The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An inquest was held on Saturday evening, at the sign of the
Old Red Lion public-house, Knightsbridge, before Mr. Higgs,
the Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Mrs. El►aa
Spong, aged forty-two years.
The Superintendent of the Royal Humane Society's Station-
house, in Hyde-park, stated that at about five o'clock on Fri-
day morning last, in consequence of information he received
from one of the police-constables of the A division, he pro-
ceeded in a boat on the Serpentine-i iver, towards the eastern
end, bearing to the south shore, and discovered the body of a
female tossing up and down on the small waves, it being rough,
and blowing very strong at the time. On reaching the body,
witness attempted to grasp it to draw it ashore, but found the
flesh gave way in his grasp, and he was ultimately obliged to
tow it ashore. It appeared to be in a very advanced state of
decomposition, and must at least have been two or three weeks
in the water. There were not any marks of violence about the
body. The deceased had on her bonnet and shawl. A trifle
of money was also found in her pockets.
By the Coaouza—The females who committed suicide
generally threw off their bonnet-and shawl, and left it on the
bank before they threw themselves in the water. No part of
the dress of the deceased was torn, nor did she appear to have
been engaged in any struggle.
John Spong stated that he was footman in the service of
Robinson, Esq., of No. 41 Lowndes•street, Belgrave-square ;
the deceased was his wife, and the mother of two children, now
living ; she resided in private lodgings, at Lisson•grove, and
was a sober, industrious woman, and much attached to her
family. Witness's family had, until the last nine months, been
in very distressed circumstances, through his being a long time
out of a situation. On the evening of last Thursday three weeks
she called on witness, at his master's house, to bring his change
of linen for the week, as she had been accustomed to do. They
parted about eight o'clock in the evening, in good spirits, to re-
turn to her children, whom she had left locked up in the room
they occupied. The following day witness learned that his
wife had not returned to her home, and for several days after he
was engaged, under feelings of the most painful anxiety as to
her fate, but could hear no tidings of her until the finding of
the body. the information of which he gained through his
having given information of her being missing to the Humane.
Society. Her way home on leaving him was to pass by the
Serpentine, and he had no doubt but that she had walked into
the water by accident, and was drowned in consequence of s
doing. Verdict—" Found drowned."

HAMBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL.
BERLIN, MARCH 21.—Great sensation is excited here by
the affair of Count Von L, a Siberian Nobleman, Chamberlain
to the King of the Netherlands, Counsellor of Legation, and
owner of the estate of P., who endeavoured to compel five
persons accused of theft to make a confession by the bastinado
and other tortures. Two of the persons so ill-treated have
died in prison at Corel, according to the report of the Medical
Board at Breslau, probably in consequence of the tortures they
suffered, in which the tribunal at Ralibor has condemned the
Count to six years' imprisonment. His counsel has published
a defence in-the second instance to refute the accusation, though
it cannot deny the infliction of the bastinado and other acts of
cruelty. Great efforts have been made to induce the King to
gnash the affair, but his Majesty has declared that justice must
take its course.—Allgenteine Zeitung.

INDIA AND CHINA.

(From our Third Edition of Last Night.)

We have received from Marseilles letters and papers
by the Bombay mail of March 1, as well as our cor-
respondence from Constantinople, Alexandria, Smyrna,
Athens, Beyruth, Syria, Corfu, Malta, Toulon, and
Marseilles.

CABOOL.
(From the Bombay Times, March 1.)

The Cabool tragedy is over • the struggle fins been a
fearful one, but it is passed. The cup of affliction has been
filled to the brim, and the waters of bitterness.contained in
it;have been drained to the dregs. The soldiers, who for
two months so gallantly endured the attackS of overwhelm-
ing numbers, amidst cold, hunger, and fatigue, have now
no more suffimings or humiliations to endure. Of the army,
which on the Ist of November, mustered from twelve
to sixteen thousand, camp followers included, sonic two
or three hundred only survive in captivity. Not ten
men in all have as yet escaped from the hands of the
enemy. Since the 28th December, the date to which our
last intelligence from these parts extended at the dispatch
of the February mail, 120 British officers and from 4,000 to
5,000 .fighting men are known to have perished; one Eu-
ropean and three Sepoy regiments have been utterly swept
away.. A calamity such as this is unknown in the an-
nals of Indian war. We intimated in our last our fears
that Cabool had been evacuated, and its garrison cut to
pieces. Our paper of Ist February had scarcely left the
press when we found our worst apprehensions confirmed.
An outline of the intelligence of which we now possess,
the disastrous details would reach London by the 'ex-
presses of the London papers, as well as the official de-
spatches of the Government. They reached Bombay too
late for us to avail ourselves of. them for our summary."

The following letter from Bombay will be found to
supply full details of the melancholy reverses our arms
had sustained beyond the Indus. The letter is dated
March 1, and brings down the narrative of events to the
departure of the mail
The insurrection, which is described as participating
in a great measure of the religious enthusiasm to which
the fanatical Moslems can be excited by the preaching of
their Imauns, broke out on the night of the Ist of Novem-
ber, when Sir Alexander Burnes, and his brother; and
Captain Broadfoot of the 44th were killed, the house
of the first named, being withing the city, was plundered;
and some money in the treasury of 'Captain Johnson,
which was close to the former house, was made a prey of.
The Captain having slept in the British cantonments,
escaped the slaughter, as well as Brigadier Anguetil and
Captain Troup, who were his inmates. Captains Skin-
ner and Drummond, Captain Trevor and his lady and
his children remained for some days concealed in the
city by some of their friends.
Shah Soojah, who had on the 2d sent his son to the
relief of Sir Alexander Burnes, where the Prince
performed prodigies of valour, received on that day a
communication from Sir W. H. M‘Naghten, then
in the cantonment, about five miles from the town,
requesting leave fur Brigadier-General Skelton, with
two regiments. and Captain Nicholl's troop, to enter
the Balla Hissar, and to shell the town. Leave
was given, and the shelling took place. The in.
furiated populace attacked the Commissariat Fort,
which lay immediately to the north of the
.town, between it and the cantonment, and as it was
weakly defended soon becamemasters of it This was a
dreadtul blow to the troops, as at the time there was
flour but for two days remaining in the cantonment,
Another fort, in which some Commissariat stores were
kept was also attacked, and after a defence of three days
by Captain Mackenzie, and a few men taken also, a panic
appeared to have seized the troops, who found them-
selves in the beginning of winter shut up in
their cantonments in a valley 200 miles from the
Indus, without sufficient clothing or food, and admidst
a fanatical Mussulman population. Even between
the British leaders a difference of opinion prevailed :
the Envoy being desirous of offensive measures, while
General Elphinstone, from circumstances connected with
the forces, among whom despondency and vacillation are
described as then prevailing,. maintained his opinion for
defensive ones. At the solicitation of the Envoy, some
small forts in the neighbourhood, which contained grain,
were captured. In the mean time the news of the dispersion
of several of the Affghan corps in Shah Soojah's service,
commanded by British officers, reached the besieged,
and contributed to add to their gloomy prognostics.
Various reverses and successes followed during some
days. The troops from the Balla Hisser were
recalled to the cantonment, and the Envoy urged
a decided attack on the enemy ; the General, however,
maintained that all such attacks would be futile ; the
soldiers began to despond, and all was misery. There
were, nevertheless, skirmishes every day, which did
not tend to raise the spirits of the sepoys and soldiers,
who saw their enemies hourly increase, while they
themselves had scarcely foOd and but insufficient raiment
for the season. So greatly were they dispirited that
they were one day driven back to their camp, after
they had during three hours been exposed to a
galling fire. The Ghilzee Chief Osman Khan did
not choose to pursue them within their entrenchments,
where they, it was then feared, would have made a feeble
resistance. Their provision was flour, which they ob-
tained by bribery during the night. t was then recom-
mended that all the troops should be concentrated in the
Balla Hissar. Captain Conolly, who was then with the
Shah, advocated the propriety of so doing, but the mili-
tary authorities, declared the movement impossble, as
they could not rely upon the disheartened troops. The
last regiment was then withdrawn from the Ballallissar,
which is, as every one knows, a citadel on a hill to the
eastward of the town, and Shah Soojah was left to his
own resource. _ _

