The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

/ 10 6............... ---... I..ilabown \Aire. Pursuing them out Naoshera; whence they re otolesting them y further. The defeatel tm4s - of !.!I t 'abed evithout barbar Were clilected by chid: commande's li - - ; su oil , er'cfl , r - .. ' is k s eelMd time did the kiktis penetrate iilr ~ th e 'yoo,t , itz :r .: ' 411114 3', when the fortune of war declare d in their fa-. o" the to zees being defeated in this second engagement. s_e.o A Etingle Yoosufzee, called Ursulla Khan, being possessed :Is! ! tout heart, and aided by great rut .scula! strength, tai the name of his tribe; for by singlehis nd ciforts the i'! a s of many a Seikli roiled on the ground. .:The blow has tees a decisive one, for the country is ..sti 1 i a state of fer nt. Reinforcements were immediately ordered by the srbar.Correspondent, lifofussilite, June 19. "Lanoae J ' Sidi . ' u" .- ir 3 S . dar Tei Singh intimated to the ar this day that a large number of the relatives and cont aatons of the Sepoys killed in the late battles, had come o . t Zre to obtai - s - m' compensation for the loss they had 1-I " un ed• He added l that it would be politic to afford them e • Bs_tte relief. Raja Lall Singh agreed in the recomm t en es d e at w io he , and ordered that two rupees should be given to h i.i son+ or brothers of Sepoys, three rupees to such as are .tollarly connected with Havildars, and four ran to rela ..NcrlB t 'l superior officers. From Mooltan we learn that the zaaatereeeftroops having taken up ground at Cheyout, the with ei , the province sent out tbur battalions of infantry,. tt lt .. a Sat guns and two hundred Suwars to to check their fur ), .` avance towards Mooltan. This news . greatly annoyed :I , j t a h l : ll ob S se i n rv g e h d i , and he asked Nidham Singh when Bhaee hi_ a e? l B ! ii i a lc g i h n woud . ret urn from Umritser? inlt was owing to that delays had occurred the settlement h e e e Mooltan uestion and that if he had not . interfered r eplied ow be in possession ' of Mooltam. Nidham Singh me ee that he did not think he would return before the ei, l al or third day, on which a Bhiai was at once leePatehed to summon Bhaee Ram Singh immediately. Ile. wall M ooleaj, late of Hazareh, reported his a l rriva e l d i e n r 111,78,an Abdal, the whole of the territory fortaer a y ee u ta ef Atelisr.ge having been duly made over to e h t he e (' taken a ear e e e r i a P Ghoolab Singh. He stated that teak i!aventory of all the stores in the several forts before Mak i n t heir' over. He added, however,. that he had as yet fronteidilo acknowledg,ment of the delivery of such stores e•iii,ae agents. Sirdar Shere Singh wrote from Pesha lsetitiLc! I nform the Sirkar that the Koh' tanee troops had the e °lea of their officers, and had turned a number of 4 8t or „ n t of their camp. He thereupon did all he could to that tapegoodwill amongst them, a e the officers back. He and had succeeded so far saed e ttlen had consented to receiv tat e th ,that the Yoosufzee country was in such a disturbed but h e ",a , it was absolutely necessary to send troops there, teete s • a ad so few at his disposal that it was as absolutely l'ah ,tto wait the arrival of General Mehtab Singh. Baba sad et;that the people of R . aja Ghoolab Singh leer nil Possession of some villages in hi Jagheer, which w asnal l e tni n the Sirkaree boundary.. Orde s rd that a pur fotee be addressed to Dewan Bishen Singh . to repel by fuer o ho aggressions of the people of Ghoolab . Singh. About a On 40 diZ t , 13 elt Raja Lall Singh deputed Nehal Singh, C .,. h chee bis a ppea r s -an ingh, Kohareea, to receive Major Macgregor. ketnce the Maharaja himself nd Raja air I S a Sheesh 1141 41 at the door and conducted presto a rSi i n a gb were th e l he.differences with Maharaja Ghoo .th e l 'eeu e et tqic of conversation. Khodabuk., liotwal, has hotis- u ' re cted to pull down all the long spouts along the e S u s xtewards the streets. b i as a ft ::;, s . 4 i . r . k - : r e ee ja Lall Singh went this morning out s to s "'ad fr th - e ,'• On his return to the dueller an . that teo- ' - 'swan Moolra Ni am of Mooltan, timating agents had. reached Mooltan, dthat he te !line - „ YPre Pared to accept the terms they had submitted 4 1 turon-,lolldition of the Sirkar acceding_ to agentsthose which he wrote at the aa„"?ught it right to propose. he tee ns '-'4e ti me to say that there seemed ted littl e e d e d h ie a g nce De e they had Proposed being accep, tesi, t 4 Was preparing himself to the best of his ability thatof f the t f _ e r kbi .Pee. They suggested that cie ft o h f e t t h e e rm ro s ew w a e n re attL ud ah ifi o e rt w ere 'ete one requiring the p Nmee t , e • k Plinged, it might be rpossible t waso m se a n k t e tesomreeplayrrtaentghee u A. very general purwan h arrange- Dew and a more specific one to the agents authorising e -e st tom div the terms according to their suggestions. Misr il le .. ea Ram a i presented an urzee from the Dardar of his ter ti';',Y, stating that he bad, in .. compliance with the orders e e 's l l to him, proceeded to enforce the evacuation of the letlef Futeeabad, and . to take possession of the villages be (thgelng to Nehal Singh, Alloowallah, situated this side the tat L ahore side) of the River Beas, when hefound . ii e e % closed, and the sepoys determined to keep possession Il te l ;: a n order was produced from their own sirdar for () the tit ` n der• Nebal Singh hearing of this, instead of c tn aedi • th e „, g obedience, had sent over . more troops to help t he arr ison ; and it appeared impossible for him to reduce . Tej 59rt unless troops were sent to his assistance. Sirdar kith said it would be better to consult on this matter Of jTh'ue Go vernor-General's agent, as this was a question iit -11°I. tattee, Nehal Singh having been in possession of , eeabad 'ew e .' or many years. According . to the Peshawur terrat (attars, the Yoosufzee chiefs are continuing very at ac and reinforcements are absolutely required in kha n Ago'. Orders were issued forthwith to Genera d l et ti,e,enogh, Sirdar Boor Singh, and others in commn to p es uts at Rawul Pindee, to lose no time in proceeding weeeah 43 Doset iwt ir as soon after the receipt of the ti k , e 4 1 le. Sirdar Shere Singh was directed at the s w am . . e al to proceed in person to the Yoosufzee country et e o . % t h e ny tre oN; of 4 , t , as he could muster to put down the di t a i l a j s t I; igt i h e peace• Misr Bhagwan Singh wrote that he obtained possession of the fort of Pindee 1 1,7 had e A an ; the Killadar had proceeded towards Mooltan, and iiei,:s_t• thii)l)oin.tend.anbther officer to the chare. Ordered that beeri'pOlidages of thes se am, ch o e u e pr e a n Singh be directed to halt at Chevout. Releea Arteto inform the Zumindars of allah Sirdar as were in the neigh- I ll s Si °d of Lahore that they were to pay their revenue to 11 , a 3' th a V,,aud to no , one else. Rae Kishen Chund wrote to had ex.; Dew Dee N th . had gone to Kotela to procure ,',o(ld "euation of that a fort . that on his arrival the garrison 'at% rolanded their pay,on'which the Dewan agreed to give 114,latrai:005rseAand they gave up the place. I , .ee herself council was this day held, at which the „,'•1 Siti, b Was present with Raja Lall Singh and Sirdar at w hen the question of paying the Suwars ten -- Whi e T, as it suggested by the agent, was discussed, and reface' n„--,,was stated that this measure would, in the first ;tice e f,,.' 4 great outlay or money, and in the second ;eptatinee-,°hst,.e'very Suwar to quit the service. It was de -r-ftePri p. -4 ‘ a letter should be written to Major Mac d "'eet sueßeestin that he had been appointed to aid an (1% ,, the g le ars, b.,,Durbar, and not to a a s fford assistance to the incurree. Khaleefa , er. ead e which much danger w ' 4i dt iii - "en was sent with the letter. e Major Macgregor 1% 401.. re PIA that the Durbar alone wer h t e h e e n ea t us he e i o n f t a en ti t t io u n e qti,„,",;lce they complained of. It had . Gi l - k/overnor Ge eral to suggest the appointment of Raja b•t °° ,, l ;ab. Singh to the Wuzeerut, as the only man capable . of s ice t alng its duties, but that the Durbar refused to listen. thateever, nothing was more desirable to the British than kho t hey should be called upon to quit Lahore. The kri . " e era replied that as the Durbar did not approve of th r f tee lt , b gement s made by the British, they had better be pe R t i ;til to send for Raja Ghoolab Singh. This Major Mac hr 'd was impossible. The Ranee was not at all 1 1 t.14 4al • k sd at the answe r o f M ajor Macgregor, and is said to ',kilt o bserved that if th e B rit i sh were so anxious to quit s e i °, l 'e, she h a d no desire to hold them Sirdar -ej R„ 1 ., , did all in his power to appease the lady. Juwahur jr,l6 Was ordered by Raja Lall Singh to proceed at once to tOto't lia rs hagwan Singh, and having done so, the two ate ee onwards towards Mooltan and eject Dewan Moot letZtthout further delay, the Misr having been appointed to 1 '4 1 ' 41 )4m in the government of Moultan. Mutsooddun ask (li t was then summoned, and Raja Lail Singh having sal,V hint what time would be favourable for his installation , Rhe,a z eer and Mo o kht eear, he replied that exactly four Tthe ' t ee (one hour and 20 minutes) after sunrise would be V:ithePitious hour, on which immediate notice was sent to Sirdars to present themselves with . their nuzzurs. Aledaharaja was seated on a golden chair, the khelut was 11 V,:„hefore his Highness and touched by him, whereon °I th: I ,l!•ain. Singh tied the chega (sirp-ch) on the forehead 4 4d 44 ' Raja; he then placed a . pearl necklace round h e ,Performed other ceremonies. The khelut . was altogether . R e k , splendid, and consisted of 41 pieces. Sirdar Tej Singh tq 4 t the same time . presented with a khelut of 31 pieces in theca of his being invested with the supreme command of ,e +I „'', den troops. Several Sirdars thereupon presented each ,ell' e r t seee of gold as nuzzurs. Sirdar Tej Singh devoted an ' kthg of 500 rupees on behalf of . Raja Lall Singh, Sirdar , , 'ter, - ingli, Majeetees, on presenting his nuzzur, was in- Vl c i that he should be appointed commander of all the ,7, and receive his khelut on the morrow or next day ~ 1 ' hour as should be pronounced favourable. "tit ' I4 E G.—An urzee arrived from the Peshawur news; ei er ' stating that Shere Singh having himself gone ou ,_ l / I , i i t ' l s „„ the Yoosafzees, had beaten them and taken up a ` 4l lte'l, in their country Meea Dass, newswriter in the (I tt. t r e °` Misr Bhagwan Singh, wrote to say that the officers 17 1 , 64 t e h e D ;re Where they are enca_mp_ed t had submitted, and ;;°Pert- ad all been assured of safe y fo . r their lives and t t al e f' Mullick Futteh Khan, Tawana, intimated m th e a_t he „ie. A„lteto depute his sister's son, Shere Mitho et, to 4 ! „„7.r chiind, to make the necessary . arrangements for Ode 0 ,7‘ 10 11 of revenue in the territories which had been Oetti Over to him. Mukeelall presented a letter fron! John tt tl ali 4 e , e Saheb, and also one from Bhag Singh. Rai s e ., Lall in :y ~, ale tarthe over to Fuqueer Noorit.do-rdeMcgryegol. k il le t o l l a . be ead on the morr 1 4e q 'ttill ea . mmodation of gen ire Raja Lall Singh to place ow 21 bearers at Khan ' ,"eli e.„'` e anee, and Kussor for the acco e X - i -v i ltli ti ' v v i n ig to and coming from Ferozepor Orders issued ti) ` 1 , 4 haVY' Rae Kishen Chund wrote thai i D h evr ad an ge tee e n e a i:,"ete,,g o btair.ed the surrender of Kote a, Jtz i j,"Ple at Joale Mookee. h writes from ht/6aryAbdall, te;e4tte -,.