The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—SIONDAT, MAY 20.
Ilbe LORD CWAilleaLl.On teak hi, vent at live o'clock.
OFFICE OF TIIE BLACK ROD.
Toe Duke of RICHMOND a report of the
iota enter to inquire into the office of the Black Rod; and
moved the int reading .1 a bill to aboliih the offue of
inalerager to the great seal. which al, at the preatut
11,1•011, a sine:are, with a .51517 of a year.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, If the Mace was that
which he supposed it to he. the penes who held it was cm.
hyt.l alinost every hour of the day. Ile would inquire
Into it.
AFFAIRS OF INDIA.

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The Earl of ELLItIIIIOROCOII moved for the pro-
duction of certain papers having reference to the distnlan-
Don of prise money and °Weer. batta doling sad
all o the campaign in the Punjaub. Ho begged
to draw the attention of the noble atarquie oppo-
aii.• to what had taken plate on this sobjeA two 'years
ago, im•it:diately after tho treaty which was concluded be-
tween the Governor-Oeneral and the Maharajah of Lahore.
He lashed at that time whether it was competent for the
OlTtrillr-General to dispose of the property of the Maha-
rajah, which he considered belonged to the crown. •
soli° m aqui% then said that the question would IX sab-
mitt el to till law nave. of the crown. A few daye alter he
was informant that the directors of the East India Company
had eonwated to give sin months batta to the troop,. Ile
was very mouth satisfied at that fact, and thought at would
thavr b en fairly distributed amongst them. About two
swaths ago he celled the attention of the head of the
Mitzi of Control to this subject, when he found
that the question had not then been put to the
law offi:arri of the crown ; and at hi• request the noble
liwoo had laid a can: before them on the subject and had
communicated to him their opinion, which was that the
arrautein,,,t made between tho Maharajah and the Grover-
teor-D: a old could not be impugned. It appear. dto him
that the opinion uas quite wide of the real question—it was
Ilk • the noisome of tho Delphine oruele, it would tell both
ways oat onull not satiely any one who looked into the
uotlier. lle wished to hue the ease and opinion laid
piste, that hoose, as he thought that the most importaut
flu scion could not have been submitted to the law office:l
of th • crown at all. The Court of Directors had granted ten
ale amoatlei batta on the uoder.tanding that any booty cap-
tured in this tampnign should Ire made over to them, and
that tti :re should be deducted a sum eqnivuleut
to the Latta. Ile took the strangest objection to
this iroodition; it we, most ungracious to the army,
and injurious to the Court of Director.. It was say-
ing we give you so much from our own treasury, but we
will, a. UT LS it lien in oar povr••r, take measures for pre-
',Whig your deri.ing any benefit wh never from any act of
blew/day on the part of the crown. The most recent pre-
met lit was the botta granted in (Windt., and to which no
coalition whatever was attached lle contended that the
court had so power to deduct a angle rupee from the
booty—it was the gift of the crown, and they had no right
to inter": and say we will take this ourselves—this which
lb: a rown has granted to you, the army. Ile objected to
the I: est India Company, without law, disposing of the
prop nye the crown ; bat if the o roan were to Kraut this
bony l.• the Plea, Indio Company, it was important that its
• due should be ascertained. and for that purpose he in-
geot...4 to more for the reaucns of which ho had given
anode.. It was an mdmitte.l prim ipl.• of law that the
was, that the crown reser parted with any par-
ti▪
oa of the power entrust-4 to it by publie policy and
vie tom, vide. there we. a speritir grant fur thaterpme;
an lin 17$ the crown gialit..el to the least India urnpany,
lr al raw. io .Lich their troops alone should be employed,
oat osey token in war; but in the same royal
WM it the crown specially cm...poet from that
grant all booty takes in conjoint operation. r 'toeing to
ists.lf the power of disposing of thot in se. h manner as
It might think prove. There was another principle to ,
which he wished to eall attention. A large pirt'..n
of the prop rty seised at Lahore was on the llth of Selo
tenth r, 1544, before the comananeement hootilitics; but
the d etarataten of war was n•tweactive on all property
taken hefore the commencement of the war. That being
au, who thn Governor-Qs-nerd and the Maharajah stn.
