The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1860.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tnis DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINISS.

The following bills were read a second time :—Andover
and Redbridge, and Bagenalstown any Wexford Railway ;
Banbridge, Lisburn, and Belfast, sad Ulster Railway
Campanies ; Belper Water ; Central Wales Railway ;
Hinckley and Leicester Railway; Undon, Brighton, and
South Coast Railway (Croydon to Baharn ; London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Deviations and New
Lines, &c.) ; Metropolitan Railway ; orwich and Spald-
ing Railway ; Trnro Port and Navtation ; Ulster Rail-
way ; Upsall, Normanby, and Orrneby Railway ; Wave-
ney Valley Railway.

PETITIONS.
Petitions were presented from the marchanta of Calcutta,
in favour of improved government in India; against the
abolition of church rates ; and from theshipownera of Liver-
pool, praying for the appointment of a committee to inquire
into the burdens affecting the shipping interest.

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS.
Mr. E. JAMES gave notice that, at the motion for the
second reading of this bill, he would nove an amendment,
to the effect that a committee be appented to inquire into
tie defects of the bill introduced last evening, as well as
the Petitions Inquiry Act.
APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES BILL.
Mr. M'MAIION, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said the measure was entirely free from those provisions
which were considered objectionable is the measure which
he introduced last session ; therefore he trusted it would
not encounter any opposition. His bill was intended to
remedy an anomaly in the existing state of the law. In
civil actions a suitor in a matter when perhaps only £lO or
£2O formed the subject of the action might have a new trial,
but in cases where greater stakes, evon life itself, were at
issue there was no appeal from the finding of a jury.
The consequence was that a man who was tried for an
offence of the gravest character had no protection whatever
against the caprice of a judge or the ignorance of a jury,
but an appeal to the Home Secretary. Every one who had
paid attention to the subject and was competent to express
an opinion had decided that that was ananomaly that should
not be suffered to exist any longer. Haring cited the autho-
rity of Lord Campbell and the late Lord Denman, he said
it had been proved that one-sixth of the whole cases in
civil actions there was an appeal, and the verdicts were set
aside on the ground of the wrong finding of the jury or the
misdirection of the judge. Chief Baron Pollock was exa-
mined before the committee on criminal law in 1835, and
expressed his opinion that a motion for a new trial was
as essential in criminal, as well as in civil cases. In France,
when the judge considered that the finding of a jury was at
variance with evidence, he had the power to order a new
trial before a new jury, and in America the right of ap-
peal also existed. The commission which inquired into
this subject had also considered that the right
of appeal was one that should be exeroised, and he
was: acquainted with a case that had recently occurred at
Hereford, in which a learned judge refused to receive the
verdict of a jury. In former times, the right of appeal
existed in this country, and when they were rendering the
criminal law more humane every day, was it just they should
retain a practice that was unjust towards a criminal and
opposed to the opinion of some of the most eminent jurists of
every country. His bill, therefore, merely proposed to as-
similate the law with that of France and America, and to
revive the former usage which prevailed in this country.
Mr. W. EWART seconded the motion but suggested,
with a view to prevent opposition, that the bill should be
referred to a select committee.

Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the bill would not
materially alter the prerogative of the Crown, and if
carried in its present form would not effect any practical
benefit. Ho contended all authority was against the hon.
and learned gentleman, and referred to the committee of
the House of Lords in 1848 in support of his opinion. Lords
Brougham, Denman, and Lyndhurst were in favour of the
view taken by Baron Parke and Baron Alderson, namely,
that there should be no alteration in the law in this coun-
try with respect to criminal appe9l. Several other distin-
guished judges held the same opinion, and he believed that
only two witnesses, including Sir F. Kelly differed from their
views. In very few countries was there any trial by jury,
and referring to those States of Europe in which the right
of appeal existed, he said that in Belgium that right was
allowed only in three cases, where a person had been con-
victed twice of the same offence, where perjury was committed,
or when the party who was supposed to have been mur-
dered was found to be alive. (Laughter.) There was
nothing in the cue of Dr. Smethurst—there was nothing
whatever that justified an alteration in the present law.
He had paid careful attention to the facts connected
with that person's trial, and his recommendation to her
Majesty to exercise the royal prerogative in his be-
half was not founded upon facts, but solely in
consequence of the medical testimony adduced at
that trial. Unfortunately, medical science was in that
state with reference to poisons, that led to difference of
opinion with regard to the deductions that were to be made
from the medical testimony at that trial. He believed the
bill would produce several evils of a very serious
character. In the first place, there would be delay
and tneertainty of the administration of the law, and
punishment to be effective must be speedy and certain, and
it would be productive of considerable expense to the coun-
try. In proof of the last evil, he thought hon. members
must at once perceive its force, because

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TuzsDAY.

