The Sun. — London, England, 1849-04-25 00:00:00

tl eHe would now read, with the pe:anissiun I ._, House, some of the correspotaleeee tha ',Sett taken pl ace u p on th a t i m p or t an t su bject the first letter was from Major Edwardes, and it eon famed this sentence—" I take the liberty of ifefer.nints 1011 that the city of leloultten, after a wee k'e arming, has been t a k en , an d I hop e to rake the ag of old England over the walls of th eitedel before three days are over. In eight ',MI-forty hours the citadel may be taken." lustead however of this an ti c ip a ti on being realised it took three weeks t o accomp lish that end, aed from a Utte r addressed to the Governor - G eneral be Gen eral: Whish, it appeared that the Britieh r ees had to con t en d aga inst an army of : 6 ,000 men, and when the citadel was enterer] L AO were still among the ruins, who could oely be dislodged with difficulty. Now this affair, therefore .; as no trifling enterprise.--(Chcers.) No less than ' 6 , 0 00 shot and shells had been thrown into the citadel. and so thick w as th e tire, that the only place which the "jai' of the besieged was able to find shelter was untie, a ttateway. The Duke of Wellhigton was heard to sa) the other day at the farewell dinner given t Major-Ge eral Sir Charles Napier, that he considered that by f cepture of Moultan, the object of the wer was 2CCulli i'lished; that it was one of the great events of the cam laign and he hoped the end of it. Nothing was neg eetei by the Governor-General of India to cif ct that c bject. He called around him all the available re sources at his command. There were, according to the r eturns, 26,580 men of all arms engaged in the affair. c omprising 505 European and 7,328 native officers. He Mentioned those circumstances fur the purpose of doit g all honour to the Indian army. Shero Singh had de - terted from his alliance, with 5,000 men, and hie father, Chuttur Singh, had also revolted from his duty. Upon this Shore Singh prepared to resist the British army in India, found himselt at the head of 35,060 men, with, I n the first action 21i guns, afterwards increased to 70. Lord Gough marched by the banks of the Jhelum, and fought two actions. Shore Singh was driven from his position, and was followed by Lord Gough until the 1 3th of January, on which day was the great battle of C hillianwallah. The Seikh chief had 75 guns in that battle, besides a large number of mounted swivels. After the battle of Chilliausvallah, Shere Singh retreated and encamped at a short distance from the British troops, and while in that position ho was joined by a body of Mghans, and by his father Chuttur Singh, and the re nowned chief Dost Mahommed, once more unfurled the green flag against the British power in India, aided by two of his sons, their united force amounting to 60,000 Men, according to the lowest accounts to 50,000. Shere Singh went in the direction of Lahore, snd was prepar ing to cross the river, when he found the pickets of General Whish were on the opposite bank—the Gallant General having anticipated him. The Gallant General's division had, by a forced march, performed the march of 20 days in 17—(Etear)—thus fortunately 'teaching the banks of the river in time to stop Shere Singh from crossiag. He (Sic John Hobhouse) found also in the dispatches of Brigadier General Dundas, that the division made a forced march of 32 miles in one day—(Hear, hear)—that they Marched the next morning at 11 o'clock, to join Lord Gough's camp, and reached it that night, after a march of 19 miles, and the next morning they were ready to take the field; and throughout the 32 miles of forced March, which was accomplished under the command of Captain Barrett, only one soldier was found absent. The troops, during four clear days on this service, suf fered the greatest privations without complaint, and were linable during a march of 238 miles to cook their meals. It was due to the gallant men, both European and native, that he should state those circumstances, the highest honour being due to them.—(Hear, hear.) Tno whole force which reached the camp of Lord Gough prior to the battle consisted of 25,000 men and 100 pieces of cannon, of which 20 were 18-pounders; while the army of Shore Singh numbered 60,000 men. The Right -non. Baronet then read a letter, giving a glowing de icription of the battle of Goojerat, and of the great Slaughter to the enemy which took place under the trithh fire, the rout they were put to, the confusion 11 1 which they retreated, and the " dropped" effects which their pursuers in the flight and mole picked up, comprising all sorts of things, from guns and silver mounted riding. whips to slippers and champagne-bot tles, exciting much laughter by the details. He would not be discharging his duty, he continued, if he did not tcY a tribute of just praise to the Addiscombe College, I the scholars of whom the guns in this great affair i were , princip a lly serve d. O ne h un d re d guns in th e ir 'lands kept up a continual fire for three hours from the batteries, and the fire was considered by the best authori ties, to b© fully equal to that of the guns at Waterloo. lie then proceeded to pay a high tribute to the gallantry and skill of Major-Ge neral Gilbert, to whom great honour was due fur his distinguished services in this im portant campaign, and directed attention to the gallant and decisive charge made by the British troops against the enemy, including the Affghans, on whose milli, when " 10 3 7 found that their swords could not make an impres sion, they tried their muskets with astounding effect. Sir Joseph Thackwell epeke of the intrepidity with which the charge was made in the most enthusiastic terms. Ho said it wad a glorious charge, and that not only did cavalry and artillery per. form their duty to the utmost, but even the fleet• posts which were engaged in taking the troops across the Chenab, to join Lord Gough, performed a most Signal service. And now he though it his duty to call the attention of the House to some of those officers en gaged in this hazardous service, in addition to Major E'lwardes and Lieutenant Blake, who, when the issue of the war was doubtful, or be'ore the main army was brought upon the field, performed services which abun dantly entitled them to the gratitude of their country; and those they performed alone, altogether uuaided, ex cept by their own energy, and the moral influence which their courage invested them with.—(llear. hear.) And amongst them he would first speak of Captain J. Hamil ton. Ile was . dvputed to be the chief leader of the ope rations preceding the passage of the Chenab. For a space of two months, by his own eaergy, he succeeded in keeping the body of the enemy in check, and prevent ing them fruits effecting a junction with the main body. The intrepid 'bearing of this officer, iu the midst of dif ficulties of no ordinary kind, was highlyeulogiz al by many distinguished officers who witnessed it, and was lip 'ken of in a dispatch in the warmest language, stating as the result of his exertions that the Ilazerch territory was in cur hands. He now came to the exploits of another officer, if possible, almost as extraordinary. He alluded to Lieutenant Herbert. Ott the Ist of December he was detached against Attock, where he found a force of 800 of the Mahorrimedan population, of whore he took the command. His troops became mutinous, and in a dis patch of the lath of December he stated that it was not Physical. force which deterred him from making the attack, but the defection of his own troops by dairy de sertions. His situation, indeed, was a most arduous one. Surrounded by 8,000 or 10,000 of the enemy continually bearing upon a " watched fort," as he called it, he held it notwithstanding until the 2,3 Of January, when, having assembled the leaders of this small force, and informed them of the situation of affairs, he escaped from the fort iu a boat upon the Indus, but'only fur a short time, as the event proves, and he was now unfortunately in conflue moot. Another officer had distinguished Limed fgreatly on the frontier, near the Bunnoo territory, and cleared it of the enemy entirely. Those were instances of the peculiar advantages offered by the English service, that at a com paratively early age young officers placed in situations of great responsibility, and thrown entirely upon their own resources, might show themselves equal to the emergency, and perform this duty with a promptitude tod judg men t geoera ily expected from mature age and ng experience.—(llear, bean) And whilst mention lag those who had been spared, they must not forget those who, in this campaign, had fought their last ba ttle.—(Hear.) They must not forget to do honour to such names as those oi Cureton, Fitzgerald, and many others which he might ineution, who had fallen on the fi eld, but whose memory would long survive them; and also, although they had not lived to enjoy a share of the triumph, had still left behind them a high example, which would be a benefit to their country, and a alory to their families.—(Cheers.) With one of these officers he had b ecome acqua i nted at Smethurst, and he wa s a cistant relation of himself. He iemembered that his gallant friend came to him one day, and joyfully pro ducing the order to join his father i;s India, exclaiened— " I know few will envy me now." He went to India, arrived in time to cover his father's corpse, and was himself *lain. It was not for him to say, how rejoiecel they w e re to know thol the gallant Commander-in- Chief had closed a long and honourable career with this great and decisive victory. He had received from a gracious sovereign and a grateful Parliament rewards Which would hold him, and deservedly so, to his Country, as a brave and accomplished soldier, every way Worthy of the honours and distinctions that had been bestowed upon him ; and he was sure that amongst all ho nour honours, and all those distinctions , there was no " ( ineur and there was no distinction which he would p,,,, Lac 're prize than the thanks of the representatives of that ee le to whose military glory he had added so much, an d to whose dominion he had contributed another claim I.° security.