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not on:y injurious to the revenue, but detrimental also to pri-

The delay was in sotne measure owing to the
fact that each country was desirous of revising its tariff.
Latterly, however, a letter had been despatched to the court
of Lisbon something of the nature described by the noble
earl. To that letter an answer had been yesterday received,
but until he should have an opportunity of consulting with
the President of the Board of Trade be was not .prepared to
state its purport to their lordships. It was determined, how-
ever, to bring the negociations to a close, or to terminate
him, in conformity I them at once.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then brought under the
consideration of their lordships the proclamation of Lord
Ellenborough of October, 1842, and moved resolutions to the
effect that their lordships dewed with regret and disapproba-
tion the proclamation of the Governor-General of India, as
calculated to mislead . the, inhabitants of India as to the in-

tentions of the British government, and to excite religious
dissensions among the various sects under our dominion in
India.

The Duke of WELLINGTON said that throughout the whole
of the proceedings connected with the invasion of Affghanistan
the most enormous errors had been committed ; and the very
first of these errors was the formation of an army of Eng-
lishmen and Hindoos, instead of Affghans, for the purpose
of occupying Affghan. He did not wish to make any charge
against or to attach any blame to any one. His only object
was to defend his noble friend from the charge made against
him by the noble marquis, who should have consideted what
errors really had been committed throughout the proceedings,
instead of fixing upon an isolated fact for the purpose of
casting blame on Lord Ellenborough. The proclamation was
in fact little more than a song of triumph, which pointed out
that the gates of Somnauth should be brought away as the
just trophies of their success. There was more danger to ap-
prehended of exciting a Moslem feeling in India resulting
from a free, or as he would say, licentious press of that
country, than from anything contained in the proclamation.
With respect to the encouragement given by the proclamation
to idolatry, he had only to observe that the place to which
the gates belonged never had been a heathen temple, and,
whatever it had been in ancient times, the sect which in those
days had occupied that district, whatever that sect might
have been, had long since passed away? It was absurd, there
fore, to contend
smallest encoura

at the return of those gates held out the
gent to idolatry•. lie trusted, therefore,
be joined in the vote which he shou.d giv
night against the motion of the noble marquis by
rev. preletes near him, who must feel convinced that there
was no intention to give the slightest encouragement to any
heathen doctrine whatever

Lord AUCKLAND said that if errors had been committed
Sir William Macnansthten was not to be held altogether re-
sponsible, for he had not the command even of a single re-
giment. He was only a political agent, and in that character
had to point out to others what he conceived to be necessary,

in order to carry Out the political views of the government..''
Lord COLCHESTER said that Somnauth had been a strong
fortified post, and the gates had originally been taken away,
as a military trophy, by Sultan Mahniopd. There was,
therefore, nothing unnatural in bringing them back again, as
a similar trophy of success.

The Bishop of LLANDAFF opposed the motion of the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde, on the ground that the gates of Somnauth
were restored only upon the same principle as when Paris
was occupied by the allied troops; other nations had restored
to them various trophies which had been previously taken
from them by the French.

The Bishop of Nonwficit said that the Temple of Som-
nauth was dedicated to Seeva, the most cruel of the Hindoo
deities, and he feared the restoration of the gates of the tem-
ple would throw difficulties in the way of the spread of
Christianity. Upon Christian principles, therefore, and
totally apart from all political considerations, he felt bound
to vote for the motion of the noble marquis.
The Bishop of CHICHESTER said that he (lid not impute
any improper intentions to the Governor-General of India,
but unless the greatest prudence was exercised the interests
of Christianity might be seriously interfered with in India.
The Earl of CLARENDON said it was with great pain he
felt himself called upon to support the motion of his noble
friend, to which no answer had, in his opinion, been given
by the noble duke. Lord Ellenborough had departed from
the policy of all his predecessors, and risked wounding the
religious feelings of a large portio❑ of our I

