The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-05 00:00:00

LAW OF EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL.-

POOR LAWS.

In reply to Sir P. BURRELL,
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fraMnire.dllLLislsEußedS. slavidithordreesrisasonnt tthoe mattners hinavtehobereon_
ceipt of small pensions they were n
Union Chargeability A JAMAICA.
recent trans-
actions at the Admiralty
and all information received.
ks asked
on
nt the
behalf
of Chancellorth e Government,of the
the royal h
despatches would
Mr.
B BRIGHT
I uGnlidelr
tall
etebedfworteihtht
should be laid commis_
qnd the War Department, connected
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Sir 11.
The
, 's
ion
now i n
sittingJ an i ai c.tln,
that island ?
Storks was the head of the military force in Jamaica,and
therefore had all the military documents at his command.
:With respect to those in the naval department, Admiral
Hope had been directed to give all the information to the
Commissioners in his power. The despatches in the naval
department had been written by naval officers without
knowing they would ever be made use of, and therefore it
would be hardly fair to produce them.
Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that without the whole of the
documents were at once produced, either at home or in
Jamaica, he should bring forward a motion for their im-
mediate production.

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
Mr. W. MILLER asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department if he was aware that the Cattle Plague
Royal Commission, in their endeavours to discover the best
disinfectant, referred the question only to a single individual,
namely Dr. Angus Smith, who reported in favour of
corleolits acid, or Macdougall's Powder, of which prepara-
tion he himself is co-partner with Mr. Macdougall, and
which is generally believed by chemists to be no disinfec-
tant at all.

Mr. BARING said he had made inquiries on the matter,
and had to inform the hon. member that Dr. Smith was
not a partner in the firm for the preparation of the article
reforred to, that he did not recommend Macdougall's
powder as a disinfectant. That carbolic acid was not a

The amount of raw cotton imported into Great Britain,
from America, was, in the year 1865, 1,212,790 cwts.;
1864, 126,322 ; 1863, 57,090. The imports of American
cotton at Liverpool, since the Ist of January, 1866, have
averaged 28,300 bales per week. The average price for
Midlands in the same time has boon 19i per pound. The
latest advices from New York quote cotton at 45c in green-
backs, equivalent to 16d English money.
ELECTION PETITION.—CAMBRIDGE BMW UG11......
Another petition against the return for Cambridge
borough has been presented by four electors, which, after
reciting the petition of Mr. R. R. Torrens against the elec-
tion of Mr. Forsyth, allege that Mr. Torrens himself was
disqualified from being returned by reason of his holding at
the time of the election the office of Registrar-General of
South Australia, an office of profit under the Crown. Tho
petitioners, therefore, pray that if the return of
,Mr. For-
syth be invalid, Mr. W. D. Christie, the fourth candidate,
may be declared one of the sitting members.
THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—Large crowds
assembled yesterday in the Parks, with the view of skating
and sliding on the ice on the ornamental waters, but in
almost all cases it was found insecure. In St. James'sPark
and at the Round Pond, Kensington, however, many per-
sons ventured upon the ice, and no serious accident lop-
penecl.
THE NEW SOUTH. —We learn from the
New Orleans papers that the demand for la-
bour there in every department of mechanics
is such as to absorb the entire supply. Never
since the first settlement of New Orleans
,has
it been greater than it now is. One paper says
that the mechanics and labouring men are a greater
power than ever before, and that they are " edu-
cating and elevating themselves, and are main-
taining an unbroken front in their efforts to break
down the barriers that have hitherto opposed their
rapid progress in social and political position."
Those who are so greatly exercised lest things in
the South revert to their former condition, and who
fear that the old elaveholding aristocracy will again
resume their former sway, should consider a fact
like this. We hear the same thing of other parts
of the South. A new class is coming into power;
new ideas are gaining the supremacy. It must be
so; for that upon which the old caste was based,
and which gave it power, has passed away forever.
BELGIANS OPPOSED TO MAXIMILIAN. —The
little kingdom of Belgium is one of the most re-
markable in Europe—so small that its neutrality
and exemption from wrong has to be guaranteed by
the great Powers of Europe, yet its late King,..owv_
was
c
among the most respected of all the EuroP
reigns. Composed of mixed races andh
reli-
gions, Catholics and Protestantssrounde
urd by the
along in perfect harmony.
great monarchies of Prussia and France, it has
boldly maintained its ow
n liberties and the free-
dom of the press andavehere get
mixed
of speech, which is
nowhere
face o
f
nd, it has
tehlsee
hseoaveyomepalpeittealiosnts tohfe
ECnognl tai nent. In,
raised up manufactures that successfully compete
with those of Great Britain. There are but few
,whtheerewohvooleryeaarothrowohf here
et h
lande
spopulationso is
closely s a
cdsupelnottsis on
veated, and where manufactures of all kinds arc
so successfully carried on. Two-thirds of the whole
kingdom is under cultivation, and eight-ninths of it
is profitably occupied. Only one-ninth is waste. In
the more favoured provinces the whole ground is like
a cultivated garden. In 1815 Belgium was united with
the kingdom of the Netherlands; but in 1830 they. as-
serted their independence, fought for it, and secured
it, so that their monarchy is one of the
illehs t liberalour the
and enlightened in Europe. In an
King of the Belgians, to support
and secure peace with Napoleon, agreed_hey
fought
retTue ina
furnish
kined. troops to Maximilian, and he did se.
last year in Mexico, and several evil
taoll
Re-
cently it was proposed to erect aw a
the
c could not agree
Brussels passed a vote that they
set Brus-
sels to their memory ; but
opposed to the principles fori
Bwelgium. They sent,
fathers fought and die LI
to this, as those who perishheidch,diiendliBn3oa,
oltni tions
purposeto that t the
moreover, a copy thwearir
in Belgium and throughout. Europe felt in
tehde se
States, reso
Government of the Uofnit
they might know how them-
selvessimilaakrincglasins,el.sietxoico.N
regard to the struggle now m
wonder the Emperor Napoleon forbids the circula-
tion of the Independence Beige in France, and iS
anxious to withdraw his troops as soon as he con-
ven,iently cau