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PASSENGER ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the report of the Committee ,appoiotel to confer l With the Lords on the subject of amendme n t o n this Bill bring Ma rd GEORGE BENTINCK comp l a i ne d t h at h er jesy's Government had been guilty of brea th of Treii i. tat, in allowin g the amendients which he introd uc ed to the Bill to be struck out by the Lords. Mr. HAWES denied that th e G ove r nmen t h a d corn saitted any breach of compact whatever, because t here was no compact made with reference to the clauses that had been struck out. The compact re kted to the clause providing for surveys, and in reference to that clause the compact had been most religiously kept. But how was it the Noble Lord did not object to the Lords' a men d ments b efore ? They were printed ; 71 exten. with the votes, a n d i n answer t o a ques tion from the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for the University of Cambridge, he (Mr. Rawes) stated that these amendments entirely annulled the clauses introduced by the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord, however, did not appear at the proper time to resist these amendments and it must be e v id en t t o th e } louse that th e Noble L ' ord could not do so now. After a few words from Mr. BROWNE, Mr. HUDSON :said he was surprised to hear what bad fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, who said ljthere had been no breach of compact in this instance. e contended that there had been a breach of faith. The Government agreed to the introduction of the clauses of his Noble Friend, and it was inconsistent with the r eputation which th e Ri g h t H on. G entleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer possessed for honour and strai ghtforwardness in matters of this nature to have allowed the clauses to be struck out.—(Hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS sa i d he perfectly recollected that at the time his Noble Friend proposed the introduc tion of these cl auses he was prepared to carry them eat by a majority; and to o b v i ate t h e poss ibili ty o f a def, the Exchequer consented to the introduction of the clauses. So far then there was a compact entered Into, but he could not consent to the proposition that it had been broken through because the Lords had de clined to adopt it The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the only clause he 'pledged himself to was the one proposed DY the Nobl e L ord, providing that in all cases a survey mould take place to ascertain the seaworthiness of vessels proposing to carry out emigrants. Lard GEORGE BENTINCK said his Right Hon. ..i'rieud was perfectly correct in what he stated; but he begged to remind his Right Hon. Friend that on a later occa sion both hi mself and the Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonie s agreed to the intro duction of th e other clauserelating to the manning of e migrant ship s , and he had therefore a perfect right to complain of a breach of com p ac t on the part of the Go vernment—gt ear, hear.) Mr. lIA IVES readily admitted that he consented t o the introduction of the second clause, but never intended, nor did he, in fact, ledge himself to insist uPz l .t i s i a E d N op r t,io a by . the Lords. P stand that anr-larrrsaid he, for one, certainly did under- Nobleg exit was come to between the Lord and the Go vernment to render it unneces sary for their going d ivision on either of the clauses, to a li nd to that extent there was undoubtedly a compact catered into. —(Hear, hear.) The amendments were then agreed to. POOR. LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. , conference was held with the LJrds relating to the amend ments their Lordship s h a d i ntro d uced into the Poor law Administration Bill. On the return of the Managers on the part of the Commons, fahSir G. GREY informed the House that the managers e part of the Commons had left a copy of the ns Why the Commons objected to the amendments the managers on the part of the Lords. POST -OFFICE ABUSES. 4--uncoal PROT HEROE then res ume d t h e d e b ate on Mr. e's repr esent moti on. He regretted that there was no these eh represents of the Post-office in that House to meet Se nse of just ice of "use. He had full confidence in the but justice entertained by the Post office authoriti es, nevertheless he thought they would have acted w i th . more decorum h Missed t h e ad they simply suspended, and not dis pAssran Grapes from his office of letter-carrier. N GER ACT Another confe r AMENDMENT BILL. held • Sub ject of t h i s ce waswith the Lords on the the 's - 13111 - On the return of the Managers on m P r, ll arlof the Commons, Mon a had ZiEtS reported that r ob e of the' Com a copy of the objections to the Lords' amendments with the managers of the Lords. POST -OFFICE ABUSES. dtltir•eFlUME then resumed this debate. He said if the authrgoritipreferred by Grapes against the Post-office _ ea were correct he ought to be rewarded, and not punished for the part ' he had taken in defending the Interests of the public. On a former occasion he bro ught ease isof under the consideration of the House the POsed th e Ma n