__tan empire ;
and it was to be remembered that the two most dangerous
insurrections which had ever occurred in India arose from
insults to the religious feelings of the Mahotnedans. It
should be known that this country. was resolved to discoun-
tenance idolatry in every shape, and, above all, idolatry in
India, where it was more filthy than in any other quarter of
the globe. He would not, however, for one moment attri-
bute to Lord Ellenborosigh any intention to encourage ido-
latry in India ; but unless they wished to make this country
look ridiculous, they must build a temple for the gates, in-
stal the requisite priests, and manufacture an idol, the design
and estimate for which would be, he might venture to say, a
most curious production. Ile believed he was not mistaken

in supposing that the government had already cornmUnicarea
to Lord Ellenborough its opinion on the subject of his pro-
clamation, and he now should be anxious to see if they would
condemn their own letter to the Governor-General of India
by voting against the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde.
Lord FITZGERALD denied that the letter to Lord
Ellen-
borough was one of censure, nor had it been said by Sir R.
Peel in another place that it was a letter of condemnation.
He referred to a private letter read by Lord Colchester, in
which Lord Ellenborough stated that he had re-written the
proclamation three times, in order to prevent the possibility
of its being made liable to the construction which had been
since so industriously placeil upon it. Ile trusted their lord-
ships would reject the motion, because it did not do justice
to the motives or the actions of the Governor-General of
India.

Lord BnouonAl'd rose to deny all the charges made
against Lord Ellenborough, who had not taken the earliest
opportunity, as was alleged, of attacking
idolatry, the policy of his
predecessor, nor in any way given the slightest encourage-
ment to any species of or any just cause of irrita-
tion to the Mahoinedans under his government. The noble
lord then entered into a detail of the occurrences in India,
contending as he went along that Lord Ellenborough had
said no more than state his own policy, which was certainly
in contravention of that of Lord Auckland, so far as ordering
the evacuation of Affghanistan. His disapproval of the po-
licy of Lord Auckland was known from his actions, and it
would be absurd to make a mystery of that which was noto-
rious. The proclamation told the people nothing which they
did not know before, and he believed Lord Ellenborough had
no intention whatever of attacking his predecessor. The
Temple of Somnauth did not helong to the religion of
Brahma but to the Budhists, and it could not therefore flat-
ter the Hindoos, or offend the Mahomedans. The fact was
that the gates of the temple were military trophies, which
both Hindoos and Mahomedans rejoiced as Indians to see
restored to their country. When Paris was occupied by the
allied troops, was there a single objection to sending back to
Rome the altar-pieces taken from thence by the French ?
Could there be found the most bigoted Protestant from even
the north of Ireland, or the most bi,7oted Presbyterian from
Scotland—and neither could be charged with a deficiency of
zeal—he did not believe that either would object to those
altar-pieces being returned to Rome because of its being
under the influence of a certain scarlet individual. The
noble and learned lord, in conclusion, on behalf of an absent
man, called upon the house to give him that which he -
rited—an honourable acquittal.

• .4• G• • •
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the thanks of the
Court of Directors of the East India Company had been
given to Lord Auckland for having avoided all connection
between the government in that country and the temples of
worship of the natives, and it therefore was incumbent on
Lord Ellenborough not to allow a single act of his in any
way to connect them. The differences -between Catholics
and Protestants and other religions in Europe bore no ana-
logy to the wide sea which separated the religions of India.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE replied ; after which their
lordships divided, and the motion of the noble marquis was
defeated by a majority of 83 to 25.

Mr. V. SMITH moved the following resolution :—" That
this house, having regard to the high and important func-
tions of the Governor-General of India, the mixed character
of the native population, and the recent measures of the
court of directors for discontinuing any seeming sanction of
idolatry in India, consider that the conduct of Lord Ellenbo-
rough, in issuing the general orders of the 16th of November,
1842, and in adds essing the letter of the same date to all the
chiefs, princes, and people
,of India, respecting the restora-
tion of the gates of a temple to Somnauth, is unwise, inde-
corous, and reprehensible."

