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tl eHe would now read, with the pe:anissiun
I._, House, some of the correspotaleeee tha
',Sett taken place upon that important subject
the first letter was from Major Edwardes, and it eon-
famed this sentence—" I take the liberty of ifefer.nints
1011 that the city of leloultten, after a wee k'e
arming, has been taken, and I hope to rake the
ag of old England over the walls of th-
eitedel before three days are over. In eight
',MI-forty hours the citadel may be taken." lustead
however of this anticipation being realised it took
three weeks to accomplish that end, aed from a
Utter addressed to the Governor - G eneral be
General: Whish, it appeared that the Britieh
rees had to contend against an army of
:6,000 men, and when the citadel was enterer]
LAO were still among the ruins, who could oely
be dislodged with difficulty. Now this affair, therefore
.; as no trifling enterprise.--(Chcers.) No less than
'6,000 shot and shells had been thrown into the citadel.
and so thick was the tire, that the only place which the
"jai' of the besieged was able to find shelter was untie,
attateway. The Duke of Wellhigton was heard to sa)
the other day at the farewell dinner given t Major-Ge
eral Sir Charles Napier, that he considered that by f
cepture of Moultan, the object of the wer was 2CCulli-
i'lished; that it was one of the great events of the cam
laign and he hoped the end of it. Nothing was neg
eetei by the Governor-General of India to cif ct that
cbject. He called around him all the available re-
sources at his command. There were, according to the
returns, 26,580 men of all arms engaged in the affair.
comprising 505 European and 7,328 native officers. He
Mentioned those circumstances fur the purpose of doit g
all honour to the Indian army. Shero Singh had de-
- terted from his alliance, with 5,000 men, and hie father,
Chuttur Singh, had also revolted from his duty. Upon
this Shore Singh prepared to resist the British army in
India, found himselt at the head of 35,060 men, with,
In the first action 21i guns, afterwards increased to 70.
Lord Gough marched by the banks of the Jhelum,
and fought two actions. Shore Singh was driven from
his position, and was followed by Lord Gough until the
13th of January, on which day was the great battle of
Chillianwallah. The Seikh chief had 75 guns in that
battle, besides a large number of mounted swivels. After
the battle of Chilliausvallah, Shere Singh retreated and
encamped at a short distance from the British troops,
and while in that position ho was joined by a body of
Mghans, and by his father Chuttur Singh, and the re-
nowned chief Dost Mahommed, once more unfurled the
green flag against the British power in India, aided by
two of his sons, their united force amounting to 60,000
Men, according to the lowest accounts to 50,000. Shere
Singh went in the direction of Lahore, snd was prepar-
ing to cross the river, when he found the pickets of
General Whish were on the opposite bank—the Gallant
General having anticipated him. The Gallant General's
division had, by a forced march, performed the march of
20 days in 17—(Etear)—thus fortunately 'teaching the
banks of the river in time to stop Shere Singh
from crossiag. He (Sic John Hobhouse) found
also in the dispatches of Brigadier General
Dundas, that the division made a forced march
of 32 miles in one day—(Hear, hear)—that they
Marched the next morning at 11 o'clock, to join Lord
Gough's camp, and reached it that night, after a march
of 19 miles, and the next morning they were ready to
take the field; and throughout the 32 miles of forced
March, which was accomplished under the command of
Captain Barrett, only one soldier was found absent.
The troops, during four clear days on this service, suf-
fered the greatest privations without complaint, and were
linable during a march of 238 miles to cook their meals.
It was due to the gallant men, both European and native,
that he should state those circumstances, the highest
honour being due to them.—(Hear, hear.) Tno whole
force which reached the camp of Lord Gough prior to
the battle consisted of 25,000 men and 100 pieces of
cannon, of which 20 were 18-pounders; while the army
of Shore Singh numbered 60,000 men. The Right
-non. Baronet then read a letter, giving a glowing de-
icription of the battle of Goojerat, and of the great
Slaughter to the enemy which took place under the
trithh fire, the rout they were put to, the confusion
111 which they retreated, and the " dropped" effects
which their pursuers in the flight and mole picked up,
comprising all sorts of things, from guns and silver-
mounted riding. whips to slippers and champagne-bot-
tles, exciting much laughter by the details. He would
not be discharging his duty, he continued, if he did not
tcY a tribute of just praise to the Addiscombe College,
I the scholars of whom the guns in this great affair
iwere
, principally served. One hundred guns in their
'lands kept up a continual fire for three hours from the
batteries, and the fire was considered by the best authori-
ties, to b© fully equal to that of the guns at Waterloo.
lie then proceeded to pay a high tribute to the gallantry
and skill of Major-Ge neral Gilbert, to whom great
honour was due fur his distinguished services in this im-
portant campaign, and directed attention to the gallant
and decisive charge made by the British troops against
the enemy, including the Affghans, on whose milli, when
"1037 found that their swords could not make an impres-
sion, they tried their muskets with astounding effect.
Sir Joseph Thackwell epeke of the intrepidity with
which the charge was made in the most enthusiastic
terms. Ho said it wad a glorious charge, and
that not only did cavalry and artillery per.
form their duty to the utmost, but even the fleet•
posts which were engaged in taking the troops across
the Chenab, to join Lord Gough, performed a most
Signal service. And now he though it his duty to call
the attention of the House to some of those officers en-
gaged in this hazardous service, in addition to Major
E'lwardes and Lieutenant Blake, who, when the issue of
the war was doubtful, or be'ore the main army was
brought upon the field, performed services which abun-
dantly entitled them to the gratitude of their country;
and those they performed alone, altogether uuaided, ex-
cept by their own energy, and the moral influence which
their courage invested them with.—(llear. hear.) And
amongst them he would first speak of Captain J. Hamil-
ton. Ile was.dvputed to be the chief leader of the ope-
rations preceding the passage of the Chenab. For a
space of two months, by his own eaergy, he succeeded
in keeping the body of the enemy in check, and prevent-
ing them fruits effecting a junction with the main body.
The intrepid 'bearing of this officer, iu the midst of dif-
ficulties of no ordinary kind, was highlyeulogiz al by many
distinguished officers who witnessed it, and was lip 'ken
of in a dispatch in the warmest language, stating as
the result of his exertions that the Ilazerch territory was
in cur hands. He now came to the exploits of another
officer, if possible, almost as extraordinary. He alluded
to Lieutenant Herbert. Ott the Ist of December he was
detached against Attock, where he found a force of 800
of the Mahorrimedan population, of whore he took the
command. His troops became mutinous, and in a dis-
patch of the lath of December he stated that it was not
Physical. force which deterred him from making the
attack, but the defection of his own troops by dairy de-
sertions. His situation, indeed, was a most arduous one.
Surrounded by 8,000 or 10,000 of the enemy continually
bearing upon a " watched fort," as he called it, he held
it notwithstanding until the 2,3 Of January, when, having
assembled the leaders of this small force, and informed
them of the situation of affairs, he escaped from the fort
iu a boat upon the Indus, but'only fur a short time, as the
event proves, and he was now unfortunately in conflue-
moot. Another officer had distinguished Limed fgreatly on
the frontier, near the Bunnoo territory, and cleared it of
the enemy entirely. Those were instances of the peculiar
advantages offered by the English service, that at a com-
paratively early age young officers placed in situations
of great responsibility, and thrown entirely upon their
own resources, might show themselves equal to the
emergency, and perform this duty with a promptitude
tod judgment geoeraily expected from mature age and
ng experience.—(llear, bean) And whilst mention-
lag those who had been spared, they must not forget
those who, in this campaign, had fought their last
battle.—(Hear.) They must not forget to do honour to
such names as those oi Cureton, Fitzgerald, and many
others which he might ineution, who had fallen on the
field, but whose memory would long survive them; and
also, although they had not lived to enjoy a share of the
triumph, had still left behind them a high example,
which would be a benefit to their country, and a alory
to their families.—(Cheers.) With one of these officers
he had become acquainted at Smethurst, and he was a
cistant relation of himself. He iemembered that his
gallant friend came to him one day, and joyfully pro-
ducing the order to join his father i;s India, exclaiened—
" I know few will envy me now." He went to India,
arrived in time to cover his father's corpse, and was
himself *lain. It was not for him to say, how rejoiecel
they were to know thol the gallant Commander-in-
Chief had closed a long and honourable career with this
great and decisive victory. He had received from a
gracious sovereign and a grateful Parliament rewards
Which would hold him, and deservedly so, to his
Country, as a brave and accomplished soldier, every way
Worthy of the honours and distinctions that had been
bestowed upon him ; and he was sure that amongst all
honour
honours, and all those distinctions, there was no
"(ineur and there was no distinction which he would
p,,,,Lac're prize than the thanks of the representatives of that
ee le to whose military glory he had added so much,
and to whose dominion he had contributed another claim
I.° security.—(Great cheering.) lie would now no
flger detain the House, but would conclude by observ-
ing that the East India Company had given their vote
'thranks to these distinguished officers, and that, doubt-
legs';e`t.ritch° House of Commons would be unanimous in
thCling their grateful sense and ready recognition of
ril services in India.—(Cheers.) He concluded with
°Ting the resolutions.
enot. lie Marquis of GRANBY then rose to second the
ittitr_f and bagged to express most. sincerely his cor-
a just
been
upon the bravo officers, to whose prudence and
(Mir IZ'
country owed so much.—(Hear, hear.)
(Mer PEEL—I trust the 'louse will permit ine—
erithett cheering)--to express the cordial satisfaction
Rightw.!_lioh I shall give my vote for the proposal of the
net Gentleman.—(Renewed cheers.) I should
Iteo ave presumed to add my voice to that of the Right
foe,: 9en,tleman on this occasion, if it were not that on
fi'evious occasions I have been a party to proceed-
beea, which the merits of Lord Gough hare been
of under the consideration of the Commons House
the hr_n,raneent, for his services in the Chinese war, for
seh eettle of en I bad Ferozeshah, for the battle of Sobraon,
the e.the satisfaction of announcing to the House
"IStinctio
OUgh f us conferred by her Majesty upon Lord
leen or his glorious achievements, and asking the
ese ie ,
and
e_eset Perform that duty which they so readily
his services
ruyilly discharged, of marking their sense of
tear, hear.")
by a pecuniary provision.--(Cries of
Skip thuear.") It was with the utmest satisfaction that I
vietor'hee that noble soldier hal closed a lung career of
fermeY and of glory by an achievement worthy of his
4„efr3expleits.—(Cheers.) He has now. I believe, for
,t4i'erar..2erved the Crown of the United Kingdom as a
Paige tk.(Hear.) If at the earlier period of this em-
it thos:_4e(e were ally doubts as to the ultimate result,
the ut.7o doubts I never shared.—(Llear, hear.) I felt
euitf."__ 3,t confidence that in its result that campaign
kir, tiLettobund to the honour of Lord Gough, and would
clebeerZ 'e_c do urity to the Bsh dominion in ladle._
rijeice at the gioriva4 teralinatiou of

