The Sun. — London, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

4 iii;;'?. / . • 1.44. et, THE SUN, leg to imply that Lord Fitzroy Somerset was all-po xerful at the Horse-guards. The case of the men he had alluded to was one of very great hardship. In answer to Mr. CHARTER'S, Mr. F. MAULE said that non-commissioned officers and their wives were not placed in the same rooms with Private soldiers. With respect to married soldiers, an arrangement was in progress by which they would be enabled t o provide themselves lodgings out of the bar racks. Mr. OSBORNE complained of the use of shell-jackets on march, and criticised other points of regimental cos tume. Nothing could be worse conducted than the whole of the clothing department. The dress of the officers of the line seemed adapted for no other purpose than to ren der them as frightful as possible. Mr. F. MAULE said the object of all the late altera tions had been economy. In the Kafir war, the officers finding that the distinction of a blue colt, while the sol diers wore red, rendered them a mark to the enemy, laid the coats aside, and adopted red jackets the same as those of the soldiers. This was also found to be a matter of convenience, and now the blue coats were laid aside. Mr. HUME asked who was the master tailor. — (Laughter.) If it was not the duty of the Secretary at War to attend to these matters, to whom did that duty belong? If there was no one responsible for it, changes might succeed each other without end. Mr. F. MAULE said the changes were made after being well considered by the Commander-in-Chief; and submitted by him to a board of general officers. Mr. OSBORNE said he had reason to believe that these alterations generally emanated from some elothier, who possessed the ear of some general officer. He had no doubt, so uncomfortable were the shell jackets, that that before six months were over there would be another general order on the subject. Colonel DUNNE complained of the rank given to the Captains of the Guards as Lieutenant-Colonels ; they furnished about ene-half the whole number. An officer of the line could rarely attain the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel under twenty or thirty years, and after serving in every part of the world, which the officers of the Guards were not required to do. The system that was pursued in giving more speedy promotion to the Guards than to the officers of the line was most unjust. He had no feeling against the Guards, or to the distinction be tween the Guards and the line, but he thought the fairest . plan to pursue would be to promote the most deserving officers of the line to the Guards.—(Hear.) Mr. FOX MAULE said that the question to which the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman referred would come before the Committee of Inquiry. He was of opinion that the Guards should be permanently fixed in London. Colonel LINDSAY said that during 32 years there were only three instances of officers of the Guards ex changing to regiments of the line. Mr. OSBORNE said that the commands of stations were given to guardsmen. He had no objection to the Guards, and he believed if they were to have a monarchy, that it would be necessary to have Guards. He denied that they were peculiarly fit for London service. The only reason why captains in the Guards were lieutenant colonels was , that it was considered advisable to have those about the Court general officers. It was unjust to the officers of the line that they should be promoted for such a reason. Colonel ANSON said that the average age of general ( Akers in the Guards was about 60, which was as high in the line. With regard to the fitness of the Guards for Lo n d on d uty, he did not say that other troops were not able to perform that duty, but he believed no one Would deny that the Guards performed their duty effi !.iently, and that th e li ne were b ut too h appy w h en t h ey lound themselves brigaded by the Guards. Col. DUNNE did not assert any superiority for the !PI; and he would not admit any inferiority. He be lieved that no Irishmen were admitted into the guards. Col. LINDSAY said that he knew one regiment in Which there were some Irishmen. But there was cer aiely an indisposition to take Irishmen or Scotcbmen into the guards, because the corps of guards was dis tinctively national. Mr. OSBORNE said that with respect to the nation ality of regiments, most of the 42d Highlanders, called t he " Black Watch," who fought at Waterloo, were men.—(Laughter.) Sir D. L. EVANS complained that no mark of recog nition had been given to General D'Aguilar and Colonel Brereton for their distinguished services in the Canton war. Lord PALMERSTON bore testimony to the skill, energy, and ability displayed by the officers in question, Which had been followed by results so beneficial to .the commercial interests of this country.— (Hear.) Mr. HUME, before the vote was passed, wished to eongratulate the House on the state of discipline which eZisted in the army, notwithstanding the disuse of cor poral punishment.—(Hear.) That was extremely satis factory to those who advocated its abolition.—( Hear. ne a r.) With respect to the amount of the vote, he con sidered there was great room for reduction. They were not now likely to be invaded, so that he thought the number of men could be reduced. In the years 1834, 1835, and 1836, the average number of men in the army was 86,500. It was now 113,000. In addition to this number there were 150,000 invalids enrolled. There ware yeomanry and militia, and a police force of 23,000. In Londom there were 5,338 policemen; in the boroughs of England there were 4,400; in the counties, 2,509; and in Ireland there were 10,639. He was greatly sur prised at the increase in the police force. The number of men in the navy was now 43,000 instead of 27,000; in the ordnance, 13,000 instead of 8,900. Without includ ing the artillery, he believed there were now' lid less than 236,000 armed men in the country. That was enough to exhaust any country. He should move that th e vote be reduced by 445,0001., though he did not mean to divide the House upon it. Mr. P. MAULE said he would not enter into the de tails which had been mentioned by the Hon. Member, as the subject would come before the Committee of In drY ; but he would ask whether there was anything in the state of Europe or in the state of their own country thethan army now ?—(Hear, hear.) The army was not more ""ett they ought to have, and he only trusted in Provid ence it might be found sufficient.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. OSBORNE sa id t h at h e h a d b ro ught a plan be tore the House by which 2,000,0001. of money might be lil ved without reducing the army by a single man, but 1 ' had been disreg ar d e d. Th e great question which the total) of this country had now to decide was, how they ►f orce to pay all thes e fo rces . The increase of the police ~,?tee in the m e t ro p o li s m i g ht b e accoun t e d for by the Zagiber of new streets which are added every year to t he metropolis. ?!Ir. Hume's amendment was th en n ega ti ve d without Clivision, and the vote agreed to. On 168,237/., for the expenses of the general staff of ficers an d t h e garrison officers of the Tower of London "mg moved, Mr. MIME thought that a great reduction might be effected in this item. Mr. OSBORNE objected to having two general offi cers, one commanding the army and the other the ord nance. person was sufficient to perform the duties ;3111 C ommander of the Forces and Master-General of e Ordnance. Then there was 9001. a year f o r th e Duke . of Wellington .as Governor of the Tower. Lie would knock off 1,0001. a year from these salaries. When there was the Tower Major. No person could say who he was. Then there was the chaplain, the Ph ysician —although there were the army surgeons— and the apothecary to the Tower, who had 101. a year. --- :(Laughter.) Then there was the gentleman porter with 804 a year—(Laughter)—and the gentleman gao l er 60i. —(L aug ht er .) Then there were 40 yeomen varder4, as if there were no troops. He would try to away with the whole thing, and move th a t th e vo t e be seduced 3,911/. ls. Bd. ,_/ 2 / 1 1. F. MAULE sa id t h e w h o l e o f th e T ower estab nmeat had been u n d e r a rev i ew o f a C omm i ttee o f t h at _ h ouse, and they l e t it s t an d as i t was . If e s h ou ld b e the last man to vote under any c i rcumstances to deprive °t a place of honour that Noble and Gallant Officer who ( lid so much service for his country.—(Hear.) Mr. OSBORNE said the Hon. Gentleman tried to ride off upon the Duke of Wellington. He would say nothing in disparagement of that illustrious individual; but as the Right Hon. Gentleman made reference to his ser vices, he would say in reply that the country had amply repaid them.—(Hear, hear.) Ho had two regiments, and Strathfieldsaye, and other things. Colonel LINDSAY said that the gentleman gaoler and the gentleman warder were not appointed by the Government. They were non-commissioned officers, and the situations were given them as something better titan retiring pensions. Mr. OSBORNE protested against debasing non-com missioned officers by calling men who had served their co untry gent l emen porters an d gent l emen gao l ers. If The served th e i r coun t r y l e t th em ge t su it a bl e p ens i ons . country would not object to that. But let them not te paid by being made ge ntlemen port ers an d gentle "tell gaolers.