Mr. E. TENNENT referred to the demand made by Runject
Singh to Shah Soojah for the restoration of the gates of
as a proof of the great importance of the trophy in
the consideration of the people of India. They had been
distinctly alluded to by Lord Ellenborough as trophies or
memorials of our military triumphs in Affghanistan. The
proclamation was oriental in its style, but it was to be remem-
bered that it was addressed to oriental minds familiar with
the most exaggerated metaphors. There could be no reli-
gious feeling in the case at all, either on the part of Lord
Ellenborough, or of the natives of India. for Sultan Mali-
moud, himself a Mussulman, had conquered Mahornedans
as well as Hindoos ; and the many Affghan invasions, which
swept over India, had fallen as heavily upon one religion as
the other. The opponents of Lord Ellenborough, in their
eagerness to censure the style of one proclamation, had alto-
gether overlooked his great exertions, and had endeavoured,
in his absence, to damage his well-earned reputation. The
country, however, would confirm the decision of the house,
and sustain the high character of the noble lord.
Mr. NIACAULEY contended that Lord Ellenborough had
betrayed a want of official decency in affixing a stigma upon
his predecessor try his proclamation—a predecessor who had
exhibited towards him so much disinterested care. It was
difficult to conceive how a Christian government could govern
an empire so extensive as India, containing as it did a vast
population, varied in its characteristics, habits, and super-
stitions. This country, however, succeeded in elevating the
female character in India, to abolish suttees, and ameliorate
the horrors and debasing customs of Hindoo idolatry. Our
more recent policy bad been of a neutral character, withdraw-
ing all countenance from any species of idolatry ; and regard-
ing not its religious aspect but its influence on temporal hap-
piness, it would be treason to the progress of civilization to
pay homage to the superstitions of India. From that nen.
trality Lord Ellenborough had departed by bringing back
the gates of Sonanauth, and had insulted truth by paying
homage to falsehood. W'as his proclamation to be carried
out? No such thing. The foolish proclamation would ex-
hibit Lord Ellenborough as the first Governor-General of
India who was doomed to be laughed at, and that derisive
laughter was now re-echoed from Europe and America. The
noble lord had acted without the advice of his council, which
bad no power to control him, for he was away from it, acting
upon his own solitary judgment.
Mr. Houn agreed that it was impolitic for a governor-
general to act without the advice of his council, but it was to
be remembered that Lord Auckland also had issued his dis-
astrous Simla proclamation on his own authority only. He
trusted the house would not sanction such an attempt as this
to hunt down an absent public servant for the mere purposes
of party animosity. He was not prepared to defend the pro-
clamation of Lord Ellenborough from indiscretion, but he
felt confident the house would not single out one act of indis-
cretion for the purpose of censuring
a functionary whose every
other other act called for undivided approbation.
Capt. MANGLES, without atsributing to Lord Ellenborough
any intention to disparage Christianity, said it was never-
tireless an impeachment of his judgment and common sense
that he should not have seen the inevitable tendency of the
proclamation. -

Mr. Esreorr said that this motion was to be attributed to
the animosity which Lord Ellenboroagh had provoked by the
manner in which he had so gloriously retrieved the great
errors of his predecessor. There was certainly a strong fe,l-
ing against the proclamation, but while the people of this
country loved their religion they loved plain dealing also, and
hated hypocritical pretences.
Mr. HOME would have preferred a direct motion for the
recal of Lord Ellenborough to the one moved by the hon.
entlemar+t. lord had manifested gross ignorance

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displayed similar ignorance as to the character of the Hin-
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PLUMPTRE,

Sir G. GREY said that no impediment should be placed in
the way of the diffusion of christianity by the governor cf a
population so mixed as that of India. Lord Ellenhorough
appeared to be acting on the revolving principle, and having
already addressed proclamations to the Hindoos and Chris-
tians, we might shortly expect one to Mahomedans. In the
absence of any reprehension by the government of the con-
duct of Lord Ellenborough, the house was called upon to
pronounce its opinion. It was not enough to condemn the
taste of the proclamation ; the coun,ry should be discon-
nected from a transaction at the same time ludicrous and
disgraceful.

