The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-29 00:00:00

THE ADDRESS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR read her Mijesty's
Abswer to the Achheiq, which was ordered to Le en-
tered on the Journals.

The Duke of WELLINGTON would take that
oprortunity of saying that it would be very desirable if
nine mode were adopted of makng• known the time
when their Lordships would go up to her Majesty with
the Address. Had he known the time it would epr-
!air.ly have been his duty to have attended ; and he
000111 say for several others of his Noble Friends who
were ignorant of the time when the Address would
IJr presented, that it was their intention to have been
present.—( Hear, hear.)
Viscount MELBOURNE regretted that public
notice had not been given in the House ; but he thought
it had been generally understood that the Address
would be received at two o'clock. Ile had given pri-
vate notice to several Peers ; but he agreed with the
Noble Dukc, that it would be better if the matter had
been stated publicly.
The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
from Bury St. Edmunds, praying for the relief of Dis-
senters from Church-rates and the discharge of Mr.
Baines.

THE EARL OF CARDIGAN.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had a communica-
tion to make to their Lordships to which he wished
to call their attention. He thought it his duty to
live a communication with Mr. Justice Bosan-
quct, the Chief Judge of the Central Criminal Court,
relative to certain proceedings which had taken place
in that Court respecting a Member of their Lordships'
Ho,:ae. In answer to that communication he had
received a letter from his Lordship, in which he
stated an indictment had been found against the
Earl of Cardigan at the last October sessions,
for feloniously shooting at Mr. Harvey Tuckett, with
intent to kill or do him some grievous bodily harm.
Mr. 4dolphug, who appeared as Counsel for the
Noble Earl, prayed that the recognizances might be
respired to the ensuing Sessions, on the ground that the
No+..le Earl, being a Peer, could not be tried in that Court,
whereupon the recognizances were ordered to be respited
in order to have the indictment tried before a proper
tribunal, or before the Lord High Steward of the House
of Peers. That he had further ascertained from the
Clerk cf. the Arraigns, that similar orders had been made
for respiting the recognizances at the following Sessions.
Their Lordships having now a knowledge of the facts,
they would perhaps think it right that the same course
:.hould be adopted as on all similar occasions, and he
apprehended that the first step should be for their
Lordships to appoint a Committee to inquire into the
coarse of proceedings that ought to be adopted.
He found from the Journals of the House, that the
mode of appointing such Committees was not always
uniform. In the majority of cases, these Committees were
appointed to consist of all Peers who had attended during
the existing Session ; in other cases, it had been re-
ferred to a Committee of Privileges. Either course
might be adopted, but he (the Lord Chancellor)
thought the better course would be to adopt
the precedent, that the Committee should consist of all

those Peers present during the existing Session, as they
. would thus secure the attendance of a greater number
of Peers.
Alter a short pause,
The LORD CHANCELLOR asked if it was
their Lordships' pleasure that a Committee should
be appointed, to consist of all Peers who had
attended during the Session to inquire into the practice
of the House upon the subject. This was the plan
adopted in 17-16, and there was also another precedent,
namely, to apply to the Chiefs of the Courts of West-
minster to attend the House upon the subject, though
perhaps that course would not be necessary in the pre-
sent case, as two of thoso Chiefs were Members of their
Lordships' House.
It was then agreed that the Committee should meet
on Monday next at two o'clock.
COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting the Copyhold
Enfranchisement Bill for a first reading, stated that his
intention was to adopt the same course which was pur-
sued with the Bill last year, namely, that after it had
been printed, and read as soon as possible a second time,
to move that it be referred to a Select Committee.
Lord REDESDALE said a few words, which were
inandiblein the gallery.
The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to
be printed.

CHURCH INTRUSION (SCOTLAND).
The Earl of HADDINGTON wished to ask the
Noble Viscount at the head of her Majesty's Govern-
ment a question, the importance of which to the north-
ern part of the United Kingdom must be his apology.
The question related to tVit unhappy dissensions which
agitated Scotland on the subject of Non-Intrusion. He
wished to ask whether it was the intention of Ministers to
propose to Pe.rliament any measure to allay the animosi-
ties which existed, and to settle, as far as a Parliamentary
provision could settle, the question ? or whether the
Government, being satisfied with the law as it stood,
were determined to afford its full protection to those
who were disposed to obey the law.
Lord MELBOURNE agreed with the Noble Earl
as to the importance of the subject. The question had
been most seriously considered by her Majesty's Minis-
ters, and they had not thought it necessary to propose
any measure to alter the existing law.
The Earl of HADDINGTON hoped that the
Noble Viscount would answer the latter part of his
question, as to whether it was the intention of Govern-
ment to protect those who obeyed the law ?
Lord MELBOURNE said—Certainly, as a matter
tf course.

