The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-17 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONbON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 17, 1857

so enamoured with their imprisonment that they declined
to be liberated, and he instanced a case in whish he was
counsel, where a man who bad been imprisoned 20 years
had no desire to be liberated. With a view to giving
the Attorney-General for Ireland time to consider the
suggestion made, he moved that the chairman report
progress.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland resisted

the motion for reporting progress. He was not framing
a code of laws that had had no existencee, but merely
consolidating the Bankruptcy and Insolvent laws of
Ireland, and asking to abolish a Court that was useless,
and to some extent, a nuisance. The bill had cost him
much labour and anxiety. It was first introduced in
1855, when it was printed and circulated for the conside-
ration of hon. members, as well as those connected with
the law in Ireland soliciting improvements. The only
objections to the bill came from the hon. and learned
member for Enniskillen, and he (the Attorney-General)
adopted such as he thought improvements. (Hear.)
The learned gentleman then alluded to his
being unable to proceed with the bill in 1856,
and said that was the first stage at which the
bill had been opposed. It the house at any time wished
to abolish the distinction between bankruptcy and insol-
vency, this bill would not interfere with it, because it
only re-enacted the present lows. When he undertook
this measure it was represented to him by commercial
men in Ireland that the Insolvent Court was unnecessary
—that its existence embarrassed mercantile transactions,
and that the administration of the two laws might be ad-
vantageously vested in one tribunal. This bill would not
interfere with the discharge of insolvents by county court
judges as now existed, and it only provided for the distri-
bution of insolvent estates by the Court of Bankruptcy.
He should be able to show when the committee came
to consider the financial clause that the bill would not
increase the expenditure one shilling, but, on the con-
trary, that when the compensations fell in there would
be a permanent saving of 3,0001. per annum. The
officers of the proposed new court would be taken from
the existing court, or from discharged officers of those
courts. His only object was to substitute one court
for two bad ones; to make the law cheap
and efficacious, and to invest the new court with powers
that would prove advantageous to the trading commu-
nity.
After some remarks from Mr. Henley, Mr. White-
side, and Mr. Matins, the motion for reporting progress
was withdrawn.
Clauses 1 to 28 were then agreed to.
On &erase 29, relative to appeal,
Mr. VANCE said that tbere were but two courts of
appeal in England, and saw no reason why there should
be three in Ireland. He moved that the appeal to the
Lord Chancellor, should be struck out.
After a discussion is which Mr. Matins, Mr. Ser-
jeant O'Brien, Mr. Bland, and the Attorney-General
for Ireland took part, the amendment was agreed to
without a divisien.
Clauses 30 to 33 inclusive were agreed to, after verbal
amendments.
Clause 34 was struck out of the bill.
Clauses 35 to 45 were after a few alterations agreed to.
Clause 46, having reference to the appointment of
officers, was postponed.
Clauses 47 to 67 were agreed to, after amendments.
On clause 63, securing the payment of costs to the
official assignee when plaintiff by order of the Court,
Mr. VANCE moved that it be struck out. Official
assignees in England were not so protected.
Mr. AYRTON suggested that the costs should be
directed to be paid out of the estate.
The amendment was withdrawn, and the clause agreed
to, the Attorney-General for Ireland promising to con•
eider Mr. Avrton's suggestion on bringing up the report.
Clauses 69 to to 84 were agreed to.
On clause 85, relative to the retiring pension of the
officers,
Mr. MALINS asked why the Chief Commissioner
was to be allowed to retire after only three years' ser-
vice on full salary!
Mr. AYRTON protested against the passing of the
clause. He suggested that if the commissioner was not
+o be employed again that the retiring sum should be
reduced to two-thirds of his present amount, but that if
he was to be paid in full be should be compelled to re•
sign his pension and take the first office that became
vacant after his resignation.
After some remarks from the Attorney-General for
Ir land, in support of the bill, who said that, where
there was a compulsory retirement, it was usual to give
the full amount of salary as a retiring pension, and that
he had made provision for the deduction of the pension
on the reappointment of the Chief Commiassioner to
office,
The clause was agreed to, the Attorney-General pro-
mising to consider the claim to full compensation of
officers who had held office 30 years on bringing up
the report.
Clauses up to 158 were agreed to, on the understand-
ing that certain alterations were to be made on bringing
up the report.
The Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave
to sit again.

Tne :hou3e adjourned at a quarter to four till six
o Cloak, when it resumed.
PRINCESS ROYAL'S ANNUITY BILL.

Baron Watson and Barna Channell brought down the
bill from the House of Lords granting an annuity to
the Princess Royal, stating that their lordships had
agreed to the same without amendmenv.
Lard J. RUSSELL presented a petition front the
proctors against the Probate Bill, and praying compen-
sation for the loss of business which they would incur
by the passing of the bill. The noble lord also presented
a petition from the trumtees of the British Museum,
praying for additional grants ; also several petitions
from the city of London in favour of an equalisation of
poor rates in the metropolis.
THIS OATFIS BILL.

The Marquis of BLANDFORD gave notice that on
the motion for the third reading of the Oaths Bid, he
should move as an amendment that it ba read a third
time that day slx months.
THE FOREIGN LEGION.
Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for returns of the
number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men
enlisted in each of the f,reicq legions during the late

war ; stating in detail all exoenses—incurred in recruiting,
embodying, and concentration of each corps ; arming,
equipping, and clothing ; bounty, pay, and cost of
subsistence while serving ; any gratuities on dlscharge,
and allowance for conveyance to their homes ; the
number of each employed on active Fervice during the
war, and Cue stations at which the remainder were quar-
tered ; of the date of embodiment of each ; of the qu ii -
tity of land granted to each officer, non-commissioned
officer, and soldier of any foreign legion, either• at the
Cape of Good Hope or rliewhere ; with the amount of
gratuity given to each for tne erection of houses in lieu
of them, or other purposes, the amount of any pay or
allowance, and the annual expense of arming, clothing,
and enlisting these soHiere, with the numbers of each
rank who had been there locatad.—Agreed to.

