The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-14 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE,

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.--The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
KINGSTOWN ( DUBLLN) —Wind W.N.W., strong breeze—
partially cloudy.
PLYMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
PORTSMOUTH—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
HasuNas—Wind S. W., strong breeze—scud.
SOUTHAMPTON— Wind S. W., strong breeze—overcast.
FOLKESTONE—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BASINGSTOKE—Wind S ~trong breeze—partially cloudy.
'GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
SwurnoN—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
RUGBY—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast.
YARMOUTH—Wind S.W., hard wind—overcast.
enEwE—V, ind W., gentle breeze overcast.
CONWAY—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
HOLYHEAD—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
VY HITB Y-- ind N. W., gentle breeze— f oggy,
SHAP—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BkArrocK—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indizate the state of
tha wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'clock :
LIMERICK—Wind S , calm—partially cloudy.
CARLOW—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
Sb.r,eceazlet—papratriatilaiyllycrlcoluoduxd.y.
Wgentleind
FarenuLourtsToGwAltx—(Dopinud
POOLE—Wind S., strong breeze--scud, rain.
CREWE—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudy.
El oLYREAD—Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
Yo me—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain.
y.NCASTIR—Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
DARLINGTON—Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
SHAD— Wind S., strong breeze— rain.
WIIITETIAVEN - Wind S.E.. gentle breeze—heavy rain.
BICAITOCK—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—rain.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1851.

In the House of Commons 17.t3t evening,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved, according to notice,
for leave to bring in a all to improve the adminiAration
of justice in the Court of Chancery and the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council. The Noble Lord ex-
plained the provisions of the proposed Bdl at great
length.; the principal difference between this and the
former measure was, that by the present measure he
proposed two new judges as judges of appeal, who
should sit in the Court of Chancery 83 assessors to the
Chancellor, and without him when he was unable to
attend.

Mr. J. STUART considered it impossible that the
measure could receive due consideration during the
present session.

Mr. EETHELL considered the Bill provided effectually
for the relief cf the appellate tribunal, and hoped it
would be palsed this session.
Mr. WALPOLE supported the measure.
After a discussion, in which Mr. ELLICE, Mr. Hoes-
MAN; Mr. R. PALMER, Mr. HENLEY, the SOLICITOR-
GENERAL..Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL, Mr. fluinE, Mr. J. EVANS, and Mr. MULLINGS, took
part, the motion was agreed to.
On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, leave was also
given to bring in a Bill to regulate the salaries of the
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench and the
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
On the order of the day.being moved f( r going into
Committee of Supply,
Sir L. O'BRIEN called the attention of the House to a
petition presented from the late guardians of the Ennis-
tymon Union (in Clare), and moved that a Select Com-
mittee be appointed to inquire into the causes assigned
for their dismissal, and the administration of the affairs
of the union.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE opposed the motion, which was
negatived, and the House went into Committee of
Supply, Mr. BERNAL in the chair.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a grant
of 300,000/. for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
the Kafir war, over and .above the ordinary charge of the
array and ordnance departments.
Mr. ADDERLEY said that if a constitution had been
granted to the Cape, the House would never have heard
of this Kafir war.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was no reaso❑ at ell
to suppose that if a constitution were granted to the
colonists they would undertake to defray the expenses of
the Kafir war.
Mr. HUME objected to the grant.
Mr. HAWES defended the colonial policy of the Go
vernment.

Mr. V. SMITH, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. LABOUCHERE, and
others, having addressed the Committee, the vote was
agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the remaining business
was disposed of.

