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THE SU LONEON, TU IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.--(IEsTER , DAY.) The Royal asssent was giv , n by commission to the following bills ; —Turnpike Tru , ts Arrangements; Han ley Borough Incorporation; Militia (Ireland) Act (1854) Amendment; Sound Dues; Sites for Workhouses; Joint- Stock Corporation A mendment Act ; Wll - nston and Lawton Roads ; Fraserburph Harbour; North-Eastern and Hartlepool Docks and Railway Company's Amalga mation; Forth and Clyde J un ction Railway; Landport and southsea Improvements ; Wearmouth Bridge, Ferrie and Approaches ; South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway ; Ely Valley Railway ; Glasg iw Gas ; St. Phillip's Church ; Liverpool New River Company ; West Hartlepool Railway ; Mansfield and Worksop Road ; Portsdown Water ; Fawnhope and Holmo Bridge ; North-Eastern Railway ; and Ipswich Water. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby, and Llrd Campbell, Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. Their lordships re-assembled at five o'clock. THE INDIAN REVOLT. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH was anxious to put a question to the noble earl opposite with reference to the news which had just been received from India, and with reference also to the course which her Majesty's Government intended to pursue. It was now three months since the minds of most men had been directed to the state of the army in that country, and every mail which had since arrived bad only tended to increase the anxiety which was felt. Nevertheless, no official infor mation whatever had been given by her Majesty's Go vernment to Parliament ; but they bad been lelt to de pend upon private letters, and upon articles in news papers. The empire was in danger, but they knew nothing whatever either with respect to the causes of that danger, or with respect to the measures which had been adopted by the Government to meet it. (Hear, hear.) That was a state of things which ought not to be allowed to c ntinue. They were told by successive telegraphs that the crisis was past, that the danger was over, and that things had been at their worst. But that was not so. In cases like this, when extensive mutinies bad taken place, things only went on from bad to worse, until the strong band of power interfered and established once more the authority of the Government. (Hear, hear) Those who called themselves the pabUc instructors of the country were endeavouring to in duce persons to believe that this was a passing calamity to which very slight measures indeed would suffice to put an end. (Hear.) It seemed to him (he noble earl) that there were men amongst us like that sagacious ani. mad which, when pressed by its pursuers, hid its head in the sand and thought that it was unseen because it could not see. .(Hear.) But all Europe was regarding with the deepest interest the conduct which her Majesty's Government might pursue; for upon that conduct would depend not only our present character but our future position in the civilised world. (Hear) He did not be lieve there existed in either house of Parliament any in disposition to grant her Majesty's Government any means for which they might ask. Upon them, therefore, rested the responsibility of the course they would pur sue, and if they took a false step, the disgrace would be with them, although the loss would undouhtedly be our. It depended upon the noble viscount (Lord Palmerston) whether he would obtain for himself a reputation sitnilee to that which wee obtained in difficult and dangerous circumstances by Lord Chatham, or whether his Gevera meat should be known to posterity as the most calami tous, the most disastrous, and the most disgraceful which • had matted' in this country since the time of Lord North, Since the Government had received the last telegraph, their conduct had .been right:—they could not have ap p inted a Otter officer than Sir Cahn Campbell. (Chess s.) He (.he noble. sail) hall at all times had a higher opinion of that gallant officer—an opinion derived from the Late Sir Charles . Napier ' and confirmed by sutse genet observation—than of any other in the Indian army. (Hear, hear.) But tee give full effect to the ap pointment of Sir Colic, two things were necessary. In the first place, he must be relieved from the threllore to which it had been too customary to suhjec's the corn• mender ire the field—the thraldom, namely, of the peli tical agents. (Hear, hear.) The same powers should be cominitted to him which were confided to Lord Her- Tie by Lord Wellesley ; and he need not remind their lordships what successes rewarded that generous mea sure. (Hear; hear.): He perceived, too, with great satisfaction, that the Indian Government had appointed Sir Patrick Grants (Cheers.) He would not ask whether that appointment was justifiable in a strictly legal point of view ; for ho thought the Indian Govern ment w ere bound, in a season of public danger, to welect the beat man ; and in so doing they had deserved well of their country. (Cheers.) Bat on the arrival of Sir C. Campbell, the powers. of Sir Patrick Grant would cease ; but he (Lord El'enborougb) considered that it was of the utmost importance that the Governor General should have Sir Patrick Grant for a mili tary adviser. That great object might be effected by the Court of Directors-appointing Sir Patrick an extraordinary member of Council. (Hear, hear.) There was at present at very respectable officer in the Council, and there was a very respectable military secretary ; but there was nothing in their previous ser vices which would enable them to give to the Governor General of India that authoritative advice upon which he mightrely. It: was, therefore, most desirable that the Council should be reinforced by Sir Patrick Grant. There were persons in this country who were die:ap pointed at not having received by the last telegraph in formation of the capture of Delhi; but he (Lord Ellen borotsgh) thought that that disappointment was un reatoriabb. (Hear, hear.) He (the noble earl) had not expected it ; nor did he think that they could in any way justifiably impute blame to those in command, con sidering the hot season - of the year and the want of means . of carriage, because' they had not made a march of 130 miles in the time in which it was calculated it cou'd have been performed. As far as he could understand the telegraph, the troops had succeeded in defeating a force whisk bad been posted to interrupt then. march. Nov that circumstance brought two things into his mind. First, that the insurgents mast be very much stronger than they bad been given to suppose, or they would never have been induced to go beyond the walls of Delhi ; and r ex. he rejo'heel tosay it convinced him that they could not have a man to command them who understood his business. Ll> (Ale nobleear)happened toknow theground and ho was, therefore, not in the smallest degree surprised that they should have lost all their guns, because it was a position in which, being pressed, it would have been perfectly impoeeible ter them to carry off their artillery with them. (Hear, • hear.) Nevertheless, this was a most:serious matter: They now heard that the di-affec tion was becoming very general ; that it hail extended to 26,000 men, and that the Bengal army—and more than ,that, the troops in the Punjaub—had been dis banded., Amongst the regiments which were included in these troops were two of which he bad bad reason to know the history—the 16th and the 26th. The 16N was one of the finest regiments in the Indian army. It carrie I upon colours almost as many records of ac tions: fought and victerres gained as any regiment in her Mej-sty's service. Brigaded with her Majesty's 40 le r liment, it served 'luring the whole of Sir William Nott's operations. It served at Maharajehpore by its side, and it equalled it in courage and devotion. The 2601 was with Sir George Pollock, at Peeliewur. Teen, were there 4,000 men, of whom 2,800 were in the hospital, by far the larger number on account of their appreheneiene, rather than on account of sickness. In that nrety the ordy regiment on which Sir George could depend was this 46th, which had been disbanded. It must have been a lentg-continued course of mismanage ment—a c .ur-e of misconduct which he could not cornpre bend—to have so changed the nature of the soldiers who a im posed these regiments. There could twirl ly have been a no ecenimientened native officer—there could not have been a commissioned one , who had not given proofs of his gallantry and fidelity under Sir W. Nott and Sir G. Pollock,. and it Was most me l anc h o l y th at suc h regiment-3 should be obliterated from the army in India, or that eihwumstances should have occurred of any kind what ever to .make it necessary to deprive them of arms which they bad so gallantly and so successfully borne. (Cheers.) It was pot fer aheir lords, .te look at this mail or at that mail, but it was fur them to look forward and con sider froM the facts which they had before them what was likely to be our poeitiou in India on the let of November, at the time when our troops woull have ar- - rived, and when, the rains being over, it would he pow sible to undertaks military operations. On this point he had endeavoured to form an upiision. Ile assumed ,that our troops wou'd be able to take and to hold Delhi, Meerut, arid Allababad. l_le knew the locality of Delhi ; and he knew that no European regiment had ever yet been stationed there on account of he sickness which.prevailed ; for after the rains, two-thirds of the strength even of the native troops were in the hospital. If thateferie Our troops should take Delhi and hold it, they mast not expect that they wcal be in a position after the rains to do more. All that be could venture to assume was that the three places he bad named would be held. We should, in fact, be in the same position in the Upp er P rov i nces as t h a t i n w hi c h th e French were placed iu Spain. W e s hould hold that we . ted duy:n, but beyond th a t l i ttl e or no thi ng e l se . It would b imposale when the army which constituted our strength was' pee, when the soldiers had become either rebels or robbers, arid when we lad n o r e li a bl e police, it would be impossible nt to co ll ec t th e revenue or a d m th iiiister e.gove Our posse ss i ons wou ld, i n facts be confined tp t!te: .. u t l ti n . r h three or four pl aces w hi c h we occupied. 