The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-09 00:00:00

1111 W THE SUN, LON DON, SATUR nA I _MORN! NT(;, AUGUST 9, !Mt. IMi'EItIAL PA RLIAMEN T. displayed at the Colonial-office was more credi able to the Government than the negotiators themselves. There was just one point to which he wished to allude before he sat down. He meant the application made by the New Zealand Company for a loan of money on the security of their land. He thought that the money should be granted on public grounds alone, and that no ionger delay would take place than was absolutely necessary. Sir R. PEEL did not think it would be n cessary for him to give any assurance on the subject. Whatever differences might have existed between the Government and the New Zealand Company, the recollection of those differences had not, in the slightest degree, influenced the conduct of the Government. They had acted from a sen a of public duty, and what had been done, he must say, had in,t with the entire concurrence of his Noble Friend (Lord Stanley). The public interest had been the only consideration by which they had been influenced, ind in the arrangement come to each party had occu pied perfectly independent grounds—there had been no secret understanding. With respect to the future Go vernment of the colony he could give no assurance on any point the fulfilment of which depended on Parlia ment ; but though he could give no assurance on the matter, the Hon. Gentleman was, therefore, to draw no unfavourable c , nclusion from that.—(Hear.) ORANGE PROCESSIONS. Colonel VERNER wished to ask the Right. Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government if it was true that Mr. Watson, a magistrate, and Deputy-Lieutenant of the County Down, had been deprived of his commis sion for taking part in an Orange procession in that county ?____ ronites. It was then further suggested, that permis sion should be given to the populati. n in the mixed dis tricts to retire to the districts where their respective Go vernors ruled—the Druse population to go to that dis trict where the I)ruce Governor ruled, and the Maro nite population to retire to the district of the Ma ronite Governor. —( Hear, hear.) And it was also proposed that whereas this emigration might cause great losses to both portions of the population these were to be made up by the Porte. Now the five great Powers were unanimous in that plan, and when they were unanimous on any subject it was to be presumed they were right ; and whatever it might be, of course they were sure to be successful in carrying it out. When all these Powers, therefore—England, Russia, Prussia, France, and Austria—had concurred to recommend such a plan, it must be an agreement founded on right, and one which, of ceurse, would be very easy of execution. It was quite, evident, therefore, that if the different parties had emigrated—if the compensation which had been pro posed. had been m a d e —if t h e two G overnors h a d b een appointed—and if, in short, every point of that arrange ment had been carried out, the peace of Syria would have been attained, tranquillity would have been estab lished on a permanent basis, and the integrity of the Turkish empire would never have been jeopardized. That plan, however, was never carried out. Up to the present hour no step had been taken to carry it into effsct. Pretence upon pretence had been resorted to, and every expedient was exhausted to delay its execution. Two Turkish officers had indeed been appointed, whose duty it was to enterinto the requisite arrangements. They summoned the people to decide upon their claims, and instead of deciding upon them at once, they referred the matter to constantins p!e. In short, they interposed every delay in their power to retard and prevent the execution of what had been proposed. The result was intrigues of all kinds. The family of the Emir Beschir thought the arrangement was anything but an advanta geous ore for them, and of course they threw every ob struction in the way. It was needless for him to recite the cruelties of this tyrant ; but it was quite a common practice with him to torture by plucking out the eyes, and when one of his victims cried out too loud, he ordered hire to have his tongue split. This family exerted themselves to the utmost to delay these arrange ments, and it was natural that they should be desirous to do so. Great intrigues were naturally to he expected, when their interests were so much bound up with the existence of that state of things which these plans were des'gned to remove. In addition to the obstruction of the Maronites, their clergy also interested themselves to delay the preparations. They, of course, knew that their influence would be greater with the existing state of things, than with any change that might take place. All these parties had an interest in the continuation of the disturbing influences that were at wo, Ir. Now the Porte had no interest whatever in carrying out the proposed arrangement. But it was not to be expected that a Government like Turkey should act in accord ance with its interests in such cases. All its officers had different interests, and there was not one of them who looked upon a movement as one where the interests of his country might be served, but rather how his own private purposes might be promoted. That was the calculation of the Turki•h officers. So that in conse quence of the factions of the people themselves—in con sequence of the opposition of the clergy, end in con sequence of the obstructions which the Turkish officers created, every difficulty and delay was thrown in the way of the arrangement proposed being carried into effect. The Turks, it was quite apparent, did not wish to put an end to these disturbances. In fact, they en couraged them to strife with the view of weakening both parties, but especially the Maronites. The Druses, after the former were subdued, would become easy of manegement. In this state of things the contentions still continued. The Maronites, stimulated by the Emir B schir, though disarmed by the Druses, procured a fresh supply of arms. Great numbers of both parties assembled together, conflicts ensued, and the whole country was a prey to civil war. That state of things. however, came to an end. A convention afterwards took place between them, but no step had yet been taken to bring out a permanent peace. The five Govern ments, and especially the British Government, did not take those prudent and energetic means which they should have done under the circumstances. There was one British officer, Colonel Rose, of whose conduct, zeal, and energy in these transactions, he could not speak too highly. This officer was appointed during the time he (Lord Palmerston) held the seals of the Foreign-office. He thought his conduct deserving of the greatest praise. The advice which he gave often prevented those disastrous occurrences which occasion ally took place, and preserved the Turkish Government from those disgraces which their conduct nut unfre quently brought upon them. He had, on one occasion, preserved the lives of from 700 to 800 Maronites, who, but for him, would have been cut off. to a man. He (Lord Palmerston) did not think that Colonel Rose was so well supported as he might have been led to expect. In the dispatches that were sent out, frequent approbation was, no doubt, made of his conduct, but he was entitled not only to receive appro bation for his past conduct, but also to receive special instructions as to the course he should pursue in future. He (Lord Palmerston) thought that the British Govern ment did not show that energy which it did in former times to put an end to these differences. Any one must know how such a Power as Turkey managed its affairs. It was not, however, by side negotiations or mystified diplomacy that she ought to be dealt with. That would never do. They must come to the point with her, and he thought the allied Powers were entitled to press on that Government in the strongest possible manlier, and to have asserted in a more energetic manner than they did the necessity of a speedy compliance with the arrangements which had been unanimously agreed on. If they had done so, he (Lord Palmerston) had no hesi tation in saying that many of the events which took place would never have