The business of the session has at length com-
menced. Last night a measure of practical reform
was brought forward by the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, and received in a spirit that leads us to hope it
will speedily receive the sanction of Parliament, and
partially redeem the year of the Great Exhibitionfrorn
constituting a legislative blank in the national annals.
No subject, perhaps, bad more strongly excited the
public attention, and, we will add, the public indig-
nation, than the enormous evils of the Chancery
system. The ruinous expenses, the vexatious and almost
interminable delays of the tribunal, which was de-
signated,par excellence, the "Court of Equity," driv-
ing the unfortunate suitors almost into despair, had
been recognised with unparalleled unanimity by all
classes. Those who had personal experience of its
working could speak feelingly of the unceasing
anxiety, the constant outlity, and heart-sickening
care, inseparable from proceedings in Equity, which
rendered the lot of even the most successful liti-
gant by no means enviable ; while those
who have hitherto been so fortunate as to
escape the meshes of the net have had many me.
lancholy examples before their eyes from among their
relatives, friends, or acquaintances, of the withered
hopes and blighted prospects of the victims of the
English Juggernaut. The necessity for a large and
comprehensive measure of reform was universally
admitted, but there were so many different opinions
as to the nature and extent of the required
alterations that but little could be effected.
Many influential men who had acquired
considerable eminence as legal practitioners,
contemplated the accumulated cobwebs with almost
superstitious reverence, and, although they could not
venture to stem the torrent of public opinion, or to
affirm the excellence of the system, they yet took
care to object to the details of any important change,
so as to keep matters as nearly as possible in statu
quo, surrendering occasionally, with deep regret, a
rotten bough as a sop to the legal reformers, but
steadily resisting any attack on the roots of
the decayed tree, which its radical blemishes
and defects rendered essential.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, unfortunately, has not
shown himself to be a HERCULES to cleanse this
Augean stable at a single effort. He has pro-
ceeded slowly, very slowly, in a manner becoming
the subject on which he was engaged, and which
savoured strongly of Chancery proceedings in the
doubts and procrastinations manifested at every
stage. It was clearly recognized that the first
step should be relating to the office of the
bead of the Court, in relieving the Lord
Chancellor for the time being from the gigantic and
superhuman labours imposed upon him in the dis-
charge of his multifarious duties. No measure could '
be brought forward, no proposition sanctioned
until it had previously been considerd and approved
of by the highest judicial authority of the country.
No Lord Chancellor, however, even if he were ex-
empted from the ordinary wants of mortality, and
could work during the 24 hours without cessation, or
without requiring rest or refreshment, could get
through his numerous and important avocations.
ne could not, at the same time, preside in the Court
of Chancery for some six hours per diem, act as
Speaker of the llouse of Lords during the sitting of
that
the courts
hear apneale from the decisions of
atue Courts of law and equity in England, Scotland,
ndlreland, to the court of ultimate resort, the high-
fee tribunal in the United Kingdom, discharge the
functions
t )n fa
of Chancery Cabinet Minister, and devote time to the
congideret
of the grievances under which the suitors
on, retnediesare euffermg, and devh.e, or even decide
adequete to the disease. The expecta-
tion was futile; no man could do it, however great
his talent and industry. No effective progress then

