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MR. BENTLEY ' PUBLISHED THIS DAY. S NEW BO OK S. FRE HNC PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THE.A.TRE. Under the express Patro na g e other Majesty. Mr. MITCHELL has the honour to announce that his BENEFIT JULIA HOWAE.D. A Novel. By 3 lri. BELL MA RTIN. $ is fixed to take place Vols. On Saturday next. THIS EVENING wbenwill be presented the following attractive Entertainment. Tue Entertaimneuts will commence at Half-past Seven o clo;s, with By Special Desire, An entirely new Vaudeville, entitled JOBIN ET NANETTE. After which will be revived, CATIIERINE; on. La Croix d'Or. To be followed by UN CAPRICE. Madame de Lery, Madlle. Nathalle. Blaring the Evening Madlle Charton will execute, en costume, the grand Scene from the third act of LE ur DOMINO NOIR, " Je suis sa uvee entin," and the Ca ystina, " Amo 0 toi." Also during the Evening, Madlle. Carlotta Grist and M. Charles will dance " La Truandalse," from the Ballet of L'E,SMERALDA. To concludßOGe withEß BONTEMPS the amusing Vaudeville of IL Uniform with Miss Strickland's "Queens of England," Vol. I. of MISS PARDOE'S MEMOIRS of the QUEENS of SPAIN to the Reign of her Present Maje•ty, Isabel 11. With the Remarkable Events that occ•rred during their Reigns, and Anec dotes of their Courts. Post Svo., 103. bound. BARBA TASSI; the Greek Patriot. A Romance. Post Svo. las. .bound. IV. The SECOND and REVISED EDITION of The LIFE of the DUKE of KENT. By the Rev. ERSKINE NEALE, M.A., Author of " The Life Book of a Labourer," &c., Bvo., with Portrait. 1 4 e. ECHOES of the UNIVERSE from the WORLD of MATTER and the WORLD of SPIRITS. By the Rev. 11. CHRISTMAS, M.A., author of " The Cradle of the Twin Giants." Bvo., 10s. bound. VI. • The MINISTRY of the BEAUTIFUL. By HENRY JAMES SLACK, F.Q.S., of the Middle Te nple. Foolscap Bvo., Gs. Yll. The THIRD and REVISED EDITION of the WEST WORLD ; or, Travels in the United S tates in 1846-7, By ALEXERN ANDER MACKAY, Esq. 3 vols. VIII. PHYSICIAN and PATIENT; a PRACTICAL VIEW of the MU TUAL DUTIES, RELATIONS, aad INTERESTS of the MEDI CAL PROFESSION and the COMMIT By EDWARD BENTLEY, M.D. Foolscap Svci., 7e. bound. Richard Bentley, Publisher hi Ordinary to her Majesty. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE THIS EVENING Will be serformed A PRACTICAL MAN. After which THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To be followed by an entirely new and original antici pation of what may possibly occur one of these days, entitled NOVELTY FAIR; or, Hints for 1951. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Binge, Bellin:;ham, Cooke, and Che.rles Miss St. George, Miss Kenworthy, Bliss Glover, Miss Oliver, Miss Eardley, and Miss Martindale. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcrott Is, New Bond-street. The Box-office, adjoining the Theatre, in Wellington-street, is open daily from Ten to Six o'clock, under the superintendence of Mr. T. F. Bennett TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- A Grand Classical, Dramatic, Miscellaneous, Concerted MUSICAL E,IITERTAINMh.Iti'r Selected from the following authors t Alczart, Spehr, Beethoven, Gluck. Ricci, Rossini, Adolphe Adam, Donizetti, and Mendelssohn, will take place on FRIDAY MuRNING, June 21. The Concert will commence at Two o'clock precisely, On which occasion the following eminent artistes will appear:— Madame Sonta;. mdil e . paroll, Miss Catherine Hayes, Madame Giuliani, Millie. Ida Bertrand, and Madame Frezzolini , Madlle Chartou. Signori Gardoni, Calsolarl, and Eaucarde, Signori Colette and Beiletti. Signori F. Lablache, and Lablache ; Supportel by all the Instrumental and Choral resources of the Theatre. The whole tinder the direction of Mr. Balfe. Piano—Messrs. Halle, Osborne, L. Sloper, aad Benedict. Harp—Mr. Ap-Thomas. • Violin —Messrs. Ernst and Molique. Violoncello —Signor Platt'. . . French Born—M. • Among other novelties; .The .celebrated Trlo for Three Tenors —Signori Gard3ni, Calzolari and Baucarde. • Dan for Two Sopranos —Mesdarrits +6ohtag.and Frozzolini. The celebrated Variations of Adolphe Adam—Madame Sontag. The admired Russian Ballad " Zolosoi ; ou, le ilussignol," Madame Frezzolini. PROGRAMME. Part I. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLIITUEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Astley's Waterloo Fete.—ln commemoration of the glorious 18th of June, will bo revived, for Five Nights only, the grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo. the Brand Military Spectacle of the Alfghanistan War. Brilliant Display of Equestrian Wonders lu the Scenes In the Arena, by the first Artistes in Europe. THIS EVENING, The Entertainments will commence at Feven o'clock, with the immensely successful grand National Military Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle (in three acts) entitled THE AFFG/IANISTAN WAR ; or the Revolt of Cabul and British Triumphs in India. Produced with every possible care to all its original and magnificent effects, calling into action the unequalled resources of the °stab- lishruent. A Brass Band engaged expressly Dar the occasion, and a host of Auxiliaries. To be succeeded by an inimitable Display of Batty's Feats o: Equitation in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with the BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-of ice open From Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 111(311 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAI —Morning 35 min. after 9 1 Evening 6 mln.littar 10 To-Moasow— Morning 39 min. after 10 1 Evening 10 nin. after 11 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Jusrs 19. THERMOMETER, IN TER SIIAIML 72—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.43. WIND W.—light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. Oyerture, Der Berggeist - - - - - Spohr. Terzetto, "Coraggio, or in del tuo vigor," 3ldddle. • . Parodi, -Madame Giuliani, and signor Belletti • • (Fidelio) ----- - Beethoven. Aria, " Tl MIA Tesoro," Signor Caizolari (Don (Ito • vaunt) • • - - - - • Mozart. ;„„Fantasia, Violin, on Favourite English National Airs, Herr Molive (first time of performance), - Moliqul. Scene from Arctida, assisted by Mdlles. Parodi, Charton, dialiani, C. Hayes, Ida Bertrand; Sig . nor' Gardoni, Calzolari, Baucarde, Colletti, Bel- Lablache, Lablache, and Chorus - - Gluck. Concertante, for Two- Pianofortes, with orchestral accompaniments, Messrs. Halle and-Benedict - Variations (by desire) " Ah, vous dirai-je," Madame Sontag, Flute Obligato, Monsieur Remusat (Le Torreador) - Adelaide, Signor Gardoni (his first appearance in London this season) Solo, Violoncello, Signor Piatti, on favourite Russian Airs (first time of performance) - - - ?JAW. Aria, " Porgi aneoro," Mdlle. Parodi (Nozze di Figaro) - ..... Mozart. Trio (three basses), "Veda nom'," Signori Celetti, Belletti. and Lablache (Chiara di Rosen berg) Air, " Du page," Paroles do M. Scribe; arranged for, and sung by Mdile. Charton (MS. Opera) - Benedict. Finale, " Ave Venial," Mesdames Sontag, Parodi, C. Hayes, Charton, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and Frezzollai ; Signori Gardoni, Caizolari, Baucarae, Colettii-nelletti„ F. Lablache, Lablache, and Choras - - _ - Benedict. • Mozart. FAIT New Festival Overture (first time of performance "in tendon) - . Terzetto, for three tenors, "In quale aspetto im belle" (bY general desire), Signori Gardoni, Calzo lari, and Baucarde (Armida) - - Rossini. Andante, French horn, M. Vivier - - - - The Morning Song (first time), the poetry by Barry • Cornwall, Madame Sontag, - composed expressly for her by - . . .. .. Benedict. Barcarole, "Sella poppa del mlo Signor Bel lett' (La Prigione d'Edinburgo) - - - - Andante, from the• sonata for piano-Torte and violin, dedicated to Kriitzer, performed by Messrs. Ilene diet and Brest • - - - - - - )leth°Ten ' New Ballad, " The Joy of Thus," Miss C. Hayes (by general desire) - • - - - Balfo. Rondo, " In . qnesto semolice," Madame FrezzoUni (Beth)- - . • - - - Donizetti. Duetto, " Quando di Sangue tinto," Signori Bau carde and 4..1,11ettl (ifelisario) - - - Donizetti. Trio, " Lift thisie eyes," Mdme. Sontag, Mdlle. Charton, and ]Mlle. Ida Bertrand (Elijah) - • Mendelssohn. Finale,' "'Alla Trinita Beata," Mesdames Sontag, Feral', Catherine Hayes, Charten..Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, and Frexxolini ; Signori Gardonl, Calzolari, Coletti, Belletti, F. Lablache, La blache, and chorus (Land! Spiritual', A.D. 1546). , . rarer Quarthito, for four performers, on two pianofortes, (composed expressly for this occasion), Messrs. Halle, Lindsay Sipper, Osborne, and Benedict) - Osborne. Duette, ‘.. A Apia incauta," Mesdames Sontag and Frezzolini (first time of their appearing together) (Maria Paeilla) - - - 7 - - Donizetti. • Fantasia, harp, Mr. Ap-Thomas - - - - rarbila Alvart Duetto, "Un segreto," Signori F. Lablache and Lablache (Centtentola) Russian Zolovel pule Itossignol," Madame 're olini- - - - - - - Aria, '" ilavvi un Dio," Madame Giuliani (Maria di Bohan) •- - - - Donizetti. Brindisi,. Mdlle.,lda Bertrand (Ludiezla Borgia) - Donizetti "Le Dice de Paptis" (second time of performance in this country), by all the principal Artists and the Chorus .• • - Overture (Le Nozze dl Figaro) - - - , PRICES OF ADMISSION. Boxes —Pit Tier .• .. 41. 4 0 1 Pit tails .. • „ First ditto:. 41. 4 0 1 Pit Tickets ........ 0 - Benedict. - Gluck. - Ifourt. Second ditto 31. 3 0 „ Thirdditto•. 21. 2 0 A few boles on toe Grand Tier diate application, which Way be u Music Warehouses ;. at Vie 801- Benedict, 2, Manchester-square. Gallery Stalls• •.• 0 5 0 Gallery .. • 0 2 6 it 6t. ti . may be had by imme tele at the principal Libraries and ,ffice of the Theatre ; and to 2. ' ' MEIt MAJESTY'S THEATRE GRAN* EIX-THA I r It Li' I`eopectfully announced that a Grand Extra Night will take place TO-MORROW EVE:47NC; When will . ho presented the highly WIC cessful new grand Opera, by Ilalevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Temptst of Shakspere, and compotiectexpressly for her Majesty's Theatre, LA TEMPESTA. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Tagiloni. The Scenery by Mr. Charles Marshall. . . . . Alft.noo, pig. Lorenzo Cirospero, Sig. y Collett' ; Antonio, Sig. F. Labliche,; . Ferilnand. Sig. Baucarde; Trincuto, Sig. Ferrari; Ste phano, Aiadtle: Tatotil, Sycorai,' N 4 dile. Ida Bertrand ; Spirit of Alr,3kadarae.Ginilani ; Ariel, M.adlle. Carlotta Griti ; Celibate, Sig. Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag. .thrector of the Music and Conductor. Mr. Balfe. With various entertainments in the Balled Department, in which Ildile. Carlotta Grist, Mdlte. Marie Taglioni, and Mdlle. Arnalla Ferraris, M. Charles, and M. Paul Taglioni will appear. Appitcatlods for Boxes, Stalls, and Ilckets tr De made at the Box-office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. EXTRA NIGHT. 'Pint Night of Madame Yfardot. • • ' • First Night of Le Prophete. TO-MORROW EVENING, Wlll be performed with the following powerful cast, Meyerbeer's grand Opera, • • LE PROPIIETE, In which .Mme. Viardot will make her ftrst appearance this season. Fides. Madame Viardot (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera hi Paris) ; Bertha, Madame Castellani (the original representative of the part at the Grand Opera in Paris, her first ap pearance in that character in England) ; Jean of Leyden, Signor Mario; Count ()bertha!, Signor Tagliatico ; Sergeant, Signor Leyte ; Peasants, Signori Bommi and Sohn ; Giona, Signor Merida (first appearance in that character); Malthisen, Signor Polonini ; Zac caria. Herr Formes (first appearance in that character). The Choir in the grand Coronation Scene in the third Act will combine the powers of a full Orchestra, the Military Bands, the Chorus, and Organ. The incidental Ballet in the Skating Scene will be supported by M. Alexandre and Madlle. Louise Tagliont (as danced by them at the Grand Opera at Paris), and comprises the celebrated Quadrilles dee Patineurs. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Doors will be opened at Malt-past Saved, and the performa . _ commence at light o'clock precisely. Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the Pit, may be had (for the night or season), at the Boz-office of the Theatre, which is open from Ten till Irtve. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton, Mr. Butler Wentworth's Benefit. ruts EvENIS• Will Ile pe r f ormed the LADY OF LYONS. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. The hi.x-onice la under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. TREATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TILLS EVENING, Will be reproduced the celesrated Drama of THE WEPT OP TILE wign.TON-WISII. Principal characters oy Messrs. tlughes, Cul lentord, Wright, 0. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA. CbarAC' _. ers by Meassrs. O. smith. Wrlaht, P. B e df ur d ; M adame Celeste, m iss woelgar, and Miss IL Fitzwilliam. T o conclude with a new and or i zinal Farce, in the 'Vulgar Tongue, to h z e til called JACK IN TILE GREEN ; or, IBMs on • Etiquette. Under the Patrona gne i ss her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal . . w eeklll riffle,: o ' n t i s b . e Jt L & L c i E lk li c . Firth i—pri — °ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN SI. OPEN ReOvYeril/MSOuSII4 AEI, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and TIIIIR SI/AY. THIS DAY, Juno 19th, the R oyal South London Floricultural GRAND MISCELLANEOUS society will hold their seco nd FLOWER SHOW, on which occas ion:urn g E cti z o t ai ra e ll/a: h o e It o av de lill . be in attendance, with all the other Doors open at One. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelledNaeon b Dioramiacnd Piohis - 'ng tura representing the PASSAGE of th e ALPS Y pol .A.rmy ! the largest Picture in the World ' with Figures the size of life. Modelled , painted, ..son, 8,, gm The n b ct in purmodeurcaedble mbyov3iir. a Denton and Son, assisted by Messrs.-Adams, Wil montlui, and it is Picture has occupied the Messrs. Damon for many confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'auivre of tin, . inferior to any production of the day. and not . The splendid MENA(,IERIE has lately been enriched b y. i 4 Ye rz ',reliable Presents from the Queen. The Mnsicai Department will be conducted by Mons. Juille n and ' Mr ' '' trey. It will be the all of the Establishment to o ff er . for gratification of the SOscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Mili tary Band i n the Ki ng d om ! I Selected from the Bands or her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent -Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it Is hoped, convince the Public, that the l ong - acknOwledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be fully maintained I The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas In this and other countries. Solo-Players:--Messre. Romig. Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tatienu illustrating the celekrated Picture by David, of Buonsparte Crossing the Alps! Showing A general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen " en bivouac," presently the drums heat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and NI artial Musk, the Troops nomrannee the Ascent. The Soldiers are scow dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, its course to the F ert i le and the Gallant /Limy is seen Puteeing Plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feta d'artifice of former seasons, Jets d'eau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a Ne ras.gniticemt Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Buonaparte on Horseb ac k Cheering on ssrs. Denson , representiMf his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honnnr, flags, trophies, sc,, amidst i f .c•rruseatlou of various c o l oure d fires. The complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture tinder the direct!on of Air. Thos Lowe. The extensive gas BOtCheZhY and Dizon, 23, 11:10g-strget, Covent garden. Admissicn. Is. THE SUN, LONDON, are executed and judgments confessed, and the Commission for the sale of encumbered es tates has been rendered a sad necessity. We can easily understand the Members for Dublin voting against the measure, or even the Hon. ember for Meath, when he finds that his suburban heritage at " Coldblow-lane" can no longer grow cabbages or manufacture voters ; but how other Hon. Gentlemen, whose properties and residences are in the provinces, can desire to injure themselves en tirely passes our comprehension. Whatever opposition may be offered is, however, of but little importance. The division of last night shows that the success of the measure is certain, that the days of the Irish Viceroyalty are numbered, and that it will speedily be reckoned among " the things that have IA es." The report of the Camrnittee of the House of Lords on the sale of beer exhibits in a broad light that ignorance of the habits and the feelings of the Industrious classes of the community, that proneness for mischievous meddling with their amusements, that supercilious assumption of intellectual and moral superiority over them, that contemptuous air of protection, and that disgustingly hypocritical holier-than-thou" spirit, which unfortunately characterises too many of the proceedings of their Lordships in regard to those who are not mere "Fruges consumere nati." In one portion of their report their Lordships speak of beer-shop keepers "as resorting to practices for the purpose of attracting custom which are de grading to their own character and most injurious to morality and order." Are the beer-shop keepers the only persons who do these things ? " Mutate nomine de to fabula narrator." Have their Lordships never heard of club-houses, or of hotels, frequented exclusively by the aristocracy, in which practices are resorted to for attracting cus tom which are as degrading and as injurious to morality and order as can by any posssibility be the practices resorted to at beer-shops ? Ind yet their Lordships take no pains to Inquire into the character of the proceedings there conducted ; their Lordships, who are in an ecstasy of horror at the idea of a scheme for the destruction of a hare concocted in a beer-shop, regard with the greatest complacency a conspiracy for the seduction of an innocent girl concocted in a club-heuse, and while indignantly eloquent on the iniquity of skittles, lend their countenance and support to rouge at noir and chicken-hazard— " Through ragged clothes small vices do appear, Robes arid furred gowns hide all." Pathetically do their Lordships complain of that " evil most difficult to deal with, the absence of all control over beer-houses save by legal conviction "—(surely their Lordships would not have oeershop-keepers treated illegally)—forgetting that ~ he same complaint may be made with regard to common gambling-houses, superadded to which the lifficulties thrown in the way of obtaining such con victions are almost insuperable ; but hazard is one of the amusements of the aristocracy, and is therefore not vicious, like skittles—upon the same principle that teeple-chasing is not cruel, while donkey-racing is. The remedy suggested for the evils com plained of is, to place all beer-shops under the control of the unpaid magistracy a plan against which we strenuously protest. 