cetnnA.:n. I rejeite,s especinqy et the numerous
rireo's given by the Right 11, n. o,ntleinan that greet
have I_,,e:n performed, not by veterans inured
o the tot I,y young m.,n, assumirg great re-
,ponaiiities, and eiving eeamples worthy ot the name
ot Englishmen.—(Renewed chccring.) When such
things are d.me by the aged, mid such examples are set
by tie young, I never will despair of the titcurity of our
Indian empire.— (Cheers.) I trust tic House will excuse
ne--( flour, hear)—for boaring testimony to the services
.f Lord Gough.--(llear, hear ) I cannot permit his
military services in India to close without taking advan-
teg of a fifth occasion to repeet the satisraetion which
I have derived from the contemplation of his services.—
(Much cheering )
Sir JAMES HOGG said that the result of the last
battle was doubly gratifying, because it gave them the
assurance of the complete subjection of the enemy, and
also the glory of a brilliant victory. A more complete
one was never fought, t ither more complete as a victory,
or more compie•ti in its final results. It any evidence
were required by the House upon its completeness, it
was to be found •in a let:er describing it, which was
written by Lord Gott!,;11 to a private friend of his, and in
which it was runtioned, amongst other matters, that, to
make good the it ?ht, into which the engagement speedily
turned, the Soikils threw off their native costume to
escape detection. There was now not the slightest
chalice that the Seikhs c Auld ever re-assemble in torcea
sufficient to enable them to compete with the British
%pray. Lord Gough would never have applied to the Duko
of Wellington to relieve hire of his offioe if he had supposed
that anything yet remained to be done. 11 would now
soon return to his home, and ios hoped his lire would long
he tipared to enjoy the rewards le stowed upon him
by a gracious Sovereign and a grateful cluntry.—(Hear,
hear.) Whilst they welt., disgusted with the ungenerous
conduct of the Seikhs in return for the kind treatment
they had experienced, it would be gratifying to reflect
upon the steadiness with which the tour Seikh regiments
had adhered to their cause. Subsequently to 1846 it was
Lord Hardinge's policy to enlist the SLikhs under the
Durbar and command them by the British officers, and
he beliezed that the four regiments so disciplined might
confidently be pronounced as most faithful soldiers. Ho
was glad to hear of the useful services performed by so
many young teen. No one unacquainted with India
could tell the responsibility of acting in that country
under trying circumstances, far away from friends to
support and encourage them. By the recognition of
their value by the House they would henceforth know
that however distant might be the field of their labours,
or however humble the sta'ion in which they were act-
ing, still the eyes of the country were upon them, and
that they would not fail to meet with the notice of a
grateful Sovereign.—( Hear.)
Sir R. INGLIS said, that whilst thanks and honours
were being lavished on the distinguished officers of whose
great merits he also entertained ihe highest opinion, the
House ought not to forget how much they were indebted
to a higher power. He would also take the liberty of
referring very briefly to the services of Sir John Thack-
well, whose exploits, he thought, had not been touched
upon by his Right lion. Friend as much as justice re•
quired.
Mr. HUME regretted to say that her Majesty's Go-
vernment had not the power to confer any honours on
the officers of the Indian army but to a limited extent.
He hoped the Government would remedy the effects of
this ill-advised regulation. He hoped that something
would be done for those who survived those who fell in
these engagements.
Mr. GIADSTONE said it was an error to suppose
that there was a regulation by which the honour of the
Bath could not be conferred upon the officers of the In-
dian army.
Mr. lIUME wished to explain that only 200 officers
could obtain the honour.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, if extraordinary con-
duct called for it, the party might be rewarded with the
honour of the Bath, although the honour was limited in
extent.

