The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-25 00:00:00

Pay, it is a very bad system ; but where there is a sort
of gratuitous fee, which is generally acknowledged,
but may be kept back in case of any incivility, it is a
very good system ; and that persons will always work
harder, when they know they get a little personal
benefit," This Private Bill Fees Committee appear
to have been influenced by this opinion, for among
tile resolutions reported by it, there is no one which
relates to gratuities.
But there is a much more important omission in
the resolutions of this Committee. Three witnesses
elamined before it state, and give their reasons fo;
stating, that the greatest and most useless expense at-
tending proceedings on private Bills, is occasioned by
the bad constitution of the Committees to whom they
Ire referred. The canvass of members--the uncer-
tainty, irregularity, and fluctuation in their attend-
ance--the interruption, the repetition, and the in-
reased expense, with the unsatisfactory course of
Proceeding thence resulting, are detailed, and their
consequences strongly pointed out by these witnesses,
two of whom suggest, as a remedy for this evil, that
the members of the Committee to whom a private Bill is
referred, should not exceed four, who shouldbeballotted
for, or the duty should fall upon members by rotation.
One of
. these witnesses suggests that the member who
/rings in the Bill should be the chairman, and the
Committee would thus have the benefit of his local
knowledge, while he would be placed in a situation
which would enable him to pay duo regard to the
interests of both parties, without obliging him to give
a vote for either. The Committee seem to attach an
importance to local knowledge, which these witnesses
do not think belongs to it ; for this question having
been
put to one of these witnesses, " Are you not
aware that Committees are generally constituted in
such a way, that the members attending them are
acquainted with local circumstances ?"—he answers,
4' I am aware that the Committees are so constituted,
which constitutes my principal objection. I think the
'more independent, and abstracted from all private,
local, and political influence, the members are, the
Inure likely are parties to be satisfied." And the other
of these witnesses says, that by the constitution he pro-
Poses to give to Committees, " Members would be
Placed in a situation where they would act in their
1)14/41e capacity, exactly as they would act in their
Private capacity."
But while this Committee have chosen to refrain
from adverting to the most important point of all that
arose in
the course of their inquiry, they have recom-
mended,
" that recognizances for payment of costs be
entered into, previous to going into Committee, by
Parties
promoting Bills, if required by any opposing
bar s, who thereupon shall enter into a recognizance,
tit in neither case shall costs be claimed, unless
- awarded by a special resolution of the Committee."
what parties in their senses will lay themselves at
ine mercy of a Committee, for costs, constituted as
'nminittees now are ?"
is to no purpose to have reform without, if there
.18 not reform within the walls of Parliament. This
is a subject to which we may return, both as it relates
to „e:
vArate and public Committees, but for the presen
14/*_ content ourselves with broaching the subject.

4, -ear-Admiral Sir William Gage, in the Hastings,
7
steallasv at Lisbon on the 16th inst. The African
the elt.wl arrived on thz 10th from England, and
sai -Nimrod, 20, Commander John ,11I'Dougal,
led or! the 14th for the north coast of Spain.
f The Act n, 26, Captain the Hon. F. W. Grey,
!mo
°4l the Mediterranean, arrived yesterday at Ports-
nth, where she is expected to be paid off.
The Algerine, 10, is ordered to the East Indies.
The Royal George yacht is ordered to Portsmouth,
and the Castor, 36, Lord John Hay, from Sheerness
to Plymouth.
ti. The Lightning steamer, having on board his Royal
'igliness the Duke of Cumberland, passed the Noie
Yesterday for Hamburg.

