The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-06 00:00:00

DRURN -LANE THEATRE.

The Daimuses Viennoiges made their first apperance
at this theatre last evening, and really they are better,
if pos;ible, than they were last year. It is said that
certain of them, having outgrown the corps, have been
sent back to Vienna, and that certain recruits have been
drafted into the corps in their stead. We know not if
these recruits appeared last night, but if they did, infinite
credit is due to Madame Weiss; for so accurately
were they drilled, that it was impossible to distinguish
between the new recruits and the old soldiers. They
gave us the Pas des Flours, the Pas Hongrois, and the
Pas Oriental ; -and there was the same accuracy of step,
the same elegance, the same completeness, the same one-
ness, which has ever distinguished the Danseuses Viennoise:;
from any other corps of dancers that his ever appeared.
Their success was complete, and the applause was most
enthusiastic. The Crusaders had been advertised as
the opera, and the danseuses were to appear between the
acts. In consequence, however, of the illness of Miss
Romer, Don Quixote was substituted, in which Allen
and Miss Rainforth sang beautifully. The acts of
Don Quixote are much shorter than those of the
Crusaders, and consequently, at the end of the first
act there was a long pause, and the audience were
becoming rather impatient, when Harley appeared
before the drop scene in his own character, and addressed
the audience as follows:—"Ladies and Gentlemen, I
hope you will permit the second act of the opera to pro-
ceed before these children appear. They are a very
large family and take a long time in dressing, and they
are not quite dressed yet." This sre ech, de-
livered with the true Harleian twang, and fol-
lowed by a genuine Harleian bow, was re-
ceived with shouts of laughter and applause,
and completely restored the good humour of the audi-
ence. It was the most funny affair of the night, far
more humorous than anything in the opera, albeit Mr.
Macfarren calls it a comic opera. A word to the gen-
tleman who conducted the orchestra last evening. A
conductor is not ex necessitate an auctioneer, and there-
fore it is not incumbent upon him to knock down audibly
every bar of music as if it were a lot.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Dr. John Ryan, in his daily chemical lecture at the above-
named establishment, takes the opportunity of explaining a
most useful and highly advantageous scientific invention for
the purpose of warning the inmates of a house against the
danger of fire. This apparatus is admirably constructed
and perfectly simple, and to be obtained at very small cost.
It has been patented by a Mr. Taylor, and, to use the words
of the learned professor, must prevent the possibility of fire
occurring in any situation undetected. In size it is little
larger than two fingers, and simply requires to be hung on a
nail near the ceiling of any apartment, and it will then form
a prominent fire sentinel, perfectly harmless and almost in-
capable of injury, should its service never be required, but
promptly announcing a fire to the inmates and neighbourhood
in its earliest stage. Its construction depends upon two
points that may easily be understood : first, the suspension of
a weight by a material or combination of materials, which
is separated by a moderate heat, exceeding by only a few
degrees the highest temperature of summer; and, secondly,
the employing the weight thus disengaged to discharge an
alarm by its fall. The weight consists of a metallic box,
weighing about six ounces, which is hung on a nail by a ring
or staple in its cover. The box is united to its cover by the
material or arrangement just mentioned, and of which there
are two kinds. In one the union is effected by means of a
glass cylinder hermetically sealed and completely filled with
mercury at a temperature of ninty degrees, and which is con-
sequently fractured by the expansion of the mercury on
being exposed to a temperature slightly higher. In the
other form the union is effected by a fusible cementet any
suddenly liquifies at about 100 degrees. Th
of
undue temperature upon both is the same, viz.,e e
to detach the
box from its cover and cause it to fall. The alarm
whose discharge announces the existence of fire, is contained
in the box, inserted in about two feet of strong tape, one of
which is 'made fast to the cover and the other to the box
itself, so that whenever the box falls and reaches the
end of the tape, it discharges the alarm by its momentum.
Their adoption will render life perfectly secure (as the re-
port would be,heard in the largest building, either by day or
by night) from the perils arising from fire by night, and:pro-
perty far more secure than it has ever been.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, MAY 4. SUICIDE. --- On
Monday last a most determined alit of self-destruction took place on
the Sheffield and Manchester Railway. On the forenoon of the
above day a man named Richard Crooks, 57 years of age, awidowcr
with six children, residing in Casty-street, Newton, left his family,
after eating a hearty breakfast. The deceased had been absent about
two hours, when he was carried home a mangled corpse. Its was
seen between ten and eleven o'clock by several persons standing on
a bridge crossing the above line of railway at Flowery-field, and
while there he asked a woman, who happened to be passing, how
long it would he before the next train came up. He remained on the
bridge until the arrival of the eleven o'clock train from Manchester,
and when it came in sight he was noticed by two plate-layers, who,
were working a short distance off, to walk deliberately down the
embankment at the end of the bridge and lay himself down across
the rails along which the train would pass. The engineer observed
the deceased lying on the rails, but was unable at the time to stop
the train; the result was that lie was literally cut to pieces. The
train was stopped immediately, and a number of passengers
going to
the spot found him dead. The body was carried to his house, where
it now lies awaiting the coroner's Inquest.
T ^^d Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil left Farranoe's Hotel
Guernsey,

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IiVITERTAL PARLIATIIEN T.
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 5.
Their Lordships met at the usual hour.
Messengers from the Irish Court of Chancery brought up
several returns.