The insurgents, who were aware of the movement, of
succour from Candahar, now appeared disposed to enter
upon negotiations for the withdrawal of the British troops.
The Envoy, on hearing of the retreat of the Candahar
brigade, and learning that no aid could be expected
from General Sale, then at Jellalabad, or from the
Indus, gave a reluctant assent. Conferenoes took
place, and a long list of articles, drawn up in
Persian by Sir W. 11. WNaghten, was agreed to on.
both
,sides, They are said to exceed 20 in number.

The second and favourite son of Dost Mahommed,
Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who, subsequent to his
father's surrender had remained in concealment,-and had
'even escaped beyond the confines of Affghanistan, having
made his appearance during the insurrection, took a de-
cided part in the negotiation. The insurgent chiefs
exhibited great willingness to have the British troops
removed from Cabool, and arrangements are said to have
' been made for that purpose at different meetings which
were held outside the cantonments. After various parlies,
a message was, on the 22d of December, brought from
Akhbar Khan to Sir W. H. M'Neghten to request
an interview on the following morning. The British
Envoy went thither, aecompanied by- Captains Lawrence,
Trevor, and Mackenzie. They had notlaeea present five
minutes, when a signal was given and all were seized
and forced to, mount behind some Ghilzee chiefs. The
British Envoy resisted, and was slain, as also Captain
Trevor, who had slipped off the horse on which he had
been placed. Their murderers are now said to be
" Ghazees," or religious enthusiasts, who fight as
soldiers for " the sake of God," and who, if killed
in battle, are called " Shuhdees," or martyrs. The
treatment of Sir W. H. M'Nagten's body has
been described as most barbarous. His lady is
stated to have offered a large sum for its ransom, in or-
der to its being decently interred. The other two offi-
cers were saved by the dread of the Ghazees to fire at
them, lest the Ghilzees, who rode before them should be
wounded, they returned to the cantonment on the 28th.
Akhbar Khan has, it appears, boasted of his having in
person killed Sir W. H. M‘Naghten.
Major Pottinger, well known since the defence of He-
rat, took charge of the British mission and the negotia-
tions for the withdrawal of the troops were continued.
On the 6th of January they moved from their conton-
ments, which were instantly seized by the insurgents and
burnt. The snow was one foot deep on the ground,
when the troops reached Beegroma three miles distant.
The schemes of Akhbar Khan then became evident ;
he had despatched emissaries throughout the country
through which the unfortunate British soldiers had to
pass, calling on the people to rise en masse and slay the in-
fidels. His call was not heard in vain. On the first day's
march Cornet Hardyman, of the sth Cavalry, and some
men were killed. Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who had
taken charge of the retreat, contrived to induce the British
to take up stations at night where he chose. On the 7th
they moved to Bareckhar, where thg three mountain guns
were seized. Their rear-guard were obliged to act
in the defensive during the whole of the day. On the
Bth the camp was nearly surrounded by enemies, and it
became evident that the British soldiers would have to
fight their way to Jellalabad. Captain Skinner went to
Mahommed Akhbar Khan, who was on a hill close
to the British camp, and inquired_ why they could not
proceed to .the convention. The reply was, that they
had left the Cabool cantonments before the `troops destined
to protect them were ready, and that no chief but he
(Akhbar Khan) had the means or power to protect them,
notwithstanding their convention.
This military convention is not fully known, and
therefore all its provisions cannot be stated. It is pre-
tended that among the articles there are some'declarmg
that all the British troops were to evacuate Affghanistan,
and that notice of such a convention had been sent to
General Nott at Candahar, and to General Sale at Jella-.
labad. It is said to have been signed by General El-
phinstone, as Commander-in-Chiet; and by Major Pot-
tinger as acting Political Agent, and also by Brigadier
Skelton, Brigadier Anguetil, and Colonel Chambers.
Akhbar Khan, whose violent hatred to the British
had been sharpened, not only by the conquest of his
father's territories, but by his own exile and subsequent
imprisonment in Bokhara, and by his wild fanaticism,
demanded then, on the third day of the retreat from
Cabool, that the British should, when surrounded by
the Ghazees under his command, make new terms
with him, and promise not to proceed farther
than Tazeen, until the withdrawal of the force
under Sir R. Sale from Jellalabad was known,
and he insisted on six hostages. Major Pottinger, who
was lame from a wound, instantly offered to be one, and
at Akhbar Khan's orders Captain M'Kenzie and Law-
rence were included. The Ghazees were, however, not
restrained in their attacks, and a fearful slaughter fol-
lowed on the movement towards Khoord Cabool. The
column was attacked on all side. The fourteen ladies
who were' in the centre seemed objects of special
desire. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Boyd had each
a child carried off. Akhbar Khan, while the
Ghazees were thus busy, professed his inability to re-
strain them, and on the 9th of January demanded that
the ladies should be placed under his protection. Thiii
miserable weather, the snowy wastes, the rough moun-
tain tracts, and the month of January in the coldest
regions of Central Asia, compelled them to yield : the
hostages halted for some days in that neighbourhood.
. _