.to There is this year a great diminution of Irish la-
rurers employed in getting in the English harvest.—Kendal
keTHE MOORS.----Ail accounts represent the sports-
bag-4 as generally successful. The Duke- of Buccleuch has
,ged on Lord Cawdor's grounds about 25 brace per day,
blarel,7l O.° Monday his Grace secured five roe-deer. We have ard, that Mr. Horatio Ross of Rossie and party shot 400
,ora •
in one day ; but such a slaughter has certainly not been
par in
in this quarter. Since the lath instant, 12S boxes
louse have passed south through Inverness by the coaches.
--rnverness Courier.
'We .RPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 23.
hltve still a very limited demand for cotton, and conse-
Ticntl •
1 v,„ Y a quiet market, without alteration in prices, on the
lower° " qualities of American, which may be had fully id. per lb.
qthall our last quotations. Exporters have taken 900
Pe4l„—an and 50 Surat, and speculators 900 Americaiiiand 100
atter,l"'"a• 4,000 Surat, 200 Smyrna, and 60 Peru are declared for
io-9° next Friday. The import is 11,556 bags, and the sales are
ditto 115
csaga—namely, 250 Sea Island, 17d. to 20d. ; 30 Stained
3 140. New
..cd. to 14d. ; 2,980 Boweds, 71d. to silt. ; ,
71q4Dall', 'lid. to 10d. ; 2,180 Alabama, &c., 71d. to
ejnams, 111 d. to 124-d.; 600 Bahia. 101 d. to 11d. ; 440
Walinarns, 10id to ;2C Para, lOid. ;80 Demerara,
ao too Ltd. ; -16.0 West India, 9rd. to 10id. ;80 Egyptian,
1 ; and 240 Surat, 64C. to 71d. per lb. There is
dull eration6d.
in our cotton marketto-day ; it exhibits the same
The
sad heavy appearance it has done for some time past.
SaLes amount to about 1,800 bales—namely, 120 Bahias
7.; 100 Maranhams, 114 d. ; 50 Pernams, lip.; 50 Surats,
from 50 Sea Islands, 17id. to 18id. ; and 1,400 American,
ed. to gid
The .2 •
the h Chinese have long been accused of carrying
the grid practice of infanticide to a frightful extent "At
(.X)o4t, 41°1 of Amoy," says Gutzlaff in his voyages along the
n of China, "we were shocked at the spectacle of a pretty
asked"ura babe, which shortly before had been killed. We
'4lve,!erne of the by-standers what this meant ; they an-
-1%.s a'vo with indifference, 4lt is only a girl.' " He says, "It
the general custom among them to drown a large proportion of
corazil now-born female children. This unnatural crime is so
ev" among them that it is perpetrated without any feeling,
tinetio" in a laughing mood; and to ask a man of any dis-
hate Neith ° whether he has daughters, is a mark of great rudeness.
the Government nor the moral-sayings of their sages
(410 put the
stop to this nefarious custom.— Gutzlaff's Voyage
Coast of China.
Piper I VIPER.--Last week, a very large common
yen was destroyed in Bedale Wood, near Wykeham, and
s°Pened, thirteen full-sized young ones were found within
Yo on Ylvantla NValcot in his Natural History, says, that the
,of tile°f the viper When terrified, will. run down the throat
tmaer Parent, and seek shelter in its belly, in the same
Pcaleh
_as the young of the opossum retires into the ventral
th of the ol one. Possibly this had been the case, as as,:er-T:;in weedall alive and active, though the fact was not
the
w'oled at the moment. It is rather singular, that while
of "(la in
note neighbourhoodneighbourhood arc infested with this species
flOe One wascz7 r known to be found in the ad
hesg- district
of Hackneevses, which traditional credulity as-
c•ltiured the good offices of Lady Hilda, who enchanted or
feam them
over Whitby Cliffs, where they may still be
fertnidZilverted into snake-stones (ammonitce.) A more
y the e animal however, in the shape of the dusky viper
tfohreit noolodlisa_bita.nsts denominated slow-worm) is a denizen of
ctet, 0
i! ranch appears the good old lady had either
overt r her incantations had not been sufficiently potent to
1.°111e.-- Yorkshire Gazette
be il;; WELLINGTON CHARGER.—It may probably
NNl•he recollect'
1,0,„...1ngt0n made al" of
most of our readers that the Duke of
fati,u- which had b present to the late Mrs. Arbuthnot of the
_es and
hiln orne his Grace, and participated in. the
,tb
ogers of the field on the ever-memorable
at the
26thince the present_wasbmade, the horse, which is noow‘.
Year of its age, has ken the greatest care I
al, ' lirbuthnot's estate at Woodford. The Noble and
itfutlleatt
obropkeniaelsso pre.sented the deceased lady with a beauti-
nquite unique in symmetry and appearance,
,t° thar,Ptt,rk Pleeto' and harness. On his Grace's recent visit
'atle night Ro
°Wed to acceptnawciitdovver, we understand, his Grace was
fey l'esliect for the the charger and ponies, as a memorial
114hharie now on their a
rAI
cc •nterest attached eceased lady (so it is stated to us), and
rod to Strathfieldsaye. Such is the
n:ottriosi,. 0 :?hed to
. the Waterloo charger, that at seve-
_e,t% :otz sin various' parts of the metropolis there are
halodre asserted to'iistuffed and preserved in Cases, all of
eve in7:l the Nobleave belonged to the identicdl hors..
,Foulanded for Duke at the battle, and a consequent high
each of 'them. The noble animal, how-
% 1;14..44. Yet four
•-•britthfieidayegood feet left him to proceed on his journey