The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-14 00:00:00

-FRIDAY EVENING

Board of Trade had expressed his hope also, and so had the
Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Ripon ; but as he
(Mr. Muntz) knew that the tenant farmers were in a de-
pressed state, and could not live on oats, and as lie had no
hope for them, he felt it to be his duty to support the motior.
Mr. GRE ENALL, amid impatient cries for a division,
stated that he should support the motion.
The gallery was then cleared for a division.
The numbers were—
For Mr. Disraeli's motion ...
Against it
Majority against the motion ...-14
The announcement of the numbers was hailed with loud
cheers by the Opposition.
Sir W. CLAY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facili-
tate the exercise of the franchise by compound householders.

... 2G7
... 281

RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
Mr. GROGAN moved for returns showing the number
of Jesuits, and the members of any religious order, com-
munity, or society of the Church of Rome, bound by mo-
nastic or religious vows, registered pursuant to the Act 10
George IV., cap. 7, sec. 28, in the United Kingdom, subse •
quent to the 23d day of April, 1829 ; of all licences granted
pursuant to said statute to all Jesuits or members of any
religious order, community or society, as aforesaid, to come
into and remain within the United Kingdom, subse-
quently to the said date; and of all Jesuits, or members
of any such religious order, community, or society, as
aforesaid, who shall have been prosecuted for any misde-
meanour or offence under the said statute, and subsequently
to the said date.

Mr. KEOGH objected to such returns been granted, and
hoped the Hon. Member would explain his object in moving
for them.

Mr. GROGAN stated that he had spoken with the Right
Hon Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department on
the subject, and that no objection had been then mentioned
to seeking such returns. In point of fact, the returns would
be bat in continuation of returns obtained by the Hon.
Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford in 1836.
Mr. ANSTEY could give a very good reason why the re-
turns should not be granted. Members of certain religious
orders who had not obtained the necessary permission from
the Secretary of State to reside in this country, would, on
prosecution, be liable to heavy penalties, banishment, or
transportation, and there could be no doubt that such returns
as these being obtained, they might be prosecuted. That
House had had the opportunity of repealing these penal
enactments—these damnable laws—and had refused that op-
portunity; and it was, therefore, a matter of duty with him
and his friends to resist eYery motion which might expose
Roman Catholic clergymen to persecution.
Sir G. GREY corroborated the statement made by the
Hon. Member for Dublin, as to the Government not having
seen any reason why the present motion should not be
agreed to. The returns would not include names, and no
private information would be asked for whatever. The re-
turns would subject no man to a prosecution; for a prosecu-
tion could only be commenced at the instance of the Attor-
ney-General.
Mr. KEOGH could easily understand why the Hon,
Member (Mr. Grogan) and the Right Hon. Gentleman should
agree together that the returns were desirable, because both
those Gentlemen were of opinion that it was necessary to
make an attack on the Roman Catholics. If the Hon.
Member persisted in his motion, he should oppose any such
proposition at that time in the morning. (It was then a
quarter to two. )
Sir G. GREY had no hesitation in saying, that the returns
would be nil.

Mr. ANSTEY said be should vote for the adjournment,
And after a short discussion the House divided on the ques-
tion of adjournment, when there appeared--
Noes
.. ... 103-93
Mr. M. O'CONNELL maintained that it was necessary to
go into the question. It could not be gone into at that
hour of the morning, and he therefore begged to move that
the debate be adjourned.
Mr. KEOGH supported the motion for the adjournment
of the debate. It was quite unnecessary that the returns
moved for by the Hon. Member (Mr. Grogan) should be
before the House, and he trusted that the motion which had
just been made by the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. M. O'Connell)
would be agreed to. Ile (Mr. Keogh) would strive by
every means in his power to secure the adjournment of the
debate.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir G. GREY submitted that the motion ought to be
withdrawn.
Mr. GROGAN, after a few, words in explanation, with-
drew his motion.
The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the
House adjourned at a Quarter past Two o'clock.

