The Canton men were in a state of great excitement, while the consul himsel felt deeply hurt and indignant that such an occurrence should have taken place under the countenance, if not at the instigation, of a British subject. An official account of the whole affair has, we believe, been forwarded to the government here, who, we trust, will not permit this disgraceful proceeding to pass without the most signal marks of their disapprobation. We only trust that they have the power to inflict an adequate punishment. The gratuitous interference of this person in the instance above alluded to obtained for him the merited contempt of the public, whose opinion he professes to disregard. But the evils that may result from the present proceedings unfortunately do not centre in his unworthy self. To have been directly the means of occasioning so much disaster and suffering renders his conduct actually criminal; but the injury he has inflicted upon his countrymen and their trade will not be wiped out by the blood he has caused to be shed, nor mitigated by the tears of those who, in his victims, have to bewail the loss of friends. The impediments to our intercourse with the Chinese have always been great, and it has been our policy of late, stretched to the bounds of prudence, to ingratiate ourselves with them. But we question if any of those measures which have been loudly declaimed against will have a more disastrous effect in lowering us in their estimation than this one act of an unfeeling, selfish, and reckless man, who, in assuming the character, has disgraced the name of a British merchant.- China Mail, April 10.

The Hong-Kong Register, April 22, states the sentence on Fowqua has not been carried into execution. He will be transported to the cold country.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Whereas Rutherford Alcock, and George Tradescant, Esqrs., have been hitherto officiating as her Majesty's Consuls at Amoy and Foo-chow-foo respectively, this is to give notice, that Rutherford Alcock, Esq., has now assumed his duties as her Majesty's Consul at Foo-chow-foo, and George Tradescant Lay, Esq., as her Majesty's Consul at Amoy, to which several ports her Majesty has been graciously pleased to commission them respectively. By order, ADAM W. ELMSLIE.

Victoria, Hongkong, 4th April, 1845. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint C. B. Hillier, Esq., Coroner for the island of Hongkong, pending the receipt of her Majesty's pleasure.

By order, FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th April, 1845. Colonial Secretary.

SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.

At HONG-KONG.-MARCH 28. H.M.S. Sapphire, Fittock, Amoy; Warlock, Jauncey; Starling, Chape, Whampoa.-29. Royal Alice, Hall, Whampoa; Ariel, McFarlane, Whampoa; Panama, Griswold, Whampoa; Red Rover, McMurdock, Calcutta ; F. Squirrel, Young, Whampoa.-30. Harlequin, Morris, Singapore; Earl Grey, Molison, Bombay.-31. Cacique, Eldrid, Singapore; Vixen, Milne, Amoy; Pantaloon, Porter, Chusan; Minerva, Brown, Amoy; Spec, Cole, Macao; Amistad, Matta, Macao.-APRIL 1. Emu, Smith, Bombay; H.M.S. Samarang, Sir E. Belcher, Manilla.-2. Eliza, Paterson, Colombo; Constant, Hemery, Madras; Dansbourg, Haberbuz, Bally.-10. Falcon, Oliver, Amoy.-12. Rob Roy, White, Chusan; Tory, Hayes, Shanghae; Mattakeeset, Cushman, Boston.14. Sam Taylor, Shanghae.-17. Charles Jones, Clarkson, Shanghae. At MACAO.-MARCH 27. Isabella, Gray, Singapore.-29. Mariveles, Cordero, Whampoa.

At WHAMPOA.-MARCH 20. Huntress, Lovett, New York.-22. Olympus, White, Bombay.-23. Aquetnet, Mosher, Philadelphia.25. Markoar, Kabbergee.-27. Chile, Bray, Boston, Batavia, and Singapore.

DEPARTURES.

From HONGKONG.-MARCH 26. Chile, Bray, Whampoa.-28. Strathisla, Simpson, Sydney and So. Sea Island.-Dowthorp, Marwood, London.-29. Sidney, Scholfield, Bombay; Royal Alice, Hall, London.-30. Panama, Griswold, Chusan; Oriental, M'Fee, Whampoa.-31. Louisa, Forgan, Whampoa; Vixen (H.M.S.) Gifford, Amoy.-April 1. Cacique, Eldrid, Whampoa; Alfred, Napier, Manila and Sydney; Emu, Smith, Whampoa; Pantaloon, Porter, Whampoa; Warlock, Jauncey, Whampoa; Red Rover, McMurdock, Macao; Harlequin, Morris, Macao; Flying Squirrel, Young, Singapore and Sydney.-2. Spec, Whampoa.-10. Oriental, Wilson, London; Murker, Karberg, W. Coast of America.-12. Vanguard, Walker, Liverpool.-13. Constant, Hemery, Whampoa. -15. Pantaloon, Porter, Singapore.-17. Charles Jones, Clarkson, London; New Margaret, Ager, Liverpool.