KILMARNOCK AND ARDROSSAN RAILWAY.
• The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions,
' numerously and respectably signed, from Kilmarnock arid other
, places in its neighbourhood, in favour of thi. railway.
THE GUILDFORD AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from land-
owners and others in favour of this line, and against the Direct
Portsmouth.
THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
A NOBLE Loan presented a petition from the authorities
of St. Thomas's Hospital, praying their Lordships not to
place that institution under the Bill, unless its provisions were
materially altered.
The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from the
Governors of Christ's Hospital, praying to be exempted from
the operations of the Charitable Trusts Bill. They did not
fear inquiry, they challenged it, but they did not wish their
affairs taken out of their own hands. Ile, had also an-
other petition' from a society called the Blues. They had
formed themselves into a society for the purpose of relieving
their more unfortunate schoolfellows who had not the good
luck to make their fortunes. It was true they had not existed
as a body longer than twenty-two years, but they had done
much good as a body.
Lord BROUGHAM had no doubt of the respectability of
that society of Blues, but he agreed with an old phrase used in
the north of England, namely, that " the best of folk would not
be the worse for being looked after."—( Laughter.) The Noble
Duke stated that the petitioners did not fear inquiry—in fact
that they challenged it. How did they challenge inquiry ? Oh,
they challenged it by asking that no inquiry should take place.
Messengers from the Commons brought up the Birmingham
Cemetry and other Bills.
EXCLUSIVE TRADING.
Lord CAMPBELL presented two petitions, signed by the
Lord Provost and the Town Council of Edinburgh, in favour
of the Duke of Buceleuch's measure on the subject of ex-
clusive trading in the town of Edinburgh.
The Earl of KINNAIRD presented a petition from Dundee
to the same effect.
VISCOUNT HARDINGE AND LORD GOUGH.
Earl RIPON said he was about to perform a task which was
as gratifying to him as it would be acceptable to their Lord-
ships. It would not be necessary for him to trouble the House
at any length upon the present subject, as he had twice before
during the session been called upon to recount the eminent
services of the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian army ; and
their Lordships received the motions which he then made with
so much cordiality that he felt it would be an idle waste of time
to again advert to them at any length. He was sure their
Lordships felt that the distinctions conferred upon his gallant
friends by her Majesty was a most opportune exercise of the
Royal prerogative, and he therefore felt confident that they
would adopt the address which he was about to present to
them, which had for its object the fulfilment of her Majesty's
intention with regard to Sir Henry Hardinge and Sir Hugh
Gough. But her Majesty in her reesiage, referred, not merely
to the brilliant services which it had fallen to the lot of those
two gallant men to perform, but she adverted also, amongst the
motives which induced her to bring that message under their
Lordships' consideration, to the earlier services which they had
performed; and he thought it would be right that he should
shortly advert to those earlier services, in order to show their
Lordships that the merits of those two distinguished officers
were not confined to their Pate exertions in India, but that
those exertions had been manifested in both cases in their
younger years in the service of their country in various parts
of the world. Neither of those gallant officers were young.
The youngest of them, Viscount Hardinge, had been 42 years
in her Majesty's service, having entered the army at the cern-
mencement of the present century, and having joined his re-
giment before he was 15 years of age. He came home after
the peace of Amiens. A large proportion of our troops then
on service returned to their native country, but he was not
desirous of wasting his time in idleness or the enjoyment of
the comforts of home. And he took advantage of an institu-
tion—namely the Military College of Sandhurst—for the pur-
pose of seeking there a scientific course of study, which was so
advantageous to those who wished to acquire proficiency in
the service, and which has sent forth so many distinguished
men. In 1807 he was appointed to the staff of Sir Bret
Spencer ; and afterwards in Portugal, under the command of
the Noble Duke who sat behind him, and in the capacity of a
young lieutenant in the battles of the Peninsular. He was
present at the battle of Viemera, where he received his first
wound. He continued with the army when it marched into
Spain under the command of Sir John Moore, who was so
much struck with his bearing and his talents that he appointed
him to his own staff; and he was one of those who had the
melancholy task of witnessing the expiring breath of that gal-
lant and esteemed commander. He came 'Mine with the
army when it returned, but when reinforcements were sent
out to Portugal he was appointed quartermaster-general to
the Portuguese army under Marshal Beresford, and no doubt
under the command of that officer acquired that knowledge of
the management of the troops which he had turned to
so much advantage in the service of his country.
He was present at the battle of Vimiera, at Corrunna, and et
the Passage of the Douro. He was at all the operations con-
nected with the defence of the lines of Torres Vedras, anti he
was at the famous battle of Albuera, one of the
mest brilliant actions ever passed, and in which
he distinguished himself by personally directing operations
which never could be forgotten. He was present at Badajos
and at Cuidad Roderigo ; at the second battle of Badajos • at
Salamanca; at Vittoria, where he was severely wounded ; and at
the battle of the Pyrenees, where a most glorious victory was
achieved over Marshal Soult. He was afterwards at the pas-
sage of tht Nevelle, and at the battle of Orthes. In 1815, the
Noble Duke (Wellington) attached Col. Hardinge to Marshal
Blucher's army, and in his letter to Marshal Blucher the Noble
Duke said, " I send him to you—he has my entire confidence.''
Now no man ever acquired the entire confidence of the Noble
Duke without deserving it. There could be no greater
proof of the talent of Lord Hardinge than being selected by
the Noble Duke to attend Marshal Blucher just before the
battle of Waterloo, upon which the fate of all Europe
depended. In the execution of his duty upon the staff
of Marshal Blucher, he was at the battle of Ligny, and there
for the third time was severely wounded, having lost his left
band, and suffered a most painful operation ; which, however,
did not prevent his being present at the great battle of Waterloo.
He had received, as a reward for those services, nine medals,
two crosses, arid five clasps. The nine medals were given for
his services at various battles, amongst which were, Albuera,
Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrennees, and, though
last, not least—Waterloo, He might presume, that a man
presented with nine medals for services in nine distinct battles
connected with the history of the Peninsular war, was a man
who might be admitted to be deserving of the notice his So-
vereign had taken of him, and of the compliments their Lord-
ships were about to pay him. He knew not whether it was
necessary for him to say more with respect to Lord Hardinge,
for it might appear a fulsome panegyric, even to these who
knew his merits as well as he did. With respect to Lord
Gough, he could say that all his life had been passed in the
service of his country. He had been 52 years in the army. He
was engaged during the earlier period of the war in foreign
service, and as much exposed as others to the chances of war,
acid always performing the duty in a manner which gained
him the approbation of his officers. In 1809 he went with the
army into the Peninsular, at the head of the 87th regiment,
and served during the whole of the campaign. He was present
in command of that regiment at the battles of Talevera, Vit-
toria, and Barossa ; and he also commanded it at the siege of
Cadiz, and at Albuera, where he had his horse shot under
him, and was afterwards severely wounded in the side by a
shell. At the passage of the Neville he was also severely
wounded, being three times hurt, as well as Sir H. Hardinge.
He commanded afterwards (as their Lordships were well
aware) the land forces in China, and for which he received a
vote of thanks, of which, during the last three or four years,
he had shown himself so richly deserving. He was now in
command of the regiment in which he formerly
served. That regiment was an Irish one, and Lord Gough
was an Irishman worthy of Ireland—( Hear)—for whatever
differences might exist amongst that high-spirited 'Teeple, he
believed that there was ro instance in which, in the service of
their country by land or by sea, their differences had pro-
duced a relaxation of their duty, or impaired the efficiency of
their exertions. The sound of the trumpet, or the roll of the
drum, appeared to silence all differences, and to create a con-
test as to which should best do the duty intrusted to him.
As an officer of long service, and of great and distinguished
merit, and even as an old gentleman, Lord Gough was
eminently distinguished. Their Lordships might smile, but
he did not think that, as a characteristic of an Irish soldier,
it deserved a smile, except of approbation.—(Hear, hear. )
He was a man beloved by the soldiers he commanded, and
by the officers under him; and there was a cieumstance
which occurred, when it was proposed to elevate him to the
peerage, characteristic of an Irish gentleman. When his
friends, or he believed it was his son, was asked what
title he should have, the son said, that his father was al-
ways called Old Gough, and he did not think that he
would like to go to his grave with any other name. Such a
circumstance made them think cheerily of the man's dis-
position. It had nothing to de with his military services, or
with the high honour conferred on him, but it might not
_perhaps be considered strange to allude to the circustance.
Her Majesty had sent down a message to their Lordships'
House to give them an opportunity of co-operating with her
wishes on the subject. He did not wish to go into the.
motion which came before the other 'House of Parliament.;
that would come before them in due course. The East
India Company had granted a pension to Sir H. Hardinge, and
to Sir Hugh Gough, for their lives, and it was right he
should inform their Lordships that it was granted spontane-
ously. He had not suggested to that honourable body any
wish to act in such a manner, and it was satisfactory to find
that it had been most spontaneous on their part, and was an-
other proof of their characteristic liberality. This vote of
the directors would go before the proprietors for their sanc-
tion, but their was no doubt of their approval of the vote of
the directors. The vote of this House would be prized by
these honourable and gallant men, and it would be a source of
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warriors. The Noble Earl then moved that an humble ad-
dress be presented to her Majesty, in answer to her Majesty's
most gracious message, assuring her Majesty that their Lord-
ships would cheerfully concur in any measures which might
be necessary for the accomplishment of her Majesty's gracious
wishes.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE had so lately had the
opportunity of expressing the sleep sense he entertained of the
eminent services and heroic actions performed by both the in-
dividuals who are the subjects of their most gracious I>lajesty's
message. He felt that it would be at the present time running
the risk of becoming wearisome to their Lordships, if indeed
the sense of weariness could be entertained by their Lord-
ships while considering the past glories and future prospects of
their country, were he to repeat all that lie then felt, and all
which he continued to feel. 'I he Noble Earl who had moved
the address to the throne, bad taken the opportunity of advert-
ing in detail to that series of glorious actions which had marked
the conduct, from the earliest dawn of their glorious career, of
those eminent individuals. It often happened in the great
enrevthieewir
of labours,their past that the
majority of those engaged in public life, whether military
civil, that it was only at the close of their career,
and
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excited had put o a
an endeg
general review
con-
duct, and were enabled justly to pronounce upon the
qualities and extent of the merits which they possessed,
and so brilliant that it at once reflected back upon the whole
of their past career; and the more recent and brilliant
e
achievment is viewed as crowning the whole,
and placing the
"capital" on the summit of the column;' and such was the
case in the present instance, and they were enabled to admit
amongst them persons who had earned suchhigh distinctions,
and he was confident that he spoke the sense of the House
when he said that they could not
thrown open their doors to two
nobler spirits or two more welcome guests.—(Loud cheers. )
He could add nothing to what his Noble Friend had stated ;
the message was presented to the House with a view of obtain-
ing its concurrence to a proceeding which it was supposed
would occur in another place--•a proceeding which had
for its object the bestowing of considerable pecuniary re-
ward. He did not concur in the message in that respect, as he
was not an advocate for conferring pecuniary rewards for mi-
litary service ; but he did advocate a grant for the purpose of
enabling those distinguished personages to sustain the dignity
which had been bestowed upon them—(Hear, hear)—a rank
which disqualified the party holding it generally from seeking
honour or independence in the various professions of the
country ; and it was the more incumbent upon Parliament to
take care that they should heprevided for, and that they should

