The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, JULY 20.—Wind N.N.E., light breeze and fine.
DEAL, JULY 19.—Wind E.S.E. to E. and E.N.E.—Arrd.
Willliam Woolley, Virtue, Mauritius; Symmetry, Fowell,
St. John's, Newfoundland.

LIViLIM/OL, JULY 19.—Wind N. N. W., mod erat e. —Arrd.
Mary Ray, Elwood, Demerara; St. Vincent, Young, New
York; Malvina, Bumholm, Newfoundland; St. Vincent's
Planter, Sierra Leone. The Wave has been docked without
injury. The Newton, for Gibraltar, at anchor in the river,
17th inst., was run foul of by a flat, and lost bowsprit, &c.,
and returned into dock. Off port, Lucy Wright and Chaos.
Ski. Joven Maria, Newfoundland; Ann, Cropper, Calcutta;
Dennison, Antigua ; Clyde, Boston.
PonTsmount, JULY 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. ll.M's.str.
Spiteful, Bombay, left Gth March; Cape, 29th May.
FALMOUTH, JULY 19.—Wind N.E.—Off port, New York!
New York, for Havre.

PETERHEAD JULY 17.—Wind S.Arrd• Hamilton Ross,
Barnett, Greenland,
with 5,700 seals and 1 fish. Left the
ice Ist inst., and reports the following vessels :—Enterprise,
with 9,000 seals and 4 fish (about 120 tuns) ' • Dublin, 6,000
seals and 4 fish (90 tuns); Eclipse, 3,600 seals and 3 fish (83
tuns); Hannibal, 4,500 seals and 7 fish (70 tuns); Union,
7,600 seals and 1 fish (86 tuns); Commerce, 3,500 seals and
2 fish (60 tuns); North of Scotland, 5,400 seals fish (54
tuns); Gleaner, 3,500 seals fish (35 tuns); Superior, 700
seals fish (7 tuns); Flamingo, 1,700 seals and 1 fish (32
tuns); and Fairy, 5,209 seals and 2 fish (70 tuns).
PLYMOUTH. JULY 18.—The William Irvine, of Swansea,
from Falmouth to Neath, foundered on the 15th instant—
crew saved.

OFF DARTMOUTH, JULY 15.—Catherine Jackson, Stafford,
Baltimore, for Amsterdam. 16, Emilie, Wu,ff, Batavia, for
Stockholm. 18, Alice Maud, Williams, Port Philip; Robert
Stride, Brennan, Quebec.

PIRACY ON THE COAST OF IRELAND.
Adthiralty, July 17, 1847.
Sir,—ln return to Mr. Cooper's letter of this day's date, re-
lating to the Olive Branch having been plundered off Erris
Head of her cargo of corn and meal, and requesting that
ode itiunal force may be stationed off that part of the coast of
Ireland, for the protection of grain-laden ships, I am com-
manded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
sate, for the information of the committee for managing the
affairs of Lloyd's, that an addi'ional steamer has been or-
dered to the west coast of Ireland, for the special purpose of
putting a stop to this system of piracy.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) H. G. WARD.
W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's.

ALARMING FIRE AT PIMLICO. - Monday morn-
ing, at four o'clock, an alarmi, g fire broke out at 73,
Vauxhall Bridge-road. Pimlico, in the occupation of Mr.
Soane, and had it not been so opportunely discovered, a
loss of life would doubtless have taken place. It com-
menced under the stairs in the kitchen, and rapidly
extended to the top of the house. The engines of the
London Brigade and West of England Company were
prompt in their attendance, and the firemen having set to
work most vigorously, they soon got the mastery over
the flames. The damage done by fire and water, how-
ever, is considerable.

EXTRAORDINARY CARE.-.A case of a very extraor-
dinary nature, which, for the sake of humanity and the
credit of the medical profession, is not, we trust, of fre-
quent occurrence, took place last week in this city. A
respectable woman who keeps a lodging-house on the
south side of the river, happened to have, as ono of her
inmates, a young man, a native, we believe, of Aber-
deenshire, who sometime at the end of last month took
typhus fever, which the medical man pronounced to be
of a dangerous kind, and likely, in all probability, to be
attended with fatal results. With the surgeon's advice,
this gentle landlady, to prevent all risk of contagion,
had the period of the young man's disease calculated
with so much exactness, that while he was still breath-
ing, and conscious, his grave was ordered to be dug, his
coffin in readiness, and the hearse hired for the purpoi,e
of conveying away his remains. Unfortunately, their
calculations were not sufficiently accurate, for the coffin
had arrived a few hours too soon; and when the hearse
came, the driver was horror struck to find that the sup.
posed deceased was still alive. He immediately d ..we
back. The young man died soon aittrwards, and n was
not till the day following that the interment took place.
The circumstances coming to the knowledge of the
authorities, an investigation was instantly set on foot to
arrive at some reason for these strange proceedings; but
we understand that nothing was elicited to criminate
any party further than that they had been prompted by
a desire, at whatever sacrifice of common humanity and
decency, to lessen the chances of contagion.—North
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HER MAJESTY'S STUD.—Twelve horse-boxes are
repairing and being zn!de rea:ly for use in Woolsi ch
Dockyard, said to beintended for the conveyance of
Forma et tier Majesty's stud by steamer to Scotland.

