The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-23 00:00:00

For Mr. Scott's amendment - Against... ••• Th Itlajority ••• ,ree vole was then agreed to. k he next vote proposed was 6,5911. to defray the c earge at Labuan. lit emberMr' DU "'IE f U"'lEsail, that a f ew n i g ht s ago tee Hon. Pe Pe or East Surrey prouced a lae dl of und took upon himself d to answer rg some bun alle e ge ll.rsthat had been ma d e t h at the individual whose char acter be e assailed (M e Wise) was acting on every AJ l‘C ru tt rn Si°4 n' s Partner andagent to Mr. Brooke. (Mr. tk niond diss(ntei.) Be (Mr. Hume) would o sh m ow e isk.i.;te4rtrn.elrß,raonok h d V ited Mr Wise to !Leo and would produce solc an . account . current for r Year of the partnership concern, signed by Mr. ro r° 2 ke • s Never had such a tissue , of falsehoods been Zmano use of in that Muse egainst tee character of Wise ecl as had been used against the character of Mr. I . Ve b y seill shad of that of Mr. Brooke. In a litter written , '".r. Wise to Lord Palmerston, dated Oct. 31, .he - • a ted the result of the attack, and said he (leaded him self sf el . he h ad ° oeportunity of acquainang his . Ler . dship that lin o terminate i the political rela•ienship hitherto ex mfi between NIT.. Brook e and himself. DRUMMOND inquired the date of the letter? 1 ,, e•r• lIIJ XE The 31 st October, 1848. Mr. Wise tacoticailildno longer be connected with an individual as po e l d • ° Pet who could forget the ties of humanity on of the a buccaneer and plunderer. The next alaegati? . rt. to%-ren• Oeatlernaa was, that Mr. Wise was the oriet o o it ,' the agitation which had taken place in the country ti l " subject, and hld b een f rom day to day urging iiniii.lrooke to jin in partnership with him. Now mr Wi ' s in I lia hand a letter from Sir J. Brooke to m_ . sae dated 14th March, 1841, in which he . reeo te s v4cl ed the formation of a Borneo company, in which al ts w te leid take a part. In that letter Sir J. Brooke vote l 'ci En outline of such a company, and .c s b ta . t t el . r , he clan, products to be found lie Borneo, in whi • 1 of -". s s e Mr. Wise b aring b r a ss unjust, therefore, to a„cu Is hl g eathe party who set such a company b a i oing. h'al tl'a°Piien, Sir J. Brooke had from thebeginning 11 h a e e main chance in view. It had been , s t a e id that but ere h e ld never expressed a desire for a heron dated s '''' i n his hand a private letter of Sir J. Brooke, Y the loth March, 184 9 , in which he stated that he 1, - 0 : 1 " such a title might add to his influence e.eh am h . ieti‘ e i s, and on that account, though not otherwise' 111 of Ne il b . it, ho would not object to, it . being bestowed ilet e lra • He had anot%er letter, which showed that kei t ,' -oroelie was in 1840 engaged in mercantile .. trahs 'weitills. •ekt a later date, viz., in 1844, Sir J. Brooke, a teo 4l 4 to Mr. Wis e , r • a ., ~ After all, I shall close my l 44 4 with Sarawak without being a loser," clearly lic k. r li fi that he looked on himself as a trader. lltitepeetle3ael opposite had stated that . Mr. Wise . li n im a l lei - rea Als, Brooke about a partnership. Nows.i J. 13 col ' i r t° Mr• Wise, dated in February, 1845, in ir tbe Pee t ,13 PtOrniSed him a joint share with himself .. alle;itilising from their mercantile transactions, and 1 4 a r ",, 4l `; the agent of Mr. Wise in Lond r on T to he r letter sta te r .0! antimony shipped on his accoune f) t b 'hat the duration of the agreement . was to depend but it was in f orce 8 ratitual convenience of the parties; 18 45 a' • t hat eery hour. In another le t:e•r, da t te e d f in a Plis s ', : ,`"tr J. Ilroc'itte agreed to the appmntmen to the 41slet•':eYtand informed him that he should attend : t "ner'e ll n ° , 4B of Mr. Wise, and render to him . an annual Tase e 4 •''' A regular account current was kept by h lEae r ' h r of the concer . n and he ( lir. Howe) Ild in his a iR d rLeeoUnt taken from Mr. Brooke's ledger, „,011016';','1,• Brooks," in which a balance was struck of .le v-hnlars, from April 1 to September 1, 1846. t he• l T that what he had stated would satisfy the House 4itt.tth,!atatements made by the Hon. Gentleman oprioe't ap - Nile not correc t. He thought i. 4, 4 ,,, 4 r night were i tate lt ''" that from first to last Sir J. Brooke had been il k std. that the strongest mercantile motives, and that Ztl .et, ar "'a rotanks n the natives had been made in a ta d • s awak, that Sir J. ro ok . riee all the trade to ar theterf,elnight profit by it.—(liear' hear.) He could not tl 'a, storire consider Sir J. Brooke as a fit person to be en k‘ltv - ,'„ith the government of Labuan, and ho thought lililete',42ellt had acted most improperly in appointing iota S s ' 'at situation, He He objected to the item in . the ittirilie()ori,t,laries on various . grounds, but more particu le u 4st ah re ground that the governor had not been on 17srsti ad ,or Sirth last year. By , the last accounts it ap ttli hoe' J. Brooke and the Lieutenant-Governor "aidA ,at Singapore. -s ' LI °NBY hoped that this painful discussion bearin• end, and that the time of the House would 4414'. further wasted. He did not blame the Hon. thiNtvtiePt for Mo ntresebccause he had not began tla dies llte:o" Was not the first to drag out a discuss l f "le l ' and extracts from confidential private l e o t n ters k r erl old friends. (Hear, hear.) llN n 'e it S t i l : l-1 4RT — tho l ught ' the Hon. and Learned Gen fe7,siott, ~7 _ , rather_ a d te in his interference on this Learned Gentleman thought b...40p th, • ••,, s i c ee I . lon, an j; fo r I:_ont ussion . after thesp e e_ech of the Hon. Mem i a ver: j e u e t e r r ose, his notionsf the f justice r and fair play eat majority of that eltese, J .,.?,ttr ent from those o iti4tito have the and Learned g Gentleman had de -I,llle to no s h discussion be ought, in ustice, to Member for **4ll,et:(Zenvourde,.elline to with t the Hon. his en one-sidel statement. t .i. ieli roe ..... e i z ;1 Are s Heivcould he?—(Laughter.) op. et o , , ta; iiid'ic!ONßY did not think he deserved the p . li eseonation of the Hon. and Learned Member h 11 4 P ; It not in his power to stop the Hon. srafisst44er Montrose,was The example of reading from t e ti e tll Arz oncoon , enti a a l letters was set by the Hon. former night, and it was only NeattlBide;Pareldonbe heard. He trusted that the I , r v iew , .., nu j;•lel tr . r t',..eo no further. le l 4r ase Ni'4l-MOND believed that the Honourable and I, ( let tb oartlber for Cockermouth. was not in the House AT' Q rs' ie • Washer for Montrose got up. 4e-er t ,-. . „ . LlON BY—lmmediately after. • e le t had IuMMOND—If the Hon. and Learned Mem- L te h e en present he would have heard the Hon. f it 'll4,tinl. Montrose ' say that he had never heard such e t tte h " e in th °lttt ° Ltls ehonels as that . which ....r ha vv d b is e e e . n b N ro e u w gh it t ea!, t hg v at House against are . 40 71 ' kee,,erY convenient for Hon. Members like the 04 1 "len i Z t r i e l r for .Montrose, .hut it was not very fair, to s eithstititistttioasep4tarsienrlatuhte, session various . kinds . of charges sp at ot,ti charge s without lettlng ii.e it e. be known positively were. The ea o - b f er r 's 4 4 t d ae r i e ,..was to refuse the grant. He then came Uena . tta., t enth." ei ell that the natives of Borneo were pirates. t he b it * e; r h ,, k ne the lion. Member made a charge about tef e geo, e„ -:::,g unworthy a servant of the Crown. Now fact, te te ,Zeuaber had talked about trading, but had not hid t 4(1 as to the public conduct of the trader; in -ga to h °II ' Menaber seemed to be like the person al .? Colman, who ----- Had a sort of general notion Of fi nd /I, ci h e i. , vv - lag out progressive motion; ” e t Hon, .„„, as not direct, but serpentine. Sir J• b r ?lt bl i ,- 1 ,. ember, indeed, knew nothing of J. Ve l : c iftl s - i" th w o aha..t Mr.Wiee had told him. He sup ateryale)ss gi , feti :semen that the Dyaks were not pirates let te 1 41 3 , h ot II I) —(Ne, no, from M . r Hume.) Why goal Pirat es, . r. on. Gentlemen opposite . knew that they letelee..(tiztuereed-, the parties themselves did not h e _ eh a ,, e . e) By the last arr i, i a vyl from Sings he had stated Iritftllor t`Li,,,Eceived coefirmation of_ W; • els ei _a chiqo bv i it- An agreement had been entered into Fi llo sted thtv ith an unpronounceable name,in e w eg h a i g ch e he in lit, a e er o r „ the Dyaks would never again lislit),f pire,,P,,•raLoY.---(Hear, hear.) In further confliena fer to a letter ille t N is, Wi_"aville existed, he might pe e 'bents at ',hand, from one rif t s he b r o e e ldest resident had a lively fl iti t ection o 1 t 4 echo mention ell h er " , the state of the western coast of Borneo la r ,,Y *hire, ee,fie, and of the terrors occasioned by the ‘`tV e clij oe . ` ' 3ll, James Brooke had been instrumental t e at hi, ",' The letter concluded by observing that pat i l streek on the coast of Borneo, would do more . N ai . hte o (r° Eastern Archi elago than anything Which Ils"l'taitle,,ell,6 tor years." p After all that, could it be . dtbreeo?euthat there was no piracy on the . coast of ell e ," te i e .thought there was quite sufficient the tet t ,,k;'s hro-atIFY any court of justice. One of tll . -I • 4l fi ' -u ß u t against Sir J. Brooke was that his cvess In trail • . •te • h his position as 11., eor, 13 ° was incompateee wit , ells, 1,,, 5 4 a fornanr occasion he had read a number 4 qt tie thin“ S ir J. Brooke, averring that he would to r : sieceß whatever to do with trade. And there was t or: wal e of that House who was not fully e u • Ilr h it. a i," (Mr. Drummond) had fully made good 4 co ot ealte tr , hie letters referred to were direct from Sir tho s :,e- ei h ula agent, and from his agent to Sir J. the f als e ass eis k e was no breach of confidence in reading by Cse a ' ut!t it was absolutely necessary to re ute 11 nri t el ll oel! e t t lll ens made. There was ono letter used t kitt ee ~/ v he h„alber for Montrose, which he had asked N o ; fIOW te at Procured it. He could inform the Com tehli,Bl4Gl t o 4t had been gotten. Mr. Wise, who had e 1° t 4 , 4 411, l / 11 3 ,1 4 4 i 9 the preparation 9f Captain Rep eisooke,tota of ewhrfeeived that manuscript in a box, ill . tit, ' earl 'eh had been a number of Sir J. Rd Plar, 4 Y letters to his schoolfellow—(Hear)—Mr. I : a nthhkr eP ,.. , of course, intended for publication— hltie t "ap ti t i p :, 4 .tri copies of them, and had said he 4 4 1:„" .ir j " 11 ,, until he could make use cif them - 4 -' in ' I.ro oke.