Lord STANLEY could not reconcile it to his public dqty,
or to his friendship for Lord Ellenborough, to remain silent
while he was thus attacked, in his absence, for an-isolated
act, after having received the thanks of the house for the great
achievements he had accomplished. It was said by Lord
Palmerston that any government ought to be impeached
which would withdraw from the " advanced position" which
had been secured in Affghanistan. The present government
had withdrawn, and he now challenged the opposition side of
the house to impeach their policy, or move a vote of censure
upon them for not recalling Lord Ellenborough. They
would not attempt anything of this kitid,,but singled out a
proclamation issued in the hour of victory, merely because
it was couched in language somewhat too inflated. Lord
Ellenborough might have been ignorant of the complete ruin
of the Temple of Somnauth, but it would be gross ingrati-
tude to condemn a man who has rendered such essential
services to his country, because of the style tom composition
of a particular document, and thereby to increase the embar-
rassments which these debates were calculated to create in
India.

Lord PALMERSTON said that not a single gentleman had
attempted to defend the conduct of Lord Ellenhorough. No
one had even sought to " damn him with faint praise.' Even
the noble lord who had last spoken had only created a diver-
sion by carrying the war into the enemy's camp, and very
gallantly he had played his part. He was still of opinion
that a flight from Affghanistan would have been most dis-
graceful. Lord Ellenkorough had received the thanks of
the house already for.the little good he had done, and even-
handed justice now demanded that the demerits of the great
man whom they had thanked should be properly acknow-
ledged.

Sir R. PEEL said this debate would dissipate the supposi-
tion which seemed to have arisen in the debate on Mr. Roe-.
buck's motion, that a compromise had taken place between
the government and the opposition. The right hon. baronet
quoted a letter from Lord Auckland himself, showing that
he contemplated retiring from Affghanistan before he was
made aware of the extent of the disasters at Cabool, and that
he had actually stated that their object was to retire with as
little discredit as possible. He contended, that it was hut
common justice to take Lord Ellenborough's conduct as a
whole, as Lord Palmerston insisted should have been the
course when the Earl of Durham had, under similar circum-
stances, been assailed. The gates of Somnauth might have
been very proper y carried off as a trophy to reconcile the
Hindoos to their retirement from Affghanistan, and although
the language used in presenting them might have been
spared, yet it would be unjust and ungrateful for that lan-
guage to condemn a man who had repaired the greatest dis-
aster which had ever befallen the British arms.

Lord J. RUSSELL said there appeared to be but one opinion
of the proclamation—that it was unwise, indecorous, and re-
prehensible. The invasion of Affghanistan. bad not been
utterly unproductive of advantages to the people of India
and this country, for we had secured the navigation of the
Indus, and had obtained an acquisition of territory, or were
about to do so, for the purpose of securing that navigation.
He could not move a vote of censure on the government for
abandoning Atfghanistan, for since he had read the papers
he was decidedly of opinion that the retirement from that
country was a wise measure of policy. Agreeing in every
word of the motion of his hon. friend he should cheerfully
.give his vote for it, and if the consequence should be the
resignation of the Governor-General, be thought it would be
a relief to the country from a great difficulty and peril.
The house then divided, and the motion was negatived by
a majority of 242 to 157.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-SATURDAY

The house sat for a short time, when Sir J. GRAHAM gave
notice that he would proceed with the committee on the
Registration of Voters Bill this day, and it must come into
into operation on the 24th of June. •
The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed, after some
conversation, until Monday, the lOth of April, after which
the house adjourned.

