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ITALY. Roussell, who was not seen at the hotel, after th e d ue l , is supp ose d to h ave l e ft by the Folkestone boat at f our o'clock on Saturday morning. The seconds return e d to tie hotel to supper, and excused, withoutet the exciting s uspicion, the absence of their companions and com missionaire. They returned to England by the Seine on Saturday morning, at seven o'clock. When the body of Petit was discovered, theMaireo f it o f the commune of Pont-de-Briques fund thatwas be - to n d his jurisdi c ti on , an d t hi s, as f res h information the news had e be given, l e d to considerable delay in forwarding newa to Boulogne. The body was exposed yesterday at the hospital for re cognition- Petit appears to have been abort thirty years of age, of miedle stature. His appearance is by no means extraordinary His dress consisted of a brown paletot coat, blue waistcoat, and puce coloured trousers. He wore a pair of leetningly new shoes, and two shirts. His watch, money, and pap,,ra (if ho had any) are supposed to have been secured by his companions. His adversary Rouseell, who described himself as a surgeon, is said to h ave been only twenty-four years of age, and of by no m eans preposseasiee aPecarance. At a late hour terday it was not not alto gether decided whether the corpse of the unfortunate man s h ould be interred last night or this mor ning. At present there are various surmises sng uas to the cause of the duel; but the affair is in volved in mystery.ery. Apolitical reason is the o ne gene rally attached to it, but of a character which it would be unwise to mention. EARL'FITZIIARDINGE and FREE co tIDE, The following letter has been sent by Mr. e, Earl Fitzhardinge's land steward , to h is Lordship's tenants on the Berkeley estate:— "Berkeley Castle, April. 1851. " Sir,—l have to inform you, by the direction of Earl Fitzhardinge, that the sum of will be returned to you out of the half-year's rent due on the 6th o f April inst. " This is considered by the practical men whom his Lordship has consulted to be a fair and reasonable ab atement from th e l an dl or d towards meeting the diffi ccullttles arisin g f rom t h e present d epres sed state of agri u ure.lt i s undoubtedly fair and right that the shouldland lord be called upon to contribute his share to wards meeting the present depreseion; he has now done so; and I am authorised to state that should prices fa ll abatements lower, future aunts will from time to time be made, to equalize thee rents on this estate, and for the further relief of haye a r u e ch as may hereafter be able to prove that they cornnzsonable grounds for complaint. " In my daily raieaations with the tenants of the Berkeley estate, I find n iz i labouring under (what I conceive to be) mistaken to''susb with regard to the claims they appear anxiou s alludert to their landlord for relief. I therefore propos e to u to a few matters which I think ought to be considerndaiflerently by un prejudiced farmers. I think that their land for relief from other sources, as well as from lord; and I shall endeavour to point out a n t i:l e f the ad vantlges which appear to me to be the natural result of the free-trade system; they are briefly these:— " 1. The wages of agricultural labourers are already lower by at least 5/. per annum for each a lebodied man employed on a farm. "2. Clothing, food, and almost all other necessaries of life are much lower, enabling the farmer to maintain his establishment at a cheaper rate than formerly; whip the labourer is at the same time better ablo to live and maintain his family by his exertions then when bread, meat, and other articles were kept at a high price by lay.e " 3. Tithes are becoming lovver annually through the effe..es of the averages of the present low prices of corn against the high rates of 1816 and 1847; and tithes must remain low, when the high prices of those years cease to affect the more recent averages upon which tithes are fixed. " 4. Poor-rates, highway-rates, church-rates, and other payments are gradually becoming lower, and many other of the various taxes which tend to oppress an occupying, LATE FATAL DUEL AT BOULOGNE. The following is a more detailed account of this affair than that which appeared in oar paper of Wednesday. It is from the Boulogne British Press : BpULOGNE, MAY 26.—1 n our second edition of Satur day we gave some particulars of this unfortunate and tragic affair, which became known in the town about noon on Saturday. It was then currently reported that the duellists were French and English respectively; this, however, turns out not to be the case. The following are the facts relative to the affair: — On Wednesday last among the passengers from London by the steam-ship Sine were four persons, ap parently Frenchmen, whr:se conduct on board exhibited no particular animosity towards each other, but, if any thing, the roverse. These men were the duellists and their seconds. On reaching Boulogne they severally gave their names as Joan Petit, George R , ussell, Joseph Johanny, and Deiir6 Guiffard. The two former were the principals in the affair. From what boa since transpired it would appear that they came over expressly to fight a duel a wort; a duel which is contintrA until one party falls; that ail the conditions were stated in - writing ; and that it was ar ranged that the men should first be set up at 25 paces, and, if the shots were ineffective, that they should be brought nearer to each other by five paces, with every renewal of fire, uwil, if necessary, they should be placed breast to breast; another condition was that one party should provido tho weapons (pistols), and the other the ammunition. These men upon landing went in a body to the li 4 otel Bristol et Douvree, a small house in the Ru.. &blequin. Thursday wa. spent in arranging the preliminaries, and the early part of Friday in procuring the arms. For this latter purpose Russell, accompanied by his second, visited the proprietor of the Val a'Andorre, at Core cure, representing that for the purpose of firing salutes at a wedding in the country thy wanted some large pistols, which they wished to hire. The proprietor offered them a pair of blunderbusses, which that' re- Jectt d, and finally purchased a pair of common pistols for 35` . . In the course of Friday afternoon Roussell and his friend wont by railway to Pout-de-Briques, and at four o'clock Petit also, accompanied by his second, and the commissionaire of the hotel, walked to Pont-de-Briques by the road, the latter going with them without know ledge of their purpose, but as a guide. Before leaving the hotel, Petit particularly ordered supper for nine o'clock, and desired the-. some stewed rabbit should be prepared for him. - He also treated his party to beer three separate times while on the road. Arrived at Punt-de-Briques, they were joined by the other two, and the commissionaire was requested to show them to the sanclhills in the neighbourhood of Condette, about two miles from Pont•de-Briques. Arrived there the nature of their designs became ap parent. The men were set up at 25 paces, and fired, but without effect. They were then set up at 20 paces, but without further result. They were then placed for the third time, but at 15 paces, when Petit fell under his adversary's fire, the bullet having entered his left breast, just above the heart, and passed quite through his body. The death of this unfortunate man must therefore have been instantaneous. It was now past seven o'clock, and the commissionaire was dispatched to Pont-de-Briques for a doctor, with whom, as also with the Maire of the commune, he re turned in about an hour. But the party had fled, dark. ness had likewise set in, and it was only with great dif ficulty, and after an hour's search, that the body of the deceased was discovered, lying upon his back, his feet imbedded in the sand, his hands clasped together, and his arms pressed upon his breast. His compa nions had left upon the ground an instrument for probing the wound, and also a rapier cane. Upon the person of the deceased were found his passport, a franc piece, and a book of the laws of the first republic, in which was inscribed the name " Jean Petit," and his place of birth, " Roubaix, Belgium." Upon his breast was laid a fine cambric handkerchief, in a corner of which the initials " R. 8.," surmounted by a coronet, are worked; this circumstance, simple as it is, by no means tends to dissipate the mystery in which the matter is involved. The Corriere Mercantile quotes letters from Nice, from which it appears that the agitation existing there has degenerated into acts of open violence. Signor GI OAN , one o f th e persons w h o had signed the protest against the commercial reforms contemplated by the Piedmo n t ese G overnme nt, had been dismissed flom . a judicial office be held. The exequatur had been withdrawn from Signor AVIGDOR, consul of Prussia, and Signor CARLONE, consul of Sweden ; and the former had even been put under arrest. Orders had been also given to arrest the latter, but he had left home when the police arrived. These measures gave rise to a serious disturbance on the 19th. The Communal Council was loudly cheer e d by a large mass of people while leaving the Town hall, and Signor *TIME, whose arrest had been spoken of, was accompanied home by a crowd singing the Marseillaise, and giving