The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-31 00:00:00

BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the object of clause 4, at which the house resumed, was
simply to give the commissioners a uniform authority in
dealing with all stocks under Parliamentary guarantee.
The effect of this would be to increase the powers of the
commissoners, which at present were in some degree re
duced.
This clause, with some amendments, was agreed to ; as
well as clause 17, which relates to the production of ac-
counts. The other clauses were omitted.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the house
resumed,
REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LI.
CENCES BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, and resumed
at clause 6. _ _ _ _

Col. DUNNE moved as an amendment the following:—
Page 3, line 32, after " buildings" insert " which shall be
over the value of £10," the object of which was to exclude
from the act all tenements under that value.
After some remarks from Mr. AYRTON,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that as far as he was aware, no instructions had
been given to the police with respect to the mean-
ing of the term " refreshment houses," and he did
not consider there was any difficulty in respect to its
interpretation. In the English bill tobacco shops were
regarded as refreshment houses. The bill would extend
only to 12 or 14 towns in Ireland, because only that num-
ber had a population of 10,000 inhabitants. It had been
considered indispensable to the I.ills that the right of visi-
tation should be retained, and he could not consent to the
exclusion of houses tinder a yearly value of £lO.
After some discussion,
Mr. HENNESSY denounced this bill as a mere mea-
sure of police regulation, and unjust towards a poor class
of persons in Ireland, who would be called on to pay for a
supervision that would invade their privacy.
The amendment was negatived without a division.

Mr. HENNESSY then moved the omission of the
clause, and the committee divided :
For the clause
Against
Majority
The amendment was accordingly negatived, and the
clause was agreed to.
Clauses 7 to 12 were agreed to after some discussion.
On clause 13,
Colonel DUNNE moved the following amendment :
" Page 6, clause 13, leave out from line 13, inclusive, to end
of clause, and insert further shall annex a certificate ap-
proving of this application from two justices of the peace of
the district in which he resides, or if such house is situatel
within the police district of the metropolis, or any borough,
then from the jastice or justices of the district in which
such house is situated."' •

(LEFT SITTING.)

LAW INTELLIGENOE.--(TILIS DA Y).

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.)
JUDGMENT-BARNWELL V. IVEMONGER.

This is an administration suit under the will and codicil
of the late Jane Thomas, Carnarvon, dated July 21, 1851.
The testatrix by her will and codicil devised all her real
estates in Carnarvon, Denbigh, and Anglesea, to trustees,
in trust, for her sister and two nephews, and their issue in
tail, with limitations and remainders over, and to Mrs.
rloyd, as tenant for life, of the Anglesea estate.

His Honour the Vice-Chancellor, on considering the
terms of the will and codicil, was of opinion that there was,
ander the will an absolute devise of the real estates
in Carnarvon and Denbigh, and under the codicil a spe-
cific devise of the real estates in Anglesea. That specific
debts, mortgages, and legacies were chargeable on the
specific estates mentioned in the will, without recourse to
the general estate. That as to her personal estate there
was no devise, and quo ad it she died intestate an it would
go free to the next of kin. That the trustees were entitled
to pay of any mortgages, or incumbrances, by a sale of the
mortgaged or incutnbered lands.

His Honour considered that the real estates were liable
for the debts and legacies, and that the personal estate was
free.

Counsel agreed to take a declaration to that effect, to be
embodied in an order before the Court rises.

POLICE INTELLIGER CE-( THIS DA} .)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY.

Sporting men were divided--one division was at Lewes.
and the other at the Corner.. The outstanding accounts on
the Goodwood. Meeting were therefore collected in "bits,"
and much grumbling was made at the absurd appointment
of two settling days at two different places. The final ad-
justment of the Goodwood accounts will not perhaps take
place until the end of the week, for Lewes and Brighton
Races will give losers additional breathing time.

