Star. — London, England, 1831-06-28 00:00:00

A I 1i! F, ,~ a i" ii t 11-o Sit t; II AllA \I would make tLe answi ",11:n du m o. C. n cam, on. cytt)K RR said the motion depended on the answer. Sir 3 (i 'LANA M made no reply. 91►. CHOKER asked whether a report. which had excited stant •er,sation in the city, that the island of Sheppey WAS to be tack a place of depot for goods comirg from parts it L. ett 11 by the cholera tilt:Thus. tt.ts true? S:r 13. MARTIN said. Government Impel such a course wean: not be necessary. It wo u ld f• • the last resource adopted tr•t the item for theta!): r ses of transporting convicts.. mr.1117 tt E asked wbetker some steps were not to be taken to diminish the crormons ex !tense incut red in transporting enr.vtcts ? He had also to ask. whether they were to main. min a naval squadron on ae Coat of Africa, at the expense ot 1.0 0001. annually. fur the puting down of the slave trade, whin It was notori.•us act it was n .w carried on in a worse i.ar.teter th before i: Tens td.clislied by this country. Three ~:.es more slartv vote now maned from Africa than for ts:oly. 'The interference of this country should he either made tfret• tial or done awry with. The present system was the ruin of our \Vest India colonies, because the planters of the t.• Inttles carrying on the slave trade had their slaves at t• h less price than our planter... mid, consequently, could teture their sugar at lest price. A tt. r a few word. !rum COL St BTHORTE anti 31r. ClLOltalt, . „ Sit .1 GRAHAM said, the gradual intrease of the trade a t to there being no treaty for a mutual right of te:.rehing vessels on the coast of /Utica. The flag under hich the greatest traffic was carried on was that of France. Ear: tst remonstrance had been offered on this subject to the Fr. ncli Government. _ _ _ ..... After a few words from Mr. Croker, Mr. C. Pelham, Mr. Evans. Mr. Mime, and Mr. K. Douglas, on this subject. b:r J. GRA lIAM, in answer to a question from Mr. (*raker, said a disease had made its appearance in certain na val hospitals, but, by the care taken by Government, it had been removed. In answer to a question from Mr. Hume, he ta4l he timid endeavour to spp!y the money voted for the 0.,val service bt tie t 1 y to !heobj..cts the House had in view at the :one of voting each sum. If on any occasion it should Le ittcessary to depart from this cout , e, the House would be early informed of it. In answer to an objection from Mr. Hume, alai respect to the promotion of naval effi:ers, he said he did not consider it consistent with the interest of the couti;ry, or the good conduct of the navy to stop promotion ~Itogether. The proportion of one is three, adopted by tie late novernment, lie considered a wise nnitsure. The other itt ma of the Navy k:stitnates were then agreed it-, without discussion. ARMY ESTIMATES. S:r PARNELL said. Cost in submitting these 4, , tinnees he t.hould offer no observation on Diem, as they vete the same as those of the last Parliament. On the question that 189,09;0. be granted for the Volun. tee: corps in Ireland, O'CONN KM, oij coal to the materials of which ,!:e yeomanry corps of Ireland were composed. and declared :liat they had been originally kept on foot for party pur poses. He dial not wish to allude to a late melancholy effray, in which the s cornanry were engaged. He repeated, however, that the Irish yeomanry was a party force. There night have been circumstances which would induce Go vernment to keep up a particular force for a time, but when thore circumstances had ceased to exist, there was no reason why the force called out fur a temporary pur pose should be continued. He objet eel on a former oc casion to the continuance of this force, and though there was no pledge then given that the force would not be continued longer • than that year, he did understand that it was not the intention of Government to keep that force up, and on that understandtng he withdrew all op position to the vote. If the homer Goven.ment had con tinued in office, he had no doubt that it would have been piven up before now. But an idea existed that the yeomanry force was necessary to put down agitation in Ireland.— Never was there a greater mistake, for it was invaria . obi). found, that where a yeomanry f. rce was kept up, it was also necessary to keep up a considerable force of the King's regular troops, to keep down the effects of that excite ment which the yeomanry corps never failed to produce.— It it was necestary to have a military force in any particular district. let it I e of :1w regular troops, for they did their duty, sad nothing more. Indeed, it was a matter of surprise that men of the rank in life of the private soldiers should be found to conduct themselves with so much prudence, discretion, and forbearance, as the regular troops were found to do in Iteland, often under then:ost trying circumstances. This praise be. longed to the regular troops, from the highest to the lowest rank. ( I lear, hear.) This was the general feeling in Ireland with respect to them ; but a feeling the very reverse pre vailed with respect to the yeomanry force. Another ob jectionable force kept up in Ireland, was that of the police—a force armed with deadly weapons, which they were reckless in using on very alight occasions. He need not mention a stronger illustration of his assertion that such a force was not the proper one to produce tranquillity in Ire land, than thie fact, which was beyond