The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-25 00:00:00

EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1846,

FRI DA I'

the byposulphite of soda, is amalgamated, the operation
being gnickened by slightly heating the plate. As the tn,r-
cury does not combine with the oxide of copper, we have
now a design in which the amalgamated parts represent
the black, and the portions of the plate covered with oxide
of copper, the white parts of the engraving. The
amilgarnation finished, the plate is covered with two
or three leaves of gold, and the mercury evaporated
by heat. The gold leaf adheres only to the parts
which represent the black parts of the engrav-
ing, and the gold leaf which does not adhere
to the other parts of the plate, is brushed off. This
being done, the oxide of copper is dissolved with a
solution of nitrate of silver, and then the silver, as well
as the copper which is beneath it, is acted upon by
means of weak nitric acid. The traces of the design,
which are protected by the gold, not being attacked, we
can obtain intaglios us deep as may be desired, which
correspond to the white parts of the engraving.
This last operation finished, the plate is ready to take
impressions, in the same manner as its wood engraving.
In order to obtain with the same designs plates en-
graved in intaglio, or in copper plate, it is neces-
sary for this purpose to operate on a plate of
copper covered with gold. In the bath of the sul-
phate of copper the parts corresponding to the white
of the engraving are again covered with copper ;
the iodine or compound of iodine formed is removed by
the hyposulphite of soda, the layer of copper is oxidized,
and the gold amalgamated, which may then be removed
by nitric acid, dissolving at the same time the oxide of
copper. In this preparation the white parts of the en-
graving are evidently preserved, and again the intaglios
represent the black, as in the engraved copper plates.—
Patent Journal.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT.
(Before a HEATH, Esq.)
CRABB V. BARNARD GREGORY.—CURIOUS CASE.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, hair-
dresser, &c., of Hampstead, against the defendant, as
heir-at-law of a gentleman named Thompson, late of
the Priory, Hampstead, to recover the sum of la, odd
for work and labour done.

The defendant did not appear, but the circumstances
of the case are as follow:

The deceased Mr. Thompson was an elderly gentle-
man of very eccentric habits, and it may be recol-
lected that, on her Majesty coming to the throne, he
sent to the Palace, as a present to the Queen, an ivory
bedstead, and several articles of antique furniture,
formerly, as stated, belonging to Oliver Cromwell. Sorno
time prior to his death, which happened between four
and five years ago, he became acquainted _with the
defendant; a close friendship followed, and, on
his dying, it was found by his will that
the whole of his property was bequeathed to
defendant. The next of kin of the deceased gentle-
man, two nephews and a niece, disputed the validity of
the document, and the property, amounting to many
thousand pounds, wan thrown into Chancery. The will
was subsequently pronounced to be legal by the requi-
site authorities, and matters were finally arranged by
defendant taking possession of the property, giving a
certain sum t' each of the nephews, marrying the niece,
and making himself amenable for all the debts deceased
owed. The plaintiff, by his books and on his oath,
proved having commenced attending deceased in 1842
up to the time of his death, cutting, and dressing his
hair, shaving him, supplying him with perfumes and
pomaturn, and setting his penknives.
The JUDGE, having convinced himself that the items
were not charged for beyond a reasonable rate, gave
judgment for the plaintiff, and an order was made for
the immediate payment of the claim, with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

George Anderson, a person of dashing appearance,
living at No. 15, Queen street, Brompton, was brought
before Mr. Bingham, charged with having obtained
goods fraudulently, and with having committed forgery.
Henry Sadler, job-master, 1371, New Bond-street,
said, on the 31st of August, 1846, the prisoner called on
him, and said he had been recommended to him by his
neighbour, Mr. Moore, as he wanted to hire a horse for
a short time. Prosecutor consented to let a horse on
hire l'tir a stated period, and, according to the directions
received from the prisoner, he sent the horse to Ealing.
Six weeks afterwards prosecutor went down to Ealing to
make inquiries, but he could hear nothing of the pri-
soner or the horse.

James Matterface, coachmaster, Hammersmith, said in
July, 1846, the prisoner hired a phaeton from him at 21.
a month. The phaeton was sent to Ealing, but from
that time prosecutor had never been able to meet with
the prisoner.
Police-constable Rackstraw said he had found 104
duplicates on the prisoner when he took him into custody.
In defence the prisoner said the horse was an old
animal, and he was to give 18/. for it. The phaeton also
was to be purchased for a stated sum.
Mr. Sadler and Mr. Matterface said there was no
truth in the prisoner's defence.