—(Great cheering.) lie would now no fl ger detai n the House, but would conc lude b y observ ing that the East India Company had given their vote 'thranks to th ese di s tinguished officers, and tha t, doubt legs';e`t.ritch° House of Commons would b e unanimous in thCl i ng their grateful sense and ready recognition of ril services i n India.—(Cheers.) He concluded with ° T ing the reso l ut i ons. e not . lie Marquis of GRANBY then rose to second the i tti t r_f and bagged to express most . sincerely his cor a just been upon the bravo officers, to whose prudence and (M ir I Z' country owed so much.—(Hear, hear.) (Me r PEEL—I trust the 'louse will permit ine— erithett cheering) --to express the cordial satisfaction Ri g h t w .!_lioh I shall give my vote for the proposal of the net Gentleman.—(Renewed cheers.) I should It eo ave presumed to add my voice to that of the Right foe,: 9en,tleman on this occasion, if it were not that on f i ' e vious occasions I have been a party to proceed beea, which the merits of Lord Gough hare been of under the consideration of the Commons House th e h r _ n ,raneent, for his services in the Chinese war, for s e h eettle of e n I bad Ferozeshah, for the battle of Sobraon, th e e.the satisfaction of announcing to the House "IStincti o OUgh f us conferred by her Majesty upon Lord le en or his glorious achievements, and asking the es e ie , and e _ e set Perform that duty which they so readily his services r uyilly discharged, of marking their sense of tear, hear.") by a pecuniary provision.--(Cries of Skip th ue ar. " ) It was with the utmest satisfaction that I vi etor 'hee that noble soldier hal closed a lung career of fermeY and of glory by an achievement worthy of his 4 „ ef r3 ex pleits.—(Cheers.) He has now. I believe, for ,t4i'erar..2erved the Crown of the United Kingdom as a Paig e tk. (Hear.) If at the earlier period of this em it th os :_ 4 e(e were ally doubts as to the ultimate result, the ut.7o d oubts I never shared.—(Llear, hear.) I felt e u i t f . "__ 3,t confidence that in its result that campaign kir, ti Letto b und to the honour of Lord Gough, and would cleb eer Z 'e_c do urity to the Bsh dominion in ladle._ rijeice at the gioriva4 teralinatiou of cetnnA.:n. I rejeite,s especinqy et the numerous rireo's given by the Right 11, n. o,ntleinan that greet have I_,,e:n performed, not by veterans inured o the tot I,y young m. , n, assumirg great re ,ponaiiities, and eiving eeamples worthy ot the name ot Englishmen.—(Renewed chccring.) When such things are d.me by the aged, mid such examples are set by tie young, I never will despair of the titcurity of our Indian empire.— (Cheers.) I trust tic House will excuse ne--( flour, hear) —for boaring testimony to the services .f Lord Gough.--(llear, hear ) I cannot permit his military services in India to close without taking advan teg of a fifth occasion to repeet the satisraetion which I have derived from the contemplation of his services.— (Much cheering ) Sir JAMES HOGG said that the result of the last battle was doubly gratifying, because it gave them the assurance of the complete subjection of the enemy, and also the glory of a brilliant victory. A more complete one was never fought, t ither more complete as a victory, or more compie•ti in its final results. It any evidence were required by the House upon its completeness, it was to be found •in a let:er describing it, which was written by Lord Gott!,;11 to a private friend of his, and in which it was runtioned, amongst other matters, that, to make good the it ?ht, into which the engagement speedily turned, the Soikils threw off their native costume to escape detection. There was now not the slightest chalice that the Seikhs c Auld ever re-assemble in torcea sufficient to enable them to compete with the British %pray. Lord Gough would never have applied to the Duko of Wellington to relieve hire of his offioe if he had supposed that anything yet remained to be done. 11 would now soon return to his home, and ios hoped his lire would long he tipared to enjoy the rewards le stowed upon him by a gracious Sovereign and a grateful cluntry.—(Hear, hear.) Whilst they welt., disgusted with the ungenerous conduct of the Seikhs in return for the kind treatment they had experienced, it would be gratifying to reflect upon the steadiness with which the tour Seikh regiments had adhered to their cause. Subsequently to 1846 it was Lord Hardinge's policy to enlist the SLikhs under the Durbar and command them by the British officers, and he beliezed that the four regiments so disciplined might confidently be pronounced as most faithful soldiers. Ho was glad to hear of the useful services performed by so many young teen. No one unacquainted with India could tell the responsibility of acting in that country under trying circumstances, far away from friends to support and encourage them. By the recognition of their value by the House they would henceforth know that however distant might be the field of their labours, or however humble the sta'ion in which they were act ing, still the eyes of the country were upon them, and that they would not fail to meet with the notice of a grateful Sovereign.—( Hear.) Sir R. INGLIS said, that whilst thanks and honours were being lavished on the distinguished officers of whose great merits he also entertained ihe highest opinion, the House ought not to forget how much they were indebted to a higher power. He would also take the liberty of referring very briefly to the services of Sir John Thack well, whose exploits, he thought, had not been touched upon by his Right lion. Friend as much as justice re• quired. Mr. HUME regretted to say that her Majesty's Go vernment had not the power to confer any honours on the officers of the Indian army but to a limited extent. He hoped the Government would remedy the effects of this ill-advised regulation. He hoped that something would be done for those who survived those who fell in these engagements. Mr. GIADSTONE said it was an error to suppose that there was a regulation by which the honour of the Bath could not be conferred upon the officers of the In dian army. Mr. lIUME wished to explain that only 200 officers could obtain the honour. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, if extraordinary con duct called for it, the party might be rewarded with the honour of the Bath, although the honour was limited in extent. Mr. MANGLES said the ()Mars of the Company were the officers of the Crown, and ought to be placed upon an equality with every other branch of the service. He was astonished that any apprehension should have been entertained by the Government of this country of the re sult of the campaign. Lord J. RUSSELL disclaimed having ever entertained any doubts of the result of the campaign. Mr. GRAT rAN said it was very gratifying to Hon. Members who came from Ireland, that a vote of thanks had been given to thco Noble Lord. The objection to him was that he was a Tipperary man. Cul inel DUN NE. concurred in the vote, and drew at tention to the services of General Thackwell. Sir. R. PEEL bore testimony to the ability of Lord Dalhousie's conduct in India. The resolutions were then agreed to. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Cocker mouth against granting bounties to parties importing slaves into the West Indies. BRAZIL. Mr. M. GIBSON then called the attention of the House to the state of our relations with the empire of Brazil, and to submit a motion for the repeal of the Brazilian Act, 8 and 9 Vic., c. 122. His object was to effect a complete and perfect abolition of the slave trade, and if it was not effected in Brazil, it was not from want of will but of power on the part of the Brazilian Go vernment. He was sorry to be deprived on this occasion of the services of the lion. Member for Gateshead, in endeavouring to obtain the repeal of this Act. The grounds upon which he sought it were, that this coun try maintained it by violating international laws. The history of their treaty with the Brazilian Government was this: —lu 182 G a treaty was entered into between Bread and Great Britain, by which it was declared and agreed to, that all persons found engaged in the slave trade, if subjects of either country, should be &eared guilty of piracy, and treated as such. That treaty was to ta,t f o r 13 years, cud subjected the vessels of Brazil to the right of search, and the appointment of Mixed Com mission Courts to try all casts which might be deemed necessary. In 1845 Lord Aberdeen dada: cd, however, that they did not want the privilege of a right of search, or mixed commissions; that by the first article of the treaty, Brazil agreed that persons guilty of slaving should he treated as pirates, and therefore the Sovereign of Great Britain was entitled to take every step she thought proper, to punish Brazilians as such, who should be found guilty. But whoever heard that the declaration in a treaty created a criminal law, or the offence of piracy? Au Act of Parliament, was, however, passed, founded on his Lordship's construction of that article, which declared Brazilian or British subjects engaged in slaving guilty of piracy. By that Act it was declared that the stehjects of an independent country should be governed by a certain number of Acts of Parliament, passed in England, which were law before that period; and it was contended that they were liable to the punishments infl eted by those statutes. But it should be recollected that a Br..alian ship, sailing tinder a Brazilian flag, was to all intents and purposes Brazlliari territery, so that they were legislating for the subjects of an independent empire.— (Hear, hear.) Before this was done, however, the opinions of Mr. al. D. Hill and the lion. and Learned Afember for Youghal --who was well known to p )ssess an extensive know ledge of the laws of nations—ware taken, and they de cided that the treaty entered into with Brazil gave no right to treat the subjects of a foreign state as pirates; that the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 192, was founded on an erroneous assumption of power, and therefore in operative; and, therefore, the seizure and condemnation of Brazilian ships by British cruisers, or Bri tish authority, was unlawful. It would also be recol lected that at that time the present Lord Chief Jus tice of the Common Pleas brought the attention of Par liament to the subject, and that eminent personage had recently informed his (Mr. Gibson's) Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Gateshead, and authorised him to state so, that, had he continued a Member of that House, he would have deemed it au imperative duty to seek the repeal of that Act of the Legislature.