The Express. — London, England, 1847-03-19 00:00:00

"'.~~.~ 2 where the lesiburds their well, and tame the law wee =al die Pa' matey were and resgeeden Ibis. ear ners, sod yielding a reedy eheilmse to the law. (Hear.) It was ,no desirablethata searshimginquii7ehoiddles lastituted into the result. of absenteeism and fa this there would be abundant opportunity during t he ensuing summer. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY said that the Landoll am pumice generally, which had large properties in the north of Ireland, spent, not 10 per cent., which would probably be the amount of MI absentee tax, but, about faun-tifths of their rental in the country from which it was derived. The Irish Society, to which he belonged, bad a rental of 9,0001. or 10,0001. a year, and they invariably spent In Londonderry and other parts of Ireland, 7,0001, a year for edacation and religious instruction. They never refused money to the Catholic priests for improving their chapel, or for the purposes of education ; and there were 60 schools which were annually hi the receipt of sums of money from this society. Another society had a rental of 7,0001. from estates in Coleraine; and during ten years 3,0001. only out of that rental had been ex pended in London. The Globe Insurance Company had keen alluded to as receiving 3,0001. a-year from coat*. in Ireland. The probability was that that company were net the owners of the property, but held a mortgage on it. Now the result of an absentee.= would be, that the e companies would pay ;the 10 or 20 per cent., whatever might be the amount of the tax, and that uo other part of their income would be expended in Ireland. (Hear.) Ile should be glad to see a return showing how much was spent in Ireland by hon. members residing there. (Hear.) Of the four millions aster received by the aleontees, he doubted not that two millions were returned to Ireland, ("No, no.") He was eonfident that the absentee proprietors who had been named is this discussion, sp_ent more on their property then the resi dent proprietors. The London companies had no mortgages on their Irish estates, and hail therefore the greater oppor• musky of spending money on them ; and he should be glad to see a return of those rcgdent proprietors who had mort gagee on their estates. It those gentlemen spent u much money so the London companies in promoting instruction and Minding religious houses, Ireland would be in a much letter condition. (Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was fully convinced that whatever tended to the impoverishment of Ireland was in jurious to the empire at large; and if he thought that any real benefit would result from the proposal of the hon. member for Limerick, he would at once accede to it. He was opposed to questions of this kind being dealt with by resolution, rather than by bill ; but the hon. gentleman had removed by his speech any ambiguity that might hang over the resolution. He had said that hi would prevent gentle men from holding property both in England and Ireland, and even in different perts of the latter country. Surely • government at all advanced in civilisation could be brought to adopt such a principle as that. (Hear, hear.) A.lnutting the great evils of absenteeism, he mast express a beief that these .vile might be expected gradually to de. sae, under the operation of two of the new measures. One of these was the new poor-law for Ireland, which might kit ly he expected to induce a greater number of gentlemen to rends on and promote the improvement of their estates; as it would then be no longer possible for absentee proprie tors to refuse to bear their shore of the existing burdens. By another measure, shortly to be offered to the lepclature, the facilities for transferring landed property would be increased; and believing that th e existing evils resulted less from ab- Seatahinn than from property being largely held by incom petent persons, he anticipated very important improvesamb rem this measure. It should be remembered that a great number of those who were called absentee proprietors such as Lord Abusers, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Others, who had been named, resided on their estates during several mouths in the year, and did all in their power to promote the improvement of the people around them. He would not allow the hon. member for Northamptonshire (Mr. Stafford O'Brien) to be placed in an invidious light oa the list of absentees. The right hon. gentleman then quoted the authority of Mr. Prior, on the propriety of taking steps to compel absentee landlor ds to share in the burns of their country ; and showing that it was advisable that there should be a more equal distribution of property, as it was well known that incomes derived from large estates w eyespot abroad, whilst those which were got from small estates were spent at home. He thought it an unjust and impolitic prin eMle, which woad Mader persons from haviag emotes both in England and Ireland, by taxing them according to the pootasioss in the latter eountrv. He took the imposition ea absentee property more in the light of a penalty than a tax which would encourage the sole of estates. He would not detain the house further, than by expertise his concurrence with the hon. gentleman, in the opinion, that thine who bad property in Ireland should be at their poets, and that the legislature should take care to encourage landlords to aunt tneir poorer neighbours. It was that motive that influenced the government is bringing forward We acts which had already pared, namely, the poor-law, and the bill for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates. The boo, gentleman concluded by saying, that if the hen. member for Limerick pressed the motion to a division, he would give it his opposition. Sir A. BROOKE said that he would give his support to the hon. gentleman the member for Limerick, though of some of his propositions he did not approve. The only principle on which he would have property taxed, was that which laid down t.h.t the amount levied should be expended cis the property from which it was derived. They ought to tax property generally for the support of the people, and not lay a tax on absentee property in particular. He wished to ammo his disapproval of the principle of out door relief which had been adopted by the government. There was one propoeition in the resolution brought forward by the hon. gentleman which he could not at all agree with as it would be a practical carrying out of the repeal of the union. It was that which sought to prevent a man from holding propert7 in both England and Ireland. Notwith standing these differences between him and the lion. gentle man he would support his motion in the hope that it would be of some advantage ultimately. Mr. BELLEW rose to oppose the motion on the ground that absenteeism was not the cause of the evil which was complained of. It was the incident not the cause. The evil arose out of the want of confidence, which persons holding capital entertained, about investing it in that country. There were many instances in which the tenants on the propertissof nos-resident landlords were much better off than those ca the properties of their resident neighbours. The measure of poor-law which had been brought forward would go further than anything else to remedy the evils attributed to absenteeism. He would suggest to the government that in addition to that poor-law and the mu/ere for facilitating the sale of estates in Ireland, they ought to pant measures en couraging emigration, and giving teens for private and pub lic works. TIM proposition of the hon. member would not regoaerate Ireland. He expressed kis opinion that the ob ;set which the hon member had in view would be obtained if they made every man in Ireland feel that if he wished to labour he would not starve; and concluded by quoting from Dr. Kane on the subject, showing that inaustry made capital, and not capital industry , and stating that he would oppose the hon. gentleman's motion. