The Express. — London, England, 1858-02-06 00:00:00

le the &slew of vithat hemp * eg slaimest ort of it Wee. West Leglead bed len that be mall mole et The gm* mu 'pew *the Fon* *mho Awe d the Nu mall though he • tromuero se the we** hought, roi wni width the id es he urns by hie A J. heeterliy P. Auld FArs as sad aboald ea, rad nos the mason of WWII d INK/sr re oboarles.) ✓ do rsuca tram stus now (Ibis day). No I notion be the ed. ,o •Lomseittee of the HEW' ER. miter ro d talon p 1... It the ovary to the btil for It. Uer-lock .ud the hew tomead of owe, I f the power of the e they dolt mate, for Ifeered the boaour ..d the eaatoty wee inlay folio • any. 'tor hlerrty's • carry taco etktt the adetweadiag wane to wortelati as inanity vet el the pasta dy eenhered .pan bermr hi. h .he ,a had has actually °ugh the amaks had mod 4ato pool • Isola, veleck, who hod lle thno — chdander tdd not obit, I to gront k, swan tt he bad *ring the eminent • not so, for b• had rof , t.y to Bile 11. hod disuntruished In Ind* and 1 , . , kut6 he thotisht the h-one regrew of n Loa this ht honourable gentle the oth. doeu.eata Fit ,;;;1 . •nny (Ito• n'a the Lied of Jaw, ISA , 57. The l'ottullenster reteetxlieg hint fur We r the *dux, at Caen of major, no less as a t"ricom eerricre than as father, by whose ode madam whict=l swum, and lavekak was decorated trimly at Cams : • etithag, a heed of the OW=1; wee shot ander him at July ; V was teversly kr' shot st Lurknow, .Seopsteima In the row lock was toy side-de uneh vadat *Miry lee, The vied, of the it ▪ loweetreag that the mid pa, wedortader ir the me re ries ▪ 6asa we, Lleatcssat le, In beet at the centre e gem Major Ifeirling, st, eleemeated, bat the r es he keel et the "ni b, ima theeharpd shot rarteater whoa they hid by tit; thetessat, the pie eawale Ish of the 64th." el le which be hoped a ewe.-" That the eased Joey oat of the Cowee awl, the said sesulty to ltatT. Me, eltd arrell to te t ' *Pm eel Hary i lla il . s Meet Hareerarthie Order aril NIL" —`• Thet the the Ithjeety 011 i et the fa • Wed, the rid day al Ilebnery, Wel mart epee the =.tht ere et the bee , K Coo. be of the Be* ter the w Cbsearier et the the haahe ►wN airamaai la ui pro 7 tap mutiny war bad eat rams We the &eta tar.) He taiwcat that Ramada we Wismard r oho bad foamed as t art Jet pas& INF. Illaaatya ma▪ OW duty la new ia Want *1......>d ws —, L (Haar.) gest rid be te ed la We maim, evils Wry t.dhld , bat as Vim Wafts Pliantly merem bops taw be mil keg enjoy Or re- my to the hatra H rth ward to aye af a letr i T ‘ rema tarry that ba had aot Ira tat Ida ac trady—lar sea air So earahr I Warms aa Ni r ear that rhea tkas 'mid to • wane sod ity of the wane which of Gooseal Monica. I approod of the moo ammo to swim to• tket et the sorvico• of •• • soklaor, *bake fur al, bad wog tom war song Kmiec& It voald , but it WOO Is pur ✓ing type of • Cliriotioa ••• hood so to swan of 7 as etfmktiog Sows • bad at boo es- I. bawls( Eon los me that of rarniai to • 16to at tit eon 'rub bed& kw; •• the coins" sad the ksehest they always were to oludi wouicl to loved and lairtax to &nab the to We vote, sod titer' don of the goveruatat rottatry. But he hustiose of the loess ireediai is etarl ureters. id they were in eatexia. Ansel could be mode. meat tree sot approval opportunity of making is the way of the Ind it ate °sly from the sad deal of 0411•14 111 to prOpLe• a provision the bill had paned Mt woo a lama= whether n make 'Woo for the had eV thew aed Wax& of Gamma plit of every general oa Wu should be sawed to Dere woo sots penes east pub& nosey fur nary, and so strokes hoe, perfumed by re tot to oppose the Isaias. estartly sada to he greatly Escrowed re yew. nes it wee pro. .1 Havelock for lie Ida ; t it ahookl be raided to wanks to tail. 11 the oral Havelock 2,0001. sr rare so objoetks, for to reward initodiat pole moral Havelock. But sells of the Rake 11` Major Havelock able awatiass kiss arch Ward r =Havelock. =ld Se I reosird bud • aradat fecal bee MOW _ la Imam! was 1 / 1 4 Is IL The Apr bra..= Ma* Bassiste. Meer or Wart, elks 12, i. This vas • melba by war was sidstiolly war Ms_ limas pistol kW kr kirk" al rk THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY e l 1813. Ow portal lb emomMlOomata be hilt dr ply proemial 10 the ps woomeoat he bawled rode this peevish. be lb* Haw hmt Tb etellomai d the boa . wombs. he Pee* that tin =Opel Hamad' bad been able be =be lee bile IL am loolopeta. woe ealleimat la jwift We vela le go mind awl the Who d womoW awl bum Doe he held god It ma Pio whim la eased the Ameba ef ma's Ilea to tin swim of theie awastry like Ira of Gamed Etereleek, that that families should he pro wklai be dear their deaths. He did not think It desirable Mai vet 'Mem should 6e Lactuaberol with smith, bat ft bed be.. hag fit Peet it wrie • wise plod* that the maw try Anil molds he the families el theme who bad dean pod moryleme mod whited their lies. foe tbak erreaby mod se reins the =dab of such awn hew their skid . If Omani laaveleak bad bees presarral, at weld bane twiera whet hie tersely was dooms he his lassily. such • outage would have ham mete coaggaial to his iselings than say penowd 1011111FIL The CHANCHUGH el the EXCHWICER said he thought it right toremeas • nimpprelesetion. natter while the mottle wieber tw Deviate bhogirw.f. what he thought that the pesisment had awed precipitately, and that the beam was sow in committee on • bill foe martyr ea eassiel , to Lady Havelock and Major Havelock. The teeth wee that the her was In the first stage of such • bill, nil. • reseleama cm which a bill wee to he treaded. Thwolime, If the hoes. member wished to make say rearelte es this abject ke would have ample opportunity in the bean stages Oi the bid. Ile wished also to remove a strange nenederstanAire, by the btu. member for Lambeth, of the lesart+ bad toed.. The hon. member underst.s.l that be laid the c-rt and of the ',solution aide no th e p e ..... ue l merits of Id.) fr Havelock, and irrespective of the seine. • of his lamented tither. whereat he thought that be hid do ttelly rated tbs. he tolieved that the hoses would hen ranted this anatomy t the son of General liavvlork, wholly intorte. tin of bte per...nal went,. The original pritpositton was Ste an snooty to Gruel-al Havelock only; and ir was the expreseel sirb 01 the house that it should be continued to his sou that is, that it should he greeted for two lives. The government a:retied to the wish of the house. but that was at the onginal proposition. Siam that understanding had been come to, the lainereed death of General Havelock had become known, and the poition of things had changed, and it was thought that the original in tention she uld not be carried tot" effort and it became his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) duty to submit to the booms a dtiferent resolution, tinning out the spirit of the wishes of the house ; and he bad said that Irrespective of 1 the pentane! menu of the present Sir Henry Havelock it wood no doubt be the desire of the hone* that it should be carried nut Bat he thought it MOs nary to add that the present Sir Henry Havelock wee not an indictee; inactive recipient of this reward, but by his vigour and consummate courage had tensed for him self an honounstlo petition in the at my. He did nit wan to say that the.. were on other officer. as brave sad distin enithed, bat that Major Illawlork was didinamished for his prrional merits. Them were the grounds of his Mawr.- Sons, which he did not think were irrelevant to the ques tion. (Hear. beer.) Mr. INGRAM said that every one must agree that this penmen was rightly given, but he thought it ought to he charged on the revenues of ladle. There were two parries to these passions, those who received end these who paid them. He thought that the people who had stirred up the insur• nertios ought to feel its affects and to pay for it. The pen elon to Lewd Dalhousie was charged on the revenues of India, sad why should not this be paid from the some source? At the same time he was far from saying that Major Have lock did not richly dawn It. The CHANCELLOR ef the EXCHEQUER said that It was always the ease that officers lathe Gasses service should have their pensions charged on the onnanlidated fund.. It wee so In the ear of Lord Gough, Lord Harding,. and others. With regard to officers In the service of the East India Company, the custom was to grant pensions charged on the revenues of India ; and lathe case of General Wilson, who had received the same pension se General Havelock, it was eharzed ou the revenues of the East India Company. Yea. GRIFFITH said he had no fault to But with the government for the proposition they had med.., for no one sympathised more in the sralleetde of that greet man thin he did bat it did bappm last mains that the forms of the house precluded diecusion on the subj ect. The resolution was this agreed to, and tho donee resamed. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. 