occurred. And unless some vigorous steps were resorted to, they must expect a con tinuance of them. Some interested parties might attempt to show that the Turkish Government were not in fault, and that it had not the means of preventing these con flicts, and others again said, that it would be far better if Syria was completely independent of Turkey ; but he agreed with neither party. On the sth June, of the present year, a dispatch was received at the Foreign office from Colons 1 Hose. This dispatch gave the clearest and best developed view of the causes ef the late disturb ances that it was possible to do. He referred them principally to the intrigues of the Beschir family, and the differences which arose from the mixed population. This, however, might have been collected from the dif ferent dispatches which he had from time to time sent hc,me. Now, that dispatch was received on the sth of June, and what was the dispatch sent out the day following (the 6th of June) by the Secre tary of State to Sir Stratford Canning ? " The present state of affairs in Syria was of such moment ous importance as to cause the deepest concern to her Maj, sty's Government" (and very naturally they should). " Measures, however, were then under con sideration, with the object of arresting the progress of those untoward events." Now, it was naturally to be ex pected that some instructions should be sent out to their ambassador that he either separately, or conjointly with the other ambassadors, should take some steps to put an end to that state of things. But what was the con clusion ? He says, " Until the result of these affairs was known, and a clear insight obt,insd into their nature, her Majesty's Government were unable to come to a certain conclusion as to the course proper to be adopted." Greatly must Sir Stratford Canning hale been assisted by that dispatch. He (Lord Palmerston) contended that a clear insight had been obtained into the causes of those events, and when a correct state ment of the case had been made to her Majesty's Go vernment, they ought to have been provided with a remedy for them. All this had been already communi cated to them, and he thought they bad shown great torpidity in the way they dealt with the case. He had no hesitation, therefore, in saying that a part of the responsibility of these calamities fell to the share of the Government. He thought it was a subject of the greatest importance. It belonged not merely to a great English interest, but to a great European interest. He thought that the in terests of Europe were involved in the integrity of the Turkish empire. He would not enter into the question whether these evils might not be obviated by the change of government in Syria, and substituting for a Turkish a civilised and Christian Emperor. But they must deal with the kingdom as it at present existed, and with cir cumstances as they were now found. If the stronger powers of Europe would only combine with the Turkish Government, and assist her to maintain the integrity of her territorial possessions, that power would soon be resuscitated, as every thing during the last few years had shown the empire to be increasing in social and moral civilization. The treaty of the Dardanelles, signed in July, 1341, by England, France, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, implied an aban donment by those five Powers of all selfish views and interests in regard to Syria, to consolidate the domi nion of that province for the benefit of its population. Considering, therefore, that the present disturbances in Syria affected the tranquillity of the entire Turkish empire, and that the tranquillity of the Turkish , empire was intimately connected with that balance of European . Power, which, in a great degree, preserved the peace of the world, he had felt it his duty to state that he thought her Majesty's Government had not shown that active energy which the circumstances of the case required, and he trusted when they next met, at the commence ment of the ensuing session, those disturbances would have ceased, and that the stipulations of that treaty—the . due execution of which would have prevei'ea the late serious disasters—would have been practically carried into effect, and thus render unnecessary that perpetual inteference of our Ministers and officers with the Sublime Porte, which was inconsistent with our national honour and international usage. Sir R. PEEL said he understood the Noble Lord to admit that, on reference to the official papers, he found that the five Powers had acted together in cordial co-operation to carry out the stipulations of the treaties of 1839 and 1841 ; that they were not actuated by private considera tions, that they had given advice to the Porte, which if acted upon would have been for the benefit of Syria as well as the entire Turkish empire. The only complaint the Noble Lord made was that the five Powers were not very energetic iu enforcing these conditions upon the Porte. But interference on such a question was very delicate. There was the difficult and conflicting, if not contrsdictory position, in which the Powers stood to rs concile and overcome. They were to require from the Porte a ratification of those conditions into which the Turkish empire had solemnly entered, and they' had to fulfil the object they themselves had agreed to gether to effect, viz., the maintenance of the integrity and independence of the Turkish empire. This latter the Noble Lord might have suggested as a reason for not strictly insisting on the performance of the treaty. When Syria was delivered over to the Porte in 1839 and 1840, it should have been well considered, that such rule was precarious if not dangerous. He did not wish to enter into the question of the policy that dictated such a , course—he did not wish to discuss the motives or dispute the expediency of so signal and serious a step ; the !MUSE OF LoieDs, .lug. 8 The: House sat to-day shortly after tvo o'clock, fi:r the purpose of enabling the Lord. Chancellor and Lord Campbell to give judgment on several cases that have been heard before them durL,g the present session. THE SHINNERS' COMPANY p THE IRISH SOCIETY.- JUDGMENT. The Lord Chancellor and Lord Campbell gave the judgment of their Lordships in this case, which was argued before their L3rdinips some time since upon appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls. Their Lordships affirmed the decision of the Court below. Sir R. PEEL said it was perfectly true that Mr. Watson had been dismissed from the commission of the peace, and also from the office of deputy lieutenant. In 1837 an address from Ireland, numerously and respectably signed, had been laid before the late King, praying that steps would be taken to discourage and put an end to Orange processions. In answer to that the King returned an answer that every measure woul 1 be taken to carry out the desirable object sought by that address. Having been informed that the gentleman referred to had not only walked in an Orange procession, but signed reso lutions agreed to at an Orange meeting, which resolu tions were unconstitutional and highly improper, the Government considered it their duty, in consideration of the previous assurance of the Sovereign, to discharge Mr. Watson from the official appointments he then held.—(Loud cries of" Hear, hear," and cheers.) THE FISHERIES. Captain PECHELL moved for a return of all Bri tish and French fishing vessels that have been seized or detained under the provisions of the Act for carrying into effect a convention with France concerning the fisheries, with the dates ;of such seizure or detention, and the amount of the penalty incurred or paid, with the time of detention in each case ; likewise, a return of all British fishing vessels that have been taken into ports of France since 1839, for breach of the oyster fishery regulations, with the amount of the penalty in curred or paid, and the time of detention in each case. —Agreed to. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. IcAILES OF RAILWAYS. London, Liven pool. Chester Bristol. York. Leeds. 1 Hull. Hudders field. 'Sheffield Glasgow. Aberdeen .................. Arbroath anti Forfar Ditto Half Share . Ar magh, Colr., & fort rush Belfast and lf,allymena Belfast arr:an. t County Down 33irlinhd L & Ches. Joe. lirmir.gliam and Glo'ster New (iss. at 7%, dis.) Ditto Half Shares . :Birminghm & Oxfrd. June. Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, & Boltn Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, L ewes, and Hast. Bristol and Exeter ••• ...... Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester . Caledonian •• Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead— Ditto New `.;hares CDitto 11 - 4 if Shares heter and H o l y h ea d „. .enham and Oxford.. ..iicheste r and Brighton... ()llama Valley Clydesdale Junction . Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal ‘alvn try,Bedwrth, & Nun. Coventry and Leicester ... Corm all. MBeccles, and Yarmoth us!rect Northern Direct Norwich . ...... ••• Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine I)Dublin and GalwaY— tindalk and Enniskillen 4.0111.1./ee and Arbroath Ditto New. Dundee and Perth .•. Eastern Counties D o. New Do.Perp, 5 in. Cat., N''• 1 ditto N 0.2 Eas t Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union D• itto Extension ...... _atlinbgh, Glas., and Dum. e4 iimurgh and Glasgow po. Quarter Shaes • Dos New Quarter Shares •qtlirib., Ltith, and Granton Edinbur g h Pref. 5 per Cent. _•"--dinburgh and Northern n burgh and Peebleshire • burgh and Perth arid Bedferd Bnniskillen and Sligo 2ieter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr irnkirk and Glasgow utasgow and A y r 1)0 . Quarter Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New D itto Prefe rence I'▪ lasgow, D iu f r i es , an d C ar Goole and Doncaster.. Wand Junction. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters ~.Ditto Eighth 5.......... O re Uni on weat Grimsby & Shetheln Gt S ot h rn & Wstrn (Irelnd) Ditto Exto ,sion Munster .•• ....... •• Br • tlreatkareat u f Scutl:,l Northernen of Engind D 0 New, 40/. Sharrs r , New, 30 'ire-at Western Shares.... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths tfildf rdFarehm, & Ports tindrsfld & Man. R. & Cani Dn dde rsfield and Sheffield 81l ffi and Gainsbo r o ug h 411 11 and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares • Ditto Half Shares . ~,.nverness and Elgin •• 4,,,endal and Windermere.. jz.,hingstown and Bray .:rAillarnev Junctions raoaster and Carlisle..... L ids and Bradford and Dewsbury t e eda and Thirsk Leeds, and W. Riding June t eioester and Birmingham Lim erick and Bedford 'L.,! rh erick and Waterford L incol n, E n nis,& Kul. June. York, and Leeds Live rpool and Manchester D itto Half Sha res D itto Quarter Sh ares Ovrpl, rmski rk, & P res t n Dittol4o T and Birmingham. hirds ..... , Ditto Quarters .I.!ndon and Blackwall ...• 'Von and Brighton totnqit.otenonan:alidated Eighths Croydon. Do, GttareW... London andattrdesnpweircicient Lobo. Prefrne. or Privilege Do. & South Western b i () : ,New Cons. Eighths /)-• .oew 501. Shares Lo - nd ° ' New, 40/. Shares Loud on and York on and Wi ndsor tln, Salisbu r y, & Yeovil ndonderry and Coleraine 'll4l l and onderg & Enniskillen Ely jPIII and Dereham t ll . ehe ater and Leed s itto Half Shares ..,!tto Quarter Sh a r es I.luitto Sixteenths ' i t T,ebe s t er & Birminghm _ nt o 131 Quarter Shares 14.a/New Quarter Shares . uestr,l3u & Bur 3 At:elistr, Bury ltun , &, Rosend. blictsfrahn; i, tn, & Matlk Ditttte sdto New k i b o.Co ns. firm. & Derby Ln:and Gt W estrn (I r i s h) DExten. , ion to Sligo stl & D ar l ingtn June N.a wea st New (Bra n dli ng ) ,le and Berwick Ice'leastle and Carlisle ''vraort and Abergavenny ?e and and Enniskillen I , z o " 4 rk and Sheffield ... .41.1.1 British . •••- - I,l. om uitto tit ........... e rn and Eastern 17 % Scrip (i ss. at 5 d i a. ) Do Shafts Xent liot t a ll St affordshire. TnL.a Eastern ' ll Union, (A) Ditto( B 1"4 ) "Z, W ales Mineral Is,o New Shares No Western ..... / Q- ales co and Brandon.-- a,T 1-Xot• e'r -, 00 1 von., and Gran thm Not:4lgham and Boston Sham Val. & Man. Oktft„lll,ghana and Mansfield 0x f .,,",_,N and Birming. June p e vim and Worcester N rt ,,,_n and Inverness 15,.'`5,tnouth Direct p,..4 and Wyre • D o Half Shares Pref.s per Ct. Guar kap. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div 11,1'4,111nd and W. End Junc Se 4t ° i V ' W orcester, & Tring 40„ lah Central ~... • •••• • • Niite. _midland /4 1 c1 and Manchester D itto Q uart er Shares (.‘ Ditt o ditto (No. 2) allferg,,?, ditto (No. 3) Suffield and Lincoln S hr,7 b., Wor. t and Crewe ShrewB ,urY' & Trnt Val. UM illa,„"an,Herefd,&N.Wals So an • S otitb e "a • Southkidlnd ,° ew Eastern and D over N (iss.32/.) N o . 1 •3t 4 . 4 bo' VW 33 1.65.8 d.)„ 2 301.) Sta ' it'a and Richmond. „ 3 & Shropshire SolltZtand Dunfermline rey, v a1e5...... b est'r a °ndon nd Holyhead June IV N j`l Old Shares . \V 'ad& South rn C oun. weßfe:rd and Carlow ...... "tick and Cheltenham wat!..!ford and Kilkenny Waid,Puntefret, & Goole Warwi ck and Harrogate ,\Vett,ek and London Viro,„!Aneashire ..... WhOter and Tring ,Dn eb ..j t ven and Furness R'eNl i s " ew" Half Shares ...... 'Nat Cornwall..i ..bilte, ekshlre . ' artoout on lrst. & W armth and Norwich l'ork ..... • .... lo r k aandnd C arlisle North ".• • Do t 0 half Shares..llidlitia •••••l•• ss !•)oarborough Branch • Selby. ......... Z zteulion. ... Aug. i. 31/2 [ • Aug 7 I tAug. 5. !Aug, Aug.' ' Aug.l 7 !Aug. 7. Aug. 7, Aug. 25 8 3 / 4 - 214 8 1 44, . . . _ 33% ...... 21A, ... 2% - 44 99 121,,/, 10 1 / 2 3% 22 3% RICARDO V. GARCIUS. Their Lordships also gave judgment in this appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England. Their Lordships reversed the judgment of the Court below, and gave the appellant the costs of the appeal to that House. . ROYAL COMMISSION. The royal assent was given to-day, at four o'clock, b 7 Commission to the following Bills :—The Appri hen mon of Offenders Bill, the Documentary Evidence Bill, the Granting of Leases Bill, the Outstanding Terms Bill, the Fees Criminal Proceedings Bill, the Real Property (No. 2) Bill, the Removal of Paupers Bill, the Borough and Watch - Rates Bill, the Games and Wagers Bill, the Merchants Seamen's Bill, the Commons Inclosure Bill, the County Rates Bill, the Lunatic Asylum and Pauper Lunatics Bill, the Slave Trade (Brazil) Bill, the Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Bill, the Taxing Master's Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill, the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill, the Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill, the Lunatics Asylum (Ireland) all, the Grimsby Dock Bill, Winchester College Estate Bill, Marsh's Estate Bill, the Earl of Powis's Estate Bill, Sir R Keith Dick's Estate Bill, Follett's Estate Bill, Lutwyd4e's Estate Bill, Bowe's Estate Bill, the Birmingham Blue Coat School Charity Estate Bill, Severn's Estate Bill, the Duke of Bridgewater's Trustees Estate Bill, the Archbishop of York's Estate Bill, Sampson's Estate Bill, the Marquis of Donegal's Estate Bill, the North Walsham School Estate Bill, Shouldham's Divorce Bill, Bolteau's Divorce Bill, and the following Rail way Bills : London and Croydon Enlargement, South-Eastirn (Deal Extension), Bolton and Leigh, Kenyon and Leigh Junction, North Union, Liverpool and Manchester, and Grand Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation, Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension), Brighton, Lewes, and rlastings (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension), Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Huntingdon). The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the Earl of Dalhousie. The House then a , !journed during pleasure. Their Lordship: met again at Five o'clock. CONSO LID TED FUN I) ( A PPROPRIATION) BILL AND EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of DALH.OUSIE, these Bills were severally read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned till Twelve o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a Quarter before Four o'clock, when Sir Augustus Clifford appeared at the bar to command the attendance of the Speaker in the House of Lords to hear the royal assent given to numerous public and private Bills. The report on the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Bill was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossel the:Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to !