The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-30 00:00:00

C 'Olt* Mritttti n SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) P OUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat uron the Woo] sack tit Five o'clock. PETITIONS HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a tew minutes to Four. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time anti passEd: Great Southern and Western ft4ilway (Ireland). South Staffordshire Railway (Braner.es to join the Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rail way, &e.) Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yarm, &c., Waterworks. thveraton and Lancaster Railway. The Coal Duties (London and Westminster, and ad jacent Counti , ..s) Bib was read a second time. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Clerkenw,ll Improvement (Transfer of Powcrs to the Corporation of London, &c.) London (City) Sewers. PETITIONS. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from linthvin, Derbyshire, in favuur of the County Courts Extension Bill. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from the Synod of Aberdeen in favour of the maintenance of tests in the Scottish Universities. Lord MELGUND presented a petition from Dun fermline, prayin g for an extension of the parochial sys tem of education in Scotland. L- rd DUDLEY STUART preented a petition from St. Pencras in faveur of the people's charter. Mr. O'FL tßEßTYpresenttd a peiition from a place in Ireland against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Sheffield praying fir an extension of the franchi se . , Mr. CORBALLY presented a petition from Meath against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Mr. SULLIVAN pr,sented a p9tition against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill from the parish of Ballyouskill, county Kilkenny. Mr. HIGGINS presented a petition from a place in the county of Mayo against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. THE CHARTIST BANK. Mr. ROEBUCK, seeing the Hun. and Learned Mem ber for Nottingham in his place, wished to ask him a question with reference to the National Land Company Bank. Some time ago the Hon. and Learned Member is sued a circular on the sutj. ct of this hack, and at the end of that circular a comparison was drawn between the ad liintages to be deriv e d f r om depositing money in the Government savings' backs rind those to be derived from making d e p os i ts in the National Land and Labour B ank. This c i rcu l ar was ad d resse d to t h e poor c l asses A s tetY, whose earnings were hardly acquired. bank ingean number of deposits were ma,te in the tors wri,,, swer to this appeal, and amongst the deposit Elan, up ,oze d :Jar t nes Pollard, of Manchester, a labouring sixty years of ago, who to the e ar , entrusted 671. of batik. Repeated application had been made to the ham, w , wa r: th i 3 Gentleman the Member for Notting toronesole manager and trustee of the bank. refund the un j i , but the Hi.n. Gentleman had de affairsclined to do so z t rarliamentary inquiry into the of the Nationa l per t . id :Scheme had been brought to 3 C 103". Nuiv that d had arrived, a nd th e ques tion be (Mr. Roebuck) wishedt ask th e H on. an d L, arned wetter he Gentleman was, h intended to m ee t th e d eman d, of the depositors as heretofo re , suffering c reditors? ° r to do justice to his Mr. F. O'CONNOR said when the La Companytheir money. wound up the depositors would be repaid2A was t:f tho Land He begged to tell the Honourable G ei t bank was establisht d by the allotteesrepaa:irtghianttotthhee will, and that beside Company against his bank out of his own pocket 3,5601., the Land co bad received 7,5001. from him, and it was aow liableroPany to him to that ex tent. LIVERPOOL POWDER MAGAZINE, In reply to Mr. WILSON PATTEN, Sir G. GREY stated that he had no objection to refer this Bill to a Select Committee. BRENTFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. In reply to Mr. MOWATT, Tho ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that the long.. Pending di spute b etween t h e patron of the Brentford _ u _ r aternar Sebo o l an d th e inhabitants of Brentford "" now likely to be brought to a sp , edy termination. In re LONDON WATER BILL. pt t Sir G. Y a i} , , Mr . B. COCEIHANE, second readin—Y stated th a t h e p ro posed to take the Thursday next. Of the L on d on W a t cr Supply Bill on LIEUTEN ANT W YBuRN. Mr. DISRAELI then attention to the t erms rose rose pursuant to notice to call on Monday last in .. , a, petition which he presented Li e utenant Wy burn, who to the captivity of by the British Env , ,y at ' De i n. 1835, was sent misaion c) . g,rea'; peril. No ' th ' i r n s ,,, la on a diplomatic ii , w a is :a: sr : „. t h h t e w heard of the Lieutenant after that period nail '7 18:5, when it was aseertniLed that he Ir,d Eillen i power of the uppostd he after- Aweer 4 - 4 Bokhara, where burn, who ward. 4 OA(' In 1843, however, Lie t was net wad, but had been kept there,) escape, ..oil sought refute with the 1i,, , ,,, Ird? his. khiva . and onotht r c,vereign in that dist-nto The ladies had not received any other information their brother, nor had any means been adopted b lot' of Government to release an enterprising English officer, the who had been placed in captivity while in the rcrvicceeori thy Queen and his country. Mr. ELLIOT read a number of communications which l'ad passed on the subject of Lieutenant Wy burn's disappt aniline, from which it appeared that a person, supposed to be an Englishman, had been killed at Bokkara; asd ther s o seemed to.be no doubt that he was mother than Lieut.Wyburn. Since then every means had been adopted by the tiovernment to obtain more accurate The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented peti tions from several places in S cot l and against Papal aggression, and for withdrawing the grant to Maynooth. The petitions were upwards of sixty in number; they also prayed for a measure to prevent violations of liberty in convents, and also for the adoption of measures to secure for Protestants the same tolera tion in Popish countries which Papists enjoyed here. He thought there could be no mistake about the senti ments of the people of Scotland. They were deter mined to oppose sacerdotal domination, whosoever might attempt to exercise it'. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented several r - tions from Northumberland against the re ilucti.,n of the rate of speed of Parliamentary trains on railways. Earl GREY presented several petitions to the same effect. Lord EIATHERTON presented a petition in favour of the Bill for iscilitaLing the arrest of absconding debtors. Lord BEAUMONT presented petitions to the same effect. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition against Papal aggre ss i on . H e also aenounced that he had re ceived several petitions from Ireland against the Ecclesi astical Titles Bill; also a petition in favour of the Patent Laws Amendment Bill; also a petition from Burton-on-Trent in favour of the County Courts Exten sion Bill; also several other petitions to the same effect; and a petition against making any alteration in the bankruptcy law. Be begged to observe that the ex. tension of the juriAliction of County ; Courts would not make any alteration in the bankruptcy law. COURT OF CHANCERY. The NOBLE and LEARNED LORD then moved for a return relat i ng to the state of business in the Court of Chanctry, and said that unless some speedy re form took place in that Curt it wo u ld be im pos • hie that justice could be obtained. He moved for a um of the number of cases ent ere d b efore each of the judges of the court, on the 2d of Nove m b er , 1850, and on the 30th of May, 1851 .—Agreed to. CRIMINAL LAVV REFORM BILLS. Lord CAMPBELL moved the third reading of the two Rills, which he had introduced for the reform of the criminal law. Th, Bills were accordingly, respectively, read a third time. PAPERS. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE laid certain papers en the table of the House, by command of her Majesty. OATH OF SUPREMACY. The Earl of POWIS presented, according to notice, a petition from the Earl of Bradford and the Earl of Clancarty, praying for a modification in that part of the oatn of suprew.:cy which declared that the Pope did not exercise any authority in these realms. They were true Protestants, but looking at the manner in which the dignitariei of the Roman Catholic Church had been recognized in this country and in the colonies, they could not conscientiously take the oath, inasmuch as it was contrary to fact, and they therefore could not take their seats in Parliament. He moved that the petition be read by the clerk at the table. The petition was then read in ertenso. The Earl of WICKLOW requested their Lordships' serious attention to the petition, involving as it did the question of the oaths which not only all Members of their Lordships' House, but all Mem bers or the other House and all persons accepting office were called upon to take. He asked was it decent in the nineteenth century to call upon persons to t,ke the oath of abjuration? It was abso lutely unnec -,-:pry. But with regard to the oath of supremacy, it was no oath of supremacy at all—it was absolutely a negative oath. The latter part of the oath of supremacy was absolutely untrue. When they saw the: the Catholic archbishops and bishops had been leceived as such by the Queen on her visit to Irelat.d, when they fout.cl that in an Act passed the session be'bre last they had been recognised as archbishops and bishops, how could it be contended that the Pope exercised nu spiritual authority in this country. The House of Commons had passed a Bill repealing this oath by a large majority, and is hid only been rejected by their Lord ships, because it emancipated the Jews. The Noble and Learned Lord the Chief Justice had in his Life of Lord Eldon, said that Lord Eldon was in favour of an alteration in this oath, and the Noble and Learned Lord had expressed a hope that some alteration would be made in the wording of it. He hoped the Noble and Learned Lord would draw up and introduce a Bill which would give to these petitioners the relief which they sought. The snlect then dropped. CHURCH iIUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL Their Lurdihips then resolved themselves into Com• injure on ;aia Bill, and were (LEFT BITTING.) Mr. V. SMITH wished to know when it was pur posed that the House should adjourn for the Whitsun tide recess ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he proposed to move the adjournment of the House from Friday next until the Thursday following. Perhaps it would be as well if he took that opportunity of stating that on Fri. day next he should move for leave to bring in two Bills, one for reforming and facilitating the adminibtrstion of justice in the Court of Chancery, and the other for regulating the salaries of the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench and the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. linmeciately after the Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, the duration o f which he could say nothing about—(A laugh)—he proposed to go into Committee on the Jewish Disabilities Bill.