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repeated cheers, said that the
railway directors were bound to protect the public. It was

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ats occurred, to say that in coach

travelling accidents were more frequent—they should seek
to have no accidents at all. If railway proprietors failed

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was satisfied that parliament would not hesitate to dimi- pence from Calcutta to the 9th, Madras to the 11th, and
nish their profits, with a view to provide more efficaciously I Bombay to the 20th of June, and from China to the 6th
for the security of the lives of those whom they conveyed. of May. We regret to state that cholera has been very
Lord PA LMERSTON stated some circumstances of mis- I prevalent in Bombay and Poonah, and that it has raged
ment on the Dover line which had come under his in Lahore to a fearful extent. The letters from Lahore
own (reservation ; after which, he called attention to the repeat the announcement contained in our last despatches
state of our national defences. It was true, he said, that of the appointment of the Sirdar Jowahir Singh to be the
we were on the best terms with France, but it was to prime minister, and the retirement of Gholab Singh to
be recollected, nevertheless, that France had an army of i his fortress of Jamoo. Prince Peshora Singh is stated
350.000 men—a large naval force, particularly in war to be in rebellion against the authorities at Lahore. The
steamers—that a steam bridge might be thrown across attack on Peshawur has been abandoned by Dost
the Channel without any difficulty should the present I Mahomed and his son. The governor-general remained
good understanding unhappily be broken, which it might , in Calcutta, bat it was expected he would proceed in
be any month in the year, and that in such an event we October to the north-west provinces, to reduce the Sikhs
were powerless for resistance. The noble lord argued at i to order.
some length for the necessity of calling out our militia as j From Chinn we learn that a riot had taken place at
usual for the full period of twenty-eight days, by which Victoria ;it had been suppressed without much difficulty.
course we might reckon upon a force of 50,000 men, if The British troops had been withdrawn from Kolungsoo,
requisite, in case of an invasion, at an expense of only in accordance with the terms of our treaty, on the 23rd
£40,000; and be also contended for the necessity of tak- of March, and the Chinese had taken possession. A
ing a larger vote than the one already agreed to for the somewhat strange occurrence had taken place. An
construction of harbours of refuge. English merchant having built a vessel of 70 tons, gave
Sir R. PEEL said, that this was a subject which from the command of it to a Chinese named Fowqua, to enable
a sense of public duty he would not discuss in that house. I him to levy a species of black mail on the native smug-
There was no advantage in displaying to the world the gling boats engaged in the opium trade. Suspicions were
extent of our resources ; but he would say this—that if a excited. Fowqua was seized, tortured, and denounced a
just war were to call forth.the energies of the British na- hundred persons as being implicated in the transaction.
tion, there never was a period in which she could make a The only other event since the departure of the last mail
I
more powerful demonstration than at the present mo- was a mutiny-on board an English ship. The mate and
ment. With respect to harbours of refuge, he was of gunner of the Ariel, having on board upwards of 100,000
opinion that they should proceed as they were proceeding dollars, conspired to seize her, bnt were ultimately de-
cautiously.. The apprehension of the noble lord some- feated. The mate was killed, and the gunner wounded.
what surprised him • for the noble lord was himself ten ed.
years in office without being assailed by any fears, al- ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
though the country was then in a much more defenceless
position than at present. With respect to the calling out The Royal Mail steam ship Acadia, Captain Harrison,
of the militia, he hoped the house would not press him to arrived in the Mersey at eleven o'clock on Tuesday
state the intentions of the government. He would only morning, bringing American papers to the 16th ultimo,
say that he thought, in the present state of society in this eleven days later than those previously received. The
country, that the present militia laws were not in any telegraph having announced that she had a foreign Am-
way adapted to it. He did not think that we should be bassador on board, (the Hon. Leuis M'Lean, the newly-
running a race of rivalry, not of commerce and civilize- appointed United States Ambassador to the English
tion, but of military display, with France, or any other Court,) a considerable number of respectable persons
power, though he admitted it was a nice point to judge assembled to give him a friendly greeting.
where the necessity for self-defence terminated. The steamer Princeton had arrived from Galveston,
The house then went into supply, and Sir R. PEEL bringing intelligence of the assembling of the Congress
stated that the house ought to show its sympathy with of Texas on the 16th of June, the rejection of the treaty
the sufferers by the fire at Quebec; and he would, before with Mexico by an unanimous vote of the Senate, and
the committee finally separated, propose a vote for their the passing of resolutions by both Chambers of the Texi-
relief. can Congress giving their consent to the annexation of
T to the United States, without waiting for the action

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. ..exas .
of the Convention, which was to assemble on the 4th ult.
The Royal Assent was given by commission to a great About one hundred slaves had entered into combina-
number of public and private bills, amongst others, to the tion in three counties in Maryland. They were led by a
Irish Colleges Bill, the Sheffield Water Works Bill, the resolute negro, and were all armed with bludgeons and
St. Helen's Improvement Bill, Liverpool and Bury (80l- j clubs. They marched through Montomery ; and the
ton and Wigan extension) Railway, and 31anchester and movement of so large a body of men sprgead consternation
Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefrazt, and Goole. among the people. A Captain Jackson, with a party
Lord BEAUMONT, having referred to the position of under his command, came to close quarters with a band
Gre:ce, asked whether the Government had received any of about thirty of them. He wounded eight—four seri-