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sances. He trusted that the whole subject would receive the serious attention of the Government, in order that they might not have this scandalous system acted all over againl by their election agents, in the event of another generoar election. These persons were scarcely to be blamed, f they were acting strictly within the letter of t he law. It g w as the law that was defective, and it requ ire d amend ment. For his own part, he believe d theriG reenville Act was a great blunder, and that the house o ught to have kept these matters in their own hands. H e did not blame Mr. Brown, he was the solicitor and agent for the Carlton, and it was doubtless his over zeal for the party that em ployed him, that had led him . into these mistakes. It appeared, however, that his services were fully appreciated by the party, for it had come President of the Board of out in evideuce that he was afterwards appointed by t he late Control as the solicitor to that department, purely out of esnsideration for his services to the Carlton thermlub and the tory party. The right lon. ‘sentleman ember for Stamford (Mr. Herries) `vas no t a present, but if he were he .vould ask him whether he remembered, in the whole course of his long experience, any Government having made so profligate an appointment. (Hes,r, hear.) What would be said gentlemen opposite if Mr. Coppock had been appointed solicitor to the Home Department or to the Treasury ? why, they would never have heard the last of it. (Hear, hear.) He believed the right hon. baronet who was now at the head of the Board of Control had so far retrieved the mistake of the right hon. member for Stam ford, that Mr. Brown was no longer the solicitor to that board. He had been let down as easy as possible by the office of solicitor to the Board of Control being merged into that of some other department. (Hear.) But with regard to the Carlton Club, he had heard since he came into the house of certain conduct of theirs which showed that they were the most ungrateful people he had ever heard of. Some correspondence, it appeared, had taken place between Colonel Dixon and the conservative party in Nor wich as to what had become of him (Mr. T. Duncombe) and his motion ; and in one of his communications, the colonel said he was glad to say that Mr. Brown had not only been dismissed from his situation at the Board of Control, but also from his situation at the Carlton Club, and that a friend of his had been appointed in his stead to fulfil the duties at elections which had hitherto been so dis gracefully performed by the gentleman of the Carlton Cl He had never heard any good reason for this decision of the club. Some said it was becau s e they had got a coali tion Government, and that there were as many members of the Carlton Club upon the Treasury bench as of the Reform Club. (A laugh.) He did not know how that might be, nor whether the Carlton was on a visit to the Reform, or the Reform to the Carlton ; whichever way it was he hoped the visit would be short, for he believed there would be very little chance of parliamentary reform till it was concluded. (Hear, and a laugh.) He again urged upon the Government to consider the subject to w hi c h he had called attention during the recess, with a view to the introduction of some measure early next session. Lord J. RUSSELL would not enter into thesub. ub ss le s je j c e rth o e f the Norwich petition ; but with regar d to hon. gentleman had brought under discussion he agreed with him that there was great abuse in t withdraw al of election petitions under the existing law he . (Hear, ear.) And he had to state further that the andm would be ma turely considered by the Governmen t , a that a bill for the amendment of the present law for regulating the trial of controverted elections had been already. consideration (and ther e were some im portant deta ils which required to be considered carefully would be introduc e d i n the next session of Par liament. (Cheers.) He wished, while u gi ve n by —° • o n his legs, to call attention for a moment to t he notice his friend the member for O x f or d University, to bring under consideration the report of the select committee upon the office of Speaker. He was em powered by her Majesty to give her consent to the proposi tion recommended by the committee • but as the matter was i m portant, and might require discussion, and as it could not be brought on to-day at 6 o'clock without inter fering with the arrangements for the Government business, perhaps his hon. friend would not object to defer it till Thursday or Friday next, Sir R. INGLIS would fix it for Thursday, and hoped he should be permitted to bring on the motion the first thing on that day. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. Lord D. STUART called attention to a motion he had on the paper for a select committee to inquire into the • cost, maintenance, and general administration of the me tropolitan police. He complained that the cost of the police had increased by 100,0001. within the last five years. The number of police had been increased by nearly 1,200, there being now 5,500 men in the force. The inhabitants of the metropolis did not think it necessary to have so large a force, and the metropolis was not a. bit better watched now than it used to be when there were fewer men and the expense was less. He had reason to speak on that point, because his constituents contributed one-fifth of the expense of the police ; and, as well said by the hon. member for Devonport on a former occasion, the cost of the old watchmen of Marylebone was 10,0 00 1 . a year, while that of the police was 25,0001. a year, the number of men being the same, namely, 211—and under the old system Sir Robert Peel had eulogised that borough as being a model of public reg ulation. Although population might have increased, yet the number of policemen was out of all proportion, as they had increased 50 per cent. since their establishment. The expense of the police was complained of, and it had been admitted to be too great by the government of the noble lord (J. Russell), for the right hon. the member for Morpeth, when Home Secre tary, had introduced a bill to decrease the police rates ; but he suddenly altered his mind, and at one o'clock one morning discharged the order for proceeding with the bill; and that without notice, thus being guilty of a breach of faith towards the inhabitants of the metropolis ; and he gave no reason, except that it was notorious that there were apprehensions of disturbances at that time (184 s). Were there any such apprehensioas now ? The people never were so prosperous, tranquil, or well dispose& and the Government ought not to disturb that tranquillity by refusing an inquiry on this subject. All he asked was a select committee to inquire if the police force was greater than was required, or if any reforms were required in its management, and if it was true that the expenditure could not be reduced, that would be shown, and the peoplewould be satisfied. lie believed that the result would be diffe rent, and that it would be proved that the police might be as efficient as they were now, and more so, with a re duction of the amount which was paid fur it. It was said by some persons that the police could not be improved, but he did not subscribe to that opinion, for, although they were efficient, yet they might be made still more so, and one mode of doing it would be to increase the num ber of their officers, and give those duties to a better class of men, who would be more fit to command the men. As it was, the officers were all raised from the ranks, and were not sufficient in number to keep the men to their duty, and that was one of the reasons why a policeman was never to be found when wanted, but were loitering about areas instead of being at their posts. Some offences had been committed by the police which needed inquiry. He had more than once mentioned in that house a case in which some policemen attacked with their cut lasses an unoffendinff * man, broke his arm, and then charged him with assaulting them. The case was dismissed by the magistrate, but the men were not brought to trial for the offence by the commissioners, although they were dismissed the force. There was another flagrant instance of miscon duct which occurred a month or two ago, when a respect able woman, the wife of a labourer, who was passing a police office, was attacked by three policemen, who called her a prostitute, and struck her a severe blow in the face, and their treatment of her ended in a miscarriage. This woman deserved protection as much as the wife of any member of that house, and it was monstrous that such an outrage should have been committed by the guardians of the public peace. The men were brought before the magistrate, and the one who abused the woman was fined 10s. and 2s. costs, while the other, who had struck the woman, and who was in court and heard the matter going against his colleague, slipped off, absconded, and had not been taken since. All this sort of thing in disposed the public towards this force, and there would be a still