Mr. Sadler said he had no doubt at a future examina-
tion numerous other charges would be brought against
the prisoner.
A charge of forgery was then preferred against the
prisoner by Mr. Allen, plumber and glazier, Avery-row,
Bond street, who had received a bill from the prisoner
with Mr. Moore's name on it, which name was pro-
nounced to be a forgery.
The prisoner was committed on the first two cases,
and remanded on the third, and ordered to be brought
up on Monday next.

The sum 015/. 18c, the surplus of the fourth annual
Bachelors' B1)1, Willis's rooms, King-street, on Feb. 3d,
was sent for the poor box.

WESTMINSTER.

Joseph Clarke, a middle-aged man, and Ann Wilson
alias Black Anne, a dirty, dark-looking woman of the
town, were finally examined, charged with drugging and
robbing Edward Hyde, a grocers' assistant, living at
145, Praed-street, Paddington.
Prosecutor was met by the female prisoner near the
Haymarket late on the night of the 26th ult,, and
induced to accompany her to a house belonging to the
male prisoner in Pump-court, Perkins'-rents, West-
minster. He gave her a sovereign from his purse, which
onntained seven, to get some liquor with, and at the same
time placed his purse in his waistcoat pocket in her
presence. She returned with some liquor in a small
stone bottle, and handed him a glassful!, but he did not
observe her take any herself. He had no sooner swal-
lowed the contents of the glass than he felt a most
extraordinary sensation. lie was cognizant of all that
passed around him, but perfectly helpless and powerless.
The woman then took his purse from his pocket, two
silver coins, and two letters, and also his handkerchief
from his neck. She then went into the passage and had
a conversation for some minutes with a man. While
they were so engaged the prosecutor began to
recover and moved towards the door, when the woman
ran out of the house, and the male prisoner, whose
voice prosecutor distinctly recognised as that of
the man who had been holding the conversation
with her in the passage, accompanied by another man,
entered the room, and said to the prosecutor, " Who are
you?" Prosecutor immediately said that he had been
robbed. The male prisoner went out of the house fol-
lowed by the prosecutor, who obtained a policeman, who
took him into custody, when one of the letters which
had been taken from the prosecutor by the woman was
found in the male prisoner's pocket, and on his way to
the station he endeavoured to get rid of a flash note on
the Bank of Elegance. When before the magistrate the
prisoner admitted that he was the owner of the house
where the robbery had been committed, and in the same
breath declared that he could produce persons to prove
his respectability. The charge was remanded from time
to time, and some of the police specially employed to
find Black Anne. Mark Loom, sergeant of the B divi-
sion, succeeded in apprehending her on Monday, when,
without his stating the nature of the charge against her,
she exclaimed, on seeing him enter, " I know nothing
about it." She was positively identified on Tuesday by
the prosecutor.
On entering the witness box yesterday the prosecu-
tor's tone and manner were completely altered. He now
wished to withdraw the prosecution as he had got a
situation to go to, and, moreover, thought he might be
mistaken in the identity of Black Anne.
The police intimated that it had come to their ears
that the prosecutor had made overtures to the friends
of the prisoner Clarke, and had arranged with them
since the last examination to withdraw the prosecution
on the receipt of 41. from them.
The prosecutor denied this.
Mr. BURRELL committed both the prisoners for trial
at the Central Criminal Court, and called upon the pro-
secutor, besides the usual personal recognizance, to find
two sureties in the amount of 401. to prosecute.
Clarke said he could call witnesses to prove that he
was not at the house at the time of the robbery.
Mr. BURRELL said he might produce them on the trial.
The prosecutor asked the Magistrate if he would con-
sent to take one surety.
Mr. BURRELL consented, but as the person had not
made his appearance at the close of the court, prosecutor
was sent to prison in default.

