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rbirb SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY) Sub-Committee No. 2. ZDINDURGH, GLASGOW, AND DUMBAR- TONSHIRE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The rosin was then cleared, and on our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of opinion that In this case the standing orders had not been complied with. There was another petition from Mr. James Derry, a burgess of Dunmbarton, complaining generally of non-compliance with the standing orders. T mo allegations were heard which were not sustained. The Committee then found that the standing orders had not been complied with by the promoters of the bill. This was the fourth (lay occupied by this case. The next case on the list was then called, but the witnesses not being in attendance, the Committee adjourned shortly after three o'clock till twelve o'clock to-morrow, when none but unopposed eases are to be taken. Sub-Committee No. 3. THE WELSH MIDLAND. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The next petition was sustained, inasmuch as the extreme depth of cutting was not marked upon', the plans, as was also anoiher'alleg log that the extreme height of an etnuankment was not shown. The nicety of the standing orders about tritles was exemplified in the Committee declaring a non.cotnpliancelwith them, because a distance had been put in chains, whereas the standing orders requ re that it should have been put in furlongs and chains —a split ting-of-hair kia boundsstruction, which the Honourable Chairman said they were to respect. A number of petitions upon the g round of non-compliance with the standing orders were proved, and the case was closed so far as the standing orders declared were concerned. The CHAIRMAN said that upon the whole case the November depo• sits were totally inaccurate, as were also a number of the 31st Decent ber deposits ; but for ascertaining how many of the standing orders had ot been complied with, the agents on both sides should confer with n the shorthand writer, and arrange the matter before the Com mittee submitted their report to the House. At the close of the proceedings , Mr. VENam.xs said that it; had been alleged that many of the in accuracies in the deposits had occurred through the illness of 34r. Hall, the engineer, but he had been instructed to say, that although the Company were in difficulties about what they had in hand, they had employed their forces in surveying a new line thirty miles in length intended to run front Quaker's -yard to Pontypool. Mr. Hall and Mr. Gibbs were asked a number of questions, but nothing was elicited to show that anything but Mr. Hall's illness had occasioned the inaccuracles. Mr.:Hall declared that 'his illness was the sole cause, and that he had never before failed to succeed in complyiug with the stand ing • orders, although he had been a surveyor of public works for some years. He and his men had worked until they could scarcely stand, and it was hardly fair to charge him with negligence, or a desire to conceal anything, or state what was not strictly true. The CHAIRMAN said that there was not the slightest imputation either en the character of Mr. Hall or any other engineer employed upon the line. It was intimated that a special case upon the standing orders would be gone into in the morning. LYNN AND ELY (EXTENSION TO SPALDING). This is a line of railway proposed to be constructed between Wis beach and Spalding, with a branch to liolbeach, the cost of which was estimated at 185,0001. Parliamentary agents, Dyson and Hall ; engineer, Mr. J. S. Valentine. There is a petition against the Bill, but the usual formal proofs were accepted, and the consideration of the petition against the pro ject was postponed. The Committee then adjourned until the usual time to-morrow morning. Sub-Committee No. 5, The Committee met at the usual hour (twelve o'clock) ; the Mem bers!! iu attendance were Mr. Home Drummond (Chairman), Mr. F. Mackenzie, the O'Conor Don, Mr. Tattoo Egerton, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Compton. FURNESS AND WINDERMERE. This case, which was before the Committee on Friday last, was again renewed this morning. The omission from the book of re ference of the name of 31 r. James Michel, over whose property a portion of the line is proposed to pass, was then examined into, and the Committee decided, after hearing the witnesses on both sides, that the Standing Orders were complied with. The next allegation was, that there was no description of the surface of the road in the cross sections 7 and 8, the property proposed to be altered in the parish of Windermere. The Committee geeided the levels were marked but not described. The next allegation was, that no estimate of the expense of the al ternative line had been made and signed by the parties competent to do so. The evidence went to show that an estimate was lodged at the Private Bill-office, but had been lost or mislaid, and the par ties could not produce a copy. Mr. Harris, the engineer to the Bill, to meet this occurrence, drew up another estimate, which he handed to the opposing agent. Mr. VEINABLES, on the part of the opposing petitioners here objected and said it was not in time, and that the estimate now handed in gave no details of the description of the line which was proposed to be constructed. The objection of the petitioners was, that the estimate lodged at the Private Bill-office was not sufficient or correct estimate according to what was required by the standing orders. The Committee adjourned the farther consideration of this point until Friday next, in order to give time to the agents for the Bill to nen; to the country for a true copy of the original estimate. 74' AN CHESTER: AND POOLE (LUGGERS— HALT., SA.I.ISEURY, AND POOLE). The object of the promoters of this line is to construct a railway from Cheltenham, by Luggershall, to Salisbury, and thence to Poole, constructing by their plan a continuous line from the manufacturing districts to the town and port of /Poole. The length was 44 miles, and the estimated cost 700,0001. Engineers, Messrs. Stephenson, Bidder, and Routh ; Parliamentary Agents, Messrs. Dorington, Ellicombe, and Co. ; solicitors, Messrs. Wheeler, Manchester; James, Basinghall•street, London ; and I)eaco❑ and Long, Southampton. A petition from Mr. Robert Scott Stoble, complaining of non compliance with the standing orders, was then entered into. The. petitioner was represented by Mr. Coates, who said that his objection was of a preliminary nature, as to whether the notices to Parliament of the intended railway were suf ficiently explicit. inasmuch as that there was an amend ment on the Bill to empower the Midland Counties Railway Company to subscribe to the proposed work to be executed; and his objection was that there had been published separate notices of these amendments, whereas it had been ruled last year by the Parliamentary Committees that cumulative notices cduld not be given in evidence, but that the notices depended on should contain all the matter in connexion with the Bill. On this point, he sub mitted that the original notices could not be received by the Com mittee, who stated they would nut give their decision for the present. IVIACCLESFXELD AND LICHFIELD. The petitioners in this case sought for leave to construct a line of railway from Macclesfield, by Leek Cheadle and Abbots Bromley, to the Trent Valley Railway at Lichfield. The length of the line proposed is forty•five miles two furlongs ; estimated cost, 1,000,000/. ; subscribed capital, 1,2.50,0001. Engineer, Mr. J. Locke ; I'arlia-. mentary agents, Messrs. Gregory and Co. ; solicitors, Messrs. Gregory, Faulkner, and Co., and 31r. Wm. Challoner, of Leek. Mr. Joins Crusoe and Mr. John Smith were petitioners against the proposed line. There were various allegations contained in the petitions, the first of which was, that certain lands situate in the parish of l'resbury, county of Chester, and vested in one of the peti tioners for the children of Mr. John Smith, of Daintery, were not returned correctly in the book or reference, which was overruled. A similar allegation contained in the petition of Mr. lloubury was next taken, when Mr. Oldacres, the occupying tenant, was examined, who proved that the property belonged to Mr. Horbury. Objection con sidered The next petition was from the owners of the Trent and Mersey Navigation Company. Their first allegation was, that by the 59th clause of the proposed Act, the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company were to have the power of purchasing and lea-sing the intended railway, and that thQy should have published accordingly in certain newspapers in the adjoining counties. he Committee postponed their decision until to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, and then adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. This Committee resumed its labours at Twelve o'Clock this day. CLONMEL AND TH LIMES RAILWAY. The two witnesses required to complete the evidence on this line being produced, the Committee declared the standing orders had been cams lied. The length of the line is twenty-nine miles, with a branch to the collieries of Sleivardogh of ten nines and a half, and will form a junction between the Great. Southern and Western and Waterford and Limerick Railways. The estimated cost is 400,000/. ; engineer, Sir John 111`Neil ; solici tors, Messrs. Labarte and Anderson, and Barrington and Co. THE TEMPLEMORE AND NENAGH RAILWAY. The Committee reported that the Colavany had complied with the standing orders in this case. THE WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICKLOW, AND DURLIN RAILWAY. The Committee reported that in this case the Company had also complied with the standing orders. The Committee thee. adjourned at four o'clock to Thursday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) WEIR DOCK RAILWAY. Allowed to proceed. LYNN AND ELY, AND ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY. Donnington, agent. In this case it was decided that the standing orders should not be dispensed with. BEERS AND HANTS RAILWAY (HUNGERFORD EXTENSION). Burke and Co., agents. Not allowed to be proceeded with. COVENTRY AND NUNEATON RAILWAY. Dyson and Co., agents. Standing orders dispensed with. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS. Derrington, agent. Allowed to proceed. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Venables, agent. Allowed to go on. The Committee then adjourned till Friday next. COURSE OF EXCH./ Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 9 Ditte, at sight • • .... 12 5% Rotterdam ...... 2 U. 12 10 Antwerp 26 15 llamburgh 13 1431 A1t0na........ ... Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 75 ,NGE.-- (THIS DAY.) Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn .... .... ••.. • • 30 75 (knot •......... •... 26 10 3lilan .. • • . ;.... • • • • • • Venice.. . . Naples .. ••.... • • 39 1 % Palermo, per oz. 119% Lisbon ... ..... 52 Oporto .. Rio Janeiro .. .... • . 24% Bahia Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. Ditto, 3 months...... 26 Marseilles ....... 26 10 13ourdeanx..... . Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petershurgh, 3 Cs Berlin ... Vienna, efree. fib Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao.. • • Barcelona .. @Tile . •• •• •• 10 10% •• .... 10 10% PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 h New Doubloons . ..... 0 0 0 New Dollars ••..