The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-10 00:00:00

s.tarZi SPAIN. The following is the official account of the recep tion of Lord Howden:— " Lord Howden, the new English Ambassador at Madrid, was received with the usual ceremonies, in pri vate audience, by the Queen of Spain in the evening of the 3d, to present his credentials. He was accompanied by Mr. Otway, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Elliot, an attic)* as also by one of his friends, Mr. Middleton. He addressed the Queen as follows: " • I have the honour to present to your Majesty the letter of my Sovereign nominating me her Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to .the Court of your M.ijesty. At any time, and on any occasion 'should • have considered this nomination as a high honour and a great personal recompense; but at the present moment, after a suspension of diplomatic relations equally lamented • by the two Governments, and now happily terminated in a manner honourable to both, it is to me particularly agreeable to be charged to renew relations, the intimacy of which I confidently hope will never be changed. If I have arrived at a moment m which in common with all the loyal subjects of your Majesty, I lament the disap pointment ot our earnest hope, I, on the ether, am fil,cl with satisfaction at seeing that your Majesty has re covered your perfect health; and I offer to your Ma jesty the sincere wishes of my country that Providence will henceforth not refirie anything which may contri bute to augment your domestic felicity and to promote the welfare cf your people. Your M .jssty may confide in my sincere and persevering eff arts to increase and eunsulidate the amicable sentiments which ought never to have been iuterrupted between the two countries, which in critical moments have had, and still have, so many lively sympathies and so many common interests. Ia the duties I am called on to fulfil, I have the conviction that I shall receive from the servants of your Majesty all kind of co-operation and support, that in me they will see not only the representative of an old and faithful ally, but a companion who had the happy privilege of following the banners of your Majesty in the field of battle, and who was a witness of the brilliant valour and the indomitable efforts displayed in defence of your Majesty by your noble and loyal army. Under • such circumstances, your Majesty will easily believe tnat I cordially participate in the sentiments which my So vereign and ner people entertain At favour ot the estsb • lishment of the throne of your Majesty and the prosperity of Spain." "The Queen replied— "' I receive with great satisfaction the letters which accredited you to my government as Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of my august ally the Queen of Great Britain, and this act is doubly ac ceptable to me from the consideration that it completes and happily terminates the state of interruption of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, which has. prevailed—an interruption which we all have deplored with equal sincerity, and which fortu nately has not in the least impaired the mutual esteem and the ancient connexions which fraternally united both nations. lam really gratified, my Lord, in seeing '.that you join in the feeling of regret for the unhappy event to wnich you allude, which still engrosses my heart and those of my faithful subjects. It is for this 'Alone- we have to pray to Providence, and await with • resignation the fulfilment of our wishes at some future • period. As to the desire.which animates you of contri but itig to► strengthen the bonds of amity which unite both nations, I have full confidence in the belief that your . efforts Will not be inefficacious, asl can assure you the sincere and friendly attention of my Government in cultivating sympathy and good understanding between the two courts will offer you ample means of success in so important and advantageous an object. It gives me . also great pleasure, my Lord, to see that so noble a charge has been entrusted by your Sovereign to a person like you, who aids to his personal merit the circum stance of having bad the opi,ortuuity of witnessing the loyalty of my people, and the valour of my soldiers. " - Lord Howden was then introduced to the apartment of the King. to whom he delivered an autograph letter of her Britannic Majesty. GERMANY. A letter from Frankfort of the sth says :—" To constitute the little Council,' for replacing the Ger manic Diet, Austria will require nine out of the seventeen votes in the Diet. At present it has only eight—those of Bavaria, H-mover, Wurtemburg, Denmark (for the Duchy of Holstein), Luxemburg, Electoral Hebse, an' her own ; but she is now making the greatest efforts to obtain that of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, which hesitates to grant it from fear of the hostility of Prussia." It is-stated in a letter from Berlin of the 6th, in the Independance of Brussels, that there is no truth in the statement which has been made, to the effect that Prussia had warned Denmark, that if her troops should pass the Eider, she would send a corps d'armic to the assistance of the Schleswig- Holsteiners. • DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Kolner Zeitung publishes the following tele• graphic dispatches : " Berlin, Wednesday, August 7. " The semi-Official organs contradict the report of the Chevalier Bunsen's recall." "Rendsburg, Wednesday, August 7. "At 11 o'clock this m Tning a lamentable explosion occurred here in one of the laboratories in which the fabrication cishrupneli is carried on. A portion of the laboratory was prjected into the air, anti in the old town which is the Military quarter, several houses were damage'. " At the time the train started the fire was already extinguished." "IT lniburgh. Thursday, August 8. " The post from here to Friedrichsiiiit has been obliged to turn back. The reason bat not transpired. The town, it is known, lies on the north bank of the Eider, end not far from the western coast. Nothing has reached here respecting any advance made by the Danes. 387 Danish prisoners have been brought into .Altona from Rendsburg. The destruction of life caused by the explosion yesterday in Rendsburg appears to be consideraole. The number of killed and severely wounded is stated at 200, and 80 are already buried. Not one house in the old town has escaped-injury." ITALY. The Risoro t' imento of Turin quotes a letter from ,Civita Ve cc hia of the 21at ult., stating that the Spanish Ambassador at Rome had made serious re presentations to the Ecclesiastical Court, fur having so suddenly conceded the dispensations required for the marriage, of Count Montemolin with his cousin; but that Cardinal Orioli answered that the affair was not at all submitted to the court, but was settled in a private interview between his Holiness and the Countess of Spur. Tne same letter states that the Chapter of the Order of Dominican Friars having assembled to elect their general, his Holiness unex pectedly stopped the proceedings, and by his own au thority, contrary to the statutes of the order, named :Father Jeandel, a French Dominican, now living in France. It is believed his Holiness intends remodel ling the constitutions of the religious orders, and to do away with the system of election, as being too de mocratic. The Opinione of Turin, of the sth, states that the Austrians are forming a new camp at Somme, and that recruiting is actively going on in Switzerland for Rome and Naples. • One troop of Horse Artillery, with separate elephant transport ; two 54-inch mortars carried on one elephant ; two companies 60th Rifles; two companies 61st Foot; two com panies 98th Foot ; 231 Native Infantry (Commander-in- Chief 's escort); 31st Regiment Native Infantry ; 15th Irre gular Cavalry; Ist Infantry Regiment, let Cavalry Regi ment, Yanjaub Irregular Force. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) SUN, Saunders, C. H. Houghton, C. R. Chamberlain, and St. George C Davis, to the Dauf,t'ess; W. M. Jones, An drew M.Farlane (second), G. H. Hewlett, Samuel Ste vens, to the Retribution. ..The f)llowing gentlemen passed for gunnery on board the Excellent, on Thursday morning:—Lieut. Jones. late of her Majesty's ship Howe; Lieut. Majendie, late Ven geance; Me:srs. Campbell, Green, Gray, Pearson, and Lilaklston, late flow , -; adison, late Exe.-11eLt; Peebel/, late Amphitrite. Lieut. Jones and Mr. Pearson ob tained the full numbord, and all the other gentlemen re ceived first-class certifleat, s. ADMIRALTY CHANGES.—It is DOW Asted that Rear- Admiral Berkeley will not leave the Board of Admiralty for the Superintendentship of Portsmouth Dockyard, vice Prescott, who it is reported will relieve Admiral Hornby, in command of the Pacific S:ation. Admiral Beikeley is M.P. for Gloucester, and in the event of a new elec tion, it is not certain that the Government would have a supporter in the new member. CHANGE OF QUARTERS.—The Household Brigade of Infantry will charge quarters on the 4th of September, as tollows;—Grenadier Guards, Ist Battalion, from Chi chester to the Tower ; 2d Battalion, from St. John's wood to Portman-street ; 3:1 Battalion, from tie 'rower to Chiches,er. Coldstream Guards, lit Battalion, from Portman-street to Windsor ; 2d Battalion, from St. George's Barracks to St. John's-wood. Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist Battalion, from Wellington Barracks to St. George's; 2d Battalion, from Windsor to Wellington Barracks. 74TH HIGHLANDERS.—Tbere is veey little doubt but that Major General Lighttoot will succeed to the Colo neley of this rqtimenr. 17TH LANCERS.—On the removal of his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge to the Guards, it is under stood that Major-General Bourchier will succeed to the Colonelcy of this regiment. BOMBAY CO3IMAND.