will) had been dismissed for having ex , di d _ e plundering System of his superiors, and it 1/01148ppear to him to be extremely dangerous for that for d e to allow men to be quietly punished in this way After uig a great public service. the mot ion a few observations from several Hon. Members, Afterotion was withdrawn. a few words from nu tCY DE LA EVAN Mr. MO on e wh. PP ATT said the Sir case of the man Grapes S, was im portant yhad Peculiar c l a i ms. He had exposedi mportan the t of public serv ants engaged in conduct i ng an had teverpublic establishme n t, an d as G rapes h a d 11 a fair trial, he sho u ld certa i n l y suppor t t h e :or inquiry. Until recently, his constituents .been i n the habit of going to the post-office to " t4 relve their letters, but latterly they had been compelled legs, a guinea a year to the postmaster for this , or a delay of upwards of an hour and a half took in the delivery of the letters.—(Hear, hear.) . _ 11, 1 '2 e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said h ad f aster - General had had before him this case, and fUlly investigated it, and he, for one, could not see e What furth • • • er inquiry into the matter was necessary. H mo at, -Itherefore, request his Hon. Friend not to press 41notiou for inquiry. D UNOWIIRE replied. He denied that any Grapes ha been instituted into this case, nor had grounds up to thi s moment, b een f urn i s h e d w i t h t h e of a gainst his dismi ssa l. If t h ere were an y c h arges I,Gare rum r pas , he wo u ld un d er t a ke t o prove th a t th e y _: t it --- P e u 'V, and totally without foundation. Until disni -- had been usual to post up the orders for the wh a s al of any servant of the Post-o ffi ce, but no notice again tever had been poste d of G rapes ' s d i sm i ssal ; an d he repeated, that this man had been dismissed to w'h'ionfyi.Y.the malice and vindictive feelings of Mr. Kelly, el len " n one of the greatest tyrants that had ever been ecl e public service. —(Hear, hear.) Th e motion was then withdrawn. Mr, Arts, then STATE O to call F SlN the attention of the DE. MkM use to th e state of the province of Sinde, and to l,c w hat its f uture Government was to be ; whether, under uter fothe Same Government P as the other territories Llecler the East India Company ; or whether it was to Y e °rue a Queen's colony, or to remain under a Military ..ov e rnment ? At present, he said, the state of Sinde Pence W as most UnsatisfaCtor ' It was a source of great ex to the country' o w ing to the great military force rthat had to be maintained there, while, if a more liberal id enlightened policy were pursued in Sinde, Vitinmight be ren d ere d a most i mportant et to our Indian Empi re . It oug ht be deli vered up to the natives who were entitled to it, a nd he wanted to know if her Majesty's Government W ere prepared to take that course, in order that Sinde I nlg i ht b e pl aced under the control of a civil Government. qua °ir J. C. HOBHOUSE said the House was ac e d with the w a y i n w hi ch Sinde had been attached India. It was perfectly true that the Government essentially military, and its affairs had hitherto dbeen administered by military men. There could be no oubt, h owever, that the Governor of Sinde had faith y and efficiently performed his duties. The system of Government might be bad, but there could be no doubt that great erelit was due to General Napier for the skilful manmr ix which he had mitigated some of the evils of that system.—(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 P had been most p eacea bl e (Hear)—and during eople 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 °Pinion of the Indian Government and of her Maj es ty' s G overnment, 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 m b .ade- With resp ec t t o th e op i n i on expressed by the ". 101 1. Gentle man , o f t h e expe di ency of restoring Sinde, he must confess that he did not agree with him in that respect. Many great public writers entertained the same view as his Hen. Friend, and still he could not help doubting wheth er , if suc h an arrangement as that sug gested by the lion. Gentleman were carried out, it would he at all serviceable to, or consistent with, the peace and Prosperity of our Indian empire.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. H. INGLIS said there could be no question Whatever that the native princes of Sinde had been of great service to this country, in protecti ng h er I n di an t qqpire from ou t rage and attack, and if it were only ou that th consideration alone, th e y oug h t to look forward to e improvement and restoration of the country to the natives, who were its rightful possessors.—(Bear, hear.) After a fe w wor d s f rom Mr. HUME the subject dropped. FAMINE IN . BROTHERTON then IRELAND moved an Address to her .Tajesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct th at there be laid before this House a copy of the letter i° ll 3. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to her led ilta , a nie Majesty's Minister at Washington, acknow i—glag the donation in food and money of the Legis ,t,iture and citizens of the United States of America for t he relief of the famine in Ireland. Great credit, he ja u o W n L ght, was du e t o A mer i ca f or th e generous mann er Which she had come forward vuluntarily to assist in N r , le viag the recent distress and sufferings of Ireland. the distress than meetings were held in every part of the b„ un i trY to commiserate the sufferings of the Irish ;;; ° ,1 3 , , e, and mostmunificent sums were voluntarily sub -;,-l'ioed for their relief. Now he conceived that they euld do no less than give expression to those grateful _eelin ga which were felt both in this country and in Ire tired towards America, for the liberal manner in which i n h ad come f orwar d t o ass i s t i n alleviating the suffer- Mr f the I r i s h people. so he seconded the motion, and in doing c t i on " ould not do otherwise than express his adm. towards for the sympathies the Americans had evinced the ards Ireland. and the zeal and liberality with which then had responded to the call made upon them to lend ruitigating the distress of Ireland. Lord PALMERSTON had great pleasure in support ing the motion of his Hon. Friend, for not only ere the supplies from America large and liberal in -.mount, but the manner in which they were forwarded wa most generous. Such acts as these he could not help thin king were highly calculated to c!nnent the friendship , ;hich subsisted between the two nati.,ns, and he trusted it would be a long time indeed before the prevailing good feeling would be interrupted. Lord MORPETH must also hear 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 ;MUNN. 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. lIOBHOUSE 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. HUME 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 aRy). 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 conld only be done with the sanction of a court martial. The branding was but sel doin 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, r€lative to the affairs of the Raja . 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 for 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 Baciihouse, 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. HOBLIOUSE 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. 'Alter 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 in ; 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 lacks 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. TII _E SUN, L O_N .DON, WEDNESDAY _ EVENI N G, JULY 2l, 1847. TJNIPORM 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, he 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 Wares on which 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 the 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 on those articles, the duties on which had been reduced, and there had beat 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 last to the revenue. He thought it right to draw attent;ion to this document, lest it might go forth to the co unatry that these sentiments were correct, and that error Aeons 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 •ar tidies, 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 LhLt the bad p h r a e r v v e e n st t s t o h f e r la e t v e yenueearfrsomhad bei c n o g n s tr o ib p u ro te d d uc v ti c r r e y a g a r i e t a o t t l h y e t r o . wis m e r w . onuludmhaEveobb objected to the infeen s e tlrawn by the , Noble L or d f rom the late reduction of tariff, and considered that h e h a d f a i led altogether in the censure which he had directed against the doctr'tne s of free trade. Mr. BANKES was of opinion that r Noble Lord had f u r l a l w y made n attentionout h r i his s c p a e s c e t , in a g nd the th i e l f ticles, the d u ti es on which had not 1 n acreat toyusetc.'inwthhies vahe tl ahnlr tak y confirmed th e accuracy of what he ha deano c b h s e e d r , ful l y advanced. Mr. GOITLBUR,N would not n on the Noble Lord's statement, 1 when the returns moved for were on the table it would be at once seen whether his calculations and the i.nfe rences he drew from them were correct. After a few remarks from Mr. WILLIAMS, The motion was agreed to. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER, &c. BILL. The report on this Bill was h:ought up and received. Mr. P. BORTHWICX tho'tght 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 fr:om 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 evonts, 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 tha coin: se proposed to be adopted in the Bill was tb.e best under the circum stances. Sir J. GRAHAM had deliberately, carefully, and anxiously considered the Bill, an d though he was de termined to give no further opposition to its progress, he was desirous to take that oppo.rtunity of saying, that on the third reading of the Bill tie 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 in the House to-morrow (Wednesday)l, 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 piivileges 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 factory, and he would not be sorry to see the whole episcopal body removed from Parliament altoge Cher; nor did he think that the interests of religion nor of the Country would Nuitain any loan by such a prq.ceeding. If the Noble Lord had any surplus Church funds at his disposol, he thought they w.uld be much better expended in parochial clergy han by creating new bishops. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third Cale to morrow. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AMEND MENT BILL. This BM was !Tad n third time and paqsed. - BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. STUART objected to ac Bill, because he did not see what good object was to be gained by the abolition of the Court of Review, ar.d 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 thelCourt of Review at present, he did not think that any commensurate advantage was to be gair.ed 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 Hon. Gentleman who bat 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. Granville • Bruce MARQUISES. Minto Clanricarde Besborough' Lansdowne Fitzhardinge DUKE. Norfolk LAZI4. LORDS. am De Manley Camoys Cottenham Wrottesley Montfort LAuLs. Stafford Auckland VISCOUNT.:ii Strafford Grey Falkland Dunally Fingal': Lilford Radnori BISHOP. Sudeley Devon Bt. Asaph Campbell NON-CONTENT. DUKES. EARLS. VISCOUNT. Richmond] Nelson Sydney Montrose Enniskillen LoaDs. Buccleuch Rosso Sondes MARQUISES. St. Germans Colville Ailesbury Stradbroke Walsingham 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 doth 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. Filmer, Sir E. Packe, C. W. Antrobus, Edmund Forster, 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 R. Borthwick, Peter Goulburn, Henry Rich, Henry Bouverie, E. P. Graham, Sir James Richards. Richard Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas , Roebuck J. A. Bramston, T. W. Grey, Sir G. Russell, Lord J. Brotherton, Joseph Grosvenor, Lord R. Russell, Lord C. Brown, W. Halford, Sir H. Rutherford, A. Buller, Charles Hallyburton, Lord Seymer, Henry Ker Buller, Sir J. Y. Halsey, T. P. Seymour, Sir H. Byng, G. S. Hamilton, Lord C. Shell, R. L. Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Shelbrne, Earl of Cavendish, C. C. Herbert , Syd n ey Some u rville, Sir W. Clerk Sir G. Hobhouse, Sir J. Spooner, Richard Clive, Vise. Inglis, Sir R. H. Strutt, Edward Cowper, W. F. Jervis, Sir John Thornely, T. Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Cripps, W. Law, C. E. Vyse, 11. Deedei, W. Lindsay, Colonel Walpole, S. H. Denison, J. E. Macaulay, T. B. Ward, H. G. Duckworth, Sir J. Mainwaring, T. Wilshere, W. Duncan, George Maule, Fox Wood, Sir Charles Dundas, ;Admiral Morpeth, Viscount Wortley, J. S. Dundas, Sir D. Neeld, Joseph East, Sir J. Neville, Ralph TELLERS. Lasthope, Sir John Newdegate, N. Tufnell, Henry Egerton, W. T. Nicholl, J. Hill, Lord M. MINORITY-NOES, 19. Aglionby, 11. A. Evans, Sir Do Lacy O'Connell, M. d. Bennet, P. Frewen, C. IL Pechell, Captain Blackstone, W. Fuller, A. E. Sheridan, B. B. Collins, William Hindley, C. Colvile, C. R. HodgsOr, F. TELLES& Buncombe, P. Lawless, Cecil Etwall, Ralph Duncombe, 0. M'Carthy, Alex. Wakley, Thomas Ek.cott, Bickham Morris, David TUESDAY, JULY 20. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a third time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out tilt word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the Itords " 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. H. Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Brotherton, J. Hallyburton, Lord Russell, Lord R. Brown, W. Hatton, Captain Russell, Lord C. Buller, Charles Hobhouse, Sir John Rutherfurd, A. Cowper, W. F. Dodd, G. s J ir . ED.avit Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. Craig, W. G. Labouchere, Henry Somerville. Sir W. Wood,arc Hsi.rGc.harles 3 31 3 l i :a:n:1 e:,tihaFY: T. . B. Thornely, Thomas o V x iscount 1V Ebrington, Viscount Morris, David TELLERS. Etwall, Ralph Norreys, Sir D. Tufnell, IL Ferguson, Sir R. O'Connell, M. J. Hill, Lord Marcus • MINORITY—NOES, 18. Bankes, George ' Fuller, A. E. Taylor, E. Bentinck, Lord 0 . -.• Henley, J. W. Trotter, John Bentinek, Lord IL, Hudson, G. Vyse, R. 11. R. H. Boldero, H. G. Law, C. E. Waddington, IL S. Bramston, T. W .. Necld, Joseph Tzmuts. Fox, S. L. Palmer, G. Borthwiek, Peter Frewen, C. 11. Rashleigh, William Stuart, J. WATERLO Ct.-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 !" And may no one return from it without a firm resolve to do something towaeds 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 " Milton's Version 'of the 84th Psalm" (the latter a new composition never yet performed), will be produced on the occasion, OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CfIINA. (Prom the Overland Bengal ilurharn, 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 acqua i n t e d 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 having 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 dimcreet 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 management of ed of C au b u l, an d l e a h a o n n e s d u p K e h r the r e ß n r c i h t ih officers e nts ca r r t i t e p d p out oi nt e d under to a t d h v e ls o t ennein dotfhteh e local t g h o e v r e s government. n o t s . t a u h l Sultan 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 from Caubul are to the 10th April, and are not of much interest, except in so far as they inform us of the return