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on the presentation of petitions from the people. It was. owing to the adoption of that practice that their debates were protracted night after night ; because by being precluded fro m s p ea ki ng on presenting petitions, embers were forced to speak during the debates, and to reserve themselves fur those great occasions. 'He might mention the late debates On the income tax and on the Corn-laws as cases in paint. Formerly Members were allowed to discuss. questions on the - .preeentation. of petitions, and tbe,-eousequence was that many Members taking that opportunity of delivering their sentiments, the debates were conducted solely by the leading Members of each- side ; but, in consequence of the present prac tice, Members were forced to deliver their sentiments during the discussion of great questions, and hence the necessity for the frequent adjournments of de bates, a practice to which he always had objected, and always should object. In consequence of this, the first :bur hours of every evening Were abandoned to the minor Members, and the great guns never went off until after ten o'clock.—(A laugh.) He should certainly divide -againstlhe resolution, and also tt e evainst several of the -others of which the Noble Lord had given notice. How could the people know if the petitions had been attended to unless they were debated ? What did they know about the Committee on Public Petitions ? How could they- ascertain whether their petitions had been read by 'that Committee or not? They had no means of ascertain ing from theipapers of the House. Those papers were now Sold instead of being distributed in the profuse manner in which they formerly were, so that the pe o pl e die not now receive them from the Members in the.same 'manner us they had done formerly. He should divide the House against the resolution. Mr. T;DITNCOMBE could assure the Noble Lord that he wns actuated by no feeling of jealousy against him for proposing these resolutions. Any such feeling would be unworthy of himself (Mr. T. Duncombe) and un worthy of the subject. He did not a lt oget h er approve of the resolution of the Noble Lord in the terms in which it was couched. He thought after the manner in which. the consent of the Government to the practice of presenting these petitions had been wrested from the Government, the concession might have been made in a more gracious manner.--(Cheers.) When he (Mr. T. DUnco:nbe) had moved that the House do discontinue the practice of refusing to receive petitions on the subject of :taxation, he never supposed that those questionswould be received in a manner diffin.ent from that in which peti tions Here usually , received ; and if so, what was the use of - coming down with a string of resolutions, re - /Arming - practice which had already been affirmed by the - decision on the motion of the Hon. Mem ber for Greenock ? The present Parliament was pledged by ,. the existing resolutions, and no debate on the pre sentatien of a petition could take place without rescind- inb ~ them. The Noble Lord proposed to make that a s t a nding order, to be binding on future Parliaments. It would be always competent to future Parliaments to take whatever course • they chose on the subject: if the resolution were made a Standing Order it must be submitted to any future Parliainent be, " fore it could be binding on them, and they • would have the power of rescinding it if they . chose', The sixth resolution was certainly embodied in the reso lution which 'he (Mr. D.) had proposed on' a former evening, That petitions against any Resolution. or 'Bill, imposing duties for the current service of the year, be henceforth received, and that the usage under which the House has refused such petitions he discontinued." But then there were certain words in the commencement of this resolution, namely, " sub jeect to the above regulations." Now he (Mr. D.) _never proposed that-those petitions, ,which he presented, Mould be treated in any other mode than the House had been accustomed to treat all other petitions laid before it. It was not :ouch of a " feather bed " upon which . the Honourable Member let down the Right Honourable 'Barenet in proposing these resolutions; but it was down, hard and heavily, on the bare around. The introduction of the words " subject to the above regulations" was perfect surplusage, and he should propose, that they be left out of the resolution. Ile also thought, that the words "for t h e . erteeeh e service of the year" should be left out, and that the word " and taxes" should be inserted after the word " duties." The very principle of the resolution which be (Mr. 1).) bad proposed, was, that any petitions should be received against a measure for the imposition of taxes or duties, whether they were for the present or future years. He (Mr. D.) should cer thinly vote with the Hon. - Member for • Greenock (Mr. • Wallace) if that lien. Gentleman pressed his motion to a division. • Mr. AGLIONBY said that' the resolution now pro posed was but a mere transcript of the reeolution agreed to by the House on this subject at the beginning of the Session. lie wished to know if it was competent for or for any other Hon. Member, to move that that atssolution be rescinded. The SPEAKER said certainly not. AGLIONBY said that that being so, he appealed , to Thew whether the resolution now proposed could be put in its present shape? The effect of a majority on the resolution Would be to rescind it, and could it be that they might do indirectly that which it was not in 'their power to fre t by direct and immediate.means? 'He should feel - it 'his duty to divide against the resolu iion. Though the House might find it convenient, in some respects, to treat the petitions of the people as •.they had decided . to treat th(m during this session, the people out of doors neither appreciated the rule nor .- understood the practice. There were other means by which the interruption of public business might be prevented ; -• he • .recollected - the time when the petitions Of the • people Were presented and cliseusSed in the mourning, and the public . busineSs of the House in the evening expe dited. But now Members, who would express the 'opinions of their constituents at this period of the day, spoke during the principal debate, and was not the tune of the House thus occupied? If the prac - - ,were again adopted, the great authorities of the House would have the evening debate to themselves. Thellight Hon. Baronet had twice insinuated during this session that, from there being very few Members present at a certain part of the evening, the subject was not regarded with very great interest. This was - not - the case ; it was because Members absented theniselVes till the important part of the debate commenced. If petitions were allowed to be presented at another part of the day, they would find that those Mimbers who spoke at a particular period of the evening, would then express their 'Onions on Vie discussion of the petition, and leave the, evening to the great authorities of the House. Sir R. I'EEL said, that after he had fairly avowed that hi 4 opinion was ovt•rruled, and that he thought he was substantially in a minority, he did not feel at all ureisv about the matter.—(Hear, hear.) It could not signifY to him how the resolutions were worded. He could assure the Hon. Gentleman that he had not sug gested one single modification, with a view to break his fall. He could not agree with the llon. Gentleman as to the disadvantagos attending the practice which now prevailed. He thought that the rule which con- . tined gentlemen who did not occupy a prominent political station to debating on petitions, placed them in - a much - worse position than they were at present, when they took part in the general debates. The Hon. Gentleman com -plained that the interesting speeches did not commence nil after half-past nine o'clock. In that respect he could not agree with the Hon. Gentleman. He had sat there before that hour, and he must say some o ,the most interesting speeches which had been made during that debate , had been made in that part of the evening. He bad heard, fur instance, the speech of the Hon. 'Member for Leeds—a speech which displayed -Treat ability, and contained powerful arguments against -Ids (Sir Robert Peel's) proposition.—(Hear, hear.) lie had also heard the Gallant Commodore opposite (Sir Charles Napier) make an excellent speech, and he intiSt shy he had seldom heard a better speech on the subject, or that he had ever heard an Hon. Gentleman state his opinions more fairly, and he would be glad to hear the Hon. and Gallant Commodore more frequently on subjects of that kind.- 7 -(A laugh.) Then there was the speech of the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool, in which the Noble Lord spoke of the advantage of facilitating the consumption of timber, of the encourage , went which should be given to ship building, .and of the importance of letting in the raw material ; it was one of the best speeches that the Noble Lord had ever Made. lie did itssure the Hon. Member that if he attended at that period of the evening he would hear some of the Very, best speeches that were made in that House. Mr. AGLIONBY said he was scarcely ever absent. Sir R. PEEL said when that Right Hon. Gentleman :said the debates were not interesting he had concluded :that he was not present to hear the speeches in question. .The petitions used to be received in the morning ; if that were set apart for the presenting of petitions and hearing speeches on them, then, as the Hon. Gentleman said, the' spirit of the debate would evaporate by the evening. The present regulation was simply one 'against the reception of petitions against taxes for the current service of the year. He was perfectly willing is depart from the old practice, if the House would establish-some other feasible plan. Mr. AGLIONBY briefly explained. Mr. WAKLEY said the Noble Lord had brought fore and this subject, in the spirit in which his Honourable Colleague had proposed it a few nights ago. If the present resolutions were adopted, the popular Party would lose a very valuable privilege, and under the circumstances, he did not see why any compromise should take place.—(Hear.) It the present resolutions were adopted, they would be in a far worse position tl a i they were at present with regard to petitions. is Hon. Colleague, after his motion was lost on the first night brought up a petition contrary to the rules of the House, but if these resolutions were passed that could not be done any more. NO dis cussion could take place, because the words of • the second resolution were that "No Member should be allowed to speak upon, or in relation to, such petition," and, therefore, no incidental matter could be discussed or noticed, because the Speaker would desire the Member to take his seat, and he would be obliged to do so.