Mr. MANGLES said the ()Mars of the Company were
the officers of the Crown, and ought to be placed upon
an equality with every other branch of the service. He
was astonished that any apprehension should have been
entertained by the Government of this country of the re-
sult of the campaign.
Lord J. RUSSELL disclaimed having ever entertained
any doubts of the result of the campaign.
Mr. GRAT rAN said it was very gratifying to Hon.
Members who came from Ireland, that a vote of thanks
had been given to thco Noble Lord. The objection to him
was that he was a Tipperary man.
Cul inel DUN NE. concurred in the vote, and drew at-
tention to the services of General Thackwell.

Sir. R. PEEL bore testimony to the ability of Lord
Dalhousie's conduct in India.
The resolutions were then agreed to.
Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Cocker-
mouth against granting bounties to parties importing
slaves into the West Indies.
BRAZIL.

Mr. M. GIBSON then called the attention of the
House to the state of our relations with the empire of
Brazil, and to submit a motion for the repeal of the
Brazilian Act, 8 and 9 Vic., c. 122. His object was to
effect a complete and perfect abolition of the slave trade,
and if it was not effected in Brazil, it was not from want
of will but of power on the part of the Brazilian Go-
vernment. He was sorry to be deprived on this occasion
of the services of the lion. Member for Gateshead, in
endeavouring to obtain the repeal of this Act. The
grounds upon which he sought it were, that this coun-
try maintained it by violating international laws. The
history of their treaty with the Brazilian Government
was this: —lu 182 G a treaty was entered into between
Bread and Great Britain, by which it was declared and
agreed to, that all persons found engaged in the slave
trade, if subjects of either country, should be &eared
guilty of piracy, and treated as such. That treaty was to
ta,t for 13 years, cud subjected the vessels of Brazil to
the right of search, and the appointment of Mixed Com-
mission Courts to try all casts which might be deemed
necessary. In 1845 Lord Aberdeen dada: cd, however,
that they did not want the privilege of a right of search,
or mixed commissions; that by the first article of the
treaty, Brazil agreed that persons guilty of slaving should
he treated as pirates, and therefore the Sovereign of
Great Britain was entitled to take every step she thought
proper, to punish Brazilians as such, who should be
found guilty. But whoever heard that the declaration
in a treaty created a criminal law, or the offence of
piracy? Au Act of Parliament, was, however, passed,
founded on his Lordship's construction of that article,
which declared Brazilian or British subjects engaged
in slaving guilty of piracy. By that Act it was
declared that the stehjects of an independent
country should be governed by a certain number of
Acts of Parliament, passed in England, which were law
before that period; and it was contended that they were
liable to the punishments infl eted by those statutes.
But it should be recollected that a Br..alian ship, sailing
tinder a Brazilian flag, was to all intents and purposes
Brazlliari territery, so that they were legislating for the
subjects of an independent empire.— (Hear, hear.)
Before this was done, however, the opinions of Mr. al.
D. Hill and the lion. and Learned Afember for Youghal
--who was well known to p )ssess an extensive know
ledge of the laws of nations—ware taken, and they de-
cided that the treaty entered into with Brazil gave no
right to treat the subjects of a foreign state as pirates;
that the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 192, was founded on
an erroneous assumption of power, and therefore in-
operative; and, therefore, the seizure and condemnation
of Brazilian ships by British cruisers, or Bri-
tish authority, was unlawful. It would also be recol-
lected that at that time the present Lord Chief Jus-
tice of the Common Pleas brought the attention of Par-
liament to the subject, and that eminent personage had
recently informed his (Mr. Gibson's) Hon. and Learned
Friend the Member for Gateshead, and authorised him
to state so, that, had he continued a Member of that
House, he would have deemed it au imperative duty to
seek the repeal of that Act of the Legislature.—([fear,
hear.) In the communication to his Hon. Friend, dated
in elarch of the present year, his Lordship stated ,hat
he always thought the conduct pursued towards Brazil
a national disgrace ; that it was manifestly done either
in ignorance of the law of nations, or by reason of an
immense assumption, calculated to lead to war, or to
render this country c.mtemptible; for if redress were
demanded by a foreign nation, an I refused, it
would be a just cause of war. The question, continued
his Lordship, was, what constituted piracy? Pi-
racy was a spoliation and violence committed on
the high seas, not against one nation, but against all, and
therefore any one nation may punish it; but particular
treaties entered into would not authorise the contracting
parties to punish as criminals the subjects of the other,
for neither of them were justified in legislating against
the subjects of an independent state. That was clear,
and, indeed, such a principle as enunciated in the Act
he (Ur. Gibson) referred to, was plainly contrary to the
dictates of common sense. It went so tar as to say that
the Government of Brazil authorised the British Govern-
ment to punish its subjects as pirates, because of a treaty
which was entered into. Let them recollect that the
municipal law required in Brazil for the proper execu-
tion of the treaty was never carried into effect; and,
although his Noble Friend now at the head of the
Foreign Department was not responsible for that
Act, he would ask him, would the following case
be lawful or just, which was exactly similar with
the position in which the Executive Government of
Brazil was placed. Suppose the Noble Lord had en-
tered into a treaty with BraXl—which Parliament sub-
sequently refused to ratify—but the Executive Goveru.l
meta of Brazil, in executing it, blockaded British ports,
and watched the Channel, heedless of what was dine in
this country. Would that be just, or proper, or politic?
(Hear, hear)—and yet that was the conduct now pur-
sued by England towards Brazil. When he thus brought
before them the opinion of Mr. Hill, of the Hon. and
Learned Blemb'ir for Youghtal,o
fwthheen
Dukehe br brought beforelliltrtiting .
the House the solemni ptrotien,s
aocftlyLosridmsilainr, tlhiee
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of the
tLboerid)oLrytungrluiousr(_ss,h,7ln,biethliievllmesxe
lightly are .
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which
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under-
stand, and before judgesil wthat,
too, centrary to the
as regarded there, and a
such a course more likely to
create irritation and bad
rights and privileges of an mddeepfeeantdetnhtanstattoc.
the object they hail in view, accomplish IV a
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and why should they expect that the Braziliant once
bGoe-
vernment could carry such a measure nil at
througii their LegiAltare, acid in the face of innumer-
able difficulties? The slave trade was abolished by the
slow progress of opiuiou, bud he wu outlaw:lG