MR. DILLON'S CASE

The following is, we are informed, a correct version of
the circumstances upon which Mr. Dillon founds, his claim
upon the Government :

On the night on the 15th of February, 1822, at 8 o'clock
Mr. Dillon, who commanded the coast guard at Milk Cove
county of Cork, proceeded out to sea with two of his boats,
the one of six oars, the other of four oars. the wind at the
time blowing hard and a heavy sea running. Mr. Dillon
states that he had no expectation of falling in with any smug-
gling vessel when he proceeded out to sea, his sole intention
being to show his men that he was determined, to do his
duty. On getting outside of, the Cove, the chief boatman,
who was in the four oared boat, pointed out to Mr. Dillon a
sail to the westward. Upon seine it, Mr Dillon ordered
his. second boat to follow him, and pulled (for the vessel.
Upon getting up under her stern, he hailed her, and received
a defiance to come on. He then pulled on the lee side, and,
intending to hoard her, desired the weati;vr oars to be laid
in, and the boat to be kept to with the lee ones.
On his seeing, as he conceived, from 40 to 50 men on board,
he iherred off and sent up a rocket, and burnt a blue light
in order to alarm the coast, and to attract the attention of
any cruisers that might be in the offing He also kept up a
fire of musketry. During all the time the four-oared boat
was lying on her oars to windivard.
The smuggler, finding that it was limpossible to effect the
landing her cargo, the coast having been alarmed, put out
to sea, and Mr. Dillon returned with his two bouts to Milk
Cove. The next morning the captain of the Peru, who, as
it appeared, was anxious to run his vessel to France, but was
resisted by his crew, with the advice of his pilot, ran her
infO'Kinsale river, where she was immediately boarded and
seized by the tide surveyor.
A reference to the map of Ireland will show that the har-
bour of Kinsale is about 30 miles distant from Milk Cove,
with severel headlands intervening, and it is, therefore, quite
clear, that although \lr. Dillon did prevent the landing of
the cargo of the Peru in this district, but that could have no
effect whatever in forcing the vessel to run into Kinsale
river on the next day.

It is upon these grounds, and not upon any suspicion of
cowardice, that Mr. Dillon's claim to share in the proceeds
of this capture has never been at any time allowed, and he
never received any sum as a share of such capture; but in
October, 1833, Lord Althorp, then Chancellor of the:Ex-
chequer, directed the sum of £5O to be paid to Mr. Dillon,
in consideration of his distressed situation, and the heavy
expenses which he had ineurred.—Times.

BRISTOL. LEATHER FAIR.—The supply at this fair las
week was in most articles below the average of former spring
fairs, but owing to the causes at present depressing almost
every branch of business the attendance of buyers was
unusually short, and their purchases extremely limited. The
transactions were therefore very unimportant as compared
with preceding fairs. Our quotations vary but little from
former rates, except in skins, which, being in greater supply
comparatively than other articles, have suffered more .from
the absence of a demand. In Bark a good 92 any small par-
cels were brought upon the market, but the very high prices
demanded, and the near approach of the new supply, pre-
vented many sales from taking place. The transactions in
raw goods were quite immaterial :—there is no stock.
PosTortFiet.—A return has been laid before the House of
Commons, showing the amount rf gold, silver, &c., con-
tained in letters which have been consigned to the Dead
Letter-office, in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, during
the five Years ending 1811, and which had been opened be-
cause the parties to whom they were addressed could not be
found. The amount in gold, bank notes, and silver, found
in such letters, for the five years, was X 28,898 for London,
X69G for Edinburgh, and for Dublin £2830; total, X 32,424.
The total amount in bank post-bill, bills of exchange, pro-
missory orders, &c., exclusive of money, was £2,053,341.
The-amount restored to the owners was £167,179, and that
paid into the revenue £134 : but it is necessary to state, that
the bills had all been restored or destroyed by the authority
of the owners, and the sums recovered to the owners for the
two last years cannot be stated, as the " dead" letters had
not remained three years in the office.