—(Hear.) He would divide the House. x t , 4 fter a few words from Mr. HUME and Major Th e Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against it —4B The vote was accordingly passed. of On the next vote, 96,5901. for the charges and expenses i t , h e Public d e p ar t men t s , th,: r ,. Et. OSBORNE said this charge was lumped toge full& e most extraordinary way. He regretted to find o f:t le a matter affecting an office so well filled as that hatue Judge Advocate General was at the present time, o for the life of him he could not understand what the a t of that office wash It was an o ffi ce usuully given to s a . a rrister who could get no briefs, and he really thought ;) - e ll Y briefless barrister could be got to fill the post for k e tl i 'fourth the cost. He hoped, therefore, that his of e t il h dB would support him in a motion that the expense 3 yonn 'l Judge Advocate General department be reduced Per annum.—(Oh.) te Per ADVOCATE-GENERAL thought it . 1 1111 eUrprising that the Gallant Gentleman who had ti 4lnsYelf served, should not know better than to depre date t he o ffi ce - which he had the honour to hold. The . ef the J u d ge -Advocate was to exam i ne an d rep or t 113 " 11 all the courts-martial which were held in the 1 14 a nd they amounted to nearly 60,000 per annum. N at i es this, constant and continual references were Poi:t a to the Jude-Advocate by the Horse Guards on Its to ° f great delicacy and di ffi culty. He said nothing Poi nt t he salary of the Judge-Advocate that was a gip s ''Pon which he hoped he should not be asked to t hat " f l inion. Thi s , h owever , h o b eg g e d to remark, been O Y a o te years not only had the duties of the office a Pleb increased, but the occupant of the o ffi ce had Oa ~,rPrived of a great amount of official assistance. at denther occasion he should be happy to enter more th ou i t t L d into the duties devolving on the office, and he n°the should be able to show that the office was 4,11 erp a i d was bo into Intinf ry ll . l3ll lE, having been one of the Committee of the payment of this office some years ago, expehaand i o n this that he thought there was no lavish — " it Urn in this department. Mr. F. O'CONNOR could say from experience that the duties of the Judge Advocate General were ex tremely arduous. The present Judge-Advocate had sat for several weeks upon an inquiry respecting him, and he had really round a great deal to do.—(Laughter.) Mr. B. OSBORNE said it was not hi: in+ontio ► to divide, though he thought all the duties of the Ju lge- Advocate might be performed by his deputy. Vote agreed to, as were the following:- 19,1611. for the expenses of the Royal Military Asylum, &c. 80,3091. for the expenses of the volunteer corps. 15,5071. for allowances and rewards for military services. _ _ _ 26,0001. further vote for the pay of general officers. Mr. HUME remarked on this vote that he thought the number of general officers too large. Mr. B. OSBORNE said the way general officers were paid was perfectly disgraceful. They absolutely made their money out of the savings of the regimental clothing. Some of them, as, for instance, the Marquis of Londonderry no doubt lost money by the system, but the system itself was what he complained of. It was no use, however, to talk upon this subject to the House of Commons. Few Members knew anything about the army, and still fewer cared about it. Mr. F. MAULE said this question had been discussed twenty times, and it had never been found that any better system than the present could be adopted. It was a sys tem that worked well for the army, and that was econo mical to the country. Mr. HUME said a majority of the House had, after inquiry, agreed to the continuance of the existing system, and he, therefo re , was not prepare d to ra i se a discussion upon the subject. At the same time he did not approve of the system. Mr. F. MAULE said it.was impossible for any gene ral officers to make money unfairly by the existing system. Sir W. CLAY thought the system very objectionable. Mr. B. OSBORNE said if the army clothiers were examined before a Committee, they would prove that many general officers made from 8001. to 1,000/. a year by regimental clothing. They were making their gene ral officers army clothiers, nothing else. 57,0001. for charge of full pay of retired officers. 6,0001. (in part), for charge of half-pay and allowances of retired officers. 47,3861. for charge of half-pay and reduced allowances of officers of disbanded foreign corps, &c. 29,530/. (in part) for charge of pensions of widows, &c. 38,0001. (in part) for charge of allowances on compas sionate list, &c. 26.7741. for charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham hos pitals. 223,8101. (in part) for charge of out-pensioners of Chelsea hospital, &c. 37,5001. for superannuation allowances, &c. These resolutions were ordered to be reported to the House to-morrow (this day), and The House then resumed. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A message from the Lords informed the House that their Lordships had agreed to the following Bills: Habeas Corpus Suspension (Ireland)—London and Blackwall Railway (Connecting Branch)—Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Roscobie, Keltyhead, and Glen craig, Branches, &c.), without amendment—Great Northern Railway (Isle of Axholme Branch), with amendments—Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney, and Slamannan Railways Amalgamation or Sale or Lease and Amendment or Repeal of Acts, with an amendment. INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Sir L. O'BRIEN observed that, as he had opposed this Bill when first introduced, he wished to say that he hoped the amendments made to it would be favourably considered in another place. He should not press his opposition further. Colonel DUNNE expressed his entire dissent from the Bill, which he still thought calculated to do great injury to Ireland. On the question that the Bill do pass, The SOLICITOR -GENERAL moved the insertion of a clause providing that notice of sale should be given in all cases to remainder men; a personal notice wherever possible, or in other cases an equivalent notice. The lause was inserted. Mr. MONSELL (in the absence of Mr. Bouverie) moved the insertion of the following clause:—" And be it enacted, that no assurance under this Act shall be sub ject to the further or additional duty (of equal amount with the duty on a lease, or bargain and sale for a year), with which conveyances by a single deed are by any Act either expressly or by reference made chargeable; and that, in lieu of all other stamp duty whatsoever (except the progressive duty), there shall be chargeable on all assurances under this Act on which the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon expressed shall not amount to 2,000/., an ad valorem duty of 6s. for every 501. of such purchase or consideration money, and the like sum for any smaller or fractional part of 50/. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that from fiscal considerations he must on principle ob ject to the introduction of the provision. Mr. MONSELL supported the clause as calculated to encourage that which was generally admitted to be a point of great importance, the sale of estates iu small portions. Mr. B. OSBORNE also supported the provision. The alleviation of the stamp duties in Ireland was most es sential to the material interests of that country. The Earl of LINCOLN hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not divide the House on this motion, because in so doing he might imperil the success of the measure itself; and, still more, prejudice the satisfactory revision, which he hoped would be at an early period, of the whole system of stamp duties on the transfer of landed property in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) There was no question but that this measure must be followed up by more, tending in this and in other particulars to ameliorate the social condition of the sister country. Mr. HUME said it was quite clear that if the Govern ment wished the Bill to be of use in Ireland they would listen to the suggestion of the lion. Member. What was wanted in Ireland was the means of affording employment to the labourers, and that could only be done by facilitating the transfer of land. Mr. GOULBURN expressed a hope that the lion. Member would not persist in his amendment, as if agreed to it would tend to render incumbrances more numerous. —(Oh, oh.) A revision of the stamp duties on the transfer of land was much rehired, and he was sure the Chancellor of the Exchequer would do right to take that subject into serious consideration. Mr. EWART was of opinion that the whole of the stamp duties on the transfer of land both in England and Ireland ought to be revised, Mr. HENLEY thought that by making one conces sion the Government had drawn down upon themselves the present one for a remission of the stamp duties in Ireland. He must oppose the amendment. After a few words from Mr. DRUMMOND and Sir A. BaooLE, The House divided, when there appeared— For the clause Against it „Majority —s9 The clause was consequently lost. Sir L. O'BRIEN moved two clauses as riders to the Bill—the first to prevent selling more of an estate than was necessary to clear off the incumbrances; the second to prevent the family mansion from being sold until the outlying parts of the estate had been found insufficient to redeem the mortgage. The SOLICITOR- GENERAL opposed the clauses on the ground that they would operate injuriously on the general effect of the Bill. Sir W. WALSH supported the clauses, which he contended would in some degree correct the injurious operation of the Bill. He had no desire to prevent the sale of heavily incumbered estates in Ireland, but he was most desirous to prevent small incumbrancers or tenants for life forcing property into the market unne cessarily at a time when it could only be sold at a ruinous price. Colonel DUNNE