--Dewail Moolraj, late of H I ' l h - r /44 rie‘ lhd all, to say that he considered azare it absolu la te c l e y s 11 4, 11 he 10 have cantonments at Katur and other p t,,,-,q. „ilatned, offering made a (l'`eorri"rdered that blussim Abdall sho . uld be t ___ tur. to make the necessary arrange t.tioter4l A t ' h aa l, d that a fort should be established a Ka the At ;r a r ,l 3 Singh and Sirdar Bhoor Singh were toldto me ','`esue; 414 seen Abd 11, as Shere Singh hod defeated 11 41 4 's d,"„e,se and because it was the intention of the Sir 'te Ise re'7 e ,_ bewail Moolraj into that country.. Purwan :Wt:teld oettaar,sanae time sent to the Dewan, desiring him to . ° le • hie i t ° e-eetiawur, alio .when he should have n com ed 'o siliattenti 4.atries there, t) return to Hussun Abda a k i e ve t e t , r e Sing new arrangements there. Another was " sent to 'lo4;ge then" '.-1, approving of all he had done, decl!ning e. 451°- 4i ei 4ae pay he solicited for the officers in tes 1 !el,leat ehttcralour but ranting a donation of 1,400 rupees !et' 4 o 4 , ,4; Raged. l ," ' g News came from Mooltan . that i',lY - i e " ° a l t seitatria''d innated to . the Sirkaree agents his in- Z l a th. rent a l g a. Vakeel of his own to Lahore, and that at t „" eipi tai ll With him until that Val eel should return t o t igr a ",the G uy _ R n aja Lall Singh ha e v e in t ' e heard that the b to proceed from t b it ,ialt e 414; J Urno o : r _or - qeneral was a a I . 1) Ivith rangetn.!!Ppointed Chund Singh, Keroulwallah, ' Je ti tehate,reuts f . or his proer . ess, and for supplying his ai op errio E r EL , . hs er ie night be required. the he rl tt li ali 4„ellerei g „ Sengh wrote that ty t 6. g illie v . uot toW, .Id in all probab li proceed to u wa t r h d e s 1r" tee toe, ee „ea,noo, and that John ll Law l r e e a nc e e ne S e a e h e e e b d '4O ';,line ' '' S 41111G0 Mundee Sm. ea e eh a ßr e i n a SI:114h Saheb would ' return to Lahore eretlo4, aei,few d a3's• He further stated that Rae t li e i .(:,.. er,enr-,4 i taken leave from the agent to make n kx lili.a.gettienere4l h ad gone toward Lootlianah, to k .l some e t .r4 stit. for about Ilia Havilee and Jagheer. Raja 14:41(.% tzerr,FhoutindhaisSiliughirioann.d I t told l i d s him knownit th e .ge hie des whom Dewan Moolraj has wt a ha es htaiteree ipetes with the Sirkar and that only . one him I l a s ,p e n e j ) i t u e s n t e e e tT_l d eS U: o l e l , the w aY b "'keels, Moran Bultsh, has accompanied i ee2tig tae, the others being told to remain at Lahore, teeitrotizt.,„l7,.e()nclus'ion of negotiations_ The Kerdars of Preiarlel.uenritser, and another place were directed to "guns of the returns for Colonel' Smith Saheb?' bjs, r __ I -- R ~,, w (E,ruuTION OF THE MEEANEE MEDALS. N ilt ! ha ve t 7' l the Gentleman's Gazette of June 1.) 41 t k °f th the Pleasure of laying before our readers an ac 'th arracheeaddress of Sir Charles Napier to the regiments ac 't a ddr e „ ion present r them he Meeanee medals. k,i?ldiers:tla tantharacteri4,__d speak% home to the bosom tri l re ' 4, . Of ;iat l e ve ari a , ( i n•el1 as European ; it will be read with satisfaction in every part of the British `'he aad li• kV " was as follows 'st(),.._ will(let ti :-- ov er •.r the battle of Mr.eanee is among those of which ltki nutimer!Peak as provin g the superiority of disciplin e Is o4 l lhe a , t ' i t and it is well, soldiers, that we should dwell k ~.t tl id-w b li ng% that we may understand how. medals are 4 44 - 3' we 6., th ey are b estowed. verl without discipline, valour alone would not have won the'victories of Meeanee and Hyderabad! Valour like the strength' of a tiisn : discipline is like his mind,' tint octs I,ie 5tr(.3:.01 to cflect,ve exertion. If two pugi lists have a bexing match. and one strikes at random, while the other boxss with science, planting every blow home, we know how the fight mast be soon decided. So it is with two armies; the one disciplined, the other without dis. cipline. The general of the disciplined army directs his columns upon that part of the enemy's position which he deems to be the weakest; as the mind of the boxer directs his blow against the opening offered by his unskilful enemy. But this is not all—obedience to orders (which is discipline) euablos us to bring up all the necessary provisions of war to the day and to the hour; thus food and ammunition are at hand to support the blow of battle, just as the shoulder and the body are thrown forward to support and give rigour to the blow of the pugilist. But not only is valour useless without - discipline, but it is even dangerous; for without discipline the rashly brave would run heedlessly against the enemy; the cau tious would seek 'vantage grouted, and the timid would retreat. Thus the army would be scattered; but when an army is disciplined, the ponderous charges of ca valry, the steady tramp of the advancing infantry, preparing to charge, with a mighty shout, and the rolling thunder of artillery pouring forth its iron shower, all combine simul taneously to strike and overthrow the enemy. Thin, sol diers, are medals won, more by discipline than by any extraordinary efforts f individual courage. To reward this obedience medals are bestowed, so that every man who wears this honoured badge is known to the world as one who, in the midst of the noise, the danger, and confusion of battle, had obeyed his orders and performed the three great duties of a soldier—first, not to fire without orders; next, when he does fire to level low, so as to make sure of striking down an enemy ; thirdly, to keep his ranks and dress upon his colours. The medal tells the world that he has bravely done these things, and no man can Walk with one of these medals on his breast without feeling the conscious pride of an intrepid soldier ! His caste may be high caste, or it may be low caste, but the soldier who bears on his breast a medal won in battle is above all the castes in the world. The pleasure of giving you these medals, soldiers of the 12th Regiment, is indeed great to me. saw your valiant conduct, and rejoice in distributing the reward which you honourably earned, and my satisfac tion is increased by the presence of so large a body of Europeane, for it affords me an opportunity of saying to my countrymen that they will find these swarthy warriors of the East staunch and true in action as they were at Meeanee and Hydrabad, when they followed the example set diem by the glorious 22d Regiment. They will fight to the last drop of their blood, and stand or fall by the side of their European comrades. If the Almighty so wills it that in these eventful times war should again arise, and that I am once more permitted to lead an army into the field, I should go into action with perfect confidence in the courage of the native troops. I speak of what I know of their gallantry, not from what I hear but from what I have seen, and from my own knowledge of their daring courage. " Here I must address myself in a more direct manner to the officers now before me, and in justice to them say, that their conduct and the conduct of all the British officers in these two battles was very noble. For several hours the two lines were fishing close to each other, and as I cast my eye along the field, I everywhere saw the British officers display their worthiness as military leaders and with unflinching intrepidity animating their soldiers to battle! To them, therefore, I will now first distribute these honourable deco rations." The governor' then dismounted, and advancing to the line of officers of several regiments, and who had not before re ceived their medals, his Excellency presented each with th e medal—the bands playing "God save the Queen." "On giving that which belonged to Lieut. Marston, of the 25th N. the General observed—" But for you, Marston, I probably.should noehave had this pleasure," alluding . to this officer having intrepidly thrown himself in front of his General when attacked by a Belooch Chief, whom the Lieu tenant cut down ere he could reach the General. THE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT LOODIANAH. (From the Delhi Gazette of May 27.) We give a copy of the order issued on the melancholy oc casion by Colonel Salter, which does honour to his feelings : " May 21, Station orders, by Lieut.-Col. Salter, "I.lth Light Cavalry. "It is with deep distress the commanding officer an nounces to the troops at the station the calamitous disaster, accompanied with the fearlul loss of life of upwards of 80 parsons killed and 135 wounded, which occurred yesterday evening to her Majesty's 50th Foot. During the height of the storm, the whole of the barracks of the regiment, including the hospital, were suddenly blown down, burying men, women, and children in the ruins. The loss of so many valu able lives, and so soon after the arduous campaign, from which the corps returned, crowned with victory and distinc tion, is doubly distressing, and the commanding officer feels sure, that every rtan and officer will join with him in deeply sympathising with the gallant regiment in its severe cala mity." The following letter was received this morning, and is co well deserving a prominent place in our columns, that we give it at once : _ _ " Loodianah,May 22,.1846. " This station has just been the scene of one of the most heart-rending catastrophes ever witnessed in India. On the evening of the 20th a dreadful tuffaun, succeeded by heavy rain, razed the entire European barracks occupied by the 50th Regiment to the ground, sending upwards of 80 souls into eternity, besides inflicting most serious injuries on nearly 200 of the survivors. The scene which ensued baffles all descriptien. The officers were in instant attendance and exerted themselves to the utmost in extricating the unfor tunate occupiers of the devoted buildings; the groans of the dying and cries of the wounded were most harrowing. Husbands, wives, and mothers in agonising suspense await ing the removal of the ruins which was to reveal the muti lated remains of those most dear to them, all constituted a tont ensemble of the most heart-breaking woe, which will never he forgotten by those who witnessed it. "The evening and greater part of the following day were occupied in carrying away the dead, and at noon on the 21st upwards of 80 bodies were ranged in the dead house, a fearful and heart-rending spectacle; some of the finest men in the corps have been amongst the killed, as also many women and children. It is really most distressing to contemplate such loss of life, which might have all been prevented by ordinary precaution on the part of the authorities. " The remains of the unfortunate victims were conveyed to their last resting place on the evening of the 21st. "Four more bodies were consigned to the grave on the 22d. "The storm which concentrated its fury on the unfortu nate barracks at Loodianah seems to have been felt all over the country, though of course at different hours of the day. We hear of heavy rain, thunder, and lightning, at Agra, and a letter from ?erozepore of the 21st says, that ' yester day we had one of the Ferozepore dust storms, at times as dark as night: sundry animals have been lost, but fortu nately no human beings lost or killed, though wells are plea tiful in cantonments, and the dust worse than the darkest night.' " throne, and subsequently suppressing a formidable re volution against the Imperial Government. "That your petitioner, perceiving that your honour able House has been