doubt, that the number of perrone who met their deeth by the hands of the police in Irelatal was four times I,tcater titan those con. demned by the ordinary course of the law. (Hear, hear.) The ground was yet wet with the blood which they had shed. Ile did not go beyond the case of Castle Pollard, where ten men, women, and children, were deprived of life because some stones had been thrown at the police on their return to their barracks. The yeomanry were aux- Wary to this force, and on this ground were rendtred sill more objectionable. The honourable and learned ' gentleman went on to contend, that the yeemanry were a party force ; that on this ground. and ftont a ant of • ellecipline, and their readiness to shed blood, they were the most objectionable force that could be kept up. For pteof of their party spirit, and their readiness to shed blood, lee need not go beyond the fact, that fur many years there hod rot a Ist or a 12th of July pasted without the loss of twt or three lives by their hands. He contended that if the 1::1Ytt malicious ingenuity were to exert itself to devise tura eves to keep Ireland in a state of excitement, of clissatis ravioli, and discontent, it could not devise more effectual means than that of keeping up this kind of force. He atqui - ted Government of any such intention, but he be lieved they kept up this forte only because they were igno. sant of its constitution. and of the spirit by which it was guided. After adverting to the anomaly now presented in Ireland, of a peasantry starving in one of the most fzetile countries on earth, the learned gentleman went on to observe, that there was no one subject on which the people of three provinces out of the four in Ire. lard were mete united than the feeling that their repro. stantivei were hound to stand by h'm in oppositien to this grant for the continuance of the }ecimunry torte, and if they dad not, there a is no doubt that they would be reminded of it pretty plainly. The yeomanry corps were objectionable as part of that system which had superinduced rebellion in 1793, and had led to the removal of the legislature of Ireland. He w is aware that attempts were made by the government of I elend to infuse a better spirit into those corps, and to cause u mixture of all parties to enter into them, but he also knew with what little success; and the right hon. baronet (Sir H. Paroell), who knew Ireland well, could bear Ithu out in the : Anent that throughout Ireland 19 out of 20 of those corps a ere composed of men of the most violent patty fecelings, and belonging to thut party which was met: obnoxious to the getteral feeling its the country. It was dangerous to put arms .to the hand. of such men. He was a friend to economy, I ;t it was no economy to keep up such a corps. It was aeietake to suppose that the yeatuauty in lteland was t Imposed of men in middling lite, and in comparatively easy etre:tots:ems. The v.:twat' wete for the greater part poor men, and the eflic.ts for the most part men to whom full permanere duty and full pa) were on object. (Two or three bun. members ere said No. no.") He did not speak of the yeomanry is that pail of Ireland (tl:e North) to which the three bon members belong: d. He sp oke of the provinces of Munster, Leiuster, and Connaught, which he presumed he know much heeter than the hun. members who cried out t• No; and he repeated that to a corps so composed the tear,. • eloillity of the country could not be so much an object as :env state of things which would give them employment. 1. his own county a captain of yeomanry had lately taken t it benefit of the insolvent act, ye; he had still his company. Would not :he pay bean object to such a man P Such men %email be on tb.: look-out fur permattert duty, or, as the lotion' would say, " would look out for squalls." By the dis • ontent of the country, they would get full pay : by its e,i.ictras.. 1117 would get nothing, but go on till some of them got white washed again. Having these strong objece shun. to this .oree, he would now move as an amendment, that the etre be !educed by the aunt of 19,0001. which was tree w.;:a VO!rti tor the I: fah Yeomanry force. Ile would tot touch the Lae.isl: tot ce, as lie was not acquaintedwith it. He tenehl leave that to the English members. ti:. STANLEY said, that theihon. and learned gent. had te.e red it•ore generally into the state of Ireland than was •. eel tee by the vote, which was usually voted on such is. tor the yeomanry force. In one respect he had oak to the Government of Ireland in stating that it try thing in its power to prevent the yeomanry Homing a party force. If they had not succeeded t they could wish, it was not their fault I but even :.1 u.i argumen; against the employment of that force under the circumstances under which they had been called out. He (Mr. Stanley) did not know with what taste er judgment the hon. and learned gentleman had called upon the members for places where, as he said, free election existed, to puppet t bim on this occasion, seeing that he him. self confessed that he was unacquainted with the consul's Lion of tie yeomanry in that fourth province of Ireland, in which five-sixths of this force was to be employed. It was true that party feeling did exist amongst some of them, but government could not prevent that, though it had done every thing in its power to neutralize it. In one remark of the hon. and learned gentleman he fully concurred—that which related to the