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remaisLia force for one, year, on the misunderstanding that the noble lord (the President of the Council) would pledgi*himself then to bring in another bill. Lord HOTHAM said that in the course he had pur sued he had been actuated, by an imperious sense of duty. If thenoble lord would accept the proposal now thrown out he might be • induced to waive present opposition. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if his 'hon. friend the member for Finsbury meant to propose the duration of the bill for a year to the end of the " then next session," he was willing to accept the proposal. (Hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that such was the intention of his suggestion. Lord HOTHAM, under these circumstances, with drew his motion. Lord J. RUSSELL wished it to be understood that he would be at liberty to amend this bill in a future session, or, on future consideration, continue it as at present framed. Mr. MALINS rejoiced that this compromise had been arrived at, and trusted that on a future occasion the noble lord would introduce the clause which had now been under consideration. (Hear.) The Lords' amendments were CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered ; the third reading to be taken this day. MR. O'FL AH ERTY'S APPOINTMENT. Mr. LUCAS called the attention of the house to circum• stances connected with the appointment of persons en trusted with the collection of the revenue, and referred to the case of the special commissioner of income tax in Ire land, who was said to have quitted that country in conse quence of having committed forgeries. As he believed the a ppointment to be in the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had communicated privately with him in order that he might be present on that occasion. The right hon. gentle man had asked him to postpone his motion, but unless some reason could be alleged for his doing so he should feel it his duty to proceed. These rumours respecting the income tax commissioner were current for weeks, and he could not conceive how it was possible that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should not inquire into the means by which he was misled as to the character of the man whom he had appointed to an office so important. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no wish upon the subject, though he was anything but pre pared with the requisite information. Mr. LUCAS then brought the case of Mr. E. O'Flaherty before the house, and demanded some explanation upon the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had made the appointment on the recommendation of Sir J. Young, but the functions of Mr. O'Flaherty as income tax commissioner had ceased long before those rumours got into circulation. There had been no defalcations on the part of Mr. O'Flaherty, an d w h a t e ver rumours prevailed against hi m were a p p li ca bl e t o hi s pr i va te conduct after he had ceased his official duties. Mr. DISRAELI regretted that Lord Naas was not pre sent, and reminded the house of the case of Mr. Keogh, in which Mr. O'Flaherty's testimony was adduced in contra vention of the statement of his noble friend with respect to Mr. Keogh's appointment. His noble friend had. at the time a letter in his pocket which would have at once neu tralised the testimony of Mr. O'Flaherty, and shown that he was not a person who ought to have been appointed to the office which he subsequently obtained. Colonel DUNNE said that on the occasion in question Lord Naas had in his possession a letter which contained the most damning. proof of the unfitness of Mr, O'Flaherty, by reason of hie • antecedents, to hold any position under Government, but a feeling of delicacy restrained him from using it. The "subject then dropped. INDIAN FLNANCE. The house then resolved itself into a committee for the purpose of receiving a statement from Sir Charles Wood, on the subject of the Indian revenue accounts, there not being more than a dozen members present during the earlier part of the proceedings. Sir C. WOOD proceeded to address the committee, as near as. we were enabled to collect, in the following terms; for the low conversational tone in which a large portion of the introductory remarks of the right honourable baronet were delivered rendered them for the most part, either partially inaudible or totally unintelligible in the gallery : I rise, sir, in performance of a promise made last year, to lay before the house a statement with respect to the finances of India, and at the same time to submit to the house a general statement of the progress which has been made since that subject was last under discussion in this house. I propose, in order to enable me to do this the more clearly, to follow the precedent set in former years— for it is only two years short of half a century since an Indian budget was submitted to the House of Commons= of submitting to the house a series of resolutions on the subject of the finances of India. The resolutions will be, relative to the commercial aspect of the country, similar to those of former years. Other resolutions will also be plapedjin your hands, sir, on the subject of the revenue and expenditure of the several presidencies; on the subject of India generally ; and lastly, of those charges which are paid in this country, showing the ultimate surplus after defraying the whole of the Indian charges which are payable out of the Indian revenue. The resolutions which I shall submit to you are, in truth, as on former occasions, little more than mere assertions of matters of fact. Former acts of Parliament provided a form in which those resolutions should be framed, but a later act requires the form in which the resolutions and accounts are now framed. The principal advantage which I anticipate from the course which the committee .is • now about to adopt, is not so much eliciting any opinion on the subject of the finances • of India as to enable me to lay befOre the house a general view of the subject of the state of that country, and to enable hon. members to make those observations which they think requisite thereupon, or to elicit any farther information, so far as I am enabled to give it, upon m a tters of great and absorbing interest in connection with this im portant subject. By the last act of ParliaMent, the ac counts, framed in a particular manner, are annually laid upon the table of the house; but I did not think, from the little time that I have had to turn my attention to this subject, that those accounts are so explicit as it was desi rable they should be made. Accordingly, I desired the accounts to be framed very much upon the model of the finance accounts of this country, giving very full informa tion on the subject of revenue, income, expenditure, charge upon Indian revenue, and other subjects upon which hon. members might be desirous of expressing an opinion or forming a judgment. Those accounts have been framed with very great care byMr.Key (as we understood) of the East India Company. These accounts, so prepared, have been submitted to Mr. Anderson (as we also under stood), the late deputy paymaster-general, and having un dergone a most careful revision they have been considered satisfactory, so far as the information which they afford is concerned. I was anxious to lay upon the table of the house on this occasion the trade and navigation returns of India, but found that it would not be possible to have these returns made up to a recent period in sufficient time to present them with the other returns. With respect to the period to which these returns have been made up, I greatly regret that I am una bl e t o lay before the house complete accounts down to a later period than the 30th of April, 1852. Adopting, as I have already said, the prece dent of former years, I propose in the first instance to put into your hands the income and charges of each separate presidency, the general income and charges payable in India, the home charges, and the difference, which is of course the ultimate surplus of Indian revenue. The com mittee must, however, bear in mind, that there is great difficulty in apportioning to the respective presidencies the precise amount of charges which ought to be placed to the credit of each. The revenues of Bengal, for instance, aro chargeable for the payments for suppressing piracy, " batta" is chargeable on the Madras revenue, and the India mail on the Bombay revenue. The charges on each presidency., do rot, therefore, correctly represent the actual charges, and whether or not it may be desirable to separate them accurately in future is a subject to which I shall devote my attention in the next session. Again, with respect to the home payment, the furlough charges and the pay of the whole army is from a general sum, though obviously it must be divided between the three presidencies. Ido not know whether it would be worth while taking the trouble to divide the payment between Bombay, Bengal, and Madras. I merely state this in order that the committee may understand that in the resolutions to be submitted to it, it will not have the separate charge of the respective presidencies, nor indeed the general charges of the Indian Government as accuratley distinguished from that of the local go'vernteenta. The statements which I. am about to make are founded mainly upon papers 12, 13, and 29 in this general return (the right hon. baronet did not particula.riso more precisely the return alluded to). These papers represent the accounts of receipts and dis barsements, especially "29," where, at page 45, will be found a very full account of the whole. The first resolu tions which I s h a ll put i nto your hands are with respect to t_het . revenue . of the p res id ency o f B enga l , i nclud i ng the local charges therun, exclusive of the army. I shall state at,. the same time th e revenues and expenditure . of the north ee-western provinces, portn in order to afford to the coal portions. I shall then iy of comparing them with other add to them the charg e for state the total charges of both, and o f r the army. The first resolution states that the r gal. in the year ending the 30th of April was aafoll o 11'3" Revenna . : Local cha rges yia . • ............ ......... Z 7,534,4 5 '"'reip on ........ . 1,936,362 Leaving surplus Th e revenue and 6 xPendit . n ..... . .. th . e . . n - o -1421 1 5 - ' w 6 e l s B ie ° r 7 n 3 pro vinces were as follows :-- - Revenue ......... :. ,• Local charges ~.. 