The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-22 00:00:00

BATH RACES.

(B P ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ARRIVALS UP TO 5.20 P.M.
Nathan Scandal, Diana, St. Spiro, Mishap, Marc An-
tony, Splityote c., Arnaut, Bessie, Prince of Wales,
Oulston, Huntsman, Haco, Rataplan, Exact, Lough
Dawn, Poodle, St. Faith, Jacqueline, Whalebone, Charley,
Hope, Epaminondas, Lady Bird, Vixen, Chadlington,
Coup &Etat, Hercules, Jephson, Waterfall, Battery,
Balmoral, Fanny, Lina, Rose, c by Alfred, Stonehenge,
Calamus.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.

Their lordships met at five o'clock.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
principal navy agents against the Navy Pay Bill. They
complained that the effect of the bill would be to take
from them the business which they had enjoyed for 100
years, with respect to the distribution of prize monies,
and place it in the hands of a public officer, to be ap-
pointed for the purpose. The noble and learned lord bore
.high testimony to the admirable and successful manner
in which they had, during the last wars, transacted all
matters entrusted to them by the officers and seamen
Who were captors of prizes, and he appealed to the Go-
vernment to take their case into their earnest consi-
deration.

Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from the
mayor, magistrates, and principal inhabitants of the
borough of Walsall, and also from the inhabitants of
Tipton, in Staffordshire, for an amendment of the law
prohibiting the payment of wages otherwise than in the
coin of the realm. The noble lord entered into a state-
ment of the law on the subject, and showed the neces-
sity for further legislation.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS IN
SCOTLAND.
The Duke of BUCCLETJGH inquired what were the
intentions of the Government with respect to parochial
schoolmasters in Scotland.

The Earl of ABERDEEN said, as the bill for ex-
tending education to Scotland, which contained a clause
permanently increasing the stipend of Scotch parochial
schoolmasters, had been defeated in the other house, the
Government intended to introduce a temporary measure
to continue those stipends, which this year would be
reduced to the scale in existence twenty-five years ago,
at the rate at which they had recently been paid.
[LEFT SITTING.]

ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to :—Birmingham Waterworks, Man-
chester Corporation Waterworks, New River (Hertford
Sewerage Diversion, &c.), Wellington (Salop) Improvement,
West Hartlepool Improvement.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junc-
tion Railway (Extension into Nottingham, &c.) ; East
Suffolk Railway, Londonderry Bridge' Mallow and Fermoy
Railway, Stamford and Kettering Road ; York, New-
castle, and Berwick Railway ; and Bradford Corporation
Waterworks.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be read
a third time :—Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway ;
Brighton, Cuckfield, etc., Roads ; Chester: Farndon, and
Worthenbury Road : East Lancashire, Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railway • Law
Life Assurance Society ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax
Junction Railway London, Tilbury, and Southend Rail-
way ; Towy Vale Railway; West Bromwich Improvement,
etc. ; Winchester and Petersfield Road.
PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented by Mr. FREWIN from Sussex,
praying for the better regulation of public houses on Sun-
days ; by Lord H. VANE from Darlington, praying for the
abolition of Church rates; Mr.,CROSSLEY presented seve-
ral similar petitions from places in Lancashire; Mr. BEVAN
presented a similar petition from Hey wood ; by Mr. BRIGHT
from places in Scotland, praying for a reform of the Poor-
law enforced in that part of the country ; also from lhatne,
in Oxfordshire, in favour of ocean penny postage ; by Mr.
CHALIS, from Finsbury, against the endowment of May-
nooth ; by Mr. MUNTZ, from Birmingham,in favour of the
bill for the registration of bills of sale; by Mr. KERsHAw,
from several places, praying for the abolition of church
rates; by Mr. H. BRUCE, from places in Wales, pray-
ing for the total abolition of church rates ; by Sir
E. PERRY, from the inhabitants of Singapore and
other settlements, in the Straits of Malacca, praying
that a Resident Judge may be appointed at Singapore, and
that other defects in the administration of justice in those
settlements may be supplied ; by Mr. A. PELLATT from
Cambridgeshire, praying for the abolition of Church rates;
by Mr. BROCKLEHURST, to the same effect from Maccles-
field ; by Mr. COWAN from Dunkeld, praying that the
universities may be thrown open to all classes of her Ma-
jesty's subjects.
PIRATES.
Sir G. B. PECHELL moved for a return of all sums
paid to the officers and crews of her Majesty's ships, for
rewards for services against pirates, under the Act 13 and
14 Vic. c. 27, specifying the number of pirates in each
case killed, captured, or escaped, with the dates of such
capture or seizure, the dates of the several awards in the
Admiralty Court, and the dates when the said rewards be-
came payable for distribution.—Agreed to.
CHELSEA HOSPITAL.
Mr. OLIVEIRA asked. the Secretary at War whether
arrangements are being made, at the Royal Asylum at
Chelsea, to carry into effect accommodation for the in-
creased number of 120 children, which he consented to add
to that institution on a recent occasion.
Mr. HERBERT stated that he had called for plans and
estimates for the purpose of enlarging the building, and
had also given orders to obtain additional schoolmasters.
HIGHWAYS.
Mr. M. SMITH asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, if he can state the opinion of the Go-
vernment with respect to a bill which had been prepared
in the Home-office, for amending the Highway Laws for
England and Wales, and whether there is any intention
on the part of the Government to introduce such a mea-
sure during the present session.
Lord PALMERSTON had not been able to give his at-
tion to it yet, and he was afraid he could not bring in such
a bill this session.