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said that he agreed with the hon. member for Louth in the opinion that the measure of the right hon. pot. the number for Limerick was not one which would regenerate Ireland ; but that hon. gent. did not pretend that it would. Uwe' only a measure of cape dimes which lie wanted to alleviate the existing distress. The lion. gent. had quoted Dr. Kane, but he would beg to remind him that Dr. Kane altog ether overlooked the amount of capital that was annually drained out of Ireland. While there was such a drainage of repital it was impassible that what remained in Ireland osuld be healthily or whole somely cimalated. They would find that there was no attempt to invest capital in manufactures in Ireland, because they could not compete with their wealthy neighbours, if they bad not rich customenin the country to circulate their money. Absenteeism existed during the Irish parliament, because that parliament was held in most unconstitutional bondage, and there was no inducement to the rich proprietor to reside in Ireland, when he found his country impoverished by laws that crippled commercial enterprise, and prevented the in dustry of the people from being developed. In 1782 the absentee drain amounted to upwards of two millions annu ally, but in that year freedom of trade and legislation were accomplished, and from that period up to 1800 they had the testimony of Lord Clare that no country in the world ever made so rapid a spring in manufactures, commerce, agriculture, and general pro► perky as Ireland did in those eighteen years. The absentee drain had fallen during that time to 623,3221., but soon after the union it began to increase, and had steadily grog vaned until now, when, according to the statement Of Lord Cloneurry, it amounted to six millions and a half per annum. Ireland had constantly progressed from 1782 to 1800, when she VIES again smitten dews by the union, which, by taking away her parliament, removed every inducement for the rich proprietors to remain at home. Since then, the country had become miserably impoverished; the land lords had got into debt, which _produced an additional drain, and the manufactures of Ireland being destroyed, they had to send money out of the country to purchase what they required; therefore, the capital of the country was drained is every way, and it should be the policy of England to stop these drains ' and give Ireland the use of her own capital. He would give the fullest coedit to some of the landlords for the efforts they bad made, and were still making, to relieve the necessities of the people, and amongst them were to be found the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Marquis of Abercorn, and other noble lords, who did au immense deal of good ; but all that we, beside the question, unless it could be proved that if they came back to Ireland they would become bad landlords. Calton, son annsum, natant, qui trans mare current, was the moxim of the poet; aud could the sky, or the soil of Ireland change the dispositions of such men to do good amongst their. tenantry 1 (Hear, hear.) From the union p to the present time there had been an ezeme of 20,000,0 ' 0/. of Irish revenue remitted to England over the amount of English Manua remitted to Ireland; and the present an nual outgoings from Ireland was 22,2500001., whilst the total amount of the annual receipt* by Ireland, was only 14,390,0001., showing anexcessof upwardsof B,ooo,oool.,whith were annually taken from this impoverished country. Was it not, therefore, natural that the Irish should grasp at everythiug that would keep this money in Ireland ? They wanted to supply the natural inducement to the owners of property to hen at home ; and if Ireland had her own par liament they would have a string interest in doing so. If be did not feel that a repeal of the union was certain, he would advocate a permanent absentee tax ; but in the pre sent wretched and impoverished state of Ireland, it was im mediately and imperatively necessary to compel, if they could not induce, the owners of property to go back to Ire land, and spend a portion of their money is that °poetry. Hear, hear.) Lard CASTLEREAGH wished to express his assent in Oliat had Men from the hon. member for Louth (Mr. Bellew) that absenteeism wee net the sole cease of the misery at Intend. He did not repectiaie the motion of the boa. member for Limerbik, bat he thought that es the govern. mem were about to Merano* a fill for facilitating the traushr of property in behead, it was not desirable that it should be inaandsend wit/ sash a tan as that proreed ; sad, moreover, be thought that the new poor-law would too great extent meet the evil so justly complained of. There wee no doubt that there were many Irish landlords who neglected thsir duties, and the right boo. baronet the member for Marylebone (Sir B. Hall) had done his tamest to show up the landlords of Ireland. Ile had, however, obtained the reward of his exertions in being thanked the other day by the Maryls bone vestry u a gad boy—(laughter)—end he had no doubt the hon. baronet's prapects foe the next election had been greatly improved—(s laugh) ; nevertheless, he hoped the hon. baronet would believe that there were many Irish proprietors who were most anxious tu do every thing in their power to improve the condition of the country. Col. RAWDON speed with the noble lord who had just sat down, that the resolution of the hon. member for Limerick did not go far enough ; for he was of opinion that those who had jointures and annuities should be wed for the benefit of the country. He did not so much value the money which might be raised froin an absentee-tax as the moral pod which would be effected if landlords were obliged to become residents. In going through Ireland a person would be able to say at once, from the appearance of tho country, where there were resident landlords and where there were not. An absentee-tax would not affect such persons as the noble lord the member for Tint ton, who spent the whole of his estate in Ireland in improving the land. (Hear.) He I would support the resolution by his vote the more readily, because it marked with some degree of censure those who ab.ented themselves from the country at a time of great na tional:calamity (Hear.) The bon. and gallant member, in eandrios, reed &letter which he had tivivedplferomm&laadt part e( =smaling the sufferings of I Mr. FITZGERALD said that one of the greaten evils of Ireland was that of absenteeism. He believed that dr small resident proprietors were capable of doing 1 taw good by the example, encouragement, and aides which they gave the people, than any money which sent into the country by the absentee proprietors. Ms thoesktrat anything which would abate the evils elate mated= ought to meet with the ready approbation of the home. The hon. member for Southwark said the the aleentoe proprietors spent mere money in Ireland thins the resident proprietors. That struck him with great surrion more especially as he heard, by way of complaint, that the proprietors of that country spent more than they re ceived—that they spent a guinea for every Is. 6d. (Laughter.) He admitted that no property was better =nerd than that of the Irish society, but the improve ments ware of late date. Ile agreed in the resolution, and tiorght the hon. member for Limerick deserved thanks he barging forward the subject. He knew an instance of a large prop, ray, where the tenants had not seen the proprie tors for forty years. That was the case of Mrs. Oliver Gas. coigne ; but her representatives now resided 011 the property, to the great benefit of the tenantry. The Marquis of Or monde also sold his property in England, and resided on his estate in Ireland, the team's . , on which