'ln th e pu pmchaps it might be things mi g ht b e a li tt l e better. ae rs t sit le for our troops to maintain their own there, collect the revenue; be Who apprehended we shoull no o, be l atilt:to do inure—. ace heed I not he all, to moveag i r g o t :o a .p tleo be i y n on )e l . Vie bank. of the Seth j t render any ports of the c r t e h h e e w r er t e t three Vr'bon this insurrection begAn, regiments in. Bsrgal, two at Calcutta, we] Dinapere, 37d mike dikent. Between that pi o ac d e er w l A4ra anti Locknow, which were 200 or 300 miles o f there was not anothLr Eur• ran soldier. Two regimetit4 were c , rniog 1 • 101) Bonlhaf, and one from Madras, which b us h ope d t ee d a!reasly arrived. We should therefore hav siwregimente is Bengal when those arrived. Now the first thing to cans:der was the protection of the cApitas of the etriti:w. It was the seat of the Government : the Treasury iva. c.ntaiaing money to the amount of - seven:len:None; and theta was an enormous amount o i teercemile capital. It was the p at which awn: th suit r ' eve bue, ths eustorne, end the opium rovenue could be- callected. In , therefore, to the three regi men's *tie • 1°1)- • • . it *as proposed to station in Ca.cu.ti, there ought to lei at lsast six steamers in the river. (Hear.) Then one regiunnt ehould be rent to Allaha bad, another to Lucknow, and third to another sta tion. that • tioD. thil manner h e ea 'i, weuld be required fur the eight regiment::: protection of Bengal • but, le •adclition these, the three regim en s, *dencieought brought up fr ' oni the other presi a to be sent back at the ear liest possible moment. What was actually being done was to tend out five regiments; b u t he held that Tice were insufficient. Nor was this all. There waA no use in having troops unless they could move them. Now,iheT could not find horses in Bengal tomount the cavalry, nor even horse their artillery on the spot. It would therefore be 4bsolutely necessary to send out horses from the country, and to give orders at the Cape and in Aus tralia, to forward all the animals they could find fit for the purpose. He would now assume that the five regi ments which were being sent out were placed at Allaha bad. They must not expect them to be there on the Ist of November. They would reach Calcutta on the 1-t of Nc vember, but they would not be at Allahabad till the Ist of January. The force would be utterly insufficient. It was quite ton much to expect an army of that strength, without cavalry or artillery, to enter a country contain ing a population of 40 or 50 millions, and that the only military people in India, the Rajpoots. They ought to send nine regiments of infantry, three regiments of ca vslry, and six batteries of artillery. The artillery must also be sent out from home. It would not do to leave Calcutta again, as it once had been left, with only six guns for its defence. The gun carriages, however, must be made in Calcutta or Madras, for those which we sent out were quite useless in India. What he had said re- I ited to the country between the Ganges and the Jumna; but he did not think it would be sufficient to act upon that line alone. He thought that they ought also to form another basis of operations between the Indus and the Sutlej, for the purpose of connecting the Punjaub with the line at Allahabad. He thought it most important likewise to have a reserve of at least two regiments sta- tioned at AllAhabad for the purpose of proteoting the supplies that would require to be sent up. We had five regiments in China, and if al) these five could be sent to India they would supply the reinforcements required. The total force that would be necessary, therefore, in addition to those sent cut, would be eight or ten regi• tnents of infantry, six of cavalry, and 12 batteries o. artillery, and with those troops we must send horses He firmly believed that if Parllament and Government should determine to reinforce the army of India to the extent he had suggested, they might with almost abso lute certainty—subject, of course, to those accidents of fortune which might befal all military operations—they might rely on it with certainty, that by the middle of April next!, the authority of the British Government would be firmly re-established in every part of the upper provinces. But if they acted in a different manner—if they acted undecidedly—if they thought there was no thing in the present crisis, and that it would die of itself —if they were not disposed to put forth the strength of this country, they might depend upon it that loss and disgrace would pursue us until our character and autho rity in Indio, were entirely destroyed. He (the noble lord) did not believe there was any indisposition on the part of this country to support the Government. He trusted, therefore, that her Majesty's Ministers would prove themselves equal to the occasion, and to the great ness of the danger in which we were involved—that they would come forward t o maintain the national character and the interests of this country in India—that they would give permanent security to our empire, and do honour to themselves. He (the noble earl) wished to know whether the Government had considered what measures they would take for reinforcing the army in India, and whethec it was their intention, at the earliest opportunity—say within three days—to lay the official information they fh`s,essed before Parliament ? (Cheers.) Earl GRANVILLE demurred to the noble earl's com plaint that the Govern rent had withheld information re specting the Indian army, and he challenged him to point out any occasion in which they had hesitated to answer any questions which had been put to thorn on the sub He was quite sure that there would be no objec iet. t e ion on their part to lay before Parliament the informa tion which would - probably be received that evening or on the following day. With regard to the intelligence which had already arrived, be really thought that their lordships were in possession of it all. The Government had only in ceived three or four telegraphs, some from Malta, t ore from Marseilles, and some from Trieste, the whole . substance of - which had appeared in the usual sources of information; and he had nothing to add except that one tslsgraphic despatch stated_ all was quiet in the Punjaub. He could assure the noble earl that the Go vernment would consider well the matter he had brought before them, and that they would consider it was a most serious luestion. (Cheers.) But when the noble earl talked of calamity, disgrace, and disaster, he (Lord Granville) could not say that her Majesty's Government shared in that view of the case. (Hear.) He (Gerd Gran ville) would not enter into any prophecies, and he thought that the noble earl, notwithstanding his experience and knowledge of the subject, would perhaps have acted more wisely if he had satisfied himself e its giving an opinion upon the facts which had transpired, and if be had not gone into speculations which were based in a certain degree upon imagination, and upon the probability of what was likely to come to pass. At the same time no thing could be more interesting than the noble earl's re marks ; and- be could assure him that whatever he sug gested on such a subject, though not always adopted, was always made the subject of serious consideration by her Majesty's Government. (Hear, hear.) With regard to military details, he (Lord Granville) was quite incompetent to speak ; but even if he was not, ho thought it would be inconvenient to follow the noble earl into them. So far as her Majesty's Government were acquainted with what had occurred, they were perfectly satisfied with every step which had been taken. With regard to what they were doing at borne he could assure the house that the most effectual precaution would he taken to strengthen the hands of the Government of India. (hear.) There was an in pression abroad that her Majesty's Government was in possession of information as to particular persons, of whom they bad no information whatever. He was sorry, however, to say they were informed that General Anson had died from cholera. Those who knew the character of that gallant officer were aware that he was a man of great ability, of sound understanding, and of clear views. (Hear.) He (Lord Granville) thought the Indian G e verntnent had acted most judiciously in appointing Sir Patrick Grant; and he rejoiced to hear the treble earl's approval of the selection of Sir Colin Campbell. (Hear, bear.) Every one must be of opinion that they were most fortunate in having that gallant officer, and that the greatest credit was due to him for being ready to go out at absolutely a few hours' notice after the intell'gencs was received. (Rear, hear.) He (Lord Granville) bad only to repeat that I a should be ready to give every information iu his power. He carefully abstained from going into the subjects touched upon by the noble earl ; but when the noble earl spoke of the general dis affection of the country, the fact was, so far as the G .)