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EVFINIIb47O EDITION. teetion not to investigate into the supposed murder of this aged Priest. The French Consul and a person known as the determined enemy ef the Jews throughout .3evia, aecordingly, on meeting with a Jew pale and trembhies, at their approach, immediately seized him, and draggs.l the unhappy man beforethe Pacha, and subjected him to torture to extort a confession of his guilt. When th's was found to be unavailing, they seized their wives and children, that they might wring that from their finer feelings of our nature, which they could not force from the firmer. At length a Jew was found, who, in the extremity of agony, was induced to assert that he bad been employed by seve ral weal' by Jews at Damascus to murder the priest, whose body was alto wards cut in pieces and thrown into a wa cr course, the clothes being burned, that thus every trace of the murderer might be destroyed. This charge against the Jews of Damascus was on the face of it 83 improbable that it was wonderful how Count Rattee Mattce could in the face of Europe venture to assert it.—(Cheers.) The Hon. and Rev. Gentleman then referred to the Mosaic law, and elo quently argued the impossibility of a nation who were even required to withdraw the blood from the paschal lamb, employing that of a human being in sacrifice ; and morever the improbability that if they could have been in duced to commit a crime so atrocious, they would have se:ected their victim from a class b y whom his loss would have beers so speedily remarked and so rigidly inquired ileto. And then, what was the species of evidence ? 'There was not the least positive evidence produced, the whole of it amounting to the circumstance that Father Thomas.) was seen walking towards the quarter of the Jews, and was never seen to return. But what proof was that that the Jewish barber had committed the murder—what that the wealthiest of the Je shad shared i nse t had The priest disappeared—,ant. Supp he been mur. dered—was it not probable that his servant had seen money in his possession, and had thought it an excellent oppor tunity of despatching his aged and defenceless master, and decamping in the dead of the night. The valuables had been removed, and the servant had disappeared, and was it not far more likely that he bad committed the murder tlt<Tl them—or if he bad an enemy in the city, they knew how exceedingly light human life was reeked of by the Tut ks ; how readily they would take the life of a Christian or a Jew, and how readily they would endeavour to fix the ac cusation of the crime on the Jewish community. The con fession was, that the body had been cut into small frae ments and thrown into a water-course. Surely there would be some traces of it found ; and that not being the cese, it is clear that the whole was nothing but a calumny, resting upon assumption, wiLlnout any tittle of evidence—without any witnesses being examined, while every slanderer against them was eagerly listened to. Surely it was not unreasonable to pronounce, even at that geographicsl dis tance, that the whole was an invention of those that hated them.—( Hear, and cheers.) But if it was asked who it was that hated them, he grieved to say that they were those who bore the Christian name. Had they been those who bowed down to idols of wood and stone, and who did not profess to believe in our S ivieur, he should have felt equally for his Jewish brcth r n ; but he would cot have experiencd the deep-Adt shame the!. it had beer. perpetrated by those who bore his sacred rivers.—( Hear, hear ) It was because Christi- nity should b.s vin Mated from such 3 crime, that the name of .fesus sheelsi not be he:d up to the world as capable of sanction ieg such coneuct. that he felt it his duty to join his voice I wish :hem, avid express li:a detestation of the charge as unfieended end malevolent. lie believed the effect of these urjust accusations which had been so loug felt at Damascus would not rest there. For five months the poor Jews of that city had waked in terror and had lain el ,we in alarm, fearing for themselves and their children, wiee were in the hands of a despotic Government, and eutf ring under the ch rge of an accursed crime, by which the svesc held up to the whole Eastern world as perpe trate ro elan offence from which their whole nature revolted. M. Pierity had informed them that at Jerusalem tile Ro m Greeks, and Christians were already lookime with suspicious eyes upon their Jewish neighbeurs. Utterly false as the statement was, it had the effect of truth amongst en easily excited people. Let them remember that the w e e k. Jewish ccmtnunity had the stain attached to them, th a t they murdered men at the Paschal F.-sties', in order to make them unleavened bread with the blood. Let them recol:ect that riot only in the East, Lot in Christendom, or the streets " of Paris, blood bad been she!, and a man had been torn to pieces by the flash, b,-cause he was supposed capable of poisoning the y,,dis with arsenic at the time the cholera prevailed ; and in the East, one of their own countrymen, for having inset - Ay patted the checks of'a rosy child, under the info tem of popular excitement, ha 4 vengeance inflicted on him oil the spot. Now, when a populace, more igno rant and degraded than in the lowest of the European ;'agog, was thus wo , ked upon, they could easily imagine 1707 , their Jewish brethren were persecuted and t-rtured. —( Hear, hear.) It was their duty, then, to hasten to re- Fereethe it sorrows and to spread the shield of British homanity over the defenceless.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") 'Flute present would rejoice to think that their exertions would rrjoie,c the heart; of those who were in mourning, end would bring comfort to every trembling heart. As Chiestiane and good citizens they had done their duty. GENTLEMAN in the middle of the meeting wished to s , he a very few words beim e the resolution was passed. He believed that there was not another Christian who keew so much of the Jewish customs and ceremonies as he del He had read all their books, he has' stood by when the preparations were made for all their ceremones, and be would stake his professional character upon the fact, that in no one of their ceremonies was one drop of blood of yoy kind necessary. S ,me interruption took place from those behind the Gseriernan not being able to hear him TI e - CHAIRMAN hoped the meeting would give every on- a bearing who cffered himself. Tee Hen. and Rev. B. NOEL hoped the gentleman would have a fair heating, for his statements were ver) isrp: rant. The GENTLEMAN knew the value of time, and would not detain them longer than to repeat that as soon as a Jew tatd a drop of blood he was no longer a Jew—he might a, ones put en the turban of the Mussulman—be was not oile minim-at longer a Jew. He would, in the language of Sh.kspeare, say that the charge made against the Jews we s " A lie e a foul and wicked lie."--(Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. WIRE said, since the meeting began he had re ceived a letter of apology from the Members for the City for their. non-attendance. Sir Matthew Woe(' was engaged in the Court of Aldermen, Messrs. Crate and Pattison were locked up in a Committee. room in the House of Commens, and Mr. Crawford was con ehled from illness. Thu Court of Aldermen had pre ea wed the members of that Court from giving their at tendance, but he was happy to say that several of them Imel now arrived, and so also had the Lord Ma) or and T::0 LORD MAYOR then took the Chair amidst loud enaering. Mr. O'CONNELI, then rose, and was received with loud cheering. One or two persons had the bad taste to hiss, but the only sffect of it was that it elicited continued i:heerieg. He said he could assure the meeting that the resolution he had to propose 1493 one of so simple and plain -a nature, that it would not be necessary for 1.i.0 to inflict a speech upon them. It was vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for calling the meeting, • t) Alderman Thompson for pi eliding over the meet irea He believed it was then his duty to sit down.— ( Cries of " No, no.") Well, then, he had another duty .to perform—it was to express the opinion of even an humble .itiiitvidual like himself. On earning into the room he had ▪ r handed a paper which promised a book of reasons far alishelieving the charge made against the Jews. Could sae; e Lie any necessity for reasons? He believed it to be d'ete:edly and manifestly false. He thought the case was eeakened by arguments. Every feeling of nature—every feciiug of humanity contradicted the foul, the murderous _charge. After the testimony which had that day been so ct.iply borne to the moral worth of the Jews of England, was eassait a human being so degraded as to believe that they ;mal.'er human blood a part of the preparations for their 4 .,,-„, noL i e3 Was not the Hebrew exemplary in every sclation cf life ? Was not be a good father, a good son ? Did they -riot make good mothers and daughters —were they not firm friends—(Cheers)—were they not honest and industrious? They were wealthy, and in a country idle this that could not be without industry, all their lives !proc. - sd the utter impracticability of the charge brought kc pinst ti;cru —( Cheers.) It might be said that all that rniptht apply to the Jews in this countiy, but that in Da m, sous there might be found some of an inferior stamp, who were :capable of committing the clime ; there was but one answer to this attempt at staking a distinction, the calumny was against their re glom Calumny put him in mind of the saying of the t::::(1, —that although he was ugly and venomous, still there was a jewel in his head that redeemed him. So calumny, however odious it might be, had a redeeming spo: which vindicated the truth, and made the calumny itself plain to the world. The Hon. and Learned Gen slaman proceeded to complain of the injustice of which the Jaws at Damascus had been the victims. Of their innocence lie could not for his part entertain the slightest df,ubt. The crime with which they were charged was of a nature too - incredible to be admitted even for an instant ; and the only proof which had