—([fear, hear.) In the communication to his Hon. Friend, dated in elarch of the present year, his Lordship stated ,hat he always thought the conduct pursued towards Brazil a national disgrace ; that it was manifestly done either in ignorance of the law of nations, or by reason of an immense assumption, calculated to lead to war, or to render this country c.mtemptible; for if redress were demanded by a foreign nation, an I refused, it would be a just cause of war. The question, continued his Lordship, was, what constituted piracy? Pi racy was a spoliation and violence committed on the high seas, not against one nation, but against all, and therefore any one nation may punish it; but particular treaties entered into would not authorise the contracting parties to punish as criminals the subjects of the other, for neither of them were justified in legislating against the subjects of an independent state. That was clear, and, indeed, such a principle as enunciated in the Act he (Ur. Gibson) referred to, was plainly contrary to the dictates of common sense. It went so tar as to say that the Government of Brazil authorised the British Govern ment to punish its subjects as pirates, because of a treaty which was entered into. Let them recollect that the municipal law required in Brazil for the proper execu tion of the treaty was never carried into effect; and, although his Noble Friend now at the head of the Foreign Department was not responsible for that Act, he would ask him, would the following case be lawful or just, which was exactly s i m il ar w i t h the position in which the Executive Government of Brazil was placed. Suppose the Noble Lord had en tered into a treaty with BraXl—which Parliament sub sequently refused to ratify—but the Executive Goveru.l meta of Brazil, in executing it, blockaded British ports, and watched the Channel , heedless of what was dine in this country. Would that be just, or proper, or politic? (Hear, hear)—and yet that was the conduct now pur sued by England towards Brazil. When he thus brought before them the opinion of Mr. Hill, of the Hon. and Learned Blemb'ir for Youghtal,o fwthheen Dukehe br brought beforel l i l t rtiting . the House the solemn i p t rot i e n , s a o c f tly Lo s r i d m s ila in r, t l h i e e ctoanse, of the t L b o e r i d )o L r y tu n g rl u i o u s r (_s s ,h , 7ln,bie t h l i ie v llm e s x e lightly are . f b ro f m . the tb c e ha a r t g le e n o ti f on hav o t i ) They were bringing Brazia i t o la g ought he exonerated t u i s o e h . ear, subject the . liens a trying t before hem a i n t a r i hi language which hi t c h h ev t h edyi,l did not imt recognise; under stand, and before judges il w that, too, centrary to the as regarded there, and a such a course more likely to create irritation and bad rights and privileges of an md d e e p fe e a n t de t n h t an sta t t o c. the object they hail in view, accomplish IV a s n ot wi feeling, cb s such bd great a c t x s t a e c n r d i tits; ees l e r i v t d o i evil beenfor the baad e s ü b p y p rt,bsi this c o u n o - f f r y the ? treaty Now, is w .a it s li n r o e ; g i a u r i c a l a t e ( the i. it waseng :i i g o t r .ul t e h n e t m s toof inquire i into the matter—t..) proceed in the business to in the same take manner ibe masaltvther intoenanotrbdi:iniraroyvdnisbp,ltdeso. occurred, ought d, tind not r a e b c o o l t l ei:oent of t at at the istlatvo,olteradtleiiritny.Eti.nygo lat y ul e 'r(i t l j ea c r, ar h r Lr) ftte and why should they expect that the Braziliant once bGoe vernment could carry such a measure nil at througii their LegiAltare, acid in the face of innumer able difficulties? The slave trade was abolished by the slow progress of opiuiou, bud he wu outlaw:lG thet if, chile that opinion was in progress, they had had an enemy on their shores, seizing their ships aid cou:naitting other acts of hostility, t'ley never would have had that slave trade abolish, d. lle believed that the I resent policy was not a sound one. When this Act was passed, distinct declarations Ns ere made by the Foreign Secretary that nothing would give him greater pleasure than to repeal this Act, and since that time, as he was informed, the Brazilians had sub mitted such a project as would have satisfied Lord Aberdeen. The project submitted, he was inlormcd, was satisfactory to both parties, but was not carried out in consequence of a ch:nge of Administration, when Lord Palmerston wrote a dispatch which imms• diately put an end to the whale negotiation. Lord Palmerston promi•ed to prepare a draft of a treaty, but his intimation was that it was not to be questioned, and that they had nothing to do but to sign it. Ten months a:forwards came out this draft, and in June, 1847, it was forwarded. Lord Howden was instrusled that he was not to alter a letter in that treaty. The Right Hon. Gentleman read the dispatch. He ventured humbly to say that these instruction=, affording co ground Cm urge tia•ion, was not calculated to be succes,ful. The plan, as might haVe be , n anticipated, had entirely failed, and to that Sir Charles Hotham, the commander of the squad ron there, had borne his testimony. His opinion was that they should be met halfway, particularly as there was a party, especially among the younger men, who were favourable to this pr, jest. But Lord Ps:lmerston's in structions had armed against us the whole population. lie had stated sufficient reasons, he hoped, to induce the House to agree to a Bill, which he wished to bring in to repeal so much or the pr. sent law as was obnoxious to t' , e renewal cf amicable relations with the empire of Brazil. He moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal tt. Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 122. Mr. URQUHART said that if the Government of this country was anxious to find out now channels to advance the trade of this country, nothing could more facilitate that cbject than opening up amicable relations with the southern continent of America, and especially with the Brazilian empire. Yet that was the empire which, from the clear and explicit statement they had just heard, they had the worst understanding. Our measures, from the testimony of Sir C. Hotham, were the chief support of the slave trade in that country. The Portuguese Government had been treated in a similar manner. The Hun. Member concluded by saying, that for the reasons he had stated he felt pleasure in seconding the Right Hon. Gentleman's motion. Sir F. TIIESIGER said, the motion of the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Milner Gibson) was for the repeal of the Bth acd 9th Vic., chap. 122; and after what they had hesrd in its support, he trusted the House would give no encouragement to the motion. The Right Honourable Gentleman (Hr. Milner Gibson) had introduced the motion with great clearness and force, but he had fallen into a few errors, which it would be necessary to correct before he applied himself to a consideration of the ques tion. The Right Hon. Gentleman had spoken of the Bth and 9th Victoria as if they had power under that Act to deal with Brazilian subjects. Now, there was nothing in the A c t w hi c h gave power over th e subject of 13raz11. It gave power merely to the Admiralty to ad judicate respecting the cargo and vessels of Brazilian subject:.—(Hear, hear.) He would call the attention of the House to the convention of 1826, which incorpo rated into it all the powers of the treaty with Portugal in 1817; and in the first article of the treaty of '26 it was provided, that in three years after the exchange of the ratification of the treaty the slave trade should be entirely abolished, and that any subject of Brazil - rading in slaves after the treaty should be guilty of piracy. —(Hear, hear.) The three years expired in 1830; but under the treaty with Portugal in 1817, it was provided, that after the slave trade should be abo lishtd, the treaty should exist for 17 years. It there fore lasted for 15 years after 1830, and it expired accordingly in March, 1845. There was then the Act of 7 and 8 Geo. IV., to give effect to that treaty. So stood the law till March, 1345, when the treaty came to an end according to the stipulations of the original treaty. Inasmuch as the Act of Geo. IV. prohibited any proceedings in the Courts of Admiralty, and as the siave-trade came to an end in 1830, and there being no mixed Commission Courts, it became necessary to consider the condition in which this country stood by the treaty with the Brazilian Government, that the slave-trade should be entirely abolished. In 1830 the representative of the Brazilian Court ex pressed it as his opinion that there was no occasion for the mixed Commission Courts, and that parties might be left to be dealt with by the ordinary tribunals of their respective countries for violation of the treaty. No one could doubt that the slave trade was perma nently abolished by the treaty referred to. The Hon. and Learned Member then entered into an examination of the case of the Brazilian ship Felicidade and her Ma jesty's ship Wasp, which had come under the considera tion of the thirteen judges, and in which the crew of the Brazilian ship were charged with the murder of some of the crew of the Wasp, who had been put on board in charge of the ship. It appeared, however, that the ship was not taken with slaves on board, and the men were accordingly acquitted of the charge of mur der. After commenting at some length upon the case, the Hon. and Learned Member said the question was whether the House would agrto to the repeal of the 8:h and 9th Vic., cap. 122. He thought it most undesirable that the Act should be repealed; for, if so, the treaty of 1826 would be a dead letter. Mr. BRIGHT said that he considered that the House and the country were under great obligation to his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. M. Gibson) for liming brought that subject wider their notice, because the more it wool I be discussed the more it would be see❑ how flimsy and useless was the character of that treaty. There were two questions inio!ved in that subject; one with regard to the abolition of sl.very, and the second respecting the commercial