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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LO LyIJS.- (YESTERD<IY. Tba LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack M 5 o'ciock. - - PRIVATE BUSINESS. Oa the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the fell mi ng bills were read a second time :—C , rk Gas, Tral,,e and Killarney Railway, and Great Yarmouth Britannia Pier. T lIIRD READINGS, On the tuition of Lord REDESDALE, the following bill.; were severally read a third time :—Chester Water, Guildford Gas, Calcutta and South Eastern Railway. PETITIONS. The E3rl of EGLINTON presented petitions against the Ministers' Money Bill. Viscount DUNGA.NNON presented similar petitions. CRUELTIES TO SEAMEN. The Earl of SHAFTESSURY sail, seeing the noble lord the President of the Board of Trade in his place, be begged to call his attention to a case of great cruelty which had been perpetrated on board a vessel which sailed from Liverpool for D,merara, and which had been no ticed by the public press. It appears that a seaman engaged for the voyage had been treated with the greatest cruelty. He had been violently scourged, half starved, and then put in irons. After suffering such extreme cruelty a ferocious dog was set upon him, which tore the flesh from his body, and left the unfortunate man welter ing in a pool of blood. Finally, the poor fellow died of his" wounds, and his body was thrown overboard. The question he wished to ask was whether the circum stance had been brought under his attention, and if so, whether it was intended that the persons committing the outrage should be brought to justice? Lord STANLEY of AtDEfiLEY said the noble lord had not stated the facts of this case stranger than was justified by the circumstances of the case. The case had not been officially brought to his knowledge, but when it was the noble earl migv t rest, assured proper steps would be taken. Tie understood that the master and mate had been brought before the magistrates of Liverpool, who had refused the parties the privilege of putting in bail for their appearance. A similar case of cruelty to the one mentioned by the noble earl, had occurred on board the Emma Jane, which sailed from Plymouth to America. That case had been brought under the attention of the Board of Trade. The master and ma•e were tried at the assizes, and upon being convicted of tha offence they were transported for life. TIE BISHOPRIC OF NORWICH. Lord REDESDALE inquired what would be the action of the Government in respect to the retirement of the Bishop of Norwich ? The dissolution of Parliament pre vented the passing of his intended bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there was no doubt of the power of a bishop to resign. As to the seat of a bishop in the house after his resignation, be considered the seat went with the temporalities. There had been instances to that effect. As to the title of a bishop unler such circumstances, he would not be Bishop of Norwich but Bishop Hind,. As to provision for a retired bishop. the difficulty was where to find the funds. After a few words from Lord DEBBY, Lord CAMPBELL concurred with the Lord Chat oellor. The Duke of NEWCASTLE thought the intended bill should have retrospective action. Lord HA.RROWBY said they in tended to provide fcr the bishop in the coining bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR having explained, The Ear: FITZ WILLIAM was anxious to know what was intended to be done. Would they, as he bad heard, filch the money from the Consolidated Fund, or would they make the see provide for the maintenance of the bishop ? Neither of these plans was, in his opinion, the correct sae. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners were the right persons to supply the money. The Bishop of OXFORD suggested that the matter required the gravest consideration of their lordships. If they encouraged the resignation of bishops, they would materially affect the p , sition of bishops in this country. The Lord Chancellor treated the resignation of bishop as an easy affair ; but in his (the Bishop of Oxford's) opi nion, the resignation of an archbishop might present a serious difficulty. He could not resign, he must abdi cate. After some further converFatien, the subject dropped. Viscsuct DUNCTANNON presented a petition from the Rev. W. Palma, Rector of Sifford, praying for a proper regulation of cemeteries by a distinct line of de marcation between the graves of Dissenters and those of Churchmen. Lord WENSLEYDA.LE thought there was no neces. sity for more acts of Parliament on tae subject. Lord REDESDALE asked how an unconsecrated part of a cemetery could to regarded as a churchyard The Earl of MALMESBURY regretted that the views of their lordships' committee had not been carried out in this measure. The Bishop of OXFORD considered any further legis lation unnecessary. Viicount DUNGANNON presented a petition from the civil service at Woolwich, praying for the abolition of abatement on their salaries. The Smoke Nuisance Abatement Bill (Scotland) went through committee. Oa the third reading of the Transportation and Penal Servitude Bill being moved, The LORD CII NC ELLOR. proposed a clause to give power to deal with the sentences of convicts whom) con ditions of servitude would require modification in con sequence of the operation of the present measure. The Earl of AIRLIE, after stating the more promi nent statistics of the question, inquired what steps her Majesty's Government were at - ,out to take fir Cie useful continuance of transportation ? Tile Earl of HA REO WBY said there was much diffi culty in the proposed course. Might not a more lengthened term of imprisonment be suggested as an im provement t "After some further conversation, the bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordship's adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YE3TERDAY.) Tha SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINE3S. The Mid-Susaex Railway, and the Guistiniani'a Oath bills were read a third time. The Caledonian Ra lway (Lines to Grant3n) ; York and Youghal Railway ; Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway; Hamilton and Stratbaven Rail way ; Ipswich. Water ; Newcastle-tinder-Lyme and Leek Roads; Nort h- Eastern Rail •v ay (Lauchester V:aley Branch) ; Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway ; Shrewsbury Gas ; South Staffordshire, and Dartmouth and Turbay Rail way Bills, were further considered and ordered to be read a third time. The Scot , craig Estate v.asread a second time. SALFORD BOROUGH (tio. 1) BILL. Mr. CLAY moved that the bill be re-committed to the former committee. Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of and against the o►ths BA, in favour of Mr. Efeadlam's Ale,lic.l ILe form Bin, against the abolition of Church Rat,, from the Dublin. Roman CAtholicri praying than ono oath only should be required from Roman Catholics and Protestants ; against the Testamentary Bill ; from Scotland for a comprehensive raf,asure of reform ; from the medical officers of unions praying for a rPdress of their grievances ; in favour of the Fraudulent Trust bill, and praying for its extension to Scotland ; for an alteration in the Civil Service Act, &c. ORDNANCE SURVEY. Sir D. NORRE I'S gave notice that on Monday next he @hi:4od put a question to the Under Secretary for War relative to the large Ordnance Survey Map. ADULTERATION OF FOOD. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD gave notice that on Thursday he should ask for leave to introduce a bill to prevent the adulteration of food. (Hear, hear.) HARBOUR OF BROADHAVEN, &c. Colonel SYKES moved for a copy of report of Capt. Bedford, of the Royal Navy, to the Admirel - ,y, upon the harbour of Brcadhaven and bay of Wick. Agreed to. ST. STEPHEN'S HA LT.. Mr. WARREN asked the Chief Commissioner of Works when the statues of Pitt and Burke were likely to be placed on the vacant pedestals in St. Stephen's Hall / • Sir B. HALL said that the statue of Pitt would be placed in St. Stephen Chapel this year, and placed opposite Fox ; that of Burke was less advanced, and ho was unable to state when it would be ready. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Colonel GILPIN asked the Secretary of State for the Rome Department, whether any intention existed on : tit ° Part of the Government to introduce, during the Prlei_it sessio n , a bill f or t h e p urpose o f esta bli s hi ng a more uniform system of weights and measures through out the couotry Sir G. GREY Government, but --EY said that no bill had been prepared by ducecl last al abill bearing on the subject was intro but he had not t by the hon. member for Staffordshire, Yet seen its provision. ORDE R OF VALOUR. Col. FRENCIEL gave notice that on Monday he should put a question to th e Government relative to the accom modation to be provided is tslyde-park fo r mem b ers o f that house, when her Majesty distributed the ord e r o f valour on Friday next. On the motion for the adjournment of the house till Monday, DESIGNS FOR PUBLIC OFFICES. Lord ELCHO as ked the First Commissioner of Works if the exhibitio n in Westminste Rail of e de signs for the new public offices would . be open t o th e Public after the decision of the judges,r. to enabl e th e public to compare those des i g ns _ that recei ved priz es with those that did not ? (Hear, hear.) Lord J. MANNERS asked when the decision o f the judges would be made known ? Sir B. HALL said that, from the arrangements made for the reception of the model for the Wellington monu- Inept it would b e i mposs ibl e t o d o what was asked. li e expected to receive the decision of the ,judges by the 25th , and when the exhibition of models was opened he in tended to place round them those designs to which the judges awarded prizes. (Hear, hear.) GENERAL VALUATION OF IRELAND. Mr. GROGAN asked the Chancellor of the • Exchequer if it were the intention •of the Govern ' went to make any change in the mode whereby the expenses of carrying on the annual revision of the general valuation were at present raised ? The hon. and learned gentleman entered at great length into details relative to the question. He considered that the people of Ireland had a right to call upon the THE SUN,_ VONCON, SA TURDAY EVEN ING, JUNE 20, 1857. Government to pay for the revision of the valuation from the imperfect manner in which it had been made. