The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-21 00:00:00

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Both Housesll77;s the brief holidays,
not again, we presume, to take breath till her Majesty
prorogues them.
The Lords only received a few petitions, one of which,
presented by Lord Sydney, from Lord Townshend, pray-
ing the interference of their Lordships on account of some
person having taken his seat in the House of Commons
as Earl of Leicester, the second title of the Marquis of
Townshend, was referred to a Committee of Privileges.
Their Lordships adjourned till Monday.
In the Commons Sir Robert Peel, in reply to Major
Vivian, said he had witnessed an experiment made by
Capt. Warner (the celebrated Thunder and Lightning
inventor, in favour of whom the Times, from brotherly
love, said so much two years ago), which was successful,
and the Government had made an offer to Capt. Warner
for his secret, but the purchase had not been completed.
In reply to Mr. C. Buller, and in defiance of a great
anxiety professed by Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Cochrane to
clear their conduct, Sir Robert Peel refused to allow him
precedence with Mr. Warburton's petition. Sir Robert
moved for a Committee of Supply. On that motion se-
veral questions were asked.
To Mr. 0. Stanley Sir J. Graham replied that he
had heard nothing of uniting North Shropshire to North
Wales circuit.

To Lord Palmerston Sir R. Peel replied that he had
lately seen an additional Report on the boundary ques-
tion, and as soon as the plans and appendix were com-
pleted, it would be laid before tke House.
To an Honourable Member Lord Eliot admitted that
serious outrages had recently been committed in the north
of Tipperary, which the Noble Lord attributed to a defect
in the law prohibiting the peasantry to have arms.
The House went into a Committee of Supply, and
voted the Ordnance Estimates. Captain Boldero on
moving them stated, that the loss by the destruction of
the Tower was not above 128,0001., including the build-
ing, which, it seems, was in so bad a condition as to be
worthless. There were 94,000 stand of arms in it ;
4,000 stand were saved ; and 12,000 were, before the
fire, good for nothing. The chief loss was 78,000 stand
of good arms. A considerable number of votes for the
Ordnance, and for the Navy, were agreed to without
much discussion.

The Report on the Colonial Passengers Bill was re-
considered, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time
on Friday next.
The Pentonville Prison Bill was read a third time.

The Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bill went
through a Committee, after some observations had been
made about the Tories doing that very thing, touching
Church property, they had been outrageously violent
against the Whigs for proposing.
The Merchants and Factors Bill also went through a
Committee. _ _

On the motion of Mr. Roebuck, the Bribery Preven-
tion Bill, which came down from the Lords, was read a
first time. The Hon. Member said, he thought it might
supersede the necessity for his Indemnity Bill.
Sir J. Graham obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
amend the Tithe Commutation Act.

At a Quarter past Eleven the House adjourned.
__ MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.

The city of Hamburgh has several times suffered at former
periods from extensive inundations. In 1510 the Elbe over-
flowed it, and damaged it to the extent of 5,000,000 of marks ;
in 1771 a like calamity destroyed merchandise and property of
nearly 8,000,000 marks value ; and in 1790 the river rose to
the height of 20 feet, occasioning incalculable loss and many
lives.