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After • sl;;;tv discussion the
.motion was agreed to.

On the report of the Committee of Supply,
Sir G. LEWIS asked for an explanation of the vote
£500,000 for the embodied militia, which was an ad-
dition to the army estimates, and what was done with
the large savings which must necessarily accrue from the
large number of men transferred to the East India
Company?
The CHAgentott of the EXCHEQUER said, there was
a cleardeficiency of £500,000 inthe charge for the militia,
and, as it was impossible to calculate at present the
amount of saving in the transfer of troops to the Indian
Government, the Government preferred to come at once
to Parliament bra vote.

After a short discussion the report was agreed to.
The House having resolved itself into a Committee
of Ways and Means,
Certain sums were voted to make good the supply
granted to Her Majesty.
The Commons Enclosure Bill, the General Board of
Health (Skipton, &c.) Bill, and the Militia Act Con-
tinuance Bill were also read a second time.

Mr. EWART moved for a select committee to inquire
into the progress and prospects and the best means to
be adopted for the promotion of European colonization
in India, and the formation of military stations, especi-
ally in the hill districts and healthier climates of that
country, as well as for the extension of our commerce
with central Asia. Ile asked, he said simply for in-
quiry. In our other colonial possessions there was a free
development of British industy, capital, and labour; but
if we turned to India we found only a few scattered Euro-
peans, numbering with indigo planters and military offi-
cers, only 22,000 individuals. The climate was objected
to, but there were parts of India, be observed, in which
the climate was favourable to the constitution of
Europeans.
Mr. BAILLIE having suggested various objections to the
scheme, said, the Government had not the slightest
wish to prevent inquiry; they thought the time not a
fit one, and that Mr. Ewart might be satisfied with
moving for information, and defer the committee until
next year; at the same time, if he persisted in his de-
sire for inquiry at present, Ministers would not throw
any obstacle in its way.
Colonel SYKES and Sir J. ELPHINSTONE spoke in
opposition to the scheme of colonizing India.
MT. MANGLES argued to the game effect.
Mr. SEYMOUR argued in favour of colonization in
India from its success in Ceylon, and strongly urged •
reduction of the assessments, which, he said, prevented
the accumulation of capital. This and other questions
were fit for inquiry by a committee. Vast benefits, he
thought, would be obtained from the extension of our
communications with Central Asia.

Mr. TURNER insisted upon the importance of pro-
moting and facilitating a supply of cotton from India.
The motion was agreed to, with the omission of the
words "and the formation of military stations."
Lord ELCHO moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
amend the laws relating to the medical profession, and
leave was given.
The Houle adjourned at 20 minutes to 9 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY.

Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving that the House resolve
itself into a committee upon the Oaths Bill, stated it
WU his intention in committee to move the omission of
words in clause 7 that seemed to confirm the oath to be
taken by Roman Catholic members, and, in the report
to propose a change in the preamble of the Bill, to make
his object clearer.
Mr. NEWDEGATE approved this course.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked if Lord John could give an
assurance if the Bill passed that it would meet with •
better reception in another place than its predecessors
on the same subject, and, if not, whether he adhered to
his avowed intention to bring forward a resolution giv-
ing to Baron Rothschild his seat.
Mr. DILLWYN moved that the debate be adjourned;
whereupon
Lord J. RUSSELL observed that it appeared very diffi-
cult to say who had the majority in that (the Commons)
House, and it would be very presumptuous in him to
predict what would be its fate in the other House. His
experience had taught him that any decision regarding
Parliamentary privileges which might come under the
consideration of a court of law should be come to by the
general consent of Parliament.. .

- Mr. T. DONCOMBE reproached Lord John with a
change of opinion upon this subject, applying hard epi-
thets to the Bill, which denoted, he said, • retrogressive
policy.
The motion for adjourning the debate was withdrawn,
and the House went into committee upon the Bill, the
clauses of which were agreed to, with the amendment
proposed by Lord John Russell.
The House adjourned at half-past 1 o'clock.