The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-18 00:00:00

4 tr 2"'' yr tittifti SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NEWTON - RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The Trial Stakes. Egret . Woolwich Green Oaks Castellan ..• ••• The Golborne Stakes. Afedlock ... walked over The Manor Cup. Abbess of Jerveaux :... ... Lady Evelyn ... ... ... Achyranthes ... ... ... Duxbury Won by ten lengths. GERMAN Y. A letter f rom H amburgh of the 13th says : " The Senate has at length broken silence. It has just published a notice in which it says that the oc cupation of the Faubourg St. Paoli by the Austrian troops from Holstein took place without its consent. It adds that it is about to take steps to protect the rights of the city. The Senate has sent M. Merk, one of the Syndics, as a special plenipotentiary to Vienna." The Prussian Gazette contains a letter from Vienna, of the 1 1 th, which states that Lieut.-Col. de Alantz, of the Bavarian service, had arrived in that city for the purpose of presenting to the Emperor of Austria the official act instituting him Colonel of 13th Regiment of Bavarian Infantry. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—In future whenever the 2d of the month falls ou a Sunday the mails for the West Indies, &c., will be made up in London on the following morning, instead of, as heretofore, on the evening of the Ist of the month. PARLIAMENT IMPERIAL • (THIS DAY.) —o._—_____ HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the . Chair at Twenty minutes after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Bath Improvement, Markets, Waterworks, and Bath Commons or Freemen's Estate, and the Brighton Extramural Cemetery Bills were read a third time and passed. The Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Louhor Railway Bill was read a second time. NEWSPAPER DUTIES. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Sheffield, praying for the abolition of newspaper duties. THE TRUCK SYSTEM. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE put the following questioifto the Secretary of State for the Home Department:—lf he had taken any and what steps, in consequence of a memorial that had been forwarded to him by workmen employed in the mining district of South Staffordshire, complain ing of the prevalence of truck in that district, and that one of the firms deeply engaged in this illegal traffic is that of Messrs. Dixon and Hill, one of which firm, Henry Hill, being a justice of the peace, not only sits and acts in Petty Sessions, but is Assistant Chairman of Quarter Sessions, whereby the difficulty of the memorialists to obtain justice and to enforce the law is materially in creased? Sir G. GREY said that he had drawn the attention of Mr. Hill to the facts stated in the memorial alluded to, and he had received information from that gentleman, that though he had formerly a share in the colliery, ho had never taken any part in the management of it, and at the present time he had no interest in any collieries or works, in; South Staffordshire. He (Sir George Grey) was, however, sorry to say that the truck system pre. Tailed in South Staffordshire to a great extent, but he had written to Mr. Hill desiring him to exert his influence in order to discourage it as much as possible. LORD ASHLEY. Sir R. H. INGLIS, in moving for a new writ for the city of Bath in place of Lord Ashley, called up to the Home of Peers, entered into a lengthy eulogium of the services of Lord Ashley in the service of Christianity and philanthropy. Mr. BROTIIERTON and Sir G. GREY concurred in the praises which had been bestowed on Lord Ashley. SUNDAY TRADING BILL. Several petitions were presented against this Bill from the metropolitan boroughs. The adjourned debate on the motion for going into Committee on this Bill was resumed. Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained that the object of Hon. Gentlemen opposed to this Bill was to defeat it by procrastination. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the whole was nothing better than so much waste paper. lie proceeded to canvasa the provisions of the Bill, with a view of showing that it was impossible to carry such a Bill into execution. He thought there was not the slightest necessity for a Bill, and be appealed to the House whether, if there were any necessity, this Bill was one which would supply the dellaiency. Mr. SPOONER urged the Hon. Member for Lambeth to withdraw the Bill. He himself was favourable to the principle, but there were many provisions in it which were highly objectionable. Sir W. CLAY supported the Bill, because he felt con fident that it was the expression of opinion of some of the best persons in the metropolitan districts, and that it would tend materially to raise the condition of the working classes. Mr. W. J. FOX said that his objection to the Bill was that it had no principle whatever. It was not formed on the Sabbatical principle, the object of which would have been to prevent all manner of work and not trade merely, and on the other hand it only aimed at ae kecuringers. a day of rest f or the shopkeeper and apple-stall ep Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR supported the prin ciple o f the Bill, but recommended that it should be withdrawn for the present year. Sir G. GREY did not see any prospect of attaini ng the object w hi c h was sought, the restriction of Sunday labour, by going into Committee on the Bill; and he therefore hop.d the Hon. Member would withdraw the Bill, which, even if passed, would lead to many evils, and would leave many items of Sunday trading un touched. He believed it might be left to the good sense of the people to remedy the evils which wire com plained of, and to make Sunday a real day of rest. Sir BENJAMIN HALL supported the sugges tion for the withdrawal of the Bill. He objected to the system of legislating merely for the metropolitan districts, of which this was a sample. A Bill of this sort ought either to be a general one, or else framed so es to apply to the particular district from which it had emanated. If shou recommend th w ithdrawal o f t h e Bill for this e stssiOn,ld in order me for its introduction next year in the shape of a private Bil/, in order to test the sincerity of the promoters of the Bill. the B M i r ll. . HI NDLEY was opp osed to the withdrawal of C Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he had been opposed to this kind of contemptible legislation from the nays of Sir Andrew Agnew up to the present time, and he denied that the Working classes were favourable to the Bill. He was sorry to hear that Lambeth, that great archiepis copal district, was such o a sinful place—(Laughter)— but he advised the n.Altlenfear to confine his legisla tion t i o t thatwaa baurfaouregah. that had to been acted every session for some time, and so it wold be again until Govern ment took up the qu „ tiou. few words fro m Mr. TRELAWNY and Mr. After a ALCOCK, The House divided, when there appeared— into,.t.. Com mittee... 1:1 For going ...... 42 Against it majority agains going into Coranaittee 35 going into Committee ' LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL On the motion for explained the object on this Bill, Mr. MULLINGS which was to place farm t e b r the power ttoingianasotenants e s m on the sam e Ct. of the Bill, in trade, and to on ofetheniyr ed compensation for all • buildings which in g t i e v r e fer . ed with the carrying v ,a owing business, unless they reciev them to remain . e i t , w w e a e s n the bette r lan d to . Sir G. STRICKLAND strongly opposed t h e 4th clause of the Bill, because he thougbt, send matters of this sort to be arranged D & lord and tenant themselves. ' After a short di scussion w ent the House into Com mittee on th e Bill. Mr. Bernal in the chat r. Clause 1 was agreed to. Clause 2 was negatived without a division. Oa clause 3, Mr. GR AINGER objected to the clause a s giving landlord s an advantage over other creditors. After a sh ort discussion the House divided, w hen there appeared_ For the clause . t• Against it.., . a. •••... Majority •• The clause was then agreed • to. On clause 4 being proposed, giving power to the tenets to remove buildings whi c h he had erected, Mr. MULLINGS moved the insertion of the words " with the consent, in writing, of the landlord." After a short discussion the House divided, when there appeared For the amendment ... ... ... 82 Against it ••• ••• ••• .., 23 Majority ... ••• ••• .., 59 The clause a s amended was then agr ee d to. The remaining clauses and the preamble were then agreed to, and the House reetimed. DEFEAT OF THE AMAZONS. The subjoined letter gives an account of the defeat of the Dahoanan army before the walls of Abbeokuta, a town sixty miles inland from Lagos, in the Bight of Benin. The invasion was wholly unprovoked, and their discomfiture is likely to have an important bear ing on the decline of the slave trade : " Abbeokuta, Tuesday, March 4, 1851. " I hasten to write a few lines to forward to Badagry, with a hope that it may meet with a early opportunity for England. " Yesterday morning we received hero your commu nications of 29th November, 1850, which proved most acceptable to us. It is with the greatest thankfulneess I desire to communicate the joyful tidings of the defeat of the Dahoman King before the walls of Abbeokuta yesterday, and that they have fled, according to our latest accounts, some sixteen miles, and that the Ab beokuta people are pursuing them. The motions of the Dahomans have been watched most thoroughly by the people of the smaller towns to the westward of this, and information sent to the chiefs here. On Saturday morning such intelligence was conveyed as convinced the chiefs of the necessity of immediately arranging their affairs for self-defence. On Sunday the war chiefs formed their camps in three companies on the walls of the town. It became evident to me on Sunday evening, from the preparations which I saw going on when returning from Mr. Smith's church, where I had been to assist him, and from their talk which I heard when passing, that a des perate encounter was before their minds, and that they were preparing for it with a spirit befitting the occa sion. Yesterday (Monday) I went out after breakfast to view the camps from one of the heights. I did not direct my glass to search for the Dahomans, not know ing the road they might take, nor thinking of their being at hand. On returning home I heard that they had been seen, and that the advanced party of Egbaa (the Abbeo kuta people) had exchanged shots with them. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came up to see us for a little change, hav ing been so long ill ; and • Mr. Dennis, who came on a visit from Badagry, about a week since, also un well, was also with us. About twelve o'clock we heard a rapid discharge of firearms. I was in the act of showing my interpreter how to form a bullet-mould out of clay, in his house, when we heard it. With groat impetuosity of manner he called for his son to bring him his gun, powder, and shot, that he might hasten to the fight; and with extreme difficulty I restrained him, he frequently exclaiming, ' I cannot bear it; I must hasten to the battle.' He was restrained, however. My cook, without sa)ing anything, or our knowing of it, tcok his gun and ren off' and fought until the Dahomans were retreating, and shot in the fight one of the female warriors. Another confidential servant ran off in the same manner. Having no arms, ha purposed stoning the enemy if they gave him an opportunity. Goodwill, who is Mr. Smith's interpreter, and was left by Mr. Smith to look after the premises, ran also to the battle; all seemed to be beside themselves. In order to view the encounter, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Townsend, Mr. Dennis, and myself got ' on a high rock on our ground, whence, with a telescope, we were enabled to view it. The Dahomans advanced in compact lines or masses, bearing all before them. The Egbas endeavoured to check them at the ford of the river, but were utterly unable. They therefore re treated until withinside their walls. The walls were black with people. They poured forth their fire upon the advancing enemy, who were checked, and could not march straight on as they expected, but extended their lines in front of the wall. A most furious dis charge of muskets took place from both sides. The Dahomans extended their lines, expecting to fi n d a weak place to atta c k, an d the Egbaa extended parallel with them. At this stage of the battle I observed a large mass marching in good order to the attack, and I feared for the result; but they also ex tended, strengthening their companies. Mr. Bowen, an American missionary who lodges in our compound, now joined us, he having gone out long before the Daho mans appeared, to see what preparations the Egbas had made, and was on the wall at the time of the first attack. He encouraged us by his account of the firmness of the Egbas. Having once been a soldier himself, he had had practical knowledge of warfare in actual service. After a time we observed that the Daho mans showed a disposition to retire, and also that the Egbaa had outflanked them, and were becoming the assailants, setting the grass on fire to annoy their ene mies, and firing on them whenever they could. Tho Dahomans were now evidently retiring, but turning about con -tautly and discharging their muskets. They retired after a while out of our sight, the firing be coming less and less. While this was going on, the Abbeokuta women were leaving the town at the back pouring out before us with a few men with them, terrified and cast down; our compound was filled with terrified people. The Egbas now began to show, in truly savage style, some proofs of their success; the first was the foot of a man woo had been slain, then the hand and foot of a woman, and after a while a living captive, one of the renowned women soldiers. I fol lowea her to the house of her captor, near my own; she was attired in a sort of vest. She spoke to me as freely as our ignorance of each other's language would admit of. The Dahomans retired to the ford. Mr. Bowen returned to the wall as a spectator, and told me that he saw a daring feat performed by a few of the Egbas. They went, and provoked the Dahomans to attack them, which they did; the Egbas fl d, but sud denly faced about, and discharged their guns with great effect. He thought he saw four of the Dahomans full, but the smoke prevented diatinct vision. The Daho mans left many of their party on the battlefield dead, the greater part of whom were women, and many as prisoners, but the number we have not ascertained with any certainty. Tho King of Dahomy, as soon as dark ness permitted, fled with 200 people, leaving the bulk of his army to cover his retreat. They were too strong to be attacked by the Egbas after a long fight, and the Egbas had too little discipline to execute an attack in the nigh t; b ut they were harassed all the night through by skirmishes, and early in the morning they decamped in good ordr, followed by the Egbas. They y atataPed their character with infamy by an act of great Igrbfaarrmityerbsefo.re retreating. They had taken a number carried ell e3:heirdecap leaving, the in their march, prisoners, but, before friends, proved are, hand decapitated 42 or upwards, and as captives are heads. Their hands being tied, of them were w on , the heads w ere This King is the of the white e , . reopie trade, and Dy such vf „ v l ih would the members of the many being identified by their t they were not slain in battle; two e e a la and one a boy. I understand that r :t oti a st w e ay in the retreat afterwards. att• who_. calls himself the friend Peace s t tie se ty d b is aje l. .done be ydah, and of the slave s aves are procured h mercy fa lien, and .manytearaeftseervneoroenly i i s 1 0 u niatuddehda.d hind the walls of Abbeekuta, with What Thed roht h e y have been repelled; bet many of the Egbas ug bar barians advancing in masses to the attack?ip ging for entered ne Oner°lmayt people came to us in n from his shouldereg passed about flesh outside of r part of the arm, the ehoulder-blade. six inches through the . try, although he had never Mr. Dennis ventured to ver done tthoeexsitdreacotfathsheoutppe . and after considerable poortrou man's first act, on hearing that ble cut it out. The "ng himself into an attitude of it was out, was to br ing himself anythin;4 of the s9rt before, thanks to God for prayer, is doing wi 11. t is supposed that his mercy. he are lying dead on the and silently 200 or 300 of the Dahomans he offered up , been captured. They are battlefield, and many have in great distress. If retreating in a compact body, but they h a d b ro k en i n t h e i r retre at scarcely a man or wo man could have esc a ped the Egbas today.the Egbas They are of still being 'p ursue d, b ut a l arge number have returned, worn ou t by th e ir two days' cxertions. I feel, a l so, worn out by excitement, and by aitnesing and hearing o f BO mus h s l aug h ter an d cruelty. lam not aware th a t t h e E g b as have acte d crue ll y towards their prisoners. 71 41 -30 NAVY. Sir G. PECHELL moved for a copy of the memo rial of the clerks of her Majesty's ships in the AlEditer ran,•)an, forwarded to the Admiral by Sir William Parker. dated the 31st day of January, 1850, praying that the same rank and privelege s a r arded to other subordinate officers may be granted to th,na.—Agreed to. Sir G. PECHELL moved for a return of all vessels that have been purchased for the royal navy since the 10th day of May, 1847 (the date of the last return), stating from whom purchased, the price paid, and the tonnage of each; distinguishin the slave vessels (and by whom captured) that have been taken into the service under Cie provisions of the Act 2 and 3 Vie. c. 73, for which the sum of 6,500/, has been voted in the estimates.—Agred to. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the Hou se a dj ourned at Six o'clock. " Wednesday, March 5. "Several perso ns h ave re t urne d f rom t h e pursu it this morning, bringing the intelligence of a desperate encounter at a town called Isbaga, about 14 or 16 miles from this. The Dahomans endeavoured to enter this town, for rest or pillage, but wore reaisted.ThoEgbas came up with strong GREAT EARTHQUAKE in CHILI, VALPARAISO NEARLY DESTROYED. (From the Valparaiso Reporter.) On the 2d of April, at a quaver past six, A at., Valpa raiso was visited by one of those calamities so frequent in volcanic countries. The severest shock ever felt since the great earthquake of the year 1822, when Valparaiso was almost totally destroyed, has created a panic not equalled by any former event. A severe trembling of the earth of fifteen seconds du ration, prolonged by less violent after shocks to two minutes, which two minutes appeared as so many hours to those whose lives and property were endangered, has in so short a time destroyed several hundred dwell ings, and has made a great number of persons houseless. It is generally believed that from the violence of the shock, ten or fifteen seconds more would have brought on the same disastrous consequences as the earthquake in 1822, though the houses at present are generally built in a more substantial manner, and less liable to fall. The motion came from the south, and directed its course to the north, notwithstanding some of the northern ports of the country, as Copiapo, Coquimbo, and Cobija, have only felt very slight symptoms of the shock, and it is supposed that the motion, though severe, bas not spread over much territory. From the South, Conception, Tal cahuano, and other places, we have received no intelli gence up to this date, but are led to believe from the irregular course of the motion that the effects have not been severe. Constitution, we have ascertained, has not suffered. We have received further accounts from the captain of a vessel from the South, who reports to have felt a severe commotion in the sea 40 miles off St. Antonio. This confirms ns in our opinion that the motion of the earth has been very irregular. The temperature during the earthquake was hot and oppressive, but no alteration took place in the thermo meter, which stood at 62. The American frigate Raritan let go her lead imme diately, and had great difficulty in hauling it in ; the convulsion at the bottom of the sea having caused it to sink three feet in the sand. The motion of the earth was observed to be of less violence in some parts than others, not 100 yards dis tant, so much so that old and decayed houses stood the shock better in some parts than newly and strongly erected edifices, and those houses in the structure of which the most timber has been employed remained almost sound. During the eventful 15 seconds the houses rocked to and fro as so many vessels at sea. Not a breeze of air was perceptible during the whole of the day, and slighter shocks continued at 6.46 mi nutes, 6.56 minutes, 8.55 minutes, 10.55 minutes, and have continued ever since of more or less strength and duration, and even at this moment of writing on the 7th inst., at half-past one P.M., a short but severe motion made the inhabitants rush out of their houses. The houses in the port, where the greatest part of the commercial establishments keep their offices, have, com paratively speaking, suffered but little, being built on a solid rocky foundation; and we can only hear of one of General Herrera's houses, occupied by Messrs. Gibbs and Co. being in a dangerou s s t a t e . Th e Custom House has: suffered little; some slightoonstructed orna ments having been demolished, and part of the roof having been carried along with it. The consequent heavy rain, however, on the 4th inst., has damaged a