• • • • 0 4 9h 3 Silver in bars ...... • • 0 4 11 4 THE LONDON GAZETTF. (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Mancif 3. The Queen has be Edward Bowater, lallensed to appoint Major-General Sir ing in Ordinary her ii to be one of the Grooms in Wait to Hon. Arthur Duncombe, ~ , V ( A ItY, in the room of Captain the WIIITEHALe Royal Navy, resigned. The Queen has been pleasedL, Maitcn 2. pissed under the Great 'ealto direct letters patent to be Vi-count Canning, Alexander l a i t'Pointing Charles John Alexander Gore, Esq , commonly m ae , Esq., and Charles Charles Alexander Gore, to be Comrnsalled the Honourable Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, wozoners of her Majesty's FiIEIGN-OFFICE, MAltag2Buildings. The Queen has been graciously pleased to an . poi Stephens, Esq., now British Consul at Samsoon et Richard , to be her Majesty. Consul at Tabreez. The . Queen has also been 'graciously pleased to appoint Benjamin Barrie, Esq., now British Consular Assistant at Madrid, to bo her M*sty's Consul at Alicante. CROWN-OFFICE, MAncii 2. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PA RUA MENT. County of Gloucester, Eastern Division—The Hon. Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, commonly called Marquis of Wor cester, in the room of the Hon. Francis Charteris, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. County of Nottingham.— Son t hem Division.—Thomas Blackborne Thorston Hildyard, Esq., in the room of Henry Pelham Fynes Clinton, commonly called Earl of Lincoln, who has accepted the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Commissions signed by the Queen. Bedfordshire Militia—Captain T. J. Smith to be Adjutant, Feb. 7, 1846. West Suffolk Militia—J. M`Gregor, Gent.,to be A d jutant, Jan. 24, 1846. Flintshire Militia—Lieut. F. R. M‘Gregor Dawson to be Adjutant, vice Roberts, resigned, Feb. 3, 1846. seions signed by the Lord - orews wAtt Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. ~.- ~.:.----- e lett lion. Col. G. S. Byng to be Deputy '.--- !wit- Flood,T. , M.P.• : - ar t 'w L y • . ...,,, • , —sq. to be Deputy L -- -''' - ?..r, ...- ,' . 4 V IP ID ( 2 4;7:•• • Jr: “.. • 9 Feby Lieutenant • C D. Lieutenant ; J. Whiskin, 1- : . „is& . 25. C. "'on, Esq. to be Deputy ei - .•%;,70 , •3--,eines - .,0 t Middlesex, Regiment C4l ( 'S'''•'' 4.*,.. •••x _ \ze:".•= - -. (--'llz- r ,s4 ' pie 5....... .c , of Militia,—The Hon. - - 0 i 44 a ' • • THE SUN, LONDON, TUES DAY EVEN ING, MARCH 3, 1846. W. J. P. Gore to be Captain ; J. M. Gambier, Esq., to be Captain ; J. G. Ogilvie, Esq., to be Captain ; IL Spicer, Esq , to be Captain ; N. Cumberlege, Esq., to be Captain ; 11. W ood, Gent., to be Lieutenant; 11. Rice, Gent., to be Lieu tenant; C. T. Hple, Gent., to be Lieutenant; S May, Gent., to be Lieutenant; F. Dalton, Gant., to be Lieutenant : F. A. Fox, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 25. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—G. H. C. Byng, Esq., to be Captain; J. G. De Burgh, Esq., to be Ciptain ; A. C. Tupper, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 25. Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—The Hon. C. L. Butler to be Major; J. J. Glossop, Esq., to be Captain ; H. Fenton, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 25. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gla- morgan. To be Deputy-Lieutenants:—J. Hewett, Esq.; R. Basset, Esq. ; 11. Lewis, Esq., Feb. 25, 1846. Royal :Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia — To be Second Lieutenants :—G. Chapman, Gent., Feb. 17 ; F. W. Austin, Gent., Feb. 20. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Second Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia —Major .J. 11. Ford to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Entwisle, re signed, Feb. 23. C o mmission by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. Warwickshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—C. H. Ok eove r, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lord Fending, promoted, Feb. 20. WHITEHALL, FEB. 27. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William llandsley Podmore, Gent., of Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, in the county . of Warwick, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Edward Russell Ingram, Gent., of Stourport, in the county of Worcester, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. James Wilson, cabinet-maker, Chelsea, to surrender March 11, at half-past twelve, and April 21, at two, at the Court uf Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street. William John }laddan, brewer, Tottenham, Middlesex, March 10, at two, and :April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assigne ; Peachey, Salisbury square. Abraham Stevens Syer, grocer, Sudbury, Suffolk, March 10, at half-pasf one, and April 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-build ings; Fry, Loxley, an d F r y, Ch ca p s ide. Stephen Henry Hemblen, grocer, Halesworth, Suffolk, March 18, at eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street; Abbott and Wheatly, Roll's yard, Chancery lane ; Miller and Son, Norwich. Joseph Smart, watchmaker, King-street, Stepney, March 18, at twelve, and April 7, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard street ; Goodman and Watts, Coleman-street, City. James Nunn, haberdasher, Baker-street, Portman-square, March 12, at eleven, and April 7, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Pan and Hatherley, Basingball-street. Augustus John Haler°, dealer in linen cloths, Leeds, March 17, and April 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co., Ye rulam-buildings, London ; Cariss, Leeds. George Gillard, grocer, Plymouth, March 18, and April 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Turner, Exeter ; Spyer, Broad-street buildings, London. John Audit) , Horace Jee, insurance broker, Liverpool, March 20, and April 17, ;at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ' • Smith and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Greatley, Liverpool. George Dardier, merchant, Liverpool, March 20, and April 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze ' nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall, Mourilyan, and Rowsell, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn; Neal, Liverpool. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London Nero Price Current of March 3.) SUGAR.—To day there was more activity in the market for West India Muscovado Sugar; considering the small and indifferent show, a fair busines was transacted in brown, grey, and yellow sort, at prices equal to those of Friday. EFIN ED.—To-day several pnrchases were made in Refined Goods by the home trade, but no improvement in the velue took place. Prices further advanced for Bonded Crushed Sugar. MAuntrirs.—This afternoon there was more desire mani fested to purchase Mauritius. and two parcels at public sale amounting to 8,825 bags, 91 casks, and 148 barrels were sold at pricer that averaged those of the last auctions. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was purchased with more freedom, and 1,205 bags at auction were sold at steady rates. I OREIGN.—To- dqy there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and privately there was little business transacted in any kind. The Ductli Company's public sale of 40,000 baskets has gone off heavily at a fall in prices of 2s to 5s per cwt. COFFEE.—To - day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and the demand privately was limited for all sorts. Ceylon of good ordinary Native is not to be obtained under 46s per cwt. Tica.—To-day there was lees business transacted in Tea, but holders were firm, and common seuud Congou for cash was not to be obtained under 9d, low Twankay is. Id. and common Hyson Is. I Id. per lb. SPIRITS.—The principal feature in the Rum market since this day week has been that of the Government contract for 100,000 gallons, half East and half West India, and the whole has been taken by Messrs. Ruck, Son, and Fenwick, a frac • tion under Is. 9d. per gallon proof strength, but the exact price is kept a secret ; the contract has decidedly been taken low, and will scarcely pay the contractor. East India is held for the previous eurrency, but there has been only a limited business transacted. Leeward Islands is not offered upon lower terms, but the demand has been only for small parcels. Demerara is not offered at any further decline. Jamaica is not offered upon lower terms, but there has been little business transacted. Brandy has been purchased with caution, and several parcels having arrived merchants have been more inclined to realize, and submitted to lower rates for all descriptions. Geneva is held with firmness, and is wanted. For British Corn Spirits the price is still 10s 6d per gallon net cash, but the demand is still limited. Gin is held for 8s 10d for 22 per cent under proof, and 17 under 9s 4d per gallon ; but the demand has been limited. Hoes.—There are few purchasers of the low and middling de cr:ptions, but prices do not give way, the supply at market continuing to be moderate. SPICES.—The demand has fallen off for Nutmegs, and the • market having been much better supplied a slight decline in the value has taken place. Holders of Mace are not inclined to further reduce their prices. Prices keep firm for Pimento, but the demand privately has been only for small parcels. TALLOW.—Prices at present cannot be quoted lower for Russian on the spot, as the stock is small, bet the town and country demsnd has been limited for all descriptions. Home made is in better supply. For other sorts of Tallow the de mand has fallen off. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SEA FTESBC AY took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. RAILWAY SURVEYING. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from a magistrate in the West Riding of Yorkshire, complaining of the aggressions which were made:by projectors of railways, whose surveyors, not contented with takings levels, cut down ornamental timber, and in fact took upon themselves all the powers given by Parliament to the Ordnance and Geological surveyors. The petitioner begged to suggest to their Lordships, that as parties poaching were liable to transportation, so individuals tresspass ing in an illegal manner should be equally liable to the same punishment. He ( Lord Portman) might not go that length, but he certainly thought that the subject was worthy the atten tion of the railway committees, and should this be out of their province he thought their power ought to be extended. the petitioners prayed that the House would take measures to reform this abuse. CORN LAWS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition numerously signed from Cornwall against the Government measure, also from the counties of Banff and Devon to the same effect. THE DRAINAGE BILL. Lord MONTEAGLEiWesejecia petition from the linen merchants on the river Bann, in the county of Antrim, against the Drainage Bill. RAILWAY STANDING ORDERS. Lord AIONTEAGLE presented a — petition from the pro jectors of the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Rail way, praying that in their case the standing orders be dispensed with. The Noble Lord said that the occasion of the present petition was, some of the agents of this Company, in ignorance of the standing orders of that House, having served some of the notices on Christmas Day and Sunday. As soon as the mistake, however, was discovered it was rectified by the issuing of fresh notices, which though not in strict complianee with the standing orders, still give the parties so served ample notice. He believed a Noble Friend of his had a motion on the subject, which would be submitted to their Lordships' consideration that night. Lord STRANGFORD remarked that from the time the Standing Orders' Committee discovered the errors in question there was ample time to correct them. Earl GREY, in reference to the motion of which he had given notice, said that he was induced to take the step be had in order to assimilate the standing orders of the House of Lords to those of the House of Commons, and in that course he had been encouraged by the Noble Duke opposite, and the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack. Subsequently, how ever, he had not received the support which he anticipated. He had been induced to withdraw his proposed resolutions, be cause he did not anticipate that support which he at first ex pected from the Noble Lord on the Woolsack and the Noble Duke opposite. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it would have given him pleasure to support the resolutions, had they not been con trary to the practice of the House. THE CORN-LAWS. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented petitions from several parishes in the county of Cambridge against the pro posed measures of her Majesty's Government with respect to the corn-laws. Their Lordships must be aware, that of all other counties in England, Cambridge was, perhaps, the most agricultural; and ever since the year when the protective laws were passed, more improvement had been made in ag riculture in that county than in any other part of England. He need not recal to their Lordships' attention, the fact, that as much capital had been laid out in that country in the improvement of the land, as the fee simple of the land was worth—in fact, he might say, that within a very short number of years, more than half a million of money had been laid out in the drainage, &c., of the land. tH,ee.wouid now explain to the House why a large portion of prov e e ojections were forged. He held in his hand evidence to a 4 6 that the objections were generally those of the keeper of was and This u at ai n m a a s n k e h d a i d f t g h r e o 8 1 gl grossly perjur e datur o lvm. himself. declared that it was They h p a ro d d b u Worthing ton wh w o as he ; ta a t a s nd ma y n e y t subsequently a witness This evidence applied ' e c e ed n able to export from times, upon his oath, toed that the writing was his. isbeaaohr six hundred notices. that part of the country aye alone, through the port of Vi' than had been sent from au otherp. larger amount of pro ducedom. With reference to the rem aining p art acrotu of n t h e in the king dom.had taken from the papers of the clerk of the peaeea co t unty, he of the great improvement in it. Since the year itkaB no le s ss a than n e l n B t ' parishes had been enclosed, and in consequence of that the value of the fee-simple of the land had been increased more than 50,000/., and an increase of 50,000 had taken place i 1n the population. The belief the population was, that the protective duties hadc aused the im provement that had take n p lace in a g riculture, and and improvement went hand-in they stated that protection . . 11 k hand. The prayer of these petitions was liniversa y t e same heir Lordships would over the whole of the :country. T recollect that there was a measure now in pro gres through the other House of Parliament. :Their Lordships would do as they had always done—they would take this measure into consideration with a view of benefitting the labourer, :and ccntinuing the well being of the people at large, and he felt that the result of their deli beration would be a correct ene. He understood the principle on which the Government bad been dissolved, but he did not understand the principle on which it had been reconstructed; and until they did know the principles on which it had been formed it could tot be expected to carry that weight to which every Government measure should be entitled. The House of Commons also, and he trusted that he was not oue of order in speaking of another branch of the Legislature, the House of Commons ho thought by the course they were at present pursuing, were to a considerable degree losing the confidence of the country. The measure coming up from the other House under these peculiar circumstances would be con sidered in reference to the points he had just enumerated, and he believed that that House, as the great pro tectors of the people—(and they all knew that the liberties of the people were never invaded until the authority of that House was trampled under foot)—as the protectors of the liberties of the people, he trusted that the deliberate resolution of that House would be to affirm the justness of the prayer of this petition, and to reject a measure which would be attended with so many evils. Lord KINNAIRD said that the Noble Lord had alluded to the pleasure which some Noble Lords on that side of the House, who were the advocates of free trade, might feel if their hopds were realised by the passing of this measure. He (Lord Kinnaird regretted that that measure was not to be immediate in its operation, and in this opinion he coincided with a Noble Lord on the cross benches ( the Duke of Bichmond. )—( Laughter.) He considered that it would be to the advantage of the farmer and of the agricural interest generally, if the question were thus settled, for they might depend upon it that agitation would not be allayed while protection was in existence. It would be of great importance to the lauded interest that the question should be settled at once. If they had three years delay, the agitation would continue, while every evil that must arise in connexion with agriculture, would be attributed to the alterati n of the protective duties. landlords would be pressed for a reduction of rents and combi nations would take place among the farmers. Besides, by the immediate settlement of the question they would get rid of the Anti-Corn-law League and its interfer ence with the registration, as he could solemnly assure their Lordships if the corn-laws were at once repealed the League would be immediately dissolved. Their Lordships could not amend the present measure of the Government without throwing it out altogether. He, there fore, hoped that their Lordships would answer the prayer of the country by tendering to the measure an immediate adoption. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY deprecated in the extreme the speech which had been made by the Noble Lord upon the question, when their Lordships were The Marquiss of SALISBURY, in the course of a few observations, which were most imperfectly heard in the re porters' gallery, said that he had ascertained from quarters of the highest authorily that the Anti-Corn-law League was a most unconstitutional body.—Cries of Hear," and " No, no.") The Duke of RICHMOND said that the Noble Lord op posite had given him and the House very good advice ; bat he begged to assure the Noble Lord that he (the Duke of Rich mond) was in the habit of taking advice from friends and not his opponents.—(Laughter.) Ilowever, he would not now enter upon the merits of a question which was at that moment under discussion befere the House of Commons, entirely igno- Commons. But he would ask ask what would be the result, if those members who voted for this measure were to go again to the country ? The result would bo, that every one of the ninety-seven members would be turned out of the House of Commons.—(Laughter.) They run away from their colours, as had no doubt they would have done, had they been engaged in the war in India.—( Laughter.) He could not understand how men would make pledges at the hustings, and vote in direct opposition to those pledges in the House.—(Hear, hear.) He was one of those who would never 'believe that this measure would pass until it did pass.—( Hear, hear.) It seemed that there we.e advocates of frae ;trade in the House. His Noble Friend who bad spoken has been an ad vocate for free trade for only about half a dozen years. He was not an advocate of free trade during Lord Grey's Govern ment, and if be was he did not vote for it. It was underscood that Mr. Fitzwilliam's motion was to he opposed by the Ca binet then ; and did his Noble Friend vote for it ? bird Mel bourne's Cabinet was not a free trade Cabinet. No, it was for a fixed duty of Bs. That party altered their opinion while they were in opposition. They did not change their opinion when they came into power. They did not tell the people one thing from the hustings, and after wards when they came into powerr turn round on all their principles, and be the first to lead the attack against their con stituents. He was not surprised that the measure in the House of Commons had a majority, but he should be very much surprised if the measure passed that House. If by going to the country they could only check it for a short time, they should do so, but he believed that such a step would have a better result, for protection had still many friends. Notting ham had behaved nobly; it had returned a protection Member for each of its divisions ; Dorsetshire supported the principle; Westminster had chosen a Radical sooner than one who had changed his principles. The Earl of WICKLOW said that he wished to say a few words in reply to some observations that had fallen from his Noble Friend. It had been regretted by some of the Membersof the House of Commons, that the measure was not put fore and by the Noble Lords on the opposite side, one of the grotnds on which the wish was founded was, that it would have come from them with a better grace. When Lord Melbourne's Government was asked whether the fixed duty eight shillings was for revenue or pro tection, the answer was distinctly for protection. Protection was the object in view in auy case, but a total change had now come over the minds of men, and therefore it was with surprise that oe had seen it reported that influential men had risen in their place in the other House of Parliament, stating that they wished the measure had been brought for ward by the opposite party. One word more on another subject, alluded to by a Noble Friend of his own on that side of the House. He stated that it was universally understood that the Anti-Corn-law League was an unconstitutional body. Now he was bound to say that that was not his belief. He believed that the League was a constitutional body, established for con stitutional purposes, and though no Member of the League himself, nor likely to become a member of it, still he felt himself in justice bound to say that their friends ought to congratulate them on the extraordinary success which, during the short time they had been in existence, had attended their exertions. Lord BROUGHAM said that he intends to take the same course which he had hitherto adopted on the motion of the No ble Lord connected with Yorkshire, and that was, to say nothing What made him trouble their Lordships on the present occasion was to express his opinion with respect to the Anti.. Corn law Lcague, and its being an unconstitutional body. He (Lord Brougham) bad never held the opinion that it wa an unconstitutional body; on the contrary, he held they were a loyal and constitutional body, embodied for constitutionai purpoess, namely, to obtain an alteration in the corn-laws by by means of Parliament; but what he had stated was that their proceedings were unconstitutional, although they them selves as a body were perfectly legal. He meant in collecting a fund for the purpose of obtaining votes by the purchase of free- That was his opinion ; still they said that they only encouraged persons to purchase freeholds. Now he (Lord Brougham) did not see how they could have placed 2,000 electors on the roll of freeholders by this system of encouragement, unless they had also assisted in finding money for the purchase of these freeholds. The practise of parties going from one county to another in order to procure votes, was a course of which he did not ap prove.