thet if, chile that opinion was in progress, they had
had an enemy on their shores, seizing their ships aid
cou:naitting other acts of hostility, t'ley never would
have had that slave trade abolish, d. lle believed that
the I resent policy was not a sound one. When this Act
was passed, distinct declarations Ns ere made by the
Foreign Secretary that nothing would give him
greater pleasure than to repeal this Act, and since that
time, as he was informed, the Brazilians had sub-
mitted such a project as would have satisfied Lord
Aberdeen. The project submitted, he was inlormcd,
was satisfactory to both parties, but was not carried
out in consequence of a ch:nge of Administration,
when Lord Palmerston wrote a dispatch which imms•
diately put an end to the whale negotiation. Lord
Palmerston promi•ed to prepare a draft of a treaty, but
his intimation was that it was not to be questioned, and
that they had nothing to do but to sign it. Ten months
a:forwards came out this draft, and in June, 1847, it
was forwarded. Lord Howden was instrusled that he
was not to alter a letter in that treaty. The Right Hon.
Gentleman read the dispatch. He ventured humbly to
say that these instruction=, affording co ground Cm urge-
tia•ion, was not calculated to be succes,ful. The plan, as
might haVe be,n anticipated, had entirely failed, and to
that Sir Charles Hotham, the commander of the squad-
ron there, had borne his testimony. His opinion was that
they should be met halfway, particularly as there was a
party, especially among the younger men, who were
favourable to this pr, jest. But Lord Ps:lmerston's in-
structions had armed against us the whole population.
lie had stated sufficient reasons, he hoped, to induce the
House to agree to a Bill, which he wished to bring in to
repeal so much or the pr. sent law as was obnoxious to
t',e renewal cf amicable relations with the empire of
Brazil. He moved for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal
tt. Act 8 and 9 Vic., c. 122.
Mr. URQUHART said that if the Government of this
country was anxious to find out now channels to advance
the trade of this country, nothing could more facilitate
that cbject than opening up amicable relations with the
southern continent of America, and especially with the
Brazilian empire. Yet that was the empire which, from
the clear and explicit statement they had just heard,
they had the worst understanding. Our measures, from
the testimony of Sir C. Hotham, were the chief support
of the slave trade in that country. The Portuguese
Government had been treated in a similar manner. The
Hun. Member concluded by saying, that for the reasons
he had stated he felt pleasure in seconding the Right
Hon. Gentleman's motion.

Sir F. TIIESIGER said, the motion of the Right lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Milner Gibson) was for the repeal of the
Bth acd 9th Vic., chap. 122; and after what they had
hesrd in its support, he trusted the House would give no
encouragement to the motion. The Right Honourable
Gentleman (Hr. Milner Gibson) had introduced the
motion with great clearness and force, but he had fallen
into a few errors, which it would be necessary to correct
before he applied himself to a consideration of the ques-
tion. The Right Hon. Gentleman had spoken of the
Bth and 9th Victoria as if they had power under that
Act to deal with Brazilian subjects. Now, there was
nothing in the Act which gave power over the subject of
13raz11. It gave power merely to the Admiralty to ad-
judicate respecting the cargo and vessels of Brazilian
subject:.—(Hear, hear.) He would call the attention
of the House to the convention of 1826, which incorpo-
rated into it all the powers of the treaty with Portugal
in 1817; and in the first article of the treaty of '26 it
was provided, that in three years after the exchange
of the ratification of the treaty the slave trade should
be entirely abolished, and that any subject of Brazil
-rading in slaves after the treaty should be guilty
of piracy.—(Hear, hear.) The three years expired in
1830; but under the treaty with Portugal in 1817, it
was provided, that after the slave trade should be abo
lishtd, the treaty should exist for 17 years. It there-
fore lasted for 15 years after 1830, and it expired
accordingly in March, 1845. There was then the Act
of 7 and 8 Geo. IV., to give effect to that treaty. So
stood the law till March, 1345, when the treaty came
to an end according to the stipulations of the original
treaty. Inasmuch as the Act of Geo. IV. prohibited
any proceedings in the Courts of Admiralty, and as
the siave-trade came to an end in 1830, and there being
no mixed Commission Courts, it became necessary to
consider the condition in which this country stood
by the treaty with the Brazilian Government, that the
slave-trade should be entirely abolished. In 1830
the representative of the Brazilian Court ex-
pressed it as his opinion that there was no occasion
for the mixed Commission Courts, and that parties
might be left to be dealt with by the ordinary tribunals
of their respective countries for violation of the treaty.
No one could doubt that the slave trade was perma-
nently abolished by the treaty referred to. The Hon.
and Learned Member then entered into an examination
of the case of the Brazilian ship Felicidade and her Ma-
jesty's ship Wasp, which had come under the considera-
tion of the thirteen judges, and in which the crew of
the Brazilian ship were charged with the murder of
some of the crew of the Wasp, who had been put on
board in charge of the ship. It appeared, however, that
the ship was not taken with slaves on board, and the
men were accordingly acquitted of the charge of mur-
der. After commenting at some length upon the case,
the Hon. and Learned Member said the question was
whether the House would agrto to the repeal of the 8:h
and 9th Vic., cap. 122. He thought it most undesirable
that the Act should be repealed; for, if so, the treaty of
1826 would be a dead letter.

