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London, England, 1849-06-01 00:00:00

EVENING, JUNE 1,

DANISH WAR.

Mr. GEORGE SANDARS wished to ask the Noble
Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs if be had heard
of the fact of several British ships with British property,
sailing from the port of Barth, having been seized by the
Mulish ships of war, end taken into Copenhagen, though
the said port of Barth is not one of the ports which has
been decl tred under blockade, or any steps taken to
render it so.
Lord PALMERSTON replied that a few days ago
an application was made to him on the subject, and he
was now causing inquiries to be made into it.
Mr. GEORGE SANDARS observed that one of the
yeas. Is stopped had charge of the mails.
Lord PALMERSTON said he had applied to the
foreign power in question for permission that vessels with
the mails might pass, but he had not yet received an
answer to the application.
Mr. G. SANDARS had been informed that! as many
as 36 vessels, most of which were foreign, had been
allowed to pass this blockaded port.
Lord PALMERSTON said Government had sent out
a steamer to ascertain if the blockade was completed,
but the shores of the Elbe could not be so effectually
blockaded as to keep out all vessels. No doubt some
vessels had effected an entrance at night, but it must be
remembered that they did so at a risk, and were liable
to be afterwards seized and condemned.
SUPPLY.
The House then went into Committee of Supply.
On the question that 162,467/. be granted for addi-
tions and repairs of Royal Palaces,
Mr. B. OSBORNE said no man in the House had
greater respect for the Sovereign of the country than
himself. While he was sure he was only expressing the
feding of the House in saying that he was most anxious
that the Sovereign should be lodged in a way that would
do credit to the country and the station she occupied
in Europe, at the same time he thought the House
was bound to inquire into the system in which these
enormous sums were year after year brought before the
House of Commons for public palaces. He was sure the
Sovereign would be the last individual in the country to
wish that -ystem to continue without proper inquiry bsing
made into it. Now on the first page of this es imete he
saw 7501. for Buckingham Palace ; but if the House
would take the trouble to turn over tie next few
pages. they would find an additional sum of
50,000/. for the same building. By the report
of a Committee appointed in 1831 to inquire
into the state of Windsor and Buckingham Palaces
it appeared that, exclusive of the marble arch, there had
been expended in BuckingLaus Palace no less a sum
than 613,2961., which, added to the 150,0001 granted last
year, made an aggregate sum of 763,2161., besides the
grants for furniture, &c. Now, for such a sum as that
they ought to have been able to build a palace fitting
the Sovereign of the country, instead of which they had
got a patched up building, erected in a hole. So
mach, then, for Buckingham Palace.—(Laughter.)
He had nut the least disrespect for the Sovereign, but
he could not forbear calling attention to a vote of 6,5001.
for marketaLles at Windsor, and for supplying them
with water. Then, again, flushing and cleansing the
drains was charged at 16,550/. The Noble Lord at the
head of the Government rates, last night, that when round
figures were put down that it meant that a further sum
viould be required. He, therefore, called particular
a tendon to the vote, because it might b in general
thought it was only preliminary to a further sum. The
House might say that it was a email sum ; but he found
from the report of the Committee of 1841, that the
expenditure upon Windsor Castle, from 1824 to 1836,
had amounted to the enormous sum of 1,498,5161.—
(He ar, hear)—making, with what was required this
year, a total of 1,515,0001., exclusive of the sums voted
to the Woods and Forests for furnishing and other
that ;they were. It
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a strong opinion upon this excessive expenditure.
Why, if they went on at this rate, the whole of the re-
venue of the country would be swallowed up in the build-
ing of palaces.—(Hear, hear.) Why the estimate of the
new Palace at Westminster was 750,000 l.; but already
they had spent 2,000,0001. upon it—(Hear)—and they
were spoiling the House of Lords by erecting a hideous
gallery, which would spoil the beautiful proportions of
the building. And in the new House of Commons not
a word would be heard; hut perhaps that would be an
advantege to some Hon. Members.—(Laughter.) Again,
he sow in the estimates a small sum since, it was 41 14 e,
but he mentioned it for ante her reason—namely, from ifs
being applied to the purposes of the abominable Palace
Court, to which he wished to draw the attention of this
Nub'e Lord the Member for Maryletone.—(Hear.)
The miscellaneous estimates were, however, su large
that it was impossible to follow them. He suggested
that for the future all the sums expended upon public
buildings should be carried on. At present Members
thought that new sums were required, and they ware
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Mr. OSBORNE did not object to repairs.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—At
the time the money referred to was expended on drains
at Windsor Castle there were no drains.
Mr. SLANEY said he remembered that a survey was
made of Windsor by Sir 11. Delabeche, and that he
reported that improved drainage was necessary for the
health of the town.
Sir DE LACY EVANS hoped that the barracks a
Windier would not be forgotten.
The votesvas agreed to.

