The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-21 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS, Miay 20.
• Their Lordships met at Half-past Four.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal Assent was given this afternoon, by Cem,
mission, to the following Bills:—
Exchequer-bills (17,756,6001.)
Indemnity.
Apprentices and Servants.
Ouseburn Bridge and Approaches in Newcastle-upon.
Tyne.
Leicester Sewerage.
Dewsbury Gas.
Pyecombe and Ilicketed Turnpike Road.
Laird's Patent.
Newington St. Mary Parish.
Durham Markets.
Reading Cemetery Company.
Downham Market, &c., Drainage.
Cheltenham and Painswick Road.
Cheltenham and Gloucester District Turnpike Road.
Manchester Parish Highways.
Scarborough Gas.
Millthrop and Levens Turnpike Road. -
Hartlepool Freemen's Lands and Harbour Dues.
Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads.
Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Stephen, and Market
Brough Turnpike Road.
Mildenhall, Burnt Fen Road, and Lakenbeath and
Hock weld Roads.
Bangor and Caernarvon Railway.
Wiveliscombe Turnpike Roads.
Angerstein's Branch Railway.
Stockton and Darlington, Wear Valley, and Middles-
brough and Redcar Railway Companies.
Bristol and Exeter Railway.
Heathcote's Divorce.
The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Carlisle, and Earl Minto.
Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure.
Their Lordships resumed at Five o'clock.
CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL said that his Noble and Learned
Friend (Lord Lyndhurst) and himself had gone through the
Administration of Criminal Justice Bill and the Preven-
tion of Offences Bill, and having received some valuable
information from Lord Denman on the subject, had agreed
to certain amendments, and he would propose that the
Bills should be committed and the alterations introdnced,
and that the Bill should bo reprinted with the amend-
ments.
Lord LYNDHURST acceded to the course proposed.
Lord CAMPBELL had received intimations that it
would bo desirable to extend the Bills to Ireland and
portions of them to Scotland. With regard to Scotland
he thought that would be better done by the introduction
of a separate Bill, which Bill he would introduce.
The Bills as amended passed through Committee.
PETITINS.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti-
tions against Papal aggression.
to thee Earl
effecH
Th of ARROWBY presented several petitions
Earl
t.
THE KAFIR COMMISSION.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE asked if the Noble Secretary
for the Colonies could explain the reasons which had
induced the Government to appoint a Commission to
proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to inquire into the
cause of the Kafir war, after they had opposed a
motion for the appointment of such a Commission in the
House of Commons ?
Earl GREY said that it was perfectly true that the
appointment of a Commission of Inquiry to proceed to
the Cape had been objected to by the Government on
the ground that it would interfere with the functions
of the colony, but as a grant of money would be applied
for to conduct the Kafir war, a Committee of
Inquiry was proposed in the House of Commons in
order to show the necessity for such expenditure. Him-
self and his colleagues who had opposed the Commis-
sion of Inquiry yet thought that some further assist-
ance ought to be rendered to Sir Harry Smith. When
Sir 11. Pottinger was appointed governor of that colony,
he was also appointed her Majesty's Commissioner to
the affairs of the border tribes, Sir Harry Smith
received the same appointment, and what was now
intended was to appoint two Assistant-Commissioners
to Sir Harry Smith. It was not strictly a Commission
of iuquiry; he thought that the policy had been so well
considered, that no inquiry would lead to any change in
it; but although the general principles of the policy were
almost universally concerned, yet the practical applica-
tion of that policy gave rise to difficulties which could
only be got rid of through the intervention of
the authorities on, the spot, and these Commissioners
were to decide at once upon the conflicting rights of con-
tending parties on matters of which Sir H. Smith, whose
whole time was taken up in his attention to the Govern-
ment and to his military duties, could not possibly,
take cognizance without the assistance of other Commis-
sioners. The Assistan:-Commissioners were gentlemen
who were well acquainted with the country. One of them,
Major Hog, had taken an active part in the late Kafir
war, and the other, Mr. Owen, had resided in the colony
a considerable time, and was acquainted with the Kafir
language.
Lord WIIARNCLIFFE asked if there would be any
objection to produce the commission ?
Earl GREY would rather that his Noble Friend should
not move for a copy of the Commission, but he would
produce it with the papers relating thereto at as early a
period as possible.
The Elie of ELLENBOROUGH thought that the
Noble Earl would render Sir Harry Smith more assist-
ance by sending him 2,000 more soldiers than by send-
ing two Commissioners. Sir Harry Smith was in a
position of great military danger, and all civil considera-
