The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-09 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION. HORTICULTURAL REPORT FOR APRIL, The beautiful month of March has proved an effec tual remedy of every evil, retrospective or anticipated. When our last report was placed before the reader, the rains, that continued with slight intermissions during eight months, had receded, giving place to the dry frosty wea'..tier which commenced on the 16th of Fe -1 bruary• The frost, however, was then sufficiently t severe Cu render the ground rather intractable, but this 1 nond.ition was speedily reduced by the power of the sun, l) w'eieil shone with peculiar splendour in the early part of 'March. Vegetation suffered at that time, because f the nightly hoar frost remained on every leaf till the I '. sun-beams liquefied it Cand in so doing, acted as through an infinite number of lenses, scalding the leaves of young i cabbage plants, brocolis, winter spinage ; and render ing them, at the best, objects of deformity. But here ends the mischief, for the month has proved one of the greatest of benefactors. The frost ! has had power just sufficient to pierce through the i ridges, and to bring the soil into a completely pul verizable condition ; consequently, they who had fore sight to set up every unoccupied plot of strong ground in ridges, find at the present moment their labour forestalled, and their work half performed. On the other hand, those plot s whi c h h a d b ee n left flat to re f ceive all the ford'e of the winter's rain, and probably j lying in a swampy and almost inundated condition, now turn up in clods, and cannot be duly comminuted for Ithe reception of seed or plant. 1 Let us then profit by the instructive lesson thus benevolently afforded. All stiff soil receives benefit from ridge trenching, and they cannot err who subject vacant plots to it as soon as the autumnal crops are removed ; but light sandy soils do not profit in a like degree ; in texture they are not improved, but that is all, for aeration exerts its influence upon soils of every description. The temperature of March has been decidedly low— the wind drying, and, almost without exception, blowing fiercely from some north-easterly point. The equinox (i. e. the ');?th day of March, when the sun entered Aries) was unambiguous—.the barometer rising— mercury already two-tenths above 30 inches—weather fine, with a lively breeze from the north. We trust thst meteorologists will attentively observe and register the results, fox nothing could present a more marked contrast Caen did the late equinox with the correspond ins day of 1839. Potatoes of the earlier sorts for summer use require tk c e first notice ; and in offering a few practical details, we shall exhibit the utility of autumnal ridging. A plo: of ground was so prepared in October, forming drill-like shallow trenches two feet asunder. These dells were rendered fit for the tubers, by merely drawing the point of a hoe along a line strained in the course of each, and then by slightly pressing the groove with the back of a wooden-headed rake, to make its base firm and even. The smallest tubers were placed " rose-ends" upwards, nine inches asunder. The larger were cut into two and three-eyed sets. All were then covered an inch and half deep with soil, raked down from the sides of the ridges, which fell into complete powder with a touch, so admirable has been the action of the frequent slight frosts upon exposed surfaces. Finally, an inch of leafy compost manure, from an old " lining," was laid in the direction of the tubers along the drills. It is not prudent to plant tubers so small in size as were many of those alluded to ; but they are the seedling progeny of one of the finest semi-early kidneys, and demand precaution to secure the results of an experiment. Persons, however, who now set the " ash-leaved," early frame, &c., should plant in the same way, but reject every tuber which does not weigh an ounce at the least. As the plants grow and appear above the manure, more earth from the ridges should be drawn against them, till at length, by the time the sur face shall be levelled, the tubers will be deep enough, and the stems sufficiently landed up. By resorting to this simple mode of treatment, frost, however keen, has not injured a shoot during the course of the late severe storms. Nearly every species of culinary vegetable (excepting the kidney-beans and brocolis) should be sown or pl sited during the course of April, two or three times, to secure an ample and regular succession. Artichoke beds may now be made by taking off healthy offsets, and planting. them in rows. To prepare the ground, select an open piece of good yet free-working loam. Take out an open trench two feet deep, manure the bottom several inches d ee p, re t urn one - t hi r d o f t h e ear th, m i x it with the manure ; deposit thereon another layer of black manure (in which form dung is replete with the sub stance now styled humus)—return another third of the earth, incorporating the materials intimately, finish off the trench in the same manner, and plant about mid- April, giving water to .each offset. Trench planting is not sufficiently adopted—it forms one of those effective, thorough -work operations of agriculture, which lead to permanent results, and ultimately economise labour and t•rne. The protection of wall fruit-trees must be attended to. Where nets are not at command, a few long straw bands led across poles, placed sloping in front of trees in blnuoin, will do much service, and interrupt little of air or light, if the boles of such trees be guarded, six inches above the soil, by a barrow-load of long stable litter, the flow of the sap at the collar will be secured. All spur-bearing trees should be pruned back to the best fruitful buds, in order to keep the spurs healthy and compact. Dwarf standards should be pruned to an of coo, regular figure, shortening the leading shoot more or less. Grafting in the bark, and by the ordinary process, must not be overlooked ; the present seasonable rain, if a mild day or two succeed, will relieve the bark, and much facilitate the operation. DISTRESSING CA SE OF DROWNING AT TR SITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—Mr. Temple Freere, who had been keeping his terms at Trinity College, Cambridge, a young man of very high promise and great popularity in the Univer sity, has just come by his death in the following manner. A fellow-student, named Henderson, with two or three others, had it seems been supping together on Saturday night, and sallied forth some time after midnight to have a walk in the cloisters before g oing to bed. They there met with a Mr. Freere, when, after some conversation, one of the party proposed getting out of College for a stroll into the country. It being contrary to the rule for any student re siding inside the College walls to pass through the gates after ten o'clock, it was agreed upon to get over the wall of the master's 1 garden whi c h a b uts the Cam. There is another wall which joins this g ar d en wa ll , and extends also by the river towar d s the outward walk in front of the library, and in getting . on to this Mr. Henderson m issed h his footing, and was precipitated into the river. Mr. 1 succeeded, a minute before, in getting clear of the second and was, when his companion fell into the water, stan,,dhinogwrafe on the bank. Urged by the danger of his friend, ()fi t ap pears, did not know how to swim, he instantly threw coat etl e,nn and jumped i n t o save gentleman him. Whether th e unfortunate as it s l eized by the cramp, or that he was t oo muc h encumber ed a with and so stuck fast am ongs t th e wee d s and mud aththecethes, . of the river, is not certain. H e was h ear d to tell Mr. Ilteoniu dersen to get on his back, whi c h h e did ; but instantly perceived Mr. Freere sinking, so that he wa s i n d uce d to t h row . himself off, and cling again to the roots of ivy until assistance arrived, when Mr. Freere suddenly disappeared, and was no more seen—there was no struggle, and merely a bubble on the surface of the water. His lifeless body was dragged out of the wAter at about four o'clock by the porters and others of the College, who were called up by his friends. Mr. Henderson remained clinging to the roots of some ivy towards the lower 1 part of the wall until his companions pulled him up by means of a robe which they had procured from the porter's lodge. Ildr, lienderson is confined to his bed, and remains very ill. f An inquest on the body of Mr. Freere was held on Sunday morning. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental diowning." Mr. Freere's younger brother, an only one, was burnt to death last year at a school which was burnt down near i Harrow. __ _ _____ Po ItTDYNLLAEN RAILWAY.—The Govern ment Commissioners, Sir J. Smith, K.C.8., and Professor Barlow, appointed to report on the best line of railway between London and Dublin, have completed their survey from the sea boa:l terminus to this city—having been accompanied from Dvnllaean to Newtown by Mr. Newnham, and from thence to "Worcester by Mr. Varden. The Commissioners arrived in this city yesterday, ( Thursday), and, having surveyed particular points on the line in this neighbourhood, have set off to com plete their inspection of the remaining portion—from hence to Dudcot. Mr. Brunel, chief engineer, and Mr. Hennett, sur veyor to the Great Western Railway, accompany the Commis sioners along this portion of the line. Thus there is every prospect of the Commissioners speedily giving in their report ; and, although as a matter of course, nothing has yet transpired, in reference to their opinion of the line, we are glad to be able to say, that neither has the existence of any insurmountab.e obstacle eom e t o li g h t, or anyt hi ng e l se occurre d to a l ter t h e belief of its promoters, that the Imperial line is the best that can he found between London and Dublin lVarces. Herald. THAMES EMBANKM ENT.- - A . meeting of gen t:mill:l desirous t h at the opportunity afforded by the proposed lutt ,,, ur• for tlie embankment of the Thames, now before Parlia went, should not be lost for securing to the public a right of v, ay a '..al g its bank, was held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, on Tomtlay last, Sir William Heygate, Bart., in the chair. The gentlemen present unanimously came to the following resolu r ti,, n :....-..' That a committee having been app,,inted by the Right flonouvable the House of Commons to consider the subject of em banking the river Thames; and it appearing highly desirable that the present opportunity should not be lost of converting r portiozi•of such embankment into a public walk or road, for the purpose of a communication from Southwark-bridge to Hun gerford-market, as well as for the health and recreation of the inhabitants of the metropolis, that a petition to the House of Commons praying that 'no measure for em banking the Thames, which does not embrace such a provision should pass into a law,' be prepared a nd submitted to another meeting to be shortly . held, for the purpose of taking such petition into consideration." THE TEA PLANT.