CHARITABLE TRUSTS.
Mr. PELLATT asked Lord J. Russell whether Govern-
ment has decided to appoint an additional number of in-
spectors or commissioners to aid the charity commissioners
to carry out the views contemplated by the act of last
session, and including an inquiry into endowments of
schools, libraries, &c.
Lord J. RUSSELL said no premature step had yet been
taken on the subject, as Government were anxious to take
the opinion of the commissioners upon it.
MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.
Mr. GRENFELL asked the Secretary of State for the
Rome Department, whether any answer has been received
to the address to the Crown of the 24th March, praying
for. an inquiry into the claims of the Military Knights of
Windaor, and, if so, whether any steps have been taken
with reference to the same ?
Lord PALMERSTON replied that, according to law, the
Pteonly Could be settled by a writ in Chancery, but he
Ives in hopes o
b f being able to induce both sides to consent
to a refer
be e„ed.enee Y which the expense of such a suit would
PRISONERS OF WAR AND THE NEWS FROM
Mr.
of the Admir DIOR/. s THE BALTIC.
EYMOUR wished to ask the First Lord
the fact thatse' alt whether his attention has been called to
have been detainevecle
al
ißnglisla vessels, -with their crews,
Odessa since the bombardment of
that fort, and that it h
press that Admiral Duasndbeee stated in some of the daily
with the Russian authorities f.o°rP°Bes and whether any commnnicatioan to open negotiations
exchange of prisoners;
as been received at the
Admiralty from Admiral Dundnas orders have been
sent from the Admiralty to AdmirObailny as on this subject.
He wished also to ask the right hon, barond
jurect that Sir
received any information confirming thieet whether he had
Charles Napier had made 1,500 prisone
mouth oftth2e
Sir .T. GRAHAM stated on a former oceasitlra lor 14 vessels had been captured between the
Danube and Odessa, and in consequence of that capture 50
persons were made prisoners of war. They Were seamen
engaged in the coasting trade. They were not expert
sailors, and Admiral Dundas, anxious to liberate them,
addressed a communication to General Sacken, in corn.
wand at Odessa, proposing to exchange these prisoners for
certain sailors whol were British subjects, and detained by
the Russians in Odessa. General Sacken answered that
Application by stating that he was not himself at liberty
to enter into such a negotiation, but he had forwarded
the proposal to Prince Paskewitch at head-quarters.
(Hear.) He was not aware what step Admiral Dundas
took in the matter before sailing to bombard Sebasto-
pol ; but in consequence of what had taken place the
Admiralty had caused instructions to be sent out to
Admiral Dundas directing, him, on no account, to
liberate any persons he had captured without an
exchange for British subjects. (Hear.) With respect to
the last question,
he could only state that he had received
to accounts from Sir Charles Napier since the sth of May,
:01 houmg e; the fleet was about to leave the coast of Sweden.
k
.lenl as, therefore, not in possession of any information
to confirm the report referred to.
WAYS AND MEANS.
that the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then reared
Speakr do leave the chair.
Sir F. BARING said he felt it necessary to that h s
should postpone the amendment of which
say
ichhe had given no-
tice, on the proposition of going into ways and means, till
the house went into committee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, so far
blithe Government were concerned there was no change