number of packages, the extent of which we have not ascertained. A few houses situated on the top of the hill (main top) a sailors' resort, came tumbling down with a crash. In those parts, however, spreading along the beach, the Almandrale, Calle Nueva, and others, where the ground is loose and sandy, considerable damage has been done, and about 200 houses are unfit for habitation. More than 200 families have been obliged to pass the first day and night in the streets, partly from fear of renewed shocks, partly from the danger attending the stay in their houses. The middle of the streets were crowded, particularly with the female portion of the city, until, in the course of the following day, tents and wooden houses were erected in the Piazza de Victoria, for the housele3s. The captains of vessels of all nations in the port placed immediately their vessels at the disposal of all those who wanted a refuge, either from necessity or fear, and haVe since then received the thanks of the Government for their hospitality, expressed in a letter from the Inten dente, General Blasco. Much damage has been done to stores where liquids, glass-ware, and other breakable materials are kept. e are happy to say not a single life has been lost, nor can we hear of a severe fracture. On the 4th instant, at twelve o'clock p.m., a heavy rain set in, which lasted uninterruptedly for twelve hours, which cooled the at mosphere considerably, but destroyed still more property, pouring into the roofless houses, and compelling those who had taken relisge in the Pisan and were living in tents, to leave, and seek shelter in the theathre, or with friends in the port. The loss is generally esti mated, including the damage done to buildings, at one million of dollars. The principal public buildings which have suffered are the Addana, the churches Merced and Martz, the cartel of the national guard, the hospital, and the Temple Saint Domingo. The scarcity of houses, so much felt before the earth quake by the fast increasing population of our city, has now reached the highest degree. Business has only been interrupted for the day, the Custom-house has been closed by order of the Inten dente. Casa Blanca, as well as Quilletta, have suffered severely, and in some parts in the latter places, as well as in the capital, the ground has opened and thrown up a quantity of hot water. The damage done in Santiago is similar to that in Valparaiso, with the exception that there being a larger number of public buildings in the capital, the pecuniary loss must be severer. The principal public buildings more or less damaged are the Mint, a splendid new building in the Plaza, at the same time the residence of his Excellency President Buldes, the cathedral, and several other buildings. ADMIRALTY, JUNE 11. 10th instant, of Ad m i ra l o f t h e Red John Ccchet quTenhteofteillto h w e in d g ea p t r h o , m on oti t o h n e s have this day tak en pl ace cense- Admiral of the White Henry Richard Glynn to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Livingstone, Bart., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red George McKinley to be Admiral of the Blue. rice-Admiral of the White the Honourable George Elliott, C. 8., to be Vice -Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Francis Mason, h.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Rea the Hon. Sir: Anthony Maitland, C. 8., K.C.N.G., to be Vice -Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Phipps Hornby, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue William Fairbrother Carroll, C. 8., to be Rear - Admiral of the White. Captain Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The following Retired Captains have also been promoted to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms set forth in the London Gazette of the Ist of September, 1846, but without increase of pay : Captain Arthur Philip Hamilton. Captain Daniel Lawrence. Captain Robert Henley Rogers. Captain George Bentham. The followin g A DMIRALTY, JUN E 16. promoti have this da taken lace, cn sequent on the death, on ons the 14th instant of Vic p e-Admi o al Sir Charles Malcolm : Vice-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Brown to be Vice -Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Honourable Granville Leve son Proby to be Vice• Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White the Honourable William Gordon to be Rear•Adnairal of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Andrew Pellet Green, K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., to be Rear -Admiral of the Blue. The following Retired Captains have also been promoted to the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms set forth in the London Gazette of the Ist September, 1846, but without increase of pay:— Captain James Arthur Murray. Captain Thomas Renwick. Captain henry Higman. Captain ;eorge Hewson. Captain John Macpherson Ferguson. Captain John Gourly. Captain Augustus Baldwin. Captain Henry Colins Deacon. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries-shire. Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 2; Edward Maxwell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 2. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxford. Oxfordshire Rkgiment of Militia —The Honourable Gerald Normanby Dillon to be Captain, vice Spencer, promoted, June 12, 1851. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Clitherow, of Horncastle, i n th e county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. I3ANKRUP CY SUPERSEDED. Charles Gazeley, builder, Torriano-villas, Kentish-town. ANKRTS Henry Mills, gl over, B Lynn, N UP orfolk . , to surrender June 26, at twelve, and Aug. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, ofilcial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Michael Common, draper, North Shields, Northumberland, June 24, at eleven, and August 5, at twelve, at the Ne .cas tle-upon-Tyne oistrict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard. Thomas George Phillipps, grocer, Newport, Monmouth.. shire, June 30 and July 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Lawrance, Plews, and Bowyer, Old Jewry-chambers; Bevan, Bristol. Samuel Williamson Isherwood, woollen draper, Kingston upon-Hull, July 2 and 23, at half-past twelve, at the King aton-upon-Hull District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Wells, Smith, and Dodd, Hull. William Henry Edwards, hosier, Leeds, July 1 and July 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside; Richard sons and Gaunt, Leeds. Thomas Dixon, iron merchant, Bradford, July 4, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. I oung, official assignee' Leads; Terry an d Watson, Bradford; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—etispateh.] i When made up in From what I PLACES. GeneralPost-ofice port Ills- when London. patched. due. • America (by Brit. pkt.)N J une 20 .. .. Li verpool .. , i June 23 America (by U.S. pkt.) II! .. .. Liverpool .. Arrived America (by U.S. pkt.) M J une 18 .. .. Southampt. June 26 1 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month ;Plymouth July 3 ' Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 3Clth of mo.;Dover .. June II Beli,,lum .. .. .. NlDally .. .. .. !Dover .. Daily . Brazil .. . • .. M'9th of the month Southampt. July 12 ' Buenos Ayres .. .. M'9th of the month Soutbampt . July 12 . California(viaChacres)M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. June 20 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Ju y 3 Co nstantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo , Dover .. d une 20 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ISonthampt. , June 20 Channel Isles • . • . N Mon., Wed., & Fri.;Southampt. I Tn. Th.S a Chili •• •• •• - M 17th of the mouth Southampt. June 20 Ireland r Fran c , .. .. Id &N Twice daily .. .. Dover .• Twicedaily • Greece* .. .• •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover .. June 10 India iaStarsell(levis)a l'i • Haniburgh •I t Holland • • • • IsT; Tuesday & Friday London; .. Tues. Sat. . • • Id liVedn i lined izai • • __; es. & iiatur.'London .. Mon.Ther .... 11 ... Nll7th of the mouth Southampt.,June 20 F India (via South & N,Twice daily .. .. ;Holyhead .. II wicedaily —an l P.) 5 1;20th of the month Southampt. ;June 23 N7th& 24th 17:1tit,ti:thm,,,2n7tthh slithampl Jane 20 7th& 24th ef month Dover .. , July 1 Medlterran eini Southampton\ . , •• li 20th of the month I ,"4outhampt. ; June 23 Mediterranean (vi a , Marseilles) .„ .;. .. .. _ h 27th of ni nf o o C I & 30th of month mane . .. •. month : 31 1 ,7 17 th tb , Mexico .. -• ••li2d of the month„ftn Dover .. I JulyJy 51 Dlatielra • • • • • . I\l 9th of the month Southampt . Southampt. I July 12 i Dover ; June 18 Naples * .• .. papal States* .. .. 5f./4175thili 11751th25th °fin° Nisthlsth2sth ofino,Dover •• ! June 22 Dover .. Jane 22 bSoouvtehramp..t. June 20 2 2 2 6 Tuica n Y * • • .• AI 17th of the mo Peru • • • • .. N sth 15th 25th of West Indies • • nth Southanapt. June 20 West Indies (except M 2d of the month „ Lathampt. July 5 Havana & Nassau) Peninsular .. mails to those c ountrlen Ulna marked (*) er e 11 . The conveyed by French pactiot 114 Alaraelllci. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 17. The LORD CIIA2IOELio; took his seat on the Woo, sack at Five o'clock. ENCUMBERED ESTATES IRELAND. The Earl of GLENGALL moved fur certain returns relating to the working of the Encumbered Estates Commission in Ireland, and in so doing he would com ment upon certain returns which had been recently made. The Noble Earl then went into a long statement, iu the course of which he complained of the practice of that court as tending to favouritism, to the disadvantage of those whose estates were for sale. The LORD CIIINCELLOR defended the practice of the Court of Encumbered Estates, which was in con sonance with the practice of every other court in the U❑ited Kingdom. In the Court of Chancery it was the constant practice to give short causes precedence, and every court took causes in the order which to the Court seemed fit. The Earl of GLENGALL explained. The motion was then agreed to. IO PE TITS. The Earl of LONSDALE pri N tented a petition from the shipowners of Whitehaven, complaining of the re peal of the navigation-laws. The Earl of CARDIGAN presented a petition pray,- ing for the repeal of the duty on assurances. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from certain attorneys against the Registration of Assurances Bill. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Lord STANLEY then presented the petition, of which he had given notice, from the Shipowners' Association of the Port of Liverpool, complaining of the evil effects of the repeal of the navigation-laws. The petitioners complained that they were oufforing greatly (nu tin ri. peal of those laws, and that all the injurious conse quences which they had anticipated had been more than realized. They did not assert that the foreign trade had not been increased, but the advantage of that in crease had been reaped much more by the foreigner than by the British shipowner in consequence of the great decrease which had taken place in the rate of freights, which to the British shipowner were now scarcely re munerative. The Noble Lord then entered into minute statistical details for the purpose of showing that while the foreign trade had increased the rate of freight, and therefore the profit of the shipowner had decreased, and that the share of the foreign ship owner of the increase had been greater than the share which had accrued to the British shipowner, who had at first indeed suffered a decrease, although latterly he had had an increase. They also complained of the peculiar burdens to which they were subjected; among these was the stamp duty on marine assurances, which he thought ought to be removed, as it drove merchants to insure abroad ; another burden was the extravagant fee charged by British consuls in foreign ports. They also complained that officers in the navy were authorised to receive a pecuniary reward for the salvage of mer chant vessels, and also to the encouragement given to seamen to enter from the merchant ships into her Ma jesty's service. They also complained that while the vessels of Spain, France, and the United States were admitted to the ports of this country on the same footing as British ships, our ships were not admitted to the ports of Spain, France, and the United States on the same footing. An advertisement issued during the past week by a steam-packet company trading to Antwerp placed this matter in its true light. This advertisement said—" Shippers are respectfully informed that as this vessel is under a Belgian flag, they will have an advantage of 15 per cent, on the duties levied in Bel gium by shipping on board this vessel." Thus shippers were induced to repudiate the British flag, to deny their Sp nationadlity,one? and to accept the Belgian fl ag . Wh at had Spain Why, the table of duties levied te Spanish tariff of 1849 actually imposed differential by duties on produce brought by all foreign vessels, British in cluded, of from 50 to 100 per cent. But France was even worse, for she strictly adhered to her old restrictive system as rigorously as we ourselves did before 1849. Consequently, while from any part of the world French vessels could bring any goods to this country on equal terms with our own vessels, no British ship was per mitted to take into the port of France a single ton of foreign goods, except from the country in which they were produced, or rather he believed they were not per mitted to introduce any foreign produce whatever. He knew one instance where a British merchant, at the Brazils, had a cargo of hides to send to France. He had a British vessel in the port belonging to the house with which he was connected, and which would have taken the cargo for twenty shillings a ton less than the French vessels in the port were demanding, but in conse quence of the French navigation-laws, he was com pelled to ship the cargo in a French vessel at the higher rate of freight, although the cargo was his own, and the vessel was his own, and although a French ves sel could have taken a similar cargo to England without any obstacle. Was that the amount of recipro city they had a right to expect, and which they were told they should obtain if they passed the Act of 1849? But it was said there was one country which had given us full reciprocity. The law of the United States ad mitted the ships of any country on exactly the same terms on which United States vessels were received in the ports of such country. He admitted that as far as the letter went they had received perfect reciprocity from the United States. But we had thrown open to them the trade with our colonies, for which they had riven us no reciprocal advantage. It might b e sa id the United Stat es h ad no colonies, but at least they had one distant possession which virtually stood in the position of a colony. Instead, however, of acting up to the spirit of the law, they insisted that the trade between California and the Atlantic ports of the union was a coasting trade, and that as we had retained our coasting trade it was only fair that they should retain theirs, Now what was a coasting trade? It was trade between port and port of the same country performed entirely hrough the waters belonging to that country. The Atlantic seaboard of the United States was far arger than ours, but perfect reciprocity was main ained, although they retained the trade between Boston and New Orleans as much as when we retained the trade between Leith and London. But they could by no principle of interpretation all the trade with California a coasting trade where the voyage was of four or five months duration, cud passed through waters which not even American eretensions could claim as belonging to the United States. But that WAS not the only point in which the United States withheld reciprocity. American built ves ,els were allowed to obtain English registers, but the United States would not allow a vessel built at Liverpool, u• at Halifax. or Quebec, to receive a United States re gister. The Noble Lord then proceeded to contend that under the existing arrangements, American vessels were eiabled to pass from California to East lodic or China, irid thence to Liverpool with a cargo, and afterwards to N'ew York; and the result was that the American' vessels, saving entered into competition with the British vessels, were enabled to make three distinct voyages for two taken by the British vessel. He was told that freight tied fallen to an enormous extent in consequence of this unfair competition. They bad the power under the 10 and 11 clauses of the 12th and 13th of the Queen, to impose duties on the ships of such foreign countries as did not reciprocate with them in respect to the commer cial policy pursued by this country. They had now an ex perience of the effect of the alteration of the navigation laws for the last 18 months, and he wished to ask the Government what they had done in the way of taking advantage of the powers which they possessed by the Act to which he referred, to oblige foreign nations to reciprocate with them in their commercial policy? He heard that morning that within the last three or four lays an American vessel, on reaching Liverpool, was informed by the authorities of the Custom -house ,Eat 20 per cent, differential duties would be imposed upon her. Now, he should be glad to know what instruc tions had been given? The Act of Parliament required bat notification should be given in two successive London Gazettes, and that the order in council should be laid on the table of both Houses of Parliament. The name of the vessel which he was referring to was the Hortense. He thought there must be some mistake, but he had no doubt, now that he had mentioned the case, the Noble Earl (Granville) would make inquiries as to the accuracy of the information which he had received. His object in calling attention to this subject was to show to the House the enormous disadvantage to which the British commercial marine was subjected in conse quence of the absence of reciprocity on the part of fo reign powers, and also for the purpose of asking her Ilisjesty's Government how long they intended this itate of things to continue, and whether they intended to impose on foreign powers such restrictions as would compel them to do justice, nothing more than justice. and to enable this country to obtain fair competition, and eothing more, between foreign vessel s an d rho vessels of his country.—(Hear.) Earl GRANVILLE said that the petition which had just been presented by the Nohle Lord stated that the shipping interest of this country was not able, without protection, to compete with the foreigner; and that their difficulties were much increased by the want of reciprocity on the part of foreign powers. But as the Noble Lord had laid most stress upon the question of reciprocity he (Earl Granville) would take that first ; and he would begin by reminding their Lord ships that when the navigation-laws were repealed 2 years ago the Legislature did not repeal a law which was common to all countries, but one which, with constant modification, had been first instituted in this country about two hundred years ago, and that the example of thi s country h ad, to a greater or lesser extent, been followed by seven other nations. As soon as that law was repealed it became the duty of her Majesty's Government to communicate with Sweden, [Tol land, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, and the United States of America, upon the question. In the case of Sweden she at once consented to remove the restrictions upon our na vigation, and Holland, too, proposed to meet us in a liberal spirit; but negotiations went off because s h e was anxious to retain certain privileges with regard to her colonial trade. He was happy to state, however, that within the last tort night communication had been re ce i ve d f rom t h at country to the effect, that reserving her coasting trade she was ready to admit our vessels to an equal participation in her foreign and colonial trade.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord referred to that excellent work, " Bradshaw." He (Earl Granville) remembered hearing an old lady had once advised her son to read " Bradshaw" at Oxford instead of the first six books of Euclid.