conduct of the King's troops, which, under every circumstance, was most exemplary, and in deed, beyond all praise. (Hear, hear.) From the general to the private, the conduct of the troops employed in the disturbed districts of Clure, and the County of Gal way was under circumstances the most painful—that of re. pressing disturbance by the shedding of blood—marked by the greatest fothearstece, and by Levy trait which must be approved by the Invent of order. But, concurring with the honourable anti learned gentleman in this, as every man must do, Le could not compliment hint on the good taste or geol feeling which induced him to expose to the passions of the people the pollee and the yeomanry force in two cases, where they had come into hostile collision with the multi. tude, and which cases were yet to come before the tribunals of the country for investigation (Hear, hear), —in cases where a judgment was yet to be pronounced, w hich might consign twetuy-one persons to the scaffold. He had seen an account in one of the newspapers—he could not vouch for its accuracy—that a jury of six Catholics and six Protestants had brought in a verdict of justifiable homicide. att.. O'Connell here intimated that this could not be ecr rev : no verdict had been given.] Well, even in that case, tlitre was the more reason for net alluding in a manner cal. tulettd to excite a prejudice in a case which was yet to come before the tribunals of the country. lie regretted that the horourable gentleman had mixed up the Castle Pollard case on this occasion, so as to throw odium on the two forcet—the police and the yeomanry employed there. With respect to the police force in Ireland, he would say that a more patient or more temperate body of men could not be foiled, and it was most unfair to mix them up on this occasion so as to expose them to the passions of the people. Ile said that the yeotteu were supplementary to the poe lice on that occasion; but the fact was, they had found it necessary to unite to resist an organized attack of sullies whose worst passions had been excited by other causes. When the hon. and learned Gentleman talked of calling nut the yeomanry, let him (Mr. Stanley) remind him of the condition of Ireland when they were ailed out in the last winter; and even if the yeomanry had a larger share of party feeling, he would ask whether there was any other way c feaving Ireland at the time, without an immense and ! incony. nient eddition to the regular military force? If the Government had nut called out those bodies who were ! organized and ready to act—a body of men who were known to be loyal and devoted to the constitution,—he did not say that there were not loyal men of all parties,—but looking at the s ate of Ireland at that time, at the excitement created, and the attempt made to keep it up, he would assert that if Government did not avail itself of the assistance of a large body of men, ready and willing to give their services, and on whom Government could rely for those services for the preservation of their country, it would have been wanting in its duty to its country, and its God ; for he would contend that the calling out of the yeomanry on that occasion had prevented the greatest mischiefs.— (Hear, hear, hear.) He knew it was difficult for oovtrn meut to have such a force without party feeling ; but know ing also how soon advantage was taken cf a word or an act at either side, the Government saw that the best way was to steer clear of both parties—not to be led away by a claim of exclusive loyalty on one hand, or be deterred by a cry to put down the whole Protestant population for the acts of a few of their body. (Hear, hear.) lie contended, then, that un del. the circumstances under which the yeomanry were called out last Chri-tnias, and as that was a force on which the Government might rely for its general disposition to uphold the laws, whatever might be said of its discretion, it would be most injudicious and unwise economy to got rid of them now, by withdrawing the usual vote. He was tilt refore ready to take the sense of the committee on the vote. Mr. O'CONNELL said he bad no wish to einbarrass the Government, and if an expectation were held out that this force would not be continued after a time, he would withdraw his amendment. The hon. and learned gentle. man repeated his former objections, that the yeomanry were a source of' weakness and not of strength to the Go vernment, and on that ground he opposed them. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that the question was one of great difficulty, as he knew no subject connected with the force in Ireland which had ex. cited more discussion. At the same time, after the ser vices which the yeomanry had rendered when called out last Christmas, when Ireland was in a condition which called for the aid of such a force, he did not see how the usual vote should now be refused. The hon. gentleman had called for a pledge to have the force given up. (Mr. O'Connell said that "an expectation held out was all he required.") lie considered that on the part of a Government very like a pledge, and he was not disposed to give it, though he saw PO probability of the force being increased. The use of such a forte was, he admitted, only a choice of evils; but It was an alternative forced on Government by the circumstances of the ceuntly. The noble Lord then proceeded to defend the maintenance of the police force ' as preventing the em ployment of a large military force ; and, again referring to the yeomanry, contended that under the circumstances the vote for it ought not to be withheld. Mr. S'rRICK LA ND contended that there was no neces sity for the honourable and learned gentleman's appeal to the Irish members on this occasion, for the English members were equally alive to the condition and wants of Ireland.