The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Mr. G. F. Youtia took the oaths and his seat for
Scarborough. The Hon. Gentleman was introduced by
Mr. Freshfield and Mr. T. Baring, and was cheered by
the Protectionist side of the House.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Mr.MONSELL a new writ was
issued for the borough of Limerick, in the room of Mr.
J. O'Connell who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

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PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Saint Helen's Improvement (No. 3) and the
Barton's Estate Bills were read a second time.
PETITIONS.
A number of petitions were presented in favour of
the Attornies and Solicitors Certificate Duty Bill.
Sir ROBERT FERGUSON moved for a return of the
abstracts of the census of Ireland taken in the years
1841 and 1851, arranged according to counties, and
showing the houses, distinguishing inhabited from un-
inhabited, and of the latter those built from those build-
ing, with the total; the number of families and of per-
sons, distinguishing males from females, with totals; and
showing the increase or decrease in the number of
houses and of persons between 1841 and 1851, and the
decrease per cent. of each between 1841 and 1851.
Agreed to.
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
Mr. NEWDEGATE asked the following questions:
—l. Whether all the articles imported from abroad, and
now exhibited in Hyde-park, have been entered regu-
larly, specially, or in any manner at the Custom-house.
2. Whether an account of these articles, giving the de-
scription, quantities, and official or assessed value of
them, can now be given. 3. Whether arrangements,
and if so, what arrangements have been made for taking
an account of any of these articles which may be sold
in this countfy, as distinguished from those which may
be re-shipped, so as to secure the revenue and provide
for the correct entry of all such articles in the official
accounts fov the year.
Mr. C. LEWIS said ho had communicated with the
Board of Customs, and had received a general answer
that the Crystal Palace was a bonded warehouse, and
was subject to the same fegulations as all other wore-
houses.
THE RIOTS AT GREENOCK.

In reply to a question from Mr. SADLEIR,
Mr. BOUVERIE said that the Home-office bad not
receired any perfect information on the subject of the
late riot at Greenock.
The second reading of the Attornies and Solicitors
Duties Bill was postponed until Friday next.
SALE OF BEER (No. 2) BILL.
Sir J. PAKINGTON withdrew this Bill, intimat-
ing his intention of re-introducing it next session.
ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICN

IMPROVEMENT BILL.
This Dill passed through Committee.
(LEFT SITTING.)

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Want of space prevents us from doing more then. re
cording the fact, that Auber's last new opera, Zerltna •
ou la Corbeille d'Oranges, was produced here last even-
ing, and that Alboni, as the heroine, achieved an igli
manse success. The music is brilliant, sparkling•.sl3.
replete with delicious melody. We expect to rieg'
Alboni's aria, " Dolci frusta aranci eletti," on every
hand organ and street piano in the course of a month.
The scenery is beautiful (the scene is laid at Palermo);
and the dances graceful and characteristic. We 111!Ish
defer until to-morrow the publication of the notice Title
we bad written of this delightful opera. The house 00
crowded.

THE HIPPODROME.
whilat
In these days of wonder, when each novelty,
exciting the admiration of the beholder, but serrest_.°
whet his appetite for something that shall surprise ille:11
still more, the visitor to the Crystal Palace, 1106113.4
after his half-dozen hours spent amidst the industril
splendours of the world, looks round him on his esle
in search of an evening's entertainment in 110020 degred,
commensurate with the scene that he has just left, ape,
within five minutes' walk of the World's Fair he °°°!;11
upon an exhibition that may well be allowed to vie WI
anything that he has hitherto seen. " The Hippodroln°o,
a building like an ancient circus, raised at the sole COBI
and risk of a private individual, Mr. Batty, the Pro.
prietor of Astley's Amphitheatre, is calculated to se°°lll;
wodato between,l4,ooo and 15,000 persons. A few
ago it would have been a world's wonder ill its
The equestrian corps engaged for the performances
eld
unparalleled in magnitude. The novelties pro'_.
and produced—perfect in the meaning of the word--0 e,;;;
unheard of before. The extraordinary ascension 01 tp"
Globe Arienne by M. F. Debach is quite incompreber
Bible. The ladies' chariot race is a most inspng
sight, and there are few who will not be anxious i°
see the ostrich race. But to those who can duly ePPrir"
ciate the combination of elegance with skill we reeoo,l
mend a careful study of the performances of Madlle. 010-
mentine Soullier and M. Debach on his beautifully
the
naged horse. Spacious as is the amphitheatre, So'
possibility of its being overcrowded could scarceli
imagined as being within the range of contingencies, Iv
it has already occurred. Yesterday no less a sum than
1501. was refused at the doors after 17,000 persons ha'
been admitted. Nearly one hundred members of tb!,
Royal household honoured the performance with Ow
presence on the occasion.
In the evening Palmyra Garneron ascended in
her balloon, the "Rainbow," for the first time from this
establishment. At six precisely the lair reronaut gave
the word for the ascent, which was magnificent in t°°
extreme. After a safe and pleasant voyage of neerii
one hour she descended in perfect safety at llanwell,,P
a field adjoining the church, where she was most kilo' Y.
received by Dr. Remington and his daughter, who men'
hospitably invited her to the parsonage house, and r„q.
which w'r
dered her every assistance until her vehicle,
lowed the direction of the balloon, arrived to convoy
he
and the machine to the place of its transit.

