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cent liberties with the prosecutrix. We must take the case, I think, as follows :—That Mr. Johnstone is an •irritable frequenttyliarah — with servants; and hav ing taken a strong dislike to the prosecutrix, and finding her in his chamber later than he expected, he angrily and sharply struck her on the back, and desired her to leave the , room ; that she refused to do so, and he then seized her by her arm and entered into a most unseemly altercation with her, she resisting. Had I known all thevircumstances, I should not, undoubtedly, have im prisoned him for three calendar months I think I should not have imprisoned him at all, but inflicted upon him a serious fine—such a fine as a gentleman of large fortune should be called upon to pay under the circumstances. The sentence, however, having been passed I do not think the justice of the case would be met by an immediate discharge, unless accompanied by some fine." Under all the circumstances, considering that he had been imprisoned for a week, and that the punishment was itself severe for a common assault, he had thought it right to remit the remainder of the sentence on the payment of 301. PUBLIC MONUMENTS. The House then resolved itself into Committee, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of addressing her Majesty on the subject of erecting testi monials to the memory of Sir Sidney Smith, Lord De Saumarez, and Lord Exmouth, upon which Sir R. PEEL rose and said that he had moved that the House should resolve itself into Committee, in order that he might, in conformity with the notice he bad given sonic days ago, move that the House should present an address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to give directions for the erection of three monuments to three distinguished naval officers of this country now no more, Lord Exmouth, Lorl De Saumarez. and Sir Sidney Smith. The only embarrassment he (Sir R. Peel ) felt in the performance of that duty was, that of waking the selection, and in discriminating the many claims which, on review of the naval services of this country, were presented. It was impossible to review the devotion to the public service. and the gallant exertions made for the vindication of the honour of. the, country by the officers employed in the naval sersice, without feeling the greatest admiration of. those services, and the deepest feeling of gratitude to wards tiles() who gave them.—(Cheers.) If it were thought that it was a reflection upon those whom it was not proposed to honour by a similar record of public gratitude, 'he should feel the utmost pain. It was, how ever, always necessary, in cases of this kind, to make selections and discriminations from contemporaneous merit of a permanent claim on public gratitude. Duties of this kind were painful, but still they ought not to permit such considerations to prevent them paying that, debt of gratitude. , When he considered the special claims ' of the three officers whose names had been mentioned, Sir Sidney Smith, Lord De Sauinarez ' and Lord Ex mouth, he (Sir R. Peel) thought he should be able to show to the House that they ought to grant to these offi cers the distinction then proposed to confer upon them. The effect of this public acknowledgment of gratitude it was impossible not to foresee. He (Sir R. Peel) could not witness without feelings of satisfaction the enthu siasm of the Gallant Commander (Sir C. Napier), himself a great ornament to the naval profession, when he (Sir R. Peel) first mentioned this subject the other night, when the Members on that (the Opposition) side of the House intimated an objection, or a doubt, at least, of the policy of this step. By the generous enthusiasm displayed in behalf of these officers on a former occa sion, it was impossible not to feel what would be the effect upon the exertions of the officers in the navy. This was the best defence of nations.—(Cheers.) Two of the officers whose names he had mentioned— he would mention as connected with exploits of our own times. It was impossible to recal the recollection of the deeds at Acre, and the capture of Algiers, without at once feeling it to be almost unnecessary to s ay a single word in honour of those by whom those services were performed. In the case of Sir Sidney Smith, although the force employed was inconsiderable, yet he (Sir R. Peel) doubted whether or no more important events in history could ever result.—(Cheers.) With a force at his command, he (Sir It. Peel) believed of two ships of the line, and with those ships defending the toe n of . , Acre, occupying tnat town at a time when he had not a single gun mounted. Sir Sidney Smith conducted that seige in a manner which enabled him to laugh as all the efforts of the greatest commander of that time, command ing an army of 17,000 men. The best course he thought to take was, to refer to the opinions of contemporary men with the Lord and distinguished officer. In the year 1779 Lord Spencer moved the thanks of the House of Lords to Sir Sydney Smith, then a captain in his Majesty's service. The language he used on that oc casion was—" He did not think that there was any oc casion to impress on their Lordships a higher sense than they already entertained of the brilliancy, utility, and distinction of an achievement in which a general of great celebrity, after an attack on Acre, which lasted sixty days, was repulsed by the gallantry and heroism of a British officer with few troops under his command." In the House of Commons Lord Melville, then Mr. Dundas, and Secretary of State, used the following language, which was not couched according to the usual forms, but evidently proceeded from the heart. He said that " Sir Sydney Smith had surprised the whole nation by the brilliancy of the action, is which, after a contest which lasted sixty 'days, an intrepid . com mander, at the head of a large army, was repulsed. His conduct was so surprising that he hardly knew how to act, as he had scarcely recovered from the effects which the action had upon him." Shortly afterwards his Ma jesty sent a messenger to the House of Commons re commending Sir S. Smith to a pension' of I,OOOL, he being then only a captain in the naval service, and a commander of only two line of battle ships. His Ma jesty stated, " That he was desirous of conferring signal mark of his favour 'upon Sir S. Smith, a captain in the navaiservice, in consequence of the imminent services and' brilliant conduct he displayed during the whole period in which he was intrusted with the defence of Acre. He therefore recommended that a pension of 1,000/. should be bestowed upon him for the term of his natural life." Forty years had passed since that time. He (Sir Rs Peel) did not regret the interval, because it would be an encouragement to others; because, however protracted for a time, it would prove to others that the gratitude of their country would not remain dormant, and would show them that the time would ar rive when their services would be rewarded.—(Cheers.) He would proceed from the claims of Sir Sidney Smith to the services which, in point of time, had been next performed—the services of Lord De Saumarez. Those services were perhaps less familiar to the public mind than those performed by Lord Exmouth or Sir Sidney Smith, but still they were services which ought to be held in the highest estimation, and that they had not been sufficiently rewarded, constituted a suffi cient reason why , they should now pay that respect which his services demanded.—(Hear, hear,) The House would recollect, those at least who were acquainted with the naval annals of the country, that, he believed it was in July, 1801—(Hear.)—Lord De Satimarez at tempted to cut out three sail of the line, belonging to enemies, under the batteries of Algesiras. In the at tempt he failed, and lost one sail of the line. He had six sail of the line, with which he attempted to cut out three of the enemy's ships, protected, as he had stated ; and having been defeated, he returned discomfited, but not disheartened. (Hear, hear.) Within six days he repaired his shattered fleet, and with six sail of-the-line, attacked ten of the French and two Spanish sail-of-the line ; blew up three three•deckers battle,Ships in the course of the action. That was the second engagement, and in it he triumphed.— (Cheers.) Public thanks were given to Lord De San marez for that action, and the greatest naval commander which this or any other country ever produced—he meant Lord Nelion—spoke of his conduct in terms of the highest praise. —Hear, hear.) The thanks of the House of Lords, were proposed by Lord St. Vin cent, he was followed by Lord Nelson—who bore his conclusive, testimony of the merits of Lord De Saumarez. Speaking of these • two battles, he said, in seconding the motion, that a greater action than that of Sir James Saumarez never had. been performed. The Admiral had undertaken .an enterprise which none but the most Gallant ()Meer and the bravest seaman could have accepted. He had failed by the falling off of the wind, but had the wind not fallen he would have cap red the French. Being thus obliged to retreat, he re u rned after his recent 3isgster, and attacked and con (juered their superior forces. He didnot think this ac tmu had ever been surpassed. These were Lord. Nelson's observations ton.that occasion. Lord de Saureares i itt his answer, ae noiel f died,.viith the utmost gratitude, the vote of thanks whieli had been conveyed to him by the Chancellor : a. p,hermid on four former occasions he had been honoure4_W4 ~ he thinks of their Lordships when commanding un: : :s4attle ships in four different general actions ; in ,action, in, St. Vincent's ac tion, in Bridyort's 8,4* and Duncan's.—(Hear,' hear.) On friti;differient. oqeasioils, then, he had- re ceived the tha:nlis,..af . for gallant cot:duet- in five great actiori's."'lf' s tfig„viewesl the whole naval ea "reer of that gallant offieer, they would find it animated by the same zeal fur the service and the same devotion for his country which had inspired others to their gallant conduct at St. Jean d'Acre.