— Ile thought the yeomanry were a necessary force for that country, and would support the vote. He hoped that the honourable and learned member would not persevetewith his amendment, and he promised to give the honourable and learned member his support on another occasion, in any mo. tion he might bring forward for the suppressien of the yeo manry corps. Mr. STANLEY, in answer to the question which had been asked by the hon. and learned member, stated that no intention was entertained by the gevernmeut of increasing the force of the yeomany corps. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to know whether there was any other vote for the yeomanry in the estimates ? Mr. STANLEY stated there was a vote for the clothing of the yeomanry, but he believed that it would be postponed. He could not, however, take upon himself to give any pledge on the subject. Colonel PERCEVAL bore testimony to the tranquil state of the county of Sligo, which he said was in pan owing to the establishment of the yeomanry. He did not think, notwithstanding the observations of the hon. and learned member, that any Irish member of that house need be afraid to meet ins copstituenta again, because he had bad the man liness and sincerity to declare his sentiments. Colonel EVANS thought that Ireland i was not In a state to allow of any part of the police force being withdrawn. He was of opinion that it would be found the best economy to add to the regular forces, and gradually diminish the yea manry. Mr. CONOLLY spoke in praise of the efficiency of the yeomanry and police forces. On several occasions, the mere intimation that the yeomanry were to be called ent had the effect of quelling excitement. After a few more words, Mr. Otos( tem withdrew his amendment. Mr. HU3IE said, that the house had been occupied with the consideration of the Irish yeomanry ; and he now begged to enter his protest against the centinuance of the English yeomanry. He considered the yeomanry an inefficient and ill-disciplined force ; and he thought England would be in • much better condition if there were embodied in every village a burgher guard. (Great laughter.) He would rather have a body of volunteers, serving without pay, than these gentle men yeomanry, who must have 170,0001. for their services. (Cries of " No.") The Marquis of CHANDOS declared, that the services of the yeomanry, which was one of the most constitutional and efficient forces, were given free of expence. (Hear.) The country would not have been in a tranquil state at the present moment, had it not been for the exertions of the yeomanry in the disturbed districts of the country last Au gur. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for Middlesex had stated that 170,0001. was paid to the yeomanry. He (the Nlarquis of Chandos) knew not where that money went. All he knew was, that the corps which he had the honour to command performed their duty gratuitously. (Hear.) Mr. HU3IE said, that when he last called for returns, he fowal that some of the money went to the noble marquis and his corps. (Laughter.) Mr. HUNT could not agree with the noble marquis in thinking that the yeomanry was an efficient and consti tutional body. How had it proved its efficiency during the late disturbances in Wales ? The house perhaps would remember that a body of yeomanry was surrounded by the populace, and that half of them surrendered their arms, and the other half tan away. (Laughter.) Nor was , .; this an uncommon occurrence, for he had seen many Simi-' lag instances when he was in the yeomanry himself. (Continued laughter.) He thought it was exceedingly Impolitic to employ yeomanry to quell disturbances wide had broken out in the agricultural districts. (Hear.) It was well known that incendiarism continued in Kent and Sussex, and that the agricultural labourers had been heard to declare, that if the Irish were allowed to take the bread out of their mouths, by.bcing employed in gathering the hops, they would not only burn the hops, but the corn too. Now if the yeomanry were employed to put down any riots, their properly would immediately be marked out for destruction. But it was a mistake to suppose that gentle men alone constituted the yeomanry. It was composed of butchers, grocers, and apprentices. ("No, no.") Apothe caries and surgeons, who required two or three horses tot their business, let them out to butcher boys, who served in the yeomanry, and thus escaped the ditty. (" No, no.") Hon. gentlemen might cry out " No, no," but his assertions were founded In fact, and be knew a surgeon at Taunton who ma naged in that nay. the CHANC P.I.LOR of the I.X.CHEQUER, though he was not in the yeomanry at present, knew the honourable member for Preston's description of the class of persons composing that body to he very incorrect. (Hear.) It was, he was sure, chiefly composed of substantial farmers. The honourable gentleman was also in error when he stated that incendiarism still continued; but of this he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was sure, that should a recurrence of the disturbances of last autumn take place, the same valuable services might be expected from the yeomanry as they p.a. formed in NI - Burl:ire and other parts of ;he country last year. Dlr. it. GORDON said, that in looking back to the mi litary &bates which had taken place ;n that house for the last fifty years, it was curious to observe, that the patriots of those days had always argued against a standing army, and in favour of the yeomanry force. It was now, however, discovered that the yeomanry was an unconstitutional body. He expressed his regret that the lion. ntentbrr for Preston shauld give circulation to statements which were calculated to prove most inbehievous. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT said he had not made that statement without authority. (.iurnturs and coughinu.) lie thought it would be more 1 econting the character of members to answer him than to make that noise. He was sent in by the peoplc.— (Laughter, and " Ile was nor to be deterred from doing his duty by such vulgar grounds. The authority on which his statement was founded, was a paragraph in last Botday's Dispatch The hon. member proceeded to read the paragraph to the house, but the coughing became so loud and general, that he was compelled to hi, down. Mr. TREVOR said that the hon. member for Preston had made out a case for the embodying of the yeomanry, by stating that the labourers were threatening to destroy the propetty of their employers. The ycon:anry corps were a most efficient force, anti was formed of Twrsons who had a stake in tile country, and not of apprentices and butchers'. boys, as the hon. member insinuated. He thought that time yeomanry had been unjustly libelled by the hon, members for Preston and Middlesex. 31r. HUME wished to know how he had libelled the yeomanry y Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said that the privates of the Welch yeomanly corps, to which the honourable mem ber for Pres,on had alluded, had certainly not conducted themselves as well as could be desired; hut the oflicen had acted with the greatest courage and intrepidity. Air. LA 31 B protested against the injustice of estimating the character of a whole body of troops from the conduct of a single corps. In Dorsetshire and Wiltshire the yeomanry had acted with much spirit, and great benefit had resnlted from their exertions. Ile had the most perfect confidence in the yeomanry of England, in case any necessity should ease fur thei► services. An bon. alEstnrn bore testimony to the good conduct of the yeomanry corps in Scotland. In 1820, when the west of Scotland was in a disturbed state, they succeeded in re storing tranquillity. He thought that the government which disembodied the yeomanry acted most unwisely. Mr. S. RICE said, that no blame could fairly be impu►ed to the government which disembodied the yeomanry. The act was perfectly justified by the state of things at the time. There was nothing in the suppression of the corps which tended to throw discredit on their past services. Sir M. W. RIDLEY protested against the unjustifiable language which some members of that House had directed against the yeomanry corps. Those lion. members might find in their own conduct the justification of Goreriiiiient for raising that force to put down tumults, which arose from the bad advice given by those who, unfortunately. hail too much the ear of the poor.—(Hear, hear.) He knew that the yeomanry bad done good service in the north of England. Major PETRE !poke highly of the good conduct of the yeomanry In Yorkshire. Mr. HUNT said that, as the hon. member for Newcastle looked at him whilst he spoke / he supposed he meant to say that he (Mr. Hunt) had given the people bad advice. The hon. member should have stated what the advice was. He never gave the people any advice which he was not prepared to justify. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the original motion was agreed to. The following votes were agreed to without observation :- 135,0001. for the pay of General Officers not Colonels of re giments; 05,0001. for the full pay of retired unattached officers. On the question " that 697,0001. be granted fur the half. pay and military allowance of retired officers," Sir 11. H A RDINGE hoped that the right hon. secretary opposite would bring forwatd some plan for ameliorating the condi.ion of half-pay officers, before the appropriation act should be introduced. lie would suggest to the right hon secretary the propriety of allowing these officers to hold civil appointments which, on the tecommendation of the finance committee, they were now prevented from doing. 3lr. HU3IE said, that military men, after long seryiee, were inadequate to perform the duties of civil offices. (No.) They could he allowed to hold sinecure situations and re ceice tie salary as well as any other men in the country. (A laugh.) lie wished to ask what was the rule uto pro. motion in the army. He was not aware that there was any other tole but the will of the person who had the patronage. Sir H. PA II NELL said there was no fixed rule. Sir H. HA R DING E observed that there 1;4W; extreme difficulty in establishing any rule in the army as to pro- motion. Colonel EV did net apprehend there would Le any difficulty. He thought that the half pay officers of the army were nut so much attended to as they ought to be. The resolution was then agretd to. The following resolutions were then agreed to without remark : X 91,300 for the halflay and