of the Ameer to his capital, after having, as is presumed, settled for 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 Kholoom 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 thermometer rose to above 94 in a cool room ; but this has given place to a temperature 10 degrees loVver, with cloudy skies and frequent rain. There would appear to ha ve b e en very heavy weather near the head of the b a y l a t e ly, as no fewer than eight vessels have put b ac k w ithin the last week or i so. .The ship Framjee C owas j ee , laden with a valu able cargo for London, has also put back , a n attem p t havng been made by her Lascar crew to set her on Commercial affairs continue dull, and the Money Market is still tight. Freights without much alter ation. Exchange, lightly depressed, is now oted at 2s. Old. to 20. Old. f or fi rst c l ass ten months' bills on England. P.S.—JUNE 2, Nom—The Delhi Gazette of the 2Gth ult., just received, thus reports on the state of affairs in the north-we s t :—" O u r frontier continues in the most blissful stat e o f repo se ; we have not one word of the least politi ca l i mpor tance since our last, if we except, perhaps, the announcement that Maha raja Ghoolab Singh has expressed his determination . to make Cashmere his place of permanent abode." MADRAS. LATEST INTELLIGENCE . (From the Overland Madras Athenaunt, June 9). Athenceu m P re ss, June 9, T wo, P.M. Since our summary was in print infor mation, seem ingly authentic, has been re ce iv e d by the Sp ectator of a on, the pacification of the country hypothesis it is imp fresh breaking out of insurrection in Goomsoor. If the account given. by our contemporary may be depended has indeed been su perficial ; and on the same othesis resist the conviction that the plans o f the present agents are seriously deficient in adaptation to the wants of the ossible to case. But the sources of Goomsoor intelligence are so clearly poisoned with partisanship, that we never receive what issues from them withotoout distrust stress which feeling prevents us from laying much the present instalment of bad news. The substance of man aged somehow it is simply, that Chokra Bi ss bye has 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 h as been made by some of the Hill tribes, as a proof of their sincere resolution b to el s l t a an re d r b e y p t r b esen is arch as vow i ng the .counteractive revolter. _Colonels Dyce and Camp measures that the emergency allowed of. ... tohfe the llteo 'the denizens of BOMBA Y. SECRETARIATE AuRANGEraENTs.—In consequence of political and secret departments Mel ville with the Hon. the Governor C art shall , to Poona, the expected departure of Mr.Prinigalec ando Council, Mel it has b ee n _arrapged that Mr. Mallet, for the monsoon, military and , marine depart ''the monts, and that the duties O. revenue, financial, and Bombay, who separate departments shall devolve on Mr. Escombe. l e t ee ttk re e t ch ry arg in e We understand that only a - portion of the garrison band has been selected to accompany the suite of the Governor to Poona. Thi s arrangement will, no doubt, afford some satisfaction ntirel d would otherwise have been e f y eprived for several months of the inimitable per ortmances which at present materially add to the enjoy of , an evening ramble or ride on the esplanade. —Gen mlzn s Gazette, June 1. We have to announce th_e_ . followiug ,rh shipping arrivals and departures: -- May 3U Sir Charles barque Sovereign, Loutit, from Aden; ship _es Napier, Tullack, from Aden. --31. The barqiie .I.,aviniat MThee, from Aden; ship Madagascar, Hight, from London. -99. The barque Erin, Maine, for Singapore; ship Swithamley, ' Jenning, for China ; ship Harold, Lill e - , y for London.—Telegraph and Courier, June 1. 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 Malwa. 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 of 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 p ro l ong 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 engaaements with them, " The dealers have every reason to hope that, in jus tice to them, the Resident of Gwalior will take cog nizance of the matter, and obtain the necessary - cog tion from the Resident of Indore, who, being well ' " c to enable him to afford relief to the p a • n requisite and at as early a period as possible. " It will, however, be not irrelevant to I rues concerned, mention that the losses sustained by the dealers are serious, and call for early redress from the authorities under are placed. The difference between the sale pric3 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 intere,t by .holding the opium on hand until it was ascertained that the Moonim 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 itivariable practice, vihich obtains at Malwa in adjusting similar ditferences."—lbid. NO RTH. WEST. Oar 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.—Della 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 do 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 nut 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 lli „ 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 lf 15 0 a 16 0 New Cy. 4 ditto BANE SHARES. Bengal Bank Co.'s Rs. (4,000) Prem.2,550 to 2,600 Union Bank „ (1,000) Disct. 