THE PAPER DUTY.

Mr. DILLWYN inquired whether it was the inten•

tion ref Government to levy paper duty on materials ca-
pable of being written on and printed on, but made from
animal fibres ; or to have such materials exempt from
duty, as parclimrnt, is n.,;17
Tue CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated
that he understood a company had been forieed for the
purpose of rnanufactur;ng a substance resembling paper,
in some respects, from animal fi')r3, and the Board of
Revenue had decided that it should be treated in the
same manner as paper.
THE GERMAN LEGION,

Mr. ADDER LEY inquired whether the Cape Legis-
lature had determined to diminish their vote of 40,000/ ,
towards the czpense of locating the German Legion on
their frontier by two-thirds, in proportion to the dimi-
nished cumber of the legion which had gone out ; and
diverted, in consequence, two-thirds of that aura to other
pIirpCSER.

Mr. LABOUC HERE was not aware that such a step
had been taken, but would make inquiries on the subject.

WORKHOUSES (IRELAND).
Mr. FAGAN rose to c4ll attention to the working o.
the workhouse syztem in Ireland, and in connection with
it, to the laws relating to medical charities and the relief
of the sick poor, to move for a select committee on the
subject, and to report. He contrasted the present pros.
perous condition of the courvry with the misery and
destitution that prevailed when the poor-law was intro-
duced. The change that had thus happily taken place
rendered some change in the law necessary, and he men-
tioned, among other matter-i, that the workhouses were
more capacious, and the staff of officers more numerous,
than there was now occasion for. As one abuse of the
system he mentioned that the medical charities were
taken advantage of by wealthy farmers, who were
visited in times of sickness gratis by the officers of
the union, and he suggested that the vacant
workhouses should be turned into hospitals or in-
firmaries for the reception of the destitute sick.
After some further similar details, he concluded by mov-
ing fora select committee on the subject.
Mr. H. HERBERT, the new Secretary for Ireland,
opposed the motion on the ground that information
enough was already in possession of the Government to
ens ble them to legi-lato on the subject, not perhaps in
this session, Lot soon. He hoped, therefore, the hon.
gentleman would not press his motion.
Mr. FAGAN, satisfied with the pledge given by the
right hon. gentleman, withdrew his motion.
POOR RATES (METROPOLIS).

Mr. AYRTON moved for a select committee to in-
quire into the causes of the inequality of the poor rates
in the metropolitan districts, and whether any measures
should be adopted to render the rates more equal. The
motion affected 2i millions of the inhabitants of the me-
tropolis, 14 millions of property. and rates levied on that
property to the amount of 860,000/. a-year. When hie
attention was first directo.l to the question, he found it
was surrounded by so many difficulties, that he felt
mach hesitation in consenting to bringing it forward.
But it was again brought under his consideration by a
very admirable class of gentlemen, the clergy of the
Church of England, who were labouring in densely popu-
lated districts in she borough he represented. He wished
to confine his motion in principle and practice to the
area of the metropolis, for nowhere could such a place
be found, containing 150 square milas and 186 parishes.
In other parts of the country every one knew what wa-
his parish, and what were its limits, but in London there
were no laws of demarkation, and many men knew not
what was their parish, except from the occasional calla of
the
collectors. Then as torts moral elements. If they took
the
shipping interest, they would find that the labour of
interest was in St. George's-in-the-East, the office-.
in the City, While the
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St. George's-in-the-West. Then as to sempstresses,
who resided not in Mayfair or Belgravia, but in
Lambeth and Chelsea, far removed from the seats of
fashion. Then, again, where Were domestic servants
when they were chargeable to the poor I Not in fashion-

