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will often attach to ; and it Le x.a, c ouvincri, himself that the common literary style of hi s c “witr)- nlen is used as a vehicle for the conc.talment erinade- . i .`. ~ N i ,t~ }~~ 'pate expression of thought, hP will be not unlikely 14 substitute for it the plaits speaking of colloquial inter course, though this should occasionally verge toward:. vulgarity. He nce manner i sm ; —b u t we can by no means lee Viet mannerism must necessarily be affectation Some of our readers will perhaps be startled by the as sertion we are about to make—that Mr. Carl'y le's style is identical in its leading peculiarities with that of Bishop Andrewes. Perhaps there were never two men who were more different in the habitual direction of their thoughts, or in their early training, or in tr e raw mate rials o f w hi ch their writings are made up. And we feel certain that the author of Sartor Resartus ' never read a page of the bishop's writings, otherwise he must have referred to them in his Cromwell.' We must conclude, then, that these two peculiar writers of the seventeeth and nineteenth centuries wrote as they did from some internal necessity of a similar nature—namely, that as Andrewes wished to speak plainly from the pulpit on subktts which were involved in the wrappings of theo- logical learning, his pedantry, quaintness, and slang, were the r esu l ts of his struggle with the fetters imposed upon him ; and that the same defects in the style of the modern author were produced by a similar wish to shake Off the trammels which he felt to be imposed upon him by the sometimes unmeaning decencies of the fashion able mode of writing." Several curious examples are given of this strange resemblance between the s•yles of Carlyle and Andrewes, as for instance in the derivation or real meaning of proper names ; in the manufacturing of Words; in the use of the vulgarest colloquialisms; to a pedantic play up on wor d s ; in an etymological prt of punning; in abrupt exclamatory sentences; In. quaint inversion s ; an d i n emp h a ti c an d demon strative epexeg es i s . P er h aps t h e most remar k a bl e o f these r esem bl ances is the last—namely, the epexegesis. "From Oxford t o R ome " i s a di ssertat i on P rotestant to the back-bone. It is conceived in a spirit of true earnestness. Those who love the witcheries of vo yaging in the Arctic Antarctic regions will read with intense interest the review of the Works written respecting the memorable expedi• tion of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., one of the ablest navigators that ever lived. The in terest_ of the article is enhanced by the mystery sur rounding the fate of the expedition to the North Pole Under Franklin and Crozier—for the safety of which expediti ons a ll true hearts pray. Of the " Financial Pressure" we have spok e n so re p ea t e dl y, an d t h ere i s a cert ainty of so many better opportunities than the Present arising to tempt us to a reiteration of our animadversions upon the Bank Charter Bill of 1844, th..eat.vve shall c on t ent ourselves with simply men !!n Ing the publication of a papon this important subject this number er up of the Quarterly. " Peel Policy" is is a di a t r ib e ver y little to our taste. The great statesman, whose conduct is rendered the theme for so many malicious invectives and scurrilous vituperations ,sterity through, will not go down to • memory will the pages of the Quarterly Review. cottages of those live pages as he desires it to live, in the labour, and from the great boons he has showered ewdreodebuzenvehwisilclontem be as po b r e ar u ie t s ii that remembrance 4 . is illustrious. Quarrel we must, and we a do, u wit a l; Sir Robert, for his innovations upon the national _system of currency—as a grand and ruinous al?-stake ; but we should be ungrateful not to call to mind, at the same time, the noble and patriotic mea sures he has been principally instrumental in passing through th e H ouses of Legislation. " The Heirs of the Stuarts" and " Grand Tours d'Ag ne' are Papers r ep l ete w i th historical knowledge, ver happily Compiled. " Lord Lindsay on the History of Chris tian Art" an d "J ournal of a Residence sth. in Portugal" complete th e very able contents of great or gan of the shadow of Conser tatntVer of the ziort Grl. OF MARYLEBONE. A. meeti numerous and n g of the t electors of this borough, very gin the largehirgoholmY respect able, was held last even near Regent's Park, or f at the Y or k and:Albany Hotel, Dudley Coutts Stuart'se purpose sof explanati on conduct and opinions. hearing Lo of his political rd Mr. Churchwarden explained the position or-1-'S,TII, in taking the chair, merit, and the circumstanacties4j u ro nd a e t r wthheicphretsheent pro smo ed ballot had been su uart, and agreed to by hgigsecstoenc!pebtyitorlas7odbseDr;inCg. ..or that the o bj ect T was to p rec l u d e the possibility of a y " slipping in, not to r e p resent but to misre present the borough."—(Great applause.) The thy Chairman, after a few words in praise of Lord D. C. Stuart, and in recommendati o n o f hi m as a fit re p re sentative for th e borough sat down amidst great and enthusiastic cheering. Mr. WATKINS, apologising for coming forward at an unseasonable moment, said that when Lord Dudley Stuart was M.P. for Arundel, he (Mr. Watkins) was Watkins) of Lord .?!le of his constituents, and hay* Dudley Stuart's intention to set ir u 'g p for Mars lnbone, he considered it his duty to come forward and say thtsat_the whole constituency were well satisfied with the .lh,osittds\h.dp's conduct, h and that he considered him e itemb er could lie L vv o Lord D v e n_ n L u e n v S tr e u Y a H then adiires addressed e t c h t e . meeting. very comfortable at being obliged to listen to so ainpraise efeniftary same much himself—(A laugh.) At the shamefaced, they must aughter ) He was candidates mu-t not be (Much I have no false delicacy. — Whatever praisewhatever was prepared to receive repeldue to him, and to meet and (Great applau attacks might be made upon him.— give an outi. s e-) His Lordship then proceeded to allvvhdiehtome of his conduct when in Parliament, enumerate some of the liberal measures Anio he had given hi s suppor t t o an d had voted for ngst th ese were —The Reform Bill, the glorious Reform ery—Bill— slav (Great applause)— the abolition of (Cheers)----.)f i m pressment—of the Jewish disabilities— of prop ert y qualification —of the rate -paying clause —and of long Parliaments.— (ulltnense cheering.) Not only these measures, but also the amendment of the poor-laws, the ~pa n ting of out-d oor re li ef, and the a b ol i tion of the 7 30 118 practi ce o f separat i ng man and wife, parent and child, in the workhouses —(Great applause.) He Un iversities.— (Cheers.) He was in favour of government. He hated central boards -421 c ommissioners—poor-law commissioners, health of towns commissioners, and police commissioners.— (Great l aug ht er , an d applause.) It was for this reason that he opposed the Health of Towns Bill. Some such Bill was necessary ; some Bill was re aaired to prevent people from being poisoned by the filth of their towns, but it could be done by other Means. It could be done without centralisation— Without commissioners. It could be done as well— better—more constitutional— by local boards, and he Was determined to give all the opposition in his Power to a n y p roposa l for taking such matters out of the hands of the local board, and placing them in the hands of central boards. The rate payers who paid the money ought to have the spending of it. — (Cheers.) He was also of opinion that the window tax was a most unjust and impolitic enactment, and ought, nay must, be repealed.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the su ff rage oug h t to b e extended not only to all housekeepers but to many others, as there Were many lodgers who were men of sufficient intel ligence and stake in the country to entitle and qualify them to vote.—(Great applause.) It had been said that he was not a true reformer. He thought if any proof was wanting of his sincerity in respect to reform, he had given one quite sufficient to convince the electors of Marylebone, within the last week or ten days, by suggesting the ballot between himself and his two rivals, Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey.—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship then entered at some length into an explanation of the ar rangements on that subject. He was in favour of the ballot.—(Cheers.) He would rather people could vote openly. It was repulsive to his feelings to see men discharging a duty in secret.—(Hear.) But was it not better men should discharge a duty in private than betray it in public ?—(Aye, aye ! and cheers.) It was impossible to seoure purity of election without it, and the objection must be abandoned. in There was no doubt that many men acted honestly spite of those who, having them in their power, tyrannically endeavoured to influence their votes. I here were many such in Marylebone; but we had no right to call upon a man to make such a sacrifice.—(Great cheering ) He ought to be protected.