—(Hear, hear.) In speaking of Lord Exmouth, he (Sir R. Peel) would refer to the testimony borne by a naval officer who stood highly dis tinguished in the naval annals of this country, the pre sent LordDundonald, then Lord Cochrane. He referred to the testimony borne by Lord Cochrane when speak ing of the seige of Algiers. That Gallant Admiral said that no ono was better acquainted than himself with the power possessed by batteries, and he would say that the conduct of L or d E xmou th 'and the fleet was deserving of every praise ; the action was performed in the way in which British fleets alone knew how to serve ; he never knew anything , which could surpass the manner in which he laid his ships along the Algerine shore. When Lord Exmouth fought the battle of Al g i ers , lie had been forty years in th e naval service. In 1776 lie commanded a large vessel in a gallant action in Lake Champlain. In 1816 he performed that action at Algiers, and he had thus devoted' the long space of forty years in the service -.of his country. There was upon re cord a letter from the First Lord of the Admiralty to Lord Exmouth, then a midshipman, stating that the accounts reported to him of the signal valour and good conduct he had displayed during the action on the Anse rioan Lakes, were of such a nature, that he might be ,sure the first opportunity of rewarding him should not be neglected. He gained his lieutenantcy by his own gallant exertions. He (Sir R. Peel) wished the House to survey the whole course of Lord Exmouth's conduct for those forty years ; to reflect on the gallantry h e h a d constantly 'displayed not only in action, not only in the destruction, but in the salvation of human life--(Hear, hear)—to look at the whole character and energy of his conduct.—(Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's late Govern ment had been inquiring into the claims of naval officers, and they had confined their Report to these three parti cular offioers. He (Sir H. Peel) had entered into the grounds for their selection, and he thought that the dis crimination exercised by the late Government was a wise one ; and becanse Ms own judgment approved of their decision it wag that he brought this motion. He did not think it necessary to call upon the House to make any__extensive grant of money for these monu ments. The great value of such monuments consisted not in the elaborate workmanship, not in the expense to which the public might be put in erecting splendid works of art, but in that they were tributes of respect and grati tude for long and gallant services in the cause of their country.—(Hear, hear.) And, however small the sum which they might cost the public, the effect would still be the same, to stimulate others to similar exertions.— (Hear.) He trusted at the same time that works of this kind might be made subservient, by proper care in the selection of artists, to the great object of encouraging the arts in this country.—(Hear.) But he contended that it was not necessary to erect an expensive monu ment ; on the contrary, if it was their desire thus to ex press their gratitude to those whose services had ren dered them deserving, the more moderate the sum they voted, the more reconciled the public would be to the distribution of rewards of this kind, and the more extensive would be the opportunity of making similar acknowledgement to others.—(Hear.) He therefore trusted that the House would not hesitate to give a cheerful, he might say an enthusiastic, acqui escence--(Cheers)—in this motion, from the fear that any considerable expense would be necessary.—(Cheers.) He thought he need say nothing more to recommend this motion to the House.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member for Limbeth had given notice, he would not say of an amendment, but of an addition—(Hear, hear)—to his motion. The Hon. Member for Laitibeth had proposed inviting the House to take into consideration the claims to similar honours of those great men who had conferred benefits on humanity by their discoveries and exertions in the fiald of science. --(Cheers.) He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not press his amendment. The subject was one deserving of a separate considera tion.—(Cheers.) It ought to stand alone.—(Cheers.) It would be diminishing the honour due to these great men, to wham it was intended by the Hon. Member to pay honour, if the motion were to stand merely as an appendage to a motion intended to pay honour to these naval heroes. The Hon. Gentleman had proposed to call upon the House to erect monuments to eminent scientific men ; perhaps the Honourable Gentleman might have exercised some principle of selection. He had proposed the erection of three monuments, the numbers were similar. He was not prepared to say that the Honourable Gentleman was not right. He would not say that the country had not too much neg lected to pay those honours which were due to scientific and literary merit, but the subject was of sufficientimport ance to stand alone.—(Cheers.) It should be brought for ward on its own intrinsic merits.—(Loud cheers.) With regard to the propriety of the country making similar ac knowledgments to men of literary and scientific merits to those with which they honoured men who had performed great naval and military achievements, he would give them no opinion. Much might be said on the subject of the indifference of the State to the merits of civilians—not of those em ployed in political life, but of those who devoted them selves to the paths of science and literature—but those claims should be discussed on their own intrinsic merits, " Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo," should stand perhaps on the same foundation with those who had performed great military achievements. That was a question worthy a grave and separate discussion. —(Cheers) He hoped the Hon. Gentleman would with draw his motion, and would take another opportunity of bringing the subject forward, when it could be discussed on its own intrinsic merits.—(theers.) He thought that an acknowledgement of public gratitude would be more striking if it stood upon that_ ground than if it were the result of a motion brought forward by way of a set-off to a similar resolution.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to say nothing adverse to the principle of the mo tion of the Right Honourable Gentleman--nothing which could prevent him from bringing forward a motion to the same effect upon some future occasion. Be (Sir R. Peel) should not directly pledge himself to take that subject into his own hands ; but if the Hon. Gentleman should find that her Majesty's Government were not prepared to deal with it, he might himself bring it under the notice of the House in the course of the next sessidn. He begged to remind the House that the subject of the claims which he had brought forward had been under the consideration of Parliament upon former oocasions. He did not say one word which could show a desire to undervalue the high services of Herschel, Davy, or Watt. With respect to the last of those dis tinguished men, the spontaneous burst of public gratitude had already anticipated the motion of the Hon. Gentle man, and monuments had been raised to his memory more splendid than any which that House could decree. But the selection of the names of persons distinguished for civil services was a subject for consideration ; and if they determined on erecting monuments to those who deserved them, they should take care that they ex cluded none who were entitled to the honour. He trusted the Hon. Gentleman would voluntarily with • draw his motion for the present, and would not prevent a unanimous acquiescence in th e m o ti on w hi c h he (Sir R. Peel) had submitted for their adoption. Without wishing to disparage the services of others, he hoped he might be permitted to say that there were distinguished claims on the part of the three great men he had men tioned for the honour which he sought to confer on their memory. By assenting to his motion the House would not, he felt assured, incur the reproach of a want of gra titude for the services of other distinguished characters. Mr. HAWES said he could assure the House and the Right Hon. Gentleman that it never entered into his mind to disparage the services of the distinguished men whose memories the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed to honour. But' he felt that while we had time after time erected gorgeous monuments to the memory of our military and naval heroes, we had nearly altogether overlooked those great men whose , services were not perhaps so striking —were more unobtrfisive—but perhaps not less import ant in their consequences to the country and to mankind. He thought they had too long overlooked the services of those who had distinguished themselves in a civil capacity. He had endeavoured to select three contem poraries of the great men mentioned in the resolution of the Right Hon. Baronet, who had been distinguished for ' great original discoveries, conferring on their country not only scientific glory but great practical benefits. He contended that in associating the names of Herschel, Watt, and Davy with those of military and naval commanders, be had only raised the latter into a higher class out of the class of mere warriors. The Right Hon. Gentleman, however, had said enough to make him (Mr. Hawes) pause in pressing his motion on that occasion. His only regret was that the Right Hon. Baronet had not distinctly stated a determination to take into his consideration and that of the Govern ment during the recess, the propriety of erecting monu ments to men distinguished for civil services, and of selecting the names to be so honoured. He was sure the subject could not be in better hands than that of the Right Hon. Baronet. In looking back at the list of names to whose memory public monuments had baen erected, he (Mr. Hawes) was surprised to find how small was the number among them of those distinguished for civil and scientific services. Out of 132,0001. the entire sum devoted to the erection of public monuments to the memory of illustrious characters, he found that only 14,0001, were applied to commemorate civil services. Again, out of forty public monuments only four could be said to have been erected for such services ; the first of these being that erected to Lord Chatham ; the se cond to William Pitt ; the third that erected to Spencer Percival ; and the fourth that erected to Captain Cook, who had been so honoured entirely on account of his scientific discoveries. He would not detain the House any longer. He would leave the whole subject entirely in the hands of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he re peated his conviction that no one was more competent to deal with it. Sir R. H. INGLIS said that the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, in endeavouring to