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ing them in the same way that other Dissenting clergy n 14 , • She vote . was then lgrce:l. to. 1 ,096/. for c h ar it a ble allowance charged on the Conso n , dited F und. Ur. F. FRENCH observed that two boards of health were charged for, one of which must certainly be. useless. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said one of those boards was Permanent, and the other only of a temporary character, arising from the spread of disease during the last two or t hree years in Ireland. On the vote of 14.652/. to defray the expense of the General Board of Health, Mr. HENLEY suggested that it would be better to wait until the money had been actually expended, and "ten submit a vote in the civil contingencies to defray te actual expense that had been incurred, rather than us loosely beforehand take a vote on account in the e stimates. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de fended the present as the more proper course, as it was Perfectly in accordance with the sound rule on which he actedto submit all estimates of the public expenditure t o tile House of Commons. The vote was agreed to. On n the vote 2 4471. for salaries and incidental expenses , the Central Board of Health in Dublin, Sir W. SOMERVILLE stated, in reply to Mr. Gro !lt% that there wa; great difficulty in applying the pro • talons of an Act for sanitary purposes in: Ireland, owing to the extreme poverty of the people, which furnished no r i _irla whatever fur executing sanitary regulations. T he 11°.leet, however, was under consideration, and he was n o t with out the hope that, during the present session, a san itary measure of general application for Ireland wou ld vassed. The Tote was agreed to, as also were the following:— ' B ,OOO/. cost of certain works of navigation connected With drainage in Ireland. 11 ., repairs of the British Ambassador's house at Paris, „On the vote, 12,000/. towards defraying the expense of rebuilding the British Ambassador's house at Con stantinople. Lcu'd PALMERSTON, in reply to Sir H. Wil loughby, said the cost of the building would be ab out .";°°ol. The great expense was caused by the diffi- ZttY of getting stone, the houses there being generally our of wood. The necessity for building a house for ' ) ‘lr Ambassador at present in Constantinople, arose from the former embassy having been burnt down in one of the great fires thai had taken place there some i 'me past. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said there would be no end 1 0 the expense unless the Government looked carefully to it, and it was, therefore, that he directed attention to the matter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the most stringent orders bad been given on that head, and to enforce it an architect had been sent out to Constantinople.: The vote was agreed to. • 16,0001. to defray the expense of militia and volunteers in Canada. Mr. V. SMITH inquired if the Government had taken measures to throw that which was a peculiarly colonial eq_ense upon the colony? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a year ago an intimation had been conveyed to the People of Canada that that expense, which had been paid under an arrangement w i t h t h e G ove rnment of the day, w ..ould not be continued beyond a certain period from that "tee. The period then fixed was the 30:h of April next year, when the payment would cease. The v o t e was agree d t o; as a lso were the following, without discussion:— ?,3001. for lighthouses abroad. 0,.000/, for h ar b our a t Lyb s ter—a place of refuge for fishing boats on the east coast of Scotland. 4 4zi ,000/. for charges and expenses of the commis sariat; and 43,8721. for ch arge of hal f pay, pensions, and allow %flees of commissariat officers. Mr. V. SMITH said that he saw no vote this y ear for th e t eommission on criminal law; be wis hed, therefore, ow whether the Commission was finally cl osed. Sir Q. GREY said the Commission had virtually ex pied, as one of the Commissioners was dead, and there ;:uld be no further application to Parliament for any ono on account of it. The Commission had drawn up be further report on criminal procedure, which would iieTpresented to Parliament. leavehe CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and asked to sit again. SUPPLY.—REPORT. The report of the Committee of Supply on the mis cellaneous estimates was then brought up and read. , the vot e o f 3,5401. f or the expenses of the ccele arjcal Com m i ss i on b e i ng recited, T he SMITH objected to the principle of the v ote. business of the Commission was confined to the fore m anagement o f ecc l es iastical property, and he was ther e of opinion the expense should be borne out of eccle aastical funds, and not by the public. In t he y ear 1844 t hat Principle was partly admitted, and since then the p ro portion of the expense borne by the C ommission was slto 3. He (Mr. Smith) thought the public should •11° t be called on any longer to pay any portion of th e 4 -. 3 3 : Pei:de, especially as many, persons would ha ve to taxed who were conscientiously opposed to the C hurch establishment. -Lord J . RUSSELL said the reasons for the vote had een given several times • in fact, the question had been se veral years un d er t he consideration of Parliament. The late Archbishop of Canterbury had stated to him (Lord J. Russell) the reasons for this vote. He (Lord Russell had pointed to Queen Anne's Bounty as an analogous case, the expense of which was defrayed out of the fund itself. But the archbishop said, and said rightly, that when that fund was created, monies belonging to the Crown had been surrendered to the Church, and there fore the Church could afford to pay the expenses of its - management; but in this case there was no proposition to augment the property of the Church, only to distribute ' it in such a manner as was deemed the best for the reli gious instruction of the lay community; and therefore it Was but just that the public, for whose benefit the dis tribution was made, and not the Church, should bear the 'Charge of that distribution. As the case stood, the reduction proposed would be pro unto a reduction on the amount appropriated to religious instruction, and a consequent diminution of ecclesiastical efficiency. He did think, however, that if, at a future period, the funds of the Church should very considerably increase, owing to ihe prudent management of ecclesiastical property, and that a large sum should be at the disposal of the Commission, it might be right to p lace the g reater p art, ” ;riot the whole of the expenses of the Commission on the rands of the Church. Mr. HENLEY said that the outcry formerly was to rob the bishops, and deans and chapt ers, of the p ro p erty, under ;th e pretence of church extension; the outcry now _ W ae to m a k e t h e Ch urc h pay for the distribut ion of the .launder. It was an act ostensibly per formed for the gal of the public, and the p u blic had, therefore, no expense to compl a i n if it was charged a small sum for the of distributing the spoil. Mr. V. SMITH con sented to withdraw his motion for the _omission of the vote. fpae vote w as th en ag reed to. the recital of the vote of 125,000 1 . for public educa tion in Great Britain, EWART said' that he had before expressed his ,Ino P e that the public would be made acquainted with the the in which the sums that were annually voted for _ue 'promotion of science, art, and education, had been :XPended. The . House was regularly furnished with it statement with regard to the estimates of the ' Ot Y, the army, and the Ordnance; and he did s " why it should not also have a statement upon the important subject of education, and of the ex• vdlture of all sums w hich were voted for that purpose , and trustedior the proniOtion or art, science,' and literature. H e elapsethat another year would not' be permitted to without such a statement as he. had alluded to 'tang made to the House. Sir G• GREY said he had prepared a statement which r _id give the expenditUre, th e number of schools, and the number of teachers' who' received stipends; but it mss, in fact, only an abridgment of the information al ready laid before Parliament, and which was contained in the minutes of the Council of Education. The Right Baronet then read the statement, the greater part of which was, however, inaudible in the gallery, Aniongst fhe items were sums for the erection of 188 training schools, and the supply of 164 of them with ' books, the grants made- by the Council to the British and Foreign Schools Society, and the schools connected with the Established Church of Scotland; 3.750/. towards the expe nse Of training schools; and 1,5001. is aid of ragged schOols. On the vote of 1,5001; for the National Gallery, pur chase of pictures, and expenses of the gallery, being read, Mr. V. SMITH drew the attention of the House to the circ ums t a nce that the Vern on collection of p aintin g s Karl been placed in a cellar , a p osition, ho observed, in dbieh it na : : , a national disgrace to leave them. He wished to be informed if the Chancellor of the Exche quer had it in contemplation to provide any better no "ainioclation of the exhibition of these valuable works of art? et, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he agreed with his Right Hon. Friend that it was a most desirable object to p r ovide better acco mmodation f or this coll ec ti on of pictures, and the only reason for i ts not having been done was, that it wou ld involve, in me shape or other, a considerable outlay , which he did net feel that he should be justified in proposing in the present year. The remaining reso l u ti ons h av i n g been passed , th e report .. was brought u p an d agree d to. Th Pupils' Protection (Scotland) Bill was read seentd time- The Sheepstealers (Ireland) Bill was read a second time Mr. HAW ES brought AUSTRALIAN forward COLONIES his amended Bill for the better government of the Australian colonies for the consideration of.the House. It was not his