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London, England, 1857-08-15 00:00:00

Mr. Lygon, Mr. Henley, Mr. Greet, and Mr. W.

Upon a division the amendment was negatived
by 03 to :30, and the bill was ultimately read a third
time and passed.
Other bills were forwarded a stage, and the house
adjourned at ten minutes past two o'clock.

lIOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY.
JUDGES AND CIRCUITS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in reply to Lord Campbell,
stated that the Government proposed next session to
introduce a measure based upon some of the recom-
mendations of the commissioners appointed to inquire
into the expediency of aijasting the circuits and
making other judicial arrangements.

S kLE OF POLSON3.
Earl GRUCVILLE, in reply to Lira Campbell whe-
ther it was intended to proceed during the present
session with the bill respecting the sale of poisons,
said that at this late period of the session it was im-
possible to proceed with it; hut the bill would be
printed, with a view to obtaining further infor-
mation on the subject against next session.
Several hills were forwarded a stage, after which
their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MESDAT.
NEW MEMBERS.

➢ir. MELLOn took the oaths and his seat on his
election for the borough of Great Yarmouth.
Towards the close of the morning sitting Mr.
YOUNG, the other member just returned for the same
place, also presented himself at the table, and took
the oaths and his seat.
At the early sitting, the Probates and Letters of
Administration Bill, as amended in the committee,
was considered.

A new clause, moved by Mr. AYRTON, enacting that
every person compensated under the act shall be
liable to fill any public office under the Crown for
which his previous services in any office abolished by
the act may render him eligible, was aireed to, and
added to the bill.

Clauses 101, 10'2, 121, 122, and 12:3, were struck out;

INDIAN REBELLION.

On the order for going into a committee of
supply,
Sir DE LACY EVANS drew attention to the military
arrangements for meeting the mutiny in the Bengal
native army, taking a comprehensive view of the
p.)ssible effects of the events iu India upon the
interests of the country, foreign and domestic. These
arrangements, which he criticised in detail, were, he
thought, deficient in many respects, especially as
regards the preparation of reserves for further sup-
plies if the demand of forces for India were prolonged,
as well as for home defence :

The Government, of course, was better able than him-
self to judge of the actual relations of this country with the
other posers, and he sincerely hoped that there was no
reason to apprehend any interruption of the present state
of peace in Europe; but under any circumstances, and
especially under circumstances anch as the present, be
thought it would be most unbecoming to ns as a great
power to present ourselves before Europe comparatively
disarmed. With regard to the embodiment of the militia,
the noble lord at the head of the War Department ap-
peared to regard that as a mere contingency which might
happen, and that the services of a portion of the militia
might possibly be required. Now, that circumstance
alone, even were there no other reasons, would lead him
to believe that the Government had not regarded the
state of affairs in India quite so seriously as the occasion
demanded.

He admitted that during the last few weeks 10,000
men had actually embarked, anti that some 4,000
more were under orders for India, which, with the
5,000 despatched to China, and other troops drawn
from the colonies in those seas, would raise the force
to some 28,004); yet it should be remembered that
many of these were recruits due to the Indian British
force some six months ago, and could therefore
scarcely be accounted as an addition to the army
there. Then it was to be observed that there would
necessarily be a diminution of the numbers by death,
and still more by sickness in the hospital, so that
they should be prepared when the troops arrived in
October next to find that they had diminished by
5,000 or 6,000 men. Besides that, the whole of these
troops had been despatched by the Cape route, that
by Suez being entirely neglected. The gallant
general suggested that a fleet of gunboats should be
sent to the Ganges, that some of the regiments in
Canada should be transferred to India, their places
being supplied by Canadian troops, and that, while
not less than 50,000 natives shou'd be embodied, the
Government should at once take energetic steps to
facilitate recruiting into the standing army. The
difficulty experienced in feeding the regular army
with recruits was a most important question :
The Government ought at once seriously to consider
what were the causes which led to the unwillingness
among the great mass of the population to take service m
the army, for, undoubtedly unless some adequate means
were taken to facilitate recruiting we should get into a
serious difficulty notwithstanding our immense resources
and the patriotic spirit el the country. 11 was to the