—(Hear.) Ills Lordship proceeded then to go over a number of .charges of inconsistency which had been made against him by his opponents or their friends, to all of which he gave clear and satisfactory answers. After dwell ing at some length on the Polish question, the Noble Lord sat down amidst the most enthusiastic cheers. Several questions having been put to his Lordship, and answered by him, a resolution, pledging the meet ing to support his Lordship at the ballot on Monday, Was unanimously passed. After giving three cheers for Lord D. Stuart, and Moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting Separated. DUNDEE TRADE REPORT. Our markets have undergone no change during the last eight days. Flax Possessed o f co l our an d qua li ty i s i nqu i re d a f ter , an d is saleable in small quantities at about former rates. In he mp and hemp c e dill a ther e is little or nothing doing lfor want of supples. East India jute continues rather , s , c „lrue. and meets ready buyers, at prices varying from lOs. to 241. 10s. per ton, according to the colour and rpiality of the parcels. The arrivals from foreign ports durin g the past week consist of one vessel from Riga, it on e from Revel, and one from Altona, loaded with flax, ?.. The last a c counts from th e diff eren t B a l t i c p o rt s a uylse no important change in the position of any of the 1115trkets. Prices of flax and codilla were maintained, hthout muc h act i v i ty i n b us i ness. T he weather raroughout the continent is still reported as uncoil-. "lY fine and favourable for the young cm' s of Ali sorts, --,vendee Courier, Berriedale, son of the Earl of Caithness, will a few days lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Philips, t:Nest daughter of Georgo Philips, Esa. The bride's ct uaer • 11. P, fo r Pool e , and olu.‘ t)f the i'ealthieat raer -444 is the kingdom. , THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDA Y MORNING, JULY 17, 1847. IMP._ MAL PA I< UA.MEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from an in dividual, complaining of the Tithe Commutation Act. The Noble and Learne I Lord also presented a petition from Mr. Robert Owen, praying their Lordships to ap point a Select Committee to inquire into the plan he proposed to adopt for the improvement of the condition of the people of Ireland. CONFERENCE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL appeared at the bar, and requested, on behalf of the Commons, a conference with their Lordships, on the resolutions adopted by their Lordships with respect to the reception of Bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the Noble Lord that their Lordships had agreed to the conference. The following were the Noble Lords composing the conference:—The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Monteegle, Lord Sidney , Lord Strafford, the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Colville, and the Earl of Redesdale. Their Lordships having retired for a few minutes, returned, when The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated that the Com mons had agreed to the resolutions proposed by their Lordships. DRAINAGE OF LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill went through Committee. PUNISHMENT OF VAGRANTS (IRELAND) BILL. A conference with their Lordships having been re quested by the Commons with respect to this Bill, the above-mentioned Noble Lords were appointed for the purpose. On their return, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE reported that the conference on the part of the Commons was conducted by Sir G. Grey, and that the conference left with them their reasons for disagreeing with amendments which their Lordships had inserted in the Bill. A vast number of Bills were brought up from the Commons, the titles of which were read by the Clerk at the table; the whole of them having been brought up under the new rule—namely, by list. Of course, a con siderable saving of time was the result. MUSCLE FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the committal of this Bill, and explained the nature of it, and defended its pro visions. He said, tinder the present law persons poaching on oyster beds rendered themselves liable to twelve months' imprisonment, and that the present Bill would simply assimilate the law with respect to muscles to that of oysters. Muscles were now most inadequately protected. Lord BROUGFIAM opposed the Bill on the ground that a person who simply fished up a muscel or who fished for one ineffectually, would render himself liable to most severe punishment, far more severe than the nature of the offence required. Snails and Jockles, which he had been Warned for calling a mixture of leather, salt, and sand, and as wanting in his apprecia i: n of the fine arts—(Hear, hear, and laughter) — were a respctable class of society, and he really was at a loss to understand why they should not be pro tected.—(Renewed laughter.) Why, the Lord Advocate, from whom the Bill had emanated, by his anxiety to pro. tect muscles would be entitled to have a muscle embla zoned on his banner at the next election.—(Laughter.) It was quite ridiculous to frame such stringent promises for the protection of such unimportant property. Why. if a boy on his way to school took a muscle out of the water and ate it with his knife, he would be branded as a felon. He hoped the Bill, theretoie, would not pass. Lord CAMPBELL said fisheries were granted by the Crown to the persons who held them, and surely they ought to have that protection at the hands of the law which other property, such as fowls, &c., enjoyed. Their Lordships then went into Committee on the Bill and the clause having been agreed to, the Chairman reported the result to the House. HOLYHEAD HARBOUR BILL. On the mod n for the third readinz of this Bill, Earl PO WIS objected to the motion The Earl of AUCKLAND supported the third read ing of' th Bill. Aft-r some observations from Lord MONTEAGLE, The Bill as read a third time and pasmd. NEW ZEALAND (No. 2) BILL. This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. DESTITUTE PERSONS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. PUBLIC WORKS AND DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed, after a short discussion. CANAL COMPANIES BILL. This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. THE MILITIA PAY BILL. This Bt 1 was read a second time and ordered to be committed to mi,rrow. COPYRIGHT (COLONIES) BILL. This Bill was react a second time and ordered to be committed. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was mad a second time and ordered to be committed to-mor ro w. LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES FUND BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. POST-OFFICE BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered ,o be read a third t ma tomorrow. NAVIGATION (No. 2) BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and was ordered .o he read a third time. RECOVERY OF PUBLIC MONIES' (IRELAND) BILL This Bill went through Committee. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a third tune and passed. DRAINAGE OF LANDS (IRELAND) RILL. This Bill was read a third tithe, and passed. , STOCK IN TR ADE EXEMPTION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. as were also the Joint-Stock Companies' Bill, and the Polling at Elections (Ireland) Bill. Thy o' her Bills on the table were advanced a stage, and their Lord,hips at a Quarter to Seven, adjourntd till to-morrow at One o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 16. The SPEAKF R took the Chair shortly after Three. NEW MEMBER FOR CORK. Dr. POWER was introduced by Mr. Maurice O'Con nell and Mr. Callaghan, and took the oaths and his seat for the county of Cork, i❑ the room of the late Daniel O'Connell, Esq., deceased. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL. Sir DE LACY EVANS, after some discussion as to the incorrectness of the division that took place upon the Parliamentary Electors Bill, withdrew the measure for the present session. THIRD READING. The Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and Amendment) Bill was read a third time. and passed. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the tohowing Bills were considered and agreed to : Birkenhead, Lan - Caihire, and Cheshire Junction Railway (Deviation of Main Line and Chester Branch, &c.) Buckingham and Brackley Junction ItAilway, and Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation and Extension of Lines. Caledonian Railway (Edinburgh Station, and Branches to Granton, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway). Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holyhead). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Improvement of the Ferry between Ferry Port on Craig and the north shore of the river Tay). Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railways Amalgamation. •c m as a tl i e n -ur in n e - Ty an n d e Liverpool, (Tcti(n Railway ) Maneh tion Blanchester, te ( r A , Hawes Branch). lte a r n a dN o e f ts London (City) Improvements. Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway. South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway (Penis tone, &c., and Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Goole Rail. way, Dim Navigation, and Dearne and Dove Canal). Wear Valley, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Wear dale Extension, and Wear and Derwent Railways, and Shildon Tunnel Amalgamation. York and North Midland Railway (Hull Station and Branches). SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN TRINIDAD. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Trinidad com plaining of the present system of Government in that colony, and praying for a House of Assembly. .POOR -LAW. Mr. OSBORNE presented a petition from the Tip• perary Union, stating that the rates under the new Irish poor law could not be collected without bloodshed. PORTUGAL Mr. OSBORNE wished to ask the Noble Lord (J. of the Noble Lord Russell) a question in the ab A sez i e r awaygtahl ßy itii; th r e ty s o e f co th nd e the Secretary for Foreign article in the treaty with Portugal a decree continuing as pro vided that the decrees taking was subject of the press should be revoked. ' Diane recently issued contained the sulension of the liberty of the subject and of il tr i p th e g s , a for, an indefinite period, he wished to know w e h - e r th s the Noble Lord was aware of this ; and whether he in " : tended to take any step to compel the Government of Portugal to fulfil the treaty ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who spoke very indistinctly, was understood to say, that he was aware that the liberty of the subject and of the press had been suspended and that they had not ,been revoked. The revocation of the decrees on the subject was assented to by the Queen and her Government, but refused by the Junta ; but he believed the continuation of the decree com plained of was merely temporary, and that it would be immediately revoked. Mr. B. OSBORNE also wished to know whether it was true that the French and Spanish Ambassadors had protested against the conduct of Colonel Wylde at Oporto ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he believed they had pro tested. POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. HINDLEY wished to know whether, in the event of this Bill coming down from the House of Peers with the clause of the Hon. Member for Evesham (Mr. Borth wick) omitted, the Government would consent to its re itlbertion ? Mr. FERRAND said no less than fifty Members who had left town had stated that if the Government offered any opposition to the clause that they would come up to town for the express purpose of supporting it. If the G:iTernment wculd state that they would uot OPP°3O the insertion of the clause much incovenience might be saved. Lord J. RUSSELL said he would be very unwilling to create a precedent by stating what he would do on the mere supposition that alterations had been made in the Bill by the House of Lords. This, however, he would promise the Hon. Gentleman to do. As soon as the Bill came down, he should move that it be taken into consideration on Monday—(Hear)—and he would then state what course the Government would pursue. Mr. FERRAND wished to know if it was to be un derstood that the Bill would come from the House of Lords this day? Lord J. RUSSELL said he understood that the Bill was placed in the hands of the messengers yesterday, and that it would be brought down to day. Mr. FERRAND inquired if the Government would give a pledge that they would not take the Bill till late in the evening, in order that Hon. Members might come up to town, in the event of the Government opposing the clause.—(Cheers and laughter.) CHELSEA EMBANKMENT—METROPOLITAN IMROVEMENTS. In reply to Sir R. H. INGLIS, Lord MORPETII stated that the Treasury had autho rised the expenditure of 50,0001. for the purpose of con structing an embankment at Chelsea, but the works bad not yet been commenced, owing to the arrangements which it was necessary to make with persons possess;ng property on the banks of the river—the Marquis of Westminster and others. His attention would be earnestly directed to the subject during the recess. Lord J. RUSSELL said, it was true his brother the Duke of Bedford had offered to subscribe a considerable sum towards the metropolitan improvements, on condi Lion that a certain sum, for the same purpose, should be raised by a tax on coals coming into the river ; but the Government believed, looking at the high amount of the present coal duties, that they could not have effected these improvements without subjecting coals to a charge considerably beyond that now charged by law. It would be necessary to introduce a Bill on the subject. But both out of office, and now in office, he considered that the levying of such a tax was a most objectionable source of revenue.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had given the most careful at tention to the subject, and he was of the same opinion. SIR - EARDLEY WILMOT. In answer to a question from Sir C. DOUGLAS, Lord J. RUSSELL said that he did not see that there were any public grounds which would justify the House in coming to any resolution on the subject of the family of Sir Eardley Wilmot. He had no doubt that Mr. C. E. Wilmot was a very deserving person, but he could not thence agree in the opinion of the Hon. Baronet that the House should come to any resolution in his favour. THE RAJA OF SAT FARA. Mr. HUME then moved an address to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to direct that there be laid before this House copies of the overtures made to Purtaub Singh, twenty years Raja of Sattara, and now an exile at Benares, to the effect, that if he would renounce his claim to the sovereignty of Sattara he should be allowed to change his place of residence and enjoy other advantages, in return for his compliance with these degrading proposals ; also, copies of the orders by which these overtures were made ; also, copies of the answer of the ex Raja to these overtures; and also copies of the correspondence between Major Carpenter, the officer in charge of the ex-Raja at Benares, and the Governor-General, and the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors in England on the suhject. That her Maj• sty would also be gra ciously pleased to comply with the petition of the ex- Raja, presented to her Majesty in March, 1845, and grant him such a trial as the poorest peasant in her Majesty's dominions is by law entitled to claim. The Hon. Member denied that the assertion of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Board of Control, that the late riaja had been taken from a prison by the British Government, to be placed on the throne of Sat tara was true. The dignity belonged to him by right, having been handed down from his ancestors. He also denied the second and third assertions, that the Prince bad been found guilty of treasonable practices continued from an early period, and that Generals Briggs and Rob. rtson were aware of them. The Raja had been held up as model for the princes of India ; and a sword had been sent to him, as a mark of respect from the East India Company. (The lion. Member read letters from Generals Briggs and Ro bertson, to disprove the latter assertion) Having made these explanations, which he was prepared to prove by the evidence of all the papers, substantiated by the parole evidence of Colonel Ovens, if the House would compel his attendance, he would now proceed to refer to other portions of tbis case which had been adverted by the Right Honourable Baronet. He had five witnesses at present in London, who were well acquainted with the facts of the case, and who were prepared to prove that the Rtja was guiltless of the charges made against him, and that all the allega tions were without foundatitin.—(Hear, hear.) All that the Prince wanted was, that an investigation should take place, and that he should have an opportunity of fairly meeting the charges against him. He (Mr. Hume) was prepared to prove his innocence, if he had the opportunity, and he would not detain the House any longer, as be thought he had stated sufficient grounds why the inquiry should be instituted. All he wanted was a trial in any way the Government might think necessary, and he hoped the House would pardon him for the time he had occupied in bringing this matter before it. Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE said, that as he had already occupied the attention of the House two hours and a half on this subject, he did not think it necessary to dwell upon it now. There was not a statement which had been made by the Hon. Gentleman with reference to some parts of the evidence but was wholly at variance with truth. An assertion had been made by Mr. G. Thompson, to the effect that the Raja of Sattara had most indignantly refused the off.-r that had been made to him by the Government, that he should resi.!n his claim to the kingdom of Sattara, on condition that he should receive in exchange some benefits and advan tages which were then specified. Now, an inquiry had been made , into the truth of this "indignant refusal," and it was clearly ascertained that the whole proposi- Wins, and the conversations by which they were sup posed to be supported were perfectly imaginary. Lord JOHN RUSSELL appeared at the blr of the House, and stated, that the Lords required a coeer ence with the House on the subject of bringing up Bills from the Commons, and other matters connected with the business of the House. Lord J. Russell, Sir J. Graham, the Attorney-Ge neral, the Solicitor• General, and several other Hon. Members were appointed to manage the conference. The Members having returned, Lord J. Russell an nounced to the Noose the result:of the conference. Sir J. HOBHOUSE resumed, by saying, that those who had the management of affairs in India, that they might have appropriated the whole of the country of the Raja, and incorporated it with the great I:idian empire ; they had not done so, however, but had paced the bro ther of the Raja upon the thr ne. PUNISHMENT OF VAGRANTS (IRELAND) BILL. A conference was appointed to confer with the Lords on the subject of certain amendments introduced by the Lords in this Bill. The conference having been returned, Sir G. GREY announced the result thereof to the House. General MORRISON made some