The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at 5 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were read a second time :—Cork Gas, Tralee and Killarney Railway, and Great Yarmouth Britannia pier. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the following bills were severally read a third time :—Chester Water, Guildford Gas, Calcutta and South Eastern Railway, PETITIONS. The Earl of EGLINTON presented petitions against the Ministers' Money Bill. Viscount DUNGANNON presented similar petitions. CRUELTIES TO SEAMEN. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said, seeing the noble lord the President of the Board of Trade in his place, be begged to call his attention to a case of great cruelty which had been perpetrated on board a vessel which sailed ' from Liverpool for Demerara, and which had been no ticed by the public press. It appears that a seaman engaged for the voyage had been treated with the greatest cruelty. He had been violently scourged, half starved, and then put in irons. After suffering such extreme cruelty a ferocious dog was set upon him, which tore the flesh from his body, and left the unfortunate man welter ing in a pool of blood. Finally, the poor fellow died of his wounds, and his body was thrown overboard. The question he wished to ask was, whether the circum stance had been brought under his attention, and if so, whether it was intended that the persons committing the outrage sbould be brought to justice? Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said the noble lord had not stated the facts of this case stronger than was justified by the circumstances of the case. The case had not been officially brought to his knowledge, but when it was the noble earl miet rest assured proper steps would be taken. He understood that the master and mate had been brought before the magistrates of Liverpool, who bad refused the parties the privilege of putting in bail for their appearance. A similar case of cruelty to the one mentioned by the noble earl, had occurred on board the Emma Jane, which sailed from Plymouth to America. That case had been brought under the attention of the Board of Trade. The master and ma . e were tried at the assizes, and upon being convicted of the offence they were transported for life. THE BISHOPRIC OF NORWICH. Lord REDESDALE inquired what would be the action of the Government in respect to the retirement of the Bishop of Norwich ? The dissolution of Parliament pre vented the passing of his intended bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was no doubt of the power of a bishop to resign. As to the seat of a bishop in the house after his resignation, be considered the seat went with the temporalities. There had been instances to that effect. 'As to the title of a bishop un ler such circumstances, be would not be Bishop of Norwich but Bishop Hinds. As to provision for a retired bishop. the difficulty was where to find the funds. Atter a few words from Lurd DEBBY, Lord CAMPBELL concurred with the Lord Chan cellor. The Duke of NEWCASTLE thought the intended bill should have retrospective action. Lord HARROWat said they intended to provide for the bishop in the coming bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR having explained, The Earl FITZ WILLIAM was anxious to know what was intended to be done. Would they, ns he had heard, filch the money from the Consolidatmd Fund, or would they make the see provide for the maintenance of the bishop Neither of these plans was, in his opinion, the correct ene. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners were the right parsons to supply the money. The Bishop of OXFORD suggested that the matter required the gravest consideration of their lordships. If they encouraged the resignation of bishops, they would 'materially affect the p , sition of bishops in this country. The Lord Chancellor treated the resignation of bishops a 3 an easy affair ; but in his (the Bishop of Oxford's) opi nion, the resignation of an archbishop might present a serious difficulty. He could not resign, he must abdi• cate. After some further converpation, the subject dropped. Visc9unt DUNGANNON presented a petitio❑ from the Rev. W. Patin, Rector of Slifford, praying for a proper regulation of cemeteries by a distinct line of de marcation between the graves of Dissenters and those of Churchmen. Lord WENSLEYDALE thought there was no neces sity for more acts of Parliament on the subject. Lord REDESDALE asked how an unconsecrated part of a cemetery could Fe regarded as a churchyard 1 The Earl of MALMESBURY regretted that the views of their lordships' committee bad not been carried out in this measure. The Bishop of OXFORD considered any further legis lation unnecessary. Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition from the civil service at Woolwich, praying for the abolition of abatement on their salaries. The Smoke Nuisance Abatement Bill (Scotland) went through committee. On the third reading of the Transportation and Penal Servitude Bill being moved, The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed a clause to give power to deal with the sentences of convicts whose con ditions of servitude would require modification in con sequence of the operation of the present measure. . 'he E irl of AIRLIE, after stating the more promi- nent statistics of the question, inquired what steps her Majesty's Government were about to take for the useful continuance of transportation ? The Earl of H..i [MOW BY said there was much diffi culty in the proposed course. Might not a more lengthened term of imprisonment be suggested as an im provement After some further conversation, the bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTBRDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Mid-Stissex Railway, and the Guistiniani'a Oath bills were read a third time. The Caledonian Railway . (Lines to Granton) ; York and Youghal Railway ; Ely Tidal itirbour and Railway; Hamilton and Stratbaven Railway ; Ipswich ',V ater ; Newcastle-under-Lyme and Leek Roads ; North- Eastern Railway (Lauchester Valley Branch) ; Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway ; Shrewsbury Gas ; South Staffordshire, and Dartmouth and Torbay Railway Bills, were further considered and ordered to be read a tbird time. The Scotscraig Estate Bill was read a second time. SALFORD BOROUGH (No. 1) BILL. Mr. CLAY moved that the bill be re-committed to the former committee. Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of and against the Oaths Bill, in favour of Mr. Headlarn's Medical Re form Bill, against the abolition of Church Rates, from the Dublin Roman Catholics praying than one oath only should be required from Roman Catholics and Protestants ; against the Testamentary Bill ; from Scotland for a comprehensive measure of reform ; from the medical officers of unions praying for a redress of their grievances ; i❑ favour of the Fraudulent Trust bill, and praying for its extension to Scotland ; for an alteration in the Civil Service Act, &c. ORDNANCE SURVEY'. Sir D. NOR RE ITS gave notice that ()n Monday next be shou:d put a question to the Under Secretary for War relative to the large Ordnance Survey Map. ADULTERATION OF FOOD Mr, SCHOLEFIELD gave notice that on Thursday he should ask for leave to introduce a bill to prevent the adulteration of food. (Hear, hear.) HARBOUR OF BROADFIAVEN, &c. Colonel SYKES moved fur a copy of report of Capt. Bedford, of the lOyal Navy, to the ..A.rltniraLy, upon the harbour of Broadhaven and bay of Wick. Agreed to. ST. STEPHEN'S HALL. Mr. WARREN asked the Chief Commissioner of Works when the statues of Pitt and airke were likely to be placed on the vacant pedestals in St. Stephen's Hall ? Sir B. HALL said that the statue of Pitt would he Placed in St. Stephen Chapel this year, and placed opposite Fox ; that of Burke was less advanced, and he was unable to state when it wouH be ready. • WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Colonel GILPIN asked the Secretary of State for the Rome Department, whether any intention existed on the part of the Government to introduce, during the Proi!ent session, a bill for the purpose of est abli,hing morouniform system of weights and measures through out the Country ? S ir Or. GREY said that no bill had been prepared by Government, but a bill bearing on the subject was intro duced last n4bt by but he had not the hon. member for Staffordshire, yet seen its provision. Col. FRENCH gave notice that on Monday h shuld put a questio n to the Governm en t relative to the e ac o m• modation to be provided in Hyde-park for memb ers o f v alour on Friday n cxt . that house, when "her Maje s t y di str i buted the order of On the motion for th e adjo u rnment of the hou se till Monday, - - D ESIGNS FOR PUBLIC e OFFICES. r t L t ektincnis s i oner o f Lord ELCHO as k ed th • Thr Works if the exhibiti on in weaa a i ovi r Hall a the de public after gns for the the decis i on o f f the w jud g eel : e tc Op e e n n ab t l e o t t h h e e public to compare tbose designsthat. received with those that did not ? (Hear, hear.) ved priz es Lord J. MANNERS asked when t he decision o f the judges would be made known ? Sir B. HALL said that, from the arrangements in ,, de for th e recept i on o f th e mo d e l for the Wellington ta ,„ - lu meet it would b e impossible to do what wa s asked. i tt ; expected to rece i ve the decision of the judges by the 25th, and when the exhibition of models was opened he in. tended to place round them those designs to which the judges awarded prizes. (Hear, hear.) . . - GENERAL VALUATION OF IRELAND• Mr. GROGAN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it were the intention of the Govern ment to make any change in the mode whereby the expenses of carrying on the annual revision of the general valuation were at present raised ? The hon. and learned gentleman entered at great length into details relative to the question. He considered 1 that the people