The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-09 00:00:00

HABITUAL DRUNKARDS,

Mr. DAVENPOR I! gave notice of his intention
,o move for leave to bring in a bill to dual with
iabitual drunkards.
The House then adjourned.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

ROLLS' COURT.
THE LONDON AND HAMBURG BANK.

The Master of the Bolls delivered judgment to-
day in this case. The question at issue was whether
a gentleman named Henry was entitled to claim
against the bank for a sum of £13,343 paid for
shares. There was no dispute as to the amount
claimed. Mr. Henry was instructed by the direc-
tors to purchase a " round number" of shares, a
portion for themselves and the remainder for the
shareholders. By the term " round Lumber," he
understood the directors to mean a large or consi-
derable number, the amount to be left to the discre-
tion of Mr. Henry. Accordingly Mr. Henry bought
175 shares, 60 of which were allotted to the direc-
tors, and the remainder were transferred to the
credit of some of the shareholders. Mr. Henry was
paid by the directors for these shares, and his ac-
count in the bank was credited with the amount of
the whole of the shares, which he had paid for out
of his own pocket. The shareholders contended
that they were not liable for the shares transferred to
them, on the ground that the act of the directors was
ultra vireß,and the companywere not bound byit. The
Master of the Rolls said that if the shareholders felt
themselves aggrieved, their remedy was against the
directors ; but they could not repudiate the claim
of Mr. Henry. Mr. henry was not called on to
construe the powers vested in the directors by the
Act of incorporation, and his claim must be allowed
with interests and costs.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
3IR. VINING'S BANKRUPTCY.

In the new Court this morning the Chief Judge
gave his decision in a matter arising out of the
bankruptcy of Mr. J. G. Vining, who was re-
cently lessee of the Princess's Theatre. The ques-
tion at issue was as to the title of the bankrupt's
father to certain property which the assignees under
the adjudication claimed as part of the estate.
The chief question raised was as to the " apparent
possession" of the goods. his lordship said no
doubt the father advanced money to his son ; but
it mattered not whether the bill of sale had been
duly registered; the property had never been re-
moved from the house of the bankrupt; and, in his
opinion, the assignees were entitled to the chattels
comprised in the bill of sale ; the costs of the assig-
nees to be allowed.

RACING FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.

Lincoln l5, 16 Derby
Harrow 17, 18 I Nswtou 25, 26
MARCH.

Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset ll3, 17
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24
Pontefract ..14, 15 I Epsom '29, 3l►
Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1
APRIL.

Northampton 5, 6 1 Newmarket Craven 18 to 22
West Drayton 7, 8 I Ahergavenny 91, 22
Thirsk 7, 8 1 Lewes
Kingsbury lBll 1 Croydon. 'B, 2's
Durham lB, 19 1

MAY.
Newmarket :Ist Sp:—.2 to 5 1 Harpenden 2O, 41.
Chester. lO, to 13 1 Bath 24, 45
Winchester lO, 11 1 Stamford
Salisbury l2, 13 Croydon 26, 214
York 17, 18 1 Epsom 31 to June 3
Doncaster 19, 20 1
JUNE.
Croydon 8, 9 1 Newton 44, 23
Manchester 8,9, 10 1 Hampton 23, 24
Ascot 14 to 17 1 Bihury Club 21
Windsor 2l, 22 1 Stockuridge.,,3o, and Ji,ly 1

JULY.
Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton ............ 147 i 5
Nottingham 12, 13 I Huntingdon 19, 20
Chelmsford l2, 13 'Kingsbury 2l, 22
Reading V, 13 I Goodwood •;6, 29

AUGUST.
Brighton 2 3 Stoektf l7 to 19 -
Brighton Club 4 I Oxford 18, 19
Lewes .. ...., ...5, 6 1 York 23 to 25
Egham 9, 10 I Plymouth
Windsor ll, 12 1 Derby 3O, 31
Bromley l6, 17 I Woyuiouth 3O, 31

SEPTEMBER.
Warwick 6, 7 I Richmond 20, 21
Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23
Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23
Hampton 20,21 I Newmarket Ist Oct. 27 to 80
OCTOBER.
Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 to 14
Leicester
Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket H0t'n...21 to 29
NOVEMBER,
Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury. 14 to 18

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
Birmingham 8, 9 Harrow l7, 18
Derby 10, 11 I Newton 95, 26

. . .
MARCH.
Liverpool 8,9, 10 Brimley 31 and April 1.
West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham-31 and April 1
Warwick 22 to 24

APJ
Aldershot 7, 8 I

UL.
Kingahury is, 19

SitETCIIES IN PARLIAMENT.

TUESDAY.

