The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

Lorrnow, March I.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.E. ;
strong breeze, and fine.

PLYMOUTH, Feb. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Elbe,
from Shields for Monte Video, with loss of anchors, &c.—
Greenwich, from London for the Cape.

PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 29.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.
—Arrived—Neptune, from Havre for Havana.
DARTMOUTH, Feb. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—The John
Bunyan, from Havre for Havana.

COWES, Feb. 29.—Wind W—Arrived—lsabella C. Jones
from New Orleans.

CLYDE, Feb. 29.—Arrived—New Empire, from Mobile
—J. It. Young, from St. Stephen's, N.B. Sailed—The
Antigua, for Demerara—Vasco de Gama (ss.), for Lisbon.
Put back—Excel, for Buenos Ayres.
HOLYHEAD, Feb. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Egyp-
tian Witch, from Liverpool for Madras—Susan, from ditto
for Sierra Leone.

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTIfAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Wind W.S.W ; showery.
Arrived.—Ann, from Dungarvan ; Bee and Wave, from
Cowes; Iberia, steamer, from Jersey.
Sailed.—lsmir, Turkish corvette, and Seddul Bahr, de-
spateb boat, for Constantinopls ; Iberia, steamer, for Lon-
don ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Atalanta, steamer,
for Jersey; Argyll,. steamer, for Carentan ; Charlotte, for
Guernsey; Woodside, for London; Rapid, for Cardiff ;
Pet, for Newcastle ; Lively, for Seaham ; Edward and
Mary, for Jersey ; Marquis of Bute, for Sunderland.

(BY SIIIIIdA.RINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind S. ; tide three hours' ebb ; weather fine.
Arrived—Polka, from Guernsey; Tung Yu, from
Shanghai ; Ebba Friedrika, from Oporto ; Anna M., from
Fiume.

Si.iled—Winifred Scott, for Port Philip; Agate, for
Buenos Ayres ; Adler steamer, for Bremen; Rainbow
steamer, for Havre.

DE.&L, Thursday Morning.

Wind W. by N., light.
Passed.—Tomognops, froM Calcutta, for London.
The Camperdown, Captain Denny, from London, for
Calcutta, has been supplied with an anchor and chain, to
replace others lost in the Gull Stream during the gale on
Tuesday last.

ANGLO-LUSO BRAZILIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM
COMPANY.—The directors of this company, by which the
new line of steam service to Brazil was opened in October
last, have issued a prospectus, stating the purposes for
which the company has been incorporated, and explaining
the general features of their project. By these steamers it
is intended to form a line of communication between Great
Britain and the Brazilian Empire, uniting the Great
Western and South Wales Railways in England (both of
which companies are represented on the Board) with the
Pernambuco, Bahia, and the San Paulo lines in Brazil.
The company has been 'received with favour by both the
Portuguese and Brazilian Governments, from whom they
receive subsidies to the extent of £30,000 for the carriage of
their mails ; and the Postmaster-General has entered into
arrangements with the Board, by which a postal communi-
cation monthly from this country to Brazil has been se-
cured. It is also stated that negotiations are in progress
for extended postal services, which will, if completed, put
the company in receipt of £15,000 as the amount of their
subsidies yearly.
CONSUMPTION.—We gave an account, about two
years ago, of certain cases of consumption radically cured
by the use of the sap of the pine tree (Pinus Maritima)..
Additional experience seems now to corroborate the fact of
the curative qualities of this vegetable substance, if we may
judge from a long article by Dr. Ktlttldan, of Lamarquoe
(Gironde) published in the Revue The sap f
the pine is extracted as follows :—The tree_ is cut down,
and the trunk divided into lengths of about twelve feet each.
These sections are all suspended in a vertical position
adapt_
vessels into which the sap is made to
°h or
i
ing a watertight collar to the top of sbeYcti Pt-
trunk, and then filling the kind of flow,
shallow basin
thus formed with water ; the latter penetrates into the pores
of the wood, and drives out the sap at the other end. The
sap of the pine has not such a disagreeable taste as other
but haskebil inn
made up into been
preparations from coniferous plants, p
and maybe be
it te
its natural state ; fo
pins and syrups by a chemist at Bordeaux,
where the treatment of phthisis by this sap appears to be
extensively practised. It seems to have a decided tendency
to stop tuberculisation, and to prolong life considerably
when it does not produce a radical eure. It is moreover
highly efficacious in cases of bronchitis, chronic catarrhs
and ail other affections of the windpipe in which a cough
accompanied with expectoration is the dominant symptom.

