The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-08 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

The meeting at Liverpool, if the weather keeps
fine, will no doubt be a great success. It will exakes
-
tend over two days, there being some good st
to pick up, that are not certainties, like Tumbler
in the Sefton and Knight of the Garter in the
hlisvrlaotutgehrtoalsno,
Biennial (Tumbler could abvocustp
in the Knight's absence).
wasiinant,
Tumbler, Corporal, and Knight Errant aro a crack
lot to contest the Molyneux Cup, one mile ; and if
tho two latter are not in reserve for something better,
they will probably fight ou.the finish, Tumbler stand-
ing a good chance only in the absence of both.
Giving the Produce Stakes to Helvellyn, and pass-
ing over minor, matters, I come to the Liverpool
cup, set for Friday, and to find the winner of
which a difficulty will be placed before even " post"
betters, if Rama, East Lancashire, Moldavia, Czar,
Archimedes, Mirella, Acton, Begum, Challenge,
and Mrs. Allan give their early backers a run for
their money. Others may help to swell the field,
though it cannot be said with much chance of suc-
cess, as Moldavia, from the form she showed in
the Northumberland Plate, ought to win easily, the
next best iu my estimation being Challenge.
Mrs. Stratton may not care for the Sefton llandi-
cap, and then Skylark will be in fine feather—as
may also the best of Lord Westmorland's, Master
Willie or Ganymede, in the Welter Cup; Wrough-
ton in the Bickerstaffe, Bracken in the St. Legr,
and Lady Ilighthorn in the Badminton.
A FRESHMAN.

PREMATURE INTERMENT.—The Journal de Pon-
earlier relates a case of premature interment. During the
funeral, at Montflorin, of a young woman who had appa-
rently died in au epileptic fit, the gravedigger, after
having thrown a spadeful of earth ou the coffin, thought
ho hoard a moaning. The body was consequently ex-
humed, and a vein having been opened, yielded blood
almost warns and liquid. Hopes wore for a moment enter-
tained that the young woman would recover from her
lethargy, but she never did so entirely, and tho next day
life was found to be extinct.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—TIIIS EVENING.
The LORD CHANcvn.on took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.

PRIVATE 'BUSINESS.
The Waterford and Wexford Barbour and tl►a East
London Water Supply Bills were real a third time and
passed

THE TROOPS IN NEW ZEALAND.
The Earl of CARNARVON asked the noble duke what
were his reasons for postponing the question relative to.
the papers in this matter?
Thu Duke of BUCKINGITAII said that his reason was
that the papers on the subject had not been received, and
he thought it most desirable that the matter should he
postponed, that was the only reason that there wasiu the
matter with regard to publicconvenienee.
After a few remarks from Lord LYTLETTON,
The Earl of CARNARVON said that the answer of the
noble duke was so enigmatica: that ho must move a
substantive motion in the matter himself.
THE CONSECRATION OF CHURCHYARDS
(No. 2) BILL.
This bill was committed, and, after a few remarks from,
Lord Portman, which were totally inaudible, and from the
Bishop of Oxford, who stated that he considered that the
bishop should not be able, by mere signing of his hand,
to consecrate a place, but that he should go amongst his
people. The object, therefore, was to diminish the expense
which enable the bishops to be present, and this would be
most satisfactory to the bishops themselves. They pro-'
fessed to convey no mysterious power to the land
which they consecrated, but they thought it better
to preserve ihos.e religious rights which were acknowledged
by the country. The question was put whether the words
"out of the churchyards" wore to form part of the
hill or not. On a division it was found that the contents
had it by a majority of 80 to 35.
LEFT bITTINO. I

HOUSE OF COMMONS--Tills EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
HASTY REMOVAL OF TROOPS.
Mr. CARINGTON asked the Secretary of State for War
whether it was true that the cavalry regiments who
marched from Aldershot to Hounslow to take part in the
intended review were left in camp entirely without rations
until the following morning ?
Sir J. PAKINGTON said the case was not so bad as
it appeared by the hon. member's question. It was not
true that the troops that arrived at Hounslow with the
view of taking part in the intended review were loft with-
out rations until the following morning, but it was true
that the troops that arrived between eight and nine in the
morning were left without rations until four o'clock in
tho afternoon. (Oh, oh.) It was occasioned by groat
want of care in some quarter, and he was using his best
endeavour to discover where blame was to b 3 attributed,
but he had not yet been able to do so. If the right hon.
gentleman would repeat his question on another occasion,
and he was iu a position to answer him fully, ho would do
so without the slightest attempt at concealment.
FEVER IN THE IitAI7RITIUS. _ _

Mr. PIM asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies
if ho was aware of the extraordinary mortality caused by
fever in the island of Mauritius during the present year ;
could he say whether it was true that the deaths had ex-
ceeded 30,000 out of a population of about 340,000 persons;
and that the deaths in the city of Port Louis in the month
of April last exceeded 6,000 out of a population estimated
at 80,000; had he any information whether the virulence
of the fever had abated or not; and did ho not think that
something was due by way of assistance to the large num-
ber of p3rso..s who had been left destitute by this extra-
ordinary and almost unprecedented calamity.
Mr. ADDERLEY said it was unfortunately too true
that fever existed to a very alarming extent, btit
with respect to th resumed of persons who had
fallen victims, ho p that the thirty thousand
deaths mentioned by the hon. member represented
the entire deaths in the island for the year. The latest
date received at the Colonial-office was the 2,1 of M.ty,
when the number of deaths reported was 17,000, 10,000 of
which took place in Port Louis. The latest accounts gave
no intimation of toe abatement of fever, but as the cool
season has set in it was to be hoped that a favourable Omega
would take place. Every stop possible had been taken toallay
the fever, medicines had been sent out. but with respect
to a contribution being sent from the Consolidated Fund
thare was no precedent for such a step. The Government
had no accounts of the distress occasioned by the preva-
lence of fever to induce them to ask for snail a contribution.
A private fund, however, was in course of collection in the
City, to which any bon. member wishing to contribute
could do so.

