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tinople. As far as he understood the papers which had , been submitted, he gathered that the terms whioh we had accepted at Paris were not nearly se advantageous I as those which had been offered at Constantinople. At Constantinople we demanded a impensatien for certain i inhabitants at Herat, and we peremptorily demanded the dismissal of the Prime Minister. Both these points were conceded at Const an tinople, but they were not in- ' silted upon at Paris ; while by the 12th article of the Paris treaty England gave up a right which at Constan tinople she was not asked to concede. That being so he asked how the house could be justified in sa • oning the expenditure of this 500,0007,. The only plea on which it could be justified was that Ferukh Kban, the Persian ambassador at Constantinople, had not full powers. In the event of such a statement being put for ward however, he begged to remind the house that Lord atford de ltedcliffe, writing to Lord C -rAndon on t e 2d Jan. said tha —" Wei e lis Ex el n. ye accept the whole of our terms he would engage eest upon those I being immediately complied with ne further dernate's should be made." Thus showing that, in the opinion of Lord Stratford, Ferukh Khan possessed full powers. Moreover, he (Lord C. Hamilton) found that on three separate occasions Ferukh Khan himself stated that he was armed with full power. This was a commercial country, and he begged to repeat in plain terms the ques tion which he already asked—what bad this country gained by the expenditure which Parliament was now called upon to sal ction ? Sir C. WOOD thought that it would be very inexpe dient at the present moment to resuscitate the debate upon the Persian war. However, the questica which a e noble lord had asked would be easily answered. What we had gained by the war was the exaction of a promise from Persia that tahe would perform the solemn engage ment which she had broken —not again to occupy Herat, as engagement the performance of which all persons who were acquainted with the interests of India cons'.dered to be indispensable for the safety of our 'empire in the East. Quitting that subject, then, and referring to the questions which had le en raised with respect to the transport of the troops to India and the defences of the country, he must say that he ad hered to the opinion which he had before expressed, that it was undesirable to employ Queen's ships in conveying troops, but that it was far better to employ - transports for that purpose and Queen's ships in providing naval assistance in the ear. The hon. gentleman who last spoke adverted again to the question of sending troops in sailing or steam ships. The average time taken in the passage to Calcutta by the fe.stest sailing ships, starting at this period of the year , was from 90 to 100 days. Now, he had the times eiccupied by auxiliary screws in that passage. They were bound by contract to perform that passaeee in 74 days ; but the first per formed it in 107 d a y s ; the second, the Tynemouth, in 121 ; the thirds the Robert Lowe, in 100 days ; and the fourth in 9Q dtegs. He had stated the other right that some cl i -PPeoi ships had been taken up for the conveyance o 4 troops, and the owners were willing to be bound to pay heavy penalties if they did not beat the scr ships starting a.; the same time. There fore ',et certain advantage of employing screw ships was nose ee, great as bad been represented. He must remind t ale house, too, of the exceeding difficulty of finding coal tar so urge a number of vessels. Tne Government bad rstores at the Cape, but they bad been largely drawn on by the steam vessels proceeding to China. Large addi tional stores had been sent out ; but, taking into consi deration the two circumstances, that starting at this time sailing vessels were as quick as steam vessels, and tbat there was a possibility of the supply of coal falling short, he thought the East India Company had done well in determining in reference to expedition to send a por tion of the troops in sadingvessels. With respect to the question of defence, it was quite true that be admitted the other night that there were not at present in com mission. sufficient line-of-battle ships fit to carry troops to India, but he did not therefore admit that there were not sufficient in commission for the defence of the coast. He agreed with the honourable member for Tynemouth that it was not likely the people of this country would awaken some morning and find their coun try invaded. War did not break out in that way, aid if the country was always to be prepared to meet the utmost amount of force that might be brought against it, where would be the possibility of attaining—what it was the aspiration of the country to accomplish —a peace establishment and peace estimates? (Hear, hear.) It was perfectly impossible and absurd to suppose that in the midst of profound peace the country should be as ready to meet an attack as it would be in a time of war. In estimating the amount of preparatisa necessary to be made the probable danger must be taken into account. A man might be knocked down in the streets of London, but every person would not on that account walk the streets with a revolver in his pocket. What were the circumstances of the country at the pre sent moment 1 It had lately emerged from a great continental war, and he had a suspicion that the great Powers were unwilliug to involve themselves in -war again. There was as litt e danger of war between this country and any European Power as there had been at any time during the last forty years, yet the country was in a far better state of preparation than at any period during the last AO years. Though there were not sufficieet ships in commission fit to carry troops to India, still there were a considerable number of the finest screw ships in a state of forwardness, with a view to being c-rnmissioned if needed ; there were sailing ships iu dlftrant ports, and there were, in .reover, in commission, eight ate im line-of. battle ships called bloc's ships, which the country never bad before at any time. These last might not be fit to cruise in the Atlantic, but they were powerful for home defence. The hon. arid gallant admiral said that vessels kept better in commission than in ordin cry. That was an entice mistake. When he was Secretary to the Ad ralty in 1836 it was thought necessary to increase the number of vessels in commission. There were then a number of vesels called "advanced ships," being ves sels in some state of [ reparation, and on examination it was found that the tanks of the ships bail gone to decay and that the rigging was rotten. The Government then, instead of having to commence with empty vessels and getting fur them whatever was necessary, had first of all to get the decayed things out and then start de novo. Those ships were in some degree filled up, and decay was the consequence, for it was the free circulation of the air that preserved the ships. Tberfore, if the Go vernment kept the ships in the way proposed by the hen. and gallant admiral they wouli oily be wasting away the ships, which would not be found in time of war so serviceable as they would under the system now pursued. Of course, if war threatened it would be the duty of the Government to bring the ships into a more forward state ; and, as a few weeks were sure to elapse between a quarrel and hostilities, there would be ample time to prepare them. With respect to men, let the num. ber now maintained be compared with the number during any period of the last 40 years. At one time in that period when there was the greatest apprehension of interruption of peace, the number of seamen and marines voted was 43,000 ; the number this year voted vees, together with the addition recently proposed, 50,000, being 7,000 more than were voted at a time when for the la , t 40 years the apprehe sion of war was the greatest. He thought neither the house nor the Government could fo,. reproached with having neglected to provide ample means for the defence of the country. He had no doubt the house would authorise any expenditure which might be requili`e in order to place the nati >nal defences in a state of efficiency, but be thought her Majesty's Government would not be justified in calling upon the redintry to make sacrifice which were not absc letely necfssaiy, inasmuch as such preparations had been made as would be sufficient to meet any env-rgency. Ile bad not yet adverted to the naval reserve which had been rec..nt:y established—the coastguard and coast volunteers. The first of these forces had been organised by the present Government The establishment of coast volunteers had been proposed by the right hon. member for Carlisle (sir J. Graham), but during the war the sug. ge.tion had not been carri-d out. He (Sir C. Wood) was happy to say the enrolment of those forces