also supported the clauses, which, After a few words from Mr. GROGAN, were nega tived. The Bill was then passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND, No. 2) BILL. The House having gone into Committee on this Bill, Mr. GOULBURN, having remarked upon the prac tice of making advances to Ireland out of the consoli dated fund, said that the advance made in 1847 was to be paid in a certain number of instalments. The object of the Bill was to repay out of the consolidated fund the sum of 1,000,000/ which would otherwise be available for the general resources of the empire. If Ireland was to pay the money, it should go into the consolidated fund, and the sum necessary for Ireland be voted out of that fund. But if the Government meant to relieve Ireland altogether from the payment of this sum, they so—they ought to declare at onc e th at i t could d t not be levied without impoverishing the Irish population, and then ask Parliament for the amount distinctly stating what were the public works to which it was to be applied, instead of leaving the matter in the hands of the Treasury, with power to continuo those works which had already proved so useless and unpro ductive. Mr. HUDSON protested altogether against the prin ciple of the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER that the object of the Bill was simply to enablo said money the Treasury, through the Board of Works , to lend d mg to the grand juries on presentment for the piurnptotsheinokf completing such works as the grand juries proper—the works to be carried on unertohtnteirioewnn superintendence. The Government did not intend to introduce the machinery of the Board of Works, or otherwise interfere with the mode of outlay, but leave that altogether to the counties themselves. At present he did not think it would be advisable for this country to call on Ireland for repayment; but the Government would do so the moment they saw that Ireland was in a sufficiently prosperous condition to respond to the call. Mr. CARD WELL took the same view of the measure as the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the Uni versity of Cambridge, hoping the House would not de part from the ordinary mode of expending money drawn from the consolidated fund. Dr. BO WRING regretted that Parliament had no security against these loans to Ireland being converted into gifts, either by that country's inability or unwil lingness to repay. Ho complained, too, of the unsatis factory nature of the accounts of the Board of Works. Indeed, the whole state of Irish expenditure demanded a searching investigation, for from the Treasury down wards there seemed to be an utter helplessness to pro tect the revenue. The evil was intolerable, and ought to be put an end to. Major BLACKALL said that it would be found that the loans which were given to Ireland were as fairly paid back as any given to this country. The Hon. Member for Liverpool, he thought, would see that his objection to this loan, namely, that the object for which the loan was intended was not stated, was met by the Bill which specified the objects of the loan. The House should pause before it refused to give its sanc tion to a Bill which would prove a very great boon to LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1848. Ireland, as it would give employment to a very great number of the starving population. Mr. STAFFORD said that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer bud mixed the question of the poor-law with this question. The poor-law had no bearing on the matter whatever. He held in his hand a petition from the county of Clare, protesting against this Bill, signed by the most respectable gentlemen in that county. As for his own constituents, he believed that, if he did not make any allusion to the Bill, so easily was million after million passed for Ireland, none of them would have known anything about it. It was not by voting million after million that they would do anything for the benefit of the country, it was by teaching the people self reliance. He was glad that the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford afforded him an opportunity of reiterating his objections to the principle of the Bill. Sir R. FERGUSON said he was very much pained at the manner in which the petition was quoted. The petition implored the House of Commons not to pass this Bill, because it held out an idea that the money would be paid back again. That idea they repudiated. He did not think it fair under such circumstances to quote the petition. Mr. T.JRQUHART said that the criticism on the peti tion enhanced its value. Sir 1). J. NORREYS objected that the payment of advances were made general while the advantages would inevitably be local. He thought that the benefit derived by particular counties ought to be correctly ascertained. Mr. STAFFORD made an explanation. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY concurred in the views of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Liverpool on the ground that no money should be voted by Parliament unless the mode in which it was to be expended was specified in the estimates. The CHAIRMAN then put the question as to whether the blank for time should be filled up by the words " three years," which was agreed to. The House then divided on Mr. Goulburn's amend ment, when there appeared— _ _ _ For the clause Against it Majority for the clause —66 On returning to the gallery we found, Mr. HUDSON objecting to grants of money made without any prospect of repayment. Mr. GOULBURN reminded the Hon. Member that the House had already affirmed the principle of the grant. Colonel SIBTHORP, as one of the guardians of the public purse, objected to this mode of frittering away public money. He looked upon the present Bill as the smuggling act of a smuggling Government. After a short discussion clauses 2 and 3 were agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be reported on Thursday next. SPIRITS (DEALERS IN) BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the Committee on this Bill was postponed until Friday next. Larpent were the only ships loading, and would pro bably be obliged to sail with part cargoes. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. CALCUTTA, JUNE 2.—Since the date of our last re port, of the Bth of May, everything connected with com merce in this city has worn a very gloomy appearance. Our export market has been completely paralysed by the home news. The little conffidence which remained has been extinguished, and the most sanguine are at a loss what to do, and unable to see their way through the difficulties which environ commercial and political affairs. Business has been almost at a stand still, and the comparatively deserted state of the streets, in what formerly used to be the busy haunts of commercial ac tivity, as well as the scanty daily list of exports, suffici ently indicate the low state of prostration to which our trade has been reduced. The mail of the 24th April is looked for with much anxiety, although but little hopes are entertained that it will bring news of a nature cal culated to produce an improvement in the state of affairs here. Our market for exports has felt severely the existing state of commercial depression. Indigo has been very quiet, little disposition being shown to operate in the article. Sugar has been greatly neglected, and a decline of fully rs. 1 per md. has taken place in its value. The new crop is making its appearance in small parcels, which have been placed at 7 to 7-6 per md., according to quality. It is conjectured that the imports from the interior will be less than during the past year; for, in addition to the little temptation which the prospects of the market offer to importers. the reduced price of the article will doubtless give rise to a large increase in the local consumption. During the last few years its high price placed it beyond the reach of the most numerous class of the native population. Saltpetre has continued in active request at progressively improving prices, at taining a rise of rs. 1 to 1-2 per md. The reduced rate of freight has drawn attention to rice, and some ship ments to England have consequently been made. The transactions in safflower have been limited, owing to the terms demanded by holders. Raw silk and silk piece goods have, until lately, been quite neglected. The import market has shared, though in a less de gree, the inactivity which has prevailed since the date of our last price current. Holders continue to evince a desire to place their goods, while the minds of the prin cipal dealers, who are also speculators in opium, have been disturbed by the claims of the great time-bargain opium contractor, which, added to unfavourable acounts from the upper provinces, has caused a falling off in the demand. The consequence has been a decline in prices for almost all descriptions of piece goods and mule twist. Turkey red yarn commands a better demand at improved rates. Metals have been rather neglected. The money market has remained without much alter ation. Money continues abundant and procurable on comparatively easy terms on security of Government paper, or equally valuable and tangible security. Seven per cent. is the rate of interest on loans covered by this security, and 10 to 12 per cent. for loan on mortgage of landed property. The business of the Bank of Bengal has been reduced to a small compass for want of ap proved channels for the investment of its funds. The next dividend will consequently be smaller than they have been of late, but we understand that the bank has suffered no loss whatever from the commercial disasters which have ruined so many, and from which so few have escaped unscathed. The price of its shares is still 2,050 premium. Government securities have given way in consequence of the threatening aspect of affairs in the Punjaub. Our present quotations are :-4-8 to 5.4 dis count Second and Third Fives ; 3 to 3-6 ditto in New Fives ; 17 to 18 ditto in Company's Fours ; and 19 to 20 ditto in Sicca Rupee ditto. Very few transactions have taken place in Exchange. The rates for six months' sight bills, with documents, are 1-10 to 1-10 i; but this description of paper, owing to the small quantity of goods going forward, is extremely scarce and much wanted. We have heard of a sale of uncovered bills at three months' sight, drawn by a highly respectable firm here on Jones, Loyd and Co., at 1-94-. The calls upon the export warehouses for advances have been trifling. Only rs. 1,83,404 have been taken since the 30th April. Exchange on China, rs. 200 to 202 per 100 Sp. dolls. On Ceylon 3 per cent. discount at sight. Freights have undergone considerable fluctuations. Our last report left them at 51. to 51. ss. for dead weight to London. During the succeeding week they fell to 4/. to 41. 