- \ vernment were informed, that the disaffection did not extend beyond the army. (Hear.) Even with regard to those regiments which the noble lord had spoken of as having been disbanded, the Government had no intelli gence that such had really taken place. Her Majesty's Government were determined to give every information to Parliament and to the country. They would deal with the greatest vigour with the present emergency, and they would not give way to what he trusted would prove an unfounded expectation of calamity and disas ter. (Cheers ) Viscount MELVILLE said the Bengal army was the worst of which he had any knowledge. It was, in fact, the worst in the world ; and certainly he had never served with so bad an army. (Hear, hear.) He had never seen such irregularity as existed in the Bengal army. He was told that the late Gen. Anson, ever since he assumed the command In India, had repr - serdel to the Government the indispensable necessity of increasing the European force in India, and no sort of attention had been paid to that recommendation. The system pursued in the appointment of native officers was one of the reasons that bad led to the mutiny. They were not selected for their fitness, but ruse as a mater of course. These mutinies were not altogether new ; this was not a singular instance of mutiny in the Bowl army. In 1349, when he was commanding on the fron tier, and Sir Colin Campbell was serving there, two Ben eat regiments mutinied. When be came borne in 1850 he was requested to give his opinion as to the state of the Bengal army. He expreved that opinion, which was one of strong diSapprobation, hut was told that, however true it might be, it would be imprudent to express it. No steps had since been taken to remedy the defects in the discipline of that army. They could net be unknown and had long been known to the Court of Directors. Most energetic mea sures should have been taken to put it in a proper state of disciplice, and to have brought it as near as pereible to the state of the army of Bombay. He had the honour of commanding the Punjaubdivision of the Bombay army and he bad the greatest :atisfaction in saying nothing c uld be more exemplary than its conduct. To give their lordships one instance of the state of the Bengal army, he would relate Wh a t h a pp ene d a t the rate ofMooltaa. An officer in command of a company bad a covering party. One night a tremendous disturbance arose. He went to see what was the matter, and he found the Fe pops of a Bengal regiment obstructing the sepoys of a Bombayregiceent because they were digging for trenches. The Bengal sepoys said they would fight but not work- It was not until the officer told them they should be shot that they could he induced to retire, and they did not do one foot of work pointed out by the engineer. The morning after the assault at the Park Gate Mr. Lake asked the officer commanding the picket to place a sergeant and twelve men to prevent any one coming ou'. Shortly after three officers of a British re giment approached the guard, who told them they could not pass ; they asked them what they had got under a tarpaulin they bad with them, and they said only sonic engineering tools and cartridges ; on the guard liftine I up the cover they found some plunder. As it might be thought be was acting with jealousy, be did not report the circumstance; but the things that he saw showed the Want of discipline in that army, and that the officers did not do their duty in the way that those of the Bombay army did. In the Bombay army the native officers were selected for their activity, zeal and intelligence. II i hoped her Majesty's Government, seeing what had hap pened, would enforce on the Board of Directors the ne ceseity of reorganising the Bengal army, and putting it in a proper state, which would secure our Indian empire. As to saying this mutiny bad occurred in consequence of anything connected with - the greasy cartridges, he di I not believe a word of it, but it was to be traced to other sources. The Earl of ALBEMARLE said he had a letter in his agedticctlfrom Dr. R u i st, editor of the Bombay Times, dim. sel.ict Y in tgraeing one of th e causes of the mut i ny to t h e men of high caste, to the exclusion of every other, to be officers in the Bengal ' army In the B wn bay ar m y i t was quite different—they took ' high caste and low ca s t e men, without distinction. ' THE SW MON. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose,then pursuant to notice, to present a petition from offiviiclresdoftths thatar t h i c e u gridl arler n 0 late Swiss l io eg :g io h n t . be ll pe e rs sa u i a d ie h d e intention a ee:olordships whatever p The case was simply this : there to make any attack on her Majesty's mweenrt on Vie question. less than forty-seven officers of the late Swiss legion w e la nn o cimi lained that certain articles under which they were enrolled had not been Jai hfutly fulTltd by her Majsty' Government, and that they bad not received the pay to which they were entitled. The whole case must, depeLa on the accuracy of the statement of the petitioners, and he thought the best course would be to read the prayer of the petition. The noble earl then read the petition, which stated that in the months cfMay, June, and July, 1855, the pAitioners were enrolled (pursuant to the Foreign Enlistment Act) in the Swiss Lrgion, under certain ar',,icles of enlistment then printed and publi , hed at Berne, in Switzerland, dated Schlestadt, 1855, and bearing the signatures of Hans Sulzberger, colonel ; Charles E. Funk, lieutenant-colonel ; and John Baumgartner, captain. Such articles contained, amongst others, the following stipulations :—" That the tflicers and men should be enlisted for the duration of the war, and for 12 months after the ratification of peace; that upon disbandment the officers should receive 15 months' full pay, and the non-commissioned officers and men the full pay of two years." In July following the British Government caused certain other articles, with out date, to be printed and published, wherein it was stipulated that the officers and men should be enlisted for the duration of the war, and for one year after the ratification of peace, and that on disbandment the offi- cera should be allowed three months' pay to carry them home. The petitioners conceived that they would be en titled, under either of these articles, to 15 months' pay - after the ratification of peace ; that is, that they were . en listed for one year after the ratification of peace, and that, fn being disbanded, they were to receive 3 months' pay. Petitioners went on to say that on disbandreentthey were offered three months' pay, which they accepted under prote,t, and that a further offer of three months' pay had been made to some of them, which in most instances had been rejected. The noble earl proceeded to say that it these men were deceived, it was a question whether Go vernment should not be bound to carry out the conven tion. It rested on the word of one man against another, but the question was a serious one, and affected the in terests of the country. They should consider the possi bility that some day or other we should again want to enlist foreigners in our service. When the question was first mooted in that house, he expressed his regret that it was necessary to enlist foreigners, but the experience of the last war had shown him that if we were bound to the voluntary system of enlistment, our armies could not equal foreign armies or be equal to the exigencies of the case. Therefore, it was most important that this country should bear a good name among foreigners. The Swiss were the best nation that we could have recourse to, because their morals were not in the least degree injured by foreign enlistments, as they had for centuries served foreign,sovereigns, and 1 oked upon it as an honour to do so. He thought Government ought to look favourably on the case of the petitioners, especially seeing it would not makea difference of more than 2,700/. Lord PANMURE said he thought the fact that out of the whole body of foreign officers who had taken service under the British Government, only 47 bad been found to complain publicly of injustice, proved at all events that the complaints of the officers were not general. There wan no indispositiononhispart to settle the claims both of the officers and men of the foreign legion, and t• meet all the engagements of the Government, and even to extend the generosity of this Government beyond those engagements, in order to show that we appreciated the services which had been rendered. But of course in the settlement of these claims many disputes both on the part of the officers and men must arise, and if his noble friend had been at all aware of the infinite trouble they had taken to adjust these claims, he would bare acknowledged the disposition of the Government to deal fairly with them. But in the case of these 47 offi cers there was a peculiarity. It was asserted by these officers that they accepted