been produced of its ex .istenee, was the evidence c.f a wretched man from whom the torture had extracted a confession on which no reliance could be placed. It was not on such evidence as that honest men could be convicted of the most unnatural crimes. Let them suppose for a moment that the system of putting witnesses to the torture were applied in Eng land, and let them think of the consequences to which such a practice would lead. Let them imagine that on evidence so extorted some of the millionaires then around him were loaded with fetters, and subjected to sufferings the most cruel—let them suppose these things, and he would ask if there was any one in that meeting who would not indignantly protest against proceedings so revolting. But their sympathies should also be extended to the un happy Jews of Damascus, and be would call on them as Englishmen to raise their voices in behalf of the victims of an atrocious oppression. Let one cry run from end to end of Britain's Isle—(Hear, hear)....and if they wanted an Irish shout—( Loud cheers and laughter)—they should have that also. Mr. Wooavanuta ATTWOOD seconded the resolution. He agreed in the feelings of those who had preceded hi,n, that it was no small honour to take part in the proceedings of a meeting like the presets!. While it was their privi lege, it was also no less their duty to vindicate from impu tation the Jewish religion, and therefore it was that he had come forward to aid in the present proceedings. Ile trusted that the effect of the present meeting would be, that the opinion of the country would be expressed upon the subject generally and loudly, and that the Government would not hesitate to take such measures as would effec tually settle the subject. 'Fhe resolution was then put to the meeting, and was carried unanimously. The Loan MAYOR returned thanks. He could assure the meeting, with sincerity and truth, that it was with the greatest pleasure that he had called the present meeting ; and he Mt that the atrocities that had been committed o3i,ht to be put a step to. ."-Taa Alderman TtromesoN also returned thanks. He tlionalat that the result of the present meeting would be •o raLe slid a feeling in the country against the atrocities thht had been committed against the Jews, that the per. petratcrs of it would he hrouLiht to ju4ticc. Tue muting t.,.paratcd i tiortly aier five o'clock. IMPERIAL PA IMAM EN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jur.r 3. The Royal Assetit wai given by Commi46ion to the 11)1- lowincr Bills : The' Sugar Duties BM ; the Timber Duties Bill ; the Glans Duties Bill; the Prisons Act Amendment Bill; the Frivolous Suits Bill ; the Rating of Tenements Bill ; the Colonial Passengers' Bit; the Ayr Waterworks Bill; the G!asgow Poor-rates Bill; the Scotch and lush Poor-rates Bill ; and several other Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, rnd the Earl Clarendon. The LORD CHANCELLOR resumed his seat on the Wool sack at Eve o'Clock. _ The Earl of ROSEBE RY presented a petition from the Presbytery of S:rathbogie, praying the House to take such measures as they msv deem necessary fur the protec tion of the rights of the Church of Scotland. The Earl of ABE RDE Laid, they did not come to this House as petitioner, but rather as negotiators with the Legislature. He denied that the petition was sanctioned by the Goneral Assembly. Lord R A VENSWORTH presented a petition, but from the ow tone in which the Noble Lord spoke, we could not hear from what place, or for what object. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from three individuals in favour of the Chimney Sweeper.' Bill. „.... meet wutticl ee thA the CommiK,iurers perfoimed Ibex dutio. in a mare -- • The Marquis of NORMANDY said he was not aware of any instance in which the Pt.o--1-iw C:.rrunisionerA had nut recorded fads submitted t their notice. a , ,d he thought if there had been tileh they wouid hate been brought under the notice of tee F once. The E al of G LENGA LL said the present mode of ad minialering the l'o T-laws in Ireland icgoi;ed • After a few words from the Marci,is of Norroar.by, the Earl of Fingal!, and the Marquis of Westmeath, the mo tion was withdrawn. The Huse then adjourned at Half--ast Eight. Also, another from a larg e meeting held at • Montr , .se, signed by the Chairman an d the greater number of them, praying that all persons confined for political offences, be released from co. , finement (as we understood); and a petition from an int.;ividual named Crabtree, at present confined in Wakefield gaol, for having attended a seditious meeting, complaining of severity of treat ment, and praying for a mitigation of punishment. This petition had been sent to him (Lord Brougham) by a person not prone to believe such statements, and though he (Lord Brougham) could scarcely believe them, lie fzlt it to be his duty to present the twtit;on. The Marquis of NORNI A NBY sad he would imme diately make inquiries into the truth of the allegations in the petition. Lord BROUGHAM also presented a petition from Bridgewater against the Corn-laws. HEALTH IN SCOTLAND. The Earl of HA DDI NG TON understood from the pub lic newspapers that the English Poor-law Commissioners had receved instructions to examine in a similar manner to that which had been done in Eugland, into he causes of disease among the poorer classes in the various towns in Scotland, and the best modes of preventing it. Now though he thought this a very desirable inquiry, he aid net think the English Poor-law Cammissinners the proper rerzons to whom it should be intrusted. He moreover thought an inquiry in Glasgow and EJinburgh would be sufficient for the purpose. He, moreover, thought it would excite in Scotland a feelin2- of apprehen sion that the G.oernment were ab.;ut to interfere with the Scotch system of Poor-laws. He, therefore, asked whether instructions had been sent, and what those instructions were, and whether the Commissioners had any power to inquire into the working of the S,!otch Poor-law system? The Marquis of NORM ANBY explained the circum stances attending the origin of the inquiry in England. and s,id it had been requested by the Town Council of Edir,burgh, that the Commission should extend to Scotland, and shortly afterwards a petition to the 53111 C effCet came from Glasgow, upon which he (Lord Normanby) thought there really was a desire that the inquiry should be extended to that country, upon which he was induced to extend it. It was not intended that the inquiry sh:;uld be at all connected with the Poor-laws. There was no doubt instructions had been issued from the Treasury, and he trusted the result of the inquiry would be as productive of benefit to Scotland as it Lad been to Eng land. 110 USE OF COMMONS, JULY 3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'Clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The House was summoned by the Yeoman and Usher of the Black Rod to attend the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given to certain Bills (for which see Lords' Repo-t). On the return of the SPEAKER he enumerated the Bills which had received the Royal itsent. FARNHANI RECTORY AND CHAPELS BILL. On the reading of the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Farnham Rectory and Chapels Bill. Captain PE C ELL said be had a petition to present againt the Bill. The object of that Bill was to compel the proprietors of estates in the parish of Farnham to con. tribute to the expenses of six or seven parishes in the neighbourhood. The Bill would certainly be advantageous to the Bishop of Winchester and the Archdeacon cf . Surrey, but it would be injurious and unjust to the lessees who held under the Church of Farnham. It was not a proper measure for that H.,use to entertain. The objects were such as ought to be comprehended in a gene. rat Bill. In the absence of is Hut. Friend (Mr. Ag. fionby,) he had no other course left than to move as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time this day six months, unless the Right Hon. Baronet would consent to postpone the measure until his Hon. Friend should 11.1 able to attend in his place. Sir R. H. ING LIS couldiee no reason for the post ponement of tit,. Bill, and he should Oppose the amendment. Mr. HAWES supported the amendment, and denied that the Archdeacon of Surrey made any sacrifice in his acquiescence in the Bill. Mr. G 0 ULBU N supported the Bill. Mr. I'. DUN COMBE contended that this Bill ought not to be introduced as a private Bill. It was a Bill to regulate church pr perty, which he held to be public pro perty —(Cheers.) Hon. Members might just as well call the Ecelesias,ical Courts Bill a private Bid as this mea sure.—( Hear. hear.) He opposed fire seclnd revling. Mr. JERVIS opposed the second reading of the Bill. He said it would opt rate with great injustice to the pre sent lessees, who had paid large awns for their leases upon the faith and understanding that their leases would 1),! re newed. Without at all impugning the motives of those who introduced the Bill, he must say that it was a dan gerous if not a pernicious measure. -• Mr. WARBURTON would put it to the good nature of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford Uni versity. that he would not press the second reading of the Bill in the absence of the Hon. Member for Cocker mocth, who was prevented from attending in his place by a domestic afletien.—( Hear, h..ar.) Sir H. VERNEY supported the second reading of the Bill. Mr. HUME agreed with his Hon. Friend, the Member for Finsbury, that this was as much a public Bill as the Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill, and ought to be dealt with in the same way. He wished the Speaker would favour the House by explaining why this Bill was brougLt for ward as a private Bill ? The SPEAKER said that when the Bill first came down to the House it came as a public Bill ; but when Ilk attention was brought to it,he perceived that it was decidedly a Bill of a local character, relating ac it did to the parson age and chapels.