The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-24 00:00:00

to_ tae t ee - , taken frum newspaperc, add ling ] tPery statement e a s° that he believed teem. lie was ready to defend . 'eke conduct of the Indian Government ; and if the cuar ges he had brought ae•ainst Lord Auckland could be 14ebstantiated, as he svas sure they could not, that Noble 41 'vas deserving of the severest punishment which 1 trlia ttiont or the country could inflict. He charge 11% wit h aggression and injustice. - He charged him, AAb'"reoer, with issu'nee a manifesto to the people of India -'''' to the ' Europe, which was put forward' in et , ae _ ,(:) . People of ii -, L , trasl ad.—(llear, hear, from Lord John Russell.) s ses egged leave to tell the Hon. Gentleman that . that b ah ', aot the case. The Governor-General was as nice r' of }cuing his hand to a document, which was put tjilard the sake of misleading on any point.,.espe lei Y on a point of such importance as that to . which the ,(lii,' Gentleman alluded, as any public man in Europe. 14`,„ - , e ar, bear.) Those were charges which no Hon. Largh - " e r of Parliament should make lightly; they were e , which no Member had a right to make,. unless 1 , could brine. such proof es would carry conviction with to an a''' i mind. He contended that 'eat e Y and every linpartiat t e e, "(.kotnent, which had been so . characterised, far from te t ,g 'Nettled to mislead, stated nothing but what was b y a-hatid that had the Governor-General of India wished, picYtnine e , like exaggeration, or by anything like e_ t a n n ve 1 , (4 1 631. 1, to justify his proceedings, he would 1 li s e' l . - `'," " document of a very different character from that e li ' L e k ° he had issued in 1838. Ile felt bound to say thus h e - '''' in defence of the late Governor. General—a man, b eliwtoild take the liberty of saying, let his successor c 4 '411 h e 'night, who would not be surpassed in the excel '"{'''''''f his a dministration.— (Hear, hear.) The . lon. 4 fa ll u -( t la n said, :hat in ' the expedition to Affghanistan kav, • h i , turn pitted which any boy at Sandhurst w ould i. l'et i ; "n elite to avoid. That was a very new sasco ' 44 What is said by the Duke of Wellington in the . tle se ef.Lords, when speaking of the mode in which le4Perations had been carried on ? The Duke of kee p hislco Tassed the -highest euloii on the ;ea - to ;which those operations had been uu conducted, i *er 1 " tibly - upon the mode in which the operations ` l ad e ducted,eut but upon the preparations which were :1 1 , rto' of the campaign; and . the Duke o e,,,,re_m_lgton took the opportunity of declaring that :h u e t le en '''. that opinion not only from public documents,t,b— -f,il„„ Private sources with which he was conversant, — (I the' 4 1 Q4 : Cr.)"e Now he must call the attention of o le ; p t. to the tim e at which these charges were made. on t hat ' ite Lo', from Lord John Russell.) He spoke th, "evasion under the greatest possible disadvantage b -- tile iPathiantage which arose from the statement of the N et! (°:;l• Gentlemen opposite, that there wes nu diff lk‘tliLi as to policy • it had been at ' ° P il ii° l l the which had dictated the teed., ' 3ll- and the disasters by which _ 1 as any wtele:_,,,,lle. deplored those disasters as muc h eir e ..." 1 :c41', hear.) He had the good fortune to watc.li thsT:at services, and he had hoped to see them arrive d 11 4 0 -„, "'Oen point of their profession- an honour and ear ee . ~:ese rr v i c , to the country.—(Hear, hear.) . It . was ne ”*g In a . ( 1, 41 '. the House should judge why this accusation k klti '• ilow, when there were other opportunities of o farfa I: c g i, i There was a despatch of Lord Auckland's s - 183 8', and subject of an army being sent k the *et of . the Indus was alluded to ; and, lh Lu f k r°ll/ b eing made an object of attack, that th: elutes[ --e Wellington only said he looked upon it with t geet anxiety-. Why, to be sure ; but if the 04)- 4 "'es as i,"° of such a heinous nature as was represented, , the duty of individuals to bring it under the con , oe tio _ _ „ . °, e t , a n_ !li . either House of Parliament. Again, on March ta elee t ; s ' : '.'ac Papers were asked for, he said ' that ' an aug glio p, 044 as required in the Indian army, in order that tie,T , ', ° "toight be taken by surprise. Again, in the I.l),e.si.cec in 1840, the subject was distinctly alludedu tile % ,the r i;t rill"' scarcely made the object of remark in . chittyt i 1.11: the 'Ott 4.1„ . °C Parliement In the House of Commons ton:ent•lt • lad said he should like to see taiti'Pera-a ver - wise in an I . proper observation, but cer 3Mtioatilil ad oh that occasion, in nei 144'ell.1°"ie of Yaerliament, ; had there been one word ut teee i 4 etoldemnation of the war. There had been af -141 drds another opportunity. He (Sir J. Hobhouse) ‘" th ill '' e v ej 4 Vote of anks to the Governor-General and th e :r v en t ralv co mmanding. in chief; and the officers of 'all e'' the Indus. On that occasion not one single had Is 11 ~ T he 1 .,„ it ' ' 4lll said condemnatory of the policy of . the i/t4°llousel°n• Gentleman had,. as regarded his (Sir J. misrepresented him. ktr (Si t . j o y i :Tie n c h .h on that h o d cca s s t r d n , ' a m nd in so saying he !,. t ite l l,, r:'Peated the opinion of Lord l Auckland, that our h s4 4l' oh .":, ' 4 ‘tr, ghanistin was calculated to produce a great ~, th ui et in Asia and in India. He had never said, Il yt tsl ike .?"- Gentleman had . rep , resented, that it would t .„`" 1 1(1, ' great moral effect in Europe. He had said it Laeseroduc e a great moral effect in Asia. On that 1 ,7 4 l e tl e tile Might Hon. Gentleman seconded the m0j',4)1‘,4-4 j',4 ) 1‘ , 4- 4 not onee'word ce. • edemnatory of the policy of the itsevas Uttered in either House of Parliament. Shortly t i f '6 lli tt „ t t cl . 4 came the discussion on Sir John Yarde But th, 'in of want of confidence, and during the whole tile ' i t di- . • " it A ft . ,h(tLision only one allusion had been made to l e elaa war, and that had been drawn from the 1 54. ' \ ( " r d opposite by a taunt of his (Sir J. Hob .1)1111.t 140),Itight, Hon. Friencle(Sir George Grey), that n . o . 0,,t e e ,`" 4 ted to allude to the Aft . khan war. Now, if had des.,, :i htid been all that the Right Hon. Gentleman h tli i:'''sel".".ll it to be, it ought to have held a conspi . - hi t i ,'Yt re in the charge brought against the late MI- Os I, () ,,J"stify the vete -of want -of confidence. The tq tl 4 ll,,,Z t il f ad said that no credit was . due to the then throe t „( 1. or that war, that the credit Was due alone )I all 1,44 G overnment, and m w it was attempted to L.,"t i i i l f th,,ntc? re sponsibility on the I ulian Government. 11 'ln '4o ernor-General was to blame he was not ih_ 4 •Ci t „ t alone It .., not the policy of the Gover -11Z,,L -ZP ) nIY, it was policy of the . late ,G,.overn t4, "' t fie ~ slqt tik.had been written by himself, with the A re I le e , , aeeli4 el ~e o lieagues, which had crossed at sea 1 414 1 4 5 t , :' s despatch, announcing the advance upon_ ki t e' I% as r e , which the late Government announced— ks kite' „7.4larkable that, without any personal , com 411:1,deciiti, Il th each other, having only access to the si t , .atarle :Ns, the Government in London aid Lord of ]l°ll-se,;:t ,illiltt should haVe come to the same . c9- ke-% Govern oh it was announced that in the opinion th s 'ale nt - ' lllll eot the moment had arrived when a th e ''lrtte ~ et' ss the Indus had become necessary to ~,,, ti t i .., o r a "' 4 lee, le country. On the opping of Parha t.reatliare ' 'lot one word was said in either Hous_ . ! kiii artiste ent relative to the Affghan war. Shortly . af Pl ke ll tit' 4.4R:em it'sPension had come-under discstesion, k:tt) -"e'lh'ecasion a 'st remarkable debate had taken iiiose,,ll9tight 11 , ) r ir Gentleman now at the head of tie,;' Tee,l4tett, had paid some compliments to the P '4l l - h i e I :a ' e all e (l , lt 'id eulogized the very . important ser t. th it a s hi s ` ll lnt:ed,' but at the same . time he had wtlA. C ' ~e lle fi, °Ninon that, as these services had c been . Vis` j 'hli t " of the East India Company, that om 111 4t - ' (4 Z ,\ Tat least to pay half the pension—on which ci sl l 't e l t it 3 e , .tk'fi e e . tl it '_he n rwfor Beverley (Mr. Hogg) had replied, , k 4 4 1, A m . a ,. ar had been entered int for European ,•,tst„leatee `oat, therefore, the country ought to pay 4 1 ,t froNd of th e for . his services. Such had been the ~klt h" .l4, r non. Director. That was the onien of ' 4 l It th 111 " r for Beverley. No man on that occasion . l 'a. 'l '4 ;4 ,\_'ar was either unwise, impolitic, or unjust; Ittlt e '„'' ore ) I:,,Hee d i d not think that any one had . believed it ''tt' Pla ' then foreseen the reverses which had since 0144(41, rides• . That Etronir pinion to which he had re the 1,, ( 6 4 r. litit s ure valu - ab o le; because the Hon, Gentle or el l di ° lce,g ) was the very party who had seconded N , I lle - ' 4l lp t ,itires of however Government in China. . o t he -N I r ""tion was manifested by him e t)ti r,, e ta „ ... I, ta r ed 11 of ,';!in by the Government in India... Again, t . a. v eert 'tors, at a meeting of their body, ',*, t ;tY a ti Tt br thanks to Lord Auckland, for the c', l ) l ,iell' it h i°l l I„ vi gg A t with which he had planned the t k i r t 1 ,...e htai 4,, ghanistan, and the _ .manner in 1 es pa provided for its successful issue. That dikeMl ,% (.1 nentine contradicente. Let him ask what ) . h,, e ?%"- the Lel a rs of op inion relative to the ex ilf(f,'lllaea.,.'s, 1 1 ,, the n al e tchatge was confined to a few 4, 1, 41 0 :Q ll ot tti ,l'nat the sent i ments . of the country at lie",n e ,,,ted, 1 , 1 ,e 1 1: . ed by the unforeseen disasters which tr,,' It s c. ;,com e •u tiler, lie would . tell thus; gentlemen TOlt tige r) "'nod the policy in which the expedition i re of te e ' la t t bat the expression of their disapproba. Ii , t th e e; that they should have seen the imp.ro t "tiltl .." e ours %t e ( hs e Jue ee e taken by the Government before vetl 3 , ..'tkr . , h 4 .1,' of it by its results. He confessed the s t " t iltee", teih tu e _tr plored it, but lie contended that it was ~t 1;) ittt le / le r? lisaster, and had h e• to do with k h ai 4i, ie eit what the Hon. Member had stated )' l4l 'trle . the': sZenverable. He hoped that by the ex ti.4 It 4 'easi r ,, J ',` `sent Governor -General, even now, as he Ik:ore cie th, I-louse, that disaster had been rel . ; aye_ o d . . ,N I ‘,.,N,„ nlieuartn had referred to the defeat of Col let‘ktit)'e'' greatiitt,le-itsN't'hileiciltresis.eastas in the amount of the Sir A. Wellesley, commeni stktr:(l,! t h s at 'll h e d that itilw.as not greater than he had ex fM i 4l obi t . 'e would defend the gallant officer's charac rtlt'le • ' - (11 'Y , and eoneluded by stating ,it to be but 1 )‘e ' l 4 t e ,tiarY eatere. The lion. Gentleman had also l ii : (eke ,other defeat, the defeats before Bhurtiore. 11 1 1 gt-, Ten,ltd three times before Bhurtpore, with A: t theleded exclusive-of officers ; and . when he at .d til i 4e , I nati t . 