relations of this country with .11ri:z t. Ile %mild wish to have the II WC see what were the proceed ings onthe subject of slavery and piracy since the passing of S and 9 Victoria, but he regrets, d to ssy that they coti'd not sec those proceedings as there had b en nu returns relative to the number of vessels engaged and captured in piracy and the slaving trade. Tne p,.ople in his (Mr. Bright's) county wsre anxious for the repeal of this law, because they have capital to a large am:unt in that country, and also because it was a one sided treaty, in consequence of which the duty on their expects had rive n from 15 per cent. to 30 per cent.; and, moreover, there are other ass kward circum stances, that the property of persons dying intestate is generally wasted in the Brazil Courts, and that their relatives have no means whatever of recovering that pro perty. In a word, the commercial relations of this country are totally perplexed by attempting to perform impossibilities, that is, to dragoon free nations into a course which this country would not endure at the hands of any other country, and he also thought that nothing could be worse than to compel those nations into an abo lition of the slave-trade before they had made up their mind for such a measure; for the abolition of slavery in this country was the result of many years' agitatioa. Ho admitted that the Noble L (Lord J. Russell) thought that he had done good fur the coast of Africa by :hat law, but he (Mr. Bright) could assure him that such was not the opinion out of doors, for the Anti-Slavery Sucie'y were at present strongly remonstrating against the policy which Government were pursuing ou that coast.—(hear, hear.) Mr. C. ANSTEY said that he should differ from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Sir F. Thesiger) on the point to which he had alluded, respecting the cases of the Felicidade and the Echo, for he considered that the captors were the guilty party; at least in the case of the latter ship. He said that one of the fifteen judges who presided in that case declared that the treaty was use less, and that the Act 8 and 9 Vic. was null an►l void ; and he, therefore, thought that the Right Hor. Gentle man (Mr. M. Gibson) was perfectly right in the opinion that he had to-night expressed. lie was an essemy, in the sincerest acceptation of the term, to the slave trade; but he thought this country was bound to pursue other means to put down that iniquity than in making themselves gaolers and police in a very doubtful course of policy. He wished to see the House united in sup port of the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, for he considered the treaty under consideration most unjust, and one which he hoped to see put an each to. Sir EDWARD F. BUXTON must confess his regret that this motion had been brought forward to-night, be cause, as his lion. Friend the Member for Manchester must be aware, a Committee at that moment sitting on the question of the slave-trade; and he could not but also express his regret that his Right Hon. Friend had been instigated by his constituents to this course; and the more so as the greater part of tae goods which were taken by the slaves, were manufactured at and sent out from Manchester.—(llear, hear.) lie could not but regret the Act which we passed in 1816, that of admit ting foreign-grown sugar into this country, feeling, as he did, that it acted directly as as au encouragement to the production of slave-grown sugar. He could not also but regret the notice of motion entered on the books by the Hon. Member for Gateshead, for doing away alto gather with the cruisers on the coast of Africa, and he hoped his Right Hon. Friend would not persevere in his motion. Mr. lIUME could not but express his surprise at the line of argument of his Hon. Friend near him (Sir E. N. Buxton), in condemning the people of Manchester for sending out and selling goods for the useof the slaves. Why, if that line of argument was to be pursued, there was no man more chargeable than the lion. Member himself, who prepared his liquors for the public. He should like to see the Hon. Baronet, on his own principle, tried by a jury of teetotallers—(Laughter) —and he thought they would not acquit him. With respect to the Honourable Baronet's condemnation of the proposed withdrawal of the squadron from the coast of Africa, he must disapprove of it. There were two things to be considered in this question; first, did the means they wore using promote the object which they had in view? Ile said no. And, secondly, did they do any good? No. Why, the whole money they collected from the window tax, amounting to 1,000,000/. and upwards, was thrown away in the maintaining this squadron, and the sooner it was withdrawn the better. Mr. JOIN O'CONNELL. was sorry to hear the Hon. Member for Montrose express himself as lie he had on tha present occasion. He regrettcd that the m )lion now before Hotke was brought forward by the lion. Gentle man, the Member for Macchester. Sir R. PEEL said, that the case appeared to him t) stand on this ground. It might be true that one na tion could not take upon itself to assert the muni cipal jurisdiction of another; but if a convention were agreed upon between them to deem ce r e the t ain acts one pi c r o ac u y n , try then eou b l y a virtue interfereof thatto p c u o n n i v s e h n ti t o h n , subjects of the other for the commission of that offence, if the ri•fused to do i'. It was said that the Act of 1542, which was passed in order to givo effect to the convention with Brazil, had been passed in opposition to every principle of iiiternadonal law. It would be strange l as S-t a l is l o v i t s i s i e o d ut l a n t t l i !v e is l ig,. if that were so, because it was submitted previously to some of the mast eminent authorities on this h; ia r i cu l l u l d a c `That nI of e s t i ;loo p L a i ssides chief o cod r f d t e b ßr A si n l li c ti e n llr and the Lord Justice, both of whom were well versed in the law of nations, and neither of them male any objection to it. If the principles of national equity were not violated, nor the principles of international law, he contended tha' the Governor of Brazil had no right to insist upon of expect our forbearance. Lord Abercicee's accoun• showed that there was abundant cause fee. interference and resentment. If they repealed this Bill, they would proclaim to the world that all their efforts to prevent slavery were at an end, and they might then as well con sider how the trade could be promoted and encouraged. Mr. WOOL) said the question under consideration was about the drycat and shortest that could be conceived. The Act of the Bth and 9th Victoria did not carry out the treaty ' and that was th e i r difficulty. Who ever heard of a Legislature endeavouring to enforce a treat) in the way in which the Right Hon. Baronet suggested? They could not be surprised if it should turn out to be contrary to the principles of international law. The Bill passed the Lords without a discussion, and that House without a division. Probably that was the c :use of the slip; and there was certainly the case of a Bill being passed through both Houses without an op tunity for the expression of opinion against it. Lord PALNIERSTON said he had I eon accused of entertaieing a humane crotchet by the Hon. Member for Montrose, but he might, in turn, say th it that lion Mem ber himself eutertaintel one, If he (Ler,' Palmerston) had one, however, it was on e he was sure, in which is arej airy of the House participated; and as a Committer eras sitting to consider ibis matter, it would be far better to postpone the subject for their consideration. Ile denied the principal assertions that were made in reference to the repression of the eave-trade, and was prepared to prove, if ever the occasion should arrive in which he was to be called upon to do so, that the steps hitherto taken had been productive of much good, and had prevented a vast deal of harm. The horrors of the middle passage wero now much fewer in number, and smal'er in degree, than they were formerly, and in course of time, there could be no doubt, that they would be still further dimi nished.—(llear, hear.) The idea of setting the slave trade free was iu itself, to say the least of it, a very impolitic one. The first result of that step would be, that the coast of Africa would literally be swarmed with the vessels of all countries ready to engage in it. The argument of the lion. Member for Oxford, in which he could not agree, was, that it was wrong to deal with the -hips and property of Brazilian subjects, and not with the subjects themselves, because, he said, they could not in that way reach the root of the evil. It had been raid that we were assuming a power to deal with the subjects of Brazil in a manner which was not autho rised by the law of Brazil. But many Hon. Members seemed not to be aware that by the law of 1831, slave traders were subject to puniShment. -. lt was not merely the ship that was condemned, but every man engaged in the trade was subject to punishment, not as pirates cer tainly ; but still the Government of Brazil did more than even we did, for we confined our interference to the ships engaged in that trade. It was said that pro posals had been made for an alteration of the law, to the Earl of Aberdeen, that might have been so, but there wero no communications in the Foreignsoffice to that effect. It was true that when he came into office, a communication was made of a treaty by the Minister of Brazil, but it was accompanied by a statement that it was drawn by a Governor not then in office, and he had no authority to propose it as a Government measure. He (Lord Palmerston) objected to that, and sent out the draft of a treaty by Lord Howden, which was ob jected to by the Brazilian ,Government, who said that they would send a counter propoial ; but that had never yet been sent to him. With respect to the com mercial treaty, gentlemen were very much deceived if they believed that the abolition of the present Act would have the slightest effect in reducing the slave trade. The fact was, that reciprocal commercial trea ties were entered into with a view to commercial advan tages solely, and he was not awarethat at present our commerce suffered from any inconvenient restrietions in the Braz;ls. He could only say that he considered