The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

Sir R. PEEL said he had uo objection to tell the Honourable
Gentleman the course which he meant to pursue; notwithstand-
ing the late hour, he felt it h s duty to proceed immediately to
propose a vote for the China expenses. When that vote was
agreed to,. lie then proposed to go on with tho other votes.
At the same time if any particular vote, like the Syria vote,
were objected' to, in order to have an opportunity of discussion,
he would waive proceeding with that vote.
Mr. WILLIAMS did not know a single•vote, especially in
the Civil Contingencies, to which he should not object.
Mr. DUNCOAIRE gave notice, that when the Rouse went
into Committee of Supply to-morrow, he woad propose that
the votes, with the exception of those for Syria, Canada, and
China, should be given for three months only.
The House then went into Committee.
Sir G. CLERK moved that a Km of 06,566/. should be ap-
plied to defray the expenses of the war in China.
Mr. O'CONNELL wished to remind the Gallant o(Ocer
opposite, that in the early -part cif the session he brought under
attotticn and that c. 4 thoZkAise tine spt 1 WWf-' of the

British soldiery of the Catholic religion in India. He regretted
that no additional assistance had been since afforded to them.
Sir H. HA RDINGE said that the order had been issued by
the late Government, and he was not aware that it had not
been attended to.—The vote was then agreed to.
On the motion that 103,000/. be granted to defray the
expenses of her Majesty's Government in Canada,
Mr. HUME objected to the vote being agreed to until the
estimates were before the House, and he hoped that the item
would be postponed until the necessary information was laid
on the table.
Sir G. GLERK said that the accounts of the past year,
ups which the present estimates were founded, had already
been laid on the table.
Mr. C. BULLER protested against the principle of grant-
ing money for the military expenditure of a colony, without any
specification of the details of that expense. He was satisfied
from his experience, that if the colony had an adequate repre-
sentative Government, it would willingly pay the expenses of
the volunteer corps.—( Hear, hear.) There had been the
greatest jobbing in the payment of the volunteers. He knew of
seventeen regiments within a space of eight miles; and in one
rtgiment there were fifty officers of the same family, although
not of the same name.
After a conversation in which Lord Stanley, Mr. Hume,
Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Jarvis took part, strangers were
ordered to whitdraw. No division took place, the vote being
agreed to without one. On our admission to the gallery,
we found

Sir G. CLERK on his legs, moving another vote.
Mr. WILLIAMS would object to a single ►ote of public
moral taking place after twelve o'clock, if he could get a single
Member to vote with him for reporting progress.
Atter a short discussion, strangers were ordered to with-
draw, and the Hollfe divided upon the question of reporting
progress..

-For the motion 2l
Against it
Alajority against the motion. —l79
On the vote of 10,000/. being proposed for the repairs of
ports and harbours,
Mr. HUME rose and moved that the Chairman report
progress.— (Groans. )
Strangers were again ordered to withdraw, and the House
dividing there appeared—
For the amendment
Against it
. .

Majority against the amendment 166
Dr. BOW RING having, during the absence of the reporters,
again moved that the Chairman do report progress, strangers
ithdrew, and the House divided, when there appeared—
For the adjournment
Against it
Majority
Mr. NAIVE'S said he extremely regretted the course which
was being pursued by his Hon. Friend. Ile thought the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had been most moderate with
respect to motions on that side of the House.—( Hear.)
Mr. SHIEL said the plain effect of the conduct of Hon.
Gentlemen on that side of the House, was to keep gentlemen
in town, who were anxious to go to their country residences.
They rid not all reside in town, like the Hon. Gentleman.
sir R. PEEL said the conduct of Hon. Gentlemen opposite
was calculated very much to injure the public service.—( Hear. )
What was the Hon. Gentleman's purpose? Was his opposition
founded on the lateness of the hour, or on his objection to
supply. If he objected to the supply, the sooner they
fought that battle the better.—( Cheers. ) Nothing should in-
duce him to
;propose a measure of which he disapproved, for
the purpose of going through a Committee of Supply.—( Hear,
hear.) He would be willing to postpone these votes, only on
condition that they should proceed with them on Wednesday
and Friday.