—(Hear, Hear.) _ LORDS' SUMMARY. Lord REDSDALE explained, in relation to the faggot votes in Huntingdonshire to which he had alluded some time since, That the Duke of BVCRINGILIM was not concerned in Hun tingdon. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose to present a pe- tition from the inhabitants of the colony of Van Diemen's Land, complaining of the great number of convicts which had been transported to that island, and which completely demoralised colony, contrary to the understanding which I Iliad been entered into with them at the time they emigrated, and which was that no more convicts should be sent than could be conveniently regulated, and ultimately absorbed into the population of the colony. The Noble Marquis then went into very voluminous statistical details for the purpose of shewing the importance of the colony, and the manner in which the colony was damaged—its progress arrested and its society demoralized by the sink and refuse of society being transported there to the amount of 16,000 in three years, which made it impossible to reform the convicts, or to prevent the total demoralization of the colony. ( LEFT SI=G.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes before Four, RAILWAY BUSINESS. Mr. GREENE moved that standing order No. 110, re quiring three clear days' notice of the second reading of a private Biil ; and standing order No. 134, requiring three clear days' notice of a second reading to be given in the Private Bill-office ; and standing order No. 139, requiring on• clear day's notice in the Private Bill-office of the day proposed for the report of every private Bill, and also for the considera tion of the report ; and standing order No. 123, requiring the reports on railway Bills to be discussed every Tuesday and Thursday; and standing order No. 142, requiring oneZclear day's notice of the third reading of a Bill ; and standing order No. 124, prohibiting any private Bill from passing through two stages on the same day, be suspended with respect to all Bills entitled to the privileges granted by the re solutions of the House of the 7th day of July last. That such Bills may bo read a second time on the day following the first reading of such Bills. That the Committees on such Bills may report, and such report may be considered, en the same day with that on which the Committee sits. That such Bill may be read a third time on the following day.—The motion was agreed to. Several petitions for and against different railway bills were presented. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and were ordered to be committed, viz. :—Sunderland Waterworks, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks Consolidatior, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (Humber Ferries), Scottish Grand Junction Railway, and Ferguson's Naturalization. . . . . Captain BERKELEY presented a petition from the port of London, praying that inquiries be instituted into the ma nagement of the Seaman's Relief Fund. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition, signed by the dis trict Catholic clergymen of Liverpool, complaining that the children of those of the Roman Catholic adults employed in the factories were compelled to attend the Protestant Sunday schools, and praying that the House would institute some in quiries into the matter. MERCHANT SEAMAN'S FUND. Mr. HUME presented a petition, praying the attention of the House to the management of the Merchant Seaman's Fund, with the view of providing a retreat for those deserving men, after a period of active service, thus preventing them from leaving the country, as many of them at the present were in the habit of doing. He begged to give notice that he would move that the petition be printed, with the view of calling the attention of the House to this important subject. ADULTERATION OF TOBACCO. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the manufacturers and dealers in tobacco in the city of Norwich. They recited that various vexatious processes were instituted under the plea for searching for adulterated tobacco ; that various prosecutions had been entered upon which they had not the adequate means of preventing, and, therefore, they prayed the House to take the matter into consideration. They believed that an effectual remedy would be to reduce the duty on tobacco to ls. per pound, thus removing all temptation to smuggling or adulteration. EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES IN SCOTTISH BOROUGHS. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the magistrates, town council, and civic authorities of Arbroath, praying the House to give every facility to the passing of a measure introduced by the Lord Advocate for the doing away of exclusive privileges in boroughs. REPORT OF STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Mr. ESCOURT brought up the report of the decision of the Standing Orders Committee respecting the North Staffordshire and other Railway , Bills. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. Mr. R. PALMER presented several petitions from Hants and Berkshire against the measures of the Government relative to the importation of foreign grain. He also presented one from the borough of Newbury, complaining of the present mode of raising the poor r a tes, and praying the House to take it into its most serious consideration, with the view of devising a means of abolishing the local rates, and meeting the expense out of the public tads, t 31; t mode. THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY. Several petitions were presented from the inhabitants of dif ferent districts in Yorkshire, complaining of the injustice of the decision of the Standing Orders Committee against the above•named undertakiag. _ Captain BERKELEY said that seeing that the Right Hon. Baronet the President of the Board of Trade was in his place be wished to ask him what was the intention of Go verment with regard to the merchant seamen's fund. Was it the intention of Government to mike any inquiry into it? Petitions of some consequence with regard to that subject had been that day presented, from a body of no less than 3,000 seamen of the port of London. Sir GEORGE CLERK said, it was desirable that some alteration should be made in the system. The Government had for some time been in communication with the Shipowners' Society, and were in possession of every information, so that an inquiry would not be necessary. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from Bilstone for the release of Frost, Williams, and Jones, and also a petition from Charley, for the bet'er regulation of factory labour. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, on the 18th instant, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the limitation of labour in those factories where machinery was emple3ed. Mr. EWA RT gave notice that he should move for the aboli tion of duty on all foreign books. OFFICIAL DESTRUCTION OF CORN. Mr. VILLIER S,:seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman th — e - Vice- President of the Beard of Trade in his place, wished to ask him if any report had been made to the Government or to the Cus tom-house authorities, of the amount of wheat destroyed in this country in consequence of the damage it had received at the Custom-house, and the inability of the importer to pay the duty ? He had understood that very recently a large quantity of wheat had been destroyed, in consequence of the damage it received by remaining in the Custom-house, the importer not being able, in consequence of the high rate of duty, to clear it from the Custom-house. A merchant of the name of 1- hilpotts, at the port of Gloucester, was not able to pay the high duty of 17s. per quarter; it was, therefore, thrown into the River Severn, under the care of a vigilant Custom-house officer, who watched it in the Severn till it became either mixed with the mud or by other means rendered unfit for use. He wished, therefore, o ask if any report had been made to the Government of the tmount of wheat so destroyed in consequence of the inability of the importer to pay the duty? o Sir GEORGE CLERK said he knew nothing of the case to which the Hon. Member (Mr. Villiers) had referred. He believed, however, that the statement had appeared in a news paper, :but the periodical reports furnished by the Board of Customs to the Treasury and tire Board of Trade, contained no mention of it. There could not, however, be any difficulty in ascertaining whether the report was true or false, and if true, under what circumstances the alleged destruction of grain took place. SHIPPING DUES. Mr. HUME moved for an account of the aggregate receipt at every port, harbour, and creek in the United Kingdom, in the year 1845, of the harbour and shipping charges, stating the several heads of such income; and also an account of the aggregate expenditure for the same year, stating the same under the several heads of expenditure in the year 1845 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 571, of Session 1845), which was agreed to. PETITION OF THE SHIPOWNERS OF LONDON. On the motion of Mr. \V. BARING (in the absence of Lord John Russell), the petition of the shipowners of the port of London, in favour of the proposed measure, relative to the timber duties was ordered to be printed with the votes. PETITIONING . THE HOUSE. Mr. NEWDIGATE rose to amend the notice of motion which he submitted to the House last night, respecting an instruction to the Committee appointed to inquire into the way in which the petition from Cheltenham in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws: had been got up. His amended motion was to the following effect :--" That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on the petition from Cheltenham, that they do inquire whether forged objections have net been served upon certain electors for the northern division of the county of Warwick against the claims of the said electors late retained upon the register of the said division of the said county." He said he had been induced to alter his original motion, in consequence of information which he had received imme diately subsequent to bringing forward his motion last night, and which was to the effect, that the system of which he complained prevailed to a great extent in North Warwickshire, and North Staffordshire, as well as in other districts. He thought it his duty to propose this additional instruction to the Committee, because he felt himself agrieved, in common with those who entertained similar opinions to himself, and because he represented those who had bees most unjustly attacked en account of their being in favor of the maintenance of protection.