The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-02 00:00:00

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r the houses of certain persons. Among others, the •as
the house of a Mr. Hell, which was forciblyo * cersd by
an officer and a part y of Austrian troops, wh remainudlo
the house for several hours, and when wines were brought
into the house for the soldiers, the house was
broken
into and plundered of everything from cellar to garret,
and the furniture was carried away i ehealder
loads. That was done at the houses of Mr'
Hall, and the houses of a widow lady and ethers'
each of those houses being visibly marked :
being residences of British subjects. It was for th
losses, acting under proper lega advice, that
amour!
compensation had been demanded. The
of compensation originally claimed had been very 1:0°°:
reduced by a communication which had token 1)1A-v
between her Majesty's Government and the claimants,
and the total amount now claimed was about 1,00/.
REPORT ON PUBLIC SALARIE. ..,
Mr. DISRAELI suggested, inasmuch as 1, the re-
REPORT
port on public salaries -could not be laid on norteeetti
of the House without the evidence, which hau, d
yet been printed, that the report be PrLl:ge
forthwith, and laid on the table, with the understanding
that the evidence should be forthcoming.
The SPEAKER was understood to r the
course could not be adopted, except by an order 0. -
House.
LAND-TAX.
Mr. WODEHOUSP • to the Chancellor
e put a question f her Dice
of the Exchequer
, whether it was the intention o . .e.
jetty's Government to introduce any
of
for the
1 purpose of remedying the inequalities of the
Whichere
Bay that that
1 land-tax, as regards that portion of the tax 1
remains . unredeemed (and which were particular I,
, adverted to by the Chairman of the Board of Wan:
ißevenue, Mr. John Wood, in his evidence befnrefor
1 Committee of the House of Lords in 1846); or
1 amending the present state of the law with regard thtePoi
peals from the Commissioners, by giving a rig
lappeal to one of the superior courts. ~ reolied
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIEQUED -` was
t
t that when the land-tax was first imposed
kiliztgdoten:
paid equally on all the property of the
1 but by lapse of time it had necessarily operated veryso,
i equally. It was not at present the intention of the eve
1 vernment to bring in any measure to remedy the
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THE RANELAGII SEWER. re-
Mr. B. OSBORNE said he had' the other dal P__.
seated a petition from the inhabitants of Chels"' catu-- -
L plaining of this open sewer; and as he understood grit
1 ral cases of cholera had taken lace in the vicinity
e,„
he begged to ask the Noble LoPrd the Member_euri
mofonth(Vi?count Ebrington) whether the Commisßleu
. Sewers intended to close it up?
Viscount
• EBRINGTON replied that the
in the petition respecting this sewer, preSented live
Hon. and Gallant Member, disclosed a state °f t on;
by no means new, as the sewer bad been in its Pre. ee
state for nearly a century past. The Comealestnrinto
Sewers did intend to take off the matter that went bet
this sewer, by diverting it into another chenPe 'ere
they could not adopt the suggestions of the petettor;3o.
ellegatioonse
PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS (IRELtAheNiTre
Lox
iHouse
Sir W. SOMERVILLE appeared at
on to request a conference eel the part of tn
the subject of this Bill, in the Royal Gallery. pa
A considerable number of Hon. elembers were toad
tappointed to meet their Lordships in conferene,
etired for that purpose. the ge°l-
- After an absence of about twenty minutes,
berg of the conference returned, when House tbs/
Sir W. SOMERVILLE reported to the d freer
the
had declared their reasons why they din.° weal
eamendments made in the Bill, and left those r
with their Lordships for their considerstion•
abolish that t.hee
IIC HARBOUR DUES. i stated •
Mr.
.cßhaaeirgeegsatebe!
MACKINNON, in reply to Sir G. FCCAteeljiied , ff,o
vessels entesornimnnhmgittee on harbour dues bad `e-iforeig-
taken that of Dover into consideration.