Mr. H '15.111E said that he was as anxious as the Right Hon.
Gentleman to proceed to business, and he had no desire what-
ever to impede the discussion of the supplies, but the public
money ought not to be voted away at such late hours.
Mr. AGLIONBY disclaimed any intention of obstructing
the supplies, but he had always understood the practice of the
House to be that when the progress of the Committee at so
late an hour was objected to, the Government did not
persevere in pres3ing the votes.---( Cries of " Oh, oh," from
the Tory benches.) He knew that habits were tolerated in that
House which would not be endured elsewhere—( Cheers from
the Opposition)—but he would not be deterred by taunts, nor
disgusted by ill-manners—(Cheers)—from doing that which
he considered to be his duty.—( Cheers.)
After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, who spoke amidst
great interruption,
Sir R. PEEL said, that he would have no objection to make
an arrangement for taking the supplies at an early hour on
Wednesday or Friday.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he had given notice of a
motion for limiting the supplies to three months, and it was bona
fide on account of the lateness of the hour he would now sup-
port a motion for adjcurnment. He would not object to al-
lowing the votes to be taken on Wednesday, if it were an
understanding that he should not be precluded from moving
that the supply should be for three months only.
The vote was then agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave
to sit again on Wednesday.
The other Orders of the Day were then proceeded with.
RETURNS OF PLAG OFFICERS.
On the motion for the resumption of the debate with respect
to the return of flag-officers.
Sir G. COCKBURN objectad to the motion.
Atter a few observations from Mr. HUME, strangers were
ordered to withdraw, and the House divided—
For the motion

Against it
Majority against the motion
The Chelsea Hospital Bill was read a second time, and or-
dered to be committed this day.
POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he should bring on the Poor-
law Amendment Bill at half-past four this day.
Mr. HUME moved for a " Return of the steam and sailing
packets employed under the Admiralty for the conveyance of
mails ; stating the name and tonnage of each vessel, and
where stationed and employed ; the numbers of officers and
men, and the expense, in the year 1841, for each of the ves-
aa, and the aggregate charge fur all the packets; stating also,
as far as the same ran be given, the amount received for the
conveyance of passengers and parcels, and for the postage, by
each of those vessels, or the amount received for the same in
the year It4l, for the several packets, so as to exhibit the net
charge to the public, after deducting the amounts received for
passengeis and postage," &c. which was agreed to.
Lord LINCOLN moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the fourth year
of her Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act to enable the Com-
missioners of Wide Streets to sell, and her Majesty to purchase,
certain hereditaments in the city of Dublin, on the north bank
of the river Anna Liffey; and to vest in the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and
Buildings, the powers now vested in the Commissioners of
Wide streets, so far as the same relate to the said herediments.
The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Three o'Clock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE
HOUSE OF LORDS, July 11.

THE REV. JOHN FERGUSSON, V. THE EARL OF RINNOUL.-
THE AUCHTERARDER CASE.
Their Lordships met to-day to hear the further arguments
in this important case. The Peers present were the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Cottenham,
the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Dalhousie, and the Bishop of
Chichester.

Tne ATTORNEY.-General concluded his reply, which he
commenced on Friday.
The Lotto CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the Learned
Gentleman's arguments, observed, that their Lordships consi-
dered the queiitton involved in the case one of such import-
ance, that they should take titre to consider their judgment.

TORTERFIELD V. CORBETT.
The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed.

POLICE INTEL LICIENCE.
W-S7TEET.

A slippery- looking young man, whom one would suspect,
from his appearance, to b a regular professional cadger, was
placed at the bar, under the following circumstances:—
Inspector Martin, of the A division, stated that he was on
duty, in private clothes, on Sunday in St. James's Park, between
twelve and one o'clock, and his attention was attracted to a
crowd of about 100 persons, collected round Captain Ackerley,
who was lecturing about the square and angle of truth, &c.
Witness joined the crowd, and after a short time observed the
prisoner, whom he suspected, front his movements, to be a bad
character, transfer a white cambric handkerchief from the
person of a gentleman near him to his own breeches pocket.
Witness secured the prisoner,took the handkerchief from the place
of safety where it had just been deposited, and the gentleman
iderititied it as his. On searching the prisoner, witness found
two other silk-handkerchiefs on him ; one was an old one, and
the letters had been picked out; the other was a better one, and
was marked with the initials "J. B."

The'prisoner, who stuttered.... much, told some cock and
a bull story about picking up the white handkerchiot ; the
others, he said, were his own.

Inspector Martin said he thought the prisoner was known to
the police, but he was not quite sure.
HALL remanded the prisoner fora week that it might
be ascertained whether he was an old offender or only a novice
in the profession %, hich teacheth the art of conveying property
from the person of another to one's own pocket with such ad-
mirable dexterity and ingenuity as a regularly bred pickpocket
exhibits.