service under her Majesty on certain conditions. Now, Col. Dickson was the officer appointed by him to bring into action the Foreign Enlist. ment Act, so far as it affected the raising of a Swiss legion, and there was a committee consisting of Colonel Dickson, Col. Funk, and Major Baumgartner. The head-quarters were at Schlestadt, inasmuch as toe levy of S wiss for service in the English army was an act not recognised by the Swiss law. Certain articles were drawn by up the committee, and Ca. Dickson left them to be printed as so drawn up. They were not so printed, Ma jet- Baumgartner not only printed them in a manner that Colonel Dickson had not approved of, but he forged the name of his colleagues to the articles he had printed. Col'mel Dickson, as soon as he saw the articles printed, took immediate steps to deny their authenticity, and to explain to the officers who had taken service that these a ere not the terms on which they had accepted it, and up to the moment of the disbandment of the legion they never beard one word of cempleint from the legion that they were not satisfied. But that was not all. The spurious articles appeared to have been issued towards the end of May or the beginning of June, and there was no doubt but by the beginning of July it was well known that those articles were spurious. Now it so turned out that the vast majority of the indi viduals who had signed this petition entered the service after the beginning of July, after Col. Dickson had taken steps to show them that the articles were spurious. It appeared to him that this was a case got up by foreigners placing themselves in the hands of some English lawyers. Every one of these officers had given a receipt for his gratuity, and signed a declaration that he had no further claim on the British Government, and he did not believe there was any of them who received the money under protest. He was the more convinced of that as he had received a letter from Major Baumgartner (as we under stood), coyly intimating that this claim would be brought before Parliament, but that they were open to a corn promise. Having regard to the honour of the country he refused to compromise. He agreed with his noble friend that it was important no feeling should exist on the part of foreigners that the British Government had not dealt fairly with them. He had the gratification to in forra his noble friend that one of the officers who had signed this petition had written to the Foreign-office, the letter having bee.s received that morning, to say that having heard of the state of affairs be was willing to serve again, and that he bad no doubt all who had en rolled themselves under the British service before would readily enrol themselves again. He was convinced that in parting with the Foreign Legion at the clove of the late war, we bad left an impression on their minds that England had dealt fairly with them, and that they had dealt fairly with England. Commencing in May, 1855, in the month of August of that year 4,000 men belonging to foreign legions were thoroughly equipped, armed, and drilled, and in the course of a few months afearward not less than 6,000 were at the theatre of war. Ho had received from the officers in command the highest testimonials of their conduct. With reference to the enlistment of foreign troops, ao long as we had no conscription we must treat with such troops in the event of a foreign war ; and in dealing with them we must do so honestly and fairly, at the sauce time taking care that the tax-payers of this country were not called upon to pay more than the justice of the case re quired. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of M ALMESBURY said this was a matter which depended upon the word of one man being placed against the word of another. One of the officers who had been accused of promulgating false documents, as he (she Earl of Malmesbury) had been informed, had commenced ao action against Colonel Dickson. The Earl of EIARDWICKE thought the cost of these foreign legions ought to be laid before Parliament. Lcrd PANMU RE said that had been done. The Eerl of HARD WICKE believed that if the proper steps were taken, they could always rely upon raring men enough to carry on any war that might arise. The EArl of CLANCARTY said that no more un popular mea-ure had ever been had recourse to than tbat of calling on foreign aid to carry on a war. A con scription at home would be infinitely preferatle. The subject then dropped. SLANE TRADE. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on Thursday he sl,oa'd move-an athlress on the subject of the African slave trade. session. He asked the Lord Chancellor not to press the progress of these bills this session, because their lord ships had not had time t ) consider them. Lord WENSLEYDALE urged the passing of these bills, which had been produced by the statute law cam misiiouers, after careful consideration n their part After scme remarks from the Marquis of WESTMEATH and the Earl of DEBBY, the bills were severally read a second time. SALE OF OBSCENE BOOKS, &c., PREVENTION BILL. Lord CAMPBELL tioved the third reading of this bill, and in doing so his lordship read a letter from the secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, showing tt e inadequacy of the present law to prevent the sale of obscene books, &c. There had b e en 150 prosecutions of works of that character in the 35 years of the society's existence. Of these 5 had been ac quitted, and the remainder convicted. The trade was so profitable that, like the slave trade, the vencleri of indecent books thrived upon an average of seizures. Peremptory attacks by policemen and immediate sei zures were the only weans of eradicating the evil. He produced a book, said to Dave been soil at a rail way eta ion. He had received a letter from Messrs. Smith and Sons on this subject, stating that they had used every endeavour to cause all the books sold at the stations over which they had any control to be as pure as possible, and if any others were sold it was not with their consent. The Earl of SHAFTESBIJRY said that Messrs Smith had done their best towards supplying proper literature to the pubic, and the collection at their sta tions was as pure as that of any library in the kingdom. Lord LYNDHURST, after some sharp comments upon Lord Campbell's last speech, in which he men tioned the fact of Lord Campbell's having picked out, and sent to him as a present the volume of his Lives of the Chancellors in which he (Lord Campbell) bad spoken against him, went on to say that his obj-ction to the bill was its wideness—nothing could escepe it— no printseller could be safe from its annoyances. A. war rant taken out by an informer was t ) open every room in a man's house, even his wife's bedroom. Lord Camp bell said that was not what his bill meant, but this was what it said, nevertheless. Did Lord Campbell remem ber the case of Hetherington, who when in prison for selling blasphemous works sent to Mr. Moxon's shop, and bought a copy of Shelley's works, just edited by his widow, and indicted the publisher for selling irreligious works! The bookseller was acquitted, but the costs and law expenses were enormous. Lord WENSLEYDALE, though objecting on prin ciple to domiciliary visits, was nevertheless not opposed to the bill. The Archbishop of CANTERBTJRY supported the bill, which, after a few words from several noble lords, was read a third time and passed. THB LAW OF LIBEL. Lord CAMPBELL said, as chairman of the select committee appointed to consider how far the privilege of reporting the proceedings of law courts without being subject to the law of libel, should be extended to the proceedings of the two houses of Parliament and to pub lic meetings, he had now to lay the report of the eons mittee on the table. The petitioners prayed that there should be an entire immunity for all newspapers for printing and publishing what was spoken at any public meeting.. They heard the witnesses who were examined and they came to the unanimous resolution that the prayer could not be safely granted in the plenitude in which it was sought, because a mob might be called a public meeting, and a member of a mob might utter the most calumnious attacks on private character. What was proposed was, that the party should proceed against the speaker, and not against the journal, but that would often leave the party without remedy. It had been pro posed to make a spea k er l i a bl e f or a p r i n t e d report of his speech, but that world be a great and important change in the law of En g l an d , and, he believed, was inexpedient. Therefore, they all came to t h e o pi n ion, as the select com mittee in 1843 did, that such a concession was unnecee sary, and could not be safely granted. At the same time, they thought they might, with perfect safety to the public, grant a protection against vexatious actions. They thobght that a report of the proceedings in either house of Parliament when strangers were ad mitted should have the same privil-ge as was now extended to the reports of the proceedings in e ,urts of public justice ; because they thought, at least the ma jority thought, that all the reatons that existed for the privilege in the one case extended to the other. It was equally important to the public that the proceedings in Parliament should be faithfully published as those of the courts of law, and that those who published them should not run the peril of an action or an in dictment. An objection had been raised respecting the