The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

any proj,:ct for marrying the Queen cf SPAIN to
Count TRAPANI.

Mr. BuLwE.u, the British ?yliniqer, was so-sei iously
indisposed that his physicians had recommended him
to leave Madrid for the country.

Accounts from Cadiz, of the 26th, announce the
arrival in that city of the British steamer Avenger,
with IBRAIIIM PACEIS on board. COSTA CABRAL
had left Cadiz for Madrid, where he arrived on
the 29th.

MADRID Boma, JULY 30.—Three per Cents., 34
cash; Five per Cents., 22f ; Passive, 62.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
They are almost exclusively occupied by the details
of the elections. In the second arrondissement of
Paris on the second scrutiny, M. JACQUES LEFEBVRE,
the Ministerial candidate, was defeated on Monday
by M. BERGER. The Legitimatists have, in almost
every instance, been beaten, but the parti pretre, the
legitimate successors cf the GUISES and the League,
who would fain establish a sort of sacerdotal republic,
have succeeded in returning the Abbe DE GENOUDE,
the proprietor of the Gazette de France, for Toulouse.
The Cote Gauche have sustained some severe
losses ; among them that of M. CoRMENIN, who has
been defeated at Joissy ; MM. BERRYER, LEDRU ROL-
LIN, L'HERDETTE, GEORGE LAFAYETTE, DE TOCQUE-
VILLE, GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT, LAMARTINE,
ODILON BARROT, &c., had been re-elected. M.
GUIZOT was returned at Lisieux by 523 out of 561
voters.

General DE LAMETH, the oldest officer in the
French service, one of the LAMETHS of the first
revolution, had caused himself to be carried from his
sick bed to the hustings of the first arrondissement of
Paris to vote for the son of his old friend, CASIMIR
PERIEE. lip to six o'clock on Tuesday the result of
419 elections were known in Paris. Of these the
Ministerialiqs had gained 276 ; the Opposition
143, leaving a majority to the Ministry
of 133. The Ministers have, up to the present re
turns, increased their former majority by 40. It is
calculated that the majority of the elections remain-
ing to be decided will terminate in favour of the
Ministerial candidates.
On the Bourse it will be seen public confidence was con-
firmed by the certain triumph of Ministers in the elections.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 83f. 50c. ; the Five per Cents., Mt: se. '
•
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2751.; Rouen, 9731.
75e ; Havre, 6901.; Great Northern, 697 f. 50c. ;
Avignon, 8751. ; Vierzon, 6151. ; Bordeaux, 547 f. 50c.;
Troyes and Montereau, 3651. ; Paris and Strasburg,
485 f.; Tours and Nantes, 4961. 25c.; Paris and Lyons,
507 f 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 4S5f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 485 f.; Spanish Actives, 34; Spanish Three per Cents.,
3G
The following are the quotations for other lines :
MAASEILLES, JULY 29.--Marseilles and Avignon, 865 f. ;
Northern, 700 t.; Paris and Lyons, 505 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 4.

Anglo-Belgian, 2', —Boulogne and Amiens, 12%—Central of
Spain, I—liutch Rhenish, OA —East Indian, I—Gr, at Indian Penin-
sular, % —Great Western Bengal, %—Luxeinbourg, 2 ex d.—North-
ern of France Constituted, 13% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 8 V2—Paris
and Lyons Constituted, 5%--Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4%
Rouen and Havre, 27% —Tours and Nante.; Constituted. 4%.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOU6E OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took:the Chair at Twelve o'clock, but it was
twenty minutes after before a House could be made.
CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY.

Mr. WYSE moved the second reading of this Bill.
Mr. GREENE was sorry to oppose the second reading of
the Bill, but as the line was one not absolutely required,
and there was a great pressure on the money market, he
thought, it would be better postponed.
Mr. WYSE did not conceive that any case had been
made out for the decision of the Select Committee upon it.
Mr. DUNCOMIIE said that as reference had been made
to him, he would state that he had simply done his duty.
The Bill was ultimately withdrawn.
BA K Eft'S PETITION.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that Bakeei petition be
printed with the votes, which was agreed to.
ORDNANCE SURVEY OF IRELAND.
Sir DEN HAM NORREYS moved the appointment of the
Select Committee for the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, naming
himself, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Young, Sir Robert Ferguson,
Viscount Adare, Mr. George Hamilton, Captain Jones, Mr.
Wyse, Colonel Anson, Sir Henry Winston Barron, The
O'Conor Don, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell,
Mr. French, and Mr. Smollett; and moved that the said
Committee have leave to sit this day, notwithstanding the
sitting of the llouse.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL.
On the orders of the clay being read,
Lord SANDON wished to ask the Vice-President of the
Board of Trade a question respecting the Bill for winding
up the affairs of joint stock companies, the second reading of
which he had moved some time since.

Dlr. M. GIBSON replied that, at the request of the gen-
tleman who had the preparation of this Bill, it had been
some time delayed, but he might say that it would be ready
in time to be passed through Parliament this session.
ACCIDENT ON ThE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY.

Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to know from the Vice-
President of the Board of Trade whether any investigation
into the nature and the cause of the late accident on this
railway had taken place, or whether any steps had been
cd. and
Thatthe state
gentleman
ha
taken to provide against them for the future?
Mr. M GIBSON said that: the Government had no official
power to do more than send down an inspector to ascer-
tain
railwaymade
i ate ad
a very full report, which was now in the hands
theta i
spot n the
cause
Iv e e i
of
the
t accidenth
a pp n e
of Government. As it contained several remarks on the
conduct of the driver through whose fault the mischief
occurred, he -thought it would not be right to prejudice
the public by bringing it on the table of the House at pre-
sent. He would only say that he was in custody, on the
charge of manslaughter, and would take his trial in the
ordinary course of law. With regard to the company to
which this line belonged, it was but justice to them to state
that the signals at the station where the acccident hap-
pened were amply sufficient tor all purposes, and whenever
representations had been made by the public, they had been
invariably attended to by the company. In due time be
should he happy to give all the information in his possession.
PUBLIC CEMETERIES BILL.
On the motion for the second reading Of this Bill,
Mr. MACKINNON said that, as this Bill was to be pressed,
he would state that its objects were—firstly, to prevent the
burying in churches or chancels of churches in populous
places ; secondly, to prevent the retention of the bodies
of poor persons after death in the apartments of surviving
relatives; and thirdly, to provide for the preservation of the
health of the inhabitants of popular places. Sir J. Graham
had confessed, when Secretary for the Home Department,
that there were great difficulties about the subject. He ( Mr.
Mackinnon) felt all that difficulty, and it appeared that the
only way to get rid of it was to refer the matter to
the Privy- Council, who would have the power to
issue a Commission for the abatement of the nuisance.
It was evident that such a Commission must be invested
with extraordinary powers. How far they would be able to
establish officers for carrying out their commission he could
not at present see, but he conceived the proper plan would
be that on any representations being made to the Com-
mittee of the Privy Council, they should interfere; that they
should authorise a local committee to act, which committee
should consist of one-third appointed by the bishop of
the diocese, and the other two-thirds elected by the
laity of the district. It was perfectly true that
those who dissented from the Established Church
were entitled to the direction of their own burials.
Compensation should be made to the clergyman and others
whom this Bill might affect. Provision was made in the
Bill for that purpose. It might be asked, how were they to
provide the money for carrying out the provisions of
this Bill? In reply to such a question, he would
say that a rate should be levied upon the people.
No less than 74,000 individuals annually fell victims to the
present system of interment, and for that the Government
was responsible. In fact, a far greater number had fallen
victims to the epidemic diseases arising from our
present system of interment than had ever fallen
by the sword. Having so far discussed this point, he
anxiously wished to call the attention of the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
and the Noble Lord at the head of the Guvernment,
to this most important subject.—(Hear, hear.) He wished
them to consider what a frightful number of
deaths annually happened in the metropolis, Manchester,
and other large towns, in consequence of the present system
of interment.- Supposing the epidemic diseases arising in
those large towns from such a cause, should sweep over the
country at large, who ought to be held responsible? The
Legislature, undoubtedly. It was far from his wish to re-
cede from this and the smoke measure which he had some
time ago introduced, but he thought that it was the
duty of the Government to take up those measures.
He hoped that the: Government would allow this Bill
to be read a second time. The Bill could then be postponed
till next session, with the view of its being taken up by the
Government in the ensuing session. The Hon. Member con-
cluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time.
The motion having been seconded and put,
Sir G. GREY said that the Hon. Gentleman was entitled
to the gratitude of the House and the public at large
for the steps which he had taken in this
measure. He (Sir Geor e Grey) himself was directing his
attention to a similar megasure, with the view of introducing
it in the
next session, and he therefore hoped
that the Honourable Gentleman would consent to
withdraw the Bill, as no great good could be
accomplished by pressing on the second reading of the Bill.
The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that the,
Bill be read a second time that day three months.
Mr. MACKINNON said he was perfectly satisfied with
the promise of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he would
not, therefore, press his motion.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a second time that
day three months.
EJECTED TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion of Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, the
order of the day for the second reading of this Bill was
discharged.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL.
Mr. BOUVEItIE then moved that the House resolve itself
Inio Committee on this Bill. The present system was
admitted
by the Commissioners themselves to be most
defective. The fraudulent debtor
from his just debts afforded to him by the present laws.
The late laws 1
and they had opened a wide door to all sorts of frauds,
would finally the effectofcorrupting the
have
morals of a great • portion of the people of this country. Ile
understood that the Government intended to introduce a
measure next • session which would remove the evils of the
present System.
The question having been put,
Sir G. GREY said the Government would introduce a
measure on this Stli,ject in the ensuing session, and he there-
fore hoped that his Hon. Friend would not persist in his
motion.

Mr. BOUVERIE accordingly consented to the withdrawal
of the Bill.