honour the illustrious dead, had done an honour to himself ; and he hoped his proposal would meet with the cordial assent of that House. It appeared to him, however, that it would be advisable not to pledge the House that St. Paul's should be selected as the place where the monuments were to be raised, but that that question should be left open for future consideration. It was well-known that West Minster Abbey was not crowded with monuments, and that a very large number had already been erected in St. Paul's. He (Sir R. I.) would throw out a suggestion that monuments to those whose memory Parliament wished to honour, should hereafter have their monuments in Westminster Hall, or that a sort of campo &tut° should be formed in its iinme- diatesicinityforthepurpose. It was the wish of Ur. Barry and others that such a course should be adopted. With regard to the delay which had taken place before Par liament had determined on erecting monuments to Lord 1 Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez, and Sir Sidney Smith, he ' confessed that for his part, he did not regret it. That delay had only enabled the public more fully to appre. ciate the services which those eminent men had rendered . ' to their country. Sir R. PEEL said, he- did not see that any advantage would be cterived from fettering the motion with the mtg.; gestion of the Right Hon. Baronet. On the question being put, Sir G. COCKBURN said, he was sure that the navy would feel extremely grateful to the House for this reward of the services of three of the most distinguished officers engaged in the last war. He would not attempt to add anything to the eloquent and beautiful speech of the Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government, but the House should bear in mind that it was owing greatly to the personal ability and valour of Sir Sydney Smith that Acre was saved from the hands of the French. The de fence was more striking, because conducted chiefly by a small body of British sailors ; it had secured fOr the allant Officer in question a character in the navy which he would never lose. Then, again, he thought the House could not have made a better selection than that of Lord Ex►nouth. lie fought the first brilliant action in the last war—an action fought between two equal frigates, and in which Lord Exmouth was successful. lie need not re mind the House how the first victory would tend to lead others to attempt to imitate his deeds. Equally con spicuous was he fir his successful attack upon the batte ries of Algiers. His gallant exploit at the breakwater at Plymouth was too well known to need any remark from him. Similar satisfaction would be felt for the selection of the third monument, that to Sir James Saumarez, Ile was sure that it would tend to excite others to noble deeds, when the country required them, if they saw that their merits were thus remembered by their country. (clear, hear.) It would have the best possible effect. And he begged to return his best thanks to the House for the unanimity which prevailed with respect to this motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME said that he should be sorry to oppose a motion like the present.—(Hear, hear.) In 18:38 he moved for a return of the public monuments. He did so because he thought that the object for which they had been raised was forgotten. He moved for that return to show who those were whom the country had honoured, as the object for which they were erected was for gotten. He thought those monuments should be placed where the public could have access to them ; and his opinion was that there ought to be some public building erected such as that which was bat to commemorate the battle of Waterloo in which the monuments of those who had rendered great services to their country might be appropriately placed. He agreed, however, with the Hon. Member for Lambeth, that those monuments should not be confined to those who had performed great military actions.—(Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that those who had been illustrious for their civil services, and their discoveries in science should also be publicly honoured.—(Hear, hear.) When he looked to such persons as Milton, Locke, Adam Smith, than whom in his opinion no person was more deserving of a public memorial—(Hear, hear)—to Watt and to Dr. Reid, individuals who had reflected such honour and contributed so much to the prosperity of the country, he could not help thinking that monuments should be erected to their memories. —(Hear, hear.) But he was not so niggardly as to oppose the present motion because monuments were not also erected to those individuals. He thought, however, that all the monuments to naval officers should be taken out of Westminster and St. Paul's and placed in Greenwich, which would be a more appropriate situa tion for them ; but that was beside the present question. If they were not, he was at all events sure that the people should have access to them, and that every individual should have liberty to see them.—(" Hear, hear," from Sir R. Peel.) Those places ought to be open every day, that the people might be acquainted with those who formed a portion of the history of the country.—(Hear, hear.) As he was upon this subject, he could not but express his satisfaction at the liberal conduct in this re spect which had been displayed by the Archbishop - of York.—(Cheers.) He thought that so far from the length of time which had elapsed between the deaths of these distinguished individuals, and the proposal fOr the erection of these monuments, being to be lamented, it was an example that. ought to be followed. In France it was a rule that no national monument could be proposed to be erected to the memory of a great man until he should have been dead ten years ; and it certainly was more honourable to the character of the individual to have this compliment paid to him after that period had elapsed. If that rule had been observed in this country there were Some of those to whom monuments had been erected who would never have bad that honour conferred on their me mory. lie hoped that the erection of these monuments, which he trusted would be unanimously voted by the House—(Cheers)—would be made available to the en couragement of the arts in this country:—(Cheers.) He hoped that all artists would be invited to engage in ho nourable competition for their erection.--(Cheers.) He trusted that this opportunity of encouraging the arts would not be neglected, for England had certainly given less encouragement to the arts than any other nation in the world. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1812. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. On the motion of Sir JAMES GRAHAM the House resumed for the purpose of receiving a Message from the Lords. The Messengers announced that their Lordships had agreed to the Copyright of Designs Bill and the Bribery at Elections (No. 2) Bill—(Cheers)—without amendments. The Messengers further stated that their Lordships desired a Conference with the House of Commons on the subject of the amendments made in the Parish Consta bles Bill, and Mr. Manners Sutton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Alexander Grant, Mr. Hawes, and some other Members, were appointed to manage the Conference on the part of the House of Commons, and left the House to meet the managers appointed by the Lords in the Committee Room, No. 2, where the Confe rence was held. On the return of the Conference to the House, Mr. M. SUTTON reported that their Lordships had delivered to the Conference their reasons in writing for not agreeing to the amendments made in the Bill. NATIONAL MONUMENTS (RESUMED). The House then again resolved itself into Committee. Mr. WYSE said it was not his intention to oppose the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet, but he thought this sort of proposition placed public servants in a most in vidious position. He agreed with the amendment of the Hon. Member for Lambeth, but he did not think that this was the proper time for such a proposition. He must say, that there Were many who deserved such honours, and who were neglected, but who were benefac tors not only to their country, but to the human race. Such testimonials, were of benefit to the country, as they emulated the young men of different professions. The statues of Pitt and Fox and Chatham, emulated the young statesman, and the statue of Watt, emulated the mechanist, but it was a fact that this country had ne glected too much the men who had been ornaments to their country and the world. Sir F. BURDETT entirely partook in the sentiments of the Right Hon. Baronet, which, indeed, appeared• to have been acquiesced in by every Hon. Member in that House. As much extraneous matter had, however, been mixed up with the speeches which had been made, he should feel himself necessarily curtailed in what he should otherwise have observed. Feeling strongly on this sub ject, and not thinking it invidious that another should be mixed up with Lords Exmouth and De Saumarez, he did think that the merits of Sir Sidney Smith entitled him to a separate monument. Every one, he thought, should have a monument to himself. Sir R. PEEL—That is my e intentions Sir F. BURDETT said that was what he wished. He would therefore say no more upon that subject, but as he had particularly referred to Sir Sidney Smith, he would add that his humanity was only equalled by his bravery; his generosity to a subdued enemy exceeded, if possible, his bravery; his indomitable spirit, his re sources, which were never at a loss, showed the devo tion which he bore to his country, and which had never been equalled in the history of any other nation. The Hon. Gentleman then entered into a minute detail of the life of Sir Sydney Smith. The Hon. Baronet continued, amidst loud cries of " Question , " and "Di vide," which rendered him all but inaudible, and in con clusion expressed his intention of supporting the motion. Mr. BROTHERTON trusted he was not insensible to the merits of men who risked their lives in defence of their country, but the question was, what was the best way of perpetuating the memory of such men ? (Hear, hear.) He considered that the best means of cul tivating the happiness of the country was by promoting the peace of the world. He believed, that if France and England would proclaim to the world that they would not settle any difference] by war, but by justice, and upon the principles of common humanity, it would he for the general happiness of both.