—The tea plant was im parted from China into the Brazils about twenty years ago, and is cultivated very extensively in some parts, particularly nea.i St. Paul, about eighty leagues from the capital. One pro prietor alone possesses 60,000 feet of tea plants , so me of which are six or eight years o ld. The tea is commonly gathered in Oc tober, November, December, January, and February ; a good workman can collect nearly sixteen pounds a day. The leaf is afterwards ,,. dressed and dried. The youngest leaves form the and d mperial tea," while ik t s h oo e less tender constitute the " hyson" other varieties. re cently placed in the Jardin d, lemin, who imported them France, from their anal are well fitted for the in.M., t t? NEWPORT. --Th e a favourable appearanc e in this b feet of tea plants have been «s plant es at Paris, and M. M Guil • is of opinion that certain parts of the Ilrazils in climate and seil, temperance ion of the plant. . . roperance cause is assuming persons having signed the total oroligh, \ meetings.upwards of forty-eight abstinence pledge at two recent A ARUNK.ARD'S LAST evening an inquest was held before Mr. Cios3 Hospital, on the body of Geo r :, e IL ) Rl } V i. E.—Ott Friday his it cor g o s 3 , s at the Charing , aged fifty, a coat:ill:lan. Being drunk, he fell from' 1 cad jammed between the spokes of the coach-box, with his A ce idenAl death through intoxication. carriage. Verdict— SPIRIT of the P ÜBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) Sir James Graham would scarcely have courted exposure last evening in the white sheet of candid repentance for his errors as a Reform Minister—would scarcely have humbled himself in the dust before the authority of Sir George Staun ton, and talked of his sagacity, knowledge, and wisdom on those points on which he had opposed the Eastern policy of Lord Grey's Government—had he anticipated that tile Honourable Baronet whom he so justly eulogised would ad. minister to him so cutting a rebuke in return 1 We have to thank Sir James Graham for the great, though unin tentional, service his factious motion has rendered to her Majesty's Government by drawing forth such high and un impeachable testimony as that of Sir George Staunton to their measures and policy towards China. No testimony could be more emphatic and more unequivocal, and we need not add, none could proceed from a source more authoritative ; nor could any rebuke be more pointed than he inflicted upon Sir J. Graham. (From the Standard.) The proceedings in the Houses of Parliament last night wer )of great interest and importance. In the House of Lords the Marquis of Westmeath, in presenting a petition, delivered a long and very able argument against the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill. The Bishop of Exeter then moved to consult the Judges upon the subject of the Canada Parliament Church Robbery Bill. It rarely occurs that so truly good a cause obtains the advantage of so consummate an advocate as when last night the Bishop of Exeter appeared as the de fender of the Church. How is it possible to give, ex cept in its own words, any just notion of a speech, the only complaint against which was that it kept too close to its subject, and exhausted it ? Lord Melbourne's reply was puerile and undignified to the last degree ; but what bet ter can be expected from a superannuated trifler? The Duke of Wellington would have settled the question, if the Bishop of Exeter had left anything for his Grace to do ; he demonstrated, without any attempt to weigh ad verse claims, that the case was one for the Judges. (From the Courier.) The debate on the Chinese question, looked forward to with so much anxiety, commenced last evening with an explanatory development by Sir James Graham, of the very highest order of eloquence, whether as re spects the matter or the manner in which it was handled. It was at once comprehensive and lucid ; it brought out all the complications of an involved subject, separating and classifying each under its distinct head, with so much clearness as to render simple and intelligible to all what before was chaotic and obscure, and with effect so decisive as at once to settle convictions which might be wavering, and stagger opinions foreformed in ignorance of cause, or under the influence of party feelings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER-TUESDAY EVENING. THE CHESTER CUP.—The attendance this morning, at the usual hour of business, was decidedly good, and the business gone through with on the important Cup race of Monday three weeks, important in one parti cnlar instance—that is, in the change in the premier ship. A " catch-bet" of 12 tens to 1 was at the open ing laid against Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen, but it was not long before the bubble burst, for 8 to 1 was accepted in ponies in one of the best informed quarters. The go-by given to Sir Thomas Stanley's horse was anticipated yesterday, when 10 to 1 would have been taken on the mare. Bto 1 was frequently offered on the field bar Cruiskeen ; takers of 9 to 1 on Lanercost ; Gilbert Gurney was not backed, but we consider 11 to 1 about the run of the market. The feather weight was repeatedly proposed to be laid against at 100 to 8. Pope was not named, nor was there the slightest disposi tion to back King Cole, Tubalcain, Aimwell, Percy, &c. ; their prices must be considered nominal. Percy, we under stand, was backed yesterday at 25 to 1, and Apothecary and Imogene each at 25 to 1 to-day ; but there would pro bably be no difficulty in getting a point or two more. Mel bourne has sprung to 100 to 8, at which price some money of moment has been put on; it was, however, offered at noon. The closing offers were 7 to 1 on the field; a point more was again obtained to the same snm, by the same gentleman, on Cruiskeen. 7 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen—take tal freely 8 to 1 a gst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy—off. to 1 agst 'Mr. J. Henderson's Lanercost—take 9 11 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney 100 to S agst Mr. Robinson's Melbourne—off. 100 to 8 agst The Feather—off freely 100 to 7 agst Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett—taken and then off 100 to 7 agst Mr. 0. Fairlie's Abraham Newland—off. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Captain Pops—take 100 to 6 18 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cele—not hacked to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Percy—taken and then off. 27 to 1 agst Mr. Knox's George 27 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Imogene 27 to 1 agst Mr. Speed's Aimwell—off. 27 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Apothecary 33 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers—takers 100 to 8 agst Dean and Imogene—off. THE Two THOUSAND GUINEA STARES.-2 to 1 agst Angelica (taken and then offered); 4 to 1 agst Confede rate (offered) ; 6 to 1 bar two. Even betting on An gelica for the Column Stakes ; the horse has the call. Four score to 1 Angelica wins the two events (taken). Offers to take 8 to 1 on Crucifix, but no layers. THE DER/M-9 to 1 was offered on the field ; a guinea offered to be taken for 100 Confederate beats any other ; at last 50 to 5 was laid as " a sound" for the Premier—the gentleman named Angelica ; however, 10 to 1 would not be laid on; 90 to 10 bid. The market price against Launcelot and Confederate is takers of 10 to 1 about each. 500 to 12 was laid agst Melody, with plenty of offers since to take 40 to 1, or lay 300 to 10. Prince Albert was in demand ; 600 to 20 was booked in one band, and 200 to 5 accepted on Ma roon. 200 to 8 offered agst Black Bess or Ottoman, and three :points more v. Warden ; 20 to 1 offered v. Lord Jersey. Theon, Gambia, &c. were not named. OAKS.— 7 to 2 offered v Crucifix ; 4 to 1 we think would have been taken ; 7 to 1, bar 1, offered. 100 to . 1 against naming the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger winners (offered); it was nibbled in two instances after the ring broke up.—Manchester Guardian. OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH IN PARIS —The recent discussion in the Chamber of Peers on the Fac tory Bill having produced some severe but just remarks on the violation of the sabbath, an industriel on the Boulevard des Italiens has adroitly profited by the sensation which tie discus sion caused among religious people, to bring to his shop so much custom on the ordinary week days that he can afford to shut up on the Sunday. He has had painted on his shutters, in large letters, the following lines : " On s'enterdit le Dimanche tout commerce en ce lieu, Par respect pour le troisieme commandement de Dieu." As many thousand persons pass before his shop on Sunday, the good man's light is not hid under a bushel, and during the week the truly devout flock to his shop, and even those who see hypocrisy in the display, encourage him by way of example to his neighbours. It. is really to be wished that the authori ties would enforce, with just moderation, the law of 1814 against labour on the Sabbath. Yesterday, at the Ambassa dor's Chapel, the voice of the minister was occasionally drowned by the sound of the hammer of a neighbouring black smith, and in the Roman Catholic churches it is by no means unusual for the priests to stop the service for a few minutes until the noise in the street, caused by persons who pursue their daily calling, has passed away. I have been in a church whilst a mountebank was getting up his exhibition on the out , side, ready for the congregation on leaving the sacred edifice. CLYDE SALMON FISHERY.—The take of salmon in the Clyde this season has been more limited lip to this period than it has been for many years past ; for, as far as we can learn, not a dozen of fish have been netted this year in the whole river. The consequence is that the Glasgow mar ket has to be supplied from a distance, and prices are, there fore, e normous l y hi g h— averag i ng at no less than 3s. to 3s. 6:1. per lb. TIIE DUKE OF BE A.UFORT'S HUNT.