of Ireland had a right to _call upon the - - THE SUN, LIONDON, SA TURDAY EVENING, JITNE 20, Itrongly manifested itself against theoutrage t which they had denounced as a violation of the law of nations. Mr. HADFIELD made an appeal on behalf of the Probate Bill, and expressed nfear lest its fate should resemble that of its numerous predecessors. Viscount PALMERSTON assured his hon, friend that it was the full intention of the Government to press forward the bill, as they hoped, to a successful result. With regard to the matter to which the noble lord oppo site had called attention, he was bound to say that the transaction was one which must be characterised as a very violent and cruel proceeding. It was, however, authorised by the Government of the United States, though whether they meant it to be carried out with such severity as took place, or whether the officer (who, he believed, was a distinguished and honourable officer in the United States service) mistook his instructions, he could not say ; but he was hound to state that the severity which was exercised reflected no credit on the Government which ordered or on the officer which exe cuted it. But the question which her Majesty's Govern ment had to consider was the international law which bore upon the point. Nov'? it was an unquestionable prin ciple of international law, that when one Government deemed it right to exercise acts of hostility against any part of the territory of another power, the subjects or citizens of a third power who might happen to be resi dent in the place so attacked had no claim whatever upon the Government which in the exercise of its natural right committed those acts of hostility. When, for in stance, it was deemed necessary by us to destroy the town of Sebastopol, although there might have been there Germans, Spaniards, Portuguese, or Americans, none of those parties had any ground whatever upon which to found a claim either upon the English or the French Government, for compensation for the losses they might have sustained. Those who went to a foreign country must abide by the chances which might betel t hat country. If they had any claim at all, it must be upon the country in which they were ; but they had cer tainly no claim upon the Government which thought it right to commit the acts of hostility. Her Majesty's Government had therefore been advised (and he thought rightly, that British subjects had no grounds upon which a claim could be made upon the Government of the United States for compensation for the injuries which they had suffered in that attack upon Greytown. They might think that that, attack was not justified by the cause which was assigned for it ; but we had no right, as an independent State, to judge of the motives which might have actuated another independent State to assert rights or to vindicate injuries which its citizens or subjects might have been supposed to have sustained. There was nothing, too, in the relations between Great Britain and Greytown which gave us an exceptional right to interfere. Greytown was a part of the Mosquito ter ritory, which was under our protectorship. That was a protectorship which carried with it an obligation to pro tect the country from conquest, but it did not give us a a right to interfere in any disputes which might arise between that country and any other. There were two sorts of protecterships. There was one of the kind which we exercised over the lonian Islands, where no thing was done except by the counsel and advice of a British representative. In a case like that, where we were responsible foreverything done, we were entitled to require redress for any injuries, and to vindicate any at tack. Not so with regard to Greytown. Greytown was administered by a self-constituted and self-elected muni cipality, consisting of Americans, Englishmen, French men, Italians, and Germane. They acted upon their own responibility, and they must therefore be considered re sponsible, and not we, for any dispute in which they might be involved. Well, there was a dispute between two rival American transit companies, one of which was patronised by the self-constituted Government, and the other by the Government of the United States, and out of the rivalry of those two American companies arose the transactions to which the noble lord had , referred. Com munications had undoubtedly passed between the Bri tish and American Governments, with a view to ascer tain what the intentions of the American Government were, and they found that the American Government rested upon that principle of international law to which he (the noble viscount) had adverted —their right, via., to take those measures which, in their judgment, they deemed necessary ; and they determined not to give any compensation even to their own citizens. He was not aware whether any demand had been actually made by the subjects of the other Powers, but it was known that teey did not mean to give any compensation to the French, Germans, Spaniards, or persons of any other nation who were settled at Greytown at the time of the bombardment. Her Majesty's Government, acting therefore under the advice of those who were compe tent to give an opinion, and acting also in accordance with their own opinion of international law, were not prepared to insist upon compensation for those who were unfortunate enough to have suffered from the bombard. ment. The noble viscount then proceeded to appeal to Sir D. Norreys not to press a motion which he had on the paper, with reference to the proceedings in commit. tee of supply. It was the intention of the Government to divide the vote into three parts which would enable them to adopt a better classification of the items. In future years they would endeavour to frame the esti mates so as to obviate the difficulties which had arisen. If that was not found to succeed it would then be open to the house to consider whether they could not devise a plan more calculated to give facilities to gentlemen who might wish to make objections. At all events he trusted that they would not,4ithout due deliberation, alter those forms of their proceedings, which were part and parcel of the system of conducting the business of the house. (Hear.) Lord LOVAINE said the noble viscount might be right in the legal exposition he had given of this Grey town case; but it was the first time in the history of civilisation that one nation should suddenly attack and destroy the property or another, with which it was at the time in a state of profound peace. At the time the attack was made on the house of the English consul the British flag was flying, and the house was destroyed with the perfect knowledge that it was under the pro tection of that flag. Certainly, the language of the Go vernment in this matter was very different from that they had held with reference to the Chinese dispute. (Elear.elt was, however a remarkable circumstance that whenever a power with which we happened to have a quarrel' was feeble, the Government manifested plenty of intention to vindicate the national honou r ; but when the power was really one which we respected, somehow or other a very different course was a....topted. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK could not help remembering the cas tigation to which he was subjec:ced on a recent occasion by the noble lord for hinting that the noble lord's go vernment had a tendency t o b u ll y the weak and to be subservient to the strop g. But what did the noble lord say now 7 He had pu', forward a plea which in its very essence was a disgrssce to the country. (Hear.) Grey town, he said, was under the protection of England. But what did le o mean by that word "protection 7" He said that we 'were bound to protect Greytown against occupation or conquest by a foreign power, but that we ought to allow any foreign nation to bombard it and reduce it to ashes. (Cheers.) Greytown had been colo nise:l under the protection of England. The people of Vels country, thinking that the protection of England was over them, colonised that town; they went there because they fancied that they carried the name and the immunities of Englishmen. (Hear.) Greytown, the noble lord said, was a part of the Mosquito territory. He (Mr. Roebuck) would bind him to that admission. On a late occasion, we had asserted our right to protect the Indians of that territory. We said that that was part of the honour of England, and if that was trua e of the Indians of Mosquito how much more true of the Eng lishmen who went into that territory thinking that the aegis of England was still over them. (Cheers.) Surely if ever there was a flagrant case in which we bad been subservient to the strong, it was this. (Cheers. The noble lord said that the bombardment was a cruel pro ceeding. It was more—it was a cruel dishonesty on the part of the American Government ; but were we to allow our subjects to be ill-used, because the A.merican Government was a strong power? (Cheers.) Suppose this had been done by China 1 (Cheers.) Suppose it had been done by Brazil, they would have had the noble lord rampant about the honour of the flag of England. (Cheers.) They should have mouthings about the British flag, and about the national dishonour from 12 o'clock in the day to 12 o'clock at night. (Cheers.) They had heard a great deal about the case of the lorcha in the Canton river ; but why did they hear nothing about the British flag at Greyto ven ! The British consul protested against the proceeding ; the British flag was flying ; but the consul's house was bombarded, and he was obliged to go out of the town on account of the danger to him self and his family. What he (Hr. R iebuck) wanted to see was the British Government not bullying the weak, but alike to alle—jest, honest, and merciful. (Cheers.) Mr. BENTINCK characterised the conduct of the Government in reference to this matter as extraordinary. He declined to discuss the question of international law, but concurred in the remarks that had been made of the bullying conduct of the British Government with re fereuce to weak countries, and their shrinking from de manding reparation from powerful countries when the British flag was insulted. He fully appreciated the de sirableness of continuing at peace with America, but be could not approve of the want of determination on the part of the Government to resist insults from. the United States Government—(bear, hear)—and expressed an opinion that the Government bad not given the real rea sons for their conduct in this matter. The course of the Government with regard to insults to this country was more likely to lead to war than to maintain peace. If insults were submitted to, there would one of these days be some great outrage against the country which would make war absolutely necessary. The ATTORNEY GENERAL fsaid if the law 0f6. 