The Earl of HADDINGTON said he would not
deal candidly with their Lordships, it he did not state
his opinion that the question could not be settled without
the intervention of Parliament.

The Earl of HARD\VICKE then put a question
to Lord Melbourne, the import of which, and of-the
answer, was totally inaudible in the Gallery.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. - A meeting of the
above SOciety for scientific business was hell on Tuesday
evening, at which W. Yarrell, Esq.. presided. Several
presents were exhibited, amongst which was a dorus (hole-
thuria), an animal as yet but little known, the gift of Sir E.
Cust. It was caught in the sea at Porto Rico, but al-
though great care was taken it only lived two days after
confinement. Its colour is of a yellowish brown, with
bright spots and streaks, and its skin rich and sincoth. Its
length is six inches, and its breadth two inches. A com-
munication was read relative to a wreck or skeleton of a
sp.miea of sponge of exquisite beauty, found off Helongos,
Phillipine Islands. It is of a whitish colour, about nine
inches in length, six in circumference, and of a hollow cy-
lindrical form somea hat resembling a cornucopia. Exter-
nally it is partially covered with a uet work of fibres, ex-
tending longitudinally and transversely, some of which are
as line as the hairs of spun glass. It was designated tex-
. Clissima. Mr. Gould presented and described two birds
( liirnantasses Novo Zclandro), from Port Philip, New
Zealand. They were distinguished from others of that fa-
mily by their black-plumage. A paper was read regard-
ing some hares caught in Thibet. The animal does not
.burrow, and its peculiarities differ widely from those found
in Europe. The meeting then adjourned.
ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON•-
A meeting of the Society was held at their rooms in Pall-
mall, on Tuesday evening, when the following persons
were elected Fellows i—Prince Esterhazy, the Duke of
Sutherland, the Hon. Colonel Anson, M. P., henry
U.
Thomson, M D., D. D. Davis, M.D., John miles, Esq.,
John Ward, Esq., Arthur Wellesley Ward, Esq.,
and Neville Ward, Esq. After the ballot Mr. Sowerby
concluded his paper upon the varieties of structure in
wood, which gave rise to the appearance called curl, and
other ornamental figures. The Chairman, Dr. Roxburgh,
announced that the works now in progress upon the So-
tiety's ground in the Regent's Park were the formation
of the principal walks, the lawn, and the medical garden.
Among the donations reported was a quantity of build-
ing stone, presented by Mr. Ward from his quarries at
Calverly.
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM M. LYNCH, INDIAN
NAVY.—lntelligence has been received of the decease of
this distinguished young officer. A short time previously
to his decease he had descended the Tigris and Euphrates.
in the Nimrod steamer, for the purpose of conveying from
Bussorah the officers and mon of the expedition. They
had suffered severely from the climate ; many were dead,
the survivors incapable of active service. Ho had the
satisfaction of rescuing them from their dreadful position ;
but his own health was sacrificed in his exertions. On
his return to Bagdad lie was ordered home for the benefit
of his health. Be was son of the late Major 11. Blosse
Lynch, of Partry, county Mayo, and nephew of Colonel
T. B. Lynch, of Plymouth.—Dublin Evening Post.
SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR DROITIVICII.-
Yesterday ('Tuesday) a fire broke out in the house of Mr.
Powell, farmer, of King's_hiii, near \Vichbold, which to-
tally destroyed the premises. 1s the engines were re-
turning one of the men on croiling a brook saw the re-
mains of a well-dressed young woman, whose soddencd
hand lay above the water. Her head revealed severd
large and ghastly wounds, and as they were lifting up the
corpse to place it on the engine, a long piece of hair, with
flesh adherent, dropped from her head, evidently severed
from the crown by a blow with some sharp instrument
The body was taken to the Crown Inn, at Wichbold,
where it now lies. The young woman :s name is Patrick,
niece to Mr. Benjlmin Patrick, of )Nichbold. She has
latterly been residing at Birmingham.— Worcester Chro.
nicle.

