The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The house then went intoac;littee of supply.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Bret
vote had reference to the poor-law commissioners. and it was
impossible for the government to put any other vote in the
estimates than that of last year. The salary of the chief
commissioner, however, would be 2,0001. per annum, which
would effect a saving of 4,0001., as there had been hitherto
three commissioners, each receiving the Milne salary. It was
further proposed to raise the salaries' of the secretaries to
1,6001. a year ; there had been but one secretary under
the old oommissioners, at a salary of 1,000!. a year, and it
was intended that there should be two secretaries to the new
board.
Mr. FERRAND said he had intended to bring forward

EVENING, JULY 10, 1847.

the subject of the inefficiest reenneration of nnsdiesl
°Mass of poor-law anions throughout the kingdom,
bat if the government would give him an ultimo,
that this attention of the mammdoners should be imme-
diately directed to the starject, he would not press it on the
attention of the bonne. It appeared, however, that medical
men attending the poor, in almost all CMS, were scarcely
allowed enough to pay for the drop they supplied. In Lam-
beth, the surs to the union bad only been paid at the
rate of a tut a day far each ems he had under his care.
Sir G. ORB had no hesitation in stating that ths sahject
of medical relief for the poor was me dawassing a San and
attentive consideration; and It would rostvessdi eensiders-
tion at the hands of the poor-law commiiisme• a right
hon. baronet had, before he left Mak proposed * we* on,
object of which was to increase daisies., d dis masa
relief of the poor. He had a correspondena with the poor-
law contmissonen on the subject, with a view to carry out
that object.
After a few words from Mr. FERRAND,
Mr. WAKLEY said inquiry had been before nude into
this subject, and from that Inquiry the discovery was made
that no men in this kingdom were so badly paid as the medi-
cal practitioners a Ullioll2. (Hear, hear.) The present
system wu one of inhumanity and cruelty, and it was im-
possible that it could be allowed to pass over neat semioo.
The system of contracts wu in itself most unjust, and no
gentleman would apply it to his dogs or horses. He under-
stood that two mat important clauses of the Poor Law Ad-
ministration Bill were mutilated since the bill left the
house. If that were so be thought the bill ought to be in
this house before they consented to this vote.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
they could not know what changes took place in the bill till
it came before this house. The question now was, whether
the hoe. gentleman would oppose a vote for the carrying on
of the poor-law administration ?
Mr. WILLIAMS was glad to have an opportunity of
giving the government credit for effecting a considerable re-
duction of expenditure in this department. He did not
think that the measure would be acceptable to the public, if
the changes which were said to be effected in another place
were really made.
After a few words from Mr. WASLET and Sir 0. Gm,

Capt. PECHBLL said he thought that they should know
what changes were made in the bill before they consented to
this Tote.

The ;Ose was then screed to.
On the vote of 28,682!., being a portion of the vote for the
British Muteom, being proposed
Mr. BERNAL was understood to complain that a fair
there of the money was not appropriated to the purchase
of MSS. . . . .

Su R. INGLIS mid, that is the last year a sum of not
las than 3.0001. had been voted by the trustees for the pur-
chase of MSS. It was true that a larger sum of money was
devoted to the purchase of printed books, but both the
present Chancellor of the Exchequer and the late Chancellor
would admit that it was not for want of application for funds
that more MSS. bad not been purchased.
__... . ' • •