—( Hear, hear.) The only clauses which were of a public nature were those that related to fees. Mr. BAINES had received a letter from Farnham, which stated that the ebanks of the iahabitauts were due The Earl of H ADD INGTON said it was very satis factory to him to hear this Commission was not to tamper at alt with the Scotch Ponr-laws. It appeared to him that the known cleanliness of the Scotch character rendered such an inquiry less necessary in that country than in many others. After a few words from the Earl of ROSEBERY, the conversation dropped. The Earl of G L ENG AL L presented petitions from Ireland, praying for certain alterations in the Irish Poor law Act. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from Bury St. Edmunds, praying for the abolition of Church-rates; also a petition from Mr. A. Lamb, of Portland, praying. the House to address her Maj , sty to erect a break-water in Portland roads. The Nolde Lord recommended the latter petition to the seriou-1 attention of their Lordships. The E:rl of M INTO said, without expressing any opinion on the subject, the petition should receive the best consideration of the Government. The Earl of FALMOUTH thought a breakwater was equally needed at Falmouth. ADMIRALTY COURTS BILL to the Bishop of Winchester for introducing the Bill, lie was glad to have that opportunity of bearing testimony to the sati,faction of the people in a case in which a Bishop was concerned, as he was sometimes blamed fur having a prejndice against the Bishops.--( Hear, and a laugh.) Captain PECHELL said that he did not wish the BM to be withdrawn altogether. He only wished it to stand over until his Hon. Friend the Mernba for Cockerinouth, was ab:e to attend in his place. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, bat the House did not divide. On our readmission to the gallery, we found Mr. HUME addressing the House. He said that ho thought the alteration proposed by the 1311 was a fit and proper alteration; but he objected to the mode in which it was attempted to be made. This was an att mpt to dis pose of public property under a private Bill, and it was the first instance that he had ever known in which public property was attempted to be disposed of by a private Bill. Lord ING E ST RIE said that the Speaker had already The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the House should go into Committee on the Admiralty Courts Bill. The Noble and Learned Lord trusted that no opposition would bo offered to proceeding farther with the Bill, as the objectionable clauses in it. had been removed rmee..i.t..- had last come unier their Lordship's consideration. Lord BROUGHAM said, that since the Bill had last been before their Lordships, the most objectionable clause had certainly been removed by a vote in the House of Commons, ordering that no Judge of the Admiralty should hereafter have a seat in that House. He trusted that the flame rule would be extended to every judicial officer. He still objected, however, to the patronage given by the Bill. He would as soon see tl.e patronage altogether vested in the Judge, as that he should retain that portion of i; that he would hold in connection with the Executive Govern ment, which, in other times, and with other Judges, might give rise to great inelnvenience. With the present Judge he knew that that could never arise, but they should remembcr what might occur in times to conic with other. Judges and other Governments. He should wish to see the prohibition against Judges sitting in Parliament ex tended to all cases, and he must protest against granting to the Judge the exercise of any patronage. The Bill then passed through Committee. CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS BILL. decided the question. Mr. HUME said the Noble Lord was totally ignorant of the roues of the House, or be would not have interrupted him (Mr. flume) He (Mr. Hume) aas only arguing the question as to whether the Speaker's . ..opitileitoriam riga or eivong,.aad .fta ♦he Noble Lord had found f.tult with him . fur doing so, perhaps he vould Inform him what the rules of the House really were. His object was to ascertain how a Bi.l could be both a public and a private Bill. Lord DUNGANNON rwe to order. Hr said it ap peared to him a vet) , extraordinary and highly irregular course for any Hon. Member to argue a point decided by the Chair. The Marquis of NOR MANB Y fixed Monday next for proceeding with the Chimney-Sweepers Bill. POOR-LAW GUARDIANS (IRELAND). The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that he was sensible the subject to which he was about to direct their Lordships' attention was an everyday ono, and therefore he would be as short as possible. He had all aloog been opposed to tile introduction of the Poor-law into 'lreland, and had, in consequence, been accused of selfish views on the subject; but h could assure their Lordships that neither nimaelf nor the landed proprietors of Ireland were actuated by such views, hut that they thought and believed that it would fail in its object, and hitherto, he was sorry to say, they had been true prophets. In almost all in stances the Roman Catholic priests had interfered with great violence in the election of guardiacs, with a view of compelling the election of their own partisans in opposition to the landed proprietors. In some cases they had actu ally horsewhipped persons, in others they had gone about with mobs, forcing . the electors to fill up voting papers, and been guilty of such violence, that had not the people, more to the credit of their hearts than their un derstandings, abstained, on account of the sanctity of their character, from prosecuting them, they must have been made amenable to the laws.— ( Hear, bear.) In some instances they had substituted forged voting papers, and in others they had b?en guilty of violence in the open Court. In Cork, in Dublin, in Longford, and other places, occurrences of a similar nature had taken place. The Noble Marquis complained of the conduct of Mr. O'Connell, the returning officer of a Union in the county of Clare, who recommended the rate-payers to elect those persons only who were approved of by the priests. In the county of Westmeath equally objection able conduct had been pursued by Dr. Phelan, the Assistant Commissioner of Poor-laws. In reading a part of the cor ' respondence which had passed between him and that gen tleman he expressed a hope that the Noble Marquis on the Woolsack (the Marquis of Normanby) would not take ad. vantage of his candour._( Laughter. ) The Marquis of NORM AN BY—I can't promise tha'. —( Great laughter. ) The Marquis of WESTME ATH then read extracts from tette:a of Dr. Phelan for the purpose of showing that in fixing the boundaries of the Union of Castletown, Del vie, Drumchree, and Clonmullin, the Commissioner was influenced by a desire to serve the purposes of the Roman Catholic clergy. The manner in which the Irish Poor-law Act was carried out required the interference of Parlia meat. The liable Marquis concluded by moving for a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Poor-law Act in Ireland, and the mode of electing certain officers under that Act. The Marquis of NORMANBY contended that there was no ground fur entertaining the motion of the Nuble Marquis, or for disturbing the law which had so recently received the sanction of the Legislature. There were now 140 Unions in Ireland, and out of all these the Noble Marquis had only been able to discover 14 is which any complaint was made against the mode of election. He (Lord Normanby) was perfectly ready to meet the Nehte Marquis upon all the cases which he had put forward re specting the county of Leitrim ; but he considered that it would be a waste of time to discuss subjects upon which v ery imperfect information was before their Lordships. He admitted that there might have been forgeries of votes, but where they occurred they were investigated, and in two cases where the forgery was traced to constables in the police force those persons were dismissed. So far as the operation of the Bill had pi occeded, there was no rea -1 son to despair of its ultimate succe.s. (The Noble Mar quis then read several extracts from the correspondence which had paned between the Marquis of Westmeath and Dr. Phelan. the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner in the c , uttty of Westmeath. The acknowledgments of error on the part of the Marquis of Westmeath, which occurred I several times in the course of the correspondence, excited I considerable laughter in the House.) He trusted their , Lordships would not add to the many difficulties the Poor law Commissioners were centending with . by ca nsenting to the motion of the Neh'e M I The Duke of WELLIgGTON firmly believed their . Lordships ncver would have passed the 8.11 to localize as . much as possible expenditure, were it not to induce the occupers of land to take care of those unfortunate indivi duals, not only from motives of humanity, hut of economy. It would have been impossible to establish this system unless very strong powers had been given to the Poor-law Commissioners, which was accordingly done. And, in order that Parliament and the public might know what they did, they were required to keep a record of all their i proceedings. and it was, therefore, in the power of those who were aware of any grievances existing to require them to be recorded by the Commissioners for the information of tote Government and the country. But the Commissioners had not properly recorded the facts brought under tl.eir cognizance, and had thereby neglected their duty. How. Ise feared the motion of the Nob l e Lord wo uld at present s only cause c o . nf u si °lnf. thehe would Nobi ereco Marquis mm endhintconsented not now to press his mottoo . t o this, be hoped that before the next Session the Govern. The SPEAKER thought the Hon.. Member wits quite in order. Mr. HUME hoped the House would agree to postpone the question for one week for the reason stated by his Hon. Friend near him, and also because he had heard no prece dent brought forward to show how a Bill could be a public and private Bill at the saw time. HAWES said he did not propose going into Com mittec on this Bill, but be did not think it was too much 1 to ask for some slight delay. The question having been put fromlbe Chair that this Bill be now read a second time, Mr. HUME moved its adjournment to this day week. After some desultory conversation, in which Mr. Goal burn, Mr. DeiliLoo, Captain Pechell, and others took part, amidst loud cries of " Divide. divide,r. strangers were ordered to withdraw, when the cumbers were— For the second reading ... .... lB7 Against it Majority 126 The Bill was then read a second time. WARR'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of Mr. FRE S LIFIE L D Warr's Divorce Bill was reads third time and passed. GRANT'S DIVORCE BILL. Mr. FRESHFIELD moved, in this case, that personal service of the c, , py of the Bill, and the Order of the House, be dispensed with, and that the service of the smile on Mr. James Molyneux Taylor, the rgcnt of Mrs, Maria Theresa Grant, Le deemed good service. Evidence was then heard to show that the residence of Mrs. Grant could not be found. Mr. DUNCOMBE moved as an amendment that Mr. J. M. Taylor be summoned to attend at the bar of the House on Monday next. Mr. HUNIE seconded the motion, which, however, was eventually withdrawn. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the Howe at its rising should adjourn till Monday next.—Agreed to. Dr. NICHOLS wished to ask the Noble Lord oppo site if be intended to persevere in his intention of exclud:ng the poorer diocezes of Wales from the operation of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was his intention to persevere in tkat resolution. Lord DUNGANNON wished to know if the Noble Lord intended to introduce a separate Bill for NVales? Lord J. RUSSELL said he did intend to do so. Mr. WALLACE wished to ask the President of the Board of Trak, if he had received any intimation of a tariff issued by the Spanish Government affecting the trade of Spain with this country. Mr. L ABOUC HERE sail that he had heard within the last few dos that the Spanish Commissioners appointed to investigate the subject, had recommended a tariff which would certainly prove injurious to the trade, both of this country and of Spain, but ha hoped the recommensla:ion would not be acted on, and the Corte* had not yet gives it their sanction. ECCLESIASTICAL DUTIES AND REVENUES BILL. Sir THOMAS ACLAND presented two petitions from Barnstable and Winchester, against the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the further consideration of the 7th clause being proposed. Mr. GOULBURN objected to the clause, on the ground that it would deprive the University of Cambridge of the means which it now possessed, of carrying on public instruction. He wished that Cambridge should, at all events, be put on the same footing as the sister Uni versity. The Right Hon. Gentleman having complained of the scanty endowmews of the Professors of Cambridge, concluded by proposing that " Ely" should be inserted in the clause. Lord J. RUSSELL objected to the proposal, as he did not see the necessity for it. He had already yielded in the case of Christchurch, as he thought it would be proper to do so ; but he would not consent to any further concession. Sir R H. hicus and Lord DUNOANNON supported the amendment. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the ' Committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause .. 3O For the amendment Majority in favour of the clause On our readmission into the gallery, we found Mr. WYNNE on his legs, suggesting that some pro vision should be made in the B II for more extended cc coesmod:eion, and more frequent Divine Service, in the cathedrals of the country. He did not wish that the beauty of these edifices should be diAgured Is), the erec tion of pe,ts ; but he thought that moveable seats might be used, and an ern;nent preacher employed. Lord J. RUSSE L L agreed with the ..bservations of the Hon. Member fur Montgomery, but he did not think that anything satisfactory could be adopted in the present Bill, neither would be pledge himself to adopt any parti cular course with respect to it. The clause, with a few verbal amendments, was then agreed to. Clauses 8,9, and 10, were agreed to, with a few verbal amendments. On clause 11 being put, The Earl of LINCOLN, in the absence of Colonel Rolleston, moved the follovving amendment to it :—" That in the Collegiate Church of S iuthwell, the canonries, as vacancies occur, except the canonry now held by the Arch deacon of /sLetineham, shall be suppressed, until only four remain, and that such ;:atiargi shall be residentiaries." Lord JOHN RUSSELL opposed the amendment. fr, SVN-, 1 4 0Nrptirv. . FATtn DAY, Jutiv 4. IA:P. The Noble Lard hall stated no reason why eanonries should b kept up pt. S.Atth , v , ll.' - • The Eirl of LINCOLN said th,re vas nothinsf in the if the canouries were suppressed, to Lend! the small hvinas by t'!eir cuppre:ision: Sir E SUDDEN opposed the amendment. Sir P ING LIS was of opinion that the taking away of any ooe of the cathedral nr pititanerns !unit necessarily ue ken the Church of England. They ought •to be allowed to remain, in order to induce persons in the higher closscs to bring up their sons to the Church. He would support the amendment of his Noble Friend. 0 Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The Committee divided, when there appeared.— For the amendment l4 Against it 54 Majority On our return to the gallery, we found Dr. NICHOLS complaining that the Bill made no provision for maintaining the fabrics of the coll:•giate churches. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he thought that matter waq amply provided for in a future clause. On the question that the clause stand part of the Bill, The Earl of LINCOLN said of the thirteen parish e s under the Collegiate Church of Smthwell, twelve of them had an income under 2031.—0ne was so low as 4G1., and another 491. Surely such cases ought to be provided for. The clause, as amended, was then orlercd to stand part of the Bill. It being proposed to strike out clause 12, Dr. NICHOLS said he must oppose such a motion. It would not be doing justice to \Vales. It was very im• portant that the Welsh Bishoprics shoal be placed upon the same footing as those in England. He moved to insert fotir in p'ace of two, so that there might be four Preben daries retained in Wales as in England. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY hoped the Hon. and Learned Member would not persist in such an amendment. The revenues of the Pre;)ends proposed to be suppressed could be much more usefully emplo)ed. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, the amendment was withdrawn. The douse was then stuck out of the Bill. On clause 13 tieing read, Mr. AC LA ND moved the introduction of an amend ment to excludo '•aity prebendary or other officer, not being a resident, of any cathedral church of England or Walei," horn the operation t.f the clause. Lord J RUSSELL opposed the amendment, as it would striko at the very principle of the Bill, which was to compel the parties who received stipends to perform the duties attached to their tfices. A!'ter some discu.sion, i►, which Mr. Lushinriton, Mr. Aclind, and Lord Dungannon took part, the Committee divided. when there appeared— For the amend►r.ent Against it . 86 Majority -70 Oa our return to the Gallery we found Sir R. INGLIS on his legs. He said the last division in the Committee having decided that the money should be taken away from the establishment, he hoped they would allow the offices to remain without the emolument. He would, therefore, move an amendment to that effect. The gallery was again clear, d for a division but none took place ; and, on re-admission, we understood that the iuecamendmentas 14, 5, 16, and 17, i. of Sir l R. Inglishu le lb r e eae been agreed to eedto cwith a few verbal amendments. On clause l 8 being read, Sir R. ING LIS . said the object of the clause was to prevent any person receiving the appointment of Canon until he had been six years in priests' orders, and he propo;cd to introduce an amendment to the effect of ex cepting in the case of canonries ann-xed to any profes sorship or headship, or other office, not being an arch deaconry. Sir P. PEEL supported the amendment. thought it would be injudicious to limit the time when these ap pointments could be conferred, as they would thereby be deprived of the opportunity of rewarding merit in de scrvinf.7, young men. Tl.e clause as amended was then agreed to. _ _ Clause 19 was agreed to, and— e Clause 20 was struck out. On clause 21 being proposed some little discussion ensued, one Hon. Member stating that he thought 3.0001. a-year too much for the Deans of Christchurch and Durham, and wishing that they should be reduced, like other Dean eries to 2 0001. Colonel SIBTHORP thought this a miserable and nlggarcily sum to be given to a D..an. They had S, , creta• r;es of State receiving 6,0001. h-year, who bad not the dignity to keep up which the Deans had, or if they had they certainly did not keep it up.—( A laugh.) If a pro position were made to reduce the salaries of her Majesty's Elt ed U I n e y ß U th ß e N c s n a m id in t i h ,s e io c n t e ;: r u s s , e a h n a d d n b o , a t i b d e e e s, n r b e e . Ministers to 2 0001. it shouid meet w i t h hi s cordial .rapport.to a specific m oney payment, fi xe d f or the digni cotaol;cl7rsticeondGfdthe Church, in such a Bill a; this, which was to settle the subject. He also objected to it, because it took front the Deans and Chapters the management of their own property, and be feared that it might hereafter be taken advantage of to take from the Deans and Chapters the management of theirowu property, and give them merety a rent charge. He objected to giving canons only 1001. a-year, as prejadicing the clerical profession in regard to other professions ; he was afraid of the principle, and he therefore should oppose the clause. Lord J. RUSSELL was entirely himself responsible for this clause. It appeared to him desirable to introduce the clause in order to do away will the great inr qualities in the Church. Wi!hont the introduction of some such clause, they vrou.d have a Canon of Ripon receiving 911 a year, a Canon of Chester receivine 1771., while a C.,noit of St. Paul's would receive 1.3621. a year. Now the poorer canonries were raised to 5001 a year, and so fa it was an advantage to them, and he did not think a Dean who received 2 VOL a-year, or a Canon who received 1,0001. a-year, could be considered as under-paid. He theueht, that of all the professions in .his country, that in which the largest rewards could be obtained was the Church. I.i the army, a regiment which yielded 1.000/ a year. was eonddered a great reward for a life paseed in the scrv;ce ; he gave that as an instance, and contrasting that with the incomes of the &Atop, and with the in comes of the Deans and Canons, he did riot think they need be under any very great apprehension as to the in ducements to enter the Church. Mr. GOULBURN did not think the comparison with the fumy a fair one—the law would have been a fair corn parison—the extent of the. lab Jur which an assiduous clergyman underwent was. enormtaa.