tions should be thrown overboard.
Earl GREY said reinforcements had been sent and
other reinforcements were preparing, and al-
though he was perfectly aware of the ne-
cessity of military strength, ho thought that it
was also advisable to provide for entering into relations
with the Kafir tribes, so as to preserve those tribes in
their allegiance who were faithful to as.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH knew something of
the doings of what were called politicals, and they often
interfered with great danger to the military. Napoleon
had said that one indifferent general was better than three
good ones if they differed. The Noble Earl had one good
general, and he sent out two inefficient assistants to
thwart him.
Earl GREY said they were sent out as assistants, to
act under Sir Harry Smith. He had yet to learn that
even the Emperor Napoleon undervalued the aid of able
assistants.
The subject then dropped.
REGISTRATION OF DEEDS BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL, in reporting to the House the re-
!Mkt of the amendments made by the Committee on the
Registration of Assurances Bill, begged briefly to state
itthe course adopted by them, particularly as a rumour
ad be en industriously propagated by the enemies of the
measure, that the Committee had quarrelled amongst
themselves. The very reverse of this was the fact. They
first took into consideration the petitions against the
Bill. One was from the attorneys and solicitors of Lon-
don, who chiefly dwelt on the circumstance that, within
their experience, very "few cases had occurred in which
purchasers of estates had lost the property which they
had bought through bad titles. But that was not the
foundation of this measure; the foundation of this mea-
sure was the enormous expense incurred in taking the
necessary precautions. Then came various petitions from
the country attorneys calling for distinct registries, and
he believed they would fain have as many registries as
there were attorneys in Eneland, and could not help sus-
pecting that the hope of being appointed registrar or de-
puty registrar had something to do with this movement.
It was his conviction that they must either have a metro-
politan registry for England and Wales, or abandon the
measure altogether. All England and Wales might now
be regarded as one great city, and the metropolis, in
thepoint remote parts of a country than the county towns.
For these reasons the members of the Committee
1/...!rcee unanimously of opinion that the registration
um
questiooun ght to be in the metropolis. The next great
able Commi ss they had to consider was hne on which the very
ioners from whom this measure emanated
were divided in opinion—namely,
be used, and on—namely, whether maps should
a resolunon was passed unanimously by
the Committee that maps would be highly desirable, but
i t;
that at present they
lad not sufficient maps to start the
measure, and if they e
thewere to wait for these it would be
necessar to ostpon measure for an indefinite pe-
had
riod.o
The Cpommittee ordered the Bill to b© drawn
without maps, and in that shape he had then the honour
of presenting it to their Lordships,He trusted the time
had come when that great measure
law with the general approvemento of
fohld be
Members of both
Houses of Parliament. The Noble and Learned Lord
then presented the report of the Bill, and moved that it
be printed for the purpose of being Considered
on Friday
next.
After a few words from the Earl of Eettenoaotte
Lord COLCHESTER, and Lord BEAUMONT, expressive 1-4:])(i
their approval of the Bill,
The motion was agreed to.
The. Earl of HARE WOOD presented a petition from
Leeds against Papal aggression.
THE PROPERTtYh -oTiloseffirLesLo.lving
itself
The order of the day for
into a Committe on this Bill having been read,
ThetEarl of ELLENBOROUGH said he wished to
receive some explanation on the subject of the new mode
of assessing tenant-farmers to the tax. it appeared that
that class might henceforward make their payments on
the amount of profits they should have realised; but he
was at a loss to conceive how these profits could in
many cases be ascertained. A tenant-farmer might
have laid out a
land, from whierre capital in the improvement of his
or he might have l could receive no immediate return.
unsnld, from which,a large
quantity of corn or of stock
no immediate return •
()ugh valuable, he would. derive
; or again, he might in one year
ban© exhausted a great - •
Portion of the value of his farm,
end by that means have left it comparatively unprofit-
able. in future years. Now he (the Earl of Ellenborouglli)
wished to know by what rule thesaCoohmoinissioners cou d
estimate the profits of a farmer in
that the
as those?jffi
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said thae
l-
ties to which the Noble Lord had referred •ht occuru
in the case of a tradesman as well as in tsph,oar.stiszreoi,b_figraehbfaaatrltainhneec_rp:
the Commissioners
He apprehended. that
h d no other
rule to follow on snob Icoalseiotritist,elfsaaini
eti,ot
;eta
The tax might undoubted(
e cases, and might open a do Y
evils which it would, ho 'Doer
'olllolre.
trough Committee, and their