—The Bristol Parochial Ra►es, the South- Eastern Railway Branch t) Deal and Extension of the South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway. On the SPEAKER'S return, he announced that he had heard the royal assent given to several private and public Bills (for which see Lords' report). BOROUGH OF BELFAST. A new writ tor this borough was moved for, in the room of Mr. Emerson Tennent, who has accepted the stewardship or the Chiltern Hundreds.—Ordered. BOROUGH OF CIRENCESTER. A new writ for this borough, in the room of Mr. Cripps, who has accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury, was moved for. —Ordered. LINLITHGOW. A new writ was ordered to be issued for Linlithgow, in the room of the Hon. Charles Hope, who has ac cepted the office of Governor of the Isle of Man. BOROUGH OF WARWICK. A new writ was ordered to be issued for this borough, in the room of Sir Charles Douglas, who has accepted the office of Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND. A new writ for this borough was moved for by Mr. TUFNELL, in the rcom of Lord Howick, who had been called to the House of Peers.—Ordered. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Mr. BODKIN brought up this Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. smokE Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that at an early period in the ensuing session he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the nuisance occasioned by smoke on railways and in towns, unless the Government should prevent the necessity of his so doing by introducing a Bill to remedy the increasing evil. Mr. FIELD EN was understood to give notice that he would move for the appointment of a Commission in the next session to inquire into the mode in which the in come-tax was levied.—(This was, as we understood it, the nature of the Hon. Member's motion.) SILK WEAVERS' BILL. Sir G. CLERK moved the third reading of the Silk Weavers' Bill. The Bill only introduced those amend ments and improvements which had been found to work so well in another branch of manufacture. Mr. P. BORTHWICK congratulated the House on the introduction of the Bill. He regretted it was intro duced at so late a period of the session. The Bill was read a third time and passed. ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. _ . Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition from a Mr. Copeland, praying that Parliament would interfere to prevent the use of propelling engines being placed at the end of railway trains, whi c h h a d b een a tt en d e d with so much danger, particularly on the Eastern Counties Railway. He (Lord Palmerston) concurred in the prayer of the petitioner, and thought the lives of pas sengers much endangered by the practice. He would recommend directors of railways to have it stated upon the time tables handed to each passenger whether or no those propelling engines were used, and in the public newspapers, as travellers by railways were not in most instances aware of the fact. The peti tioner prayed that the Board of Trade would interfere in these matters. He (Lord Palmerston) felt confident that railway directors were themselves in most cases ignorant of the use of those propelling en gines, for to pursue such a course with a knowledge 9f the hazard attending it would be little less than cri minal.—(Hear, hear.) GROUP X. Lord COURTENAY brought up the report of the Committee of Group X, which comprises the following Bills :—Eastern Counties (Hertford and Biggleswade), Midland Railway Extension (Swinton and Lincoln), Midland Railways Extension (Lincoln and Ely), and the York and North Midland and Doncaster Extension. The Noble Lord said the dt cisiou of the Committee was that it was not desirable to proceed with the Bills during the present session. COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. Dr. 130 WRING moved fur the production of the Co ionial Accounts. Tne CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed he motion, which was negatived without a division. MR. BRISCOE. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary whether he in tended further to pursue the proceedings respecting Mr. Briscoe, a magistrate of South Staffordshire, who had been reprimanded ? His reason for asking the question was because another magistrate of the same name, resid ing in the same district, bad been confounded with this Mr. Briscoe, owing to the Christian name of the offend ing magistrate not having been mentioned in the report. Sir J. GRAHAM said, having written his opinion fully in a letter to the Lord Lieutenant of the county, and expressed his dislike at the conduct of Mr. 13risco he did not think it necessary to pursue the matter further under such circumstances. MEDICAL REGULATIONS. Mr. WAKLEY said that in the absence of other busi ness he would beg to move for a return of the number of individuals who had applied for certificates to the College of Surgeons, and those to whom these certificates had been granted.—The motion was agile I to. AUSTRALIA. Mr. HOPE said that as other business of apparently greater importance was delayed, he would move that leave be given to bring in a Bill for rendering the waste lands of Australia more productive. He did not anticipate any objection would be made to the Bill, and he did not anticipate that it would pass ; but he thought that the recess would give ample opportunity for consi dering its provision, and enabling the Government to take such measures as would be for the benefit of the colony. Captain PECHELL had not the slightest objection to the Government taking measures for the improvement of the colony, and he thought that the best means of doing that would be by bringing the waste lands into cul tivation. Mr. AGLIONBY thought that this arrangement would tond to relieve the minds of the friends of those who had an interest in the Australian colonies. IRELAND TURNPIKES BILL. A message was brought down from the House of Lords to the effect that they had assented to the Irish Turnpikes Bill, and to the other Bi:ls which had been sent up fro:n the Commons with some verbal amend ments. The message was received, and the amendments agreed to. - The House remained for a very considerable time un occupied by any business whatever ; owing, as it was supposed. to the absence of Sir Robert Peel, for whose arrival Lord Palmerston delayed his observa tions (according to notice) on the affairs of Syria. F ERP ET UIl Y FUND. Mr. SHAW wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department would have any objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence which took place between the Eccle siastical Commissioners of Ireland and the Lord Lieu tenant respecting the Perpetuity Fund ? Sir J. GRAHAM, whose reply was ♦ , ry imperfectly heard, was understood to say that he had no objection. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. ABEL SMITH moved for the production of the correspondence between the Colonial-office and the New Zealand Company. He could not forget that, after what had occurred, a slight sacrifice on both sides was ueoeseary. lie considered the tom and the temper just AFFAIRS OF SYRIA. Lord PALMERSTON then rose, and said he had given notice of making only some observations on the affairs of Syria, because he had hoped that some motion might have been before the House to which his remarks might have been appended. As, however, no such op portunity had occurred, it would be necessary for him to make a specific resolution, so as to enable the Right Honourable Baronet opposite, in accordance with the rules of the House, to reply to his observations; he therefore moved that an humble address be presented to the Crown, praying for copies or extracts of the cor respondence relative to the affairs of Syria, subsequent (as we understood the Noble Lord to say) to the de parture of the allied forces from that country in 1841. It was not his intention to occupy the time of the House at any considerable length, but before Parliament se pa ated he wished to direct the attention of the Govern ment and the country to the state of Greece, social and political, at the present moment. In dealing with this subject he should consider, first, the unsatisfied claims of the Emir Beschir ; and secondly, to the un fortunate disturbances which now harassed the kingdom of Syria. When in 