1 cers of the Crown had seen that there was a case for a demand for satisfaction and compensation, they would have advised the Government to make the demand. They had, however, seen no such case, and in that they were supported by the law officers of France, and France could not be accused of truckling to America. As far as America was concerned, she bad over and over again complained of the strict manner in which this country watched every act of America with regard to our de pendencies. Allr. DISRAELI —I am not surprised, though the interval has not been inconsiderable since the outrage was committed and this affair took place at Greytown, that at last it should be brought before the atten tion of the House Of Commons. We should have been wanting to the people whom we represent, and to the honour of the country which has been appealed to, if it could have been passed ever in silence. But shortly after it occurred this country became,involved in a struggle of almost unsurpassed magnitude and importance, demand ing all our attention and energy; and this may be offered as a reason for our not having before discussed this ques tion. We are much indebted to my noble friend for hay ing now reminded us that we hale a duty which had been left unfulfilled. If I bad had any doubt of the great expediency of the motion of my noble friend, that doebt would have been removed by the observations we have heard from the noble lend the First.Minioter. They ap. . - pear to me f• be unsatisfactory an - I unsound, and if they indicate the spirit in which our relations with the United States are for the future to be managed, I do not think that the prospect is one of which this country has any reason to be proud. The noble lord has to-night given us an exposition of those principles of international law which he thinks are called into question by the incidents before us, and the Attorney-General has endeavoured to enforce and establish a view which I cannot help think ing, from the similarity of their observations, be must himself have inspired. Sir, I cannot have the arrogance to contend with the learned Attorney upon a question of international law ; but I may, perhaps, be permitted to make a few remarks which will at least indicate the rea sons why I receive with some hesitation the conclusions at which he has arrived. The learned Attorney particu larly and gradually limited his views to those principles of international law which are established in Europe, But we have to consider to-night the application of those principles of international law in America. (Hear.) The noble lord, also, following the same view, adduced the case of Sebastopol as o ne s i m il ar to the blockade of Greytown. Copenhagen and Sebastopol, then, are the two precedents which are to justify this infamous and unjustifiable outrage. Why Copenhagen and Sebasto pol were two fortified towns. Greytown was not forti fied. I always thought it. a principle of international law that it is not legal to bombard towns that are not fortified. (Cheers.) I always thought it a principle of international law that where there are authorities esta blished which have neither military nor naval resources it is not legal for any other state, without a declaration of war, suddenly to come forward and make a foray of the description which we have now under our considera tion. (Cheers.) But even if that view cannot be esta blished, are there no other circumstances of difference between the case of Greytown and the cases of Sebasto pol and Copenhagen Greytown is under the defence and the protection of the English authorities ; and I cannot believe that the house will accept for one mo ment the distinction which the noble lord made between an inert and an active protection--an inert protection which is to submit to outrage and injury, and an active protection which is not to be justified by an insult like the one under consideration. Here is a case—a British subject whose rights have been attacked, whose property has been destroyed, when under the " active" protec tion of the government of England ; and now we are told—three years having since elapsed—that no redress can be obtained because the outrages and injuries which have been inflicted and suffered were not contrary to the law of nations. But if th e case was so clear and the law was so evident, hoivis it that her Majesty's Government, and not merely her Majesty's Government, but the go vernments of other countries, took at the origin of this affair a totally different view of the case; Why did they make representations to the Government of the United States, observing that it was an outrage of the law of nations, if the law was so clear, and the power of ob taining redress was so closed to them as they now state ? The learned Attorney endeavours to defend himself by referring to the instance of France. He said, could France, a high spirited nation, a nation prone and proud to interfere under any circumstances when the rights of her subjects and the honour of the country are con cerned, have been silent ? But, in the first place, let me observe that Fra ea was not the protector of the Mosquito court; sod in the second place, let me ob serve that France as interfered ; that France has repre sented this outrage to the Government of the United States ; that France has demanded reparation, and is at this moment deaanding reparation, for the outrage. What, then, becones of the precedent of the learned At torney? Now, let the house remember that it is exactly three years since the bombardment of Greytown took place. I will not trespass long on the attention of the house, though I fancy there are few present who do not feel that this is a tuestion with which we all very inti mately sympathise. I will not abuse the attention of the house; but three years after this event, on the 16th Feb. 1857, through the kindness of Capt. Erskine, the officer in command of theßritish squadron, a memorial was ad dressed to the Secretary of State, Lord Clarendon; and that memorial is vritten in a manner so temperate, in a manner which, whist it shows confidence in her Ma jesty's Government is at the same time desirous not to embarrass the Government unnecessarily in their at• tempts to obtain riperation and redress, that I cannot refrain from readirg the description it contains of the outrage committed:— "May it please ;our Lordship,--We, the subscribers, British subjects praeatly resident in Greytown, take the liberty of addressingyour lordship in reference to that dis astrous and well-kncwn catastrophe of the 13th of July, 1831, when, in a tine of profound peace, and without any provocation whatever on our part, Captain ' Hollins, of the United States corvete Cyane, after making unavailingly a fictitious claim and itterly unjust demand upon the com munity of this city t) an amount of money, also, which, at the same time, it world have be en u tt er l y i mposs i b l e for it to have furnished, )roceeded to bombard our homesteads, our warehouses, andahops; and then, not satisfied with the mischief thus wrougit us, gave orders to his men to pro ceed systematically rom house to house, from one end of the town to the (War, setting them on fi re , t o th e u tt er destruction of our stetter, our clothing, our furniture, our merchandise, and eierything mo vea bl e we possessed ; and this, too, in le midde of the most inclement month of this climate, when the forest that closely environs this town had become an impassable marsh. The mere statement of so sudden and awfn a calamity befalling under such cir cumstances, an entin community • the knowledge th a t th e aged, the women, tie children, thei sick were, within a quarter of an hour (liven forth shelterless amid the tropi cal torrents which ciaracterise that month, appears to us to render entirely suierfluous and misplaced any attempt to describe, not only tilt sufferings thus occasioned to the in habitants, but the atrocity also of those who caused them. We are aware, moreover, that this frightful act has become known throughout Christendom, and that on every occa sion on which reference has been made to it in public prints or public addresses, in Anerica as well as in Europe, such reference has unanimously been made in terms of the se veaest reprobation and tle strongest disgust. We should be at a loss, therefore, toconceive why the representations we have formerly been ccastrained by the deplorable straits to which most of us hay( been reduced, to address to your lordship, have hitherto remained fruitless, were it not that we are well aware not only of the gigantic efforts our country and her allies hat made to bring the late war to a saccessful conclusion, bit that since that fortunate event affairs—both in Europe end America—have been so situ ated, and international mestions of such deep import have arisen for discussion as t, have called for the exercise of the mental energies of your brdship and all other statesmen iu distinguished positions, .n a degree almost unprecedented. But now that peace agan prevails in Europe, and that a solution of these international questions has