greater indisposition towards it unless the Go vernment granted an inquiry. When the late Duke of Wellington lay in state at Chelsea there was great cause to complain of the arrangements made by the police for the management of the crowd ; the policemen on duty were quite overpowered, and it was not until the guards were brought on the ground that order was restored, but in the meantime three lives were lost ; and although the police arrangements at the funeral were excellent, and each as to induce the Queen to thank the police, yet at the lying in state they were disgraceful, and the deaths which occurred were chargeable on those defective arran g ements, For these and other reasons which he could bring forward he thought there was very good ground for a select com mittee, but of course he should not move for it on the 2nd of August. The Government had pievented him from bringing forward his motion at an earlier period, and all he could say was, that ho would try it again next session, and bring on his motion at a still earlier period. CASE OF THE PARSEE MERCHANTS. Mr. J- G. PHILLIMORE rose to move " That an hum ble address graciouslybePrented to her Majesty, praying that she would bemerchants , to cause the case and memorial of the Parsee Mergee to be referreclt' Jevangee Mergee and Pestongee for the examination and direction of the Juaicial Committeeher l!rlajesty's Privy Council." The hen. gentleman then of the case of these mer chants, who were native i rbjects of the British Govern ment, and had had thetenarriat:gement of certain cotton dis tricts in Berar, in the life rr o e r s . of the Nizam, as the most cruel, short of injury to , he said, that in spite before Parliament. They complained, that had ever come Silts deliberately signed, of solemn declarations and inst they had been grossly wren po naterfer e d for their East India Company had not only 2 o r t. 9 16 Nizam, and the of the very protection, but were at this moment i Jamas upon the mortgage of which the u y h:d 3eB „, sic 't almost to the Nizam, and that money had been ,; — ;,: a „ rl ,, e _ ,ed money exclusively for the support of the conting:it — "' troops of the company themselves. In support or Posed of tion Mr. Phillimoro entered at much length, and withme minuteness, into the particulars of the pecuniaryi;g„ rea t tions and the Nizam, and their correspondence with his minister, Chundoo Lall, and the British resident at Tv derabad, and stated that the balance due to the merchants was .260,000/. In considering the law of the case, he ar gued that, by every code, bypothezation carried its burden with it ; that even had these persons been subjects of the Nizam, instead of being British subjects, the East India Company, having come into possession of the districts in question subject to all the Nizam's obligations were legally liable to this undisputed debt. Mr. J. A. SMITH seconded the motion, and declared his conviction that the facts of the case, which he reca pitulated, were accurate and true, and he read a letter re cently written by General Frazer, formerly resident at Hyderabad, to the Parsee merchants, strongly in favour of their claims. Sir C. WOOD disclaimed all desire or intention to de preciate the character of these Parsee merchants, but un dertook to show that there were grounds for resisting this claim, which had not been alluded to by Mr. Phillimore or Mr. Smith, and which were of such p aramount force that he sh ou ld grossly neglect his duty if he did not conjure the house to resist the appeal made to their feelings, and to maintain a policy which had been the salvation of our Indian Empire. The person by whom these merchan ts had been wronged the Nizam, and the sole question was, whether the British a Government were bound to com pel that Prince to pay this debt, the British Government owing these parti es no wrong. The Nizam rany, and having done them no denied their claim ; but, conceding that he did owe the money,the claim was upon him. Sir Charles gave a counter-h istory the of N the complicated dealings between the merchants and not only lands as security for thewho had assigned advances,Nizam, who but moneys due by certain zeminclars; and he hat the com pany would not have been justified n argued that on be half of these parties. Recently long in ar entered into with the Nizam, who rear of his payments for the contingent, I! )een districts had been, not conceded, but put Jr the possession of the British Government as a means of Pr( th ese payments in future, and among those districts for portion of the lands form erl y assi g n ed to these parties, w i a then discussed th e law of the case, contendin g t hat the assignment of land by a native prince to any British sub ject was contrary to oul nau.:lcirel law,which ilea pasties THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1853, had violated by lending money to the Nizam. If we I were called upon to interfere on behalf of such claims, ho said, the independence of all native States would disap pear, and we should have no alternative but to annex their territories ; but it had always been the policy of our Indian Government, in all cases, to refrain from enforcing any debt due from native princes to British subjects. Mr. H. G. LIDDELL supported the motion, laying stress upon the acts of the British Resident as fixing an equitable responsibility upon the Company's Government. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR likewise advocated an inquiry into this case, there being no other tribunal to which these parties could appeal, and he thought Sir C. Wood, instead of devising ingenious objections, would have acted more consistently if he had admitted that the question was fairly open to inquiry. Sir J. HOGG, in opposing the motion, acknowledged that these Parsees were gentlemen of high character and respectability. But they had entered into transactions with the Nizam with their eyes open, having been warned of their danger. Their case was undoubtedly ono of great hardship ; but the question was not one of compassion, but of public justice and public policy. Could we compel the Nizam to pay these gentlemen in preference to thousands, perhaps, in the same predicament? He added some parti culars of the transaction to those furnished by Sir C. Wood, whose conclusions from the law of the case he s ustained, and he entreated the house to weigh well the danger ine volved in this proposition, which was repug,nantot the policy of the Indian Government for the last 60or y h e o a u r s s e . Mr. BRIGHT thought it was impossible for the to not come decide to whatany sh other oul d c thbaendotuhea,tt, hi if s the ee le s y e o c tl o t i g i h ld tl to be referred to some judicial tribunal. these Parsees ultimately clusion possession of the were N facts were admitted,h ar hardly d disputedthe; Company e wrongs u of h for the debt. Considering lands which had been assigned the relations b re y la t t h io e us i o z f am th a e s c security ompany w u a p s on pai t d h . e N p i r z i a nz in a 's fa c c o i n e, - twhiethltnhdaitaupuopopveetrummonenatrcth,adtheitreincolul. its power, p b o e w n er o , doubt that a a t tillttouilatuizonthoefseitcsuriptoylic then, there was a ground for asking, not the payment of Y the money, but for an impartial inquiry before a compe tent tribunal. ho Mr. WIGR.A.3I hoped the house would not take the cours e of referring this case to the Judicial Committee, tribunal not constituted efficiently to take of a complicated case of disputed accounts. If etvihgeinchihsoauwnsesees a was satisfied that there existed a just demand against the Indian Government, it would be better to fol low precedents, and interfere by bill. His opinion was, that no foundation had been shown for such a demand, or for the interference of the house. Sir R. INGLIS concurred with Mr. Bright in the opi nion that there ought to be a tribunal in existence whose duty it would be to inquire into grievances of this sort. But with regard to the motion under discussion, even if it were agreed to, he doubted if the petitioners could obtain a hearing. The Committee of Privy Council was a committee of appeal, and not of original jurisdiction. And even if her Majesty received the address of the house, she could not authorise the Judicial Committee to. take upon themselves such an inquiry as could alone be satisfactory. Mr. INGHAM contended that, as a matter of law and conscience, the East India Company, who had taken pos session of the property upon which the petitioners had a lien, were bound to discharge this claim. Anything might be referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Coun cil that her Majesty chose to refer to them. They would not be required to take evidence, but merely to adjudicate upon document s already laid before the house. He should vote for the motion. Mr. HUME said it was certainly true that the debt was not the debt of the company, but a debt of the Nizam. Still it was one secufed upon property of which the com pany were in possession. The wrongs the petitioners had experienced were admitted, and a remedy had been refused to them. He should, therefore, support the motion. Mr. E. BALL