The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-23 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM COMMON.

Yesterday was what is technically termed a "slow"
day at the camp. Compared with the influx of Tuesday,
the number of the visitors to the camp yesterday may be
styled, like the " complimentary calls of cherubims," few
and far between. The clouds, moreover, were lowering
and heavy, with an appearance which threatened much
rain, and which threat was more than realised during
the course of the day ; for, from twelve until eight in the
evening, the rain fell incessantly.
As we announced some days since, it was intended
that the whole of General Sir De Lacy Evans's brigade,
consisting of the 93d and 38th Regiments, with the
Rifle battalion; should strike their tents and set out
upon a march into the country. For this purpose three
days' rations were to be served out to the men, as that
was the time that they were expected to be absent from
the main body. Yesterday, however, in consequence ofthe
threatening aspect of the sky, the order to strike tents
was delayed to the latter part of the day, and the rain
having then set in heavily, the purpose was abandoned
until, as we believe, this day. Should the weather,
therefore, prove favourable, the tents wilt be struck at
twelve, and the march commenced at one to-day. The
neighbourhood of the Virginia Water is. we are informed,
the place selected for their camping during their absence
from head-quarters. The troops will return again to
their old ground at Chobham on Saturday evening. Of
course ail these arrangements are entirely dependent
upon atmospheric contingencies • for though, as all are
aware, if employed upon actual service the division
would have to march in any weather and at any time,
in the present instance, as there is no emergency of the
kind, all unnecessary fatigue or careless exposure of the
troops is most carefully avoided. If, therefore, this
day should be wet. at Chobham, the whole movement
will, most probably, be postponed to the ensuing week.
For some days past a number of the Sappers and
Miners have been busily employed at the Virginia
Water in pitching tents, trenching the ground, &c., for
the reception of three or four of their companies, who
will be encamped there for some weeks. This altera-
tion of the quarters of the Sappers and Miners is made
with a view to facilitating, by their presence on the spot,
the pontoon operations, which will take place at Vir-
ginia Water, on a grand scale, as soon as all the arrange-
ments are completed. The whole of the pontoon train,
together with the waggons for its. proper transportation,
were expected to arrive at Chobham Camp last night, or
early this morning. Immediately upon its arrival the
companies of Sappers and Miners now encamped will
proceed with it to the Water, and then get into work-
ing order the whole of the complicated apparatus.
On Tuesday next, we believe, the greater portion of
the forces in camp will march across the country to the
Virginia Water, and there the passage of the troops
across the pontoons will be gone through. It is expected
that a large concourse of spectators will attend to wit-
ness this evolution, which is pronounced by all military
authorities to be one of the most beautiful sights afforded
by the field-operations of the British army. No precise
date has yet been fixed for these znanceuvres, as they are
at present solely dependent on the preparations now
going on under the superintendence of the Sappers and
Miners, and which it is generally thought in the camp
will be complete by Tuesday next. Should it not be so,
the pontoon review will be postponed until the following
field-day, on Friday week.
The health of the troops at Chobham continues excel-
lent, and the camp around is as clean as it was during
the inspection by her Majesty on Tuesday. This is as it
should be, and we were delighted to witness it.
A very little attention on the part of the men easily
keeps the ground in the vicinity of the tents they occupy
clear from rubbish, and imparts to the whole camp a
look of neatness and good order, which, if only for ap-
pearance sake, it would be as well to maintain. A hint
from their commanding officer would speedily keep up
the present tidy look, which, while it added to the com-
fort, would also materially contribute to the healthy
condition of the men.' We refrained from noticing its
dirty, littered condition up to the present time, believ-
ing that, as the troops settled down, neatness would
become a general order of the day. The camp,
however, is now clean, and it can easily be kept so.
On Friday there will be another grand field day- and
we may as well at once state, for the information of those
present at the review on Tuesday--that that day
must by no means be taken as a criterion of the general
field-days at the camp. The extreme brevity of the
sham fight on Tuesday surprised even the military spec-
tators on the ground. The manoeuvres were undoubt-
edly very brilliant, but the sight-seers who had come
such a distance for the purpose would have appreciated
their; brilliancy all the more' for their being a little
longer. We believe, however, that the operations were
terminated more abruptly than they otherwise would
have been in consequence of the indications of heavy
rain becoming then very threatening. Indeed, the
troops bad scarcely flied off the field when, as the public
are aware, it became very wet, and continued so for the
remainder of the night. However, frorn whatever cause
it arose,. Tuesday's operations would not bear a mo
inent's comparison with the field-day of the previous
Friday.

