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ent, if it may be so called, proved successful beyond all Corporation.—The Earl of Rrron, in answer to Lord CLARENDON, 
ee ay he His t of the affair aed great stated that Government intend, in the course of the present ses 
Ashe. font} " sion, to introduce a bill respecting the building of houses in the 
credit to the taste and judgment of Lady Canning. The | metropolis, and thatit is ae ion to issue a issi 
little Pachas and Effendis, Khanouns, Leilas, &c., con- | on the sanatory condition of the people.—The Duke of WELLING- 
ducted themselves with due decorum, and doubtless on | 7O¥ intimated, in renly to Lord MonteAccz, that Ministers on: 
their return to their respective harems were the innocent tertain no intention to propose any alteration in the Jaw by Mh 
instruments of a propagandism to which nobody can | end ofa term of ten years from 1834; that there is no alteration 
reasonably object.”’—The Hon. Mr. Curzon, private secre- | to be proposed in the banking laws and that Government pur- 
tary to Sir S. Canning, who was to act as the British com- | PS’ to continue the Act relating to the Usury Laws.—Lord 
missioner at the deliberations of the Turkish and Persian | and libel, which was agreed to,—The Attorneys and Solicitors 
plenipotentiaries at Erzerum, sailed for Trebizond on the | Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. 
27th. Capt. Williams, at first appointed to fill that mis- Tuesday.—The Duke of WELLINcTon moved that the para- 
sion, had been unable to undertake it in consequence of 
jindisposition .—We regret to state that the rumoured express their ’approbation of the services of her Majesty’s 
murder of Col. Stoddart and Capt. Conolly in Bokhara is fleet and army in oe eons of the operations by which such 
confirmed. The Ameer had thrown them into prison on | important succegs had been attained. He enumerated in succes- 
5 r + * _, | Sion the places at which the forces had been aged, and the 
the receipt of news from Cabul announcing the disasters | ¢j Doe ee eet tutte Then Lcommmcate: 
of our troops on their first expedition; and on the 17th | ment of hostilities, comparing, as he proceeded, the relative dif- 
of June last, at the instigation of Akhbar Khan, the centees wich the fron had Hesbect yal ee ovarenme, gat 
" i y ‘specially characterising the series of operations by the unite 
Bokhara chief ordered that Col. Stoddart should be putto | ccrvices from the attack of the heights of Canton to the conclu. 
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death, in the presence of Capt. Conolly. ‘They were both | sion of thewar, as “unprecedented in the naval and military his- 
Jed into a small square near their prison, where Col. | tory of this country, and attended by wonderful success.” ‘. 
Stoddart was beheaded, and, on Capt. Conolly refusing to cellent arrangements by which ships and soldiers had been in each 
ia Mah ean he also fell under the headsman’s instance so combined as to co-operate most effectually, and the 
embrace Mahometanism, he i : good understanding which subsisted between the commanders of 
Knife. They were buried on the spot, in graves which had | the naval and land forces, deserved, in his opinion, particular 
been dug in their presence. commendation, as it was to this that their uniform, rapid, and 
MIArga.—The Levant Mail has brought recent advices | most blondes ctor vee oo ane cag wile ur 
from Malta, with accounts of the fleet, and the movements | success had Se eee peron tie oun'cablegireiniinet 
of our ships of war in different parts of the Mediterranean. | forbearance, and humanity of the troops; and concluded b 
On the 31st ult., the inhabitants of Malta had an oppor- eee their pee unanimous concurrence in the reso- 
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tunity of witnessing: bY spectacle Me? magnificent ue itis Lord AucKLaANp had the more satisfaction in expressing his 
rare;—the heaving down of her Majesty’s ship Formidable, | perfect accordance with the high praise which had been bestowed 
of 84 guns, in the presence of Sir Edward Owen, com- | "pon the forces, as he had selected Sir H. Gough and Sir W. 