PURIFICATION AND DOMESTIC USE OF GAS.—At
a recent meeting of the Royal Institute of Architects,
Mr. G. L. Taylor read some " Observations on Gas
Works, and the details of the manufacture of gas, with
the view of showing that it is capable of being rendered
so pure as to be introduced beneficially through-
out houses, manufactories, and public buildings." In
reply to an inquiry
on the part of the lecturer, Mr.
gas (viz., 9s. per
Burn said when he resided in Edinburgh, although he
had twice as many burners as he now has in London,
al,nodoopaciudbmicorfeeetse,rthreaonattittyo for the
wasthe only
half what
it is here, resulting from the greater illuminating
power of the gas, which was made from cannel coal.
Allusion being made to the destruction' of the book-
bindings in the Athenaeum Club by the bad London gas,
Mr. Burn said it must not be supposed that the gas in
Scotland was perfect; in the new club-house at Edin-
burgh all the books and leather furniture bad been
destroyed in the same way. Mr. Palmer, the engineer
to the Western Gas Company, who assisted Mr. Taylor
in explaining the process to be employed in their new
works (the purpose of the paper), showed the import-
ance of perfect purification, and its practicability. A
building, one hundred and sixty-six feet in diameter, at
Kensal- green, incloses the whole of the works. Cannel
coal is to be used, and if the gas be sold at 6s. per 1,000
cubic feet, the cost to the public would not bo more than
if they paid 4s. per 1,000 feet for the gas they are now
using. According to Mr. Taylor, however, the new
company have no intention of selling it so low as this—
the more silly they.— The Builder.
Loox To TOUR BOlLERS.—Another disastrous ex-
plosion of a steam-engine boiler (near London-road,
Manchester) further illustrates the necessity for some
public inspector of boilers. The loss of life was very
great. The boiler, it seems, was greatly out of repair.
The Builder.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 24.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at ten minutes after Five o'clock.
NATIONAL DEFENCES.
Earl HARD WICKE withdrew his motion with
respect to the national defences.
POPISH BULLS.
Lord KENYON presented a petition from Mary-
lebone complaining of the bull in ccena Domini.
ROME.
Viscount STRANGFORD presented petitions
from a place in Norfolk against diplomatic relations
with Rome, and against the Jewish Disabilities Bill.
Lord RODEN presented five petitions against
diplomatic relations with Rome, three of which were
from Ireland.
The Marquis of BREADAL BANE presented a
petition to the same effect.
THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
The NOBLE MARQUIS also presented several peti-
tions in favour of a measure to facilitate the grants of
sites for the Free Churches of Scotland, the peti-
tioners complaining that great diflicuties were thrown
in the way of their attaining such sites.
THE " UNITED IRISHMAN" NEWSPAPER.
Lord STANLEY then rose to call the attention of
their Lordships to this periodical. They were, no
doubt, well aware that dissensions had of late years
broken out in the ranks of those who had heretofore as-
sembled in Conciliation Hall, and that they had been split
into sections. The one to which his remarks especially
applied was the Irish Confederation. Two letters of
a violent nature were addressed to the Confederation
by Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Riley, two of its mem-
bers, a discussion ensued upon them, and the
body, on a division of 317 to 188, de
clared the said letters too dangerous for
publication. Mr. Mitchell resigned, and established
the paper of which he complained, the United _lrish-
man on the 20th of the present month. The
Noble Lord then read a passage from the
speech of a Mr. Meagher, which he delivered at
the meeting of the Confederation, at which the letters
of Mr. Mitchell were discussed in very excited
language. He seemed to advocate insurrection, if the
circumstances of the country required such a course.
It was the young, whose blood was warm, and
whose temperament's were enthusiastic, that were led
away, and induced to take steps of violence by such
high-flown oratory ; and it was the duty of a pater-
nal Government, desirous to preserve the welfare of
the country, to take means to put a stop to it.
The Noble Lord referred to articles and letters in
the paper, one of which was addressed to " Lord
Clarendon, Englishman, calling himself her Ma-
jesty's Commissioner," in all of which violence was
advocated for the purpose of rescuing the
country from the domination of England; further,
that juries were packed for the purpose of
obtaining the verdicts that were required, and that
the columns of the paper were intended to be opened
for the promulgation of these opinions. The object
of the paper was to create civil war and rebellion,
for the purpose of annihilating everything English.
It might be said by the Government, " Let it pass
by ;" but he could not coincide in that opinion. Let
them recollect that these sentiments were not ad-
dressed to the sober-minded and thinking people of
England, for he believed such a seditious article would
be treated with disgust, but to the excited
people of Ireland, who were suffering under many
distresses.—(Hear.) The paper was sold for 5d.,
but he was informed that it was eagerly bought up
in the streets of Dublin on its first appearance for
I s. 6d. and 2s. He had felt it his duty to
call the attention of the Government to the
first number, because it was a sample of what was to
follow. lie wished to know if the attention of the
Law Officers of the Crown had been called to the
paper, and if it was intended to prosecute the pro•
prietor ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that his
attention and that of Lord Clarendon had been called
to the newspaper in question.—(Hear, hear.) It
would not•be well, he thought, to fetter the discretion
of the Noble Lord, as he was confident that
he would act as the circumstances of the case
might seem to him to require. He was not,
however, authorised to say that he had