—( Hear, hear.) He would relate a fact. A few years ago a Captain Clegg, of Liverpool, risked his life to save a hundred and ten fellow -creatures. He 1 (Mr. Brotherton), in consequence, put upon the books of the House a motion, for the purpose of conferring sonic dignity on those who distinguished themselves in saving life. The Noble Lord the Member for the City of Lon don then requested him to withdraw his motion, and the Government would take the matter up. He (Mr. Bro therton) recommended the honour of knighthood being conferred upon Captain Clegg, but at the time Captain Clegg was out on a voyage, and during his absence the change of Ministry took place, and the honour was never conferred. He would recommend the Right Hon. Baronet to adopt some course of rewarding persons who saved lives, by some honorary rewards, such as silver medals, &c. There were many poor men of genius, who had conferred honour and benefit on their country. He should not oppose - the motion. Sir JAMES DUKE would say a few words on the present occasion, in consequence of having served under Lord Exmouth for two years, and he knew his character well. He (Sir James Duke) returned his cordial thanks to the Right Hon. Baronet for having in so handsome a manner brought forward this subject, and he was satis fied the country would be equally grateful. There was one peculiar characteristic of Lord Exmouth, and that was his devotion to his country. It was not the first ship he captured that caused him to be admired by his countrymen, but it was the manner in which she was attacked and captured. From that time to the close of the siege of Algiers Lord Exmouth was only a few months on shore. Lord Exmouth once risked his life to save 600 lives. That would, no doubt, be gratifying to his Hon. Friend the Member for Salford,—(Cheers.) Lord Ex mouth was always ready in a great emergency. He was in great danger with his ship, and he saw that nothing would save her but carrying sail. It came on a gale, and - he ordered the sails to be reefed. The crew con sidered that it was impracticable, and :Lord Exmouth said lie never would direct his men to do that which he would not do himself ; and he immediately went up to the yard-arm and reefed in a knot, saying, " Now, my lads, follow me."—(Cheers.) He (Sir James Duke) thought. that as an amendment had been proposed by the Hon. Member for Lambeth, the Hon. Member for Montrose would have been in his place in proposing that the name of Camden should be inserted—(Hear, hear) — a name that would always be remembered as one who had shown such generous disinterestedness, and saved the country upwards of half a million of money.— (Hear, hear.) He (Sir J. Duke) again tendered his grateful thanks to the Right Hon. Baronet for haying so handsomelY brought the subject forward. Dr. BOWRI;CG said the lion Member for Salford stood almost lame in the Reuse in the opinion which he had expressed that evening ; but lie (Dr. Bowring) thought that this country did not pay sufficient attention to those who contributed to increase the arts of peace. There were those now in poverty and obscurity whose an cestors had invented the mule and the spinning-jenny, and many of the descendants, of those who had conferred be nefits on the country now existed at this moment, who required the protection of the Government. Capt. PLUMIUDGE having served under Lord Ex mouth in the flag-ship, and also under Lord De Sau marez, could not give a silent vote on that occasion, and he particularly rose to return his humble thanks to the Right Hon. Baronet for the great pleasure and satisfac tion he had experienced from the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet ; and if he could experience greater plea sutra it would be in giving his full concurrence to the motion. lie would not dwell on the merits of those great officers, but lie hoped he should live to see their monuments, whether they were in Greenwich Hospital or St. Paul's Cathedral. The motion was then agreed to, and the resolutions were ordered to be reported to the House to-morrow, The House resumed: COVENTRY BOUNDARY BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for the third rending of this Bill, Sir C. DOUGLAS moved as an amendment that the Bill be read a third time this day three months. Mr. M. PHILIPS seconded the amendment. Sir J. GRAHAM defended the utility of the Bill, and urged upon the House the necessity of at once passing it. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, • and the House divided. The numbers were— For the amendment Against it... Majority against the amendment —44 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord ELIOT moved that the Report on this Bill be received. After a few words from Sir T. WILDE c.nd Cap tain JONES, Mr. HAWES moved that the Report be received the day three months. He thought it was improper to press forward this Bill at such a late period of the session, and therefore proposed his amendment. It was impossible that those parties whose interests would be affected by the Bill could have had time to make themselves ac quainted with its pl'ovisions. Dr. NICIIOLL said the measure had been introduced in consequence of a general arrangethent. Mr. C. BULLER considered that no measure like the present, affecting private rights, ought to be introduced without the fullest notice having been given to all par ties interested. This Bill, in order to remedy what was considered a particular hardship, affecting a particular Bishop, interfered with the rights of all the landed pro prietors of Ireland. The House could not know whe ther or not they had had . proper notice, and whether they approved of its provisions. It interfered with pri vate rights, there was no urgent necessity for its pass ing, and he should therefore support the amendment. Mr. B. WOOD complained that several most material alterations had been made in the Bill without any notice. Lord ELIOT said the Bill had been fultir discussed in the House of Lords, therefore the parties interested had had quite sufficient notice. Certain clauses had been pro posed to be introduced into the Bill by the Hon. Member for Southwark, which clauses were now in the Bill totidem verbis, and the only alteration proposed to be introduced was the one to which the Hon. Member for Derry had alluded. After a few words from Mr. MASTERMAN, which were inaudible, Mr. HAWES explained. Sir R. PEEL said that the facts of the case were these: In the year-1833 an Act had passed for the limitation of actions in certain cases relati ng to ecclesiastical property in .England. -Now, as a gener;l rule, he thought that all laws applicable to England ought to be applicable to Ire laud—(Cheers)—unless there was some special reason to the contrary. In 1833, it appeared that it would be in pedient to extend the law to Ireland, because it would interfere with the rights of certain conforming Roman Catholic proprietors. Means had since been taken to preserve those rights intact, and it was now proposed to extend the operation of the Act of 1833 to Ireland. There were other parties whose interests would be affected by the Bill, but he had every reason to believe that they were assenting parties to the measure. With regard to the legal operation of the Bill, they should remember that it was supported by high legal authority. It had been introduced by the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Camp bell, who had been Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was a consenting party to it. Mr. HAWES—He was only in Ireland four weeks. Sir R. PEEL thought that the gentleman was really a little too hard upon his own friends. If Lord Camp bell's authority were demurred to on that ground—if no one was competent to give* an opinion on the Bill who had not been Chancellor of Ireland for at least five weeks—(A laugh) —he feared they would be unable to go into any discussion on the subject.—(A laugh.) But at all events the Hon. Gentleman would admit that Lord Campbell was a high law authority. He would not al lude to him as Lord Chancellor of Ireland, or even as Lord Campbell, but they had the authority of " plain John Campbell " in favour of the Bill.—(A laugh.) Mr. J. M. O'CONNELL thought that some further opportunity should be 'given to the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland to consider this measure. It had been said this Bill was to assimilate the law of Ireland with that of England, and by. whom was it introduced ? By the Lord Chancellor. That he thought one of the most singular features of the measure.—(Hear, hear.) It was unjust to bring a measure of this importance into that House at a time when it was impossible to consider it. He should vote with the Hon. Member for Lambeth in postponing the Bill to another session: Sir T. WILDE did not see any objection to the clauses in the Bill, but he thought it had been brought forward without du„ notice .to the parties interested. After a few observations from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. G. Palmer, the Attorney-General, and Mr. B. Wood, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against the amendment 4l Majority against the amendment —26 Mr. HAWES thought it would be unfair to the par ties interested to press the Bill at that period of the ses sion in so hurried a manner. There were at the time, he perceived, but five Irish Members in the House. He should move that the House should then adjourn. After a short conversation strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, the motion for the adjournment of the House having been agreed to. The House accordingly adjourned at a Quarter to Ten o'Clock. GOLD AND SILVER COINAGE. OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER COINAGE STRUCK AT THE ROYAL MINT, AND THE EXPORTATION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS, DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. During the last month the greatest activity has pre vailed among the employes at the Royal Mint, to supply the Bank of England with the new gold and silver coinage, not only far the metropolis and the branch banks in the manufacturing and agricultural counties, but for exportation to India, China, and the Continent. Since the Royal proclamation of the 3d of June on the light gold currency, the Bank has received between 4,000,0001. to 5,000,0001.. sterling of light sovereigns and half sovereigns (of the reigns of George 111., George IV., and William IV.), all of which were placed in the Bullion-office as