MONOMANIA.—The following case is given in the Standard
to show how strongly epidemical the fashionable monomania
is becoming. And this case we cannot do better that describe
in the words of our before-mentioned excellent contemporary :
—" The case at Bow-street, yesterday, opens, indeed, a new
and an interesting chapter in the seience of monomania, sug-
gesting hints that no doubt will be acted upon. Mr. Dillon,
the menacer of the Lie of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
it appears, claims a large sum of money, which he thinks lie
would obtain but for the opposition of the too vigilant
guardian of the public purse, and he communicates in a mild
way to the party certainly most interested in the subject of
his communication, certain monomaniacal notions about the
propriety of taking a pistol and sending a ball through him.'
Why should not this mode of seeking money or promotion
-be extensively adopted ? We can fancy a letter to the follow-
ing effect producing a considerable impression upon a nervous
man :—` Sir, I ton an unhappy monomaniac who am very
desirous of £ ,or the office of now vacant (as the
case may be), and I have been able to think of nothing for
the last month (excuse me) hut taking a pistol and sending a
bullet through you. I enclose my certificate of monomania
from half a dozen mad doctors, and have the honour to be,
sir, your very humble servant, --. P.S. Please send the
money or the appointment (whichever is demanded) with as
little delay as possible, as I find all my dreadful thoughts
rushing into my mind.' Or, more shortly—' Sir, Put .:E5 in
a certain place, or expect to hear something more of yours,
A M'N , Monomaniac •by Deploma. P.S. Be
quick—verbum sat.' Such are some of the less horrid con.
sequences to be anticipated from the establishment of the
new doctrine."

THE LARGEST STEAM FRIGATE IN TILE NAVY.—The
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty last year approved of
a plan submitted by Mr. Oliver Lang, Master Shipwright of
the Woolwich Dockyard, of a steam frigate on a far larger
scale of dimensions and power than any hitherto constructed,
and ordered her to be built at Woolwich, and named the
Terrible. It is now contemplated that this splendid steam
frigate shall be built at Deptford Dockyard on the same slip
from which the Worcester 50 gun ship will shortly be launch-
ed. This arrangement will prove a source of great satisfac-
tion to the inhabitants of Deptford,who, from recent reports,
feared that the place would cease to be a building-yard. As
a portion only of the dimensions of this great Leviathan of
the deep was given on a former occasion, the following more
full details will convey some idea of the magnitude of this

vessel :

Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars.... 226 0
Keel for tonnage .
Breadth extreme
Depth in hold
Burden in tons 1,847
She is to he supplied with Maudalay and Field's patent
double cylinder marine engines of 800 horse power. The
cylinders will be 72 inches in diameter, and the erection of
the engines alone has been contracted for at the cost, includ-
ing the boilers, of the large sum of £40,250. The engine
room will be of the following splendid dimensions :-75 feet
long, 38 feet broad, and 27 feet deep; and the weight of the
engines and requisite gear connected with them will be up.
wards of 500 tons. The diameter of the paddle-wheels are to
be 34 feet by 13 feet in breadth. The coal-boxes will contain
800 tons of coals; and, altogether, this great vessel will far
exceed in length and other important points the largest ship-
of-the-line ever constructed in this country. The Lords of
the Admiralty have shown by their adoption of Mr. Oliver
Lang's plan of a steam-frigate of such magnificent and un-
paralleled dimensions, that they are resolved Great Britain
shall continue to reign, es she has previously done, mistress
of the seas, and that they will cordially encourage every im-
provement in modern science tending to render the navy of
this country the most efficient, and it may be said, far supe-
rior to any other power in the world.

THEATIAt,IIOYa, WILLTAMSON,EQUAI E

Seeorid Night of the celebrated Performers, Mr. W, FA
REN and The. GLOVER, who are engaged hi
Nights.
Mr. STUART,
TERNAN. .
THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 14th instant
1. a New Drama, called
PETER AND PAUL.
Peter Britton.Mr. W. Farren I Peggy Britton .Mrs. Glover
as originally performed by them in London.
After which, the New Drama of
GRANDFATHER WHITEHE AD.
Grandfather Whitehead.. Mr. W. Farren,
• Langley
(their original characters.)
Edward .. Miss Fanny Ternan.
To conclude with the Farce of
THE LADIES' CLUB.
MRS. GLOVER IN THE CHAIR.

I\lrs. TERNAN, ant]

Miss FANS