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London, England, 1847-06-18 00:00:00

PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9.

TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL.
Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amend-
ment proposed to Question (28th of April), "That the
Bill be now read a second time ;" and which Amendment
was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the
Question to Add the words " upon this day six months :"
Question again proposed, " That the word now' stand part
of the Question :—Debate roeumed :—Question put. The
House divided:—

MINORITY—AYES, 25.
Barron, Sir 11, W. Fielden, John O'Connell, M. J.
Blake, Martin J. Fitzroy, Henry Peahen, Captain:
Bodkin, J. J. Law, Hon. E. C. Perfect, Robert
Bowring, Dr. Lawless, Cecil Scrope, G. P.
Boyd, John M`Carthy, Ales. Wawn, J. T.
Castlereagh, Vise. Mitchell, T. A. Yorke, Fl'.-R.
Collett, John Morris, David
Colvile, C. R. Norreys, Sir D. TELLARS.
Corbally, M. E. O'Brien, J. Crawford, W.S.
Escott, Bickhasn O'Brien, Timothy Roche, E. B.

MAJORITY—NOES, 112.
Adderley, C. B. Frewen, C. H. Monahan, J. E.
1111 x, J. P. Fuller, A. E. Mostyn, E.
Arkwright, G. Gaskell,'"J. 31. Mundy, E. M.
Bankes, George Gibson, T. M. Norreys, Lord
Baring, F. T. Gill, Thomas O'Brien, A. S.
Bentinck, Lord G. Gladstone, J. N. Pakington, Sir J. S.
Blackstone, W. S. Goring, Charles Plumridge,Captain
Bodkin, William H. Graham, Sir James Polhill, F.
Bolder°, H. G. Granby, Marquis of Rashleigh, William
Borthwick, Peter Greene, Thomas Rendlesham, Lord
Brown, W. Grey, Sir G. Repton, G. W. J.
Browne, W. Grogan, Edward Rice, E. R.
Buller, Charles Halsey, T. P. Richards, Richard
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hamilton, W. J. RoHeston, Colonel
Banbury, W. Hamilton, Lord C. Hominy, John
Burke, T. J. Hamner, Sir John Ross, D. R.
Busfeild, W. Harcourt, G. Round, J.
Byng, G. S. ' Harris, Hon. Capt. Russell, Lord J.
Carew, W. H. Pole Hastie, Archibald Rutherford, A.
Christie, W. D. Hawes, Benjamin Seymer, Henry Ear
Clifton, J. T. Heneage, G. Shaw, F.
Clive, Viscount Henley, J. W. Smith, R. V.
Codrington, Sir W. Hodgson,:Richard Trelawny, J. S.
Cole, Hon. H. A. Houldsworth, T. Verner, Sir W.
Corry, H. Howard, C W.G. Vesey, T.
Craig, W. G. Howard, P. H. Vyvyan, Sir R. It.
Deedes, W. Hudson, G. Walpole, S. H.
Denison, J. E. Hughes, W. B. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Dennistonn, J. Hussey, T. Ward, H. G.
Dick, Q. Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Wilshere, T. W.
Dickinson, F. H. Jones, Captain Winnington, Sir T.
Duckworth, Sir; J. Labouchere, Henry Wodehouse, Edmund
Duncan, George Lefroy, A. Worcester, Marquis
East, Sir J. B. Macaulay, T. B. Young, John
Farnham, E. B. Mainwaring, T.
Ferguson, Sir R. Marshall, William
Floyer, John Mettle, Fox
Forbes, William Miles, William
Forster, Matthew 31itcalfe, H.

TELLERS.
Tufnell, IL
Parker, John

REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS
DURING THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 12.
i Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week.
Males ... ... ... 440 Males ... ... ... 582
Females ... ... 400 Females ... ... 595

....
Total . . 840

Total ... 1,177

ASYLUM FOR AGED FREE-
MASONS.

The twelfth anniversary festival in aid of the Asylum
for Aged Freemasons was held on Wednesday in the Free-
masons' Hall, Great Queen street, Lincoln s Inn-fields,
Rowland G. Alston, Esq., in the chair.
The festival was very numerously attended, and the
gallery was filled with ladies. Amongst the distinguished
members of the masonic order present H e observed—

