The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIAN STEAMER SOLWAY. This splendid steamer arrived at Southampton this morning. She brings New Orleans papers to the 10th of February, and from Havanah to the 23th February. There is no news of any moment. Business at Hays nah was rather depressed, and money scarce. (From the Havanah Price Current, Feb. 26.) Exchanges 60 days sight. London.. lO a 111 P.M. New York Boston. New Orleans Spain Faris (From the New Orleans Bee.) Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1842, Half-past Two, P.M. NEW ORLMANS COTTON MARKET.—The market con tinues to presurve a steady appearance, and to-day's sales embrace 2,000 bales at very , full prices. We notice 1,000 bales at 7 3. 1.6 cents. ; and 500 at 7d. 14,490 STATEMENT OF COTTON. 1841, Sept. 2,, stock on hand:... .......... Receipts last three days 11,554 " previously . 439,098 Clearc a last three days .4* previously Stock on hand LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. LOUISIANA AND MIEISISSIPI Ordinary Middling Middling fair Fair 9 9/ Good fair l3 8 1! Good . and fine l2 153,619 Freights hare a tendency to advance. The Lehigh bas been engaged to load at Natchez for Liverpool, at id.. Nothing higher than id has been paid from the city, but vossels cannot be taken tip on these terms to day. Exchange is extremely unsettled. Sterling has been sold from 10 to 12} per cent.rem. France 5 1 0 . Sight cheques on New York, 5 to 5i per cent. prem. Money matters continue very tight, and several exten sive failures have occurred within the last ten days, more &specially amongst houses engaged in the western trade. ELECTION COMMITTEES. WIGAN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The vote of Thomas Woods was retained. Mr. HILDYAILD, for the sitting Member, proposed to strike off . the vote of Thomas Malley, on the ground of naisdescription on the register of the voter's qualification. Mr. Ackerley, agent for the sitting Members, proved that he objected to the voter before the Revising-Bar rister, on the ground that he was seeking to register out of several holdings, neither of which, taken separately, would be of sufficient value to confer the right of voting, and that they could not be added together to give that right. In answer to Mr. AUSTIN, the witness said he did not Object on the ground of their being an insufficient legal description in the list given to the Barrister. Mr. AUSTIN took the same objection in this case that be : did on the last, namely, that the Committee bad no right, by the 60th section of the Reform Act, to adjudicate on any matter which might have been, but was not, made ground of objection before the Revising-Barrister. Mr. HILATARD contended that in this case the matter of fact determined by the Revising-Barrister also in volved the question of law, and that therefore it was com petent for the Committee to entertain the question of law. The Committee decided as in the last case, and the vote was retained. These decisions reaching to all the voters included in the class of objections under the consideration of the Cominittee. Counsel for the sitting Members proposed to enter upon the class of objections relating to questions of value, and Mr. Harrison's vote was proposed to be struck off; but the petitioners not being prepared with some ma terial evidence, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. Mr. Standish was still in a majority of one over Mr. Crosse. GREAT MARLOW. The Committee met again yesterday morning at eleven. The vote of Thonias Gibbons was objected to by the Counsel for the petitioners, on the ground that the voter had been bribed to vote for the sitting Member. Several witnesses stated that Gibbons was heard to say that he had received three if/. notes on condition that he should vote for Sir William Clayton ; but no evidence was brought forward to show by whom the. money had been paid. The inquiry into the case was not concluded when the Committee rose, at a few minutes before four o'clock. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HO ATE ClRCUlT.—Kingston, April 4. (Before Baron GURNEY and a Special Jury.) RANNO V. SMITH. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover da mages from the defendant for having removed him from on board a vessel called the Surprise, and imprisoned him in the Island of Java. The defendant put several pleas upon the re cord, but Use principal one was, that the plaintiff had acted mutinously, and that it was necessary for the protection of the vessel that he should be sent on shore. Mr. James and . .Mr. Lush were for the plaintiff; and Mi. Plat! and Mr. Hance for the defendant. The circumstances under which the action was brought evere of rather a singular eharaeter, and involve a question of considerable importance to all concerned in the maritime cOM ruerce of the country. It seems that in the month of March, 1635, a vessel called the Surprise, belonging to Messrs. Bennett,. of Limehouse, sailed on a whaling voyage to the South Seas, aid the plaintiff lo as a seaman, and the defendant Smith, who is a Prussian,' was first mate; and a man named Ellis, who seas represented to be a Spaniard, acted as second mate on board the vessel. When the vessel had been out about nine months, at which time she had upwards of a thousand barrels of oil, averaling according to the terms upon which these voy ages are eaide, about 50/. to each of the crew, Hill, the captain the siessel, died, and, according to his last request, the vessel rut ;sack to a port called Bangee - Wengee, in the Island of Java, 1t orsief that his body might be busied on shore. After the dmptain was buried, Smith, the first mate, as is the custom when such casualties occur at sea, assumed the command of the vessel, land he called upon the crew to sign fresh articles, and under take to prosecute the expedition with effect. The plaintiff and.,five others refused to sign the articles, or to do any duty sinless the vessel was first taken to an English port. Smith, finding he could not induce them to sign the articles or to do their duty, sent for some Malays, by whom ato plaintiff and the other men who refused to sign vvere. taken on shore, where they were contined for some slays; and they were at length taken in custody across the island to Sourabay, where they got a ship and returned to England. Tile case for the defence was, that the plaintiff and the other linan hail acted in a mutinous manner, and witnesses were called who proved that, after Captain Hill had died, and it was expected that Smith would assume . the command, that the plaintiff expressed his intentions not to submit to his orders as 'Captain, and that be had endeavoured to induce others of the crew to ;Issist him in preventing Smith from assuming the command. it was, also proved that th e nea r est E ng li s h p o rts to Bangee Mope were Singapore or Sydney, and that if the vessel had tailed to either of those places, after the death of the captain, the !Feet would have been to frustrate the voyage. • 'Ehe .Jury retired, and were absent for about an hour, when th 4 returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. John Lewis, a sawyer, was charged with having conducted himself in a disorderly manner, so as to disturb the congrega tion ir, St. Andrew's Church, South Conduit-street, Betbnal green, during the performance of Divine service, on Sundly. From the evidence of Hayes, the sexton and pew-openel, it appeared that during the afternoon service on the preceding day the prisoner entered the church, and having taken a seat in one of the vacant rews appropriated to strangers, he began to conduct himself in a most extraordinary way, that attracted the notice of the whole congregation. Whilst the clergyman was delivering his discourse the prisoner repeatedly interrupted him by callingl out " well done," " that's good," with similar: fami liar expressions of approbation, as if be had been in the gallery of a theatre, and witness perceived on approaching towards him that he wasintoxicated. On being remonstrated with upon the impropriety ot- his behaviour, the prisoner promised not to re peat it, but he soon afterwards renewed his indecorous plau dits, and whilst the charity children were engaged in singing a psalm, he pulled a shilling out of his pocket, and, in a stento rian voice, asked the clergyman to let him present it to " the little dears," as a reward for their excellent performance. Wit hess then went to the door and called a policeman, who took the prisoner into custody. The policeman said, that on being called into the church, he found all the congregation standing up in a state of excitement, and the clergyman desired him to remove the prisoner, as he had acted in a disorderly manner, and interrupted the service. The prisoner, however, refused to withdraw, and on his at tempting to remove him the prisoner offered a great deal of passive resistance, by catchinghold of the rails and back part of the seats, but, after considerable difficulty, witness succeeded in dragging him out by main farce, and conveyed him to the station-house. In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he did not know what he was about, having partaken with some com panions of a quantity of ale that got into his head. Mr. BROUG mow said he must pay a fine of 10s., or be com mitted for ten days to the House of Correction. The prisoner was locked up in default of payment. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The Court opened yesterday morning far the despatch of business. There were present the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Farebrother,. Humphrey, and Hooper, the Sheriffs, Under. Sheriffs, &c. The RECORDER briefly addressed the Jury upon the nature of their duties, and having referred to two or three cases of an unimportant nature, dismissed them to their room to proceed with their duties. John Simmons alias Gillingham, was indicted for a fraud committed under the following circumstances Ballantine appeared on behalf of the defendant, and Mr. Clarkson stated the case on behalf of the prosecution. , It appeared that the defendant, who acted as an agent, called upon 'a Air. Harker, an Italian warehouseman, in Arthur sweet. City, on the 21st December last, and offered for sale a quantity of what he described to be Cocks's Genuine Reading sauce; and as an inducement, said he could afford to dispose of it at 15 per cent. under the manu facturer's price, and gave as a reason for his being cb'e to do so, that he had taken it in exchange from -Messrs. Cooks for a quantity of soy ; he at the same time pro- tuced an invoice, purporting to have been received from I%lessrs. Cocks. Mr. Harker consented to purchase twenty .four dozen, ;Inch were delivered the following day, and paid for at the time, with a cheque for the amount, 141. When the bottles were examined, the contents were found to be, riot the genuine sauce, but a spurious article, although the labels on the bottles, and the impression on the corks was an exact imitation of . those used by Messrs. Cocks. In t h e month of January the prisoner applied to Mr. Cuthbert, an o ilmen, in Fore -street, to whom ha sold three dozen bottles of the same article; under similar representations, and a few days afterwards be sold the same person two dozen more ; bu: before the last parcel was delivered Mr. Cuthbert Lad r i ea , on to suspect that the article he had been pur chasing was not genuine, and therefore, when delivered 11~ refused to pay the person who brought it. Shortly door the porter had left the prisoner made his appearance, and acted why Mr. Cuthbert refused to pay for the sauce; and upon,being told that it was suspected a fraud had been prat. tised, he again declared that it was all right, and that the article was the Genuine Reading Sauce • Mr. Cuthbert, however, was no t satisfied, and refused to pay the Amotint till he had communicated with Messrs. Cocks. The prisoner then wished to take the sauce away again, but that . was refused, upon which he promised to call again in a day or two, but he never afterwards made his appearance, and Mr. Cuthbert saw nothing more of him till he was taken into cus tody. It waa proved by Mr. Cocks that the article in question • was in every respect spurious, and it was also proved that the labels on the bottles were an excellent imitation of those used by Messrs. Cocks, and although they bore the same printer's name, were not printed by that person. Mr. BALLA NTINE, previous to addressing the Jury, took a great number of technical objections to the indictment, which. With respect to some of the counts, were held by the Court to be valid. The RECORDER having summed up very minutely, The Jury instantly found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDRA postponed passing judgment for the present. The above case occupied the Court the whole day. IMPORTANT . Tat Eu E cTOßs.—Toavolidl the • t he chisel:mut 'of elector& 111J:ides and boroughs, Ptsrf-ranrate" • and window-tax. (if any) payable p•otn them is r es p ect of their :premises; previously to Wednesday next, the 6th of April, mast • be paid , on or before the 20th of July. i' ho window-tax i s pay _ able, by Ad of. Parliament,'whether diftianded or net. Th e poor's:rate is not payable till deManded ; BO that it is not ne cessary, in order to be registered, or" he 10/. voter entitled under the Reform Act, to pay any poor's-rate if it were not de .' mutated previouslj o te theft of April, either personally of the voter, or by nate m writing left on his premises by the col lector. No mall should r ' however omit to pay his poor's-rate because it has not been d eman d e d, as the collectors may think they have called when they have not done BO ; . and for fear of ultimat e neglect, the - poor's-rate ancrwindow-tax should be paid the po immediat ely. o”. In some pa r i s h es th ere i s a local Act, whereby r B,rate is payable before a demand is made. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquest was held on Saturday evening, at the sign of the Old Red Lion public-house, Knightsbridge, before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Mrs. El►aa Spong, aged forty-two years. The Superintendent of the Royal Humane Society's Station house, in Hyde-park, stated that at about five o'clock on Fri day morning last, in consequence of information he received from one of the police-constables of the A division, he pro ceeded in a boat on the Serpentine-i iver, towards the eastern end, bearing to the south shore, and discovered the body of a female tossing up and down on the small waves, it being rough, and blowing very strong at the time. On reaching the body, witness attempted to grasp it to draw it ashore, but found the flesh gave way in his grasp, and he was ultimately obliged to tow it ashore. It appeared to be in a very advanced state of decomposition, and must at least have been two or three weeks in the water. There were not any marks of violence about the body. The deceased had on her bonnet and shawl. A trifle of money was also found in her pockets. By the Coaouza—The females who committed suicide generally threw off their bonnet - and shawl, and left it on the bank before they threw themselves in the water. No part of the dress of the deceased was torn, nor did she appear to have been engaged in any struggle. John Spong stated that he was footman in the service of Robinson, Esq., of No. 41 Lowndes•street, Belgrave-square ; the deceased was his wife, and the mother of two children, now living ; she resided in private lodgings, at Lisson•grove, and was a sober, industrious woman, and much attached to her family. Witness's family had, until the last nine months, been in very distressed circumstances, through his being a long time out of a situation. On the evening of last Thursday three weeks she called on witness, at his master's house, to bring his change of linen for the week, as she had been accustomed to do. They parted about eight o'clock in the evening, in good spirits, to re turn to her children, whom she had left locked up in the room they occupied. The following day witness learned that his wife had not returned to her home, and for several days after he was engaged, under feelings of the most painful anxiety as to her fate, but could hear no tidings of her until the finding of the body. the information of which he gained through his having given information of her being missing to the Humane . Society. Her way home on leaving him was to pass by the Serpentine, and he had no doubt but that she had walked into the water by accident, and was drowned in consequence of s doing. Verdict—" Found drowned." HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL. BERLIN, MARCH 21.—Great sensation is excited here by the affair of Count Von L, a Siberian Nobleman, Chamberlain to the King of the Netherlands, Counsellor of Legation, and owner of the estate of P., who endeavoured to compel five persons accused of theft to make a confession by the bastinado and other tortures. Two of the persons so ill-treated have died in prison at Corel, according to the report of the Medical Board at Breslau, probably in consequence of the tortures they suffered, in which the tribunal at Ralibor has condemned the Count to six years' imprisonment. His counsel has published a defence in - the second instance to refute the accusation, though it cannot deny the infliction of the bastinado and other acts of cruelty. Great efforts have been made to induce the King to gnash the affair, but his Majesty has declared that justice must take its course.—Allgenteine Zeitung. INDIA AND CHINA. (From our Third Edition of Last Night.) We have received from Marseilles letters and papers by the Bombay mail of March 1, as well as our cor respondence from Constantinople, Alexandria, Smyrna, Athens, Beyruth, Syria, Corfu, Malta, Toulon, and Marseilles. CABOOL. (From the Bombay Times, March 1.) The Cabool tragedy is over • the struggle fins been a fearful one, but it is passed. The cup of affliction has been filled to the brim, and the waters of bitterness.contained in it;have been drained to the dregs. The soldiers, who for two months so gallantly endured the attackS of overwhelm ing numbers, amidst cold, hunger, and fatigue, have now no more suffimings or humiliations to endure. Of the army, which on the Ist of November, mustered from twelve to sixteen thousand, camp followers included, sonic two or three hundred only survive in captivity. Not ten men in all have as yet escaped from the hands of the enemy. Since the 28th December, the date to which our last intelligence from these parts extended at the dispatch of the February mail, 120 British officers and from 4,000 to 5,000 .fighting men are known to have perished; one Eu ropean and three Sepoy regiments have been utterly swept away.. A calamity such as this is unknown in the an nals of Indian war. We intimated in our last our fears that Cabool had been evacuated, and its garrison cut to pieces. Our paper of Ist February had scarcely left the press when we found our worst apprehensions confirmed. An outline of the intelligence of which we now possess, the disastrous details would reach London by the 'ex presses of the London papers, as well as the official de spatches of the Government. They reached Bombay too late for us to avail ourselves of. them for our summary." The following letter from Bombay will be found to supply full details of the melancholy reverses our arms had sustained beyond the Indus. The letter is dated March 1, and brings down the narrative of events to the departure of the mail The insurrection, which is described as participating in a great measure of the religious enthusiasm to which the fanatical Moslems can be excited by the preaching of their Imauns, broke out on the night of the Ist of Novem ber, when Sir Alexander Burnes, and his brother; and Captain Broadfoot of the 44th were killed, the house of the first named, being withing the city, was plundered ; and some money in the treasury of 'Captain Johnson, which was close to the former house, was ma d e a p re y of. The Captain having slept in the British cantonments, escaped the slaughter, as well as Brigadier Anguetil and Captain Troup, who were his inmates. Captains Skin ner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his lady and his children remained for some days concealed in the city by some of their friends. Shah Soojah, who had on the 2d sent his son to the relief of Sir Alexander Burnes, where the Prince performed prodigies of valour, received on that day a communication from Sir W. H. M‘Naghten, then in the cantonment, about five miles from the town, requesting leave fur Brigadier-General Skelton, with two regiments. and Captain Nicholl's troop, to enter the Balla Hissar, and to shell the town. Leave was given, and the shelling took place. The in. furiated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort, which lay