The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1846, Page 2

agatnsy wins prUrcuuE ULE Diikomagiicar ture, and against the extinction of the protective principle. I was brought forward for the representa- tion of Liverpool on the colonial, and consequently on the protective principle. Although perfectly un- tettered and unpledged. I yet distinctly and explicitly avowed myself the advocate of that principle. I have bestowed the most calm and dispassionate conside- ration on this question. | have listened with atten- tion to all that has been said on both sides in this debate ; and far from being shaken, I find my opin- ions confirmed, aad my vote must conform with my opinion. [Sir Howard then proceeded at great length and ability to show; which he illustrated by a variety of statistical facts, that the present movement ot the Government for the repeal of the Corn-laws was neither necessary or expedient; and then pro- ceeded to remark that the nodle lord, the member for West Riding, observed forcibly, the increase of population requires addit:oaal means and sources of Subsistence J [t appears to me, that by maintaining the Corn-laws we shall best provide for this, by ex- tending and improving the cultivation of Great Bri- tain aad Ireland. It seems a strange proposition, and one contrary to all experience, that the way to encourage the production of articles of aay kind ie to expese that branch of industry to uneqial compe- tition. But can we not find, do we not possess, in our colonies, unbounded sources—rich fields of vir- gin fertility, such as the noble lord has depicted in the United States, from which we may derive un- limited supplies ot British produced food ? I had im- | agined a species of free trade among ourselves, by which we might acquire freely, the agricultaral pro- ductions, as well as others, of our colonies, if we were really to treat them as if counties of the coun- try. There wasa right move made in that direction in the passthg of te Canada corn bill, tor which [ voted with great pleasure; but this admirable | prociple is very imperfectly carried out. I heard | with great pleasure the other night the honorable members for Montrose, Stockport, and Cock- ermouth, express their wish to see this great principle extended to other colonies ; and | their belief or hope that the time was now come | when the colo: les generally were really to be incor- | porated with the United Kingdom as integral parts | thereof, aod that thus a mew era ot corontal man- agement was about to commence. Why, sir, from the moment that the protective principle shall ua- happily be extinguished, not only will the Canada corn bill, thoagh at present subsistiag in the form of | a solema compact between the Imperial Parliament, whieh originated, and the Canada Parliament, which re-enacted that measure—not only trom that moment will this compact be absolutely annulled, but the colonial sysiem itself will be vircually dia- solved. For the Canada cora bill will become wholly inoperative — absolutely nullified. How mach of grain do thos hon. members think will come from Canada, Prince Edward’s Island, aad Australia, when the ports of the United Kingdom | shall have been opened to foreign corn? Not a | particle of the United Stazes bread stuffs will transit | then, that without the aid ot the Liberals he would | Ev.gland, but it was decidedly for the advantage of Canada, by the costly inland communicatious which are now opening tor that purpose, to be taken down | the St. Lawrence to Quebec to give the British ship | owner the benefit of the freight home, and the Bri- tsh merchant the advantage ot the transaction: and | should this measure pass, the United States may | well desiat from the measures they have adopted (the recent transit act,) to countervail and defeat the important advantages which the Canada corn | acts were intended to confer. What becomes, | then, of the agricultural prosperity of Canada 1— | Canada is, essentially, an agricultural colony. I well remember—that, in 1826, when holding the | government of one of the British North American proses: under a distinguished and justly cete- | rated statesman, Mr. Huskisson, at a time when emigration to Canada was becoming brisk, and Canada corn was only admitted tothe United King- dom in limited quantity, and at a considerable duty, | Ithink 53 ,—to have written to Mr. Huekisson a despatch, in which, referring to his trade acts and to the measures proposed by his majesty’s then go- vernment, to promete the permanent interests of the Bntish posseasions, | endeavored to represent the rapid progress then making in British North Ameri- + ca in agricultural operations, and the necessity of improving inland communications ard navigation throughout British North America, and to adopt a ly course of policy which should ensure toCana | da,at all times,external markets for the consumption | of their agricultural productions, in the markets of the | Uaited Kingdom, and those oi their sister colonies | in the west. I represented that no distress can be | s0 severe as that which must result from a popula- tion extending itself over unbounded fields of virgin fertility, peopled by emigrants from the mother | country as a measure ot relief to ourselves from the | occasional preesure of unemployed labor, if at any time we should f+ ilin ensuring them markets for the | productions of their industry. And it does now be- come a matter of the very greatest importance to consider, what is to become of the Canadas, if we now fail ia this duty to them by withdrawing protec- tion from the interests we have created, and the in- dustry we have cherished. The United Scates will not free trade with British North America; and if 80, and we withdraw protection from the productions of the Canadas, as by the extinction of the protective principle, and the repeal of the differential duties we are asked to do, it is quite obvious what the tenden- cy must be. I have often imagined—and it was fer this that [ moved for, and @dtained the order of this house, for the extensive returns that are now prepat ing, namely, the various colonial tariffs and com- mercial relations at present subsisting between all ths colomes of the empire aad the mother country, and between the colonies themselves—that it might really be possible to treat colonies like counties of | the country, not only im direct trade with the United Kiagdom bat in commercial iutereourse with each other, by free trade ainoaz oarselves, under a rea- | sonable moderate degree ot protection from without, | and 8o resolve the United Kingdom, and all her co- | lomies and possessions, into a commercial union such aoe defy all rivairy, and defeat all combi- nations. Thea might colonization proceed on a gi- | pate scale; then might British capital animate rittsh labor, om British soil, for British objects, throughout the extended domiaions ot the British empire. Such an union is the United States of Ame- | rica—a confederation of sovereign states, leagued | togetner for comm *rcial aad political purposes, with the most perfect tree trade within, anda stringent protection from without; and, signally, surely, has that commercial league succeeded aud flourished. Such aa union, too, isthe German Customs’ League; aad it has succeeded to an exteat that really i, in 80 short @ time, miraculous. But free trade—the ex- tinction of the protective principle—the repeal of the differeatial daties—would at once convert all our co- lonies, in a commercial sense, into as many indepen- dent states. The colouialconsumer of British produc- tions, w ould then be released from his part of the com- pact, that of dealing, in preference, with the British producer; and the British consumer of such articles asthe colonies produce, absolved trom his; each party woald be free to buy in the cheapest, and sell in the dearest market. 