COMMONS, May 20.
`le Chair shortly before Four

READING.
Railway Bill was road thlid

the prisoner, who was an advertising agent residing at
Lewisham, was her nephew, and she reposed great con-
fidence i❑ him. A gentleman named Green died, and
bequeathed to her 1,000/., leaving the will to that effect
in her possession. In 1848 she deputed the prisoner to
take the will to Basingstoke in order to make some in-
quiries respecting it, and he subsequently returned it to
her, when she deposited it in a drawer, and the prisoner
knew that she kept it there. He had no interest in the
will. On Thursday last she missed the will from
the drawer in her bedroom. She suspected the
prisoner, and requested Mr. Cheltnam, a re-
lation of hers, to have an interview with the prisoner
and to question him upon the subject, when he said it
might be among some of his family papers at Lewisham,
and afterwards that it was in the possession of Mr.
Hookhana, of Bream's-buildings, Chancery-lane, and h•
would have to pay 21. for its restoration. She consulted
with the police and gave the prisoner into custody, 5134
he was brought to this conrr.
Mr. Robert Charles Cheltnam gave confirmatory
evidence.
Mr. COMBE cautioned the prisoner that he was not
bound to say anything to the charge. If he chose to
do so, what he said would be taken down in writing and
might he used against him at his trial.
Tne, prisoner persisted in making a long statement, in
which he was stopped by
Mr. COMBE, who remanded him for the attendance of
other necessary witnesses.

TAES.
STRAY BANK-NOTES.— H
DanM iel Horn, 35, a ropemskeF,
of 2, Sun Tavern-fields, Ratcliffe, and Caroline, ilia
wife, aged 37, were brought up by Potter, 212 Kf udder
the following circumstances:—
It appeared that between three and four o'clock On
Thursday last, Mr. Thomas Biddulph, whilst Pastin of
through Ropemakers'•fields, droEd four 51 Bail-
England notes from his pocket, and about the same time
a woman named Stevenson, residing near the place' 8 in
a person very like the female prisoner, and dressed
the same manner, pick up a small parcel, which she
ua-
folded, and which appeared to witness to be bank-noter;
After looking at them very attentively the woman ran
away. Information was given to Potter, who subsequen:
discovered that the male prisoner had offered four 51triched
to a fellow ropemaker named Friereks, for the lurniin-2.
15/., accounting for his possession of them by 01"-a
up. Friereks adYi°,e_
that his wife had picked them
him to wait till a reward was offered, or to take
them to the station-house; but the prisoner said
was no harm in disposing of them. Frierhcan
kept them a day to see if there was a reward, and I:
returned them to the prisoner. Potter went
morning to the prisoner's house, and asked his Ails
whether she had not found four 51. notes, telling ue.h-e-
-rewardoffered for their restoration, 13°,1;
denied all knowledge of the matter. He then went
and saw her husband, who also denied knowing I°l.
thing of the notes, on which he took them both to the
station-house. After lodging them there he returned!:
yestel
search their residence, and found 61. concealed UP Pis
chimney, on which he went back and mentioned the ;sc.
to the male prisoner, who said, " Well, there is no use
in denying it. I sold the notes to a man named 1301511
for 111, or which he gave me the six."
John Brown said he met the prisoner on Friday Isit
at the Dake of Kent. Horn mentioned the fact Of s
notes to him, offering to sell them, and witness pnrc-s‘,
them next day for 12/. He had since passed the note' a
Potter—He told me,: your Worship, that he changed
them at several shops in the City.
The case was remanded to afford the constable sn
opportunity of trying to trace the notes.
TH