-His Grace the Duke of Beaufort returned from London on Tues day to his princely seat at Badminton Park, in order to meet an illustrious and noble hunting party, whom lie had invited to partake of the hospitalities of Bodtninton. Thursday was ac cordingly fixed for the last lawn meeting, in order to close the season with eclat, and a more brilliant affair, perhaps, never was witnessed in this part of the country. The Duke entertained a breakfast party of thirty-two of the nobility and gentry of the county. Immediately atter the breakfast was concluded, a splen did carriage and four, with outriders in green and gold, drove up to the grand entrance hall, when her Grace the Dcchess of Beaufort, accompanied by Lady Augusta Somerset, Lady Wil ton, and Miss Pierpoint, took their seats and proceeded to the further extremity of the park—his Grace and noble guests pre ceding, attended by his huntsman dressed in green, with the hounds, now tried the first cover, where, however, they were unsuccessful in finding. The Duchess, and her distinguished visitors, remained for about twenty minutes, when she again drove down the park, followed by an immense assembbige of beauty and fashion. Among those as it were in immediate at tendance on her Grace, and riding on the right hand of the carriage, was our old friend the sweep " wot hunts with the Duke." The gentleman in black caused the greatest merriment to the noble party by whom he was surrounded ; God bless his old smutty face, often have we seen his likeness in the print shops, but it was now our peculiar privilege to see him in his goodly person. There he sat, brush in hand, dressed in the costume of his calling, looking as proud as the first magnate of the land. Another well-known character must not be omitted; this was the sporting or running tailor who patronizes the hunt of my Lord Segrave. This man has been known to run forty miles to the hunt, and seldom or never fails to be in at the death. Bruch disappointment was evinced by the absence of his Serene Highness the Prince Ernest, of Saxe-Gotha. H e was to have arrived at Badminton on Wednesday, but owing to a severe accident ;whilst hunting with Lord Cardiga n , in Northamptonshire, on Tuosday, he was confined to his bed, and is seriously indisposed. His Highness, it appears, is a bold and daring rider, and in taking a dangerous leap he fell, and his horse rolled over him ; by this unfortunate acci dent three of the Prince's teeth were knocked out, and he was otherwise much hurt. Twelve of the Prince's hunters and servants arrived at Petty France on Wednesday, where they at present remain. Among the illustrious guests invited to meet the Prince, was his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and, as we understood, Prince George of Cambridge, but who were not present. In his Grace of Beaufort's stables are seventy-two of the most splendid hunters. Another cover now was tried, when three foxes stole away. At last a fine fox was started, and he made for the first cover in Badminton Park. The whole field was soon after him. Reynard then turned short to the left, and came a"ross the park in front of the house. This wa s th e fi rst t i me this season that the fox took g r I b i t r a a n t ch t e li s i s of tmomenthe t b h e i a s u d ti ir fu ee t tion ihe T y h o e ungse i Duke w ' the windows, and seemed Duke's family exceedingly were alt to enjoy the sport in the highest ex , treme. In the evening the Duke and Duchess entertained a distinguished party of thirty-six to dinner. This (lay will long be remembered at Badmint on , an d a l so in its immediate neigh bourhood. Our sooty friend, " the man wot hunts with the Duke," and without whose enlivening pr esence we verily lieve the Duke would give up hunting altogether—o u be lieve then declared it was (and he is good au th or ity) one of the ,' most splendacious affairs scot ever ho sawe d," an d not all " Garrnany," with any other cou n tri es t o h oot, could produce such a sight ! he further declared it NN as the " only sight" he I ever seed.—Dtvizes Gazette. SUMMONSES FOR CITURCII-RATES. At th e 1::: , :‘ ,f i t r h . e K S . o co ei e i tio , f , Magistrates' sitting,. Town-hall , yesterday, a summons was granted on the application of Alr . . Churchwarden Masters , tif .7.l 4 oh in n e A rn l St. Margaret's, against the following Friends:—Messrs. RallSOlrie, Mr. May, and Lucy Choat. Is it according to law to include half a dozen recusants in one summons? Nye have always un derstood that such a mode is illegal.—lpswich Express. PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &c. Price r Paid. S nare LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7. Number Dividend o f per Shares. Annum CANALS. 1,766 7 percent. Ashton and Oldham..Average97l.lBs.sh. 112 i,082 41. Ashby...e-le.Zo.p.h Arnage 1151.5 h. 72 1,260 ........ B as i ngs t o k e 1001. sh. 5 1,005 51 . . Brecknock and Abergavenny 150/. sh. - 8,0001.16 th. 9! 65. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 811. Sr 711. 219 41, 000 ...... Ditto and Liverpool Junctl29l 101.100 pd 26 MO 31. Bridgewater and Taunton .1001 sh. all pd - 400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 101 500 411. Caventry 1001.5 h. 660 4,545 - 2.0604 41.105. Dudley ... 1001. sh. 99 600 131. Derby 1001. sh . 128 10,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 28 3 .5751 4!. Ellesmere and Chester...Avetagel33l.sh. 89 231 621. Erewasn 1001. in. 1100 1,297 304 Forth and Clyde ....Average 4401.165. th. 615 ~600 10 Grand r unction 1001. sh 161 2,6491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 24 11,500 Grand Surrey .., 1001. sh. 241 0,000/ 4!. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 100!. 63 3,896 600 131.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.138.4 d. 220 749 102. Grantham l5Ol. sh. 203 6,238 V. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 68.6 d. sh. 351 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 5.328 11. Is. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 39/.185.10d. sh. 26 2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. eh. 750 5451 1511. Leicester l4ol.sh. 905 1,897 5!. 10s. Leicester and Northampton Aver 831.105. 81 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 18 150 101. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565 MOO 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 46 247 171. Neath 100/.31, 325 2,400 41. Peak Forest ... ... ...Avat..ge about 781. sh. 91 1,418 12a. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165. Bd. sh. 12 5,669 61. per cent. rZcchdale Average 861.5 h. 'SM 500 81. Shropshire 1251 . sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 150 3,600!. 41 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 11 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4ol.sh. 675 500 16/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 2801 300 91. Stourbridge ......- .. 145/. sh. 396 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon Average 791.95. bd. sh. 44 533 161. Swansea 1001. sh. 265 1,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway AT. 351. sh. 42 2,611010. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 600 8.149 _ I ' ooosh. 2 161. Warwick arid 13;rmingham ... lool.sh. 268 ,000isti. 960 151. Warwick and liapcon lOOl. sh. 195 6,000 41.05. Worcester and Birmingham Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 68 5,000 955, Wilts and Berks Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 981 Soo eg. I'V Tr ie v and Essington .... ......... .195/. sh, 74 .96 905 Ir. Wey and Arun 1101. h. 221 DOCKS. 1.600& i - a c. Commerc al ....1001.sh. 66 1,065i5h. p . East and West India ...... ......... ....Stock 106 3.236,310;/. 60s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds lOl 9,909 31.65. sd. Bristol 68,394/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 1.352,759 5 per cent. St. Katharine .... ....... ......... ........ Stock 1014 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds .. loli 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO p. 500 ..... Deptford Pier....... 201. sh. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES. --- - --- 1,600 10s. Hammersmith ..„ 50/. sh. 22J 7,231 Southwark, Old ...... .Av. 631.2 s Bd. sh. 21 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, Now, of 71 re cent. 5O/. sh. 13 .4000 ....... W a t er loo 5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 21 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 ....... 4Ol. pd 18 J 30,000!. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds l49i 5,848 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 25 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion .... 5004 sh. 501. pd 73 ~,,„ S 6 per cent} Allianceßritish &Foreign 1001. sh. 11/. pd 14; 50, "' 1 . and 15s. 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1601. sh. 5/. pd 1 , 1 24,000 11. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 15 1,200415. 51. Birmingham hire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 107 1 20,000 4/. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial. 50/ . s h . 51 . pd 51 5,000 5!. percent. Clerical & Medial Life, ICOL sh. 2110 s pd 41 4,000 21 15s County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42: 20,600 ss. Eagle 1000!. eh. 250/. pd 406 '''" "AA fa s n p d er 3o c d e b n 3 t. . ] Economic Life 2,271 225. per cent. European Lit,: 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 11 1,000,0001. 61. per ct Globe Stock 128 20,000 51* Guardian lOOl. sh. 2751 pd 33 .0,000 s. Se. Hope 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 N. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 131 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10!. pd 105 13,458 4/. percent. Indemnity Marine ..... ....... 100/. eh. 8/. pd 265 2,020 31 101 Kent Fire 50!. sh. all pd 92 3!. Ditto Life SOL pd 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 1004 sh. 10/. pd 30 5,000 les. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 191 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. eh. 12/. 10s. pd lee 1,000001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 500,0001. 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life .50/. sh. 2!. pd 217 s 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2O!. sh. 2/. pd 19s Od 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters l6Ol, sh. 5/. pd 5i 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd IS 00,000 ss. Rock Life 201 sh. 1/. pd ei 89,2201 5!. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 203 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100! sh. 51. pd 75 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 8 percent. Agric. and Com. of Ireland 251. eh. 101. pd 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 57 10,006 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 131 10,000 Riper cent. Birmingham Bank 50/. sh. 101. pd 234 3),000 spercent. London and Westminsterloo/. eh. 20/. pd 225 60,000 51. London Joint Stock 501.:h. 101. pd 125 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. eh. 201. pd 90 25,000 Liverpool 100/ sh. 10/. pd 215 50,000 75 percent, Manchester and Liver./ poolDistri-t 5O/ h 151 pd 12 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester. 1001. sh. 25/. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. eh. 251. pd 445 50,090 National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 171!. pd 161 10,000 S per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100/. sh. 35/. pd 35 10,009 ...... ... Ditto New lOl. eh. 10/. pd 105 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 30 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 16s Od Bath 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 21 3,000 p a i r ir i e li c s en c li Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 19 pd 25 928 5110 s Birmingham 5O/, sh. 99 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 361 2,250 3/ IQs Brighton 201. sh. 11 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 201. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 45 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 9 4,000 61. 105. Continental Consolidated 751. 625/. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London . .100/. sh. all pd 195 1,000 61. Ditto, New . .100/. sh. 75/. pd 114 4,000 3/. Os. Equitable 5Ol. pd 25 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial .50/. sh. 53 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. sh. 20/. pd 18 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent .30/. sh. all pd 50 9,000 4!. per cent. Phoenix 50/. eh. 391. pd 301 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 801. pd 60 4,000 8,200 4t.per cent. United General ..............501. ah. 4tit. pd 824 240 51. per cent. Warwick ..................501. att. 50 400 Si. per cent Wakefield ...... .....,.............251. Oh 22 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered _. .50/. sh. 56 6,000 Hs. Ditto New .........5f /. sh. 10/. pd 11 780 per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd WATER. WORKS. 