4ll(l the Peerage was given him, he said le,' tOeleete was min g l ed with - regret, occasioned by kZ o :Se di k . a °I the disasters which had . occurred. di,!. .tie pe-es!'ers were considered, by Sir Thomas ' kt --vll l' , . ti i• •of the Bengal ly zt tl t, l U i i ,1 nut le .good qualities ij4 1. 1 1 4 tie s, tue, think it necessary to enter into other I t e et wltt eh " eh as those which occurred in the Burmese k , et !Itisl3. t 1 ( - ) 0 men svere employed ; the results [ es not till 'e People. Again, in the war its isepaul, It t 'lli t ' t as e tiller tvco years' ' hard fighting, that a kt ti t -4• Ge s h l ' e ,eti t'l l iic led, and that an incomplete one. iltte fa ct` an the-Policy of this measure, which the t il e t ; Il ets , 4 ( :` '4l arraigned without a proper atten leke],4ll).ee ie considered that that policy was to be tkti4t,h,,!!) Ztotally different point. of view from that el'N't (' l'ol l 'itl eeil l'elearded by the Hon. Gentleman. cite,,tei)'•ese of that policy was to be found in the qiietteut.(l by binlL-elf and his Noble Friend to tst4. ' 4 e r t°ll ut r e Coal question was whether the inter -1;,1,: lethea,..t.teYbeheitnwteleien pthe confines of Persia and our sion of a friendly power, Ittskttertig,4vee, ,b-Zsi_lnTifesi°lyssleiosstile to us; it must eell - \y ,,`, l ') t e uell,to hands either of a power which N i se i es to , Great Britain, or of a power from which th an t ,ti (e l , " apprehended. The Hon. Gentleman c et' t ftel l 'sw ee ci . r',l„thwo questions, to which he would fur -1"i ' • ei' t ' a s - lii e e " 11°11. Gentleman had asked whether t 4k tii. Ni,.. peertaken after full consideration and on et,', e t ,!hatie! auswed, on the fullest consideration; t,ti:% 4 4 ' th: e t y r if the ,-,.. t - p i , o - -got) Gent its,o-'u of course that was a te, ee Ils e. . ~ , •lea's consideration, and that N'hAt,rrsttatauteln`rTtitel_on. Gentleman had asked whether A% ee, e th at , e %etc consulted ; and he begged 'ideet 4 , . q e .__ , the proreer authorities were consulted. - Is i e t • l 'Y ~•i _ l era alli did not appear to be aware that the fie'f ,tt la g . , 1 •• Ilen e , l i i h oe et) riewoverie inane had left thearmy was, )2 , l' l 4 %eli . t llilla n a : a siege, he did . not con se t e 11„, . ' , as. one of sufficient importance. h Ell, • (I, _ , with respect Yt • e otle te , epect to the question of policy. cit,l.tith,ritssio 11 wit s aware that in 1836 a compli- IN‘l a l4 a ee l4 44 3' r e l s, vt's "nt by his Noble Friend on the th at 4t 'st t Noe Or ?.ungratulating the Shah of Persia I N et ' •) toe throne Mr. Ellice, a gentleman Witt, polite tll4 teally with • the Government, was - I:4iss i°n. Very shortly after the d finally nses. He a person pany had a that he pes of the eted that removed [Han wars it it might an objects when that consoli- gland Was war in • England ;•••••• idversary; l l ti rang e that,-,,zii imparting r/df; ;sed them - •or'_„ l ,l rd to what make any ,ncing the 4.-.0,34 ositecoulit Lking this 0;.4 xplanation diffitL overnmen t• , Orii the House .4 ..Menaber •• 11 , 5 e , l If Control, ere voted ; ou/ 4 ,1 9 sere prelirai- 411,44 way to he ; tight Roo. lost in the /.0 ' l ,¢ with the-.. 4 49( -mission ail Tsianding, ,0 use o n-thivaeg;il of courstrreate# What rtss at 0 0 !man? lie eat suceescce9 iff•;; of having " re in ne Lt danger I indoostan. • what Sur lion of the • invasion of district. ", • India, and gi b i i ediately to JO :oleos had If. the insur 'son much f the itighti.3)-- • 1 to the se- 4-1 the second Lsioned his 'du G overn ich cautEeLVLOV lused thum.l ri George the, of Minden check, tight 1 1011. ) j iistent t h at t , J.D , -or (rd and sir .0% that the •nd must, beaviriV 1 , folloivea? fr:Y splendid io°2 4 o ceasione ,3 c , •on, seeiegeej of Itidia,,,o r breakingioly• ; Dlicy o f the;il3.') unstanc e•ot l94 7,„ ;huzneesitelg,i'l What did rorward, be ~ the repro' a‘Poi• di •ect to th e ./0 " aug ht t hat, - . 40 01 ,0 lacing '4 and Ulm &' 1 be hadi tt , e, foundstitP":4oi private Oro ~ 1( the House.", Kha. Thera lessnes- - a ity of Eng ird to sore igland was ation of For crossing the seizure !man would • e had bean that thejl' i l49 it the Indus • day. Per' its country lusfroma s and arras• werful, an d dieved that - pow( r inure If / G ,crutilly as 1, 0 6 power ,i,l„ was If i .n our stare' 04,,V uld desPal,f ne. But it -ora tion, but as jo g? each othe r:P i ; c still, by • • reverse. of /j; , BhUrtP° l ' ~110 . .ntluenee India, the,'` ition ring ab0ut."•,,,,;,• he most in" P ver ext ,. •s,e . c l her arm) , ' 4o •3‘ , .• d probabli " 11 ,;,i, • at of the f introduce' or o f 0 :v of the ° The fif th Lich not a nicate with ,solation , es isolate°, which fa e of India• ire was pven ur . defeat In our power Lyres. jle inces Wit h ,f s a ttar , , and stipa 700pS. jje the ent. T big Tight Ilou. Go y the Wig ht m in the idea' le Raja , e throne 01 th l ° 3110 . 'one- 11 1 It %as no now rcol e l'rinces, o the coto il services, and which uffieient to . k the greet ttention to Y attention ity do that.--- quote the n's boson). 2101 th which hod .' during e ritish f 4 0 0 t o ed rd. Since fij soled, and had fallen. 111;i".;. t had been f, ) (Need the :;11; 141( the cursenot did .,:414A, ghanistao,:. of Sir A.• xiticed quire into 11 assigned Clf s an ed a fre. hew Jest. '1 they had thou sod Id said the Le Subject, .064 he Noble 1,1 as hostile.46;9l/ I this war :;i:ipirj, before be , int. for ...1,7,41111 tend I. .-.l4ivii,,i ,) sliey upon l' d -trnge ~1101, :ceeteerce !° le Lod's ''-`9 o' - fl. vi LiCCCSSfaI, '..11 ,0010,1 iy be ren- ..ill's if : t of our '; .; r ft !reheated i!ilf/ 0 , It m \ :'.f! J o j 31ajestii - D',o9 Great 0 c z o'3 o il i lienlet 'l'‘6;pirgri ---be ,:: 09111 :yamre ~.,i,„0,11 4 ' our on. ~,i- eat view ,-,t0,4,1 1. , ;9 4 _ 4 e ff affairs ot ':,,,ft°114 indiar- ~. ( _ O l lee in the :.ii!rd Autl if 3ffi .. 11 greater 4:9,601 d just sat ~ ,71./ be 03[4'0 , . v,,si All, ire ,;1 'V , , / 0 10,, liathstae; . -:,,,,fi eV Wilco be . :00, 1 accused . -59;ft refeette ,4-Irr arrival of Mr. Ellice he wrote to his Noble Friend an account of an interview which he had had with two of tits Ministers of the Shah of Persia. That interview took place in consequence of Mr. Ellice having been in structed to inform the Ministers of the Sh a h th a t the English Governm en t cou ld no t eneourege his pretensions to dominions beyond his own empire, and that the Affghaas were to be considered .•as an independent State. On his making this statement both he Ministers protested against considering the Affghans as a Govern ment er a consolidated State ; they declared that a large portion of Affghan belonged to the Shah of Persia, and they stated that they considered that the dominion of Persia extended to Glinenere Commenting upon this letter, in 1836, he wrote stating that he felt that the Government could not permit the extension of the Persian Government further east ward, with a duo regard to the Indian Empire of England. Count Simonovitch was recalled, and the unhappy man employed in all these intrigues was heard of no more. The rumour was that he put an end to his own existence. Dost Mahorned Khan received a letter from the Russian empire, accompanied by presents, in which way all matters of importance were transacted; and at the same time that he received that letter lie received another from Count Simonovitch, thus open ing a political correstemdence. Every body knew the pretension to power that had arisen in these very ter- • riteries, which they were then adverting to. Was the Governor-General of India to pass this over without explanation? Was the Noble Lord (Palmerston) to treat such a thing as this as a trifling matter? The time was come when they were called' upon to show to the Shah of Persia, that the permission of England wes at least as valid as the permission of Russia. They did show it, and an effect was produced est once —(Hear.) A great deal had been said about :he opinion of Sir Alexander Burnes, of which he wished to speak with the greatest respect. lie (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) had had the honour of corresponding with him, and he considered him an honour to his station. But, supposing Sir Alexander Burnes had given an opi nion contrary to that upon which Lord Auckland had Feted, was that a charge against Lcrd Aiickland ? Was the Governor to act uniformly on what one man said? Was he not to consult others, and act upon what he con sidered as the best opinion ? He would tell the House what the opinion of Sir Alexander Burnes was. But, in the first place, he must say that there had been no garb ling whatever. There were certainly parts of the cor respondence suppressed, but that was for a very good reason. They never, in ray way, attempted to conceal the (pinions of Sir Alexander Burnes. One great pro ject in this affair was, whether there should have been any intervention at all. Now, what was Sir A. Burnes' opinion upon that paint ? In a letter to Lord Aulkland, in 1839, he stated that having laid before his Lordship the strong demonstrations on the part of the Russians, and, considering the affairs of the country, he thought that the Government ought to interfere. On the sth of March, 1838, in a letter, also published, he stated that the circumstances were in lull justification of that move-. dent. In another' letter, dated June 3, 1838, he stated - that the British Government - could not, with credit to itself, permit the present state ofaffairs in . Caubul to con tinue, and he considered that they ought to demand an explanation from the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. - The letter went on to state that if it was the object of a Go- • vernment to destroy the power 'existing in Caubul it might be done by means of the brother of Shah Soojah, but that it was necessary to complete success that the British Government should lake the question up, and that it should not be left to'lhe chiefs themselves. The letter then gave reasons why. the Sultan Dust Ma homed Khan should net be chosen: He stated that he had no ability to rule ; that he liras a very good man, but incapable of acting for himself ; and the letter con cluded by stating that it would be only to send two re giments with th e Sh a h Soojah, `and nothing further was required tq fix him for ever on h's throne. Now, this was the opinion of the very man whose opinion was taken as being in contradiction to that which was stated to have been followed by Lord Auckland. He (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) thought it necessary to read these statements to the House, to prove that many parties were deceived. He thought, if they quoted authorities, and add him that Lord Auckland did not follow au thorities, when they told him that he had the n cans of forming a right judgment and did not do so, he (Sir J.. C. Hobhouse) said that they were wrong. Now, the lion. Gentleman had quoted another authority— Mr. J. H. BAILLIE—I quoted from the published documents. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE—It was no less an authority than Colonel Wade, who wrote in a most decisive way in favour of Lord Auckland's policy. Ile might quote twenty other authorities on the subject. Did Lord Auckland rush headlong into this enterprise ? No ; he maturely considered all the perils and the magnitude of • the scheme, and in undertaking it ho had a full know ledge of the awful responsibility which he" took upon . himself.