were now most comfortable. Lords Mountesahel and Glengall were also resident landlords, to the greet advantage of their tenants. He hoped their example would be followed by others and that the list mentioned by the hon. member for Limerick would be diminished. Mr. R. YORKE said ke wished to propound two ques tions ; first, how absenteeism was to be defined ; secondly, how a tax on absenteeism was to be reconciled with the non. iiitrsion of the great constitutional principle of primal liberty. If any hon. gentleman would answer these ques tions es shortly as he had put them he would vote Is, the motion. (Laughter.) After a few words from Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. S. CRAWFORD said be thought that if Inland was to continue apart of the United Kingdom, whatever legisla tion might be adopted, it should be comma' to both coun tries. (Hear, hear.) If for example, an Irish proprietor were to be taxed for regain/ * . m ui Engl a nd , an Basilan pro prietor residing In Tressed d also be taxed. He knew manyabsenteepropiellenwhose estates were better managed than those of reddest ones. A resident proprietor in Ireland who rads& in a port of the wintry which - was distant from his peppery wee cats se negligent of his duty as if he re sided in England. The proposed poor-law would, he thought, establish a peeper system of responsibility. Fearing thst the evils attendant on the proposed tax would counter brutes the good, he would not vote for the proposition in Nos present shape. Alter • few words from Mr. W. S. O'Bant in reply, the hour divided— Fee the motion l9 Against it 7O-61 REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. 0. GORE moved for a "select committee to inquire int* the necessity for the removal of Smithfield market as a nuisance in the centre of the British metropolis, to some ap propriate site comprising an area of not less than twelve acres, and the establishment of abattoirs in the vicinity of London." The hon. member said he would nominate the committee on Monday week. Lord MORPRTH said a committee on that subject was appointed in the year 1828, and from the report which was presented, it certainly appeared that there was great room for improvement, Ile believed, that in consequence of that report the Corporation of the City of London had since made some improvemonta, and had enlarged the area of the market. But it was undeniable that there still remained ground of complaint, both on account of danger to life, and on account of the neighbouring districts. There was, in feet, an ample cane for further inquiry, and to that inquiry no obstacle would be interposed by the government. He would suggest to the hon. member, that in constituting his committee, he should give due weight to all the great interests concerned. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said, this question was one which deeply affected the interests both of the country which he represented and of the farmers of England generally. None of the parties concerned with whom he war acquainted objected to an inquiry; and he had no hesitation in saying that he thought the appointment of an impartial committee would be attended with good results. Mr. WAILLEY had been requested by persons residing in the neighbourhood of Smithfield to oppose the motion ; but so great did he consider the evils requiring to be reme died, that he could not consent to take that course. He thought the present system was attended with very great cruelty to animals, as well **inconvenience to the public. Mr. PROTHEROR said that one serious grievance war the fact of the market being . held on the day immediately following Sunday. That -eircuraitanee caused a great dese cration of the Sabbath. The drovers were employed nearly the whole of Sunday in preparing to drive the cattle into Smithfield. It would be much better if Tuesday were the day fixed for holding the principal market. Mr. Ald. HUMPHREY *burred that the cattle were not permitted to be driven into Smithfield until after six o'clock on Sunday evening, and consequently the drovers, if they wished to go to church, could find time to go either on Sun day morning or afternoon. If they removed Smithfield market they must take cue that they did not create a still greater nuisance by permitting cattle to be driven from one part of London to the other, instead of merely into the market and out of it. • ' - Mr. it. YORKE said that was just his idea ; but the hon. gentleman having anticipated him in expressing it, he could only observe that it was his idea. (Loud laughter.) It was an idea of which he was very proud. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. HENLEY expressed an opinion that it would be better that this question should be desk with by the govern. meat at once • and Sir B. HA LL concurred in this opinion, and also urged that unless they constructed slaughter - hours they would do no good by abolishing the market at Smithfield. Mr. D. GARDNER made an observation, and Mr. 0. GORE having replied, The motion was agreed to. with some verbal amendments. MR. MARA'S CASE. The Earl of LINCOLN then rose to call the attention of the hone to the petition of Mr. Richard Weston Mar formerly Registrar of Friendly Societies in Ireland, who had been recently deprived of his appointment. In the course of the last session of parliament a bill was brought in and passed upon the subject of friendly societies. The functions to be discharged by the registrars were under that bill some what altered, but no one ever supposed that the position of the registrars themselves was affected in any way whatever. Those registrars in England, Ireland, sad Scotland, all con tinued to carry on their duties. Mr. Mara as one of them, engaged an office and a clerk in Dublin, to Perform the extra work devolved upon him. Mr. Trevelyan, of the Treasury, corresponded with him for two months as registrar in Ire land, and everything want on as if no alteration was ever thought of. It appeared, however, that all this time a de sign had existed in the Home Secre tary'si office to supersede, if possible, Mr. Mara. That gentleman haying occasion to correspond with Sir George Grey, most unexpectedly re ceived a reply written by Sir William Somerville, informing him that his office was vacant and in the gift of the commissioners of the national debt. That this design Wei limited to the office of the Home Secretary was proved by the fact that subsequent to this letter the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was one of the commissioners of the national debt, continued to correspond with Mr. Mars as registrar. In the course of a short time, however, Mr. Man was superseded, and a Mr. Connell re ceived the appointment. It was said, when this subject was before the House of Lords, that Mr. Contell was appointed because it was very desirable that the registrar should be a barrister in the confidence of the Attorney-Oeneral and the government of the day. It was curious enough, however, that by Mr. Connell's appointment those results were not attained ; for Mr. Connell was simply a private friend of the Attorney-General for Ireland, and not a barrister holding any public position. Now he (the Earl of Lincoln) should argue upon this case, first, that the removal of Mr. Mara was illegal under the act ; second, that if legisl, it was in direct contravention of the intention of the legislature ; end third, that if neither of these arguments were sound, It was at least impolitic as to the public end unjust as to the individual. The CHANCELLOR of the EX6IIEQUEft referred to the various appointments to the office in Scotland and Ire land for several years past, to show that previous to the frof the present act the invariable practice bad been t i h n e l Lord Advocate in Scotland and the AttortiepO•ne ral in Ireland to appoint a new person upon each change of government. It was quite clear, therefore, that