—(A laugh.) It was quite true that English goods carried by Belgian vessels into Belgian ports paid a duty not of 15 but of 10 per cent., but it was equaly true that we levied 20 per cent. on Belgian vessels carrying Belgian goods entering our ports. He next came to France. That country ever since the time of Louis XIV. had protected its mer cantile marine. But though the French Government were so hampered with protective duties and commercial re striction they had assured her Majesty's Government that they would meet our a tvances in the most liberal spirit. The last communication received from France offered some considerable concessions, and negotiations on this subject w. re still pending. If they considered the extent and riches of France—the excellent harbours she possessed—the scientific skill of her people in building vessels, and the general intelligence of her inhabitants— that for the last 200 years she had been protecting her mer cantile marine; then if we looked at her official reports, and saw that within the last 15 years the increase in her vessels under 200 tons had not been the 176th part of the increase of our tonnage; and that the number of her vessels above 200 tons had also decreased during the same period, these facts, he thought, must show that protection alone was not sufficient to give encouragement to the mercantile marine of that country. If she still continued to impose protective duties on raw material and finished articles—if she did not avail herself of her mineral wealth and of her skill in ship building, she would still be practically excluded from the general carrying trade of the world. With regard to Por tugal, he would only say that negotiations were going on. But the case of Spain was of more importance. A communi cation had lately been received from Spain ; and it was hoped that. some satisfactory arrangement would be come to. He agreed that it would be beneficial to Spain to get rid of her restrictive duties, which were only of advantage to the smuggler ; but Spain, by a late revision of her tariff, had reduced her differential duties from one-third to one-fifth. Spain was a country slow of movement; but it could not be acted upon by us without consulting existing treaties. He now came to the United States, the only country which was a formidable rival to us in commercial d matters; and with r espec t t o it s commerc i a l navy , h e did not deny that it was a disadvantage to us that we were ex cluded on the long voyage b etween t h e western ports of America and California; but we were not excluded by the repeal of the navigation-laws, and the repeal of these laws had opened to us an i n di rec t f ore ig n trade with California. There was no doubt that the United States were technically right in treating their trade with California as a coasting trade, as the latter country formed an integral portion of the United States. There were other advanta ges connected with the repeal of the navigation-laws which had not been mentioned—those, for instance, which enabled our vessels to carry sorted or mixed cargoes, and w I had given rise to a new branch of trade. He had now dealt with the question of reciprocity, and had shown that with the e xception oe si x or seven countries we had reciprocity ; t h at with respect to Sweden and Holland we had p er f ect reciprocity : and that with regard to the United States ' we had that technical reciprocity which we had a The whop right to clai m. (1400(41 11 ' 44 94° "VII" dif4 Calth aleril could he no doubt that if negoti a ti ons failed with -----.-'-------------'--1 three other countries into the French colonies in British shipl t e countries to which h e b a d referred, it would be a matter of The effect was that the few French colonies, in spite e consideration with her Majesty's Government whether they their enormous expenditure to bolster them up, were drag' would not, even at some selOsacrifice, sake use of those gine. on a miserable existence. There was Algeria, for , powers which Parliament had confided to them. Ina great instance —a territory highly endowed by nature, upon which commercial country, however, like this, there was nothing ' millions had been expended by France. Every year it tos so important as to combine together simplicity and uniformity the source of an enormous expenditure. That country that in all their regulations respecting trade...4lloer, hear.) And i was great in the time of the Roman empire, and was one 01 _ when the Noble Lord insinuated that her Majesty's Govern- ; the most productive portions of the civilized world—that w hen the neglected entering into negotiations on this sub- 1 enormous ory, instead of making any progress ,our ject, he could no t avo id rem i nding the Noble Lord th a t there j own colonies, punish France by sayin was but a source of expensg that French vessels e to France. like ‘l e re were difficulties thr own i n t h e way of the Government by they then to the example th a t was g i ven b y the Noble Lord himself, and should not carry any commodities into our own colonies? ' vesse those who acted with him.—( Hear, hear.) For it was ina- Tis weuld be but a ry to the French shipowne r , possible but thatforeign Governments, when they saw a great beganse he was alreadexcluded by a competition r aga gat and powerful party, led by one so distinguished by his abili- which he could not make head, in the carrying trade to . ties as the Noble Lord himself, and heard them declaring colonies; but it would be, so far as our colonies were on o , that every interest was going to ruin in consequence of the cerned, to deprive them occasionally of the opportunity , changes that had been made—it was impossible, he said, for obtaining at the cheapest rate commodities which a French foreign Governments to hear such statements made without ship, under accidental circumstances, might be enabled an impression being produced upon them.—(Bear.) And to convey. ti the c between the shipowners even though foreign Government s might find it difficult to shipowner and the French and Spanish shiP re ° s 7 the reconcile such statements with the notoriety of the pros- might be compared to a race between the hare a perity that England enjoyed, and with th e extension of its tortoise. He found by a reference to the official accounts_ se „ commerce, which they themselves witnessed, still these that the French mercantile and commercial navy i ley i ; statements must influence them, must make them slower to numbered only one ship exceeding 800 tons burden. from enter into new arrangements, because they did not first know 1849, that one solitary 800-ton ship had disappea red .6at year In what changes might be made in the commercial policy of the list of the French commercial navy. 600 tons, this country, when the party fro m who m such statements France possessed altogether five ships exceeding In 1850 tons. emanated came into power.—(Cheers.) As to the United and carrying a collective tonnage of 3, 760 exceeding States, and the charges in their tariff to which reference this French navy possessed still those five ships ~ b e i ng had been made, he could only say that what occurred in the 600 ton burdens, but they then only carried 3,609 ton had re" United States showed that it was much easier for a party a diminution of nearly 160 tons. His Noble Friend.oe ships when in opposition to embarrass a Free -trade. Government, ferred to the case of Mr. Lindsay, who had added nine than to re-enact protective duties when it came itself into to the number he had usually employed. fir power.—(Cheers and laughter.) He referred to several tleman possessed in one year nearly three times as many , suet' returns to show that their shipping trade had increased class ships as the French possessed altogether. Such in every way, and pointed to the example of such men being the case, to talk of competition between the trade of as Mr. Lindsay, of Liverpool, Mr. Duncan, of and the French mercantile marine in the general t trade Dunbar, and Mr. Wigram, who had predicted the most the world was most absurd. With regard to the direct t ruinous consequences to themselves from a repeal of the navi- between France and England, retaliatory measures s.. to e gation laws, but who had since then increased their trade, and have no effect. If they were to imitate trance, and opened new branches of commerce. He also referred to the tablish the same sort of restrictions in trade, they would de great increase in the buildidg of iron ships in the Thames, stroy all legitimate trade with France, but no advantage Why this onegene the Clyde, and the Mersey, and to the statement made by would be gained thereby to our own shipowners. He thoug ht wh i ch they Mr. Anderson before a Committee of the other House, that it would be much better to follow that wise policy __., , ate such was the prosperity of the shipwrights that it would be had adopted in respect to other commercial matters. ut ' impossible to procure any one engaged in the trade to bind years they had Altered the duties payable by foreign countriest himself by contract to have an iron vessel built within a for foreign produce in reference to our own interes t eerc!a u T f certain period. The Legislature, he said, must go on in the sively. It was generally received as an axiom tha ha. none beeo course it had commenced—that ofencouraging the great bulk our restrictions could be removed until a pledge a of the community, and not particular classes. He was able given to this country that a similar course would be pu t r . su! e to show that more British shipping was now emloyed than by other countries. That impression, however, must hav e formerly; that there was a greater demand for g o ther ship- been removed wieen an Hon. Friend of his—he mean t ,_ se o f ping ; that the shipowners were extending their business, Ricardo —had brought forward a motion in the bee_ e , t these and that the shipwrights were in a singularly prosperous con- Commons on two occasions, for the removal o other dition. It was no answer to him to tell him that the freihts restrictions, without reference to anything that any had then had been lowered, for that was part of his case.—(Hear.) nation would do. That Hon. Member He did not think either that it was an answer to him exposed, with the greatest success, the fallacy of the founded.ntieil to tell him that the shipowners were complaining of great upon which it was supposed these Bills were distress. No one had a greater respect than he had for the He certainly clic! not succeed in inducin the other Ho e t i e s : shipping interest, but still he said that in adopting such lan- to lay down any formal resolution ; but be had front u !'r e , gunge they were using a conventional term—that which was time removed such an impression from the public rel . a L 'i K. Pair common with every other occupation, even the most pros- showing that in the administration of the late Sir . nono , perous. Ile rejoiced, therefore, that this debate had taken that Right Hon. Baronet had more upon the pie u ?th; place, and he r ejo i ce d i n it the more because the Noble Lord of making our co Am relaxation of acted duties utterly irrespettl in presenting th e pet i t i on laid before them had not allowed of what any foreign n a ti on di d i n th i s respect. Th e r esult of . a word to fall f rom hi m which could lead the shipping in- these measures h rid been beyond measure most successtala terest to hope that there was the slightest chance of this For a quarter of a- century before this country was engageet country ever going ba c k to the navigation-laws.