The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN

(Tills DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the C:,arr :shortly after Twelve
o'ciuck.

PE rl PIONS.
Mr. TANCRED prem-n d a pktitinn from Banbury
LEI favour ut tht- liedgmus

Mr. BLAIR presuuted a p• talon 'Tura Falkirk against
Pap =1 aturession.

Mr. WES MEAD presented a petition from Roman
Catholics at Kaart sort,' against the Religious Houses
Bill.

Mr. HUME presented a ,petition from certain indivi-
duals in the metropolis ugattiat the clause in the Sunday
Trading 13111 preventing shaving after ten O'clock on
Sunday.—(A laugh.)
Mr. HENRY presented a petition from Manchester in
lavour 0; lite Religious Houos Bill.
M.-. HERMES present' d pe -.Won from the association
shipowners at Bellas aga.ost the navigation laws.
Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from the
Roman Cati;olics at Stoke upon-Treat against the Re-.

ligious Hou-es Bill.
Sir G SIRICKLAND presented two petitions to the
haute effect plice. iu Lancashire.
Mr. W. PA I'TEN preseuted a similar petition from
Roman Cat: ul►es also iu places in Lancashire
Mr. JOI-IN EVANS pres-uted a petition from places
in Wales in favour of givii.g counts courts jurisdiction
in cases of Lotoktuptcy.
Mr. FORI3ES presented petitions from Elinburgh
and other places in Scotland against Lind Aielgund's
Educational 13il1. _

Lord DUDLEY STUART present-d a petition from
Mary lebone ag.uist the Religious Houses Bill.
Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Coventry
against the taxes ou knowledge.
Mr. NEWDEGA l'E presented petitions from places
is Warwickshire in f ivour c,f the Relig,ious Houses Bill.

THE SUN,

TO flit SECRE lAit Y -OP-THE- BRADFORD
ISEFi.uRM ASSOCIATION.
(xvicar MONDAY AND Wlslititenay.)
Sir,—Soule ot_ tne_ Efeuch
,journals ate harping upon
the connexion General Clisogarnier is supposed to have
had with a plan for inakieg a point on England with
twelve -housaud men for the purpose of establishing a
.republic there. A confirmation perhaps to a certain
t xteut, of the reality of some such project having been
cauvesseti or entertained.
It would be curious to speculate on what we should
have witnessed if the design had been reduced to act.
Should we have heard of ts poor persecuted company of
Voltigeurs,! sorely mel-treated in their attempt to move
from Dover to the Tower? And would they have
been followed by a ready-made staff of English or
Irish patriots, with appointments in their pockets to the
several commands- at Westmineter and as the case may
be? For bow could such a thing be objected to?—there
are people who without denying the right of the exist-
ing colonels of the Guards aud . Line to command those
wno prefer them, maintain their own right to effect
the estetuishminit of the new colonels if they
find them mote according to their conscience, and will
ieel it as intolerable persecution if anybody. thinks of
hindering thein.' There have always been dissenters
from. the mode of doing business by the old establish.-
meut at the Horse Guards, and now would be the time
to see how many of them will take side with the new.
There is more reseMblance between this and the
aggression id the Papacy than might at first have
beeniwegined. It is only to be hoped the resemblance
would nut have been carried out, in the extreme slow-
ness of the operations for resistance. If after six months
we had been found at the stage of moving '• that the de-
bate be now adjourned," the adversary would have had a
comtortabie measure of the safety with which his initia-
tor) movements might at all events be wade, and the
anvantage he thereby had for supporting and improving
them. • .
As it' is, the French or Austrian or Russian who has
gut tae Pope in his hand, has found the measure of the
extr. me. slowness with which resistance to such
at ticks as the actual one can be made in Eng-
land. He has learned who, and what unitises, are
ready to assist Jinn, to the extent at all
events •of keeping down opposition. He knows or
may know, with scent acy, how many of the Dissenters
are ready to play the part of- the horse in the table,
and invite the Papal cavalier to mount, to help them to
be avenged on their enemy the- stag. On these points,
,•his reconn:lissunce, as military men call it, has been per-
' fectly euticessiul. The only chance for the other side
is, that their resistance should increase is weight as it
loses in celerity. •
On At tgitt) 'he 12th, were three divisions connected
with the Ecclesiastical 'Titles Assumption Bill, displaying
the prop-rtions.of 179 to 53, 145 to 36, and 365 to 54, in
favour of the progress of the Bill, lint ending in the de.,
bate -• on 'the Speaker's leavipg the chair being
further adjourned till the 15th.. In the course
of these- debates frequent averment was made of the
cutinextun between the Papal movement and the
previous negotiations 'of the British Govern.
went, and how all the mischief arose from the.
luster of Lord John Russell of 7 Nov. 1850.. It would
be interesting to.know Whether 'the flourish of trumpets
in the Univers of 27 Oci. 1850 (quoted in The Sun of
29 Oct. 1850),about the time being come when " Pro-
f testautiaw must be put down by force of arms," was also
parcel of the negotiations with the British Govern-
ment, so rudely •-broken in upon by the letter 'of
the Minister: The simple truth- with respect
to 'that ' letter appears to be, that it was the
note of alarm to prevent • ihe post from being
surprised. And then some regimental Mrs. Nosebag in
:the disappointed party says, "It was all that nasty
.commanding-officer, that -made his bugle sound."
Motion was made that the Order of the House that
the Petition of the Reverend Pierce Connelly be printed,
for the use of 'Members only, be read, for the purpose of
'neing discharged.. It did not very clearly appear what
tne objects on either side were; and the motion was
:finally negatived by 131 against 41.
On Tuesday there was no House.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, May 14, 1851.