"most th t ems, in March. Plf9. th. y agreed to dispose of
that which did not betas; to them, tur the property hail
pawed her M ,lesty
loud pitorriitroN said of the matters to which the
• eal bad relerred they w• re both cognisaut. Ato r
the eprrek of the noble owl on the 301 July,
teller noble lords, oa this eobjeet, he had felt it to he ills
duty to low no tome in inquiring ill:. the objections the n
gel • by the wild • earl, and to do what apprar...l to hum
hi. day to it., Ile r. grett. d that the noble earl bid
bron,,ht the eubj.rt forwar.l a wound time, for he must he
wrh ise taunted with the perianis tiositi.so in which it roust
rho, t•• • (lovereoraleneral of In ha, or any moo rirnmand•
lag lice Majesty's sutneets and troops at • great distaace
bun our *on inuntry- ear. hear) -he must know that
throwiiig out this acensatiini of injustice to the army of
Doha was to say the kn.: of at, extremely perilous. (Hear,
hear.) Ice d•oned altogethw that injustice Ic,d been done
In lb • army of Innis. The ..41114 of looney which had h.. n
greatest is the form of hatta, or extra allowance, to the
troy of the Porljnoh was. at lead, as Knelt Withal of south, r
torapejta, and he must soy, that before and rito.•
161.9 no complaint had been smile to the alitherities
tither by civilian or soldier; and he had never hi aril an ad-
vers. wool us the euliject except from the noble earl. (Mar,
hear.) And knowing how dear !obi, the interest,. of India
and of the army were. hr could not understand on what
haiend he had brought this etdqeet torsvorl. The noble earl
ad claimed justice for the soldiers of the Indian army,and
bed amoraied, fur his porpoe, that if they hail had
tli.or !there of the booty instead of the butts. tl•ty
woohl have received more. Ile (Lord Hroughtori)
alt I not, however, ksow that this could have hero the rear.
Th •coranioniter•in-ehief. Lori tiouth, had shot eomplaintil.
woe had there- s-en say complaint Inen n single individual
en opt the noble earl Ile (Lord Broughton) would wit
weary their lordships with detail.. The question turned on
rt• gality and propriety of the agre•ment b tween the
gloveroor•Qest.oal and the Maharajah. A case wasp...era:A
for the opinion of the Queen's Advocate no., the Atturoil
sot nolicitow-Generate, and it was no drawn as to state all

Cm &sections of the noble end. (Hear.) His own
speech on the subject was, in fact, act out, and a
pivate letter which the noble earl had done him the honour
of w, iGng ; so that, at least. the, legal gentlemen had the
advantage of seeing the way in which the noble earl
put it The question which was put was.-- Wl.e.
thee the arrangement of the 29th of Horeb, M.P.
• ieluglod by the Earl of Dalhousie and the Misho-
t ,jah, Otrobab Minh, could be impugned on any legal
grounds ?" And this was the opinion given •—•• We
re' of opinion that the arrangement of Manl 29th, Itss9,
tasted.' and ratified iu this ea.., cannot be impugned."
I'. a is signed by the Queen's Advocate, Sir John Dodson ;
I,j Sig: A. Cockburn. the Attorney•tieneral ; b Sir W. I'
.the Solicitor-General; by Sir F. Kelly; by
Mr. ledles Wigram.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, having served under
Obi llos.. East India Company, and having some knowltthp
of transactions of this description, be must say Igi had
formed a very different apiunn irons his experience of the
at ,ion of the Governor-General from that which had been
essreued by his noble friend behind him (the Earl 01
ti.mborough). The Governor-General in council was the
r.iires.isitative of all the British authorities in the East
India, and he ezereised the authority of all. He (the
of Wellington) had served in armies to whish toe
((mentor-General had grant,sl booty on the part of the
crown. The (lovernorGenerat hail taken on himself
—he bad, if the noble earl pleased, usurped the
nitliority of the crown—and he (the Duke of Wel-
Inaton) bail himself partaken of boot/
thus granted.
(Lighter) Ile (the Governor-General was appointed
ihy Die Court of Directors of the 'mg India Conk-
ttrittyhe
ilnawosoef Enthinnilitte
and
dercivied cyrty.
himself the power of the crown to grant 'booty in possession
of the crown. That awomption of authority must he con-
firmed—he had never heard of any instance in which it
was not confirmed ; hut this he would insist upon, that the
Goveruou(leneral in council in the East Indic* did con-
cise every power and every discretion on the part if this
C./ .ntry, and if there were any difference afterwards it had
to he settled between the illuvernor-lieneral and the East
India Company. Dirtying this he was giving the result of
his own experience.