able districts, but in the remoter parts of the metropolis.
It was in the nature of things that a greae city shou'd
separate it-elf into various quarters for the wealthy and
the industri eis classes, but if their various intere,ts were
looked to, it would be found that they were all bound
up together. Legislation, however, had taken a course
calculated seriously to extend the existing evil. It could
never have been intended to legislate for the rich at the
expense of the poor, and yet that had been the actual re
suit. The poor originally obtained a settlement for 40
days. Afterwards it was extended to five years, but it
exeepted domestic servants, who were all remitted to the
place of their original settlement. It was well known
that houses in fashionable neighbourhoods were not made
hospitals for sick men servants or sick female servants,
in a certain condition. The consequence was, they bad
to be sent out into the poorer parishes in the suburbs.
The result was, that the rates in the parish of St. George,
Hanover-square, had been reduced first from 2s. 61. to
is. 4d. in the pound, and then to sd. When he referred
to the whole rating of the metropolis, the anomalies were
still more striking. He would just call attention to the
difference between the properties of the London and St.
Katharine Docks. The St. Katharine Docks occupied a
whole parish, but the London Docks occupied a portion
of a parish ; but all the labourers of the St. Katharine
Docks resided in the parish in which the London Dock
were situate. The consequences was that while the Lon-
don Dock Company paid 19,0001. a year for poor rates,
the St. Katharine Dock Company paid only 7141. These
were anomalies that required legislative alteration. The
Bank of England might be cited as another instance—
they were assessed, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would know, at about 50,0001. a year, and the Royal
Exchange, which. paid 70/, a year, while Apothecaries'
Hall paid 2301. There were 20 houses en the east-side
of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, which paid 1,4001. a
year for poor rates, while the whole et Cernbill and
Lombard-street, with its wealthy merchants and
public companies paid but 600/. a-year. Toere were
parishes in London valued at 172,0001. per annum which
paid but 6,9501. for rates, while others, valued at
62,0001. paid 11,3501. Those were anomalies that de-
manded investigation. The secret of the discrepancy
was doubtless to be found in the fact of rich corporations
taking possession of certain localities fur their places of
business, and driving other parties into cheaper neigh-
bourhoods. The political consequences was not to be
lost sight of, because it could not be said that a man
had a right to vote upon a 101. franchise, 'when in fact
before he could vote he had to pay all thatadditional rating.
The effect upon the social condition of the people in
highly-rated parishes was most pernicious. Many
clergymen had related to him that when they went to
ask for benevolence for deserving purposes, •the inhabit-
ants flourished their poor-rate receipts in their eyes, and
told them to go to the low-rated fashionables at the
West-End. He believed that was a result never contem-
plated by the Legislature. The language of the act of
Elizabeth was not that the property and the houses
should be taxed, but that the people should all be taxed
in the nature of a property tax. It was a very narrow
view of taxation that was taken by the lawyers, who
said they could not tax that which they could not see
Wes not property in the funds capable of being seen and
taxed ? Toe report of the committee of 1850 stated that
the relief of the poor was an object to whieh all should
contribute, and that it was so enacted by the statute of
Elizabeth, and he thought it was a hardship that only
the land and house of the wealthy should be taxed. In
the original poor-law act there were permissive clauses
for extending the area of taxation if the inhabitants
should consent ; but of course it was' never acted upon,
because the inhabitants never did consent. Various
other ineamres, however, to the number of 12, had been
' since passed, showing that he was not singular in his
opinion, and the committee of 1851, on the removal
system, stated that an amount equal to the
National Debt might have been economised by
a proper amalgamation of the poor-law sys-
tem. In 1847 a committee eat to investigate the whole
question, and they gave the result of teeir investigation
in certain resolutions, stating that the great evil was the
narrowness of the area of chargeability in each parish.
After that the subject occupied the attention of the Poor-
law Board, who brought in a bill and also issued a cir-
cular on 25th Sept., 1848, referring to the objects of the
bill, the objects of which were, in fact, to generalise the
rating, and extend it over the who'e of London upon a
uniform plan. In 1854 the President of the Poor-law
Board, or the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
introduced a bill to increase the rating is certain pe-
r:shes until it was uniform throughout the area of taxa-
tion. That bill was received with such dissatisfaction
that it could not be proceeded with. At least so it had
been stated, but he would put it to the noble lord at the
head of the Government whether the principle of the bill
was not entirely agreed to, and whether it was not
thrown aside for some faults. As extra parochial immu-
aity from taxation bad been abolished in many places,
as in the Temple and elsewhere, he thought it was a
matter that the Government ought seriously to take in
hand. What was the discussion, whether a wealthy
Je should sit in Parliament, and thereby offend 6,000,000
of Christians in the whole country, compared with a
grievance that oppressed two and a-half millions of peo
pie in the metropolis alone ? The difficulties of the act
of Elizabeth had not escaped the penetration of that
Cecil under whose care the bill pasied, but up to the
present day he believed there was but one place where
the difficulty had been properly met, and that was in the
say of Worcester, where the magistrates assessed a cer-
tain sum every year to be paid by the parish that had no
poor, to that parish of the city where the poor resided.
In the reign of King Charles three corporations ware
appointed to manage the relief of the poor, and their aid
had been found highly neeessaiy. He should feel it his
duty to take the sense of the house as to the propriety
f of granting that committee.
Lor f R. GROSVENOR seconded the motion.
Mr. TOWNSEND c)l'Ed attention to the large quan-
tity of land, in the best sites, at Deptford and Green-
wich, which was used for Government establishments.
Those establishments paid no rates whatever, but yet
they caused a great increase in the rates. In the parish
of St. Nicholas, Deptford, the average ra ins for some
years past had not been less than 10s. in the pound. In
that parish Government establishments occupied by far
the most valuable portion of the land, and they ha I re-
cently been purchasing more, so that there was every
probability of the rating being increased. The laMent
able result, even under present circumstances, was that
in five cases out of ten the rate bad to he distrained for,
and he thought that in such a state of things Government
interference was ureently required,
Mr. BO UTEEtIE objected to the motion, first on the
ground that there were &treacly so many private com-
mittees sitting. There were now 250 members so em-
ployed, and the election committees would soon employ
150 more. But, in addition to that, be objected on the
ground that the causes of the inequality were patent to
all, and required no select committee to inquire into. So

tmg,as there wag separate admiuistration There must be

variiog rates. Now, as to the mere fact of an unequal
pressure of these burdens upon property, it must be re-
membered that the owners inherited it subjected to tho-e
burdens, so that, though there might be public reasons
for an adjustment of those burdens, those reasons would
apply to the whole country, and were not at all special
to the metropolis. He believed this agitation arose

from the increase of rates in the east of the metropolis,
but the increase bad equally taken place in the west, and
even throughout the kingdom. If any change was made
in London, therefore it also to be made throughout the
kingdom. Admitting the evils of the inequality of pres-
sure, he contended that the only remedy would be to
have all London thrown into one parish, with the board
of guardians to administer it. Were the metropolitan
parishes prepared for this centralization ?
Several Members—No.

Mr. BOUVERIE—Very well, then, what other re-
medy could be found ? And if that system were adopted
in London, how could it be refused in other large towns
—where the average rates were still higher than in Lon•
don ? It would lead, in fact, to a national rate, which
he believed would never work to satisfaction.

Mr. BUTLER supported the motion for a committee,
and said the speech of Mr. Bouverie had gone far to
make him a convert to a national rate.