The demand on Genet-al Sale to relinquish his
post was made on the 9th of January, and on that
clay he refused to do so unless by orders from the
Supreme Government. This answer was taken back
to Akhbar Khan. The unfortunate Sepoys began
again to move, and were again 'assailed ; the Sepoys
who form such godsoldiers under the broiling sun of
India, being enervated and stupified by the cold, scarcely
offered any resistance, and hundreds .of them were
soon despatched :by the Ghazee Cut-throats, but the
Europeans and some brave teen kept together until
they reached the pass of. Jugdullok. Here General.
Elphinstone and Brigadier Skelton became hostages,
and were detained two miles distant by Akhbar. General.
Elphinstone Wrote a note in pencil to Brigadier Anguctil
March to night ; there is treachery.' The British,
troops marched early in the night ; they came to the
frightful mountain pass; it was barricaded; they forced
the way, and reached Jugdulluk, which they defended
some time, until Brigadier Anquetil was killed. • All
order was then lost, and contusion and separation,
slaughter and destruction ensued. Several officers who
were well mounted attempted to make good their way into
Jellalabad. Some of them arrived within three or' four
miles, when they were murdered and plundered, and their
bodies left on the road. Only one officer, Dr. Brydon, of
fhe sth Bengal Native Infantry, though wounded in
several places and. exhausted, succeeded in reaching
the place of safety in -Jellalabad on the 13th. Of the
fate of the other 4,000 soldiers and 6,000 camp followers
nothing certain is known; many have been killed, others
are dispersed, and as yet it is difficult to decide. The
names of thirty-five officers have been published as
killed from the commencement of the insurrection,• but
fears are entertained that they may amount to its qua-
druple, out of the great number missing. Some of the
sepoys are said to have been sold as slaves to the Oosbeg
Tartars.

Letters 6onfinue to arrive from various quarters re-
presenting the state of the prisoners and hostages.
Akhbar Khan is said in a letter received from Major
Pottinger, dated January 23, to be at the fort of. Ba-
deeabad, in the Lughman country, where he keep the
following prisoners, viz.:—General Elphinstone and
Skelton, Lieutenant MacKenzie, Captain and Mrs. An-
derson and child, Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Eyte, Lieut.
Waller, Mrs. Trevor, Lady Sale, Lady M'Naghten,
Mrs. Shut,' Mr. and Mrs. Eyley; Sergeant and Mrs.
Wade, Captains Troop, Johnson, and G. P. Lawrence,
and Major Pottinger. There are, besides, the six officers
and the sick who were left at Cabul on the departure of
the troops. Akhbar Khan, in the letters from that fort,
which are received unsealed, is described as doing every-
thing " to make them comfortable !"
An attempt of the insurgents to seize Ghuznee is said
to be so far successful as that the town is in their power,
but Colonel Palmer, with his regiment and six months'
provisions is stated to be safe in the citadel. At Can-
dahar an insurgent force showed itself on the 10th of
January, when an attempt was made to carry off the
camels belonging to the 43d Bengal Native Infantry.
On the 11th, Prince Suftur Jung, the youngest ,and
favourite son of Shah Shooja, and Mahommed Atta, the
Chief, came with a large force within about five miles
distance. General Nott marched against them on the
12th, and in a short time dispersed the whole with a
trifling loss ; the young Prince proved himself a coward,
as he is a traitor to his father's friends.

General Sale has, however, maintained his position at
Jellalabad, which he has fortified with a ditch, and
planted cannon in different places, with a determination
to defend his position to-the utmost. Akhbar Khan has
attempted to raise the Ooolooses, or heads of the neigh-
bouring clans, in order to attack Jellalabad, but the gal-
lantry and resolution displayed by Sir Robert Sale in
October, during his march from Cabool to Jellalabad, had
given them such proofs of his bravery that they have
hitherto rather hesitated. The troops in Jellalabad are
stated to be well provided with food and able to keep
their ground until the beginning of March, particularly
since they have already discomfited two contemplated
attacks.

The celebrated mountain pass, called the Khyber, lies
between Jellalabad and Peshawar, and the inhabitants,
who are in possession, have been long notorious for their
plunderin; propensities. Akhbar Khan sent to offer
money to induce them to resist not only the depar-
ture of the troops under General Sale, but also the
entry of all the troops which may be ordered by
the Supreme Government to relieve the garrison at
Jellalabad. The Khyberries are stated to be highly in-
censed at the small sum offered for their concur-
renee in his plans by Akhbar Khan. It was not more
than 1,500 rupees. They, however, have made pre-
parations to resist on their own account, and a brigade,
under the command of Colonel Wild, which was
sent from Sutledge early in December, having
reached Peshawar, made an attempt to force the
pass. Having left their artillery behind in India,
and the only guns procurable in that direction be-
ing unservicable ones from the Siekhs, the attempt
made by Colonel Wild was unsuccessfuL Two regi-
ments penetrated to the fort of Ali Musjid, where
a British garrison was stationed ; but, as they found
neither provisions nor ammunition there, they were
obliged to retreat towards Peshawar, having lost an
officer and some men. In the meantime the Supreme
Government has not been idle. General Pollock has
been dispatched at the head of a considerable reinforce-
ment towards Peshawar, which he, with sufficient guns
and abundant ammunition, reached on the 7th ult., and
is now making preparations for proceeding through the
Khytar pass.
The Supreme Government, on the 31st of January,
published a proclamation admitting the fact of the con-
vention at Cabul, the retreat of the troops, and their
having suffered extreme disaster in consequence of
treacherous attacks, and declaring that the most active
measures had been adopted. and would be most steadily
pursued, for expediting powerful reinforcements to the
Affghan frontier for assisting such operations as may be
considered necessary for the maintenance of the honour
and interest of the British Government in that quarter.
Orders were also published on the sth of February,
for the purpose of having a 10th company added to every
regiment in India, which, with other measures adopted,
will cause an increase of about 26,000 men.
The latest intelligence from Cabool is, that Schah
Sobjah • 'has succeeded in securing the goodwill of all
the chiefs. Newab Mahomed Zeman Khan has
been appointed Vizier, and Ameer Oolla Lag-
haree, one of the leaders in the late insurrection,
has been named Ameer-ud-Dowla. Akhbar Khan
haa no power now in Cabool, and was Bent to attend the