FUI!iEHAL OF THE LATE VISCOUNT NEWRY AND
Prior.NE, LATE M.P.. irtia Nxwitz..—The remains of the Lite
Viscount Newry were taken down by a special train of the
Great Northern Railway, on Monsiay last, from No. 10,
Grosvenor-crescent, Eaton-square, by the express wish of
the Countess, and placed in the beautiful chapel adjoining
Shavingtou Hall, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, and the
funeral wok place yesterday. The inhabitants of the town
manifested their respect for the memory of the young noble-
man by suspending business during the greater part of the
day, and an immense number of persons wembled to witness
.the mournful cavalcade. Amongst the principal mourners
were the Earl of Kilmorev, Vise: unt Newry, Hon. Robert
Needham, Hon. Francis 'Henry. Needham, Lord Colville,
Lord Alfred Hervey, and several other members of the no-
bility and gentry of the neighbourhood.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
_ . _ _ _

—The anniversary meeting of this society was held yester-
day afternoon at the Hanover-square-rooms, Lord R.Grosve-
nor, M.P., in the chair. The chairman, in a brief address,
advocated the objects of the society—objects which combined
utility to those who were able to maintain themselves by
their own exertions, and charity to those whom adverse cir-

curristsnces and want of emploYment had reduced to a dis-
tressed condition. Not only did the society tend greatly to
the security of masters and mistresses, by encouraging in
'their servants habits of forethought and economy, but it
gave to the servants themselves the promise of a refuge in
case of failing health or inability to obtain employment. The
report stated that during the year 1,300 new subscribers
bad joined the institution, which was now possessed of a per-

manent Mud of 5,368/. 17s. *,d. The registry departm.nt
had been most succes ful, several hundred families of dis
iinction having engaged servants through its medium, and
having expressed themselves perfec ly satisfied with their
selection. The financial report stated that the income for
the year amounted to 1,7111. 12s. 4d., of which nearly 1,300/.
tad been subscribed by servants. The expenditure amounted
to 3551., and the sum of 1,1681. 2.9. Id had been invested in
the Tt►ree per Cents., leaving a balance to the society of
120!..5. 10d. This report was agreed to, and a series of
resolutions bearing upon the objects and management of the
institution were adopted unanimously. After the usual
Compliment to the chairman, the meeting separated.

THE TEMPLE, MAY. 10.—A further call to the bar
of the students of the Honourable Society of ;he Middle
Temple was made this day, and comprises the after-men-
tinned gentlemen :—John Raymond, Esq., Thomas Geary,
Esq., Joseph Shipton, Esq., and Joseph Kerr, Esq.
It is understood that Mr. Duncan M'Neill is to be
2I the o
rng new Spaprtce.
hJudge, in the room of Lord Mackenzie.—

