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THE SUN,' LONDON, TIIiJRSDAY MOBI (From the Herald.) i'Ve ha ve received by Extraordinary Express, in OPation of the Overland Mail, our files of papers Bombay of May 12 ; Calcutta, May 1 ; China, 25. By far the moat important intelligence is i;:athe latter place, by which it will be seen that I 3 ritish authorities have, in 36 ho urs, assaulted , t c e ' taken all the principal forts at th e Bo g ue and in Canton River, and after destroying t he g atewa y , till till b lowing up the magazines , spi ked 827 p ieces of . 11 ell- Her Majesty's forces were about comrnenc ken assault on Canton, when the Chinese Govern k: p ie l lt submitted to all the demands of her Ma j est y 's L niPotentiary without reserve, just in time to arrest destruction of that city. c , (From the Bombay Times of May 12. ) • ' 4ll 3l3lAltir.—The space over which our present " g ervations extend is more limited than usual, and ate uninteresting as for many months past. The v Company's steamer Sesostris, which, at the date i as t dispatch, was feared to have been lost in ,:allrricane of the 20th ult., has made her appear she suffered considerably, and seems to have ;11 in great danger, but happily accomplished h.tvoyage. The Buckinghamshire continues to lire her way up the coast under jury-masts; we je had no returns of losses bey ond those formerly Itroerated. The Mermaid has now been almost '1 1 : w ° ll Y broken up, but a small p ortion of her cargo been saved. The Portuguese brig Indiana r driven ashore near Rutnaghe r ry : her masts were t gone, but the hull of the vessel seemed to have tailed little damage. The gale appears to have n lt ;ea singular in its character : it seems to have taken io lise to the east and south of Ootacamund, about fr N., and 76 eg. E. Here it blew with fury :al the 13th to the d 18th, its violence being most :vere about the 15th. It can be traced north and :est f or th e s p a ce of about 1,300 miles : it trave lled jer the ocean from Cochin on the Malabar coast to iltirrachee and Ahmedabad, and thence to Shikarpore Upper Sinde, in latitude 28 deg. N. b y 68 de g . E. 4 t the first-named of these four p laces it ra g ed on the 2 sti at the second and third on t he 23d, 24th, and at the 4 fourth on the 24th. Throughout its course ~7iy falls of rain accompanied it even where these 'renearly unknown. The disturbanc es in the ° o lllsoor districts seem for the present to be ;Itlelled. B r igadier Dyce has been succ eeded ; 1 1 the command of the troops in t he countr y b y rigadier Campbell. There is nothin g new „0 m Lucknow. The conduct of the Resident, c olonel Richmond, in promising their lives to the 6k frglians who attempted to murder the Prime Mi ter, has been a source of considerable discussion. d epended promise was given when the life of an individual on it : were it fallen from, the plea of the c ircumstances under which it was made would as- I livedly not exempt us from the ob lo q u y of having broken faith : should it be acted on, two men will be set free who avowedly intended to commit a murder. The Seikh trophy guns a re about to be re-cast, to f orm a triumphal arch or column. A rumour—a boundless one we hope—prevails that Lord Har tlge will quit India on the Ist of January, 1848, ae and the Commander-in-Chief are now at Simla fld will so continue during the hot season. Profound tanquillity continues throughout the Punjaub. 'elajor Lawrence, following the example, and acting lalder the instructions of his namesake at Lahore, is Putting in practice the same style of reform on the f rontier which has for some time been in progress at the capital. Accounts have been called for, so as to Permit an exact estimate to be made of the income 11 ad expenditure of the Peshawur and Yoesoofzaie country. The troops are to have their arrears paid 11 P to them, and are not likely again to be allowed to fall behind. The tax on the marriage of widows / vas to be abolished. Colonel Khan Singh had been dismissed from the artillery, and the command trans ferred to Elahee Buksh. Dcst Mahound continues his operations against the Ghilzies ; the troubles of the country seem to be abating, and it is not at pre sent more disturbed than at any time since we first became acquainted with it—much less so most as suredly than it was when in our possession, when Lord Palmerston assured the men of Tiverton that au Englishman might traverse it from end to end as fearlessly as he could travel from one end of England to the other. Cholera has been making sad havoc at Ahmedabad, the latest victims amongst the European community being Ensign Pitcairn and Miss Darby. Sir David Pollock, Chief Justice of Bombay, is beginning to recover from a dangerous attack of liver complaint, which at one time threatened to Prove fatal to him. He is about to take a voyage to China for change of air. There was a grand re- View by the Commander-in- Chief, Sir W. Cotton, of the troops constituting the Presider ay division, on th e evening of the 10th ; on the 11th the Governor, the Commander-in• Chief, and a large party of the elite of the Presidency, visited the Dhurrunsalla (house of reception for strangers), erected by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy at Byculla. All testified their delight at this further act of munificence of the princely knight. Ihe Akbar steamer, with the London mail of the 7th of April, arrived on the 6th of M.ay--the transit having been accomplished between the Post-office of St. Martin-le-Grand and that of Bombay in twenty eight days twenty-one hours—by nrach the shortest yet effected. Two atrocious murders have been committed by a Malay sailor. On coming back from sea he went to the house of a former mistress and 'was refused per mission to reside with her. He lee% the house, and shortly after returning found anothe r man had taken his place. Upon this he stabbed ti le man, who died on the spot ; wounded the woman, who died almost immediately afterwards; injured a third and fourth, one of whom lies in a dangerous state in the Jeejee bhoy Hospital. The man at once permitted himself to be made a prisoner. The sum subscribed towards the Irish Relief Fund at Bombay amounts to 9,300/. Upwards of 22,000/. have been collected throughout Ind' s. MILITARY INTELLIG7ENCE. Casualties by death in the armies.. of India reported since the departure of the mail of Ist May : BO AY.—Ensign Pitcairn , Bth Be:., at Ahmedabad, on the 29th April. MADRAS.—Lieut. Donald Tulloch, European Regi ment, at sea on board the Arabia, c.l the Cape, on the 21st January. BENGAL.—Lieut. C. R. Aileman, 41st Regiment, at Agra, on 13th April. CALCUTTA. (From the Bengal Hurkaru of May 1.) The political news is of no importi nce. There has been but little change lance our last in the aspect of commercial affairs. The market for exports has been very quiet, the extent of business transacted having been very moderate. Exchange has had a continued up ward tendency. Pre sent quotations for first class six months' bills on London are 2s. OP. to 2s. OP. The rates of freight mentioned iii our last have been maintained, and as some proportion of the available ton nage has been taken up for China, present quotations are likely to undergo little reduction, COMMERCIAL IN TE L .LIGENC THE BOMBAY MARKET. BOXBAY, MAY 12.—We have i;o report continued dulness in our import market since the departure of the mail of the Ist inst., and transactLons are now reduced into a very small compass. COTTON MANUFACTURES. —An it iquiry still exists for grey jacconets, but it has not prodw:ed any improvement in prices, and with the termination 4)f the season we may expect that it will cease. There is not the slightest demand for any other goods, and dealers will take only of a few descriptions when tempt , 3d by their extreme cheapness. The sales reported consist of the following goods:— Pieces. R. A 11. A. 6,400 Grey Jacconets, 40 inch 21:P yards 300 Bleached, do., 40 inch, 20 yd s 3 1 to 3 6 5,000 Grey Shirting, 40 inch 33 yards 1,000 Ditto, 45 inch 3,800 Bleached Skirtings, 36 inc h 40 yards 500 Grey Madapollaws, 33 inch 24 yards 1,000 Do., do., 36 inch 100 Grey Sheetings, 36 inch tiO yards 320 Do., do., 64 yards 50 Do., do., 50 yards ...... ••• 9 0 to 0 0 Bleached Mulls, 40 in. 20 yards, No. 32 .........10 8 to 0 0 Cotton Yarn—ln grey we h ear only of a sale o 2 0,0001 b. No. 30 Mule, at 71 ani ias per lb., but in water nothing has been done, nor have any sales of dyed trans pired. . , 4 Oi to 4 13 5 9 to 6 4 4 14 to 6 6 2 2 to 0 0 3 1 to 3 1 Woollens—Continue neglected as before, not a single We that eve are aware of havinir been effected. : on inquiry has revived for British barwithin the last three ur four day s, and its price is i azan looking bp. At the commencement of the month 600 candies were parted with at Rs. 31 per candy, but 450 candies have since fetched Rs. 32, and other trans actions have been prevented only by holders demanding a still further advance. Of square nail rod 300 candies have been sold at Rs. 40 per candy, and of hoop 500 cwt. at 5i per cwt. These two last-mentioned sales exhibit a decline in prices, but we understand that the assortments as to sizes were objectionable. The above transactions comprise the business done in iron, but on reference to the price current% it will be observed that our quotations for some other descriptions of this metal are somewhat different to our last.