Notwithstanding that, on the ground of ill-health, the
Queen was again unable to open Parliament in person,
considerable interest was evidently taken by the outside
public in the proceedings attendant upon the open-
ing of a session in which, according to the in-
dications conveyed in the Queen's Speech, and
according likewise to the rumours that have
dAring the recess been afloat, very eventful matters are to
be brought forward. Not only was Westminster Hall
crowded, but the precincts of Palace Yard were occupied
by several hundreds of persons, who had the appearance
generally of belonging to the working class element.
A strong posse of police was in attendance
and had no difficulty in preserving order. As the mem •
hers of Parliament arrived they were cheered, but no
occasion arose for boisterous demonstration, as neither
Mr. Gladstone nor any other member of the Cabinet put
in an appearance. Mr. Stansfeld and Mr. Glynn were the
only members of the Government, in fact, that attended
the opening ceremony. The former took his scat on the
front Ministerial bench shortly before prayers ;
the latter not until after players. As each passed through
Westminster Hall to the priv,ate entrance for the CillberS
he was loudly cheered, as was alFo Mr. Baines, who,
during the recess, at Leeds and elsewhere in the North of
England, has distinguished himself by his educational,
speeches; and Mr. Candlish, whose determination to sift to
the bottom the expenditure- (which he considers,
extravagant) impelled him to snake a special journey
to India during the recess and personally reconnoitre
the ground where the money was squandered.
With these exceptions, hardly any other member was
noticed, otherwise than with silent curiosity.
In the Lords the peers began to assemble a few minutes
before two o'clock. They consisted, for the most part, of
accessions since last session. The only one of note
amongst other constituents of the house was Lord
Penzance, who, since his elevation to the peerage
has been present before at only one sessional sitting. The
fresh accessions who attended, and afterwards took the
oaths, were the Bishops of Winchester, Bath and Wells,
Oxford, Salisbury, Carlisle, and Exeter, and Lords
Buckhurst, Balinhard, Hare, Howard of Glossop,Castl t wn,
Robartes,andGreville. But in addition to these, there were
the Bishops of London, Gloucester, Hereford, and Rochester,
and Lords Dunsany, Redesdale (that most indefatigable
member of all others in the Upper House) Bandon, Fortes-
vie, and Landsdale. On the ministerial front benches not a
single individual appeared. A minute or two before two
o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered the House, preceded
by the Mace Bearer and the Usher of the Black Rod, and
passed through to the robing-room, whence presently his
lordship emerged, accompanied by the other Lords Com-
missioners—Viscount Sydney, Earl Kimberley, the Earl
of Bessborough, and Earl do Grey and Ripon. Having
taken their seats in front of the throne, attired in their
robes, the Lord Chancellor commanded "Black Rod'
to summon the Speaker and the gentlemen of the
Commons to hear her Majesty's Commission read. In a
few minutes, the gentlemen of the Commons crowded up
to the bar of the House, but their entrance was unmarked
by that confusion and uproar which, a session or two ago,
was commented upon in a very unfavourable light
generally by the Press and the public. For once their
behaviour was most decorous. In some measure this was
doubtless owing to the large bevy of peeresses, that
occupied the back benches. The Commission
having been read by the Clerk at the Table, the
Lord Chancellor proceeded to read the speech from the
throne. The Commons afterwards withdrew, and the
Peers, spiritual and temporal, whose names are mentioned
above as being fresh accessions to the Upper House,
proceeded to take the oaths, the Bishop of Winchester
(late Oxford), being the first so to do and to make his
obeisance to the Lord Chancellor,

The sitting afterwards was suspended until 5 o'clock.
In the House of Commons the first arrival was Colonel
French, who in the view of securing a good seat appeared
on the scene so early as a little before 12 o'clock. The
deposit of his hat in the place associated for some sessions
past, with the burly form of Mr. White, was done with a
precision of manner that would have excited roars of
laughter had anybody else been present. After him came
in Mr. McCullagh Torrens, Mr. Baines (who invariably
distinguishes himself by his punctuality), and Mr. Muntz,
each gentleman following in quick succession. Then there
was a lull for a few moments, when Mr. Hubberton joined
the little knot now gathered on the floor of the House
and presently came Mr. Locke-King, Mr. Pim, Mr. White
—who was naturally nonplussed, if not indignant,
when he found his customary seat already occupied.
Now the members increased rapidly—so rapidly, indeed,
as to make it a matter of impossibility to specially identify
all. There were Viscount Milton, Dr. Brewer, Earl Percy,
Mr. Dodds, Mr. C. Glynn (who as yet was the sole member
of the Government in attendance), Alderman Delahunty
Sir John Hay, Mr. Walter, Mr. Charles Buxton, Sir C.
W. Mike, Bart., Mr. C. Reed, Mr. Helms, Mr. M`Arthur,
Mr. Dent., Sir Rainold Knightley, Bart., Mr. Candlish, Sir
George Jenkinson (who was received with a titter),
the late Lord Mayer, Mr. R. Crawford, and
a host of others. They formed in knots in all
parts of the House, and the conversation was of the
noisiest and most hearty character. Shortly before two
o'clock the Speaker, preceded by the mace bearer, and fol-
lowed by the new chaplain (the Rev. Henry White),
entered the House, and the strangers having been ordered
to withdraw, prayers were said. After prayers the con-
versation was resumed, and at exactly five minutes past
two, Black Rod was announced, and Colonel Clifford
approached the table. He delivered his summons, and
the Speaker proceeded to the other House, followed by
the faithful Commons. On their return, the sitting was
suspended until four o'clock.