OFFICERS IN THE CUSTOMS.—Yesterday a return
showed that the aggregate charge in the year ended
the sth of April last for officers in the customs, is
646,7381. 12s. 3d.
.OVERLOADING OF RIVER STEAM-BOATEL—Yesterday,
at the Westminster Police Court, the captain of the
Citizen steam-boat was convicted of carrying, on a par-
ticular day, fifty-four passengers in excess of the number'
allowed by law, and for which his boat was licensed.
He was fined 101., and 2s. 6d. for each of the fifty-four
persons above his proper number.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. D'EYNCOURT.—Last night the
presentation of-a testimonial to the Right Hon. C. T.
D'Eyncourt, late M.P, for Lambeth, was made the ap-
propriate occasion for a reunion of his friends and sup-
porters in the borough, at the Horns Tavern ; Lord D.
Stuart, M.P., presiding on the occasion. The testimo-
nial consisted of a very splendid silver vase, chaste in
form and elaborate in execution. It bore the following
inscription :--" Presented on the 22d of June, 1853,
by the electors of the metropolitan borough of Lambeth,
to the Right Hon. Charles T. D'Eyncourt, their repre-
sentative for 20 years in the first five parliaments after
their enfranchisement in 1832." On the opposite side
was engraved—" Tribute of affection, attachment, and
esteem for his private, worth, respect for his patriotism
and independent character, and gratitude for his able,
consistent, and faithful services in the cause of civil, re-
ligous, and commercial freedom throughout a parlia-
mentary career of 34 years." The other sides bore the
crest and armorial bearings of the right hon. gentleman
and the name of the manufacturers. There was at least
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150 gentlemen connected with the borough present on
the occasion.

UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—A lecture was deli-
vered at this institution last evening, Lord Radstock in
the chair, to a rather numerous audience, by Sir. Thomas
L. Mitchell, on the subject of the "Boomerang Propel-
ler:" The lecture was,' in the greater part, devoted to
the explanation of several models and specimens of this
novel motive agents, as also to a detail of the results of
several experiments made which were alike satis-
factory and encouraging. With the assistance of these
specimens, as also by repeated references to some dia-
grams and mathematical illustrations, the learned lec-
turer proceeded to demonstrate the importance of the
Boomerang invention, for which science is mainly in-
debted to the examination of the rude weapons of
warfare heretofore wielded by the aboriginal Australians,
and which, for a considerable period after its intro-
duction into this country, was merely regarded as
a toy, at best suited to the decoration of a
museum. But whether regarded in future as an inven-
tion, or a mere improvement on the old screw principle
—whether destined to propel the ." woden walls" to vic-
tory, or the commerce and inhabitants of these realms
to the remotest regions of the earth—the credit of the
invention was justly due (observed the lecturer) to cer-
tain observations and suggestions made to him by
his friend Mr. Bailey. The capability of the agency
could not be said to be at present altogether known.
It, doubtless, admitted of much greater developement
than it had now• attained to : and when after the lapse
of some time it should expand into maturity, there was
no reason why ships should not be made to traverse
the seas with the same velocity that trains attained
on railways. The lecturer, after dilating some
three-quarters of an hour on the details and gene-
ral nature of the " Projector,", applied himself to
the refutatian of certain strictures contained in the
pamphlet of Captain Fitzroy on the subject. He
contended the gallant captain was altogether incorrect
in his opinions and calculations. The invention was
based upon proofs as incontrovertible as any axioms
that ever had been: accepted ; and until such time as a
square could be proved to be a triangle, these proofs and
evidences would obtain in. the world of science.
REPRESENTATION CF LIVERPOOL.—The Conservatives
of Liverpool have the walls of the town covered with
bills announcing that the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell
(who is the eldest son of the Lord Itavensworth) and
Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., were the candidates who
had been brought forward to supply the vacancy in the
representation of the borough, consequent on Messrs.
Turner and Mackenzie having been declared unduly
elected. There has been no public move by the Liberal
party as yet in opposition to these candidates.
THE TURN-OUTS.—ln.addition to a turn-out at Stock-
port of nearly 20,000 'operatives, one of nearly equal
magnitude appears to be imminent at Blackburn and,
Darwen. It was stated last week that a small portion,
of the operatives at Blackburn, called "loomers, ' who
attach the warps to the looms for weavers, had struck
for higher wages ; and we now learn that Messrs. Fielden
and Jackson, having obtained loomers to supply the
place of the turn-outs, the whole of their weavers have
turned out in aid. Under these circumstances, a com-
bination has taken place among the employers, and they
have given notice that they will close their mills in a
fortnight, unless the claim is abandoned. At Darwen
the loomers have turned out at one mill, and, new hands
having been subStittited for them, they were attacked
and stoned in the streets.
YORK AND .NORTH MIDLAND .RAlLWAY.—Yesterday
a special meeting' of the York and North Midland Com-
pany was held at the railway station, York, for the pur-
pose of considering the provisions of bill incorporating
a company for, making a railway from Hull to Withern-
sea, in Holderness, with a branch therefrom, &c. Mr.
H. S. Thompson, the chairman of the York and North
Midland Company, presided. The chairman, after some
explanations, moved to the effect that the meeting ap-
proved of the scheme, and authorised the directors to
make such modifications or alterations as they thought
expedient, or Parliament might sanction or require.
The resolution was carried unanimously. The chairman
then detailed the general principle of the agreement pro-
posed to be, entered into between the two companies, and
proposed a further resolution, which authorised the di-
rectors to carry such agreement into effect. This reso-
lution was also agreed to ' • and after some further dis-
cussion of the company's affairs, the meeting broke up.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-JUNE 22.

(.From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of
Commons. )
RECOVERY OF PERSONAL LIBERTY BILL.

Order for second readily,' read; motion made and ques-
tion proposed " That the bill bo now read a second time :"
—amendment proposed, to leave out from the -word
" That" to the end of the question, in order to add the
words " it be referred to a select committee to consider
whether and what regulations are necessary for the bet-
ter protection of the inmates of establishments of a con-
ventual nature, and for the prevention of the exercise of
undue influence in procuring the alienation of their
property."—Mr. Phinn)— instead thereof : Question
put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part
of the question." The house divided : Ayes, 178,
Noes 207.