contended that the house ought to recog nise the claims of the petitioners, and said that he also should vote for the motion. Mr. MANGLES entreated the house to ask itself, in case it decided upon reference to the Privy Council, whom it would make the defendant? The petitioners did not pretend to say that the East India Company owed them a farthing. And if they said the Nizam did, let it be re membered that that Prince was not subject to the council, and that any decree which they might make would in no wise affect him. If the property of British merchants had been violently seized by a foreign Government, it would, no doubt, be the duty of the English authorities to obtain a redress of their grievance. But he denied that the house was bound to interfere for the purpose of recovering for British subjects the sums they might have voluntarily lent to a foreign Government. The house then divided — For Mr. Phillimore's motion Against it Majority against the motion The motion for the house resolving itself into a com mittee of supply was then postponed, in consequence, no doubt, of the lateness of the hour, as it was then half-past twelve o'clock, UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The order of the clay for the third reading of this bill having been read, and the bill having been read a third time, Mr. CRA UFURD proposed to strike out the second and third clauses, and to modify the remaining clauses, his object being to omit the declaration which had been sub stituted in the bill for the test. Lord J. RUSSELL was sorry the hon. gentleman had adopted a course which was beginning to creep into the practice of the house, and which was very inconvenient — that was, after a bill had passed through committee and been reported, to make the third reading a third committee, and endeavour at that stage to alter the wording of clauses. But, in the present case, it was proposed to alter the whole framework of the bill, and out of 7 clauses to omit two. The house had deci.'ed that instead of a test of opinion there should be a declaration of conscience ; and the effect of the hon. gentleman's amendment would be to alter the whole character of the bill in this respect. After a few words from Mr. DUNLOP and Mr. NEWDE GATE, Mr. CRA.UFURD withdrew his motion, and. the bill passed. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. COLONIAL CHURCH RE( LILA 'PION BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Lord J. RUSSELL proposed to postpone the second reading until Monday, with a view of having certain clauses printed which were proposed by the Solicitor- General, with a view of removing the objections that had been raised against the measure. Mr. KINNAIRD protested against the postponement of the measure only until Monday, at this late period of the session. He had the strongest objections to the measure, and would move that the second reading be postponed to this day three months. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the amendment. He thought it was a most impolitic thing to introduce a bill of this character, the only effect of which would be to increase religious controversies. The colonies would never assent to this measure. Sir R. H. INGLIS thought that one o'clock in the morn ing of the 3d of August was not the time for discussing a measure of this importance. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL asked the house to sus pend their opinion of the merits of the bill until they saw the new clauses printed. The object of one of them was to give perfect religious equality to all sects and denomina tions in the colonies, and that of another to leave uncon trolled to the colonies the management of their affairs, both ecclesiastical and civil. Mr. V. SMITH wished to know who was now the father of the bill ? He condemned the course of the Government in respect to this measure. It was now sought to make this bill a new measure altogether by the Government, who adopted it as their own. He would vote for the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not think the Government could have acted otherwise than as they had done. The object of the measure was not to make the Church of Eng land the Established Church of the colonies, but simply to give that church the same rights and privileges as were enjoyed by other religious sects in the colonies. No matter at what period of the session they had arrived, he thought that this was a proper subject for legislation. Mr. HENLEY said that they were all in darkness as to who were the real fathers of the bill. The noble lord had at first intimated to the house that the Government would have nothing to do with the measure. He (Mr. Henley) did not think that there was any reasonable prospect of legislating with effect upon the question at this advanced period of the session. If this course were persevered in of continuing to send up new bills to the House of Lords, they would be legislating there until Christmas. He would support the amendment. Mr. R. PALMER complained that several hon. members had created prejudice against the bill out of doors by mis representing its character. This bill was the result of mature and deliberate consultation on the part of the bishops of this country ; and was not at all open to the charge of seeking to confer special privileges on the Church of England. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, being responsible for having in two previous sessions drawn the attention of the house to this subject, and being of opinion that the measure had not been justly treated in the discussion of that evening, he should say a few words. On a former occasion, when he brought in a bill, his ob ject was to liberate the Church in the colonies from the dis abling effects of certain statutes, and to place the Church in the colonies in the position occupied by dissenting bodies. Objection, notwithstanding, was taken to his bill by a colleague of the right honourable gentleman (Mr. Henley) opposite, that the result would be to leave too wide a field open to the colonial bishops to do as they pleased, and that as a consequence the colonial church might be severed from all connection with the Church or the mother country. He (the Chancellor of the Exche quer) endeavoured to give the colonial church liberty ; and the objection taken was that if they got freedom, diversity and dissension would result. With the framing of the present bill he had nothing whatever to do ; but as to its paternity i . ty it must be well known that the bill was intro the church of the ulleed the House of Lords by the Archbishop of Canter bury, ari mother church, York, third reading of it moved by the Arch of New Zealand They were not prepared to state that eirlonies should be independent of the surrounded by for how did the case stand? The Bishop r instance, found himself in his diocese duct it was necessary t tants convert e d P t.° n e u ti m an b i e t r y, offorthwehaobseorirgielnigialouinshabi iiltake some regulations. These con regulations were entered° a legal opinion, when, unfelt, and sent to this country for these regulations were invalid 94 '1' laten t t e period i h o a d t o t the e objectionhe session raantet the opinion was that unlawful. However, at present to the bill strong one ti on to postponeconsequentes bi 1 lshortness t —the e th ad e s o a f y ti t m ha e t ---- t w he a r s e a w v a e s ry no st o ro b hould, therefore, session. (Cries of hear, hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE said, that whilst fully recognising the necessity for smile legislation ou the subject, he w not prepared sanction a bill in which itas -was proposed t make such important alterations as in the present. (H ear () ) The amendment that the bill be read a second time that " day three months was the n a g reed to without a division. SHERIFFS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill went through committee. DUBLIN CARRIAGES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS ACTS AMENDMENT (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Mr. I. BUTT moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed — the hour (two o'clock) being then too late to enter upon it. After a brief conversation, Sir J. YOUNG consented to postpone the measure. SMOKE NUISANCE ABATEMENT (METROPOLIS) BILL. The house having gone into committee on this bill, Mr. A. PELLATT moved an amendment to confine the o reretion of the bill to steam-6 gins furnaces. Lord PALMERSTON said he could not accede to the amendment. .. After a brief conversation, Lord PALMERSTON agreed to report progress, and refer the further consideration of the question to Thurs day next. The house then resumed. LAND TAX COMMISSIONERS' NAMES BILL. The bill went through committee. URNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. INSURANCES ON LIVES BILL. This bill went through committee. The house then resumed. UNIVERSITY . DISABILITIES. Mr HEYIVOOD moved for leave to b r i n g a bill to remove . certain disabilities which prevented some of her Majesty's subjects from resorting to the University of Oxford, and from proceeding to the first or bachelor's degrees in arts, law, and medicine in th e U n i v e rs ities of Oxford and Cambridge. Sir R. H. INGLIS should oppose the motion, and was prepared, if necessary to divide the house upon it, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested the withdrawal of the motion, which being assented to, Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend and continue certain acts relating to linen, hempen, and other manufactures in Ireland. The house adjourned at half-past two o'clock. CHINA.