immediately to the north of the .town, between it and the cantonment, and as it was weakly defended soon becamemasters of it This was a dreadtul blow to the troops, as at the time there was flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment, Another fort, in which some Commissariat stores were kept was also attacked, and after a defence of three days by Captain Mackenzie, and a few men taken also, a panic appeared to have seized the troops, who found them selves in the beginning of winter shut up in their cantonments in a valley 200 miles from the Indus, without sufficient clothing or food, and admidst a fanatical Mussulman population. Even between the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed : the Envoy being desirous of offensive measures, while General Elphinstone, from circumstances connected with the forces, among whom despondency and vacillation are described as then prevailing,. maintained his opinion for defensive ones. At the solicitation of the Envoy, some small forts in the neighbourhood, which contained grain, were captured. In the mean time the news of the dispersion of several of the Affghan corps in Shah Soojah's service, commanded by British officers, reached the besieged, and contributed to add to their gloomy prognostics. Various reverses and successes followed during some days. The troops from the Balla Hisser were recalled to the cantonment, and the Envoy urged a decided attack on the enemy ; the General, however, maintained that all such attacks would be futile ; the soldiers began to despond, and all was misery. There were, nevertheless, skirmishes every day, which did not tend to raise the spirits of the sepoys and soldiers, who saw their enemies hourly increase, while they themselves had scarcely foOd and but insufficient raiment for the season. So greatly were they dispirited that they were one day driven back to their camp, after they had during three hours been exposed to a galling fire. The Ghilzee Chief Osman Khan did not choose to pursue them within their entrenchments, where they, it was then feared, would have made a feeble resistance. Their provision was flour, which they ob tained by bribery during the night. t was then recom mended that all the troops should be concentrated in the Balla Hissar. Captain Conolly, who was then with the Shah, advocated the propriety of so doing, but the mili tary authorities, declared the movement impossble, as they could not rely upon the disheartened troops. The last regiment was then withdrawn from the Ballallissar, which is, as every one knows, a citadel on a hill to the eastward of the town, and Shah Soojah was left to his own resource. _ _ The insurgents, who were aware of the movement, of succour from Candahar, now appeared disposed to enter upon negotiations for the withdrawal of the British troops. The Envo y, on hearing of the retreat of the Candahar brigade, and l earn i ng th a t no aid could be expected from General Sale, then at Jellalabad, or from the Indus, gave a reluctant assent. Conferenoes took place, and a l ong li st o f art i c l es, d rawn up i n Persian by Sir W. 11. WNaghten, was agreed to on. both ,sides, They are said to exceed 20 in number. The second and favourite son of Dost Mahommed, Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who, subsequent to his father's surrender had remained in concealment,-and had 'even escaped beyond the confines of Affghanistan, having made his appearance during the insurrection, took a de cided part in the negotiation. The insurgent chiefs exhibited great willingness to have the British troops removed from Cabool, and arrangements are said to have ' been made for that purpose at different meetings which were held outside the cantonments. After various parlies, a message was, on the 22d of December, brought from Akhbar Khan to Sir W. H. M'Neghten to request an interview on the following morning. The British Envoy went thither, aecompanied by - Captains Lawrence, Trevor, and Mackenzie. They had notlaeea present five minutes, when a signal was given and all were seized and forced to, mount behind some Ghilzee chiefs. The British Envoy resisted, and was slain, as also Captain Trevor, who had slipped off the horse on which he had been placed. Their murderers are now said to be " Ghazees," or religious enthusiasts, who fight as soldiers for " the sake of God," and who, if killed in battle, are called " Shuhdees," or martyrs. The treatment of Sir W. H. M'Nagten's body has been described as most barbarous. His lady is stated to have offered a large sum for its ransom, in or der to its being decently interred. The other two offi cers were saved by the dread of the Ghazees to fire at them, lest the Ghilzees, who rode before them should be wounded, they returned to the cantonment on the 28th. Akhbar Khan has, it appears, boasted of his having in person killed Sir W. H. M‘Naghten. Major Pottinger, well known since the defence of He rat, took charge of the British mission and the negotia tions for the withdrawal of the troops were continued. On the 6th of January they moved from their conton ments, which were instantly seized by the insurgents and burnt. The snow was one foot deep on the ground, when the troops reached Beegroma three miles distant. The schemes of Akhbar Khan then became evident ; he had despatched emissaries throughout the country through which the unfortunate British soldiers had to pass, calling on the people to rise en masse and slay the in fidels. His call was not heard in vain. On the first day's march Cornet Hardyman, of the sth Cavalry, and some men were killed. Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who had taken charge of the retreat, contrived to induce the British to take up stations at night where he chose. On the 7th they moved to Bareckhar, where thg three mountain guns were seized. Their rear-guard were obliged to act in the defensive during the whole of the day. On the Bth the camp was nearly surrounded by enemies, and it became evident that the British soldiers would have to fight their way to Jellalabad. Captain Skinner went to Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who was on a hill close to the British camp, and inquired_ why they could not proceed to .the convention. The reply was, that they had left the Cabool cantonments before the `troops destined to protect them were ready, and that no chief but he (Akhbar Khan) had the means or power to protect them, notwithstanding their convention. This military convention is not fully known, and therefore all its provisions cannot be stated. It is pre tended that among the articles there are some'declarmg that all the British troops were to evacuate Affghanistan, and that notice of such a convention had been sent to General Nott at Candahar, and to General Sale at Jella-. labad. It is said to have been signed by General El phinstone, as Commander-in-Chiet; and by Major Pot tinger as acting Political Agent, and also by Brigadier Skelton, Brigadier Anguetil, and Colonel Chambers. Akhbar Khan, whose violent hatred to the British had been sharpened, not only by the conquest of his father's territories, but by his own exile and subsequent imprisonment in Bokhara, and by his wild fanaticism, demanded then, on the third day of the retreat from Cabool, that the British should, when surrounded by the Ghazees under his command, make new terms with him, and promise not to proceed farther than Tazeen, until the withdrawal of the force under Sir R. Sale from Jellalabad was known, and he insisted on six hostages. Major Pottinger, who was lame from a wound, instantly offered to be one, and at Akhbar Khan's orders Captain M'Kenzie and Law rence were included. The Ghazees were, however, not restrained in their attacks, and a fearful slaughter fol lowed on the movement towards Khoord Cabool. The column was attacked on all side. The fourteen ladies who were' in the centre seemed objects of special desire. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had each a child carried off. Akhbar Khan, while the Ghazees were thus busy, professed his inability to re strain them, and on the 9th of January demanded that the ladies should be placed under his protection. Thiii miserable weather, the snowy wastes, the rough moun tain tracts, and the month of January in the coldest regions of Central Asia, compelled them to yield : the hostages halted for some days in that neighbourhood. . _ The demand on Genet-al Sale to relinquish his post was made on the 9th of January, and on that clay he refused to do so unless by orders from the Supreme Government. This answer was taken back to Akhbar Khan. The unfortunate Sepoys began again to move, and were again 'assailed ; the Sepoys who form such godsoldiers under the broiling sun of India, being enervated and stupified by the cold, scarcely offered any resistance, and hundreds .of them were soon despatched :by the Ghazee Cut-throats, but the Europeans and some brave teen kept together until they reached the pass of. Jugdullok. Here General. Elphinstone and Brigadier Skelton became hostages, and were detained two miles distant by Akhbar. General. Elphinstone Wrote a note in pencil to Brigadier Anguctil March to night ; there is treachery.' The British, troops marched early in the night ; they came to the frightful mountain pass; it was barricaded; they forced the way, and reached Jugdulluk, which they defended some time, until Brigadier Anquetil was killed. • All order was then lost, and contusion and separation, slaughter and destruction ensued. Several officers who were well mounted attempted to make good their way into Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within three or' four miles, when they were murdered and plundered, and their bodies left on the road. Only one officer, Dr. Brydon, of fhe sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded in several places and. exhausted, succeeded in reaching the place of safety in - Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the fate of the other 4,000 soldiers and 6,000 camp followers nothing certain is known; many have been killed, others are dispersed, and as yet it is difficult to decide. The names of thirty-five officers have been published as killed from the commencement of the insurrection,• but fears are entertained that they may amount to its qua druple, out of the great number missing. Some of the sepoys are said to have been sold as slaves to the Oosbeg Tartars. Letters 6onfinue to arrive from various quarters re presenting the state of the prisoners and hostages. Akhbar Khan is said in a letter received from Major Pottinger, dated January 23, to be at the fort of. Ba deeabad, in the Lughman country, where he keep the following prisoners, viz.:—General Elphinstone and Skelton, Lieutenant MacKenzie, Captain and Mrs. An derson and child, Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Eyte, Lieut. Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Sale, Lady M'Naghten, Mrs. Shut,' Mr. and Mrs. Eyley; Sergeant and Mrs. Wade, Captains Troop, Johnson, and G. P. Lawrence, and Major Pottinger. There are, besides, the six officers and the sick who were left at Cabul on the departure of the troops. Akhbar Khan, in the letters from that fort, which are received unsealed, is described as doing every thing " to make them comfortable !" An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuznee is said to be so far successful as that the town is in their power, but Colonel Palmer, with his regiment and six months' provisions is stated to be safe in the citadel. At Can dahar an insurgent force showed itself on the 10th of January, when an attempt was made to carry off the camels belonging to the 43d Bengal Native Infantry. On the 11th, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest ,and favourite son of Shah Shooja, and Mahommed Atta, the Chief, came with a large force within about five miles distance. General Nott marched against them on the 12th, and in a short time dispersed the whole with a trifling loss ; the young Prince proved himself a coward, as he is a traitor to his father's friends. General Sale has, however, maintained his position at Jellalabad, which he has fortified with a ditch, and planted cannon in different places, with a determination to defend his position to-the utmost. Akhbar Khan has attempted to raise the Ooolooses, or heads of the neigh bouring clans, in order to attack Jellalabad, but the gal lantry and resolution displayed by Sir Robert Sale in October, during his march from Cabool to Jellalabad, had given them such proofs of his bravery that they have hitherto rather hesitated. The troops in Jellalabad are stated to be well provided with food and able to keep their ground until the beginning of March, particularly since they have already discomfited two contemplated attacks. The celebrated mountain pass, called the Khyber, lies between Jellalabad and Peshawar, and the inhabitants, who are in possession, have been long notorious for their plunderin; propensities. Akhbar Khan sent to offer money to induce them to resist not only the depar ture of the troops under General Sale, but also the entry of all the troops which may be ordered by the Supreme Government to relieve the garrison at Jellalabad. The Khyberries are stated to be highly in censed at the small sum offered for their concur renee in his plans by Akhbar Khan. It was not more than 1,500 rupees. They, however, have made pre parations to resist on their own account, and a brigade, under the command of Colonel Wild, which was sent from Sutledge early in December, having reached Peshawar, made an attempt to force the pass. Having left their artillery behind in India, and the only guns procurable in that direction be ing unservicable ones from the Siekhs, the attempt made by Colonel Wild was unsuccessfuL Two regi ments penetrated to the fort of Ali Musjid, where a British garrison was stationed ; but, as they found neither provisions nor ammunition there, they were obliged to retreat towards Peshawar, having lost an officer and some men. In the meantime the Supreme Government has not been idle. General Pollock has been dispatched at the head of a considerable reinforce ment towards Peshawar, which he, with sufficient guns and abundant ammunition, reached on the 7th ult., and is now making preparations for proceeding through the Khytar pass. The Supreme Government, on the 31st of January, published a proclamation admitting the fact of the con vention at Cabul, the retreat of the troops, and their having suffered extreme disaster in consequence of treacherous attacks, and declaring that the most active measures had been adopted. and would be most steadily pursued, for expediting powerful reinforcements to the Affghan frontier for assisting such operations as may be considered necessary for the maintenance of the honour and interest of the British Government in that quarter. Orders were also published on the sth of February, for the purpose of havi ng a 10th company a dd e d to ever y regiment in India, which, with other measures adopted, will cause an increase of about 26,000 men. The latest intelligence from Cabool is, that Schah Sobjah • 'has succeeded in securing the goodwill of all the chiefs. Newab Mahomed Zeman Khan has been appointed Vizier, and Ameer Oolla Lag haree, one of the leaders in the late insurrection, has been named Ameer-ud-Dowla. Akhbar Khan haa no power now in Cabool, and was Bent to attend the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING.. APRIL 5, 1 842 " Feringees" in their retreat in order to get rid of him. He, however, retains the hostages and prisoners, for whom he is likely to demand a large ransom. His father, Dost Mahommed, is strongly guarded, in order to prevent hie escape from India. There is great talk of "our great friend" Shah Shooja-001-Molk being im plicated in the late insurrection, which appears to have been - exclusively directed against the foreign infidels. The only offset that we have to the unfortunate events above recounted, is, that Atta Mahomed and Sutler Jung, with a force of about six thousand men were de feated on the 12th of January, in the vicinity of Can dahar, by the troops under the command of Major- Ge neral Nott. Official accounts have not yet been re ceived. The result of this engagement has produced a very favourable effect in Affghanistan. By the latest accounts from Ghusnee we learn that the insurgents were in possession of the town, but that the garrison under Colonel Palmer were in safety in the citadel, having a plentiful supply of ammunition and provisions. The following extract from a private letter contains a list of the names of those who are in the hands of the Affghans. It is, however, to be observed that Captain Souter, of the 44th, is reported to have been killed when attempting to make his escape from a fort nearJellalabad. The officers and ladies who are believed to have escaped massacre, but are prisoners in Mahomed Shah Khan's Fort at Logman, are first (the cause of all our disgrace), Elphinstone, Shelton, 44th ; Lawrence, 11th Cavalry ,• Troup, 48th ; Mackenzie, Madras army; Anderson, 59th ; Boyd, 65th ; Waller, Artillery ; Pot tinger, Envoy ; Mein, Eyre, Artillery ; Ladies Sale and M`Naghten, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Trevor and six children ; Mrs. Waller, Mrs. Mainwaring and one infant ; Mrs. Boyd and one child, Mrs. Eyre, ditto, and Mrs. Sturt • Hostages at Cabul, are Conolly 2 0th, Walsh and frebb, Madras Army, Airey, Buffs, Drum mond 3d Cavalry, Warburton, Artillery, remained at Cabul with the sick, Drs. Berwick and Campbell. In confinement with some Chiefs, Griffiths, 37th ; Souter, 44th ; and Steer, 37th ; with 8 Europeans 44th Foot. It is feared, and too truly, that not another officer is saved. The corps which have been annihilated are the ' 44th Foot, sth Light Cavalry (two squadrons), sth, 37th, 54th Infantry, with a troop of Horse Artillery, and all the colours in the hands of the enemy I The Sepoys were chiefly killed by intense cold. Hands and feet swelled to an immense size, and rendered them incapable of moving. God help the poor fellows, and may such another calamity never befal us. The follow ing may be considered a correct memorandum of the number of officers who have fallen : Artillery H. M. 44th Foot sth Light Cavalry ll sth Infantry 37th 54th Different Departments 2O dolonel Wild made an unsuccessful attempt to force the Khybar pass with four native regiments. The affair appears to have been badly planned. It was attended with the loss of about 150 men. Sickness is also very pre valent in the Colonel's camp. By the last accounts there were 600 men in hospital. Major-General Pollock's brigade must long :e're this have formed a junction with that under ColorierWild. The former consists, besides Native Regiments, *of her Majesty's 9th Foot and a de tachment of European Artillery. It is, however, very much doubted whether the Major-General will venture to attempt an advance on Jellalabad until he is joined by her Majesty's 3d Dragoons and 31st Foot, who with several Native corps, and a detachment of Horse Artil lery are now moving to the frontier. The last letters received from Jellalabad state that the troops there are in high spirits, and have collected suf ficient provisions to enable them to hold out until the Ist April. The massacre of the Cabool force has aroused the energies of the supreme Government. A manifesto has been issued by the Governor-General, calculated to allay the fears of well-disposed natives and to check insubordination on the part of the disaffected. With reference to the loss of Cabool, his Lordship declares that, he` " regards this partial reverse only as a new occasion for displaying the stability and vigour of the British power, and the admirable spirit and valour of the British Indian army." Orders have been issued for augmentiug the army by adding a tenth company to each native regiment of the line at the establishments of the three presidencies. Other measures have also been taken which will make the entire augmentation amount to abont 80,000 men. Shah Soojalohough left entirely to his own resources, still hqlds out the Bala Hissar against the rebels. The„fellowing is a list of the passengers who will pro ceed this morning by the Honourable Company's steamer Victoria to. Suez :—Mrs. Gordon, and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. F. Martin and child; Mrs. Vibart and 3 chil dren: - , John Vibart, Esq. ; Mr. and Mrs. Young and 4 children ; Mrs. Courteny and 2 children ; Mrs. Stack and 2 children, Major and Alfa. W. Sterling and 1 child, George S. King, Esq. ; Captain and Mrs. Fair, and 3 children, H. Gordon, Esq. ; Mrs. Major Outram, and* Child ; Mrs. Henderson ; Lieutenant- Colonel and Mrs. Home ; Mrs. Stewart, Mr. J. C. Steuart ; Mr. Le BaS; Madame Barrott and child; Lieut.