take care not alone of their honours but of their indopeadinec.
In saying so much he did not wish to question any act of libe-
rality which her Majesty's Government in their discretion—a
discretion which he thought ought. to remain with them—but it
was one which ought not to be exercised in looseness by either
House of Parliament. He neither meant to call for it nor to
object to it, but he did wish to state that the vote which he
should give in favour of an, address to the Crown, was given
strictly on the condition that where those great honours were
conferred, it was the duty of both Houses of Parliament to see
that they were conferred on individuals who had rendered im-
portant services to the State—that they were so independent'
in their circumstances as to put them on a footing of equality
with a bulk of their Lordships, which they would have to main-
tain. He would say no more than that he heartily concurred
in the address which his Noble Friend had moved, and which
he was sure would receive the unanimous concurrence of the
House.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said it was impossible for him
not to avail himself of that opportunity to express his most
hearty concurrence to the motion before their Lordships. He
was the more anxious to address them then, as he did not ad-
dress them when the original proposition was made, and thanks
were voted to the army. He did not speak on that occasion to
which he had referred, in consequence of the number of
Noble Lords who spoke, and because he did not wish
to take up their time. He therefore availed himself of this
opportunity to express the pride he felt, and which he was
sure every soldier felt, at belonging to such an army as that
which had so distinguished itself in India. Every soldier,
from an ensign to a field-marshal, to which position it had been
his fortune to reach, ought to feel great pleasure for the bril-
liant victories which they had achieved; and it must no doubt
give great satisfaction to his Noble Friend, the Commander-
in-Chief, to know that those officers were bred and trained by
him.— ( Cheers. ) But he wished to express his opinion on
one point, namely, the service of Viscount Hardinge under Sir
Hugh Gough, the Commander-in-Chief, in India. He be-
lieved if he had not joined in the engagements, and assigned
the duty to a deputy commander, he would have done himself
more credit than by risking his life in the field. He ought to
have left to that commander the whole credit of the great
battle which had established our dominion on the banks of the
Sutlej.— (Cheers. ) He thought it his duty to say thus rnucn.
He however admired the noble conduct of Viscount Hardinge in
the engagements. After thanking the House for the attention
with which they had listened to him, his Royal Highness re-
sumed his seat.
Lord BROUGHAM said he was sure he would but echo the
sentiments of all their Lordships ; and the Noble Prince nad
well expressed the self-gratification which he felt at belonging
to an army which numbered such men amongst it, when he
said that they must equally congratulate themselves in belong-
ing to an assembly the doors of which were thrown open. to
those illustrious persons.---( Hear, hear.) He trusted that no-
thing which he was about to add to those expressions wobiti be
deemed, by any possibility, to be an objection on his part to
the granting of. peerages to those illustrious men, because their
Lordships were so unanimously of opinion that they ought to
be granted unto them. To the gallant and skilful conduct of
the Governor-General of India, before he met the enemy in
the field, they were indebted to that happy termination to a
war, which was, in itself, one of great expense—of some du-
ration— of great cost of precious blood ; but as to the termi-
nation of which theycould entertain no alarm, while the interests
of this country were intrusted to such troops as our Indian army,
and such officers as Hardinge and Gough. But he must say
one word as to those who were not before them. He quite
agreed with his Noble Friend (the Marquis of Lansdowne) that
there honours ought to proceed solely from the suggestions of
the Crown. But it must be remembered that there were those
who had already entered the temple of fame there was another
name in connexion with Lord Hardinge, of whom it might
be said as of two great men of old, Brutus and Cassius,
Quo minus rorum imagines dedeut.