—On the appointment of Lieut.- General Sir ‘Viiliam Gomm, EL,C.13., to be Commander in-Chief in India, Major-General Sir John Grey will 'succeed him in the command of the Army of the Bom bay Presidency. SCINDE PRI= MONEY.—We are glad to End this long expected booty is about to be issued; the un claimed shares of the 22d and 28th Regiments will com mence distribution by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital on the 21st of AW/Rst. PUNISHMENT IN MILITARY' PRISONS.—A Memo randum from the Horse Guards, dated 18th July, ex plains, with reference to the Circular Memorandum of the 24th May last, that corporal punishment is to be in flicted within the military prisons only in ca , ei is which the sentence has been mitigated by commuting a p - Irti , ,n of it for an additional term of imprisonment, agreeably to the provisions of the 27th cle.use of the Mutiny Act; but that when any part of the sentence is remi•ted, or forgiven, without substituting additional imprisonnier.t, the remainder of the corporal punishment is to be in. flitted in the usual manner on the parade. STAFF.—Captain 89rh Regiment, has been ap pointed a staff officer of Pensioners. JAMAICA STAFF.—Lieutenant Bancroft, recently ap pointed lathe 16ih Regiment from the 75;b, and lately on the staff of Lieutenant-G. , neral Berkeiey at Ilirbs deep, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Mijer Gene ral Banbury, commanding the troops at Jamaica. DRAFTS FOR INDlA.—l i fe ship Vernon has been en • gaged by the East India House to convey detachments from Gravesend to Madras, on the 10th of September. THE RECEIVING-SHIP OFF TUE TOWER.—The Old Perseus, which has been stationed fur the last thirty two years off the Tower, and used as a receiving-ship for buys and men entered for the naval service, has been towed to Deptford to be broken up, and has ben re placed by the old donkey-frigate Crocodile. Is is calcu lated that above 100,000 men and boys have passed through the Perseus.; Captain Ellice, R. N., Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard, has returned to Loudon, from his tour of inspec tion of the west coast of England. _ REP.LIIILNO USELESS SHIPS,—We regret to bear that so useless and expensive a ship as the 8 gun sloop Fer • ret is ordered to be repaired; she is fit fir nothing but to be broken up. Her cla,s has been superseded by steamers. It will cost 5,000/. to repair, and to expend this sum on her is like thro piing goud money away. For as much more the Admiralty, going economically to work, could get a small steamer that would be wurth a dezan rotten, uneasy working brigs like the Ferret. SHOT PRACTICE PROM THE EXCELLENT.—Capt tin Milne, from the Admiralty, arrived at Yortsmouth on Thursday morning, and was enapolyed on official busi ness in the dockyard on Thursday and yesterday. He went on beard the Excellent on Thursday, t, witness some shot and shell practice at the ne w butts, under the stiperift-mdenee of Captain Chads. A number of per cussion shells invented toy Captain Moors ‘m. and otner concussion shells invented by Mr. Moore, of the Artil lery, that have been recently tested at Woolwi :h, were also thrown at the new wood buttJ, at the distance of 500 awl BJO yards. The iron butt with the timber tic athing outside the iron was atm fired at yesterday, as we home stated—the ok ,sheathing plank is three, four, and six inches in thickness. Three shoots were fired yesterday—two solid 32-pounders, and one 8 inch hollow shot. We understand the planking had not the desired effect of preventing the shot tram breaking to pieces, and the hollow shut was completely stn oohed. Further practice took place to-day; but we have nut heard the result. The shells were very correct in their tru9'ing and the practice is correct. MELANCHoLV ACCIDENT —Yest rola)/ morning, elauut eight o'cLoek, Mr. Johu Woisun R ,gers (go andson of Mr. Wilson, late draughtsman at S otnerset 11 .use), a clerk in the storekeeker's-offic4 at Wooolwich-yard, was pro ceediug down the river in a boat, when it upset, and he was untortunat-ly drown.d. she watermal was pick. d up by the boat of the Trinity, dredging vessel. lying below Barking Creek. Tne unfortunate young gentle man was about nineteen years of age, and very much respected in the yard. The rotary ene,ine, upon Captain the Hon. W. E. Fitsmaurice's plat-, recently under trial at Woolwich, i* to be sent to Dep , ford. By the death of Lieutenant Harris, agent of the Pcin cess Royal transport, an out-pensioner of Greenwich Hospital has become vacant. Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rtwstorne, is being surveyed at Portsmouth. She will toe refitted, and will resume her services as a troop-ship. There are no orders for paying off. • Camel lighter, Faber master, has returned - to Devon port from Looe, after laying down moorings at that port. Perseus, Lieut.-Commander Greet, was paid off at Deptford yesterday; and the Crocodile is to be commis sioned today by Lieut. Greet. Princess Alice, Dover steam-packet, is to have her iron bottom coated with Mr. Hay's composition. Tiger stcamer has been fitted with her engines at Deptford, by Messrs. Penn, and wilt proceed to Chatham on Monday. SWINGING SHIPS AT DKVONPORT.—The newly-ap pointed Qieen's Harbour Master, Mr. Thompson, is or dered to perform the duty of adjusting the compasses of her Majesty's ships at Devonport, and with this view has b.en put into official communication with Captain Johnson, of the compass department, at the Admiralty. The Admiralty have ordered that the divisional ships of all the ordinaries stall hoist the pendant. CAMBRIDGE BARRACKS, PORTSMOO I H.—Plans and specifications are now under the consideration of the Board of Ordnance, to building a new barrack on the site where this barrack now stands, to accommodate an entire regiment of 900 strong. THE IRON STEAMERS.—The Admiralty have this weekliseued orders that all work on ill, iron steamers is to be suspended until tnrtner instructions from thsir Lordships. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH FLEErS IN Tortoise lighter arrived at Woolwich yesterday af ternoon from Holyhead and I)evonport. Victoria and Albert royal yacht, Captain Lord A. Fit=lark-nce, returned to Ptirtsmouth from Osborne yes terday afternon, and will remain till Monday, when she returns to Cowes Roads. DEVONPORT, Auc. B.—Our annual rowing regatta, was to have come off yesterday. The morning was fine, and a good day was anticipated, every preparation made, and the sport actually commenced, when it came on to rain, which continued all day and entirely put a stop to all. Bills were printed seating that it was to come off on the first fine day; a flag was to be hoisted on the column, and the sport was to commence at one P.M. this day ; but there hus been no chance, as it has been hard rain all day. - PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Britannia, 120, advanced slip, had her main sod mizen masts stepped to-day. As soon as the Admiralty minute was promulgated here relative to the award if the privilege of the ward room to assistant-surgeons, Captain Sir Henry Black wood, of her M jesty's ship Vengeance issued an order that the assistant-surgeons of the Vengeauce should take their seats in the ward-room. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT M. iNCHES rER.-FRIDAy. The Wolverhampton Stakes in former yfara has al ways been an intercstieg betting race, but up tr this date this ycar'a has be: n s,arcely noticed. The afers to day were 5 to 2 ag.t Backbiter, 3 to 1 agit any of Daw son's four, aid 5 to 1 agit John of Berwick or The Castle; a few fivers were pat on the two latter, but nothing done on the others. EllOll. HANDICAP.-5 to 1 ago Collingwood (taken to 501. or 600-6 to 1 offered agst Canasou (take 7 to 1)- 6 ti 1 ag.t Cantab (taken to 25L)-10 to 1 agar any THE NEWMARKET SPRING MEETINGS, 1851. In c , nscquence of the late period et which Ester will f4II next year, the stewards will rec.iminfnd w the. Jockey Club at their next meeting, th.,t the Craven 1851 shall commence a fortnight b-hpre Eds'er. By this ar ran;ement the Newmarket Spring Meetings, Epsom, and licot will fall ai under:— en.y:n M« etio g Monday, April 7. First Spring Meet. (Easter Mund.) M"ndaY, April 21, Second Spiing Meeting Tuesday. May 6. Epsom Tuesday, M 20, Ascot Tuemlay, June 3. NEWMARKE r OCTOBER MEETING, 1850, rUES DA Y. , ---Match, 200, h It, T.Y.C.— Mr. Roles Col lingwood, Sit 9;b, ogit Lord Walifl)wer, 631. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1850. The tn , .tch between J,,tin o'Gro4t and DAcoon, on 11.miday, is eff by consent; and The Beehunter receives 50 sovs fe , m John o'Groat on Friday. THE LEAMINGTON STAKES.—Captain Hervey, who named Air. Gleo's Dims6k for this event, on Monday coma:tunic ilea to him his intention to strike him ou.; an] at Brighton, about half-past four o'clock on We tnes day, did so in writing , to Mr. 'Weatherby. Mr. Glen, we believe, denies the eaotnit.'s right to scratch him. RACES T' ♦UG Wolverhampton l2 Eglinton Park Reading ... l4 B9ul gne l4 Loa ea l4 Grit Yarmouth 2O flaky Plymouth York . 2l Barnet 2l SEPTE Warrick .. 3 Weymouth 4 Morpeth Lincoln Rochester Western Meeting 5 Bungay Lichti4d R idcliffe Werneth Low 9 Cheadle (St ifforchhire) 9 Leicester ll ocTo Newmkt. First Octolrr 1 I Chesterfield 2 Chester Autumn 8 Royal Caledonian, &c 9 0 COML. UsT. Tunbi Lige Wells Stirling Eccles Stuurbridge Derby 27 Taunton Cnalk Farm 27 Egh am Canterbury 29 Paisky ;MBE& Liverpool H. (Hoylake) 11 Towns Lynn Dover Basing6toke l2 Doncsiter Richmond Bedford . 