-. There was nothing more painful to his f,elings than to contemplate the destitute state in which many of the fanatics of clergy- Men were left. Sir H. VERNEY said that by lowering the incomes of the Deens'and Canons they were . increasing the fund out of which meritorious and distressed clergymen were to be remunerated. Sir ROBERT INGLIS considered that there was this fallacy in Mr. Buxton's statements, and in the clause as proposed by the Noble Lord. They were not voting public u.oney to the Dean and Chapter, they were deciding not how much they woul I give to them, hoped his Ri g h t H an. F r i en d If though t 2, 000 / . a year too they would take away from them, for the whole bu was tho‘c touch own property. little oNu llrd f . o m r Po a Ed D ifyi e l3 a h n iEs , Re h iTa e u°s would :be leaving a Dean of Ripon with only 3001. a year. Alter a few words from Mr. GOULBEFI N and Mr. Join JERVIS, The Committee divided on Mr. Goulbure's amendment to omit all the words of the clause relatinite to the equaliza tion of the incomes of the Deaneries andCanonr:es. Ayes ............ .... 53 Nees ..... , ............... . 25 Majority rgainst the smendinent — 28 The clause was then ;greed to. The House resumed, and the Chairman reported pro gress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday. In reply to Sir R INGLIS, Lord J. RUSSE LI. said that he did not propose to bring forward this Bill after half-past ten on Monday night. The Right of Voting (Scoifand) Bill was ordered to be real a second time this day three months. The Canal Police Bill was read a second time. The Isle of Man Bill was read a third time and passed. The Entailed Estates i: Scotland! Bill was then read a third time and passed The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob taned leave to bring .n a Bill to amend two Acts passed in the 21 and 4 t h and sth and 6th William IV. for relief of the Colonies. EXPENSES OF COMMITTEES. Mr. GREENE moved that a Select Cominwee be ap pointed to inquire into the sums paid by the Treasury on account of Sleet Committees of the two Houses of Par fitment, and to report upon the best method of checking needless expenditure in the inquiries which take place be fore such Committees. NATIONAL GALLERY. Mr. G kLLY KNIGHT moved that a Select Com mittee be appointed to inquire into the plan sanctioned by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for laying out the vacant space in front of the National The CHA.NC:ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that ,he was sorry to be obliged to refuse to uratify the cu riosity of the Hon. Gentleman. The real object was t, ob tain some inforcnraio n relating to the Nelson Monument. Last year the Commission had pledged their word to ilia! Committee that they should have the ground, and the Committee had entered into contracts in consequence; the application was too late, and he could not eonsent to advise c ol the Colonel el T. violate the pledge they had given. n ‘ m v m es isi ) ;io i ;t s e a r i a d uthntd,reer an y circumstances to e laid, and thou g h t t h at the Nelson mightM : n a u s in s e ca n r t celya b s e t a on -If vantageously erected elsewhere, as he thought the National Gallery might be improved, so as to be made ornamental, but if the column were erected, its portico, the only good ( laugh.) monument. thing about it, wou ld be hid. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Nat i ona l G a ll et y would ot thought ou that g t h I t I h o a u t 3e en at A eternal h stand eternal m onument o f t h e last of the Committees had b e en sub mitted to and a l tere d b y Committees o f t h e H ouse , an d h e of the taste of the Committees of t h at House was quite suflieiet.t to justify ) Pl 3" the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his refusal. Sir THOMAS ACLAND wished to know if it wastoo late to interfere in th, e ase of the plan of the Royal Ex change, fur it sec med to him that the men of taste on the ether side Temple bar were likely to keep the Committees of that House in admirable countenance. The other Orders of the D we re then disposed of, cod the House rnouseotAiodn jo w u a r s tie th:n at n o eg .i :t o i7d clowckitout a division. .h The Bishop of W orcester i s . n ow convalescent, but is sojourning at Malvern Wells, for the benefit of the waters. On Monday n i g h t i ' lati at Walsall, that a l arge sum of money ba d b een f oun d b y the workmen employed at t h e Walsall and Sout h S ta ff ordshire Bank, in taking do wn t h e counters, & c , for the purpose of a report was n cum on remov Ito the new establishm.nt. The fact, we are given to understand, is, that on removing one of the c iunters upwards of 30 11. in notes was found concealed about an arm's length between the counter and the wall, but by whom this sum was sepreted is at present unknown.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. Cif [NA NEW.,=. FUR HIER P RTICULNRS. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Governor Lin has efilisted about 3,000 recruits, who arc beirg, drily d daily near Canton in the military exA-ciscs of ,h e tow, the spoor, and On 'clou'ale Sword. The latter is a weapon p we believe, to China. Each soldier is armed w.th two short and straight swords, o3e in each hand, which, by being knocked against each other, pro duce a clangour, which it is thought will intimidate the enemy. THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO. We translate the following from 0 Portuguese na China of 1811 March, frem which it will be seen that our much respeced Governor of Macao has been appointed to the command of the forces at Goa. We are not aware wheth..r his successor has yet been named. " I hereby appoint Lieut.- Colonel Adrian Accacio da Silveira Pinto to be Commandant of the armed force of Goa, with the same allowances enjoyed by his predecessor. Vi,eount de Sada Bandeira, President of the Council, NLnister and Secretary for Foreign Affkirs of the Navy, and Ultramarine poss;?ssioas, will see to have this carried into effect. "THE QUEEN. Palace da: Nece4dades, April 11, 1839. " Countersign' d by the Vi - icount de SA DA BANDEMA." (From the Pekin Gazette.) THE PALACE. —The Empress has died, and in conse qu.Aice of this mournful event the whole nation is to go for one month into mourning, whilst the Mandarins are not to shave for 100 days. She was not long married to Taoukwang, and bore him, if we do not mistake, three children, the eldest of whom is seven or eight ye irs old. She is allowed to have been a woman of singular beauty, who, daring the years 1835 and 1836, exercised great p o rter over her husband, and exerted a paramount influence over public affiirs. But though endowed with considerable intelligence, and much admired, her sway was not of long duration. During the zenith of her glory she sen t m2ny of her creatures into the provinces, where they held the highest offices. Since that her ser vants have stood latterly alone, almost a nultby at the crowded court. It was generally believed that site was at the bead of the party which we might style Whigs, though they are very stanch Conservatives iu their own way. • Ideu-tae-tsze and others belonged to her co terie. The choice of the new Empress, if Taou . kwang in his declining, years should hit upon the expedient, will naturally give rise to numberless in. trigues, and we should not all wonder to see the present ministry. wbh Ke-shen to boot, replaced by another set of favourites. Thu Emperor himself is verging towards old aee and if be should make his exit from the world at this critical moment,ao might certainly expect a great revolution at be capital. Though a Chinese monarch 13 by no means obliged to choose for his successor a child of his own, yet the Manehoo Emperors have always done this. In that case a re gency would be instituted, a rule which has invariably been fraught with great convulions in this country. If, on the contrary, one of his brother's nephews is nominated to hold the reins of government, there is every probab'hy of a contest between a number of ambitious men, who have either in reality an equal claim to the throne, or think themselves entitted to wear an imperial diadem. One of the Imperial Princes having behaved with great impropriety.at the annual examination, has been banished front the court and sent, to Mantchooria to serve in the army. EDICT RE-OPENING ')E. TriE PORTUGUESE TRA Lin, Viceroy of Kwangtnna and Kwangse, E, Foca) ten of Kwangtung, and Yu Hopp, of Cantoa, &c.,hereby co njointly issue this proclamation that all MCA way know and u nderstand : Whereas', on a previous occasion the English foreign ers continued to reside at Macao, and would not submit to be expel! , d, and whereas the Portuguese foreigners dared of their own accord to harbour the said English, against our express commands, therefore it was that at that time we declared the place shut, and stopped their trade. But now it appears that the civil and military Mandarins of Macao have petitioned us, stating that the Portuguese foreigners, after receiving our previous proclamation, were filled with penitence and fear, and that even now all the English are already driven out of Macao. And it further appars that, the Portuguese "barbarian eye," or \Veido (i, e. Procurador), has stated to the Mandarin face to face that after this they will never to all eternity dare to permit the English to enter Macao or to harbour them there, thus opposing the laws, &c. Now this coming before us, the said Viceroy, Fooyuen, and floppo, and we having duly examined the same, find from what the civil and military native authorities have pe titioned us, that from the dispositions and circumstance of the Portuguese these foreigners still cherish some fear o f the laws at heart, for which reassn we ought to permit them to resume their commercial intercourse as of old, thereby to manifest (Celestial) compassion, and for as much we now conjointly issue this our proclamatio 3, ad dressed to ail the shopkeepers of Macao, to all the traders an 3 people of the odier provinces, and to all those em ployed in stowing and transporting cargo, Sce., that they may thoroughly know end understand, all ye who are engaged in transporting up or down the cargo or merchandise of the Portuguese foreigners whether export or import, after the ►ssuing of this proclamation it is permits( d you to carry on your intercourse as heretofore, in due submission to the fixed regulations, by which the said merchandise must be sent to the Custom-house, there to be duly inspected and taxed for duty, after which it may be conveyed away for consumption ; but ye are not permitted clan destinely us convey any goods or merchandise belonging to the English foreigners, or illicitly mix them up with others to go in or out, thereby trying to deceive us, which will lest+ to a very severe investigation. L••t every one tremble and obey I Do not oppose ! A special proclamation! Taoukwang, 20,11 year, 2i moon, 14th day..