1 defy any honorable mem- ber opposite to say, that this would not be a virtual dissolution of the colenial system. The British flag pes till fly for a time, where souad Brit: sh policy raised it, in every part ot the world. The colo- nists would regard it still with the veneration to which it isentitied. Our navies might still guard their coasts and watera, and our troops hold military possession ot their lands ; but then would come the question of the economists in debates on the navy, | maader 1a-Chiet “ae suv Usvare was UiUUgul WY 4 GIUEE as @ U GIVER OM | the protective force 18 to be increased ; and a taxis the morning of Saturday, the 23th of Fi alter | to be levied upon itself for the payment a powerful speech from Mr. Cobden, on the weak- inves. ‘The curfew of the Norman conqueror neas of the protectionists, numerically and political- | is to be revived—people in ie proserias part of the ly. The division was preceded by a “scene,” of a | country are not to be out of their homes between gf personal and reetiminatory cast, in which and sunrise, this seems arbitrary, and, t. Ferrand, Mr. Bright, Mr. Roebuck, and others, | in the present enlightened age, barbarous ; but if the were the actors. | For Sir Robert Peel's motio +++ 837 Majority for the motion,.... The New Commercial waey of England. It is doubtful whether the repeal of the cora laws will be immediate. On Monday night, Mr. Vil- | liers moved, 1n committee, for the immediate repeal | of the duties on cora, instead of the repeal three years hence, enforciag his position cleverly by proof, that the present time was the best adapted for the interest of the agriculturist ; that now he could better compete with his foreiga rival, when wheat was scarce and dear in all parts of the worl), in- stead of three years hence, when it might possibly be cheap and plentiful .The debate stood adjourned until the followin: night, and atthe time we write, on the evening o! Tuesday, we are unacquainted with the result. It is just possible, if the morning papers are expressed to Liverpool to-day, that the division may arrive here an hour or two defore the sailing of the packet, and thus cross the Atlantic with the European Times; but we are not ubiquitous, and ip the ab- sence of advices from our London represeata- tive at this late hour, we are in the dark as to the result’ Inall probability, however, the sense of the House will be against Mr. Vilhers, as Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel thiak that it is impo- ltic, on the score of success, to depart from the scheme as originally propounded. Tne Minister would be delighted to be lett in a minority, but the landlords, there is every reason to apprehend, | making the best of what they consider a bad bar- | gaia, will hold himto his three years’ term, and | divide with him against the immediate repealers. All depends upon the landlords for the free- traders in the House are not numerically stro enough to beat the ministerialists, the whigs an the protectionists. But nothing in their previous tactics can lead us to hope that the latter will exercise a generous and dignified liberality on this | occasion. — The division on Saturday presents some curious 1 results. The House, as our readers are probably aware, consists of 656 members; of these, 227 Libe- rals voted with the Minister, and 112 Tories—total | 839; against him, 11 Liberals, and 231 Tories—total, 242, which makes tho majority of 97 ‘There were 30 Liberals ab-ent, aad 15 tories; 11 Liberal pairs, | brutal murders, assassinations, and ill associa- tions,at once the bane and the opprobrium of the land, | | can be arrested, it will go far to honest e8 and well-disposed people to the infliction. Happily this coercion bill is to be accompanied by coneilia- tory measures of a political and agri kis bill for the improvement of land, by-providing com- pensation to tenants, a bill for amending the laws Telative to the registration of voters. and another for placing the municipal franchise of Eugland and Ire- land on the same footing, are amongst the promised measures of amelioration. It is said that Daniel O'Connell haw attained the allotted duration of human life ; but, if all the ac- counts which appear be true, is not destined long to exceed it. Those who see ifim nightly in the House ot Commons declare that he is sinking fast, and that the last twelve months have added thirty years’ load to his existence. He enters and leaves the House on the arm of his son Joha; and, once or twice, when he essayed to speak, his voice was so feeble that he could scarcely be heard in the reporters’ gal- lery. This appears to be the winding up of a career which will always stand out, despite its imperfec tons, ag one of the most remariable in the history of the British nation. This is one view, but O'Con- nell will yet outlive many of those who could not hear him in the reporters’ gallery. France, Tae correspondent of Wilmers’ Times, writes from Paris, under date of the 23th ult., as follows : A postscript to my last letter informed you ot the rejection of the amendment of M. Berryer, by a very large majority. The etfect of this amendment was to express a sort of sympathy to the United Statesin ind. A | “rhe Presse, however, a conservati' | rive, without comment, but the votes that wil | ‘ow them will excite t interest. , The resolutions of Mr. Allen, about the non-it | terference of E an continent, d here... Oae newspaper, the Siecle, points to them as the indignant answer of the American legislature to M. Guizot’s speeches declaratory of his determi- nation, on the part of France, to interfere as often | and in such manner as he might see fit ia American affairs. Bat the good Siecle should have bethought itself that it was perfectly impossible that M. Gui- | zot’s speeches could have arrived in the U. States at the time Mr. Allen’s resolutions were under dis- cussion, still less at the time they were first propo- sed. It is certain that the resolutions will not have the slightest effecton the French goverament. It eatirely repudiates the position that European gov- ernments have no right to meddle in American matters, and for its part will continoe, as hereto- fore, to exercise tts influence in such a manner as right in opposing the resolutions as useless, or worse tion to enforce them. Pompous declarations, with- out the ability or the will to carry them into effect, lessen the moral influence of a legislature. Those of Mr. Allen are felt to be a faur pas, which it 1s surprising so pro?inent and ee accomplished a statesman should have been betrayed into making. The idea broached by the London Times of the preference to England, and its rejection was, there- fore, remarkable. Another amendment, of lar character, has siace met witha simitar fate. Oa the discussion of t .e paragrap' of the address in an- swer to the King’s epzech, in which satisfaction was expressed at the closeness of the alliance with England, M. Remusat proposed an addition, to the effect that ‘‘each nation should preserve its entire liberty of action in the two worlds.” In sp2aking in support of this amendment, M de Remusat, ex- | pressed his satisfaction at the alliance existing be- | tween Fogiaid and France, declared tiatit was necessary for both countries and tor