He meant Sir Charles Napier, and he (Lord Brougham) could
only regret that no mention had been made of his name.
Lord GLENELG said the verdict of all Europe was that
verdict which posterity would pronounce with respect to the
achievements of the two officers whose names were before the
House. In this of course be included the valour of the
troops under their command. He included also that forbear-
ance which had been exhibited before the battle ; it was the
forbearance of a great nation, conscious of its great resources,
but which was only anxious that, if it entered into a war, it
should not be sullied by dishonour. As the name of Sir Charles
Napier had been mentioned, he would call to their
Lordships recollection the name of Sir H. Smith.
He thqught there should be a memorial worthy of this great
nation, which should be inscribed in such a manner as would
include the men, from the greatest down to the lowest officer
and man, who had taken part in such great achievements.
He could not but wish to see the services of that distinguished
officer, Sir Robert Sale, who had closed his life on the field of
battle, as become a great officer, acknowledged in such a man-
ner as would keep alive his memory amongst the other distin-
guished men.
Earl FITZWILLIAM said, that it was not very pleasant to
interrupt the unanimity of their Lordships. He did not wish
to go into any discussion—he did not wish to go into any ques-
tion too deep, perhaps, for the consideration of Parliament.
He assumed that they had been engaged in a great struggle—
he assumed that they had been engaged in a great dispute—he
assumed all this. His Noble Friend who sat by him, had said,
that in consenting to this vote he did not attach anything like
a pecuniary reward to the honour about to be conferred.
It was the duty of Parliament to take care that, as far as
circumstances could contribute to independence, they
should place these eminent individuals in independent
situations. He apprehended that there was no Noble Lord
who did not respond and acquiesce in the opinion stated by his
Noble Friend. The question to which he wished to direct
their Lordships' attention, and to which the attention of the
other House should be directed, was, whether the course which
it was proposed for them to take, voting a pecuniary, he would
not say reward, but the pecuniary means of maintaing the in-
dependence of those introduced to their Lordships' House, was
a wise and dignified course for the nation to adopt. But he
would ask their Lordships, why they were to stop at the se-
cond generation? If those actions had been so great, and if
those large rewards had heen properly bestowed, which he did
not for a moment doubt they had, he really
did not think that the country should be niggardly in
supporting the honours and dignities which had been con-
ferred by her Gracious Majesty. They provided, as his Noble
Friend had stated, as far as external circumstances would admit,
for the independence of those individuals introduced into that
House. They also provided for the next generation, and also for
that T.S hich was to foltow ; but why were they to stop there ?
Was this nation so poor and so ungrateful that they could not
afford to reward even succeeding generations? He knew it
might be said that in the course of two generations provision
might be made for those which were to follow. He would
put it to their Lordships, whether what they were about to do
or were likely to give to the proceeding generations, would
afford the means of amassing a fortune which would enable
those who followed to sustain the dignity which it was presumed
persons introduced into their Lordship? House should assume.
It appeared to him that there was a great want of discretion in
the bestowal of these rewards. He could not conceive why it
gave rewards to the second and third generations, while the
fourth and fifth generations were to be deprived of the income.
The inco res ought to last as long as the period itself lasted.
ihe argument in the other House against such a proceeding
wc,uld be, that you must not saddle the country prospectively
with such burdens. If these peerages were examined, it
would be found, that three generations was the longest period
that they lasted in any family. He thought it his duty to
make these observations, because he conceived, if it was right
for a peerage to be granted, it was also prs per ti at means
adequate to the maintenance of the peerage should be furnished
so long as it existed.
The Answers to the Addresses were then put by the LORD
CHANCELLOR, and were agreed to.
THE LORD LIEUTENANCY OF THE COUNTY OF
WEXFORD.
Lord CAREW moved for the production of the Irish cons
respondence with the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Wex_
ford, with respect to the office of Lord-Lieutenant and Custos
Rotulorum of that county. An alteration had been made in
Lard-Lieutenants by adding to it the office of Custos 114-
ttilorum. Lord Melbourne, on a previous occasion smiler
to the present said, it was riot proposed to abolish the office
of Custos, but to unit, :t with the Lord-Lieutenant. The
Noble Lord then alluded to offices having been held conjointly
by one individual; and concluded by saying, that it would be
injurious to the public, and disrespectful to the House, if such
proceedings were allowed to pass unnoticed.
Earl ST. GERMANS said the Noble Lord admitted that
legal right was vested in the other House. If he would refer
to the third clause in the Act, he would find that it was dis-
tinctly enacted that the office of Custos was to be filled by any
person
that the said Lieutenant might choose to appoint.
There was no restriction, and there was no reference made to
persons being disqualified from holding that office. He could
see no objection to consolidate these two offices in one perscn.
In the time of Lord Melville's administration there were 32
individuals holding the office of Custos Rotulorum, and of this
number 12 were allowed to hold the office of Lord-Lieutenant.
The Government had appointed persons holding their own pe-
litic a 1 opinions, but still he believed they were competent per-
sons, and no complaints had been made as to the manner :n
which they performed the duties of their office. He (Earl St.
Germans) confessed his inability to see any difference bettven
appointing a person who held the office of Custos to be a Lord-
Lieutenant, and a person who was Lord-Lieutenant to be ap-
pointed to perform the duties of Custos. The Noble Lord
concluded by saying he had no objection whatever to lay the
correspondence the Noble Lord wished for before the House.
The Duke of LEINSTER, who spoke in so low a tone as
to be nearly inaudible in the gallery, was understood to say
that he had held, in his own person, the offices of Custos and
Lord-Lieutenant of a county for many years, and that he wasacquainted with instances of individuals who had been simearsy
situated.