It is with sincere regret that we announce tbe
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death of Louisa, Viscountess Beresford. She died on
night, the 21st inst., at Bedgebury-park, Kent.
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WHOLESALE ANNEXA.TION.--The whole of Ataxic.
and Central America, as well as the Canadas, the Brit.'s!
West Indies, Cuba, and the Sandwich Islands, must ell
come parts and parcels of the territory of the United till,
were.%
We cannot prevent it if we would. The gigantic
and growth of this country know no limit, except the ocean;
on each side of it, and the islands of both the Pacific se;
exten"
the Atlantic. After acquiring these, perhaps we may
our operations further. ( ! I !)—.New York Herald.
PORTLAND-TOWN RAGGED SCHOOLS.—On Mon:
day last the annual meeting of this school was held in lisp be
street, Portland-town ; Mr. Silk Buckingham presided. Td,
report having been read and received, several gentlemen au
dressed the meeting. It appeared that much good had bee
done by the establishment of the school, and that the pros
,:e
pects for the future were cheering. A vote of thanks to ts'..
chairman having been carried unanimously, the meeting erl".
dissolved.
MONEY MARKET.—The quotation of gold tit
Paris is 4 per mine discount (according to tboef
new tariff), which, at the English Mint price .%
31. 17s. 1 Oid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an
change of 25.07 ; and the exchange at Paris on Londoenenet.
short being 25.02 i, it follows that gold is 0.18 Pera
dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
burgh the price of gold is 427} per mark, which, at the 51
'lle -,
lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard,fzt,
gives an exchange of 13.6 i ; and the exchange at Pa
ld
burgh on London at short being 13.5, it follows that geri.
is 0.23 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in Lerld°o
The course of exchange at
.New York on London for bills a
60 days' sight is 110/ per cent., and the par of excllect
between England and America being 109 23-40 per
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per 011.7 w..
favour of England ; and after making allowance for rate
ence of interest and charges of transport, the preset" ed
leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the Unit
States.
SERIOUS FIRE AT THE SOUTH DOCKS, LIVESS)°,I;
—An extensive fire broke out on Monday last in the cott It
warehouses of Messrs. Isaac and Conolly, in this tow'' the
is said to have been occasioned by sparks caused by ,
wheel of a cart loaded with sulphur coming into violent cpt,
tact with the kerbstone and igniting the mineral. Nothl4
on u
promptitude displayed by the fire brigs
d l dth u r
the efforts of the former the damage Ifv;
end warehouses. The fire first infidel
confinedac s
eptpooal
isese.
the the
two
i3oy
appearance about three o'clock, and lasted nearly three hour!:
The quantity of cotton in the warehouses to which it lee:
confined was not less than 2,000 bales; of this little was se
tually consumed, but the whole was more or less injured by
fire and saturation. The loss is calculated at 15,000/.,whic
is covered by insurances in various offices, among others tit°
Royal Insurance and the Sun.—Liverpool Stan.dard
Friday.
Wmas's Rooms.—A matinie took place yesterdM
at these rooms, at which Madlle. Rachel, assisted by severe
tr„:
e
members of the French company of St. James's Thee
gave a series of dramatic readings from the .Athalie, .21fisa't,
thrope, Polyeucte, and Phedre. The rooms were well
tended by a fashionable audience. Fantasias were P.le-7
between the selections by M. Blumenthal and M. ViVer,,°,,.
their respective instruments—namely, the pianoforte and
French horn. li it
CHIMNEYSWEEPERS.--LOrd Shaftesbury has ,er
laid on the table of the House of Lords a Bill for the further
regulation of chimneysweepers. It is proposed that no per-
son
T.,
son under the age of 21 shall use the trade of a chrome re
sweeper, unless duly apprenticed. Persons under 18 Yteti,
are similarly prohibited, except to carry the appara..l,-
Peualties are to be imposed for disobeying the new re/3u'
Lions.

BIRTHS.
OF A SON.
On the 17th inst., at Erskine, Lady Blantyre, of all heir,
On the 17th inst., at York, the wife of Lieutenant-Coi°
Vicars, Royal Engineers.

OF A DAUGHTER.
the Lady
On the 16th inst., at Stoke Hatnond, Bucks,
Julia Bouwens. T zliS
On the 16th inst., at Edinburgh, the wife of John .IoP
Chalmers, Esq.
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ARRIED.
On the 19th inst., atM
St. George's, llanover-square,voJoh°
Forbes Clark, Esq., only son of Sir James Clark, ;to,
Attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to Char'
only daughter of the late Mr. Justice Coltman.

DIED.
At Bedgbury-park, Kent, on the 21st inst., LOU'isa Iris-
countess Beresford. of
On the 17th inst., the Rev Edward Phillips, incumbent
East Tterl aged 81.
On the
the Clarendon Hotel. Ogle'
On the 16th inst., at Winchester, the Rev. B. - •
M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, aged 26.
On the 13th inst., Captain F. Woodgate, aged 34.
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