1 ,402,238 Leaving surplus .... • 1 The military charges of Bengal . ''' ''' ",266,417 vioces form, as might be expect e d north-western pro the l e the whole military expenditure of India, largest portion of less than 5,412,230/. ' The net revenu e ' a i mo ,r ti ng to not the net revepue, after deducting charge, of a Z l a i Peaking of other charges of that description—of Bengal and " d western provinces was 13,225,150/. ; the charges north sum, including Military charges, was 8,770,3?30/. (l c e n a 7 is a surplus revenue from the Bengal and north-western provinces applicable to the general charges of India, i nc i ud . fug the debt, of 4, to 434,320/. The next resolution is o ne the presidency of Madras, and will b e which will apply as follows : Revenue 23,704,048 3,204,273 Local charges Surplus .............................. 2499,775 With respect to Bombay, the account stands as follows: Revenue ................................. £2,868,293 2 847 Local charges ........................... ~392 £20,906 Surplus The total net revenue of the several presidencies amounts to 1 9,827,496/., and the total charges, exclusive of the army, to 14,822,4951. El, leaving a total surplus available for the pay .atißenkkitthe debt and home charges of 5,005,001/. The ie- ILlere the India debt, payable in India, exclusive of local :'' - Pc!iec.ry debt, was at that time 1,967,.3591. ; the t i t e ~ .i. i 't F it ~, fr ed in England were 2506,37 V. 4 4,,., ..-e l „,„PS Indian revenue therefore beyond what I ;ft4avu arremaY 1 ention a ~ ... s.v. The total ••. 'lig,for th E i.,,i o. s 1851-2 e , amount to 4,473,7361., thus lt, .. .ci ttr6 4 : sB l % . ; a surplus of income over expell,ll -- ' 'rren.cliding with the figures stated at the , it page of the return a lready referred to. That , ~,_, - ,stateeicit: hi,II ant happy to say, ....-;e•-- 4 --=for the t vms'Preceding year a satisfactory one, and liad 1/ , pot quite , so large as for years has been a surplus, though there was a surplus of 351,e3.3Drrious year. In 1.849-5'J r, 415,8661., and in 1851-2 a surplus " in• 1850-1: a surplus of : s . of 531,2651., which is the latest period for which I can give a complete statement. - . „ ,) \ THE ‘SIPN; 'LONDON,' WEDNESDAY I have, however, an estimate for the yews 1852-3, and I think it is desirable that the house should be in possession of that information, although I am, of course, unwilling to call upon the house to come to any resolution whiCh does not rest upon positive and ascertained facts. The estimate for the year 1852-3 is as follows : Income £26,915,431 Expenditure 26,275,966 Surplus During the four years, therefore, already stated, there has been a considerable and growing surplus; but I am sorry to say that in that for the present year there is an apparent deficit to a considerable amount. The estimate for the year 18534 is as follows : Gross income .226,586,826 „ expenditure Leaving a deficit of £872,335 Mr. HIJME--Does that include the expenditure on account of the Burmese war? Sir C. WOOrg—l will come to that presently. It is with very great sorrow that I have to make such a statement as this. The statements for the four preceding years certainly led to the encouraging hope that such would not be the case. At the same time, there are circumstances which diminish, to a certain amount, this serious deficit. Among the items of diminished receipts there is one which shoWs a falling off in the receipts for land of 60,0001. The principal item of deficit occurs in the article of opium, which amounts to 236,0001. There is also a great falling off of 54,0001., arising (as we understood) from the abolition of the monopoly of tobacco in Madras. On the other hand, there is an in creased gxpenditure incurred for the 'cultivation of opium of 296,0001.: thus making a total difference in the item of opium alone of between 500,000/. and 600,0001. Certainly, it is one of the most unfortunate circumstances connected with India that so much of itsreven - ue should depend upon such an uncertain source as that of opium. (Hear, hear.) There is also an increased expenditure of 102,0001. on ac count of public works. (Hear, hear.) There is also in creased expenditure for military charges and buildings, nearly the whole of which are, I believe, to be placed to the credit of the Burmese war. There is an increase of 150,0004 for military charges, of which about 40,000 1 . is for the transport of troops. The whole expenses of the Burmese war will, I believe, be under 200,000 1 . That is certainly a return which I did, not expect. The whole of the proceedings have, however, been carried on with the utmost care, and with the greatest possible attention to economy. The next item in the increased expenditure is one which will not occur again. But its recurrence in this case shows how' necessary it is not to rely upon the returns taken for a single yearns the test of Indian affairs. Largo balances have accrued for the payment of the Queen's troops in India, and last year the total arrears, amounting to not-lesa than .400,000/., were charged upon the revenue of the country.. Another item was one of 65,0001., arising from an increase in the . payment of the debt, in consequence of the operations connected with the conversion of the debt. Debentures to the amount of 132,0001., which under cer tain ClicunistanCes woild neit'have been placed until' July, and which vs - dalel have coma into this year's account, were according to the terms of the conversion placed in. April last, and have consequently been brought into last 'year's account. There has been, in point of fact, a transfer of 200,0001. from the fair expenditure of the present:to the last year. Itwe take the last three years together, there will be found to be a surplus ; and this is the only correct mode of dealing with questions connected with Indian finance. Iby no means despair of future yew's, though of course, when so large a deficit stares one in the face as in the present year, it behoves us to be exceedingly cautious with respect to any financial operations which may been tered into. The item from which the largeitiportion of the revenue of India is obtained is the land revenue: With respect to Bengal, the land revenue is permanently settled, and all possibility of increase from that source is precluded. Where leases are granted for a term of years, there . cannot be, until the expiration of those leases at least, any Mere:sae of revenue from the land. In Madras, so far as the land revenuesare concerned, I think the first operation should be a reduction of the amount paid for land. I will not now raise that question, which we discussed some few; nights since, but I cannot refrain from saying that the tenure of land in Madras is substantially a tenure subject to very heavy payments, totally irrespective of the assessments levied on the land at the present moment. And although a very able officer (Col. Cotton), who has superintended the progress of many of the public works of India, states that it is possible to improve the land up to the full value of the as sessment, I should rather see the assessment lowered down to the rent which the cultivators could fairly pay. I have no doubt that in many portions of the presidency it is most essential that the assessment should be reduced. It is quite true, as has been stated, that a great deal of land is kept out of cultivation by the system at present in existence, and lam inclined to believe that by reducing the assess ment, and placing it at a fair and moderate amount, a larger amount of land would be brought into cultivation, and that ultimately the land revenues of Madras might even yield a larger sum, in spite of the reduction. The next great item of Indian revenue is "opium." Nothing could be more uncertain or precarious than this branch of the revenue. It has of late years amounted to between 4,000,0001. and 5,000,0001., and in all probability it may be maintained at that high rate. Whether the present dynasty should continue in power in China, or whether the "rebels," as they are called, should take possession of the country, I do not think that,. even if so disposed, their prohibition of the use of opium will in the slightest degree diminish its consumption in China. At the same time the revenue from opium is one of the most uncertain character, and we shall be building upon a very insecure foundation if we rely too greatly upon that source of revenue. The next great item of revenue in India is salt. -Now, I cannot forget that during the last session of Parliament this house came to a vote which I consider ill-advised on the subject of the salt duty. It can hardly be denied that it is only fair that the great mass of the people of India should con tribute, by the payment of some tax, to the expenses of the government of the country, and salt is almost the only ar ticle on which a tax could be imposed. The salt tax was the only tax paid by the people of India ; it was onB to which they had long been habituated, and one which did not press severely on their resources. Since the debate which took place last year upon that subject a document has been placed in my hands which will, I think, contri bute to remove the unfavourable "impressions entertained by many hon. gentlemen with respect to the operation of the salt tax inlndia. That document is a paper prepared by Mr. Bedford (as we understood), a gentleman attached to the medical staff in Bengal, and who took great pains to ascertain the condition of the people brought under his care. (The right hon. gentleman here read a portion of the document in question, from which it would appear that the lower classes in Bengitl possessed as ample means as the same classes in most of the civilised countries of the world of purchasing a sufficient amount of food.) That is a satis factory account of the condition of the peasantry in that portion of our Indian empire ; and with respect to the sup ply of salt in that country, which had been a particular subject of that gentleman's inquiries, he went on to say that out of 100 persons at his hospital, taken indifferently, 93 stated that they were able to obtain an ample supply of salt, and two only out of that number stated that they had not the means of procuring a sufficiency of that article. I state this in order to relieve the mind of hon. gentlemen with regard to the vote of last year, because I sent out im mediate instructions to the Governor-General of India to