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tenants to the office of Custos Rotulorum. The Government
were desirous also of appointing to these offices those whose
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his Noble Friend, was at all material, because, although it was
quite true that Lord Londonderry was not appointed to the
Lord-Lieutenancy, it mast be borne in mind that at the time
he was holding the office of a Lord-Lieutenancy in this coun-
try.aui,
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that in the performance of the duties of the office of Lord-
Lisutenant of this county he had enjoyed the full confidence of
the Government of which he (Lord Stanley) was a member.
He could only say that it had been generally considered that
the union of the t.,•0 offices in the same persons was advanta-
geous to the public interest.
The Earl of WICKLOW said that an implied compact had
existed that the two offices should be united—that where the
offices were separate, the one that should become first vacant
should be given to the holder of the other. He had formerly
very much attacked Lord Grey's Government upon this sub-
ject, but the course of events had led him to regret the course he
had taken. He would remind the House that in the case of
the Lord Lieutenancy of the county of Westmeath, Lord Mel-
bourne had recognised the implied compact, that the office of
Custos Rotulorum should be given to the Lord-Lieutenant, and
had given that office to the Lord-Lieutenant, although the
holder of that office was opposed to Lord Melbourne's Go-
vernment. He hoped that the Government would see that
they had been in error, and acknowledge it.
After a few words from the Earl ST. GERMANS in ex-
planation,
The Marquis of NORMANBY said he regretted that the
Government did not acknowledge the error into which they had
fallen. The answer which has been given in a former case
was, that the Lord- Lieutenant did not read the newspapers to
furnish himse;f with the information alluded to. If the Lord-
Lieutenant, or those who surrounded him, had any better
means of acquiring information than the public newspaper!,
and they thought that it was not necessary to read them, well
and good, but if they had no better medium of furnishing them-
selves with such information, he thought that they were hound
to read them. With respect to Hansard being quoted, the
olyalnlreofebrjreecdt
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Parlia-
ment. He knew not how this matter would end, but he could
not help throwing out, far the consideration of her Majesty's
Government, that the Noble Lord had it now in his power to
put an end to all this public inconvenience. Care should ba
taken not to permit the me to be mutt into a precedent. it