The mackerel season has this year commencod
very favourably, and sanguine expectations are enterta.ned
• that the season will be a long and prosperous one. All the
Brighton boats engaged last year in the fishery are now at
Plymouth, where there are also a great number of French
boats, many of which, laden with salt for the purpose, cure
their fish as they take them. They also purchase those
eauOt by our fishermen, giving a good pries not only for
' roackarel, but also for fish of a coarse and very inferior
description. The last intelligence from Plymouth make
Breeds, of Hastings, a gainer already to the amount of
2504—Brig/don Ga;ette.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE DAILY PAPEUS OF YEiTF.IcDAY.
(From the Globe.)
' We have great pleasure in announcing the return, by
a large majority, of Colonel Ferguson, as Member for
the Kirkaldy district of burghs. Our previous infor-
mation led us to anticipate this result, whieh is creditable
to the good sense and discernment of the constituency. The
intrusion candidate has had the fate which befals intrusion
in Scotland generally. We regret to learn from our cor-
respondents, that the Cupar agents for the Tories, and
Colonel Lindsay the Tory candidate for the county,
have been in constant communication with Dr. Bowring
during the election. " Noscitur a sociis" is a lair
enough maxim in election contests. There is a time-
honoured Scottish proverb, " He that will to Cupar,
maun to Cupar." Dr. Bowring has been to Cupar, to
dine with the Tories, and to divide the Liberals , and
it is charity to hope that he comes back a sadder and
a wiser man. We shall only say of the state
of mind which tempted him thither—not that he
was 1110 d to go, but merely, in the local phrase,
Fitish. The state of the poll shows what a wanton
attack it has been on Dr. Bowring's part ; and the num-
ber he has polled is, we learn, made up in great part of
Tories, who have been too glad to make him their cat's-
paw, in hopes that he might cause such a split in the
Liberal ranks as would open a door for their advances
on another occasion. It is difficult to decide whether
Dr. Bowring, or those who have made use of him, cut
the less enviable figure in this coalition.
(From the Standard.)
We have heard but one opinion of the Queen's
Speech—viz., that it is the most meagre, cowardly, and
unsatisfactory document that ever Ministers placed in a
Royal hand. We have referred to one of its omissions
in a preceding article, but another has filled the com-
mercial classes with dismay, and all other classes with
disgust—we mean the omission of a reference to
the position of the country in !elation to France.
Every one in England expected some manly and
dignified, but conciliatory, notice of the subject, and
the pacifically disposed portion of the French people
must look for it with still greater anxiety. It is not,
however, to be found. Lord Melbourne dared no more
open the question in his Cabinet of oven questions, than
he dared to challenge Mr. O'Connell in Parliament by
a notice of repeal. The Times has this morning an
able recapitulation of the "negatives in which the
Royal Speech is so affluent," to borrow Dr. John-
son's grandiloquent joke. In one view—a view per-
haps not contemplated by our admirable contemporary
—the list of things wanting may be eminently use-
ful. The people of France may see that they are
not singular in the disregard shown by our rulers.
The war in India, which has cost so much—the finances
of the country, though so long declining—even the
threatened dismemberment of the empire, fail to call
for any observation from her Majesty's advisers. France
has, therefore, no reason to complain more than our-
selves. Frenchmen too must see, that if our Ministers
have not spoken, the people of England have spoken
the language of friendship and respect now by their
most honoured and most trusted leaders, as they have
been for many months speaking the same language by
their faithful press.

(From the courier.)
The carrying coal trade for the supply of the metro-
polis and its environs employs some 2,000 vessels, worth
about 2,0001. each on an average. It would be difficult to
divide, from the general argument, the number of vessels
employed, independent of the ordinary trade, under the
rule of the factor ; we have, therefore, assumed our
averages and rates of interest for wear and tear so low
as to allow for any exceptions. The total capital for the
shipping alone would at 2,000 vessels, worth 2,0001.
each, be 4,000,0001. The number of hands employed
in each vessel may average about seven ; the voyages
abeut eight per year ; the coals carried about 2,700,000
tons. Now, the detention of the vessels in the general
routine being three weeks between Gravesend and the
Pool, the delays of each vessel would be twenty-four
weeks in each year, or nearly one-half spent in worse
than useless idleness, as the vessels have to anchor and
weigh some four or five times to take a higher station in
the river, until they reach the Pool for unlading. The
wear and tear is greater than in moderate weather
at sea, and the men are dissipating their time and
money, to the disgrace and demoralization of the banks
of the Thames, while their wives and families are suf-
fering privations in the north. No wonder Wapping
and Ratcliff exhibit such scenes of iniquity and misery,
while crime is thus nursed by continued pay and con-
tinued weeks of idleness in men whose superiors are so
little above them as to have no moral control whatever.
'I his part of the question of the coal trade as much re-
quires the attention of the parties interested as the ex-
cessive price of carriage over the first cost of the coal
itself. If we take the capital of the ships at four mil-
lions, the interest on that amount for twenty-four weeks
of each year would be 92,'3001. at five per cent., to
which add the expense of keeping the men for these
twenty-four unnecessary weeks, being 14,000 men at
3s. a day pay and provisions, would come to 342,800/. ;
and interest on the coals lying in the ships in demur-
rage, say at 153. a ton for 2,000,000 tons, would give
33,6151., with the enormous total, without wear and
tear of the vessels and gear, of 469,715/., or nearly
half a million of money absolutely wasted in surcharge
from delays alone in an article of such absolute neces-
sity to all as coal ; and we have here not touched upon
those other items which are incidental to the discharge
and delivery after arrival in the Pool. It must be very
evident, that, with the present arrangements between
the coal-owners in the North and the factors here,
much of this excess of freight is unavoidable.