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" Feringees" in their retreat in order to get rid of him.
He, however, retains the hostages and prisoners, for
whom he is likely to demand a large ransom. His
father, Dost Mahommed, is strongly guarded, in order
to prevent hie escape from India. There is great talk
of "our great friend" Shah Shooja-001-Molk being im-
plicated in the late insurrection, which appears to have
been- exclusively directed against the foreign infidels.
The only offset that we have to the unfortunate events
above recounted, is, that Atta Mahomed and Sutler
Jung, with a force of about six thousand men were de-
feated on the 12th of January, in the vicinity of Can-
dahar, by the troops under the command of Major- Ge-
neral Nott. Official accounts have not yet been re-
ceived. The result of this engagement has produced a
very favourable effect in Affghanistan. By the latest
accounts from Ghusnee we learn that the insurgents were
in possession of the town, but that the garrison under
Colonel Palmer were in safety in the citadel, having a
plentiful supply of ammunition and provisions.
The following extract from a private letter contains a
list of the names of those who are in the hands of the
Affghans. It is, however, to be observed that Captain
Souter, of the 44th, is reported to have been killed when
attempting to make his escape from a fort nearJellalabad.
The officers and ladies who are believed to have
escaped massacre, but are prisoners in Mahomed Shah
Khan's Fort at Logman, are first (the cause of all our
disgrace), Elphinstone, Shelton, 44th ; Lawrence,
11th Cavalry ,• Troup, 48th ; Mackenzie, Madras army;
Anderson, 59th ; Boyd, 65th ; Waller, Artillery ; Pot-
tinger, Envoy ; Mein, Eyre, Artillery ; Ladies Sale
and M`Naghten, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Trevor and six
children ; Mrs. Waller, Mrs. Mainwaring and one
infant ; Mrs. Boyd and one child, Mrs. Eyre, ditto, and
Mrs. Sturt • Hostages at Cabul, are Conolly 20th,
Walsh and frebb, Madras Army, Airey, Buffs, Drum-
mond 3d Cavalry, Warburton, Artillery, remained at
Cabul with the sick, Drs. Berwick and Campbell. In
confinement with some Chiefs, Griffiths, 37th ; Souter,
44th ; and Steer, 37th ; with 8 Europeans 44th Foot.
It is feared, and too truly, that not another officer is
saved. The corps which have been annihilated are the
' 44th Foot, sth Light Cavalry (two squadrons), sth, 37th,
54th Infantry, with a troop of Horse Artillery, and all
the colours in the hands of the enemy I
The Sepoys were chiefly killed by intense cold. Hands
and feet swelled to an immense size, and rendered them
incapable of moving. God help the poor fellows, and
may such another calamity never befal us. The follow-
ing may be considered a correct memorandum of the
number of officers who have fallen :

Artillery
H. M. 44th Foot
sth Light Cavalry ll
sth Infantry
37th
54th
Different Departments 2O
dolonel Wild made an unsuccessful attempt to force
the Khybar pass with four native regiments. The affair
appears to have been badly planned. It was attended
with the loss of about 150 men. Sickness is also very pre-
valent in the Colonel's camp. By the last accounts there
were 600 men in hospital. Major-General Pollock's
brigade must long :e're this have formed a junction with
that under ColorierWild. The former consists, besides
Native Regiments, *of her Majesty's 9th Foot and a de-
tachment of European Artillery. It is, however, very
much doubted whether the Major-General will venture
to attempt an advance on Jellalabad until he is joined
by her Majesty's 3d Dragoons and 31st Foot, who with
several Native corps, and a detachment of Horse Artil-
lery are now moving to the frontier.
The last letters received from Jellalabad state that the
troops there are in high spirits, and have collected suf-
ficient provisions to enable them to hold out until the
Ist April.
The massacre of the Cabool force has aroused the
energies of the supreme Government. A manifesto has
been issued by the Governor-General, calculated to
allay the fears of well-disposed natives and to check
insubordination on the part of the disaffected. With
reference to the loss of Cabool, his Lordship declares
that, he` " regards this partial reverse only as a new
occasion for displaying the stability and vigour of the
British power, and the admirable spirit and valour
of the British Indian army." Orders have been issued
for augmentiug the army by adding a tenth company to
each native regiment of the line at the establishments of
the three presidencies. Other measures have also been
taken which will make the entire augmentation amount
to abont 80,000 men.
Shah Soojalohough left entirely to his own resources,
still hqlds out the Bala Hissar against the rebels.

The„fellowing is a list of the passengers who will pro-
ceed this morning by the Honourable Company's steamer
Victoria to. Suez :—Mrs. Gordon, and 2 children, Mr.
and Mrs. F. Martin and child; Mrs. Vibart and 3 chil-
dren: -,John Vibart, Esq. ; Mr. and Mrs. Young and
4 children ; Mrs. Courteny and 2 children ; Mrs. Stack
and 2 children, Major and Alfa. W. Sterling and 1 child,
George S. King, Esq. ; Captain and Mrs. Fair, and
3 children, H. Gordon, Esq. ; Mrs. Major Outram,
and* Child ; Mrs. Henderson ; Lieutenant- Colonel
and Mrs. Home ; Mrs. Stewart, Mr. J. C. Steuart ;
Mr. Le BaS; Madame Barrott and child; Lieut.-Colonel
.Cavaye; W. Bell, Esq. ; Captain Pearson; G. Pollexfen,
Esq. ;. J. Brown, Esq. ; J. Rogers, Esq. ; Lieutenant
J. Bedford; Lieutenant Jones; Ensign Finley; Monsieur
.Barrett; Major Forbes; E. B. Mills, Esq.; John Patterson,
Esq.;, Capt. H. P. Lawrence and. child; Mr. I. de Silva •
Lieufenant. H. Layard ; Captain D'Eyncourt ; P. F.
Robertson, Esq.
The following parties have engaged their passage by
the Steamer of the Ist of April:—Mrs. Montgomery; Mrs.
Col.'Manson.; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Campbell; M.C.S. ; Mrs.
Pattinger ; Mrs. Parsons ; a child, aged five years, son
of. Mrs Wroughton ne.s.; Capt. and Mrs. Ord; Miss
Kichares ; Capt. and Mrs. Prescott, and one child ; Mrs.
Major Osborne, and two children ; Col. Pity ; Mrs.
Boaden, and child ' • Major H. C. Cotton ; G. 3. Morris,
Esq.,,; Mrs. Major Carpenter and child ; Capt. and Mrs.
Roberts ; Lieut. and Mrs. Eastwick ; Major Osborne ;
J. Llevvelyn, Esq. ; Col. Joaquim Joseph Saviour Henry,
and 'Lady ; Capt. Young ; Capt. Rutherford ; Mrs. S.
Brooking ; Mr. A. Gouger.

