The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-27 00:00:00

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Mr. Mellish's Huntington, 3 yrs, 6,t 51b...(Fordharn) 1 Mr. Hughes's Emulator, 4 yrs, 63t 111 b 2 Lord Chesterfield's c by Stultz, 3 yrs, sst 41b The following also ran:—Weathercock, Catberine Logie, Blight, Caliph, Knight of Avon, Queen of the South, Affghan, and Elfrida. Betting-3 to 1 ag.st Emulator, 9to 2 aget Hunting. ton, 6 to 1 agat the Dupe, 7 to 1 agst Caliph and Stultz colt, 8 to 1 agst Queen of the Seel). Won by a length, the same distance between the second and third, bad fourth ; Queen of the South was fifth, Elfrida sisth, and Caliph next. The others were tailed off. The Scarsdale Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst ; fillies, 7st 101 b ; half-bred horses allowed 4lb ; winners 31b extra. Half-a-mile, 10 subs. Mr. T. Parr's York, Bst (Flatman) 1 Mr. St. John's Greenwich Fair, 7st 131 b ...(Cowley) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Archibald, Bst (Prior) 3 The following also ran :—Colt by Malcolm, Rough Bob, Trot, and Papoose. Betting-2 to lon Greenwich Fair, 3to 1 agst York, 10 to 1 agat any other. Won by a neck, two lengths between the selond and third ; bad fourth ; Trot was fifth, Rough Rob sixth, and Papoose last. Selling Plate of 20 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile. 4 subs. Mr. Warre's Sichwus, 3 yrs (201.), sst 101 b ...(Dales) 1 Mr. Owen's Timotheus, aged (201.), 7st 716 (Charlton) 2 Mr. Coventry's Experiment, 4 yrs (201.), Est b 111 (Bray) 3 Betting — Even on Sicheeus, who made all the runnin g and won by three lengths, a head between the second and third. Grimmer weighed for Captain Little 's Gri zelle filly, but she did not go the post. The winner was sold to Mr. Deacon for 46 guineas. The Midland Steeplechase of 5 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and 3 only if de clared, &e.; certain winners extra. About three miles and a half. 24 subs, sof whom declared. Mr. T. Hughes's Westminster, 5 yrs flat.... (Poole) 1 Mr. Andrews's Tchernaya, aged, 9st 9lb (E. Weaver) 2 Mr. Ingham's Janus, aged, lost 51b (W. Archer) 3 The following also ran :—The Screw, Cupbearer, Erington Lass, Moonraker, Lilford, Bosphorus, First of May, and Miss Nutty. Betting-3 to 1 asst First cf May, sto 1 ag et Tcher nays, 6 to 1 each agst Lilford and Th e S crew , 8 to 1 agst Evington Lass, 10 to 1 agst Westminster. Won by six lengths. About the same distance between the se cowl and third ; half a length between the third and fourth. Evington Lass and Bosphorus were next close up with The Screw. Cupbearer walked in last. First of May fell first in the race. Lilford, whilst lying forward, fell at the fence, going up the hill the second time. Miss Nutty fell at the last leap, and Moonraker refused, and was stopped after going once round. Hurdle Race of 50 sove, added to a Handicap of 5 soya each; 3ft if declared, &c. Winne rs s lb extra. Two miles, over eight flights of hurdles. 23 subs, of whom declared. Mr. Thomas's Sluggard, 5 yrs, get slb . White) 1 (Poole) 2 (Palmer) 3 Hughes' ghei Puce'ss' R Treachery, oyalty, 5 a g y e r d s : 99astt 61b h b The following also ran : —Weathercock, Trernbleur, Nicholas, The Prince, Primus, Boadicea, Comet, Flageo let, Old Stringbalts, and Ada. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Sluggard and Old String halts, 5 to 1 agst Treachery, 6 to 1 agst Weathercock, 7 to 1 agst Nicholas. A very fine race, won by a neck ; a length between the second and third. Old Stringhalts ss as a bad fourth, Nicholas was fifth, Flageolet was sixth, and Comet next. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Escape (taken) 9 to 1 agst Minos (taken) 13 to 1 agst Hopeless Star (take 14 to 1) 15 to 1 agst Black Swan (taken) 20 to 1 aget Freetrader (taken) BERWICK STEEPLECHASES. Berwick Steeplechase. Little Bob (late Rob Hall), lls 51b ...........(Malley) 1 Polka, 6 yrs, lOat 10lb ............................. (Thrift) 2 Leda, who came in 2d, Cahirmee, 3d, and Grampian, 4tb, were all disqualifi e d for runn i ng t h e wrong s id e o f a post. An objection raised against the winner was after wards withdrawn. Hunt Steeplechase. Ben Lomond, 12st 7lb (Waddington) 1 Jolly Bab, 12At The Baronet, 12st (Bishop) 3 BURGILARIES IN YORKSIIME.—The York papers state that, notwiths tandin g the recent capture of a wh ole gang of burglars in . that cotinty, a series of nocturnal robberies were again committed in the North Ridin last week. On Wednesday night the house of Mr. i f W. Drinkrow, farmer, Tibthorpe, near Driffield, was . entered through a window by a party of thieves, who bad succeeded in packing up a great variety of plunder, but were prevented carrying it off by the arrival home at a late hour of one of the servants employed on the premises. They left a bludgeon behind them. On the same night attempts were made to break into three different houses at Middle ton. On Friday night the house of Mr. W. Binni winngdow ton, of North Dalton Wold, was entered through a by bur g l ars , who took away 150 /. worth of E ilve r plate without disturbing the family. A man who has been recognised as an old offender, and who bad in his pocket a dessert fork with a carved ivory !handle, identified as part of the stolen property, is now in custody, charged "nth bein g concerned in the robbery. .. 2112 SO 14 .. 20 O 7 5 27 l 0 all :0 15 1 4 5 19 .0 all 0 all 321 1 ft. 100 ;t. 100 ;t, 100 ;b. all :5 all 5 all 5 all 4 all 1 i ?I) 18 it. 100 1 all 5 all !O 108 15 all 5 14 21i 51 21t 81i 251 100 19i i i i 471 61 38 15 i i 59 36} 61 26j THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 27 IPt)7. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. the unoffending town of Canton ; he had en• tered into the palaces of its Government, and had left hundreds of widows and orphans to mourn the losses they had sn,tained. The noble and learned lord having again briefly referred to some of the tecbnical points bearing on the case, concluded by ex pressing his hearty concurrence in the resolutions which the Ear! of Derby had proposed. The LORD CLIANCELLOR rose, with some excite ment, to complain of the charge brought a g ainst him as ignorant of international law. He (enied the charge. What he had said was that no international law per mitted the forcible seizure of a vessel sailing under a register directly guaranteed be treaty. From that point he was not to be displaced. If he ha 1 erred in his law, it was either intentionally or in ignorance. If he had erred intentionally, it was unju,tifiaLle ; if iu ignorance, that ignorance was inexcusable. Lord ST. LEONARDS .—You are replyina- The LORD CHANCELLOR : Replying ! When the Lord Chancellor of England is accused of ignorance of the law, surPly he has a right to explain. Toe noble and learned lord was then proceeding w.th undiminished warmth to comment on another part of the speech of Lord St. Leonar,ls, when several peers called loudly to order. Oh, if lam out of order I shall sit down, said the Lord Chancellor, and he sat down accordivaly. L )rd WENSLEYDALE followed in au almost inau dil,le voice . He agreed with Lord Derby as to his first resolution, but suggested a doubt as to the sec , ,nd. On the question of the nationality of the Arrow, he argued that, as her licence had expired at sea, it would hold good until she got back to her port of registry. There . of King Richard the Third's wooing of the Lady Anne. Sir John might exclaim— " Was ever woman in this humour woo'd ! Was ever woman in this humour won 1" And on his success might add— " My Dukedom to a beggarly denier I do misteke my person all the while. Upon my life, she finds, although I cannot, Myself to be a marvellous proper roan." Surely if Richard 111. was a " marvellous improper" king, Sir John Bowring was equally as "marvellous improper" a representative of the British Government. The Chinese had been charged with infractions of the treaties, but had the English been guilty of no violations of the Treaty of 1842 in respect to the opium trade ? It was stated that the British were refused entrance into the interior, but the fact was that there was a road in constant use by our merchants from Shanghai to Chusan. The great question, however, was whether the Govern ment were prepared to support a war commenced in the