The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-04 00:00:00

HORSE GUARDS.

Mr. MA.CKINNON asked the Chief Commissioner of
Woods and Forests, whether the practice of exercising the
Horse Guards on horseback within the precincts of Hyde-
park (contrary to usual custom) is to be continued ?
Sir W. MOLES WORTH replied that her Majesty's
household troops were allowed by his Royal Highness, the
ranger, to exercise in the park. (Hear, hear.) Their usual
place of exercising was that part of the park on which the
Great Exhibition stood ; but this year they were prevented
from exercising on that spot for fear of tearing up • toe
newly-sown grass, and they were consequently allowed to
exercise now at the north end of the park. He had no
power to withdraw that order. (Hear, hear.)
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.
Lord LO VAIN E asked whether the steamers taken up for
the conveyance of her Majesty's troops to the East, were
not engaged exclusively for the accommodation of thoie
troops; and whether the circumstances are known to the'
• Board of Admiralty, under which the person who reported
to the Times newspaper the condition of the troops landed
. at Gallipoli, appears to have obtained a passage ol board
such steamer from England to Malta, and from Malta to
Gallipoli.
Mr. OSBORNE sa d the Board of Admiralty had no offi-
cial cognisance of the reporter to the Tilmes, or any other
paper; but, out of personal courtesy to the noble lord, he
Ladsteamers
se inquiries into the subject, and he found that the
man from conveying the troops did not convey this gentle-
him fromngland to Malta. Whether the troop steamer
conveyed
Malta to Gallipoli he could not say,
no doubt the position and education of the
but h
had
gentleman would
the officers in command of f him an excellent companion for
he troops. (Hear.)
COAL FOR THE y •
Mr. Ew urr ATI( ON THE EVXINE COAST.
Admiralty whether rose to inquire of the Viral' rom of the
ascertaining that coa',ll/0 measures
have been adopted for
can be procured atiEnzastakluri,tionn
the Purposes of the steam navy,
,the'southern coast of the
Euxine, between (,0
Trebisond.
Sir GRAHAM could asesPuiree ahn'd hon. friend that his
earliest attention had been directedlo the subject, for the
house must be, aware that for the of conducting
naval warfare coal had become all'•CtPxmeeass essential than
gunpowder, and the price of coal inYtl!
bad of late become enormous. Most foertmSueanateeflyMfeeruir °the
independence of Turkey, a most valuable
coal had
been discovered at Ezakli, and immediate attention
be given to working it, and neither British skill niZ:witili.tadl
would be wanti ngfor that purpose. He had great
that there would be obtained an abundant suppY; of Coal
equal to the wants of Turkey and the combined geos.
(Cheers.)

SAVINGS BANKS.
Mr. OLIVEIB,A rose to. ask the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer if he intends to introduce any measure upon the
subject of savings banks during the present session ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, though
be bad a bill on the subject of savings banks prepared, he
was fearful he should not be able to bring it in during the
present session with any prospect of passing. it, which was
the only useful result bringing in such a bill could have.

(Hear, -hoar.)
LEASER.OLD.,c,..
Lard A. v.ectiE asked Lord John F.u..sseli whether
~ the
noble Lord, having aronneed intenttor, on the part of
ker Majesty's Government to intro': ace in the course of the
present session a bill for continuing the act of 1851 for the
enfranchisement of church leaseholds, will be prepared to
introduce such a measure before the resumption of the ad-
journed debate on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill,
whitatat!il.s. fink/or the 17th instant, and whether such
:86 %,.._„'ilimpleprovide for the further continuance of
6
.411VSorwill contain amendments thereon ?
wa*afreid the bill to which he had
intidducod befor) the 17th, but he
• ;44:4)5k11,;PltrAttC1F4Ty theOject of the bill would be to
trOinatans of termer acts.
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isittxl the Secretary of State for the
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THE AMERICAN DRAMATIC FUND.

( From the Sunday Courier. )

NEW YORK APRIL 16, 1854.

The annual dinner took place in the ladies' ordinary of
the Astor House, on Monday evening last, and was parti-
cipated in by about one hundred and fifty persons. The
report of Mr. Wemyss was favourably received, and the
donations made on the occasion exceeded by a trifle five
hundred dollars. Speeches were made by the president,
Mr. Stebbins, Blake, Parke, Goodwin, Fuller, Fields,
Marsh, John Van Buren, Fleming, and others, and Gay-
ler, volunteered several songs, which were deservedly ap-
plauded. The music was furnished 'by Lyster, Rea,
Cardon, Forclolf, Madame Pozzonf,' Miss C. Hiffert, Mrs.
Brown, and Mrs. Hayes. ,
Among the invited were two reverend gentlemen, Henry
Ward Beecher and E. H. Chapin, both of whom declined,
an'd from whom letters were received and read. As the
former has distinguished fiithseff by Ms bitter and perse-
cuting assaults upon the drama and its' professors, we pre-
sume that the request for his attendance was a piece of
Satire, and if so, Beecher proved. Eby his note that he was
too old a bird to be caught in the trap set• for him.' . The'
success of the play of" Uncle Tom's Cabin" may, however,
have worked a radical change in the views of our clerical.
friend, and he may now be of the opinion that the stage is
not quite so bad as he painted it. •
The following letter, read by Mr. F. C. Wemyss, aipthe
dinner we have not seen in print :
Theatre Royal, Haymarket,
London, 30th April. _