there is s sufficient quantity still in Canton to bring
up the report to the average export. It only
remains; therefore,. to- see what the operations of the
forces are likely to be in the neighbourhood ; but
no one expects a renewal of the blockade with such men
in the neighbourhood of Canton as Major-General Burr,
Captain Nias, and .Mr. Deputy Superintendent of Trade,
Johnson. The British merchants are truly in a eplor-
able condition._

The House then formed itself into a Committee, Mr.
GREENE in the chair.
Clause 1 havingbeen put,
Mr. BLEWITT suggested that an addition should be
ade to the clause, exempting parties from serving on
the commission, who should refuse to attend.
amendment The was agreed to, and the clause was
ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses up to 4 were then agreed to.
On clause 5 being proposed,
Sir THOMAS WILDE said he had an alteration to
suggest in this clause, and also on the subsequent one ;
and it might perhaps save the time of the... House if he
stated the reasons that induced him to propose the seve-
ral alterations he had to offer. This clause, as well as
every other, should, he thought, be read with reference
to the speech of the Chencellor of the Exchequer, when
the Bill was brought in. He must own that he was some-
what surprised and disappointed that the alterations, he
had taken the liberty of suggesting, should have been sup-
posed to open some objections to the Bill. In proposing
them he had not the slightest intention of embarrassing the
course the Government wished to take; nor was he aware
that any of his amendments would have the effect of
in any way obstructing the measure. The present clause
related to the duties imposed on the Commissioners. It
was, of course, of great importance that there should be no
question raised hereafter as to what was the intention of
the Legislature with regard to those duties ; what-
ever it was intended they should do ought to be clearly
defined. The interests embraced by the present
measure were very important, for it ineelved the ruin
of many respectable persons, and though Atrong the
number of those persons there might be some possessed
of such fortunes that the loss of forty or fifty thousaed
pounds would not have that effect, yet the measure
was of vast importance. The object of the alteration
he should propose in the present clause, was the carying
out the intentions of her Majesty's Government, and no
other. He had attended to the speeches made when the
Bill was brought in, and as all discussion, or expression
of opinion with regard to the bill-holders, or as to the
justice of that House indemnifying them, was then depre-
cated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he did not offer any
remarks on that occasion, though some statements were
made which he thought gave a colour to the case which did
not properly belong to it. It was distinctly stated that
it was not intended to delegate to the Commissioners any
power or authority to offer any opinion as to the bills ;
they were solely to confine themselves to matters of fact.
Among other observations made when the Bill was
brought in, it was said the House should be cautious in
indicating any opinion upon the propriety of paying
those forged public securities, because it may involve
matter of great importance to the public. The ques-
tion was, whether the loss had been sustained for
want of sufficient control on the part of the public
officers, and upon that principle, which he con-
ceived to be just, if a person had sustained
a loss on account of a principle, the principle ought to
sustain the loss, and not the person who is made the
victim of his fraud. It was desirable, for the
sake of justice, that a report to be made under
the authority of the Bill, should show the House
Whether any such principle or not should come
under discussion. He understood the Right Hon. Ba-
ronet at the head of her Majesty's Government to sey,
that it was extremely important the House should
expresses no opinion on the payment of bills, becahse. it
would involve an opinion as to the consequences that
might arise from an issue of forged public se-
curities. He (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) could not
conceive it could be so, because the-whole investiga-
tion would be so conducted as to elicit the truth of
the whole case, and nothing more. The sth clause
directed that the Commissioners should by all such
means, as to them may appear best, proceed to inves-
tigate the truth with respect to the holders of
the documents, and that they should from time
to time report to her Majesty's Government what
they should find concerning the issue, circulation, de-,
posit, and possession of such documents; and how the
holders of such received the sums upon them whether in
exchange of other bills, or for money, what was the rate
of purchase, and whether the owner of such documents
received those sums of money in due course of business;
also other matters to make known to the Commissioners.
Thus, this amendment would put the House in possession
of several important facts, which the words of the Bill,
as it now stood, would not do, for they only charged that
Commission " to report what they should find." No doubt
the Right Hon. Gentleman who drew up the Bill,
thought that those words would include the furnishing
of evidence to that House as well as the conclusions of
the Commissioners. But the two legal gentlemen whom
he' had proposed to be on the Commission, would at once
see that the present provision would not extend to the
furnishing of the evidence to the House ; but by the
amendment which he (Sir T. W.) proposed. the evidence
and also all other matters - which the Commissioners
should find, would be laid before the House. In adopting
this amendment the House would act on the disposition that
was expressed by the Right Hon. Gentleman in
introducing the Bill, which was to give the most
ample information to the House, to collect all
the yircumstances connected with the transaction,
and to prosecute a most rigid inquiry. But while the
Bill as it stood did not depute the Commissioners to re-
port their opinions on claims of Exchequer-bill holders,
his (Sir T. W.'s) amendment would. It was of
the greatest importance that all the evidence
connected with it should be laid before the House. The
'subject- was- ef the very_ highest importance.--(Hear.)
He had no doubt, therefore, that his amend-
ment would be adopted, as it would supply
to the Houee all those minute and practical details
%%islets were intended to be furnished by the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman opposite, but which, nevertheless,
the Bill as it now stood would not do. He
was the more confident in his expectation
as he was sure that no holiest person could desire conceal-
ment, so far as he was concerned in this transaction.—
(Hear, hear.) He should also propose au alteration in
part of the preamble. As it now stood, it was suggested
" that the Commissioners should inquire into the means
whereby such documents came into the hands of the
parties." He should propose to alter these words into
" the means whereby such documents had been made and
issued." NoW, in order that the case might be laid as
clearly as possible before the House, it was necessary that
the House should know whether the fraud which had
been committed, notwithstanding the exercise of due
care and caution, and under such circumstances that no
care or foresight for the future could by possibility pre-
vent the recurrence of such fraud, or whether the fraud
occurred in consequence merely of a defect in the system
of management, which might be remedied for the future
by due care arid caution, but unless the House were made
aware hoW the person committing this fraud had been
enabled to make these bills, they could not form any
judgment as to whether the fraud had been occasioned by
some cause inseparable from the making of these securi-
ties. or. whether it had been merely the consequence of
an imperfect system. He (Sir T. Wilde) believed that
the fraud was not occasioned by any fault of the present
officers, who had merely acted on the same system that
their predecessors had followed, but that it had been
occasioned by a defect in the system. It it should turn
out that that on which the public had hitherto depended
as a test of the genuineness of these bills—if it should_
turn out that the official seal, although locked up,
was yet deposited in such a manner as that persons
could get access to it ; that, he thought, would go to
prove that. a want of due care and caution had been the
cause Of the fraud. Ile was aware that there had been
a commission, which had already presented a Report ;
but they had not reported all the evidence presented to
them. They only reported the evidence which they
considered relevant to the subject matter of the inquiry
•on which they were engaged. But there might be evis
dente which, although irrelevant to that inquiry,
might be very relevant to the present inquiry,
and if so, he should wish the House to be in possession
of -it, in order that they might exercise a sound dis-
cretion as to the manner in which they would deal
with the holders of these bills.—(Hear, hear.) If those
persons had acted honestly and fairly, and had given
full value for the bills which they held, the public
ought to sustain the loss which had been occasioned by
the misconduct of a public officer. It was known
that the individual called Rapallo held bills to the
amount of 100,0001 Now he thought it should be
an instruction to the Commissioners to inves-
tigate the claims of those persons, and to place
them in a separate schedule, and that they should
be protected against the competition of holders
who had dishonestly got hold of the securities.
He then proposed to add a clause which he understood
was subject to some objection—namely, " that the bill
holders described in the schedule shall have liberty to
THE TARIFF. attend to be heard by themselves and their Counselibefore
Mr. RAM-ES CURRIE wished to put a question to the Commissioners, in such manner and at such
the Right Hon. Gentleman, at, the head of her Majesty's time or times as the Commissioners shall order and
Government, upon this subject. When the Right direct." Of course the Commissioners, like every
Hon. Gentleman had brought forward his financial other tribunal, having the power of controlling the
proposition, he had stated in the most explicit manner course of proceeding. The House would observe
that it was the intention of Government to stand or fall the extended nature of the inquiry proposed by the fifth
by the adoption or rejection of that measure. The ques- clause. It was an inquiry as to the manner of possession ;
tion then which he (Mr. Currie) wished to ask was, under what circumstances the bills were received, whether
whether the Right Hon. Gentleman intended to uphold in exchange or not ; what was the rate of interest, and
the main principle of the tariff—namely, the reduction of so on. Many of the persons concerned were entirely
duties on articles of general consumption, and more parti- unused to legal proceedings, entirely ignorant what
cularly on articles of food—provisions and cattle—with questions should be put in order to arrive at a
the same determination as that with which he intended to- given conclusion. Nothing could be more reason-
uphold the income tax ? able, he thought, than that all such persons should
Sir R. PEEL said, that he did say that when her have the assistance of an attorney or of counsel
Majesty's Government brought forward such an impor- in examining and cross-examining witnesses.
tant question as the tariff, for the relief of the country, it The fifth clause required the Commissioners to report
was brought forward as a Government measure, and on their inferences and conclusions from the evidence
the whole responsibility of the Government. He con- adduced before them. Unless then all those forms,
ceived that was a measure of the greatest importance, and which were adopted in Courts of Justice, were a
that the income tax was the foundation of it. He had spoken waste of time, justice required that the parties,
generally of the income tax as the foundation of the whose commercial existence was at stake, should be heard
tariff. He stated that in that there were modifications before that report was made. Her Majesty's Government
which he proposed to make, and with respect to the could have no motive for haste in bringing the matter
tariff there were many alterations which he might wish to a conclusion which would not operate in a ten-fold
to make, and he must reserve to himself the power degree upon the parties affected by the Bill. There
of doing so. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") He could be no reasonable objection, therefore, on
had brought forward those measures, financial the ground of delay. Justice appeared to him
and commercial, with a sincere desire to do justice be- to require that every man 'should be heard.
tween the producing and consuming classes of the country. If any were to be heard, all must be heard. In an inquiry
Subsequent reflections had confirmed him in the opinion like this, to refuse to men with. 30,0001. or 40,0001.
that, on the whole, the measures were good, and it was at stake the advantage of counsel, if they
his intention to uphold the general principles of this Bill. thought fit to require it, seemed to him as if they were
Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to ask the Right desired to do what Sir Samuel Romilly said in answer
Hon. Baronet whether the alterations to which he had to Lord Eldon and anothee judge, that they wanted
referred were yet ready to be submitted to the House, or, " hasty injustice instead of temperate justice." He
if not, when they would be . (Sir T. Wilde) could not conceive who were
Sir R. PEEL said he should inform the House f the persons that could object to his proposition, or what
of' any important alterations which he proposed ihnetemreesatnctotuoldprboepoasffeeme,ates:l,,bY it. Another clause which
to make. He conceived it was necessary to that the said Commissioners
municate with different people, as it was desirable are hereby required to meet for the prosecution
to have the views of different parties. Those commu- iof the inquiries directed by this Act, at such
nications were still lasing on. He would, at as early a times, and at such places as the Lords' Com-
period as possible, communicate his alterations to the missioners of her Majesty's Treasury may appoint ;
House, and he thought be might say that, on Monday and the said Commissioners are hereby required
next, he should be able to lay it all before them ; but he to report upon the several matters and things hereby re-
'thought that the general principles of the tariff would be ferred-to them, within months from the passing of this
adhered to. • • .- Act, or within such further or other time as the said Lords'
FORGED EXCHEQUER BILLS' BILL. Commissioners of her Majesty's
On the Order of the Day for bringing .up the Report end appoint." (Sir Thomas Wilde) had perfect
,ant'
on this Bill it was ordered to be re-comuutted. t confidence in Mr. StevenlTreasury shall name
the Berl of Devon