—(Bear.) In a letter addreSsed to the Secret Committee, dated the 20th of June, 1538, he stated that there was nothing in the appearance of Russia, to alarm him, and he believed that the Russian agent was not to be trusted. On the 12th May, following, he wrote to say that circumstances had oc curred Which would materially modify his views, for the RuSsian agents put themselves prominently in aid of Persia, and that opposition must be resorted to. Extraordinary excitement was produced in the pub lic mind throughout the Affghan States, and in a letter, dated the 13th October, he said that of the justice of the course which had been - adopted, there could be no reasonable doubt. In another letter, Lord Auckland said that he was • fully aware. of the re,ponsibility of his Situation. It was dated June 12,1838, and he again stated his conviction of the hostile proceedings against Russia. And in another part he said the seige of Herat had much occupied the minds of the people of India and our shrewdest observers, including Mr: Sutherland, Colonel Skinner, &c., have concurred- in describing the fever. of restlesness as beyond anything that had ever been seen —"religion, and circumstances attendant up on th e Rus sian name, lad affected the minds of all." The Hon. Member, had affected to laugh at the effects of these matters upon the minds of the people. Did the Hon. Member know more than Lord Auckland—did he know more than Mr. Sutherland or Col. Skinner ?—(Cheers.) . He must say that with these opinions before him, he could not but think that . Lord Auckland' exercised a sound discretion in the part he undertook.—(Cheers.) He now turned to that part of the Hon. Member's charge which referred to the necessity that there was of warning Persia off Affghanistan. He thought that the opinion of Sir Alexander Burnes on this subject would be sufficient, who said that Persia should be kept back—dins far shalt thou go, and no father. Then came the question as to whether a judicious choice had been made with re spect to Shah Soojah. They knew nothing against Shah Soojah. At the very time the insurrection was brewing against Sir Alexander Barnes and Sir W. Mac naghten, they were warned of the mischief that was to be anticipated by that very Shah Soojah himself. In 1814 we made a treaty with the Affghans, and made them an independent State ; the whole of that treaty was meant fur the protection of India, and when Persia showed herself willing to be backed by Russia in the aggression of our empire, of course we treated her in the same way its when she was barked by France in 1809. For whe ther backed by Franco or Russia it mattered net ; it was the fact of Persia, backed by a powerful ally, approach ing so near the frontier of India as to unsettle men's minds. It was not the first time that we had gone to Central Asia. In 1814, when Hindostan was attempted to be taken, Lord Wellesley entered into a treaty with the Persians to prevent I n di a b e i ng attac k e d . In 1809 the Government of India counteracted an attack upon India much in the same way. It sent Mr. Elphinstone to Caubul to persuade the Affghans that they should make common cause with us, and attack or act with Persia as the case might be. The threatened invasion did not take place—but it was this mode of acting that prevented it. The Hon. Gentleman thought fit to say that he did not think it at all likely that the States would rise up against eve and he laughed at the Nepaulese. He (Sir J. Cam Hobhouse) was of opinion that those States should be watched closely, and with a jealous eye. He was of opinion, tco, notwithstanding the opinion of the Hon. Gentleman to the contrary, that the success of the Affghan campaign in 1839 was attended with very beneficial results ; and he could tell the Heil. Gentleman that the disasters in Atighanistan, great us they were, had not produced the same feeling in India as they had here.—(Hear, hear.) He knew it. It was only this morning that he had seen a gentleman from Calcutta, and he was quite surprised at the feeling it seemed to excite here. He had " no doubt there had been . a great loss of valu able life, but as for thinking that the loss of the Indian empire was concerned, or that the disasters were such as had never occurred before, or never were likely to occur . again, he thought it was ridiculous." He (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) differed entirely from 'the Hon. Member. Ile thought all Lord Auckland's policy would and must be carried out, He believed no Governor would dare to alter it. Was a great disaster to turn them from perse vering in their policy ? He trusted not. The Hon. Gentleman had talked of this war as if nothing had yet been gained from it. It was lamentabrb to see the igno rance that existed on Indian affairs. The Indus at this moment was navigated by English steam shipS, and a British flag hung there ; and at this moment the Ameers of Scinde, where, a few years ago, an Englisnman dare not shiw himself, were now as much under the con trol of the English as it was possible for a tributary State to be. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that the commerce of the Indus' had fallen off. From 1840 to 1841, the exports to the Indus rose from 5 lacs in 1840, to 43 lacs of rupees in 1841. There was a fact for the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman said • com merce was falling off, and then spoke something about cotton twist. Now he could tell the llon. Gen tleman that the export and the import duties in Calcutta had both. considerably increased during the last com mercial year. The exports had increased 801,000 L, and the imports 1,300,00(L The Hon. Gentleman said this had been productive of many pernicious effects. He should like to ask, what was not productive of pernicious effects to a certain extent ? The Hon. Gentleman made Jut the whole charge upon India to be 20,000,00(.1. A paper which he held in his hand made the return 17,000,000/. sterling. The charges occasioned by the war amounted to only 2,700,0001., and the revenuq only . fell off 467,00 d, and that falling off was occasioned in consequence of the discontinuance of the opium trade. So much fou- the finances of India. And besides, 52,000 were - added to the Indian army during the administra tion of Lord Auckland. 'There were only 11 steam boats in India, but 131 steamers were added since.— ( . Hear.) And was it nothing that the British flag was seen where it never appeared before, on the Tigris and Euphrates ? The best moral effect was pro duced in Europe by ,their policy in India, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not give way to any groundless alarm, but would follow out the same policy with respect to India. History proved that their Indian Empire possessed an elasticity which always caused it to rise after temporary depresion.—(Hear, hear.) If they trusted to Parliament they never would have an Indian empire at all. The same cuckoo cry was always raised when they met with reverses iu Indic The Hon. Gentleman alluded to the brilliant career of Lord Wel lesley, and the-great success Of his Indian administra tion. But in the midst of his career the policy of his conduct with respect, to the Mahratta war was commented upon by Lord 'Castlereagh in 1804. The Right Hon. Gentleman . then- went on- t o q uo t e f rom var i ous papers to show that if the policy which was recommended by Parliament in relation to their Indian territory were carried out, that empire would never have arrived at its present power and extent, and all he trusted was that he would have the honour of assisting in a vote of thanks to some future warrior—as was the case on former occa shns, for having retrieved their melancholy, but he hoped partial - disasters.—(Hear, hear.) He had now performed his duty, and he had to• thank the House for the patience with which they heard him—(llear, hear) — and he would sit down, as he before said, impressed with the most thorough conviction that Lord Auckland was was not only justified in the course he pursued, hut that if he acted otherwise he would have rendered hiatself amenable to the just censure of Parliament and the country.—(Cheers.) Lord JOCELYN wished to state a few facts, which he collected from sources which were deserving of credit. He was rejoiced at the vigorous measures taken by the Government, hut he hoped the House would pause be fore they took measures to reconquer Affghanistan.— (Hear, hear.) The arguments for the Affghanistan war, were the necessity fur a strong barrier for their Indian . empire, and the necessity of making men believe in the strength of their Indian empire. But was not the best harrier for that empire to be finind in public opinion, and the bravery of their troops ? He did not see the object of invading Affghanistan, the people of whiCh country were remarkable for their bravery and love of independ ence, and in which the foot of the invader had never found a resting place ; a country, moreover, the most friendly of all Central Asia to this country ; and, at the same time, they profesSed the most friendly inten tions, just as Catherine the Second did, when she was about to invade the Crimea. No one felt more respect for Captain Burnes than he did ; but previous.to his in terference no one heard much of Russian intrigue.— (Hear.) If all that had been alleged against Russia was true, this country had fallen into their trap with a ven geance. For the purpose of raising Shah Soojah to the theme, the late Government had stopped at nothing. He would ask whether England had a right to enter into such a war as had taken place in Affghanistan? Hun dreds of thousands had fallen in a war which he consi dered not only unrighteous but un•English. He thought that a proper and just line aught to be drawn as to how far this country should go on the bank: of the - Indus. He deprecated the policy of those who had ad -vocated the . war in India, and contended that the policy that had beeti adopted was petty and selfish. He such a policy could not be deorecated too much. The flag of England. had waved and would wave for thou sand:; of years in a just cause ; but in a cause like the present it would be covered with disgrace. Mr. HOGG said, that as his opinion had been directly alluded to, and as hiS Right lion. Friend, the late Presi dent of the Board of Control, had so much, although no doubt - unintentionally, misconstrued his statements on a former occasion, be trusted he would be allowed to tres pass for a time upon the attention of the House. He had formerly contended that the pension to Lord Keane should be paid out of the Exchequer of this country; and he should then be ready to maintain that a large portion, at least, of the expenses of the Affghan war should be borne by the people ofiEngland. His Right Hon. Friend had also alluded to a resolation of the Court of Directors. He (Mr. Hogg) Well remembered that, when that resolu tion was put, he had objectea to the word "sagacity;" but the Chairman assured him on that occasion, that the employment of the .word did not convey an approval of the specific course taken by the Government of India. He could further assure the Right Hon. Baronet that the Court of Directors would be a very unfavourable body for him to appeal to. The motion of that evening placed him in some embarrassment, for he could ,not ap prove of any course which would paralyse the energies of the country at a period when action and union were called for on the part of our Government.