intention to occupy the House at any great length :with the details of the Bill, bat he might state that it was framed to meet the wishes of the colonists, and upon the basis of the constitution at present existing in New South Wales, - which consisted of Governor and Legislative Council, composed of members elected in the proportion of one third by the Governor to two-thirds by the colonists. The Governor of that colony chose twelve of the Le gislative Council and twenty-four other Members were chosen by the people at large. After much considera tion, it was resolved to adopt this model, and the main • object of the Bill was to carry that constitution into effect. The fiat object was to make Port Philip a sepa rate Government, to be called Victoria. All the other colonies were to be placed upon the footing of New South Wales. Another object was to establish a kind of federal union of all the colonies for certain general purposes. The colonists would elect certain mem bers to a general assembly of the whole Union, whose functions were detailed in the Bill. Their functions would extend to matters of what might be called impe rial importance. Tney would have the establishment of e. Supreme court. The regulation of roads, highways, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY canals, of weights and measures, end generally the en awment of (T-9r. hear.) It We not prvesed to • r- 7 A - „ few exceptions, hale the power to alter in luture in list, except the salaries of the governcr and judges. This was a greater power than at present existed in New South Wales. They would have the power of altering, and reducing, and amending, and the Governor would have the power of temporarily altering the kw in certain emergencies. Another great point was as to the appli cation of certain sums for the due and proper perform ance of public worship. The House was aware that at present 30,0001: annually was granted for this purpose, and this Bill proposed (as we understood the Hen. Gen tleman) that 28,0001. of that sum should be appropriated to New South Wales, and the remainder to be retained for the other conlonies. Considering, however, the great increase of population, the power was reserved to the colonial Legislature, at some future time, to revise the whole vote for this purpose, to which there would be no objection. With respect to religious instruction is the colonies, it was intended to appropriate the grants altogether, irrespective of sectarian views. Another proposition of the Act was to give the local Le gislature the control and appropriation of the local funds, under certain restrictions, and requiring in ex treme cases the sanction of the Imperial Parliament. Another great object of the Bill, and one to which he begged to call the attention of the House, was to intro duce equality between the colonies; that was, he meant that there should be the same equality between Tan Diemen's Land and New South Wales as between county and county in England; so that he hoped in that respect the House would find all practical difficulties had been overcome, and inasmuch as the proposed Constitu tion would provide ample play both to the local and ge neral opinion of the colonies, it was not too much to ex pect that in future the Government of these colonies would be satisfactory to all parties. He confined himself at the present time to this brief description of the lead• inn provisions of the Bill, because the papers laid upon the table of the House would give every Member fuller information on the subject; and he hoped that a calm consideration of these papers would induce them to support the views of the Government on this subject. He was fully aware that it was desired by many persons to give new constitutions to these different colonies, but he had always felt that it was neces sary that these constitutions should be given in ac cordance with the feelings of the colonists themselves, and the peculiar circumstances in which each was placed. By the Bill he now brought forward the colonies had full power to alter their own constitution, as to the cx parience of its working might suggest. In the course of a day or two, when Hon. Members had had time to con sider the provisions of the Bill, he should be prepared to meet any objections that might then suggest themselves; and in the mean time he thought it would be better to postpone any discussion until that was the case. Mr. GLADSTONE observed that he was friendly to the general objects and provisions of the Bill, but be was doubtful as to the effect of certain clauses, as to the fran chise, and the constitution of the Legislative Assemblies. Certain changes had been enacted by law, but had never come into operation, and had, therefore, been obnoxious. With respect to the double Legislative Chambers, he thought that the experience of the United States of Ame rica was against single Chambers, and the experience in our own colonies, though very scanty, was of the same character. In the papers before the House, Sir W. Deni son, the Governor of one of these colonies, reported de cidedly in favour of two Chambers; and Sir Charles Fitzroy was equally in favour of a double Chamber ac cording to his statement. As far as New South Wales was concerned, the general sentiment was in its favour. The Bill now introduced proposed to give to all the colonies the power of appointing single Chambers, and the option of appointing a second. But his great anxiety was upon the question of the federal system. In that respect again reference must be made to the United States, and he confessed that, as far as the principle was concerned, he should look with great hope to its adop tion; but though it had been ably advocated on a late occasion by the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield, the question had yet not been satisfactorily solved to his mind. In the United States local were distinct from political powers, and he could not see how in the pro posed new federal Colonial Government these were pro vided for. As far as his present impressions went, im pressions strengthened by what had lately occurred in France, he was decidedly in favour of a double Cham ber of Legislation. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after suggesting various other objections which presented themselve to his mind, concluded by expressing his de termination to give the Bill his best consideration in its 'uture stages. Mr. V. SMITH also expressed his gratification tha the-Government had brought forward a measure of this character. The question of federal Government and of two Legislative Chambers, to which the Right Hon. Gentleman had called attention, were questions of great difficulty and well worthy the attention of the House. There were, however, many points upon which he felt some doubts, but at that stage of the Bill he would not d e tain the ouse by expressing his views at any length. Mr. MACGREGOR said that as his constituents took a great interest in the question he claimed permission to make a few observations on the statement of the Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies. He regarded the proposed measure of the Government as one of the most liberal that had been brought forward with regard to the colonies, and he was well pleased to find that they were at length about having conceded to them the power of administering their own affairs. Mr. E. DENISON admitted the great importance of thaquestion, and added his testimony to that of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Gladstone), as re garded the extreme importance attached in the United States of America to the double system of representa tion. With respect to the subject of the Colonial Court Fund and the price of lands, he wished to know whether the matter would be left in the hands of the local Legis lature, or whether it was intended that it should be defi nitely settled by that House, Did the Hon. Gentleman contemplate that the question should be discussed by the local Le g islature of each colony, or by a federative assembly? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was an Act of the Imperial Parliament in force which regulated the price of land, and which it was not in the power of the local Legislature to alter. Whether that power should be continued or not is another question. He had heard the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite with the greatest interest. He thought it far better not to cx • press a decided opinion at present on the suggestions made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, but to leave the entire question to be discussed when the Bill was under consideration. With regard to that point which the Right Hon. Gentleman laid particular stress on, namely, whether there should be an Assembly, or a Council and. Assembly, according to the form of the older colonies, he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman had hardly at tached sufficient weight to the objections of New South Wales to the plan of a Council and Assembly. He thought if they could form such a body as the Senate of the United States that it could not fail to be of value, and he considered the good working of the United States was mainly owing to the particular form of the Assembly. But it was said that the value of such a Senate should depend on the elements of which it was composed, and he thought that statement was quite fairly made. When they found eminent men, remark able for their talents, of weight and consideration in society, meeting in the Senate, they formed a great au thority. Those who objected to such a form of assem bly in the colonies said that there were no materials out of which to form a council, and if there were not those materials to form an independent body, then they should have more nominees of the Crown and men holding office. In Lower Canada, when a body was found to interpose an authority be tween the Assembly and the Executive, it proved of very little value. Those were the principal points on which in New South Wales itself there appeared a great balance of opinion. It was only his wish that the ques tion should be considered, giving due weight to the opinions of those who, from their local knowledge and experience were entitled to every consideration. After a few words of explanation from Mr. E. DENISON. Captain HARRIS deprecated the idea of interfering at present with the government of the Australian col , )- n.es. He thought it would have been much wiser on the part of the Government to have remained quiet some time longer, before they proposed any change. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, and it was subsequently laid on the table. Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave and bronght in the following Bills, which were sevt rally read a first time:—" Bill to abolish the gaol of Newgate, in the county of the city of Dublin, and provide compensation for the officers thereof, and to enable the grand jury of the county of the said city to increase the salaries of the c o haplains of certain other gaols thereof, and to re-assess a the jcouurnytycesos.fLhe„ Bill sald t c o it mk city make n po a r r a r ry ear r s ro o v f is t i h on e Grand relating to the collection of county cess in Ireland, and to the remuneration of the collectors thereof." Captain PECHELL moved for the following return, which was ordered:—"Return of the amount of freight money paid in each year since July, 1819, to the Ad mirals 'and Commodores of the several stations, and to the Captains and Officers commanding her Majesty's ships and vessels for the conveyance of . public and pri vate treasure, with the total amount received during the same period by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, as the proportion of such freight money for the use of ' that institution, pursuant to the proclamation dated the 12th day of July, 1819." The other orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock. a REVIEW OF THE 2D LIFE GUARDS IN WINDSOR PARK.—This fine regiment, which is at present sta tioned at Windsor, was reviewed yesterday in Windsor Park, by Colonel the Marquis of Londonderry, K.G. The troops came on the ground at half-past two o'clock, at which hour a large number of spectators in elegant equipages, as well as many horsemen and pedestrians, were present. The Noble Marquis arrived on the ground at three o'clock, and was received by the officers of the regiment. The troops, which mustered nearly 300, and were accompanied by their band, then went through the usual evolutions of parade and field nlnvements with great precision, after which the Noble Marquis expressed his high satisfaction at the fine condition of the men to the field officer, Colonel M'Do wall, and complimented the staff generally on the soldierly appearance of the regiment. The Marchioness of Londonderry, Vis countess Seaham, and Viscountess Neville were among the ladies of distinction on the ground, and after the review they honoured the officers with their company at a dejeaner given at the cavalry barracks, Spittal. In the evening the officers gave a ball to a select party of residents in the neighbourhood. HER MAJESTY'S SUMMER is ran the services of the Royal yacht Victoria and Alberta ill be brought into requisition some time towards the latter end of duly, %Ilan it is confidently asserted this; 1 - er Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Anyal children, 'till proceed in her to Scotland. PAR:i:A A.MEN TARY DIINTISIM - ; S. i 01,6 S MONDAY, juNn 4. INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. •7 Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "'That the Bill be now read the:third 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 louse divided: — MAJORITY—AYES, 117. .I"Luge Q.iitinek, Lord IL 'renc,th, F. race, O. D. [ayes, Sir E. Leuley, J. W. MINORITY—NOES, 12. Jones, Captain Stuart, J. Napier, Joseph Turner, G. J. Newdegate, N. TPILLER.9. Richards. Richard Dunne, F. P. Spooner, R. Grogan, Edward SUPPLY. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 6,423/. be granted to her Majesty, to pay to the 31st day of March, 1830, Miscellaneous Allowances, for merly defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue, &c. for which no permanent provision has been made by Parliament :"—Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, " That a: sum not exceeding 4,7281. be granted to her Ma jesty, to pay to the 31st day of March, 1850, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, the. Here ditary Revenue, &c., for which no permanent provision has been made by Parliament." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 33. Blair, Stephen Harris, Richard - Sandars, George Bright, John Henry, Alexander Smith, J. B. Brotherton, J. Heyworth, Lawrence Tancred, H. W. Cobbold, John C. Holland, Robert Thicknesse, Ralph Cobden, Richard Humphery, Aid. Thompson, Colonel Drummond, Henry Kershaw, James Thoruely, Thomas Ellis, John King, P. J. Trelawny, J. 8. Evans, John Lacy, Henry C. Wawn; J. T. E wart, William Langston J H. Willoughby, Sir H. . , Fagan, William Martin, J. TELLERS. VOX, W. J. Mullings, J. R. Viryld,'James Greene, John O'Connell, John • Lushington, Charles MAJORITY—NOES, 52. Adair, R. A. Hawes, Benjamin Parker, John Armstrong, R. B. Hay, Lord J. Raphael, Alexander Bagshaw, John Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry Baines, M. T. Hobhouse, Sir John Romißy, Sir John Bass, M. T. Hood, Sir A.""' Russell. Lord John Bellew, R. M. Howard, Lord E. Rutherford, A. Blackall, S. W. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. I Blakemore, R. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, J. A.' Boyle, Colonel Lewis, G. C. ' Somerville, Sir W. Busfeild, W. Lockhart, A. E. Spooner, Richard Cowper, W. F. Lockhart, W. Stanton, W. S. Craig, W. G. Matheson, Colonel Vane, Lord H. C MAU, William Motile, Fox Wilson, James Denison, J. E. Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Sir Charles Ebrington, Viscount Moody, C. A. _____. Evans, William Nicholl, John French, F. Paget, Lord A. Frewen, C. IL Paget, Lord C. Grey, Sir George Palmereton, Vis. TELLEU. TofnelL lieury TEM, Lord Marcus NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Nelson, 120, and the Cormorant, advanced steam sloop, were removed from the basin at Portsmouth yes terday, and the Fairy, tender to the royal yacht, taken in and unmasted. The Apollo, troop-ship, Commander J. Rawstone, sailed from Spithead for Cork on Sunday night. She embarks the 59th Foot at Cork for Hong Kong, and brings the 95th to England, from that settlement. The Reynard steam-schooner, Commander Cracroft, sailed from Spithead, on Saturday evening, for the coast of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies, touching at Plymouth for mails. The Blenheim, 60, steam-guard-ship, Acting Com mander Stevens, will leave Portsmouth harbour this morning about ten o'clock for a trial cruise in the Solent; after which, it is supposed, sho will be guardship at Spit head. The Vindictive, 50, having undergone a thorough overhaul and repair in dock, at Portsmouth, will be taken out to-day encl .: give place to her Majesty's steam-tender Fairy. APPOINTMENTS, Mates—ll. Campion, B. G. W. Nicholas, and C. J. Jago, to her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, at Portsmouth. Midshipmen—J. Saumarcz, to the Hastings, 74, flag ship, in the East Indies; J. W. East, to the Raleigh, 50, Hag-ship, in the River Plate; C. C. Ricketts, to the Ex cellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadets—J. W. O'Grady, to the Dragon steam frigate, on the Irish station; J. Drome, to the Hastings; A. W. Kortwright, to the Raleigh. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 3.—The Arrogant, 46, steam-fri gate, Captain R. Fitzroy, arrived here this morning at eleven o'clock, from Portsmouth, and after having sa luted, she immediately went up the harbour. She will there take in some supernumeraries, and proceed to Malta, thence returning to Lisbon to wait for further orders. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain H. L. Massie, from Sheer ness, also arrived here this morning, and is now lying in the Sound, waiting for orders. She will be paid ad vance while she is here. Her armament is—main deck, sixteen 32-pounglerp, 7f feet in length; quarter-deck, six 32. pounders, 6 feet in length; and two 32-pounders, 9 feet in length. The Cleopatra will go to the Cape. The Castor, 36, Commodore C. Wyvill, also arrived off the Sound in the forenoon. She stood off for some time, waiting for orders, but about ono o'clock she came within the breakwater, and, after dropping anchor, saluted. The Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V. Anson, is ordered home from the Cape of Good Hope without delay. She will be paid off at this port. Mr. W. Edye. the master-shipwright at this port, will leave here on Wednesday next for Portsmouth, to assist in the examination of candidates for the vacant situations of master shipwrights' assistants, which will commence on Friday n:-xt. There are two vacancies, for which there are four candidates. Mr. Fincham has been re commended by the officers of this yard for examination. The other candidates arc Messrs. Large, Sheffield, and Cradock. The Albion, 90, is having her shot and tanks removed to lighten her, preparatory to taking her into dock to clean her bottom. The Ranger was surveyed by the Admiral Superin tendent and master shipwright on Friday, and reported ready for commission. Rio, APRIL 15.—The Harpy, steam-vessel, Lieute nant-Commander Tomlinson, is at Baenos Ayres. The Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., is at Monte Video, with the Daphne, 18, Captain Fanshawe, and the Lizard, iron steamer, Lieutenant- Commander Hollinsworth. :The Electro steam-sloop and the Spider packet sailed from Rio for Monte Video on the 21st ult. The Hydra steam sloop, Commander Skipworth, the Crescent, receiving-ship, and the K strel packet, are at Rio. The Griffon brigantine, Lieutenant Thurburn, and the Tweed, 14, Commander Lord F. Russell, are at Pernam buco. The Hydra's cutter captured a slave vessel off this harbour, and sent her to Demerara, in charge of Hr. W. Graham, acting mate. It is said she is worth (at least her value is computed at) 16,000/., rather a large sum. Lieutenant Ballard has taken the Alecto to Monte Video. It is expected Lieutenant Egerton, F. L. to Com modore Herbert, will then take command of her until further orders from the Admiralty. The United States frigate Savannah, 50, from Boston for the Pacific, arrived on the 12th. VALPARAISO, MARCH 28.