The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

LAMBETH.-(THIS DAY.)

Thomas Sutton was charged by Benjamin Woods with
threatening to stab him.
The prosecutor swore he was in danger of his life, and
brought forward a witness named Haslegrave, as also
Policeman P 338; to prove the same.
The policeman said that prisoner, on his way to the
statiou,house, said to prosecutor that he (the prosecutor)
had signed his death warrant.
The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, said he was
first assaulted. _ _

Mr. ELLIOTT said he should require the prisoner to
find bait in tw•o sureties of 51. each, for six months.

The

isoner AM be imprisoned until the bail is found.

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tiYIPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
rt (THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve`o'clock.
Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from forty-four
master bakers in the city of Dublin against the Sale of
Bread' Bill.

On the motion of Mr. MASTERMAN; it was ordered
that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection
to appoint the Committee on the London (City) Small
Debts Bill to meet forthwith, if they shall so think fit.

SUGAR DUTIES.
The report upon the Sugar Duties was brought up and
agreed to.
SUPPLY. -
The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought
up and agreed to. ,
STEAM NAVIGATION.
The House went into Committee upon this Bill.
Mr. LABOUCHEIIE, in propoili'ng the resolutions to
the Committee, said this Bill was br3tight in for the
better regulation of steam navigation in thle country,
and for limiting in certain cases the number of
passengers to be carried by steam-boats. In the Bill
all steam-boats were required to have their machinery
inspected by competent_ persons twice a year, and re-
ports were to be made regularly to the Board of Trade.
Under the present law, while seagoing vessels were
liable to a penalty if they went upon a voyage without
such examination having taken place, no penalties were
imposed upon vessels navigating our rivers, and he
thought it was as necessary that some restriction should
be placed upon them as upon seagoing vessels, because
great competition existed among river steam-boats. The
principal object of the Bill was one which he thought
was very desirable. The Board of Trade were to fix
the maximum number of passengers to be carried by
steam-vessels, but, in ordinary circumstances, he thought
it would be a vexatious exercise of that power to carry
it out with regard to seagoing vessels. It was, however,
notorious that some of the steam-boats navigating our
rivers, especially the river Thames, owing to the great
competition which existed and the desire to carry pas-
sengers at the lowest possible fares, were occasionally
so crowded with passengers that the safety of the pub-
lic was placed iu great danger. It was, therefore, most
improper that such a practice should continue, and it
became necessary that some check should be placed
upon the parties who had the management of those
boats, and that the Board of Trade should have the
power to fix the maximum number of passengers to be
carried by each boat. Those were simply the objects of
the Bill which ho had to propose to the Rouse, and
which he trusted would receive its sanction.

Mr. STAFFORD agreed with the Hon. Gentleman
that a great necessity existed to regulate the number of
persons that steam-boats should be allowed to carry;
but he could not help observing that the time was not
far distant when the doctrine of non-interference, and
leaving enough to competition would be the great prin-
ciple of the Government.—(Oh, obi)
Mr. LABOUCHERE denied that that had ever
been a ruling principle—no sane person would advocate
the doctrine of non-interference. The Bill would not
interfere with the rate of fares.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HENLEY said the people derived the utmost
advantage from the cheap rate of conveyance on the
Thames. They should take care not so to limit the
number of passengers as to take away an undue amount
of the profit of the proprietors of boats. No very serious
accident had occurred in consequence of over-crowding.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said the proprietors of boats
would not be unfairly dealt with. The Hon. Gentleman
might recollect that the Lord Mayor stated the, other
day, when a case was before him, that the matter was
not ripe for legislation, and that nothing would be done
until a boat went down, and five hundred persons were
drowned.
The resolution was agreed to, the House resumed, and
the Bill was ordered to be brought in.
FARMERS ESTATE BILL.
Tho House went into Committee on this Bill.
Mr. R. PALMER proposed several technical amend-
ments, which were agreed to.
Colonel DUN NE proposed an amendment to the effect
that tenants evicted should receive compensation from
the county.
Mr. M'CULLOCH feared that this Bill would lead to
au extreme system of eviction of special persons, like
those eight which were granted. No one could boy
land which had not poor tenants, and if the Bill were
passed, they would be driven from the land which the
Company bought. Many located themselves on estates
on the faith of the former owner.—(Hear, hear.)
Colonel THOMPSON did not like looking into Irish
mysteries ; but it appeared to him that this Bill would
enable the Company to buy incumbered estates from
their landlords, and enable them thereby to get rid of
their small tenants. This would be a poor panacea
during the present excited state of the country, and,
would so exasperate the unfortunate persons evicted and
driven to seek shelter beneath hedges, that assassination
would become again rife.—(Hear.)
Mr. STAFFORD defended the BilL
Sir G. GREY said the object of the Bill was not to.
promote eviction, but to stimulate the employment of
people upon it, by sinking capital in it. The clause, as
it stood, ought not to be passed by the Committee.
After a few words from Sir W. SOMERVILLE, who
said that the poor-rates could not be easily collected,
Mr. R. M. FOX said the company would not be likely
to purchase lands which were much incumbered by te
nants in an extreme state of poverty. He considered that
the rates could be easily collected.
Mr. REYNOLDS was favourable to the clause ; bat
it appeared that no provision was made as to the parties
who were to wake rates for the support of evicted poor'
The company must clear the land of paupers ; there was
no other alternative.— (Hear, hear.) He believed the
company was a purely mercantile and not
purely benevolent one. It was right that there
Should be no hypocrisy about it—(Laughter)—and he
trusted that other mercantile speculations with reaped
to the laud of Ireland would be started.
After a few words from Mr. HENLEY,
Sir G. GREY said the company was to be compelled to
support those evicted for five years. If Hon. Gentlemen
would put the clause in the hands of any legal gentle'.
man they would find that this was so.
(LEFT SITTING.)