loud cheers for the free port. A number of workmen proceeded to the prisons, and attempted to break open Ole doors, but de sisted upon Signor Avsonoa appearing at one of the windows, and recommending them to disperse. At this . moment a report of firearms was heard, but the cause was not ascertained. The crowd then moved bowards the palace of the Intendance, but was met by a party of troops who dispersed it. At noon the crowd on the principal square was di spersed by a detachment of infantry, the legal summons not hav ing been obeyed. Some women and children were severely bruised in the confusion. Towards evening order was restored. On the 20th the police ordered all the clubs to be closed ; the military posts were doubled, and strong detachments of troops stationed around the prisons. Orders were given to arrest other persons, but it was f oun d t h ey h a d crosse d th e frontier. The Intendant of the province issued a proclamation, recommending the inhabitants to be calm ; assuring them that the Government was de termitied to r espect const i tut i ona l lib er ty, and to examine the grievances complained of, but could not give way to menaces or to se di t i on ; and advising them to ha ve the greatest confidence in the equity of. the Government and the Chambers. The spring session of the Municipal Council was closed on the 20th. On th a t an d th e f o llowing day public order was not disturbed. In its sittings of the 24th, the Senate of Turin commenced the discussion on the treaties of com merce with Belgium and England. The Giornale di Roma announces that, o n th e 17th,. his HOLINESS returned the visit of King Louts of Bavaria. In the audience of the l4tb, the Holy Father named the municipal councillors of severe communes, according to the new law. Other DOLL nations were made on the 17th. THE SUN, 14. Receiving persons into the Church from the Ro manist Schism in this country, or from other schisma tical communities—after previous reference of the seve ral cases to the bishop for his direction. 15. Whether to re-marry those who, having been pre viously married before the registrar, may desire the blessing of the Church? H. EXETER. St. Gluvias, May 23, 1851. (SUPPLY of WATER to the METROPOLIS. The following is a copy of the scale of water rates proposed to be inserted in schedule (B) of the Metro polis Water Bill, now before Parliament. It will be seen that the charges are enormously high, and that the remedy, in many cases, will be worse than the malady which the measure proposes to cure:— For water supplied to any dwelling house for domestic purposes; Where the house contains not more than one room, a rate not exceeding 3s. per annum. Where the house contains two rooms and no more, a rate not exceeding ss. per annum. Where the house contains more than two rooms, a rate to be charged according to the number of rooms in each house, at not exceeding such amount for each room as hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, Where the house contains more than two and not more than six rooms, at not exceeding 3s. per annum for each room. Where the house contains more than six and not more than nine rooms, at not exceeding 3s. 6d. per annum for each room. And where the house contains more than nine rooms, not exceeding 4s. per annum for each room. If there be a bath in any dwelling house, then, in ad dition to the rate above specified in respect of such dwel ling house, the sum of ss. per annum fur each such bath shall be payable. [But no addition to the rate above specified for the water supplied to any dwelling house shall be charged in respect of any watercloset therein.) For water supplied to any stable a rate to be charged according to the number of stalls in such stable, not ex ceeding 3s. 6d. per annum for each stall. For water suppli e d t o any coach-house, where the same is constructed to contain one carriage only, a rate not exceeding 35. 6d. per annum; and where the coach house is constructed to contain more than one carriage, a rate to be charged according to the number of car riages the samo is constructed to contain, at not exceed 3a. 6J. per annum for each carriage. For water supplied for the purposes of any manufac ture or business, such rates as may be agreed on be tween the company and the person supplied, not ex ceeding 6d. for every 1,000 gallons. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. PRESIDENT'S CONVERSAZIONE. The annual conversezione of the President of the In stitution of Civil Engineers, took place, as we briefly mentioned yesterday, on Tuesday evening, at the house of the institution. The assemblage of members and visitors was very large, and, in spite of the monopoly of the Crystal Palace, there was an ample display of choice works of art and of good models and specimens of manu factures, which were distributed with great taste and skill in the well-arranged apartments, which were pro fusely decorated with flowers and hung with fine spa. cimens of tapestry contributed by M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix. The company embraced nearly all the representatives of science and art, foreign and British, now in London, and a large number of those of our nobility, who have the good taste to demonstrate their respect for science and its professors by mingling with them on every pos sible occasion. Mr. Cubitt, the President, attended by M .,,, r.:Ch ar l es M an b y, the secretary, received his guests Hi ghness his u sua l ur b an i ty, and on the arrival of his Royal P r i nce Alb ert and suite, attended his Royal hi g h ness through the r ooms , exp l a i n i ng minutely the ts of the diff erent models exhibited. Fully an hour to w as devoted this duty, and great i nterest was mani fested by the Prin ce in several of the instruments. ab In th e cou Mi guel, 1)14c 14 1 3 e io3f raganC4' the evening his Roy a l Hi g h ness D on very consid er chemical modelsle and suit arrived, an d spent a period in the inspection of the me intimate acquaintance. the details of which he showed an Among the works of art, which wore more than usually numerous, may L uter,, Herrin audnoticed three fine pictures an excellent Turner, of dogs by Sir Edwin eurour drawing of Roberts' and Ilaghe's glorious water urring, D ' igby Wyatt, picture of the Destruction R o bins, Bartholomew, Lance , vo N as h, Wood, Oliver,auDduubtuhieers, iticsault, Alfred Crow o contribGutaesdlinmeoasti; s,:jetthuer_es_byol4 e q tr u e i c li t 'i, M e l i y ss ; SMetre.hMelli'tchell's contributfilioa: interest ing portrait of Louis Phillipe, and of Garibaldi, attracted much attention, as did also several Graves, Mr. uolnaghi, masters sent by Mr. Bryant , Mrs and others. Sculpture was excellently represented by Mac D owell, who sent several fine figures and an a dmirable bust o f Sir Emmerson Tennent; J. E. Jones, whose bust of Prince Louis Napoleon was particularly admired for its fidelity and striking likness; Behnee, whose bust s o f Lady Seymour and Macready were excellent; Thomas, Whose statues of Night and Morning, and statuettes of the Seasons were universally praised, and Henning, whose Pandora attracted much attention. The plastic art was represented by two series of beau tiful "arian figures from the works of Alderman Cope itrid. , M.P., and Mr. Alcock, the latter from beautiful designs,_ by Alfr e d C rowqu ill ; and Mr. Cheverton exhi bited sown good i m i tat i on marbles. R ogers a l so se nt "`"" very good carvings. The " BFasse " Testimonial not only a fine speci nv , t, • exhibited by Mr. Burt, by whom it was Y designed, was goldswith's art has _ ..n of the perfection been brought by Messrs. Gerard, hut was 3 noble exampl e of the proper appreciation of great worth and integrity, tenant are either lowered, repealed, or not charged upon ilim at all. " 5. In stocking a farm, 6001. will buy about as much stock as 1,0004 used to do under the system of artificial high prices. This enables many persons to occupy farms who formerly h a d no chance w h atever of doing so with advantage either to themselves or to their land lords. "It is morally certain that tenants who have the means of stocking their farms will find that under these and other advantages they can obtain as good a return for their labour and the interest of their capital now as formerly. I think that many farmers who are fortunate enough to possess both capital and skill will (unex pectedly, perhaps, to themselves) find their condition materially improve un d er t h e present state o f t hi ngs , especially if by a steady perseverance in the management of their affairs they continue to pursue that course of economy which has seldom been known to fail. " The occupiers of dairy farms must find the benefit of present low prices, because their expenditure will be proportionably diminished thereby, as well as from other causes allnded to above; and I suspect many of them will yet live to find out that they can produce cheese at two guineas per cwt. at a profit. " In conclusion, I have only to remark that a landlord can in no degree be held responsible for fluctuations in the markets; he may fairly be expected to meet a per manently depressed state of agricultural affairs, and to let his farms, so that tenants may be enabled to live by their exertions one year with another; but for variations in the value of stock,bad season s , &0., no landlord can b e expected to interfere. — l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " T. H. COOKE." EXETER DIOCESAN SYNOD, Tho following are the matters which will be considered at the diocesan synod which is to be held in the Ca thedral at Exeter, on Wednesday, 25th June next, and the two following days:— On the 25th will be proposed— I. A declaration of adherence to the article of the Ni cene Creed, " I acknowledge one baptism for the remis sion of sins;" and especially to the doctrine of the Ca tholic Church, and the articles and formularies of our own Church, on the spiritual grace given to infants in the Holy Sacrament of Baptism. H. A de c l arat i on of adherence generally to the doe- trine and discipline of the Church of England, as now set forth in the Articles of Religion, and in the Book of Common Prayer; and of our firm belief that secession from our Church, being a sound branch of the Catholic Church, to any other religions community, is an act of schism; and, in particular, that secession to the Church of Rome involves the abandonment of truth for error, and is perilous to salvation. 