bad the pre sent act not been pawed, the Attorney-General for Ireland would, upon the change of government, last July, have ap pointed some friend of his own in the place of Mr. Mara. Now, although it was not until the eth of July that his noble friend was sworn into *dice, the right hon. Miscast bad an nounced his resignation on the 29th of June, and it was sub sequently to that that the bill became law. The right hoe. gentleman had still the power to)nake appointments,but they all knew it wee not usual to do ao, when a minister m ere ly held office until his succor should be appoint ed. (Meer, haw.) He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) wee unaware of the prang of the act until the Lord Advocate or Attorney-Nnenl called his attention to the fact towards the end of July, observing, at the same time, that ft was , by that act, for the commissioners for the nuke ties of the notional debt, of whoa he wee ex-olleio chair man to appoint persons in Scotland and Ireland to perform the duties of the office in question. He looked at the act, and then, as now, mulct only pat the me interpretation upon it, am explained by the lawyers of both countries, that it was hie duty to make a new appointment ; and that whether Mr. Mara; or Mr. Connell were to be the person, it was equally and indispensably necessary that a new sued distinct appoint ment should be made. If the late government bad remained in office long enough they would probably have appointed Mr. Mara, but their successors were not bound to carry out their intention in such a matter, and, seeing that he had only been six months in the office, he certainly could nut be supposed to have any vested right entitling him to be con tinued permanently under the ant. He had not the least objection to give the papers, if the noble lord thought lit to press his motion. Mr. OOULBUEN had listened with great attention to the right hon. Bart, but thought that • greet deal of what he had said was completely beside the question. It was true that, as a general rule, the officer appointed by the Attorney-Oeneral should go out with his superior, but here was a ease, where inconsequence of the inconvenience arising from such a practice, special legislation bad been called in to alter it. He thought that tne appointment had been made in a manner which sou much to be regretted, and that Mr. Mara bad a very fair ground of mievanee. Tba CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that he had never heard or said anything to the detriment of Mr. Mara's character. The motion was then agreed to. ORE ECE. . - Lord J. MANNERS poetponed until after Easter his motion respecting the aga in of Greece. RAJAH OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME rose, pursuant to notice, to move for copies of * despatch from the secret committee of the Court of Direc tors of the East India Company to the right hon. the Go venier•General of India respeetine the ex .Rajah of Sat era, dated the 24th day of March, 1846; and a copy of the reply of the right hnn. the Governor-General of India to that de 'patch : together with copies of the several documents re ferred tofu that reply, or connected with it: of any other letters which have been addressed by the present Governor- General of India to the Court of Directors of the East Indis Company, or to the secret committee of the East India Com pany. relating to the ease of the ex•Rejah of Setters, from the period of his lordship's arrival in India to the present time of the minutes of dissent of members of the Court of Directors which hare been recorded by any member of that court, and not hitherto published, relating to the ease of the ex-Rajah of Sattara, from the 30th day of April, 1840, to the present time. The boa member mid that what he asked for was but a simple art ofjus tice, a means of vindicating the character of a much-injured man. if the papers in question were likely to injure the Rajah, they would be produced at once : and believing, she did, that their production would redound to his credit, he (Mr. Hume) trusted that the government would not refuse their production. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said that the question for the house to consider was, whether it would be expedient to pro duce copies of a confidential cerreepondence between the Court of Directors and the Governor-General of India. He believed that the papers asked for did not contain the matter anticipated by his hon. friend; but whether or not, there was one reason which was, in his (Sir J. C. Hobhouse's) opinion, quite conclusive as to the expediency of pro ducing them. Ti the disgrace of the parties con cerned be it said, copies of these despatches bad surreptitiously found their way to Ragland. (Hear.) His hon. friend had seen them indeed, he had put the despatches into his (Sir J. Hobhouse's) hands. He asked, if by giving the sanction of parliament to the production of these papers, they would not be encousiging fraud, perjury, sad breath of trust ?—and if euch transactions were caws tenanced by the governmeet here, it would make it impossible to carry on government in India. I t was clear from the terms of the motion that some such breach of confidence had been committed, for the very dates were given. He would not go into the question of the guilt or innocence of this prince, but he would urge the house not to do anything to encourage an act like this. Did his bcrn, friend really want the papers ? He knew Major Carpenter's sentiments—he had got the papers. Why were they not brought before the Court of Directors ? Because they were ashamed of being asked how they got them—whether they had bought them or stolen them. He had asked his hon. friend if he had stolen them—(laughter)—and 'he in the most honour able manner expressed his disapproval of the transaction ; but would it not be potting the seal on it if the house con sented to this motion, and which it would not he easy to re move? (Hear, hear.) If it had not been for this roguery and thievery , having no wish to prejudge the cause of this prince, he would have produced the papers; but now he would not • and he threw himself on the house for support, (Hearj This was not the first refusal ; for the Court of Directors h refused them by a majority of 14 to 8 ; but even bad they not refused them he would. (Hear.) Mr. WILLIAMS said that the papers were refused only en the ground that they were surreptitiously obtained; and the right hon. gentleman did net deny that they would vin dicate the character of the rajah. Sir J. HOBHOUSE—I say they do not, Mr. WILLIAMS : That was the question in difference, and was a ground for the production of the papers. He thought it was the duty of the Board of Control to enable the house to establish the innocence of this prince, and he hopedhis hen. friend would take the sense of the house upon his motion. Mr. BRIGHT said the right hon. gentleman had made charges against those who had obtained these papers. He (Mr. Bright) knew some of the parties whe were interested in this question in this country, and they were totally igno rant of the source from whence they came. It was not diffi cult in France to get copies of official documents. The right hon. gentleman did not wish to withhold these papers except on the ground of the dishonest mode of obtaining them. He was surprised that the right hon. gentleman should take so low a ground for his refusal. He thought there ought to be an investigation to show whether the rajah had suffered in- justice or not, and it should be known in India that there was a high court of appeal in this country in cases like this. After a few weeds from Sir E. COLEBROOKI and Mr. AOLION NY, urging the production of the papers, Mr. ESCOTT concurred in the reprehension which had been expressed with regard to the fraud by which these documents had been obtained, but thought, as this infor mation was necessary to enable