The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-17 00:00:00

OF PRIVILEGE.

The Earl EGLINTON called the attention of
the House to a petition complaining, of the mode in
which signatures had teen obtained" in Liverpool to
petitions rczainst the Bill introduced for the purpose of
giving a better supply of water to Liverpool. His
Lordship referred to the statements of several persons to
show that a great number of fictitious names had been
added to those petitions, and that several indi-
viduals had been employed to go about the
town to procure signature. His Lordship, after
ahud-
i ng to the serious nature of the proceeding in question,
moved that Mr. Joseph Byrne, Mr. Joseph Hind, and
Mr. Duncan M'Arthur should be callal before the bar
of their Lordships' House.
Lord LANSDOWNE thought the House was much
indebted to the Noble Lord for bringing the subject
under its attention, as there was no greater abuse of its
privilege; than that of forging names to petitions. and
he should cordi,illy sccond she motifar of the Noble Lord.
After a few ws.rds !rum Lord MONTEACLE and Lord
STAY:LEY, the motive was k;reed to, and the three par-
ties mentioned above were ordend to be brought to the
bar on Friday next.
ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL._

On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE,
tbo report on this BO was agreed to.
On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE the Muni-
cipal Corpota,tioes (Ireland) Bill wai read a third tame
and passed.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE gave notice that on the third

reading of the Factories Bill hi 3 Noble Friend (the Earl
of 11..rowhy, a.; we understood) would move the inser-
tion Of the clause which ho had on the preceding even-
ina moved in Committee.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, July 16.
MERCANTILE MARINE BILL
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Clause 55, which provides fur the prover and conve-
nient construction and ventilation of the sailors' berths,
was agreed to liner a s`)ort desultory conversation, as
were also clauses 56 and 57.
Clauses 53 and 59, which provide for the keeping an
efficient stock of good medicine on board each ship for
the use of the sailors, were also• agreed to.
Clauses 60 and 61, providing for a certain space being
allowed to each berth on board ship, were agreed to.
The House then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN re-
ported progress and asked leave to sit again.
ADJOURNSIEN r OF THE HOUSE—THE LATE
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.
Mr. SCOTT moved that the House should now ad.
journ until to-morrow as a mark of respect to the de-
parted worth of the late Duke of Cambridge.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE said that he would have wished
that some intimation had been given by the Hon. Mem-
ber of his intention to move this ; however, he thought
it would be better to postpone the motion until five
o'clock, when there would be a larger House.
Mr. SCOTT, however, intimating his unwillingness
to accede to this proposition, the House ultimately ad-
journed until to-morrow at Twelve.

FALL OF A GLASS-HOUSE CHIMNEY
AND LOSS OF TWO LIVES.
(From the Newcastle Journal.)
A serious occurrence took place yesterday after-
noon at Mr. Price's Glass Works, in Pipewelgate,
Gateshead, the large furnace chimney, or " cone,"
as it is termed, having fallen, burying two men in
the ruins, and several others having had a very nar-
row escape. The accident occurred at a few minutes
past four o'clock, just after the glass-blowers, be-
teen 50 and 60 in number, who had been " setting
the pots," bad left the premises, otherwise the de-
struction of life would have been much more ap-
palling than it is, for nearly the whole of these men
were employed in the furnace-room, on the ground
floor, into which the entire mass of buildings were
precipitated. The " cone" or chimney rose from
the cenre of the furnace-room, over which the cutting
room and joiners' shops were built, the former being on
the east side of the chimney, and the latter on the west
side, completely surrounding and partially sustained
by it, so that when the chimney fell it brought
down the whole of thee buildings with it. There
were, it appears, about a dozen men and boys in the
joiners' shop and cutting-room, and so little warning
wie,given that it is astonishing how any of them
escaped ; those that did escape rushed through the
engia\rs' room and the offices next the river. The
two titer who are killed took the opposite direction,
'37adaelvtlef buried among the falling materials. The
the sufferers are William Whiteman, a
joimittpged 51, who his left a wife and six ditch= ;