The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

COUNTY COURTS.

Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the house to
the subject of county courts. and wished their limits to be
increased. The noble lord compared the powers at present
possessed by these courts, and cited the number of cases.
He also threw out a suggestion for the consideration of
their lordships as to whether it would not be advisable to ex-
tend the equitable as well as the legal jurisdiction to sums
exceeding £6O. The noble and learned lord concluded by
moving fin some returns to show the number of plaints en-
terod for sums between £4O and £5O for the years 1868-9.
The returns were ordered.

RIFLE CORPS.
In reply to Lord Vlviwif,
Earl de GREY and RIPON said the Government highly
appreciated the patriotic motives that had actuated those
who had come forward for volunteer service. The corps
had been constituted in such a manner as to give hopes
that they would form a valuable addition to the defences of
the country. It was, however, undesirable that the volun-
teer corps should be allowed to become a charge upon the
revenue. The present Government had gone further than
the late Government intended to go in assisting those corps.
All the corps had been supplied with a full complement of
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ordercriitehis that they might obtain the services of paid
adjutants. The number at present embodied amounted to
between 60,000 and 70,000 men. With respect to the
volunteer artillery, the Government intended further assist-
ance, but they did not intend to pay the men for their
drill. The drilling for both corps was attractive, but to pay
the volunteers would be to oppose the principle on which
the corps was raised.
Lord WENSLEYDALE asked whether it was intended
by the Government to pay the drill sergeants ?
Earl DE GREY said the Government intended to allow
the t ime of non-commissioned officers engaged in drilling
volunteer corps to count as time for pension, but expenses
attending the engagement of those persons must, as at pre-
sent, still be borne by the respective volunteer regiments.
THE ANNEXATION OF SAVOY.
Lord NOItMANBY stated the precise terms of the mo-
tion which stood in his name for to-morroy evening with
respect to the alleged project for the annexation of the
duchies of Nice and Savoy to the dominions of the Emperor
of the French.

COURT OF CHANCERY BILL.
This bill, after a few observations from the LORD CHAN
CILLOR and Lord CRANWORTU, was read a second time.

THE TREATY WITH FRANCE.
The Earl of DONOUGHMORE asked whether the ac•
count given in the Independence Beige of the Government
treaty was correct.
Earl OR A.NVILLE said had the noble lord given him
due notice he, no doubt, would have been in a position to
have given him a satisfactory answer. With respect to the
statement in the Independancsßelge, he could give him no
information, as he did not take that paper in, nor had h•
seen the statement alluded to. The delay in laying the
terms of that treaty before the public was occasioned by the
postponement of the financial statement of his hon friend
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Earl DERBY said he could not acquiesce in the state-
ment relstive to the postponement of making the terms of
this treaty known to the public. The making of the terms
known would, no doubt, take the gloss off the honour-
able gentleman's statement ; but the treaty possessed both
a political as well as a commercial importance.
ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.

Earl of DERBY said to-morrow he should ask the Go-
vernment whether they have taken any steps to put an end
to the disgraceful proceedings that have now been going on
for some time in the parish of St. George's-in-the-East.
It was of the highest importance that these disgraceful
scenes should be speedily put an end to.
Lord BROUGHAM entirely agreed with the noble earl
that such proceedings should be immediately checked.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Bel-
The following bills were read a second time'—
fast The
and County Down, the Belfast and Ballymena, the
Caledonian (Branch to Lanark), Caledonian (Lesmahagow
Branch), Dublin and Drogheda, Inverness and Ross-shire,
Keith and Dufftown, Limerick and Ennis, Monkland,
Symington, Bigger, and Broughton Railways, Wellingtok
Suspension Bridge, Commercial Dock's Acts Amendment,
Medway Valley Water, the Great Ship Company, Dublin
and Wicklow, and Waterford and Limerick Railways.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE
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RIVATEaN BUSINESS.
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The following bills were read a second time :—Bedford
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to Cokip
and Cambridge Railway, Brighton Improvement, Buck-
ley and Connah's Quay (Fhntshire) Railway, Cannock Chase
Railway, Chard Railway, Ely Valley Railway, Epping
Railways (Dtunaow Extension), Galway Harbour, Glaa-

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gow Corporation Water, Iledon Corporation and Borough
Improvement, Liskeard and Caradon Railway, London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway (Metropolitan Extensions),
Lower King's Ferry Road, Ness and Beauly Fisheries,
South London Railway (No. l), Thurso Fisheries, Wat-
ford, Rickmansworth, and Uxbridge Railway, West Cork
Railways, West Somerset Railway, Wigan Water, Wim•
bourne Minster and Blanaford Forum Road.
Several private bills were read a first time.
PETITIONS.

Petitions ware presented in favour of Parliamentaty re-
form, from Southampton; for an inquiry into th•
grievances complained of by the shipping interest in this
country; for the abolition of the paper duty, &e.
NAVY ESTIMATES.
Lord C. PAGET laid on the table the Navy Estiimam
THE ILLNESS OF THE_CHANCELLOR Or: THE

BPAIN AND MOROCCO.

(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
CAMP OF GUAD EL JELU, JAN. 23.

When closing my letter the day before yesterday
morning I mentioned that we had had an alarm two
hours before daybreak, resulting in nothing save
turning people out of their blankets and tents into
pitch darkness and a raw atmosphere. We have
had several alarms of this kind during the present
war, but none of them have come to anything. We
have not yet seen the much talked-of Black Guard
of his Moorish Majesty charging into camp, or
the fire of a serried line of espingardas sparkling
and flashing within a few yards of our tents. I
incline to think that the strongest force of Moors
that has hitherto approached the Spanish camp
during the hours of darkness has been a handful of
horse or a band of marauders. This is not much,
but it suffices to break everybody's slumbers and
to produce an awful amount of malediction. In
time one gets accustomed to these things ; indeed,
I perceive that already they begin to be taken as
matters of course and of little importance, and,
although there is no deficiency of vigilance, people
don't allow themselves to be excited or put out by
the announcement that the enemy is firing into the
camp. We are rather on our guard of late, because
there is some reason to believe that adventurous
Moors enter the camp disguised as Spanish soldiers
and appropriate such articles as fall in their way.
You will remember that on the march from Castil-
lejos a bold fellow in hussar uniform made a daring
attempt to carry off a horse, and was shot for his
pains. An officer in the cavalry camp lost a pair
of pistols out of his tent the other night which he
fully believes to be now gracing the girdle of one
of Muley Abbas's followers ; and Moors, or persons
resembling them, have been seen lurking in our
environs at that hour of almost darkness which the
French designate as " between dog and wolf."
And, talking of dogs, on some nights we are much
disturbed by the howling, barking, and baying of
a large number of those quadrupeds which, as
they are not to be seen in the day, are supposed to
accompany the gentlemen in dirty haicks who come
loafing around the camp in quest of live stock and
small moveables. This was the case on Friday
Eight last, which was here an uneasy restless sort
of night, a good deal of talking in camp, and bark-
ing around it, and odd sounds of all kinds. I, for
one, went to sleep late, and was sleeping very hard,
to make up for lost time, when I was roused by the
voice of my tent-mate, informing me that there
were shots, and simultaneously the noise of mus-
ketry fell upon my ear. Just then the canvas door
of the tent was drawn aside. " Senores, los Moros !"
said the servant, as coolly as if he were announcing
dinner or an ordinary visitor. " All right !" replied
my companion, much in the same tone in which he
might have said, " Show them in !" So we dressed
(that is to say, we put on our boots, which here
constitutes dressing), and pocketed our revolvers,
and emerged from the tent just in time to see the
General commanding the division quit his tent

and stride through the darkness, with a brace of

Rides-de-camp at his heels, in the direction of the
firing, which had already nearly ceased. There was
no light in camp ; wood is scarce in this neighbour-
hood, and even the guard had allowed its bivouac
flame to dwindle into a few smouldering ashes ; here
and there a pale glimmer came through the canvas
of an officer's tent; dark figures were gliding swiftly
and noiselessly in all directions ; there was a slight
clash of arms audible here and there, as the soldiers
unpiled their muskets or a steel scabbard clicked
against its swivel. The few tents that could be
discerned through the gloom looked cold and spec-