The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-25 00:00:00

r. 1114.1 SUN, LONDON SATURDAY' EVEN IN G, JULY 25, 1857,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. C,)intuiesioner Fane.)

HOUSE OF LORDS- (YESTERDAY.

IN RE TUB WELSH POTOSI SILVER, LEAD, AND COPPER

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat' on the w)cl
sack at five o'clock.

MINING COMPANY.

To-day vraq appointed for hearing further arguments
on the petition fcr winding up the affairs of the above
company.

Lord RAVENSWORTH presented a petition from
the officers and seamen frequenting the ports of the
Tyne, praying for the formation of a harbour of refuge
on the northeast coast.

Mr. Bagley appeared in support of the petition ; to
which an objection was taken that the company was
erroneously described, and that it should have been the
Welsh Potosi Lead aid Copper Mining Company.
After a long discussion, his Honour held that as no
one couli have been misled he could amend the error,
and that the company could be properly described in the
subsequent proceedings.

On order was accordingly made as prayed for, and
Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, was appointed
official liquidator.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

THANIES.

Edwin Barton, a licensed victualler, ,appeared to
answer a summons fir sufferin; drunken and disorderly
persons in his house, " The Windmill," Rosemary-lane.

Burton said he was not the landlord of the house, but
the police-inspector informed the magistrate that he was
the ostensible proprietor, the transfer of the license
being merely colourable, as it was thought the license
would have been lost had Burton applied for it. The
house was open nearly all night. The magistrate was
of opinion that Burton was the real landlord, and fined
him 51. for the offence.

lordships were feebly attempting to discharge—would
have been Rerlorming that :Aity with the irresistible
force of his high authority—a duty not so much to the
memory of his cherished friend as to the cervices he had
renderel to his country—not only the services he had
performed under the noble duke, but the inest;tuable
services he had performed when in command of the most
arduous expedition which had ever left our shores, and
under difficulties almost overwhelming, he had led our
troops and the troops of our allies, with whom his kindly
nature and his great v. isciom preserved an undeviating
friendship—(hear, hear)—led them to a victory in some
respects without an example in the proud military annals
of his country. (Loud cheers) He (Lord Brougham)
had heard both military and naval men of the longest
and largest experience express the warmest—the most,
if he might so say —the most inexpressible admiration
of the manner in which the landing in the Crimea
had been conducted before the battle of the Alma ;
aed it must not be forgotten that it was to the firm-
ness of Lord Raglan that we owed the landing in
the Crimea at that critical moment at all. Marshal St.
Arnaud, of whom no man could wish to speak with
deeper regret for his loss or with greater admiration
for his ability--Marshal St. Arnaud, who was
labouring at that time under the disease with which he
was stricken, and which unhappily proved mortal, was
wholly against the operation. At first he r,fu,ed his
concurrence ; but when urged by Lord Raglan—urged
with the noble lord's characteristic firmness, which was
only equalled by his kindly forbearance—Marshal St.
Arnaud, with a candour and a wisdom, the one equal to
the other, gave up his opposition, and consented to take
a part in the enterpris The field of Alma followed,
and if Lord Raglan's advice had been taker, the allies
within eight-and-forty hours would have been in pos•
session of Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.) He said that on
the best of all authorities. He knew that it might be
cal!ed wiezlom after the event ; but they had it upon the
confession of the enemy himself that Sebastopol must
have fallen if the allies bad only advanced upon it imme-
diately after the battle of the Alma. Instead of that,
however, there was substituted a inarci,, the execution
of which no doubt did the highest honour to the mili-
tary ta'ents of the commanders, and which led to two or
three glurious though fruitless victories ; but, unhappily
the general result was a great prolongation of the siege,
and a great consequent loss of life. Nevertheless the
victory was ours ; and to whom could we ascribe it but
to Lord Raglan 3 (Cheers.) From the beginning,
throughout, and to the end, when unhappily he fell a
sacrifice to disease brought on partly by the climate, but
in a much greater proportion by his mental anxiety,
and the cruel disappointment which he experienced—
to him we owed the whole of that great achievement
which had added so much, if anything could add, to
the lustre of our arm?. (Cheers.) Should they
not, then, reward acts like these ! Should they be-
grudge a monument to such a man ! He did not
say begrudge at all as a matter of economy, but as one
of precedent, which appeared to weigh so much upon his
noble friend (Lord Panmure) ; but should they, through
a fear of precedents—which could after all have very
little, if any, application—refuse to Lord Raglan a
monument, to which public opinion was prepared to
assent, and which they were even prepared to ask !
(Cheers.) He (Lord Brougham) knew it required no
monument to hand down such deeds as these to all suc-
ceeding ages, He knew, as was well said by an orator
of antiquity, that "Illustrious men need no trophy ;
the whole world is their monument." (Cheers.) Never-
theleee, he (Lord Brougham) humbly thought that they
would do well to yield to the prejudice of local associa-
tions, and perpetuate his name and imperishable re-
nown by the ordinary mode of erecting a monument to
his memory, in order that others might be excited to
folkes his bright example. (Hear.)
The Earl of DERBY could not resist the opportunity
of adding the humble tribute of his praise to the great
and signal merit of the late Lord Raglan, and of express-
ing his deep regret at the answer of the noble lord to the
question of the noble earl. He thought the noble earl
might have claimed the public gratitude for Lord Raglan
with regard to a much earlier period of his life than that
on which he chiefly dwelt. (Hear, hear.) With the
exception of that illustrious personage, the Duke of
Wellington himself, there was hardly an instance of a
man baying for so long a time devoted his great talents,
military and civil, to the public service, as the late Lord
Raglan. (Cheers.) He was extremely sorry that the
noble lord should have given what he was afraid he
must consider a refusal to the request of the noble earl,
although the noble lord would not say that the Govern-
ment might not, on some future and more favourable
opportunity, entertain his proposal.
Lord PANMURE said the noble earl was putting
words into his mouth which he had never used.

