The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-09 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

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SHOCKING CRUELTY TO t HORSE.--John Smith, a
carman in the employ of a green-grocer, was brought
before Mr. Bingham charged with cruelly ill-treating a
horse by beating it with a hammer.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous
afternoon the prisoner was sent by his master with a
horse and cart to Notting-hill, accompanied by a man
named Rice, a blacksmith, who had a hammer and other
tools in the cart, On their way, the horse not going so
fast as prisoner hked, the latter, in order to urge him on
to greater speed, and having no whip, seized hold of the
blacksmith's hammer, and severely belaboured the poor
animal on the top of its tail, the skin from which was
torn into shreds, and from the wound blood flowed freely.
Rice, the blacksmith, disgusted with prisoner's cruel
and wanton conduct, got out of the cart and gave the
prisoner into custody.
The prisoner, in defence, said he had no whip, nor
could he afford to buy one, and as the horse was stub-
born and would not go, he took the hammer and gave it
a slight tap.
Mr. Bingham said prisoner was not fit to have the care of a horse, and committed him to the House of
Correction for a month.

COLONIAL AND INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE.—The asso-
ciation which has lately been formed under the presi-
. dency of Lord Granville for the promotion of a cheap
and uniform system of colonial and international postage
is pushing forward rapidly towards the attainment of
its object. The preliminary steps which have been taken
so far have been completely successful. Assurances of
sympathy and support have been received from all the
• representatives of all the foreign powers, and corres-
pondence have been established in all the
principl
a
towns in Eur2pe and America. Almost all the
connner-
cial bodies in this country have promised their assist-
ance, and those gentlemen in the provinces who acted
as local secretaries to the Great Exhibition, have con-
sented to act as local secretaries to the association. A
meeting of the Society of Arts was held last night, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the proposals of
the association, and after the reading of an able paper by-
the corresponding secretary, the society give in
its ad-
herence to the movement.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.----Mr. Thomas Bond Sprague,
8.A., the senior wrangler, and first Smith's prize-man of
the present year, is, we understand, the grandson of a
late ore and respected member of the Corporation of
London, whose name he bears We
ogle that he was educated for college at Dr. Brindley's Collegiate Institu-
tion, near Chester. Ile was for a short period a pupil
in the City of London School, but ded from Dr.
Brindley's to St. John's College, afters nearly seven
years' tuition in that gentleman's institution, having re-
ceived his preparatory education from Miss Lamb, of
Reading.
INCORPORATION OF THE LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA.
--The petition of the London Bank of Australia and
India, upon the shares of which the full deposits have
been paid, was presented to her Majesty at the Privy
Council yesterday, praying letters of incorporation. for the
transaction of business in our Australian colonies.
STRIKE
STRIKE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.—The
exam-
ple of the agricultural labourers in Wiltshire is being
followed in varibus parts of the country. The agricul-
tural labourers of Essex and other counties have struck
for an increase of wages, and their demands seem likely
to be complied with.

PARL.IA3IENTA I? T SESSION.

CLASSIFICATION OF MOTIONS WHICH STAND

ON THE ORDER-BOOK.
PARLIAMENTARY.
Mr. Henry Berkeley—Bill to cause votes to be taken
by ballot.

Mr. George Butt—Bill to shorten the time between
the proclamation and clay of election in counties, and the
receipt of the writ or precept and the election in
boroughs.
Sir William Clay—Select committee to consider the,
expediency of taking votes for members of Parliament
at the residences of the electors.
Mr. Thomas Duncombe—The present state of the re-
presentation demands the immediate attention of the
Legislature with a view to an enlargement of the else'toral franchise, and a correction of proved abuses.
Lord Hotham—Bill to preclude the judges of the su-
perior courts of law and equity, and the judges of the
ecclesiastical courts, from sitting and voting in t'he
House of Commons.
• Sir Robert Inglis—Select committee to consider thl
best means of providing for the execution of the office
Speaker in the event of Mr. Speaker's unavoidable sly
sence.

Mr. Locke King—Bill to make the franchise in couni
ties the same as in boroughs, by giving the right, °0
voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual /0411
of 101.
Lord Dudley Stuart—Dill to repeal the Septenni4
Act and shorten the duration of Parliaments.