—lbid. Canton, March 9 • (From the Singapore Free Press of the 9th of April.) CANTON, MARCH 2.l. —The shipping report of the week announce, two arrivals from this quarter ; the French barque Robert le Diable. from Wham')la the 18; ii, and the British schooner Venus from Nlacao. the 23:11 by which we have received the Canton Register of the 11th, and tne Canton ess of the ith and 14th of that month, The arrival of the Charles Forbes, from Macao, the 22d ultimo, has been reported, and we have received by her the Canton Press of the 21st March and private ad .vices of the same date; but neither contain intelligence of any great imeortanc-.,—unless it be an edict, authorizing the re-opening of the Portuguese trade of Macao. In this edict the Chinese authorities are considerate enough to assume that the Errgiish have been driven forth from Macao, albeit-:they are therein very snugly locaied, and whereao.all appearance they will be allowed to rem .in un-. molested. In a private letter, however, we find the follow ing view taken of the position of foreigners at Macao in the alternative of hostilities--.. I have no doubt the first thing the Chinese will do will be to takepossession'of Macao, and then the inhabitants will probably have reason 'enough to lament that they did not in time alloW the English to de rend them." It was expected that the retirement of the American firms tram Canton, in conjunction with a new order prahi biting vessels from going down from Whampoa with deck cargo, and tl , e prospect of hostilities with Britain, would materially affect the export of tea, which some of f ur cor respondents do not expect to exceed 23,000,000ib. for the season, sl.ould a force arrive, and a fall in the price of teas seemed to he confidently looked forward to on the Chinese finding that it was the intention of the Americans to quit Canton. • The papers reiport the decease of Tnoultwang's press, and some strange disturbances at Pt kin. The (paint-market was in a very unsettled state, some holders being willing to sell at $5OO ; but the n.ore extensive dealers were holding out for $650 to $7OO for Patna. Freights still continued high, and first class tonnage was all engaged at 71. and 81. per ton. Exchange on England still 4t. 10d. 6 months, and few transactions; on Be-gal, at Rs 222. OPIUM SNIGKING.—A high civilian in the metropolis of Keangse was denounced I,r having smoked opium. fie at first denied the charge, was tortured, and then con. f,, sie d. He was sentenced to be tranirorted to Ele, in order to strike terror into evil doers of the same descrip tion. Several officers in Shautung• have been delivered over to a court of justice on a similar charge. Soldiers belonging to the eight standards who were found inhaling the noxious vapour have been banished to Chekcang. Con,iderable inconvenience has been experienced in the C.,urt oE Pekin on account of the number of papers that arc conir,mtly forwarded from the provinces. On closer examination it w:.:s found that the Foo Magistrates re• fused to receive in person the documents from the bands of the people. who were thus forced to address themselves to the tribun,,ls of the capital. On the other band, some Magistrate in Kwang=e deminded a regular fee for each paper that he was to receive, and this made a handsome profit of more than 1,000 dollars annualiy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived.—America, Surat, Pratt, from Manilla; British Sylph, Viall, from Calcutta, left Sandheads on the 18th of January. and Singapore on the 13th of February; Red Rover, Wriyht, 1, ft SaLdheads on the 27th of January. Singapore February 18, and arrived at T. ngkoo, March 18. Pa.enger.—Per Sylph, Captain Wallace. Sailed —British Penang, for Liverpool ; Caledonia, Burn and Charles Forbes, Wills, for Singapore and Worn bay ; Amer, Akbbar, for Manilla. PassEsocas —Per Charles Forbes, Mr. IL Hunter, Captain Dunbar. The God Success is expected from Bombay. At rived in Eughnd from China, Eliza, Lay, and Orwell, C.11..rd, on the 12th and 14th of November. —Canton Press. March 24. APRIL 24. —The Enterprise steamer has, we understand, received orders to proceed to China. INDIA NEWS. BOMBAY. (From the Bombay L'ourier of May 23.) MAY 15 _We are enabled to lay before our readers news from Singapore to the loth or April, and from China to the 27th M treh, which we have extracted from the Eny/ishman. The first item is the death of the Empress, of whom a short biographical sketch is given, aad we find that female influence is as great in China, as in other parts of the gl.be, and that ladies have as great a stake in the Celestial political world as in merry England. The nation is to go into mourning for a wonth, and the man darins are nut to shave for 100 days, so we think they may chance to get a lot of ship's barbers from the English fleet, who will no doubt lather them Cori amore. Lin is acting dill sergeant to 3 ; 000 men near Canton, and is teaching the Fakees a double sword exercise, which from the description is very much like the brush and shovel clatter of the sweeps on Mayday. Jonathan is getting up his " dander," and some captains are calculating upon • turning into the Chinese naval service, at the moderate price of 1,000 Sonish dollars a month. We guess Fakro will not be such a tool. The A:neriean Consul, however, repudiates the m2aurc. It appear.; also that, consequent upon the death of the Empress, disturbances in Pekin are umoured, while the M.ndarins have been setting a temple on fire; sod as this is the fifth case of Swine in the lin, p-rial palace, the- Emperor is about to try a little r,ebead. ink as. a sedative. The lieir-apparent is a chile of seven or eight years of age, the Emperor is in his dotage; and the pro'oability is, that the attack of the English will cause suoi, a revolutlou in the Empire. as will place China in a diErent position with regard to Europe, to what she has er,ryet occupied,_ W e hiv e b••e•n favoured with the following extract of a letter, dated Rangoon, April 11, 1840:-- " The news of our expedition to China has created a deep sensation in this country, and is likely to opciatn as an incubus on the ambitious breast of Tharawaddee. The people are generally impressed with a be,ief that this port will be honoured by a visit of the British fleet, immediately after the successful termination of the affairs of China. Trade has never been in a more unsettled state at any other period than now. The seller is distrustful in effect ing his . sales, and the buyer is diffident in making his pur chases, in consequence of the present political connexions of the Court of Ava with Great Britain."—Calcutta Ga. zelle, May 7. " CAPTURE OF A MUD FORT.—We received yesterday a letter from Bamian containing an account of be assault and capture, by a detachment under Captain Garbett, II A., of a mud fort, about six miles distant from that place. It appears altogether to have been a work of sad but inevi table butchery. Everything that could be done was done to wai ds an honourable avoidance of the conflict, but the Fla zarelis were obstinately bent upon reaLtance, laughed all our threats to scorn, and brought death upon thews. Ives by their insolence and contumacy. It is gratifying to think that, in spite of the terrible consummation, British huma nity was manifested before British courage, and the offen ders forewarned of the results of their obstioncy. "Little of nothing was found in the fort—the entire pro perty was sold for about 400 rupees ; not much in the way of prize money." THE GREAT STORM IN ORISSA, (From a Correspondent at Pno•ee.) On Thursday, the 30thof April, one of the most violent storms ever remembered in Orissa visited the station of Puree and surrounding district. The wind blew from the north-east early in the morning. The surf was unusually high an , t roaring. Out.offiees were levelled, and clouds of sand buried everything ; but the disasters of the day were as nothing in c Anparison with ash •t the nigiit brought. The wind sudd: n y shifted r ,und to west and south-west, and commenced in all its fury. Every one sat waiting for the worst, running from one room to an other, as the house gave way, and when the general rush came, it was tearful, the wind and rain so boisterous that no one could stand erect exposed to them. The darkness of the night totally prevented any communication with one hnuse to another, it was not until morning that the whole truth could be known. Alas ! every bungalt.w in the station has been destroyed—not one is r there that can possibly be inhabited. One solitary pueka•house stood the buffeting of the storm, as it would appear, intended a 4 a refuge for the destitute. The city has suffered to a great extent indeed ; every house has b.en blown down, but the immortal remains of Juggernaut lie undisturbed in his celebrated temple. The surrounding villages have b e en equal sufferers, and a camp belonging to the revenue surveyor, about 20 miles distant, was totally destroyed. Large trees strew the road, and many lives have been lost in consequence. One family, of eight persons, were crushed to death.