NEW USE OF WASTE STEAM.-A manufacturer,
who has a steam- engine which discharges much waste
steam, conceived the idea of using it to raise pine-apples•
The steam was introduced under the roots of the
plant and the heat and moisture united acted so power'
fully, that the pine-apples soon ripened, while the body
of the plant being exposed all day to the open air, as'
sumes a healthy and agreeable taste, which renders the
fruit far superior to those which have been ripened in
hothouses.

BIRTBS.
This morning, at Cricklewood, Middlesex, the wife of
Adam Rivers Steele, Esq., of a daughter.
At Leithfield Cottage, Kincardineshire, on the 26th ult..
the lady of J. Arnott, Esq., of Leithfield, of a son.
On the 28th ult., at Widmore, Bromley, Kent, Mrs. /id
Elms, of a son.

In Eaton-place, on the 29th ult., the wife of Major jeffrert
88th Regiment, of a son.
On the 30th ult., the lady of William D. Bruce, FA"
K.C.S., F. S.A., of a daughter.

AGIRRIED.
On the 27th ult., at St. Michael's, Pimlico, John R. UM'
bull, Esq., of Windsor Castle, to Ann, eldest daughter of 11'
Oliver, Esq., High-street, Pimlico.
On the 27th ult., at All Saints' Church, Southampton,
P. H. Ussher, Esq., R.M., third son of the late Admiral Si
T. Ussher, K.C.H., to Charlotte Maria, youngest
daughter of the Rev. E. Duke, of Lake-house, Wilts.
On the 29th ult., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mr. "t
Stones, late of New Zealand, to Mary Valentina, Odes
daughter of Mr. J. Waterlow. of Peckham. J.
On the 29th ult., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, the Re.
Lowther, third son of W. Hodgson, of Houghtonrhoul:
Cumberland, to Jane Eleanor, widow of the late J. R. GSa
of .Houghton-hall, in the same county.

DIED.
On the 25th ult., at Wath, Cumberland, Dickinson Birketh
Esq., of Whitehaven, Cumberland, aged 53.
On the 25th ult., at North-crescent, Bedford-square, WTI
Anne, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel James 130'4
of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
On the 26th ult., Elizabeth Wintersgill, wife of W. Dialer'
Esq., of Oldston-house, Devon. of
On the 2Kentish-town, Bth ult., at Caroline Maria, Wife
Captain Brownlow H. ixiyard, aged 24. trick
On the 28th ult., at Norfolk-street, Strand, aged 82, Pa."'
Leslie, EN., formerly of Crown-court, Broad-street.
On the 28th ult., at Marlborough, aged 19, Martha Eliza-
beth Mary, eldest child of Mr. T. B. Merriman.
On the 29th ult. at Roslin-cottage, Counter•hill, NOP.
(mos.?, Captain J. Short, formerly of the East India Service.ws
On the 30th ult., at Brighton-road, Croydon, Mr.
Wilson, late of Cheshunt, I-lerts, aged 75.
At Myrtle-cottage, Lee, Kent, Maria, daughter of the Ist*
W. Woolcombe, Esq.

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Middlesex, Tuesday, August 1, 1848.