Mr. LOCKE said the plea of numerous committees
bad been so often used, that he was inclined to think
there was little in it. With-respect to the general ques-
tion, the complaint was that the poor were taxed to sup-
port the poor, whilst the rich went scot free. He did not
see the difficulty in the way of a general rating that Mr.
Bouveria represented. Let the management of each pa-
ri,h remain as it was now, in the hands of the guardians
—but let there be a central board, composed of repre-
sentatives from the different parishes, to check the ac
counts and control the expenditure.
Mr. KNIGHT quoted a good many statistics to show
—first, that the rates of the metropolis had not increased
at all in proportion to the increase of their property,
and that there was a great equalisation of rating going
on throughout the country.
Mr. C. BUXTON contended that the pressure of the
rata; fell upon the occupiers of houses, as well as upon
the landlord.

Mr. MA LINS stronglyurged the neceimity of inquiry.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
jected to the motion on the ground that no change could
Lake place without leading to a national rating, which he
vras satisfied would soon double the present average

rating.
After some remarks from Mr. Barrow, Mr. Schneider,
and Lord Robert Grosvenor,

The house divided, when the numbers were—
Ayes
Noes
Majority against the motion 42
Mr. PACKE then snoved—" That the standing order
oo divisions relating to turning the two-minute sandglass
be repealed, and that the following order be substituted :
That so soon as the voices have been taken, the clerk
hail turn a two-minute saudglass, to be kept on th,
table for that purpose, and the doors shall not be closed
until after the lapse of two minutes ; except on Wed-
nesdays, when the clerk shall turn the two-minute sand-
glass twice, and the doors shall not be closed until after
the !Epee of four minutes, as indicated by such sand
glass " He said that at present it was almost impossi-
ble for members who were sitting on committees to get
down to the house in time to give their votes, and as it
appeared there were at present 250 members sitting on
committees the inconvenience was very great.
Mr. FI FZROY said he thought the hon. member bad
not sufficiently ccnsidered the manner in which the order
of the house was carried out with regard to divisions.
The prptice was not to shut the doors if any members
Nero in sight. Last night five minutes elapsed before
he could put the question. He thought the hon. mem-
ber, if he took this into consideration, would see that
sufficient time elapsed before the closing of the door to
enable members to be in their places to vote. It was not

tor him to say whether it was absolutely essential that
,zentlemen who had not heard a word of a debate should
rush in on the last momeht to give a vote, or whether

was a national evil that they should be prevented

`rota so doing.
Mr. STAFFORD thought that in no caselwas a mem

beets opinions influenced by the speeches which he heard.
(Laughter.) He supported the motion of Mr. Packs.
Mr. BIGGS supported the motion ; for he did not
think it consonant to the dignity of a member to have
to run on a Wednesday through the crowd in the com-
mittee corridor in order to give his vote.
Lord PALMERSTON hoped that the house would
defy consider this question. It was said that it was
ao use debating, because every member bad made up his
mind on the subject debated. That might possibly be
the case upon great party questions, but this-motion ap-
plied not to those cases, but to the very day on which
private members' bills were considered, Upon those a
member usually exercised an unbiassed judgment, influ-
enced but little by party considerations. He remem-
bered hearing an anecdote of a member who, being asked
if he had ever heard a speech which had altered his opi-
nion, replied certainly yes, but never one which had al-
tered his vote. (Laughter.) He trusted that this sta.' e
of things no longer existed. If this motion were agreed
to it might next be proposed to give sufficient time for
hon. members to arrive from White's or Brookes's in
order to give their votes. It Was, indeed, a step directly
against the recognised course of the house, and he trusted
that boa, members would not acquiesce in it. It would
be better to introduce the proxy system at once, for in
that case the principal would be present and hear the
argument and exercise his discretion in using his proxy.
The motion was negatived without a division.
LAND SALES (A.USTRA.LIAN COLONIES).
Lord GODERICH moved an address, which was
agreed to, for a return of the total amount of monies re-
ceived from the land sales effected in each of the Austra-
lian colonies from 1846 to 1856, both inclusive.
GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) ACT (1836)
A 41ENDMENT BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill.
Sir T. BURKE moved as an amendment that the
chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again.
Captain MAGAN thought it was very unreason-
able that he shoull be prevented from going on with the
bill.

After some discussion tho amendment was negatived
without a diviAion.

On clause 1 a most irregular dissuasion ensued, at
length
Captain MAGAN said ho was tired of the bill, and
would rather that the Chief Secretary for Ireland should
take it into his hands. (Laughter,)
Another discussion sprang up, and it was moved as
an amendment that the words "or construction" shoal
be struck out of the clause, the effect of this being to au-
thouse repairs of roads only, and not the construction of
buildings.
The committee divided, and the numbers were—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority —33

The amendment was therefore lost.
It was then proposed that the word reconstruction
should be substituted for the word construction ; but the
proposal was negatived
Sir R. FERGUSON objected to the present measure
that it would cleat' oy the system of free competition. He
was of opinion that the whole question of county sur-
veyors should be considered by a select committee, and
moved an amendment to that effect.

After some discussion the house divided, when the
numbers were—

Ayes 36
Noes 25
Majority
The amendment was therefore carried.
On the 2d 'cause being proposed,
Mr KIRK said he believed the clause would be in-
operative. The grand jury were not authorised in rais-
ing money except for a specific purpose.
The omission of the clau4e having been moved, the
house divided, when tha numbers were—
Ayes.
Noes
11I.jority
The clause therefore was carried as part of the bill.
The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house
resumed.

GRAND JURIES (METROPOLITAN POLICE
DISTRICT) BILL.
Mr. AYRTON moved that the bill be committed on
Monday next. He had amendments to propose.
Sir F. TIIESIGER complained of the hon. member
for not having given him notice until within half an hour.
The Speaker having left the chair,
Mr. AYRTON moved that the chairman do report
progress.