—Bonthay Courier. . . Our letters from Jellalabad to the 12th instant, e,r,tirm the intended movements of his Majesty Shah Soojah, the Envoy, and the troops towards Cabul, which was to take place on the 20th instant; a change is much required, as the liindoostanees are getting very sickly. The European Regiment and the 48th are to go to Kayjur, repre ented to be a most lovely spot at the foot of the Suffard Koh, 4,400 feet above the level of the sea, and only 25 miles from Jet lalabad. One of our correspondents says—" Burnes writes that he had received numerous letters from Bukhara, Kbiva, and other places, and that his correspondents all agree on the subject of the strength of the Russians. The gallant Knight places the utmost confidence in these statements, and concludes a letter I have seen with these wutds Is it to be believed that so large a force has merely come to Khiva to liberate some slaves, and defend themselves against the attacks of a few bands of undisciplined Toork mans ?' "—Delhi Gazette ; April 29. " The cholera is very prevalent in this city and its neighbourhood. In the schools at Byculla yesterday, four children died from the attacks, and two others %sere nut expected to survive the night." SINGAPORE, APRIL 9 —Yesterday brought U 3 the Chaths Forbes, from China; with letters of the 22i ult. The opium trade on the coast still going on, but more cautiously ; in consequence of the Mandarins Ling more on the alert, vessels now going in pairs. The Corojrte Family and Sylph had started in company, ,the former commanded by Captain Wallace, who, itt a !cite; to us, quotes opium at $6OO to $BOO o.i the coast, and only $360 can be had at Tongkoo. We hear that one house purchased 9,000,0001 b r, of Congou tea on their own me- - cJunt before the price got up; they have refused to exe cute orders for tea all the season. The fleet at - Tongkoo was thinning last, and freights to Londbn quoted at 71. to 81. The Char es Forbes, after lying eight months in China, has brought part of her cotton lying here; it is now being put on board an American, who however does not bind himself to go to Whampoa. " Arad. 15.—Since the date of our last respects we have only two. days later newa from China. Her..i:ajesty's ship Druid, 44 guns, had arrived at Macao, from Sydney, much to th-e astiafaetion of all our countrymen: no.altera tion in prices. We bad a sale yeAcrday of hyson :ea, which brought $75 per pecul ; twankay brought $62; cas,ia sold last week at $l2, and hyson skin tea, at $l7 per 20 catty box. Exenange on England 48 to 49; navy bills in plenty at 47. Her Niaj,!sty's ship Wellesley, and brig Ceuzier inai here. The Harlequin, from your part, bt urging only 35 chests of opium, that article has risen a little in price, and $295 cash has been given for Bcnares, and $3lO for Patna, Exchange on Cal utta 221 per 100 or. " We last addressed you on the 30th ult., since which accounts have been received from China to the 25i1 Se veral of the American merchants had issued circulars de clining to receive airy further consignments or orders, and expressed their intention to remove tl4eir establishments to Mica() This step is attributed to the adviccs taken by the Red Rover of an armed force coining on, arid the tear that the Cninese Guvernment will sick vessels below the sicond bar, and thus prevent their ships reaching or leav ing Whatopoa. " The total quantity of teas shipped to Great Britain since July, 1839, is 15,866 4271b5., and the expocs now going on will increas,, it to about 24.000.000. Silk is quot , dat $505 Tsaltee. Exchange on Er.glrnd, 410 to 4 11. Op Calcutta, 220 per 100 freights 71. to 7/. 10. Her Majesty s ship Druid had arrived very opportunely, as the Chinese were preparing numerous fire reitts to et, deavour to burn the fleet ; one unsuccessful attempt hau already been mad,. " Opium was selling at Tongkoo at $lOO Patna; on the coast better prices were obtained, S6OO to $680; but as great competition prevails, it is nut likely first these rates will long be niaintaiLed. " Opium is gradually advancing in this marker. Patna 1/ . 1 ,y be quoted at $3lO to $ll5 B nares. $3OO ; Siam Sugar. $5l to $64 ; sago, $24 ; Gambler, $2 60e. ; pep per, $5 70e. to $5 90c. tint, $174 p, -r peen!. " Wheat is ia demand at $34 to s3i- per bag. " Exchange on England re ains at 4/ 84 , am,: on Cal cutta 220/. per 1001. Freights 41. 4r. to 5/. ss. per ton. ' THE BANK OF BOMBAY. The Bank d Bomb .y is now settled and flourishing, its notes in cireul.ti,ba, and in all its ramifications entirely arranged : _ But what has become of the project of a joint-stock bank ? It has struck us that there never was a better opening than the present for such an ui.dertaking, particu larly as the Bank of Bombay is restricted from discount ing European bills. We are of opinion therefore that if a krint stuck bank, with branches at the principal cities in the interior, uere once established, in which Government had no share, the principal rich Soukars would im mediately support it with all their credit, particularly when unembarrassed by the Government connexion. which however promising to the stability is always a dray; chain on the operivions of a mercantile society.-13ombay Ga. zelte, April 29. BOMBAY .MONEY MARKET. EXCHANGES.—Rxmain very stationary with hardly any variation. Bills have been sold at 2s Old. to 2a. Id. at six months' sight. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—The transactions have been large during the past week, pal ticularly in the Four per Cents. of both loins, though the second or 1835-36 still mr.intilins the preference. In Five per Cent. Paper there have also been some rather extensive transfers at rather higher rates. - To the investment of the floating capital of the public institutions lately started here is no doubt to be attributed in a great measure to the improved (I , •mand for Government paper."—Bombay Price Current, May 23. THE CLEOPATRA —East India Company's steamer, Cleopatra, Lieutenant J. P. Sanders, commander, I. N., from London, May 9, 1839, Portsmouth, Nov. 22. Spoke the Mary off London, Feb. 25, 1840, lat 30 deg. 47 min. 12 sec. S., long. 11 deg. 33 min 39 see. W. Ltft Lisbon on Jan. 10. PASSENGERS BY THE STEAMER CLEOPATII _.Mrs. Free man, Miss Fre, man, Maiter Freeman, Mr. Crawley, Lit Queen's Hussars, Mr. Hodgkinson, Cadet; Captain Hal lain, Mrs. Hallain, Mrs. Sirech.on, Messrs. White, Wat, r son, and Invcrarity, civilians. Dr. Freeman died on the passage on the 6th of March.-- Gazette,May 1. CALCUTTA MONEY MARKET, MAY 11. GOVERNMENT sEcum rms. Stock piper, Transfer Loan of 1835-36, interest pay able in England, premium, 10 8 sellers to 11 8 buyers, Sa. Rs. ; second 5 per cent.. from No. 1.151 to 15,200, ac cording to numbers, premium, 2 4 to 4 1 Co 's Rs. ; Urn d or Bombay 5 per cent., premium, 3 0 to 3 8 Co.'s Rs. ; 4 per cent., discount, 4 8 to 4 12 Co.'s Rs. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL REPORT, May 11. COUNTItY PRODUCE. INDIGO.—.Our market is dull, nothing doing by private transaction, and the public sale hald went off very Lir.- guidly, a tew chests having only been purchased fur ship ments to England. weed has fallen in pi-ice, and Up Country may be obtained at Cu. Rs. IS to 2O—and Des_ see to Rs. at 14 lti per bazar rnauad. RAW Su.x.—Parcels are tiken up, on arrival, and prices are on the rise. SILK PIECE Goons.—There is an increased demind fur Corabs, and pircels are realiily purchased on arrival nt prices quoted in our last. A few purchases of Choppahs and Bandanas are reported for the CorToN.—Nothing of any impurt.ince dioitig in this staple, and p:ices in the p resent state o f t h e mar k et h ave a tendency to give way. SALTPETRE.-- Several purchases during the past week consist of only Khaur, at slight improvement in price. Suoaa —The purchases during the past week consist of only Khaur, at a slight improvement in price. OPIUM. —Our market as regards price remains firm, and we have heard of no transaction during the past week. CHINA, STkAITS, AND CAST PRODUCE. CA mrliort.—A S.de is reported at improved prices. CUTCII, PEGT.7—Cons ou:.s to b 4 purchased at steady prices. EUROPEAN G)OD3• MULE Twrsr.—Saks to a fair extent are reported at steady prices, for speculation in this market. 1, 1 1'71',-.711-TC- n Tio " COLOUKED YARNS.—S.IIOI of Turkey red and ili.v.e been Fund! (,ur (potation.. CHINTZES AND CoLotEED C:iITL•N9.-:`.30:11C Sales are rcported at ratip.'r lOW prie,s. WHITE Corr() Ns —Sa!es of shi! flogs, jiconet:, and book are vaported to a conqiierablo cxtent, at priers exhillitlng no change. In other des..riptiocs there -has been little. thing. SINGAPORE. COTTON.—There have been considerable arrivals since our last, both from Calcutta and China, and sales have been made both of Bengal and Bembay at 27 a 29 drs. per 300ibs. on ac► edit of one, two, or three months. The junks are now fast filling up, and the demand for cotton will soon cease. COTTON PIECE GOODS still continue in little or no de numd, and good sannahs have been sold at 23 3 drs. per corge, three months. UNITED SERVICE INTELLIGENCE. The Superintendent of the Lidtan Navy has :givcn notice of hi= being ready to receive tenders for the con veyance of o , chsance Stores, 'o the extent of about 300 toils to the Persian Gal. It is supposed to be for the purposes of the troops tiow occupying Karrack. APRIL 14.—We learn from a friend at Bombay that the Indian navy is at present to short of officers, that the Go. vernment arc taking all the officers that they can get from merchant vessels as acting masters, and are sending theme, instead of their own ctii..:ers, in the steamers to Satz, for which these gentlemen receive a salary of 195 rs. The little iron steamers for the Indus ate also officered in the same way. _ _ APRIL 21.