1840 and 1841 the allies restored Syria to the authority of the Sultan, one of the Emirs enlisted in the interests of another power, and for that was subjected to stipulations in the compliance with which some delay accidentally occurred. Beca use h e did no t comply with certain conditions he was deposed by British officers, acting under the authority given by the Sultan, and the late Emir Bechir wa s a pp o i nte d i n hi s place, who then held a high and public station in his country. That Emir continued to exer c i se th e mi tl ority belonging to his appointment for about twelve months. At the end of 1841, or the beginning of 1842, in consequence of the civil war that broke out between the Maronites and the Druses, the Emir ' was besieged in his residence. He was called down by the Governor, and was found to be incompetent, by age and infirmities, to conduct the affairs of the Government, and he was consequently de posed. In his passage from the town in which be then was, in obedience to the order of the authorities, he was I pillaged by the Druses of all his property, and his house was burned. The Turkish Government of the period gave him a guard of honour, but he received no salary from the Sultan. He claimed, then, a salary at a certain rate for the period he exercised the authority. He re ceived no compensation for the losses he sustained by the plunder to which he was exposed in his journey, nor any compensation for certain lands of which he was de prived by the disturbance to which he had alluded. Now, his claims had been admitted to a certain extent by the Turkish Government, and orders had been granted for the payment of the amount to which he might be en titled, yet, although they dated some time back, up to the last accounts he had not been able to obtain any payment whatever. He (Lord Palmerston) conceived that the Turkish Government ought to satisfy the amount, or at least some part of it. It was by officers of the British Government, acting under the authority of the Sultan, that he was induced to accept the appointment which brought upon him all the di-asters he had enu merated. He rendered very important services to the common cause by taking it at the time it was offered to him. He (the Emir) had suffered greatly in conse quence of his rem a i n i ng a pr i vate i ndividual, otherwise he might have reclaimed all of which he had been master. The first s e t o f papers l a id on t h e t a bl e , in connexion with this case, were copies and extracts of correspondence between the Emir, the British Ambas sador, and the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, relating to the firman in the E m i r ' s f avour. That f i rman prom i se d compensation for his losses, and the British Government was a party to the promise. But the last instructions given to the Ambassador at Constantinople were by no means commensur a t e w i t h the i nfluence w hi c h th e British representati on at C onstant i nop l e oug h t to exer cise. The instruction s were conta i ne d i n a di spatc h f rom 1845. and reply ing - - munication from the A m bassador, dated the 2 gomnoffice, d a t e d 20th January, preceding July. Thi s di s p a t c h (which the N t o et b hFt lf oa rf Lord eic read at length) simply directed the Ambas sador, Sir Stratford Canning, to " make representations," &c., to the Porte. N ow, he (Lord Palmerston) thoug h t that, considering th e extent to which the h onour an d good faith of Great Britain were concerned, such an in struction was insufficient, and that Sir Stratford Canning should have been directed to insist that the Porte should carry out its own firman. He thought that the Govern ment ought to have sufficient energy to see the contracts carried out, to which it was a party. He trusted that in future the instructions to Sir Stratford Canning would permanent and definite, the next important branch of the subject to whi c h h o wou ld a d vert was t h e condition of Syria. Thi s was a comp li cate d an d exten sive subject. England, A ustria, and Prussia were parties to the operations that had taken place in that country. On the other hand, it i nvolved a departure from the o rdinary rules which ought to govern nations in their relations to other parties. But nothing was more at variance with national obli gat i ons t h an f or one P ower to interfere with anothe r i n relat i on to the manner in fcertain ec t ourselves f which it should treat its o wn su bj ects; an d i t was on l y tthe circumstances o thefou r stateth Powersat of we a h ff a ta d oi r a s n induce y nd obliga tionu ce in Syria. 1840, the people of Sy r i a to ta k e arms against the usurping authority of Meh emet Ali, an d to d ec l are f or t h e ir legitimate sovereig n ; and the all i ed Powers first furnished the Syrians with arms, and then induced them to employ those arms in the se rv ice of the Sultan. Th e It t wasbecause to address o the object Sultan promised, not through the medium of Turkish officers, but through British officers specially authorised and empowered he promi se d the Syr i ans that, i f they re turned to their lawful allegiance—if they assisted to expel the arms of 11 rfehenict Ali—they should be relieved from the oppressions under which they had been suffering, and their future privileges and religious liberties should be secured to them. That had not been done, and on that ground he considered that Govern ment ought to take further inhabited steps in th e matter. The position of Syria w as very singular—it w as not a pro vince, it was not by one race alone--it was not inhabited by a people professing one religion only, for in the central part of Syria, c ommonly called the high lands of Lebanon, the pop ulati on consisted of two races, professing dissimilar religions. In the first place, there were the Maronites, a sort of Christians ; and, again, on the other hand, there were the Dru ses , a sort of Ma hometane, not exactly belonging to the Mussulman faith, because they h a d a faith peculiar to themselves. But those two races were not separated by geographical distinctions, because it was not in on e part of Lebanon alone that the Maronites existed, and there Was not a sin gle district that did not western the Druses.—(Hear.) These two races were interspersed, but portions of the Maronites were feudal lords, and the D ruses vassa l s, an d vice versa. This created c ons iderable difficulty, because if there was one governor of the whole o f t h e prov i nces, supposing him to be a native chief, he would be a Druse or a Maronite, and would therefore exercise a rule over one part of the population which was animated by feel ings of hatrid and jealousy towards the other. The Emir he referred to was old, infirm, and deficient in energy and talent ; under him it was i mposs ibl e to pre serve peace. If the populat ion. were geographi c ally separated, contact wo uld be less frequent, an d civ il war less seldom ; but intermixed as th e y were in the same towns, it required a vigorous hand, a clear head, and a sound judgment to repress the social disorders arising out of the condition referred to. When the late Emir was removed th ere was no one found capable of governing the country except Emir Elnan, and even he was not considered fit to occupy such a position ; for he could hot allay the discon tents that existed. The interference of Turkey and the five great Powers then became necessary. After much communication and consideration, a plan was proposed in 1842 ishich, he thought was well c a l cu l ated, if carr i ed out, to remove dissatisfaction, and to restore that peace and tranquillity w hi c h was so much to be desired. That was, that there should be two Governors— one a Druse Governor, for the Druses, and the other a Maronite Go vernor, for the Maronites, both to be und er th e T ur ki s h Government. This, however, did not remove the diffi culties which from time to time arose in those villages, which were jointly inhabited by the Drum an d t h e ma. Fri ish Government had then to determine. not whether Eeyptian rule was bed and ought to be discontinued—and worse rule never was evidenced—hut the qw-stion then to decide was, whether the peace of the Turkish empire was not endangered by the inefficu nt Government of Syria. But, again, what had been done in