-Colonel .Cavaye; W. Bell, Esq. ; Captain Pearson; G. Pollexfen, Esq. ;. J. Brown, Esq. ; J. Rogers, Esq. ; Lieutenant J. Bedford; Lieutenant Jones; Ensign Finley; Monsieur . Barrett; Major Forbes; E. B. Mills, Esq.; John Patterson, Esq.; , Capt. H. P. Lawrence and. child; Mr. I. de Silva • Lieufenant . H. Layard ; Captain D'Eyncourt ; P. F. Robertson, Esq. The following parties have engaged their passage by the Steamer of the Ist of April:—Mrs. Montgomery; Mrs. Col.'Manson.; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Campbell; M.C.S. ; Mrs. Pattinger ; Mrs. Parsons ; a child, aged five years, son of. Mrs Wroughton ne.s.; Capt. and Mrs. Ord; Miss Kichares ; Capt. and Mrs. Prescott, and one child ; Mrs. Major Osborne, and two children ; Col. Pity ; Mrs. Boaden, and child ' • Major H. C. Cotton ; G. 3. Morris, Esq.,,; Mrs. Major Carpenter and child ; Capt. and Mrs. Roberts ; Lieut. and Mrs. Eastwick ; Major Osborne ; J. Llevvelyn, Esq. ; Col. Joaquim Joseph Saviour Henry, and 'Lady ; Capt. Young ; Capt. Rutherford ; Mrs. S. Brooking ; Mr. A. Gouger. there is s sufficient quantity still in Canton to bring up the report to the average export. It only remains; therefore,. to- see what the operations of the forces are likely to be in the neighbourhood ; but no one expects a renewal of the blockade with such men in the neighbourhood of Canton as Major-General Burr, Captain Nias, and .Mr. Deputy Superintendent of Trade, Johnson. The British merchants are truly in a eplor able condition._ The House then formed itself into a Committee, Mr. GREENE in the chair. Clause 1 havingbeen put, Mr. BLEWITT suggested that an addition should be ade to the clause, exempting parties from serving on the commission, who should refuse to attend. amendment The was agreed to, and the clause was ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses up to 4 were then agreed to. On clause 5 being proposed, Sir THOMAS WILDE said he had an alteration to suggest in this clause, and also on the subsequent one ; and it might perhaps save the time of the . .. House if he stated the reasons that induced him to propose the seve ral alterations he had to offer. This clause, as well as every other, should, he thought, be read with reference to the speech of the Chencellor of the Exchequer, when the Bill was brought in. He must own that he was some what surprised and disappointed that the alterations, he had taken the liberty of suggesting, should have been sup posed to open some objections to the Bill. In proposing them he had not the slightest intention of embarrassing the course the Government wished to take; nor was he aware that any of his amendments would have the effect of in any way obstructing the measure. The present clause related to the duties imposed on the Commissioners. It was, of course, of great importance that there should be no question raised hereafter as to what was the intention of the Legislature with regard to those duties ; what ever it was intended they should do ought to be clearly defined. The interests embraced by the present measure were very important, for it ineelved the ruin of many respectable persons, and though Atrong the number of those persons there might be some possessed of such fortunes that the loss of forty or fifty thousaed pounds would not have that effect, yet the measure was of vast importance. The object of the alteration he should propose in the present clause, was the carying out the intentions of her Majesty's Government, and no other. He had attended to the speeches made when the Bill was brought in, and as all discussion, or expression of opinion with regard to the bill-holders, or as to the justice of that House indemnifying them, was then depre cated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he did not offer any remarks on that occasion, though some statements were made which he thought gave a colour to the case which did not properly belong to it. It was distinctly stated that it was not intended to delegate to the Commissioners any power or authority to offer any opinion as to the bills ; they were solely to confine themselves to matters of fact. Among other observations made when the Bill was brought in, it was said the House should be cautious in indicating any opinion upon the propriety of paying those forged public securities, because it may involve matter of great importance to the public. The ques tion was, whether the loss had been sustained for want of sufficient control on the part of the public officers, and upon that principle, which he con ceived to be just, if a person had sustained a loss on account of a principle, the principle ought to sustain the loss, and not the person who is made the victim of his fraud. It was desirable, for the sake of justice, that a report to be made under the authority of the Bill, should show the House Whether any such principle or not should come under discussion. He understood the Right Hon. Ba ronet at the head of her Majesty's Government to sey, that it was extremely important the House should expresses no opinion on the payment of bills, becahse. it would involve an opinion as to the consequences that might arise from an issue of forged public se curities. He (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) could not conceive it could be so, because the-whole investiga tion would be so conducted as to elicit the truth of the whole case, and nothing more. The sth clause directed that the Commissioners should by all such means, as to them may appear best, proceed to inves tigate the truth with respect to the holders of the documents, and that they should from time to time report to her Majesty's Government what they should find concerning the issue, circulation, de-, posit, and possession of such documents; and how the holders of such received the sums upon them whether in exchange of other bills, or for money, what was the rate of purchase, and whether the owner of such documents received those sums of money in due course of business; also other matters to make known to the Commissioners. Thus, this amendment would put the House in possession of several important facts, which the words of the Bill, as it now stood, would not do, for they only charged that Commission " to report what they should find." No doubt the Right Hon. Gentleman who drew up the Bill, thought that those words would include the furnishing of evidence to that House as well as the conclusions of the Commissioners. But the two legal gentlemen whom he' had proposed to be on the Commission, would at once see that the present provision would not extend to the furnishing of the evidence to the House ; but by the amendment which he (Sir T. W.) proposed. the evidence and also all other matters - which the Commissioners should find, would be laid before the House. In adopting this amendment the House would act on the disposition that was expressed by the Right Hon. Gentleman in introducing the Bill, which was to give the most ample information to the House, to collect all the yircumstances connected with the transaction, and to prosecute a most rigid inquiry. But while the Bill as it stood did not depute the Commissioners to re port their opinions on claims of Exchequer-bill holders, his (Sir T. W.'s) amendment would. It was of the greatest importance that all the evidence connected with it should be laid before the House. The 'subject- was- ef the very_ highest importance.--(Hear.) He had no doubt, therefore, that his amend ment would be adopted, as it would supply to the Houee all those minute and practical details %%islets were intended to be furnished by the Right Ho nourable Gentleman opposite, but which, nevertheless, the Bill as it now stood would not do. He was the more confident in his expectation as he was sure that no holiest person could desire conceal ment, so far as he was concerned in this transaction. — (Hear, hear.) He should also propose au alteration in part of the preamble. As it now stood, it was suggested " that the Commissioners should inquire into the means whereby such documents came into the hands of the parties." He should propose to alter these words into " the means whereby such documents had been made and issued." NoW, in order that the case might be laid as clearly as possible before the House, it was necessary that the House should know whether the fraud which had been committed, notwithstanding the exercise of due care and caution, and under such circumstances that no care or foresight for the future could by possibility pre vent the recurrence of such fraud, or whether the fraud occurred in consequence merely of a defect in the system of management, which might be remedied for the future by due care arid caution, but unless the House were made aware hoW the person committing this fraud had been enabled to make these bills, they could not form any judgment as to whether the fraud had been occasioned by some cause inseparable from the making of these securi ties. or. whether it had been merely the consequence of an imperfect system. He (Sir T. Wilde) believed that the fraud was not occasioned by any fault of the present officers, who had merely acted on the same system that their predecessors had followed, but that it had been occasioned by a defect in the system. It it should turn out that that on which the public had hitherto depended as a test of the genuineness of these bills—if it should_ turn out that the official seal, although locked up, was yet deposited in such a manner as that persons could get access to it ; that, he thought, would go to prove that. a want of due care and caution had been the cause Of the fraud. Ile was aware that there had been a commission, which had already presented a Report ; but they had not reported all the evidence presented to them. They only reported the evidence which they considered relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry •on which they were engaged. But there might be evis dente which, although irrelevant to that inquiry, might be very relevant to the present inquiry, and if so, he should wish the House to be in possession of -it, in order that they might exercise a sound dis cretion as to the manner in which they would deal with the holders of these bills.