The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,Li FRIDAY EVENING; JULY 19, 1861

shall govern. Whether a majority sufficient to
conquer at the ballot shall also be strong enough
to put down a rebellion. Unhappily the alliteration
is but a verbal painting of facts which will
not bend. A people may vote on a question which
one party deems too important to them to settle by
a mere vote. It is a question of moral, religious, or
political conscience with them. If the minority in
such a case be small, then, like the Quakers, it can
only suffer. But, if it be large, it can and will, in
the present state of human nature, fight it out like
the Roundheads and the Cavaliers. If all the nations
on the earth would consent to appeal to reason, of
course armies might be dispensed with ; but great
bodies of men have strong wills as well as rea-
soning powers, and they will assert the
former at the cost of millions of money and
thousands of lives. The real issue, stript of Mr.
LINCOLN'S very clever logic, is--Ist, that the South
is determined to have its share of the territories for
slavery, the North is determined that it shall not;
2d, that the South prefers separation to conces-
sion of its point, but the North is deter-
mined not to allow diminution of the vast
area called the United States. The cause of the
South is most hateful, since it is slavery
pure and simple. But we are sorry to say the
cause of the North is but a degree or two better;
it is not abolition of the hateful Southern institu-
tion, but the retaining of that institution within the
bosom of the Union. The North fights to aggran-
dize itself by a re-amalgamation with slavery ! It
fights that it may still maintain a Fugitive Slave
Law ! How much is this cause better than the
Southern one ?

Again the Lords have interfered with the Com-
mons with a view to the mitigation of their extrava-
gance. Again the Commons have resented the
interference of the Lords, and have insisted upon
carrying the point coute qui coute, or we should
rather say cost what it will. The Lords' Amend-
ments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill duly
came under the consideration of the Commons last
evening according to previous announcement. One
only of those amendments, however, was taken into
account yesterday. This amendment being the
erasure from the original draft of the Bill, as it
went up to the Lords of the conspicuous clause
providing for the appointment of a new judge
with a salary of £5,000 per annum—the judge
who was to preside, according to the late
Attorney-General, the now Lord Chancellor,
over the new Court of Bankruptcy. Upon
this amendment of the Lords the lawyers in the
Commons debated at some length last evening, the
House eventually by a decisive majority sweeping
aside the said amendment, and restoring the
clause providing for the new. Judge's appointment.
A clear majority of nearly fifty (44), in a house
of more than three hundred (302, with Speaker
and tellers 307), resolving point blank that there
shall be this new Judge to preside over the newly
organised Court of Bankruptcy. Although—all
the great Law Lords in the Upper House, with
the single exception of the deceased Chancellor
(CAMPBELL), agreed that there was really no need
whatever for the nomination of any such judicial
authority, for the expenditure of any such addi-
tional £5,000 per annum in the administration of
the newly defined laws of Bankruptcy and Insol-