Sir F. THESIGER was compelled to acquiesce, as he
did not wish to force the bill forward against the wish
of the house, at the same time protesting against the
course taken by the hon. member for the Tower
Hamlets.

The committee then divided, when the numbers were—
' Ayes
N,e3
Majority 29
On clause 1 hying proposed,
Mr. AYRTON said he objected to the bill because he
considered that grand juriei ought not to be abolished,
unless some means was preserved of enabling the sub-
ject to prefer a bill of indictment without going to a
stipendiary magistrate, or obtaining the sanction of the
torney-General
Af e^ some further discussion,
Au HON. MEMBER moved that the committee be
counted.

Forty members not being present, the house at once
reaume•l, and

The 611AIRNIAN reported the fact to the Speaker.
The house then a6journed at hait•past two.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Th© troops enumerated in The Sun of yesterday
etaarled, under the super;ntendenee of Major-
General Breton and s'aff, in the morning and after-
noon on board the Mauritius and Cleopatra hired
ate im-transp Tts atPortsmo nth dockyard for Coina,
for which destination they will leave this day.
Should the wind hold good as it is at present, east
by north, they will rapidly pass clear of the Chan-
nel. The above named ships are in every respect
most suitsble for the duty they have to perform.
Their stock of provisions is very large, larger pro-
bably tan any other transport ever took out. The
Melville, hospital ship, for China, is expected to
remaining
them for Hong Kong. It
Companies of the 23d on Sa-
turday,embatk thean dlwith
was very gratifying to see the 23d and embark
in the ordrly manner they did.
The Princess Charlotte, 104, Captain George St.
Vincentn completed taking in her
p r
quantity of stores and
munit;ons of war for
vi,in Ks in
andv,
an ha s
immenseall but
China. She will go out of
harbour on Friday or Saturday next, and anchor at
Spithead, to await final orders,
The Niagara, United States steam frigate, Capt.
Hudson, has had the iron framework fitted to-day
under her stern work, with very strong fastenings
N
passing through the counter, and attached to the
nextalter
for Liverpool
e Therp
oo]. to Niagara will sail on Saturday
receive her portion of the
submarine cable for crossing the Atlantic.

The Flying Fish, 6, screw dispatch vessel, came
out to-day; and Urgent, 6, iron screw troop frigate,
was taken in.
General Lord Seaton ha, proceeded to England,
and the command of the troops in Ireland has de-
volved upon Lieut.-General Sir Richard England,
who will remain at the Ourragh camp_
On Monday 14 officers and 255 men of the 77th
Regiment proceeded by railway to Kingstown,
where they embarked on board the transport Pal-
merston, in which they are to be conveyed to Syd-
ney.

The 19th Regiment has moved into Portsmouth
garrison for duty from the Camp at Aldershot.
The entire Marine garrison were yesterday morn-
ing dra,,vn up in review order in the Barrack-square,
Woolwich, having been partially inspected by their
commandant, Colonel T. Brown. At 10.30 Major-
General Sir W. F. Williams, attended by his aide-
de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Tfiesdale, Brigade-
Major Shaw, and the garrison Staff, arriving at
the Marine quarters, proceeded to a general an-
nual inspection of the troops. Major General Sir
W. F. Williams, accompanied by Lieutenant-
Colonel Wesley, Deputy-Adjutant- General, Admiral
Walcott, &c., passed down the lixes and inspected
the men with minuteness, after arhich they went
over the barrack quarters. After wards the troops
were marched in an entire body t o Woolwich-com-
mon, under the command of Liera t.-Cel. Stranshan,
Royal Marines, and performed :a number of field
manoeuvres, and having been smpplied with blank
cartridge they went through a se; ries of attacks and
defensive movements. Major-Goneral Sir W. F.
Williams was in the evening entertained at the
Royal Marine quarters' mess al; a banquet, at
which were also present Sir T. M. Wilson, Colonel '
of the West Rent Militia • Ca pt. H. Austen,
Superintendent of Deptford
Ent; ckyard •
Bloomfield, Aide-de-Camp to the Queenau' Colonel
d. Second
Commandant of Woolwich, and. 'the heads of de-
partments generally.
Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt.
the Hon. Jos. Denman, has fully sustained on her
present cruise the reputation she 11 as earned for ex-
traordinary
on Saturday morning last, and at chored. within the
speed. She left the :.ipit buoy at 3.17
breakwater at Cherbourg at Ba. m having accom-
plished what the officers said th,)y would jo—start
at daylight and breakfast in Fra.ni 3e. The distance
is about 84 miles. Her officers hal Aug paid and re-
ceired visits from the French P'o rt Admiral, Pre-
fect, &c., and inspected the doe yard, magnificent
steam-basins, &c., rejoined the yacht, which left
again the same afternoon called at Alderney, and
anchored at Jersey about 8 p.m.. It was the inten-
tion to leave on Monday mornin g for the coast of
Ireland.

Yesterday the officers who l Ave served in and
who now belong to the 7th HusE 2 Lrs held their 36th
annual festival, in commemorati t in of the services
of that uallant corps at Watei•J 'oo, at Grillion's
Hotel, Albemarle-street, Lieu' exit to General Rob-
bins in the chair. The meeting was .attnaetouly
attended. Among those present were Lieutenant-
General Sir William de Tuyll, ord Vivian, Lord
A. Paget, Sir W. Verner, Earl, of Scarborough,
Lord Garvagh, Lord Dunsandle, . the Marquis of
Donegal, the Hon. H. Cole, Si x J. Hamlyn
Mr. Lyster, Col. J. WWI; riIAD, Col. Arthur

Shirley, Col. Dundas, Col. Inge, Col. Cotton, Major
Hagart, Capt. Busbe, Capt. Pedder, Capt. the H„1_).
J. Fiennes, Lieut. Hale, F. Co Ltes, Mr. R.
G. W. Bulkeley, Mr. Chas. Paulet, Mr. A. Cl,Te,
and Mr. Arthur Chichester.