—(Hear, hear.) If those persons had acted honestly and fairly, and had given full value for the bills which they held, the public ought to sustain the loss which had been occasioned by the misconduct of a public officer. It was known that the individual called Rapallo held bills to the amount of 100,0001 Now he thought it should be an instruction to the Commissioners to inves tigate the claims of those persons, and to place them in a separate schedule, and that they should be protected against the competition of holders who had dishonestly got hold of the securities. He then proposed to add a clause which he understood was subject to some objection—namely, " that the bill holders described in the schedule shall have liberty to THE TARIFF. attend to be heard by themselves and their Counselibefore Mr. RAM - ES CURRIE wished to put a question to the Commissioners, in such manner and at such the Right Hon. Gentleman, at , the head of her Majesty's time or times as the Commissioners shall order and Government, upon this subject. When the Right direct." Of course the Commissioners, like every Hon. Gentleman had brought forward his financial other tribunal, having the power of controlling the proposition, he had stated in the most explicit manner course of proceeding. The House would observe that it was the intention of Government to stand or fall the extended nature of the inquiry proposed by the fifth by the adoption or rejection of that measure. The ques- clause. It was an inquiry as to the manner of possession ; tion then which he (Mr. Currie) wished to ask was, under what circumstances the bills were received, whether whether the Right Hon. Gentleman intended to uphold in exchange or not ; what was the rate of interest, and the main principle of the tariff—namely, the reduction of so on. Many of the persons concerned were entirely duties on articles of general consumption, and more parti- unused to legal proceedings, entirely ignorant what cularly on articles of food—provisions and cattle—with questions should be put in order to arrive at a the same determination as that with which he intended to - given conclusion. Nothing could be more reason uphold the income tax ? able, he thought, than that all such persons should Sir R. PEEL said, that he did say that when her have the assistance of an attorney or of counsel Majesty's Government brought forward such an impor- in examining and cross-examining witnesses. tant question as the tariff, for the relief of the country, it The fifth clause required the Commissioners to report was brought forward as a Government measure, and on their inferences and conclusions from the evidence the whole responsibility of the Government. He con- adduced before them. Unless then all those forms, ceived that was a measure of the greatest importance, and which were adopted in Courts of Justice, were a that the income tax was the foundation of it. He had spoken waste of time, justice required that the parties, generally of the income tax as the foundation of the whose commercial existence was at stake, should be heard tariff. He stated that in that there were modifications before that report was made. Her Majesty's Government which he proposed to make, and with respect to the could have no motive for haste in bringing the matter tariff there were many alterations which he might wish to a conclusion which would not operate in a ten-fold to make, and he must reserve to himself the power degree upon the parties affected by the Bill. There of doing so. (C r i es o f " Hear, hear.") He could be no reasonable objection, therefore, on had brought forward those measures, financial the ground of delay. Justice appeared to him and commercial, with a sincere desire to do justice be- to require that every man 'should be heard. tween the producing and consuming classes of the country. If an y were to be heard, all must be heard. In an inquiry Subsequent reflections had confirmed him in the opinion like this, to refuse to men with. 30,0001. or 40,0001. that, on the whole, the measures were good, and it was at stake the advantage of counsel, if they his intention to uphold the general principles of this Bill. thought fit to require it, seemed to him as if they were Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to ask the Right desired to do what Sir Samuel Romilly said in answer Hon. Baronet whether the alterations to which he had to Lord Eldon and anothee judge, that they wanted referred were yet ready to be submitted to the House, or, " hasty injustice instead of temperate justice." He if not, when they would be . (Sir T. Wilde) could not conceive who were Sir R. PEEL said he should inform the House f the persons that could object to his proposition, or what of' any important alterations which he proposed ihnetemreesatnctotuoldprboepoasffeeme,ates:l,,bY it. Another clause which to make. He conceived it was necessary to that the said Commissioners municate with different people, as it was desirable are hereby required to meet for the prosecution to have the views of different parties. Those commu- iof the inquiries directed by this Act, at such nications were still lasing on. He would, at as early a times, and at such places as the Lords' Com period as possible, communicate his alterations to the missioners of h er M a j esty ' s T reasury ma y appoint ; House, and he thought be might say that, on Monday and the said Commissioners are hereby required next, he should be able to lay it all before them ; but he to report upon the several matters and things hereby re 'thought that the general principles of the tariff would be ferred - to them, within months from the passing of this adhered to. • • .- Act, or within such further or other time as the said Lords' FORGED EXCHEQUER BILLS' BILL. Commissioners of her Majesty's On the Order of the Day for bringing .up the Report end appoint." (Sir Thom a s Wilde) had perfect ,ant' on this Bill it was ordered to be re-comuutted. t confidence in Mr. Steven l T rea sury shall name the Berl of Devon SQUADRON NORTHWARD AT CHUSAN. - Wellesley (flag-ship), 72 ; Blenheim, 72 ; Blonde, 42 ; Pelican, Hyacinthe, Mosleste, Columbine, all 18 ; Algerine, 10 ; Starling, 6 ; Hon. E. C. steamer Nemesis, Queen, Phlegethon, and Sesotris. At Amoy—Druid, 44 ; Crter, 18 ; Pylades, 18. On her way to Chusan, Cornwallis, 72, and Jupiter troop ship. At mouth of Canton River—Herald, 26 ; Alligator, 28 ; Nimrod, 18 ; Cameleon, 10 ; Clio, 16 ; Royalist, 10 ; Young Hebe, 4 ; H. C. steamer Houghy. The trade continues undisturbed, whilst several seizures have been made of Chinese junks and trading vessels in the estuary of Canton river. No decline in the high rates for teas. _ _ _ Exchange at Bombay on London, 2i to 2 1. Freights-70 to 75 to Great Britain.—Nothing load ing for the Clyde. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals at Bombay from London, 28th February, Francis Spaight, and Rachael. From Liverpool, Hin dostan, Corea, Cambridge, Chieftain and Lancaster. From Plymouth, Token. From the Clyde, Margaret Bullock, Lanarkshire, and Carnatic. Departures from Bombay, February 28, for London, the Cambrian and Tasso. For Liverpool the Merton, Clara and Maria, and Alexander Grant. For the Clyde, none. For China, the Wild Irish Girl, Error, Caledonia, and Royal Saxon. and he had no doubt that the other gentlemen , 10 . 0 , appointed as Commissioners, were equally deservil l nit confidence. Ile was satisfied the Government swill, ice propose any person who was not deservi n g of confides t at the same time he would wish that something ler. expedition should be sought to be attained. Cons" t f, ing how much the parties, whom the measure fected, had at stake, it was of the utmost importssce that this inquiry should be brought to th e earliest e_ _a e, elusion possible. While impressing this on the' 11.°. j he was anxious to guard against its beisis' posed that lie • wished to embarrass the Gov .m eat ni on this measure. These were the whole of the • meets which he wished to propose. With respect 111.1° rite _.l publication of the evidence, of course as the Gover. could not have any desire to screen any Pei he could not see any objection to it. He was onl y a": 0 sirous that the case should be brought back to the Is in such a form as to cut it in possession of all that happened in the manse'', so as to enable the II su , : . to determine with justice what was best to bed Ps Therefore, he thought it necessary to submit to House the amendments which he hed proposed. the The SOLICITOR-GENERes.L said he thought tied difference, if difference there was between' his lion. ,tied Learned Friend and himself, wars only as to the tuol lC carrying his suggestions into effeisr. The object of e n : Commission, which had been issued by the Gossett' _ ment, was for the purpose of obetaimng infoseis as to the mode in which parties bec %me holders et,, t n ° ,. bills. They knew that fraud had c misted fora lo , S ! time ; fraudulent Exchequer-bills ha I been circulates this had gone' on for a considerable tit, se, and there era reason to suppose that some parties w h o had been.c°lt cerned in their circulation might hay e been cosnoere, pf the affair. The object of the Coinmi salon wa s ° I _ ce fore to ascertain the history of those b ilis, and to tra Ihe the inquiry from the time of th eir being :issued, 0 0 ir time of tteir getting into the hands Of the se clAim compenssstions And he would now rem .041 the i 4 House that they were not enforcing any i s eg al rit° Sire but they they were coming to ask G ov e rnmeett. 