—0 n the 6th the Amphi trite, 25, Captain T. R. Eden, arrived from Rio and the coast of Africa, having made the passage in 37 days. Here she found the Asia, 84, RAar-Admiral P. Hornby, C. 8., and the Nereus store-ship; the French 50-Run frigate Poursuivante, carrying the Admiral's flag ; also the 16 gun brig G tie; and the American 60-gun frigate Independence, Commodore Shubrick. On the Bth the Gorgon steam-frigate, Commander Poynter, arrived with Admiral Hornby on board, having been some thirty or forty miles to the northward of this for a few days. Oa the 13th the Champion, 14, Commander Hayes, arrived from Central America ; on the same day the Gorgon sailed for Callao. On the 20th the Cockatrice schooner, Master-Com mander Rundle, arrived from Panama. Oa the 27th the Amphitrite, 25, was inspected by the Commander-in-Chief. She was to sail on the evening of the 30th, in company with the Asia and Champion, to try rater' of sailing for a few days, after which she was to go to Callao, thence, it was suppoicd, to the Sandwich Islands. The Constance, 50, Captain Courtney, and the Calypso, 20, Cap:ain Worth, :Ire collecting freight in Mexico. The latter has already shipped a large amount for England. The Inconstant, 50, Captain Shepherd, is at Vancou ver's Island. The Gorgon steam sloop is at Callao. All well. TUE TRINITY CORPORATION FESTlVAL.—Yester day being Trinity Monday, the annual festival of the lion.the p u T k r e i n o i f t y wen t o Corporation n,th e w G a c Grand a nd e 1 l i b a r satteerd, and h dt i h s eGerl elder brethren proceeding by water to the Trinity Almshouses at Deptford, and giving a grand banquet in the evening at the Corporation-house, on Tower-hill. His Grace, who wore the uniform of the Trinity, was loudly cheered as he proceeded with the procession to the Tower stairs to embark in th e s t a t e b arges . Re ac hing Deptford, the usual inspection was made of the almshouses and schooL The corporation attended church and heard a most elo quent discourse by the Rev. Mr. Melvill; after which they re-embarked and returned to Tower-hill. In the evening a splendid entertainment was served up in the grand dining-room of the Trinity House. Covers were laid for 80, and the massive piece of plate presented by his late Majesty King William IV. to the corporation stood on the principal table. His Grace the Master presided, and was supported on his right by Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart., Deputy-Master; and on the left by Sir F. T. Baring Batt., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty. The follovving is a brief list of the illustrious personages present:—Earr Grey, Earl Granville, Lord Palmerston, M.P., Right Hon. IL Labouchere, M.P. , Marquis of Douro, M.P., Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fre mantle, Rear-Admiral Dttnclas, M.P., Sir A. Galloway, Chairman of the East India Company, Sir S. L. Lush ington, Sir James Gordon, Sir John Hill, Right. llon. Dr. Lusbington, Col. the Hon. G. Cathcart, Col. the Hop. H. Phipps, Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord Bishop of Prince Rupert's Island, Mr. Robinson, M.P., Chair man of Lloyd's, Major Turnbull, Mr. W. Cotton, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Mulkey, Mr. :Prescott, Mr. G. F. Young, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Dobree, Mr. Coulson, Rev. H. Mel vin, the elder brethren, and Mr. Herber, the Secretary. The band of the Coldstream. Guards was in attendance during the evening. LONDON AND NORM - WESTERN RAILWAY.—It IS rumoured that this company, consequent upon Mr. Hudson's retirement, wilt in all probability undertake the working of the entire system of railways from Rugby to York, Wand that negotiations are in progress with the Great Northern :Railway, by which that coal pany may work into the London and North Western, anti have a common tmain,-us at Euston-square.--Morn ing Paper. EVENING, JUNE 5, 1849. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC 3 OVRNALS. IM ES --There will be - found in the Times of Setur dey lest no less than eight coluxeS d'VOrdd to a r, r , irt o; the proceedings of the House of Commons in the form of a Committee of Supply. Each column of the debate might well elicit many columns of discussion. From the marble arch in front of Bucking ham Palace, to the colony of Labuan; from the system of transportation, to tha reduction of the salary of a clerk in the Treasury; nearly all the topics upon which we have been writing and speaking for the last four or five months were passed in brief and shadowy review. As compared with the excitement of previous Parliamentary field-days, the process of voting away money is a quick and melan choly one. The burden is fixed upon the backs of the tax payers with all the dexterous celerity of a Spanish mu leteer. The time has passed for inquiring if the jaded animal is equal to his appointed task ; his hocks and pasterns may be out of order ; his knees in a ricketty condition;. the saddle may gall, and the crupper pinch; but the time for strapping on burdens and buckling fast has arrived. The work must be got through—one sonorous crack with the whip, and away we go, trot ting, jing'ing, and suffering, to our next halting-place. The sums necessary for the public service must be voted. There is a great difference between the way in which these things are managed now, and the system of twenty years back. The tendency of the time is towards a stricter economy of the public revenue. So far all is well. Much, however, re mains to be done ere we arrive at that period when the administration of the revenues of the State shall be considered in the light of a private stewardship. Over 47-54ths of the sum paid into the Exchequer we are in a fair way of exercising a tolerably accurate supervision. It is scarcely so as yet with regard to the remaining 7- 54ths.. A large margin is left to the discretion and conscience of those charged with the duties of' administration. A reckless ex penditure and system of unthrift are in certain departments quite beyond our control. A few passing remarks when the House is in Committee of Supply; and a few fleeting comments in the public, journals, which must so on b e f orgo tt e n in the presence of other topics of public interest, and an isolated act of prodigality, an unfair item, a job, aro consigned to oblivion. To which of th ese heads shall we refer an expenditure of 73,2961. upon Buckingham Palace? Go to Paris, to Berlin, to Dresden, to Turin, to Naples, in fact to any capital city upon the Continent, and where will you find Royalty lodged at such an ex pense, in such a building, in such a hole? The present Administration is not answerable for the freaks of George IV. nor the bad taste of Mr. Nash, but it is impossible to help doubting the propriety of tacking on an extra 150,0001. to the 613,296/. of expense incurred previous to 1831. We have no sympathy with the paltry penuriousness which refuses to contribute amply to the erection of public monu ments—for such, in fact, are the palaces—but surely, in the course of the last twenty-five years, an expendi ture of 1,500,0001. upon Windsor Castle seems excessive. Mr. B. Osborne, on Friday night, mentioned these facts to the House. They are unfortunately but too well known to all whose duty compels them to be conversant with Parliamentary returns ; and yet if we mistake not they will go forth to many of our readers with all the freshness of a revelation. The marble arch before Buckingham Palace cost 80,0001., and now no one knows what to do with it. It is a pretty object enough, but we can't place it anywhere with any . sort of propriety. We shall be obliged at last to consign it to some dark corner, like the monster picture of the Vicar of Wake fied's fly, i, simply from the difficulty of finding it an appropriate resting place. Private individuals ruin Wake field's themselves whenever they meddle with brick and mor tar. The nation in the same way, in its corporate capa city, seems destined to burn its fingers, whenever engaged in the practical cultivation of architecture. A proposed amendment of Mr. Henley upon the vote of 57,2001. for salaries and other expenses in the Treasury, provoked a discussion upon the pro priety of reducing the salaries of the members of the Government. Mr. Henley rested his proposition upon the ground that, as the object of recent legis lation had been to diminish the price of most articles, it was only fair that such reduction should take place. Mr. Cobden, enough concurring in the object of the proposition, repudiated the grounds upon which Mr. Henley had rested its propriety. He denied that the reduction in the price of food had affected the price of articles of manufacture. He was all for republican simplicity in the habits of life of the great functionaries. The Honourable Gentleman appears to take umbrage at the superior splendour of a Ministerial entertainment, as he does at the successes in society of a captivating cornet or an enterprising ensign. " One of the advantages," said he on Friday evening, " which he contemplated from putting the Ministers of this country on lower salaries was, that they might set the fashion of uniting a greater sim plicity in their habits of life, so that they might impart their hospitality at a less extravagant expense." Mr. Cobden, with these views, proposes to dock the sala ries of the Chief Secretaries of State by 1,0001. per annum; to reduce them, in fact, from 5,0001, to 4,0001., and see what effect that will pro duce u p on their sideboards of plate and variety of wi n e s. The reduction will, of course, go further if they are not brought down to the true type of . .. Sparta or Man chester. Mr. Cobden again hopes, by this reduction, to get a back-handed slap at the Bishops. "If the First Minister of the Crown," said he, " only received 4,0001. a year himself, he would not get up and say that in his opinion a Bishop ought to have 10,0001. or 15,0004 a year." The plan is ingenious enough. Mr. Cobden gives check to King and Bishop by the same move, and, although the King may save himself by thrusting forward a pawn to bear the brunt, the Bishop at least must go. It may be judged from this little sample into what topics and to what length we should be led by a formal discussion of the subjects started before the Committee of Supply. Mr. Henley's motion was lost by 84 to 33. So Lord Palmer ston and Sir G. Grey are not deprived of their chefs and butlers for another year. The proposed vote of 9,8271. to defray the charge of Labuan gave rise to the most animated and interesting portion of the discussion of Friday night. Sir James Brooke, the Governor, is in the receipt of a salary of 2,0001. a year . Th e re is a Lieu tenant-Governor, at 1,3751. ; a Master Attendant, and Post- master at SQO/.; a S urveyor, 50 01. ; Station Surgeon, 4161.; there are besides oth er c h arges f o r public build ings, &c., which raise the wh o l e expens e to 9,8271. 