IMPERIAL PA RLIA M2N T.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented against the Highway
Bill, abolition of church-rates, &c.
• WAYS AND MEANS
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appealed
to hon. members who had nieti.-ths on the paper not to
press them until the house went into committee of ways and
means. His only object was to secure the passing of the
resolutions in reference to the duty on spirits. He trusted
the house would • pass these resolutions as a matter of
form, and by doing so they would not bind their hands,
and the subject might afterwards b 3 fully considered.
He would move, therefore, that the loot ions and other orders
of the'day should be postponed win he had brought for-
ward his resolution.
Soma hon. members having signified their assent to this
proposition the motion was agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
moved-the tollowing resolution : --That, towat ds raising the
supply granted to her Majesty, in addition to the duty now
payable on spirits distilled in the United Ejngdoin, there
shall be charged on every gallon of such spirits at proof
which, on or after the 29th of February, shall be distilled
or be in the stock of any distiller, or in any duty •f, ee ware-
house, or removine to such warehouse, the additional duty of
Id. The resolution had reference to thedutyabout to be fixed
I on foreign spirits, and its being agreed to would have the
effect of protecting the revenue from loss, but it might be
modified afterwards if the house deemed it expedient.
The resolution was agreed to and the house resumed.
QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES BILL.
The adjourned debate on the motion for the second read-
ing of this bill was resumed by
Mr. NE WDEGATE, who stated that he would not in a
house so scantilyattended move any amendment.
The bill was then read a second time and ordered to be
committed.

MASTERS AND OPERATIVES BILL.
Mr. MACKINNON moved the second reading of this bill.
, He contended, that in consequence of the unfortunate dif-
ferences that had arisen between masters and operatives,
it was necessary that a measure, such as the present
' should be adopted. When any difference occurred between
the House of Lords and the House of Commons, a very
simple proceeding was resorteeto, namely, a conference
between delegates on both sides, and it was to establish a
, similar method of settling disputes between workmen
and their employers that the present bill was intro-
duced. If it wete read a second time he proposed then
that it .should be referred to a select committee with a view
to render it as effective as possible.
Mr. SLANEY,seconded the motion. He said the work-
ing classes were rapidly increasing in numbers and intelli-
gence, and it was most de sirzible that the misunderstanding
between them and the capitalists by whom they were em-
ployed should be terminated. He believed that result could
be effected if friendly mediation were resorted to in a spirit
calculated to elucidate and settle the mutual differences be..
tween the two classes whose interests were so closely
identified. He believed the result of such mediation as ho
suggested would have the effect of dein.. away with the
influence exercised by members of the working classes who
were actuated, in many cases, by pride or other evil motives.
Mr. WALTER did not consider the bill would prove
effectual in settling disputes between masters and men, but
as it was to be referred to a select committee he would not
oppose the second reading.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said he did not consider the bill would
effect the object which its framers contemplated. The first
clause proposed that the two classes in question should ap-
point persons to arrange their differences, who were to have
the authority of arbitrators. He contended there was no-
thing in that clause that added to the existing law, and it
was therefore either useless or imperfectly expressed. The
second clause related to the formation of councils, with re-
ference to which the Queen was to be petitioned, and the
Home Secretary to license these councils under a certain
condition, which license was to last for three years. He
thought this bill would have the effect of fostering a delu-
sion on tie part of the working class, and therefore it would
not receive the support of the Government. He had no
objection to the appointment of a committee to inquire into
the circumstances connected with strikes, but ho trusted
the hon. member (Mr. Mackinnon) would not press his
motion.
Lord R. MONTAGUE defended the bill and referred to
the Conseils de Prudkomme in France, and other tribunals on
the continent, to show that the priaciple and practice of
arbitration between workmen and masters was in full and
beneficial oporat.on. The practice of arbitration prevailed
amongst different trades in this country, and with great
advantage both to woe. men and employers.
Mr. EDWIN J AMES strongly advocated some attempts
at legislation on the subject, but objected to the machinery
of the bill. However, he approved hiedy of its principle,
and considered this question should be referred to a select
committee.