Mr. HUME said it was his intention to have entered into
the details of this vote, but he would refrain from doing so,
as all the matters connected with the British Museum were
to be investigated bye commission. He would only say that
though 48,5161. seemed to be a large sum of money to vote
for the British Museum, he could not think that it was
otherwise than usefully applied, considering the great bene-
fits derived from that establishment, and that 750,000 per.
sons had visited it last year. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. C. W. WYNN begged to call the attention of the
committee to the publication of the " Ancient Historians of
England," a work of great importance, for which a great
mass of materials had 'seen collected. (Hear, hear.) The
prosecution of that work had been discontinued, but he
thought it most desirable that the subject should not be lost
sight of. It was a work which would have done honour to
the country, and he was sorry to see that it wu almost to-
tally forgotten.
Mr. DICKINSON said that he believed one volume of
the work, coming up to the period of the Conquest, wu
ready to be printed. That volume had been under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Pettit, and he believed that 30,0001. had
been expended upon it. He believed if an arrangement
could be come to with Mr. Pctre's executors, that the expen-
diture of 30,0001. incurred in the preparation of that volume
would not he thrown away.
Sir R. INOLIS disapproved of the plan adopted by Mr.
Petre, namely, that of taking one part of his compilation
from one historian, and another part from another. The
consequence of such a plan was, that they never would have
the text of soy one historian complete. He hoped that the
sum of 30,0001. was not expended on one volume which
was left incomplete.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
en offer had been made to the executors of Mr. Petro,
respecting the work compiled by him, but he could not state
what was the result. The government would not lase sight
of the suggestion of the right hon. gentleman the member
for Montgomeryshire.
The vote was then agreed to.
On the proposal of 41,6001. for the salaries of stipendiary
justices in the colonies,
Mr. W. WILLIAMS complained that the vote was not
just to the anther country. The general condition of the
blacks in the West Indies was far superior to that of the
working people of Great Britain.
Mr. HAWES said that in the last two years the amount
of the vote had been reduced by about 3,6001. A pro-
gressive reduction was now taking place, and he hoped ChM,
through the improving condition of the colonies, the nem.
sit y for such a vote would continue to decrease.
The vote was then agreed to.
On the proposal of 10,0001. for the support of captured
"C. 14. BORTHWICK rose, in pursuance of notice, "to
call the attention of the house to the great evils and cruelties
resulting from the system adopted under treaties with foreign
powers for suppressing the traffic in slaves, and in pursuance of
various acts of the legislature for carrying those treaties into
effect." The hon. member said his object was to relieve this
e nintry from the pressure of a very heavy burden on her annual
mama, to prevent a vast amount of moral turpitude, and
to save many thousands of lives in Africa. England had
much to answer for in reference to Africa. The hon. mem-
ber then referred to the history of the "lave trade from the
earliest period, and to various acts passed and treaties entered
into for its suppression.
.In the year 1788. a.commission was
ajpigienstleateb/Tnee
;Kantndguintheo.
reportuncil to
o;
ii.i:atuicoremmrato thonetsZrete
was a description of the character of vessels employed.
It appeared that at that period there wu a complete
separation, both as to ages and sexes. The worst
slave-ship which could be found in Liverpool at that
time had 5 feet 8 inches between decks; whereas the
noble lord the member for Lynn had stated, in the debate
on the sugar question, that the best ships now employed in
the slave trade had no mere than 2 feet 10 inches. In 1788
the mortality of slaves on the middle passage was from 3 to
10 per cent., and the whole of England was roused from one
end to the other by the announcement; the mortality at
present, under the vigilance of our cruisers, was no lees than
600 or 700 per cent. This increase was owing to no other
cause than the taxing of the people of England, through a
mistaken humanity, to the extent of 1,0011,0001. per annum,