—TOE GOVERNOR —We are happy in being able to state that Lord Eiphiustonis's health is greatly im proved. His Lordship is still uaab ' e to walk, but will be able to mount a horse in a row days, it is expected. MADRAS. APRIL 24 —MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—We regret to learn the death of Major-Gencral Pearse of the Artillery, on the 26th February, and Greenhill of the Infantry, on the Mt,' of that month. Colonel Monteith, K. L. S , bay. lag arrived on Wednesday at the Presidency, from off duty, the conimnAl of the garrison has devolved on him as the senior officer from that date. CEYLON. MAY I.—We regret to learn, that ha Excellency the Governor, who arrived in Colombo from Kandy a few days ago. is suffering from another attack of the jungle fever. —Bombay Courier. The Shah and the mission were to have marched for Ca. hul on the 20:11 inst. Sir W. Cotton with the 21 Light Cavalry and 2d and 37th Nat.vc Infantry, on the 25th. The European Regiment and 48th Native Infantry pro cord to Kussu (in the hills), about 25 miles from Jellala bad. —Bombay Courier. CA BUL. The following extract from a letter from Cabul, dated 14th Apiil, contains the latest intelligence from that quarter:— " I have no items of interesting news to offer you. The King and Minister return here at the end of the present month, and a cantot.ment is being laid out for three regi ments of infantry, cue of cavalry, and a battery. Whether the regulars will occupy them or not is matter of conjec ture. Dust Mahomed has no doubt been handsomely treated at Bukhara, and the Russian Envoy has arrived there, and will as certainly effect a treaty with the King in their favour. Their army is powerful, and as they advance every good position is entrenched. The best thing that could happen to our cane would be the death of the pro si•nt Ktng and the elevation of his son Timour. The for riser is thoroughly hated and despised ; the latter is, I have reason to think, liked, and is certainly a gentleman in ad dress and behaviour. The positron of affairs at Herat is decidedly sad, and they h-ive been mismanaged. Thousands have been thrown away, and no equivalent received. Indeed we pay first and ask aterwards; if this system were revised, it might be conducive of goad. Yir Mahomed, the Minister, in decd King there, the man whose vigour defended the place against Persia ; has no idea of tasting of • British modera tion and forbearance.' We have had a noble season, and a full harvest must ensu-, but at present grain is dear, and much misery has been induced, which of course the people hate contrasted in his favour with the time of Dost slahomed. That man was certainly a just, good ruler, and highly po?ular. A disgraceful event has taken place at Bameean, in my idea. A villager refused to sell grass. and, atter some altercation, fired upon a political party., In consequence a detachment was ordered out, %vista stormed the ptace, put every man to death, 13 in number, who killed and wounded 18 of the assailants. Contrasted with the cool way in which Lieutenant Inverarity's mut._ der, rs were treated, this looks more like butchery at poli tical shrines than fair play. They were his Majesty's sub psets, and thus we render him popular indeed."—English. man, May 7. THE KHIVAN EXPEDITION. A letter from Jellalabad of the 3d April cor!..irms the report of the Russians being at Khiva, and of their inter• tion to march upon Bukhara, as well as the imprisonment o' Dost Alahomed at the latter place. Everything at Jel. lalabad was tranquil, and officers ware in the habit of riding from Candahar to Jellalabad, attended only by three or four horsemen. Captain Cone!: in this way joined the Envoy. BOMBAY, MAY 9.--We are informed that a despatch from Major Todd at Herat, enclosing another from Captain • Abbott at Khiva, reached this two days ago. The Rut. skits, mustering 24.000 strong, and 72 pieces of ordnance, :were met a few mil e s f rom Khi va b y the Kbarei army, N‘ht . n the latter Ra 3 routed by one round of ar. tillery. The Khan offered to give up all the pri. s,mers (slaves) on condition of the withdrawal of the troops, but the Russian General at once announced his intention of matting Khiva a permanent post. The Russians w,•re mt tby arrombassy from Persia, and ano ther from Bukhara, Colonel Stoddatt was demanded by the Muslin General, but r.•fused to proceed to the camp, alleeing, that he must be given up to the agent of his owa • S,vereign. Captain Abbntt, unfurnished with either funds or credentials, was asked by the Ruaians what he Was doing at Khiva, and the answer being unsatisfactory, he is meanwhile regarded as a spy. LITERATURE. A DICTIONARY, GEOGRAPHICAL, STA TISTICAL, AND .HISTORICAL, OF 2'HE WORLD. By J. I?. 1 1 1Cv.r.Locr, ESQ. Longman and Co. Part Fifth of .his work has just teen published, and, by a singular c.aineiclence, contains descriptions of seven places or countries that at present exhibit scenes of great interest, not only to this country but the civilized world. These are Canada, Cabul, Caucasus, Canton, China, Cir.:assia, and Constantinople, each of which furnishes a long chapter in very small but neat type, The plan of this Dictionary renders it extremely con• venient for reference, as all the important features are classed under separate heads ; such as history. public revenue, armed force, justice, religion, &c The de tails i ri minute, and at the san e time concise ; they are in general compiled front tae latest authorities. wtlich arc all given at the end of each section ; and these arc mixes up With occasional reflections and con. cluaions of the Editor or Compiler. Etch Part is accompanied by one or more maps, on n ordinary scale, and well executed. NVe cannot, however, help thinking, that if the work had been Frinted in larger type, and the matter curtailed in proportion, it would have been mnrc acceptable to the Ttie following extract from the article "Can- ton," will give a fair speciaten of the Work Canton is peculiarly th e emporium of Chinese mann faetures, and the shops ar e crowded with articles of the neatest and most minute workmanship. The markets skvoteil to e:Jables are less attractive to European tastes ; iaippies, eats, owls horse-flesh, sirms, slugs, and even , 1141“-s, and other reptiles, are exhibited as tempting deli :!acies. Ad are sold by weight, and a cat and a pheasant trequentiyfetch the sante price. Tne arts of puffing are not forgotten its Canton ; in the suburbs, staring labeit it d boart's ate common enough ever the shop doors in viting the custom of the passengers, by means of lauda tory mottos, Ste., written in Engthh and other languages, and msny of tne Chinese shopkeepers have acquired sum. dent English, and the free and easy style so well adapted to captivate the British seamen, and make them part with their money. Tile streets are generally clean, but abound .vith cripples and rniser..ble oljects, beggars and vsgabonde of all descriptions. No wheeled carriages are ever seen is them ; the only vehicles used are sedan chairs slung on poles which sonic of the Government functionaries and more They are not privileged to use . allowed o) t u o l e E nt u ' r i o a p ti e v :n s s, a ‘ r s e •ho are also destitute of any placft of public amusement, prohibited entering the walk(' city, and interdicted all female society. SANDON HALL—The age of Queen Anne af fords an sbuudance of intetisting materials for the novelist The time was replete with adventure, in consequence of the . disturbed state of the co un t r y f rom J aco bi te conspirators on the one hand, and the political intrigues of the rival queens at Court—the Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs. Alasham, on the other ; besides which, it possesses a source of still more pleas ing interest in the actions of the eminent literary characters whose writings were then powerfully influencing the public mind. We understand that the lion. Grantley Berkeley has availed himself of these resources to create a very attractive fiction under the title of " Sandon Hall ;" or, " The Days of • Queen Ance;" and that Sir Robert 'Walpole, the notorious Lord Lovat, the more infamous Col mel Charteris, the prin cipal personages of Queen Anne's Court, together with Swift, Addison, Pope, Hogarth, and the other great men of the day, figure very prominently in its pages.— Court Journal. ELECTION FOR SllERlFFS.—Yestetday the friends of Mr. Galloway delivered to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex a protest on the part of Mr. Galloway and ' others, against the return of Mr. Farncombe as one of the Sheriffs-elect; on the ground that he was not eligible to the • ()lire, and on the same day a petition was presented to the Court of Aldermen, praying them, on that ground, to declare the election null and void. The Court deliberated en the pe tition fur some time ssith closed doors, and finally postponed the further consideration till this day, in consequence of the ab sence of Mr. Farncombe. The general impression amongst the members of the Corporation, %i h, were much interested ire the decision, was, that the Com t of Aldermen will declare the election to be null and void as regards Mr. - Farncombe; that anew election will take place for the vacant shrievalty, and that the election of Alderman Gibbs is valid. It is reported, that if the notice of the i..eligibility of Mr. Farncombe had been publicly read to the electors at the commencement of the p fling , and that all votes fur him would be unavailable, the sheriff would have had no alternative but to return Mr. Gal loway; but that form having been omitted, a new election be comes indispensable. EXTENSIVE EMIGRATION FROM GERMANY. —For several days past the coach direct from Paris has brought in whole fam lie: of Germans on their way to Havre, where they a:e to embark for America. So con,idereAe is the num— ber,f tht,se emitfrants that the ordinary vehicles from Paris to Havre mere found insuflieinn:, to convey them, and the • awhorities of the Messagcries Royales send some of them by our diligence as often as any places in it chance to be va.74qt.- 7 Dieppe Paper. -__ C Th OFF of th usual a'Lic: guishi Th' Cantc The His Col the der not MuN Ka sill b the w THE R TIM They bai Rel Ov T o „ vi a k, Quart admit Grans wee Inn .:s., HI liorni %gen 'the vs A itoyi 11 9.0 treat saw Lon of ti the Mut 'ha CO U/ in ti the 'ion quit beer and Ders Ear land Ed; Sen t 1 qui! EN . etl arid 31711 tii~ ~o ~~;