Boing upon the eve of the acceptances for the Spring
Handicaps, speculation upon any of those events is at pre-
sent at a stand••still, and Plum Pudding was the only horse
backed to-day for the Derby.

CLOSING PRICES.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
10 to lon the Field (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
24 to lon the Field (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
22 to 1 agst Longrange (offered)
2.5 to 1 furof eo a. i)
30 to 1 aget Petra (taken)
30 to 1 aget Viatka (taken)
40 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered)
TWO THOUCAND.
4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered)
9to 2 aget Buccaneer (offered)
6to 1 agst Lupullus (taken)
DERBY.
10 t• 1 agst Mainstone (offered)
11 to 1 agst Thormanby (take 12 to 1)
11 to 1 aget Umpire (take 12 to 1)
40 to 1 aget Plum Pudding (taken)

AQUA TICS.

CLASPER AND DREWITT.--The hope we entertained not
long since that these two celebrated men would each give
way a little, and at length come to terms, has at last been
realised, and we may now confidently expect a match to be
rowed over the waters of cooly Tyne on the Bth of May.
At the first blush, and when the relative ages of the com-
batants aro considered—Clasper being double the ago of his
opponent—it may seem to the casual reader but a one-sided
affair, and Drewitt be set down as the winner, without a
thought being bestowed on the north-countryman ; but the
fame of Harry ( lasper is very great. lie has been con-
stantly winning for many years past, and although border-
ing upon fifty, is—to his ow' thinking as good as ever—
still a very good man, who will never resign a contest till it
has become perfectly hopeless. On the other hand, Dre-
witt, of Chelsea, stands high in the world's opinion, and is
tie champion landsman. lie has beaten Tom Day, Stephen
Salter, Thomas Pocock, and others, and has the great ad-
vantage of youth on his side ; but his health can never be
relied upon from one week to another, and consequently,
looking at the matter in all points of view, there is every
probability that there will be a good race. The only diffi-
culty at present existing is, whether both parties will agree
to the match as settled upon by their friends, neither of the
combatants themselves being present, or having a voice in
the matter ; but no objection is expected, and at present the
match stands to come off on the Bth of May, from the High
Level to the Scotswood Suspension Bridge, for £lOO aside,
Drewitt to receive the usual expenses for going to the
North,

GAS SUPPLY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—With reference to Mr. Buckstone's com-
plaint in The k`un of yesterday as to the supply of
gas by the Equitable Gas Company on Saturday
evening, I trust you will allow me, as the secretary
of the company, to state through the same public
medium that the deficiency, which was entirely an
exceptional occurrence, and of very short duration,
was occasioned by a sadden and unexpected out-
break of insubordination on the part of some of the
company's workmen causing a temporary suspen-
sion of the manufacture.

Measures were immediately taken to prevent a
recurrence of the accident.

I am, sir, yours very obediently,
SAMUEL ANDREWS, Secretary.
Equitable Gas Light Company's-office, No. 21, John-
street, Adelphi, London, W.C., Jan. 31.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—With Mr. Buckstone's very just remarks
on the shameful neglect of the Equitable Gas Com-
pany I beg in every respect to concur. The reason
given for last Saturday night's darkness is the ill-
ness of one of the men at the works, but I suppose
a man does not fall ill every night, though the gloom
comes regularly enough ; in fact, the pretty things
we try to astonish the good little boys and girls
with at this time of the year are sadly shorn of
their brightness now, and so they will be so
long as the monopoly lasts. The very defective
supply of gas is not the only fault ; its quality is
very bad. I believe the illuminating of three
burners now will scarcely give the light which one
of tolerably made gas ought to do. When the
companies were independent of each other attention
was paid to the complaints of the consumer ; now
they make it quite a favour to supply you at all.
A dingy theatre is a melancholy sight, and very
unprofitable to the manager, and one we have no
right to expect in this country of coal. Trusting
that other large consumers of gas will, through
your valudble means, make the monopolists respect
the requirements of the public,
I remain, yours obediently,
W. B. BEVERLEY.
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Jan. 31.