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think that the disasters which had befallen our arms in the East, should prevent that House from taking any - course which could embarrass the Government, now that the national honour was to be vindicated, and that the perfidious murder of our troops in the Eaet was to be visited with the punish ment which it deserved. He had further to observe that a motion of censure of the Eastern policy of the late Government could not properly originate at present in that House, which had never expressed an opinion respecting that policy, at a time when its remonstrances could be attended with effect. The Indian Government, previous to the war, had been placed in a position of great difficulty. The papers which had been produced had, it appeared to him, made out a satisfactory case of Russian aggression and intrigue. There was besides. at the time, a vague apprehension—a grossing suspicion —in the East, that English power in that part of the • world was about to be shaken, and shaken by the in trigues of Russia.• He believed that the object of the late Government, under those circumstances, was to show the world that we were not afraid boldly to en counter the dangers which threatened us. He ad mitted that the case was one in which the wisest might err, and where none should be condemned. But he .differed widely from the policy that had been adopted ; with regard to their own interests it was most unwise.. With regard to Affghanistan, it was most un just. The RighCllon. Baronet had spoken of the ad vantages that had resulted ; as far as he could, he had admitted them ; but the cost of the war had amounted, he believed, to eipht millions. Now, had he contended• for the principle of non-interference, he zould have under stood it. . But all he said was, that we had interfered at the wrong time, with the wr o ng c hi e f, i n th e wrong place. Now he was opposed to interference altogether. His Right Hon . . Friend said, if we did not interfere, Russia and Persia would ; but, in that case, they would have met with the disaster, the defeat, the expense, that we have done, and we should have been safe within our own frontier. If it was nocessary to oppose Russian in fluence, why not have done it openly by a fleet in the Baltic, instead of an army on the Indus ? Why should they shrink from the responsibility of their own acts ? After what had passed, he wished to state that the Court of Directors never knew, or heard, or were consulted; on that war ; the first they heard of it was from the in tellimence that an army had been assembled on the Indus, with the exception of the MeMbers of the Secret Committee One statement had fallen from his Hon. Friend as to the reeqtion of the Ambassadors from the Raja of Sattara ; nothing could be more void of foundation. The dethrone . ment of the Baja cf Sattara Was approved of by three successive Governors of Bombay. With respect to the statement with regard to the finances of India, he thought the Hon. Member for Guildford had indulged in some rash assertions. He could not admit their truth ; but, on the other hand, he could not allow it to go forth that they were in a state of bankruptcy. At the present mo ment the balance in the East Indian Treasury was 1,600,0001. It was unfair to charge the horrors of the war upon the Indian Government. The Right Hon. Baronet would remember that on the occasion when the vote of thanks was given to Lord Keane, he particularly guarded himself against expressing any approval of the policy of the war. He said that every consideration of the policy of the war ought to be excluded. Nothing could be more marked or guarded than the Eight Hon. Baronet on that occasion, and his opinion was coincided ►with by every one in the House: It was also the opinion of the Court of Directors ; they only demanded that they should be exempted from pledging themselves to the policy of the war. As far as he had any communica tion with India, it was difficult to find any one ►who ap proved of the policy of the war ; the general opinion ►was, from the very first, that ft was most erroneous in policy, and towards Afghanistan that it was unjust. The Right Hon. Baronet said that Lord Auckland might have made out a better case than he had done in his manifesto ; not a single reason had been alleged, except that the chiefs of Affghanistan had thought proper to enter into friendly relations with Persia, instead of ourselves ; he said that he wanted to establish commer cial relations with them, and to introduce English ma nufactures among them. But what was the nature of the territory, with respect to invading it ? They might lament the slate of Affg,banistan, moral, physical, and political, but these very evils made them an impassable frontier between them and the powers of the West. The climate was subjected to alternations of extreme heat and cold ; .its soil was barren and unprofitable, and intersected with mountains that were quite impervious, except by passes and defiles, which must subject an invading army to destruction. The people - of the. country, in spite of all the compli mentS that had been pastied on them, were proverbially base ; they were divided among a number of petty chiefs, till w;th conflicting interests. An invasion might possible,be if they established a despotic Sovereign, with wt.jim an agreement might be ma - de for the riiainten 'ance of an army., As long as the authority was di vided they were safe ; but put a despot on the throne with unliwittd power and danger was to be apprehended —and that was precisely the absurd policy which they had pursued. If it had not been for the position which he held, in the East India Company, and the manner in which he had been alluded to, he would not have trespassed upon the attention of the House. 'Mr. MUTT said he believed no one could have read the papers presented by the Nuble Lord and the Right Hon. Baronet without coining to the conclusion that ilussia had been engaged in intrigues which were dan gerous to British power. It was the.opinion of almost every , individual conversant with Indian affairs, that the . time had arrived when some new policy must be pursued. The Hon. Gentleman said that, in order to counteract the designs of Russia, they should have sent a fleet into the Baltic. He appeared to forget that he was recom mending a European war, the disasters of which it was impossible to tbresee. With respect to the e,:tpense of the war, he believed that it was justified by the necessity. On that occasion th e y were not discussing the good .Go vernment of India, but whether they should have India all.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL said the question which the House was called upon to consider was whether, under the present circumstances of the country, and in the present state of our relations with Affghanistan and India, it was desirable that the particular papers for which the Hon. Gentleman had moved should be produced. He formed his judgment upon no other consideration than this, what was best for the public interest under the present circum stances; he forgot all paltry, advantages, all political dif ferences; the single point - which weighed with him was, what in the present position of Indian affairs was the best course for that House to pursue ; and forming his judgment upon those considerations alone, he came to the conclusion that it would not promote any public interest to present the papers for which the Hon. Gentleman had .moved. Now, to illustrate his meaning he would refer to our present relations with that great power, the conduct of which appeared to have raised the apprehensions of her Majesty's late Government. He alluded to the conduct of Russia.—(Hear.) Now it would be perceived that after many transactions on the part of the agents and the,Government of Russia, full explimations were demanded by the Noble Lord, and THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. those explanations were frankly given by the Govern ment of liuseia.• They were contained in the papers which had been laid upon the table. In those paperS, whatever might have been the conduct of the Russian agent, however suspicious it might have been—and he admitted at once that it did warrant suspicion, and even required explanation—yet still there was, on the part of Russia, a distinct and unequivocal disavowal of that can duct, the. recal of • one of the agents of that Go vernment, and a positive assurance, on the 'part of the Emperor of Russia, first, that he had no wish whatever to disturb British supremacy in India ; s . eendly, that he had an earnest desire to act ti:ith respect to the affairs of Persia upon a per fectly - good understanding with this country. Those assurances were encouraged by Count Nesselrode, and Count Pozzo di forgo, then Minister of Russia in this country, in the must unequivocal and decided manner to the late Government. The Noble Lord, in the course of that correspondence, had expressed himself satisfied With the assurances which had been given by Russia. - --e (Hear, hear, from Lord Palmerston.) But the Noble Lord went further than merely expressing satisfaction. In his note to the Russian .Ambassador, dated December 20, 1838, the Noble Lord said, alluding to the explanations of Count Nesselrode with respect to the conduct of the Russian agents in Persia and in Caubul , " The despatches from Count Nesselrode, which your Excellency has communicated to tae, contain on those points assurances the most full and complete. Her Majesty's Government accept those assurances as entirely satisfactory." The Noble Lord then went on to state his conviction that Russia did not harbour any de signs hostile to British suprema.cy in India, and the des patch then alluded to the instructions which had been given by Russia to her agent in Persia to co-operate with the British agent in that country in persuading the Shah not to undertake any more expeditions similar to the one he had undertaken a.gainst Herat From the Noble Lord's declaration that he accepted those declara tions as satisfactory, he (Sir. R. Peel) inferred that the Noble Lord placed confidence in them—(Hear,. hear, from Lord Palmerston)--and for himself, he (S:r R. Peel) felt bound to state, that there had been, to his knowledge, no act clone by Russia, in respect to her relations with Persia, and more especially in relation to Affghanistan, subsequent to our late disasters, but was in precise and exact conformity with that declaration.— ( Loud cheers.) He begged at the same time to say, that whatever might be .the conduct of Russia, the British Government in India was powerful enough to protect itself—(Cho ors) —that it did not depend ,on the co operation or good faith of Russia, or of any other Power; bat he felt it to be his duty publicly to declare in the face of Europe, that it was impossible for any Power to have acted, not only with stricter good faith, but to have exhibited a more friendly feeling towards this country than Russia had done with regard to England, both in P. rsia and Affg - lianistan—(Cheers)— and that at the moment of our disasters, in the" latter country Russia had exhibited the most unequivocal proofs of friendly feeline•—(Loud cheers.)