The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-30 00:00:00

BILL.

In reply to Mr. WHITE'
Lord STANLEY said it was not his intention to pro-
ceed with the bill to-night.
THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT.
In reply to Mr. MAGuthE,
Lord NAAS said he proposed to ask leave to-morrow
night to bring in a bill further to suspend the Habeas
Corpus Act in Ireland.
Mr. MAGUIRE said he would propose an amendment
on the motion for the second reading of the bill.
THE HYDE PARK DEMONSTRATION.
Mr. B. COCHRANE, adverting to the remarks which
he made in the house a few evenings ago, maintained that
he was perfectly correct in his statement with reference to
the letter written by the hon. member for Birmingham, and
characterised a parrgraph which appeared in a morning
paper on the subject, as malicious. He would not have
taken any notice of the paragraph, he said, had it not:been
copied into other papers.
Mr. HADFIELD rose to order, and asked if it was fair
make such observations in the'absence of the bon. member
for Birmingham. (Hear, hear.)
The SPEAKER said there was a difference between
personal explanation and charges against others. In regard
to a charge against newspapers the rule is that the paper
should be read, and the hon. member should proceed with
a motion on the subject.
Mr. M‘LAREN thought the accusation of Mr. Cochrane
as unfounded -as the original charge, and expressed his
belief that the letter was never written to the newspapers
at all, but to an individual wll6 had sent it to them.
Mr. COCHRANE again rose to address the house but
was called to order.
After some observations from Mr. HADFIELD, who
deprecated an accusation being made against an hon.
member in his absence, the subject dropped.
The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was read a
second time.

On the motion for going into committee on the Fortifi..
cations (Provisions for Expenses) Bill,
Mr. OSBORNE expressed his objection to embarking in
a design for erecting fortresses fer which they had no guns,
and without knowing what the expenses might be.
General PEEL defended the bill.

[LEFT SITTING.I

Destructive Fires.—(This Day.)

This morning, between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, a,
very alarming fire broke out in the premises occupiel by
Mr. Pillett, fancy basket maker, situate in Devous-road,
Bromley-by-Bow. When discovered the flames were
raging with great fury in the front shop. The inmates
fortunately succeeded in effecting their escape in safety.
Conductor Beer arrived in a very short time with the
Royal Society's escape, and was followed by the engines
of the Metropolitan Brigade and three land steamers by
Shand, Mason, and Co. A good supply of the East Lon-
don's Company's water having been procured the firemen
went to work, but they were unable to get the fire extin-
guished until the premises were burnt out. The origin of
the fire is unknown.

Another fire happened in the premises belonging to Mrs.
Eve, a lodging-house keeper, No. 23, Rupert-street, Hay-
market. It was caused by an explosion of a lamp, and in
an instant the whole of the room was in a general blaze.
At that time the whole of the inmates were in their beds
asleep ; and, having been aroused, they made for the front
windows and screamed loudly for help. Conductors Bar-
nett and Wallis promptly attended with two of the Royal
Society's escapes, and the land steamers by Shand, Mason,
and Co., followed, but the fire was extinguished before the
arrival of the firemen, but not until considerable damage
was done to the building and the contents. The sufferer,
it is understood, was insured.
Another fire took place in the premises of Messrs. Speck
and Fletcher, iron founders, Supps-terrace, Commercial-
road East. Conductor Hardway arrived with the Royal
Society's escape, and several engines followed ; but the
fire could not be extinguished until the roof was burnt
through. The firm, it is stated, was insured.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

LONDON, July 30.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly ; moderate breeze amt fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
LIVERPOOL, July 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—David
Malcolmson, from Rangoon.
FALMOUTH, July 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chefoo
Pohl, from Rangoon.
CLYDE, July 28. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hammond,
from Trinidad.

CARDIFF, July 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Charlotte,
from Quebec.

OFF LIVERPOOL, July 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Richard, from Bombay.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, July 29—Jessie, from Grenada.
Arrived, July 30—Storm Queen, from Antwerp ; Ann©
Banfield, from Point de Galle ; Research, from Quebec.

The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion for the six months ending the 30th June have
just been published. From these it appears that the
total declared value of the exports from the United
Kingdom for that period has been £92,837,830, as
compared with £74,128,638 in the corresponding
period of 1865, showing an increase of £18,719,192.
The increase has been most perceptible in coals and
culm, cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, earthen-
ware, haberdashery and milinery, hardwares,
and castings, linen manufactures, silk manufactures,
and woollen and worsted manufactures ; but there
is a falling off in beer and ale, boots and shoes,
machinery, thrown silk, and sheep and lamb's wool.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Westminster
Palace Hotel Company the available total was
stated at £6,890, and a dividend was declared at
andact
Manchester
be the rate
carried
forward.
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active, and chiefly in good useful goods, while in
the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield,
and Wolverhampton, there has been a slight relief
fro.n the late depression by the receipt of consider-
able orders for cutlery from the United States and
Canada, but several failures have occurred at Bir-
mingham which has in some measure caused a gloom
in the iron trade.
COTTON AT SEA EN ROUTE TO LIVERPOOL AND
LONDON.—According to official statistics, published in
Liverpool, we learn that the amount of cotton at sea, from
Bombay was 403,022 bales—from Madras, 19,240; from
Trincomalee, 6,178 ; from Coconoda, 5,988 ; from Rangoon,
about 6,000 ; from Knrrachee, 11,891 ; from Calcutta,
129,683; from Tuticorin, 2,575; from Shanghae, 15,871
piculs ; from New Orleans, 11,337 bales ; from Mobile,
8,230 ; from Galveston, 2,694 ; from Apalachicola, one
ship, cargo not stated; from Pensacola, ditto; from
Charleston, 978 ; and two ships from New York and
Savannah, also with unestimated cargoes. To London
there are 22,766 bales at sea from Madras; from Calcutta,
31,223 ; from Bimlipatam, 369 ; from China, Cochin, and
Tuticorin, 20,280 ; from Bombay and Kurrachee, 11,360 ;
and from Japan, 310 bales.