10 3 . To this outlay Mr. Cobden totally objected, arguing against it with his usual fairness and candour. Here is Mr. Cobden's account of the origin of Labuan, and of all circumstances attendant upon Sir James Brooke's Bor nean adventure:— " The origin of Labu an was one o f t h e most curious incidents of the present d ay. T hey owed the possession of it to a piece of sentime n t a lis m . —(H ea r, hear.) An adventurous gentleman, sa ili ng i n hi s y a cht, took pos session of Sarawak, a di str i ct o f countr y on the coast of Borneo, and wa s ca ll e d t h e R a j a o f Sarawak, the former Raja, wh o ce d e d t h e di s trict to bim, having been a pirate. He came to England, and by means of enormous puffing—(A laugh)—by sen timental puffing —persuaded the people of this country that he was going to settle Borneo. What did he do ? First of all he was consular agent to himself. He was Raja Brooke, of Sarawak, and was consul to himself for Borneo. Being . Rajit of Sarawak, he took charge as Governor of the island of Labuaa, ab nit 300 miles distant, the difficulty of communicating with which was greater than that of communicating with England ; and, being unable to be in b ot h p l aces, lie appointe for Labuan a Lieutenant-Governor to di:charge the duties. — (Hear, hear.) This Lieutenant-Governor over a settle ment without any population lied a salary of 1,375/. (Hear.) They talked of t h e di s t res s of the people of this country, and yet they gave their sanction to such proceedings as these. Ho wished to ask the :Govern ment whether it was seriously proposed to continue this establishment in Labuan?" Mr. Cobden had, unfortunately, omitted one little circumstance of which Mr. Hawes and others rose to remind him. This was, that the Manchester men, took the most prominent part in urging upon the Government the policy which led to the settlement of Labuan. Landon, Liverpool, Glasgow, and the other great mercantile communities followed in the lead of Manchester. Mr. Laboachere favuurud the House and Mr. Cobden with chapter and verse. It was in the year t 846 Sir Robert Peel's Government received a memo rial from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to the !'ollowing magniloquent effect:— " That they had heard with great satisfaction of an op portunity of obtaining a most desirable settlement on the coast of Borneo having been lately presented to the Bri tish nation, in the voluntary offer of the isle of Labuan, and they implored the Government net to suffer any delay in securing a position so important, and in every point of view so desirable, for .the convenience and protection of our China trade, and as a refuge for our shipping in case of distress, as a bulwark in the event of war, and as a central depot for our trade in the Eestern Archipelago." What is the difference, morally, between a suggesti falsi and a suppressio yeri? To be sure, a veil, unscrupulous advocate, determined to make his point good at all hazards, may be expected to address a jury in this manner, to distort one fact and suppress an other, but happily as yet such aro not the recognised ethics of the B ritish Parl iament. In order to place Mr. Cobden's ingenuity in it s t rue li g ht, we should say that Mr. H awes merel y mention e d the fact of the petitions from the commercial bodies . Mr. Cobden then rose again, and ad mitted that " Memorials had been presented to the Government from the north of Eng land in favour of makin g Labuan a colony; but they were too much men of business to suppose that the Gover nment would create large establishments there before ascertaining whether the island would be of any USN But he must remind the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) that those memorials were prepared in a very cautious manner, for at the time they were p resented an a ppre hension was felt that this country wa s about to oc cupy Sara wak—a portion of the great isla nd of Borne o itself. Under this impression these g entlemen, know ing Labuan to e b x e t d en et t a , c.ch,eerdyfcraoumtißouosriny ex pressed thei r w i s h t h at thateo, and to be only seven m il es i n island should be taken possession of by the English Government." It was upon this that Mr. Labouchere rose ani set the House right as to the " very cautious manner" i n . uan. We more than which the Manchester me n had ex p ressed their desire for the colonization of Lab suspect the fame which Sir James Brooke has acquired from the gallantry and success of his enter prise must have given Mr. Cobden some little discom fort. Why not Raja Cobden as well as Raja Brooke ? s T ub li s e t r i e tution. Thus we have exist no euphonical g W ro h u a n t' cl s a flown from Buckingham Palace to Borneo, after the i a n gai a nst na s m uc e h ? fashion of the Committee on whose desultory proceed ings we are commenting. It is seldom that we would recommend-with so much earnestness au attentive perusal of a Parliamentary debate as that of Friday night. Dispatches were sent off yesterday ir4ui the Colon 7 tl.• office to the Goveraor of Sierra Leone. INDIA. (From the Overland Bombay Times, May 1.) SUMMARY, We have rarely had occa!ion to sead home a more newsless summary than the present—though the next two are likely to be no improvements. We can only in timate the arrival of Sir C. Napier in the Eastern waters; he reached Alexandria on the Bth, proceeded straight through Egypt, and sailed direct for Calcutta, on the 12th, having le arn t on th e way t h at tranqu illi ty i n t h e rut . )je,uh had b een restore d . Il e w ill h ave b y t hi s t i me arrived, and b een sworn in, and is probably on his way to Simla for the season. The intelligence that railways have been all but secured us, is probably the most im portant news that ever reached the shares of India ; we barrow money without remorse to meet the charges of a causeless and unprofitable war; for no purpose could we borrow more wisely or securely than for the im provement of internal communication. The troops at Peshawur are busy preparing themselves against the hot season. They enjoy the highest health there and at lloultan ; the climate to the middle of April appears to have been delightful at both places. The Sinde horse have bad another brush with the llurrees on the frontier, who of course got the worst of it, having had 40 of their people killed, and 1,000 cattle, lifted from the low country, taken from them. Sinde continues healthy. General Achmuty has arrived at Kurrachee. Sir W. Cotton, commander in chief of Bombay, has sent in his resignation, and re quested to be relieved after the rains; he has been ex tremely popular with.the army while at its head. It is said that there are to be 10 new regiments of the line added to the Bengal army; on the other hand it is as serted that irregulars, half horse and half foot, will be raised to the extent of 10,000, without any addition of officers. The hope of a substantial augmentation seems to have been one great source of the clamour for the annexation of the Punjaub. The order issued some months since raising the strength of each regiment by 200 men, must have added 18,000 men to our muster roll; the occupation of the Saugor and Nerbudda terri tories by about 12,000 Madras troops, will he a virtual addition to the army in Bengal to this extent, or a total of 30,000; the expected augmentation, whether of regu lars or irregulars, will bring it up to 40,000; so much for the first fruits of annexation. The expense of a native regiment, officers, arms, appointments, and maintenance, costs somewhere about 40,0001. a year! The charges of a couple of regiments would meet the interest of all the money proposed to be expended on railways. The Governor-General is in the upper provinces. The commander-in chief is at Simla, having taken a final leave of the army on quitting the Punjaub. General Gilbert has also taken leave of the division under him, in a complimen tary general order, and the troops in reality richly de. serve any compliment that can be paid them. Lieutenant Miller, of her Majesty's 22d Foot, a very meritorious officer,just been raised from the ranks for good conduct, has been dismissed the service under circumstances of pecu- liar hardship. Mr. Miller had charge of the canteen funds, and on these being transferred from his to other hands some errors were discovered, which led to charges of his having instructed a native clerk to make false en tries in the books. The court seem to have at once got carried away with the idea that erroneous entries by a clerk implied a fraud on the part of his superior, and decided accordingly. The books have been examined by able and competent authorities—they turn out to