specifically moved to sanction an inquiry into the aforesaid device, and that her Majesty's Government have acquiesced in its examination, Humbly prays that your honourable House will be pleased to adopt such measures as shall afford to your petitioner the means of proving that enterprises far more important and more difficult than that of New Orleans may be achieved by his secret plan ; which, in its con sequences, must tend to prevent the recurrence of injuri ously protracted expensive wars. " And your petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray. "London, 22d July, 1846." " DUNDONALD. POTATO DISEASE IN SCOTLAND. Oar Lahore news is more interesting than usual. We were anxious to know under what circumstances the Raja of Ladwa had been given up to our authorities, and are not at all surprised to bear that it was by a n u n m iti ga t e d ac t of treachery on the part of Raja Lail Singh. The British po. litical officers, knowing the Raja to be concealed within the Seikh territory, applied for the surrender of his person. Lall Singh promised compliance, and having induced the Raja to come to Lahore from his place of sanctuary, under the most positive assurances that he would make his peace with the Governor-General, he was seized on his arrival in Lahore and delivered to the political officers, all the offers of large sums of money to obtain terms for him being made merely as a blind to save appearances. Raja Lall Singh is said to be so elated with the success of his manoeuvres against the Nazim of Mooltan, and considers his Government now so firmly established, that he is actually meditating a re quisition to our Government to withdraw our troops from Lahore The accounts from most districts agree in stating that the potato disease of last year has been extensively generated in the crop now in the ground, and in many cases it appears to be spreading with fearful rapidity. The following are extracts from the journals on the subject : FIFESHIRE.—Reports from north, south, east, and west, are now pouring in upon us, announcing the appearance of the murrain amongst the potatoes again, and in some fields which, a few weeks ago pre sented a luxuriant appearance, the stems are as much withered as it it bad been the end of October. The disease, which is in every respect similar to that which attacked them last year, is more extensive and fatal in its effects. All the precau tions to prevent its inroads, such as cutting off the stems, planting with sets recently raised from seed, and many others, seems to be unavailing, as every variety seems to be affected, at a much earlier part of the season than it was observed in this locality in 1845 ; indeed, some of the measures which have been tried as preventatives, such as cutting down the stems, bale been found to be rather injurious to the plant than otherwise.—Fifeshire Journal. FORFARSHIRE.—We were sorry to observe, the other day, on looking at a small field of potatoes in the vici nity of the town, that symptoms of disease had begun to make their appearance amongst them. The leaves had an aspect as if they had been struck by lightning, being of a very light yellowish hue, and sickly in ap pearance ; and the blossom appeared quite blasted. On rooting up a few of the potatoes, we found them to be peculiarly hard and a little discoloured. We have heard of various complaints regarding the potato crop in ge neral in this neighbourhood, particularly between this and Arbroath. The disease seems to have affected as yet chiefly the early potatoes, but it is feared that it will soon make inroads upon the general crop. We have heard no reports of failure in the Mearns, and trust the disease may not penetrate into the district.—Montrose Standard. Tun RAJA or LADWA.—Our latest letters from Loodi anah mention the arrival at the station, on the morning of the 23d instant, of the Raja of Ladwa. He was to be sent off to Umballah forthwith under escort of a troop of the 11th Light Cavalry.—lbid. REAPPEARANCE CF THE POTATO DISEASE.—The Aberdeen Herald of Saturday says that " the disease which made such havoc during the last autumn and winter, has made its appearance in many places, and threatens the ruin of a great portion of the crop. The disease seems to be most prevalent in particular vici nities, and where it makes its appearance, immediate care is taken to pluck up the stems over a considerable space round the diseased spot s in order to prevent the healthy tubers from being infected. In some quarters in this neighbourhood, the disease has not yet made its appearance, but in others the loss is very considerable. The nature or origin of the disease does not seem to be ascertained. Some believe the disease of last year's crop to have been propagated through the seed ; others are of opinion that the only injury received by the pre sent crop has been produced by electricity during the numerous and severe thunder storms that have taken place in the course of the pa.;t six weeks." Ross-SHIRE.—We regret to learn that in Lochcarron and Kintail the potato disease has appeared. About a month ago the potatoes were particularly luxuriant, but about a fortnight afterwards the shaws commenced to blacken, and since to wither, and of course, the root will immediately rot. In several rigs whole drills, or pieces several yards square, have the above appearance, and fears are entertained that the disease may make a serious inroad upon the results of the crop.--Ross-shire Advertiser. HAMBURGH AND FLANDERS MAILS. BRIIBSELS, AUG. 6.—The Chamber of Representatives received to-day, from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the treaty concluded with Holland, accompanied with an explanatory memorial. The treaty was referred to the section for examination ; and, on the motion of Messrs. Orsy and Lebeanx, the Chamber ordered that, together with this treaty, those concluded in 1824 and 1837, between the Netherlands and England, and in 1840, between the Netherlands and France, should be printed. The Minister of Finance then presented to the Chamber the application for votes of credit, the principal of which, exceeding three millions of francs, is for the completion of the second southern line. The Chamber decided that it will meet again as soon as the reporter of the central committee, which is to examine the treaty with Holland, shall have concluded his task. _ BRUSSELS, AUG. 7.—The section of the Chamber of Representatives met at half-past eleven o'clock, to ex amine the treaty concluded with Holland. At noon ,most of them had chosen their reporters. If our in formation is correct, no capital objection was made to the treaty. Regret was expressed in all the sections at the melancholy situation in which the convention places Ostend, Blanckenburgh, and Heyet, by the sacrifice which it imposes on the national fishery. The decision respecting cattle was not objected to. The central section will meet to-morrow at ten o'ciock. It was generally supposed that the report may be printed and brought up at the generally sitting on Monday. The debate will then commence on Tuesday, or at the latest on Wednesday. The section are summoned for to-morrow, at half= past eleven o'clock, for the examination of the projedt of law for a vote of credit of 3,700,000 francs for the department of public works. The debate on this sub ject will follow that of the treaty, and the Chamber will probably break up at the end of next week. BRUSSELS, AUG. 6.—Two English steamers are n.Tir at Antwerp, taking on board an enormous quantity of pears, apples, and other fruits, sent from, Flanders. BERLIN, JULY 31.—M. Von Pechlin, the Danish re presentative of the German Diet, has arrived here. it is asserted that he is instructed, Ist, to endeavour to in duce the Diet, in case complaints of the letters patent should be brought before it, to declare itself incompetent. 2d. To convince the German Governments that the agitation, as it is called, in the Duchies, is of a revo lutionary character, and endangers the internal safety of Germany. MUNSTER, Arc. 2.—The Rev. Caspar Maximilisn Baron von Droste-Kschering, Bishop of Munster, died to-day between two and three o'clock. BERLIN, JULY 30.—M. Eichmann has declined the post of Minister of Finance which was offered him. it is probable that either M. Von Paton, or Mr. K0ch73391 will have the offer ; should the latter be successor of M. V. Flottwell. M. Von Pochammer will have his place as Chief Commissioner of Taxes. But it is a question whether these gentlemen will undertake so difficult an office without conditions, and whether th eiv will not encounter the same difficulties to which l!/. Flottwell has been obliged to give way. It is said that it has been found necessary to take an advance of some millions from M. Von Rothschild ; under these circum stances the estates of the kingdom will surely be con voked, in order to guarantee the loan which is necessary. HAMBURG, AUGUST s.—lt was reported here this morning, that the Assembly of the Estates of Holstein was dissolved, which seems to be wholly unfounded ; the contrary we learn that the Assembly, in its sitting yesterday, resolved to adjourn sine die, by a majority of 37'to 6. ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 28.—0 n Sunday evening his Royal Highness Prince Oscar, of Sweden, returned to Stockholm. The Prince, accompanied by his Ma jesty the Emperor, before he leaves the Gulf of Finland', attends the evolution of a Russian and Swedisih squadron, yesterday, to-day, and to morrow off Revd,. FRANKFORT, AUGUST 1.--Count Von Minach Belling hausen resumed his seat as President of the Diet, the day before yesterday. It seems certain that many of the reports spread during his long absence, of proposals to be made by him, on the part of his Government, vvol be confirmed. These reports, holding out prospects of important measures relative to provincial assemblies and to the press, seem to have proceeded from persons who were in some way or other interested ; but the delay of the return of the President was not occasioned by such matters, but by the affairs of Galicia,which called for the efforts and serious attention of all the most eminent Austrian statesmen. After seven or eight sit tings, the Diet will break up as usual at the end of Sep idwhthicaht txthe.lrontember, and not meet till the beginning of next year. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY Em peror of Russia is very ranch displeased with the Prince Petersburgb, in which this 22 :ok t en is o s f a , of Servia, because he did not go at the same time as the other Princes to pay his compliments to the Sultan of Rustschuck, and a note is Tilon has received from St displeasure is expressed ; and it is asked whether the Porte has lost its influence over that vassal, so as to be unable to prevent such occurrences. M. Tilon, as w e hear, has communicated this note to the Porte. Th e Porte, on its part, was dissatisfied with the Prince o f Wallachia, his manner of presenting himself was thought to be unsuitable to the characte r of a vassal. The hum ble marks of submission were exp e cted from him, which the Prince thought he might om it. The splendid Euro iformitowf was e th P o r u i g nc h e t a n n e d c h es is sa a r t y ten t d o a i n n t s s is g t a t v h e a g t r t e hae t offence, and ers, Aug. 7, Prince eand e._llmbug his z sui a tesho r u h ld appear before the S u l tan. i n Turkish F Pap HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, JULY 28. Bilis. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents .. ....... •••• • •• 112 --- Bank Shares • • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • • • 1579 4th pe r s series.. l Cent.e s ... 9_7% _ Anglo-Russian Loan ••••••••'• '• • • • • 107 Russian 5 per Cant., 'lamb. Certificate. 100% Ditto Ist series Inseription• • • • • • • • • • • • 1131% _ Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and Ditto, in Certifleate• ••••••• " • • •• • • 98 Ditto Stieglitz .... :New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ...... 90% 9 - 0 Spanish New 5 per Cent • ..... '• •"• •• 17% 17% Ditto 3 per Cent ......... . • ... .. 3 1 30N A D n u g te lo h - Portuguese ebt L , o 2 a % n, Ditto 3 per Cent. • • ...... •••' • • • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1 54 4.• • • 79% Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 86 National Bank Shares ..... .•••••• • • •• £1 ster ling, 3 Months. 6 24% 6 25% --• PRUSSIAN FUNDS. — B E ILIP•T• JULY 30. Bills. Money; St. Schnld Sch., 3% percent , •• "'''• • • • • 9 6% 95%, ExchangeP Foreignrus s . EExchanges oc English hnaLn E og o iei n sd d .o s .n , , 1830 . : .4 . p . e . r . . C . e . n . t . .... .... ... BELGIAN F uNDs.--Bitusszi.s, Aug. 8. * • • • p• 2 . e r g .. C e • n — t . .... •• •• 7 8 5 8 9 : 88: Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • •• • ..... .... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ _ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent•••• Ditto Three per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • •• • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • ..... _ • .Ditto, ditto, I 840.....• ...... •• • . Ditto, ditto,lB42 • • •• • • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• 102• X Ditto, 1844. ............... ..... ... 99% Ditto, 1 836", .• •. •. et .6 e• t• Of 9. O• •• •• ...• THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11,` 1846. Ditto, 1838 74 Ditto of the City, 1832 Ditto, 1843 ................ .... 100 !s Bank ofßelgium...... • • • • • • • • •• 937 —Brussels Papers, Aug. 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AUG. 3. 5 per Cent. Metallignes •••••••. • • • • . • • . 111% • 4 per Cent. ditto.. • • • • • • • • • • • • 10014 3 per Cent. ditto.. .. •••••• • • • . • • 74 Loan, 1634 -.............. • • • • • • • • • • • 156 Ditto, 1839 ....... ..... ....... • • • • • .. 1251( Bank Shares •• • • • . • . ..... 1560 Esterhazy's Loan •• •• • • ••••• • • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand .......... 18234 Vienna—Milan 115% Leghorn ... 10734 Pesch 9334 Sienna ..... , .......... 85 Apenninen • Pesth Bridge • —Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 4. DUTCH FUNDS.—ADISTERDAM, AVG. 4. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 6034 61 Ditto, 3 per Cent •• • • . • • • 72% 73U Ditto, 4 per Cent........• • . Amort Syndic, 3 3% per Cent.......... 89% 90 Ditto, 334 per Cent , Commercial Company, 434 per Cent .. 1751 q 176 East India Loan, 4 per Cent-- •• • . 9434 95 Exchangeon London, at sight. .• • . 12 22 Two months.. ....... • . 12 17 On Hamburgh, at sight ...• 35 75 Two months••• •• .• •••• • • 35 37 On Paris Tw0m0nth5............... —Dutch Papers, Aug. 4. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Carlisle, Aug. 8. CROWN COURT. The assizes closed this day, Mr. Justice Wightman sitting to try the two remaining criminal cases. William Gore, a young man of vulgar aspect, and no edu cation. was charged with being in the dwelling-house of Musgrave Todd, in Cockermouth, in the parish of Bryham, in this county, on the 19th of July last, and stealing and carrying away three silver spoons, a silver watch, a gold watch key, a silver guard chain, eight sovereigns, 305., a snuff box, and silk cravat, the money and property of Mr. Todd, and so being in the said dwelling-house feloniously and burglariously breaking out of the said dwelling-house. The witnesses examined clearly proved the case as laid in the indictment, the jury found him guilty, and The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportation. Edward Sloane, aged 33, tried yesterday, and convicted on the evidence of a very interesting young girl, and other witnesses, of having violently and feloniously assaulted and criminally abused her, the said Mary Hutchinson, at Har rington, in this county. received the sentence of the Court, that for the said offence he be transported for life. COMDIERCIAL. B Since our last, there has been not BOMBAY , JUNE 27. ng doing in the mar ket, but we notice a speculative demand for copper in sheets and tiles; holders, however, are firm, and 48% rs. per cwt. has been offered and refused for the latter. Dyed Yarn—Orange has improved, and we bear an offer of 11 1 ,E annas per lb. for No. 40 liar been refused. Turkey red continues as before. Freight—Rather scarce. 21. 12s. 6d. to 2/. 15s. for Liver pool, 31. for London and the Clyde, and to China 9 rs. per candy, are the rates of the dzy. Exchange appears higher, owing to a supply of bills from Calcutta and China, but we have heard of no transactions. On China the rate is rs. 207. Specie to a large amount has been shipped to Calcutta per Mor and Amherst ; and since the mail arrived, Company's drafts at 60 days' sight have been sold at rs. 101% to 101%. Cotton—The market continues steady as before, and we have beard of the following purchases :-400 bales Broach and Jumboos er , a t 82 rs ' ; 1,000 at 81i ; 1,000 Surat at 83. The latter description this year has been of better quality, and has commanded throughout the season a few rupees more than the former. The commercial intelligence brought by the steamer ar rived on the morning of the 21st instant, is less encouraging than the preceding packet indicated ; but, pending the fate of the important Government measures before Parliament, permanent improvement can hardly be expected. The worst feature seems to be a prevailing doubt as to the future course of the money market, which a large failure in the Levant trade, with other causes, had somewhat disturbed. REPORT ON THE HOME MARKETS. The commercial accounts brought by the last mail are by no means of so favourable a character as were expected. An uneasy feeling had again appeared in the money market, consequent upon the occurrence of several failures in London, together with the uncertainty of the effect upon the conti nental exchanges of the heavy importations of wheat (of which there are said to be two millions of quarters already in bond) expected when the new Corn Bill becomes law, and also the apprehension of the consequences of so many more railway Bills than were expected having been permitted to pass the House of Commons. The prospects of the harvest, however. continued favourable, and the consumption of nearly every article of produce was proceeding satisfac torily, while stocks were generally less than at the same period of last year. Metals—ln manufactured iron no change has occurred, except that prices were reported firmer, consequent on the turn out of the workmen in Staffordshire and Shropshire; and the rise in Scotch pig, which had been sold in consider able quantity free on board at Glasgow at 70s. a 725. 6d. Bar was becoming scarce, but no advance of price has been obtained. Swedish iron and steel were both dull of sale, but without change in price; while tin plates, lead, and spelter, were all rather cheaper. Copper as before. The following are the exports of iron to this port from the United Kingdom during the last three years to the Ist of May. Swedish. English Bar. Bar. Sheet. Rod. Hoop. 1844 Tons. 541 3,335 421 229 71 1845 24 778 110 81 18 1846 812 197 50 140 0 Cotton Piece Goods.—The Manchester market remained generally in the same inanimate state as when the previous mail left, no change in prices worth notice having occurred except in 40 inch G. E. Longcloths 72 reed, which h a d been sold at an advance of 3 d. per piece. The shipments of grey and white piece goo ds from Liverpool continued moderate, while those o . f coloured had fallen off more than one indeed some spinners were with rer l firm B4s.; l Cotton i a c a o r n in s p s a v r e e r d e demanding an advance iu proportion to the rise in cotton, but we believe in scarcely any instance was it paid. BOMBAY MONEY MARKET, JULT 1. FREIGHTS. • _ To London sos. a 60s. To Liverpool To Clyde To MIA E. 9. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Gloucester, Aug. 10. Fifteen cases have been added to the list. Sir Thomas Wilde commenced business this morning in the Nisi Prins Court at ten o'clock, and Mr. Justice Maule in the Crown Court at eleven, but before neither Learned Judge has any case occurred which would justify a report. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Thomas Brake, a footman in the service of a gentleman residing at No. 44, Hertford-street, May-fair, and Thomas Williams were brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with hav ing been found together by the police under the following suspicious circumstances:— Police-constable C 102 said he was going through his beat that morning when be saw a man in the area of No. 32, Hert ford-street. He noticed a second person, who stood outside of the railings, and who gave a kind of signal to the man in the area, as if to warn him of the approach of any one. Witness went forward to the area and spoke to the man, who said it was all right, as he lived in the house. Wit. ness was not satisfied, and he took the two men to the station-house. On the prisoner Brake (the man in the area) a number of skeleton keys were found. Witness ascertained that Brake did not live in the house, but that he had for merly lived in the service of the gentleman who occupied the house, but that now he was in service at No. 44 in the same street. The prisoner Brake said he merely went down the area to call upon the footman who had succeeded him. Mr. MALTBY said he should remand both prisoners for a few days, in order to give the police an opportunity of mak ing proper inquiries. Thomas Alexander Barker, a clerk in the service of Messrs. Williams and Co., silk-mercers, Oxford-street, was charged with embezzlement. Several cases were alleged against the prisoner, but as it was expected there were other eases not yet known the pri soner was remanded. Mary Cavanagh was charged with robbing her master, Mr. Martin, agent, No. 3, King-street, St. James's. The prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor only a few days. A quantity of table-linen and other arti cles were missed, and the prisoner was accused of the rob bery. The duplicates of the missing property were found in her possession.