The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-29 00:00:00

in the Foreign-office usually did the translations, but in
reference to the particular papers referred to, it WAG
necessary to call in the assistance of others to translate
them in a short space of time, that they might be laid on,
the table of the house ; and if there were any inaccuracies
in them, they arose from the circumstances. that the
papers which were sufficient to require six or oonot
weeks to translate them, had to be done in six or tieverC.
days.

BEER HOUSES.
Viscount GODERICH asked the Secretary for thsi
Home Department whether it was his intention to bTing
in any bill daring the present session for the licensing
and regulation of beer houses ?
Mr. WALPOLE said it was his intention. (Hear.) ;

INDIAN REWARDS.
Mr. KINNAIRD asked the Secretary of the Board
of Control whether it was the intention of the Govern.
ment to give honorary distinctions not only to those
in India who had distinguished themselves in the
field, but to those persons, natives as well as Ett4
ropeane, who had, through their wisdom and energy,
prevented mutiny and bloodshed; as, for example—
Colonel Herbert Edwards at Peshawar; Brigadier Syd-
ney Cotton in the Punjaub ; General Bell in Pegn ;
Major Davidson at Hyderabad; Brigadier Coffin at
Secunderabadi; Mr. H. C. Tucker at Bewares ,
Montgomery and Mr. M‘Leod at Lahore ; and General.
Roberts of Bombay.
Mr. BAILLIE said it was the intention of her Bri•
jesty's Government to recommend those civitane who
had distinguished themselves in the field for distinction.
With respect to the natives who may have so distin.
guished themselves, the Governor General of • India
had the power of conferring distinctions on them. Wits
regard to the names of the various distinguished officer.;
civil and military, referred to in the question, he could
only say that some of them were
civil
presisipoi ntl
exercising military
commands in connection with their vi
and of course, if they distinguished themselves, they
would be recommended for distinction by the Comman.
der-in-Chief. The civil officers came under the attention
of the Governor-General of India, who had the power
to award distinctions and rewards.
In answer to a question from Sir H. VERNEY,
Mr. BAILLIE said that about a month ago the
noble lord the President of the Board of Control wrote
letters to some cf the most distinguished of the Indian
princee, thanking them, in the name of her Majesty, for
the services they had rendered under circumstances of
great peril in India.
MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.

Mr. SPOONER moved that this house do resolve it-
self into a committee to consider the Acts for the
Endowment of Maynootb, with a view to the withdrawal
of any endowment out of the Consolidated Fund, due
regard being had to vested rights and interests. The
lion, gentleman said he should not inflict on the house*
long:speech. (Loud cheers.) He had so often addressed
the house on this subject that it was difficult to intro-
duce anything new into the debate. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) He, however, entered generally on the
subject, and, in conclusion, called the atten-
tion of the house to the fact that the Synicl of
Armagh had recently passed a resolution similar
to that passed in 1853, that the priests, under the direc-
tion of the bishops, should interfere in the kleotloll of
poor-law guardians and members of Parliament. They
had heard lately a great deal about foreign interference,
but what did they say of this interference of the Pope
He urged on the house the necessity of their consenting
to his motion. (Cries of Divide.)
Mr. WA.LPOLE, as neither of the hon. members who
bad givonli notice of amendments had proposed them,
rose to oppose the motion on two grounds—first, that
when a great question had been settled by Par-
liament it was not wi-e to disturb it, unless it was
clearly proved there were great objections to it, and ha
was inclined to thiek the benefit expected to be realised
from the change would be more than counterbalanced
by the great evils that would result from the
agitation on the question in Ireland. His second objec-
tion was that, when Sir R. Peel proposed the grant, he
called it, in emphatic language, the "message of peace
to Ireland." Whether it deserved that designation to
the full extent he would not then consider, but of this lie
was cure, if they succeeded in repealing the grant, it
would be considered by the people of Ireland as a re-
versal of that policy, and looked upon almost as tanta-
mount to a declaration of war. He therefore could not
consent to the motion.

Mr. NEWDEGATE, amidst loud cries of "Divide,"
and the impatience of the house, spoke in support of
the motion.

After a few words in reply from Mr. SPOONER,
The house divided. The numbers were—
For the motion
Against it
Majority against the motion —55
(LEFT SITTINCI-.)

THE SITE OF OLD SMITHFIELD
MARKET.