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SMITH would be glad to know when it was proposed to take a Committee of Supply? Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that he proposed to t,ke the:Committee o' Supply on Thursday, the!l2th, and Fr,d :y, th e 13th o f J une. IKILRUSII UNION. Mr. REYNOLDS wished to know how soon after the order, he put himself in communication with the Com missioner in Dublin, rispeoting these returns, and how soon he meant to bring on the many Irish Bills which stood on the paper, and whether it was his intention to obtain a Government night for bringing them forward. Sir W. SOMERVILLE could not say when the re t trns would be laid on the table of the House, since they were very voluminous, and had already been trans mitted from Ireland in the usual course. With reference to the &Ls, they must share the fate of the other Bills before the House, and he was quite as anxious to bring on those bills as the Hon. Member. JEW BILL. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know whether the Go vernment meant to proceed with the Jew Bill which had been introduced under an express resolution of the House, and therefore differed from any other Bill then pending. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Noble Lord bad already stated that the Bill would be proceeded with when the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill bad gone through Committee. Mr. H. OSBORNE—When is that ? Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was the usual practice t) proceed with one subject at a time, and he could not s_•e that the least intention had been evinced by the Go vernment to abandon it. WOODS AND FORESTS BILL. In answer to Lord DUNCAN, Lord SEYMOUR said be did not see any chance of proceeding with this Bill until after Whitsuntide. METROPOLITAN SEWERS. Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to know when the Government meant to bring in their Bill for the regulation of the metropolitan sewers. He could not help thinking that the Bill had been un necessarily delayed, although be could not charge the Government with any breach of faith on the subject because they had abstained from making any promise on the subject. Sir G. GREY said the Bill was in preparation, though he could not name the day when it would be brought before the House. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The motion for the adjournment of the House at its rising until Monday next was then agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL. The H. tue then went into Committee on this Bill, rfsunied the consideration of the proviso proposed by Mr. lienagh to be added to clause l. Mr. MOORE rose, and was CLEFT SPICAKDIG.) - - - SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET REMOVAL BILL. The Committee met on Wednesday morning at twelve o'clock. The first witness called was Mr. Samuel Holme, a civil engineer and builder, and member of the town council of Liverpool, who deposed that the removal of the cattle market from the centre of that town to the outskirts had been attended with the most beneficial results. When the old market existed the cattle were driven through the streets, after being landed from the steamers, to the great annoyance of the residents. Accidents were of common occurrence, and the house property in the avenues leading to the market was deteriorated in value. Since the formation of the new market, two miles and a half from the centre of the town, the cattle were landed at the northern extremity of the town, and con veyed under it through the Victoria-tunnel to the market. The principal reason for the construction of that tunnel was for the transit of cattle without atinoy filice. Slaughter-houses had been built round the new market, which was of great extent. By Mr. HOPE —The dead-meat market remained in the centre of the town, and there were two smaller dead meat markets at the extremities of the town. Mr. Hewton, a land agent, of Birmingham, proved that the removal of the cattle markets from the centres of the towns of Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and Wolver hampton, had been attended with considerable benefit to the inhabitants. Mr. J. T. Norris, of Bedford-str ee t, R usse ll- square, and a member of the orporation of London, stated that he . eas a member of a committee of the Court of Common Council appointed to iiiqufse into the condition of the living and dead meat markets in the city. He had arrived at the conclusion that the cattle market in Smithfield was deficient in space, and that the locality was unfit for it. He bad seen the plans for its extension proposed by the city authorities, but they would only remedy the want of space; and nothing short of the removal of the market would do away with thenuisauces of slaughter-houses, bone-boilers, gut-twisting sheds, &c. In addition to these evils, the market caused so much poverty to prevail in the parish (St. Sepulchre's), that it was troublesome to collect the rates—especially the City police rates—there. By Mr. HOPE—Witness had no interest in the ques tion of the removal of the market, except the general good of the City. If the market were removed, all the bone-boilers, gut-twisters, &c., would most likely follow it. The space required for a new market in the suburbs would probably be 100 acres, which might cost from 60,000/. to 70.0001. The selection of the site would re main with the Commissioners appointed by the Govern ment, and he had every confidence that they would select a proper place. Re-examined—The estimate of 100 acres was only a rough one, and included the ground necessary for proper cattle-fairs and slaughterhouses. The subject of the market occasioned a warm feeling on both aides of the question throughout the City, and it had sometimes been discussed at the annual election of the members of the Common Council. By Sir JAMES DIIKE—If the Corporation had the power to regulate the market-hours to suit the public conve nience, no doubt they would do so; but any such inter ference would be moat mischievous. A large open apace 'eke Smithfield was, no doubt, of service to the City, and would not be for the public advantage to have it bui' THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, MAX 27 The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Hogge and Charles Mostyn Owen, Ergs., to be As sistents to Lieutenant-Gem ral Sir H. G. W. Smith, Baronet, K.G.C.8., Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, as her Majesty's High Commissioner fur the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories in Southern Africa, adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern frontier of that colony. DOWNING-STREE MAY 2s. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Cornwall Legh, Esq., to be A.sistant Secretary to the Government of Malta, and Clerk to the Council of Go vernment of that island. WHITEHALL, MAY 30. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Duncan McNeill, Eq., one of the Ordinary Lords of Session, to be one of the Lords of Justiciary in Scotland, in the room of Joshua Henry Mackeure, Esq., resigued. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 27. The Queen has been plt-used to approve of Mr. Robert Prowse, as Consul, at St. John's, Newfoundland, fur his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Henry Fourcade, as Consul, at Malta; of M. Louis Burq.set as C onsu l at Sydney; and of M. Isaac Edward Grusset, as Consul at Purt Louis for the French Republic. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. William Hare as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the Frt e Hanseatic city of Lubeck. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Thames Winder Campbell as Consul-General in New &au h Wales and Van Diemen'a Land for the King of the Hawaiian Islande. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 29. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAME NT . Borough of Harwich Robert Wigram Crawford, of Mickleham Hall, in the county of Surrey, and Old Broad-street, in the city of London, Esq., in the room o f Henry Thoby Prins e p, E sq , whose election for the said borough has been declared void. MAY 30. County of the Isle of Wight—Edward Dawes, Esq., of St. Helens, in the said county, in the room of John Simeon, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. SOMERSET HOUSE, MAY 26. William George Anderson, Esq., has been appointed auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the room of Ed ward White, Esq., resigned. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 30. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Thomas Henry Clifton, from 12th Light Dragoons, to be Cap tain, vice Cureton, who exchanges, May 30. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Jeffery Jonah Avarne, from half-pay 671 h Foot, to be Lieute tenant, vice James Thomas Wightmen, who exchanges; Cornet John Inglis, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Avarne, who retires, May 30. 12th Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Burgoyne Cureton, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to ho Captain, vice Clifton, who exchanges, May 30. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Frederick Webster to be Lieut,nant, by purchase, vice Reed, who rethes, May 30. 18th Foot —Captain William Elford Adams, from the 17th March 26. to be Captain, v i ce H amner, who exchanges, 40th Foot—Lieutenant Allsorough Richardson Rundle 87th Foot to be Captain, by purchase vice Gorle, who retires; Ensign William O'Hara to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rundle, May 30. ley Fiemstead, to be Captain William Foot, to be Ca FirWa..L.iemutelinaanntin, ptain, vice Adams, who exchanges, March 26; Second Lieutenant G e b r y , from purchase, the lvBi vice h e eorge Ley Woolferstan Duds- Baldwin who retires, May 30. 88th Foot— ' •• Eusign Jackson Wray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Steer°, who retires, May 30. Ist West India Regiment —Ensign Angus William Mackay to be Lieuteouut, without purobasa, Tice J. W. over, Several of the salesmen of Smithfield were then ' examined, and they all agreed that the present market was deficient in space, badly situated, and that a new market on the outskirts of 14,ndon would be preferable to any enlargement of the present site. Mr. H H Fulton, a civil engineer, stated that during the last three years his attention had been directed to the selection of a site fur a cattle-market in lieu of Smithfi• Id. The spots selected by him were Copenha gen-field.,, the north side of the Camden-road, and a place near Hortisey. Any one or all of these sites might be connected with the metropolitan railways, except the Brighton and South-Eastern lines. Cattle brought up the river might be landed below Blackwell, and conveyed by the Eist and West India Dock Railway to these spots. There was ample supply of water and good drainage. By Mr. MERREWEATHER—Made these selections at the request of private individuals, who contemplated the formation of markets. Coulti nut say which of the three would be the best for a metropolitan market. The Committee then adjourned. The Committee resumed their inquiry again to-day in room No. 1; Mr. Cardwell in the chair. Only one additions] witness was examined on the part °f the promoters, a Mr. Druce, a farmer in the neigh bourhood of Oxford, who stated that he was in favour of the market being removed into the suburbs of London. ofMr- TALBOT then addressed the Committee on behalf witneas a e tt a e , a t he corporation of London, and contended that the P la n which had been placed by them before the public the advantages would obviate all the evils complained of by the dif ferentmetropolis, wh,l© and at the same time afford all which would 'of a market in the centre of the It would be free from those objections th n ort that would Ca cornpellecrining cattle eh to a market on the north side of from the southern districts caso to traverse a greater number of crowded The Lt arned Counsel'sghfares than they did now. utidre ss occupied the C orn mittee until four o'cl. ek. /MARKET ENT , -7 - '''" --- - -,- r- - ,_ LLI , puezr, limited (From the London New Price C ur C e rEN A/ CE. S ITGAR.—Tc-day holders of Britis r y nt : -a l 30 ., were fur the most pin ruluctant to sold "" 11 Sugar di cline; the business conclnd..d was , ho:" any further in bo'h grocery at:d refining kibd 4 ; the 640 hhds, &0., including at auction 107 hhds 146 were liorbsdoes, which went et 39s to 42s for got,d2tB hrls S. eilow and at :353 6d to 383 6d for low to mid; th„% fi a a r : steady rates. REFINED.—TO-clay Refined Sugar met with little at tention from home dealers, and brown lamps were ob tainable at 47s per cwt. The market for crushed Sugar is inactive, and 273 6d to 283 is the value of British. Metrarrius.—To-clay there was no public sale of Mauritius Sugar, and little business was concluded pri va.eiy i n „ - y sort, there was no further decline in the valuo. EAST INDIA. —To-day Bengal and Madras Sugar were held for full terms, the sales made privately were h owever, of 'lit t l e moment, there be i ng no pu bli c sa l es . . zon t/GN.—To-day there was rather more desire on the part of shippers to operate in Foreign Sugar, but at information, but all acquainted with the country of rates rather under those of yesterday, and at which there Bokkara must know that it was very inaccessible, and are few sellers; at auction 4,268 bags Manilla were taken that it was impossible to take any coercive steps, ex- in at 364 to 37s for mid and good mid clayed yellow. Sept by marching an army into the interior, and MOLASSES.—There is no variation in prices of West the House could hardly expect that such measures India, but purchases to a fair extent have been made would be adopted. It might be said that a mes , nger fine Antigua, at 16s 61 to 17s, and other sorts of West or agent might be sent in search of him, but the impolicy India at 14s 61 to 169. Bengal and Mauritius have of such a course was shown in the case of Colonel Con- been enquired after at 12s to 13s few parcels are how noley, who lost his life while on an expedition to release ever on o ff er. Th e rates asked for Cuba and Porto Colonel Stoddart and hi s p arty . R ico are 15s 6d to 16s, but only small parcels have been Sir J. W. HOGG concurred in the statement of the sold. Jamaica Honey is not much wanted, and there Hon. Member, that everything had been done that the are sellers at from 30s to 56s for low to fine. This day puns St Kitts Mol asses so ld at 13s 6 d , a b e t i C P I] o u g cbol public cheaper. s — al T e h B7 Cocos.—The demand is no t b etter f or West India, Government could do un d er th e c ircumstances, INCOME-TAX COMMITTEE. In reply to Mr. HUME, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would endeavour to although they are 6s to 8s per cwt under those current take T n wr i ih n nit l a ds L I d s s s bi s sri t s3 o 9si to tv i o i f n o 4c r 6esn r , e t sa d n , s dol and gd r ae g t) r 3 e 3s y s. a 3 t 4 T s o h3 t e9 O sv 3 .a 6 i s uTe p h e oe r f name a day for the appointment of the Committee on two months back. At auction 568 bags Grenada were Monday. PUBLIC BUSINESS. cwt.,red stock is larger than last year by 3,900 bags. In Foreign operations have been trifling—Bahia and Para at 26s to 275, and Guayaquil at 30. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was again a reluctance on the part of home dealers to operate in Coffee, and few inquiries existed from shippers. There are sellers of common Native Ceylon at 38s per cwt. Of Rio 1,000 bags at auction were taken in at 38s for good ord a little colory. A public sale of 16 trcs 96 brls 35 bags Jamaica went at lower rates, low mid at 47s to 48s 6d, fine to fine fine ord 42s to 455, inferior and low 363 6d to 40s. TEA.—To-day there are sellers of good ord Congou at 1 per lb, still shippers or the home trade will not operate. The market for other sorts of Tea has a dull aspect. SPICES.—To-day at public sale 220 bags of Pimento were sold at 3id to 4id for low to good mid, and 71 barrels Jamaica Ginger at 64s to 75s for ord to mid, and 38 bags Pod Pepper at 40s to 55s per cwt. RICE.—The low prices prevailing for East India have caused holders to refrain from offering any at auction this week. Bengal has been selling at 8s 6d to lOs 6d for mid to fine white, low and broken 7s 9d to 8s 3d, Madras 7s to 8s Arracan 7s 6d to Bs, and Cargo I s t o 7s 6d per cwt. In the market for cleaned Rice much dullness exists, and stocks are getting larger. There are free sellers of town dressed Carolina at 20s to 255; low to fine Patna lOs to 15s, and American at 16s to 17s per cwt. Prices are is to •2s lower for Sago, and at auction 478 boxes and b 29 bags were sold at 17a 6d to 19s 6d for ord to good small pearl. Sago Flour is dull of sale to 14s to lits 6d. Of Arrowroot, 1,000 pkgs at auction partly sold; Bermuda at Is Old to is Id. St. Vincent's 3id to 7d, Jamaica 4d, and Australian 3d. Tapioca dull of sale, and 100 pkgs only privately sold at 2id to aid for mid to gdod. SPIRITS.—There is no further decline for East India Rum, and the demand has been good, the sales amount ing to 300 hhds at is 3d to is 3fd per gallon proof. Prices are rather lower for Leeward Islaud, several parcels have been sold at Is 41d to is sid proof. The rates taken for Demerara have been is tOd to 2s 2d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof; there is, however, more disposition to do business, and the sales are 300 hhds . For Jamaica, shippers and home dealers have been buyers to a fair extent, and the sales are 400 puns, &c., low to mid quality 30 to 34 per cent. over proof at 3s 3d to 3s 6d, good mid to good 2s Id to 3s 2d, fine to superior 34 to 38 over 3s 3d to 4s. Brandy has been purchased with more freedom. The rates paid for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1830 have been 4s 4d to 4s 6d; 1849 ditto, 4s 7d to 4s 9d; 1848 ditto, 4s 9d to 4s lid; 1847 ditto, 5s 3d to 5s sd; inferior, 2s 6d to 4s; and Bourdeaux, 5s 2d to 2s 4d. The market for British made Spirit is dull at 9s 9d net cash, and for Gin at 8s 2d to 8s 3d for 22 per cent under proof. Geneva is purchased with caution at is 7d to Is Bd, and fine at is 9d to 2s per gallon. SALTPETRE.—The private operations in rough have been upon a small scale this week, and on the part of holders a desire is evinced to at previous rates as several arrivals are near at hand. Calcutta in limited parcels have been disposed of at from 24s 64 to 28s, and Madras at 24s to 251. Of 1,542 bags Calcutta at auction a part only sold, good strong grey 5 per cent re fraction at 275. and 10i to 9i. ditto at 24s 6d to 25s per cwt. British Refined has been in good demand at 27s 6d to 28s 6d. Nitrate of Soda is held for 14s to 14s 6d, few transactions have taken place. CcCHINEAL.