be full of errors—but bear no evidence of having been tampered with by Mr. Miller. Like most soldiers, he is little of a business man, and permitted a bad system to go on as he found it, till a faithless clerk, when about to be dismissed, based charges against him on his own blunders. We have no doubt that on a revision it will be found that he stands free of all blame, save that of negligence, and that a very slight reprimand is punish ment enough for this. SINDE. By the Boaabay Steam Navigation Company's steamer Victoria, which arrived on Monday morning, we have letters and papers from Kurrachee to the 26th, When the steamer Queen was signalled on Sunday morning Sir C. Napier wss believed to be on board, and the greatest excitement was expressed everywhere. "Ohl then and there was hurrying to and fro, The fiery squadron and the clattering car." In fact never was such a bustle before,—every one exclaiming, " the chief, ho comes, ho comes." Ilis own regiment wero, as became them, in estate of pre eminent excitement; when 10l and behold, when all wa3 ready for the reception, there was no one to be received. The following extract from the Kurrachee Advertiser gives accounts of an affair betwixt the Murrees and the Sinde Horse, followed by the usual results. Sir C. Napier left the two fighting, and he finds them fighting; it is but fair to add that there has been nocase of collision since Merewether's affair—now nearly two years old: " We learn that another gallant affair has take place on the frontier, in which the Sinde Horse have again distinguished themselves. Some days ago (we have not beard the date), a detachment of the regiment above mentioned was relieved at Kusmoro by a party from head-quarters; hardly, ,however, had the relieved party left when tho new detachment was. attacked by a party of 500 armed Murrees; duffedar and four men were killed, and several wounded. The party which bad left heard the firing, and returned in time to succour their comrades, who would otherwise have been either de stroyed, or at least have suffered great loss. The whole affair was so sudden that the party, consisting of forty men under a native officer, besides rescuing their com rades, cut up about forty of the Murrees, and took up wards of 1,000 head of cattle, and obliged the robbers to fly to the hills. We have not heard all the particulars of this affair, but believe the above to be correct in the main points. It seems strange that the Murrees were able to plan the attack without the officer in command being even aware of their approach; but we have no doubt that on this an inquiry has been instituted, and explana ' tion afforded." Much regret was expressed that the harbour should remain in an unfinished state, and that the enormous sums of money expended on what the late ruler of Young Egypt expected to be the glory of New Alex andria should have been sunk in vain. A very little more would make the pier serviceable; at present it is utterly useless. THE PUNJAUB. The country of the Five Rivers has been transformed from a general battle-field to a vast standing camp. Our troops lately engaged in deadly strife have now no longer any enemy to contend with, and are settling themselves down in their cantonments, and preparing against the heats of the approaching season. Chuttur and Shere Singh have, it is said, been directed to proceed to their respective homes, and been assured that if they are ever heard of without a limited circuit of the domiciles as- signed them they will be visited with the punishmen, due to their past misdeeds, which have for the present been passed over so gently. The troops at Peshawar were reviewed on the Ist by General Gilbert, who took an affectionate leave of them. He left on the 3d on his way to Lahore, where he takes command; he was ac companied by her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons to the capital, and her Majesty's 30th on their way to Meerut. The site selected for the cantonments is near the former residence of Major Lawrence, which was burned by the Affghans, or where the Seikh can tonments formerly stood. Officers are to be allowed to make their tents as comfortably as they can— the expense of house building to be avoided as much as possible for the present. The cultivation of rice is forbidden in the neighbourhood, the irrigation required by it engendering malarious damps. There is a small force settled at Jamrood, and no traffic through the Khyber Pass is for the present permiteed. At Bunnoo, where General Cortlandt had established his head quarters, the people were quiet and contented—glad, ap parently, that the strife was over, and that they had avoided the insurgent side. Kohat, and all the provinces around, seemed well disposed. There are, it is said, seven regiments of irregular horse to be raised from amongst the disbanded Seikh soldiers, and eight or nine regiments of foot: these to be officered from the Indian army. There is another rumour that ten new regiments are to be added to the strength of our forces. The late reductions under Lord liardinge left. us some 50,000 more men and 830 more European officers than we pos sessed when the Affghan war was determined on in 1833 —within these ten months 18,000 men have been added to the uriny; 12,000 are, it is believed, to be transferred from Madras, where they are not, it seems, required to do duty, in place of the Bengal troops in the Saugor and Nerbudda territory. This in all affords a virtual addi tion of 30,000 to our strength on the north-western fron tier, or 40,000, if we add the regiments to be raised, being 90,00 when'l in excess of what we possessed ten years ago, lndia was last at peace, while the Pun jaub, Affgh3nistan, Sinde, and G walior had as yet not felt the power of our sword. The following letter from a trustworthy correspon dent gives fuller explanation of the arrangements re specting the new levies than an y thin g we have as yet seen published: — " There are to bo ten new regiments immediately raised in and for the Punjaub—a sort of continent, in fact—five cavalry and five infantry—to be recruited half Seikhs, and the other half Poerbeas and Mussulmans. The commandants and second in commands are already appointed—the names of the following for the command of the cavalry corps: — Fi rst: Neville Chamberlain, 16th Grenadiers, and Stannus, sth Cavalry. Second: Crau ford Chamberlain, 28th Native lefantry, and Brown, 46th Native Infantry. Third: Biddulph, 45th Native Infantry, with 3d Light Cavalry, and Weston, 36th Na tive Infantry. Fourth: Dowson, sth Native Infantry, with 11th Light Cavalry, and Hender son' Na tive Infantry. N Infantry. Fifth: Fitzgerald, o f Si n d e Camel Corps, aive which is to be done away with; second in command I do not know. Infantry—First: Coke, 10th Native Infantry; and Willan, 44th Native Infantry. Second: Knox, 43d Light Infantry; and Brown, 16th Native Infantry. Third: Morris, 20th Native Infantry; and Reid, 34th Native Infantry. Fourth: Campbell, 30th Native Infantry; and Gastrell, 13th Native Infantry. Fifth: Not yet known, I believe. The adjutants are all, it is said, to be taken from the Bombay and Madras service. You will perceive that the above list of comma ndants and seconds in command is nearly all selecte d from p3ssd men. The order limiting absentees on staff e mploy to five must nbw bo done away with, and will not increase the efficiency of the Bengal army certainly; but no increase to the regular army will be granted us now I much thef ear. Another correspondent writes on same subject:— "The auernetation a dvocated by the resident at Lahore, and considered necessary by Mr. Elliott,amounts to some five regi men t s - of irregula r cavalry, half Seik..s half Hindostanee, wholly useless, the about the nondescript sort. An officer was ordered to recruit for ono of the cavalry regiments from among such teik h ha as were presented to not barite arms him for entertainmen t — late campaign—and Selk-w all he could find fit against us in the for work was about two per cent.—the rest being mostly venera bl e reechi sufed, grey beards, whose age alone, in all probability,prevented them from bearing arms against as," —Agra Messenger, April 21. Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert and Brigadier Campbell arrived at %wall Vindee, from Attock, on the 10th instant. The Gallant General resumed his march for Lahore on the 11th, and was expected at Jhelum on the 16th, the brigarlierromaittivg to aesume the command of th 3 new district committed to his charge.—Dellii Gazette, April 2!. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &C., ANNOUNCED SINCE DISPATCH OF LAST OVERLAND MAIL, APRIL 17. HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS. STAFF.—Lieut.-Colonel Havelock has resumed the duties of his offi7e as Deputy Adjutant-General of her Majesty's Forces in this Presidercy. DRAGOONS.-3d Regiment—Lieut. Chaplin is allowed leave on private affairs to proceed to England for the space of one year. 9th Regiment (Lancers)—Lieut. Francis to proceed to the hills north of Deyrah for the benefit of his health until the 24th of October. 15th Regiment—Lieut. J. Macartney is appointed a Brevet Captain in the East Indies. INFANTRY.-10th R-giment—Lieuts. Galloway and Lucas have been directed to do duty at the Landour de pot during the hot season. 22d Regiment—Lieut. A. Miller has been dismissed her Majesty's service by court-martial, for disgraceful and ungentlemanly con duct. 24th Regiment—Lieut. Travers to do duty at the Landour depot during the hot season. Leave of absence —Captain Bazalgette to Simlah and the hills north of Deyrah, on medical certificate, until the Ist of Novem ber next. Lieut. Thirlvvall to Simlah and the hills on private affairs to the 14th of October next. 29th Regi ment—Leave of absence—Lieut. Perry to Simlah and Landour for six months on medical certificate. 84th Regiment—Lieut. E. K. V. Arbuckle to England for one year on medical certificate. 98th Regiment—Lieut. Browne is permitted to proceed to England for two years on medical certificate. THE ETON REGATTA. ETON, MONDAY NIGHT.