The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-09 00:00:00

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PRODUCE STAKES.

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SWEEPSTAKES.

Lady Florence
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Four ran.
LADIES' PURSE.

- Nine ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS--(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from Cam-
bridge in favour of the Oath of Abjuration Bill.
The Earl of SHAFTEiBURY presented several peti
tions against V.° Maynooth Grant.
Earl NELSON presented several petitions from places
in Gloucestershire against the abolition of Church rates
until an equivalent bad been provided.
Lord CALTEIORPE presented similar petitions.
Lord BROUGHAM presented several pettions in
favour of an amendment on the County Courts Act, and
also a petition from Liverpool in favour of an amend-
ment of the mercantile law.

Lord .LYNDB.URST presented a similar petition
from Bristol.

JUDICIAL STATISTICS.
Lord BROUGHANI laid on the table a bill upon the
subject of judicial statistics.
The bill was read a first time.
THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE PENSION TO

GENERAL WILLIAMS.
The CLERK at the table having read the message of
her Majesty in referenea to the pension to General
Williams,
The Earl of GRANVILLE then rose and moved a
resolution thanking her Majesty for her most gracious
message, and to assure her that the boule would cor-
dially co-operate with her Majesty in conferring a pen-
sion of one thousand pounds a-year upon General
Williams of Kars. (Loud cheers.) The noble ear'
then proceeded to review the military career
of General Williams, and to pass a glowing euloginn,
upon the gallant officer. The noble earl stated that
General Williams first distinguished himself at Ceylon,
where he fulfilled the office of an engineer. It was impos-
sible to read the despatches of GeneralyVilliatns, written,
under circumstances of great difficulty, without coming
to the conclusion that the gallant officer was possesses
of very superior qualities, and was quite worthy of any
honour it was in the power of this country and the Bre
tish Parliament to confer upon him. Col. Lake, Major
Teesdale, and the other British officers by whom Gen
Williams was surrounded while endeavouring to defend
the be!eagnered city of Kars, were also well deserving
of the highest commendation for the great skill and in-
tegrity they displayed during that memorable siege. D..
Sandwith bad also done himself immortal honour on a,
same occasion, and in the interesting book which he ha ,1
written upon the subject, he described Major Teesdal.
as an officer only about 23 years of age, but who had
shown the most extraordinary coolness and intrepidity
even when standing amidst a shower of bullets. Tut
noble Earl also paid a tribute of praise to the Turkish sol•
diers, who had acted gallantly under the most distressi-p
circumstances. Tnese gallant men had been known
to stand guard, whilst in a starving condition over flour
and falling dead at their posts rather than unlawfully touch
the means whereby their lives might have been saved.
The noble earl concluded by moving the resolution hr
had read at the commencement of his speech.
The resolution was agreed to nens con.
STANDING ORDERS.

Lord REDESDALE moved the resolution, of which
he hail given notice, viz., that this house pill not read
any bill a second time after Tuesday, the 22 I July, ex-
cept bills of aid, or supply, or any hill in relation to which
the house shall have resolved, before the second reading
is moved, that the circumstances which render legisla
tion on the subject of the same expedient are either of
such recent occurrence or real urgency as to render the
immediate cossideration of the same necessary.
After a short discussion, in which Earl GRANVILLE,
Earl GREY, and other peers took part, the resolution
was agreed to.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
The Bishop cf OXFORD rose to move for a select
committee to inquire into the mode of administer.
ing capital punishment. It was not his intention
to enter into the question as to whether the capital
punishtnent should be public or private ; but what he
wished to ascertain was What was the measure and na-
ture of public executions. The right rev. prelate then
instanced the evil consequences arising from executions
as at present carried out.

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.)

The SPEIKER took the chair at the usual hour.
NEW MEMBER.
Captain Berkeley took the oaths and his seat for Chel-
tenham.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the Hey wood Gas and the
Dodilinton Rectory Division Bills were agreed to.
The Scotch Drainage Improvement annpany Bill was
read a third time and passed.
The Knaresboriugh and Pateley Bridge Road, and
the Knaresborough and Hammerton Road Bills, were
considered, and ordered to be read a third time.
Mr. 11. BERKELEY presented petitions in favour of
vote by ballot.
Mr. T. DUNCONIBE presented petitions against the
Settled Estates Bill, by which Hampstead•heath was
sought to be enclosed.
A number of peitions against the Scotch and Irish
Poor Removal Bill, the Abolition of Church Rates, and
the Vaccination Bill, were presented.
COTJNTY COURT JUDGES.

Mr. CRAUFURD moved for returns of the names of
judges of c:3arity courts, clerks, or high bailiffs to whom
io retiring allowance, annuity, or payment had been
made by a minute of the Treasury since the establishment
of the county courts in 1847, date of such payment, and
amount of it in each case ; the section of the Act of
Parliament by which they are authoried, and the fund
from which they are paid. And, of the amount of all
fees and payments made to each of the high bailiffs of
ermnty courts, including all fees and payments respect-
ing the services of summonses, executions, holding pos-
session, and insolvency, or from any other source con-
nected with their office, in the year 1855, and the
amount of payments made to sub-bailiffs, and other
official expenses.—Agreed to.
PAUPERS.

Sir J. SHELLEY moved for returns of the number
of paupers admitted into the Pour Law Union and
other Workhouses of the metropolis, during the
year ending the 25th (lay of March, 1856 ; the
number of persons who have been under medical
treatment, and of deaths ; the salary and extras
of the medical officer in charge ; by whom the drugs
are supplied ; if by the iGuardians, stating the cost :
And, of the number of prisoners confined in the various
gaols and houses of detention in the metropolis, during
the year ending t`:° 25th day of March, 1856 ; the
amount of sickness, and number of deaths ; the salary
and extras of the medical officer in charge ; by whom the
drugs are supplied ; if by -the authorities, stating the
costs.—Agreed to.
CONSTABULARY (IRELAND.)
Mr. DE MERE moved for P. return of the names of
all cadets and sub-inspectors appointed or re-appointed
to the constabulary force since the Ist day of January,
1854, and specifying the instances in which the parties
bad previously served in the force.—A greed to.