had been succsssfut beyond his warmest expectations. He had asked for 8,000 men for the coastguard, of whom 5,700 were seamen, and 2,300 civilians, who would, he hoped, be gradually replaced by seamen. He found from a return he bad received to-day that the whole 8,000 men had been raised with the exception of seven. (Hear ) He had asked the house to vote as many men as he thought be could obtain is the course of the year, but men had corns in much more rapidly than had been ex pected, and three months after the vote had been sane tinned there was only a deficiency of seven men out of 8,000. (Hear) During the war some 2,000 min , not in all cases the most efficient, had been drau,hted from the Coast-guard into the Baltic fleet, and they had formed a solid and steady nucleus for the crews of the different ships. At this moment, bocce , er, if it were necessary, he could put on board ship 5,000 picked seamen, many of them wearing medals, clasps, and the legion of honour, most of which distinctions had been gained during the late war. With regard to the Naval Coast Volunteers, it had not been found possible in several districts to call out that force ; but up to this time more than 1,200 men lied been called out and trained, and he was sure the house would be happy to bear that the greatest tea li nees tied been evinced to enter that branch of the public service. Th ey had in that force a body of men who would be prepared upon any emergency to defend the shores of thiti Country. If the crews of the block ships were transferred to sea-going ships the coast volunteers would be available for manning the block ships, and he ventured to say that so far as coast defences were con cerned the country had never at any f, rmer period been so well prepared as it was at present. (Hear.) He was glad the hon. member for Norfolk had brought this sub ject under the notice of the house, and had afforded him (sir C. Wood) the opportunity of maki ng a statement which be thought could not fail to be satisfectory to the house and to the country. He hoped that, when next year he proposed an addition to the number of the Coast guard and of the coast volunteers h e s h ould receive the support of the hcuse in strengthening a reserve force, which was as cheap and e f fi c ie n t a s any to which th e y could have recourse. Admiral DU.NCOMBE believed that the ships to be engaged in conveying troops to India would be taken up by the East India Company and ex whined by Admiralry inspectors, and be wished to impress upon the Govern meat the importance of employing none j but first-class o ships in this s e r v i ce . H e h a d b e f o re him a f do, ships already taken up, and he found among them the Robert Lowe, of only 100 horse-power, another ship of ce ►v 150 horse-power, and saili ng - s hi ps o f 600 or 700 t on s. He did not think the efficiency of the troops would be promoted by embarking them in ships of such a description. Admiral WALCOTT said, the First Lord of the Ad miralty bad stated that sailing ships were best adauted for the conveyance of troops from England to Calcutta, but, as three weeks must elapse before many of those ships could be despatched, it was scarcely likely they Would Arlin at Point de Gallo before the monsoon set rilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JiILY 2l, 1857 io, and if shay did not do so it would take them three sees is at least to beat up to their destination, while by steamers the distance could be accomplished in a week or ten days. It wag of the first inspettants that the strength and discipline of the tSobpa should not be im paired when they arrive at tbeir destination, and he thought cn that ground the advantages of steam vessels could not be overrated. Certainly ) suilirg ships of 600 or 700 tons were not calculated for the conveyance of troops to India. He had sailed to India at different periods of the year, and had been for three *eeks in a dead calm ; but a ship which Zooid employ steam power for 100 m lee Might get into a wind which would enable her to proceed rapidly upon her voyage. The right hon. baronet bad stated that the voyage to India could be made by sailing ships in 101 days. The quickest pas sage he (Admiral Walcott) had ever heard of was made by the Medusa frigate. which took out the Governor- General, and a blob made the passage out in 87 days, and the pa-sage home in 89 days ; but that was an uopa ralleltd Prcnrostance. He agreed with the First Lord of the Admiralty, that it was not generally advisable to employ ships of war in the conveyance of troops, because be (Admiral Walcott) must say, without any imputation upon the soldiers, that it was almost impos sible to maintain proper discipline in a crowded vessel He did not wish to create any alarm, but it was neces sary that they should not re w ard the existing crisis lightly, and if the troops were to be sent out in ships of the mercantile navy, he earnestly the Government to take care that they were efficient and properly adapted for the conveyance of soldiers. The First Lord of the Admiralty had said that the ships would be engaged under contract to land the troops within a certain time. He hoped the right hon baronet would not excite a spirit of competition among the commanders of these vessels. In the daytime all hands would be ready to shorten sail if a squall came on, but at night there would be few hands on deck, and the system of contract to woich he had referred =slot induce the captains to in cur risks which sound prudence would c indemn, by carrying a heavy press of sail during the night. He thought, therefore, that such rivalry should not be ess. cited, but that the commanders of these vessels should feel that full reliance was placed upon their ability, zeal, and promptitude for reaching their destinatfons at the earliest possible period, consistent with due regard for the safety and the lives of those committed to their charge. He would have been much gratified if a num ber of our screw line-of-battle ships could have been employed in the conveyance of troops. They were ships of unrivalled strength and speed, and they were com manded by officers upon whom the fullest reliance coull be placed. During the voyage of such ships at this period of the year, from England to Point de Galls), there would scarcely be 9 nine days during which the lower deck ports could not be open on each side. which would give a circulation of air of the greatest advantage to the health of the troops. This class of ships would also afford accommodation for 900 men, and military officers attached great importance to the shipment of large numbers of troops in the same vessel, in con sequence of the facilities afforded for the maintenance of discipline. The First Lord of the Admiralty said that he had not screw ships sufficiently manned for the convey ance of troops. He (Admiral Walcott) held that the whole house, and not the Government alone, were responsible for the diminution of the income tax in such a manner as to render the reduction of our military and naval forces unavoidable. The hon, member for Lambeth (Mr. W. Williams) always contended for such reductions, but it was a penny wise and pound foolish system. That was proved in the case of the Crimean war, when enormous sums were expended in raising recruits and in obtaining stores and provisions. He thought that a great maritime country like this ought always to be prepared to main tain the naval superiority, and the expense of a few more thousand soldiers or sailors would be amply returned in case any emergency arose. He therefore submitted that, though he was no advocate for keeping up a large army or navy in time of peace, we ought to be at all times pre pared for every emergency. Each of those line-of-battle ships could carry 800 men. The First Lord of the Ad miralty had stated that he had not men at his disposal to man them all, but the right hon. baronet might remove all the seamen from the blockships, and put on board of them the volunteers of whom be had spoken. With 5000 n'en these line-of-battle ships could be readily brought into commission, and if steamships could not be provided is time to take the troops in question to India he thought it would be imperative on the part of the Government at once to have recourse to the screw ships. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE said he had heard it stated, with considerable surprise, that the average passage to India with steamships was beyond 100 days. As he knew something of the subject, having been 16 years in the Company's service, an I having made eight voyages to India and China, he was able to state that only on one occasion were they 100 days at sea. That was in a sailing velum!. (Hear, hear, from Sir C. Wood.) Some years ago, also, he had occasion to investigate the logs of a considerable number of ships for the pur pose of assisting a friend of his who was interested in the result, and be found that, on an average of 100 voyages, with ships fitted with small auxiliary steam-en gines, the calm weather in which it would be necessary to get up steam was about 12 days. He considered our system of transports was entirely wrong. In the first place, he thought that iron transports were entirely a mistake. It was perfectly impossible that they could touch ground in the Indian Seas, where coral reefs abounded, without sustaining such damage as to risk the loss of an army at once. Moreover, they were very hot, and rolled heavily. These w ere faults and defects which it was difficult to remedy. The Transit, of which they had beard so much he believed was originally an effi• cient vessel ; but with her large, heavy forecastle and square quarters it was utterly impossible that she could be otherwise than unusuitable for carrying troops. He was able to bear out, froin his own experience, what had fallen from the hon. and gallant admiral (Admiral Wal cott) as to the condition of the men on landing in India. It was requisite that they should be allowed on board of ship during the voyage much exercise, such as dancing, in order that they might be able to land in a condition that would enable them to carry their knapsacks for the first five miles. We had the most perfect means of re medying the existing state of things. There was a class of ships in the navy which went by the name of " The Forty Thieves," and which would make the finest trans ports in the world. They had two tiers of ports, and en gines, which would enable them to make over 14 days of calm weather, and perform the whole passage in from 70 to 80 dais. (Hear.) He would put it to the First Lard of .the Admiralty whether, in sending out these troops to India, it would not be desirable to tow all the ships round Cape Finisterre, which would have the effect of materially accelerating their speed. If 12 or 15 line of-battle ships were fitted up with auxiliary screw en gines, and were manned with 250 able seamen each, and with officers accustomed to the passage, a great result would be achieved, because the house must hold in view that they must be in a condition to send troops to India in larger numbers and more continuously than they had ever done before. ((Isar.) He had always oh. served that the system of taking up ships for the trans pert of troops was a commercial error, for it rai•ed the price of freights, kept our own :Mips i.ut of commission, and prevented us having a large additional reserve of able seamen who woul i be able to man them. If the boose would give him 250 men for each of those line-af battle ships he would undertake to navigate any of them with the sr, atest possible ease. (Loud cheers.) Geo. PEEL briefly impressed upon the noble lord at the head of the Goveromer t the urgent necessity there was for making arrangement for the systsuratic relief of the large number of troops that would henceforward be permanently employed in India. uch an event event the Government wire bound to state e xplicitly the opus() *hich it *as intenddd to take. He I.dt understand whether the ethergeney had aristin ; if it had itieeee, to *bat eXtent the C-tovel nment Lao gone to meet it ; and thirdly, he could not under stand whether government had authorised the diver-ion of the troops. It did not appear that the present gene df do 4 yeknment was consistent with their former pkoceedings, or with the papers which had recently come home from India. He wished now to know what was the actual amount of the necessity ) and what were the prospeete or the government with respect to affairs in China He was not going back to the affair of the lorcha, although his opinions on thateubject had not undergone the slightest alteration ; but he must say that if, as was generally reported, government had received warning re specting the volcano upon which we were standing in India, the enormity of the quarrel with China was very much aggravated. The language held by Sir M. Seymour and Consul Parkes in China bad all along been the lan guage of menace and dictation. Consul Parkes said to Yeb, "I have made certain demands of you—the return of the men and an apology—and if these demands are not ' complied with within 24 hours, you shall feel the force of the naval power of England to compel satisfaction of my demands." He contended that only two conditions could justify the use of such language —one, that it should be held in a just cause ; and th e o th e r, th a t th e a uthorities using had the power to enforce it. (Hear.) He thought he should be able to show that this language had been rashly used, that the authorities bad no power to en force it, and that the menacing demands had never to this hour been enforced. Lord Clarendon had said in another place that the authorities could not have spared five months for reference to Eng land ; but now nine months had elapsed, and our posi tion in China was as bad as ever. In the first instance Yeh refused to comply with our demands, and the resnit was a bombardment—a bombardment which had been denied on a former evening ; but that bombardment only produced the destruction of the English factories. The next step was Admiral Seymour's notification of his in tention to erect a fortification in the Factory Garden, to retain possession of Canton, and to keep the ships in the river. But shortly afterwards it was foued impossible to carry out these intentions, and the admiral was obliged to return to Hong Kong. (The right hon. baronet here read the admiral's despatch, the concluding words of which demanded 5,000 troops from India.) Now, he wished to ask, what had been the result of that applica tion T The noble lord had stated the number of troops at Hong Kong to be sufficient ; but he (Sir J. Peking ton) did not understand, if that were true, why addi tional forces should nom be sent out from this country. He wished to know what had been the answer to this Application for troops from India ; and if such reinforce ment had not been sent, he wished to know how the noble lord could reconcile that fact with his assertion that the forces at Hong Kong were sufficient for all exigecs cies. The noble lord told them that Lord Elgin was to carry on negotiations ; but how was that to be reconcil ed with Lord Clarendon's statement that the only lan guage that could efficaciously be used to the Chinese was the language of force ? (Hear, bear.) The noble lord had been told by an hon. member well acquainted with China, that to send out Lord Elgin to Pekin was useless, as the Emperor would refer him back to Yeb, and it was easy to anticipate what Yeh's answer would be. Already all our demands and menaces bad failed, and as regarded the Chinese authorities, we were at this moment actually in a defensive position. (Hear.) He could not but re gard these circumstances as most serious, and that the prestige and authority of Eng:and were compromised in those waters. He bad condemned our Chinese policy ab initio ; he had never since modified his opinion ; but the government having once embarked in the quarrel, he held that they were bound to see at least that our honour remained unsullied, and that we were not ex posed to additional disgrace in China. He felt the truth of Shakespere's saying, that " Good reasons must give place to better ;" and if there were paramount reasons for not sending the troops to China, let the house be told the truth. But if they could not be sent, he should like diverted troops,to know how we were t o carry on this Chinese quarrel. Where General o Ar sh were bu y t r ut they io go, an m Was be r to y gowith the without a leader. Where was Lord Elgin ? Was he to nego . tiate at Pekin, or Canton ; above all, was he to carry them on without the indispensable support of a military force He (Sir J. Pakiugton) thought that on all those points that the house was entitled to much fuller ex planations than had as yet been given by the govern ment. Siv C. WOOD.