'We nave no great love for unpaid services, in fact, droperly speaking, they have no existence ;if the person rendering them is not paid in malt he is paid in meal, and the " great unpaid" acquire from their status an influence which is too frequently abused to ,erne private and political purposes. The remedy proposed would only go to increase the monopoly in which, and in which alone, the evils complained of originate. The present exorbitant price of beer is a proof of the stringent nature of this monopoly. Beer is now, in 1850, at the same price, with barley at 225. a quarter, that it was in 1847, with barley at 575. Let the beer trade be thrown open, and competition will cure the evil. At present, a poor man wanting beer is compelled to deal at certain houses, and is forced to mix with whatever company may resort to those houses. Give him the opportunity of exercising a choice ; let him have the option of purchasing a wholesome article at a reasonable rate, and of consuming it in a respectable house, instead of forcing him, as at present, to purchase it after a particular fashion and at a particular place and we shall find that those places now complained of es the resort of bad characters will be deserted by al but bad characters ; their custom is not sufficiently safe or steady to induce a beershop-keeper to keep open his house exclusively for their accommodation, And the closing of such houses would be the conse quence. free trade in beer is the true remedy for all those evils which have originated solely and exclu sively in monopoly. It appears that the Government, in its proceedings with regard to the Post-office delivery on Sunday, has been actuated by a paltry feeling of spite. In the course of the discussion on Mr. FORSTBRIS motion, last night, the object of which was to authorise the delivery and transmission of letters on Sundays by private conveyance, Lord Joust RUSSELL declared, " although he thought it his duty to advise the Crown to comply with the address of the House, which was founded on numerous petitions signed by nearly 700,000 persons, and which was declared to be the wish of the House, not only by Hon. Members who were present and voted for it, but by the voluntary absence of a great number of Hon. Members who declined to rote against the proposition, he certainly could not share in the opinion that it was advisable." This certainly is one of the most extraordinary admis sions ever yet made by a Minister of the Crown• fie advises his SOVEREIGN to do that which he deems not advisable, because certain of his supporters choose to be absent on the course at Epsom instead of at- tending to their duties in the House of Commons. Surely this question of Poet-office Sunday delivery is to the full as important as the question of the African blockade, and yet on that question there was none of the mealy-mouthed truckling which has been exhibited by the Ministers to the Sabha tarians ; but, on that occasion, the persons coerced and bullied by the Minister were his friends and supporters, whereas the Sabbatarians are almost to a man his political enemies ; and it is to oblige those who would, if they could, eject him from office to-morrow, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has advised his SoYEaelceN to do that which he does not himself deem advisable. It might have bean imagined that, inasmuch as the Government refuses to convey letters on a Sunday, the right of private persons to do for themselves that which the Govern ment refuses to do for them would revive. We entirely agree in opinion with Colonel THOMPSON, who thought, in a case of this kind, that the Government ought either to do the people's business fur them, or to allow them to do it themselves ; but Lord JOHN RussELL would not agree to the motion. The Noble Lord thought " that if letters were to be conveyed on Sunday, it would be far better to restore the state of things that existed before the resolution of the Noble Lord (ASHLEY)." Then, wby in the name of common sense does not Lord JOHN RUSSELL restore the state of things that existed before the re solution ? Why does he not afford the House the opportunity for reconsidering the reso lution, which is so ardently desired by Mr. Al/MONIST and the other Members who took r t o e f d th o e ut b l u r part E xchequer h e ci u i e n r t h h a e s w i s t u b s sn ? hisi u s u T a lh infelicity, f C e e a intcye, the true cause. " The Government," said that most acute of tacticians, " are not so much concerned in the matter as the public," and therefore the public convenience and interest are to be sacrificed. The Government has always hitherto been looked upon as the especial guardian of the rights and conve niences of the great body of the public, and trust ing to that guardianship, the great body of the public has abstained from , interfering in politics ; but henceforth they cannot trust, it would seem, to such guardianship, but must actively interfere in every case in which the sacrifice of their interests will not be accompanied by inconvenience to the Government. The Government by their conduct in regard to this question are holding out a premium to agitation. POPULATION OP CUBA.—An American authority gives the following classitdcation of the population of Cuba in 1850 : Creole whites, 520,000 ; Spaniards, 35,000; troops and marines, 23,0 0 ; foreigners 10, 560 ; floa t ing p o p ulation, 17,000—total of the white population, 6 05 , 560 . Free mu lattoes, 118,200; free b1ack5,87,370 ; slave mulattoes, 11,100 ; black ditto, 425,000—t0tal coloured population, 641,670. Grand total of the entire population, 1,247,230. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. 1 CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti metsd at 4 000 bel-s, of which 800 were taken for ex port. The market closed steadily at previous rates. — In Railway Shares very little business was done without alteration in prices. In the Amsterdam market on the 17th instant, the home Funds were tsetter, the Duch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being 56 15-16 to 57. At Frankfort on the 15th inst. Austrian Metaßios were 78g. The letters by the Severn steamer were delivered yes terday afternoon, and a careful perusal of several state ments concerning the weather justifies the assertion that it had boen much too dry, although immediately before the packet left there was a decided change. Whether they will be sufficiently early to produce the same effect as usually results from the May seasons, is perhaps questionable. The heat in Barbadoes was greater than had been known for years. A. great want of shipping was experienced in Car lisle Bay, and the stores were filled with sugar, with scarcely any vessels to take it oft Many ships were anxiously expected, and for which cargoes were waiting. Trade in most of the islands continued dull. Jamaica was healthy. A matter of great importance, should it turn out true to the full extent, is the discovery of a gold district near Angostura, a town of Columbia in the province of Car thagens, South America, on the Magdalena, at the influx of the Nures, 110 miles N. by W. of Bogota, and 300 miles south of Carthagena. The par ticular locality is described as being the Yurnary river in the province of Tupuquen, where a gentleman named Monasterio had collect. d a large amount. A vessel had been put up at Trinidad by an enterprising firm, with the view of conveying pas sengers to the land of promise, but private accounts inculcate the necessity of caution, and while not doubt ing that great metallic treasure exists, it is plainly in timated that there is danger from the Indians, who aro rather hostile in the country indicated. It is mentioned also that there was some doubt whether the Venezuela Government would allow adventurers of all nations to engage indiscriminately in the col:ectiun of the ore. The Royal British Bank monthly return, published in last night's Gazette, gives the assets at 323,0741., in cludingexpenses, cash credit, securities , consert i ble preliminary securities ith promissory notes, bills of ex change discounted, and cash. The liabilities comprise 100,0001. of capital stock, and 223,0741. of deposits and other liabilities. The liabilities of the Oriental Bank on the Ist of June instant, according to the gazetted return, were 754,725/. for capital and reserve fund, 520,1361. for deposits aid circulation, 773 189/. for dra.ts issued, 24,0011. for balance of profit and loss, and 7,831/. fur the contingent fund. The case of the Royal Bank of Australia now winding up in Chancery shows how urgent is the need of strin gent control in, such cases by the shareholders. One party has appropriated a large amount of the capital to his own use in building a town in Australia. Sir E. W. Head, Lieutenant Governor of New Bruns wick, has authorised the introduction into that province, of the following articles, duty free, from Canada, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland, " being the growth, production, or manufacture" of those places:— " Grain and bread-stuffs of all kinds, vegetables, f u r n u d it r s e , sie s d ee sk ds ins , bay and straw, animals , salted a nd fresh me ats, butter, cheese, lard, tall .w, bides , horns , w o ol, andioofmti s r : ofal lead all copper,kinds i np ores ig.grindstones s of al l kinds, iron in pigs and blooms, and stones of all kinds, earth, coals, lime, ochres, timber and lumber of all kinds, fire and wood ashes, fish and fish oil, via., train oil, spermaceti oil, head matter and blubber, fins, and skins." In the Court of Exchequer recently the Court gave judgment in the case of Ambergate Company a. Couthar, wherein the defendant was sued for non•pay merit of calls, including the first instalment of the last call due to 6th of April, the second instalment of which was not then due and substantially decided that when a railway company is empowered to make " a call" for a specific sum, it cannot require payment in parts, at dif ferent times, as this would be making " calls," and not " one call." The rule to reduce the damages assessed in au action to recover the calls by striking out the amount of the second instalment was made absolute. The opts• ration of this judgment will remove considerable grounds of complaint on the part of shareholders, who have here tofore, when a company has thought fit to make a call, by ono or more instalments, the last frequently falling due many months after the first, been obliged to pay up every instalment long before due, before a transfer of their shares could be effected. We are advised by the Committee of Mexican Bond holders that the shipment of specie per Royal Mail steamer Severn Wm according to letters of May 16, from Vera Cruz, 49,727 dollars 57 cents. The amount pending for account of the bondholiers at Vera Crux was at this date specified about 158,822 dollars. We uederstand that there has been within the last few months so great an improvement in the Sambre and Meuse Railway, that at the half-yearly meeting, to be held in three weeks, the directors will be enabled to an nounce a very considerable surplus, available now or hereafter as may be agreed, for the benefit of the share holders, after paying all working expenses and interest on debentures. The increase in the traffic. though the worst ha.lf-year, is nearly 40 per cent. over the last and best half-year. There has been an improving and a buoyant market for Public Securities until within the last half-year, and the effect of the Ministerial majority in Parliament is quite powerless in producing a fall. Consols have been 95j to 96, but are now 95i i upon a rumour that Lord John Russell has resigned. The New Three and-a- Quarter per Cents. have realised 98 to 981 e and the Three per Cents. 