The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-29 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—JUNE 28.
(.From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of

Commons. )
SHERIFF COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL.

Clause 28 (And with respect to small debt cases, not ex-
ceeding twelve pounds) :—Amendment proposed, to
leave out the word " twelve," in order to insert the
words "twenty-five :"—Question put, "That the word
twelve' stand part of the clause." The committee
divided—Ayes, 82 ; Noes, 14.
MAJORITY—AYES, 82.
Arbuthnot, Gen. Ferguson, Col. Milner, W. M. E.
Bailey; 11. J. Ferguson, Joseph Moncrieft, J.
Baines, M. T. Forbes, W. Monsen, William
Bass, M. T. Fuller, Augustus E. Montgomery, Sir G.
Berkeley, Grenville Gladstone, Captain Morris, D.
Blair, Colonel Gordon, Admiral Mure, Colonel
Booker, Thos. Wm. Greene, T. Osborne, Ralph
Booth, Sir R. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pakington, sir J.
Brand, H. Gwyn, Howel Peel Frederick
Brockman, E. D. 11Pstie, Archibald Prime, R.
iirotherton, J. ILiye+, Sir Edmund Sawle, C. B. G.
Bruce, Lord Ernest Heneage, G. H. W. Scott, Francis
Bruce, C. L. C. Hervey, Lord Alfred Shafto, R D.
Butler, Charles S. Heyworth, L. Strut', Rt. Hon. E.
Campbell, Sir A. Inglis Sir 11. H. Sturt, EI. G.
Chartcris, F. Johnstone, James Tancred, 11. W.
Coffin, W. Keogh, William Thompson, G.
Cowan, Charles Kinnaird, A. F. Thornely, T.
Davie, Sir H. K natchbull, W. F. Trail!, G.
Drumlanrig, Viscount Laing, S. Tyler, Sir George
Duff, George Laslett, W. Walpole, Spencer 11.

Duff, James
Dumlas, G.
Dundas, F.
Dunlop, A.
Fast, Sir J. B.
Ellice, E.
Elliot, John
Fergus, J.

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Wilkinson, W.
Wortley, Jas. Stuart
Wyndham, W.

Lockhart, A. E.
Lowe,
Mackie, John
itl'Gregor, John
M'Taggart, Sir J.
Matheson, Sir J.
Maul°, Colonel Hayter, Hon. W.
Maxwell, James P. Mulgrave, Earl

TILLERS.

MINORITY—NOES 14.
Anderson, Sir James llindley, Charles Yellatt Apsley
Ewert, William llume, J. Wahnsley, Sir J.
Fox, W. J. Kershaw 'James

Greene, J. Lockhart, W. TELLERS
Hadfield, George Loveden, P. Craufurd, E.
Hastie, Alexander Oliveira, Benjamin Duncan, George

Clause 41 (Provision for retiring allowance to sheriffs and.
sheriffs substitutes disabledafterlong service) :—Amend-
ment proposed, in p. 16, 1. 38, to leave out from the
word " counties " to the word " provided," in p. 27, 1.
2 :—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left
out stand part of the clause." The committee divided
—Ayes, 65 ; Noes, 16.

