The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

DELHI NOT FALLEN.

Lord Clarendon has favoured us with the follow-
ing telegraphic despatch, received this afternoon
at the Foreign office, at 5.26 p.m. :
(Copy.)

From Vice-Consul Raven, dated Trieste,
Wednesday, Noon, Aug. 12.
To Sir James Melville.

BOMBAY, JULY 14.

From Captain Johnson.
ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 7.

Delhi bad not fallen up to June 27. There
bad been a good deal of fighting outside the
Fort walls.
The rebels were repulsed with loss on every
occasion.

General Van Courtland, marching upon Thansi
and Hissar, had two engagements w:th the rebels
near Sirsa. The •rebels fled in disorder, leving
two hundred dead on the field, besides prisoners.
Punjaub remains quiet.
Gen. Woodburn's columns crushed the rebellion
at .A urungabad.

Intelligence has been received of the mutiny of
the troops at IVlorandabad, Tyrabad, Sectopore,
Sangor, Nowgong, Bandar, Futtyghur, Mhow,
and Indore.

The Governors of the provinces are at their re
spective seats.

The Money Market is in a very unsettled state.
Money is difficult to be had on any terms.
Government Securities had given way cowl-
d.eral)ly.
The Import Market was very quiet. Business
done to a moderate extent.
Freights advanced a little.
First batch of China troops arrived in Calcutta,
per Simoom, about the 2d of July.
Calcutta—Exchange on tnglancl,
(Signed) RAVEN.

READING RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELBGRAPH.)
EASTHA.MPSTEA.D STAKES.
Flying Englishman
Alembic
Eight ran.
NURSERY PLATE.
Yaller Gill, by Woolwich
Apollo
Rose of Cashmere colt
Eight ran.
BERKSHIRE STAKES.

Hobgoblin
Odd Trick

Eleven ran.

EVIPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' Amendments to the Herne Bay and
Feversham Railway Bile were consideredand agreed to.

NEW MEMBER,

C tptain HAMILTON took the oaths and his seat for
Falkirk Burghs, in the room of Mr. Merry, unseated on
petition.

RETURNS.

On the motion of Mr. C. FOSTER, the usual annua
returns of Divisions of the "louse, Select Committee 2,
and Private Bilis, were ordered.

SMOKE NUISANCE (SCOTLAND) ABATEMEN'

BILL.

Oa the motion that the bill A 3 amended be con

sidered,

Mr. BUCHANAN opposed the bill on representations
that bad been made to him that its operation wouli
materially interfere with the manufactures of Scotland,
By the hill the great aggressors would escape its penal-
ties, while the smaller ones would ba caught in its
meshes. He moved the further consideration of the
bill till this day three months.

Mr. KINN AIRD expressed his surprise at the
motion of the honourable member for Glasgow at
this stage of the bill. In London, where every branch
of manufacture was carried on, a similar act had been in
operation for some time, and had been found to work
well, both for• the manufacturer and the public gene-
rally. This bill had been for a considerable time before
the people of Scotland, yet not one petition had been
presented against it. He expressed his regret at any
exceptions having been introduced into the bill, but he
felt certain that in a year or two hence, the p rsons
engaged in the trades excepted would apply to be
brought within its provision. He opposed the motion.
The amendment was negatived without a division.
The bill, as amended, was then considered.

Mr. BUG aANAN moved the substitution of the
words " 200 yards" for " a quarter of a mile" in refer.
ence to the distance of factcries from a town to be ex-
empted from the operations of the bill.
Mr. KINNAIRD opposed it.
The house then divided. The numbers were—
Fur the amendment..
Against it
Majority
The amendment was consequently negatived.
The bill as amended was then ordered t,) be read a
third time to-morrow.

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SALE OF OBSCENE BOOKS, &c. PREVENTIVE

BILL,

The house went into committee on this bill and the
clauses were agreed to.

Sir E. PERRY proposed to bring up a clause to
exempt Scotland from the operations cf the bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK protested against proceeding with
the bill in such indecent haste. If the bill was good for
England, it was equally good for Scotland ; but a more
preposterous piece of legislation was never sent down
from the House of Lords, and that was saying a good
deal. It was an attempt to make people virtuous by
act of Parliament, and he was afraid it would be made
use of to establish a sort of magisterial inquisition.
Sir G. GREY supported the bill, observing that it
was brought in by the Lord Chief Justice t 3 correct an
abuse which bad come under his own eye.
M. ROEBUCK called attention to the celebrated
classical works which would come within the category
of works calculated to Excite the passions of youth, and
asked where a line of prohibition could be drawn. They
should depend upon the honest, upright feeling of the
country to put an end to the evil, and in that way more
would be done than by all their inquisitorial acts.
Mr. AYRTON had given notice of,an amendment
to the mover of the bill, whose approbation it had met
with, and he was surprised to find that the bill was
about to be reported without it.
Sir G. GREY suggested the withdrawal of the clause,
leaving it to the Lord Advocate to introduce a clause
at a future day applicable to Scotland.
Sir E. PERRY consented to withdraw his amendment
on that understanding.
Mr. NAPIER gave his cordial support to the bill.
After some discussion, in which Mr. M. Milnes, Mr.
Melina, Sir E. Perry, and other hon. members took
part,
Mr. LOCKE said that the word " exhibition" in the
clause was a dangerous thing, and might be applied to
persons showing a friend a picture, &c. If it was to
be applied only to a public exhibition, for money, care
should be taken to guard the innocent portion of the
public against the police acting beyond their duty.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re-
minded the committee that the question was whether Scot.
land should remain in the bill. It would be better for the
house to consider that point only, and reserve the other
matters for consileration till another stage of the bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK alluded to the existence of gamb-
ling-houses and houses of ill-fame. The latter were to
be found in the best streets of London, and if they were
impotent in putting down houses of ill-fame, he thought
they would be found equally so in putting down the
publication of obscene books, &c. Would any hon. mew-
her dare to say that houses of ili-fame were not as
objectionable as the publications referred to. Some
persons considered naked statues indecent, and he was
inclined to believe with Swift, " the nicest people have
the nastiest ideas." Maoy, he said, believed these
statues to be indecent, especially those representing the
female figure, and he had heard persons complain of the
Greek slave, but he should have thought that persons
could have looked upon it as cool as the marble itself,
but it appeared there were many hot and prurient
people who looked upon it otherwise, and went so far
as to state that all nude figures should be destroyed or
covered with aprons,. The Venus and Adonis in the
canting
National Gallery, might under this bill be considered as
useless to erect buildings
an obscene production, and any hypocritical
Nothing would, there•
justice cause csaaufes,esintds
itd ewstoruulcdtiboen.
for their reception.
After some discussion, on the suggestion of Sir G,
GREY the bill passed through committee pro forma, on
the understanding that it should be recommitted for
further discussion.

SUPPLY.
Mr. FITZROY brought up the report of supply

which was agreed to,after some remarks, relative to
Pimlico improvements.

MILITIA.
Sir J. RAMSDEN obtained leave to bring in a bill
o defray the expenses of the pay, clothing, and other
xpenses of the disembodied militia in Great Britain and
Ireland.

WAYS AND MEANS.

On the motion for the house going into committee on
ways and means,

Mr, WISE asked what course the Government in-
tended to take with reference to the 2,0001. that bad
been paid for a chapel in Paris after the house had re-
jected the vote of 10,5001. fir its purchase.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he had not been able to communicate with Lord
Cowley on the subject, and was enable to answer the
question.