The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Colonel SYKES moved an address for return of the
number of officers and men, distinguishing each arm of the
service, cavalry, infantry, horse and foot artillery, and en-
gineers, annually, from 1800 to 1858, both years inclusive ;
stating the numbers serving at home, in the colonies, and
in India ; the enrolled pensioners, and embodied militia and
volunteers ; and the amount annually voted for these ser-
vices, distinguishing effective and non• effective services.—
Agreed to.
THE ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE ROYAL
ADDRESS.
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The debate was resumed by
Mr. Sergeant DEASY, who, after some preliminary ob-
servations, said that the Government of Lord Derby in
Ireland was open to grave objections as regarded pa-
tronage, and exclusion of Catholics from juries
in particular cases. This had created great bit-
terness of feeling in Ireland, and excited much dis-
trust in the policy and impartiality of Government. That
feeling should be removed, or, at all events, abated, neither
of which he believed would be effected solong as the present
Government remained in office. (Hear, and oh, oh.) He
denied that the result of the late elections in Ireland
proved the opposite of what he asserted, as was contended
by some parties. It was indispensable that there should be
larger concessions made to Catholics than was proposed by
the ;Government. He denied that the antecedents of the
present Government were such as entitled them to the con-
sideration of that house or the country at large—that they
showed the greatest hostility to what was liberal and in
accordance with the spirit of reformers. When they at-
tempted to introduce anything of a liberal character they
failed altogether—the Reform bill of last session was a
proof of his position. Such being the case, he contended
that the Government tenure of office must necessarily be
brought before long to a termination. The Government
might have gained some increase in their
numerical strength ; but it was a fact that
the Liberal party was much More united than
previously, and there was a disposition on the part of that
party to make mutual concessions, in order to secure good
measures for the country. With regard to the foreign
policy of the Government, he did not consider it entitled to
that praise which was claimed for it by certain politicians;
and the predictions of the Government last session were
falsified by the present state of hostilities. As regarded
other departments, he asserted that they would not suffer
much even if the Government changed hands, because on
that side of the house which he occupied there was as much
efficiency as would render the transfer of the execudve to
their kands unattended with any danger. (Hear, hear.)
They had been taunted with their dissensions, but was it
not a fact thal there were differences of opinion amongst the
supporters of Government on certain questions ? He denied
that the Government were justified, from the known consti-
tution of the house, in expecting to get such a constitutional
majority as would, render their remaining in office prudent
or beneficial to the interests of the country. He believed
that it was highly desirable for the interests not only of his
own country, but of England that power should pass from
the present Government into hands that were more able to
wield it with efficiency, and which would enjoy confidence
at home and respect abroad. (Hear, hear.)
Colonel DICh SON defended the Government. He stood
there as the representative of a large Catholic constituency,
and on their behalf he repudiated their being actuated by
any sectarian view in the support they had given to the
Government. That support was conceded in consequence
of a conviction on the part of the section to which he
alluded that the Government would conduct the affairs of
the country beneficially alike to Ireland as well as England.
He denied that dissensions pervaded on the part of the
supporters of Government to the extent that was repre-
sented, and he appealed to the Irish members to give that
Government the support to which it was entitled
by the policy they pursued in regard to Ire-
land. He maintained that • the foreign policy
of Government deserved and enjoyed the confidence of the
country, notwithstanding the attacks to Which it was ex-
posed and the statements that had been made in that house
and elsewhere. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. DUFF supported the amendment, and was
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.--The Government
emigrant vessel Parsee, 1,060 tons, Captain William Nor-
ris, sailed from Southampton on Tuesday, the 7th inst., for
Sydney, New South Wales, with 418 emigrants, under
charge of Surgeon Superintendent John Sebastian Wilkin-
son. Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners will receive
tenders to-day (Thursday), for the conveyance of Coolies
from British Guiana to Calcutta and to Madras. The ves-
sels must not leave England before the loth of July, and
be placed at the disposal of the immigration agent at British
Guiana not later than the 26th of September nest. The
Commissioners will also receive tenders for the conveyance
of a small party of emigrants to Port Natal, in a vessel
capable of crossing the bar, to sail about the end of July.

CHELMSFORD RACES.-(TIIIS DAY.)

Conductor
Tame Deer
King of the Gipsic,.

CUP STAKES.

Five ran,

MARKS HALL STAKES
Connaught filly
Sweetmeat filly

Tournament .
Independence
Arrow

QUEEN'S PLATE.

Four ran.

BEVERLEY RACES-(THIS DAY).

Jeannie Deans
Knayton
Gin

SCURRY STAKES.

Twelve ran.
EAST RIDING HANDICAP.
Flash-in-the-Pan
Attraction
Meanee colt

Seven ran. •
LONDESBOROUGH PRODiTCE STAKES
Restes •
Predictor
Golden Dream

Twelve ran,

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
(Peers Present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham,
Lord St. Leonards, Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale,
the) Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Kingsdown, and
other Peers.)
Appeal causes to be considered :—Judgment—Thellusson
v. Robarts et al, ex parte as to'certain respondents ; Hon.
A. Thellusson v. Robarts et al, ex parte as to T. R.
Thellusson ; Hon. R. Hare v. Robarts et al, ex parte as
to certain respondents.
These were appeals from decisions of the Master of the
Rolls, Sir John Romilly, holding that on a true construc-
tion of the will of the late Mr. Peter Thellusson, the re-
spondents were entitled to take his property as the eldest
male heir lineal descendant of the late Peter Isaac Thellus-
son.