-SHANGHAI. The Nora China Herald furnishes the public with an English rendering of the letter said to have been sent by Sir G. Bonham to the rebel chief at Nankin, running as follows : " Sir G. Bonham, her Britannic Majesty's Plenipo tentiary, Governor of Hong Kong, and Superintendent of Trade at the five ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai, makes the following communi cation : " Yesterday (April 27th) at noon I arrived at Nan kin, on board the British steamer Hermes, and sent Mr. Interpreter Meadows on shore to annonnce the fact, and also to arrange at what time I could meet with your Majesty. Subsequently Mr. Meadows returned on board, saying that he had had an interview with their Highnesses the Northern King and the Assistant King. To-day at noon an officer deputed by you was to have come on board to escort me into the city to your Majesty's palace, that we might hold a conference together ; but it is now two or three hours past noon, and the officer in question has not yet ar rived. On account of my various engagements at other places I cannot long remain at anchor here ; I therefore deem it expedient to make you acquainted with some of the matters about which I wished to deliberate with you. The English nation has car ried on commercial intercourse with China for a con siderable time, namely, for the last 200 years in Canton ; and 10 years ago a new treaty was formed and commercial regulations agreed to, by which it was arranged that at Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shangai, British merchants should be allowed to build houses and bring their families to reside there ' • that in the trade carried on by them duties should be paid acccording to a settled tariff, without any further let or hindrance. At every one of the abovenamed ports there have been ap pointed British Consuls, for the superintendenceof affairs belonging to British subjects. I;the Plenipotentiary, have also been appointed by my Sovereign to be Govenor of Hong Kong and Superintendent of Trade at the above named five ports. All intercourse with the officers of the Chinese Government has to be conducted through me. For the last ten years things have gone on thus, without any remarkable change. But of late we have heard that the Chinese people have been engaged in hos tilities with the Mantchoo people. We have also heard that your Majestyhas obtained possession ofNankin and various other reports differing from each other. Further, the Mant choo officers have issued proclamations, saying that they have borrowed a number of European steamers, which are gone up the Yang-tsze-kiang to fight with your Majesty's troops. But these are all the false re ports and lying statements of the Mantchoo officers. It has been the custom of the British nation hitherto, in every place to which they go to trade or settle, when hostilities break out in said places, not to interefere ; how, then, could we lend st eamer s i n China for such a purpose ? As to the lorchas hired by the Mantchoo officers, or the European vessels bought by them, I, the Plenipotentiary, have nothing to do with them ; we do not allow British merchants' vessels to be hired for any such pur pose. People purchase British merchant vessels just as they purchase English piece goods and other articles; all which it would be difficult to prevent. But though we cannot prevent the subjects of other nations purchas ing British vessels, we do not allow such vessels after having been sold, to hoist the British flag. Should any British snbjects remain on board such vessels and allow themselves to be employed by the Mantchoo officers, we deem it improper, and our nation does not protect them. Now, your Majesty being at war with the Mantchoos, the British Government does not wish to interfere with either party ; but as British subjects have built many dwelling-houses, churches, and storehouses at Shanghai, and as there are a number of English vessels coming and going, as well as anchored, in Whampoa, river (opposite that city) ; and as your Majesty has arrived at Nankin, which is not far from Shanghai, and it is reported that your Majesty intends marching an army to Soochow and Sungkeang, and subsequently to Shanghai,—we wish previously to be made rcquainted with your intentions towards the British nation and its interests.' "The following cards accompanied the above docu• ment :---- " 'Thomas Taylor Meadows, Interpreter to the British Consulate at Shanghai. " E. G. Fishbourne, Commander of her Britannic Majesty's steamer Hermes. ' W. Woodgate, assistant in the office of her Britan nic Majesty's Superintendent. " Unitedly send their respects.'" The following letter, from a well informed merchant at Canton, describes the critical state of that city : " Canton, June 3. "There is no doubt but we were on the point of having trouble here about 10 days ago, as it now turns out. Every arrangement had been made, and parts as signed to all. The rising was to have taken place from within, where every possible organization had been made and completed ; but very soon before the blow was to be struck, some difference of opinion as to certain immaterial matters took place among the leaders, which was considered inauspicious, and, consequently, it is for the time put off, but, whether longer or shorter, of this we are not told. The city is slumbering on the summit of a volcano. An attack upon the Tartar encampment and the officers of Government, to be made simultane ously, will be their death-knell, and a signal that the work has begun. Every effort will be made to guard the foreign houses, but great doubt is expressed from the fact of a hatred and hostility existing against foreigners, beyond everything that was ever imagined to be possible. However,the factories can take care of themselves, for some time, at least ; if burnt out the in mates may take to the square, and defend them selves there until relieved. lam told the Rapid can go abreast of the factories, against tide, in two hours, and, with the tide, in a very short time, say half an hour or so. We can also get up, I suppose, 200 or 150 men from Whampoa in a very short time. Blan4 can land 40, and, as we shall probably have nothing to fear, ex cept from the bardfooted rabble, it certainly would be a great matter of astonishment if we could not defend ourselves. The Chinese people will take no part in the strife, and it is very possible that all the officers and Tartars well know that no sympathy nor aid need be looked for, for they will get neither. The Chinese will, doubtlessly, with lightning speed shut up and bar ricade their dwellings and shops, and thus they will remain passive listeners to what is going on until one party or the other is victorious. The Chinese soldiers —some 7,000 or 10,000—are much mistrusted by the mandarins. " To-morrow and on Monday morning there are to be grand reviews, at which all the high •fficers are to be present. There have been several of them of late on a very large scale. " The river is singularly clear of boats. Captain Hunt came up from Whampoa this morning, and reported that even the ' chop boats,' which always, as you will recol lect, used to anchor between Huillieras and the rocks, have left ; and from the top of my house I can quite confirm his report, for the river is very clear indeed. "It is no doubt true that the people have an idea that there is trouble about to come, but I suppose, from a feeling that it is only directed against the Government and the mandarins, they are, with very few exceptions, altogether indifferent to the matter." The following is an extract of an interesting letter re ceived from Shanghai, with which we have been favoured: _ _ " Shanghai, May 31. " Everthing lately has been going on quietly at Nan kin, but there is no doubt, that the rebels are gaing ground daily ; the more I hear of them the more I am led to believe they are an earnest determined people. The prospect, however, of their settlement as the govern. ment of the country must be very uncertain, and is rendered the more so as in the south of China two other rebellions have sprung up—one at Amoy, which place they have taken, and there set a guard for the protec tion of foreigners—that is, English and A mercians, How it will end the wisest cannot say, but there can be no doubt that the empire under the Tartar rule and the mandarins is drawing to a close. " We are on the eve of startling changes in China, 1 am sure ; they will not be long in coining ; let us hope that good will result, as I hope it will. The rebels at Nankin requested us to go up and trade with them ; they are anxious we should do so, and provided we would go they promised us protection. "The mandarins are making some efforts by buying English ships and giving the command to English and Americans, with as many Englishmen for crews as they can collect ; but these men are hired at enormous pay, and do not, as you may be sure, expose themselves to more risks than they can help ; as to fighting, they intend t o d o no thi ng o f th e k in d, th e y go mere ly f or their p a y, an d t a k e care t o d o littl e or nothing. "The Emperor's i w s h d ic i h m i i s ni t s h h e in m g s d e a w ily it , h fo rny for many o as he h ; their expenses are enormous with a decreasing revenue, for the People plainly refuse to pay their taxes, and the mandarins in such times have not the power to make eas them. I n fact, the Tartar rule is dropping to pieces, from their weaknes s and natural cau ses , th e r e su lt of imbecility, d ishonesty, weuid lying, and cruelty. U n d er p ro p er rule the Chi nese become one o f th e fi rs t, mos t enterprisi ng , and n„ s t successful nations u p o n earth. Many differ f rom me, but I con s id er Chi namen, as a talent e body, the most n rople I have eve r seen , an d are very far superi or to l 'w w end i u n ea ttl i a o t n countrymen in many which .goyern mqualifications.wantteAcltliotnheyofthey' is a rapidlyright fully t h intoe ir oanwn important tht e au m 4 th e i i s vih a s n e d d t n h a e t y ion w . 