—Copper—The only transaction that has transpired is a sale of 200 cwt. of braziers at Rs. 608 per cwt., showing a further slight ad vance. No sales appear to have been made in other descriptions of this metal, but prices of all continue steady.—Lead— 300 cwt. of sheet have been sold at Rs. 111- per cwt., which is an improvement upon the market price last quoted ; but in pig nothing has transpired. We hav not heard of many sales in spelter, tin plates, or steel, e but the price of this last (Swedish) is looking down. Cochineal —This article continues in very great re quest for transmission into the interior, and an arrival would readily fetch Es. 5 per lb., if not more ; but a considerable decline in the price must be looked for as soon as the rainy season sets in. Saffron—is neglected, and we cannot expect any in quiry for it until after the rains. Beer —Very little has arrived since the departure of the last mail, and we believe that there is none o Allsopp in first hands: th e p rice of Rs. 75 is firmly main tained. Spirits—We have not any change to notice. Marine Stores—continue extremely difficult of sale, and there is no prospect of an early improvement. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool—The accounts which come to hand from China just as we are closing our last report, having been confirmed by the intelligence received per mail a few days afterwards, the market has remained very firm, and extensive purchases have been made of this staple for shipments to that quarter, comparatively little having been done for Great Britain. A liberal supply of cotton, and the high rates of freight have, however, been a check upon prices, present rates being as follow: Broach and Surat Dhollera R. 82 to 86 do. Oomrawutty „B4to 86 do. do. Compta (old) Several large pattimars loaded with Compta cotton are reported to have been lost in the late gale. Opium—The market continues to be fairly e c suppa nnotlied, and a moderate bus iness is g oing on, but w quote the price for the best Malwa above Rs. 1,075 per chest. Sheep's Wool—Shipments of this article to Great Britain have largely increased, but on imporrs and ' ac count principally; the hi g h p rices demanded, the sae hi g h rates of freight , continu in g to operate against . Prices remain nominally as before. Linseed —Very little in the market, and price quite nominal. Rapeseed—Market quite bare. FREIGHTS. The accounts from China already referred to having created a good demand for tonnage, the rate of freight to that quarter has ruled Rs. 23 to Rs. 24 per candy, at which very extensive engagements have been made, particularly at the former figure, which is the rate of the day. Rates to Great Britain have also improved, 6/. ss. per ton of fifty cubic feet being rapidly paid to London, and 61. 103. to Liverpool. Exchange—Exchange on London has been inclining downwards, but is at present very steady at ls. 1 lid. at 2s. per rupee, 6 ms. On Calcutta the rate is Rs. 971, 60 ds.; and on China Rs. 207 per 100 dolls.—nominal. Money Market—We have to notice an improvement in 4 per cent. Government paper, which is now selling at Re. 89, being an advance of Es. 4 upon our quotation of value on the 15th April last. In the course of a few days the Bogue Forts, and all the principal works nnd batteries on the Canton river have been taken poss( scion of—same of them by assault, and 827 pieces of cannon sp'ked or rendered otherwise unserviceable. The Chinese have received a lesson in return for their frequent acts of aggression on the persons of British subjects that will not be lost upon them. They have submitted to all the demands of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary without reserve, and have yielded, happily for themselves, just in time to arrest the course of an assault that would have been attended with fearful loss of life to them, and the inevitable destruction of their provincial capital. When such advantages have been obtained, let it be one more source of congratulation to British sol diers to reflect, that they have been purchased, under Providence, without bloodshed, and that the honour of the British arms has been proudly maintained, with out one act of violence, or one departure from the principles of humanity. In recording these acts, so honourable in themselves, and so deserving of approbation, the Major-General desires to impress on the handful of men by whom they have been achieved, this great and most impor t taut of all lessons—" It was discipline alone that could effect them," and while this first duty of a sol dier continues to be practised, that the troops can never fail in fulfilling their duty to their Sovereign and mhintaining the honour of their country. By order of the Major-General Commanding, J. BRUCE, Assistant Adjutant-General. - EAST INDIA. HOUSE. The quarterly General Court of the Proprietors o the East India Company was held yesterday, in Leaden. hall-street, when aDOLATRY IN INDIA. Mr. POYNDER brought forward his motion on the annuity paid for the support of the idol worship of Hindostan, which he insisted was equally inconsistent with Christian duty and political interests. He believed that there were none of those insuperable obstacles interposed before this advantage, which the timid and the wavering were so ready to imagine. If the Hindoos were once convinced of the necessity of relying upon themselves for the support of their own superstitions much of the mischief would be at once subdued, for, under the pre sent circumstances, the Indian priesthood relied on the credit of their authority, and the moment it was seen that that authority was not backed by that supreme power, which was evident throughout the whole of India, it must cease. There was, therefore, no reason what ever why the custom on which he spoke should not be abolished; he would, therefore, move " That it appearing that the continued pecuniary allowance to the Temple of Juggernaut (subject only to a recent modification) proceeds upon the assumption of a pledge presumed to have been originally given upon the conquest of Cuttack, and that the late recommenda tion of the Bengal Government for the continuance of this money payment, under another form, appears to require further consideration, it be referred to the Ho nourable Court of Directors to review the arguments for the continuance of this annual payment, having special reference to their own dispatch to the Bengal Govern ment of the 20th February, 1843." The motion being seconded, The CHAIRMAN said, that while the subject which bad been brought before the Court of Directors was allowed to be of the utmost importance, there were considerations which greatly impeded their active interposition, but the Hon. Proprietor might be assured that no efforts would be spared to accomplish that which would be for the advantage cf India; and that, under any circumstances, the directors decidd that, whatever might be the result, at the proper time they would do their duty. Mr. POYNDER said that, with this assurance, be was satisfied, and would, therefore, withdraw his motion. Mr. Triomesote also begged to withdraw his motion for the present, and he would therefore give notice that he would bring it on at the next general court. The motion was accordingly ristponed. RAILWAYS IN INDIA. Dr. SULLIVAN then rose to move for the production of the correspondence and memorials respecting railways in India. In doing so he was exceedingly anxious to avoid anything like reflection on the directors, but the matter which ho had to submit was of too much importance to be lightly passed over, especially as the formation of railroads would materially increase the prosperity of India, and the ex pense of their formation would be of but little cost to the Company. In this particular respect India was be hind every other country in the world. In the case of that prime necessary of life, the benefit to the Indian residents from the formation of railroads would be immense, for the inhabitants of the coast had only to expose the sea water to the action of the sun, and with but little care the sun would perform the whole duty of evaporation, and sublimation would be done by the sun. Then, with regard to the article of cotton, the advantages of a rapid transit were equally evident, for it was an indubitable fact that the plains of India were competent to produce the whole of the cotton that was necessary for the manufacturing