10s.; in the second week they became very un settled, and were quoted at 34 15s. During the past week they rose to 4/ 10s. to 41. 155., and now our quota tions are 41. ss. to 41. 10s., with a downward tendency. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, BANK STOCK, &C. Transfer Five per Cent ... 8 0 oto 9 0 0 prem. Second ditto Third ditto .. 4 8 0 to 5 0 0 ditto. New ditto 3 0 0 to 3 6 0 ditto. FREIGHTS. London. Liverpool. Sugar Saltpetre Rice Hides J ute Raw silk Indigo - - Rates have lately been a good deal unsettled, and now, owing to fresh arrivals, are looking downwards. BOMRAY, JUNE 30.—BANH OF BOMBAY.—Discount on Government bills, 6 per cent. ; discount on private bills at or within three months, 9 per cent. Interest on fixed loans on deposit of Government notes, 8 per cent.; interest on cash credit accounts on Government notes, 9 per cent.; interest on loans on deposit of goods, &c., 9 per cent. The rate of advance on deposit of 5 per cent. Government notes is 90 per cent., on 4 per cent. Go vernment notes 70 per cent., and on goods, three-fourths the approved value. Oriental Bank.—Rates of Exchange.—Drafts on Lon don at 6 months' sight, above 50L, Is. 9id.; ditto at 3 months' sight, above 20/., Is. 9id.; ditto, at 1 month's sight, above 20/., Is. 90.; ditto, at one day's sight, about SL, Is. 81. Circular notes payable throughout Europe, and drafts on Ireland and Scotland at I day's sight, Is. Sid. Freights, May 30.—T0 London, per ton, 31. ss. to 31. 7s. 6d.; to Liverpool, 3/. ss. to 3/. 10s.; to China, per candy, 12rs. to 121 rs. Exchanges.—London, at 6 months' sight, per rupee, Is. 9id. to Is. 100. ; at 3 ditto, ditto, ls. 9id.; at 1 ditto, ditto Is. CHINA, The following Government notification had been issued . His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade, &c., is pleased to direct that the annexed communication from Seu, the Acting Imperial Commissioner, relative to the inland transit duties to be levied in future on foreign cotton manufactures at the Pih-sin Custom-house, in the pro vince of Chekang, be published for general information. —By order, A. R. Johnston. Victoria, Hong-Song, Bth May, 1848. Seu, High Imperial Commisioner, &c., &c., sends the following communications:—Th e late High Imperial Commissioner, Keying, presented a memorial to the Throne, requesting that the same rate of transit duties ost calicoes might be lexied at the Pih-sin Cus tom-house in Chekeang as at Heu-shoo, which is in the neighbourhood. To this application the Imperial reply was, " Let the board of revenue deli berate and report on this subject. Respect this!" I have now received a communication from the board, stating that every description of foreign cotton manufactures paid at the lieu -shoo Custom-house 2 mace 2 candareens per hundred catties, or per pecul weight, whilst 1.2 mace were paid per piece at Pih-sin. Since the difference in the amount is very considerable, the tariff of duties on calicoes at Pih-sin ought, as proposed, to be the same as that at the lieu-shoo Custom-house in the neighbour hood, in order to equalise the rate of duties levied. To this representation an Imperial reply was received, say ing, "Let it be done as proposed. Respect this." Whilst transmitting this information to the superintendent of the Pih-sin Custom-house, I thought it my duty to sub mit it also for the consideration of the Hon. Envoy, and wish you much happiness, addressing the same—To his Excellency her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Samuel George Bonham, Esq., &c. &c., &c., CHARLES GUTZLAFF, Chinese Secretary. Greens,-The sales are estimated at 15,000 packages. Young llysons of comilion quality I A to 21 taPls, ftur to good 26 to 31 tads, superior 36 to 38 taels; 2,000 sold— ale stock small. liys.,fis of the better kinds have all disappeared, the few remaining mostly of inferior (pa -1 lity ; 3,000 ar. supposed to have been settled, say at rather under the last quotations ; Imperial and Gun powder about 1,500 sold. Taeping 21 ,to 22 teals to 23 to 24 taels. Twankay and Moyune kinds, 28 to 31 taels to 33 to 36 taels—no good to be had, 500 packages left. Skins, 8.500 taken, principally for Sydney, at, cont ,non 10 to 13 taels, good 16 to 18 taels ; stock 2,000. Twankays, 1,000 to 1,500 packages settled from 10 to 17 taels ; 1,600 left, consisting of the lower grades. Can ton Teas, 2,000 young Hysonslaken for England,lat 10 to 12 taels for common, and 16 to 17 for good ; 1,500 Gunpowder and Singlo, at 14 to 16 taels. Exchange—Barings' credits at six months' sight on London, 4s. ; Company's accepted bills at 210 ; gold, 25 dol. 25. Freights Shipping superabundant to England, 3/. 15s. to 41. MANILLA, APRIL 26.—Imports—Easter has inter rupted business for the last two weeks, and but few transactions in piece goods have occurred. The usual heavy stocks are still maintained, and the demand by the shopkeepers is merely in proportion to their immediate wants. The setting in of the S.W. monsoon next month will make business still duller with the provinces from the difficulty of communication during the rainy season. EXPORTS.—Sugar —No contracts for clayed are yet reported, and dealers, in consequence of the high prices at which the raw material is held by the growers, refuse to enter into engagements at less than 41 dolls. to 41 dolls. per picul, which prices are above the ideas of pur chasers in view of the reports on the state of markets for this article in Europe and America. The Pampauga crop is reported to be short. The quantity of the Taal and Zeou which has come to market is inferior. The quotation is 2 dolls. to 2} dolls. for the former, and 2 to 24 dolls. for the latter. The high prices of crude sugar keeps the Pampanga sundried, for the N. S. Wales markets, still at 31 dolls. per picul. Coffee—The demand is trifling, and late purchases of good have been made at 71 dolls. to 7i dolls. per picul. Cigars—The demand for export is small, and de liveries are made from the factory at the fixed govern ment rates:—No. 1, 14 dulls. per 1,000; No. 2, 8 dolls.; No. 3, CI dolls. EXCHANGES.—On London six months' bills last sales 4s. 4d. per dollar. Bank bills at 30 days' sight 4s. 2d. AMERICA. SYNOPSIS OF THE TREATY OF PEACE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. Art. 1. Firm and universal peace. Art. 2. Convention between United States' commander and Mexican commissioners for the suspension of hostilities. Art. 3. On the ratification of the treaty, immediate evacuation by the troops to take place ; also immediate delivery of custom-houses to Mexican authorities ; also all duties accumulating after the ratification, less cost of collection, to be paid over to Mexico ; evacuation of capital to be completed in one month. Art. 4. Forts and arms to be restored ; final evacua tion of territory to be completed in three months ; if troops are not embarked before sickly season, they shall be hospitably entertained ; prisoners of war to be ex changed ; the United States to cause restoration of Mexicans captured by Indians in the United States ter ritories. Art. 5. The boundary lino to begin three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, and run up the centre of that river to the southern boundary of New Mexico, thence .along that boundary to its western termination, thence northward along the western boun dary to the river Gila, thence down that river to the Colorado, thence following the boundary line between Upper and Lower California to the Pacific Ocean. The two Governments to appoint a joint commission to run the line. Art. 6. United States vessels to navigate freely the Gulf of California, and the United States to have the right of running canal or railroad on either bank of th• Art. 7. The navigation of the Gila and Rio Grande to be common, without taxes to vessels of both countries. Art. S. Mexicans in the territories ceded to the United States may stay or go with their property as they please. Art. 9. Inhabitants of the ceded territories to be in corporated into the union on equal footing with all other citizens, as soon as practicable. Art. 10. United States to protect Mexican frontiers from savages ; citizens of United States not to buy from ladians, property stolen from Mexicans, and captured Mexicans brought into United States territory, shall be restored by latter Government. Art. 11. United States to pay 15,000,000 dollars to Mexico, viz.:---0n the ratification of the treaty 3,000,000 dollars in specie in the city of Mexico, and 3,000,000 dollars annually for four years, in specie, in the city of Mexico, interest at 6 per cent. per annum, to commence with date of ratification. Art. 