1 r i iiesya are not a fighting people, but commercial, persevering, and enterprising. The more I see of them, the more I admire their ability ; but I must admit them to be the most unexceptionable liars I have ever seen ; beyond pilfering in accounts (what we call at home a per-centage) they are honest as a nation —very much so—but in all accounts they will strive and squeeze wben they can." PROCLAMATION BY THE INSURGENTS. THE TRIMETRICAL CLASSIC.* The great God Made heaven and earth ; Both land and sea And all things therein. In six days, He made the whole : Man, the lord of all, Was endowed with glory and honour. Every seventh day worship, In acknowledgment of Heaven's favour : Let all under heaven Keep their hearts in reverence. It is said that in former times, A foreign nation was commanded, To honour God ; The nation's name was Israel. Their twelve tribes Removed into Egypt ; Where God favoured them, And their posterity increased. Then a king arose, Into whose heart the devil entered ; He envied their prosperity, And inflicted pain and misery. Ordering the daughters to be preserved, But not allowing the sons to live; Their bondage was severe, And very difficult to bear. The great God Viewed them with pity, And commanded Moses To return to his family. He commanded Aaron To go and meet Moses: When both addressed the King, And wrought divers miracles. The King hardened his heart, And would not let them go ; Wherefore God was angry And sent lice and locusts. He also sent flies, Together with frogs, Which entered their palaces, And crept into their ovens. When the king still refused, The river was turned to blood ; And the water became bitter Throughout all Egypt. God sent boils and blains, With pestilence and murrain; He also sent hail, Which was very grievous. The king still refusing, He slew their first born ; When the king of Egypt Had no resource ; But let them go Out of his land. The great God Upheld and sustained them By day in a cloud, By night in a pillar of fire. The great God Himself saved them. The king heardoned his heart, And G led his ashwisngy armies r in pursuit; But And displayed his majesty. Arrived at the Red Sea, The waters were spread abroad : The people of Israel Were very much afraid. The pursuers overtook them, But God stayed their course ; He himself fought for them, And the people had no trouble. He caused the Red Sea With its waters to divide ; To stand up as a wall, That they might pass between. The people of Israel Marched with a steady step, As though on dry ground, And thus saved their lives. The pursuers attempting to cross, Their wheels were taken off ; When the waters closed upon them, And they were all drowned. The great God Displayed his power, And the people of Israel Were all preserved. When they came to the desert, They had nothin g to eat, But the great God Bade them not be afraid. He sent down manna, Fur each man a pint ; It was as sweet as honey, And satisfied their appetites. The people lusted much, And wished to eat flesh, When quails were sent, By the million of bushels. At the Mount Sinai, Miracles were displayed ; And Moses was commanded To make tables of stone. The great God Gave his celestial commands, Amounting to ten precepts, And breach of which would not be forgiven. Ho himself wrote them, And gave them to Moses; The celestial law Cannot be altered. In after ages, It was sometimes disobeyed, Through the devil's temptations, When men fell into misery. But the great God, Out of pity to mankind, Sent his first born sou To come down into the world. His name is Jesus, The Lord and Saviour of men, Who redeems them from sin, By the endurance of extreme misery. Upon the cross They nailed his body ; Where he shed his precious blood, To save all mankind. Three days after his death He rose from the dead : And during forty days He discoursed on heavenly things. When he was about to ascend, He commanded his disciples To communicate his Gospel, to ; And proclaim his revealed will. Those who believe will be saved, And ascend up to heaven ; But those who do not believe, Will be the first to be condemned. Throughout the whole world o y r o d n a e n G d o ß d uler, The T T w h h i e e t l ia . c g e u r hu • i e i s t a n t o eu n s L se l ec iu on e d a . rly ages Were regarded by God ; Together with foreign states, They walked in one way. From the time of :Pavan-koo (1) Down to the three dynasties (2) They honoured God, As history records. Thang of the Shang dynasty (3) And wan of the Chow (4), Honoured God With the intentest feeling. The inscription on T'hang's bathing-tub Inculcated daily renovation of mind ; And God commanded him, To assume the government of the empire. Wan was very respectful, And intelligently served God ; So that the people who submitted to him Were two out of every three. When Tsiu obtained the empire (5), He was infatuated with the genii (6) ; And the nation has been deluded by the devil, For the last two thousand years. Suen (7) and Woo (8), of the Han dynasty, Both followed this bad example ; So that the mad rebellion increased, In imitation of Tsin's misrule. When. Woo arrived at old age He repented of his folly, And lamented that from his youth up, He had always followed the wrong road. (9) Ming (10), of the Han dynasty, Welcomed the institutions of Buddha, And set up temples and monasteries, To the great injury of the country. But Hwuy, of the Sung dynasty, Was still more mad and infatuated, For he changed the name of Shang to (God) Into that of Yuh hwang (the pearly emperor) (I 1) But the great God Is the supreme Lord Over all the world, The great Father in heaven. His name is most honourable, To be handed down through distant ages : Who was this Hwuy That he dared to alter it ? It was meet that this same Hwuy Should be taken by the Tartars ; And together with his son Perish in the northern desert From Hwuy, of the Sung dynasty, Up to the present day, For these seven hundred years, Men have sunk deeper and deeper in error. With the doctrine of God They have not been unacquinted ; While the King of Hades Has deluded them to the utmost. The great God displays (12) Liberality deep as the sea ; But the devil has injured man In a most outrageous manner. God is therefore displeased, And has sent his Son (13), With orders to come down into the world, Having first studdied the classics. In the Ting-yew year (1837) He was received into heaven, Where the affairs of heaven Were clearly pointed out to him. The great God Personally instructed him, • Gave him odes and documentts ' And communicated to him the true doctrine, God also gave him a seal, And conferred upon him a sword, Connected with authority, And majesty irresistible. He bade him, together with the elder brother, Namely Jesus, To drive away impish fiends, With the co-operation of angels. There was ono who looked on with envy, Namely the King of Hades ; Who displayed much malignity, And acted like a devilish serpent. But the great God, With a high hand, * Each line containing, three watlE, and each varo four Instructed his Son (14) To subdue this fiend ; And having conquered him, To show him no favour. And in spite of his envious eye, He damped all his courage. Having overcome the fiend, He returned to heaven, Where the great God Gave him great authority. The celestial mother was kind (15) And exceedingly gracious, Beautiful and noble in the extreme, Far beyond all compare. The celestial elder brother's wife (16) Was virtuous, and very considerate, Constantly exhorting the elder brother, To do things deliberately, The great God, Out of love to mankind, Again commissioned his Son To come down into the world ; And when he sent him down, He charged him not to be afraid. I am with you, said he, To superintend every thing In the Mow-shin year (1848) The Son was troubled and distressed, When the great God Appeared on