circumstances of the Chinese dispute ! What would be said if the British consul at Marseilles were to declare var at his own discretion against the French nation, and order the fleet to come up and bombard the town ! Would any power in Europe be found to advocate such a step E He believed that if the integrity of Turkey and Persia were essential to the preservation of the balance of power, surely the Chinese empire was equally neces sary to maintain the political equilibrium of the world. Upon the religious point of view be agreed with a great deal that had been said ; but as for the present war being just and necessary he must beg to differ from that . , especially after three Foreign Secretaries had declared its object to be both unjust and unnecessary. It had been said that i n j ury was swift, but justice was slow. The injury had been swift in this case, but it was the duty of Parliament, whose action was unfortunately re trospective, to see that justice was done as speedily as possible. Lord METHUEN said the great question in the dis cussion was whether the Arrow was an English vessel, and whether Cocernissioner Yeh believed it to be so. Upon this point there was the evidence of two Irishmen and two Chinese against that of the Commissioner Yeh, but the chief evidence was to be found in the conduct of Commissioner Yell himself, who would not so readily have given up the Arrow had he not believed it to be an English vessel. Lord ST. LEONARDS (to whom Lord Wensleydale gave way, after some demur on the part of several noble lords) said he felt bound to come forward to vindicate the law itself. It was purely a judicial question whe ther the Arrow was a British vessel. By the 31 article of the treaty ceding Hong Kong to this country the English were permitted to have a place for a port and the deposit of stores. But the British had endeavoured to divert the Chinese from their lawful allegiance. We were bound to look at the exact words of the treaty, and maintain its just interpretation before all the world. In the latter part of the treaty the Chinese were expressly prohibited from taking criminals out of British vessels, being English ships of war or English merchant ships. Now, could anybody doubt what that phrase meant ! Would anybody include in that description a trading junk? The spirit and intention of this treaty were so clear that he was surprised that any attempt should be made to bring the Arrow into that category. But then by article 17 came the further description of English vessels, such as schooners, lurches, &c., and by that article all vessels coming under the description there given were to carry a separate register er licence. Bet what was the Imperial law upon the subject of ownership ! It had been expressly laid down that there could be no British vessel without British owners. In many colonies, however, it was con ten:milted that it might be found expedient to modify that 547th section, which defined who were to be consi dered British subjects for the purposes of ownership. Power was therefore reserved to her Maj2sty in caincil to make such modifications as circumstances inightrender necessary. An ordinance for this purpose was issued for the British possession in China ; but would the noblelord opposite say that the act of 1854 was to be inoperative ? Was it to be pretended that the colonial legislature had power to repeal an act of the Imperial legislature ! It was the law of the land that a British •eesel must have a British owner, and an owner that national sense which gave Eaglend the great maritim e position she held amongst commercial nations. (Hear) As a constitu tional lawyer, he gave it as his deliberate opinion that the colonial ordinance in question was nothing more than waste paper. There was no room for argument about it, because the only act of Parliament it could refer to declared it illegal ; and without some imperial enact ment to authorise it, a colonial ordinance of this charac ter was null and void. It was clear that Sir J. Bowring bad not the slightest notion himself of the true effect of the ordinance he was promulgating. (His lordship here read the terms of the ordinance in detail ) He asserted that the ordinance never went beyond this, that vessels might trade with Hong Kong, but never gave them power to go into the Canton river. The Legislature of Hong Kong gave a vessel authority to use the British flag. Registers were granted to lorchas, but the Legislature of Hong Kong frequently found that the Chinese dis graced the British flag, and that they never came back. It was determined that this state of things must be stopped by an ordinance, and that or dinance was passed. The noble earl (Clarendon) had stated that that ordinance did not contravene any Bri tish law, but he did not prove the statement, and mere assertion in such a c tse as this was not sufficient. The noble earl had stated that the act would have been con travened if a British register had been conferred ; and it must be remembered that only a colonial register was conferred enabling the vessel to trade between the colo nies and Hong Kong. Then, alter all, this was not a British register at all. (Cheers and laughter ) The Earl of CLARENDON—I said it was a colonial register. (Hear.) Lord ST. LEONARDS —Yes, but a colonial register in such a case was nothing more than waste paper. If it had been an imperial register he would say that they must stand by the imperial law, but if it was a colonial register it was clearly worth nothing at all. (Hear, hear.) Let them take an illustration of the general meaning. Suppose China had thought it right to make war upon us, and had conquered us instead of we con quering them. Suppose we had been compelled to make a cession to China, and the territory we had ceded was the Isle of Wight. What would have been said if the Chinese in the Isle of Wight, which we had been compelled to cede, as the Chinese had been compelled to cede Hong Kong, had granted registers to all English vessels coming out of Portsmouth, and had sent them back, saying that the men were Chinese sub jects. The noble earl had said that Hong Kong was a conquered colony, and that the legislature of a conquer. ed colony could do as it pleased. Upon this subject he might remind the noble earl had long since decided what was to be considered a British vessel all over the world. The right of a conquered colony was confined simply to that colony, but it could not under acy pretence be sup posed to apply to independent districts with which it ' had no connection, and with which it had nothing what• ever to do. The noble lord on the wool sack, in the course of the speech which he delivered on the last evening of debate, directed his attention to two points— first, na tional law, and, second, the evidence of the vessel being an English vessel. He maintained that the law which the Lord Chancellor had laid down was not the law of nations. If a nation gave a flag to a ship, and that ship went into a foreign port, that port would look to the country to which that ship belonged for the redress of any grievance that might arise. A British ship in a friendly port, as well as in its own port, was free from all external jurisdiction, and he contended that in the case under discussion the Arrow was not entitled to the slightest privileges. (Hear.) What was law here was law in China, and as regarded merchant vessels they were submitted to precisely the same rules in both coun tries. In this case the Chinese acted upon the belief that the Arrow was not a British vessel, and that they were entitled to it. If they were wrong in that conjecture, it was a wrong which could have been very easily explained and repaired. The master, who was a young Irishmen, was not on board at the time the seizure was made. When he went back he found that his flag had been struck, and he inquired the reason why. He was told that it had been done by a Chinese mandarin, and while the mandarin was Was quietly readjusted by the master. certainly no overwhelming grievance. present e , nt t the was b e e tr i li e e w fl a a s g one remarkable circumstance to which Yeh • instantly directed attention, and to which the Go. nut p resen t discussion had not offered any r denial. Yeh said it had been sworn by many of the vmeeni thaten there during the wa was no flag, and