appoint a commission, and one of the most able, civil ser vants of the Government, Mr. Plowden, was appointed to investigate the matter. Mr. Plowden went to Bombay, and from thence he proceeded to Madras, and when the re sult of his investigation is sent home I shall have great pleasure in laying it on the table of the hOuse. Honourable members must be aware that great objection is made to the introduction of the Excise, and great complaints are made of the cruelty of the native collectors. The intro duction of the Excise would render necessary the appoint ment of a large number of native collectors, and would increase their means of extortion and oppression. If the house should think it necessary to put an end to that mode of collecting the tax, they will have the opportunity of doing so. The only other item of revenue to which I shall refer is the ex:atoms-revenue, which amounts to about a million a year. The exports from India have materially increased, and I hope they will continue. My hon. friend the member for Lancaster, whom I do not see in his place the Liverpool o v r e fi r p b e r o o l u s Eastaubs t e Indias from A seo e lndia. iati —(a laugh) —expressed his gratification at the increased offemthahne the e air o m th a e n r on T o hand, had stated that he did not entertain any very lively expectation of any large amount being brought from that country. The question, however, is one of great import ance, and I have directed the Governor-General to pay par ticular attention to the whole subject of these fibrous sub stances, such as flax and hemp, and to send any reasonable quantity of articles of that kind that were produced, in order that they might be submitted to the manufacturers of this country ; because, in the event of any deficient supply of flax and hemp from other places, a sufficient quantity might be obtained from this quarter. This being the case, it is obvious that there is no certain prospect of an increased revenue in India, and in most of the items of expenditure there is no great prospect of much diminution. As I said before, the large item of expenditure in India is the army, and a' we have already undertaken to occupy large increase of territory, without any addition to the army. We have annexed the whole territory of the Pun jaub, the district of Pegu, and the territory of Nag,pore ; and the only addition that has been made to the military force' of India is two European regiments and three native regiments. It could hardly be supposed that the whole of this vast extent of territory could be managed by so small a force ; but I think it is obvious that, under existing circumstances, there is no prospect of any ma terial diminution in the number of' our troops. If hon. gentlemen refer to the statistical papers that have been laid - on the table, it would appear almost curious the small number of troops maintained in our In dian. possessions. The whole of the Queen's troops in India amounted to 30,000 men ; the. Europeans in the Company's service, including officers, amounted to 20,001; making altogether 50,000. There are about 240,000 natives in the Company's armies, and these 'with the Queen's troops amounted to 290,000 men. The contingent from native princes was about 30,000; and in the whole you_ may say there are 350,000. Now, the few native states in India maintain of one description or another a large force, amounting to about 398,000 men. I have no doubt that, when by the mote .general introduction of railways a•idi .tional facilities of locomotion aro given, some reduction may be made; but, until that takes place, I do not think, with the additional territory to be defended, it is possible to make a n y ma t er i a l re d uc ti on i n th e num be r o f troops. With regard to the three other great sources of eipense— first, with regard to public works • and, secondly, with regardei, offic to e judi c i a l es t a bli s h ments and the salaries of j udi that the officers —I think th e f ee li ng o f th e h ouse l as t year was expenditure must be increased and not diminished Under both these heads. I had great pleasure in recently reading an account of by Colo ne l C otton, t he progress of public works . in India and t another i vor k u p on th e j u di c i a l establishments, and agency in both these absolute inadequacy of European works. It is shown to departments is insisted on in these a ge be conducted prope r ly impossible that either of them agency. I believe Europeans without additional European the works to be must be sent out if you ex pectjudiciously expended. properly executed or the money There is expenditure connect e d w i t h that another great source o f irriga tion, and upon th ese h eads of expenditure dertment—viz., pretty nearly out o f the question. There any reducti on i s expenditure upon w hi c h we have been able one source o f con siderable reduction— v i z., t h e i nteresti to effect a debt. (Hear, hear.) Nothing has given on the Indi an tion than to have complet e d the total conversion ersn greate r satis- Indian Five per Cents., which are n ow reduced to of the a mum of 4 per cent., excepting some l oca l bonds. Irnsl'alxii state the result of these operations. Th e fi rst portion of the debt operated on was the transfer loan' of 3,441,000/ • of which 2,734,0001. was converted, and 707,000% was taken in cash. The Government of India proceeded with great judgment in these arrangements, and the local por tion was concluded on the 31 of April last. The result of the whole, so far as we know, up to the end of May, was this—the whole amount of the Five per Cents. was 23,771,0001. in round numbers. Of that sum 20,701,000/. has been transferred, 1,370,0001. has been taken in cash, and 1,700,0001. remains of that account untouched. The demand for cash increased considerably in India when the funds of this country fell. The operations of the war pa- turally produced an effect in India, and cash was demanded. Before the last accounts came away, the market here -had turned, and I do not believe the demand for cash in India. will be greater than it was. In estimating how that 1,700,000/. is to be disposed of, I propose to assume that it will be transferred and taken in cash in the same pro portions as the other portions of the debt, and, if so, 1,200,000/. will be transferred, and 500,0001. taken in cash. Supposing that to be the case, adding that, to the portion which we know to be taken, of the whole Five per Cent. Stock 21,901,0001. will , have been trans ferred, and 1,870,0001. taken in cash. But I do not think this is, after all, a fair representation of the case. The practice in India is to have open loans ; any one may pay in money and receive the interest. The Four per Cent. Loan was closed in September last, and since then a Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan has been opened. Since the conversion has taken place, and payments made, there has been paid into these /,130,0J01., so that in truth it has been a conversion to that extent, because we have paid off at 5 and borrowed at 4. Deduct ing that amount from what I have stated, the actual amount of cash is 740,0001. 'only. There have been trans ferred actually or virtually in the manner I have described 25,765,0001. There has been taken in cash 1,447,0001., and the whole of the Five per Cents. have been extinguished. The saving effected has been 1 per cent, on the sum trans ferred, and 5 per cent. on the sum paid off. The amount of these two added together is 300,0001. per annum. That, I think, is very satisfactory--(hear, hear)—under the cir cumstances, too, of a war just concluded, and a general war just commenced, and it proves the estimation in which the stability of the Indian finances is held. If I could have afforded it, there are two or three taxes in India which I should have been glad to have dealt with, and among these are certain discriminating duties and export duties ; but when I see the whole of the savings absorbed in the in creased expenditure for education and public works, and when I see the opium trade falling off, I do not think I should be justified at present in recommending or urging on the Indian Government any large reduction of expendi ture. The deficiency last year was 800,0001., and this year we certainly shall have an increased expenditure. It would not, therefore, be wise to run any risk by the re duction of duties. (Hear, hear.) I do not know that there is any further point with regard to the expenditure with which I need trouble the house. I have stated'the income and expenditure, and I have shown that there is no great chance of any reduction in the course of the present year. I shall now proceed, as shortly as I can, to state to the house what the state of India is generally, and what changes have taken place in the last year. With regard to the political state of India, the principal event has been the arrangements that have been made with the Court of Ava, which are of a satisfactory character, and are likely to produce permanent tranquillity. The only district which is not tranquil is the Irrawaddy, although it is more so at present than when it was under the Bur mese chiefs. The country itself is exceedingly rich ; a great portion of it fit for the cultivation of rice and cotton; timber of a very valuable character is obtained from the upper part of the provinde, and there is every prospect the acquisition of this territory, which no one regrets being obliged to occupy more than the Governor-General himself, will turn out a most valuable acquisition to India. (Hear.) Hon. gentlemen are aware that the territory of Nagpora has been annexed. On the north-western frontier tran quillity prevails, and several tribes who had, for many years, committed depredations unchecked, and to whom great forbearance was shown, have been at last coerced by military means, and for the ast 18 months not asword has been drawn in that district. In the Punjanb, beyond the Indus, the disturbances had been completely put down, and tranquility had been established 'within our own dis tricts, and more friendly relations existed with the Affghan chiefs. They had co-operated in putting down the maraud ing tribes and in proof of the friendly relations that are established, we have stipulated for the free passage of mer chandise to Persia, at six rupees per camel load, under the protection of the nhief. With regard to Cabool and Pe shawar, it could not be expected that friendly relations could be at once established. There