4 them compensation in respect of the forge d E%s tissioe bills which they hold. The objec t o f the Coin' was to ascertain the circumstances under which „of parties became possessed of the bills. He Cl' agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend , t s.he id no part of the evidence sh ould be wif.se, from the public. He thought, on the coailt, that the public should be informed of the whole; ° f ht, and he could assure his Hon. and 'Lea rned Frieat of there never was the slightest intentiosi, on the Pt tr i s id tire Government that it should not be wholly before the public. The Commission , would r e l;S e jl fully to the House the entire of the ev.idence as 0 0. as the inferences which they had from t hat cline His Honourable Friend proposed to introda cc os clause to compel the Commissioners to .rep isie whole of the evidence . taken, and to lay it 0 , 1 13 the House. Now he (the Solicitor-General) ! jo ie conceive special cases in which it might not be jn til eere to make evidence public. He could conceive that t ° o might be cases in which such a course t`bect. prevent a full investigation cif the s i t' 4 , e oti But, at the same time, the suggestion of his Hon• sfit'lle. was not liable to so much objection, that if the n°o-uti and his Learned Friend thought it advise able it s ll ns si , stand part of the Bill, he should press his °keel tion to it. He would, however, remind his Hon. PI, be :w and the House that if all the evidence were t v ie reported. it might interfere with a comple te s peer quiry ; and in his opinion it would be iro'fir to leave the matter to the discretion of the 'deer missioners, as in all ordinary cases. There was 1 ;0 1 ; the slightest intention on the part of the Govern s oj that the matter should not be fully investiran", that every possible information upon the subjec . t. not be given to the House. His Hon. and Lee rneSl 5',04 !sad also suggested that a clause should be intiv r , to for the purpose . of compelling the Commissioneoi hear counsel and evidence on the part of persons Wet' claims against the Government. He did not or wilily think that such a course would be L' nient. Every holder of one of these bills might to the Commissioners, that `•he was the best je d g:l4 the course to be taken - relative to the inquiry—that „` were bound to hear his counsel and his wit°-s, 0 .1 for the Parliament had so enacted." th , he believed that in no former case bad hest Legislature made it imperative on Commissioners t o lle. eo arties by their counsel. They had always If allowed to hear, at their own discretion, Any P ties they might think fit. In his opini,t'ess , would be better, after they had appointed Conuniss w ,s, .01 0 to leave them to conduct the inquiry as they.;llo, please. His lion. and Learned Friend had aatustial the holders of the bills could not be interested in el'r t , delay. Now that might be true of the greater ta,01,1 them ; but would his Honourable and Learn ed say that there were no parties whose intcresiril might be to thwart the real object of the ingLio Was there no party who might be interested in . `Te s t"„' the truth kept back, or in preventing the p , missioners from arriving at its discovery. ? . 0 4 would remind the House that the Counni s tett would not have to decide upon the matter ; theY merely have to inquire, and the House migh t after' itje adopt whatever course it might think p ro p er hoped, with regard to that clause, that his }Wk s Learned Friend is ould not press the amendment. ,h , the other clause, referring to the publicity of r" quiry, there was no objection to it, if h Pourable and Learned Friend could pointie any convenient mode of carrying i nto effet. 000 the lion, and Learned Gentleman said it was tn,eseti that it should be ascertained how the bills it r made and issued from the office, thsra ,51 12. 4 he no doubt that it was important that it sV pi ett' known how they got into circulation ; but if litA that the present Commission should pr'''e ' the same manner as the Commission that ht' ogle reported to the House, if he said that it was to g c ' e er, t . the same ground, then he (the Solicitor-Gene r te' not help thinking that it would be imposing t.e" - r„s f. the Commission which it was not the intention °' I:ist'So jesty's Government to impose, and which seemed t ° ,:sco` s i to bear expressly on the question. There was no o °ol le . j on the part of her Majesty's Government to th'' d s inquiry ieto the mode in which the bills were nt°, 4 issued from the Exchequer-office; nor was there*"as jection to the amendment, except that it introauctstV this Commission a duty, already delegate d to allosPte. which had made its report, and laid' its inff t r before the House. Unless the amendate u ,„' g r e t altered, he should not be precisely prepared id e tio to it. As to the proposal that all the 11°.ceee bills should be ascertained and placed inn 01 by the Commission, there might be no diffitiorsoo; ascertaining s the holders of the bills in awetelai and there was m; objection to those bills being se o irt l 4 but. it would not he right to confine the r te .' s ' such bills only as might. be so scheduled as the.' %iosttei, be other bills, and they migi 2 t be thus doing et t e ll 'etb P I,e He had no objection to the bills being `csillt, with a proviso that such other bills 11PrLitilttd added to the schedule as m i g h t be r i v es ° i,S With regard to the other parts, he hoped. the co s Learned Member for . Worces(er: would no t Per' t iJ House. amendment to the Therewas not much ilop. between them. He agreed in the spirit of Ifis bs ul ti ol Learned Friend's observations, that the resilit made as public as possible, and that the 11-" u e ' f icle, l ll)' form its own judgment on the result o f the iir and with that view he hoped there would be n° .cse in framing the clauses when the proper time e Sir H. H. INGLIS said that . he would• at th the time abstain from giving any opinion 1 1 1 )4 , )0 00' sP I A which had been so largely entered upos by tP e v o' Learned Member opposite. He thought tha t tbe res Learned Member was right in the first and seeoll tl i r hi is .114 his amendments, but with regard to the third--ili","„gresti lated to the holders appearing by their counsel aau„,"eoiblioo' objected to, and would not give his consent to that the t ill) ? He did not agree with respect to the third clause I st no 0 0!): and Learned Member, but he did agree with hitt' f t ,ct O f t err y o was to be lost.—( Hear, hear.) He had no W e i - J . og 111 ° ' in Exchequer bills, but not even in the persons b°' y tb e but he thought it most cruel that there should ber r ;os ° e rei ? the subject ; and, if not inconsistent with the ° i d es o 4 0 ,i 1 House, he hoped her Majesty's Government 1°11.141 that influence which they must possess in endeavour' let/ der the proceedings as speedy as possible—(( lll possible, to bring up the report in the present Seoo,e do {ro te thing ought to be done as soon as possible to relie`. e o ritPo.o o fide holders, who, he believed, constituted the al a ii s te s the embarrassments and difficulties in which th e . 11 1 ti ee had placed them. sst a° s' 4o Sir R. PEEL really thought there was no ' e t° tV,,,4";,i. ference between the two sides of the Heusi - 0 ceir' - , 0 4 that should be pursued by the Commissionets• rs 110 i f s ' ; there any valid objection to the Commisti tme A The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite ham „ele„1 timony to the acquirements, ability, and i n tegri3OL: iP ro tee s rj Commissioners, the Earl of Devon and Mr. StePra of t ; y b nQ ing the third Commissioner, Mr. Milford, for j e t s , P.fe had endeavoured to steer clear of every objeet',,°;'eted `1; ache chosen a gentleman who was in no degree en q uet i° :;jetcl class supposed to be personally interested in t "„ 1 ",isl I ' ll° sh° he had, at the same time, a good deal of fiat" tool, Cs°, He (Sir R. Peel) therefore thought that te., o f ti c ieu e :; repose full confidence in the personal abi""Jathe ° a n, °'" missioners. With respect to the production 46eritjesu tort' he quite agreed with the Hon. and Lew ne d „ s tisfe' et e ' -sfY it i the Report of the Commissioners would be g-i-ilesr• [;ti t e r it s tt less they also gave the evidence to the El oo , 6e ; t 'st n ec !, - Jeti ce vil and he (Sir R. Peel) would assure hitn .s r s 'a the 00 1 ,41 the contemplation of Government to witne J o t oo if VI a general principle. The Hon. Gentleman h 00 elt,,°' that some of the evidence might bear upon Pe rs 'Sir he , Ito ife , were not now, yet had been in office ; but co uld, e to thought that no consideration of that nature s A S , pf Bill now stood, operate with the Cornmissiuoineri if suYotr i duce them to withheld those particulars 1, the Got should appear of negligence on the eat !' cou ld tof officers, in the making or issuing of bills, ; h mat.ons the Commissioners could withhold that inf ? r v i to 6° l; appointed the Commissioners, with " a " h e older , e r ' 1 truth and inquire into the case of every re p o sod to her doego every document,, and from time to time to rss si se i es l o of o paltotitconcerningthe ill. Now making, the holder issue, of , c n those bra eo, o but think it necessary to show tha t no eigilsriseee " cure WO be ieyii have enabled him to take precautions t? f facts might , loss. In such a statement a number ° it W ould b e to w g; duced relating to other persons, of the Commissioners to allow Pee did not thin 4 details of the case; still he (Sir R. - evidence sbnott, of cessary to insist that every particle ht not to'b e t ee*' before the House. He thought it eug pa rticle of the upon the Commissioners to re ! Prn't of the evidence oV As a principle he thought the ITh°.i„ a case ie be reperted, but he could easily 6 ortance that cer might be of the utmost possible nliP e n to t b !„,,ei he holder to go it be glv issioners thereforeti ()us of the h e evidence thought Clnninthe subject. _O4O permitted to exercise a discretien.,(l)❑re 0 _ AA to be P' et al principle, the whole of the evi Dis but certainly the Government and the Cosa on the OW' a rti ci V be permitted to exercise a discretion L‘isb every e to d . 