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I PEP_. ,$a -'fir,,^„iAi . 5.. . HOUSE OF LO RD3 .--(YEsTETIDAY. ) Ti:e LORD CHANCELLOR tOO's. his sea: on the woolsack at 5 o'c!ocl.s. The Bishop of CHICTIESTER presented a petition from tlm , clergy of 1d , 4 dine-se against the Divorca ,3111. The Eishop of OXFORD prespr.V..d a sittlilar petition from thl clergy and deanery of Maidenhead. The Earl of ALBEMARLE Postponed the presenta tion of the petition from the King of Oude, from Friday next until a future day. THE MUTINY IN INDIA. Earl of - AreBEMARLE gave notice that in con seqnence of.the rows from India lie should postpone the presentation of the petition from the King and Royal I Family of Oude, which he had intended to present on Friday riFx!;. • The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH—My lords, the disastrous news which has just been received fr;mlndia, and which far surpasses my forebodings, serious as these foreboding; were, induces me to put another question to the noble earl with respect to the measures which the Government may intend to take for the purpose of averting the great calamity which threatens us in India. It is now 20 days since I put to the noble earl this ques tion—whether iestruetions bad been- sent, or would forthwith be seat to India, directing the Government of India to make known at every ttatien 'of the army in that country that the Government would for the future, as in the past, protect all its subjects ,in the undis turbed exercise of their religion. In reply to that question the nate earl intimated an opinion that the Government of India had acted judi ciously it issuing no proclamation of that character. Now I find by the news received this morning that not only the Lieutenant Governer of Agra but the Governor in Council of India issueda'proclarnation in the strongest terms of the tenour I have described. But, my lords, upon what day was that proclamation issued? On the 16th cf May, when the mutiny at Meerut was known, when the occurrences and mutiny at Delhi were known, and when the proclamation of the King of Delhi was known. Now the issuing of that proclamation at that moment might possibly tend to prevent the spread of' the mutiny, but it could have no possible effect in pre venting the outbreak. My lords, the Government had ample notice in India of the danger that was impending. As 1 sng ago as 'the ; 22d of January en incendiary fire broke out in cantonments at a abort distance from Cal cutta—a thing almost entirely unknown and unheard of. Froin that period, for more than three menthe, these indications of the dissatisfaction of the troops continued to appear at all' the principal stations of the army. The cense was perfectly well known, and arose from an apprehension on the part of the troops that their religion was be interfered with. On the 25th of February the lath Regiment mutinied. It was not till the 31st of March that this regiment was disbanded. On the 6th of March the GOvernment sent to Rangoon, for the 84th. Regiment, and so deluded was it as to the ex tent of the ill feeling and the mutinous disposition of the native army, and the effect of the disbandment of the 19th Regiment, that in a few days after that disband meet Awes considered advisable and was actually under discussion whether that regiment should not be sent back to Rangoon. They have now sent for three Queen's regiments to protect the capital of the country. Tees° indications of a had spirit among the troops occurred at Allahabad, Agra, *it:leant, Uraballab, and all the great station's. No one can doubt that there was combination and that one general feeling ani mated the, whole. Now, it .is a matter deeply to be regretted that events, especially in India, should so greatly depend upon the personal character of the indi vidual. Oa the 31, of May Sir H. Lawrence, a,distin guished and decided officer, having reason to expect that there would be an outbreak on the part of the 7th Native Oude Infantry, moved at the fall of night two native regiments, her Majesty's 32d Regiment, and a battery of artillery upon them. He came upon them unawares.. disarmed the regiment, and made theta prisoners. Sir Id. Lawrence took the initiative. But what was the case at Meerut ? At Meerut the mnt:neers took the initiative. They rose at 6 p.m., and, according to the accounts we have received, it was not until nightfall that her Majesty's Carabineers were able to move. If Gee. Gi-lespie at Arcot had not moved his tragoona to :Yel lers with more promptitude th e mu ti ny at Vellore might have spread through the whole of the Madras territory, and produced effects as dangerous as those which have now occurred. And who was the officer in command in Meerut 1 How did it happen that with a Queen's regi ment of infantry. another of cavalry, and au overwhelm ing force of Horse and - Foot Artillery. the Mutineers yet escaped via flout is jury to Delhi, and made a march of 30 or 40 miles ? His name, it is said, is Hewitt. I de not find that he has at any tirse served with troops at all. He is an unknown man. There may be difficul ties, and there no doulot are, in making proper appoint ments in the army in consequence of the system of se niority which prevails. . But that system Las teen of late overruled, and the G.,,yerntneat have now autho rity to appoint the men whom they think most fitted for a particular post. They emelt, I contend, to have acted upon ti at authority. No Government is ja , tifled in [lacing in a mest important coma - And a man of whore the troops know nothing, and with whose quali fications they themselves are unacquainted. We see what has been the coneecpienee of taking a contrary ° s ouse. Give rue now leave to ask where was the Com maisder-ir-Coief upon this oscaeion ? Why wail not h e in the midst of his troops? Ho meet have beedawato of all the diffisultice which wera growing up. He rnuet bass known the dangers by which ho was reset. He did know that those daogera existed, fa upon the 9.. a cf April he assen,bled 'he troops at Vinballab, and addressed them in the most sensible temp; endeavouring to undeceive them and to bring about among them a right feeling. He, however, went to the Mills, leaving the dangers to waietdl refer behind hint let the plain. Such is not the conduct which a man ocau.. pyieg the position of Commander-ire Chief ought to lave pursued. Let us ler a moment look to the position in which he pow stands. From el I have learnt I believe the measures which have beau taken tar the Government of India from the moment they hoard of the occupation cf Delhi have been prompt and jadicieue. I have no fault to find with their conduct since that period, but I do find fatal with them fer having been blind to that which ought to have been obvious to all, and for having taken no pre - cautions before this dreadful-calamity took place. Well, want is the position of General Anson ? He bad with hies two European regiments of cavalry, two European - regiments of infantry, an ample supply of artillery, two regiments of Gleetwreas ; but I am aftaid ho cannot abedately • rely upon any of the other native troops' by whom he was accompaided. If, with. that - force, however, iedeeendent of the three other native corps„ General Anton Wert to meet tae mutineers in the field, be may heat them, though they Eheuld he of double • his numbers, without much difficulty. But there are two eneenten besidee the mutineers wit's whom he will have to contend, of whom the people e l this country In ate no ea:eon:la but vshieh are foes infinitely mere ilaageroua-- than the mutincera—l allude to the climate of India -at the season nt which these occurrerceer. tgek place, and to the WM want cf carriage. -When - the ! • regiments go into.the cantonments the carriages are di - missed, and it waeldaherefare be almost impossible foe • Gan.eral Aesop to inoye the Eurepeaa troops: The only reaprce open to in - ctinsists in impreeaieg the men in the bills. He may by that tneansbring down 3,000 ,or 4,000 persons to carry burdens, - but to obtale the means cf cencdayande Tor :the trines fora distance of SO or 100' , miles I- believe he . would find to be• imposeibie, Just consider" for a moment what is the rature of-the season. It is the most severe of -the whole year. It is just tile concluding taried of the hot weather, during which hot winds prevail. It is a time at which no European wauld• venture into the sum And when no cffieer would think of forcing a • soldier to go into the open air if he could poseibla avoid The .late Sir C. Napier .was compelled by oircutustauces to go into the field at a sea son such as that I hare deecrihed. The,consequence vase that 45 Europeans were struck down by the heat, StrC , .'Nitear being the only one of them who survived. Such is tbedargerwith which we have to contend. But will assume that General Anson has been enabled to bring his troops up to Delhi. If he has done that, he.. ought I thiek- by tide- time to be in •poseeredou of it, not owingao any vigorous attack artillery,-but by the most simple of all meows—namely, taking possession of --the canal -by which Delhi is supplied with water, and • wetting offahe water so as to deprive the i- habitants of •alle reapply, Towards the conclusion of the dry season there is but a very sins 1 quantity of water inthat Carnal, .nd the people of D, lhi, amounting to the number - of 60 t 00 ea 7 0 ,000, are, as a consequence, invariably re; laced to avast difficulties, and are compelled to re- kart: to the J'lmeea to procure the Water which they re quire. .To obviate that ioconvenience I established