—(Elear, hear.) That wan the 11, s etee which , e te_ -4 .) ef the the Hon. Member had been possessed - ,•se 4 b, e letters to which he bad referred.—(Hear, ‘tlt s e ves " Hone hi Member had said that if hi s :to e tlyne nt of this country m i.oui country was not disposed to come Z it a, °B l:l 4ll l * s l ie ti t ' o t%Sir J. BroOke was disposed to sell tb gls o %I re h ~.rance or some other power. Now, ey he his to not wanted any terms; he had offered illie It ete r i 1' territory at once to the Government, if vt . 4 3 c" .. bt aaer Z e Pt tt• It had been allege], i lk '4‘an " tr awak b • too, that be ts fie te 1 a buccaneering ble on ~that t, Illi te I I e Ron• Member could never stum expedition. It Bali S neht re olce had been out in that quarter in his lia ai l of ' sad a raok o tort, einarrel having ensued between ... th r e `eilv ‘` li assi -e ° and some neighbouring states, m • he r r end 4,4tB'nee had been asked for and given success s,ll•o4i'ati hinaa ne e for his services the Sultan with as him , ,_arawak.—(liear, hear) Was that, he le ad respect lettingonceaneer e xpedition?—(Hear, hear.) the ' Pe t !. 0 One r which the Hon. Member had e hl i ortie or !h alf of gto be from Brooke to Wise, offering 1/ • ;thy ec,,,, Ol l4 am, „ .raercial prOfitn minus the expenses eiO R f ollo w ", tablishraent, the history of that letter *thric:ire he night before Mr. Wise sailed from ter w e ft to ,„•::. wows i.,ht that very letter in his own hand hatehhie}, tl4ori,•tirooke to sign, and that was the let -7 Ili,. wP_en• Member had read.—(Hear, hear.) si lo, ette r to 'ae had an object to carry he had shown ikit 4 ki. it "Mtnercial house here; but he bad never ) The eter cancelling the engagement Zillr"i„ej;t1111:oP.O.-..keCk-k-ri:?te% 1 Hon. Member had said that se e ,;',,q_he h aci w as,. not at his post. By a document dikthe tthe of 4tt 1105 hand he could show that, with the i eti es of 711? Attacks of ague, he had attended to d ike to c 1 13 . (ifi loe• It Was a ' task of no ordinary t 4t ' /* 'N ile thell° P ° ll l r ise a a/ vage ountry. In the course 41 4' 1414 that hey Itlitelilt/Ilt clear he rves only anxious to show °Y ba.d a good end efficient servant all em -ad b ee tar of the globe (II The attacks he t i lim ed 4 made a vi .7--, ear.) against loin in this country had t matte:3°47ll Qee littei rr "a the la tea t but be hoped w h at warn the Govern- ... 53 ... -12 mcnt that they were bound to support that excellent pub lic servant, who was perfortninv, his duties so efficiently in a distant pert of the globe. Acd he holed the Go vernment would not give countenance to charges made against parties et a distance, when it was so difficult to obtain proper aad correct information on the subject. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON wishel to ask the Under- Secretary for the Colcnics what had been the re sult of the charges against the Lieutenant Governor of Labuan? Mr. HAWES sail as the care war still under con sideration ho could not communicate any decision on it. Mr. HUME, in reply, admitted that perbape the word " falsehood" was too strong a term. Tho Hon. Member for Surrey, however, had admitted all his facts. There was no doubt on his mind but that that Po-cal 1 e d defeat of pirates was an unwarranted sacriice of human life; it had never appeared in the Gazette, and no Admiralty order for the employment of our ships had ever been produced. Mr. AGLIONBY said he would give his vote totally irrespective of all the letters which had been reed on both sides. From all the documents which he had been able to examine, he could come to no other conclusion than that Sir J, Brooke was a most zealous, useful, and efficient public officer—(Hear, hew)—and that, more over, those parties to whom frequent allusion had been made in the course of that discussion were pirates and robbers.—([Tear, hear.) Mr. COBDEN thought, before they agreed to the vote, they should get an assurance that Sir J. Brooke was Governor of Labuan, and actually resided there. There seemed to be some confusion of idees prevailing in the minds of Honourable Members. They did not seem to know the comparative geographical positions of Sarawak and Lebuan. These places were no leas than 300 miles distant, and there was no direct regular communication between them. The intervening country was inhabited by a number of unknown tribes. La buan was an island on the coast cf Borneo, and Sa rawak was a district of Borneo, about the siz s of York shire, but situated 300 miles from it. The former was an English colony; the latter belonged to Sir J. Brooke; but he could not govern his own country and Labuan at the same time. That was an objection which he had to the vote, that the governor was 300 miles away from his district. A lieutenant-governor had been appointed, but the result had been that the affairs of the island of Labuan had been thrown into such inextricable confusion that the Colonial-office was at present em ployed in doing its hest, and with remote hopes of success, in endeavouring to unravel them. What he wanted was, that the man for whom they voted a salary as governor should reside on the spot cf his authority. Mr. HAWES said his lion. Friend Mr. Cobden bad asked him to give an assurance that Sir James Brooke should in futu7ie reside in Labuan. He also understood his Lion. Friend to say that in that case he should not object to the salary; that he thought the salary appro priated to Sir James Brooke would not be too much for the purpose.—(•• No," from Mr. Cobden.) No; he cer tainly understood the Hon. Gentleman to say so.— (Idea-, hear.) And he also understood him to refer to certain instructions which were issued by E.trl Grey when Sir James Brooke took upon 'himself the office of Governor of Labuan. Now Sir James Brooke had, of his own accord, rtduced his salary by 5001. a ye::r.— (Hear, hear.) That was the first answer he had to give to his Hen. Friend. The Hcn. Gentleman next sail that Sir James Brooke ought to reside at Labuan, and he referred at the sitme time to the instructions of Lord Grey. Ho (Mr. Hawes) had those instructions before him, and he begged to say that if was never intended that the Governor should reside entirely at Labuan. Oo the c'ntrarv, it was always understood that he should have a kind of consular office in those seas, with a view generally to promote, extend, and prott,ct our trade in those parrs, and the instructions never contemplated his entire residence at Labuan. Nothing could be more clear or distinct than this, that when Sir James Brooke was appointed to the office of Governor of Labuan it was not expected that he should reside there, but take upon himself far higher and more important duties than those simply of Go vernor; and in proof of this he referred to the instruc tions. He would say, also, that it would be injurious to the public interest if Sir James Brooke were confined to that island. It was not the object to establish a mere colony there. It was always considered that it should be an outpost of our trade, which it was most desirable to establish, especially in seas where piracy prevailed. His Honourable Friend had referred to Mr. Cranford; but what did Mr. Crauford say about piracy in those seas? In the very able paper which had been printed and circulated by Mr. Wyse, Mr. Cran ford said the position of Labuan would render it a most convenient station for the suppression of piracy; that the most desperate and active pirates in the whole Indian Archipelago were the tribes of the Sooloo group of islands, lying close to the north shore of Borneo itself; that these bad of late years proved extremely troublesome both to English and Dutch traders; that both nations were bound by the convention of 1824 to use their best endeavours for the suppression of piracy, and many efforts had been made for that purpose, al though as yet without material effect in remedying the evil; that from Labuan the pirates might certainly be intercepted by armed steamers —(" What ! armed steamers against these poor, wretched, unarmed men!") —(Cheers)—far more conveniently and cheaply than from any other position that could be pointed out. (Cheers.) Such was Hr. Crauford's view of Labuan. Mr. Cranford was the gentleman, it should be remembered, who had recommended the purchase of Si❑gapore as another outpost of our trade; and did any doubt the success of the establishment of Singapore? Having shown that Sir James Brooke had reduced his own salary, and had only performed the du- ties imposed upon him when he took the office of go vernor, in extending and protecting our trade in those parts, he thought he had given a sufficient answer to his Hon. Friend, and that he had no right to ask that Sir James Brooke should reside entirely in the island of Labuan. Mr. COBDEN did not object to the keeping Labuan; and nobody denied that the Sooloos were pirates. The pirates being in the northern extremity of Borneo, La butte was the best possible situation from which to ope rate against them. That was quite clear. And if they paid a governor 2,000/. a year to put down piracy, let him reside at the place where he would be useful. But when Mr. Cranford gave his evidence before the Com mittee he said there were no pirates in the neighbour hood of Sarawak, and that the Raja had been destroy ing neighbours, who were not pirates. Mr. J. STUART—Nothing could be clearer than Mr. Cobden's position. He objected to Sir James Brooke being Governor of Labuan, and residing elsewhere. He admitted that Labuan was the best of places for an esta blishment to put down pirates; but inasmuch as Sir J. Brooke resided elsewhere, his capacity to put down piracy was thereby considerably diminished. It was quite plain also that the Hon. Member for the West Riding and the Hon. Member for Montrose had made a run a: Sir James Brooke.