A letter has hem addressed to the Home Secre-
tary of State by the governors of St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital relative to the proposed appropria-
tion of the site of Smithfield market by the city
corporation to the purposes of a dead meat-market.
Tee authorities appmr to object to any arrange-
ment which shall not preserve this site as an open
space. It would, probably, b 3 planted with trees
as a public recreation ground, or, at all events, a
c,r Lain patt of Smithfield situated between the hos-
pital and the read that joins Lone-lane to Icing-
street ; and it is suggested that the remainder—to
be s.:parated from the " recreation-ground"—might
be otherwise employed for the benefit° of the public.
To quote from the statement appended to the letter
of the governors of the hospital—" Smitbfield is in
the vary heart of the metropolis, the buildings ex-
tending in every direction for several miles around.
it ; it is the only open space within the city of Lon-
don. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, which forms
the sonar side of Smithfield, is the only hospital
within the city of London. It has now accommo-
dation for no less than GOO patients, and it has
generally between 500 and GOO patients in the hos-
pital in addition to the large number, exceeding
70,000 in the year, who n_ceive relief as out-
patients. The advantage to the public of having
such an institution in the centre of the metropolis
is of count) immense, but it is attended with the
disadvantage which must arise from the vitiated
s, ate of the atmosphere of a densely populated city.
This has been considerably counterated by the im-
mediate proximity of Smithfield, and in order that
the patients of the hospital may have the full bene-
fit of the fie sh air of this open space, the governors
of the hospital have felt it their duty not to spare
any expense in obtaining as much fresh air for the
patients as the situation of the hospital permits ;
and they have sacrificed a rental exceeding 1,1001.
per annum ie pulling down the houses which for-
merly separated the hospital from Smithfield. Her
Majesty's Government will, therefore, not be sur-
prised to hear that the governors of St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital should view with considerable alarm
any proposition for building on Smithfield, or using
it in any manner which may vitiate the air.
The medical officers of the hospital have addressed
a communication to the governors upon the subject,
in which, after stating that they feel assured that
the convalescence of patients will become more
protracted, and the issue of surgical operations will
become more unfavourable, and their recovery from
them more tedious and imperfect in proportion as
the atmosphere around the hospital becomes more
impure—which they consider it necessarily must be
if the open area of Smithfield is allowed to
,be
covered with buildings—they urge upon the
governors the vital importance of these considera-
tions, and earnestly recommend them to use every
effort to prevent the cpeu space being built upon,
as the adoirion of such a course would, they staee,
certainly t(nd to increase the mortality among the
patients of the hospital, and materially and per-
manently diminish its capabilities of relieving the
sick poor of London. Trio immediate object which
the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital have
in view in bringing this subject under the attention
of her Majesty's Government is to point out the
evils which would ensue to the patients of the
hospital from allowing any interruption of the bene-
fits which they derive from the open space of Spit,
field." The Home-office does not appear rshvone
returned any answer as yet ; but the sabjec i
of immediate importance.

1"'"t----... -------Es.—The screw steamer
ADIERICAN ram, DESPATCH
City of Beltimore, 260 steerage,. and
New York, with 60 cabinp atehnegaMri z reey yesterday for
a ship's mail. The 9aa
..
sailed fro
ramd,
steamer Persia sails on
: york. The Liverpool letter-
Saturday next,
I°,lerlC:with late fees at 9, and that on the
stage at 10. ,
THE EAST COAST.—Foua LIVE
COLLISION ON
FATAL .
u'ars of, a co lision near the Dudgeon
cilcogses at 8
LtlTo:sdr .
1 which terminated in
light-vesse
o'Shields, and her captain and three of the crew,
'Th"le' f •
were received at
—The paq'c ' -
coal laden, and was on a voyage from the Tyne to
London. On Sunday evening -between nice and ten
o'clock she was tome five or six miles from the Dad-
geon light-ship, which bore W.S.W., the weather
coming on thick, when she was run into by a schooner,
apparently in ballast, bound north. The starboard
bow of the Jessie was stove in, and it was immediately
discovered that she was sinking. An attempt was
reale to lower the boat, but before that could be 2CCOM-
plished she went down in deep water, carrying with her
the master, Captain Baines, a native of the Tyne ; Thou.
Mountain, a seaman of Shields ; George Simms, seaman
of Lath ; and Thomas Davis, an apprentice of London.
The three survivors of the crew managed to' get hold of
a piece of a boat and a lalder, upon which they floated
for nearly two hours. Their cries attracted the atten-
tion of the brig Ann, of Torquay, which bore down and
picked them up. The name of the schooner which was
in collision with the Jessie could not be ascertained.
It is stated that she pursued her course, and made no
effort to render assistance, although hailed to do so.
HIS FIRST VOYAGE.
starting from Peterhead port, on his first voyageoo in
__
—The other day, a greent?rn:
small sloop, during a swell in the sea, ran; :Lea Lag:
the vessel began to roll on leaving the herbo
'‘ Fat are ye deem'
ing tenacioudy to the mast looked eagerly
reae`t-r at the helm and cried out,
' 0 dimes coma
towards the
kitlin, kitlin at her bine back there,
Tae to baud her up, I'll
forrit as fast 's ye °ln an'.
.Prom
be forc't to lather fa' owheeripernthe water.—Aberdeen