—(Hear.) He would, therefore, ask the Right Hon. Baronet, who frankly owned that he had not changed his opinion upon the subject, but was over-ruled, to consent to the motion of his Hon. Col league, and that would be the frank and honest moire of action, and would give satisfaction to all.—CHear, hear.) At present the Right Honourable 'Baronet was aware that it was impossible for any Minister to prevent those proceedings on petitions 'which had already occurred ; but if the present resolutions were adopted, and became Standing Orders, the practice with respect to petitions would be even more stringent than. at prestAt. He hoped his Hon. Colleague, therefore, would bring a substantive resolution on the subject be fore the House.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he agreed with the Honourahle Member that the first resolution which was brought forward would be the best to adopt, and that it would be quite sufficient.—(Hear, hear.) The only difference between the two courses was, that the_ prop os i t i on of the Noble Lord would convert i n to Standing Orders the present resolutions of the House, which the Speaker enrced during the present session, and which was binding on the present Parliament. Now, although he thought that the resolutions might be liable. to some objections, he so far approved of them in substance, that he was not induced to offer any opposi tion to the Noble Lord. The Hon. Member for Green ock, and the Hon. Member for Cockermouth, were for renewing the old practice of speaking on petitions. But he did not agree with them in that particular ; and heii cotild not vote against a practice which he had him s elf ' been instrumental in establishing. It appeared to him that a return to the former usages would lead to great in convenience. Let them suppose a case with respect to the new tariff. Petitions against the tariff could be received ; 'but if the old practice were enforced, they might have debates upon the presentation of petitions upon any matter containing the tariff ; and no man could say upon what point the debate of the evening might turn. An Hon. Member for Worcester might bring forward the case of gloves— another Hon. Member might bring forward the case of boots and shoes —another Hon. Member the case of copper and tin ores ; at the same time, none of those debates could come to any practical end, nor could any one say at what time the business on the paper would be likely to commence. Even on the day which the Right Hon. Gentleman might happen to fix upisi for the con sideration of the tariff, it would be impossible to say whether the debate would commence before ten or eleven o'clock. In order to remedy that inconvenience, the House had fixed a certain hour at which the presentation of petitions should cease, and the business of the evening should begin. All the evils of the ancient practice would be renewed if they were to have recourse to it again. This further inconvenience would follow from such a course, that a petition relating to some particular in terest might occupy the House during the even ing, while no petitions could be presented upon other subjects of great importance. • He could not, therefore,. concur with those Hon. Members who were for reviving the former practice of the House. He should certainly have wished that the Noble Lord .had contented himself with the sanction already given to the new rules relative to the preSentation of peti tions ; but as the Noble Lord thought that it would be desirable to put that resolution in a more formal shape, he should not oppose the course taken by the Noble Lord, and he was, therefore, ready to vote in favour of the resolutions before the House. Mr. JAMES said, that he entirely concurred with the Noble Lord. If they were to return to the old practice of debating petitions, they should bid farewell to sessions of live, six, or seven months, they should sit froth the let of January to the 31st of December, all day and all night.—(Laughter.) Lord F. EGERTON said, in explanation, that in adding the words for " the current service of the year," of which the Hon. Member for Finsbury had com plained, it was his intention to meet the case which had already occupied much of the attention of the House. Mr. ROEBUCK said that it was clear the addition of the words for " the current service of the year" would narrow the proposition of the Noble Lord, The more large the proposal the greater number of pe titions it included, and of course narrowing the pro position meant bringing down the number of petitions. There would be a smallr number of petitions presented on questions affecting the revenue. The motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury being lost by one, the Noble Lord comes forward with resolutions not confined to the question, whether such petitions be presented or not, but travelling back to a resolution of the House affecting all petitions whatever. The Noble Lord, and the House had found that petitions must be presented, bilt they declare that it is inconve nient they should be discussed. The Noble Lord came forward to cover the retreat of his friends with a string of resolutions, granting them (the Liberals) the honour of their victory, but depriving them of its substance— (Hear, hear)--thus reversing for Ministers the order of English proceedings, by which it was usual to gain the victory and lose its substance; and following the course of foreign diplomacy by which it was usual to lose the victory and gain the substance thereof. In proving the right of presenting petitions to the House at present, he believed they were only fighting for shadows. If they placed the Right Hon. Gentleman in a minority to-night, they would gain nothing by it, for the right of petitioning had passed away. Lord HOWICK said, according to the existing rules of the House, petitions avowedly on the imposition of duties could be presented, with the single exception of those on duties for " the current service of the year." This was proved by the number of petitions presented from both sides of the House relating to the imposition of a duty on corn. No petition could be ex eluded by the words of the resolution. If there was anything in the presentation of petitions that de served to be called a farce by the Honour able and Learned Member for Bath, it arose from the manner whiCh the right had, he must say, been abused. When petitions were presented by the cart load, it was impossible they could receive so much attention as when a smaller number were presented. At the time they were presented in the early part of the clay, no one was ever present, but the Menibers presenting them ; there was no audience except one or two of the subordinate Mem bers of the Government. No one attended but those Members who were anxious to make speeches, by whom speeches were made containing statements which went forth to the country uncontradicted. He thought he had shown considerations quite conclusive against returning to the old practice of the House. Mr. C. WOOD said, that there were some petitions which could not possibly be presented . under those resolutions. He thought that the 4th resolu tion ought to stand in the place of the 3d, and the sth in the place of the 4th, and some alteration should be made in the third resolution.—(Hear, hear.) The House at present sometimes exercised the right of refusing to receive petitions, not because they were di rectly contrary to the rules and orders of the House, but because they were in themselves improper to be received. Now it appeared to him (Mr. C. Wood) that the House, by acceding to the resolutions of the Noble Lord would be giving up that right, as such petitions would then be brought up as a matter of course, and re ferred to the Committee on Public Petitions. Sir GEORGE CLERK rose amidst loud cries of "Di vide ! divide !" He wished to ask the Hon. Member for Halifax what, according to his proposition, would be done with public petitions referring to matters not be fore the House? Mr. O'CONNELL had heard with regret what had fallen from the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland in reference to the petitions of the people. Mr. WARLEY moved that the word " description" should be substituted for the word "statement." Sir T. WILDE said that he considered that every ob ject would be accomplished by taking the 6th resolution alone, and excluding the others, and by saying that such petitions should be received according to the rules of the House, and not discussed if it was contrary to the rules of the House to discuss them on their presentation. —(lfear, hear.) He thought it was unnecessary to consider any other question at present.—(Cheers.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— \S ~ For the resolutions Against the resolutions 268 46 Majority The remaining resolutions, which are as follow, were then severally put : " 2. That every such petition not containing matter in breach of the privileges of this Ilouse, and which, ac cording to the rules or usual practice of this douse can be received, be brought to the table by the direction of the Speaker, who shall not allow any debate, or any Member to speak upon, or in relation to, such petition, but it may be read by the Clerk at the table if required. " 3. That if the petition relate to any matter or sub ject in respect of which there is any proceeding before the House, or any notice given, it be referred to the Com mittee on Public Petitions without a question being put. "4. That if the petition relate to any matter or sub ject which the Member presenting it is desirous of bring ing before the House, and if such Member shall state it to be his intention to make a motion thereupon, 'insteac of such petition being referred to the Committee on Pub , lic Petitions,' such Member may give notice that he wil make a motion on some subsequent day That the peti tion be printed with the Votes.' "5. That, in the case of a petition complaining of some present personal grievance, for which there may be an urgent necessity for providing an immediate remedy. the matter contained in such petition may be brought into discussion on the presentation thereof. " 6. That, 'subject to the above regulations,' petitions against any resolution or Bill imposing duties for the current service of the year, be henceforth received, and the usage under which - the House has refused to enter tain such petitions, be discontinued." On the fourth resolution being read, it was proposed to omit the words "instead of such petition being re ferred to the Committee on Public Petitions." On the sixth resolution being read, the following addi tion was proposed—" That all other such petitions, after being ordered to lie on the table, be referred to the Com mittee on Public Petitions, without any question being put." On the motion of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, the words " subject to the above regulations," were struck out of the sixth resolution, which was then agreed to. On the seventh resolution, "That the said resolutions be made Standing Orders of this House" being put, Mr. AGLIONBY said, that this was the resolution which he particularly oblected to. The first resolntion, which should not have been entertained, was unneces sarily introduced by the Hon. Member for South Lanca shire. If it meant nothing why was it proposed, and if it meant anything was it not to make more stringent the rules at present in existence against debating the. peti tions of the people?