—and of a desire not to interfere with the British supremacy in our Eastern dominions.— (Continued cheering.) That being the case, how could he reconcile it to his sense of duty to produce papers relating to a different state of things ?—(Cheers.) Would it be wise to disturb the amicable relations at present existing between th e coun tries by producing documents which bad been written under different feelings?—(Cheers.) On the same ground Ire must refuse to enter into any discussion on our In dian policy. He stood in a different position to that occupied either by the Hon. Gentlemen who had propOsed and seconded this motion, or by the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite who had been called upon to vindicate the policy which had been pursued in India. He (Sir R. Peel) was charged with a great responsibility, and. he thought it would tend more to the public interest if he were to abstain from entering into discussion on the subject at present.—(Hear, hear, hear.) We knew of the misfortunes of Caubul—we were uncertain of the 'fate of the garrison of Ghuznee—an effort had been made to relieve Candahar, with the result of which we were, as yet, unacquainted—and he did not think that the present was a time to enter into any discussion on such subjects. He could not, how ever, quite coincide in the observations of the Right Hon. Gentleman on the subject of Indian finance. Whatever elasticity the Indian finances might have ex hibited at former periods, he could not consider the present state satisfactory. He (Sir Robert Peel) had made no exaggerated statements of the financial diffi culties of India. If the Right Hon. Gentleman would refer to the papers, he would find, that in 1835-36, there was in India a surplus of revenue over expendi ture of 1,556,000/. ; in 1836 37 it was 1,100,000/. ; in . 1837-38 it was 650,000/. ; in 1838-39 it was 280,0001. ; in 1839-40, instead of a surplus, there was a deficiency of 2,414,000/. ; and - in 1840 41, there was a deficiency of 2,33.4,000 t The expenditure of the Indian Go vernment, in 1835-36, was 15,766,0001. ; in 1839-40 it w+ as 11,615,006/. ; and in 1840 41, it was 19,330,000/.—(llcar, hear.) Now, tinder these cir cumstances, he certainly thought it desirable that en deavours should be made to equalise the revenue and the expenditure. They should Recollect that in India they had nu Income-tax, that the collection of the re venue must press hardly upon the cultivators of the soil, and must produce a bad effect, in their opinion, of our Government. lie agreed with the remarks of the Hun. Gentleman, on the inevitable tendency of Our Indian empire to extend itself ; and he feared that, wherever a civilised nation came in contact with one less civilised, such must ever tie the case ; but that general tendency could not be taken- as a - sufficient justification of any par ticular expedition ;, and he hardly thought the Right tlen.Gentlenian himself would consider that tendency as an argument'sufficient to justify a march upon Persia, ur the occupation of .Bolthara, under present circum stances. The Ilight Hon. Gentleman had expressed a hope. that the policy , of Lord Auckland would not be departed from. He (Sir 11 .Peel) thought that, considering the great distance we were from the scene ofaction, - and our un certainty with regard to what had - occurred; that it would be premature in him to pledge - himself to the adoption of any particular line of policy, but whatever line of policy he might think it expedient to adopt, ho would never forget the paramount necessity there was for up holding the honour of the British arms.—(Loud cheers.) He considered the disaster at Caubul as a great military loss, but by no means as a disaster of such a nature as to affect our dominion over our Indian possessions. It was impossible to ace the examples of fortitude, fidelity, and valour, which that cisaster had called forth—(Cheers) —without feeling satisfied on that head:—(Loud cheers.) How could they look to the patient endurance, to the persevering valour, of Sir Robert Sale—(lmmense cheer ing)—or witness the heroism of that Lady—(lmmense and continued cheering which drowned the conclusion of the sentence.) He thought that those efforts and examples ought not to permit them to be cast down or dispirited. Teese were not greater reverses than had occurred be fore, and he had the utmost confidence that by the valour and tbrtitude of the British arms these disasters would at least be so far repaired that they would not in the slightest degree shake the confidence of the people of England in the supremacy of the British arms. As he said before, he would not say a word more on the subject, as he purposely avoided discussion, and he avoided the expression of any opinion, under the present circum stance, of the policy of the Government ; but he could not quite acquiesce in the fairness of the quotation which the Right Hon. Gentleman made from his (Sir R. Peel's) speech on a former occasion. The Right Hon Gentle man, referring to the declaration in the Queen's speech in the year 1839, observed that all he (Sir R. Peel) had said on that occasion was, that he viewed the prospects of India with great anxiety. Now he did not think any public man, speaking on such a declaration—of course the subsequent events were unknown—he did not think that any public man could do so v.ithout seine, forebodings. He was afraid that he did not limit himself to the mere expression of anxiety on that point. The words he made use of iv re these, that "I will now advert to• a subject"—he. merely quoted the expression he made use of in his .own vindication ; in 1839 these were the words he used :—" I will now advert to a subject of far deeper interest than the question before the House, a question not relating to matters of domestic nature, for it refers to the state of the British empire and interests in India ; for I consider it most important to divert the attention of the inhabitants oflndiafrom war, and teaching them the habits and ej- cupations of peaceful industry. When I contemplate the evil consequences of a great financial expenditure ha posing the necessity of additional taxation on the sub- ,;cots oflbis empire, I am bound to say that I cannot look to Intlia ‘Aithout the deepest anxiety." He also re- Furred to that part of the declaration of the Governor- General, in which he stated that his Majesty Shah Soojah entered Affghanistan surrounded with troops, and that his possession of the empire would be supported. What he said upon this was, " that is to say, this country has entered into an engagement to this extent that the tyrant and enemy of Caubul would.be"supported.. lcow, Sir, I shall require some explanation on that point Th e Shah who was deposed in 1809, deposed from all a u th or i ty, marched with 20,000 men into the country , tied the new Governor-General gives a guarantee that he shall b e placed upon the throne, and that hi s co ntinuance in possession of the throne will be gurantee d also. It appears to me t. at that principle Would equal l y a pp l y if England was to attempt to place Charles the Tenth, if he were still alive, on the throne of France, with th is sin gle difference that the Shah has been deposed 30 years. T his was w hat he said in 1839, and he could hard l y be charged with having expressed perfect satisfaction. He did not wish to say more than that in 183 9 their disasters were unknown. The Right Hon. Gentleman h ad referred to the motion respecting Sir John Keane. Certainly nothing could be more expressly stated than his (Sir R. Pecl's) reservation. In the m oment of success he was ready to give every tribute of applause to Juilitary s kill ; yet, even in the moment of success, he did not mean to iteply approbation of their general conduct.. At the Same time, he was very little disposed, now these dis. asters had happened, nor was that thninomenf, tolnake any positive declaration with respect to that policy- He trusted that he had fulfilled the assurance whell h e ga ve to the House, that he would discuss this question with reference to public considerations alone.....(Hear hear.) Those public considerations ' had induced him to think that it was not desirable to produce those papers, and the same consideration prevented him from entering into any discussion ofa party character, but strictly confining himself to the question. Lord PALMERSTON quite a greed with the Right Hcn. Baronet in thinking that it was not expedient to produce these papers. He agrecti:-"'" - him for the reasons stated, that it would be i n expedient now, when for some time past a footing of former good understand ing prevailed between Russia and England, because the transaction had taken place'under difficult circumstances. pe was happy to hear from the Right Hon. Baronet that good understanding still existed between Russia and England at the time when they left office.—(gear.) He was glad also to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman state that the Government of Russia had ' ShoWn, in regard to the transactions which had taken place since with respect to Persia 40. Affg4ni§taii, - .the, same friendly feeling and good' faith that then exist e d. Tli. Right .Hon. Baronet was perfectly right ill refusing JUNE 24: 1842 the papers, and had acted wisely in deprecating discus s:on on the policy involVed. The lion. Member for Shrewsbury had accused the late Government of supine ness in conducting the foreign affairs of the nation, and their following it up with terrible energy. He certainly might accuse the Hun. Member of much supineness during the last three years, though he could not charge him with having followed it up with any terrible degree of energy. —(Laughter.) In their silence at the time of success, and th it attack at the time of disaster, uneennected with the policy, there was a great want of moral courage. It was evident from their refraining at that period, they did not expect they could carry the opinion of Parliament, with them. There was nothing in the success to pre vent their bringing the policy under the consideration of the House ; and as to the distance of the operations, that did not prevent the Riot Hon. Baronet opposite from bringing forward his motion on the war with China. .He would admit that the statement of the Rus inn Go vernment was correct, and that the agents had exceeded their instructions, yet still their case stood on good grounds. Great stress was laid on the opinions of per sons who were supposed to be able to form a correct judgment on the subject, and Sir A. Durm;s and Sir H. Fane had been quoted. Bnt there never was a case in which the current of authority was more one•sided than in the present. The Home Government and the Gover nor-General of India came to the same conclusion, with out any previous concert with regard to the meiture which ought to be adopted for the defence of the Maier, Fos. -sessions He said of tle!r Indian possessions, be cause he denied that it was for any European puts poses. If they had not an empire in India, it would matter little to them whether the PerSians conquered the Affghans or the Affghans the Persians. In the year 1836, Mr. Ellice, who was well versed in Indian affairs, and who was in Persia and India, said it would be fraught with the utmost danger if the influence of the Shah were permitted to extend over Affghanistan. Mr. MSNeil told the same thing, and several distin guished men in India were of the same opinion. The opinion of Sir A. Burnes, as appeared from the public papers, went in the same direction. But it was said that in his private letters to his friends, he expressed opinions adverse to the war. Now, he (Lord Palmerston) had two letters in his possession from Sir Alex ander Burnes, dated the 4th and 26th of August, In the first letter he says, " I have great hopes that our army will march from Candahar to Herat, and that the Ameer will evacuate Caubul, which will enable us to do this." In the letter of the 26th, he says, "We shall send Mahomed Khan to the Shah, to assist us in secur ing Candahar, but he will not be listened to in his ob jections to Soojah-001-Moolk, as they are untenable. I have seen such papers since I arrived here, that I know how critical is this course. Act we must, and if it only concerned the Barukzyes, or the Suddoggees, we must hesitate in rejecting the former." These were the opinions of Sir Alexander Burnes. All the authorities connected with India, that were in possession of knowledge on which a sound opinion could be formed, were of opinion that active and immediate. measures were necessary to secure. Affghanistan.