INDIA AND CHINA.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM TRIESTE.)
The steamer Haddington, which arrived at Suez on the
3d, brings letters from Bombay of the 17th, Calcutta of the
Bth of January, and Hong-Kong of the 30th of December.
Sir Charles Napier bad arrived at Bombay. Ha was to
leave in the packet of the 3d. He was the guest of the Go-
vernor-General.
The works of the Bengal Railway were suspended, in con-
sequence of the incompetent powers of the committee.
A continued system of canals is to be carried out towards
the north-west frontier and the Punjaub.
Sickness continues to prevail in Lahore, and cholera exists
among the native population of Bombay.
Some important failures have taken place among the native
merchants. Commerce was still. Money scarce.
The Bengal journals give an account of a mutual exchange
of visits between the Governor-General and Ghoolab Singh
on the 27th and 28th of December, near Wuzeerabad.
Sir W. Gomm left Calcutta on the 7th of January for the
north. west provinces.
The Ilindostan arrived on the 4th of January at Hooghly.
Commerce heavy, purchases small, and prices are on the de-
cline. Exchange, 2i.
The Chinese journals announce the suppression of the in•
surrection in the province of Kwangsee, and the reported
death of Lin_Tsih Su, the Imperial Commissary sent to quell
the insurrection.
Fever continued at Hong-Kong. Commerce dull in all
its branches. Freight of tea to England, from Canton, as
low as 30s.
Money continued scarce, which lamed commercial trans-
actions.
The Indus and Europa left Alexandria on the 6th, for
Southampton.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the Lyceum
Theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The royal
suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon.
Matilda Paget, Lord Dufferin, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and
Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback
yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel lion. Alex-
ander Gordon, Equerry in Waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Helena took their ac-
customed walking and pony exercise yesterday, in the garden
of Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited his
Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday at Buckingham
Palace.
The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has relieved the
Viscountess Jocelyn in her duties, as the Lady in Waiting on
her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George
Couper, arrived in town at half-past one o'clock yesterday
afternoon, from her residence, Froginors. Her Royal High-
ness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
at Gloucester Howse, Piccadilly, on her way to Clarence
House, St. James's.
A deputation on the subject of the coffee dutieg, consisting
of Mr. Brantley Moore, Chairman of the Brazilian Associa-
tion, and Mr. E. Johnston, accompanied by Sir Thomas
Birch,l M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. NVm. Brown, M.P.,
and Mr. Thornely, M.P., had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence,
Downing-street.
Colonel W. L. Freestun, M.P., had an interview with Sir
George Grey, at the Home-office, yesterday.
Mr. Franks had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday, on the coffee duties.
A deputation respecting church leases, consisting of Mr.
Hutt, M.P., Mr. Hugh Taylor, and Mr. Philipson, had an
interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-
ffiee.

Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor of Prince Edward's
Island, had au interview with Earl Grey at the Colonial-
office yesterday.
The Rev. Dr. J. Adamson (Cape Town, South Africa) had
an interview with Sir George Grey, at the Home-office yes
terday.

Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Re-
venue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. Present—the Mister of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the
Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and
Sir Edward Ryan. " Burns v. Millet" (the Orion), appeal
from the Admiralty Court was heard, and judgment given.
" Barclay v. Hogge" (the Glenalbyn appeal from the Ad-
miralty Court, was commenced.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
The new grand operatic spectacle entitled Azael the Prodi-
gal, founded on Auber's- popular opera L'Enfunt Prodigue,
now being performed in Paris with great success, is in active
preparation at the above theatre. Rumour states, that it is
to be produced on a scale of great splendour. Scenery, cos-
tumes, properties, and appointments are to be entirely new,
and of the most gorgeous description. Much of Auber's
music is retained, and the cast includes nearly the whole
strength of the present company, with the important addi-
tion of Madlle. Victorine Legram, principal danseuse from the
Grand Opera of Paris, who will make her first appearance in
England. The band and corps de ballet will be considerably
augmented, and a chorus of sixty voices has been engaged for
the occasion. Let those who would censure Mr. Anderson
for not keeping to the " regular drama ' reflect, that he has
for some months perseveringly striven in the good cause,
even under the pressure of unusually adverse circumstances ;
and that such things as melodramatic spectacles were
brought forward and admired at our great national theatres
even in the letiitimate days of John Kemble.—llforning Post.

Mr. Fox. m.p., AT OLDHAM —The annual visit
of Mr. W. J. Fox to his constituents at Oldham, on Wednes•
day evening, was seized as a fitting occasion for inviting a
deputation from the National Parliamentary Reform Associ-
ation, and the consequence was, a most signal demonstration
of the hearty approval in which the movement is held in that
great manufacturing community. The meeting was lreld in
the Working Men'; Hall, and was preceded by a tea-party,
at which 750 persons paid for admission. The number pre-
sent afterwards, however, could not be much less than 2,500
or 3,000. Mr. Fox, M.P., Sir Joshua Waltnsley, M.P., and
Mr. Henry Vincent were present, and addressed the assembly.
The length to which our Parliamentary report extends alone
prevents the insertion of the excellent speeches made on the
occasion.

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ELECTION,
PONTEFRACT E FEB. 13.—At eight o'clock
this morning the poll was opened, and continued till four o'clock in
the afternoon. The following is the result of the poll :—Lawley,
429 ; Pollingten,
115—Majority for Lawley, 314. Mr. Lawley was
declared duly elected, and thereupon thanked the electors for their
support.

FALKIRK BOROUGIIs ELECTION.—GLASGOW,TLIURS-
DIY EvENING.—Mr. isaird, Conservative or Peellte candidate, has
carried these boroughs against Mr. Loch, the MiniSteriallst, by a
majority of si,