—Fully committed. LAMBETH. Yesterday Mrs. Louisa Harney, a middle-aged woman of respectable appearance, was :placed at the bar, before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of plundering Mr. Thomas Bloyds, a gentleman residing at Castle-hill, Englefield-green, with whom she lived as housekeeper, of property to a considerable extent ; and Charlotte Harney, Julia Harney, Emma Harney, Henry Harney, and Edward Sonee, were placed in the dock on a charge of receiving the property well knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, attended for the prosecution ; and a professional gentleman, whose name did not transpire, appeared on behalf of the prisoners. From the statement of the Learned Counsel, and the evi dence of the witnesses, it appeared that the elder prisoner, Mrs. Louisa Harney, had entered the service of the prose cutor, Mr. Bloyds, and up to a few days since that gentle man entertained the highest opinion of her. Having been informed, however, that various boxes and hampers had been from time to time sent from his hon.p to the Bull and Mouth booking-office in town, he had made some inquiries into the matter, and found it quite true. He also ascer tained that one of the packages sent there had been actually addressed to himself, and to be kept till called for; and that this, like the others, had been taken away by the same parties. This induced him to employ Morton, an active officer belonging to the P division of police, who soon found out that the persons who were in the habit of taking away the parcels were the children of Mrs. Harney. He in the next place traced the parties to a house in Hertford-street, Walworth, where they resided, and which contained a wag gon load of property of all descriptions. Amongst the articles produced were a quantity of window and bed curtains, Turkey carpets, table and bed linen, china and glass, wine, brandy, hams, tea, coffee, soap, candles, preserves, and a large box of the choicest hot-house grapes, pines, melons, &c., all of which was sworn to as being the property of the prose cutor. After a lengthened examination the prisoner was remanded for a fortnight, but the magistrate consented to liberate the prisoner Sonee, on his entering into his own recognisance to appear at the next examination, and also to take bail for Charlotte, Julia, Emma, and Henry Harney, but refused to take bail for Mrs. Harney, their mother. IN THE . EXCHANGES. 1 London 6 months sint 2s. _OO. a 2s. Old, ,l 30 Jar.' ~ , : ga . . Calcutta at 60 d' . 5. 6 nr.... ..... ... Madras at g 0 caYs' sight No quotation. PRICES air BULLION. Sovei erne, each Bank of England Notes, per £ Spanish Dollars per 1004 . .... • Nominal. German Crowns per 100 224 to 249 Sycee Silver per 100 tolas Gold Leaf per tola BANK SHARES. Bombay Bank Rs. 430 to a 440 premium. Oriental Rink, Rs. 1,000 each (500 paid up.) . New Shares 1 Rs. 155 to 175 Old ditto 4 .... ••••••• ..... Agra Bank (Rs. 500).... ... Rs. 310 to 320 Bank of Madras ( „ 1,000) Rs. 300 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer loan 5 per cent. loan 1825-26 „ 107 to 110 4 per cent. loan 1832-33 „ 99 to 100 4 per cent. loan 1835-36 5 per cent. loan 1841-42 4 per cent. loan 1842.43 ,, 95 (From the Bengal Hurkaru of June 8.) CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL REPORT. EXPORTS: The express of the 24th of April mail came in on the 4th instant, and the Hindostan on the following day. The market advices are on the whole 'rather more favourable than had been generally anticipated from the tenor of previous accounts. The general aspect of our commercial affairs has in no respect undergone any change for the better, and our present report must be merely a repetition of the last. Money is as tight as ever, the Bank as stringent, and exchange up to 2s. 21. Most exports are lower, but still offer little induce ment to those who are in a position to ship, and the quantity brought down on the first rise of the rivers will probably cause a further decline. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room C. OLMI4II.IW, X•XV.LIZ.POOL, VIA.ZICHESTMIL, AND ral - LNENEIZATI aUNCTXON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Dlr. Chambers, land valuer, gaVe evidence as to the value of the land and buildings required for the railway and the several stations and depots on the line. kir. Bake, land surveyor, proved the quantities of land valued by the former witness. Mr. Shorland, land valuer to the Corporation of Manchester, had valued the land and buildings required for the line and its branches, and his valuation agreed with that of the first witness called upon this point. Mr. Thornton, railway contractor, corroborated the estimate for the construction of the works on the line. Mr. Loftus, secretary to the Company, gave evidence of the amount of capital, the number of local shareholders, the amount of deposits, and other things connected with the pecuniary affairs of the Company. The Committee then adjourned till eleven to-morrow. GREAT NORTH OF INDIA RAILWAY. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the proprietors of the above Company held their ordinary half-yearly general meeting at the Offices of the Company, 24, Moorgate-street. H. Borrowdale, Esq., in the chair. After the Secretary, Major Grafton, had read the advertise ment convening the meeting, at the request of the Chairman, he read the following report " The shareholders have been called together on this oc casion in compliance with the terms of the 17th clause of the deed of settlement, which requires that an ordinary general meeting of the shareholders shall be summoned once in each half-year. The directors had hoped to be able on this occasion to communicate some certain intelligence respecting the decision of the Honourable East India Com pany, but up to this period no decision has been come to by that body, at least none has been promulgated, and the di rectors can only await the receipt of information, and there fore summon a general meeting. The only subjects remain ing to be laid before the meeting are—the complete regis tration of the Company, the deputation of a director to India, the state of the allotment list, and the state of the ac counts. he directors have succeeded in effecting a com plete registration of the Company, according to the pro visions of the English Joint-stock Act. The certificate was obtained on the 29th of July last, and the Company is now empowered fully to carry out in England the object for which it was formed, and one of the directors (Dr. B. Burt), late of the Bengal Medical Service, was deputed by the directors to Bengal, for the purpose of disposing in India of the shares reserved for that :country, organising a board of management, obtaining a grant of the line, and otherwise pro moting the object of the Company. Dr. Burt, by the last report, had succeeded in disposing of several thousand shares. A draft of a short deed of accession had been sent out to him, which would enable him to receive the signatures of parties receiving scrip in India, and to transmit them to this country for the purpose of being annexed to our deed. Of the 80,000 shares into which the capital of the Company is divided, 25,000 were retained for India, and are now in course of allotment there by Dr. Burt. Of the remainder 50,700 have actually been allotted to the public in England, and there is only a reserve of 4,100 in the event of the grant being obtained. Owing to the pressure of business that devolved upon the board, consequent upon the formation of a new company, and the employment of a temporary secretary, they have been unable to bring the accounts into such a shape as would admit of their being audited, ready for that day's meeting, but they are happy to be able to state that after all expenses have been paid, including advances deputed to India, a very large propor tion of the sum realised for preliminary expenses will re main. The expenses of the management are upon the lowest scale, and if a grant of the line should not be obtained, the subscribers will have to receive back a fair proportion of the sums obtained for preliminary expenses. As the decision of the Hon. East India Company respecting the lines of railway to be carried out in India may shortly be expected, and upon that decision the ultimate carrying out of this Company will entirely depend, the cirectors would suggest that it is advisable to adjourn the present meeting for three months, or till such time within that period when the decision of the Hon. East India Company may have been made known. The board have kept themselves in communication with the secretary to the Hon. East India Company, and have taken care to intimate their readiness to fulfil the great object for which the Company has been formed. "H. - 116RROWDALE, Chairman. " AUGUSTUS GRAFTON, Secretary. Extracts from the report of Mr. Sims, the engineer, on the practicability of railways in India, were also read; but it was requested by the Chairman that they should not appear in the public papers, as the report itselt belonged to other per sons, and was entrusted to them in confidence. Captain CLARKE wished to know whether the East India Company had reported? The CHAIIiMAN—No company has received any answer yet. They are pledged to us not to prejudge the question. Captain CLARKE—Have you any idea of amalgamating with any other society? The CHAlstawi—That will depend on the fiat of the East India Company. _ Captain . CaßKE—Have the directors consulted with the East India Company on the propriety of amalgamating with Larpent's Company ? The CHAIRMAN—No; we consider our upper line excel lent, and their lower one altogether impracticable. But everybody is ignorant of what the East India Company in tend to do, and the proprietors may rest assured the direc tors will not refuse any advantageous alliance. Mr. KENNEDY then explained the route of the intended railway, and stated that from Alahabad to Delhi, 440 miles, was a sandy course, and it was agreed on all hands that there was not finer ground in the world for making a line. A PROPRIETOR wished to know who were the agents in India ? The CHAIRMAN—Messrs. Carr, Tagore, and Co. The SECRETARY then read a memorandum of the capital of the Company, from which it appeared that the directors had received 8,816/. 55., out of which they had expended 2,8631. is. 5d., leaving about 5,3401. in hand. The CHAIRMAN explained that they had sustained a loss by 15,435 shares, allotted in England, not having been taken up. Captain BACK considered that the shareholders would act wisely by taking them up, and that the directors ought to take steps at once for forfeiting and distributing them amongst the present scripholders. lie would move a resolu tion to that effect. Mr. FRANKLIN seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously. The report was then adopted unanimously, and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. MODE OF DISMANTLING OR DE- STROYLNG FORTS AND FLEETS. The following are the leading portions of a petition recently presented from the Earl of Duudonald, Vice- Admiral of the Blue:— " That in consequence of a device baying been offered to the notice of Parliament, whereby, as asserted, hostile vessels of war could be destroyed at great distances, and other enterprises speedily and effectually accomplished, your petitioner, on the 2d of August, 1844, tendered to the Right Honourable the House of Lords his secret plan (maturely considered during more than thirty years) for infallibly dismantling or destroying forts and fleets, of whatever force or magnitude. " That your petitioner previous thereto, in 1812. had communicated the said dit covert' to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, who, having submitted the consider ation thereof to the high and eminent professional and scientific men, imposed his command that the nature thereof should be held secret, by reason of anticipated danger to which the colonies might be exposed. " That , your petitioner, after the accession of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, again,:on rumours of war gratuitously presented his important plan to the Cabinet Councils of two Administrations ; and he has reason to believe that the greatest military authority of the age is cognizant thereof. " That your petitioner could at various times have used the said discovery to his private advantage, but has ever reserved it for the service of his Sovereign and country ; and with the same view now offers it to the direction of your Honourable House, trusting that a verification thereof will acquit your petitioner of the