The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-11 00:00:00

DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.

Lord PALMERSTON asked the hon. gentleman the
Chancellor of the Exchequer for soma further information
relative to his promised statement on the present
relatior. s of the country with foreign powers ?
He also wished to be informed clearly the
time when the dissolution of Parliament would take place,
and whether it would be on the day .of the prorogation.
(Hear, hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—l
propose to make the statement alluded to in reference to
foreign affairs on Friday, which I think would be the day
most convenient to the Government. As regards the
question of dissolution, it was never intended
by the Government that any considerable time should
elapse between the dissolution and the prorogation of Par-
liament. The prorogation would in all probability take
place on Tuesday next week, and the dissolution would
follow as soon afterwards as possible.
Sir G. GREY asked the right hon. gentleman not to
be so problematical in his information, but to give the house
an explicit reply. He wished to know whether, assuming
that the prorogation took place on the Tuesday, the disso-
lution would follow on the next Friday ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—There is
no wish on the part of the Government to prevent the dis-
solution taking place as soon as possible. There is no
occasion, that I can see, .for the heat which the right
hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) has exhibited. (Laughter,
and "oh, oh I") I repeat the word, which I con-
sider quite appropriate. I can only again state that
the dissolution will take place as soon as possible after the
prorogation. No one in my position should be called on to
make a statement as to a specific day on which a dissolu-
tion should take place, for it would impose on him an undue
responsibility. (Hear, hear.)

WAYS AND MEANS.
The report of the committee on Ways and Means was
brought up and agreed to, with a view of founding a bill on
the same.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BILL.
This bill went through committee, and was ordered for
third reading.

PAUPER MAINTENANCE ACT CONTINUANCE

BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.

CONFIRMATION AND PROBATE (1858) AMEND-

MENT BILL. s
This bill went through committee, and was ordered for
third reading.
NAVAL MEDICAL, &c., BILL
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Mr. BOWYER drew attention to the fact of there being
no less than 960 vacancies in Government hospitals, and he
hoped that the Government would adopt measures with re-
ference to Greenwich Hospital to render it as efficient as
possible to carry out the objects for which it was originally
instituted.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said that the recommendations
contained in the report which had been drawn up on this
subject, and the question of that noble institution, Green-
wich Hospital, was under the consideration of her Majesty's
Government.
RAILWAY TICKETS TRANSFER BILL.

The house went into committee on this bill, but after
some discussion it was moved and agreed to that the chair..
man should leave the chair without reporting progress,
which is tantamount to the postponement of the bill during
the present Parliament.
CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL.

This bill was read a second time and ordered to be com-
mitted. _ _

Some bills were brought in and read a first time.
The house then adjourned at 25 minutes to six o'clock.

LOSS OF HER MA.TESTY'S GUNBOAT

.TASEU.R.

The Secretary of the Admiralty has received the
following letters with reference to the loss of the
above vessel :

(Copy•)
Havana, 17th March, 18.59.

Sflt,—l have the honour of reporting to you, for the in-
formation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
that her Majesty's gunboat Jaseur was totally lost on the
26th ultimo, upon the Rioeondor Reefs, whilst on her way
from Port Royal to Greytown, and I enclose herewith
copy of a letter from Lieut. Scott to her Majesty's Vice-
Consul at Trinidad, dated Santa Cruz de Cuba, 10th inst.,
giving some details of this unfortunate accident. Imme-
diately after the receipt of the intelligence of the arrival of
Lieut. Scott and part of his crew, 20 in number, at Santa
Cruz, his Excellency the Captain-General ordered her
Catholic Majesty's steamers, Don Juan d'Austria and
General Lezo, to proceed to their assistance, instructing
the former vessel to convey Lieut. Scott and his party to
Port Royal, and detailing the latter steamer to search all
the Cays and the south coast of this island, in order, if
possible, to fall in with the two missing boats, and take
them to Jamaica.—l have, &c.,

JOS. T. CRAWFORD,
Consul-General in Cuba.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty.
(Copy.)