—The parcels offered at auction have been 260 bags, and rather more than half sold; Honduras silvers low to good went at 3s to 3a 7d, ord and mid black 3s 21 to 33 84, Teneriffe silvery, 33 4d to 3s 51, and Mexican mid to fine black 3s 5d to 3s 10d. The value of Mexican silver is 3s to 3s 2d, and good to fine black Honduras 4s to 4 . s Bd. INDIGO.—Siace the conclusion of the quarterly sale of East India the market has been dull, both shippers and home dealers operating with caution, and there are sel lers of Bengal at a small reduction. Madras, Oudea, Kur pals, are held for lull rates. The supply of Spanish plenti ful, but at sale 1,369 arns Gastonia' sold—low inferior and mid Cones went 21 lower, other kinds at full rates, and in some oases rather above for good to fine —very low Cortes sold is 4d to 2s Bd, strong hard coppery Cortes 2s 9d to 3s 9d, strong good mid Sobres 3s 5d to 3s 84, soft to fine Sobres 3s 10d to 4s 10d. TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow went off at firm rates; 5g4 casks wrecked P Y Candle sold at 34s 3d to 36s 9d; 466 casks Australian Sheep 35a to 36s 6d; Ox 34s to 35 3d; and 240 pkgs South American at 34a to 364 6d. Ou.s.—For limited parcels of Cod dealers are com pelled to pay 371 lOs to 381 per tun in consequence of reduced stock. Seal—pale is to be obtained at 321 to 321 10s, and other sorts 19/ to 311 13s. There has been rather more business doing in Southern, and rates have become firm a t f rom 28 1 to 29 1 10s for low to floe. For Sperm there are aellers of good to fine at 841 to 86/. Headmatter is offering at 901 to 921. In Rape Oil there are free sellers of pale at 32) 6,1 to 338, brown 31s to 30s, and refined Foreign 33s 6d to 33s 9d. Only small parcels of Cocoa Nut have been sold at 27s to 31s, and stocks remain large. Gingelly Oil is to be obtained at 30s to 325. Linseed Oil continues to attract little attention. there is also a desire to sell at 303 9d to 31s per cwt. Lales have ben limited for delivery with sellers at 31s to 31s 3d. Palm continues to be operated in with cau tion, and fine is to be obtained at 28s per cwt. In Olive the sales have been small for all purposes; Gillipoli is offered at 391 to 30/, and other sorts at 371 103 to 38/ 10s per tun. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 28, 1851. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon James Tyler, Esq., Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Markland Barnard, Lg., one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen et Arms, rice O'Kelly, retired. ei,_...INIIIIIM=O THE SUN, LONDON, MAY SO, 1851. FRIDAY Thompson, deceased, Jan. 13; Ensign William Law rence Murphy to be Lieutenant, vice Stubbs, who retires, May 30. BREVET.—Brevet Major C. E. Napier, of the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, May 30. MEMORANDIIM.—The Christian names of Brevet- Col , Juel Morris, C. 8., on half-pay, as Lieutenant-Colonel, Unattached, are " Edmund Finucane." ERRATUM in printing the Gazette of the 23d May. The appointment of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Ed ward Macarthur, on half-pay Unattached, should have been Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in New South Macs, and not Deputy Assistant General, as therein stated. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Henry Barnett to be Lieutenant, vice Wykebam, promoted, May 26. BANKRUPTS. John Hammond Hunt, warehouseman, Silver-street, City, June 10 and July 10, at twelve, at the Court of asnkruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury. George Courthope, coal merchant, Paradise-row, Ro therhithe, June 12, at half-past eleven, and July eleven, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Ba4inghall-street; Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctors'-Commons. Robert Cleaver, timber dealer, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, June 9 and July 7, at ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Elkington, Birmingham. William Henley Bond, wine merchant, Brierley-hill, Staff irdshire, June 9 and July 7, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. James Clark, builder, Exeter, June 11 rind July 22, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,: offi cial assignee, Exeter; Geare, Mountford, and Geare, Exeter. Roger Hortop, innkeeper, Morice Town, Stoke Da nit rel, Devonshire, June 19, and July 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouth, John Scott and John Scott, jun., ship owners, North Shields, June 13, at half-past twelve, and July 16, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official ',Assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bell, Brodrick, and 5.11, Bow Churchyard; Thomas and Wil liam Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. David lon Wyatt and Eliza Underwood, hat manufac turers, Bristol, June 10 and July 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Amman, official assignee, Bristol; Salmon, Bristol. Richard Mayor, grocer, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, June 19, and July 4, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester; Tyrer, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending May 27, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereot into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 265. 11d. per cwt From the Maurit us ... —s. —d. „ From the East Indies 275. 41d. „ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exe usive of duty ... 265. aid. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELL. Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, May 30. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,cap. 32 for the Week endlig on Saturday, the 24th day of May, 185 1118111 DETAJIMLINT. X. Notes issued....... 26,905,510 X. Government debt • . 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,872,135 Silver bullion .. .. . • 33,375 £26,905,510 X 26,905,510 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 29th dgy of May, MI. ••• MOLD. IMPERIAL PA,RLIA►MENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'CluCk. CEYLON.—ADJOURNED DEBATE, Sir J. W. HOGG (in continuation from our Third Edition last night) said—That some objection had been taken to the courts-martial. It was said they were not conducted after the rules cud regulations of similar tribucals in the mother country; but if the House would take the trouble to look over the mill • tery evidence taken before the Committee, they would find that the proceedings of these courts-martial were not only quite regular, but they were after wards approved by the commanding officer of the colony. Fault, however, was found with the proceedings of these courts-martial, because they were not presided over by the judge-advocate or his deputy; but with whom did the blame for that omission rest? Not with Lord Torrington. No, but with Mr. Selby, the Judge-Advocate himself, who refused to attend or to allow his deputy to attend.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") These courts were held in public, open to all corners, and so far from their being secretly conducted, or so far from their at all exceeding the limits of the constitution or the law, all the evidence produced before the Committee went to show that they were strictly legal, and honourably and humanely conducted.—(Hear, hear.) There was a numerous body of proctors and solicitors in Ceylon, d those gentlemen formed a considerable portion of the evidence, so that if a single flaw had been perceivable in the proceedings of them, such would have been taken advantage of and exposed. There was, therefore, actually no evidence before the Committee as to the regulation of those courts martial. It was true his Honourable Friend had read a letter in introducing the resolutions, from Colonel Drought, to the effect that a judge-advocate was not necessary at them ; and, no doubt, practically speaking, such was the case, for the proclamation of martial law being a suspension of all the ordinary laws, as a matter of course it was left discretionary as to whether a judge-advocate should be em ployed er not, and Colonel Drought, knowing that in some of these cases a policeman had been employed as judge-ad vocate, and seeing that such a course could be of no use, while at the same time it showed the feeling to be that such a funct'onary was necessary, stated what was the fact, that no judge-advocate was required. Such, then, was the general evidence as to the mode in which those courts were con ducted; and he would now come to the particular case mentioned in the resolution of his Honourable Friend—the case of the priest—and which he put forward as a specimen of the mode in which all the others had been conducted. This court-martial was held at Kandy on the 25th August, 1848, and was presided over by Major Lushington, an officer of high character and talents. The court was crowded during the whole trial, and among those present were Mr. Buller, the judge of one district of the colony, a Mr. Stables, the judge of another district, and six or seven judges of other districts. There were also pre sent a number of planters, proctors, and solicitors, together with Mr. Selby, the brother of the Queen's Advocate. That latter gentleman told the Committee that on the trial being entered upon, Major Lushing on turned round to the proc tors present and said that any of them would be at liberty to examine witnesses and address the court in behalf of the delinquent priest, when five of them out of the number pre sent refused to do so. Now, would the House believe that it was one of those five who afterwards went to Mr. Selby, the Queen's Advocate, and said that the conviction was wrong, and that the proceedings of the court had been irre gular. It was neces-ary on some occasions to sift the conduct of individuals, and respecting this matter he took upon himself to sift the conduct of Mr. Selby. That gen tleman told the Committee that when he arrived at Kandy I after the trial, one of those four, a person of the name of Smith, called and told him that the priest had been unjustly condemned, and that the proceedings had been conducted irregularly. He (Sir J. W. Hogg) asked him when that statement was made to him by Smith did he take any pains to inquire of others who were present as to whether it was well founded before he went to the Governor in order to obstruct the course of justice. He said that he went to the Advocate-Depute, Mr. Stewart, who was present the trial, and who told him that the whole proceedings were conducted regularly, and that the conviction was right; but why did he not tell Lord Torrington that, when he went to him in order to get the conviction set aside ?