The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-21 00:00:00

pewre. When Sir William Wyndham was the leader of the
country party, do you think that he would have allowed any
chairman, or deputy-chairman, or hired lecturers, or pam.
phleteers, to deprive him of the hold he had upon the heart
and feelings of the people of England? Do you think that
he would have suffered a measure to be brought forward
in this House as a class movement, and upon the avowed
basis of establishing for one class a predominance in
these lands ?—(Loud cheers.) Read Sir John Hinde
Cotton's speech on the motion for extending the suffrage
in the time of Sir Robert Walpole. He was one
of the foremost of the country party, and he never
thought of pairing off at half•past eleven o'clock at night,
and allowing his country to be ruined.—(Cheers.) This I,
must impress upcn the minds of Hon. Gentlemen, that if we
are, as we may be, on the eve of troublous times—if it is
necessary that great changes should be made in the consti-
tution of the .country, let these changes be effected by the
natural leaders of all popular movements—(Loud cheers)_
and then we shall find that these changes are not carried into
effect to accomplish the purposes of a middlceclass:Govera-
ment, but the purposes of an English Government—a
national Government—a Government of which we may be
justly proud and in which we may place full confidence. If
we are called upon to effect large changes, the power to
effect them will then still remain within the scope and
objects of the constitution. Because, notwithstanding the
sneers of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, I am not ashamed to say
that I am ready to maintain the English constitution. I
do not mean by that merely the English House of Com-
mons, and still less any particular party in the House of
Commons, which some Honourable Gentlemen seem to con-
sider as comprising the whole of the English constitution.—
(Cheers.) But I would carry into effect the changes that
may be necessary in the spirit of the English constitution—
that large and liberal spirit which would allow of all the
changes that are necessary, and yet would maintain the in-
stitutions of the country. I would not maintain the con-
stitution merely because it is swayed by an ancient mo-
narchy, mitigated by the power of a co-ordinate popular
eitate, not because that constitution has planted the tree of
English liberty broad and deep in the land, or because it
is not dependent upon the will of an individual
or the caprice and passion of a great city, nor
would I maintain the constitution merely because it
secures due administration of justice, safety for person, and
respect for propetty—though these are all great and im-
portant considerations—but I would maintain it, because of
all existing politics, it is the constitution which most tends
to promote the happiness and elevate the condition of the
great body of the people.—(Loud and prolonged cheering.)
Mr. OSBORNE moved that the debate be adjourned.--
(" Oh, oh," and cries of " Go on.")
Mr. F. MACKENZIE asked if any arrangement had been
come to for another night to continue the debate, as he
found there was not another open night for it until the 19th.
of July ?--(Hear, hear.) If, therefore, Hon. Gentlemen op-
posite adjourned now, it looked as if they were running away
from a division on their own motion.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUME said he did not wish to run away from the
motion, and appealed to the Government to give him an-
other night.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said in the present state of the
public business he could not comply with the request, but
he had no objection that the House should go on with the
eehate.—( Cheers. )
Mr. COBDEN thought the Government must see that
this question excited one hundred times more interest than
the West India debate.—(" Oh, oh," and cheers.) He ad-
mitted there was a difficulty in having so many adjourned
questions, and the only remedy he thought would be, either
by a tacit understanding or by a resolution of the House,
to limit the length of Hon. Member's speeches.
The gallery was then cleared for a division on the motion
for adjournment, but none took place, and the debate was
adjourned nominally till Friday next.
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

Mr. C. ANSTEY renewed his motion from yesterday, for
the papers connected with the dismission of the Judges in
Van Diemen's Land.
An Ho's. MEMBER moved that the House be counted,
and only 34 Members being present, the House adjourned at
a Quarter before Two.

INDIA AND CHINA.

Dispatches have been received from Marseilles in antici.

