The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING).

THE DERBY.
3to 1 agst The Wizard (offered)
3to 1 agst Umpire (offered)
13 to 2 agst Thormanby (taken)
15 to 1 agst Nutbourne (offered)
20 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered)
20 to 1 agst Horror (take 25 to 1)
20 to 1 agst High Treason (take 25 to 1)
33 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken)
40 to 1 agst The Drone (taken)
40 to 1 agst Sutton (taken).
50 to 1 agst Mainstone (offered)
50 to 1 agst Cramond (offered)
1000 to 15 agst Lanchester (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Traducer (taken) •
10:0 to 10 agst Cape Flyaway (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Upperhand (taken)
1800 to 1200 on Umpire agst Thormanby
1200 to 800 The Wizard agst Thormanby
Even money on Umpire agst The Wizard.
St. Albans scratched this afternoon at 2.25.
OAKS.
3to 1 agst Seclusion (taken)
7to 1 agst Viatka
7to 1 agst Rupee
100 to 15 agst Sagitta

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LJRDS—(This EVENING.)
In consequence of its being Ascension Day, their lord-
ships did not assemble this evening.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(TIIIS EVENING-)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time :—Banbridge
Junction Railway ; Belfast and County Down Railway ;
Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway; Buildings Im-
pro vetnent Company ; Dublin and Kingstown, and Dublin
and Wicklow Railway Companies ; Egleston Roads ;
Keith and Dufftown Railway; Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board ; and Upper Mersey Dues.
The Lords' amendments to the Metropolitan Railway
Bill were considered and agreed to, and the bill was erdered
for third reading.
The Vale of Ciwyd Railway Extension and Wexford
Free Bridge bills were considered and ordered for third
reading.

MAIDSTONE WATER BILL.

On the consideration of thisebill,
Mr. DEE DES moved that it be re-committed to the fer-
nier committee. The hon. member founded his motion on
the ground that a locus standi had been refused by the com-
mittee to 1,000 inhabitants of Maidstone, whowere rated to a
largo amount, and were entitled to be heard against the bill
on the allegation that it did not provide au adequate sup-
ply of water for the requirements of the town.
After some discussion, which was devoid of any public
interest,

Mr. bEEDES withdrew his amendment, and the bill
was ordered for third reading.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented against the Wine
Licenses Bill, in favour of the Bankruptcy Bill, against
legalising marriage with a deceased wile's sister, in favour
of opening the British Museum on Sunday afternoons, in
favour of establishing parks for the public, &c.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Sir W. JOLIFFE, a writ was ordered
for the election of a burgess to serve in Parliament for the
borough of Leamington, in the room of Sir J. Carnac, who
had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord PALMERSTON rose pursuant to notice to move
that the house at its rising should adjourn until Monday,
in consequence of her Majesty's birth-day being celebrated
to-morrow. He would move, !notwithstanding such ad-
journment, that the committees should have leave to
sit to-morrow. He took that opportunity of stating
that he proposed that the house should adjourn for the
Whitsuntide holidays ou next Friday week until the fol-
lowing Thursday. He might state also that the present
arrangement relative to Thursdays and Fridays was to con-
tinue for the remainder of this session. (Laughter.)
FOREIGN PAPER.
Mr. STANSFELD asked the right hon. gentleman the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, for some information relative
to the arrangements that had been entered into by the
Government with the Emperor of the French as regarded
the duty on foreign paper. They were aware that
the house had passed the bill for taking the
duty off paper, but it was a question whether
the bill would not be defeated in the House of Lords. Sup-
pose that result took place, what course would the Govern-
ment be prepared to take ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER read the
7th article of the treaty, which referred to the subject,
and clearly proved that the duty on foreign 'paper should
be assimilated to the excise duty existing in this country on
home manufactured paper if that duty were retained. It
was not his business to anticipate the result of any decision
that might be arrived atbytbe Upper House, but whatever
that result might be, he considered the terms of the article
referred to was sufficiently explicit on the subject to be
clearly understood by any person who studied it properly.
There was no doubt whatever on the part of the Govern-
ment in reference to the motion.
IRISH BILLS.
In reply to Mr. MAGUIRE,
Mr. CARDWELL said it was not proposed to proceed
with the Irish bills until after the Whitsuntide hohdays.

ASSISTANCE TO INSURGENTS IN SICILY.
Mr. HENNESSY called the attention of the house to
the statement by the Solicitor-General, with reference to
an advertisement in the Times newspaper for raising
money to assist the insurgents in Sicily; and also called
attention to a decision of the Court of Common Pleas
as to the illegality of such a proceeding. The hon.
member having denounced the conduct of Gari-
baldi and his compatriots, as well as the principles and
practices of the secret societies, quoted the autho-
rity of Dr. Phillimore, the Attorney-General,
and Lord Lyndhurst to show that enlistment for a foreign,
state was illegal. He contended that England had de-
parted from her former position, and instead of upholding
ancient and constitutional dynasties had encouraged revo-
lution, and assisted insurrection. (Hear, hear, and "Oh,
oh.")

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained in respect
to what he had previously stated on this subject,
and said that he did not feel bound to defend Garibaldi or
those who acted with him. He considered that a person
subscribing individually for such a purpose as that alluded
to by the hon. member would not be liable to
an indictment at common law. He admitted, however,
that persons conspiring together for the purpose of
producing a revolt in a state at amity with this
country would be liable to indictment. But ho con-
cluded that the two cases were totally different. It
had been held that a person subscribing individually for
such a purpose as that in question could not recover the.
amount subsvribed if it wero applied to another purpose. But
there was a wide difference between the legality of the claim
endeavoured to be established and the criminality of the act
of subscription towards such a purpose.
Mr. WHITESIDE considered that the statement of the
right hon. the Solicitor-General was rather obscure, and he
contended that the law he laid down was not correct. He
maintained that the subscriptions of a party to a fund for
the purpose of overthrowing a foreign potentate wag'
clearly engaged in a conspiracy, and, as such,
entitled to criminal prosecution. He could not
conceive how an individual engaged in such subscription
could be isolated from those engaged in that subscription
in the mass.
Mr. EDWIN JAMES considered -that the Soli-
citorthought the
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was
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was
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tillegal,
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in
the fund for the Pope, in order to enable his troops to mas-
sacre his subjects.
QUEEN'S MESSAGE.

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her Majesty to the address of the house in reference togrant-
ing pcovision to thoseyoundedin the public service, which
was to tho effect that her most Gracious Majesty would
favourably cons der the subject,
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ASSISTANCE TO THE INSURGENTS IN SICILY.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL confirmed the opinion
of the Solicitor-General, and was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE CASE OF MR. HATCH.—Up to a late hour
this afternoon Mr. Hatch still continued a prisoner
in Newgate. It had been anticipated by many
that his liberation would have taken place im-
mediately after the trial of Eugenia Plummer, but the
steps to be taken in a case like the present occupy some
time. His liberation, however, will no doubt take place
before the week expires. _

TIIE PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.—He besought me,
not without a certain degree of pathos, whatever I did,
never to countenance bribery or corruption in any way.
" A humble meal and a clear conscience, Mr. Jones, are
better than a seat for the West Riding obtained by such
means—besides, it always comes out before the committee.
There's very little of it now o' days—very little of it. It is
not as when I first came into the profession. In those days
—to make no mention of bribery—people used to think no-
thing of making a few scores of voters drunk, and shipping
them off in coal-lighters till the election was over. It was
shocking, indeed. Ah I sir, I could tell you such stories or
matters that were brought to my knowledge after the fact.
that
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tion," in Once a Week.