the peace of the world, and hoped that it would be continued — But he required that:in eases in which the interests imi- | | 13 Tory pairs; 5 vacancies, and the Speaker, 5; ma- kung up the fall complemeat of the House—658. Sir Robert Peel’s supporters, it will thas be seen, only | number about a sixth of the representation, and in this estimate are included 27 officials. It 1s clear, have been hors de combat—in other words, he would | have been destroy€d by those who made him. (From Wilmer and Smith's Timos, March 4} | As we have been the ‘steady advocates of free | trade since our first appearance before the Ameri- ean public, we may be pardoned for the expression ot our gratification at its present ovatiou. Industry, combined with an unrestricted exchange ot commo- dities, is the source of all wealth, whether of na- ions or of individuals. The ploughshare and the shuttle are excelient preservatives of the peace of nations—better far than ball or bayonet. An identity of interest has an emollient eff2ct on people's pas- | sions. No country in the world possess so many quisites for the attainment of national wealth, in the free and enlightene as the United State: d spirit of commercial reciproeity | States. The resources of the soil, the energy of the citiz ‘ns, the magnificent and economic internal transit by rail and water, a splendid marine for carrying its products to the ends of the earth— all these great natural and acquired advantages point it out as a pre-emunently fertile and exportiag coun- try. The capabilities of America are but half de- veloped. ‘Lhe young giantis only in leading strings, | These facts torced themselves upon us when we traversed that great continent, and the conviction is strengthened as we glance in “our mind’s eye” at the triumph of the undeveloped future, as_foreshad- hei in the enlightened fiscal policy of Sir Robert ‘eel. State or Trape ix THe Manuracturrne Die- TRICTs.—Notwithstanding the unsettled state of commercial matters, which have prevailed since the sailing of the last steamer, consequent upon the corn-law debate in the House of Commons, the re- ports received from the manufacturing districts are on the whole satisfactory. Our Leeds correspon- dent, in his communication, dated February 23, says, that during the past week more business has been done in both the cloth-halls. Business in the warehouses has also improved. The principle arti- | cles in demand continue to be tweeds of low quali- | ty, for the Continental market. Accounts from | Huddersfield, although not so encouraging as the above, at the same time give reasonable hopes of a | good spring trade. There is @ rather inactive and Imited business transacted at the Rochdale flaanel | market. Tae wool market there has undergone no | particular change of fate. Business at Bradford and Halifax piece markets is rather dull, as is also the hosiery trade at Nottingham and Leicester. The trade at Manchester has not been so buoyant cm reine time past gee is is present ® y in Nt foods an arns ; the prices of both are reduced to Somme extent, js i A fleet of steamers is toassemble in the spring, for exercise in the channel. Some of the Birmingham manutacturers have me- | morialised Sir R. Peel in favor of the abolition of the duty on tin. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Chas. Angustus Fitzroy, Kat, to be Governor and Com- in and over the colony of North Australia and its dependencies. | . The navy estimates for 1816 7 amount to £7,476,- | 953, an increase of £533 233 compared with last | year. Of this, the sum of £5,324,663 is for the ef- fective services. | A great sensation is stated to have been excited at | fF, ‘aris by the extraordinary phenomenon of a young | girl, from Normandy, who possesses the electric power of tne torp:do. M. Arago has made several | proofs of this singular quality. | Volees from the Crowd. A MEMONSTRANCE WITH THE AMERICANS. Brothers, why this rage and scorn 7 Why these gidevand tauntings fang? Were your sices not English born ? you not the English tongue 7 ‘Thiok you not with English thought 7 Is not Snakspeare yours And ours 7 nd thi religion taught In our cities, and your bowers? Brothers, turn your thoughts to peace, And let ell this discord cease. Why should war affright the earth 7 ‘Were the land yon eovet thus, Richer, 1arj better worth, Wherefore should you fight with us 7 *Twould be scandal to our kind, | An opprobrium to our cret | If through rage and malice blind, One American should bleed ; Or if Englaod’s meanest son Lost his lite for Oregon. If ye n> desire the land, "Bide your ho army, and ordnance estimates, what is the use ol colonies? They consume not, as ot old, the produc- | tions of the United Kingdom in any greater degree than if they were foreign States; we no longer con- wderand treat the colonies as domestic sources essential for the supply of the materials ot our manu- facturiag industry, and the elements of our mari- | time power ; and it will be difficult to answer that economical argument, when, moreover, we shall have discarded ovf colonies, for consideration of a wretched pecuniary economy, and sacrificed na- tional objects, and high destinies, to the minor, and the comparatively mean, calculations of speculative wealth. I have said what the effect of free trade | What will be the | must be on the Canada corn bill. effect ot the extinction of pratection, when fully carried out, on the British North American timber trade? I am not speaking of the terms proposed in this new tariff, but of the total abolition of all dit- ferential duties, which must be the result of this measure. When this is carried out with respect to sugars, what isto become of the British West Io- | 0 be affected by tree trade in sugar? For the perfect extinction of protection must be carried out to the extent even of admitting slave-produced sugar, as alread demanded, and as Pace th ae vo tage ae cotton. hen ot the coffee ot Ceylon, and what o' = lndia—that boundless space in which, in the valley of the Ganges alone sugar sufficiént for the ly of the whole world might be produced ? rere sir, in conclusion—fervently do I hope, po! onetime intentions and expec . frien « fally de 4 end, honestly and faith: to the best of his judgment, to pro- mote the real interest of his country, by this pd sive mg may be realized to the fullest. extent : sincerely do I wish that my opinions may prove to ve erroneous, and my apprehensions ground- less. Bat, ry Atk conviction that such will not be the workings of this measure ; believing that the value of British industry will be depressed ; that the and social cod ition of the not be raised; that British agricole in", dies? How will they '» checked and injured, and that consequently manu- | fi commerce, and navigation, will suiter, and ts of our naval power subvert-d:—I give a wa confident, conscientious, and consistent vote, however painful and reluctant in some re- spects, against this perilous, and, as it appears to me, unnecessary experiment a experi ment from por ely retreat; a movement im which eding ; an experiment, the success o! which caa scatcely add to the general well-being, the prosperity, the greatness, and the glory of this country: but any failure in which must prove ruin- ous to imperial Britain. {The gallant his seat anndat loud cheers J jactures, the great pillars of our maritiine supremacy, and the \ Clear it—pla Peacetul, ‘Who will people all Spreading comme Free to anwer in |» When you ask thei But beware, for Freedom's sake— Oh, beware, the part you take, } Tt would be a dastard shame— | Shame