11r. H. HERBERT mead that ha had introduced this bill the invl7 Put of tb• Steldoe. but se ha had received many ions on the bject, ha thought it better to withdraw = su and introduce another. He. therefore, moved that the order tor the aimed mallet be &ft-lunged. EAST INDIA LOAN': Mr. 1. SMITH, who wee ledietheetly heard, rose to awe for have to lerlat la a bill "kr tesbliag the East ladle Comp ay to raise mangy to the United Ilmsdom kw the envie* of the Clovernment of India." He mid that the bill arida It• rem for the purpose of salting leave to Intredan bed hem madend necomen by the mnev peiteles watch had mina wit of the mate of akin of lad* and it swine probilly ennybe se ear, that to enneequeare of the eenfeeka whirl% "Mind them the Earn India Company sheedd some to parliament far pear to barrow wary. The bill wee validly liaised to 1M leseamilles of the present Crrsally, end weeded the peewee of bervewhig which ela:iald pvopees ever tide mien and that of Isi9. The hem ttnpt est parhap he awe haw the borrowing pawn of the East ladia Cs pny Mood ; wad they were Nam . In Lis the &edam had unlimited =el _ _sables! to the approval of the Board of hen la MOM as Hoard of "Manton only modem lameeerbei pewees oder canals sets of wham/mt. iba Int el was lamed to the Mae of William 'IL Theft pewee ad hemearbe la Baileml wen Swirl by thine settte soma mallhas they had ealsommed these pewees the Went at taw aMla.. wed when the manly Mae oat mann as Morey War maths. rasslaal. The ordi nary nem of ladies Swan hed boa Interrupted by that need, bet the way at it was AM Tbs goverammt Is India 'applied ell thet war sawary tar swam deem and the hone ire satire at the enn.earrsent oir . awry yse! .11C11:1107,7: .4 we le he temitisi trots India; 'whisk wile either ntiwi Y wearty, se Mlle awe drawn to India. The mods of NOM,. rte eavoly of bills wen, that SIMS they were eagnwahowhat they were thsekoil by lowan the rata mai when they wore laaatTbieat the apply woe if the este of imbue.. That was the wawa la Mai may wee received front India. sad it con thwd ail the twat r.alweitier occurred. Those net-ar mless V PIONIaI halted the apply era Nita, sad the areermai thaw lai aivea sobs that ita alias aria woad be requirod, sad that ally two ad ieu we eadain to meet bilk la the meat Mae el Mite We l India Camay hoil to see kw they add mho ell thek ,SIOSSIO .cal. la We wataas the =laila pas action that as nor Ike net be Wis. ea 4 that twain they sksdk man • apply a holism. The Wean topic i that as wee VW Wahl to Wawa; they eke Waseaktei • alba it hallisa, sal they nil eke they wail glee the reareassi Y Isle a Wage mat, a a earnae • emu an a bell el npae aecesseey. The gowswat Y ladle week Leek to say ad is taartawate at the way a wash as lbw par Cat. Lana bad bola Wad they wail at =m• further iwegiy of balsa The AM a whirh the Howl if Odense hood themhoe we this Thar mews wore very peet. they W le par he he tenweamics of all the heap Wish was Eat as le lads mai they ad beat as eat la warael swam It one say by awe of their reams st be ala they net tliellisaltr. The audition of taw awesess was as W. low (se w usiatiend) —about me Wass as ash se rata aka as alias sad a hat la atterldes ; see fal ba is the Thow prer Cats , ad an Wan dila hernia 'bowed be Woltarate Bea. Al then 1111111101.1 bed Ms ealid tato asielems, aN vete awl, eakowlei. le wadi hen fake • AM elaserat et the sailpie lad Ilipainsef tbs Ink tad aWe Whale at serapemai grewhe MI Tie tighl ha paleasa the, la a wity Ira leas of tail a alauwat at the illiment Was cad mai of Whit It we twadlie u s e east wreastria a v Zitaalalte yes& as, halt len eit Asa SAN& thr the sweat at as Wayeee. It as la sake to = k il l the Was, of We an list be sow earl he paten a the Zia India Cara, te anew a WNW .meat a await. The tact mama het wail be Nadal weal he West isteht wawa hot am We labia ' , wawa wail pas* require baits ho dr Gana a radios, ha pee sia pones to haw ha adllsaa The ,sly ate. lib law Slll,ol4 l P2Sall the bee WWI he easeteed Enema& He apples that ay elliedies could be rile le this prop& doe. Gw lit taw had always Wm • Isis Wee the distariames la India to previa, all awe he mobs lhe sweawy. _lie Waned all was the seiWt manniof providing - fire the emergency, and to coarhation with the Chancellor of the Etagere. end the bast Ilitsneial witherities, it had been thought that the beet mode of raising the err would be by debentures Maar thr by hands. He paper therefore that the sectulty skald be debentures. As hire would be so small • rhinos to head be April. it wwidwirable that this hill should pare speedily r potable, sad he was sure the house would have no of *lice to expo dung ne pnynar , and any intermarket that WY required be era be Li pp, to 'Sled either in private ar in the house. TheaseeeekY dair web& proration bed been ihremen end came al en supine cm the money market. The ably mesa why this till was not Introduced is the short germ before Charm woe, that as parliament had met only for a par beer pesposa, so measurve not applicable to that mores sherd be brought forward. while tree would be suSeleint ' tine Wore April, 1584, for its ronsidenttion. Mr. T. BARING said the. be agreed with the right how geatlenna that there could be no doubt of the readiness of the hone to afFted all tams of meeting the present ewer racy a India, and even to support, by grants of nioney. the prerervatiort of our dominion in that , marry But be moat express hie &Ornament it the node which the government had adopted to raise this Is should rather have anticipated that the right hoe. gentlelash would have prilisord his observations by • de claration that her Maesty'. government had abandoned all ele• cf kislating for Ind,. A. the right him :renileinta had sail that the bill would give borrowing pwen to the East leis (rarity for two earsions, he ought today. added that It was est proposed to interfere with the government of India be two years. To whom wee this borrowing power to be mated, end on whom would the responnlelity devolve? The soh* lord at the bead of the government had given such direct police that it was botorions that it was intended to t hos We directly under the government at home. .wkat iconnowne woo to borrow the money P The right ban, gondol= did sot my that the matey was immediately 'Wad sir ta what matinee it was to be 'speeded. Rut he bona the gateman* of the right hon. nontkman Mat nay • my eased pals el ii. wesupt .... , wawa kr on of 'maim. earnalie or allvelliSia sal that tie not wee to be borrowed enelleadvoly at Merest periods as It might be required, lama the Miltden end the middle of next year. Was tho Hest amplea to sin dli the middie of next year se the pm of ladle? If not, why was the employ to hen tee power to borrow and the control over the measly. H. hed sloop imagined that the drat condition of NMI to • des was that it was require! for immediate and assomary 1 peepers, sed neat that it should be imam by wham the namely was borrowed and by whom it was to be spew; lei dm that it stoma be bedewed ea the simpast wed met hoserable term. Now ell thin randier tbe thea. gads- ' ' am had failed to estiety, most mischisvonly sod nem- 1 stindmally. (Beer, bear.) He asked agate who was ' to have the power of borrowing the money ? Accra an to Msupport the East India Compote, was ta Mimi& oen ought aßo u r ria t iwy s • dyes" body tho power of known( marry, or of teerry, ar to ariehr sea a ' paw se some body woo to follow. (Hoar, boa.) The may was to be benewed in as mune of a yew sed a half, when, aeowdbig to the decimation .1 the givers meet, them woo is be no Beet India Company, end the • future reISIIIIINIIS we unknown. He did not ask Ms ben. gentleman to reveal the whole of the 'amanita which might not yet be matured, but he sa te d hi m to up the corner of the veil, and I. show some parka of the mar vellous wisdom of the treasury beech, so far as to thaw who was to have the management of the loan. If the meat was to be in the hands of the Chancellor of the Eu quer, he should have perfect confirms in his character and izeki fir ; but it would be impassible for him to watch the 1 of the money. It must go throughsorneotherchannel, if the power ahould be delegated to an agent, the money and the paymaster-general might both cut away. (Hear, bear, and a laugh.) B e for e granting the power now asked for, the house ought to know by what government the money 1111111 to be raised, by what government it IVY to be spent, who was to be responsible, and whether or not it was the intention of her Majesty's government, In giving to the East India Company the power of borrowing until the middle of wet year, to continue their authority until that period. (Hear) The best thing the government could do in the present emergency would be to refrain from agi tating the public mind by legislation on Indian &Giro. (Hear.) In raying thie be expressed no opinion but him own, foe he had had no communication with the East India Com pany the subject, and wished to guard himself against supposed to know whether they were in favour of the bill or nut. In taking charge of their petition, in the general sentiments of which be concurred, he was not committing himself to the support of any policy, and would not have