24 S tudbach , 24 Manchester Autumn Scarborough mu:L. I Newmkt. Second Oat 14 Wrexham I Ne*market Houghton 2B THE MOORS. .A 8 the 12th of August approaches, so increase the bustle and excitement of preparation for the moors on that day—a day which begins the annual recreation of so many toil-worn men of state and business. For the last week every variety of sporting appointments, from the stout Highland germ, to the active, panting setters and pointers, have been hurrying on to shooting quarters. As usual at this season, Mr. Snowie's shop is the hourly resort of crowds of anxious sportsmen, eater to give end hear news. We have a number of notes from gentlemen and gamekeepers, not written expressly to give infor mation of the coming season, but simply appended to matters of business. One of our most celebrated sports men stated, in the end of July, that there are two distinct breeds of grouse this sees-in. He raised a young bird so far grown that it had a black tail, which was remarkable so early. He alio put up birds that could scarcely fly, the hitter evidently the produce of a second hatchin4 ; the first having been d-siroyed by the snow in May. For a considerable circuit about Inverness the young birds will generally b 4 on the 12th in two sets OT broods, one set strong as old birds, the other cheepers. A hill-wat..her, whose days and yi.ars are spent among grouse, told u 4 in his own manner, that "he was thinking it was to ba a good season, fir there was more birds he had seen sinus ten y'ers He had one grouse nest with seventeen eggs. and he was seeing the covey with just as many young birds in it." A correspondent in Sutherland writes—The young grouse, although far from being numerous, are expe ted to be strong and plump to a degree beyond ordinary." Next week we hope to be able to record the contents or many good bags, and ta publish a long list of sporting residences. There has already been some good shots in the deer forests. We have seen a stag's head with 13 anglers, shot by Mr. Ker, ison at Inverinate, and a large wide spread stag's head from Loch-Carron, one of two stags shot by Sir Arthur Chiche , t r. A stag was shot last week at Durirobin, by Lord Ellesmere, which weighed 28 stone. On Saturday, 27th ult., Mr. Frank Mackenzie brought down a stag at Applicross.—lnverness Courier. THE MEDITERKANKAN. The following is given as ice c.maparative strength of the French and Engliih fleets in the Medi terraneau : Eoglish. French. Caledonia Qieen ll6 Palmy Powerful . B4 Jemappe Ganges Superb Bellerophon ....,....... 78 Jupiter 9O lutlexible Steamers. Steamers. Hogue (screw) Terrible 2L Descartes . Firebrand Scourge ••• 6 Dariea Growler 6 Caton Spiteful The French ships enumerated above form the fleet, ordered to Cherbourg to be reviewed by the President of the French Republic. Another division, however, will ling-of-bat t l e a remain in th e M e di terranean an d at Ch er b ourg . I t i s t fl t i i e e os t ih nigpahlp will . b e a a reinforced t Toe sea-g ' ' present in the English home ports are— rrafaigar ... l2O Sheerness. Albion 9O Devouport. Vengeance ... 4824 pPoorrtstscamuouutthh: Fox for the East Indies. Thetis BB Devouport. Trincomalee Dauntless Retribution 22 Portsmouth. Dragon 6 Portsmouth. ... 1 Portsmouth (screw), for the Niger Inflexible 6 Sheerness, for the West Indies. Salamander 6 Devonport , for the East Indio t. But the line-ot- battle ships tif_VVICA COMMIS - are only l sioned ship s and have only a coupe of hundred mar tn*l3 on board of each, and about 150 utficers and blue jaukets. The others are fitting for foreign station- 7 , or tor the exercising squadron. COURSE u. Anisterovn 12 I}i Ditty, three months .. 12 2X, Rotten:la - a •• .• •• 12 2 'h ‘-ntwerP • • ............ 25 GO Brussel., 25 60 tbstatturgh . •2.1.8. 13 10.1; r.tris, 3 a Ays'itght .. • 25 40 Ditto. 3 months 25 GO ............ 25 62% Bot.• rdeaux.. . leranlzfort on Maine.... 120% ✓ienna, enc. to ••• • • • 11 55 r t ir•te,ditto....••.... 11 80 67!,s k uoria •••••••••••••• 45% sag •• •• •• •• •• >co •• 50 Isarcelo:l2. • • ...... rievillo•••••••••• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar • • • •• .• • • •• •• t.eghorn .............. 30 70 'ie11011•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 26 U ritlan .. • • .. • ..• • • • • •• Venice.. gaples .............. 40 1 4 Palermo, per0z........ 121 Aessina 122 43% Isioorto ••.. • • .... ••.. • • 53% ttio Janeiro .......... Inenos Ayres .. ••.. •• Sew York,6oilayo'sight ..... . APPOISTMEItiI. Lien'. G. A. Wilios (t 844) Ft,:i of tie lit 3 CaPt 434 of the Vezguard, .80, and who ably CCiraimanded the t 4 vt I:re, zteam-Tetliel, in tile Uediterre,nean, itas been I:.p -pointed first-lieutenant to the Retribution steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, and joined his ship yesterday. Lieut. J. S. bs.rell (1846) has also been appointed to the Retribution. V3ICVS OV 81ILLION', P!1 oz. Tora!gn Geld in Lars.. £3 17 9 ?crttgal Gold Coiu .. 0 ania7l Dor,1•100:13 . • 0 0 (i New Dollar* ...... 0 4 10 1 .‘ 411ver In bare ...... • . 0 4 11% DEATH OF MR. PRITCHARD.--We regret to an nounce the death of this gentleman, who was so long a popu lar actor on the Edinburgh boards, which he latterly lett to become manager of the Theatres Royal Leeds, Hull, York, &c. Mr. Pritchard had been in feeble health for some time, and died on Monday last.— Carlisle Journal.—[Mr. Pritchard was favourably known to the metropolitan play-going public by his performances at Covent-garden some ten years since. KINGSTON.--Arrd. Wave, Alpin, St. Jvhn's, N ew Brunswick. Moriarty, who was appointed mast' r of the Dra gon, 6, steam-frigate, has been transferred to the Retri bution, and Mr. Francis Edington (1841) has bean ap pointed to the Dragon, vice Moriarty. Chief Engineers—Alexander Langlands, to Dauntless screw-frigate, Portsmouth; Edward Casaey, to Retriuu don, steam-frigate, Portsmouth. Assist:Ant Engineers—James Taylor, E. Deely, John LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUG UST 10, 1850. RAILWAY SRARE MARKETS. BRiSTOL. AtG. 9. STOCV EXCHANGE. —The market does not show any improvement to-day, either as regards the amount of husin-ss done or the prices, whi h still have a tendency to fall. The transactions were principally confined to Great Western and Bristol and Exeter, without any alteration in prices. LIVENP•JOL, Anu. 9. STOCa EXCITANGE. —There was a moderate business done to-day, and prices were firm. The transactions were as fol low Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 9 7-16 dis. London and North-Western, IA 1 1 / 9 c —Ditto, New Quarters, p. —Ditto Fifths, 1 p.— Ditto, Quarters (C), I►,! g p. - Midland. 33 , 4—Ditto, Halves, 244, dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (Oswestry and Chester), 6►,g -• South-Eastern and Dover (No 4), Registered, 4%—Ditto, Thirds, s—York and North Midland, 16%—Yolk, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent, till 1 , 450, 5 dis —Bolton, illackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire (No 1), 4. MANCHESTER, Ara. 9 STOCK EXCHANGF„—The sh re market to•day was very dull, and prices were rather weaker. BIRMINGHAM, AuG. 9. Srocx EXCHANCItt—The share market was dull and in active to-day, and prices are rather depressed. I.ZussIAN GRAIN.—A vessel belonging to Meek lenburgh, which has just arrived from Riga, has brought ¶ B.OOO quarters of oats, the produce of Russia. This, cargo of oats, which is admissible for home u•e under ihe repealed navigation laws, is probably the large6t which has ever been brought on one occasion from foreign countries. ----- MARSALA. WINE.—A vessel arrived in the docks from Marsala, has brought the following large quantity of this description cif wine, preferred by some as a light dinner wine, viz., 114 pipes, 130 h:sgsheads, and 418 smaller casks, besides other articles, the production of the place. PLTWORTH. — The harvest has commenced pretty generally in this neighbourhoo.i. We are sorr y to re p or t that the potato crop is very much blighted.—Brighton Gaculte. long his services, could receive more than 701. a year. By a recect regulation 10/. a year additional :Light be added after five years' ber vice, but beyt.nd that there c,tuld be no augcaet , tation. The other point he wo u ld tAvert to had referenea to the apptinimeat of Mr. tiler, from Edinburgh, to the head clerkship of the Money Order-etfice. From what the Nobl, Marquis had stated on ferm , : , r occasion, it would be inferred that the other clerks in that office had been passed over on account of incotnetence. That, howev,r, noun hardly be thecae, since it had been rettres.nted to him that the vac,tnt ‘itua•ion had b , ?ern off,reti to thee of the cl-iks in that office, if they vi , nild consent to retract certain state ments in a memorial to which they had attached their 11t1MC:4. The Marqtai of CLANRICARDE replied, that with rt'gard to the first point, relative to the clerl;4 in the probationary class, the Noble girl was port. ctly correct in his statement. With re3pect tj the pro/notion of Mr. Farmer. he could only say that no offer had ever born made, with hie sanction, upon any conditions. to any clerk in the ofnee, nor did he believe that Mr. 11,1wland Ilil! would have sanctioned such uu off-r. lie dui not think that the promotion of Mr. Firmer could be sop posed ca4t tiny di , :cre.lit upon the cfriks in tho Money Order-oftie , ; but he believed, under all the ei r emu:it:4'l,2,s, that that gentleman was the bent qualified to fill the place. The matter then droppei. The P&ice Superaunus.tioa Fend Bill was real a sc..ond time. Tee, Summary Jurisdiction (Ire!arid) Biil, and the Grand Jury Cess (Irehl,d) B 11, severaliy went through Committee, and, he other Bills on thn table 11:iving• been forwarded a st4go, the House adjourned anti One o'clock to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COM .VIONS, Auguqt 8. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) CRIME AND OUTRAGES ACP (IRELAND) CONTINUANCE (No. 2) On the motion th at the 11;use do resolve itself into Committee on this Bill, Mr. REYNOLDS moved that the Bill be committed this day three months, and, in doing so, saad he did not intend to repeat anything which he had stated before, but merely wished to appeal to her Majesty's Government, after they had bad another night for reflection, whether they really meant to persevere with the measure, and to inflict another gratuitous insult and injury on the country. He scarcely hoped to succeed, although he believed he ought to succeed—(A laugh)—because the accounts which had been received by the last post Irian Ireland corroborated what he had already declared, that peace and order prevailed throughout the country. Some of the advocates of the Bill stated that the satisfactory state of Ireland was entirely owing to its operation. He did not believe any such thine, but he would like to know, if the Bill was passed on that ground, when the powers which it con ferred were to cease.—(Hear; hear.) It the order and peace which prevailed was assigned as a reason fir con tinuing the Bill, it might be assumed with good reason that it was to have a perpetual existence.—(hear.) When the Bill was introduced in 1847 they had a long list of crimes and outrages, and they were told if the Bill was not passe), that there would be an insurrection in Ireland. The Bill accordingly re ceived the sanction of the House for a period ef three years and a half. It had now been three years in exist ence, and peace and good order bad been secured, and he would ask the English and Scotch Members, who voted for the Bill in 1847, if they were pre pared to record their votes in favour of its continuance? The Bill, in his opinion, was unnecessary, unjust in principle, and he was, therefore, bound to take the earliest opportunity to divide the House on the motion that the Speaker do leaveAhe chair. Mr. G. THOMPSON opp ised the Bill, which he said he had objected to when it was first introduced. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir G. Grey) could not have forgotten that, on the occasion of introducing the Crime and Outrages Bill, he used the significant words that the measure he then proposed was one merely in tended to lessen the amount of evil that had grown out of the then state of the relations between landlord and tenant, and that it would be the wish of the Govern• ment to introduce such measures thence!orward as would be calculated to remove the evils arising from that reiationship.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Thompson) could not recollect a single measure which had since passed that House calculated to remedy those evils. Under those circumstances could he, as au English Member, vote with any party in that House in favour of the contiuuance of this moat insulting Act ? Had they not had it paraded even from the Throne itself, in the gracious speech of her Nlajesty herself, that she was received in Ireland with one universal burst of loyal feeling ? And did not the recent assizes in Ireland show that there was less of crime and outrage there than bad been the case within the memory of man ? Why then, user these circumstances, were they called on to continue those most extraordinary, not to say unconstitutional powers? tier Majesty's Government might have sufficient reason fir %wishing this Bill to pass, but they had net condescended to assign any reason for passing it. The only reason assigned was that Ireland was now tranquil, and that tranquillity was owing to the exercise of the extraordinary posers conferred on the Lord- Lieutenant by the Crime and Outrage Act. That was an argument that would do for all time and for any country; and it would justify the passing of a similar Act for this country.—(Heur, hear.) lie did say the time was now come to allow that Act to expire, and for 'he House to show that they had some faith in the Irish people.—(Cheer-.) The disaffection which gave ri-e to the Crime and Outrage Act did nut now exista—(Heue, hear.) The individuals that promoted it were nut now in the country; and the press tact fomented net dis affection was utterly extinguished, or if not extin guished, had greatly modified its tone. He should support the Right Honourable Gentleman ( Mr. Rey nolds) in the motion he had made, and he asked the Members for Ireland on this occasion to do their duty.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr, Thompson) saw a state of things yesterday which was discredieshie to the Irish Members. Out of 105 Irish Members, 33 only were within the walls ut that House—(hear, hesr) —considerably less than one-third of the entire repre sent ttiou of that island, when a measure was under dis cussion affecting the enjoyment of constitutional govern ment in that country.— (Hear, hear.) He called on Irish Members to do their duty on this occasion; it was nut even now too late for them to do so; and he trusted that the House would 'not give its sanctum to so wanton an outrage on the, constitutional liberties of the people of Irelaud as was contemplated by this Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY had always taken a lively in terest in the elf Sirs of Ireland, and he felt he was acting as consistently as the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down by giving his support to this Bill. It was only a measure of continuance for a time of an Act which hal worked moat beneficially in repressing crime and out rage in Ireland. Mr. MOORE rf , minded the Hon. Gentleman (\lr. George Thompson) that when the Irish Members made their first stand against this measure they had neither the voice nor the vote c,f that Hon. Gentleman. Mr. G. THOMPSON explained that ho was ill in bed on that occasion, or he would have been but too happy to have attended in his place to oppose the measure. On c;aust• 1, Sir T. O'BRIEN believed in his conscience that this Bill was not called for in the present condition of Ireland. Mr. ANSTEY thought the conduct of the Hon. and Learned Member for Uockermouth was most extraordt nary. He had always before voted along with the late Mr. O'Connell against coercion Bills, even where there was a much greater need of them than at pre sent, and now they found him supprting the whole plan of Government for oppressing Ireland, even when he acknowledged that he was perfectly ignorant of any circumstances which called for it. The real question at issue here was, whether the present state of tne law was not sufficient to meet all the present cir cumstances of Ireland. and he contended that it was the duty of the Government to prove that it was not. He did not deny that there were murders in Ireland, but he did not think that there was anything which cited for such strong measures. He did not doubt that the amendment would be lost, but he for one would give it his general support. _ _ Sir GEORGE GREY said, that though the opposi tion to this Bill had been very great, he must say that the Honourable Member for the Tower Hamlets had been just to Irish Members. Their oppo,drion to the Bill had been strenuous certainly, but still honest. and straightforward. The Bill which had come down to that House from the Lords had been laid aside, arid leave moved for to bring in another Bill; on that occasion, unusual as it was, great opposition had bean offered to that, and to every subsaqaent stage of the Bill. The Hon. Talemtier, after such repeated dehives on the Bill, seemed enttiety to have mistaken the onjects of tha Bill. The lion. Gentleman seemed to think that the Bill, when originally introduced, was to repress disaff.ction in Ireland, and he argued, after the loyal rees-ption which her Majesty had mel, with in her late visit, that there was no inure occasion fur it. The Honourable Gentleman ought to have known that this Bill was not introduced to repress Political agitation, but it was enacted with reference to the system of assassination, which wus unfortunately so prevalent in that country. He must also beg to re mind the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite (Mr. Anstey) that ho too had taken a wrong view of this BM. Ha seemed clearly to consider it as analagous to the Coercion Bill, a; it was called. The Bill, in fact, was a necessary substitution for a I3ill of still more stringent provisions. He must say that he thought there had been quite sufficient opportunity fur discussion on this measure, and he hoped the House would now allow them to go into Committee. Mr. W. J. FOX con,idered that the system of evic tion was the root of all Irish evil. lie considered that, as the prevalence of crime and outrage was a reason for the extraordinary powers in 1847, so the great ciaii nution of crime and outrage in 1850 was a reason why t'aey should leave Ireland in this matter to the regular operation of the laws and cansti,u tion of the country. But there were ()thee rnk w ,ores of amelioration necessary for the I.e aa,s and Orasp-rity of the country. He thought that eucouragement ou , ht to he liven ta the ditLion of 1.:•. , . , 1‘?:ay ia a eeimtrV of t'ae ' had nut been put on tho sarn, l+vel as it tiro: in this country. Ou one question, however, he b !sere! lish Education had left unduue, viz., cu-c , pera ne h a ca, cart to crime, and in throwin, up a great harrier attait many of the evils which afflicted the country. am h d t h e a a d y b eti e r ect s p th o a t tio w n h o il i e lastcdruirmiriing4tlshewhin )1n:1, ,ith thp,r):o - been gradually increasing as who had received no education,ln aud crime wascompared almost toady among, the uninstructed, and that crime among the instructed was diminishing instead of in cr,i4sieg. as in this country. But he believed that universal quietude could never be secured in the country until measures of a peaceful and of a mentally influential kind, such as he referred to, were further extended. No country could remtin contented were the established religion was only that of a small minority, where the worship of one portion of the people was an insult and se;gravation to the other, owing to its lAtig supported from the resources of the grrat body of the public, and where the Church of the St.t?, instead of being a monu ment of religion, was an unjust and oppresssive institu tion.