—I hope the house will allow me to repeat some of the statements which I made the other night, but which it is necessary I should do in order to reconcile those inconsistencies and won derful contradictions which the right hon. gentleman has conjured up. I must say Ido not unlerstand the object of a considerable portion of the right hon. gentleman's observations. He said he was unwilling to revive the discussion of which we had had so much in the preceding Parliament, but, nevertheless, he con trived to indulge in a few strong epithets of the injustice of our cause and the cruelty of our conduct. Another observation, too, I think he would have done well to withold until he had read the papers which my right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control has just laid upon the table. The right hon. baronet attri buted great blame to the Government for undertaking the war, having been warned of the volcano on which we were standing in India. If he had waited for the papers he would have found that his supposition was , wrong, and that no such warning was ever given. How , ever, to take the right hon. gentleman's complaints in chronological order. He first complains that threats were used by Mr. Consul Parkes which were never en forced. It is quite true that Yeh was not brought to reason by the coercion employed. It is quite true that Sir J. Bowring and persons more experienced in China than he were mistaken in their estimate of the effect which our operations would have upon the Chinese authorities. They believed that each successive step would have its effect in enforcing compliance with our demands, and such was the universal opinion of the au thorities of Hongkong, which was to some extentjulti fied by a preceding case, when Captain M'Dougal with a much less force obtained all that was required. If lam called upon to say to what I attribute the non-compli ance of the Chinese with our demands on the present occasion, it is the liberal course we have pursued, and the anxious care we have displayed to spare life and property, which have led the Chinese, like most barba rous nations, to attribute our forbearance to a sense of weakness. I will just now say a few words in reply to the tirade we have heard about the bombardment of Canton. The hon. member for Plymouth (M:r. White) the other night gave a very correct account of what wai done there and what was not done. The public buildings were bombarded, as were also buildings in which troops were seen, and magazines were exploded, but none of the habitations of the peaceful portion of the people—the inhabitants who took no part in the warlike proceedings. It was not an indiscriminate bombardment, by which the dwellings of the peaceful inhabitants of Canton were destroyed. I deny that such was the case. The only passage in the Canton papers upon which such a state ment could be based is at page 139, where Sir M. Sey mour says, "I am pew shelling the city fro rn the Dutch Folly." (Elear.) The question is, what is the meaning of these words ? Do they mean that the admiral was shelling what the hon. member for Plymouth called truly the peaceable portion of the city of Canton —that part wherein were situated the dwellings of the people who took no part in offensive operations against us ; or do they mean hat is expressed in another page of the papers, wherein Sir M. Seymour sr.yd, "A few shells wore thrown into the city yesterday from the Dutch Folly, in the direction of the Government buildings I" L .rd C. HAMILTON—That was on the 14th of De cember. Mr. G. LUNbiS said he thought the character of these auxiliary screw ships was hardly understood, for they were to all intents and purposes sailing vessels of a very high class. Eto held in his band a return of the number of vessels which had sailed from London to Cal cutta between the let of July, 1856, and Jan., 1857, from which it appeared that 98 sailing ships had per formed the voyage during that period, the average pas sage of each being 130 days, and that seven auxiliary screw steamers had performed it on an average of 93 flays, showing a difference in favour of the latter of 37 days. (Hear.) It was curious to contrast the passages made by her Majesty's steamers to the Cape of Good Hope. The Hermes made the passage in 54 days. The Vulean made the passage out in 72 days, and home in 64 days. The auxiliary screws, to which the First Lord of the Admiralty had referred, made the passage in 38 day.. It was a marked difference, and confirmed the statements which ba l been made of the advantage of employing auxiliary screw in preference to sailing ships. (Hear, bear ) Sir C. WOOD—The question is whether the words of Sir M. Seymour mean that or more. Do they mean that be wantonly bombarded the city ? It has been my duty most carefully to read all the despatches of Sir M. Seymour, and, referring to what he has done on former occasions as evidence to guide us in reading these des patches, I think it is utterly impossible that he could have done that which is attributed to him, which is totally contrary to the spirit in which he conducted other operations. He says in a despatch, which will be found at page 97, " I resumed operations on the following day (October 28) from the Dutch Folly. . . I had previously given the fullest warning to the inhabitants in the vicinity to remove their persons and property (Capt. Hall having landed twice for that purpose), in which operation they were engaged during the whole of the night. Before the landing took place I assembled the officers and urgently impressed upon them (as I had previously done by writ ten order) the necessity of restraining the men from mo- The first resolution with regard to the Persian war was then agreed to. THE CHINESE WAR. lesting the persons and property of the inhabitants, con fining warlike operations against the troops only ; and I have pleasure in bearing testimony to the forbearance and good conduct of the seamen and marines. No stragvling took place, and when the orders were given to re-embark, the men returned to their boats with regu larity and despatch." Thus, when the course of military operations rendered it necessary for him to attack these buildings, he sent his flag-lieutenant twice on shore to induce the inhabitants to quit with their property, and delayed his attack to give them time to do so. With this view of the character of his proceedings it is perfectly impossible to believe he should upon an after occasion have done that which is so contrary to the spirit of his instructions, so contrary to the feelings of an Englishman, and so contrary to the character of an officer who is designated even by those who differ from the Government as one of the best and most humane of men. (Hear, hear.) I said in one of the discussions which took place upon the subject, that hon. gentlemen were not justified in placing the construction which they did upon these words of Ad. miral Seymour. I said I was convinced that what he did mean was, that he simply bombarded the public buildings and places where troops were assembled. I wrote to Sir M. Seymour to ask him whether the con- On the vote of 400,0001. in aid of the naval operations in China, Sir J. PAKINGTON said he wished to ask her Ma jesty's Government for some further explanations with re• gard to the present position of this country as affected by our unfortunate quarrel with China. It was impossi ble, in his opinion, to avoid looking at the state of our affairs in that part of the world without considerable anxiety ; and he must say tbat the explanations of the noble lord at the head of the Government as to his hopes of bringing the affair to a satisfactory conclusion had been anything but satisfactory. In such an emergency the Government bad a right to expect the support of the Rouse cf Commons ; but, on the other hand, the House of Commons was entitled to explicit explanations, or at least an asurance from the Government that the public interest did not permit of such explanations being given. He (Sir J. Pakington) could not understand the expla nations which had been given respecting the diversion of the forces intended for China to India. He had asked the First Lord of the Admiralty distinctly whether the home Government had given orders for the diversion of the trocps to India, and whether instructions had been sent To Ceylon by the Governor-General of India with that object. The right hon. gentleman first said that no Instructions had been sent from England, nor any autho rity from the Governor-General. ("No, no," from-Sir C. `Mood.) Yes, it was said that ordei s had'not been sent to divert the troops, but that a communication bad been made to Lord Elgin a , king his consent for the diversion. He (Sir J. Pakington) had then asked what authority Lori Elgin had to give such consent, and the answer was that " salus popish -uprema lex" bad been the prin ciple acted upon. Speaking on another subject, the action at Delhi, th e no b le lord at the Lead of th;Go vernment had expressed his perfect approbation of the step taken by Lord Canning. Re (Sir J. Pakington) had asked a third time, and the answer was that the Go vernment of this country had authorised the diversion of the troops. Now, be wished to s a y emphatically that if the state of affairs in India was such as to require the diversion of the troops from China, he for one should not object to such a course; but he thought that in struction which I placed upon the words was the correct one. I can truly say that there was not the slightest feeling in my mind with reference to the contradiction which I had received as to the right interpretation of the passage to which I have referred, but when I alluded to the matter the other night I certainly thought that those who had denounced a gallant officer for his inhumanity would have received with pride and satisfaction the con tradiction that wiped away such an imputation from the character not only of that gallant officer, but of the nation to which he belonged. (Hear.) I was astonished at the attempt to throw discredit on the statement then made, seeing it was one put forward to remove an imputation cast on the nation as well as on the character of one of one of our most gallant officers. (Hear.) As I have already said, I wrote to Sir M. Seymour with reference to the alleged bombardment of Canton, and from him I received an answer, in which occurs the following pas lege : _ _ !