he added that it was the custom of England, when a vessel came into port and at anchor to lower the flag and not to re-hoist until it went away. From that practice not being attended to he hi ' ferred, and very naturally, that there was not a flag. Now, let their lordship remember that on the 3.1 Oct. the register of this vessel was delivered up by the master, who knew at that time that it was five or six days out of date, and in this respect he (Lord St. Leonards) thought there had been a misconstruction of the ordinance on which alone the register could rest. Whatever the power of the register might be unde other circumstances, un less the ordinance supported it, it could not have the slightest operation. In this case it was, of course, neces sary to re-register at the end of 12 months, independent of any other circumstances whatever. He took it that the true construction of the treaty admitted of no doubt that every vessel under that regulation was bound to re gister at the end of a year. And then there was a proviso ihat the register should be exhibited every six months to the harbour master. Directly, therefore, the time of the register expired, the vessel lost every privilege it might have derived from that source. Now all these matters should have been represented by Sir J. Bowring to the commissioner at Canton. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to have represented to the commis sioner that there had been a mistake, and have sought some proper explanation before such extreme steps were taken. But what were they to say to Si: J. Bo wring representing that this register was in full force, in spite of the fact that it had expired—and in spite, too, of the fact that he him self had said that he would take time to consider whether or not he would renew it. The register then bad expired when the 12 men were arrested on the Arrow. Yeh offered, over and over again, to give them up, but asked that two of them might be returned to them, because they were convicted pirates, and subjects of the Emperor of China. But that was objected to by Mr. Consul Parkes. He (Lord St. Leonards) thought that the greatest com pliment that could have been passed upon any country was the sending back of those twelve men, and he be lieved that the Chinese thought that, in sending them back, they were doing all that was necessary, as in truth they were, and the two men demanded ought to have been sent back in accordance with the terms of the treaty between the two countries. But all this was useless, and the war was commenced, the city of Canton was shelled, and the commissioner's residence was destroyed. Odessa, under m ore a ggravated circumstances, was spared. Why did the y no t spare Canton ! (Cheers.) There was nothing in Canton that c mid affect their forces, but there was plenty in Odessa to induce our forces to destroy it—plenty of materiel, power, and men. But the English plenipotentiary bad destroyed HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woo! Eack at 5 o'clock. _ _ CHIEF CONSTABLES BILL. Viscount DUNGANNON postponed his motion re lative to the see of London until this day week. The noble viscount al o gave notice that, when their lord ships want into committee upon the Constabulary Bill, he should move a proviso that no person should be eli gible to fill the office of chief constable who has been a bankrupt, or has passed through the Insolvents' Court, unless he should prove, to the satisfaction of the Home Secretary, that such bankruptcy or insolvency has not been caused by fraud or extravagance. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented several peti tions in favour of the exemption of incomes below 1501. per annum from the operation of the income tax. PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPLENIENrAL BILL. This bill was read a second time. LAW OF LIBEL AS APPLICABLE TO REPORTS. Lord CAMPBELL, in proposing the resolutions of which he had given, said that as he did not anticipate any resistance he should have occasion to occupy their lordships' attention only a few minutes. Ile observed that a decision had recently been given by the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench upon the question whether or not a true report of the proceedings of what was called a public meeting, in which statements were made re flecting upon the character of an individual, was privi leged, or whether the newspaper which published the re port was not amenable to the law of libel. That decision being undoubtedly a fit subject for public comment had been severely criticised. It was urged that the court ought to have held that a true and faithful report of such proceedings was privileged, however libellous, and that it was sufficient to give a remedy as against the speaker of the libel. That doctrine was said to be founded upon the case of the Earl of Northampton, as reported in Coke ; but the fact was, that the decision which was thus quoted as an authority was entirely extra-judicial. It was the dictum of certain lords, who were members of the Star Chamber, in reference to oral statements, and went merely to say that if a man simply repeated a verbal accusation as having been made by another person, he was not liable. To suppose that the publication of all proceedings of public meetings was pri vileged—whether libellous or not—would be most alarm ing. What was a publio meeting? Why, the meetings of Mr. Ernest Jones were public meetings ; and if such a doctrine were laid down, the publication of sedition might be held lawful, nor would there would be any safety for private character, for it would be the easiest thing in the world for a man to get up at one of those meetings and calumniate his neighbour, knowing that his statements would be made public. At the same time, there ought to he a privilege extended to journalists in doing that which was for the public benefit. If there were no reports published of the debates in that and the other house of parliament, their lordships and the mem bers of the other house would probably feel dissa tisfied, while the public would suffer a great incon venience. As the law stood the fairness and impartiality of such reports, however, did not protect the ne vepapers that published them from the operation of the law of libel on account of any libellous statements they might contain. This was the opinion of his late noble and learned friend Lord Denman; but that high autho rity added that he was strongly of opinion that it ought to do so. Having this eminent authority in his favour, in the bill which he introduced in 1842 a clause was in- 1 serted to accomplish the object which he now sought to carry out. That clause was not passed, but he hoped their lordships would come to the conclusion that the time had arrived when the privilege which was extended to the proceedings of the courts of law might be safely extended to the proceedings of Parliament—that was to the debates of both houses. Whether they might venture to go further, and extend the privilege to other assem blies, he would not undertake to say. Without going so far as to say that reports of all publ o meetings ought to be privileged in the same way, there were meetings of a public character from the publication of whose proceedings there was no reason to apprehend that any danger, or any injury to private character, would result. For in stance, there was convocation. Amongst the right rev. prelates, who constituted the upper house, and the rev. members of the 1 ewer house, there was no reason to ex pect that any would indulge in slander, or descend to attack the private character of individuals. Perhaps alio the same privilege might, under certain limits, be al lowed to the proceedings of county and borough meet ings ; but it would be for the committee and their lord ships to say—should his motion be agreed to—with what restrictions the privilege should in such cases be accom panied. Reminding the house that the last alteration in the law had been founded upon the report of a similar committee, the noble and learned lord, whose remarks were throughout but very partially heard, concluded by moving for a select committee, to consider whether the privilege now enjoyed by the reports of the proceedings of courts of ju,tice might not be safely and properly ex tended to reports of the