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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1851.

In the House of Lords last night,

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in moving for the papers
relating to the trial of JOTEE PERSHAIID, St Agra, went
into a lengthened statement of the services which JOTEE
PERSHAIID had rendered, and complained of the unfair
treatment which he had suffered from the Indian Go-
vernment. _

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Lord BROUGHTON defended the conduct of the Indian
authorities, and consented to produce the papers.
The Registration of Assurances Bill was read a third
tune and passed.
The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and
their Lordships adjourned.
The Commons met at Twelve, when the Prevention of
Offences Bill wits read a third time and passed.
On the motion for the third reading of the Smithfield
Market Removal Bill,
Mr. STANFORD protested against the measure.
Mr. HUME moved that it be read a third time that
day six months. On a division, there appeared—
For the third reading 81
Against it... ... ... 32
Majority in favour of the Bill —49
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
Sir GEORGE GREY moved the second reading of the
Church Building Acts Amendment Bill.
Mr. HUME complained of the manner in which it was
attempted to hurry the Bill through the House. He
moved that it be read a second time that day six months.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded the amendment.
Sir B. HALL said the Bill was intended to increase the
patronage of the Bishop of LONDON.
Mr. PLUMPTRE would support the second reading,
but did not approve of the clause giving the measure a
retrospective operation.
Sir K. Nous supported the Bill, and defended the
Bishop of LONDON.
After some further discussion the debate was adjourned
to Friday, and the House adjourned until Six &clock.
In the evening sitting,
Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that on Monday next be
would move resolutions to the following effect, as an
amendment to the second Bill upon the paper for that
night:—" That, according to the estimate of the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, there will be a surplus of
revenue over expenditure amounting to about 2,000,0001.;
that in this revenue is included 5,000,0001. sterling, de-
rivable from the property and income tax, respecting
which an inquiry is now going on before a Committee
which may lead to important modifications of that tax;
and that in this provisional arrangement it appears to
the House more consistent, with a due regard to public
credit and the exigencies of the public service, not to
make any material sacrifice of income in effecting such
changes as might otherwise be deemed advisable in
other branohes of taxation."
Mr. M. Ginso.i moved for a Select Committee to in-
quire into the working of the system of warehousing
foreign goods in bond in Manchester, as it affects im-
porters, dealers, and consumf rs of; goods liable to Cus-
tom,' duty, residing in Manchester and the neighbour-
ing towns.; also, as to its cflicts on the Customs revenue,
and to report to the House us to the expediency or
otherwise of pkcing Manchester on an equal footing
with all bonded towns in the United Kingdom. The
Hon. Gentleman said that toe CHANCELLOR of the Ex
CHEQUER had declared his intention to deprive Man-
chstt of the privilege of bonding unless the whole of
the exp- uses were defrayed by the town, whereas in every
other bonded port in the kingdom they were &Aral ed
by the Government.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the
' motion. No other conditions hid been imposed on
Manchester than those which were imposed on every
inland !own in the kingdom.
Mr. BRIGHT supported the motion.
Mr. CARDWELL contended that Manchester should
not repudiate in,/ only condition upon which the privi-
ege of bonding had been extended to it—a condition
equally enforced against every inland town in England
which claimed a similar privilege.
After some observations from Mr. HUME, Mr. T.
EGERTON, Mr. LABoUCHERE, Mr. BROTHERTON' Mr.
Z.,PoONER, Mr. HEYWOOD, Mr. KERSHAW, and Lord
GALWAY,
The House divided, and the numbers were—
For the motion
Against it ... ... 65
Majority —l5
Mr. FREWEN then moved the following resolution:—
"That it is desirable to extend the jurisdiction of the
Central Criminal Court to the whole of each county on
the Home Circuit." Should the resolution ne carried,
he did not propose that it should be acted upon this
session.
Sir G. GREY considered it undesirable to pledge the
House on the subject, and
Mr. FREWEN consented to the motion being negatived
without a division.

Mr. H. HERBERT moved the following resolution:—
" That this House will, on a future day, resolve itself
into a Committee, to consider of an Address to her MA-
JESTY, praying that she will be graciously pleased to ex-
tend the same measure of relief to the depositors in the
late Rochdale, Scarborough, Tralee, and Killarney
Savings Banks as has been already extended to the de-
positors in tie late Cuffe-street, Dublin, Savings Bank."
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not admit
the principle that all losses incurred by the failure of
savings banks must be borne by the revenue, and should
therefore oppose the motion.
Mr. REYNOLDS was so fully convinced of the moral
liability of the Government, that it was his intention to
ask for the remaining ten shillings in the pound, and for
the interest also, at th© rate of five per cent.; so that
the sooner the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER paid the
money the better for the public purse.
Mr. BRIOHT supported the motion.
Mr. HuME also supported the motion.
After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr.
SLANEY,
Colonel THOMPSON said he believed that in equity
these depositors had an indefeasible right upon the public
puree.
Mr. J. A. SMITH repudiated the assertion that the
public had rendered itself responsible, now or heretofore,
fur the savings' banks defalcations.
Colonel DUNNE supported the motion.
The House divided, when there appeared—
Fur the resolution ... 56
Against it ... ... 63
Majority ...
Mr. URQUHART moved a resolution recommending the
re-appointment of the Select Committee on tAplomatic
salaries.