‘ I must not omit to thank you for the caution you are kind enough to give me in the instance (p. 139), , obliged, in order to please their constituents, to state ill T where I inform Sir J• B. that 'I am now shelling the 1 their add, e see that they did not like the whole of the ' town,' which, it is scarcely necessary for me to say, in- ' proceeding there, but that they should have been want cotteetly conveyed more than the reality. The world at ing in liberality if they hael not supported a distant home w'll by and by learn that there has been no bailie public servant. criminate destruction of Chinese persons or property at Sir C. NAPIER did net know what the noble lord any period of our operations, and how studiously I have meant when be said that the admiral in the China seas avoided such a repugnant course, notwithstanding the had received instructions to cetrinait horrible cruelties. most urgent advice for a very different proceeding from The admiral only received orders from the Admiralty, classes `many and various.'" and if he had received orders to commit horrible cruelties (Hear, hear.) Since I came down to the house I have he would not have obeyed the orders. (Hear.) He had had put into my hands confirmation of this statement himself received a communication from Admiral Sey from an independent quarter—viz., from the Belgian moor, in which that admiral said that they did not call Consul at Shanghai. In a letter written by that gentle- it war in Chins, but only the punishment of some people man, and dated " Hong Kong, May 9, 1857," he says : for insulting the British flag ; and that they threw a " Admiral Seymour has conducted all his operations shed into the town occasionally. He believed that was in the most humane and mildest manner. I can, as an quite right—(a laugh)—for it was the only way to bring eye-witne-s, guarantee that the so-called bombardment the war to an end. (Rear, hear.) Under present cir of Canton was so conducted as to inflict as little injury cumstances at Canton weapons must be used at a dis as possible on the inhabitants, while punishing the au- tepee, and nothing else was to be done i,ut to terow a thorities.' shell in nom and then in moderation. (A. laugh ) To (Hear, hear.) I hope after these statements from the hear the noble lord one might suppise that Admiral gallant admiral himself, and from an eye-witness in the Seymour was bur ing the whole Cnine , e at Canton, but Belgian Consul, that the imputation cast on us as a na- he understood from that gallant admiral that he thought tion and on that gallant officer will not be repeated in it hard that he should be abused by persons who were this house, and that in future a more generous view thousands of miles from the scene of actioa and who will be taken o f the conduct of officers discharging re- knew nothing of what occurred. (Hear, hear.) sponsible duties in distant parts of the world. (dear.) General THOMPSON believed that the transactions So much for the alleged bombardment of Canton. It is at China arose out of what was called a trade falsehood, true, as the right hon. baronet states, that the measures which was not regarded with all the dislike which other then taken had not the effect of inducing Commissioner faleehoons created. There was evidence of a foregone Yell and the authorities at Canton to come to terms conclusion to quarrel with the Chinese, and a wretched upon the subject in dispute. After an attack on Canton and dishonourable subterfuge was got up about a miser the vessels were withdrawn and encored at intervals on able boat and some men who were taken from it. (Hear, the river, from Bird s-nest.FortSto Hong Kong, as it was hear.) It was aid that the British flag was insulted. thought necessary to have a check on the war junks They had all heard of the British flag and the British and keep open the communication. It is true, also, lion at elections, but evidence bad now come out that in that the Governor-General of India was requested to this case there was no British flag. The plea had been send a body of troops to assist in making an attack on that there was a kind of fetich, winch the Chinese ought Commissioner Yeh, and that he declined to send them ; to have recognized and venerated, but now the evidence but it appears that afterwards two regiments were sent came that there was no such fetich. Tee floods of false from Madras to take up their position in Honkong. Such hood which followed were only equal to the first false was the state of matters when last we received intelli- hood. Was there a man who believed in the poisoning gence from China. My noble friend, when this question at Hong Kong ? Let them call the whole College of was first before the house announced—and the announce- Physicians, and ask whether 300 men could be poisoned ment was received with the greatest satisfaction by the with arsenic without any of them dying—(s laugh) — house that Lord Elgin had been seat to negotiate with the that arsenic not being weighed out by drachms and Imperial government of China, to endeavour to get the scruples, but put into bread of which they eat according present dispute brought to asettlement, and to place mat- to their appetites, some more, some less. (Laughter.) ters on a sounder foundation for the future. My noble That was falsehood the second. Then there was false friend (Lord Palmerston) repeated that announcement hood the third which came down to Huddersfield, two or three nights ago; and therefore I had hardly where a most able and respected public servant, for understood what the right hon. gentleman meant when merly a member of that house, was excluded from a he asked what were the views with which Lord Elgin seat. The news came down to Huddersfield was going to Chino,. (Hear, hear.) Sorely the right that was all over ; that the Emperor of China had con hon. gentleman could not have misunderstood the state- ceded everything that was demanded ; that the British merit made by my noble friend only two er three nights lion was satisfied ; and that there was nothing to do but ago, and yet he has asked for what purpose Lord Elgin to turn out of parliament the gentleman to whom he had has gone out to China. It was further stated that the alluded. He would suggest to the House the considera- Government had sent out 5,000 men to China, that it tion of a counter case. Suppose a fleet—Russian it was not thought desirable they should arrive before might be—appeared in the Humber to enforce the land autumn as the climate of China was such as to render Mg of ale tholic drinks in defiance of the British Excise it impossible for European troops to act dnriog the hot laws, Suppose the director of that armament declared weather. It was expected they would arrive at the that he was not at war with Queen Victoria, but with time when Lord Elgin reached the north after coin- the Mayor of Hull (a laugh), and that the fire of his fleet pleting his negotiations at Pekin, when, if his efforts was then directed upon the Mayor's cucumber frames had been successful, and all questions were satisfactorily (laughter)—would any one maintain that that was settled, they would be again sent home. If, on the conduct worthy of a great nation, or, indeed, of any other hand, his negotiations failed, then the troops nation, and that it did not sink the nation guilty of such would just have a r rived there at a time when their an act below the ordinary level of civilization and services were most desirable. Up to the present mo humanity ? Would not such a nation be degraded to the ment no vessel with troops had arrived in China, but rank of Filibusters and pirates ? What would they say seven or eight gunboat, which were sent out to assist in of a Government that adopted such falsehood, that putting down piracy—alike hateful to the Chinese patronized such actions, and that gave every public authorities and to ourselves—are in those waters, and officer in its service reason to believe that he might corn will be of great advantage in following the junks up the mit any wanton or foolish thing he pleased, and would waters. Meanwhile the state of Canton is one of receive their support ? He would say to the House — extreme distress f r o m want of provisions, while the never trust a Bentliamite philosopher again (laughter), authorities are at their