the house to form a correct judgment on the case of the Ex-Rajah of Satter*, when it was brought forward by the hon. member for Montrose, the motion ought now be granted, Sr It PEEL thought the right bon. baronet at the head of the Board of Control was quite right in the course he had taken in refusing the production of these documents on the ground he had stated, and he hoped he would not qaalify that refusal by a promise to produce them at some future time. Dr. BOWRING supported the motion of the hon. mem ber for Montrose, on the ground that the information sought was only an act of justice to the injured and deposed prince. Lord PALMERSTON joined in resisting the motion. Mr. HUME said, that at that late hour he would not press the first part of his motion, but would take so much of it as the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Hobhuuse) consented to. The motion was, by leave, withdrawn, and, on the motion of Mr. Hume a return was ordered of copies of the minutes of diligent of members of the Court of directors which have been recorded by any member of that court, and not hitherto published, relating to the case of the Ex-Rajah of Sattara, from the 30th day of April, 1840, to the present time. IL ~--- -- - - THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1847. FACTORIES BILL. Memos on claw ter from doe la of May, lea, the labour of *mato wed elaildres under IS pan of age to IS boors a day. Aye., 144; ATM Aetna, 001. Crawford. W. S. Moray. J. 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IT is strange that the Ame rcans, young and rude as they are in the ways of political life, should have been much more successful in their diplomatic deal ings with the old countries of Europe than with the raw and untutored ones of their own continent. Spain France, and England, have been successively chous;cl out of sums of money and slices of territory by the mingled boldness and adroitness of American diplomacy, by a mixture of bluster and conciliation, by making the popular feeling and ultra free form of government an excuse for the arrogance of the execu tive, and above all by making ample use of the general conviction, how little of glory or advantage would be acquired in going to war with a vast agricultural state, defended by militia, instead of an army, and privateers, or vessels akin to them, in lieu of a navy. Frequent and repeated successes in their mode of minatory diplomacy, emboldened the Americans, and created a strong taste for war amongst the people, and amongst the statesmen of the party, who affected most closely to represent the feelings of the people. No cure is to be found for a mama of this kind, except the experience of war I that i., of war without its gains and glories, and with its expenses, its pres sure of taxation, its interruption of trade, embarrass ment of credit—in short, with every concomitant that can be disgusting to a trading and industrious people. The full experience of these results of war, brought home to the American people, is alone a fact of the greatest importance and advantage. Eighteen months ago the war party in the United States was all-powerful. The very whigs were obliged to bow down to it, and cry for the " whole of the Oregon" with the lustiest democrat. Mr. Pout was chosen President merely from his known intimacy with Gen. JACKSON, and the furious CASS was not unlikely to succeed him. One campaign has not crushed the Mexicans, but has completely routed in Congress and in the public opinion of Americans, all those who originated the war. And the great oratorical efforts of all eminent men are now made to shake off any share of that responsibility. WEBSTER, in order to deter his countrymen from their combativeness, re presented the frightful prospect of a civil war carried on between the conqueror of Mexico and the conque ror of Canada for a future Presidency. Neither of these personages have yet made their appearance, and fifteen millions sterling have been spent in the con quest of Monterey. Had Mexican engineers succeeded in fixing a petard or exploding a shell in the midst of the American Congress, they could not have created greater con fusion and distraction, than the mere ris inertia with which Mexico has carried on the war. The spectacle of a great country like the United States, and its representative assembly, in the face of a great war, provoked by themselves, sitting down to discuss, as the mode of carrying it on, the raising of two or three millions of dollars to bribe the hostile general and army to betray their country spectacle ' so mean, so puerile, so corrupt, could not well be con ceived. And as the Senate higgled at the passing of the vote, Mr. POLK has got ashamed, and covered his paltry policy with a glorious show of raising regiments. It is difficult to say which is more impo tent and contemptible—the policy of Pour, the debates of Congress, or the tactics of General TAYLOR. Bad and ridiculous as they may be, Mr. CALHOUN US contrived to move an amendment, still mere ridiculous, being the cutting off of all the Northern provinces of Mexico, by a chain of posts across the Continent, and, at the same time, acting on the de fensive. What the Mexicans have to do, but to sit down and laugh at Mr. CALROUN'S chain of poets, we do not see. \net the United States are to gain by driving this dotted line across the Continent, and expending millions of dollars to keep it up, is incon ceivable. They cannot be ready to colonize any portion of this territory this half century, and why they should prematurely dispute it with the Comanchee Indians, is not explained. Against these visionary and absurd schemes of Mr. Cautousr, his enemies have brought a demurrer as visionary. Mr. CALHOUN begs to occupy the breadth of a continent, which his gran dchildren will still see a hunting ground. The W • accuse him of wishing to people it with slaves. The dispute might as well be carried on about a table-land in the moon. The debate and struggle in congress on this subject are worthy of Gulliver, and are singularly disgraceful to the character for good sense hitherto enjoyed by a practical people. Whilst American legislature and executive are wasting time and energy on these vain debates, and whilst Mr. Pout, very like NAPOLEON at Moscow, is using every effort and application to induce the enemy, whom he has invaded and insulted, and whom he pretends to have conquered, to grant him a peace, the Mexicans themselves seem to have recourse to practical effects and measures often thought of, but never ventured before. The republican government and chiefs of Mexico have brought forth a plan for seizing church property, and employing it in the de fence of the country. And SANTA ANNA boldly sup ports the scheme. To those who know Mexico, and who know that its great revolution was an abortion, because it left the clergy in posses sion of all its privileges, monopoly, and wealth, the very broaching of such a proposal has its importance. It may indeed be difficult to act upon it, or at first to effect sales of church property. But the idea ono. put before the public will be accom plished in some way or other. If land cannot be sold, its proceeds can be sequestrated. And Mexico, like Spain, will be delivered from the incubus of its church. It would be singular, if the result of thisvrar should turn oat so directly the renew of everything that was FLOGGING IN THE NAVY. Mr. HUM E moved for a return of the number of persona flogged in the British navy in each of the years 1845 and 1846, specifying the name of the ship, the offence, the sen tence, and the number of lashes inflicted. Also for an abstract of the total number of corporal punishments in the navy, and the total number of lashes inflicted, in each year up ts the3lst day of December, 1846 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 309, of session 1845). Admiral BOWLES objected to giving the names of the ships in which corporal punishments bad been inflicted. He admitted that as a general principle much mitigation of such punishments might safely be introduced into the naval ser vice. (Heir, hear.) Mr. WARD was ready to assent to the motion. He had no doubt that where corporal punishment had been justly inflicted public opinion would always justify the officer who had inflicted it. Mr. FOX MAULS also captained his readiness to assent to the production of the returns required. While he thought that the power to inflict corporal punishment could not be withdrawn altogether from the authorities in either the military or naval sawing, be considered that this desaip• don of punishment might be very oonsiderably limited. The returns were then ordered. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a bill far the further amendment of the laws relating to the provision and regulation of lunatic asylums for counties and boroughs in England. DRAINAGE, &c. OF TOWNS. Viscount 2d 9RP ETH obtained leave to bring in a bill for consolidwing in one act certain provisions usually contained in acts for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and im proving towns. Mr. AGLIONBY Liked whether it was the intention of the government to bring in any bill which would operate as • public general measure for the improvement of towns, and thereby r edo,, the cost of private bills. Sir G. GREY said that no such bill had been prepared, but that the subject was under oonsideration. Sir R. PEEL said the speech from the throne had raised the expectation that some such general measure would be introduced. _ _ MORPETH said he had given notice of his intention to ask leave to bring in such a bill on Tuea day week. Sir R. PEEL asked of what use then was this model bill Viscount MORPSTIf said ►e could not take for granted that the more general bill would per. The bill now intro dared would be a model for the private bills that might be introduced in the mean time. RATING OF j Mr. P. SCROPE obtained leave to bring in a bill to exempt from poor-rate (in England) the occupiers of tene ments under the value of five pounds in rural, and eight I pounds in town parishes, if certified by the medical officer of the union to be pr s rperly drained, and maintained in a eon dition net to be prejudicial to the health of the inmates, or the neighbourhood. NAVAL PRISONS, Be. Mr. WARD obtained leave to bring In a bill for extending the period of service of boys in the navy ; also a bill for the establishment of naval prisons, and for the prevention of desertions from the navy. ANNUAL INDEMNITY BILL. Mr. PARKER obtained leave to bring in this bill. HARBOURS, DOCKS, and PIERS CLAUSES BILL. The committal of this bill was postponed till Monday zszt. _ _ "The boos adieuzsed at ass =tante' poet sae o'elook. contemplated; if it should terminate, not merely in the worsting of the Americans, and the curing of their war-frenzy, but in the resuscitation of public spirit in Mexico, and the opening out of the s tag nant reservoirs of wealth, which the church kept closed and guarded. SANTA ANNA'S Fabian system of action is evidently the best for producing such a result. Battle would hat stir Yankee spirit, which fever and inaction has tamed even in the breast of every volunteer. THE Journal des Debate, of Saturday contains a preamble of enormous length to a projet de lot on the subject of legal education, recently presented to the Chamber of Peers by the Minister of l'ulkie Instruc tion. Though the mechanism of English legislation offers little justification for national vanity, we think that we may congratulate ourselves on escaping the voluminous exposition of reasons for proposing a bill (exposé des mottle) which is submitted, together with the bill itself, to the bureaux of the French legisla ture. In the present case, while proposing certain alterations is the courses of lectures provided for students of law, in the mode of appointing professors, and in other matters of detail, though no doubt of im portance, the minister expatiates in a general eulogy of jurisprudence as compared withother sciences, and of course of France as compared with other nations which have pursued the study of law. In paying a well deserved tribute to the merits of the parliaments I wbich, from a very early period to the revolution, maintained so high a judicial character, he rather ab laurdly attributes to their influence a general know ' ledge of legal principles, a respect for law, an attach ment to justice, which, he says, has become peculiar to the nation, and which is the beet guarantee of its liberties. With more justice he takes pride in the flourishing condition of French jurisprudence. Its extent and its limitations are equally a matter of con gratulation. Some objectors, he admits, complain diet the German and Italian Universities carry on the study in a more philosophic spirit, and take a wider range of knowledge. But even this apparent inferiority arises, it seems, from the happier condition of France. The equality et song rights, and the unity of a great kiegissa,exempt French jurists from the necessity of investigating the complicated relations of different ceders and of petty states which force themselves on the cognizance of a German. In short, nothing can excel the present perfection of legal knowledge and education except the state to which it is proposed by the new law to elevate it, It does not occur to the Minister of Public Instrue tion to compare . the state of legal education which he proposes to improve with that of England ; and we really give him credit for not availing himself of so easy an occasion of triumph. He need not have Otdfor any eomparative want of an ency character in French jurisprudence, or ex away any prima feels superiority on the part of England. He had merely to show that there was some attention paid to legal education in France to secure an undisputed victory. If anything is done there to promote the study of jurisprudence it can not fail to be a step beyond the notning which is dons amongst ourselves. Nor is it on a small scale that successive French governments have provided for the promotion of this branch of learning. A series of laws and ordinances, beginning from the time of NAPOLEON, have esta blished the system of teaching on a scale which.may strike an English reader with astonishment. The schools of law in eight of the principal provincial towns are each provided with five professorial chairs ; while Paris alone possesses eighteen, which it is pro poeed under the new system to reduce to ten. The courses of lectures and of study . extend to Roman law, the civil code, civil and criminal practice, to procedure, criminal legislation, the commercial code, administrative, jurisprudence, the law of nations, the history of Roman and of French law, French con stitutional law, and comparative criminal legislation. Nor are these mere nominal provisions for instruction addressed to empty lecture-rooms. The number of provincial students of law is about 2,000, and those in Paris exceed 3,000, making the whole number 5,300; and this is the case, although as the minister observes, attendance on the lectures is not obligatory, either on those who adopt the profession of notaries, or, as he would wish that it should be made, on the great number of candidates for employment in admi nistrative departments. To the question what England has to set off against this vast establishment ? the simple answer is—no . ~ thing. Itis hardly worth while 'to discuss the few exceptions to the general proposition, that we possess no means whatever of scientific legal education. The few courses of lectures on jurisprudence which are given at different institutions, have too limited an operation, and too trifling influence, to be worth taking seriously into consideration. The attainments of English lawyers, though sometimes wonderful in bulk and in