MARBLE ARC[I AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
Mr. OSBORNE said, that i❑ this vote there was a
sum, he vbserv, d, of 200/. for the expense of pulling
ito,,n the marble arch, 'This arch had cost upwards of
80,0001. in the er ction, and now there was to be a
lurrher sum for pulling it down. He should very much
like to know what was to be done with this arch?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that in reply to the lion. Member, be really could not
say what was to be done with the arch, for nothing had
at present been decided upon, but one thing was very
plain and that was that the arch could nut continue
where it was.—(Laughter.)
The vote wus the❑ pas,ed.
COMMITTEE-ROOMS, &c.
On the vote for 3,284/. to defray the cost of committee-
rooms and other temporary accommodations in the new
Houses of Parliament,_

M—r.OSBORANE said he hardly thought that the House
were aware that since the temporary accommodations
had been afforded not less than 200,0001. had been
spent upon them.—(Hear, hear.) Then, again, there
was another item to which he thought no suffi-
cient attention had ever been directed, and that was the
charge of 120,000/, for ventilation. Not that he was in-
clined to find fault with the ventilation—(Hear, bear)—
but he wished the House to see what they paid for it.
Then there was another charge which he wished to
bring under their notice, and in doing. so he was anxious
ii-ear the opinion of the Under Secretary for the-
Colenies, respecting those hideous galleries which were
now being erected in the House of Lords. That R ght
lion. Gentleman was a member of the Fine Arts Com-
mission, and as in all probability they would see the
expense of them charged in next year's estimates, he
should like to have his (pinion.—(Hear.) lie objected
to money being expended on temporary erections, and
would advise the Hou e to refuse their countenance,
for it was his firm impression that unless the House put
the screw on the Chancellor of the Exchequer he deci-
Tlyhheea
dedly believed that they would never sit in the new
House at all.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.)
The vote was then agreed to.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.
letinhgerthmeaHjeasrtys b,our at
Homail
steam-packets was then agreed to.
Holyhead sumforo ft
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HARBOURS OF REFUGE.
On the vote for 144,5411. for completing the Harbours
of Refuge,
Mr. M. GIBSON wished to inquire whether these
harbours were for commercial or for military purposes.

He understoudil;attTese harbours, for commercial pur-
poses, were more likely to be harbours of destruction
than of safety. The French, he understood, termed the
harbour at Dover a harbour of aggression instead of
safety.
Amer a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, the vote was agreed to.
Atter a few obseevations from Mr. THORNELY and
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER the vote was
agreed to.

A vote of 10,0001. for works and repairs on Cale-
donian Canal was agreed to without discussion.
Uponnso
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public
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be tohe x
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to the department of public works in Ireland, and also
f,,r the purposes of inland navigation, under the direc•
tion of the said CornmisAoners,
Mr. SPOONER moved as an amendment, that the
vote should be r,dueed by 1,22.51. Is. 7d., that sum being
required tor certain repairs in connection with May-
nooth College.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided.

Fur tLe reduction
96
Against it

Alsif,rity
KINGSTON HARBOUR.
A vote for 5,500/. for defraying the expenses of the
works and repairs at Kingston Harbour, was agreed to
without discussion or division.
SALARIES OF PARLIAMENTARY OFFICERS.
A vote for 93,2001. fur the salaries of offictrs and
expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, aid the sila-
nes of retired officers, was agreed to without discussion.
THE TREASURY.
On the vote for 7,2004 fog the salari6s,.and expenses
of her Majesty's Treasury being read,