The following appointments were ma de yesterday
at the Admiralty :—J. L. Hearne and C. J. Broome,
naval cadets, to the Cumberland ; Stuart FL Rick-
man, naval cadet, to the Boscawen ; G. It. Jen-
kins, R. Edwardes, and T. 0. Hession, additional
assistant-surgeons, to the Victory ; F. J. Davy and
A. Cooper, additional assistant-surgeons, to the
Impregnable ; A. C. Johnston, assistant-surgeon,
to the Madagascar.

ILEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General.)
_ _

In the week that ended on Saturday, June 13,
the total number of deaths registered in London
was 934, of which 519 were deaths of males, 415
those of females. In the ten years 1847-56 the ave-
rage number of deaths in the weeks corresponding
with la,t week was 951; but as the deaths returned
last week occurred in an increased population, the
average, to admit of comparison, should be raised
in proportion to tl/4e increase, in which case it will
become 1,046. Hence it will be seen that the pre-
sent rate of mortality is so far reduced that the
deaths were less by 112 than would have occurred
under the average rateof mortality, as calculated on
former experience at this period of the year.
Though the total deaths of last week were more
than those of the preceding week, the deaths pro-
duced by zym 'tic diseases in the aggregate were
rather less ; and with the approach of summer
the mortality from this cla-,s of complaints begins
to furnish the chief test of the public health. 'Die
fatal cases referred to zymotic diseases were 164,
whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks
is 245 ; and taking six special diseases under this
head, small-pox, measles, scarlatina, hooping-
cough, diarrhoea, and typhus, the tables show that
none of them exceed the average, except hooping-
cough, and that small-pox, scarlatina, and typhus
are much below it. The lower temperature of last
week appeara to have checked diarrhoea, which had
previously increased ; the cases in which it was
fatal having fallen from 26 to 20. Only one case
of cholera is returned ; this occurred to a widow,
aged 30 years, in Beaumont-square, Mile-end, who
died of diarrhoea (2 days), cholera (10 hours.)"
Not a single case of small-pox is returned in any of
the districts of London.

The deaths from pulmonary diseases (exclusive
of phthisis) are 119 ; the corrected average beim:,
129. These comprise 1 from pleurisy, 4 from a,tli-
ma, 6 from laryngiti. 38 from pneumonia, 64 from
bronchitis. The mortality from pneumonia (or in-
flammation of the lungs) is low. There were 2 ilea; hs
from carbuncle, 5 from syphilis (all of infants),
2 from intemperance. Only one person, a woman,
92 years old, is returned as having attained the
age of 90.

Last week the births of 824 boys and 778 girls,
in all 1,602 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-
56 the average number was 1,396.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
heighr, of the barome.er in the week was 29.768 in.
The mean reading was above 30 in. on tie last two
days ; the highest reading was 30.18 in., and occur-
red on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week
was 56 deg., which is less by 1.8 deg. the average of
the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below
the aver age on every day after Monday. The high-
eet temperature was 70.9 deg., which occurred on
Sunday (the 7th). The lowest was 38.9 deg. on
Saturday. The entire range of the week was 32
deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 48.9
deg., and the difference between this and the mean
temperature of the air was 7.1 deg. The mean tem-
perature of the water of the Thames was 63.4 deg.
The highest temperature of the river was 65.7 deg.
on Tuesday. Rain fell to the amount of 0.71 in.,
most of which fell on Sunday and Monday. There
was rain on every day except the last two.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AI•L CAUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 13
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses 96
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 44
Diseases of the Lungs and other. Organs of
Respiration ll9
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 1
Premature Birth and Debility 23
Atrophy
Old Age
sudden l6
Violence,iPrivation, Cold, and Intemperance 35
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 931
Population Deaths in cone- Deaths
Enumerated. eponding week in the

1851. . of 18i6. weer.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males
Females
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

1,027 934
519
415

Males
Females..

Total ..._.......... 1,602

LAW INTELLIGENCg.—June 16.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY
COUNCIL.

rRINSEP AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY V. DYCE

SOMBRE, TROUP, AND SOLAROLI,

This was originally an appeal from -he Preroga-
tive Court respecting the validity of the of Mr.
Dyce Sombre. Their lordships affirmed the ju Ig-
moot in so far as it declared the will inval,d, but
reversed it as to costs. They allowed tire appel
lasts, who appeared as two separate parties, one
set of costs out of the estate, both in the court be-
low and the court of appeal. The bill of costs on
behalf of Mr. Prinsep, one of the appellants, was
accordingly taxed an f reported by the registrar in
the usual way. An objection to the taxing and
report of the registrar was now raised on behalf of
Mrs. Dyce Sombre.
It appeared that in consequence of the enormous
bulk of the documents, pleadings, and evidence in
this extraordinary case, and the probability of ap-
peal, when they would necessarily be printed for
their lordships, Mr. Middleton, Mr. Prinsep's
proctor, had proposed to have them printed for the
hearing of the cause in the court below, instead of
having the usual written copies, but Mr. Townsend,
the proctor of Mrs. Dyce Sombre, objected therrti,
and declined then entering into any agreement for
that purpos:. Mr. Middleton therefore, with the
con,ent of his party, had the whole proceedings
printed at his own risk and expense. At the hear-
ing all parties were glad to avail themselves of the
printed copies and were furnished therewith by
Mr. Middleton.

The principal objection now raised to the regis
trat's report on behalf of Mrs. Dyce Sombre was
that be had taxed the bill of costs in the usual way,
and had allowed charges for copies when, in fact,
copie3 were not made. Another objection was, that
he had improperly allowed the fees of Sir A. Cock-
burn, and that the fees of two counsel only should
have been allowed.