demands of this country. He was per fectly satisfied, if the Court of Directors would for ward this object, that the districts in the neighbour hood of Madras would alone be sufficient for the purpose. Cuba, and Jamaica, and New Bruns wick had all railroads, and the Mauritius, Ceylon, and other colonies, were about to have them. Seeing then, that there was no insuperable obstacle, and that the outlay would be repaid, not only in the shape of an ample re turn to the revenue, and a large per centage to the proprietors, he would, therefore, conclude with the terms of the motion, of which he had give notice. The motion having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN said that he could assure the proprie tors that the directors were anxious in every way to for ward the object. Twenty years ago he had himsel written a treatise to show the value of the cotton culti vation in India. But if railways were made at all there, Bengal, which is as well adapted for the cultivation of cotton as the neighbourhood of Madras, ought first to enjoy the benefit, especially as it is the seat of Government, and, consequently, the centre of intelligence for the territory . of the Company. He would not have the slightest objection to produce the papers requested, but he deemed them quite useless until some results had been produced. Of one thing, however, he must remind the Hon. Proprietor, that money was not exactly picked up everywhere, and that it required considerable thought before any plan was adopted. General BRIGGS said that this matter had been under consideration for some thirty years or more, and that it was now high time that they came to some conclusion on the subject, for the advantage to the country was so great and so evident, that the directors ought to proceed immediately. If it were necessary at all to obtain any evidence of the benefit that would arise from the forma tion of railroads, they had nothing to do but to refer to the progress which had been made since the formation of railroads in India. It was a singular, but not the less a substantial tact, that before the formation of railroads in India, it absolutely required no less than 4,200 men to convey one officer to the seat of govern ment; and at a subsequent period not fewer than 7,300 men to carry three officers to the coast. But what would have been the case if a railroad bad been made in that direction. Then, again, with regard to the cultivation of sugar, it was well known that sugar is consumed in this country after the rate of 61bs. per head, and that the price paid is from fivepence to sixpence per pound, whereas if it was ob tained from India it would not cost more than from threepence to fourpence per pound. India is at the pre seat moment A large sugar producing country, for it supplies not only its own population, but the whole of the countries both east and west of it for a considerable; distance' * ? Persia, amongst others, produced no sugar , and derived its whole supply from India. The population of that country alone consumes 580,000 tons, the whole of which is obtained from their own cultivation. For cotton and every other product the advantages were equally manifest. After some observations from Mr.Princep, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Fielder, and Major Oliphant, all of them, excepting Mr. Lewis, supporting the motion, Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said that it was ridiculous to talk of the want of money for any great public object, when he had himself that very morning, at the Privy Council, seen a brief endorsed with 6,000 guineas, and averse as he was to a profligate expenditure even in law, it did appear to him a little too much to talk of the want of funds for a great public improvement which would not only return a good per centage to the proprietors, but add greatly to the revenue in the face of this fact. Mr. HILL explained that the case alluded to by the Learned Sergeant was a Crown appeal, in which it was necessary to retain not only the Attorney and Solicitor-General of the present Government, but also those of the late Government, together with standing counsel of the Company ; and that was the occasion of the large expenditure. Dr. SULLIVAN having replied, The Court divided, when there appeared fur the motion 26, against it 17. The other motion, for which notice had been given, being withdrawn, the business concluded, and the Court adjourned. A MAN KILLED IN A FlGHT.—Between eight and nine o'clock yesterday morning, a man named John Watson, a fishmonger, standing at the bottom of Vic• toria-bridge, and another man named Bradley, had a dispute in the Fish Market, about a shilling, which the latter alleged to be due to him from the former. From words they came to blows ; after they had fought for a short time, they fell together over some baskets of fish, but got up and renewed the fight, taking hold of each other by the hair. Watson then commenced " butting" at -Bradley with his head; and at the same time a man named l'eter Swift, who is in the employment of Watson, came up, and struck Bradley a violent blow with his fist on the temple. Bradley immediately fell down insensible, and he expired as some of the bystanders were taking him to the Infirmary ; indeed, before he was taken far from the spot where the outrage occurred. Watson ran off immediately that the deceased fell, and has not yet been apprehended ; but Swift, who remained, was apprehended by sub-inspector Dixon, who had been informed that there was a fight in the Victoria Market, and came up almost immediately after the occurrence. Swift was brought up at the Borough Court yesterday, when the above facts were given in evidence, and he was remanded till this day. The father of Watson, at the same time, promised that his son should be produced at the sitting of the Court to-clay.—Manchester Guardian, IMPEE.IAL PA LIAM EN HOUSE OF .rune '23. The SpoAnlin took zlio Chair sl: eetly after 'F.velve o'clock. KORNE'S (FERGUSON - 5) E:';TATF. BILL. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports on the following Blls were further consi dered and agreed to: — Leeds Waterworks (No. 2). Manchester Corporation Waterworks (Power to sell to the Manchester and Salford Waterworks Company). Taunton Improvement and Market. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station and to Granton and to the Edinburgh a nd Glasgow Branches Rail way). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from Burn tieland to Dunfermline Branch, 1 , ,:c.—N0. 2.) LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were further considered and agreed to:— Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway. Norfolk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Rail way, near Reedham, with a branch to Haleswortli). HEALTH OF TOWNS. Mr. MONTAGUE GORE presented petitions from different parts of Devonshire in favour of the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. JOHN O'BRIEN presented a petition from S. Maxwell Cullinan, of Ennis, praying that the same pri vileges in relation to professional communications which are now enjoyed by lawyers, clergymen, and solicitors, may be extended to surgeons and physicians. Also, a petition from the citizens of Limerick, in public meeting assembled, praying for the abolition of ministers money, and that the present incumbents may be indemnified. DROPPED NOTICES OF 'MOTION. The dropped notices of motion were re-appointed. DROPPED ORDERS OF THE DAY. The dropped orders of the day were al so re appointed. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving that the orders of the day be now read, stated that it was his intention to move to-day that the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, which stood fi rst in the orders of the day for committal, should be c ommitted pro forma, in order that the Bill might be reprinted, and committed on a future day. He also wished to state, with respect to the Health of Towns Bill, that he proposed to take that measure into consi deration, not as he had stated the other day, to-morrow, but on Friday. He should on that day, on the motion for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply, move, that the House proceed with the further consideration of that important measure. Captain HARRIS was anxious to know what course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the Highways Bill. That was a measure of great import ance, and ought, in his opinion, to be proceeded with. Sir GEORGE GREY agreed with the Gallant Member that the measure was a most important one, and he trusted that the consideration it would receive in Committee would remove the objections that . had been urged against it. He had been in hopes that he would have been enabled to have pro ceeded with the measure that day, but as be did not wish to interfere with the measure on which the lion. Mem ber for Dorsetshire addressed the House