a large tank' fra't of the Palace of Delhi, containing a safficient quantity.et water to suaplv the inhabitants of. the town for a peri three weeks. I regret however, ta be obliged to Fay that, tae Government in India, ac-' teated by that spirit wheal has characterised them since ef lett it—a,sairiti which, heeled them : te'desire to obli terate ad trace of my having ever seated in that corn .try-have allowed the tank to al,ieh I allude to go to ruin, and I believe that fortunately- at this moment it astilanotfuritirli the ralabilaata with a supply seater- altogether. of water for any time, so that if the canal were cut o ff as have suggested, -and their access to the Jeanne p rev e nted, they would be precluded from obtaining That is my only hope in the present emergency. Observe what will happen. I left police battalions i n They were formed for the . parreofia3 of enabling the Go %Tenement, in case of necessity, to move all the troops hotel any particular spot. Lord- Eardinge was, ° W i ng - to - the establiihnient of those police, enabled 'to move three battalions of .infantry during the war in for Pauje,b, a step which, • under other circumotanCes, he would not have been in a position to take. Now, General Ansina has no such police battalions at his dis posal. They- have, I ucderstand, been abolished, aid lie must leave a sufficient-force at the different canton ments at Meerut and Umballab, or they will be besot down behind hint. It is easy matter to protect a line of cannacients exteodiag over seven miles, but if that is not dine the consequence, as I belie sail will be that those places will be burnt down and the Europeans will have no place to afford them shelter. That is what I apprehend, - and there can be medoubt . that General An son positron we nid then be p one of the most seriou s chigacter ; But it is-trot only in Meerut and Delhi, bat in Tll SUN , L N 0 T UESDAY F.' VIT N NG, JUN 11l 30, 7 great exertions, we find the existence of our I Alan em pile is indeed imperilled—not bythe action of any foreign powers, whose rneverneute both as reg ard s place and , time would require a considerable interval to elapse be fore they coeld take effect upon ( or position, but our Indian empire is now endangered, not by the marsooe vres and machinations of our declare] foes, but by in ternal enemies, in a form that we could not possibly have exeected. We hero within the last 43 hours that the ancient capital of Hindostao is no longer in our posses sion. And in whose possession is it? It it in the posses sion of our insurrectionary and rebellious troops. Sorely this is a position of affairs which requires us to demand from her Majesty's Ministers that they should throw some light upon it, give us some inf metier) as to its causes, and, above ell, tell us wt at they propo e to do at this emergency. ("dear, hear.) Sir, the information that has reached us within the last 24 hours communi cates the most important events that have occurred, certainly in my public life, and, I should think, in that of most present. Whatever may be the vari ous views and emotions which members of this house or the country generally may entertain at this intelligence, I am quite sure there is one predominant sentiment to which all others, however important, must be subordi nated, and that is a determination to support the Sove reign and the Government in all thosenaeasures which so grave and critical an emergency may require. (Cheers.) I am quite sure that the spirit of this country is so high, its resources are so great, that there is nothing the people are not prepared to endure, no expenditure which they are not prepared to incur, and no effort which they are not prepared to make in order to maintain that empire wb ch it is the boast of this country so long to have possessed, and which is one of the greatest sources of our wealth, our power, and our authority. (Hear, hear.) But, if I have not imperfectly expressed the general feeling of the house, I hope it is not unrea sonable is me to inquire of her Majesty's Minister- , whether they are prepared to respond to those senti ments in a manner congenial—whether they are prepan d in a manner adequate to the occasion to carry these feelings into action. I think, sir, we should not be doing our duty if we lest a moment before making this inquiry of the Government. I should be glad therefore to hear to-night that, whether as regards their power or their promptitude, those measures will be taken which are calculated to vindicate the honour and authority of this country, and to maintain our interests in India. I think, sir, that is the first and paramount inquiry which under these circumstances we are bound to make of her Ma jesty's Government ; and I think it is one on which we have a right to expect a frank communication. But I should not be performing what I deem my duty as a member of this house if I paused here and rested satisfied with such an inquiry alone. I think we have a right to expect from the Government that they should tell us to night what in their opinion is the cause of these great disasters. This calamity has not been of a sudden nature; there have been, and for no inconsiderable period, dark rumours from India which have made men anxious and thoughtful. There has been an occurrence of many per plexing incidents in that country which, no doubt, can ' not have been lost upon the attention and consideration of men charged wi h the responsible duty of adminis tering the affairs of a great empire. I wont, therefore to know net only what in the opinion of the Government has been the main cause of these calamitous events, but whether they were forewarned. I wi.hto know whether in their opinion the cause is pelitiesl or religious, whe ther it has originated in the maladministration of our affairs or in some burst of fanaticism which ought per haps to have been foreseen even if it could not havebeen prevented. I wish to know what has been the nature of the communications received by the Government from the highest authorities in India, milli ary and civil, upon this subject. I wish to know whether it bo true or uetruethat months ago, the highest military authority in India warned her Majesty's Ministers of the unsatisfectory state of our army there. I wish to know whether there have been placed before the ministry statements and complaints that our army in India is under officered. I wish to know whether it has been represented to her Majesty's Government that the habit of employ ing our regimental officers in civil and diplomatic services, without substituting men of equal experience and rank in their places, has ex-2rcised an injurious in fluence upon the discipline and the spirit of the army. I wish to know whether the civil and the military autho rities of India have been in accord as to the information they have given and the representations they have made —whether the highest civil authority in India is not agreed with the highest military authority there in the policy which he recommended and the views which he wished to enforce. I would ask even her Majesty's Ministers whether the Governor-General of India at this moreeut has resigned the high office which he held. These are subjects which I think, under the circum stances, her Majesty's Ministers should not shrink from frankly meeting. (Hear.) I have refrained from entering into auy controversial question. [f it be necessary that the Governinent of India should be brouebt under the consideration of this house, no doubt a fitting opportu nity will be offered for doing so. I have confined my self to asking questions which I believe anxiously occupy the public attention at this moment, which appear to me to be proper and fair inquiries to address to this Govern ment, and to vehicle I trust I shall receive a frank and full reply. I would presume before I sit down, sir, to make only one observation on the state of India. No one can far a moment shut his eyes to the extreme peril to which at this moment our authority is subject in that country ; but I cannot say, little as my confidence has ever been in the Government of India, that I take those despairing or desperate views with respect to our position in that country which in moments of danger and calamity are too often prevalent. I would express my opinion —an or nion which I have before expressed in this house—that the tenure by which we hold India is not a frail tenure ; but when we consider that that great country is inha bited by 25 nations different in race, diff rent in religion, and different in language, I think it is not easy, perhaps it is not possible, for such heterogeneous elements to fuse into perfect combination. Eierytning,, however, is pos sible, every disaster is practicable, it there be an inefii• dent or negligent Government. It is to prevent such evls that I thick the House of Commons is performing its highest duty if it takes the earliest opportunity after the intelligence has arrived—intelligence which has pro duced moat alarm in the capital of her Majesty's cm pies—of inviting her Majesty's Ministers frankly to express to Parliament what, in their opinion, is the cause of the greet calamity that has concurred, ;led, above all, what are the means which they intend t) take—and at once to take—iu crder to encounter the peril befo re us, and to prevent the evi consequences which may be apprehended. Mr. V. SMITH—I rise, Sir, readily to respond, as far as the occasion will permit, to the call of the right hoc. gentleman, and certainly no one can feel the least sur prise, considering the grave intelligence which