4,800 10s, Birmingham 251. sh. 25!. pd 20 4,434 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 164 5,500 2 .19s. Grand Junction Average 411. I3s. 4d. sh. 665 2,000 2!. Kent 100' sh. 44 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 327 1,500 2110 s New River London Bridge Water Ann 144 6,486 2110 s Manchester and Salford 100!. eh. 57j 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1001, sh. 1041 8,294 41. West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 90 1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby...-. 9O!. pd OM 9,5(30 Birmingham and Gloucester . pd 56 15,000 Bristol and Exeter 100!. sh. 40 pd Si 660 Calcutta and Saugur 501. oh. 2/. pd 0 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1601.3 h. 45/. 11 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001 pd 351 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 5/. pd 60,006 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 2:4 pd 0 Grand Junction 100!. sh. 1001. pd 231 Great North of England 551. pd 42 5,000 ...... ... Great Western l6Ol. sh. (35/. pd 721 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. eh. 1001. pd 21 8,000 ... ..... . Hull and Selby 501. sh. 354 pd 271 2,160 31. per cant. Leeds and Selby 100 oh. 65 1 . 1,500 11.50. Leicester and Swannington .50/. sh. all pd '75) 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and ManchesterlOU.sh. 1001. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 6; 26,000 Landon and Brighton 5Ol. sh. 35/ pd 24! 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. 4 sh.l7/ pd 151 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich '.201. sl.. '2Ol. pd 9 25,000 London and Birmingham 1001. sh. 90/. pd 169 Ditto Quarter Shares 5!. pd 241 36,090 .... ..... London and Southampton Av. 35/, 178.9 d, 42.1 11,000 London and Croydon Trunk 19t. pd 94 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 6l/. pd 71 12,000 London Grand Junction 501. sh. 5/. pd 24 13,000 Manchester and Leeds -100/. oh. 60/. pd 74! 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 501. 15/. pd 241 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.01.25/. 12 Ditto Extension. 71. pd '2: North Midland 1001. sh. 100/ pd 97 Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 251. pd 121 5,600 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 301. pd 30 28,000 South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd 11 1,000 10). per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 2401 9,000 ~, ...... Thames Haven 5Ol. sh V. 10s. pd 0 1,400 Westminster and Greenwlchlso/. sh. 2/. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 40/, pd 52 MINES. Now 4,000 11. ss. Alten 15/. sh. 12/, II o pd .11 10,000 .., ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.lool. ill. al lvd 1 Ditto Subscription .25/. tat 2 ,0110 1"/. manes ISO!. oh all pd 38 10,000 U. 10, Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm...35/.Bh. 204 pd 17 6,00)) Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/.sh. 23/. pd 9 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 141. pd 2 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/.3h. '2O/. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. sh. 10/. pi 0 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 501. pdfy 40i 0,000 Bri'.ish Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd 13 C t ., ,51anca 61/. pd 4i Candonza .. . 10,000 It Copiapo . . ........ 20/. sh. 134 11 tq 8,500 ... Columbian, iss . 51. pm.... 55!. sh. 55/. pc! 3 i 2,850 31. English 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 5541. pd 4 3101 Polberon Consols 10 4 sh. 84 pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 160 United Mexican, iss. :2 pm. .401. sh. all pd 2, Dtttt. Scrip 4' Ditto New Scrip 5/ pi 6 West Cork 5 0 /. sh 50/. pd 35 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 T ondon, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 10 1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 8 700 Russell .3gs. sh. 7 King' College 100/. 1!) MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. :264 pd 4 0,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 1/) 10,000 61. per cant. Canada Company 100/. sh. 30/. pd 221 cent. Upper Canada Loan 9l' City Bonds, 4 per cent l('xl} 20,000 51.11;e fie. (General General Steam Navigation 15/. ill. 14/. pd 2 6° 51 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 254 2,000 1/. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 10 8,000 Caoutchouc Company l2l/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compooly _5Ol pd 121 2, 754 51. per cent. Reversionary lnt. 50c....1001. sh. 1 11 0/. pd 134 ° ' 633 5/. per cent. Ditto New lOO/. oh. 100/. pd 117 band 100 5 1. 0 5 L h 5 . h 1 . 71 a 1 1 . 1 pd R 9 i -4 , 7 J N, ... 1 3 ,.. .... Thames,,, ,T. nuenr.9: Tunnel.,, ' 30,000 LIST of SCOT C OMPAN IES' PRICES, il MARC II 30, 18 40 . BANKS. 5041 410(1/. N. p. ct. rank ot Scotland — B 3/. Cs Bd. sh. all pd 174/ 2:000,000/. 51 p. ct. 130%11 of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 114 500 . 000/, 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd 226 500,0001. 61 . p. c t. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 174 500,000 r. sp. ct. National loo!.sh. 10/. pd 15 1 500,00 C/. V/. p. ct. Glasg ow Uni o n 250/. sh. 501. pd gO/ 800,000/. 1,6 p. ct. Western of Scotland :1001. sh 40/. pct 6c INSURANCE COMPANIES. 20,0005 h. 01p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 1/. pd 27 0. 7,500 ak p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10!. pi 131/. 100,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland JO/. sh. all pd 9/. 15s. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 19/. 1,000 5 p. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10/.0 5,1:1(10 op. ct. Edinburgh lare 100/. sh. 10/. pd 151/ 100,000 31 r. c 'rcii tof Scotland lOl. pd 710 s . I.II3CELLANEOUS. • Edin. and Glas. Un. Caiialsol. sh. all pit Plc Ditto Allocated 901. sh. all pd 47/, 5,410 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Watcr 25/. sh. all pd 351. Carron Iron Company ...250/. sh. all pd 44/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founnery 50/ sh 481. pd 517. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/.sh. 113/. pd 8/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Ca , - ...... 251. sh. all pd 50/. 4,450 10 per cant. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 52". 750 :71 per cant. Leith Coal Gas 20/.sh. all pd 50/. 1,200 ... 'Edinburgh and I)alkeith RaP.wayso/. sh 381 22.090 5 Der cant. YI J IIi table i.n 311 Com-on v "5./. sh.pd 9., 11 . 91,913 ........ The Droit states that the wife of one of the principal bankers of Paris received, a few days ago, a letter, stating that her husband kept a mistress at considerable ex pense, and that if she would pay the informant JOO francs, bringing it at a certain time to the house of a person named, she would receive full proof of what was asserted. The lady, having entire confidence in her husband, immediately handed to him the letter, and he went to the place of rendezvous, ac companied by a police officer. The person whose house had been named declared he knew nothing of the writer or ob ject of the letter, but had given his permission for a rendezvous to be made there. He was of course taken into custody, but the writer of the letter has not yet been apprehended. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL presented a petition from the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company, pray. ing for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend their act of incorporation. The petition was referred to the Committee on Private Bills. On the motion of Sir E. KNATCHBULL, the South- Eastern Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. G. PALMER presented petitions from Essex, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from certain printers, publishers, and bookbinders, against the Copyright Bill. The Hon. Member also presented petitions from Derby, against Church-rates and Church Extension. RAILWAY MONOPOLY. Mr. FRE SHFIELD presented petitions from Man chester, Preston, and other places in Lancashire, praying that monopolies might not be granted to Railway Com panies, and that the carrying trade might be freo to general Competition. Colonel VERNER presented four petitions from pa rishes in the county of Armagh, against the repeal of;the Corn laws. Mr. BROTHERTON presented two petitions against Church Extension, one from a place in Lancashire, the other from Stourbridge, Worcestershire. Captain BOLDERO presented a petition from inha bitants of Oxford-street, complaining of the conduct of the Marylebone vestry, in respect to the paving of that street, and of the manner in which the inhabitants of the south side were rated to the paving. Mr. LOWNDES presented a petition from Saffron Walden, aguinst the opium trade. Mr. LUDLOW BRUGES presented a petition from Bath, praying for a reduction of the duty en post-horses and carriages. Mr. JERVIS presented a petition from the County of Warwick, praying for Church Extension. Mr. HAR FORD presented a petition from the county of Buckingham, praying for Church Extension. Sir E. WILMOT presented a petition from the county of Warwick, against the exemption of Union Workhouses from Poor-rates. Thu Hon. Gentleman also brought up the Report of the Committee on the Juvenile Offenders _ _ _ Mr. PLUM PTR E presented six petitions from ♦arious places against the Irish Corporation Bill. Also, eleven peti tions against any further grant to Maynooth College. Mr. G. W. WOOD presented a petition from Kendal, praying for the suppression of the opium trade; also a petition from a congregation of Scotch Baptists at the same place against further grants for Church Extension. Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition from Na thaniel Cave, complaining that he had been corn mated to prison in an arbitrary and improper man ner, and that he had been treated there as a common felon. The Hon. Member moved that the petition should be printed with the votes, and he gave notice that on Tues day next he would call the attention of the House to the subject. Sir E. KNATCHBULL said that it was contrary to the rules of the House to present a petition and give no tice of a motion without stating the exact grounds on which it was brought forward. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought that his Hon. Friend was merely following the common practice of the House. Mr. WILSON PATTE Nobjected to the course which the Hon. Member for Leicester proposed to pursue, as he gave no information as to the nature of the motion, which it was his intention to bring forward. Mr. FOX MA ULE said that the petition appeared to him to be one which the House could not take into its consideration, as the party presenting it had already sought redress in a Court of Law, and it would not be proper to make the House of Commons a tribunal in such a case. Mr. E A STHO PE said that it was true the petitioner had resorted to legal proceedings, but he thought that if the party still felt himself aggrieved, he could appeal to the House. _ _ _ _ Captain PECHELL could not understand why the pe tition should not be printed. He had himself, five years ago, presented a petition of a precisely similar nature from a farmer in Sussex, complaining that he felt himself ag grieved by the existing state of the law, and that he had in vain applied to the Courts of Law for redress. The Hon. Member for Canterbury had opposed the reception of the petition, but nevertheless it had been printed ; and he had had the satisfaction of carrying a measure through Par liament to redress the grievance complained of. Mr. DA RBY said the case alluded to by the Honour able and . Gallant Member was not a case in point. In the case alluded to the petitioner prayed for an alteration in the law ; in the present case the petitioner, as he under stood, did not pray for any such alteration. Sir GEORGE GREY said that if the Hon. Member gave a distinct motion of his intention to bring in a Bill to alter the law on the subject, then he thought the petition ought to be printed, but if it was merely a motion to draw the attention of the House to the subject, then he thought that, as it was only by an alteration in the law that any redress could be afforded, the petition ought not to be printed. He would, however, suggest to the Hon. Member to withdraw the petition for the present. in order to ascer tain if it did contain many superfluous statements, such as details of conversations, which might be advantageously expunged. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON thought that if the matter was not at present pending before a Court of Law, the Hon. Member had a right to have the petition printed. After a few words from Mr. Fox Manic, Mr. Dalston, and Mr. Easthope, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that unless the House was prepared to rescind the standing order of Feb. 1839. he did not see how they could refuse to print this petition. The petitioner complained of the state of the law, and prayed the House to adopt such measures as for the future may prevent persons before trial from being treate d as cri minals ; he, an innocent person, had been kept in prison eight days; he had been acquitted; be had brought an action against the Magistrate for false imprisonment, and the verdict bad been for the defendant. He prayed the House to adopt measures to remedy this state of things. With regard to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Lancashire he begged to observe that he had presented a petition to which he intended to draw the attention of the House to-morrow, and as it was a case of emergency, should the debate be adjourned again to-night, he sho uld certainly ask the House to give him precedence.—(A laugh.) This would show that, as far as he was con cerned, he had not put a notice upon the books which be did not intend to bring forward. Mr. WILSON PATTEN withdrew his opposition, and the petition was ordeied to be printed. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS presented five petitions from different parts of Lancaster, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws; also twelve petitions front Manchester to the same effect. Mr. FOX MAULE presented petitions from different parts of Scotland, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws, and against the intrusion of ministers. TOTNES ELECTION. Mr. CLIVE brought up the Report of the Com mittee appointed to try the validity of the election of Mr. Barry Baldwin, and Mr. W. Blount, for the borough of Totnes. The Committee had determined that neither of the lion. Gentlemen had been duly elected, that the elec tion was void, and that neither of the petitions were fri volous or vexatious. On the motion of Mr. CLIVE, the Clerk of the Crown was ordered to issue a new writ for the Borough. Mr. FUSE Y presented a petition from a place in Berk. shire against the Workhouse Exemption Bill. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from the Bar of Ireland, praying the House to pass some law to determine their privileges. Mr. HASTIE presented a petition from a congregation in Paisley, praying for the abolition of Church patronage. Sir B. HALL presented a petition from a congregation in Portman-square, deprecating any war with China, and praying that an end might be put to the opium trade. Sir G. CLERK presented petitions from three parishes in Stamford, praying for Church Extension. Lord CHARLES RUSSELL presented a petition against any alteration of the Corn-laws. CAMBRIDGE COMMITTEE. Mr. ORD moved the Order of the Day for swearing the Committee nominated to try the merits of the petition against the return for Cambridge. On the name of Mr. Sotheron being called, Mr. ESTCOURT said Mr. Sotheron was still so unwell that he was unable to attend. Mr. Hammerton, the surgeon, was called in, and in answer to the Speaker, said he had seen Mr. Sotheron that day, and his health was much the same as yesterday, and was such as must decidedly prevent him from attending to his duty in that House. Mr. O'CONNELL.—Is his health in such a state as to prevent him from sitting up to three o'clock in the morning, to vote in this House ?—( Loud cries of Oh, ob.) —Ho could not do so without great prejudice to his health.—( Cheers.) lie was suffering under great debility from an affection of the bowels. In answer to questions from Mr. WAKLEY, the w; ness stated that Mr. Sotheron could not attend to bus, ness without incurring great danger. Mr. ORD:then moved that the attendance of Mr. Sotheron be dispensed with. Several Members on the opposite side exclaimed, " No, no, look at the Act." Sir G. (.3 R E Y observed that some motion must be made. The Act did not mention the terms of the motion,but supposed two cases—first, that the excusewas made ; and secondly,that the excuse was sufficient or insufficient. There ought to be some mode of recognising the sufficiency of the excuse in that House, and he did not know that that could be done better than by moving, as his Honourable Friend had done, that Mr. Sothcron's attendance had been dispensed with—that implied that the House was satisfied with the excuse. Mr. WILSON PATTEN believed that at present there was no Committee in existence, and therefore it could not be moved that his attendance be dispensed with. Mr. GREENE observed that, as the names had been called over, the Committee had in effect been nominated. Mr. W. MILES thought that, if the House were not pleased to accept this excuse they were bound to order the Member to be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at- Arms. Sir GEO RG E CLERK said there were two questions for the consideration of the House. One was, whether the evidence they had heard at the bar was sufficient to ex cuse Mr. Sotheron. The next was, what was to be done with the Committee. He believed there was nothing to be done but to enter the fact upon the journals of the House upon which the Committee was discharged. Sir THOMAS ACL AND said the Act provided that if any of the members chosen did not attend on the second evening at 5 o'clock. the Committee was discharged. The question then was, what was to be done with Mr. Sothe_ ron ? The Act said he should be taken into custody, and he suggested that the proper course would be for some Honourable Member to move, that Mr. Sotheron be taken into custody.—( A laugh.) The question would then come properly before the House, which could not be done till I notice was taken of the Member's absence. After a few words from Mr. GO CT LBUIZN, been prevented from attending in consequence of Mr. THESIGER submitted that Mr. Sotheron having indisposition, the Committee was, as a matter of course, discharged. Mr. O'CONNELL thought the terms of the motion should be that Mr. Sotheron was prevented by "neces sity arising from illness," from attending the Committee. These were the words of the Act. After a few words from Mr. ORD, The SPEAKER, having stated the original motion was withdrawn, put the question on the amendment, to the effect that sufficient evidence had been shown that the attendance of Mr. Sotheron on the Cambridge Election Committee should be dispensed with, which was carried. OFFICIAL PENSIONS. Mr. HUME gave notice, that after the Easter holidays, he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to.repeal the Official Pensions Bill. NEW ZEALAND. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved for a return of papers relating to New Zealand, which were ordered. THE OPIUM QUESTION. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a Society for the Suppression of Vice in Scotland, praying the House to adopt measures for suppressing the opium traffic. Mr. WARD presented a petition from 1,300 of his constituents, praying that means might be taken to put an end to the opium trade, considering that our permission of it was highly discreditable, and praying further, that in consideration of the great provocation the Chinese had received, the Government would not direct advantage to be taken of our great superiority to carry on a war incom patible with the principles of justice and Christianity__ (Hear, hear.) COPYRIGHT BILL. On the Order of the Day for considering this Bill, Mr. Sergeant TA LFO URD said he should certainly feel it his duty to postpone this Bill, in consideration of the important adjourned debate, which had to come on.— ( Hear, hear.) But he did hope the Noble Lord (J. Russell), considering that the Bill had been on the paper for six weeks, and considering also the numerous disappointments which he had experienced last session, would consent to the appropriation of some Monday or Friday to the discussion of it.—( Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that he did not wish to inter fere with the desire of the Hon. and Learned Member to bring forward his Copyright Bill on any Wednesday he might find convenient. He did not, however, wish that the motion should interfere with any Government business, or that it should be brought forward on a day devoted to that business, as had been the case with a motion brought forward so late as Friday last. As to the debate that evening on China, he need not remind the Hon. Member that it was not brought forward at his (Lord J. Russell's) instance.--(A laugh.) Mr. Sergeant TA L FOURD gave notice that he should bring forward his Bill on that day fortnight.—(Laughter.) He begged pardon, on that day three weeks. CONSTABULARY. On the motion of Mr. HODGE S, the second reading of the Constabulary Bill was deferred till Wednesday, the 6th of May next. CHINA (ADJOURNED DEBATE). The Order of the Day for the adjourned debate on China having been read, Mr. HAWES rose, and said he had listened with the greatest possible attention last night to the speech delivered by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Pembroke, and undoubtedly the importance of the interest at stake, the great ability and perspicuous arrangement of the Righ_ Hon. Gentleman, demanded, on the part of every Member of that House, the most careful attention. The inte rests at stake were great indeed ; they were great in a 'level and mercantile point of view, and also as involving the character of this country. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Edinburgh, in the course of his reply to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, separated correctly the accusations brought against the Government into four distinct charges, and having care fully considered since what feel from the Right Honourable Gentleman, he (Mr. Hawes) thought he was correct in his division. The first charge related to the original instructions for enforcing the residence of Lord Napier, at Canton, for which the Right Hon. Gentleman was himself responsible. The next related to instructions enforcing direct communication with the vice-regal authorities of China, for which he was also responsible, and both of those charges were entirely dis posed of by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Macaulay), both having been conceded by the Chinese Government. The resolution of the Right Hon. Gentleman did not em body the two first charges, therefore he should confine himself to the two last, namely, the want of sufficient force in the Chinese seas, and the not having supplied an adequate force for suppressing the contraband trade in opium. He (Mr. Hawes) proposed to deal only with the last charge, but would first take the liberty of noticing an observation which fell from the Hon. Gentleman who spoke in the debate, the Member for Wiltshire, who claimed credit—as he (Mr. Hawes) owned to his surprise, and that of many Hon. Members around him, for forbearance on the part of Gentlemen opposite in putting questions to the Government, or raising discus sions which were likely to be prejudicial to the public ser vice. He must say if ever there was an opposition in the whole history of party which had so little right to claim that credit, it was the opposition be had the honour to ad dress—( Ironical cheers)—and those cheers might pro bably form his authority for stating the grounds on which he made the statement. He could not forget the debates which had occurred in that House on several important occasions. He would just allude to one circumstance to justify this statement.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) They must all recollect in 1838, the discussion which had taken place in that House on the subject of the Spanish Auxiliary Legion. Scarcely had a slight disaster occurred to that force when it was made the subject of discussion in that House ; although the subject had been mentioned distinctly in the speech from the throne it had never been alluded to by Gentlemen opposite then. It had never been made the subject of a discussion in that House until the occurrence of some slight disaster ; nor was that the only occurrence of the sort. He could not for get the Jamaica case. He could not forget the Jamaica Prisons Bill, which had passed both Houses with scarcely any opposition. The opposition of the planters of Ja maica had been made in that House by gentlemen opposite a matter of party discussion and party division. In fact, he never saw any occurrence calculated either to create trouble or difficulty at home or abroad, but what it was made the subject of party debate, and as regularly as from the alterations of the barometer the observer could foretell fair or foul weather, just so, from the occurrence of any minute difficulty, or of any slight disaster, could be foreseen a most severe party debato in that House.— (Cheers.) He would now address himself to the subject more immediately before the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman had acknowleged distinctly his responsibility respecting the China Act. He (Mr. Hawes) meant to lay it down as a principle that the discussions on the con traband opium trade were the foundation of all these troubles. In 1833, when the India Act was passed, and the instructions were sent out, all the evils of this trade were well known, and the dangers at tending it had been distinctly pointed out; no in formation had been wanting to prove the nature of the trade, or to show its tendency to produce collision with the Chinese authorities, and to put a stop to trade with that country altogether. All these cir cumstances were as distinctly known then as they were at present. He would refer only to one document to show that the pernicious nature of this trade had long since been been pointed out. In a despatch of the East India Company, which had been laid before the House as long back as 1831, they found this remarkable passage, relating to the trade in opium. Th e C ompany state t h at " they do not wish to increase but to lessen the use, or ra ther the abuse, of opium, by making the price both at home and abroad as high possible, consistently with a regard to the state of the markets, so as not to be undersold by foreign powers ; and if it were possible they would gladly prevent the use of the drug alto. gether, but that was absolutely impracticable." The pernicious tendency of that trade was well known before that time; yet, notwithstanding that, it was di rectly encouraged first by the East India Company, and then in Canton by the supercargoes, who, instead of taking steps to put it down, allowed it to be car ried on under their sanction. Mr. Grant, in open ing the India Act, expressly stated that it was a contraband trade—that it was a dangerous trade, and one that could not continue. Now he ( Mr. Hawes) wanted tc know, if all this information was well known, how it was that measures were not taken by the Government of that day to put down the trade in opium. To that trade he (Mr. Hawes) attributed all the evils which the trade be tween this country and China had been suffering, and to that he attributed all the jealousies of the Chinese. The Right Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward the motion was one of the Government of that day, and therefore he must be considered as being responsible for having en couraged the trade in opium. The speech of the Right Honourable Gentleman last night made scarcely any allusion whatever to the trade in opium, and was marked for its avoiding all allusion to the difficulties that surrounded the question.— ( Hear.) He did not tell the Ilouse what it was his inten tion to do with respect to it—he did not, say that it was de sirable to put that trade down, but left the House in a state of total darkness as to what his views wore. He (Mr. Hawes) would venture to say that no one ie that House could doubt that the Right Honourable Baronet had ample grounds for taking the course he had done. Ile was a member of the Government in 1833, and he knew very well that the opium trade was a source of great revenue. lie knew also that there was a resolution of that H ouse , sanctioning the trade, and that it was almost impossible to put it down. He (Mr. Hawes) con tended that the mercantile interests ought not to be treated in the manner they had been by the Right Hon. Baronet ; they had a right to know what the intentions:of the Right Hon. Baronet were, and what would be the course pursued by that Cabinet, which it seemed the Right Hon. Baronet was in hopes he, or those with whom he acted, would be called upon to form in consequence of the result of this motion. The difficulties that surrounded the question were notori ous. Putting an end to the contraband trade in the port of Canton would not stop the trade in opium. The trade in opium would continue to its fullest extent—( Hear). - and it was stated in the papers before the House that not withstanding all that had been done to suppress that trade, it was now more flourishing than it was at any former period. The Right Honourable Gentleman was afraid to propose a distinct resolution f or the p ur po s e of putting a stop to that trade. He challenged Hon. Gen tlemen opposite distinctly to state their opinions on this subject. Would they put down that trade—could they put it down ? It appeared to him (Mr. Hawes) that the Chinese had sought to make the British a kind of Pre ventive Service, having no sort of power on their part to stop that trade which they considered to be pernicious. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was responsible for hav ing sanctioned and encouraged the trade, and that would explain his silence on this most important branch of the subject.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentl eman had also alluded to the conduct of Captain Elliot. He was anxious to say one word, as to a portion of Captain Elliot's conduct, which had been the subject of coedemna tion. The conduct of Captain Elliot, with reference to the surrender of opium, had been freely canvassed. Captain Elliot had only two courses to pursue—his first gain, he had duty was to preserve life and p ro p er ty. A two courses to pursue with respect to the opium —either to allow it to be confiscated by the Chinese, to the utter ruin of the British merchant, or withdraw it from the market and seek some other place for its sale. On either side ruin stared our merchants in the face ; and al though the trade was contraband, it had been car ried on so long, and had been participated in and connived at by the Chinese authorities, that it had become a large, an important, and a well-known and regulated trade, and it was utterly impossible for Captain Elliot to have acted up to his instructions without watching over it. He was to watch over the trade of the port of Canton. It was well known that the opium trade was the most im portant part of it, and he was justified in considering it his duty to watch over it. The Chinese Government, by seizing upon the persons of British merchants, putting them in prison, seizing the opium of the parties under threats, put themscives in the wrong, and Captain Elliot immediately took advantage of it—put himself in his uni form, and put himself in confinement along with his impri soned fellow-countrymen. He would not give his support to the Government in any case involving a war, unless he thought it was absolutely necessary, but he did not think that there would in fact be any war. It had always been recommended by all who had visited China, from the first time a ship of war had arrived on the coast until the present time, that, in order to negotiate with the Chinese with advantage, it was necessary to negotiate backed by an imposing force. —( Hear.) In all proba bility, when the Chinese Government came to reflect upon the illegal conduct of their own Commissioner, and when they found that the British would no longer be trifled with, he fully believed that the object of the armament would be attained without any war, and if this country were to he respected throughout China and India they must now take a decisive course. He believed he was entitled to say that all those engaged in the trade with China were satisfied with the course pur sued by her Majesty's Government, inasmuch as it was calculated to give security to their future intercourse with it. Unless these steps had been taken, the probability was that the trade would have been carried on under the most painful and humiliating circumstances. 