The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-02 00:00:00

KENT.

W. Mynn, Esq., run out ... ... 8 c Haygarth, b Yonge 0
Captain Knight, run out
W. Banks, Esq., b Yonge
N. Felix, Esq., b Denison
E. Swann, Esq , b Denison ...... ... 12 lb m, b ditto
C. G. Whittaker, Esq,, run out,,, 35 not out
Captain Wood, b Bathurst .... ..... 2 not out...
C. Harenc, Esq., b Bathurst l7 run out
E. Banks, E:q., not out
F. Gale, Esq., b Bathurst... l3
F. Parker, Esq., b Yonge 3
Byes 8, wide (Lautour) 2 .....

tour 4, Craven 1,
Bathurst 1) 6, no
ball (Craven 1) 1 24

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ENGLAND.
A. Haygarth, Esq., b Parker 12 Sir F. Bathurst, b Parker ... 7
T. Craven, Esq., c Harenc, b W. Denison, Esq , not out ... 0
Whittaker
C. Gordon, Esq., b ditto 3 Harenc
Capt. Lautour, b Parker 4 Byes 19, wide (Parker 12,
E. M. Dewing, Esq., 1 b w, b Whittaker 6, Harenc I,
Whittaker
it. Kynaston, Esq., b ditto
It. Seddon, Esq., b w Banks .. 13
W. Nicholson, Eq., 1 b w, b
Harelic
It should be added that the viol
vented good fielding on many
sumed this morning at eleven o'cl

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Bence of the wind completely pre.
occasions. The match was re.
Lock.

REPORT OF THE TITHE COM-
MISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
Tithe Commission-office, May 31 and June 18.
Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the progress of
the commutation of tithes in England and Wales to the
close of the year 1844.
We have received notices that voluntary proceedings
have commenced in 9,594 tithe districts; of these notices
39 were received during the year 1344.
We have received 6,964 agreements, and confirmed
6,616 ; of these, 87 have been received, and 121 con-
firmed during the year 1844.
4,545 notices fur making awards have been issued, of
which 674 were issued during the year 1844.
We have received .=',324 draughts of compulsory
awards, and confirmed 2,821 ; of these 643 have been
received, and 646 confirmed during the year 1841.
We have received 8.338 apportionments, and confirmed
7,919 ; and of these 813 hare been received, and 1,034
confirmed during the year 1844.
In 9,437 tithe districts, as will be seen from the above
statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid have been
finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed
awards.

We have in cur possession voluntary agreements and
draughts of awards, as yet unconfirmed, which will in-
clude 851 additional tithe districts ; and make a total,
when completed, of 10,288 districts in which the tithes
are commuted.

We have to repeat our regret that no decision has
been given on the disputed points arising out of the sta-
tute:of the 2d and 3d of William IV., c. 100, commonly
called Lord Tenterden's Act.

In the numerous cases which must be determined by
the final interpretation of that Act we are at present
unable to proceed with any confidence i❑ our own deci-
sions, or any hope that such decisions will be ac-
quiesced in by the parties, or confirmed by the courts.
This difficulty, of which we pointed out the exist-
ence and the consequences in our last report, becomes
of course of more urgent importance as our labours in
other respects draw nearer to their close.
The disputes which existed as to the recovery of rent-
charges due from railroads have been removed by a clause
of the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 85.
On the other points recommended for legislation we
have found no reason to alter our opinion.
We are glad to be able to state that the power we now
possess of legalising exchanges of glebe lands and ex-
changes of rent-charges for a limited portion of land are
found extensively useful.
We venture to recommend, that before the Tithe
Commission expires, similar power, perhaps slightly mo-
dified, should be invested in some permanent public
body. The superintendence of the operation is attended
by very little labour or difficulty.
We have the honour to be, Sir,
Your faithful and obedient servants,
W. BLAAHRE,
T. WENTWORTH BULLER,