Atter some conversation, on the motion of Mr. BRO.
'MERTON the division was taken on the question that
the House do now adjourn.
There appeared for toe motion, 64; against it, 32.
The House accordingly adjourned at a Quarter•past
Twelve.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has for the
time being successfully resisted the just and equitable
demand put forward by the Hon. Gentleman the
Member for Manchester, on behalf of the important
constituency which he so ably represents. By a
majority of fif►_een he has rjected the inquiry so
anxiously sought for, the effect of which must have
been to establish the propriety of the claim.

The Right Hon. Baronet should not, however, in-
dulge in any premature exultation, or suppose that
Lhe division of list night can have any per-
manent operation. The men of Manchester
are not to be discouraged by a single failure. They
have already proved that they can return to the con-
test with redoubled vigour, and that, in a good cause,
nothing can check their' earnest determination to ac-
complish the duty they have undertaken. They had,
after a contest of seven years' duration, fighting the
battle of the working classes of the United Kingdom,
indeedv we might say of the industrious population of
taheouengthire world, overthrown monster monopoly,
whose power was only exceeded by its iniquity. In
vain were the struggles of the Protectionists, al-
Eluiepoipiocrlttnehod by a powerful and well organized
popt
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withstand
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pressure of public opinion, tam-
expressed. The glorious triumph
atelo atthined was not achieved b
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afiuses iraeLY:svetleiyacr
contested, and only
once been reached.
The position was strengthened,
length captured and razed
abandoned Linerdgeotric lost exertionsafter it had
and formed an ad-
ditional means of making uew progress, until the
w2apons resorted to by the Free-
traders during the entire conflict being those of reason
tcoi citadel
el aorft hn,t°hlle°PoniTy Was
at
and argument, which eventually proved irresistible.
And it is against persons who
lave given
such tine-
quivocal proofs of their prowess
that Sir CRAMLES
'
h of the Treasury
obedient pick that follow the las
Wood expects to prevail, because, supported by the
watching for
ani who, while
whipper-in, fall
eagerly
from the
the crumbs of patronage that
advance the sole object
of table, are willing to vote that
black
is white, if they can thereby advance
of their lives, their own private and personal interest,
and gain the smiles of a Cabinet Minister. He
has gained a temporary victory. Let Sir
CHARLEs WOOD and his colleagues (and it is to them
chiefly that we address ourselves, for they have not as
yet shown themselves to be irreclaimable, or beyond
the reach of argument) beware. They may be well
assured that one such vintorY; as that of lest night,
would be far more injurious to their future prospects
than the most ignominious and decisive defeats.
It is impossible to speak too highly of the clear and

lucid statement of Mr. MILNER GIBSON—a statement
which almost rendered further inquiry unnece,surv,
for it must have brought conviction to every dis-
interested and unprejudiced mind, and shown the pro-
priety of the point at issue being promptly and grace •
fully conceded. The simple question to be answered
was this, why should Manchester be placed in a dif-
ferent position from every other district in the
United Kingdom ? Why should it alone be com-
pelled, not only to pay the enormous duties levied on
the various articles brought into consumption in the
populous and influential localities by which it is sur-
rounded, but also the expense of collecting those duties,
of the entire staff of Custom-house officers, which the
Board may be pleased to consider necessary ? It is
true that the amount is not very large,,the total ex-
pense being only 2,5031. 6s. 2d., for which 319,3351.
19s. 2d. was brought into the Exchequer; or, in
other words, the cost being only 164. 9d. per cent.,
while the average cost throughout the entire kingdom
averages 51. 19s. 6d., and in some of the favoured
districts that are still maintained, several hundred
per cent. For instance, at Guernsey eleven persons
were engaged at an expenseof 8201.195. 6d. per annum,
the total amount of gross revenue received during the
year 1849 being 2/. Sc. 6d., or if there had been a
fair division of labour, the work of each individual
being the receipt of 4s. Ip. The case of Jersey
was not quite so bad, for there only ten officers were
employed at an expense .of 8181. ss. Bd., while they
actually received 51. 184. 11d. There are other cases
in England, Wales, and Scotland, which although
not quite as glaring, are yet sufficiently bad.
We select the following from a return ordered by the
House of Commons in March last, on the motion of
Mr. ARCHIBALD ['ASTIR :

(Number of i
Persons

Employed.)

Gross

Revenue
received.