Mr. GOULBURN said he could not concur in the
principle on which the reduction had been made
on those salaries. He did not deny that by this arange-
meat a large amount of money was saved, but it was
vny ha,f, economy to save money at the expense of
the efficiency of the departments. It was highly
important that the subordinate officers of such depart-
ment of the state should be a ffi-Aent individuals well
varsed in the usages and rules of Parliament, hut
let them not ostabiish a system which should place great
power arid vast duties in the hands of only a few
individuals. It was much better to nave one responsible
head over each department, and spread the duties
over a number of subordinate officers, who'
should be entitled to promotion according to
merit and seniority. He therefore thought Vie ar-
rangement now proposed of reducing the subordinate
officers, was an ill-advised one.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP. BEET.
Yesterday Eliza Schulthberger was brought up for
final examination before Mr. Hanpruill, charged with
having udminian red repeated doses of arsenic to her
hu-band, with intent to destroy his life.
Upon taking her place at tee bar a striking change
was visible in the countenance and deportment of the
prisoner, her former coolness and self-possession having
entirely deserted her, and given place to a haggard and
restless expression, and an appearance of trepidation, as
ii she were startling from strong internal emotion.
The facts of the case, as adduced in evidence at the
former examination, and which have already appeared
in this paper, were now read over to the prosecutor,
who entered into the following important particulars:—
He stated that about twelve months since, and some
time after the altered demeanour of his wife towards
him first attracted his attention, he accidentally
discovered that she was in the habit of receiving
frequent clandestine visits from a man residing in
the neighbourhood, and upon expressing dissatisfaction
at her cenduct she became much agitated, and told him
that she had done him a great wrong, but that he would
learn all about it when she was dead. On the same
evening she made an attempt upon her life, which he
succeeded in frustrating, and fur a short time after there
was an appearance of improvement in her conduct, but
she soon relapsed into her former habits, and upon corn-
ing home unexpectedly upon a subsequent occasion, he
found the blinds drawn down, and had to writ at least
ten minutes before she admitted him. He noticed at the
time that she looked very pale and agitated, and, hear-
ing a scuffling sere of noise up stairs, he inquired what
it 'tweet, and she told him that it was caused by the cat.
His suspicions, however, were not sufficiently excited to
induce him to search the place, and he returned to his
business, but, oat the following day, the man who was
the object of his jealousy called while he was at home,
and, observing a secret signal exchanged between the
latter and his wife, he warned her of the coesequences,
unless she prohibited his visits. The prisoner became
thereupon greatly enraged, and told him that it ever
he repeated such an ihenuation he should have cause to
repept it, and shortly after this conversation he was
seized with the symptoms he h::d before described, and
which ultimately induced him to make the search that
resulted in his discovery of the poison.
Dr. John Ryan, a professor of chemistry residing at
Dalston (but not acting in that capacity at the Germen
Hospital, as before stated), deposed that about three
weeks since the prosecutor's brother called upon him with
a small paper parcel, containing a quantity of crystalline
powder, resembling very fine salt, which he chemically
tested immediately after, and found that it consisted of
10 grains of common salt and white arsenic, in the pro-
portion of 8 grains of the former to 2 of the latter.
While the brother was inside his house he observed
in the garden the prosecutor, who called upon
him the following day to consult him in re-
ference to his health. He presented a very emaciated
appearance, and exhibited such symptoms as minute
doses of ars( nic administered to him for a length of time
would produce. He complained of long-continued
nausea, and, besides his emaciated looks, witness parti-
cularly remarked the felling off of his hair, the general
unhealthy appearance of his skin, end a great depression
of his vital energies, indicating tha; his nervous system
had been very much affected by something of a poisonous
nature. The man described that after his meals he felt
a burning pain in the throat and the pit of the stomach,
with a disposition to vomit, anti very offensive secretions.
Witness attended him for about twelve days, and in the
first instance prescribed whet he considered best calcu-
lated to act as an antidote to arsenical poison, and found
the symptoms give way to that treatment, and on the fol-
lowing day he seemed to be better. He continued this
treatment for 12 days, and considered him now to be per-
fectly recovered. The Doctor added, that the ten
grains he found in the paper would not quite half fill a
small saltspoon, but he was dceidedly of opinion that
two grains of arsenic administered to a healthy man for
four or five consecutive days might be sufficient to cause
death.
Sergeant Kelly stated that since the last examination
he had been engaged in constant efforts to discover the
shop at which the poison produced had been purchased,
but hitherto without success.
Mr. Vann, the prisoner's solicitor, said that under the
circumstances detailed he should advise his client to re-
serve her defence; but he felt bound to intimate that she
earnestly protested her innocence, and he should be pre-
pared with evidence before another tribunal to rebut the
most material parts of the prosecutor's statement, and to
prove that she had been compelled to leave his house and
seek protection from her fattier, in consequence of her
husband's ill-usage.
The depositions were then taken by Mr. Vine, the
chid' clerk, and the prisoner was fully committed to
Newgate fur trial.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 31.
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES.
(Continued from our Third Edition of last night)
Mr. GLADSTONF, objected to the charge of 2,5001.
for a Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the
Mint, he having made the same objection to the same
Comrns,ion last session. lie knew of no reason which