—(Ch eers. ) pernicious delusion o f t h e i n endless negotiations with other countries in order 10 g*::' The Earl of HARDWICKE had, he said, been entrusted Instead of making' any progress towards that endby t Since rid of restrictions upon trade that were injurious to b .h o u tU s ; with petitions from the shipowners of several ports—from negotiations, these restrictions were rather multiplied. Dartmouth, London, and Sunderland, which were to the that mime had not their commerce made great and s ",l_tt, same effect and upon the same subject that was now before paralleled advances, such as it had sever before made? °"' to their Lordships, He did not feel it necessary to enter into than that, foreign natio: s were beginn the details of these petitions, as they were the same in sub- follow in their footsteps. All foreign stance with that presented by his Nobl., Friend. He would were tending to the reduction of those duties which endeavour to make some reply to the admirable speech were destructive of their trade. The alternative presenting which had bee n made by the ow e Lord opposite. He did itself to those nations which refuse to follow in :It; not think, from the spee c h of the Noble Lord, that the ship. course is, to be left far behind in the general rac ot . owners could hope that her Majesty's Government would competition of the nations of the civilized world; and e l make use, in dealing with tear uestion of reciprocity, of consideration, they - might depend on it, would produce its those powers that the Act of iament had confided t o natural result with the nations. No doubt, '° them. He had never heard a speech less calculat e d t o raise France, public opinion had hitherto been averse to mak in g,,_ s , the spirits of a drooping interest than that which had been changes of that de ecription ; but they must remember Le', delivered by the Noble Lord.—(llear, hear.) The Noble their navigation restrictions are so intimately connected wc , "` . Lord had told them that the Governme n t wee endeavouring their general commsercial restrictions—the system Wa 9 gi t i e d, to negotiate with foreign powers, but he held out no expec- Aeniously absurd, and at the same time so complica . _ tation that if these negotiations should fail he would do any- that it was impossible to touch one part of' it without tn v c o i ti n n g . t r , i_e h s thing for the shipping interest.—(flear, hear.) Here an whole fabric falling to the ground. Was it possible that_! t people like the French would not open their eyes to a'n" of experiment —a oangerous experiment —was made with a great and a wealthy country, which would have broken was going on around them, and, comparing the P r° g r t e i s ci s et a down a country if weak, or poor, or embarrassed. It was their country with that of their neighbours, perceive ` the like taking a large handiul of gold from a huge mass —the flourishing mercantile marine can only be formed on loss was not immediately perceived, as it would be if the basis of a flourishing commerce, the state of the one beingnt: same amount had been taken from a small hoard of treasure, the natural result of the state of the other. The whole C ° ,„ Let th m compare what had occurred with other countries merce of France was languishing under the preeent restrte e in consequence of the chan that had been made. Taking tive system. Let them test it by the amount of tonnag e 7 the three months ending in May tor 1850 and 1851, he found of all ships. foreign and national, coming from forefee the British shipping had increased only 21 per cent., whilst ports into France during a given period, and let th eta France had increased 19 per cent. In the outward trade apply the same test to England to see the Pr°g f i e during the same period the increase of British shipping was made in each country daring the last few years. we 8 per cen.t., Franca 13 per cent. The increase in the inward would commence with 1842, the first year in which the trade (as we understood) was British 21, Russia 340, Swed en began to relax our restrictive system, and end with 184", th e 192, Norway 1 19, Prussia 141. Outward, British 8, Norway last year that he had the opportunity of making the c out" 127, Holland 111, and so it was with every other nation. parisoe. In France, tben, the total amount cleared cod They had increased their clearances in an infinitely greater wards in 1842 was 3,247,003 tons; in 1849 it was 3 , 75 ' ite ratio than England had.—(Hear, hear.) What was their tons, being au increase of only 128,000 tons, or not g u ts! position in respect to the trade with India and China prior to 4 per cent, in seven years. In England, in 1842, the W ho the repeal of the navigation laws? Why, the whole trade was 7,347,000 tons; and in 1849 it was 12,620,000 tons, t oe , might be said to be entirely in their own hands. But the increase being 5,273,h00 tons, or 71 per cent. within ti t s , repeal of those laws enabled America to do what she conld seven years. [A NOBLE LORD - "There was no revo . __ never do before. She carried on an enormous trade—first, tion here."] tNo ; but the year 1 849 showed ratnet• between New York and California - then, between Cali- favourably for France, for after the erection of 8 1 1 1 1 fornia to China —and then between China and Liver- President of the Republic confidence was restored, . e r l ' e t pool. The freight she obtained from New York to Cali- trade made a great spring in that year; but i n England fornia paid the whole expense of the ship, the cost of the year 1849 was not so favourable either as the yer a building, and the equipment of the voyage. She then 1850 or as the present year. The results of the fami t l e eet started for China, from whence she was enabled to carry Ireland and of the railway speculation in England haa not teas at low freight, and landed them at Liverpool ; being yet cleared away, and 1849 could not be considered a pros' thus enabled t o f orce the British shipping out of this enor- perous year in this country. But let them apply the testd mous trade. The American ships could obtain at that me- of the state cf the manufactures of the country In Englaf ie , meat from 61. to 101. a ton freight from New York to Cali- every description of manufactures was busily and rap did fornia, while the British ship in her voyage from Liverpool progressing ; their railway communications were h°l to California and India could only obtain irom 20s. to 255. a speedily completed upon a gigantic scale of construction, an ton. When his Noble Friend said that the repeal of the na- fixed capital was invested in public works of immense int vigation-laws had not improved the American shipping he portance. In France, on the other hand, they had nothing, did not seem to b e aware of what was going on in Ame- but stagnation ; railway communication was advancing but rica in reference to the extraordinary trade with California. slowly to completion, and that slow advance was mainly Il e- The stimulus thus given to the building trade of America sisted by the state; no public works were carried on 0 Y was such as to astonish every one. When first the trade private companies, and stagnati on was pervading ev ery with San Fr anc i sco was opened the American ship-holders branch of industry. ofas that a stat e o f thi ngs that France employed n ear l y the whole of their ships by freighting was likely l ong t o su b m i t to ? Would her people not inquire them to S an F ranc i sco. At present there were 600 of their into the causes of it, and trace it to th e restr i ct i ons p l ace d 0u . ships a t C a lif ornia, and 600 more were employed in the her commerce? Though in the home markets the mannfac whaling a n d coast i ng trades. The year before last the turer might be compensated for the restrictions imposed 0u Americans built about 1,100 ships, and there were i n th e him by protective duties, there was no means of protecti n g last year 1,100 on the stocks. This great increase in the the manufacturer of Lyons silks, or the seise grower of Bor • shipping trade of America was occasioned by the combined deaux, from the competition oi the foreign producer of cot action of the Californian trade and the enormous advantages responding articles, in the markets of the world. The co !erred upon them by the repeal of the navigation laws. English manufacturer reaped the advantage of the restrice It was impossible that the British shipping could long times imposed on the Fre. cli pr ducer by his own Govern.. contend aganst such a state of things. By a document went, which enhanced to him the cost of his motive steam which he held in his hand it appeared the outfit of a British power, his iron, indigo, and other raw materials, the in' ship for a long voyage amounted to 2,1744, and the amount creased cost of which wets so far an injury to the of its outward trade only to 7941,, leaving a balance of about French producer to which the English manufacturer 1,3001. against her. Such a state of things if permitted to was not subjected. Those were facts which would sooner or continue would assuredly involve this country in difficulties later be understood by the people of France; and it WAS not much more serious than ever it was in before. It was al- by following the present erroneous example of that country ways the opinion of their ancestors that these laws were of a that they could induce her to remove those restriction% knew defensive charactensoughtr, and the repeal of them they very we ll w h ic h d i d most injury to her own manufactures. If he country. was u for and ked by the people of thi s wi s h e d to retard the progress of France he would desire the continuance of those commercial restrictions; but he di I not Earl GREY could not help cengratulating the Noble look upon that country with an eye of commercial jealousy; Earl opposite upon the admission that the alteration of be knew that in the markets of the world there was sufficient the navigation laws was calculated to give a great demand for the p ro d uce of both countries, and certain be stimulus to the commerce of t h e world. If it bad done that, he was that it was a wise policy in us to wait with patience thought it followed pretty clearly that 'the first commercial until a change of views took place in France on those mat nation in the world could not fail to receive its full share of tem, and to abstain from any measure of retaliation. until we the traffic. Individual cases of great dilliculey arid unbar- saw practically that we were suffering from the competition rassment might no doubt be found; but upon a great ques- of that country, and that the retaliatory measures they tion of that kind, they must look to, the general result of the might adopt would be calculated to relieve their own fellow whole. The Noble Earl, then, did not attempt to show that subjects from any disadvantages to which they might have the shipowners generally were not extending their business. been unfairly exposed. The Ea-1 of COLCHESTER said that as both the Noble As it had been truly stated by his Noble Friend, there was one shipowner alone who had in a single year added nine Lords (Granville and Grey) admitted thet the vexatious more ships to the number usually employed. The Noble character of the restrictions existing in France arose from want of reciprocity, he hoped when the proper time arrived Earl had spoken of the extraordinary results in The subject then dropped. the trade of the world by the opening of California, and they would be