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PASSENGER ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the rep or t o f t h e Committee appointel to conferl 'With the L or d s on t h e subject of amendment on this till heir g brought up, Lord GEOR GE BENTINCK complained that her aajesty's Government had been guilty of brea:h of cona•• Pact, i n a ll owing the amendments which he introduced Mt° the Bill to be struck out by the Lords. Iltr . HAWES denied that the Government had corn rcitted any breach of compact whatever, because th th ere was no compact made with reference to e clause s th at h ad been struck out. The compact re lated to the clause providing for surveys, and in reference - to that clause the compact had been most religiously kel l t. But how was it the Noble Lord did not object to the Lords' amendments before ? They w,:re printed in ti on ext enso With the vo t es , an d i n answer to a ques from the Right Honourable Gentleman the mfr for the University of Cambridge, he (Mr. laavres) stated that these amendments entirely annulled the clauses introduced by the Noble Lord. The Noble l elq, however, ,did not appear at th e p ro p er ti me t o resist these amendments, and it must be evident to th e Ile use that th e Noble Lord could not do so now. After a few words from Mr. BROWNE, XI: HUDSON :said he was surprised to hear what h ad fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, who said ljthere had been no breach of compact in this instance. e cont ended that ther e h a d b een a b reac h o f f a i t h . -the Government agree d to the introduction of the clauses of his Noble Friend, and it was inconsistent with t he reputation which the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer possessed for honour and sn owed i n matters of this nature to hive gatowed the clauses to be struck out.—(Hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS said he perfectly recollected that at the time his Noble Friend proposed the introduc- Lice a these c l auses he was prepared to carry efeat "' en ' bY a majority ; an d t o o b v i ate the possibility of it d, the Right Honourable Gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer consented to the introduction if the cl auses. So far then there was a compact entered into, but he could not consent to the proposition that it b ad been b roken through becaus e the Lords had de clined t o a d opt it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the only clause he pledged himself to was the one proposed _e, the Noble Lord, providing that in all cases a survey should take place to ascertain the seaworthiness of Is proposing to carry out emigrants. Friendl,e GEORGE BENTINCK said his Right Hon. was perfectly correct in what he stated; but he ° egged to remind his Right Hon. Friend that on a later dnd°4344l both hi mself and the Hon. Gentleman the e r - Secretary f or the Colonies agreed to the intro e_ tion of th e other clause relating to the manning of rnigrant ships, and he had therefore a perfect right to complain of a breach of comp act on the part of the Go- vernment.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HAWES readily admitted that he consented to ut the introduction of the second clause, but never uponi rled, nor did he, in fact, pledge himself to insist its adopti on by the Lords. stand. tiENLEy- said he, for one, certainly did under liable .1 4 a t an arrangement was come to between the tiatr an I for °thrdeirangdoitehge Government to render it unneces a to to a division on either of the clauses, estersd into.— that extent there was undoubtedly a compact (Hear, hear.) The amendments were then agreed to. A POO R - LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. „. - ` 1 - c onference was h e ld w i t h t h e L ords relating to the amendments their Lord s hip s h a d i ntroduced into the °or law Administration Bill. On the return of the 11141:lagers on the part of the Commons, 0 Sir G - • GREY informed the House that the managers I.:lth° part of the Commons had left a copy of the Wit h why the Commons objected to the amendments managers on the part of the Lords. Mr, POST- OFFICE A BUSES. t,,ne PRO,TtIEROE then resumed the debate on Mr. ooloo's motion. He regretted that there was no ._pressntative of the Post-office in that house to meet liens: c o ll f E l r ' o . of abuse. He had full confidence in the Ir ., _ ev Justice entertained by the Post office authorities, ri';':ru .ortheless he thought they would have acted with e eecor om b , they .. "hissed the au simply suspended, and not clis pAss..r Grapes from his office of letter-carrier. Another conGfe subject of this Bill. E re r t nee ACT AMENDMENT BILL. vvas held with the Lords on the the On the return of the Managers on I lan of t h e r ,_ r. 1.1 A A__ kdenimons, arnoloonos .izhal vvletftSareported that the managers of the' Corn eePy of the objections to the Lords' a ents with the managers of the Lords. Mr. ruPOST-OFFICE ABUSES. charges ME then resumed this debate. He said if the auther,.Preferred by Grapes against the Post•office punish e d f oe were correct, he ought to be rewarded, and not for the part he had taken in defending the Mteresets of th Public. On a former occasion he brat' fight tittle g_,, under the consideration of the House the p sosed u l h a e rean who_.had been dismissed for having ex did a Plunderin stem of his superiors, and it appear to ride g li o ..- • r ins to toe extremely dangerous for that f or Z. tO allow men to be quietly punished in this way After a great public service. the dli a iter i t f ew observations from several Hon. Members, otion was withdrawn. After.. o . f ew Jar. viol, vvords from Sir DE LACY EVANS, on e wh . e ATT said the case of the man Grapes was ich h a d ~_ oqueney dell a peculiar claims. He had exposed the of public servants engaged in conducting an sever tant public establishment, and as Grapes had I to h ad a fair trial, he should certainly support the had 1 1 3 1 for inquiry. Until recently, his constituents receiv been in the habit of going to the post-office to to .... e their letters, but latterly they had been compelled l e Y 4 Y a guinea a year to the postmaster for this privi -441;0„,ge) or a delay of upwards of an hour and a half took 1 in the delivery of the letters.—(Hear, hear.) lost 5 CEIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the h a 1/Aster-General had had before him this case, and e ,whatilly investigated it , and he, for one, could not se tst t er , ther inquiry into , the matter was necessa te ry p . He ress his , i!firefore, request his Hon. Friend not Lkotion for inquiry 1 , 1 -r• T. DU NCOM . RE replied. He denied that any Grap es h ad been instituted into this case, nor had group 11P I' Up to this moment, been furnished with t h e tgfti"s of his dismissal. If there were any charges nat Grapes, he would undertake to prove that they lioere tr G rapes, diali u -r " LIP, and totally without foundation. Until '. 3 had been usual to post up the orders for the v tesal of any servant of the Post-office, but no notice oa.tever h ad been posted of Grapes's dismissal ; and li gairl, he repeated, that this man ha d . been dismissed to sv gr h lt e tif Y the malice and vindictive feelings of Mr. Kelly, engaged one of the greatest tyrants that had ever been in the public service. --(Hear hear.) Th e motion was then withdrawn. Ur DTI STATE OF SINDE. li e • —,-,ME then rose to call the attention of the ask use to the state of the province of Sinde, and to what its future Government was to be ; whether, after four under m years'e peaceful occupat i on, i t was to be placed the sa Government as the other territories der th e East India Co m p an y ; or w h e th er it was t o + Govern be come a Queen's colony , or to remain under a Military Queens ? At present, he said, the state of Sindo Was most un satisfactory It was a source of great ex- Pence t o t h e country ()Win to e gre at militar y force that h a d to be maintained th g ere, th while, if a more liberal and enlighte ned policy were pursued in . Sinde, it • Might be rendered a most important adjunct to our ' Indian Empire. It ought to be delivered up to the natives who were entitled to it, nnd he wanted to know if her Majest's Government We re prepar e d to take that course, in y order that Sinde fight be placed under the control of a civil Government. Sir J. C. HOBIIOUSE said the House was ac quainted with the way in which Sinde had been attached to India. It was perfectly true that the Government Was essentially military, and its affairs had hitherto ad ministered by mili tary men. There could be no d ull t, how ever , that the Governor of Sinde had faith fy and efficiently performed his duties. The system of Government might be bad, but there could be no doubt that great sreiit was due to General Napier for the skilful manner in which he had mitigated some of the evils of that system.—c Hear, hear.) He was quite ready to admit that the maintenance of that military go vernment was of great expense to this country, but it Was quite impossible to have avoided that expense. The inhabitants were a turbulent people, and it had been found necessary to maintain this great force to keep them in check. For the last three years, however, the people had been mos t peaceable (Hear),---and during that period General Napier had done much for the improvement of Sinde by the construction of canals, roads, &c. Still he must assure the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose, that both in the opinion of the Indi an G overnment an d of her Majesty's Government, it was not advisable that this mode of go vernment at present adopted in Sinde should last, but the time had not yet arrived when the change could be „Made- With re s p ec t t o th e op i n i on expressed by the 43 , ' o n. Gentl eman , o f t h e expe di ency of restoring Sinde, Ile must confess that he did not agree with him in that respect. Many great public writers entertained the same 'dew as his Hen. Friend, and still he could not help doubting whether, if such an arrangement as that sug gested by the Hon. Gentle man were carr i ed out, it would be at all serviceabl e to, or consistent with, the peace and prosperity of our Indian empire.