Mr. BRIGHT said that he considered that the House
and the country were under great obligation to his Right
Hon. Friend (Mr. M. Gibson) for liming brought that
subject wider their notice, because the more it wool I be
discussed the more it would be see❑ how flimsy and
useless was the character of that treaty. There were
two questions inio!ved in that subject; one with regard
to the abolition of sl.very, and the second respecting the
commercial relations of this country with .11ri:z t. Ile
%mild wish to have the II WC see what were the proceed-
ings onthe subject of slavery and piracy since the passing of
S and 9 Victoria, but he regrets, d to ssy that they coti'd
not sec those proceedings as there had b en nu returns
relative to the number of vessels engaged and captured
in piracy and the slaving trade. Tne p,.ople in his
(Mr. Bright's) county wsre anxious for the repeal of
this law, because they have capital to a large am:unt
in that country, and also because it was a one-
sided treaty, in consequence of which the duty
on their expects had rive n from 15 per cent. to 30 per
cent.; and, moreover, there are other ass kward circum
stances, that the property of persons dying intestate is
generally wasted in the Brazil Courts, and that their
relatives have no means whatever of recovering that pro-
perty. In a word, the commercial relations of this
country are totally perplexed by attempting to perform
impossibilities, that is, to dragoon free nations into a
course which this country would not endure at the hands
of any other country, and he also thought that nothing
could be worse than to compel those nations into an abo-
lition of the slave-trade before they had made up their
mind for such a measure; for the abolition of slavery in
this country was the result of many years' agitatioa.
Ho admitted that the Noble L (Lord J. Russell)
thought that he had done good fur the coast of Africa by
:hat law, but he (Mr. Bright) could assure him that such
was not the opinion out of doors, for the Anti-Slavery
Sucie'y were at present strongly remonstrating against
the policy which Government were pursuing ou that
coast.—(hear, hear.)
Mr. C. ANSTEY said that he should differ from the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Sir F. Thesiger) on the
point to which he had alluded, respecting the cases of
the Felicidade and the Echo, for he considered that the
captors were the guilty party; at least in the case of the
latter ship. He said that one of the fifteen judges who
presided in that case declared that the treaty was use-
less, and that the Act 8 and 9 Vic. was null an►l void ;
and he, therefore, thought that the Right Hor. Gentle-
man (Mr. M. Gibson) was perfectly right in the opinion
that he had to-night expressed. lie was an essemy,
in the sincerest acceptation of the term, to the slave
trade; but he thought this country was bound to pursue
other means to put down that iniquity than in making
themselves gaolers and police in a very doubtful course
of policy. He wished to see the House united in sup-
port of the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, for he
considered the treaty under consideration most unjust,
and one which he hoped to see put an each to.
Sir EDWARD F. BUXTON must confess his regret
that this motion had been brought forward to-night, be-
cause, as his lion. Friend the Member for Manchester
must be aware, a Committee at that moment sitting on
the question of the slave-trade; and he could not but
also express his regret that his Right Hon. Friend had
been instigated by his constituents to this course; and
the more so as the greater part of tae goods which were
taken by the slaves, were manufactured at and sent out
from Manchester.—(llear, hear.) lie could not but
regret the Act which we passed in 1816, that of admit-
ting foreign-grown sugar into this country, feeling, as
he did, that it acted directly as as au encouragement to
the production of slave-grown sugar. He could not also
but regret the notice of motion entered on the books by
the Hon. Member for Gateshead, for doing away alto
gather with the cruisers on the coast of Africa, and he
hoped his Right Hon. Friend would not persevere in his
motion.

Mr. lIUME could not but express his surprise at the
line of argument of his Hon. Friend near him (Sir E.
N. Buxton), in condemning the people of Manchester
for sending out and selling goods for the useof the slaves.
Why, if that line of argument was to be pursued, there
was no man more chargeable than the lion. Member
himself, who prepared his liquors for the public. He should
like to see the Hon. Baronet, on his own principle, tried
by a jury of teetotallers—(Laughter)—and he thought
they would not acquit him. With respect to the
Honourable Baronet's condemnation of the proposed
withdrawal of the squadron from the coast of Africa,
he must disapprove of it. There were two things to
be considered in this question; first, did the means they
wore using promote the object which they had in view?
Ile said no. And, secondly, did they do any good? No.
Why, the whole money they collected from the window
tax, amounting to 1,000,000/. and upwards, was thrown
away in the maintaining this squadron, and the sooner
it was withdrawn the better.
Mr. JOIN O'CONNELL. was sorry to hear the Hon.
Member for Montrose express himself as lie he had on
tha present occasion. He regrettcd that the m )lion now
before Hotke was brought forward by the lion. Gentle-
man, the Member for Macchester.