that this; law was perfectly justified by international law. It was perfectly borne out by the law of 1820. It it was abolished, it would lead to the revival of the slave-trade; and if they abolished it without discussion, they would commit a great error. Even those who were in favour of its abolition, he thought, should refrain until the Committee had reported. Oa these grounds he should resist, and he could not help hoping that the House would not give its assent to the motion of his lion. Fri Friend, and had nd thus hi atbhaenrdto tahunteha o s high ground i aeso ti o n. f principle which Mr. ROLINDELL PALMER was much astonished at the positions laid down by the Hon. and Learned Member for Oxford, with respect to the position of the slave traders. The treaty between this country and Brazil laid down that Brazilian subjects engaged in that trade were pirates, and should be dealt with as such. We, therefore, between Brazil arid us, had a perfect right to say, that pirate vessels captured on the sea, and brought into the ports of this country, shall bo dealt with as the Parliament of this country deemed proper. had d d British DENT said, he would not have risetajf the Mr. COB • s tfiesihtedlawal.l claim to the protection of Bra zilian Noble Lord had not placed the division on a false principle. Ho accused the Honourable Member fur him, assumedof a desdesire ful. Why the t o M o u: Ei r t e r v;i s r v:e ' se a n n t t h d e contrary was the case, as was shown by very COR t s h ys o sl s ta e cvme who tur. s aa u sd p e r a r u ta c e c rid e d s s the tract sent to all Members that morning by the Anti•Slaiery Society that the slave trade had in creased, noterithstandittg America had withdrawn from that trade, and that also showed that the deaths on the middle passigo had increased since 1807 from fourteen to twenty-five per cent., and the horrors of the middle passage had increased in like proportion. He thought, therefore, it was quite clear that our efforts had failed to repress the slave trade, and it w as ra th e r co o l of th e Right Hon. Baronet and the Noble Lord to accuse those who wore opposed to the armed cruisers of the Noble Lord of being desirous to restore the slave trade. His opinion was, that the secret of the failure of our efforts to put down the slave tn. d a arose from cur having re course to force. instead of continuing our appeals to justice and huatanity, the Anti-Slavery Society had sought the aid of politicians and force, and from the moment they went to the Foreign-c ffice, in Downing' . street, they began to fail in their objects.—(hear, hear.) country,lhpagda he e a argument, d t to ad produce h ha eke would c o ° an a l d v i arguments, suet by We had better, th ere f ore, try to convert other nations b y those means whi c h were used in this c sm t i oe ) pr n ini 71 n l s Y tah l ye t h ground r oa e ut S u p nd e:t tt ahki t ne o gn t b h hy e e his lion. Friend. Colonel THOMPSON said, that even if they were to concede that the Auti•Slavery Society' was right in its assertion that there .was more slave trading now than ever was known in history, it did not follow that-all ens deavours to diminish it were useless, but that, on the contrary, if no effort h a d been made, the slave-trade would have been greater.—(flear, hear.) There was a parallel case which his lion. Friend, who had alluded to him, might be ready to anti vver. Suppose it was urged that that great change in the commercial policy of this country, strongly affecting p owerful i nt , rests , h a d not ready would his i i s a lion. that r argument done many and cert a i n thiugs—whieh some would say it was very desirable s h ou l d not have ha2pened—how been e h ny e thatw L a o s supported the obj ec t o f the .A.nti-Slavery Society, but he could not help su s p ect i ng that their intellect was un der some cloud.—(A laugh.) iay effectual that t her and conclusive.—(Hear, h ear. ) During his who l .e life he had e was not muchul d He was not bound to ex plain the rationale of their proceedings, but when he heard his Hon. Friend talking of a benevolent crotchet, it led him seriously to expect that his Hon. Friend would be executing an office at the Horse Guards, or perhaps taking the command of the Channel fleet.— (Laughter.) He implored the Gentlemen to suspend their judgment until they had a perfect opportunity of judging; and he was confident that they who had passed their lives in glorying in the repression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa would see that this country did not take part against them in the end. After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT in explanation, , Mr. GIBSON briefly replied. The House then divided, when the numbers were — For the motion ••• 34 ..• 137 Against it ... • Majority —lO3 ••• ..• ••• The motion was accordingly lost. Mr. WYLD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to ex plain an d amend the law relating to the ho ld i n g of in quests or courts of inquiry in cases of fire within the United Kingdom. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected; and After some conversation the motion was negatived without a division. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Hous© adjourned at One o'clock. TO THE s.,witETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Monday the 23d, the Bill on the Naviga tion LAWS was read a third time by 275 against 214, and passed. Little that is remarkable attended it, except th e continuedrun t n e v t i h d n en c n e nn p t r r a e r s y e . 0 t t ii h a n , t o h b a j e t th eof h v n e p r e p i r a o l fe , joyful return to the enjoyment of protection in the matter of corn. All the stock fallacies on the sufferings of unpro tected industries are brought forward as if they had had no time to grow old. And what is to be lamented is, that the opp inanity given for once more putting them down by reply, has been to a great extent thrown away. The report is that the Bill is to pass the Lords. What is of soradimportance is, that the great military Peer is understood to be for the Bill. Ile had a narrow escape from making himself a great civil name by re moving the corn-laws himself; for he must always have had as clear a vision of their absurdity, as of a plan for increasing the numbers of an army by taking men from one battalion to another and losing half by the way. Perhaps he now snuffs a war, and with the pardonable jealousy of age, di.likes to see it in other hands. would On Tuesd a y the thanks o f P ar li ament were voted to the com man d ers and troops engaged in India, and the battles riwerecuofoughtto k n o o v w e rwagain might from havethe b Gazette.een said in ltn be S. ikb PArliament, if the Seiklis bad beaten. On the same night a motion for leave to bring in - a Bill to repeal the Act connected with the Slave Trade treaties w it h B raz il, was negatived by 137 to 34. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER . London, April 25, 1849. ST. MARTIN'S-IN-TIM-FIELDS. -- ELECTION OF GUARDIANS or THE Pooa.—ln consequence of there being 60 names proposed, the result of the election has only just become kno,%n:—The 21 persons proposed by the churchwardens have been elected, the highest having pulled 1,462 votes, and the lowest 1,1:A. Of the 24 iisaJes proposed by Mr. Charles Cochrane, that gen tleman himself obtained 871, and the lowest of his nomi nation 193 votes. Of the 16 names proposed by others, four were also included in the churchwardens' list, and were consequently amon.; the highest. Of the remain ing 12, Mr.. Wakley, M.P., obtained 838, and the lowest va the whgle pvU 10 rcolv#, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, APIUT, 23. SEVERN NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT COMMIS SION, AMENDMENT 01? ACTS, NEW WORKS, AN:) FURTHER POWERS BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave: out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"- Question put, " That the word' now' stand part of the Question." The house divided : MINORITY—AYES, 137. Aclaud, Sir T. D. Farnham, E. B. Paget, Lord A. Adair, R. Shaft° Foley,!.T. 11. Paget, Lord C. Aglionby, H. A. Forster, Matthew Patten, J. W. Anderson, Arthur Fortescue, J. W. Peel, Sir Robert tuson, Colonel Fox, R. M. Perfect, Robert Anson, Viscount French, F. I'eto, Samuel Arkwright, G. Fuller, A. E. Philips, Sir G. R. Arm , trong, Sir A. Godson, R. Plumptrc, J. P. Armstrong, R. B. Greenall, Gilbert Ricardo, J. L. Arundel, Earl of Greene. John Ricardo, Osman Ilagot, William Greene .Thomas Itelihron. George ilagslin v, John Grenfell, C. Pascoe Itutford, Francis Baring, Sir F. T. Grey, R. W. Rusliont, Captain Raring, Thomas Gwyn, Howel Sandars, George Barron, Sir 11. Italford, Sir If. Sclioleticld, W. Bass, Thomas Hardeastle, J. A. Sheridan, It. B. Bellew, K. M. Ilastie, Alexander Shirley, E. J. ilenbowVolin Heald, James Sidney, Alderman Birch, .ir Thomas Heywood, James Simeon, John Bla:r, Stephen Hill, Lord Marcus Smith, J. A. Illewitt, Reginald Hintlley, Charles Smith, M. Tucker Bouv.ale, E. P. I lumphery, Ald. Somerville, Sir IV. Boyle, Colonel '. Kershaw. James Stanstleld, W. It. Brackley, Viscount Knight, F. IV. Sullivan, Michael Brown, Humphrey Labouchere, Henry Talbot, C. ft. Brown, W. Langston, J. 11. Talbot, J. 11. Butler. I'. S." Lawless, Cecil Tenison, E. K. Buxton, Sir E. Lemon, Sir Charles 'I hicknesse, R. A. Campbell, W. F. Lewis, George C. Thompson, Colonel lardwell, Edward Lewisham, Viscount Thompson, Alderman Chaplin, W. J. Locke, Joseph Thompson, George Clay, Sir W. Lopes, Sir Ralph Thornely, T. Cobbold, J..C. Lygon, Gen. Tollemache, F. J Cocks, T. S. M'Paggart, Sir J. Trelawny, J. S. Colebrooke, Sir T. 111• Gregor, John Villiers, Charles Coles, Henry B. Meagher, Thomas Waddington, David Collins, W. Mandeville, Viscount Ward, H. G. _,.., Crowder, R. R. Martin, John Wawn, J. T. Cubitt, William Matheson, Alex. 'Willcox, Brodie Dawson, T. V. Melgund, Viscount Williams, John Denison, Edmund Moody, C. A. • Williamson, Sir H. Drummond, Ilenry Muntz, G. F. . Willoughby, Sir H. Duncan, Viscount Mundy, Willi - am Wyld, James Duncan, George Newdegate, C. N. Dunctift, John O'Brien Sir Lucius TILLERS. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, J. , Pakington,' Sir J. Evans, William Ogle, S. C. . Littleton, E. R. MAJORITY—NOES, 171. Adair, Hugh E. Gaskell, J. M. Mullings, J. R. Alexander, N. Gladstone, W. E. Newport, Vied. Arbtthnott, H. Glyn, George Carr Norreys, Lord Archdall, Captain Gordon, Admiral Norreys, Sir D. Bairns, 11. J. Gore, W. R. OTlalierty, Anthony lialdeck, E. H. Granby, Marquis of Ossulton,.Lord Bankes, G. Grogan, Edward Palmer,'ltobcrt Baring, Francis llale, R. B. Pattison, James Barrington, Lord Hallyburton, Lord J. Pearson, Charles Bennet, P. Halsey, T. P. Peel, Frederick lientinck, Lord 11. Harris, Captain Pennant, Colonel Beresford, William Hay, Lord J. Plowden, W. li. Berkeley, 11. Hayes, Sir E. Prime, Richard Berkeley, C. L. Hay - ter, W. G. Pryse, Pryse Bernard, Viscount Ileneage, G. 11. W. Pugh, David Blackstone, W. Henley, J. W. Reid, Colonel Boldero, 11. G. Henry, Alexander Repton, G. W. J. Bourke, R. S. Herbert, H. A. Rice, E. It. Bowles, Admiral Herbert, Sidney Richards. Richard Bremridge, Richard Berries, J. C. SadleLr,:John Bromley, Robert Heyworth, L. Salwey, Colonel Brotherton, J. Hildyard, R. C. Sandars, Joseph Bruen, Colonel Ilildyard, T. B. T. Scully Francis Buck, L. W. Holland, Robert Seaham, Viscount Buller, Sir Y. Hood, Sir A. Shelburne, Earl of Bunbury, William Ilope, Sir J. Slaney, Robert A. Burke, Sir T. J. Hope, H. T. Smith, J. B. Burrell, Sir C. hope, A. Smyth, J. G. Burroughcs, H. Hornby John Smythe, G. Carter, John B. Bonn - lan, E. Somerset, Captal Charteris, Francis Howard, C. W. Stafford, Augustus Childers, J. W. Howard, E. G. Stanley, E. H. Clive, H. B. Hume, Joseph Stephenson, Robert Cobden, Richard Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, H. Cochrane, A. Jolliffo, Sir W. H. Stuart, J. Codrington, Sir W. Keating, Robert Thesiger, Sir F. Cole, 11. A. King, P. J. Trollope, Sir J. Dalrymple, Captain Knox, Colonel Vane, Lord H. Darner, Colonel Lascelles, W. S. Villiers, Viscount Deedes, W. Legh. G. C. Villiers, F. W. Denison, J. E. Lincoln, Earl of Vyse, H. Dick. Quintin Lindsay, Colonel Waddington, H. S. Drummond, Home Loch, James Wall, C. B. Duff, George S. Long, W. Walsh,:Sir J. B. Duncombe, A. Lowther, Hon. Col. Walter, John Duneombe, 0. Lushington, C. Wellesley, Lord C, Dunne, Francis P. Mackinnon, W. Westhead, J. P. Du Pre, C. G. APNagateu, Sir E. Whitmore, T. C. East, Sir J. B. Mahon, Viscount Wilson, Matthew Egerton, Sir P. Maitland, Thomas Wodehouse, Edmund Egerton, W. T. March, Earl of Worcester, Marquis Ellis, John Matheson, Colonel Wynn, C. W. Euston, Earl Meux, Sir H. Wyvill, Marmaduke Farrer, James Miles, Philip W. S. Young, Sir John Ferguson, Sir R. Milner, W. M. Fitzroy, Henry Moffatt, George TELLERS. Fitawililam, G. W Moore, G. 11. Berkeley, Captain Forester, G. C. Morris, David Clive, R. 11. Fox, S. L. Mowatt, Francis TUESDAY, APRIL 23. BRAZILIAN TREATY. Act (8 and 9 Vic. c. 122) read; Mo ion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the said Act." The Rouse divided : MINORITY—AYES, 34. Adair, Hugh E. Horsman, Edward Thicknesse, It. A. Anstey, T. C. • Ilume, Joseph Thompson, George Bouverle, E. I'. Keating, Robert Thornely, Thomas Brown, W. Kershaw, James Urquhart, David Millbury, E. FL Locke, Joseph Williams, John Colxlen, It. Mitchell, A. T. Wood, W. I'. J)uff, G. S. Moffatt, George Worcester, Marquis Ewart, William Molesworth, Sir W. Wyld, James Greene, John • Pilkington, James llastie, Alexander Salwey, Colonel TILLERS. Henry, Alexander Smith, J. Benjamin Gibson, T. M. Ileywsod, James Stuart, Lord Dudley Bright, John lley worth, Lawrence Sullivan, Michael MAJOIUTY-NOES, 137. Acland, Sir T. Glyn, G. C. Paget, Lord Clarence Adair, It. Shafto Gordon, Admiral Palmer, Bounden Armstrong, It. B. Graham, Sir James Palmerston, Viscount Arundel, Earl of Greenall, G. Parker, John Bagshaw, John Grey, Sir G. l'earson, Charles 1111111 es, M. T. 0 ey, It. W. Pechell, Captain Baring, Sir F. Gwyn. Rowel Peel, Sir Robert Baring, Thomas Hamilton, Lord C. Pigott, Francis Bass, M. T. Harris, Captain Pinney, Wiliam Berkeley, 11. F. 'Dves, 11. Plumptre, J. P. Black:ill, S. W. Ileal.l, James Power, Nicholas Blair, Stephen Herbert, henry A. Price, Sir Robert Bourke, Richard S. Herbert, Sydney ruse, Pryse Boyle, Colonel 'Dudley, C. Rawdon, Colonel Brotherton, J. Ilobhouse, Sir John Ricardo, Osman Bruen, Colonel llobhouse, T. 11. Robartes, T. J. A. Bunbury, William Hodgson, W. N. Komilly, Sir John Buxton, sir E. Hoßond, Robert Russell, Lord .1. Carew, W. 11. Pole Hood, Sir A. - Russell, Eduard S. Cayley, E. S. Howard, Lord E. Rutherfurd, A. Chichester, Lord J. Howard, Sir R. Sadicir, Joisn Childers, J. W. Jervis, Sir John Scully, Francis Christy," Samuel ' Johnstone, Sir J. smith, J. A. Clements, Charles Jones, Captain Somerville, Sir W. Clive, Henry B. Keogh, William Strickland, Sir 0. Cole, lion. H. A. Keppel, George T. Talfourd, Sergeant Coles, It. B. Labouchere, Henry Tancred,ll. W. Corry, Henry Lasceiles, W. S. Tenison, E. K. Cowper, W F. Lewis, G. C. Thesiger, Sir F. Craig, W. 0. Lowther, Colonel Thompson, Colonel Crawford; W. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Tollemache, John Currie, 11. Maitland, Thomas Townshond, Captain Dawson, T. V. Mardi:ill, J. G. Vane, Lord 11. Deedes, W. Martin, C. W. Verner, Sir W. Douglas, Sir C. Masterm an, John Ward, 11. G. Duncambe, 0.- Maule, Fox Watkins, Colonel Duncuft, John Miles, P. W. S. Wawn, J. T. Dunne, F. P. Milner, W. M. Will' ams, H. Ebrington, Lord Milnes, R. M. Williamson, Sir IL Edwards, Henry Moore, G. H. Wilson, Matthew Evans, William Morris, David Wodehouse, E. Ferguson, Sir It. Mostyn, E. Wwod, Sir Charles Ffolliott, J. Mulgrave,'Earl Wortley, J. S. Fitzpatrick. J W. Mailings, J. R. Fitzray, Henry Norreys, Sir I). TILLERS. Frcestun,'Colouel O'Brien, Sir Lucius Tufnell, Hoary, Galway, Viscount O'Connell, John Bellew, R. M. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the house of Commons.) MONDAY. APRIL 23. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the above Committee:- 1. That in the case of Westbead'e Patent for Improve• ments in Manufacturing Fur into Fabrics, the Order of the House of the 3d April ought to be dispensed with :—That She parties be permitted to deposit a petition for a Bill forthwith. 2. That in the case of the London and North-Western Railway (Amendment of Acts and Regulation of Capital) petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the stand ing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 3. That in the case of the Guardian Fire and Life Assur ance Company petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 4. That in the case of the Railway Assurance Company (Alteration of Stamp Duties) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with: —That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting the notices once in the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Gazettes :—That the Com mittee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 5. That in the case of the South Devon Railway (to regu late Priority of Dividends) petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to deposit their peti tition, provided the same be deposited not later than three clear days after the presentation of this report. First, fourth, and fifth Resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. TUESDAY, APRIL 23. That in the case of the Louth ➢larkets and Improvements petition for leave to deposit a petition for a Bill, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to deposit a petition for a Bi 1, provided the same be deposited not later than three clear days after the presen tation of this report.—Resolution agreed to. PAIRS ON THE THIRD READING OF THE NAVI GATION BILL. FOIL. AGAINST. Barnard, E. G. Spooner, R. Cavendish, W. G. Lascelles, Hon. E. Duff, J. Prime, R. Enfield, Lord Manners, Lord G. Hall, Sir B. Tollemache, J. Hardcastle, J. A. Bennet, P. Harris, It. Williamson, Sir H. Hodges, T. L. Rendlesham, Lord Hodges, T. T. Forbes, W. Hogg, S►r J. W. Lindsay, Hon. Colonel Iloward, P. Stanley, E. Mallon, O'Gorman her, R. Norreys, Sir 1). Benbew, J. Pendarves, E. W. Bell, M. Simeon, John Cocks, 'l'. S. Townley, R. G. Manners, Lord C. Tynte, Colonel Mnlgrave, Earl Westenra, Hon. Colonel Clay, J. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASTLUM.--liis Royal Highness Prince Albert, patron of this institution, will lay the first stone of the increased number of habitations which have been determined to be add. d to this most valuable institution on Tuesday, the 29th of May next, which will be the twenty first anniversary of the laying of the first atone of the original portion of the edifice by his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the then patron of the soclety. TUE CROPS IN TUE MIDLAND DISTRICTS.—The recent severe weather, more especially that which oc curred during the last week, has retarded considerably the growth of the young wheat. Between Birmingham and Stratford-upon. Avon this effect is very observable. The wheat appears shrunk, not having for some time past made the least progress in growth. Beans and peas look healthy, and a fur crop it anticipated. ....__::~t,;r THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION. FURTHER PARTICULARS. For the space of half a minute after the explosion happened nothing but a dense mass of steam and dust could be seen, which ascended so high as to darken the neighbourhood in the immediate vicinity of Mr. Key's premises. The instant the steam and dust in some mea sure began to clear away, a shower of timber, bricks, and portions of heavy machinery fell. Large piles of wood were seen flying in every direction, which, as they fell upon the house-tops, either forced in the roofs or de molished the back or side walls. At the same time cne of the boilers, weighing many tons, was lifted from its bearings, and thrown a long distance from its original position; the other was rent in pieces, and one part, weighing nearly two tons, was forced high into the air, and, after travelling a distance of 100 feet, fell into the back-yard of Mr. Keys, striking in its descent the large premises used as counting-houses and offices, forcing in the windows, and partially destroying the front walls. The crash was tremendous, and at the $llllO instant the school-house in Charles-stre, t was partially blown down; two or three houses adjoining had their roofs and !Tick froats stove in, and an iron tank, weighing up wards of a ton, was driven by the force of the explosion some distance above the house tops, and falling upon the rout of the mill, broke through and settled amongst the machinery • The devastation was carried far beyond Mr. Key's property. An aged man passing along the road ‘s as struck by a piece of iron, which broke both his legs, and he was obliged to be carried to the London hospi tal. A boy passing through Church lane had his arm fractured by the falling of a large piece of brickwork. Mrs. Young was buried in the ruins, and very severer• scalded. Owing to the exertions of Mr. Dench, a neigh bour, and other parties, :F he was eventually extricated, but was so seriously injured as to be obliged to be con veyed on a shutter to the London Hospital. A large flag-stone, which weighed nearly half a cwt., was seen flying like a kite over the house-tops in a horizontal di rection, until it reached Church-lane,Whitechapel, when it fell upon the roof of Mr. Triggs' premises, No. S, with such force as to carry in the roof and ceiling.. The Brigade and Weit of England engines attended. They were kept at work until four o'clock in the after noon, to prevent the possibility of a fire occurring. Respacting the origin of the disaster nothing that can be depended upon can at present be learnt. Subjoined is a copy of the official report of the extent of damage done:— " Tuesday, April 24, quarter to 11 ♦ m.