SQUADRON NORTHWARD AT CHUSAN. - Wellesley
(flag-ship), 72 ; Blenheim, 72 ; Blonde, 42 ; Pelican,
Hyacinthe, Mosleste, Columbine, all 18 ; Algerine, 10 ;
Starling, 6 ; Hon. E. C. steamer Nemesis, Queen,
Phlegethon, and Sesotris.
At Amoy—Druid, 44 ; Crter, 18 ; Pylades, 18. On
her way to Chusan, Cornwallis, 72, and Jupiter troop ship.
At mouth of Canton River—Herald, 26 ; Alligator,
28 ; Nimrod, 18 ; Cameleon, 10 ; Clio, 16 ; Royalist,
10 ; Young Hebe, 4 ; H. C. steamer Houghy.
The trade continues undisturbed, whilst several seizures
have been made of Chinese junks and trading vessels in
the estuary of Canton river. No decline in the high rates
for teas. _ _ _

Exchange at Bombay on London, 2i to 2 1.
Freights-70 to 75 to Great Britain.—Nothing load-
ing for the Clyde.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrivals at Bombay from London, 28th February,
Francis Spaight, and Rachael. From Liverpool, Hin-
dostan, Corea, Cambridge, Chieftain and Lancaster.
From Plymouth, Token. From the Clyde, Margaret
Bullock, Lanarkshire, and Carnatic.
Departures from Bombay, February 28, for London,
the Cambrian and Tasso. For Liverpool the Merton,
Clara and Maria, and Alexander Grant. For the Clyde,
none. For China, the Wild Irish Girl, Error, Caledonia,
and Royal Saxon.

