The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LaiNDON, TUESDAY F EVENING, MARCH 29, 1859.

rpHE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen, I T HI"? D El) ITION i. Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially •
drawn to the advantages offered in these elep, 'ant and spa-
cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requiremen to of a West-
end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive c bar.'eter•
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, F test-s.+reet

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock,

'THE LONDON.—S AWYER' f> famous"
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two croups, two
fish; two entrees,joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 25. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is server 1 from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with. vegetables,
cheese, and salad, is. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and so l ip, fish, en-
trees, dm, a la carte, are served from One till Ni' ie o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. S pacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Salo( in.
Au extensive and carefully selected stock of R .henish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fl Pet-street.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(7'nis EVENING).
The LORD Cnanuton took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THE ITALIAN QUESTION,

The Earl of MALMESBURY said he would take that
opportunity to correct a mistake that had occurred in the
report of his observations last evening. It was very seldom he
had to complain of the inaccuracy of the reports of their
lordships' proceedings, but in this instance it was reported
that on the 18th he bad had an interview with the Russian
Ambassador, it should have been the French Ambassador,
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Haverford -
west, complaining of the exclusion of Dissenters ,from ad-
ministering trust funds of grammar schools.

rfIHE PATRICIAN. This Establi thment is
1 now Open,for the PATRICIAN DINNEE, at 2s. 6d.,
consisting of Soups, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Past! y, &c. In
the Private Apartments, at ss. Dinner from "Joint, ls. ;
Ditto with Soup, Fish, or Pastry, ls. 6d. In thi Refresh-
ment Department, ground floor, Soups, ErAreo I, Cutlets,
Coffee, &c., is la carte.
Orders, addressed S. Holmes and Co., THE PA VRICIAN,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention:.

The Duke of SOMERSET presented similar petitions

SECOND READINGS,

On the ruction of Lord REDESDALE the following bills
were read a second timo :—Falmouth Docks and Harbour,
Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway, Norwich
(City) Water Works.
THIRD READINGS.

OINOPOLION TAVERN AND _HOTEL
FOR GENTLEMEN,
Nes. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, Rig h-Roll porn.
The Best Served Dinner in Londor, for ls. 6d.
A Succeision of Joints, &c., from One bill Seven. o'Clock.
Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s Winet; and Spirits.
Private and Smoking Rooms.

The following bills were read a third time and passed

National Fire and Life Assurance ; Price's Patent Candle
Company; and Trinity Rouse cf Leith.
JURIES IN CIVIL CAUSES BILL.

Lord CAMPBELL, in moving the second reading of this
bill, said the state of their lordships' house showed that not
much importance was attached to the question, yet he knew
that very great importance was associated with the measure
elsewhere. It had for many years been a funda-
mental principle of the law of this country that
no person should be considered guilty of an
offence with which he was charged, except upon
the unanimous verdict of a jury of his fellow-
countrymen. In the mode of procedure in criminal casek;
too high a value could-not 1305 laced oirSuch provision. but
with respect to civil causes, the Parno thing was very much
the reverse, for it had been found absolutely impossible
to bring 12 jurymen to an unanimous decision, and after
much valuable time had been lost, the jury fre-
quently had to be discharged. In order to show that
in times past the verdict of a majority of the jury
had been taken, an instance occurred in the reign of Henry
111., during the trial of a very important case, in which a
very large amount of Church property was decided by the
opinion of 11 of the jurors being taken. A law was after-
wards established for the treatment of jurors who were un-
able to agree, according to which the disagreeing jury were
to be carried in a cart to the limits of the county in which
the case arose, and there shot into a ditch. In after
years other alterations took place, until at last
it was looked' upon as absolutely necessary that
the verdict of a jury must be unanimous. It ap-
peared to him to be the height of absurdity to
expect that twelve person s, after they had been
occupied in hearing a vast amount of contradictory evi-
dence, to come to an unanimous opinion in a
cases of a contradictory character. He considered it to
be the height of cruelty that by the law as it at present
stood the jurors were to be locked up, and kept
without food, fire, and other necessaries until one
or other of them was on the point of death before they could
be discharged. He would read to their lordships a few ex-
tracts to show the hardship of such a custom. The noble
and learned lord then read an extract from " Blackstone's
Commentaries," and alluded to instances which had become
notoriousin which juries had tossed up for a verdict, rather
than submit to the inconvenience of being locked up all
night. The greatest evil of the present system
however, was that all that had been done was of no avail, as
the whole proceedings were rendered useless by the jury
being discharged. The noble lord at some length pointed•
out other instances, and concluded by saying that he anti-
cipated the best effects would follow from the passing of the
bill he had the honour to bring under their lordships'
notice.