—(Hear:) Mr. sTAFFORD said he had already spoken in fa vour of the Bill, and he had since seen greater reason for continuing his support, because he considered the conduct of the Government was so calculat:d to hi flAme the minds of the pe plc in Ireland, to set class aganst class, and to give rise to deeds of blood, that the Bill was absolutely necessary to suppress the disturbances which he he f, ared were likely to take place. The Goveromeat had raised hopes of le4isloion on a ques tion which was convulsing the whole of Iceland only to cisappoint the people. Nothing whatever had tem done t) termine the 'citations 13 , tween and tenant, Vtough great promises haft been held out to them in the speech from the Throne. Yet, to the mai nt un ,a-isfActory state of those rela'ious, most of the crimes were to be a' tributed, and the lion. Member for Roch d tie had stated very truly that the proceedings of the Commissioners under the Encumbered E‘tates Bill were another great stimulus t) the increase of evictiow. lie thought no th=inks were due to the G•lvernment for the course of conduct pursued by the Government during the whole session, f.)r they had done nothing on those im portant questions with which the tranquillity and wel fareof Ire(slid was so deeply connected. Mr. M'CULLAGEI he could do no more than record the opinion which he had already ex pressed, that the Bill was unnecessary, and he thought it would answer no geod purpose, at this advanced period of the session, to pro secute any further opposition, seeing that the Bill had already passed its former states by a majority. lie thought the course adopted by the Encumbered Estates Commi.sioners, of declaring that estates put up to sale should be cleared of ail persons who did not hold leases, amounted, in fact, to a declaration of war against life and property of a most lamentable and dangercus character: Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL supported the amendment. Colonel DUNNE congratulated the House that there had, been no compromise upoa this Bill. His main ob jection .wag to the propos.-ii duration of the Bill. He comid4:red that the Bill itself was rendo:ed necessary by the neglect of the Government. They hid passed through the whole of the session, and nothing of consequence had been done. He would not oppose the Bill, because he thought that the state of the country required it. Sir BENJAMIN HALL complained of a Bill of this importance being brought in at so late a period of the session. He thought that the disposal of the public business had no.v - come to such a pass that there was an absolute necessity for a complete change. He had never known any session since the passing of the Re form Bill and the two sessions following it in which a greater desire to transact public business had been shown than on the present. With the excep tion of two occasions, no adjourned debate had taken place on a Government night, nor had the House been once counted nut on a Government night. The SPEAKER called the Hon. - Baronet to order. His arguments were not addressed to the question before the House. Sir B. HALL said he should take another opportu nity then of bringing this subject before the House. With regard to the present Bill, he should oppose it by every mesas in his power. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objectian to the Lion. Baronet bringing forward any motion on the business of- the session, but he wail some what surprised that, after eulogizing the House for its desire to get through public business, he should set an ex ample of wasting time by irrelavent arguments. Mr. mowATr opposed the Bill. He contended that no cat,e for coercion had been made out by the Go. vernment. It was absurd for the Government to look at the crimes themselves without referring to the cum.& He did not think that such a people as the Irish would have been driven to such outrsg 13 as they read of unless under the conviction of oppressive 'wrongs. He consi dered this Bill a reproach to the Government, and that they were passing their own sell-condemnation. Mr. E. B. RUCHE was not sorry that the debate had been so long protracted, inasmuch as it bad led to an universal acknowledgment that the wrongs of the Irish people were patent to all, and the• Government, instead of coming forward to remedy these evils, had been occupied with measures to coerce them. With regard to the measure bi-fore them he consid. red that it was unjust and unneceshary, and was not required to tranquillise Ireland, because she was 23 tranquil as they could expect her to be under her present wrongs. He protested against the Bill, and he held the Government responsible for the consequences which might follow. Mr. P. SCROPE wished to draw the moral of this debate, and to point out the unfortunate position which her Majesty's Government had occupied during the last two or three days. No one had said a word in their fsvcur, and they had scarcely a word to say for them selves. He trusted that this would be a lesson for them to endeavour to govern Ireland, for the future, on diffe rent principles. After a few words from Mr. GRACE the House di vided,'wheu there appeared— For going into Committee ... Against it ... 82 ... 34 Majc•rity ... ... ... .:. —4B The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Mr. MOORE moved an amendment that the duration of the Bal should he limited to one year. He made the appeal on behalf of the whole body of the Irish Liberal Members, who were united in this request. Mr. HUME rose to suggest to the Government the policy of acceding to this amendment. Mr. REYNOLDS said as tha House bad negatived his amendment by a majority of 82 to 34, he had no hope of obtainiag his object. He hoped the Government would consider the proposition ef the Hon. Member for Ma) o, tor he did not think the Bill ought to be continued for a longer period than was necessary. Hewes glad to find the ihe names of several English Members, who represented large and influential constituencies, were among the mi nority, particularly that of the lion. Member for the Tower Hamlets, whom he thanked, on behalf of the Irish people, for the good services which he had ren de: ed to them. He should vote for the amendment. Mr. RUCHE said, as Ireland was admitted on all hands to be free tram agrarian outrages, the Bill might reasonably be dropped at the end of another year, pro vided the present tranquillity prevailed, and should out rages and disturbances be renewed, then the Govern ment would have very good grounds for applying tor its renewal.—(hear, hear.) He hoped, thetetore, the Government would concede to limiting the continu ance of toe Bill to one year. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL thought these observations were worthy of more attention than appeared to be given to them by the Government. He thought they ought not to continue the measure a moment longer than inevi able necessity re qtiired. Sir G. GREY said it would be impossible for the Government ao ascertain with anything like mathema tical accuracy the necessity for the continuance of the) Bill in a less period than three years. In re ference to the other topics which had been in troduced into the discussion, he • said there could be no doubt that they must come under the considera- Bon of Parliament next session ; but it was a chimerical idea, which he thought no man could encourage who was acquainted with the real state of Ireland, that Par liament could, by a short Act, produce nothing but harmony as regarded the relation between landlords and tenants.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Such an object could only be attained by the co-opera tion of the parties themselves, and all Parliament could do was to facilitate the making of arrangements between tenants and their landlords. The proposed dura tion of the Bill had no reference to the existence of the present Government, for if the Govern ment were to change ti-morrow the Bill would be, quite as necessary, and the succeeding Government would find that they ought to have such powers con ferred upon them by Parliament as a security against disturbances. Three ye ars was the period to which Bill. of this nature were usually continued. Mr. ANSTEY observed that the Habeas Corpus Sus pension Act for Ireland was limited to one year, and he thought that might be taken as a good precedent on the present licession. Mr. SCULLY regretted the determination her Ma jesty's Government had come to on this Bill. He was of opinion that, in preference to discussing this Bill in a hurried manner at the fag end of the session, it would have been more desirable to discus* it fully and deli berately at the commencement of the next session. In the interval b-itore the opening of next ses sion the present state of quiet in Ireland might be then in continuance, which would be a state of things that would constitute an unanswer able argument against the continuance of the Crime and Outrage Act. He would vote for the motion of the Hon. Member tor Mayo (Mr. Moore), believing that it was in the highest degree important that such a Bill as this should exist for as short a time 'as possible. Mr. S. CRAWFORD, amidst cries of " Divide," said, that whenever the Bill might be made to end, he pro tested egainst any renewal of it for any period what ever.—(Hear.) He called upon the Government to give some explicit intimation whether or not they would early in next session bring in some measure to settle the re lations of landlord and tenant in Ireland? Mr. MOORE reminded the Government that this was an appeal made to them by the whole Liberal party in Ireland.