whatever in their intentions or announcements. He could
not understand how there could be any misunderstanding
as to the order of proceeding, for he had been most careful
to state that they should first take votes on all the new
taxes, and it was for that reason that he now moved that
the house should go into committee.
Mr. DISRAELI said that was certainly not the order of
proceeding they understood was to be followed. He did
understand the report of the formal resolution was to have
been brought forward last Monday, in order that the opi-
nion of the house should be taken on it. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said ho thought it was perfectly
clear that either the report or the further resolutions in
committee should be taken when the motion was brought
on. (Hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER corrobo-
rated this statement of the noble lord, and said the objec-
tion of Mr. Disraeli was founded on a misapprehension.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he understood the whole
question of the Budget was to have besn discussed on the
report on Monday last. He thought the Chancellor of the
Exchequer was bound to tell the house on what grounds he
intended to raise a very large sum of money, 4,000,0001.,
by Exchequer bonds within a period of four or six years,
as he was now initiating a new set of measures.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, with
respect to the grounds for those taxes, he thought he had
stated those grounds very fully in his general financial
statement, and he was very sorry if he had not been fully
and clearly understood. He said the intention was to raise
money for the present financial year, and not during a
series of years, as the hon. baronet seemed to think.
Sir F. BARING said he certainly had understood that
the original resolution should be proceeded with first ; but
as that was not to be the case, he must now move that
amendment in committee which he had intended to submit
to the whole house. He certainly did wish he could give
a silent vote on this occasion, looking at the great and pe-
culiar difficulties of the times—difficulties which he would
say arose from the mismanagement of the finances last
year, and from the unwise conduct of her Majes-
ty's Government. (Hear, hear, hear.) Thinking, as
he did, that the financial measures adopted last year
werewanting in prudence, and had been unsuccessful, he
could not now give a silent vote on the present measures.
He thought the Exchequer-bill market was amost valuable
resource for any Minister, but that market must be main-
tained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer shaping his
operations according to transactions elsewhere, and a con-
viction that Exchequer-bill holders can always obtain their
money whenever they wanted to change their investments.
The sum of 652,4561. of stock of the funded debt of savings
banks had been sold to buy up Exchequer bills, and they
were again converted to the funded debt of the country,
entailing an additional burden on the debt of the country
of 1,200,0001.--and that was caused by the conduct of the
Government with respect to the financial measures of last
year. He hoped that for the future the finance of France
would not be made the basis for that of a finance Minister
of this country; for it could not be creditable to compare
the finance of a country like England, whose resources
or credit have never been doubted with that of a coun-
try like France, which, whatever its resources might
be, was only just recovering from a general and total con-
vulsion. (Hear, hear.) He approved of the desire of her
Majesty's Ministers for preserving peace, but if there was
the slightest speck of a cloud of a disturbing cause abroad
they ought to have paused last April (1853) when
they proposed their financial measures—(hear),—and there
was in the blue book a letter from Lord Clarend on on
the movements of troops towards the Russian frontiers,
which should of itself have given them that warning. He
could not then but say they ought not allow this resolution to
pass without saying more caution should have been exercised
in the past, and that more prudence should be observed for
the future. (Hear.) He could not imagine that between a
reasonable Chancellor of the Exchequer and a prudent go-
vernor of the Bank of England, there should be anything
that could not be reconciled, for the benefit both of public
and of private credit. (Hear, hear). And whilst he allowed
that deficiency bills might be resorted to in an emergency,
yet if the Bank were forced to raise its interest on these
bills, they would not have great advantages, but they
would have the disadvantage that they might have to ask
the Bank for money, which the Bank could not grant
without serious restrictions upon the commerce of the
country. (Hear, hear.)
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

The Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, arrived at
Liverpool, at half-past 1 on Saturday afternoon,
with advices from New York to the Bth, and Bos-
ton to the 10th inst. She has also brought 178
passengers, and $188,253 in specie on freight.
The Royal mail steam-ship Africa arrived at New
York on the evening of the 4th inst.
The steam-ships Star of the West and George
Law had arrived at New York, with advices from
California to the 15th of April, and $2,764,520 in
specie on freight and in the hands of passengers.
The screw steam-ship Cleopatra, which arrived
at Portland, on the sth inst., from Liverpool, had
a very narrow escape, and, but for the presence of
mind of her commander, Captain Salt, might have
been lost with all on board. In endeavour-

ing to enter the St. Lawrence to reach Quebec,
which was her proper destination, she got among
the ice, which struck her with such force as to
make a large hole through her bow, half-a-foot or
so below the waterline. The captain immediately
ordered all the passengers and crew to the extreme
aft part of the ship, which raised the bow suffi-
ciently io enable the disaster to be repaired so as
to get into port. It is much to be feared that the
missing City of Glasgow, now out 69 days from
Liverpool, may have met with a similar accident,
with a less fortunate result. The weather in the
St. Lawrence was more severe than had been
known for many years. Several shipmasters, ac-

customed to the navigation of the St. Lawrence,
who were on board the vessel, took occasion to ten-
der to Captain Salt,their high opinion of his judg-
ment and skill.

The El Dorado, the Star of the West, and the
George Law had arrived with late advices from San
Francisco, and a total of $2,914,520 in gold dust.
The road from San Juan del Sud was in good con-
dition. The California papers continue to give en-
couraging accounts of miniuzi:,.operations. At
Yankee-hill, near Columbia, a pure piece of gold,
weighing 271b5., had been dug up by a man who
the day before had not sufficient to purchase a
breakfast. Walker and his band had evacuated
Lower California and gone no one knew where,
perhaps to Texas. They drove off 300 or 400 head
of cattle belonging to the rancheros of Lower Cali-
fornia. A quicksilver mine had been discovered in
the coast range of mountains, about 70 miles south
of Pacheco's Pass, and said to be equal in richness
to the new Almadon mines.