proceedings of the two houses of parliament, and of any and what other assemblies or public meetings, under any and what conditions or restrictions. Lord WENSLET DALE made a few remarks, as was understoood, in support of the view expressed by Lord Campbell, but none of his observations reached the gal lery. fore the Arrow must be considered as under British co lours. The Chinese, by taking the law in their own hands, had violated the treaty. He was compelled, therefore, to oppose the resolutions. The Earl of MALMESBURY said if the law lords actually quarrelled, and the peers of England were-puz zled, about this question of nationality, what must be theconditica of the Chinese mind on the subject I Bet there were other questions than those of law involved —morality and feeling. Was it to be tolerated that the powers of peace and war should thus be entrusted to their colonial governors I To what results this might lead was shown by the news of this day, that the Chinese had taken the offensive—that the rebels bad joined the Irc- perial forces, and that an unanimous attack on the Eng lish forces had been made, And what, after all, was the war about I Was it for the Arrow, or its nationaliy Certainly not : it wag to indulge the monomania of Sir John Bowring for entering into Cinton. He could easily understand Sir John Bowring's motive in passing that ordinance for connecting Chinese coasters with British vessels. For what columns of figures—what estimates of tonnage—what Trade and Navigation Returns, it opened up new facilities 1 The dignity of the flag was spoken of in Sir John Bowring,r's dispatches. Was this the way to r eva` e that dignity, to authorise 20,000 or 30,000 Chinese vagabonds to go lurking about the seas, robbing and plundering, and short ing the British flag as their protection wi e❑ hunted down? The flag was degraded—the cauntry dis honoured by such practices. No wonder Yeh was puzzled at the notion of a nation's "landing its flag." This showed the law to be posterior to the treaty, and ex post-facto law, and therefore not binding on the Chinese. The appointment of Sir J. Bqwring was the original cause of all the mischief, and their difficulties would in crease until he was superseded by a man of judgineut, practical knowledge, and discretion. What firbearance had he sho vn I What tact I What p tints of adminis tration of Government 1 Just as the treaty was ab iut to expire, SirJ. Bowring had evoked thistiispute, hoping to be lift to settle it. These transactions •could add another century to the rancorous fe,ling entertained by the Chinese towards the English, as welt as disgrace us in the eyes of Europe. The Elrl of ALBEMARLE said that the veF•sel was ✓ not&ine;e - built, but Portuguese—the bull of all Chinese vessels was regulated by law to be of the well• known junk form. Therefore the Chinese ought to have judged the Arrow at once to be a foreign vessel. We had already given way too much to the Cninese. Tney thought we feared them, and therefore pushed their pre tensions further. That was the true Tartar habit. We The motion was then agreed to. CHINA.—THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. The Mal of CARNARVON, in resuming the debate, observed that none of the facts or arguments advanced in favour of his noble friend's motion had been contro verted or answered, The members of the Government who spoke on the former evening dwelt on the obstinacy of the Chinese character, of Chinese ignorance of Eng lish customs and habits, and the difficulty of dealing with the Chinese Government on the principlee of interna tional lew ; and the noble earl opposite (the Earl of Cla rendon) used expressions which, as coming from such a quarter, he heard with much regret, when he spoke of the difficulty of dealing with the Chinese in any other way than by making them sensible of the laws of force. The real question was whether the lorcha Arrow was a Chinese or an English vessel ; for if she was a Chinese vessel, which the whole facts brought forward proved her to be, every ground of defence and justifica tion for the proceedings which had been taken by Sir J. Bo wring and the other British authorities was cut away. It was clear from the statement of the Colonial Attor ney-General himself that the Chinese residents to whom the letters of registration were granted were not British subjects. The noble and learned ford on the woolsack said that the fact of the English Government authoris ing a ship to go to a foreign country and to carry the English flag, made that ship as regarded that foreign country an English ship. He would not venture to place his opinion against that of so high an authority ; but he might be permitted to quote against it an authority which was generally admitted by English lawyers to be of some weight. Blackstone laid it down that a man's allegiance to his country could not be cancelled or altered without the concurrence of the Legislature, not only of the adopted state, but of the Legislature of the state in which he was born ; but he (Lord Carnarvon) was content to rest the case on the autho rity of one of the most influential members of her Ma jesty's Government. A few weeks since a letter was written by Mr. Waddington, by order of Sir George Grey, on the subject of naturalisation. In that letter was as follows :—" I am directed by Secretary Sir Geo. Grey, to state to you that no certificate or other act of naturalisation granted to an alien places him beyond the control of hie native country, unless he has received from such country a certificate of denaturalisation, or has by some other means been released from his natu ral obligation." (Hear.) Now, was there any de naturalisation in this instance ! Not only was there not the vestige of concurrence on the part of the Chinese government, but absolute repudiation. The noble lord (Clarendon) read the treaty by the light of the colonial ordinance, but the colonial ordinance contravened the law of the Imperial Parliament ; and when it was ratified, the act under which alone such ratification could be authorised had not passed. The noble lord seemed to have forgotten that there was no documen tary definition of what was or was not a British vessel. The noble lord seemed to think that the word " lorcha" implied a British vessel, but the fact was that there were vessels answering that description, and trad ing in the Canton river, from Holland and America, as well as from the English colony ; but with respect to privileges, there were certain privileges granted to Bri tish vessels, and intended for British vessels only, and if you extended them to every nation in the world there would be an end to international law. It was only a year since the Government had given up the right of priva tearing, but here they were claiming a right which, in his opinion, would only be attended with much more dis astr ois consequences. He said that a Chinese ship could not under any circumstances be realised by a British re gister, but the fact be believed in this case W 64 that the ' vessel bad no register at all. However, supposing all these privileges contended for to be real, supposing the colonial governor to have this extraordinary power, those were additional reasons why he should be more scrupu lous in its exercise, and more anxious as regarded the issue. But the register in this case was a fiction and an imposture, and on Sir John Bowring's own word could he convict hire. (Hear.) There were letters to Consul Parkes admitting that the vessel had no register, and to Governor Yell asserting that she had, and both under Sir John's own hand. In his (Earl of Csrnarvon's) opi nion, a transaction more discreditable to Englishmen had never transpired. (Hear.) Surely here was a shield sho ing two colours. He was not one of those who would cen sure a public servant on light grounds. Men serving in a distant country must be entrusted with sufficient powers, but here was a case in which the British Government threw its protection over a man who by their own acknow ledgment had stated one thing in one document and an other in another. He would ask what were really the de mands made on the Chinese '! He found that four succes sive demands had been made. On the Bth Oat. Consul Parkes demanded the public return of the twelve men ; four days after he demanded their