more deep than words can breathe, If for this we lit the flame, | “ Yes, or no |” | a | Because you were insatiate. | Freedom’s prophet, England taught, j ‘And you learned what she jastilled ; You the iaspiration ca: Be your prophecy fulfilled. Show the world, that doubts the fact, That of freedom is not born } Rabble passion, freuzied act, | Utter recklessness and scorn,—- If so once, they need not be ;— | ‘Wisdom dwells with Liberty. | Let the bloody flag be furl’d : Nobler is the task we're set ; | And ’tis treason to the world | To neglect it, or forget. | Science woos usto her arms ; } Young Invention spreads her charms ; Kaowle Now Discovery waite our time i ige beckwns us to climb. . join us in the van, I} tead the march And all reason speak ¢ in vain ; Be the guilt of every life In the uonatural contest slain | On your heads ;—end ere ‘tis over, Such @ lesson you shall leaun, As shall sicken you of war. i premere) for Ebdon ie ' et us our thot peace; Let this foolish discord cease. ; Irish Affairs. ‘The affairs of Ireland are absorbed in the contem- platen of the great free-trade drama which is now ing acted in England. Mr, O’Cognell is in Lon- don, and the management of the Repeal Association | 1s confided to his lieutenant, Mr. Smith O'Brien, A bill introduced into the House of Lords, the objent | ot which is to render life and property more secure in the sister country, has met with a good deal of | oj tion, and much angry recrimination. The bill proposes to give the Lord Lieutenant the power of declaring distarbed districts under the operation | i ofjhe act ; injured persons are | willingly regard | interest in Texas, an | Stat ‘ nounced in favor of the ministerial policy. | —a matter that cannot sufficiently be deplored. | has taken an atiitude which hereafte | Mense gravity to the United States. Itis a pity—a | | ment | rity of 91, and presented to the King. His Maje: | considered | considerable to be compensatedgi| of the two nations might differ, France should not | sacrifice her’s for the benefit of England. He took | the case of the United States as an example of what he meant. The increase of the marine and the power | of zhe United States was neturally objectionable to | France. and therefore, France should lean rather | ta, the United States than to England, or at least | Diaintain a strict independence. “There is a dif- | ference,” said he, ‘12 the views of Eagland and | France with respect to the United States, an! a dif- | ference, also, in their policy. To characterise the policy of France, I will not invoke ancient sympa- thies, tor 1 know that would be to make an appeal to sentiments no longer in fashion, and to employ words gone out of use. I know well that it is now | accepted that we ought not to conduct government | by sympathy, and, besides that the American de- | mocracy does not merit much sympathy. We have before our eyes examples of a delicacy so exquisite of disinterestedness so aia that many people | the American democracy as | an interested and mercantile ation, whic’ merits no longer the respect of the world. But that was nota reason why France should adopt the | olicy of England as she has done in the affair of fexas.” To prove this he made use of several of | the arguments previously employed ; and conelud- | ed by a strong condemaation of the ministerial | hey, as truck ing to England, and wanting an inde- pendence. Reterring to the Oregon question, he expressed his conviction and hope that it would not | end in war, but he blamed ministers for having, by | their conduct in Texas, deprived France of th task | of arbitrating between the United States and Eng- | Jand,to which her rank in the world, and her rela- tions with the two couatries entitled her. M.Gui- | zot, in reply, contended that the Policy he had pur- sued in Texas was not, and could not, be consider- | edan act of hostility to the United-States. It was the result of a difference of opinion, and if a mere difference of opinion on such a matter were to be considered hostile, all the independence between the two governments would become impossible, and if | they were obliged to follow the United States 1n all things, could that be called independence? He was proceeding with his arguments, when M. Thiers laterrupted him to blame the policy pursued in Tex- | as. France, he said, had no interest in Texas, and | had no rizht to interfere to prevent its annexation to the United States. Bat she didit to oblige Eng. | land, and yet M. Guizot talked about tif independ- | ence of his policy. Both countries were, indeed, | independent in cases in which England would not | assist France, but they were not independent when | Eagland needed the assistance of this country. In | Syria and Greece, for example, where France had need of a England stood aloof, and the EE licy pursued by each country was independent; but in America, where England needed France, the po- licy of both countries was united. M.Guizot com- batted these arguments with similar weapons to what he had previously employed. France had an | that interest required that Texas should not be annexed to the United States. | He denied that he hid interfered in the matter to | oblige England. His interference first commenced | on tne invitation of Texas herself, when Mr. | Ashbel Smith, her ageat in Paris, begged him to resist annexation. All that he had done he would unhesitatingly doagaia. His conduct was the begin- ning of that independence towards the United States with France intended for the future to erage Ua- Jess the determination to miaintain that indepen- dence has been cleieny stated and clearly mani- fested, he foresaw that if a war broke out between agland and the United States the government would hive had to struggle strongly against the po- | pular feeling for dragzing France into it. M de Re- musat, mn concluding the debate, ma ntained thit France had done wrong to separate from that coua- try, which, like her, was interested in the mainten- ance of the liberty of the seas; and he censured the feeling wh'ch had been minitested in the Chamber and elsewhere of taking grand airs with the United | and treating them as a turbulent democracy. | On a division, a najonity of 63 votes rejected the | amendment of M. de Remusat, and thereby pro- | This was the last debate that has taken place in | the French Chambers on American Affairs. It ia | important in itselt, as showing that the opinion of | M- Guizot and the policy of the government have undergone no chinge whatever ; and showing, | algo, that those ae and that policy are shared by, and possess the STM Ob, the great and over- whelming majority of the Chamber of Deputies.