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS said there cou ld b e no question Wh atever that the native princes of Sinde had been of great service to this country, in protecting her Indian empire from outrage and attack, and if it were o n ly on th at consideration alone, they ought to look forward to th e improvement and restoration of the country to the Natives, who were its rightful possessors —(Hear, hear.) Al After, a few w or d s f rom Mr. HUME the subject eropp FAMINE IN IRELAND. BROTHER TON then moved an Address to her th a estY, that she will be graciously pleased to direct fr at there be laid before this House a copy of the letter el the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to her ier_ittaunic Majesty's Minister at Washington, acknow ledging the donation in food and money of the Legis tl'llro and citizens of the United States of America for t LLE , relief of the famine in Ireland. Great credit, he i„uought, was due to America for the generous manner te'yvhich she had come forward vuluntarily to assist in te7 ing the recent distress and sufferings of Ireland. th ° sooner did accounts reach them of the prevalence of distress than meetings were held in every part of the "untry to commiserate the sufferings of the Irish 13 ,, e ,Ve, and most munificent sums were voluntarily sub ,,`",hed for their relief. Now he conceived that they e l lui do no less than give expression to those grateful 6 in° Which were f e lt both in this country and in Ire- rd towards America, for the liberal manner in which. ha d come forward to assist in alleviating the suffer gxst of the Irish people. eo 33 ROWNE seconded the motion, and in doing • tio r , - ,? ° old not do otherwise than express his ad!nira; to vv r qympathie-, the Anwrica,i3 ds Ireland. and the zeal and liberality with which "Y had the,. responded to the call made upon them to lend aid in mitigating the distress of Ireland. Lord PALMERSTON had great pleasure in aupport ing the motion of his Hon. Friend, for not only were the supplies from America large and liberal in amount, but the manner in which they were forwarded was most I generous. Such acts as these he could not help thinking were highly calculated to cement the friendship which subsisted between the two nations, and he trusted it would be a long timo indeed before the prevailing good feeling would be interrupted. Lord MORPETH must also bear his testimony to the liberality and generosity which America had dis played towards Ireland during her time of tribulation, and he was not sorry that before the close of the session effect was given to the gratitude of this nation within the walls of that House.—(Hear, hear.) The motion was then agreed to. CASE OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL 711UNN. Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved for copies of all memorials or petitions presented by the late Lieutenant- Colonel Munn, formerly of the 14th and afterwards of the 27th Regiment of Native Infantry in India, or by Mrs. Harriet Munn, his widow, to the Board of Direct ors of the East India Company, or the President of the Board of Control, complaining of deprival of his just promotion in the Indian army, and the loss of the pay attached to his rightful rank, and the answers thereto, as well as of any order or orders issued by the Commander in Chief or the Governor-General of India, in the month of May, 1824, for the division of the said 14th Regiment, and the regulation of the promotion to take place in such division. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said whatever injury had been inflicted upon Lieutenant-Colonel Munn arose from a general arrangement in the service; but still he had no objection to agree to the return. The motion was then agreed to. BRANDING DESERTERS. Mr. numE moved for a return of the number of sol• diers of her Majesty's land forces, cavalry and infantry, that have been marked as deserters, stating the number in each regiment, in each of the three last years. Also, a copy of any general orders by the Commander of the Forces respecting branding, and now in force. Similar return for the marine forces (if any). Similar return for the navy (if any). He thought it was a disgrace to the country that men should be marked like beasts, and the sooner the practice was put an end to the better. Mr. FOX MAULE had no objection to the return. The branding complained of could only be done with the sanction of a court martial. The branding was but sel dom resorted to, and when it was, it inflicted no physical pain upon the deserter, for the process was simply tat toeing him on the arm with the letter D. The motion was then agreed to. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME moved for copies of all correspondence during 1838 and 1839, between the Government of Bombay and Captain Cogan, relative to the affairs of the Baja of Sattara, together with copies of any com munications, minutes, or opinions of the Government of Bombay, relating thereto. Of a letter from Captain Cogan to Sir John Hobhouse, dated January, 1840, with copies of the papers accompanying the said letter; also, copy of the reply to the said letter. Of a letter from Captain Cogan to William Cabell, Esq., Secretary to the Board of Commissioners fur the Affairs of India, dated the 4th day of February, 1840, together with the reply thereto. Of a letter from Lord Palmer ston to Captain Cogan, dated the 28th day of September 1808. Of a letter from Captain Cogan to Lord Palmerston, dated , together with an accom panying copy of a communication from the Imaun of Muscat, empowering Captain Cogan to act as the politi cal agent of his Highness in England. Of Lord Pal merston's reply thereto. Of a letter from Captain Cogan to John Baekhouse, Esq., Under Secretary of State in the Foreign Department, dated the 15th day of January, 1840. And, of a letter from Lord Palmerston to Captain Cogan, dated the 28th day of March, 1840. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE had no objection whatever to give his Hon. Friend the papers, but he must, at the same time add, that he was quite unconscious of any injury ever having been done to Captain Cogan. After a few words from Mr. WAKLEY and Lord PAL MERSTON, The motion was agreed to. SURVEY OF INDIA. On the motion of Mr. HUME, full and detailed re ports were ordered of the extent and nature of the ope rations and of the expenditure connected with the grand trigonometrical survey of India, and of the grand trian gulation thereof, for the measurements of the arcs of the meridian, from the year the first base was measured to the latest date. Also, reports of the surveys, whether general, revenue, or military, which have hitherto been carried on, completed, or are in progress, specifying the divisions or portions of India ; also, the num ber and what sheets of the grand Atlas have been completed, and engraved, with the cost thereof to the Government, and the selling price per sheet to the pub lic, and what progress the remaining portions of the Atlas are in ; of the nature of the information collected in connexion with the grand survey, and with the de tailed surveys of India, and a list of all the memoirs, and their contents, sent iu ; and, statements to illustrate the nature of the different great divisions and the smaller districts or departments thereof, into which India within the line of the Indus is divided, for political, civil, re venue, judicial, and military purposes, exhibiting the areas, population, and nature of productions thereof ; and showing the relation and the authority under which they stand to the East India Company, whether im mediately subordinate to and under the direct rule, or are tributary, protected, subsidiary, or independent. UNIFORM PENNY RECEIPT STAMP. Mr. BROTHERTON called the attention of the House to the petition of W. M. Christy, and others (pre sented 14th May), relative to an uniform penny receipt stamp. He thought if a penny receipt stamp was adopted, it would induce business habits among the people, and be productive to the Exchequer. He moved that a Select Committee be appointed to investigate the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that however desirable the reduction in the tax might be, ho was afraid the state of the revenue would not permit it at present ; and he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his motion. The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS OF REVENUE. Lord G. BENTINCK moved for returns, showing the comparative receipts of revenue in the years ending the sth day of January 1842 and 1847, from those items on whicl reductions of duty have and have not in the interim taken place, and distinguishing any increase of revenue from the last alteration of the sugar duties. He then proceeded to say that he should not dwell upon this motion, which he believed would be unopposed, but there were certain statements made, in what he might term a State paper—(Laughter)—which had been re cently issued by Sir Robert Peel, in the shape of an address to the electors of Tamworth, that made it ne cessary for him to occupy for a short time the attention of the House. The Noble Lord then entered into a series of calculations, to show how erroneous was the statement of thy Right Honourable Baronet, and that instead of the recent alterations in the tariff being productive of no loss to the revenue, or the the commerce of the country, the revenue had lost no less a sum than four millions ou those articles, the duties on which had been reduced, and there had been no in crease in their consumption; while, strange to say, the duties on those articles which he had not interfered with had been productive of a large increase to the re venue. Now if the Right Hon. Baronet had dealt with the remaining portion of the revenue as he did with the two ninths which embraced the articles on which the duty was reduced, the result would have been that up wards of twenty millions would have been lost to the revenue. He thought it right to draw attention to this document, lest it might go forth to the country that these sentiments were correct, and that erroneous ideas might thereby be propagated at the ensuing election on the subject of free-trade. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not object to the returns. He confessed he was not prepared to hear such a long dissertation on the subject at this period of the session. He trusted, however, that there would be an increase in the revenue of those articles, the duties on which had been reduced, and much less on those the duties on which had been altogether repealed. —(Laughter.) And secondly, he thought that the bad o p h wr a i es r mve v e e rwn. s t ot H a ut lh o ud f e mhrlateeaEvvee objected e e a f r r s oni h a be e e n o g n s t contributed du e v t v r e y a g s e t a o t t l h y e t r en to the inferences drawn Lord from th e l ate reduction of the tariff, bY ff, and the considered that h e h a d f a il ed altogether Noble e tari in thef free c ensure . that which h e h a d di recte d against the doctrines Mr. BANKES was of opinion _ the Noble Lord had fully mad e out hi s case, and the fact- to whi c h he had dr awn attent i on respecting the increase in these ar ticles, the duties on which had not been touched, fully confirmed the a ccuracy of what he had advanced. Mr. GOULBURN would not make any observation on the Noble Lord's statement,ie but wh en th e re t urn s moved for w ere on the table it would be at once seen whether his calculations and the inferences he drew from them w Aftere rae few c or rect. remarks from Mr. WILLIAMS, cl ag F reedte. Theß motionBISHOPRIC IRI VS C 'as MANCHESTER,. &c. BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and received. Mr. P. BORTHWICK thought it would be a very great improvement on the Bill if the latter part of the 2d clause was omitted, and that the new bishop should be permanently excluded from Parliament. He hoped the Noble Lord would take that point into consideration, otherwise he would feel it to be his duty to call the at tention of the House to the subfect on the third reading. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he had given the subject a good deal of consideration, and he was of opinion that the course proposed in the Bill was the most eligible one that could be adopted. At all events, he could not assent to the exclusion referred to by the Honourable Gentle man. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN agreed with the Noble Lord, and considered that the course proposed to be adopted in the Bill was the best under the circum stances. Sir J. GRAHAM had deliberately, carefully, and anxiously considered the Bill, and though he was de termined to give no further opposition to its progress, he was desirous to take that opportunity of saying, that on the third reading of the Bill he would state his rea sons for voting against it. Mr. HENLEY protested against the Bill, and took that opportunity of doing so as he would not be i❑ the House to-morrow (Wednesday), when it would be read a third time. Mr. WAKLEY considered that the rotatory principle in the Bill was the only redeeming point which it had, for it loosened the fixity which was generally supposed to belong to the privileges of the existing bishops. One of those privileges .was a seat in the House of Lords; but, by this Bill, the privilege in this respect of one of the oldest bishoprics in the kingdom must be laid in abeyance. This to him was most satis !ilia lie IN :AIM not be s , )rry to see the whole episcopal body removed from Parliament altogether; nor did he think that the interests of religion nor of the Country would sustain any Was by Duct; it proceeding. If the Noble Lord had any surplus Church funds at his disposal, he thought they would be much better expended in parochial clergy than by creating new bishops. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time to morrow. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY_ EVE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AMEND- MENT BILL. This Bill was read a third tine and passed. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. STUART objected to tLe Bill, because he did not see what good object was to be gained by the abolition of the Court of Review, and the transfer of its powers to the Court of Chancery. The Court of Chancery had already more than enough of business to occupy it, and as the expense of the litigation, either to the public or the legal profession was not to be diminished by this Bill, and as no one had the least fault to find with the Judge who presided over the:Court of Review at present, he did not think that any commensurate advantage was to be gained by its abolition, Besides, as there was a Committee of the House at present sitting upon the subject of the fees in law courts, he thought it would be better to postpone the measure till that Committee made its report. The Bill, in fact, could not be considered a permanent measure, and like the court which it proposed to abolish must have only a transient exigence. He therefore considered it was extremely injudicious to countenance this tampering with the law courts, and he felt it his duty to oppose the Bill. and he would therefore move that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. Mr. BODKIN would vote for the third reading of the Bill, and was surprised at many of the remarks just made by the lion. Gentleman who had sat down. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL concurred in that surprise, and said that there was nothing in the objec tions made entitled to any weight. The Bill, he contended, had been duly considered, and had been the result of two measures that had been introduced into the house of Lords, and of the recommendation of a Committee of their Lordships' House. The Court of Review had fallen into disuetude, for the business of the Court was now performed by the Vice-Chancellor in his own Court, and he thought its abolition could not be of much con sequence. He hoped, therefore, the House would sanc tion the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM thought the explanation of the Attorney-General was most full and satisfactory, but it was his opinion that no valid reason had been given for transferring the powers of this Court back again to the Court of Chancery, and he apprehended that the reason for the transfer was a desire to continue the present number of Vice-Chancellors, it being understood that the number in future was to be limited to two. After a few words from Mr. P. BORTHWICK, the House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority Sir J. GRAHAM then moved the insertion of the following clause :—And be it enacted, that no judge of any County Court, who has been appointed, or who shall hereafter be appointed to that office, under or by virtue of the hereinbefore recited Act, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty, intituled, " An Act for the more easy recovery of Small Debts and De mands in England," shall, during his continuance in such office, be capable of being elected or of sitting as a Member of the House of Commons. The clause was agreed to. Sir C. PRICE saw no reason why the judges of the county courts should not be eligible to have seats in Parliament; but he would move that the metropolitan Members should be excluded. Sir J. GRAHAM could not assent to the alteration suggested. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr. MORGAN O'CONNELL, The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. BROWNE then moved a clause giving power to judges of county courts to issue warrant to arrest a debtor in certain cases, such debtor being within the limits of the jurisdiction of the court, and to detain him in custody for a limited time, or until an order obtained to hold him to bail, when the custody to be transferred to the sheriff or officer holding a capias issued thereon. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause. Mr. BROWNE did not wish to divide the House, and the clause was,by leave, withdrawn. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILL. The report on this Bill was received. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. LEITH HARBOUR BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.