felt it his duty to institute a prosecution against the
parties.
The subject then dropped.
ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then moved the
second reading of this Bill, and entered briefly into
its details. It could not fail, he said, to be of the
utmost advantage to Ireland where the land was
deeply mortgaged. This, in fact, was one of the most
fruitful sources of the impoverished condition of the
country. The object of the Bill was to enable the pro-
prietors of entailed estates, heavily encumbered, to
dispose of them. This, he should say, would lead to
the better management of the estates, and to the
profitable cultivation of the land. And why should
not Parliament interfere ? The principle was not
new, for in the cases of canals, railways, and other
public improvements, they did not hesitate to take
the property recruired for such purposes. It was dif-
ficult, perhaps, in every case to protect all the parties
interested, but every endeavour had been made in the
Bill to do so. It was a subject of great complexity,
and therefore the matter had been left very much to
the discretion of the Court of Chancery in Ireland.
The Bill would guard as much as possible against the
absence of any one interested in an estate to be sold.
It was proposed that the manager of an estate should
have a right to apply by petition to the Court of
Chancery, to put the powers of the Act in motion
with regard to such estate, and every one who con-
ceived that he had an interest in the property might
enter a caveat, and thereafter be entitled to notice of
any proceedings that might be taken with regard to it.
Upon a petition being presented, it would be referred,
in the first place, to a master, to inquire into the
facts of the case, and he would have the means of ob-
taining all the information necessary to see that jus-
tice was done. He would also give notice to all
persons interested in the matter. He would then
make a report to the Court, and recommend what,
under all the circumstances, was the most expedient
course to pursue; and if he thought it desirable that
the estate should he sold, he would be authorised to
sell the whole interest. If the Court thought there
was a doubt that some interest had not been ascer-
tained, and it were subsequently proved, the money
would be refunded. Every means, in fact, had been
taken to prevent the money being paid out of the
court into the wrong hands, as well as to protect, in
every possible way, the interests of the owners, mort-
gagees, and other persons interested in estates ; and
the object of the Bill was to give to the mortgagee his
money, and pay over the surplus to the owner, or
invest it in land. The Noble and Learned Lord,
who was very inaudible throughout, concluded by
moving the second reading of the Bill.
The Earl of RODEN expressed his thanks to the
Noble Lord for the great pains he had taken to ex-
plain the object and details of this measure. Cer-
tainly, without such a measure, it would be very
difficult to carry out the poor-law now in force in
Ireland. He knew a friend of his, having about
3,0001. a year from land in Ireland, who had to pay
no less than 1,250/. in poor rates. If those rates
should only be trebled they would swallow up more
than his income. He hoped the present Bill might
be a means of rescuing persons so placed from their
existing difficulty.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM thought it might be de-
sirable to guard the public in England from forming
any very exaggerated idea of what would be the re-
sults of this measure. He was far from thinking
slightly of the Bill; on the contrary, he thought it a
very right and wise measure ; but he had a strong
impression that its operation would be very slow.
Men were not over willing to arrive at a conclusion
that it was absolutely necessary to sell their estates;
nor were they always able to sell them when they had
arrived at such a conclusion. If it were a long
time, therefore, before the Bill produced any sensible
effect, their Lordships and the public must not be
disappointed.
Lord STANLEY concurred with those who
thought that the evil sought to be remedied by this
Bill was one of overwhelming magnitude in Ireland.
When men of a nominal rent-roll of 10,0001. or
12,0001. a year in Ireland were really receiving
scarcely so many hundreds, it was clear that they
could not properly do their duty either to the state or
to those who were dependent upon them. But al-
though the evil to be remedied was great, he must
also observe that the mode of cure was one accom-
panied by considerable difficulty. He trusted that
time would be given deliberately to consider the
details of the measure. The principle he did not
now object to ; but it must be borne in mind that it
was one which might be pushed to a very inconve-
nient extent. To tell a man that it was for the interest
of the state that he should dispossess himself of his
property because he had not sufficient capital to de-
velop all its resources was to establish a principle that
it was at least very dangerous to act upon. Besides
thin, he thought that considerable practical inconve-
nience might arise from the Bill. Estates might be
pressed into the market, and the value of Irish pro-
perty might thereby be greatly depreciated. This
was a consequence very much to be dreaded. He
would venture to ask, with reference to one of the
details, if a tenant for life would have the power of
selling?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would be
the party to make the application for sale.
Lord STANLEY said he thought the power of
sale being vested in a life tenant would be open to
great difficulty. He also had doubts as to the secu-
rity given to the purchaser under the Bill. Another
difficulty lie felt was, that the Bill as at present
framed scarcely gave sufficient protection to the
owner. Applications for sale might be made to the
Court of Chancery by an incumbrancer of an estate,
but the entire costs of that application were charge-
able upon the estate, whether the Master in Chancery

