The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-19 00:00:00

DISEASED POTATOES.

Captain LAYARD presented petitions from Mayo
and Cavan, stating that the disease bad got such a head
that, unless relict was immediately given to the people,
the most terrible distress must prevail.
PEACE.

Mr. IL BERKELEY presented one petition from the
Peace Society and Anti-war Society.

CHIEF JUSTICESHIP OF BOMBAY.

On the orders of the day being read,

„
Lord GEORGE BENT'INCK begged to make an
explanation extremely painful to his feelings. He had
sthted yesterday that in the appointment of the Chief
Justice of Bombay there had been a jobbing barter of
patronage between Lord Lyndhurst and the Earl of
Ripon. He Lad made that statement on the represen-
tation of a gentleman of the highest authority in his
profession—he bad made it on a voluntary statement
from that gentleman, who bad seen the notice which he
had put on the paper for yesterday. That gentleman
had made a detailed statement of the facts of this _case,
some of which, with respect to the living of Knocton,
he knew to be true. He had stated that it was agreed
that the patronage of the living of Knockton should be
placed in the hands of the Earl of Ripon by the
Lord Chancellor. Judge, then, his amazement
when on referring to a clergy list last night,
he found, to his utter astonishment, that the living of
Knockton was not in the gift of the Lord Chancellor
at all. On discovering this, he thought it his
duty to come down to the House, and before the
country, as publicly as he had made the charge, to
retract it.—(Cheers.) If he had for one hour given
pain to those two Noble Lords he most deeply regretted
it, and if they desired any satisfaction for the injury he
had inflicted, they had it amply in the deep humiliation
which he now suffered.—(Loud cheers.)
LEASES (IRELAND) BILL.
. .

The order of the day being now read for the House
going into Committee,
Sir R. FERGUSON objected, as the Bill had only
been distributed that morning.
Mr. LABO COHERE explained, that the only altera-
tion in the Bill was in one clause, which gave a greater
latitude to the tenant.
SMALL DEBTS COURTS, SALARIES OF
OFFICERS (IRELAND), BILL.
_ _

This Bill went through Committee , and was ordered
to be reported to-morrow.___

INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
NEW ZEALAND.

The New Zealand Loan Act Amendment Bill was re.
ported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow

CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL.

This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed to-morrow.

PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL, No. 4.

. .
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed to-morrow.

PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL, No. 5.

This Bill was also read a second time, and ordered to
be committed to-morrow.

POOR EMPLOYMENT (IRELAND) BILL.
This Bill was also read a second time, and ordered to
be committed to-morrow.

CONSTABULARY (IRELAND) BILL.

On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE objected to the Bill, as being of
an unconstitutional and coercive character.
Mr. LABOUCLIERE denied that such was its cha-
racter. It wAks not ... . Lue,sua
more effectually the peace of Ireland. Its main teature
was giving a power to the authorities to increase the
constabulary force by 200 men, as occasion might re-

quire.
111r.-T.;DUNCO,MBE was not satisfied with this ex

planation, as in looking into the Bill he found that a
power was vested in the Lord-Lieutenant, not only to
increase the force by 200 men, but in certain cases, in