im putation of dishonourable motives and avidity for gain, whether, prior, pending, or subsequent to such impu tations ; and thus show that the honours your petitioner received from his Sovereign, of which he was de prived, and which have hitherto been withheld, are rightfully due to your petitioner, as well as the sixte en years' half-pay still retained ; which inflictions, added to heavy costs, to an infamous sentence, to imprison ment, and fines, were all imposed, because the mind of your petitioner, so pre-occupied, did not possess judicial acuteness to detect a fradulent purpose in an intrusion for which there existed another apparent, pressing, and amply sufficient motive, known to your petitioner. " That disreputable inferences, deduced from such inflictions at home, have been deemed sufficient to warrant great injustice abroad ; for the authorities at Chile have awarded scarcely one-fourth of the debt of honour due to your petitioner, for important, suc cessful, extra-official services. Whilst the Portuguese Administration in Brazil (whose misconduct of affairs and evil counsel subverted the otherwise revered autho rity of his. late Imperial Majesty) unscrupulously refused to your petitioner even the balance of his pay, after he had completely fulfilled his engagement, and accomplished, in spite of superior force, the arduous task of placing all the northern provinces (being the largest and richest portiOn of that vast empire under the authority of the legitimate successor to the GROSS IMMORALITY LEWISHAM UNION WORKHOUSE. The usually quiet village of Lewisham has for some days past been in a state of considerable excitement, in consequence of certain very prevalent rumours respect ing the conduct of Mr. Burroughs, the master of the union workhouse, towards the female inmates. On the reporter proceeding to Lewisham on Saturday morning, and making inquiries on the spot, the following was related as the facts : _ On last Wednesday month, on the application of the master to the board of guardians, permission was granted to himself and his wife, the matron, to spend a month at Ramsgate, and parties were named to attend to the duties of the establishment during their absence. The business of the matron was most efficiently per formed by Mrs. M'Callum, the schoolmistress, the mildness and attention of that lady having long since won the good opinions of the whole of the female inmates of the establishment. A short time after the depar ture of the master and matron several of the females, freed, no doubt, from apprehension by the absence of their superiors, made a communication to Mrs. M'Callum el such a character that it was evident scenes of the greatest immorality had existed for a long time in the union. Mrs. M'Callum immediately com municated with the board of guardians upon the sub ject, and a special meeting of the board was called to take the same into consideration. A second meeting was appointed to pursue the investigation, and notice was given to the master, Burroughs, that his presence would be indispensable on the day named, to hear, and, if possible, to defend himself from the charges that had been preferred against him. " In the evening, 'before the day of investigation, Burroughs arrived at the workhouse, and stayed about half an hour. He then left, and has not been seen since, although it has been erroneously stated that he was seen walking down the village on the day after the board was held. According to adjournment, the board re-assembled on the Thursday, when it was attended by J. Thackeray, Esq., Chairman of the Board, the Hon. Major Legv,e, Captain Foster, the Rev. A. Drummond, Captain Gos- ' sett, J. Paul, Esq., &c. The inquiry was then pursued in the absence of the master, and several female wit nesses were examined at great length, and at its con clusion, so satisfied were the members of the Board of the validity of the charges, that the clerk to the guar dians, Mr. Parker, was instructed to communicate with the Poor-law Commissioners upon the subject. It is stated that some time since, the schoolmistress to vt'hom the above statements were made, had reason to believe that improper advances were made by the master towards a poor girl who is deaf and dumb, and engaged ' by her at needle-work in the schoolrobm. She accordingly kept a strict watch upon her, and there can now be no doubt that, but for her care, the same insults would have been repeated, and her complete ruin and degradation eventually accomplished. An answer to the statement sent by the board of guardians was received on Saturday evening from the office of the Poor-law Commissioners, and it is believed, although matters aro conducted with great secrecy, that an Assistant Poor - la 7 v Commissioner will be sent to investigate the serious charge s th a t are i n . volved. In the meantime, the master will remain under suspension, the duties being executed as before, by Mr. Atkins and Mrs. M'Cullum. An order has also been given, that after divine service on Sunday, the whole of the inmates shall remain at the establishment, and the usual liberty on alternate days for men and women, has for the present been suspended. It has also been intimated that, should Burroughs come to the union house, he be on no account permitt e d t o enter t h e esta blishment at the principal or front entrance, but be passed in at the back of the workh ouse, unt il suc h t i me as the investigation into his conduct is concluded. It would be premature to allude fu r th er to t h e c h arges until an official investigation is instituted, but it is re ported that gross improprieties have existed in this establishment for upwards of three years. We believe it has been decided that the Colonelcy of the Royals, which has become vacant by the decease of the late lamented Sir George Murray, is to be b.,stowed upon General the Right Hon. Sir James Keumt, who wdl. be succeeded in the Queen's Royals by Major-General VOyly.— Med Service Gazette. WINCHESTER.—It is rumoured that Queen Victoria intends honouring our ancient city with a visit shortly. We give it as a rumour only, but from what we hear believe the rumour to be well-founded. Her Majesty, it is said, will be the guest Of the Dean cituing her brief stay.—llarnpshire Independent. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 10. (Continued from our Afternoon Ejition of yesterday.) Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham, in favour of the Small Debts Bill, with the exception of clause 85. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition against carrying out the punishment of death against the marine recently con demned to death for striking his superior officer. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE moved for a return of persons flogged in the army in Great Britain and Ireland, in the years 1845 and 1846' to the end of July, specifying-1. The offence. 2. The regiment, the place of station, the time. 3. The sen tence. 4. The order for its execution. 5. Whether the trials were open to the public, or only open to the regiment, or with closed doors. tri. The number of lashes inflicted, and the day. 7. How soon after punishment the man was able to re turn to his duty, and at what place he was then quartered. 8. Whether death has followed within twelve months of the flogging, and the date of such death. 9. Whether the punish ment was inflicted, if in cavalry regiments, by the trumpeter or farrier ; if in infantry regiments, by the privates or drummers, and with what instrument. 10. Copies of the surgeon's mi nutes of all such punishments, and any subsequent observations on their consequences.—Agreed to. POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would move a series of re solutions on Thursday next in reference to the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners. The 110 N. MEMBER also moved for a copy of the existing tariff in the island of Ceylon, stating the name of every article imported and exported, the rate of duty charged, and the amount of duty received on each article ; also, the aggregate amount of revenue, distinguishing that on imparts and ex ports in each cf the three years 1642, 1843, and 1844. Agreed to. IMPROVEMENT OF TIIE SHANNON. Mr. F. FRENCH wished to ask a question of the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward) in reference to the im provement of the river Shannon. It was whether he would have any objection to the production of the instructions given to the Commissioners of Publia Works, as to whether it was or was not expedient for them to proceed with the improvement of the river till such time as the Government had decided whether they were willing or not to allow the improvements suggested to take place? Mr. WARD said, as the matter on which information was sought did not strictly come within his jurisdiction he would consult with the proper parties, and give an answer to-morrow or the next day. Mr. HUME moved for a table of the number of articles im ported, in classes, in the year 1844, showing the number of articles imported free ; the number producing from 100'. to 4991. ; the number producing from 500/. to 999/. ; the num ber producing from 1,000/. to 4,9991. ; the number producing from 5,0001. to 50,000/. ; the number producing above 50,0001. ; and the total amount of duty received from each class, and the aggregate amount of all the classes. A similar return of exports, in classes.—Agreed to. AIILLBANK PRISON. On the motion for the order of the day for a Committee of Supply being read, 11r. T. S. DUNCOMBE rose to move for a Select Com mittee to inquire into the treatment of prisoners confined since 1843 in the Alillbank prison, as well as into the conduct of the Governor and officers thereof, and to report their opinion, with the evidence to the House. The Honourable Gen tleman commenced by a review of his previous proceedings in relation to this prison, and complaining of the way in which the Government had met his proposition for inquiry. His report on that occasion, which in the main was correct, though not in all its details, had b- en cut out of the Times newspaper, and hawked about the Milbank prison, with the object of getting up a counter-statement, in order to meet the allegations he had made. Instead of going in this underhand way to work, they ought to have at once instituted a full and satisfactory inquiry into the whole mode in which that establishment was conducted. Cases of cruelty and flogging of the severest character had been alleged against the officers of the prison, and as yet no step had been made to meet the charges. Any attempt on the part of the officers to inflict corporal punish ment for the offence far which the two men to whom he re ferred cn the previous occasion had been flogged was illegal. By referring to the Act of Parliament on which the institution was founded, they would find that if a man attempted to as sault the governor, he was to be prosecuted in the usual way for the offence, and might be punished with two years' impri sonment, or with flogging, as the Court might direct. It was not, then-fore, in the bands of the officers of the prison that the punishment was placed, but in the Court before whom the prisoner was tried. Besides, the cat w ith which Bunyon and the other man were flogged was illegal. Why noggin.' in the army was m erc y it se lf compare d to b e i ng flogged ' with such a cat. He had a pattern of the cat, which contained enormous knots, and he was informed that there never was a more disgusting scene than when Bunyon was flogged with it. The other