reduced allowances of officers of disbanded foreign corps, and of the widows of disbuniied foreign officers. . __ A 4,174 fur the allowances to reduced local militia adju• tants and reduced officers of yeomanry. £147,778 fur pensions to widows of officers of the land forces. £l2O, xl'23 for the allowances on the compassionate lilt, the King's bounty, and pensions to officers' widows. On the vote of 1,335,91101. for Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, for the penpioners of the hospitals, Sir H. lIARDINGE bald he wished to bring to the notice of the right hon. baronet the secretary at war the subject of commutations of pensions. A practice had been introduced by himself of commutlnz pensions of soldiers who wished to emigrate to Canada, Van Dieman's Land, &c. told numbers of them had taken advantage of the permission. But he had heard that a number of pensioners a ho had received their three or four years' pension on this pretext, bad spent the money, and would eventually come on their parishes, so that the object of the plan would be defeated. There were, he also heard, 700 or 800 old soldiers in Ireland, who had been al. lowed to commute their pensions, and his temark applied peculiarly to them, for they had no parochial relief to fall upon. The Secretary at War should stand between the go. vernment and the old soldier, and take care that no bargain was made prejudicial to the latter, and at the same time take precaution against the abuse of these commutations. Persons of 45 years of age should not be allowed to commute their pensions. The right hon. gentleman observed, that the pen sion-list had been very large, but from the measures which had been adopted whilst he was in office, in twenty years the list would have been reduced 200,0001. Sir H. PARNELL said, that he had followed the princi ples and regulations adopted by his predecessors, in respect to commutation of pensions. New regulations were, bow. ever, in preparation, which would obviate the evil alluded to. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP. the reso. lution was agreed to. The remaining resolutions were also agreed to, namely, 634021 fur compensations in the nature of superannua tion', and retired allowances, for the public departments in Great Britain and Ireland ; and 32,0001. for Exchequer fees. On the question that the Chairman report progprog ress , Dir. R. GORDON wished for some information respect. ing a strange complication of accounts which, he was in. formed. had been discovered In the office of the Vice- Treasurer of Ireland. He understood that there had been a loss to the public from the confusion of accounts, and he wished to know whether any inquiry had been made, and what steps had been taken to recover the loss. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not exactly understand to what the hon. member alluded. There were some accounts of a former Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, which had not been settled. They had, however, now been sent in ; they had been deferred a long time, but were now before the auditors. Dlr. GORDON said he understood that the Vice-Trea. surer he referred to, had been in the habit of receiving 10,0001. a year, fur which he rendered no accounts for five years. Mr. SPRING RICE said that the late Treasury had made repeated minutes calling fur the accounts, but had not been able to obtain them. Mr. GORDON thought it strange that a public ac countant should be suffered to go on for years in this way without being compelled to make up his accounts, and at last kave a balance against him. Mr. HUME observed, it was still more extraordinary, that after thus refusing to give in his accounts, this officer had been appointed to be governor of a colony. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY was surprised that the late Chancellor of the Exchequer could give no explanation of this affair. It required explanation why this officer was ap pointed to a situation of trust and responsibility. Mr. GOULBURN said, it was very difficalt for him to give an explanation of the matter, now he was out of office.' and had not recourse to the papers. He could only say, that he had done his utmost to fulhl every part of his duty. Mr. O'CONNELL hoped the matter would not rest here. The officer referred to, who had had 50,0001. of the public money, which he had not accounted for fur five years, had not only his salary but a pension of 2,0001. This was monstrous. The CHAIRMAN then left the chair, the house resumed, the resolutions were reported, the report was ordered to be recivcd this day, and to be taken into consideration on Wed nesday. 44.4.41til tior ill 4.1.: had done eve fora. from bti Su tl:e extent I that ttatiis:tv. ?, ; 1111511 INFORM BILL. Mr. STANLEY gave notice, that on Thursday next be would move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the repre sentation 'of Ireland, and that on Friday next he would move for leave to bring in a bill for regulating the imports. tion of arms and ammu: hien into Inland, and the keeping of them bete. OItOWTH Of TOBACCO 111 IR[LAItD• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtair,ed leave to bring in a bill to prohibit the growth of tobacco in Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a bill to rtduce the salary of the Muter of His Majesty's Mint.—Leave given. Mr. S. RICE laid on the table papers relating to the cholera morbus.