un dertaken the duty of presenting it except in the exercise of an independent judgment. In the exercise of that same in dependent judgment be was commenting on the measure of finance now under consideration. The right hon. gentleman proposed that the loan should be raised in England. When a loan was tilling up in India at 6 per cent. he could un derstand the neresity of borrowing money in this country. But he would ask, if the government of India was to be the government of the crown, why India wee not to hays the advantage of enjoyiag the credit of the , country of which it was a part. Why refine the , advantage of facilitating in India the power of borrowing roomy? He believed that mosey might be kat to India with perfect security, and that it could be reimbursed by gradual payments from the revenues of India. Whether , the money wee lent directly, as had been the ease with re . ger to other countries, or by guarantee, it would be a per fectly safe operation for the country, and a benefit to which India was legitimately entitled. (Hear, hear.) Money bed been granted to Canada, to Demerara, and other colonies, not only with great advantage to those colonies, but with security to this country, and lied become a bond of mutual interest between the colonies and the mother country. But this was returned to India when this country was about to take the gorernment of India into its own hands. The go verament were chary of guarantees. But did they not guarantee a loan to Turkey to put the fiances of that country in order? Were the finances of India of leas im portance, so as to induce the government to hesitate the granting of a loan to India I' Why refer to India the &d -itties which had been afforded to Turkey P Again, had not money been given to Sardinia for the payment of troops to aid in the war against Russia? Would it be more objectionable to lend money to India for an English object? When the English Three per Casts. were at 95 and the East India Company were borrowing money at 8 per cent, would it not confer a great advantage on India and give a favour • • able introduction to the abolition of the doable government to allow India to enjoy fully her union with this country ? But this was refused. It wax raid '• You shall be under the crown for the purposes of power and honour, but es to the question of credit, you 'hall hare none of our credit" When the right hon. gentleman proposed to give to the East Indie Company the power of borrowing fur re year., and the pro . briery was that that company would not lire for many weeke the absurdly of each a plan must strike every mem . bee of the hoar. it seemed to him to be contrary to every primipie of conaltutional manage to grant a minister, who was not known, the power of borrowing 10,000,000 i., to dis ' pose of existing obligations and debts, leaving the remainder to be menaced no one knew haw. He was not aware whether any oppeitsin would be given to the measure at ha present etre, bet tread some hon. member of greater influence weed pee n .. his opinion on the eibie.t. (Heat hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that notwithistending the high financial authority of the hon. gentleman, he did not think the hour would, upon a mature conaideratten of , he quer .n., come to the conclusion that dm bill professed by his right hon. friend was not founded upon principles of correct legislation on the two points on which the hoe. gentleman had impugned it. The hon. gen tleman's Arse objection was, that the government sought to obtain fur the East India Company the power of borrowing many, which in emequteme of expected legielation they might not be able hereafter to exercise; and he than argued that the SiiirellanS of the Indian treasury ought to be satis fied not by loans borrowed on Indian credit, but by loans granted on imperial credit. Now he (the Chancellor of the Illebtarer) ventured to maintain, with greet confidence, alter • tall consideration of the matter, that the bill was banded se comet policy in both respects, although that prey warn directly contrary to that roomer eled by the hon. _gentleman. It was not deputed that • necessity rioted for the government of India in this country to rides money by loan for the payment of the exporter their home treasury. If that point should be conorded, considerable pewees would be made in the solution of the genuine. No w; what wee the VASCIOI2 of the East India Company with respect to their borrowing powers. In India their power at borrowing was unlimited, and it was not that the authority of parliament was necessary to = Havernor-Genral in council to borrow. There we. "Ways a lees open in the three presideneir of India, wed the bor rowing power had never been disputed, and was conitantly kept in • state of activity. With regard to this marry, the borrowing powers of the East India Company were peculiar, owing to the manner in which their anomalous authority had been created. Having been originally a trading company, which aoeidentelly acquired sovereignty and governing power, their power to borrow was limited by per/anent, se partimsat limited the borrowing powers of any ordinary mint gook company. Owing to these circumstances, it wee nowenry for parliament to give to the government of India to tab country specific authority to borrow money in this weeny. But in traequeinos of their having become a poli tical body after they had originally ezarcind merely mercan tile faction, they had not the same advantage in the men market in this country which was by the local government of any of oar other or colonies. If, for example, the govern ment of Canada, or the government of wished to ant • loan in this country—if their cred= tar to borrow—there was nothing in the statute law to pewee their aeons( that power to any extent to which they might be able to induce landowners to come forward. Bat the Reel India Company was peculiarly situated, and it ' was moray for thorn to apply to =rent to remove that restriction which the accident of a trading nom pally had embarrassed it with. What was now required was that the govirment of India to this country—the Board of Diro-ore subject to the control of the Board of Commironers for India—should have the power to • certain extent to lborrow money In this country, in order to defray the ee pewee of their home treasury for a limited time. If they • exercised that power they would exercise it subject to all the laws now in existence. If the power wee clear, the reopen ability would continue so long as the existing state of than ' remand unaltered. If it should please reamer on the prnpneition of the government to make any alteration fa the constitution of the home government of India, undoubtedly , it would take can to provide for the transfer of aces powers —to see that the borrowing power, crird apa l the bill should be exercised PmPor hiloy—an4 that the money obtained by the exercise of such borrowing powers should be used subject to the laws which regulate the expenditure of the government of India. ' [ No dangerous interval would occur, and there would be • . , clear power and complete resprability, both daring the i ' currency of this act, and under any amended 'Mate wiled parliament might think fit to past. Therefers then was not ; the smaUeet weight in the objections to the principle on which the bill ISIS founded. The necessity existed for Ba the existing home government of I n di a to ter ' , ei th rey bi for the wanta of the home tresaw7. The eaosity minim, the constitution of the home government , the preset bill was adapted to that constitution. The poet of rawing and using the money would be exercised ands the , existing law. If parliament should think tit to akber the •iient constitution, then the power of borrowing met be' , dealt with in the same manner as other powers inharentia the ' East India Company, and no peculiar difficulty would erne with respect to the present bill which would not Will with erect to their other powers. They now pmered • mall unexharted power of borrowing on India Bonds, to which 1 the objtotions of the hon. gentleman would apply as much es to the present bill. (Hear, hear.) The hoot. gentleman propord that loans for the service of India should not be raised on the credit of the revises of India, but by the Imperial Exchequer ; and argued that the government were bound to sonde to his pried ple, bevere they lien about to propose the abolition of the political powers of the ceenpany in this country. Bat he could not see the smallest aceasase be tween the premises and the conclusion of the boa. It was only necessary to look to other Mil colonies of the kingdom to see =RAM of goner mental, in which there wee a direct midis between draws and the dependency. and in which, sivertheleas, ea dower quers were just as distinct as the imperial faakarsar_isd Ille an Indi exenequer, and when the tom was Wooled by the milonial credit, unless the imperial credit was gives by as Vacate legislation of parliament. The hon. gentleman had referred to the case of the Canadian loan, and that of the Demerara loan, as examples