public return and an apology, with an assurance that if in 43 hours his demand was not complied with recourse would be had to force. This demand he enforced by seizing on the fort and breaching the gates ; all this he did on the ground of the attack on the lorcha alone. What did the Chinese in return for this ! They scarcely returned a sing le shot, but they returned the tw e lv e men an d ma d e an apology ; such a one as might be acc e pt e d w i t h out d ero gation to the honour of this country. (Hear, hear.) The men were released on the 22d, and on the 23d our forces set fire to the town. The third demand was for free com munication, and two days after the fourth demand was made for tree communication for every foreign represen tative with all the authorities of Canton. Referring to Sir Jehn Bowring's subsequent wooings and their success with Governor Yob, ho (Earl of Caruarvon) was reminded - , Commissioner Yeh had been attacked, but he thought it I would be admitted by every one who knew anything of i Chinese affairs that Commissioner Yeh would be much I more likely to be influenced by an attack upon his own i private property than by the loss of the lives of hundreds of his fellow-countrymen. (Hear.) That the attack had been followed up with determination he was prepared to admit, but it must be known that when warlike pro. ceedings were once commenced, it was the most merci ful course to pursue them with vigour. (Hear.) Then, as to what the noble earl had termed the monomania of Sir John Bowring—that of penetrating into China— all he could say was if this were a monomania of Sir John B; wring it was the madness of several hundred people besides. [The noble earl then read extracts from the letters of several missionaries, to show Inow strongly of opinion they were that attempts should have been made earlier to obtain an entrance into China, and from official documents emanating from Earl Grey and other statesmen in England to the same effect ) Was Sir John Bowring atone of that opinion ? Far from it, for all classes of persons who were acquainted with China had c one to the same conclusion, and it was scarcely fair to fix upon Sir Jolan Bowring the vague charge of monomania —(Hear, hear). It must in con nection with this subject be remensheied, that S r John Bowring did not insist upon the full demands which he might have made consistently with his instructions, but that he acted will no, d :ration. Suppose one Englishman instead of twelve Chinese had been taken, would it have been the duty of the English plenipotentiary, with a naval force at his disposal, to send home for instructions wnile all sorts of injuries and insults would have been offered to one whom he was bound by every considera tion of public policy to protect. (Cheers.) He thought not, and under the whole of the circumstances, he thought it would be unjest to adopt the resolutions which ca-t so strong a censure upon the British Minis ter. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl who introduced the resolutions concluded hie able speech with an appeal to the episcopal bench. Such appeals were not uncommon in that, house, when it was supposed that the members of the episcopal bench were not going to ♦ote just as noble lords would like. On such occasions the members of the episcopal bench were treated to a sermon, some times long and interesting, sometimes short and tedious. The noble lord wanted the right reverend prelates to sur render the right of private judgment, and to create a fame for themselves by placing themselves under the noble lord's direction. (Hear, hear.) He should make no appeal to the episcopal bench, for he thought they bad quite sufficient intelligence to judge for themselves, and not to be guided in their political course by the diem terested advice of the noble earl. (Loud cheers.) The noble earl then appealed to the hereditary peerage for support, He (Lord Granville) regretted the losses which the house bad recently sustained. That day the last rites had been performed over one of its most eminent members (the Earl of Ellesmere). With regard to that appeal to the hereditary peerage, he believed it would not have the effect which the noble earl supposed ; for he (Earl Granville) fully relied upon the justice, can dour, aid public spirit of the hereditary peers of Eng land. He begged their lordships to remember that while eminent lawyers and statesmen on the opposite side of the house had denounced the conduct of Sir John Bow ring, they had not pointed out what he should have done, and he thought, therefore, that, blame the Go vernment as they might, they would not be justified in passing an indelible stigma upon the conduct of the English plenipotentiary. (Cheers.) The Bishop of OXFORD said the question had a higher range than that of party merely. He felt that he mu t vote for the resolutions. War was either a curse or a stern and inevitable necessity. To justify war we must show that we have grounds. We cannot do so in this instance. The whole was attributable to a head strong consul and a thoughtless plenipotentiary. Let us withdraw from it as soon as possible. Let us leave the guilt of its commencement on the head of Sir John Bowring. With us be the merit of putting at once a stop to its continuance. Tee bishop concluded a long and el )quent speech by asserting his intention to support the Earl of Derby's resolutions. The house then divided. For the resolution—Present 53 Proxies 57 —llO Against—Present Proxies Majority The house then adjourned at ten minutes to one •'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTBRDAY.) The SPEAKER t )0k the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. Row tool; the oaths and his seat for Colchester. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Mid Kent and South Kent Rail way. THE CHINA WAR. Petitions were presbnted from Southampton, Carlisle, Hull, Darlington, Sheffield, and other places, condemn• log the war with China, and calling on the Government to recall Sir J. Bowring and Mr. Consul Parkes. TOBACCO SMUGGLING. Mr. H. G. LANGTON moved for a return of the se veral seizures made and of the prosecutions for breach of the laws relating to tobleco, between the sth day of January, 1855, and the 5 , „lo day of January, 1857, distinguishing those in Great Britain from those in Ireland ; specifying the places where and the names of the persons prosecuted, or from whom the seizures were made ; the quantities and kinds of goods seized; the precise nature of the offences charged or for which the seizures were made ; the results of the examinations of the goods by analysis or otherwise where se.zed for adulteration ; whether and what judicial proceed ings were taken in each case; the result of such proceedings, whether convicted or otherwise ; amount of fine paid or imprisonment suffered ; whether the goods seizsd were c'ndemned or restored (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 429 of session 1854.5). Agreed to. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. M. GIBSON moved for returns of the number of newspaper stamps at ld. issued to newspapers in Eng had, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, from the Ist day of July, 1855, to the let day of July, 1856: And, of the halfpenny stamps issued as above, during the same period (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 438 of session 1851-s). —Agreed to. , . CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (SCOTLAND). Mr. W. E WART gave notice that on that day fort• night he should move to introduce a bill to abolish the laws enacting or prescribing capital punishment in Scot land, to the same extent as it had been abolished by the law of England. must DON go on and finish our work thoroughly. TLe violence of the people of Canton was the pretext for keeping. us out of the city—this violence was kept up by _ . the Tartar cum tnissionPrs. We bai submitted to the fear of this violence until the people despised us for it. The noble lord then gave a few illustrat'ons of Chinese insolence and English submission, and dilating on the proposal to send a resident ambassador to Pekin, depre• . _ cated the sttempt, enforcing his arguments by Ex amples and records of the various insul•s, even up to assassination, inflicted on ambassadors, English anti foreign, at Pekin. His lordship concluded by express ing his intention to oppose the resolutions of Lord Derby. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH felt great interest in this war. He had conducted a war with China before, when the Wh►gs who began it did not know how to carry it on, or how to stop it. But the Government was changed—(a lsugh) —and peace followed. He hoped that peace would have been more lasting. What were we at war about! The Chinese had never meant to in- suit the British flag --of that be was convinced. But even if so, had not full vengeance been taken ? Fire and bloodshed did they not suffice ? Dr. B y.vring had done nothing to keep the peace, much to prevent such a re sult. But the worst point of the whole was the differ ence of the language batween Dr. Bowring and Consul Parkes, and Dr. Bowring and the Chinese. What paltry falsehood was . .there shown ! Yet this man still remained in office. Such a man was ❑u longer worth y to represent the honour and dignity of the Sove reign, the truth and manliness of England. Dr. Bowring knew the importance of the Chinese trade—how great a ink that nine millions formed in the commerce of nations. It was a rule of policy never to go into two wars at the same time. Not such the wisdom of the present Government. But scarcely had they brought to an end a great European war than they involved themselves in two wars in Asial China was opening to us. The power of the Emperor been declining greatly i❑ the last 12 years, Christianity was finding its way through the land, when Sir J. Bow• ring cast shame on our nation, and discredit on our re ligion, by his conduct. The war was fooli-1 and criminal—let it be stopped at once. Earl GRANVILLE thought it was very unworthy of the eminent leader of the last Chinese war to use all his eloquence, and even descend to indignities both in words and gesticulations in preventing a public ser vant obtaining that serious consideration of his con• duct to which his position as the representative of her Majesty was entitled. (Hear.) He hoped by a short, simple, and unimpassioned narrative to show that Sir John Bowring, Mr. Consul Parkes, and Sir M. Seymour were perjectly justified in all they did. The real question was this, was the British flag flying on board the vessel that had been attacked, and had that flag been treated with disrespect. It had been said by a noble lord (indicating Earl Grey) that the flag was not ying— Earl GREY objected to an expression being imputed to him that he had not used. What be said was, that it was a matter involved in very great doubt. Earl GR A.NVILLE—What was the evidence on this point! Commissioner Yeh said it was usual to have a flag lowered when a vessel was in port, and as this was not done, it was inferred that there was no flan on board. Now it was in evidence that this vessel was being an chored, and the blue peter was hoisted, so that the appa rent anomalies on that point were at once disposed of. They had on that point the evidence of two of our fellow countrymen, and on the other hand they had the evi dence of Commissioner Yeh—who had been held up as such a pattern to that house—but who, it should be re membered had boasted that he had put to death 70,000 of his fellow-countrymen. (Hear, hear.) Now, shoul 1 evidence of that sort be received in a civilised country like this 1 The whole course of this man disen• titled him to the smallest credit. His Excellency Peter Parker, the American minister to China, it appeared from a Hong Kong newspaper which had been just re ceived. condemned the treachery of this man in most unqualified terms ; and with regard to truth telling. he had no hesitation in saying that the commissioner was entirely destitute of that virtue. (Hear, hear.) Until therefore the testimony of our fellow-countryman was shown to be untrue, he thought himself justified in accepting it. The next point he would allude to was, whether or not the Arrow had a right to hoist the British flag. He would not weaken the argument of the noble baron (Wensleydale), but he maintained the conclusion to which that noble and learned lord came, that no ordinance or act had weakened the treaty which subsisted between this country and China. (Cheers.) There was no doubt on these points of in ternational law, that even amongst the most civilised nations of the West they had come to no agree ment upon the point, and he thought they were strain ing the point too far when they attempted to apply these noble principles of international law to a nation which denied even the applicability of the system of commer cial relationships. Now, what was the position of Sir John Bowring, Sir Michael Seymour, and Mr. Parkes for no doubt they were, one and all, r esponsible if any error had been committed 1 Sir J. Bowring having sent his papers borne they were submitted to the there law officers of the Crown. Having received their opinion, Lord Clarendon announced to Sir John Bowring that he fully approved of his conduct. He admitted that Sir John Bowring bad done wrong with regard to these lor lena h as h , if l it letter showntheantthael thadrea actedtreaty. (a , hear.)with in t no t warranted by the supplem enta l treaty , he would have been guilty of a g rave dereliction of du ty , and eet couldr of the a supplemental they would have been heard from noble lords opposite that this Radical disciple of the Manchester School had sacrificed the henour of England to the paltry interests of commerce, and that he had disgraced that lag which was respected throughout the world—a flag which represented a country which had never known shame, defeat, dishonour, or submission. That would have been the sort of language which would have been used by the Opposition if Sir John Bowring had not acted as he had done, and had not vindicated the honour of his country. It appeared to him that Sir John Bow ring was justified in acting upon the assumption that the Arrow was entitled to the Igritish flag; indeed, that he had no other course under the circumstances to pur-us. He thought, moreover, that the demands which were made by Mr. Consul Parkes were moderate and tem perate, terms which he aas perfectly right in urging upon the commissioner —that the men who bad been arrested should have been sent back in that public manner which would have woo respect from a country where so much punctilio was observed. He thought in discussing these questions they ought not to forget the bearing they would have upon the people of England. No one more earn , stly deprecated than himself the horrors of war, but he thought their lordships should pause before they had placed an in delible mark of disgrace upon those public servants who had done their beet to discharge their public duty. Great stress had been laid oil the fact that the residence of DECIMAL COINAGE. Mr. BE AMISH asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer the date of the Royal Commission to inquire into the expediency of adopting a decimal coinage, the num ber of sittings the commissioners had had, what progress they had made, and when a report might be expected from them 1 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the date of the commission was Oct., 1855. The com missioners had held 18 sittings ; and with regard to their progress he read a communication from Lords Monteagle and Overstone, stating what they had done, and that they hoped shortly to make a preliminary report. Se veral important paints were still to be considered, and it was impossible to state when they would conclude taking evidence. ARMY, aco. EXAMINATIONS. Mr. W. EWART moved for an address for return showing what were the present subjects of examination on entering the army ; and whether any examination was held, or contemplated (and, if so, on what subjects), on promotion in the army ; also, whether the examinations proposed for candidates in the diplomatic and consular service had been carried into effect, and, if so, what were the subjects of those examinations. —Agreed to. THE CATTLE DISEASE. Mr. STAFFORD asked whether the attention of the Government had been called to the epidemic disease among cattle in Central Europe ; and whether the Board of Control bad taken any measures t , ) prevent the land ing of diseased cattle in this country ! Mr. LOWE said that the attention of the Board of