Major Shute, P.G.M., of Bristol; Major-General Cooke,
the Rev. Erskine Neal, the Rev. S. Rumsey, Dr. Cru-
cefix, Captain Chappell, R.N., Mr. Secretary Whitmore,
Brother Bigg, and several others.
The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of in a
most enthusiastic manner,
The CHAIRMAN proposed what he considered em-
phatically the toast of the evening, namely, "Prosperity
to the Asylum," and in doing so took occasion to remark
that some very sophistical objection had been raised
against the establishment of this most benevolent in-
stitution, and some jealousy had been excited amongst the
order,from an erroneous impression that this society would
interfere with the Freemasons' Annuity Society, but, in
his opinion, it was calculated to advance rather than re-
tard the progress of that admirable institution in its
good work of charity and benevolence. The Hon. Gen-
tleman, in an able and eloquent address, urged the claims
of the society to the support of the masonic order at
large, and concluded by proposing " Success and pros-
perity to the Asylum for Aged Freemasons."
The toast was drunk with the usual honours, as were
also the healths of the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master
of the Order; Lord Southampton, President of the In-
stitution; the Dukes of Athol and Leinster, Grand
Masters of Scotland and Ireland; General Cooke, Grand
Master of the New York Lodge; and Dr. Cracefix, the
Treasurer of the Institution.
Dr. CRUCEFIX, in responding to the latter toast, took
occasion to read the report of the committee of manage-
ment of the institution, from which it appeared that the
funds in hand amounted to the sum of 4,1161., and the
committee therefore thought no time ought to be lost in
purchasing land for the erection of an asylum for de.,
cayed and aged Freemasons ; and at the forthcoming
meeting of the society, in July next, the managers of
the institutions would be prepared to submit a resolution
to that effect.
The report appeared to give great satisfaction, and
was of course received with great applause.
A liberal subscription was then entered into, amount-
ing to upwards of 5001.
The evening's proceedings were considerably en-
livened by the clever performances of the Distan family
upon the Sax horns, and the vocalisation of Mr. Binge,
the Misses Turner, and Mr. Bluett, who sung a number
of songs selected from the most popular operas of the
day, and elicited a good deal of applause. On every .
occasion of their appearance the Distan family were en-
thusiastically encored, while the taste and beauty of the
singing of the Misses Turner and Mr. Binge, added
greatly to the conviviality of the evening. It would be
an act of injustice to omit to notice the admirable man-
ner in which Mr. Hasken fulfilled the office of toast
master, or to overlook the sumptuousness of the enter-
tainment, which did great credit to the canine of the
Messrs. Bacon.

THE GREAT BRlTAlN.—Several large cases, ca-
pable of carrying thirty or forty tons of sand or other mate-
rial, are made, or in progress of being made, on the sand op-
posite this noble ship, and a number of balks are being fitted
with large sheaves. The Great Britain has been raised seve-
ral feet, without anpi xternal application, except the lifting
forward, by four large spars and penchans, and the tighten-
ing of the vessel herself. It was said that the spars and
tackle were to have been continued, but this plan appears to
have been improved upon since the arrival of Mr. Bremner,
and Mr. Patterson, the builder of the ship, the boxes being
intended to supersede penchans. After the ship's bottom has
been seen, the boxes, it is presumed, are to act as canals,
inasmuch as they are bevilled to the form of the bottom, and
are intended to float her off. The foundation of the break.
water is being dug up preparatory to this; which, it is said,
will not be attempted until the high tide in next month.
Numbers of carriages and other vehicles, conveying the curi-
ous, daily attend the Great Britain, and great activity seems
to prevail under the superintendence of Captain Claxton,
who, we understand, is quite confident as to her being floated,
when everything is ready and the prudent time arrives.—
Downpatrick Reporter.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE STRAND. Yes-
terday, a few minutes after midnight, a destructive fire
broke out in Angel-court, which runs off the Strand between
Norfolk-street and Surrey-street. It appears to have
originated at the bottom of the court, in the factory of
Messrs. Leighton and Son, bookbinders, and to have ex-
tended thence on both sides of the court, but priecipally on
the side next to Surrey-street, along which the premises of
Messrs. Leighton run. That portion of the building occu-
pied by the factory has been completely destroyed, and the
upper portions of the range of buildings next it reaching
towards Surrey-street, have also been burned. The fire
from its situation, and the slight construction of the houses
(there being no party-wall), spread with extraordinary
rapidity, and, in less than half an hour from its first ap-
pearance, had attained a most formidable appearance. As-
sistance, however, was rapidly procured, and six powerful
engines belonging to the Brigade. two from the County and
the West of England, besides three parish engines, were
quickly pouring an enormous body of water on the burning
pile. After the lapse of an hour the efforts of the firemen,
under the skilful direction of Superintendent Braidwood,
were crowned with success, and the fire was extinguished.
Messrs. Leighton and Sons are, we understand, insured in the
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MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM JUNE 16.
This morning, at 6 o'clock, the undermentioned non-com-
missioned officers left this garrison, en route for Southampton.
, From thence they proceed, by the IN est India mail packet, for
the purpose of
NiiiVensntal,nfdoriajten joining !their respective corps, viz.:—let
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Sergeant-Major James Gabriel, Company Sergeant-Major
Thomas Kelly, Company Sergeant-Major Philip Beck, and
James Donaldson, orderly-room clerk, with three women and
six children, for Honduras.
MR. LEIGH HUNT.—AMATEUR DRAMATIC PER-
FORMANCIS. The literary amateurs, including Charles
Dickens, the Punch contributors, and others,
whose per-
formances have been
so highly applauded for their intrinsic
excellence, as well as for the charitable motives which sug-
gested them, are, we are told in the Atheneum, about to
give four representations--two in London, one in Manchester,
and one in Liverpool. The proceeds will realise, it is be-
lieved, a sufficient sum, or, at least, the basis of a fund, to
purchase an annuity for the declining years—which are fast
running out —of one who is a large creditor on public esteem
and gratitude—Mr. Leigh Hunt.—Manchester Guardian.
The latest accounts received from Gibraltar quote
the exchange upon London 5014 to 143, which is about the
same as previous letters advised. The weather has become
exceedingly hot, and business pursuits, under order from the
Governor, were in consequence commenced one hour earlier
in the morning than usual.