which ought to be followed with regard to India. Now, the Caned/rut loan was elected ander 1 circuesistances, with • view te the settlement of pending with the colony, and rested simply on the pa s? of an imperial guarantee for a colonial loan. In the else ef Demerara, and other loenseflected by the West India Weeds, they were in some ddeeggrreeee connected with the moan ttiaof the slaves, and the ditftmeed financial omodition of calesiee, end surely they afforded no example for the enemies of an Imperial guarani. to en exchequer so madly thy as that of India. Donor the last session an guarantee was given to New Zeeland, butthe tea ilea was, that it was a young and strurgline community, and them were ;oculist retaliate with the New Zealand Company which rendered it expedient that the assistance of the Bntish treasury should be given to that community. These reasons, however, did not apply to our East India dominions, which had argot yet been • burden upon the British exchequer. On Mr eindrary, in the early history of our relations with Las, en attempt was made to extract from India • auxin- Wks le re Latish exchequer. That tribute, as it was , was paid far • series of years, and to a great extent • prevailed that England had, to no inconsiderable hem enriched by the contributions of India, and that se the imperial exchequer being called upon to surnise LanMoans and becoming iteelf tributory, the unman bad igners, and of many persons In this emery w that England had derived from India some se lenium to It s exchequer. Without wishing to revive long nettled disputes as to the tribute of India In aid of the u rges of this country—without thinking that it would ever ble, or if possible that it would be just or expedient, to calf the finances of India to do more than discharge the whets of the lodise government. He could not for a moment daft the principle that except for some extraordinary pur pose except on account of the failure both of Indian revenue and Indian credit —it would be expedient or just to call in an of the finances of India the credit of the Im perial legislature. (Hear, hear.) Differing entirely with the hon. gentleman on the two Important points which be had raised, he justified the bill on principles of sound policy, and aa deterring of the support of the house. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI did not think his hoc. friend the member for Huntingdon (Mr. Bering) ought to flatter himself with the notion that her Majesty's ministers would withdraw their intended mauve to change the government of ludia on ac count of the existence of a great emergency, because it was in the midst of • great emergency, after duo and deep con sideration, that her Majesty's ministers arrived at the conclu sion that such a policy ought to be recommended to paella- mint ; and considering the intimation contained niche epeech from the throne—considering the correspondent,e which had taken place between the highest authorities connected with the government of India and the first minister of the crown—con sidering that a member in another place bad last night signified the intention of the government to bring forward a measure to change the powers of the East India government in this country, he thought his bon. friend would, upon re flection, not flatter himself that his appeal would be success ful. (Hear.) It appeared to him that her Majesty's minis ters were not acting with that ingenuousness and candour which the house had • right to expect. After the notification from the crown and the correspondence which bud passed between the first minister and the directors, it was rather extraordinary that the House of Commons had received no official intimation on the subje,t, when the interposition of that howls was necessary to enable the East India Company to carry en the government of that vat country. He did not think the right hon. gentleman had met the practical difficulty in the case. The question really was, what were the most advantageous terms on which the home government of India could rides the money? The house had been told that, whatever changes might take place, it was the deter mination of the government that any loan raised in this country by the home government of India should be a charge upon the revenue of India only. He would not at present enter into the policy and propriety of that determination; but if the loan was to be chargeable only on the revenue of India, it became • question of cal culation with those who had the money to lend whether the security would be beet under the government now in existence in India, and which administered India, or under the government projected by her Majesty's ministers. That appeared to him to be a distinction of the utmost im portance, which the house was bound to consider, and which involved the whole question of the policy or propriety of the change of government. (Hear, hear.) It was • question of grave consideration whether the house should or could en tertain • measure of this kind—a measure which empowered the home government of India to raise, not for immediate or pressing purposes, but for future purposes, • loan of such a large amount. The first consideration of those who had money to lend must be the security on which the money was to be lent. If the security was only to be the revenue of India, the question would be the parties by whom the government was to be administered and the means by which the revenue was to be raised, be cause that might make • difference between 3 and 6 per cent., or between 6 end 9 per cent. (Hear, hear.) Some peewees mightconsider that if the administra tion of India wee placed under the crown, the security offered by the Indian muss would be Infinitely Improved. But there might be en In fluential body, sad wage them probably many who would be willing so advance the money, who would look with the greatest alarm and distrust on the projected alteration, as likely to shake the foundations of the Indian revenue, and affect the resources and prosperity of the country. (Hear, beer.) Under these circumstances, although he could not go so tar as to say the house ought to refuse to sanction the introduction of the hill, became that , would be an act of discourtesy towards the government to which he did not wish to be • party, he thought the how ought to say, in permitting its introduction, we are not pledged to support it in its future stages. His impression was that when the bill was well weighed by the house and the country, it would be found replete with grave objections and deserving of the most serious and earnest consideration. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CAE WELL said there could be no doubt that the government of India wee in want of money, and that to give them the power contemplated by the bill was not only • reasonable proposition , but one which could not be refused. But there was ens question which it was of great importance for the house to understand before taking any step which would commit it with regard to the bill, and that was, what was to be the future liability of the consolidated fund of England in regard to the finance, of India. It was the bounden duty of the house to take care that the money to be charged on the tax-payers of this country, when levied for • necessary purpose, should be levied at the lowest cost, and constitute the smallest burden on the taxpayers. There would be • great difference between money borrowed by the crown and money borrowed by the existing govern ment of India.. It would be nearly half as conch again if borrowed by th e government of India than if borrowed by the crown. (Hear, hear.) There would be a great inconveni ence in forestalliog the discussion upon another, a wide, • most important, a most difficult question which her Majesty' s government were about to bring under consideration. e would not mak any question calculated to forestall or preci pitate the discussion. But what was to become of the finances of lode must force itself upon the house in the die elletiOn on this bill. He understood the Chancellor of the Exchequer to have mid—and this ought to be distinctly stated on the second reading—that in the changes which might take place in the government of India the finaftoes of India would rest as they did at present, upon the revenues of India—that in undertaking the government of India, the crown did not undertake the responsibility of the Indian revenue so as to make it in any event a bard= upon the tax payers of England, and that consequently If any calamity should occur which should render it impossi ble e for the liabi lities contracted by the crown of Englan d, but burdened upon the resources of India, to be pail frem resources, that no charge and no liability would arise for which the House of Commons would be called upon to provide out of the re venues furnished by the taxpayers of England. (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY said no one could dispute the proposition of the right hon. gentleman who had just sat down, that the government of India stood in need of money. The question