—(Hear, hear.) If that was not the object, why did they seek to turn the present rule of the House on that subject into a Standing Order? The present re olution had always been acted on, and the Speaker had never had any trouble in enforcing the regulation. The Ministry had been all but beaten on the subject—the concession had been wrung from them unwillingly; but they could not make a concession to pub lic opinion without at the tame time endeavouring to re strain popular rights. Had the concession been made fairly by the light lion. Baronet it would have been received with gratitude ; but now the people would feel that in making the concession an endeavour had been made to withhold all that possibly could be withheld. It was taking an ungenerous advantage of the House to act in such a manner. After the decision of the House just now he would not press the matter to a division ; but if, as lie believed to be the case, there were several Gentlemen who on the former division had voted in the majority, but who objected to making the resolution a Standing Order, if those Gentlemen wished to divide against the resolution he (Mr. Aglionby) would not shrink from goin'g to a division. Mr. CURTEIS said he agreed in all which had fallen from his lion. F r i en d , the' Member for Cockermouth, and he begged to propose "That the said proposition be made, and considered regulations of this House." He thought all who had voted with thellon. Member for Finsbury must support that proposal. • The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member that 'his motion was • quite nugatory. The resolutions were already in existence ; the object was to make the re . - solutions Standing Orders. Mr. WALLACE said he. had intended to support the resolutions, but as the members both of tlit late Govern ment and the present one were combining to :re strict the presentation of petitions, he must decline to do so.—(Oh, oh, from the Ministerial Benches.) The object seemed to be to enable Hon. M/mbers on both sides of the House to secure one particular time as the dinner hour. He was extremely sorry to hear the speech of the Noble Lord, the Member for Sunderland. If the constituency of Sunderland were of that class, which he believed them to be, he would be taken to task in the proper place.—(Laughter.) He could not say how it would be done, but if he were one of the Noble Lord's constituents, he would be glad to call him to account on the hustings for what he had said that night. He had been accustomed to think that the Tory party were moreinimical to the interests of the people than their opponents, the Whigs, but he must now alter his opinion. He would be much astonished and deeply grieved if that Noble Person, in another place, who hart taken an active part in advocating the liberties of the people, were to get up in the House of Lords and express such sentiments. Mr. LAMBTON said that he rose to protest against what had been said by the Hon. Member fin• Greenock, with respect to the Noble Lord, the Member for Sunder land. The character of that Noble Lord, and the House would agree with him, stood too high to be injured by what had fallen from the Hon. Member. His attach ment to the right of petition was too well known in the' north of England, and particularly in the borough of Sunderland, to be affected by what had fallen from the Hon. Member; and it was too hard for Hon. Members to be attacked and taunted because they voted in a cer tain way, more particularly when they were absent. Mr. WALLACE said that he was not aware of the absence of the Noble Lord, and, if he was, he would not have said what he had. But he now begged to repeat the same words he had used.—(Laughter.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL would only say, that if the object of the regulations to prevent the discussion on petitions was to allow official persons to go to dinner at a particular time, when he was in office himself he was, not able to go to dinner, and he believed the Right Hon. Gentleman would not be able to go to dinner when he pleased.—(Laugh ter.) The question was then put and agreed to. NOTICES OF 'MOTIONS. Dr. BOWRING gave notice that he would, on to morrow, move for a return of the amount of the land-tax in the county of Lancaster. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Dr. BOWRING said that he would, on to-morrow, move for a return of newspaper stamps; and the amount of duty paid for advertisements for the last three months. THE INCOME TAX. Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he would, on to morrow, on the bringing up of the report on the income tax, move that each proposition of the tariff should be discussed, and that the opinion of the House should be expressed before the income tax should be further pro ceeded with than a second reading. The Hon. Member also gave notice that he would move that the income tai should not be continued longer than a year, unless sanc tioned by the House. MEMBERS' SEATS IN THE HOUSE. Mr. WAKLEY said he wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Gentleman in the Chair, relative to a matter which he should not have brought before the House, were it not that it was one which concerned the convenience of Hon. Members generally. Last night during the debate he had left his seat, for the purpose of consulting the Sergeant-at-Arms upon a point of form, and during his absence an Hon. Gentleman had taken the seat, and abruptly refused to give it up on his (Mr. Wakley's) return. He added that he had been in formed by several Hon. Members that he had left his hat in the seat which he had been occupying. It was a source. of great inconvenience, and his object in troubling the House was to ascertain what was the usual practice of the House, and whether there was a rule to govern the conduct of Hon. Members in this respect. He un derstood that a seat might be secured by being present at the time of prayers, and taking possession of a seat. If this were the rule it ought to be known, as it was an extremely inconvenient thing to find a seat occupied which had been held for two or three hours by an llon. Member. He took possession of that seat for the purpose of catching, the Speaker's eye, and he found that it was a very convenient seat for that purpose, and there were many seats in that House from which it was very difficult to do so.—(Laughter.) lie was anxious to know what was the practice of that House. The Hon. Member to whom he referred—(Cries of " Don't name")—but he would name; it was the Hon. Member for Leicester. The SPEAKER said no Hon. Member was entitled to claim a seat unless he was present at prayers. If any Hon. Member fixed his name to a seat, and kept that seat, it was generally given up to that Hon. Member. Those Members who had not taken their seats at prayers, but who took possession of them afterwards, and left the House, leaving a hat or a book behind him, the general Practice was, to allow the Hon. Member to occupy that seat by courtesy, but there was no rule upon it. Sir J. EASTHOPE said he was really very sorry, but, he mold only assure the House that he did not re move the hat, and at the time he did believe it to be the Hon. Member's hat.—(Laughter.) A Gallant Officer, who was sitting without his hat, took up the hat from the seat, and instead of his putting it on his head, he put it under the seat. The Hon.' Member for Finsbury tllrgot that the application was made in. a rather peremptory tone ; but he could assure the House that he would have rather given up the scat if he had thought the Hon. Member had been entitled to it, but he was induced by the peremptory tone iu which the demand was made, to ask the Hon. Member whether he had taken the seat at die time of prayers. He said, that he had not, and he (Sir J. Easthope) did not withdraw. _ _ _ Colonel ACtON moved for leave of absence to Mr. Litton till the Ist olJune. Lord GEANVILLE SOMERSET said he thought the application ought not to be granted unless there was some explanation given that some family circum stance required such a length of absence as two months. After ;t few words fi'om Sir G. GREY and Sir V. BLAKE, Colonel ACTON was understood to say that illness was the cause of the application. Lord G. SOMERSET suggested that one month was sufficient. Leave of absence was then grant.xl to the lion. Member for a month. Mr. BORTH WICK presented a petition from Notting hill and its neighbourhood, complaining of the state of the lighting of the roads in that neighbourhood. Mr. AGLIONBY begged to put a question to the Right lion. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home De partment, of which he had given notice : whether, in 1841, there had. been any executions for burglary at tended with personal violence, or whether the sentences had been commuted to transportation? Sir J. GRAHAM said, since the change in the law, there had been, in 1838, three convictions for offences accompanied with violence ; in 1839, one conviction ; in 1840, thirteen convictions ; all of which had been com muted to transportation for life. In 1841 the returns had not been made ; there had been more than one con viction, but no execution had taken place. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORN 1N APRIL 15, 1842. THE TARIFE. Mr. lIUTT asked whether, as it appeared by the tariff, the new timber duties were not to come into ope ration till Oct., 1843? Sir G. CLEilli said there were in fact two duties ; one would continue till Oct., 1843, when a further reduc tion would be made, to commence on the sth of Oct. in that year. METROPOLITAN ROADS. Mr. P. BORTHIVICK rose•to bring forward the Bill of which he hail given notice, "for enforcing the Better Lighting the Metropolitan Roads by the respective Pa rishes through which they pass." The roads in the neighbourhood of the , Metropolis had been formerly lighted by the Turnpike Commissioners ; but on the 24th May last the Commissioners had given notice to the respective'parishes, that they would Pot continue light ing the roads after the 29th Sept. Application had been made by many of the parishes to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Right Hon. Gentleman had recommended that meetings should be called of the rate-payers of the different parishes, in canformity with the provisions of the Act of Parliament, to en deavour to o'Jtain the consent of two-thirds of the rate-payers to the imposition of a rate. for the purpose of lighting the roads. In several parishes the rates had been obtained, bat in many of them they had been refused, and in consequence the roads had been left in darkness. This had been productive of much inconvenience, and of many accidents ; and in a recent case of murder, which was now occupying much of the public attention, and the details of which had been given with more fullness than good taste in the public prints, the escape of the supposed murderer had, in all probability, been facilitated by the roads not having been lighted. The parties, who ought to bear the expense of lighting these roads, were doubtless the inhabitants of the parishes through which the roads passed, and not the passengers, inasmuch as the parties, residing in th e neighbourhood of a great public road, derived a very great advantage from the situation. He did not antici pate any opposition whatever to the introduction of this measure. The plan by which he proposed to effect his abject, was by applying the provisions of the Act of the 3d and 4th Wi!l. IV., chapter 90, to the parishes included in the Bill, making it compulsory upon them to light the road according to those provisions. He proposed that inspectors should be empow ered to call upon the overseers' of the poor to levy a rate for the purpose, and, in case the rate was refused, the parish should be indicted for having violated the law. The Hon. Member concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the better and more effectual lighting of turnpike roads in, the neighbourhood of the Di etropolis. The SPEAKER inquired whether the Hon. Member had given notice in the public papers of his intention to bring in the Bill ? Mr. BORTHWICK said he had given nothing more than the usual notice on the Journals of the House. The SPEAKER said Vthat , as the Bill was a public one, the Hon. Member ought to have given notice of it in the Gazette and in the public prints, otherwise the public could not be aware of his intention. Mr. BORTIIWICK said if the House would permit him, he would withdraw his motion for the :purpose of giving the proper notice. The motion was then withdrawn. CORONERS. Captain POLHILL moved, pursuant to notice, for loave to bring in a Bill to empower county and all other Coroners to admit of bail in cases of manslaughter. The I-ton. and Gallant Member mentioned as a proof' of the propriety of vesting in Coroners the power which he had asked for, the case of a man who had suffered an imprisonment of seven months on a charge of man slaughter against his brother ; and another individual who had been .imprisoned fur a space of thirty-two weeks on a siMilar charge, and had been sentenced to a said he was not disposed on fin s e ir of j :_ezly rE o s ne S GR M A llizg. AM. the whole to resist the motion. But he would-remind the House that the crime, to.which the motion related was one which might in many cases be of the greatest magnitude. He did not wish to disparage the office of Coroner, but heAhought it would not be an advantage if they had the power of acting on a first impression in cases of manslaughter, which impression might be erro neous. At the same time he did not think lie should have done his duty if he had not called the attention of the House to the subject, Mr. WAKLEY wished the Bight Hon. Gentleman to understand that this was not a power that Coroners themselves • were anxious to possess, as it would rather be an inconvenience to them than otherwise. It might. however, be of some advantage to the public, if they had the power to commit in cases of manslaughter in the same manner as Magistrates. Coroners had the power formerly, but by a law passed in 1824 the power was inadvertently lost. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. GILBERT UNIONS. Captain PECIIELL said, from the determined silence of the Government, not-only with respect to the Poor law, but the Gilbert Unions, he must move for certain documents, that whenever the measure came have Par liament. he should be enabled to show the Government that the uniformity of practice said to exist in the Poor-law Unions, was not carried out, Ile thought that the Government might to show them some inducement for throwing themselves into the arms of the Poor-law Commissioners. He proved, from a case of ill-trett.nent of a pauper named Smith, who had been brought to the last stage of ill-health by being kept to bone-breaking in the bone. house of a Poor-law Union in Suffolk, that the treatment of the poor was harsh. The immediate matter of complaint was that Mr. Brooker made observations on the case, and charged those'who worked the Poor-law of being guilty of moral and constructive murder. An Honourable Member had said, in answer, that the charge of Mr. Brooker was a libel, but that Gentleman in structed him (Captain Pechell) to say that he was ready to meet the charge that was made against him. He state that the charge of a " gross libel" made against him was uncalled for, and that he would stake his character for respectability upon the fact. The Honourable Member who said . the pamphlet was a gross libel, was not in the House, and he would not enter upon the statement he made, but he believed the agricultural labourers would not again draW him to the hustings. He (Mr. Brooker) statod that he would again renew the charge of moral and constructive mur der; and that he would be ready to meet the charge made against him. He begged to be understood he did not make those statements on his own authority ; but he hoped an inquiry would be instituted. He wished to know when it was probable the Right Hon. Baronet would introduce the Poor-law Bill, becatise it was de sirabk the country should know, ,aufk also that Hon. Gentlemen may have an opportunity of recording their votes agreeably to the promises they made their con stituents. • The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for "A Return of the Poor-law Unions, - distinguishing those in which there were no orders of the Commis sioners prohibiting out-door relief." Mr. CURTEIS said that he had a conversation with the Chairman of the Board of Guardians of the East- - bourne Union, who requested him, on behalf of the Board and himself, to state that they desired an inquiry. He begged to be understood that he did not pronounce any opinion on the pamphlet of \'[r. Brooker, as he had not read it. The motion having been put, Sir J. GRAHAM said he did not wish to offer any opposition to the motion of the Hon. and Gallant Officer, and though at present he could not name any time for the inquiry, he could assure the Hon. and Gallant Officer that there should be no delay. He begged to move, as an addition to the motion, for " a similar re turn of unions in which such orders have been issued by the Commissioners." After a few words from Capt. PECHELL, the return, with the addition, was ordered to be made. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Mr. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL said, as he under stood that the motion which he was about to make would not be opposed, be would not trespass on the patience of the House until the second reading. He would content himself with moving for leave to bring in a Bill to re gulate the exercise of Church patronage in Scotland. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he would not allow a Bill of so much importance to be introduced with silence. He wished to guard her Majesty's Go vernment, in giving their consent to the introduction of the Bill, against the supposition that they were prepared to legislate on that important subject. Considering the attention which the Hon. Member had given to the sub ject, they could not refuse their consent to the" introduc tion of the Bill. Sir A. LEITH HAY said it was a matter of great importance that legislation should take - place as speedily as possible ; and he trusted that the House would give their best attention to the, subject. Mr. PLUMPTII,E said, having some acquaintance with the Bill, he was enabled to state that, in his opi pion, it was calculated to settle the differences which existed in reference to the disputed question of Church patronage. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. COLONIAL PASSENGERS' BILL. Lord STANLEY moved that the House go into Co mmittee on this Bill, and hoped the Hon. Member for Lambeth would permit the clause respecting the intro duction of Hill coolies for the Mauritius. to go through, pro forma, and he could object to it as effectually on the bringing up of the Report. Mr..HAIVES assented. Clauses - to 5, inclusive, were agreed tn. Clauses 6 to 13, inclusive, were agreed to. The other clauses of the Bill tiere then agreed to, and the House resumed. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BILL. On the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill beinc , read, Mr. W. S. D O'BRIEN made a few remarks on the subject. It appeared, from the Hon. Gentleman's ob servations, that some apprehensions had been expressed by an Australian Company in the City, that the regula tions of the Bill would diminish the land fund, and have the effect of preventing capitalists from embarking their capital inundertakings emigration, and that some re gulations with respect to the Catholic emigrants, who formed a large portion of the whole body v required of were emigrating. Lord STANLEY, in reply, cave some details of the quantity of land in the Cape colony, showing, from the immense quantity Of waste land- . ---destitute of water and totally unfit for cultivation, and the low price, not above 9d. or Is. an acre that it would fetch—that it would he impossible to apply the same system of emigration to the Cape as was pursued with regard to Australia. He could give no encouragement to those great projects which he had heard of, of' raising two or three millions as a land-fund, and thus absorbing the amount that might be employed during two or three years to be applied to the purpose of pouring into the colony a stream of emigration. As to the Catholic eini • grants, he repudiated any intention of drawing any distinction between them and . those of other creeds. He thought the Governor of New Zealand had exercised a sound discretion n endeavouring to consoli date the elements of emigration in the northern island, than that they should be scattered over the other islands. The Government intended to bring in a Bill for regulating the civil administration of South Aus tralia, and he trusted that Gentlemen would not think it necessary to put questions on those particular items that were under