remarks upon the subject of the Raja of Sattara, which were perfectly in audible in the gallery. The Gallant Member wa under stood to give it as his opinion that the Raja bad been justly deposed. allowed l\l. W to A KrLe rest 'V as thought now t h s a t t o o th l e c e rr s h eought p n l e o o t f t o be t hi s country would not tolerate it much longer. The present rule of this country in India, was a moral miracle, and it the House allowed the high character of that Government to be tarnished, there would soon be an end to their ex tensive dominion in the East. What a position was it tbr a man like the Hon. Member for Montrose, who, for 30 years had been the most indefatigable reformer in this country, and who was mainly interested in obtaining a reformed House of Commons, and placing the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, to stand up in his place, night after night, and beg of the Noble Lord, whom he had placed in his situation, to grant a full and fair inquiry into the subject. A statement had been made by Captain Cogan to the effect that the President of the Board of Control (Sir J. Hobhouse) had stated to him that he would do all that lay in his pow. , r to support the conduct of the Government in this determination, and that he had written to the Governor General of India, giving his intentions to dismiss from office every indivi dual who expressed an opinion unfavourable to the con duct pursued by the Government. It surely could not be possible that a member of a Liberal Government could act thus, but such was the effect of injustice on the part of the Government. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said this case had been very carefully considered -by -Sir Robert Grant, and after that careful consideration, Sir Robert Grant was firmly con vinced of the guilt of the Raja. Now, Sir Robert Grant could have had no interest either in deposing or con tinuing the Raja or his brother upon the throne, and there could be no doubt that his decision was purely im partial. He could not see any necessity for further inquiry into the matter. Already the fullest inquiry had taken place, and be could see no reason whatever for re-opening the case. He was not disposed to enter again into the merits of the question. Sir J. HOBHOUSE defended himself against the charge made by Captain Cogan. Mr. OSBORNE deprecated the course taken by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, in making public the sub stance of a private conversation between Captain Cogan and the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Con trol. If such a course were to be generally adopted, an end would soon be put to all public and private confi dence. He would have no objection to unite himself with the Hon. Member for Finsbury, as one of the twelve who would oppose voting a single shilling till justice had been done to the Raja. Mr. WAKLEY explained that the statement he had made was made on the authority of the printed report of the proceedings of the Board of Directors of the East India House. Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that the Raja had not yet had a fair trial, and it was an act of monstrous injus tice on the part of the Government, to refuse to him a fair trial. CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL. The report upon this Bill was then brought up and agreed to. POOR LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL said, with respect to the Lords ) Amendments to this Bill , he would take that opportu nity of statiag that , with re ga r d to the clause in the Bill on the motio n of the Honourable Mem berhibßus o e rth in wic oppositionk, and supp or t e d t o t h e by a forE majority ofthevesham(Nlr. P opinions of the Government, and which had bees expunged by the licads it WO his git,bougt his opinions on the subject remained unchanged. to move that the clause should be re-inserted in the Bill. With respect to the clause providing for the admission of the rate payers to the meetings of the board of guardians, which was expunged by the Lords, it was the intention of the Government to move that the amendment should be agreed to. After a few words from Mr.Wakley, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Borthwiek, and Mr. liindley, Sir G. GREY suggested the propriety of postponing any discussion on the subject till Monday next, when the Lords' amendments would be considered. The subject then dropped. BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. The order of the day for the adjourned debate on this Bill was then read. Mr. HUME was surprised to hear that no answer had been made to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorchester. He should most certainly do all in his power to oppose the Bill; it was a most scandalous breach of the compact already made. With respect to the division which took place upon the mea sure last night, he could s , e that there were in favour of the Bill 90 l'orie, 30 members of the Government, and only 28 Liberals. He thought that the Noble Leo d was only allowing himself to be made a cat's paw by the Church to get another stick, which they would use here after to break his own neck with ; for it was his (Mr. Hume's) decided opinion that every new Bishop he add d to the ranks of the Church would be a stick t.i break his own head with eventually. He should move as an amendment on the motion, that the Spe .ker do leave the Chair—that he should leave it on Monday next. Sir W. MOLESWORTH would do all that lay in his power to oppose the Bill by every fair means in his power. He disapproved of the purpose of the Bill, for he thought that the exist'ng Bishops were well able to perform the duties &lotted to them. He should, however. oppose anything like a factious opposition to the Bill. Mr. coLLETT would support the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose. Mr. V. SMI l'H thought that if the House was not pledged, as was stated by the Noble Lord last night, by any compact that had been entered into, then it was per fectly unnecessary to keep those words in 'he preamble, and in the same clause which had reference to the crea tion of three new bishoprics, if the Government would consent to expunge those words, he would have no fur ther objection to go into Committee en the Bill. He would. therefore, wish to know from the Noble Lord whether he would consent to the proposed alteration? Sir J GRAHAM said, that if the alteration proposed by the Hon. Member were acceded to, he would still have an objection to the preamble of the Bill. He should still move to omit the words, " regard being had to the cir cumstance that her Majesty did not contemplate the issue of her writ to the new bishops to sit and vote as Peers of Parliament, except as vacancies should from time to time occur among the bishops of England and Wales, now so sitting and voting." Lord J. RUSSELL denied that this Bill was any viclation of the compact entered into by the Government in the year 1836. The Hon. Member for Montrose had quoted the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dor chester (Sir J. Graham) as an authority in his favour; but he omitted to state that that Right Hon. Baronet was in favour of going into Committee on the Bill, and would not offer any onposition to the creation of a new bishop fcr Manchester. With respect to the question of the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire, the Govern went had come to the conclusion that instead of one bishop four bishops ought to be created, and her Majesty had been advised to appoint a commission to inquire into and report upon the necessities of the various parts of the countr y most requiring the appointment of a bishop. He thought that it would be placing the Church in a very unfair position if her Majesty alone were to be interdicted from in• creasing the power necessary for its own government. It was a principle invariably recognised to increase the power of the head or governing department, whether ec clesiastical, civil, or political, as the sphere of its opera tions was enlarged. Considering the importance of the words relating to the four new bishoprics in the preamble. he should depart from the original 4norle adopted with respect to Bills in Committee, and should move, instead of the preamble being postponed , that it be taken i n t o con si bishops se a ts dt• rai on a at had come to the conclusion that it was not advisable t o in once. the With respect reesfpeet Lords, the Government to givin g th e new give them seats in the House, as they considered that tne Church was already sufficiently represented in ;hat branch of the Legislature, but the new bishop would be entitled to take his seat in the House upon any vocancy occurring in the number of bishops. He had no objec. don to expunge the words having reference to the four new bishops from the second clause, but he would not consent to any alteration in the preamble of the Bill. Mr. TRELAWNY took an objection to the Bill, on the ground of its favouring one sect more than another. and the Bill did not state of what religion these bishops were to be ; they might belong to the Catholics, Wes leyan, or any other body. He thought that for the best interests of religion it would be better to leave th 4 Church of England like other bodies, to be supported upon the voluntary system ; the effect of endowments was only to make a number of useless clergymen and apathetic congregations. He thought that the better plan would be to postpone this Bill until the next ses sion, when more time would be given