Sir R. PEEL said, that the case appeared to him t)
stand on this ground. It might be true that one na-
tion could not take upon itself to assert the muni-
cipal jurisdiction of another; but if a convention
were agreed upon between them to deem ce
r-
e
the
t
ain actsone picroacuyn,trytheneoublya virtue
interfereof thatto p
cuonnivsehn titohn ,
subjects of the other for the commission of that offence,
if the ri•fused to do i'. It was said that the Act
of 1542, which was passed in order to givo effect to the
convention with Brazil, had been passed in opposition to
every principle of iiiternadonal law. It would be strange
lasS-talislovitsisieodut
lan ttli!veislig,.
if that were so, because it was submitted previously to
some of the mast eminent authorities on this h;
iariculluldac `That
nI
of
esti
;loop
Lai
ssides chief
ocodrfdt ebßrAsinl lictienllr and the Lord

Justice, both of whom were well versed in the law of
nations, and neither of them male any objection to it.
If the principles of national equity were not violated,
nor the principles of international law, he contended tha'
the Governor of Brazil had no right to insist upon of
expect our forbearance. Lord Abercicee's accoun•
showed that there was abundant cause fee. interference
and resentment. If they repealed this Bill, they would
proclaim to the world that all their efforts to prevent
slavery were at an end, and they might then as well con-
sider how the trade could be promoted and encouraged.
Mr. WOOL) said the question under consideration was
about the drycat and shortest that could be conceived.
The Act of the Bth and 9th Victoria did not carry out
the treaty' and that was their difficulty. Who ever
heard of a Legislature endeavouring to enforce a treat)
in the way in which the Right Hon. Baronet suggested?
They could not be surprised if it should turn out to be
contrary to the principles of international law. The
Bill passed the Lords without a discussion, and that
House without a division. Probably that was the
c :use of the slip; and there was certainly the case of a
Bill being passed through both Houses without an op-
tunity for the expression of opinion against it.
Lord PALNIERSTON said he had I eon accused of
entertaieing a humane crotchet by the Hon. Member for
Montrose, but he might, in turn, say th it that lion Mem-
ber himself eutertaintel one, If he (Ler,' Palmerston)
had one, however, it was on e he was sure, in which is
arej airy of the House participated; and as a Committer
eras sitting to consider ibis matter, it would be far better
to postpone the subject for their consideration. Ile denied
the principal assertions that were made in reference to
the repression of the eave-trade, and was prepared to
prove, if ever the occasion should arrive in which he was
to be called upon to do so, that the steps hitherto taken
had been productive of much good, and had prevented
a vast deal of harm. The horrors of the middle passage
wero now much fewer in number, and smal'er in degree,
than they were formerly, and in course of time, there
could be no doubt, that they would be still further dimi-
nished.—(llear, hear.) The idea of setting the slave-
trade free was iu itself, to say the least of it, a very
impolitic one. The first result of that step would be,
that the coast of Africa would literally be swarmed with
the vessels of all countries ready to engage in it. The
argument of the lion. Member for Oxford, in which he
could not agree, was, that it was wrong to deal with the
-hips and property of Brazilian subjects, and not with
the subjects themselves, because, he said, they could
not in that way reach the root of the evil. It had
been raid that we were assuming a power to deal with
the subjects of Brazil in a manner which was not autho-
rised by the law of Brazil. But many Hon. Members
seemed not to be aware that by the law of 1831, slave
traders were subject to puniShment. -.lt was not merely
the ship that was condemned, but every man engaged in
the trade was subject to punishment, not as pirates cer-
tainly ; but still the Government of Brazil did more
than even we did, for we confined our interference to
the ships engaged in that trade. It was said that pro-
posals had been made for an alteration of the law, to the
Earl of Aberdeen, that might have been so, but there
wero no communications in the Foreignsoffice to that
effect. It was true that when he came into office, a
communication was made of a treaty by the Minister of
Brazil, but it was accompanied by a statement that it
was drawn by a Governor not then in office, and he had
no authority to propose it as a Government measure.
He (Lord Palmerston) objected to that, and sent out
the draft of a treaty by Lord Howden, which was ob-
jected to by the Brazilian ,Government, who said that
they would send a counter propoial ; but that had
never yet been sent to him. With respect to the com-
mercial treaty, gentlemen were very much deceived if
they believed that the abolition of the present Act
would have the slightest effect in reducing the slave-
trade. The fact was, that reciprocal commercial trea-
ties were entered into with a view to commercial advan-
tages solely, and he was not awarethat at present our
commerce suffered from any inconvenient restrietions in
the Braz;ls. He could only say that he considered that
this; law was perfectly justified by international law. It
was perfectly borne out by the law of 1820. It it was
abolished, it would lead to the revival of the slave-trade;
and if they abolished it without discussion, they would
commit a great error. Even those who were in favour
of its abolition, he thought, should refrain until the
Committee had reported. Oa these grounds he should
resist, and he could not help hoping that the House
would not give its assent to the motion of his lion.
Fri
Friend, and
had
nd thushi
atbhaenrdto tahunteha o
s high ground
i
aeso
tion.f principle
which
Mr. ROLINDELL PALMER was much astonished
at the positions laid down by the Hon. and Learned
Member for Oxford, with respect to the position of the
slave traders. The treaty between this country and
Brazil laid down that Brazilian subjects engaged in that
trade were pirates, and should be dealt with as such.
We, therefore, between Brazil arid us, had a perfect
right to say, that pirate vessels captured on the sea, and
brought into the ports of this country, shall bo dealt
with as the Parliament of this country deemed proper.
had
dd
British
DENT said, he would not have risetajf the
Mr. COB • s
tfiesihtedlawal.l claim to the protection of Bra-
zilian
Noble Lord had not placed the division on a false
principle. Ho accused the Honourable Member fur
him,assumedof a desdesire
ful. Why the
toMou:Eirterv;isrv:e'seanntthde
contrary was the case, as was shown by
very COR tshysoslstaecvme who
tur. saausd pe r a
ru
tacecrideds s
the tract sent to all Members that morning
by the Anti•Slaiery Society that the slave trade had in-
creased, noterithstandittg America had withdrawn from
that trade, and that also showed that the deaths on the
middle passigo had increased since 1807 from fourteen
to twenty-five per cent., and the horrors of the middle
passage had increased in like proportion. He thought,
therefore, it was quite clear that our efforts had failed to
repress the slave trade, and it was rather cool of the
Right Hon. Baronet and the Noble Lord to accuse those
who wore opposed to the armed cruisers of the Noble
Lord of being desirous to restore the slave trade. His
opinion was, that the secret of the failure of our efforts
to put down the slave tn. da arose from cur having re-
course to force. instead of continuing our appeals to
justice and huatanity, the Anti-Slavery Society had
sought the aid of politicians and force, and from the
moment they went to the Foreign-c ffice, in Downing'.
street, they began to fail in their objects.—(hear, hear.)
country,lhpagda he
e a
argument,
dt to
ad produceh
ha eke
would
co °anal
dvi
arguments, suet by
We had better, therefore, try to convert other nations by
those means which were used in this
csmt ioe)prnini
71
nlsYtahlyet h
ground
roaeutSupnde:ttt
ahkitneogn t
bhhyee
his lion. Friend.
Colonel THOMPSON said, that even if they were to
concede that the Auti•Slavery Society' was right in its
assertion that there .was more slave trading now than
ever was known in history, it did not follow that-all ens
deavours to diminish it were useless, but that, on the
contrary, if no effort had been made, the slave-trade
would have been greater.—(flear, hear.) There was a
parallel case which his lion. Friend, who had alluded to
him, might be ready to anti vver. Suppose it was urged
that that great change in the commercial policy of this
country, strongly affecting powerful int, rests, had not
ready would his iisa lion.
that r
argument
done many and certain thiugs—whieh some would say it
was very desirable should not have ha2pened—how
beenehnyethatw Laos
supported the object of the
.A.nti-Slavery Society, but
he could not help suspecting that their intellect was un-
der some cloud.—(A laugh.) iay
effectual that
t her
and
conclusive.—(Hear, hear.) During his whol.e life he had
e
was
not
muchul d
He was not bound to ex-
plain the rationale of their proceedings, but when he
heard his Hon. Friend talking of a benevolent crotchet,
it led him seriously to expect that his Hon. Friend
would be executing an office at the Horse Guards, or
perhaps taking the command of the Channel fleet.—
(Laughter.) He implored the Gentlemen to suspend
their judgment until they had a perfect opportunity of
judging; and he was confident that they who had passed
their lives in glorying in the repression of the slave
trade on the coast of Africa would see that this country
did not take part against them in the end.
After a few words from Mr. BRIGHT in explanation, ,
Mr. GIBSON briefly replied.
The House then divided, when the numbers were—
For the motion ••• 34
..•
137
Against it ... •
Majority
—lO3
••• ..• •••
The motion was accordingly lost.
Mr. WYLD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to ex-
plain an d amend the law relating to the holding of in-
quests or courts of inquiry in cases of fire within the
United Kingdom.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected; and