--JULY 19. LIST OF PEERS WHO VOTED ON THE THIRD READING OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF LEITH HARBOUR BILL CONTENT. DULL. EARLS. LORDS. Norfolk Granville De Manley • Bruce Camoys MARQUISES. Mint° Cottenham Clanricarde Besborough . Wrottesley Lansdowne Fitzhardinge Montfort EARLS. Stafford Auckland VISCOUNT.' Strafford Grey Falkland Dunally Fing'all: Lilford Radnor BISHOP. Sudeley Devon At. Asaph Campbell NON-CONTENT. DUKES. EARLS. VISCOUNT. Richmond,. Nelson Sydney Montrose Enniskillen LORDS. Buccieuch Rosse Sondes MARQUISES. St. Germans Colville Alle.sbury Stradbroke Waisingham Huntley Cardigan Redesdale EARLS. VISCOUNT. Gray Harewood Combermere Colchester PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JULY 19. POOR-LAWS ADMINISTRATION BILL. Lords Amendments considered; Amendment in pr. 6, line 17, agreed to :—Amendment, to leave out Clause A, added to the Bill by way of rider, disagreed to :—Amendment, to leave out Clause B, added by way of rider :—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment :"—Debate arising ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Debate be now adjourned :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn :—Main Question put, " That this House cloth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment." The House divided : ...._ MAJORITY—AYES, 89. Acheson, Viscount Ferguson, Sir R. O'Brien, A. S. Acland, Sir T. Fibrin*, Sir E. Packe, C. W. Antrobus, Edmund Fdrster, M. Palmerston, Vis. Archdall, Captain Gaskell, J. M. Parker, John Bentinck, Lord G. Gibson, Thomas M. Philips, Mark 3odkin, William H. Gore, Montague Price, Sir It. Borthwick, Peter Goulburn, Henry Rich, Henry Bouverie, E. P. Graham, Sir James Richards. Richard Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas 4 Roebuck J. A. Bramston, T. W. Grey, Sir G. Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, Joseph Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord C. Brown, W. Raiford, Sir H. Rutherford, A. Buller, Charles Hallyburtou, Lord Seymer, Henry Ker Buller, Sir J. Y. Halsey, T. P. Seymour, Sir H. Byag, G. S. Hamilton, Lord C. Sheil, R. L. Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Shelburne, Earl of Cavendish, C. C. Herbert, Sydney Somerville, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Hobitouse, Sir J. Spooner, Richard Clive, Vise' Inglis, Sir R. H. Strutt, Edward Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Thornel,y, T. Craig, W. G. Labouc here, Henry Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Cripps, W. Law, C. E. Vyse, 11. Deedes, W. Lindsay, Colonel Walpole, S. H. Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Ward, H. G. Duckworth, Sir J. Mainwaring, T. Wilshere, W. Duncan, George Manic, Fox Wood, Sir Charles Dundas, 7Admiral Morpeth, Viscount Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Sir D. Neeld, Joseph East, Sir J. Neville, Ralph TELLERS. Easthope, Sir John Newdegate, N. Tanen, Henry Egerton, W. T. Nicholl, J. Hill, Lord M. MINORITY—NOES, 19. Aglionby, H. A. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, M. J. Bennet, P. Frewen, C. 11. Pechell, Captain Blackstone, W. Fuller, A. E. Sheridan, R. B. Collins, William Ilindley, C. Colvile, C. R. Hodgson, F. TELLERS. buncombe, T. Lawless, Cecil Elul', Ralph Dancembe, 0. M`Carthy, Alex. Wadley, Thomas Escott, Bickham Morris, David TUESDAY, JULY 20. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Order for Third Reading read; Motion made, and Qaes tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a third time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months:"—Question put, "That; the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided :—. MAJORITY—AYES, 45. Anson, Colonel Fox, C. R. Paget, Lord A. Antrobus, E. Goulburn, Henry Palmerston, Viscount Berkeley, Captain Graham, Sir James Parker, John Blackburne, J. I. Grey, Sir George Philipps, Sir R. Bodkin, W. 11. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Brotherton, J. Hallyburton, Lord Russell, Lord R. Brown, W. Hatton, Captain Russell, Lord C. Buller, Charles Ilobhouse, Sir John Rutherfurd, A. Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Somerville. Sir W. Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Thumb', Thomas Dodd, G. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G. Dundas, Sir David Morpeth, Viscount Wood, Sir Charles Ebrington, Viscount Morris, David TELLERS. Etwall, Ralph Norreys, Sir D. Tufhell, IL Ferguson, Sir R. O'Connell, M. J. Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY-NOES, 18. Bankes, George Fuller, A. E. Taylor, E.' Bentinek, Lord G. Henley, J. W. Trotter, John Bentinek, Lord H. Hudson, G. Vyse, B. H. R. H. Boldero, H. G. Law, C. E. Waddington, H. S. Bramston, T. W Neeld, Joseph TZLLERS. Fox, S. L. Palmer, G. Borthwiek, Peter Frewen, C. 11. Rashleigh, William Stuart, J. WATERLOO.—A drive of about two hours on the high road to. Namur and Liege will bring the excur sionist to this field of slaughter. The distance is ten miles. A carriage, with two horses, to go and return, will cost about 20f. A vigilante (cab) may be hired for one half, there and back. About two miles from Brus sels the road passes through the forest of Soignes, a gloomy tract of woodland, nine miles long and seven and a-half broad. On the outskirts of the forest is the little village of Waterloo, whence the principal portions of the plain will be found about two miles distant ; May no " citizen of the world" set foot on this sadly memorable plain without solemnly reflecting that " seventy thousand men were slaughtered on the field of Waterloo I" And may no one return from it without a firm resolve to do something towards the prevention of war, and the pro motion of that feeling which recognises the brotherhood of the great family of nations.—Bradshaw's Continental Guide. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The last concert of the season, and last appearance of Dr. Spohr in England, is fixed for Friday next. Three of Spohr's works, viz., " The Last Judgment," "The Christian's Prayer," and " Vc , rsiou of the 84th Psalm" (the latter a new composition never yet performed), will be produced on the occasion. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Overland Bengal Hurkaru, June 2.) SUMMARY.—Though about the most peaceable of the peace-loving journalists of India, we were lately, in our destitution of news, tempted to indulge a hope that the quiet which has lately reigned beyond the Sutlej was about to be most effectually broken. There was a report—a very circumstantial one, too — that a plot had been discovered at Lahore, having for its first object the assassination of Colonel Lawrence, the Resident. It appeared from the accounts received that the Queen-Mother was at the bottom of the plot, and that several discontented chiefs about the Court were the elected instruments of her murderous de sign. The Resident was to have been put to death on his next appearance at Durbar ; and what was to follow report saith not. The rumour adds, however, that the Colonel becoming acquainted with the plans laid for his destruction, went straightway to the Dur bar, and upbraided the Sirdars with their meditated treachery, telling them—so runs the story—that they would gain nothing by taking his life, but might have some one put over them more severe than he was, as England had many officers ready and fit to fill his place, and would be sure to avenge his death. Sir J. Littler haying returned from Jullunder to Lahore, ostensibly for the purpose of inspecting the European troops at the capital, but in reality, as was said, with some more important object, this fact seemed to give countenance to the rumour. But though more than a week has elapsed since we first heard of the alleged conspiracy, no thing that has yet reached us from the north-west has tended to confirm the report. One of the up country papers had heard a rumour of the Ranee being engaged in a diabolical plot, and had received, it said, particulars of the affair which it did not deem it discreet to publish. But the other and usually the better informed journalist gave not a hint of anything wrong, beyond an intimation that the real reason of Sir John Littler's return was not that which was assigned for it. Under these circumstances, our quidnuncs are beginning to despair of that agreeable excitement from the perusal of well-authenticated accounts of treachery, murder, rebellion, and war, which seemed to be in store for them. One of the few items of authentic news from La hore, worthy of notice, mentions the design of Colonel Lawrence to visit Cashmere immediately; his pre sumed object being to afford his advice and assistance to the Maharaja Ghoolab Singh, on certain points con nected with the government of his newly-acquired province. There are still various tales afloat to the prejudice of his Highness's character for gratitude and fidelity to his British patrons and benefactors ; but as there is every reason to believe that they originate in the borne to him by some in high places at Lahore, they excite but little attention, and receive no credit. The news from Peshawur is still of reforms and retrenchments carried out under the management of the British officers appointed to advise and superin tend the local government. Sultan Mahomed Khan, one of the brothers of Dost Mahomed of Caubul, and formerly chief of the province, who has so long been under surveillance at Lahore, having, through favour of British influence, obtained leave to return to his own country, has arrived at Peshawur, where he was received with some state, and where he seems dis posed to take up his abode. The latest accounts frbm Caubul are to the 10th April, and are not of much interest, except in so f ar as they inform us of the return of the Ameer t o hi s capital, after having, as is presumed, se ttl e d f or the present his feud with Ameer Khan, the Ghilzie chief with whom he was lately at war. The remains of Akbar Khan had been interred with due solemnity at Balkh, and the ruler of Kholocah had undertaken to erect a suitable monument over his grave. Lucknow remains quiet. The bandit Doonghur Singh has disappeared in the wilds of Beekaneer. The Khoond insurrection appears to have been sup pressed. At Hyderabad, in the Deccan, the Contingent has been called in by the Nizam's Wuzeer, without the consent of his master, for the ostensible purpose of suppressing a mutiny amongst the troops of the State who had struck for arrears of pay, but in reality, as is supposed, to serve more selfish objects of the Minister. The