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toned in ine mins and factories. Inc cotton trade of the onielas mint nave an engagement. The force remaining
country was carried on at an annual sacrifice of the lives at Tampico numbered 950 men. Colonel Kinney states
of thousands of the people of England. that the Mexican force at San Luis amounted to 30,000
Mr. ROEBUCK admitted that the labouring population men, and he estimates their entire force in the field at
of the country entertained opinions favourable to the bill, 50,000 men. Generals Taylor and Patterson, with 6,000
but was satisfied that, to grant it, would inflict a serious men, were at Victoria, waiting orders from General Scott.
evil. He was certain that, if the bill were passed, the The Secretary of the Treasury had sent a report to
Chancellor of the Exchequer would be the first to feel its Congress, recommending an increase of duty on various
effects ; and he was positive that the cotton-spinners articles, and a diminution on others. The other com-
themselves would turn round on the hon. member for mercial news we give in another column.
Knaresborough, and those who, like him, were exciting The Earl of Elgin had arrived at Canada.

nd be as loud in their complaint;
the act as they were then in their demands to

them on the question
for passing -
have it

The tow-boat Phoenix had exploded at New Orleans.
The Phoenix was towing the British ships Manchester and

Mr. Borthwick, Sir R. Inglis, Sir George Strickland, when all of her six boilers exploded at once. By this
and Lord Etrington, supported the bill ; and Mr. Tre- calamity Mr. Lathrop, the pilot, was blown overboard,
lawney opposed it. and seven men holding various stations were killed. On
Mr. NEWDEGATE was in favour of the second reading board the bark Leontine the destruction was yet greater.
of the bill, and he regretted that he had been too late to Eight Germans were killed, and a large number wounded.
present a great number of petitions, with which he had ti Two of the Manchester's crew were killed. The bark
been entrusted from Huddersfield, in favour of it. had come up to town with 126 German emigrants, and
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE believed that both the master ma- the explosion made a fearful wreck.
mufacturers and the operatives were tired of the agitation

of the question

and; if that were so, he could not but
government had not come forward to

FRANCE.
The Journal des De'bats of Wednesday, announces in

regret that
setth

se question at once, and finally. Believing that leader type, and with the easily recognisable conspicuous-
the bill would be conducive to the moral improvement of ness in which important intelligence is communicated, that
the people, he would cordially vote for the second reading. the French ambassador has been received at dinner by her
After some further debate, interrupted by cries of Majesty the Queen of England.; and had subsequently
" Divide," in which Sir R. Peel declared that he should passed the evening at Lord Palmerston's. This announce-
vote against the second reading, and Lord G. Bentinck ment had the effect of leading the public to believe that
;4-s favour, the house divided, and the second reading personal misunderstandings were at an end ; a general
by a majority of 195 to 87. • pression prevailed, that M. Guizot would take some op-
portunity of explaining in the chamber those expressions
OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. of his last speech which had proved so disagreeable to the
r having briefly related the events fanlimr. of T

Lord BEAUN

dras on the condition of being treated with all the
flours of war, and the shameful act of the Portu

f the French Bishops for
his year are tinctured with an unusually strong infusion
of Ultra-montanism. Papal supremacy is the exclusive
theme of some, and forms a more or less promi-
nent feature in all which we have seen. In more than
one of these letters the terms in which the doctrine is in-
culcated, indicates something like a feeling of insecurity on
the part of the writers. They seem to suspect or antici-
pate a latent insubordination among the inferior Clergy ;
and to cling to the Roman centre of unity, simply as the
key-stone which upholds the episcopal authority. As

The Lenten IA,

)ral Lett(

'nese Gc

vernment in placing forty or fifty of the captured officers
on board a brig with the intention of transporting them
to a penal settlement on the coast of Africa, asked if our
Government had received any communications on the
subject, and if they had done anything to obtain a re-
versal of the Portuguese decree.

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted the fact, and
deeply regretted that the Portuguese Government had so
resolved to use men who had surrendered on condition of

being treated with all the honours of war. But all that
could be done had been done. The moment the British
Charge d'Affaires had heard of the decree, he presented a
representation to the Court of Lisbon ; and the Belgian
and French "' ' '

hey inc

)e weak anc

WEST INDIES.
The steam-ship Teviot arrived at Southampton on
riday. She brings no news of importance. It, is be-

had likewise presented representations. The 'object of our
large force on the coast of Portugal was to protect British
interests ; and, acting with strict neutrality, circumstances
might arise, such as the presence of Don Miguel, or of
persons acting with 'the object of placing him on the
throne, which might give rise to the question how far ex-
isting treaties would warrant our interference.
The Earl of ABERDEEN remarked that this Government

ueveu ui .Jamaica mat it is the same disease which has
destroyed the potato in Europe that has attacked the
cocoa in that island. Major-General Berkeley, in com-
mand of the forces at Jamaica, is spoken of in Barbadoes
as the new commander-in-chief of the Windward station.
A very heavy rain last Christmas was experienced in
Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Tobago, which
was exceedingly welcome to the planters. Col. Torrens

should be particularly cautious, because it had somehow,
whether rightly or wrongly, obtained circulation that the
cause of the insurrection had the good wishes of the
British Government. The force we had in the Tagus was
sufficient to overawe the entire kingdom. We took a,
perhaps, too active part in placing the Queen of Portugal
on her throne, and we ought now to give at least such

was to be succeeded in the governorship of St. Lucia by
Major Yea, of the 7th Fuziliers. At Antigua a bill to as-
similate the currency of the land to that of the mother

uutußry nett passea Lne assemoly. Ib4 emigrants trom
Madeira arrived at Dominica on the 19th of January. A
smart shock of earthquakewas felt at Trinidad on the 13th
of January. Lord Harris, the Governor of Trinidad, has
offered a premium for the best essay on the cultivation of

arl of ELLENHOROUGH could not say what our
- -

of the garrisor

Luv iasus was tnere tor; but he cou
that, but for its presence there, the Queen
I have met Don Miguel in London.

Year's-day

The Duke of Portland (se

six days

Portiigal woul

'pain, on t

on the state of the criminal law, especially with respect to
juvenile offenders. The noble lord then entered, in an
elaborate speech, into the statistics of crime in this and
other countries, and called on the house, if they arreed
wit

employers

NEW ZEALAND.
The bark Cecilia, Captain Pearce, with a full cargo of

Ara and the petitioners in their sense of the infinite
importance of the subject, and thought that the time was
come when even they ought to apply themselves in good
earnest to the amendment of the criminal law, and more
especially of the laws relating to prison discipline, to be
prepared for a proposition whicl

arrived at Plymouth on the 15th -inst., from Auckland,
New Zealand. The native chief Heki, who formerly dis-
turbed the northern colony, continues quiet, and appears
likely to remain so. In the south the vigorous measures
of Governor Grey have completely suppressed the rebel-
' lions effort- f Ranehiet- t-'

sutmit to them, and at a very early day to comply with
the prayer of the petition.
After some observations from the Duke of RICHMOND
and Earl GREY, some other business was disposed of, and
their lordships adjourned.

so. ___.„ .a, whose her was taken priso-
ner in Cook's Straits, and has been executed, after an in-
vestigation which proved his participation in the late dis-
turbances on the river Hutt. The course pursued by the
new colonial government at Wellington has given entire sa-
tisfaction.

RIVER PLATA.—The William Peile, Captain Sproat
from Monte Video, arrived at Liverpool on Friday. Sh
left the Cisplatine capital on the 16th December. but ul

;o that