From MACAO.-MARCH 27. Louisa, Forgan, Hongkong; C. Family, Durham, Singapore and Calcutta.-28. Congress, Hayes, Manila.-29. Benito, Gonzales, Ylocos; Isabella, Gray, Whampoa ; Amistad, Matta, Hongkong; Bilbaino, Villar, Ylocos: Tremelga, Pereira, Batavia.-30. Gitano, Orfila, Pangasinan; Mariveles, Cordero, Ylocos.-APRIL 7. Esperanza, Ahuza, Ylocos.-10. Victoria,

Woodberry, Manila; Belvidere, Easterbroke, Whampoa.-12. Har. lequin, Morris, Hongkong; G. Buckham, Sim, London.-14. Poppy, Cole, Singapore and Calcutta.

From WHAMPOA.-MARCH 24. Royal Alice, Hall, London; Earl Powis, Wilson, Ireland.-28. Panama, Griswold, Northern Ports; Mariveles, Cordero.-29. City of Sidney, Wilson, Australia; Flying Squirrel, Young, Australia.-APRIL 11. Chile, Bray, Java; Pantaloon, Porter, Hongkong.-12. Louisa, Forgan, Hongkong.

DOMESTIC. BIRTH.

RICKETT, the lady of John, at Macao, d. March 27.

DEATHS.

CROPPER, Henry Edward, April 5.
MCEWEN, MURDOCK, at Hong-Kong, April 10.
BORJA, His Reverence Done Nicolao Rodrigues Pereira, Bishop of
Macao, at Macao.

COMMERCIAL.

(From the Hong-Kong General Price Current of May 2, 1845.)

FREIGHTS.

To London and Liverpool.-4l. per ton of 50 cubic feet, but not plentiful. To Outports.-Ten shillings per ton additional. To Calcutta and Madras.-Very scarce. For the latter port no ship is loading. To Bombay.-We are not aware of any vessels being on the berth at this moment, but tonnage will, no doubt, soon offer itself.

RATES OF EXCHANGE AND PRICES OF BULLION.

On London.-At six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per dollar. Government Bills, 4s. 2d. a 4s. 1d. ditto. On Calcutta.-Private Bills, at 30 days' sight, none. Company's accepted bills, 223 Co.'s rs. for 100 dols. On Bombay.-Private bills, at 30 days' sight, none. On Madras.-Private bills, 226 Co.'s rs. for 100 dols. On Manilla. -per cent. discount. Sycee silver.-Large, 4 a 5 per cent. premium; ditto small, 2 a 3 ditto. Carolus Dollars-Old head, 8 ditto ditto. Ferdinand ditto, at par. Republican ditto, 3 per cent. dis.

ALLEN'S INDIAN MAIL, LONDON,

MONDAY, August 4, 1845.

A letter has appeared in the Times, from General WIL LIAM NAPIER, replying to a passage alike ridiculous and scurrilous, in one of the Paris papers referring to Sir CHARLES NAPIER. The occasion of this outbreak of French vanity and malignity is the atrocious act of Colonel PELISSIER, in roasting or suffocating (we know not which word we should use) several hundred human beings who had sought refuge in a cavern, whither it was not convenient for him to follow them. The veracious French scribe asserts that this would have been thought nothing of in England, and seeks to corroborate his honest and liberal assertion by accusing Sir CHARLES NAPIER of similar enormities. We have never shrunk from blaming Sir CHARLES NAPIER when he appeared to us to deserve blame (and that has not been seldom), but we should be unworthy of the position which a public writer assumes, if we did not join in denouncing the charge thus made by an unworthy member of the French press as a foul, impudent, and lying slander. Sir CHARLES NAPIER has done many things of which we cannot approve, but we THANK GOD as Englishmen that neither he nor any British soldier has ever committed an act which deserves to be placed in comparison with that of Colonel PELISSIER. This, indeed, is saying little. The bloodthirsty deed is almost, if not entirely, without parallel in the history of civilized warfare, and we feel an apology to be due to Sir CHARLES NAPIER for associating his name even for a moment with that of the ruffian (for he must not be called soldier) by whom it was perpetrated. We regret the necessity for so doing; perhaps General WILLIAM NAPIER does not; for the French calumniator has given him an opportunity of indulging the darling passion of his heart by writing and publishing one of his rhodomontade letters.