condemned, and not to be re-issued to the public until re-coined and of full`weight. During the last month there have been eight steam presses daily at work at the Mint to supply the de ficiency this has caused in the gold currency. These machines strike on an average from 60 to 80 per minute, and could they be, supplied quick enough with pieces they could take off at the rate of 120 per minute. The average amount of light gold sent in to the Mint to be recoined is about 400,0001. per week, in bags of 1,000 ounces each, besides ingots. The great demand that has prevailed in the metropolis and the country for silver during the panic having partially sub • sided, in consequence of the quantity of new coinage issued by the Bank to meet the scarcity, the weekly average now struck at the Mint is only from 10,0001. to 12,0001., so as to make way for the gold. The demand of the precious metals for India and China is very great by Government, to supply the military and naval forces carrying on the war in that distant part of the British empire. Since Monday a considerable amount has been sent to the Mint, both of gold and silver, to be coined with all expedition, in anticipation of the favourable or unfavourable news that may arrive from that important seat of our commercial dominion by the Overland Mail via Marseilles. The following is the amount of the new coinage that has been issued from the Ist of July up to Saturday the 30th ult.:— Sovereigns, 695,350 ; half-sovereigns, 880,000 ; half crowns, 125,000 ; and 750,000 shillings ; besides 40,000 sixpences. _ _ _ Rxportations of the Precious Metals :—Calcutta, 280 ounces of gold; 270,720 ditto silver coinage; and 177,000 ounces in bars. Bombay, 4.500 Ounces silver coinage, 2,700 ditto ia bars. Mauritius, 1,280 ounces in gold, 40,000 ditto silver, and 23,632 ditto in bars. Ceylon, 900 ounces in silver. Hong Kong, 145,060 ounces in silver. Launceston, 400 ditto. Hamburgh, 3,000 ounces silver, and 6,000 ditto in bars. From the 21st of July to the 28th, there were ex ported as follows :—Hamburg, 1,500 ounces of silver in bars. Rotterdam, 28,000 ditto. Calais, 60,000 ditto. Hong Kong, 137,054 ditto. Mauritius, 23,632 ditto ; gold, 1,150 ounces. Calcutta, 144,400 ditto in bars, and 136,920 in b u lli on . C a p e o f G oo d H ope an d Welling ton, New Zealand, 32 ditto. There is still a great scarcity of silver on the Conti nent, in consequence of France and Prussia having a new coinage about to be struck ; but gold is cheaper than in this country, although they chiefly receive their pre cious metals from the bankers and bullion dealers in the City. In consequence of the request for the gold and silver new coinage, the half-farthings; it is expected, will not be issued 'from the Mint before Christmas to the public. All the old silver coinage of George 111. and George IV. paid into the Bank is not re-issued for circulation, but will be recoined, being so very deficient in weight, and so much defaced by wear and tear. The transfer books fur Bank stock at the Bank of Regland will be shut from the Ist of September next till Friday, the 14th of October, following. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Atrouar 6.—The Moniteur of this morning contains the following Royal decree, dated August 2 : " Provisionally, and dating from the 15th of this month, the Schelde toll shall be reimbursed only to steamers which shall have left Antwerp on the days fixed by the Belgian Government, and only for the number of depsrturos determined for eneh of those .clays. " We reserve the right of regulating the order of arrival of these vesssels if experience should prove it to he necessary." It is hoped that this Royal decree will put an end to the disputes which have arisen at Antwerp between Bel gian and French Steam Navigation Companies respect ing the hours of departure, which the English packets, contrary to the regulations, do not observe. By virtue of the preceding decree the following minis terial order has been issued : " The Companies whose steamers at present ply be tween Antwerp and London shall obtain the reimburse ment of the Schelde toll for the following departures, viz.: " The English Company for one departure on Sunday, Tuesday, and. Saturd a y. Th e B e l g i a u Company for one departure on Wednesd a y an d T ues day every week." The Senate has agreed to the project of law respecting the convention with France. Of the 34 members present 28 voted for it, the other six would not vote against it, but declined voting at all. ADJOURNED INQUEST AT SALISBURY.— On Friday the proceedings before the Coroner and Jury, relating to the death of the two children, named Ester, were resumed, when the result of the post mottein Exami nation vas communicated. The medical gentlemen stated that the bodies showed no marks of violence, nor any appearance of disease, neither was there any ground flir supposing that poison, mineral or vegetable, had been administered to them. The Coroner observed to the Jury, that they could scarcely avoid inferring from the evidence that the children had been drowned, - but whether accidentally or wilfully was a question for them to decide. The Jury, after some deliberation, brought in a verdict of Wilful murder" against some person or persons unknown. Two of the witnesses, Happy and Hackney, were taken into custody on sus picion, but, after examination, were discharged. The mother of the deceased children, how ever, has been re manded till Saturday the 13th. The colliers and miners in the neighbourhood of Abersychan, are, we reg - relt to say, ..still out," and the Victoria works have come to a. stand-still forthe.prenent. The colliers of the Pentwyn works have returned to their labour.--.lfonmouthshire INDIAN DESPATCHES. - (From last night's Gazette.) INDIAN BOARD, Aco. 9, 1842. The following notification, published by the Governor- General of India, has been received at the East India House : NOTIFICATION Allahabad, May 26, 1842. The-Rigl)t ITon. the Governor-General of India has been pleased to direct the publication of the annexed copies of the despatches from Major-General Pollock and Major. General Sir R. Sale, K.C.B. FROM MAJOR-GENERAL POLLOCK, C. 8., COMMANDING THE TROOPS WEST OF THE INDUS, TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Camp, Jellalabad, April 19, 1842. Sir,—l have the honour to forward a letter from Major-General Sir Robert Sale, K.C.8., detailing the progress of events during the long and perilous siege sus tained by the fi)rce under his command. The gallantry of the Major-General and his small force are too well known to Government to require any commendations from me, but it is very pleasing to me to he the channel through which their many trials are brought to the notice of the Right Hon, the Governor- General of India in Council. I have had an opportunity of inspecting the works thrown up for their protection, by the indefatigable exer tions of Sir It. Sale s force, and my surprise at their strength and extent has been only equalled by my ad • miration of the excellent arrangements which must have pervaded all departments, since, after a siege by greatly superior numbers, of upwards of five months' duration, I find the garrison in excellent health and spirits, and in an admirable state of discipline, with a good supply of ammunition, ready and anxious to take the field, and most willing to advance on Caubul. I have the honour to be, &c., GHQ. POLLOCK, Major-General, Commanding Troops West of the Indus, FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROBERT SALE, TO THE SE CRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Jellalabad, April 16, 1842. Sir,—The relief of this place having been at length effected bfthe victorious advance through the passes of the Khyber, of the army under Major-General Pollock, C. 8., 1 conceive that I owe it to the troops who have so long formed the garrison here, to address to you a re port, which may conve y some not i on of their conflicts and the severity of their duties, labours, and privations. It has before been made known to Government, that I reached Gundamuck on the 30th of Octoher,.lB4l, under instructions from the authorities at Caubul, and there re ceived intelligence of the breaking ordaf a terrific insur rection at the Afghan capital on the 2d November. My retracing my steps on that city was, in a military sense, impracticable, since th e fi rs t inevitable sacrifice would have been of the lives of 300 sick' and woarided, Whord I could not have left in depot with the treasonable irre gulars at Gundamuck, whilst my cattle was unequal to the transport of my camp equipage, and my ammunition insufficient for protracted operations. In the position which I occupied I could not absolutely command a day's provisions or even water, and should have been hemmed in on every side by hostile tribes, amounting to 30,000 or 40,000 men, part of whom might have seized Jellalabad, and reduced it to ashes, or holding it, have left me no alternative but a disastrous retreat towards Peshawar. I therefore came to the resolution of anti cipating any movement, of this kind, and by possessing myself of this city, establishing a point on which the force at Caubul might retire, if hardly pressed, and le storing a link in the chain f communication with our provinces. Two marches brought me, after a successful contest at Fattahabad, to Jellastbad. My breaking up from Gundamuck was followed by the immediate defec tion of the irregulars there, the destruction of the can tonment, and a general rising of the tribes. I found the walls of Jellalabad in a state which might have justified despair as to the possibility of defending them. The enciente was far too extensive for my small force, embracing a circumference of upwards of 2,300 yards. Its tracing was vicious in the extreme ; it had no parapet excepting for a* few hundred yards, which there was not more than two feet high. Earth a nd rubbish had accumulated to such an extent about the ramparts, that there were roads in various directions across and over them into the country. There was a space of 400 yards together on which none of the gar rison could show themselves, excepting at one spot ; the population within was disaffected, and the whole enciente was surrounded by ruined forts, - walls, mosques, tombs, and gardens, from which a fire could be opened upon the defenders at twenty or thirty yards. The garrison took full possession of the town in such a state on the morning of the 12th of November, and in the course of the