temporary occupation of Hy derabad by the subsidiary force might have resulted in disorder and bloodshed ; but the troops, though exposed to great provocation, remained cool and firm, and thus averted a threatened collision with the wild tribes who throng the city. The conduct of the Re sident in entering the place without the sanction of Nizam has been much criticised, and the more un favourably, as the demonstration does not appear to have had the intended effect of reducing the muti neers to obedience. It is probable that this matter will lead to the interference of the Supreme Govern ment, which is urgently needed. It is reported, and with great appearance of pro bability, that the present peaceful times are to furnish an opportunity for further reduction of the military establishment of the country, and of the cost thereof, by diminishing the number of European troops of the royal army serving in the three Presidencies. It is mentioned as confirmatory of this rumour that her Majesty's 21st Foot and 3d Dragoons are to be sent home during the next cold season. The weather continues favourable on the whole. There were a few excessively hot days last week, when the thermometel rose to above 94 in a cool room ; but this has given place to a temperature 10 degrees lower, with cloudy skies and frequent rain. There would appear to h ave b een very heavy weather near the head of th e b ay l a t e ly, as no fewer than eight vessels have put b ac k w ithi n the lagt week or so. The ship Framjee Cowasjee, laden with a valu able cargo for London, has also put back, an attempt having been made by her Lascar crew to set her on fire. _ _ _____ Commercial affairs continue dull, and the Money Market is still tight. F re i ghts w ithout much alter ation. Exchange, at 2s. .to 20. Old. f or fi rst c l ass ten months bills on England. lightly d e pressed, is now v Qat quoted P.S.—JUNE 2, NooN.—The Delhi Gazette of the 26th ult., just recei ve d, t h us repor t s on the state of affairs in the north-w es t :—" O ur frontier continues in the most blissful s t a t e o f repose ; w e have not one word of the least politi ca l i mpor t a nce since our last, expressed his determination if we except, perhaps, the announcement t h a t Maha raja Ghoolab Singh as to make Cashmere his pl ace o f pe rmanent abode." Since our summary wa s i n MADRAS. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (From the Overland M a d ras Athenceum, June 9 ). Athenceum P r ess, June 9, Two , P.M. seem ingly authentic, has been r ece i ve d by the Spect ator of a fresh breaking out of insurrection in Goom soor. If the account given by our cont em p o rary may b e de p ended on, the pacification of the country has i ndeed been print information , su perficial ; and on the same hypothesis it is impossible to resist the conviction that the plans of the present agents intellience case. But the sources of Goomso or g are seriously deficient in adaptation to the wants of the case. so clearly poisoned with partisanship, that we never receive what issues from them without distrust ; which feeling prevents us from laying too much stress on the present instalment of bad ne ws. The substance of it is simply, that Chokra l3issbyo has m anaged somehow to muster a force of five thousand strong, at the head of which he has perpetrated several outrages, and that the sacrifice of four human victims has been made by some of the Hill tribes, as a proof of their sincere resolution to stand by this arch revolter. Colonels Dyce and Camp bell are represented as preparing all the counteractive measures that the emergency allowed of. olonel Mel ------ BOMBA Y * , SECRETARIATE ABBANGEDIENTS.—In consequence of y th ilie ex w i i Mrerr.oPorrinioglee =Cu, to Poona, for the monsoon, i t h a s been _arranged that Mr. Mallet, the secretary in the politica and secret departments, expected departure Governor shall take charge of the mil it ary _ and marine depart ments, and that the duties of the revenue, financial, and separate departments shall devolve on Mr. Escombe. We understand that only a portion of the garrison band has been selected to accompany the suite of the Governor to Poona. This arrangement will, no doubt, afford some satisfa ction to the denizens of Bombay, who w ould otherwise ha ve been e n tirel y depri ve d f or severa l months of the inimitable per form ances which at present materially add to the enjoyment of s an evening ramble or ride on the esplanade.—GentifTion . Gazette, June 1. We have to announce th 3 e o. t" it bar°Thwelushipping arrivals and departures: --- May Sir Charles gue Sovereign, Loutit, from Aden; ship Napier, Tulluck, barque from Aden.-31. The . Lavin i a, M'Phee, from Aden; ship Madagascar, Hight, from London. ---29. The Erin Maine, for Singapore; ship Swithamley, barque , Child s Harold, Jennings for Chi na ; ship . June old, Lilley, for London.—Telegrap h and Conner, 1 We have received the following statement, in con tinuation of the details given in our paper some time since regarding the opium dispute in a t t a l wa. Its ac curacy, we are assured, may be strictly depended on:— " The Moonim of Muniram Sett, in Malwa, having evaded the award of Punch nominated by the Resident of Indore, by paying a penalty of 10,000 rupees, under an impression that the result o f . the award wou ld not b e favourable to his employer, has taken the matter of opium time bargains in dispute before the Sirkar of Guonor for adjustment, in order to prolong its termina tion to an indefinite period, and thereby distress the dealers, who look with anxiety for compensation for the loss sustained by them owing to his employers not ful filling his engagements with them, " The dealers have every reason to hope that, in jtig - tics to them, the Res ident of Gwal ior will take g nizance of the matter , a nd obtain th e necessary infora . tion from the Resident of Indore, who, being well n i i i quainted with it, will g ive him the information requisite o. to enable him to afford relief to t he parties and at as early a period a s p ossib le. concerned, ~ I t will, however, be not irrelevant to mention that the losses sustained by the dealers are s er ious and call for early redress from the authorities und ' er whom they NING, JULY 2l , 1847. are placed. The difference between the sale pries and that of the day on which the opium was to be delivered is the first item of compensation of consideration; the second is the loss of interest by holding the opium on hand until it was ascertained that the lSloonlm world never come to a fair adjustment—after which, as will be remembered, it was ordered by the Resident to be sent down to Bombay. The dryage is the third and last item for compensation. " The ruling price of the day on which the contract falls due, is the standard observed in settling prices of the opium time bargains, and it is hoped this data will be assumed, as an invariable practice, which obtains at Malwa in adjusting similar differences."—Bd. in the face of the Scout and Pluto, anchored off the Factories, with a company of the Royal Irish quarterel within them. But if the matter in not nettled satisfactorily now, It may be !a perpetual sou: cc of inquietude, though few merchants will probably be disposed to incur the odium and ann63'auce of erecting warehouses on liown4 so long as the present facies or storing goods are oil';led the brokers. It would certainly be very desirable that the goods were under th e merc h ants ' own c h arge; an d t is to ue regretted that a more eligible site than Honan had not been suggested. Its unsuitableness, however, ought to be a sufficient reaso n f or procee di ng no f urt h er i n its ac quisition; and as lieying is probably as desirous to get out of a difficulty with his countrymen as ours are to improve then' position, we trust the Plenipotentiaries may fairly consider the matter and come to some more satisfactory arrangemslit, Dane's Island Mls been spoken of as greatly preferable to %nun; and as it bag large portions of ground unbuilt on, It vrotilcl probably be much less difficult to obtain what is wahtt--d there than at Ilonan. We have never been on Dane's Island ourselves, but it has been carefully examined by several intelligent mercantile men, and one of them especially, on whose judgment and experience we place great con fidence, speaks of it as containing the most eligible sites for warehouses in the Canton river. This matter is operating at present in keeping up irritation and a feeling of uncertainty most injurious to trade; but the present dullness may in no small degree be attributed to other causes. The general lull at this season has this year been increased by a prostration of native credit, in consequence of the failures among the Hongs; one of the oldest of which (Linching) has fol lowed close upon those of Foo-tae and Arcing. The debts in the present instance are said to amount to seven lacs of dollars, partly arising from old losses, and partly from Linching's forced contribution to the Canton in• demnity money, in 1841, which was almost entirely squeezed out of the Hong merchants—a mode of paying the claim which has crippled the trade of the city ever since, and thus probably caused more damage to foreign commerce than the value of the payment to Great Bri tain. Many of the wealthy Ilongs have since with drawn from business, leaving it in the hands of a few smaller traders, who have been speculating far beyond their means. We are assured that the native failures in four months have been to the amount of three million of dollars, while the aggregate assets do not amount to a fifth. NORTH WEST. Our frontier continues in the most blissful state of repose ; we have not one word of the least political importance since our last, if we except, perhaps, the announcement that Maharaja Ghoolab Singh has ex pressed his determination to make Cashmere his place of permanent abode.