r-in-chi d an immense concourse o' ors. | Parker for the service. The noble Lord then drew attention to 
mendes che ‘ah aareers emploned ih tt f epee an | the claims of the Native Indian Army, which he considered to 
Upwards o} men were employed in the work: 1n 8D | have been somewhat overlooked ; but the omission was instantly 
incredibly short space of time the ship yielded to their | supplied by the Duke of WEnuinGToN. 
ower and gracefully fell into the desired position, In an | ~ TheMarquess of LANspowNz regretted that the name of Sir H. 
instant the full extent of her damage, caused by her run- 
ning ashore at Barcelona, was ascertained, and moulds of | explained, that as the vote was one of thanks for military services 
the required repairs having been taken, she was again | alone, his name could not with propriety be included.—. 
righted. It is said that the plan sent to the Admiral by Brovucnam cordially supported the motion; and adverted to the 
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the ship’s carpenter, who went down in a diving dress tO | respect: to whom every man who would receive it would prefer 
survey her at Barcelona, represented in the nicest degree | his single opinion, his single panegyric, to votes of thanks from 
the damage received ; and that his report was fully con- Ha Houses of Parliament.”—Lord HappincTon belle lu 
pe ih e ino expressed their entire concurrence in the vote; and after 
firmed when ahs ata pois down a ednesday, fe afew words of high eulogium upon Sir H. Pottinger from Lord 
31st ult., a sight altogether new in Malta was witnesse¢ | Anenpxnn, the resolutions were carried i ly, includin: 
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to be a cause of the suffering of the working classes ; but Scot- 
land had shared in the distress as well as England. The real 
again was produced by the want of an adequate field for the em- 
ployment of capital and labour. To extend this field ought to be 
the great object of all our exertions; the natural field for our 
industry was confined by barriers and restrictions: there were 
laws on our statute-book which had been passed for the express 
purpose of restricting our foreign trade, especially in the important 
article of the food of the people, Our export was measured b; 
our import trade, Happily, our internal trade had been practi- 
cally but little hampered with icti 
was a degree of prosperity unknown in those countries where 
internal restrictions impeded intercourse ; and this was a practical 
confutation of those who said that the removal of commercial 
restrictions was a theoretical idea. But this very policy of 
jn the cheapest market ;” and if the Government were not pre- 
pared to carry out their principles, why had they unsettled ev 
thing? They should not, in the present condition of the country, 
ay : 
. GLADSTONE admitted the existence of great distress, but 
argued that great and peculiar exciting causes had existed 
not be touched by any other mode of ta: o - 
crease inthe savings’ banks deposits was one satisfactory subject 
contemplation. H k the f 
for the commercial legislation of this country, during the last 25 
years, had recognised the necessity of their removal. But the 
capital and labour, had not materially affected established in- 
terests. What was the proposed substitute for the Corn-law? 
system of long-continued protection, enormous investments of 
capital had taken place, which it would be ruinous suddenly to 
disturb. It was true in the abstract that corn and cattle should 
be similarly dealt with; and in the revolution of ages and of cir- 
e time might come when they might be so treated. 
at Valetta,—the confirmation by the Bishop of Gibraltar | by name Sir H. Gough, Sir W. Parker, Sir Gordon Bremer, and 
of some 300 persons of both sexes and of all ages. After Generals Lord Saltoun, G. Burrell, Sir R, Bartley, and Sir J. H. 
the morning Panes had been read, the Bishop delivered an Thursday.— Lord BroucHam made some explanations relative 
address appropriate to the ceremony. Among the persons | to the Slave-trade Treaty proposed by America in 1823, and stated 
confirmed were several midshipmen and boys from the fleet. | that the exemption claimed by the United States only related to 
Unirep Srarxs.—By the Royal Mail str. Caledonia, the coasts of America. 
