The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.
MONDAY, AUG. 10.
ARMS (IRELAND) BILL.

Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question pro-
posed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment
proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Ques-
tion to add the words " upon this day month :"—Question put,
" That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House
divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 56.
Anson, Colonel Gladstone, Captain Pigot, David
Bannerman, A. Gouiburn, Henry Rich, Henry
Baring, W. B. Greene, Thomas Pambold, C. E.
Berkeley, Captain Grey, Sir G. , Russen. Lard John
Berkeley, Grantley Hamilton, G. A. Rutherfurd, A.
Bodkin, W. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Seymour, Lord
Broadley, Henry Hawes, B. Shaw, Rt. Hon. F.
Brocklehurst, John Heneage, Edward Shell, R. L.
Brooke, Sir A. B. Hobhouse, Sir John Smith, Vernon
Buller, Charles Hogg, J. W. Somerville, Sir W.
Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Spooner, Richard
Craig, W. G. Jor es, Captain Stewart, P. M
Dundas, Admiral Labouchere, Henry Ward, IL G.
Dundas, David Macaulay, T. B. Wilshere, T. W.
Ebrington, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Charles
Estcourt, T. G. N icholl, John Wyse, Thomas
Ferguson, Sir R. O'Conor, Don
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Forster, Mathew Palmer, G. TELLERS.
Fox, C. It. Palmerston, Viscount Tufnell, H.
Gibson, T. M. Parker, John Hill, Lord Marcus

MINORITY-NOES, 23.
Baine, Walter llorsman, E. Sibthory., Colonel
Bowring, Dr. Martin, J. Warburton, H.
Bridgeman, Hewitt Morris, David Wawn, JT.
Browne, W. Muntz, 0 F. Williams, W.
Collett, John Napier, Sir Charles Yorke, Henry R.
Crawford, W. S. Norreys,:Sir D.
Duncan, George Osborne, Ralph TELLERS.
Escott, Biekharn Pechell, Captain Duncombe, Thomas
Evans, Sir De Lacy Protheroe, E. Hume, Joseph

HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE AT CHATHAM.—On Sa-
turday afternoon, about four o'clock, a poor woman, wife of a la-
bouring man named Cole, met her death in the following manner :
Having been gleaning, she was taking the wheat to Mr. Gilbert's
mill, on Chatham-hill, to be ground into flour, when, having incau-
tiously got too near the sweeps of the mill, one of them struck her
in the neck, and nearly severed the head from the body ; of course,
death was instantaneous. She has left three children to deplore
their loss.
GROUSE SHOOTING.—Already large parties of noble-
men and gentlemen have passed through this town to the Highlands,
and good sport is expected, as, from the long continuance of fine
weather, the birds are large and in prime condition. It is said that
on the moors of Northumberland both red and black game are ahem-
dant—Newcastle Journal.
POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS.—Newspapers are BOW
sent free of postage to the following British colonies and foreign
parts :—British colonies—Aden, Antigua, Bahama, Barbadoes, Ber-
bice, Bermuda, Canada, Cape Breton, Caraicou, Demerara, Domi-
nica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Halifax, Heligoland, Honduras, Hong-
Kong, India (via Southampton), lonian Isles, Jamaica, Malta, Mont-
serrat and New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince
Edward's Island, Quebec, St. Kitt's, St. Lucia, St. Vincent's, To-
bago, Tortola, Trinidad. Foreign parts—Brazil, Bremen, Buenos
Ayres, Cuxhaven, Denmark, France, Grand Ducby of Oldenburgh,
Greece, Hamburgh, Hayti (or St. Domingo), Lubec, New Grenada,
Peru, Spain, Venezuela. A postage of twopence must be paid at the
time of putting in, to the United States of America, Gaudaloupe,
Martinique, Surinam, St. Croix, St. Thomas's, St. Martin's, Cuba,
Egypt, and Syria.
THE GREENWICH FLOATING PIER.--The deputation
appointed at the borough meeting of Greenwich to present a remon-
strance to the Lord Mayor against the forcible removal of the float-
ing pier at Garden-stairs, waited on his Lordship yesterday at the
Mansion-house, and was most courteously received. After the re-
monstrance had been read, his Lordship declared his determined re-
solution to remove every floating pier on the river within his Juris-
diction. The deputation, having thanked his Lordship, withdrew.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT OPPOSITE ST. CLEMENT'S
Cntracn.—Last evening, between the hours of seven and eight, an
accident of a most frightful character, which had well nigh involved
the lives of several individuals, besides being attended with very
serious consequences to Thomas Ansley, a waterman, occurred in the
Strand, just opposite St. Clement's Church. It appears that at the
time spoken of the unfortunate man Ansley, who is at the advanced
age of 62, and has been for many years engaged at the Arundel-
stairs as waterman, was coming out of Arundel-street, and just in
the act of crossing the Straad, when a carrier's cart came up at a
moderate pace, until within a few yards. There were several other
persons in the road at the time, endeavouring to obtain the opposite
footpath as well as Ansley, but owing to the rapid movement of the
horse, it having taken fright, before they could get out of the way
some of them were knocked down, the wheels passing over the
body of the old man, who was picked up in an insensible state. The
blood flowed copiously from his face from the kicks of the horse. He
was removed to the King's College Hospital, and placed under the
care of Mr. Smith, the house surgeon, who ascertained that he had
sustained, independent of a fractured thigh, several broken ribs and a
severe laceration of the scalp and other extensive injuries, so as to
render his recovery quite hopeless. We are happy to state that the
other parties escaped unhurt, beyond a few slight bruises.
ORIGIN OF THE WORD lIIIMBUG.—It is not generally
known that this word, presently so much in vogue, is of Scottish
origin. There was in olden time a race, now extinct, called Bogue
or Boag of that Ilk, in Berwickshire. A daughter of this family
married a son of Hume or Home, also of that Ilk. In process of
time, by default of male issue, the Bogue property devolved on one
Geordie Home or Hume, who was popularly styled Hume or Home
o' the Bog. This worthy was somewhat inclined to the marvellous,
and had a vast inclination to exalt himself, his wife, family, brother,
and all his ancestors en both sides. His tales, however, did not pass
current, and at last, when any one made any very extraordinary
statement in the Meares, the hearers would shrug up their shoulders
and style it "just a Hum o' the Bog." aids was soon shortened
into Humebug, and in a few years the word spread like wildfire over
the whole kingdom.—Scofsman.
NOVEL INCUBATION.—A few days ago, as some of
the servants of Mr. John Mounsey, of Askham, were mowing grass,
one of them accidentally cut off the head of a partridge when sitting
upon the nest. Mr. Thomas Mounsey, who happened to be present
at the time, immediately collected the eggs (fifteen in number) and
took them home. After wrapping them in warm flannels he placed
them in a recess under a closet, near to which was a flue to a boiler,
and the following day had the satisfaction to find that thirteen of
the eggs had produced fine strong birds. He forthwith took his
young charge to Mr. Robert Harrison, of Askham Dail, principal
gamekeeper to the Earl of Lansdale, when they were delivered over
to the maternal care of a bantam hen, which had before hatched and
reared a hide of white pheasants. Twelve of the thirteen young
partridges are still alive and likely to do well. What is still more
singular, since that time Mr. Mounsey has succeeded by the same
process in hatching seven eggs from a nest which had been exposed
to the air nearly a whole day, the old bird being accidentally killed
by Mr. Henderson's mowers.
AMERICAN BEEF AND PORK.—An application has re-
cently been made requesting that the revenue authorities would
permit the partial landing and examination only of beef and pork,
imported duty free, from the United States, and the remainder put
over the ship's side into craft, or otherwise disposed of as the owner
thinks fit, for delivery to his wharf or warehouse, the same being
intended for immediate reshipment ',in outward-bound vessels, and
the request has been granted, on conditions that one package in five
be landed, in order that an average net weight for official purposes
may be obtained.
THE CYDER SEASON.—The failure of the apple crop
in Herefordshire has led to a great increase in the price of cider, the
supply of which, in the present Season, is expected to be very
limited.