The Debats has the following interesting article
in its impression of yesterday
A State like England, which has the sea for
protection, and on the surface of which she has a
fleet superior to all others united, is not perhaps
bound to feel extreme care about continental affairs;
, but the position of France is very different. The
French Government, in times like the present, is
obliged, for its own security, to keep up an army
in proportion to the events which take place, to the
eventualities which appear more or less imminent,
and to the armaments of other nations. We .do not
see that Russia has disbanded her troops, that
Austria has weakened the garrisons of her Italian
provinces ; and if Prussia has made some change in
her army, and insists on modifications being made
in that of the Germanic Confederation, it is not with
a view to weakening either one or the other, but
quite the contrary. France, without cherishing
hostile designs against any one, is therefore Well
founded, in the year of grace 1860, in keeping up
a considerable army ; and apparently Lord Palmer-
ston does not regard as troops disposable against
Europe, and particularly against England, the army
which occupies Algeria, the corps which is at Rome,
and that which is preparing to fight in China.
When events break out like those in the Libanus
and in Sicily, is a continental Power of the first
rank like France, who weighs in the political
balance by an ensemble of means, the principal one
of which is her army, guilty of an act of ambition,
or does she exceed the limits of the most ordinary
foresight by keeping up her regiments instead of
disbanding them ? Without having a taste for
military adventures, this question, it appears to us,
might be answered in the negative. Lord Palmer-
ston has advanced that the French Government had
used, and still continues to use, the utmost exertions
to create a navy very nearly equal to that of Great
Britain. This assertion, so roundly made, is of a
nature to excite great astonishment. The illustrious
statesman who directs the affairs of England either
has very defective means of information, or his
memory must be very short. The plans of the French
Government as regards naval organisation have
been published, and are well known. The volume of
the French budget, which is published every year,
regularly refers to this programme ; and' Les Comp-
tes Definitifs du Ministere de la Marine,' another
annual and rather voluminous publication, shows in
what manner and with what degree of celerity this
programme is followed. Now in what does it con-
sist ? It is destined to endow France with a steam
navy the principal force of which will be in 40 ships
of the line-15 first-rate and 25 second. In what
time is this plan to become a reality ? In 14 years
from the Ist of January, 1857. It appears probable
that these 40 line-of-battle ships may be finished
sooner, but nevertheless they cannot be until 1867;
in a word, France proceeds in a way `which does not
show any precipitation or impatience. According
to the plan, the three chapters of the budget vii.,
viii., and ix.—and having for object, one, the wages
of workmen ; the second, the general supplies of the
fleet ; and the third, hydraulic works and civil build-
ings—receive every year a collective grant of 65
millions, out of which only 16 or 17 millions are de-
voted to the increase of the fleet and the ports. The
publication above alluded to shows that this pro-
gramme is observed as faithfully as possible. The •
chapter of accidents and of unforeseen events some-
times renders the addition of a few millions to the
grant necessary, as, for instance, in 1858, when the
expense of the three chapters together amounted to
70,800,000 fr. instead of 65,000,000 fr. If I ord Pal-
merston would take the trouble of looking through
the accounts of the British Admiralty, he could not
say that this is exorbitant. In 1858 each of the
two States then possessed 20 steam line-of-battle
ships in good condition ; we say nothing of those
which were failures, and represented no real force,
and this category was numerous on both sides.
But from that time the Derby Cabinet carried on
the naval constructions with the greatest vigour, as
though war had been imminent. Thanks to the
powerful means, unique in the world, which are to
be:found in the English naval arsenal, those efforts
were attended with prompt results. The last months
of 1858 were so well employed that in 1859 11 line-
of-battle ships were launched and fitted out (we con-
tinue to speak of steamers only),some entirely new ant
others altered from sailing vessels. When. the
Whigs succeeded the Tories in power Lord Clarence
Paget did Sir John Pakington, the First Lord
of the Admiralty under the Derby Cabinet, the
justice to say that England had afloat 40 effective
line-of-battle ships. This was on the Bth July.
Thui, on the Bth July, 1859, England had a naval
force in number and superior in the size of the ves-
sels to what the French fleet is to be in 1867. The
Palmerston Cabinet, knowing how' high the navy
stood in the opinion of the English-public, did not
wish to show less zeal than their predecessors, and
carried on the armaments with redoubled ardour.
New and considerable credits were demanded, and
10 new line-of-battle ships were laid on the stocks,
and six sailing vessels transformed into steamers.
Lord Clarence Paget announced that by the end of
the financial year (March 31, 1860) England would
have afloat 50 line-of-battle ships besides the guard-
ships. In addition to this formidable force there
were also 37 frigates and 140 corvettes, sloops, and
floating batteries. The lovers of large armaments
did not, however, consider this to be enough, and
the Whig Cabinet, in order to satisfy them, called
on the country for fresh sacrifices. According to
the statement made to the House of Commons by-
Lord Clarence Paget in February last the English
Government would by the 31st March, 1861, have
10 sail-of-the-line more afloat, making the number
60, and a proportionate increase in frigates and other
smaller vessels, all steamers. At the same period
France would only have 25 sail-of-the-line, France
proceeds patiently, we might even say placidly,
confident in her strength and in the accomplishment
of a plan perfectly defined beforehand, while Eng-
land goes on with an ardent, not to say feverish im-
patience. She has no defined plan : her pro-
gramme, on the contrary, is unlimited, and takes
constantly increasing proportions."

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.