last Wed nesday—the Poor Removal Act Amendment Bill—he would refrain from proceeding with the measure today, trusting that the House would sit at twelve o'clock on Monday, in order to proceed with the Bill, and thereby enable it to pass during the present session. Mr.BANKES felt indebted to the Right Hon. Baronet for the course he proposed to pursue. He trusted, how ever, that the Government would not neglect to proceed with the Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, as that was a measure of the utmost importance. He had been informed that the insurance offices bad declined to enter into any new transactions until either the Bill was re jected or adopted. He hoped, therefore, that the Go vernment would fix some early day for proceeding with the measure. • Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD corroborated whset had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman, and he hoped the Noble Lord would inrorm the House of his intention. Lord JOHN RUSSELL admitted that the Bill was a very important one, but at the same time very difficult. It was felt to be so before its introduction. It was, how ever, introduced by the Lord Chancellor, and had come down to the House of Commons. He propped now that it shou!d go into Committee pro forma. When it had gone through Committee he should fix an early day for its consideration, which the Government were de sirous to have soon. He was convinced that the opera tion of the Bill would not be such as at all to give any ground for those fears which had been mentioned in certain quarters. Mr. F. FRENCH objected to the Bill proceeding, for it would injure proprietors to a very great extent indeed. Mr. ESTCOURT asked whether he was quite right in understanding that the Noble Lord had postponed the Health of Towns Bill to Friday, for he did under stand before that he had given notice of it for next week ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had given notice of it for Friday, and he was sure that after this early no tice it would not produce any inconvenience. After some further conversation, Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that be wouk? take the Highways Bill on Friday next at twelve o'clock ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. The Bill then went through Committee pro found, to be further considered on Friday at twelve o'clock. HIGHWAYS BILL. This Bill was also committed pro forma, in order to be considered on Friday at twelve o'clock. SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. SPOONER, in answer t 3 a question from Mr. C. Berkeley, said he would certainly move that the second clause should be expunged. On clause three being read, Mr. C. BERKELEY objec!ed to costs being allowed in case of bills of indictment which had been preferred, but not sustained. He move d that the clause should be expunged. Mr. HENLEY thought the words "comp e nsation for trouble and loss of time " in the c lause were much too wide, and gave a great deal too much power to compen sate a prosecutor. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought these words might be omitted, and the whole left to the present course in criminal law. The clause so amended was agreed to, as were clauses four, five, six, and seven. Mr. TRELAWNY thought that clause one would clearly encourage conspiracy against individuals. Mr. ROEBUCK felt he had a disagreeable duty to discharge, but he did it as one of the Committee. He had always objected to the Bill, and his ground for so doing was, that the Bill travelled altogether out of the sphere of legis lation, and the effect of the law would positively be vicious. Mr. SPOONER said that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down objected to the Bill because it was not fairly within the province of legislation, but he (Mr. Spooner) contended that this objection applied with equal forco to the suppression of every sort of crime. — (No, no.) The Hon. Gentleman then entered into a general defence of the measure, which he maintained was called for by the wide-spread and lamentable crime against which it was directed. After a few words in explanation from Mr. ROE- BUCK, Mr. C. BERKELEY thought that this Bill would have the effect of increasing rather than diminishing the crime against which it was directed. He should, there fore, move that the Chairman report progress, and asli leave to sit again, as he believed the Bill would never effect the good anticipated from it. Sir J. PAKINGTON urged most . strongly upon the House the propriety of proceed in g objections made against it , on the ground of with th_e itsßill. The within the province of legislati on, and of its opening the door to conspiracy, were of na force , a nd should not weigh not being for a moment against it. The LORD ADVOCATE was of opinion that much good might be done by the Bill in its present shape, and he would therefore give it his support. He thought that in order to place a Bill of this sort upon a right footing it was necessary to put the definition of the offence more clearly, and with a better protection to those who might be unjustly accused under its provisions. After a few words from Mr. TRELAWNY, which , did not reach the gallery, Mr. R. YORKE said that in his opiiiion it was the province of the House to put down every abomination that came under its cognizince, and therefore he came with the intention of supporting the measure of the Hon. Gentleman opposite; but on a revision of its enactments he had come . to the conclusion that it would give faci lities to ill-dniptsed persons to gct up false charts against persons who were perfectly innocent of them, and yet afraid to repel thorn publicly, and taking that into consideration he thought that the measure was not one which could be safely carried out, however good its intentions might be. Mr. BANKES said that offences under this Act could not always be proved when chat getl, for the previous immorality of the accusing party was necessary to be proved, and how was that to be dof,e? Even though the accusing party might be notoriously immoral, still the proof of her misconduct alight he wanting, and could not be obtained. After a few words fy-rn N . Ir. B. DENISON', Mr. ROEBUCK objected to this measure, as throwie , upon every man in decent society a r i s k o f accusal ii'' which he did not incur at the p res ., : , t , mom ent. vit: Bill would not prevent the evil it was i nten d e d to remeoi b u t would merely give rise to a no th er . Under the provisions of this Act no one w ou ld b e sa f e , from the Archbishop of Canterbury downwards—nay, even the lion. Member himself. What remedy was there pro vided? None. In fact the accused was d e stitute of all me ans of defending himself, while every facility was open to the accuser. Sir G. GREY said that considerations of great im portance had been urged against the last clause, upon which they then were, and it was stated that the only reme dy was to reject it. To that co urse he would give all the opposition in his power, as h e thought that it would be very unfair, after having assented to the mea sure so far. Lord SANDON approved of the suggestions of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and advised the Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Spooner) to adopt them. Mr. BODKIN said the difficulty with respect to the second clause could not be got rid of by its omission and the substitution of another, owing to the difficulty 1 of reaching those who set the procurers and pro- curesses in motion. He had had much exper:ence of the great extent to which the system was carried; but still an innocent and respectable person was raily convicted by a jury of an offence unjustly imputed to him. Mr. I)UNCOMBE supported the clause as it stood. lie had proposed the insertion of the words in Cone ' 1 m ittee; it was agreed to neminc contradicentt lu ' a Committee of which the Lord Advocate, the Judge Advocate, the Honourable Member for AVER ,LAND MAIL FROM CALL UT TA. Ilochcester (Mr. Boe-li-ln), and the Hon. Member fur B.%th (Mr. 80. - buck), wore members. He thought if the Bill was to be altered from tine to tinae—it' eiause, after clause. was to ha altered cr expunged—that it would better to withdraw is altogether. The clause which they wished to he expunged was the most valuable part of the Bill, because it would reach those who pandered to their base appetites.(Roars of laughter.) Mr. SPOONER consented to the suggestions of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and said he, with the aid of his Learned Friends, would remodel the Bill as proposed. The Ho - o. Gentleman in the chair might now report the MI!. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Finsbury, hal, he thought, introduced the clause for the purpose of defeating the 13i11.