— But the debates that preceded this one were even more important ; for in them were made the m*mo- abl+ declarations that henceforth that close and in- | | timate union between France and she Uaited States, | which has hitherto existed, will exist no more—that | | the two countries are no [i | for good and for evil fortune—that each will pursue | longer united, as it were, its own path, without asking or caring whether it may | pleasethe other. Surely this ae aera | et | it is certain the United States hive only themselvesto | thaak for it—Mr. Polk’s address has done it all Ad- | mitting that France made a blunder in the Texan , business, it could not be supposed that she would | | tamely submit to be rated for it in the President’s | Message. A great and glorious nation like France | should not be snubbed like a school boy, even when | deemed wrong. In returning Mr. Polk’s blows, she has struck harder than was expected, and she TF may be of im- great pity, that she should have been forced into it, especially ata period when war is not altogether im- possible between the States and Britain. After the disposal of M. de Remusat’s amend- | the everlasting question of the right of visit | was discussed An amendment was proposed con- | demaatory of the conduct ot the government, and | in the deb \tes that ensued thereon, the proceedings | | of the Uaited States towards Eagland, with respect | to the right of visit, were contrasted with those of | France. A eareey of 73 votes, however, pare | and sanctioned all that the government had done. | The addrees was eventually voted by the large ma; reply to it contained nothing worthy of observation. Since the voting of the address the two Chambers | have been occupied in the discussion of matters of mere domestic interest. The vote of the secret ser- is to come on shortly. It is generally vote of confidence in the government, and gives rise to lengthy and stormy debates. Bat this'year it will probably be carried without any dis- cussion whatever, us the debates on the address | have exhausted every question. | On the orders of the day of the Ch imber of Depu- | ties, appears the long-expected and long-talked of projet de loi, tor the establishment of a namber of | packet: boats between France agd the United States, and other parts of the American continent. The | are to be steamers, and to sail at stated in- | tervals from the priac’pal seaports of this country. | ‘Their establishment will be very useful both to the | United States and France, and will facilitate the communications between the two countries. They | will, however, deprive the Liverpool steamers of a | it number of letters. If, as is | said, the United States government also intends to | set up aline of steamers between New York and Havre, we shall have, with French, Liverpool, and American vessels, a daily post between the old world and the new. Oa the jueation, the newspavers have said nothing, of late, of sufficient importance to be cited. | thirteen | tired. | val is on its last le; | altogether. Tom-foolery is no lon, | Vande Weyer has jamber of passengers, and the English | ly re-eatablishment of monarchy in Mexico has been received. upon the whole, with favor by the Parisian press. Even the republican Natronal does not de- nounce it, if it be the pleasure of Mexicans, but in- sists upon the full liberty of action being allowed them. It also advises that in any measures the French government bf be induced to join 1n, care be taken that it be not Made the dupe of England. Mr. King, the American Minister, gave a grand ball on Monday, in celebration of Washington’s birthday. Mrs, Ellis, his exceliency’s nieve, did the honors of the salons with that unaffected and witching grace for which American ladies are cele- brated all the world over. Upwards of four hun- dred of the élite ot Parisian society did themselves the honor of accepting the invitations of King, as well as all the most eminent American citizens now | in Paris. Among the guesta were M. Gaizot, M. tuchatel, M. Daversa, ae? i Ministers ; Lord Gowler. the Ambzssador of England, and several other foreign Ambissadors; the Presideut of the Chambers of Deputies; M. Thiers, M. Berryer, M. de Tocqueville, and other infliential members of the Chambers of Deputies ; several members of the Chamber of Peers ; the Biboo {)warkanauth Tagne, who is making such a senation 1 Paris,and who is making all the women die of love tor him—(th rogue 18 so rich, sud has such splendid cachemere shawls to give away,)—the Baron Hyde de Ni vile, Count Serrurier, and Count de Poiatois. three formerly Ambassadors of France to the Ua ted States, and maay other high!y distinguished pe! sunage Tae Lafayette family had, of course, been invited, but were unable to attend from a do- mestic affliction. The féte was a most eplensid one, appeared to afford the highest gratttication to all the guests, and will rank among the most brilliant of the present season. ‘ Fresh intelligence of a mercantile character has lately been received by the government from Can- ton. It is tothe effect, that Eagland has sent such immense quantities of Spanish stripes that the mar- ket is encumbered, and prices have declined. Never- theless, it is believed that ‘the Spanish stripes of France could command asaleat good prices, and the light cloths of Reims and Beauvais were in demand e ordinary sober colors of cloth are not quite fa- vorable to their sale—they ahould be clearer. Fine cloths are not very much in demand, and the de- mand that does exist 1s supplied by Kngland, Ger- many, Russiaand Prussia. Long ells or serges are in great demand, and cannot be supplied by France. | Turkish satins are also sought after; those of France are too dear. Blankets, flannels, and articles for dress hitherto sent have not hit the taste of the Chisese; they are not large enough, nor wide enough, nor do the colors of the designs suit. Patterns are sent of what is really wanted, but unfortunately it is impos- sible Sng to describe them. For wines the Chinese care little or nothing, but would accept champagne and the light wines of France, if not so dear, Of cherry brandy they take large quantities. I could extend this description of articles suitable to the Chinese market, but deem it better not, inas- muchas the above 18 the latest account, and intelli- gence of what was wanted two or three months ago | might mislead now. Washington Irving, the United States Minister at Madrid, had quitted Paris after several weeks stay. Mr. Wheaton, the United States Minister at Prussia, is now here, The operations of the Bank of France last year amounted to 1,489,907,000 francs, the highest amount they have yet attained. i A law for according an extraordinary vote of 25,- 000 francs to Algiers, has been preseoted to the Chamber by the Minister of War. The cost of this colony in treasure and blood is enormous. The new treaty of commerce concluded by France and Belgium is the sam - in effect as the last, with this difference, that it will be some what more advantageous in its operations to France. It pro- vides, among other things, that when the importa- tion of Belgian threads and linens shall exceed 3,- 000 000 franes they shall pay duty. Heretotore, | they had been gained at the expense of those of England. ‘ A new effort is to be made inthe Chamber of Deputies to obtain the reduction of the 5 per cents. mie of the newspapers positively declare that the government has determined not to proceed with the proposed expedition against Madagascar. Many parts of France have suffered severely from imundations. The waters, however, have now re- i The weather is most beautiful and mild— like spring or early summer. The Carnival has concluded it was, torty or evea ten_y what it 1s in Italy, the Parisi Compared to what jarnival is a sorry affair. But, notwithstanding, it is not altogether to be di ed. Its masked balls are decidedly amu- sing, fh net'remarkably moral. [ts promenades of the bauf gros, accompanied by a brilliant proces- sion of horsemen and footmen, in costumes age and clime—gorgeous banners, triumphal cars, and bands of music, are well worth seeing. Its maskers and mummers in the streets, though in ge- neral dull dogs, sometimes create a laugh, and al- ways excite attentioa trom the oddity ot their cos- tumes. But still there is no denying it—the Carni- , and it will soon cease to exist Tr to the taste of the people. It has had its day, and must now make way to the spirit of the