made an order for the sale or not. An owner might •
consequently be driven into a suit against his will,
for which 1.1. would have to pay the entire charg's.
These objections might arise from his want of ac-
quaintance with the law, but he thought them very
serious objection:, and that time at least should he
given for their consideration.
Lord CAMPBELL said the astuteness of the
Noble Lord opposite was so great that had he been
bred to the law there would have been little doubt
but that he would have sat on the Woolsack. But
the Noble Lord was under a great misapprehension
as to the effect of the Bill, for its effect upon the
owner would be mainly to cheapen and simplify pro-
ceedings of the Court of Chancery to which the mort-
gagee might even at the present moment subject him.
With regard to the security of the purchaser, he
directed attention to the 26th clause, under which
any purchaser would have, not what was now called
an Irish title, but a Parliamentary title established
by the Legislature, and good against all the world.
He very much rejoiced that the Bill had been intro-
duced, and he expressed his confidence that it would
be of the greatest benefit to the sister country.
Lord MONTEAGLE admitted the value of the
26th clause, but thought it might be open to incon-
venience to remedy what was now no doubt a great
grievance in the partial manner in which this Bill
would operate. He would rather see a general mea-
sure introduced on the subject of title, and he
thought, if this Bill was carried, it would be the
duty of Government to see that an equally remedial
measure was brought in applicable to other estates
than those subject to mortgage. With regard to
another point, he felt that this measure, in.order to
be effectual, must be accompanied by a measure for
reforming the Masters' offices in which the proceed-
ings under this Bill were to be conducted. He be-
lieved that, at present, it was infinitely easier to get
an estate into a .Master's office than to get anything
out of it.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said a few words in
reply, and the Bill was then read a second time ; to
be committed this day fortnight.
AUDIT OF RAILWAYS ACCOUNTS BILL.