BARON L. ROTHSCHILD rA JO
Noble '-'- v
Mr. A ' ANSTEY begged leave to ask the lee
d to
the head IbhutontheEynhgalidsbnaont,n all yet. p'
onof the Government whether he intends .ne gee
the table of the House the resolutions reseeentioo of
case of Baron L. Rothschild, and give an op's° ,
their men '
Ding. asked
Lord JOHN RUSSELL repliedthat be Os for
„, rober
a similar question
by the Hon. Baronet the ale sbould
Mar • elebone that morning, and he promised tetheY Meer'
be laid on the table at five o'clock -so that 11°13'dcred,
should have time to c • ' Thei re' f re'
re ,-, . ,
onsider them.
however, great consideration, and were not, 'eeetioe a'
ftuelly prepared 83 yet, but there could be uo queee goo. •
Memberthe nature of them, and he could as tureeire •
they would be sufficient!clear so ea Sn
y
no explanation. ula i •
On
Mr. ANSTEY then gave notice that be Ir° tbila
the elig
cot,
the sense of the House to-morrow en
of Baron Rothschild to take his spat in Pereeeriteisl33 re
The CHANCELLOR of
the EXCH ne4
ply to the same Hon. Gentleman, said h t erge 1 t 1.
t a ace
.
were now going on with the French Goeert
cool
specting the reduction of postage between thi,spsey re;
and France. The French Government bad, airttie othec
duced the rate to Paris, from lOd. to SI, anuelveg- t lig 3
reductions, though not; such an extent ,
perhaps, to
was desirable. lose
Mr. GOULBURN, in referance to the notice g ftethr,
the Hon. Member for You hal, respecting
eel3arf y ,°;;-
child, suggested its postponementg ntil nen-diloto" g
u M. p of
would place the House •in a very embarre o ire
• g s
to-night or to-morrow, so many Members ha vi . 0
left town. „go •
Lord J. RUSSELL ac • , • the obseri, the
madeues by the Right lion. Gentleman
int e
......rovr . of
h ..A:vocld 0'
ee University of Cambrid e
ediegly unfair to b• g , and believed. it _ :de
ring it on until Mender See
j A. jjote
After a few • words from Mr. Hume Mr.. • the bet.
and Sir
Gentle B. Hall, to the same effect, and WV" geel"
Gentleman to postpone his motion, the linn.
consented to postpone it until Monday. do
BREACH OF PRI•VILEGE• "ee W,
Mr. H. BERKELEY called the attention et le. 10 tet;
self. object
to a subject which personal! • concerned bite
ropen of his speech a few evenings ago, on /13:iegi Dot
of the yeomanry, he was made to eek dloPareseeesd nee
the West Somersetshire Yeomanry,sP !though ' of `"°
mentionedN, one word of that ee sa. Ile sPatVe %Vets."
neh Somersetshire Yeomanry, Pnd not of , t), co 01; •
but the adjutant of the latter published a a let'e„,"ediste'd
dietingwrote his statement. He (Mr. Berkeley) e.
the a letter in reply, stating that be never Pc fifetoollei
corps at all; but in the nines of that dt‘je i
abusive and blackguard letter—(Laughter, o.flodifidea„;
" Order, order")—appeared from the Wee id toed tu
The
House would not think the terms he na
strong, I use
when he read the publicat* n. og
was offensive
JOHN MANNERS said° that suelYtte 01.
and unparliamentary, and On' •
Gentle pre'
man was out of order. e% (
. Mr. BERKELEY said he would withdraw thcwriter "7
$ sthioenas it was considered an offensive one, but 111. kir!'
letter gave him the lie direct, and used irne,olsthe .:11;
the
most offensive terms, as would appear 0'4,00 eel .
lowing:—"t..eo Lately there appeared in your e° he dir'-,i
to" fficial:
Now I must as plainly give bedthe eetelsis
ofMr. Berkele's statement respectieg the aeldeei
the West Somerset regiment of seemanrY c- c 5"
beerl.roble
any case where the members thereof hsee
upon to aid the civil power. Had he taken tbetVerCi
to refer to the statement of the Lord-Lieuteenh", till Do
theman) and Sir George Grey, in 1847, during te,"-001d, er•
hbread riots in this county, be certainlY -„ elite
are had the unblushing impudence so ) hnbed,!"‘
presented. facts. One thing is certainly establisose.oo;
theas imaginative powers of the Hon. Gentleman...oloe to
0 _ inh the recent debate, a total disregard for " oleo
ft at order which generally tends in the 11g ~e teltel
bring odium on the originator, rather than letl,'•l3rl9 0
parties to whom ho referred. With regard to 10014
riots, his statement of the conduct of this, regeeese")
etrr e fiction, as not a single Member on tatocieteleYte
receivedhad
d marching orders." Now he 01r% never,lll„,er
only again to state that heee,e "'-elle
ttioned directly or indirectly the "e." oh te
et h* and althe4telf of
o ire Yeomanry at all,
bresachadvised that the letter was e
riveceegera .