has come from India, that a gentleman occupying so prominent a position in public affairs as the right hoc. gentleman should make some inquiries respecting the state of that country. In what has fallen from the right hon. gentleman I have little to gainsay or contradict, with the rx;eptien, perhaps, of the observation, that 'the Russian war was conducted entirely for the security of our Indian empire. Sir, the Russian war was not conducted entirely for the security of our Indian empire. If it had been we should still be waging it ; because I believe that if any persons were sorry for the conclusion of that war, they were the residents of India and the Indian Government. They woul I have wished that Power to have been infinitely more thwarted than it was, and to have been beaten infinitely further from the approaches to the Indian empire. The right hon. gentleman asked the Government what advices they had received from India, and what preparatio as they were about to make to put an end to the evils occurring there; and the right hon. gentleman added, in a manner befitting the occasion, and which did honour to himself, that the House of Commens would be prepared to place at the disposal of her Majesty auy means whatever that might be required to bring the war to an end. (Cheers.) Her Majesty's Government have been ful:y alive to that, and, feeling confidence in the House of Commons, they have imme diately decided upon sending out reinforcements of Euro pean troops to India— (cheers)—but perhaps it would be satisfactory that I should state with the utmost frank ness and with something of detail what those reinforce ments are. In the middle of next month I hope—the tran sports being provided—that there will sail from this coun try nearly 10,000 men. Those forces were partly in pre paration before. 7,690 of them consist of reliefs and recruits to the Queen's army, and the complement of the East India Company's recruits brings up the whole number to 9,940. But that is not all. The house is probably aware that under the Act of Parliament the Government has no right to provide more than a certain number of Queen's troops for India without the application of the Court of Directors. Trio Court of Directors immediately upon receipt of this intelligence determined to make such application ; and I need scarcely say that if they had not done so the Government would have called upon Parliament to give them fresh power for the purpose. The Court of Directors, however, willingly came forward, and they have applied for 4,000 fresh men, ao that I hope that in the course of a very short time 14,000 European troops will be on their way from these shores to India. I hope that the heu-e will not be carried away by any notion that we exaggerate the danger because w e h ave d e t erm i ne d upon sending out these troops. It is a measure of security alone with respect to the danger to be apprehended. I . cannot agree with the right hen. gentleman that our Indian empire is imperilled by the present disaster. I say that our Indian empire is not imperilled, and I hope that in a short time the disaster, dismal as it undoubtedly is, will be effec tually suppressed by the force already in that country. (Hear.) I need not det a il t o th e house the transactions which have taken place, because every gentleman has read in the journals of the day a pretty faithful narra tive of them ; but I might say that I am proud of the manner in which the Indian service have acted. I think that no better examplecould be found in civil life than that which was set by Mr. Celvin and the two Law reacts in Oude and the Punjab, and the Governor-Gene ral has expressed his delight and satisfaction at having to act with men of such sound and vigorous judgment. (Cheers.) Everythin g th a t can be done is being done in India, and troops have been already 'marched up to sur round Delhi. Luckily the outrage has taken place there, because it is notorious that Delhi may be easily sur rounded, so that if we could not reduce the place by force we could by famine. But I havens doubt that it will be reduced by force immediately that a man of the well-known vigour of action of my gallant friend Gen. Anson appears before the walls en Delhi ; and, at the date of the mail leaving, we had advices that General Anson would. shortly be in ample force bee re the town, with infantry, cteva'ry, and artillery. Unfortunately, the mail left on the 28th ult., and I cannot, therefore, ap. prise the • house that the fort of Delhi has been razed to the ground ; but I hope that ample rettibutimn has by this time been inflicted on the mutineers. The right hon. regard to the steps which have been taken in India, the noble viscount the Governor-General hat thought it rigW . , to take every precaution in his power, and to adept every means to strengthen he roops available for i•er vice. The noble earl will be glad to hear that since the conclusion of the Persian war, which, however, he cal!s not the conclusioe of a war, but only a treaty, the whole of the European troops have left Ba,hire, and three regi ments, having reached Bombay, proceeded to Calcutta, a here they arrived in an incredibly short period, and from that place can be most expeditiously moved where it may be deemed expedient. With regard to the second question, I think that the noble earl looks upon this country as being placed in a much worse position than she is. It is manifest that it would ill become me atpre sent to enter into any detailed statement of the mea sures which her Majesty's Government may think it ne cessary to adopt in order to strengthen the means at their disposal, but they will take all those precautions waich tbey may think necessary. I agree wi h the noble earl that we should consider the subject in no spirit of exag gerated alarm, but I think that if, because we happen to be at war with a portionof the Chinese Empire, and that there is an insurrection in one part of India, we were to take upon us to say that our alarm is such that we think it necessary to prepare this country in the same way as we should do if we were ensaged in a struggle whi c h might end in di re calamity and disaster, we should dis grace ourselves in the eyes of the world. The noble earl line alluded to my private friendship tcwards Lord Can ning. I will not allude further to that subject than to say that I have this day received a private letter from Lord Canning, in which he gees over all the circumstances of the case with the care and gravity becoming the ea ture of the subject, and the tone of that letter is such as to give the Government the greatest confidence. Not withstanding the difficulties he writes in very good heart and adds—and in that I am sure the noble earl will con cur—that he cannot be sufficiently grateful for having at this moment had at critical places three men so admira bly fitted to deal with these circumstances as Sir H. and Sir J. Lawrence and Mr. Colvin. Ido not wish to pro phesy, but I trust that yolir 1 mdships will at all events wait until the arrival of the next mail before you allow it to go forth ti this country and to the world that we arc reduced to such a state as that which the noble earl has pictured. (Hear, I ear.) Lord BROUGHAM—In a case of this kind, consider ing our distance from the scene of events, I cannot help thinking that it is of great importance to ascertain what are the feelings —not merely the opinions, but the feeling of alarm founded upon these opinions —of those who are near the spot. My noble friend (Earl Granville) has already told us that the alarm, if it ever existed, has been nearly allayed at Calcutta. Will be also infoim us, if he can, what are the feelings in the presidencies of Madras and Bombay? Perhaps, also, as the money-market is a test of alarm not altogether to be overlooked, he will add whether the funds either at Calcutta or Bombay have felt the effect of these events. Earl GRANVILLE—I am much obliged to my noble and learned friend for putting the question. While the funds in this country fell upon the receipt of this intelli gence, Government paper at Calcutta and Bombay has remained at exactly the same price. The Earl of HARD WICKE said, although the an swer of the noble earl opposite was such as might be ex pected from the Government, it had not satisfied him as to the measures which were to be taken for giving prompt assistance to India. His noble friend had said that troops had been ordered to hold themselves in readi ness for embarcation. Considering the distance of Indio, he was induced to ask the noble earl whether he would, on the part of the Government, undertake to prevail upon the Emperor of the French, of whose friendship and alliance we beard so much, to allow our troops to be conveyed by the French railways to Marseilles, would order the Mediterranean fleet to meet them there and convey them to Egypt, and induce the Pasha of that country to allow them to go by the Red Sea. There were 15,000 or 20,000 men at Aldershot, and it was by the pron ptitude with which aid was sent to India that the people would judge of the vigour and capacity of the Go vernment. He was dispcsed to agree with his none friend that the war with China having been commenced must be prosecuted; but if the militia were called out for active service it would soon form a good army for the defence of the country, and Government would have a l l the regular troops at its disposal for carrying on to a successful issue the wars in which it might be engaged. The Earl of ALBEMARLE had heard with great satisfaction the assurance given by the Lord President as to the exce lent spirit which pervaded the armies of Madras and. Bombay. That assurance coincided with everything which he had heard upon the subject. He hoped that recent events would lead to the reconsidera tion of the system upon which the army of Bengal was recruited, because he believed that system was a prin cipal, if not the proxiimate cause of the disturbances. The subjec' then dropped. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE—LORD PLUNKET AND THE EXAMINER NEWSPAPER. The Earl of DONOUG H MORE complained of an at tack made by the Eacsminer on rord Plunket for his vote on Minister's Money. That attack on so inoffen sive a prelate was most uncalled for. He read the article, and moved that the printer of the paper should be called to the bar of the home. Eerl GRANVILLE deprecated the attack, but could not think the motion of the noble earl a serious one. The Earl of DERBY complained that the Govern ment treated the matter so light'y. The attack was a gross libel, and the writer had no idea of the duties of the Peer or the feelings of the man of honour. The arti cle assumed that because Lird Plunkett's father was made a pots- by the Whigs, that the son ought to Hied flee hie conscience to his party. The press had no right to call in question their motives for exercising their privilege of voting. Still, he would not give the printer the honour of being called before them. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the best thing they could do would be to dismiss the matter from their minds, and to go home and burn the article. The Earl of MALUESBURY agreed that the man who could write such an article ought not to set his foot a ! , near their lordships as the bar. Still, he thought the Government was boand to take more noticeof the matter. Lord BROUGHAM complained of the unjust fashion in w bleb newspapers reported. A friend of his bad once talked of a "damp, cold church." The newspapers made him say, "a damned ell church." He wrote to correct the report. The editor inserted the letter, but added that ho had implicit reliance on the accuracy of the reporter. Lord DENtJAN complaine lof tbe otniesions of re ports, and that the press was always with the Govern ment, lIARBOURS OF REFUGE. Lori RIVENSWORTIT, in moving for returns and corre-pmdence, urger?, upon the Government the nec?,e city of establizhing harbours of refuge on the ❑orth•east coast, Lord STANLEY raw no objection to the return, but be could not Pee how it was to be given. He there fore propoeed that the return 'koold be confined to the money expended and the amount required to complete the works in question. Tne r%torn, a amended, was then orJered to he made. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES ACT AMENDMENT gentleman proceeded to itiquire s ayhat were the causes of the disaffection, and he dwelt upon a good many cf thena_ which have been bruited about in d ffsrent societies ; but when he asks whether the Government has been advised of those caeees and Was failed to remedy thorn. I can only say that no application . has been made from the local governments till nons for en increase of force, and I may add that the remedy which ie al ways suggested for every evil is an increase of the Esropeen force. The right hon. gentleman has referred, interalia, to the withdrawal of military men for the civil service. That has been the habitnol custom of the Indian Govern ment for a long series of years ; but whenever a regiment i s called int') action ou torsion or domestic service, it is the duty of all military men who are engaged in the civil service immediately to join their regiments. Another cause, and a very delicate one, is the alleged interfereece with the religion of the native troops. There certainly has arisen an impression among the troops that there was to be a general c inversion of the natives, and the feeling of insubordination broke out first in the 19th regi ment, by the refusal of the men to bite the new cartridges, which were supposed to be greased with an animal sub stance which they abhor. Those and other causes have concurred, particularly in the Bengal army, to produce results which are undoubtedly deserving of the deepest consideration, but I am not aware that they have even been brought so prominently before the Government as to justify a charge of neglect a:ainst the Government for not having applied a reined to them. No doubt the Bengal army is the one chiefly animated by tais kind of disaffection owing partly to theenlistinent in it of the higher class of Sepoys arid to other causes which will require and will receive the most anxious and careful investigation. The right hon. trent'enoan alluded to some other matters which I had rather that ho had omitted, such as an alleged difference between the Governor-General and the Com mander-in-Chief. I am quite aware that the sulject has been bruited about in private circles, but of my own knowledge I know nothing of it. I have always heard that those gentlemen in private speak in the highest pos sible terms of each other, and I am not aware that there were such differences between them as might not ho allowed between all men acting together in public life. Then the last question which the right bun. gentleman asked was, whether the Governor-General had ❑ot actually resigned. Resign in such a crisis as this ! Why, sir, I should imagine that there was no one less likely to allow such a thought to enter his head, and I am happy to state that neither on this occasion nor on any previous occasion has my noble friend tendered his resignation. Lord Canning has behaved in this emer gency with the vigour and judgment which I should always have anticipated. (Cheers.) His letters show no want of calmness, no lack of confidence. Ho says that he is certain that he shall be able to put this revolt down, and he adds that when he has done so he shall turn his mind to ascertaining the causes which have led to it, a.nd take the best means for remedying theta. There hag been no lukewartuness on his part, no back wardness, no chilly-shallyieg. His letter breathes that calm confidence and self-possession which best become a noble and generous mine. I hare no hesitation in pro phesying that my noble friend will prove himself per fe.•tly equal to the occasion, and when people talk of the panic which exists in India, the best possible test of that probably is that delicate barometer of the state of public feeling—the funds. They have not been die tithed, and I believe that the Company's paper remains in exactly the same state as it was before these occurrences took place. The right hon. gentleman is aware that to enter into too much detail wend I not be wire on the present oc casion. (Hear, hear.) . I could, if it were nece-sary, detail to the house every spot at which troops are quar tered, and every arrangement which regards the Pun jab, Bengal, and all other parts of India. There are troops in India equal to any emergency, and, as a proof of the truth of this statement, the house need only tern to the conduct of the troops during the Persian war— troops whom General Outrara described to be in as fine a condition as any troops in the world. On the arrival of some of those troepa at B onbay they were imme diately shipped to Calcutta, thence to be conveyed in boats up the Ganges to the ♦icinity of Delhi. lam not aware of anything else respecting which I have offered as frank and sincere explanation as possible on the pre sent occasion. (Elear, hear.) As regards the allusion to the existence of danger in the state of India, I do not believe that any danger does exist further than that any , outbreak may happen periodically in India from fanati cism or other causes, to be put down as surely as the present outbreak will be. Therefore, I anticipate no danger, but I express no surprise or objection on account of the right hon. gentleman, under the existing grave circumstances in India, and considering the loss of life which has taken place, accompanied by horrors I should be sorry to detail, having brought the subject under the notice of the house, and called for an explanation, which I hope I have tendered, however imperfectly, with' all frauknoss. (Hear, hear.) SAVINGS BANKS FUNDS. On going into committee of supply, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an explanation as to the purchase of 287,6001. Three per Cent. Stock, and 2.470,000/. Exche quer-bills; and as to thisale of 2,384,0301. Three per Cent. Stock, a❑d 111,0001. Exchequer-bills, belonging to the trust- , es of savings hank in the year from the 20th of Nov., 1855, to the 20th Nov. 1856. The hon. gentle man, in a lengthy speech, charged tire Chancellor of the Exchequer with having entered upon &system of gigate tic stock-jobbing. .He had used the savings banks funds to buy up Exchequer-bills just before they became due, and had thereby sent them up to es, prem., which was merely a fictitious value. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he bad been justified both by law and by precedent in what he had done, and maintained that both the savings banks funds and the public had benefitted by the transactions idluded to. Mr. MALIN'S concurred in the complaint of the bon member fur Kendal (Sir H. Willoughby), and said it was unjustifiable in a► Cabinet Minister to,,be "rigging the market" with the public money. Mr. G. C. GLYN defended the acts of the Chancellor, but nevertheless thought that the power of that Meister should be limited, the eaviegi bank fund at his disposal being so large. The present average woe about 35.500,0001 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER com plained that be hail been misunderstood, and he was allowed to expla'n the nature of the operation of the pur chase of Exchequer-bibs, since the terms " fictitious" and " rigging the market" kad been applied to him. It was not a question of varying the securities or influencing the market by a buying and se ling in the market, but a sim pie investment by the Savings Banks Commissioners, which it was considered advantageous to make with the surplus money in the , r bends. After some remarks from Mr. SPOONER and from Mr. MA LINS in exelenetion, Mr. AYUTON denied that the act of Parliament re ferred to -was paced to give Chancellors of the Ex chequer the authority exerci- , ed by thorn for the benefit of those wh❑ had rice interest in the fund. There cou:d be no doubt but that the saving bank fund had been di minished by these operations one million, and it was high time thet the c )unto pursued should be discontinued. The rnbject dropped. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Mr. RICH, notwith , tand , ne: an appeal from the Can cellor of the Exchequer, proceeded to dram -the attent.on of the house to the reprt of the commission on the civil service superannuation fund, and expressed a strong opi nion against the conclusions to which the oomrnissioners had come—that the deductions now levied should be re mitted, though the superannustiena continued to he paid. Lord NAAS complained of the unfair conduct of Mr. Rich, in forcing the question on at the present time, though he knew well enough that he had a motion stand ing on the books for the discussion of this subject to morrow, Ile hoped the house would not follow the bun. gentleman in thus forestalling the discussion. • Mr. LABOUCHERE also recommended the house not to go into the queEtion now. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the Government would take an early opportunity of saying whether they agreed with the report of the commission or nt.t. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. The house then went inta committee of supPiy. A vote of 43,365/. wa., proposed for the department of science and art, includi, g the expenses of the ge3logical survey. Mr. ELVART pointed out the inconvenience which revulted from placing the department of science and art under the control and supervision of the Board of Teade, and hoped in future to see it treated in connection with the Board of Education. Mr. BLACK complained that so large a portion of the vote was proposed to be expended in England, and so small an amount in Scotland. Mr. BLACKBURN was very strongly of opinion that the expenses of the museums and schools of design un der this vote were far greater than they were worth. Mr. COWPER entered into statistics showing the operation of the different educational establishments at Kensington, and other schools in different parts of the country in connection with the department. With re spect to the value of these schools of art, there eould be no doubt that they would produce a large number of good workmen of artistic taste. The low standard of taste which prevailed among the workmen of the country had been very forcibly shown by the comparative results of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the schools of art •• ' , he country owed their 'existenee. to a desire to im rar a hti,her standard of art education among the work ing classes. At the Exhibition in Paris, in 1855, the progress made by the English workman was marked in a most extraordinary degree ; and, among other things, a sideboard manufactured by Messrs. Jackson and Gra ham was held to be superior to any work exhibited by French manufacturers. In porcelain and in several other branches of our manufactures great and most im portant results bad been obtained from the education r I provided in the schools of drawing and design. With respect to the smallness of the grants for Scotland, it shorid be borne ;n mind that the Government had sane -tit,. .d the exp- diture of a large one for the purpose of a site of land in Edi 'burgh on which to erect a new tech nological museum, with training schnole. Lord ELCIHO concurred in the propriety of the vote, and believed that the schools of design had been pro. ductive of considerable advantage to the improvement of industrial art, and isuggested that the varkeds mineralogical museums now existing in Jercayn-street, the British Museum, and South Kensington should be collected into one museum rather than be separated as they now were. DILLWYN supported the vote, and was parti cularly in favour of the item of charge for the Paleonto logical professors. He complained, however, of the ex penses of the management of the department. The sala ries of professors and ai,aihtart was over 12,0001, and formed a very large itemin the cost of the establishment. Thera were several other items also which :appeared much too high, and be proposed that the su m sEould be reduced by 3,768/. _ _ Mr. SPOONER said he would`certainly vote for the amendment, but should propose to effect a still greater reduction. During the last ten years the sum annually voted for these objects had increa3ed from 6,000/, t 73,0001. Where was this system to stop ? The only practical resat, of these debats ought to - be,to - put a:,,top at ones to xho iskties of this money. It was right, no doubt, for the Governm-nt to do something for the en couragement of a►t, but a check inwt be put to this in creasing expenditure. Ile sh,uld, therefore; move that the suin be reduced to the amount voted la , t year, making a total, with the sum already voted,. of 54,0001., and -- that the present vote be therefore reduced by 20,0001. • . Mr. B. HOPE should deeply regret if, especially on such a night as that of the eve of her Majesty's visit to the Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester, the house should come to a conclusion to reduce the votes by the amount named. (A laugh.) The site now pur chased at Kensington afforded a melancholy proof of the evil results of acting first and thinking after ward. The collection at Kensington was to be an educational one, everything from hemp in the rough to majoliea, in the smooth. In one place there was a gallery of art, and close by it a collection of betties form ing an apothecary's shop. His hon. friend the marcher for Swansea bad bit the right nail upon this head when he spoke of the numerous -rival art collections which exist in the metropolis. Mr. NAPIER bore witness to the great advantage _ . which had resulted from the ebtablishment of scbo ,, lsof design in Ireland, and he should be very unwilling to give a vote which should take a single farthing from the original amount. Mr. LOCKE clrnplainei of the fact that the great bulk of the people of the metropolis had no opportunity of seeing any of these collections, or of setting their feet within any of the buildings which had been referre I to. If they had not the opportunity of visiting those places on the week days they should be permitted to do so on the Sunday. Ho thought the working classes of the me-. tropolis ought to be permittea, at all events, to visit the National Gallery and the British Museum on Sundays. Mr. CONYNGHAM - objected to the multiplication of these heterogeneous collections of small and unimportant articles, under the supposition that they tended to pro mote art among the people. Trafalgar-square was a proper site for the. National Gallery, and he would advise the Government to give the Royal Academy notice to quit, and if any one was to go to, Kensington let it be the Royal Academy. Mr. CO W PER said that the subject of the hon. gentle man's remarks bad but little to do with the vote under discussion, bat he believed public encouragement did tend to promote art. The museum had been opened from seven to ten o'clock in the evening, lighted by gas, cAdly in order that the working olasses might have an opportunity of visiting it. They had visited it in large numbers, and he believed that, at all events in the winter evenings, it would be a very favourite resort. The site had been complained of because of the distance of South Kensington from the centre of London, but the fact wag, that the Government conll find no other vacant sp it nearer at all suitable to the purpose. The collection of patented inventions had been a great at traction h;thevo. With regard to the salaries, they were vary low as compared with of ier similar offices.. Toe salary of the curator was to be but 2001. a-year. With regard to paleontology, it was a science of the greatest importance, and almost every state in the world had a department devoted to its encouragement. Where would Birmingham have been but for the studies of geo logists, which had led to the increased production of iron. The effe.ct of the present objections was that s'a- Vonary ignorance was preferable to advancement and education, a sentiment be did not believe was unani mously entertained it that bows.. Mr. W. WILLIA.MS spoke to the great benefit that had been der ived from schools of design ; but h e con . . tended that they must always be supporCed and main tained in the localities where they had orig►nally been established. The results of our existing schools of de sign ha I been that our manufacturers could now success fully compete :pith the continental producers. But unless the designer was educated in the manufacturing districts and practicaly acquainted with the commercial bearings of his designs, he would in themajority of cases fail altogetht r. Mr. SLANEY supported the vote. Alter a few words from Mr. SPOONER, Colonel SYKES also supported the vote. Geology was the grammar of the earth and if one of its tenses were properly understood, the whole verb could be conjugated. Die CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de fended the vote, and stated that the geol igicAl survey under the direction of Sir Roderick Murchison was going on very satisfactorily. The survey was for impor tant national objects, and not for the benefit of any pri vate individuals. He therefore trusted that his bon. friend the member for North Warwickshire (dr. Spooner) would not be able to persuade the house to refuse that vote. Mr. PLATE also supported the vote. Toe committee then divided. The numbers were - Fur the vote .... 