respect of Greece ? Why, the Turkish Gevernment had, by the adminittra tion of the Noble Lord, been found so bad there, that they had allied with others to rescue Greece from that dominion, and had actually succeed( d. Had the Noble Lord, however, referred to those acts in which he himself took so prominent a part ? Had he adverted to the en gagement entered into by Lord Ponsonby in regard to the Government of Siria, imnuediately after the decisive measures for securing peace had been adopted and con cluded by England ? On the 23d of May, 1841, he found Lord Ponsonby writing to Lord Palmerston of the dangerous state of the coentry, in which he was Minister, and admitted that the very first Governor was a traitor, and friendly to Mehemet Ali. Ile (Sir R. Peel) admitted that the Porte had not fulfilled its engagements, there had been a shabby evasion of pecuniary claims, now•ad mitt .d, now rejected, now frittered down to nothing. He did not wish, he did not attempt to vindicate such conduct, and short of . actual compulsion, no exertion had been spared to enforce the satisfaction of just claims from the Sublime Porte. He was ready to pay the highest tribute of admiration to Sir Stratford Canning, for his tact end meritorious conduct throughout the protracted and intricate circumstances which had required so much prudence, temper, and ability ; all of these attrie boles: the Minister at Constantinople had proved himself eminently possessed, and qualified to carry the honour of this country and the safety of Syria and Turkey fully into effect. Colonel Rose also was en titled to Cie warmest approbation, if not gratitude, of the country ; it had been said that that officer had unduly interfered in the course pursued by the Turkish Government. '[he conduct of Colonel Rose through out the entire proceedings between Syria and the Porte, the sacrifices he had made, the dangers he had under- ' gone, was a sufficient defence against any charge of unnecessary int, rference, or excess of duty. Again, it had been said that the Secretary of State had not given su ffi c i e ntly definite instructions to their officers abroad. The Noble Lord should have remembered the difficulty of sending any specific orders, at such a distance from the scene of their execution. Time and distance both in this case combined to render an un deviating coarse impossil le and abortive. He always thought that the best mode of effecting a safe and suc cessful Government abroad was, in the first place, to appoint able and effici. nt officers, and then to leave to their discretion, the perfect adoption, or partial devia tion from any course marked out by the Administration at home ; except under such understanding, the attempt to carry out a safe policy in such a country as Turkey would be preposterous and unsuccessful. On the 17th of September, 1844, Sir Stratford Canning wrote to the Gov. rnment at home that he had received information that the Maronites and Druses had come to a satisfac tory understanding, and that the long pending question of Mount Ire lemon might be deemed settled. This was the impression of that Gallant Officer at that tim n If the Nonle Lord did not think this statement of Colonel Rose sufficient, he would refer him to an other. He would read to him a letter received from that officer within the last three months, which would bear him (Sir Robert Peel) out in what he had just said. The Right Hon. Baronet here read the letter referred to, which was dated Bey rout, July 1, and in answer to certain dispatches approving of the steps h . had taken to restore peace to Mount Lebanon. After expressing his sincere gratification at this proof of the confidence of her Majesty's Government, the letter went on to state that the writer had acted with the desire of doing jus tice to all parties, and that while assurirg the Druses of maintaining for them equal rights wilt the rest of the religious persuasions of Mount Lebanon, he impressed on them the necessity of showing in thin the same re spect and consideration to others which they expected to be shown to them. There was a warlike chief there who had been the cause of much fear and apprehension, and whose depredations were much to be dreaded, the hostile intentions of whom the writer (Colonel Rose) had succeeded in arresting. This (continued Sir R. Peel) had been the conduct of this excellent officer— (Hear, hear)—not favouring one party at the expense of another, but doing the best in his power to protect the interests of all.—(Cheers.) He had shown that he had no partiality for any one class of the Porte's sub• jests in Syria over another, or that one should profit at the expense of any other.—(Hear, hear.) Considering that the five Powers were agreed on the policy to be pursued respecting Syria, he e. , uld see no object to be gained by the motion of the Noble Lord. lie had re ceived advices from the Porte that very day, inti mating that steps were taking to settle all these differences. Whether this promised settlement was likely to be soon carried out he could not say. On this head he could not speak with much confidence. He merely stated the fact to the House. Under these cir cumstances he was not anxious of' going into details on the present occasion. Sir Stratford Canning had brought measures under the serious consideration of the Porte, and there was every reason to suppose matters would be properly settled. Such was the state of affairs according to recent accounts. lie would not go further into the subject at present, beyond saying that it was the interest of all the Powers that this country (Syria) should be well governed. He had no other observation to make on this immediate subject. He had no opposition to offer to the production of the dispat dies and documents required. He however considered it would have been better to have waited until text session, when a more complete series could have been presented. Before sitting down he could not take leave of the business o! the session without attempting to do justice to the Mew hers of that House who had attended to its private business. The greatest attention, he must sq. had been paid to this department. Those who had been engaged in attending on the Com mittees on private Bills had not the same stimulus to exertion which the e who took part in the public business of the House had. Those on the benches of that House appeared more prominently before the public ; they were engaged on more exciting subjects ; and their success brought more gratifying results. Yet he must say those who had attended to the private busi ness of the House had done their duty in the most satis factory mane er, and at great personal sacrifice. He spoke not of Committees of Railway Bills alone, but in cluded all other Committees who had sat on private business in that House. Take the Standing Orders Corn • inittee, for instance. No one thought of naming it, yet look at what it had done. It had sat 39 days—a far greater period than ever it had done before. The number of cases in ordinary years brought under its consideration were about 6 ; this session the cases had been 185. The Committee of Selection had sat forty one days, far beyond the ordinary number. The usual number of Bills brought before it were 180 ; this session there had been 350. The Committee en Petitions had also sat more than its usual number of days. There had been forty-five Railway Committees, each Commit tee having five Members, making in all 225 Members of that House. These Committees had decided upon 163 Bills. Of these Committees, nine sat from six to twelve da't s each ; six, from 12 to 18 days ; three, from 18 to 24 (lays ; five, about 24 days, and to the honour of tlo. Members of one Committee, they sat 83 days. This bad be 'n done by the Members of these Committees, besides attending to other important duties. He must say that Members who had discharged their duty on private Bills were entitled to a public expression of acknowledgment. and he was sure that he would be speaking the senti ments of the Members of both sides of the House in thus doing justice to the conduct of these Memb rs, and the motives by which they had been guided. Nor had there been the least suspicion thrown upon the integrity of the Members who had attended to th s important branch of' business. If they compared tbe character of former Committees of that House with the present, they must admit that a very great improvement had been made. These Members, therefore, were entitled to carry away with Viem the public acknowledgments of that House, for the manner in which they had discharged their duty as Members of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) An HoN. Meetnea thought that such a subject should not be discussed in so thin a House, and moved that the House be counted. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; and on our return, there being only twenty-five Members present, the House adjourned till to-morrow (this day) at Ten o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY]) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Select Committee appointed by the House of Lord; to inquire into the subscription contract of the London and York Bill met at 11 o'clock, in Room No. 2 of the House of Lords. The first witness called was Mr. John Haines, who appeared on the deed as of the Treasury Chambers, for the sum of 5001. This witness was under examination when our report left. He was examined before the Commons. The Chairman of the Lords' Committee is the Marquis of Clanricarde. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Select Committee on the London and York subscrip tion contract met at eleven o'clock ; Mr. Hawes in the chair. The Committee sat up to a quarter to two this morning, but notwithstanding their unwearied labour, they do not appear to make much progress. A great portion of the time is occupied in discussing points of form. Thomas Sherman, Esq., a major in the army, who appears on the contract deed as of 51, St. Mary Axe, and a subscriber to the amount of 8,2501., and who was examined at much length yesterday, was re-called this morning. He was under examination when our report left. The proceedings of both Committees are drawing rapidly to a close, and the interest manifested in the proceedings becomes more and more intense as the hour of four o'clock approaches. The avenues leading to both rooms are crowded with spectators whose countenances show unequivocal marks of a nx i e ty. E ver y ne w corner isre- s re garded with suspicion. The p ro f ess ional men who have access to the Committee.room wear an air of mystery and gravity which is quite amusing. When asked a question, they izi only answer by a negative noel, reminding one of a scene anoladnpslaeyr, where four patriots come together upon the stage, preserving total silence, and merely shaking their heads. One bystander these remarks to another, " Why, wise men are very silent." "there is a great deal 4 Oh, but," says the other, to be conjectured from the shaking of their heads." Notwithstanding the extreme caution, silence and secrecy preserved, some rumours leak out, and the prevalent one is, that although a few subscriptions on the deed have been in validated, and alitlough a few eases of the same nat ure as those which h excited so much attention o n th e I r i sh Great Western have been presented, nothing has yet transpired to 'ore either Committee to vitiate the contract deed, or obstruct the progress of the Bill. An Honourable Member, who Supported the Bill, said, upon the last occasion that the subject was under discussion in the House of Commons, that though the contract deed was invalidated to the amount of 600,0001., there was yet enough of bon4 fide subscriptions to carry out the scheme. No such amount has vet been struck oft, hut there is one other fraud upon which the Committees may decide against the scheme --carelessness and extreme want of caution. Whether the projectors of it have deft :themselves open to this or any other• charge, a few hours will probably determine. Carpenters and other mechanics were busily employed in pre paring fir tin prorogation, erecting seats along the corridor 8% 253 A 10% 68 1 / 2 64 334 - 9 IA 465. 6d 21% 20 3 A 6Ar) - 31/2 21% 10% 4 1 4 6 1 y 4 53i4 138 s. 6d 494 3 1% LOVA 211 / i 241-i 55 1 / 2 2 .... 12 13 1 A 1414 111/ 14, 1 2 4 545. 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Aug. 6, 6 1 4 6% 2% 7% 2,, = 861/2 Us. 336. 85 134 20s. 6d. 24v. 6d. . -- 3 , 64z 2% 5 3 / 4 - 31/ 16/. - 145.6d 6% 375. through which her Majesty will pan, so that St. Stephen's ' , resented an unusual scene of bustle and confusion. Atter examin a; several parties, the nature of whose evi dence did not transpire on account of the air of exclusiveness which pervaded everything connected with the proceedings, the Committee then adjourned until to-morrow, when the report will be presented to the STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. LONDON AND TORN, This Bill came before the Standing Orders Committee shortly after four o'clock this afternoon. The parties were proved to have complied with the Standing Orders in everything, with the exception of the CONTRACT DEED, which was not entered into. The Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock to-morrow. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL. AUG. 6, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honour able Peter Robert Lord Willoughby De Eresby an additional Commissioner for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parlia anent for promoting and encouraging the fine arts. WHITEHALL, AUG. 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Lieutenant. Colonel Arthur Lennox (commonly called Lord Arthur Len nox) the office of Clerk of tLe Ordnance of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland. WHITEHALL, Am 8. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelard, constituting and appointing the Right Hon. Sir Robert. Peel, Bart. ; the Right Hon. Henry Goul burn ; James Igilnes Gaskell, Esq. ; Henry Bingham Baring, ; William Forbes Mackenzie, Esq. ; and William Crippa, Esq., to be Commissioners for executing the offices of Trea surer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Trea surer of Ireland. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas, Knt., C. M. G., one of the Com missioners of Greenwich Hospital, in the room of the Honour able Charles Hope, resigned. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ace. 5. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John. Ward, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul-General in the king dom of Saxony. CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE, Ace. 5. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. James Hat -hinson, M.A., of Rome, to be one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 8. 10. h Light Dragoons-Lieutenant the Hon. F. C. G. Fits- Clarence, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ferrier, who retires, Aug. 8. 17th Light Dragoons-W. C. Lord, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Wilkinson, appointed te. the 2d Life Guards, January 26. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-Ensign and Lieute nant C. H. Ellice to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hulse, who retires ; H. Joliffe, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellice, Aug. 8. 3tl Regiment of Foot-Captain A. A. T. Cunyngbanae to be Major, by purchase, 'ice Christie, who retires ; Lieute nant C. Sawyer, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cunyng hame ' • Ensign J. Swetenh a m to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sawyer; H. J. King, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swetenham, Aug. 8. 7th Foot-Lieut. H. G. Hale, from half-pay of the 41st rtp F ehu o nelr o c6c7 t eht , cs, t ast o ;F: be poo:toiiit Lieutenant vice Coote, appointed to the 22d Foot ; Ensign D. S. Miller, from 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by ,et Foot-C a ptain td / ao l p a t to l ba e ei , trih w eF h oLrshut Lieutenant,ei L r sig s h;f from o E bDi nyn half-p a y arnocl Dragoons, purchase, v ic e August Watson, gincauet.ttF acsith. 2 f c r o ta be Captain, vice A. C. Chichester, who exchanges, August ed B to . 19th Foot-Capt. J. D. Simpson to be Major, by purchase, vice Hodgson, promoted ; Lieut. H. E. M'Gee to he Captain, by purchase, vice Simpson ; Ensign J. Margitson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice M‘Gee ; W. Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Margitson, Aug. 8. 