standing orders of the two houses of parliament, prohi biting the publication of any of their proceedings, but one might hope that these standing orders which he might call waste paper, woull speedily be repealed as of no use. The most important alteration recommended for the protection of the public press was this : A journal contained an account of a public meeting in which ob servations were made, which, in point of law, were libel lous. Tee individnal might bring his action, and though he had suffered no damage, the judge was bound to tell the jury that they must give him a verdict. Fur the purpose of remedying that state of things as far as they cool", the jury found a verdict, with a teething damages. By a lets act of Parliament the plaintiff recovered no more costs than damages, and therefore in such a case as that the defendant was not bound to pay the plaintiff his costs, but then he was burdened with his own. (Hear.) In a recent case, which had caused so much apprehen sion in all parts of the country, the jury found the report was a faithful report, and that there was no malice what ever, and they thought the plaintiff had suffered no da mage ; but the judge told them they must find some da mages, and they found a farthing, and the defendant was obliged to pay the cost of defending himself, which was said to amount to 4001. To prevent this, it was proposed that if there was an action brought against a public jour nal for that which professed to be a report of a public meeting, the defendant might plead it was a faithful re port of the proceedings, and that the plaintiff had sus tained no actual damage, and if the jury were of that opinion then they were to find a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff thus, instead of receiving damages or costs, would be obliged to pay the costs of a vexatious action. So far they thought they might safely proceed to prevent vexatious actions. A difficulty arose as to what shoull be considered a public meeting, and they recom mended that all i neetingscalled by a lieutenant of a county or the mayor of a borough, or the meeting of a town council or a board of health, or any other body meet ing under an act of parliament, or which had a right to levy a local rat .. They recommended that where there was a faithful report of snot' public meetings, and the plaintiff had sustained no real damage, the jury should find a verdict for the defendant, and make the plaintiff pay the costs. This was a summary of the re commendation of the committee, He was afraid it was vain to think of legi lacing on such a subject during the present He!eion of Parliament. He personally could not make the a:-,t em pt, becauseearly to-morrow morning h e t circuit, but he gave notice, that at the begin n se ssion be should frame a bill in accord ances ng outof anothero n c iru with these resolutions, which he should submit to their lordships, and which he trusted might meet their approbation and that of the other House of Parliament. Their lordships then adjourned a fa?, minutes before nine o'clock. ST. JAMES'S PARK. The Earl of MALMESBURY then rose to call the attention of the house to the subject of the improve ments in St. Jannes's•park. The expense which had been incurred had taken place without the authority of Parliament. He had over and over again endeavoured to get the correspondence on this subject, but had not been eueci.s,ful, and he was now sick of asking for it. It had been said that the expenditure had been entered upon on sanitary grounds. Now, according to Sir B. Hall, the course he took for this purpose was to clean both the lakes in St. James's-park and Hyde-park, and, being under the rollicking rule of the noble viscount now at the head of the Government, that course was taken. The estimates first given for the works amounted to a sum that would have maintained four regiments of soldiers for at least 12 monthi. 1 second estimate was given reduc ing the cost to 61,0001. but the work in St. James's-park was ultimately executed at an outlay of 15,000/. The noble earl said he 'was at a loss to understand why in this case an estahliahed constitutional principle had been violated in spending so much money without the consent of Parliament being first obtained. Money should be voted as it was required, and then is extravagant ex penditure could be checked. He deprecated Government being permitted to spend money at their mere caprice, and afterwards rely on the indulgence of the House of Commons to sanction it. Earl GRANVILLE defended the conduct of the Go. vernment in reference to this vote, and contrasted the beautiful state of the water as St. James's-park with that of the Serpentine. He attributed the state of the water in St. James's-park in June last to the effects of a thunder-storm, which washed a great deal of filth into the lake. The lake bad since been cleaned, and there was every reason to believe that in future there would be no cause of complaint. It was impossible to have a large leke of stagnant water in the metro polis without its being insalubrious. He sympa thised with the 24 rni'lions of the metropolis who were obliged to have recourse to these parks, and ho consi derA the Givtrninent had done right in improving the couditio'n of the water at a moderate outlay. HI consi dered London did not come forward as it ought on these occasions, but he believed the people would sanctien the outlay compTained of by tho noble earl. L-,rd MONTEA.GLE had never heard of the insalu brity of the water in St. James's Park until now, and when the cholera was in Londod no complaint was made of its state being ir:junous to public health. He consi dered the outlay as a constitutional offence committed by the application of public money to purposes for which it was not originally voted. After some remarks from Lord GRANVILLE in ex planation, The subject dropped. CONSOLIDATION OF THE LAWS. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of the Larceny &c., Bi 1, Offences against the Per son Bill, Malicious Injury to Property Bill, Forgery Bill, Libel 8,11, Coinage Offences Bill, Deer, Game and Rabbits Bill, and the Accessories and Abettors Bill. These bile, which proposed certain a terations in the present statute law, were introducA with a view to its consolidation. Lord CAMPBELL was surprised at the motion. He understood the bills were to be laid on the table for their lonlship3' consideration between the present and nee' HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YIsTnRDAy.) The SrEAKER took te chair at 4 o'clock. SAND WICH ELECTION. The SPEAKER announced the abandonment of the Sandwich election petition. rRivArE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Australian Agricultu ral Company Bill were considered and agreed to. ROYAL ASSENT. The SPEAKER acc)mpauied by various members of the the boule attended the House of Lords to hear the by commission to several bills r ty.il assent given (See Lords.) GALWAY ELECTION. Mr. CLIVE, chairman of the Gel ?Fay election com• mittee, reported that Mr. O'Flahert3 was not duly elected a member of the house, and they declare the elec tion void. ORDER OF THE BATH. Lord HOTHANI save notice that on going into com mittee on Civil Contingencies, he should call attention to the officers of the army appointed to be members of the Order of the B.►th, and request that at their death the order should not be retained. SUEZ CANAL. Mr. DARBY GitiFFITfIS gave notice that on the 17th of July, he should call the attention of the house to the proposed construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. DILLWYN gave n otice toat on Friday next, he should move a resolution, that the words on "the true faith of a Christian" should be omitted from the oath to be taken by persons who did not consider the words binding on their consciences. INDIA. Mr. DISRAELI, in consequence of the contradictory statements current respecting India, asked her Majesty's Government if they had any a uthorised information to give the house relative to the insurrection in India f He also asked the noble lord at the head of her Ma jesty's Government whether it was their intention to lay on the table any papers relative to the details of the present state of India ? Lord PA.LMERS'rON said be did not feel surprised at the right hon. gentleman putting t;iis question to her Majesty's Government, after the accounts that had gone forth to the public relitive to int lligence recently re c3ived from India, but he (Lord Palmereton) had only to state that her Majesty's Government had only re ceived a telegraphic • co mmunication conveying very nearly, though in different words, the same information that was known to the public, and unt:l the arrival of the mails to-night or tomorrow, he could not add fro that information. Thee outline 'of that emumu nication was first the unfortunate less of the Comman der-in-Chief, and secondly that the disaffection which it was at first supposed bad existed only in a few regi ments appeared to have spread to a large extent amongst the Bengal army. A large number of the Bengal troops, as stated in the despatch, bad been dispersed to their homes, and, on the other band, the troops that had remained faithful bad had, with the • t • s h troops, an encounter with the mutinee- ,t under the walls o f D e lhi , w hi c h bad been ' withinha db complete eetnh e taken, w su a c l e s e s a s o; we f d th t e h T an l : t l s::2 x a ttended with pieces of cannon ~„,neoes bad taken refuge euern, which were not regular fortificationv, but upright wall, witlout any of the de fences which fortifications gave to towns. It was anti- cipated that the t .wn would be immediately assaulted, and the house could easily anticipate the result of that assault. When the dispatches arrived, ber Majesty's Government Toull be rea.iy to lay at onc3 before Par liament such portions of them as woul f be cal culated to give to the house and the public 'ull information as to the course of events. There might, however, be in those despatches many circutn- stances it would be essential for the public service not :o make public, but the house might rely on her Ma ,,,sty's Government laying on the table of the house such Lutemotion aq would put them and the public in posses- sion of the actual state of India up to the time of the leaving of the despatches. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said that his application referred to despatches received before the occurrences mentioned- He did not wish to limit his iequiries to the pro. duction of papers giving a narrative of events that had occurred within the last few weeks, but rather to the an ticipation of such an outbreak. He had now to make a more precise inquiry of the Government indirectly con nected with India, viz., whether the noble lord had re- ceived information that the Governor of Herat had sworn all-glance to the Shah of Persia—that it had been accepted, and that he had been empowered to coin money at variance with the treaty of peace that had been laid on the table of the house. (Hear, hear.) Lord PALIIIERSTON said that with regard to the first question, he could only say that her Majesty's Go vernment would endeavour to select, from the corree pondence relative to the unfortunate outbreak in India, f.uch as was calculated to give every information on the subject to the house and the country. If that was found insufficient, and further information was requested, the house would probably state what was wanted, and her Majesty's Government would endeavour to suppy it. In answer to the second question, the noble lord said that her Majesty's Government had received no information tending to confirm the report mentioned by the right hon. gentle,nan. No doubt the right hon. gentleman was aware that by the treaty with Persia an agent had boon sent to Herat. That agent had not yet arrived, but as soon as he had he would re port on the state of affairs there. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was stated in the ac. counts that in the encounter before Delhi the mutineers mustered a force of 7,000 men, and the British only 1,800, part of whom were sepoys, and, he asked if the telegraphic communication confirmed that statement. Lord PALMERSTON said that the telegraph com munication received by her Majesty's Government, gave no details of that kind, but simply stated that an en counter had taken place—that 26 guns had been taken, and the mutineers driven inside the ciely of Delhi. The question had not been put to her Majesty's Government, but he would state the general outline of what her Majesty's Government had thought proper to adopt. (Hear, hear.) Immediately on the receipt of the unfortunate information, steps were taken by the noble lord at the head of the War Department with the Commander-in-Chief, to select a successor to General Anson, as Commander-in- Chief in India. An offer was made to S.r Cebu Camp bell of the command, which he immediately accepted, and when he was asked how soon he would be able to he with his usual promptitude replied to-morrrow —(cheer ) —and, accordingly he left yesterday by train, a telegraph communication being at the same time dis patched for the stoppage of the mails at Marseilles which left London on Friday, until Sir C. Campbell arrived there, so that not a single hour might be last in his reaching his destination. (Hear, hear.) The house was aware that 14,000 troops were under orders to pro ceed to India, and precautions had been made for meet• ing any emergency. Lord Canning had, on his own authority, written to Lied E'gin, which he thought would meet him at Ceylon, requesting him, if he could do so, to divert from its service part of the troops now on their way to China. He (Lord . Palmer ston) had no doubt that letter had reached Lord Elgin, who no doubt had complied with that request, her Majesty's Government having made such arrangements with reference to China as woull all iw of such a diver sion of the troops taking place. Viscount GODERICH asked if it were true that the Governor-in-Chief had appointed Sir Patrick Grant as Deputy Commander-in-Chief in India. Lord PALMERSTON was unable to answer the question. He had only, as he said before, received a telegraphic communication ; but it sometimes happened that persons knew, or pretended to know, more than the Government. (Laughter.) In answer to a question from an HoN. MEMBER, Lord PA.LMERSTOKsT said that there were 14,000 troops under orders for India, park of whom had already embarked, and her Majesty's Government would feel it to be their duty, as early as possible, to embark a considerable addition of troops for India ; but, of course, means must be taken, by recruiting, to supply the gap that would be thus occasioned in the home forcee. (Hear, hear.) CHATIIAIII ELECTION. The SPEIKER announced that the petition against the return of the sitting member for Chatham had been withdrawn. DIVORCE,. &c., BILL. Lord PALMERSTON stated that the Divorce, &c., Bill would acme before the house for a secJnd reading on this day week. TLIE PERSIAN AND ORINICiE WARS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that on Thursday in C mimittee of Supply he should move the e4irnates relative to the Persian and Ch , nese wars. (Hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether he would lay on the table of the hoop° the estimates of the East India Company presented to the Government in February, containing a rough estimate of the entire cost of the expenditure with correspondence annrxed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that two estimates had been made, one before the the war, and one on its termination. He had no objection to lay the latter on the table of the house on Thur,day neat. THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. In reply to Sir DENHAM NoRREYS, Mr. WILSON stated the interpretation which the offiler at the head of the ordnance survey put upon the vote to which the hove had come on the subject of the ordnance survey, was that those counties which bad been begun on the 25-inch scale should be completed on that scale, but that all unserveyed counties should be com menced on the 6-inch scale. REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. In reply to Admiral WALCOTT, Sir C. WOOD stated that the additional reinforce ments for India wotild be Bent out by acrew vessels, as being quicker and more certain in their pa,sage3. NATIONAL COLLECTION. Mr. W. EWART put a question t, the Vice•Pres`.- dent of the Bard of Education—" It appearing arum the returns laid before this house, that, in the case of some of our national collections of objects of arts, science, and historical interest, as well as in the case of civil and religious edifices and monuments (all maintain ed or avisted by the money votes of Parliament), the public have the benefit of instruction by means of descrip tive labels affixed or appended to such objects, with out incurring the expense of a catalogue ; whil e i n the case of other such collections, edifice?, and monuments (which are similarly supported by pubic money), no such advantage is given to the public, whether measures will be taken for extending the system of labelling generally for the benefit of the public ?" Mr. COWPER, in reply, said that it was the inten tion to extend the system to which the hon. gentleman had alluded. . _ _ On the motion for going into committee of supply, ORDNANCE SURVEY. Lord ELCHO proceeded to re-open this question. He found Wilt with the previous decisions of the house against the 25-inch scale, and concluded with a notion that the whole question be referred to a Royal Com mission. Lord PALMERSTON hoped the house would not go into the question again. He had no hesitation in saying that he thought the late decision of the house upon the subject an unwise one, but as they had decided he was content to acquiesce in it, and be hoped the house would not lose time in again debating the question, but would at once go into committee. After a few remarks from Sir D. Norreys, Lord John Manners, and others, the motion was negatived without a division, and the house went into committee of supply, when several votes connected with Irish charities were agreed to. On the vote for the Irish regiuru donum, • Mr. BAXTER moved that the sum be reduced to the nominal sum of 3661. He maintained that the Govern ment grant bad deadened the energies of the Presby terian congnotions, who gave less to their clergymen now than before t: ley received the grant. He contrasted this with the prosperity of the Free Church of Scotland, w hich, which, having no grant from the Government, bad formed 800 congregations, built 500 houses for their ministers, and 1`41,C. raised nearly four millions of money since the disruption in 1843, Mr. _KIRK clef ended the grant, and claimed the grant as the just right o:f the Irish Presbyterians in lieu of the tithes of which tit ey„lisd unjustly been deprived. • After some ten larks from Mr. GILPIN and Mr. Hadfieli in surport of the reduction, the committee dlylded, when thee original grant was carried by a Ina i,m.:!Ar of 117 to 41. A' n 'e of -.323,150.'