in order to put down the slave trade. It must not be sup-
posed that be was advocating a return, on the part of this,
country, to the slave trade ; on the contrary, his object was
to put an end to that trade, and he knew not how they could
make a better beginning than by allowing greater inter-
course between the African and the European population.
It could not be doubted that if more of such intercourse ex
isted, Africa, notwithstanding her present degraded condi-
tion, would insensibly rise to the assertion of something like
independence. After some further remarks on the iinquities
of the slave trade, and the horrors of the middle passage, the
hon. member concluded by expressing his anxiety that the
government would take a bold course upon this subject.
Viscount PALMERSTON yielded to the hon. gentleman
all the credit of having stated his case with great dexterity.
His object seemed to be to legalise the slave trade, and he
proposed to do that under the excuse of mitigating its hor-
rors. He fully admitted that England owed a deep debt to
Africa and her people. England was the first country to in-
troduce the abomination ; but as she was the first to commit
the sin, so she had been the first to make a a
noble, and a fitting restitution. (Hoer, hear.) great,
beg leave to say, however, that he differed with the
honourable gentleman as to the comparisons he had drawn
between the cruelties of the middle passage before the aboli-
tion of the slave trade, and since they had adopted vigorous
measures for its suppression. The hon. member appeared to
state that before the abolition the slaves auk) ed every com-
fort—that their rooms were admirably fur • and fumi-
gated with delightful odours—and that the mortality among
the slaves was only from 2 to 10 pacoat. The hon. member
might have go.. further. He might have said (for it had
been stated in examination before the house), that so de-
lightful was the condition of the slaves during the middle
paasage, that it wan the happiest period of their lives.
(" Hear," and a laugh.) Prospectively considered, perhaps
they were entitled so to regard it. (Renewed cheers
and laughter.) But these statements, as the house
mast be aware, were the views of sluetraders, not of
impartial men, and in the real facts as to the state of
slave traffic before the abolition they would find much that
was Infinitely more horrifying than anything they had re-
esatly hued. One picture of the traffic could never be
eared. In thou days there were boarding nets encas-
hable the ships for the object—horrifying it was to think
Cprevting the slaves from jumping overboard!
—sf en
asances were endless of escapes in this way from the
mimeinsatlifs, and often was it recorded that one desperate
vain W titeggsd down another less prepared than tumult
Ate eke list kspeeate act of miserable humanity. The slaves
ia ewe awe ewe subject to great cruelties below, and on
dr disk the bah was used to compel them to jump about
kr esareke. Bat, said the honourable member, " The
daft ere sew so horrible! The mortality has ab-
solutely ineramed in these pawages to 600 per cent !" How
SOO per cent of the slaves on board could be carried off, he
(Lord Palmerston) could not exactly see. (Laughter.)
ul
The
hon. member was probably at fault in his arithmetoseion
that point. Probably he meant that they had incre y
6 per cent. ? [Mr. P. Borthwick : Ah ! yes, yes. (laughter..)')
But, at the same time, he (Lord Palmerston) did not in the
least deny that great cruelties were even now committed on
these unfortunates. When they considered the acts of
cruelty committed in the capture, the sufferings of these
people on their march to the coast, their tortures on the pas-
sage, and the miseries to which they were condemned on
their arrival in America, he felt himself entitled to repeat,
what be had said on a former occasion, that if all the
other crimes perpetrated by mankind were massed together
in one black
.aggregate, they would not equal the
e of crimes committed in this atrocious traffic.
(Iffergaltsear.) They were all agreed, then, as to the offence ;
but what the hon. member argued was, that the measures
taken by the government did but add to the evils of the
trade. The hon. member began his conversion to free. trade
principles by arguing in favour of free-trado in slaves. He
(Lord Palmerston) refused to accept his conversion on such
terms. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member argued that if

