The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-09 00:00:00

AYLESBURY ELECTION.

Mr. HAMILTON then moved that the evidence
taken before the Aylesbury Election Committee be
printed and laid on the table of the House.
ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.

Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Henry Ed-
wards, one of the persons connected with the St. Alban's
Committee, committed yesterday by the Speker's war-
rant into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, praying
to be discharged fr, m custody, or to be heard at the bar
of the House in his own defence. _ .

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After a short discussion, the petition was ordered to be
printed and taken into consideration to-morrow.
Mr. ELLICE,the Chairman of the Committee, appeared
at the bar of the House to report that the evidence of
Thomas Birchmore and James Skeggs was necessary to
enable the Committee to come to a conclusion as to
whether bribery had been committed or not. These per-
sons had wilfully absented themselves from their homes.
After a short discussion, in which Mr. HENLEY and
other Members took part,
Mr. ELLICE said that it was his painful duty to move,
first, that in the opinion of this House, those two per-
sons, Skeggs and Birchmore, had committed a breach of
privilege in absenting themselves from the Committee,
and in the event of that motion being carried that they
should, when apprehended, be commuted to the custody
of the Sergeant-at Arms, no effort either by the police
or advertisement having yet secured their apprehension.
Both these motions were carried unanimously, and it

was ordered that the Speaker's warrant should be issued
for the purpose of apprehending the delinquents.
LLOYDS'.

Mr. HUME moved for the following returns:—Re-
turn, from Lloyds' books, of all collisions, accidents,
and wrecks of vessels, distinguishing in columns, the
sailing from steam-vessels, and specifying the nature of
each collision, accident, or wreck, and the number of
lives lost by each, in each year, since the Ist day of Jan.,
1847, up to the 31st day of Dec., 1850. Return of every
steam vessel accident, reported to the Board of Trade,
by the respective owners, masters, or other persons,
since the Ist day of January, 1847, stating the date and
nature of the accident, the ❑umber of lives lost, and the
date of the report to the board; also, the number of
cases investigated, agreeably to the Steam Navigation
Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 100; a copy of the reports of the
Board of Trade Inspector, under the Act 9 and
10 Vic., c. 100, on the loss of the steamers Sirius,
Tribune, and Fin Mac Coll], on the coast of
Ireland; of the Orion on the coast of Scot-
land; of the Dumbarton Castle on the coast of England;
and of the Royal Victoria in the Baltic; also, any re-
port on the necessity of systematic supervision of steam-
ers, and of the present state of " denoting lights" on
board of steamers.
Mr. GOULBURN objected on principle to the House
calling upon a private association to make expensive
returns. _ _ . . .

Mr. HUME said similar returns had already been
made by Lloyds', &ad they were paid for by the country.
The returns he required were now ready, and Lloyds'
had no objection to making them.
BORNEO.

Mr. HUME moved for copies or extracts of any dis-
patches from the officer commanding the Nemesis war-
steamer, and officer commanding the British forces, and
also from Sir Raja Brooke of Sarawak, respecting their
military operations against alleged pirates on the river
Moratatias and other places is the Esstern Archipelago,
in March and April, 1849.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said he wished to correct a ver-
bal inaccuracy in the return. He apprehended that
" Sir Raja " was not the correct way of describing the
gentlemen whose name was mentioned in the motion.
VICTUALLING THE NAVY.

Colonel CHATTERTON asked the First Lord of the
Admiralty what portion of the sum of 529,6591. voted for
victualling the navy for 1850-51, was paid to English,
Irish, and foreign houses; and whether he intended the
supply of provisions required for the British navy for the
years 1851. 1852, should be open to foreign competition?
Sir F. T. BARING was understood to say that
_ _ .

18,1831. were for Irish provisions, and
.15,64-01. for

Dutch provisions. He did not intend to make any alte-
ration in the mode pursued on former occasions with re-
gard to victualling the navy.
Mr. BANKES wished to know at what period the claim
of 400,0001., made by the East India Company on the
British Treasury became first known to the Board of
Control? . _ _

Mr. WILSON said as no notice of the question had
been given, he was not prepared to give the Hon. Gentle-
man an answer.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
400,0001. formed the balance alleged to be due on a long
transaction with regard to the Chin• war. He had ap
pointed two officers to institute a minute investigation
into the claim and the circumstances under which it arose.
NEW ZEALAND.

Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Under Secretary for the

Colonies, whether the Government intended to introduce

any measure this session providing a representative
constitution for New Zealand, on the approaching expi-
ration of the suspending Act; also, whether all further
correspondence and papers which had been received on
the subject since the last presented would be speedily
laid before the House.
Mr. HAWES could not give a decided answer at
present to the first question of the Hon. Gentleman.
With regard to the second, the papers would be before
the House iu a short time.
TURKISH LOAN.

In answer to a question from Mr. URQUHART,
Lord PALMERSTON said that the British Govern-
ment most certainly had not given guarantees on
the loan raised for the Turkish Government.—(Hear,

hear.) Propositions bad been made by private per-
sons to the Turkish Government with a view to
raising a loan, but it concerned the Turish Government
solely.

ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.
Mr. THOMAS BARING asked the Chancellor of the
Exchequer whether ho purposed to withdraw or to make
any change in the Treasury minute of 31st August,
1840, sanctioning the adulteration of coffee?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXIIEQUER said it
was not his intention to make any alteration in the Trea-
sury minute, or in the practice of the Excise-office on
this subject.

RELIGIOUS HOUSES.
In reply to a question from Mr. KEOGH,
Mr. LACY said that it was his hope to bring the Bill
on to-morrow, but as that was unlikely he would move
that the consideration of the Bill be deferred until after
Easter.
The Bill was accordingly postponed.
CIVIL PROCESSES (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. SADLIER moved for a return giving, in tabular
form, the number of original civil bill ejectment pro-
cesses entered, and the number of copies served, iu the