was whether the course taken by the government was the one best calculated to provide that money. The house was greatly in want of information respecting Indian fi nance. If so large a sum was to be borrowed entirely on the credit of the finances of India, some general exposition of the finance, of India ought to be given to the house. Parties asking the house for • loan had generally condescended to give some information as to the means by which it was to be repaid and the interest secured. No financial statement was made last year, and the house was therefore in • worse position than feud when it was asked to grant these exten sive powers. If the money was to be raised entirely upon the security of the Indian revenue, and the government in India were raising money at six per cent., that fact would weigh materially on the lending rate in this countl7. He was extremely glad to hear the Chancellor of the Exche quer make the strong statements he had against staking the coneolidated fund of this country for this loan. He was glad to hear that declaration on the part of the government, be cause he thought that if they once began a system of that sort, there was no man in that bonen, however young, who would either see the end of it or of the trouble It would bring. Mr. MANGLES said he should be readily believed when he stated that it was not the East India Company which had requested her Majesty's government to bring in the bill which was looming in the distance, but the East India Com pany had requested her Majesty's government to bring In this bill, because it was absolutely necessary for the govern ment of India that the home government of that day, now seated in the East India Company, should be supplied with funds to carry on the important operations now pending, sad which required a larger sum than had hitherto been mow :7L for government of that country. It would be sadly that, in consequence of the enormous amber of troops which had been seat out, of the large sums necessarily paid for the shipping of troops, of the east quantity of military etoree which had been necessarily sent from this country—of the government in India having made • requisition which the company had met to the extent of • million in elver bullion—of the large number of troops and mores which would probably have to be sent over in the course of the next year, and the probability that the bone government would have to make another large remittance of silver bullion to maintain their credit In India, that it wee absolutely necessary that the home government of India should be supplied with funds. Unless they wished the NNW= to stop, unless they wished that the government In WM should be deprived of the means of defence, that no troops should be sent out, that no means should be taken to strengthen the hands of the government in that country, they moil sapplri en he home government o f I n di a, i n w h edeso . ever brads it a he vested, with th e means of carrying it an. It had said that this money was not wanted fen ea immediate and pressing purpose. Now, be thought the house would see that that purpose mast be pressing to a great extent when he mid that they owed her Majesty's government at this moment for stores and for payment of troops that had been sent from England, more then three millions sterling, for a very large proportion of which the memory was pres.mg for payment. The defi ciency at the end of the yoar 1858 would probably exerted seven millions, and in consequence of the nemesity of send ing out more troops, it was possible there might be still larger demands upon them. Mr. Cardwell argued that, because money could only he obtaiaed in Calcutta at 6 per cent. it was probable that that rate would be required here, or something like it. The fact was, that six per cent. in Calcutta, measured by the rare at wheit merchants and ...hers were borrowing—represented. taking the same standard, 3 per cent, in this country, and the company, in fact, borrowed as cheaply in relation to private individuals , when it borrowed in Calcutta at 6 per cent., as the government of this day did when it borrowed at 8. The company's bonds at this mo meat were at • premium of 20s, which was a proof that its credit had not fallen so low as the right bon. gentleman would seem to intimate. (Hear, bear.) They reeked the house to extend the powers given by ancient act• of parlia ment. They asked to have power to borrow a further sum of ten millions, and he entreated the house—whatever might be their opinion as to the intended measure of her Majesty's I government, which had been communicated to nobody yet— not to allow the home government of India to stand still for the want of funds which were so absolutely essential to strengthen the hands of the government in India. Sr F. BARING thought, front the speech of the hon. gentleman who had just sat down, that he had not quite understood the difficulty which had been raised, ' and which lie was bound to say that he partook of. He did not apprehend that there was the slightest wish on the part of the house—there was certainly none on his part to throw any difficulty in the way of the East India Company'. obtaining sofficieut funds to carry on the govern- memL He spoke for one when he said he was quite prepared to act with ItUrality to the company. He understood that what they wanted for the year war seven millions, but they should confine the loan to the united the year. Do not let them go beyond what their own practice was in their own loans—do not give them power to raise 11101147 by debentures for a year and a halt. Wy should they advance. three toil. Bons more than was actually necessary. when they knew that before six months were over the Rest India Company would be a cutter of histery P (" Hear, hear," and cries of " No, no.") He did not know what was the intention of the house, but that was the Intention of her Majesty's government. There was no harm in allowing the government to bring in the bill, and he should support them in asking for the sum which was actually required fur the service of the year. But let them have su(licieut information as to what was re quired. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was the Chan cellor of the Exchequer for England . , and he had taken good care to announce that the junc tion of the two govern ments would be no bentffit to India. Remember what Sir R. Peel said—" Chancellors of the Exchequer might make speeches, but good sense and good faith would have more power than Chancellors of the Exchequer." If the finances of India should fail,thie country would have to maks up every sixpence that was deficient, sad he had no doubt that the present Chancellor of the Exchequer would be the first to come down and move that the debt be a charge on the finances of this country. They were therefore in this pei don—that it was their interest that the money shouts be raised on the lowest terms. (Hear, bear.) And it was their duty to see that they were not charging the finances of India ' with more than was necessary. He, therefore, thought they ought to take advantage of the credit of this country. He did not ask them to advance the money, but if, by a guaran tee, they could raise the money on lower terms, It was as much for their interest as for the interest of India. (Hear, hear.) There was no difficulty. Her Majesty's government were creditors for three millions of the seven that were deficient, and if requisite the loan might stand over for a few I months. He thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer should furnish the house with the amount actually required for the service of the year, and that they should confine the loan to the amount absolutely required for the year. Colonel SYKES said this was not the time to addnaes the house on the subject of the propertied plan of her Majesty's gove which was at present is imbiber. He would give his o on that plan when it came before them. The measures adopted to preserve our empire in India had ' necessitated an enormous outlay which had almost drained the treasury of the Indian government, and it was absolutely necessary that money should be had in this country. Whether by guarantee of the government of this country, or merely on the revenues of India, the money must be had. With regard to this guarantee, he expressed his conviction that in the present tempera ment of the 180 millions of persons in India, if it were the intention of her Majesty's government to carry out the views expressed by certain parties in England as to placing India under the direct authority of the Crown, the guarantee of any sum of money to be raised now or hereafter would in the coarse of a few years not he worth a rush. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked the President of the Board of Control what were the documents he proposed to place before the house with regard to the future revenues of India. They should require some information before they gave authority to raise ten millions on a revenue which, as far as he knew, was in a moat critical position. Although the gross revenue of India was 28 millions, the deficiency, he believed, was six millions. He speed with the right bon. member for Portsmouth that they should not give authority to raise more than was required fur the yew. Con sidering that India had been turned as it were topsy-turvy, he could not conceive why they should select the present moment to make this change. If the government of India were placed directly under the crown, this country would in some way or other have to pay say deficiency that might arise. When, in 1833, the Meet I India Company was continued, it was expressly stated that the proprietors' interest in India was in their stock, which was converted into annuities ,l 630,0001., which wea1...31110d on the Indian revenue, and it wuargued that the East India Company would have the greatest interest in the good government of India, as the payment of their dividends depended upon it. Now he should like to know whether they were not by the pr oposed bill affecting the security of the proprietors of Indian stock. He mentioned this to show the necessity of dealing with caution with the finances of India Mr. D. SEYMOUR said the proprietors of But India stock had as their security the first charge on the revenues of ladle, which amounted to thirty millions a year ; and they would, therefore, not be affected by the proposed loan. The hon. gentleman opposite and the right hon. gentleman behind him wished to limit the loan to the neceesities of the Indian government at the present time. If they had paid attention to the speech of the President of the Board of Control, they would have seen th.t the government also wished the loan to be limited to the necessities of the present time, and they considered that ten million/ wee not too much to meet the present necessities. The deficiency of next year would be seven or eight millions, and the right hon. gentle man said it had been customary to keep a million in reserve, whichwould make it nine millions, and nobody could say that the power of raising an extra million wee too great a power to confer under the circumstances. He hoped, therefore, the hones would think that her Majesty's government had done their utmost to limit the amount of the loan to what wee re quired for this year. From what Sir F. Baring bad said be should think he would be strongly in favour of raising the loan on the credit of tie emery. Sir Robert Peel called attention to this sublime fifteen years ago, and he stated that if this country were celled upon to pay the debts of India it would not be called wen for debts heretofore contracted, but for loans which from eireumMances we might be obliged to raise in this country. The present loan wee guaranteed only by the the avvernment. revenues of India, and no other guarantee wee offered Mr. J. B. SMITH remarked that it was usual before they voted money for this country to have a statement of the finance of the country, and be hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not deprive them of that statement in the ease of India. Mr. V. SMITH thanked the house for the tone and temper with which they had disco/wed this question. The objections raised to it were chiefly with regard to the pro posed bill on the government of India. The reception of the measure would have been very different if he had adopted the advice of the hon. member for Huntingdon and the right hon. member for Portsmouth, that a guarantee should be given on the revenues of England. He wished to confirm Use statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there was not the slightest intention of charging the revenues of this country with this loan. Sir F. Baring said the amount was too large, and that he did not wish It to go beyond the year. It was perfectly open to the right hon. baronet when the bill was in committee to move to limit the awn, but he (Kr. V. Smith) hoped that the house, considering the necessities of the Heat India Com pony, would consent to the mum proposed. That there was as extreme urgency for mousy was admitted on all hands. He therefore hoped that there would be no objection to the bill except as to its details. One question had been raised by the right hon. member for Oxfordshire ea to the finances of India. He quite admitted that there was • great deficiency in the revenue of India. The right hon. gentleman wished to know if the revenue of India had improved daring the lest six months. It might be considered well if they had kept op at all during that period. With regard, however, to the present bill. it only appli e d t o th e h ome expenditure, and be was perfectly reds to present to the house a statement of the receipts and disbureemante, If that was wished. Whether the powers of the East India Company were transfirred or mot, it was absolutely neceeeery that money should be raised to carry on the government of that ciountry. Leave wee then given to bring In the bill, and it was sub sequently brought in and reed a lest time. RAILWAY LOANS. On the motion of Yr. Lowe a return was ordered of the amount of capital and loan which each railway company has been authorised to mite by acts passed previous to and in 1857 ; the amount of share capital actually paid up on the 31st day of December, 1867, separating the ordinary abare capital which does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, any preferential dividend or interest, from that which bears a preferential dividend or rate of interest, stating the rate and amount of dividend upon such ordinary share capital, as well meths amount of each ChM of such preferential capital, with the rate and amount of interest or dividend it is entitled to receive; the amount due on debenture., loan notes, or any other interest-bearing vacuities, on the 31st day of December, 18.57, the rates of interest payable thereon, and the gums to which such recto( interest ate applicable ; distinguishing the several auras raised by shares or on loan on which dividend or interest was not paid out of revenue, and the amount of such dividend or interest • the total amount the company re t a i ne d porters at the end of 1867 to raise, either on existing shares or by creating new shame, or by loans ; the amount expended in the construc tion of the railway works, preliallnary expenses, and in roll ing stock ; the length of line open for traffic on the 31st day of December, 1867, distinguishing single and double portions ; the length of line in 00117110 of construction at the end of 1857 the length of line the company is authorised to construct, but which was not commenced on the 31st day of December, 1857, and consequently the total length for which 1 • the company has obtained powers. Of the ties of ra il wa y companies which haa been effected, ei rby pu t . chase, Issas, or otherwise, during 1857, stating the nature of such amalgamation and the date on which it commenced, with the act of parliament under which it was effected. And, from each railway company, showing the length o f eac h li ne or part of a line, or branch line, for which the powers granted by parliament fur the compulsory purchase of the land re quired fur their construction had been allowed to tapir*, previous to the 31st day of Deeember, 18.57, wi th ou t t h e en. s m. of such powers ; and the capital appropriated by par liament for the constry/inis of such line. nr branch lines. EAST INDIA CADETSUIPS. Colonel SYKEB moved for • return of the number of cadetships, and different eludes of individuals upon whose sons all cadetships for India have been conferred by the directors of the East India Company, and President of the Board of Control, in the wend years from 1840 to 1057, both inclusive. He said this return would show that nine tenths of the patronage had been given to the middle clause, and that not • single cadetship had been given for party objects. Mr. V. SMITH said, if his hon. and gallant friend had done hint the honour to consult him se to the form of this return, he should hare been glad to have consented to it M a modified form, but it appeared to him there would be great difficulty in making the return as moved. He did not know how they were to classify individuals. Were they to state ea to each individual a hether he was the eon of a clergyman, or a lar or • member of parliament ? (Hear, hear.) He thought ' that would be very difficult, and if not dielmlt it would be very invidious. If the hon. gentleman thought, however, ha could get the return, he had not the lean objec tion, but he thought it not well that such • return should be made. The reason of the middle classes going to India wee, that it was • profitable sphere, and they had mom of that pa tronage because they were more willing to take it. He dial not know what the hon. and gallant member meant by the middle classes. If he meant the sons of tradesmen he believed there were very few who had received cadetships. But there was no imputation whatever on the persona sent. They bad many of them distinguished themselves, and there was no imputation on them. The motion referred to cadetships con ferred by the directors of the East India Company and the President of