—(Hear, ht an) Lord JOHN RUSSELL seici this was a Bill for the discouragement of murder—(Urn r, hear) —and he could not say whether the Liberal party in Ireland could have any wish to continue tut crime.—(llear, hear.) lie considered the continuance of this Bill for a somewhat lun;rtr period than one year was likely to have a very hen. effect in the discouragement of that her. riche crime. He admitted that it were desirable 6 - Rat the period her the continuance of this Ho- thane - hat whist i elmithi ho very eal tl?sirblise ;is it was for Enalend and Szotlaud waen crime was there rather more pre relent than now, was that the House should induce habits of order and obedience to the law, and having done that they might then confidently rely on the ordinary operirion of the law for the prevention of ordinary crime. But it they made this Bill last for a very short time, they woulo, immediately that power was taken away, immediately that the force of rearession which had been pl.ie,d on that crime had been withdrawn, they would get a revival of the crime; and, with a revival of the crime, they would have a cry from Ireland kir (xtr,urdivary measures. His opinion was, that i t ' they wished this measure nut to be very lung INDIA. 'XI - TRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE COMNANDER.IN . CRIER OF INDIA TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF - INDIA. . . _ • Head Qearters, Camp, Peshawur, Feb. 16,1850. MyLord,—ln furtherance of your Lorship's orders -to report on the frontier defence, especially on that of the Peshawur district, I was proceeding to Kohat, as on - an ordinary march, when the Deputy-Commissioner, Lieue-Colonel Lawrence, informed me that a &Utah . meat of - sappers and miners, repairing the road between Kohat and the Pass, had been unexpectedly attacked by a body of the Af:edi tribe, aided by others of the Khyber and Durikzye tribes, to the number of from 700 to 1,200 men; they massacred nearly all the sappers and miners; no mercy was shown by the assailants, who came from the neighbouring villages, occupying the fast nesses of the long and perilous defile through the Alredi range of mountains. 2. By this unexpected attack, unprovoked by any mis conduct on the part of the detachment, the civil station of Kohat was cut off; and it became necessary to rein force that station, and to punish the insurgent Fribes. I • therefore ordered the force relm:2d in the note,* aeeom . panied by my own escort, unoler the command of Bri gadier Sir Colin Campbell, to march for those purposes on the 9th of February. 3. On the 10th we entered the pass, and I was met by some deputies from the village of Aknor, who endea voured to exculpate themselves; but Lieut.-Colonel Lawrence having assured me that his information was correct as to what villages bad formed the force that • massacred our detachment, wed that this was one of those villages, my answer to the deputies was, that their people must give themselves and their arms up to me; that they have received money trom the British Government for protecting this road, and that instead of affording that protection they had murdered a di-tachmens of our soldiers. I gave them an hour to consider what answer they would give to my summons to surrender themselves. At the end of the hour they returned, and said their companions would not listen to them. I therefore ordered Sir C. Campbell and Lieut.-Colonel Lawrence to crown the heights round the village, but nut to fire unless fired upon. The moment our troops advanced the Atredi mateblockmen opened their fire, which was instantly re turned, our troops driviug tt.e enemy before them in every direction. 4. The civil authorities then burnt the village, and the column advance i five miles further to its encsnipiug grayed :at Gerzeon t'it•! ,- enemy eef.;ntled ; Hit it wis then; anri we ei;eb4 I tear catty, urlee? the ire of matehlre4s :rnrik the cielhit , 7.: ing prrr!pes i.tl-7 tt - .74 anzt - ;:n thro:igh tha defile, constantly sliircei,shing with the enemy, and en camped at Botey Kbail, übout five miles from our last ground, and immediately under the Pass of Kohat, which was in possession of some irregular troops sent by the Assisttet-Commissioner, Lieutenant Pollock, for that purpose. 6. This evening I sent the Ist Punjaub Cavalry, under Captain Daiy, to Kohut, and myself examined the top of the puss. The whole of that night the enemy kept continually firing upon our pickets. 7. On the 12th, accompanied by my staff, I rode to Rohm, and examined-its defences and position, &c., ftwe returning to camp about four P.m. I ordered B rigadeir Sir C. Campbell and Lieut.-Colonel Lawrence t o make preparations for our return to Peshawur the nes .t morn ing, which they accordingly did, ordering the 1 .st Pun jaub gfantry to hold the high ground till our ret it guard was out of sight, when this excellent regiment recired to Kohat, which was thus reinforced by two corp 5, one of cavalry and one of infantry. 8. In one march the column swept through t h•s whole defile, skirmishing with the enemy all the 'w ay, and reaching MuthtPe between three and four o'c!oe i f , seven teen mites from the morning's ground; and 0' a the 14 . 1 we returned to Peshawur. 9. The civil authorities burnt six of the offending villages known to Colonel Lawrence as having been con cerned in the massacre of our detachment. 10. The whole of these operations were ably con ducted by Brigadier Sir C. Campbell and Li ent.-Colonel Lawrence, commanding the military and civ forces re spectively. 11. Lieut.-Colonel Lawrence will of cows() snake his report to the Punjaub Government; and have the honour to enclose that of Sir Colin Campbell, together with a copy of my own general order, for your Lord ship's information. 12. It may be as well to remark that all the villages that ware destroyed bad been previously abandcaied ; nothing but fighting men remained in them. 13. The conduct of the troops of all ranks was; ex cellent. 14. We have necessarily lost some bravo soldiers in these operation.. TA enty men bare been slain, wad seventy-four wounded; among the former I have to la.- ment the gallant young Si. well, and tour breve comrade ‘: who fell at his side—via., havilthr Gholan Dirchet, naick Madho Sing, and sepoys Mee rwan Opuieesa and Darn band Pandy, of the 31st Nativ. , Infantry. Tile havildar and two sepoys, named Sabha Rim and Ba..tsur Ram, attempted to carry off their wounded leader. 15. The havildar was killed, the two sepoys despe rately wounded; they were rescued by !heir comrades afterwards, and are now in hospital. The naick Hoo!ai Khan went fuur times up the hill in the face of the enemy, accompanied by Buctour Khan. and brought away a wounded man each time. These were great deeds of valour and sell-devotion done by soldiers of humble rank, aad I claim for these four men, floolas Khan, Sabha Baal, Buctour Ram, and Buct,ur the " order of merit" at your L ,rdship's hands. Alas! young Sitwell is beyond human reward. He fell, rushing against the enemy, and calling on his men to follow, and ' they obeyed him. When he fell, he tried in vain to ' make them leave him to an unsparing foe, and 4ave their lives; they obeyed not then, but died with him ! Heroic was the young spirit that inspired such deed. ! The jemadar who commanded the pariy when Sitwell fell is said to have conducted himself with admirable jnelgment, coolness, and courage, and the enemy were defeated in this desperate combat. There was noble leading and intrepid followingl. • • • I have, &c., C. J. NAPIER, General Comminder-in-Chief. THIII IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 9. MENAI , LW CONSOLIDArION. Lord BROUG 11 AM then proceeded, according to his notice, to call the attention of the House to this subject. He commenced by giving a history of the labours ,if the Commissioners cil Criminal Law from the first issuing of the commission by himself in 1831 down to the present tine. He passed in review the useful suggestions which they lead snide from time to time, and mentioned as a proof of their industry th a t th e y had digested the crimi nal law into one statute containing 800 or 900 different articles. In the course of last summer the Commis sioners hod completed their labours, and had pro duced another etatute dieesting all the rules and proceedings of the criminal course. This mag nificent work having been completed, it ap peared to Lord - Lyndhurst. Lord Cottenham, and him self that the true mode of passing this legislative code was not by sending these two Bills , containing from 1,500 to 2,000 articles, to the two Houses of Parliament to legislate upon—for no lee , lativo power of either House separately, or of both Houses combined, would be able to undertake such a mess of legislation—but by submi4ing them to another Commission well and care fully selected. It would be bid economy to allow the Commission to fall to the ground after the country had spent from 90.0001 to 100,0001. upon it; and he recom mended its continuance till the members of it had again revised the code which they had drawn up. He denied that the work of the Commission had been performed by the late Mr. Starkey. its secretary, and contended, on the strength of the answers which he had received to a circular which he had himself addressed to the Commis sioners, that it aas their work, and their work alone. It was too late in the day to advocate either the policy or the necessity of having a good digest of the law, which all were bound to obey, nod instanced, at some length, the ad vanrae;es which France had derived from the code drawn up by the command and under the active superintendence of that wonderful genius the late Emperor Napoleon. He promised to bring the subject msi ter of this digest under the notice of the Huuae early in the next session of Par liament. OFFICIAL SALARIES. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then proceeded to at. tack the rep.art recently made by a Select Committee of the Reuse of Commons on official salaries. There were imperfections in every line of it. The savings which it recommended were uttetly insignificant in a financial point ef view. It trampled upon all consider?... liana of justiee at home, red destroyed all our diplomatic relations abroad. What inf. rination the Cenam.Veihad got, where they had got it. to what witnesses they had resorted to enlighten the darkne , s of their understand ings, he could not by any possibility conceive. With regard to the reductions to be made in the salaries of the judges of the High Court of Chancery, they had neither examined Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Cottenham, nor himself. They load passed over all the abuses of that court, and had made no reference to the saleries paid to its subordinate officers. He particularly objected to the reducti. n of the salary of the Lord Chancellor to 8,0001. a-sear, and of the Lord Cnief Justice of the Common Pleas to 6 0001 a-year. Such a mass of contradiction, absurdity, and ignorance, he bad never seen comprised in a single report. They recommended that the salary of the Judge-Advocate should be reduced on the next. appoi' talent from 2,000/. to 1 5001. a-year; but, as a makeweight, they recommended that the future holder of that offise should not be debarred from the practice of his profs ion. Why, he was not debarred from it at present. The present holder of the office had recently pleaded before bite; and if Mr. S. Wortley had ' given up practising before the Judicial Privy Council whilst he held it, it was only because he was himself a Privy Councillor. That gentleman, as Judge Advo cate, had as much right es any of his prefersional brethren to practise in the Coutts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer, and Chancery. He (Lord Broueha , n) obj-'cted to wetly other reductions recom mended by the Committee, and especially to the reduc tion , f the salaries of the Masters in Chancery to 2 000/. a pli,r. tie had himself reduced them from 5,0001. a year„to which their salaries, with foes, in some instences, formerly amounted, to 2,500/. a year; and below that sum he was rsot prepared to go. Some three or four years ago their number had been reduced by not filling up two vacancies which occurred i but now, owing to the Winding-up Act, they were overwhelmed with work, and their numbers ought co be increased. He had, by means of a connexien of his own, same in al3: :le labour, hi of that to go circuit. B ut the Gr i ef J ust i ce a h sight into the amount of labour they p er formed; and he would say that eighteen h ours a d a y wo uld net enable them to get through it. He then reverted once more to the miserable saving pr o p ose d i n the reduction of the salaries of the LoreCnancellor and the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. His Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack was, he supp os ed, to have only 8,000/ a year. Considering that h e w a s entitled to that, am o unt of salary as Lord Chi ef J ust i ce o f t h e C omm on Pleas, he was surprised to find that his Noble and Learned Friend had given up t h at sa l ar y, w hi c h he might have retained for life, tor the same amount of salary in an office tar more labori ous , an d f rom w hich he might be removed perhaps i n t h e course o f t h e nex t four or five months, it might b e w i t h, an d i t m i g ht be . without, a retiring .pension. Th en, did t h e i gnorant men who formed this Committee k now t h e difference in the amount of the labour perfor me d by the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Co mmon Pl eas a nd the ta y t e c a court, ; rt, the Chief Justice as well as the puisne judges of that court? The Chief Justice was puisne judges 5,000/. had on the c l ose o f every term to go the Guildhall end Westminster circuit or sittings,tboethe All si h d t h e a esvpe 6 j tuh nd4 puisne, which generally lasted two or three weeks after each term. Anything more ignorant than this arrangement he could not conceive. Then how utterly ridiculous was the plan of cutting down all the diplomatic salaries and offices to the same size. All of them were to be abo lished, and a single mission at some central point in German y was to be substituted for the several missions now existing at Hanover, Dresden, Stuttgard, Munich, and Frankfort. Nay, more, the mission at Florence was to be united with one of the Italian missions. He sup posed that the next proposal of this. Committee would be chat a mission should be seat to one of the peaks of the Andes, to superintend all our diplomatic relations with the States .ote'etiouth America. After some passing sar casms at the Garman principalities, the Noble and Learned Lerci suddenly crossed the Atlantic, and said that it was one of the grossest of all pus , able delusions to suppose that these reductions could be defended by the example of the United States. The Government of the United States, considered as a whole, might be a cheap Govern men', but then it should be considered that, besides its expenditure, there was a heavy expenditure incurred in and defrayed by each state for its own domestic govern ment and administration. America was not a cheaply governed country, fn• each of the states swarmed with myrials of pla.cekolders. After several other remarks anything but eulogistic, on the institutions of our brethren in North America, the Noble and Learned Lord reminded the Horse that he had been all his lite long an advocate for wise and well-considered measures of retrenchment and reform; but he could not allow their Lordships to part without entering his protest again-t the unwise, nay, he must say, the absurd salaries. He hoped propo sitions of this Committee on official that he should never see the administration of justice poisoned at its source by measures which would render a seat on the bench unworthy the acceptance of the best and ablest and most experieneed advocates at the bar, nor the diplomatic appointrnente of the country stripped of their due influence by b e ing filled either by men of great qualifications tune without any qealificatioos for the posts to which they were appointed. The House then proceed to ether business. THE POST-OFFICE. trn Levi BROUGHAM, In answer to a question fie DF t t d 'I ANRICAR a s a.e the the The Marquis of te . ointed e Treaeur • Committee which had been app 3 of Commons relative to tee upon the vote of the HOW t met t wo or three times, and new portal arrangements has. h he h w w ell lapel they would would meet again to morro . to a report. be able fleetly to agree ~ _,i7NE said it . .., .. was high!) , •of Le , s l ' )u " The Met quie , should b , satisfactorily settled. desirable that this mater s ince the new arrangemerrs Scarcely a day had elapsed without cumptints o. inconvente . erice, and in some cases • t .., 0 er oPs h'd rcsal.trd. The. the moat calLuni:ottA c° 3 — - . 1 %. Ur• Pike's Luurder lu I, e se W " the (-ass the usher dee o• : , ' 2 et tne postal this;, the laucj ' s." .Then in " 7 ' teciv" was prevented tsar kw• hroinee of the Leiter:nate 1, ." ~, i • had been ahe su aject oid ing present et the coror.er's inqu e Committee, • b., the who been one of utirewittiog ierjetry . e . se a better he trusted w ooll be able to p ro p arrange ment than the present. The Earl o f S C. GERMA I e , - es drew the attention of the i lee, d taken place upon House to the debate that hate ao ' a ppointments. With the subject of the Pint-office Or Order epartne,nt of d D re ference to the clerks of the Money . 0 .1 b an impression that the Post.(dße e , there spi.eareo to the condition o f she probationary department was better The fact was, that than be had represented it to be. until recently no clerk in the probationary class, however ---:— c in oa d s u e i n .a t tio t n o , .------ .-------":"------ a it was far cf bett t e w r o th;t ea t s he any renewal of this Bill ip the next session of . 1::_, ment.—(llear, hi sr.) With respect to the questuf rd): by the Hun. Memle: fur Rochdale (Mr. S. Cr aw ° 0 he mht say it was the intention of the Government ~ bettye e " introduce a Bill on the subjerti f the rela t i o n s a ,. yousuboutlod4.7::: landlord and tenant in the next session of Farhat:se t,.._ Mr. MO WATT called the attention ofthe Nous .: the wh,lesale evictions goiiig on among tbe teutio.t ci i 5; In Ireland, and sug4ested -that. instead of hr n o, Bills o f this kind, the Government should institute s t ;_ .0 inquiry into the cause of the crimes it was vats I ' suppress, when ther e Or , refl' . The Committee then divided, 34 For the motion „• .., - ~. Against it ... ... *** ". 7541 'l,r Majority „, ..• ... („,.f. The motion ' or the Hon. MOlnber for hflo Moore) Was conscquently - bst. • ob. M - •' • r• Risi NOLL'S then moved an arnencloirnt.rober stantially the same as the motion of the litil• Igeerioil fur May o, namely, that t h e Bill be continued fors £ ..,.11 of one year. H —" was of (pinion that notch thiainle.o t nor e any coercion Bill would he of any a/a_ ll ' ~,,0 0 ofh substantial grievances under which the 'well Ireland laboured d• What id were remove • s you be the • constqueucei of chi,? Irish Mem bers oil return ,) to their constituencies and tell thc in ou rel. ?ievernment refused to adopt conciliatory trees , 0 10 thought that the people of Ireland had no rigi b o so b quiet and orderly while they were opiles'ea /bola measures. On the third reading of this Bill he boo of the m(ve not a similar amendment to sho rtin the Bill to one year. s th i r Mr. ANSTEY intimated that he should pr.!! amendments ofwhich he had given notice. .opassd Lord JOHN bindleU ' • SELL intimated that be Pr to take the t reading on Monday. ea t ° - 8.11 was order The Hous © then resumed , and the t be reported to-morrow. 