The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-03 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PAULA M ENT

HOUSE OF CONDIONS.—Tits DAY.

The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o clock.
The Bayswater Market and Baths Bill was withdrawn.
On the motion for the second reading of th. 3 Metropoli-
tan Street Tramways Bill,
Mr. PEASE moved that the bill be read a second time
this day six months. Ile did not think that the laying
down of street tramways would be a benefit to the work-
ing classes, and lie stated that 11 i offered opposition to the
bill entirely upon public grounds. Trials of the tram-
ways had been made in Victoria-street, the Bayswater-
road, and Westminster Bridge-road, and they were proved
to be unsuited to the traffic of London.
IThe motion was seconded by Mr. LOCKE.

Captain IL GROSVENOR said that that public nuisance
George Francis Train—(laughter) —had rendered public
tramways in Lendon obnoxious, because he had laid down
tramways in such a manner that they did considerable
damage to veLiclos that ha.] to pass over thorn. The plan
now proposed wou!d not offer any obstruction to vehicles
passing over the rails.

Mr. LOCKE said the rails would monopolise a large
portion of the road, and .72 some parts of the narrow street§
it would bo found that these trams would be a great im-
pediment to the trunk.

Mr. LAIRD said in Birkenhead there wss no complaint
of damage being done to carriages passing over the rails
and along the Liverpool docks a train hid been found of
considerable importance, and ha I not been the cause of
ani inconvenience.

After some further remarks a division took place, when
lere were—

For the second reading
Against
Majority --131
THE EASTER ADJOURNMENT

Mr. AYRTO.N gave notice that at the rising of the
House on the 23d instant, the First Lord of the Trea-
sury would move that the House do adjourn until the Ist
of April.

THE SUNDAY TRADING BILL.
Mr. T. HUGHES moved the second reading of this bill.
and, in doing so, said the bill was similar, with the excep-
tion of very minor details, to that of last year. He knew
that the Government were of opinion that it was time to
legislate upon the subject, and he proposed that it should
be referred to a select committee.
Mr P. TAYLOR moved that the bill be read a second
time that day six months.
Dr. BRADY seconded the amendment.
Mr. AYRTON expressed a hope that the house would
agree to the bill being read a second time.
Mr. P. TAYLOR withdrew his amendment, and the
bill was read a second time.
Mr. FAWCETT moved the second reading of the Elec-
tioa Expenses Bill, and explained its objects,
Mr. BAINES seconded the motion, and said he was
anxious to see working men in the house, but it was im-
possible that could be dene unless the expenses of a con-
tested election were reduced.
Col. BARTTELOT strongly objected to the bill.
Mr. P. H. 11 UNTZ supported the bill.
Colonel GILPIN did not believe the working classes
would be benefited in the slightest degree by the passing
of this act.
Mr. J. WALTER, while believing that the bill would
not make more easy the return of working men to the
house, did not think that the exp(.use laid upon the rates
for the legal expenses of elections would break the back of
that most enduring animal—the British ratepayer.
Mr. FLA YER moved that the bill be nat a second time
that day six mouths.
317. W. WILLIAMS also epp)sed the
Mr. AYRTON thought the Louse might with proprit ty
allow the house to pass this stage, so that it might be re-
ferred with any other to the committee.
The bill was then real a seeo,d lime.
On the motion of Coloncl Fi:ENCII, a select coamiLlt e
was appointed to inquire into the management and cost
of the litna:ic asylums in Ireland.
Mr. BAZLEY obtained have to bring in a b:11 to
amend the Lands' Clauses ConsolidAtion Act, so fat as
relates to the settlement of the costs of arbitration.
Mr. S. CAVE obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend
the law relating to lite assurance companies.
The house then adjourned at half- past five o'clock.

In emsequenee of the abolition of the office of
the Storekeeper-General of the Navy as a separate
department, the Secretary of the Admiralty directs
that tenders for articles, formerly sent to that de-
partment at Sowers A-house, be in future addressed
to the Controller of the Navy, Admiralty, White-
hall.

THE BERMONDSEY MUTILATION CASE.—(This
Day.)—Ellen Cook, the woman who was charged a
Southwark Police-court on Monday last with mutilating
her husband, was taken to the hospital this morning, in
order tha the man's depositions might Le taken in her
presence.

The meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society
held yesterday, was, es usual, extremely rich in orchids ;
the Duke of Edinburgh rose was certainly the gem of the
meeting, while, on a smaller scald, a group of different
species of primula, and a collection of spring flowers at-
tracted much interest.
Mr. CHARLES DICKENS.—The banquet to be
given to Mr. Dickens at Liverpool on the occasion of his
final readings in that town has been fixed for the 10th of
April next. It will be given iu St. George's Hall, and the
Mayor of Liverpool (Mr. A. Dover) will preside. Mr.
Clarke Aspinall, solicitor (borough coroner) is honorary
secretary to the banquet committee.
PIRACY.—TRIESTE, Feb. 24.---Two small Greek
vessels, bound from Paxos to Corfu, with marble and In-
dian corn, were fallen in with during the night of the 12th
of February, four miles off Murto, by two vessels, each
manned by six men, who towed the Greek vessels into a
neighbouring creek, and plundered the crews and passen-
gers of all their money and then left them.
ACCIDENT TO LORD LEIGH.—Lord Leigh, the
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, met with an accident
on Friday while out with the North Warwickshire hounds,
and sustained a slight concussion of the brain. On Satur-
day morning his lordship was much better, and, though
advised to keep his room for a short time, there is reason
to believe he will be perfectly restored to health in a few
days.

The Springfield Republican says :—Alvin Adams,
the ex-express man of Boston, has just paid Bierstadt in
Paris $20,000 in gold for one of his latest and largest
paintings.

A member of Congress has indiscreetly pub.

:shod a letter from General Hale, Minister to Madrid,
showing, in very forcible language, the terms upon which
he stands with the Secretary of Legation, Mr. Bliss. Those
named Bliss, suggestive of unutterable happiness, have at
least in two legations of the United:States caused unutterable
woe. In fact, so pugnacious is the family that they seem
to find their greatest bliss in fighting. We are unable
to form any opinion as yet upon the conduct of Mr.
Bliss of Mr. Washburn's Legation, nor would it be right
to form an opinion of Mr. Bliss of Gen. Hale's Legation, as
the story of the life he led his chief comes from that
chief, and was not intended, perhaps, for the public eye.
General Hale's life in Madrid has been a series of indigni-
ties and outrages inflicted on him by his secretary, backed
by Seward, whose "duplicity, brutality, and baseness" have
been most marked. Nor is that all - the Secretary of State
is a confederate of Bliss, and has sacrificed his country
for interests in Spanish contracts. As a specimen of Mr.
Bliss' manners, this icstance is given. Dr. Mackerlain
called on Mrs. and Miss Hale, in whose drawing room and
presence he met the pugnacious Mr. Bliss. The encoun-
ter of these deadly foes was not restrained ei en by the
presence of the ladies, and the combat or ly ended
by the entrance on the scene of the selva its of
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tpougbenamciocriilusdaosd i
hands of a woman. A Spanish lady has I:l39lrie I_ him,
controls him, and has turned him from a Cann NI 'Jima-
Si
into Mr.
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rian into a Papist. We cannot tell what evil tuft tence
could have induced the New Hampshire Congrr edam in to
publish this letter. Every one ra awmaorvee thast
this
quarrel had long raged,
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11
James Wbalen was executed at o'clock, Feb.
the United StateswinorNkvaorflabiruitetohde. publication of the
11, at Ottowa, Canada. Up to the last few days he even
the hope some thought that he would hung. Seven indulged in ribaldry and obscene jests about his end, in
us assembled, although the day was cold,
thousand persons
firmly and erect, seeming but little moved. He was dressed
in black, with scrupulous care, and with a green neck tie.
with drifting snow.
When asked by the Sheriff if he had anything to say, ha
said :—"I begpardon for any offence I may have committed.
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fire the fatal shot, though present as one ofo
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made to defeat it, several seizures ofs arms being effected.
progress
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areT inne
says--Arrangements
of all the
Arrangements
singers and players in llam )(len ll' , ampshire, and Frank-
lin counties, for a grand musicali jubilee on Hampden
Park on the Ist day of June n
pioneer of the old folks' conceres'itii westerne'Tt i.litil M. Dewey,
a
is engaged to conduct the music and arrange fog'r.tshechglaistehtetrs'
mg of the singers and instrumental performers,the 1 re i .ar-
sals, seating, &c. •
, and it is proposed to convene, if pos-
sible, cu the grand stand, from 1,200 to 1,500 singers and
200 players. The music will be furnished in convenient
form for each in season for town and country rehearsals,
and will corsist of old folks' tunes—a Hymn to Peace,
written for the occasion, and choruses, inrludiug the Hal-
lelujah chorus and " The Heavens are Telling." Mr.
George Dwight, president of the Hampden Agricultural
Society, will assist in the general management of the fes-
tival. A grand race of two, three, and four wheeled velo-
cipedes, of both French and American patterns, is pro-
posed for the second and fourth parts of the exercises. (I)