MINORITY—AYES, 178.
A gllonby, H. Gardner, Richard Mare, Col.
Anson, Gen. Gladstone, William Murphy, F. Slack
Atherton, Wm. Goderleh, Viscount 3lurrough, J. P.
Bailey, Crawshay Goodman, Sir G. Norre) s, Lord
Baines, M T. Gould, W. Norreys, Sir D. J.
Ball, Edward Gower, F. L. O'Brien, P.
Ball, John. Grace, 0. D. J. O'Brien, Sir P. •
Baring, Sir F. Graham, Sir James OTlaberty, A.
Bass, M. T. Greene, J. Osborne, Ralph
Bell, James Greison, Samuel Otway, A. J.
Bellew, Capt. Grenfell,t ::. Paget, Lord Alfred
Berkeley, C. L . Greville, Col. Pecheil, Sir G.
Bethell, Richard Grey, Sir G. Peel, F.
Blake, M. Hadfield, George Phillimore, J. a.
Bland, L. lianmer, Sir J. 1 hilllinore, R.
Bowyer, George Harcourt, G. G. Pigott, Francis
BrAy, J. Hastie, Archibald Pilkington. James
Brand, H.' Ilayter, Hon. W. Pollard- Urquhart, W
Bright, John Heard, J I. Potter, R.
Brotherton, J. Henchy, D. O'Connor Price, Sir R.
Brown, W. Heneage, G. F. Rice, E
Browne, V. Herbert, IL A. Robartes, T. J. A.
Bruce, Lord E. . Hervey, Lord Alfred] Russell, LordJ.
Bruce, H. A. Heywood, James Russell, F. C.
Bulkeley, Sir 8.8. W. Higgins, G. u. 0. Russell, F. W.
• Burke, Sir T. Howard, Lord E. Sadleir, James
Byng, G. Hn. Charles Hutchins, E. Seholefleld, W.
Cardwell, E. ' . Hutt, William Scully, Francis
Cavendish, C. C. Ingham, Robert Scully, V.
Cayley, E. S. Johnstone, Sir J. Seymour, Lord
Charteris, F. Jones, D. Seymour, W. D.
Cobbett, J: Morgan Keating, R. Shee, W.
Cockburn, Sir A. . Kennedy, T. , Smith. J.
Coffin, W. Keogh, William Strickland, Sir G.
Cogan, W. 11. Kirk, William Strutt, E.
Collier, Robert P. Labouchere, H. Sullivan, M.
• Conolly, Thomas Langston, J,i FL Swift, R.
Coote, Sir C. II Lawless, G. Tancred, Henry Wu
' Corbally, M. Lawley, F. C. Thicknesse, R. A.
Cowper, W. F. Layard, A. li. Thompson, George
Dalrymple, Vise. Lewis; Sir T. F. Townshend, Capt.
Denison, J. E. Locke, Joseph Trail, G.
Dent, J. Lowe, Robert Vane, Lord H.
Devereux, J. T. Lucas, F. Vansittart, G. IL
Duffy, C. Mackinnon, W. A. Villiers, lit. lin. C.
Duke, Sir J. M'Car 1, James Vivian, J. Ennis
Dunne, Michael M' Mahon, P. Vivian, H. H.
East, Sir J. B. Madan, W.: IL Wall, C. B.
Ebice, Rt. Hon. E. Maguire, J. F. Walmsley, Sir J.
Elliot, John Massey, W. N. Wilkinson, W. A.
E*nonde, John Matheson, A. Wilcox, B.
Fagan, W. Matheson, Sir J. Williams, William
Fitzgerald, J. D. Meagher, Thoneas Wilson, J.
Forster, Charles. Milton Viscount Wood, Sir C.
Forster, J. Molesworth, Sir W. Wrightson, W.
Fertescue, Chichester Monck, Lord Young, Sir John
Fox, R. Monsen, William
Fox, W. J. Moore, G. H.
Freestun, Colonel Morris, ,D.
French, F. Mostyn,:E. M.
Frewen, C. H. Musgrave, Earl
MAJORITY—NOES, 207.
Acland, Sir T. Evelyn, W. Mitchell, T.
A'Court, C. Ewart, Williani Moffatt, G.
Adderley, C. Farnham. E. B. Montgomery, Sir G
Anderson, Sir James Farrer, James Moore, Ross S.
Annesley, Earl of Ferguson, Joseph Morgan, Octavius
Arbutbnott, General }Truer, Sir Edmund . Mundy William