from Boston and Halifax, we have received papers from | powyr, stated that his motion respecting Lord Ellenborough and 
New York, to the 2dinst. The papers are occupied with | Indian affairs would be the same in substance as it originally 
accounts of the discovery made by Mr. Sparks in refer- stood.—The Marquess of Lanspowne put some questions about 
ence to Lord Ashburton’s treaty, and state the particulars 
given in our last, confirming the fact that Dr. Franklin’s | Duke of Wxurin~cron said he would inquire whether such 
map was produced by Mr. Webster in the Senate. Indeed Bests as in existence ; and also stated that the proclama- 
< = Fives ceedi j tions about the gates of Somnauth will be produced. 
at 
it appears eee Ppnlice oe of the Pragereines in secret | “"F.iday.—A conversation took place relative to the documents 
session of the Senate, upon the question of approving the | jately published upon the military proceedings in Affghanistan. 
treaty, has brought this communication to light. The | The principal point ‘ee the Duke of Weturneron and Lord 
New York Eapress, after describing the discovery of the | WHarncrirrs’s denial of any disobedience by Gen. Nott of 
4 ‘i e ra orders forwarded to him by the Governor-General.— Lord 
map, observes, Ae reading this letter of Dr. Franklin, | Wyrannciirre, in reply to Earl Frrzwruitam, stated that 
it can hardly be said that Great Britain had no grounds | 95,0002. had been raised by private subscription, and 75,000/. in 
to set up aclaim to the disputed territory, and may not | consequence of the Queen’s Letter, for the distressed manufac- 
every American rejoice that this matter is now definitively turers. The amount already expended was about 63,0002. 
settled, and can never more be brought in controversy.’ HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
‘An abstract of the Bill now pending in the Senate of the Monday.—The CuanceL1or of the Excnuqvuer, having moved 
United States has appeared in the papers. It proposes 
the occupation and settlement of all the territory claimed | the holders of the forged Exchequer-bills issued through the 
by the United States north of 42d degree of north lati- | criminality of Beaumont Smith. He divided the holders into four 
tude, and south of 54 degrees 40 minutes. The whole classes, the first being those to whom no suspicion, either of col- 
north-western coast, 1 is known, has been claimed by | ana third classes being those t 
Russia, Great Britain, the United States, and Mexico. | degree, on the score of care and prudence, might be attributed, 
The ground of the claim of the American Government | but not strong enough to warrant their exclusion from the con- 
rests upon the following basis :—Ist. That of the priority | sideration of Parliament. To these three classes, therefore, he 
of the discovery by Capt. Gray, of Boston, in 1788, of | fourth class, including persons amenable to grave suspicion, as 
the mouth of the Columbia. From this, according to the | those implicated in dealings with Rapallo, Solari, &c., are to be 
universal rule among civilised nations, follows the right altogether excluded from compensation. The result is, that, out ofa 
to the country watered by such river to its sources. This 
discovery was afterwards more completely explored by | Exchequer bills. While the Right Hon. gentleman admitted the 
the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and | weight of the call thus made on the public, he adduced several 
Clarke. 2d. The cession by Spain of all her rights of | T2S0ns in exposition of the justice and propriety of providing 
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territory north of the 42d parallel of latitude. Sd. The comp\ded the House that the forgery had been committed by an 
French claim, to which the United States succeeded. 4th. | officer of the Crown.—Mr, Witriams, Mr. Barine, Colonel S1s- 
Contiguity of territory. On the other hand, Great Britain | T#oRr, Mr. Hum, Sir T. Wirps, and other Members addressed 
sets up her title to the same territory on the following the House, and a resolution in accordance with the Chancellor of 
grounds :—Ist. That she can plead priority of discovery | Lord Howrce brought on his motion—That this House do 
by Mears, sailing under Nene 2d. That by the | resolve se ty Reoumtice on Siebel House, to consider 
r and in Gres cnn: so much of her Majesty’s speech as refers to ‘that de} ression of 