happily been attained, the time appeas propitious for our again ventur ing to recall to your lorfship's consideration the afflicting predicament to which w, are reduced—and from no fault of our own—by the atmious act of an officer of the United States, and from whicl, during the last two years and a half and more, we and Jur families have remained strug gling and almost despali ng . It is in this view, your lord ship, that we once moss entreat you to take into conside ration the great and I c/Ig-endured hardships of our case, and to procure us suehrelief and redress as to your lord ship may appear most luitable." I ask, is it possible anappeal more temperate, more for bearing, more consideate could be made to the house ! The memorialists are ionscious of the great evens pass ing in Europe ; they ero.cognisant of the mighty strug gle going on ; they ar3 aware of the great efforts which Englishmen, therefor t , forbear to press th e case on t h e oaknenit! ; and these unfortu na t e and do not urge the solu ttGihooenvGeorofnlt:hreenngtpuaeetnstttihoaanrte rVi making so deeply affects them, be cause they do not deamre to embarrass the Government. Now, when peace cones they ask for reparation and re dress, but not before. We are told, however, that the Government of the Trotted States have adopted the con duct of their naval °Meer, and that they will refuse to listen to this appeal. I say, let us see the correspond ence on that table lefore I come to any conclusion. (Hear.) 1 have too treat a confidence in the Govern ment and in the peolle of the United States to believe for a moment, until be proved to me that they would identify themselves Vith the acts of the commander of that corvette, that they would not feel and express that indignation and disgust at his atrocious conduct, which I believe has been felt in every part of the United States, as well as in every part of this country. (Hear.) But after three years spent in waiting patiently the solution of the difficulty, what is the answer the memo rialists receive from the, Secretary of State ? I will read it to the house. It is dated Foreign-office, June 3, 1857, and it is directed to the gentleman who last signed the memorial : " Foreign-office, Jane 3, 1857. " Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to ac quaint you, in reply to your letter of the 29th ult,that his lordship has received and has under his consideration the memorial which you drew up on the 16th Feb last, and which was forwarded to this department by Captain Erskine, of her Majesty's ship Orion, on behalf of British subjects inhabititg Greytown who sustained losses when that port was banbartied by United States ship of war Cyane in 1854 ; snd I am to state to you that, judging from tho answer wlich the United States Secretary of State returned on the26th Febuary last to a note of the French Minister at Washington, urging similar claims of French subjects for conpensation, Lord Clarendon is of opi n i on that an application to the United States' Government on behalf of British claimants would not at present be of any avail. "I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, " J. S. Beil, Esq." " G. HAMMOND. So it appears that in last February the French Govern ment, who, according to the learned Attorney-General, had not interbred in the matter, were, on the contrary, urging on tbeAmerican Government to afford reparation for the wrong that had been done to French settlers in the case, The ATr OANEY-GENERAL—I said they had not insisted, Mr, D ISRA.ELI—Not insisted, but urging. Where is the differenc e ? (Hear) I infer that the French Go vernment were using all their influence and exerting all the means at their disposal to obtain redress for the sub jects of the French Emperor. (Hear.) I am urging her Majesty's Government to do the same. But they say they have no ground for interference on the footing of international law. Now, let me call attention to this dispatch. If it be the opinion of her Majesty's Govern ment that neither on the footing of international law, or of national honour, or of policy, are they bound to inter fere on behalf of these English settlers, why did they not answer the memor i a l in a temperate, reasone d di spatch, in which t h e grounds of their refusal should be clearly and candidl y stated ? They did nothing of the kind, however ; on th e con t rary, t h e y s h e lt e red them selves under th e ga b erdine of the F renc h Mi n i stry and of French policy, and held themselves excused from exertion because another Government had failed to pro duce any effect. There is not on the face of this dispatch a single allegation of wrong against the memorialists— not a hint of a denial of th sir statements—not a sugges. tion, even, that their claims were illegal, impolitic, or im possible. On the contrary, it may be fairly inferred from it that their claims are just—:that they have been rightly urged—and that they ought to be redressed. (Hear.) That, sir, is a shabby way of dealing with such a ques tion. (Loud cheers) The m 3morialists had not even the satisfac ion.of knowing thm st their claims bad been taken into consideration by the it own Government, after all their patience and forbetv ranee—that the Govern- 6 ment regretted their loss, but were prevented from seek ing redress for it by the stern principal of international law, and that had it not been against them on that ground, the proud p licy of this country would have procured them the redress they demanded and deserved. (Hear.) But, sir, I deny the position of the Secretary of State in this matter, when he lays it down that the subjects of the French Government are in the same pre dicament as respects redress as the English settlers in Greytown. There is a broad distinction, indeed, be tween the case of the French and the English sufferers —a distinction which it is not in this house to overlook, and which I defy any diplomacy to reduce or reconcile. The position of protector which England holds to that country makes the difference in the claim one of im mense.importance in favour of English subjects. (Hear.) Bat nevertheless, though that position exists, we have the French Government urging on the Government of the United States the claims of French subjects, while her Majesty's Government refuses even to make a re monstrance in favour of English subjects—(cheers)— because, the French Government, according to this dis patch, had applied last February. and had not received a satisfactory answer from the United States Govern- went. (Hear.) In the whole annals of public affairs in this country I believe such an answer, on such a sub ject, was never given by an English Secretary of State to English subjects. (Hear, hear.) N, twithstanding, however, the assertions of the noble lord, I do not de spair of redress for the English settlers. Now that the tumult of war has ceased, and that the struggle in which this country was engaged is over, the opinion of the country will be brought to bear upon the sub ject ; and whether it be by the act of the English Government, or by the spontaneous generosity of the United States, I believe it to be impossible in this 19th century that reparation should not be made, and redress be obtained, for so great an outrage and so cruel a wrong. Lord J. RUSSELL—I rather expected that one of of the occupants of the Treasury bench would have got up to answer the right hon. gentleman than that he should have to do so himself. Ido not agree in respect to all the points at issue in this matter with the Govern ment ; but I do think that they could not, under the circumstances, act in the manner in which the right hon. gentleman seems to have expected. (Hear.) What are the facts of the case t We have the conduct of an officer of the United States Government in question—conduct which that Government have adopted. They have avowed that the instructions which they gave to their naval officer authorised him to proceed to the bombard ment of Greytown in the event of the satisfaction de manded not being afforded. If that be the case, and there seems to be no doubt it is se, I cannot see what other course her Majesty's Government could take than to apply to the law officers of the Crown for the purpose of ascertaining what redress could be obtained for British subjects treated so cruelly as the English settlers had been treated. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor• General, I am given to understand, stated in reply, that this being a belligerent proceeding autho rised by the American Government, it was not compe tent fur her Majesty's Government to require redress for the injuries done to British subjects in consequence of this proceeding, at the hands of the Government of the United States. They compare the case with that of the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, and state that had any American citizen then resident in Denmark suffered from that bombardment, if the United States Govern ment bad come to the British Government for redress, the British Government would have been fully justified by international law in refusing such redress. (Hear.) I see no reason tb doubt the accuracy and soundness of that opinion-(hear) —and that opinion having been given, I do not see how the Government of this country could proceed to demand redress. Or if it was refused, I do not see how, with this opinion in the port folio of the Secretary of State, they could take any fur ther proceedings consistently with the observance of the law of nations. This being the case, a mere formal demand for redress which could not be enforced would have been inconsistent with the dignity of this country. With regard to the damage done, therefore, the Government could only say what the ?Thole world said, that the demands of the American Government were unjust and unfounded. and that they had been carried into effect with great cruelty and terrible atrocity. (Hear.) There is one point of the case, however, in which the