' ECCLESIASTICAL.
Mr. Spooner—That this house do resolve itself into:
4
committee to consider the Act 8 and 9 Via./ C. 91,''
being an act to amend two acts passed in Ireland for::
better education of persons professing the Roman
lie religion, and for the better government of the Collev
established at Maynooth for the education of such Pfure
sons, and also an act passed in the Parliament of
United Kingdom for amending the said two acts, °sr;
money called the last Maynooth Act, with a view to I.la/
repeal of those clauses of the said act which pro
money grants in any way to the said college.
Mr. Scholefield—an amendment—To leave out alltal
words after the word "consider," and to substitute `-
enactments now in force whereby the revenue of tug
state is charged in aid of any ecclesiastical or religi°lh
'
a purposes whatsoever, with a view to the repeal of s
enactments." - -

Marquis of Blandford—Bill to make better provita°
for the management of Church property.
Sir Wm. Clay—Resolution for the abolition of Chi
rates.

Mr. Collier—Ecclesiastical Courts.
Mr. Fagan—Ministers' money.
Sir Benjamin Hall--Bill to regulate episcopal incotol,
Mr. G. H. Moore—House resolve itself into a comilli
tee on the Established Church in Ireland.
FINANCIAL.
Mr. Ewalt—Repeal of duties on butter, cheese, egg'
poultry, hams, &c.
Lord R. Grosvenor—Repeal of attorney and Oli6'
tor's tax.

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Mr.-Hume—Modification and extension of the W°°ll3B
tax.

Mr. John Macgregor—Repeal of shipping restrietiorifid
Mr. Oliveira—Wine duties reduction.
Mr. William Williams—All taxes to be paid into the
Exchequer.

MISCELLANBOI7S.
Mr. Humphreys Brown—Railway accidents.
Mr. Charteris —National Gallery.
Mr. H. Drummond—Bill to facilitate transfer of lola
Mr. Ewart—Abolition of the punishment of death•
Lord Jocelyn—Railway communication in India•
Mr. Locke King—Bill to amend the law of succesol3
Mr. M‘Mahon—lrish fisheries.
Colonel Sibthorp—Fire insurances, &c. &c.

STATE OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
ure Lord Brougham—Law of Evidence and Proc.,—
J
Bill; County Courts Equitable Jurisdiction Bill; C„°11/4y..
Courts further Extension Bill ; District Courts of
-P°,
ruptcy Abolition Bill (read a first time).
Lord Hutchinson—Metropolitan Building Act fe--
Extension Bill (read a first time).
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. Napier (ex-Attorney-General for Ireland)-----•
Improvement (Ireland) Bill ; Tenants' Compeusatil
(Ireland) Bill ; Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill ;
lord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill (read a second time,
referred to a select committee).
Mr. Sergeant Shee—Tenant Right (Ireland) -;er'O;
(read a second time and referred, along with Mr. Nell
Bills, to a select committee).
Mr. Whiteside (ex-Solicitor-Generrl for Irelowl);1
Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill ; (read a see°
time.)
, Lot
Mr. Hamilton—General Board of Health Bill; );
Tax Commissioners' Names Bill (read a second tinleol
Designs Act Extension Bill; New Forest Deer Rena°
Act Amendment Bill (read a first time). 801
Lord R. Grosvenor—County Elections polls
(waits a reading).
Mr. M. Gibson--Gounty Rates and Expenditure
(read a first time).
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Mr. Deedes—Parish Constables Bill (read a
time).

DISSOLUTION OP THE NATIONAL igs
TION FOR PROTECTION.

A special meeting of the general committee of illetsi'ltra; tonal Association for the Prot. tie .4.111 AA 11'
and Capital was held at the SocuthiSecalotse 011 e
day, " for
it might
of considering and deciding °,ll course which might be expedient for the associat'°-„
tho
pursue" under existing circumstances. Ris Grace
Duke of Richmond presided, and the following res°-
tions were adopted after considerable discussion
Ist. " That the principle of protecting native 4, 0
colonial producing interests from foreign comPetl'o.
having been abandoned by Parliament, and the pall,
of unrestricted competition having been forFIP
affirmed as the basis of the future commercial pohcl
this country, no rational expectation can be entertallio,
of inducing the present Parliament to return to AP
tective system."
• the
2d. " That, under existing circumstances, it 11. the
opinion of the committee that the continuance ° ter,
association would be inconsistent with its ch3r3ccl
and with the important position it has oirtiis
throughout the struggle in which the advocates o
opposing principles of protection and free trade 113/0 tbe
long been engaged, and that, the contest having f°r(is.
present terminated, the association ought to be
solved ; leaving to time and experience the final and 001 l
0
sure decision of the prudence or imprudence of they.
b"
experiment in which the nation has, through its rep
sentatives, deliberately embarked." nd;
This once-formidable society is, therefore, at an - A