The LORD CHANCELLOIt said the property was
i,isod at Lahore, merely for the purpose of protection.
and the documents showed that up to the time of
ouch seizure ;there had been no hostilities. ruder
these cgreliontances the property seised could not
11,..• considered booty of war. It seemed to him t s lie
important ta show that there was no ground rot coma-
plibuiog of injustice to the army—that this property did
we belong to the crown—or if it belonged to it, in such a
way that the arm y had no right to it.
The Ravin ELLENBOROU(1111 said that he rut this
army in the beck around. What he objected b, both Dow
and in 1419 was that the pitiperty was taken from the
cman. All that the noble and learned lord lie.d said re-
f -reed to the property wired at Lahore. But theft wt.
r"i ,r property seised at Mooltan as well as at Lthore, and
to that the noble and learned lord made no reference.
Lord intotimurom wished to know from the noble
earl whether it was not a fart that the East India Company
were not trustees for the crown? They were so dec6rid
to be in the an of parliament. If that were M. he would
ask whole servant the (Museum-General was ? He was the
servant of the East India Company ; but they being taw-
to ‘• under the crown, the Uoventor-General was the rept-
a:nudism of the crown.
The E irl of ELLENBOROUGH—The noble bed is
the representative of the crown; hut let him tzde me
leave to advise his, in the situation he holds• not b, touch
on that dangerous ground, that the company represented
the crown.

After a few words front Lord LoNtaostornitr, the 'notion
agreed to, in reference to a portion of the nitwits
foe.
EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES BILL.
On the ntouon of the Nati of CASLISLY, the ssktt cow
amities coo An bill was named.

SALMON FISIIISIMIS (13COTL.ANDI BILL.
The Duke of ARGYLL moved the second readier et this
bill. At the present time the period for taking minion in
Scotland eatendod from the Ist of February to the 1 Ith of
September. Thu object of the pretest bill was >imply to
tut off the fourteen days, and to stop the period for taking
•,Imaa at thr lot of :tepteutber instead of the 17th. as at
p...sent. Another pro•iwot of the bill wa•. to extend the
duration of what in Scotland wu known ea the Sabbath
'Liar from same* on Saturday to sunrise on Monday, to
the period comprised between Ii o'clock on Saturday after-
noon to 6 o'clock on Monday moraine. which wood girt
oho gial a little 11011 t time to nut up the over.
After • brief conversation, the bill wag nod a second
WWI Mild Mori:lordships adjourned ata iiu.atcr to b o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—HONDIY, MAT 26.
The 5,2 taus took the chair whortiy beta* t &cloak.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
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Bills read a third time and passed Blackburn,
Clitherise, and West Yorkshire Railway; Brinkley Roads
Consolidation ; Great Western Railway (runways to con-
nect the Birmingliant and Oxfard Junction Railway with
the London and North Wt.:teed Railway at Birmingham,
2c.); Hayling Bridge and Causeway; Manchester and
Salford Extension Railway; North Shields Quays and Im-
provement,; Sunderland Improvement; Warrington and
Altrincharn Junction Railway; Weston-suFr-Mare Im-
provement and Market.
' Lords' ametidnienti consider. :d and agreed to ,—Hales-
worth, Beetles. and Haddiseoe Railway,: London and
Blackwall Railway (extension of time for the widenkg,
ite.): North British Railway; Regent's Canal Company;
Scottish Central Railway; and Whitby Waterworks Bill..
Repot-tem, bills considered mud agreed to :—Great Mal.
Yuen Improvement. Police, Sewers. Waterworks, Oils, and
Markets : and Price's Patent Candle Company.
METROPOLITAN WATER BILLS.
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Mr G. GREY, in reply to Mr. W. PATTEN. intimated that
it Wl. intended to tale the second reading of the Metro-
politan Water Bill to-morrow week—certainly befor,.. Whit-
suntide; and he thought it better that, until the opinion of
the boom was expressed on that measure. it would be better
to dr ter the reference to a select committee of the other
water companies bills now pending.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.