£ s. d.
264 18 7
937 14 4
83 13 8
595 8 1
236 1 7
239 18 11
541 1 0
292 2 5
90 10 3
419 7 3
107 13 7
47 1 5:

calculated to remove a considerab7e portion of the
danger arising out of the indiscriminate emploz mgt
of the intramural system of interment. Yet notwith-
standing this specious apearance of merit on the part
of the Bill relating to burials around the metropolis,
it may not possibly be forgotten by our readers that
we proclaimed its insufficiency as a means of
securing any appreciable improvement. Ample op-
portunities have since then been afforded through
which the community might test the real value or
worthlessness of this boasted innovation. Have our
assertions in its regard been verified, we ask, or
otherwise ? We leave the records of the capital in
reference to its mortality or to its interments to re-
spond. What the answer is we need not by any
means specify. It is visible on the very surface of
our metropolitan arrangements. It is perceptible on
the weekly calvilations printed in the periodical bills of
mortality. Recognizing this at a glance, it becomes in-
cumbent on the Parliament to interpose in behalf of
the citizens of London and Westminster, and by so
doing to relieve itself from the odium of its miserable
and abortive efort at improvement. What is re-
quired is easily to be ascertained. Among other
things it is by na means wanted to compensate the
clergy, as the Legislature would really seem to ima-
gine. Compensate them, forsooth ! The notion is
altogether derogatory to the character of the religion
of which they profess to be the priesthood—
a religion that does not instruct its promoters
to draw their revenues from the death of
the faithful, or from the calamities of the multitude.
It would really appear from the wording of the mea-
sure referred to as if the Parliament regarded the
clergymen of the Church of England as so many
ghouls fattening upon the corpses of their fellow-
creatures, and therefore requiring some compensation
when deprived cf this loathsome and ghastly nutri-
ment. Away with such hideous and detestable no-
tions as these, they are injurious to the age in which
we live, and derogatory to the divine and celestial
principles of Christianity.

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.-( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JUNE 25.—Wind at noon W. to N.W., light
breeze and fine.

DEAL, JUNE 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Nautilus, St.
Kitt's; Caroline, Jamaica; Gem, Belise; Lord, Mul-
grave, Miramichi. Arrd. from the River, Morning Star,
Swan River. Arrd. from the River and sailed, Tartar,
Cape of Good Hope; Heart of Oak, Rio Janeiro; Do-
rothea, Grenada; Manchester, Boston, United States.
QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 23.—Wind variable.—Arrd.
Wye, Rio Grande; Leda, Pernambuco and sailed; Li-
verpool, Sheron, New York.
BELFAST, JUNI 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Zephyr,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Twgner, ditto. Sid. Friend-
ship, Boston.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind N. to N.W.—Sld.
Prince Albert, New York.

BRISTOL, jt:fra 24.--Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Ides,
Nevis; Joseph %.Vhet,ler, Barbadoes; Liverpool, Anti-
gua; Belmont, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CLYDE.—Arrd. Tiber, Trinidad; Copia, Barbadoes;
Sarah Botsford, rictou; Walt's Cove, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Ann Llasley, New York; Alanker, Bom-
bay; Agnes Sophia, Boston; Mariner, Miramicbi. bid.
Eclipse, Rio Janeiro; St. Mary, Savannah; Bella En-
gravid, ditto.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Voter
Gruner, Gaul:lila packet, Fayne, Santas to Hamburgh.
LIVERP..:OL, JUNE 24. W ind IV.N. GV.—Arrd. York-
shire, New York; Montreal, Montreal; Benz], Para-
ib2; Bowling, Antigua; Norman, New Orleans; Con-
stitution, New York. Off port, Chieftain, Emily, and
Britannia. Sld. Rosetta, St. Stephens; Cornilbian,
Mauritius; Pkcenix, Antigua; S3nolford, Vera Cruz;
Abbey Land, Quebec; Georgina, Calcutta; Rother,
Mauritius; Choice, BHutios Ayres; Archer, Pernam-
buco; Reciprocity, New Orleans; W. A. Cooper, Bal-
timore; Carulus, Edward Baxter, and Thomas Fulden,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Fidget, Labrador; Kyanite,
Newfoundland.

Dustrams.-LArrd. Diana, Quebec; John Wilson, St.
John's, New 13(unswick.

Q UEENSTOWN, JUNE 23.—Arrd. Ariel, Pernambuco,
and aid. fur the Clyde, Penelope, Demerara, and fald. for
Whitehavfm.

SLIGO, JUNE 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Linden, New
York.

SHIELDS, Joni 24.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Ida, New
York.

CRON.TADT, JUNE 14.—The Geziena Catherine, from
St. Petersburgh, got ashore on the North Channel 3d
inst., but was alsisted off after discharging part of her
cargo; has been surveyed, found staunch, and will reload.
On DARTMOUTH.—Oberon, St. John's; New Bruns-
wick, from Lynn; City of London, Montreal.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.
LISBON, JUNE 18.—By an order of the Board of
Health dated yesterday, Para is declared to be free from
infection from Ist ult.