964 to 94. 13 ink Stock is at 208. Exchequer-bills have tiers quoted 675. to 70s. prem. The Foreign Market is not generally active, but Mexican has been dealt in to some extent, and has fluctuated considerably, viz., from 30i to 29i. Peruvian Bonds are 77i to 73. Brazil Stock is worth 87 to 89. Dutch Two-and-5-Half per Cent& have been done at 571. Spanish Five per Cents. have realised 174, and the Three per Cents. aro nominally 38k to g. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been about 34 to 35. Railway Shares have been firm but dull. The South Devon Railway Company are experiencing a great increase in their traffic, the weekly return to last Saturday giving the amount at 2,1601. This, it is said, has induced some of the largest proprietors of the old shares to prepare a schema far making an arrange ment with the holders of the preference stock, in terms of which both classes of shareholders would receive a i by ranking the nine years' preference shares dividend ac y c i or e dinie to their relative value with the orignal stuck, and it is said that 381. would be about a fair estimate. QUARTER TO THREE. ... shut. ... 95i 96 ex. d. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. sane .Stuck .. e. +.',eo.t. Reduced Anne ........... 961,4 1 ,i% 1 4 ". 96% J ew 3 1 4 perCent.Anns._ ........... 99 98 1 4 1 ,4 98% mug Anne. to expire J aa.1860 ...... 8 3-16 8 3-16 ndis Bonds. 1 , 0()0 /.... ..,,,........ .... __ Ditto under 1,0001........ ... 8 9 p 86 p 'onsuls for Account 95% 96 85X 96 echequer Bills. 1 ae d. & 2a 1,000/. June 7O 67 70 p 70 p ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. r.tticES. Ceilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... , 59141 99A / Danish 80nd5.1825,3 per Cent. .. Ditto 5 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent lB% % 18% Ditto, Deferred Idexican. 5 per Cent.lB46, with Coupons-- .... Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons .... — Ditto. Account Peruvian Benda, 41h per Cent...-. 78 77% Ditto Deferred ftussian Bonds Ditto, 4% per Cent Ditto, Small Ditto Scrip 444 p 4 1 ,4 p Bpatush 5 per Cent. 1840 1 7% 17% 17 34 Ditto, Account Ditto. Passive 3% Ditto, 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto, 4 nor Cent. Certificates 87% 87_87% 87% Ditto. Account eitICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICER eerdeen Caledonian Cheater and Holyhead... 50 ...... 9 % sat Anglian, 26/., L. Ifs E. and L. and D. ... 25 ...... Do., 34 10s., Pref... 314...... 114 ?astern Cousties... ..... 20 -••«• 7 % Do., New Pref.rence, r , per Cent.....-.... 10 ...... -- East Lancashire ...... ... 25 ...... 7 .neat Northern Do., Ir i A Deferred ... 12 1 4 3% Do., % B 6 per Cent... 11%. ..... Do., 5 per C en t. P re f. 12 LA I ..... 101, 4 .. ....... .rent Western... ..... ....100 .... i . 59 59 , 4 ...,..... Ditto. New 171.- - - 15 ..- .. 7 % dull and Selby .. ...... 50 •••••• "- • Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... 48 ....... Lancaster and Carlisle... 5 0 ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire& Yorkshire 100 Do. Fifths._ ....... .... 11 14 Do. Thirds ............... 18 ...... 9 )0. (W. Riding Union) 11 4 ...... 3% Leeds and Bradford 5O ...... 94% Lon ton, Brighton. and 1 South Coast .....100 ...... 83 — 4 .... London and N. Western 00 lo9sa4s Mao, New Quarters 12 -.... 1 2 % 3 4 • ... London se s.tlC -gtern .10 ... 60 61 Do, New 501.. .... .. 424...... 25 M Audio•l,er,Bufs.ton,and si AatlAck. ..... ... Midland .. ...... ••• •••• 100 .••••• 37% lei s ,:, ' D r : l- 1: ) h i l, k E B S x: 1 1. t . . i G S . : k a l l u a a r ri ".. 5 . . p . ... ................. ..... ... North Staffordshire ... t 74.•-•• - tteading, Guildford, and Reigate .... ..... - ..... 20 Royaton and Hitnhin ... 4 1 4- —-- - Do. Shepreth Exten . 5 4 ...... % South -,...t. r . ........ 3354 i • l5 So ith W a l es York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... .....-- 26 ...... 15%14 Do. Newcastle Exton. 20 ..... . 10(4,... .._ Dl', G.N.E. Preference 8 ••• - 3 31 / York and North Midland SO ...... 17 LA Ditt. Preference ...... 10 ••••.. FOREIGN RAILWAYo. Sambre and Mews 2O ..... •-- ••• MINES. •• Consols ••• (18 Ditto Account IDS Santiago de Cuba........ 1C United Alexican 2854 LONDONDERRY, JuNs 17, —Arid. Albion, Hannah, Liverpool and America. . g 2 ~ ;„.7 , '. •••• 4- Z . • • ~ , ,, t c.ti i • at4i .) / . .t ~ o r . • , • IS ~.,• 11 ~4 14 , " gtilliS). ' 7 ' •, . .......Si" . • s A` Ss 4 ribe ' ' i k, :' ~ „ Ilk - 7, 5 ,;14.,. '''' l- - !u0,„,-.0 •-. . i.T.m01t . :,4,,,....• , -- ail- :.• ~ , ~, en ;%f i 0 .I El) 41, 4.10;i4e.P. • • r.. .. ebrieningflt LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, :1850. The adjourned debate on the Bill for the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, and the appoint ment of a fourth Secretary of State, was on Monday night resumed and brought to a conclusion. The prin. ciple of the measure, or rather the two principles which were perfectly distinct from each other, were affirmed by an overwhelming majority, such as har rarely been witnessed on any disputed point of do. mestic policy. No less than 365 Members atteflded in their places to record their votes on these importan► subjects, of whom only seventy voted against the second reading, while 295 affirmed the propriety and expe diency of the changes, thus leaving a clear majority of no less than 225 on the question. We are by no means astonished at this result. ever satisfactory and unanswerable reasons were as• signed for any important alteration, it was for thp changes contemplated by the present Bill. All the causes which led to the maintenance of the office o❑ the pas sing of the Act of Union had ceased to exist. The state of our relations with foreign powers do not require that a person should be resident in Ireland, with ample authority to adopt steps that might be required for the protection of the soil and the security of the na tional defences. The minds of the Irish people are happily more tranquil than they have been for a long time past. There has been almost a cessation of po litical agitation and of agrarian outrage, and the in tercommunication is so certain and expedi tious between the capitals, that there is no pretext for saying that there is any advantage to be derived from the presence of a local functionary ; indeed the existence of such an officer retarded in place of expediting the decisions on Irish affairs. Although nominally entrusted with separate authority, he was bound to receive instructions from the Home Depart anent, and no matter of any itnportance was decided on without a correspondence being carried on bo- meen the Castle and Downing•ctree`. In place of a direct communication with the Secretary of State, and an immediate answer being returned, as is the case on any matter relating to remote districts in England or Scotland, the applies- tion from a provincial town in Ireland was required to be seat to the Under-Secretary for Ireland; by him it was laid before the Lord-Lieutenant, who, in place of giving an immediate decision, was obliged to consult the real Chief Governor of Ireland, the Home Secretary, and in case of any difference of opinion or misunderstanding a voluminous corre spondence took place, while the applicants for advice or assistance remained unnoticed and unanswered. The country was, in fact, placed under a divided authority, and endured all the inconve- niences resulting from such a position. The Irish Viceroy is no longer useful even for the rather equivocal and undignified purpose of mediat ing between the Government and those who arranged the representation of the country, and whose " most sweet voices" were essential to the Minister of the day. All that, however, is changed. As the Right lion. Gentleman the Member for Dungarvan truly remarked, " the power has been transferred from the favoured and manageable few to the multifarious and unmanageable many." The dispensation of patronage, the distribution of the "loaves and fishes," which it formerly required a representative of the SOVEREIGN to arrange, is now quietly settled through the intervention of the Minis terial whipper-in, and a word or smile from the "patronage Secretary of the Treasury" is considered a sufficient substitute for Viceregal festivities and courtly amenities. The substance is now re. garded in place of the shadow ; and Castle in fluence is scarcely sufficient to turn the scale at a single election, or to decide the vote of a wavering Member on any question of the most trivial