— Ordered to be printed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. HAMBURGH PAPERS. RECEIVED THIS DAY. Sr. PETERSISURG, JUNE 11.—The journals of the last three days contain various official reports from the army in Poland, relative to the various ac tions, to the battle of Ostrolenka inclusive. Accounts from Archangel, of the 27th of May, say that no foreign ship had yet arrived there: the inland trade was very active. 460 ships have al ready arrived at Croustade, and 172 have sailed. FRONTIERS Of POLAND, JUNE 18.--The death of Field-Marshal Diehitsch has made, as ap pears from several accounts, a deep impression even ,on the Poles. They confided in his humanity and moral feeling ; and, whatever some journalists of Warsaw may hare said to detract from him, the better part of the Polish nation, and especially the army, highly esteemed him, and admired his unva rying considerate humanity, during a war which might easily have incited a less humane com mander to cruel acts of vengeance. His death is therefore considered, in Poland itself, as an unfor tunate event, According to authentic accounts from Warsaw, the main Polish army has marched towards Nur, and the river Leiviec. Gen. Uminaki, whom the Polish journals have not mentioned for some time, is said to have now received his discharge, as well as the chief of his Staff, Gen. Pradzinski. HAMBunG, JUNE 23.—His Majesty the King of Denmark arrived yesterday evening in Altona, when the Hotel Kainville was prepared for his re ception. He was welcomed with the most joyful acclamations. STOCK HOLM, JUNE 17.—His Majesty's schoo ner Experiment, which was sent to Riga en the i Ist inst. has now returned, and Lieutenant Hjelm who commands, has given his report to the board of • quarantine. He arrived on the 6th off Dunamande, refused the pilot who came out, and desired that the Council should come to him, who accordingly came alongside the next day in a boat, and without coming on board, made a verbal report to him. The schooner did not receive a later, or have any other communication with ships or with the shore, or with any other person, and all on board are well. The account given by the Council is as follows : It was not till the 26th of May that the cholera was noticed in the town of Riga, whi ther it came from Schaulen, in Lithuania, without the intervening country being affected by it. Up to the 6th, about 900 persons had died at Riga. Every body was convinced that it was not contagious, but came from the atmosphere. Death lor recovery speedily followed the attack. The Isymptoms of the cholera were, throwing up water, with a kind of flux, the mass of the blood be comes thin, and almost like water. The pre ventives employed at Riga were chlorate of Lima to fumigate chambers, or dissolved in vinegar to sprinkle them. Peppermint tea was also con sidered to be a preservative. The labouring poor, and inferior classes at Riga, were chiefly attacked by the disease, which was greatly abating. Ac cording to the accounts of that day, there were some slight appearances of the disorder at Mittau. There had been likewise some vague* reports that it had shown itself at Hamburgh. In Livonia and the army it had nearly disappeared, and in the places where it now manifests itself, no fears of its being contagious are felt. The Consul bad, however, intimated to all Swedish and Norwegian ships, that wherever they went, they would be placed under quarantine. There were at that time many Swe dish and Norwegian ships at Riga, which were chiefly laden with provisions for the Government, to go to Danzig. On board several of the ships, especially the English, a great part of the crews bad the Cholera. HAMBURG, JUNE 22.—According to accounts from Riga of the 13th, the number of persons at tacked by the Cholera to the 12th, was 2,341,- 1,202 bad died, 675 recovered. Letters from Archangel say, that there have been three cases of Cholera there.—Hamburg Papers, line 24. • These reports are indeed very •ague, as well as a simi lar notice in the Journal Universe' of Carbruke. Tiny are both unworthy of serious contradiction bere...(Note of the Editor of Han sh Bonen Halle.) EXCLUSIVE EXTRACTS. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—We know front a certain source that, on the 7th current, General Chrzanosyski obtained an important advantage over the corps of the army of General Ptudigel. The affair took place at two miles from Zamose. The details have not yet arrived.—Courrie t (k Warsaw. The Prussian Regency at Koningsberg has pro hibited the exportation of powder, and other objects of war into Poland and into Lithuania, where the insurrection exists. Nothwithstanding, the Prus sians furnish to the Russians ammunition, provi sions, linen, cloth, and even superfluities. If we do not find justice here below, there is• n Gun above who will avenge us.— Alessager Polonais. The Gazette de Necker announces that the cholera-morbus has just burst out in the environs of Franfort-su r- le- M ain .—La Revolution. It is announced that the Turkish fleet, which was placed under the command orthe Capitan Pacha, and which was believed to be destined to cruise before the coasts of Greece, is directed upon Alexandria. Will it be to depose the Pacha, and cause that country to re-enter under the do minion of the Grand Seignior? It will be remem bered that the Capitan Pacha has already attempt. ed a similar expedition. It appears that this time the Porte has taken better measures.