prepared to act up to that opinion. by the sudden creation of a large community in that part of the world. No doubt very great effects bad been pro- On the mot on of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the duced by this Caliiornian trade, and America, of course, Schools' Sites Act Amendment Bill was read a second time reaped the first advantages by the increa-e of their freights Adjourned. to that part of the world. In the peculiar situation in which she was placed i n reference to California, it was no her doubt in most at difficult for But any other country t o compete with th trade. he was unable to understand how that' circumstance affected the question of the ravi gation laws. He (Earl Grey), however, believed that this country had shared in the benefits of the Californian trade. If they could believe the ordinary information which they received, no inconsiderable number of English vessels had gone to California. It appeared by the last accounts re ch egad recentlyshipping been to California, no less than 6,800 were British, and ore-half of the remainder were American. There was no doubt that America had a superior advantage over British ships in the trade with California, but in conse quence of that trade she withdrew' a large portion of the ships which bad been previously employed in the Brazils, New Spain, and other countries, and their places were imme diately supplied by British ships, He at once admitted that the regulations maintained both by France and Spain were contrary to every principle of fairness, and of which this country had a great right to complain. He thought, too, that they were entitled to adopt any measure consistent with their interest in order to meet these unjust pro ceedings. 'With regard to these regulations, they were not only to consider whether France and Spain bad acted fairly towards them, but also whether they affected this country as much as they affected the countries that had adopted them. And on the other hand they were called upon to consider whether they would, by retaliatory measures, do more harm to ourselves than to those coun tries. The Noble Lord opposite said that when the retalia. tory clauses were introduced into the Bill, it was with the understanding that the Government were to have made use of the power thus given them in opposition to such regula. tions. If he (Earl Grey) remembered right, it was stated Theyf merely distinctly that these clauses were introduced with this ound it object—that if it were found that British ships were really aliatory suffering in the competition with the ships of other count" 2 ifwere imposed tries, in consequence of the adoption by them of such e . re. gulations, those powers were to be employed. reserved to themselves the power, in case thelyet imported in advantageous to themselves, to give effect to those clauses against foreign nations. With regard to The effect ly injurious to Spain, th e grievance was that high differential duties upon the importation of all commodities British ships, instead of their own nationalhisiehipter.iwtiassh, sahfitper. of such a regulation was, no doubt, highs StvnP°aa3ti.jataegre ;of very but, as trade. But to whom was it injurious? owner now and again, perhaps, lost a interest of Great Britain. the Noble Lord stated, the whole trails all, so inconsiderable, that it was really , o a f " tost'rerenrcesettroicttible•esshr)ai'stem that Spain carried on such and insignificant t pdpeisnvgith all the world. But what might in,terpose countervailing a little Thanks pettyc could this country do? They Spain irom this country in Ws duties phayn,isthh u esy p h oi ships. . 0 g ul o dw ed sh s i be the result of such a course? our an end to trading between the . nufactu-rerser'atvodhich would be a eerious injury to etrhasduerdoftet shterictions. two countries altozeth our own m a merch a sraugglerstea great extent. France maintained ma tpgroyi°. r i e jPtig l i ' Ll( u lt' s o ed Si t o '. re n c t e s i tical operation of th is was, t ported in English ships,:eaenvdenstitniheuipartoeduthcee and manufacturer, of her own colonies if ' The prac hat the French merchant aifdaff9rded every opportunity of buy- English ship. If there as compelled to ship jog cheap cotton from doing so if and in the Baltic, and that indigo in London, were prevented was an English ship lying an it on board en obtained not take advantage of the circumstance hemp could be th • the k rench ship-builders could a cheap cargo of timber and to the serious injury of the latter. The loss to the English shipowner was the loss of an occasional voya e•• b t ' raw material for carrye nilmthue'iradtrvaarnietagine the deprivation of th ' g ' u the loss to the French was i n g o o r toblebest it theth e cheapest manner. In the same way as colonial regarded the trade. It was not permitted by the french law to carry any c amwdities between kraace and their volgiiies, nor from _ __ EOCSE OF COMMONS, June 17. CEYLON. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Under-Secretary for the Colonies when the proceedings sent by mistake from Ceylon, and connected with the courts-martial, would b laid on the table? e.r. HAWES said the reports of the Commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the allegations in the affidavits had been laid on the table, but the evidence on which those re p arts were founded had not yet been produced, because the proceedings had not yet been returned. Mr. BAILLIE asked why they had not been retur d and when the Hon. Gentleman expected to receive them ne ' Mr. HAWES said that the Indian mail by way ein ol South proceedingsampton had not yet arrived, by which, in all probability, the had been sent. THE MALT TAX. Mr. BASS then rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, for the repeal of hlf the lt tax on October 10, 1852, with a view to relievea th e ra p a roducer_ i? .. f . barley and the consumer ofbeer, without matrial and ul . ti e mate loss to the revenue lie said the House would perceive that his proposal would not interfere with the financial ar rangements of the present year, In bringing that proposal before the House it Was not his intention in any way to em barrass the Govern Government had himmseenlft. The Noble Lord at the bead of the expressed an opinion in favour of the reduction of the malt-tax. The lion. Member then referred to the opinions of several Hon Members on the subject of the reduction of the malt-tax., and appealed to the Hon. Member for the West Riding, as the head of the Free traders, to sa towhether it was consistent with free trade to give relief foreign producers and at the same time obstinately to resist the reduction of the duty on an article of the North R dome s tic production. The lion. Member for ding had informed them that Sir Robert Peel h ad stated th at whenever the corn-laws should be repealed it would be the duty of the House to remove also the malt tax. A remarkable pamphlet was published in 1836, imme diately after th e celebrated Cornmitteeon agricultural distress, and one of the assertions in it was that the enormous amount of the duty on malt w as one of the principal grounds upon which agriculturists could rest their claim for protection against foreign competition. Tbat protection had, how ever, been abolished. He had been told that that was a mere brewers' motion. Now, he could say that he be lieved the few brewers who had expressed an opinion upon it were opposed to it; and he bad received various com munications from rnaltsters who were decidedly against it. There was an o th er part cf that pamphlet t o which he had already referred, in which it was stat e d that " it was impossible not to admit that the reduction of the malt duty would cause an increased demand for b ar l ey, an d would operate most b ene fi c i a ll y f or the interest of the agri culturists." That assertion was as true now as it was at the time at which it had been made. He might be met with statements that the reduction of the malt tax would not be productive of so many benefits as it might be supposed. The lion. Member for North Warwickshire, however, had, he thought, answered that assertion, for he had shown that all the variations in the consumption of malt had originated in bad auses , harv es whicts, genera hel distress through ou t th e country, and other ch would not then eu. There was as great a dispositi on to consume beer n in merate this country' now as ever there had been. The consumption, indeed, bad decreased somewhat for some years after 1836, because other articles had been brought into competition with it; but in the middle of the last decennial period a considerable in crease had again occurred. In 1847 the amount of malt consumed had been 4,385,000 quarters, while last year it had reached 5,350,0 W. There was a great alte ration, moreover, in the taste of the public of late which did not tend to increase the consumption, for i n gene ral light descriptions of beer were preferred to that more solid and intoxicating beverage which was , formerly popular. There was a decline also i n th e price of articles which entered i4to competition with beer, while in its price 1 STATE OF TRADE. THE _ SUN, (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—A further falling-off in the receipts of cotton at the American ports, with a conse quent steadying of prices at New York, has imparted some additional strength to the Liverpool market, where the quotations are about id. per lb. higher than they were on Friday last. These circumstances have in creased the disposition to raise their terms, which a grow ing demand was previously originating amongst spin ners and manufacturers. Yarns may be taken to have advanced fully -id. per lb. since this day week, the gain being most marked in warps, which are in request both for exportation and for home manufacture. The Ger mans are cautiously increasing their purchases. As the Indian markets are suffering from a scarcity of money and an excess of imports, the merchants have been inactive to-day; yet there is some inquiry, on their part, for goods, and still more for aresome more o f yarns. n T cloths Th e L a e n v d a n l t a n n g d e s l o n m t b e s other b b u e y t e t e r r s prices by lid. to 3d. per piece are now commanded. In goods generally there is an upward bias, and an exten sion of business on the whole, though not in the same move in Liverpool t degree as in yarns. The upwardairu ve s. m st is regarded by many with great ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have bad, as might be expected, a dull market after Whitsun-week. Fewer pieces have been offered for sale, and there has been a more limited number of buyers in the market. There is little or no change in the wool market, and prices are firmly maintained, notwithstanding the new clip. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.