—(" No," from Mr. Hume.) He was glad to hear it; but it was a pity that the an nouncement had not been made before. The point was this—what was the complaint against Sir J. Brooke? That he had been putting down pirates. Yet the Hon. Member for the West Riding said he could not put down pirates unless he resided at Labuan.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME—The Hon. Gentleman had charged him with having made a run against Sir James Brooke. But what he had done was only to make a run against the murdore which had been committed upon a coast where there was no pirates. • Mr. STUART—Oh, then, the Hon. Member accused Sir James Brooke of committing murder, but did not make a run against him.—(Laughter and cheers.) Sir R. INGLIS thought that parliamentary langusge had never been carried so far as when the Hon. Member permitted himself to state, in reference to a person who was honoured by the confidence of the Crown, and en trusted with important functions at a great distance from England, that that person had from beginning to end been au impostor. Yet the Hon. Member who said this thought it enough to observe that he had made no run against him. With reference to the charge that Sir James Brooke would have been willing to sell Sarawak to the Dutch or the French, it should be recollected that he had already volunteered its sale to his own country. The vote was agreed to, as were also 30,0001. for the support of captured negroes and libe rated Africans. 16,3501. for salaries and expenses of the mixed com mission for the suppression of the slave trade. On the vote of 155,486/, for consular establishments abroad being proposed, Mr. COBDEN drew attention to the fact that the con sular establishments at the ports of Ningpo and Foo chow-Foo were useless, there being no trade carried on by Englishmen at either of these ports. He moved that the vote be reduced by 4,3221. Mr. CAYLEY seconded the motion. Lord J. MANNERS—Did the Hon. Member propose to reduce the salary of Dr. Bowring?—(A laugh, and " Hear, hear," from Colonel Sibthorp.) Mr. COBDEN—What he proposed to do was to abo lish the two consulates altogether, because there was no trade at either of them. Lord J. MANNERS repeated his question. Mr. COBDEN—Dr. Bovrring was at Hong-Kong. Colonel SIBTHORP doubted the sincerity of the Ho nourable Member for the West Riding in proposing these reductions, and complained of him as " straining at gnats and swallowing camels?' He did not approve of such underhand proceedings. Whenever he at tacked the Government he did it openly. What was this motion of the Honourable Member but a " flash in the pan"—what but a blank cartridge? It was no real ball cartridge that would knock 'em over.—(Laughter.) It was only what he termed " tickling them on the raw" —barking, but afraid to bite.—(Laughter.) Let them pursue a manly course—rako 'em fore and aft, and not content themselves with firing a blank cartridge at them. He would not, therefore, divide with the Hon. Member, but support the Government against such mean, cunning, and underhand proceedings. Mr. PLO WREN hoped that the Government w pause before they came to a vote upon thi s subject. When the East India Company had a monopoly of the Chinese trsde they endeavoured to obtain their tea from Foo-chow-Foo. from which the teas came pure and un adulteratad, and were brought down to Canton in sixteen days, whereas by the ordinary route the time occupiedi was about 43 days. Sir H. Pottinger, knowing the ad vantage of such a trade, made excellent arrangements with a view of obtaining it. It was, however, a source of much regret to us that we had no trade there now, notwithstanding which it was most desirable to keep up a consular establishment there. Lord P ALMERSTON' said that if these two consular establishments were in any other part of the world, he would have no hesitation in having them abolished at once. It was quite true as the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire observed, that hitherto our attempts at advancing our commerce in these ports had been unsuccessful; but considering the peculiar circum stances of China and the facts alluded to by the Hon. Member opposite; considering that if these consulships were once withdrawn they could not he easily replaced —all these circumstances contributed to make it desir able for us to pause before we decided in favour of their nbolition. The question had, however, occupied our at tention daring the laat two years. It was fully diseusiod by us last year, and he had stated then that he would ewer into communication with Mr. Bonham and other competent persons in China with the view of seeing whether any other ports could be obtained from the Chinese Government as a substitute for these two ports. These communications had been since going on, but they had not been as yet attended by any satisfactory results. He had this very month receivad from the Chinese Aszociation of London a letter reporting a communication from the Chamber of Commerce of Canton, in which it was stated that they thought it would be most unadvisable ferns to abandon Foo-chow-Foo, invmuch as a.ttempts were being made by the gentlemen that had goer to Foo-chow-Foo to esta blish a commercial intercourse with us, or to obtain from the Chinese Government permission to establish some other ports in lieu of them, and they pointed to a certain northern port as one that would in every respect be most advantageous. He immediately sent out instruc- tions to Mr. Bonham to see whether arrangements could be made to bring about so desirable a result. It wrs no doubt a great disappointment that communica tions with Fo-chow-Foo could not be secured, far there could be no difference of opinion as to the importance of the place. ' Its immediate proximity to the black tea countries rendered it a most important port. Under these circumstances he thought it worth while to retain there est iblisbnients for the present.—(hear, hear.) M'. SCOTT hoped that the lion. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire would take the sense of the Committee upon his amendment. Canton and Shanghae were the two principal seats of onr commerco in China, but Ningpo and Foo-chow-Foo were not places for our trade at all. Mr. HUME asked the Noble Lord to state what was the na'ure cf those commercial restrictions to our trade at Foo-chow-Foo, and whether they were likely to be re moved. Lord PALUERSTON said he apprehended that these restrictions must bo restrictions in the interior, of which we have every reason to complain. The autho rities of the place had imposed a heavy duty on our im ports, which seriously affected our commerce there. We made representations against this proce?ding, but with out receiving env satibfaction. Mr. SPOONER said it was admitted that Hong-Kong was given up by our Government as a place ot trade. There was therefore no reason forkeeping up our expen sive establishments in these ports, and he had no hesi tation in egreeing with the amendment proposed by the Hon. Member for the West Riding. _ _ Lord PALMERSTON said that the Honourable Member had misunderstood him if he supposed that he (Lord Palmerston) had said that Kong-Kong was without any trade. He had said that its chief value was cer tainly not in its being a _trading place, although there was a larga shipping trade carried on there. Last year 293,000 tons of shipping entered Hong-Kong. Mr. HUME hoped his Hoe. Friend the Member for the W,st Riding of Yorkshire would not press his amendment to a division. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that the consuls in China4ore no proportion in point of expense to consuls in other rams of the world. In tie two cases immediately under consi.leration they were absolutely sinecure:. Mr. V. SIIITH said that the Hon. Baronet was much a istaken. Our consuls in China wore not paid higher salaries there than in any other parts of the world. The salaries were exactly on the same scale, and were regu lated in proportion to Oe difference of living in the se veral countries. Mr. CAYLEY was understood to say he thought that the opinion of the Noble Lord was satisfactory. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask what was the meaning of having an assistant when there was nothing to do for the principal? Mr. V. SMITH said that the assistant was of as much use as the prineiral.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. COBDEN said, after the explanation of the Noble Lord he would not press his amendment. Mr. SPOONER objected to the withdrawal of the amendment. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For Cie amendment ... 34 Against it ... .. ... 166 Majority against the amendment —132 Mr. BRIGHT asked for some explanation respecting the item of 5,0001., the moiety of the charges for churches and burial-,tround:4. Lord PALMERSTON said, that under the Consular Acts, when the English community in any place abroad subscribed a certain sum for those purposes, the Go vernment granted a corresponding sum. The vote was then agreed to, es also was the vote of 16,8001., charges and expenses of foreign missions. The next votes were -108,768t for superannuations and allowances, and com pensation to the families of persons employed in the public service. 