R. JONES. - -----
To the Right Hon. Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart., &c.

REMEDIES FOR THE PREVALENT DISTEMPER
AMONGST Carne.—An old farmer says that he lost several cattle
before adopting the following method, but since, every one re-
covers that is attacked :—As soon as the distemper appears, sepa.
rate the sound cattle from those affected ; neither let hay, litter,
nor vessels used by the sick come near the sound cattle ; also keep
them away from the dung of the sick; give the sick cows warm
water to drink, with a very little ammonia, and a handful or two
of salt in it ; let them have plenty of air and exercise, but don't
allow them to stand in a draft or current of air ; it will be all the
better if tar is put in their shippon ; they must have no gruel or
soft hay ; good wiry hay is best as food for them, and an occasional
mash ; they must have no clothes on. If the hoofs are bad, dress
them with rectified spirits of tar. By timely attention to the above
plan of treatment, no cattle need be lost—Ross-shire Advertiser.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, OLD KENT-
ROAD.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the governors of this
institution, which was established for the reception of decayed
members to the trade, who are aged and infirm, and their widows,
was held in the Bridge.house Hotel, London bridge; Mr. Wallis
in the chair. The report stated that the institution was progress.
ing most successfully. At the late dinner 2,400/. was subscribed,
including 1471. from J. Goding, Esq , who presided, and his esta.
blishmcnt. The several brewers of the metropolis subscribed 20
guineas each. The funded property amounted to 6,565/. 10s. Sd.
Three per Cent. Consols, and 6171. 6s. Three per Cent. Reduced
Annuities, which realised 209/ 4s. a year. At the last election
five inmates were elected from forty.five candidates, and a fancy
fair was getting up on a large scale in aid of the funds. The re-
port spoke most gratefully of the exertions of the board of manage-
ment and out-door committee. On the motion of Mr. Gaines,
seconded by Mr. Proctor, the report was adopted. After which a
long discussion ensued on the propriety •f building twelve houses
in addition to the 103 dwellings at present erected on the grounds
of the asylum. It was the unanimous opinion of the governors
that they should increase those dwellings as soon as their funds,
and the increased comforts of the present recipients of the charity's
bounty, enabled them so to do. Thanks were then voted to the
chairman, and the meeting separated.

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HER MAJESTY'S NEW STATE YACllT.—Yesterday
the Lords of the Admiralty, together with Captain Hamilton, their
Secretary, Slr F. CoLier, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and a dis-
tinguished party, inspected her Majesty's new state yacht, the
Fairy, now lying in the East Ind.a Dock, where she has been for
some time past completing her fittings, preparatory to her Majesty's
proposed continental trip. After examining minutely the internal
arrangements of the vessel, the visitors expressed themselves highly
satisfied; amd in fact the only complaint we have heard respecting
the Fairy is that the accommodations for her crew are not so good
as they might be.

15AR1211 OF ST. MARY, LAMBETIL—Last night, a
vestry meeting of the inhabitant ratepayers of this extensive parish
was held, to take into consideration the result of an interview and
communications had by a deputation, appointed at a
vestry held in
January last, with the Poor-law Commissioners, on the subject of
the parish being divided into wards for the election of guardians.
On the motion of Mr. Wiles, the following resolution was unatii-
mously agreed to :—" That it is the opinion of the parishioners of
Lambeth, in vestry assembled, it is expedient, desirable, and in
every way calculated to promote the best interests of the poor and
the ratepayers, that the parish should be immediately divided into
wards for the election of guardians, agreeably to the scheme sub_
mitted to the Poor-law Commissioners, dated May 15, 1845, by the
The scheme for the
separationßoard of Churchwardens utrhc wpaarrdi s
intoa nd
viOavredrss Overseers."
s stated as follows :—The
Bishop's Liberty, three guardians, 73." so
population; Prince's
Liberty, four guardians, 24,400 population ; Marsh and Wall,
seven guardians, 34,400 population ; Out Liberty, six guardians
44,000 population.
Ott Sunday morning last, upon the congregation
assembling at the Independent Chapel, Swansea, they found the
doors fastened wi'h a padlock, which had been put on by five indi-
viduals of the church, who disagreed with their preacher as to
certain points of doctrine, and were, moreover, averse to him be-
cause lie will a teetotaller.-13ristol Journal.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
Tuts-DAY, JULY 1.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway),—Third
reading, Thursday, July 3.
Glasgow Junction Railway,—Third reading, Thursday,
July 3.
Norwich and Brandon Deviation and Diss and. Derehant
Branches Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3.
Manchester and Leeds Railway,—Third reading, Thurs-
day, July 3.
St. Helen's Canal and Railway,—Third reading, Thursday,
July 3.
Aberdare Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3.
Th

le York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate
Branch) Bill,—Lords' Amendments agreed to.

REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP

K OF RAILWAYS.
DISS, BECCLES, AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY BILL.
Viscount Sandon reported from the Select Committee on
group K of railways, that, in the case of the Dies, Beccles,
and Yarmouth Railway Bill, they had proceeded to examine
the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, when
the promoters intimated to the Committee that it was their
desire to withdraw the Bill.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
GROUP TT OF RAILWAY .BILLS.
GREENWICH COLLIERY RAILWAY BILL.
Mr. Pringle reported from the Select Committee on group
TT of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the
Greenwich Colliery Railway Bill, together with the report id
time Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that, in the case
t,f the said 13i11, time agents had attended and stated that it
was their intention to apply to the house fur leave to with-
draw the Bill, and they therefore tendered no evidence to the
Committee thereupon.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1.
RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE LiOUSE.