—The 4th of June , the anni versary of the birthday of th e l a t e Ki ng G eorge lIL, by a time-honoured custom, originating with that monarch, is always celebrated as a festival by the scholars of Eton College, who on that day make an aquatic pilgrimage to Surley Hall, about two miles and a half above Windsor bridge, amid " great pomp and circumstance." The anniversary this year falling on the eve of Ascot races, Windsor and the neighbourhood were unusually full of members of the aristocracy. A great many of the no bility had also arrived to witness the review of the 2d Life Guards by the Marquis of Londonderry in Wind sor-park, at an early hour this morning. These facts, with the extreme fineness of the weather, had the effect of attracting a most brilliant assemblage to the Brocas this evening; and when the crews mustered, at half-past six o'clock, the banks of the river on both shores were thronged with many thousand spec tators. The arrival of the Court at Windsor Castle during the day led many to hope that the regatta would be honoured with the presence of her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by some of their distin guished guests; and a few were found who pus faith in a report, very freely circulated, to the effect that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales would " take the water " for the first time on the occasion. The more important fact proved to be well founded, for at a few minutes before seven o'clock the loyal shouts of the spectators assembled on the bridge proclaimed the ap proach of the royal party from the Castle, and in the course of a very few minutes her Majesty entered the Brocas in an open landau drawn by four white ponies, and preceded by outriders in scarlet liveries. The Queen was accompanied by the Prince Consort and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and attended by the Viscountess Canning ; the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl Spencer, and other noblemen of the household followed in a second phaeton; and in a third we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince George, and attended by Baron Knesebeck and another i gentleman. The royal party on entering the Brocas were most enthusiastically received. The carriages having drawn up in line within an inclosure railed off by hurdles, her Majesty and the Prince were afforded an opportunity of viewing the various cutters with their respective crews —all of whom were attired in gay aquatic uniforms, the coxswains of the three leading boats wearing cocked-hats and epaulettes, having all the appearance of juvenile admirals. The Prince of Wales manifested the greatest possible interest in the boats as they glided up and down the river preparatory to the " start," and not even the cheers of the spectators in the vicinity of the royal car riage, which every now and then burst forth with re newed vehemence, could divert for a moment the atten tion of his Royal Highness from the aquatic pageant. At seven o'clock the procession started for Surley Hall, preceded by the band of the Foot Guards in an eight-oared cutter. The following is a list of the boats in their respective order of precedence, with the names of the crew of each:— UPPER BOATS. Monarch, 10•oar—Blundell, Ma., captain of the boats; Hoskins, Blackett, Powys, West, Coltman, Davies, Pey ton, Ethelston, Gosling, Bateson (steerer). Victory—Buller, Ma , second captain; Bobertson, Blundell, Mi.; Cust, Nind, Coleridge, Cayley, Bathurst, Slane (steerer). Prince of Wales—Crossa, captain; Martyn, Mi.; Lysley, King, Fiennes, Pemberton, Gore, Booth, Welby (stecrer). LOWER BOATS. Britannia—Jervis, captain of lower boats ; Marshall, Palmer, Ryan, Swann, Praed, Vane, Macan, Esrl of Granard (stcerer). Dreadnought—Garry, captain ; Molesworth, Leigh, Lane, Thompson, Lord Ennismore, Montgomery, Moore, Johnstone, Neville (steerer). Thetis—Beresford, captain ; Darrington, Cocks, Hinrich, Harrison, Knight, Ewart, Mallory, Wellesley (steerer). St. George—Meade King, captain; Farquharson, !Ilk. wright, Giles, Lindsay, Sparke, Ford, Warre, Beaumont (steerer). On arriving at Surley, the various crews landed on 1 the opposite shore and partook of an elegant dejouner, provided by her Majesty's confectioner. At nine o'clock the boats returned to Windsor, and were received by the cheers of many thousands of spectators assembled on the wharfs and shores of the A grand display of fireworks from the Little Eyat ter minated the festivities of the evening. The R•iyal party left the Brocas soon after the boats started for Surley. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, JUNE 4.—The whole of the Royal Artillery assembled on the Parade ground at nine o'clock A.I.D to-day, and marched to Woolwich- common, under the command of Colonel Crut tenden, the Royal Horse Artillery under Lieutenant- Colonel Bell. The line formed into three battalions, the right under Lieutenant-Colonel Furneaux, the centre under Lieutenant-Culonel Ingilby, and the left under Lieutenant-Colonel Weide, and the field batteries under Lieutenant-Colonel Anlerson, twenty rounds having been served out to each of the guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, and twelve rounds for each carabine. At half-past nine o'clock Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.8., G.C.R., Master-General of the Ordnance, arrived on the parade-ground, and was re ceived by L4utenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.IL, Commandant of the Garrison ; Mejor- General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant- General of Artillery; Colonel Campbell, - Brigade-Major Bingham, Captain Tylden, Assistant Quartermaster- General of Artillery ; Captain Wingfield, riding-house establishment ; and the adjutants of battalions off duty. The Master-General, accompanied by the staff, then proceeded to the common, and was received with the usual salute, the band playing the National An them, and afterwards made a very minute inspection of the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries. The whole of the corps then marched past at quick time, and proceeded, by troops of Royal Horse Artillery, battalions and field batteries, to take up their position for the manoeuvres of a field day. The exercises of the day having concluded, the whole of the corps advanced in line, when the Master-General, with the staff, rode up to Colonel Cruttenden, and the officers in charge of di visions, and complimented them on the manner in which the evolutions were gone through. The whole of the troops then marched past at quick time to barracks. Previous to leaving the ground the Ma.tcr- General caused the gentlemen cadets, a great number of whom were present, to assemble, and addressed theta in the kindest manner, expressing his hope that they were conducting themselves to the satisfaction of their authori ties and teachers, as their future success in life de pended greatly upon their unremitting attention to their studies, and their good bAaviour while at the academy. Field-Marshal the Alarquis of Anglesey then proceeded, accompanied by the officers previously named, to the Royal Arsenal, and embarked in his yacht for a cruise down the river. It is said—but nothing, cfficially is yet known—that the recent exercises of the Royal Artillery, on Woolwich-common, have beon made preparatory to a sham fight, expected to take place here daring the present month. It is now several years since a display of that kind took place at Woolwich, and there are now a greater number of troops in the garrison than there were on that occasion. SEPARATION OF EDWIN FORREST FROM RIS WIFE. —The New York Sunday Atlas announces that Edwin Forrest the tragedian, has bean separated from his wire Caroline Norton Sinclair Forrest, daughter of John Sinclair, the vocalist. They were married in 1836 in London, and have lived happily, as the Atlas states, until last winter, when Mr. Forrest ecame moody and melancholy. The Atlas says, "Ia the month of Decem ber Mr. Forrest returned from a professional engage ment.D d in Philadelphia in a most u nha ppy state fni asio assumed;med no and at once demanded a separation o s i t. ca use, offered no apology, for the and when tho immediate friends of h inter fered, and wtho- asked to be informed yl t was that he p t ioll e7 partiesenet e s c a o s l in e e p d r e l o h e e nr epudiations e. his l le only a s re n p o ly t w b a e s i a n t studied t ti d i -. Ile demandedaosrerpeast and his h a i n s d w h i e te hashavaoccootemrpalailslhyesdephais object. Mr. F rated." Mrs. Forrest is described as a lady of talent and beauty. She h a s been the mother of four children, a ll o f whom, however, died in infancy. Between 40,000 and 60,000 mackerel have been caught by seine nets, close in shore, during the present week. Such a circumstance has not before occurred for 17 years. Some of our boats have earned nearly 1001. each. The greater part of the fish, which were very , fine, fetched 15s. or 16s. per hundred, and were dis patched to London. They were retailed in our streets at six or eight a shilling. Similar catches have been made all along the Sussex coast. It is tho sudden warmth of the weather which has caused these myriads of mackerel to resort to this part of the Channel in search of their food, which consists of smaller fry that at this season of the year are attracted towards the shore. The cliffs have daily been lined with spectators to witness tho catches of mackerel by our fishermen. — Brighton Gazette. The freights for coals from the Tyne to London have fallen to the unprecedented low rate of ss. lid. per ton—a price quite inadequate to cover current ex penses, insurance, and interest of capital.