disturbed districts, to an unlimited extent. The con-
stabulary was, in fact, a portion of the standing army of
the country, and the object of it appeared to be to over-
run Ireland with police. Ile did not believe that the
Right Hon. Gentleman perceived the effect of the law,
and he (Mr. Dutez.ombe) should move, therefore, that
the Bill be read a second time on this day week, in
order to give time for consideration.
Mr. PIGOTT defended the Bill, and contended that
it was not as just represented ; for the fact was, that
at the present time the Lord-Lieutenant had the power
to increase the police force unlimitedly. During the
late discussions on the Coercion Bill, it was contended that
in the county of Leitrim there was not a sufficient body
of the police, and that the military were required. On
the other hand, it was asserted by those who opposed,
and, as he'thought, justly opposed, the Bill, that it was
only an addition of the police force which was required
to secure the peace of the county. The Bill gave the
power of increasing the force by a maximum number of 200,
who were to be employed in any district in a disturbed
state, which district was to pay their expenses during
their employment in it. He believed that this would be
a sufficient inducement to a searching inquiry as to
whether the men were necessary or not.
Sir R. FERGUSON supported the Bill, and asserted
that the Lord-Lieutenant bad an almost unlimited power
over the constabulary already. He would have rather,
however, that the Government had paid attention to the
out-dGor relief and to the provisions for schools than to
this subject in the first instance.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
it would be better to consider the details of the measure
when they discussed the several clauses in Committee.
The real principle of this Bill was to increase the force
only by 200 men, *ho were only to be employed in dis-
tricts for which their assistance was requested.
Mr. BROTHERTON thought that great caution
ought to be observed before they increased the expense
of this force.

Mr. MUNTZ quite agreed with the Hon. Member for
Salford, for it should be recollected that when people
received money from Government they were not quite
so ready to give it up. It might be all very well to say
that the Government would not misapply the money,
but that Government might not always occupy the
Treasury benches, and who was to say that those who
followed them would not do so ?
Mr. MACDONALD here proposed that the debate
be adjourned.

Mi. T. DUNCOMBE would second that motion, for
he thought that every means ought to be taken to pre-
vent the Lord-Lieutenant obtaining these great and
enormous powers.

The House was about to divide, when Mr. MUNTZ
suggested that the Government should compromise the
matter, but the proposition was declined.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but the
amendment was negatived without a division.
The reports on the Customs Duties and the New
Zealand Government Bills were then read and received.
TITHES COMMUTATION (IRELAND) BILL.
The House then went into Committee on the Tithes
Commutation (Ireland) Bill.
The clauses having been agreed to, the House re-
sumed, and the Chairman reported progress; the re-
port was received, and the Bill ordered to be read a
third time to-morrow.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. SMITHWICK took the oaths and his seat for the
city of Kilkenny.
THE ROYAL NAVY.
Sir DE LACY EVANS moved that, in reference to
the long retarded measure now at length on the point of
being granted, with a view to the efficiency of the su-
perior ranks of the navy justly due to their great and
811ffect the of
eminently valuable national services,
ich
must also havemdreensts the
b e
junior i
,givingo and
r ranks,w'l
an ulti-
mate to
opresented to her Majesty,
humabcilveancaed
praying that comparison may at the same time be insti-
tuted into the relative claims of the old war officers of
the army, of various ranks, for such analogous measure
as may with equal reason be
expected for their equally
faithful and devoted performanc of duty to her ajesty
and the State. He also brought to the notice of the
House the long disappointed claims of the surviving
veterans of Trafalgar and the Peninsula, to a medal
commemorative of their presence in those conflicts—
claims, respecting which their hopes had been strength-
ened and renewed by so many of their junior
comrades having been recently and similarly rewarded
for actions not more arduous nor more glorious.
There was no other profession in the country so heavy
taxed for the benefit of the State as the army. For
instance the system of selling out was established for
the purpose of absolving the Government from pro-
viding retiring pensions, and in his opinion it was a
disgrace to the nation, and ought therefore to be
abolished.—(Hear, hear.) Before an officer of the line
in the infantry could obtain 1,0001. a year, he had to
expend some 10,000/. or 12;0001., and all this money
went to the State,—(hear, hear.) Now was this fair
or just. Why, while the officer was waiting for the
rank, the 10,0001. or 12,0001. might have ac-
cumulated to 20,0001. or 30,000/, and • instead
of being a gainer he was a loser by his advancement.—
(Hear, u:ear.) Now it WP the geUee that sanctioned

