The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-13 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Several petitions were presentod praying the house to
maintain its constitutional privileges in regard to the
right of taxation.
TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND
(IRELAND) BILL.

The amendments to this bill were considered.
Mr. VANCE moved the following amendment :—" That
it shall belawful for the owner at his option to execute the
proposed works at his own expense, and to charge the
tenant with interest at five per centum on the outlay, to be
recoverable in the same manner and along with the rent."

After some conversation,
Mr. CARDWELL suggested the introduction of the
following words, as meeting the views of hon. members :
" That it may be lawful for the landlord to execute the ne-
cessary works, and by agreement with the tenant to charge
him 5 per cent. on the outlay, to be recoverable in the same
way and along with the rent."
A clause to this effect was agreed to and ordered to stand
part of the bill.
On clause 30 A,
Mr. WHITESIDE moved an amendment, the object
of which was to substitute the jurisdiction of a judge of the
Landed Estates Court for that of the Court of Chancery in
regard to the subject of making leases.
The amendment was agreed to, and the clause, as
amended, was agreed to.
Mr. WHITESIDE proposed a clause, " That any per-
son authorised to make a lease by virtue of this act may,
in like manner, enter into a preliminary contract to grant
such lease, which would be binding on all persons who
could be bound by the leaso if it had been made."
Mr. DEASEY objected to the clause as being inconsis-
tent with the framework of the bill.
Mr. WHITESIDE said that the effect of the clause
which he proposed would be to relieve the county court
judges from a description of business which they could not
completely discharge, and leave them unburdened to the
performance of their other judicial duties.
The clause was read a first time, and the house divided
on the motion that the clause be read a second time.
Ayes
Noes B6
Majority —66
Mr. WHITESIDE'S clause was accordingly lost.
[LEFT SITTING.]

THE NAVY.

The Torch, 5, screw steam gunvessel, Commander F.
G. Smith, is now quite completed at Chatham, where she
awaits her sailing orders. She will proceed to the coast of
Africa.
The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. F.
Egerton, in Plymouth Sound, will, it is expected, be ordered
to Liverpool. She is yet short of a few hands.
Lieut. Eugene C. Batty, commanding the gunboat Violet,
tender to the Eagle, owing to over-exertion in getting her
ready for sea, burst a bloodvessel a few hours prior to her
departure from Plymouth, and was conveyed to the Royal
Naval Hospital.
The screw steam sloop Pelican, building at Pembroke,
will be navigated therefrom to Plymouth by Commander
Paul and a party of seamen from the Devonport Dockyard..
The Lords of the Admiralty have, at the special request
of the Prussian Government, given permission to M. F. von
Wincke to enter the British navy. M. von Wincke has
been appointed to the screw steamship Trafalgar, 90, Capt.
Edward G. Fanshawe, and an attempt was made on Mon-
day last to put him on board, when that ship was with. the
squadron off Plymouth, in attendance on the Trine° of
Wales. That effort havivg proved unsuccoooml M. von
Wincke has been placed on the books of die flagship Im-
pregnable, 104, Capt. Lord Fred oi tek H. Kerr, in
Hamoate.
The Trafalgar is expected 3t Plymouth in a few days.
The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cum-
ming went, under steam, on Wednesday, from Barn Pool
into Hamoazo.
Two of Sir Charles Fremantle's squadron—viz., the
screw steamer Donegal, 101, Capt. H. Broadhead, and the
Aboukir, 90, Capt. D. Curry, dismasted two fishing smacks
on Tuesday, when they were escorting his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales down Channel.
The screw steam sloop Greyhound, 17, Commander
Francis W. Sullivan, which returned to Plymouth from
the Channel Squadron on Tuesday evening has some
defects to make good. She is ordered to prepare for foreign
service—the Mediterranean it is said.
The Malacca, 17, steam sloop, 200-horse power, was again
tried yesterday, at the moo.sured mile, Mapling Sands, with
very satisfactory rpoons. The average speed attained was
84 knots per hour.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the '
Admiralty :—U. G. Johnston, master to the-Asia, for the
Immortalite ; R. Taylor, paymaster, to the Hornet ; G.
Prince, assistant paymaster, to the Hornet; J. N. Slade,
acting second-class assistant engineer, to the Cumberland
for charge of the machinery of the Fly ; J. Hervey, Henry
Clyde, and W. Gentles, acting third-class assistant engi-
neers, to the Nile, as supernumeraries for disposal._

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