(Signed)

Santa Cruz, Cuba, 10th March, 1859..

Sin,—As the mail is about to leave this place, I take the
opportunity of acquainting you with the loss of her
Majesty's gunboat Jaseur, under my command. This
event took place at 10.30 p.m. on the night of the 26th of
February, whilst on our way to Greytown, from Port
Royal, Jamaica, having been set by a strong current on the
Riocondor Reefs, and before morning the vessel proved a
complete wreck. At 8 a.m. of the 27th we were compelled
to abandon the ship with the boats and a raft we had made
during the night, and from the circumstance of the ship
filling so fast we were unable to obtain a sufficient supply
of either provisions or water. I determined to make the
best of my way to Port Royal, but, owing to the incle-
mency of the weather, we could make no progress during
the two following days. On the third day we had the
misfortune to have one of the boats upset, by which acci-
dent ten lives were lost. During the day, the weather
moderating, a consultation was held by myself and officers,
when it was determined to take the men off the raft into
the boats, parting company, each to make the best of Its
way to Jamaica, and on reaching this, or being picked
up by any ship, to send assistance to the other.
Having no instruments or charts, we were unable to deter-
mine our position or make Jamaica; and after ten days'
pulling and sailing to the northward, found ourselves off
the eastern head of the Doce Laguas Cays, and were most
kindly received by two Spanish fishermen, named Juan
Oreigan and Pedro Almertequi, who supplied our ilium-
! diate wants, and next morning piloted us to Santa Cruz,
which place we reached on the 9th March, where we were
most hospitably received by the captain of the port, Don
Antonio Goyeochea, who immediately despatched a launch
to search the Cays in hopes of finding our missing boats.

I am happy to say the officers and men in the boat with
me, twenty in number, are beginning to recover from the
effects of their severe suffering during the ten days we were
exposed in the boat, eight of which were passed without
water.
I cannot conclude without bringing before your notice the
most generous and humane conduct of the fishermen above
mentioned, also of the authorities at this place. A despatch
has been sent to the captain of the port of Trinidad, request-
ing a vessel might be sent to convey us to Jamaica.—l
have, &c.,

(Signed) J. B. SCOTT,
Lieutenant, late commanding H M.
• gunboat Jaseur.
To the British Vice• Qonsul. at Trinidad.

The only daughter of Condorcet, niece of
Marshal de Grouchy and Cabanis, and widow of Lieuth-
naut-General O'Connor, died suddenly ht Paris a few days
ago, in her 69th year. The body was conveyed for inter-
ment to Bignon (Loiret), where, according to her express
desire, it was buried without any pomp. She had sur-
vived her three sons and her husband.

REGENT-STREET.--At
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THE REPAVING OF ItEGENT-STREET.—At a spe-
cial meeting of the vestry of St. James's, Westminster, on
Saturday, the subject of the repaving of Regent-street was
brought forward. The Rev. J. E. Kempe, the rector of the
parish, presided. Mr. Crane, ex-churchwarden, moved the
adoption of the report of the paving committee, an abstract
of which has already appeared in our columns. The motion
was seconded by Mr. Medwin. An amendment was, how-
ever, moved by Mr. Duff, to the effect that the report be re-
ferred back to the committee for information as to the con-
tract. The road, he said, was an utter failure, and it ap-
peared from the report that some £4,000 or £5,000 had been
spent to benefit chronometer makers and photographers.
The amendment having been seconded, considerable discus-
sion ensued, in which the Hon. Fred. Byng, Mr. Downes,
Mr. Chinnock, Mr. Sandford, Mr. Beal, and others took
part. At the suggestion of the rector, Mr. Duff ultimately
withdrew his amendment, and a middle course was adopted,
namely, that the vestry, looking upon the paving of Re-
gent-street as an experiment, approves the report of the
committee as to the amount of care devoted to the vraercitt
specially committed to them. A resolution to this
carried it being
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