—Delhi Gazette, May 26. A letter from Feroz:Tore complains, in a still louder tone than some which have preceded it, and with very great justice, of the lamentable apathy displayed in attending to the wants of the community in respect to the ecclesiastical duties of the station. Death has, since the letter was written, removed one of the chaplains posted to Ferozepore, and we sincerely be lieve that the repeated instances of leave on medical certificate granted to him, against the wishes of the bishop and archdeacon, by the Lieutenant-Governor, were fully justified by the then state of his health. Indeed the treatment to which this unfortunate man was subjected by his immediate superiors appears to have been harsh in the extreme, to say the least of it. We believe that Mr. Firminger, the second assistant chaplain appointed to Ferozepore, is not, under present circum stances bound to join within a certain period of his nomination, but considering the wants and frequently expressed wishes of the local community, we du not see what great stretch of authority there would have been in directing the Rev. Gentleman to join forthwith, in stead of travelling at his ease throughout the length and breadth of the land. The not proceeding to his post at once manifests, we grieve to say, a want of zeal which should not appear in his class at least.—lbid. CALCUTTA MONEY MARKET. BANK OF BENGAL. Discount on Govt. Acceptances, 3 months 8 per cent. Discount on Private Bills and Notes, ditto 12. „ Interest on deposit of Company's Paper ll „ Interest on Cash Credit Accounts GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Transfer Stock Paper, 5 per cent pm. 5 0 a 6 0 Bombay, 5 per cent, dis. 4 0 a 5 0 Old Sicca, 5 do., according to numbers „ 4 0 a 5 0 New Company's 5 per cent „ 1 8 a 2 0 Third 4 Sicca „ 15 0 a 16 0 New Cy. 4 ditto BANK SHARES. Bengal Bank Co.'s Rs. (4,000) Prem.2,550 to 2,600 Union Bank Agra Bank Oriental Bank N. Western Bank „ (500) „ 100 to 130 PRICE OF MILLION, &C. Sycee Silver, Co.'s Rs. per 100 sa. wt. —lO4 oto 104 12 China Gold Bars, per sa. wt. Gold Dust ditto Spanish Dollars, per 100 9 20 4to 220 12 Mexican ditto „ 219 Bto 220 0 Sovereigns Madras gold mohurs Old gold mohurs MADRAS MONEY-MARKET. We have no change to notice under this head. Money continues scarce, and investments of all kinds difficult of realisation. The rates for accommodation at the Bank have not undergone any amelioration. FREIGHTS. To Liverpool—dead weight. London. Rice Sugar Salt Petre Red Wood Seeds and other miscellaneous 4 0 goods Measurement goods Cotton Indigo WhampoaCotton, 7 to Brs. per bale. CHINA. (From the China Mail of May 20.) Rumours of an attempt on the part of the Chinese to surprise Hong-Kong have prevailed during the past week, and slight circumstances have been looked upon with suspicion which at another time would have been passed unheeded. The military and police have been on the alert; but, though this is highly commendable at all times, we greatly doubt that any peculiar necessity exists for it at present, and suspect that the whole originates in a report of some vapouring officials at Canton, who have been beseeching Keying to allow them to take ven geance on the outside barbarians. Upwards of a month ago our Chinese correspondent at Canton informed us that on the 22d day of the second moon, Yeung, the Prefect of Sinhing-fu, a district in Kwang-tung, had come to Canton with 2,000 soldiers, and offered to exterminate the English, but Keying re fused, and three several applications on the same subject were equally unsuccessful. Wei, the salt commissioner, was next entreated to affix his seal to a declaration call ing upon the 'people to rise en masse and slaughter the barbarians. This Wei positively refused, and admonished the people of the illegality and danger of any such pro ceedings as they contemplated. The blood-thirsty Yeung does not seem to have been at all satisfied with these rebuffs, for our correspondent, writing on the 24th day of 3d moon (May 8), informs us that the Prefect had been tempting Keying with fresh proposals. The following is a translation of the letter : "It is reported that his Excellency Yeung, the Prefect of Sinking-fu has come to Canton with some brave men to beseech Keying to give orders to slay and extermi nate the English but Keying would not grant his request. Then Ycung privately advised some of the people to gather secretly some brave men and to come to Hong-Kong, pretending to be traders, until they had all assembled and were ready at once to set fire to the buildings, and come over to slay all the soldiers. At that time they had 200 or 300 men, who, dividing into separate companies, were to arrive at Hong-Kong at the same time in the passage and post boats. Unless caution and care are exercised, disastrous consequences may ensue. ". Taukwang, 27th year, 3d moon, 24th day (May 8, 1847)." We do not believe there is any ground for apprehend ing an attack on Hong-Kong ; and at Canton foreign residents are now more free from molestation than formerly. (From the China Mail, May 24.) Tho following is the Emperor's rf ply to Keying's dispatches announcing the recent occurrences at Can ton : " We have received the official notification presented to us by Keying, informing us that on the 19th day of the 2d moon the English merchants, with a number of soldiers, suddenly entered the provincial river. Accord ing to the investigations of the Viceroy, the said merchants alleged that their object was to revenge the insults they had received from the people of the flowery land ; they also desire to go to Fuhshan to converse and argue with the people, besides making a deter mined request to enter a portion of the provincial city. Since the establishment of peace the said foreigners have been tolerably quiet, until now that they have suddenly entered the country with soldiers, and it was certainly impossible to foresee such an occurrence, and arrange accordingly. We imagine, however, that they have some other reason for being so anxious to eater the city, though in itself this is a matter of small impor tance. The said Viceroy and his colleagues must not be disconcerted at what has happened, nor must they ex hibit the least remissness, ,but command both the civil and military officers effectually to suppress the disturb ance, and not permit the existence of any cause of alarm to the inhabitants. " As the guns of every fort were spiked, Keying must, therefore, demand the most severe punishments for those officers who were charged with the defence of the passes, but he must deliver up all the less important cases to the board of punishment. "After the matter has been decided, again present a statement. "This must travel 500 le (about 160 miles) per day. Command it to be known. Respect this." This document shows that those were mistaken who supposed that Keying would either greatly falsify his statement to the court, or that it would be answered by his degradation ; for it now appears the Emperor has been pretty correctly informed as to the main facts, and seems more inclined to encourage than censure his Vice. my. The entrance into the city is termed " a matter of small importance," as it has always been esteemed by Keying himself, as well as by the more judicious among our own countrymen ; and the inference about our having ulterior views in urging it is, under the circum stances, perhaps not unnatural. No allusion is made in the Imperial reply to the concession of land on Honan, a point of much more importance at present, and one which, without great prudence and forbearance on the part of both the Chi nese an d E ng li s h, seems no t unlikey to lead to trouble. The spot proposed to be selected is private property, in the possession of numbers of people, who are not will ing to sell, and question our right to compel them, quot ing our own treaty against us. Their views aro stated in a very long, but well-drawn and temperate memorial, presented a few days ago by a deputation of the old men of the villages to the English Consul, a copy of which we have received, and shall endeavour to give a translation of it in our present issue. The survey which was re cently made of the ground has created a ferment amongst the people, who have held numerous meetings, both at Ronan and Canton, where, however, the speakers were more vehement in their denunciations of Keying than of the English. On the breaking up of one of these meetings, held on Thursday last (the 20th), at the Consoo-house, some vagabonds set fire to the new wooden boat-house, and to a mat shed in the neighbourhood, outside the factories; but the flames were speedily extinguished without doing any serious damage. " The excitement (a correspond ent informs us) seemed greater among foreigners than among Chinese." It is impossible, of course , to calculate upon what li cen tious rabble will attempt, wrought upon by peoplea who believe that their rights of property, whichar n e d sacred e ven from the arbitrary grasp of their own mandarins, are to be invaded by the hated foreigner ; but experience has shown that unprovoked outrages on the part of the Chinese are of extremely rare occurrence, even when but slight means of resistance have existed; and it seems improbable, therefore, that au attac k will be attempted CANTON MARKET, MAY 20. Quotations for imports are duty paid, and when not otherwise specified, the full cargo or shopman's price is named, which is subject to 5 per cent. discount for cash in two months, or 7 per cent. for payment in 10 days. IMPORTS. The import market has continued during the month in the same dull state as before, and prices have gene rally declined. CANTON.