Sir F. Kelly and Dr. Jenner appeared for the ap-
pellant, Dr. Bayford fur the respondent.
Dr. Lushington delivered their lordships' judg-
ment.—When this case originally came before their
lordships they ordered that one set of costs in the
court below, as well as in this court, should be paid
out of the estate to the two parties who appeared
in support of the will, against the validity of which
their lordships decided.. In consequence of this
order a bill of costs was presented, and was referred
to the registrar for taxation. The registrar taxed
it in the usual mode and reported thereon. On be-
half of Mrs.. Dyce Sombre certain objections have
been rais.:.d to the registrar's taxation and report.
The question for their lordships' consideration is,
wi4Alier these objections aie any of them well
founded. The bill of costs was made out in the
usual. mode when. causes are conducted in the Pre-
rogative Court, by means of written copies of the
documents, pleadings, and evidence in the cause,
and the usual principle of taxation in such cases
has been adopted by the registrar in the present
case. But, in point of fact, this mode of proceed-
ing was altered in the court below. In such a vo-
luminous case, in which there was such an immense
variety of documents and such a mass of evidence,
it was agreed to print the whole of the pro-
ceedings. Now, it has not been contended
that if the cause had been conducted by written
evidence in the usual mode these copies, the
costs of which are now objected to, would not have
been actually made and properly charged fur. But
in
asmuch
as is said that no such copies were made,
as the printed copies were used, and that therefore
the allowance for such copies is improper. It is
admitted that no such copies were made ; but the
question is whether substantial justice has not been
done between the parties. It seems that so far from
there having been any increase of expense to Mrs.

Dyce Sombre by reason of the alteration in the
mode of preeeedute., t e. actual expense has been
less; and, • h- wever ohjeceionable it may appear to
allow charges f r wet k. not actually perforoted,ye;
the result of disallowing it would be that the proc-
tor would be deprived of his fair remuneration for
all his lime, pains, and labour. It- is well under-
wood that Charges of this kind are not merely the
pay for the particular work or labour to which they
are allotted, but they are the proctor's rernunera-,
tion for the general 'conduct of the case—for his
time and for his -rouble.fer becoming, as he must
b-, perfect master of the case in its minutest de-
tails. He must make himself acqbain ed with all
the points of the case, and be prepared to ans ver
any question which his counsel may put to him.
Their lordships are of opinion that this hill of costs
cannot be disturbed. It is a mat er of mere jos ice
to the proctor that these charges should be allowed,
and it appears to their lordships that no injustice
whatever is done to the party complaining. She is
not in the slightest degree in a worse powion than
she would have been if the usual mode of proceed-
ing had been adopt-?.d. On the contrary, it appears
that she has ac' Bally saved money in the bill itself
bya reduction in the amount allowed for each c, py,
and she must necessarily have saved a further cezi-
s,derable sum in the difference of the time occupied
in the hearing of the case, for it is quite dear. that
if the case had been argued from written deposi
tions it must have occupied many days more,
and for each day she would have had to pay
additional refreshers. Their lordshi s are
further of opinion that the objections to
the charges for the joint appendix and the
copies of the journal and interrogatories cannot be
sustained. As to the last objection, that the fee
for three counsel should not have been allowed,
and that, if allowed at all, they should have been
allowed only as fees to a junior counsel, and not to
Sir-A. Cockburn, their lordships are of opinion that
if ever there was a cas-_ which justified the employ-
ment of three cout sel it was tee present, and that
both on, account of the difficulties of the questions
arising and the magnitude of the interests ie volved,
the parties were fully justified in retaining the
highst talent., Mrs. Dtce Sombre's petition was
therefore dismissed, with costs.

From the London Gazette of Last Night

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 13.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Henry John Brownrigg, Esq.' Deputy
Inspector General of the Constabulary Force in Ireland;
George Browne, Esq., Commissioner of the Police of the
Metropolis of Dublin ; William Donnelly, Eaq., Registrar
General of Marriages in Ireland ; and Captain Walter
Frederick Crofton, R.A., Chairman of the Directors of
Convict Prisons in Ireland, to be Ordinary Members of the
Civil Division of the, Third Olass, or Companions of the
Most Honourable OrderFif the B tth.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 13.
The Queen has been: pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Hon. Lord Foley,, to appoint John Hutton Hunt,
Esq., one of -her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms, vice R. G. Bolton, retired.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TEE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
. _ _

County of Carmarthen—David Pugh, of Manorabon, in
the county of Carmarthen, in the room of David Arthur
Saunders Davies, Esq., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 16. •
63th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Christopher Man-
sel to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir William
L. Herries, C. 8., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 16.
- -