11. United States to assume and pay claims of United States citizens against Mexico, due under con vention of 1834. Art. 13. Mexico discharged from all further claims. Art. 14. The United States exonerates Mexico from old claims, and agrees to pay to the extent of 3,250,000 dollars ; commissioners to be appointed to examine the claims. Art. 15. Each !party may fortify any point in its territory. _ . _ Art. 16. Revives for eight years tho commercial treaty of 1831. Art. 17. Supplies for United States troops before evacuation exempt from duty. Art. 18. Provides, Ist, Goods imported while custom houses are in charge of United States shall not be con fiscated nor further taxed; 2d, Same exemption for goods imported for sixty days after ratification; 3d, All merchandise mentioned shall be exempt from all species of tax; 4th, All goods in the interior that h ave b een im ported shall bo exempt from all taxes; sth, But if the goods are carried to a place not occupied by United States troops, to pay duties under Mexican tariff ; Gth, All goods may be reshipped without tax. Art. 19. All goods arriving at Mexican ports within sixty. days after the restoration of the custom houses shall pay duties as under the United States regulations. Art. 20. In case of difficulty arising between the two republics, will try to settle it by negotiation.: Art. 21. Stipulates the manner of conducting any future war between the two countries. Art. 22. Ratification to be exchanged within three months. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEVONPORT, SATURDAY.—TIII3 Pilot, 16, Comnaander Lyons, came in at half-past eight last night, and sailed at half-past five this morning, bringing and taking letters and dispatches to and from Sir C. Napier's squadron. The Racer, 12, Lieut. Bacon, was towed in here at eleven o'clock this morning, byithe Stromboli, 6, steam sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerck, having run foul of one of the other ships in the squadron, and carried away her bowsprit. She made fast to a buoy in Barn Pool, and the steamer came up the harbour for coal. Sir C. Napier's squadron was seen from the Caledonia, 120, in the Sound, about noon, passing down channel, but not visible from Mount Wisc.—Wind S.S. W., blowing fresh. THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn has this day published " The Discipline of Life," a Novel, by a Lady of Rank, in three volumes, which can be had at all the libraries. Also lately published, 2. Miss Bremer's new novel, " Brothers and Sisters," translated by Mary Howitt. 3. The Kellys and the O'Kellys; by A. Trollope, Esq. 4. Angela, by the author of "Emilia Wyndham." 5. A Father's Curse, a Daughter's Sasriuice ; by Mrs. Bray. 6. Adventures of a Medical Student; by the late R. Douglas, surgeon, R.N. 7. James the Second, an historical romance; edited by W. 11. Ainsworth, Esq. 8. Leonora, a Love Story. 9. Tho Hall and the Hamlet; by William Howitt. Cheaper Edition, two volumes, 12s. Grimsby, from its position near the entrance of the Humber, will, when the proposed extensive works are carried out, and the projected railways completed, offer great facilities to the trade with the Baltic and northern Europe; it will be a ready coaling place for steamers, and will probably become the principal resort of the fishing vessels employed on the Dogger Bank, as well as on the more distant grounds of the North Sea fishery. This part of the Humber, and the neighbouring anchor age of Hawkroad, offer the only harbour of refugo in easterly gales, from Harwich to the Firth of Forth, and during these winds 300 vessels have taken shelter here at one time.—Lincolnshire 411111roniels. Prince Albert has issued orders to the Hon. Artil lery Company of London, of which he is the Colonel, to proceed to Charlton this week for a aeries of ball prac tice. The regiment will leave the barracks for the Eastern Counties Railway on Thursday, at ten o'clock, under the command of Lieutent-Colonel the Hon. Ileury Fitzroy, M.P., Major Bernard, M.P., and Ad jutant Snell, being in command of divisions. Gold medals will be fired for by the respective companies, and brilliant practice is expected, the rifle companies having long claimed the title of "Champions of Engls . .n . d." Prince Albert's medal will be open for the comp la only of the prize men of the several companies, and will, no doubt, occasion much emulation and e xcitement on the ground. Should the wea ther be fi ne, a large assem blage may be expected to witness this novel and inte resting exhibition. ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION. —Yester day (Monday) morning, a meeting of the members of this society was held at the Board-room, 26, Red Lion square, Bloomsbury; John Wood, Esq., in the c h a i r . The sixth annual r e p ort, which had just been issued, wa s read, and laid u p on the table.. From this do cument it appears that the progress of the charity during the past twelve months had been most satisfactory and en couraging, although, perhaps, not quite so extended its friends could h ave wished. The deaf and dumb youths, upon being discharged from the asylumswhere they are educated, have seldom the means in so d f maintain ing the knowledge they have acquired, e sup porting themselves, not havin g been instructedeed of in atly trade; ithighly desirable that hiehfulfils should is, therefor©, be received into an instituti on w ul b fii n s g its the im portant object of teaching tr a d es , and enabling in mates to maintain themselves by honest industry. Hence then the establishment of the above charity,. which, since . its existence, has proved highlyit beneficial to the torefhers to. The afflicted portion of the community meetingiraes earlyave ano.ther election of youths into the charity and for which purpose the co-operation ofthe a b s e p ne o v ss o l l b e l n e i should be solicited; and the meeting separated after a l k vote of thanks to the chairman. IRELAND. THE CONFEDERATE LEADERS. DUBLIN, JULY 23.—1 n reply to very particular in quiries for Mr. W. Smith O'Brien, M.1.'., at his residence last evening, it was stated that the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman had left town rather suddenly, without men tioning whither he was bound! Several other leaders have likewise left town, on busi ness connected with the threatened " rising." Mr. O'Gorman arrived in Limerick yesterday on a tour of inspection among the clubs in that county and Clare. He visits Killaloe this day, says the Examiner, where he is promised a warm reception. Mr. Doheny is running riot through Tipperary, and Magee is rev'lling amid the would be rebels of the county of Dublin. Meagher is preparing high-flown appeals to the God of Battles, and vowing that he will not register that celebrated sword of his, which, by the way, is not yet forged. Subjoined are some extracts from the provincial repeal journals, which must be calculating on the impunity with which the " Felonious " papers in Dublin have been per mitted to circulate their treason : (From the Waterford Chronicle.) " Verily, the crisis has at length arrived, and indica tions of a bloody struggle are almost daily supplied now in our populous cities, and anon in sequestered districts. To-day, on the very apex of a lofty mountain, ten thou sand voices shout for repeal ; and the next day are as sembled, at a moment's notice, in a small ill-garrisoned town one thousand hale determined men, armed with pikes, and athirst for vengeance. What will the time serving, vacillating, double-dealing, cowardly Minister say to this state of things ? Forewarned by the Liberal press of the provinces of the consequences that would inevitably result from his treatment of the remonstrances of the people, he still blindly and obdurately clung to his course, and another of the many curses of his rule has fallen on us in the determi nation of the people to appeal to the sword, and glut their enchafed wrath in the life-blood of their oppressors. Oh! sad, bitter, withering day for this country that witnessed Lord John Russell's election to the Premier ship. His was not the policy of a humane ruler; for thousands of her Majesty's faithful Irish subjects starved, died, rotted away, unpitied by the Premier, and un heeded by his parasites. Nor yet was his the wise, cau tious policy of one anxious to preserve the peace of the country; for when the people complained of their crush ing afflictions, and besought a redress of grievances, at once maddening and indescribable, no words of soothing came from the Minister—no token of sympathy ema nated from the Senate-house. On the head, then, of Lord John Russell will rest the consequences of this menaced and imminent outbreak; and children yet unborn will employ his hated name as the foulest known to the peo ple in damning execrations of the folly, the madness, and the tyranny of our rulers." - (From the Zimerick Examiner.) " In short, terror is nowhere. The devil is raised. The people are at bay. Persecution, proceeding step by step from the day of John Mitchel's condemnation, suc ceeded in awakening resistance alone; and now coercion is carried from city to city, to inflame detestation; and communicate and spread it, pretty much in the manner of the red cross of old. It is not thus that peace will return; nor can excitement diminish while the bigoted, factious, ascendancy party rules the Executive; or while false, frivolous charges are deliberately concocted, and the vilest and foulest abuse is poured out against Irish men, to justify their arrest, and gratify that virulence with which the active opponents of oppression are pur sued by unprincipled hirelings." The Limerick Examiner announces the formation of clubs at Kilmallock, Charleville, and other parts of the county, STATE OF WATERFORD. The Rhadamanthus steamer is lying in the river at Waterford. On Friday morning the Duchess of Kent steamer ar rived at Waterford, from Belfast, with a large detach ment of 400 of the 3d (Buffs). The 71st Regiment is now on its way from Dublin to that city. and one is to be stationed in Besborough demesne for the summer, where a camp will be formed. LINERICIL.