and he had no doubt that the other gentlemen, 10.0,
appointed as Commissioners, were equally deservil
l nit
confidence. Ile was satisfied the Government swill,
ice
propose any person who was not deserving of confides
t
at the same time he would wish that something ler.
expedition should be sought to be attained. Cons" tf,
ing how much the parties, whom the measure
fected, had at stake, it was of the utmost importssce
that this inquiry should be brought to the earliest e_
_ae,
elusion possible. While impressing this on the' 11.°. j
he was anxious to guard against its beisis'
posed that lie •wished to embarrass the Gov .meat
ni
on this measure. These were the whole of the •
meets which he wished to propose. With respect 111.1° rite_.l
publication of the evidence, of course as the Gover.
could not have any desire to screen any Pei
he could not see any objection to it. He was onl y a": 0
sirous that the case should be brought back to the Is
in such a form as to cut it in possession of all that
happened in the manse'', so as to enable the II su,:.
to determine with justice what was best to bed
Ps
Therefore, he thought it necessary to submit to
House the amendments which he hed proposed. the
The SOLICITOR-GENERes.L said he thought tied
difference, if difference there was between' his lion. ,tied
Learned Friend and himself, wars only as to the tuol
lC
carrying his suggestions into effeisr. The object of en:
Commission, which had been issued by the Gossett' _
ment, was for the purpose of obetaimng infoseis
as to the mode in which parties bec %me holders et,,tn°,.
bills. They knew that fraud had c misted fora lo ,S!
time ; fraudulent Exchequer-bills ha I been circulates
this had gone' on for a considerable tit, se, and there era
reason to suppose that some parties w ho had been.c°lt
cerned in their circulation might hay e been cosnoere,
pf the affair. The object of the Coinmi salon was °I _ce
fore to ascertain the history of those bilis, and to tra Ihe
the inquiry from the time of their being :issued, 00 ir
time of tteir getting into the hands Of the se
clAim compenssstions And he would now rem .041 the i
4
House that they were not enforcing any isegal rit° Sire
but they they were coming to ask Governmeett.4
them compensation in respect of the forged E%s tissioe
bills which they hold. The object of the Coin'
was to ascertain the circumstances under which „of
parties became possessed of the bills. He Cl'
agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend,t s.heid
no part of the evidence should be wif.se,
from the public. He thought, on the coailt,
that the public should be informed of the whole; °f ht,
and he could assure his Hon. and 'Learned Frieat of
there never was the slightest intentiosi, on the Pttrisid
tire Government that it should not be wholly
before the public. The Commission , would rel;Sejl
fully to the House the entire of the ev.idence as
00.
as the inferences which they had from that cline
His Honourable Friend proposed to introdaccos
clause to compel the Commissioners to .rep
isie
whole of the evidence. taken, and to lay it 0,113
the House. Now he (the Solicitor-General) !joie
conceive special cases in which it might not be jntileere
to make evidence public. He could conceive that t°o
might be cases in which such a course t`bect.
prevent a full investigation cif the sit' 4,eoti
But, at the same time, the suggestion of his Hon• sfit'lle.
was not liable to so much objection, that if the n°o-uti
and his Learned Friend thought it advise able it sllnssi,
stand part of the Bill, he should press his °keel
tion to it. He would, however, remind his Hon. PI, be
:w
and the House that if all the evidence were tvie
reported. it might interfere with a completespeer
quiry ; and in his opinion it would be iro'fir
to leave the matter to the discretion of the 'deer
missioners, as in all ordinary cases. There was 1;01;
the slightest intention on the part of the Govern
soj
that the matter should not be fully investiran",
that every possible information upon the subjec.t.
not be given to the House. His Hon. and Lee rneSl 5',04
!sad also suggested that a clause should be intivr, to
for the purpose. of compelling the Commissioneoi
hear counsel and evidence on the part of persons Wet'
claims against the Government. He did not or
wilily think that such a course would be L'
nient. Every holder of one of these bills might
to the Commissioners, that `•he was the best jedg:l4
the course to be taken-relative to the inquiry—that „`
were bound to hear his counsel and his wit°-s, 0.1
for the Parliament had so enacted." th,
he believed that in no former case bad hest
Legislature made it imperative on Commissioners tolle.eo
arties by their counsel. They had always If
allowed to hear, at their own discretion, Any P
ties they might think fit. In his opini,t'ess,
would be better, after they had appointed Conunissw,s,
.010
to leave them to conduct the inquiry as they.;llo,
please. His lion. and Learned Friend had aatustial
the holders of the bills could not be interested in el'rt ,
delay. Now that might be true of the greater ta,01,1
them ; but would his Honourable and Learned
say that there were no parties whose intcresiril
might be to thwart the real object of the ingLio
Was there no party who might be interested in .`Test"„'
the truth kept back, or in preventing the p,
missioners from arriving at its discovery.? .04
would remind the House that the Counnistett
would not have to decide upon the matter ; theY
merely have to inquire, and the House might after' itje
adopt whatever course it might think proper
hoped, with regard to that clause, that his }Wks
Learned Friend is ould not press the amendment. ,h,
the other clause, referring to the publicity of r"
quiry, there was no objection to it, if h
Pourable and Learned Friend could pointie
any convenient mode of carrying into effet. 000
the lion, and Learned Gentleman said it was tn,eseti
that it should be ascertained how the bills itr
made and issued from the office, thsra ,5112.4
he no doubt that it was important that it sVpiett'
known how they got into circulation ; but if litA
that the present Commission should pr'''e 'the same manner as the Commission that ht' ogle
reported to the House, if he said that it was to gc'eer,t.
the same ground, then he (the Solicitor-Generte'