111. A declaration against the recstt schismatical as signment of a Bishopric of Plymouth by the Pope. On the 26th and 27th the following subjects will be considered, so far as the time shall admit:- 1. Education according to the principles of the Church of England. Schools for the poor—middle schools— training college of masters at Exeter, of mistresses at Truro. Inspection of schools. 2. Catechising.—Best mode of carrying out the re quirements of the Church, as stated in the rubrics and canons. 3. Continued pastoral superintends rice of the young who have loft school—especially the encouragement of the living together of young agricultural labourers, on a plan at once economical, and under regulations for self discipline in agricultural colleges. (See " Parochial Work" by Rev. C. Monro, p. 184-195.) 4. Increasing the number of authorised teachers and assistants of ministers by the ordaining of permanent deacons, especially of teachers duly recommended from the Training College at Exeter. 5. Assista — nce of lay parishioners, to the parochial clergy, especially by encouraging voluntary associations for good works. 6. More frequent Divine Servicisa in churches on week-days. Due observance of the days appointed by the Church to be kept holy. On e.soension Day the .14')rd's Sapper to be always administered. 7. More frequent celebration of the: Holy Communion. 8. Separation of Services—especially in connexion with the two immediately preceding questions. 9. Public performance of public baptism of infants, and right of parents, giving due notice, to require the public baptism of their children on holy -days. 10. Care to be taken in reminding sponsors of their real responsibility, and correcting felse notions of that responsinility.—The encouragement of bodies of persons (especially Sunday School teachers, district visitors, and other lay parishioners) agreeing to undertake the office of sponsors in cases where it will be found necessary. 11. Churching of women after illegitimate births, under what regulations? 12. Whether the office of burial ought not to be always fully, and equally, performed over all that are buried (except the taking the corpse into the church, where there is danger of infection):—advising the minister, who may doubt whether the party to be buried fall within any of the exceptions its the first rubric before the office of burial, to refer his doubt with as little delay as possible to the bishop, for his solution, according to the direction contained in the preface " Concerning the Service of the Church." 13. Selection of metrical verses of psalms, and of by mns. The principal room contained, among many ot h er works, two very interesting series of models, the one from the Trinity-house, of lighthouses and beacons of all kinds, from the earliest period down to the prese n t t i me, and the other, of modes of shipbuilding from the Admi ralty collections; with the latter, were models of appro priately-placed foreign boats, &c., from Mr. Allan; Mr. Vint's submerged propeller; steam-engines and pro pellers from Messrs. Maudslay and Fi e ld , and Messrs. Seaward and Co., showing many sp ec i mens of screw propellers. Sectional models wer e a l so exhibited of Mr. Atkerton's expansive gearing, and of Messrs. Pole and Thompson's patented improvements in double or compound cylinder expansive steam-engines. Warlich's concentrated fuel for steam purposes was also shown. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 30, 1851. Learned Gentleman refused to give it unless the ap plication came to himself through the ordinary official channel. Now was that a proper course for the Learned Gentleman to have adopted? Certainly not ; and he had no hesitation in saying that had Mr. Selby held his office in the East Indies instead of Ceylon, his refusal would have subjected him to severe censure, if not to tho loss of his official situation.—(Hear, hear.) Some objection had been taken to the courts-martial. It was said they were not conducted after the rules and regulations of similar tribunals in the mother country; but if the House would take the trouble to look over the mili • tart' evidence taken before the Committee, they would find that the proceedings of these courts-martial were not only quite regular, but they were afterwards 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 comers, and so far from their being secretly conducted, or so far from their at all exceeding he 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, and 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 bad read a letter in introducing the resolutions, from Colonel Drought, to the effect that a judge-advocate wag 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 or 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 functionary 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 Lushington turned round to the proc tors present aad 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 is-fused 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 necessary on seine occasions to sift the conduct of individuals, and respecting thi s matter he took upou himself t o sift he conduct of Mr. Selby. That gen tleman told the Committee that when he arrived at Kandy after the trial, one of those four, a person of th e name of Smith, called an d to l d him that the priest had been unjustly condemned, and that the proceedings had been conducted irregularly. lle (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 at 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, on this information, went to Lord Torring ton, whom he found in consultation with Colonel Drought. The case was an important one, there being no doubt that the priests and headsmen were the chief fornentors of the rebellion ; and therefore 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 toll' 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 saw that the evidence was conclu sive 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 cams 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 insulted, as he had been. He gave 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 Torrington in order 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 th e ev id ence on that point. It was true Sir Anthouy Oliphant gave as a reason ter not mentioning the case that he found he had gone to the wrong person, that he found Lord 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 nosufficient reason. If Lord Torrington had acted under the advice of Sir Herbert Maddox he could not have done better, but that was no reason why the Chief Justice, had he leen 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 expresson attributed to him, he would be the first to condemn him, but, at the same time, he must say that if, in the coLrse of the interview alluded to by Mr. Selby, an unguardeded expressim had I escaped that Noble Lord, it was wrorg in that gentleman, who was the confidential adviser of the Crown, to go and publish it abroad. The Hon. 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 say 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 legal edu cation in this country, and who hal given practical expe rience of their abilities before the courts in this country-- (Hear.) But to come to the concluding resolution moved by his lion. Friend, that the conduct of Earl Grey, in signi fying 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, but 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.) His duty was at once either to say the Queen disapproves and recall a governor, or that the Queen approves and support him.