of privilege, and deeply affecting the P, Welled
debate—though
he felt assured, did be brill!' , yet
0 toir
as such, the House would vindicate its prinollo!tt sifhe
declined doing so, and contentedc h• elf 1411 t'
on' 1 0 bar,
that explanation, because he believed that it the e
eeedidtor of the paper who would be brought nePo-ehifigrt
not the writer of the letter. It wee, -eteatef°obe
that that course should be adopted, and 'n -bat 1.- the
therefore,man,, press the matter in that direction, ht feeliee;
of corexpreolott;„
_ e -ho wrote the letter be a man
Pe willused;
sorry for the violent and improper elder)"
hhes but if he be a low ruffian--(1-'nfee or.)0,01
Ati way to treat him was with conteenet•--e- ele 0
r. PINNEY, as one who held a comtnission_oo, t
thew
efficiency and good conduct.
The sub' Jed then dropped. eerf
HUDSON BAY COMPANY' Pi' f
the • °
Mr. GLADSTONE called attention to 0 eiotte el
laid
the enehe table of the House, respecting tbeiterY ieh to
Hudson Bay Company to the immense teTA' vore, r,
now possessed, and which- purported to be It eon of Ilie
ana address to the Crown voted in the last sostToid 0' "he ;)
11
oml ent. He believed the Noble Lord at tbSoty, aqi,or.
CT'ernment most grossly neglected hie "iOO ofieeet. (
_. would take the earliest opportunity neat es
the elle)tiee
liament to call the attention of the House tee /aqui-
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would 104— i,
of his Noble Friend on the subject. , sopPA'.
el
On th t. emo ion for going into Committee eletl ere
~ Colonel VERNER made the felloviing•eged Ilia
„That as the statements contained in thenr' reser ei, .
Nu. 297, and in the petitions before the la' col° , '';'!''
the Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin RailseaY, iltetelOve • •
it
and the proceedings of the Commissioners ncteeritcigo e':
ctosneeern the privileges of this H„se and thehel ode 1, of e',
itheMmbers end officers, that an inquiry ; the
_AI fto '
said printed papers andpetitions,n- te" a (
woe e i,
documents, •
important to the h reholders,o . soo' tag
s a
the offices of this House, ordered bit till° 41 est tl
, • - ~0
the 22d of March last,use, and . else to
Li,e bey
.
to be produced• A, Dew d
measures for the better •nof We • ole 0
protection _ow eel
shareholders, and the carrying out of pu 0 roe
and resol • utions sanctioned by this House s re
fur the said l "
loss. • sr,l
Mr I 111
•A- OUCHERE d the motion, A lige r,
oppose t Cote
were no other
reason, that this was the le _toe 40,
would be sufficient to induce the House to 's eerto'ede
isng,rupon an investigation which must take
that tbe P, ee'
ought not to enter into an examination 01 f the el,
%seen the directors and the shereholdeee °did 6Thclil
pang.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") If tileglegere is of
the Committee would have laid "staten3erhe *
7 'd be the statements and the 'coutiter.un wool
lie
the parties at issue, and that in his °P in'. to the
eats bi
I.l?ere waste of time.—(ileare hear.) ta 003 - te
tions with respect to the ,abstraction 0 81,), tht. tee
the officers of that House, ho had only toile bar ° pot
whole affair had been investigated at t tw° se•
rt 105
House of Lords, who bad in their rep that ~, on'
theslightest ar u 1301.• r
imputation upon any office
~ red t obe
For •
his own pert he indignantly ref:ool°mA etio
putativws.—(tic bor.) 'here way '
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