Europeans were allowed to have moms to Africa, the logiti-
mate trade of the senstity woad speedily put an end
to the slave trade. Bat If there wee time that on which
people were more nuked them sinothitratist was that
where the slave teal. milted it superseded
every other sort of riesksonee. And amksees sewed
in Aikido, the Mks laud mmeenther that aE shook of
civilisation montil coda midi it. The bk. amber
that fan task Is aka. wadi awash wadi as al
di
trade as to irks Brunton nemsbonto ilk of it. aka •
reason reminded him of the to the anti-Imeek
to putdown hoseshesaking 4 settles it In a hid'enks tight
lakes the public. This sepement was too childish, indeed,
to esquire refutation. All experlemes proved that where the
anon lade we. Wetlywatisi, Its amount diminished ;
while it Inersosed wherever we relaxed our exertions.
the passist tiros hod entered into certain treaties
at
an &intik fatheads'= to put an end to the slave
trade in their dominions. Thissosree would be persevered in,
end would, he homed, have the effect of checking the traffic
The importation at slaves into Cuba had already, he was
glad to say;very materially diminished; and if Spain chose
to exert her authority, he had no doubt that in a little time
it might be put en end to altogether. Spain, however, un-
fortunately, not strong in the Peninsula, was peculiarly
weak at Cuba, where it was notorious that the authorities
derived direct advantages from the continuance of the sys-
tem, and were consequently peculiarly interested in its
maintenance. Brazil still remained, he was sorry to say,
the great offender; and it wan an aggravation of her crime
that it was 'auctioned tea great extent by her government.
(Hear, hear.) In 1846 it was estimated that no leas
than forty-two thousand slaves were imported into the
empire, and he feared this estimate was far below the real
number. Not a man from the highest to the lowest subject
but seemed in some way directly or indirectly to encourage
or connive at the practice, and, amour the officials, there
could be but little doubt that it constituted a considerable
portion of their emoluments. There could be no doubt that
Brazil was daily in the practice of violating a solemn con-
treat with this country. In the northern part of Brasil,
however, the planters were beginning to employ native
Indians, and, if their labour were found effective, this would
in itself tend materially to lessen the importation of 'laves
into that empire. In the meantime, the exertions of the
British government were greatly limiting the rangs of this
atrocious traffic and he had no doubt that a vigorous pone-
Tenn°, in it would; gradually extinguish the trade altogether.
He, therefore, most earnestly pretested against soy interrup-
tion of that system.
Mr. HUME said that exclusive of the loss of life attend-
ing our futile attempts to put down the slave trade, the
actual cost In money to this country of those efforts was not
ler than one million sterling a par. The public would not
grudge this outlay, if theft efforts were successful, but they
had just reason to complain when they found that the money
was spent with no other effect than that of increasing the
horrors of the slave trade, and the amount of the slave trade
itself. Our blockade of the coast of Africa had had little
more than the result of driving the tracts into smaller vessels,
which had better chance of escaping observation. Mere
cutters now exported 200 or 300 negrees, and if but 50 or 60
of than reached their destination, the object of the slave
trader was fully answered. The slave trade was to be put
down by one prooem alone, that of rendering free labour as
cheap as slave labour. The smuggling in men was suscep-
tible of precisely theme remedy as the smuggling in any
other commodity. Let there be a free importation of slaves
into our sugar growing colonies, let these slaves be then re-
deemed, and depend on it, that, while this free importation
would at once put an end to the honors of the passage, the
free labour introduced would very soon put an end to
slavery altogether.
Mr. HUTT entirely concurred in what had fallen from
the hon. gent. opposite, and, while he cordially approved of
the principles enunciated by the noble lord, he deeply re-
gretted to hear the noble lord adhering to a system which
experience bad shown to be entirely futile.
Mr. BORTHWICK, in reply, said his object had been to
show that the means employed to put down the slave-trade
actually aggravated its horrors. Let some effecual means
be adopted, and they should have his support. It was ge-
nerally allowed that for one negro imported to the Brasile,
four were sacrificed in some way or other. (Hear.)
The vote was then agreed to, as was the next vote-23,0001.
for the officers in the muted commission for preventing the
traffic in slaves abroad.
. . . .