30 to 50 Agra Bank Oriental Bank N. Western Bank „ (.500) „ 100 to 130 PRICE OF BULLION, &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 100 220 4to 220 12 Mexican ditto „ 219 Bto 220 0 Sovereigns Madras gold mohurs ft 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 Whampoa Cotton, 7. to sr& 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. s 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 Sinhing-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 Yeung 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. a Taukwang, 27th year, 3d moon, 24th day (May 8, 847)." 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 44.) The following is the Emperor's rcply 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 Fuhshaa 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 enter 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 remi ssness , b u t comman d both di") 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 4nost severe punishments fcr 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. I 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• roy. 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 fionan, a point of much more importance at present, and one which, without great prudence and forbearance on the part of both the Chinese and English, seems not 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 are 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 Honan 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 correspondent informs us) seemed greater among foreigners than among Chinese." It is impossible, of course, to calculate upon what a people who rabble will attempt, wrought upon by p who believe that theirrights of property, which are sacred cied even from the arbitrary grasp of their owai mandarins. are to be invaded by the hated foreigner; . but experience has shown that unprovolted outrages on tne part of the Chinese are of extremely rare occurrence, even when but slight means of resistance h ave existed; and it seems improbable, therefore, that an attack will ho attempted in the face of the Scout and Pluto, anchored off the Factories, with a company of the Royal -Irish quarterel within them. Bat if the matter is not settled satisfactorily now, it may be ..`a perpetual source of inquietude, though few tner,!liants will probably be disposed to incur the odium and annoyance of erecting warehouses on Hunan, so hag 33 the present facilities for storing goods are offered by the brokers. It would certainly be very desirable that the goods were under the merchants' own charge; and it is to be regretted that a more eligible site than Ronan had not been suggested. Its unsuitableness, however, ought to be a sufficient reason for proceeding no further in its ac quisition; and as Keying is probably as desirous to get out of a difficulty wigs his countrymen as ours are to improve their position, we trust the Plenipotentiaries may fairly consider the matter and come to some more satisfactory arrangement. Dane's Island has been spoken of as greatly preferable to Honan; and as it has large portions of ground unbuilt on, it would probably be much less difficult to obtain what is wanted there than at Honan. 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 /longs; one of the oldest of which (Linching) has fol lowed close upon those of Foo-tae and Aming. 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 IS4I, 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 Hongs 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. 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 daring the month have been made to a very trifling extent; only a few hundred bales having 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. Bc. 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 6,083 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 to 31 dolls.; 26 to 32, 32 dolls. to 34 dolls,; 34 to 42, 35 dolts. 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. 90.. 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. 50e. to 2 dolls. 60c. for drilling, and 2 dolls. 55c. to 2 dolls. 65c. for sheetings. Long Ells-111 - 1 Scarlets are worth 11 dolls. to 11 dolls. 50c.; other colours about the same as before. Spanish Stripes—The presant not being the season, prices have declined; they may be quoted from 1 doll. 10c. to 1 doll. 25c. per yard. Carrilets 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. 50e. duty paid; but we hear of no transactions. Rice—The weather having become favourable for the coming crop the price has given way materially ; Arracan is 1 doll. 30c.; Manila and Java, 1 doll. 60c., for good cargo. Putchuck:—Dull, at 7 dolls. 50c. to 8 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. 50c.; old ditto, 625 dolls.; new 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 kay at 13 to 30 taels; 1,000 chests Hyson at 27 to 45 taels; 2,500 chests Young Hyson at 19 to 35 taels; 500 packages Moyune Gunpowder and Imperial at 13 to 30 taels; also 8,000 chests Canton Young Hyson 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 Hyson, and 2,500 chests young Hyson 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. SLK.