Mr. HENLEY considered that the terms of the bill were
too vague to be practical, and that they should pause before
legislating on a matter which might have the effect of injur-
ing instead of benefitting the classes for whose advantages
it was designed.
Mr. E. COLEBROKE considered that the bill would not
produce any practical effect, and suggested to the hon.
mover not to press the second reading.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Black, Mr. P.
Urquhart, Major Edwards, Sir F. Goldsmid, the Solicitor-
General, and Sir M. Pete took part,
Mr. MACKINNON replied, and contended that the
question, so far as related to his bill, was not understood.
In deference to the views of the house he would postpone
his motion for four weeks, and would then move that the
subject should be referre Ito a select committee.
Mr. CROSSLEY made a few observations, and the mo-
tion for the second reading of the bill was postponed.
ADULTERA.TION_Oy FOOD, OR pRINEC.
on this bill, said that a mini:nit-tee orthe house had sat for
two sessions on this subject, and it reported that adultera-
tion was practised in the articles of human consumption
wherever it was possible. It was a fact that adulte-
ration had become so much of a science that France,
Holland, and other countries on the continent,
had been compelled to resort to the most
stringent measures for its suppression. This adulteration
pressed most severely on the poorer classes, whose endea-
vours were so fully absorbed in obtaining food that they
had no means of analysing it. It appeared that vux cornice
and the most poisonous and deleterious drugs were the
common elements of ordinary food and drink. It had been
proved that much of the drunkenness of the poorer classes
was produced by narcotic drugs and other adulterations in-
troduced into malt and spirits. He quoted several extracts
from the report of the committee in qurstiGn.
Mr. V. SCULLY did not consider the bill ealcu-
lated to be of -any practical utility, or that it would
be of any benefit to go into committee with a view
to amend its details. He thought the practical mode
of dealing with the question of adulteration was
to have a board of analysts who would have officials whom
they could send to inspect every shop. That board could
be empowered to classify shoes according to the purity of
the articles retailed, which when it appeared affixed to the
name of the dealer in the commercial directory would have
a most beneficial operation. He alluded to the practice
which prevailed in the butter market in Cork, by which a
brand was affixed to the butter sold there, and which en-
abled buyers at once to detect the quality of the article
they wished to purchase, as an illustration of the practica-
bility of the plan he proposed. -
Mr. J. LOKCE approved of the:principle of the bill, and
suggested some verbal alterations to render it more effective.
Mr. PEACOCK expressed a hope that the house would
pass some bill on the subject g
ofo in
the
o tte
. committee,
nanofd food.then
He hoped that the bill would
its details could be altered.
After some further discussion,
Mr. CLIVE, on the part of the Government, said he had
no objection to going into committee on the bill.
The house then went into committee.
Mr. ROEBUCK objected to clause 1, which imposed a
penalty for senil!, en adulterated article. By that clause
it must be proved that the article sold was not only injuri-
ous to health, but that the vendor was aware of the fact,
which would render the bill inoperative. He deprecated
all peddling in legislation. He believed the bill might do
more injury than benefit to the tradesmen of the metropolis
and boroughs at large.
Mr. CLIVE objected to the clause on other grounds.
Mr. EDWIN JAMES concurred with the honourable
and learned member for Sheffield in reference to the clause,
which he considered also would be inquisitorialin its ope-
ration.

Mr. HARDY objected to the clause, and moved its omis-
sion, but gave way to
Mr. PEACOCK, who moved, as an amendment to the
original motion, that the wards "with the knowledge of"
should be left, which would have the effect of meeting the
objections to the clause founded upon what had been said
relative to the knowledge or the ignorance of the vendor as
to the article he sells.
Some discussion ensued, and Mr. PEACOCK withdrew his
amendment.
• Another amendment was proposed for the omission of
the words "calculated to injure health," and the substitu-
tion of the words "injurious to health," as being more de-
finitive and intelligible.
Mr. CLIVE iu the course of the discussion stated that
the first part of the clause was useless, and the last ob-
noxious.

Mr. lIANKEY said that after the statement of the hon.
member (Mr. Clive), on the part of the Government, it
would be better not to discuss the amendment, but to come
to a decision on the bill without further delay.
After some discussion, in which there was a great diver-
sity of opinion expressed,
Mr. lIANKEY said that the house was in a position to
decide the question without further discussion, and moved
that the chairman do leave the chair.
The motion was negatived, and the amendment was agreed
to. Some other amendments of a verbal character were
also agreed to, and on the motion that the "clause as
amended do stand part of the bill, the house divlited—
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Against ............................ 9
Majority .............. ........ 1
was accordingly agreed to.
The clause; as amended,
Clause 2 was postponed.
On clause 3, some discussion took place with referenoie
..
to the appointment of official analysts, and an amendment
was proposed, which was negatived without a div
sion. Some other verbal amendments were agreed to
and on the motion that the clause as amended stand *
part
of the bill a division took place.
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Againsthe motion Majority
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glifheed.Spirits (Ireland) Act Ain, d 4. Bill
second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next.
The clause was accordingly
num.was read a

ADMINISTERING OF POISON BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
The house adjourned shortly before six o'clock.

THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.—A Paris
cor'r'espondent says that at the late ball at the Tuileries the
Empres wore at once a peculiar and beautiful dress. " Over
the familiar skirt of tulle bouillonne was throw a a short up-
per skirt of white watered silk, festooned up on both sides
with wide bands of black velvet embroidered with gold.
Upon her head was placed a high crown of polished gold,
upon which were imprinted, in black enamel, some Egyp-
tian hieroglyphics. -There were a necklace and bracelets to
match. The Princess Clotilda was present. Her Imperial
Highness is far from pretty, but a distinguished French
political economist, speaking of her at the ball, declared
he considered her the most extraordinarily endowed lady in
Europe. She speaks fluentTy -five languages,. and is •
thoruugh Greek and Latin scholar; is well acquainted with
the works of all the ancient and modern poets, and is parti-
cularly fond of quoting Shakspere. Her character, inspire
of her extreme youth, is very firm—this her face indicates.
The Empress is very fond of this her young relative."