EVANS'S MAGNIFICENT MUSIC and
SUPPER ROOMS, COVENT-GAMDEN.—G entlemen
visiting London will find their evening enjoyment largely
provided for at the above establishment.
THIRTY VOCALISTS. Short and interesting interludes
between the musical portion of the entertivinmetit, embracing
an amount of singular ability never befor e presented to the
public.
The performances considerably increased. Books of Words,
&c. Admission, Sixpence, commencing at Eight o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers after the theatres for gentlemen.
The DRAMATIC GALLERY, now the finest in the world,
alone worth a visit. One hundred and sixty portraits, the
greater number first class in art, and original paintings.

riOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE,
which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks,
Soups, Grills, Gravies, riot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled
for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish
Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS Reading, Sole Manufacturers.

EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homceopathic chemist,
London.—This excellent preparation, originally pp-
&iced specially for the use of hornceopathic patients, having
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
hemceopathie chemist, London.

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, .AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments.
Loans on real and personal security.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

•
`TEAM
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
IRELAND AND AMERICA.
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship
Company's steam-ship "CITY OF MANCHESTER," 2,109
tons, Captain J. KENNEDY, will sail from BELFAST for
NEW YORK, on WEDNESDAY, Gth April next, calling at
CORK (Queenstown), which Port she will leave for NEW
YORK direct, on FRIDAY, 8!h April.
Freight on Fine _Goods £3 per ton of 40 cubic feet; Coarse
Goodslw agreement.
Passage Money—Cabin l5 Guineas.
. f Steerage 6 Guineas.
Further sailings will appear in a future advertisement,

For further particulars apply in Belfast to John M`Kee,
103, Victoria-street ; in Queenstown, to C. and W. D. Sey-
mour and Co. ; in Liverpool, to William Inman, 62 and 63,
Tower-buildings South, 22, Water-street ; and in London, to
Elves and Macey, 61, King William-street, London-Bridge,
E.C.

(LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OP COMMONS—(Fins EVENING).
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE 13USINESS.
_ _

The London "and North. Western Railway (Edgehill to
Garston) Railway, and the Red Sea and India Telegraph
Company (No. 2) Bills were read a third time
and passed. " The Mersey Dock and Harbour Railway
Bill was considered and ordered for third reading. The
Mid Wales Railway Bill, after some discussion, was read a
second time, and ordered for third reading, as well as the
Scarborough Gas Bill.
STEAM SERVICE BETWEEN GALWAY AND
_ _

(Hear,
hear.) He freely and frankly confessed that he
agreed in all that had been advanced against the bill.
(Hear, and laughter.) He could not agree to the disfran-
chisement proposed, to uniformity of suffrage, and the
non-extension of suffrage. With regard to the latterhe con-
sidered the extension of the suffrpge the proper bases of any
Reform Bill, and a measure that did not adopt that basis
had better not have been attempted. However, there were
important points in the bill, of which he entirely
approved ; and, first of all, the distribution of seats,
which he admitted was great improvement on
the bill which had been brow ht in in 1859, and to which
he was a party. He considered that .if the views of certain
hon. members were carried out it would have the effect of
throwing the whole power into the hands of tho masses, and
reducing the constitution to a dead level, by the establish-
ment of an unqualified democracy. He defended small boroughs, which, he cotitended, had their benefits, for they
afforded an easy access to the house to men of ability who,
at the commencement of their political career, would have
been excluded from the house if they could be returned only
by largo boroughs, He illustrated his'position by reference
to Mr. Pelham, Fox, Canning, Pitt, Lord Chatham,
and Sir Robert Peel. These distinguished statesmen en-
tered Parliament when very young, and but for the small
boroughs which returned them to Parliament they would
have been excluded from the Senate for years,
because it was not to be expected that large consti-
tuencies would select very young men for their re-
presentatives. He could not see what advantage would
result to his noble friend the member for the City of
London if the bill Were at present defeated. Consider-
ing the opinions of the noble lord, as embodied in his
resolution, he could not expect to obtain more than a small
majority, while those important points in regard to the
question of reform would reoeive the support of an overwhelm-
ing majority. The hon. member for Birmingham had said
that they thought to did a hole in the house and bury the
bill, and that the Government wese huddling up the ques-
tion. Now, he admitted that the hon. member was a very
great authority on burying bills and huddling up a
question. (Hear, and laughter.) He repeated that the
danger might result if they delayed legislation on the sub-
ject of a Reform Bill, and it was their bounden duty not to
act in a manner calculated to produce, in the slightest de-
gree, such a result. The question which they had to con-
sider was ant 'whether or no the bill should pass in
its present form. He thought that the bill certainly in
that form was entitled to an adverse vote on the second
reading, if hon. members did not consider that it could be
amended in committee.