—(Hear.) He thought that when this motion was made, the Noble L or d (L or d John Russell) ought to h ave 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 said, 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 thought it worth his while to bring forward this motion, as Lord Torrington had been removed, but inasmuch as there was no other mode of bringing this subject before the House, the strictures upon Lord Torrington's conduct was the neces sary result of th e mot i on. H e was, therefore, des i rous of confining himself as closely as he could to the terms of the motion before the H ouse . C er t a i n prom i nen t p oin ts had a b h e l e e n a g n r d aspe L d ear b n y ed the F s r e iea r d esolu th ti e ons f the Noble Lord. If in a prosecution for a re ferred to, h a d commen t e d upon th e certain offence, if instead of meeting th e p ar ti cu l ar charge, instead of confining hi mse lf t o the general mpaaltitce3r.so a , Me h m u la t er his for Ho C no o u rk r , re f ere nce was n e a k d e n e two the what that his speech was the charge. Now, let them see what was the question which g w e o n u e l r d al bceh theara character reply andef his conduct o Learnedf r e i end. accused, sa in this case, he m i g ht re t or t u pon him, not an answer to, but an evasion of they were called upon to determine. They called upon to consider—. under its sanction ; an d e thinly, th e sever iti es practised s t i e r c s o t n , d t h l y e m t o h d e e p i n a r i w o d h i d c r m i agriwtieaearl whichla w it ha n d a d b e h e e n e a c a c r o r a o e u i t ;; by the Noble Lord, the Secretary to the end of thes e transac fourthly, the entire satisfact r i e o t n ary an e d f a s p t p a r r o e b f a e t r ion d the e x c p e r l e o s n s i e al Department from the begin ning t iw h t e e rsaee differentwell-organised ne q si s u e e ad s n t d i c o o n onr s i pg i i t i rn i a v c a oj s f_ tt t o lea n i r s a . dl ue N gt ye o dr w er , ea in bsec lelriot considering .n ,Waaar for overthrowing British rule in the island, or wa s it a rising, the result of various just causes o f dis c ontent? Now, he thought the priests were discontented, the headmen 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 naili taryofficers employed in suppressing this affair did not speak of it as a serious rebellion, nor could it be gathered from their statements that the outbreak was formidable in its character. The Hon. and Learned 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 consequences 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 property 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 d oc t r i ne o f confisca tion, as appe are d 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 property ;" and yet he said before the 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 furthe r proo f , he said, was the l e tt er o f 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 that Sir Herbert advised that the Commandant should issue another notice to persons to deliver themselves up, and in the event of their not doing so, that their lands, 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 proclamation 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 d ec id e dl y ill egal to confiscate th e property of, those who had not been con victed in a court of justice. 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 sequestratien.— (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, is writing to Lord Grey, did not send copies of the proclamation of Colonel D roug h t, 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 writin g t o L ord Grey 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 farther appeared that at a meeting of the Council in October, 1848, 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 suns he had appropriated upwards of 500/. in repairing Government buildings, and in paying a portion of salary to a party he had 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, said the Hon. 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',: Government he should like to have some further information with reference to the transac tions referred to. Now he (Sir F. Thesiger) defied heaMa 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 quads upon that subject the opinion of one of the most accomplished philosophers and jurists that this country ever pro d uced—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 for 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 the sanction of the le gislative authority. The Bros. 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 arras.—(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 such things as armed crowds going about. Then, t tgain, on the 23d of September, 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 tit an earlier period. Lord Torrington had written on the 9th of August, 1849, to say that the pretender had then fled; that all his attend: unts had deserted him, and that he had taken refuge in the m suntains. In another letter he wrote that the people were th en undecided as to his preten sions, and hundreds of them in pursuit of him, allured by the reward offered. He wou Id then ask again, could there be shown any case for con tinuing martial law up to the 10th of October? It had be en continued, however, three weeks after the capture of the pretender. What could have been Lord Torrington's o eject, then, in thus continuing that state of things? No do abt his object was to continue martial law until an Act of ineiemnity 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. Now, with respect to the evidence being taken down not being thought of consequence, would only say, if the sen tence was conclusive, it'was tl tr owing a great responsibility upon the court; but if otherwiae how were the proceedings to be submitted to a superior ti abanal, if there was no record 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 30th of March last, professing to be a report of oni a .of those courts-martial, was accurate or not ? He found a are were four prisoners to be tried, and three young officer, s, lieutenants, were members of the court. With regard to I:he 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 seco ad and fourth, there were asked such questions as this--- "Did you see No. 4 with a gun ? No ; but Mr. Mact si re did." On such evi dence as that four persons had b eon found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. A note had been appended to the account of those proceedin gs, 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 knovr whether they were aware of anything concerning the char:iciter 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-in finial were continuing what he would call their bloody course, .;Sir A. Oliphant was sitting in the civil courts of Kandy, ad afinistering the laws undis turbed. Why, then, should these terrible executions and the continuance of martial law still p revail ? Thirty-four perf sons had been tried before the civil court, and the half 0, them acquitted ; and out of the 126 tried by courts-martial only ten had escaped conviction. Ho w man y o f th ose li v es which had been sacrificed to • the inexperience of these young men might t not have bee a. saved, if those legal ob Jections which might be urged in their favour had been al lowed to interpose on the trial of t :hese unhappy men ? The Honourable and Learned Gentl ensan next referred at some length to, and read extract s from, the correspondence which had taken place between ti to Chief Justice and Lor Torrington on the subject of sp: tying the lives o seven teen persons found guilty out of thirty-four tried . before him; and contended that the language of L h or a d va T e o m rr an ing a t t o a n d in that respect was not such as should from one in his position. There was another case where alaryd an appeal had been made to tl to Governor wi th soughtwit htoredge to some priest, whose execution it for some time. Now, there h the, b no ee or n t- nz art i i n a t l en i t n ioa tia t a o t impeach the proceedings of case; but the Queen's Advocate eoutio ti . id a i p h p e eal ci ed uee t n o ,a Lord Torrington t Stewart atthe , Torrington to delay the its dbopeeonty,prmes vocate, Mr. Selby, had not ex f Jo h ra im self I trial; but he had lear n n o e t d guilty, shut that two witnesses appear SO. On learning that, that the prisoner was verner to ask a reprieve...enct had conspired to mak o e th h e ivn uo Mr. Selby had gone n t id be no doubt but that w he thought there co very Noble ington ac proper and correct course of procee ding for the Q ueen ' s Advocate to adopt. cordingly, but had found the Lord in a great state of h e had made use o F expressionst If the epri fission citement, and aumnjustifiable character. Torrington on that occasion had be en .used, he would m er it the severest reprehension. Even alrhough martial law was still in operation, there was no - part icallar necessity for an immediate execution on the 20th of !April, and more espe cially when a doubt was entertained to to the guilt of the ac cused party. The Honourabl e M em her for Inverness-shire (Mr. Baillie) said that the conduct cif the Governor on that occasion was worthy the censure of the House of Commons, and therefore he called upon them to award it.—(Hear, hear.) There was an issue raised i tpon the question as to whether or not the Governor had made use of the words ascribed to him, and it was to be deci dad by the House. It appeared that Mr. Selby had told tl se matter to Sir A. Oli phant immediately after it had occur Ted, 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 which took place ten the 25th of April, 1848 ; and Mr. Selby had writt,en him word accord ingly, saying (when he had told hi in what he had to say) the Noble Lord turned pale, struck b is thigh. and then made use of the expressions attributed to him. Lord Torringtonhad not deni e d th a t statement, he Ltd only observed, ~ do not think there was any necessity to mention about condemned the turning pile." H e a l so sa id h e m i g ht h ave conduct of the proctors, b u t he did not recollect thet he had used any unbe c omi n g expressions on the occasion. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman n referred to Colonel Drought's letter, wherein that officer said that he was pre sent at the interview between Lord Torrington and the proctors, and that he did not, on that occasion, hear any such language uttered by Lord Torrington as alleged by Mr. Selby. Lord Grey, too, in a subsequent communication to Lord Torrington on the subject, dated the 25th of August, said that he gave entire credit to the denial of Lord Torring ton of the expressions imputed to him in the interview in question. If that were the case, what was the position of Mr. Selby? Why, that he stood convicted of a deliberate falsehood; yet, notwithstanding that, and notwithstanding a letter written under the Noble Lord's di rection by the Under Secretary of State for the colonies, to Lord Torrington, setting out the Noble Earl's views, the Noble Earl subsequently forced Mr Selby back on the Go vernment of Ceylon, and recalled Lord Torrington from the administration of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) He bad now gone, ss he believed, fairly, and to the best of his ability, through the case, and if he had stated anything wrong, he ought to have been told of it. Undoubtedly, the question was one of the greatest importance; it was a question which ought not to be confined within the narrow walls of the House of Commons. It was one which would go out into all other lands, and which would have the most important effect on the British colonies.—( Hear, hear.) Colonel DUNNE was sorry, with the Honourable and Learned Member, who had just sat down, to see that this debate had degenerated into personal accusations, but he must dissent from many of the accusations indulged in by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, against the military officers who had been engaged in the operations 011 that occasion; and, as an old soldier and friend, he felt himself called upon to defend Colonel Drought against the aspersions which had been cast upon him by the Hon. and Learned Member fur Abingdon, and by several other Hon. Members who had addressed the House on the subject. He had longe known Colonel Drought as a friend and neighbour, and had a letter from him, stating that he had been much maligned, and was ready and anxious to meet his accusers on the fullest inquiry. If Lord Torrington thought proper to issue a proclamation declaring martial law, his Lordship alone was responsible for it, and the officers who took part in the' operations, were only to be looked upon as carrying out the instructions given to them in connexion with that pro clamation. The Hon. and Gallant Member then entered into details of the executions which had taken place, under the authority of the proclamation, and amongst them, to that of the priest, and into a defence of the course of Colonel Drought in connexion with those execu tions, and also of his conduct as connected with the con fiscations of the property of natives who were charged with having taken part in the rebellion. Colonel Drought, he contended, had nothing to do with those confiscations, but to confirm, as a superior officer, the decisions of the young officers who constituted the tribunals by which the confisca tions were pronounced. Sir F. THESIGER—What has bsen stated of Colonel Drought, is, notwithstanding, true; it is in evidence. Colonel DUNNE - No evidence in the world could prove it true.—(Laughter.) Colonel Drought had been greatly misrepresented in connexion with the executions and con fiscations. They all knew what description of people the Kandians were; that they were a people not to be trusted, or dealt lightly with. They all knew that in a former rebel lion, those people had made 300 men of the 19th Regiment prisoners, and that they had put those 300 men to death, and it was with such a people that Colonel Drought, in carrying out the objects of the proclamation, had to deal; and in carrying them ou t, h e was qu i te satisfied, from what he knew of him, that he had not been guilty of inhumanity or excess. Mr. HAWES said he could not regret that the Howe had had an opportunity of heariug the speeches made by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Cork (Mr. Sergeant Murphy), by his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Sheffield (Mr. Roebuck), and by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Honiton (Sir J. W. Hogg); and he be lieved that considerable weight would be attached upon that occasion to the opinion of the two former of those Hon. Gentlemen, who were accustomed to sift the details of evidence, and to that of the last of them, who had been in the habit of dealing with large questions of public policy. 1. He could not himself have attempted to address the House until he should first have answered and refuted the charge of a deliberate falsification of documents, which had been brought forward against that department with which he had the honour of being connected. He had given that answer and that refutation ; and he should then claim their indulgence while he entered into a discussion of the many and important details involved in the general subject which had been brought under their consideration. But he wished first to notice one or two statements made by the Hon. Member for Inverness-shire, which more especially affected himself. The Hon. Gentleman had hazarded some statements, as he (Mr. Hawes) thought, somewhat lightly, and without much regard for the feelings of others. The Hon. Gentleman had said that the resolutions to which the Committee had come had been the result of some compromise or understanding, to the effect that he (Mr. Hawes) had consented, or rather had conveyed the consent of his Noble Friend at the head of the Colonial-office, and of the Government, to the recall of Lord Torrington. Now, he utterly denied that he had ever men tered into any such understanding. Another statement made was, that he (Mr. Hawes) had been willing enough to admit the production of private letters when their produc tion would forward the views which he entertained; but that when they were unfavourable he turned round and re fused his assent to their publication. The Hon. Member who stated this was entirely mistaken, and if he had referred to the proceedings of the Committee he would have seen that this statement was unfounded in fact. Mr. M`Christie's letters were public letters, and he stated t o the Committee th a t h e b a d no other foundation for the grave and serious charges he made against Lord Torrington but the identical letters which he had in his possession, and the Committee, one and all, thought he ought to be called on either to withdraw the charges or produce the letters on which they had been founded. These letters were not private in any proper sense of the term, apd if he had no other foundation for his charge but letters signed by his con stituents at Colombo, they were bound to have these charges supported by something beyond the single testimony of a gentleman who knew nothing of the affairs of Ceylon but from the instructions he received. Colonel liraybrooke was quite willing to produce his letters. With regard to Mr. Wodehouse's letters all he could say was this—that there was a wide distinction between them and those to which he had referred, for they were strictly private and confidential, and contained matter not relevant to the Inquiry, and were produced by the gentleman to whom they were addressed without the knowledge or consent of the writer.—(Hear, hear.) He now proceeded to the general question. His Hon. and Learned Friend opposite, who had addressed the House at considerable length, had stated most fairly at the outset of his speech, that to form a sound opinion upen the question it was necessary to have a competent acquaintance with the evidence given in the . appendix, but that there were a few prominent points which stood out in bold re lief, upon which a decision might be arrived at —aye or no —upon the resolution then before the House. He could not congratulate his Hon. and Learned Friend upon hie full acquaintance ,with the evidence; for he had not siated fully and fairly all the evidence even on those points to which he had directed attention. After all, however, the questions on which their decision would rest were few. What was the state of the island at the time when these events occurred?. and, supposing the state of the island to have justified the proclamation of martial law, was any undue severity shown in carrying it into execution? His Honourable • and Learned Iriend had impugned the honour of all the civil officers of the Government, by saying that the year after the event, when they had been in communication with the Colonial Secretary, all their answers were in favour of the Government. This was the favourite argument of the Hen. Member for Montrose; but it was absolutely necessary to ob tain further information to meet a number of charges, and he was thoroughly convinced that accounts thus received from honourable men who were present when the events occurred were as worthy of credit as though they had been given at the very time of the outbreak. He must remind the House that these events happened in 1848, a most memorable year, and one which would never be forgotten. The events which occurred in Europe in that year exercised an un doubted influence in our colonial