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o'clock.

A message from the Commons brought up several
Bills, and another message requested a conference with
their Lordships, with respect to the Lords' amendments
on the Poor-law Adminis:xation Bill. The conterence
having h•-en grant,ti, E,n thee return of the mess+-ngt,s,
th. cart of •h, Lon:,

The Alarques of LANSDOWNE stated that the
Commons agreed with some of the ainendnitnts, and
disagreed with others.
BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
Lord BROUGHAM then rose to call the attention
of the House to the manner in which the business of
Parliament had been conducted during the present ses-
sion. He did so with no factious design. His intention
was to bring under the consideration of their Lordships'
the course legislation had pursued during the present
sessien, nod in doing so his only object aas to gather
lessons for the future, and prevent Parliament trom
undergoing such another session a- that uhieh was
now about. ta close. He would call their Lordships' :,t-
-lei Lion '0 the measures that had be, n introduced,
those that had been withdrawn and those that had
passed. Or the latter he felt bound to say that he had
never known a session in which such calamitous mea-
sures had passed. Of the e:nglish Poor-law Bill which
they had passed this session he could not say much.
Another measure was the Poor Relief(lreland) Bill. How
long that measure was to last he could not say; but he
believed, that in bringing it forward, they were only
putting off the evil day. It was one thing to give relief,
and another, after they had taught men to be beggars,
to withdraw it. To say that because persons were to be
relieved from hunger who were unable to help the m-
selves during the summer months was a proposition
which he must confess he could not grapple with. He
found that in several districts assessments had been made
to the amount of 9s. in the pound for a single quarter of
the year, making a sum equal to 365. in the pound for
the year. Unless the pound sterling had a capacity of
swelling in Ireland, he did not see how those rates were
to be paid. Then there was the Factories Bill—it did
not require the talents of the seer to forsee what would
be the results of that Bill. Those three measures were
certainly the worst that he had ever known to be passed.
Now with respect to another subject, the endowment of
the Catholic Church he thought it might be rather
an unpopular opinion to express just now, that the
Catholic priesthood ought to be endowed, and he be-
lieved that despite the assertions to the contrary, that
there was not a single individual in connexion with that
church who would not jump at the offer. He was sorry
that a measure had not been introduced to carry out
those opinions. It was also a serious omission of duty
on the part of the Government, that they had not sent
a recognised agent to the Court of Rome. By their
omission to do so, they left seven millions of their fellow
subjects in a manner almost, if not altogether, unrepre-
sented. Then again, there were measures which were
just brought for ward seemingly for the purpose of being
withdrawn, some of them of the most important
nature, others of a less important character, but all
of them involved in one common and pitiless abandon-
ment. The first to which he would refer was one with
respect to Ireland, for the purpose of extending the
period of elections for counties in Ireland. The pre-
amble of that Bill recited, that " Whereas it was expe-
dient to limit the polling at elections to one daa," yet the
Bill contained no proviso for so reducing the time to be
allowed for such elections. That Bill, however expe-
dient might have been its provisions was gone, however,
with its brother Bill—the Parliamentary Electors' Bill.
Then, again, there was the Encumbered Estates (Ireland)
Bill, which was considered of so much paramount im-
portance to the best interests of the country. He thought
that nothing ought to have stood in the way of allowing
that Bill to pass. But notwithstanding the importance
and the necessity of such a measure, the Government
had made that to share the same fate as the other unfor-
tunate Bills. He then came to another Bill, which pro-
posed to effect much good for the whole commercial
system of the country, he alluded to the Railways' Bill.
He could hardly mention the name of that Bill without
exciting a smile. He highly approved of the interference
proposed by that Bill ; it was perfectly necessary that
some such supervision should be carried on by the
Government over the railway interests. By rail-
ways the whole of the country was cut up, the
old modes of travelling suspended, and the
roads blocked up. A monopoly was afforded to
those parties, and powers to take land and property com-
pulsorily. A Bill was brought in to allow the Govern-
ment some control over parties possessing these enor-
mous powers, and had been withdrawn in consequence of
the threatened opposition of the railway authorities.
He had no hope to see that measure carried in the next
Parliament, which was to be the first of the railway
Parliaments, and where he had no doubt that instead of
there being one person entrusted in railways, there would
be a dozen. He deeply regretted, therefore, that the
Bill had been withdrawn. Then the Health of Towns
Bill, that was a subject mentioned in the speech from the
Throne, and a Bill had been introduced at an early
period on the subject, but in that Bill the very place (the
city of London) which of ail others most needed the ope-
ration of the Bill, was excluded therefrom. That unfor-
tunate Bill, however, went the way of all Bills, except
those which were of no real value or service to the coun•
try. Then there was the Thames Conservancy Bill, a
Bill of great national importance, that had also gone the
way of all the Bills. There was a Prisons Bill, also,
that had been withdrawn, The Regulation of Births and
Deaths (Scotland) that had shared a similar fate.
Now, all these things showed clearly to his mind the
sivns of a weak Government, and he thought that any
Ministry was better than a weak Ministry. He sincerely
hoped that he might never live to see such sentiments
a.. ain adopted with respect to Bills, as had been with
respect to the Health of Towns Bill, the Encumbered
Estates Bill, and the Railways Bill. He hoped to see,
whatever Government should succeed, one that was sup.
ported by public opinion, enshrined in its own merits Is
the hearts of the people, and supported by large majo-
rities in both Houses of Parliament. Most sincerely did
he trust that he might never again have to lament over
such a session as this. He would, therefore, move that
an humble address be presented to her Majesty, setting
forth that the measures recommended from the Throne
had not been carried out by her Majesty's Ministers.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it necessary
to make some observations upon the speech of the
Noble and Learned Lord. There was not a word
that the Noble Lord had said, but would most equally
apply to the last four or five sessions of Parliament.
He should meet the Noble Lord's motion by a decided
negative. Nothing was more surprising than the charge
that nothing had been done. The Government had
shown the utmost desire to destroy monopolies injurious
to the people. For instance—the monopoly of the East
India Company, which fell gradually after sessions of
debate. The Government had passed, in addition to the
Bills for the alleviation of the famine in Ireland, several
Bills with reference to Scotland. The Muscle Bill, for
instance, was one of great national importance, inasmuch
as it would give employment to a great portion of the
people of Scotland. He entertained a confident belief
that the loans advanced to Ireland would be repaid—in
fact, they were in the course of being repaid. The
Noble and Learned Lord accused them with having done
little during the session. Why they had proposed and
carried a Bill for the importation of corn, a Bill relating
to the navigation-laws, a Bill respecting brewing from
sugar, and distilling from sugar. The Noble and Learned
Lord called these merely temporary Bills, but they were
brought forward for the purpose of meeting a great and
pressing emergency, although they did partake of such
a character. But they had also passed measures of great
permanent public importance: He should oppose the
motion.