age. Toe “ g0-a-headism” of our time will assassinate it. It was yesterday year’s Carnival terminated its id on Sunday and Tuesday that the beuf gros was hawked about the streeta, to the intense delight of gaping crowds of both sexes, all ranks, allages. This spectacle is very ancient—so aacient that its commencement 18 lost in the night of antiquity. On Sunday and Tuesday nights all Paris was dancing; and I don’t iuink it would be » calumny say that all Paris was, for a time, engaged in a gigantic debauch. Now, however, is the time for penitence and mor tification, for nuw we are in the season of Lent. The Archbishop of Paris has published a long ap- peal to his peopic, in favor of psuiie ace and prayer, wiading up with his gracious permission to cat meat every | on certaia days, and to consume egg and milk on certain others. Bit, notwithstanding the fo lies of the Carniva! have only just ceased, [ don’t think thet the poop! of Paris, speaking of them in the miss, will pay mush a’tention to the prelate’s ap- peal; and as to his p*rmission to edt meat and eau, he might just as weil have withheld it, for the Aa aa will certuiniy take it as often as it suits em Much satistiction has been felt here by the Bey of Tanis be abolished slavery throughout his dominioas. Such a proceeding was rearcely to hive been expected from an African potentate, in whose country slavery haa existed as long es the count, itself“ It was on the representations of the Frene and English consuls that he took T French, albeit slavery still exists in their colonics, entertain an extreme abhorrence towards it; and nothing would afford them so much pleasure as to a re bec old Lo eey and allies of the y aes tates jetermined on sweeping it away. [n jne- tice to the French, it should be ndded that although alavery existe in their colonies, measures have beea taken tor ite gradual abolition, and those measures are now being carried into execution. m England is said to have offered to arbitrate be- tween Franoe and the republie of Hayti in the pend- ing dispute, and there is no doubt the offer will be accepted a Belgium. The difference of opinion p prevailing ia! jhe Bel ian cabinet respecting the ation questio PH ven rise, after five or six cabinet councils had Secu held on the subject to a ministerial cri traifued the post of the Interior, and his ation has been reluctant- ly accepted by the king. His excellency will short- to London, in ofder to resume his diplo- matic duties at the court of St. James’s, his succes- sor not having been appointed. Commercia, Taxaty Between France anv Bet- aium —The Journal de Bruxelles contains a con- densed statement of the commercial treaty conclu- ded between France and Belgium. It consiste of i articles, and certain stipulations of some 5 ‘uropean governments on the Ameri- | Pry attmneted very little attention | it may think necessary. Mr. Calhoun, then, was | than useless, the United States not being in @ posi- | , OF compared to | | fe im bet ween its own ta'iff and the general tariff; youd 3,000,000 ki mmes, the duties anterior to the | ordonnance of 26th June, 1842 For muslias, up to three millions of kilogrammes, the duties rior to the ordomnance of 26th of June, 1842; general tariff. with the impor: ation of the same Belgium, and the duties on either side are not to be aug- mented until the expiration of the present treaty. The Bel; government agrees also to require on all the other frontiers, except the Fresch frontier, the same a — exception of nye kilos of yaras from srmany Rassia, which jam continues to re- ceive at reduced duties. no In the firat list of sipalaiions are also those which, on the one hand, relieve the machinsry of France from the surcharge by the law of 1816, aud on tho other hand, late that the slates of Belgium shall only be admit. ted into France on the minimum duty of the law of June the arrangements for passengers into the “‘phore ia also snarticle regulating | packet boats conveying port of France. The coucessions made by France are : — | e arrangements with respect to wines and silk es continue the stipulation of the 16th July, 1942. 2 A decrease of 12 per cent. on the salts of Frauce | sent to Belgium. instead of 7 per cent. as at present. nuiling of the supplementary taxes estab- Belgiam, in 1343, on wollen yarns, new cloth nd fashionable manufactures from France.— Woollen yarns are to pay three fourths of the former | duty, and the other articles the duties levied before 1843. 4 Annulling the supplementery duties of 9 and 6] per ceat on cassimeres, jimilar manutactares . 6 The continuance of the decrees of 1344 end 1945, of ayeoohe Production, ted, | | | | which took from cot on tissu | the extra dutiss which before | There are some reciproo: | tion of mutual rivers; and | increase of the pi Octrai duties, or other duties of | the Balgian communes, shal! injure the profit of France | in these « ipulations.the simple declaration of the French | government, after one month’s notice, shail be sufficiont | to render this treaty null and void.” é Spain. z | Our advices from Madrid are to the 24th ult. in- | "As was antici the add ed b was |, the address, 8), yy a num- | ber of the deputies, againet the cre) marriage of the Queen with the Comte Trapini, hae led toa change of Ministry. One of the ministers, M. ban | ed | Was suspected of having favored the getting up o the address, and it is certain that it was signed by | many of his personal frieuds. ‘Tis led to alierea- tions between him and General Narvaez, which, however, were ae up by a sort of apologetic | speech delivered by M. Moa, in th: legislature. Sub- sequent!y, however, the disputes between the Min- isters broke out al with renewed violence. Narvaez, who 13 a vioient headstrong fellow, in- dulged in the most virulent reproaches of his col- leagues, so much so that one of them, the Minister | of Marine, proposed a duel, which should be con- tinued until one or the orher wae killed, but this, though accepted, was prevented by the prudence o! the neconds. Narvaez at last proposed, that as they could not agree among themselves, all the Ministers shon'd send i their resign ations ; but to this his col- aes demurred, saying, that as they posse: the | confidence of the legistature it would be inconsist- ent with their daty to the country to resign. Nar- varz. thereupon, got into a great passion, and bounc- | ed off to the Queen and offered his resignation as Chief of the Cabinet. Tae Q reen sent for the ovher Ministers, and told them tnat she considered the Cabinet dissolved, and asked them to give up their | portfolios. They again declined io resign, saying, that they could cary on the government without Narvaez. Arter soine little hesitation, M. Martinez de la Kosa, Minister tor Foreign Affairs, sent in his resignation. IIia colleagnes, however, would not resign, aud accordingly they were dismissed by the | Queen. Narvaez was applied to to form a govern: | meat, but he declined. The Duke de Viluma was | next applied to, and accepted the task, but, being | unable to complete 1, was obliged to abandon it. An | application was then made to the Marquis de Mira- | flores, and he immediately formed a Cabinet con- | | reign Affaira; M. Isturttz, Mintster of the Interior ; General Roneali, Minister oi War; Admial Tor- | pete, Minister ot Marine ;M Penay Aganyo, Minis- ter ot Finance; M. Anrzola, Minister of Justice. | of the Army. The new Unbinet consists of eminent, able, aud patriotic men, all of whom have played im- portant parte jn the yabhe affairs of the last few years. ‘Thus far we have not