The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-28 00:00:00

NOES-66.

Bagwell, John Hadfield, G. Peel, Frederick
Baring, T. G. Hankey, T. Philipps, J. H.
Barnes, Thomas Ileadlam, T. Pilldngton, James
Black, Adam Henley, Lord Pugh, David
Botfield, Berich Hutt, W. - Puller, C.
Bouverie, E. P. Kershaw, James Ricardo, Osman
Browne, Lord J. Kinglake, A. W. Robertson, David
Bruce, H. A. Ringlake, J. A. St. Aubyn, J.
Buchanan, W. linatchbull- Ilugess Scott, Sir W.
Butt, Isaac Langton, W. H. Smith, J. B.
Caird, J. Leatham, Edward Smith, Sir F.
Cardwell, Edward Lewis, Harvey Staniland, M.
Clay, James Lygon, Frederick Thompson, H. S.
Clive, Georgo Mackie, James Trelawny, Sir J.
Close, M. C. Maguire, John F. Walpole, S. H.
Denman, George Martin, James Watkins, Col. L.
Dillwyn, L. L. Mellor, John White, J.
Ewing, ii. E. C. Moncreiff, James Williams, W.
Fermoy, Lord Montgomery, Sir G. Wood, Sir C.
Finlay, A. S. Morris, David Wyld, James
Garnett, W. J. Norris, J: T. TELLERS.
Gibson, T. M. Padmore, Richard Brand, Henry
Gilpin, Charles Palmerston, Via. Dunbar, Sir W.

Clause (any person who shall have been, or shall be ap-
pointed to any office, place, or employment under this
act, shall be subject to the provisions of any statute, rule,
or order now in force prohibiting the receipt of presents,
trading, or other acts by covenanted civil servants,)
brought up, and read a first time ; motion made, and
question put, " That the clause be now read a second
time." The committee divided ; ayes 57, noes 74.

AYES-57.
Astell, J. H. Gore, J. R. 0. Parker, Major W.
Ayrton, A. S. Greenall, G. Philipps, J. H.
Barrow, W. H. Hadfield, Geo. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Beecroft, G. S. Hamilton, Major Russell, Sir Wm.
Bruce, H. A. Henley, J. Selwyn, C. J.
Close, M. C. Hodgson, K. D. Seymer, IL K
Copeland, W. T. Hotham, Gen. Lord Smith, Augustus
Crawford, R. W. Howes, Edward Stirling, Wm.
Cubitt, Ald. Jervis, Captain Sullivan, M.
Cubitt, George Johnson, Captain Sykes, Col. W. H.
Duke, Sir James Jolliffe, Sir W. Torrens, R.
Edwards, Major H. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Vance, John
Egerton, W. Leslie, W. Vandeleur, Col.
Elphinstone, Sir J Liddell, Hon. H. G. Verney, Sir Harry
Estcourt, S. Long-field, Robert Walpole, S. 11.
Ewart, William Lygon, Hon. F. 'Williams, W.
Farquhar, Sir M. Maguire, J. F. Willoughby, Sir H.
Forster, W. E. Mills, A. TELLERS.
Gard, R. S. Montgomery, Sir G. Adam,W. P.
Goldsmid, Sir F. Pakington, Sir J. S. Vansittart, Wm.
NOES. 74.
Bagwell, J. Headlam, Thos. E Ricardo, 0.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Henley, Lord Robertson, D.
Barnes, Thomas Hutt, W. St. Aubyn J.
Black, Adam Kershaw, J. Scott, Sir W.
Botfield, Beriah Kinglake, A. W. Seymour, ii. D.
Bouverie, E. P. Kinglake, Serj. J. Smith, J. B.
Browne, Lord J. T. Knatchbull-Hugess Smith, Sir F.
Buchanan, W. Langton, H. G. Staepoole,, W.
Butt, Isaac Leatham, E. Staniland, M.
Caird, James Lee, W. Talbot, C. R. M.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Lewis, J. Harvey Thompson, H. S.
Clay, James Lowe, Rt. Hon.R. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Clive, George Mackie, J. Turner, J. A.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Martin, J. Waldron L. ,
Davie, SirH. R. F. Moncreiff, J. Watkins, J. L. V.
Denman, G. Morris, D. Whalley, G. H.
Dillwyn, Lewis L. Norris, J. T. Whitbread, S.
Evans, T. W. Padmore, R. White, Jas.
Ewing, H. E. C. Paget, C. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C.
Fermoy, Lord Paget, Lord C. E. Wrightson, W. B.
Finlay, A. S. Palmerston, Visct. 'Wyld, James
Garnett, W. J. Peel, F. Wyvill, M.
Gibson, T. M. Pet°, Sir M.
Gilpin, C. Pilking,rton,qames TELLERS.
Gurdon, B. Pugh, D. (Carmar.) Brand, H. B.
Hankey, Thomson Puller, C. W. Dunbar, Sir WM.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBING A GENTLEMAN IN ROTTEN-EDW.—Elizabeth
Johnson, address refused, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with stealing the pocket-book of Mr. Charles Leicester
Bayly, gentleman, 129, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square.
Mr. Bayly said—Last evening about seven o'clock I was
leaning over the railings in Hyde-park, talking to a lady
on horseback, and just as the lady was about to ride away,
I felt a touch at my pocket. I turned round and told a man
who was close to me that he bad got it, but ho denied it,
and asked me to search him. While doing so my attention
was directed to the prisoner by the crowd, and a gentleman
who had just before been speaking to me said the prisoner,
who had moved away, had dropped it. I went after her,
picked up the pocket-book, and gave her in charge. The
beok contains valuable memoranda (relative to betting
transactions).
Prisoner—l never took the book at all. The man threw
it where it was found.

Mr. William Bennett, gentleman, of No. 7, Albemarle-
street, said—l was riding in Rotten-row yesterday, and
went up and spoke to Mr. Bayly, and while doing so he
said to a man, " You have robbed me of my pocket-book ;"
and then I saw the prisoner, win I have no doubt was one
of the clique, with the pocket-book under her arm. I
walked some distance after her, and she then dropped the
book. I gave my horse in charge to a person and detained
the prisoner.
Sergeant Edwards said the prisoner was tried at this
court in 1851 for picking a pocket in Oxford-street, and
committed for a month by Mr. %laden.
Prisoner—l did not take it, but I was with the man.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall commit you for three months, and
you may think yourself very fortunate.
It appears that the Row was very full at the time, as is
usually the case after a drawing-room, and that the light-
fingered fraternity were busy at their avocation.

DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—The
Great Eastern, Captain Kennedy, took her departure
from Liverpool at about 12.30 yesterday. The scene
as the " big ship" passed down the Mersey was ex-
ceedingly fine. The weather was brilliant, and enormous
crowds lined the sides of the river, landing stages, pier-
heads, &c., and cheered lustily as the ship passed. On
board the vessel all was animation and excitement, and the
soldiers returned tho cheering with a will. The two regi-
mental bands on board kept playing patriotic and other airs,
and frequent discharges of the ship's cannon assisted in
raising the enthusiam which prevailed. The ship threaded
her way beautifully out to sea and crossed the bar shortly
after two o'clock.
WIIAT IS COAL ?—What is coal, in its general
signification, composed of ? Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,
and a small proportion of saline ingredients. What is a
piece of wood, or a pine, or a fern composed of ? Carbon,
hydrogen, oxygen, with water, and a small proportion of
saline ingredients. Thus, the transition from vegetable to
coal appears to consist principally in the loss, in the former,
of the water or juices which constitute the sap of the plant,
and which, when no longer living, it requires no more.
Borne down by the flood, buried under the coral reef, it
slumbers through ages and ages under the continually-
increasing pressure, tin, its juices being exhausted, its
membranes are united in one solid mass, and the gradual
process of eremacausis has connected foliage, trune
to an
k, and
roots into one homogeneous body, undistinguishabl
ordinary observer from its brother shale, found both above
and beneath it in the mine. The point at issue between
the scientific arbiters of this question raises our interest
and excites our curiosity to know more upon a subject so
fraught with mysterious grandeur ; and when the distinc-
tion between our shales and coals, and other formations of
the carboniferous era are more clearly defined, there will
still be eager inquiries with each Succeeding generation,
66 What is coal?"--Once a Beek,