called for such an inquiry. There was only one duty
which the Master of the Mint had to perform, and that
was the duty of reforming the constitution of the Mint.
The Master of the Mint might therefore have made the
inquiry with proper assistants. He protested, therefore,
altogether to the appointment of such a Commission.
The appointment of unnecessary Commissions had the
disadvantage of dividing responsibility. It would be
better to have these inquiries made by heads of depart-
inents, who should be held responsible for the reports
which they might make.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
Commission was appointed to inquire whether the coin-
age could not be c,inducted at a less expense than custo-
mary to the country. The gentlemen who were ap-
pointed on this Commission were gentlemen of experi-
ence, and had been appointed by a vote of that House
against the opposition of the Right Hon Gentleman.
The result of the inquiry had satisfied the Government
that the appointments were as good as could be male.
With respect to the appointment of Col. Forbes,whoheld
an office in the East India Compan)'s service, it would
have been unfair to have accepted Col. Forbes's services
without remunerating that gentleman.
Sir J. TYRELL said that with reference to the Mint,
he did think the blue books ref], etrd on the former
Masters of the Mint and on the Right Hon. Gentlemen
on the Treasury bench. There had been commission
after commission on this subject, at a great expense to
the country, but productive of no improvement or re,
form. Some explanation he thought ought to be given
regarding a recent appointment to a situation connected
with the Mint of a son of the Hon. Member for Dublin.
Sir G. CLERK did not find fault with the Commis-
sioners endeavouring to procure all the information they
could. What be complained of was, that evidence had
been received against officers of the Mint from persons
who had not lately been connected with it, and that the
Commissioners had never communicated either directly
or indirectly to these officers the charges preferred
against them. These gentlemen complained, but were
told that the Commission had ceased, and that no fur-
ther inquiry could be granted. He thought they were
entitled to a full inquiry.
Mr. SHEIL believed the Right Hon. Gentleman had
alluded to a dccument in the report furnished by M.
Pistrucci. He was ready to admit that he regretted the
terms of the document. He had already communicated
to the gentleman to whom it rete:red—Mr. Brand—the
expression of his regret at the language used by M.
Pistrucci. It ought to be recollected, however, that Mr.
Wyon corroborated M. Pistrueci in the evidence he had
given. The Whole facts had been laid before the Com-
missioners, whose duty it was to report and suggest such
alterations as would prevent the recurrence of the evils
to which M. Pistrucci had adverted. In the whole of

he report there was not one word which reflected on
Mr. Brand, who he could not help thinking had been too
sensitive on the subject. Mr. Brand had written to
him, in what he conceived rather hostile terms, court-
ing investigation. Instead, however, of specifying
any particular point, he had
i demanded a general
investigation. Such an investigation would be pre-
posterous. He believed, f the report of the Commis-
sioners was carried into effect, a saving of 14,000/. or
15,000/. a yt ar would be effected. The recommendations
of Colonel Forbes were extremely valuable, and would
produce a saving of 10,000/. a year. With regard to the
office of the Solicitor of the Mint, there could be no doubt
that the Master of the Mint had the right to recommend
en individual when a vacancy occurred. The salary was
800/. a year. In the late vacancy the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had, with great justice and discretion, put a
stop to a job.—(Laughter.) The job was in the system
and not in the individual ; and his Right Hon. Friend,
very properly, would not allow the appointment to be
made. His Right Hon. Friend would not consent to a
person receiving 8001. a year for doing nothing, but con-
solidated the office of the Solicitor to the Mint with the
office of Solicitor to the Treasury, and thereby saved
the country 800/. a year. Mr. Powell, who had
been Second Assistant. Solicitor to the Mint for thirty
years, was promoted to be First Assistant-Solicitor,
and his salary was raised to 600/. a year, his
fees havieg been abolished. On Mr. Powedi's promo-
tion, there, of course, occurred a vacancy in the office
which he had held. On his (Vlr. Sheil's) recommenda,
lion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad appoints d a
son of his Hon. Friend the NI, rnber tor Dublin, who
was perfectly qualified for the situation, and who had
pas td five years in the office of an attorney, The At-
torney-General had also recommi:nded him; and he had,
therefore, been appointed, not certainly by him (Mr.
Sheil), but by his recommendation, to the vacant situa-
tion, worth about 320/. a year. That was the who.e of
the remarkable job. %Vial regard to his own office, he
had only to state that Le was one of those who had re-
commended that the- patronage belonging to it should be
tvausferred to the Treasury.
Mr. GOULBURN said the real question which the
Committee had to consider was respecting the propriety
of appointing a commission to inquire into that matter,