convention of Noone So! acted eyes Me a yielded to he manufacturing industry of the country which had. so long 
Great Britain free an op' fe 7 aD settlement prevailed, and which her Majesty has so deeply lamented.’? He 
to British subjects, in common with her own, upon this | apprehended that he was taking the most regular and parlia- 
coast. 3d. She claims also the French rights, ceded to | mentary mode of bringing on this question, which he did not do 
Spain in 1763, by treaty between those two nations.—Ac- | 2 22¥. mou of ose sie Goverment The duration of the 
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metniefrom N ew Orleans mention an attempt to assassi- Sa Ieeet ch nen AMA eae On ar 
nate Mr. Clay, one of the candidates for the Presidency, | The mining ad the AnIpEi aint teas were also affected ; retail 
i i me Court ; b ¥? | tradesmen in the country felt, in their diminishing incomes, the 
while he was leaving the Supre 3 but the assassin owing scarcity of employment; and not merely ne lower, but 
was believed to be insane.—Letters from the West Indies | the higher classes, shared in the ‘general depression. We might 
received at New York state, that any hope, however re- | be told that the worst had passed, and that symptoms of improves 
mote, that might have been entertained of the safety of | ment were Sune pale a it pacha be Bose non 
j i j 5 been, and might again be, disappointed. We had no rig) 
Her Majesty’s ship Victor, 16, Commander Otway, must | Petter permanent improvement, without the interference of Par- 
now be entirely dispelled. No intelligence had been heard | jjament to remove some of the causes of that distress, whose 
of her when the last packet left, and there is not a doubt | longer continuance was full of peril to our security and gts 
that she must have foundered, and all hands perished. tions. An inconvertible paper currency had been proposed a8 
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remedy ; but Sir Robert Peel had demolished that notion in alate 
Monday 
relating so. 
poned his motion for a vote of thanks from Thursday to Monday | them from giving any ¢ 
was 
applied to any interest, He agreed that.an extension of the field 
of employment for capital and labour was the great thing re- 
quired by this country; but Burke had said that the statesman 
donment of our Corn-law. The noble Lord, when he said that 
the example of this country, if she went farther with relaxation, 
would be followed by other countries, should bear in mind that 
these countries, and America in particular, had been acting on 
the restrictive principle. 
classes; and also, to inquire into the origin of the late outbreaks, 
which are also alluded to in her Majesty’s speech.”—On the 
motion of Mr. Ewarr, the debate was then adjourned. 
Tuesduy.—Lord STANLEY moved a-vote of thanks to the offi- 
cers and men employed in the recent naval and military opera~ 
tions in China. He would mix no disputable topics with this 
terior waters of China, under the very walls of Canton. The 
fortifications there were of great strength; but, almost impreg- 
nable as they seemed, they were forced by @ comparatively 
insignificant squadron. A second attack on Cantor er= 
wards rendered necessary by the misbehaviour of the Chinese ; 
and whereas the former had been chiefly @ naval tesa this 
was principally, though by no means exclusively, @ military one. 
By a force hardly amounting to enn ae in all, a line of hills 
was occupied, and the forts captured, 
Sir TinaiiGonglte despatch, against a body of from 35,000 to 
45,000 Chinese troops. His Lords ane ae toffee ain 
any 0! 9 y 
honour the conduct of a company OF as imenlty 1 kept at bay 
‘sand Chinese. He then described the sub- 
Sor escicion. toIsOTs and eulogised the skill with which 
the captains laid their ships in line within the arbour, and the 
gallantry of the escalade by which the troops possessed them- 
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hibited in the capture of Chinghai and Ningpo. The good order 
and discipline of the troops, naval and military, British and 
Indian, had merited the highest praise, and had left among the 
a favourable opinion of, and disposition towards, the British. He 
rejoiced that long years of disuse had not impaired the effi- 
ciency of the British forces—that their swords, though they had 
rested in their scabbards, had not rusted there.—Sir C. NAPIER 
bore testimony to the merits of several of the officers mentioned 