seems to be some ap prehension of an attack upon our part ; but I hope before Parliament meets next year, I shall be able to announce the establishment of friendly relations with the chief of Cabool. He has nothing to fear from us, and I trust we shall be able to show that our interests are iden tical. With regard to Persia, of course she is placed in a different position, her great neighbour on the Euro pean side being now engaged in war; but the Shah has ex pressed the most friendly wishes towards this country. I am not aware that with regard to the political state of India any furtherstatement is necessary. lam happy to say that the attention of the Government not being dis tracted by external circumstances, Lord Dalhousie has been able to turn his attention to the internal improve ment of the country. I need not refer to the proposition for the improvement of the condition of the native judges of Bengal. I was asked some time since by an honourable member what were my intentions with re g ard to the na tive judges. Fcould only say that I would call the atten tion of the Governor-General to it. Of course, we can merely give the suggestions, but the detail must emanate from the Government of India. We have suggested the improvement of the condition, and increase of the salaries of the native judges, and placing them in a higher status as judges. We have also recommended an improved sys tem of police and the putting down of dacoity. • But these have not yet received the sanction of the Governor-General. With regard to the north-western provinces, in alluding to them, I must express my regret at the death of Mr. Thomason, who has rendered such important services in that district. (Hear, hear.) A very able civil servant was appointed to succeed him. The onlygreat event in that district since Parliament met is the opening of that most gigantic undertaking the Ganges Canal, which really exceeds almost any work that we have heard of in ancient or modern times, Without troubling the house with any of the details, I may state some leading facts. The length of the main canal is 525 miles; the length of the branches 373, making altogether a line of 898, or nearly 900 miles. The breadth of the upper part is 40 feet, dimi nishing where the two branches diverge, and being 20 feet at its terminus. The depth at the upper part is ten feet, in the middle' eight, and at the termination five feet. The water has been let in in order to try the works, and it has been found that it discharged 6,750 cubic feet of water per second. The area of country irrigated amounted to a million and a half of acres, and the population that will be benefited is six millions and a half. Two great water-courses are crossed, one 300 feet, and the other 200 feet in width. The canal itself is carried over a valley by means of 15 arches, and throughout the whole course of the canal there are side canals wherever there is a fall, so that each branch is navigable from one end to the other, and there are in reality 900 miles of navigation, and 900 miles for the purposes of irrigation. Now, the four prin cipal Italian works were only 114 miles in length. The two canals in Egypt were only 120 miles. The greatest of all modern works, the Erie Canal, was 363 miles long; the four largest French canals amounted together to only 582 miles, and the canals of Holland, of the first class, were only 400 miles in length ; so that, in reality, this undertaking was twice as great as the largest that had ever been undertaken in modern [times. The whole had been executed under the superintendence of one man, Colonel Cautley. The Governor-General had paid him the highest honours, and the Queen had been graciously pleased to confer on him the distinction of the Order of the Bath. I will not detain the house by describing what has been done in the Panjaub, but it is one of the most remarkable things that has been accomplished in India. In less than three years a large tract of country, in which the most lawless habits prevailed, had been reduced to a state of tranquillity, andl believe the security of life and property is now as great there as in Bengal. All this has been accomplished in little more than three years by a very small number of-British officers ; a cheap and efficient government has been esta blished, and that which we hold to be most important— viz., European supervision and native agency—has been introduced, and the whole has been most creditable 'to Lord Dalhousie and the officers employed under him. About 1,350 miles of roads have been made, 2,467 traced, and 5,270 more surveyed. An enormous work, •a canal of 270 miles in length, was in course of being constructed, opening up a vast tract of country, and in spite' of the re ductions made in the revenue, there was a surplus in 1819-50, of 25,000/. ; in 1851, of about 60,0001. ; and in future it may be expected to be 500,0001. Much has been also done in providing a supply of water for Bombay. In the Madras presidency additional works are in progress of erection in pursuance of an order given a year ago, and an iron steam-vessel, of light draft of water, has been ordered for the navigation of the Godavrey river, and for bringing down the cotton of the interior. With regard to the great question of railroads in India, much inconvenience has been sustained in consequence of the want of funds, the effect of the peculiar state of the money market in this country. Though difficulties, not anticipated, have arisen on this subject, I have no doubt that the great railway lines in India will be finished. Little or no delay has taken place in the execution of the works. Of the Calcutta line, 44 miles were opened, and before the end of the year 24 miles more will be opened. Contracts have been entered into for the construction of the great part of the line. The Madras Railroad is going on slowly, but without any ma terial obstacle. The Bombay Railroad has been opened in a great measure since last year. With regard to the construction of a railroad in the north-western dis tricts, the surveys have been sent to the government of India, and the report will soon be made. Meanwhile a work of much less difficulty, but of great utility, has been pretty nearly finished—l mean an electric telegraph from Delhi to Agra, and from Agra to Bombay. I believe it is in actual operation, and that it has excited great curiosity among the natives. It is satisfactory to find that a work of this kind has been completed in a country like India, and that it will bo maintained. The Legislative Council appointed by the late act has been assembled at Calcutta by the Governor-General, and before long will proceed t o legislate on some of the most important' questions with reference to the condition of India. Shortly, to state what has taken place in accordance with the act of last year, I may mention that the Court of Directors have re duced their number to 15. Three members have been nominated by the Crown ; and I am happy to say that the whole number, 18, work harmoniously together, and that no distinction has been drawn between the two classes of members.' lam bound now, as formerly, to bear my testimony to the cordial support I have received from the first from the whole of the directors. I have been sup ported by them as if they had been a council of my own, and great benefit has been derived from the independent character and from the knowledge of those members-who had been so long in India. With respect to the law com .mission, it has not been able to bring forward any measure for the sanction of Parliament this year, but ear l y next Session I hope tabeable to bring in a bill with the view of all t introduced ed delays i n dealing with the Supreme' Court of Calcutta. In India a co mmission has been appointed to revise both the civil and cr i m inal procedure, and I trust early next session to b e able to bring in a bill to establish in India a system of pro tcherileureeeuenvetry. Ihp even moresimpleeein, another t han an th er at ye r a e r tcenhtlayt i co mplained of will be removed, and th at a simple sys tem of procederd , capable of be in g easil y understoo d by the natives, will be established in every part of the coun try.,• bland due notice '1 have been already laid o n the e, The regulations for the examination of civil servan ts given of the half-yearly competition. I thought I should have been able to state to the house something positive with regard to the admis sions to Haileybury, but the house is, of course, aware that n o nomination can ha ve taken place since the act came into o p eration in April last. A cer t a in number of nominations have been made which have not been taken up. Of course until they were taken up there could be no admission by competition. I have consulted with several gentlemen, principally friends of my own, who take particular interest in this subject— with the hon: member for Edinburgh—Mr. Lefevre, Mr. Lord Ashburton, and Mr. Jolliffe—and I am con vinced that the earlier the notice is given with regard to the competition the better. There are only two other subjects on which I feel it necessary to trouble the house— subjects whi c h exc i te d muc h a tt en ti on before the commit tee o f l as t year, and on which I felt it nece s sar y t o t a k e some steps to carry out the views 'expressed by the com mittee. These two subjects are public works in general g systemb y t throughout admission India. and education. With regard to the public works I am justi fied utter n w s a a n Y t i o f nmen aotthh a L t e t r h d e E re , p i ll s i a n n :. stone and Lord Harris concurred in the opinion of the utter I want of such a systm, Works . haye been undertaken with VENING, AUGUST 9, 1854 very littleconsideration as to what could be done. I think estimates of the total cost and of the expenditure for the year ought to be made. Aa far as Bengal and the north western provinces are concerned, I am happy to say that a better practice prevails, and that the public works are put under the authority of a responsible executive. I hope before long that the same system will be adopted in the other provinces, and that some responsible person will be selected to whom we can look for the execution of the works. I have also proposed that these public works shall only be, executed to the extent of the surplus revenue of the district. I thought that that would be an improve ment, for under the present plan we could never tell what drain there would be on