im portance. The only persons who might possibly have some reason to regret the change are the shopkeepers and lodging-house keepers of the city of Dublin. They may possibly fancy that there is less activity for a short time. But how will that be altered when our Most Gracious QUEEN in person visits her western dominions, to receive the affectionate homage, the Cead mille failthe, which the loyalty and d ha e t ve“ttih on lod g e"of her Irish subjects offers for acceptance. A single week which wit , ness e d e the p resence o f roya lt y on C or k-hill, or in the Pho e n ix - park, were worth whole year yea of the tinsel pagean try , the spurious gentility that attend e d the " glittering superfluity," the "gaudy nuisan ce ," as the mock court h a s been eor rectlytermed. But, even granting that Dublin was in some de gree benefited by these changes , sserted w hence was the wea lth derived that was a by the habituis of the Irish Court? Did D b ied the expended n L ord- Lieutenancy d ed attract stra n gers of rank from England o r the continent ? Did it bring capital into the country, to be applied in the reclamation of the waste lands, or the development of the natural capabilities of the island—capabilities which are so loudly extolled and so utterly neglected ? Alas, no ! The most strenuous advocates of the system could not venture to put for ward an assertion so totally unfounded in fact. What ever money may be expended in the Irish metro polis in consequence of the Viceregal festivities is drawn from the provinces—from the poverty-stricken districts where the landlord should expend his money among his own tenants and on his own estate. It is abstracted from the cultivation of the soil, th a t the owner may " make a figure" at the Castle, and promote the interest of his sons, " the:counsellor" and "the doctor," or ask fur a Government living for " the young parson," For the same causes " distresses" for rent are put in, and the miserable occupiers driven from their wretched holdings, and, more than that, in or tines 1 0 10 6 WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1850. IMPERIA AMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June M ENCUMBERED I:•;TATES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) The E.rl of WICKLOW hoped that the Noble Mar quis would exercise the same sound discretion respecting this clause, which he had exercised about his foraser clause. It would be quits absurd to fix such a minimum, for there were many properties in Ireland which would be well sold for less than fifteen years' purchase. The Earl cf DESARr proposed to add to this clause the words, " without the consent of the proprietors." The Earl of CARLISLE must resist every amend ment which proposed to limit the powers of the Com missioners. Lord STANLEY argued that, after the observation of the Noble Earl, the question clearly resolved itself into this—would the House leave the Commissioners without restriction, or, in other words, would it allow them to sell estates at five or seven years' purchase, to the ruin of the proprietors? If the Commissioners had sold estates either for that or for a lower sum, itiwae a complete justification for the Noble Marquis's introduc tion of this clause. No man could say that in some cases fifteen years' purchase might not be a reasonable rate, but the whale question was, whether or not they would fetter the Commissioners? Earl FITZ WILLIAM, though in some respects friendly to the alteration vr hich the Noble Marquis in tended to introduce, felt rather disposed against the clause. The Earl of CARLISLE observed that the Noble Lord had mentioned sums paid for properties in Ireland, but ho did not relate the circumstances under which those sums had been paid. In a case where the laud was let for 730/., the profit rent being the difference be tween that and 4001., the Commissioner said that in England the estate might sell for, perhaps, 4,0001.—it actually sold for only 2,200/. The Earl of STRADBROKE said that, no doubt, estates had been sold in Ireland for eight and ten y ears' purchase; and if they took what those estates once let for, it might be easy enough to show that many estates were sold for eight or ten years' purchase; but such in stances should not guide the legislation of Parliament. The House then divided, when there appeared — For the clause ... ... 32 Against it ... ••• ... 30 Majority in favour of the clause —2 On our re-admission we found The Marquis of WESTMEATH addressing their Lordships and moving a clause, the object of which was to give owners of estates, pending the proceedings con nected with sales of those estates, the same protection from arrest as in cases of bankruptcy. The Earl of CARLISLE observed that the Commis sioners had no power over all the estates which a man in such circumstances might possess, but only over the par ticular property then brought to sale. The party to such a proceeding might possess other estates in Ire land. or seven' estates in England, and he was at a loss to understand why such persons should be protected from arrest. According to the law of this c , ,antry, none but those who gave up the whole of their property were protected from arrest; therefore, on general grounds, he advised the Noble Marquis not to insert such a clause; he did not, however, wish to interfere further, but to leave the Noble Marquis the entire responsibility with refereuce to this Bill which he bud taken on himself. The clause having been agreed to, the Bill was read a third time and passed THE PRESENCETHE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS IN HOUSE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that in conse quence of an occurrence which took place yesterday it became necessary that he should give notice of a motion for Friday next. That occurrence afforded the strong est possible proof of the necessity there was that they should come to some positive arrangement f,r the accom modation in that House of the Foreign Ministers. He need not add that the circumstance to which ho referred had taken place altogether under the influence of mis apprehension and mistake. It unfortunately happened that a Foreign Minister of high character, of high re spectability not only on account of his own personal merits and worth, but on account also of the situation which ha held in this country, was obligei to leaver a place that he had occupied ,in that House during the early part of yesterday evening, a place which he had some reason to think himself entitled to possess, but which, according to a strict interpretation of the orders of the House, must be regarded as set apart exclusively for ladies. If the Foreign Ministers were excluded from that position there was no place for them at present, ex cept a mere standing-place. Now, there were many people who could not stand throughout the whole of a long debate. For these reasons, then, ho hoped that they would be able to consider of a place, a small place certainly, but one in which the Foreign Ministers might be satisfactorily accommodated; and he now begged to give notice that on Friday next he should move for the appointment of a Select Committee to make the arrange ments necessary for the accommodation in that House of the Ministers who represented foreign states in this country. He only desired to add that abroad such ac commodation was provided in all public assemblies. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions com• plaining of agricultural distress, from Taunton, from Jedburgb, and other places. JUDGES OF ASSIZE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE, the Judges of Assize Bill Ras read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned to Friday next. -- SO 77% 11% 10% 3 5 4 7 10 .1 / 4 59 1 4 7% Bth 31 , 941,‘ 834 109% 12% 61 23 li 37% 4 18 714 '7 HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 18. GROWTH OF COTTON IN INDIA. Mr. BRIGHT (in continuation from our Second Edition of last night) proceeded to quote the evidence of Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Tucker, to show that the land assessment interfered with the cultivation of cotton, and of the produce of the land generally—the tax in many cases rising from fifty to seventy per cent. on the value of the produce. The Bombay merchants said they could not penetrate into the interior of the country, and the people of the interior said they could not reach the out-ports, because of the want of railways to aid them in communicating. As• miming, therefore, that the motion he was about to sub mit would be opposed by the Government, still ho thought they had so far advanced in commercial matters in that House, that they would not be told by the Right Hon. Gentleman that the merchants of Manchester had better go to Bombay themselves to purchase their cotton. The Right Hon. Gentleman pointed to the two blue books on the table, but he ought to know that the Committee expressly stated their inability to decide the question frois want of sufficient infor mation. It was, indeed, fur that reason that he now proposed to have a royal commission to investigate the subject further. A Commission had been appointed for Ceylon, whose modus operandi was described in a report male in the year 1831 by Lord Colebrooke to Lord Goodrich. When the Commissioners arrived in Ceylon they published their commission in the English, Cinga lese, and Malabar languages. Numerous communica tions were immediately received from all parts of the island, and from all villages, classes, and castes, and from these the Commissioners were enabled to draw up a list of interrogatories, which led in the end to the accumu lation of extensive and valuable information respecting t h e cultivation and productions of Ceylon. In the same manner he conceived that a Royal Commission appointed at the present time would be attended with equal advan tages. That they had the power to alter this state of things