Archdall, Captain Fitzroy, lion. H. Muntz, G. F.
ti A rkwright, G. Floyer, J. ' Naas, Lord
Aspinall, J. T. Forbes, William Napier, Joseph
Bailey, Sir J. Forster, Sir G.. Neeld, Joseph
Baird, JAmes Freshfield, J. Newdegate, C.
Baldock, E. H. Fuller, Augustus E. North, Colonel
Barites, Thomas Gallwey, Sir W. P. Oakes, J. H. P.
Barrington, Viscount Ga'kell, James Mines Packenham, E.
Barrow, Wm. H. George, John Pakington, Sir John
Bateson, T. Gladstone, Captain Palmer, Robert
Bentinck, Lord 11. Gooch, Sir E. Palmer, R.
Bentinck, G. P. Gordon, Admiral Patten, J.
Berkeley, Craven F. Gore, W. Pellatt, A
Biddulph, R. M. *Grabaill, LOrd M. W. Ponsonby, 11/1./LG. J
Biggs; William Greaves, Edgard Portal. M.
Blackett, J. F. Greene, T. Powlett, Lord W.
Blair,:Colonel . Grogan, E. Plinio, It.
Boldero, Colonel Grosvenor, Earl Pritchard, J.
Bonham-Carter, J. Gwyn, Howel • Robertson, P. F.
Booth, Sir R. Hall, Sir Benjamin Rolt, P.
Bouverie, E. P. Halsey, Thomas P. • Sanders, G.
Brim°, Musgrave Hamilton, Lord C. Sawle, C. B. G.
Brocklehurat, John Hamilton, J. Hans Scobell, Capt.
Brooke, Sir A. B. Banbury, lion. C. Seaham, Lord
Bruce, C. L. C. Harcourt, Col. Shelley, Sir J. V.
Buck, Lewis W. Thistle, Alexander Sibthotp, Colonel
Bulle,-, Sir J. Hayes, Sir E. Smijth, Sir W.
Burrell, Sir C. M. Headiam, Thomas E. Smyth, 11. J.
Burrotghes, Henry N. Henley, J. W.. Smith, John G.
Butt, Geo. Medd liildyard, Robert C. Smollett. A.
Cairns, H. M`Calmont Hill, Lord A. E. Somerset, Captain
Campbell, Sir A. Hotham, Lord Spooner, Richard
Carnan, Sir J. Rivett Howard, C. W. G. Stafford, A.
Chandes, Marquis of Irton, Samuel Stanhope, J. B.
.Chaplin, W. J. Jackson, William Stanley, Lord
Child, Smith Johnstone, James Belding, W.
Chohnondeley, Ld. H. Jones, Captain Taylor, Col.
Christopher, R. Adam. Kendall, Nicholas Thesiger, Sir F.
,Clinton, Ld. C. ' Ker, D. Tollemache, John
Clive. it. King, J. K. Trollope. Sir J. i
.Cobbold, J. C. Kingscote, R. N. F. Tudway, R. C.
Cocks, T. Somers Kinnaird, A. F. Tyler, Sir G.
Codrington, Sir W. . Knox, Colonel Tyreil, Sir J. T.
Coles, Henry B. ' Knox, W. S. Vance, J.
Compton,Henry Laing, S. Verner, Sir W.
Corry, H. L. Langton, 11. G. Walcott, Adm.
Cowan, Charles Langton, W. G. Walpole, S. H.
Crituftird, E. - Legh, G. C. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Crook, J. Lennox, Lord A. Walter, John
Crossley, F. Leslie, C. P. Warner, E.
Davie, Sir H. Lindsay, Col. west, Frsclovialp H.
Davies, D. Lockhart, W. Whitmore, Henry
Davison, 11. Long, W. Wlnnington, Sir T.
Disraeli, Benjamin Lopes, Sir Ralph Wise, A.
Dod. J. W. Loveden, P. Woodd, B •
Duckworth, Sir J. Lowther, Captain Wortley, Jas. Stuart
Duncan, George Mackie. J. Wyndham, General
Duncombe, W. E. Macgregor, James Wyndham, W.
Dunlop, A. Macgregor, Jolla Wynn, Herbert W.
Du Pre, C. Mathis, R. Wynne, W.
Egerton, Sir Philip Meux, Sir Henry
Egert-n, W. Niles. W.
Egerton, Edward Milnes, R. M.
Eleoley, Viscount Michell, W.