possessions, and gave hopes to the disaffected. With reference to the causes of the rebel lion, he would refer to an authority which was most relied upon by Hon. Members opposite. There bad been many re bellions in Ceylon from 1617 aucllBlB down to 1848, and Mr. Selby was particularly asked to what he attributed the rebellion of 1848. Wh at was his answer? He attributed the rebellion to the same causes as those which produced the rebellion of 1842, but thought that many more people joined the disturbance in 1848 from the dissatisfaction which they felt in consequence of a belief which was entertained that the Government was about to impose a great number of new taxes. It was well known that interested parties did report bat some 30 or 34 new taxes, some of them of the most odious kind, were about to be imposed, and those who had engaged in former rebellions took advantage of that alarm and apprehension to excite the mass of the people who would otherwse have remained loyal. His' Hon. and Learned Friend made light of the alarm and danger; but Colonel Braybrooke himself, an adverse witness, distinctly stated that Colonel Fraser, when sent for by Lord Torrington en the ground of hi s experience, " instantly advised him to proclaim martial law. We were then under the apprehension that the whole country was in a state of rebellion, and from his experience he then advised that martial law should be proclaimedFpeSbi-r bably from the cause I stated yesterday—namely, that - r°- Robert Brownrigg, had not d ec l ared martial law till ruary, 1818, leaving four or five months to in tervene, dur ing which time the rebellion got to a head, whilst the military bad n,t the power to act with that dscision and energy which they would otherwiseuhave done." Colonel Forbes, a witness summoned b rose, said he could not help thiynki the on. Member for Meat that hundreds of British and thousands of native lives mijlintghave been saved if, at the commencement of the rebee had been made. H e was on, stern and severe examples quo big the opinion, not the evi relni dece of Colonel Forhes, be cause his authority was muc h relied on by the Hon. contained in a w Member for M on t rose, an d th i s was ork published ten years ago, having no re ference to present circumstances. The charge of the Chief Justice, on tr ying the prisoners at Kandy before the proclama tion of martial kiw pretty well indicated th e sta t e of the coun try at the time. It would be found that that learned person must distinctly stated that there was a rebellion, and that it to had nothingdo with taxe s . S ure that Learned Judge, who condemned 19 persons to death for high treason, was a competent authority to say whether there was a rebellion or rtot. There was ample documentary evidence to prove that all the leading anthorities, civil and military, concurred in thinking the state of the country such as to justify the pro clamation of martial law. Having thus shown that martial law was necessary, he had only to deal with the second point —namely, whether it had been carried out with most unne cessary severity. Colonel Braybrooke stated distinctly that at first be thought they were on the eve of a great rebellion. He afterwards thought, from information subsequently re ceived, that the accounts given at that time were ex agge rated ; but he had not all the accounts within his know ledge, but the Governor and Council had, and they thought without to be any a die" higher differently; and Gener a l whom,Sinelt,miaht ho respect to the Gallant Officer, Le military authority, and others, were also opposed to him. Colonel Fraser w as h e ld to be a great authority by H on. Gentlemen opposite, and he remembered that ue most inno thgaitveiteywidaesticoobjecticin- cently opposed the proposition for calling him before the Committee on the princir!e able to call a subordinate officer to his superior in matters connected with the against general policy of the government. Ile succeeded , and Was su ppo r ted by the Hon. Member for Bucks, but it woul dbe well for those who took the same view as himself (Mr. Hawes) if he had been called, for a more complete justificatio tion of martial law, and more completen eevfidteh-eceapopflitchae apprehensions which existed, could hardly be cited in the whole range of the evidence than in the statements of that officer. He would refer toonc:v!iiingle pa cage, in which he said that Lord Torring pro claiming martial law, and taki perfectly justified in themost prompt and vigorous measures to reduce the disturbed ordination. He believed the provinces into sub gallant officer was right. He had served in the rebellions of 1817 and 1818, and in his very letter laid before the Committee of the numbi.rs and gave a f orm id a bl e est i mate arms of the l' '' anoians ; and had the re bellion not been supp resse d , the sc enes o f 181 7 and 1818 might have been repeated, and Ceylon d eso l ate d. T a k e, again, the ev id enceof the Deputy Queen's Ad voca t e . Il e said distinctly that the civi l power was at a stand-still and ANENT. In Mr. Allan's impro ve d t e l egraph, from the peculiar construction of the magnets and arrangements with the coils, the deflection of the needle was rendered certain and distinct, and by an ingenious application of the accu mutated power obtained by th ese arrangements, the dial, or indicating telegraph, could transmit messages with the same facility, by means of one wire, as the double needle telegraphs. Mr. Adam Thomson's autochronagraph, for the in stantaneous marking, or printing of time, giving the month, day, and hour (night and day), with the minutes and portions of minutes, forming a universal telltale, and thereby doing all the work of a time-clerk. The machine only required setting once a month, and unless this was done it would cease to act. I. Mr. Beasley' s mac hi ne for blooming iron, by rolling instead of by a hammer, with specimens of the iron in progress and manufactured by it, attracted much at tention; as did also the model of Messrs. Ormerod and Shepherd's traversing truck, for changing the position of carriages on railways, and Mr. W. H. Barlow's improved permanent way for railways. Mr. Rand's fly press for raising at one blow the col lapsible metallic tubes, or capsules, so generally used for containing artists' colours, and also Mr. Whitworth's beautiful machine for knitting stockings, were incessantly worked throughout the evening. A reflector, hammered out of one plate, and exhibited by Mr. Alexander Gordon, was a most perfect specimen of workmanship from the manufactory of Messrs. Deville and Co. Mr. Leslie's model of an inclined plane on the Monk land Canal, at Blackhill, near Glasgow, for passing boats from one level to another, instead of locks, and Mr. Grainger's original model of the floating railway for the Tay Ferry, on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Rail way, and of the apparatus for shipping and unshipping the trucks, were also exhibited. Dr. Benjamin Ridge's invalid bed carriage, for the re moval of a patient to, or from bed, was simple, and seemed well calculated to relieve suffering. Mr. Armstrong's ingenious slide valve for large water conduits, and Messrs. Simpson and Farey's water-meter were also shown. The guests remained until a late hour, engaged in the examination of the works of art, and in enjoying the hospitality of the president in the refreshment-room. On Wednesday the rooms were again thrown open in the middle of the day, for the purpose of enabling the ladies to examine the collection at their leisure, and many noble and distinguished persons availed themselves of the opportunity. They were attended by Mr. C. Manby (secretary), and by Mr. Forrest, who explained to them the peculiarities of the various models. Among the guests on Tuesday evening wore—the Bishops of London a n d N orw i ch; the Marquis of Chan dos; Earls Carlisle, Lovelace, Powis, and Rosse; Lords Arundel, Cranbourne, Hatherton, Overstone, and Wharncliffe; Barons de Hebei' and Stratenus; the Right Honourables Sir F. Baring, Bart,, M.P., and Sir C. Wood, Bart., M.P.; Sirs C. Inglis, Bart., M.P., G. Clerk, John R enn i e , A . Spearman, J. Carmichael, John Herschel, D. Brewster, J. Norreys, H. De la Bache, and C. Fellows; Generals Sir John Campbell Morin, and Poncelet; Admiral Sir J. Gordon; Major-Generals Sir IL Ross, M'Leod, and Caulfield; Lieutenant-General Sir J. Wilson; the Reverends Dr. M'Caul. Dr. Scoresby, Dr. Major, Dr. Jelf, Professor Hall, J. C. Clutterbuck, and E. Repton; Messrs. Geach, M.P., J. Bell, M.P., Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. Becket, M.P., S. M. Pete, M.P., R. Steph enson , M.P. L .G. Loch, M.P., H . Brown, M.P., J. T. G B. Estcourt, M.P., Dodd, M.P., 1 Hogg, M.P. ; Doctors A. Beattie, Sylvester, Schaufbautl, Simpson, Ridge, Billing, Hodgkin, Gran ville, and Roget; Colonels Shaw, H. Smith, Jackson, Yorke, Wylde, and Nelson ; Lieutenant -Colonels Colquhouu, Hon. A. Gordon, Lloyd, Sykes, H. Jones, Greene, and Browne; Majors Amsinck, Plowden, and Waren; Professors Cowper, Corridi, Ansted, Partridge, and Hosking; Mr. Sheriffs Carden and Hodgkinson; Aldermen Moon and Humphrey; Chevaliers Conrad and Leucisa; Captains &oven, and the Egyptian gentle men under his charge, Owen, Coddington, Simmons, Evans, Gordon, Probyn, Moody, Fitzroy, Denham, O'Brien, Nelson, Ross, Clerk, Gable, Drummond, Hon. A. Scarlett, C o lli nson, and