had an opportunity of ascertaining the manner in which it will condnet the government, but it has pledged itself to act ac- cording to the constitution, and to bring in measures , for the proniotion of public interests. It has ex- meets also, that the ttile given to Navaez‘is merely jonorary, and gives no power whatever over the army. eal There is a talk of some extensive modification in our tariff on cotton goods. INDIA. Terrible Battle—Tremendous Loss of Life.) Oar advices from Bombay, since the sailing of the steam ship Cambria, come dowa to January 17, and furnich accounts ef o1e ot the greatest battles ever fought by the British in the Iadian empire, ia | which we have suatained the known loss of 3,309 of of our brave soldieza, inc'udiag the gallant Sale, Sir J. M’Kaskill, and Major Broadfoot. When these accounts left the scene of action for Bombay, | tor transmission to England, there were several re- | giments from which returns had not been received, | 80 that a further loss may be calculated upon. An Extraordinary Gazette gives the official ac- Count of the military operations in this great s:rug- gle. The result, we are proud to say, is as glorivus and decisive a victory as ever crowned the British arms, and equalled only by the field of Wa- terloo, Previous to laying before our readers co- | pies of the more important dispatches, we prefix the | following brief outline :—Un the 12th, 18th and 14ch | of December, the Sika army crossed the Sutlej, with, at the lowest estimate, 80,000 men (of whom | | 20,000 or 80,000 were cavalry,) and about 50 pieces | | of cannon of the largest calibre moveabie in the | field, and exquisitely finished—aa artillery immea- surably more powerful than was ever brought into | the field by Wellington or Napoleon. It is only in morals that the Sikhe are to be ranked as barbari- ans. Theyare a race as vigorous in body, as acute in intellect, and as skiltul in ell the arts they culti- vate, ot which war is the chief, as the generality of Europeens The place at which this formidable host passed the river is about 40 or 60 miles from Lahore, the capital of the Panjaub, and within a much less | distaace of Ferozepore, the most advanced of the | British posts. Ferozepore is about 15 or 20 miles from the poiat at which the Sikhs crosaed the river. The invaders having established themselves and organized their f srce on the British side of the Sutlej, made some slight demonstration of attacking Ferozepore in the interval between the 15th and 18ih; but, upon the last named day, broke up, and taking the direct road to Delhi, proeeeded in a southerly di- rection, as if they would mask Ferozepore, leavit iton their right. In this direetion a division of 30,800 of the invaders had proceeded about 25 miles toa place callea Moodkee, when, on the evening of the 18th, they were met by a p.tt of the British ar- | my commanded by Sir Hugh and the Gover- nor-General, Sir tenry Hardinge, who, 23 second in command, took the Geld ing A fierce con- fitct ensued, in which the Sikhs lost the artillery at- tached to their divisioa, in number 17 guns. It was in this of the battle that Sir Robert Sale and General McCaskill fell. The coutest proceeded languidly through the 19th and Sih, the armies on | both sides being occupied with the bumulof their dead, and the re-organisation of theit respective ar- mies. Daring these two days the Pritish command- er received some reinforcements; but the invad- ere having fallen back upon their main body, proba- bly 30.000 or 40.000. presented 4 prodigiously aug- mented torer, when the shock of battle was renew- ed on the 2let, at @ place called Ferozeshar, about 12 miles in retreat from Moodkee. At Ferozeshar the invaders had prepar d a etron: ly entrenched camp, which they stood prepared to defend with 100 pieces of their hage field artillery and 60,000 men. agae Nation can e@arcely depict the fury andthe obsuna- cy of the two days fight that must have preceded the capture of the invaders’ camp, with all its materie and artiliery, and the utter dispersion of the iavad- ing army on the 224 December. The most forin- nate escaped to island» in the Sutle, or perhaps .o the Punjaub banic, but the greater part were scatter- ed in brokeu parties throuvh the British territories. Their lose is varionsly est mated at from 25,000 to 35,000 in killed and wousded. Our loss in killed ani wounded, it 19 to be ‘eared, fails little abort of | General Sir J. M’Caekill, | vision, consisting of sistiag of himself aa Chief, and as Minister for Fo- | p. General Narvaez was nonivated General-in-Chief | jp, |r a 3,300, inciuding $) European officers. From General Sir Hugh Gough, G C.B., the Com- mander-in-Chuf of thy Army in India, to the Go- vernor General of Ind ice . Caxr, Moonen, Dec. 19, 1845. _ Rught Hon Sir~Ii wonld be a superfluous form in me to address voun narrative of the campaign which has opened againsithe Sikhs, and the suc- ereetul action 0! vesisrd:y, since you have in per- 60n shared the fatign’s aad dangers of our ' and witnessed its ¢ {Torts and privations, but that my position as its head, renders this my duty; and itis necessary, froin that position, I should place these events on record, for the intormation of all wah as i! all {ndia. ane? be told, that ou, sir, Ke or, but others have to be " the sudden and u yprivoked aceression of the Sikhs, | by crosging the Surley with tic ureat " their ay with the ieownd ntton of attacking | Ferozepore in tme of profound peace, rendered 1n- | dispensable, on of part, @ series of difficult combi- | nations for the protection of om tein station, 80 stifiably and so unexnect e na “From t y advanc ‘and salieat position of Fero \ wally pe pom: it became k. la, where I had shed my this invasioa had sehual: taken place, to pid succession, vtheefeate- 0 jullest confidence in Major ral r, commanding at Ferozepore, and teduess and gallantry of the tropps occu. it. ‘he troopsfrom the different stations ia the Shir hind division pe yes: to move by forced marches upon Bi an, where, by a, most judicious Pacey ar you directed supplies to be col lected within a wonderfully short space of time. The main po of the force at Loodianah was withdrawn, and ‘a garrison thrown into the little for- tress there. From this-central tion, already + red to bd brought, in sume measure, wi the sope of the contingencies of a aetion to be fought for théir relief. All this is soon related ; but most hai ng have been the r troops ia completing this concentration. Whea theit march had been further pro! to thie place, they had moved over a distance of upwards of 150 miles in six days, along roads of heavy sand ; their perpet- ual labor allowing them scarcely time to cook their food, even when they received it, and hardly athour for repose, before they were called upoator renewed exertions. _ When our leading corps reaghed Widnee, a small jaghire of the late Meanarajal Shere Singh, its garri- #on shut the gates of the tort aqeinet them ; and, as our battering guns were far in the rear, is waadeter- miued to reserve it for tasure chastisement, and we remained content with compelling the vi to furnish wpplies ‘Gt could, however, rain except for our over-wol eattle) under of enduring a cannonade and assault ; this it did, with- out the necessity of firing a shot. * ‘i When we reached Wudnee, it was evident that the force before Ferozepore felt the influence of our movements, as we heard that a very large portion of that force had been detached to oppose our further advance ; their teeling parties retired on‘the morn- ing of the 18:h