WE find that the permission granted by the Emperor of China for the introduction of the Sacred Scriptures into that empire is more limited that was at first supposed. It is confined to the five ports named in the treaty. Despite the praise which has been bestowed upon the liberal views of the Chinese Government, we cannot but confess that we have our doubts whether the liberality thus admired be not altogether assumed. The Chinese have an extraordinary faculty of imitation, and we suspect that they can imitate the moral almost as successfully as the material. Still it is something, that the words of inspired wisdom will find entrance at the chief marts of commerce; that at the places where all that ministers to worldly convenience and sensual enjoyment is freely received, the wisdom which has reference to man's future and everlasting existence is not contraband. We trust that discretion will not be wanting in those whose duty it will be to give circulation to this Divine wisdom, and that while they are zealous in their holy calling they will not forget that zeal is not their only duty and only qualification; that they are withal to be "wise as serpents and harmless as doves."

Nor perhaps should we blame too hastily a heathen ruler for not manifesting much enthusiasm for the introduction of a strange religion, especially when we recollect the positive hostility, for we cannot use a milder term, with which, some years ago, the propagation of Christianity in our own Indian possessions was regarded. The feeling is wearing away, and, once extinguished, it can never be revived; but it is certain that for a long time after we obtained establishments in India the current of opinion ran strongly against any attempt to communicate to the natives of that country the light in which we rejoiced. We fear that in all cases missionaries have not kept in view the precept which we have quoted above-that in some instances their judgment and temper have borne no adequate proportion to their good intentions. But it is a fearful thing to check the progress of divine truth, and it never can be necessary for the purposes of good government. The native ought to be protected from wrong at the hands of the missionaries, but the latter, if he pursue his vocation in an orderly manner, ought to be protected in its exercise. We should not be ashamed in India of that in which we glory at home.

We freely admit that great caution is demanded from the British Government of India on such a subject. The natives should have no reason to suspect that there is any design to effect proselytism by force, or, indeed, any design on the part of the Government to interfere as a Government with their religious opinions at all. But it seems in former times to have been thought that their apprehensions could not be supprest unless the Government displayed something more than indifference in respect of religion. It seems to have been the serious belief of the last generation of Englishmen, or the greater part of them, either that all religions were equally true and equally good, or that religion was altogether a local matter; that every country should keep to its own and be satisfied with it. These opinions are almost worn out, but some lurking remains of them may yet occasionally be traced. Indeed, when once a system becomes thoroughly imbued with any principles, good or bad, it requires a very considerable time ere the roots can be effectually destroyed.

We recollect to have read in the work of an English traveller in India, published between thirty and forty years ago, an account of the discordant state of things at Madras

at that period. While the Governor was proceeding in state to church on Sunday, some workmen employed on a Government building were plying their hammers with a vigour which seriously annoyed the graver and more thoughtful part of those who, like the Governor, were about to take part in the public services of the church. We believe that the practice of allowing persons employed on Government works to continue their labours on Sundays has been continued down to a much later period, if it do not still exist. We find by an order dated so late as 1842, that it at that time prevailed at Bombay, but that Sir George Arthur, greatly to his honour, interfered to prevent it. Now in a case of this kind there can be no decent pretence for laxity.

Mahomedans and Hindoos observe their respective holidays; why should Christians desecrate their great weekly festival, or permit it to be desecrated by those in their employment? There may occur cases of extraordinary urgency when work must proceed even on the Sabbath-day, but such cases are rare, and the departure which they cause from the ordinary decorum of the day is quite a different thing from its constant and systematic violation. It has been said that, in former days, high officers of the Christian Government of India have not scrupled to keep open their cutcherys on Sundays. We hope and believe that no such instances exist now; so long as they were exhibited they could not fail to be obstacles to the progress of Christianity. The native might well reply to those who would win him to a purer creed, "Why should you wish me to believe what it is clear your own countrymen do not believe? If they had any faith in the truth of that religion which they and you profess to hold, they would, at least, render an external conformity to its obligations."

EDUCATION in India seems likely to advance, though in some instances the course which it is taking be not what its most enlightened friends would desire. A body of Hindoos have recently held a meeting at Calcutta to concert measures for providing a liberal education for children of their own creed. The step has originated in jealousy of Christian instruction-in an apprehension that those who received the truths of science and the graces of literature from teachers holding doctrines alien from their own might be led, together with the secular learning proffered, to take also the religion of those to whom they were indebted for it, or at least become indifferent to that of their fathers. As Christians, we certainly regret that such feelings should have been entertained; but we do not see reason to augur ill from the step which has been taken. Education will certainly be extended, and though, while we yield to none in zeal for the cause, we cannot but feel that education untempered by moral restraint is a hazardous gift, we hope well for the result.