—(Cries of " Order, order.") Mr. DUNCOMBE denied that he had been actuated by any such motive. The clause was drawn up by the Honourable Gentleman himself, and he simply adopted his words, Mr. SFOONER replied that he drew up the clause at the suggestion of the Hon. Gentleman himself. Mr. C. BERKELEY then moved, as an amendment, that the report be brought up that day six months. The Committ( e then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment . . 26 Against it Majority against the amendment —55 After a short conversation the report was received, and ordered to be printed and brought up on Wednesday next. POOR REMOVAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Captain PECIIELL said that there had been no remedy provided by the Committee for what was disap proved of in this Bill, the Committee having con cluded their labours without making any re port. Notwithstanding what had been said by the • Attorney-General, he could, if he did not fear to weary . -the -House, show that the retrospec tive working of the poor•law was most unjust. He thought that the House was bound to agree to the Bili of the Hon. Member for Dorsetshire as a means of remedying the evils that existed. That Hon. Member was deserving of the thanks of the country, and how was he supported? Why, there were no less then 197 petitions in favour of the Hon. Member's views, and these petitions contained no less than 30,196 signatures. (The Hon. Member here read some ex• tracts from a correspondence that had taken place on this question in support of his views.) He trusted that the Hon. !,".ember would succeed in his endeavours. Mr. P ALMER said that he felt bound to support He considered that the Bill would be of great advantage. Sir J. PAKINGTON could not agree with the Hon. G en tleman. In his part of the country the Bill intro duced by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dor chester (Sir J. Graham) had worked well , and had not led to one instance of litigation ; and if the Bill of his Hon. Friend were acced ed to the p oor would be deprived o; one of the most valuable boons which had been conferred upon them.—(Hear, hear.) lie did not deny that cases of hardship had occurred under the Act— (Hear, hear) —but they arose simply from the conduct of the boards of guardians, and not from their adhering to the Act. Hardships had been inflicted upon aged and infirm poor by guardians driving them from one parish to another, in order to get rid of the responsibility of keeping them. The Act to which he had referred was passed to amend the anomalies and hardships in the old law, and as it had worked well he thought it should continue. If the lion. Gentleman the Member for Dorsetshire (Mr.Bankes) were to refer to the report of the Poor-law Commissioners for the present year he would find that he was correct in saying that the law had been a great boon, and that where hardships arose they were not attributable to the law, but to the guardians of the poor. The ratepayers, he was sure, would not refuse any additional burden which might be cast upon them by the additional cost of supporting those who had expended their labour and their days amongst them; at the same time he admitted that the law of settlement required great alteration. He regretted to hear that the.-Committee which had been appointed on the law of settlement had agreed to resolutions and had afterwards rescinded them, and had, therefore, come to the determination to keep them to themselves.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Such was the nature of the rumours which had reached him. He hoped, hoe. ever, that the Government in the next session of Parliament would take the whole sub ject of the law of settlement and ate-paying seri ously into their consideration, and bring forward measures for the purpose of amending them. He begged to move, as an amendment, that the Bill be reel a second time that day six months. The motion having been seconded, Sir G. GREY said, in submitting the ground of his objection to the Bill, he begged at the outset to say that it was now his intention to offer the Bill that op position which he stated on its introduction it would have to encounter from him in its subsequent stages. What did the Bill propose to do ? It did not propose to amend the Bill of last session, but absolutely to repeal the very essence of it, which was one of the most valuable and important Bills that had ever received the assent of that House, as it was calculated to confer the greatest advantages upon the poor. The principle embodied in the Bill of last session was this—that residence for a certain term should entitle a person to claim exemption from removal, so that a person who had lived and worked in a parish for a given number of years should not be driven to another, and a perhaps distant one, for support in the hour of need. When the Bill of last session was proposed very great objections were made to it, but they were not to look to the inconvenience which had arisen from the Bill in one or two, or in any number of instances, and infer that the Bill had not worked well, because if they were to do so they would overlook the nume rous beneficial instances which had resulted from it. It was to prevent localities from being bur dened Stith the support of those who had no claim upon thorn that the Bill was passed. The re movability of persons after a lengthened residence in a district was admitted on all hands to be a grievance requiring the interposition of the Legislature, and there fore this Act was passed, confirming the principle that persons should be irremovable after a residence of a certain term. It had generally worked well he believed, and he was glad to hear from the Hon. Baronet that it had worked well in his part of the country. Notwith standing the objections which had been made, be be lieved the balance was much in favour of the poor, and he feared, if they repealed it, that they would inflict the greatest and most irreparable injury upon the poor. These inconveniences were incidental to a change in the law, and he believed that after all changes there would be found considerable difficulties in the administration of it. If the inconveniences complained of by his Hon. Friend had been removed by length of time, why should it be proposed that the parish officers should again be thrown into uncertainty as to their duties under the law, by a repeal of the p resent law, and the- stitution of a new one? It was no objection to this Act to say that litigation took place under it, for unless it could be shown that any new law would remove the system of litigation, the objection was not valid. The real question to decide was, whether the case was one of such present emergency as to require that, at the end of a session, and without the presence of those who were most interested, the whole of this law should be repealed, and a new one substituted upon an entirely diffe rent basis. He was quite sure that the resolutions of the Committee upon the law of settlement had been rejected, and refused to be reported to the House by a small majority, but that did not remove from the House the power of now considering the matter. These reso lutions would shortly be reported to the Howe, and tbere seemed to prevail an opinion that an extensive ve change in this la w was nece ssary, by mea of a change in the area of rating. Sir F. Pigot, before the Committee, stated that be did not think that there was any immediate necessity for a change in the law, as it created very considerable confusion in the unions which had just adapted their o perations to the existing law. He thought that any change which should take place immediately, and with out the full concurrence of the whole House, would be most mischievous in its consequences both to the public and to the poor ; but he thought that that forbearance now would by no means interfere with the full discussion and consideration of the question at a very early period in the ensuing session. For these reasons he hoped that the House would not consent to the repeal of an Act which could not be properly discussed at this period of the session, and which involved so serious and exten sive a change. The Marquis of GRANBY said that it did not appear to him that the Right Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down was very confident in the success of the measure before the House. lie believed that the law of last session bad acted most injuriously, and that the ratepayers of towns had been great sufferers in consequence. It did not confer the nefits which it intended , nor remove the evils which it roi , osed to obviate ; and he should, therefore, support the motion of his Hon. Friend. After a few words in explanation from Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, Mr. SPOONER said be would not go into the question whether the Bill was or waS not a boon to agriculture. His o biect in supporting the Bill of last session wa s bt:eause he was of opinion that the parish bit h 7 t ceived the