. for superannuation allowances in the Rol, enqe eiale!.cnent was agreed to without dis cussion. On a vete of 100, , 000/,, for civil c.mtingencies being proposed, 5e Mr. WISE of cted to 1,000/. having been given to • brought home the tr eaties of Paris the gentlemen who and PersiU. We bk too many couriers and messengers to have such an item asvitcheast.ofTthhe w as another charge e re Forcign-office clerks of 2,0001. for extra sir. •11 class was that 2,000/ paid ? during the war ; to whit• ed bard, or was it to two or Was it to those who vro - rel‘ There was a charge of three of the prinrjpal clerkA 1,2001. for legal expenses connected with Burlington- Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke lieu. e, v hich anpeared to bin a large sum. The next and Co item was lidiculeus ; it was 181 for a robe for the Lerd- Disc Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co Lieutenant of Ireland. Special minions and outfits Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster wre down in the present vote for 35,9071. That was an - Cooke and Co item which was going on every year, and it was difficult Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton to di: cover the aCi.l . ll amount, because the vote was die- on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhous e &Co 81,428 tributed over several estimates. He would mention that Devonport Bank. Devonport- Hodge and Co 9,790 the charges fcr consular services had, since 1840, Dorchester Old B ink and Dorsetshire Bank, amounted to no leas a sum than 51 millions. The Dorchester-R. and 11. Williams 47,246 charges for the different embassies were much higher East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos than hon. gentlemen supposed, from the fact that the ter, and Co charges were so distributed over different estimates that East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co it was very diffinilt to ascertain the actual amount. He Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank should suggest, therefore, that all the items should be Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 42,030 collected into one sum, Such a course woul Ibe a satis- Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24,780 faction to hon. gentlemen in that house, and of great ad- Fakenham Bank, Fakenharu-Gurneys, Birk vantage to the country. . beck, and Co - - Mr. BLACKBURN wished to know how the trans- Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far lation of the French tariff could come to 2371., and how ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,246 it was that the charge of 2 0001 a year fur a standing Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs Knight commission at Erzeroum bad been continued for years Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 5,757 after that commission had returned home ? Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Sir JOHN TRELAWNEY objected to the charge of Keen 621. 17s. Bd. for granting a pardon to Frost. It was Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 13,552 enough to have paid for convicting him and sending him Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 27,232 out to Australia, without baying to pay for his parson. H as ti ngs Old B an k, Hastings-Smith, Mlder, Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to the large and Co. amount remaining unexpended ormoney voted for civil Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford contingencies in former years, amounting to ab iut Matthews and Co. 15,0001 He thought they ought to expend what they Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, has in hand before asking the house ta vote more money. Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. He could point out many more items which in his opi Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting nion afforded evidence of wasteful i xpeuditure. He don-Rust and Veaseys concluded by mentioning several ex trnplee. Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Mr. GREGORY explained some former observations Co. in reference to the case of King reticle, and said he Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - should certainly ohject to the passing- of any more votes Sharpies, and Co. for money for this purpose. He read an extract from a Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and report of Mr. Hutchinson, the consul at Fernando Po, Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford as to the tyranny of those petty kings. Morgan and Co Mr. WILSON reelied -It had been customary to vote [ l pswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. a turn of 5001. to the person bringing home the de- Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, spatches announcing a peace or a great victory, and it Iladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley had never been objected to. There had been great pres- Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich sure on the War-office during the war, and te e lime y 62,603 distributed in that office had ben given equally amongst ii.e A n i t e i x sh ari ß de li t.: n si k a , and Co. Randall, all grades of clerks. With regard to the 1,2001 to the a nd Co. clergy in Scotland, that had been paid last year for the Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington first time. The hon. member who had objected to the Davies and Co. sum for the police at Aldershott, would probably be the Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co last member in the house who would say that the sol- Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, diers should be employed to keep peace among the civil Knaresborough-Harrieon and Co 21,465 population. He defended the vote for searching for coal Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson in the Red Sea. This house had in the last session ap. an d c o , proved of the abolition of fees for conferring the Order Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and of the Bath on deserving officers, and would surely not Sons object to &low the small sum required to enable them Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C to make the change. Harvey and Son Mr. BLACK asked on what principle the episcopal Leeds Bank, Leeds-. Beckett and Co greet was withdrawn from Scotland and continued in Leeds Union Bank, Leeds -W. Williams, Ir lan I ? Brown and Co. Mr. WILSON sail the Irish grant was very ancient, Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 29,805 but the Scotch one was more modern, and was originally L e wes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 24,015 an occesiocal grant which had only lately grown into a Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene -- regular grant Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 93,466 Mr. W. WILLIAMS said there was no objection to Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan. giving the Order of the Bath free from fees to deser.'- dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 25,533 ing officers who had served in the war. What he com- Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle plained of was, that so large a sum was w i t hd rawn f or ton and Cradock the benefit of idle and useless officers. Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Sir J. TRE LA.WNY did not object to the orders being C o . conferred free of expense to th e officers who received Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn them, but objected to so many officers being unneces- Regis-Gurneys and Co. eerily employed in transmitting them, thus costing an Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- • unnecessary expense. He also explained some of his ob- Jarvis and Co nervations on minute points of detail, and apologised for Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst detaining the house, and Co. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER drew the Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and attention of the hon baronet to the fact that the stuns Co. had been already paid. They must reduce tkue;eetimates Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts for next year, if at all. Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl- Sir J. TRELAWNY said their control over the public borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, money was a mere farce. He should withdraw his mo- and Hung wford Bank, Marlborough-Tan tien, as it was useless to press it. ner and Co ---- In answer to a question from Mr. WATKINS, Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Son fees of the second patent granted to Lerd Wensleydale Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co were paid by the Government, the noLle I)rd himself Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial having pail those on the life peerage patent. Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co 25,019 Mr. ADAMS said as they were frequently met with Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre the remark that these sums were already pa d, audit was con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old of no use discussing them, he should give notice that the Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, next time a vote of 5001. was proposed for bringing home Monmouth-Bromage, Snead, and Co a treaty he should oppose it. N ewar k B an k, N ewar k-G o df rey an d Ridd e ll 2 1 4 5 ; 8 989 In answer to a question from Mr. WYLD, Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Mr. WILSON said Dr. Barth's expedition had been Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, highly satisfactory in its results, which would shortly be and Co published, partly at the expense of Government. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock ' Mr. MACAR IHY said the mode of stifling questions Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham of expenditure was discreditable to the Government and mond, and Co unsatisfactory to the house. Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk The vote was then agreed to, and the house resumed. Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons... BOROUGH OF ATHLONE. Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur- The SPEAKER read a letter from the Hon. H. Han- neys and Birkbeck cock and others, stating that they did not intend to pro. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not ceed with their petition against the return for this tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co borough. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co The report of the Fraudulent Trustees Bill was Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth-Harris brought up and received. and Co. The second reading of the Dublin Police Bill was New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 9,1 00 opposed by the Dublin members, on the ground that the Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith 75 3 town council bad not been consulted, and was defended and Co. by the Attorney General for Ireland on th e gro und that Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os it was a mere consolidation of existing statutes. On a westry.:--Croxon and Co division the bill was read a second time by a majority of Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, 155 to 19. and Co. The Revising Barristers (Dublin) Bill was read a Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton second time. bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton. The second reading of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton (lreland) Jill was postponed to this day. bridge-T. H. and S. Beeching The Pimlico Improvements Bill passed through corn- Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. mittee. Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 7,610 10,112 68,9G6 89,278 52,924 51,590 4,806 23,787 20,832 25,672 8,883 .. 5,288 .. 51,658 7,355 3,975 1,118 8,994 16,255 49,455 18,769 19,261 45,137 99,13 9 9,97 3 3,492 10,71 2 PUBLIC OFFICES EITENSION BILL. On the motion fur going into committee on this bill, In reply to a question, Sir B. HALL, said the object of the bill was to em power the cammisAoners of Public Works to purchase property between D.)wning-street and Charles-street. The value of the property was 170,0001. Sir J. TRELAMNY cautioned the committee against hastily passing this bill, which might be the first step to wards an expenditure of five millions. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government only intended to build a new Foreign Office and a new office fur the war department. Mr. B. HOPE said this bill was required to maintain the dignity of the country. It was merely an enabling 47,7 52 Country Markets. CHELMSFORD—JuLT 10. We have had a fair supply of wheat for the time of the year-in to-day's market, but the millers and factors bought slowly, at an abatement of is to 2s per qr., and very little business done at those reduced rates. The prices were no' altered for Spring corn of all descriptions, and with a firms trade. Wheat, white, old, per s. qr.4l ii: 30. per qr. 2t 1 Partridge ... 4.1 44 White 39 41 Boiling 39 46 I Dun 40 ,51 I Beans, Tick 36 'L L 46 I Harrow ticks 41 u O ' 77 I Mazagan 36 3 ", 79 I Ditto, new 36 3' 70 i Oats, Peas , new red, old 42 new The bill passed through committee without amend , ments. .. _ _ _ Barley 35 Chevalier 40 Grinding 35 Malt 73 Chevalier 75 Mr. COWAN then moved an adjgurnment of the house, which was agreed to at five minutes to one. BANK BETUBNS. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, Ste, in the port of Loudon, from the following pi July 6 to July 11, both inclusive. recai Yea )rts, fro. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in. Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 4Lh day of July, 1857 : I • • 0 4- , 3). T . :4 , Average Amount. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Rogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstanle—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odihamßank, 13asingsioke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co Bedford Bank. Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 27 - 11,858 11,344 :1390 28,566 COLCHESTER—JULY 11. To-day we had a rather better supply of wheat, o t ta the weather continuing fine our millers were not dispol,, to buy except at a reduced rate, which was reluctau tu complied with. Spring corn maintain late prices. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 633 to 7 24 red, 62a to 68s; barley, 38s to 45s ; oats, 28s to 30s ; beat!" Mazagan, 90s to 42a ; middle and small, 44s to Mr; 10 9 ' 11° white, 38s to 42s ; grey, 42s to 465, 30,901 8,767 22,704 33,229 10,066 and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Dicester—B. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham _Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford. Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L 14,600 24,331 7,997 6,555 66,785 14,948 Seatey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy- 8,290 32,885 17,709 cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath—G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and 20,607 65,280 34,542 29,85 l 36,672 __Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—ll A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Odd Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton=Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co 30,315 12,477 58,790 16,703' 12,774 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge 2,731 13,313 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co. Cambridge and Caridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters _ _ 49,310 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and C 0...................................................... 29,205 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and 50n5........................... Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La ...... ......... ... ......... Colchester Bank, Colchesterter—itound & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven ank Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Twgoo and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mo mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromagc, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co, Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton: Newton, and Co 19,807 2,991 17,969 34,465 43,037 6,615 -21,102 74,996 9,085 12,978 39,726 27,144 .....--• i 16 0 I°G BIRKCILDY-JULY 11. We had a good supply of wheat to-day, which met good demand ; finer qualities is higher. Small supply ° barley and oats, and prices in favour of sellers. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. I Beatita I First 67s Od 38s 61 ( 31s Od. I Os v Second s4s Od 36s Od I 30s 01 ,Os o u g I Third ... 315 Od 32s 0.1 i 27s Od i Os N.—JULY 13. the close of the marlet. WaEisend, &a. COAL MAW Prices of Coals per ton at s. d North Percy Hartley l5 6 - s o a' Earsden's Hartley l6 3 Hraddyll l7 $ Tana°ld Moor Butes 14 3 Lambton IB 0 Wallsend, dm Belmont 16 a Tees lB 9 Gosforth l6 Fothergill's Aberdare _l9 6 Haswell 19 Kepier Grainge ........J7 6 Ships at mark ;, 37 ; sold, 36. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 12th inst., at 25, Grosvenor-place, the I-1 116/ Adela Goff. On the 13th inst., at 12, St. George's-terrace, ror av park, the wife of Clayton W. F. Glyn, Esq. OF A DAVNITER On the 11th inst., the wife of David C. Macrae, barriat°' at-l O aw. n the 13th inst., at Brandon House, Walworth, wife of Mr. George M. Glass. MARRIED. Oa the 13th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Colonel N. R. Brown, to the Hon. Mary A. Abercromby. feo On the 13th inst., at Kensington Church, Sw Jervis, Esq., of Darlaston Hall, Staffordshire, to Miee Daniell, of Notting-hill. DIED. On Friday, the 10th inst., at 17, Grafton-street eft. t, Mr. On Geor , e Brown Gordon, artist, aged re 42 , „ 1 the 10th inst., at 1, Thurloe-squa,. W Lieut.-C -5 Geoige Warren. On the 11th inst., at Montpelier-row, 5, South Lambeth' Thomas "'Lipp, Esq., solicitor, aged 36. On the 9th inst., Mr. Jonathan Tweon Brown, of 1 King-street, Stepney, aged 51. On the 9th inst., at Boston, Lincolnshire, Rob. Ste/ 8 son, Esq., aged 62. On the 13th inst., at 103, Westbourne-terrace, both, the wid o w o f the late Luke Graves Hansard, x' s ' ► aged 67. On the 12th inst., in Hatton-garden, Sarah, relict of t h e ft late William Warberton, Esq., of Ellesmere, Salop, 115 90. to On the 10th inst., at Bayswater, nohort Key, Esq., h` of the 60th Rifles. - - LONDON : Printei and Published by MURDO yourit, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , P l - 4 of Aliddlesex, T 112, Strand, in the Preoinc: of the Savoy, in the contongw:stlay, July 14, 1857. 8,44 1 111 mete/ Mora Stalls Polya had a m their OF II turda Stalls nd ( --- ceag c Or Po M. B, The / and Th, Coma rui ,omr stree! to tic be In nth ........ S EX trace duty, Cla Coat. Ph, pity disc gtig Lot aLi eta