for such a full vindication of the measure as its importance suggested. Mr. ENTWISLE thought that so long as the Church was bound to the State by the thong of the constitution, it ought to receive some degree of atten• don from the House. With respect to this Bill, he thought it would be much better permanently to ex elude the new bishops, than to deprive the ancient sees, as it was proposed by this Bill, of that temporal dig nity which for centuries attached to them. It was his intention to vote for the retention of the second clause, and it that clause were ag reed to, he would move to expunge from it all word s ving reference to the rota tion in which the Bishops should occupy seats in the house of Lords. Mr. ROEBUCK thought that there was already a very extensive suspicion abroad with respect to the con duct and influence of the bishops, and he thought it very unwise to make any further addition to the nuns ber of these irresponsibl e Legislators. The bishops were not like th e h ere di tary no bl es o f the House of Lords; they were in all cases sent up to that place in consequence of som e p ecu li ar fam il y conne xions, nei t h e r were they person s representing the pu blic opinion of t he country, and it was his opinion that they were of very little service in the emu(' of legislation. He wished to know whether the minds of the people of England wee to be better employed in making t h ese four bishops" in devising som e proper means of payment for it.e working clergy. This measure was the worst that could possibly be devised for the Church of England, as it was one likely to bring it into that disrepute which they were so anxious to avoid. lie further would not trespass any upon the time of t h e House, but be would con clude by s rongly urging u p on the Governmen t to refrawe and remodel this Bill. . • Mr. BROTHERTON d eprecate d a ny factious pro „hat seeding .itti respect to t h is Bill. pressing its opini on On the future stag es of t Ile thought that. ex there would be a m pl e opportunit i es f o r the h l e l i necessity Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that there was M, n, for the proposed measure, and he had hoar" t induce him argu ments in favour of the measure sufficient to to give his support to it. the House Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, divided, when there appeared— 63 For going . in:o C0mmittee............ _ _ Against it ................................ _1%5 Majority for going into Com mittee The Hou,a then went into Committae' an do report Bill. Mr. COLLETT moved that the Chaim Hume, progress, and obtain lea ve to s i t a gain. After a few words from Ai r. M. Philips, Mr. Escott, and Mr. Roebuck, hat the course Mr. BRO MERTON rose and deprecat h House d that t 0 . of the lion. Member, on the groan 11 upon repeated having sanctioned the principle of the SI adopt would 'be divisions, the more legitimate course to adopt as possible in to endeavour to amend the Bill as Inta-' Committee. Mr. Osborne, Mr. Mr. W ALLEY thought that i n taking ad van- House would be acting perfectly rigidietf ea t the Bill, and cage of all the rules of the House to if is did not adopt it would incur a great responsibili t y goose permitted all the means which the forms of t h,, to defeat the measure. the m i no rity of the handy, it Lord J. RUSSELL thought in their to have the exercise of this p "oweerasure to which there would be impossible to pass any . woritY the minority . were was any opposition, and the ni ! - in and neither the Re power of dictating to the majority, would have the tom Act, nor the Act for the r ja P w of the land. e if al of the corn-laws, Mr.Aan. Member to with could have by this time beenth t e ha n t Mr. AGLIONBY requested th e draw his motion. and withdraw, W. Molesworth, Rserebuck, Lord Clements, Hume, a t , withdraw, but no division Strangers were ordered i man withdrew his amend took After s a m f i e t w h , words mr. from M n r. ment, xi- said he had come to the Sir JAMES GB ATI A— e xisted for an increase in conviction that no necessityand that it would be much more place, as the Hon. Gent e the number of bi,hops! the number of parochial clergy in advisable to increase p A the c reation of any bishops who should not have t in the H ouse of Lords . He would co a n accordance with these views, the however, o ppose d to preamble the words which recited that ro n p el o u r d ti c on byo ntiohve i n crease in t he p o p ulation . He was , ing, sea omis,ion from the l portion of the bishoprics. f the new. to the creation o . d he considered the preamble to be Mr. FUME s aid . posit() to the conditions en tered a s being opposite report of the commissioners which referred entirely illegal, Majesty's Government, and therefore be left ° ut * from Mr. Law, Mr. Dundas, Mr. 'marks After some rt Lord J. Russell, S. Wortley, and Lor_ RBER t t e h r e ed wh in o t l o e b o y n T proceeded to define the Mr. SIDNEY b n of each Hon. Gentleman., and after ' particular wishes how it was possible to go on with fitting these, he asked t. eamble, when it had thus been the discussion of the pr . hundred Ple • ces He should therefore divided into some postpone the preamble altogether. propose that they said that they had now arrived at ti , Sir G. GIiZEY ble— ghhetrto portion of the prem I say that no portion of the preamble Mc. HUME--'str, has been read. lam toorder, and I as sert t h at the fact the Chairman, said that he had read and paragraph by . paragraph, to the is so. sen y e r n . c G e b il y E s House, and the House had offered no interruption. Mr:BUNCOMBE and Lord CLEMENTS recommended the Chairman of Committees to leave the chair, as his duty E e sentence , e E n ' c e , must b e a very onerous and diagreeable one. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he would be pr e p are d t o defend the preamb l e , if it were gone into, but despite the Hon. Member for Finsbury he was prepared to go on and if the opponen ts of the Bill thought fit to divide on : h 1 wl.ole measure they might do so.—(Hear.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ............ 33 A.gaine tt . . : ............................... 132 l ivalty flimmt ................ .........99 Mr. MARK PHILLIPS moved that the words " For establishing forthwith a bishopric be left out." Mr. NEVILLE opposed the amendment. Mr. T. I)UNCOMBE wished to know why it was that the Noble Lord at the head of the Government had given the city of Manchester an enfranchisement under the Reform Bill, if he paid no attention to the voice of the people of Manchester. They declared against a new bishop, and he did not reply to their petition. Lord J. RUSSELL said that although the people of Manchester might not now appreciate the benefits of a bishopric established among them, yet they would, no doubt, at some other time, understand the benefits. After some remarks from Mr. HUME and Mr. M. PHILIPS, Mr. ROEBUCK moved that the Chairman leave the chair and report progress, and ask leave to sit again. A desultory discussion followed, when the House divided, and there appeared— For the motion - 18 Against it 129 --111 Mr. B. OSBORNE would put it to the Noble L. , rd to say whether 113 n. Members who attended in the House at three o'clock, and sat till that hour without dinner, w,ere to go on till some later hour in the morning. Lord J RUSSELL said that he having ; to attend to bosiness, was as much inconvenienced as any Hon Member in that House. He should now therefore move• that the chairman report progress, and a,k leave to sit to-morrow (this day). Mr. HUME moved that the House adjourn till Monday. _ _ Several Hon. Members opposed this proposition. The gallery was ordered to be cleared, but although the reporters were kept out a considerable time, no divi sion took place. On our re-admittance, Mr. J COLLETT said that most assuredly he should move, that on the third reading of this Bill, this House be called. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that if the Bill were perse vered in, he should, when the order of the day was again moved for, call the attention of the House to the state of the administration, the violation of their pledges, the principles on which they had proceeded, and the princi ples on which the administration was to be conducted hereafter. He would prevent the recurrence of the thing, for that evening, by moving that the House do now adjourn. After some observations from several Members, _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had no desire to press a sitting on Saturday (this day), if Hon. Mem bers would promise fairly to discuss the preamble and the clauses, clause by clause. After some turther observations strangers were or • dered to withdraw. It was arranged, however, (without any division), that the discussion on this Bill should be taken on Monday at three o'clock, and that unopposed busine: a should be taken at twelve on Saturday (to-day.) The other orders of the day were then agreed to, and the House adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. THE CHESTERFIELD MURDER. APPREHENSION AND COMMITTAL OF A TRADESMAN OF CHESTERFIELD. No little surprise was manifested in Chesterfield, Derby, and Belper, on Monday night, on its becom ing known that Mr. Robert Statham, a respectable master butcher, of the Market-place, Chesterfield, had been apprehended on the charge of aiding and abetting John Platts in the execution of the murder of George Collis, and for which Platts was convicted, and suffered the extreme sentence of the law. As is