—( Hear, hear.) In his opinion, it was the duty of the law officer of the Crown in that colony, before he dared to have obstructed the course of justice, to have examined well into how matters had been conducted, and not to have acted on the opinion of a single solicitor, while all the rest who heard the trial were satisfied as to the justice of the sentence. Well, then, Mr. Selby, oe this information, went to Lord Torring ton, whom he found in consultation with Colonel Drought. The case was an important one, there being 110 doubt that the priests and headsmen were the chief fonaentors of the rebellion; and therefoie it was proper that either of those parties, if clearly convicted, should be punished. Lord Torrington had, therefore, gone over the proceedings of the court-martial with Colonel Drought, and both were satisfied that the case had clearly been made out. After this, on Mr. Selby arriving, he told Lord Torrington as to Smith's statement, and requested that the conviction should not be carried into effect. Lord Torrington stated that he had every confidence in Major Lushington ; and having gone over the proceedings, he slew that the evidence was conclu ,ive against the convicted party, and he did not, therefore, feel it his duty to avert the sentence. Mr. Selby said that at that interview Lord Torrington made use of an expres sion, which, if correct, he did not hesitate to say was unbe coming in any one, more especially one in the station of the Noble Lord, and which was, " By God, if all the proctors in the island should say that he is innocent, he shall die to morrow." Mr. Selby declared these words were uttered, while Lord Torrington had not the least recollection of hav ing used words to any such effect, and Colonel Drought, who said he came in towards the conclusion of the interview be tween Mr. Selby and Lord Torrington, but that, in his hear ing, the Noble Lord did not express any unbecoming lan guage, also stating,that when he so came in Lord Torrington was calm and collected, while Mr. Selby seemed angry and flurried. Mr. Selby then went on to state that on leaving Lord Torrington he met Sir Anthony Oliphant, the Chief Justice, who told him that he was going to Lord Torrington to request that the sentence of the priest should be annulled, upon which he told the Chief Justice that he had better not, as he had been to him on the same errand, and should he go he had no doubt he would be insul ed, as he had been. He give him that advice, he said, because Sir A. Oliphant was ill at the time, and it was not proper that he should be subjected to excitement. But if Mr. Selby believed that this priest was innocent and unjustly convicted, why did it happen that he prevented the Chief Jus tice going to Lord To rr i ng t on i n or d er to get his sentence repealed ? Would it not have occurred to him that the Chief Justice would have had more influence with Lord Torrington in such a matter than himself ?—(Hear, hear.) Certainly, it he wanted the sentence repealed, his course would have been to have advised the Chiet Justice to pro ceed. But it turned out that Mr. Selby's advice to the Chief Justice not to go was ineffectual, for Sir A. Oliphant says he did go to Lord Torrington, and that they had talked over the trials held under these courts martial, but that he never particularly mentioned the trial of this priest, or that he was unjustly condemned. That would appear to be a contradiction of the evidence on that point. It was true Sir Anthouy Oliphant gave as a reason tor not mentioning the case that he found he had gone to the wrong person, that he found Lerd Torrington was acting in the matter under the advice of Sir Herbert Maddox, and he therefore considered there would be no use in opening the subject to him. But that was no sufficient !vas , n. It' Lord Torrington had acted under the advice of Sir Herbert Slaldox he could not have done better, but that was no reason why the Chief Justice, had he been convinced of this priest's innocence, should not have made an attempt to save him. In regard, therefore, to this part of the case, had Lord Torrington used the expression attributed to him, he would be the first to condemn him, but, at the same time, he must say that if, in the course of the interview alluded to by Mr. Selby, an unguarded expressi n had escaped that Noble Lord, it was wrong in that gentleman, who was the confidential adviser of the Crown, to go and publish it abroad. The lion. Gentleman who spoke second in the debate (Mr. Sergeant Murphy) had said that Mr. Selby had not sufficient experience for the office he held ; but he must sly that from the appearance he made before the Committee that was not correct, for the idea he then formed of him was most favourable, and he would not have hesitated to ap point him to such an office. He thought, however, that the Colonial Secretary should be more guarded in appointing these colonial legal functionaries, and that no one should be appointed who had not gone through the proper legit edu cation in this country, and who had given practical expe rience of their abilities before the courts in this country.— ( Hear.) But to come to the concluding resolution moved by his Hen. Friend, that the conduct of Earl Grey, in signi lying the approbation of her Majesty, was precipitate and Injudicious. His Hon. and Learned Friend, in bringing this subject before the House, had endeavoured to speak of the general bearing of Lord Torrington's Administration. He (SirJ. W. Hogg) did not justify irregularities, which must occur at times in case of war, and above all, in case of re bellion; but he must say that there was no evidence con necting Lord Torrington with these irregularities.—(Hear.) The resolution of his Hon. Friend said that the approbation given by Earl Grey was precipitate and injudicious, bat did his Hon. Friend mean to say that the Noble Earl was to lay by with cowardly craft and await the result before he expressed an opinion? That course of political conduct he did not approve.—(Hear. 1 His duty was at once either to say the Queen disapproves and recall a governor, or that t he Queen approves and support him.—(Hear.) He thought that when this motion was made, the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) ought to have refused it. He hoped that no Colonial Secretary of this country would hesitate to give his opinion upon such a subject openly, fairly, and promptly. Lord Torrington sends early advice of the facts, and to that Earl Grey replies in a dispatch, which was free from any cavil or objection whatsoever. The conduct and advice of the Noble Earl had been impugned; but he sail, before you arraign Earl Grey, you must prove that there is just ground for stigmatising the administration of Lord Torrington. The Hon. Baronet here read Earl Grey's dispatch, and proceeded to say that if the Noble Earl had been aware that this dis cussion was to have taken place, he could not have written a dispatch more to his honour.— ( Hear ) Reference had been made to a quotation from Burke; but they should recollect that the man he accused ( Warren Hastings) was subse quently received by the House of Commons with acclama tion, and upon his retiring the House rose and uncovered. - (Hear.) In conclusion, he held that he must declare judi cially that he motion was not justifiable, and consequently he must give it his uncompromising opposition.—(Cheers.) Sir FREDERICK THESIGER said that with respect to the question before the House, he thought it was directed especially to the policy of the Colonial -office. If that were not so, he thought his Honourable Friend would not have e thought it wor h hi s w hil e t o b r i n g motion,forwardtbis aare th as Lord Torrirgton had been removed, but inasmuch was no other mode of bringing this subject befor a e s t t h h e e House, the strictures upon Lord Torrington's conduct r w neces sary result of the motion. He was, could to the terms of thetheefore, desirous of confining himself as closely as he these d motion before the House. Certain prominentpoi l n ia ts aa h a a rd. reso lutions, but been grasped byhis Honour able and Learned Friend the Member for Cork, re ferred to, had commented upon c n general fore certain offence, if instead of confining himself the e o the matterspolicaf the e Noble Lord. made to the general character pr:retiucutr a ar nd ch co a n rg d e Lt a of re t fe h r e en ac c c e us ' e v d as , instead of mee l ti f ng in th a e that his s theym to were consider— first, the mode in which called upon to determine. he knew what would be the reply of his Learned Friend. S 0 in this case, he might retort upon h a i f m t , he charge. pNeeechw, let them see what was was not an answer to, but an evasion u w e e st r i e on e alle dupon which martial law had be en carr i ed out; T th h e ey q secondly, the period during which it under had.ts sanction been continued ; thir - dy, the severities practised auction ; and fourthly, approbation