After some conversation the motion was negatived
without a division.

The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the Hous© adjourned at One o'clock.

TO THE s.,witETARY OF THE

METROPOLITAN REFORM ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the 23d, the Bill on the Naviga-
tion LAWS was read a third time by 275 against 214, and
passed. Little that is remarkable attended it, except the
continuedrun t
ne vtihd
nen cnennpt
rraersye
.0 ttiihan, tohbaj
et
th eof hvnepre pi ra olfe
, joyful
return to the enjoyment of protection in the matter of
corn. All the stock fallacies on the sufferings of unpro-
tected industries are brought forward as if they had had
no time to grow old. And what is to be lamented is,
that the opp inanity given for once more putting them
down by reply, has been to a great extent thrown away.
The report is that the Bill is to pass the Lords.
What is of soradimportance is, that the great military
Peer is understood to be for the Bill. Ile had a narrow
escape from making himself a great civil name by re-
moving the corn-laws himself; for he must always have
had as clear a vision of their absurdity, as of a plan for
increasing the numbers of an army by taking men from
one battalion to another and losing half by the way.
Perhaps he now snuffs a war, and with the pardonable
jealousy of age, di.likes to see it in other hands.
would
On Tuesday the thanks of Parliament were voted to
the commanders and troops engaged in India, and the
battles
riwerecuofoughtto
k noovwe rwagain
mightfrom havethe b Gazette.een said
in ltn
be
S. ikb PArliament, if the Seiklis bad beaten.
On the same night a motion for leave to bring in -a
Bill to repeal the Act connected with the Slave Trade
treaties with Brazil, was negatived by 137 to 34.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, April 25, 1849.

ST. MARTIN'S-IN-TIM-FIELDS. -- ELECTION OF
GUARDIANS or THE Pooa.—ln consequence of there
being 60 names proposed, the result of the election has
only just become kno,%n:—The 21 persons proposed
by the churchwardens have been elected, the highest
having pulled 1,462 votes, and the lowest 1,1:A. Of the
24 iisaJes proposed by Mr. Charles Cochrane, that gen-
tleman himself obtained 871, and the lowest of his nomi-
nation 193 votes. Of the 16 names proposed by others,
four were also included in the churchwardens' list, and
were consequently amon.; the highest. Of the remain-
ing 12, Mr.. Wakley, M.P., obtained 838, and the lowest
va the whgle pvU 10 rcolv#,

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

MONDAY, APIUT, 23.

SEVERN NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT COMMIS-
SION, AMENDMENT 01? ACTS, NEW WORKS,
AN:) FURTHER POWERS BILL.

Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made, and Question
proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"
Amendment proposed, to leave: out the word " now," and at
the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day
six months :"- Question put, " That the word' now' stand
part of the Question." The house divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 137.
Aclaud, Sir T. D. Farnham, E. B. Paget, Lord A.
Adair, R. Shaft° Foley,!.T. 11. Paget, Lord C.
Aglionby, H. A. Forster, Matthew Patten, J. W.
Anderson, Arthur Fortescue, J. W. Peel, Sir Robert
tuson, Colonel Fox, R. M. Perfect, Robert
Anson, Viscount French, F. I'eto, Samuel
Arkwright, G. Fuller, A. E. Philips, Sir G. R.
Arm,trong, Sir A. Godson, R. Plumptrc, J. P.
Armstrong, R. B. Greenall, Gilbert Ricardo, J. L.
Arundel, Earl of Greene. John Ricardo, Osman
Ilagot, William Greene .Thomas Itelihron. George
ilagslin v, John Grenfell, C. Pascoe Itutford, Francis
Baring, Sir F. T. Grey, R. W. Rusliont, Captain
Raring, Thomas Gwyn, Howel Sandars, George
Barron, Sir 11. Italford, Sir If. Sclioleticld, W.
Bass, Thomas Hardeastle, J. A. Sheridan, It. B.
Bellew, K. M. Ilastie, Alexander Shirley, E. J.
ilenbowVolin Heald, James Sidney, Alderman
Birch, .ir Thomas Heywood, James Simeon, John
Bla:r, Stephen Hill, Lord Marcus Smith, J. A.
Illewitt, Reginald Hintlley, Charles Smith, M. Tucker
Bouv.ale, E. P. I lumphery, Ald. Somerville, Sir IV.
Boyle, Colonel '. Kershaw. James Stanstleld, W. It.
Brackley, Viscount Knight, F. IV. Sullivan, Michael
Brown, Humphrey Labouchere, Henry Talbot, C. ft.
Brown, W. Langston, J. 11. Talbot, J. 11.
Butler. I'. S." Lawless, Cecil Tenison, E. K.
Buxton, Sir E. Lemon, Sir Charles 'I hicknesse, R. A.
Campbell, W. F. Lewis, George C. Thompson, Colonel
lardwell, Edward Lewisham, Viscount Thompson, Alderman
Chaplin, W. J. Locke, Joseph Thompson, George
Clay, Sir W. Lopes, Sir Ralph Thornely, T.
Cobbold, J..C. Lygon, Gen. Tollemache, F. J
Cocks, T. S. M'Paggart, Sir J. Trelawny, J. S.
Colebrooke, Sir T. 111• Gregor, John Villiers, Charles
Coles, Henry B. Meagher, Thomas Waddington, David
Collins, W. Mandeville, Viscount Ward, H. G.
_,..,
Crowder, R. R. Martin, John Wawn, J. T.
Cubitt, William Matheson, Alex. 'Willcox, Brodie
Dawson, T. V. Melgund, Viscount Williams, John
Denison, Edmund Moody, C. A. • Williamson, Sir H.
Drummond, Ilenry Muntz, G. F. . Willoughby, Sir H.
Duncan, Viscount Mundy, Willi-am Wyld, James
Duncan, George Newdegate, C. N.
Dunctift, John O'Brien Sir Lucius TILLERS.
Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, J. , Pakington,' Sir J.
Evans, William Ogle, S. C. . Littleton, E. R.