—About 100 bales Tsatlee have been sold during the month at 400 dolls., leaving 600 bales Tsatlee and 200 ditto Taysaam 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. Cl. per ton is the current rate to England. EXCHANGES. 4s. 30. 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 Council 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 Higb ness 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 sea 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. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held_na I special general meeting yesterday, at their office, 1 Whitehall-place. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourahie c P n rivy Council had a meeting yesterday in the Council r ation am o - f ber, to hear counsel fur anal against the con certain Acts of Naturalisation passed in we t r h e e t l h s e lan L d nr o d f Jersey, in 1829. The . Lc.; President, the Lord Privy e s al, P the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. ____--- M. TwEßs' HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND E . „p/RE.—The Seventh V olum e of Mr. Forbes Camp bell's Translation of the ehad of a above work booksellers. (the o only t tuth Mr.o- C Cl o 9 e d E n glish edition) is published this d a y b y M r. .°l.l3rn has also just buurn'andm may b published:-2. Vol. X. of Agnes Strickland's Lives of the Qu eens o f E ngland. 3. Lord Castlereagh 's Narrative of His Journey to Damascus, sce., 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 VOl9. SALE OF PROPERTY BY AUCTION..--CAUTION.— In the case of Robinson v. Wall, the printed conditions of sale having stated that the property would be sold without reserve, which mea ns th a t " no person w ill b e 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 tain amount; the Lord Chancellor has decided that . d the purchaser cannot be called on to complete.— The Iptil eA ET*ER.—On Tuesday morning, an Englishma n nd _ avre named Johnson, employed on the Rouen jumpa H from a Railroad, in attempting, at Malaunay, them, and lite] nearly the whole of one e n to the hospital, waggon at rest to one which otof his fell hands betweens o dreadfully crushed, that on being th e that in halation of ether was used, and such°N.-cearesion performed without the patient amputation was found neeessar yth.geOenffatehoitss not only was the operation.n but when he recovered his suffering the slightest p —Gals Waal. the dressing of . the s p has been eminently successful full senses, his:spiritstu7raei s'o lively as to interfere with Mons. Jullien, who . d engagement on Friday next, at the Royal S • N s ~ n ' itlit- i;ts-371-41:1 ‘ v-,3 r, CALEDONIAN RAIL WAYTWO* . fr (F r ,,t the l'aifw a y any SZ7pping J ourna l . ) The works oil the Caledonian e(Nei-where h , ing F:rostatt , A iti a rrteA-vig,orou3 manner.. On the Glastlow cittin line—from the kr:re:ion with the Wishaw and Coltness'way, a distance of 35 miles, to the sum mit near Elvanhead..-61.01 prt'etess has been made as leaves no doubt or this prtion being in a state to open for traffic in the course of the year, with two months to spare. The greatest activity prevails ; at the heavy points two sets or shifts of workmen are constantly em ployed. Near Carluke are the two deep ravines of Garion Gill and Carluke Burn, over each of which the railway is carried by embankments 80 feet in height. Such works are always tedious of execution. Th , , , se embankments were closed, to have a road over, on Ist July. The rock cutting at Cieghorn is in active progress, and a road at the proper level tray 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 span; nearly the whole of the stone is on the ground, and the workmen engaged in building the arches. Over the light part of the works the permanent way is laid. An excellent material for ballast is found in the furnace slag of Shotta Iron Company, a communication to which is formed by a temporary railroad. Near Carst a i rs the earth work is nearly finished. To wards Thankerton the heavy embankment at Grange will, the contractors aro sanguine, be close in August; as also, at same t i me, a road through ; Liggetfoot excava tion. On e ac h s i de of Thankerton a considerable length of permanent way is laid. A t l p, short distancthe south of th e village the main high monnds of sand an d gravel (the niteaipoiasssoesr the throughpea santry);- santry);. this is the very b est material for ball ast. With so much permanent road ready, a locomotive engine would now be most useful and is daily expected, to drag the gravel from these kaims, north and south, to less fa voured localities. Towards Abington, near Leamington Bridge, the Clyde is crossed by a timber viaduct. This in course of erec tion—the principal timber being all on the ground. South of this the work is light, the excavations nearly finished, and the material proper for ballast. At Crawford the formidable whinatone cutting through the village is being execut e d in good e arne s t. It is quite expected to have a road through in August. South from this, over the Newton meadows, is the largest unfinished 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 evince 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 di scoun t 