--Le Temps. At Tomaszow, behind Zsmosc, says the Gazeti, of Warsaw, our advanced posts arrested a Russian officer, carrying despatches to Austria. A short time after, a squadron of Austrian light horse crossed our frontier, and advanced unto the village of Wieprzowe-Jezioro. After having communicated with the Russian advanced posts, they returned. If that news is confirmed, we shall have no more doubt upon the violation of the neutrality. — Gazelle de Prusse. The English Government has invited Don Pedro to come to London, in order to confer with him upon the state of Brazil, and upon the measures to be taken against the usurpation of Don Miguel, and for the preservation of the rights of the young Queen of Portugal, which were guaranteed by the solemn arrangements in which the Courts of Eng land and Austria took part. We are assured that the ex-Emperor has the intention of passing over to the continent again, as soon as possible, to esta blish himself in Bavaria. The French Government does not appear to have been very desirous to re tain him in France.—Le Kational. It cannot be disguised that foreign affairs will not stand in a very favourable point of view at the convccation of the Chambers. The reports which circulate on the formation of a camp on the fron tier of the north, by the pressing orders despatched by Marshal Soult, are not chance reports. The resolution of the King of Holland to have re course to arms; the probable support he will re ' ceive from a great power ; the disposition mani fested by Prince Leopold ; and especially the firm determination of the Belgians to maintain firmly their rights and liberties after the thirtieth day of June—these are facts, against which argument can do nothing. It will depend on the president of the council to stand out against the evidence —to postpone opportune and perhaps urgent arrangements ; but events cannot be modified, in spite of the system which strives to enchain us. These events render nearly inevitable recourse to hostilities in Belgium ; and ts ill not permit us to remain idle spectators of the struggle ready to be engaged in. The cannon which celebrates the anniversary of July, may soon have to echo upon the frontier; without seeking war, it may be necessary to ac crept it when it presents itself, and to be ready to follow it up with vigour. " The population who cried out, upon the journey of the King, " Long live the Pules," are now ready ; but there must be a patriotic Chamber—energetic and well imbued with the national spirit; and which knows, in case of need, how to make an appeal to it. With a feeb!e and indecisive Chamber, we should lose the half of our force, and of our resources. It is not only our repose—our interior prosperity—which are in the hands of the electors; it is also the sal vation of the country, Covrrier Francais. VIENNA,JUNE 9.—The following remonstrance, in the Latin language, was presented to the Em peror by the Committee of Baau, in Hungary; 22 other Committees have followed that example: —" Whilst time has brought about in the course of a year, with the rapidity of lightning, events which ages might not have produced, we are asto nished, but joyful at the same time, to see our dear country, after having thrown off the yoke of barbarians, enjoy the most profound calm under the happy and mild government of your Majesty, and under the shield of our constitutional inde pendence, which assures your throne and our pros perity. But on the other side, we cannot conceal the extreme grief which afflicts us, because of the unjust war waged upon the frontiers of our country against a nation which is allied by its vicinity and by Kings given and received reciprocally, and which, when the Ottoman Power threatened the capital of the imperial states, joined its victorious arms to ours under Charles of Lorraine, to aid us to triumph over the tyrant, preserve the throne to the house of Habsbourg, and render liberty to our country, and to our ancestors the hope of more happy times. lf, then, we remember with gratitude those signal ser vices, and if we consider the inconstancy of the destiny of nations, such as history represents it to us, we shall find that that inconstancy, which breaks in part, in the course of time, all relations between nations, and often places them in sima dons entirely opposed to each other—force also, on the other side, sometimes to give succour, some times to receive it, sometimes to defend a neigh bour, sometimes to see ourselves defended by that neighbour : and certainly, if we consider the im mense forces of the Ottoman empire, and the long wars which they have waged with Greece, the evils which our country has suffered, it will prove that all the fault has been with us, who have left the Greck; to perish without assistance. It is that example, which, applied to our present position, should en gage us seriously to put an end to the progress of the Giant of the North, which augments, not by inheritance, or by the choice of the people, but by the violence of arms : and in providing for our per sonal safety, we should satisfy our gratitude, our duties towards Poland, who combats intrepidly for her national independence. If Poland, abandoned. should sink under superior forces, and if the same enemy should come to threaten with the same dan gers, it would be necessary that we or oar descend ants should remember with grief that there is no more Sobieski). The more we are penetrated with these sentiments, the more we believe ourselves