not help thinking that it would be imposing t.e"-r„sf.
the Commission which it was not the intention °' I:ist'So
jesty's Government to impose, and which seemed t°,:sco`si
to bear expressly on the question. There was no o°olle.j
on the part of her Majesty's Government to th''ds
inquiry ieto the mode in which the bills were nt°,4
issued from the Exchequer-office; nor was there*"as
jection to the amendment, except that it introauctstV
this Commission a duty, already delegated to allosPte.
which had made its report, and laid' its infftr
before the House. Unless the amendateu,„' gret
altered, he should not be precisely prepared idetio
to it. As to the proposal that all the 11°.ceee
bills should be ascertained and placed inn 01
by the Commission, there might be no diffitiorsoo;
ascertaining s the holders of the bills in awetelai
and there was m; objection to those bills being se oirtl4
but. it would not he right to confine the rte .'s'
such bills only as might. be so scheduled as the.' %iosttei,
be other bills, and they migi2t be thus doing ett ell'etbP I,e
He had no objection to the bills being `csillt,
with a proviso that such other bills 11PrLitilttd
added to the schedule as might be rives °i,S
With regard to the other parts, he hoped. the cos
Learned Member for . Worces(er: would not Per' tiJ
House. amendment to the Therewas not much ilop.
between them. He agreed in the spirit of Ifis bsultiol
Learned Friend's observations, that the resilit
made as public as possible, and that the 11-"ue'ficle,lll)'
form its own judgment on the result of the iir
and with that view he hoped there would be n°
.cse
in framing the clauses when the proper time e
Sir H. H. INGLIS said that. he would• at th
the
time abstain from giving any opinion 111)4,)0 00' sPIA
which had been so largely entered upos by tPe vo'
Learned Member opposite. He thought that tbe res
Learned Member was right in the first and seeolltlirhiis .114
his amendments, but with regard to the third--ili","„gresti
lated to the holders appearing by their counsel aau„,"eoiblioo'
objected to, and would not give his consent to that the till)?
He did not agree with respect to the third clause Ist no 00!):
and Learned Member, but he did agree with hitt' ft,ct Ofterryo
was to be lost.—( Hear, hear.) He had no Wei-J.og 111°'
in Exchequer bills, but not even in the persons b°' y tbe
but he thought it most cruel that there should berr;os °erei?
the subject ; and, if not inconsistent with the °id eso 40,i1
House, he hoped her Majesty's Government 1°11.141
that influence which they must possess in endeavour' let/
der the proceedings as speedy as possible—((lll
possible, to bring up the report in the present Seoo,e do {rote
thing ought to be done as soon as possible to relie`.eoritPo.oo
fide holders, who, he believed, constituted the alaiiste s
the embarrassments and difficulties in which the .111
ti ee
had placed them. ssta° s'4o
Sir R. PEEL really thought there was no 'et° tV,,,4";,i.
ference between the two sides of the Heusi- 0 ceir'-,04
that should be pursued by the Commissionets•
rs 110 ifs';
there any valid objection to the CommistitmeA
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite ham „ele„1
timony to the acquirements, ability, and integri3OL: iProteesrj
Commissioners, the Earl of Devon and Mr. StePra oft; y
bnQ
ing the third Commissioner, Mr. Milford, for jets ,P.fe
had endeavoured to steer clear of every objeet',,°;'eted `1; ache
chosen a gentleman who was in no degree en queti°:;jetcl
class supposed to be personally interested in t"„1",isl I'll° sh°
he had, at the same time, a good deal of fiat" tool, Cs°,
He (Sir R. Peel) therefore thought that te., of ticieue:;
repose full confidence in the personal abi""Jathe °an, °'"
missioners. With respect to the production 46eritjesu
tort'
he quite agreed with the Hon. and Lew ned „stisfe'ete'-sfYiti
the Report of the Commissioners would be g-i-ilesr• [;titer its tt
less they also gave the evidence to the Eloo,6e;t'st nec!,-Jeticevil
and he (Sir R. Peel) would assure hitn.srs'a the 001,41
the contemplation of Government to witneJo too if VI
a general principle. The Hon. Gentleman h 00 elt,,°'
that some of the evidence might bear upon Pers 'Sir
he , Ito ife,
were not now, yet had been in office ; but could, e to
thought that no consideration of that nature s AS, pf
Bill now stood, operate with the Cornmissiuoineri if suYotri
duce them to withheld those particulars 1, the Got
should appear of negligence on the eat !'could tof
officers, in the making or issuing of bills, ;
h mat.ons
the Commissioners could withhold that inf?rvi to 6°l;
appointed the Commissioners, with " a "heolder, er '1
truth and inquire into the case of every
repo sod to her doego
every document,, and from time to time to rss sise ieslo
ofo paltotitconcerningthe
ill. Now
making,
the
holder issue,
of
, c n those bra eo,
o
but
think it necessary to show that no eigilsriseee "
cure WO be ieyii
have enabled him to take precautions t?
f facts might ,
loss. In such a statement a number °it Would be towg;
duced relating to other persons,
of the Commissioners to allow
Pee did not thin 4
details of the case; still he (Sir R. - evidence sbnott,
of
cessary to insist that every particle ht not to'be tee*'
before the House. He thought it eugpa
rticle of the
upon the Commissioners to re !
Prn't of the evidence oV
As a principle he thought the ITh°.i„ a case ie
be reperted, but he could easily 6
ortance that cer
might be of the utmost possible nliP
en to tb!„,,ei
he holder to go it
be glv
issioners
thereforeti ()us of the
h e
evidence
thought
Clnninthe subject. _O4O
permitted to exercise a discretien.,(l)❑re 0
_AA to be P'
et al principle, the whole of the evi Dis
but certainly the Government and the Cosa
on the OW' articiV
be permitted to exercise a discretion
L‘isb
every e
tod. 4
ought not to be compelled by law lirr'Friend-wfwe
sheuthlde not
the evidence. He reed with
by eounsel. —( A laugh.) It was wl :I. A age d
-rocee-i - bee:
tshpoakt, e,
groundthat hexpeditiond
twaso giovfi
otghoehvinestrrayeoseat;terousosilghuboetvfniroicteitictZ
speeches of counsel lengthened out ego. Al_ es
et to t{rte
thought that the giving every put tend to e'Pe of b
counsel or ettorney, would by no rneans 0
gea.lo3,ll,get
wtherat
on
th' at 6tlP3
feseacteeailtitnaginsinenlltlz
anCdoinbraeisstihoouuegrsht