tive act anew in this particular according to the
tendency of that year or two's experience. This
suggestion, however, appears to have been deemed
very indefensible by the solicitor-General, Mr.
11017NDELL PALMER, who irsisted " with regard
to postponing the appointment of chief judge
for a year or two, that if it were likely
that the necessity for such an appointment
would be urgent then, it was equally pressing
now." Mr. PALMER apparently losing all recol-
lection here of the fact that it could not possibly be
so very pressing in any way immediately—as we
learn from the combined testimony of all the
Lords in the Upper House, saving and excepting
only the junior Baron Lord WESTBURY, the
newly created Lord High Chancellor—the Author
of the Original Bill, and therefore the opponent of
the whole of the Lords' Amendments indiscrimi-
nately.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS,
SOUTH KENSINGTON.—On Saturday next the splendid
band of the Royal Engineers, from Chatham, and also the
band of the Ist Life Guards are to attend and play ; and on
the following Saturday, the last public day of the season,
the metropolitan police baud, who made so favourable an
impression upon their first appearance there, will again per-
form in conjunction with the let Life Guards band.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. MILNER GIBSON.—A pro-
posal has been made that a committee should be appointed
for the purpose of securing subscriptions, with a view to the
presentation of a testimonial to Mr. M. Gibson. A circular
has been issued, in which the following announcement is
made : A general wish having been expressed from various
parts of the country that some recognition should be made
of the persevering, able, and successful exertions, during
twelve years, of the Right Eon. T. Milner Gibson, M.P.,
as President of the Associations for the Repeal of the Taxes
on Knowledge, a meeting of the members and friends of
those associations will be held at Fendall's Hotel, New
Palace Yard, on Friday next, at 2 o'clock p.m., to form a
committee for that purpose. It is intended that the sub-
scriptions shall be limited to one guinea. Among the gen-
tlemen who have already put down their names are Edward
Baines, M.P., James Baldwin, Adam Black, M.P., John
Bright, M.P., John Cassell, George Stiff, Robt. Chambers,
William Chambers, Richard Cobden, M.P., Frank Cross-
ley, M.P., Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., J. Passmore Ed-
wards, Wm. Ewart, M.P., Charles Knight, E. Levy, Wni.
Schaw Lindsay, M.P., John Locke, M.P., Samuel Lucas,
Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., John Lewis Ricardo, M.P.,
William Roupell, M.P., Alderman David Satomons, M.P.,
William Scholefield, M.P., Sir JohnVilliers Shelley, Bert.,
M.P., John Benjamin Smith, M.P., Colonel William Henry
Sykes, M.P., James White, M.P.
THE STEAMSHIP GREAT EASTERN.—The follow-
ing abstract of log from Liverpool towards Quebec shows
the distance run each day :—" June 27, 12 30 p.m., weighed
anchor and steamed down the river ; 12 50, passed the
Rock ; 1 20, passed Crosby Lightship ; 1 35 Formby Light-
ship ; 2 15, Bell Buoy, and discharged pilot ; 2 30, ahead
full speed ; 6, Skerries abeam 11 miles ; 6 30, South Stack
S.E. by E. 11 miles ; 10 35, Aiklow Lightship N.W. 9
miles ; 11 40, Blackwater Lightship N.W. 10 miles ; mid-
night, fine weather. June 28, 300 miles; 130 a.m., Tuskar
N.W. by N. 11 miles; 2 45, Saltees Lightship N. 3 miles;
6 30, Ballycotton abeam ; 10 30, Staggs abeam 3 miles ;
11 10, Fastnet abeam 21 miles ; noon, dense fog. Jane 29,
302 ; a.m., strong head wind ; moderate and smooth water.
June 30, 318 milese ; a.m., light breeze, and dense fog
throughout the day and night. July 1. 321 miles ; a.m.,
calm, with dense fog; noon, clear and fine. July 2, 340
miles; a.m., calm, with dense fog throughout the day; 4
a.m., lat. 50 N., long. 41 W., passed the Atlantic Royal
Mail Steamship Arabia, bound east; from lat. 49 N., long.
44 W., to lat. 48 N., long. 50 W., passed a great number
of icebergs. July 3, 320 miles; a.m., calm, with dense fog
all day; passed several icebergs; 8 p.m., the fog lifted ;
sighted Cape Pine, bearing N.N.E., distant 8 miles; 9,
dense fog; standing by engines; lead constantly going,
and engines occasionally slowed, owing to so many vessels
being in our track. July 4, 313 miles ; noon, clear wea-
ther; p.m. St. Paul's Island abeam eight miles. July