the Board of Control, whereas he knew very well that the cadetships were all conferred by the directors. If the hon. and gallant member wished to show the distinc tion he should be too glad to show it. Then the period was fixed from 1840 to 1857. He could not tell why that period was fixed upon, till on looking at the East India Register he saw that in 1840 the hon. and gallant member was first made a director. If the hon. and gallant gentlemen would restrict his motion to the lest ten years, he (Mr. Smith) should have no objeo- Non to it as tar as be was personally conoerned. Colonel BYKES had originally intended to make his motion_ apply to the last 20 years, but he found that re turns had already been published which came down to 1840. With regard to the rig ht hon. gentleman's objection to the form of his resolution, he had only to say that the returns made under it would exactly follow the precedent of the returns which had already been laid before the house. Under these circumetancee he could not consent to any alteration, and he should, ineoemary, divide the house. The motion was, however, agreed to without &division. EAST INDIA (ANNEXATIONS, &c.) Sir H. VERNEY moved for copies of all papers not I already presented to the house connected with the various annexations of territory in India, including minute' by in dividual directors, since the annexation of Samna) ; account of all an= paid to Hindu') or Mahonueum shrines, or in any way in honour or Ruppert of the religion or of religions in stitutions of the native inhabitants of India, which were collected or disbursed by the agency of the East India Com pany's servants during the year 1857 ; copies of the petition of the inhabitants of Calcutta for the recall of the Governor- General, together with any observations which he may have made thereon ; and of any despatches from the Conti of Directors of the East India Company to the government of i India respecting the appointment of commissioners to in quire into the cameos of the military mutiny in that country, end the best means of re-organising the Bengal army. Mr. V. SMITH explained that the petition for the recal of Lord Canning had been sent home direct for presentation to her Majesty. That was an informal mode of proceeding, and the document bad been returned with an intimation that it must come through the Governor-General. If the parties thought proper to persevere with their petition, they would send it in the manner pointed out, and then the Governor- General would forward it to the Court of Directore, accompa nied with • detailed explanation of the circumstances to which it referred. Lord Canning having, however, become aware that the petition in question was in existence, procured a copy of it, and sent it to the court with • few hasty motes written upon the margin. That petition, and the notes upon it, were • public document, and would be published ; but be (the right hon. gentleman) hoped that the hasty chalet:ter of those marginal notes would be borne in mind by all that penieed them. The motion was then speed to. NEW WRIT. . .. ..... Mr. HAYIEU moved for • .neer writ for South North amptoorture. m tue room of Viscount Altherp, called up to the Howe of Lords an Earl Spencer. Agreed to. THE INDIA BILL. Vimeotmt PALMERSI'ON gave notice that on Friday next be should move for leave to bring In a bill for the better government of India. (A faint " Hear, hear.") The house rose at ten minutes past eight. CHURC7I 0! ENGLAND SPECIAL SERVICES. The following is a copy of the bill introduced into the House of Lads but night by the Archbishop of Canter bu4y, intituled "An Act for Special Services in the Church of England••: `, Whereas it is expedient to enable the bishops in their respective dioceses to make provision in populous paces for the preaching of God's word in any building or buildings not usually appropriated to purposes of religious worship, by clergymen of the United Church of England and Ireland who have their permission for this purpose, any statute, law, canon, or usage notwithstanding : be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows . "I. That in any city, town, or place, whether the same shall consist of one or more parishes or ecclesiastical die tricts, the population of which shall at the last census have exceeded , and in which the bishop, either of his own knowledge or from representations made to him, shall judge that the spiritual wants of the population render it expedient to make further provision for promoting the preaching of the word of God, it shall be lawful for the said bishop, by writing under hie hand, to declare that such deficiency has been made evident to him, and to permit such clergyman or clergymen of the United Church of Eng land and Ireland as to him shall seem fit, for a period not exceeding to preach God's Word, and to say the Litany, or any of the collects contained in the Book of Com mon Prayer, with the Lord's Prayer, in any such building or buildings not usually appropriated to the purposes of reli gions worship. " 2. Provided always, that notice of the intention of the bishop to grant such permission shall be given to the incumbent of the pariah or ecclesiastical district in which such building is situate, at least one calendar month before such permission shall issue; and that such notice shall contain a designation of the building or build ings to which such permisdon shall apply; and that a copy of such notice shall be duly entered in the registry of the diocese; and that it shall be lawful for the incumbent of the said parish or eockedastical district, at any time during the said calendar month, to appeal to the archbishop of the pro vince against the iesne of such permission; and that the permission shall not be issued before the archbishop shall have heard and determined the said appeal ; and that at say time after the issue of such permission it shall be lawful for each incumbent as aforesaid to make application to the bishop to withdraw wall permission; and if the bishop shall refuse to do so, then it shall be lawful for the incumbent to appeal to the archbishop, who shall thereupon summarily determine whether such permission shall continue er be with drawn. "3. Provided always, that all the laws, statutes, and canons now in force ea to the public services of the united Church of England and Ireland apply to the occasional taus vices contemplated by this act, except in so far as it is ex pressly enacted in this act to the contrary." THE VOTE OP THANKS IV THE Kumar, NAVAL, AND CIVIL SERVICES LY INDIA. Tho following are the terms of the vote of thanks to the above services, to be proposed by Lord Panmnre in the House of Lords, and by Lord Palmerston in the House of Common', on Monday next "That the thanks of thia house be given to the Right Hon. Viscount Canning, Governor-General of the British pommies' in the East ladies; the Right Hon. Lord Mania, Governor of the Presidency of Madras ; the Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, 0.C.8., Chief Commissioner of the Punjaub ; and Henry Bartle Frees, General Commander of &Inds, fn the energy and ability with which they have employed the resources at their command to suppress the widely-spread mutiny in her M►jesty's Indian dominions. " That the thanks of this house be given to his Excel lency Gemini Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., Commander-in- Chief in India; Mejor-General Sir James Outram, 0.C.8.; Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.8.; and Major-General John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, K.C.8.; for the eminent skill, courage, and perseverance displayed by them in the achievement of so many and such important triumphs over numerous bodies of the mutineers. " That the thanks of this house be given to the other gal- Lag officers of her Msjeety'a army, navy, and marines and also of the Hon. East India Company's service, for the in trepidity, the patient endurance, and other high military qualities which have marked their discharge of these arduous duties which they have so successfully performed. "That this house doth highly approve end acknowledge the high courage, the devoted loyalty, and the brilliant 'ke eled; of the non-commissioned officers and men of her Ma jesty's military and naval forces; of the European troops in the aerobe of the Honourable East India Company ; and of the great body of those native corps throughout India who have remained faithful to their standards; and that the seine be signified to them by the commanders of the several corps, who are desired to thank them for their gallant behaviour. "That the said resolutions be transmitted by Mr. Speaker to the Governoe•Gsneral of India, and th his lord-hip Do requested to communicate the same to the several officers referred to thank:L." MUIDEBOUS ASSAULT BY d CLERGY:ILAN.