minuteness, are wholly owing to indivi dual research, and to actual professional practice. It would be a great error to suppose that the supe riority of French lawyers and judges to our own is in any way proportionate to their more enlarged and scientific education. There never was a system of jurisprudence which required greater subtlety or closeness of reasoning, or sharpened the faculties more, than our own. If its general principles are neither explained to the student, nor easily found in books, a really legal intellect will collect them from individual eases, and apply them by analogy when a new question arises for solution. Nevertheless, the want of a systematic study of jurisprudence is greatly to be regretted. The lawyer only . picks up the principles of law by accident, from particular cues; and the layman, whether he is a magistrate, an official, or a legislator, has no means of acquiring them at all. When questions of inter national law arise, they are referred to lawyers who have almost certainly never studied public jurispru dence till they are called upon to apply it. When legal changes are proposed the views of lawyers are almost always narrow, and others are too ignorant to venture without their guidance. In all branches of knowledge which are connected with jurisprudence, such as constitutional history, our national deficiencies are notorious, though not perhaps in a greater degree than is the case in many other departments of learning. When we come, however, to suggest a remedy for the admitted defect, it is not su ffi cient to propose the institution of professorships, or lectures, or exami nations. It is hardly necessary to say that we wish well to all such attempts, and that we allow their probable utility. But to make oar legal education really scientific, we believe that a change must take piece in the law itself. Mere provisions for instruc tion are of comparatively little use, as long as there is no definite anti tangible advantage offered to those for whom they are intended. If professors of juris prudence, equal to SAVTONT en learning, and to fillumor in eloquence, were established in Oxford, Cambridge, or London, they would find but a thin and dilettante audience. Few young lawyers would devote their time to master the science, for the plain reason that it would not be their interest to do so. The profoundest knowledge of jurisprudence would seldom bring a single brief. Three years in the chain ' hers of the Tian, or the DUVAL, of the day, would tell more in favour of the practitioner than all the learning of all the faculties of France. English law, in its present state, can only be learned from practice, and from reading reported cases. Even the few scientific treatises which are published, offer little real assistance to the lawyer in practice. What he wants to know every hour is the . precise ruling of the courts on some point which arises ; and as the courts always confine their judgments to the exact case before them, the general principles which they promulgate are necessarily limited by special conditions. Putting out of question the early common law, and the chaos of acts of parliament, which, as we have frequently stated, become actually law only after they have been inter preted by the courts, the law of England consists only of an accumulation of particular cases which have come under judicial cognizance. For any case which has not occurred in practice there is no law provided ; and such cases are occurring every day. The judges make the law, and have no power to make it prospectively. The best legal adviser is he who is most completely master of precedents, and most inge nious in drawing analogies from them to new cases. Such a law as this it is almost impossible to teach scientifically ; and till it is more oriels systematized by codification, we look for no thorough-going improve ment in le gal education. Yet we believe that in the vast mass of reports there are contained admirable materials for jurisprudence. What is wanted is not to overthrow the long series of judicial decisions, but to deduce their general results, and affirm the principles involved Cu them by legislative authority. The difficulty of accomplishing the teak might be great, bat there need be no delay in making a beginning, if parliament would merely enaction in its several branches the existing law as made by the judges, it would have taken an important step. The law would then cease to be retrospective, and as far eta l m oedents extend, could no longer be overruled. would be a definite amount of law to deal with; and the next step would be to reduce it in balk, by sub stituting general rules for the particular eases which established them. By degrees each department of the law would become intelligible, and capable of being taught, as well as, if necessary, of being amended. We have received the Paris journgl , and oorres pondence of Wednesday, which are without interest for the English public. The statement quoted in our correspondence of yesterday that the expenses of the funeral of M. Martin du Nord were to be defrayed by the govern ment, is officially contradicted. They are to be paid by his family. Le Onto-ter Franyds says that France has offered its mediation to reconcile the governments of Turkey and Greece, and that the proposal has been declined by the Porte. It is announced that the Pope is about to eend an accredited agent to China to protect the interests of the Catholics in the Celestial Empire. The Madrid mails, with letters and journals of the 12th, have been received. General Manuel de In Concha had left for Vallado lid, of which he was appointed Captain-Geueral. It was said that General Joie de la Concha would re place General Ores as minister of war. The amend ment of Gen. San Miguel, to give a longer amnesty, was lost by a small majority of 98 against 71. El Foment° says that a steam-boat passenger lately arrived at Barcelona, said that he saw at Genoa, sot days before, the Count do Molina nt inns in one of the churches there, and that he also saw there ths Carlist chief Cabrera. _ El Eco del Conscreto says that there is a schism in the new ministry. The resignation of MM. Oraa„ Montillan, and Bravo Murillo, was spoken of, thaw ministers finding it impossible to agree in the views of their colleagues. PROFITS IN TRADE.—A court of justice at Vienna has condemned the wealthy Oreek house, Sine and Co., to pay to Meters. Altmann, of l'esth, in Hungary, 180,000 t. (1,800,000 florins) u their share of the profits on the contract for tobacco for a single year, entered into with the Austria* government. POVULAR Yorrs.—lt is a lucky thing that Hood was not a Prussian, otherwise his " Song of the Shirt" might have cost him dear. A Dr. Voa Meyer, at Berlin, has been accused of what are called communistic tendencies at Berlin, for only roadolg a composition called " The Weaver's Song," by Heinrich Heine, the literary exile at Paris. One witness examined, to incriminate the doctor, is said to have stated that he informed against him becanee he hatel him. Dr. Meyer was nevertheless sentenced to long imprisonment, and although he has appealed against the sentence he is to remain in confinement until the decision on the appeal f• • formed. . . 11 BAVARIA.—LoLt MONTES.—A letter appeared yesterday in the Morning Post and in the Times, Wain/ the signature of this person ; but whether it is genuine at open to a doubt. It is in the following terms Mr. Editor.