this system, and while they were making alterations fag
vourable to navy officers, they ought at least to grant
an inquiry into the grimness which the officers in the
army unanimously complained of.—(Hear, hear.) M
all events he said it was unfair of a liberal Government
to continue so exorbitant a system, and he entertained
the hope that at no far distant day it would be entirely
abolished.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He hoped
that the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern-
ment would. see the justice of concurring in 1115
views. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that
the House, on Wednesday next, resolve itself into a
Committee to consider the propriety of adopting an ad-
dress to her Majesty on this subject.
The question having been put,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Commander-in'
Chief was anxious that the old system should be con-
tinued, and he trusted that the Hon. Member would not
press his motion.
General EVANS explained.
Mr. HUME was opposed to the motion. No country
paid such liberal remuneration to its soldiers as Erigl3na;
and we might dispense with the greater portion of °u
army.

(LEFT SITTING.)

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
MANCHESTER. AND SOUTHAMPTON.
..A
The Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, 14()".
Monteagle in the chair. Wed
Mr. Lea, proprietor of salt works at Droitwicb, exaol
by Mr. JAMES—Supplied a great quantity of salt to Soltlicit
ampton and other towns in that district. Estimated —of
30,000 tons of manure salt would be used along the CO
the line if it were made, instead of 4,000 or 6,000 tons On.,
The break of gauge at Gloucester prevented in a great to"
sure the transmission of manure salt to the south.
Mr. Mallinson, woolstapler at Cirencester—lf the line's
made farmers would use it for the purpose of sending t?..1
wool to Cirencester, where it was started, and afterittP'-

transmitted to the north to be manufactured.
Mr. Allday, cattle dealer at Solihule, and purchast
cattle for consumption in the north at the markets in-"id
towns traversed by the line, said he should use the line, amp
that it would
.save him a considerable sum. Bought 8,""-et,
sheep in the course of a year, and about 100 beasts a We
all or which were for consumption in the north.
Mr. Churchill, proprietor of the Plough at Cheltelllll
considered that the passenger traffic would be materially
creased between that town and Southampton if the WWI
made.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE'

DEFEAT OF THE KAFFIRS-
Important intelligence has just arrived from the 05ra.
of Good Hope. The advices reach to the 16th of 3
They state that the Kaffirs had been defeated in as
gagement at Fish River. The attack took place one
Colonel Somerset, and the fighting lasted five how;
There was loss on both sides, but the Kars bare,
without doubt, experienced a severe check.
Sir Harry Darell is stated to be wounded in the 01'
and Captain Walpole in the thigh and neck.
The accounts were brought by the Windsor, gm—red
no
off Falmouth, from Calcutta, she having received/ "0
touching at St. Helena, some letters and papers fr°,.
the Harmony which had arrived there from the Cape.
Times.

GREAT ROWING MATCH
UFOR,
TWO HNDRED POUNDS.-(THIS DAY'S'

THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE TH.AIO_,S.
This great aquatic contest, which has create' for'
much sensation, and been the theme of conversation. _A-
'
some time, between Charles Campbell and lum
Coombes, for 1001. a-side and the championship -
Thames, came off this afternoon.
Campbell, it will be recollected by some °f
he
readers, has not made his appearance in public sin.
beat Coombes, in a scullers match, some few years DIP;
until the late Thames Regatta. Coombes has bee
almost daily practice, having won several matches of Into,
and one very recently on the Tyne, beating.CinsPebt 0
Both men have been in practice ever sill° -hit
match was made, Campbell having worked doer° 0,
superfluous flesh, and both appeared in excellent °I2
dition. Wl°
Messrs. Cowden and Wentzell constructed the ,
for both men, being built of ceder. Coombes's bost°:oo
30 feet long, and Campbell's the same length, but sll`4o
wider at the main-thwart, Coombes's boat weighing

p p
pounds, a Cambell's 4 3 ounds.
The start nd
took place at half-past twelve pfecis .
niil
Campbell being on the Middlesex shore, and Coor
on the Surrey. ke t well
For the first dozen strokes the men p
together, when Campbell missed a stroke with
11
left band, and Coombes obtained a slight le
which he improved on. At Hammersmith-bridge• bes
one minute a-head, he still improved on ogl
tlae lacter Luau inn setting his boat, and see
b"
all abroad in an outrigger, but he still tried his
bi.ea; s
Coombes rowed very easy, arriving at the winning u—ad
one minute and three-quarters before his opponent/ P"
forming the distance in twenty-seven minutes. .4
The attendance was very great, the shore 10-01
thronged with spectators, and an immense number
cutters, steamers, &c., were on the river.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE'
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
YORK AUGUST MEETING- j,sg