On the next vote-118,9701. for defraying the wet of the
consular estahlietznentenbroad,
. .

Mr. WILLIAMS asked what occasion there was for a
consul at Monte Video
Viscount PALMERSTON said he was, in fact, only a
clerk, with a salary of 1001. a year ; and hie duty was to
keep the records of the correspondence between the ambassa-
dor and consuls at other ports.
The vote was then d to.
On the next i 0001. for:defraying the charges of the
British settlement at Jinni Kong,
Sir G. STAUNTIO. rose, pursuant to notice, "to call
the attention of thiiisbuse to the very strong, and altogether
peculiar, claims of the family of the late Robert Thom, Esq.,
sometime consul at Ningpo hn China, and to the justice and
expediency of making a suitable provision for them out of
any sums that may be voted by this house for the China ser-
vice." The case had beer placed in his hands by the friends
of the deceased ; and having, uesuccessfully, sought an in-
terview on the subject with the noble lord at the head of the
foreign department, he felt it necessary to bring the matter
before the house. Mr. Thom had gone out to China, some
time before the war, in a mercantile capacity; hi:great
abilities end intimate acquaintance with the language and
manners of the Chinese had led to his appointment as inter-
preter to Sir H. Pottinger, in which capacity his services
had been most valuable. Subsequently he was placed in an
office of still higher trust as inspector of a dis-
trict of 100,000 inhabitants—in which he maintained
the strictest neutrality. For his services in this office he
was appointed consul at ?Tinge° ; but, having undermined
his health by previous exertions, he died after holding the
consulship only a year and a half. In a letter from Sir H.
Pottinger, written a few days only before his departure
for the Cape of Good Hope, he bore the most unqualified
testimony to the devoted zeal of Mr. Thom. An application
bad been suggested to her Majesty's private fund of 1,2001.;
but he thought it desirable that the bounty should come
from the proper source—the public revenue, inasmuch as
Mr. Thome' services had been essentially of a public cha-
racter, and had eminently contributed to the conclusion of
the beneficial treaty which had been entered into with
China. He could not propose any amendment, but he
hoped the house would express such an opinion as should
induce the government to make a suitable provision for the
family of Mr. Thom. Considering the delicate state of our
relations with China at present, it was most important to
show that there was a disposition to reward public
services.
Dr. BOWRINO concurred in the eulogiums that hadbeen
passed upon Mr. Thom, than whom no one in China was
more competent to discharge the onerous duties which ho
undertook. His intellectual acquirements were of the highest
order ; and his conduct had invariably been marked by high
principle.
ViscountPALMEIISTON said the testimony given to Mr.
Thom's abilities was not required to draw attention to his
merits. But, the house baring established a new precedent
with regard to pensions, he would remind them that this
proposal would go. much further than it seemed to lead.
There was no provision for the widows of gentlemen in the
consular service ; end in this case he believed it was proposed
to make an allowance to the mother and brother of the de-
ceased gentleman—a provision which was not made even in the
case of officers in the army and navy. It would be impos-
sible for the house to accede to this propoeition, without
establishing a precedent which must apply to the whole
consular service ; and, painful as it was to him, he could not
advise the house to comply with the wish of his hon. friend.
Sir 0. STAUNTON said that he did not found this claim
of Mr. Thom's on the ground of his being a consul.
Mr. HUME thought a reward (or the great public ser-
vices of Mr. Thom would not be a precedent, and he en-
treated the noble lord to reconsider the claim of the children
at least. .

-.—
Dr. BOWRING called the attention of the government to
the incongruous nature of the government of Hoag Kong.
The mode in which the revenue was raised was most objec-
tionable, as well as the manner in which the decrees of the
government were issued.
Mr. WILLIAMS thought that some explanation should
be given of the expenses of this establishment which coat
59,0001., out of which 28,0001. was raised in the colony,
luring a charge of 31,0001. on this country, and 253 per-
sons were employed, the greater part of whom could have no
duties to perform.
Mr. AGLIONBY urged the claims of Mr. Thom on the

government
Mr. HINDLEY also hoped the cue would be considered.
Dr. BOWRLNGlthought some provision should be made
to obtain efficient luminance in our relations with China, by
the instruction of persons in the Chinese language for our
diplomatic service in that country.
Viscount PALMERSTON said there were arrangements
in China for educating young men in the Chine*. language
as interpreters, and he was quite sensible of the advantages
of having persons in the diplomatic service instructed in the
, Oriental languages.
Mr. HUME complained of several persons being on the
pension bet who had far less claim than the children of Mr.
Thom ; among others, the daughters of a living painter—
and Mr. Macalloek, wko held an office in addition to his
pension.
Mr. LABOUCHERE defended Sir Martin Shee against
the attack of the hon. member for Montrcoe,
Sir G. STAUNTON also bore testimony to the merits of
Sir M. She..
Mr. B. OSBORNE said that the hon. member for Mon-
trose had made no attack on Sir M. Shoe, but was only com-
paring his claims with that of the children of Mr. Thom.
Viscount PALMERSTON hoped the house would not
continue this train of invidious comparison. If they thought
Mr. Thom's family were deserving of a pension, let them
discuss the question on its own merits.
Mr. HINDLEY hoped the conversation would end by the
government saying that the claim would*be considered.
Lord J. MANNERS was understood to say, that a larger
sum than 1,2001. should be appropriated to the purpose of
rewards for public services of this nature.
Mr. WILLIAMS again urged that there was no necessity
for the present expensive establishment at Hong-Kong. He
also complained of the expense of the consular establishment
at a place where there was no trade. If it was intended to
continue this expenditure, ho should divide the committee
on the vote. _ _ .