his behalf. Bringing Jesus with him, They both came down into the world ; Where he instructed his Sou How to sustain the weight of government. God has set up his Son To endure for ever, To defeat corrupt machinations, And to display majesty and authority. Also to judge the world, To divide the righteous from the wicked; And consign them to the misery of hell, Or bestow on them the joys of heaven. Heaven manages every thing Heaven sustains the whole: Let all beneath the sky Come and acknowledge the new monarch. Little children, Worship God, Keep his commandments, And do not disobey. Let your minds be refined, And be not depraved ; The great God Constantly surveys you. You must refine yourselves well, And not be depraved. Vice willingly practiced Is the first step to misery. To ensure a good end, You must make a good beginning ; An error of a hair's breadth May lead to a discrepancy of 1,000 le. Be careful about little things, And watch the minute springs of action ; The great God Is not to be deceived. Little children Arouse your energies, The laws of high Heaven Admit not of infraction. Upon the good blessings descend, And miseries on the wicked ; Those who obey Heaven are preserved, And those who disobey perish. The great God Is a spiritual Father; All things whatever Depend on him. The great God Is the Father of our spirits ; Those who devoutly serve him Will obtain blessings. Those who obey the fathers of their flesh Will enjoy longevity ; Those who requite their parents Will certainly obtain happiness. Do not practise lewdness, Nor any uncleanness; Do not tell lies ; Do not kill and slay; Do not steal ; Do not covet ; The great God Will strictly carry out his laws. Those who obey Heaven's commands Will enjoy celestial happiness; Those who are grateful for divine favours Will receive divine support Heaven blesses the good, And curses the bad ; Little children, Maintain correct conduct. The correct are men, The corrupt aro imps, Little children, Seek to avoid disgrace. God loves the upright, And he hates the vicious ; Little children, Be careful to avoid error. The great God Sees everything. If you wish to enjoy happiness, Refine and correct yourselves. (1) The first man spoken of by the Chinese. (2) This period closed B.C. 220. (3) B.C. 1765. (4) B.C. 1121. (5) B.C. 220. (6) History says, that in the time of Tsln-che-hwang (the Emperor who burnt the books), one Teen-she requested that he might be allowed, with a number of virgins and youths, to go down into the sea, to the hill of the three spirits, in order to obtain the elexir of immortality from the genii; when the Emperor sent Teen-she, with several thousand vir gins and youths, to go in search of the place in question. They returned saying, that though they saw it at a distance, they could not get there. (7) B.C. 72. (8) A.D 25. (9) History records, that when Woo had been 31 years on the throne, two years before his death, he said, My conduct, since I ascended the throne, has been perverse and wicked, causing much misery to the empire, to regret which is now unavailing. From henceforth, however, whatever distresses the people or wastes property throughout the empire must be set aside. One of his ministers said, according to the conju rers, the genii are very numerous, but they have never done us any good, let them be abolished. The Emperor approved of the suggestion, and discarded all conjurers, with those that had familiar spirits. (10) A.D. 58. (11) The Chinese history of the period in question says that the Emperor Hwuy (A. D. 1107) having obtained a pearly book and a precious gem, went to the palace of perfect pure ness and harmony, where he saluted the pearly Emperor with an honourable title, as follows :—" The great Supreme, the origin of heaven, the holder of charms, the controller of the seasons, the possessor of all that is divine, and the embodi ment of all that is true, the pearly Emperor Shang-te (God) of the august heavens." He also commanded !that in every favourable spot that penetrated the sky they should erect temples and monasteries, and form holy images. (12) From this part of the book the reference appears to be to the leader of the insurrection. (13) By God's Son is here meant Hung-sew-tseuen, the leader of the insurrection. (14) By the Son is meant the leader of the insurrection. (15) By the celestial mother seems intended the mother of Jesus. (16) By the elder brother's wife, judging from the context, is meant the wife of Jesus. ACCIDENT AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS—Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, an accident of a very fearful character happened to one of the scaffold builders at the House of Commons. For some time alterations have been going on at the top of the shaft for light ing and ventilating the building, immediately behind the Speaker's chair, and it appears that the unfortunate man was engaged in removing the scaffolding, when one of the boards on which he was standing gave way, and he was precipitated to the bottom, a depth of sixty or seventy feet, and fell on his back on the sharp edge of a zinc ventilator, which was completely doubled up. An alarm was raised, and the poor fellow was, with some difficulty, extricated by means of one of the windows in the ante-room of the reporters' gallery. He was immediately conveyed to Westminster Hospital in an insensible state, and, from the serious injuries he has sustained, it is eared his life will not be spared. LADVERTISEHENT.I T THE CAMP AT CHODHAM.— 39, Albemarle-street, iccadilly.—Observe, opposite the York Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. 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The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Nathaniel Hawthorne as Consul at Liverpool for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, AUGUST 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William John Law, Esq , to be Chief Commissioner for the Relief of In solvent Debtors, in the room of lienry Revell Reynolds, Esq., resigned. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Francis Stack Murphy, Esq., Sergeant-t,t-law, to be one of the Commissioners for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 1. Corps of Royal Marines.—Se. cond Lieutenant Henry Nason, to be First-Lieutenant, vice Jones Wright, to half pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE .LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Gloucestershire—Edward Andrew Noel, Esq., Edward Owen Jones, Esq., and John Fortescue Brickdale, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants, July 29. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia—Ensign John Wreford to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas, who resigns, July 9. Lanarkshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—David Carrick Robert Carrick Buchanan, Esq., to be Lieutenant- Adjutant; Wm. Wallace Hozier, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Buchanan, July 25 ; Hugh Mossman, junior, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hope Vere, resigned, July 26. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. William Frederick Donovan, poulterer and egg mer , •pant, Oxford-street. _ William Lowcock, butcher, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Bryant, carpenter, Bedford, to surrender, Aug. 13, at two, and Sept. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Ca,nnan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Pain, Gresham-street. _ Thos. Linnell, commission agent, Gresham-street, City, Aug. 12, at two, and Sept. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Thompson, Bucklersbury. Elijah May, straw-hat warehouseman, Edgware-road, Aug. 13, at twelve, and Sept. 16, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham bers ; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. Thomas Jardine, builder, Liverpool, August 12, and September 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Greene, Liverpool. Kate Hynes, dealer in marine stores, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devon, August 10, at eleven, and September 8, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Fryer, St. Thomas, Exeter. Sampson Langdale, John Eyton, and Masts Joscelin Cooke, manufacturing chemists, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, August 11 and September 30, at twelve, at the Newcastle District Court. Wakley official assignee ; Harle, South ampton-buildings and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. James Scott, innkeeper, Sheffield, Aug. 13, and Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, offi cial assignee, Sheffield ; Patteson, Sheffield. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. T. Blakeley, Norwich, shawl manufacturer, 55., on Tues day, Aug. 9, or any Tuesday, after Oct. 1, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. R. Whittaker, Landport, outfitter, 2s. Bd., on Satur day, Aug. 6, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. _ F. Bassano, Deritend, Warwickshire, coach-founder, lAd., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. W. H. Richardson, Wordsley, Staffordshire, and Lamb's Conduit-street, glass-manufacturer and dealer in glass, 205., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street T. Lett, College-place, Camden-town, builder and con• tractor, Aug. 24, at twelve. In the Country. E. Smith, South Shields, linendraper, Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Cou r t, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—E. W. Uren, of Totnes, Devonshire, builder, Aug 25, at twelve at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. H. May, Brecknock-terrace, Camden-town, draper, certificate of the third class—W. E. Follit, Chenies-place, Somers-town, carver and gilder, certificate of third class — G. Milton, Elizabeth-terrace, Liverpool-road, Islington, builder and contractor, certificate of the second class—B. H. Davie, Wellington, Somersetshire, money scrivener, certificate of the second class—J. Burgess, Over Tabley, Chester, contractor, certificate of the third class—J. Wad dington, jun., Wigan, Lancashire, draper, certificate of the first class—W. Astingstall, Pendleton, Lancashire, joiner and builder, certificate of the second class—J. Brandon, Pensnett, Staffordshire, draper, certificate of the third. class—J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, York shire, file and fire-iron manufacturers, certificates of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Reynolds and H. K. Furnell, Fenchurch-street, ship and insurance brokers—G. Carr and J. Batters, Berwick upon-Tweed, timber-merchants—G. Carr and J. Batters, Port Wallace, Nova Scotia, timber-merchants—J. B. Whitehall and S. Whitehall, Nottingham, machine-makers —C. F. Poenisch and H. B. Poosnich, Adam's-court, City —E. Baillie and F. Smith, Wardour-street, and Henry street, Cumberland-market, enamellers—W. Gray and D. M`Farlan, Fenchurch-street—T. D. Marshall, jun., and J. Edlin, Oxford-street, boot and shoemakers—W. Bishton, Wolverhampton, and T. Hickman, Stourport, Worcester shire, timber-merchants—E. Butterworth, C. W. Light oiler, and W. J. Harrison, Manchester, crucible manufac turers—T. H. Gregory and W. H. Gregory, Leicester, general drapers—W. H. Jay and J. Jay, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire, blacksmiths—H. Jones and J. Legg, Gwastoed Lock Boat Dock, Monmouthshire, shipwrights —I. Hattersley, J. S. Parkinson, and E. Hattersley, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufacturers (so far as regards E. Hat tersley)—R. Bradwell and J. Adams, Ardwick, Lancashire, fustian dyers—L. Bamberger and D. Bamberger, Basing hall-street, City, importers of foreign goods—R. Pickin and G. Pickin, Birmingham, railway and carriage lamp manufacturers—G. W. Bremner and J. W. Bremner, Manchester and Leeds, oil merchants—S. Sandy and J. W. Powell, Tottenham-court-road, fret cutters—W. Vowles, W. Stacey, and M. Vowles, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square, hatters and milliners (so far as regards M. Vowles)—A. J. Ralli and J. Mussabini, Great Win chester-street, City, commercial agents—J. F. Campbell and H. C. Gordon—R. H. Webb and W. Webb, Bristol, provision merchants—S. Simpson and I. Simpson, Mans field, Nottingham, gas meter manufacturer. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Smith, Midsomer Norton, Somersetshire, plumber and glazier. Charles Chapman, Ferry Path, Cambridge, carpenter. William Walder, Cowfold, Sussex, higgler. John Allin, Lindfield, Sussex, solicitor. Joseph Turner, Eastbourne, Sussex, grocer. John Ewart, Albrighton, Shropshire, tea•dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. T. Henderson, Glasgow, tailor, to meet Aug. 8 and 29, at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. W. U. Paterson tin-plate worker, to meet Aug. 8 and 29, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, AUGUST 2. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Barbara, from Elbing ; Ra vensworth, Gottenburg ; Maria, Dram; Carl Johann, Bj orneberg • Fina, Maroim ; Johannes, H a mb urg h ; Jupiter, Thisted ; Edinburgh, Hamburgh ; Lucinda, Ma tanzas ; Anna Margaretha, Groningen ; Unicor n , M a l aga ; Perro, Odessa ; Calypso, Memel ; Washingt on , Q ue b ec ; Themis, Tarragona ; Johann Alfred, Malmo ; Alice Havi land, Carthagena; Propitious, Cherbourg; Victoria, Green Island ; Met to Claudina, Weile • Lancaster, Riga ; B r iti s h Queen, Venice ; Nicolasa, Santander ; Norman Morrison, Vancover's Island ; Drie Zusters, Streur • Waterloo, Ros tock ; Eastern States, St. John's, N. 8.; Annegiena Elsina, Oporto ; Amadarel, Ha.vannah ; Tahita, Croustadt ; Av velda, Sodarham ; Louise Auguste, Stralsund ; The Fadres Monde, for Quebec ; Adelaide, Calcutta and Demerara ; Elenora, Memel; Magnolia, Mauritius; Wilhelmine,Thisted; Wigrams, New York ; Blorenge, Port Philip ; Lark, Bar celona ; Atalanta, Landscrona ; George William, Dantzic ; Hinda, do. ; Aurora, do. : Von Winch, Philadelphia ; Haabet, Quebec ; John Philip, Rotterdam ; MariaMettea, Maria,nople ; Sohevo, do. ; Aquilla, Taganrog • Victoria, Pillau ; Acacia, Ceylon ; Heinrich, Marstrand ; Unione, Ibraila ; Bank of England, Calcutta and Trinidad ; Drie Gebroeders, Trieste ; Ann Kerstine, Skive. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Urania, for Caen ; Ercole, Naples - Baltacara, Sydney an d A uc kl an d Lisbon, St. John's, N.B. ; Sirius, Sydn e y ; P ers i a, P ort ; Hope, do. ; Adelaide, do. ; Orphan, New York; j o f, : n Philip, Sydney ; Annie Morice, Malaga ; Anne, Quebec; Peulat, Hobart Town ; Angel-de-la-Guande, Vigo. CLEArtim OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Arrow, for Lisbon ; Boltcara., Auckland and Sydney ; Stirlingshire, Calinda, Vancouver's Island; Medora, Jamaica; Adelaide, Melbourne ; Korton, Aden ; Westbrook, Ceylo n ; C y bill e, Berbice. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 2. The Ormlie, Calcutta to London, was spoken July 10, in lat. 30 N., long. 39 W. The Sydney Griffiths ' Van Diemen's La n d t o L on d on, was spoken July 15, in lat. 35 N., long. 4 W. H.M.B. Star, bound South, was spoken J u ly 21, i n l a t . 1 N., long. 31 V". The Asiatic, Madras to London, was spoken July 10, in lat. 34 N., long. 42 W. The Catherine Jenkins was spoken July 30, in lat. 51 N., long. 8 W. The Joseph Shepherd, from London, was spoken June 20, in lat 5 N., long. 24 W. The Marion, Waterford to . Quebec, was spoken in lat. 49 N., long. 12 W. The Nelson, Port Philip to London, was spoken Julyl9, in lat. 41 N., long. 40 W. The Alert, London to Sydney, was spoken June 9, in lat. 27 S., long. 34 W. The James Watt, Bombay to Liverpool, was spoken July 19, in lat. 41 N., long. 40 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Gratitude, for Montreal, July 18, lat. 55 N, long. 46 W. The James Gray, Cardiff to City Point, July 13, lat. 38 N, long 75 W. The Secret, of Bideford, for New York, July 23, lat. 46 N, long. 30 W. The Clyncin, Liverpool to Hobart-town, March, 6, lat. 28 S, long. 14 W. The Ashmore, Liverpool to China, March 16, lat. 32 8, long. 3 W. The Ellen, Liverpool to San Francisco, July 17, lat. 13 N, long'. 35 W. The Imperial, from New York, bound east, June 23, lat. 46 N, long. 40 W. ,N, long.on The Kate Howe, steering Jul y 7, lat. 44 lg. 61 W. bound east, June 30, let. 3, lat. 10 S, long. 31 W. 54 N 43 1 e. Sea Nymph, The Mazagram, Bordeaux for Sydney, June The Amelie, Madras to Marseilles, June 28, lat, 17 N, long. 33 W. The Creswell (English ship), for New Zealand, June 10, lat. 15 S, long 32 W. The Golden Land, Melbcturne to London, June 21, lat. 8 N, long. 60 W. The Peregrine Oliver, of Lynn, outward-bound, July 28, lat. 49 N, long. 6 W. The Sarah Dalsford, from Liverpool, July 24, lat. 47 N, long. 22 W. The Earl of Musgrove, St. John's, N. 8., to Hull, lat. 4 N, long, 62 W. The Cheusta, Canton to London, May 27, lat. 20 S, long. 32 F. The MOslam, New York to Calcutta, June 7, lab, 5 a, long, 24 E, COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Aim. 2. A moderate attendance of millers and dealers at tbia morning's market. The sales of wheat realised the of last Tuesday. Flour sold at 3d to 6d per barrel it provement. Oats id to Id per bushel, oatmeal 3d t 4„... per load, and I n di an corn 6d to 9d per qr., d ear er. - ley, beans, and peas unchanged in value. IPSWICH—AuG. 2. We had a very good show of samples of wheat to4:1 1 4 The trade was not brisk, and sales were made at vex"' in gular prices, some samp l es f etch i ng an a d vance of is to per qr., whilst others barely maintained last week's Prin The potatoes are rep or t e d b a dl y of from a ll di s tricts, sn they are much injured by the disease. PER QUARTER. PER QU A Wheat, red (old) sos to 54siBarley, grinding ... 