consideration. The Bill was then read,a second time., EXCISE DUTIES (COMPOUNDS AND WASTED MALT) BILL. On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, this Bill passed through Committee. ----Report to-morrow (this day). The House then adjourned, at Ten o'Clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES. IPSWICH. The Committee met again yesterday at eleven o'clock. The room was immediately cleared, and the Committee came to a resolution to hear a statement from Mr. May, who had been on Wednesday under examination. The witness merely said, in reference to a point touched upon in his former evidence, that he had forgot to mention that a few months previous to the general election lie had received 1001. from Mr. Wason, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the municipal election in Ipswich. Witness had appropriated the money to the purpose. Thomas Walker was then called, and his examination which was commenced on Wednesday, was ccntinsed. The evidence of the witness was taken for the purpose of showing that the • roams in which the Mends of the sitting Members were in the habit of meeting, were used as the Committee rooms. The witness stated that he had gone occasionally to the Standard public-house, Ipswich, where the leading members of the Whig party used to assemble. There was no chairman at the Standard, but Mr. Ensor was very active there, W i t ness h a d g one to the Standard on the nomi nation day; b u t he declined to state the business on which hewent, went, on the groun d t h at it might criminate himself. The witness was a f terwards as k e d whether he had not seen Mr. Ensor pass money to some b o dy at the Standard : this question he also de c li ne d to answer, on the ground that it might tend to criminate him se lf. After some discussion it was decided that the question should not be put. The witness then declined to answer, on the same grounds, a series of questions. He declined to say whether he had seen Smith, of the Suffolk Hotel, pay a man of the name of Bartfield 25/. for his vote. He had received 100/. from Smith, ' of the Suffolk Hotel, during the election, but he would not say how he had disposed of the money. He had received an 1.0. U. for 100/. from Mr. May on the day of the election ; but he would not say what he had done with it. He had gone to the King's Head during the election day; but lie declined to state on what business. He declined to say whether or not he had seen a number of cheques in the hands of Mr. Walter. ton, and whether he knew what had been done with them. He declined to say whether Mr. John May had cashed any cheques since the election, to his knowledge. He declined to say whether he had received any money from John Millions on the day of the election. He declined to say whether he had handed a sum of 5/. to Mr. Ensor on the day of the election. He declined to say whether he had shown a handful of gold to a man of the name of Tibliet, saying that th,.t was the third let be had used that day. Witness had upon one occasion accompanied Messrs. Wason and Rennie to the house of avoter whom they canvassed. Wit ness had canvass e d a voter o f the name of Isaac Win. Smith, but he declined t o say w h et h er he had told the voter that h e had plenty of mon e y at his disposal. Smith, of the Saffolk Hotel, ' had left Ipswich the Sunday. after the election ; and witness believed he had not since returned. Witness declined to answer how, much money of his own he had spent at the elec tion and what use he had Made of it. He was a loser out of his own 'pocket at the election, but he would not say to what amount. Thiwitneas being cross-examined by Mr. C. Phillips, stated that the rooms at the King's 'Head and et the Standard, were places where the friends of Messrs. Wasun and Rennie met indiscriminately, ; and Witness saw. no chairman in either place. Witness had received no order from either Mr. Wason or Mr. Rennie to disburse money* the election on their ac count. The voter, Isaac William Brydges, whom witness had canvassed, had voted for the Tories. 13rydges Was a very poor man. Witness had tot applied to either Mr. Wason or Mr. Rennie for compensation for the money he had spent out of his own pocket at the election, and he was afraid he would receive no compensation from them. The witness stated, on re-examination, that he. had applied to Mr. Wason for the amount of a bill due to the bell-ringers &nee the election, but Mr. Wason refused to pay it. George Morgan was next examined. Witness stated that he was a farmer, residing near Ipswich. He had been at Mr. Alexander's bank a few days before the election. He had seen Mr. A lexander come out of Mr. Alexander's private-room ; and witness heard Mr. Wason say to Mr. Frederick Alexander that on the day following he should receive 3,0001. on his account. John Churchman stated that he was a wine -merchant, re siding at Ipswich. On the Tuesday previous to the election, witness had heard Mr. Rennie address a number of electors, to whom he said that he had completed his canvass ; and he added, that if money would buy, or would win (witness was not sure which was the word used) they would carry it. Mr. Rennie spoke from a balcony in the Market-place; and it was at the time about seven or eight o'clock in the evening. Cross-examined by Mr. HILL—Mr. Rennie was addressing a crowd of mere than a . thousand persons. There was a placard carried about the town at the time when Mr. Rennie spoke, ' in which it was stated that he had fled from Kidderminster for debt. The witness was then asked whether he had not heard it publicly talked of in Ipswich, that there had been extensive bribery on both aides. The question having been objected to, the Committee de cided, after considerable: discussion, that the witness might be asked. whether there was a report in the borough that bribery had been practised by both parties. The witness stated that there had been a report to that effect. James Adams was next examined—Witness stated that he heard Mr. Wason say, in a speech which he had made at the Bell Tavern, that there was a report that he would not come down to Ipswich again, and that he had got no money ; " but," said Mr. Wason, " Rigby Wason has come again, and has money; and neither LOON. 2,000/. or 3,0001. expense will stop him." Mr. Wason used to visit the houses at which his friends were in the habit of assembling. Witness had seen Mr. Wason and Mr. Rennie together at the warehouse, near the market place. The cross-examination of the witness was commenced, bui had not concluded at the rising of the Committee. LONGFORD.—SIXTH DAY. The Committee met yesterday at eleven o'clock, and pro ceeded to the examination of the qualification of John Dogherty. Henry Johnson was called and examined as to a qualifica tion, and deposed that, it was of the value of 1/. 6s. 6d. per acre, per annum, a value which would not amount to a quali fication. An argument on the interpretation of the words clear yearly value," ensued, which continued till four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned; Mr. Robinson resumes his argu ments to-morrow. TVEDNE Alit Adam!, Sir Thomas Aciand, T. D. A'Court, Captain Ackers, James Acton, Colonel ;',SDAY'S DI ,JORIT Y—AYES, Esteourt, T. G. B. Fapharn,y.. B. VISION. 308. T P. Meynell, H. Miles, P. W. S. 'tiles, W. Milnes, R. M. Mitchell, T. A. Wrdaunt, Sir J. Morgan, Octavius Mundy, K Miller Neeld, Joseph Neeld, John Neville, Ralph Newry, Viscount Nichol', J Norrevs, Lord Northland. Lord O'Brie , A. Stafford O'Brien, W. Smith Ossulston, Lord Owen, Sir J. Packs, C. W. Paget, Lord W. Pakington, John S. Palmer, R. Patten, John Wilson Peel, Sir R. Pemberton, T. Pigot, Sir R. Planta, J. Plumptre, J. P. Polhill, F. Pollington, Viscount Pollock, Sir F Praed, W. T. Price, Richard Pringle, A. Pusev, Pnitip Rashleigh, William Reade, W. M. Reid, Sir J. R. 'lepton, George J. Ri. , •hards, Richard Rolleston, Colonel - Rose, Sir George Round,. C. G. Round, J. liusithrooke, Colone Iluss2ll, Charles Russell, J. D. W. Ryder, G. D. Sanderson, R. Sandon, Lord Scarlett, Hon. IL Seymour, Sir H. B. Sheppard, Thomas Shirley, E. P. Sibtliorp, Colonel Smith, Abel Smollett, A Smythe, Hon. G. Somerset, Lord O. Somerton, Viscount Sotheron, 'l'. H. Stanley, Lord Stewart, John Stuart, H. Stull, H. C. Sutton, Henry M Taylor, J. A. Tennent, J. E. Theiiger, Thompson, Ald. Thornhill, George 'Follemadie, John Trench, Sir Frederic'. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Trollope, Sir John Trotter, John Tumor, Christopher Tyrrell, Sir J. Vere, Sir C. B. Verour, W. \femora, Granville Vivian, John Ennis Vyvyan, Sir R. Waddington, H. S. Walsh, Sir J. Weiby, G, :Carle Whitmore, T. C. Wilbraham, It. H. Wodeliouse, Edmond Wood, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wortley, Lord Wortley, J. - , tuart Wyndham, Colonel Wynn, Sir W. W. Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John Young, Sir W. Feilden, W. - Fellowes, Edward Ferrand, W. B. Fiber, Sir E -- Adare. Lord Adderley, C. 11. Alford, Viscount Allix, John Peter Antrobus, Edmund Arbuthnot, Hon. H Archdall, General Arkwright, George Ashley, Lord Astell, William Attwood, M. kttwooil J. Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy, Ho , i. H. Fleming, J. W. Follett, Sir W. W. Forbes,' William Forester, I-lon. G. Fuller, A. E. Gaskell, J. M. Gladstone, W. E. Godson, Richard Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, Montague Gorei W 0. Gore, W. It. 0. Goring, H. 1). Goulburn, H. Graham, Sir J. , Greenall, Peter Greet.e, I'. G. Grimsditch. T. Grimston, Lord Grogan, Edward Hale, IL B. Halturd, liamiltrin, C. J. B. Hamilton. W. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Hampden, Renn Hamner, Sir John Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy John liawKes, T. Hayes, Sir E. Heatbcote, Sir W. lienew, G. W. ilen . tey,..l. W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbert, Hon. S. Ilill, Sir Rowland llllsborough, Earl of Hinde, J. H. Hodgaini, F. liodgion, IL Hogg, J . H. lioi — r;!s, W. A'Court' Elope Charle: Hope, Alexander Hornby, John Houldsworth, T. Ingestre, Lord Inglis, Sir It. H. loon, Samuel Irving, Jolin, Jacksiiii, J. 1). James, Sir Walter Jermyn, Earl Jocelyn, Viscount Johnson, W. G. Johnstone, Sir John Johnstone, Hope Ilitfe, Sir W. Jones, T. Kemble, Henry Knatelibull, Sir E. Knight, Henry Gaily Knight, F Winn Knightley, Sir C. Law, Hon. C. E. Lawson, Andrew Lc•gh, George C. Leicester, narl of Lennox. Lord A. Liddell, H. T. Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay. H. Loci hart, William Long, Walter Loties, Sir Ralph Lowther, J. H. Lowther, Colonel Lyal I, George _ TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir T. Baring, H B. 202. Pinney, W. Plumridge, Captain Ponsonby, C. A. Ponsonby, Hon. John Powell, Caleb Power, James Protheroe, E. Pulsford, Robert Ramsbottom, J. Itawdon, J. H. Reddington, T. N. Rice, E. B. Roche. Sir D. Roche, E B. Rumbold, C. E. Bundle, John 'tassel!, Lord John Russell, Lord E. nuthertUrd, A. Schnlefield, J. Scrope, G. P. Seale, Sir J. Shell, R. L. Smith, Benjamin Smith, J. A. somers, J. P Snnerville, Sir W. Standish. Charlee Stanley, W, 0. Stanstield, W. R. Stanton, W. H. Staunton, Sir G. Stewart, P. H. Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, W, Villiers Tancred, H. W. Thornely, Thomas Towncley, John Trail!. George Troubridge, Sir T. Tulle, Turner, E Villiers, Charles P. Villiers, Frederick Vivian, C. C. Vivian, J. H. Vivian Hon. Captain Wakley, Thomas Walker, R. Wall, B. Wallace, R. Ward, H. G. Wason, Rigby VVawn, John T. White, S. Wilde, Sir 'l'. Williams, Wm. Wilshere, W. Winnington, Sir 1 Woo'', Benjamin Wood, C. Wood, G. W. Wrightson, W TELLERS. Tufnell, Henry Hill, Lord Marcus Bagot, 1-ion. W. Barley, J. Bailey, Joseph, jun Willie, Colonel Baillie, H. J. Baird, William Baldwin, C. Barry Balfonr, J. M. Baring, %V. B. .„ Barrington, Lord Baskerville, T. B. M. Bateson, Sir Robert Beckett, William Bell, M. . . Beresfor 1, Captain Bercsford, Major Bernard, Viscount Blackburn, John 1. Blackstone, W. S. Blake, M. J. Blakeniore, R. Bodgin, W.l-1. Boldet o, Henry G. Borthu ick, Pcter %Afield, ISeriali Bradstiaiv, James Bramston, T. W. Broadley, Hetiry Broadwood, H. Brooke, Sir A. B. Brownrigg,l. S. Bruce, l'Zid E. Buck, Lewis W. Buckiry, Edmund Buller, Sir J. B. 'Y. Bunbury, Thomas Burrell, Sir C. Al. Burroughes, N. N. Campbell, Sir H. Cam'pbell, A. Carnegie, Captain hapman, Aaron Charteris, Hon. F.• Chelsea, Viscount Chetwode, Sir John Cholmondeley, H. Christmas, William Christopher, R. A. Chute, W. L. Clayton, K. It. Cleik, Sir G. Clive, R. H. Cochrane, A Cockburn, Sir G. ('odrington, C. W. Collett, Ilickford Colville, C.1.1 COIIIOOI7, IL Connolly, Colonel Coote, Sir C. H. Corry, H. L. Courtenay, Viscount Cripps, J. Darner, Hon. Dawson Darby, George Dawnay, lion. W. Denison, E. Beckett Mattison. F. H. Dodd, tieorgt!. Douglas, so?' Howaid Douglas, Sir C. E. Douglas, J. D. S. Douro, hlarquis of Dowdeswel!, W. Drummond, H. H. Duffield, Ti.omas Dugdale, W. S. Duncombe A Du Pre, George East, James Buller Eaton, Richard J. Egerton, W. T. Egerton, Sir P. G. Egerton, Lord Fran, Eliot, Lor,i Ernlyn, Viscount Escott, Biclikam Aglionby, H. A. Ainsworth, Peter Aldan', William Archbold, It. Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Baring, F. 'l'. Bell, John Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, H. F. Bernal, Captain Blewitt, Reginald Bodkin, J. J. Bowring, Dr. Bridgeman, H. Brocklehurst, J. Brother ton, J. Bryan, George Bulkeley, Sir R. B. W. Buller, C. Buller, E. Busfeild, W. Byng, George Carew, R. S. Cave, 11. 0. Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. G. Chapman, Benjamin Childers, J. W. Clay, Sir W. Clements, Lord Clive, E. B. Cobden, Richard Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Collins, W. Cowper, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Curteis, Dalmeny, Lord Dalrymple, Captain Dashwood, G. H. Denison, John Evelyn , Dennistoun, J. Divett, E. Dull; James Duke, Sir James Duncan, Lord Duncan, George Duncombe, T. S. Dundas, C. W. D. Dundas, F. Dundas, David Dundas, H0n.,1 C. East hope, Sir John Ebringto,, Viscount Ellice, E. Ellis, Wynn Elphinstone, Howard Evans, William Ewart, W. Ferguson, t olonel Fielder), J. kitzroy, Lord C. Forster,. Matthew Fox, Charles Richard Gill. Thomas Gordon, Lord F. Gore, Robert Granger, T. C. THE AMENDED TARIFF. The new-commercial tariff, with the changes to which the Government has bean indnavd to accede by the n;presentations and suggestions of• those par ies who have a practical acquain tance with.the subject, was laid upon the table of the House of Commons at a la•u hour on Monday night. These changes are few in number. In the case of a few manufactured ar• ticks, in which it appeared that a sudden removal of protec tion to the whole extent proposed would have a fatal effect on certain branches of domestic industry, without procuring any great amount of benefit to the community a:: large, some con cession has been made. For instance, the duties on women's gloves, habit-glop es, and men's gloves will be reduced from 75., ss. and 4s. per dozen pair respectively, to 4s. 6d., 3s. Gd. , and 2s. 6d., not to 55., 2*. 6d., and 25.: the duty on straw-plait will be re duced to 7s. 61, not to ss. per pound. The tariff, as it new stands, has been considerably simplified by the removal of a vast number of differential duties, which stood in the original scheme, for the purpose of favouring the produce of the colo nies. Many of these differential duties were to have been levied on articles which none of the colonies produce, and they might have had the bad effect of encouraging, by new protec tion, certain branches of unprofitable or unnatural cultivation and industry. But the preference given to the trade and pro duce of the British colonies has been retained in favour of all those articles which are, er may soon become, important and natural portions of our colonial and national wealth. The duties on provisions remain as they were in the origi nal scheme, except that the admission of foreign beef and pork to the English market is postponed to the loth of Octo ber, 1842. The admission of foreign fish is subjected to the condition that it cannot be imported in fishing vessels, because by the various treaties with foreign Powers, which regulate the home fisheries, it is stipulated that the fishing-boats of one nation shall not fish or trade within three miles of the coasts of an other country. The trade in fresh fish will consequently be limited to such fish as may be conveyed to this country in car goes of a certain sir, ; as, for example, salmon from Norway, and eels from Holland. _ . The following is the Amended List, with the principal arti cles under the head Animals and Articles of Food.* ANIMALS (I.lvrwa).—Asses, each, Foreign, 9.5. 6d.—Bri tish, Is. 3d. Goats, do., Foreign, ls.—British, 6d. Kids, do., Foreign, Is. —British, 6d. Oxen, do., Foreign, 1/.—Bri. fish, 10s. Cows, do., Foreign, 15s. --British, 7s. 6d. Calves, do., Foreign, 10s.—British. ss. Horses , Mares , Gelaings, its, Foais, do., Foreign, 1/.—British, 10s. Mules, do., Foreign, 2s. 6d.—British, ls. 3d. Sheep, do., Foreign, 3s.—British, Is. 6d. Lambs, do., Foreign, 2s.—Bri tish, Is. Swine and Hogs, do., Foreign, ss.—British, 2s. 6d. General 31iiiienzie, Thomas Mackenzie, W. F. Mackinnon, W. A, Macl •an, Dornld MacGoachy, F. A. Mahon, Lord Mainwaring, 'l' Manners, Lord C. Manners, Lord J. March, Earl of Marsham, Viscount Matt) n, C. Cecil Martin, G. It. Master, T W. C. Mas ertnan, John NORITY—NOES, Grattan, H. Lite', Sit O. Guest, J. Hall, Sir B. Harris, John Q Hastie, A. Hatton, Captain V. Hawes, B. Hay, Sir A. L. Hayter, W. G. Heatheoat, John Hen,agc, E. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Holds worth, J. Howard. C. W. G. Howard, J. K. Howard, Lord Howard, E. G. Howard, P. H. Howard, H. linwink, Lord Humphery, J. Butt, W. James, W. Johnstone, Alex. Labouchere, H. Langston, J. H. Langton, W. 0. Leader, J. T. Lemon, Sir C. Listowel, Earl of loch, James Macaulay, 'l. B. M`Tairgart, John Baiter, V. Mangles, IL D. Marjoribanks, S. Marshall, W. Marsland. H. Martin, John Mania, Hon. }ex Mitealle, Henry Morris, David Morison, Wiliam Morrison, James Mostyn, Hon. E. M. Murphy, F. S. Murray, A. Napier, Sir Charles Norreys, Sir D. O'Brien, C. O'Brien, J. .O'Connell, D. O'Connell, it. J. O'Connell, J. Ogle, S. C. H. Ord, W. Oswald, James Paget, Frederick Paget, Lord Alfred Palmerston, Viscoun Parker, John Pechell, Captain Pendarves, E. W. Philips, 0. 11. Philipps, Sir It. Philips, Mark Phillpotts, John 1. Pigs (sucking), do., Foreign, 25.-13ri'ish, Is. Poultry, for every 101. value, Foreign, I:l.—British, 2/. Aanow Roar, the cwt., Foreign, ss.—British, Is. Mx.— Anchovies, the lb., Foreign, 2d. Eels, the ship's lading, 131. Lobsters, do., Foreign, 5/. Fish imported from Foreign places, in other than fishing vessels, viz. : Oysters, the bushel, Is. 6d. ; Salmon, the cwt., 10s. ; Stockfish, the 120, ss. ; Soles, the cwt., 53. ; Sturgeon, do., ss. ; Tu7bots, do., ss. ; Turtle, do., ss. ; Fresh, not otherwise enumerated, do., Is. ; Cured, not otherwise enumerated, do.. 2s ; if im ported in fishing vessels, Prohibited. Fish of British taking and curing., including Turtle, Free. FRUIT, viz.—Raw, and not otherwise enumerated, for every 100/. value, Foreign, Si. Almonds, not Jordan, nor bitter, the cwt., Foreign, 10s. Jordan, do., Foreign, 1/. 53. Bitter, do., Foreign, 2s. Apples, raw, the bushel, Foreign, 6d, —British, 2d. Dried, 'do., Foreign, 2s. 6d.—British, ls. Currants, the cwt., Foreign. 11. 2s. 2d. Dates, do. Foreign, 103. Figs, do., Foreign, 15s. ' Grapes, for every 100/. value, Foreign, Si. viz.—Chesnuts, the bushel, Foreign, 2s. Cocoa nuts, the 1,2001., British, Is. Small nuts, the bushel, Foreign, 2s. Walnuts, do., Foreign, 2s. ORANGES and LEMONS same as in the first tariff, with the exception that the duty on those of Foreign and British pro duction are the same. Pears, raw, the bushel, Foreign, 9d.—British, 3d. Dried, do. Foreign, 3s. 9d. Plums (commonly called French Plums) and Prunellos, the cwt, Foreign, 11.—Dried or Preserved, do. Foreign, 1/. 7s. 6d. Raisin;, the cwt. Foreign, 15s:—British, 7s. 6d. PROVISIONS, vrz.—Bacon, the cwt. Foreign; 145.--British, 3s. 6d. Beef, salted, not being corned beef, do., Foreign, Bs. British, 2s. Beef, fresh, or slightly salted, do., Foreign, Bs. British, 2s. Butter, do., Foreign, IL—British, ss. Cheese, do., Foreign, 10s. 61—British, 2s. 6d. Eggs, the 120, Fo reign, 10d.—British, 2id. Hams of all kinds, the cwt., Fo reign, 14s.—British, 3s. 6d. Lard, do., Foreign, 2s.—British, 6d. Pork, salted, (not Hams,) do„ Foreign, Bs.—British,23. Pork, fresh, do., Foreign, Bs.—British, 2s Tongues, do., Foreign, 10s.—British, 2s. 6(1. Salted or Fresh Meat, not otherwise described, do., British, Bs.—Foreign, 2s.f The duties on linseed, flax seed, and mustard seed, &c., will be reduced considerably more than was proposed in the original schedule of the tariff. In the duties on the metals no very important departure from the former plan is now suggested, except in the case of that on rolled spelter, which will be reduced. not to' 1/. per ten, but to 41:per ton. Some alteration is also-proposed in the adjustment of the duty of five per cent. ad valorem on copper ores. Copper ores containing not more than fourteen parts of copper will pay 2/. 