'The indignities practised upon British merchants, the sufferings, exactions, and extortions, which had been so flagrantly practised, were matters well-known to every person engaged in the trade, as well as to all who had looked through the papers to be laid upon the table—the course taken by the supercargoes of the East India Company was one of cringing and submission, and utterly unworthy of the spirit and independence of this country, and it was naturally foreseen that the appointment of a British officer would produce some collision requiring the intervention of an armed force ? He would give them one instance of the conduct of these supercargoes. Mr. Pigot, an officer on board the Scaleby Castle, having accidentally killed a Chinese, the authorities required that he should be surrendered to them for execution. Instead of resisting the demand, they showed the Chinese the body of the mate who had d;ed a few days prcviouiy, stating that it was the body of Mr. Pigot, who had destroyed himself from fear of the anger of the Chinese. He read the despatch of the Resident to the Directors of the East India Company, to show that the officer of that great Company gave his countenance to so great a fraud. The despatch stated that "by this expedient the Europeans had been relieved from great difficulty and embar rassment, and he (the Resident) trusted that he should not incur the blame of the Hon. Directors for having acquiesced in it." It was impossible not to suppose that those who were responsible for the Act of 1898, anticipated that some collision of the same kind was likely to arise at a future time. In fact it could not be denied that it was impossible for the Government in Downing-street to provide for all the contingencies that might arise in Canton, and a great deal must be left to the discretion and energy of the Superintendent. He referred to the state ments of Lord Napier, and of Sir T. Metcalfe, in proof of this ; and in truth no fact was better known than that our great empire in India was consolidated, and held together by the spirit and energy of the Governor- General acting on the spot, without waiting for the instructions, and sometimes acting against the in structions, of the Board of Directors in England. He should be sorry to give his support to the Government if lie did not think their cause a good one. He wished to know what was the course which Hon. Gentle men opposite would have pursued if they had been situated as the present Government were ?—( Hear, hear.) That was a question which he thought should be answered. it had been said that the recommendations of the Duke of Wellington should have been followed, but those recom mendations were that they should keep a frigate and a sloop of-war in sight of China, and he (Mr. Hawes) thought that such a recommendation was not a good one. It would alarm the jealousy of the Chinese, while it would not be sufficient to overawe them. He wished to know what they were to gain by the present motion ?—( Hear, hear.) It would certainly embarrass her Majesty's Ministers ; but he did not think it could lead to any results of permanent value.—(Hear, hear, hear.) No mea sure which the Government could take would put an end to the Opium Trade. The effect would be only to throw it into a more desperate course. Should the result of the present debate be that measures were not taken to vindicate the national honour which had been so grossly insulted—it would be one of the greatest misfortunes that ever befell our Eastern possessions.—( Hear.) The security of those possessions now depended more than ever upon the energy and spirit with which we pursued our objects. And what were the ob jects of the present armament ? Not aggression—not ag grandisement—but simply reparation for unjust, illegal, and insulting conduct ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) This was quite a sufficient ground for backing our negotia tions with a strong force which alone could secure a satis factory settlement. Mr. THESIGER said ho felt anxious on presenting himself, for the first time, to the House on a subject of great importance. He brought nothing to the task but the humble industry which enabled him, amidst other engagements, to comprehend the voluminous papers which were laid upon the table of the House, and the earnest desire to confine himself strictly to the point in debate, and the determination not to trespass longer than was necessary on the attention of the House. —(Hear, hear.) He felt the question to be one of the most momentous importance--we were on the eve, if we were not actually engaged in hostilities with a nation of which we scarcely knew any thing. It was impossible, therefore, for the utmost human sagacity to foresee the results of such a war—it might be that by demonstration of force upon our part we might remove hostile disposi tions which had broken out against us, and might restore ourselves to that fruitful field of commercial enterprise we previously enjoyed. It might be the empire with which we were engaged, having resources of which we could form no possible conjecture, might be enabled to defeat all our attempts, and that the issue of this struggle might be not only the loss of a trade of vast importance to the whole empire, but that that loss might be, aggravated by national defeat and dishonour—it was becoming the wisdom of the House to stop upon the threshold of this war, and inquire whether it was owing to inevitable circumstances. and beyond the reach of human control, or whether it has been the result of a course of policy, neglecting the im portant interests of the country, and casting degradation upon those entrusted with the Administration of such im portant duties, and it was in vain the Hon. Member for Lambeth charged this motion as emanating from the spirit of party—( Cheers and counter-cheers)—opposed as they were to the policy which dictated all the measures of the present Government, it was easy to impute this to all the efforts they might make to expose their inefficiency ; but the country were not to be deceived, nor they deterred from the discharge of their duty by any such charge as that, and he (Mr. Thesiger) for one was not afraid to express his honest conviction, that whatever were the result of this inquiry, the nation at large were deeply indebted to the Right Hon. Baronet who had originated it.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Members on the other side of the House were pleased to cavil with the terms of this motion ; it would be difficult to make any such motion agreeable to them.— He hardly knew how it could be so framed, but they had undoubtedly the most remarkable charges preferred with regard to the terms in which the motion was prefaced. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Edinburgh, had stated last night that he objected to the motion be cause it was retrospective; the lion. Member for Wiltshire, had disposed of that objection in a sentence, by demon strating the difficulty that existed of making any censure prospective.—( A laugh.) They wanted the foresight of the:Noble Lord, the Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, to ascertain what would be the future policy of the Government, and they possessed too much of his caution to hazard themselves by making any attempts at guessing. The Right Hon. Gentleman also took great credit for the Government, because he said this motion only charged them with sins of omission. Now, the Right lion. Gentle man must forgive him for saying that he seemed to entertain extraordinary notions of the duty of a Minister if he con sidered that a charge of omission or charge of neglect of duty, was by any means a light one.—( Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman complained that they only charged the Government with that which they could prove, aad this was the sum and substance of his objections. The Right lion. Baronet, the Member for Portsmouth, had brought forward other objections in aid of her Majesty's Government. He said, he objected to the motion because l it did not go sufficiently far to satisfy him. They did not say if they objected to the war or not, and though all the tenour of his observations might be against the Govern ment, yet he would give that Government his vote in con sequence of the terms of the motion. The Right Hon. Baronet did not, he feared, apprehend rightly the position in which the Government was placed. It might happen that at this moment the war was a necessary war, but the question they meant to submit to the House was whether the country had net been involved in that war un necessarily—(Clicers)— and it was a matter of no im portance to the present question whether the war was a necessary war or not.-_( Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) He would not shrink from expressing his opinion on that subject in the course of the debate should it become necessary, but he was now replying merely to the observations of the Right Hon. Baronet the Mem ber for Portsmouth. This Right Hon. Gentleman said he objected to the motion on another ground—that they had not told the country, when, finding fault with the con duct of the Government, what course they themselves would have adopted. _ (Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Now that was the first time that he had ever heard it was necessary when a charge was made to state to t(i rAvoicaetsdhmh (Cheers.) e person bseucerffiersr.sufficient o e charged rinntiptrhetomelisboprke statece Gentlemen s t • speeches ai snen he o fgehmtri hioiseeunnßudgh opposite Hon.gp ro t atof n t s to ditl the eohLe lion. Baronet d . accrßreneua e done. accusation. otnFi I co tniae. tbnhl Friend would th t e i a 11 e l v e he m arv b e e c r oau lo ilod r p t E eed x v, e e trtehres, then r a y t t hto w bui a ,gi s nh the nh thatioc y e xstuphblaaj that c a t t t i . ilo e (Cheers.) Ile was at a loss to know if we were at war with the Chinese or not. There was no usual form to intimate that—there was no message from her Majesty brought down by any Noble Lord belonging to the Ministry to tell the House whether there was a declaration of war or not. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Edinburgh, last night had praised the war and praised. 1 the glorious position of England. The Hon. Baronet the Mentbsr for Portsmouth, did not think there was a was, and all lie looked to was fair and reasonable proporetions, backed by a competent force ; and the lion. Member EVENING EDI lON. for Lambeth had said that he did not believe they were in a state of war at all. He (Mr. Thesiger) therefore was at a loss to know how the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke could have conceived a motion which would meet the views of all.—(Hear, hear.) He would pass from this to the immediate subject before the House, confining himself strictly to the point in de• bate. This was not a question that was to be decided by strong language, for if it had been the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Member for EdinburJi would have swept all opposition before him.--( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Thcsi ger) last night followed him in his lofty flight and looked on with wonder and admiration.