'ROD' MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) This Bill was read a third time and ilas 6eri 'maS TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENT 14" — (IRELAND) BILL. 0 4 This Bill passed through Committee,and wa9°. . tit to be read ' • a third time t_emorrow. ,-00/ 0 LOUGH CORRIB , IMPROVEMENT vs'. • COMPENSATION p) DIVA d r ed (IRELAN . _,, or de This Bill went through Committee, aria v"*" . to be read a d time to morrow. )" BO ! GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH (No. ~2 , g o oft The House then agreed to the Lord; aniert u° : this Bill. IDI: UNION OF LIBERTIES vat 10 n WITH CO. , - -1 doted' This Bill went through d wa s °r Committee, an be read a time third to. morrow. PUBLIC BILLS. g oodel Sir BENJAMIN HALL gave notice tbst 0 ° t he re, t next r he would call the attention of the goo ° Toirob u turn headed "Public Bills," with the view 1 1„ese. some CURT on the progress of public bas"',o,l, Several OF CHANCERY (ILZELAND) I a rt , lion. Members were appointed to ott e a u t diasor &retie° with the Lords with reference to the 6113— ryl if s r made by their Lordships in the Court of Challsnceeie land) Bill, and immediately left the fiouse ''' once with their. Lordships' On the returnof ' the conference, d e° Sir G. PECHELL wished to know whether _, 00 tbe_ bad arisen proposed where officers had accepted 1'6000170 WO plan in October, 1846, and bad atter" • boi retained • the Active Lit. . ARKER replied, s that in • statlee Ole of one In ~ it 10 been the ds W e ease, steps were sferwar off er the arrangement. but m'tiat ei The House th - '' en acjourned at twenty — I five till a quarter-past seven o'clock. PO gall-P sig The business was tien resumed at psi o'clock. etiot ilf s ot ° C foo d t Colonel CHATTERTON pe resented s or Pt i kil l the fishermen on the river LP s, hi , lb . R b ,ck, compliining of the poverty ibeY a re r i r er -I y the almost total destruction of fish iu the' f ' . ' ,A employment of beg nets at its mouth• c ould: s od Mr. T. D EYNCOURT. as well as -we ievio'h of I was understood to say that 25,0001. had bea m s otto .000/. Only spent for sewerage purposes on the be " ts the Thames. H e wished " was '" „, the / with the remainder ? to know what Viscount EBRINUTON was understood te,!ii:eiger; the Commissioners had preps el comPraltn,:sild° e b3a age plans which, 0 carry out properly, ^- upwards of a quarter of a million of roonel• SIR R. PEEL'S MONU M A,D, # old: In reply to a question from Mr. B. vv '', 4 „,i ti o - pa Lord J. RUSsELL said the subject of auTh -S s ces‘ - petition in the erection of Sir R. Peel's 01011. no l t yet come under consideration. eit eS In. reply to a question of Mr. ANSI d' ' e O P ' oIP Sir F. BARING said the Admiralty ha a a g , k .04 1 : 1 - 0 1 with the Blackwater River , and bad no t : e l - l ' S dent inf;rmation to timbre ' them to saY a - °ill isi the salmon weirs in the river. Arbel ber sola r Mr. MACKINNON wished to know ' ' sasses ofdrcht preNtutions were adopted to p event tbe nee're Ce",re matafrom the opened sewers near St. ge r g ire fi;e 0r ;e ea and to ask whether it is not the fact that o f l ' i o le t il° officers s and attendants on this House ha ve clillwti eriously indisposed by complaints snob ~,?- Fed ' F, fromMargaret'svi s e o h u a n l t a ct t h i exhalations hi from )NaGr dT drains o said g ra e l a ti r s ;io 0 e the_ ... ., t c i s te., .0 a reason to beli s e%e ef t 4 h i a a t rr t w h h e e a r s e n a e l' w o w t d h o i r e f a n i r h ecyh o i c a l fr.r ° ed ll 7 6 : a ' or p. r .; amongaith tb e eas several officers of that liCUSe' A 5 13jP‘ ; The Friendly Soci e ti es Bill wa s reporte-'1 to be read a third time to-morrow (this naYRSO lee SUNDAY POSTAI. REGITIJ 4I ,p ; `p,fI , i lr- In reply to a question from Mr. FOBS:,-- cel e a ~t( ). Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Post an-boalSeePt:, h met to consider their report that days d a " Ot . f e '' o able to lay it on the table of that kl° us. d e" but he was not prepared to promise en# 3lll% on the subject. d a l CE PHALO NI A. 1,0104005h'. Mr. HUME then rose to move that be gr-t -be presented to her Msjesty, that she wi t o reee e ". o o, l/3 0 . 1 pleased to appoint a Royal Commission t, e n ' s ire !a t e°, Lpnian Islands, there, en 'th e s p o t, to . I , ll 'oo I:, 0, causes of the disturbances that occurred and b y S W Ward, i t o h t e h L e Cephalonia, and into the measures taite' o tor e ee e r j, ► Lord d anner in High C • t° r ets°ll °I ownihniteuthstofonietryi.foo,rbepoi e%pecaro,ool, sentenced to death and tweet-one e f .; °it 0 and also into the manner in which 33 " - s t fie i 6- set° were ffigged, and others banished out trial; and generally to institute i c cio revyol caus.-s of discontent in these islands , e n . pese e : the best means of promoting their fut tir j e t- r e 1 /1- 4 0° fare. He said it was much to be reg -t c j fr e ' e o ceg i „ D ' i r choly p ,sition in which the lonian the B eet 0 01 - $ , at the present time. His object on th e r tfotari O d e e a , would be a very concise one. It wag t , ° „ s gie 11 0' P ,e'eC / tunity to the Right Hon. Gentlemen -of -l ee - planation in his power of the proee ed i r e d G i ° lo llo , l %/e a Ward, the present governor. lie b elt bad never yet been in the possession 0. be por h - t , riots and theret ore he had placed his motion on of t r ; the Lnian Llands came under the 015 , 1 1,, 0 0 115 ;0 0 :4 0/ Crown, General Campbell promised the 'jot .0 11 ',10,• mo o t' Prince Regent should give a close 80“ 1 , 0 1 01 . ,, n 'tet 5 ;orti l calcul,ted to extend the commerce of the Vote-01 afford them freedom, security, and P o ath s s he 9- tee these promises were repeated in a few 133 0 10 v oio. o by the same General Campbell. Suc h , 0. v ote 1 0 0 4 of the promises held out to these islaneedero sot' e lf of their having been realised, the tel' i 010 0 0 , constant state of antagonism to the 00 . 0 ta. did not progress in national prosperitPla 0 0$ 4 .0 115 .00# remark that the hopes and promises 11 " 0 0070 0 T, instance to the islanders had been alai o f of ILO o p. and that neither freedom nor liberapoble do ca a ha l d es b yt e os e t n ewmi a t l u l boe:t.tsedt the othem mischief Had ic i h t i fte ansl takenbee r p eil u the l b which that mischie f bad oo ld bee note, he was satisfied a different result wn u ' i s i; o o s i) and that we should not have had rebe e as e ' o r lite such as had recently taken Pl c ; ltt e tit,joe The Honourable ember here reauuogere`-1001,40 Lord John Russell inn reference to th e s ,%, h httet condition of the lonian Islande, in 0 . 1. ' 0 in tal is P tions were promised, and a partici ati :ord t 0101 of a liberal system of acquaintedltile o f pea Lord was not better q with 0 - s ei- ce e those islands. He would know that tb ob i . ,,' 1 0 , islanders was then, and is now, to obtoi, n ie i' r ant i ;;tia l p iti two or three impartial men, to ins Peel oo Spfl po rt o b p; look into their grievances, and to earliertnak ° ,1 0 0 05 (0 5 : pirt thereon. bad not found an f t he h i bou l grii" ta bring this subject under the n o:ice ° ow ell e& is/ he could not allow the session to P 95 h rel h icil d . Die ll , charging his duty to rife dittou in ' i der „ nr " s lliir4 lion. member here rre a u lt ! t ictle - Oil 0, committed ou the 27th of August, the P7 riii c oaT or ati o ia , hate already been before the publici,bi&ovenitok 0 9) that any wan representing the 13i 0 t 0/0 se holding the liberties of a peopl e s „ e f o re n"l i ed a Of self in an unworthy situation• positive information Sir H. Ward the estab curs w law, and he (Mr. Hume) trusted to de les ' next session some individual is ed P r , s i s 02 ; 0, iloue l 7 of Brith is os bring the subject before the country the anomaly of any Porti a , o r itiot t aill s po P 4 being placed out of the protectio Li . ss id the, v o r p on e will of any one man. Sir H. Wa r " is teac, to, • bold .01 0 1 01 ties were a body of B o:owls ; in.. et ioP o p , ing these assassins, he, procle , n 3e o rot' - , 0 prj deprived every inhabitant of t b i e r,:rkeriid o f civil law, and sent for .Adlnirli Ward 5 --1 1311° the blockade of the island. Sir OO 0;10 . , to -10 13 0$ right to proclaim martial lanr, leave she i i sto or 4 shipping, to order any person to „ 00 , 0 pla.„ 0 01. 00 cause assigned, &c. One of the gre e S tor s or P0' 0 1 4 :1 him was that he tad banished W ert) , Of th ; Pb s ilo l o without trial, and abolished the lib t the 13rit,) 70 00 one of the great complaints s holuirgi_4 1 0 4 ir ,,,aact% 1; 00 loyo t ilv t i n o went was this—that such t.i take pl ice after these islands ba u iros eise o rta s o 0 5 '0 antler British rule, and bad been.lbe via o for ilt and advantages. bit H. Ward sat' , re lo .vg t o rve as a I) bel l b. il l , risk he ran of being denounce( , 0 r s sae j t i, he bad taken, but he had DO C htle t e ttOrD 6 jilo ° with semi-barbarians, rou st trea h s ioe i°l s o e /I r e " hen he (Mr. Hume) WO is t • , •ci 1 " . ehylar:t:r oi the peop3, ;or a n ers.- h oe anti if tb, , y bad 0 =Lich te-.. ,4 _ 40 r ot .„, o'oo sir/ i n tell..sc,,i' d it :o b i :tr io . 0 111 au ef • - I . l ' otberat; lobeego teat ;tic fl. Ward would • repoltusted t' 0 'for , own favour, and he therefore "' to ID s e ar ,) oir would send out a Ccanission‘ „ leo , P,.. r ad_ o o into all the facts of the case. I‘ T r d ab " coo s!C o ' s s ee, much regretted that Sir owsP'_ ug ht gottenold principles. tie eit' A str'Aser H. Ward an excellent la formerilev'ed t eat 0 0 b evoe , r e d make a good governor, and bad a l pf d ,10° . out the principles which e d N ova & , sc ol! b ial; Volt f louse. zeal in favour of religious I No man had ib * ! ',° l l l 7 . ' 1 . 134 r 0: 0 e lj ef err lain °I P 1 COO r, Bret that he had to comp oc h 0 Wu= uittrtial taw was proelui