TELLER/.

Pliinn, T.
Butt, I.

WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS BILL.

Mr. E..Denison has reported from the committee on
Group X. of private bills, that in the case of the West-
minster Improvements Bill they had examined the 'alle-
gations contained in the preamble of the bill and
amended the same'by making some verbal amendments
in order to make it consistent with the provisions of the
bill, and had found the same as amended to be true, and
had gone through the bill and made amendments there-
unto.

Mr. E. Denison further reported from the said com-
mittee' that the powers sought by the bill now reported
to the house would certainly enable the commissioners
to effect several desirable improvements in Westminster;
but they are unanimously of opinion that the general
scheme of improvements, as laid before your committee,
is far from being so comprehensive or complete as it
ought to be.

In 1814 evidence was given before a committee of your
honourable house, by several most respectable persons,
to the effect "That the effluvium which arose from the
churchyard of St. Margaret's was highly prejudicial to
the health and comfort of the inhabitants near that loca-
lity, and that further burials ought to be prohibited."
• In 1842 evidence was given before a committee of the
Health of Towns, confirming the evidence previously
given and reported to your honourable house. Dr. Mil-
man (the then rector) stated the impropriety of allowing
further burials to take place in St. Margaret's Church-
yard.

In 1844 a committee of your honourable house heard
the opinions of the inhabitants of Westminster ; also of
the right honourable gentleman the present Speaker of
the House of Commons, Mr. Vardon, Dr. Reid, and
others, all cf whom agreed as to the impropriety of more
burials being permitted in the same churchyard, and
these opinions were strongly supported by the report of
that committee., •

The report of the raid committee (1844) also contains
the following important paragraph :--
" The incongruity of this church in its style of architec-
ture and close proximity to Westminster Abbey, have
been frequently noticed and lamented ; and this incon-
gruity, great as it is at present, will undoubtedly appear
much greater when the New Houses of Parliament shall
be completed. An opinion is indeed entertained by several
persons that it might be possible to remove this great ar-
chitectural anomaly, by improvements in St. Margaret's
as it stands at present, that it might be enriched in design
and rendered pure in detail. But while on the one hand
the expenses attending so extensive a change might per-
haps be scarcely inferior to those required from complete
reconstruction, it seems to be far more generally considered
that the effect could not be compared to that of an open
space clear of any buildings in front of the Abbey and the
Houses of Parliament.

" Your committee have no hesitation in expressing their
unanimous recommendation that the church of St. Mar-
garet's should be removed from its present site, and they
have reason to think that a new churchyard or cemetery
in some less populous situation, might be purchased at a
very moderate expense, and that it might be possible to
obtain a portion of land, not far distant from the present
site, where the church could be rebuilt, in a great measure,
from the present materials. Before, however, any conclu-
sive opinion could- be formed upon this part of the ques-
tion, it would be proper to consider the most suitable posi-
tion of the church, in reference to the congregation, since
it now stands at the extremity of an extensive parish.
Your committee felt that it would be premature to enter
upon this and other points until the preliminary question
respecting the present situation of St. Margarets had been
determined upon by the house.
"In conclusion, your committee venture to express
their hope that the entire unanimity with which they
have arrived at this recommendation may dispose both
the house and the Government favourably towards the
object they have in view."

Your present committee beg to report, that they una-
nimously agree in the opinion expressed by former com-
mittees :—lst. That no more burials ought to be permit-
ted in St Margaret's Churchyard. 2d. That the church
itself ought to be removed. And your committee
take leave to add, that in their judgment, until St.
Margaret's Church is removed (and for which a suit-
able site might easily be procured) the full and best
effect of the new Houses of Parliament will be ma-
terially curtailed, and the general improvements very
incomplete. They therefore venture to express a hope,
that Parliament will aid and assist the Westminster
Commissioners in carrying into effect these most desir-
able alterations and improvements.

CHATHAM ELECTION..— The polling commenced at
Chatham, yesterday Morning, at eight o'clock, and for a
short time Admiral Stirling had a small majority.
Through ' the intervention of the gallant admiral the
whole of :the labourers and artificers in the dockyard
were granted a holiday. The polling was very brisk
during the first two
.or three hours, and by 11 o'clock
nearly the whole of the voters had polled. At the close
of the poll the numbers were
Vernon 6lO
Stirling 597
Majority for Vernon • --'l3
This has: been the closest contest that has ever taken
place in the borough of Chatham.