—Among the Rifle shooters at Lahinch, two ladies are said to be the most expert. A few days since a young gentleman placed his hat on a wall at a reasonable distance, telling one of the ladies to hit the former if she could. She at once raised the rifle, took aim steadily, and struck the gentleman's hat with such effect as to spoil it for ever, to his particular chagrin and distinct disappointment. The Limerick Chronicle says:—" All the military re cruiting parties in this garrison have been withdrawn, the first station in Ireland to pick up active lads for the army. Government must have received some informa tion respecting impending insurrectionary movements, as the military in several stations in Ireland are confined to barracks, and kept under arms, while all officers on leave of absence are required to join their corps. The army in Ireland this month, including enrolled pen sioners and police, amouuts to 45,000 men." THE PIKEMEN. "Within the last few days," says the Waterford Chronicle, " a sturdy application was made by some per sons, in an adjacent town, for a small piece of iron and a bit of steel to make a few pikes, to a Quaker gentle man in the iron trade. The merchant, more kind than merchants usually are, gave the poor applicants iron and steel sufficient to make 2,000 pikes. Honest Quaker that, say we. Other gentlemen in the same neighbour hood volunteered to supply handles gratis for the pikes, and now, we understand, there are no less than 4,000 armed men ready to take the field with arms, well cal culated to turn the table, and what's better, without much drilling." On Tuesday night a shot was fired through the bed room window of Patrick Hogan, farmer and bailiff; of Finnoe, the seat of Mr. Walter, and four shots into the yard, one of which killed a dog. A Rockite notice was left. The potato disease is rapidly spreading. The Limerick Reporter announces the arrival of Mr. Richard O'Gorman, jun., the member of the Irish depu tation, who remained in Paris to acquire knowledge in the erection of barricades. Mr. O'Gorman has been de puted from head-quarters to inspect the clubs in the counties of Limerick and Clare. The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday says— " Yesterday evening two police-constables demanded admittance into the Felon Club-rooms, Newcastle, when they were refused by the porters at the door unless they paid one shilling each and became members, which they refused to do. There are now 220 members in the club." COUNTY DOWN. The county of Down presents a most gratifying con trast with the alarming condition of the southern dis tricts to which I have referred. Chief Justice Black burne, in addressing the grand jury of that county on Friday, made the following remarks:— " I am happy to say that the appearance of your calendar testifies to the prevalence of the peace, order, and tranquillity of your county, and I cannot help say ing that this fact, at the present time, must be a subject of congratulation to every sincere lover of peace and order. The general prosperity of your county is exceed ingly creditable, n o t on l y to t h ose who are entrusted with the preservation of the peace, but to the population of the county also." Mr. Butt, Q.C., who addressed the juries on behalf of Mr. Smith O'Brien and Mr. Meagher, in the recent State trials, has been retained for the defenco of Mr. Duffy, at the approaching commission. THE CALEDONIAN ASTLUM.—A special general Court of the Governors of this Charity was heldFet yes- terday at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, le street, Lord James Stuart in the chair. Mr. Sandford a proposed a resolution, to the effect " that the special court do delegate to the board ofidireitors, the appoint meet u. meet of a superintendent and secretary." The r the next ho consi dered general court he should propose what tion was adopted. Mr. Lindsey gave notice that at dered was a very important motion. the asylum at time the children were obliged to leave 4 _ that the a u the age of fourteen, and he proposedgovernor said that the should be altered to fi fteen. At the present A I Pv his report al the Government Inspector, r hma tli ta a : n hme t g h 3' 1 9 saw it asylum, had recom . men l d en ed g in e t kept in the institution It was a well known fact, and t h e p a p e rs, that odorveeernreneot present. should be female children be a more dan gerous all the There could not noticed a day or two back Jll one of in cha rities turned out bad. s c a h i i d l d r t b e R e br b o e ug ( h thci t eeh u igl p public gerous period than at T out upon the wide world. b y having the children, when evil might be rem e r ar g s ov t e o rn tu o r r n they reached the age i ht be kept in the institution fourteen bye, pupils, and then they i ni n 4 r. remedied fourteen, made apprenticed A vote of thanks to the two or three years loner. proceedings. noble chairman closed IN INEwGATE.—On Saturday .R E vora THE LATE the hours o f nine and two, the official s con nectebetween Newga te w ere busily engaged i n remov i ng c onvicts who were convicted a t t h e late Sessions o f the Central t h e whole of the Criminal Court, an d sentenced to be transported, being a fortnight previ ous to the usual period. A d with Luang those so sent aw a y were the twelve conv i c ts w ho produced the revolt i n N ewgate on Wednesday last. After the convicts had been overcome Newgate, when the w h o l e of the proceedings w an d double-ironed on Thursday, M r . Ald erman Gibbs visited brought before him, and a long investigation took place, which ended in two of the convicts being found to be the ringleaders of the outbreak; and Mr. Alderman Gibbs having the authority, ordered the two ringleaders to receive three dozen lashes each, to be carried into effect on the following morning. Accordingly, at seven o'clock, the usual preparations were made, and although it was intimated to the party that some of them would undergo severe corporal punishment, they commenced singing the well-known chorus, "Britons never will be slaves." This they sung until their two companions were led out to receive punishment at the hands of Calcraft, the executioner, who administered three dozen lashes to each, without, however, eliciting a single sound from either. M ONEY - MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.37 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.45, it follows that gold is 0.31 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Ham burgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 ; and the exchange at Hamb u rgh on London at short being 13.81 1 , it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. TYE PENINSULAR MAIL.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Montrose, which err ed at Southampton yesterday, at 2. 30 rag., brings advices to the following dates :—Gibraltar, July 15 ; Cadiz, 16; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto, 20. She met with strong breezes and dense fogs off Vigo. The freight of the Montrose consists of 59 packages of specie, 7 bales of silk, 317 half chests of oranges, 116 ditto onions, 114 ditto lemons, 5 barrels of wine, 16 cases of eggs, 6 packages of pork and hams, sundry packages, 15 oxen from Vigo. Bank ' Payer at Lisbon had risen in value. BONDED CORN BILL. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHERE, the order for the Committee on this Bill was discharged. The Right Hon. Member stated that he had ascertained from the Board of Customs that legislation would not be neces sary to enable parties to grind corn in bond during the next three months, and therefore he begged leave to withdraw the Bill, which he had proposed with a view of legalizing that operation. SAVINGS' BANKS IN IRELAND. .... The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that a Select Committee should be appointed to inquire into and report on the laws regulating savings' banks in Ireland, and on the large deficiencies in several branches of those banks, in consequence of frauds committed by the officers. After a conversation the motion was agreed to. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. CARDWELL moved for copies of any reports made to the Government by the revenue departments, with a view to the proposed alteration in the propor tionate duties upon refined and raw sugars respectively. He made this motion in consequence of the proposed al teration in the Government plan, to be prepared for the Committee on Thursday. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there were no official returns such as were alluded to which it was in his power to lay before the'House. The information on which Government had proceeded had been chiefly obtained by communication with individuals in the trade. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, the mo :ion was withdrawn. THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. EWART rose to submit a motion on the subject of the accommodation in the new House; but a motion being made that the House should be counted, and there being only 33 Members present, the House stood ad journed, at a Quarter after One o'clock, until noon this day. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (Prom the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JULY 24. SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 168,2371. be granted to her Majesty, for defraying the charge of General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hos pitals serving with her Majesty's Forces in the United Kingdom :ot Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting India), and of her Majesty's Garrison of the Tower of London, which will come in course of payment from the Ist day of April, 1848, to the 31st day of March, 1849, both days inclusive:"—Afterwards, Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not exceeding 164,320 be granted to her Majesty, for defraying the said charge." The Committee divided : • MINORITY-AYES, 21. Rlewitt, Reginald nestle, Alexander Thompson, Colonel Bowring, Dr. M'Gregor, John - Thompson, George Brotherton, Joseph Mitchell, A. T. Wakley, Thomas Clay, James Mowatt, Francis Wawn, J T. Cobden, Richard O'Connor, Feargus Williams, - John Colebrooke, Sir T. Pilkington, James TELLERS. Crawford, W. S. Reynolds, John Hume ;Joseph Fagan, William Smith, J. Benjamin Osborne, Ralph MAJORITY—NOES, 69. Abdy, Thomas N. Grace, 0. D. Reid, Colonel Anson, Colonel Greene, Thomas Rice, E. It. Armstrong, Sir A. Orenfel , Charles W. Romilly, Sir John Armstrong, R. B. Grey, Sir G. Russell, F. C. Bellew, R. M. Gwyn, Howel Rutherford, A. Bentinck, Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Sandars, George Blackall, S. W. Hay, Lord J. Shell, R. L. Buller, Charles Hayter, W. G. Simeon, John Millbury, E H. Henley, J. W. Somerville, Sir W. Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Stafford, Augustus Clay, Sir W. Hood, Sir:A. Stephenson, Robert Craig, W. G. Jervis, Sir John Tancred, 11. W. Dawson, T. V. Langston, J. 11. Thornely, T. Drumlanrig, Vis. Lennard, T. B. Turner, Edmund Drwnmond, Henry Lindsay, Colonel Vivian, J. E. Dundas, Admiral Lockhart, A. E. Vyse, H. Dunne, F. P. M'Cullagh, W. T. Ward, H. G. Egerton, W. T. Marshall, William Williamson, Sir H. Ferguson, Sir R. Matheson, Colonel Wilson, James Fitzpatrick. J. W. Maule, Fox Wilson, Matthew Floyer, John Monsell, William Wood, Sir Charles Fox, Richard M. Morison, Sir W. TELLERS. Freestun, Colonel Palmer, Roundell Tufhell, .Henry Coulburn, Henry Parker, John Itch, Henry INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL, Read a third time; Clause added; another Clause (And be it Enacted, That no assurance under this Act shall be subject to the further or additional Duty (of equal amount with the Duty on a lease, or bargain and sale for a year), with which conveyances by a single deed are by any Act, either expressly or by reference made chargeable; and that, in lieu of all other Stamp Duty whatsoever (except the pro gressive Duty), there shall be chargeable on all assurances under this Act, on which the purchase or consideration money therein or thereupon expressed shall not amount to two thoasand pounds, an ad valorem Duty of six shillings for every fifty pounds of such purchase or consideration money, and the like sum for any smaller or fractional part of fifty pounds," brought up and read a first time : —Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time." The House divided: — MINORITY—AYES, 55. Anderson, Arthur Gore, W. 0. Perfect, R. Anstey, T. C. Greene, John Reynolds, John Archdall, Captain Gwyn, Bowel Robartes, T. J. Ilateson, T. Hall, Sir B. Salwey, Colonel Bolling, William' Hamilton, G. A. Scully, Francis Bourke, IR. S. Henry, Alexander Simeon, John Bowring, Dr. Hodgson, W. N. Spooner, Richard Bright, John Cobden,nrumm Hood, Sir A. T albot, J. 11. Brooke, Sir A. B. hlernby, John Tanc red, H. W. Millbury, E. H. u ß iu i t c , h m ar e ( ur l y Hume, Joseph Tenuent, I. J. Clay, James J ac k son , Willi a m Thompson, Colonel Kershaw James Thornely,.T.: Courtenay, Lord Leonard , T. B. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Crawford, W. S. Lushington, C. Villiers, Charles Dawson, T. V. M'C u ll ag h, W. T. Williams, John Mowatt, Francis Duncan, Georg Norreys, Sir D. TELLERS. Ewart, William O'Brien, Sir Lucius Monsell, William Fagan, William O'Connor, Feargus Osborne, Ralpb Fox, Richard M. Pechell, Captain MAJORITY—NOES, 114. ‘,., Adair, Hugh E. G race , 0. D . J . P a lmerston, r , s• Arkwright, G. Grenfell, Charles W. Parker, John Armstrong, Sir A. Grey, Sir George Patten, J. W. Armstrong, R. B. Grey, Ralph W. Pigott, Francis Baring, Sir F. T. Grogan, Edward Pllkington, James Bellew, It. M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Plowden, W. 11. Benbew, John Ilardcastle, J. A. Pusey, P. Bentinck, Lord G. Tistle, Alexander Ricardo, Osman Bernal, Ralph Hawes, Benjamin Rice, E. R. Blackall, S. W. Hay, Lord John Rich, Henry Brockman, E. D. Ilayter, W. G. Romilly, Sir Joh* Brotherton, J. Headlam, T. E. Russell, F. C. H. Brown, W. Henley, J. W. Ruthertiird, A. Campbell, W. F. Holthouse, Sir John Sadleir, Joan Cardwell, E. ITobhouse, T. B. Sandars, George Carew, W. P. Hogg, Sir J. W. Sandars, Joseph Chaplin,'W. J. Howard, J. K. Seymour, Lord Charteris, Francis Jones, Captain Smith, It. N. Christopher, R. King, P. J. Smith, John A. Christy, Samuel Labouchere, Henry Smith, J. B. Clay, Sir W. Langston, J. H. Somerville, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Lascelles, W. S. Strickland, Sir G. Cocks, Thomas S. Lewis, G. C. Thicknesse, R. A. Craig, W. G. Lincoln, Earl of Towneley, John Cubittt, William M'Gregor, John Townshend, Captain Denison, J. E. Mangles, It. D. Tamer, E. Duncan, Viscount Marshall, William Vane, Lord H. DundaS, Admiral Martin, J. Walsh, Sir J. Dunne, Francis P. Matheson, A. Wawn, J. T. Ebrington, Viscount Matheson, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Elliot, J. E. nude, Fox Willcox, Brodie Estcourt, J. B. B. Morpeth,Melgua nn d, v V i i s s c e o oun t t W W u ll s lo o u n r j b a y m , e S s ir 11. Ferguson, Sir R. Foley, John 11. Morris, David Wood, Si r C harles Forster, M a tth e w 3lostyn, E. Wood, W. P . Fortescue, J. W. . Norrcys, Lord Wy yin, Marmadske Freestun, Colonel Ogle, S. C. TELLEB.B. Glyn, 0. C. Owen, Sir J. Hill, Lord M. Goulburn, Henry Palmer, Roundell Tufnell, Henry RESWEARING OF SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—In con sequence of a communication received from Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the magistrates of the Kensington division of Middlesex have been engaged since Wednesday last in re-swearin g the special constables appointed prev ious and subsequent to the 10th of April last. The division comprises the parishes of Chelsea, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Ealing, Acton, and Willesden. 'All who have presented themselves have been re-sworn for six months. Many have, however, absented themselves, and the greater part have not undertaken the duty with the willingness they did at first, most of them considering it at present unnecessary.—Observer. Sir John Gerard had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. OVER LAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received from Marseilles letters from India in anticipation of the monthly mail from Cal cutta and Madras. The dates so received are from Calcutta to the Ist, and Madras to the 9th of June. The papers from Bombay are to the Ist of June, by dawk to Madras, the mid -monthly mail having been discontinued from Bombay, in consequence of the setting in of the monsoon. The advices, as may be expected, are important. At Lahore, General Khan Singh, of the Seikh Artillery, had been discovered heading a plot to allure our Sepoys from their allegiance, and had been hanged by order of the Resident, along with a Moonshee of the ranee, similarly implicated. It was expected that important information would be gleaned from a third culprit, who had been reprieved at the gallows on that condition. About twenty other persons were in custody on the same charge. The plot had been brought to light mainly by the instrumentality of several Sepoy officers. Previous to this discovery it had been considered necessary by our authorities at Lahore to employ further measures of precaution to secure the peace of that capital. Troops had been ordered to move up there and:to the Jullunder Doad —namely, her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons from Ferozepore, and a native troop of horse artillery from Loodiana ; and from beyond the Sutlej two corps of infantry, a corps of irregular cavalry, and a field battery, to occupy Govindhur, near Umritsir ; while a native regiment and a troop of horse artillery were further to reinforce Jullunder. Her Majesty's 23d were to move from Umhallah to Ferozepore, and her Majesty's 98th, from Meerut, to take up the place of the 32d. The engineers were occupied in raising a parapet around the whole inner edge of the rampart of Lahore, and by every possible means strengthen • ing and isolating the works occupied by the troops. A large magazine of arms in the city, furnished of old by Runjeet Singh, had been undermined by order of the Resident, and blown up. It was said that the populace had begun to help themselves to arms from that arsenal. The strictest garrison duty was being maintained, and every officer had been called in from the districts. From the measures of usrveillance of defence, however, which had been enforced, it does not on the whole appear that there are grounds of serious alarm as to the ultimate issue of affairs at the Seikh capital. The advices further allude in detail to; the position of affairs with respect to Mooltan. It had been determined at Bombay not to under take military operations from that presidency at the present season of the year. There remained but a few days after the news of the outbreak in which to decide upon any efficient movement from that side of India ; and although it was understood that the first impulse in the Council was to hasten a consider