The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

ARMY SERVICE BILL.

Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS was sure that the House
would not, at that hour, enter upon the Army Service
Bill, and he hoped it woul•1 be put off till after Easter.
Mr. FOX MAULE t.bjected to the Bill being post-
poned till after Easter ; and said, if it could not be
taken immediately, it would be necessary for the House
to meet at twelve o'clock this morning (Tuesday), to
take the Bill into consideration in Committee.

Lord J. RUSSELL thought that as the opponents of
the Bill had declined to come to a division upon a former
occasion appointed for the Bill, he did not think it fair
that a postponement of the measure should now take
place; he thought the arrangement he had proposed was
the most desirable that could be effected.
Sir H. DOUGLAS was understoLd to consent to the
suggestion of the Noble Lord.
&Ir. S. HERBERT thought that no good could result
from the House meeting to-morrow at twelve o'clock, as
most of the Members would have left town under the
impression that the Irish measure was disposed ot.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Bill did not come
on at that period, he would propose that it should be
taken after the notices at the usual hour this day.
C(.lonel SIBTRORP considered that the Govern-
I;lleonuse, vioristh d to smuggle the Bill through the
the would not bring it torwa,rd at so late an
hour as toe present.
After some further conversation, the remaining orders
of the day were disposed of, and
the II ,tise adjourned
at a Qaarter-past Two o'clock.

BouEaY AT KNAPTON.
Inspec- 1
tors Scott and Aldis apprehended W
st rk and George
Lark, both of Knapton ; the one fC'.;
141(1
other for receiving, a quantity of linseed"'
of the Rev. W. L. Barnes, of linapton. George
#as stopped with a quantity of linseed in his p„sb:„l'-'"
and the house of the other prisoner bei-,R searet):,ll'.'
quantity of linseed meal was found concealed there, which
corresponded with that found on the prisoner (3,,0rg,
They were brought before the magistrates at Cromer
and fully committed by W. H. Windnain, Esq.,
Walsingham prison.—Norfolk Chronicle.
THE NAVIGATION-LAWS.—On Saturday evening._
a meeting of mabters of vesseli and sailors engaged in th.
coasting trade, was held at the Admiral Tavern, Wapping
for the purpose of taking such steps us might be deemed ne-
cessary to prevent any alteration in the present navigation
laws. John Blyth, captain of the Emerald coasting vessel.
was unanimously called to the chair, and several resolu•
Lions embodying the sentiments of the meeting were adopted. '

PREVENTION, ETC., OF FIRES IN

TOWNS.

The following are the clauses relating to this subject
in the " Towns Improvement Clauses Bill" now before
the House of Commons:—
CLAUSE 107.—The party-walls of all buildings which
shall be erected after the passing of the Special Act
within the limits thereof, shall be carried through and
above the roof, to form a parapet of not less than twelve
inches in height, measured at right angles with the
slope of the roof above the covering of the roof
of the highest building to which such party-walls
belong ; and the external walls of all buildings
to be erected after the passing of the Special
Act, in or near any street, or within the curtilage of
any house adjoining any street, and the coverings of
the roof thereof, shall be constructed of incombus-
tible materials ; and it shall not be lawful for the owner
of any building within the limits of the special Act,
having at the passing of the special Act a roof covered
with thatch or other combustible material, and con
tiguous to or adjoining to any other building, to suffer
such covering to such roof to remain for a longer period
than seven years after the passing of the special Act.
And every person who shall erect any building, or cover
any roof, or suffer the covering of any roof to continue
contrary to the provision herein contained, and who
shall not remove or alter the same, within one month
after notice shall have been given to him for that pur-
pose by the Commissioners, shall be liable to a penalty,
not exceeding one pound, for every day that such build-
ing or covering to such roof shall so continue.
CLAUSE 135.—Every person who shall wilfully set or
cause to be set on fire any chimney w ithin the limits of
the Special Act, shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
ceeding five pounds : provided always, that nothing
herein contained shall exempt the person so setting or
causing to be set on fire any chimney from liability to
be indicted for felony.
CLAUSE 136.—1 f any chimney shall accidentally catch
or be on fire within the said limits, the person occupying
or using the premises in which such chimney shall be
situated, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
shillings : provided always that such forfeiture shall
not be incurred if such person shall prove to the satis-
faction of the justice before whom such case shall be
heard, that such fire was in no wise owing to omission,
neglect, or carelessness of himself or servant.
CLAUSE 137.—The Commissioners may purchase or
provide such engines for extinguishing fire, and such
water-buckets, pipes, and other appurtenances for such
engines, and such fire-escapes and other implements for
safety or use in case of fire, and may purchase, keep, or
hire such horses for drawing such,engines as they shall
think fit, and may build, provide, or hire places for keep-
ing such engines, with their appurtenances, and may
employ a proper number of persons to act as firemen,
and may make such rules for their regulation as they
shall think proper, and give such firemen and other
persons such salaries and such rewards for their exer-
tions in cases of fire as they shall think fit.
CLAUSE 138.—The Commissioners may send such
engines with their appurtenances, and the said firemen,
beyond the'limits of the Special Act, for extinguishing
fire in the neighbourhood of the said limits; and the
owner of the lands or buildings where such fit e shall
have happened, shall in such case defray the actual ex-
pense which may be thereby incurred, and shall also pay
to the Commissioners a reasonable charge for the use
of such engines, with their appurtenances, and for the
attendance of such firemen; and in case of any
difference between the Commissioners and the
owner of the said lands or buildings, the amount of
the said expenses and charge, as well as the propriety
of sending the said engines and firemen as afore-
said for extinguishing such fire (if the property thereof
be disputed), shall be determined by two justices, whose
decision shall be final; and the amount of the said ex •
penses and charge shall be recovered by the Commis-
sioners as damages.
CLAUSE I39.—The Commissioners shall provide and
maintain fit e-plugs and all necessary works, machinery
and assistance for securing an efficient supply of water in
cases of fire, and for this purpose they may enter into
any agreement with any water company or other party,
and they shall paint or mark on the buildings and walls
within the streets words or marks near to such fire-
plugs, to denote the situation thereof, and do such other
things for the purposes aforesaid, as they may from time
to time deem expedient.

RACES TO COME.

The following is the list
the season of 1847:

Newmarket C. 5
Burton Constable 7
Ahergavenny 8
Bath
Catterick
Newmarket, S. S 4
Plymouth and Devon-
port S.
Shrewsbury
Edinburgh 6

Ascot Heath
Hampton
Tpnbury
Sutton Park

Writtle
Newmarket
Lancaster
Mansfield .....

X fixtures already made for

Epsom S.
Newmarket, F. S.
Durham .... 22
Chester ............

Epsom
Manchester . .
Newton 26
Hungerford 27

Bibury Club
Stockbridge
Nee castle
Carlisle

Liverpool
Nottingham
Goildwood 27
-Leominster ...
UST.

... 12
AT_TG

Ripon
Brighton
Horwich
Wolverhampton
Chelmsford ..
Wading
Lewes
Yarmouth

Warwick
Knutsford
Aberdeen
Donm ter .
Leicester
Lichfield

22
OCT
Stafford 5
Newmarket, S. 0 ll
NOVE
..not fixed

Worcester .

York
*Egham
Derby 24
*Hererord
•Huntingdon 26
*Canterbury
Stourbridge