day the place and detached hills by which on one side it is commanded were surrounded, and surmounted by a force of not fewer than 5,000 in surgents., A general attack on the 14th of November ridded us of these enemies, and a similar array brought against us a fortnight afterwards was dissipated by a second sally on the Ist of December. But we had seized the town, having in our possession not quite two days' provisions and corn for our men and horses, and beheld the arduous task before us of striving to render the works defensible, and collecting supplies for our maga zine from the midst of a fanatical and infuriated peope, with very narrow means in the way of treasure to pur chase them. I appointed Captain Broadfoot of Shah Soojah's Sappers, Garrison Engineer, and Captain Abbott, of the Artillery, Commissary of Ordnance. Captain M`Gregor, Political Agent, gave me the aid of his local experience, and through his influence and measures our Pak communication with India was restored, and a great quantity of grain collected, whilst the unr e mitti ng and almostincredible labours of the troops, aided by the zeal and science of Captain Broadfoot, put the town in an efficient state of defence. Captain Abbott made the Artillery disposition in the ablest manner, and used every exertion to add to and economize our resources, in the. way of gun and musket ammunition, in both of which we were deficient for the purpose of a siege. Lead and powder were pro cured in and about' Jellalabad, and a quantity of cart ridges discovered in an old magazine, and thus the troops completed to two hundred - rounds per man. It is to be remarked, that I might, in the second week of November, have marched upon Pesh Bolak, relieved from investment the corps of Jazailchees under Captain Ferris, and with it operated a doubtful retreat upon Peshawur. But I felt it to be my duty to give support to the last moment. to our troops, struggling against their numerous enemies at Canbul, and maintain for them a point on which to retreat and rally if they met with reverse. On the 9th of January I was summoned by the leaders of the Affghan rebellion to give up the place, in fulfil ment of a convention entered into by the political and military authorities at Caubul, but as I was fully assured of the bad faith of our enemies, I refused to do this, and on the 13th received the melancholy intelligence of the disastrous retreat of our troops from the capital, and their annihilation in the Ghilzie defiles by the rigours of the climate and the basest treachery on the part of those in whose promises they had confided. Almost at the same time it became known to us that the brigade of four regiments marched to my succour from Hindostan had been beaten in detail, and forced to fall back upon Pe shawur; my position was most critical, and I might, whilst our enemies were engaged in plundering the force from Caubul, have attempted, and perhaps effected, though with heavy loss, a retreat across Khyber, but I resolved at all hazards on not relinquishing my grasp on the chief town of the valley of Ningrahar, and the key of Eastern Affghanistan, so long as I had reason to consider that our Government desired to re tain it. The discouragements of my garrison at this moment were very great, their duties most severe, their labours unceasing, and the most insidious endeavours made by the enemy to seduce the native portion of them from their allegiance. But their fidelity was unshaken, and their serenity amidst labours and privations un clouded. With reference, however, to the state of fana tical excitement and national antipathy which prevailed around us, I had been compelled, - as a measure of pru donee, to get rid, first, of the corps of Khyber Rangers, and next, of the detachment of Jazailchees, and a few of the Affghan Sappers and a body of Hindostanee gunners, who had formerly been in the employment of Dost Ma homed Khan. Works had, in the meantime, been com pleted, of which the annexed reports and plans of Cap taro Broadfoot contain ample details. Generally, I may state, they consisted 'in the destruction of an immense quantity of cover for the enemy, extending to the demo lition of forts and old walls, filling up ravines, and de stroying gardens and cutting down - groves, raising the parapets to six or seven feet high, repairing and widen ing the ramparts, extending the bastions, retrenching three of the gates, covering the fourth with an outwork, and excavating a dit;h ten feet In depth and twelve feet in width round the whole of the walls ; the place was thus secure against the atta c k o f any Asiatic enemy not provided with siege artillery. .But it pleased Providence, on the 19th of February, to remove in an instant this ground of confidence. A tremendous earthquake shook down all our parapets, built up with so much labour, injured several of our bastions, cast to the ground all our guard-houses, de molished a third of the town, made a considerable breach in the rampart of a curtain in the Peshawur face, and reduced the Caubul gate to a shapeless mass of ruins. It savours of romance, but it is a sober fact, that , the city was thrown into alarm, within the space of little more than one month, by the repetition of full one hundred shocks of this terrible phenomenon of nature. The troops turned with indefatigable industry to the reparation of their walls, but at the moment of the great convulsion ; Sirdhar Mahomed Akbar Khan, Burukzye, the assassin of the late Envoy, and treacherous destroyer of the Canbul force, having collected a body of troops, flushed with a suecess consummated by the vilest means, had advanced to Murithail, within seven miles of our gates. lie attacked our . foraging parties with a large body of horse on the 21st and 22d of February, and soon after establishing his head-quarters to the westward, two miles from the place, and a secondary camp to' the east ward, about one mile distant, invested the town and esta blished a rigorous blockade. From that time, up to the 7th of April, the reduced garrison was engaged in a suc cession of skirmishes with the enemy, who, g reatly su perior in horse, p er p etua ll y i nsulted our walls by attacks and alerts, and compelled us daily to fight at disadvantage for forage 14 our rattle. The most remarkable of these affairs were those of the cavalry. under Lieut. Mayne, commanding a detachment of Shah Soojah's 2d Cavalry, and Jemadar Deena Singh, sth Light Cavalry, already reported ; a, sally under Colonel Donnie, C. 8., to defeat a suspected attempt of the enemy to drive a mine, on the, 11th of March; the repulse of an assault upon the trans verse walls to the northward of the place, on the 24th of the same month, by detachments under Captain Broad foot (who was severely wounded) and Captain Fenwick, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry; the capture of bul locks and sheep by Lieutenant Mayne on the 30th and 31stuf January; 'and the seizure of large floeks of the latter, in the. fece of Mahomed Akbar's army, by a force of infantry under Captain Pattison, of her Ma 3 jesty's 13th Light Infantry, and of cavalry under Captain Oldfield, on the Ist instant. These successes were crowned by Providence by the issue of the brilliant and decisive at tack on the camp of the Sirdhar, on the 7th instant. I have to notice, as a measure of defenci , , my having enrolled, as a provisional battalion, a large body of our camp followers, and armed them with pikes and other weaporfS. On all occasions of assault and sally these men were available to make a sho vir upon our curtains, and I have pledged myself to them to recommend to Govern ment that they should enjoy all the pecuniary advantages of native soldiers beyond the Indus ; I at the same time held forth to the troops of Shah Soojah's force the ex pectation that they would be put, during the special service, on the same footing with -their comrades of the Bengal army: From the time that the brigade threw itself into Jel lalabad the native troops have been on half, and the fol lowers on quarter rations, and for many weeks they have been able to obtain littl e or nothing in bazaars to eke out this scanty provision. I will not mention as a priva tion the European troops from the same period having been without their allowance of spirits, because I verily believe this circumstance, and their constant employment; have contributed to keep them in the highest health and the most remarkable state of discipline. Crinie has been almost unknown amongst them, but they have felt se verely, although they never murmured, the diminution of their quantity of animal food and the total want of ghee, flour, tea, coffee, and sugar ; these may seem small matters to those who read of them at a distance, but they are serious reductions in the scale of comfort of the hard working and fighting soldier in Asia. The troops have also been greatly in arrears of pay, besides their severe duties, in heat and cold, wind and rain, on the guards of the gates and bastions. The troops, officers and men, British and Hindostanee, of every arm, remained fully accoutred on their alarm posts, every night from the Ist of March to the 7th of April. The losses of officers and men in carriage cattle, camp equipage, and baggage, be tween Caubul and Jellalabad, were heavy, and their expenditure, during the siege and blockade, in obtaining articles of mere subsistence and necessity, has been ex orbitant. success. Y I feel assured that Major-General Pollock will consider it a most pleasing duty to brin e ,,c , the series of labours, privations, and conflicts, imperfectly sketched in the foregoing details, to the notice of the head of the Su preme Government in India, and through his Lordship to that of the Court of Directors and our Sovereign, as a claim for public acknowledgment and substantial reim bursement and reward. r The report of Captain Broadfoot, in his capacity of Garrison Engineer, will meet with attentive perusal. I have already stated how much I have been indebted to his scientific attainments, as well as his distinguished activity and resolution during the siege. His fertility in resource obviated great difficulties in procuring iron, timber, and charcoal, and to the foresight of his arrange ments we owe our having had a very ample supply of tools. The corps under his command performed, from Bootkhak, the duties equally of good sappers and bold light infantry soldiers, and the Affghan Huzaree and Eusifyze portion of it have been singularly faithful in time of general defection. The two infantry regiments, under the lamented Colonel Dennie and Lieut.