man, Cotterel, received sixty lashes from the same cat, and he, having been formerly a soldier, declared that he had received 150 lashes when in the army, but that the flogging was a joke to that which he re ceived at Alillbank. Instead of being then taken to the infirmary, he was taken to his prison. He (Mr. Duncombe) considered such conduct was cruel in the extreme. Mr. Baker, in his second petition, referred to these com plaints. The chaplain himself said that the sentence was a very severe one. The governor admitted that he put these boys in question upon bread and water for seven days. Then, as to suicides; there had been sixteen attempts at suicide in the prison during the last three years, and four had succeeded in putting an end to their existence—making twenty altogether. All this, no doubt, resulted from the cruel treatment of the governor. The prisoners at Millbank amounted to 1,000, and it was said that four suicides out of such a number was not extraordinary ; but he contended that, considering the inmates of the prison had no facilties for self-murder afforded to them, the number was most extraordinary. The system of treatment of criminals then was most vicious and cruel, when it compelled them to seek for death as a refuge. Then, again, in consequence of the un healthiness of the prison, and the bad food on which the in mates were fed, the cases of death were innumer able. The medical gentlemen admitted that fact. Within the last three years 300 of the inmates of Millbank had to be removed to a more healthy situation and fort}-eight of them had died. The inquests that were held on these persons he asserted were not full and fair inquiries into the causes of these deaths. Both coroners and jurors foiled to do their duty ; they had not recorded it as their opinton that the parties on whose bodies they sat had been actually murdered by the inhuman treatment of the governor at the prison in question. In conclusion, he would merely remark that if he had not on a former occasion, when he brought this subject under the attention of the House, made out a good case, he had at least done so now. What the Govern ment intended to do in reference to this question he knew not, but he could say, in answer to the objection that the Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary of State for the Horne Department had made on a previous occasion, that that gentleman had a complete power of controlling the conduct of the governors of prisons. The House of Commons, he felt confident, would demand a reform of the present abuses in our prisons.—(Hear, hear.) They had at length penetrated the walls of Somerset House, and found out the black doings perpetrated there by the Poor law Commissioners, and so it would be with regard to the governors of our prisons. He hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department would not object to the appointment of the Committee, which should not hold its sittings, as had been previously done, withinthe precincts of the prison, because the inmates would, whilst in the presence of the governor, be too much influenced from fear to state the whole truth. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the appointment of a Select Committee of the House to inquire - into the abuses he had stated. Mr. WILLIAMS gladly seconded the resolution of the Honourable Member for Finsbury. He felt confident that a Committee of the House would be a much better tribunal than any commission which they could appoint. As the House was aware, scarcely any of their commissions had failed to give satisfaction. With regard to the abuses, he contended that it was the duty of her Majesty's Go ♦ernment to show a most anxious wish on their part to remedy them by agreeing to a Committee of the House, with a view of making a full inquiry into, and ulti mately removing them. Notwithstanding the unhealthiness of the prison at Millbank, and the coarse and meagre fare allowed to the inmates. That prison cost this country no less a sum than a million pounds sterling per annum. He hoped, in conclusion, that the Government and the House would agree to the motion. The SPEAKER having put the question, Sir GEORGE GREY said that the inquiries which had been made into the conduct of the governor of the prison in question since the matter was last mooted in the House had not been completed, and that was the reason why a com plete report had not been presented by him to the House. He admitted, with the Hen. Member for Finsbury, that it was most painful to see the unseemly disputes that were at present taking place between the Governor of Milbank and the gentlemen who had been appointed to investigate into the alleged abuses. He requested the House on the last occasion when this question was before the House to suspend their judgment until a full report of the whole case was before them, and he had now to make the same request. He must certainly admit that after the rassertion of the Hon. Member, to the effect that he could prove his charges, a further inquiry had become indispensable.—(Hear, hear.) Under the general powers vested in the Crown with regard to the inspection of prisons, he must advise the Crown to issue a Commission for the purpose of making inquiry into the charges. This would be a better course than appointing a Committee of that House. This being the case, he would abstain from re ferring to the charges made in the petition. He did not, how ever, think that the charges against the governor were borne out, and he thought that the investigation, if the Commission was granted, would fully prove the falsehood of the imputations. He hoped that the result of the Commission would be equally satisfactory to all parties. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE would now withdraw his motion, and in doing so he hoped that the Commission would be conducted in such a manner as to give fair play to all parties. If not, he would feel it to be his duty to bring the matter again be fore the House. BOARD OF ORDNANCE. On the order of the day for going into Committee on the Ordnance Estimates being read, Mr. HUME moved the following resolution—" That a Se lect Committee be appointed, to inquire into the conduct of the Board of Ordna nc e, i n th e ir r e fusing to inquire into al leged malversati on of th e p u blic stores by officers et that depart ment, and into the cause an d manner of dismissal of Daniel Tonor, a pensioner for good service in the Artillery, from her Majesty's ser v i c e, with ou t a llowing the said D. .Tonor to be pre sent at the Court of i n quiry, or to be heard on his own defence. ' The only charge against Daniel Tonor was, that on coming into the pay-office he was desired by one of the clerks to take off his hat. lie refused, however, to do so, as n o t b e i ng i n accordance with usage to do so. This individual was afterwards dismissed on this trumpery charge, which ought never to have been made, as it is even now not customary to take off their hats in that office. It appeared also that twenty-three pieces of ordnance were stolen from the arsenal at Woolwich, and that Beard afterward refused to inquire into the malversation, al thi ugh Daniel Tonor offered such information as would tend to the detection of the culprits. He complained of the depart ment not being conducted in a proper manner, and he thought that a committee of inquiry was necessary. He would, there fore, move that a Committee be appointed to investigate all the circumstances. Colonel PEEL said the motion of the Hon. Member con tained two serious charges against the late Master General of the Board of Ordnance. First, for refusing to inquire into al leged malversation of the public stores, and the dismissal of Daniel Tonor without being heard in his own defence. As to the first a Committee of inquiry was appointed by the Board, all the evidence was heard and examined into, and Mr. Jones, for certain irregularities, was dismissed the service. Daniel Tonor was heard as prosecutor, and towards the close of the inquiry he was asked whether he had any other charges against Mr. Jones, and the answer was, " Not at present," —or whether he had any charge against any other individuals in the service, and he said, " None whatever." Till the present time he (Colonel Peel) had not heard of this offer by Daniel Tonor. As for the second charge, two letters were sent by the clerk of th e pay-office to the civil officer, com plaining of incivilities on the part of Daniel Tonor ; that he alone, when an order had been made that all the labourers, in coming into the office, should take off their hats, refused to comply with it. The case was referred to the Board at Woolwiek, and Lord Bloomfield, on hearing it, ordered that Daniel Tonor should be imme diately suspended; and, as he ( Colonel Peel) thought, pro , perly so, when insubordination was manifested in the service. He said he had stated the facts of the case, and would certainly not object to the appointment of a Committee of Inquiry. Colonel FOX said that he believed the late Board !IA acted most properly in a case of such gross insult, and that the pre ' sent Board would have acted in precisely the same way. Mr. HUME, said that the Gallant Gentleman (Colonel Peel) had made no answer or explanation about the refusal of evidence offered by Tonar in the case of the theft of the pieces of ordnance. Colonel PEEL said the Hon. Member asked why there was no inquiry made ; a letter was sent to the storekeeper, the storekeeeper directed him to address his letters to the secretary of the board, which was the only regular way. Mr. HUME said he had a letter of the 29th January, re fusing to hear evidence on it. Captain PECHELL said this motion reminded him of several petitions presented by himself from a gentle man at Fort William, who had in vain requested a Board, in order that he might substantiate some charges of malversation by a certain barrack-master at Fort William. He could not recal the particulars, but the Gallant Colonel had it in his power to ie;er to the particulars, which had several times appeared in petitions belore the House, although he (Captain Pechell) was sorry to say in vain. He hoped, how ever, that the present Board would act differently from their predecessors, Mr. HUME said, considering the late period of the session, he would withdraw his motion for a Committee, but he was sorry at the result of the present discussion. Mr. HENLEY said the explanations which had been offered were far from satisfactory. Mr. WILLIAMS then moved, pursuant to notice, for a copy of the circular (No. 58) issued by the Lords Commission ers of the Admiralty, and the accompanying memorandum, dated the 13th day of November, 1830, which gives authority to flog seamen and marines serving in her Majesty's ships and vessels of war. A copy of the 9th charge, preferred by Lieutenant Walker, commanding her Majesty's steamer Alban, before the Court-martial assembled on the 12th day of May, 1834, to try Captain Pigot, of her Majesty's ship Barham, and the war rant for flogging a seaman of the Alban sent by Cap tain Pigot with an order to Lieutenant Walker, both dated the 28th day of May, 1832 ; also of the minutes of the evidence in support of the charge, and for the defence. A copy of the minutes of evidence given before the court-martial as sembled, on the 9th day of August, 1844, to try Lieutenant W'. H. Bridge, of her Majesty's steamer Cormorant, and of the charge preferred against him, and the judgment of the court thereon. And that an bumble address be presented