5, 320 miles.
THE GREAT FLOAT AT BIRKENHEAD.--At the
weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board,
held yesterday, a motion, pursuant to notice, was bronght
forward by Mr. Bold, proposing to widen the large outer
entrance of the half-tide dock at the great float from 100
feet to 130 feet ; and also to lengthen the northern wall of
that dock to such an extent as would enable vessels of the
size of the Great Eastern to enter and lay alongside the
wharf. This alteration, besides increasing the width of
the large entrance, would extend the water area of the dock
from 8 acres to 11 acres. Its cost, he believed, would be
about £30,000, which at 41 per cent. would cost in interest
about £1,350 ; but if the Great Eastern made only one voy-
age ho said that would yield a sum of about £l,OOO. The
alteration he suggested would give to the Liverpool and
Birkenhead docks a water area of 356 acres, with 25 miles
of quay space. On a division the motion was lost by a ma-
jority of 15 to 5 votes.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.—Yesterday in the com-
mittees of the Lords the Llanelly Railway Company and
the Monmouthshire Railway Company Bills were passed.
A committee, Lord Torrington in the chair, proceeded with
the Swansea and Vale of Neath Railway ; and the New-
castle and Weardale Railway was taken in the committee
of which Lord Stradbroke is chairman. A new committee
has been cast to consider the bills of the Eastern Counties
Railway, the Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway, the Mid-
land Counties, and Shannon and Kilkenny Junction Rail-
ways. The committee on the subscription of railway com-
panies held another meeting.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.—The returns
recently made respecting the judicial proceedings of the
year 18E0 show of what small amount the mass of the bank-
ruptcy and insolvency cases are, and how ill able to bear an
expensive system of administration. About a thousand
bankrupts had their balance sheets passed in the course of
the year, and in 866 instances the debts owing by the bank-
rupt were under £5,000, in 398 under £l,OOO ; dividends
were made in 968 cases, and in 562 of them the dividend
was under 2s. 6d. In the Insolvent Debtors' Court 5,817
schedules were filed in the year, and in 5,184 instances the
debts owing by the insolvents were under £1,000; divi-
dends were made in 701 cases, and in 593 of them the divi-
dend was under 2s. 6d. The returns of the Bankruptcy
Court state that the sum realised for administration by that
court in the year was £1,080,656, and the charges amounted
to £329,440, or £3O 9s. Bd. per cent. The official assignees
took £15,459; the solicitors £127,690; the court for its
percentage, £26,566 ; the "messengers," £28,195 ; brokers,
auctioneers, and accountants, £23,598 ; the bankrupts'
allowance and excepted articles amounted to £31,265, and
£9,478 was allowed for their accountants, and " other
charges," including charges for carrying on trade, took
£37,170. The Insolvent Debtors' Court realised £55,952
for administration, and the expenses of administration were
£11,963, or £2l 7s. 7d. per cent.
A DANGEROUS MISSILE.—On last Friday after-
noon, about 3 o'clock, a large conical cannon ball came whiz-
zing, with a velocity and noise almost frightful, close to the
Old Thatched House beer-house, kept by Mr. Hockley at
Rippleside, Barking, Essex. It was seen to fall in a field
contiguous to this house by Mr. Hockley and Mark Gibbet,
the marshman to Mr. Scales, the butcher. It tore up the
earth for five yards in length, and buried itself six feet deep
It was immediately dug out by two men, but was found to
be so hot they could with difficulty handle it. IV e have
seen the ball, which weighs 1061 b., is made of iron, and
cased with lead ; it is conical, about 12 inches in length,
and on the base are the letters R. L. It came across the
Tilbury Railway, and in a direct line from Woolwich, which
is four miles distant, at which place guns were firing at the
time. It alighted within a short distance from some cot-
tages belonging to Mr. Curtis, the distiller, of Mile-end,
and might certainly have done very great injury. Mr.
llockley has the ball in his possession at present. It is
desirable that he should communicate with the authorities
at Woolwich to prevent any future mischief from missiles
of a like character.