-Colonel Monteath, have vied with each other in the steady per formance of the duties of that arm ; and it would be im possible for me to discriminate in favour of either, in awarding praise to the squadron of sth Light Cavalry, un der Captain Oldfield, and the Rissala 2d Shah Soojah's Cavalry, under Lieutenant Mayne ; Lieutenant Plowdea of the former has been distinguished on several occa sions. The artillery practice of No. 6, Light Field Bat tery, has ever been excellent, mid has been equalled only by that of the mountain train. Captains Abbott and Back house, and Lieut. Dawes, have proved themselves excel lent officers of ordnance. I have more than once brought it to notice that Captain M'Gregor, Political Agent, has cheerfully rendered very able assistance in serving the guns in every crisis of pressing danger. Of his labours in his own department I ought not perhaps to attempt to constitute myself a judge ; but I know that they have been unremitting, and their result in obtaining for my force supplies and information, and keeping up our communication with India and with Caubul, and secur ing for us Affghan co-operation, I May be allowed to ap preciate, and am bound to point oat tb Government. The medical duties of the garrison have been ably ful filled by Surgeon Forsyth, Superintending Surgeon of Shah Soojah's force, and Assistant-Surgeons Robertson and Barnes, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Hare, '3sth Regiment, and Brown, late in charge of the Irre gulars. Capt. Mainwaring, Commissariat Officer to the force, has been indefatigable in his efforts to keep the garrison well supplied, and his arrangements in very difficult times have merited my highest praise. Captain Moor house, 35th Regiment of Native Infantry, has satisfac torily discharged his duties as Brigade Quartermaster; he was severely wounded on the 7th inst. It is gratifying to me to forward the opinion of my second in command. Lieut.-Col. Monteath, C. 8., placed on record, without solicitation, his high sense of the merits of the 13th Light Infantry, of which corps I am proud of being a member. I fully concur in the sentiments which he expresses, and hope the distinctions which he recommends for the officers of his own corps will be ac corded. The cheerful and persevering manner in which the native soldiers laboured with the shovel, mattock, and hand-barrow, were as surprising as their steadiness and courage in the field were conspicuous. _ _ I have to acknowledge the zealous manner in which Brevet-Major Fraser, Light Cavalry, Brevet-Captain Gerrard, of the corps of Jazailchees, Captain Burn and Lieutenant Hillersdon, of the Khyber Rangers, and Lieutenant Dawson, of the Janbazees ' when their ser vices could no longer be available with their corps, vo lunteered to do duty with any regiment in which they could be useful. I must finally express my gratitude to Providence for having placed so gallant and devoted a force under my command; in every way it has exceeded my most san guine expectations, and I beg leave in the strongest manner to solicit the interposition of Major-General Pollock, C. 8., who has nobly laboured and fought to relieve it from its critical position in the midst of a hos tile empire, in now committing it to the protection and favour of the Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council, and through him of the Court of Directors and of our Sovereign. I ask permission specially to recommend the following officers for honorary distinction or brevet rank, or both, viz. :—Lieut.-Colonel Monteath, C. 8., commanding 35th Regt. Native Infantry, now second in comman d ; B reve t- Major Fraser, Light Cavalry, who acted as my Aid-de- Camp on the 7th inst. ; Captain Abbott, Commander of Artillery - and Commissary of Ordnance ; Captain Back honse, commanding the mountain train, and senior officer of the Shah's troops with my force ; Captain Broadfoot, commanding Sappers, and Garrison Engineer ; Captain Oldfield, sth Light Cavalry, senior officer of that arm Captain Seaton, 35th Regiment Native Infantry, par ticularly recommended for his conduct on the 7th inst. by Lieut.-Colonel Monteath ; Captain Younghusband, of the same regiment, who was distinguished with the advanced guard in the Khoord Caubul Pass, and there severely wounded ; Captain Burn, late Commandant of the Khyber Mangers, and doing duty with the 35th Regiment Native Infantry ; Captain Wilkinson, on whom the command of the 13th Light Infantry devolved in the field on the fall of Colonel Dennie, C.B. ; Captain Fen wick, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, whose highly deserving conduct in the Pass of Jugdulluck, was noticed then in my despatch ; Captain Havelock, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, Persian Interpreter to Major- Generals Elphinstone and Pollock, and attached to me as staff, and who commanded the right column in the final attack on Mahomed Akbar's camp.; and Captain Hamlet Wade, her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, my Brigade-Major, whose exertions in the action of the 7th I have elsewhere highly commended. Both these latter officers rendered most valuable services throughout the investment and siege. The officers of all ranks, and soldiers of all arms, European and Native, I have like wise to represent as generally and individually deserving of reward and encouragement, and I hope that the Go vernment will sanction my calling upon commandants of corps and detachments to send in rolls of such native officers as they may deem worthy of the insignia of the Order of "Merit of British India."—l have the honour to be, &c., R. SALE, Major-General Commanding, Jellalabad. NAMES OF OFFICERS WOUNDED.— Artillery—Captain Abbott, slightly. Sappers and Miners—Captain Broad foot, severely. Her Majesty's lath Light Infantry— Lieutenant and Adjutant Wood, slightly ; Ensign Oakes, slightly. RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING OF THE TROOPI UNDER THE COMMAND Or lIAJOR-OBIKERA.L B. Y. LALZ, S C. 8., FROM FZB. 23, TO APRIL 6, 1842. ' No. 6, Light Yield Battery-1 corporal killed ; 1 European ofdoer snd 1 private wounded. Detachment of sth Light Cavalry-1 haleciar and 2 troopers killed ; 4 ditto wounded ; 1 horse killed and 12 wounded; 1 syce killed. 2 ditto wounded; and 1 grass cutter killed of the Artillery rind Cavalry. Her Majesty's 14th L. 1.-4 privates [tilled; 2 officers, 1 corporal, and 11 privates, wounded. 35th Regiment sepov killed ; 1 corporal and 10 sepoys wounded. Mountain Train—No casualties. Detachment 2d Cavalry S. S. Force-1 trooper killed; 4 ditto wounded; 9 horses killed, and 3 wounded. Sappers and Miners-4 privates killed; 1 European officer and 30 privates wounded. Detachment Gth L. I.—No casualties. Total killed, 14; wounded 66, not including camp fol lowers, &c. ; horses killed, 10; wounded 15. RETURN OF CAMP FOLLOWERS ENLISTED ON THE 15TH JANUARY 1842, BY ORDER OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. SALE, R.C.B.,'AS A PROVISIONAL GARRISON. Jellalabad, April 1, 1842. No. 6, Light Field Battery—Mustered followers, armed 37 ; not mustered, armed 61 ; total 97 ; killed (luring the siege, 2. Squadron sth Light Cavalry—Mustered followers, armed 7. unarmed 69 ; not mustered, armed 6, unarmed 19 ; total 101. Rissala Anderson's Horse—Mustered followers, I armed 4, unarmed 11 ;. not mustered, unarmed 57 ; total 72. Her Majesty's 13th L. I.—Mustered followers, armed 124 ; unarmed 233 ; n o t mus t ere d, arme d 100 ; total 462. 351 h Native Infantry—Mustered followers, armed 77; unarmed 46 ; not mustered, armed 55 ; unarmed 110 ; total 288. Sappers and Miners—Mustered followers, armed 69 ; unarmed 19 ; not mustered, armed 49 ; unarmed 61 ; total 189. Commissariat —Mustered followers, armed 103; billed during the siege 7, and wounded 6. Grand totar-1,311 ; killed 9; wounde:l 6. • Those followers that were unarmed were told off to the ramparts, for the purpose of throwing large stones, a great quantity of which were collected. Th.; whole of the camp rendered much assistance in the conveyance of building material, and working with furwahs and spades. R. SALE, Major-General, Commanding Garrison. Jellalabad. FROM LIEUT.-COLONEL T. MONTEATH, COMMANDING 35TH REGIMENT BENGAL N. L, TO MAJOR•GENERAL SIR R. SALE, K.C.8., COMMANDING IN GARRISON, JELLALABAD. Jellalabad, April 16, 1842. Sir,—The exertions of the garrison of Jellalabad be yond ordinary routine having ceased since the decisive victory obtained over the enemy on the 7th instant, and now finally terminated by the arrival of the Bri tish army under Major-General Pollock, - C. 8., I trust -I may not be considered as going beyond the limits a my proper duty in addressing you, to state as follows As doing but due justice on this occasion to her Ma jesty's 13th Light Infantry might be looked upon as a highly-coloured record of the merits -of your own regi- - • ment, and seeing that no such partial bias can possibly be supposed to guide my feelings in the estimate I have formed of their deserts; I have pleasure in sincerely de- - daring, that their conduct. throughout the painful and perilous position in which they have been so long placed, has been such as fully to deserve the applause and admi ration of their country, and the confidence and best con -sideiition of our well•beloved Sovereign. On our throwing ourselves, on the 12th of November last, into the old and ruined town of Jellalabad, without money, without food, and almost without protection, with a nation of highly excited and barbarous enemies in arms against us, our situation seemed as hopelss a _ one as British troops were ever called upon to confront ; ' 4 ; notwithstanding which the enemy was twice within 20 days attacked, and on both occasions defeated with signal !U ; on yourself wt, ioubtless detail the works performfk by the regiment ; let it then be onlymyprovince, who httve I .