usual, rumour, with her thousand tongues, was busy, and the most absurd and alarming reports were im mediately circulated all over the town and neigh bourhood, and the greatest excitement prevailed throughout this generally dull and quiet town. The following, however, will, we believe, turn out to be correct, the authenticity of which may be relied on. It may be within the recollection of our readers, that Platts when apprehended by Inspector Cotteral on the charge of murder, loudly proclaimed his in nocence, and which he stoutly maintaine'l up to the hour of his conviction. The prisoner Statham came forward in the most zealous manner on behalf of the murderer, and confidently predicted that Platts would be acquitted, he also afforded Platts great as sistance during the period of his incarceration in Derby gaol, and furnished the principal part of the funds for the defence. Statham on various occasions 'et fall several remarkable expressions relative to the d, butmurder, it was whichw o e f r te e r t w h a o r u d g s h a t t nothing of at is w th a e rm p t e h . in endeavouring to defend Platts, whom he had known from a child, from so foul a charge. Platts had also been in the service of Statham. After the conviction of Platts, the convict made a long rambling statement to the chap lain and visiting magistrates, which he styled a confession, but which was regarded by the pri. son authorities as a tissue of falsehoOds, and which turned out to be the case, for before the expiration of twelve hours, the convict contradicted that statement, and made another totally at variance with the former one, and in which he stated that three persons were concerned in the murder; but as far as the actual deed went, he declared he had no hand in the affair, but admitted he was present in the shop when it was planned on Sunday morning, during the period of Divine service. Platts implicated Morley, who died at Chesterfield shortly after the murder of a brain fever, and a man known by the cognomen of " Lanky Bill." Shortly before his execution, Platts made another confession ; but as the greater part of it was inconsistent with the truth, the prison authorities placed no confidence in the contents, and it was wholly discredited in Chesterfield, as being totally at variance with the evidence at the trial, for had the confession been true, the testimony of several witnesses must have been false. Sufficient, however, was gleaned from the convict to induce the magistrates to pursue the investigation, which was carried on after the execu tion of Batts in a most determined, but exceedingly quiet manner. So secret was the matter managed, that not the slightest suspicion was excited, and it was generally thought by all parties, except two or three persons, that the affair hail altogether dropped, until about a fortnight ago, when Antony Lint was arrested on the charge of aiding in the murder, for which he now awaits his trial. On Friday last the police, who have been most active in their endeavours to bring other parties to justice, obtained some most important information, and also were successful in obtaining a connecting link in this dreadful deed, which had been long wanting. The result of their in quiries deeply implicated Mr. Statham, and the evidence was at once laid before E. G. Maynard, Esq., Mayor, who is also a county magistrate. No farther step was taken until Monday, when further testimony relative to Statham's movements and conduct was laid beore the Mayor, who at once issued a warrant for his appre hension, and he was lodged in the Chesterfield lock-up the same night, and on Tuesday underwent a long and searching examination before the Mayor. The prisoner appeared deeply agitated, but denied his guilt. Mr. Maynard said that there was su ffi cient evidence to warrant his committal as an accessory be fore the fact, and on application of the prisoner's soli citor, his worship refused bail, which was offered to any amount, it being understood by the police that further most important evidence would be produced at the trial. It is also said that Lant, since his com mittal, has made some revelations which casts further light on the affair, and goes to prove that the confes sion of Platts could not possibly be true. Statham was lodged in Derby gaol on Tuesday ; he was ex ceedingly dejected in the train, and merely observed that it was a hard thing for an innocent man to suff er for so dreadful a charge. Statham up to this period has always been considered a most respectable man, was highly esteemed by his fellow-townsmen, carried on a very lucrative business, and was considered to be in very comfortable circumstances. The circumstance of the prisoner being charged as being directly im plicated in the above revolting murder, has caused a far greater sensation than when the murder was first committed, and has since Monday been the all-ab sorbing topic of conversation. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND BOL• TON RAILWAY..—A frightfUl accident occurred on this line on Saturday night. About twenty-five minutes past eleven o'clock the luggage train, consisting of thirty-six waggons and a luggage van, left Bolton. On arriving near the coal pit at Kearsley, between Stone Clough and Dixon Fold, Clifton, the engineer (George Quick) ob served something lying across the rails. It was a dark might, and he could not see it till close upon it. The engine struck it, and, as it appeared to him, dragged it four or five yards, when the engine gave a jerk and proceeded without further interruption. When the train reached Pendleton, the engineer had occasion to stop it,. and on examining the engine, he saw upon the guard in front a small quantity of hair and a piece of bone. He passed on with the train to Salford, and there found that the three waggons next the engine were bespattered with blood and flesh. Accompanied by the fireman and breakrnen, be then returned with the engine to the place where the shock took place, and there found the upper part of a human body on the outside of the rails, and about three yards further, within the rails, lay the re mainder of the body. A police officer was sent for, and the mutilated remains were discovered to be those of the body of a man named Kay Collier, a watchman in the employ of the trustees of the late Mr. Fletcher, Clifton. From the evidence elicited at the inquest, held yesterday before Mr. Rutter, coroner, it appeared that the de ceased, at eleven o'clock, lett a beer house about a quarter of a mile from the spot where he was found, forward in liquor, in company with his wife. lie said he had to keep watch at the coal pit , an d his wife then left him and went home He must have got over a fence to get upon the line, arid that was a nearer way to the place he was going to. It was well known that when had a lade drink he would lie down, and resist every effort to raise him; and it appears that he had lain down in this humour arid most probably fallen asleep, when the accident occurred whi h terminat , d his lite in so shocking a manner. The jury returned a verdict of— " Accidental death."—Manchester Examiner. Shocks of an earthquake were felt in the depart ment of the Seine- Inferieure, at about eleven o'clock on the night co the 10th. NAVIGATION LAwS.—The Committee appointed to inquire into the above laws, were to have assembled for the last time yesterday, to hear the evidence of Mr. Aylwin in favour of the maintenance of ttp se laws; but, a fter waiting until two o'clock, and there being only Sir Howard Douglas present, they could not form a quorum, and ac, - :ordieulyiproceedings terminated for this THE LATE OPERATIONS IN But her Majesty's Government cannot doubt ; CANTON RIVER. that the lesson w hi c h t h ose authorities have now Jearnt, ';:: h Majesty h s servants in Chi na , re l y i ng upon tha Correspondence relative to the operations in the that forbeara nce h as it s l im i ts, and that__ " Canton o tei Government, are prepared, necei- Canton River has been just laid before Parliament by j promptly to assert th e r i g h ts wh i ell her Majesty's command; and the following are ex tracts from the more interesting portions thereof. sar y , subjectsin China are by tr ea ty ent i t l e d to injoy wilo2l The first extract is of a letter from Sir John Davis. have a salutary effect on the future conduct of thei% At SIR JOHN DAVIS TO COMMISSIONER KEYING. " Victoria, Hong Kong, April 2,1847. I Chinese officers. ' at I have to acknowl e d g e the receipt of your Excel- Her Majesty s Government tru s t, h owever,th what has occurred will not operate as an en c ou rage =' ..,:-.. lency's sin g l e re ply t o th ree o f m y no t es . ment to an or ill-disd viduals o It has always been o u r i nvar i a bl e rule to write se the British y community, thoughtless wantonly p to ose provo indi ke collisi f on parately on every separate subject. This new pro ceeding on y our E xce ll ency ' s part I regre t t o o b serv e with the Chinese. It will be your duty, and that o f is insincere, and tends to confusing and evading the all her Majesty's servants in China, to suppress by the most prompt and vigorous exertions of the real points at i ssue . again enclose a copy of my principal and most powers entrusted to you by law, every tendency to important note, which you have passed unnoticed. such conduct on the part of the British community; Viscount Palmerston requires reparation for the vio- I and you may reckon with confidence upon the support of her Majesty's Government in your endeavours to lence committed on th e t wo sa i lors on the 17th Oc tober. I have also to demand the immediate punish- i give effect to their wishes in this respect. ment of the guilty a t F u h s h an on the 12th of March. (Si gn ed) PALMERSTON'. You have fasiuently evaded the punishment of the aggressors on former occa.ions, and Lord Palmerston states it can be endured no longer. According to the general rule of nations, my Go vernment will be compelled, by a refusal of justice. to take possession of securities for the performance of what is due. Perhaps it may become necessary to resume possession of Chusan if our people are badly treated at Canton with impunity. The four points indispensably required are as under :- 1. The punishment of the aggressors at Canton on the 17th of October. 