3,7501. for the relief of Corsican emigrants. 2,000/, for the Vaccine Establishment. 1,0004 for the Refuge for the Destitute. On the vote 5,3461. for the Polish refugees, Mr. B. COCHRANE considered this a most absurd vote, and wished to know whether it was decreasing in amount? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the vote had been reduced gradually to the amount of 5,0001. in the course of a few years. Lord PALMERSTON trusted the Hon. Member would not oppose the grant, as the parties receiving these allowances were objects of great sympathy, and it had been paid for a very long time. After a few words from Sir W. JOLLIFFE, the vote was agreed to. The next vote was 3,6181., being miscellaneous allow ances, formerly paid out of the civil list and hereditary revenues of the Crown, and not otherwise provided for by Parliament. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON, pursuant to notice, moved that the voted be reduced by the amount of 1,695/., being the amount proposed to be paid to Dissenting ministers. The Dissenter 3 looked upon the ♦ote as an insult. It was a miserable dole, amounting in some in. stances to not above 203. a bead. Mr. Alderman KERSHAW supported the amendment, and trusted the Government would withdraw a grant that was most offensive and insulting to the feelings of the Dissenters. The Dissenters of England contributed among themselves for the relief of their distressed ministers 8,1001. a year, therefore they did not need or desire the paltry grant under consideration., He hoped the Noble Lord would take the subject into his consider ation before the next session of Parliament, and endea vour to relieve the Dissenters from this degradation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the grant had gone on since the reign of George III.; and though it was not perhaps needed in large manufac turing towns, it was needed elsewhere. Dr. Reece's evi dence showed that there were a great number of appli cants for relief; and that its withdrawal would be a great calamity. Mr. BRIGHT said the statement of the Chaneellor of the Exchequer was calculated to mislead the House. So far as he (Ur. Bright) was aware, there was not a single congregation in the kingdom which desired its minister to be in receipt of this grant. It was a grant of " secret service money," distributed by some gentlemen of "average respectability"—(Laughter)—who returned no names, and gave no account to the public of the ex penditure. The grant was calculated to create dupli city among Dissenting ministers and suspicion of their ministers among Dissenting congregations. The Dissent. ing bodies would willingly supply the amount of the grant to each minister, if they only knew the individuals to be in want; the secrecy of the distribution, however, pres sated them from acquiring that knowledge. On the part of the Dissenters of England, he called on the Go vernment to withdraw this grant, and, on the ground of economy, he asked Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House to support the motion. Lord J. RUSSELL said,tit was to be recollected that about 300 dissenting ministers received this money, which was of great assistance to them, and therefore the vote could not be withdrawn without injury to those in dividuals. It did seem extraordinary that since 1723 the grant had been made up to the present time, and ho could not therefore consider it contrary to the principles of the Dissenters. He could understand how those who argued that the State should pay no clergymen would consider it an additional argument; but, in his opinion, it was an act of charity, and he could not surrender it to give force to their arguments. The Treasury trusted the distribution to nine dissenting ministers, and he could not consider that they discharged their trust otherwise than fairly. Mr. WYLD said the Dissenters required no charity; they supported their own ministers all over the country without the aid of any one. Mr. BRIGHT said the Government ought to consent not to vote Pie grant this year, and they would then see if these 300 gentlemen would petition for its renewal. If the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would give the nameP, he would recommend the Committee not to divide. If not, he hoped the Committee would re fuse the grant. Lord J. RUSSELL said he knew that if he did so t`ie names of these gentlemen would be hell up to o i m ium r. N *R—(Hear, offered r.) to take the 1,7001. for the hospitals in Dublin, which these gentlemen were so anxious to reject, and this would get rid of the difficulty. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 72 Against it... ..• ••• ••• 147 Majority ••• ••• ••• —7 5 The vote was then agr eed to, the CHAIRMAN re ported progress, and the House resumed. The report of the Committee on the Queen's Message for making a provision for the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Mary was brought up. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY expressed his doubts as to the propriety of having a Commissioner sitting in that House, and wished to have some explanation from the Noble Lord at the head of the Government on that point, and also as to the freedom of action in the Estates Committee, and their power to appoint officers. Sir G. GREY said with respect to the firtt ques ion, the Archbishop was to hav's power to nominate one Commissioner, who might sit in Parliament. The other Commissioner would not have a seat in Parlia ment (as understood), and the Archbishop of Canter bury, one of the Commissioners, would of course bu in Parliament. With reference to the appointment of offi cers, it was not intended to alter the powers in that hl r s e .ai s .v, p he e r c ega respect which to ichthe previous Commission exercised ; and general rules. the Commissioners would s t e the G t h o P e o u v w i w e : B o u o u l f d i Nei ' o framing have a said, m i ing t"thse them, he but in particular in epower to interfere M couldn otobt obtain amendments opportunity of s t at i ng his obr. s jectin s to the which had bee n introduced , o he must leave them to be dealt with by the House of Lord s. Mr. J. A. SMITH put a question relative to the opc- ration of the Bill with respect to the tenants under lear,es. I Sir G. GREY was understood to say that the Bill would not affect the property under the control of the bishops. The Commissioners would only have poser to deal with property under the control of the Estates com mission. The injury that was anticipated would, there fore, not take place. The Bill was read a third time. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the following amend ments :—" Provided always, and be it enacted, that the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall not do .rexecute any act in respect of the sole, purchase, exenange, let ting, or management of any lands, tithes. or heredita ' ments otherwise than by such Estates' Committes as aforesaid. And also be it enacted, that the slid Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall in each year, on or before the Ist day of May, make a report under the corporate seal of the taid Commission, to one of her Majesty's principal Secret iries of Stste, of all the proceedings of the said Commission for the year preceding the Ist day of January then last past, and shall annex to such report copies of the schemes sanc tioned and approved by the Queen in Council during such year; and also an abstract of the accounts of the said Commission during such year; and within 14 days after the receipt thereof, such report shall be laid betas bath [louses of Parliament, if Parliament be then sitting, end if not, within 14 days after the then next meeting of Parliament." Mr. P. WOOD moved: —" And whereas the existing house of residence helonging t) the deanery of Hereford is in a dilapidated condition, and has not been inhabited for many years, and the cost of reeairing the same would be equel to that of crecii‘sg a suitable residence in lien thereof, be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to make such provision as to them shall stem reasonable out of the common fund herein and in the seeondly-recited Act mentioned, for or in aid of the erection of a fit residence for the Dean of Hereford and his successors." The Hon. and Learned Gentleman explained the circumstances under which the Dean of Hereford presented himself conditionally with a living within his diocese. This presentation, of course, was subject to the operation of the Bill and the decision of the Commissioners. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted the hardship of the pre sent cane, but he could not well remedy it. Sir B. HALL thought it was but reasonable that the repairs of the deanery should come from this fund. The bishops had been allowed to take 143,0001. for building end repairing their palaces, and it was very remarkable that the Noble Lord should now make an objection in this case which was founded in justice, and refuse to allow the dean to make use of a small part of the funds for such a purpose. lie wished to know who was res ponsible for the repairs of bishop.' palaces and the deaneries ? Some one ought to be appointed to look after the property of the Church, to see that bishops and deans did their duty by keeping up the repairs of their own houses and palaces, otherwise the House might possibly have some bishop—the Bishop of Exeter for in stance—to come forward with a demand fur 6,0001. to repair his palace. Atter some further conversation the clause was nega tived without a division. Sir B. HALL wished thedebate to be adjourned, as the Hon. Member for Montrose and he had a clause to pro pose which no doubt would give rise to much discussion. A clause had already been passed limitting the privilege of holding livings in the case of deans. lie proposed to apply a similar rule to deans and canons to prevent them from holding livings of more than 3001. a year, and that. those livings should be within the cities or towns of their canonries. He should move that the debate be adjourned. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that the House would not consent to further delay, as it was of importance the Bill should be proceeded with at once. Tne Hon. Member for Montrose had been fully aware that the Bill would be proceeded with that evening. fiir B. HALL said the Hon. Member for Montrose, who had a clause t') propose, had left the House under the full impression that the Bill would not b 3 proceeded with at one o'clock. He really must press his motion for the adjournment of the debate. Mr. GOULBLIRN suggested that some other Hon. Mernlec should move the clause intended to have been moved by the Hon. Member for Montrose. Sir E. BUXTON hoped the motion would be with drawn, as it was most important to proceed without delay. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the motion would not be given up. The 13111 gave the bishop another grasp at the land—that was its principal object. Lord R. GROSVENOR, wished the Bill to go on. Sir 13. lIALL then gave way. Sir B. HALL proceeded to move a clause to the effect that canons and prebends who held appointments of the value of 3001. a year should not bold a benefice in addi tion except it was in the same cathedral town, and did not exccel in value 300/. a year. Lord J. RUSSELL said the question had been much discussed in Committee, and opinions were against the Hon. Baronet's proposition. Ile thought it was in many instances productive of good rather than evil, that a clergyman who had been useful in his ministry should receive a canonry in addition to any other preferment ha might hold. Fo► this rer.son he must oppose the clause. The clause was negatived without a division. Mr. E. DENISON moved atter the word " expedient,' to insert the words, " and to employ such surveyors and actuaries ns may seem fit to them." Sir G. GREY thought it would not be expedient to take out of their hands the powers which the board now enjoyed, but he did not attach much importance to the matter. AN'. some remarks from Sir B. Flail, Mr. Goulburn and Mr. P. Wrood, The House divided, when there appeared— For the addition 73 Against it 149 Mtjority against the addition After some further amendments had been agreed to, the Bill passed. The report on the Equivalent Company was brought up and agreed to, and leave was given to Wing in a Bill. Th© report on the Excise Sugar and Licences was brought up end agreed to, and leave was given to bring in a Bill. The Militia Pay Bill was read a third time and passed. The Registrar of Judgments Office (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Friendly Societies. Bill passed through Cow mittre. The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lan caster) Bill was read a third time and passed. ATTORNEYS' CERTIFICATES BILL. The report on the Attorneys' Certificate Bill, as amended, haring been brought up, Lord R. GROSVENOR moved that the Bill be read a third time on Thursday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved as an amendment that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. The House divided, when there appeared— For Lord R. Grosvonor's motion ••• 88 For the Chancellor of the Exchequer's amendneat 112 Majority against the motion ... —24 The House again divided on the amendment, as a sub stanti7e motion that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. obtained tthe ) lunar n a ~ejtomrsietyltflocrltit3 lost. h . e motion ... For the moti on ••• •.. Against it :Int3htilellilAiliCsidmiralty to compute naval wages by the leaver month.to bring in a Bill to The SOLICITOR-GENER AL (for Ireland) obtained c e a n l ira e bl e hrl dar insteaEdßo leave to bring in a Bill to explain an Act of the last session, for amending an Act for the Regulation of Mu nicipal Corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the borough of Dublin. The House then adjourned, at Ten minutes to Three o'clock. 113 84 --29 STOPPAGE OF ►i'HE POST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l live about six miles from Brentwood, and re ceive my letters in due course at nine AM. There is a second delivery at Brentwood, but not in the country. Yesterday, expecting letters through London, I sent to the post et Brent woo d i n the afternoon, an d rece i ve d a letter from my agent in London, informing me that in consequen ce o f the non-receipt of a not i ce h e had omitted to pay a premium on a policy of insurance , that I must a p pear at the effice on or before the 23d and , or send a medical certificate before that day. My avoca tions usually take me from home before post on Mon day, and but f or th e acc id e nt of my sending to the p os t I should not have received the letter till Wednesday next, when my policy would have Leen forfeited. My country receiving-house being closed, I am obliged to send a messenger with this letter to catch the day mail of to-morrow. Can there be a better instance of the mischief and absurdity of tho now postal obstruction? M. I remain your obedient servant, July 21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DIORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—Allow me to call your attention to the following facts illustrative of the inconvenience (to use the mildest term) arising out of the new postal arrangements. My time as a professional man is fully occupied, and more especially at this time of the year, owing to the great influx of visitors to our salubrious town. I have a wife and an only child, the latter of whom is on a visit at my brother-in-law's, at Brompton. On Friday evening last I received a letter, informing mo of the sudden and serious illness of my little possibility of hearing boy— soliciting my immediate a ttendance. From the reasons above stated, I could not leave; my wife, therefore, was post) of the health of my obliged to proceed alone —I remaining behind in a state intelligence a a l s l to S Saturday d s :y i.e s a ia r d . c o a f p a a t i i ) x le iet o i naortprteoebisetidneasc,rwibiethd,nbout which every father is childasnu d t a i u d yn i n tli g la s ini b ivro v l td e ha t o t yu e (i t aonr e ny; 0 1 3 : . r the condition of my only son unless —which ought not to be the al- I ri e v m al p o lo f y ni th y o w t ' e fe le o g r raph ternative. therefore, your powerful voice to do away with this crying innovation, and oblige one of many sufferers. W. T. J. Margate, July 21. of Mr. was engaged with a cart and two with the hay, was drawn close edits head, and a passing train SINGULAR RAILWAY AC . CI . DENT : —On Friday, the 12th instant, a man named Williams, in the . employ David Blight, of Totnes, horses removing hay which had been cut by the side of the railway. l the line, As th e t the severed it from the body. The horse fell on the driver, and injured him considerably. The advices from the Amsterdam . r e c cart, horse laden turned i n t►nd Rotterdam markets state that business was not anunted. Very little had been done in coffee, and prices exhibited no material alteration. FINE ARTS. PANORAMA. OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Happily for those untravelled citizens of our metro polis, who are curious as to the appearance of remote alai celebrated localities, the recent passion for pano ramas has enabled even the most sedentary to acquire some familiarity with the countries of the four conti nents. American scenery, European scenery, African scenery, and Asiatic scenery have alternately attracted the attention of the multitude. Through the assist ance of adventurous artists, the Londoner has been enabled while reclining in his easy chair to journey, now up the Miseleeippi, now up the Nile, now along the whole line traversed on the Overland Route to India, now again through the verdant and umbra geous bush districts of Australia. The competition excited in this singular branch of art by the skill of the ingenious Mr. Banvard, the originator of the notion of these gigantic moving panoramas, has ma terially tended to increase the amount of amusement offered to public notice by the caterers at our popular exhibitions. With two Italian Opera• houses, another opera-house on the other side of the Thames, a variety of theatres, the three modern Ranelaghs—Cremorne, the Surrey, and Vauxhall, with the hippopotamus at the Zoolo gical Gardens, the Scottish f-stival at Holland House, the Black Malibran in the Haymarket, and a multi plicity of other miscellaneous sights and entertain ments, the frequenters of the British capital hare had no reason whatever to complain of the paucity of opportunities afforded them for recreation, even al though this is the age for the Puritanical humbug, the dolorous piety, and the resuscitated superstition of those unlucky wights the Sabbatarians. Added to the exhibitions already enumerated, there have been, moreover, numerous others of a purely artistic and highly intellectual character. Besides the perma nent galleries of painting, sculpture, and curiosities at the British Museum, Sir John Soane's, in Trafalgar square, and elsewhere, there have been this season an unusual variety of picture exhibi tions, of ancient masters at the British Institution, of modern masters in Suffolk-street, the Old Society of Water Qolourists, and the New Society of Water Colourists, the free gallery in Regent-street (for merly at