th e entire satisfaction and robatio _ expressed by the Noble Lord , th e Secretary of State for the Colonial Department from the beginning to the en d of these transac tions. Now, in considering these different questions it was Was it a well -organised conspiracy their duty to ascertain what were the causes and origin of f t o b r i s o v a e l i r e t g h e r d o w re in b g el 1 13 i o r n i s h rule irs the island, or was it a rising, the result of variolll Just caum of discontent? Now, he thought the priests were discontented, the headrrom were dis contented, and, above all, the people were discontented, from various causes; but the people chiefly from the imposition of new taxes. Now, could anybody who had read these papers doubt that upon the 12th of July, when there was a tumultu ous assemblage of the people, who came to Lord Torrington, and asked for the repeal of the new taxes imposed, if Lord Torrington had acceded to that request (he did not say he ought to have done so), but if he had, could there be a doubt that the causes which enabled the priests and headmen to goad them into rebellion would have been wanting. The mili tary officers employed in suppressing this affair did net speak of it as a serious rebellion, nor could it be gathered from their statements that the outbreak was formidable in its chatacter. The Hon. and Leaned Member then referred to the pro claiming of martial law by Lord Torrington, and said that what he complained of was, that when martial law was pro claimed there were no instructions given how it was to be carried out. He denied, however, that a proclamation of martial law gave unlimited power and authority to a com manding officer. The usage in such cases shows the limits within which martial law should be exercised, and he con tended that if Lord Torrington had accompanied his procla mation with proper instructions, the c eisequences which had resulted, and which were so much complained of, could not have occurred. It appeared that it was supposed that Col. Drought, under that proclamation, had uncontrolled power over the persons and property of those who were believed to be rebels, and that he had power to confisca e the properly of those who might be absent from their homes at that period. It was then observed that Sir Emerson Tennent was not slow in taking advantage of the doctrine of confisca tion, as appeared by the letter which he addressed to Lord Torrington, published in the blue book, although, when Sir Emerson was before the Committee, he explained that what he meant was the property that was confiscated after the parties had been proved to be rebels.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared, however, that in point of fact, Colonel Drought entered the houses of suspected parties who were absent, and carried away property both of a perishable and imperishable nature. On the 16th August, 1848, the secre tary issued a letter which he sums up as follows :—" The troops were engaged taking possession and removing confis cated p-operty • ' and yet he said bef ore t h e Committee that all that was done was to sequestrate the property and secure it for future disposal. The Honourable and Learned Member then referred to the instructions which were issued under the name of Captain Watson ' and a further p roo f, he said, was the letter of Sir Herbert Maddox, a gen tleman who was owner of a coffee estate, and of consider able experience, and on whom Lord Torrington mainly re lied as his confidential adviser. The advice which that gentleman gave was in the appendix to the seeond report. It seemed the Sir Herbert advised that the Commandant should issue a ther notice to persons t o d e li ver T h emselves 1 up, and in th e ven t o f t h e i r not d o i ng so, that their lands, 1 1 , houses, and all other property should be confiscated, and that when the Commandant determined to confiscate, he should draw up a form or notice to that effect. On the 16th of August it seemed that Lord Torrington did issue a proclama ion to the effect advised, and in that proclamation he used the words, " the late disturbances." That paper was laid before Mr. Selby, the Queen's Advocate, and that gen tleman gave it as his opinion, that it was decidedly ill ega l to confiscate the p roperty of those who had not been con victed in a court ofjustice. Lord Torrington, in consequence, requested an immediate interview with the Queen's Ad vocate and the Queen's Deputy-Advocate with reference to their opinion as to the illegality of the confiscation, and from that period attempts were made to convert confis cation into sequestration.-- (Hear, hear.) After referring to the proceedings of Captain Watson on various occasions the Hon. and Learned Member proceeded to say that Lord Tor rington, in writing to Lord Grey, did not send copies of the proclamation of Colonel Drought, and the opinion of Sir Herbert Maddox, but afterwards he did send them, stating that his reason for not doing so previously was, that he had mislaid them. Lord Torrington' in writing t o L or d G rey after the conversation with Mr. Selby, nevertheless stated that the proclamation was issued with the advice of Mr. Selby, the Queen's Advocate. He afterwards, however, pro mised that he would write to Lord Grey, explaining that he had made a mistake in saying that Mr. Selby had acqui esced in the terms of the proclamation.—(Hear, hear.) It further appeared that at a meeting of the Council in October, 1843, Lord Torrington stated that perishable property only had been confiscated, and that the accounts had been strictly kept, and in writing to Lord Grey he had stated the same. It appeared that the sale of the property confiscated by Captain Watson had realised 6161. 75., and of that sum he had appropriated upwards of 600/. in repairing Government buildings and in paying a portion of s a l ary to a party he bad appointed to take charge of the confiscated property. It would have been thought that under these circumstances Lord Torrington would have condemned the conduct of Captain Watson, but, on the contrary, Lord Torrington said, in one of his letters, that Captain Watson had acted bona fide in the matter, and that in the expenditure of the money he had expended it for purposes useful to the Government. Lord Torrington had written to Earl Grey. it appeared, on the subject, for in a letter sent out by that Noble Earl he said that he had re ceived the dispatch seeking to relieve Captain Watson from certain liabilities in some pecuniary transactions connected with the late disturbances • but so far, s a id t h e H on. and Learned Member, was Earl Grey from reproaching Captain Watson, that he said he entertained no doubt of the pro priety of Captain Watson's conduct, but that before he gave the sanction of her Majesty's Government he should like to have some further information with reference to the transac tions referred to. Now he (Sir F. Thesiger) defied her Ma jesty's Attorney or Solicitor-General to say the confiscation of property was at all warranted by martial law, and he would undertake to prove that there was no necessity for martial law at all, and that it should have ceased long be. fore it was abrogated by the Government of Lord Torrington. (Hear, hear.) He would quote upon that subject the opinion of one of the most accomplished philosophers and jurists that this country ever produced—the opinion of Sir James Mac intosh, who said that while the law was silenced by the din of arms, those who were armed with authority must punish as equitably as they could those whom it was necessary to punish fig their own safety and that of society, but no longer. Then, with reference to the Act of 1799, which Honourable Members would .recollect continued martial law in Ireland after the force of the common law had been somewhat re stored, Sir James Macintosh said that in such a case martial law could not be proclaimed without t he sanction of the le gislative authority. The Hon. and Learned Member then proceeded to refer to a letter written by General Smelt, on the :30th of July, according to which it appeared that more alarm was created in his mind by the profound peace which prevailed in the colony than had previously been by the din of arms. --(Hear, hear.) In the last dispatch which had been received from Sir E. Tennent, in August, he had said that he found the country in a peaceable state—the roads being filled with cattle, the bazaars opened for business, and no suck things as armed crowds going about. Then, again, on the 23d of eptember, 1848, they found Lord Torrington writing to Col. Drought that " the military measures adopted crushed the rebellion in the bud."— (Hear.) 