157 Fur the amendment - 33 • Majority -124 Mr. DILLWYN then complained of the high rate of salaries, and the item of 2,0001. for the purcbae of spe cimens. The prices paid were extravagantly high, and he mentioned the sum of 1031. that had been paid for 17 pieces of Staffordshire earthenware, and 101. for a pair of fire dogs of French design. He therefore moved that the vote be reduced by 3.7681., which woull make the vote 45,087/. instead of 43,8851. The committee then divided. The numbers were— For the original vote For the amendment liajmity for the vote -126 A Tote of 143,030/. was proposed for education in Ire land. Mr. BLACK complained that the Government had con stituted itself a great publishing and bookselling estab lishineut ; and, on the part of the book trade, he entered his protest against it. In the case of literature, such an establishment was especially contrary to sound principle. It bed the effect of checking opinion. Every literary man who attempted to prodtue an educational work had to compete with the Government, and thereco e there was a check given to the spread of such literature. Mr. BLACKBURN objected ro the agricultural mo del school. These Echools were strongly objected to last year, and he then understood that no further vote would be taken for then. Several testimonials had been puli• lashed by the Government in favour of these schools, but none of these testimonials were dated. One of the tisstimo niala si.ated that one of the schools wan of great advan ags to the cJuntry on Lord Monteagle's estate. Hs should move that the vote be reduced to 125,750/., which struck off the amount required for there schools. After a short discussion, the committee divided— , For the amendmen' 34 .A.gainst it. Maj .rity --175 The vote was then agreed to. The lam of 4051. for the salary of the secretary to the Commissioners or Endowed Schools was agreed to. Several other votes were then arrreed to. On the vote of 1,6251. for the Queen's University of Ireland, M. GREGORY called attention to this sum being for twenty-one examiners, and forty-eight pupils for txl ruination, twelve of whom obtained glld medals and 2401. in money exhibitions, and asked for an explanation of the manner in which the rormey had been distributed. Mr. WILSON admitled that the number of pupils was di.propornionate to the number of examiners, and said that the salaries of the latter were to be considered more es fees than salaries, but it was to be recollected that the university was in its infancy. Mr. W. WILLIAMS also called attention to the die prorr ion of the number of examiners to the pupils examined, ar d unless a satisfactory explanation was given by the Government he should divide the committee on the vote. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCREQUErI said this college was established by S:r R. Peel, but it had not been found to be so successful as was anticipated, and the subject was under the consideration of GOvern men t. Mr. MOWERAT and Mr. VERNON considered this a grant in the wrong direction, and stated that they would support the hon. member for Lambeth in dividing the corurnittlo on the grant. After some remarks from Mr: Kirk, Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Gregory, and Mr. T. Egert in, Mr. ELACKBURILNT expressed an opinion that this college was extravagantly conducted, and in.tanced the granting of one diploma costing the country 3,9201. After some remarks from Mr. WILSON, Mr. GItOGAN aeked if the commission now sitting was on the university to which the vote related, or on the Queen's Colleges, between which he made a distinc tion. lie saw no necessity of the continuance of this university. A discussion then ensued, in which Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Horawan, and (Aber members took part. Mr. NAPIER would consent to the vote, but only provisionally. - Mr. NE tiVDEGATE would agree to the postpone ment of the vote, but could not vote for its continuance. The committee then divided, when there appeared For the vote Against it Major ty -114 The vote of 15.2001, fir completing the Queen's Col lege in Ireland was then agr, ed to. . 8001. for the Royal Irish Academy. 2001. for the Royal Hibernian Academy. These two votes were afire , d to, and the house resumed. TURNPIKE TRUSTS. The Turnpike Trusts Abolition (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. - CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND.) This bill was read a second timo alter some obierva tions from Mr. Bagwell and Mr. I. Butt, answered by Mr. Henry Herbert. SIPES FOR WORKHOUSES. This bill was read a third tiele andpassed. - The Christchurch (West Hartlepool) Bill passed through, committee. MARRIED WONIEN'S [tEVERSIONARY INTEREST. The bill was read a third time and passed, after a pro test from Mr. Dobbs. ELECTION PETITIONS. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. ADDERLBY stated that the object of the bill was to put an end to the roving accusations at present brought against memb e r s , alik e degrading to the man hers and to the administration of justice. It would also provide that the sanction of this house•must be given to the withdrawal of petitions. It would be better even to let corrupt practices take their course than to attempt to remedy them by a system ten times more corrupt. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would bt, listless to proce , ..d with this bill, unle:;:ttihte, house could see th a t it went upon reas ,ina,hie grourth,, ant that there was come probability of carrying objects. Ile moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. MALINS supported the bill. Sir J. V. SLIELLEy moved the adjournment of the the Perejeb, Ferrzspore, and in almost every part of Ben , gal that this disposition to mutiny has deer evinced. I reeret to say that I fear we cannot at the present moment with any degree cf sec'iriiy rely on the fidelity of any of the regular regiments of the Bengal army. The ir reguler troops will, I trust, remain faithful, and I hope we also may depend upon the artillery, although it is said that some have been seduced or threatened into a junction with the mutineers at Delhi. I nevertheless trust that we may rely on the fidelity of the artillery. I btlieve we may place implicit confidence in that of the Glioorka regiments, as well as in the good faith of the native princsa whose territories approach Delhi. In fact, we possess in the neighbourhood of that city but a very small extent of territory. It chiefly belongs to the native princes. Our position, then, is such as I have described. The Government have drawn troops to Bengal, as it seems I to ma, very prudently and very properly, but in doing so they have left both Madras and Bombay almost defence lees. We know not the danger to which such a state of things may - give rise. In short, ray lonls, we are really—. and I trust her Majesty's Ministers are alive i.e the full extent of the danger—we are realy in a position in which it becomes necessary for us to use every effort which this country can make to maintain—perhaps it may be to re cever—that great empire which we have acquired in the Ea:t. (Hear.) Weil, let me ask how do we stand ? We have at this moment up in our bands three wars in Asia, Those wars we are reduced to the necessity of prosecuting with a reduced peace eNtablishmeet. We have sent to China that naval force which should, in my opinion, be left upon the shores of England, to give se curity to this country even under the auspices of the meet profonetil peace. The whole of that naval force, however, has been despatched to t the waters of China ; and for what ?