Trade had been called to the subject, and in consequence they had put themselves into communication with the Foreign-office to obtain through the consuls all informa tion that could be got on the subject, and also with the Customs, who possessed sufficient powers to prevent the importation of infected animals. He had received information from the Customs that day that a calf had been found on board the Concordia, from Rotterdam, evincing symptoms of disease. It was accordingly killed and the body destroyed. Mr. BAILEY asked if orders had been sent to the Customs, limiting the importation of cattle under the circumstances ! Mr. LOWE—No. The Castoms already possessed a discretionary power with regard to the importation of cattle. It was a question that belonged to the Board of Customs, and not the Board of Trade. The remainder of the cattle were found to be free from disease. THE KA.FIR WAR. Mr. ADDERLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when papers relating to the settlement of the Get man Legion on the Kafir frontier, and to the expenditure under two votes of 40,0001. each, in the estimates of ? the two last sessions for pensioner settle ments on that frontier, would be laid on the table of the house I Mr. J. BALL said that the papers were in the hands of the printers, and he hoped shortly to lay them on the table of the house. The details of the 40,0001. had not yet been received from the Governor of the Cape. PUBLIC WORKS IN INDIA.. Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the Board of Control whether a new loan, to the amount of three millions sterling, bearing interest at the rate of five per oentum per annum, had been recently opened in India, an d whether it was intended to devote the produce of that loan to public works in India ? Mr. V. SMITE said that the question wag fonn d on a telegraphic communication received from Tries7 d e. Until the arrival of the mail he could not answer the question. THE CATTLE DISEASE. Mr. STAFFORD gave notice that to-morrow he should call the attention of the house to the disease amongst foreign cattle. THE TEA. DUTIES. Mr. M. GIBSON asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer if, on going into committee on ways and means , he would take the tea duties first 1 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it would b e i mposs ibl e to d o so. The h ouse must tr_ t get rid of th e reso l u ti on on t h e i ncome tax now be r ° the house. Mr. G - LA.DSTONE said that he should his resolution on th e t e a trade on tilteotu. motion o f tise oi the Speaker leaving the chair, but in conga' not deel• 1101 A 5 4i $ 13 i iva of the committee would determine him as to th future course he should pursue. FISCAL AFFAIRS (IRELAND). On the motion of Sir D. NORREYS, leave was given to introduce a bill for the better administration of the fiseal affairs of counties in Ireland. WAR IN CHINA. Mr. COBDEN presented p titions from Darlington and Brighton, protesting against the course taken in the recent hostilities with China. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from Manchester. Mr. COBDEN then rose to move, " That this house has heard with concern of the conflicts which have oc curred between the British and Chinese authorities in the Canton river ; and without expressing an opinion as to the extent to which the Government of China may have ir brd ed this country cause of complaint respecting the non ‘ fulfilment of the treaty of 1842, this house considers that the papers which have been laid upon the table fail to es tablish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures re. sorted to at Canton in the late affair of the A rrow ; that 1 a select committee be appointed to inquire into the state of 1 our commercial relations with China." He said—Know ing to how large an extent the national e conscience ha s been moved by the question to which I now invite the at tention of the house, judging from the manifestations of opinion in ordinary organs of information from which we learn what is passing in the mind of the people of this great nation, knowing how large an amount of sympathy the object I have in view has excited, I can only regret that the subject has not fallen into abler hands. Let me stipulate, therefore, that whatever may be the decision to which the house may come, it may be taken on the merits of the case, and that the question will not be allowed to saffer on account of its advocate. I beg distinctly to say that I have no party object, no personal or other motive to serve—(hear, hear)—but to arrive at a just decision on this important subject. Personally I have every motive to avoid giving pain to any one, and still more to visit with retribution the gentleman who now holds the office of Pleni potentiary at Hong Kong, and who, unless his conduct is endorsed by that Government, I shall hold responsible ft I the proceedings which have taken place. Sir J. Bowfin; is a friend of twenty years' standing, and I can have no via• dictive feeling against him and no desire for vengeance on him or any other person. I wish the Government had rn.t come to a hasty decision on this subject, so that we might have come to the consideration of the question only with a desire to deal with it on a principle of justice. To begin at the beginning. It appears that on Bth Oct. last a vessel called a lorcha, which is a name derived from the Portu guese settlement of Macao, at the month of the river oppo site Canton, and which means that it is a European vessel, and not built in China, was boarded by the Chinese officers, and 12 men taken out of the vessel, on a charge that sonic of them had been engaged in acts of piracy. Twelve of the men were removed, and two left in charge of the ship. Im mediately on this coming to the knowledge of Mr. Parkes, our Consul at Canton, ne made a reclamation to the Go vernor of Canton, on the ground that according to the last treaty between this country and China any malfeasance towards the Chinese authorities by British subjects should be taken cognisance of before the British Consul, and not before the Chinese authorities themselves. To this he re ceived an answer that the whole of the men and the vessel were not British, but Chinese. The matter was referred to Sir J. Bowring at Hong Kong, which is about 12 hours' steam passage from Canton. On the 10th three of the men were returned, but nine, on the ground of grave suspicit a ' against them, were retained. Thus the matter stood, when Sir John Bowring gave an intimation to the Chinese authorities, that unless within 48 hours the whole of the men were returned in a manner specified, an apology made for the act of the Chinese officers, and a pledge given that no such act should be done for the future, naval operations would be commenced against the Chinese town. On the 22d of October the whole of the men were returned, and a letter was sent with them, in which Yeh, the governor of the province, stated that the ship in question was not a British ship, and the English had no concern wi,h it, but that he had returned the men at the instance of the Consul, and he promised that no British ship should ever again be visited by a Chinese officer. On the 23d opera tions were commenced against the Barrier Forts, and they were continued until the 2,311; the Barrier, Bogue, and Dutch Folly Forts, and 40junks, were destroyed. The suburbs of Canton were pulled, or burnt, or battered down. Now bear in mind that the suburbs of Cantor contain a po pulation entirely dependent upon our foreign trade, and they are almost our only friends. These operations con tinued until Nov. 13, and in fact the governor's house was shelled. Sheds were thrown at a range of 2,000 yards, to reach the Tartar quarter of the town at the other aide of the city. These facts are set forth in the pathetic appeals to the inhabitants, and the depositions of leading sue I, some of them of world-wide reputation, engaged in tzaue. Mat was the state of things up to the date of the last ad vices. I lay these things before the house as the bases of our investigation, not with the view of appealing to your humanity, or in order to excite your feelings, but to show that we are at war with China—that a great destruction of property has taken place. What I want the house to inquire into is this—How was this affair begun ? Why was it begun ? And who were its authors ? Not for the bene fit of the Chinese, but for the vindication of our own hon our. I ask you to consider this case precisely as though you were dealing with a stiodg power, and not with a weak one. I have seen with humiliation the tendency in this.country to pursue two courses of policy, the one for the strong and the other for the weak. (Ele,.r, heal.) If I know anything of my countrymen and of the House of Commons, that is not the natural quality of the English. That never was our reputation. (Cheers.) We have had the character of sometimes being a little arrogant and overbearing, and with having a tendency to pick a quarrel, but we never had the chat after of being bullies to the weak and cowards 'to the strong. Let us consider this case as if we were dealing with America. W e have a treaty with China which puts us on an equality with that country as to our nati nal relations. That treaty binds us to reciprocal conduct, and in our dealings with that country we ought to observe the same justice as we would with regard to the United States, to France, or to Russia. Now, what are the grounds for the devastation and warfare we are carrying on in the Canton river? Our plenipotentiary in China says that a violation of our treaty rights has taken place in re gard to the Arrow. In the first place I think that was a question which might have been referred home before any extreme measures had been resorted to. In the next place I want to know what is the question of international law ? I will take the opinion of the highest legal autho rity in the country, and after the authoritative declaration made in another place on Tuesday evening by Lord Lynd hurst I should consider myself presumptuous if I attempted, with my ignorance of the laws of nations, to lay down my views on this occasion. Lord Lyndhurst has declared with reference to the case of the ship Arrow that the Chinese governor is right, and I heard him say that he could not do better in expressing his opinion than by using the very words of the Chinese governor that this vessel, the Ar row, is in no respect a British vessel. (Cheers). But we have other gfountis of testing the legality of this affair. When Mr. Parkes communicated the fact of the visit to this lorcha to Sir John Bowring, Sir John, in reply, said, " It appears, on examination, that the Arrow had no right to hoist the British flag; the licence to do so expired on the 27th of Sept., from which period she has not been en titled to protection. You will send back the register to be delivered to the Colonial-office." And on the following day, in another letter written to Mr. Parkes, Sir John Bowring says, " I will consider the re-granting the register of the Arrow if applied for ; but there can be no ttoubt that after the expiry of the license, protection coda net be legally granted." (He..r, hear.) I might step here, for this is the whole case. But what course did Sir John Bowring recommend Mr. Parkes to take under these circumstances? I will ask you to consider yourselves dealing with another party. I will suppose that in stead of being at Hong Kong dealing with Canton we were at Washington dealing with Charleston. Not long ago a law was passed in South Carolina which went against all cherished predilections of this country, re uiring that when a coloure d ci t izen of this countr y , who is as much an Englishman as you are, arrived at Charles ton, he should be taken from his ship, and clapped into gaol for safe custody until his ship was ready to sail. If any measure could be taken in any country more calculated toLwound our susceptibilities as a nation, it that was la w. What did our consul do at Charleston? Did he send for the British ships of war and bombard the governor's residence? No; he informed the minister at Washington, and that minister went to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs and ob tained an explanation—the explanation meaning nothing more than this,—" We are in a difficulty, you must have patience with us.' And we had patience; we did not resort to force. If the case which we ate now considering had happened at Washington what would have been the course of our am bassador? When he received a letter from the consul at Charleston saying he had made a demand on the American authorities, and when the minister at Washing ton referred to the documents in his archives, and found that, owing to the lapse of time, the instrument on whi ch the consul had proceeded had become void and of e no effect, eri and that he had no standing ground as ag ainst can Government—which is licence had expired 14 days be fore—what would _ prec i se ly the cas -ai e ns h t e t r h h e, ar fo e r be t e h n e . havethe to our the ministe r consul, t. esaytinssg—as,h, ryngoutobnarvelibeeewhotuoold , ta h t a e s ; be th e e n c p ap iac ta ed in doi in tehne illegal ship, b y p r o i s e i g t l i e: D t . i n g to.i3 You have redress from the governor of apology as soon as you can." Lower makplbeireneecnnineptioo hasty in dem e an ing l Kong ? After telling Mr . Parkes Carolina — Now, what was the eonTilict o f.r th j a oh t n ta ß e o li w e r e i n n eo g a h t a H d o e n x g . , p.Kiroona-,.that the Arrow had no right to hoist the Bri tish fla g , and what did Sir J. Bowring say? "But the Chinese had noknow l el e e lf t e ar o i f u tn th e e e co xp u i n ry tr o y f i t u h t e h l e ice 7,i n m ce e .:When I first read tha t newspaper I did not believe the fidelity of that copy, anti sent for a copy of the Gazdte in order that I might read the official document ; and always wishing to save the character of an absent man, and believing that it must have been penned in a moment of hallucination, I must say that it is the most flagitious public document I ever read. (Cheers.) The statement itself being published reveals the state of mind, which warrants you in saying, and compels you to say, that the statement is false, because there is an avowal of falsehood, and a disposition to profit by it. I have fre quently complained.that the public documents laid before us are presented in a mutilated shape. I always view with suspicion any letters headed " extracts." Why did not the right hon. gentleman at the head of the department, in revising these letters, omit that letter, or at least that por tion of it 1 For the credit of the country and his own cre ditt I wish he had done so. (No, no.) At all eve le t at ' e utthe be well understood that if we intend here to i policy adopted by Sir J. Bowring moo tion than that, the very fact of our 11 the responsibility of his deeds Now, air, coupled with this transa v c es i questions of doubt whether ther boarded, had her colours flyintogi on board. I think that is . atter what Iha i (. 3 tistied that we have i share the guilt. n °undoes makee to ae n of the Arrow are sel, when row are un ci ti b p f e o e t li te e r w f o onada . had an English master - a l e e ther a secoadary matter, a But lamby no means Ira - net reuaese respects better ground for our gentlemen who have read the corres --H°l gi n the first letter written by Mr. pondene boarded there was a Bii- Parkes that wh e n r d, and that he remonstrated against tish c.aptain the C h es s' and that the British flag vessel was was flying. N ow , the captain, proceedings.tw h ll u o o b ser ve in his own declaration, says thathe was but that he was brakfasting on That, however, is a matter of se ni_thoetrta,dicit board o f another the A vessel.r r 4: ) wT. 0 7:1, u i m portance. But there are two illegalities to con tend with in this matter—first, the constitutional law laid down by Lord Lyndhurst, when he says—" Yo u cs,ll: no t give right to the Chinese shipowner as ag ainst u l Government." And Commissioner Yeh s eems a rrived at the same conclusion. Ido not see how ww n e b to have could invest ourselves with the power .ne at Hon , andg Kon g g of annexing the whole mercantile m e a r r n i ment. But, be ing them from allegiance to their Gov 'Ado that illegality, there is another ; even admitting that I r 41 Bt. lii Rt. ill $O I 20 I 26 s 10 s 10 Si. li SL 11 10 1 St. 11 St. li St. li ~: li. st:li~ St, 2 II St, ii 20 , 20 10 20 10 18 I 2 (4 100 100 FOR: ,IGN. 95 q 82 14 i 201 i 5,1 6 5i 6 di I 121 i 9i 211 381 57i 301 i 114 s 110/ 3 Bs6d 1 6115! 1~ 9 i )_1