before our cavalry piqueta, near the village and fort of Moodkee. | _ > nt Soon after mid-day, the division under M jor Cre neral Sir Harry Smith, a brigade of that uader Major and another of that ucder Major General Gilbert, with five troops.of horse ar- tillery, and two light field batteries, under lieutenant Colonel , of the horse artillery, (brigadier in command of the artillery force,) and om Sara di- 3d ‘Majesty 4 it goon’s, the body-guard, 4th and Sth Tek Bavairy, and 9th Irregular try, took up their encamping ground in front of Moodkee. ‘The troops were ina state of great ex! principally from want ef water, which wasaot pro- curable on the road, when, about 8 P.M , tion wee Festa that the a ppp ing; troops scarce! it unde! ate, and more, to their positions, when the fact was ascertained. I immediately pushed'forward the horse artillery and cavalry, directing the infantry, Scaaaiaeeae the field batterie gupport. We had not proceeded be we tound the enemy in position. They were pa io ist of from 15,000 to 20.000 infantry, about me force of cavalry, and 40 guns. Tiey evident- iad just taken up their positioa, or were advanc- 1a order to battle againat us. attacks, and to cover the. - Tadvanced the cavalry under Cougs and Mactier, rapidly to tie tront,ia celunas of squadrons, and oceapied tue plain. They were speedily followed by the five troops of horse “artillery, under Brigadier Brooke, wao took up a torward positica, having the cavalry then oa his flanks. re The couatry is a dead flat, covered at short inter- vals with a low, but, in some places, thick gle, anddotted ‘with saddy In'locks. Tas ene screened oral antantry. and artilery baie shia} gle, and such uadul ions as je Brows efiorcods and,whilst ‘our 12 battalions formed fron é¢avloa of brigades into line, opened a very severe cannonads upon our advaneit oops, which waa vigorously replied to by the battery of horas artillery under rigadier Brooke, which was soon joined by tic two light field batteries. The rapid and well . Lo resist th tion of the infan) Brigadiers White, | ted fire of our artillery appeared soon to paralyze that of the enemy; and, as it was necessary tu com plete our infantry dispositions without advancing e eee io neat to on jungle, 1 siescted ts cavalry under Bri jiers ite an to aflank movement on the enemy's left, with aoe of threatening and turning that flank, if lo.— With praiseworth Lipp Light Dragoot with the 2nd brigade of cavalry, consisting of bogy guard and Sta Light Cavalry, with @ portion of the 4th Lancers, turned the left of the Sikh ar- my, and, srocping slong the whole rear of its it fantry and guas, silenced for a time the latter, and put their numerous cavalry to fight. 'Winist this movement was taking place on the eemy’s left, I directed the remainder of the 4th Lancers, the 9ch Irregular cavalry, under Brigadier “Mactier, witha light field battery, to threaten their right. This manquvre wasaiso successful. Had not the infaat- ty and sof the enemy been screened by the jungle, these brilliant charges of the cavalry would have been productive of greater effect. _ _ When the infantry advanced to the ettack, Briga- dier Brookes rapidly pashed on his horse artillery close to the jut and ths cannonade was resum +d on both sides. ‘The infantry, uader Major-Geaeral Sir Harry Smith, Gilbert, and Sir Joha M‘Caskill, attacked 1n écheton of lines the enemy’s infantry, almost invisible amongst wood and the ching darkness of night The opposition of the enemy was such ag might have been expected from troops who had everything at stake, and who had loag vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample end ex- tended line, from their great superiority of uambers, far ontflanked ours; bat this was counteracte! by the flank movements of our cavalry. The: the infantry now commeuced ; and the roll of fice from this powerful arm soon coavinced the Sikh archy that they had met with a foe they little expect- ed; and their whole torce was driven from pou- tion after position with great slaagnter, and the los of 17 preces of artillery, some of heavy calibre ; our infratry, using thet never failing weapon, the bayo- net, whenever the enemy stood. Night oaly saved them from worse disaster, for this stout was maintained during x hour and a half of dim star- ne, wnat a om of ~~ vag — sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and succ*ssfal attack was attended gt considerable loss; the foreé bi- Noe upon the field for sous Sa only ret to its nt after asce: i it hed no coemy helath ir, and that night prevented the pombility of a regular advance in pursuit. I beg to congratulate yo t hi sir, 00 this fut defeat of our Zou net by the 1 have the honortocommaad. Theperseverance by which success was attained you personally wi ;and the troops I am sure telt proud of the eelf-devotion with which their Governor General exvon bine selt toevery d amongst them. I before that our loss had been severe ; it could not be esteem- ed smali if we had no other to record, when I men- ticn that, towards the conclusion of the atiair, Baict General Sir Robert Sale,to whom India and Eng- land are so much indebted, had his left thigh shaner- ed by a grape shot, and that the wound ence proved mortal. Sir John M‘Caskill, an old and valu- ed officer, who has done his country much good ser- vice, received a ball through his ep on the advance of his division, aud immediately ex- pired. Brigadiers Boltoa and Mactier, and Liente- nant Colonels Banbury and Byrne, and other valoa- ble officers, are amongat the wounded. Theee loeses our country and the service will deplore, but netcon- sider unavailing,'‘when Feresopore shell be rescued from the invader, and the insuit to our territory aed tale fidly punished. oe I have every reason to be proud of, and with, the exertons of the whole of the officers troops of this army on this arduous oceasion ; with tue concact and dispositions ot the divi- ag, the brigadiers of the several arms, the ral, personal, divisional, aud brigade siaff, the nandiug officers of regimeats ; bu: this dispatgh eccasarily completed in the u:moat haste, and in he midst of most imy nt operations—i mst, therfore, reserve to a luture opportunity tho ing tak of bringing especially and by name to the notice of goverament the particular merits of indi- vidual officers. Icannot, however, refrain from expressing my : of obligation to the heads of the two prin- cipeldepartmen:s. Major General Sir James Lnun- ley was unfortac prevented by severe sickacss 9 aciive daties of this great adjatant genoral, there- fore supplied his place, and it is shy duty to oo how pot hove feng cperh nome Ld trices f have endured by being Lt deg Hall ad eresent ue in consequence mt A wegen het pt A Sofa enemy’s baiterics, Neie ber ioae to record the valuable aid wi Sed upon this, as on a former campaign, been me by the Quarter Master General, Lieut. Gardens his departmental arrangements de: my tcomnendation. Major Gen. Sir Harry Smith ineving ben inted te the command of @ Feruaeeh mer teat ecient of her ‘8 forces volve I. Barr, who, not ouly in the performance of these ties, but in every Way ia which assistance can rendered in active operations, has been tome a mort viele staff oilicer. ‘ s fioy oe wwe to thank you, right honorable sir, for ing placed at my disposal the services of the offivers It from taking part in crisis. Major Grant, servi received whilst of your staff, and to thank them for the siptance they afforded me on this rduows day, shall bé my pleasing duty to mention them wi dually, with the othigers of my owa personal