[LEFT SPEAKING,}

LONDON GAZETTE--(THIS EVENINO)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcir 26.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Thomas Fellowes Reade, Esq., now British Vice-Consul
at Tangier, to be her Majesty's Consul at that port.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAncn 28.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. August
Carl Gumpert as Consul at Bombay for the Free Hanseatic
city of Bremen.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 28.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Puerto Rico, again
calling the attention of the masters of vessels trading with
that island to the necessity of their being provided with a
manifest, whether of cargo or ballast, certified by the
Spanish Consul at the last port of departure, or, in the ab-
sence of the consul, with a certificate from two merchants,
declaring that such certificate has been given in the absence
of any Spanish Consular agent. The infraction of this
regulation will render the master of a vessel liable to a fine
of 100 dollars, which will be strictly enforced.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Cornwall—Wm. Coulson, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant.

Prince Albert's Own Liecestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
—Cornet Duncombe Steele Perkins to be Lieut., vice Gough,
resigned ; Richard Pretyman Apthorp, late Captain 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Story promoted ; Au-
gustus Charles Johnson, Gent., to be Cornet, vice F. H.
Beaumont, promoted.
Worcester Regiment of Militia—George Garde, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—James Montgomerie, M.D., to
be Surgeon.

BANKRUPTS.
Joseph Stenton, corn dealer, Thorpe Common. York-
shire, to surrender April 9 and May 7, at ten, at the Coun-
cil-hall, Sheffield.
James Tressam Burke, hat manufacturer, Frederick's-
place Old Kent-road, April 8, and May 5, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Joseph Faulkner, baker, Liverpool, April 8, and May 3,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court,
William Cave, builder, Millwall, April 13, at one, and
May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Andrews, builder, Barton-under-Needwood,
Staffordshire, April 8, and 28, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court.
_ _

John Pearson, grocer, Maryport, Cumberland, April 6,
at twelve, and Mays, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Ezekiel Hill, boot and shoemaker, Dumbarton,
The Rev. Henry John Quartley, Linlithgow.
Wingate and Fleming, calico printers, Glasgow.
Peter Smith, draper, Arbroath.
William Smith and Son, manufacturers, Cupar-Fife.
James Morrison and Co., pastry cooks, Glasgow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This D.Y.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 161 11 16
Antwerp
Brussels --25 12. 25 17
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseillos
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 118
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 35 36
Madrid
Cadiz — 49 491
Leghorn — 29 10 29 90
Genoa — 25 40 25 45
Naples
Palermo — 120/ 1211
Messina — 121 121
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro 6O days st.
Now York .

• •
E.I. Co's bls. House Lis. 60d
Caloutta, Co.'s rupee 26 2244.1
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto 26
East India Company s Bills drawn, front the 28th nh.:

- -
the 17th m. si: ——,
BenKal £2l6 18 4
Madras 0 0 0
Bombay,

X 1,034 6 8

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 9
Mexican Dollars „ 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 6 2j

NORTHAMPTON RACES.

(THIS DAY).

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.

Harraton
Gladiolus

Twenty-three ran.
Shaft° was scratched for the Northampton Stakes, last
night.

STAND PLATE.

Soothsayer 1
Artless
Layton :I

Thirteen ran.
TRTAL STAKES.

... 1

Lifeboat
Shafto , 2
Zuyder Zee 3

Twelve ran.
WRITTLEBURY STAKES.

Chirp -
Sir Hercules
Madrid
Six ran.
North Lincoln fell.
PYTCHLEY STAKES.

Rhisus .
Gin ...

Brandy Ball

Ten ran.
QUEEN'S GUINEAS.

Lifeboat ..
Fisherman
Shafto ... ,

Eight ran.
SWEEPSTAKES, 20 SOVS.
Rope Dancer
Queen of May

LATEST BETTING.
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
10 to 1 agst Zitella (taken)
10 to 1 agst Actaeon (taken)
10 to 1 agst King-at-Arms (taken)
10 to 1 agst I'iara (taken)
12 to 1 agst Bellona (taken)
14 to 1 agst Tightfit (taken)
20 to 1 agst Newstead (ta!:en)
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Bevis (offered)

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Mr, Mouehett, the storekeeper of Deptford Dock-
yard, after a long period of service, has been granted a
retiring allowance of £653.

According to telegraphic advises, received at
Vienna, of the 23d inst. from Naples, the King, who
has just undergone a successful operation, is much
better.

It is said that, in the event of a dissolution, the
friends of Sir John Young, the ex-Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Islands, mean to rally round him once more,
and return him as the representative for the county, of
Cavan.