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time from the Colonial-office.—(Hear, hear.) He con-
sidered the picture with which the House had lieien fa-
voured that night by his Right lion. Friend was not
only highly coloured, but was drawn and shad, awed out
with a very microscopic power. His Right Hoi t. Friend
deemed to think that he had got hold of some anighty
monster. He (Mr. Cumming Bruce) repuel':atfid the
distinction which had been endeavoured to be drawn,
by Hon. Gentlemen in opposition on this su'oject, be-
tween the acts of the;Governor- General and the Govern.,
ment of Canada. What the Government had done the
Governor General adopted. He believed that the Cana-
dian subjects were as loyal now as they were in 1775,
and as they were in 1812, when they turned oat to a
man to vindicate the honour of the colony and she
cegrity of the empire. He could not agree in tile state-
ment that the people of Upper Canada were op posed to
,he address which had been presented to the G. iv ernor-
General, and, in his person, to her Majesty; hint he be-
lieved that the Governor-General had taken theft course
which ho believed to be most just, and which, he lug most
just, would be attended with the most popularitt P.—(The
lion. Member was hero freepiently interrupted by cries
of " Time, time," amidst which he resumed his meat.)
Arr. GLADSTONE rose, and said that this debate
was of so important a character that he thong? It it ad-
visable that the House should not be precipitate in deal-
ing with the question. He should then propose• either
that the debate be adjourned to that day se'nni,gbt, or
that his Right Hon. Friend should withdraw his zootion.
Mr. HERMES said he made his motion on I h e con-
dition that it the Noble Lord would give his at surance
that the Government would adopt some mode of inquiry
by which a distinction was to be drawn between .ttie par-
ties claiming compensation, he would not press it.,
Mr. BROTHERTON was here understood to move
the adjournment of the debate.
Lord J. RUSSELL could not accede to the proposi-
tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Herri. that
he should provide some mode by which the pert ions who
aided in the rebellion might be distinguished, and if there
should be any mode by which the Canada Bill A vas to be
altered the Right Hon. Gentleman should him self find
out that mode. With respect to the motion of V. le Right
Hon. Gentleman the Member for Oxford, he certainly
was taken by surprise by it. But if the Rig let Hon.
Member would withdraw his motion, and bring :forward
another—(Conservative cries of "No, no")—( tr if, on
the other hand, the Right Hon. Gentleman would go on,
he (Lord John Russell) thought it right that the House
should at once come to a decision upon the quet. lion. If
the House thought proper to divide he had no o bjection,
but if not let the debate be adjourned till to-morrow,
(this day).
Mr. DISRAELI said that proceedings of a very ex-
traordinary character had occurred in a very in iTortant
colony, and it was not to be surprised at that tb a House
of Commons should take those extraordinary pro wedings
into consideration. A Right Hon. Gentleman, litho had
been Secretary for the Colonies, had brought fiaxward a
motion on this subject, and were they now, after! having
heard the statement of the Right Hon. Gentler lan, and
the reply to it of the First Minister of the Crown, to
abandon their motion? They would do nothii ig. of the
kind, and he assured the Noble Lord that they would
neither withdraw their motion nor shrink from a
division.
Mr. V. SMITH thought that the most straight ;forward
course for the Right lion. Gentleman the Menaher for
Harwich to pursue would be to have given a forxnal no-
tice of his motion.
Mr. BANKES understood Mr. Brotherton to reaten
the adjournment of this debate, but he told tkat Hon.
Gentleman, who was now, it appeared, about to appear
in a servile character in support of the Governm• trait, that
they would not be defeated by any such &tempt,
and that if they were to divide on any quee*ion he
hoped it would be on the question submitted by his
Right Hon. Friend, from which, he assured the House,
they would not shrink.
Mr. BROTHERTON assured the Hon. Geatleman
that he did not appear in any servile character on. this or
any other question; but when he was charged with giv-
ing his support to any party in that House, he thought
he was right in giving it to his own friends.—(Heel., and
much laughter.)
Mr. F. MACKENZIE inquired when the budget
would be brought on, supposing the debate was ad-
journed ?
Lord J. RUSSELL.—On Friday (this day.) week.
—(Cries of " Divide, divide," and much confueion.)
Lord MAHON, considered that the Hon. Member
for Salford would do well, looking at the temp er of the
House, to renew his motion.—(Cheers, and " Oh, oh.")
The gallery was then cleared for a division. On our
admission we found,
Mr. DISRAELI addressing the House, arid stating
that it was evidently the intention of the majority of the
House to come to a division, and he trusted sue h division
would take place.—(Cries of " Oh, oh I" and confusion.")
The Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stamford
spoke on it; the Hon. Member for Sheffield, who had a
locus standi in such a debate, also spoke; and, consider-
ing that the packet was about to sail on the following
day, the question ought to be decided.