The first business of the Lords on reassembling was to
swear in more members, amongst whom was Lord Derby.
At five o'clock the debate on the Address in answer to the
Speech from the Throne was opened by the Marquis of
Huntly, who, in hie uniform as officer of the 42nd High-
landers, presented an exceedingly interesting am ear-
ance, and, as well, by the noble manner in which,
for one so youthful, he delivered himself,
drew upon him all eyes. The House was unpre-
cedently filled. The front Ministerial benches were
occupied by Earl Granville, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the
Duke of Argyll, Earl Kimberley, &c., while the Opposi-
tion was represented mainly by Lord Cairns, Lord Derby,
and the Kr: of Malmeabury. The Earl of Fingal
seconded the Address, and when he had sat down
Lord Cairns rose, and delivered one of those
incisive speeches for which he is celebrated.
While criticising some points in the Ministerial pro-
gramme in a prejudicial spirit, he had the candour to
admit there were matters contained in it which afforded
him satisfaction, and which, in fact,
_had he himself been
entrusted with its preparation, he could not have dealt
with in language more appropriate. The course of the
debate presented no special features, but it is a rare occur-
rence that an assemblage more brilliant or contemplative
is witnessed.

The Commons was unusually crowded, and the tone
of the 1 r xeedings throughout indicated business. The
first half hour was occupied in the ordinary way—with
the swearing in of new members, and a perfect Babel of
tongues. Directly the hands of the clock pointed
to half-past four, the Speaker's voice was heard
calling for notices of motion. In quick succession
member after member rose, and, supposing their good
intentions were carried out by the end of the session, we
may expect the constitution of the country will rest on a
totally different basis to what it does now. Mr. Watkin
Williams, for instance, proposes to do with the
Established Church, as regards the Principality,
the same as was done last session with the
Irish Church. We are to have colonial law consolidated
and amended. The National Debt is to be got rid of in a
different way to what it has hitherto been; savings,
banks are to be put on a different footing; and friendly
societies are to be subjected to fresh legislation. All this is
to be undertaken by Government, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer having given notice of
Motion on the several subjects. Mr. Glad-
stone, whose entrance into the House, as well as
his rising to address it, was the signal for ringing cheers,
moved that the House declare Mr. O'Donovan Rossa
incapable of taking his seat on account of his conviction
as a Fenian. Cheers and counter cheers followed the
announcement-, and the same occurred when Mr. G. IL
Moore immediately afterwards moved as an amendment
that the whole subject of Mr. Gladstone's motion be
ram-NI to a committee. The debate on the Address
was unmarked by any striking novelty.

Titz PEroum OF TIIT PRIVY COUNCIL.—The
ramous of reform of the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council are again current It is expected that in
the ensuing sereien a large measure of reform of the Judi-
chi Committee will be brought forward by the Govern-
ra3nt. It is said that considering the immense interests
involved in appeals from India and otherplaces it is neces-
sary to establish a paid tribunal. Among Cm rumours
uue Cu, t sir It. Palmer, Mr. Forsyth, Q.C.. and Mr. Leitl.
are lixely to take scats en the eummittie under tl:c new
711CaS11 re.

THE " TrPTON SLASUER."—Tho commiseratioil
cf the sportin,7 public may have been excited by the stork
of Wm. Perry, tho " Tipton Slasher," having so fallen iron
his high estate as to be an inmate of the Gateshead Work-
house. Another William Perry now writes indig-
nantly to declare that he himself is the real " Slasher.'
and the pauper only a designing imposter. He
wishes to be confronted with the soi-disant "Slasher," for
the public to judge between the merits of the two. The
occasion, however, must be a benefit for him, the real
Simon pure, and he requests that his expenses will be
paid to the N9rtb, proulifoixj Ellis volt§
iy3Yfi• hhn. • ! tt .