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the valuation of Ireland to which the hon. member had referred, wa4 introduced exclusively fir the county cess, and as it did not accord with English law, an exception was naturally tlkan to it, and although an improvement on the exist ing law it was imperfect. That continued until the Poor law act, when it was found necessary to alter the valnation fir the purpose of the Poor-law assessment in Ireland, the Irish C.,unties and Town Lands paying for it the same as parishes in England for the assessment of local taxes. The right hon, baronet proceeded to exFbain what Lad been done by the Government in producing a geo graphical survey of one inch to the mile at the expense of the Government, and said that if the local valuation referred to was not complete it could be appealed against. It was a question for the house whether there should be local annual assessments in Ireland. He saw no reason why the Government should not avail itself of these local assessments of Ireland as well as those in England for general national taxation. He could not accede to the Exchequer giving a contribution towards the Irish local valuation. Colonel FRENCH said if this were an open measure the people of Ireland should have the nomination of officers, and not the Government, to do what was re quired, and call upon the grand juries to pay the ex penses without an inquiry. He asked the Government to let the Irish manage their own affairs, which would he more satisfactory to the people of Ireland than Go vernment interference. strongly marsifested itself against the outrage, -aliich they bad denounced as a violadon of the law of nations. Mr. HADFIELD made an appeal on behalf of the Probate Bill, and expressed a fear lost its fate should resemble that of its numerous predecessors. Viscount PA.LMERSTON assured his hon, friend that it was the full intention of the Government to press forward the bill, as they hoped, to a successful result. With regard to the matter to which the noble lord oppo site had called attention, he was bound to say that the transaction was one which must be characterised as a very violent and cruel proceeding. It was, however, authorised by the Government of the United States, though whether they meant it to be carried out with such severity as took place, or whether the officer (who, ho believed, was a distinguished and honourable officer in the United States service) mistook his instructions, he cuuld not say ; but he was bound to state that the severity which was exercised reflected no credit on the Government which ordered or on the officer which exe cuted it. But the question which her Majesty's Govern ment had to consider was the international law which bore upon the point. Now it was an nequestionable prin ciple of international law, that when one Government deemed it right to exercise acts of hostility against any part of the territory of another power, the subjects or citizens of a third power who might happen to be resi dent in the place so attacked had no claim whatever upon the Government which in the exercise of its natural right committed those acts of hostility. When, for in stance, it was deemed necessary by us to destroy the town of Sebastopol, although there might have been there Germans, Spaniards, Portuguese, or Americans, none of those parties bad any ground whatever upon which to found a claim either upon the English or the French Government, for compensation for the losses they might have sustained. Those who went to a foreign country must abide by the chances which might betel t hat country. If they had any claim at all, it must be upon the country in which they were ; but they had cer tainly no claim upon the Government which thought it right to commit the acts of hostility. Her Majesty's Government had therefore been advised (and he thought rightly, that British subjects had no grounds upon which a claim could be made upon the Government of the United States for compensation for the injuries which they had suffered in that attack upon Greytown. They might think that that attack was not justified by the cause which was assigned for it ; but we had no right, as an independent State, to judge of the motives which might have actuated another independent State to assert rights or to vindicate injuries which its citizens or subjects might have been supposed to have sustained. There was nothing, too, in the relations between Great Britain and Grey town which gave us an exceptional right to interfere. Grey town was a part of the Mosquito ter ritory, which was under our. protectorship. That was a protectorship which carried with it an obligation to pro tect the country from conquest, but it did not give us a a right to interfere in any disputes which might arise between that country and any other. There were two sorts of protecterships. There was ono of the kind which we exercised over the lonian Islands, where no thing was done except by the counsel and advice of a British representative. In a case like that, where we wore responsible for everything done, we were entitled to require redress for any injuries, and to vindicate any at tack. Not so with regard to Greytown. Greytown was administered by a self-constituted and self-elected muni cipality, consisting of Americans, Englishmen, French men, Italians, and Germans. They acted upon their own responsibility, and they must therefore be considered re sponsible, and not we, for any dispute in which they might be involved. Well, there was a dispute between two rival American transit companies, one of which was patronised by the self-constituted Government, and the other by the Government of the United States, and out cf the rivalry of those two American companies arose the transactions to which the noble lord had referred. Com munications had undoubtedly passed between the Bri tish and American Governments, with a view to ascer tain what the intentions of the American Government were, and they found that the American Government rested upon that principle of international law to which he (the noble viscount) bad adverted—their right, viz , to take those measures which, in their judgment, they deemed necessary ;'and they determined nut to give any compensation even to their own citizens. He was not aware whether any demand had been actually made by the sot jects of the other Powers, but it was known that they !did not mean to give any compensation to the French, Germans, Spaniards, or persons of any other nation who were settled at Greytown at the time of the bombardment. Her Majesty's) Government, acting therefore under the advice of those who were compe tent to give an opinion, and acting also in accordance with their own opinion of international law, were not prepared to insist upon compensation for those who were unfortunate enough to have snffered from the bombard ment. The noble viscount then proceeded to appeal to Sir D. Norreys not to press a motion which he had on the paper, with reference to the prodeedings in commit tee of supp'y. It was the intention of the Government to divide the vote into three parts which would enable them to adopt a better classification of the items. In future years they would endeavour to frame the esti mates so as to obviate the difficulties which had arisen. If that was not found to succeed it wools then be open to the house to consider whether they could Lot devise a plan mere calculated to give facilities to gentlemen who might wish to make objections. At all events he trusted that they would not, without due deliberation, alter those forms of their proceedings, which were part and parcel of the system of conducting the business of the house. (Hear.) Lord LOVAINE said the noble viscount might be right in the legal exposition he had given of this Grey towe case; but it was the flint time in the history of civilisation that one nation should suddenly attack and destroy the property of another, with which it was at the time in a state of profound peace. At the time the attack was made on the house of the English consul the British flag was flying, and the house was destroyed with the perfect knowledge that it was under the pro tection of that flag. Certainly, the language of the Go vernment in this matter was very different from that they had held with reference to the Chinese dispute. (flear.lt was, however a remarkable circumstance that whenever a power with which we happened to have a quarrel was feeble, the Government manifested plenty of intention to vindicate the national honour ; but when the power was really one which we respected, somehow or other a very different course was adopted. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK could not help remembering the cas tigation to which he was subjected on a recent occasion by the noble lord for hinting that the noble lord's go vernment had a tendency to bully the weak and to be subservient to the strong. But what did the noble lord say now ? Ile bad put forward a plea which in its very essence was a disgrace to the country. (sear.) Grey town, he said, was under the protection of England. But what did he mean by that word " protection ? He said that we were bound to protect Greytown against occupation or cerivest by a foreign power, but that we ought to allow any foreign nation to bombard it and reduce it to ashes. (Cheers.) Greytown had been colo nised under the protection of Enadaud. The people of this country, tbinkieg tha's, the protection of England was ever thorn, colonised that to ; they went there because they fancied that they carried the name and the immunities of Englishmen. (Hear.) Greytown, the noble lord said, was a part of the Mosquito territory. He (Mr. Roebuck) would bind him to that admis-ion. On a Eta occasion, we had asserted our right to protect the Indians of that territory. We said that that was part of the honour of England, and if that was true of the Indians of Mosquito how much inJis title of the Bog lishmen who went into that territory thinking that the asgio of England was still over them. (Cheers ) Surely if ever there was a flagrant case in Which we bad been subservient to the strong, it was this. (Cheer s . Th e noble lord said that th e bombardment was a cruel pro ceeding. It was more—it was a cruel dishonesty on the part of the American Government ; but were we to allow our subjects to be ill-used, because the American Government was a strong power? (Cheers.) Suppose this had been done by China (Cheers.) Suppose it had been done by Brazil, they would. have had the noble lord rampant about the honour of the flag of England. (Cheers.) They eheuld bare moutibings about the British flag, and about the national dishonour from 12 o'clock in the day to 12 o'clock at night. (Cheers.) They bad heard a great deal about the case of the lorcha in the Canton river; t ut why did they hear nothing about the British flag at Greytown ? The British consul protested against the proceeding ; the British flag was flyine. ; but the consul's house was bombarded, and he was obliged to go out of the town on account of the danger to him self and his family. What he (Sir. R , ebuck) wanted to see was the British Government not bullying the weak, but alike to all—just, honest, and merciful. (Cheers.) Mr. BENTINCK characterised the conduct of the Government in reference to this matter as extraordinary. He declined to discuss the question of international law, but concurred in the remarks that had been made of the bullying conduct of the British Government with re- ferenceto weak countries, and their shrinking from de manding reparation from powerful 'countries when the British flag was insulted. Ile fully appreciated the de sirableness of continuing at peace with America, but he could not approve of the want of determination on the part of the Government to resist insults from the United States Government—(bear, hear)—and expressed an opinion that the Government had not given the real r,a sons for their conduct in this matter. The course of the Government with regard to insulti to this country was more likely to lead to war than to maintain peace. If insults were submitted to, there would one of these days be some great outrage against the country which would make war absolutely necessary. The ATTORNEY-GENERALTsaid if the law offi" cers of the Crown had seen that there was a case for a demand for satisfaction and compensation, they would have advised the Government to make the demand. They bad, however, seen no such case, and in that they were supported by the law officer?) of France, and France could not be accused of truckling to America. As far as America was concerned, she had over and over again complained of the strict manner in which this country watched every act of America with regard to our de pendencies. Mr. DISRAELI—I am not surprised, though the interval has riot been inconsiderable since the outrage was committed and this affair took place at Greytown, that at last it should be brought before the atten tion of the House of Commons. We should have been wanting to the people whom we represent, and to the honour of the country which has been appealed to, if it c ruld have been passed ever in silence. Bat shortly after it occurred this country became involved in a struggle of almost unsurpassed magnitude and importance, demand ing all our attention and energy; and this may be offered as a reason for our not having before discussed this ques tion. We are much indebted to my noble friend for hav ing now reminded us that we have a duty which had been left unfulfilled. It I had had any doubt of the great expediency of the motion of my noble friend, that doubt would have been removed by the observations we have ' heard from the noble lord the Finn Minister. They ap. pear to me to he unsatisfactory an! unsound, and if tin y indicate the Tait in which our relations with the United States are for the future to he managed, I do net think . that the prospect is one of which this country has any rceson to be proud. The noble lord has to-night given us an exposition of those principles of international law which he thinks are called into question by the incidents before us, and the Attorney-General bee (ndeavoured to enforce and establish a view which I cannot help think ing, from the similarity of their observations, he must himself have inspired. Sir, I cannot have the arrogance to eontend with the learned Attorney upon a question of international law ; but I may, perhaps, be permitted to make a few remarks which will at least indicate the rea sons why I receive with some hesitation the conclusions at which he has arrived. The learned Attorney particu larly and gradually limited his views to those principles of international law which are established in Europe, But we have to consider to-night the application of those principles of international law in America. (Hear.) The noble lord, also, following the same view, adduced the case of Sebastopol as one similar to the blockade of Greytown. Copenhagen and Sebastopol, then, are the two precedents which are to justify this infamous and unjustifiable outrage. Why Copenhagen and Sebasto pol wore two fortified towns. Greytown was not forti fied. I always thought it a principle of international law that it is not 1-gal to bombard t Iwns that are not fortified. (Cheers.) I always thought it a principle of international law that where there are authorities esta blished which have neither military nor naval resources it is not legal for any other state, without a declaration of war, suddenly to come forward and make a foray of the description which we have now under our considera tion. (Cheers.) But even if that view cannot be esta blished, are there no other circumstances of difference between the case of Greytown and the cases of Sebasto pol and Copenhagen ? Greytown is under the defence and the protection of the English authorities ; and I cannot believe that. the house will accept for one mo ment the distinction which the noble lord made between an inert and an active protection —an inert protection which is to submit to outrage and injury, and an active protection which is not to bo justified by an insult like the one under consideration. Here is a case—a British subject whose rights have been attacked, whose property has been destroyed, when under tho " active" protec tion of the government of England ; and now we are told—three years having since elapsed—that no redress can be obtained because the outrages and injuries which have been inflicted and suffered were not contrary to the law of nations. But if the case was so clear and the law was so evident, bowie it that her Majesty's Government, and not merely her MajetAy's Government, but the go vernments of other countries, took at the ori g in of this affair a totally different view of th e case ; Why di I they make representations to the Government of the United States, observing that it was an outrage of the law of nations, if the law' was so clear, and the power of ob taining redress was so closed to them as they now state ? The learned Attorney endeavours to defend himself by referring to the instance of France. He said, could France, a high spirited nation, a nation prone and proud to interfere under any circumstances when the rights of her subjects and the honour of the country are con cerned, have been silent ? But, in the first place, let me observe that Fra cc was not the protector of the Mosquito court; and in the second place, let me ob serve that France has interfered ; that France has repre coated thia outrage to the Government of the United States ; that France has demanded reparation, and is at this moment demanding reparation, for the outrage. What, then, becomes of the precedent of the learned At torney? Nose, let the house remember that it is exactly three years since the bombardment of Greytown took place. I will not trespass long on the attention of the house, though I fancy there are few present who do not feel that this is a question with which we all very inti mately sympathise. I will not abuse the attention of the house; but three years after this event, on the 16th Feb. 1857, through the kindness of Capt. Erskine, the officer in command of the British squadron, a memorial was ad dressed to the Secretary of State, Lord Clarendon; and that memorial is written in a manner so temperate, in a manner which, whilst it shows confidence in her Ma jesty's Government, is at the same time desirous not ti embarrass the Government unnecessarily in their at tempts to obtain reperation and redress, that I cannot refrain from reading the description ft contains of the outrage committed "May it please your Lordship,—Wo, the subscribers, British subjects presently resident in Greytown, take the liberty of addressing your lordship in reference to that dis astrous and well-known catastrophe of the 13th of July, 1851, when, in a time of profound peace, and without any provocation whatever on cur part, Captain Hollins, of the United States corvette Cyane, after making unavailingly a fictitious claim and utterly unjust demand upon the com munity of this city to an amount of money, also, which, at the same time, it would have been utterly impossible for it to have furnished, proceeded to bombard our homesteads, our warehouses, and slops; and then, not satisfied with the mischief thus wrought ua, gave orders to his men to pro ceed systematically from house to house, from ono end of the town to the other, setting them on fire, to the utter destruction of our shelter, our clothing, our furniture, our merchandise, and everything moveable we possessed ; and this, too, in the middle of the most inclement month of this climate, when the forest that closely environs this town had become an impassable marsh. The mere statement of so sudden and awful a calamity befalling tinier such cir cumstances, an entire community ; the knowledge that the aged, the women, the children, the sick were, within a quarter of an hour driven forth shelterless amid the tropi cal torrents which characterise that month, appears to us to render entirely superfluous and misplaced any attempt to describe, not only the sufferings thus occasioned to the in habitants, but the atrocity al-o of those who caused them. We are