant had better offer such evidence :Zs had been ad•
duced on the former occasion, and then fir, Pierce
Butler would have the opportunity, on the jaY on
which this matter would be adjourned to, not only cif
meeting it if necessary, but of offering evidence in sup-
port of his own claim.
Mr. BUTT said, it was right that he shonld inform the
committee that the basis upon which Mr. Butler founded
.his claim was an allegation, that the late Lord Kilkenny
had, prior to his marriage with the mother of the pre-
sent claimant, contracted a Scotch marriage, which Mr.
Butler was advised was a valid marriage.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that that might probably
be a matter for further consideration, but what was the
evidence on that point ?
Mr. BUTT said, with reference to the Scotch marriage,
they had at present no evidence to offer, but he was in a
position to prove that the marriage of Mr. Henry Butler
to Miss Lfarrison, the mother of the petitioner, had been
celebrated at Brighton on the 3d of September, 1811,
and that the parties had been received and visited and
reputed as man anal wife, from that period until the late
earl's death.
Evidence was then gi\'''en of these facts, Mrs. Butler
herself being one of the witn,qsses. The parties, however,
were not prepared with the 2'
egistry of the marriage,
which

(The LORD CHANCELLOR said their _Lordship? House
always required to have before them.
It was then arranged that, with the view 4.0 the pro•
duction of that and some other proofs, and to afford time
for Mr. Butler to prepare his evidence in opposition to
the claim, this matter should be adjourned to the 30th
inst.
Adjourned accordingly.

PLATE ROBBERIES.—On Friday information was re•
ceived that the premises, 29, King William-street,
Strand, had been plundered •f silver plate to the value
of 1501., marked G. 8., crest a dragon's head ; also, 8,
Studly-road, South Lambeth, plate, jewellery, &c., value
1001. ; and from 35, St. Peter's-square, Lambeth, a
quantity of jewellery, value 1001., one locket enamelled
gold and blue, engraved inside, "In memory of Henry
Cameron, died 28th Dec., 1850."
POLICE STATISTICS OF LIVEEPOOL.—The annual re-
port of Captain Greig, the head constable, states that
the police force of Liverpool, deducting the number
belonging to the docks, is 572, of whom 30 upon an
average are always absent, owing to injuries, sickness,
&c. The population in 1851 was 374,401. The number
of persons taken into custody in 1853 was 21,753 ;
5,250 persons were apprehended as drunk and dis-
orderly, The value of the property stolen during the
year was 12,256/. ; of the portion recovered, 4,261/,
There are 17 houses in which stolen property is re-
ceived. There are 518 professional thieves in the
borough, 182 who do work occasionally, and 79 " sus-
picious persons." 1,123 prostitutes were taken into
custody. There are 591 brothels, and 1,896 known
prostitutes. There were 170 fires ; property of the
value of no less than 144,0211. was burnt in that year ;
the number of firemen is 104. There are 1,441 public-
houses, 1,379 of which are regular in the conduct of
their business ; the beerhouses are 911 in number, 847
of them regularly conducted. There are 166 coffee-
houses, of which 139 are regularly conducted, 233,652
deck passengers arrived from Ireland, of whom 162,299
were emigrants, and 71,353 apparently paupers.
ANGLICAN CHURCH IN PRUSSIA.—The consecration of
the new chapel for Anglican-Catholic worship took place
on Monday morning in Berlin. The King was prevented
from being present, as his Majesty intended. The large
hall, or apartment, has been adapted to its present pur-
pose under the special directions of Lord and Lady
Bloomfield. The inauguration commenced by the per-
formance of the 7'e Deum, chanted by the small choir, led
by the chaplain's daughter, Miss Bellson, and assisted
by the voices of Lady Bloomfield and Lady Augustus
Loftus. The Rev. Robert Bellson preached Luke vii,
5 : "He loveth our nation, and hath built us a syna-
gogue." He applied the words to the King, and showed,
that his Majesty, in according a place of worship in his
own palace, was moved by higher and more nobler con
iderations than the warrior of the text.—Patriot.