It may be expected, indeed, that many of those trained in the new establishment, wrapt in the pride of intellectual superiority, may continue indifferent to a class of truths more sublime and more important than any with which they will have become conversant; but it is not impossible, we would fain believe it is not improbable, that others may be visited by better influences; that when the copious volume of Nature is unfolded in its myriad wonders to their mental vision, they may be led not only to

"Look through Nature up to Nature's God," but beyond this-that they may be induced to become ac

quainted with the Supreme Being in other relations besides those of Creator and Preserver of the Universe. At all. events, truth, be it physical or moral, is better than error; and if we cannot as yet impart to the natives of India all the truth we could wish, we should be willing that they should possess themselves of all that they will receive. The very fact of Hindoos desiring that their sons should become acquainted with European learning, thirsting after it so passionately that of their own free-will they provide considerable funds for gratifying their desire, is a good omen. The next generation, or a portion of it, may be philosophers instead of Hindoos. What will the third be? This is a question which at present no one can answer even plausibly; but, holding it as unquestionable that truth is at unity with itself, we see cause for satisfaction when men are anxious to become acquainted with any section of it. There may be countries where the unsettling of men's minds is a great evil. In India this can scarcely be. The agitation of the long stagnant waters will, it may justly be hoped, tend to their purification-the moving of the soil, to the destruction of the weeds that overrun it.

THE Teetotallers are a frisky set, frothing and foaming like the soda-water and pop which they drink; and at Madras, though few in number, they seem to be in high condition. At a meeting of this body which took place there in May last, one gentleman illustrated the happy effects of total abstinence by reference to the portly appearance of another, who, in his own strong language, was as fat as grease." The same speaker edified the assembled few by relating how he had just quitted the company of a dealer in intoxicating liquors, whom he had tried to convert, but could not succeed, the obstinate man, in spite of the good advice wasted on him, continuing to send out bottles of prohibited drinks "like a mad bull." Now we must confess this mode of distributing the elements of intoxication is quite new to us. We never saw a bull, either mad or sane, send out bottles of wine or porter; and we should like to know how he performs the operation. The bulls with which we have been acquainted had more of the temper of teetotallers, and instead of carefully dispensing the prohibited commodities for the use of the thirsty or the convivial, were likely to send them, as Jonathan has it, to "universal smash." If the gentleman who used this pleasant simile can procure a bull accustomed to the office, he will find it no bad speculation to bring him to this country for exhibition. The importation would be quite a hit for the Egyptian Hall, where, perhaps, the animal might pass for one of the sacred bulls ; and indeed so intelligent a beast would well deserve the honour.

The performers at this meeting renouncing altogether the excitement produced by drinking, appear to have been greatly in want of some other. Like the hero who delighted in being persecuted, and who went about exclaiming, "Will no one throw a stone at me?-will no one give me a kick ?"—they called vehemently for some champion of the social glass to enliven them with a little contradiction; but none appeared. The Teetotallers had it all their own way, like their pet animal, the bull, and great was their disappointment.

We are not insensible to the advantages of temperance, nor to the evils of excess. We believe that no powers of description can exaggerate the latter; but we would put it

to the common sense of all reasonable friends of temperance whether such exhibitions as these are calculated to promote it. The opium-eater tells of a man who got drunk upon a beefsteak, and the teetotallers seem to have the power of getting drunk upon coffee and lemonade. Neither in India nor in Europe do they deport themselves like persons in possession of their sober senses:

"Some men are drunk one day, and some for ever;" and the teetotallers, albeit they eschew spirituous liquors, come under the latter class. The vulgar unprofessing drunkard looks at their vagaries, congratulates himself that he is not so far gone as they are, and calls for another glass.

In charity we must presume that the intentions of these persons are good; but men of restless activity, small intellect, and still smaller discretion, though not deficient in good intentions, are among the most dangerous members of society. Drunkenness is a great vice, and we should rejoice in its abatement; but the temperance people of all shades and gradations are only making ridiculous the cause which they profess to have at heart.

Before quitting this subject, let us ask why is one of the four cardinal virtues selected for exclusive culture? If we are to have temperance societies, why not justice societies ? There is quite as much need of the latter as of the former, and perhaps the hint which we throw out may be taken.

ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE TO SIR HENRY POTTINGER.