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Alan P. Lord
Garlies to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Billington,
promoted ; the third Christian name of Cornet Bolton,
appointed on the 22nd of May, 1857, is Bomford, and
not Beresford, as previously stated.
2d Dragoon Guards—Major Hylton Briscoe to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase. To be Majors without
purchase—Major Henry Aime Ouvry, from the 9th
Light Dragoons; Captain Edmund Ruck Keene, vice
Briscoe. To be Captains, without purchase—C-Ttaiu
Coote Synge Hutchinson, from half-pay 2nd Dragoon
Guards ; Captain Henry Miles Stapylton, from half-pay
2nd Dragoon Guards. To be Captain, by purchase
—Lieutenant M. J. B. Dyne, vice O'Hara, who retires.
To be Captains, without purchase—Captain Arthur
John Loftus, from half-pay 10th Light Dragoons ; Cap-
tain Taylor Lainbard Mayne, from half-pay 3d Light
Dragoons, vice Keene. To have the rank of Lieute-
nant—Cornet and Adjutant S. Calvert. To be Lieute-
nant, by purchase—Cornet George Eden Jarvis, vice
Dyne. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut.
John George Willis, from the 9th Light Dragoons ;
Lieut. Charles David Rich, from 9th Light Dragoons;
Lieut. Robert Mills, from 9th Light Dragoons ; Lieut.
Roger D. Upton, from 9.1.1 Light Dragoons.
3d Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Colonel Michael William
Smith, from half-pay, 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase; Captain Fen wick
Boyce Barron to be Major, without purchase. To be
Captains, without purcha=e.—Captain John Miller, from
half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards ; Captain James Swin-
burne, from half-pay, 3d Dragoon Guards; Capt. Char-
din Philip Johnson, from 9th Light Dragoons; Captain
Francis J. M`Farlane, from half-pay, Ist Dragoon Guards;
Captain Thomas John Francis, from half-pay, 16,h
Light Dragoons. vice Barron.
To be Lieutenants, without purohaee--Lieutenant Thomas
Edward Gordon, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Lieu-
tenant C. Weruyss Thesiger, from the 14th Light Di a-
goons ; Lieutenant Lawrence St. Patrick G,,wan, from
the 14th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant Edward Orlando
V. Haldane, from the 14th Light Dragoons ; Liente-
nant Lawrence Mackenzie, from the 14th Light Dra-
goons.
7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Arthur Robert G. Cos-
tello to be Captain, by purchase, vice Balfour, who re-
tires; Edmund Molyneux, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Welstead, promoted.
4th Light Dragoons—Captain Frederic John Sandys
Lindesay, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice W.
A. King, who exchanges.
Military Train—Captain William Robert Goodall. from
the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Rowland,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Wentworth Dawes, from
the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eugene Sherwood,
who exchanges.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and
Brevet-Major.T. D. Astley to be Captain and Lieuten-
' ant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Lord J.
C. Plantagenet Murray, who retires; Ensign and Lieu-
tenant H. Jelf Sharp to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
' purchase, vice Astley.
2d Regiment of Foot —Ensign Daniel L. Howson, from
89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Hobson, removed from the service, having left his Regi-
ment at the Cape of Good Hope; without leave.
13th Foot—Surgeon Philip Henry Eustace Cross, from the
97th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Barry, appointed to the
97th Foot.
17th Foot—Capt. Wm. Affleck King, from the 4th Light
Dragoons, to be Captain, vice F. J. S. Lindesay, who
exchanges.
25th Foot—Capt. Thomas- Rowland, from the Military
Train, to be Captain, vice Win.' Robert Goodall, who
exchanges.
35th Foot—Lieuf. 'Wm: Henry Ballingall to be Captain,
without purchasei9eice Bickerstaff, deceased.
60th Foot—Brevet-Major C. H. Spencer Churchill, from
the Rifle Brigade, to be. Captain, vice Henry James
Robertson, who exchanges.
68th Foot—Lieutenant John Nolan, from the 75th Foot,
' to be Lieutenant, vice Brocas, who exchanges.
75th Foot— Lieutenant Reginald Broca.% from the 68th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Nolan, who exchanges.
79th Foot—Lieut. George Thomas Scovell to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Cuninghame, who retires ; Ensign
Arthur Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Scovell.
83d Foot—Ensign George William Henry Wardell, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, via() Mainwaring, de-
ceased.
88th Foot —Lieut.-Colonel Edward Herbert Maxwell, from
half-pay unattached, to be Lieut.-Col., without purchase;
Major Edmund Gilliug Maynard, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel E.
H. Maxwell, whose Brevet Rank has been converted
into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th •
Oatober 1854; Captain William Cole Hamilton, from
half-pays Bith to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major E. G.
Maynard, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into
Substantive Rank udder the Royal Warrant of 6th Oc-
tober, 1854.

97th Foot—Lieutenant Eugene Sherwood, from the Mili-
tary Train, to be Lieutenant, vice Wentworth Dawes,
who exchanges; Surgeon Daniel Paterson Barry, M.D.,
from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cross, appointed
to the 13th Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Macdonnell, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase; Major and Brevet Lieut.• Colonel William
Augustus Fyers, from half-pay 'Unattached, to be Mdjm-,
vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Alex. Macdonell, whose Br.-
vet Rank has been converted into Substantive lark,
under the R yal Warrant of 6th October, ;
Captain Charles William Earle, from half-pay Rifle
Brigade, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
W. A. Fyers, promoted to the Substantive Rank of
Major, under the _Royal 'Warrant of Oot 6, 154 ;
Captain Henry James Robertson, from the 60th Foot,
•to be Captain, vice C. H. Spencer Churchill, who ex-
changes.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Richard Alexander
Skues to be Lieutenant,without purchase, vice James,.n,
appointed Paymaster of the 29th Foot ; F. W. J. Dug-
more, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Skues.
UNATTACHED.

The undermentioned eilic,.irs to have their Brevet Rink
converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Wm-
rant of 6th October, .854 :

Major and Brovet-Lieutenant-Culonel Alex. Macd onnell
of the Rifle Brigade.

Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ed ward Herbert
Maxwell, of the 88th Foot.
Captain and Prevet-Major Edmund Gilling Maynard, of
the 88th Foot.

The undermentioned officers to have the substantive
rank of Major, under the Royal warrant of 6th of October,
18:54:

Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Augustus
Fyers, of the Rifle Brigade.
Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. H. Clifton,
upon half-pay unattached.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class—Sfaff-Surgeons
George William Powell, from half-pay; John Coghlan
Haverty, from half-pay.
BREVET.

Tho undermentioned officer havin4 completed three
years' actual service, on the Ist June 1357, in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to bo promoted to be Colonel in the
Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1.54 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dalrymple White, C. 8., 6th
Dragoons.