It is rumoured that the measure of Parliamentary
Reform to be brought forward in the ensuing session
of Parliament will consist in the substitution of a
general 403. franchise in both counties and boroughs
for that at present existing. So far as the subject
of the extension of the franchise is concerned, this
proposition may be considered perhaps as tolerably
satisfactory ; but no extension of the right of
voting will be of any great practical utility, unless
those who are entrusted with the franchise are pro-
tected in its exercise. To give extension of the
franchise alone would be merely to increase the num-
ber of the victims of " the bullies of politics ;"
and to extend the political serfdom in which the
tenant-farmer and town tradesman are now
held to the peasant and the handicraftsman. In
order to secure a full and fair representation of the
people, the voter, whatever may be the franchise,
must have the protection of the ballot.
There never was a session of Parliament in which
the introduction and support of this great and much-
needed measure was so called for as the present.
Shortly after the Reform Bill Mr. GROTE came to the
correct conclusion that the new eleetoral machine
would prove defective unless the electors were protected
at the polling booths; he discovered that the mainspring
of the machinery was absent, and consequently that
the works were inharmonious. Lord Jonze RUSSELL
has avowed his intention of amending the Reform
Bill, and altering and extending the franchise; but
we advisedly state that no Parliamentary reform will
satisfy the people which is not based on the ballot.
1 At present a third of the electors, at least, do not
vote at elections, because they cannot with safety do
) so. Of those who do, a large portion are in-
timidated and corrupted. Now, secret voting
is the certain remedy for intimidation, and it is
likewise the counteracting power against bribery.
IVe do not pause to look at the action of the ballot on
small boroughs, such as Midhurst, &c.; those boroughs
will be joined with the neighbouring villages, and
thus the constituencies will be increased. At this
moment we call upon all true Parliamentary re-
formers to drop their respective crotchets, and to
unite in making a strong demonstration in the House
of Commons in favour of protected voting. It will
be remembered that Mr. HENRY BERKELEY, who has
aealously urged the question since 1848, bringing it for-
ward annually, asked Lord JOHN RUSSELL the question
whether the ballot would form a part of his proposed
reform, to which the Noble Lord said that he de-
clined to reply to the question of his Honourable
Friend, meaning, as we gather, a denial. There are
one hundred and fifty Members in the present House
1 whose opinions agree with those of Mr. GROTE. The
MASTER of the ROLLS, the ATTORNEY. GENERAL, the
SOLICITOR-GENERAL, all unite in the necessity of the
measure. The Treasury, the Ordnance, and the
Admiralty all send forth supporters of the
i.
5m 1
rp.r
Be s
Es
RtKhEe L
Eq uy e,
ss tiil oo nt i
cteh isst
asne
ds ssion r unpeoxnt tTbneesAd.lai
17th inst., but before it there is a motion foynir
,st
thtehr;
measure. It is, then, the duty of Reformers to
repeal of the malt-tax by Mr. Bess, a motion of Mr°
At Marlbir
ough
Mr. Pennin WI
on the previoguse'
-street Police-court, yesterday,
r ean
ignegn, tit] esmhaenwoafs fortune,driying
his complainedou r - i
four-in-hand
thatand
COBDEN for universal peace, and a motion of Mr. sfrelzmedtejlaamesetsl3-
osftriale.t intos
Pall-mall, some policemen had
thleadersiageanntlenah sand
wasnearti
driving
t into
Hume on the subject of the Bible. Mr. COBDEN'S draf. It appared that motion, however good, is not pressing, Me. ilumea al. iiinaalltfr7St. James's-street just at the momen't that
was ei2eiliYnsgrrorir:nagte. Svienmewsh'sicPhalwaoaes.
tlemen not give place to the question of the ballot ?
motion may surely admit of delay. Will those gen- thTeheQupeoellitoeniheernselofn)
duty shoutedto him to pull up, and held up their hands as a
Should, however, our suggestion fail siigeny er
al,thhut4llo%ni'ennington paid no attention to them, and
, we do trust t
that Reformers of all grades will unite in finding a riage coming into seized
theh
r Ma-
night night for this motion, for the chances of balloting in iwesetrYe'peTrfhecetillpaSistrate, Mr. Hardwick, considered the officers
the House may otherwise prevent for this session the
less and haste. laying
the complain, actual
Jalloadt deeindwohnat
he theyh
uhealdeiddozwanndtgeisrmuilseseade
discussion of this question of protected voting, lioo rtsheesibustifi?ition or non justification of the laying hold of
At thel
ewrnisehn
ti it
ot to breedeiks.-
which is considered by the people out of doors of all
and parties lo ad
tinctly uynid'eleteomortw'e—d"
t o haood.l 'v
same
e encouragement ctoi umrea
others the most urgent. Now it is evidently most
hold of horses until. warning has
.been
important that an endeavour should be made to elicit justifiedgiven to ipnart'ieishg by officers; they are not
from Lord JOHN RUSSELL, before the close of the hold that 'he ado to
in spite of that warning, then we
notanof fieiov;res
horses
aut
if warning is given,
present session, a distinct and explicit declaration there is mere orc?nstables are justified in doing so. As
whether or no the ballot will form a por- deprecate tlat couerss se
lidangeril
necessity
elle
eleaziynghehsohlodwonf
forh o rftess,
ewxe.
tion of the new Reform Bill which he is
oeracsi.sye.
I perslifassirnarnit-)g be given, and if persons contumaci-
pledged to introduce, and it is also of kn. sort, and as i nzart°elrogfonn,,e2rtly the
I:
tonlsatyabllielaesf
tahel
het
rses-
to stop them."
portance that the constituencies should know
THE ACC'D • ENT ON THE BRIGHTON AND LEWES.
exactly who among their representatives can and who RAlLway._3.
eeter* the investigation into the circum-
cannot be trusted on the subject of the ballot. It is, stances
connected
with this lamentable occurrence was re-
therefore, in every respect most desirable that the dia•
the Liverpool
at Levies. Mr. E. Woods, an engineer connected with
cussion should come on on Tuesday, and we cannot be- examLinveedrr
aorldangekstantchester Railway, was trhaeefitireset witness
lieve lieve that either the Hon. Member for the Westßiding
before
upon welch
he
haadedhetehna that
engagedh e general
was to run the engine
or the veteran Reformer the blember fur Montrose, will the
wrehtehelestaider. It was unusual to have guards placed on
(f the tender. Cases, however, occurred when
seek to prevent the discussion, by insisting on the the tender was placed firs't, and no' danger within his know-
right of precedence for the motions of which ledgeneat
ehxsadrri teenned , apprehended. Some of the passengers were
they have given notice. However important Boakes, tie m 0 t
hbeurt tetife i
the
he evidencebey w was;e hee
be immaterial.en su e pleieatne
dn Hannah
the questions which Mr. COBDEN and Mr. thrownhavin rc)fr
tehde on the rails a sleeper. by which the train was
line, and the boy himself, were subjected to a
Husta propose to bring forward, on Tuesday, may rigid examination
be in themselves, there cannot be a doubt but the chill's innocence. t nioitehnirnygnwoaask e elicitede tthe
fatherinco ns inconsistent e
thent boy,with
that when compared with the ballot, they shrink into police,andao nwee personsre al
so connected with the 'local and metropolitan
utter insignificance. We confidently hope and ex- failed to throw enpyrodeudcdeidtionasal Iligithntessoens,tiblius but their evidencemysterious
oc-
pect, therefore, that the discussion on the ballot will currence. The proceedings were again adjourned.
TdHE NAVY Cr.uts.—The members of this club
come on, without fail on Tuesday. We earnestly urge •
Tdianveerotogsett.hyarroonesTehursday evening, at the Thatched House
upon every Reformer in Parliament the necessity of
being in his lacep on Tuesday night to support the occupie'd the chair, satnrde et.
was The
supportedllon. Chayp tain
several‘S odoeffihooeursse.
Honourable MeDmber for Bristol, and upon every re- 1
tah'heelc2ltuhhowfil.ljurtertitin the First Lord of the Admiralty on
exnpetchtaetd
otexhaastioVn ice-Admiral Sir
former out of -. aelisment the necessity of watching I William Gage July,
ertesidse
the divi,ion lists, end marking all en • One of the o taking*
ulkers, traitors, 1
in
and backsliders. Liver 00l states
i p that he found a woman living in a cellar
1 whose age was 107.