Lord BROUGHAM replied, and stated that he did not
undervalue the temporary measures of the Government.
He considered that the Government had been deficient
in permanent measures of great public importance.
The motion was then negatived without a division.
Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lord-
ships adjourned shortly after Eight o'Clock.

HOUSE OF LUMMUIVS. July 20.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Three o'clock.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.
The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to:—
Birkenhead (Commissioners) Dock Acts Amendment
(Construction of New Docks and Alteration of
Culvert).
Birkenhead Commissioners Docks Acts Amendment (111
to Construction of Sea Wall along Wallasey Pool).
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction
Railway Deviations.
Royston and Hitchin Railway (Sale or Lease).
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
—Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Estate—Jesus
Hospital (Newcastle) Estate—Passingham's Estate.
Mr. REDHEAD YORKE presented a petition from
a person employed under Dr. Reid, praying for the pro-
duction of certain documents relating to the ventilation
of the New Houses of Parliament.

Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Brixton,
praying for the repeal of the Septennial Act.
TRINIDAD.
In reply to a question from Mr. HUME,
Mr. HAWES stated that instructions had been sent
out to Trinidad, directing that the island should be
partitioned out into districts, with the view of esta-
blishing municipal government, which might here-
after become a foundation for the erection of a General
Legislative Assembly.
THE BIBLE IN MADRAS.
In reply to a question from Sir R. H. INGLIS,
Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE intimated that the Home Go-
vernment did not approve of the order issued by the
Governor of Madras, discountenancing the use of the
Bible in a new class recently introduced into the Uni-
versity of Madras, the attendance on which was per-
fectly voluntary.
On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were ordered
to be laid before the House relating to the cultivation of
cotton in India ; and also returns relating to the number
i,f resident and non-resident clergymen belonging to the
Church of England.

IMPORTATIONS FROM IRELAND.
On the motion of Mr. GROGAN, returns were
ordtrcd showing the quantities of Grain (specifying the
different kinds), and of Flour or Meal imported into
Ireland, from the Ist day of September, 1846, to the sth
(lay of July, 1847, showing the number and description
of live stock, the quantities of cured provisions of all
kinds, of butter, poultry, and eggs imported into Ire-
land during the same period; and showing the quan-
tities of cured provisions, of butter, poultry, and eggs
exported from Ireland during the same period.
THE DOCKYARD CORPS.
In reply to a question from Mr. HINDLEY,
Mr. WARD stated that the entries into the dock-
d corps were purely voluntary.
COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WIGAN.
In reply to a queatiou from Kr. ~iND Y 3