pation of the overland Bombay mail of the 12th ult.
The intelligence, although partly anticipated by our last
advices, published on the 12th instant, is of great interest.
It gives the details of the murder of the two British officers at
Moultan
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The Governor of Moultan had been for some time consi-
dered to be disaffected towards the Seikh rule. He was desired
to settle his accounts and pay up his arrears. This
order he, having paid a visit to Lahore, contrived by
intrigues to baffle. A successor was named to take his
place, and two young officers—viz., Mr. Vans Agnew of the
Bengal Civil Service, and Lieutenant Anderson, of the
Bombay Fusileers, accompa lied the newly-appointed Gover-
nor, Khan Singh, to Moulton. They left Lahore on the
sth of April, and reached their destination on the 18th
of that month. They were well received by the old Gover-
nor, Dewan Moolraj, who showed them the fort. A quarrel,
however, was picked with some of their followers, and both
of the Englishmen were wounded. Seeing themselves about
to be massacred by treachery, they retreated with !shall
Singh and their escort to a small fort outside the walled town
of Moultan, where for twenty-four hours they considered
themselves protected, but the troops from Moulton hastened
to attack the fort. Lieut. Anderson being severely
wounded, was unable to rise from his bed ; Sir.
Vans Agnew shook hands with him, and bade hm an
eternal adieu. He then prepared to defend himself, but his
pistols had been tampered with, and as the crowd of sol-
diers with which his escort had " fraternized " entered
the room,he drew his sword and cut down the first assailant,
but he was instantly shot, and his body, like that of his com-
panion Lieutenant Anderson, and that of their apothecary,
Mr. Wilkinson, hacked to pieces, and treated with every in-
dignity. The new Governor, Khan Singh, was wounded, and
made prisoner by the troops of Moulton.
This insurrection is calculated to produce dangerous conse-
quences, for the Dewan Moolraj will be joined by all the dis-
affected and turbulent men of the late Seikh army, who
were dismissed at the time of the conquest. The season
was adverse to campaigning, for the heats in that part of the
Puidaub are intolerable in the months of May June, July,
August and §e,pternber. Orders were instantly issued at
Lahore to send a corps of the army down to Moultan (a dis-
tance of 200 miles); but they were countermauded, when
the death of the two officers was proved. It was said on
the day of the departure of the mail that a force
of four regiments would be dispatched from Bom-
bay to Kurrachee; but it was feared that they would
not be able to reach that place, in consequence
of the south-west monsoon, which was then approaching.
The Indus was then in a fit state for being navigated by the
steamers and flat-bottomed boats, which could come within
one mile and a half of Moultan by going up the Chenaub
(Acesines). Captain Christopher, who commands the
flotilla on the Indus, and who is well acquainted with the
river, and who had gone up the Chenaub near to
Moulton, was to proceed to Kurrachee from Bombay
on the 13th of May. There was a number of
boats ready at different stations on the Indus, and a heavy
battering train was ready at Sukkur, which could be con-
veyed with speed to attack Moulton. The only want was of
time to prepare the expeditions before the monsoon shall
have set in. There is no doubt that proper arrangements
will be adopted for having two strong corps sent to subdue
the rebels, the one from Ferozepore and the other from Kur-
rachee, as soon as the season will allow the troops to move.
Various absurd rumours were current respecting a combi-
nation amongst the Seikh troops, and other disaffected
mountain tribes, to embarrass the British authorities, but
there was no foundation for these reports. The feelings of
the people of even the Moulton districts are favourable to the
British, and no apprehension is entertained of the disaffection
gaining ground.

in other parts of India peace prevails. Oude is, however,
disturbed, and may require to be managed by the British
authorities. In the Nizam's territory there are hopes enter-
tained of amelioration, as the Sovereign and Resident are at
last on terms and are willing to introduce good measures.
Mr. Clerk, the ex-Governor of Bombay, took his departure
from that place on the 6th of May, sincerely regretted. Lord
Falkland, who was sworn into office on the Ist, had reco-
vered from his indisposition, and was to hold a levee on the
13th of May.
The management of the Indian navy engrossed much at-
tention at Bombay, especially subsequent to the suicide of
Mr. Purser Harrison, who attributed all his misfortunes to
his superiors. He had been dismissed for neglect of duty as
Deputy-Superintendent of the Stores.
The affairs of the Union Bank continued to be discussed
at Calcutta, but with little prospect of a satisfactory termi-
nation.
The late disturbances at Surat were still the subject of
much animadversion at Bombay. The Government had
sent a high civil servant to examine into the facts and to
present a report thereon. A strict inquiry is necessary.
Advices from Hong Kong are to the 26th of April. The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Pottinger had
arrived late at night of the 22d, bringing dates ,from London
of the 26th of February, and the first intelligence of th • revo-
lution in Paris, and the abdication of Louis Philippe.
In Canton general quiet prevailed ; au unprovoked attack
by some Chinese on two foreigners, as they were proceeding
in a Hong boat to visit the warehouses of their principals,
met (with summary redress on the representation of her
Majesty's Consul, and the Chinese were taken and punished
.by exposure in the " cangue," &c. Trade continued inactive,
but there appeared no want of money.
Her Majesty's steamer Fury returned from Shanghai to
Hong-Kong on the 21st, bringing dates thence to April 13th.
The demands made by the consul for the delivery of the ring-
leaders in the attack on the three English missionaries, had
been complied with, and the parties were identified and
punished; the Toutai of Shanghai had been dismissed for
his supineness in the business ; and a Mandarin, Samqua,
formerly a merchant at Canton, had been appointed to suc-
ceed him. This affair has thus been satisfactorily brought
to a termination, to which, no doubt, the dispatch of her
Majesty's ship Espiegle to Nankin, with her
Majesty's Vice-Consul, largely contributed. Some slight de-
monstration was made by some idlers-as the officers and Man-
darins were passing through the streets ; but the parties
were immediately apprehended and punished by exposure
in the " cangue." The Espiegle returned safely to Shang.
hai, and proceeded to Ningpo, leaving her Majesty's
ship Childers, Captain Pitman, at Shanghai. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Scout remains at Foochowfoo, and her Ma-
jesty's ship Columbine at Amoy. Her Majesty's steamer
Medea is stationed at WhainPos, and the Pluto at
Canton. Her Majesty's ship Melampus, Captain Campbell,
senior officer, and her Majesty's steamer Fury, remain in
Hong-Kong harbour. It is reported his Excellency Gover-
nor Bonham intends having an interview with the Viceroy
at the Bogue in a few days.
The latest dates received at Hong-Kong are—from Cal-
cutta, March 8 ; Madras, March 14 ; Bombay, March 11;
. Singapore, April 13; Manilla, April 9.
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