—to carry on a contest between Sir J. Bstvring and Commissioner Yeh. (Cheers.) Six bat talions of troops have been sent out there for the same purpose, and I cannot help thinking that those six bat talions will be found imeifficient to bring under our can trel the numerous population of Canton. The cense queues will be that we shall find ourselves under the necessity of sending out further reinforcements, which should have consisted, in my humble Judgment, of native troops. But are we, with Lelia in danger, to fight the battle of the Government ? (Hear, hear.) Are we, my lords, determined, happen what may, to persevere in that fatal policy which her Majesty's Ministers have adopted ? Are we to strain every nerve to enable Sir J. Bo wring to seize upon the residence of Commissioner Yoh ? I hope not. I main tain that, if the war with China were as sound in prin ciple as I believe it to bo the contrary, common sense and the dictates of the simplest pcl;cy ought to have induced the Government to remain for a time on the defensive, and not at once to involve the conntry.in two wars contrary to all the principles by which the prlceed ings of a miiitary State ought to be directed. I have spoken of three wars, my lords, but my noble friend the Secretary felt Foreign Affairs will probably-tell me that we have brought one of them to a c'ose. He will say that the war with Persia has been concluded. The noble earl, it is true, has brought about a treaty with that country. He has not as yet got a peace. (Hear.) The treaty is one which I cannot help regarding as unsatis factory. No, my lords, I cannot deem it satisfactory that we should have entered into such terms with the King of Persia as that treaty contains 'after the insults which he heaped upon the British Minister. (Hear.) ‘Ve - have, however, entered into teat treaty, but even under better auspices than the present we should experience great difficulty in carrying it into execution. Persia may withdraw her troops from Herat, but that w:11 be of little avail unless some other Government be estab lished there. If Persia will not yield it up upon those terms, the evident objects of_ the treaty will be almost entirely defeated. The noble earl must be aware that the British force now remaining in Persia is totally un able to hell Bushire and Mohanirnerah if there should be the slightest chance of any attempt at opposition on the part of Persia, and can anyone who is acquainted with the national character of native States for a mornentdoubt that this great calamity in India may have a very material in fluence in changing the policy of the Cent of Persia ? (Loud cries of ," Hear, hear.") Our po-ition in India at the present moment is that of being compelled, not only by a sense of interest, but by our sense of honour as a nation as well as of individuals, to protect our' empire in that country. It is as much the duty of the Government to protect our empire in India as it would be to protect the county of Kent, if attacked ; and I trust that there will never exist in this country a feeling that, under any possible circumstances, that noble em pire shall be abandoned. We must therefore send to India a sufficiency of force, but while doing so we must con-ider in what position we leave ourselves. I fear tbir, under present circumstances, the noble earl the Secretary for Foreign Affairs would feel his hand paralysed if any material force should be despatched to the East. How, under such circumstances, would he be able to speak with ordinary firmness and dignity ; or could he avoid temporising if he felt that England was powerless t. defend herself in case any foreign Power should choose to take the opportunity of attacking her? (Hear) Even before this calamity occurred I 'entertained a distinct opinion that by reduced establishments we were leave ir g this country in a state in which it ought not to be as reetardecl its power of defence. We have now, however, a new war upon our hands, which will require an expenditure approaching that which was necessary for the contest in the Crimea, and which will require, in addition to the force which iris now proposed to send to India, an additional force of at least 10 regi ments of infantry, three regiments of cavalry, with their horse, for it will not lie possible to horse them in India, and at least six batteries of artillery, because at present ' t in some provinces t oe art ill ery f orce i s very small, and Ino troops can possibly move without guns. When I look to these circumstancee, I am brought to consider Iho W it can be ex p ec t e d th a t any mater i al increase can be made in the military force of this country. I would re ! commend her Majesty's Government to look the danger fairly in the face—not to take any exaggerated view of the case, but at the came time not to attempt to deceive themselves, and I think that the course they ought to a•lopt is to place this country under arms. (sear, hear.) V;hile we are fighting battles of such interest in the East we must be secure at home, and I know of no mode of suddenly obtaining that security but to adopt the same means as those which were adopted during the Crimean ear—namely, to embody the militia. (Rear.) That step should be taken at the earliest period possible, as well as that of calling together the yeomanry, which has e ever before, since 1819, been allowed to go for a year without ewercise, and we should adopt any other mese sures which the Government may consider necessary for pacing at their disposal Ursa whole military force of the empire. (Hear.) I have read in history that Hyder Ali, the great rival of the British ewer in Deccan, used to say, with regard to the British power, that he was not afraid of what he did see, but of what he did not see ; and it is for us now to show to the natives of India tbat which they have not yet keen. We must come forward with iecreased etreagih upon every point, and teach them that to contend successfully against us in the field is a thing impossible. (Hear.) I wish, therefore, to ask the noble earl what are the measures which the Go vernment intend to adopt for reinforcing the troops in India, and at the same time for placing us at home in security while we cope with that great empire. (Loud cheers.) Earl Gil ANVILLE— The noble earl has taken a very large view of a subject which is unquestionably of great importanCe—of so much 'importance, indeed, that I ehoull feel myself to be almost t:ifling with your lord ships were I on the presenl - , occasion to attempt to go seriatim through all the events which have been lately going on in India. I may say, hoe ever, that with re gent to the diebanling of the 34th Regiment, it appears to me quite clear that a short deley was wise and judi cious, when that delay gave an opportunity for corn inlnding such a European force as might prevent what would have been a most severe disaster. It appears al o 'to me that on the infeimation which we have received it may be thought that some mismanagement may have been shown at- Meerut, but I am quite sure that it is wiser—l tail not say for individuals of your lordships' hoUse, but it i 3 wieer and fairer for the Government to give no opinion whatever upon the subject until the allele of the facts "of the case have been placed before them. I quite Lame with the praise which the noble earl has bestowed upon Sir H. Lawrerrce, and quilt the complete success which attended the movements which he made, and without clonbt a decided and ener getic course of action may nfren solve a difficulty of that description. The: great difficulty, however, in dealing with disaffection among the native troops is the difficulty which arises from riot knoeing to what extent it bee reached, and where it is likely to break out ; and I may inform your lordships that up to the last moment the most cenfident assurances as to the leyalty and good feeiirg of thoecitroops was received by her Majesy'a Government from the colonels of those regiments. Tee noble earl has praised the steps which have been taken since the juncture aerived, but I regret that he thought it his duty to follow up that t xpression of praise by a statement which, coming from a person of his high au thority, will, I festr, create unnecessary alarm. The ferces which he mentioned as being gathered together by General Anson will be met by the English troops com ing from Meerut ; they will also be met by the troops of the native princes, who have shown a most cordial and Praiseworthy desire - .of co-operating with the British troops,.and I think that this is a very important circum stance not only from the material advantage of their as eistanee, but also ha showing tee opinion which prevails in India as to the result of such a contest, I thought also that the noble, earl somewhat exaggerated the amount of discontent'which exists in two of the presi dencies. (Rear.) Even in Bengal, where no doubt the spirit of disaffection prevail; the most, some regiments have romairiedleithtill to their colours, and have shown their loyalty by operating against their disaffected com rade?. Now, with regard to the movements of General Anson, I do not like to place my opinion against that of the noble earl, but I know th e o pi n i on o f Lord Canning. Lord Canning knew that the General would be at Um batia on the 18th, and at Delhi on the 26th, and he locked forward wi h the most confident expectation of having a force at his command sufficient to enable him te deal in a satisfactory manner with those unhappy and n isguided men ; and I think your lordships will agree With me in thinking that the confident opinion thus ex pres,ed carries with it some consolation, and should teach us not to thoroughly despond with regard to the present state of affairs. 'file noble earl, my lords, has asked me two questione ; and the first one, with regard to what reinforcements her Majesty's Government in tended to %end out to India, I can answer in a few words. Beene the arrival of the late news 10,000 men, consist ing of four regiments and of reinforcements for Euro p, a u regiments, whether belonging to the Queen's ser vice Comp any ' s serv i ce already in India, an sinc o e the the ea e rnval of that news, after communication with the Court of Directors, four more regiments h ye been placed uuder orders to embark, With BILL. This bill went through committee. The County Ces,4 (Ireland) Bill and the Grand Juries (Ireland) Act (1836) Amen'iment Bill rant through committee. TOWN BYE-LAWS' REVISION . BILL. • This bill WAS read a sec,nd The Police (Scotland) Ball and the C ,iart of Exche quer (Ireland) Bill pamsed - Mr:nigh committee. TLe house adjourned at a quarter after 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.