GOOD UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN FRANQE AND
BELGIUM.—The Moniteur has the following from Brus-
sels :—" According to orders sent to him by the Em-
peror, General Grand, who commands the third
military division, went to Mona to pay his respects
to the King of the Belgians during the excursion
which his Majesty and the Royal Family made to
that city. The French Minister at Brussels had
been invited by the municipality of Mona to be present
at the fetes which were to be given to his Majesty on the
occasion. The prefect of Lille, the sub-prefect of Valen-
ciennes, and a certain number of cavalry officers in gar-
rison in those two places, were permitted to accept the
invitation given them to be present. On his arrival General
Grand was received with much distinction by the civil and
military authorities. General de Lamoy, one of the aides-
de-camp of the King, went with the court carriages to con-
vey the envoy of the Emperor to the palace. The Kinggave
the General a very warm reception, and expressed to
him the sentiments of friendship with which he received
the congratulations of the Emperor. At the banquet
given by the King, General Grand was placed at the
right of the Duchess of Brabant. Mme. Barrot and the
French Minister, and M. Besson, prefect of the Nord, '
occupied the other places of honour. At the ball, which
took place, in the evening, General Grand danced the
first centre dance with the Duchess de Brabant and Mme.
Barrot with the Duke. M. Besson also had the honour of
dancing with her Royal Highness. The King during the
evening conversed successively with General Grand, M.
Barrot, and M. Besson. On the following day the Royal
family were to visit the looking-glass manufactory of Ste.
Marie-d'Oignies. The Count de Coghen, director of the
company, went himself to Brussels to invite the French Mi-
nister to be present at the breakfast given to his Ma-
jesty, and also gave M. Barrot Invitations for General
Grand and the officers who accompanied him. At the

breakfast, which was served in the concert-room of the
company, Mme. Barrot, General Grand, the French
Minister, and the Prefect, occupied seats close to the
King and the Royal Family. The sentiments of friend-
ship with which the envoy of the Emperor had been re-
ceived at Mons were not for an instant changed, andthe proofs of the good relations which exist between, the
two mu:Advil hay. Weil OTSI7
when oppreciAtod.",

THE DEATH OT A GENERAL OFFICER.—Sir Loftus St
Otway, C. 8., and Colonel of the 84th Regiment, who 10.
died on Wednesday at his residence In Grosvenor- st
square, places a second colonelcy at the disposal of Lord 25.
Hardinge. Sir Loftus entered the army in 1796, rose
with great rapidity through his regimental ranks, having 20
become lieutenant-colonel in 1805, and in the brevet of 20
1851 was made a general. After having served during 50
the Irish rebellion at Vinegar-hill, he proceeded to the 20
Peninsula with the 18th Hussars, and soon after landing
in 1503 surprised and captured the whole of the enemy's 20
outlying picket, all of whom he brought in prisoners, 10
although they outnumbered his own Dragoons. At ss.
1 Benevento and the affair of Campo Mayor Sir Loftus 25
Otway headed some brilliant cavalry charges, and at 25
Albuera commanded the three regiments of Portuguese St.
cavalry which covered the left flank of the army, for -
which services ho received the war medal and three
clasps. _
LIVERPOOL AND BELFAST.—The Belfast Mercantile 10
Journal has published a supplement showing the corn- 5
parative increase in the shipping entering that port and 20
in the shipping entering Liverpool. In the second de- 20
cade of this century the tonnage of Liverpool increased
30 per cent. over that of the previous 10 years ; the in- 26
crease of Belfast was 45 per cent. In the third decade 17
the increase over the second was 67 per cent. at Liver- 20,
pool, 84 at Belfast. In the fourth decade the increase 20
was 59 per cent. at Liverpool, 51 per cent. at Belfast. 20
In the next 10 years, 63 per cent, at Liverpool, 60 at 20
Belfast. The increase of 1850-53 over 1846-49 was 13 205
per cent. at Liverpool, 27 per cent. at Belfast. In 1800, .
4,746 vessels, of 450,060 tons, entered Liverpool ;in °
1853, 83,491 vessels, of 15,076,490 tons ; 777 vessels, of gg
55,268 tons, entered Belfast in 1800; in 1853, 20,438 20
vessels, of 2,727,712 tons.
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THE DIGGINGS IN EAST SUFFOLK.—The immense
quantity
of caprolite, and what is termed rough stone,
foundon the shore of Bawdsey to Boyton, and the in-
termediate parishes verging towards Woodbridge, is in-
credible. Many are reaping an excellent harvest. In
manygarden twenty pounds' worth has been
n
others have been equally fortunate.
obnteaicnoetdt, ag
anerd's
Hundreds of tons are being shipped from the Deben to
different ports. The mineral is most valuable ; it is
found useful in the manufacturing of various fine ware,
its refuse being used for manure and other purposes.
These extraordinary veins have opened a field for the
geologist and man of science far more interesting than
in any other part of the kingdom, there being turned up
fossils of the antediluvian world, consisting of relics of
enormous species of fish, animals, and shells, most of
which are now extinct. Some of the ridges are dug
twenty feet deep, others within two or three feet of the
surface ; these are again filled up, levelled, and planted
with trees or otherwise. The mineral is mostly found
near springs of crystal water surrounded by craig.
When thrown up, it is carefully separated, washed 20
through sieves,
and laid in heaps ready for carting. It rg
gives employment to a vast number of navvies ; gangs
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of twenty and twenty-five men, women, and children, 10
are daily at work in some of the districts.—Essex 20
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newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket
glass the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen
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