Hyde- park corner), and the collection of specimens of Mediaeval Art in John-street, Adelphi. Together with all these, as we have observed, the Londoners have had the satisfaction of familiarizing themselves with divers remarkable quarters of the globe through the medium of enormous moving panoramas. Extraordinary effects had already been produced in stationary pictures of this description. We had 'visited the subterranean tomb at Jerusalem in the Diorama at Regent's-park, and had been spirited away among the exquisite lakes of Killarney, or still more surprisingly among the frozen seas of the Arctic regions, in the celebrated panorama es tablished many years ago near Leicester-square by the enterprizl, of Mr. Burford. Actuated by a laudable feeling of rivalry, the proprietors ef the Polytechnic Institution have recently opened, in connexion with that popular establishment, a hand some building constructed after the manner of one of our theatres—in which were lately exhibited the ex quisite drawings by Mr. Allen, illustrating the scenery visible on the line of railway conducting to the tubular bridges erected across the Menai Straits by the engineering genius of Robert Stephenson. Now that those productions have been removed, we find their place occupied by a grand moving pano rama (or, as it is not inappropriately designated, " polyorama") representing, now the European, and now the Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus and the Dar danelles, together with the Turkish capital, Constanti nople. This extraordinary picture (or rather series of pictures) is the work of Mr. Thomas Allow, the distinguished artist, whose rich and glowing style as a painter has peculiarly qualified him to de pict the gorgeous landscapes and architecture of the East. On Saturday we had the gratification of witnessing the private exhibition of Mr. Allow's Panorama of Constantinople, the Bosphorus, and Dar danelles, prior to its being opened to public view yes terday morning. A more felicitous subject for a work of art of this description could not have been selected at this particular period, considering the interest re cently excited in behalf of everything in any way appertaining to the Sultan Caliph and his possessions. Coming before the public so immediately after the settlement of the question of our foreign policy by the votes of the House of Commons on Mr. Roebuck's motion relating to Lord Palmerston, and remember ing that the nature of that policy had been chiefly marked in reference to the course adopted by our Government towards the Cabinet of the Sublime Porte, we cannot but feel satisfied that the Poly orama of Byzantine will receive a large amount of public patronage. Beginning with the ma rine scenery in the neighbourhood of the classic localities of Troy, and terminating with the sumptuous interior of the Seraglio, the whole series of views are fraught with attractions as varying and brilliant as the coloured patterns of a kaleidoscope. Yonder we behold the summit of Mount Ida, abounding in its very name with so many poetic reminiscences from the Attic celebration of the earliest love of Paris to the lovely chaunt of Enone, by Alfred Tennyson— " 0 mother Ida, many fountain'd Ida, 0 mother Ida, listen ere I die!" Here the waters of the Mediterranean kiss the shores of Sappho's isle of Lesbos, there those of the piratical island of Tenedos. On one hand we observe the town and castle of Tchadak•Kalessy, and beyond them the hill or barrow dedicated to the memory of the Trojan Queen Hecuba, the spouse of Priam. The Propontis, or Sea of Marrnora ; the Golden Horn, or Port of Constantinople ; the landing place of Tophana ; the grim castle of Roumeli Hisser; the sweet waters of Asia with their picturesque caiques ; the kiosks, and the arabahs drawn by white oxen; the fountains and hippodromes; the mosques and the minarets ; the baths and the bazaars ; the slaves waiting for purchasers in the market-place, and the buyers smoking their chibouks in the divans; the burnt column of Phidias ; the wonderful mosque of St. Sophia ; the celebrated gateway called the Sublime Porte ; the subterranean palace of Ycre Batan Serai, said to have been origi nally supported by 1,001 columns, together with a multiplicity of other objects flit past the spectator in rapid succession, accompanied alternately by the tones of an unseen piano, or by the sepulchral voice of the invisible gentleman who elucidates the pano rama with his explanations. Altogether the exhi• bition is eminently entitled to commendation, and we doubt not will be among the favourite resorts of those who may be in search either of instruction or entertainment. STRAND THEATRE. view c e th in t i o t a t s e •a e r d fe s r increasing h t t i e h n e e f f un 1 d 8 s 5 1, t t h h e e h ria a l Industrial members of the Printers' Dramatic Society, on Saturday evening, gave a performance (under distin guished patronage) at this pretty little theatre, on which occasion Sheridan Knowles' play of the Hunch back, Morton's capital farce of the Eton Boy, and Sketches in India, were the pieces selected. It is a curious fact, yet not the less true, that in amateur performances the ladies are better "up" in their parts, and more au fait at the stage business than the gentle men. This was the case on Saturday evening ; not that we mean to imply that all the gentlemen were imperfect, but there were blemishes on their part, which, with a little attention, might have been avoided. A few of the gentlemen during the play were guilty to an unpardonable extent of " gagging," to use the professional term ; this, however good, in nine cases out of ten, spoils the plot of the play, con fuses the other performers, and utterly destroys the beauty of many of the succeeding passages. Nothing, in our opinion, can improve the beauty of the lan guage in the Hunchback, yet improvement was often attempted on Saturday night. We throw out the hint not in unkindness, but for the guidance of the members of the Printers' Dramatic So ciety for the future. Of the performance of the Hunchback speak we first. Miss Moss, who sustained the part of Julia, acted with discrimination and effect—her reading was excellent ; and Miss Williams, as Helen, also acquitted herself exceedingly well. The part of Mester Walter was given by Mr. Bustin rather too boisterously to suit our taste, but withal it was respectable. The two best acted cha racters in the play were Modus (Mr. Hartwell) . and Lord Tinsell (Mr. Thomas). Mr. Dorrington fairly sustained Sir Thomas Clifford, but had a little more spirit been infused into it, it would greatly have im proved it. In the Eton Boy Mr. Christian made 11 , very poor Dabster, in fact he was quite cast out. Mr. Harriott made a very good Colonel Curry. In Sketches in India the part of Tommy Tape was ca pitally acted by Mr. Bennett; this gentleman ac quitted himself with all the tact and composure of an old stager. With the performances of the profes sional ladies •we were very much pleased. Mi ss J . Coleman made a capital Tom (in the Eton Boy) ; she rattled through the part with all the fun and spirit of a true Etonian ; her " make-up " was excellent—in deed she looked quite a Tom. In Sketches in India she appeared as the tragic heroine, Nally, and fully kept up the fame of the. school (the Lyceum) 'in which she has studied. Mrs. C Wharton made the liveliest of chambermaids, and Mrs. Parker the stateliest of Lady S e r aggs ' s. T he house was crowded in every part ; at one time of the evening standing room was at a premium. We are authorised to state that it is the intention of the owners of the Britis'l and North American royal ma 'l steam-ships to .commence a line of screw steam-ships, of great size and power, for the conveyance of goods and pas sengers to and from N ew Y or k and Liverpool, independently of the splendi i ships now employed under contract with her Majesty's Government fur the conveyance of the mails.— Liverpo DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND DEVONPORT RAILWAY. —The expanses connected with the winding-up of thin company's affairs have already exceeded the amount of the debts to he paid el VAUXHALL GARDENS. A balloon ascent was made yesterday evening from these gardens, by Mr. H. Bell, a gentleman who has I invented what he calls a "locomotive," and in which he made a trial voyage from the Phcenix Gas- works in May last, under certain promising circumstances. It will be remembered that a model was shown at the Polytechnic Institution, - two or three years ago, of a balloon armed with flyers similar to those in con nexion with a kitchen-jack, which, put into motion by clock-work, achieved either a horizontal or ascend ing motion at will. Mr. Bell's apparatus seems to be constructed upon the same principle, having a pair of large spiral wings projecting from each side of the car, working in contrary motion by multiplying wheels within, the car being al so f urn i s h w i t h a flattriangn lar rudder, fixed at the point of a long metal rod, to which an arrangement of tackle gives universal motion. The principle upon which the apparatus is firmed would, no doubt, enable the aeronaut to propel his ves sel through the air laterally ' • but Mr. Bell p resumes upon being able to steer his huge machine in any given direction, and so get over a difficulty which has hitherto deprived aerostation of any sort of usefulness. The balloon which he uses differs materially in shape and appearance from those to which we have been ac customed. Upon the former occasion it was likened to a monster vegetable marrow, and we cannot mend the simile. It is a handsome, though an unwieldy looking affair. Its length measures about fifty feet, and its diameter about .twenty-two fret; the number of cubic feet of gas which it is