aware, moreover, that this frightful act has become known throughout Christendom, and that on every oec a skin on which reference has been made to it in public prints or public addresses, in AMerica as well as iu Europe, such reference has unanimously been made in terms of the se verest reprobation and the strongest disgust. Wo should be at a loss, therefore, to conceive why the representations we have formerly been constrained by the deplorable straits to which most of us have been reduced, to address to your lordship, have hitherto remained fruitless, were it not that we are well aware not only of the gigantic efforts our country and her allies had made to bring the late war to a successful conclusion, but that since that fortunate event affairs—leoth in Europe and America— have been so situ st'eel, and international questions of such deep import have arisen for discussion as to have called fir the exercise of the meutal energies of your lordship and all other statesmen in distinguished positions, in a degree almost unprecedented. But now that peace again p reva il s i n E urope , an d th a t a solution of these international questions has happily been attained, the time appear, propitious for our again ventur ing to recall to your lordship's consideration the afflicting predicament to which we are reduced--and from no fault of our own—by the atrocious act of an officer of the United o.ufiurgthe last two years and a families have remained strug hgBlatialnfi.geasanaidumadlomfrrelmtwLeleasnp which, It is in this view, your lord ship, that we once more entreat you to take into conside ration the great and long-endured hardships of our case, and to procure us such relief and redress as to your lord ship may appear most suita'le." I ask, is it possible an appeal more temperate, more for bearing, more considerate culd be Blade to the house ? The memorialists are conscious of the great even:;s pass ing in Europe ; they are cognisant of the mighty strug gle going on ; they are aware of the great efforts which the Government are malting ; and these unfortunate Eiglishmen, therefore, forbear to press the case on the Government at that moment, and do not urge the solu tion of the question which so deeply affects then?, be cause they do not desire to embarrass the Government. Now, when peace comes they ask for reparation and re dress, but not before. We are told, however, that the Government cf the United States have adopted the con duct cf their naval of f icer, and that they will refuse to listen to this appeal. I say, let us see the correspond. ence on that table before I come to any conclu,ion. (Hear.) 1 have too great a confidence in the Govern meat and in the people of the United States to believe for a moment, until it be preyed to me that they would identify themselves with the acts of the commander of that corvette, that they would not feel and express that indignation and disgust at his atrocious conduct, which I believe has been felt in every part of the United States, as well as in every part of this country. (dear.) But after three years spent in waiting patiently the solution of the difficulty, what is the answer the memo rialists receive from the Secretary of State ? I will read it to the house. It is dated Foreign-office ' June 3, 1357, and it is directed to the gentleman who last signed the memorial : "Foreign-office, June 3, 1837. " Sir, I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to ac quaint you, in reply to your letter of the 23th ult., that his lordship has received and has undsr his consideration the memorial which yon drciw up on the 16th Fob last, and which was forwarded to this department by Captain Erskine, of her Majesty's ship Orion, on behalf of British subjects inhabiting Greytown who sustained losses when that port was bombarded by United States ship of war Cyane in 1854; and I am to state to you that, judging from the answer which the United States Secretary of State returned on the 26th Febuary last to a note of the French Minister at Washington, urging similar claims of French subjects for compensation, Lord Clarendon is of opinion that an application to the United States' Government on behalf of British claimants would not at present be of any avail. " I am, si r , your most obedient h um bl e servant, "J. S. Beil, Esq." "G. HAMMOND. So it appears that in last February the French Govern ment, who, according to the learned Attorney-General, had not interfered in the matter, were, on the contrary, urging on theilmerican Government to afford reparation for the wrong that had been done to French settlers in the case. The ATT ORNEY•GENERAL—I said they had not nsisted. Mr. D ISRAELI—Not insisted, but urging. Where is the difference ? (Hear.) I infer that the French Go vernment were using all their influence and exerting all the means at their disposal to obtain redress for the sub jects of the French Emperor. (Hear.) I am urging her Majesty's Government to do the same. But they say they have no ground for interference on the footing of international law. Now, let me call attention to this dispatch. If it be the opinion of her Majesty's Govern ment that neither on the footing of international law, or of national honour, or of policy, are they bound to inter fere on behalf of these English settlers, why did they not answer the memorial in a temperate, reasoned dispatch, in which the grounds of their refusal should be clearly and candidly stated ? They did nothing of the kind, however; on the contrary, they sheltered them selves under the gaberdine of the French Ministry and of French policy, and held themselves excused from exertion because another Government had failed to pro duca any effect. There is not on the face of this dispatch a single allegation of wrong against the memorialists— not a hint of a denial of their statements— not a sugges tion, even, that their claims were illegal, impolitic, or im possible. On the contrary, it may be fairly inferred from it that their claims are just—that they have been rightly urged—and that they ought to he redressed. (flear.) Teat, sir, is a shabby way of dealing with such a ques tion. (Loud cheers.) The memorialists had not even the satisfao.ion o f k nowing that the i r c l a i ms b ad b een taken into consideration by their own Government, after all their patience and forbearance—that the Govern. rnent regretted their loss, but were prevented from seek ing redress for it by the stern principal of international law, aed that had it not been against them on that ground, the proud p icy of this country wool 1 have procured them the redress they demanded and deserved. (Rear ) Bit, sir, I deny the position of the Secretary of State in this matter, when he lays it down that the subjects of the French Government are in the same pre dicament as re:pects redress as the English settlers in Greytown. Tiiere is a broad distinction, indeed, be tween the case of the French end the English sufferers —a distinction which it is not in this house to overlook, and which I defy any diplomacy to reduce or reconcile. The position of protector which England holds to that country make's the difference in the claim one of im mense importance in favour of English subjects. (Hear.) But nevertheless, though that position exists, we have the French Government urging on the Government of the United States the claims of French subjects, while her Majesty's Government refuses even to make a re monstrance in favour of English subjects—(eheers)— because, the French Government, according to this dis patch, had applied last February, and had not received a satisfactory answer from the United States Govern ment. (Hear.) In the whole annals of public affairs in this country I believe such an answer, on such a sub ject, was never given by an English Secretary of State to English subjects: (Hear, hear.) N twithstanding, however, the assertions of the noble lord, I do not de spair of redress for the English settlers. Now that the tumult of war has ceased, and that the struggle in which this country was engaged is over, the opinion of the country will be brought to bear upon the sub jsct ; and whether it be by the act of the English Government, or by the spontaneous generosity of the United States, I believe it to be impossible in this 10th century that reparation should not be made, and redress be obtained, for so groat an outrage and so cruel a wrong. Lord J. RUSSELL—I rather expected that one of of the occupants of the Treasury bench would have got up to answer the right hon, gentleman than that he should have to do so himself. Ido not agree in respect to all the points at issue in this matter with the Govern• anent; but I do think that they could not, under the circumstances, act in the manner in which the right limn gentleman seems to have expected. (Hear) What are the facts of the case ? We have the conduct of an officer of the United States Government in question—conduct which that Government have adopted. They have avowed that the instructions which they gave to their naval officer authorised him to proceed to the bombard ment of Greytown in the event of the satisfaction de manded not being afforded. If that be the case, and there seems to be no doubt it is so, I cannot see what other course her Majesty's Government could take than to apply to the law officers of the Crown for the purpose of ascertaining what redress could be obtained for British subjects treated so cruelly as the English settlers had been treated. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor General, I am given to understand, stated in reply, that this being a belligerent proceeding autho rised by the American Government, it wan not compe tent for her Majesty's Government to require redress for the injuries done to British subjects in consequence of this proceeding, at the hands of the Government of the United States. They compare the case with that of the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, and state that had any Ai - aerie:An citizen then resident in Denmark suffered from that bombardment, if the United States Govern ment had come to the British Government for redre , 's, the British Government would have been fully justified by international 11w in refusing such redress. (Hear.) I see no reason to doubt the accuracy and soundness of that opinion—(hear)--and that opinion having bsen given, I do not see how the Government of this country could proceed to demand redress. Or if it was refused, I do not Fee how, with this opinion in the port ' folio of the Secretary of State, they could take any fur ther proceedings consisteioly with the observance of the law of nations. This being the case, a mere formal demand fer redress which could not be enforced would have been inconsistent with the dignity of this country. With regard to the damage done, therefore, the Government could only say what the whole world said, that the demands of the American Government were unjust and unfounded. and that they had been carried into effect with great cruelty and terrible atrocity. (Hear.) There is one point of the case, however, in which the course of the British Government has not been quite clear, viz., the firing at the British flag on the house of the British vice consul. (Cheers.) That the flag was fired at there seems no rea son to doubt, The American captain might say, "I was ordered to bombard the town, and I did so. In doing so I could not distinguish one house from another; and even if I could, it was not in my power to prevent this house from suffering in common with others." But such an al• legation could not have any weight ; for as the case is stated in the memorial—and I see no reason to disbelieve that statement—after this wanton and cruel bombard ment ceased, American sail rs were landed from the American ship, who set fire to the different parts of the town, and among others, to the house of the British vice consul. If, thee, this be the fact, setting aside all ques tions as regards pecuniary redress to individual sufferers, I say that an insult was offered to the British flag for which explanation and redress should have been immedi ately demanded. (Hear.) I shall not enter on the case of our conduct towards China, so often referred to in this discussion, though I hold that our conduct in the cage of China has been so finitious, so contrary to every senti ment of justice, that I hope the British Government and the British nation will never again be found to sanction such a proceeding or suffer it to be carried out. In this case, however, I think the Government should have re qairsd explanation. (Hear.) As regards the motion by the hon. member for Maslow, I believe this house has arrived at, that point when it is essential to make some change in its forms ; and I should think it advisable therefore to concur in any resolution which would alter the rules and orders of the house as regards the estimates. But I confess I should l:kc to see the Government origi nate a committee on the subject without waiting for the next year, and I think it is a matter well worth inquiring into, inasmuch a., divide the items in a vote as much as may be, I cannot but conceive that the difficulty may arise again. I am content to go on now with the sup :Ay; but, I repeat, that I would be better plerted if the Go vernment had originated some change in the form of the proceeding of the house in respect to the estimates this session. Sir D. NORREYS codes zed that he was in such a state of confusion as to the subjects which he had to dis cuss that he hardly knew ‘shat to say. He should pre pose that each item should be put separately when they were in committee. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. The SPE AXER said the only way in which the motion c , mild be put wag by ray of amendment to the motion that the Speaker 1 ave the chair, and it niu‘t be put in the form of mi instruction to the committee. Mr. HENLEY thought it was a subj !ct which ebould be refired to a cornini,,tee to inquire into and de&de on. The CH.A.NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the existing rule had prescription in its favour, having been adopted 1675, and the late Speaker said the more he considered the existing rules of the house the more he was convinced of their good sense. Mr. CROSSLEY thought it would be better to refer the nutter to a committee. There could be no doubt that the existing form was a most defective one. Lord R. GROSVENOR, understood that there was no ohketion on the part of the Government to refer the matter to a committee, and that was the best course to take. Ifs would therefore suggest to the hon. baronet to withdraw his motion. Sir D. NORREYS said if the Gavernmmt would con sent to a committee ho would do so. Lord PAIAIEIZSTONsaid that a 3 it was the widi of the house, he would move for n e - ntmittockfor pur• pose. The motion was then withdrawn. The house then went into committee of supply. A vote of 39,6911. W:l4 proposed for royal palaces, &o. SirJ. TRELAWNEY proposed to reduce the sum by 4,5001. fora house for the royal equerry. Unlne be received a satisfactory explanation he should divide the committee on the bill. Sir B. HALL said the house was quite necessary for the equerry, and it would include a riding school for the whole of the mews. Mr. ROEBUCK thought thewhole ought to be struck cut. The Government ought to be ashamed of proposing such a vote. Sir J. TRELA.IVNEY thought St. James's Palace ought to be abolished as a palace, and devoted to the wardepartment. Mr. bRISCOE thought the vote was praiseworthy. Mr. WILLIAMS said such estimates ought not to pass that house. One of the items was 2,9001. for im provements of the apartments in St. James's Palace of the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and others. Was not that item a disgrace He should move that the whole vote be reduced one half. He wished to ask who occupied Bushey-park and Frogmore, and to whom the proceeds of the stocks from the Hampton Court padlocks went ? Sir B. HALL'said Bushey was unoccupied, and the Duchess of Kent occupied Frogmore. The young stock at Hampton were the property of the Queen, Mr. WILLIAMS said he should move that all these items for palaces should be reduced .ae half. Sir B. HALL understood the hon. gentleman to say that he would allow one half the sum estimated for re pair. The result would be that they would have to come for a grant to do more expensively what might have been done cheaply and properly at first. The hon. gentleman let fly at Hampton Court. (A. laugh.) He said now that the people had no sympathy with Hampton Court. Now he was there last Monday, and found the rooms full of people who came to see their), and he should like is know what the people would say to the Government if they were to shut up the 'Hampton Court Palace ? He had alleged, also, that the apartments were given to people who had no claim on the public. That might have been the case formerly, but now the Queen had taken the matter in hand, and the apartments were assigned to the widows of deserving officers in the army. He be lieved they would, have saved money if there palaces had been pro-parry repaired long ago. Sir J. V. SHELLEY wished to know whether, if the hon. member for Lambeth came home from a meeting or an excursion dirty and dusty, be would think it wise to wash one side of his face to-day and the other half to-morrow t (Laughter ) Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew the amendment. On the vote of 60,3861. for public buildings, Sir J. TRELAWNEY inquired why the National Gallery and the reading room of the British Museum were not kept open for longer hours, Sir B. HALL replied that the tAson was that it was considered unsafe to have them lighted up at night. Sir J. PRELAWNEY said the difficulty might be got over in another way, by opening them on Sundays. They had heard to-night that Hampton•court was open on Sunday, why not libraries also ? Another question he should pat was, why the screen could not be taken down at Burlington -house ? -It was not a handsome object, and was mischievous in a sanitary point of view. It would be well to remove it, and let the public see the bnildii g, which was a floe work of art - . Sir B. HALL thoug , t the public could not see much that was worth looking at if it was taken down. It would only expose to _view the stables. After some discuesian the vote was agreed to. On the vote of 75,7811. for maietaiuing and keepirg in order the royal parkr, Mr. BENTINOK agreed in what had been said about the impropriety of cutting off portions of estimates unless there was some reason for it, and therefore he wished it to be distinctly understood that in what he was about to say he was about to endeavour to establish a principle. He could not see what an extraordinary emergency there could be in a vote for the paving a fish pond, .for which there were a series of items amounting to 11,9851., of which a very considerable portion had been spent. It could not fairly be said that this was an outlay for sanitary purposes. It was for ornamental and luxurious purposes, for purposes of enj iyinent— the enjoyment of the people, certainly, but still the lives of our fellow subjects and the honour of the country were even more important objects than there. There was the most nig gardly spirit shown by the house in matters of great na tional importance ; and the greatest extravagance in matters which were not of quite so great importance. (Hear.) Again, it was unfair to make the people of the wht le country pay for the support for the enjoyment of the people of London alone. (Hear.) Sir. B. HALL said that as to this vote not being solely for sanatory piirposes, it was quite true that it would have other besides sanatory results, but the sa natory objects were there for which chiefly done. It was absolutely necessary in a sanatory point of view. Thera had never been anything more successful than this work. There was not a gentleman will, if he had a park with a lake in such a state, would willingly allow it to remain so one day longer than it could be helped. He trusted that they would give him credit for the best motives even if some of them might have been mistaken. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY complained that these esti mates had increased by one-third within the last two years, and this year 42,000/. had been expended on parks. He asked why Government had not put the expense of the sawer from the lake to the Horse Guards in the estimates last year, the work having actually been executed in 1855! There could be no emergency, as the house bad voted 800/, for it in 1855. The authority of Parliament was entirely set aside in that matter. He had given notice to move the reduction of the vote by the amount of 8,4001., the sum, thus spent without authority. Sir B. HALL stated why this sum did not appear in the estimates of last year, but was net distinctly heard. Mr. PIGOTT said the Government spent too much money on these matters in one year, and people who had not the advantage of living in London and enjoying these parks did not like to be so heavily burdened for them all at once. Mr. H. BERKELEY was one of those that spent a great deal of time in • London, and was very much ob liged to the right hon. baronet for cleaning out the dirty fish pond, a sanitary measure, for which he returned thanks to the right Lou. baronet. Mr. K. SEYAIER referred to the question as to. the cows in Hyde•park, in which he was by no means satis fied. It had been said that there was advantage in bay ing cows there, as it gave a supply of milk ; but he be lieve 4 that some milk was brought to town by rail, and the water companies supplied plenty of water at a reason able rate, so there was no fear of the supply of milk. Mr. SLANEY thought they ought to be grateful to the right hon. baronet for the improvements in the parks, and not to grudge this sum for purposes so beneficial to the poor. An HON. MEmßan thought the right hoc. baronet had shown great taste and judgment in these improvements, but questioned whether they had been carried out with a due regard to economy. The lodge at Cumberland-gate, for instance, had cost 1,3001, and any gentleman might have such a lodge as it was set up in his park for 3001. Sir B. HALL took great interest in these parks. He was in some of them every day, and did all he could to curtail the expense?, and thought the money had been made to go as far as it could be made to go. Tne gnarl titles had been set out and sent to five builders, and that was the lowest estimate. He had done everything by contract and by tender, and that was how he had ac complished so much. Sir W. JOLLIFFE hoped • the hon. gentleman would not divide on this motion. He thought the measures had been taken with great judgment and propriety. Mr. BLACKBURN hoped the amendment would be withdrawn. An hon. gentleman opposite had an amend ment against the vote for Battersea-park, and here the forms of the house stood very much in the way. He did not object to the maintenance of existing parks, but he did think the whole country ought not to be taxed for these parks for London. All other towns paid for their own parks, and so ought London. The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the reduction of the vote b) 17,0001., to bring it to the average of the last five years. Mr. BENTINCK withdrew his amendment, as the sense of the committee was ag.tinst it. Mr GROGAN inquired whether it was true that a toll was to be charged at the bridge which would form the access to the park from this side of the water ? Sir B. HALL said that park was made under an act of 1847, which also sanctioned the building of the bridge and the charging of a toll. Unless the house would pass an act to repeal that of 1847, he did not see what course could be taken but to charge the toll. Mr. ALCOCK protested against a toll being imposed on Chelsea-bridge. If such tat were imposed it would create another Rebecca riot. Toe committee divided on Mr. Blackburn's amend ment to reduce the vote by 17,0001. For the amendment Against it Majority .. 66 ~ 210 -144 Mr. DILL WYN then moved that the vote be reduced by 8,069/,, being the amount required for Battersea park. Sir B. HALL said this was a park belonging to the State, and, of course, the State must maintain it. Sir J. SHELLEY said it was a preposterous ano maly to have a toll•bridge leading to this park. If there was a clause in the act for a toll, that clause could easily be repealed. Mr. HENLEY said that, if the bridge were thrown open, it would involve at no distant day the removal of the tolls at Vauxtiall and Battersea. Mr. TITE said there was a large amount of surplus land which, if the bridge were made free, would largely increase in value, enough indeed to pay for the bridge. Sir B. HALL said the land wasl2l acres of surplus land, which now would fetch 26,000/. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. MACKINNON asked what was the object of erecting a new lodge at the Marble-arch whin 200 of the inhabitants had, petitioned against it ? Sir B. HALL said the petition merely stated that public conveniences were not required in that locality. (Loud laughter.) The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. SERVICE OF OFFICERS IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. W. EWART inquired of the Under Secretary of the War Department, whether there would be any ob jection to print hereafter an amended copy of the return made this session relative to the service of officers in the Crimea, in consequence of the accidental omission of certain names in that return ! Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the' omission of names referred to arose from the working of the order, and a supplemental return had been ordered, containing the names of the omitted officers, and as soon as it was ready it would be laid on the table of the house. Mr. SCOTT called attention to the non-return of Orders of the Bath granted since 1854, and asked whea it would be ready? THE SLAVE TRADE. Sir G. B. PECHELL inquired of the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether it was intended to increase the number of cruiserß for the suppression of the slave trade on the Gast of Cuba ? Sir C. WOOD briefly replied, but he was very inau Bible in the gallery. He was understood to say that it was the intention of the Government to increase the number of vesselq on that coast. Lord PALMERSTON in reply to Mr. Scott said that he would make inquiries relative to the non-production of the return referred to, and cause it to be laid on the table of the house as soon as possible. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. ROCHDALE ELECTION. General THOM PSuN presented a petition from John Newell, stating that Abraham Bothwell, a witness necessary to support the petition against the sitting member bad been offered, by one Peter Johnson, 50/. to leave for New Orleans. Tne gal lant general moved that the petition be read at the table of the house, and that the house take the necessary measures in such cases. The petitioti was accordingly read by the Clerk at the table. General THOIVIPSON then moved that Abraham Rothwell and John Newall be ordered to attend the house forthwith. The motion was agreed to, and the Sergeant -at- Arms with the mace escorted John Newall to the bar of the house. The SPEAKER—Yon state in the petition that has been presented to the house in your name that the evidence of Abraham Inth well is essential in the case of the Rochdale Election Committee ? Is that so ? Mr. Newall—Yes. Sir J. GRAHAM rose to order. Mr. Newall was then ordered to withdraw. Mr. Newal then withdrew, and Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the evidene3 should be taken by a short-hand writer. Agreed to. On the return of Mr. Newall, The SPEAKER-0:i the 12th May you state that you caused Abraham Bothwell to be served with a war rant requiring his appearance before the select com mittee in the case of the Rochdale petition ?—Yes, The SPEAKER—And you state that Abraham Roth well on the day stated that Peter Johnson, a beershop keeper of Rochdale, did on the evening of the 18th June offer the said Abraham Rothwell 50/. to set off for New Orleans for the purpose of evading the committee ?-I.le aid, sir. The SPEA.KER—Then this is all you know abou the matter ?—lt is. Lord PALMERSTON—What answer did your in formant telt you he made to the proposal ?—He said he was dissatisfied with the offer, but that he thought 1001. would not be too much. (Laughter.) Lord PALMERSTON—To prevent the witness giving an answer ?—Yee. Andrew Rothwell was then called in and questioned by the Speaker. Tie detailed the conversation between him and Peter Johnson, and his promise to meet him to night at nine o'clock to receive the money. By Mr. FITZGERALD (Attorney-General for Ire land)—Where does Johnson reside I—At Rochdale. Is ho in London ?—Yes. Where can he be found ?—ln London to-night at nine o'clock. The witness was further examined, and Elated that the object of giving the money was for him to keep out of the way and not give evidence before the 16chdalo election committee. After the offer he went home, wrote it down and gave it to Mr. Ne wall to-day about two o'clock. He had bad no communication with Mr. Johnson to-day. By Mr. WARREN—Johnson said he had the money in his pocket ; a person named Lodge was present, and heard what passed. The offer was made in a house near Falcon-square. - - The witness after answering some other questions put by the bon. member, withdrew. Lord PALMERSTON moved that Peter Johnson bo ordered to attend the house forthwith. Lord J. RUSSELL proposed that the other party shr.uld be also summoned. Lard PALMERSTON : One at a time. Oa the motion being put, Mr. MACA.ULAY said he had heard the man at the bar state a charge of misdemeanour against Johnson, for which ho might be prosecuted, therefore the ques tion coull not he put to him whether he was guilty or not except under compulsion. He doubted if they could in law or practice put such a question to Johnson. Ho asked if it was a proper course to adopt Sir G. GREY said that by the standing orders they were " to proc,eed against offenders with severity," and he supposed the house would not do that without giving Johnson an opportunity a exp!aning his conduct. The motion was agreed to, and a sinsiar motion was made and agreed to, that Lodge be forthwith ordered to atttnd the house, THE BOMBARDMENT OF GREYTOWN. Lord C. HAMILTON then rose to ask what steps her Maje , ly's Government bad taken to obtain compensa tion for the British subjects residing at Greytown whose property was destroyed when that town