the Indian Treasury. We have intimated to the Governor General that we prbpose to expend on 'public works in India the largest amount that could be spared out of the revenue. The real drawback on the progress of public works in India was the want of superintendence. The means of adequate superintendence were deficient, and there was no obvious source of supplying that deficiency. The difficulty is a temporary one, and we will endeavour to supply the defi ciency as rapidly as we can. I now come to the last, but not the least, important subject-I moan the measures taken for supplying the great want of education in India. It would be unjust to those persons who have paid great attention to the subjeet of education in India if I did not pay my tribute of thanks for what they had done. But, however mach has been done, it is plain from the evidence taken before the committee last year that much remains to do. I may mention the names of Bishop Wilson, Sir C. Trevelyan, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Bethune, Dr. Moore, Sir J. Monroe, and Lord Elphinstone. Nor ought Ito forget the hon. and learned member opposite (Sir E. Perry.) But, howeier 'much has been done no stronger testimony of what remains to be done was ever given than that which those gentlemen had borne. The deficiency in education was different in different parts. In Bengal there is a great I desire on the part of the natives to acquire the English language with the view of obtaining employment under the Government. I have read answers given by Hindoos, in examinations in 1852 to questions, which I confess I should not like to have had put to me. But, accompanying that, there was a great defect in what is called the verna cular education of the mass of the people. In the north western districts, on the other hand, the education was not 0 much in the English tongue as in those great branches of practical education well known in this coun try. Mr.. Thomason, knowing the ,advantage to the na tives of a knowledge of land mensuration, has established schools in which they were taught in their native language a knowledge of useful arts. Dr. Moore, a most energetic supporter of education in Bengal, admits that in the north west the knowledge of English was deficient, but that in the practical knowledge conveyed to the natives through the vernacular the system was superior. In Bombay im provements have taken place, but the efforts made in educa tion are comparatively trifling. In Madras an excellent college was established by Lord Elphinstone, but the go vernmental schools had not been so successful as elsewhere. The efforts of the missionaries, on the contrary, have been more zealous in Madras than anywhere else, and in these schools the vernacular education of the natives is carried to a mush greater extent than elsewhere. Lately the Governo General founded a t C a l cu tt a a pres id en t a l Col lege of iir aye and of Engineering, whi c h I h o p e w ill mee t the wan e and wishes of the district, and will go far to re medy the evil most complained of-the want of any prac tical education. But there was still a deficiency in giving education to the great body of the people ; not that he thought they should diminish their attention to the higher branches of education. Government had laid down the principle and the scheme for extending education in India, and these they must work it out. What Governmentpro posed to do was to give assistance to all the schools in India which would submit to inspection-he meant those schools which would give a sound instruction. - Hon. mem bers knew that in India, as in this country, there was a great obstacle to uniform system of education. Govern ment preferred to put the schools under inspection, laying down certain rules that were to be attended to, and Go vernment carefully abstained from interfering with anything relating to religion, for he was sure if the people of India were Jed to believe that there would be any religious interference, it would at once be fatal to any scheme of education. (Hear, hear.) They would, therefore, equally support the missionary schools, the Mahomodan schools, and the Hindoo 'schools. They looked only to secular education; and would in no way interfere with the religious belief or the religioui observances of the people of India. (Hear,' hear.) Government proposed also to establish universities in the great cities on the models of the L on d on University, and all the pupils at the various colleges might take degrees at these universities. In the lowest schools of all they could not do other than teach in the ve r n acu l ar langua es, and he proposed to submit the wh o l e o f th ese to the nspectors, and that the pupils should be exam i ne d under the eye of the inspectors. He hoped the members i of the Council of Education would give their valuable services in carrying gut the scheme he had detailed. I n addition to what he lead stated, there would be colleges for professional instruction, and there would also be schools for training schoolmasters. Books would also be printed in the vernacular languages. That was the same which it had been thought advisable to adopt, and in framing it he had taken great pains to consult with all those who were able to give advice. He had consulted with Dr. Duff, with the Court of Directors, and with all those who were acquainted with, India, and the general scheme had met with their approbation. (Hear, hear.) He thought it was quite unnecessary he should ilate on the advantages of education in India. Sir E. PERRY observed that the right hon. baronet had gone over so large a field that he hoped the committee would indulge him whilst he touched upon some of the more im portant topics to which he had reverted. He had heard his speech with unmixed gratification, and he knew that thinking people in India would hail it as the most pro mising that had as yet been addressed to that country. Notwithstanding the large deficit of 872,3751., which he admitted, he had detailed most extensive mea sures oni four great heads. In public works, judicial establishments, the funded debt of India, he had pro posed now proj ec t s w hi c h *em id not be too highly appre ciated. "With regard to the last of these, especially, the gratitude of Indi a was d ue t o hi m , an d his name would go down to posterity associated with those which were most loved in that country. He attributed the dulness of demeanour on the part of the house, on the occasion, to the fact that discussions of this kind led to no practical res Wt. That, indeed, was the general character of Indian debafes. It was so 30 years ago, when the Duke of Wel lington made one of, his admirable speeches before 80 memliers, in support of the administration of his brother. , By tilt) act which the house had passed the power of the President of the Board of Control had been greatly in creased, while that of the Board of Directors had been diminished, and from that circumstance the right hon. gentleman was well able to speak to its efficiency in practice. He was prepared to say that the principles expressed by the hon. member for Manchester, with reference to Parliamentary interference in the affairs of India,;excited thefgreatest admiration out of doors, of the felicity of expression did not place him at the head of Parliamentary orators. It was well known that Parlia ment; had never interfered in the affairs of India except undet the most auspicious circumstances. In the opening of the China trade, in education, in public works, this beneficial interest was seen ; and, lastly, in the taking away of the civil patronage of the company. The extra ordinary difference between the colonies and India ought to be noted. The first were Anglo-Saxons, who had ob t self-government for themselves, and were w ith ou t anhereditary e° aristocracy. India was a la rge , densely paineepled country - , under a despotism, and was in its cir cumstances as different from our colonies as possible. To mpaxethem together was to compare things wholly dis similar, They might take the island of Ceylon, to show how Ceylon: had progressed iu a more rapid manner than India had ever done during the last year. The hon. and learned gentleman here gave some statistics to prove the advance made in Ceylon in prosperity. There was a wonder ful state of progress in Ceylon recently, and that was solely _ co owing to European capital and Europeanenterprise. When those views were brought forward last year he would ask the house to recollect how they were received. (Hear.) The proposition made was to abolish the power of the Court of Directors, and to transfer it to the responsible ministers of the Crown. Now, the power of the E as t I n di a di rec t or s was long founded and widely spread ; and yet, when its abolition was proposed, not a hand, as it were, was hold up in its favour. And this was to be explained only by the fact that the institution was becoming effete, and was not in harmony with the spirit of the times-that the Government of this vast empire could only be trusted to the hands of the leading statesmen at home. (Hear.) It was always difficult to get an audience in that house to listen to Indian affairs. Nay, the very speeches recorded in Hansard were never spoken in the house ; they were pre pared by a clerk of the Eastl ndia House, and handed over ~ way, Dsar NBVreotcheerrt,a-inllrvehogpoet one to be printed in Hansard. Unless they could get Parlia- A MODEL LETTER.- The following lett e e i r sof is a meat to take . a proper interest in Indian affairs, this vast subject would-never be properly considered and dealt with. subj disposed to He was greatly pleased at finding the house som est farms in the State, and have it nearly paid for. listen to him that night. He would not go largely into Crops are good, end prices never were better. We have the subject, butiwould content himself with calling atteni had a glorious revival of religion in our church, and both tion to a practical letter on the subject of the mechanica all our children (the Lord be praised) are converted. Father manner of dealing with Indian affairs, namely, bringing an in control, got to be rather cumbrance, and last week I took the departments under one roof and under proper specimen e ia n its .- him to the poorhouse.._ ho s —y in connection with the Imperial Government. He wished p r .u e. our affectionate brother.-- to state to - the house what the expense of having the present New York Daily Tones. would absurd arrangement cost the people of India; and he THE HARVEST.