'Was there, therefore, he would ask, any necessity in the state of the country for enacting mar tial law, with such results? Let them see what excuse there existed /et an earlier period. Lord Torrington had written on the 9th of August, 1e49, to say that the pretender had then fled; that all his attendants had deserted him, and that he had taken refuge in the mountains. In another letter he wrote that the people were then undecided as to his preten sions, and hundreds of them in pursuit of him, allured by the rewa'd offered. He would then ask again, could there be shown any case for continuing martial law up to the 10th of October? It had been continued, however. three weeks after the capture of the pretender. What could have been Lord Torrington's obj et, then, in thus continuing that state of things? No doubt his object was to continue martial law until an Act of indemnity was passed. (Hear.) In a dispatch from Lord Torrington to Earl Grey he had pointed out the necessity of such an act, as there was no power to order the confiscations and sacrifices which had taken place. ' From the 18th April .the courts.martial had been conducted without the presence of a judge-advocate. Nuw, with respect to the evidence being taken down not being thought of consequence. he would only say, if the sen tence was conclusive, it was throwing a great responsibility upon the court; but if otherwise how were the proceedings to be submitted to a superior tribunal, if there was no recoid of them? There were very imperfect accounts of those courts-martial ; but he wished to know whether the state ment in the Morning Chronicle of the 80th of March last, professing to be a report of one of those courts-martial, was accurate or not? He found there were four prisoners to be tried, and three young officers, lieutenants, were members of the court. With regard to the first and third of those persons, it did not appear that there was a tittle of evidenee to implicate them in any part of the illegal transactions; and with regard to the second and fourth, there were asked such questions as this—"Did-you see No. 4 with a gun ? —No ; but Mr. blactaire did." On such evi dence.as that four persons had been found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. A note had been appended to the account of those proceedings, signed by Mr. Mactaire, Captain Wilson, and Colonel Drought; but that had not been until 15 months after the proceedings, and when the Govern• ment had sent to them to know whether they were aware of anything concerning the character of these men. No no tice of that had been taken until the Committee commenced its inquiries ; and then indeed the Colonial Secretary had thought fit to express a censure upon that officer. At the very period when these courts-martial were continuing whet he would call their bloody course, Sir A. Oliphant was sitting in the civil courts of Kandy, administering the laws undis turbed. Why, then, should these terrible executions and the continuance of martial law still prevail ? Thirty-four perf sons had been tried before the civil court, and the half o, them acquitted; and out of the 126 tried by courts-martial v these li es only ten had escaped conviction. How many of those which had ,been sacrificed to the inexperience of young men might not have been saved. if those legal oh jea lous which might be urged in their favour had been al lowed to interpe ?Th e Honourable on the trial of these unhappy men Honourable and Learned Gentleman next referred at some length to, and read extracts from, the correspondence which had taken place between the Chief Justice and Lord Torrington on the subject of sparing the lives of seven teen persons found guilty out of thirty-four tried before him; and contended that the language of Lord Torrington in that respect was not such as should have emanated from one in his position. There waswaansostheurghetasteo where an, appeal had been made to the Governor with r egard o me pries, whose execution it t for s so me time. t Now, there had been noo intention to impeach the proceedings of the court-martial In that case; but the Queen's tbe Advocateehad alp,bpeealQedueetno,s LordAd Torrington to delay vocate, Mr. Selby, had not himself been present at the iny,hiesut tha l' t two witnesses he had learned fro .. de/m.3', Mr. Stewart, trial; but that the prisoner was not . guilt h re e p a r T e l v n e g2 a h n a d t, had conspired to make him appear so. 0 . Mr. Selby had gone to the Governor to ask : he thought there conld be no doubt but that was a very proper and correct course of proceeding for the Queen's Advocate to adopt. He had gon gone to Lord T orr i ngton ac cordingly, but had found the Noble Lord r i e n e s a i o great s a t a m te os o t e f excitement, and he h a d made useef. unjustifiable characte r . I f th expressionp attributed to Lord Torrington on that occasion had bee n used, he would merit the severest reprehension. Even although ma r ti a l l aw was still in operation, there was no particular necessity for an immediate execution on the 20th of April, and more espe cially when a doubt was ent er t a i ned as to the guilt of the ac cused party, The Honourable Member for Inverness-shire ( Mr. % L illi e ) said that the n d tthe Governor on that occasion was w ort h y the censurec o u of o c f the House off eimmons, and therefore he called upon them to award it.—(Hear, hear.) There was an issue raised upon the question as to whether or not the Governor had made use of the words ascribed to him, and it was to be decided by the House. It appeared that Mr. Selby bad told the matter to Sir A. Oli phant immediately after it had occurred, as it had been laid before the Committee. In 1819 Lord Torrington had written to Mr. Selby, praying him to give him an account of the circumstances w h ic h too k p l ace on t h e 25th of April, 18 48; and M r . S e lb y h a d wr it ten hi m word accord ingly, ) saying ( w h en h e h a d t o ld hi m w h a t he had to say) the Noble Lord t urne d p a l e , struc k hi s thi g h, and then made use of the expressions a tt r ib u ted to him. Lord Torrington had not denied th a t s t a t emen t, he had only observed, " I do not think there was any necessity to mention about turning pale." He also said he might have condemned th e conduct of the proctors, but he did not recollect that he had used any unbecoming expressions on the occasi t om The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then referred o Col one l Pr e. Drought's letter, wherein that officer said that he w an an d t he sent at the interview between Lord Torring Ml hear e e l proctors, and that he did not, on that occasion, _ sd by such language uttered by Lord Torrington as ai ti ler, t i b e Mr. Selby. Lord Grey, too, in a subsequent cornin , to Lord Torrington on the subject, dated the 25th Lord Aut saidton ( t ) h f a t t h h e e gave entire credit to the to d h e i n o i l al ia of in ques'ion. If that were the case, whatCOlaYict', the position of Mr. Selby? Why, that he stood „ of a deliberate falsehood; yet, notwithstanding Lord notwithstanding a letter written under the Noble is or r, rection by the Under Secretary of State for. the col 10 Lord Torrington, setting out the Noble Earl's views, theC l4 Noble Earl subsequently forced Mr. Selby back on . , ro _ vernrnent of Ceylon, and recalled Lord Torrington i ii 7 b ij administration of the Government.—(LTear, hear.) the nTt°errtsi-flii t n b o r w o gone,ugh the e e hs c case, e e believed,fairly, and stat to ed the best g o f hwirsoliebilt ntuv ie ought to have been t o ld o f it. Undoubtedly, the,,',l,, bicl was one of the greatest i m p or t ance; i t was a questi o f ;$ ought not to be co n fi ne d w ithi n t h e narrow walla t House of Com mons . It was one wh i ch wou ld go. oti_ t o all other lands, and w hi c h wou l d h ave the mos t itsP°' effect on the British colonies.—( Hear, hear.) Colonel DUNNE was sorry, with the Honourable Learned Member, who had just sat down, to see that t debate had degenerated into personal accusations , but bJ must dissent from many of the accusations indulgt i i it e the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, against the n :, 0 0 officers who had been engaged in the operations en self felt m er 7 lol o occasion ; and, as an old soldier and friend, he called upon to defend Colonel Drought against the st or ied which had been cast upon him by the Hon. ar gi m er obeel Member for Abingdon, and by several other Hon. ha d lea who had addressed the House on the subject. Be o e ba t known Colonel Drought as a friend and neighbour , s lico edt a letter from him, stating that he had been much o % c t he and was ready and anxious to meet his accusers ; j os fullest inquiry. If Lord Torrington thought proper a pe a proclamation declaring martial law, his Lord tb°, was responsible t o r it, and the officers who took Pert , 00} operations, were o n l y to be looked upon as catrYt.°nrce the instructions give n t o t h em in connexion with til't;ral claraation. The Hon. and Gallant Member then %der into d-tails of the executions which had taken plee e L ese to the that au of thority of the proclamation, and amongst t arse of the priest, and into a defence of the e xecs' Celonel Drought in co nnex i on with those se s oy tions, and also of his condu c t as connected with tl'horgal fiscations of the property of nat i ves who wereX ou ebti with having taken part in the re b e l l i on. Colonel If',;bot he contended, had nothing to d o w i th those confi scatt°';ooeg to confirm, as a superior offi cer , t h e decisions of t h e officers who constit u t e d th e t r ib unals by which the e°" ;jag, tiona were pronounced. e l Sir F. THEsIGER—Wh at h as been stated o f colo n rought, is, notwithstanding, true; it is in evidence: will Colonel DUNNE N o ev id ence i n the world colu"restlf it true.