there could be no doubt. The 95th section of the Charter Act gave the Board of Control the power of controlling all those Acts of the East India Company which related to the government or revenue of their territory, and the 51st section reserved the power of supervision for Parliament. He would now call their attention to the important subject of Indian finance, which Vie Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth, in a speech which ho made in the year 1342, showed the House was intimately connected with that of imperial finance, and it was in that imperial bearing that ho contended that Parliament had a direct interest in the objects of his motion. The revenue of the United Kingdom for the last nine years had not exceeded, on an average, the sum of 56,000,0001. per annum; deducting from which 29,000,000/. for the funded and unfunded debt, they would have a net disposable fund of 25,000,000/, per annum. Now the Indian Government received a gross sum of 22,500,0001., and the interest on its debts and its dividends did not exceed 500,000/ So that it left a net revenue of 22,000,000/. to the company, against the 25,000,0001. that belonged to the Govern. meat of the United Kingdom. He could not conceive what the arguments would be, by which it would be at tempted to gainsay the impolicy of the condition of things which he had pointed out. The Noble Lord might say it was proved that cotton could not be had from India, or that the condition of India was satisfac tory, or that a Commission would give no valuable in formation; and he might refuse the Commission. But he (Mr. Bright) had shown that there was a vast amount of industry in this country sur rounded now by great perils, and that every individual engaged in that industry would support the proposition which he was now making. Let them not say that they felt bound to reject this measure out of a sentiment of delicacy towards the East India Com pany. Their Charter Act would expire in 1854, and next year they would have to give notice of their desire to have it renewed. Now Parliament, unfortunately, did not know much about these Indian questions, and hence it would be a great advantage to every Honour ' able Member to approach the subject, when ready for dis cussion, with the knowledge which would be derived from the report of a Commission. Hence on all grounds he thought the motion worthy of being carried. If it were rejected, it would not be the rejection of the East India Company, nor of the Right Honourable Gentleman the President of the Board of Control, but of the Noble Lord himself who was at the head of the Government. If the Government were incapable of appreciating the importance of this matter, he would turn to the II nise of Commons, in the belief that it would sympathise, if not with the interest which this country had in it, at least w jilt the condition of the countless millions by whom India was peopled.—(Cheers.) Mr. M. GIBSON seconded the motion. Sir JOHN C. 110BHOUSE said tae had to request the indulgence of the House while he attempt- d to recur to the various topics which the Hon. Member had just brought under the consideration of the House, and at the outset he might assure the lion. Member that he was not himself (me. Bright) more sensible of the mit;l -nitude and importance of the aub2ect, and of its various bearings, than he was. He could assure him that since, and, indeed, before he gave ms notice et' motion, his at tention had been drawn to the examination of the ques tion, and he could add to this assurance this further one , that if he (Sir J. Hobhouse) thought the Hon. Membet'e plan would effect the object it professed to have in view, he would say at once " take a Royal Com mission and make the best use of it." But the Hon. Member's motion involved, not only the question .140 i ' he had so promptly and so shly brought f rward, viz.. the beat mode 5-curing a large and constant supply of cotton, but to a great extent also, the industrial and economical condition of the people of India. The 15 1 4 Honourable Gentleman admitted that thy' EA9,t India Company were not to blame. Since t e ycar 1788 trig re were reports on this stiti , ct, whieb ~ere contalle - i in tive hundred and fict ven paces, of which a summary bat been made by Dr. Boyl-.. from which it appeared that the grestest attention had been paid to this subject since that period, and, in f4et, from the 3eir 1788 to 1839, there had been eight different measures to promote the cultivation of cotton, and this course was pursued ua to 1839, when Lard Auckland esta)lished his exoerirni , nt by sending ten American planters to the country for the purpose of improving the cultivation. Four were sent to the presidency of Madras, three to Bengal, and three r ., to Bombay. Even last year the company offered a re ward of 5,000 rupees for improved cotton cleaning. Then there was the Committee which sat in 1847 and 1648, of which the lion. Gentleman was chairman, and certainly there was no objection made to the appointment of that Committee. It made its report in July. The Hon. Gentleman tools no exception to the evidence, but he was not pleased with the report, and he considered that it was a fair reduction from the evidence. It cer- tainly did not recommend a Royal Commission, 59 the II n. Gentleman had now proposed. It is true the - . Committee expressed their apprehension that the growth of cotton would full into its old course if Government relaxed its efforts to improve it. Now, ho would ask, why hurl not the capital and intelligence of this country been applied to the cul tivation of cotton, as it had been to that of other pro ductioss of India? The Honourable Gentleman re- sorted to the vexed question of the land aiseastnent to account for it, but several of the witnesses who had been examined by the Committee stated that it had nothing to do with the Tiestion. He could only deduce one fact upon this point—that the Committee did not report upon it ull. The Committee, however, did justice to the East India Company, and he hoped the House would do the same. It should be observed that an improvement. hudbeenm ado with regard to the assessment Which was now taken on the character of the soil, instead of the na- tare of the produce. The company were making great efforts far the promotion of the cultivation, and were alive to its importance; but ho doubted whether we could compete with American cotton; still every effort should be made to improve the cultivation in India. There was something in the produce which prevented such competition, an opinion which was confirmed by the testimony of Doctor Boyle, though he was acquainted with the sentiments of Mr. Crawford upon the subject; and after quoting that gentleman's opinion, he said he thought the cotton of India, on account of the shortness of the staple and the quantity of dirt it contained, was not so fit for British manufactures as the cotton of America. The dirt in India cotton amounted to 25 per cent., while in that of America it was not more than 124 per cent. There was the same difference in the comparative produce per acre. In India it was fifty to a hundred pounds an acre, while in America it was from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds an acre. Besides, a great deal of the produce of cotton in India was required for clothing the population, which amounted to 120 millions, so that they would never expect a large supply from that country. Other products, such as indigo and opium, had greatly increased, and there was no reason for sup posing hut the same result would take place with regard to cotton, if it was profitable. The land assessment was not the, obstacle. The ryots were not the serfs the Hon. Gentleman represented. The Hon. Gentleman charged the East ludia Company with neglecting the roads and irrigation. He would say nothing with regard to what had been done towards the formation of railways. The Hon. Member for Westbury had the other night fully ex plained that; but with respect to irrigation, the Company had expended, in the presidency of Beep!, 586,00 e/. for canals; besides, there was the estimate for the Ganges Canal, which amounted to a million.—(Hear.) And in Bombay there had been an expenditure of 230,0001., be sides an annual sum of 50.000/ in clearing canals, and another annual expenditure in the Punjaub of 50,0001. for the purpose of irrigation. The Hon. Member com plained that larger sums had not been expended, but he should consider the great expenditure occasioned by the wars they had been recently engaged in; which, however, it was to be hoped would not be required again, and that u larger balance would in future remain for these purposes. Another point urged was the condition of the people. No doubt in ludia, as in other countries, there would be found great distress. The cultivation of cotton had greatly iecreased according to the state ment of Mr. Hamilton Bell. The increase was in the north-west provinces, and there the condition of the people had greatly improved—wages had increased. The people were better fed, and this improvement would lead to their requiring better clothing. The peo ple were indisposed to make accumulations, except for their marriages and the expenses of their religion. The Right Hon. Gentleman read largely from a private latter of Mr. Frier, to prove that even marvellous changes for the better had taken place in the Sattara district in the Deccan. After an absence of some years, the writer could scarcely recognize the people, so much were they improved in condition and circumstances. That district had had no special advautages. The whole was the effect of good revenue administration. There bad officers could be found he did not deny, but he could make the same admissions with respect to other departments. Generally speaking there was every sign of improve ment morally and socially. The abominable practice of Thuggee, which no former Government had attempted to grapple with, was now almost wholly done away with, Life and property were generally and permanently secure. That never was the case before. The Right Ron. Gentle man read from a very learned work by Sir Henry Elliot upon Mohammedan history. In the preface to that book Sir Henry had asserted, that within the last half century the English had done more far India than had ever been done in ten times the period before. Now, with reference to the cotton commissioners, if any gentleman went from Manchester, they would have to sp:nd five years in In dia before they learned what they had to do, and then they must go to the servants of the company for the in formation they required. They had, in fact, at the pre sent time every information that these gentlemen could require. Lie did notsee, then fore, what a Commission could do more than the company had done, or were wil ling to do. If the Manchester capitalists would ensure a certain price, the growers in India would ensure them any amount of supply of that article.