10s. per 1001. value of metal, and ores containing more than fourteen parts of copper will pay 51. The duty on tin ore remains, as proposed, at 11. per ton ; regulus of tin at 2/. ; and tin in blocks, ingots, &c. 61. the ton. With regard to the mode of adjusting the timber duties, it has been found that the original plan for sweeping away all the clumsy and complicated distinctions of sizes and lengths, by reducing all the imports of foreign timber to one head in the tariff, would have been unfair in its operation on unhewn wood; by the final arrangement it is proposed to make an alteration in the duties on certain kinds of hewn wood, for the purpose of carrying into effect with greater accuracy the principle of the reduction on this article. TIMBER or. Woon—not being deals, battens, boards, staves, handspikes, oars, lathwood, ufers, or other timber or wood, sawed, split, or otherwise dressed, except hewed, and not being timber or wood otherwise charged with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet, Foreign, 1/. 10s., from and after 10th of October, 1842, 11.5x.—British, ls. Deals, battens, boards, staves, ufers, or other timber or wood, sawed or split, and not other wise charged with duty, the load of 50 cubic feet, Foreign, 11. IN., from and after the 10th October, 1842, 1/. 12s.— British, 2s. Firewood, the fathom of 216 cabic feet, Foreign. 10s.—British, free. Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length, the 120, Foreign, 11.—British, 6d. Handspikes, ex ceeding 7 feet in length, ditto, Foreign, 21.—British, Is. Hoops, not exceeding 9 feet in length, the 1,000, Foreign, 3s.—British, 6d. Hoops, exceeding 9 feet in length, the 1,000, Foreign, ss. —British, Is. Knees, under 5 inches square, the 120, Foreign, 103.—British, 3d. Five inches, and under 8 inches square, the 120, Fo reign, 21.—British, Is. Lath Wood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet, Foreign, 21.—British, Is. Oars, the 120, Foreign, 71. 10s. British, 3s. 9d. Spars or poles, under, 22 feet in length, and under 4 inches in diameter, the 120, Foreign, 11.—British, 6d. Twenty-two feet in length and upwards, and under 4 inches in diameter, the 120, Foreign, 21.—British, Is. Of all lengths, 4 inches, and under 6 inches in diameter, do., British, 4/.—Fo reign, N. Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length, the 1,000, Foreign, 2/. British, Is. Exceeding 2 feet in length, ditto, Foreign, 41.—British, 2s. Teak, the load of 50 cubic feet, Foreign, 10s.—British, ls. Wastesvood, viz., billet wood, or brushwood, used for the purposes of stowage, for every 1001. value, Foreign, W.—British, ss. The change in the timber duties wiil come into operation on the 10th of October, 1842. These are the principal altera tions, and on comparing the amended with the original tariff, it will be found that the difference is not material. * In the List where the word " British" does not appear, the duty is the same as for the productions of foreign countries. t N.B. It is intended to propose the repeal of the 4'2d clause of the 3d and 4th Will IV., cap. 57, as far as the Customs are thereby empowered to requ►re from shippers bond to land provisions at the port of the ship's destination, and likewise the repeal of the 43d clause of the same Act. COURT CIRCULAR. The Royal Dinner party at- Buckinghani Palace, on Wednesday evening, included the E a rl of Li verpoo l, Viscount Jocelyn, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner. • The Hon. MisS Murray and the Hon. Miss Lister have succeeded the Lady CarOline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Cavendish as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on her Majesty. The Royal Dinner party at Buekingluun Palace, -yes terday evening, included her Royal 'Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the Eaal Daawarr, the Earl of Jersey, and Sir Henry Wheatley. The band of, the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and in the course of the evening performed the folluwifig pieees March, RudolphSibuld. Duetto, Un tenure;" Roberto • nevereuX, DOnizetti. Valse, " Rosita," Jullien. Cavatina, "A. to dine,". Roberto De vereux, Donizetti. Quadrille, "St. Cloud," Musard. Tarantella de la Garde Royal, Mr. CharleS Raper. His Royal Highness Prince Albeit received Addresses of Congratulation on the birth of the • Prince of Wales, ' yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, which were presented by the following noblemen and gentlemen : The Mayor - of - Chichester, Dr. M'Carrogher, M.D., accompanied by Lord - Arthur Lennox; and Mr. J. Abel Sinith, M.P.—from Chichester. Mr. William Craufurd, Deputy Paymaster-General of her Majesty's Forces, from the Magistrates of West minster. The Mayor of Bedford and the Members for the Bo rough, Messrs. Polhill and Stuart, from Bedford. A Deputation from Newcastle. Mr. Cartwright, late High Sheriff, and Mr. R. W. Hand, Under-Sheriff, from the County of Stafford. An Address was also presented from the Borough of Stafford. Mr. William Warrington, Mayor of Congleton, Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., and Mr. Tollemaehe, M.P., from Congleton. Captain Manning, 2d Royal Surrey Reginient, from the Royal Manor of Portland. Mr. J. M. Coley, the Mayor, from the Inhabitants of Bridgenorth. • Mr. Alfred Daniel (Mover) and Mr. Waymouth (Se conder), from the Vestry of Marylebone. Mr. Wilshere, M.P., from Great Yarmouth. Mr. B. P. Wilts, Prime Warden, Mr. J. Weston, Renter Warden, from the Fishinenger's Company. Sir Charles Douglas, M.P., from Warwick. Mr. N. Earle, Mayor, Mr. E. L. Sidebotham, and Mr, Legh Richmond, from Ashton-under-Lyn e . The Mayor, from Newport. A Deputation, from the City of Exeter. Mr. 'l'. Stear, Mayor, Mr. J. U se ll , and Mr. E. Jackson, from the Mayor, Alder Men, an d B urgesses of WisbeaCh. Sir Allan M'Nab and Dr. Rolph (3) from Canada. The Mayor, accompanied by Mr. M`Lean, M.P., and Mr. Langton, M.P., from Oxford. The Earl of Bandon, from Bandon. A Deputation from Lymington. The Mayor, and Mr. W Patten, M.P., from Preston. The Duke of Beaufort anti Deputation, from Bristol. Sir J. Hanster, Sir J. Williams, and Mr. Tubbs, from the Magistrates of Middlesex. Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of Exeter, Groom of the Stole.; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting; Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. 1 heir Royal Highnesses the'Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent received Addresses of Congratulation yesterday from the follow ing places and public bodies; Staffordshire—Presented by NIT.. Cartwright, late High Sheriff, and Mr. Hand, Under-Sheriff. Chichester Corporation—Presented by . Dr. .111‘Ca rogher, M.D., Mayor ; Lord Arthur Lennox, M.P. and J. Abel Smith, M.P. OxfOrd Borough—Presented by Alderman Browning, Mayor ; Mr. M'Lean, M.P. ; Mr. J: Hunt,. Sheriff ; Al dermen Sadler and Thorp. Westminster Justices—Presented by Mr. Pownall, mover, and Mr. Craufurd,.Deputy-Payma.ster,General. Middlesex Magistrates- 7 -Presented by Sir J. Williams, Mr. Tubbs, and Sir J. Hanster. Warwick. Corporation and Inhabitants—Presented by Mr. G. C. Greenway, Mayor, Mr. Greives, Town Coun cillor, Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Mr. W. Collins, M.P. Great Yarmouth—Presented by the Mayor and Depu tation, and Mr. Wilshere, M.P. Exeter Inhabitants and Corporation—Presented by Mr. C. IT. Turner, Mayor, Mr. W. Kingdon, High Sheriff, and Alderman Furlong. Fishmongers' Company—Mr. B. P. Wilts, Prime Warden, and Mr. J. Weston, Renter Warden. Bristol Corporation and inhabitants—Mr. Franklyn, Mayor, the Duke of Beaufort, Mr. Jones, High Sheriff ; Messrs. George, Haber&ld, and l'hippen. Ashton•under-Lyne—Mr. N. Earle, Mayor, Messrs. Sidebotham and Legh Richmond. Newport, Monmouth—Presented by the Mayor of Newport. Lymington—Presented by Mr. Hicks, the Mayor. Her Royal Highness the Dtichess of Kent was at tended by Lady Anna Maria :Dawson, Lady i n W a i t i ng, and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., Co m p tro ll er o f her Royal Highness's Household. Sir Thomas Ackland, Batt, and a Deputation con nected with the Mining districts, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the OUT of the Board of Trade. iAtrl de Grey had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Despalchea from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Marquis of Anglesey, and Mr Berkeley Paget, visited the Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo yester day. THE `MONTROSE BURGIIS.—The nomination takes place on Saturday. Mr. Carrie.) , of Craig°, has withdrawn , andthe candidat es are Mr. Hume' the Hon. E. J. Stanley, and Mr. Jobson. As the latter had never the shadow of a chance, the contest, if it take place, will lie betwixt Mr. Stanley and Mr. Hume. No Conso”va.ive has dater! to 9 1 . 0 w himself. The Hon. E. J. Stanley is on a visit to the late representative for the burghs. The Marquis of Tweeddale was, on Wednesday, appointed Governor of Madras. A THE DISASTERS IN AFFGLI ISTAN. The Dublin Evening M a il o f Monday contains th e e f following interesting communication from the seen t he war, written by an officer high in the confidence o f late Sir W. Me.Naghten, who wes with him at the view with Akhbar Khan, and was an eye-witness c f the scenes which he describes : fe° " I take the first leisure moment to g ive yo" a os , lines, which will, I trust, some day or other, reach and convey the assurance of my being up tO the Pr e , - , bs t date well, and, I trust, safe fro m p ersona l d ang er. 1 ' be we have gone through since my last to you can 0 111 Y, o e t related, should we ever meet, w hi c h t h e merc iful Y ti i s , who has hitherto protected me, and in whom I tr . , will, I doubt not, if he sees fit, enable me to do so. s ) t " On the 2d of November the insurr e ction broke i s in the city. I was sent by the Envoy to the liing l if e , the Bala Hisser, and narrowly escaped with inv . 