MAJORITY—AYES 65.
Arbuthnott, General Fergus, John Milner, W. M. E.
Baillie, H. Ferguson, Colonel Michell, W.
Baines, M T. Forbes, William Moncreiff, James
Blair, Colonel Fox, R. M Montgomery, Sir G.
Brockman, E. D. Gordon, Admiral 31 ure, Col.
Brotherton, Joseph Graham, Lord M. W. Phinn, T.
Bruce, Lord E. Gr, mall, Gilbert Pugh, D.
Bruce, Cumming Greene, T. Sawle, C. B. G.
Campbell, Sir Arch. Heroert, Sidney Shafto, R. D.
Charter's, F. Hervey, Lord Alfred Smollett, A.
Cockburn, Sir A. Heywood, James Strutt, E.
Cowan, Charles Higgins, G. G. 0. Thompson, George
Davie, Sir H. Inglis, Sir R. H. Villiers, Hon. C.
Drunalaurig, Vis. Johnstone, James Walpole, S. H.
Duff, G. S. Kinnaird, A. F. Whalley, G. 11.
Dundas, G. Laing, S. Whitbread, S.
Dundas, F. Lockhart, A. E. Wilkinson, W. A.
Dunlop, A. I ockhart, W. Wortley, J. S.
East, Sir J. Macartuey, G. Wyndham, William
Ellice. E. Hackie, J.
Elliot, J. E. Macgregor, James TELLERS.
Ewart, William Macgregor, Jolla Berkeley, Grenville.
Fagan, W. 31 al heson, Sir J. Musgrave, Earl
MINORITY—NOES, 16.
Anderson, Sir James Hastie, Archibald Williams, William
Ball, Edward Heyworth, Lawrence Wise, Ail
Barnes, T. Kershaw, James
Butler, Charles La.lett, William
Cranford, E. 11. J. Pellatt, A
Fox, W. J. Thornely. T.
Hastie, Alexander Walmsley, Sir j.

TELLIM.

Hume, J.
Duncan, G.

FIRE IN WHITECHAPEL.—Yesterday morning, between
the hours of four and five o'clock, a fire broke out in
the premises belonging to Mr. William Tidder, oilman
and Italian warehouseman, situate at No. 21, Little
Alie-street, Goodman's-fields. Mr. Tidder, the pro-
prietor of the establishment, his family, and some others,
to the number of eleven, were sleeping in the lower part
of the premises, and by a desperate effort they succeeded
in forcing their way through the fire, and happily they
reached the street without any personal injury. The
draught, however, caused by opening the door, made
the flames extend with great rapidity, so much so that
a family of five, named Hughes, who lived on the second
floor, upon attempting to descend the stairs were pre-
vented by the smoke and heat, but fortunately they had
the presence of mind to retrace their steps to the room
they had just left ; but by that period the flames had
broken through the shutters, and there seemed no chance
of saving either Mr. Hughes or any member of his
family. The poor creatures, expecting momentarily to
be burnt to death, fell upon their knees in front of the
windows and commenced praying, which painfully ex-
cited the bystanders. At this conjuncture the Royal
Society's fire-escape came in sight, when the populace
gave several hearty cheers. Wood, the conductor of
the escape, at once raised the machine in front of the
house, and, having ascended, he succeeded in carrying
down the escape the whole of the five remaining inmates.
The whole of the stock in trade, consisting of oils, tur-
pentine, paint, &c., was destroyed. The origin of the
disaster could not be ascertained. Fortunately, Mr.
Tidder was insured for the contents in the Phcenix
office, and the building was insured in the Sun office ;
but Mr. Hughes, it is understood, was not insured.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—At
the last weekly council of the society reports were re-
ceived by the council to the following effect :—That the
lists of judges for live stock and implements at the Glou-
cester meeting had been satisfactorily completed ; that
all the railway companies to which the council had
made application in favour of the society's exhibitors, at
its ensuing country meeting, had granted the usual
liberal concessions of a free transit of live stock, and a
reduction of half charges on implements to and from all
parts of England and Wales to Gloucester ; that the
show of live stock at the Gloucester meeting would be
unusually large and interesting ; that the space required
for the exhibition of agricultural implements and ma-
chinery (as already reported) amounts to an area 6 2-3 d
yards in width and one mile in length ; that Professor
Way's statement on town sewage and its agricultural
applications would be delivered before the members at
the weekly council to be held on Wednesday (this day),
at twelve o'clock.

EXTENSION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. —A bill has been
prepared, and brought in for consideration by the House
of Commons by Mr. Fortescue, Mr. Ewart, and Mr.
Fagan, to extend the provisions of the Public Libraries
Act to Ireland. By the Public Libraries Act, 1850,
town councils of municipal boroughs in England the
population of which exceeds 10,000 persons are enabled
to adopt measures for establishing public libraries and
museums ; and it is proposed by the bill referred to
above to extend all the provisions of the Public Libraries
Act, with some comparatively trivial exceptions, relating
for the most part to the regulations for the voting of
burgesses.