benefit of the poor man's leheee should support him in his distress. Ile ai!jtved the House to put a step to those evils which li:rto arisen in the larger towns by the repeal of tins which was not only injurious to the poor them. selves, but also to those a hose duty it was to afford them the means of relief. Mr. V. SMITH said that his great objection to the Bill was, that as soon es the ratepayers found its operation in any way disagreeable they would avail them • selves of the only obvious remedy, viz., by making the poor suffer greater hardships than they did at present. Ile moment the present Act was passed a considerable amount of confusion was created, and although they had been told by the law officers, that the portion of the Act referring to industrial resiklenee was to be interpreted by the rules of com mon sense, and on their finding that common sense was inapplicable to the law, and again applying to the law officers, a totally new construction of the Act was 'given to them. There had been, notwithstanding all that had been said, a very considerable amount of legisla- ' tion under this Act, and there were already a con siderable number of legal questions dependent upon it. The question was submitted to a Committee in the be ginning of this session. It had been in labour for the whole session—(Laughter)—but as yet no result had appeared to the House or the world. The Committee was truly a secret as well as a Select Committee, for not a word could they get out of them, and this was the Committee on which they were to depend. And let the House remember that next session was a new session of Parliament, and the persons t hen coming in would not be bound by the wisdom .of thou ancestors.—(Laughter.) Ile should, after a careful examination of all the circumstances, give Lis v3te fur tie 7 . 31! of the Hon. Mernb:r opposite. Mr. RICE said he w,ls very anxious that a gentle man who pus eased cons.iderallo experience on this sub• ,ect should be examined before this Co mmittee. He ad a letter from that gentleman deprecating the principle of non-removal. He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen would agree with the motion of the Hon. Member for Dorset shire. lie did not think that they should lose sight of the ratepayers, and the effect of this law had been to re lieve the rich and impose the burden on the poor. Sir J. GRAHAM said that it would not be necessary for him to detain the House for any length of time. Considering the merits of the question, he agreed with the Hun. Member, who said that it did not matter what was the principle of that Bid. He then expressly stated that he did not propose any compensation, hecause he was aware that if any such pro position were made, the Bill would have been rejected. Ile would read the clause respecting the removal, which was brought forward in 1844, and which was identical with that introduced by him last year. (The Hon. Member here read the clause in question.) He joined issue with the Honourable Gentleman who contended that this was a law for the rieh and not for the poor. But there were other classes operated upon by the Act of last session ; but another class derived great benefit—the great class resident in districts in which they were not settled before the passing of the Act, and who were not in receipt of relief, from their legal settlements, and who had never ventured to apply for relief from the parishes in which they resided, from the fear of being removed to their legal settlement. They constituted a very large and a very suffering class, and the Bill, therefore, of last session was of the most beneficent nature to them. There was, for instance, the industrious Irish, - of whom there were such large numbers in the manufacturing districts, who after having laboured in a district for a period of five years, and contributed during that time to its wealth, were told, immediately on apply in g for relief, that they must be removed ; and upon this class of persons it conferred the greatest advantages. By far the most numerous class were either entirely injured from the Act, whilst the other received the greatest benefit from it. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Bir miegham (Mr. Spooner) supported the Act of last session, and he did not now regret that he had given it that support. Still he (Sir James Graham) was perfectly willing to concede to him and to other Hon. Members that the Act of last session had received a more extensive operation than was originally intended, from the construction put upon the words introduced into the Bill during its progress through the House. Ile asked them, therefore, again to try the Bill by this test—were the poor injured? The construction put upon the Act by the law officers of the Crown, and which hal led to this extended operation, was most humane and beneficent ; and if they had any regard for the interests of the poor, that was an additional reason why this Act should be maintained in all its integrity. —(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down bad made some remarks upon what he (Sir J. Graham) said, at the time the Bill was before the House, with respect to ratepayers, but he (Sir J. Graham) did not wish to retract one word which he uttered on this part of the subject on that occasion, yet he could not but admit that although the Act had worked most bene ficially as far as the poor were concerned, yet its cost had fallen heavily upon the ratepayers ; and when the subject of the law of settlement and of the removal of the poor was before the House he trusted that the expediency of giving a more extended area to the rates would be also taken into consideration. The Committee on the law of settlement, of which be was a member, had sat five months, and collected a vast mass of evidence on the subject, but he regretted that the Committee, by a majority of one, bad determined that the resolutions which they had adopted should not be reported to the House ; yet by a wise regulation of the House their proceedings would become known to the House and to the country—how each member of the Committee voted would be seen, and also that the resolutions which they had passed were to the following effect t—First, that the law of removal ought to:be abolished ; awl, second, that the area of the rate ought to be extended. He hoped that the evidence collected by the Committee would enable the public to estimate the real nature of the question during the recess, and that it would afford the Government an admirable opportunity of ascertaining the public opinion upon the question ; he hoped also that her Majesty's Govern ment, without any undue prejudice, without reference to the part which the Members of the Committee had taken, would in the new Parliament be prepared to bring forward a Bill on the subject and that the Hun. Gentleman (Mr. V. Smith) who had so well played the part of the Young Member, would give them his support. lie should give his decided opposition to the repeal of the Act of last session. In fact, the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir G. Grey) went to show that there were no petitions in favour of the Bill of the Right lion. Gentleman. He quoted, it was true, the opinion of a gentleman at Bath, and the opinion of the editor of a York newspaper, but these were the authorities on which they were to rely for the necessity of the Bill, and the repeal of the Act passed during the time he held office. He did not wish to detain the House, or he might quote the opinion of several competent persons to show that the Act had worked well. Mr. Hall, one of the assistant Poor-law Commis sioners, whose district in London comprised a population of 1,800,000 souls, reported that no complaints were made by the recipients of relief with respect to the working of ' the law, and the complaints of the ratepayers were few, ' and rapidly diminishing. As he believed that the passing of the Bill of the Hon. Gentleman would throw the state of the law into complete confusion he could not hesitate as to the course he should pursue. He should offer the Bill his most strenuous opposition, :and hoped that the House would reject by a lar g e majority the proposition, which he considered a most dangerous one. Mr. MILES said he had heard it stated that Mr. Hall was one of the witnesses who, when before the Commit tee condemned the present law—(Hear), —and a refer ence to the evidence would show that that law was not so much approved of as the Hon. Baronet seemed to suppose. In fact, with the exception of Mr. Hall, all the witnesses reprobated the law. They had only been informed yesterday that the Committee had come to the decision referred to, and that they thought it would not be well to mix up the law of removal with the law of settle ment. He had always been in favour of an industrial resi dence being taken as the right of a person to receive relief. The subject was a difficult