— ( Hear.) When it was con sidered that the Hon. Alember for Cheltenham (Mr. C. Berkeley) was totally opposed to him on the score of politics, and that he had first brought the subject before the House, they would acquit him of any intention to cast additional unnecessary labour on the Committee. He could not divest himself of the statement which was made by the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, that it was not a question well worthy the consideration of the House. The Right Hon. Baronet the other night, when a question was raised with reference to the alleged interference of Peers in Parliamen', induced his Honourable Friend op posite (Mr. Collett) to withdraw that motion, because he stated that if their influence was traced, it may be found not more than was used by other parties. It had even been the practice of that House to consider, where grounds were sup posed to exist, whether any undue influence had been used in the election of Members; and he thought it right that such should be continued by the present tribunal appointed. It was considered that the real contest took place in the regis tration Courts, which decided the fate of the elections; and he considered it was the duty of that House to inquire into the conduct and practices of such Courts. The Right Honourable Baronet thought right to say, that the battle of the elections were fought in the Registration Courts, and this induced him to introduce some instructions to the committee. He trusted that his con duct on that occasion could be fully justified, for he thought he could be able to prove to them that no light ground or doubtful evidence had induced him to make the present motion. He stated that a great number of objections had been served on voters of the North division of Warrington, most of which failed on the merits, and he had also stated that the most re markable of these transactions occurred in the Registration Court at Birmingham. He could then assure the House that no lesss than 700 electors had been served with notice of ob jection in two parishes of that district, and in Birmingham the number was so great—over 30,000—that the Post-office could not be cleared of them for several days. Now these had all been served at the instance. of the Anti-Corn-law League, and on behalf of that body. There were three names which he could mention as avowedly connected with that body; and if he could prove, as he believed he could, their connexion with the present practices com plained of, no doubt could remain on the minds of Hon. Gen tlemen that it was through the agency of the Anti- Corn-law League, that such objections were served The objections were served indiscriminately, and upon persons of property to a large amount. But those objected to were selected from amongst voters who resided or were at the time at the greatest distance from the Northern division of War wickshire. This system was adopted in order that the greatest inconvenience might result to the parties in attempting to maintain their votes in the registration courts. The person who signed those objections was a man named Worthington, who was possessed of no property, and was almost labouring for his daily meal and subsistence. In proof of this he might state that the man, upon being threatended with prosecution for his conduct, declared that he was not worth 51. Now he wished to know if the House intended to allow such objections as these to be continued, or would they not rather interfere their authority and protect the franchise from this vexatious system. On Willliam Worthington being subsequently asked whether he had told the witness Stafford to write like him, he replied not; but he admitted, after some hesitation, that he had handed him a written notice, signed by his own hand, and desired that all the rest should be signed in the same manner. Now, after such evidence, he (Mr. Newdegate) considered that there could be little doubt as to the character of the objector, but he wished to show the House that it was still more neces sary that they should enter into an investigation ; for after the objector had foresworn himself, and his evidence in conse quence ought not to have been• received, the barrister decided on admitting his evidence in other cases of where objections had been taken. He would now take occa sion to trace this system to the Anti-Corn-law League, a leading member of wham publicly boasted that they extended the franchise, a noble object were it net carried oat for a party spirit, and for party purposes, in favour of a body nhich was as much a commercial project as a political association. If such inroads were to made upon the claims of those who were fully entitled to the franchise—if such a system was to be carried on, the electors of any part of the country might pen th e Ri g ht H on . B aronet to doing put a st o p t o suc h oppres absesidstisftrhainschirisqeudi.ry,Haendcablyledsou sions. He told the Hon. Member for Stockport, that though he might treat the :present question as a light one, still such practices as he had detailed to the house had had their weight pith the Covernment.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped the Right. Hon. Baronet would pause before he allowed such practises to be passed over unnoticed. He wished to have this a fair Committee; he was himself a protectionist and he did not wish to have any gentleman of that body on it, nor would he allow of any Members of the Anti-Corn-law League a Member on the inquiry. He would not have it treated as a question between the proteetienists and those on the other side, but he considered it should be entertained by that House as a question between the Government and the Anti-Corn-law League. The Hon. Member concluded by:moving thearnend ment of which he had given notice. Mr. REDHEAD YORKE was understood to inquire by whose instructions the Honourable Member had moved his amendment. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE admitted that it was no light case— a case consisting of perjury, and a very vexatious system of serving notices by some agent of the Anti Corn-law League. Admitting the whole facts of the case, he could not conceive what the House had to di with the question. A Committee had been appointed to inquire into the breach of privilege, with reference to the forgery of certain names to a petition, by means of which the House had been misled, and was , therefore, a breach of its privileges. But he did not see that the present charges were breaches of privileges. With reference to the charge of perjury, that is a case for another tribunal. The system of given notices was not a breach of the privileges. He did not know what offence it was, it was a very vexatious and harassing system to the electors that was the fault however of the system of registration. That system he had found fault with over and over again. But Hon. Members opposite were always so proud of their registration. They now began 'to feel that inconvenience which had so long been f e lt b y the electors of boroughs. Now they began to feel it in the counties. Hon. Members came down to this House to complain of the system. If the Hon. Member had moved fur a Committee to inquire into the whale system o registration, and into the operation of the Reform Bill, with its penalty clauses, he should have been happy to have assisted them to the utmost of his power.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, that the Government would not give their support to the motion of the Hon. Member. He had consented to be one of the members of the Committee to which the petition from Cheltenham had been referred; but he should decline to serve, if the additional duty proposed by the Hon. Member should be referred to them.—( Cheers.) Mr. NEWDEGATE said the Hon. Member for Finsb u r y bad asked film why they did not p roceed at common law against the parties whoseha ( Mr. Newdegate) stated had outraged the privileges of that House? Simply, because none of them had any wish to prosecute the unhappy. tools of the organised system of annoyance to which he had referred. He did not seek for a Committee to inquire into the effects of the Reform Bill or into the registration of the country, but he wished for a Committee to inquire it,to the way in which sig natures were attached to these petitions, and who the parties were who thus interfered with the registration. Mr. ADDELEY thought that the subject brought forward by the Honourable Member should be referred to the Corn mittee on the Cheltenham petition, because there was an analogy between them. It was rigl.t that the Com mittee appointed to inquire into the manufacture in Manchester of Cheltenham petitions should inquire into this subject also.—(Hear, hear.) He was prdpared to prove that the privileges of electors had been interfered with in North Staffordshire, and that discussion on the subject was germane to the matter referred COMMONS' SIMIMARY. The House resumed business at four o'clock. Ou the motion of Mr. GREGNE certain of the Standing Orders on Railway Bills were suspended with respect to all bills entitled to the privileges granted by that resolution of the House on the ith cf July last. Certain Railway Bills were read a second time and ordered :o be committed. Several petitions were presented for and against the Minis terial measure for free trade. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice of his intention on the 18th to move for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the hours of labour in factories where machinery was employed. Mr. O'CONNELL withdrew his notice for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Criminal Law of Ireland. Mr. VILLIERS wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the vice President. of the Board of Trade whether any report was made annually by the Board of Customs to the Govern ment of the amount of wheat destroyed in consequence of being damaged by remaining in the warehouse, in coese quence of the importer being unab:e to pay the high duty, and thereby introduce it into consumption. He asked this question in consequence of being informed that a large quantity of wheat had been lately thrown into the Severn in consequence of it being unfit for use. Sir GEORGE CLERK said that the Board of Customs made no annual report upon the subject alluded to by the Hon. Member, but if what he had stated was the fact there could be no difficulty of ascertaining the grounds under which the grain had been destroyed. Mr. NEWDEGATE then moved, agreeably to the notice he bad given, that it be an, instruction to the Select Committee on the petition from Cheltenham, that they do inquire whe ther forged objections have not been served upon certain electors for the northern division of the county of Warwick against the claims of the electors to be returned upon the re gister of that division of the county. Mr. P. Boicesiwicie seconded the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE hoped the Government would oppose the motion. If it was true that forgeries had taken place, the House had nothing to do with it, the parties being amenable to the law elsewhere. He had complainod of the system of registration long ago, and he was happy to see gentlemen on the other side of the House bad found out its defects. Mr. ADDERLEY supported the motion. . _ Mr. WAKLEY hoped the Hon. Member would not press his motion, and that a Committee would be appointed specifically to consider the subject. Sir R. PEEL did not think it were a precedent that a Com mittee appointed to inquire into a question of privilege should be instructed to make the inquiries proposed by the Hon. Member. ( LEFT SITTING.) DREADFUL ACCIDENT at GREEN- WICIL-TiIREE LIVES LOST. On Saturday an accident of a very distressing charac ter, by which tkree persons were prematurely hurried into eternity, occurred in the extensive chemical works belonging to Mr. Hills, situate near the Pilot, East Greenwich. From the few particulars that could be ob tained during the confusion that