— BICTILAOADIXABY CASE. (From the Brute! Jferrestry of the day.) One of those extraordinary and mysterious occur rences which every now and then spring up as If to attest the proverb, " Truth is stranger than fiction," transpired oa Wednesday night, at Yate, about eleven miles from this eity, on the Bristol and Birmingham railway. Thu heinous nature of the outrage is greatly aggravated by t h e fact that its chief perpetrator was a gentleman of education, in the holy orders of the Church of England, and bearing the academie rank of Mesta. of Arta. The Rev. S. Smith, MA., • native of Sodbnry or its neighbourhood, who formerly officiated at Wapley Church, but who is now principal of a Collegiate academy, which he conducts at No. 16, Richmond-terrace, Clifton, has been arrested and detained in custody on the charge ; and his wife, Mrs. Sarah Smith, is likewise • pri soner, standing accused of a participation in his crime. The circumstances connected with the occurrence are of a romantic and very mysterious character. The gentleman upon whom the outrage was committed ia Mr. John Leech, who ii thirty-three years of ago, a contractor for public works, residing in the neighbourhood of Croydon, Surrey ; and Mr. Leech sap, he has no doubt that the attack upon him, for the committal of which no sufficient cause at present appears, was the result of a cunningly-devised conspiracy. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of a respectable farmer named Mills, at Walton, four miles from Canterbury, and about eight or nine years ego, and before her marriage to the Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Leech paid his addresses to her, and would, it was at the time thought, have married her. Circum stances occurred which broke off the match, end Wise Mills afterwards became united to her present husband. Some time ago Mr. Leech had the misfortune to loos his wife, and it is therefore believed that in some way Mrs. Smith must have become acquainted with that fact, for • fortnight ago she addressed • letter to her whilom suitor, in which she stated that her husband bad died, and reminding him of en evening which they had spent toge ther by the sea-side in 1849, and said if he had not forgotten what he said to her on that occasion she should be glad to tee him, and to renew the intimacy that had once subsisted between them. The letter begged him to write in reply to her, and to address his letter to the care of "Mr. Las bury, bookseller, Perk-street, Bristol." There was some thing in the style and composition of the letter which for the moment arouaed Mr. Leech's suspicions, but he resolved upon writing beck to the address given, which he did, at the same time intimating his doubts as to the truthfulness of the cemmunication. To this letter he received a reply, dated as before, but assuring him of the genuineness both of it and the former communication, and proposing • meeting at Bristol on Sunday, the 31st of January, or if he could not come thin, on the following Sunday. It happened that the times proposed would not wait Mr. Leech, end having replied to that elfoo, he subsequently received a third communization, e Lich was dated from Bristol, but stated that the writer, Mrs. Smith, was staying with • relation of her late husband's at Wapley, and requested that he would come by the ene o'clock train from Paddington and meet her on the platform of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at • quarter before seven o'clock on Wednesday night. Mr. Leech determined upon complying with her request, took train from his home to London-bridge station, drove in a cab from there to Path:in:Veto, and took hie place for Bristol by the train indicated. At a quarter before seven o'clock he went on to the platform and was almost immediately joined by Mrs. Smith, will wore widow's weeds. They en gaged in conversatirn, and upon his &skits her how long her husband had been dead, she replied six weeks, and told him that she was visiting a cousin of his, a gentleman named Isaacs, at Wapley. While they were conversing and awaiting the departure of the train, Mr. Leech saw a man, who he for the moment felt satisfied was the Rev. Mr. Smith, on the platform. He called her attention to him, and mentioned his suspicion, but as she replied "How can you think such a thing; he has been dead six weeks," he thought no more of it, and he having taken two first-riase tickets, they entered the train. On its stoppage at Tate station they got out, and Mr. Smith was also seen, Ly a person who knew him wall, leaving the platform from the same train. When about to leave the station, Mrs. Smith stated that they were going to cross Yate; common. The station-mast r, Mr. Sedaillt, told them it would be impossible to make their way across it on so dark • night, and Mr. Leech also pro posed that they should take a coareyance, or at any rate go by the med. Mrs. Smith replied that she must go by the 110■11110n as she knew her way to Wapley better that way than by the road, Leda which Mr. Isaacs, she said, had agreed to come and meet her, in the event of her friend (Mr. Leech) not arriving, and they would miss each other. Upon this, the station-master offered to conduct them to the com mon, and he lit them with the aid of his lantern to the point from which they would have to cross it. After he left them Mrs. Smith became guide, and led him to a very dark and de solate pert. He proposed that they ebould retrace their steps and take the high road, but the said she was feeling for the hedge, and so soon as she had found it they would be all right. In a minute or so Mr. Leech thought that he beard footsteps, as if some one was tracking them, and he was turning round, when Mrs. Smith said, in • loud voice, " I have lost my way." A man's voice echoed, "And I have lost my way ; " immediately upon which Mr. Leech received a desperate blow across the forehead from some heavy instrument, which was immediately followed by • second across the back of the head. Both blows indicted severe wounde, from which be bled profusely. The man, whom he discovered to be Mr. Smith, again struck at him with his bludgeon. Hay ing no weapon, save an umbrella, to defend himself with, and feeling convinced that the intention was to kill him, Mr. Leech threw his umbrella away, seized his anailant by both arms, sad struggled with him. A severe scuffle ensued, and Mr. Leech, being an agile man, succeeded in felling Mr. Smith to the ground and throwing himself upon him. Luckily the struggle was overheard by two platers on the Midland railway, named George Heaven and Charles Owen. These men distinctly heard the blows, and, suspecting that some one was damaging the railway fences, hastened te the spot, where they found the Rev. Mr. Smith en the ground, and Mr. Leech, whose face and clothes were com pletely covered with blood, bolding him down. The men pulled Mr. Leech off, but were so alarmed at his appearance, that they neglected to snare his assailant, who got away. Mr. Leech was carried in as exhausted state to the house of Mr. Ford, the Railway Hotel, Yate, where Mr. Leman, surgeon, was summoned with all despatch, and attended and dressed his wounds, both of which were so extensive as to require sewing up. So soon as the alum was fairly given, numbers of persons turned out on the common in pursuit of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but they had eluded pursuit. On the com mon was found the widow's cep, which Mrs. Smith must have thrown away from her, and at daylight the next morning, one of the railway workmen found • revolver pistol, having six barrrle, loaded and dipped, near the spot where the struggle took place. It is believed, from information since received, that the rev. gen tleman and his wife, after leaving the common, made their way on foot to Wickwar, where they presented themselves at the New Inn, kept by Mr. Robert Shipp, and asked for some conveyance oi Bristol. Mr. Shipp told them that he did not seep any trap, and referred them to Mr. Robinson, grocer, who did. Mr. Robinson . was from home, and I na wife hesitated st first to comply with their req u est ; but the gentleman said if she refined, he should complain to the magistrates and get her fined ; and he also, to ware her of his respectability, gave her his name as Henry Johnson, 7, Wilson-street, bt. Paul's, Bristol. The trap was then pro diced, and they were defy= to Bristol. Upon informed= of the outrage htgiven to the county police poli at Sodbury, ea o ffi cer was dis p a tched to this city, and with the 16160411•24' of P.C. Windmi of the detective force, proceeded to the ltev. Mr. Smith's residence and apprehended both him and his lady. When Mr. Leech set out from ids house he brought with him • small parcel c ntaieing o shirt, collar, satin reed, and pocket handkerchief. There things, which were all marked in his wine, were found in the rev. gentle/Ewa', house. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were mewled to Sodbary on Thursday night, but the offence lasting bent committed within the Lawford's Gate jurisdiction they had to be remanded. We understand that upon inquiry at the hones toe police ascertained that the rev. gentleman and his lady arrived at home about one o'clock in the night of Wed" ll and that they were up fur some time after that, betwixt= _1 1 cleaning their clothes. 1-