( f ` oz „ witnessed their exertions almost h our ly, d ur i ng a period P"`„ 4 t of five months, to record that their devoted perseverance - - 4 ,17a0 and cheerfulness amidst all the g l oom th at sur rounded them, after the destruction of their comrades of the Caubul force, could not have been surpassed by any rs troops in the world ; and that after months of extreme if will d toil, when an earthquake such as man is not often in the 0 4. habit of experiencing, in a moment left scarcely a vestige of their labour standing, their flying as they did with -. redoubled zeal to the work and completing it in ten - - days (so that on the arrival of the enemy before Jellala- - bad, they declared that the calamity which had befallen the valley arose from nothing but English witchcraft, it being the only place that had escaped uninjured), was what none but British soldiers could have performed, and what no price could have purchased, for it was the labour of the heart—work- of all others most deserving of distinction and reward. In regard to the native troops of all arms, I shall re frain from saying much, f o r a reason w hi c h has in a , 01, t measure induced me to address thi s l e tt er 5 you, but as a s ;s you have yourself been a daily witness of their conduct under every description of circumstance, you have it fully within your own power to say all of which the Govern- ~•••E. ment they serve may very justly f ee l prou d, an d it maY 6C 4 • serve to show, as an example f or i m it at i on , what noble , enthusiasm and zeal may be lighted up in their breasts by the high bearing and considerate conduct of deter' mined British officers. --- I shall conclude by observing that we can now, Sir, ; , .4 proudly march forth from this garrison with the enemy's standards in our hands, and their captured cannon to fire a salute, on delivering over the care of the honour of the British name, which we have had within our keepmg for the last five months, pure and unspotted, and without a single circumstance existing to cast a breath upon its lustre. The conduct of the officers of the 35th Regiment gene rally, as well. as of those doing duty with it throughout the siege, I am proud to say, has been such as well to deserve any reward or distinction that can be conferred upon them. Of those holding the rank of captain, and above it, which enables her Majesty to advance them a step, I could strongly recommend Captain Seaton, 35th Regi" ment ; Captain Younghusband, 35th Regiment (severely wounded); Brevet-Major Fraser, late 2d Light Cavalry, and Captain Burn, Ist Regiment Native Infantry, both doing duty with the 35th Regiment. Of the native officers of the 35th Regiment I could al , o strongly recommend that six should, as a compli ment to the regiment for its gallant and meritorious con: , duct, receive the Order of " Merit" and of "British India: viz. Sahib Ram, Subardar ; Manick Sing;Subadar ; De nim! Sing, Jeinadar; Rambaccus Tewarry, Jemadar ; Hoolas Ram, Subadar ; and Hurram Sing, Jemadar.—l have the honour to be, &c. T. MONTEATH, Lieut.-Colonel, Coln' manding 35th Regiment. PORTUGAL. By the Montrose steamer, which arrived at Falmouth, on Friday afternoon with Malta and Peninsular InailSv the accompanying dispatches were received ; h e r . dates are from Gibraltar 28th, C a di z 29 t h, Li s b on 31st July , Oporto Ist, and from Vi go 2d i nst . P assengers per Mn" , trose : From Gibraltar—Mr. Lob s t e i n , C a ptain Tay lor Mrs. Taylor, three children, an d servant; C a ptain l' n 't R.N., Lieut. Thompson, R.N., C a pt a i n C arr , 38th !Bliss ment; Mrs. Melville, two children, and servant Nowell and Miss Macauley. From Cadiz—Ur. it ND' Mr. Vigna, Mr. J. Gordon, and M r . B ur d en . Lisbon—Mr. V. J. Lisboa, Mr. J. Lisboa, Mr. J• A ' Magalhar, Mr. Cockr am . F rom Op or to—M r . RegaUnt two Mesdames Regalia, and Mr. Deltoree. The Montrose brought a Malta mail. LtsuoN, JULY 3 I.—Since the opening of the Chambers little more than a war of words, alike fatal in its consequences as detrimental to the public weal, appears to have absorbed the entire atten tion of the members composing them. Three weeks have already elapsed, and no legislative business, no preliminaries to the taking into consideration the pressing necessities of the country have been arranged. The Hydra of discord is amongst them, and in addition to the numerous difficulties they have to encounter, its annihilation is not of the least of them.' M. Aguilar reached Lisbon on Friday, and'his arrival, although not unexpected, has given birth to the usual por tion of surmise and "on dits.' His mission is reported ,09 1 . z to be of a most serious n a ture ; sr much so, that the I, portant despatches which are transmitted to London by this mail have been the cause of the steamer being or- ..,O'S tp oc dered off this morning (Sunday) in lieu of to-morrow at ,:r 2 9 ori 5 p.m., the usual sailing day and hour. The marching Of ,d troops to the frontiers, the peremptory character of the 1 ,„9° 6 1 , alleged demand, 'savour a good deal of Sp a nish bluster - ,,11 0 ‘ and fanfarronade ";and it is to be hoped that, as usual, al will terminate amicably, and that the customary distri Ga - bution and orders, and such like, will quell all disposi ti©n to quarrel. The Count des Antas sailed yesterday in the steamer for Gibraltar, to proceed from thence via Alexandria and Suez to India ; he has been appointee Governor-Gene ral of Goa, &c. A meeting was held yesterd a y a t th e res id e nce of - Q 13 . 41 ‘' Lord Howard de Wald e n ( convo k e d b y hi s L or d s hip) of some of the principal British merchants of this city, for • o i , u o the purpose of having l a id b e f ore th em t h e proposals of the Portuguese Government respecting the amendment. of the Custom-house Tariff. Nothing decisive trans' pired, and an adjournment was proposed till to-morrow. The Queen, King, and other members of the. R ea r' Family are at Cintra, in th e en j o y men t o f p er f ect h Rear' The late lamentable occurrence which has thrown France into tears, has been likewise deeply felt here by every thinking mind. The Court, of course, are ordered to wear' mourning. 4 1 ; 7 8 A itv`. i f e r•!--" °~~"~; ~ DEATH OFJOIINBANIM, ESQ. It is to-day our melancholy duty to announce, with feelings in which the deep regrets of private friendship are mingled with the higher sorrow resulting from the sudden loss to literature and to Ireland, the death of our_ country's Banta. He first and most popula r nove li s t, J o h n Bni. He expired on Thursday night at his residence, Wiadgel ) Cottage, near this city, in the forty-second year of his age. Mr. Banim was a native of this city, of the *WI in which he died, and which owes to him its celebrity - se the scene of some of the most exquisite of his tales.- At a very early age—so early as to have been almost deemed an unhealthy_ precocity—his . genius began to be develoPed; and there are still in existence manuscripts of his prose and poetry written in the fresh bloom of boyhood, which contained ample promise of the excel.- lence to which he afterwards attained. But whatever expectations of, literary fame might have been created in the minds of his friends at that early period, they were. exceeded by their hopes of his success as a painter ; for he displayed considerable taste and skill in " that sister , r , art," 'and was for. some years res o l ve d on ma ki ng i t his regular profession. When scarcely seventeen Years Or age he became editor of the Lcinster Journa At - oso l°l ,o the age of eighteen he prod uce d t h e admirable play OF Damon and - Pythias. In tee followi ng year appear e d his poem of the C v les'l l 'arltdise- Whoa abuut tweet,' 0 : 3 .4 • years of age, Mr. Banim married, and proceeded to London, where he became imnaediatoly editor of the - 1 0 is) Literary Register. H owever, h e a b andoned the comps' 'al ratively unprofitable work of edi tors hi p, i n a few year „ when the great success o f t h e f i rst series of " The 0. & 'llsre . 1 4 Tales" opened the way to certain fame and fortune. La - a - houring for several yours with incredible industry. be ,1 7 produced—after" Crohoore," the " Fetches," and "John . Doe"—his "Boyne Water," the "Anglo-Irish" (first pub' fished anonymously, but since avowed), the " Nowlans , and innumerable other tales, essays, and sketches. The " Nowlans," published when he was only 26 years of agP, es tablished him. as the very first of Irish writers of fiction, yN and left him leisure, if he chose to enjoy it, to complete „ t f , with little labour the fame he had already acquired. But, unhappily, he continued his incessant toil—his _ health gave way ; and in 1832 he was obliged to seek, in a milder climate, for the treasure which he had lost through over exertion in London. He remained in Paris . till 1835, and then returned to this his native city, in the vain hope of recovering the greatest of earthly blessings , 1 , which, alas! was irrecoverably gone. From the publica- . k ti c o n n n o y t: h lie ad e p N u o b w l i l s a. h n e s d ," ,, i er n h e lB l) 2 e 9 n , o t u o nc h e is d, , r ,T e t i t i t e rn c r t o o rp ri y i , l , - , " The Smuggler," " The Ghost-hunter," " The Mayor of Wintigap," with numberless contributions to the annuals and monthly periodicals. A few tales in the magazines, and his recent work, " Father Connell," were the fruits of his exertions while in Kilkenny. It is with additional pain that we have to mention the general fate of genius. Mr. Banim died impoverished. A pension of 150/. a year was granted to him by the late Government in 1837. This was subsequently increased by an addition of 401. a year for the education of his only child, a daughter. But the necessities Of his prolong e d i ll ness rendered t his sum insu ff icient. for his support; and to his amiable a idoa and child, the only legacy he could leave was the memory of his life and the renown of the genius which outlasts it. —Kilhenny.lournal. "-~ ~~`.~~.. 4'} 4., 9 • APPROACHING 11.1111RIAGE IN ITIGHLIFE.— It has this week been promulgated that Lord Prudhoe, th e onl y brother of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, is about to be married to the eldest daughter of Lord Grosvenor, and grand-daughter of the Marquis of West minster. The information has been a source of gratifi cation to all parties on the Northumberland estate ; and arrangements were immediately commenced for cele brating the event with proper rejoicings. Letters re ceived from their Graces in Ainwick, this wee... express their" delight at the anticipated addition to their family. The bride elect is 22 years of age, and his Lordship was horn in 1792. The nuptials are expected to take place in the cou rse of a foquight.--Berwiefi Paper IJXF Ali 'eltbcr n( l ed int Royal ao r • arribei 2 00 too 467 1 ,800 6,200 8,20 0 s 1)1°Idelad: thl2, 6 . day's-y 1,4010 134 rent fi Ay, p Itlot—ettiera, c'e3 hGt si Tho se esta blishe d e ther or d' bur THEaI b e .I,. 4 t er r ram ch be (O Chap aback, 'ett o er c °nelt ktki o ;l! . e e, li c 13A v r l IV't DT: