The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMIONS—(rhis Day.)
The SPZAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. . _

The Lords' Amendments to the Backwater Bridge
and It tad Bid and the Cork and Youghal Railway Bill
were considered and agreed to.
The Hereford Cathedral Restoration Bill .was read a
third time and paesed.
ELECTION COMMITTEES.
The Committ,:es aopointLd to try the validity of the
returns for Great Yarmouth and Gloster (City) were
sworn at the table of the house. The Committees will
sit to-morrow morning at eleven o'clock._

BA.i. I ERSEA. NEW BRIDGE.
Mr. FORSTER, pre, entel n petition from the Vauxhall
Bridge Company, and another from ibareholders, praying
to kv ^onwel against the proposed bill for
abolishing the toll o foot passengers using the Batter-
-01 Ll•Lugo.

MUSEUMS, &C.
Several petitions were pre ented praying for the
opening of the Crystal Pa!ace, the British Museums and
oth- r museums on Sunday.

SUPERANNUATION ACT AM END NIENT BILL.
Lord NAAS moved the second reading of this bill.
Mr. WILSON said that ho never rose with greater
reluctance to perform a great public duty in the house
than on this occasion, when, after five years close con-
nection with a body of men whose merits had been
acknowledged by all, and the discharge of whose duties
had been such as to sr cure for them not only the respect,
btu. the admiration of every one associated with them in
the public s,rvice, he was compelled to oppose the second
reading of the noble lore's bill, which, at first sight,
peared to be an enactment highly important and bene-
ficial to the public service. He acknowledged that the
course he was pursuing gave him great pain, but,
ncvtrtbeless, he etibuld shrink from the important duty
he owed to the house if, in his official position, he were
not to take every care and trouble to bring the whole of
the facts that he considered necessary before the house
for a perfect understanding of the question, in order
that whatever decision the hou.-e may arrive at
it may be done with a full knowledge of the
circumstances. The impressions ureter which this ques-
tion had arisen into one of ereat public importance,and
had become what might be termed a great public grie-
vance, were, he believed, to be traced in the first in-
stance to a belief that the contributions of the civil ser-
vants of the Crown towards the pensions they .were
entitled to under the Act of Parliament were con-
siderably larger than wa4 necessary to provide 'for that
fund, and that indirectly tie State had already made,
and would in future make, certain deductions from
these contributions. Whatever was the nature of the
contract entered into between the civil servants of the
Crown and the Crown itself, he was prepared to admit
if that charge was established, that it would be policy
on the part of the house to relinquish the charge so far
as the rates were concerned sufficient only to provide
for these pensions. If, therefore, it could be shown that
the charges now made were too high, he considered
that whatever were the terms of the act of 1834,
and the contract, or implied contract, under
which they accepted office, they were entitled to a
corresponding deduction. The next ground on which
these impressions had obtained currency in the public
mind was that there had been a breach of engagements
on the part of the Crown with the civil servants, in-
asmuch as they contemplated that a fund would hava
been set apart for them, which by compound interest
ePganthaeybreach of engagement would have produced a.surplumsigehnttirtehliynkatotth. eirNodime:
aPm"l orefogrraavneychPaur;
be-
tween the Crown and its 16,000 civil servants could not
be imagined, but the crestion had been disposed of by
the Commissioners, who, in their report, agreeing with
the Committee of the House of Commons, said last year
that it had been clearly and definitely decided that there
was no breach of engagement. It was the duty of the
house to see that the salaries of the public servants had
not been settled or reduced by these deduc-
tions, so as to deprive them of the prospect of
a future superannuation allowanc, and .if the ques-
tion rested on the sufficiency of the salaries paid, he
could show that within the last four or five years, there
bad been a revision of salaries in almost every depart-
merit of the State.
__ The investigation had been most

liberally and carefully made, and the result bad been
a large increase in the annual charges. The salaries
paid in the Inland Revenue, Customs, and Post-office
departments in 1852; were 2,167,0001., which had in-
creased in 1856

[LEFT aPEALINGj

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.)

IN BE SMITH, HILDER, AND CO.--THE HASTINGS BANK.

To-day was appointed for the choice of assignees in
the bankruptcy of Messrs. Tilden Smith, James Hiller,
George Scriven, and Francis Smith, of Haeting4,
bankers.