2. The punishment of those at Fuhshan on the 12th of March. 3. Sufficient ground for the dwelling of British merchants at Canton. 4. The practice now, or at a fixed period, of the right of free entry into the city. (Signed) J. F. DAVIS. SIR JOHN DAVIS TO COMMISSIONER KEYINO. Canton, April 4, 1647. In pursuance of the arrangement agreed upon at our interview of this day, I beg to inclose to your Excellency the following written specification of points which I wish to be settled :- 1. That I should either return your Excellency's visit in the city, or that a time be specifically named, after which there shall be a general free ingress for British subjects. 2. That British subjects shall be free from moles tation in their perambulations within the neighbour hood of Canton. 3. That the aggressions of October 17 on the two seamen be punished, and also that of March 12 on Colonel Chesney and otheis, and that the names and punishments of the guilty be reported to me. 4. That British merchants be granted a building site of about fifty acres by the river, at the corner of the Macao Passage. 5. That a site for a church be rented on this side of the river be also granted, as well as a burial ground at Whampoa. 6 That a flying bridge to connect the two factory gardens be allowed to be constructed, and that the garden walls we kept clear of Chinese huts. 7. That the river space in front of the factories be kept permanently clear of boats. As soon as the foregoing points have been settled I shall be able to return immediately to Hong-Kong. (Signed) J. F. DAVIS. The result of the operations is described in this dispatch fiom Sir John Davis to Lord Palmerston : Victoria, Hong-Kong, April 12, 1847. My Lord—My hurried despatches of the sth and 6th of April were intended to put your Lordship in possession of the outline of events from the 2d to the 6th inst, within which period of tour days a rapid and successful course of operations obtained for me all that I justly despaired of ever effecting by negotiation alone, end the absence from this colony, for exactly one week, of a portion of the ordinary garrison, has probably rendered all the details of an expensive ex pedition unnecessary hereafter. Every military precaution was adopted, and we reached Canton in thirty-six hours, after capturing and disabling all the means of annoyance in our rear, in spite of resistance. This was effected with 900 men of my garrison, three steamers, and a brig; while in 1841 the same end was attained after many days by 3,000 troops, three line of battle ships, eleven frigates and sloops, and four steamers. For the de tails of our rapid operations I beg to refer your Lord ship to the Major-General's dispatch to Lord Grey By the testimony of the able officers of artillery and engineers forming the staff of our garrison, the city of Canton was entirely at our mercy, and only a word was required to involve it in helpless and in evitable ruin. This catastrophe was happily averted, and the demands for reparation were obtained in four days after quitting Hong-Kong, without I be lieve the loss of a life. The good conduct of the troops, while in position at Canton, was equal to their promptness and discipline in their irresistible passage up the river. RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES The surplus products of American harvests, and their transportation to meet the exigencies of the mother country, render freights on the American lines dn.- cult to be obtained, notwithstanding that the New Jersey and other lines run many extra trains both night and d a y. Th e quant i ty of flour which has been received at Boston by the Western Rai way, between September l and April 10, was 182,544.. barrels, 143,647 barrels for the corresponding period last y ear. The qua n tit y o f corn received from all points during the same period, was 1,353,560 bushels. The im pressions that at present prevail in America, rela tive to the ultimate remunerativeness of their mul tiplying lines may be taken as a tolerable criterion of the eventual advantage that will accrue upon prudent enterprise in connexion with almost all our British Railways. It is predicated in the best informed quarters, that every line in America, no matter how unfavourable at present may appear their location, must eventually pay good dividends. Nearly every rail in the country earned more money in 1846 than in 1845, and so far this year they have done a very large business compared with the cor responding period in former years. The activity in the grain markets has given all my quantity of freight, and they have been reaping a very rich harvest. Every road in the country, in good hands, must improve in value and productiveness. They are so intimately connected with the trade and com merce of the country, that they must improve as resources become developed, and connexions are made between different sections of the country. The business of the New England lines is almost entirely of a local character, and they pay better dividends than any others in the country. The New Yorkers have expended nearly three hundred millions of dollars in works of internal improvement; some are unproductive, some in an unfinished state, and some at present perfectly useless. At the time the im mense debts of some of the States were contracted the public mind was almost entirely absorbed by the construction of canals. The canals built at that time at such an extravagant rate of expenditure, will in a few years be almost entirely superseded by railways constructed in their immediate vicinity. New rail ways are in completion in every part of the country, and a few years will suffice to complete many of the lines now in an unfinished state. The capital stocks of most have been filled up by subscriptions from the middle classes, New York capitalists are very shy, and touch all works of improvement cau tiously; and rich men are unwilling to part with their money, unless immediate returns in the shape of di vidends are guaranteed. In consequence of this prin ciple prevailing so generally, the system of paying interest upon all instalments paid in upon subscrip tions to railways has been adopted. The journals condemn this system, as it is not more or less than. paying back to subscribers, in the shape of interest, part of the principal, the deficiency produced by these payments having to be made up by an increase of capital stock. On the Boston line there has been general increase of trade. In fact, the increase of business on the railroads already in operation has put all previous calculations far in the back-ground. Es timates, originally deemed to be highly exaggerated, have proved to be far below the actual results. The annexed table exhibits the gross receipts of the &I- I lowing railroads leading from Boston, in four years, ending December 1, 1846 : 1843. 1846. dollars. dollars. Boston and Worcester 383.367 554,7 12 Western 584 882 954,417 Boston and Lowell 277.315 344,102 Fitchburg not open 286,635 Boston and Maine 178,744 349,136 Eastern 272,036 371,338 Boston and Providence 0 33,388 360,375 Total 1,918.734 3 260,725 Aggregate increase on all the roads is 57 percent. Fares were generally reduct•d in 1845. From caleula ions recentlymade, it has been ascertained that the popu • lation in the towns immediately adjoining some of the railroads of Massachussetts was as follows, viz.: ~f the Old Colony railway, not including Dorchester, 25,976, giving an average of 702 per mile ; that of the Providence road, not including Roxbury, 39,977, or 978 per mile ; of the Worcester road, 27,159, or 603 per mile; of the Fitchburg road, 27,353, or 547 per mile ; of the Lowel road, 28,664, or 1,102 per mile; of the Boston and Maine road, terminating at the line of the state of New Hampshire, 19,865, or .557 per mile; and on the Eastern road, terminating also at the border of the state, 51,967, or 1,310 per mile.—Ratheuy Gazette. I now have the honour to inclose a translation of Keying's agreement. 1. The entrance to the city is not required on cc count of its value, because scarcely anybody would think it worth while to exercise the right, as we sea daily at Shanghae and elsewhere; but the principle is worth our care, and the previous indefinite period is now reduced to a fixed one of two years, in which interval the confessed and admitted weakness of the Canton Government may have time to prepare the people for the change. 2. The limit for excursions is defined (as at Shang hae) by a day's journey out and home, and we have now furnished the authorities with a strong motive The Belfast News Letter says that Mr o . f S L heridan ear. J. for restraining and punishing the aggression. 3. The punishment of those who maltreated the l i i t o n s o , w , i l l e , s , .