My DEAR SIR,—I have just read the report of your last
American Dramatic Fund Festival, and permit me, as
Master and Treasurer of the General Theatrical Fund
in -England, to congratulate you on the noble and generous
spirit which procured you the triumph of your inde-
pendence on that occasion ; and while that independence
.has not been the only one achieved by America, it is not.
the less honourable beCause it has secured the comfort, in
old age, of the prudent and retired actor, and shown to those
who neither comprehend his pursuit nor its purposes, that
the stage, besides its high and legitimate aims, possesses other
kindly and liberal objects which must ever command the re-
spect of all enlightened and tolerant minds.
The characteristic impulse that at once obtained you such
a proud position amongst the institutions of both hemis-
pheres, is only what I could have expected, from experience,
during my visit to the United States, where- I met with libe-
rality and kindness at every turn.
At our next festival I shall certainly allude to your last
most extraordinary demonstration in the hope that I shall
witness something like a correspondi•!g feeling here.*
While again coneratulating you, allow me to forward you a
donation of Fifty Dollars, and with best remembrances to all
who may not have forgotten me in your country, believe me,
very truly yours, J. B. BCCKSTONE
To F. C. Wemyss, Esq., Secretary to the American Fund
Association.

17, Ely-place, Holborn, Landon, Sept. 20th.

Mr DEAR PovEr beg to return the rules and regulations
of the American Dramatic Fund Association with thanks,
and at the same time permit me to say that I am much
pleased with them. I enclose you a draft for 5/. for the
purpose.of the Fund, being a great admirer of the talent from
that great country. Wishing them all the success they can
wish themselves, believe me yours, ,te.,
To John Povey, Esq. 'Noma J. JERWOOD.

* Alluding to the fact, as stated by Mr. Buckstone at the
last anniversary dinner of the General The'trical Fund, that
on one occasion thirteen gentlemen subscribed one hundred
dollars each after the subscription list had closed, to obtain
the independence of the American Fund, and to enable it to
grant annuities.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMEND-

.SENT OF,ThE LAW.

The society held their meeting on Monday night, at
their rooms in Regent-street, Lord Brougham in the
chair. The subject for discussion was the further con-
si.leration of the committee on juvenile delinquency and
reformatory institutions.
Mr. Power considered that the general principle hav-
ing been agreed to at the last meeting, they had now
only to discuss the details by which the machinery should
be carried out. He begged to move that the several
resolutions from 3 to 10 ( whicle have been already pub-
lished) be confirmed by the society.
At. the request of Mr. CHARLES PEARSON, the chair-
man read the resolution which had been passed at the
last meeting :—"That in all c.a•ges of a criminal nature,
in which the offender may be under 16 years of age, the
court or judge before whom the case may be tried be
empowered, upon conviction, either to commit the of-
fender to a reformatory for any period not exceeding
such chill's minority, to inflict the punishment now pro-
vided by law."
Mr. POWER stated that the two first resolutions had
been cancelled.
Mr. PEARSON then read the third resolution " That
the sole object of such school should be the reforma-
tion and training of the child, so as to render him, on
his discharge, a self-supporting and conscientious mem-
ber of society." What sort of school was this reforma-
tory school to be ?
Mr. POWER thought it was sacieritry defined.
Mr. PEARSON, having read the remaining resolutions,
contended that it was proposed that boys under sixteen
should be relieved from punishment for their offences.
Such a principle was unworthy of the adoption of such a
society as this. He would ask for a further adjournment
of this question. The document which he held in his hand
was exceedingly badly prepared, but he wished to put it
before the committee, with one relating to proceedings
in which he was identified in 1346 in committees before
the Houses of Lords and Commons. Thousands of
children, it was well known, were left in such a miserable
state of orphanage, want and destitution as to deprive
them of all free agency, rendering a violation of the law
almost a condition of their existence. He proposed as a
remedy for this that any child under 15 years of age
brought before any court of justice, who should be proved
t child.
nreett i o
committed n , unless
o have committed an act punishable by law with im-
Prisonment, should be acquitted as under the age of dis-
cretion, ithywreeraeseperoveefd
ththeatdeseutcithutainee act
thewas
He next proposed that weekly payments
should be enforced of not less than 25., nor more
than 45. per week, which the parish should receive from
the person who had theHeegal charge of the main-
tenancel,3l2rorgohsted that under cer-
tain
sent back to
• itstaicic.' parentsc uof
mf
froms tahnec
tehscel thei.
asylumchild t o
teeTahlelohweend.
gentleman suggested various other details, which we have
not space to give at length. If the committee
this subject to be referred back to themin
he should cake.
would be
prepared to attend that committee and state the grounds
of his dissent in detail. If, on the contrary, tilemmmds
mittee thought it was ripe fir .decision,
pleasure to oppose the resolutions jn detail, and move
an amendment upon the whole.
A very protracted conversation followed. • •
The question that the resolutions should be put
tiet was negatived, and that they should be moved en
masse was carried by a majority of nine to five.
Eventually the further and final consideration ar
*Ws vissios-snu pa;tpozo4 till eicmdaT nut.