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the next session

Mr. HAWES believed that if public attention were di-
rected to the subject, the result would be very different
from that which the noble lord anticipated. _

Soon afterwards, the Speaker was summoned to the
other house, where her Majesty prorogued the Parliament.

FOREIGN 4 COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE,

THE WEST INDIAN MAIL

The Royal Mail steam-packet Forth, C. M. Chapman
commander, Lieutenant Strover, R.N., Admiralty agent,
arrived at Southampton on Wednesday, bringing with
her 81 passengers and the following freight :-450 dollars,

1,078 ounces of silver, 104 ounces of gold, 93 tierces, 371
barrels, and 137 bags of coffee, 67 bales of sarsaparilla, 9
cases of succades, 1 case of toirtoiseshell, 1 cask, 31 bar-
rels of ginger, and sundry packages. _

We learn by this arrival that-at Jamaica the weather
continued extremely fine, but that the Windward Islands
were sadly in want of rain. The crops were generally
extremely abundant. Freights nominal at ss. per cwt.
for coffee, no ships being to be had at Jamaica, and
doubtless higher rates would gladly be given. Gold was

at a premium of 3 per cent., and hills on England 2 per
cent. discount. The Coolies do not work so well here as
in some of the other islands, fever having laid hold of
some of them, and they are rather lazily inclined. St.
Vincent was losing the Portuguese immigrants from Ma-
deira the moment their contracts expired, higher rates at

Trinidad inducing them to prefer that island, where the
richness of the soil placed planters in a better position
Some valuable estates had been sold

paying wages

drainage, fetching £10,250. The educational plan was
beini, carried out, tenders from parties willing to engage
in it being received by the government board. A scheme
for better irrigation, and also for establishing mail coaches,

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that the managers
of a great number of schools were so deeply impressed
with the duty of avoiding, not only the reality, but even
the very appearance of deriving any pecuniary support
from the state for religious purposes, that they had ex-
pressed in the strongest terms their apprehensions that if THE INDIAN MAIL.—On Wednesday papers and let-
an inspector appointed by the state were to examine their ters were received in London by the Calcutta mail. The
schools, and report upon the religious instruction afforded, accounts from China are to the 25th of May, and have
they would be considered as in part receiving money from excited the most prominent degree of interest. It is
the state towards that religious instruction. In order to quite obvious that considerable difficulty will be experi-
extend relief to this large class of schools it had been enced in carrying out the arrangements agreed upon by
thoueht necessary to make the exemption referred to, but Governor Davis at the termination of the late '
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was in agitation

he.
c3uld assure noble friend that aid would be given attack ; and it is, therefore, not at all improbable that
from the grant in no cases whatever where there was the another collision will take place, the ultimate conse-
-I..qt reason to believe that religious instruction was not auences of which at aresent cannot be foreseen. The

given in the schools. merchants personally acquainted with China are the mos.
The Bishop of LONDON could not understand the scru- apprehensive, front their more minute knowledge of the
pies of the persons in question, whose objection to report Chinese character and prejudices, that a much larger
after receiving the public money seemed a gross absurdity. military force than the garrison of Hong Kong will be
He warned the government from infringing the minutes again required to give security to the persons and pro-
of Council which the Church had accepted and carried out. perty of the British residents at Canton. The commer-
Lord BROUGHAM protested against people getting mo- cial accounts from China are rather of a mixed descrip-
ney on certain conditions and afterwards escaping compli- tion, the accounts from the northern ports, particularly
ance by setting up their religious scruples. Shanghai, being rather more favourable as respects the
Lord STANLEY expressed the disappointment which he market for manufactured goods, while those from Canton
felt at the answer of the noble marquis, and complained are of a contrary character. From Calcutta the accounts
that the government had started an entirely new principle respecting the prospect of the present year's indigo crop
in encouraging secular, without religious, instruction. He are, upon the whole, favourable; but it is yet too early
hoped, after what had been said, that these minutes would to come to any precise conclusion on the subject. Other-
not be finally adopted. wise the commercial intelligence cannot be considered
After some further conversation, in which Earl GREY satisfactory, nor need we expect that it will be for some
declared that he considered that the alterations made in time forward. The accounts received outwards from
the rules adopted by the Privy Council were strictly just England were only to the 7th April, when the pressure
and proper, the matter dropped. in the money market here had scarcely commenced ; and
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved that the we may therefore expect that the effects would be felt
house should not insist on the amendment which they had severely in India for nearly three months in advance of
introduced into the Poor-law Administration Bill respect- that period. The government stocks had immediately
ing the separation of aged couples in unions. Believing, felt the influence; and the accounts also, as a matter of
as he did, that the operation of the clause in question consequence, disposed the holders of manufactured goods
would be limited, and that its insertion had originated in to force sales at whatever prices they could command.
feelings of humanity, although he did not share in the DEATH OF SIR DAVID POLLOCK--The death of Si'
SP," - I inserted ' -hmitted

pprettensions of those who hat. he suL.
to their lordships whether it was expedient at that moment
to insist upon the amendment.
The Earl of STRADBROKE thought that the house ought
to insist on its amendment.

David Pollock is the chief event at Bombay. The work
thrown upon the hands of Sir Erskine Perry will, in con-
sequence, be very heavy, as crime has been greatly on the
increase in that city. The character of Sir David Pollock
was not unknown at Bombay on his arrival, and probably
no Judge ever was received with greater respect from the
legal profession, or with greater warmth by society at
large. For years Sir David Pollock held a high place
amongst the masonic fraternity, which brought him into
close communication with the late Duke of Sussex, who

Earl G

Y certainly thought that the clause need not
have been inserted, but considered its importance had been
exaggerated; as he was informed that the whole number
of cases averaged something less than two for each union.
i+ must be remembered that if the Al.. 'IP.

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would be lost for the presen7session, and
state of public feeling which existed on
of doors, it could hardly be doubted that
would be returned at the ensuing gene-
ld not be content with a less alteration

highly prized and esteemed his worth and character; the
charities of masonry were developed in his heart, and li-
berally dispensed by his hand. Sir David died in his 68th
year. He was buried within the Cathedral at six p.m., on
Saturday, the 22d of May. He su&red scarcely any
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crease in the rates, and cause the utter destruction of