- -The corn harvest has now commended show how a vote of that house could save to India at least in many parts of Devonshire. Generally speaking, the was 50,0001. yearly. The cost of the double governmentl. (he crop promises to be a good one, though there are com- W 4 follows :-The salary of the directors was 7 plaints of rust and mildew. ats, also, have been cut took••4he-old figures) ; expenses of repairs andpetty in some places, end have been housed in excellent chirges, 32,000/. ; salaries of secretary, officers, and Courtcon of Directors, 9 4,387/. ; Board of Control establishment, (rt . The hay harvest is d • i ton. drawing towards a close. 2 - 9,420/ ;-the rent of India. Hou-e and other buildings, [ADVERTISEMENT].--Holloway's Ointment and Pills' 3'2,9501. ; rent of India Board, 2,600/. The total was essentially beneficial for healing wounds.-Mr. Paul 198,987/, there, was afflilted for a long time with ten Now, he would ask the house to recollect at_ Spencer, of Weft Bromwich, informs Professor Hello what cost an ordinary g overnment could be carried on. He way, in a letter dated May 2(i, 1854, that a friend of his would take the Colonial-office for instance, which office had residing in New-street, in that town, and well known 53 governments to rule over, and the whole expense of the Office was 4 0,550/, He therefore took this cost as aroper ulcers, and although he had the best medical ad • tppe, and to it he added 10,0001. a year for a board of di miles round, yet he was not benefitted b vice for rectors, and then he found that for 50,0001. a sufficient y the same ; government for India could be had, which would leave therefore, as a last resource he • was induced to try Rol -150,0001- - to -be applied to other purposes of public utility. Re trusted that persons of longer experience loway's Ointment and Pills,and them for three months the wounds all healed and be was than he was would give the house an opportunity of de- completely cured, to the wonder of every that oneknew cidisg whether the mechanical arrangement to which he him.-7 Sold by all Vendors of Medicine, and at Professor had adverted was not both desirable and practicable. Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Thbre would be a saving by his method of 150,0001. a year, [Aetssalszezier:] Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent fois ut this sevi n wou ld b e co upled with other even more valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most power , Important advantages.He had seen eteough of the gover- ful and brilliant Telesco ...b._ pes, nore of India to sa the desired to do justice in their Perspective Glasses(glazed with Camp, Race-course, y that ey . it was the Munic German Glass), to know government of ' India. He said, therefore, th e distances of objects viewed through them-of great im duty of all to attempt to do good to India byinstructing . poitance t o the army, navy, and others. Messrs. S. and Bd themselves in: facts connected with Indian affairs. But it Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. Ob conlii. net_ be expected that members of that house would serve-opposite the York Hotel.- Theset, telescopes possess golto I,e a d en h a ir. street , t o ge t information that was essen- such extraordinary powers that seine 3i inches, with an ex tialEfor he could by no means conceive that the Board of tra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn'T_ Centica svas - the real governing mind in Indian affairs. ring, and the double stars ; wins the same telescope can be This was hi s i rgpmen t, f o r getting a general board collected 1 semi a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, under on e ro o f ; w hi c h s hould have the whole control of ' and an object fro& 12 to 14 miles. The are of larger and all Indian affairs. 'Every one who, like himself, felt strongly , sizes, with increse a , Royal Ex the duty cast upon him, would think ho was guilty powers accordingly.-Theof hibition, 1851 :-Valble, newly-invented, - very small, a dereliction of duty if he„did not exert himself to make powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which the important question or the Government of India ' a person can be seen and known 1 i miles distant; they answer fully known. Every one who had studied the present ! 1 every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, temper of the times could not but be aware of the great 1 country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at Bto 10 miles. improvement that had taken place in the public mind 1 They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to with regard to Indian affairs and the interests of our In . sportsmen, gentlemen gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, dian empire. Formerly wo only looked to the commercial race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful portion of the question ; now we were rising to the higher 10 to 12 miles power ; an object can be clearly seen from and what he would call the holier aspect of the question. 1 distant. Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. We were looking to the broad and unselfish question of , The valuable advantaee derived from this invention is, that what w as genera ll y a d van t ageo us for India, not what was i vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and most commercially beneficial to ourselves. He firmly be- I I very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most lieved that the same spirit would continue for successive, minute occupation-can see with these lenses of a much less mag generations, and in the end be productive of the most ! nifying power-and they do not require the frequent changes lasting benlits to India and to the British empire. [to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf- Mr. KINNAIRD was favourable to bringing the Go- etas-. New Discovery.--The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi ',imminent of India more fully under the control of the ' ~ nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, I mperial_Government. He thought by another arrange- ! entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the meet that the annual important stateinent relative to kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Indian affaira' might be brought before the house in May, Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it rather th an b e d eferre d , as now , t o so late a period of the enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at session. (Hear, hear.) He did not think, however, (Sir that public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises the extracts read by the right hon. 'gentleman C. in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist- IVOod) relative to the monopoly of selt was an answeit 0 erica that possibly could be desired,-39, Albemarle-street, ihose arguments which had been urged against that IMO- Piccadilly, Observe-opposite the York Hotel. Y. ............ . _ ti i the nra u rune I In perfectai n uniquengd . poly. He could, however, only express his sincere hope that measures for the internal improvement of India would engage the active attention of the Imperial Government. If the various authorities of India were compelled to draw up a report of the condition of their various districts, something on the model of Lord Elgin's report, not too long—for members had no time to wade through long re ports—if such a report was drawn up, giving a full view of the social condition, improvement, and state of commerce of the various districts—seven in number—and if this report were laid on the table before the annual statement was made, the best results would flow from such a practice. If they were able to see the progress that was made, and if the different governors in India were able to contrast the progress of their departments with other departments, it would act as an incentive to improvement, and would have the best effects both on the governors and on the general interests of India. (Hear, hear.) He considered it was due to our national character to show that we did not use the vast empire of India merely for our own ad vancement, and without regard to the welfare of India at large. He was happy to bear the present Governor- General was to stay another year, as that would be a guarantee for further improvements. _ _ - Mr. HUME assured his hon. friend who had just sat down that the reports to which he had alluded had hitherto been prepared. (Hear.) There was no want of statistical detail in India, but there was want of publicity ; and he trusted, from what he had now heard, that this last de sideratum would not long be wanting. He expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the right hon. gentle. man (Sir C. Wood) had begun the duties of his office, and augured from this commencement a better discharge of the duties of the Indian department for the future. With re spect to the finances of India, he hoped that an alteration might be made in the date to which the' accounts were to be made up. He thought the principle shadowed forth by the right hon. gentleman with regard to education in - India a sound one. On one point, however, he differed with the right hon. gentleman—namely, his denial that the revenue of Madras could not be improved. He (Mr. Hume) quite agreed with Colonel Cotton that the neglect of communication by roads and canals had precluded the augmentation of the revenue of India. He admitted, with the right hon. gentleman, that much would depend on. a proper supervision of works, but it could not be pretended that there was not a plentiful amount of engineering and other talent at command. A remaining source of the de cay of Indian finance was the continuance of petty taxa tion in that country; and he hoped that ere long the ma turpha tax and all similar imposts would be abolished that we should hear no more of persons being called upon to pay a tax for sinking 'a well. (Hear.) With regard to the military system of India, he also trusted that a larger measure of justice would be extended to native officers, and that Europeans would not be indiscriminately put over their heads. The doctrine of Lord Dalhousie, that the natives might be robbed in respect of their territory, he thought a most mischievous one. (Hear, hear.) Wa had 150,000,000 of people under our control in India, and the end of legislation should be to strike off the shackles