—(Hear.) There was, he would remind the Hon. Gentleman, a commercial association in Manchester, which had fora long time been in communication with the East India Company respect ing the best mode of improving the quality and increas ing the quantity of cotton grown in India. The board of that association were opposed to this suggested Royal Commission, entertaining grave doubts as to its useful operation. The experienced members of that board were inclined, from experience, to trust to the efforts of the East India Company. The Hon. Member, therefore, did not represent the whole commercial in terests of Manchester. He represented the Manchester Chamber of Commerce—a very important part, no doubt, but nut the whole. Then with respect to the commissions sent to the other parts of the world, if in quiry was made it. would be found that they were newly acquired territories, and that their object was to inves tigate the laws and customs of the people. He objected to the supersession of the East India Company by the issue of this Royal Commission. It would be implying a reflection upon all that the company had done for the promotion of this great object. What more could a Commission do that had not been done? They could ask questions, but questions had already been asked. The book contained thousands of questions, and both the Governors-General of India and the officers of the company were willing to do all that was desired for the advancement of cotton cultivation. As neither the Government at home, nor the officers and servants of the company abroad, had neglected their duty in this respect, he did recommend the Hon. Gentleman not to press his motion.—(Hear.) Sir EDWARD COLEBROOKE said he admitted the difficulty of forming a Commission such as that sug gested, without the concurrence of the East India Com pany and the Government, but he would suggest that these Commissioners should not come altogether from this country. The servants of the company might form an important element in the Commission, and if they entered into an inquiry with a proper spirit, no doubt everything anticipated as desirable would be obtained. The lion. Gentleman who had brought forward this motion had spoken too sweepingly respecting the results of the Indian revenue system. In the north-west the settlements had been periodical, and the instructions under which ho had acted in India as a revenue officer when carried out, did not leave the land valueless. Far from it. At the same time, the revenue had im proved 75 per cent. Up to last quarter the value of land had doubled. The Government wore guilty of gross neglect with respect to the internal communication in India, and therefore hoped that the House would take this matter into their serious consideration, as such neg lect tended not only to the injury of the British empire, but to the colonies individually, which, he regretted to say, was a source of complaint with other colonies as well as this, to which he more particularly referred, for he felt assured that such a line of policy tended to inter fere with the revenue of this great empire. Mr. NE WDEG ATE could easily believe that as far as the internal administration of India was concerned, there was a great improvement; but locking at the diffi culty of communication between the interior and the coast, he thought that the Hon. Gentleman Mr. Bright need not look for any great supply of cotton from that country. He (Mr. Newdagate) thought it deserving of consideration to inquire what were the causes which operated to produce the falling off of the production or supply of oott fin from India. The question was worthy of inquiry. He believed the real cause was attribut able to the low price given in the markets of this coun try for it. He had a letter in his possession from a large and respectable house in the trade, which would show that, and prove that the discouragement given to the cultivation of the article was owing to the low prices given by the spinners for it. The lion. Member read retui ns which had been furnished him in support of his argument; and then directed the attention of the House to the article of sugar, with a view of showing that the alteration of the tariff in this country, and the throwing epsn of the trade, had caused large trots of cotton-;;rowing countries in the United Sta es to be di verted from the production of that article to that of vu g=r. How, he would ask, were they to get out of the diffictay ? He thought it would he wise in the House to reimpose one penny per pound on cotton, as a moans of getting out of the scrape into which the Free-traders had brought the country, fur as the Free-traders had got the country into a scrape, so they must get:it out of ir.. Mr. GEORGE TROSIPSON sPtid that the tra, cm cot ton engrossed a capital of 70,000,0001 o, 80,000,0 00 /i a , ar d id gave employment t )2,0 00 000 pe o p lein the British 1.!1_ United States h e y f r o e r c h t i h t e fl i y r d e e h p i e e n f d s e u ri p t p on n i y nofe country—the t e. , was, ite however, in possession of un doubted authority, which would show that India aff orded not only an ample but a rich field for the cultivation of cotton, and tha', if pro • Perly attended to , t he cultivation a tpe article would beccese so profitable in that country, as tm render England, for its supply of it, independent of the Utated States.—(Hear, hear.) There were, it was true, diffi culties in the way, but they were of a nature which Bri- tish enterprise and native industry in India w ould over come. It e cotton plant was an exotic in ledis, and in the seaee ef sixty-five years, they hart it by returns, that 775,000,000 ifs,. of the article were proiluced, t . hu s ehowiag that under the appieation of industry, eerie', stall, and enterprise, cotton in that country al ight not only be greatly productive in quantity, hut greatly en minced in quality. The question was one of deep 10 " terest to the people of this country, and he saw no rea son why the labouring population of India thould not be employed and served materially by the cultivation of the article. He thought it must be quite clear to the Howe that their conquests in India had been most ex pensive, and little available for the interests of this country. The war in Affgbanistan was attendel with vast expenses, and great sacrifice of human lire, sa d what did this country profit by it ? Nothing what ever. The aar in the Punjaub was, in like wanner, most costly in blood and treasure, and the conquest of the country was not made available for the purposes 0' industry, production, trade, or commerce. I n th e wars the loss of human life was great, and the e x p ense incurred vast; but the conquests made were hithe r , re ,, barren of all profitable account.—(Hear, hear.) 'I ti e war in Shade had not nearly paid its expenses; the in the Punjaub had not done so by five or six thousan pounds a-year. But admitting that all these conq uests had been profitable, they had no doubt entailed upon the company future expenditure in their having to adint• nister the affairs of those new provinces, and, therefore; no opportunity ought to be lost in acquiring additiossi means of meeting this increasing expenditure. It'd° Right Honourable Baronet the President of the Boa r Control hatl read a letter from an aseociation in Manchester against sending a Commission to ludts in the terms of the motion, but he confessed that he considered that letter rather au evidence for than against such Commission. It was not fair that they should e compelled to abide by the evidence of the servants of t h e East Indic Company in respect of this matter. N doubt, a difficulty might arise in finding s uch men 5 1 could make themselves understood by all the dif erf" tribes in India and ascertain their op n 3 09 the sub ini° ject; but no doubt such men could be obtained. Sg a l years ago the East India Company themselves sent Out ten American planters to India, in order to invest i g ate the matter and while it was no doubt the fact tha t tie ? merchants found the of India too much engrossed irn; management of their own affairs to give thew re tic d assistance in that investigation, yet, after many y ears strict inquiry and practical investigation there, the 10- 0 i tleman had come to the conclusion that the native s India knew as much, some of them more, about the e a „ tivation of cotton than the people of America thems ell e- e ; did. The question, then, resolved itself into ra , O f matter of government. Let the Governm ent . India countenance the matter, and remove thos e, culties which lay its the way, and the cultivation et; cotton in India would increase to an enormous e%; e , n e% but he had no hesitation in saying that the la ner '',4 was one of the greatest drawbacks to the cultivat ion °a cotton in that country. He would, therefore, cal l uPa , the House to give the subject due consideration. I t r e le not a party question, but one which interested country as well as India. And, believing that a C ( , ) , ° , 3 ; mission proceeding to India, and fully investigating far the cultivation of cotton there was practicable. or al, to what were the difficulties in the way of its being ea tivated, would be of much public benefit, be wo uld or port the motion.