1'

was not for him (the Marquis of Nermanby) to suggest what
course should be taken by the Noble Lord, hut he did
think that after this case, it appeared to him, with respect to the
Noble Lord and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and the Noble
Lord who had been appointed Custos Rotulorum, that some
Noble Lord should move some resolution, which would prevent
the case referred to being drawn into a precedent."—( Hear. )
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it necessary to
add his testimony to that of the Noble Lord who had made
this motion, and the other Noble Lords who had spoken
in support of it. Nothing could be more clear than the ex-
pressions which had been expressed in that House (and if such
expressions had not been made in the other House of Parlia-
ment, it vvas because such a discussion had never been brought
on in that place), that it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government at the time referred to that these too offices
should be united. The clause that had been referred to by
the Noble Lord was one of the most preposterous kind for in-
sertion in any such Act of Parliament Nobody could deny
that a case might arise in which it might be most material to
make a separation between the two offices, that was to say, if
the Lord-Lieutenant became disqualified by illness, by absence
in the country, or by other causes, from duly discharging the
duties of his situation—in that case he (the Marquis of Lans-
downe) submitted that the Crown should be armed with a
power to separate these two offices. But were they to infer
from that that it was intended, notwithstanding the declara-
tion that had been made in that House, that the Lord-Lieu-
tenant should remain ignorant of matters that were of the
greatest importance. Not only did the Noble Lord assume
that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was to remain ignorant of
the most important proceedings in that country, but that
he should be ignorant of what took place in that House. So
that unless the Noble Lord was actually present in Parliament
and in Ireland at the same time, he could not, according to the
argument of the Noble Lord, properly discharge his duties.
Now, he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) thought that this subject
was of great importance at all times, but he did confess that
in the present state of Ireland, and after what had passed lately
in that House in relation to that country, this subject was of
much. more importance now.—( Hear, heas.) It was most
important that this deviation from whatever might be the
alleged custom should have occur' ed in the present year, after
the discussion which had already taken place. He did not know
in what way or shape this matter would be dealt with,Xbut he
certainly united with his Noble Friend in the wish that the
opinion that might be expressed would be a unanimous one.
He was sure he meant no disrespect to the Noble Earl (the
Earl of St. Germans) in what he had to say, bur he could
not help saying that he had made a most imperfect defence.
He thought that her Majesty's Government should make some
positive declaration as to the course which they intended
hereafter to pursue with respect to the subject under their
Lordships' consideration.—( Hear, hear. )
The Duke of RICHMOND entirely concurring with all
that had fallen from his Noble Friend ; and, believing it of
great importance that the laws which were made for England
should be extended to Ireland—( Hear, hear)--he did hope
that her Majesty's Ministers would make a declaration, and
that they would speak out and say that the matter complained
of had been done by inadvertance—( Hear, hear)—for he
believed that it would be found to be so. He hoped that some
Noble Lord would move a
resolution upon: the subject—(Hear,
heas)—to the effect that it was desirable that these two offices
should not be disunited.—( Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend,
( the Noble Marquis) who had been Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland,
had been lately abroad, and he complained that the Lord-Lieu-
tenant of Ireland did not read Hansard's debates. His Noble
Friend had been in Italy, and he appeared to know little of the
circumstances that had taken place in this country since the
departure.—( Hear, hear.) Hansard's debates! Why they
now got up and said, .‘ Let by-gones be by-gones, for we will
not be pledged by our former speeches on any subject."—
(Hear, hear.) There was really now no use in reading Han-
sard's debates, because in perhaps twenty-four hours after the
speeches of some parties had been delivered, they would de-
liver themselves of speeches on the very opposite side of the
question which they had previously supported.—( Hear, hear. )
The Earl of ST. GERMANS asked whether toe Noble
Marquis (Lansdowne) wished him to introduce a Bill on the
subject, which they could not do without interfering with the
prerogative of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained that he only
asked for some declaration on the part of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, which would prevent the recurrence of such a pro-
ceeding as had been complained of. He did not wish it to be
drawn into a precedent.
After a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTON the
Motion was agreed to.
BOROUGH OF SCOTLAND BILL.

date of their conviction, the date of their departure from
Canada as convicts, and the time of their arrival in Van
Diemen's Land ; also, the dates of release of such
of these persons as have received her Majesty's gracious pardon;
also, the names of those convicts who now remain in exile, and
a statement of the nature of the offences for which they were
banished.

This Bill was read a second time, on the motion of the Duke
of BUCCLEUCH.
DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed, on the motion of
Lord DALHOUSIE.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF CO,IIIIIOIVS, May 5.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Lord LINCOLN took the oaths and his seat for the Falkirk dis-
trict of Burghs._