0 , having to run the ' gauntlet of a heavy fire and th e Its tempts of swordsmen. The result of my mission that Shelton, with nearly two regiments, and Nic li tii j troops, took possession of the Bala Hi s sar. I roomy to Sir W. M•Naghten in the cantonments. Th e ;s• folloWing the commissariat fort, in which all onr sions were, was taken by the enemy, through the 0 countable conduct of the military authorities. Th, you may suppose, completely p a raly se d u s in can t `. ments ; we had but two days' tatt a . N ow became evt dent the madness of keeping our supplies out of r 3.0 tonments, as also the folly of having made theu l te % large as to require the whole of the troops to P e r e, d. them. On the 2d Sir A. Burnes, brother, and Pr 3„, foot were killed—his house plundered and burn Johnson's treasury plundered .and burnt—dle,4 luckily slept in cantonments. Anqu e til and . -Li ose were out riding, and.so escaped. Mackenzie, in 11 ;1 nt is which was also a commissariat depot, most gal, 01 defended it for three days with a handful of men, o ff 1 0 , his ammunition was expended, when he brought °, s oh party into cantonments at night. Trevor remained ti t he his wife and children for two days, protected 1 1, i ser Huzerbash, who escorted them all safely to us. Sk in is. and Drummond were concealed by friends in the e ,„'S e ', The successes on both sides were various. W e took. , ie forts which were close by, and in which we got Fie grain. These were taken at the earnest entreaty o `„6t, poor Envoy, for our unfortunate general was quite 11 0 lo from sickness and age, to do anything ; and I grie' c b say his *staff proved utt e rly i ncom p e t en t t o mee t 91 0ss e crisis, . they being en ti re ly f or defensive Ine!eer whereas our only h o p es o f sa f e ty were i n t h e mos t l'lss;l3 ous offensive ones. The Envoy is dead, so I ina ss 'eel safety, and free from the su pp os iti on o f inte r s ;; motives, say that he was the lif e an d sou l °t h ee; that whatever was .done of good was done by and that, from his death, cruelly and barbs7o4 murdered as he was, by the Ghuznees, wevol date the commencement of our misfortunes. .. - 0 •9 1 officers were killed at different times. sent for, and one regiment withdrawn from the s et Hissar. The arrival of the troops, however, 11 ' 8 11 attended with the success we anticipated. Though of as a lion, the Commander bad from the commenc e ,s e il despaired of success, and thought of nothing but : 1 1 si at all risks. This was peculiarly unfortunate, as• e b i d councils were imbueu with the unhealthy hue wille's e rl taken possession of his mind. To make a Jong e i. short, we were once more reduced to six days' s°l 4 , - 0 1 Up to this -we had contrived, through pronli'F bribes, to get enough for the men, but little or nothl7 s e. the horses. I had, and so had others, suggested 3 1 , 1 0 1) tiring into the Bala Hissar, which Cenolly, w ho o" ,r pr the King, strongly advocated, and to which the or voy was willing, till told by the General it was qiiitT".l)o impossible, as he dreaded a panic amongthe t r ooe% il le 44th had disgracefully abandoned, so had the o 7 a, , out firing a shot, a fort close by ; and in an aelliels a hill, which Shelton fought well at first, but in 40 0 he kept the troops Under a galling fire for several hO, they at length broke, and foot and horse ran in issel tonments, pressed by the enemy, who were un,'Y a inlil from annihilating them by Osman Khan withlosel the soldiers of his tribe under some pretence. sh e re then in treaty with the Envoy about the —. isi th e s ' maining regiment, the 54th, was withdrawn i r° ,„ t ers' Bala Hissar, and the King left to his own 1 1 1 ) - th e For days all the military authorities had pressea. en° Envoy the absolute necessity of entering in of thi with the enemy, based on the evacuation hat country by our troops. As long as it ths t sible for man, the Envoy resisted, but hearin h :a re' the troops be had written for from Candahar hold turned to that city, and that there was ~ro f getting , Sale's brigade back from Jellalah3iial. any aid from Peshawur, he most reluctantly' ec t ,'! i !' e tt' l and two deputies with myself and Trevor were .%`' se ( to open communications outside cantonment& t ait•l' e days after, the Envoy, myself and Trevor, Ille t ra sii ° chiefs on the same spot, when he produced tee sti' j paper contains nineteen or twenty articles for which he read, and which were all approved. Mal i s cri; Akhbar Khan seemed to be the chief spokesman. cs il& other meetings took glace, and some of the chiefs ca fe on the Envoy to settle matters. " On the .22d of December I dined out. of tklibn" .into cantonments at night, with a cousin e i es, bearer, it seems, of certain propositions front which I only heard of the following morning, and before Sir William told me to be ready with Tee3.!-:eir. Mackenzie, to accompany him to iNlahomed Ale i ts Skinner c - i te We went, and had hardly been seated five I n ks Oil when, at a signal, we were all seized ; self, slack and Trevor, hurried to horse, and mounted ov Affghan ; the last, we afterwards heard, fell off, 3;l i.ft'' cut to piecbs by the Ghazces, as was also the P 41 :,e0 1 :: voy, who, it seems, resisted mounting a ho rse . Y.°" 0 11" 1 , and I were wonderfully preserved, though the , host of Ghazees cut at us as we rode by theft on the same horse with two chiefs, they were af fs eV fire on us. We were put into a house in the ,see'e re ur fort, where we were kept till midnight, whe°•,4 c' e/ taken through the city to Akhbar, first watches, &e., taken from us. At Akhbar'' Skinner, and heard for the first time of the En / , ° , ) e V s , Trevor's death . , as up to that we had been told stir. t ee were well. I remained there till the morning 0 ti when I was sent for by Naib Ameer Oollah, one °P A rebels, and he told me that' General had req l l`;ser!, the cantonment to settle the Envoy's papers,and t ,. o quired me to take some Hindoo Shroff in, to nePfr i ,di Hoondee, &c. Well, I remained till the 28th e io s , was sent under a strong escort, much aga inst t„ ; ; of some of the chiefs, to cantonmeets. The most kind and attentive to me during my stils''." • 1 , - ',l On the 6th we marched from cantonments lvi` of snow on the ground. I was after the ?, guard, with the escort, in charge of the ilia L ` s 4 e l`e reached Bagramee unmolested ; but our rear"g e ie l 9 , 1 1. attacked, and Hardyman, of the sth cavalry' ! c i s P oe t men killed. The next morning we made towal fs e",s e . hall, our rear-guard attacked the whole wait o or7,„J. three mountain guns carried off. It now be oc aor that we should have to . fight our wayolle v 4 1 ; i r lowing morning, the 7th, we found Ise c s isse nearly surrounded. Skinner had gone in b ill s i' k ets ing to Mahommed Akhbar, who was on a to us, and who told us it was all our c s ' o pal s d for leaving cantonments before the troops Oi se ,' ; to escort us were ready, and that the c op° s i'‘ not, save himself, power to prevent his being tie uP till that he was willing still to do this on our giv; e 7seel l oi hostages that we should not move beyond . 0 •11 0 01 • 1 0 Sale's brigade had left Jellalabad. Potting"n 0;4, , still lame from his wounds, said he would 6-0, ire°Uld ,1 instead of me, who had been partioularlY Akhbar—so he went. On his arrival lie sos b ; s et.l' or l must go also, and, with M ac k enz i e , he weld ° , Or —sO we went, and th e troop s marched for,. i .jsri Caubul pass ; but, notwith s t an di ng a ll the wh ir l ys' deavours, he could not res t ra i n t h e Ghal in 1 ',411 1 ' tacked the column at a ll p o i n t s . W e f o llowe fen br l hours after, and th e scene o f s l au ghter , . "AinYl i s o , One gun was left. M r s. A n d erson a nd 311.3 : r iener each a child carried off. Mrs. Mannering " 11- „ e W° but was saved. Mrs. Boyd's child, a EuroP e c l, and a wounded soldier, were a ll b o ught b3 his hummed Akhbar. filly r e on P •• The next day the Sird a r sa id, after la l o feel r s it i e r inability to restrain his people, that the onlY eiso s the ladies would be in their putting then Mrs' e l , n ' Ts oahinel t r : r s e cs:e of the' 0 1) 4 his charge. This they did. So Captain a s , o • t.frto Berson and child, Boyd, Eyre, Waller, -Li s l e sa il Ladies Sale and M‘Nagliten, Mrs. Start s ee, shot), Mr. and Mrs. Ryley, Mrs. Alainvvanricii e s sfe and Mrs. Wade, and Troup, wounded, joi and were received with every attention by tl'arsts Jar fit halted a day or two, and then proceeded tc'el'ir cle- le he luk, the whole road being crowded with fo ie t i o ethe dying of the army. More seem to have fallethe ho od en 'and then been cut to pieces than fon' t roll is t afte r 1 enemy. At Jugduliuk we' earned that till for t; l see d per deavoured to make a stand in an old riiinu e re a3a l " •ete• Ih m :ol a rpri n hm , n t e l s i dt e o y An t ek r , i h e sb d hn doing so till only 30 rounds of atmuuni ti° ohilz ies o e eek° l er t l o taons ii i e s g ate o nd t d ia t t h j e eolhli with th e ise d for h o e e vest. cit/ ie % I This was done towards the evening Of t , .° 5 o f thc --- troops, from want of water and the 1 -" s 1 . 0 4 On siss e chief's, got impatient, and at night made have ea ch road to Jellalabad. The only accounts, l ived tO 1 ;401 Jellalabad—dreadful learnedellaiab a a d rei d th r a ea t d o f n u l l y to on r e el m at a e n . , offic er : - l iar he r :;o s gone over to the enemy in a body, and m ir o ,it : r " had thrown away their arms. 'The S'oere, I faile,}o here with Elphinstone, Shelton, 84 e. , A b a ck, he' e' shall remain till Dost Mahommed is se e n_ ssinie he i c , other arrangement made. In the _ril e " I "_'', co mforri „ e t everything in his power to mal' i know not and we feel perfectly at our eas t es a my epinioa, !1 steps Government will take, hu have only two before them, •t probably ' t iot ' • wrath., most , but crush the country ; the latter ~,e s at Callol.ll, Mahommed quickly, or send an "ve tr("visleeinmdinb;c6l)l " : promise us, and the sick an I hos e ds, I fancy, lo case they would make up their inin no inan who. Vir, would be a very secondary consi all• I hear, then, is the country. From the • country as -"," se .sr. so well or so quickly settle , ,b e me , ie t subjects for higher powers than_Jtl'avlabad. hummed, should peace be their elth e e o i r u k i lt s v u e s i l lere. s a le a Macgregor will not give up -• t at ell al td'e:ration. In the tr..op and liattraYkil;gt t .T o a s ! a ;ar t y ht . o., was attacked—Codrington, Salisbury, on 1842• the 3d, the P° s 1 t inmite to CaTlbw'' they held out till they had bee , ti with° ll t ; e INDIA. • days —That ,Tail from ludia 'The remainder of the Overland , iave of co l"; g r e e r g a i ! n or I t , o b u e g o th a t t o n i , i rs been received, and a mass of private le disor77„lio credited and have means of information, h letter , IP ° t b h e e en ev r e ee n e ts iv in d' A s Zl e m ° n f is ‘ t ' a i l l i i , ch :o th i l a r n it:ltte(t'le, / rl. n teo7S w i l f l al j p .gUib:.: viously has transpired. According to one _ sees _ t ee , hhhar Khan has been frmiltly misrepre. quarter entitled to consideration, tne v iitt , : ,e, bl o t the most sacred of international obligations, jer, Sir W. M'lslaghteu, the British Envoy in Cativo it w oi s il i t..t nted u freely imputed to him, on account of the nig'', 00 :dtietCt iti h nk : e, s_t: ;fi l e: i t; l• Thornhill's 1 4 k e of Rutlant Nil It hill, al ri.., It half wa: t zu by Dildi ly l -.A.r E.. —Pat •pL4eacre colt, 1 ' l tt ,' • ,hw ork resi t l'i t p Ering,o v 1,, e ' lll son rushe ti, lt ; Patch wo 'l,; i4 iLg heat F (~ 6 to 4 on iut.b so: ST 4 minutes havin g p ri • • The dec •ka even bet t laid the 3 tZatwell filly ;I's lying wd 4 , 1 the filly, mj'ose vraitin enir filly lt Yt hing else %,_, but fai ' 1 1 4 '" 11 , who el L to e l , pulled 14: 1 1 , heat for a filly tiff Irl,i l Colur A ,Di otherw sarice at t ,PY ItiZe no im , e events. '4 6 , eepstat tui-' 0 1, 7 ;1 4 4 take n t t its n A y, 139 ' . 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