Mr. GLADSTONE solemnly and earnestly adjured
the House not to come to a decision on so vital a
withoutques-
tionu%-su b jsa
consultings,
who
wereth e
far feelingsfr u
tobf
sm.
uodf their
fellow-subjects, sub"
mitted his motion because the honour of the Crown de-
manded it; but every other step taken ought not to be
taken without great deliberation, and a division
come to persons who did not hear the debate.—
(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member for Buck-
inghamshire alluded to him and to his state-
ment; but two-thirds of those now present did not
hear what he said, or what fell from the Noble Lord;
and if the Hon. Member were really anxious for the pro-
gress of public business, he ought to take care to do
nothing which would hereafter embarrass the business of
the country.
Mr. ROEBUCK believed that a great deal of the re-
sponsibility rested with the Right Hon. Gentlem'tn him-
self, for he must have foreseen that the necessary conse-
quence of his motion was a division. It was not the first
time that the Right Hon. Gentleman brought forward
motions of a similar kind and then withdrew them.
For his own part he believed many Hon. Members
went away under the impression that no division would
take place.
The House then divided on the question of adjourn-
ment, when there appeared—
For the adjournment of the debate 172
Against it lO7
Majority —6s
The debate was then adjourned until to-morrow.
The Sunday Trading (Metropolis) Bill was read a
second time.
The Ecclesiastical Commission Bill went through
Committee and the report was ordered to be received
on Monday, the 18th init.
The Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill was read a se-
cond time and ordered to committed.
The Assaults (Ireland) Bill, the General and Quar-
ter Sessions Bill, the Sewers Acts Amendment (No. 2)
Bill, the Small Debt Courts (Scotland) Bill, and the
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill were severally read a
second time.
On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Qua-
lification and Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill,
and the Elections and Polling Places (Ireland) Bill,
were ordered to be read a second time that day three
months.
The amendments to the County Cess (Ireland) Bill
were considered and agreed to,
The Loan Societies Bill went through Committee.
The Tenants at Rack Rent Relief Bill, and the At-
torneys and Solicitors (Ireland) Bill, were read a third
time and passed.
Mr. J. O'Connell was called upon by the SPEAKER,
to propose the motion of which he had given notice, re-
lative to the publicity of the proceedings of the House,
but the Hon. Member did not answer.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved for the appoint-
ment of a Select Committee to consider the present prac-
tice of the House in respect to the exclusion of strangers.
Agreed to.
Mr. HAYTER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
contiuue certain of the allowances of the duty of Excise
on soap used in manufactures.
Mr. NAPIER obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
amend the law of process in the superior courts of com-
mon law in Ireland.
The House adjourned at Twenty Minutes to Two
o'clock.

ST. DOMINGO.—TIIII HAGUE, JUNE 12.—Yester-
day a vessel arrived here from St. Domingo, bringing
the intelligence of the complete defeat of the Haytian
military power on the frontiers of St. Domingo, The
letters bringing this intelligence were dated April 30,
and state that General Santana, with an army of 800,
attacked the Haytian army on the 22d of April, at Sa-
vanna Numero, where, after a fearful slaughter, they
were completely routed. The Domingians gave no
quarter, consequently they took no prisoners of war;
but the number of the enemy's dead who remained on
the field were not less than 600. Three generals and se-
veral superior Haytian officers were killed. The Do-
mingians fought most valiantly; finding their muskets
quite useless, they threw them down, and made an attack
sword in hand. This unexpected attack threw the Hay-
tians into confusion. After the engagement the Hay-
tians fell back to Azera, and after reducing the city to
ashes, they recrossed the Haytian boundary.
REPORTED APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA IN DIAN-
CHEETER.—A case of cholera was reported bY the polide 1
to have occurred in Manchester on Sunday, which proved
fatal. The deceased was a man of colour, of pugilistic
fame, and was known by the name of Jemmy Rubinson,
or " Norley's Pet," and he was under training at the
s e l v es
in
no
fhof such'r attacks
manner
greatirregularity
living.
Tinenade d
time at a beerhouse in Redfern-street. A case is also
reported to have occurred in Eccles, five, miles from
Manchester, last week; but in both these instances cis
they were real cases of Asiatic cholera) the par.ies ap-
pear
ne HONG-KONG
and
is
predisposed sapa o
ise d
FEVER.—The imprudence
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feverß Tt
he
re ed
scourge
t hHo
e Mng-
faelivke the
fever, which lass s
this proved roved
dreadfulmfoerree fatal
t
nerally commences with slight headache,
Hong-
Bong oeg
cholera morbus. The temperate
andilt
which
gradually
becomey
increasing until the whole bead is so tender that
no part can bear its own weight or pressure on the pillow
without agony. During the recovery from fever, the great
danger to be apprehended arises from the extreme debility,
and dysentery which invariably follow in the few cases
which have not terminated fatally; and the inroads and
ravages upon the constitution,which are made by this fever,
are terrible, the general system is shattered, and febrile
attacks frequently recur, the limbs and joints feel debi-
litated and unable support the weight of the body; in
fact, we conscientiouOY affirm, and believe, speaking
from experience, that the constitution never regains its
pristine vigour after an attack of Hong-Kong fever.—
China and the Chinese.
We regret to announce the severe indisposition of
Lord Godulphin, who, we are given to understand,ls
suffering severely from rupture of a 4190d-Vessel.