prevailed, we ascertained that three men, named Francis Reeves, Thomas Birken, and Richard Middleton, were employed in the factory cleaning out a large vessel in which some chemical pre paration had been. The two former had hardly got to the bottom of the vessel when the fumes of the spirit contained therein overcame them, and they both fell senseless on their faces. The other unfortunate fellow not perceiving what had happened, or else desirous of assisting his fellow-work men, also descended the same vessel, and almost in stantaneously shared the same fate. An alarm was im mediately raised, and several persons quickly repaired to the factory to render assistance. Upon gaining the ill-fated utensil, a lamentable sight presented itself. The three poor men were observed lying in a heap at the bottom. What to do for the best the parties present scarcely knew, but the foreman of the factory, more bold than the others, instantly leaped into the place, with the hope of rescuing the men. In this praisewor thy endeavour he was foiled, for no sooner had he got into the vessel than the fumes also overcame him, and had it not been for the extraordinary exertions of others he must likewise have perished ; as it was he was got out alive, but in a very exhausted state. As soon as possible the three others were got out, and a surgeon was promptly in attendance, but not in time to be of any assistance, life in each being extinct. The bodies were subsequently removed to a neighbouring public-house to await the coroner's inquest. It is re ported that the men had received strict ihjunetions that they were not to enter the utensil until they had tried the same with a lighted candle, to ascertain whether or not it was perfectly safe. This order, it seems, was not attended to, and the fatal coa.tequences that followed was the result. It is stated that two of the deceased have left large families unprovided for. An inquest was held yesterday, at the Pilot Tavern, East Marshes, Greenwich, on the bodies of the three unfortunate men, when the jury agreed to the following verdict :—" That the deceesed, Richard Middleton, Francis Reeve, and Thomas Middleton, had met their deaths by suffocation from the effects of sulphureted hydrogen gas, which had escaped from one still to another still, and that this was owing to the deceased Middleton himself, by his neglecting to supply water to the other still." CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. Appended is en officially correct account of the principal sentences passed in the three Courts, together with other minor results and adjudications : Death—Thomas William Wicks, 25 (for murder). Banishment—The under-mentioned convicts were sentenced to be transported beyond the sea for the periods set against their respective names : For Life—T Tovin, 44 (for rape), J. Feacy (manslaughter). Twenty Years—J. Stone, sen., 50 (for arson). Fifteen 'Years—G. Reason, 24, A. Jones, 20, E. B. Garey (for forgery). Ten Years—J. n illiams, J. Murphy, J. Brasington, G. Preston, G. Ryan, 22, W. Lawson, IL Weston, T. Miles, J. Doyle, alias B.Willis, 19, J. Kelly, alias P. Towel], 19, G. Brown, aliasW. Cuilum, Louis Phillip. Seven Years—G. Smith, 19, W. Dixon, 19, G. Hopkins, S. Soper, T. Goodey, W. Howard, 19, W. Dobson, 17, Adam Hay, T. Cox, J. Morley, Mary Ann Smith, 43, Sarah M. Chamberlain. Imprisonment wtih Hard Labour—The following were ordered to he confined to hard labour in the House of Correction for the coun ties wherein the offences were committed for the periods named : For Two Years—T. Brawn, T. Thompson. For Eighteen Months—Mary Wilson, J. Stafford, 11. Brown, Eleanor Clay ton, Rivers Tuck, 11. Winton, 0. Cooper. W. Satch. For ono Year—W. Brett, J. Walker, Fanny Goldsmith, Ann Weston, 11. T. Kellerby, Ann Jones, S. W. Alabaster, R. Hickratt, J. Leggett, J. Weston, H. Davis, W. Parke, Ti. Williams, J. Mur phy, J. Wihnott, C. Pearson, 11. Stevens, R. Hester, W. M. Higgins, T. Jones, T. Davis, T. Glynn, It. Lamb. For Nine Months—G. Hicks, C. Chubb, T. Miner, T. Bench. Six Months—J. West, alias Rogers, W. Lapham, F. T. Pepall, Harriet Rachael Ste,ggle, Phoebe Dredge, Ann Miller, Mary Fletcher, Mary Ann Morgan, W. Postleweite, It. Osborne, alias Emery, M. T. Knight, G. Smith, 30, W. Passmore, J. Westbrook, W. Austin, R. Thorpe, F. Wkale, H. J. Peterson, T. Lowe, J. Ward, G. Smith, 19, W. Francis, T. Shields, J. T. Syers, 11. Hunter, Mary Martin, J. Rixen, E. Chits. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. .HOUSE OF LORDS, March 2. THE VICTORIES IN THE EAST—THANKS TO THE ARMY. The Earl of RIPON (in continuation from our Third Edition)—About the end of November intelligence was conveyed to the Governor-General informing him that the Seikhs were collecting in the neighbour hood of the Sutlej. The information received was to the effect that the plan of campaign which they (the Seikhs) had undertaken, was to move out of their territory into ours, and attacked it, with several divisions at different points. This plan of ope • ration, if it had taken place, would have had the effect of detaching, on several points, the Seikh army, con trary to all military principles, and subjected them selves to being operated on in different quarters, so as to be defeated in detail, while their chances of success were very small. In consequence of this the British army, or that portion of it, at the head of which was the Governor-General, concentrated its force at those points which e ere threatened. Eventually the Seikh leaders altered their policy, and several portions of their army, which had been detached at a considerable distance from each other, collected near Peshawur, to the num ber of about 8,000 men, and 24 pieces of light artillery, while they had in reserve, partly mounted, from 30 to to 42 pieces. The Noble Lord here gave a number of details respecting the collection and concentration of the Seikh forces on the Sutlej, and the steps whicii were taken on the part of the Governor-General and the British army to meet the threatened invasion. As soon as it was evident that descent wee to be made on the British side of Sutlej, it was deemed expedient to collect the largest possible force in the shortest time to meet the enemy. That was done by forced marches, and subjecting the troops to great fatigue, which they willingly bore, with that cha racteristic fortitude which the British army has always evinced. They arrived at Peshawur in perfect order, and were immediately prepared, if called upon, for action. He took up a position in that neighbourhood so as to give him the greatest command ; in fact, he took it on the right flank, and the pass of that district was consequently rendered exceedingly formidable, and, under many circumstances, most dangerous. It was ab solutely necessary for him to interpose between the ad vance of our army from Moodkee to Ferozepore. The opposite force was approaching within a com paratively small distance, and he was deter mined to make an attack. The remainder of the army amounted nearly to 40,000 men, and he believed that forty pieces of cannon were moved forward to make an attack upon our advance forces. It was an nounced that he had taken possession at Moodkee, and it was necessary to take immediate steps to repel that attack. It was obvious that that policy was a very wise one, because it would bring the other forces into action at the earliest possible moment. Our troops were ordered to advance, and the two armies were brought into close contact. A sharp action occurred, and the enemy was entirely repulsed with a very considerable loss of their men and nineteen pieces of cannon. The effect was that the enemy retired into a position which was adverse to our interests. Communication nith Ferozepore was established by taking a position on the right. There were no plans of the battle, or he should refer their Lordships to it for further explanation. At Ferozepore a junction was formed for the purpose of uniting the forces, and when united they took the enemy's entrenched camp. The effect of that junction was apparent on thn morning of the 21st, and the po sition which we then occupied (which was about half-past one) was, as far as he could make out by the dispatches, an oblong, and which enabled us to entrench the enemy's camp. It being still within three or four hours of daylight, it was deemed advisable to make a further attack when day should appear; a wise and noble proceeding, although there may be, and I believe there are some, who con sidered it was rash to do so. The attack, in spite of all difficulties, in spite of the great number of the enemy, was determined on and made with vigour, and after a severe conflict, a portion of the camp of the enemy was taken, and his hopes of effectual resistance abandoned. The darkness of the night rendered any further attack at the instant impossible, but the work was only begun; it was necessary to press forward, and it was determined in the morning, as soon as day broke, that an attack should be made. I need hardly say that the night was passed in considerable anxiety, but they determined to maintain their position, and follow up the success which they had gained. During this bivouaek the enemy made an attack, but they were the first, and immediately driven back. This was one of the most gallant portions of the proceedings, and it seemed to have paralysed the enemy, who con tented himself for the remainder of the night with a distant cannonade. In the morning the troops at day break were again put in motion, and in half an hour swept the whole lino of the enemy's entrenchments, and captured many of their guns. It was immense success, particularly when yoe consider what their position as. It was taken up, with regular entrenchments formed and the cannon fixed, some of which were so heavy that the enemy considered themselves perfectly safe when they got into the rear of them. To recapture these guns they made three several attempts, and they were at length obliged to abandon the position, and left us in possession of the field. They retreated to a village in the rear of their entrenchments, but here they had no position in a country perfectly flat, from which they were obliged to retreat across the Sutlej. Now, my Lords, I believe that is a brief account of the transac tion, and I feel how truly inadequate I am to describe the merits of those engaged in that great battle, for I believe there never was an occasion in which British valour and military skill was more remarkable. In these desperate and hardly-fought engagements, there were of course moments of critical importance when all the resources of a general are called for to meet the emergency of the occasion, but of course there were moments when the skill and the energy of the ge ncrul are most called upon, and when the general shows himself worthy of the country and the man. My Lords, there are some things personal with respect to the Go vernor-General, which, although he does not mention, I believe it necessary to mention, as they not only concern him, but because they happen to show the peculiar cha racter of the proceedings of that day, and because more over they indicate at the same time the invincible reso lution and untiring energy of the general and his men. My Lords, the Governor-General was placed in a most critical and dangerous position, during tke night of the 21st. When darkness had completely closed in, he had ordered the four European regiments to lay down upon the field, and in order to show them en example of the advantage of cool self-possession and intrepidity, he went with his companions in arms to lay for the night amongst them. What, my Lords, must have been his feelings when taking that position, and what must have been the feelings of the men on this occasion, whom he commanded, when they discovered that their commander, and he found that his men, were comrades in arms in the Peninsula. It was, happily, unnecessary to rouse their courage in the com bat on the following day ; but still the influence must have been considerable. In order to show the great danger to which he was exposed, 1 have only to state that during the succeeding day that every officer on his staff was killed or woundd, with the exception of one. The Governor-General, my Lords, had five officers in his staff killed, the only exception was one from whom he had received great assistance during that day ; this was an aide de-camp, a little boy only sixteen years of age, his own son, who had only recently joined the army, and was entirely ignorant of warlike movements, but who was actuated by the noble intrepidity and excellent t xample of his father, and was employed during the whole of the day in conveying orders to different parts of the field. I would not use any words on this topic, for his father does not mention the circumstance, but I thought it but right that this statement should be made in justice to the boy, who may some day emulate the high qualities of him by whom he was commanded.