Mr. HAWES said, the whole of the question of the
establishment of Hong-Kong wee under the consideration of
a committee. There was not only some trade there, but an,
increasing trade. He wu only waiting for the report to
which he had alluded to take the whole subject into con.
sideration.
The following votes were then agreed to :
3,0001. for the widows of naval officers.
3,0001. to defray the expenses of the Refuge for the Desti-
tute.
11,000/. for the Polish refugee,.

Mr. WILLIAMS said that ha should object to two next
in the next vete, namely, 1,6961. for protestant dhwenting
ministers, and 924 Its, to the Bishop of Cheater for the
'Speeds of protestant preachers in Lancashire; and he should
more that tle vote, which was ter 6,772.5., be reduced to
1,13861. 18s. The dissenters repudiated this Tote, so opposed
to the principle of soluntaryion, on which dissent was

Afro a few words from Mr. TRILkWXY,
Mr. AGLIONBY said he should like to know whit
ralthe hon. member for Coventry had for saying tilt
enters objected to this vote—there were no petitions
against it.
Dr. BOWRING said the great body of dissenters wire
constantly protesting against receiving aid from the gat!,
and they therefore could not conscientiously support the Tots
Sir IL 11. INGLIS said the charge of 9U. Its. for the
stipends of Protestant preachers in Lancashire was originally
made by Queen Elizabeth for the endowment of two pretty;
tent ministers, and it had been reduced from 2001. to the
Fuent sum ; he hoped, therefore, that the hon. member for
Coventry would not oppose it.
After a few remarks from Mr. THORNZLY,
Mr. PARKER said the grant of 1,6931. for protestant
dissenting ministers had been allowed for 130 years put,
having been first allowed by Geo. 1., in 1723; and it was
divided in small sums, not exceeding si, amongst old and
decayed dissenting ministers : no public money could be
more usefully appropriated, and he hoped the vote would
not, for the first time, in 1647, be refused. (Hear, hear.)
Lord J. MANNERS thought it could not be taken for
granted that the dissenters objected to it, inasmuch as there
was no petition before the house to prove it.
Mr. HINDLEY concurred in the opinion that a great per-
tion of the dissenting body repudiated this grant altogether.
It was quite inconsistent with their principles, and he
thought, if it were to be continued, that the names of the
recipients ought to be set forth in a report, that it might be
known who were acting in opposition to the wishes of the
body generally.
Mr. WAKLEY likewise thought such a report ought to
be furnished, although he regarded this portion of the vote
more in the light of a charitable grant than an endowment.
Mr. PARKER said that a paper would be presented to
the house in a few days, explaining the principles upon
which the grant was made, and contsiring the names of the
nine dissenting ministers to whom it was distributed.
The amendment was then withdrawn, and the vote
agreed to.
The following Totes were agreed to : 4,2861. for the
Foundling Hospital ; 14,0261. for the House of Industry;
1,000/. for the Female Orphan House; 2,5001. for the Lech
Hospital ; 1,000!. for the Lying-in Hospital ; 1,6001. for Dr.
Simpson's Hospital ; 3,8001. for the Fever Hospital, Cork.
street; 5001. for the Hospital of Incurables—all situated it-
the city of Dublin.
On the Tote of 36,2141. for the support of the presby
Wriers cleland,
Mr. WILLIAMSILrgy objected to the Tote on the ground cf
its being annually decreased, and much disapproved et by
the dissenters at large.
Mr. LABOUCHERE defended the Tote on the ground
that the presbyterians of Ireland were a most deserving
body, and that they would consider it an insult if this grant
was now withdrawn, after having been voted fur so long a
time.
_ _