one, and required the utmost consideration ; but the House should recollect before they rejected the Bill of the Hon. Member for Dorset shire, that it would afford great benefits to the rate payers, whose interest ought to be remembered in a question of this nature. The Act of last session was found fault with both by the ratepayers and the poor and infirm themselves. If he saw any prospect of an early adjustment of the whole question'he would advise his Hon. Friend to withdraw the Bill, but, as lie saw no such prospect, he hoped that his llon. Friend would persevere with his BilL Mr. C. BULLER said that much dissatisfaction had been expressed at the result which had been arrived at by the Committee on this subject, of which he (Mr. C. Buller) was chairman, and the Honourable Member for Northamptonshire was very witty at their expense, but he (Mr. Buller) did not See that the duties of a Committee were other than this—to bring before the House and the country a ma's of evidence which would enable the House to come to a conclusion on this subject. It had been said that the Committee had done no thing ; he maintained that they had done a great deal. If he had acted upon the hints which had been made to him with respect to the examination of all witnesses, he believed the next Parliament, if it sat for seven years, ' would not see the end of the examination. The course then which was adopted was, to make the best selection of witnesses they could, and he would leave it to the House to form its opinion of the judgment which had been exercised in this respect. Another duty also was to get as many practical men before them as they could, and the Committee freely discussed resolutions which were proposed for the alteration of the law. The Hon. Mem ber tor Stroud, the lion. Member for Leeds, the lion. Member fa. Finsbury, and the lion. Member for Ro chester, severally brought forward plans, all of which were rejeeted, with the exception of a portion of that proposed by the Hon. Member for Stroud, which was adopted by the Committee, and added t i the resolutions to which they had come themselves. The conclusion to which he had come, after a full investigation of the whole case, was that the law of settlement and of removal should be abolished. Ile had thought it dangerous to interfere with that question, but he now believed that the law of removal was injurious to all classes, and especially to the industrious classes. After expressing this conclusion he had no doubt as to the course which he should feel it his duty to take with regard to the motio to re of the l ion . Gentleman opposite. They were asked peath Bill. The House last session ordered that the removal of the poor man should not take place excepting under certain circumstances. What would be the effect of this repeal ? That the poor man who was not removed last 3 ear would be liable to be removed next year. Was the Committee to move the House to bring to light a law of this nature? For the last fifteen years the law had been against the poor. Under the old law a poor mati could earn a settlement by hiring himself in a district for a certain period. The Act of the last session was humane and beneficent; but now comes the lion. Member for D o rsetshire, and without substituting anythi n g better, he proposed to repeal the only law which had tried to better the condition of the poor in the last 15 years. Mr. IIANKES replied. • The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority against the Bill The other orders of the day were then .isposed o and the Hcusc adjourned at Six o'clock. Nelson RAILWAY COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) Room A. 1:17 AT ERZ ORD AND LimmuciC. Their Lordships met this day to hear evidence upon this line, and decided that the preamble of the Bill had passed. the d h i e s i p r CALEmin Room B. EILANCTIES CANOIIIE. T alt,cuhrdosihripusblmicebtutshiinsed:.y, at the us ual hour, for The evidence wai again proceeded with, but was of a wholly similar nature to that a lready given. Room C. STOUT/. 4.5.11.X.EY (No. X'). Mr. Robert Stephenson, C.E., engineer to the line, was examined with respect to this line. The proposed line would join the Midland branch at or near to Hales -1 Owen. It was a great advantage to the public to have the main line cummunic,.ating with Stourbridge. as it would give the means of a direct access with Birming ham. lie thought that the proposed line would be ballasted in 24 or 25 days. By the proposed line they would be enabled to combine with all the railways to the north of Birmingham. At the conclusion of the evidence of Mr. Robert' Stephenson, C. E., their Lordships adjourned till eleven to- morrow. Room D. NEWPORT, .ABERGAVENNY, AND ItEILZ FOAD (EXTENSION TO Tarr VTJIEE). This case came on before their Lordships at eleven o'clock this morning. . _ Mr. TALBOT opened the case for the promoters of the railway. lle proceeded to point out the advantages of the line, and objected to the Taff Vale Company appear ing in opposition. The Committee decided that the Taff Vale had a right to appear, not against the general principle of the line, but against the junction. Mr. Merryweather was heard for the Taff Vale Company. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP VI. BRISTOL AND EXETER (TAUNTON AND CASTLE CARY BRANCH, AND BLEADON AND WELLS). The Committee met at the usual hour, and were occu pied the whole of the day in hearing evidence on behalf of the promoters of the line. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-morrow. GROUP X. This Committee met at the usual hour ; Lord Clive in the chair. EASTERN COUNTIES (ILFORD TO TIL- BURT POET AND SOUTHEND). The opposition of the Thames Haven Company having been closed, Mr. AUSTIN replied at considerable length. The room was then cleared, and the Committee having consulted for a few moments, strangers were re-ad mitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXX. ALICUOLDIE (FROM LEEDS AND SELBY). The Committee met at the usual hour. Witnesses in favour of the Bill were examined during he whole of the day. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. FOR. Earl of Ellenborongh Marquis of Exeter Lord Saltoun Viscount Canterbury Earl Egmont Earl Delawarr Earl of Orford Lord Bradford Viscount Beresford Earl Brownlow Lord Brougham Earl of Wilton Earl of Eglintoun Viscount Sydney Bishop of Gloucester CHINA. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. (From the China mail of April 8.) His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has the satisfaction to publish, for the information of British subjects in China, the annexed letter from the Hon. the Major-General commanding her Majesty's forces, just received, on the arrival of the expedition at Canton. The rapid and successful course of operations begun and concluded within a period of thirty-six hours by the small military and naval force under the direction of Major-General D'Aguilar and Captain Macdougall, the senior naval officer, is calculated to teach a lesson to the people of Canton which they will not soon forget ; and it is his Excellency's intention not to quit this place until he has placed matters on a footing consistent with treaty engagements and worthy of the British nation. He feels that the moderation and justice of all his former dealings with the Government of China lends a pert sanction to measures which he has been reluctantly compelled to adopt after a long course of misinterpreted forbearance. " His Excellency Sir John Francis Davis, Bart., &c., &c., &c. " Head Quarters, Canton, April 3, 1847, Four o'Clock, P.M. " Sir, —I have the honour to acquaint your Ex cellency that, in pursuance of the arrangements agreed upon between us on the Ist instant, I am arrived, with the assistance of Captain Macdougall, of the Royal Navy, and her Majesty's ships under his command, at the British Factories, and have esta blished myself here with the troops under my orders, having, in the course of the last thirty-six hours as saulted and taken all the principal forts at the Bogue and in the Canton River, and after destroying the gateways and blowing up the magazines, spiked 827 pieces of heavy cannon. " As your Excellency did me the honour of ac company me in these operations, and have yourself witnessed the details, I shall not enter upon them in this place, but shall reserve them for the information of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, taking care to supply your Excellency with a copy of my communication. " I congratulate your Excellency on this result of our naval and military operations, and the more especially because, notwithstanding the fire of seve ral of the Chinese batteries while the troops were engaged in the assault, we have had the good for tune to take possession of them a ll without the loss of a man. " I have the honour, &c., &c. " GEORGE D'AGUILAR, " Major-General Commanding the troops in China. By Order, A. R JOHNSTON. British Consulate, Canton, April 3, 1847. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has the satisfaction to announce, that at the last moment, and when actually awaiting the assault on their city, the Canton authorities have assented to his reasonable demands, and the im pending ruin of this populous place has been happily averted. The following are briefly the heads of the new agreement :- 1. At the fixed period of two years from this day, the 6th April, the city of Canton shall be open to British subjects. 2. Her Majesty's subjects shall be at liberty to roam for exercise or amusement in the neighbouring country without molestation, returning the same day, as at Shanghae, and any persons molesting them shall be severely punished. 3. The aggressors on the two seamen in October last, and on Colonel Chesney and others at Fushan on the 12th March, shall be made examples of. Th t e latter being already apprehended,lwill be brough to Canton and punished in the presence of persons de puted by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. 4. An adequate space on the Honan side of the river h merchants shall be granted on lease to Brit is and others, for the erection of dwellings n andthe ware houses ; and his Excellency will ascertai site and extent before he quits Canton. 5. A site for the erection of a church shall be allotted on lease in the neghbourhood of the space now occupied by the foreig n factories ; and spaces for burial grounds shall also be allotted at W hampoa. 6. The Flying-bridge and another building be tween the two gardens shall be erected as desired, and sheds shall not be permitted against the walls. 7. For the better preservation of order, and for the general convenience, the river front before the factories shall be kept clear of boats. British Consulate, Canton, April 6, 1847. By Order, A. H. JOHNSTON. Head Quarters, Victoria, 10th April, 1847. The Major-General congratulates the troops on the success that has crowned their exertions ; he congra tulates them still more on the discipline observed by them in the course of the late short, but arduous ope rations ; and above all he congratulates them on the praiseworthy manner in which they abstained from every act of injury or outrage that could tarnish the honour of the British arms. IN G, (3N E 21, 1817. GROUP XXXIX. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Lord Charles Wellesley in the chair. YORE AND NEWCASTLE (AMENDMENT OT MAIN LINE). The Committee were engaged the whole of the day in receiving local, general, and engineering evidence in favour of this Bill. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The following Bills were declared to have passed : Oldham Alliance 8.11 Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (the opposi tion having been withdrawn). South-Eastern Railway. Widening of the Greenwich Railway, and Enlargement of the London-bridge Station. Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway. REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS DURING THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 19. \ Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males ... ..• ... 537 Males ... ... ... 620 Females ... ... 441 Females ... ... 558 Total . . 978 Total ... 1,178 MANCHESTER BISHOPRIC BILL. DIVISION ON LORD REDESDALE'S CLAUSE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-JUNE 22. CONTENT. DUKE. EARLS. Mountcashell LORDS. Richmond MARQUIS. Stanley Redesdale Bute viscouNTs. Strangford Ilereford MARLS. Bandon LOADS• lialmesbury Ashburton NON-CONTENT. BISIIOP9. Exeter Oxford Bath and Wella Lord Chancellor EARLS. LORDS. Cowper Wrottesley Portman Chichester De Manley ra n‘ i Stradbroke Colborne Scarborough Beaumont Powis Kenyon Spencer Bolton Walsingham sisnors. DUKE. St. Albans me.aconsEs. Lansdowne Clanricarde Westminster LAILLS. Dude Morley *vIscoUNT. Fohescue Clarendon Auckland Grey Falkland LORDS. Camoys Montfort Sudeley DunaUy Campbell hlostyn Devon KinBt Kingston PAIRS. London St. Asaph Salisbury Norwich Lincoln Winchester Bangor Llandaff AGAINST. Duke of Bedford Earl of Yarborough Lord Byron Marquis of Donegal Earl Canaperdown Earl of Eldon Lord Wenlock. Lord Lilford Earl of Ilchester Bishop of Durham Lord Denman Earl of Effingham Lord Strafford Lord Foley Bishop of Worcester PARLIAMEN TARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Coolosom.) TUESDAY, JUNE 22. BELFAST IMPROVEMENT BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time:"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day three months : —Question put, "That the word ' now' stand part of the Question" The House divided: — MAJORITY—AYES, 62. Ainsworth, Peter Evans, William Patten, J.IWI Arkwright, G. Ewart, William , Powlett, Lord W. Barnard, E. G. French, F. Pusey, Philip Barrington, Viscount Fuller, A. E. Rashkigh, W. Bateson, Thomas Gore, W. 0. Rendlesham, Lord Bentinck, Lord G. Grimsditch, Thomas Rice, E. R. Bodkin, William H. Grogan, Edward s Sandon, Viscount Bowring, Dr. Hamilton, G. A. Sotheron, T. H. Brotherton, Joseph Hamilton, Lord C. Spooner, R. Culler, Charles Heathcote, Sir W. Strutt, Edward Barew, W. H. Pole Heneage, G. H.X. Thornely, T. Chute, W. L. W. Hudson, G. Trelawny, J. S. Colvne, C. H. Jolliffe, Sir W G. H. Turner, E. Corry, Henry Jones, Captain Vane, Lord H. Denison, E. B. Kemble, Henry Verner, Sir W. Dick, Q. Le Merchant, Sir D. Vesey, T. Douglas, Sir IL Liddell, Hon. H. T. Wrightson, W. B. Dougla.s, Sir C. E. Lygon, Gen. Young, John Duckworth, Sir J. Mackenzie, T. Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. TELLERS. I buncombe, A. Marshall, William Divett, E. J Egerton, W. T. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Chichester, Lord J. of Berkeley, Craven Blake, M. J.II Butler, I'. S. Collett, John Cra4ford, W. S. MINORITY—NOES, 12. Dalrymple, Captain O'Brien, C. Esmoude, Sir T. , O'Brien, J. M'Carthy, Alex. TELLYZI. Monahan, J. H. Morris, David Roo, D. R. O'Connell, M. J. COPPER. Act (5 and 6 Vic. c. 47) read; Motion made, and Question put, " That the House do resolve itself into a Committee to consider the Duties upon the importation of Copper, with a view to their reduction or abolition." The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 19. Ainsworth, Peter Ewalt, William Stuart, Lord J. Balm, Walter Crawford, W. S. Facott, Ilickhgun Fielden, John Humphery, Ild. Thornely, T. Boyd, John Vvlan, J. H. Browne, W. 11131:a.Crfiat.airnt7, J3•o, Georgehii Duncan, George Alexander Buller, Edward • Morris, David Sandon, Lord TELLERS. liuntz, 0. F. Spooner, Richard • MAJORITY—NOES, 59. Acland, Sir T. Granger, T. C. Rashleigh, William Anson, Colonel Grey, Sir G. Rice, E. R. Baring, F. T. Grogan, E. Russell, Lord John Barnard, Edward G. Hamilton, G. A. Rutherford. A. Bellew, R. M. Hawes, B. Scrope, G. P. Bentinck, Lord G. Heathcote, G. J. Shell, R. L. Berkeley, Captain Henley, J. W. Spry, Sir S. Blake, M. J. Howard, P. H. Stanton, W. H. Borthwick, Peter Labouchere, Henry ltrutt, Edward Buller, Charles Lemon, Sir C. Thompson, Ald. Burke, T. J. Lindsay, Colonel, Tollemache, F. S. Carew, W. P. Maule, Fox Turner, Edmund Clerk Sir G. Monahan, J. 11. Vivian, J. E. Courtenay, Lord Morison, General Vyvyan, Sir,R. R. Dawson,lT. V. Newdegate, N. Ward, H. G. Duckworth, Sir J. Norreys, Sir D. 'Wood, t‘ir Charles Dundas, Admiral O'Conor, Don Young, J Ebrington, Lord . Palmer, G. Esmojide, - Sir T. Pennant, Colonel TELLERS. Forbes, William - riumridge, Captain Tanen, H. Gladstone, J. N. Powlett. Lord W. Wyse, Tbvmas THE PORT OF LONDON.—ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING. —The number of vessels which arrived in the port of London from foreign ports during the past we( k was 216, the greater proportion of which were laden with grain and provisions of various kinds, cattle, &c., the production of the continental states of Europe. JOURNEYMEN C[IIIEIEIIB BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION.—The first annual meeting of this institution, founded for the relief of aged and infirm journeymen curriers and their widows, took place on Tuesday, in Southampton -buildings, Chancery lane, and was at tended by members of the trade. Mr. E. Grant pre sided and subscribed liberally to the objects of the insti t 'don, which, as it originated entirely among the work men themselves, and has met with the approbation of their masters, will no doubt receive the success which it merits. The subscriptions already collected amount to nearly 1501. THE VALUE or LANDED PROPERTY.—Tuesday the freehold esta!e called South Ockendon Hall, situate at a distance of about eight miles from Romford, Essex, was disposed of by auction, by Mr. W. W. Simpson, at the Auction Mart. It comprised, besides the residence, above 668 acres, and it realised a rental of about. 1,1701. per =um, the present tenant, Mr. Sturgeon, lia,viag oa it ore of the most perfect and pure merino floats in tho kingdom. It fetched 24,6201. 1