23d Foet-Lieut. A. J. Jones to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rice, who retires ; Second Lieut. H. H. Dare to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jones ; G. M. Marsh, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dare, Aug. 8. 46th Foot-Ensign C. R. Shervinton to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Se s, deceased, July 6; R. Thompson, Gent., to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Shervinton, August 8. 49th Foot-Captain M. Stedman, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Bartley, who exchanges, Aug. 8. 66th Foot-Ensign T. Benson to be Lieut,enant, by pur chase, vice Mellsop, who retires ; W. R. Pyne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Benson, Aug. 8. 69th Foot-Ensign C. J. Carmichael to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croxon, who retires ; R. W. Hussey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carmichael, Aug. 8 ; T. Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Miller, pro moted in the 7th Foot, Aug. 9. 70th Foot-Lieutenant E. B. Braddell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kelsall, who retires; Ensign H. N. Greenvrell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Braddell ; J. Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greenwell, Aug. 8. 71st Foot-W. F. Segrave, Gent., to be Ensign, by per-' chase, vice Watson, promoted in the 7th Foot, Aug. 8. 77th Foot-H. Kent, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase; vice Maguire, who retires, Aug. 8. 82d Foot-Captain J. Jeffries, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Lawrence Tallon, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieut. H. Bates to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jeffries, who retires ; Ensign H. A. Robinson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bates; A. W. D. Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robertson, Aug. 8. 83d Foot-Ensign N. S. Wills to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Ilext, who retires; W. M. Molony, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wills, Aug. 8. 84th Foot-Lieutenant W. H. Douglas, from half-pay sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. Monck, appointed to 7th Foot ; Ensign C. C. Rolleston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas, who retires; E. Currie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rolleston, Aug. 8. 85th Foot-The Hon. R. P. B. Feilding to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mainwaring, who retires, Aug. 8. 89th Foot-Ensign J. M. Cuppage to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pennefat her, who retires; G. P. Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cuppage, Aug. 8. 92d Foot-Captain S. Prendergast, from half-pay of the 84th Foot, to be Captain, Vice Donald Stewart, who ex changes; Lieut. J. J. C. Drake to be Captain, by purchase, vice Prendergast, who retires ; Ensign F. Macbean, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drake; G. W. Hamilton Vis count Kirkwall to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macbean,. Aug. 8. 98th Foot- Lieut. G. N. Bredin, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Hanson, who retires, Aug. 8. Ist West India Regiment-Ensign W. Sankey, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Flredin, appointed to the 98th Foot ; J B. Fottrell, Gent., to be Ensigu, by purchase, vice Sankey, Aug. 8. 2d West India Regiment-Captain G. F. Bartley, from 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice Stedman, who exchanges, Aug. 8. 3d West India Regiment-Lieutenant V. Murray, from 94th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Glen, who retires, Aug. 8. Ceylon Rifle Regiment-Lieut. T. F. Cowderoy, from half pay '2lst Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Meaden, pro moted ; Second Lieutenant J. A. Fraser to be First Liett-• tenant, by purchase, vice Cowderoy, who retires, Aug. 8. BREVET-Captain S. Prendergast, of the 92d Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837 ; Captain J. Jeffries, of the 82d Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838. UNATTACHED-Major S. J. Hodgson, from the 19th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, Aug. 8, 1845. MEMORANDUM.-Lieut.-Col R. Kelsall, on half-pay of the Royal Engineers, has been permitted to retire from the Army, by the sale of an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy, he being about t 6 become a settler in Australia, Aug. 8, 1845. The Christian names of Cornet Thomas, of the sth Dragoon Guards, are John Jenkins, not Jenkin, as previously stated. The appointment of Lieutenant J. A. M'Queen, from the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant in the 59th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 22d July 1845, has been cancelled. WHITEHALL, JULY 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed W. H. Partington, of Manchester, in the c..unty palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Reeve, licensed victualler, Ann's-place, Hackney. road, to surrender, Aug. 15, at half-past one, and Sept. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Futvoye, John street, Bedford-row. Constantine Wood, hotel keeper, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Aug.- 15, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Rhodes and Lare, Chancery-lane. John Winter, plate-glass factor, Hatton-garden, Aug. 19, ifs half-past one, and Sept. 18, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's Arms-yard; Hughes. Chapel-street, Bedford-row. Thomas Taylor, wine-merchant, Philpot-lane, City, Aug. 15, at half-past o le, and Sept. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers; Swan, Great. Knightrider-street, 'Doctors' Commons. - John Harland, jun., roller maker, Todniorden, August 22, and Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. J. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; H. Blair, Manchester. John Law and Eli Hudson, cotton spinners, Ramsden-mooed, Lancashire, Aug. 18, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Manches ter District Court. R. P. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester: Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Hitchcock, Buckley, and Tidswell. Manchester. Jesse Banning, stationer, Liverpool, Aug. 20, and Sept. W, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official as signee, Liverpool ; Norris and Co., Bartlett's-lmildings, London ; Toulmin, Liverpool. John Giles, publican, Headless-cross, Worcestershire, Aug. 23, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London. James Bennett, cattle dealer, Little Birch, Herefordshire, Aug. 26 and Sept. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham : Un derwood, Hereford Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. John Acton, farmer, Lichfield, Aug. 26, at eleven, and Sept. 23, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee ; Hodgson, Lichfield ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. William Reed Watts, chemist and druggist, Bath, Aug : 22, at twelve, and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the B ristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Hale and Co., Ely-place, Holborn ; St. John Massie, Bath. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the o w f e t e h k e ending Doties o Ag f u . s 5, t0 nt l s B , l p s a , t d i 5(?1.32. payableBd. per thereon othen exclusiv e • portation thereof into Great Brit a in. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 2d day cd August, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £. £. Notes issued 19,196,760I 9,196,760 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,206,991 Silver bullion 1,989,769 £29,196,760 £29,196,766 ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. t, 1845. PARTMENT. J. k Dated the 7th day of August y ~• 7 Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11,463,603 Notes 7,849,785 Gold and silver coin 50301 BANKING DE Proprietors' capita 114,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi- dend accounts) 3,215,363 Other dep05it5......10,960,214 Seven day and other bills .£33,139,083 1 1.33,139,085 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy Gadder. Dated the 7th day of August, 1845. - A 3 ,1°1 0 1 : Pe th e ;O . A Or'.lo ,her one too i'es,