Pooh to a considerable amount, about 120,0001.,
were proved, but the greater part had been taken at
Hastings by Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee.
The following gentlemen were chosen assignees—Mr.
John Piper, of Conghurst, Hawkhurst, Kent ; Ur.
Robert Dendney, of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen,
Sliest x ; and Mr. Frederick Ticehurst, of Hastings.
Mr. Lawrence appeared for the assignees, and asked
for an allowance. Tne sum asked for was very small,
only 31. per week each. The preliminary statement, by
Messrs. Turguad, shows debtor to creditor 150,9001. ;
asset., about 105,0001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

WEALTHY FOREIGN STREET BEG ABS.—Vincent
Simondi, Castni Ambrose, Petro Pombo, and Joseph
Pombo, his son, Neapolitans, each of whom was dressed
in the fantastic habiliments of their country, was
brought up in the custody of Hewett and Fryer, active
officers of the Mendicity Society, and charged before
Mr. Bingham with being found in Jerinyn-street, begging
of the passengers.
Hewett stated that he was in Jermyn-street last
evening, when he saw the prisoners begging of te)
ladies and gentlemen who were going to and fro. Two
of them were on one side of the way, and two on the
other. They were so urgent in their demands that the
passengers were much inconvenienced by them. Witness
saw them receive above a shilling's worth of pence and
half-pence. One of the prisoners had a pipe in his hand,
but he was not playing at the time. He was begging,
nor was either of them playing. The pipes make a
horrid noise.
Mr. Bingbam.—They think it music in the mountains
of their country ; but I quite agree that it is a horrid
noire.
Hewett added that he took the prisoners to the
station-house, as they would not go away At the
station-house they were searched, when there were found
upon them above 100/ , consisting of 107 Napoleons in
gold, 11 francs and a half, and in copper.
Mr. Inspector Park raid that there are about 20 of the
Neapoltan peasantry, dressed as the prisoners are, in
London, who divide themselves into parties, and then
go begging in different parts of the metropolis.
Mr. Bingham having observed that it appeared to be
a very profitable expedition, directed the prisoners to be
discharged, and he ordered the officer to explain to them
(the prisoners) that they could not be allowed to beg,
and that if they did they would be punished.

The prisoners then loft the bar.
AN AMATEUR CABMAN IN TROUBLE.--George Tree,
an assuwed cabman, was charged with driving without

a license.
C 157 said that he saw the prisoner in Park-lane
about half-past one o'clock, when he saw a cab,
on the box of which there was no driver. He
looked inside the cab, where he saw the prisoner, who
admitted that he was the driver, but he had no licence
and no badge, and witness took him into custody. The
prisoner was intoxicated.
Nash, junr., son of a cab proprietor, produced the
licence for the cab and said that the prisoner was not in
his father's employment.
The prisoner was fined the full penalty of 51. for the
offence, and
Mr. Bingham directed Inspector Park to issue a
summons against the man who held the fiance, for
having parted with it.

TESTIMONIAL OF THE POOR TO A CLERGYMAN.—The
poor inmates of St. Pancras workhouse, who have pro-
fited by the zealous ministrations of the Rev. Thomas '
Pngb, the chaplain to that establishment have, with the
aid of a few friends, presented to that gentleman an ex.
ceedingly neat and appropriate silver communion ser-
vice, as well as table and cover, in testimony of their
gratitude towards him for the kind and zeal ms manner
in which be is ever found attending to their spiritual
wants and necessities.
APPALLING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A fine lad, about
ten years of age, the son of Mr. Smith, bookbinder, of
No. 2, Polygon, Somers-town, in getting over the area
rails of his father's house yesterday morning fell, and the
spikes
untilesentering
hais x
his
cbotdrTC the unfortunate boy hung im-
iaaated from his perilous position.
So severe was the nature of the injuries he received,
that he survived but a very short time.
MR. JONAS WEBB'S RAMS.—The annual letting o
the celebrated Babraham rams has just taken place, and
attracted a numerous attendance fromall parts of the
conutry
amA.,,a the
nt public letting 65 rams were hired, and
the total realised
was
1,812/ 125., or 271. 17s.
7,1. per head. This wa4 a high average, although rather
hel.),.v that realized last year. In 1852 69 rams were let
for 221. 3s. 1,1. each ; in 1853 71 for 221 6.5. 31 each ;
and in 1856 77 for 331.15. 411. each. The highest price
commanded on the present ocelsion by any single ram
was 197 guineas, and this is the largest sum Mr Webb
has ever realized for the hire of one of his splendid breed.
The hirer was Mr. Lindsey, of New York. The Earl
of Leicester, the Earl of Yarborough, and other nobles
men were hirers of other rams, and 70, 50, 71, 100,
and 52 guineas were realized in five instances. The
business transacted at the public letting does not con-
vey, however, a complete idea of the extent of Mr.
We:,b's transactions, as a great deal of business is con-
cluded with hien privately. About 300 gentlemen were
present at the usual dinner given by Mr. Webb to his
visitors. The chair was occupied by the Hon. Eliot
Yorke, MX, and the hon. gentleman was supported by
Mr. Adeane, M.P. for Cambridgeshire, and Mr. Wynne,
M. P. for Merionethshire. Among the foreign gentlemen
present were Mr. Sach, from Coblentz, and the Marquis
de Vogue, from France.