A SERIOUS CHARGE.—A commission of inquiry,
directed by the Lord Bishop of Worcester, in reference to
the conduct; of the Rev. Mr. Morris, was held at Worcester
yesterday afternoon. The rev, gentlemen before whom the
inquiry was held were the Rev. D. Melville, Canon of Wor-
cester, Rev. T. L. Wheeler, and the Rev. R. Sargeant.
They were directed to inquire whether there wero sufficient
grounds for proceeding ecclesiastically against the Rev.
Mr. Morris, who is charged with unchaste conduct. It ap-
pears that the rev, gentleman went to Worcester from New
castle-under-Lyne a few months ago, and took up his
quarters for the night at the Crown Hotel. He was fol-
lowed by certain parties who had traced him to Worcester,
and who, proceeding to his bed room, found him in bed
with a female. The inquiry was bold privately, but the de-
cision of the commissioners was made public after the close.
They decided that there were sufficient grounds for taking
further proceedings against the Rev. Mr. Morris. The rev.
gentleman is note resident of the diocese of Worcester, but
the inquiry was held at Worcester as being the place where
the alleged delinquency took place. The facts wore noticed
in The Sun at the time.

A GALLANT ACTION.—On Monday evening last,
as the mails were being carried on board the steamer along-
side the pier at -West Cowes, the man «ho was carrying
them accidentally slipped and fell overboard, and would
assuredly have been drowned but for the brave conduct of
the steward of the Pearl, Mr. Henry Netter, who seeing
the poor fellow could not swim and was sinking fast, with-
out a moment's hesitation jumped off the pier to the rescue,
and in another moment was heard to exclaim with the ut-
most coolness, " Just throw us a rope ; I have the man all
right." A ropo was immediately thrown over the side of
tho vessel, and in about three minutes more the two were
dragged into a boat and save 1. It is said this is not the
first or second time this man has saved the life of a fellcw-
OrlAiro ill thQ Name akawar,

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, JULY 19.

The Illoniteur of to• day contains a report ad-
dressed by the Minister of Marine to the Emperor,
which is followed by an Imperial decree, approving
the conclusion of the report, and ordering the levy
of men for the navy to be made as follows :

1. From among those sailors who have not yet
served the State.

" 2. In case of an insufficiency, from among the
class who have served the shortest time of their
period of service."

Another decree establishes bounties for those
sailors who re-enter the navy after their period of
service has expired.
Advices from Rome announce that the Con-
sistory, which was to have been held on the 15th,
has been postponed to the 22d of July.

TURIN, JULY 19.

The Italia of to-day says—Count Fleury has
received the Grand Cordon, and M, de Verdiers has
been appointed officer of the Military Order of

Savoy.
The Nationalites of to-day asserts that when
King Victor Emmanuel had read the Emperor's
letter, brought by Count Fleury, he said :
" I am happy to see that my august ally approves
the line of policy which my Goveinment has fol-
lowed. The good news that you bring will fill all
true friends of Italy with joy."

TURIN, JULY 18.
The King has received Count Fleury in solemn

audience.

The Italia of to-day says :—" The bankers have
been informed by the Government that it will re-
ceive tenders for the loan up to Tuesday next. Half
of the loan will be reserved for national subscrip-
tion. The conditions of subscription to the loan
will be published later."
The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of Sweden is expected to arrive here on
Friday.

VIENNA, JULY 18.

Baron Vay and Count Szcesen have tendered
their resignations, which have been accepted by the

Emperor.
Count Forgach has been appointed Chancellor of

Hungary.
The constitution of February is maintained.
The imperial rescript in reply to the address will
be despatched to Hungary to-morrow.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

The Moniteur of to-day contains a degree de-
claring the works for the improvement of the port
of Dunkirk to be of public utility, and opening' a
credit of 15 million francs for this purpose.
The Moniteur also announces that the Emperor
is deriving great benefit from his stay at Vichy.
He continues to make excursions in the neighbour-
hood.

The Patric of this evening says :
" M. de St. George, formerly Director of the Im-
perial Printing-office, has been appointed Consul
in Australia. M. Edgar Ney, has been sent on an
extraordinary mission to Berlin."
The Pays of this evening says :
" There is no truth in the report that the French
army at Rome is to be increased.
" Count Vimorcati will prolong his stay in
Paris."

La Patrie says:—

" The steam transport Japon, of the Imperia
navy, arrived at Point de Galle on the 6th of
June from Saigon. She was to sail the
next day for Suez. Two vessels of the Imperial
navy are actually at anchor at Suez—the Forbin
and the Gironde ; they will be reinforced by the
Japon and Europeen."
La Patrie also says :
" M. de Saint-George, appointed French Consul
in Australia, has left Paris for his post."
BOURSE, July 18.—The attendance was limited,
but prices well maintained. Threes are now at
67f 75c. Railways quiet, but firm.
The following were the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 97 75 Credit Foncier 1175
Do end month.... 97 85; Belgian 41 lOO 25
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 801 Roman
Bank Shares 2855 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 670 Spanish Threes 47/
Do. Account 670 —lHome Debt