The Lord Mayor gave on Thursday, July 24, a splendid entertainment, in commemoration of the recent enrolment of Sir Henry Pottinger amongst the citizens of London. The party, which exceeded fifty in number, consisted of the Right Hon. Sir Henry and Lady Pottinger, the Earl of Auckland (late governorgeneral of India), Sir H. Willock, chairman, and Mr. J. W. Hogg, deputy-chairman, of the East-India Company; Major gen. Sir James Law Lushington, G. C.B.; Mr. J. Masterman, M. P., and Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, East-India directors; Major gen. Pasley, royal engineers; Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P.; Sir G. Larpent, bart., chairman, and Mr. S. Gregson, deputychairman of the London, India, and China Association; Mr. Wilberforce Bird, late deputy-governor of Bengal; Mr. J. Fa. rish, Mr. J. Bax, and Mr. James de Vitre, late of the Hon. East-India Company's civil service; Lieut. col. Malcolm, Capt. Eastwick, Mr. J. Catley, the chairman, and Mr. W. King, the deputy-chairman, of the London Dock Company; Mr. R. L. Jones, the mover, and Mr. John Dixon, the seconder, in the Court of Common Council, of the proposition to confer the city freedom on Sir Henry Pottinger; Dwarkanauth Tagore, Aldermen Sir C. S. Hunter, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir G. Carroll, Wood, Johnson, Hooper, Sir James Duke, M. P., &c.

After due honours were paid to the usual loyal and constitutional toasts,

The LORD MAYOR rose to propose the health of Sir Henry Pottinger. His Lordship alluded to the gratification he felt in seeing around him so many gentlemen interested in the inereasing commerce between this country and India. They were well aware of the estimation in which the services of the right hon. gentleman were held by his, he might now say, fellow-citizens, and by the whole country. (Cheers.) After many years' ser. vice in India, the right hon. gentleman returned to this country to recruit his shattered health. Circumstances, however, of peculiar difficulty occurring in another part of the East, requiring the immediate exertions of a diplomatist of no ordinary skill and experience, her Majesty's Government at once called upon the right hon. gentleman, who, though infirm in body, yet strong and vigorous in mind, at once obeyed his country's summons. And ably and effectually did Sir Henry Pottinger carry out those measures which finally led to a treaty of peace and commerce with China, affording an opening for amicable intercourse with that immense country, the extent of the advantageous consequences of which no one could at the present time pretend to foresee. (Loud cheers.)

Sir HENRY POTTINGER rose amidst loud cheers to return thanks. He assured the company that none of the rewards (and the rewards had been many) which had been bestowed

upon him by his countrymen were more highly appreciated by him than that of being enrolled by vote of its corporation a citizen of London. (Cheers.) He had always imagined that a treaty with China would be of the greatest importance to the commercial interests of this country, but he felt bound to con. fess, that the results which had already been experienced had by far exceeded his most sanguine expectations. In speaking of the results of the treaty he must be understood to refer to the benefits it conferred upon China, no less than upon his own country. (Cheers.) In negotiating that treaty he felt the importance of a reciprocity of advantages in order to secure its permanence. He was happy to say that his private letters confirmed the public intelligence that the Chinese themselves were already appreciating the benefits of the treaty, and were zealously improving their trade with other nations. (Cheers.) Respecting the edict issued by the Emperor, permitting the introduction of the Scriptures into that vast empire, he took the present occasion of observing that that permission was more limited than was at first imagined, it being in fact restricted to the five ports named in the treaty. He mentioned that fact to shew the necessity of the observance of the most strict caution upon the part of England in availing herself of the opening now for the first time allowed for introducing Christianity amongst that people. (Loud cheers.) He begged to assure the company that he felt most deeply the honour which so splendid and hospitable an acknowledgment of his services as the Lord Mayor had been pleased to give that day conferred upon him. (Cheers.)

The LORD MAYOR next proposed the "Health of the Earl of Auckland," and referred to the essential services rendered by his Lordship whilst filling the distinguished office of GovernorGeneral of India, in extending education, and placing it upon a permanent basis.

Lord AUCKLAND returned thanks in a speech in which he expressed his anxious hope for the permanency of the good understanding between England and China, and for the continu. ance of the prosperity of the British Government in India.

The LORD MAYOR said, the next toast he should have the honour of proposing would be the "Health of the Chairman and the Deputy-chairman of the East-India Company, and of those Directors who had honoured him on the present occasion."

Sir H. WILLOCK, the chairman of the East India Company, in returning thanks, enumerated the various services performed by Sir Henry Pottinger in the service of the Company, and observed, in allusion to Sir Henry Pottinger, Lord Metcalf, and Sir John Davis, &c., that it was a source of pride and gratification to the directors to see that the Company's servants were, in consequence of their distinguished talents and eminent services, selected by the Government of the country to fill some of its first appointments. (Cheers.).