— (Loud cheers.) The Governor-General had, at the same time, the assistance of another son, who, although he was not a military man, yet continued to render his assistance throughout the engagement. Ile had been originally intended fur the army, but, in consequence of a severe accident in his youth, he was obliged to suffer an amputation of the foot, and was, consequently, obliged to adopt some other profession. That young man continued with his father throughout the whole of the day, but the Governor- General conceiving that he might distract his attention, with a fatherly anxiety, and much against the young man's inclination, had compelled him to retire.—(Loud cheers.) This, my Lords, is but a small portion of all that the Governor-General had to go through, but it is sufficient to give you an idea of the perils and anxieties he had to endure. But, my Lords, we cannot too highly estimate the vast advantages to oar country by the result of the battle. These advantages, however, were not gained without very heavy loss. One of tire most distinguished men in that or any other field fell nobly in the cause of his country. Who, my Lords, does not know the character of Sir Robert Sale ? His name is on the tongues of all, and who is it that did not glory in the honours which were showered upon him by a grateful country ? It is not only necessary that we should take notice of his great actions, but it is our duty to keep his fame imperishable in tire annals of his country. I may say of that distinguished man what Lord Hutchinson said of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, that the memory of his glory should be as a living mouu ment in the history of his country. There is another, my Lords, who has fallen, and we must not forget how highly he had been spoken of by Sir Hugh Gough. I allude, my Lords, to our political agent, who fell bravely in the field. He performed many actions in his political capacity, with great service to the Government of India. He was well acquainted with the whole country and the feelings of the people, and therefore he was most admirably qualified for the position he had filled. But while performing his poli tical duties, he did not forget the duties of his military character. If there was anything which could be said by the way of regret in connexion with this officer, it was that he was ever forward in the face of danger, even where his services were not called into action. Let us look to the objects of the enemy, for it is by looking to the objects of the parties that we shall be able to judge of the impoi tent results. The object of the Seikhs was to overrun the whole country, from the Sutlej to the Jumna; and then, after having gained possession of the country, to attempt to turn the timid from their allegi ance, and in acquiescence with their plans, to coerce those who might have felt it their duty to remain with us, and eventually drive us with disgrace from our territories. All these objects had failed. The objects of the British troops had been to force them back, to beat them out of the city of Ferossepore, to compel the doubtful to adhere to their allegiance, to support and confirm those who were friendly to them, and to show the enemy that they would not be insulted and invaded with impunity. All the objects of the Seikhs had failed—all their objects had entirely succeeded. When they considered that in the short space of three weeks their objects had been attained when they considered the combination of courage and exertion that was necessary to gain these great battles—battles which the Seikhs would not be likely soon to forget, he thought that these thanks were well claimed at their hands. The Seikhs were a warlike people, but he (Lord Ripon) entertained considerable doubts whether they were not greatly averse to personal conflict ; but he thought at all events they had received a lesson which they would not easily forget ; and they, in that country, had a right to suppose that these victories had given that security to the l'unjaub which it was of so much importance should be maintained. He (Lord Ripon) had been led to speak personally and particularly of the Goveruor-General. He had been led to do so, perhaps, from his intimate knowledge, and he would add, his affectionate regard fur him ; and he might, perhaps, have, in conssqunce, passed over the gallant deeds of others. But he would bear his willing testimony to the admirable spirit and gallantry of that experienced and tried officer, the Commander-in-Chief—(Hear, and loud cheers)—of a men who had served his country under the great man who sat next to him (Lord Ripon), who bad fought the best years of his life, he believed seventy, for his country, who had served in moat of the quarters of the world with undoubted credit and high renown, and who de served well the honours with which her Majesty bad been pleased to reward his exertions. It was the duty of Government, with all the means in .its power, now that the war was brought upon them—forced upon them-- it was the duty of the Government .by every exertion which they could make, to contribute to the success of these operations. The Governor of Bombay, with infi nite activity, forwarded a considerable reinforcement of British troops and artillery. Be also held in reserve two more regiments. of cavalry, who were ready to serve if required. Troops had been ordered from Poonah to join the army upon the Sutlej, and every exertion had been made by Sir J. Macmahon to give effect to these movements. When he moved the troops to Kurrachee they were under the command of as gallant a hero as ever wore a soldier's uniform, Sir Charles Napier.—(Gheers.) He collected all the means at his disposal for the purpose of brine,ing them to bear upon the point where they could be most efficiently applied, and any one who knew Sir Charles Napier must know what his military talents were, and above all what was his talent of inspiring unlimited confidence among those whom he com manded, and should it be his fate to take part in the operations of the war, they would find the glories of Meanee and Hyderabad revived in his person, and they would again be called upon to return him their thanks for his services. Everything, continued the Noble Earl, has been done, at least I hope so—everything that was possible with the view of facilitating any ulterior opera tion. But you may depend upon it, my Lords, that that which we propose to you to do—to tender to these gallant men your thanks--is not among the least efficient modes of exciting them to future deeds of valour, and of leading them to renew on other occasions those heroic actions which have given imperishable renown to our arms. It is therefore with these feelings—conscious how little worthy I airs to sate questions of this kind, and to make military operations intelligible to your Lordships—it is with these feelings, which I am sure you will respect, that I beg to move the thanks of this House to those who have been concerned in these great battles, in the full confidence that I shall have your unanimous support ; and all those who are concerned, and whom we are about to thank, will feel that they are serving not an ungrateful country. The Noble Earl then moved the resolutions, whick will be found in another column. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, it must be the opinion of their Lordships that such resolutions as those proposed by the Noble Lord the President of the Council, and such events as those resolutions were founded on, ought not to pass without some observatious frem other quarters. Although he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) felt that the Noble Lord had done full justice to the subject, it was grateful to his feelings to state, that after perusing with the greatest attention the documents which herMujesty'sGovernment had laid before their Lordships, and also after examining the particular terms of the resolutions founded thereon, and proposed by the Nuble Earl, he must give, in the sincerest manner, his testimony in favour of the troops that had been engaged. And he hoped that their Lordships would not merely give their acquiescence to the resolutions, but their sincere support.—(Cheers.) Those resolutions went to prove the expression of their grateful admira tion at the valour, zeal, and devotion t o thepublic service evinced by the whole army ; and also to express their satisfaction of that distinguished offi . car who filled the situation of Governor - Genera l, and whose energy and ability had been employed and placed at their disposal, to repel the invasion of the Seikh army.—(He a r, hear.) To both these objects, ho (the Marqui s o f Lansdowne) gave his most cordial support. From the particular tactics andthe particular course of - • military operations that had been pursued duringrts conflict, which lasted four or five days, and also those papers which had been laid before their ' , wi e ships, he would venture to say that there was e i ° o o evidence that the zeal of th e B r iti s h army durt'' conflict had known no bounds, and had never bee° . leo ceeded in any country.—(Cheers.) It was impo ssle _,„, peruse those papers without observing that currence of circumstances—all of which were ° wit h table, and most unfortunate—were attended ~i „ s those glorious results of which their Lordsi;gro had heard. The armies, in the course of g o si movements, were compelled to submit to priratio°_,, disadvantagesetofatigues, and occasionally to discon f ment—(Hear, hear)—and it was necessary to cl!