Mr. HUME said that on the same principle theright hon.
gentleman ought to propose the endowment of the Roman
catholic!. (Hear, hear.) Wu he prepared to do that? If
that was done he would come to England and Scotland, and
ask to have the same principle applied in these countries.
Dr. BOWEING thought that they should act on some
general principle. If they endowed one church they ought
to endow all. He thought they ought to endow none. He
hoped his hen, friend would divide the house.
Mr. AGLIONBY thought that they ought to act on some
uniform principle.
Mr. WAKLEY said that the dissenters as a body had re
pudiated endowment on the Mayoooth question and on the
education question, and he did not see why this vote should
be forced upon a body that repudiated endowment on ail
°maims'. He should certainly divide the committee on the
question.
After a few words from Mr. GROG. N,
The committee divided.—For the vote

Against
The vote was then agreed to, u were also the following:
7,2561. for the Concordat= fond.
3,400/. for the expenses of the commissioners of inquiry
into the criminal law.
. .

1,6001. for the expenses of the commissioners of inquiry
into the criminal law of the Channel IlLuscls.

The following votes were agreed to:
1,5001. for the commission on the criminal law.
33,000/. fora moiety of the charge for certain works ace
fleeted with navigation and drainage in Ireland.
1,6621. far British ambassador's house in Paris.

60,0001. for steam
the Red Sea.

;iiifmaliby way at

—On thin vote, Mr. Hume, Mr. Aglionby, and Dr. Bowing
urged the importance of establishing a system of uniform
postage in regard to the communication with India.
16,0001. for the militia and volunteers in Canada.

Mr. HUME contended that if these force' were necessary,
the expense should be defrayed by the colony.
Mr. HAWES remarked that the charge on this head had
been materially reduced, and the force now maintained w
employ.e4 in distriets and on a service which would be very
prejudicial to the health of European troops, and in which,
Europeantf troops were employed, the cost would be much
greater.
Mr. WILLIAMS said the force was employed as a sort of
police, and the coat should be defrayed by the colony.
4,0001. for lighthouses at Newfoundland and the Cape of
Good Hope.
7,7501. for rewards for services performed in the suppres-
sion of the slave trade on the coast of Africa.
. .

50,0001. to complete ileatiiniliennry--"-todefray the chug,
for civil contingencies.
On this vote being proposed,
Mr. WILLIAMS complained that it included a large son
for excursions of six bishops on board her Majesty's ships of
war. One of these bishops was the Bishop of Jerusalem
who bad under his charge only 27 protestants, the greater
part of whom copiloted of himself and family. (Laughter.)
He also com of sums expended on account of the
King of the Belgians and Ibrahim Puha, fur furniture at
Whitehall chape , and for robes, collars, and badges of luaigkto.
After a conversation the vote was agreed to.
144,3101. for militia of Great Britain and Inlaid
agreed to.
In answer to Mr. CHRISTOPHER,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that
be intended to take the vote for the Argyle Canal, and tie
remainder of the estimates on Monday next,
The house then resumed. Committee to sit again •
Monday.
COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES (IRELAND)
BILL.
On the motion for bringing up the report on this WE,
Mr. HAMILTON objected to the bill as prolog Urn
on the clergy of Ireland, in consequence of tie umpire
of the ecclesiastical tax. He moved the minks et lit
word "Tithes."
fThe hon. member's observations were interrupted by ino
lig)ita suddenly going out and leaving the house in lid
darknae. Much amusement wu created, but the swig
was speedily remedied by the messengers.]
Mr. MONAHAN opposed the amendment. The onions
of the word " tithes' would lead to great uxorial*

litigation.
Mr. OROGAN expressed himself m favour of the um*
meat.
The house divided—For the amendment
Against it.
Tt e report was then received.
The house adjoarned at twenty minutes put 1.