Sir E. Belcher, Messrs. Scott Russell, J. Cubitt, J. M. Bendel, Fowler, J. Simpson, C. H. Gregory, C. May, J. R. McClean, J. M . audslay, Fisher, Hobb s , Fi e ld , Gass i ot, Babbage, Rennie, Hawk shaw, Cruikahank, Forrester, J. Laadseer, C. Landseer, Thomas, Behnes, &c. &c.; Signor Pistrucc! ; Messieurs Deleuil, Torneaux, Payee, Legentil, Peligot, Caylits, Gourlier, Lallemand, Da Vouillon, Barrot, Bernoville, Octave Delepierre, Octave Sallandrouze, DeEcheTarria, Sar, Bauguiet, Su e r mon dt, an d N o bl et , &c. & c. THE INTERNATIONAL JURIES AND THEIR AWARDS. The juries have begun their work at the International Exhibition, and in some cases within our knowledge are devoting to it much time and attention. The task is an onerous one: du what they may, the juries can scarcely hope to give entire satisfaction, and we would, therefore, bespeak for them the consideration of those interested in the inquiry. We may, without impropriety, explain what they really have to do, and the way in which they are to do it, There are, as our readers know thirty juries, one f or eac h o f the thirty classes into which the articles exhibited have been divided —and these juries are formed into six groups. Each jury has a chairman, and has elected from its own body a deputy-chairman and a reporter, the duty of the latter being, as the title tells, to draw up a report upon the class of subjects sub mitted to his jury. These reports will be published, and, if properly made, will describe the state of industry of all nations, and form a per manent recor d o f the Exhibition itself. The juries have to award two medels, the me dium size (to be called the " Prize Medal") and the large medal. The small medal has been withdrawn, and will be disposed of by the Royal Commissioners —probably presented to those who, although unrewarded by the juries, are thought to deserve acknowledgment for assistance afforded by them. When a jury has de cided on its awards, these awards will have to be sub mitted to a meeting of all the juries in the same group for confirmation: they will then go to the council of chairmen, to secure uniformity of action, and will become final so soon as the latter report that they are in conformity to the rules laid down. The great medal is to be awarded by the council of chairmen only, upon the recommendations made to that body by the juries; each jury must obtain the sanction of its own group of juries to its recommendation of the great medal before the council of chairmen can take the recommendation into consideration. This medal is to be given only for very pre-eminent and indisputable merit; and the num ber distributed will be small. The medals, we may add, are to be awarded for excellence only, without reference to countries, or to degrees in the same kind of merit. Instructions as to the grounds on which, according to the class, medals are to be awarded, have been given to the juries; but to there we need not refer. The fo reign members of the different juries seem to fall very readily into work.—Builder. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oft by the night—and Al by the morning —dispatch.] PLACES. General offi h Post- en made np ce port dis in ' From what When London. patch e d. dna. America (by Brit. pkt.) N May 30 .. .. Liverpool • • J une 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) N J une 17 .• • • Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pkt.) M'J une 4 .• .. Southampt, May 29 I Africa (West coast).. ~ N ,14th of the month Plymouth June 3 Alexandria* ••.. • • .. Nll9th & 30th of m o . !Dover • . June Belgium • • .. • • NiDaily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily 18 If Bfazil .. , • .. 9th of the month Southampt. June 12 Buenos Ayres .. 49th of the month Southampt. June 12 California(viaChagres)4l7th of month Southampt. June 5 Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month ;Plymouth •• June 3 Constantinople* .. • • Nl7th 17th 27th of mo:Dover .. May 30 Central America .. M,2d & 17th of mon. !Southampt. June 5 Channel Isles .. .. NIMon., Wed., & Fri.iSoutitampt. Tu. TILS a Chili .. .. •• . 31;17th of the month , Southampt. IJune 20 France .. •• M &NlTwice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily Greece* • • . • • • Ni7th 17 th 27th of m o D over • • May 30 Hamburgh .. .. NiTuesday & Friday ILondon • • Tues. Sat. Holland .. .. MlWednes. & Satur.London .. Moß.Thcr Ireland Honduras .. .. 23117th of the month fS outhampt. June 20 .. •• M& N Twice daily .. • . Holyhead .• Twicedaily India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Juno 23 India (viaMarsellles) N i 7 th& 24th of month Dover • • June 2 Mediterranean (via 1 Southampton) •. M 20th of the month Southampt. Juno 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N' 1 .. .. 7th&24tk ofmonth l Dover .. J une 2 Mexico .. .. M2d of the month.. iSouthampt. June I i Dover May 30 Madeira • • • • .. 31,9 th of the month Southampt. June 12 -NT r '7th,17th,19t14,27th N,sth 15th 25th ofmo;Dover • • !June 2 :* :: .. / I & 30th of month 1815th 15th 25th of moDover .. 'June 2 Papal i tl ae :l' States* . . . . . Peninsular.. • • .. 3117th 17th 27th of mo l Southampt. Jime 4 Peru .. .. .. .. M 17th of the month iSouthampt. June 20 Tuscany* .. .. • . IT,sth 15th 25th of mo i Dover • • June 2 West Indies .. .. aPl7th of the month Southanapt. June 20 Wn.f. Tr,,,,,. /-......_a1 of month Naples* . • • .. Stfsth 15th 25th ofmo Papal States* Njsth 15th 25th ofmo; reninsular.. 3117th 17th 27th of mo , Peru M 17th of the month Tuscany* .. .. • . Nsth 15th 25 th of mo West Indies .. 3117th of the month West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 31 1 2 d of the month .. v The mails to those countries thus mark French packet via Marseilles, CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California Southampt. ;June 5 cod (*) are conveyed by are now despatched and due by every Ameri. via the United state n packet. PONTEFRACT.--Cannorr.--A few days a a g s o, in a per this s country to the Great x lsooclialistyty,lsintagtinhgim 3 Grosvenor-square, hibition, and had taken a house, iNo. , h se e lf ea t in he o t C o o t u h n i t Shemberg , ~ w r London, at a ren t a l o f 15 01., f or a few weeks ; h not endure the e xc it ement, an d determined to of the pr ov i nces, and visit a few towns of antiquity. Among the rest " Old P omfret " was honoured, and he took up his t m a a t k h e e a could tour residence f or a wee k at the Elephant Hotel. He lived in first-rate style, doing justice to mine host's old hock and port, many years in bottle, and luxuriating among the very finest Havannahs. He took equestrian and walking exercise daily, to the astonishment of many who had never seen a " real foreign Count." He palmed himself on a gentleman in the neighbourhood, by whom he was introduced to a few fami lies- One or two parties had the honour of his company to dinner. lie daily received calls, and posted letters to no blemen, and got a friend to write to Baron Rothschild, di recting him to forward 250/. At length circumstances arose Which created suspicion that the " Count" was a counterfeit, and mine host, ever cautious, placed a watch over him ; but neveitheless the " Count" escaped, leaving his bill unpaid. However, mine host is invited, with one or two others, to partake ofCount's" hospitality during the Exhibition, at No. 3, Grosvenor-square. —Leeds lilereury. Yesterday being the anniversary of the Restora tion of King Charles 11., the household troops were reviewed by the Duke of Wellington and other di st i nguished officers, on the Parade behind the Horse large concourse of persona. Guards, in p resence of a ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. CRAWFORD, the new Member for Harwich, in the room of Mr. Prinsep, whose election was declared void, took the oaths and his seat. The Hon. Member was introduced by Mr. Bagahaw and Mr. Aglionby. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were read a third time:— Price's Patent Candle Company. Thames Avon Dock and Railway. The following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Cork and Watesford Railway. Great Northern Railway (No. 2), Killarney Junction Railway. Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. PETITIONS. Sir J. PAKINGTON presented a petition from ma gistrates at the Worcester Quarter Sessions, praying that the expense of the county police might be dis charged out of the Consolidated Fund. Mr. CROWDER presented a petition from Liskard, praying that steps might be taken by the House to pre vent the proposed interference of the Bishop of Exeter in the affairs of the Established Church in his diocese. Mr. WHITESIDE presented several petitions from places in Ireland complaining of the present state of education in that country. NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. On Sir H. VERNEY bringing up the report of the Committee on this Bill, Mr. F. O'CONNOR entered into a statement of his connexion with the company, and assert e d th at , t h ough he had paid the directors out of his own pocket, and in curred great losses, and almost ruined himself, ho had never touched a penny of the people's money.—(Hear.) Many of them had not paid a farthing of rent for years, and the company now owed him more than 7,0001. He defied any one to prove that ho had not acted with the greatest integrity and honesty towards the allottees, who now complained of his conduct. Sir H. VERNEY observed that the Committee had shown every degree of kindness and consideration to the Hon. Member in the course of the inquiry, which they had conducted with the greatest impartiality. He re gretted very much to find that so much delusion had been practised on the unhappy persons who had been induced to invest their hard-earned savings in this delusive speculation.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. H. HERBERT said he had thought it his duty to inspect two of the estates which would come under the operation of the Bill, and he considered it only justice to those unfortunate people who had been attacked by the Hon. Member for Nottingham to say that their com plaints were perfectly well founded. They, one and all, complained that they had been induced by false pretences to leave their homes, where they might have supported themselves by honest industry, to go to a situation for which they found themselves totally unfit. Their appearance presented a remarkable contrast to the general body of labourers in the same part of the country. No person could look at the estates without seeing the entire failure of the scheme, and when ho complained that they paid no rent, he believed it was as much as they could possibly do to live, much less pay rent.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Both the schools on the estate were perfectly deserted ; one of them was full of straw and dirt, and the windows were broken, and through the apportures he saw a num ber of banners, which had, no doubt, been used on some triumphant occasion. The mstto on the most conspicuous one being "Payment of Members." He confessed he felt great commiseration for the deluded people who had been induced to leave their homes, and ho was thankful to God Coat the Hon. Member was not permitted to experiments ise on a larger scale with the noble people of England.—(Hear.) PETITIONS. Sir W. MOLESWORTH presented a petition from New Zealand, praying for a constitution; also a pen ti m from Van Diemen's Lead against transportation to that colony. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Man chester in favour of secular education, to be supported by local rates ; also a petition from bookbinders against taxes on knowledge. Mr. PIGOTT presented a petition from Reading, praying for the separation of Church and State. THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Mr. LABOUCHERE moved that a copy of the report relating to the late railway accident at Frodeham be laid on the table of the House. WATER SUPPLY. Mr. MOWATT gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for the beta r supply of water to the metropolis, under the control of boards to be elected by the ratepayers. RAMSGATE 11AR.BOUR. Mr. WAWN asked the Right lion. Baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the House the reports of Mr. Walker relating to Rams„ ate harbour? Sir F. BARING said that he should have no objection to produce the papers. CEYLON. —ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir J. W. HOGG then rose to resume the adjourned debate on the Ceylon question, and in doing so he ex pressed a hope that the House would grant him its kind indulgence while be stated the reasons which had induced him to come to a different conclusion to that of the Hon. Member who has made this motion. He was one of the members of the Committee who investigated this matter, and he could safely say that he attended every one of its sittings, and gave his best attention to its proceedings. His votes upon the various subjects that came before the Committee were the result of sincere conviction, and he was, therefore, the more surprised that the Honourable Chairman of that Committee should have felt called upon to attack him and other Members of the Committee in the manner he did on Tuesday evening. The Honourable Gentleman on that occasion charged the majority of the Committee with combin ing together to defeat the object for which the Committee was appointed, but he for one, and he trusted his colleagues would follow his example, utterly denied the imputation. So far from his having combined with the majority, he might mention that until he saw its report on the votes of the House he was perfectly ignorant of its contents. Ho was on terms of intimacy with the Noble Lord who drew up the report, but nevertheless ho repeated that not before it was laid before the House did he become cognizant of its contents, or the language in which those contents were couched. The Honourable Gentleman who had in troduced this subject to the House had dwelt at some length upon the manner in which the Committee dealt with Mr. M'Christie. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to wish the House to believe that Mr. M'Christie had been unduly pressed to disclose facts and information which , had come to him in his capacity of attorney or agent, to the parties in Ceylon who had forwarded the intelli gence to this country. It was said, indeed, that Mr. M'Christie was forced to disclose private and confidential communications, but so far from that being the fact it was just the reverse, for the evidence which Mr. M'Christie gave was purely of a voluntary character. True, at first, Mr. M'Christie only wished to make use of part of the communication s • which be had re ceived from Ceylon, but as those communications con veyed a very serious accusations against Lord Torring ton, he (Sir J. W. Hogg) and other Members of the Committee insisted that they ought to have the whole and every part of the c ommunications or none. At first, Mr. M'Christie declined to disclose the whole, but upon its being put to him that he must either withdraw the charge he had made, or produce the whole of the correspondence relating to it, he elected in favour of the latter alternative and produced the original letters. —(Hear, hear.) Now, where was the compulsion that was used in that instance ? For the life of hi m ho was at a loss, to make out.—(Hear, hear.) It was the first time since he had been a Member of the House that a vote of censure had been proposed in the House without submitting first that vote to the Com mittee which had been appointed to investigate into the subject. What, he asked, was Lae prac tical use of this discussion? Lord Torrington was no longer Governor of Ceylon. The Hon. Me mber for Montrose had repeatedlysaid to the Government, " Why don't you terminate the inquiry by re-calling Lord Tor rington?" Well, Lord Torrington was no longer there, and the object, therefore, could not be to remove him from the colony; but from the cheers which he heard in the House, he expected it might be to assail the Colonial Secretary or her Majesty's Governmen t. Well, there was no more legitimate or Parliamentary object ; but he considered that the means selected to attain that object were neither, fair just, or Parliameritary.— (Cheers.) If they wanted to assail the Colonieit Secre tary, why did they not select a part of his pol hey, some act of his own, or move a general want of confide nee, if not in the Government, at least in the Colonial Department? Why put a motion on the paper which was calculated to hold up to the public execration as barb trans and cruel, not only Lord Torrington, but every civil': sad mi litary servant in Ceylon? Was that, he asked,, a fair or just course?—(gear.) It was attempted to be proved that some tax imposed by Lord Torrington had crested the disturbance, but the evid ence w hi c h w as hostit s to his Lordship disproved that assertion. It was ti ,en said that the disturbance was of a mere trifling eh erecter, but the evidence adduced against Lord Torringtoe refuted that charge. So also did the same evidence cos npletely disprove the other accusations that there was ne. need of martial law, and that even if it were necessary it had been continued improperly.—(Hear, hear.) ' ['he Hon. Baronet then went on to show that both Colonel Frazer, who was a very able officer, and possessed great experience in the colony, and the Weeeentive Council had advised him that martial law was im periously necessary, and that he ought to send a vessel to Madras for assistance. He asked them what a governor in a distant colony could do hut exer cise his judgment with the aid of the Council who was appointed to advis j hi m ? Every witness called before the Committee h a d agreed in the necessity which existed for martial 1 ew being proclaimed, but there certainly was a diversity ref opinion as to its continuance. Now, the distinct char ge made against Lord Torrington by the resolution is before the House was that he had continued m artial-law for two months after his chief legal advise r had ad vised its discontinuance. Why, was not that absurd? Would the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, tl se &ore tary of State for the Home Department, seek advice, it there were disturbances in a distant part of t be king dom, from the general of the district in qui anion, or from the Attorney and Solicitor-General?- -(Hear.) If they referred to the papers in possession of t se House they would find that the Governor had cons , sited the Executive Committee, and was advised lay them unanimously to continue martial law. He c ame now to the position of Colonel Drought. When , martial law was declared the Gallant Colonel wro to to Mr. Selby, the Judge , Advoeute, for advice, tut that IMPE RI ,__