of that people, and make them rich and happy. (Hear.) Mr. DANBY SE YMOU.R was anxious to bear his testi mony to the efforts which the right hon. gentleman had made during the year iu the direction of Indian legislation, The minute of the right hon. gentleman on the subject of education in that country would be received with universal satisfaction, but the retention of the salt tax would generally be regarded as a grievance. Ho did not agree with the right hon. baronet as to the state of the population of Bengal; the wages he under stood to be low, and the people in a very distressed state. It came out that there was a deficit of 800,000/. which had to be made up, and he (Mr. D. Seymour) thought that economy could not be better practised than to reduce the regular cavalry in India, which was inefficient in the field, but which was kept up simply because the directors have the patronage of the commissions. Irregular cavalry only cost half the money. There was only oue regiment of re gular cavalry in the Madras army which had not shot its officers. The right hon. gentleman, therefore, would do well to imitate the policy of Sir R. Peel, and meet this defect by prompt retrenchment. Mr. PHILLIMORE said the first object in India as re gard statesmen was to obtain cheap traffic with regard to transit. He rejoiced at the opening of the Godavery, which would give cotton to England at a rate to compete with American cotton. As regarded extension of terri tory, he (Mr. Phillimore) fully concurred with the hon. member for Montrose in designating Lord Dalhousie's letter an insolent and imprudent document. Mr. S. FITZGERALD, in reference to the officers of the Queen's troops serving in India, said they were placed iu a most degrading and injurious position, in consequence of the rules and orders of the service in that country. He thought the true remedy was to amalgamate the ser vices, so that there should be only one, and that one should be the Queen's service. Mr. V. SCULLY complained that the statement had not been mada at an earlier period of the session, and also that the members connected with India were not in attendance in the house. He thought the misfortunes of the people of India arose from the vice of the land tenures in that country, and he hoped the right honourable gentleman would attend to that subject, as vicious tenures of land had been the ruin of the West Indies as well as of Ireland. The condition of the rural population of Poonah, in June, 1854, was of the worst description ; they were literally famished, and thousands of them had been living on roots for the preceding four months, all because of the viciou s n ess o f the land tenure s i n that country. Sir C. WOOD replied. The circumstance to which the hon. and learned gentleman alluded had arisen from the want of rains, and not from the land-tenures. As regarded the works of the Godavery, an iron steam-boat would be sent out next year for the purpose of clearing the river as high up as possible. The resolutions were then agreed to, and ordered to be reported this day at 12 o'clock. The house then resumed. MEDICAL GRADUATES (UNIVERSITY OF LON DON) BILL. On consideration of the Lords' amendments in this bill, Mr. MO WBRAY rose to call attention to the circum stance that those amendments excluded the University of Durham from the operation of the bill, which had only been originally included in it after a very considerable discussion in this house. Now ho must say, after the question had undergone so complete an investigation—after the proposal had mot with the sanction of her Majesty's Ministers in this house, he was entirely unprepared to find, without any previous notification of such an intention, an amendment made by a Cabinet Minister, in the other house, and supported by another Cabinet Minister, to the effect of excluding the University of Durham from the bill. Still he was not without hope that the noble viscount the Secretary for the Home Department, on a re-consideration of the subject, would see fit to re-insert the name of the University of Durham in the bill ; and, therefore, with a view of allowing time for that further consideration, and not for the purpose of throwing obstacles in the way of the bill finally passing, he should point attention to the fact that there were not 40 members present. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and it ap pearing that there were only 18 members present, the fur ther consideration of the bill was postponed ; and the house adjourned at 20 minutes past twelve o'clock. ROYAL ASSENTS, On Monday the Royal assent was given to the following bills :—To Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women ; Convict Prisons (Ireland) ; Indian Appointments &c. ; Admiralty Court ; Regi s t ra ti on o f Bi rths, &c. (Scotland) ; Salo of Beer, &c. ; Reformatory Schools (Scotland); Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lancaster); Oxford Uni versity ; Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and Cardigan Harbour; Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Rail ways, &c.) ; North Metropolitan Railway ; Oxford Poor rate; Salisbury and Yeovil Railway ; British Guarantee Association (No. 2) ; Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) ; Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Amalgamation ; Earl of . Harrington's Estate; L or d Will oug hby D e Broke's Estate; Sewell's Estate; E ar l o f E g li n t on ' s Estato ; Staveley's Estate ; Peel's Estate ; Harnyold's Estate ; Park's Estate ; and Lord Petre's Estate. , THE BRIBERY BILL. The following members voted in favour of Mr. Malins's motion for the adjournment of the debate : Blair, Col. J. H. Hume. W. Whitmore, H. Burrell, Sir C. M. Maeartney, G. Cairns, H. Robertson, P. Clinton, Lord C. Taylor, Col. T. Hildyard, R. C. Vance, J. Hotliam, Lord Villiers, F. Five other divisions were taken with the same result. TELLERS. Bentinck, G. Malins, It. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER— YESTERDAY . Considering that there was no less than three race meetings on to-day, there was a tolarable attendance at the Post-office Hotel, and notwithstanding that Heapy, for the Ebor Handicap, was in great force at Tattersall's on Monday—at 4to 1 taken freely —he did not travel so well in this market to-day, sto 1 being currently of fered, and at one time a gentleman left himself open to lay 600 to 100 ; and although that was the taking price at the close, we are inclined to Wok that it could have been obtained to a sum. We have observed a disposi• tion .to back his stable companion, Grand Inquisitor. There are several books already open upon the Cesare witch and Cambridge Stakes, and for the former event Balrownie and the Star of Surrey have received c .nsi derable supribiti Siic ponies were taken once about the Trapper for the St. Leger, and 14 to 1 was taken freely about Dirk Hatteraick for the Derby next year. The following were the closing prices : GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Heapy (offered). 7to 1 agst The Hermit (offered). 100 to 8 agst Bar Two (offered). 14 to 1 agst Grand Inquisitor (taken freely). ST. LEGER. 9to 2 agst King Tom (taken and offered). 6to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 6to 1 agst The Trapper (taken and offered). 12 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 15 to 1 agst Ivan (taken and offered). 25 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 25 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). OESAREWITCH STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Balrownie (taken). 50 to 1 agst The Star of Surrey (taken). DERBY, 10 to 1 on the Field (offered). 14 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken freely). 100 to 6 agst Oulston (offered, taken at 100 to 5, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RACES.—TIIESDAY. TRADESMEN'S PLATE. Mr. Foe's Lady Ponsonby 1 Mr. Phillips's Vivid The following also ran :—Kiteflyer, Patience, Remu nerator, Miss Emma, Lady in Waiting, and Cestrea. NORTH STAPPORDSHIE HANDICAP. Mr. Haynes's Lough Bawn 1 Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone... , 2 Jacqueline The following also ran :—Morning Star, Domino, Aaron Smith, m by Ithuriel, and Field Marshal. . CHAMPAGNE STAKES. Mr. Yardle's Pole Star 1 Mr. Croft's Yewtick 2 The following also ran :—Cimicina, His Piper, and f by Springy Jack. A HANDICAP. Timothins .... Patience . Five ran. ACCIDENT ON THE COURSE.—Just before the first race a serious accident occurred by the falling of one of the stands, by which a man and woman were killed, and several others seriously, but it is hoped not dangerously, injured. READING RACES.—ThEDAY. The EASTHAMPSTEAD PARK STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added by the Marquis of Downshire, and 10 from the fund for the second horse ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, &c. Certain penalties and allowances. One mile and a quarter. Six subs. Mr. Bloss's Herbert, by Venison, aged, Bst 81b (Hawke) 1 Mr. Baker's Thrush, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Knight) 2 Mr. Bartley's Magnet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Cheswas) 3 The following also ran :—Miniature, Antonia, and Lina. Betting-5 to 2 agst Antonia, 3to 1 agst Herbert— the two backed agst the field. Won by a head—bad thiM—Miniature close up with the latter. The winner was claimed by Mr. G. Drewe. The BOROUGH PLATE of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs each. Two-yr-olds, sst 101 b ; three, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 81b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 2113 ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs, if demanded, &c. Half-a-mile. Mr. Saxon's Evangeline, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Forster) 1 'Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 3 yrs, 7st 10113‘ (Palmer) 2 Mr. F. Clark's Master Adam, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Orphrey, The Dandy, Woodford, Don John, Speed, Contender, Donum, and ) Bordeaux. Betting-5 to 2 agst Orphey, 4to 1 agst The Dandy, 6 to 1 agst Dan Cupid, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck, two lengths between the second and third ; Bordeaux, The Dandy, and Orphrey were the next three. Half-way up the distance, Evangeline and Dan Cupid "cannoned," and nearly came into collision with The Dandy and Master Adam. In the meadow beyond the winning post, before the winner could be pulled up, she " baulked" the