CLYDE DOCK AND HARBOUR BILL.
r Mr. OSIVALD moved, that further proceeding on the third
reading of the Clyde Duck and Harbour Bill be resumed, and
amendments made in the Bill, in terms of the report of the
Select Committee on Standing Orders, presented on the Ist
of May.
Mr. HUME asked the House to stay further proceedings on
this Bill, until certain documents which he bad moved for were
produced. He objected to giving the Clyde trustees the
power sought under the Bill, because they had not
properly complied with the Act they obtained in 1840.
The trustees had already incurred a debt of 300,0001., and they
now sought for additional powers to raise a sum of 100,000/.,
to carry out improvements on a piece of land which would re-
quire at least 800,000/. to be expended on it before it could be
brought into a proper condition. He objected to the increase
of the habities already incurred by these trustees, as they did
not possess sufficient revenues to pay the interest of the debt.
He asked the power to delay further proceedings on this Bill for
14 days until he could obtain the papers he sought for. The
construction of the docks was never contemplated until No-
vember last, and he was opposed to the trustees pledging the
revenues of the river for their formation. The river, with
proper care, if Mr. Walker's plans were carried out, might
be made quite capable to accommodate all the shipping that
could enter, without incurring the unnecessary expense of
constructing the proposed docks.
Sir GEORGE CLERK believed that it would be a very
great advantage to the river Clyde if docks were constructed
on its banks. As far as he could gather, the Hon. Member
for Montrose objected to this scheme, as the trustees had not
sufficient revenue to meet the expenses necessary to he in-
curred. The city of Glasgow was rapidly extending, espe-
cially towards that portion of the river where the proposed
basin was to be made. The value of land was greatly in-
creasing, and he understood from the Honourable Member for
Glasgow that the trustees possessed a surplus fund quite ade-
quate to meet the required outlay. If there were sufficient
funds the argument of the Honourable Member for Montrose
quite fell to the ground ; if, on the other hand, there were not
sufficient revenue, then it would be expedient, perhaps, to
adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Member.
Sir JOHN EAST H OPE said there was no disposition on
the part of the River Trustees to oppose any inquiry into
their accounts, and they had manifested every desire to have
a full and perfect scrutiny.
After a few words from Mr. BAINES and Lord GRAN-
VILLE SOMERSET,
Mr. NE W DEGATE said, as he was a member of the group
to which the Bill had been referred, he wished to state that it
was the firm impression of the Committee, that an important
city like Glasgow, should have proper docks and wharfs, in
order to carry on its trade in a proper manner, and the Com-
mittee refused its consent to the line passing the river, but they
allowed a branch, which they considered would answer'
the pur-
pose of the railway.
After a few words from Mr. OSWALD and Mr. LOCKHART,
Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took
place,
Mr. HUME having withdrawn his motion, considering that
it would not be right if he divided the House upon it after
the statement of the Government,
Mr. LAWSON presented a petition from the Leeds and
Thirsk Railway Company in favour of the York and Knares-
borough Railway.
Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from the Earl of
Glasgow against the Kilmarnock Waterworks Bill.
Mr. GIBSON CRAIG moved that it be an instruction to
the Committee of Selection, to remit the Edinburgh Water
Bill, the Edinburgh and Leith Water Bill, the Edinburgh
Paving Bill, and the South Leith Church Bill, to the same
Committee.—The motion was agreed to.
Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Standing
Orders and other Committees.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition, signed by 25
members of the Downpatrick board of guardians, complaining
of a want of a law of settlement, and the consequent abuses
in the maintenance of the poor. The petionersprayeto for
such a law as was prevalent ou this head in England and
Scot-
land. They also complained of a want of a law to prohibitt
vagrancy and the improvident expenditure of the public money
by the Government Commissioners, and that they might be re-
lieved from the further instalments of money advanced on the
Consolidated Funds.
Mr. THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE presented a
petition from several landowners in the Isle of Wight, praying
that that island might be included in the General Highway
Bill now in progress through the House. The roads in the Isle
of Wight were at present in a most wretched condition, although
the inhabitants were subjected to heavy taxation for the repair
of the highways. He would move that the petition be printed
with the votes.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. W. COLLETT presented a petition in favour of the
Glasgow Union Railway.
QUARANTINE LAWS.
•
Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he would postpone for
fortnight his motion, that an humble address he presented to
her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct such
correspondence or extracts on the subject of the quarantine
laws as has taken place with foreign Governments since the last
returns to Parliament, to be laid on the table of this House ;
and that this House will see with pleasure such relaxations in
the existing system as may he compatible with a due regard to
the public health, and the general interests of the nation.
IRISH COERCION BILL.
Mr. POULETT SCROPE gave notice that, on the motion
for the third read'
amendment he haring of this Bill, he would move the same
made when a similar Bill was proposed in
1835, namely, that beforeany addition was made to the
stringency of the criminal lawnvestt in Ireland, steps should be taken
for the purpose of i
and remedying the causes
which led to that state of things against which such a measure
was directed.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD
sent from Rochdale to
the conduct of gave notice that he
E
would move for a copy of a memorial
the Secretary
the police. of State for the Ho e Department relative to
POOR-LAW REMOVALS.
for several Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, he had
mPO'notrh sf from
re-
turns in February respecting the removal movedt
produced. H e
several places in Yorkshire and Cheshire. ,ci-hrtehoode
already passed, and as yet they had not been
would now move that tl-ey be produced forthwitphr—Agreed to.
LEGAL EDUCATION.
Mr. WYSE said that he had given notice of a motion to
which he believed there was no objection. It was, that the
House do extend the instruction given to the Committee
Legal Education (Ireland), to extend their inquiry intot(h)ne
consideration of the state, importance, and extent of legal
education in England.—Agreed to.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mr. HUME moved for a return from the trustees of the
British Museum, stating any and what regulations they have
adopted to give effect to the recommendations of the Select
Committee on Public Monuments, dated the 16th day of Julie,
1841, or which have had for their object to grant greater facili-
ties and conveniences to persons visiting the Museum ; and
a similar eturn front the trustees of the National Gallery.—
Agreed to.
THE SLAVE EMANCIPATION OFFICE.
Mr. HUME also moved for an " Account of the total ex-
pense of the Slave Emancipation alice, stating the several
salaries paid, and the names of the officers to whom paid ; also
?
fall contingent expenses in each year since the passirg of the
Slave Compensation Act, stating from what source these ex-
penses have been paid, and how long that office is to be con-
tinued."--Agreed to.
CAN ADIAN POLITICAL OFFENDERS.
Mr. HUIVE then moved for a return of the number of per-
sons banished from Canada, for political offences since 1837,
to Van Diemen's Land, or to any other colony, stating the

TifiE_S_UN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, MAY 6, 1846.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CHESTER RACES.
• CHESTER, MONDAY N.LOHT,I2 O'CLOCF.,
THE CUP.
It is generally calculated that at least 35 horses will start,
a number exceeding all precedent, and not at all improbable;
up.vards of 40 being now in the city or at Delamere Forest,
amongst them Inheritress, The Baron, Corranna' Sweetmeat,
St. Lawrence, Sorella, Glossy, Intrepid, Queen of Tyne, Vol-
au-Vent, Hope, Ruff; Pride of Kildare, flooton, Roderick,
Little Hampton, Warp, Salopian, Polish, Lady Wildair, The
I.toper's Daughter, Crim. Con., Pedometer, Redstreak,
Clumsy, Cataract, Miss Burns, Connaught Ranger, Plaudit,
The Magnet, Vitula, Best Bower, Stream, letit Morceau,
Marquis of Conyngham, Mermaid, Punch, Finvaragh, Bro-
ther to Sir Henry, Billy Purvis, Elena, Clara, Collcen Bawn.
Dawson starts Inheritress, Glossy, Grim. Con., and Brother to
Sir Henry ; and Wadlow, it is said, Sweetmeat, Salopian,
The Roper's Daughter, Redstreak, and Intrepid—nine out of
two stabler. We take for granted they will be started in
triple lines, and that the final quotations will be in some
measure influenced by the 't draw." Assuredly the rear rank
will rua at a disadvantage.
7 to 1 agst Best Bower
10 to 1 agst Magnet
10 to 1 agst Sweetmeat
11 to 1 agst Clumsy
11 to 1 agst Miss Burns
13 to 1 agst Vitula
14 to 1 agst Pedometer
15 to 1 agst Polish
16 to 1 nest Inheritress
20 to 1 agst Hope
25 to 1 agst Lady Wildiir
25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger
30 to 1 agst Crim. Con.
30 to 1 agst Glossy—taken
33 to 1 agst Plaudit
40 to 1 agst Corranna
40 to 1 agst Billy Purvis
Weatherbit is struck out.