was bombarded in 1854 ; and if it would lay upon the table of the house copies of the communications that had taken place on that subject with the Government of the United States. He said some persons in New York formed a company called the Transit Company. This company obtained on certain terms a piece of land which speedily became covered with buildings. Not content with this piece of land they were constantly askieg for large grants, though they refused to fulfil the conditions on which the first piece of land was granted. It appeared that the Go vernment at Washington appointed a gentleman to re 'present them at Grey town, an d thi s gentleman was con neetzd with the company. The consequence was, that he 'was constantly promoting squabbles between the com pany and the local authorities, and he went so far cn one occasion as to withdraw from the local authorities a per son who had committed a murder. The authorities had no power to resist the encroachments of the company, and they resigned en masse, and requested the British consul to carry on the government. The Americans then busied themselves with getting up cases of grievarce. These were not submitted to arbitration, but the ipse dixit of the American was taken, and claims of compen sation were made for alleged injuries to American pro• perty. The local authorities could only remonstrate, and the American consul said he had referred the mat ter to the Government 4t Washington. Nothing was heard of the reference till on the 12th July, 1854, an armed corvette arrived in front of this town, and the captain sent a message to the authorities, that if they did not pay 24,000 dollars within 24 hours the town would be bombarded. The authorities drew up a pro test, as did also the British vice-consul, and these pro tests were sent on board the corvette. Within the 24 hours the corvette began to bombard the place, and continued so to do until they had fired 250 to 300 shells into this unresisting town. Not content with that the captain landed a body of men, who destroyed what re mained of the town, and among other property set fire to the residence of the English vice-consul, who had his flag flying at the time. Thisaccount was not fromßritish residents only, but . the French and the Italian residents drew up a similar account. In consequence of this out rage the whole population were driven to take shelterin the neighbouring forest. This transaction took place three years ago. No attempt as far as he could learn had been made to offer any explanation, still less any compen sation. He had told the house that a number of fictitious claims were made by the Americans, but that no attempt was made to submit them to arbitration. In the mean time a document had fallen into the bands of some of the parties, which showed that these claims were mere pre tences. It was a letter written by Mr. White, the agent of the Transit Company, addressed to the A merican re presentative at Greytown, as follows : " Captain Hollins—[the officer in command of the cor vette}—leaves here next Monday. Yoa will see from his instructions that much discretion is given to you, and it is to be hoped that it will be so exercised as not to show any Isrcyto he town or the people. If the scoundrels are soundly taus tha Punished we can take possession, and build it up " a b usiness; place, put in our own officer, transfer the ju risdiction,ftad you know the rest. It is of the last reaper j,,u,st,ne people of the town should be taught to fear agree with t u h m e s m ilt as w to ill th t e ea o c rg h a t n h i e sa in tion af o te f r th w a h :g i o ch ve y rn o m a must That y s t w e p a s s thead sbteaeteamtaeicnetuatnod obtain nasekoemd compensation?, a n t o i b o l n e 3 lor o d n i e f believewti rd i Lt d f t a h v a o t uf h o e f p the vvr O U n n o l„ t t sa originally States cognisant government. of w h il a e t 0 4 1 10 0 11 in their name, but they had Public opinion in the Uthneit'pe i w n a y s ol g ve ' d eg th t e o m b s e elves by not punishing e d rp s e t t a r t a e t s or h s i o d f the outrage. - ~~ .~.r~~ THE ROCHDALE ELECTION. The SPEAKER inquired if Pater Johnson and John Lord had been served with the order of the house ? The Sergeant-at-Arms said both had been served, but only John Lord was in attendance. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, Peter Johnson was ordered to be taken into custody. JJhu Lard was then called in and questioned by the Speaker as follows : It is stayed that Abraham Rothwell was offered 501. to go to New Orleans, and tbat you were present. Have you any explanation to offer ? Lard—l never attempted to to induce him to go. SPEAKER—Have you anything further to say ? I did hear him say if he wished to go he would pay his outfit as far as 501.—that was the whole thing I heard. _ _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested that the matter should be referred to a select committee. After some conversation upon technical points con nected with precedents, and the course of procedure to be adopted, the motion was agreed to. Tne ATTORNEY GENERAL then moved that Johu Lord should be ordered to attend the committee. Mr. CITE ETIIAM said information which had reached him rendered it necessary that John Lord should be placed in custody, and he moved as an amendment that he should be so taken by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Sir G. GREY thought some doubts might fairly he entertained as to the policy of such a course after the statement made by Lord at the bar, and especially as the other party charged had not attended to the order of the house. Mr. FITZROY said no decisi n had been come to as to the guilt of Lord, and it would therefore be an ano maly to plice it on record on the journals of the house that he had been taken into custody. Mr. HORSMAN said that so far Lord had been gulty of no breach of privjege, and they could not therefore order him into custody, Mr, L BUTT took a similar view of the case. After some further conversation, the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. I. BUTT then moved, as a new amendment, that Lord should be recaled to the bar, and further ques tioned, is order to see whether he had been guilty of a breach of privilege or not. Mr. CHEETHAM said he had been anxious to put a further question to Lord, but did not now wish to do so. At the same time, he could not but regard with suspi cion the fact that Johnson bad gone out of the way. probably never to be seen again, and thought it likely that Lord would also get out of the way. Mr. ADAMS supported the amendment. After some further dislussion as to the probability that Lord would voluntarily attend the committee, the house divided— For the amendment . Against it 97 Majority The amendment being lost, the original motion was agreed to, and Lord was ordered to attend the committee. The committee was then appointed, and Lord and Rothwell were ordered to attend the committee at one o'clock this day. The other orders of the day were thep disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter past two, [ADNICISEMIT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. — John Smith, of Ashton-road, Openshaw, considers it a duty to make the following statement, although one cure more or less can be of little consequence to add to their celebrity ; for two years he suffere d a martyrdom with an uleei•ated leg, all medical assistance having failed to relieve ;he was induced to obtain these medies, after the first appl ca tion, the worst symptoms assumed a milder form, and in a abort t ime, the wounds were healed, and health restored, with out fear of a relapse.— Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80,'Maiden,lane,. New York ; by A. Stampa, L a nd on , ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna : and E. Muir, Malt a. Country DiarketF. LIVERPOOL- JUNE 19. To-clay there was a moderate attendance of the trade, and the operations were confined to passing requirement for consumption. Those who- wero obliaed to buy had to pay the full rates of Tuesday last for each article of the grain trade. Best American white wheat sola. at lOs 5d to lOs 3d ; best , red 98 8(1 down to 9s per 701bs for common. Indian corn, 39s to 39s 6(1 per 4801bs, and Ohio, Balti more; and Philadelphia flour 32s Gd to 33s 6d per barrel, according to quality. WAKEFIELD-JUNE 19. We have had a tolerable show of wheat in to-day's mar ket; there is a good demand for fresh wheat, and fully 2s per qr advance was given on the rates of Friday. Other kinds held for a similar advance, bat a limited demand. Beans rather dearer. Other articles as before. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 62s 2id ; bailey, 39 3 31 ; oats, 23s 7d ; beans, 43s 64d ; peas, —s —d ; rye, —s. 01. _ EXETER-J UNE 19. CORN.—Wheat, 7s 9d to 8s 6d ; barley, 5s to 5s 9d grinding do., Oi Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 61' Beans, Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 46s Od to 47a Od; seconds, 44s Od to 453 Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a large supply of bullocks. Best beef, from lOs to lls 611 per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to us per score ; fat calves, 5d to 6d per lb ; barrenness, Os Od to 0 4 Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 201. ts ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to -- s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 53 to 31. 5s per couple; ewes. 01 to 60; wethers, Od 6.d; lambs, 7,i to Od per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s ; second size, —s to —s ; slips, "'" 3 to suckers, —s to —R. Rough fat s 4id per lb. Pork carcases from 9s 6(1 to 10s 6d per score. BRISTOL SUGAR-JUNE 19. The market has been quiet this week, and the transac tions since our last are chiefly confined to about 300 hhds. Barbadoes and 250 hhds. Trinidad and Jamaica, at about former prices. Refiners' produce has been more freely, dealt in, and all the goods ready for delivery have been cleared off at steady rates. For rum the demand is rather quiet. COAL MARK EV U.-JuNE.I9. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market. s. d. Bebside's Hartley 16 0 Hastings' Hartley l6 0 North Percy Hartley l4 6 Walker Primrose v l3 3 ranfield Nfoor Butes 14 3, Haswell Gas 13 0 Wylaan l5 6 Longridge's Wstilartleyl6 0 Htl'pool West Hartley 16 01 Wsllsond, &o. 0 4- La.mbton ' 16 9 South Hetton 17 on w Tcea l7 Kolloe. 16 0 Lumley 15 9 Stewart's 17 0 South Kelloe 15 9 Haswell 17 0 Trimdon l6 0 Heugh Hall , l5 0 Whitworth l5 6 Flarton Hetton l7 0 b, 82 ; sold, 57. Wallsend, dre. Northumberland l4 6 Wharneliffe 14 6 Eden Main l5 6 Ships at market COURSE OF EXCHANGE. -YESTERDAY. smsterdam .......... •• 11 18 Gibraltar...... •• •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 'l2 Leg horn ..... ....... 29 77)fg Rotterdam ............12 _ % Genoa ........ •• •• •• •• 25 85 . _ Antwerp .• ••••••••• • •• 25 55 ' tiilan .. .• • • • •• Brussels •• •••••• •••••• 25 55 Venice •• •• •• •••• •• ilamburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 8 Naples •••• •••• eeeeee •• 4 2 71 , Altana •• •• •• •11 •• •• •• •• Palermo .• • . 1283s PREIS•• •• •• • ••-.0 •• •• •• we 25 32% 'Messina •• • ••• 129 Ditto, three months .. 25 72}i Lisbon .......... •• Marseilles .•• •• •• •• .• 25 75 'Oporto .• •• •• •• •• •••• •• 527 a Bourdeaux •• ••••• • • • V 4 •• Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ...• Frtuakfort-on-Maine • 119% Buenos Ayres ..... • .... "- Berlin • • New York,6o days' sight Vienna • • .... 10 V 4 Philadelphia .......... triesto • • • • 10 35 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oS. l'etersburg 37 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 liadri 1 48% Portugal Gold Ccin .• 0 0 0 Cidiz • . .. 49% 51exican Dollars OO 0 Barcelona , New Dollars * 0 5 .•. • • . Silver in bars 0 0 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 19. STOOK EXOBANGE.—The market has improved, Ana closed this afternoon with a very steady aspect at the fol• lowing rates :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 70$ A—Blackburn, BA—Eastern Counties, lit—Lancashi re and Yorkshire, 101-4—London and North Western, 104 i —Do. (h shares, new), Bs. 9d. d.—Sheffields, 454 lands, 844—North Eastern, 23 -4— South Eastern, 22) South Eeastern, 22 s— Dutch Rhenish, 2} d.—Grant, Trunks, 154—Oriental Bank, 8i prem. MANCHESTER, JuNn 19. STOOK EXCHANGE. —The market closed' at the highest quotations of the day, after a fair amount of busines& Great Western of Canada, 23 1-16—Eastern Counties, 11 13-16 i—Sheffields 45s s—Dovers, 22 9-16 $ ll-16 a 11-16 i—Warrington and Stockport, 51—Dutch Fle" oisb, 2d.—Blackburns, 8 a l—Londons, 103 I—Midlands, 81A —Grand Trunks, Igh —Leeds, 101 i--Ditto, F, I d b. Cheshira Junction, 701 1. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices were firmer in this market to day, with a fair amount of business doing. BirminghaT Canal, 89—Crystal Palace, ls. 3d.—London and Nort h Western, 104 i—Midlands, 83 41. THE FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT NEAR THE ROY O MEWS, PlAlLlCo.—Thuraday a.l inquest was held at St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park-corner, before Mr. Bed ford, the coroner for Westminster, on the body of Samuel Soan, the lad who was killed on Tuesday morning by a carriage driven furiously from the direction of the Queeall Mews, Pimlico, towards Buckingham Palace. The in' quest was adjourned until Tuesday next. INTRODUCTION OF THE ALPACA SHEEP INTO TRALIA.—Mr. Titus Salt, the eminent manufacturer- of Sahaire, near Bradford, has succeeded in introducing the valuable Alpaca sheep into the colony of South .A.OO - The wool growers of Austra l ia have made want' attempts to aecompliehthis object, but the jealousy of the Peruvian Government (in whose country the animal is only found) has hitherto opposed successful barriers 0 . Vie project. Mr. Salt, who was the first to demon Arate that ti e wool of the Alpacca could be worked up rut, a woven fabric, had succeeded in obtaining a en 3 a . "' flock of the animals, and had naturalised them upon' a farm near Bradford. He had also a flock e s Angora goats, and a flock of sheep, the wool 04 which is very valuable, being sold at the rate of 3s. per lb. Some months ago Mr. Salt consigned a number . each to an agent at Port Lincoln, South Australia, an° oo the 15,1 of March they were all landed in p riale condition at Adelaide. They were thence shipped tat Port Lincoln, with the view to their being placed Tiatakia, in the neighbourhood of Port Lincoln. A l the arrival at Adelaide one of the goats died, but the.: rest retained their health. The wool of the alpaca is exceedingly valuable, and is in increasing demand the worsted districts. The weight of a fleece is sai d be . from ten to twelve pounds, and in its raw state 0 : 4 7 price per pound varies from 24. 61. Should the exp ort ,. animal 3 thrive and increase, the advantage to Australlib will be immense, inasmuch as a now staple of ready sa l t will be the result. Port Lincoln, where ti2e experim en is to be tried, is understood to possess peculiar adval tages. Its soil stony and bears but a scanty cr°P grass, but it yields a variety of bushes, of whic h sbeer are very fond and on which they fatten. In a few words, in its climate, the aridity of its pastures , and the hill's nature of the ground, it very much resembles Peru, 'th habitat of the alpaca. ; a . LADVERTISEMENT.]—The great injury inflicted on many valids by drugs increases the interest the public takci in ' 1 Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, which cures w ithout medic l° indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nerved bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, an debility. We quote a few out of man y thousand eases cures by this delicious food :—From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstreyor, County of Down, fr u " land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Case'?" stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, r, state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food IoP cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing' This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. O. 32,836.—Three years' excessive nervousness, withpains in Ti e neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my 11 1, very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's healto resteringfood.—ALEx. STUART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereeno, Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors 0' Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Urre ; Dr. ShorLand ; Dr. H arvel ! Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. bail; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Cas'bi Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respect s ; persons, whose health has i been restored by it, after all of means of cure had failed. For further particulars respec,o ing this invaluable food our renders are referred toDußsill advertisement in another part of this paper. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 18th inst., at Hastings, the wife of Williani Young, Esq. ' On the 17th inst., at Moray-place, Edinburgh, the Wi fe of Captain Balfour, late 7th Dragoon Guards. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at Sydenharu, the wife of Henri 15r. Phillips, Esq. On the 17th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, the wife of Tapling, Wood-street, London. MARRIED. , • On the 18th inst., at St. James's Church, Dover, S tg t '‘ phen, eldest son of Charles Cave, Esq., of Lowndes-stree,t B e l gra ve-square, to Jane, eldest daughter of R. Hvilao°' Eaq., of Glocester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. Sug b Esq., of G uildfor d - street, Russell - sq ua n e, On the 18th inst. , at Christ Church, Highbury, to E. M`Leod, • Anne Sarah, the eldest daughter of Mr. Kerridge, of bard-street. DIED. bi ° On the 19h inst., suddenly, at the residence 0 friend, W. S. Seholey, ,Esq., Lauriston, Clapham, Su rre " o ' Sir Oa the 19 jamesE t y h r ilt. M : D ir. George Palmer, of Epping , 65‘1%' aged 62. On the 19th inst., at 9, Royal-crescent, Notting - -, a l e Mary, the wife of Herbert Turner, Esq., Royal Notting-- Guards Bue). On the 18t l h inst., at 11, Ely-place, William flielc s°l3l aged 76. On the 17th inst., at 1, Florence-place, New-cross, lerii Wm. Jackson, of Cornhill, and late of Canonburh 50. T e a lee, On the 2d of April last, at Sydney, New S outh Clifton Baillie, third son of George Baillie , Es q ., of a vis woode. - - - - LONDON : Printed and. 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HOT' ENG ' , LI AGM' and Phofoialvani A .. ll gravings, U BO much •Mr.: ;lon, and his _ne exhibited. ifonday Bth Pall-mall Ea Photogalvo N.l3.—Het s=amples. ECU] HORLE and MiningE Recut - Ries, pa their busineal their capital. Der cent., ani r easonable te; Per cent.) and THE I LIFE Poultry, Lori( Bow, O Vi T A 1 Capita Every deac Existing P t ransferred tc dtlty. Claims sett UNIV NOTICE P COURT of ti the 24th inst.. Street. Bth June, RATIO Der Francis Bei Jobe 13rad6 -Thomas Ca William MI John Felth Charles Gil J. T. Conga tAsnnns--.11 CONST Abstract 01 Xember of ment of the Amount paid Amount retu of premiun 1852 Additions to Annual incur of Premiur The amount premiums selves the - alone the 'At the last the reductior of Premium. Policy had h f rom 50 to 7 the preeedin. Tiie next Members that the man The Pro 9 Other Inform July IL U NO It FOR CONSTIP LIVER CO3l E nca cost in other consequence hion, acidity hysteria, m the pit of tl tions of thc dropsy, rhea after eating general de' Paralysis, tr gory, delu choly, gro best food Ultra acid good libera and restore , to the most ed Professo Dr. Cf fitu art de I other well-I this useful I in vain for Analysis 1,, " T 'beret Arablca I i some, ewil stomach at ton), cons The Cc DU Barry ajesty tb the Minist, Suitably canisters, quality, 11 tors are Barry Du Drawn, an 60, Gracec Cornbill ; B aker-str • .A. NEW . Patent Of] Ph arm TRIES . ] devoid ofl Fold in ti Valpeau,' ril RI A L. conseciner long resit etrength now in th whatever RIAGE, eftectnall, eradicate , forms. 01 Trine, PI Copatvi a ruin of tb Is the gr( toms. I Cutanem tlons and the virus through never-fal the Engl lion of t the worl Which sa To I eha 140,Le* f vd-stre ringdon- Paul's Cl 110 Work, pi and con' &c. 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