MAJORITY—NOES, 171.
Adair, Hugh E. Gaskell, J. M. Mullings, J. R.
Alexander, N. Gladstone, W. E. Newport, Vied.
Arbtthnott, H. Glyn, George Carr Norreys, Lord
Archdall, Captain Gordon, Admiral Norreys, Sir D.
Bairns, 11. J. Gore, W. R. OTlalierty, Anthony
lialdeck, E. H. Granby, Marquis of Ossulton,.Lord
Bankes, G. Grogan, Edward Palmer,'ltobcrt
Baring, Francis llale, R. B. Pattison, James
Barrington, Lord Hallyburton, Lord J. Pearson, Charles
Bennet, P. Halsey, T. P. Peel, Frederick
lientinck, Lord 11. Harris, Captain Pennant, Colonel
Beresford, William Hay, Lord J. Plowden, W. li.
Berkeley, 11. Hayes, Sir E. Prime, Richard
Berkeley, C. L. Hay-ter, W. G. Pryse, Pryse
Bernard, Viscount Ileneage, G. 11. W. Pugh, David
Blackstone, W. Henley, J. W. Reid, Colonel
Boldero, 11. G. Henry, Alexander Repton, G. W. J.
Bourke, R. S. Herbert, H. A. Rice, E. It.
Bowles, Admiral Herbert, Sidney Richards. Richard
Bremridge, Richard Berries, J. C. SadleLr,:John
Bromley, Robert Heyworth, L. Salwey, Colonel
Brotherton, J. Hildyard, R. C. Sandars, Joseph
Bruen, Colonel Ilildyard, T. B. T. Scully Francis
Buck, L. W. Holland, Robert Seaham, Viscount
Buller, Sir Y. Hood, Sir A. Shelburne, Earl of
Bunbury, William Ilope, Sir J. Slaney, Robert A.
Burke, Sir T. J. Hope, H. T. Smith, J. B.
Burrell, Sir C. hope, A. Smyth, J. G.
Burroughcs, H. Hornby John Smythe, G.
Carter, John B. Bonn-lan, E. Somerset, Captal
Charteris, Francis Howard, C. W. Stafford, Augustus
Childers, J. W. Howard, E. G. Stanley, E. H.
Clive, H. B. Hume, Joseph Stephenson, Robert
Cobden, Richard Jocelyn, Viscount Stuart, H.
Cochrane, A. Jolliffo, Sir W. H. Stuart, J.
Codrington, Sir W. Keating, Robert Thesiger, Sir F.
Cole, 11. A. King, P. J. Trollope, Sir J.
Dalrymple, Captain Knox, Colonel Vane, Lord H.
Darner, Colonel Lascelles, W. S. Villiers, Viscount
Deedes, W. Legh. G. C. Villiers, F. W.
Denison, J. E. Lincoln, Earl of Vyse, H.
Dick. Quintin Lindsay, Colonel Waddington, H. S.
Drummond, Home Loch, James Wall, C. B.
Duff, George S. Long, W. Walsh,:Sir J. B.
Duncombe, A. Lowther, Hon. Col. Walter, John
Duneombe, 0. Lushington, C. Wellesley, Lord C,
Dunne, Francis P. Mackinnon, W. Westhead, J. P.
Du Pre, C. G. APNagateu, Sir E. Whitmore, T. C.
East, Sir J. B. Mahon, Viscount Wilson, Matthew
Egerton, Sir P. Maitland, Thomas Wodehouse, Edmund
Egerton, W. T. March, Earl of Worcester, Marquis
Ellis, John Matheson, Colonel Wynn, C. W.
Euston, Earl Meux, Sir H. Wyvill, Marmaduke
Farrer, James Miles, Philip W. S. Young, Sir John
Ferguson, Sir R. Milner, W. M.
Fitzroy, Henry Moffatt, George TELLERS.
Fitawililam, G. W Moore, G. 11. Berkeley, Captain
Forester, G. C. Morris, David Clive, R. 11.
Fox, S. L. Mowatt, Francis

TUESDAY, APRIL 23.
BRAZILIAN TREATY.

Act (8 and 9 Vic. c. 122) read; Mo ion made, and Ques-
tion proposed, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to
repeal the said Act." The Rouse divided :

MINORITY—AYES, 34.
Adair, Hugh E. Horsman, Edward Thicknesse, It. A.
Anstey, T. C. • Ilume, Joseph Thompson, George
Bouverle, E. I'. Keating, Robert Thornely, Thomas
Brown, W. Kershaw, James Urquhart, David
Millbury, E. FL Locke, Joseph Williams, John
Colxlen, It. Mitchell, A. T. Wood, W. I'.
J)uff, G. S. Moffatt, George Worcester, Marquis
Ewart, William Molesworth, Sir W. Wyld, James
Greene, John • Pilkington, James
llastie, Alexander Salwey, Colonel TILLERS.
Henry, Alexander Smith, J. Benjamin Gibson, T. M.
Ileywsod, James Stuart, Lord Dudley Bright, John
lley worth, Lawrence Sullivan, Michael