Lord HATHERTON agreed with his Noble Friend op-
posite (Lord Wicklow) that it was better to proceed by Bill
than by resolutions. The difference that would arise in pro-
ceeding by these methods was this. By adopting the resolu-
tions, the House would have to go through the same trouble-
some, tedious, and expensive forms with every one of the Bills,
as at present. By proceeding by Bill, their Lordships could
commence, in the next session, at exactly the same stage where
the Bill was left off. He did not think that they were alto—
gether without precedent in adopting such a course, for in
Divorce Bills, if he was not mistaken, a similar proceeding had
taken place.
Lord CAMPBELL was in favour of proceeding by Bill,
instead of by resolution. The real object to be obtained was
to provide that any railway Bill before the House should be
treated as if the House had only been adjourned, not proroguecL
In fact, to consider the two sessions as only one, as far as this
class of Bills was concerned.
Lord BROUGHAM said that, at present, whether they
should proceed by resolution or Bill was not the real question.
It was as to the principle which the Committee had recom-
mended in the resolutions now before the House relative to
giving Bills the benefit next session of awy progress they might
have made iu the present. He did not, however, believe it
was possible to draw up a Bill sufficiently intelligible to meet
the case.

Lord WICKLOW briefly explained the reason why be
thought the course by Bill was preferable to proce,!:Aing by re-
solution.

Lord BROUGHAM said there was no precedent for pro-
ceeding by Bill in such cases. On the other hand, the House
had proceeded by resolution in 1817 and in 1831, under some-
what analogous circumstances.
Lord STANLEY said the resolutions would only apply to
Bills that stood exactly in the same position the next session
as they did at the period of rising in the present. If any altera-
tion was made in the Bill it would deprive them of the proposed
benefit.
Lodi BROUGHANI said this matter had been fully consi•
dered in Committee, and it was there the general Opinion,
after mature examination, that no Bills but those which re-
mained exactly the same., without amendment, should have the
benefit of the rani ut;:ons.

Lord RLDES,DAIE, as one of the Committee, defended
the view advanced by the Noble and Learned Lord. He ob-
jec';'Z•a to proceeding by Bill.
Lord HASTINGS argued that the resolutions infringed upon
the prerogative of the Crown, and, in his opinion, they ought
to proceed with this matter by enactment instead of resolutions.
He could not conceive it possible that there could be any
difficulty in adopting this suggestion.
Lord BROUGHANI had never heard anybody express him-
self with more entire ignorance of the subject.—(Laughter. )
He quite agreed with the Noble Lord that their course would
be unconstitutional if the resolutions should have the effect of
passing the Bills, but they would only allow Bills to pass
through the Standing Orders Committee, which had been
stopped short in the House of Commons by the termination of
the present session. In a word, the object of the resolutions
was to enable the preliminary notices of those Bills which had
been given in 1844 to serve for 1845.
Lord REDESDALE thought that his Noble and Learned
Friend was in error respecting the orders of the House. The
House had the entire controul of its own orders, and these were
frequently set aside to facilitate the passing of a Bill in one
night.
Lord COTTENHAM said it was not necessary for their
Lordships to pass any new regulations respecting Bills sent up
from the House of Commons.

After a few words from Lord ASHBURTON,
The LORD CHANCELLOR said that any Bill which
came up from,the House of Commons would be received by their
Lordships as a matter of course. Their Lordships could not
decide upon any course, until they saw what resolutions the
Commons might pass. He, however, agreed with his Noble
and Learned Friend, that their Lordships should proceed by
resolution, and not by Bill.
Lord BROUGHAM said, the Bills to which his resolu-
tions related must commence in the House of Commons. But
that House was waiting to see what their Lordships would
do. The Commons would continue doubting, as to their
own resolutions, until they saw how their Lordships were re-
solved.—(A laugh. )
The resolutions were then agreed to.
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY BILL.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this
Bill.

Lord BROUGHAM observed that he thought it hardly
worth while to pass a Bill of this nature. If an action of tres-
pass had been brought in the case which gave rise to this Bill
(the injury to the Portland vase,) the person who was guilty
of the offence would have been quite sufficiently punished.
Lord CAMPBELL would be sorry to see the penal code
extended, but he believed the public was shocked to find that
no punishment could be awarded for such an outrage as that to
the Portland vase. He reminded his Noble and Learned
Friend (Lord Brougham) that this was not a civil injury, for
which the recovery of damages was a sufficient recompense,
but a crime which ought to be punished.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—As he read the Bill, a per-
son who broke the finger of a plaster of Paris cast exposed
for sale in a shop window, might be imprisoned for two years.
That was too severe.

Lord BROUGHAM hoped this was a House of Lords'
Bill.—( Some Noble Lords said " No.") Well, he was really
ashamed to see that the House of Commons sent up a Bill pro-
viding that a person found guilty of the offence charged, !night
be imprisoned, with hard labour or without, for such a period
as two years.
Lord CAMPBELL—Why, this Bill was introduced in the
other House by the Solicitor• General ; and it was a somewhat
strange course that his Noble and Learned Friend on the wool-
sack should endeavour to throw a slur on it.