ARnrvALs.—Lady Alice, Ada, The Hero, Phi"' —1111.5
Wildair, Sheraton, Psalmsinger, Miss Sarah, Glossntool.
Elis, Example, Coheiress, Legacy, Satyr, Flattery, Teei3oo;
ler, Robin Burns, Columbus, Arthur, Camera Obscurtosn
ton, Tobacconist, Farthing Candle, Slander, Vice-
Bendigo, Socrates, Cheapside, Benina, Bit, Nibble, Twicoty
filly, Dipthong, Little Nell, Limestone, Picaroon fillPeosollt
web filly, Pink Bonnet, Tim Whiffler, George Steil/odr,
Skater colt, Helias, Golightly, Wrestler, Martext, ,d
man, Burlesque, Coal Black kose, The Cossack Main,
XOll9
Robin, Jinglepot, Connaught Ranger, lago, Slashins nettly
colt, Shelforth, Sir Martin, L'Hirondelle filly, 811":..,
all those entered for the following plates and stakes'

WEDNESDAY.
The Dundas Stakes. jig
Lady Alice, 3 yrs—Ada, 3 yrs—The Hero, 3 Y,F-corit,--4,
ning, 5 yrs—Philip, 6 yrs—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs --111,„0,8
6 yrs—Trueboy, 6 yrs—The Barmaid, 3 yrs—Shell"-
—Psalmsinger, 4 yrs.
Her Majesty's Plate for three yrs old, 30' ....Sat;
The Hero—The Highwayman, 4 vrs—Sheratoji„.l tela
100
5 yrs—The Confessor, 3 yrs—Miss Sarah, 4 yrs--P`16...-1
—lnheritress—Queen of Tyne, aged—Moroiht 5
glepot, 4 yrs—and Radcliffe, 5 yrs.
The Lottery Plate. fre
3
Volga, 3 yrs—Tobacconist,_ 3 yrs—lleadsman'--
Billy Purvis, 3 yrs—Snake, 3 yrs—Driffi Yr,
eld, 3 3yP
Humphries, 3 yrs—Barbara Young, 3 yrs—Staircase,
and Ratcliffe.

THURSDAY.

The County Cup. 3 yfe
Wrestler, 3 yrs—Coheiress, 5 yrs—The }lero, 3 ot
Red Rover, 4 yrs—Philip, 6 yrs—Spanish Jack nueea/.
Poynton, 3 yrs—Brother to Millepede, 3 yrs-7:4'4 ~
Tyne. aged—Waxholme, 3 yrs—Connaught Ranger:r..
$
Mentor, 4 yrs—Lightning, 5 yrs—lnheritress, 6 )
ample, 5 yrs.
en
Amateur Handicap Plate of 501. ago 9r
Parthian, yrs,l3st—Elixir, 6 yrs, 12st 101 b—Re, 5 1:„
5 yrs, 12st 71b—Poussin, 6 yrs, 12st 51b--WiliOrul
12st 21b—Croesus, aged, 12st—Porto Bello, 6 yrs,
Javelin, 4 yrs, list 101b—Fitz Allen 4 yrs, 11st 61uobser.
rSi nt3or,b
5,4 y
ryrs,
ilslts4t 6b b
41b—London,
idko
lely, B 4 iyl
3 yrs, 9st 101 b. 610Ysrts'12llib--st 401b-"Atioics

Her Majesty's Plate, for mares. egstlf,
Ada, 3 yrs—Miss Sarah, 4 yrs—Queen of Tyne--
6 yrs—lnheritress, 6 yrs—Camera Obscura.