CHEAP SOAP.—A company has been formed for the
purpose of supplying soaps to all classes, at a conss
to
ably reduced rate. Several very respectable names, to
attached to the prospectus. The directors prope_a to
raise a capital of 50,000/., in shares of 1/:,. each, fl"rico's
conduct their affairs on the same principles as their
Patent Candle Company." The leading feature the
business is, to provide a good and cheap article for,
public, and at lower prices, together with the advs%o ;
of their manufactories causing no unpleasant effigy'
and being equally eligible for sea or fresh water.
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ALARMING INCREASE OF SMALL PO3C.,—It 3Preoo,
1
that this frightful malady is greatly on the in? t ()
which arises principally from the apathy and neglecoo
ot'
parents in having their children timely vaccinate'' 0,
'withstanding the operation of the Vaccination Act,
eo;
came in force in 1840. The abstracts have been madoho
the mortality from small pox since 1848, trut thoseedo
find it necessary to inspect the Regis:trar-Gelifeoe
report will be forcibly struck with the frequent refe[yro.
by most of the district registrars to the increase' The
valence of small pox in their respective localities. f the
following extract from the last quarterly report °opt
Registrar-General shows the inefficiency tof the PI very
legislative enactment :—" Small pox has yrevaileu3tioo
extensively, and the provision of gratuitom s vaecin-00-
for the people by the Legislature appears -to be ',Pot°
cient to stem its terrible progress." The tqloviill,6, vier°
the last returns among the causes of mortality whif„-1841/
made :—ln 1842 there died of the disease 2,.•715; 4,227 ; and in 1848, 6,903 persons.
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FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY..------,efor bishop of Canterbury has fixed Wednesday, 1";;;;;11°;
for the celebration of the 199th anniversary fes: 00"
the Sons of the Clergy. During the past year, tirt are
,
granted from the funds of the Corporation, who.cito°ll,.'
applied in apprenticing children of poor elerria the:
placing them out in the world, or assisting then'
education at schools or colleges, were as fob:llos°i 05o."
Prentice fees, to schools, sons 5, daughters 27)
11401
To other professions and trades, sons 18, 41auguatioll
6201., making together, 1,6751. Outfits, tt o 5901,
at home or in the colonies, sons 30, daughtie rs
Educational grants at schools or college*
daughters 6, 7471. making together 1,837/..., and
a total of 3,0121. disbursed during the year j1852'
eve
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HYDE-PAWL-3 61°r ,sciat
weeks past a young man of short stature, thin e''''yotic`.ii
looks, and rather shabby appearance, has 1) eel:ies
by the police as a daily frequenter of the, bench be s'P"
Hyde-park. About three o'clock on Monilafts f 0,.;,
observed sitting by himself on one of the iron. seats e
the clump of trees opposite Hyde-park-gardr
as/ 101 e."'
Victoria-gate, apparently in a state of
grepit 01e„bslia
eitement, and almost immediately after t 1 1e ; beard
passed him, the sharp crack of a pistol-sho t wAthe sit
and on turning round he was seen to fall 'o' baric,t,
into the footway, bleeding profusely from ithle
the right ear. He was forthwith conveg'eu.,_ 011'3
George's Hospital, where Mr. Symmons, o,eatiooL
surgeon, at once attended to him. Upon ex aloindire,t'i
was found that the whole of the scalp and fte sh d;
under the ear had been torn and blown aw kftljbay,i,%
Symmons stated that the skull was safe, the :bt'"der 4-0 closely grazed it, and passed away apparentlo;
back of the head, without doing any further h arm ineß'i~
had continued up to last evening in a static °lto Leic
sibility. There was no mark or clue of any hilhv hrgs
to his identification. His clothes were shi3;l7boo'' -
cloth, very much worn, and he seems to Ix •cli
years of age.
HYDE-PARK IMPROVEMENTS.—The alteratio 0 o.potrh e
were commenced during the past autumn in El on 0
for the purpose of widening the carriage &it 1?,.0 fro
0.
north side of the Serpentine, the entire disti Tog 0.e,,
Hyde-park-corner to the turn of the road adjoii 1:1$
sington-gardens, have now been completed- , io
portant point in the improvements effect's footp.9.A,
tb
locality is the formation of an entirely new
the r?..7;.(
along the whole distance on the park side of rer;os
for the purpose of relieving the throng of ti
promenade on the water side, and which 111""blic
absolutely necessary, and will prove a great
VenieiCe.

THE FRENCH

EMPIRE.