---(YEsTBRDAY.) INDIA. On the motion for the house going into committee of supply, Mr. DISRAELI roes and said,—The house will hardly feel surprised if, in the present state of public affairs, before we go into Committee of Supply, or dis cuss any of the motions of which notice Lae been given, I make some inquiry of her Majesty's Government re specting the present condition of our Indian empire. It is only a very few years since we were involved in a war which, if not of unexampled magnitude, was of au importance seldom equalled in our history —a war in which this country made very great sacrifices of blood and treasure. The public debt and the taxation of the country were considerably increased, and some of the best lives of our fellow-citizens were lost in that encounter. Still the nation never for a moment murmured at that great sacrifice. The country was enthusiastic, and Parlia ment was unanimous in supporting her Majesty and her Majesty's Government in the late rear wit h Russia. But I believe that both the, people and the Parliament were greatly induced to take the high Lae of conduct which they pursued on that occasion because they believed that the policy of Russia had a tendency to endanger our Indian empire. Well, sir, no sooner had peace been proclaimed, and happily proclaimed, between Russia and England, than we found ourselves involved in another war—a war with Persia. For a long time the cause of that war was unknown, and its object, to say the least of it, perplexing. Bat the country and Parliament sub mitted with great forbearance to the want of initreea tion which then prevailed upon the subject, because there was a general impression that the relations between Persia and England were of a nature very difficult and de licate ; that the interests of our Indian empire were in volved in a right appreciation and management of thos e relations ; and th a t t h e i n d ependence of Persia must be maintained in order to for m a barrier between our rivale and our Indian empire. Well, sir, the last document which completed the peace bet ween this country and Russia has only recently been signed ; the ratification of the peace between this country and Persia has been only recently laid on the table; and then we found ourselves involved in a third war—a war with China. It c uld not be said that the Chinese could invade our Indian empire ; it could not be said that it was necessary to maintain China as a barrier between our rivals—our enemies—and our Indian empire. But it was said to be of the utmost consequence that we should not permit for a moment the slightest indignity or supposed indignity to be endured by our flag in China, became it was of the first import ance that the reputation of England in all Eastern coun tries should be maintained inviolate, otherwise our In dian empire would bo endangered. Influenced by this policy and by these reasons, the majority of the house, and perhaps of the country, have contentedly been in volved within the last five years in three great Eastern wars ; because, however great the sacrifice, however great the exertions necessary. however great the call upon our resources, there was a generel opinion that nothing could be shunned or spared when the safety of our Indian empire was at stake. Well, now, after these de')ate, upon which the house divided, when the Duni here were— • Ayes • Noes . 55 . 77 Majority against the adjournment —22 Mr. AIrR.4. I OIsT, amidst loud and continued cries of is di v id e , divide," opposed the bill, which he contended ►vas totally impracticable. Mr. S. CHILD supported the bill. Mr. RIDLEY rose to•move the acijournolent of the debate. The SPEAKER said the hon. member could not move the adjournment of the debate, which had already been disposed of. _ _ Mr. RIDLEY moved the adjournment of the house. The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER said - -hon. members on the other side would not a low the ad° journment of the debate, and yet would not allow' the debate to go on, though there were several gentlemen whci would wish to speak on the subject. He trusted the house would consent to the adjournment. Sir 3. V. SHELLEY took the same side. It wini not usual to proceed with opposed bills at that hour (a quarter to two o'clock). Lord GALWA IT opposed the adjournment. L ie thought the course taken by the opponents of the bill an' fair. - It looked as-if the Government thoughtthey woul d be in a minority. Sir J. V. SHELLEY thought it looked asif hon. mem" bers on the other side thought they were in a ra njority. Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Alcock, and Lord C. Hamilton supported the bill. The m tion for the adjournment was negatived with out a division. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the bill as a most objectionable measure, -and concluded amidst re newed and still louder cries of "Divide." . Mr. IsTAPIER supported the bill. l‘lr. J. WYLD supported the bill. He mentioned that a .petitimi against himself had been withdraWil that day, and the'petitioner had the audacity to state that be presented the petition for the purpose of advertising We" self as a boot and shoe maker. (Laughter.) The SPEAKER then put the question, and the mo tion for - the second reading of the bill was carried with out a division, amidst loud laughter from the Opposition benches. The other orders were dispo:ied of, and the house ad' juurned at a quarter after two o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—,JusE 29. ELECTION PETITIONS BILL. Order for Secon Reading read. M -tion made, and Question t posed, " That the bill be now read a second time Amendment pr p sed, to leave oat the word " no vv," an cl at the end of the question to acid the word 4 " up )Uthis day three months :"—Questi n proposed, " That the word now stand pat of the quo tion :"—Debate arising ; o°- Col made, and question put, "That the debate be now adjourned :"—The divi,led, Ayes, 55; Noes, 77. AYES-55. Althorpe, Viscount Fitzgerald, J. Platt, James Ayrton, A. Fortescue, C. Pritchard, J. Bagwell, John G:yn, G. Ramsden, Sit J. Baring, T. Greene, John Ridley, G. Beamish, F. Grey, R Smith, M. Bland, L. Hall, Sir B. Smith, A. Bonham-Carter, J. Hayter, W. Smith, Sir F. Bouveria, lion. E. P. Herbert, H. Taylor, S. Brand, H. lioistnan, E. Thompson, Gen. Bruce, Lord E. Keating, Sir H. S. '1 relawney, Sir J. Butt. 1. Kendall, N. Villiers, C. Castlerosse, Viscount Lewis, Sir G. C. Waldron, L. Clive, G. T. , ,we, R. Willyams, E. Cobbett, J. hi. Massey, W. Wilson, J. Cowper, W. F. Mills, T. Wood, Sir C. De Vere, 8. MuLcrave, Earl of Dillwyn, L. O'Brien, P. Dodson, J. O'Brien, J. N monde, J. Paget, Lord A. Fagan, W. Pliting ton, .1 TELLERS• Shelley, Sir J. Hankey, T. NOES-77. Alcoa, T. Gilpin, Colonel Naas, Lord ,trchdall, M. G4i'dard, A. Napier, J. Biggs, J. Goderich, Vis. Newdegate, C. Blackburn, Peter Gregory, W. Ogilvy, Sir J. t Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Grenfell, Chas. Raynham, Vise o,l " Boyd, J. ' Gray, Captain limped, W. Bridges, Sir B. Hackblock, W. Sclater, G. Brocklehurst, I. Hamilton, Lord C. - Seymer, H. Buchanan, NV, Hamilton, G. A. Smollett, A. Buller, -ir J. Hamilton, J. H. Spooner, B. Calrd, James Harr a, J. Stanhope, J. ' Child, Smith Hassard, If. Steel, J. Codrlngton, General Hill, Lord A, E. Taylor, Col. Colville, C. R. Hudson, G. - Thornhill, W Cowan ' C. Ingestra, Viscount Trefusis, G. Cross, H. JoWife, Sir W. Verner, Sir W. Daiglish, li. Klngscote, Capt. E. Whitbread. S. Davey, R. Kinnaird, A. White, Colonel,' Denison, W. H. Langton, H. G. Whitmore, a._ Dobbs, W. Liddell,ll. G. Wickham, 11. w . Dunlop, A. Locke, John Wortley, major Egerton, W. Lygon, Hon. F. Wyld, James Farquhar, Sir M. Macartney, G. Fortescui, F. Mackie, J. Frazer, Sir W. Main mitring, T. Galway, Viscount. Dallier, S. B. Gard, R. Mowbray, J. R. TELVE3S. Adderley, C. Maline, E. MARKET NEW3.—(lius Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITFIFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 2110 s to 4145; new' 1° 4 ,1 3/ to 31 12 ; old elow+r, 31 103 to 51 53; new d0. , . 3 %" 41 Os; and straw, 11 8s to 1/ 12s per load. A Lao "" ; wand. • CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 21 15s to 4 1 0 ; new do., 31 to 31 17s; old clover, 3110 s to 51 Os • new Ire 31 to 41 Os; and straw, 11 8s to 11 12i per Tr ° steady. 4 WHITEOHAPHIt.--Old meadow 4 1 hay, 21 103 to -3 new do., 31 to 31 16; old clover, 31 10a to 51 5s ; new do.. 31 to 41 Os ; and straw, 1/ 93 to 11 12s per load. 111 a derate inquiry. COLONIAL. TEA. —The market is buoyant, and good common car g o has been sold at is. 2. 1 ,(1. An advance of about id. 116 established on most descriptions. SUGAR.—There is only a limited demand experieneed, and no sales are reported. The refined market is qui et ' an I prices are without alteration. COFFEE.—The market colt inues firm for all description°. Native Ceylon sold at 655. 6`.1. I-Wm.—The market remains quiet at previous rates.. . RICE.—The market exhibits an active a ppearance, w ith out any material alteration in prices. Bengal at Ils. to lls. 9d. SALTPETRE.—SaIes are reported to have been effected ou advanced trms. TALLOW. —Tho market is steady, but quiet, a nd 7 0 have been paid for the month. COAL hEARKE Prices of Coals per ton at 7.—jUNE 29. tho close of the market. s. d. Wallsend, I3ates's West Hartley 14 0 North Percy Hartley ...14 0 L am bt on l6 Eden Kain l5 9 Cees l7 Howard's West Hartley lettou l7 e 15 6 N etherton 16 0 Eden Wylaan 6 ranf;atil ! door l4 0 3etton Lyons Main .... 11 3 llaswell Gas 15 0 Riddell 4l tomb 41all '' ~ 15 9 „ . ....17 0 south 'Tatou .............. 16 Fothergill's Aberdare ...1S 6 Ships at ruarhet, 67 ; saki, 44. 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