TRH FIIENCII NAVY.—The following is the
strength of the French Navy, according to an official list
lately drawn up Sailing vessels; Six line of battle-ships of
1,0 guns each, tour of 100 guns, nine from 82 to 90 guns, six
of 80 guns, twelve first class frigates of 60 guns, fourteen of
from 50 to 52 guns, eleven of from 40 to 46 guns; thirty cor-
vettes, fourty-four brigs, forty-three small armed vessels, and
thirty-two transports. cAesiners : one line-of-battle ship of
90 guns, of 960- horse power ; twenty frigates of from 450 to
65U-horse power ; five corvettes, from 320 to 450-horse power ;
twenty-two from 220 to 300, fifty-ssven smaller steamers of
different powers,' Forty-nine sailing and eight steam-vessels
are now building at the different ports.
INGENUITY OF A BLIND HARPER.—John Williams,
a blind Welsh harper residing in this town, and now in his
seventie' h year, has recently constructed a small musical in-
strument, which may be termed a Welsh harp—the wood
(converted from an old tea-chest) and the other principal
materials of which it is composed, having been prepared,
worked,. and fisted up entirely by his own hands. It con-
sists of .a double row of strings, and has a compass of two
octaves and a half. It is capable of producing a full, clear,
and, considering its dimensions, a powerful sound. The
maker himself (formerly a pnpil of Mr. Roberts, the tale
heated Welsh harper) frequently " thrills his lay" upon the
little instrument.— Carnarvon Herald.

THE AFRICAN LIOH TRADR.—FrGra a Case re-
cently submitted to the Court of Appeal in Algiers, it ap-
pears that there are persons who make a regular business of
catching and dealing in lions. °net& these, aM. Ottavi, of
Constantine, was, a few days ago, condemned to pay M.
Hebert, the keeper of a travelling menagerie in Normandy,
1,050 f. for having put him to the expense of visiting Con-
stantine on the promise to sell him two fine lions, though on
his arrival it turned out that he had sold the animals to
another person, and had not been able to replace them. In
the course of the proceedings it was stated that lions are be-
coming very scarce in Algeria, the approach of man having
driven them to seek refuge nearer the desert.—Galignani.
MAGISTRATES' CLenics.—A few days ago, a dis-
cussion arose on the subject of there being more than one
clerk to a Petty Sessions, when a country magistrate is
his weak attempt justify the improper system, said, " I

could appoint my butler as my clerk if I choose." "Per-
haps so," was the rejoinder. " and you might appoint the
lowest servant in your establishment as your clerk, but does
it follow that either one or the other would he creditable to
you or to the name of justice?" The rejoinder was too con•
elusive for his worship." -

Saturday NOVEL PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—OR
morning
last Mr. George Ledstone, better known amongst the fancy
by his cognomen of " Goliah Goodbody," landlord of the
Roper's Arms Inn, Knottingley, near Ferrybridge, Yor- -
shire, started from Ms inn do T, in Knottingley, between six
and seven o'clock, A.m., under heavy bets, to trun le a
wheelbarrow in nine days to the Red Lion Inn, Horsley-
down, being a distance of near 185 miles. Ledstone antici-
pates completing his task on Saturday or Sunday next, the
17th or 18th instant ; but intends, at all events, being is
time to deposit his wheelbarrow in the Crystal Palace on the
morning of Mon 'ay, the 19th instant. A guard was dis-
patched song with him on Saturd 'y, to see that he faith-
fully executes the conditions on which the bets were laid.
Ledatone's friends express themselves confidently as to his
success.

It is better to eneourage_wbat is right than to
punish what is wrong.— Eliza Cook's Journal. •
,
RE-OPENING OF OXFORD•STEBET.--The last pOirrd
tion of this important thoroughfare, which has been under«
going rewir, having been eompleted, the roadway has been`-'
entirely
for 'several weel.ci.
conv.nience of the
venehtiircellesy Oror
ervi redryfodretsrcerffii
pctiont o the great
Which
past been obliged to take a circuitous route to their destine;
tion. l'he wood paving has now been removed trom tfie
whole of the roadway from Tottenham-court-road to Regent-
street, including the Regent-circus, where it was always
found extremely inconvenient and ill adapted to the vast
,trhffic at that spot, and has been replaced by granite blaks
of a substantial character.
FACT FOR TIIE PROTECTIONISTS.—At the weekly
meeting of the Board of Giiardiatts of the Blandford
held on Saturday last, the clerk reported a decrease.in the
expenditure of the unim for the year 1850, as compared
with the year 1849, of upwards of one thousand pounds,
and that a considerable portion of such decrease appeared rt
be owing to the reduced number of recipients, from the
reasonable price of provisions and other necessaries of- life.—
Western Times.
The Leeds Mercury states, on the authority of a
contemporary, that it is not the intention of Mr. E. Denison,
M.P., again to become a candidate for the representation of
the West Riding.
TRAGICAL CASE.—At New Orleans, last week,
Charles Rouisell and his wife agreed to commit
,suicide. He
mixed two tumblers of poison and took one of them, but the
lady changed her mind immediately after her ,husband had
swallowed the fatal dose. lie died— She liveifiVld has bee 4
dinliitrge4 ir9l4 cuttitdrbY ttiO taegiograt° -

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