4 ought not to be compelled by law l i rr' Fr i en d - wfw e sheuthlde not the evidence. He reed with by eounsel. —( A laugh.) It was w l :I. A a ge d -rocee -i - bee : t s h po a k t, e, ground that hexpeditiond t was o giovfi otghoehvinestrrayeoseat;terousosilghuboetvfniroicteitictZ speeches of counsel lengthened out eg o. A l _ e s e t to t {rte thought that the giving every put tend to e' Pe of b counsel or ettorney, would by no rneans 0 gea.lo3 ,ll, get w th er at on th ' at 6tlP3 feseacteeailtitnaginsinenlltlz anCdoinbraeisstihoouuegrsht BRITISH INDIA. There have been some very serious disturbances among the Madras regiments at Secunderabad, in the Nizam's country, in consequence of the Court of Di rectors having ordered that the allowance of battu, latterly granted, should be discontinued. The soldiers of some of the best regiments refused to obey their offiOrs, stating that it would be better not to be in the service than to starve, or have their families starve, as the allowances. granted on removing them 320 miles into the Nizam's country were now refused. The mutiny has been put down, and many of the soldier are now in confinement. _ _ .... The other parts of India are comparatively tranquil, but great excitement prevails in different quarters. The inhabitants of Delhi and other towns in that direction have begun to hide their money and jewels as if they apprehended danger. The Nepaulese i seem occupied with their own affairs. The winter seasoi! s not one of alarm or excitement there. The, old King of Oude had made arrangements for resigning the throne, but he has been disuaded by his chief Minister from effecting his purpose. Some confu sion is expected in that country. The Siekh expedition into Thibet has been routed, and its leader, Zorawur Singh, slain. A treaty resem bling that of the Cabool Generals, was made with the Chinese, who took the arms f rom th e Si c kh s , an d th en allowed them to die of cold and starvation. A number of men, under a leader named Bustee Ram, effected their escape through the Byansee Pass, so as to reach Al morah. The leader and 130 men succeeded in obtain ing the protection of the British authorities there, and have been since sent on to Loodianha. Forty of them remained in the hospital. Numbers have perished. The expedition of Tharawaddie to Rangoon has failed, and he and his court have left that place. His troops have lost 3,000 men by their works there, and they are disappointed, for .411 their great hopes have failed. The King of Siam is described as much alarmed lest Thara waddie should obtain arms and ammunition from the English in order to attack his dominions. CHINA. The latest intelligence from China is to the 17th of January. The British expedition there appears to be waiting for the reinforcement from England and India. Nevertheless, a sort of hybrid warfare was carried on. The British Naval Commander at Hong Kong was con tinuing the seizure of the Chinese junks. The Chinese at Canton were busy in making the defences of that river as effective as possible. They had three Dutch engineers, for whom they sent a junk to Java some months ago. It is not stated if those engineers belong to the Dutch army, although it is presumed that they do. Their names are Van Scholte, Van Braam, and Van Schroek. The Chinese Emperor is represented as incensed and alarmed with the proceedings of the foreigners. Some of the reports' from his lieutenants in the provinces he had read " with fast falling tears. Great preparations are stated to be made in the province of Pekin, which is under his own imperial jurisdiction, to resist the invaders, who are expected there. Large forces were collected in the neighbourhood of Ningpo, and as Sir Hugh Gough thought more troops necessary in order to maintain that position, the Admiral despatched a ship to take about 800 Europeans from Hoag Kong. H. M. ship Cornwallis had proceeded from Hong Kong to join the expedition. The Clio had arrived at Macao. In Amoy, on the 2d of January, and at Chusan on the 24th of December, the dates of the latest letters, all was quiet The steamer Madagascar has been destroyed by fire ; the crew, having taken to the boats, landed on the Chinese coast and have been saved by the interposition of the Hong merchants. There was some alarm respecting the two iron steamers, the Ariadne and Me dusa, but intelligence has arrived of their safety. The ship Viscount Melbourne, Capt. M`Kerlie, was lost be tween Singapore and Macao. Some of the crew reached Singapore, from whence an armed vess e l h as been sent to Sambas in quest of the remainder, who are supposed to have proceeded thither. The postcript of a Bombay letter announces, that an express had reached that town from Madras with the news of the arrival of the frigate Cambrian, having on board Lord Ellenborough, the new Governor-General. There has been nothing astir wcrthy of notice since the capture of Chusan and Chinghae. It is supposed to be Captain Nias's intention to proceed up the river in tho steamer merely to reconnoitre. Whatever his purpose may be (they write from Macao, 17th January) his ap pearance will most certainly cause considerable alarm, and thereby affect the market for imports as regards the Chinese, whilst the English, acting also with the inten tion of covering their property at risk, will purchase teas at higher rates than they would otherwise pay. There is not much chance of the shipments of tea falling off as long as the port remains open ; we have sent home nineteen millions since July lst, and before. February we shall get off about five or six more. This is a Bm4ll supply compared with former years, but SUPPLEMENTARY NEWS. CaiNA.—The Waterwich, arrived at Calcutta, brings accounts from China a few days later. The Canton Press of Jan. 1. says—" Nothing new from Canton. The Chinese continue strengthening the fortifications of the town and river, purchasing guns in great number. The British au thorities do not interfere.. Canton letters of Dec. 31 de scribe commercial affairs at zero. The Vansittart left on the 3d for Calcutta ; the Carleton, for London, on the 30th of December; and the Earl of Belcaris on the same day for Manilla. The Herbert Compton was to leave for Bombay on the 15th January. Trade is para lysed by the want of a circulating medium. The ex change on London has advanced to ss. per dollar, and on India to 225 rupees per 100 dollars for Government bills. The China expedition is in want of money. The Hong merchants consider as eventually certain our pos sessing this country, by gradual conquest, as with India. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 4. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter before Four o'Clock. _ Certain Reports from the Poor-law Commissioners, were brought up, and laid on the table. WEYMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. P. M. STEWART brought up the Report of the Select Committee appointed to investigate the merits of the petition of Ralph Bernal, Esq. and W. N. Christie, complaining of an undue return for the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. The Com mittee reported that the Hon. George Augustus Frederic Villiers, commonly called Viscount Vil liers, and George Willliarn Hope, Esquire, had not been duly elected at the last election to serve in this present Parliament as Burgesses for the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, but that Ralph Bernal, Esq., and W. N. Christie, Esq., had been duly elected, and ought to have been returned. The Committee fur ther reported that they had altered the poll taken at such election, by striking off the name of John Bridle and others, who had not had any right to vote at the said election. The Report was then brought up, and the Clerk of the Crown was ordered to attend to amend the return. GLASGOW AND REDBURN BRIDGE ROAD. The Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Road Bill was read a second time. - ARDROSSAN HARBOUR. The Ardrossan Harbour Bill was read a second time. BRADFORD WATERWORKS. The Bradford Waterworks' Bill was read a third time and passed. DROGHEDA HARBOUR. The Drogheda Harbour Bill was read a second time. THE TARIFF. Mr. ORD presented a petition from Newcastle-upon- Tyne, against the proposed export duty upon coals ; also, a petition from the same place against any alteration in the duties upon leather. Mr. BUCK presented a petition from the leather manufacturers of Great Torrington, against any altera tion in the duties upon leather. Also a petition to the same effect from the women employed in the glove trade at Great Torrington. Lord MARCUS HILL presented a petition from the curriers and saddlers of Evesham againstthe reduction of the duty on leather. WICKLOW ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced that the petitioners, who had complained of an undue return of members to serve inParliament for the County- of Wicklow, had intimated their intention not to proceed with the petition. Captain GORDON presented petitions from Aber deen and other places, against the importation of foreign cattle. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from an indi vidul in the county of Hereford, of the name of Samuel Millard, praying that the system of inspection of private lunatic asylums might be extended to county asylums. The Hon. Member said that he had also been intrusted with a petition from a place in Cornwall, against the income tax, whkh he was afraid he could not present according to the resolutions of the House. The SPEAKER intimated that the petition could not be presented. THE TARIFF. ACLAND presented a petition from the mer chmits and shipowners of the Port of Fowey. in Corn wall, against that part of the new tariff affecting.the duties on timber. Mr. G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the corn olealers and millowners of Preston, in Lancashire, complaining of the proposed scale of duties on imported flour, stating that they should not be able to compete with it. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. HARDY presented petitions from several places in Yorkshire and Lancashire, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from the Anti- Slavery Society of Belfast, praying that the House would take measures for suppressing the slavery which existed to a frightful extent in British India. Lord ELIOT presented a petition against the new Poor. law. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that on Thursday, the 18th of April, he would call the attention of the House to the evidence taken in the Report of " The Select Committee which was appointed to inquire into the ad ministration of the law in the Supreme Court of Scot land in the year 1840," and to the state of the juris prudence of Scotland as connected with the aforesaid Court—and to move that leave be given to bring in a Bill to reduce the number of Judges from thirteento nine, by abolishing one of the co-ordinate Courts of Review into which that Court is at present divided.—Friday, April 19. Also that the correspondence respecting the resignation of Lord Carehouse, formerly a Judge in the Supreme Court for Scotland, and now retired on an annuity for life, as the same was circulated by the said Lord Care house and the late Lord Advocate for Scotland, and was by them sent to many Members of both Houses of Par liament, be laid on the table of this House on Thursday, April 7. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Thursday next he would move that any rule or order of the House precluding the presentation of petitions on the subject of any taxes or duties under the consideration of the House be suspended during the present session. Mr. WM. O'BRIEN gave notice that he would move for leave of absence to the O'Connor Don. Captain POLHILL gave notice that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Coroners to admit bail in cases of manslaughter. LICENSED LUNATIC ASYLUMS' BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. IP b