—Called by a stranger to a fire at Buck Church-lane, Commercial road in the East. Upon arriving there found that an explosion bad occurred in the patent saw mills of Mr. Thomas Keys, which did the following damage:— " Back Church-lane---Mr. Key's; one boiler exploded, the shaft displaced, roof of boiler shops blown off, ends of engine-house and part of factory blown down; ma chinery and contents severely damaged by explosion; the counting-house and offices seriously injured and windows broken: " No. 88—Mr. Starkey; back front and roof seriously damaged, and windows demolished. " No. 89—Mr. J. Rickett; building similarly damaged, and furniture broken. " No. 87—Mr. J. Edgington, grocer and cheesemon ger; premises shaken by explosion, window-glass da maged, and roofs of kitchen and was hhouse broken in. " Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, and and 68 and 69—Window glass broken, and premises damaged by explosion. "No. 93—Mr. Readdy, cooper; roof of dry shed da maged by explosion. " Charles-street—The school-house, belonging to Mr. Hibbert ; school pard illy destroyed, and front house ditto. _ _ " No. [—Premises partly blown down, and furniture destroyed by breakage. " No. 2—Building and furniture extensively damaged by the explosion, back, front, and roof destroyed, and window-glass demolished. " Berners-street—No. 141, Mr. Stagg; stabling da maged by explosion. " Nos. 23, 24, and 25—Buildings damaged by explo sion, &c. " Messrs. M'Donald'a—A pirce of wood about 14 feet long forced through the wall, and window-glass damaged. " Batty's-gardens—Nos. 1,2, 3,4, and s—Premises severely injured and glass destroyed. " Campbell's-place, North-street—Mr. J. F. Camp bell's roof of premises broken in. " Church•street—Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, and 6—Premises all severely injured and glass demol6hed. " The cause of explosion unknown." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. An accident occurred last evening-just as the clock had struck eight on that part of the Great Western road op posite Kensington church, which we regret to state has been attended with loss of life or serious injury to no less than five persons. From inquiries made on the spot at the moment after the occurrence by the reporter for the district, who was immediately in attendance, it ap pears that at the time stated a band of brass instruments was playing in front of the King of Prussia public house in Kensington High-street, within about eight or ten doors of the cburch,when an open double-bodied low phaeton, drawn by a grey horse, in which were a gentle. man and lady sitting on the front seat, came along in the direction of town, and was going down the road to wards Hammersmith. Tno horse being a spirited animal was alarmed by the noise of the music., and instantly started at lull speed down the road, when between the King of Prussia and the church three boys abon's 12 or 11 years of age, were knocked down and run over by the pliae . .oe ; and at the same instant, directly opposite the church, at a most dangerous turn in the high road which occurs there, which prevents the drivers coming up the road from seeing the vehicles coming down the road, the phaeton came it.to most fearful collision wi:h t ne of Joseph faimpus's Isleworth and Hounslow omnibuses coming to town. The shafts of the phaeton was broken eff, and the pole of the omnibus driven with dreadful force against the lady and g.ntleman in the p' , attton,und one of the shafts of that vehicle entered the chest of one of the c mnibus horses. Several persons who witnessed the accident instantly went to the assistance of the suf ferers, and fortunately the staion-licmie of the F division being in Church-court, only a few yards off, Inspector Havell and a body of police were in immediate attend ance, and messengers were sent for surgeons in all direc tions. The boys were first taken into the shop of Mn. Morris, a chemist, nearly opposi'e the King of Prussia, and from there to the surgery of Messrs. Merriman and Son, in Kensington-square, while the lady leas carried into the shop of Mr. Marshall, grocer, opposite the church, and the gentleman to the Castle beer-shop, next door. Mr. Join' Merriman was the first medical man in attend ance on the latter, and was quickly followed by Mr. Turner, Mr. Redhand (assistant to Mr. Guaza sroni), and afterwards by Mr. Merriman, jun., Mr. Guazzaroni, &c. On an examination being made of the lady, it was found that she was perfectly lifeless, although she did not ap pear to have sustained any serious ihjary. The gentle man who was carried up to the back room of the Castle was found to have sustained a frightful injury of the abdomen from a blow from the omnibus pole. Ile was quite insensible, and the medical gentleman in attend ance informed the reporter that it was impossible that he could long survive. The body of the lady was soon afterwards conveyed from Mrs. Marshall's house to the Crown Inn, adjoining the churchyard, where it awaits a coroner's inquest. Of the three boys, one of the name of Connor, living in Jenning's-buildings, High-street, was found to have his leg broken, and was promptly conveyed on the police-stretcher to St. George's Hospital, where he now lies. The second boy, wh o i s named Boucher, and lives in Palace-place, high street, was found to have sustained serious injury of the fore head, and also of his left arm and breast. He was con veyed to the same hospital in a light cart soon after wards. The third boy, named Simpson, who was not so severely injured as the others, was conveyed home by his fa her to their lodgings in Jenning's-buildings, and attended by Mr. Guava troni. It was ascertained that the name of the lady is Rogerson, and that the gentle man is a Mr. Tucksfield, of Elm- cottage, Barnes, Sur rey. At nearly eleven o'clock last night, when the re porter left, Mr. Tucksfield was still alive. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, MIDNIMIT.—The Peninsu lar and Oriental steamer Jupiter, Captain F. Meehan, has just arrived, with the usual mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Our advises from Lisbon of the 19th inst. mention that Portugal was perfectly tranquil. At the Jupiter's departure the Ministers and Finance Committee wero in conference, and had come to an under standing as to modifications in some of Senhor Lopez Branco's prtjects. Increased estimates for the war department were to be agreed to, and the full complement of 24,000 men kept up. The political news is not of much importance. Russian, Danish, and Swedish ships had been relieved from differential tonnage dues in Portuguese ports. Exchange on London at three months, 54 ; Lisbon Bank notes, 41 discount. King Charles Albert arrived at Oporto on the night of the 19th iust., en route to Lisbon. Our Gibraltar letter quotes the rate of exchange on London, at 00 da3 s, at 494 to 49i. We have advices from Tangier, confirming the intelli gence brought by the Indus, that the French Consul- General in Morocco, having failed to obtain reparation from the Moorish Government for the insults ho had re ceived, had terminated diplomatic relations with the Emperor's Government, and had hauled down his flag. The French residents were placed under the protection of the British Charge d'Affaires. ---- MANCHESTER TRADE It !wow'', TUBSDAr.—Wit are sorry to hare to report a continuance of dull trade. Not more business, if so much, has been transacted this week as fur some weeks past. Depression is tho cha racterisirg feature of our market. The Danish dispute is said to be operating most in j uriously. Heavy goods are dull in the extrem e, and the long continuance of cold the ebetn future prospects of inactive,quite wintry weather has seriousl y injured the s p rin g trade, but it is hoped that the ri.cent g enial charge H ill bo be neficial.and seem O di u s r po to s r , e d . g t n o bbnayiet till rs hay t nig for the cont inental affiirs are more promising than at pres en t. A m ongst the Indian buyers there has been a Might ilea in seem convinced th a t no the commer c i a l c i rc l es general Tity. All parti , s are anxiously settle ment wa o dis putes fmov mov e e an take abroad, glace and till our foreign politics are more promising of future and settled peace. was from r yesterday Havre SOUTHAMPTON, cotton iaM P ill a e a k r l e t TUESDA MORNING. —By the t e market tl w s at, we hear that the two o'clock amounted t very animated. Sales to favourable ad vices 0260 bales, and, owing to the ad vanced from 50c to lf brought by the Canada, prices ad days no • ' .on all kinds. For tha last two P particular arrivals • - excepting the George P. fatten, Captain 6 tenson, from Mobile, with 2,678 bales of cotton. EXHIBITION OF THE YEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. Having attended on the occasion of the private view of the collection of paintings now banging in the gallery of this very rising society (53, Pall mall), we may briefly endeavour to express the impres-ion made upon us by the first inadequate inspection of the four hundred and two pictures pro.; -. duccd