—( Hear, hear.) But he must now descend to the humbler duty of examining the facts and documents before the House, and endeavour by that examination to ascertain whether the motion which had been made by the Right Hon. Bart. was well founded or not. It was useful in considering this question to strip it of all matters that were irrelevant, and it was his intention, as far as lay in his power, o do so. There could be no doubt that this country had for two centuries been engaged in a very beneficial trade with China. That trade had been accompanied with certain restrictions, which were no w perfectly understood by Hon. M em b ers . Th e res trictions were the prevention of p ermanen t res id ence i n C an ton, and that which required comm un i ca ti on not t h roug h t h e Viceroy but through the Hong merchants. There could be no doubt that it was perfectly competent for the Chinese to impose any restrictions upon their trade, it was equally competent to this country to refuse to trade with them under these restrictions ; but if this country did deal with them, knowing these restrictions, she had no right to refuse, to adopt them. In 1834 the exclusive privilege of the Eat India Company was d one away w i t h , an d h e ( M r. Thesi ger) could not c once i ve anyt hi ng more lik e l y to exc ite the suspicion and j ea l ousy o f suc h a pecu li ar peop l e as the Chinese were known t o be, th an t h at t h e course o f dealing which had ex i s t e d f or so l ong a per i o d s h ou ld come t o an end. It appe are d th a t t h ey regar d e d i t w i t h j ea l ous y, and they decid e d th a t some p ersons s h ou ld b e appo i nte d like the East India supe rcargoes . N ow i t was i mportan t that the House should bear i n m i n d t h e mo d e i n w hi c h the su percargoes acted with regard to residents at Canton. They did not permanently reside at Canton—they resided first at Macao and then at Canton, having a permit granted to remove from either place. In this state of things the Act of the 3d and 4th Win. IV. passed, providing for the ter mination of the East India Company's monopoly in 1834, and substituting for the old supercargoes three Superintendents. , whose powers were to be defined by Orders in Council. Accordingly, in 1833, the first Order in Council was is sued, giving to the Superintendents the same power as had been given to the supercargoes. Now, with respect to that Order in Council he believed his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Exeter had clearly shown last night that it gave no power at all, because whatever power the supercargoes had, had terminated, and the authority of the Superintendents therefore was good for nothing. In order to remedy the defects in the Order in Council, two letters were sent, one under the sign manual and another from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In those letters two capital mistakes were committed, which, ac cording to his view, led in a considerable degree to the unfortunate position in which this country was placed with regard to the trade with China. He alluded, in the first place, to the directions to Lord Napier to communicate his arrival to the Viceroy, and, secondly, to the order to take up his residence at Canton. Lord Napier sank under the vexation that he brought upon himself, by at tempting to run counter to the usages of the Chinese. Through the whole of this despatch there was not one word of sympathy or regret for his fate, and the grave wasipermitte d to close over him silently, and without observation, although the Noble Lord's attention was particularly drawn to the unfortunate situation in which affairs were kft.—(fles r ' hear.) The Learned Gentleman then went on to state that under Mr. Davis and Sir George Robinson the trade had gone on for some time in its ordinary current, but they must have felt great anxiety to receive i n structions•. and in January 1835 they were answered by a despatch et the Duke of Wellington'; and the Right Hon. Member for Edinburgh; had last night relied upon that despatch, be cause it referred to the former instructions which Lord Na' pier had received. But those instructions were utterly et variance with the course recommended by the Noble Lord The instructions recommended a respect for the prejudices and usages of the Chinese. Yet the Noble Lord had re commended Lord Napier to reside at Canton.—( He w. ' hear.) The Learned Gentleman then went on to quote from the documents repeated . applications from Si r George Robinson and Mr. Davis for further instructions, in the absence of which they were forced to remain quies cent, fortunately without any disadvantage.—( Hear, bear , from the Ministerial benches.) B u t suc h a state m, things ought not to be allowed.--( Hear, hear, bea r ' ) Well, now to come to the earnest and the anxious attention which was paid by the Noble Lord to Chinese affairs.—(Hear,l hear.) On the 28th of May, 1836, th e . Noble Lord wrote a dispatch in which all that was stat e d was, that the Government approved of the proposal wh ich had been made in December, 1835, :to extend the jurisdi.c tion of the Commission to Lintin and Macao; but the fact was that the Commission had no power whateverre; (Hear, hear.) The Commission had never had its powe rs defined—( Hear, hear)—and the Noble Lord, w h o ought to have known this, actually directed the extension ed: powers which had no existence._( Hear, hear.) It scenic self however, that the Noble Lord had quite exhausted him! c e_, by this short effort of official energy—(Loud iron!.a! cries of " Hear," from the Ministerial benches, ansvrerednY cheers from the Opposition)—and sank back into ac customed his lethargy—( Renewed cries of a similar net" reed peated is 36, and the next dispatch of any importance, after r e P e letters from Sir George Robinson, was dated June 7, his and related to the Superintendent's having taken up residence at Lintin, and was sufficiently unintelligible . (A laugh)—for the Noble Lord could not tell whether It was right, and could not tell whether it was wrong--( He ar and a laugh)—but, however, the Noble Lord finished bi removing Sir G. Robinson from a situation which he had filled without any complaint, and after fourteen years' ex perience.—( Hear, hear.) Lord PALMERSTON—It was abolished. Mr. THESIGER—Then pray what is Captain Elliot ? Does he not address the Noble Lord as Chief Superin tendent?—( Hear.) But the fact was Sir George Robin son was abolished, and not the office. —( Hear and a laug h s ) Lord PALMERSTON-6,0004 a year was abolished' —(Ministerial cheers.) Mr. THE SIG E R—Then as the Noble Lord interrupt?me, perhaps he will state what Capt. Elliot receives naw Lord PALMERSTON-3,0001. a year.—(Minis terial cheers.) Mr. THE SIGER—But does that at all affect the 0 0,5 ment ?—( Hear.) lam stating this that the Noble Lo'l dismissed an experienced and able public servant froma.'d office which, though altered, was yet virtually retained, a the Noble Lord dismissed hint without one word of grati tude for past services. Capt. Elliot was appointed t o situation. Now Capt. Elliot had drawn the Noble Lorti!ea a . attention to a most important transaction respecti% by steam-boat, the Jardine, which had been denounce , 1 . the provincial authorities, and which Captain river ,_ P liot had directed not to proceed up the e What was the answer which he had received in co ns quence of interference on this occasion? One would ba!e thought that something might have been left to the discr 'n tion of the officer who was residing on th e spot; but .: Noble Lord, in his third despatch, rebuked him for in tion terfering with the enterprizes of merchants in that Way ,a h n at told him he was not to assume an authority beyond with which he was invested. Now what was the autu ot rity with which he was invested ? Was he or was be li b , Chief Superintendent, and if he was, could a nythin ti g tho _ conceived as coming more within the scope of his The rity than the preventing a vessel under the ban of the The pire from proceeding up the river ?—( Cheers) b a d Right Hon. Member for Edi n b urg h, l as t night , on stated that one of the charges made by this M a r t l ij e against the Noble Lo r d wa s th e a tt empt on t h e part 01 per Superintendent to force from the Chinese authorities to reside at Canton; and the Ri g ht H on . G en fo r man had stated that this charge fell to the group° , Go that that point had been conceded by the Chinese be . vernraent. No doubt the Right Hon. Gentleman n lieved that that was th e resu l t o f t h e numerous edicts o this subject ; but he m us t correct that idea, an d a nY ps d eon who read the edict would see that nothing more his been conceded to Captain Elliot, with regard t° h a d taking up his p ermanent res id ence at Canton t han r _ been previously conceded to the old supe rea s t goes.—( Hear.) Th e e di ct, w hi c h will be fean u, i, ft page 194—speaki ng o f t h e S uper i ntendent —say s e d . i is therefore our i mper i a l p l easure, that he be pc:alitti_ to repair to Canton, un d er t h e ex i st i ng regulations aPPtil'a cable to chi e f-sup ercargoes , an d that on his arrival at merit provincial capital he be allowed to take the manag em . f C ue of affairs. For this purpose, the Superintendent e s, oil , toms is hereby commanded to grant him a 1 3 ', g m e- In future he is to reside sometimes at Macao and latioas; times at Canton, conforming herein to the old renu r t ime, and he must not be permitted to exceed the resi and by loitering abcut, gradually effect a continued most donee." The Right lion. Member for Edinburgh h ad , apta in probably not read that edict, but only the letter Of ; au d i o- Elliot, which induced him to believe that the 100 .,, into n; ritics had consented to his permanent residence in " t „ to iri therefore this question was in precisely the same 5 `i t he Member for Pembroke. The Right Hon. which it had been left by the Right Hon. Gentlem` t sa id )savories was had been conceded, also mistaken in respect to the other point, which h e 't corn' attention of the Hou r s e t7t e o ct t ir h ig e i h r e; ai f the municetion with the Viceroy. It was necessary to e d been t a li t e te q m ti p e t s s tio %s n ,h o ic f en made to accomplish this object, and which had failedLaSe tirely through the interference of the Noble LordT eretary for Foreign Affairs. Captain Elliot lead alar menccd overtures to the local authorities, in the I r a Com mode pursued by the supercargoes of the East Ind' and by pany. Ile addressed them in the form 01. petitionihe loea. reason of addressing them in that humble formOrd Napier, authorities, who, from the period of the death of L . ,;tiverintea had held no communication with the English t hrough Ellin" b c dents, opened a communication with Captain Noble the ordinary channels of the Hong merchants. . co e- Lord, however, instructed him to act differently cro wn sidered unit it was deroeatory to the dignity ei t u _ r h a nts, to commate indirectly through thc Hong n e w, a nct i. or to address the local authorities in the forT _ d r se nt firmer. On the POI of June, 1837, the Nob! form nage a dispatch to Captain Elliot, which would be found ave 149, which contained the following passage etch , Y " this dispa rov now to desire that, upon the receipt of • and Nice will forthwith inform the Hong merchants an that his Majesty's Government cannot permit withuns an officer of his Majesty, should hold communica .e._rvuution officer of the Emperor of China, through th o e u i vc r i l i, there of private and irresponsible individuals. 1 the Govertior fore, request that any communications which se nt to e t . l make to you iii future, may be reee'' may have to ill,. to • g direct ; arid that the Governor will consent üblie affair s directly from you any communications en p if which the interests of the. two Governments mal at if i n you to make to him. You will also expla in, d , tovlorie future your written communications should not toe dinate with the character which i s usua lly adopted by su s hor su pra in China when add ress i ng representationartisc from rior Chinese authoriti es , thi s a l tera tion will not GOve rn°r ' any want of respect oil your part towards th' usag es but will simply be the result of the establisheeter cow., of England, which do net admit that an olli o „ i d i . e ss inissioned by the King of England should