—/laving bad a copy of ,your paper of the 2d that. sae to me, in justice to myself I trust you will Inissrt the following shoat secomet of the real state of affairs here, and which, at the some than, will be a cootradletion to the numerous artuiro which time Islsky appeared in the French paper : —I left Paris in June last a r da : trofeseional trip, and, mooned other uta rangemea, i upon visiting Munich, and where, for the first time, I had the honour of appearing before Ins Majesty, and receiving from him marks of approbation, and winch, you are swim ; Is not a very unusual thing for a profneumal person to celve at • foreign court. I had nut been here a week Were I discovered that there we. a plot relating in the town to get es out of it, and that the party was the Jesuit party ; of coarse von are aware that Baud a has lung been their stronghold, and Manieh their head-quartet, Thin, naturally, toe person brought up and Intruded from her cull.* youth to detest this party (I think you will my jingly) irritated me not a little. When they saw that I wee est likely to leave them, they commenced on another teak, and tried what bribery would do, and actually offend me 5.0.000 fr. yearly U I wean quit Bavaria and promise never to return. Tine, as yen nay Imagine, opened my eyes ; and, as I indignantly refused their air, they have since then not left a stone unturned to get rid of mo. and have never for se Indent mon, persecuting me. I say mention as one histanoe, that within this last week a Jesuit protegee of ph,:oeophy in the university here was removed from his preilless sorship, of toe name of Lasmalt, upon which the lout, mkt end hired a mob to insult nse, end break the window* of my house, eat also to attack the palace; but, thanks to the better what of the other party, and the devotedness of the soldiers to bin Majesty and Me authority, this plot likewise failed. The late change In the ministry ' that you allude to wss a spontaneous act of his Majeetra, eel yea pay ice too great a compliment in supposing that I was a party to suds a immure; but from what I have scam and heard of his Me. laity, I should think he had sere just 'rounds li r taking the wee which be did. since my residence here I can safety my Usti have in no way interfered in any affairs not comeri t lad i A self end u I Intend making it my future abode, It le undying to me hearing Ito many scandalous and utifoun which are daily propagated; and, to justice to myself nod wy flew prospects in lite, trust that yours 11l sot hesitate so insert tall Misr In your widely cireulatod journal, arid show my friends and the pills bow unjustly and cruelly I have ben treated by the i,tmlt piety's Munich. knowing that your columns are always open to protest say one unjustly mime', and more es;secially when that one is an un protected female, makes me rely upon you fur the insertion of this; and I have the honour to subscribe myself your obliged ,seen{, Munich, March It. Loses Mourne. ' The last number of the Revue Jos Druz Monks, in al , Incline to the Munich scandal, Mesa that Lola Mentes' ,hence over the king is daily increasing, and everybody at Munich knows the extreme coutithis.-• oh • has in its resell. She openly says that she is sure of being naturalised, and created " Countess of Sterofeld," the name of an estate jest bought for her. She has received 40,008 florin for the delay ooensioned by the refusal of tho refractory ministate. Her arrogance increases with her favour, and she is stated to have warned two ladies of the court, who had looked et her with disdain ' that she wou:d slap their faces on the fiset occasion. On the other hand, we learn from another some that his Bavarian Majesty has order, d the di-charge d al the persons who were imprlsoued for participating in the disturbances on the late change of ministers. TURKEY.— CONSTANTINOPLE. Tea "DAILY News."—lt is a rather curious sign of the times to find the official organ of the Sublime Porte quoting a document of that government front a London paper. The Daily Nese was the only paper in Europe which published the ultimata= addressed by the Turkish government to that of Persia; and the Journal de Constantinople of the 21st dt., in quoting it, says :—" The English coursing paper, the Daily News, though it has been but a short time established, has taken a leading position among the organs of public opinion. It is remarkable for the variety and correctness of the WWII supplied by its correspondents from Constantinople, &CI which we quote an analysis of the ultimatum on the Tam- Persian &Tote, addressed by the Sublime Porte to the cabinet of Teheran." THE CAUCASUS.—Letters from Tiflis of the 12th Feb. give detailed accounts of the operations of Gomel Neateroff, who on the 20th Jan. last, at the head of U men of horse and foot, 8 field-pieces, and a miriade{ d Cossacks, crossed the defile of Reuel...chit, and eaouopet along the coast of Galaschewxes at the mouth of the Alp► ali, where it flows into the Aare. Ile remained theist. the let Feb., when he beat the forests in the defile of Eand• • whiz, and on the left bank of the Am. He was contemn* herassed by the enemy, who were, however, always drives hack. The inhabitants of the subs, between the Ara suse the Sundscha, were compelled to leave their habitaticma and to retire with their goods aril chattels beyond the right bank of the Asia, near the river Pfeda, .10 a retired spot, where they thought they was WPM • reach. General Neetereff sent two or three datilideada. • against them to huat them out, and take sway Iblis pm- . visions ; two battalions of Cossacks, two guns, and the hmall militia were sent on this expedition. The troops crossed the Am, and burnt down four villages. kfahomed Aesorof withdrew with all his followers to the wowed heights, where he was joined by the whole population dams Ants. They hoped to fall upon the Russians in their re treat ; but Colonel Svtewski attacked them and put them to the rout. The troops returned to the camp on the 2nd id February, and General Nesteroff then descended the Aim towards the Bondja. On the 3rd he destroyed the Ad Humus, on the Fortanga, having in thirteen clays °peed two maids to the passes of Galasclieff, cleared the fortes, de stroyed eleven awls between the ARM and the Penang*, and re-established communications with the country 40 On Oalascheifs. Meantime, a portion of the garrison of the fort of Atachoi had made en expedition against the aul Katurjust and in the defiles of the Fortaoga. These opal& time have had a great effect on the mountaineers. COLONIAL. NEWFOUNDLAND.—The latest dates from this colony give accounts of a very severe winter—the severed which has been remembered for years. The ill-housed in habitants of St. John's (the capital of the island), who haw bendy recovered from the effects of the two disastrous dew. and of the severe hurricane with which they were visited is the mune of last year, were, a little after midnight, on the 26th of January, alarmed by the heavy guns upon the lot tery giving warning of a fresh conthigration. Tbe od lector's house, adjoining the Collegiate Institution of Bib* Field, and in the neighbourhood of St. Thomas' Church, Ada prey to the devouring element, which would have made further ravages, had it not been for the extreme severity Of the night, which occasioned the water which was throws upon the burning houses to become lee upon their shin & fs roo, and so prevented the current of air t wily-ignited materials. The oollector's lady a h at other inmates made their escape in the dead of night wbes the thermometer was considerably below Zero. His l the Bishop of Newfoundland, had only landed w at i t afternoon preceding the fire from the Sandwich peta': which he had arrived after a voyage to England, no for the purpose of raising funds for the repair of St. Jabal Church, which served as the cathedral, which had best burnt down in the former fire. A sentiment of rollback pa. . sides the colony towards Sir Thomas Cochrane, late governs' of the island (now admiral upon the Hong-Kong statilljr far his munificent donation of 100 L to the relief of the - hirers by the late firs. GOOD NIWI PM 110 81ALE111.—An early Vitae , made its appearance is our harbour yesterday (January:s), sad met with a reception which it is not at all probable it Who plod, nor is it likely it relished. This w el come visor woo