to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct that the opinion of the law officers of the Crown be obtained as to the legality of the sentence passed in each of the cases of the courts-martial, and also as to the legality of the proceedings of the one on Lieut. Bridge. Mr. WARD said, his object was to show what could be done to remedy the grievance complained of. He was most anxious to give the subject his decided consideration. He would, however, give no pledge as to what course should be pursued. The motion was then withdrawn. On the &MAKER leaving the Chair CHELSEA PENSIONERS. Captain L AYA RD said, that he trusted it had not escaped the recollection of the House that within a short period he had presented four petitions from the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, praying the House to take into consideration that which they stated they considered a great hardship, and in which he fully agreed, viz., that five per cent. should be stopped from their pensions, particularly as such stoppages were not enforced, either from the marines or sailors; and why the soldier should be stopped, and the others not, to him was unaccountable. Not that he (Captain Layard) wished the five per cent. to be stopped from the marines and sailors, far from it ; what he desired was, that no stoppage should be made from any ; and, actuated by that desire, in the justice of which all whom he had consulted upon the subject entirely agreed, and which made him determine to bring the matter under dis cussion. Now, of these petitions, two had been printed by order of the House, and the petioners state that it is a heavy loss to them, one-twentieth of their pensions gained in fighting the battles of our common county-, and thereby in crease its immense power and riches, should be stopped; they likewise state that, adverting to the common principle that now prevails in advancing or lending money, they conceive five per cent monthly an exorbitant sum, and that the continu ance of it must be owing simply to the matter never having been brought under the notice of your Honourable House. Now the Act by which this deduction was authorised was the '27th of George 11., and was entitled " An Act for the relief of the Out-pensioners of the Royal Hospital of Chelsea." The Act was passed to alter the old system of paying pensioners, of which nothing could be worse at that time. A. D. 1754, the pensioners received their pensions in the following manner (namely, the payment of a year's pension only after the same had become due, and l'l hich, as the Act recites, exposed them to great hardships and distresses, making them take money up for present subsistence on credit of persons called money-lenders, on terms many times oppressive and usurious. The Act then goes on to state, that to prevent this bad system, the pensioners shall be paid six months in advance. Now, in clause 7 it states that the Pay master of Chelsea Hospital shall, and may withheld, and deduct one shilling in the pound from all moneys so paid to out-pen sioners of Chelsea Hospital, and which moneys so deducted shall be so applied in the manner which his Majesty, his heirs and successors, shall, by warrant under his royal sign manua direct. This system went on for some time, viz., paying six months in advance; then it was reduced to three, and about two years ago, by a plan of Lord Hardinge, staff-officers were appointed to pay the pensioner:, and now they are only paid one month in advance ; and which plan was, in his (Captain Layard's) opinion, a very good one, and likely to be highly beneficial to the country. But by the 3d and 4th of Wil liam IV., en Act was passed in 1533, by which only two-and-- a-half per cent. is to be stopped from the new rate of pen sions, so that under the present system the old and hard-tried Peninsular veterans had five per cent. stopped ; and those who, no doubt, were just as good soldiers, but could never have the same severe trials, were to pay only two-and-a-half per cent. No doubt he should be told that the pensions of the latter were smaller. Alas, that such was the case, was too true, and a dis grace to the nation it was that it should be so. Now, he must recall to their minds, that within a few weeks, at the gracious recommendation of her Majesty, they had voted pensions to those gallant officers who had deserved so well of their country, Lord Harding() and Lord Gough, to support the dignity which her Majesty had bestowed upon them, for their gallant achievements, having raised them to the temple of honour as a reward for their having taken so high a station in the temple of fame. Now, for his (Captain Layard's) part, he could not suppose that either five or two and-a-half per cent. would, or ought to be, stopped fro m th e pensions of those gallant leade rs . A n d if such was the case, how could the Parliament think of any longer allowing this stoppage to be made from their no less worthy and gallant com panions in arms. Now, he felt that the great enemy he had to contend with was the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer ; but he trusted that, upon this occa sion, he would let his love of justice overcome his love of eco nomy ; and he thought, when he informed the Right Hon. Gentleman that the Hon. Member for Montrose was to second this resolution, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) would feel that it was an act of justice which no economical feeling ought to counteract. Shall it be said that those who can say to their children, or their grandchildren, " I fought with Hardinge at Albuera ; I was at the storming of Burdpore with Lord Combermere ; I helped to take the eagle at Barossa with Gough ; I fought with Napier in India ; I formed part of that force at Waterloo under Wellington whose squares were invulnerable, and whose advance in line was invincible"— shall these men, when " They shoulder their crutch, And show how fields were won"— shall these men end their narrative by stating, " We petitioned the British House of Commons—we petitioned the representa tives of the people—no longer to allow the paltry deduction of five per cent. from our pensions, and our prayers were un heeded ?" He (Captain Layard) called upon the protectional party, who had talked so much of standing to their colours and nailing them to the mast, to remember that the standard of their country had been carried untarnished, by the agrieul'ural labourer, to honour and to glory. He reminded the manufacturers that many of those who had been operatives had, by their gallant bearing as soldiers, opened new marts in the uttermost parts of the world. He called upon all in that House to rememher upon what a pinnacle of glory this country had been placed by the army, and to remember how poorly that army had been requited. The Right Hon. Baro net the late Prime Minister had, upon a former occasion, when bringing forward the pensions of Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough, read to them from Napier's " History of the Peninsu lar War"—that brilliant history of brilliant exploits—the ac count of the heroic and bloody fight at Albuera, whereby liar dinge's energy had been achieved. Trusting the House would allow him to follow the late Prime Minister's example, he would read an extract from that History. Napier says that the British infantry soldier is more robust than the soldier of any other nation, which can scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe; and notwithstanding his habit ua l ex cess in drinking, he sustained fatigue and wet, a nd three years are requi re d tremes of cold and heat, with incredible vigo r n e r. d t W ac h c e o t n m e co i nl: pletely disciplined (and world cannot c h t!r s in i crC r p t roisdulcoeftya and his sp m ec o L em en en o s f m f.r i e l e irar t y he bea w r Ph ing le . Nor is:ithe mind unworthy of the outward man ; he does not indeed possess that presumption and vivacity which would least him to dictate to his commander, or even to censure real errors, although he may perceive them ; but he is quick to com prehend his orders, full of resources under difficulties, calm and resolute in danger, arid more than usually obedient and careful of his officers in moments of imminent peril. It has been asserted that his undeniable firmness in battle is the result of a phlegmatic, constitution, uninspired by moral feeling; never was a more stupid calumny uttered. Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields, where every helmet caught some beams of glory. But the British soldier conquered under the cold shade of aria tocracy. No honours awaited his daring, no dispatch gave his name to the applause of his countrymen ; his life of danger and hardship was uncheered by hope, his death unnoticed. Did his heart sink therefore? Did he not endure with sur prising fortitude the sorest of ills, sustain the most terrible assaults in battle unmoved, overthrowing with incredible energy m ilitary qualification was wanting, the fo n t o f h onour was a l so ever full and fresh within him ? The result of a hundred battles, and the united testimony of impartial writers of different nations, have given the first place amongst the European, Infantry to the British. Such was the description of those men (and could any one deny the truth of that description for whom he stood the humble advocate?), and he trusted and believed that neither the House nor the country would or could refuse their petition. Who could say at what moment the safety of this country might depend upon the pensioners? They were the only force which you could call together in case of any sudden emergency, for of regular troops you had very few you could lay your hand upon—the colonies taking up so large a proportion, while the pensioners consisted of 73,500. and of these are 25,000 available men, fit to do good service, and 25,000 more fit for garrison duty ; and these alone showed the advantage of acting generously and kindly ; for it it had not been for the pensions, by some so much abused, where could you have such a force to call out in a moment, and available? The last sentence of that brilliant history, from which he bad before quoted, ends with this touching sentence :—" Thus the war terminated, and with it all remembrance of the veteran's services." Were they, the house of Commons, prepared to let such a sentence stand against them to all time ? Were they prepared to have it go forth that they refused the petition of those men whose military achievements hat been the wonder and the admiration of the world ? He felt that should the Right Hon. Secretary-at-War oppose this re. solution, he would be acting against his own generous nature, and the anxious desire he had always personally evinced to benefit the soldier. But he trusted the House would feel, whatever was the course taken by the Government, that thii petition ought to be granted. Ile felt he had done his duty in giving an opportunity of doing by these gallant men a justice, however tardy ; a reward, however inefficient. He should end by calling upon them To pity the sorrows of each brave old man, Whose shattered frame can carry arms no more, Whose life soon dwindling to the shortest span ; Petition grant, and Heaven will bless M y o ur etore. the He, therefore, begged to move, that in lieopism. c n o s er2 a House, the T ensions paid to noniynniiLsstt any d fee or deducs privates of the army should be pa Lion whatsoever. a' • reductions of this description, it should if there were any reducti All. HUME said he agreed to the motion, and thought that its O. it. .13 lur is int