CHEAP POSTAGE.
Mr. HADFIELD asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer whether the Government had considered the
policy of extending tho system of ca postage to all
foreign and friendly governn.ents will heing pto reciprocate ia
this convenience, and to bear their proportion of the cost
of the same; and whether any measures were being taken
for such an arrangement.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
question had engaged the cousideration of Government,
and a convention had been entered into, by which the
postage to the United States had been reduced from ls. to
and negotiations wore pending for a similar reduc-
tion between this country, Sweden, Denmark, and Hol-
land.
THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS.
Mr. 11. SEYMOUR gave notice cf his intention to call
the attention of the house, on the 19th inst., to the cruelties
perpetrated on the British subjects now prisoners in Abys-
sinia.
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL.
Tie house went into committee on this bill.
Mr. CRAWFORD moved the insertion of the following
new clause :—" (Residence of electors for the City of
London extended to 23 miles.) That so much of the
twenty-seventh and thirty-second sections of the Act of
the second William the Fourth, chapter forty-five,
and of the seventy-ninth section of the Act of the
sixth and seventh Victoria, chapter eighteen, as relates
to the residence of electors within seven miles of any city
or borough shall be repealed, in respect to electors other-
wise qualified to be registered and to vote for members to
serve in Parliament for the city of London : provided al-
ways, that no person shall be registered as an elector for
the said City unless he shall have resided for six calendar
months next previous to the last day of July in any
year, nor to be entitled to vote at any election for the said
city, unless he shall have ever since the last day of July
in the year in which his name was inserted in the register
then in force have resided, and at the time of voting shall
have continued to reside within the said city, or within
twenty-five miles thereof, or any part thereof."
Mr. E. JAMES did not see why the distance should be
fixed at five and twenty miles. Ho knew of cases in Man-
chester where gentlemen resided far beyond the limits, and
as they attended their places of business daily, he did not
see why they should be deprived of their vote.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
should not oppose tho amendment of the hon. gentleman
opposite.
Mr. BOUVERIE expressed his surprise at the deter-
mination of the Government to assent to the proposed new
clause, because ho considered it was opposed to the spirit
of the Reform Bill of 1832.
Mr. GOSCHEN said the persons affected by this clause
were called upon to fulfil the office of juror and sheriff,
and because they wont into the country to sleep he did not
see the justice of depriving them of their vote. Tho whole
of the interests and thoughts of such persons centred
to the spot where their business existed, and certainly not
where they slept. They did their duty as citizens, and
they ought not to be deprived of any privilege they pos-
sessed.
Mr. AYRTON said if they agreed to the proposition
with respect to the City of London they would have to
extend it to all boroughs.
Alderman LAWRENCE supported the clause, as he
thought the committee would be of opinion that there
were exceptional circumstances in favour of the City of
London.
The clause was then read a second time without a divi-

sion.
Mr. EDWARD JAMES moved an amendment to the
clause with the object of making the question of distance
of residence quite an open matter.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
thought the clause ought to be made exceptional in favour
olithe City of London, and that the limit proposed by the
mover of the clause ought to be adhered to.
Mr. PIM thought a groat injustice would be
done if
that determination was agreed to. Take the case of three
partners of a firm in the city of London. One of the part-
ners lived at St. John's-wood, another at Windsor, and
the other at Brighton the clause would give the
vote to the first two, but why, he should like
to know, was the latter to be deprived of his vote?
He
fulfilled all his duties as a citizen just as much as the
other two.
The amendment moved by Mr. JAMES was negatived
without a division.
On the motion that the clause be added to the bill, a
discussion ensued with regard to the exceptional circum-
stances that had prevailed
Ti
favour of the City of London.
(LEFT SITTING.)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, July B.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze and fiuo weather, but rather
cloudy.
Orr FALMOUTH, July G.—Wind WN.W.- Arrived—
Thetis, from Bahia; Amor, from Rio Janeiro; Princess
Helena, from Rio Grande.
PORTSMOUTH, July G.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Industry, from Ascension ; her Majesty's
ship Revenge, from the Eastward; her Majesty's ship
Sutlej, from the Pacific.
PLYMOUTH, July G.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chanza,
from Matanzas.
LIVERPOOL, July G. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rathfern,
from Rangoon ; Banner, from Bombay.
(By Telegraph.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, July 7—Ann Jewett, from Ostend; Spoodwell,
from Guernsey.
Arrived, July 8— Keepsake, from Girgenti ; Fena, from
Stockholm.

Dx.u., Monday Morning.
Passed, in tow—Walmer Castle, from Madras for Lon-
don; Sobrnon, from Sydney for London.
Passed, back of Godwin—Caledonian, bark, from tho
East for the West.

TIIE EAST RIDING CATTLE PLAGUE REGULA-
Tioxs.—The General Cattle Plague Committee at Beverley
have revoked the permission given on the ground of ex-
pediency, by the justices of the Buckalt Bother illege division, to de-
pasture -
cows in the lanes, as being ogal.
committee has also extended the licences for milking and
brooding purposes from six to twenty-eight days, and they
have permitted the appointment of throe other persons to
assist the justices in granting licences. The last two are
changes of a most acceptable nature in the Riding.
A State performance at her Majesty's Theatre
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