— (Hear.) This country had, .for a great number of years, recognised Persia as a sort of protection for its Indian possessions; but since the accession of the pre sent Shah, Persia had acted in a very different manner. Since that time she had been desirous.of extending her possessions, and what was the result ? Why, when it was seen that Persia was taking steps detrimental to this country, vigorous steps were immediately taken. It was thought by many that that was a bad step to take, but what had been the consequence of it ? Why, for three years no disasters had taken place. It was true that disasters had taken place since, but they had nothing to do with the original policy of the measure ; and such being the case, it was no proof that the policy pursued was not sound and judicious.—(Hear.) He agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet that the disasters that had taken place were no reason for imagining that they had not es tablishtd their affairs in the same position in India as they were before. He was convinced that the measures the Indian Government were taking would have the effect of placing this country in the same position with respect to Affghanistan as they were before.—(Hear, hear.) He should be sorry to see the British army laying Affghanistan waste, but still there was something to be done to keep up appearances. He could understand a Government saying that the cha racter and standing of the country required that a great disaster should not be tamely submitted to ; he could conceive that a great expense might be incurred for the sake of securing to a nation the commanding. station which it fiwmerly held ; he could conceive a Government saying that the position from which we had been driven was such that it was essential to our empire that we should regain it ; but if they were to regain it, he thought it sh mild not be regained in order that it might, as recommended by some, be abandoned again. The Right Hon. Baronet had very properly abstained from stating what might be the future policy of the Govern ment upon the subject of our affairs in India ; but that Government would indeed be bold which, having charge of the interests of a great nation, would dare to take a step that would endanger the empire, and which would abandon those defences and that barrier which their pre decessors had established in the East.—(A laugh.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, smiled while he thought merely of the expenses of the expedition, and forgot every other consideration, Sir rt. PEEL—But where is the barrier ? Lord PALMERSTON—The Right Hon. Baronet would learn the value of Affghanistan as a frontier to our Indian empire from the Hon. Member for Beverley, _who bad set a due value on its importance. The Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, in the course of his speech, not content with the wide range which Indian affairs had offered for his fancy, was pleased to express his condem nation of the foreign policy generally of the late Admi nistration. But that policy -had ensurod the peace of Europe, without in any way lowering the character of England, and that policy had, in most instances, been eminently successful. Ile repeated that the manner in which the late Government had conducted the foreign affairs of the nation, had given satisfaction to the coun- try at large ; they had also been enabled to become the mediators of peace between other countries. Such was the respect and confidence felt towards the English Go vernment, that when the English Consul approached the coast of New Guiana, his vessel was boarded by contend ing deputies, who referred the party disputes they were unable to settle, to his decision, and that mediation had been quite successful. As far as the management of their foreign policy went, the more it Isas inquired into the better they should be pleased. Whether the present Government did or did not follow the sarae path as their predecessors, be was sure that the whole country, that all the other nations of Europe, and an impartial posterity, would render them that justice which the lion. Member seemed disposed to deny them. lie was prepared to stand by the papers that had been produced, it would be impossible for any Government to publish in e.rtcuso, all the despatches of its agents; if they did, no agents would write any despatches worth receiving. He thought it was rather ungrateful of Hon. Gentlemen to accuse the late Government or a reluctance to produce papers; he believed they laid more papers before the House than any Government ever did. lie hulled the present Government would be able to produce as many papers for all they might do, and all they would not do, as the late Government had for all they had done. Mr. HUME complained that the Noble Lord had not produced all the documents from which his case might be judged. lie believed that the Government of India had noibeCri influenced by any desire to add to its territory. The lion. Member then referred to several of the des patches of Sir A.Burnes, with a view of showing that there had been a great aggression on the part of the late Go vernment. Although it might be desirable to form a barrier, was it possible to form one at a distance of 2,000 miles from our own territory with the Punjab between us and the barrier. At the very time we undertook the invasion ofAffghanistan, we were receiving the assur ances from Russia to which allusion had been made. He implored the House to obtain that infor-nation which would cnab!e them them to judge of that policy, and to cast blame on those who were really blameworthy. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged to state that as far as he and the Members of the late Government were concerned, he had nu objection to the production of the Ffipers.—(Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Gentleman had give-it reasons why the papers ought not to be pro duced; he (I ord J. Russell) .cuuteided in opinion with the Right Hon. Gentleman, and 'for the reasons which the Right non. Gentleman had. given h e wou ld vote with him against the production of the papers ; but Ito begged it to be distinctly understood, that the mem bers of the' late Ministry had no objection to the pro- " duction of the papers ; The Hon. Gentleman had made a most singular charge of unfairness and suppression. Ile supposed . the Eon, Gentleman would not wish to have large volumes of documents published which no one would read; but he had complained that not only was Captain Burnes' despatch omitted, but that Sir W. Mecnaghten's answer to it was suppressed also. The : Right lion. Gentleman said that Captain Burnes' later was most important ; and that the argu ments in it were most cogent ; at the same time he considered Sir William Macnaghten's reply as of little consequence. That was the Hon ourable Gentleman's (pinion, but other gentlemen might be of a diffdrent opinion. At all events, having omitted both, the late Government could hardly be charged with unfairness. Capt. Burnes might, at one time, have stated that a union with Dust Mahomed would be the best alliance, but the correspondence showed—indeed - Capt. Burnes had himself shown—that it was impossible to come to any arrangement with Post Mahomed, for he was always seeking what advantage he could gain from cur friendship and alliance. Post Mahomed asked cer- tarn terms, •shich, when he thought that Russia and Persia were advancing ho seemed disposed to raise. Tho Hon. Member then read a short passage from a despatch of Captain Burnes, and certainly, if ever there had been a garbled extract that was one. The extract stated that Dust Mahomed was willing to agree to terms fur our alliance, and that all that he asked way that we should use our good offices for him with the - Maharaja, and the lloa. Gentleman had not gone on to read the answer, leaving it to be understood that we bad refused to accede to those turns, whereas if the Hon. Gentleman had gone on he would have found that our Envoy's reply was that, with respect to our good offices, there could be no objection to use them with the Maharaja. Lord Auckland himself, in a minute dated May 12, 1838, stated that it was not desirable to make alliance with Dost Mahomed. At one time it was impossible to make an alliance with lost Mahomed. Would any one, then, maintain that this was unreasonable ? Did the lion. Gentleman who made that motion himself think that it would be desirable to lend the British power to Dost Mahorned in order to make war against Ranjett Sing? The lion. Director wh o s p o k e i n t h e c ourse of that debate .objected to this policy. It might be , bad, or it might be good policy he would not discuss that question ; but it s h owe d w h a t a differ ence of opinion existed with respect to this proceeding. He thought the Secret Committee of the Board of Directors, which was especially appointed to watch the foreign policy of India, were the best judges of the policy of the war, and they entirely agreed with the late -411. F 4 .0 Z 7 _ _. _// Government. Russia having disavowed the acts of her aents, and approved of • the Persian policy, there could be no foundation for a European war with her. The Gentlemen opposite had reserved their attack, like the vulture, till the moment when the soldier was wounded and fallen, but still he was glad to perceive that their case was so utterly weak, as he trusted the - House would decide it to be. Mr. BAILLIE complained that the despatches of Captain Burnes, which had been produced, were those of the period when he had adopted the policy of