The "Health of the Chairman of the London, East India, and China Association," having been drunk,

The LORD MAYOR then introduced to the company the health of his distinguished oriental visiter, Dwarkanauth Tagore. That eminent individual, after having made himself acquainted with the many advantages to be derived through means of the institutions with which England abounded, had arrived, accompanied by several youths whom he had brought with him, for the express purpose of having them instructed in the medical achools, so as to qualify them for imparting to their countrymen the vast benefits of medical science. (Cheers.)

DWARKANAUTH TAGORE expressed himself, in returning thanks, in terms which showed a thorough acquaintance with the English language. He said, that there were no fewer than 20,000 youths in Calcutta receiving education. He trusted the Government of this country and the East-India Company would energetically carry out the plans of Lord William Bentinck and Lord Auckland for the extension and improvement of education. It was by such proceedings they would best prove themselves the benefactors of India, and secure the esteem and affection of its people. The seed had already been sown, and he trusted that not many years would elapse before its fruits would be extensively visible. Already the schoolmaster was abroad," through whom prejudice would be dispersed, knowledge diffused, and the harmony of all parties be permanently secured. (Loud cheers.)

Sir HENRY POTTINGER proposed the health of the Lord Mayor. He took the liberty, in consequence of the position he held as a citizen of London, recently elected, under such honourable circumstances, to call the attention of the company to the toast of "The Chief Magistrate of the City of London."

The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, as was that of "The Lady Mayoress," for whom and for himself his lordship returned thanks.

EGYPT.

(From the Morning Herald.)

Alexandria, July 19.

The Pacha is quietly enjoying the comforts of his delightful summer residence. His highness is in excellent health, and drives out morning and evening regularly, and sometimes rides out on horseback.

The news of the dreadful conflagration at Smyrna reached us by the Levant mail, on the 13th instant, and directly the melancholy event was made known to the Pacha, he gave an order on the treasury for 250,000 piasters to be appropriated to the relief of the sufferers-equal to 2,5001.

The Duke de Montpensier arrived at Cairo at seven p.m. on the 8th, and was received by his highness Ibrahim Pacha. On landing, his royal highness was conducted to one of the state carriages, and escorted by torchlight, with two squadrons of cavalry, to the citadel, that was beautifully illuminated, and one of the new apartments, specially prepared for his reception, was magnificently decorated.

On the 9th, a royal salute was fired from the citadel, and the following day his royal highness received the consuls of the several powers at Cairo, and subsequently the clergy and French residents. His royal highness visited the principal mosques, and was received with the most marked attention by the Mahomedan priests, particularly at the great mosque Azhar, where are taught the Mahomedan laws.

The Prince left for Suez on the morning of the 10th, accompanied by his Highness Abbas Pacha, in a coach and six, followed by four carriages for his suite-M. Benedetti, acting consul general here; M. Linant, M. Lubert, and M. Bonfort. His Royal Highness reached Suez in 12 hours, made an excursion to Moses' Well, and carefully examined the traces of the ancient canal. He next visited the French and English steamers in the harbour, and was received with the accustomed honours. His Royal Highness left Suez on the 13th, and arrived at Cairo the following day, and left for Upper Egypt on the 14th instant, accompanied by said Pacha and M. Benedetti. He will probably return about the 20th. The Pacha has placed three steamers at his disposal for this interesting excursion.

The Oriental Company's steamer Bentinck left Suez on the 9th instant with the outward India mail and a complete cargo. The Nile steamer arrived from Trieste on the 11th instant. This vessel landed 26 beautiful breeding mares, purchased in Austria and Germany, for the Pacha's stud.

The French direct steamer, Osiris, arrived on the 13th with the ordinary monthly mail.

The French Levant steamer arrived on the 13th.

The Hon. East-India Company's steamer Queen arrived at Suez from Aden on the 13th with the Bombay homeward mail and six passengers, ex Akbar, which left that port on the 19th ultimo. Her dates from Aden are to the 5th.

The French steam frigate Cuvier arrived here on the 16th inst., with M. De Bourqueney, nephew of the French Ambassador at Constantinople. This gentleman had an audience of the Pacha on the 17th instant. He awaits the return of the Duke de Montpensier. The Cuvier sailed for Constantinople this day. The Gomer is still here.

The first of the new line of Austrian Lloyd's steamers, the Conte Staumer, arrived here on the 18th inst., from Trieste, with five passengers; her dates are, Trieste 8th inst., 4 P.M.; Corfu, 11th; Syra, the 15th.