wits' end for money. for there was no knowing to what lengths he tvould go At all other places in China with which we when he once got his bead turned by the frequency of have communication the greatest harmony prevails his communications—as he (General Thompson) sup between us and the Chinese authorities, and posed—with men who regarded opium smuggling as a piracy has to a great extent been put down. (Hear.) grand virtue, and its enforcement by violence as a merit. But the right hon. baronet asks why we do not take The resolution was then agreed to, as were the remain efficient means for prosecuting hostilities with China ; ing votes of the Committee of Supply. though he has been informed time after time that it is FINSBURY ELECTION. impossible our troops can act in China till the autumn, The SPEAKER acquainted the House that he had and they world be there when Lord Elgin returned from received a letter from the petitioners who complained of Pekin. Then the right hon. gentleman with a grave an undue election and return for the borough of Fins face asked what were the circumstances that induced bury, stating that it was not „their intention to proceed he Governor-General to divert the troops on their way with the petition. to China. I was certainly astonished to hear that ques- The order for referring the petition to a committee Coo, as I thought it was obvious enough what those was accordingly discharged. circumstances were, and that they were a perfect justi- PROBATES AND LETTERS OF A DMlNlSTRA fication of the course which the Governor-General had TION BILT. taken. (Hear, hear.) I should like to know what the right hon, gentlemen means by saying we are not pro- Oa the order of the day being read for going into cows secuting the war in China with vigour. The right hon. mittee on this bill, J. RUSSELL presented a petition signed by . gentleman asked melaet Friday week whether any orders Lerd J had been given to Lord Elgin by the Government to for- 101 out of 116 proctors of Doctors Commons, repre sentiog that as the bill now stood their occupation would ward any portion of the trsops then on th e i r wa y t o China be altogether destroyed, and that they had invested to India. I replied that no such orders had been given. He then asked if Lord Canning had sent any orders to large sums in qualifying themselves for their offices, and divert the troops from Ceylon, and I stated that, so far praying the house to grant them just compensation. as I was aware, no such orders had been sent. He then Sir J. TROLLOPS presented a petition from bankers, asked whether Lord Elgin had authority, in case of re solicitors, and others of Lincoln, against any limitation with regard to the amount of property for which probate ceiving an application from Lord Canning, to divert the be granted in the district courts. troops. My answer was that when Lord Elgin left this might The house then went into committee The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prOposed four new country we had no idea that such a need would arise in India, and therefore no authority had been given clauses, the first providing that the Court of Probate him on the subject. That was then the exact state may cause ' questions of fact to be tried by jury the before d of the case ; but on Saturday morning a different itself, or direct an issue to a court of law a state of things arose. A telegraphic message was then defining . the powers of the . court for the trial ; o . f questions sen received from India, and the first measure which we by a jury • the third providing that the question shall be took upon its receipt was to-stop the India mail which reduced into to writing, and that the judge shall have the left here on Friday night, and to send out orders same . authority as a judge' at . Nisi- Prints ; and the fourth to Singapore to step all 'the troops who hid not passed enablinc , the court to direct issues to try any fact. there, and to divert them at once to India. At the same time we received intelligence that though Lord Canning , s The clauses were agreed to, and added to the bill. letter had not reached Lord Elgin at Ceylon it had over- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved a clause taken him at Singapore, and that Lord Elgin, acting providing that district registrars should not grant pro upon a most proper estimate of the emergency of the 'hate or administation where the deceased is entitled to case, had taken upon himself to divert all the troops ori- Government stock, or other stock or shares transferable ginally destined for China to the graver need which had in the metropolitan district. arisen in India. That was the step which Lord Elgin This clause was opposed by Sir J. TROLLOPS, as at took, acting upon the principle sales populi suprem variance with the understanding on a former occasion, a lax, when the limitation clause was negatived ; and, alter a and the measure has met with the perfect approv a l of the long and obstinate debate, in which the opinion of the Government. I believe that the wh o l e o f th e t roops sent committee seemed decidedly adverse to this restriction from this country and intended for China will necessarily upon country probates, notwithstanding warnings of the touch at Singapore, and that they will there be diverted to ATTORNEY-GENERAL and suggestions by him as to the meet the greater need in India. With respect to the incompetency of the district courts, it was abandoned by state of the Chinese hostilities, according to the last ac courits Sir M. Seymour held his own in the river of Can- ton. Lord Elgin was at Singapore waiting the arrival of all probates him (); the motion .of the ATTORNEY-GENERA.L, a n t g hey relate to clause allowing an appeal from the County Court to the the Shannon frigate to take him on to Canton. He will, requiring Court of Probate, and another giving compensation to when he reaches China, open negotiations with tne Em- Sir John Dodson in case he be not appointed Judge of peror, and, acting very much on his own responsibility, he will be guided in what he does by the necessities of the case, and he will have ample naval force there for his purpose. Probably before he arrives the war junks in granted the s i Court o F u . r b t y of d KELLYis district Probate,et moved r eg w is e t r area clausear s gre s e o d rf t : o gr . stock transferable at the Bank of England or the East thtiriver will have been destroyed, and no further opera- India House, to be sealed by the registrar of the Court tions will be undertaken in his absence. He goes with of Probate in London. full powers to negotiate, and he Will act up on hi s own . MALINS opposed the clause as virtually con ' responsibility and with that judgment,. I have no doubt, tinning the evil of a double probate. for which every one gives him credit; so that it wou ld It was ultimately negatived, v not be wise, I think, to attempt to fetter his discreti on by too positive instructions from home. The house is The Chatrman was then ordered to report pro gress . The Reformatory Schools Bill was read a thi r d ti me aware that a large quantity of gunboats have been se n t and passed. after a protest against it by Mr. ALCMS out in addition to the force originally despatched. A and Mr. HIIGESSEN. number of marines have also been sent out, so that we The Clerks of Petty Sessions (Ireland) Bill was read a shall be able to exercise even a more severe pressure second time. than at present upon Canton, and shall be in a better po- Tne Loan Societies Bill, the Corn none Enclosure Bill , Bitten to hold the river until further measures be deter- and the B tundaries of Laud (Ireland) Bill passed through mined upon. My belief is that there will be no interrup tion of peaceful relations with any part of Caine, w i t h e Police (Scotland) Bill was real a second time. the exception of Canton, because never have the authori. 'la committee. ties from ether parts of the empire evinced such friendly CHELSEA. NEW BRIDGE BILL. relations towards us as they have dons since our On the motion for the second reading of this hill, operations have been commenced at Canton. They are Mr. ALCOCK said this was a miserable coinproiniFe. grateful for the assistance which we have rendered in The bill proposed to abolish the foot-toll, but to retain putting down piracy on the seaboard, and I believe that the carriage tolls. He should in committee move that I am perfectly justified in stating that hostilities will both tolls be abolished. be confined to Canton alone. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to know upon whom Lord C. HAMILTON felt deeply that England was the burden would fall. compromising her honour and her high character in en- Sir B. HALL said there was property to the extent tering upon these hostilities with China, and he pret•-s- of 95 acres of land which would be greatly improved by ted against the right hon. gentleman who had just sat opening the bridge. down endeavouring to cast upon these who differed from Sir J. MANNERS opposed the proposition for. taking him the invidious imputation that they condemned the off the tolls on the metropolitan bridges. gallant admiral whose misfortune it was to be obliged Mr. MALINS advocated the imposition of a toll on to be engaged in these discreditable proceedings. As Chelsea-bridge, on the ground that there were tolls upon Sir M. Seymour was a gallant admiral, he must from his Vauxhall and Battersea bridges. inmost soul detest the task which was entrusted to him, Sir DENHAM NORREYS also supported the im and must feel degradation and humiliation in pouring position of a toll. shot and shell and fireballs into a city full of a peaceable Mr. MAGUlRE•supported the imposition of a toll on commercial population. Because he (Lord C. Hamilton) Chelsea-bridge, as the Government had refuse ito assist was obliged to condemn the conduct of the Government, the building of a bridge in Cork. (Laughter.) then let it not be supposed that he blamed the gallant Mr. CROSSLEY thought it was wrong to vote money admiral. The right bon. gentleman, who began his for building these bridges. Whatever was done in the speech by asking the House to look into the blue-book country the districts paid for. which contained a narrative of these events, fell into a Lord PALMERSTON said the land on the other strange err it in quoting them by disregarding the dates of the different dispatches, and treating them as if they were arranged in the book according to their dates. In this manner the right hon. gentlemal was in error as to the period at which the admiral wrote that he was shel ling the city from the Dutch Folly, and he appeared t) be in error also as to the period at which the inhabitants were said to have been warned previously to the shelling the city from the Dutch Folly. The right hon. gentle man bad endeavoured to meet a public statement by a private letter, but his vindication entirely rested on a confusion of dates. It was said that the object of the admiral in the Chinese seas was to prevent the destruc tion of private property. He had no dout't of the ad miral's desire, but it was impossible, if the admiral acted in conformity with his instructions, but there must have been an enormous destruction of private property. And what possible effect could have been produced by these cruelties, occasioned, as stated in the Friend of China, by a " terrific and continued cannonade for five hours," and by "a tremendous coufligration," as men tioned in another account 'I The sufferings of the inhabi tants of Canton could not force Commissioner Yeh, who was acting under orders from the Emperor, into compli ance, and therefore the infliction of those sufferings was wanton and cruel. But when the house heard so much about moderation it was right that the house should know that the admiral rather discountenanced modera tion, for it would be seen in the blue-book that he said, "compulsion is the only argument to convince the Chinese," and "moderation is considered but another name for want of means to enforce compliance." How ever, the admiral was not to blame for acting on his instructions ' • but the right hon. gentle man had com pletely failed in his attempt to prove by a private letter that the impressions borne out by these public de snatches was not correct. The noble lord the other night sail that the public bad approved the proceedings at China, but, if that were the case, why did not the noble lord propose to wipe from the journals of the house the resolution adopted in the last Parliament ! If the noble lord made such a proposition he would find that the house would come to a similar decision, for not a single person representing a large constituency had de clared that he would concur in an approval of the pro ceedings at Canton. The noble lord knew very w e ll that other circumstances besides approval of what had occurred in China affected the decision at the hustings, and indeed some of the noble lord's-colleagues had been side of the bridge would pay the whole expense of the !midge. (Rear, hear.) The county had made a park for the poorer classes, and to impose a toll on a bridge leading to the park would be to defeat the very object for which the park was made, and would b 3 a mockery. Mr. BENTINCS moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. O'BRIEN supported the amendment. Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE thought the bill ought to be referred to a select committee. Lord CLAUD HAMILTON opposed the abolition of the toll, as the bridge bad been built with the under standing that a toll should be imposed. Mr. HENLEY advocated the proposition for refer ring the bill to a select committee. Mr. WYLD said the course of legislation had been of 1 tte years to drive the labouring population to the south side of the river, and yet it was proposed to erect a barrier between the north and the south. He strongly advocated the abolition of the toll. Mr. HUDSON thought the inhabitants ought to sub scribe to pay for the bridge. The house then divided— For the second reading' Against it 74 Majority in favour of the bill —2o The hill was then read a second time. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE moved that the bill be re ferred to a sel2ct committee, which was agreed to. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock. Two CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH.-Mr. C. J. Carttar, 'coroner for West Kent, held an inquest on Saturday afternoon at Cudhain, near Gravesend, on the bodies of Arthur and Madeline Smith, aged respectively three years and three months, who were accidentally burnt to death in the above village on the preceding Thursday. From th e evi d ence adduced, it appeared that the parents of the deceased are poor people, and being engaged in agricultural pusuits, had left ~ bens in care of an elder brother, aged fi ve years. Daring the absence of the parents the house was discovered on fire, the elder boy alone escaping, and the deceased being both burnt almost to a cinder. The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by the children playing with lucifer matches. The jury returned a verdict of "Anti. ; dental Death." BANK itfTURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Ac seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 4th day of July, 1857: _ Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover--Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,344 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 28,566 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 30,901 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaule—Marshall and Co 8,767 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, :Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. . Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 33,229 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb 14,600 Birmingham Bank, Birmitigham - -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet .aad Sons -. 7,997 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oldc and 6,555 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit auLl Co 66,785 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co. 14,948 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L. Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co._ Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and: Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co Buckingham Bank, Buckingham— Bartlett, Par-, rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury--Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath -G. Mager and Son ... Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co 40 • Birmingham Bank, Birmingham--Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon OLI Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0.... Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and DrlMeld Bank Burlinenn— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co. Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 8,290 32,885 17,709 Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 20,60' 65,280 34,542 29,85] and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co , Dorchester Old Bonk and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medloy, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham--Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Favershant—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. 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Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds —W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Liam dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lineolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— 'and. Co Macclesfield. Bank, Ma,cclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manning-tree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn. and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hung)rford. Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 36,672 30,315 12,477 58,790 16,703 12,774 2,731 13,313 49,310 29,205 19,807 2,991 17,969 a 4,465 423,037 6 ,615 21 ,102 74, 996 9,() 85 12,9► 78 39,7%26 27,1t,4 7,610 10,112 68,966 81,428 9,790 47,246 89,278 52,924 42,030 24,780 7,246 10,786 5,757 5,045 13,552 27,232 27,275 17,150 20,709 51,590 4,806 33,312 23,787 20,832 62,603 11,914 25,672 22,465 44,906 8,883 5,288 51,658 37,393 29,805 24,015 93,466 25,533 7,355 3,975 39,165 13,789 15,483 1,118 8,994 16,255 Son Miners' Bank, Tiuro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 25,019 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 15,853 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 24,984 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmark-4 Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval' Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris 49,455 18,769 19,261 45,13 99,139 9,973 3,492 21,317 9,100 and Co. ........................................... New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverloy Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough —D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters 11,686 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 30,050 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 6,648 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson •.. 7,163 , Royston B an k, Royston—Fordham and Sons 12,785 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and 50n...... 8 950 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & C 0........ . ..... 11,238 Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Ross -Allaway and Macdougal 4 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, S a f. fron Walden—GibsOns and Co' 26,098 30,758 11,113 32,233 8,441 10,712 47,752 9,339 9,839 4,705 4,100 CIeEMORNE GARDENS. (From the 7'imes ) This s era Cremotne combiiies 'a vari-ty of k mis an - melee it t aat cempletely throws into 'lie shade all the ma. al , gei 's previous efforts, successful as they ever were. From about 5 o'clock in the af , ernocul to 12 at n tight somethii,g or other is g , ing oti in one of the : vast, eitific• s that are dotted about the premises, to say nothing of miscellaneous eutiosi as "sea li ons " an d monkeys, cosmoratnas, t g i a e m s, e s s u o ch t. hii descriptioris, and the amusement et forded by th e garden it se l f, which, decorated vilth,. sta ues and foiint dos, pi eents some n e w o bj,icb at the end 0 7 every dozen yards. It is the pecu liar advanta B e of Cremorne to be equ :fly fitted fOr the quiet ret zeations proper to d 9, light, and that more pronou need hilarity that sc,rcely is in seasell before nigliz fall. A str,ll about the grounds and over the bridge with ,ahe chance of au occasioeal balloon on a gala-day, will satisfy tl;e lover of evil hours, who will wind up his innocent enj,))tnefitibY asober "tee t" intone of those Arcadian , esr-atscalled boxes. The' oallet in the salo-n, the feats of the equeS trian circle, theperforinancesofthe Mai iiine to Them tie, the gin ries of the fireworks, and the joys of the monster pl atform are for the recreation of the later, corners and th e l ater stayers, though even some of. these are c )ccas i ona ll y adapted to the convenience o f early pat , rons. The roost important additi on t o t h e gar d en. lathe Marionette Theatre, which is a theatre to all in tents and purposes, with pit, boxes, and a spacials stare, presenting a facade of the gayest and lightesl ar.opearan eto the outside spectator. Great verfee' tion has been attained in the working of the Mario' i nettes, which even open their mouths to convey th e notion of actual di scourse , an d go triumphan tl y through the action of a somewhat intricate piece' The dresses of these puppets are brilliant in the ei treme, and when the drama is of the spee , acle kin d the scenery is m os t gorgeous, an d complicate_ e d effects of machinery are i n t ro d uce d . M oreover , the present prosceniu m can b e remove d , so as to adapt the stage, if required, to the performances of living full-grown actors. The ballet at Cremorne has always been remark; able for the taste with which it is produced an d . the talent of th e ar ti s t s, b ut i t has a peculiarr7.. that distinguish es it f rom a ll works of a Biraill class, and co nnec t s it w i t h t h e entertainmen t s of former days. linked. it, iS not MO much a ballet L, the model n sense of the word as what used to called " a pantomime of action," with a cow?. story at its fouudati an, allowing room for the d lg.. play of much grotesque humour. Every seam"! brings with it a new ballet, but the principle v never varied. Among the extra ite ms o f att r action are a Wise A dog, that exhibits the eru diti on formerly deaarl peculiar to " learned pigs," and a little girl, fertile' the " Magnetic Wonder," who p ro f esses t o he l , the power not only of Mesmer, but of the kin stone. A young brother w h o i s sent to sleep 0110 roled about the fl ,or at her good will and please!, is the victim of her proficiency, and she has a 5 1 : d gular facility i n mov i ng t h e h eavy flat-iron called by tailors a " g oose " w ith out th e muscular ao tr oi deemed necessary for the process. The theollo. o course, is that " magnet i c fl u id" i s the operatlto agent. We merely state effects without diving in causes. The in , st heedless spectator who reflects that s° many amusements, s p rea d over so large an ea t e n „ both of space and time, result from the enterer' of one individual ca n scarce l y refuse bis tribute y admiration. Cremorne is a great wo r k o f a rt ) ° r rather of many arts. 0 o untr y Mame CHELMSFORD—JULY 17. We have had a very dull market to-day ; harvest hs o4 _,, actually com mence d i n a f ew p l aces and the weather To tinuing so fine c ause d a h ang i ng b ec k on the part of vii, buyers. A reduction of 3s to 4s on red wheats, and 4 5 4 h. 5s on the best white, took place. Spring corn about ,same as last week. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. r S. 0 qr. 44 70 i Oats, per qr 24 0 new....— Peas, Partridge ' 41 ~.4f red, old 40 51 I White 39 • 4 6 new....— Boiling 39 sj Barley 35 46 Dun 40 I t Chevalier 40 64 I Beans, Tiak .3 6 - "" g j Grinding . ......... 35 46 1 Malt 73 77 1 m H aza arro g w 41 an ticks 3 i . i; Chevalier 75 79 1 Ditto, new...3u Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c, in the port of London, from the following pi July 13 to July 18, both inclusive. reoeV e : f r )ris,o- 4 I y. Pq Colchester -Harwich 196 Leigh Haldon 2016, I d g a - 1 60 5 _ --;56 COLCHESTER— JULY 18. hot The weather for the past week has been exceeding• - and forcing, which has brought the crops fast to materitl, a sample of ne w Talavera wheat was shown to-dal,/ ,/ f of which 68s per qr . was re f use d . W e h ad a fa i r su plq p the past year's wheat on offer, which met a dull sale Iv o f to 4s pei qr. de c li ne . B eans I s to 2 s d earer. A sample new hog peas sold to-day for delivery on Monday. 66 4 Prices to-day were as f o ll ow : —Wh ea t, w hi te , 623 t° o p, red, 588 to 62 5; b ar l ey , 38 s to 45 s ; oats, 2 8s to 303 ; be s t Mazagan, 40s t o 44 s ; middle and small, 44s to 488; 1 7 " - white, 38s to 428; grey, 42s to 465. KIRKCALDY-JULY 18. We had a small supply of grain of all kinds 043 . ~1 60 1 which met a d u ll sa l e ; f i ne wheat and oats brought P.Pu last day's rates, inferior is to 2s lower. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I OS First 62, Od 36s 61 , 32s Od Os 0 ,1 Second I Third 32s Od ---s Od i 26s Od lOs M.—JULY 20. the close of the market. I , Wallsend, Ito. a) . o. 1 Braddyll l7 • Llaswell 19 6 Lambton lB 6 ' South Kelloe 17 0 dough 111,11 II 9 ;towartiß H 1 6 unwiek Hartlepool Hetton ...... • ,11 6 Coundou Tees lo • Soacroft 15 6 Plum mer l6 40; sold, 23. COAL MARK, Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. biorpeth West Hartley 16 9 Wylam Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 3 Holywell l5 6 Eanfield Moor ll 0 Canfield Moor Rutes 13 6 West Riding Hartiey 15 0 W allsend, Riddell l6 0 Edei, Wain l7 6 Montague Garesfield _33 0 Russell's lietton l7 3 Ships at market THE NEW IRISH ELECTIONS —Lord John BrosI, 1 8 ; " address to the elector. of Mayo has been issued. Lordship promises to give an independent su pport t° the pre sen t G overnment so long as it retains the cone', deuce of the country. This means anything or nothit The Nation an nounces that Mr. Tristram Kennedy, t " rejected of L out h at the la,t election, goes down ~- Mayo under the direct auspices of the archiepiseePt, t j returning office r f or the county, and that, his Prott' . tAntism not w i t h standing, be will be supported by the priests in a body. Mr P. 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