• indigcantly declined the oiler two seamen (required by your Lordship's dispatch of i to sett:e on him a pension of 1001 a January 12, the communication of which Keying did THE NORTHERN LIGIITS.—The vessel Pharos, not think proper to acknowledge) and that of the assailants on Colonel Chesney, are conceded. The which had been dispatched by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights to France for a large quantity of lenses sequel of this dispatch will show that I had some for the use of the lights under their management, has trouble to procure the latter to be inflicted before I arrived in the Commercial Docks with her cargo, for the quitted Canton, in the presence of our own officers. purpose of loading a quantity of oil, previously to pro 4. The grant of additional building ground, so ceeding to her ultimate destination with the glasses for long denied to ourselves and the Americans, is at the lighthouses mentioned. length obtained ; and its being on the opposite, or NIWFOUNDLAND PRODUCE.—The vessel Dart less populous side of the river, may be considered as arrived in the river from Neivf mull ,nd, has brJught, in an advantage. addition to a cargo of oil and other morchan fise, the 5. The additional space fora church at Canton, and larg, number of 18.194 seal skins ; and another vessel, the burial grounds at Whampoa, though now for the the Cynthia, arrived from the same place, besides a first time obtained, are all a c cor di ng t o t reaty . cargo of oil, 17.000 of the some kind of skins. These 6. The bridge between th e gard ens , an d th e a ddi- extensive itepi , rta•iens of the seal skin from the British tional building p in the same sace, now conceded, were t North d the American provinces •nentionel, amply illustr a t e s abunance of e creature in that district. before the subjects of dispute, as reported in my dispatch of the 17th of March. A letter from Herne, of the B th , in the Constitu tionnel. says :—'• The sittinguf the Diet to day was, like :cfc.ontohfNeer Commencing 7. The control of the boats in front of the factories that of yesterday, taken up with the dII •ussion of mi is a mere measure of police, for which the Govern- litary affairs. What is more interesting than the deli inent should he as ready as ourselves, though the berations of the Diet, is a reyort, believed in some circles, that the Ambassador of France yesterday paid point has always been neglected. a visit to the President of It Directory', to read him a recent dispatch of' M. Guizot, giving not only his en _ An important proclamation was issued to this effect en the day after the above dispatch was written : sire o l\ re l. B on ois tl l i e e c ti 7 r o e to : t i o p p ( rt h d , a Junetien t 2 o , the hut w ( r t i w t t e e i n i in sr stilli ell PROCLAMATION ISSUED DT THE DISTRICT OFFICERS OF CANTON. Strange doctrines contained in it. It was said that M. (Translation.) April 13, 1847. Ho • the greatest ellSeak)eln expressed greatest surprise at the lan- Chang, by special Imperial appointment, district guage of M. Guizat, bein.; so sensibi d ff:rent from that employed by that Nlthi-ter in his tee nt .xplanations magistrate of Nanhae, raised ten steps, recorded ten times, and an expectant of promotion of the grade of in the Chamber of Deputies. The Pr-side tof the di eminent distinction; and rectory, it is also said, spoke still - moie fi-mly than in Le, acting district ma g ist ra t e of Pwan-yu, di s • the first interview of the Fr n.h E iv. , y sir dust certain trict magistrate of Sinning, raised ten steps, recorded doctrines which that dipl imatist en ieavoured to uphold. ten times, and an expectant of promotion of the grade of eminent distinction; hereby issue a fervent and Without guarante, ing the fact w ve hl i c t h is l e t x n a u e s t., inform you of, I hav" every reason to belie earnest proclamation. decision The Whereas foreigners and natives of the differentstrategic . point . 3 n ( i ) r Nicholas est i . of railways uniting the three countries' have carried on commerce at Kwangis E , n m a pero , Nicholas 5,.. taken lie a hnasad pied important tung for upwards of two hundred years past, and and St. Petersbur vi gh h . ich T v‘ h . i il s i the pro l ject w o a f r, a a v:s iv t , the people of China have long lived with them in will complete and strengthen the system of the old generally flit, peace and intimacy, the said foreigners having come kingdom of Poland, such ascrittßlngiEoliintismohin l ii i:n w P e ta of which the tit ids will be the fortress of War. from afar to act as merchants in China, it is a common blished it at the las t t h i e n l s i u n r e re is flit The country this sheeso minutes.atanexe-f matter (and one which should not therefore excite l s t tp a he a s en t l ;: f E b i h f a r e ' y l v u d e ta°fi bl :a r : s u t ; uts s I. : I al 1 n b :Nnn e l ul t Eeo n av ryol published. From theset of learn to be traversed fhe by_ w•orks being rapidly surprise) for them to go to look at places ia the allow se of vicinity of this city, and to walk about inspecting „ them; and if the inhabitants without any ceremony sa l b n ba E th n . that t d he connexion have in Eng nd ha "e e la on the 27 72e4clethYwl hic . h assemble together to look at and crowd rudely round b p a r th each h ers, 705 local preachers, them, not only do they thereby give rise to disturb- do Canada t teachers, a r c e s h ' e a r i r n s e . ante and injure peaceful relations, but they also o,3e of 219 Sil l g sc la h n o d ol the greatest violence to our Emperor's purpose from Ir 9 e e l7 r n e . I t s, and sei in oo C is a , cherishing and showing kindness to e issue op a fee- 15,236 members, afar. It is therefore proper that on ' the subject. and 35,')66 - vent and earnest proclamation 'is hereby addressed sionaries - , 19sel scholars. In Ireland there are 12 mis- For this reaeon a proclam h a e twn of the said locali- Sabbath ocal preachers, 852 members, and 641 to the literary gentry and t . people If foreigners should 59 local scholars. In Canada there are 35 missionaries, ties for their full informatio: preachers, and 3,201 members. The yearly ;id places to walk for in future proceed to theexpenses, f or relieving distressed districts, meeting heretofore assemble to look at. extraordinary amusement, do not as expenses, and extending the connexion, rail at them, so as to give Ilse to amounted to 1,6711, 15s. 9Ad. towhich, other with, and meet other troubles, and drawdown on yourselves inquiry 1 9111. 16s. were borrowed from the Beneficent Fund. The and punishment. Be particularly careful to yield a 1 Beneficent F un d amounted to 2,4731.95. 10 d. and, after reveren ti a l obedience! Make no opp os i t i on to this deducting large amo u nt s l ent to o th e r funds, there special proclamation ! pas still a b a l ance i n t h e h an d s o f the treasurer of The following is the last document in the 1631.95, 4id. The Mission Fund shows . on the debtor side a corres- side a sum of 3,324/ 6s. 2d., and on the creditor pondence, giving the Government sanction to the The Chapel Fund ope- balance in hand of 81/. 2s. 7id. . with JOHN on the debtor side a sum of 1,7381 Bs. I0i(t, with VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO SIR JOHN balance in the treasurer's hand of 245/. 13s. 00, 2,400/. have also been Foreign -office July 5 DAVIS.. , 1847. Besides this, upwards of Sir,—Your dispatches of the ,sth ' locally raised for the reduction of chapel and 6th of April, I which I received on the '29 h i debts, which, added to the 1,0331. granted by t of last month, havetotal or 3,4441. of actual relief for motives con enabledher Majesty's G ! ference, make a overnment to judge of the , the /. sub C rib A for The 20,000 s i the Jubilee motives which induced sear. you to und,-rtalce the late i directe d to Us distributed in the folio Fund wasfollow_ in the Canton river ; and I have great ing proportions :—Relief of distressed chapels 8,0001. ; satisfaction in acquainting that her Majesty's preparatory institution, 6.0001.• you , home mission, 2,000.; G - overn Extent consider that, under the circumstances of foreign mission, 1.000 ; Canadian and Irish mission, the case, the course you adopted was fully justified by 1 0001 ; aged and re , ired ministers, . poi It .„„„ ' that the next 2 ' o — --- the procrastinating and evasive conduct of the Chinese resolved . conference should be held at authorities, and was the one best calculated to pre- . 1 on Whit-Sunday, Liverpool . lB4B. The conference avowed a determinati, .vent more serious difficulties at a future period. Her in to ke p the expenditure of each year within the illeotbe as the only Majesty's Government therefore entirely approve the independence and red ectb. means of preserving what you did, as well in undertaking the expedition THE SCHOOL 01' DPESIGaNI ity r o h the conn t exion. f th as in the negotiations which preceded the withdrawal Committee on the sehk,ot of Design, e t r o ep vt o 'h r ieh o we di ofe her Majesty's forces from Canton. rected attention in a recent number, bad not greatly indeed, no wish, Iler Majesty's Government have, indeed, pleased the Council. If we understand rightly, another in order to unnecessarily, to have recourse to force, Committee has been appointed by them to confer with to just compel the Chinese authorities _ demands ; the Board of Trade , and Mr. Hamilton, until now an and they consider that the . utmost patience and for- active member of the Council, has resigned.—Thc bearance tbould be shown La dealing with thou. 8141dc h . . ---- -- - . ... ~,~- i