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The LORD CHANCELLOR—It was new modelled under
the superintendence of his Noble Friend ( Lord Wharncliffe). He
thought that the punishment should be restricted to six
months' imprisonment with hard labour, or with private whip-
ping, but not both. Surely that punishment was quite enough.
This amendment was agreed to, and the Bill was read a
third time.

The West India Relief Bill went through Committee.
DOG STEALING.

The Duke of BEAUFORT moved that the Dog Stealing
Bill be read a first time. The motion was agreed to, and
the Bill ordered to be read a second time on Monday next.
CORN FROM CANADA.

The Duke of RICHMOND—His Noble Friend the Secre-
tary for the Colonies had said some time back that it was im-
possible to state what quantity of corn came from the United
States to Canada, as no return had been received from that
country. He wished to know if the return had been received
since, and if so, when it would be produced ?
Lord STANLEY promised to make inquiries, and if the
return had been received, he should not have the slightest ob-
jection to produce it.
Their Lordships then adjourned to Thursday.

ROUSE OF COMMONS. July I.
REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD OF SERVICE IN

THE ARMY.

Captain LAYARD, according to notice, moved—" That an
humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she
will be pleased to direct inquiry to be made how tar the reduc-
tion of the period of service in the army, from the present un-
limited term to ten years, would tend to procure a better class
of recruits, diminish desertion, and thus add to the efficiency of
the service." He would ask, not only the indulgence of the
House, but its kind attention, while he detailed to the House the
immense amount of crime, and particularly that of desertion,
which existed at this period, and which would be prevented by
the institution of this inquiry. He wiahod to bring it forward, as
much as possible for the benefit of the army to which this
country owed so much. He weuld now read, from the same
document, a list of the number of desertions that had taken
place from the British army in Greet Britain, in the last three
years ; they were as follows :—ln the year 1842 the
desertions amounted to '2,154; in 1843, to 1,432; and,
in 1844, to 1,592; making a total of 5,208, of which
2,086 had been retaken, or rejoined. In Ireland
the desertions had been as follows : —ln the year 1842 the de-
sertions amounted to 631 ; in 1843, to 426 ; in 1844, to 518,
making a total of desertions in Ireland of 1,594 in three years,
of whom 1,159 were either retaken or rejoined; or, making a
grand total of Great Britain and Ireland, of 7,537, from which,
however, were to be deducted 4,638, as those who had been
retaken or had rejoined. But still that left 2,899 men who
were still not forthcoming ; and if he had no other argument to
mh.eyawrmasy.
support his case, this alone would be sufficient to warrant him
in bringing forward this motion. The same return showed
that 28,190 men had been imprisoned in the same period ;
.but
of course many of those were persons who had been im-
ymeatr!lheinart
prisoned several times ; and he had heard of one instance
where a man who had been but sicx.omrpsteavinetn
of
were under. the impression
had spent the greater part of that . time in prison...—
and few, indeed, listed from
that(La u gy ho tuenr
g. )
eTnh greatevrh o
e n causeter
ed
a love for the service, but. from distress, or from
that they entered for. life;
having had a quarrel with their families. The Honourable
and Gallant Member then read an extract from a
work on the army, which gave many instr.nces of the
grievances soldiers laboured under, and the artifices resorted to
by parents to prevent their sons enlisting. The Hon. Member
fbeya rtihneg
ahsesri s
tsaonn
ewe oouf I dh
ocradrrayu
ghhi st
etrh rbeoaut
nodf
le, enlistment
then quoted a case from the United Service Gazette, where
in
im,
in twoaoemf is
taeanette of intoxication, and chopped off the thumb of his
right hand. The ratio of suicide in the army was at the rate
of 1 in 20, and could the House wonder at the despair which
would prompt the men to such acts, when it considered the
number of years for which they were retained in the army?
hy, he did not believe that any general in that House—no,
nor any Secretary of State, would undertake the duties of his
post, it he thought he would be compelled to remain there for
ever !—(Loud laughter.) How much, then, should they pity.
the man who, destined to toil and hardships, was
elated by no hopes of its termination or relief ?
From these large numbers it might well be supposed that there
would be a great deficiency, but it was well known that though
the strength of each regiment was nominally 1,01:0 men, the
real number authorised to be borne on the books was 1,100;
and in the army at home the recruiting-sergeants were autho-
rised to enlist thirty men more than the complement of the
corps. Most men whose term of service had nearly expired,
might be retained in the depots, whilst the young men might
be sent on foreign service. By the rules of the service, it wasestablished that there should be pensions according to the
length of service. To those who had served the longest time
there was to be a pension of 7s. a week, but there was
equalisation of pension according to the rate of service fol.