E COUNTRY MARKETS.
IPSWICH, MAT 20.
The market was very scantily supplied with wheat this cisP
Sales were made at same prices as last week, and rather nor°
demand was exhibited. The market was entirely confined to
wheat.

Wheat red .... PER QUARTER.I PER QUA3IIO7I;
, .... . 38s to 40s1 Peas oos to
Ditto, white.... 42s to 48s Oats oos to 003
Barley, malting ... 24s to 28s Rye
Ditto, grinding ... 00s to 00s Malt. oos to °CI
Beans .. 2tis to 28s Flour, per sack
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 17, 1851.
Wheat
Barley
Oats ........ ...... • 20 „ 20s Od
Beans. 32 „ 28s 5d
Peas ...... ...... ..... . „ 00s od
HULL, MAY 20.
Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—With the
exception of some ;heavy showers on Sunday and yesterda):,
we have had fine weather since this day se'nnight. Arrival!
have been moderate daring the week, but no extent of bust'
ness has been transacted. At to-day's market we had a bettor_
show of wheat, and best samples were free sale at fully It
week's rates, and in some instances more money was paid ; 38'
to 40s is the value of good C 3lb red; anything inferior ITO
neglected. More inquiry for foreign at late prices. In bit'
ley we note no alteration—the demand is only moderate. 00
in brisk demand, and each arrival goes off readily as it comes
to hand. Beans and peas are without change. The Linseed
market is quiet ; cakes may be readily bought at our quota-
tions. Rapeseed and cakes remain as before. Bones are in
good demand at our quotations.
The following are the present prices of grain ;-
8. 8. 8,8,..
Wheat, English, red 38 to 41 Peas, white and yel. 26 3'
Do. white
Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black Sea. 48 50
nigsberg 4O 45 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 46
Pomeranian and
—4::
Hamburgh
Danish, Holstein, & Par ton
Friesland ......... 35 37 Lins. c,Hull 61 17$ 6d to 01 Os
Russian and Odessa 32 —3B Do. fine foreign ... 6l 65
Oats, English
Do. Danish 20 22D0. inf. foreign... 0/ to 51 15e
18 201 Rapeseed
Do. Friesland 2O 22 Rape cakes...Bos Od to OW Od
Do. Russ. & Odessa 00 Oo Tares, English ......363 003
Barley,malting
Do. grinding........ 21 22 Guano 6/ to 101 105
Beans 2B 30/ Bones, do 100 s odtoOs Od
Do., foreign 26 29, Rye Meal 6l Os
CORK, MAY 19.

Barrels.
Currency.
0 White wheat oos Od to 00s Od 00s 0,1-20 'toe*
0 Red wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 de
0 Barley oos Od to 00s Od OOs Od-16 dog
0 Bere .. Os Od to Os Od 00s Od
63 Oats los 6d to lls 6d 00s Od—l4 do •
0 Pigs oos Od to OOs Od OOs Od per cwt
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:—
0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 0 bore; 29 eitil;
0 pigs.

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