The majority of the consulted law judges were of the
same opinion.

Thefr lordships of the House of Lords, Lord Cranworth,
Lord St. Leonards, Lord Wensleydale, Lord Brougham
(and the Lord Chancellor concurring), who delivered
their opinions at length this morning, were unani-
mously of opinion-Ist. That the eldest male heir lineal
descendant of the late Peter Isaac Thellusson was the
eldest male heir in primogeniture, and not the eldest of age
or blood. 2d. That the person appointed to nominate by
the will was the eldest male heir in primogeniture at the
time the succession opened, and not the eldest of age or of
blood. 3d. That the will was not void from uncertainty,
and that the next of kin were excluded.

Their lordships tendered the thanks of the house to the
consulted judges for the very learned and able opinions
given by them to their lordships in these cases.
Their lordships unanimously affirmed the decision of the
Master of the Rolls, and dismissed the appeals with costs.
The Lord Chancellor declined to deliver any formal opi-
nion, having previously been counsel in the cause, until he
heard the unanimous opinion of their lordships, in which
he entirely concurrred.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
REFUSAL TO COMMIT-GREY V. OLDBURY.

This was a judgment summons, and the defendant had
agreed upon the original order to pay 15s. per week. The
first instalment was due on the 9th May last, and the present
summons issued on the 10th.

Mr. Perry, from Mr. Buchanan's, said that defendant
had so many orders 'and judgments against him that he
could not comply with the order of the Court in this in-
stance.

His Honour thought it was very sharp practice to take out
a summons on the 10th, and refused to commit.

PUTTING ON THE SCREW.
Mr. Beard made an application that the fees paid for
hearing-in rib certain cause should be returned. The parties
had settled the matter out of Court and the case was with-
drawn. Mr. Osgood (the chief clerk) had repeatedly al-
lowed the fees to be returned, and now refused. _ _ _

His Honour did not think'that this was a case in which
he could order the return of the fees. It was putting on
the screw to get better terms out of the defendant ; and,
after having had the advantage of compelling the defen-
dant by this means, it was pot right to ask for the fees.
Mr. Beard said that it was not so, and the parties had
settled the affair a long time since, and directly afterwards
he (Mr. Beard) applied to Mr. Osgood for the fees.
His Honour saw no reasonable grounds for granting the
application.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A CONFIRMED THIEF.—FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—Louisa
Spencer, alias Walker, a well-known thief, was charged
with stealing a silver watch, of the value of £5, from the
person of William Martin, a ship steward, at the Spread
Eagle, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital.
Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the prisoner.
William Martin, the prosecutor, who said he was at pre-
sent staying- at 25, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospital, stated
that on the previous night he was at the Spread Eagle,
when the prisoner and another female asked him to treat
them, and he did so, and while talking to them he missed
his watch from his waistcoat pocket,. which was safe when
ho entered the house. The watch produced was the same,
and worth about £5.

Mr. Lewis said she would plead guilty, and asked Mr.
Bingham to dispose of the case.
Inspector Pethers, of the E division, said the prisoner
was a well-known thief, and there was an officer in court
to speak to that feel,.
An officer of the court said she had, he believed, been
convicted at the sessions.

Mr. Lewis again urged the magistrate to deal with the
case, but Mr. Bingham refused. _ _ _

Prosecutor said his ship sailed on Wednesday next for
Hobart-town.
Mr. Bingham said, to do great good he would run a little
risk, and at once committed her for six months.

PROPER PUNISHMENT-CRUEL TREATMENT OF A

HORSE.—James Sheppard, a carman in the employ of Wm.
Etteridge, coal merchant, of the Old Kent-road, was charged
at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals with the following cruel treatment of
a horse

Mr. 'William Love, chief constable of the Royal Society,
said that on the 30th of May lie was in Tottenham-court-
road, when he saw the defendant driving two horses draw-
ing a heavy van, having an empty cart attached to it. Per-
ceiving that one of the horses moved about in a very rest-
less manner, as if in pain, he asked the defendant if there
was anything the matter with its back ? He first said there
was not ; but on my telling him that I wished to see, and
asking him to remove the saddle, he then said, " There
is a little sore, governor." He (Mr. Love) then examined
the horse and found on its back a large sore covered with a
piece of old sacking, which being covered with the saddle
pressed into it, caused it intense pain. There waS also
another large sore partly healed, it, was lame in one of its
feet from disease, and it was altogether quite unfit for use.
On calling his attention to it he said it was not then nearly
so bad as it had been. He also said he was 'on his way to
Camden-town, to fetch two tons of coals to take to the Old
Kent-road.

Mr. Bingham said he should like to make the defendant
raw in the back, and make him draw two tons of coals with
a piece of sacking pressing into it. Such treatment was
the only way of making such people understand what
cruelty was. He should fine the defendant 17s. 6d. and
costs, and if he appeared there again he would visit him
still more severely for his brutality.