—(Laught er ) C o l one l Drought had been ed eor misrepresented in connexion w i t h t h e executions en the fiscations. They all knew what description of Pe ° ,P ro sted. Kandians were ; th a t th ey were a people not to be ',rebels or dealt lightly with. Th ey a ll knew that in a forM e ' d i s olit lion, those peopl e h a d ma d e 300 men of the 19th Pree'destbi prisoners, and that they had put those 300 men t ° l o, in and it was with such a people that Colonel Drone dssli carrying out the objects of the proclamation, had t ° w est and in carrying them out, he was quite satisfied, from pit/ he knew of him, that he had not been guilty of jebilln or excess. . Mr. HAWES said he cou ld no t regret that the fit:l: tebed ocs had an opportunity of hearing the speeches made by Ii and Learned Friend th e M em b er f or Cork (Mr. Ser°o ber Murphy), by his Hon. an d L earne d F riend the Ale° 001 for Sheffield (Mr. R oe b uc k) , and b y the Hon. Gen els the Member for Honiton (Sir J. W. Hogg) ; and be og lieved that considerable weight would be attache d g s se that occasion to the o pi n i on o f the two former of As of Hon. Gentlemen, w h o were accustomed to sift the det'"„je evidence, and to th a t o f t h e l ast of them, who had bee' the habit of dealing with large questions of public loosso He could not himself have attempted to address the ho gs until he should first have answered and refuted the e t he al of a delibe ra t e f a l s ifi cation of documents, which hnsbe brought forward agai ns t t h at department with tht had the hon our o f b e i ng connected. He had given t heir answer and that refutation ; and he should th en din soe, indulgence while he e .tered into a discussi o d o f the be° important details involved in the general subject whst t° been brought und er th e i r consideration. But he wished eipbe! notice one or two st a t ements made by the Hon. P. 0 5 for Inverness-shir e , w hi ch more especially affectedht be The lion. Gentleman had hazarded some atatemente , o, (Mr. Hawes) thought, somewhat lightly, and without regard for the feeli ngs o f others. The Hon. Gentleiev o see said that the resolutions to which the Committee had, to, had been the result of some compromise or understanenise the effect that h e (M r. H awes) had consented, or rath, :fib! conveyed the conse n t o f hi s N o bl e Friend at the heasiera Colonial-office, and of the Government, to the recall eior Torrington. Now, h e ut t er l y den i ed that he had ever in ept tered into any suc h un d erstanding. Another etat„ fit° made was, that he (M r . H awes) had been willing en°goo,o'' admit the prod uc ti on o f pr i vate letters when their p Lion would forward the views which he entertained r t• that when they were unfavourable he turned round ~en s l er, fused his assent t o t h e i r pu b lication. The Hon. sl e et who stated this wa s en ti re l y m i staken, and if he had o' et 00 to the proceedings of the Committee he would hav e Of' that this statement was unfounded in fact. to M`Christie's letters were public letters, and he eta lb e the Committee that h e h a d no other foundation fa rll grave and se r i ous c h arges he made against Lord Torrse 100 but the identical letters which he had in his posseipe and the Committee, ne and all, thought he ought, t ato celled on either t o w ithd raw the charges or produce the J .. ; fel on which they h a d b een f ounded. These letters we'd Po private in any proper sense of the term, apd if he 1111 0 0' other foundation for his charge but letters signed by bi s 7 stituents at Colomb o , th ey were bound to have these cl 3 0 I supported by something beyond the single testimony 1,0 1 gentleman who knew nothing of the affairs of Cey lo ll o from the instructions he received. Colonel BraybrookBf, quite willing to produce his letters. With regard to i • Wodehouse's lett ers a ll h e could say was this—that ""li° I was a wide disti nc ti on b etween them and these to whine' t, had referred, for th ey were strictly private and coefideeoff and contained matter not relevant to the Inquiry, and re ed produced by th e gent l eman to whom they were add op without the k now l e d ge or consent of the writer.— (PSio hear.) He now proceeded to the general question. t he Hon. and Learned Friend opposite, who had addressed 0 0 House at considerable length, had stated most fairly at I pe outset of his speech, that to form a sound opinion 'upeld. question it wa s n ecessary to have a competent acquaint with the eviden ce g i ven i n the appendix, but teat 1 , l e were a few promi nent po i nts which stood out in bold 10 lief; upon which a deci s i on m i ght be arrived at—aye r te —upon the resoluti on th n b efore the Melee. He cos: ee congratulate his Hon. and Learned Friend upon h A i n fi g acquaintance .with the ev id ence; for he had not stateu,st i ll° and fairly all the evid ence even on those points to,vib"Sl had directed attention. After all, however, the questiee which their decision would rest were few. What - Wil li e state of the island at the time when these events occur and, supposing the st a t e of the island to have justified , proclamation of martial law, was any undue severity 513 in carrying it into execution ? His Honouree and Learned Iriend had impugned the honour :of all e~ civil officers of the Government, by saying that the yid after the event, when they had been in communication t o ol the Colonial Secreta r y, a ll t h e i r answers were in favour t'ene Government. This was t h e f avourite argument of the at, Member for Montrose; but it WAS absolutely necessary to le tain further info rma ti on to meet a numb er o f charges, nao, was thoroughly c onv i nce d that accounts thus received st honourable me n w h o were present when the events occei were as worthy of credit as though they had been giVen aid very time of the outbreak. He must remind the m ,.; 1 1, 11 that these events happened in 1848, a most mern°' o o year, and one which would never be forgotten. The e y e which occurred in Europe in that year exercised a,,e o pd eoubted influence in our colonial possessions, and gave "ei: to the disaffected. With refer rice to the causes of the 1. 0 0 lion, he would re f er to an authority which was most r 0: upon by Hon. Members oeposite. There had b een manyd bellions in C ey l on from 1817 and 1818 dovin to 184 c, 00 Mr. Selby was particularly asked to what he attributed d rebellion of 1848. Wh at was h i s answer attrib lll 01 the rebellion to t h e same causes as t h ose which produce". 00 rebellion of 1842, but thought that many more people j°llol , the disturbance in 1848 from th e di ssatisfaction which "01 felt in consequence of a belief which was entertained that et Government was about to imp ose a great number of taxes. It was well known that interested parties did rep s t that some 30 or 34 new taxes, Some of th em o f t he 11 41 odious kind, were about to be imposed, and those lell ° engaged in former rebellions took advantage of that alarral t d apprehension to excite th e mass of the people who f°,"-04 otherwse have rem a i ne d l oyal. His' Hon. and Learned tiers made light of the al arm and danger; but Colonel Brayhrras4 himself, an adverse witness, distinctly stated that C °l- e ot Fraser, when sent for by Lord Torrington en the groan his experience, " instantly advised him to proclaim to e - id law. We were then under the apprehension that the 0 . - ,fce country was in a state of rebellion, and from his e p ,e ll e e- ece he then advised that martial law should be proclaizmeesueir bably from the cause I stated yesterday namely, thailFebe rßaoabryer,tlßBrlBow, Ineraivgigoghfaodurnoort fidvecelamreodtithinsarttoialiultaewrv' ern,: mil ing which time the the rebellion got to a head, whilste seei military Lad not Power to act with that dscissO! , jos st energy which they would otherwise have done." tdo os te Forbes, a witness summ.oned by the Hon. Member for i ri t ioh rose, said he could not tell) thinking that hundreds of P l f st and thousands of native lives might have been saved I p'le° the commencement of the rebellion stern and severe e%e deuce of Colonel Ill'oerbvresa,e had been made. quoting oecaaae the his o a p a i t n h i o o r n i , ty no w t aa tb o o,l %. , l l ; relied on by the Hon. Member for Montrose, and this re' contained in a work published ten years ago, having ° j oie' Terence to present c i rcumstances. The charge of the , t or' J ustice, on tryi ng t h e pr i soners at Kandy before the peocie - os e tion of martial law, pretty well indicafed the etate of thec ° oo o try at the time. It would be found that thit learned pe r t it most distinctly stated that there was a rebellion, and Seder had nothing to d o w i t h taxes. Sure that Learned 0 who condemned 19 persons to death for high treason, or competent authority to say whether there was a rebelO t ot ' not. There was ample documentary evidence to prove; in all the leading ant h or i t i es, civil an d military, concern°. thinking the state of the country such as to justify the fog clamation of martial law. Having thus shown that re n s int law was necessary, he had only to deal with the second P o e —namely, whether it bad been carried out with most lbat cessary severity. Colonel Braybrooke stated dietinctlflia. at first he thought they were on the eve of a great robe' re' He afterwards thought, from information subsequena ceived. that the accounts given at that time were eetegs°,e rated ; but he had not all the accounts within his It n s - ht ledge, but the Governor and Council had, and they tb°lo. ht hold to be a 'Tarn. r e e l: e r e ? t tl o y t ; h a e n d Gra I G I a e n n t er o al ffic S e m r. e h l t e , m w ig h without AnLber military authority, and others, were also opposed to a e ote Colonel Fraser was held to be a great authority by raw.' Gentlemen opposite, and he rectmeedremtwobered that he most4 -- f s te cently opposed the proposition for calling him li the Committee on the principle that it was obi e s ' s "?st his able to superiorca 1 call aiosmubaotrtdeirnsacteonnoffiee of the government. He succeeded fan t give d t h w e e s y s g i d e s e n u n e p e r p e a o lP d 0 1 : e y i s the Hon. Member for Bucks, but it would be well for o rt ' bed who took the same view as himself Mr. Hawes) if Pores been called, for a more as ejustifccation of the OA i the whole range of the evidence than in the tion of martial law, and more apprehensions which ex• complete d s t a t e e si m i d e e r : c „ 0 " 11 the isted, could hardly be cite t hat officer. He would refer to one single passage, in t W s n, °l' said that Lord Torrington claiming martial 1 - and twaaksin and vigorous measures tnduce the i p g e u r t te h c e t ly mr uo j vs u ti s u t sub ordination. lie believed dst rbedp t. had the gallant officer was rig l eery' served in the rebellionsof 1817 and 1818 and te in t i s ia letter laid beforethe • Committee gave a formidable el, be re of the numbers and arms of the Kandians ; and had iftlB hellion not been suppressed, the scenes of 1817 ati ° Take, might have been repeated, and Ceylon desolated. lie again, the evidence of the Deputy Queen's Advoca .a t B- i tan said distinctly that the cly4 power was at a 4441:14.8'.. Pi c fir e e° s c r i ICO BANKING DEPAILTXXN T. 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