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London, England, 1858-07-10 00:00:00

INDIA BILL.

In the evening, after some preliminary business,
on the or.ler ror the third reading of the Government
of India (No. 3) Bill,
Mr. HANKEY inquired what would be the position
of the Exst India Company, as a chartered company,
when the bill passed.
Sir E. PERRY pronounced a condemnation of the
Council of India as constituted by the bill, express
ing his solemn conviction that the whole scheme
would not last more than four or five years.
Lord PALMERSTON said, retaining his objections to
the constitution of the Council, yet, as the bill em-
bodied a great and important principle, he gave his
cordial assent. to the third reading.

The SOLICITOR•GENERAL, in reply to Mr. Hankey,
said the bill took away from the East India Company
their governing power, but did not touch their rights
and functions in other respects.
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Mr. ROEBUCK uttered a vehement denunciation of
the measure, which created, he said, in the Council,
a machine that would not work, but would be a
stumbling block in the way.
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Lord J. RUSSELL did not wish that the bill should
go to a third reading charged with the malediction of
Mr. Roebuck, and proceeded to show that the
measure had some redeeming qualities. At the same
time, ho said, after experience, it would require re-
vision, and there were great questions, connected
with the land tenures, the army, the opium and salt.
tax, and of her matters, which would hereafter demand
profound consideration.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER congratulated
the house on the completion of the bill, and, on the
part of the Government, tendered his sincere thanks
for the candour with which it had treated a measure
which would, in his belief, have a beneficial effect
upon the Government of India.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
GOVERNMENT OF NEW CAEEDONIA.

Sir E. B. Licrrow moved the second reading of
the Government of New Caledonia Bill, which
defines the boundaries of the colony, and authorizes
her Majesty to provide for the administration o. the
Government and the establishment of a local
Legislature, for a limited period, until 1802. He
described the circumstances of the colony, its

mineral wealth, its motley population of vagabond
gold diggers, and the necessity of adopting measures
for preserving this promising territory from lawless-
ness and turbulence.
Mr. LABOUCHERE observed that there could be no
difference of opinion in the house as to the neces.
sity of taking steps to the establishment of a strong
Executive in this new colony, and he thought the
bill was calculated to meet the object. He agreed
with Sir E. Lytton that it was difficult to overrate
its advantages in respect to soil and climate. He
believed that Vancouver's Island and the adjacent
territory would be occupied by a large, industrious,
and flourishing population.
Mr. ROEBUCK warned Sir E. Lytton that, if ho
wished to stop tho introduction of Lynch law into
the colony, lie must introduce civil law, and that
could only be done by the aid of a strong body of
soldiers.
After a few remarks by Mr. A. Mrt.rs and Mr.
WYLD,
Mr. ELIIOE thought the bill would very well
answer the purpose in view; but he begged the
house not to be led away by the idea of the facility
of the operation, or that the colony could be self-
supporting.
Mr. CHRISTY spoke in favour of the bill, though he
had some objection to the geographical arrangements
in it, with reference to the boundaries of the new
colony.
Lord SANDON recommended Sir E. Lytton to con•
alder well, when the Government was es' ablished in
the colony, wbat the price of land should be.
Mr. LOWE approval the introduction of the bill,
but was not sanguine es to the saccess of the
colony, apprehending a collision between the whites
and the Indians. He objected, as Mr. Labouchere
and other members had done, to the name of the new
colony.
Mr. WRITE urged attention to the land tenures in
the colony, and that it should be made as soon as
possible self-sustaining.
Observations were made by Mr. CROSSLEY and Mr.
C. FITZWILLIAIT, and the bill was then read a second
time.

POLICE FORCE (IRELAND) BILL.
Lord NAAS, in moving the second reading of the
Police Force (Ireland) Bill, took the opportunity of
endeavouring to correct many misapprehensions and
misstatements which, he said, existed as to the
object and principles of the bill. He proceeded to
show that the objections offered to it were utterly
untenable and without foundation, and point out
the advantages, including reduction of local burdens,
which will result from the amalgamation of the two
forces, the Dublin metropolitan police with the con-
stabulary, which was the object of the measure.
Mr. P. O'BRIEN opposed the bill, and moved to
defer the second reading for three months.
Upon a division, the amendment was negatived by
125 to t;O, and the bill was read Ersecond time.
Upon the question that the be committed, the
opposition to its progress was renewed by Mr. Cogan,
Mr. Bowyer, and Mr. P. O'Brien.
Mr. GR ,GAN supported the bill, which was opposed by
Mr. J. FITZGERALD, who objected that the consta-
bulary was a military force, not calculated to perform
the office of police in the metropolitan districts, and,
disputing the details given by Lord Naas, he pro-
tested against forcing on this bill at so late a period
of the session, and against sweeping away an efficient
forco because it was largely Roman Catholic.
Mr. WHITESIDE replied to Mr. Fitzgerald, and
insisted upon the absurdity of keeping up a separate
police establishment at Dublin, excluding the consta-
bulary, which was the police of the rest of the country.
After a long discussion, which acquired some
degree of acrimony from the introduction into it of
an extract of a letter from one of the Commissioners
of the Dublin Police, the debate was adjourned.
Other bills were forwarded a stage, and the re-
maining business having been disposed of, the house
adjourned at two o'clock.

CABINET COUNCILS werti tieiu on Saturday and
Wednesday last at the offlAal residence of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The
Ministers present were—The Earl of Darby, the
R.glit Hon. B. Disraeli, the Lord Chancellor, the
Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwick°, Right
Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury,
Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, General Peel, Sir
John Pakington, Lord Stanley, Right Hon. J. W.
Henley, and Lord John Manners.
THE RETIREMENT OF THE LORD CHIEF BARON
has obtained currency in one of the
penny papers.
We have every reason for believing and saying that
the learned and estimable Chief Baron has no inten •
mu to deprive the public of those services to which
they are entitled, and which he is so well qualified,
both physically and mentally, to render. Few of the
occupants of the bench possess intellects so unclouded
or constitutions so unimpaired as does Sir F. Pollock,
no matter what tho duration of their services may
have teen, and great indeed will he the public loss
when his lordship shall arrive at the determination
to retire into private life.