course of the British Government has not been quite clear, viz., the firing at the British flag on the house of the British vice consul. (Cheers.) Teat the flag was fired at there seems no rea son to doubt. The American captain might say, "I was ordered to bombard the town, and I did so. In doing so I could not distinguish one house from another; and even if I could, it was not in my power to prevent this house from suffering in common with others." But such an al• legation could not have any weight ; for as the cage is stated in the memorial—and I see no reason to disbelieve that statement—after this wanton and cruel bombard ment ceased, American sailers were landed from the American ship, who set fire to the different parts of the town, and among others, to the house of the British vice consul. If, then, this be the fact, setting aside all ques tions as regards pecuniary redress to individual sufferers, I say that an insult was offered to the British flag for which explanation and redress should have been immedi , ately demanded. (Hear.) I shall not enter on the case of our conduct towards China, so often referred to in this discussion, though I hold that our conduct in the case of China has been so flagitious, so contrary to every senti ment of justice, that I hope the British Government and the British nation will never again be found to sanction such a proceeding or suffer it to be carried out. In this case, however, I think the Government should have re quired explanation. (Hear.) As regards the motion by the hon. member for Mallow, I believe this house has arrived at that point when it is essential to make Rome change in its forms ; and I should think it advisable therefore to concur in any resolution which would alter the rules and orders of the house as regards the estimates. But I confess I should like to see the Government origi nate a committee on the subject without waiting for the next year, and I think it is a matter well worth inquiring into, inasmuch as, divide the items in a vote as much as may be, I cannot but conceive that the difficulty may arise again. I am content to•go'on now with the supply; but, I repeat, that I would be' better pleased if the Go vernment had originated some change in the form of the proceeding of the honse in respect to the estimates this session. Sir D. NORREYS oonfes , ed that he was in such a state of confusion as to the subjects which he had to dis• cuss that he hardly knew what to say. Lie should pro pose that each item should be put separately when they were in committee. Mr. WILLIA MS seconded the motion. The SPEAKER said the only wag in which the motion could be put was by way of amendment to the motion that the Speaker 1-ave the chair, and it must be put in the form of an instruction to the committee. Mr. HENLEY thought it was a subject which should be referred to a committee to inquire into and decide on. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the existing rule had prescription in its favour, having been adopted in 1675, and the late Speaker said the more he considered the existing rules of the house the more he was convinced of their good sense. Mr. CROSSLEY thought it would be better to refer the matter to a committee. There could be no doubt that the existing form was a most defective one. Lord R. GROSVENOR understood that there was no objection on the part of the Government to refer the matter to a committee, and that was the best course to take. He would therefore suggest to the hon. baronet to withdraw his motion. Sir D. NORREYS said if the Government would con sent to a committee he would do so. Lord PALMERSTON said that as it was the wish of the house, he would move for a committee for toe pur• pose. The motion was then withdrawn. The house then went into committee of supply. A vote of 39,601/. wa4 proposed for royal palaces, &o. SirJ. TRELAWNEY proposed to reduce the sum by 4,500/. for a house for the royal equerry. - Unless he received a satisfactory explanation he should divide the committee on the bill. Sir B. HALL said the house was quite necessary for the equerry, and it would include a riding school for the whole of the mews. Mr. ROEBUCK thought the whole ought to he struck out. The Government ought to be ashamed of proposing such a vote. Sir J. TRELAWNEY thought St. James's Palace ought to be abolished as a palace, and devoted to the war department. Mr. BRISCOE thought the vote was praiseworthy. Mr. WILLIAMS said such estimates ought not to pass that house. One of the items was 2,9001. for im provements of the apartments in St. James's Palace of the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and others. Was not that item a disgrace ?He should move that the whole vote be reduced one-half. He wished to ask who occupied Bushey-park and Frogtnore, and to whom the proceeds of the stocks from the Hampton Court paddocks went ? Sir B. HALL Raid Bushey was unoccupied, and the Duchess of Kent occupied Frogmore. The young stock at Hampton were the property of the Queen. Mr. WILLIAMS said he should move that all these items for palaces should be reduced •ne half. Sir B. HALL understood the hon. gentleman to say that he would allow one half the sum estimated for re pair. The result would be that they would have to come for a grant to do more expensively what might have been done cheaply and properly at first. The hon. gentleman let fly at Hampton Court. (A. laugh.) He said now that the people had no sympathy with Hampton Court. Now he was there last Monday, and found the rooms full of people who came to see them, and he should like to know what the people would say to the Government if they were to shut up the Hampton Court Palace ? He had alleged, also, that the apartments were given to people who had no claim on the public. That might have been the case formerly, but now the Queen had taken the matter in hand, and the apartments were assigned to the widows of deserving officers in the army. He be lieved they would have saved money if these palaces had been properly rep i aired long ago. Sir J. V. SLIE LLEY wished to know whether, if the hon. member for Lambeth came home from a meeting or an excursion dirty and dusty, he *mall think it wise to wash one side of his face to-day and the other half to-morrow ? (Laughter.) Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew the amendment. On the vote of 60,3861. for public buildings, Sir J. TRELAWNEY inquired why the National Gallery and the reading room of the British Museum were not kept open for longer hours. • Sir B. HALL replied that the reason was that it was considered unsafe to have them lighted up at night. Sir J. TRELAWNEY said the difficulty might be got over in another way, by opening them on Sundays. They bad heard to-night that Hampton•court was open on Sunday, why not libraries also ? Another question be should put was, why the screen could not be taken down at Burlington-house ? It was not a handsome object, and mischievous in a sanitary point of view. It would heard, 857 be well to remove it, and let the public.see the building, wb;oh was a fine work of are. Sir B. t 3 ALL. tboug;it the public could not see much that was worth looking at if it was tAken down. It would only (xpose to view the stables. After some discussion the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 75 731/. for maintaining and keeping in order the royal parks, Mr. BENTINCK agreed in what had been said about the impropriety of cutting off portions of estimates unless there was some reason for it, and therefore he wished it to be distinctly understood that in what he was about to: say he was about to endeavour to establish a principle. He coal not see what an extraordinary emergency there could be in a vote for the paving a fish pond, for which there were a series of items amounting to 11,9851, of which a very considerable portion had been spent. It could not fairly be said that this was an outlay for sanitary purposes. It was for ornamental and luxurious purposes, for purposes of enjoyment—the enjoyment of the people, certainly, but still the lives of our fellow subjects and the honour of the country were even more important objects than these. There was the most nig gardly spirit shown by the house in matters of great na tional importance ; and the greatest extravagance in matters which were not of quite so great importance. (Hear.) Again, it was unfair to make tie people of the whole country pay for the support for the enjoyment of the people of London alone. (Hear.) Sir. B. HALL said that as to this vote not being solely for sanatory purposes, it was quite true that it would have other besides sanatory results, but the sa natory objects were there for which chiefly done. It was absolutely necessary in a sanatory point of view. There had never been anything more successful than this work. There was not a gentleman who, if he had a park with a lake in such a state, would willingly allow it to remain BO one day longer than it could he helped. *He trusted that they would give him credit for the best motives even if some of them might have been mistaken. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY complained that these esti mates had increased by one-third within the last two years, and this year 42,000/. had been expended on parks. He asked why Government had not put the expense of the sawer from the lake to the Horse Guards in the estimates last year, the work havi❑g actually been executed in 1855 ! There could he no emergency, as the house had voted 8001. for it in 1855. Toe authority of Parliament was entirely set aside in that matter. He had given notice to move the reduction of the vote by the amount of 3,4001., the sum thus spent without authority. Sir B. HALL stated why this sum did not appear itv the estimates of last year s but was not distinctly heard. Mr. PJGOTT said the Government spent too much money on these matters in one year, and people who Lad not the advantage of living in London and enjoying these parks did not like to be so heavily burdened for them all at once. Mr. H. BERKELEY was one of those that spent a great deal of time in London, and was very much ob liged to the right hon. baronet for cleaning out the dirty fish pond, a sanitary measure, fur which he returned thanks to the right hon. baronet. Mr. K. SEYMER referred to the question as to the cows in Hyde park, in which he was by no means satis fied. It had been said that there was advantage in hav ing cows there, as it gave a supply of milk ; hut he be lieved that some milk was brought to town by rail, and the water companies supplied plenty of water at a reason able rate, so there was no fear of the supply of milk. Mr. SLANEY thought they ought to be grateful to the right hon. baronet for the improvements in the parks, and not to grudge this sum for purposes so beneficial to the poor. An HON. MEMBER thought the right hon. baronet bad shown great taste and judgment in these improvements, but questioned whether they had been carried out with a due regard to economy. The lodge at Cumberland-gate, for instance, had co-t 1,3091, and any gentleman might have such a lodge as it was set up in his park for 3001. Sir B. HALL took great interest in these parks. He was in some of them every day, and did all he could to curtail the expenses, and thought the money had been made to go as far as it could be made to go. Tne quan tities had been set out and sent to five builders, and that was the lowest estimate. He had done everything by contract and by tender, and that was how he had ac complished so much. Sir W. JOLLIFFE hoped the hon. gentleman would not divide on this motion. He thought the measures had been taken with great judgment and propriety. Mr. BLACKBURN hoped the amendment would be withdrawn. An hon. gentleman opposite hail an amend ment against the vote for Battersea-park, and here the forms of the house stood very much iu the way. He did not object to the maintenance of existing parks, but he . . did think the whole country ought not to be taxed for these parks for London. All other towns paid for their own parks, and so ought London. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the reduction of the vote latr 17,0001., to bring it to the average of the last five years. Mr. BENTINCK withdrew his amendment, as the sense of the committee was against it. Mr GROGAN inquired whether it was true that a toll was to be charged at the bridge which would form the access to the park from this side of the water ? Sir B. HALL said that park was made under an act of 1847, which also sanctioned the building of the bridge and the charging of a toll. Unless the house would pass an act to repeal that of 1847, he did not see what course could be taken but to charge the toll. Mr. ALCOCK protested against a toll being imposed on Chelsea-bridge. If such toll were imposed it would create another Rebecca riot. The commatee divided on Mr. Blackburn's amend ment to reduce the vote by 17,0001. Fur the amendment • Against it Majority Mr. DILL WYN then moved that the vote be reduced by 8,069/,, being the amount required for Battersea park. Sir B. HALL said this was a park belonging to the State, and, of course r the State must maintain it. Sir J. SHELLEY said it was a preposterous ano maly to have a toll-bridge leading to this park. Ii there was a clause in the act for a toll, that clause conk+ easily be repealed. Mr. HENLEY said that, if the bridge were thrown open, it would involve at no distant day the removal of the tolls at Vauxhall and Battersea. Mr. TITE said there was a large amount of surplus land which, if the bridge were made free, w.iuld largely increase in value, enough tndeed to pay for the b r id ge . Sir B. HALL said the land was 121 acres of surplus land, which now would fetch 26,000/. .. 66 ~ 210 • -144 The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. MACKINNON asked what was the object of erecting a new lodge at the Marble-arch when 200 of the inhabitants had petitioned against it Sir B. HALL said the petition merely stated that public conveniences were not required in that locality. (Loud laughter.) The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. THE ROCHDALE ELECTION, The SPEAKER inquired if Peter Johnson and John Lord had been served with the order of the house ? Toe Sericeant-at•Arras said both bad been served, but only John Lord was in attendance. _ _ On the motion of Sir G. GREY, Peter Johnson was ordered to be taken into custody. John Lord was then called in and questioned by the Speaker as follows : It is stated that Abraham Rothwell was offered 501. to go to New Orleans, and that you were present. Have you any explanation to offer L , rd—l never attetopced co to induce him to go. SPEAKER—Have you anything further to say I I did hear him say if he wished to go he would pay his outfit as far as 501.—that was the whole thing I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that the matter should be referred to a H elect committee. After some conversation upon technical points con nected with precedents, and the course of procedure to be adopted, the motion was agreed to. The ATTORNEY GENERAL then moved that Johu Lord should be ordered to attend the committee. Mr, CHEETHAM said information which had reached him rendered it necessary that John Lord should be placed in custody, and he moved as an amendment that he should be so taken by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Sir G. GREY thou,ht some doubts might fairly he entertained as to the policy of such a course after the statement made by Lord at the bar, and especially as the other party charged had not atteeded to the order of the house. _ . . Mr. FITZROY said no decision had been come to as to the guilt of Lord, and it would therefore be an ano maly to place it on record on the journals of the house that he had been taken into custody. Mr. HORSIVIAN said that so far Lord had been guilty of no breach of privilege, and they could not therefore order him into custody. Mr. I. BUTT took a similar view of the case. After some further conversation, the amendment was withdrawn. . . Mr. I. BUTT then moved, as a new amendmeni - , that ' Lord should be recalled to the bar, and fur her ques tioned, is order to see whether he had been gui,ty of a breach of privilege or not: Mr. CHEETHAM said he bad been anxious to put a further question to Lord, but did not now wish to do en. At the same time, he could not but regard with suspi cion the fact that Johnson had gone out of the way. probably never to be seen again, and thought it likely that Lord would also get out of the way. Mr. ADAMS supported the amendment. After some further discussion as to the; probability that Lord would voluntarily attend the con:mitt:le, the house divided— For the amendment .. Against it 97 Majority —ss The amendment being lost, the original motion was agreed to, and Lord was ordered to attend the committee. The committee was then appointed, and Lord and Rothwell were ordered to attend the committee at one o'clock this day. The other criers of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter-past two. 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The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the valuation of Ireland to which the hon. member had referred, was introduced exclusively for the county case, and as it did not accord with English law, an exception was naturally taken to it, and although an improvement on the exist ing law it was imperfect. That continued until the Poor law act, when it was found necessary to alter the valuation for the purpose of the Poor-law assessment in Ireland, the Irish Counties and Town Lands paying for it the same as parishes in England for the assessment of local taxes. The right hon. baronet proceeded to explain what had been done by the Government in producing a gee graphiCal survey of one inch to the mile at the expense of the Government, and said that if the local valuation referred to was not complete it could be appealed against. It was a question for the house whether there ' should be local annual assessments in Ireland. He saw no reason why the Government should not avail itself of these local assessments of Ireland as well as those in England for general national taxation. He could not accede to the Exchequer giving a contribution towards the Irish local valuation. Colonel FRENCH said if this were an open measure the people of Ireland should have the nomination of officers, and not the Government, to do what was re quired, and call upon the grand juries to pay the ex penses without an inquiry. He asked the Government to let the Irish manage their own affairs, which would 'be more satisfactory to the people of Ireland than Go vernment interference. SERVICE OF OFFICERS IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. W. EWART inquired of the Under Secretary of the War Department, whether there would be any ob jection to print hereafter an amended copy of the return made this session relative to the service of officers in the Crimea, in consequence of the accidental omission of certain names in that return I Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the' omission of names referred to arose from the working of the order, and a supplemental return had been ordered, containing the names of the omitted officers, and as soon as it was ready it would be laid on the table of the house. Mr. SCOTT called attention to the non-return of Orders of the Bath granted since 1854, and asked when it would be ready? THE SLAVE TRADE. Sir G. B. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether it was intended to increase the number of cruisers for the suppression of the slave trade on the Ceast of Cuba ? Sir C. WOOD briefly replied, but he was very inati dible in the gallery. He was understood to say that it was the intention of the Government to increase the number of vessels on that coast. Lord PALMERSTON is reply to Mr. Scott said that be would make inquiries relative to the non-production of the return referred to, and cause it to be laid on the table of the house as soon as possible. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. ROCHDALE ELECTION. General THOM PS 'N presented a petition from John Newell, stating that Abraham Rothwell, a witness necessary to support the petition against the sitting member had been offered, by one Peter Johnson, 50. to leave for New Orleans. Tne gal lant general moved that the petition be read at the table of the house, and that the house take the necessary measures in such cases. The petition was accordingly read by the Clerk at the table. General THOMPSON then moved that Abraham Roth well and John Newell be ordered to attend the house forthwith. The motion was agreed to, and the Sergeant-at- Arms with the mace escorted John Newell to the bar of the house. The SPEAKER—You state in the petition that has been presented to the house in your name that the evidence of Abraham Rothwell is essential in the case of the Rochdale Election Committee ? Is that so ? Mr. Newell—Yes. Sir J. GRAHAM rose to order. Mr. Newell was then ordered to withdraw. Mr. Newel then withdrew, and Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the evidence should be taken by a short-hand writer. Agreed to. On the return of Mr. Newell, The SPEAKER-0n the 12th May you state that you caused Abraham Rothwell to be served with a war rant requiring his appearance before the select com mittee in the case of the Rochdale petition ?—Yes, sir. The SPEAKER—And you state that Abraham Roth well on the day stated that Peter Johnson, a beershop keeper of Rochdale, did on the evening of the 18th June offer the said Abraham Roth well 501. to set off for New Orleans for the purpose of evading the committee ?—lie did, sir. The SPEAKER—Then this is all you know about the matter ?—lt is. Lord PALI4ERSTON—What answer did your in formant tell you he made to the proposal ?—He said he was dissatisfied with the offer, but that he thought 100/. would not he too much. (Laughter.) Lord PALMERSTON—To prevent the witness giving an answer ?—Yes. Andrew Rothwell was then called in and questioned by the Speaker. He detailed the conversation between him and Peter Johnson, and his promise to meet him to t night at nine o'clock to receive the money. By Mr. FITZGERALD (Attorney-General for Ire land)—Where does Johnson reside f—At Rochdale. Ii he in London ?—Yes. • Where can he be found l—ln London to-night at nine o'clock. The witness was further examined, and rtated that the object of giving the money was for him to keep out of the way and not give evidence before the Rochdale election committee. After the offer he went home, wrote it down and gave it to Mr.Newall to-day about two o'clock. 1 He had bad no communication with Mr. Johnson to-day. 1 By Mr. WA RREN—Johnson said he had the money in his pocket ; a person named Lodge was present, and beard what passed. The offer was made in a house near Falcon-square. The witness after answering some other questions put by the hon."tnember, withdrew, Lord PALMERSTON moved that Peter Johnson be ordered to attend the house forthwith. Lord J. RUSSELL proposed that the other party should be also summoned. Lord PALMERSTON : One at a time. On the motion being put, Mr. MACA.ULAY said he had heard the man at the bar state a charge of misdemeanour against Johnson, for which he might be prosecuted, therefore the ques tion could not he put to him whether he was guilty or not except under compulsion. He doubted if they could in law or practice put such a question to Johnson. He asked if it was a proper course to adopt ? Sir G. GREY said that by the standing orders they were " to proceed against offenders with severity," and he supposed the house would not do that without giving Johnson an opportunity of explaining his conduct. The motion was agreed to, and a similar motion was made and agreed to, that Lodge be forthwith ordered to attend the house. THE BOMBARDMENT OF GREYTOWN. Lord C. HA.MILTON then rose to ask what steps her , Majesty's Government bad taken to obtain compensa tion for the British subjects residing at Greytown whose property was destroyed when that town was bombarded in 1854 ; and if it would lay upon the table of the house copies of the communications that had taken place on that subject with the Government of the United States. He said some persons in New York formed a company called the Transit Company. This company obtained on certain terms a piece of land which speedily became covered with buildings. Not content with this piece of land they were constantly asking for large grants, though they refused to fulfil the conditions on which the first piece of land was granted. It appeared that the Go vernment at Washington appointed a gentleman to re present them at Greytown, and this gentleman was con nected with the company. The consequence was, that he was constantly promoting squabbles between the com pany and the local authorities, and he went so far on one occasion as to withdraw from the local authorities a per son Who ',lad committed a murder. The authorities had no power co resist the encroachments of the company, and ',bey resigned en masse, and requested the British consul to carry on the government. The Americans then busied themselves with getting up cases - of grievance. These were not submitted to arbitration, but the ipse dixi4 of the American was taken, and claims of compen sation were made for alleged injuries to American pro perty. The local authorities could only remonstrate, and the American consul said he had referred the mat ter to the Government at Washington. Nothing was heard of the reference till on the 12th July, 1854, an armed corvette arrived in front of this town, and the captain sent a message to the authorities, that if they did not pay 24,000 dollars within 24 hours the town would be bombarded. The authorities drew up a pro test, as did also the British vice-consul, and these pro• tests were sent on board the corvette. Within the 24 hours the corvette began to bombard the place, and continued so to do until they had fired 250 to 300 shells into this unresisting town. Not content with that the captain landed e. body of men, Who destroyed what re• rosined of the town, and among other property set fire to the residence of the English vice-consul, who had his flag flying at the time. Thisaccount was not frornßritish residents only, but the French and the Italian residents drew up a similar account. In consequence of this out rage the whole population were driven to take shelter in the neighbouring forest. This transaction took place three years ago. No attempt as far as he could learn had been made to offer any explanation, still less auy compen sation. He had told the house that a number of fictitious claims were made by the Americans, but that no attemp was made to suomit them to aroitration. In the meac- [ time a document bad fallen juts the bands of some of the partie% which showed that these claims were mere pre tences. It was a letter written by Mr. White, the agent of the Transit Company, addressed t[l the A merican re presentative at Greytown, as follows : " Captain Hollins—[the officer in command of the cor vette]—leaves hers next Monday. You will see from his instructions that much discretion is given to you, and it is to be hoped that it will be so exercised as not to show any mercy to the town or the people. If the scoundrels are 2 " 4 ( 11 5 - Punished we can take possession, and build it up as a business placo, put in our own officer, transfer the Iti ti:iction, an people know the rest. It is of the last impor ••nee that th of the town should be taught to fear us. Punishment will teach them, after which you must agree with them mato theorganisation ofe the:government." That was the statement and he asked the noble lord if any steps had been taken to obtain compensation? One word in favour of the United States government. He believed . that thep were not originally cognisant of what was goag to be carried on in their name, but they had involved themselves by no t punishing the perpetrators of t h e otth - age. Public opinion in the United States hid ~~r Mimi 111111.1111111 Country Markets'. LIVERPOOL-JUNE 19. To-dsy there was a moderate attendance of the trade, and the operations were confined to passing requirement for c , n , umption. Those who were obliged to buy had to pay the full rates of Tuesday last for each article of the grain trade. Best American white wheat sold at lOs 5d to 10s 3d ; best red 9s 3d down to Os psi.- 701bs for common' Indian corn, 39s to 39s 6d per 401bs and Ohio, Balti more, and Philadelphi a fl our 32 s 6d to 33s 6d per barrel, according to quality. WAKEFIELD-JUNE 19. We have had a tolerable show of wheat in to-day's mar ket ; there is a t,ood demand for fresh wheat and fully 2s per qr advance was give on the ates of Frid. Other kinds hal for a sitnilar n advance, r but a limited ay demand' Beans rather dearer. Other articles as before. Average prices of grain —Wheat, 62s 2fd ; 3 , 1)3 3d ; oats. Ns 7d ; beans, 43s 64d ; peas, —s ; rye, —s. Od. EXETER—J UNE 19. CORN.—Whoat, 7s 9d to 8s 6d ; barley, 5s to 5s ' 9d, grindinc , do., 0- Od. to Os Oil. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6 ' Beans, Os 0 , 1 to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 46s Od to 47s Od ; seconds, 41s Od to 451 Od per sack. CATTLE. Bes t was a large supply of bullocks. " a beef, from 10s to 118 6,1 per score ; inferior, Os 6d to 11s P!' score ; fat calves, 5d to 6d per lb ; barrel-men, Os Od to e: Od. per score ; cows and catveP, 121. to 20/.1,s ; butche7. calves, Od to 7(1 per lb., rearing calves —s to 8 each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; e wes. to 61d ; wethers, Od ; lambs, 7?