the Governor-General. He should not press the 'notion. Mr. HoGG and Mr. D'lsnAEm explained. Mr. HUME having oftjected to the motion being withdrawn, the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 9 Against it Majority against the motion On our return to the gallery Mr. WALLACE was on his legs, asking whether the light Hon. Gentleman (Sir IL Peel) would give him an opportunity of bringing on his motion on another evening ? Sir R. PEEL said that, considering the business that was yet to be gone through, and the little progress which was made with respect to the Poor-law Bill, he could not make any promise to the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. WALLACE said that, in that case, he would make the motion on the first supply night ; and, failing that, he would bring it forward on Thursday, the 7th of July. On the motion of M r . lIUME, an account * was ordered of all the monies received by the Commissioners ap pointed by the Act 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 77, and subse quent Act, to carry into effect, with modifications, ale Fourth Report of the Commissiovers of Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues, stating the several sums received by the said Commissioners, and from what sources re ceived, in each year, since the passing of the Act; also, ea account of all payments made by the said Com missioners In each year, stating to whom paid, and for what purpose to be applied, in each year, up to the Ist of January, 1842. Mr. PROTIIEROE mcved for a Return, from the Keeper of the Public Records, of the names and titles of tne several works which were partially prepared for publication, but left unfinished, by the late Record Com missioners ; stating the names of the Editors of such works, and the estimated cost of publishing the same, either in a complete or incomplete state : together with an accurate Catalogue of the various MSS. and Copies of Records made at the public expense, or by o r d er o f the late Record Commissioners, and not prepared for pub liration.—Agreed to. Sir JAMtS GBAIIAM obtained kayo to bring in the following Bills :—Bill to encourage the establish meld of District Courts and Prisons ; a Bill to amend the laws concerning Prisons ; a Bill to continue, until the Ist of October, 1843, the exemption of inhabitants of parishes, townships, and villages, from liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade, or other pro perty to the relief of the Poor ; a Bill to amend and continue for one year the Acts regulating the Police of Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton. CUSTOMS BILL. On the motion of Mr. GLADSTONE this Bill was re-committed, with the understanding that any discussion on the clauses should be taken on the bringing up of the Report on Monday next. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. / DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The Report on this Bill was received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. BONDED CORN BILL. _ This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered :o be reported this day. ThQ House then adjourned at Two o'Clock. CORN A VERA GE2%. GENERAL AVERAGE, I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended June 17, 1612, made up from the Returns el the Inspectors in the different Cities and *fawns in Englan4 and Wales. per Imperial Quarter. Wheat......... 635. 106. Oats aeries 233.10:7.1 Rye AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS. lAirvk priding , WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEASE May 13 69 9 26 3 19 6' 31 3; 31 9 31 3 'A 5O 9 2i 1: 19 5 32 4; 31 7 31 4 27 June 3 (3 6 26 t, 19 7 33 6 32 5 32 5 19 6l 0 26 8 20 6 31 2 58 1 3i 7 17 ,C 3 19 23 10 21 6 56 10 33 9 32 6 IMPERIAL. AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEK Wheat......... 62.. 31. 1 Oats ........ 'O4. 0%1 Brans la 51 Karl. y, •.65.. 4d. 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat.... l01. MI. Oats Barley ...... ... 103. 01 .1 Rye ..... — 9 s. Pease .„....10 61, THE MARKETS. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter.: S. to a. Car1i51e........ 63 s. t o 8. 8, LO 6. s. to s. qr liexham , 44 72 in ()met h Si 68 Penrith - Sheffield ... _ (4 — — 43 IVinchesttr 52 69 23 27 i 0 28 35 40 - Per Bushel. I s.d. s.d.t s.d. s.d. s.d. cd. s.d. s.d s.d. s .d. Carmarthen 6:i 7tll 00 44( 00 19 56 0 0 00 u it Coschriege 17 6 801 0 0 41t 00 80 50 53 0 0 4, 0 Swansea l6 8 801 4 4 54i 2 8 3Ai 5 3 601 t! 0 0 0 Per 8011. 1 Rarnardeastle 13 n IS 61 8 0 9( 14 0 74' h 6 11 (i Durham 'll6 15 t: 7 6 ho' 56 6e: 00 9 (it Richmond 'l4 0 19 Oi 10 0 11 0 1 , 6 0 7410 0 12 0. Stockton LiVERPOOL CORN DI tRXET.—June 21. WIIRAT, English, White, per 7011).... - 9;,i, 103 60 ------- Re 4 0 6 10 0 Scotch, Welch, and Manx —.... Irish, While 7 9 8 6 - fled -.. 7 0 8 0 Foreign ....... ... 7 6 10 10 OATS, E iclish., Welsh, and Scotch, per 4Mb -- In.( ... 3 4 3 6 Foreign •".. . o n 0 ISARLEV, English, Malting, per Imp. quart er 4O 0 fi3 a ---... Scotch and Irish, pet 001hs. --•• Faeding 3 8 4 0 Brass, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 42 q frith, &c......... P.4 0 3S C Foreign PEASE, English, per Imierlalquarler 43 0 45 0 Foreign ilotnt, English, per 28011 s. 47 0 ;:l 0 -- Irish OATMFAI., English and 1ri5h,per14 0 1b5........... .. 28 0 31 0 INVIAN Cosh, pc T 480:b. ... . ... ~.5 o 47 (i Etti , , per Imperial quarter HALT, per Imperial quarter ............... ......... .... 48 0 (2 0 343 38 t'iti J 4 '2B 26 3 - 25 40 42 I - 00 00 00 00 00 0u 00 0,0 IRISH MARKETS. LAIBLIN MARKET NOTE for; he Wcck ending JUNE 17. To Average 1 27 0 1 32 o From Wheat,perbarreNt stone... 7 o nere 164t01e. — 0 Barley 5,137 Oats '4 stenc...... 10 0 Flour, per cut — 0 1,23 0 Oatmeal.... 6 stone.... 15 f Sold to Bakers only. 7,9 - 8 Cwt. r lour 9 0 - 1:24 0 I 21 8% Average price aNN heat anti Flour 5 ittl ;per back. 1 : an5....ft... from t&. Od to (td Itece•pts of Flour, P,`:2f secowts ....... from 1 s. Od. to :R. Od falei of Do. 1461 J Trorde ........ from 9s. ed. to 13s Od PRICH UV BREAD. Quartert Loa! ...... Halt ttuattern CORK MARKET6.—jane lA'heet (per 20st.v. - Ss 01. to: Is 'H.R./ate (per 1 9s.hcl t Barley (per 165t.`10 6 12 6 iklorr (per cwt 7 n Oatmeal (per Pd to 133 01 Neer, 6d. to 60.-51 utten. sd. t 064 —Veal, 41,a to 5d York „ 4d. to sd...—Fresh Mufti, Ild.o —d per lb. PRICE OF RUTTER. - 0 - 0 - 18 0 15 5 0 - 17 6 J 16 3 To the Merchants. To the Country First t'oll •••••••••••••.... 00000 •••• it s S LTOINI ••• 76 • i 7 fluid (St ••• . 1•••••••3••••••••••• .•. .59 Fourth • • •• 47 •••••••••••••••••••-•••••• Fifth 43 ••••••••••. 00000 Sixth 28 ••••••••el ••• CLONMELL i;I.MttKETS.—. June IS Per (wt. s. d. s. d. e , d. a. d. New Butter .........98 oto P 9 ..... t, tc P Oatmeal .. . — 0 14 6 1 3ac0nrig5••••........44 C 46 0 Renderecdard 0 N 0 Pet hat. Flour, Second .. P 40 0 I ttour i l'!•,rett ••••., e f 8 0 —Household 0 38 01 ---- 18 8 0 Per Barrel. 20 0 0 I Barley ..... •• 16 0 13 C Bere ........... 13 0 i Girls .... 0 KILKFNNY AIANKEIS. (mr..eat,parbarrel)26,. Od to 33..04. beef %.er oe. rd, t. liasl7y 12 0 19 0 Alt•t , :‘ 0 vats l4 0 15 i• 1‘41.. ......... ft 4 Hour bag) 25 0 S 9 0 . 0 6 Buttcripercart.) 0 0 &S 0 c rest. Bitter o 0 Bacon 'igs 45 0 46 0 +:.sit Dltte 0 6 Coals ... 1 0 1 2 Fotatoct i per st.) V 9 Le 0.. re O 8 O 7 O 7 1 0 0 10 HAMBUR:4 Gil Wt.ent, Alias ' 4:".71 to:01 klagdchure nito to slti, Aultelt. white 4-6 to ---- red LW to 5W Brunssick 414 to 509 -- Mecklenburg MI to 489 -- Polish to 546 MARKETS. A IN. Barley. Alecklenbargh 171 to JIB -- Magd eburg: fr eburg: 4 .o co .:04 Holstein 174 to lull --- Chico bruck 16.5 to 104 Oats, Eider leo to IS' AletklenCurg Holstein l'o to -- Holstein - Upland ttye, Mecklenburg .... 2 , 1 to 3 01Pease, 51ecklenburg , klO to tts4 -- Marks 52 to '..65 , 13eans O5B to 21 , k -- Elhing and Ko. buck Wheat WI to nigsburg '22l to 281. Rapeseed, Hanover ... 1185 to f 24 Pomeranian -- Anlyilt COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7 %to 9% Mar'nham • ......... ...... 6 to f % Georgia, let sett ..... .... 7% 8 Madras.... ...... .......... 4%, 5 2d 6% 6N Surat 1.. 3d and 4th ... 4% 0 Domingo ......... 5 6 COF FEE. Nlochv.. l3 to 13% Dcmingo ..... ........ ...... 3 to 4N Batavia. 4% 531 Le Guayra 4 7 iumatra — Porto ttico .......... -...... 5% t;% lio 2'4 b% Havannah ... 1;,4 6% Bahia .............. ...... 9N 5% SU G A ii.— (V ito 8% Discount.) lavannah, Whits ..... .. 3 to ni, Kama, White "2.4 to 2 8r0wn....... 2' 2% Brown 1 2 'tie, White 2A, 4 Pernambuco, White ...1 7 3 Brown. l% iA, t3rown ...1N 2 Manilla. Brow 1). 2% to 2.4 MR. VIGNE'S TRAVELS IN KASIIMERE, would be difficult (observes the Natal and Military Gazette) to point out any one b0....k of travels which has claimed public attention for many years that has deserv e d it more fully and unreservedly than does this of Mr. Vigne ; and this is true of it in every point of view in which a book of travels can be re garded—whether for the political importance of the countries atria which it concerns itself, the novelty and curiosity of the details brought to light, the care and skill with which those details have been noted and arranged, the philosophical spirit in which the writer's observations have been made and given to the world, and the fund of information that has been com pressed into a comparatively small space. Mr. Vigne conducts us from Constantinople, by Trebizend and Kurdistan, to Erze-. roum, into Persia, crossing it from Tabreez to Tehran; thence to the south, visiting all the other chief cities of Persia, in cluding Ispahan, Shiraz, and Bushir ; embarking for Bombay, passing some time in the adjacent countries, seeing the Lions of Imperial Delhi, making a considerable sojourn in Simla, and finally exploring the entire valley of Kashmir, and all the coun tries adjoining the course of the Indus. The volumes are il lustrated by 22 engravings, from designs by the Author, and a valuable map, engraved under the sanction of the Hon. East India Com - say. Yesterday the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, was a scene of great ga i ety, owing to the arrival and departure of a number o f l arge foreign steam-ships. The Bristisli steam ship, 'Wilberforce, arrived at eight o'clock, from Ant werp, and larded her passengers, among w.hoTrwt was after, s . 