--We are under the neces sity of reporting a similar state of things to that of our easeof Silk—We business ; prices, are, last, as regards the demand fur manufactured goods; the general slackness n ow so long prevalent mentionhavi n g abated.any increase Thrown are unable not to however, stationary, a t a lower level than has been the case for some years past. Production in this branch continuesgreatly in abeyance. R aw Silk—Not muc h doing. The recent purcha ses a t Liver pool, thou g h insignificant, have been sufficient for pre sent and immediate requirements. HALIFAX, SATURDAY. —The trade in our Piece Hall has not be en very animated to-day; but there has been a somewhat improved demand for fancy goods, princi pally for the South American market. We have no material change to report in yarn; there is a fair amount of business doing, but the prices are unremunerative. The transactions in wool are not extensive, and the quo tations have undergone no alteration. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have bad a flat mar ket again to-day, and less sales have been effected. The shipping houses are generally quiet, and have been so during the week. Goods for the home trade are not much in request. When the first half of the year gets turned, it is generally expected we shall have a pretty brisk season, at present being what is called " between the seas,..na." --- force at the time, and the Dahomans were again driven, and, i I understand, divided. It s said Ding a pa r t of t h e personal , I luggage and provision! of the fell into their hands, 1 and that he was obliged to fly on foot. The number say, than th ose b e f ore not make c a pti ves i n t hi s battleslain A b bc i o n i c; thinn tevens . battle at Thetwl e h Egbaswe t a s m disarmed, more, could they they (the Dah omans ) fought, and refused to surrender, and they were killed. I am sorry to report that one of M r . C rowther ' s com municantsis missing, but he may yet be found. In order to find him, if he were amoung the slain, Mr. Crowther passed over the greater part of the battle-field, and his report of the number of slain is such as to give a great number. He says they are lying in fours and fives, in various directions, over a large extent of ground. The length of wall attacked was upwards of a mile. I sent two p ersons out this morning to count the slain Dahomans ; one counted them in tens, and the other wrote the number down, and to our surprise it amounted to 1,209. It confirms the report brought us by a deserter, an Egba man, who had long been a Dahonaan Islave, that the Dahomans, when gathered together at night, w ere struck d um b at the loss they had sustained, especially of th e i r f ema l e soldiers, and only one thing was uttered by all—viz., a fear that they would never be able to return home. This is a slave war, and we might justly ask—for what were all these slain ? To supply the slave market with slaves would be a just reply. The people everywhere here seem to ascribe their deliverance to God and the white men. I hope the Da homan King will learn a lesson from this, and cease from these barbarous wars, for which not the shadow of a cause was given by the Egbas, nor, I suppose, by most of the other towns that he has warred against. It is to be hoped that the Egbas will not become too boastful of their victory, and be led into excesses. "I hope you will excuse this hasty letter, but I could not let an opportunity slip, or the probability of one, knowing that you would be anxious on our account, more especially as false rumours may reach you by other channels than those available to us. With much thank fulness to God, and desire for your prayers and sym pathy for this unhappy country.—l remain, &c., "H. T. " P.S.—I can f orm no est i mate o f the number of pri soners, or of the Dahoman army. I asked a captive how many r.tired with the King, when they felt them selves defeated, to be out of danger? He said 200. I asked again how many were there in the army? He said that even as it was impossible for me to count the people of Abbeokuta, so was it for him to count their army. The Dahoman captives are deperate; there are three several instances of their rising against their captors, and slaying them in their own houses; one when he was in the act of giving his captive food. The people treat their prisoners kindly, but I fear all these will be killed unless we can prevent it by any means. I was with Sagbua this morning, and the sub ject was discussed. I protested against it. A meeting was proposed, and I told him that they ought not to have a meeting without calling me to it. The prisoners are, however, private property, and this may hinder their being killed. I feel assured that the Egbas would exchange a captive for an Egba slave now in the Daho man country." THE LONDON GAZETTE, June 17. FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 7, 1851. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord Cowley, K.C.8., late her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation. WAR- OFFI Ist Regiment of Life GuardCEs-„TuNx 17. Walter de Winton, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant by purchase, vice Caul field, promoted, Jun e 17. 2d Dragoons-Robert Scott Hurter, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gratrex, promoted,June 17. 7th Light Dragoons-Captain lydston Newman, from the 72d Foot, to be Captain, vi ce Cooper, who exchanges; Cap tain Charles Henry Spencer Georke Lord Garvagh, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captein, vice Bowles, who ex 'hanges, June 17. 9th Light Dragoons-Cornet Villiam Wedderburn Ar retires ; Charles David Rich, Gent.,to be cornet, vice by Pirchase, Hallett, 11 e purchaset t, w ho , : i u c t e h A no r t bu t t o hn b o e t, L j i a e n u e ten l7 a . nt, 10th Light Dragoons-Captain :diaries Bowles, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain,vice Lord Garvagh, who exchanges; Guy Webster, Gent., ti be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cuthbert, promoted, June 17. 17th Light Dragoons-John Themes Cator, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thernsonprmoted, June 17. Ist Regiment of Foot-Charles Hart o , Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webster, promotid, June 17. 2d Foot-Major John Burns, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Carruthers, C.B, who retires ; Captain Thomas Weston Easterbrooke Holdiworth to be Major, by purchase, vice Burns; Lieutenant :ecil Squire to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice lloldsworth June 17. To be Lieutenants, by purchase - Ensign John Chalmers, vice Gollop, who retires; Ensign Villiana H enry G r i mston, vice Russell, who retires; Ensign John Thompson, vice J. R. Jackson, who retires; Ensign Ciarlea Gibbs, vice Squire, June 17. To be Ensigns, by purchase-.( x/rge Augustus Boylan, Gent., vice Baker, who retires, June ; William Henry Spencer, vice Chalmers, promoted,June 18, Assistant- Surgeon Henry Clinton Foss, from 55th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice George Roche Suith, placed on half-pay, June 17. 12th Foot-George Robertson, %era., to b e E ns i gn, b y purchase, vice Goodrich, promoted,June 1.7. 14th Foot 7 -Charles Monk Wilsoe Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barlow, promoted, time 17. 18th Foot-Gentleman Cadet Colorer Lynch, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensim, without purchase, vice Cripps, appointed to the 24th Foot,June 17. 24th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Nmgle, from the 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Nagel,who re tires upon half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, June 17. 27th Foot-Nathaniel Barnadisbn, Gemt., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Somerville, wheretires, June 17. 39th Foot - Frederick Wilmot Flster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wall, promoted,June 17. 40th Ftot-Adolphus Haggerstea Stephens, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Hara,promoted, June 17. 41st Foot-Gentleman Cadet 3eorge William Wallace Carpenter, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eccles, who re tires, June 17. 44th Foot-Ernest Henry Backenbury, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whit, appointed to the 25th Foot, June 17. 43th Foot-Henry Safe Willoughby, G-ent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cameron, who . etires, June 17. 55th Foot-Assistant Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vise Foss, promoted in the 2d Foot, June 17. 59th Foot-Lieutenant Richeed Percival Wigmore, from half -pay, Ceylon Rifle Regiment to be Lieutenant, vice Pee bles, promoted to an Unattached Company, June 17. 60th Foot-Captain Charles lamilton Roddy, from half pay, Unattached, to be Captain vice Alexander Crie Meik, who exchanges; Lieutenant Peer Burton Roe to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Roddy, who retires; Second Lieu tenant Thomas Nicholson to be First Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Roe, June 17. 62d Foot-Lieutenant and Aijutant Charles Lambert to be Captain, without purchase, lice Fender, deceased, June 5; Henry John Adeane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Olionnell, promoted, June :7. 66th Foot-Leslie Eames, Gen., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paget, promoted, June 17. 67th Foot-Lieutenant John I)man, from half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenart, vice Nangle, appointed to 24th Foot ; Louis Walter Fisher, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Arnold, promoted, June 17. 69th Foot-Charles Edward Melton, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Straton, appointed to the 64th Fovt June 17. 70th Foot-Lieutena n t R . W ligham, from 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Atkins on , w h o exchanges, June 17. 72d Foot-Captain Edward Henry Cooper, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Newman, who ex changes ; Lieutenant James Atkinson, from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Whigham, who exchanges; Ensign John Shaw Wyllie to be Lieutenant, ty purchase, vice Thellusson, who retires, June 17. 78th .Foot -William Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Burrow es, appointed to 45th Foot, June 17. 87th Foot -Edwin Biron, Gert., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Flamstead, promoted, Jane 17. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 14. Royal Regiment of Artillery - Captain Edmund Neal Wilford to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Mee, retired upon full pay ; Second Captain William Manley Hall Dixon to be Captain, vice Wilford; First Lieutenant Charles Ogden Evans to be Second Captain, vice Dixon; Second Lieute nant Charles Frederick Cockburn to be First Lieutenant vice Evans, June 6. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 185 i. the 1 he a mot pr wt us lie