Considerable damp has been thrown on the speculation in flax by the sale of the entire of the government stock, to a leading house here, at 135 piasters the cantar.

The water in the canal and Nile has risen considerably, and in a few days the Nile will have an ample supply for allowing a free navigation. The Oriental Company's steamer, Iberia, arrived here this day, at 3 30 P.M., with the outward Bombay mails, and 12 passengers. To the hour of writing, the Emmetje mail packet, from Beyrout, has not arrived.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.-The House met to-day at half-past three, and counsel having been called in, Mr. AUSTIN (with whom was associated Mr. Macqueen) proceeded with

SHULDHAM'S DIVORCE BILL.

The proceedings in Doctors' Commons having been put in, A witness deposed that he had served Mrs. Shuldham with a copy of the bill at the Cavendish Hotel a few days ago.

Captain HASLOP said, he had married Mrs. Shuldham's sister, and that Mrs. Shuldham was at present residing at Twicken

ham, and a servant, a native of the East Indies, was now residing with her.

In reply to questions put by the Lord Chancellor to the witness, it appeared that Captain and Mrs. Shuldham lived together in perfect harmony, and that they were married in the chapel of St. Cross, in the parish of St. Faith, in the county of Southampton, on the 31st of May, 1834.

The clergyman who married them was called, and he produced the book in which the entry of the marriage appeared.

Evidence was next given at the bar respecting the action brought by Captain Shuldham against Major Downing, the adulterer, in which damages were awarded of 12,000 rupees. Judgment was suffered by the defendant to go by default

Mrs. Mackenzie examined.—I am the sister of Mrs. Shuldham. I was in India with her and her husband. They lived on the most affectionate terms together, at Nusseerabad.

(The witness here identified the letter, a copy of which is subjoined, as being in Mrs. Shuldham's handwriting.)

Another witness gave similar testimony in respect to the manner in which the parties lived together in India.

Mrs. Hewett was at Nusseerabad in 1836, 1837, and 1838, with her husband, a lieutenant in the 52d Infantry. She deposed to the fact of Captain and Mrs. Shuldham living on the most affectionate terms together; he was a very kind husband. They left Nusseerabad and went to Mount Abou on account of the indifferent state of her health. When there the witness lost sight of her.

Major Jones was then called, but not examined, because th Lord Chancellor said that there appeared to be no necessity for pursuing that species of evidence in relation to the amicable terms on which Captain and Mrs. Shuldham lived.

Some evidence was next given with respect to a general order issued to the army in India, very much abridging the usual leave of absence. This order was made when troops were much wanted in Affghanistan.

Further testimony was gone into with a view of shewing that Major Downing and Mrs. Shuldham were familiar after she had been sent from Nusseerabad on account of her ill state of health. She stopped at the Cape of Good Hope, instead of coming to England. Major Downing was then at the Cape. They returned to India together, and there lived together as man and wife. A child was subsequently born, the fruit of that union. It further appeared that Captain Shuldham had never been with his wife after they parted.

Amina Coulso, a native of India, being a Mahometan, was sworn on the Koran, and thus examined through an interpreter, Captain Albert Fenton: I know Mrs. Shuldham. I knew her first in Bombay, in 1840. At that time Major Downing was with her. I was hired to be her servant. They went to the Neilgherry hills. I went with them. They were there a year. A child was born there on the 3rd of March, 1840. I am still living with Mrs. Shuldham in England.

By the LORD CHANCELLOR.-Major Downing is not in England. He and Mrs. Shuldham lived together in India in the same house, but they did not sleep together. No other gentleman was living in the same house. They were always together. There was but one gentleman, a clergyman, who visited them at Neilgherry.

Three letters, written in an affectionate manner, were put in, in order to prove that Mrs. Shuldham had no complaint to offer against her husband. This was after she had quitted India for England as he imagined.

The letter above alluded to was then read at length. It ran thus:

"Ootacamund, February 11, 1840.

"My dear Henry,-I know not how to write a letter that will probably cause you so much pain as this will; and yet I think when you look on the events of the last two years you will scarcely feel surprised, and may even be somewhat prepared by all that has happened for what I am going to communicate.

"Recollect, Henry, when you insisted upon sending me from you, how strongly I opposed such a separation; recollect, when away, how often and anxiously I intreated you joining me, but to no purpose; you left me to the entire care of others, even when in a helpless state; and too kindly, too unceasingly was that care bestowed, both on myself and children, as old Martha, I doubt not, has often mentioned. All this determined me to go to England, and see what time would produce. When you did visit Ermpoora your conduct confirmed my resolution. I need not recal what passed, but merely remind you of one expression alone you then used, which of itself would have been sufficient to have determined me upon a return to Europe. I left with the positive intention of going home direct. How circumstances changed that plan you have been made truly acquainted-circumstances over which I had not the least control.