It is calculated that in the course of the night
not less than 5,000 persons were present at the
ball given to the Emperor and Empress on Monday
night. Every Member of the Senate was in suc-
cession presented to their Majesties Prince Jerome
Napoleon Prince Napoleon, and the Princess
Mathilde took their places near their Majesties.
Prince Lucien Bonaparte and the Princess Came-
rata Were also present, as were the Diplomatic
Corps, the Ministers, all the senators, a great
Lumber of the Legislative Body and of the Council
of State, the Prefect of the Seine, the Prefect of
Police, and all the most remarkable men of the
army, of the different administrations, of litera-
ture, and of the arts. The inenabcrs of the Diplo-
matic Bo ly we o the object of the gracious at-
tention of their Majesties. The Empress was
dressed in white satin, trimmed with fringed
ribbons. She wore a magnificent pearl neck-
lace, and had violets in her hair. The eagerness of
the ladies to behold her was extraordinary, and
amidst so many women remarkable for beauty she
undoubtedly shone forth pre-eminently. She
seemed in excellent spirits, and her cheek, in place
of being pale, as was observed at the ceremony of
her marriage' at Notre Dame, had the clear bright
colour of perfect health. In a few minutes after
the + ell'rance of the Imperial pair, the Emperor de-
scended from the estrade to open the ball. It was
not without difficulty that sufficient space could be
rocurecl to allow the quadrille to be formed. The
4;mperor danced with Madame Troplong, the Em-
Press dancing with Count Regnaud de St. Jean
d'Angely, vice-president of the Senate. Their Ma-
jesties then went arm in arm through the rooms,
and at half-past eleven proceeded to the Imperial
aliPPer-room, where their Majesties presided at a
table set out for two hundred ladies, all ad-
mitted by special tickets. During the night,
other ladies were likewise admitted to sup in
this room, other supper-rooms being disposed on
the ground floor for the guests not so specially fa-
oe& At nearly half-past twelve the Emperor and
able Empress withdrew, and soon after a consider-
Thee Portion of the guests followed their example.
da great majority, however, remained later, and
of icing Was kept up with great spirit, to the sound
~,Lrauss's enlivening band until five in the morn-
ing. Amongst the uniforms present that of a colonel
_ f the Nizam's irregular cavalry was much remarked
for its richness. A tolerable sprinkling of English
lilliferras were present, but they chiefly belonged
ten e militia. So admirable were the arrange-
s that though upwards of 2,000 carriages drove
111) to the building during the night, we have not
heard of any accident occurring.
The Moniteur publishes a long report from the
Minister of Finance to the Emperor on the
financial state of the country, from which we
make the following extracts :—" It now only
remains for me to point out the provisions
to which the year 1853 may give rise. The
law of July 8, 1852, established the budget of 1853,
With a provisional deficit of 34 millions of francs.
Since that period supplementary credits have been
°Pened • they amount to 18k millions of francs,
Which brings up the actual deficit to 521 millions
of francs. The Senatus Consultuin of December
last made important modifications in the vote and
regulation of the budget. Henceforward the
budget will be voted by ministries, the division
into chapters will be made by imperial decrees, and
When so made, removals from one chapter to the
other may be :) ordered by decree. This regime
Will be applied to the budget of 1853. In adopting
this system, the authors of the constitution were
Inspired by the idea that it belongs to the country
by its deputies to annually fix the sum which it will
Place at the disposal of the Chief of the State to go-
vern anddefend it, and that this sum once decided on
it is for the Chief of the State to regulate the employ-
Ment of it according to the wants and the interests of
the country. Your Majesty thought that this system,
While giving to the Government the liberty and the
independence of which it stood in need, would se-
cure to the country as great a guarantee of economy
as it had when the representatives were called on
to regulate the slightest details of the administra-
tive services. This object, sire, will be attained,
but on condition that, except in extraordinary
and exceptional cases, the supplementary credit
shall disappear. The power of transferring from
one chapter to another will do away with al-
most all the annulments of credits ; it is neces-
sary that on the other hand it should suppress
almost the whole of the supplementary credits. If
this be the case, the budget of 1853 may acquire
an equilibrium, for the deficit of 52i millions
which it now shows will be in a great measure
done away with by the increase in the receipts.
In fact, the budget of 1853 having been made
at the commencement of 1852, the indirect reve-
nues were only estimated for 1853 at 8031 mil-