rails and got her legs across. Foster was übseafed, ttit he was quickly up again, and fortunately no damage was done to either horse or jockey. The winner was claimed by Mr. Hill, and The Dandy was claimed for Mr. Price, under the Newmarket rule. The BERKSHIRE STAKES of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 50 added ; the owner of the second horse to receive back his stake ; extra weight for certain winners. Two miles. Thirty-five subs., 13 of whom pay 5 sovs. each. The highest weight accepting being Bst 31b., it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others remaining in proportion. v"` Mr. Drinkald's Brother to Grey Tommy, 4 yrs, 7st (Wells) 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Oliver, jun.) 2 Lord John Scott's Vingt'-un, 3 yrs, 6st (including 71b. extra) (Francis) 3 The following also ran :--Lady Flora, Pastrycook, Octavia, Cleveland, Cock, Pheasant, Veteran,] Cran bourne, and Hermitage. Betting-3 to 1 agst Cock Pheasant, 6 9 t0 1 agst Brother to Grey Tommy, 7 to 1 agst Vingt'-un, l a to 1 agst Cranbourne. The betting was in fact so limited, that to 1 was offered, " bar one." Mishap went away with the lead, Vingt-un, Cleve land, and Cock Pheasant heading the ruck. No change o occurred t u h n e t m i I r t a h n e y o u a t r rived ea v n a g t t c h e l e l v o e w l e e e r d t u w r i n t h , when fiv e or the lead. ve sighhotiwege7r, rushed someHe had of onlythem, proceeded cee ed a i pulling round against him, and driving him against a post, he was soo n ew and strid ‘ e ‘ r, left in the rear. Mishap then carried on the running tp the half-distance, where she was joined by Brother to Grey Tommy and Vingt-un, and a close set-to ensued. The gallant Grey, however, achieved the victory very cleverly by a length and a quarter, the second beating the third by a head. Pastrycook, about two lengths behind the latter, was fourth, Hermitage fifth, and Oc tavia sixth. Cleveland pulled up and did not pass the post. MATCH, 100 SOTS, h ft. Three quarters of a mile. lOst 7lb each. Mr. Fenning's Michaelmas Maid 4 yrs...(Capt. Lane) 1 Mr. Perceval's William Rufus, 4 yrs ......(Mr Elwes) 2 Betting -2 to 1 and 5t02 on Michaelmas Maid, who made all the running, and won in a canter by a dozen lengths. TllO ABBEY STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added. Two-yr-olds, 79t ; three, 9st. Certain penalties and allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. 14 Subs. Lord J. Scott's f by Cowl—Miami, 2yrs, Est 61b (Wells) 1 Mr. Arnold's Saucebox, 2 yrs, fist 61b (Salter) 2 Mr. Y. King's Matilda, 2 yrs, Est 61b (Bundy) 3 Mr. Spencer's Moonshine, 2 yrs, Est 61b...(J Goater) 4 Mr. J. Adkins's Hercules, g yrs, Est 8 1b...(Corderey) 5 Betting-5 to lon Miami filly, 10 to 1 agst Saucebox, 15 to 1 agst Moonshine. Won very easily by two lengths. Four lengths be tween the second and third. The LADIES' PLATE of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each ; for two-year-olds and upwards. Op tional selling weights. Straight run in. About three quarters of a mile. Mr. Bloss's Mirabeau, by Melbourne, 3 yrs (301.), 7st 21b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 3 yrs (501.), sst . 31b...(Palmer) 2 Mr. G. Drewe's Vulcan, 2 yrs (501.), sst 31b (H. Bray) 3 The following also ran :--c by Van Tromp—Reel, Poor Bobby, g c by Portrait —Bourton's dam, Tiny, Lady Constance, Queen of Egypt, The Peri, Grand Duke, and Bordeaux. Betting-6 to 4 agst Mirabeau, 6 to 1 agst Dan Cupid. At the commencement 3 and 4to 1 were taken about Reel colt, but at the close 10 to 1 was offered. A good race in with the first two : was won by a neck. Bad third. Bordeaux, Reel colt, and Lady Constance passed the Post in the order named. Poor Bobby was in the extreme rear. ;The winner was after ,wards sold by auction to Mr. Henton for 170 guineas. The BERKSHIRE HUNT STAKES of 10 SOvs each, h ft, with 25 added. Three-year-olds, lOst ; four, list lib ; five, 11st 81b ; six and aged, li s t 1016. Certain penalties and allowances. The winner to be sold for 340 soya., if dei4lagid. 7 .,„d . A. fießti s emen riders. One mile. Captain Berkeley's Bright Phoebus, by iGiliaway, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (Captain Brown) 1 Mr. Elwes's Narcissus, aged, list 101 b (Owner) 2 lir; G. B. Price's Warwick, aged, list 101 b (Owner) 3 Betting-6 to 4o n Bright Phoebus ;6to 4 a gs t Nar cissus. Won by a length. Bad third. CRICKET. HARROW V. ETON.—This match was resumed yester day at Lord's, and terminated in favour of Harrow by 98 runs. Thus Harrow won the two events. Score : Harrow, Ist innings, 130; 2d innings, 128. Eton : Ist innings, 71 ; 2,1 innings, 89. ETON V. WINCHESTER.—This match was commenced immediately after the termination of the above, and when the stump were drawn the score stood thus :—Eton. Ist innings, 100 ; Winchester, Ist innings, five wickets down, 58. DIED. ho wl, On the 9th o f J une last, at the Mauritius, of,..„'"ltelel Eleonore, wif e o f Joseph Deas, Es College. q., rector of t' ~ g s the The national regatta commenced yesterday at Putney On the 3d inst , suddenly, at Claro,Suffolk, a ge. --, —the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor being the patron. ' Rev. George Wightman, D.D. s vrio , An immense num b er of spectators were d rawn to th e O n the 4th ult. of diarrhoea, at Rhodes, on hiviper spot, the w ea th er b e i ng all that cou ld b e d es i re d, f rom Beyrout to ' Constantinople a ft e r visiting doh Putney-bridge, th e b anks at Fu lh am , and the entire Ezypt, Palesti ne, an d Syria, James Ed war d Winterb banks on the Putney side, so far as a vestige of sight of Esq., of East Woodhay, Hants. ....„,.....0.1 ____ the racing could b e o b tained, were crow d e d w ith per- '.... ----- , ____ Nu' sons of respectability. At Hammersmith similar inte- LONDON : Printed and Published by MIIRDO -,.,-_. 02, rest and excitement were exhibited. of No. 112, Strand Printer, at The Sun Office, J-Nu o f The first race on the day's list was the watermen's Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the comity pair-oar race—distance, Putney to Hammersmith. 1, i Middlesex, Wednesday, August 9, 1854. - THE GREAT NATIONAL REGATTA. cpic I £LO Thomas Cole and Robert Coombes ; 2, Thomas Good rum and Thomas Coombe, 3, Henry Kelly rind I:l , •hard P;')ei ; 4, iI. - Winship and T. Bruce ; 5 1 M. Cook and T. Davison ; 6, H. Clasper and W. Pocock ; 7, S. Wood and T. Clasper. Bruce and Winship maintained the lead in the first beat, T. Cole and R. Coombes coming in good seconds ; Clasper and W. Pocock were first in the next heat, with H. Kelly and R. Piner second. The grand heat which followed was a most exciting race. Clasper and Pocock having gained the spirt, most gallantly kept it to the goal, their powers being severely tested by Bruce and Winship, who came in second, Coombes and Cole third. After some wagers of minor importance had been decided, the Champion Oar Match, the grand match of the day, came off. The first heat, as in the last race, was from Hammersmith to Putney. They started in the following order :-1. Cole's (the London crew) ; 2. Green's (the Hammersmith crew) ; 3. Gibbs' crew. The London crew came in first, Green's crew being second. The second heat was in favour of the Elswick crew ; Clasper's second. The grand heat was won by the Ell' wick cr ew , th e L ondon crew being second, and Clasper 0 third. The names of the winning crew were as follows: —H. Winship, M. Cook, J. Davidson, T. Bruce. COUNTRY MARKET& LIVERPOOL—AuGusT 8. At this day's market there was only a small attendance of. buyers, and the business done was entirely for consume' tion. Fine wheat and flour, owing to their extreme scar city, brought the rates of Tuesday last, being an advance of 4d to 6d per 701 b. on the former, and is to is 6d Per barrel and sack on the latter article ; middling and infe rior descriptions, however, being more plentiful, lost e portion of the late advance. Oats and oatmeal barely supported the prices of Tuesday. Barley, beans, and peas quite neglected, and 2d per 601 b. and 2s per qr. lower• Indian corn brought is per qr. more money. IPSWICH—AuGusT 8. As was to be expected there was but little wheat at market. The millers showed more eagerness to take red qualities. A much freer sale resulted, and prices must be noted 5s to 6s per qr. higher than last market day. Maul reports of the growing crop having suffered, especially since the rain f rom a bli g ht or m ild ew, were ment i one d o n the market, and sampl es ex hibit e d s t rong l y i n di ca ti n g some disease to have more o r less affected the quality of the grain. Of spring c orn none a t ma rk et. pecislly PER QUARTER. - PER QUARTO' Wheat, red (old) 60s to 63s Barley, grinding ... 00s to 001 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 65s to 706 Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 35s to 0001 our, per sack AVERAGES FOR TIM WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1854. Wheat Oats Peas Bears kl U LL--A u GIIST 8. A fair supply of wheat to-day, and very irregular price were again the fashion. We quote the market 3s to 4 6 dearer than last market, 67s to 70s being about the rates for 631 b. red wheats. Foreign wheat slow sale at the vance of 2s to 3s per qr. Barley sold at the rates of Is st Tuesday. Beans is dearer. Oats without a lteratil Indian corn and D ar i more i nqu i re d a f ter. N o t mu ch business in linseed, but a fair sale for cakes. IlaPec a ' keB continue in request. 9 Wheat, English, red 68 to 70 Ditto white 6B to 72 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham- Peas, grey and black t o 'A .-- Linseed, Black Sea - 83 to v 7, Ditto Petersbnrgh 66 to 0 Ditto Riga and Arch _ angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 6O to 69 Russian and Odessa 54 to 60 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 3'! Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 42 to 44 Ditto Konigsberg and Memel Per Ton. Lins. c., Hull 10112 s 6d to 010 Ditto fine for. 9/ 15s 10/ Off oa Ditto inf. for O/ Os Od to 0/ OS Rapeseed OO/ Os to 00/ 09 Rape cakes Tares, English oos to v' Ditto foreign Guano 4/ 10s 8/ to 121 Og Bones lOO3 Od to 105 s Rye Meal SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General P 00141" by the night—and 1.1 by the morning—despatch.) _....., due ' .hen— , Day whorl m a,le up F rom w h at COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Rngland' Office, London.. 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