able body of troops with artillery up the Indus, and to reinforce Sinde, a contrary decision was subse quently adopted. Fears, it is understood, were enter tained of the difficulties of the passage through Sinde at the beginning of the hot months, and it was hoped that the same ground would deter the hill tribes from any active movement. It was hardly doubted at Bombay, we are told, but that the works of Mooltan would be strengthened, and combinations be effected among some of the hill tribes before October next, but, on the other hand, every confidence was felt in the more complete operations which might then be undertaken. While those counsels prevailed at Bombay, similar results, under more urgent circumstances, occurred on the north-west frontier, where the Resident at Lahore, Sir Frederick Currie, entertaining grounds of distrust as to the state of affairs at the capital, and the spirit of the Seikh troops, counter manded an order for the march upon Mooltan of a brigade from Ferozepore. Sir F. Currie, it appears, considered it necessary, on further reflection, better to secure the safety of th e capital of th e l i unjaub, and was unwilling to trust, in any degree, to the co operation of Seikh forces against the insurgents of Mooltan. But, notwithstanding these circumstances, by which the army of Western India, with the corps of Sinde, and the powerful frontier co lumns, organized by Lord Hardinge, remained in active, there was one direction in which, with slender means, we may hope for some of the results of promptitude towards a rebel whose efforts of resistance were not yet consolidated. Major Jacob, at the head of the irregular Sinde horse—a body of at least 1,200 cavalry, which that officer is understood to have brought to a high state of efficiency—had at once moved up wards to the frontier near the enemy. Little had yet been heard of his proceedings. He is said to have fallen in with a body of Beloochees, under one of the hill chiefs at Kosmoe, on the verge of the Sinde ter ritory, who were proceeding to join the standard of the Dewan, and to have had a smart and successful engagement, without, however, being able altogether to arrest their course. It is thought, however, that we shall yet have other than a bootless account of the efforts of this officer, known to have been an apt pupil of the late Governor of Sinde. Similar conduct, al though ineffectually, had been displayed by Lieutenant Edwardes—an officer dispatched last year to garrison the plain of Bunnoo, in Eastern Affghanistan—who marched upon Mooltan with the 2,500 Seikh troops under his command, but these forces deserted him when near the insurgent frontier, and he escaped, with only one attendant, through perils. It deserves also to be mentioned, that Colonel Shaw, of the 9th Native Infantry, at Sukkur, dispatched a light com pany, with medical assistance, by steamer up the Indus, on receipt of the first intelligence from Mooltan. The steamer put back when news had been obtained as to the final fate of our two coun trymen. Accounts had been received at Lahore, via Bha wulpoor, of the proceedings of the insurgents in Mooltan. The Dewan had offered large bounties to Seikh Sepoys, and especially to horsemen, to induce them to join his standard, and there appears no doubt that considerable masses had already collected around him. He is said to be strengthening and garrisoning the fort of Mooltan, and also that of Mittenkote, on the Indus, a t t h e con fi nes o f our territory. He attempted to intercept an officer and his family who were descending the Ravec, but they received timely notice and escaped. His horsemen had been out, also, in pursuit of Lieutenant Ed wardes. The Nawaull of Bhawulpoor, whose territory is contiguous to that of Mooltan, and who remained faithful to our interests, had been threatened by the Dewan. A fuller statement of the catastrophe which befel our countrymen does not materially differ from the facts previously known. With regard to the north-west frontier, it was un derstood that no further movement of troops would take place besides those already alluded to until definitive orders had been received from the Go vernor-General. General Gilbert had gone to Simla at the invitation of Lord Gough. We are informed that the Governor• General had decided upon de ferring operations against Mooltan until after the rains. We regret to learn that several cases of cholera are reported to have occurred daily at Surat and Broach, in Western India. We have received intelligence from Hong Kong t o the 26th of May. All remained quiet at Canton, and also at Shanghae and the other ports on the coast. Commodore Plumridge was daily expected at H ong Kong. The frigate Melampus, Captain Campbell, and steamer Medea remained in the harbour, th e Pl uto steamer at Canton, the Columbine at Amoy, the Scout at Foochow, the Childers at Ningpo, and the Espie g h, at Shanghae. The latest dates received from Hong Kon g are from Calcutta, April 8 ; Madras, April 1 . 4 ; B ombay April 10 ; Singapore, May 9 ; and Manilla,. May 4 , There bad been a better feeling m the import market in general, and prices at Hong K ong im proved for almost all articles, with the exception of cotton, which remained very dull, the st oc k bein, 59,204 bales, against 27 , 332 bales in 1847. Cotton yarns wer e firm at l a s t month ' s quotations, viz , Nos. 16 to 24, 25f to 26 dolls.; Nos. 28 to 3o ' 33 to 33i dolls; Nos. 38 . to 42, 36 to 36f d o ll s. Loncluths have experienced a slight advanc e , prin cipally the lighter fabrics, and we now quote gray, 2 dolls. 75c. ; white, 2 dolls. 90c. to 3 dolls. 3 0e. Woollens sp. stripes have improved a little. Long ells also rather better, and assorted quoted 8 dolls. 70e. to 9 dolls. Camlets, English, 20 to 24i dolls. Dutch, 22,1 to 26 dolls. Iron without change. Nail and hoop, 4 dolls. 80c. to 5 dolls. Bar, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 20c. Cochineal, 250 to 260 dolls. In tea a greater activity has been shown through out the month at former prices. The export from Ist July, 1847, to 18th May, 1848, is —_black, 3 9,938,4001 b.; green, 6,042,6001 b.; total 45,981,0001 b. against 51,299,6941 b. last season, thus showing a de_ crease this year of upwards of 5,000,0001 b., of congou alone 3,000,0001 b. The export of silk to date amounts to 21,843 bales, against 17,097 bales in 1846-7. I Exchange on England has fallen to 45., and fen bills offered ; Company's bills accepted, 210. Freights, 41. The last arrival from England is the Guardian. From Shanghae we have advices only to the 3d of May. Longcloths firm'; and grays quoted at 2 dolls. 1 60c. to 3 d o ll s . ; w hit e . 2 dolls. 90c. to 3 dolls. 10c. Woollens little inquired after. In tea and silk nothing doing ; of the latter about 400 hales, mostly inferior, remain ..in the market. The Dumfries and IMPORTS. CANTON, MAY 23.—Long Cloths—The market has been very active during the present month, and at prices considerably iu advance of our last quotations. The sales reported are-30,000 pieces greys, at 2 dolls. 65c. to 2 dolls. 75c. for common; 2 dolls. 85c. to 3 dolls. for 62's and 63's, weighing 6i catties, and 3 dolls. sc. to 3 dolls. 15c. for 72's, weighing 7i catties; and 13,000 pieces white, at 2 d o ll s . 70 c . t o 2 d o ll s. 80c. for common, 2 dolls. 95c. to 3 dolls. sc. for 66's, and 3 dolls. 10e. to 3 dolls. 30c. for 72's. Stock of all descriptions estimated at 360,000 pieces. Cotton Yarn—No change since our last, but as the imports have been moderate, and holders are firm, an advance may be looked for. Stock estimated at 3,177 bales, and 2,347 half bales. We quote Nos. 16 to 24, 25 dolls. 50e.; 28 to 30, 33 dolls to 33 dolls. 50c.; 38 to 40, 36 dolls. to 36 dolls. 50c. Cotton—The anxiety of holders to realise has reduced the market to a very low rate. Present quotations — Bombay 5.3 to 6.9; Bengal, 6.7 to 7.1; Madras, 6.9 to 7.2. Woollens—Spanish stripes: 2,500 pieces have been disposed of at 1 doll, to 1 doll. 25c. Metals—lron : Nailrod, 4 dolls. 90 to 5 dolls. ; hoop, 4 dolls. 70 to 4 dolls. SO; bar, 3 dolls. to 3 dolls. 20. Lead : in demand, at 7 dolls.; no stock in first hands. —Tin plates have advanced to 8 dolls.; stock small.— Steel: Wanted, at 6 dolls. to 7 dolls. Cochineal-250 dolls. Opium—Malwa, the demand is good, but in conse quence of there being no stock the price is nominal at 650 dolls. to 700 dolls. Bengal drug has continued in excellent demand, the stock being unequal to two week's consumption. The knowledge of drug coming on cheap from the sixth sale alone prevents a material advance. To-day's rates are 400 dolls. for Patna and Benares. Turkey saleable at 430 dolls. EXPORTS. Teas—ln blacks there has been more activity than in either of the two preceding months, and for this season of the year a fair amount of business done. In most cases previous rates have been obtained ; they may be quoted nominally as last month, and are still too high to show any remunerative return. Twenty chops is the quantity named as settled, five or six being for the American market. The stock is considered large, there being above fifty chops. Arrivals of t he new crop may be looked for in five or six weeks. In Souchongs there has been some movement, 9 or 10 chops settled at from 17 to 20 taels good to fine, and 12 to 13 taels for common, leaving 3,500 packages on the market. Flowery Pekoe, some trifling sales have been made. Scented teas, 2,000 to 3,000 ten-catties caper sold at 13 to 17 taels ; stock 6,000 to 7,000. 1,000 half-chests Orange Pekoe at 20 to 22 taels; stock, 3,000. The now Chulan flower is about coming in. S /7 -\--- N. / . 41 ._ 11 .1.71-1 \O .....‘--.---.t.)., 'l':.?A'" \ 2 \ :c') , l ;-• ‘ .. :. ' 4.0 N..> ltga V L ' t S-Ckay =ll