The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-29 00:00:00

HONG KONG.

Hari 111.11 Y preeented a petition from Newcaatle, setting
forth that certain legal proceedings had taken place in
Hem Yam by which it appeared that a person had been
connoted of being engaged in transactions of a piratioil
obanicter,aad apparently with the countenance of MI officer
of the eoleelal goverment, and praying for inquiry. He
Merl Orey) is:premed his own opinion that the state of
chime in Hong Kong of the keel government required serious
attention.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he Inel received no
account of the piratical attack, or of the indictment to
which the petition referred though perhaps the despatches,
which arrived yesterday, all of which he bad not time so
peruse, contained some account of the matter. He could
assure the noble earl that there was not that neglect in the
Colonal.office which, according to the petition, was sup-
posed to exist. It was not to be inferred bemuse the Colo-
madoldee did not pay immediate attention to the questions
and inquiries of a body of persons calling themselves the
" Committee of Forage Affairs," sitting at Newcastle or
Sheffield, for they seemed to bee joint concern, that grin,
snow in the caimans could not be inquired into or redressed.
He confessed he did not feel bound to communicate
either the despatches be received or the instructions he
lent out to them mamma. His noble friend wee iu error in
supposing that these things were not inquired into. An
enormous blue book had been laminated by the Colonial-
Ails, this year, which redacted very little credit on many of
the parties mammal, and showed that the state of society
in Hoag Kong was anything but satisfactory. He in-
structed Sir H. Robinson verbally to inquire into the chimes
raised by Mr. C. Abater with regard to the transactions
that occurred in Hong Kong, at the lame time telling him
to avoid stirring up the filthy mud which surrounded
the state of society there. There was no tart
of her Majesty's dominions where libels seemed
to be so rife and flagrent. Every man libelled another in
the most reckless manner, so that libelling seemed to be
the normal elate of society in Hung Kong. Everything
that appeared in the newspapers there must therefore be
received with caution. The matters referred to in the
petition would be inquired into, and everything passable
dune to redeem that colony from the bad reputation which
it had acquired in mongooses of the behaviour of some of
those who ha win
Atsk worn now removed from it. -
The Earl of H said that the Foreign Affairs
Committee deserved to be isilaken if they expected en
answer to all their sanessunirstione, as it would be alto-
gether impossible te swayer corresponds's* of that kind.
Hs recollected ressiviag a deputation from them, and they
appeared to hiss In be artisans who instructed themselves,
to the hest of their ability, In foreign Waits. But they
must not suppose that they were treated with indignity
bemuse their eosameakerions wars not attended to.

EVIDENCE IN CHANCERY.

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of the oommissiosoro appourt ointed to inquire Into the mode of
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He IMasZHANCILLOR esti that the former trill
weld knee eseapistaly sebraiod the onlinary adminlies•
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meanor ; and it 'meld hive reedited it neeesni7 for Amoy

Be Yr. GSM took the oaths and his seat for the city of
lfast.

ANNEXATION OF SICILY TO PIEDMONT.
Sir R. PEEL mire notice that he would this day, on the
motion for adjournment, put • question to the noble lord
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with reference
to the threatened annexation of Sicily to Piedmont, ad be
would ask the noble lord if, in the event of that annexation
taking place, her Majesty's government could give any in-
formation to the house as to the probable demands of
Fiance consequent thereupon. (Hear, hear.) He would
also ask whether, at any time within the last few weeks,
her Majmty's government had expressed to the government
of Sardinia that the continued aggression and revolutionary
policy of that government would not be viewed by Great
Britain with indifference. He would at the same time make
• few observations inviting the attention of the Louse to this
subject.
ANNEXATION OF SAVOY TO FRANCE.

Sir the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs whether he could now give any information
to the bones with regard to that despatch addressed to IL
Theavenel which he had ywoinised to lay on the table?
Lord J. RUSSELL wid the despatch would be Lid on
the table in the coons of next week.