FRIDAY.
The Members' Plate- Barbar°
The Conjuror, Snake, Legacy, Betsy
Young, Obscurity, Waxholme, and Treet'o4,ooo.l". est
BETTING AT MANCHESTER, " to I am-
EBOR HANDICAP.-11 to 2 agst Sir Tatton---(t freelY)l
the Laura colt (t freely)-7 to 2 agst Bond° to 1 sea
10 to 1 agst Columbus-12 to 1 agst Coheiress--.
Farthing Candle—and 14 to 1 agst Sir Henry. la ,o (t to
Tim GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKEs. —2 to 1 agst
1001.)-3 to 1 agst Mendicant--6 to 1 agst Poyntelk__6 to 1
agst Pyrrhus
yLrErohEuiß.sit—ht
:111F
First-1u
agst
Flaaognstetc;TSlßiarogyTta Tattoo
out
coaSr:d,ok agst_e Sykes (t)
5(1:t)t t,t g t
Tlsratvoersel
arg—st
us°
(t).

CHEAP BREAD.—At the end of last week a tome
residing in Gorbals was seized with all the sYinF.,vbici,"
British cholera, after partaking of a piece of loaf breaV„rfol'l
had bee purchased from a provision dealer in •"—illiae"
street. A medical man having been sent for; otasoid 0,9
minutely the wretched-looking stuff which ima beert can°
" cheap bread," and declared that it was rafficient toe been
the symptoms referred to. A piece of the, loaf has sinefessl
submitted to respectable members of the bakingjlresol,s
who say that it is quite unfit for human use. hel
pet ti" g
that the provision merchant, who is at present abhs"
the city on business, has been summoned before t
magistrate in the Gorbals Police-court in connexion
case.—Glasgow Constitutional, 0.1.5
NOVEL QUALIFICATION FOR A SCHOOL e :0 0, a
The guardians of the Bedminster Union advertise in t;
paper of to-day for an instructor of youth, and stinetoteeci,o
preference will be given, nut to a person acids for,
for
.5;
tuition, but—to a tailor The successful candidate
ya+-00
office must, it seems, know how to turn his cane into as Penn
be equally learned in breeches and books; able te /33. fits ;
and pinafores; rectify rents in grammar and gall:a-0040
patch up at the same time coats and copy books' „metal ps
tutor tailor may never be out at elbows, the
.cb;s a,botig,
proffer him, as a reward for the manifold
snelltol Gal r
mentioned, the munificent sum of 201. a year.--r Yes-e
MEETING OF ODD FELLOWS AT SUNlo3l;,,..tlet Prof
day afternoon, about 300 dined together at the kir
egiStrstes
sided over by A. Mitchison Esq., one of the el nt. 11,30
the county. There were also. several others Pr:edei win
Rev. Mr. Vigne, the rector of Sunbury, p
for them in the morning. and dined with them iarrefieete
noon. The meeting was highly respectable' An
reach. afte
great credit on the members of the society.
,-,ns%•!bta
DESPERATE FIGHT IN A STATION' J.-- - to Pt,
morning, at an early hour, one of the most desPV:autheritt:
took place between two females, and in the face °f at uPeo
that ever was witnessed. Two females were brolet,
custody on cross charges of drunkenness at Bow-s"f the °utter
one, stronger than the other, without any fear °sou on
rf-Lii
rity before her, commenced a most murderous as
ost fe3
companion. Everything for a time presented a of !'''g
1 tbreate 0,
reserve, the fair pugilist was removed to a cell, scent of confusion, but, with the assistance of sis nie 010
the inspectors and eve officer present with tinw ,ta
be vorydropt.rsP—
geance. The female is understood to
connected, bt4 A Most desperate character when