The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-08 00:00:00

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Mir. With regard ta public wuris the reports Present' 4 a
most gretifyieg eaumerstion—canals its the Punj iuh, on
itlatr*willfisly, the Godavery; letorovements in at-am navies.
des, lead the completion of the electtis telegrapa. Ile
eristag egad from-jam report eta knowing list of first-elate
'Porky actually in ',Tore a: "Tbe main lime and the stab.
aidiary works of the Great Ganges Canal; the great im-
provement sad partial remaking of one of the old Jumna
Canals; the Great Bares 1) .nab Canal in the Punjab; the
Great Peshawar Road in the Punjab; a vital& te 'totem
of secondary road, in the ; the Great Branch Goad
from the Trunk Raid through Gysh to Patna; the new
Demarrodah eattiatiketeets; e user navigation CADS' from
the Salt Wager Lake to the H a.gbly ; the Chittagong and
Arnhem Reed; the Great Rued acru a the moitetn:ns io •
straight lies from Prone to the ma coast; the Godavery
Lenient irrigation system; the Crirea Annicut said
Itrioption system; the improvement oi interval water enm•
mainieetion sad harbours on the Madras coast; many
(sent_ roads in Bombay ; two complete ordemii of roads in
, one en either side of the Indus; and the
weagletion of the electric trkgreph in India and Peon."
The electric telegraph was now v.moleted throughout Ingle
mainly thronigh the es•Ttion of Dr. O'Shaughne.sv, and now
enteeded 3,600 nailer, at an expense of 30i. a mile. A pro-
posal was also ander conriderati m for t Reeling electric owe-
gruniesion between India and Europe. That was a pretty
Moog bill for pulite works. Then as to redrraye, it
appeared that t. e Eat Indian Railway was sanetioued as
far as D..1h1, 990 miles, and emstracted for as fir as Allah*.
bad, 690 miles, and was to be completed by the end of the
year 164; it was opened an far as Eaneegunae, 6G miles
from the Calcutta and Delhi Ilse, near Bard wan, and
distant from Csleatte 125 miler the works un the line
from Calcutta to Rajmabal, on the Guars, were in • very
forward state as tar as tbn Mare river, a distance of 60
miles f ons the Raneepange and Burd wan junction; the
rate of interem g teed by the But India Company
upon 4,000,0001. of capital, is 6 per cent. The great India
Penin'uia Railway (North Rivera Retention) was eang
dosed to Senerpcur, en the Tnull Ghat road ; it was opened
to Callian, 23 mile* from Bombay ; and contracted for and
reedy for opening as far as Wasiedree, abut 12 miler
beyond Collies. The South Eastern Est,naion, which was
to diverge from Callan, was sanctioned to Poem-11,85 whit ;
and con.racted for ti Cempoolte, at the foot of the Bbore
Obit; the rate of Interest guaranteed was 6 pet
emit. on 1.000,0001. of capital. No part of tha
Madras Railway was yet opened, but the line
from Madras, which was to diverge to the north-west to
Bellany, in the direction cf Bombay, was Purveyed and
pertly set oat; the line from Madras to the south twist war
set out iu its whole event to Brypcor on the western or
Malabar coat; it was claret to ascertain the precise state
of the works, as they were in course of cunatruction by the
railway engineers themselves, bat Major Pears eaperted
that the line to the western coast would be open for traffic
by the close of the present year. The first part of the w. fg+
on the sine towards Bombay were also in a forward crate.
The rate of jeerer g end *as 41 tier cent. on 600.00*,
b per cent. or. 600.0004 more, and 4! per cent. on 1,000.0001.1
The &Jude Railway was stool .ned from the harbour of
Kurrachee to the ludo., at or near to Jurruck, a distaste os
110 miles; the company was at oresent engaged in collect-
ing capital, and prosecuting the necessary surveys ; the rate
of interest guaranteed was 5 per ea nt. on 600 0001 The
Biroda and Central India Railway was sanctioned from
Surat to Baroda, and thence to Ahmedabad • distance of

153 miles ; the company was also at present engaged in col-
Icctiog capital and completing tni ir ys, previously t
the commencement of the work.. ; the rate of interest gua-
ranteed was 5 percent. on 500,0001." With respect to the
law a coomiision had been issued by his right hon. friend,
Iset it had not as yet furnished in reprt, however, in one
district a resident judge had been appointed instead of tie
former migratory renew, nary. A very remarkable decu
saint had been laid on the table respecting the use of tor-
tare in India. (Hear.) It was impos.ible to deny that in
the Madre presidency personal pain and bodily punishment
lhad been inflicted not only for crime, but to aid in the col
lection of rents. (Hear) He could not c /active anything
more abhorrent to the notions of an Englishman than such
a system, and the only palietory fact connected with the
transaction was, that no European had ever actually in-
/anted the torture, it being en wily done by the native
officials. (Hear, bear.) This did nut, however, acquit the
Euro,m '
on euperintendent. who shnild not have either
tolerated or permitted such a practice. There could be no wt.
send opinion but that inch a practice must be utterly and
entirely abolished. (Hear, bear.) H. turned now to a
more pleasing subject, namely, the recent public examina-
tions under the act of 1653. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Smith)
had taken the greatest care to Ohtani a competent board of
examiners, and had preen' at the bead of it 84 James
Stephen, along with whom it comprised the examiners from
Oxford and Cambridge, end one from Brlfsst. The num
her of candidates was 113, of which Cambridge sent 32, Ox.
ford, 19; London University, 6; Trinity (Dahlia), 16; and
✓ime other', making in all 113. The examination took
place at Queen's Culler, and tt e question. were such as lir
(Mr. Smith) should he sorry to answer. lie woe happy to
say that of the successful candidates, ()ecru semi{ ; Cam.
bridge, 6; London University, 2 one of them the best
answerer is modern languages; Cork, 2; G Away, 1 ;
Edinburgh, 1 ; and the highest answerer had 2,254 marks.
This esarnivition h.d no doubt been most cr. ditohle to ail
parties concerned ; but he should have wished that a Moo
MCI examinaiim had been added, to the readier-sof the
essfibiates. (Hear, hear) He did not hope that this new
Mrwould product better men than they had known in
; but still he could not help thinking it a floe sight to
Of • this? young men @Onion rn life witho.d arty support but
their own talents and their own strength, and he bide this'll
pad speed with all his heart. With !aspect to rte
education of the natives, be was happy to a y
that the system commenced last year by 1...
right honourable friend was being ctrried out with
complete success. He need not, be believed, say
say more about the navigati a or prosperity of India, except
that the Oodavery was being improved ; but he thought
that when the impediments were removed the further im-
provements should be lett to private companies. He bad
sow gone through the various statements respecting the
Batmen and poliles of India, and bad only to allude to the
petition presentee bj the lea member fur Safford respect-
ing a double government. There might be some apparent,
absurdities in the present system, but Lis belief was that on
the whole it worked well l•th f. r India and the
mother country. He had always derived the greatest assit.l
Lance from the Court of Directors; and many acts connected
with India were so important as to make advisers of such
skill and experience of the high. at value. What a task, for
Instance, would it have been for any man to choose a sorer-
aor-general on his single responsibility—sn °Meer 'Mitsui-
%hilly entrusted with absolute dominion over a vast empire.
He believed that his noble friend, Lord Cooping, would
exert that power, not in the direction of increasing the area
of our doesisioce, but in cossolidatieg our territory and de-
veloping our material resource,. His noble Mend would
have an incentive to usefulness in the name he bore, and
would, like his illustrious father, recollect that, although
about to wield an almost despotic power, hie name was
associated in the country he I. ft with ratinnsl liberty, with
the principles of free government, and the institutions of a
fore people. (Cheers) The right hon, gentleman concluded
by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. BRIGHT roes, and in &lengthy speech moved the fol-
lowing resolution—" That. in the opinion of this Mow
with a view to brie, the state of the finances of India aeee
clearly before parliament, it is desirable that the axed of
Control for the Affairs of India should consider the practi
°ability of making up the I accounts of the revenues
of India on the 30th day of October instead of on the 30th
day of April, and of laying before parliament, during the
mesa of March in *sob year, a complete statement of the
Iseelpta and expenditure of the Indian treasury during the
presiding, with an estimate of the anticipated receipts and
expenditure for the current, per. That this house is fur-
ther of opinion, that, in order to aff red a fair opportur ity
for a coasideratios ot the statement on Indian Finance, now
sanually submitted to the house by the President of the
Board of Control, it Is desirable Ma., in future, that
statement should be made at such a period of the session as
shall permit of its receiving the attention which its importance
Monads.'
The dismission, which subsequently related almost en-
daily to the question of torture as ea element of the Indian
system-of finance, was somewhat warmly continued by Sir
J. W. None, Mr. J. 0. PHILLIMOII. Mr. OTWAT, Mr.
HINLIT, Sr C. WOOD, Mr. WHITIOIDZ, Mr. H. MAN-
etas, sad Mr. D. Burnous.
The reeeisracisi prepaid by Mr V. SMITH were then
nosed to.
The reedetiese proposed by Mr. BRIGHT 111010 4110 agreed
to, sad the hoses reamed.
TITHE RENT CHARGES.

On the motion of Mr. Cowes'', a return wee ordered of
total 'esti:barges speed or awarded to be paid in lieu of
tithes, end confirmed by the tithe ehnunissionera ; distie-
guishing between those assigned to clerical appr prietnn
and their leans, parochial incumbents, lay impropriwors,
and schools and college,.
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill.
A number of Glasses were struck oat, in pursuance of the
arrangement shindy made, and the biU pseud through
committee.
The remaining *whin of the day were then disposed of,
and the louse adjourned at a quarter put 2.

NEw ACT or WEST INDIES RELIES' LOANS
Among lb. acts jest pissed is ass to authorise the comets
donors of the Tramway to maks arrangements cosetnting
certain loans advanced by way of relief to the bloods of
Antigua, Nevis, sad Moatierrat. The time of repayment
of the loans lo the Islands mentioned on account of earth-
quakes, to., may be unleaded, and the Interest, which wee
per cent., Mead to 31. 6a per cent. Corresponding ad-
vantages ere lobe sieved to private hotelmen. In ow of
default of payment at the times flied ander this sat, the
rata of interest end Ow bestalasente origiaelly agreed spa
may be requited.