-i to Od per lb. Fig s ' large size, —s to —8; second sin, —s to —s ; slips,lb. to —s ; suckers, —s to -- s. Rough fat, 4-0 per ' Pork carcases from Os 6d to 108 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—JUNE 19. The market has been quiet this week, and the tratet, tions since our last are chiefly confined to about 300 h 6 at Barbadoes and 250 hlids. Trinidad and Jamaica; at a b°' , l , former prices . Refiners' produce has been more fre e. ", dealt in, and all the goods ready for delivery have bc e ; cleared off at steady rates. For rum the demand is rA tbe ' quiet. U.—JuNE 19. the close of the market. Wallsend, /¢s. 0 4. Lambton l6 South Iletton 17 Tees l7 Kelloe 1 6 . Lumley 15 Stewart's 17 South Kelloe l6 Haswell 17 ITrinadon l6 Heugh Hall 15 ! Whitworth l5 Harton • Helton l7 ;t, 82 ; sold, 57. COAL SARK Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. Bebside's Hartley 10 0 Hastings' Hartley _l6 01 North Percy Hartley l4 61 Walker Primrose l3 3 ranfield Boor Butes 14 3 Haswell Gas l3 0 \Vylam Lougricl,ge's Wst Hartley 16 0 Htl'pool West Hartley 16 0 'OTallsend, &c. Northumberland l4 6; Wharuelitfo l4 6 Eden Main l5 6 Ships at market COURSE OF EXCHANGE. -YESTERDAY• msterdam ...... 1 1 Is Ditto, three months .. 12 14 Rotterdam 12 Gibraltar ...... . 2 9 114 Lcgnorn •• •• •• •• '• • 2 5 Sb Genoa ........• •• •• •• . _ Antwerp ,• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 55 lilian •• •• •• •• •• ... •• •• ...„ , Brussels .....• ........ 25 55 Venice•••••••••• .....- 40 lamburgh ............ 13 8% Naples •• •• ... ...... ••• 0 83, Altona - •• .• •• •• • • •• •• • • Palermo •• • . '... 129 PSTIS•• •• •• •• -. 0 •• •• •• •• 25 32% Messina •• • ••• Ditto, three months .. 25 72% Lisbon .. .......... .• •" wi Marse , b ;IS .............• 25 75 Oporto ..............•• ...• Bourdeaux ....• ........ .. 1 Rio Janeiro •• •• •• Frankfort-on-Maine .• .. 119%Buenos Ayres.. ‘• •• •• •• I ... Berlin ................ • • New York,6o days'sight Vienna.......... •• .... 10 54 Philadelphia z of, trie5te........•• •..... 10 35 PRICES OF BU L LI ON, o .f. 3 1 0' rit ~ 9 etersburg ............ 37 Foreign Gold in Bars 0 ' , Tadrid .........., .... 48% IPortugal Gold Coiti •• 0 0 0 Cadiz Bnr , elonn .......... 49•';8 Mexican Dollars 0 - l New Dollars .... • , 0 0 Silver in bars - LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19. 00,c 1 STOOL EXCHANGE.—The market has improve",: e for closed this afternoon with a very steady aspect at t' d ,iref lowing rates :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che-bir! 70$ —Blackburn, Bh—Eastern Counties, 114-1/3 0 101 I and Yorkshire, 101 A —L on d on an d N or th Westernz —no. ( t i shares, new), Bs. 9d. d —Sheffields, 454 11 -- „ i lands, 84t—North Eastern, 23 i—South Eastern, South Eeastern, 22 /1— Dutch Rhenish, Trunks, 154—Oriental Bank, 84 prem. MANCHESTER, JUNE 19. 1 ,ig13 0/ STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market closed at the quotations of the day, after a fair amount o f busi" t io ! Gloat Western of Canada, 23 1-16—Eastern C 171. 10 11 13-16 i—Sheffields, 45; 5--Dovers, 22 9- 16 ,,gRbe A 11-16 I—Warrington ant Stockport, s}—Dutch D O' s, nish, 2d.—Blackburns, 8 4—London s, db BlA—Grand Trunks, 154—Leeds, 101 1--Ditto, F, Cheshire Junction, 701 1. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 19. .„ s rlfe i STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices were firmer in this w-bot to day, with a fair amount of business doing. Birmil o rtit Canal, 89—Crystal Palace, 21. ls. 3d.—London and Western, 104 i—Midlands, 83i 41. THE FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT NEAR THS — O . 61. ' MEws, Pimmoo.—Thursday an inquest was h e ld O ,V , George's Hospital, Hyde Park-corner, before Mr. 'al ford, the coroner for Westminster, on the body of Sare . s Soan, the lad who was killed on Tuesday morning s ay carriage driven furiously from the direction of the Qu e ir Mew -0, Pimlico, towards Buckingham Palace. Th e quest was until day . ttec INTRODUCTION ourne OF TH ti Tuesday next E ALPACA SHEEP INTO TRALIA.—Mr. Titus Salt, the eminent manufactu re ol Salo.ire, near Bradford, has succeeded in introdOop, the valuable Alpaca sheep into the colony of Sout h 001 tralia. 'the wool growers of Australia have made floe attempts to accomplish this object, but thejealoul a ils Peruvian Government (in whose country the ae.i ca 4 to only found) has hitherto opp o s e d s uccessful barri e '', t oto toe prject. Mr. Salt, who was the first to demon` l o ts that the wool of the Alpacca could be worked 11 , 0 30 a woven fabric, had succeeded in obtaining 3 pO O , flock of the animals, and had naturalised thee' 1 , al a farm near B ra df or d. H e b a d a l s o a& c of Angora goats, a n d a fl oc k o f sheep, the vje° ot er which is very valu a bl e , b e i ng so ld a t th e ra te of ler e lb. Some months ago Mr. Salt cons i gne d a nubAd each to an agent at Port Lincoln, South Austrahe'ritoe on the 15Lh of March they were all landed i n P e a 0 condition at Adelaide. They were th en ce shiPPgi et Port Lincoln, with the view to their being Fl ac- Afte r Tiatakia, in the neighbourhood of Port Lincole•k„t the the arrival a t Ad e l a id e one o f th e goa t s died, u' as re , t r , tained their health. The wool of the alr-,1 is exceedingly valuable, and is in increasing demenicit,' the worsted districts. The weight of a fleece is 94: the be from ten to twelve pounds, and in its raw std °rod price per pound varies from 24. 61. Should the e ic l ; Troli s animals thrive and increase, the advantage to Au,s,egla will be immense, inasmuch as a new staple of ree'-':'000 will be the result. Port Lincoln, where the exPerdoc; is to be tried, is understood to possess peculiar e rop oi taxes. Its soil is stony and bears but a rcantY L e o beeP grass, but it yields a variety of bushes, of wbion ao rdh are very fond and on which they fatten. In a few," in its climate, the aridity of its pastures, and tu ° the nature of the ground, it very much resembles P ere, e habitat of the alpaca. t og tt [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The great injury inflicted ou 3 33 valids by drugs increases the interest the public take / a joill a Barry's Revalenta, Arabic' Food, which cures without 133 e indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, ne . '' bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumptill,:. debility. We quote a few out of many thousand on 4„, O f cure:- by this delicious food :—From the Dow age r Colley" Ire' Castlestuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Dol' o tle laud, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of ; o r, stuart feels induced, in the i n t eres t of suffering hunla. l) 7 13F state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica 'oo bi l° j cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigesti oet do great nervousness and i rr it a bility o f many years' etn ire, This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and — g rf considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be ob e- 1 ° ; answered. —From the Venerable Archdeacon of /W s ' io 0 / 32,836.—Three years' exc es si ve nerv ou snes s, with pain s lito neck and left arm, and general debility, which renderea:,ltte very miserable, has been radically removedbyDußarll! De ree: Asteringfood.—ALux. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Sk i o rs supported by testimonials from the celebrated Profl: o 49! Chemistry, Dr. Andrew tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. ; , fr oo; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. l' i jotl i Lord Stuart 'de Decies; the Dowager Countess 0f ~c t sb , f stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other roe" o tl , ' all pe e persons, whose health has been restored by it, after es , o means of cure had failed. For further particulars r o of in; this invaluable food our readers are referred tot' l advertisement in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. 13' On the 18th inst., at Hastings, the wife of Will i° Young, Esq. the On the 17th inst., at Moray-place, Edinburgh , of Captain Balfour, late 7th Dragoon Guards. OF A DAUGHTER. -ry On the 18th inst., at Sydenhatn, the wife of P-e - Phillips, Eaq, o f r On the 17th inst., at Norwood , Surrey, the Wi fe Tapling, Wood-street, London. OF A SON. MARRIED. ote• to Jane, eldest daughter of R. ' 11 On the 18th inst., at St. James's Church, P° lref fi tre/' fp% BE p h : g e l a n . ,r , ao e vf k l e Gt. e ot square,e o s e r o - f v Charles a ee . H e_ to On the l Bth inst., at Christ Church, Righburf ' a ro, E. hi'Leod, Esq., of Guildford -street, Russell-s 4 PrEks-q:irdofenie°74ll;il° ' Anne Sarah, the eldest daughter of Mr. Kerridget ° bard-street. fri O en n d t , h l e v. l s o% c i h n o s i t. e , y suddenly, at .t the r l os io i li d a e ra n c :4rr ei ' f 1 , " Sir J n a t m he es i, E t y h r i e n , B 1 1 I . ; p li I : r. George -. 9°65 1 ' aged 62. Ou the 19th inst., at 9, Royal-crescent, ~,ii.; Mary, the wife of Herbert Turner, Esq , BO 31 Guards (Blue). . gici‘oolll On the 18th inst., at 11, Ely-place, William aged 76. O f ; oss, ... On the 17th inst., at 1, Florence-place, Newer o p IV ul . Jackson, of Cornhill, and late of CanonburlP 50. ~..e sl ee, On the 2d of April last, at Sydney; New South y jer Clifton Baillio, third son of George Baillie, Esq. , ° viswoode. -- - -- - ...„ 6, vti l "' LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO -,- Ni' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottie: o l to ti NottioftPoro 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e of Middlesex, Saturday, June 2Q, 1557. DIED. • ICE Ari Pure PAX at SWEETINC bile, City. tADEN the nee coat two gu'ne ` 4llo r, 57, Lent GREAT RAILI FRIDAY, t . ngton Statior 44 ...tigers p alekhoff or C Lhnerick Junc either of the ab t he 10th of Ji Fares there and At the Limerli for Killarney, s econd class. ST. JOB NOTICE 'early DIVID t he shares of e t aY, the 26th o 11 . I) ted) betwee ividett4 may the 224 inst., a for examinatio 8 , Tokenhou: pitovE oma Thomson , ery d s , i c a l r r a : .411 y. 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