The markets at San Francisco were moderately
active. A steamboat explosion had occurred in San
Francisco Bay, by which 36 persons were killed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr. Ingersoll delivered
a speech on the European war, advocating the im-
mediate declaration, that free ships make free car-
goes, and that the United States would not permit
the search of American vessels or the overhauling
of their papers.
The Nebraska Bill was still before the House of
Representatives.
According to the Herald, the Government had
resolved on energetic measures in regard to the
Black Warrior affair, the despatches from Madrid
having given great dissatisfaction.
The efforts to raise the Ericsson had not proved
successful, although divers had penetrated into the
cabins and closed the port-holes ; an immense can-
vas sheet, which had been passed round the vessel,
was rendered nearly useless by the strong current.
Captain Ericsson, in a letter to the New York
papers, asserts that her trial trip was a complete
success, a speed of 11 miles an hour being attained
with a low pressure of steam.
Four persons had been killed near Philadelphia
by the explosion of a steam boiler.
On the 9th a fire broke out in Forsyth-street,
New York, and before it was extinguished destroyed
upwards of $60,000 worth of property.
At Montreal, on the 4th inst., a meeting was held
expressive of sympathy with the Allied Powers in
their contest with Russia. The following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted :
" That at this momentous period, when the peace of
Europe has been broken and the British dominions ex-
posed to the risks of war, it becomes the duty of the citi-
zens of Montreal to express to her Majesty the assurance
of their cordial and united support in the contest in
which the British and French nations have been com-
pelled to participate against the aggression of despotic
ambition and intolerant power.
" That duly appreciating the enjoyment of tranquility,
and the blessings of material and abundant prosperity
which pervade this province of her Majesty's dominions,
the citizens of Montreal cannot withhold their expres
sion of their warmest sympathy for those of their fellow.
subjects who may be personally engaged in this impor-
tant and unprovoked contest.
" That while we humbly invoke the Almighty Gover-
nor of the universe to avert from this province the cala-
mities of war and to restore peace to Europe, we shall
at all times be ready boldly to repel foreign and unpro-
voked aggression upon this portion of her Majesty's
dominions, and with our utmost power to maintain the
tranquillity which now reigns throughout this province.
The temporary Parliament House at Quebec had
been destroyed by fire.
The New York stock-market, on the 9th, was
dull and heavy. The quotations were—Canton
lleaCompany,dni 23i - New York Central, 1021 ; Erie,
68i Norwich-Worcester, 54 ; Stonington, 641;
rHaasv en, Reading,
Hudson, 64f ; New York and New
Haarlem, 4n. The demand for money
active,ll74 ;bt thesul
without chanty y not large. Rates were
Oe. Sterling exchange was steady at•
dl
u 9 t
1 aioi 0 9 for
inactive, b pp
best bankers' bills. Cotton was
e. The
market fur breadstuffs was
without much chan
our was firmer, as was
iron. Freights werge quiet and engagements light.

SHIPPING. ;
the Diadem IThe Southampton,
from Art Union, from Havre ; and the Great Western
and
and
the Andrew Foster, from Liverpool' at New York.
The Franklin, from Liverpool, at Charleston.
The Daniel Huntley, from Liverpool, at Bucksport.
The Competitor, from Glasgow for Providence, was
ashore on Mackerel-cove on the Ist inst., but got off after
discharging part of her cargo, and arrived at Providence
on the sth. Sho was very little damaged.
The Phaeton, from Liverpool, at Boston.
The Colombo, from Liverpool, and the Diana from
Bristol, at New Orleans.
The Consul, from Liverpool, at Philadelphia.

THE BANKRUPTCY OF MR. CHARLES
MATSEWS, THE COMEDIAN.

On Saturday Mr. Mathews filed his balance sheet in
the court of Mr. Commissioner Fane, as a preliminary
step to his coming up before that learned gentleman for
the purpose of passing his examination. He is described
in the document as a commission agent, and the accounts
extend over 22 large folio pages, but the information
contained in them is of a very meagre character. There
is a total absence of all details as to the profits, expenses,
or repairs and alterations of the theatre, and it appears
that the whole amount of assets for the numerous cre•
ditors is but 61. 14s. 4d. in the hands of Mr. Thomas,
who has been acting in the twofold capacity of trustee
for the creditors and accountant to the bankrupt. So
far back as April, 1851, Mr. Mathews petitioned the
Court for protection from arrest under the Debtor and
Creditor Private Arrangement Act. His debts were
then 17,7271. 9s. 6d., and, after several meetings of
creditors, they resolved upon appointing Mr. Thomas,
the trustee, to manage the receipts and payments of the
theatre for their benefit ; Mr. Mathews undertaking to
perform at a fixed salary. The amount of remuneration
which the bankrupt received for his services during this
period is not disclosed in his balance sheet, but his debts
appear to have been increased above 4,700/.
The balance sheet commences on the 2d of April,
1851, and ends on the 7th April last, when the adjudi-
cation in bankruptcy took place. The following is a
copy of the summary :

£22,44516 9
700 0 0