1 R-ickbv. Th e ma il- packet G i ra ff e , arrived 'o Lord from ' Rotterdam ; and the General Steam Navigation l fur Ant werp , at one, w i t h a roost usual fur f avour i te steamer , R a i n bow, left as t elegant assemblage of Among nssmngerl, and nine carriages . upwards of one hun dred pa ssengers , we not i ce d Sir E. Ryan, Sir Edward Parry, the Rev. Mr. Rodker, and Captain Biscoe. Several packets tourline, Dr. Cumming, Colonel Thomas, Major-General Boa. were also leaving fur Gravesend and Woolwich, filled with company. --~-~ _.LLB COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a Court was held for the e l ect i on of a Toc.t n Clerk by the Corporation of London, and for tho despatch of a great deal of public Lusiness. There was a full attendance of members, and the space below the bar was crowded, the interest - excited by the expected cleetion being very great. THE DISTRESSED MANUFACTURER.. Mr. R. 14. JONES moved that the Court subscribe Ills sum of 500/. in aid of the funds arising from her Iliajes ty's letter for the relief of the distressed manafacturers of England and Scotland. He thought it was unnecessary to make any comment upon the subject, well knowing that the Court would most willingly accede to the appe a l which had been made to their compassion. —(Hear.) Mr. P. TAYLOR proposed, as an addition to the propo sitien of Mr. IL 1,, Jones, " That the Court recommend that the money to be - granted in nid of the manufactu rers be laid out in the purchase of corn, to be admitted free of duty, and that the Government be petitioned by the Court for that object,"—(Hear, hear, and No, no.) After a short conversation, •in which the Recorder Mr. Wire, Mr. Pewtress, Mr. W. Jones, and Alderman Farcbrother joined, the original motion was agreed to, Ind Mr. P. Taylor's addition was negatived by a snatdi majority. Inc Court then proceeded to the election of Town Clerk, in the room of Mr. Woodthorpe, deceased ; and on the rotes being taken, the Lord flavor declared Ser geant Merewether the successful candidate, the naltibcrs For Sergeant Merewether ....... For Mr. Pritchard Majority COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Qneen early yesterday morning, and breakfasted wifh her Majesty and Prince Albert and their Illustrious Visitors. His Excellency Lieut.-General Count Mensdorf and the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander and Arthur Mensdorf, left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning for Woolwich Dock-yard, and embarked there shortly before one o'clock on the Black Eagle steam packet, en route, for Brussels. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Majag- General Sir Edward Bowater and 'Lord Charles WX. lesley, reviewed the troops in Hydepark yesterday morn ing. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeck, was also present at the Review. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians attended by the Countess do Merode, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, were taken an airing in a carriage yesterday afternoon,; accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Saxe Meiningen and the Hereditary Prince, attended by the Baron d'Erffa, and M. de Lubeck, arrived in town at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Bushy House 4 Bushy Park. the residen ce o f h er glajesty the Queen Dowager. Their Serene Highnesses, attended by the Baron d'Erffa, visited the King and Queen of the Belgians at Bucking ham Palace soon after their arrival. His Excellency Count Mera-sdorf honoured Mr. .3". Lucas, yesterday,with a final sitting far a portrait, which he painted by command of her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the King anti Queen of the Belgians, left Buckinghaan Palacio at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage and four, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch with their company at Richmond. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), and Sir Ed ward Bowater, attended on horseback. The Royal Suites followed in two open carriages and four, the first carriage conveying the Countess of Charionont, Lady in Wait ing, and the Countess de Merode, Lady in Waiting on the Queen of the Belgians, Viscount Hawardon, Lord in %Vaiting, and the. Baron de Dieskaw, in Wai tin;; on the King of the Belgian* and the second carriage convey ing the lion. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Waiting, General the Hon. Sir Vlliam Lumley, Groom in Waiting, and M. de Moerke-ke., is Waiting on his Belgian Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, ntttinded by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Coup; r, Bart., left town shortly before five o'clock yesterday af ternoon, for Richmond, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Nadu:mil with her company at the grand fete given by their Graces to the Queen. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Pribcess Augusta of Cambridge, at tended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Major Stephens, lent town yesterday afternoon, to honour the Duke and Dachess of Beeeleuch with their company at tke dejeune at Richmond. Their Serene Highnesses tho Duk© of Saxe Afeinin g, n and the Hereditary Prince, attended by the Baron d'Erftit, and M. Lubeck, 14. ft Marlborotrgh Housc, shortly ix-fore five o'clock, yesterday afternoon, to honour the Duke and Duchess of Bucclettch with their company at. Richmond. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marlborough lio►rse, soon after six o'elotit, yesterday morning, from Paris. His Serene Highness and Prince George of Cambridge, left town, in the af ternoon, for the fete given by the Duke and Drwhez - s of Buccleu►•h at Richmond. Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Wed nesday, at their residence in St..James's-square. The company consisted of _their loyal Highnesss the Dalin and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Prince-s% Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Soinewsec • and Baron Knesebeck ; the Lord Chancellor and La Lyndhurst ; the Duke of Baccleuch, the Duke of Wel lingtou, Lord and Lady Wilton, Lord and Lady Dela wary, Lady Westmoreland, Lord Worcester, Lord Olare., Lord ()ssulston, Lord Chelsea, and Lord Forester. A Deputation from the Sherri Id and Manchester Railway Company, consig.b..lg of the Duke of Norfdk, J. Parker, M.P., Mr. Michael Ellison, (Sheffield) ; Mr. William Sidebothum, (Manchester) ; Mr. James Perry, (I )üblin) ; Mr. Randall, (Manchester)l and Mr. Locke, Civil Engineer, had an interview with Sir Mebei Peel yesterday, in Downing-street. The Judicial Committee of the Pricy Council sat yesterday. The Lords pr•sent were-1,01 , d Wynford, Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Erskine., and the Judge of the Admiralty Cow t. Dr. Add a ms, for the appellant, was heard on an ap peal, " the Rev. Thomas Escott v. Mr. F. Mastin.° The case occupied the whole of the day, and at four o'clock the Court rose. The boys of the Royal Military' Asylum Ti-tsited tho Panorama in Leicester-square yeskirclq, haring been invited by Mr. Burford, for the pt nose Of viewing the " Battle of Waterloo" and " Clutha" The bend played the National Anthem, and the boys appeared delighted with the pictures. SPURTING INTELLIGENCE: TATTERSALUS.—Yes - rEaDAY. The attractions of Newcastle and Bibury Meetings rendered this a " blank day." The attendance nes unusually 'thin. and the Lu-loess done was confined to The Goodwood Stake, at 6 to 1 agst Scott's lot (Knight of the Whistle and Rhodanthe). 20 to 1 'gst Mr. Griffith's Tupseley, and 20 to 1 agat Mr. Treen's Una. TitE LATE DEanr.—The payment of the eight Shillings in the pound on the account-adverted to in our notice of Ilan day 's proceedings, has been completed. NEWCASTLE RACES.—WenwEsnai*. The Gateshead, or Lottery Stakes, of 10 Soya, each, with 2.5 added, for three yrs old colts, Sst 41), and fillies., tom; two miles (18 Subscribers.) Mr. King's Cattnaite, by Muley Moloch ...... (1. liarson) 1 M. Powlett's f by Bay Middleton, cut of Mystery 2 to 1 on Cattonite, mho made the running, and won by two lengths. The Northumberland Plate of 200 Sox - 9,, added to a Handicap. Stake of 20 Soya. each, h ft, and 8 only if declared; the second receives SCI. out of the plate, and the third saves his stake; two miles (88 Subscribers, 27 of whom declared. ) Maiar Yarburgh's Heslington, by Voltaire 4 yrs, ist 41b "Joy) _ . . Mr. J. Bell's The Squire, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Lord Palmerston's lions, 5 yrs, isi I llb .. 3 Mr. Bowes's Black lIKk, 5 yrs, ist 81b The Corporation Plate of 60 Guis., added to a Sweepstakes or Sots. each, foi 3 yrs, ist; 4 yrs, fist Zib; 6 yrs and up wards, fist 1016 ; mares and geldings adlovred 31b. The second receives 201. out of the stakev. Eleats, two miles. (2it Subs.) Mr. Gascoigne's Quilt Arnold, 4 yrs Temple-man) 3 1 1 Mr Crawford's Centurion, aged ...... ..... 1 3 2 Mr. G. Clark's Maid of Aucliland, 3 yrs BIBURY CLUB MEETlNG—(CvscLunan), rticasnay. Sweepstakes of 150 sous. each, for 3 yrs old; coif Bst SI b ; and titles , fist 41b ; winners extra. New mile. (12 twat;. y Duke of Richmond's Eaglestield... . (Rogers) 1 Ur. Gregory's Barrier Mr. Etwall's Paladium (51b extra) Lord G. Bentinck'3 Tiptoe Won .by a brad, after ore of the finest races ever sewn. The Andover Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 60 adde d Lest uti!e. (10 subs.) Lc,rd G. Bentincles Tripoli,3 yrs, lest 21b (Lord Malditono) 1 Mr. Etwall's Discord, 5 yrs, I3st 41b ..... ........... 2 Northenden, I2st ; and Tommy. 9st 41b, stem ROI placed. Won by a head. STOCKBRILKIE RACES. / Tun P.SD Y.—The Two-year-old statics of 50 sows. each, k ft. colts fist 916 ; fillies fist 61b 'l'. Y. C. (Three sobs.) Mr. Wreford's fby Camel, out of Wadastra. Walked over, Handicap Hate of 60/. Mile and threle-quarters. Mr. Gregory's Fitzroy, 5 yrs 9st ...............(Trees) 1 1 Mr. Fergo,son's cby Cadiz, out of Annette, 4 yrs B,t .. 0 2 Mr. Legg's Decision, 4 yrs, Est 71b .............. 0 3 Captain Hake's Stork, 6 yrs, 7st 6111 .1:r. Sadler's Combat, aged, fist 21b dr Thistle Whipper, fist 111 b, Greenharn Boy, 7st 616, and tit to Alexandria, Est 7a), also ran the first heat. West east. A RUMOUR —There has been far several days Go vernment business before the House of Commons, which the Government has rot been very anxious to forward. Either the Ministers do not care about such questions as the important one of bonded corn, or they are not averse from protracting the session. Rumour s-2y - s tae last is the fact. Sir Robert Peel's uneasiness is palpable ; th e distress of the country is unrelieved, and being unrelieved will show its disastrous effects on the revetintte.. disrrTh:eriotconhiisss. some reason to suppose that he begins to mistrust pres mist e r o u t s a t ti fhe consequences of his ow n measures. His eapectati on to the Corn-laic are already much dis a ap r po utn i rumour, or sashmenisst be added d r e e d ee t i l: i e ng pow fr •e o r m ful t e h ff e ec rn t a o n f u t f t et . uring ie h w a s ve w ibtlef!not begotten days or a fortnight ; oonn tenance it, that a considerable change s S i u r c i h to c b irc er u t n i l , s e t e a l t: s ce l s . has taken place ill and whereas he was then extremely anxious to bring the session to a close, he is now desirous of keeping Parlia ment together till he sees the effects of his measur e 's. We mention this merely as a r umour, which is not discoun tenanced by the re•s! , •nt • ~!onlmt of Ministers. BARON 'PARK:. —Baron guished characters, last Parke, among other distin mr. Beard's week sat for a Pbotograpkie Portrait at Follett, who establishment in Parliament-street. Like Sir W. himself had previously highly sat, the Learned Baron exprenied pleased at the very close resemblance of hie mini:tare. I t i s a full , mirable lik eness of 'en Judge ength portrait, and forms a most ad. SARCAST IC cc the Learned in his robes. . Did you present your account to the defendant?" inquired a lawyer of a client. " I did, yo u r honour." "And the devil." 40 at did he say ?. ,r H e told me to go to Anil y what did you do then? " " Why titer—l came to you." Peas, s . ts, Y. r, , :-2 ..all ,