The ITALY.
law ordering s levy
tese army. of 10,000 men for the Piedmon-
By a notificaion of the Lieutenant- General of
Lombardy, of the7th the landed proprietors of that
province are to d.clare the persons living on their
properties on or tefore the 25th instant. These de-
clarations are to brm the basis of the new income.
tax.

The Monitore roscano of the Gth publishes a new
set of regulattonsfur the Tuscan gendarmery.
One of the lastremnants of the order of Malta, the
Chevalier Paaiscr DE GUYMONT, who belonged ►to
the family of theillustrious Grand Master LAVA:
LETTE, has just ded in the convent of St. Jean di
Catane in Sicily to which the directing chapter of
that celebrated (Zder had retired. He distinguished
himself in the expedition which the last Grand Mas-
ter sent against Algiers towards the end of the 18th
century, and General BONAPARTE, when he took
possession of Allita, demanded to see M. DE GUY-
MONT,
and receed him with marked distinction. He
was in the 77ayear of his age.

lONIAN ISLANDS.
Advices (b 1 telegraph, vie/ Trieste) from Corfu
state that 01! Lord Chief Commissioner has pro-
rogued the loriaa Parliament to the Bth December.

SPAIN.
I
Madril journals of the Bth have arrived.
Theystate that a royal ordonnance, countersigned
by the President of the Council, creates, instead of
the post of Political Chief of Madrid, an authority of
a emperor grade, bearing the title of Governor of the
province of Madrid, with a salary of 50,000 reels
(12,50)f.) per annum, and 30,000 (7,500 f.) for the
expenes of representation. M. AEJANDRO CASTRO,
formerly political Chief of Madrid, has been nomi-
nated ;o this new place.
Semr MoN has declined the Presidency of the
Charmer of Deputies.
Tht Bolsa was closed on the Bth.

GERMAN Y.
A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, says :--" The
statement of an Austrian journal, to the effect that
the Ling of PRUSSIA had written to the Emperor of
AusrniA to excuse himself for not having gone to
Olmatz is contradicted. It is also announced that
there is no truth in the statement that Major Bob.
DIEN has been Charged to follow at Paris the nego-
tiations relative to the entry of all the Austrian
States into the Germanic Confederation."
Our Hamburg correspondence of the 11th instant
states that the Senate of that city has protested
against the occulation of the suburb of St. Pauli by
Austrian troops. Nevertheless, an additional force
of foot, horse, aid artillery, has been quartered upon
the scene of the ate disturbances. The public of all
classes are still greatly exasperated, especially since
the details. of. the affair have come to general notice,
and since it 18 proved that the terrible scenes of Sun-
day last are chiely to be laid at the door of the Tic,•
lence and harshress of the Austrian soldiers and
officers. Severe strictures, too, are passed upon the
indiscriminate omlaught which the troops made upon
the young, aged, and defenceless—upon people who
took no part in tie affray, and whose misfortune it
was to be in the lancing booths in the vicinity of the
scene of the confict.