capable of containing being about 15,000. After a long and wearisome preparation of the ap paratus which was to effect the "locomotion," and which we could not help thinking was far too slight to encounter any "stress of weather" in the mid air, the balloon ascended in the presence of a con siderable number of spectators —among them severe! individuals of scientific eminence. Mr. Bell himself was the only occupant of the car. The balloon when it was fairly released from the tethers which held it to the ground, at once followed the course of the wind, and passed over the trees towards Cremorne, in which direction it continued to travel. We did not observe that the aeronaut had any specific control over the machine beyond that of turning it round. It seemed to drift along the air like any other bal loon ; and it finally vanished from sight without any apparent retrogression. We trust Mr. Bell eventually accomplished a safe descent, of which some appre hensions were entertained at the gardens. It was stated there that the experimental voyage to which we have alluded was the first aerial journey that he had ever attempted. CREMORNE GARDENS. Lieutenant Gale made another aerial trip from these gardens last night. The balloon was inflated at the London Gas-works, and proceeded along the Thames, on board the Citizen (A) steamer, being guid,d over Vauxhall and Battersea-bridges by means of ropes. On approaching the entrance to the gardens, the scene was indeed a novel one, represent ing as it did the monster structure walking, as it were, along the road, followed by thousands of spec tator. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Barney, the superintendent of the Citizen Steam. boat Company, and Captain Cadwell, for the admira ble arrangements made for the safety and conveni ence of the visitors on board. The intrepid aeronaut ascended about ten o'clock—the balloon takiiig a north-westerly direction, and discharging showers of chequered fireworks. SPORTING IN TEL LIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. B us i ness was ver y flat, and, beyond an unaccountable but temporary decline in Snowstorm, was wholly with out interest. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Capt. Archdall's I .Vindiscbgratz—taken and afterwards offered 9 to 1 agst Sir J. B. Mills' Won't-you-come-out-:o -night—take 10 to 1 10 to 1 ngst Lord H. Lennox's Borneo—take 12 to 1 13 to 1 seat Mr. Mciklam's Snowstorm 20 to 1 agst any other 20 to I was laid three or four times agst Snowstorm HAM STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord B. Lennox's Hernandez 4 to 1 apt Colonel Peal's Black Sea GOODWOOD COP. 3 to 1 egst Capt. Archdall'A Windischgretz 5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken and after wards offered 7 to I agst Count's Hahn's Montes—taken and afterwards offered 15 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Stuliz—taken ard afterwards offered EDIOR HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Role.; Collingwool 8 to 1 agst Lord 7, , ?Alancl's Cantab 10 to 1 nit Mr. H. Stebbing's Flatcatcher ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—taken and offered 25 to 1 sgst Mr. E. J. Irwin's King of Oude—taken 30 to ! agst Mr. Watt A's Marchioness d'Etx-40 to 1 taken to 501. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Grecian—taken to 100/. 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Juggernaut—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. James Clarke's Marlborough Buck —taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Lightfoot 50 to 1 agst Captain Hervey's Hengist—taken 50 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Black Sea—taken A QUA TICS. BANKSIDE REGATTA. This old-established and very respectable contest, the thirty-second anniversary of which was celebrated yes terday, collected a vast crowd of spectators, and was both excellently contested and managed by R. flarri N sen. It was, as usual, a contest in three heats, with ten acullers. First Heat. John Hicks •... (Red) 1 Henry Nevill (Mut) 2 William Nevill (Yellow) 0 They started from Blackfriars Bridge, down nest London Bridge, three times round. Red took the lead, and kept it throughout, closely followel by blue, who came in upon his quarter. Yellow was a good third. Second Heat. Henry Harris ... ... (Green) 1 Josiah Cummings ... (Pink) 2 Alfred Harris .. (Brown) 0 All started well; the winner took the lead and kept winning by a length. Grand That. John Hicks ... ... (Red) 1 Henry Nev:ll (Blue) '2 Henry Harris ... (Green) 0 Josiah Cummings ... (Pink) 0 The three first men were close together all the way, and made a beautiful race to the finish. The first man received a new boat, the second 51., and the others iu proportion. THE SHRIEVAL TY. The Livery polled until 3 o'clock, when th numb( rs were— Fur Mr. Butler ... ... 27 For. Mr. Hodgkinson 26 Majority fir Mr. Butler ••• TEe poll is to remain open for seven days. AIADVERTISEMENT.] —NOTICE.—To the readers o f 's Life inLondon. —The sudden and injudicious change which took place in the postal delivery of letters and news papers on Sunday, the 231 ult., we regret to say caused much disappointment to our readers, the recurrence of which, as far as came within our province, we have endea voured to correct by publishing an early edition of Bell's Life, which is delivered to the newsvendors at Five o'clock on Saturday morning, and by them dispatched by the morn ing mails to such places as have the advantage of a double • daily Post-office delivery. There are still, however, several towns to which the advantages of the morning mails do rot extend; and we fear in such places inconvenience may still be experienced. We. believe it is the intention of the-Post master-General as speedily r..s possible to make the delivery by ramming mails universal—a desideratum much desired on every account. We have now to state that, in compliance with the anxious requests of our friends in all parts of the kingdom. we shall henceforth continue our early publication on Saturday morning, so that Bell's Life may be had 800 miles from the metropolis on the same day, and those re riding in towns to which the day mails have not yet been extended may, by the assistance of local agents, either at railway stations or elsewhere, avail themselves of this early edition, which, for all useful purposes will be found sufficient, as the intelligence, sporting and otherwise, will be brought down to the latest moment by means of electric telegraph and other appliances. For the satisfaction of those who de sire to have still.later news we shall, after the arrival of the morning mails in London publish another edition, which, as heretofore, may be transmitted by rail parcels; and so with our " Town Edition," published on Sunday morning at Five o'clock, and containing every important incident occurring up to the latest hour on Saturday night. To our numerous subscribers, for their unexampled and extensive patronage, we beg to return our most grateful thanks—a patronage most extraordinary, there not being a city, town, or village in Eng land, Scotland, or Ireland, in which Bell's Life in London is not extensively circulated. To this may be added, an extensive sale in the East and West Indies, America, and, indeed, all the four quarters of the globe. The average sale of Bull's Life exceeds 28,000. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clement, jun., No. 170, Strandovill insure a copy of Bell's Life at all times by return Of post. [ADVERTISEMENT.}—A Dreadful Enlargement of the Knee Cured by Holloway's Pilla.—Abram Banks, an elderly man living near the Dry Creek, South Australia, had such" a painful affection and enlargement of the knee that be despaired of ever recovering the use of his limbs, the numerous remedies that he made trial of failing to banish or even to mitigate the disease. In this suffering condition he was ad vised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and he com menced a regular, application of them, which in a short time effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer, of the tlsth March, 1848, publishes this as one among the many astonish ing.cures effected, in south Australia by these invaluable Medi eines.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. •REPRESENTATION OF TRALEE.—The reported ap pointment of Mr. Maurice O'Connell to a lucrative I.itusti , n in Dublin, and his consequent retirement from Parliament, has caused considerable excitement amongst the politicians of this town. Already are two candidates mentioned; and we are authorised to srate,that in case of a vacancy, caused I , y the retirement of Mr. O'Connell, Sir Thomas Herber.; R.N., will offer himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the elec• tors of Tralee. Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald, Q.C., is the other candidate named. PARIS IN MARCH, 1850. (CONTINUED.) The .general impression made by tbe aspect of Paris and the Parisians is described by the adage— " Homo homini lupus"—hateful and hating. Such a ft cling is too visible just now, especially at theatres, and the faded cheeks, sunken eyes, worn-out faces, exceed even those of London. The ladies are well dressed but ill-looking, and the number of old ladies remarkable. Perhaps, however, the main " diffi culty" should be looked for in gastro nomy eating is the principal amusement and study—music, decors and actors only accessory. The music, in point of execution, is excessively tame and sleepy, absolutely comatose. The instrumental performers playing to so large a proportion of foreigners, whom they despise, betray a lofty egotism and no genuine zeal. Italian music has always been proscribed here, and Rousseau was more persecuted for his published opinion of French and Italian music than for graver heresies. If they adopted Italian principles as Balfe has done, it might raise a doubt whether Rome ought indeed to be, as intended, the second city of a French empire, and the Mediterra• . neap sea a F renc h lake. Balfe's Bohemian Girl, which unites Italian melody with English rhythm, besides immense research in harmony, was given 186 times, and her Majesty was present at the 150th. When sung at Vienna the first time, five pieces of music were bissies, or encored. Balfe's career is similar to Purcell's, who imitated Pelestrina, Carissimi, and Stradella,",because," by bis own account, "he was sa tisfied that the system of harmony and melody a hich they had reducel to practice was founded on just principles." Purcell was much beloved by Dryden, vet he had managers, wit, and fashion against him. Rizzio, probably, fell a victim to the same feeling, or no feeling, yet the native music of Scotland was thought to be imported by the ill-fated minstrel Ex tinctus atnabitar idem. The soul floated °tithe strings and survived, but the music remains just where it was, without semitones ! Von Raumer, a most im partial judge, said the music of London was more cantando than at Berlin, possibly from a more frank imitation of Italians, as in Purcell and Balfe. Since writing the above I took care to have a seat close to the orchestra. The intonation, even at the Italians, is " Ilullah's pitch," a good semitone below our " opera pitch," which may explain bow the music comes to be so flat. The conductor, a Frenchman, having no clear musical ideas, does nothing but harm, yet still the performance is good, from the great talent of the singers and players engaged there. Such things bring to mind an anecdote lately given of Mozart in his youth. The conductor at a theatre, where his earliest work came out, was wholly ignorant or indifferent—perhaps even spiteful. Here upon little Mozart wrote home to his papa, saying he had made up his mind at the very next rehearsal to snatch the fiddle publicly out of the leader's hands. The terrified parent, himself a fiddler, made answer that, being brave like all Frenchmen, he would resent such a proceeding, and the consequences might be serious. The indolence and egotism of these musicians are beyond description. Each is satisfied with him self and his droit de duel—if the leader does his duty he must immediately fight. Each flute-man, contra basso, and trumpet, each long-drum, appears installed with his coiffure as a deese de café or dame du comp toir might ba. All the world comes to Paris because geographically it is every man's half-way house— the Parisian attributes this to innate superiority—an idea which never enters a sound head. Wait till the Fauxbourgs come down. At the Grand Opera when a few notes arpeggio are wanted,. four harps are brought in : still, no cantabile—no effects—nothing sings— nobody sings—in the orchestre. Excuse my passion. Another cause of the orchestral paralysis may be Protection. The Grand Opera has a subvention which drags into competition many who are not naturally led to music, sleeping partners with small realized capital in that branch. Mrs. Malaprop disapproved of comparisons, but I plead " the weakness of an aualogist" and persevere. By way of courtesy to our neighbours let us concede that the French are equal to us in physical constitu tion, and sheer animal courage—inferior in honesty and true wisdom —equal at least in all that is exter nally military, diplomatic, or theatrical—inferior in delicacy and tenderness of feeling, much less noble and honest in money matters, and here the one ex ception of Napoleon proved the rule—superior in the arts of bed and board and week• day life—equal in natural affection—inferior in patriotic feelings— rather superior in all construction of wood, atone, and iron, however inferior both to Italians. The French also deserve praise for appreciating the great and persecuted O'Connell, more bitterly regretted here than even in Ireland : also for their long, long patience with Charles X. and Louis Philippe ; whereas the English have always been insolent to their kings. Our climate of incessant humidity and variation, with less frost and few summers, makes rheumatic complaints, including rheumatism of vital cavities, or gastritis (Hamlet's disorder) almost universal. Von Raumer made a minute while in England, "The tooth is quiet, but the climate has seized on one leg." The intense beat of coal—chilly palliative—produces with rheumatism a morbid susceptibility of cold and damp, which did . us no good at Cawbool. The French have a more healthy climate and greater physical patience under extremes of temperature. A Dr. Robertson, who resided in France, convinced me unwillingly that Frenchmen survive wounds which would kill an Englishman. Insular pride sustains the Englishman—conti nental applause the Frenchman. "Honour, the praise which real merit gains, Or e'en imaginary worth obtains, Here passes current—spread from hand to hand, It shifts in splendid traffic through the land. From courts, to camps, to cottages it strays. And all are taught an avarice of praise. " In every bonne, every badaud, every petit bonhomme, you may see the immense doses of praise their stomachs will bear. They exact from children more fortitude, and more civility than we do, but in return give them much more importance, and with this sti mulus the " sagesse franclise" of children is pro verbial according to Montaigne. To show that we are superior in gennine bienfeince, imagine an English young lady compelled to trans late literally such phrases as these :—His woman has done a child (sa femme a fait un elfaut ). ll a pris une femme. Cul de sac. Culbuter. Betes puantes. Ares cuisses. bier sue. .le l'ai fait d,anser (I made her dance). The following are perfiaetly good French, but desperate English :—He couldn't learn nothing, and for why ?—lt's according (c'est scion). I'll tell you what 'tis, mister, I am determined for to go. I can't eat nothing, and what I eat won't digest by no means. They learned him to read. May-be I'll go seek. This here, that there. How goes it ? (comment ca ua-t.il.) We went, him and toe. Yes, miss. Elisions also, the consummate flower of French elegance, are quite homely with us. Now, let any of your readers find a single phrase adopted in Eng land which shall be bad style in French. What can be said to such titles for houses and streets, such metaphysical abstractions :—La Renom mee des Tripes—ltue da la Grande Friperic. What a malheureuse facilite de se payer de paroles ! You have had etats gen6raux, chambre des deputes, assemblee nationale, assemble hlgislative. Under Louis Philippe were deputes—now represen tans, in spite of that wise saw, "Eadem magistratuum vocabula." Some years ago the sale of pawnbrokers' duplicates was announced : On degage les efets du Mont deplete : now it is still more superfine: On ache& les recon naissances. The notice to ladies and gentlemen at railway stations draw forth the word, infandum.—The Chancellor Olivier said his countrymen were like mon keys that climb up a tree from branch to branch till they come to the highest and then show ... [what they had much better cmceal]. Here the Chancellor may be fairly saddled with a judgment—he fell as usual into the very error he condemned. Soon after " February" the president of a tribunal asked a witness, What role did the two elements play ? (viz., le rouge et le social.) Two undistin guishable elements, one of which is a colour, each acting a part! Such is their " superficial decision" and personification of the vaguest generalities— analysis, they call it. But, in fact, the poverty of the language leaves them no choice. V - ou'itaurner's observation that English men had much less of the beauty appropriate to their sex than the women, and the latter much more than elsewhere, is verified now by every one. This may be accounted for if we consider that females only require freedom from toil and hardship to become handsome ; also that the luxuries of English wealth are tasted by them with a certain caution from the weaknesses and defen sive policy of the sex : also that they are more domestic than here. The plainness of Englishmen may arise partly from the chilly, rheumatic atmo sphere to which they are more exposed and from the absence of military education. Not one Englishman in, a hundred ever saw a glacis. CIIESTER CITY FLECTION--CLIESTEA, MONDAY-- The vacancy in the rep-es attation of this city has been filled up. Our anticipations that Mr. Stanley would be returned have not been disappointed. Although the Tories bar used every sp< cier of exertion for the return of as r candidate, Mr. C. E. Egerton, they have signally failed. Their dm fidence in the strength of their party was soon shaker. The polling commenced at eight o'clock yesterday ins riling, and closed at four. The result was a large and overwhelming majority for the lion. W. 0. Stanley, the Liberal candidate, but the de3laration of the result had not been made at the time our account left. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT--Yesterday morning, at about ten minutes past seven, as the Gravesend Star Com till rescued he pany's new steam-packet , the Jupiter, l had just left Rosher villa pier, and was on her way up the river to Blackwell, an ac cident happened by the snapping of the ironwork atta c h e d ll to the float. Several men seated on the paddle-bo x , w hi ch was broken, were knocked down, and one was pr ec i p i tated mintlonatglieedritNo-eirie;epfohrtiumnseetleflyaha-obet severaling an minutes,c e en t shimmer, by a boat passing at the time. The consternation tle passengers was very great. The accident 'is StlppOsed to nen be2pened from the defective Welding. THE SUN, LONDON, T_UESDAY _ EVENING, JULY 23, 1850.