—SaIes during the month have been made to a very trifling extent; only a few hundred bales baying gone into second hands at about the following quota tions:—Bombay, 6 dolls. 6c. to 8 dolls. 6c.; Bengal and Madras, 7 dolls, 6c. to 8 dolls. Sc. taels for cash in two months. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF STOCK AND DELIVERIES. Imptd. Delvd. Stocks same periods. 1847. 1846: 1845. Bombay, bales 3,787 4,100 17,865 30,576 26,343 Bengal „ 416 2,330 3,643 3,310 5,104 Madras „ none 718 3,478 3,160 27,812 American „ none none 1,567 1,851 none Shanghae „ 880 691 780 none none 5,083 7,902 27,332 38,897 59,259 Cotton Yarn—But little business has been done. Quotations for cash in two months :—Nos. 16 to 24, 29 dolls. to 31 dolls.; 26 to 32, 32 dolls. to 34 dolls.; 34 to 42, 35 dolis. to 37 dolls. Long Cloths—There have been but few sales, and these at reduced rates in barter for produce. Greys may be quoted 2 dolls. 40c. to 2 dolls. 90c. for 60s. up to 725. and whites, 2 dolls. 70c. to 3 dolls. 25c. American Goods—Sales have been made to a small extent ; the present quotations are the same as last month-2 dolls.' 50c. to 2 dolls. 60e. for drilling, and 2 dolls. 55c. to 2 dolls. 65c. for sheetings. Long Ells—illl Scarlets are worth 11 dolls. to 11 dolls. 50c.; other colours about the same as before. Spanish Stripes—The present not being the season, prices have declined; they may be quoted from 1 doll. to 1 doll. 25c. per yard. Camlets may be quoted as before, 19 to 22 dolls.; few or none have been sold. Iron has declined ; a small parcel of nail-rod and bar has been sold at 4 dolls. Tin Plates—No transactions; 7 dolls, to 7 dolls. 50c. Rattans are excessively dull, the best Banjarmassing not being worth more that 3 dolls. 20c. duty paid; Straits, 2 dolls. 80c.; and Water, 2 dolls. Pepper remains about the same as last quoted; holders appear inclined to hold. The quotation is 5 dolls. to 5 dolls. 50c. duty paid; but we bear of no transactions. Rice—The weather having become favourable for the coming crop the price has given way materially ; Arracan is 1 doll. 30c.; Manilla and Java, I doll. 60c., for good cargo. Kitchuck-LDull, at 7 dolls. 50c. to S dolls. duty paid. Cloves—Maintain themselves at 35 dolls. duty paid. Opium—Malwa,;the clearances are small; the stock is moderate owing to the large quantities sent northward; in the expectation of heavy arrivals holders anxious to to realise, and the price for the best is 540 dolls., with a month's credit. Bengal, the clearances have been very considerable, and leave a very moderate stock; the scarcity of money, combined with the falling due of some time bargains, has caused prices to become unduly depressed. To-day's rates are :—New Patna, 627 dolls. 60e.; old ditto, 625 dolls.; now Benares, 622 dolls. 50c.; Turkey has been in good demand, and has advanced to 390 dolls. EXPORTS. Teas—The transactions during the month have been limited, say 15 chops Congou at 11 to 18 taels on board; 2,000 chests Pekoe at 16 to 25 taels; 2,500 half-chests plain Orange Pekoe at 12 to 17 taels; 4,000 ten-catty boxes plain Caper at 9 to 12 taels; 10,000 chests Twan lily at 13 to 30 taels; 1,000 chests Hyson at 27 to 45 tads; 2,500 chests Young Dyson at 19 to 35 taels; 500 packages Iloyune Gunpowder and Imperial at 13 to 30 taels; also 8,000 chests Canton Young Hysun at 11 to 14 taels; and 4,000 chests ditto Imperial and Gun powder at 17 to 22 tads. - The stock remaining unsold presents little to select from, and consists of 50 chops Congou, 20,000 chests Twankay, 2,000 chests Ilyson, and 2,500 chests young Ilyson and 2,500 chests Gunpowder and Imperial, be- sides a large quantity of Canton-made. Advices have been received from the tea districts; the crop is represented as large, and the price moderate. It is said that no Plain Caper nor Plain Orange Pekoes will be brought down this year. The first Moning Congou is expected in the course of a month. SlLK.—About 100 bales Tsatlee have been sold during the month at 400 dolls., leaving 600 bales Tsatlee and 200 ditto Taysaarn still unsold. The crop of Canton has proved very short, and the article must continue high. SUGAR.—No. lis quoted 6 dolls. The Teentsien junks are likely to want large quantities next month. FREIGHTS. 61, per ton is the current rate to England. EXCHANGES. 4s. 323. to 4s. 4d. for bills on England at six months' sight; the former is the Oriental Bank rate. Accepted Company's bills on Bengal sold at 212 rs. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Counc i l to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Council will be held at three o'clock. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, and at tended by his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Baron de Laner, Count Oriole, and Count Groeben, and also by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite, visited and inspected Carisbrook Castle on Monday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Royal High ness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, left Osborne at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning, to embark in the Fairy, for the purpose of visiting Spithead. The Prussian Minis ter, Prince Lowenstein, Baron de Laner, Count Oriole, and Count Groeben accompanied their Royal Highnesses. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday morning, on the saa beach. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Mr. Sergeant Murphy had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home- office. Tho Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a special general meeting yesterday, at their office, in Whitehall-place. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council Cham ber, to hear counsel for and agains t the confirmation of certain Acts of Naturalisation p assed in the Island of Jersey, in 1829. The Lo rds p ress nt were the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Secretar y of State for the Home Department, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. CONSULATE AND of the . above work (the only autho- RE ,The . ---SlievlsernOthßYVoOlufmTe THE E f Mr. Forbes Camp bell'sriE; T E Tr n ila g ni l sE is li: h ts: e n dition) is published this day by Mr. Co se lb d urn, and may be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published :-2. Vol. X. of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Que ens o f England. 3. Lord Castlereagh 's Narrative of His Journey t o D amascus, &c., 2 vols. 4. A Third Edition of Mr. Disraeli's Tancred, 3 vols.; and 5. Mrs. Thomson's Memoirs of Lady Sundon and the Court of Queen Caroline, 2 vole. SALE OF PROPERTY BY AUCTION. —CAUTION.— In the case W of Robi nson v. all, th e p r i nte d con di t i ons of sale having stated th a t the property would be sold without reserve, which means that " no person will be employed to bid in behalf of the vendor for the purpose of keeping up the price," whereas an arrangement existed which would have prevented a sale under a cer tainn amount; the Lord Chancellor has decided that .. the purchaser cannot be called on to complete.— ne . 13 .V 4 an ' ETHER. —On Tuesday morning, L' lraire named Johnson, employed on the Rouen and from a Railroad, in attempting, at Malaunay,.t o o n j fell between waggon at rest to one which was in mo o tt of , h is bends so an Eng li shman nm them, and lid nearly the whole . of one to the ho,pital, dreadfully crushed, that on hem , amputation was found necessar) halation of ether was used,. and performed onc.ecraesiosunethhethina; not only was the operationpe it i ss thout the patient suffering the slightest pain, l t a h u .g tl e v neff h dle e hwe n he recovered his to interfere with has been eminently successful Mons. Jullien, who full the dressing senses, stump. p r . e. s o G liver a i : :g ,1 a , a 1 as to at the Royal Surrey Zoological-gardens, concludes his engagement on Friday next. CALEDONIAN RAIL WAY WO. RKS. (From the Railway and Shipping Journal.,' The works on the Caledonian line are morswhere being prosecuted in a most vigorous mavner. On the Thsiuscrhorptrioongrbeesisnghaisn abesetnatemtu:::,easn Glasgow main line—from the junction with the ishaw and Coltness Railway, a distance of 35 miles, to fa 'e sum 17aits.,r;anr O r' d lY ou ali t' h t e o ad f for tralc in the coarse of the year, with two months .to spare. The greatest ac:nrity prevails ; at the bear? points two sets or shifts of waYmen are constantly em ployed. Near Carluke are the two deep ravines of G;trion Gill and Carluke Burn, over each of which the rai?way is carried by embankments SO feet in height. Such works are always tedious of execution. These embanktnat:ts mere closed, to have a road over, on Ist July. The rock cutting at Cleghorn is in active progress, and a road at the proper level may be expected through it in the mid dle of August. Over the Mouse Water will be a hand. , some stone viaduct of five arches, each forty feet spansan tenrly the whole of the siCne is on the ground, n workmen engaged in building the arches. Over this light part of the works the permanent way is laid. Air excellent material for ballast is found in the furnace slag of Shotts Iron Company, a cosnmunicatior: to which is formed by a temporary railroad. Near Carstairs the earth work is nearly finished. Towards Thankerton the heavy embankment at Grange will, the contractors are sanguine, be close in August; as also, at same time, a o r f oad T throug , h Liggetfoot excava e is lahiadn.keArttona short the south of the village the main line lion. On each side length of permanent way • i o s f th s e an v d ery bestgravel s s i tt d ha e nr rocauebg to l h a passesor e t o d n i mt (the kaims of the pea santry);hig h mounds this locomotive engine With so