by the different contributors. Our recollection of last year's exhibition is so vivid, and out ad- • miration continues to be so sincere for some of the works of art there submitted to public scrutiny, that we cannot but regard the pre sent exhibition (the fifteenth in the career of • the association) as aff.irding us considerable cause for disappointment. When contrasted with its immediate predeeessor, it appears to us o f a d ec i dedly inferior character; though when viewed simply in regard to its own merits, and altogether irrespective of our recollections, it is in several instances not by any means disentitled to comniendwion. Several of the most prominent contributors have either retired from competition this spring, or have shown themselves to have been remarkably indolent. Mr. If. Warren, the President, has in only one instance evinced anything like the ability which haualready gained him his very eminent reputation. In this one instance, however, he has proved more than meritorious ; he has produced a during and ambitious painting in that simple purity of style which Mr. Herbert, the Royal Academician, has borrowed from the early Italians. The work is No. 276, " Joseph's Coat brought to Jacob ;" and the statuesque figure of the patriarch with the kneeling forms of the brethren who have made away with the youngest and the best beloved,, are singularly bold and beautiful. The story is told in one glance, with all its force , its su dentless, its pathos, and its solemnity. Mr. L. Ilaghe, the Vice-President, has in like manner one picture (No. 102), not unworthy of his pencil— " Vespers in the Church of St. Anne, .Bruges rich in architectural beauties, in depth and transpa rency of shadow, and even in such minor excellences as the vivid delineation of the marble masonry. Mr. Corbould is scarcely so felicitous in 1849 as he was in 1848. His " Happy as a Queen," though charming, is in no degree compa rable to bis exquisite " Water Lily" of last season. No. 160. "The Murderers of Thomas Chase, of Amersham, drawing up the Letter to the Clergy," is, we take it, more of an experiment than a labour of love on his part. As an experiment is is, nevertheless, marvellously clever and effective, the gleaming armour of the knights and the gorgeous episcopal robes of the bishop standing boldly out from the sombre darkness of the apartment. - Mrs. Margetts has several agreeable fruit pieces in the manner of Lance, such as No. 228; " Quinces, Pomegranates, and Grapes." H. Maplestone contributes one inimitably initenieua sketch (No. 223) o f " T he Express Train— Twilight," with the distant lights of the titer* twinkling under the arches of the viaduct. C. H. Weigall's " Pere de Famille" (No. 243) is a scrap from Nature. So also is the pic ture of " Eliaabeth et Fefine" (No. 360) by William Lee. " The Servant of all Work " by Harrison Weir (No. 281) is worthy of even Herring or Landseer—small and unpretending as it is. One of the most charming landscapes in the whole exhibition is that of the "Windings of the Wye," by George Campion. Admirable also is that of "Spearing Salmon in North Wales," by J. H. Mole. Among the works of W. Rehnert, the most conspicuous, and in all respects the most meritorious, is that of the "Precincts of a Large City—Evening" (No. 36). A number of other clever productions are unavoidably overlooked from the brevity of the space which we have allotted our selves for the present notice. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck ingham Palace. Count Schimmelpenninek, the Netherlands Minister, had an audience of the Queen, to deliver his new cre dEntials fr(,m his Sovereign. The Marquis de Scull, the Sardinian Minister, had an audience of her Majesty, to present a letter from his Sovereign on his accession. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and conducted by Colonel the Hon. Sir Edward Curt, her Ma - j esty 's Master of the Ceremonies. Th., Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, her Majesty's Minis ter Plenipotentiary at the Court of Greece, had his audience of leave. The Right Hon. Gentleman was presented to the Queen by Viscount Palmerston. Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the Queen. ller Majesty was attended by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, in ai tin g. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, left her residence, Frogmore llouse, near Windsor, at a quirtcr bef , )re twelve o'clock yester day, fur town. The Royal Duchess alightcd at Buck ingham and remained to luncheon wi!li the Q and Prince Albert. Ilcr Royal Ilighnesi after wards proceeded to Clarence ilouse, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the 11 oreditary Grand Duke an! Grand Duchess of Aleckienburgh Streli•z arrived at the residecee of the Duke of Cambridge, at Kew, oa Monday night, from the contin nt. Their _Royal IFgh• nesses were accompanied from Laver by the Duchess of Candiridge. Yesterday erten:eon their Royal Iligh nelies the Duchess of Cambridge and the Iferefitary Gram! Duke and Grand Duchess e f Mreklenborgn &relitz arrived in town from Kew, arid visited her Ma j•sty and Prit.coAlbert at Bitekingha‘n Palace. I:urd John Russell 1.3 d an uu - clicnce of hi; Majesty ycsterJoy. . His flightless Prince Altert, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel Sqmour, honoured the Earl of Elhsinere with i visit )esterdiy, at 'his rssidencc in LI-Igrave-sytere.. The Queen had a (Inner party yesterday, at Bucking ham Patsce. The company included his Royal Highness the Count of Syracuse, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, his Serene Highness Prince William of Hesse Philippsthal, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Cl unless of Jersey and Lady Clementine Vidiers, the Earl and Countess of Rosso, the Earl and Countess of Granville, Viscount Hawarden, 14 ,, rd and Lady S, ymour, Lord Ge )rge Lennox, Lord Marcus Hill, and the Chevalier Colonna (in waiting on his Royal 11 , gliness the Count of Syracuse). The Baud of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, in the Palace, and performed the fol lowing pieces, under the direction of Mr. Schott. "Diamans de la Couronne" Auber. Rosa Pulka Kubner. Fantasia, "La Clemenaa di Tito" ... Mozart. Aether Wahl Strauss. Potpourri, " Sloan Fensterin," or the Con script's Farewrll and Return ... Lachner. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Nlecklenburgh Strelitz, visited her Majesty the Qum Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. A deputation from Newcastle-on-Tyne, to press oppo sition on the part of the Government to Mr. Locke's Bill to compel railway companies to carry passengers on the Lord's Day at such times as the mails aro transmitted, had en interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home Office. The deputation consisted of the Rev. Lewis Paige, of Newcastle; Mr. George Bell, of New castle; and the Rev. T. I3aylee, Secretary of the London Lord's Day Society. The same deputation had after wards an interview with the Right lion. H. Labouchere at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir Thomas Birch, M.l'., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., and a deputation, had yesterday an interview with Sir George Grey. gr. Baron Alderson had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday; Mr. Roberts had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Co lonies, from Ceylon, from Hong-Kong, from the Mauri tius, and from West Australia, were received yesterday at the Colonial• office. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Her Majesty ' s box was yesterday evening occupied by the Countess of Lich field, the lion. Mrs. Anson, Lady Harriette Anson, and party. Her Majesty the Queen Adelaide's box was occupied by the Dowager Lady Wharnclifie. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse), attended by the Chevalier Colonna, honoured the theatre with his presence. Amongst the visiters were—the Duke of Cleveland, the Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Ba roness Brunnow, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency the Neapo litan Ambassador, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salis kAt'he Earl of Man bury, the Marvis and .Marchioness of Sligo and the W o f i d7n Wilton , br bo l‘ y L ne d , e Ladies Browne, the Marquis o t f h C e la:or:en:reds:, ottheTla'nrikaecre. Magliani, the Prince Petrol'', the Comte and Comtesse n and Baroness de Kucra, Berg, t:h ei r ,, , D, t a h Erc e irn E it dai Granville,l o r t 1 1 p ec o a f z vtshe Falmouth , LttohraedroEa Monson,r l 0 f do l' i li a , r .l n im uc e'r, th t e he C C ou o n u t nt d e ' s j a Lord W. Lennox. the ßer Vis countM Lord Charles Fitzgerald, L ord and Lady Temple more and party, L a d y War f ne ord, Lady Web ster, Lady A. Poulett and Miss Somerset, Bentinek, Lady Lushington, Ltd afn Lady Frances stone, Lord G.rd, Lord Elphin • Lennox, Lord G era ld Y ' Fitzgerald, Sir W. Fremantle, Bart and G ( . ' .! vtly Fremantle, Lady Kirkland, Sir G. 4.lentin, Bart., and Lady Quentin, Sir J. Bailey, Bart., and Lady Bailey, Sir T. Barrett Lennard, Bart.. and Lady Barrett Lennard, Sir It. Howard, Bart., and Lady Howard, Sir H. Meux Bart., Sir Frederic Trench, Bart., M.P., Sir Seymour Sadler, Sir W. Fraser, Bart., Lady Flower, Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., Sir T. hare, Bart., Sir R. Webb, Bart., Lady Jane Repton and the lion. Miss Repton, lion. Miss Foley, Sir John and Lady Psul, Sir W . Abdy, Bart., Lady Lawley, General the lion. 11. Cavendish, Colonel Seymour, the Right lion. Milner Gib::on and Mrs. Milner Gibson, Mr. Dun can Catni.bell, Mr. Sergeant and Mrs. Tsdfourd, Major Buckley, Mr. Ilardwich, Mrs. Paul, Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. W. Rose, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mrs. Tower, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Hammersley, Mr. M. Dorrington, Mr. Longdon, Mr. and M -a. Fraser, bk. H. Broadley, M.P., Captain Montresor, Mr. 0. Morgan, Mr. Stafford, Mr. and Mrs. H. Wit• (n, Mr. Ford, Captain Hoare, Mr. F. Pollock, Mrs. Hither, Mrs. J. Hopkinson, Mrs. John. stone, Mr. and Mrs. Groom, Mrs. Middleton, Mr. C. Strong, Mr. Start, M.P., Mrs. C. Vivian, Mr. Benbow, M.P., and Mrs, Dubow, Ms. crerall Btrutt, M.V,, are, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN NG, APRIL 2 5, 1849.