0 05 thf)(11 Os Ditto (new) ON Ditto, white (new) 54 s t o 64s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 30 s to 32sTlour, per sack s to ° 174 - 4 AVERAGES FOR TUE WEEK ENDING JULY 30, 18 53 . Wheat Barley ~ Oos Od Oats —00 s ~ Beans I t Peas ~ Oos Od HULL —AU G. 2. Wheat sold to-day at about the current rates °- b. Tuesday, a conc ess i on o f i s b e i ng on l y occas i o nallYin A mitted. to. Barley in goo d con diti on mee t s a fair 5!i1i.4 27s 6d to 28s, weighing 5211bs per bushel. Oats for, Friesland having the preference. Of beans none rt Egyptian on the market at our currency. Peas suPl o quotations. Indian corn in improved demand. A flour fully as dear. The linseed market well suPlx ) . o % — ,,e Linseed cakes meet improved inquiry. No rapeseed- r o, s cakes are dearer. The import of bones cleared off a' for another season. s s Wheat, English, red 57 to 59 Ditto wait° 5B to 60 Dante and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 4B to 50 Russian and Odessa 44 to 5e Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 22 to 24 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 30 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and. yel 4O to 42 0 i s Peas, gray and black 3 6 ti 54 Linseed, Black Sea 48 to if Ditto Petersburgh 42 to' Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and 40 t°' Memel per V t) * Lins. c.,, Hull Si 178 6d to 9/ ' 9 4 Ditto fine for. 8/ Os Od 8 1 ,„ 1 " 0 ; Ditto inf. for Ol Os Od 'e l Rapeseed OOl Os to 00 1 Rape cakes Tares, English 325 t o 36. 0 Ditto foreign Guano 4l 91 to a d Bones 958 Od to 0 0 : 0 Rye Meal ................. DUBLIN —JULY 29. and a; White wheat, 26s to 31 s Od ; red d i tto, 25s Od t o barley, 13s Od to 16s 6d ; oats, 13s 6d to 13s 3d ; raPS r ei 00s Od to 00s per brl ; oa t mea l , lls Od to 13s Od ; Tog flour, 14s Od to 20s Od p er cwt ; Indian corn, 28s Od to per 480 lbs. CORK-AUG. 1. Brie. CtuTenle.' at , White wheat 00 a Od to OO s Od Os Od- 2 v' " 5 Redwheat 23s ld to Oos Od Ditto Oos Od to Oos 0,11.00. Od—S° de. Ditto Oos Od to OOs Od Barley oos 9d to 00s Od Ditto 00s Od to Oos Od s 00s ocl-1 6 4 °' Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od Bere Oos 0 , 1 to 00s Od Os Od 108 Oats Ditto 00 s Od t o 00s Od }OOB Od dO. Ditto 00s OJ. to 00s Od dirt. Pigs OO s Od to Oos Oct Oos Od pa' - Quantity sold at the highest prices : NO; 00 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; Os 106 oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last weep Wheat, 38. Barl e y, 00 . B ere, 00. Oats, 587. "4 Return of cattle sold for week ending July 30 Pigs, 228. Sheep, 393. Cows, 49. Od CORR.—Flour—First, 15s 6d to 16s 6d ; extra, 1 % / 4111 seconds, 13s Oct to 15s Od ; households, 9s to 12s 0d ; ,r9cl; 7s to Os Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s Od to 1 0 . oatmeal, lls 6d to 12s 6d ; wheatmeal, lOs Od to 118 pet Indian corn, 61 15s Oct to 71 7s 6d per ton. Bran, 4 1 _ 0 0 to 4/ 7s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers, 20s0d to 34s Od; ".„„% i f 30s; dealers, Oos Od to 00s Od ; average, Os per ton. _noto Farmers, 26s Od to 34s Od ; average, 28s ; dealers, ;Ws 6 ' W d a te Oos Od ; average, Os. p er t on. B read—Wheaten loa f , Od ; household ditt o , 54d t o Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, beef, lld per lb. Eggs, 5s Od to Os Oct per hundred. Meat "id to 44d to 8d ; mutt on , 6d t o 64d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; pork, 001. 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.— Fish, Ne llf 2oo , land, 001. Os to 001 Oa per ton ; Scotch herrings, 00s v.,00, Red, do., 30s per bd. — Potatoes, white, 8d to 10d; 1- 16 1 00d to 00d.—Coals, Newport, 20s; Lydney, 20s; Cuts,!' Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., Os 10d per imperial 8 3 ' CO Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 308 to 38 4 per oft skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per 1 .4 tO 0. r Fleece wool, 8s to 0s per tone.—Hmp, 351. ton—Timber, l Memel, 2 3/. 15s ; s red pine, e 3/. 15s;; yeller , 4 4, 3/. ss. per ton; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.—Bar l4 h o plr 31. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 54s to 54s 6d per csys. - ",,700, 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.-. Tar, Archangel, 19 s . p er brl.--u Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 2. imtle l ,.l e t: STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market con—, u,..- ceedingly dull, and quotations have again declineu'ffot, donian, 33i ; East Lancashire, 18.1_; Lancashire an' r shire, 778 ; London and North Western, 111;poltP (1- shares), i p. ; Midland 713 ; South Eastern an _,th 213 ; East Lincolnshire, 17.. c; Preston and Wyre ("'. NO. 3), 74. M ANCIIESTER, AM. 2. e 4, STOCK EXCHANG E .— B rokers have shown a goo d a more activity t o -d ay, prices having gone down still furor than yesterday i n consequence, as was reported, of au of pression a b roa d that the Bank is about further to trs its discounts. East Lancashires, 18i ; Leeds Stock, 014 Midlands, ma ; Dovers, 217-16 ; North British, 81 ; Staffords, ; London Stock, 1153 ; West 134 t.1 215-16 d. ; M a tl oc k s, 3 1-16 ; Great Northern 5 per 16A. 131RUINCHAM, AUG. 2. .0 STOCK EXCHANGE. —Thi s market was weake r to ta rot and shares generally lower. London and North Ni re te-eh were done at 116 ; and Ellesmere and Chester Ne. IPo at 35g. SEABORNE MAILS. st (1 , 1" signifies that the mails are sent from the General po by the night—and Mby the moniing —dispatch.] Day when made to From what 11 1 w e COUNTRIES. in Gener a l P ost- Port 1;01, Office, London.* Di spatche d. l ed America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... A>ri America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Aug. 9 ... Liverpool ... Aug• America (by U States packet) .........N Aug. 3 •••• Southampton ASg• if Australia (via South ampton) .......... Ai Sept. 4 .....• Southampton Atig• o l l Ditto (via 11 arseilles) N Sept. 8 Ditto (via Cape of wood neu rtsl* Hope) ...... • ..... N August 4 ........ L ondon ....• ur ed Africa ( West Coast)..N July 30 .....• Alexandria .. ........ Na, 9, 24, &30of m Dover A 4 Alexandria ..........M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamptonlAug,;,,s Bahamas . .......... M 2nd of the mon th S out h ampton ! As ir; BelgiumUaily..Dover ...... si l6 Brazil .......M 9th of th e mou th.. Southampton Au g . s if Buenos Ayres...... . M 9th of the month.. Southampton Aug' 1 6 Cape of Good Hooe ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope .. N Plymouth 36 Cape de Verde 14th of the month. Plymouth .. 0 ."•* Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .• • .....N 14th o f th e month Plymouth .. 16„ .i Channel isles ..N Mon Southampton Tn . Chili ...... .• .. cd & 17th o f month Southampton AU" China (see India) I Constantinople 1,8,17,21,& n, 2 7 ofm Dover •••• •• 4 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southainpton Cont. of Europe M& N Twi ce d a il y Dover ••• • • "- Egypt (see India) France .... • ... M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... - Gibraltar .......... 31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton A u ° . Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton jdt Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ... •• 7 ,t,4feit, Havannah .... M 2nd of the month S ou th a mpton l l O Holland. ........... M Wednesday & S a t. L on d on ..• • • °°,, 16 Honduras ......... 17th of the month. Sou t hampton , 4 India (viaSouthampt.)lll 4th & 20th of mon. S ou th am pton fi t s.'; 31 India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th o f month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) Ireland & N Twice daily Turi Holyhead •• $, Lisbon ..............31 7,9, 17, & 28 ofm. Southampton Madeira ...... 9th of the month S ou th a mpton Aug Madeira •July 30.....• •• .. Plymouth •• ' Malta (see India) 1 0 Malta Mauritius (see India) Au 16 Mauritius • 14th of the mo n th Plymouth • • fed M ex i co „ „ 3,1 2nd of the month..,SouthamP l °n • vg. Naples .... . —l7 s th ls th 2s thofmon.lDover Arr iyof . , New Granada 34 2d & 17th of month ISouthamPT New Zealand.. By private ship ..; Various Pur" t o A g. Papal States sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...• • • A te, S Peninsula I th l7 th 2 Bthofmon. Southampton a Peru 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton 74. 5 6 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the m on th Pl ymou th •• Ate , Sicily • • • • •• N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .• • • •• o g. Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sth o f mon. D over .....• n Arr ow. Venezuela 2d & 17th of mon th S on than3pto Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) ..... Arr ice4 ,./ West Indies ........M 1 2cl& 17th of month SouthaMP--- BIRTHS. OF A SON. +ii i A l°' On the 27th tilt at Stirling, the wife of CaP ll Ramsay, 42d Royal Highlanders. 0 w ijoi On the 27th ult. at Dowlais, Glamorganshi"' the of the late R. T. Deakins, Esq., Staff Assistant -S OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th of May, at Hong Kong, the wife of 61116 r Og g. Frederick Still, Esq. old 1 1 On the 26th nit., at 15, Upper Montagu - str eet, square, the wife of H. Boyle Lee, Esq. MARRIED. h rr's nc" On the Ist inst., at the Cathedral Peterborough'Gidtt Galton, Esq., third son of the late Samuel Tortl l3 ,. ° o o loolv Esq., to Louisa Jane Butl er , eldest daughter 0, Dean of Peterborough. DIED. C ill. vAigar a On the 30th ult., at Tenby, South Wales' "-- f , _ to o vert Scobell, Ea late late 17th Lancers. ~, E sq ., . 1 P On the 26th ult., at Bath, John ratri"' of Fenchurch-street, aged 58. 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