On my arrival at the Cape with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, I found the former, instead of taking a house in the country, as he had proposed, made arrangements for our wintering in a public boarding

house in Cape Town, kept by an aunt of Mrs. Jackson; this was an extremely disagreeable situation for me; added to which, Mrs. Jackson (a woman of narrow mind and no education) became excessively annoyed at the attentions I received both from residents and Indians, while she was neglected. This threw me entirely on the consideration of Major Downing and Colonel Alves for all friendly attention until Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Bengal Civil Service, seeing how I was situated, kindly took me to their house, as you have heard; and from them I have experienced greater kindness than it will be possible for me ever to repay even in the smallest degree. Their de parture was fixed for the end of October, when I should have been left without a home again; I therefore determined at once to accompany Captain Downing to Bombay, and proceed overland. It is true he at one time proposed going to New South Wales, in which case I should most probably have gone with him. On his return to Bombay he purposed, should his services not have been required at Joudpoor, to have taken me to Alexandria. Our voyage proved unexpectedly long, and on our arrival we found the steamer for December full, and on the eve of depar ture; the steamer for January in a doubtful state-i. e. if the Berenice sailed there was no passage to be had, and if the Atalanta, her cabins had all been burned, and the chances were against their being ready in time. In the meanwhile, I was so unwell, that my doctor considered me unequal to an overland journey, particularly if I had to wait for the February steamer, and the unhealthy season in Egypt. Under these circumstances, Captain Downing presented himself before the medical board for a sick certificate to the Neilgherries, which was granted at once, and we have accompanied him. I pass as his sister. Now, Henry, under these circumstances, and with my changed feelings, it is utterly impossible that I can return to you, or even see you at present, for I should consider it more sinful to do the former than remain where. I am for the remainder of my life. My plans are to stay until next cold season, and then take Henry to England; when there, if you make me the allowance you proposed, I shall be enabled to take care of and look after the education of my children, trusting to God, who ordains all things, for the future. Of course it will depend upon your wishes whether I visit your family or not when at home. Let me know what you intend, as I must of course act accordingly; but let me entreat you not to act hastily or rashly; recollect this is not a common or heartless affair, believe me it is not; recollect what unusual temptations you have exposed me to; and again let me entreat you not to be hasty; all that could follow from your being so would be an unhappy exposé for all parties, without the chance of bettering matters. I would strongly recommend your allowing us both to remain quietly where we are for the present. Henry is as fondly taken care of by Captain Downing as he could be by yourself, and is in the best of health. I do not wish to exculpate any, but if you give the case impartial consideration, I think you will see there is blame to be attached to yourself as well as to others. You can scarcely suffer more than we do, both in a moral and worldly point of view. Captain Downing feels for you, he feels for me, and he feels for himself. I need not say what my feelings are; but for the sake of all, particularly your dear mother, I would have the secret remain such.

"It was my intention to have written this letter on my arrival at Alexandria, but Captain Downing agrees with me in the opinion that I ought not to delay it any longer. I have received your three letters, with the hoondees and third bill you kindly enclosed since I have been here, but I cannot enter into money matters now. I will write to you in full on the subject shortly. As to my remarking on the crossness of Colonel Barton, it is well deserved, as the Scotts can testify, for it is notorious that he is never two days in the same temper. He was kind and attentive to me for a few days on my first arrival at the Cape: but no sooner did he see that I could not be invariably at his beck and call than he deserted me when I most required his aid, behaving almost rudely, taking a new favourite who could condescend to be more his humble servant. Again, let me entreat of you, for all our sakes, not to do aught precipitately, as any step of the kind must proclaim the whole and rivet the link which has separated us. Think and act as a Christian, and you will then pity more than you can blame me. As I have already said, I am called the sister of Captain Downing, nor do I see how any here can know to the contrary, particularly as I am called by another name, having dropped the 'S,' making it Huldam. Should you still wish to send Edward home with me, as well as Henry, I have no doubt we could arrange for his coming down next cold weather. When you write, direct under cover to Major Downing, Ootacamund, Neilgherries.' And now, though I cannot add any affectionate remembrances, lest you should consider it inconsistent, believe me your interests and welfare, as well as that of those connected with you, will ever be dear to me, and that God may comfort and support you,

"Is the earnest prayer of "F. A. H.S."