- ti q iiio their valour in the face of a superior enemy; "a to et c ' course of one week every one of those unfortuna cumstances was brought to boar in the most uuh t ro ps every. eve er oo able manner upon the situation in which thos e ' ‘e were placed, and yet by the combination of all tho- ob o i cumstances a result was produced—the glory of trhicb he would not say was unparalleled, but was one „ o f he would venture to say would add the most hri i iii so l lustre to the British armi e s. A n d it wa s to the e ea s jeli• devotion displayed by th a t arm y th a t w e owedltter„ 01 tional lesson which had b ee n afforded to the fl at° 0 0e Asia—(Cheers)—and that the military and tb h o st th e military of that count r y h a d b een ma d e to see star of British power had shone on this occasion. e b e d to diminished but with increasing lustre, and had o gld those claims of gratitude and confidence which 5 b be be shown towards us by those nations wh ic rtel de trusted it would ever be our fortune to „d e o) He was sure the Noble E a rl o pp os it e (Earl Ab h e 'obei would pardon him for advertin g t o th e papers' been laid before their Lordships, but he would 10 they showed that not merely did our Europesaionot but that of the Sepoy—(Loud cheers)—employ ed is eel occasion, had acted in a manner which, wheaei r e r the t/ 0 exhibited tended to strengthen and to cezne„,°Li r eor, that ought to exist between the two nations. 1 °;.) duct was worthy of the greatest praise.—(Chejiee this day, when they were giving thanks for pu o rot vices, he hoped that the public services and the %ft° services which had been rendered to the country 240 Indian army would not be forgotten. With re s5lO the distinguished Commander-in-Chief, it tvs, ° o lo 44 / doubted that in the position in which he v";;i00 .. ,.° during a week or fortnight previous to the in t ' e ier the Seikh army, his conduct was that both of o _,„,littf and a military man. His position was most c e istir he may venture to say most unusually so, but ,ne job ° less, that distinguished milit ar y man did not serf duty as a civilian, but when he found it ne ees „ o ole' l draw his sword, as a soldier ; and, wh a t was el- b 1 I). d valuable, added to the glory of the dal be cle,,, example which he set in inciting to ' it ", valour. Ile, therefore, thought that on that Pt oftb occasion he eminently deserved the a pprobatio', L h ot! country. He would not, for the same reason ;Pone Noble Earl had assigned, attempt to dwell on ° Le O c t and great abilities of Sir Hugh Gough and s tm oe O / commanders who had exhibited such rowels f e eler occasion. Their Lordships, he was sure, WO; (41: they were all entitled to share in the approbat o old,A country, and on that subject he was sure that li e fria;; ) all unanimous. He would not follow his No t ,, , 0 ;4 into the political allusions which he had ras was sure, if it should be necessary to make al e le into the circumstances which had preceded t t bai, in question, they would come to the conclusloti.4oS policy would prove deserving of their warmesthel tion, being of a pacific nature. He was sure t :0,0 ships would feel that every effort was made t° o bei y j unnecessary war, but at the same time, t° :bich " s et that, would not be consistent with the duty v it is owe themselves and the country they gov er° ' s etede l palpable to all the world, that if ever the, ~ part of aggressors in India, it was not on ,0 3 be ..A0 , occasion; but that was a consideration into w'''. oo OE O not wish to enter, or pronounce any oP in b l f e tcl although if he were, it would be of a favour° d O° A 4, The Duke of WELLINGTON rose ° ° ,o3 l " o „i should be particularly cautious, and not 5 °Y l'e if I was of a different opinion on the, eue s ;:eoa t before the House re'ating to the military 0P,,,, e India. But, my Lords, I could not omit an vi e clhi fi o this kind without adding to what had been too ° two Noble Lords my own unqualified approh - ro all or conduct of the troops, and of the officers a h °c° Geflll them, particularly of my Noble Friend the ag e . General ; who, after having made all the ° tr oll r or appertaining to his duty as Governor- Genera l' 0;40 to collect all the resources of the country I° ' c ol ) pose of fighting the great contest—havingoetiOA all the troops, and made all the arrang e fec!'"ei were possible, he gave his assistance to th e ro banis command, in order to secure the public aPP O ire the country. My Lords, it is seldom th°,, t ' pre placed in a situation to take that course- - ti',: s eePfo haps, no similar instance of a man giving sue," 04 0 1 0 —an example, my Lords, which I hope will ,l' e be ut e , pre lowed. When he found his services woula d id eV the field, his situation as Governor-Gener al a y 0 y! vent him acting there, and overlooking operation, and volunteering his services and teenAltb contest. My Lords, the Noble Marquis s at es t 17,0 r the army did all in their power to obtain g r ot t he at e My Lords, it may not be generally know o _ h 0010 0 try ought to know that the position of ti th e t bst tsor completely closed in by entrenchments, a n itioa' t!, more a fortress than simply a fortified Pt troy . withstanding the disadvantages which the t° India laboured under, they performed their 41 1 ,.r o ets; entire approbation ; notwithstanding their ! Ro t Pool advantage, being without water for twenty' A te because the villages were distant, and those he / fi e f it was to supply them could not do so, and t p f r esb' f it consequence fiir twenty-four hours without r t oll s k i li They carried the position of the enema' e er ha d lboaj; very great honour, and he hoped the affa' r .i c es them in a state to be inefficient, if their stir' ota A d be called into action on any future oc e oll. o ic Lords, I have not for a length of time ltot t " t i s fec tl ie; s sion that has given such full and entire stt te e fel this affair. But there is one matter comsat 0450 0 45 e, which I regret. It is said that all /afr in ono regiment, which I hope was e tive en o 4 I see, my Lords, that by a comparison. t est o e , land and France that the general to wh ea ' be e 111 4 has referred lost five-twelfths of his ouVi e atil.,sit; hour after he entered the action; and 1 ,,,„s eiri e it it report, that in the course of this attack ' - "" e eta first quarter of an hour on e -third of th?:,,cetlikei find, upon inquiry, that there are severa l ' 03 bet . ,00, 0 the report of this general officer in the n u o lesPi f and wounded, which in his report, have been as the' e e b gerated. In that report it is said, th,7' e " e ffie to eve moving on to the attack the men and tu t . fire tioct i actually mowed down with the severitY.,. ° or ds,_is they were exposed. Now, I find, o. `" Or ) it regiment to which this reference has hexeteetto, locl" a, been serving, without intermission, for s', e ors the East Indies; that during the foe tY ) ,„ e arse i di had served, it had served thirty-three t he o leaving only seven years for duty with' t wo, No the United Kingdom. I find moreofer2he dia) my Lords, that during its service in r i bs that during that time, it has served in s i. " o ' w ete r os ,at and that during that time, of the men w re e-fel h l i p i er at the moment of this attack, nearly to, f . ,orv e sitt been only seven years in the service. /t e 'l at ioa t o ei i el felt it my duty to examine into the at li ., g inael be ha t ing this regiment. I find a great many la y- oa c the report of this general officer. I on l Y eet' ° of / written a much more detailed report °f, th ee c eilti s o6 ° ;o will read a paragraph to show the reli t , be 0;* est 0 / regiment, with which I think you ht r s We A t ol (The Noble Duke searched among c ol ; se d er) unable to find the one he wanted.) a, ,bot id lit' e el Lords. I can assure you, my Lords' & oleo, ",,,t) the most unqualified approbation of th e _.„, M oe , riot; of that regiment. I should, indeed,rt Th e jt ae, great pleasure in reading this r"P ° ll - 0 0)„,e1 deeply regret not having it.—(He ar ' en PI O 00 of two-thirds of the men having balls ,tb° o'o 4 ' speaks highly of their conduct, a o tha t 't unqualified praise.—(Cheers.) felt o ° t ° The Marquis of LONDONDERR Y d dresse ploe'otio l t, speech of the Noble Earl who bad Chit e h o f the, se a pPt ie f ships, and more especially after the see° „ o ch . , t o (o .Af er who had just sat down, he could not seYoere.'dy ' O O O , the question before their Lordships • s oot_ th .ri ( 4 , however, which he thought had not been Agre tie° . ,,sr bt ! r , to, and that was the most extraordinary ; n o sepseg fre llb r ral officers who had been engaged is tb` y ect btoos' th e ee. gagement. The conduct of the officers like P e iest m e t' above all praise, for they forgot anythi,t,ig kne sen _ A t el itif. e .e and mingled in the fight. It was well e ff e ct eprsr?„,") sonal bravery of our officers had a g rea o t.. ners w ho s i l o , If the soldiers were to see our general :_°, o in the or sonal bravery, it would cause them to . e4 ooke il i t .. e4- fe rs io The point which he considered to be ov_e_r_.,, e nset," t ee was that of the morning after the: 5 77,0 4 0 e sit .a ro j e morning dawned, after a night spent to a ntith e ft 'tlie iq uie t he General, in pasting from one twin"' A he was with hearing the cries of thew r_ v t d e e ;e o t b o .. e i r dli e .,el.. i : and the savage cries of the Seikhs ti v: at he w s P po gi b e e ' morning dawned, true to his saying territorY b e f t field rather than relinquish the gait other, thetel placed himself on the °D e n the , lest A 10'10 and the Commander-in-Chief .. 0 n ka ring.i iA ; th e thirty yards in front of the whole l e i ents , r pee kti; t o, th e e should rashly rush upon the intrenlym the n tio cl o lo 0 0 1 01 thus in front to keep the men a " emnaermchye,dwthheemn the hl forward, tren c h lu rese rving ent t e b r _ e_ e _ ir t! fi s i at e u t t t ; be t i b e F o : b d ic li o l bayonet. He thought there rkev es ucces h b :; st te b k . :4, ould no i te f .;{ impossible Si r movem en t wasthat a victory attended withlike one of the bravest men in the avails tro t ot L ire v 0 t . ,0 great and corresponding loss. When t t b h e L ii i e k:f, r b i° e ‘l i ti :;lll l l; et re_ pe , his troops. it,: ocist f pelted him thus to encourage enhoo ), for !J o se t o ! e it ,;‘ l o m of ig r h as t h b n e es s s ur b e y t p h l a a t ei i n t g w h a i s m n s o elf o was but a lesson from the olden t __ . , ooh e oectir 1000 to of danger. In reading __ hi , wire _ in - p / day the impressioa produced 0. uPthe his 6000 coo .to the Noble Duke waAs.evetrhtehdeiofierrdusisnirny".4disceo,thgch,toes„ert; version had been east upon and sir flue cer , bed ee ds b b i l is officers, Sir Henry Hardinge thee two erov:3t b e placed. The manner irk which o. oho ce tf e , themselves in the engageme which . 0 " 0 - 0 l' A roefgWELLING7I. poll] ira t e w nt u s L., 2 , o a C r i i k e e u e s rs. r ) egi T m _ h e e u r t e c w a F s e o u n r e to, and that was, the v w id a s n a ot } m k:n u s o t t : f the ce7on:wl:l,7 o n u ; ; e el: A O ' g : ec°a gee u l ac tion wi th an cfing gt ioe "hgether this a It . e pt e nw a b lu d u a v t j a o i i f r : t t g e ment of field officers, and t totaa it go iiihe .i n bero 0 ,4 if, f stead of doing general duty,os the Cpe e- l o the s i 0 0 4- li t di o eit g d o into a genet" ) : t rtg e e° he P l°b i g e be l le he T ad he of D th u ekiresaid quite mistaken in attrillutihneg n ,_ arm y . v bee p t a li o v j had been done, was a most nigge l h w slue to Majesty's Government, the It had it it / the cOr d iPa paid by the East India C require field officers he t en a e t of C0U3111.0 ~e 0 to 10 perform general duty— ti were not s uffiet „TO n 1( i:e t O n' th e e lreg a i r l ri b t ig ° B a rl SCerl t io 11 t elo t '' to practice their i r n a ok. India, T h h o e t r h ol at vr , ;‘, s :d e o „e command the brigades. DONDE R3 "aid h° or P d The Marquis of LON Il e (tu ot so' 0 0 '0 0' erforol b rig a id ne decry) said should not p . _ 0 could The generalgetdhmeetnhte The Duke of kiNuri commanding officerosqf uthe.s.et_ibDle Dwoluecikree,a‘.ls7-faa:eurie:t;: