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London, England, 1857-07-18 00:00:00

CHATHAM AND SLIGO ELECTIONS.

The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had
received notice that the petitioners complaining of
an undue return in respect to these boroughs did not
mean to prosecute the said complaint.

NEW WHIT.

On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ WRS
ordered for the city of Oxford in the room of Mr.
Neate, whose election had been declared to be void.

Lord PAr.mr.ttsrox, in reply to an inquiry by Mr.
Disraeli, said the only information her Majesty's
Government had received from India was that com-
municate d by the telegraphic messages, and which
was as well known to the public as to the Govern-
ment—namely, the death of the Commander-in-
Chief in India; the disaffection of a few additional
regiments of the native army ; that a large number
of the Bengal Sepoys had disappeared, having re
turned to their homes ; that, on the other hand, in
an encounter with the mutineers under the walls of
Delhi they had lost twenty six pieces of cannon, and
been forced to take refuge within the walls of the city,
which, it was expected, would immediately be as-
saulted. When the despatches arrived, he added,
the Government would be ready to lay before Par-
liament and the public whatever papers or portions
of them as might be essential to full information
with respect to the course of events.

Mr. DiSRAELI inquired, further, whether informa-
tion had been received from Herat that the person
Lott' PALMERSTON replied, that her Majesty's
Government had received no information tending
to confirm this report. In answer to Sir J.
PAKINOTON, the noble lord stated that Lord
Panwure had taken immediate steps to select
a Commander-in Chief in India; that an offer
of the post had been made to Sir Colin Camp-
bell, who had accepted it ; that, when asked how
soon he should be able to start, Sir Colin replied
"To morrow ;" and accordingly, the offer havin.t
been made and accepted on Saturday, Sir Cohn had
set off on Sunday evening, a telegraphic despatch
having been sent to Marseilles to stop the steamer
till his arrival. Lord Palmerston proceeded to state
that, in addition to the 14,000 troops under orders
for India, and which had partly embarked, more
were to be sent; that Lord Canning had written to
Lord Elgin to divert to the Indian service some part
of the force destined for China; and that such
arrangements would be made, if any of these troops
were actually diverted from their original destination,
that there would be ample means to carry on opera-
tions in China.

Ou the order for going into a committee of
supply,
Lord ELMO moved a resolution, "That in the
present position of the Ordnance survey of Great
Britain the survey on the six•inch scale ought not
to be proceeded with without further inquiry, and
that an address should be presented to her Majesty
praying her Majesty to appoint a royal commission
to inquire into the whole subject of the national
survey, and report upon the scale or scales on which
it should be made and published."
The motion was negatived, after a short dis-
cussion.

The house then went into committee of supply on
the civil service estimates.

On the vote for the Regium Donum, Mr. BAXTER
moved that the amount should be reduced to 3001.

This amendment was supported by Mr. Ktrix,
and opposed by Mr. GILPIN. Mr. HADFIELD baying
spoken against the grant, the committee divided—
For the grant ll7
Against

Some other supply votes were passed, ending
with the alnual vote of 100,0001. for civil con-
tingencies, which furnished the usual miscellaneous
discussion.