Lord DERBY—WeII, if the noble lord disclaimed
the wcrds—

Lord PANMURE—I not only disclaim them, but I
never used them. (Cheers.)

Lord DERBY must haVe misunderstood the noble
lord, though he certainly thought be had heard him say
what he had stated, and many of his noble friends
around him bad fallen into the same error. They had
certainly thougkt they heard the noble baron allude to
some future and more favourable opportunity. (Cheers.)
Lord PANMURE—I utterly deny that I used the
words, " more favourable," and I am surprised that
when the noble earl has received a direct denial from a
gentleman, he does not take his word. (Cheers.)
Lord DERBY did take the noble lord's word, and he
concei?ed that the noble lord was displaying a very un-
necessary amount of temper. (hear, hear.)
Lord FORTESCUE observed that it was he who used
the word, " future and more favourable opportunity."

Lord DERBY said that when the noble baron talked
of monuments being granted to persons only who had
performed very great and signal services, he would not
follow out the inference which must necessarily be drawn
with regard to the services of Lord Raglan. lie con-
sidered that the services of Lord Raglan in the Penin-
sula and at Waterloo, his services for twenty-five years at
the Horse Guards, his ready acceptance of the command
in the Crimea, the manner in which he had struggled
against every difficulty, and the confidence which he bad
had inspired not only in his own troops but in those
of our allies, entitled him to be placed in the category
of those who had performed great and signal services
to their cotintry. (Coeers.) He did not think that
the noble lord was right in the rule which had been laid
down with regard to monuments being only granted to
military commanders who had died in actual battle or
of their wounds. He believed that Lord Collingwood,
Lord St. Vincent, and Lord Cornwallis had all had
monuments. (H,ar ) But he maintained that Lord
Raglan had owed his death as much as any man could
do to his devotion to his country, and he therefore
contended that the noble lord came fairly within the rule.
(Hear.) He (Lord Derby) should like to know when
a more favourable opportunity could occur than the
present. It was now more than two years since the
death of Lord Raglan. Were the government waiting
to see how much public pressure could be brought to
bear upon them in reference to this subject, on which it
was ptculiarly their province to decide! (Hear.) He
had heard with some regret that the noble earl intended
to bring the question forward, because he thought that if
the government assented t.) it, the act would lose a great
portion of its grace, and, if they refused, then an addi-
tional slur would be cast upon the character of Lord
Ragliai, which had already been subjected to much un-
deserved obloquy. (Hear.) He must, however, again
express his deep sorrow at the answer the question had
received; more especially on account of the slur the
government had thrown on the services of Lord Raglan.
(Cheers.)
Earl GRANVILLE said the debate had not taken a
very pleasant turn, and when the noble earl talked of
temper, he did not think the tone of his own observations
was altogether defensible. With everything that had been
said in favour of Lord Raglan he (Lord Granville) entirely
concurred ; but still he did not think it would be
desirable, even fur that noble lord's own reputation, that
the government should proceed to decide on the question
until they had perfectly satisfied themselves that the
proposal would meet with!general concurrence. (Hear,
hear.) _

The Duke of BEAUFORT was glad to bear the state-
ment of the noble earl that he concurred in the eulogies
which had been passed upon his late relative. The
Minister of War, however, hart not said a single word
in praise of that great man, who had carried out to the
best of his endeavours the orders he had received from
the noble lord. Nay, he would go further—the noble
lord had put the last crowning act upon his treatment of
his (the duke's) noble relative, whom during his life he
had cinstantly vilified [so the noble duke was understood
to say].
The subject then dropped.

IMMIGRATION INTO THE WEST INDIA
COLONIES.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a peti-
tion from Guiana, praying for the removal of certain
impediments to the importation into that colony of free
labourers.

The Crown Suits (Scotland) Bill, the Bill Chambers
(Scotland) Bill, and the Bankruptcy and Real Securities
(Scotland) Bill, were severally read a second time.
The Portland Harbour Bill, and the Chatham Lands
Bill, passed through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned at ten minutes past 7
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
NEW MEMBER
Mr. CARDWELL took the oaths and his seat for Oxford
City. The hon. member was introduced by Mr.
Weguelin and Mr. Glynn. After taking the oaths he
occupied his usual seat during the latter part of the
last sei=sion, at the corner immediately above the gang_
way and behind the. Treasury I.)tch. lie received the
warm congratulatwns of his numerous friends in the
house. The hon. gentleman presented a petition from
Oxford against the _Divorce Bill,

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords amendments to the following private bills
were considered and agreed to :—Atlantic Telegraph
Company ; Dartmouth and Torbay Railway ; Dundalk
arid Enni&killen Railway ; East Somerset Railway ;
Newton and Machynlleth Railway ; Prestwich Railway
and Radcliffe Roads ; Shr.)p:ihire Union Railways and
Canal ; London and North Western Railway, and
Shropshire Canal Companies.