—Newcastle Journal. N s 4 .1 _ ARRIVAL OF THE HaIERM . A. ;,•• LIVERPOOL, Mosinar;qicillti, • - The British and North American 116ya1 Mail steam ship Hibernia, Captain Lang, has just arrived at this port, having left Boston on the 23d ult., and Halifax the 26th. The Ilibernia brings the mails from Canada and the other British possessions and the United States, and a fair complement of passen gers. Her dates are, from New York and Boston, to the 23d; Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington, &c., 22d; and from the leading cities and towns in the western continent one week later dates than those re ceived by the America. We learn by this arrival that the Canada steam ship had arrived out at New York on the 17th, after eleven days and a half's passage. The Caledonia arrived at Halifax on the 24th, and proceeded to Boston. The Hibernia brings 50 passengers, including Mr. Macready, who, previously to his departure from Boston, presented 1,000 dollars to the families of the unfortunate men who fell in the late riots. Our ac counts from Canada are brief, but important; they are, moreover, satisfactory. The province continued undisturbed by factious violence. Telegraphic intelligence from Montreal, under date the 21st ult., announces that an address had been presented to his Excellency Lord Elgin in favour of removing the seat of Government to Quebec and Toronto four years alternately, the majority on the division being five votes. The city of Mon treal is tranquil. The business of legislation pro ceeded with tranquillity. Lady Elgin has been con ' fined of a son. AMERICAN N Mr. Cayley has been deputed by the Tories to represent their cause in London, and Ur. Ilincks, who arrived by the last steamer, was reported to be the destined advocate of the Ministerial pOlicy. The University Bill had passed the Lower Rouse. From the United States the political intelligence is interesting. It was reported that Captain Charles Wilkes, of the late exploring expedition, will be sent - out as Commander of one of the vessels to be dispatched in search of Sir John Franklin. The admission of California as a state nest session was considered probable. It was rumoured that the President would lay Mr. Labouchere's Bills for the repeal of the navigation laws before Congress, as a proper subject of legislation. The cholera continued its ravages. General Worth had fallen a victim to the epidemic. The steamer United States, previously sold to the Prussian Government, had been detained on the ground of neutrality, by order of the - United States' Cabinet. If, however, the Prussian Minister would engage under security that the ships should not interfere with Denmark, the prohibition would be withdrawn. The excitement at New York, relative to the late tragedy at the Opera House, had subsided consi derably. The steamer Empire was sunk by collision on the 17th ultimo, in the river Hudson, eighty miles above New York. The accounts published of the occur rence report twenty lives lost. The city of Saint Louis was almost totally de stroyed by fire on the 18th ultimo : 41S houses and 25 steam-boats were consumed. The estimated loss is 6,000,000 dollars. The city of New Orleans, after being for some time afflicted with cholera. which swept away many of its citizens, is now threatened with even a more fearful and irresistible foe in the overwhelming waters of the Mississippi. _ _ _ The city lies below the high water level of this great river, and is guarded, as Holland is from the in road of the sea, by dykes, or levees, as they are called, along the Mississippi. A portion of one of these levees above the city having been carried away, the waters were passing rapidly through the opening, overcoming all efforts to stop the breach, inundating the plantations below, and actually pouring through some of the streets of the city. Our latest dates by mail are the 13th ult., when in many quarters the inhabitants were already driven by the invading waters to take refuge in the upper stories of their houses. Business, of course, must be materially checked by such a state of things. From California the accounts are 22 days later. The advices are important. According to one ac count the Californians refused to recognise General Smith, who was sent out as military Governor of the territory, and had taken steps to organize a Go vernment for themselves. According to another, he had virtually taken back the prohibition which he had issued at Panama for bidding foreigners to dig for gold at the " placers," and had organized a good police at San Francisco, and executed his authority without hindrance ; but what is certain is, that the people had resolved to sum mon an assembly to sit at San Francisco and frame such laws as may be necessary for the preservation of order and the regulation of trade. This body is to consist of fifteen members. Three judges are also to be chosen—all by universal suffrage, of course. This organization, it is understood, was to go into effect immediately. Several meetings had been held at San Francisco to propose the introduction of the slave trade. The report of the discovery of gold in Oregon is contradicted. The mail steamer California still lay motionless at San Francisco. There had been a mutiny on board the United States ship-of-war Ohio, owing to the desire of the men to get off to the gold region. Some thirty men have been put in irons by the Commodore, and many would be hung. Mexican accounts state that the duty which had hitherto been levied on gold imported from Upper California into Mexico had been removed. The robbers on the road from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico were more bold and active than ever. From the revolted districts there is nothing new. St. Domingo advices state that in three battles the Haytians had been defeated. No prisoners were spared, and in retreating the Haytians burnt Azua. Venezuelan affairs were in confusion. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YOUR, Mar 22.—Money is easily had at 5 per cent. payment on demand, and six per cent. for good paper. The banks on Saturday had in their vaults about Si millions of dollars in coin. There were some two millions more in the Sul:-Treasury, making an aggre gate as large within half a million as we have ever had here. United States stocks immediately felt the impulse of this overflowing money-market. United States Sixes, of '6B, with coupons, sold to-day at 1141, and Treasury notes at 111; Ohio Seven per Cents., 1851, at 102; Kentucky Six per Cents., 1041; Indiana Bonds, 401; Alabama Five per Cents., 63; Pennsylvania Five per Cents., 52i; and Maryland Six per Cents., 991. Bills on London are held at 81 per cent., at which figure sales are made. Our imports, although fallen off somewhat this week, still largely exceeded, as heretofore, our exports. The imports over and above those sent to the warehouse amounted to 1,217,419 dolls.; the exports, 714,626 dolls. Cotton—Prices are gradually stiffening, and ie. had been paid above the rates quoted for good ordinary and middling; and for middling Gulf Cottons 74c. was freely , offered, and Uplands Tic. New Orleans, Florida Up lands, inferior, 6fc; ordinary, 64c. Exports and receipts of cotton at the ports so far this season, in 1,000 bales— ' To Great Britain, 1,275; France, 280; others, 242; re ceipt, 2,518. Breadstuffs, &e.—The flour market continues to mani fest firmness; sales of 4,000 barrels at 4 dolls. 321 c. to 6 dolls. 2ic , the former for common, and the latter for straight brands and States and Western. Sales of 1,000 bushels Ohio red wheat at 104 c.; sales to the ex tent of 4,000 bushels, all round, at 62c. to 63c. for northern yellow. Frcights—Cotton to Liverpool, id. to 3 -16ths of s penny ; flour, Is. 101 d. to 25.; heavy goods, 255.; and in 13ritish vessels at 225. 61; corn, 6d. To Ireland—Corn, 7d. to Bd., in bags and bulk. t) London—Pork, 2s. 9d.; flour, Is. 9d ; heavy goods, 305.; naval stores, 2s. to 2s. 61. To Ilavre—Cotton, lc. is asked, and ie. offered. tenPußvolNCerds'sonTligilinEgATonffin.e—ialMart. A th f e asi n s o ne o a ffi m ee , tohfe this theatre, takes his benefit on Friday evening next, when t y of rd Princess'sreawraeboinug a very bound to avail them selves the pa patrons thens of o ther n 1 p p tu public servant. TIIE Jaws ' HOSPITAL.—The anniversary dinner employment a pror provision o f f or th t the e yaoguetdhpoocfr both of the patrons and friends of this society, established for opportunity for e t p n u e rpo, , purposes educationof makingand sexes, was held last evening, at th e Londrai Tavern. In the absence of his Royal High ness t h e D uke of Cam bridge, the duties of the chair were efficiently discharged by F. IL Goldsmid, E sq ., t h e P res i dent of the institss - . tion. In the course of proposing the customary hold toasts, the chait man alludedto the circumstance of hue ßoyal Highness the Duke of Sussex having been for many years the patron of their• society, and that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had since most . efficiently suppli e d th e vo id w hi c h his demise had occa sioned. The Chairman subsequently proposed, " Suc cess to the Jews' Hospital," and in so doing took occa sion to remark that whilst, by their peculiar religious opinions, their body were precluded from availing them selves of the benefits of the poonlaw, they had to con tribute to its maintenance. In fact, they were in a; worse position than if no poor-law existed. The toast of " Civil and Religious Liberty" was acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, the Rev. Dr. Cox, and the Rev. George Smith. In the course of the evening, the ap prentices connected with the society's chair manufactory, cabinet manufactory, and ladies' shoe manufactory, were introduced, and exhibited specimens of their workman ship, which reflected upon them the greatest credit. The circumstance of three ministers of the C hristian religion attending the festival was alluded to as a most gratify ing fact, and as showing the improved feeling which pre. vailed in the religious community. The result of the festival was about 6001. The weather has now assumed all the charactGr istics of summer, and vegetation has made extraordinary progress within the last ten days. The country presents a beautiful appearance, and the wheats are everywhere looking strong and healthy.—Newcastle Journal.