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. Brnneau, Bullot, Barry, and Tercelin- Sigart, directors of the Concessionary Company, toge 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 Thence, the Minister of the interior, who was sup ported by M. de Schierval, the governor of the province, General Delahaye and D. lacoste, and the other au thorities, both civil and military. As soon as M. de Baray, the Minister of Public Works, 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 still 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 international line between Holland and Belgium. M. Bruneau having also acknowledged the zealous co-ope ration of the Government and of the engineers of the Ponts et Chausse s. M. de Bavay intimated, in reply, that the Government would always he ready to aid in any work of public utility, and expatiated, in his turn, on the benefits which the new line would confer on the province of Limbourg and its chief town, by the connexion of the latter with the reseau of the State railways. He looked upon it as a noble result of the intervention of foreign capital, di rected by skilful and earnest men, and he complimented 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 of " Viva le Rot!" Two Royal decrees were afterwards read by the Se cretary General of the Minister of Public Works—the one creating Mr. Kennard a Knight of the Order of Leopold, and the other promoting to the third rank in the corps of the "Pants et Chauses" 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 Don Christopher, the e ffi gy of a knight armed cap a pie, 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 thirteenth or fourteenth century, saved Hasselt from 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 had on his right hand the Minister of Public Works, and on his left the Minister of the interior, the Archbishop of Liege, Messrs. Bruneau, Bullot, Barry, and Tercelin- Sigart, the Generals commanding the province and bri gade, M. Bareel, &c. Amongst the guests we observed M. de Coyet, Grand Marshal of the Court of Sweden, 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 vincing proof of the possession 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 a successful revolution, and still agitated and convulsed by the struggle it had gone through. How triumphantly, through the prudence of his measures, and the sagacity of 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 rEseau of the railways of Belgium ; nod I cannot but look upon 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 at the same time the permanent well-being of his sub jects, by developing all the resources of the country, by bringing together its agricultural and mineral districts, 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, to work out the civilisation of the world. This was an act, gentlemen, which requires no eloquence on my part to bring home to every one o ad f e y d ou l , and to which, on the present occasion, need only thus briefly advert, to ensu l re am I y h o a u ve now the pe r rs e u ntering with me, heart and soul, int,/ the . toa t s h t eiresence of the taken a part honour to propose—a toast which, have slenkindiy distin;uished Ministers w ho life of his Majesty in our . f estivities , ~Tothe I h e h ave3l and the greater ong posing,• If Leopold, King of the Belgian s In his delivery of this speech , Mr. Kennard was in terrupted continually by loud acclamations, which were ork s the repeated at the close with the greatest possible en thusiasm. havingT duly repliiied in the Queen of Great B • • " la . the name of the King, proposed in return " The health and the y of eh r r . e MK Majestyj e n n i s n t a e r r Kennard acknowledged Public W also greeted with prolonged cheers. w the le n * ;g w a: "The King of the French, the Proprietors •f France;" which was replied to by M. Bullot on the) part of his countrymen present. M. de Bavay afterwards proposed " The Health cof the President of the Company;" • which was followed by a toast from M. Bruneau ' To the Prosperity of thaa City of Hasselt." Mr. Barry then expressed the gratitude whicih the company felt to the Minister of Public Works, w•Do had granted the concession, and aided and encourag ed the works; and he was persuaded, that, from the um liner is which the Government fulfilled its engagement e with private companies, foreign capitalists would neve is r ths hesi tate to engage in Belgium iu such enterprises present, the dives' ion of At ten o'clock a splendid ball, un der .n the spaci , Ins SR . 11. Kerers, of Brussels, was g i v en kt in till a late hour loon of the Casino, and was i? the following mornireg two and at seven and ten o'cloc back to B.nassels • left Hassell, eonve) special trains , ho will, no douht, long preilerve the numerous guests, si th e r ecollection of the interesting ceremony they wit nessed, and of t he hospitality w hi ch they received f ro m the popu lation of Hasseit an d the concessionary company. A general feeling of sympathy h as 1- amongst all ranks of people for the Mr. Calcraft, the lessee of the has been plunged, throutrl' ' the drama in the Iris' officers of the of Sir Ed and of ' has 1. on , Calei John Colone Captain Smith, praisewor stand that to play on t.