much permanent road read a y a e a r . a i l al m t o b s e t s u e se h f a u lm l a s n , dis north and south, to less yexpected, to drag fa voured localities. the s%. l g ui r gravel from b e Towards Abington,nearLeamington Bridge, the Clyde is crossed by 2 , timber viaduct. This in course of erec tion—the principal timber being all on the ground. South of this the work i; light, the excavations nearly finished, and the material proctT for ballast. At Crawford the formidable whin:tone cutting through the village is being executed in good eai%nest. It is quite expected to have a road through in August. South from this, over the Newton meadows, is the largest tuitinifilled embankment on the division; but a large portion being from convenient side cutting, the completion in proper time may be considered safe. A very large quantity of work has been executed in the last month—the weather being favourable, and work , men by no means scarce. The enterprising contractors e • vince their high spirit; as also sound judgment,-at this period of the summer, by bringing at once additional horses, when two shifts of workmen are required on the works. The services of these useful animals must, however ' soon be at a discount for the purposes of the Caledonian Railway. OPENING OF THE LANDEN AND HASSELT RAILWAY. The opening of this line took place on Tuesday last, and was celebrated at Hasselt with great festivities. At a quarter-past one a special train left Brussels,con. veying the Minister of Public Works, and the Secretary General of his department, Mr, Kennard, the president, and Messrs. Bruneau, Bullot, Barry, and Terceline Sigart, directors of the Concessionary Company, togee ther with a numerous party of guests, both Belgian. and English, amongst whom were many ladies. On their arrival at the Hasselt station, at half-past four, they were received in a magnificent pavilion by M. de Theux, the Minister of the Interior, who wag sup ported by M. de Schierval, the governor of the province; General Delahaye and Delacoste, and the other au thorities, both civil and military. As soon as M. de Bavay, the Minister of Public Virorktio had taken his place in the pavilion, he was addressed, on the part of the company, by M. Bruneau, who touched briefly but energetically on the present advantages/ that would result from the new line, and on the stilt greater importance it would assume on its junction with the line from Maestricht to Aix-la-Chapelle (now in course of execution), whereby a communication would be established between the Scheldt and the Lower Rhine, and the Hasselt railway would become the first interri?.tional line between Holland and Belgium. M. Bruneau also acknowledged the zealous co-ope ration of the GO:'‘ti'atnent and of the engineers of the Ponts et Chausse - s. M. de Bavay intimated, in reply, that the Government would always be ready to aid in :2% T . work of public utility, and expatiated, in his turn, on the nefits which the new line would confer on the province of - Li m bourg and its chief town, by the connexion of the 112 . 1 I reseau of the State railways. He looked up , , tter with the .!.as,!L noble result of the intervention of foreign cap., I, T r i rected by skilful and earnest men, and he complimeni.„ the company on the vigour and promptitude with which they had prosecuted their works, during a season of great financial difficulty. Both these speeches were received with loud and long. .continued shouts cf " Vive le Rot !" Two Royal decrees were afterwards read by the ice- eretary General of the Minister of Public Works—thf: one creating Mr. Kennard a Knight of the Order or Leopold, and the other promoting to the third rank in the corps of the "Pouts et Chausiees" M. Grosfils, the resident engineer of the company. A procession was then formed, and the whole party left the station, headed by the colossal figure of Dots Christopher, the effigy of a knight ermed cap a pie d and with lance in hand, the history of which is involved in some obscurity, but which is said to represent a noble Spaniard, who, in the thirteenths or fourteenth century, saved Hasselt front famine , At six o'clock a superb banquet of 200 covers was served at the Hotel de Ville, in a saloon very richly and tastefully decorated. The seat of honour was occupied by Mr. Kennard, the president of the company, who .hsa hiso his left right hand n the Minister terof Ministerthe interior, Pu h , sahodp Of Liege, Messrs. Bruneau, Bullot, Barry, and Tercelin- Sigart, the Generals commanding the province end bri4 wade. M. Bared, &c. Amongst the guests we observed Df. de Coyet, Grand Marshal of the Court of Swedci3J and who is an extensive proprietor in Limbourg. At the dessert Mr. KENNARD rose to propose the first' toast, " The King," and spoke as follows:—In rising to* propose our first toast, I feel assured that no preface is re quired on my part to excite your loyalty to that excel lent monarch under whose paternal and fostering reign so many blessings have been conferred on this rapidly improving country. When the wisdom of your senators accepted a Saxon prince for their future ruler, they rightly judged that he who had naturalised himself in a foreign land, and had acquired the love and respect of his adopted.countrymen, had given con= wincing proof of the posdession of high qualities both of heart and mind. It was no easy task or slight responsi bility that was involved in the acceptance of the sove reignty of Belgium—a country just emerging from successful revolution, and still agitated and cotivuls,"d . bY the struggle it had gone through. How triumpliatOk through the prudence of his measures, and the sagacity O. the councillors whom he summoned to his aid, that task has been achieved, it is not for me to dilate upon ; but , after the ceremonies of- to-day, I am naturally reminded of one—perhaps the crowning benefit—conferred by him on this country : I mean the construction of the .rescau of the railways of Belgium ; and I cannot but look tipott it as a conclusive manifestation both of his wisdom and his policy that almost the first great national act Of the enfranchised state should be one which, while it re flected imperishable honour on his own name, secured sub jects, bringing b37 together developing t s al al the g tie u r l e t s u o r u a r l c e a s n d o f m t i h n e e r c a o l u d n i t s r t y r b t s y , at the same ti me th e permanent well-being of his and, beyond this, by its furtherance of that great system of international communication which I believe to be destined, more than any other human agency, t o wor k out the civilisation of the world. This was an act, gentlemen, which requires nes eloquence on my part to bring home to every ono of your, and to which, on the present occasion, need only thus bri e fly advert, to ensure your enterin g with me, heart and soul, into the toast I have now the in the presence of tho honour to propose—a toast which, lam persuaded I in our festivities, I have the g reater pleasure in distinguished Ministers who have so kindl y taken a part pro posing, "To the health and long life of his Majesty Leopold, King of the Belgians !" In his delivery of this speech, Mr. Kennard was in terrupted continually by loud acclamations,which were repeated at the close with the greatest possible en thusiasm.of Th her i Ma n j iesstteyr theof Public Qu e e n Works o rGk Great ea t f also greeted with prolongedeheer the French, havingcheers. r Britain," dulyai n, " whichreplied in s s replied b a y nd l om present.pn3.; the toast, and then gave mr. Kennard acknowledged F " r T a h n e ee ;l'i' King g hic o h r wa of his countrymen afterwards I. th u e ull P o r t o o p n ri t e h to e rs i er part President I deß proposed "The Health of the a o v l a t Y he C which was followed by a toast from M. Bruneau—" To the Prosperity of the City of Hasselt." Mr. Barry then expressed the gratitude which the company felt to the Minister of Public Works, who had granted the concession, and aided and encouraged the works; and he was persuaded, that, from the manner in which the Government fulfilled its engagements with private companies, foreign capitalists would never hesi tate to engage in Belgium in such enterprise's as the present, e spacious sa- AKtetveenrso:colorckßraussspellesn,dlsidasbgalilv,en..n th under the dire ction of M. loon of the Casino, and was kep t up till late hour doubt, ht back longto Brussels preserve and at seven and ten o'cloc k the following morning two the special trai numerous ns guest,left i H assel will, l t, no co nveying d l ap l e no c dp t i u o oi n al; of otui e t ho of Hasse l l hospitalityllinatesrsee ttinagnd which ceremony the co n e e t h 5 s e i y o irty they recei ve d n th e e sse r d ec , from c omp a t n h joe A general feeling of sympathy has been created amongst all ranks of people fur the difficulties in which Mr. Calcraft, the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Dublin, has been plunged, through his long exertions to support the drama in the Irish metropolis. A committee of the officers of the garrison, under the immediate patronage of Sir Edward Blakeney, the Commander of the Forces, and of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, has been formed, for the purpose of giving a performance on Saturday, the 24th instant, for the benefit of Mr. Calcraft. The committee consists of Major-General Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.B , Colonel Mansell, Lieutenant- Colonc.l Greaves, Major White, Captain Ponpnby, Captain Tupper (7th Fusiliers), and Captain Leicester ta Smith, wh o are exert i ng t h emse l ves zea l ous ly m n deL. I) praiseworthy wor k t h ey h ave undertaken. stand that Mr. Charles Kean will go to to play on the occasion. übilu :we u specially