The Committee on this Bill was postponed until
Tuesday next.
The House adjourned at twenty. five minutes after
Seven.

ROUSE OF COMMONS. Feb. 24.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.

Sir W. LIE ATHCOTE brought up the report of
the Standing Orders Committee.

SUSPENDED RAILWAY BILLS.

Mr. FAIRER moved—" That the Sessional
order of the 17th of December last, requiring that all
Railway Bills be referred to the Committee Gn Rail-
way Bills before being pesented to the House, be
suspended so far as it relates to any Railway Bills
which were suspended in the session of 1847, by
virtue of the resolutions of the House of the 10th of
June last."
Mr. WOOD seconded the motion.
After a few words from Mr. STRUTT, in opposi-
tion to the Bill, the motion was withdrawn.
MORLEY GAS-LIGHT BILL.

This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
be committed.
NATIONAL DEFENCES.

Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Mid-
dleditch, in the county of Cheshire, against any in-
crease•in the military establishments of the country.
Sir T. BIRCH presented a petition from Liver-
pool to the same effect.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the Isle
of Wight to the same effect.
BANK ACT.

Sir 11. DAVIE presented a petition from Had
dington, praying fora modification of the Bank Act

jEWISII DISABILITIES.

Mr. D. DAVIES presented a petition from Car-
marthen in favour of the admission of the Jews into
Parliament.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.

Mr. LOCKE presented a petition against the
Charitable Trusts Bill from a place in Yorkshire, the
name of which did not reach the gallery.
Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from
Chorley to the same effect.
PEEBLES ELECTION COMMITTEE.

Lord R. GROSVENOR brought up the report of
the Select Committee to whom the petition complain.
ing of an undue election for the county of Peebles
had been referred, stating that the Committee had
decided that Mr. Forbes Mackenzie had been duly
elected to serve in Parliament for that county.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

Mr. DEEDES, as Chairman of the Lancaster
Election Committee, stated that Mr. James Dodson,
a witness before the Lancaster Election Committee,
had been guilty of gross prevarication in his evidence
before the Committee, and that he had, by warrant
under his hand, committed him to the custody of the
Se rgeant- at-Arms, to await the pleasure of the House.
The Hon. Member then moved that the said J. Dodson,
having prevaricated in his evidence before the Lancaster
Election Committee, he is guilty of a breach of the pri•
vileges of this House ; that for the said offence he be
committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and
that the Sergeant-at-Arms should cause the said
James Dodson to be brought before the Committee
from time to time as often as his presence might be
required, and that Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant
to the Sergeant-at-Arms accordingly.
Motion agreed to.

Mr. B. O'SBORNE presented a petition from Edin-
burgh, praying for the repeal of the window duties.
Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh
praying for the repeal of the game-laws.
THE FRANCHISE.

Mr. WYLD gave notice that on Thursday, the
16th of March, he should move for leave to introduce
a Bill to extend the elective franchise to all persons
paving the income-tax.
Mr. MILES gave notice that on Thursday, the
9th of March, he should move an humble Address to
her Majesty, relating to the Minute of CouneiL with-
holding grants in aid of building schools of the
Established Church.

Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that on Monday
next he should move for a return of the number of
Members of the House of Commons holding appoint-
ments in the army, the navy, or the ordnance.
Mr. ELLICE presented three petitions from
Coventry in favour of the removal of Jewish dis-
abilities.

THE CONVICT HOWARD, AT LIMERICK.
Lord NUGENT said he wished to put a question
to the Secretary for the Home Department with
reference to an occurrence which had taken place in
Ireland, and which he had read in the newspapers.
At Limerick a person of the name of Howard was
condemned to death for the crime of murder, and was
left for execution, which was to have taken place on
Tuesday last, but through the intervention of some hu-
mane persons, who ascertained that he had been con-
victed on perjured evidence, that sentence was not car-
ried into effect. Representations were made to the
Lord-Lieutenant, and he reprieved the prisoner for a
fortnight, in order that his innocence might be satis-
factorily proved by evidence. He wished to know,
therefore, whether the statement in the newspapers
was true or not, and if true, whether the prisoner
had received a royal pardon, he having been con-
victed on a false charge, and narrowly escaped the
punishment of death ? _ _

Sir G. GREY said he had received no information
on the subject, except that which he bad obtained
from the newspapers.
NAVAL AND MILITARY ESTABLISH-
MENTS.

Captain PECHELL presented a petition, which
had been agreed to at a public meeting at Brighton,
expressing great dissatisfaction at the proposed in-
crease of the naval and military establishments of the
country, and stating that though they lived on the
sea coast they had not the slightest fear of inva-
sion.—(Hear, and laughter.)
CHARITABLE TRUSTS (IRELAND).

In answer to a question put by an Hon. MeUiber,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE stated that it was the
intention of Government to bring in a Bill for the
better regulation of Charitable Trusts in Ireland.
JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
wished to make an alteration in a notice given by his
Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell) yesterday, with
respect to the course which the Government intended
to adopt on Friday in reference to the Jewish Disa-
bilities Bill. It would be necessary to take two votes
in supply before they proceeded with that Bill,
one of which would be for the naval excess
and tlie other for the expenses of the Kafir war.
The Jewish Disabilities Bill would be brought on
immediately after those votes had been taken.