THE DEE STAKES.—The following norses are n ere .
Dolo, Princess Alice, Chartist, Kismet, Tooacconist, c. out of
Miss Thomassiia, Malcolm, Alliance, Fancy Boy, bro. to
Sir Henry, Sharston, Driffield, King Charles, and the Sister
to Johanna colt.

THE DERBY.
3 to 1 agst Lord E Russell's Sting
9 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Tom Tullock—taken.
20 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's Fancy Boy
25 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser
33 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Peri colt—taken
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOOK.—A list, at the
best of slender pretensions, was rendered almost to a skele-
ton by a walk over for the Produce Stakes, and had it not
been for the Twe Years Old Stakes, would have afforded
but an indifferent opening to the meeting. To eke out the
sport, the running did not commence until a quarter before
three. The Grosvenor Stakes, as usual, being the first event ;
the walk over succeeded ; and at a quarter before four, the
two years old were started (the rain descending in torrents at
the time), leaving us barely time to save the express train.
The Plate race has yet to be run, and as the Cestrians are pro-
verbial for making the most of racing of this kind—always
having an eye to the interests of the innkeepers—we shall
not be surprised if the running is spun out until between
six and seven o'clock. The only changes in the cup of any
consequence, are in Polish, Connaught Ranger, and Hope;
the former is backed at 14 to 1, and the Ranger at 20 to 1,
while 30 to 1 is offered against Hope. It is still imagined
teat nearly thirty-five horses will start; ti.at all will get
comfortably round the Ship-yard Turn, now that it is de-
prived of its " fair proportions," may be questioned, Time
will not permit us to add more than a brief return of the
racing;—
The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 added
for 3 yrs old, 6st 41b; 4 yrs, Bst 51b; 5 yrs, 9st 21b; 6 yrs
and aged, 9st 61b; winners of 50/. once 51bs extra; mares,
&c. allowed 31bs. Grosvenor Course. (6 Snbs. )
Mr. A. W. Hill's Burlesque, 3 yrs (Tasker) 1
Mr. Mostyn's c by Phoenix, 3 yrs
Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 5 yrs 3
7 to 2 on Burlesque, who made all the running and won
easy by a length. Run in 2 minutes, 21 seconds.
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sows. each, h ft, colts, Bst 41b
Bst. Two miles. (4 Subs.)

Mr. F. R. Price's kismet walked over.
Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b;
fillies, &c., Bst 2lb. Nearly three-quarters of a mile.
(15 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Glentilt (Nat) 1
Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure
Lord Eglinton's Nerissa ..............
The following also started, hut were not placed :—Mr. E
R. Clarke's Miles's Boy, Mr. R. Peel's Credential, Mr. F. R.
Price's The Prarie Bird, Mr.- Buckley's Saddleworth, Mr.
Worley's Wintonia, Mr. Jaques's Dipthong.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Glentilt, 2to 1 agst Miles's Boy, sto 1
agst Credential, and 7to 1 agst Dipthong. Nerissa took the
lead at starting, and with Glentilt in close waiting, made
running round the turn; Glentilt then headed her, went on
with a decided lead from the distance, and won by nearly a
length, Foreclosure beating .Nerissa for second by a head.
Run in one minute twenty-seven seconds.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
EPSOM, 1846.
THURSDAY.—The Grand Stand Plate of 200 sow., in specie,
given by the lessee of the Grand Stand, added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. The winner of the
Chester Cup or Suffolk Stakes, to carry 7lbs, or of both,
101bs extra. The last mile and a quarter of the New

Derby Course.
Corauna, aged, 9-t 41b—St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 111b—Old
England, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—The
Merry Monarch, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Die-
cord,aged, Bst—Maynooth, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Alamode, 5 yrs,
7st 81b—Polish, 6 yrs, 7st 81b —Miss Elia, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—
Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—iEgis, 4 yrs, 7st 31b— Con-
naught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Javelin, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Miss
Burns, 6 yrs, 7st—Clumsy, 4 yrs, 7st—Mangler, 4 yrs, 7st—
g, by Advocate, out of Dexterous's dam—Best Bower, 5 yrs,
Est 121b—Flattery, 4 yrs, Est 121b—False Report, 5 yrs, Est
121 b—My Mary, 4 yrs, Gst 121b—Cocoa Nut, 4 yrs, 6st 81b
—Alkali, 4 yrs, Est 71b—The Wreck, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Lon-
don, 4 yrs, 6st 11b—c, by Don John, out of Peri, 3 yrs, 6st
—Wild Roe, 4 yrs, 6st—Buttress, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Garnet,
4 yrs, sst 121b—The Premier, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Blackbird, 3
yrs, sst 121b—Marquis of Conygbarn,3 yrs, sst 81b—Lord
Harry, 3 yrs, sst 711)—Sir Peter Laurie, 3 yrs, sst 61b.