lions—that is to say, at 6 millions less than they
produced in 1852. No one can doubt but that
they will produce more, and that they will go on
increasing with the improvethent of business and
the development of public prosperity. The year
1852 produced 66 millions more than 1851. I
dare not reckon for 1853 on such an increase, but
it is permitted to hope for a very considerable one.
The month of January is already known, and it
exceeds b 8,500,000 f., the amount of the month of
January, 1852. If this proportion be maintained,
it will give for 1853 an increase much superior to
that of 1852 ; but it is necessary to say that the
month of January, 1852, was not a favourable
one, and that the increase only dates from
February. Neverthless, with such increase of re-
ceipts, we may, without excess of confidence, hope in
1853 for the equilibrium of the budget." The report
gives a detailed and elaborate review of the various
fiscal operations of France for a series of years past,
and concludes thus :—" France will be happy to
learn—thanks to the development of the public re-
sources and the increase of the revenue resulting
therefrom—thanks also to the economy which, by
,obeying your orders, your Government carry out
in all branches and in all state expenses, notwith-
standing the great things which have to be accom-
Plished and the great public works to be executed—
that the people will have no new burdens to suffer
and no new imposts to dread."
The Constitutionnel, alluding to the recent ar-
rests, says :—" A certain number of arrests, pre-
ceded dedby domiciliary visits and seizures of papers,
been
just been made. Plots and conspiracies have
°eon talked of ; and it has been sought to spread
alarm by exaggerating either the number of the
Persons arrested or the gravity of the causes which
led to this measure. The question is of proceed-
nip rendered necessary by a sort of organisation
of
.correspondence, the character and object of
Which is to spread in foreign countries false news
() _ the state of France, and to bring its Govern-
nlent into disrepute in the eyes of Europe. The
be of arrests has been sixteen, and all have
4,eri placed in the hands of justice." The Debats
2'ates the arrests to have been much more nu-
..4llunerous. It says :—" On Sunday morning, at
!,-171.!./ o'clock, General Viscount de St. Priest, M.
4116 de Rovigo, M. de la Pierre, Count de Mira-
Italia, M. de Coetlogon, and forty other persons,
ongst whom are several Germans and Italians,
Zf•
re arrested at their respective residences, and,
t•
er an examination of their papers, taken to the
Mazas. In the course of the evening, Ge-
tl3ral de St. Priest, M. Rene de Rovigo, Count do
restored to liberty." The Assembles Nationale
014:---" A search was made amongst the papers
tieneral Count de St. Priest, and he was lodged
he ie Prison Mazas. Towards six in the evening
h.. ;was set at liberty, with the declaration that he
air been mistaken for another. In the meantime
read With
papers had been turned topsy-turvy, and.
with the greatest care. We do not know ex-
p'etY either the number or the names of all the
4:2ns arrested • we shall merely mention the
:es of MM. de'Rovigo, de Coetlogon, de Ville-
-1:1 —41% de La Pierre, Virmaitre, Tanski, Pages, and
w?trertut• The motive of these arrests, all political
the doubt, and which appear to appertain to
jilt °
our
same cause, is not known. It cannot enter
but r ideas to discuss what we are ignorant of ;
• ,in the interest of the Government itself, it is
141)()ut rta
eup_ that public opinion should be promptly
ker'onte lied as to the cause of these arrests, so nu-
-Reu and so unexpected." The Journal de
re enus Says " Yesterday, at Paris, there was a
Peirt that two gentlemen connected with a litho-
graPhe
dress_
.correspondence, which is, however, ad-
which the in the departments only to the journals
auticonri,.are the most devoted to the principle of
baeu„_ jet had been arrested. M. Vergniaud was
d as being one of these two gentlemen."
Path. number of arrests is variously stated. The
vey'e',„/'l declares ares that only 16 persons have been con-
ber to P aris, while other journals give the num-
inMea fifty, Numerous arrests have also been
of Ardeche, and other parts of the country,
per
char ed with singing seditious songs.
everal.eoffee-hoguses in the departments, where the
been close
and Socialists have assembled, have
een Closed by order of the authorities.
RueOn Monday, a young woman, residing
in tl
T
of th Temple, threw herself from the fifth story
dahee,house., in a fit of despair, and was literally
%If to pieces ; not a whole bone was left in the
ertunath creature's body.
wasester day Being Shrov Te- uesda the Carnival
at its height,° and the Boulevards were cora-
Pletely encumbered all day with masqueraders,
tors,af.c and the principal proce:
ras.
doaYb, anal to-day
The festivities closed at noon yester-
the telegraph represents all Paris
u a very penitential mood. The streets are
rted2 but the churches are thronged. The