—( hear.) Sir JAMES WEIR HOGG said he admitted, Willia the Hon. Member fur Manchester and the Hon. It ers-h e f who hrd just sat down, the inestimable r importau ce ; having a supply of cotton from India, so as to te a this country independent of a supply from the I J e e ' n , os States, and if it was possible that the East India t-i?"-ei pany were actuated by interested feelings, it would 0 7,1 once be seen that in this matter they had as strong lei deep an interest as any manufacturer in Mane hss i e e , possibly could have.—(Hear, hear.) But he bad quire of the Hon Member for Manchester sr"' t he wanted ? Was it information that he wanted oa bje subject ? Why he had that information, audeea speech proved that he bad it in considerable co dance. The Hon. Gentleman asked for a ` d d os mittee some time ago. That Committee it, granted, and the Hon. Gentleman presided Cr e „ t e el He sailed every witness before that Committee wh o C aO 4 speak to India and the cultivation of cotton the re, bad that Committee reported, but the Hon. Gentlen 3 al' A Oc t not founded his motion upon that report. Ile h a 'a l ets done so, because in the report of that Committ ee - , e ir was no mention of the appointment of a Royal Cote-as• sion to be sent to India. There was, he believed, 11 ,,ri i " 0 cedeut, and only one, for the appointment of 811 ii• body. That was in the days of Clive, when a C°ll/-eps sion—but it was not called a commission then, those ors pointed .were called surveyors—when surveyors , r iv ile appointed to go out and investiga.e the matter. ', surveyors were appointed and away they went, h a ' pee ship in which they sailed having foundered at se s ' els thing more was ever heard of them,—(Hear, hear') 1 1 3 0 was always ready to pay the utmost respect to ter , opinion of so large a manufacturing town as Manches,bli but it was fitting that the House should Wee ce r, although the Hon. Gentleman represented Marle tieh tbe he did not represent the opinions of 011,00, people of Manchester. Now his Right „, /t ol Friend the President of the Board of `-' e e - r siel read a letter from the chairman of the Corara'aen, Association of Manchester repudiating the Elet t tha t tleman said his Commission, and he could state t,",", - e tfea body had done more for the promotion of the cuit', - dsaa of cotton in India than any other body in the ki ll ' • t t ° The East India Company sent all their experiut en i 4 the them before they were aware of the existence „ e- 0 0 0 ' Chamber of Commerce, and the president of th a t led° elation (Mr. Turner) was the greatest consumer cotton in England. That association, theref° l , - ,' tbP, dared that the East India Company had done a'`, /it e e i ` it was in their power to do to promote the g r° 3 /et' cotton in that country. The Hon. Gentians! , It, sob' that he would not road Indian newspapers on t' st ace. ject, as they were on all sides now acting on th e bli t principle; he would read the Manchester Guardia?", 1)9 1 , the Hen. Gentleman knew what was in that ~aPh e , ; knew that it denounced him and his motion. "'Cool' (Sir J. Hogg) last was chairman of the East India 0 Os pany a deputation came to him from Manchester e ut ott i subject, who talked about petitioning Parli are ,s, the subject, but he told them were awl leeks some of their capitalists over to India and esii agencies there, to purchase the cotton when an grown, and see that it was properly Pack °n4 sent to the coast, they would do more in °n4 year to promote the growth of cotton in India 1136 would do in a dozsn by petitioning Parlise3eol" s ,i In o the subject. Why did not the Hon. Gentleman as ti t friends send out agents to India? No doubt , f eetl; Right Hon. Baronet the President of the Boa rd c) , t il;.l 9c o trol had said, the report of the Committee on the 12, was a controversy, but there was one point ii tu st 00 0 ; which all the witnesses examined agreed, an d to to s the establishment of European agents in o u tlnd' itt? that the cotton was properly dressed, and sent ‘100;,, proper state. Why, then, had not that begn o o Why, the gentlemen of Manchester had not entedros enterprise of the public press, for when they *lsla f ed collect information they sent to all parts of th e ;te the purpose of obtaining it. Seventy years !a we s 00 0 , America supplied the world with indigo, an d it s al E 3 to that the soil of India would not do so, but ser, ever.e peens went to India, established agencies, and 700104 take it when grown, and in 1830 there was o a ro lee s s o sterling of European capital invested in that :0,9 Dies India now supplied the world with indigo. If th s 40 0 :10 0 with indigo why not with cotton? It was th e - t eai" D ot opium, which the Hon. Member who spoke l a, s- h oes'i t e East India Company had a monopoly of, but wh e t', wil s c is, the case. At the time the cultivation of itiw e l'ia Pere troducei no European could hold or lease 10' 1 . 00 of ;0 or go through the country without the perroi ssi ta ge, t a d East India Company; but they had this adr a i rl aa sed , ,:to now they could go to whatever part they P'" t eers'i t ecl hold or lease land as they pleased. There w its ' ors v ie none of those difficulties which the indigo sP ee e e r 80 / for, to deal with. The Hon. Member for the T ° die 15070 o f bad said that if they gave the people of the peol). the nothing they would not cultivate cotton for Pr o d Manchster. That was holding out a b 0 sta rtle growth of cotton, which he thought would t° aloe. Se s a ge the Hon. Member for Manchester. Th e t dra g A )IP had also said that the land-tax was the gr e h s er ttu' eel to the growth of cotton there; but on the ntl tha t, 01 3 / Mill, the great political economist, had a al being l e I ° the very perfection of taxation, certain portion of the rent of the soil of the C O . 00 .1 meet the exigencies of the Government of Co al s * Then as to roads, the Hon. Member hs' o o f tbel o afte that there wet e no roads; but at Goojerat, 011 0 itt cipal cotton districts, there was not better r°„ in Pi o it ) With respect to the oppression of the lan d ' s ge ntic ta t eole no doubt oppression occurred—but "'hi' eor si% oioe that House who possessed a property 0- - r o f oeP re ea ti sand acres, had not had similar instanees_deaag r the system set opootris on their estates, by means of agents Or u e P ro ets °S., et Ho was glad, however, to know that the to ranoCOt:100 East India Company did all in their poWtl ..c ia of e t , o oo, redress those oppressions. As to the pro'S% now t o t'''. in India, he believed that more cotton wt` te poles there than was manufactured by all t what a of Manchester for all the world. See d the rosell there was in India, and they cloth Eutt,epli cotton manufacture, nor were they def endin g thy w:l( l °,o 15 ,, for a marks afor they had Chins,vrhenrajui eassocisottse Core Bale. The President of the would neferprils Manchester said they should insprtud in India, or else it would be of noose' rop failed in -8 i t a high price, unless the cotton market for th eir s it i e So that they had absolutely took Place' and was ; 00' cotton, unless such a failure !yo under such c c° .0 0 1 7 ; to expect the people there they could have graltrli Co 0 stances, grow cotton When rat tily ? The East ill rt.-the growth or_ „off gib s port themselves and their toe growing of' tea, ,r l " be cat l ,:; pany tried experiments in for the public goi r ' ° oo do 1 ; 0 , they succeeded, gave it uP f Parliament It d co lt ti ct ode gee they were precluded by A Bred to do so as rotas esti 0 ,e 0 so; and they were prepare induced 1° 6 v et t D „,/' if Manchester merchants could be _ o a eo : The 0' eett ee, to superintend its cultivation. f the Coull', the read a passage from the report o lone ea r !'s ths‘ g - iid ing that European capital would a . 4 ,. ae, bbl cultivation of cotton, and expressed could be a is ho/ , t 0, tam© had arrived when such efforts there iOre' ds wide success. He t arnestly hoped. . 00 to a lion. Gentleman would not prey- lits moil with big ro i t l i tr: .sir. WILSON PAT'FEN said he tiara ", he Friend who last addressed the House, ou_n l y ~1 and certainly that Committee was uutinimou.: Jot that the greatest difficulty to the grown .:00i / t e' nica" India was the want of internal comtieu lie d tie hoped soon to sees proper re medY e PP o ied l e ee government of the Noble Lord who nowstiou te o te o Mr. MANGLES said, upon the q"C Ster ag tS°l fo r revenue, that it was one of the best sy . ever' her bt that ever was invented, and had the veil 1 gtea' he lion' tJr s injurious effects attributed to it by t n _ e I 00 Manchester. In this opinion be was bor e , e to ~n re eminent a uthority, Mr. Mill, who add 100, .0 0 ., knowledge of political economy a thoroug' e/ty:, knOr • l ov of India. He should like the House to the actual amount of the land assess:ost? said to of Born In the acre, at obstruc Colo] port tl for a C Missio❑ 'femme suspick Alembe they g a Membe vernme Mr. out elic questioi thought by with The t Air. I from It ktafest3 Or not i harbour tion ; a► suited f tention ty's Gc posed it Elea fin result it Mr. repeal s Victorit lating tl the trap than th troduce( the Po! tho Pose be no of Acts; he their du ground prohibit Ashley) his own thomani Colon that the peas for did not portion knowled inflicted the publ taarchan loss of o Mr. 1 mid co' might Sunday system of incr lir. : On t e h IIEQ m e a da PP , ?Iloti 1 , 4 the thereto therein klterat LO a r ' tilttiot I ° dust kt i , w 40 1trd Ith eth thobu • .