The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-23 00:00:00

ROYAL ASSENT.

Sir Augustus ChitWel, T.T. usher of the bleak rod, sow.
mooed sae hoes* to attend in the House of Lords, to I ear
the royal assent given by comminion to several bills (for
which see Lords' report).

COLLISION BETWEEN THE ORANGEMEN AND
CATHOLICS IN IRELAND.
Lord CASTLEREAGH gate notice of his Winans to
pot a question to-morrow (ibis day) to Sir 0. Grey on
ail snipe:.

AFFAIRS OF INDIA.
Mr. HUME begged to oak the Presieent of the Board of
Control whether he was prepared to lay on the table of the
house env papers to account for the late extraordinary pro
emediiths in India—Pamir, haul—whirs, after a brilliant en-
gagement and victory, feard Gough was entrenthiog himself
within a few miles of the enemy.
Lord JOCELYN begged to ask whether there were any
ropers ready to be produced relating to the war in the
Punjaub ?
Sir J. C. HOBROUSE said that he bad been from time to
time preparing papers on the subject of affairs in India;
being very voluminous they could not be produced immedi-
ately, but as sena as he possibly could he would lay them
before the house.
Mr. HUME said that was an answer to the question of the
noble lord only.
Sir J. C. 'ICEHOUSE said that those papers would include
the information desired by the hon. member.
Mr. HINDLEY rose to give notice of his intention to
ask the Right Hon. the Pr.sident of the Board of Control to-
UMW (MS day): 1. Whether the statement in the public
jeurnsh is correct, that the Governor-General of India has
deeded that the property taken at Moulton is ta go to the
captors of the place as prase ? 2. Whether the government
I have any information confirmatory of the statement in the
Bombay Times to the effect that the troops having made
their way in numb-rs into the fort of Moulton, a scene of
putter ensued in the last degree discreditable to the disci-
One of the Bengal army—the details being too diatreesieg
be dwelt upon, and that the 'moue of Oneida:lig in the
emu of Moultan permitted by the Bergal troops was fear-
fule eel the work of spoliation was by no means confined to
tams man ? 3 Who were the parties responsible tir having
isseedttorl such excesses, and (if the statejpent be substantially
seernet) what steps the government intend to take in order
that the perpetrators of them may be brought to justice ?
Sir J. C. HOSHOUSE said he would answer those quest-
Bona now. (Chun.) And first, with respect to the diatri-
button of prise money._ The question bad arisen whether
the c mussuder in-et of the main army was entitled to a
share of the Moulton prize money, and had been referred by
the Governor-General of India to the home authorities, ard
would by them be decided in the nasal way wording to
precedent. With regard to the other questions, he had only
ro say that he bad that day gone through the whole of the
dfautchea re.pectiog the taking of "daub= and price-
lady respecting thee, transactions which had Leen so much
miereoreeented, and he could assure the hon. gentleman that
salmi facts oceurred which did not appear and were not area
hinted at in thaw despatches, the rumours be alluded to—
and where he read them he (Sir J. C. Hobliouse) was at a
lento know—were totally unfounded. (Cheers.)
RAILWAYS IN INDIA.
Lord JOCELYN asked the right bon. gentleman whether
any engagement had been entered into between the Board
of Conte( 1 end the Court of Directors respecting railway
communication in India.
Sir J. C. HOEHOUSE mad' that the Board of Control,
after due delib . ration upon this important subject, had thought
It their duty to give to the Court of Directors the scheme of a
plan= which they considered they could usefully come to terms
with the railway companies. That plan had been laid be'ore
the Court of Directors on Monday het, and he had been
peen to understand that they coincided in the views of the
B ard of Control ; so that he only waited for the decision of
the railway companies to lay that tab me and the reply of
those companies before the house. (Hear, hear.)
EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.
Mr. F. SCOTT put the following questions :
Mather any (Alicia information hie been received by the lot
mit tem eny and which of the Au-trellan colonies upon the sub.
Jedel ataamratlon. —What debt hes been incurred in New South Wake
on same of emigration since lat Jan cry, 1517.—Whether any fur.
thin Ism Ms been rememeatletl esostatnag the annual revenue de.
tired from the toed nod In New hook wren—Whether such
porilbas bun maseled by the agony. —Whether the funds appli.
aeW he miem fas eakay are sae espesdal, and if not, how
mw rem—Mew mob et Me marced fund available at the meet.
tag utpartiement bee aim been impeded in Dorset end Wilts alone,
to ciTe
tete, web. ~...I.7.,saystmeigrsatria frm throcestsed only.
rembentee Me been pmedrithiralsgents of the goverament as
" ageraltmal MINIM ellgibie he free pampa; ass whirler
them ewes knee mesited • asimmiedea of less Cahill a head
he maid web eoslgneo. W If it it Mended to madame mob a
erten re PrdmlMP ot mems.—Alloween Mr Majesty's goverm. at
man to with resM.l he waxer of magnate. end Meting
the booths et amigration i mum ohm entire poman marl Is
paid tor MI% yr emir' it Is heeded le essasifr the hair, and
preemie a walkover emigration men • yebrelpie of seated ad.
=sr=• preferme le equally divide emipuite who
Oak memps—Whether Moe any intention
et reaming the membere denim or others in the INSIWSUOU depart-
ment is look.streat. Westminster.
Mr. HAWEB (who wu very Jodie inctly heard) grid, in
answer to the first question, that none but the meet ordinary
information bad been received; in answer to the second,
third, and fourth questions, the hon. gentleman's reply was
inaudible; In answer to the fifth, he said that the funds were
not all exhausted, but the sum remaining was very small;
the sixth question would be anawered by toe returns which
the hon. member had moved for, and which would be laid
on the table that day or to morrow. In answer to the se-
venth, he oteerved that the government were not aware of
the feat; that he had made inquiry of the Emigration Com-
missioners, and that they were not aware of any numbor of
artisans having been passed as agricultural lahoarer., al-
though (we understood) some few such core might
have occurred. In answer to the eistith qteation, the
hon. gentleman said that since April, 1843, 2,450 emigrants
had gone out with assistance from Taejon, tonnes. (The re-
mainder of the answer was not heard.) In reply to the 9:b,
he said that the correspondence of that department we) daily
increasing, and that so augmentation of it, lather than a di-
minution, would become necessary.
THE REBELLION IN CANADA.
Mr. GLADSTONE a-ked the following questione, of
which be bed &ea noise :
1. Weller ang instructices lave been given le O. Governer-
General of Coals as le the same which he is to is the
meta IMiggrepased to hie by biro:Misers to dam lo In-
troduce tale Oa Roam or Ameably any big shingl=lllllba to
any pumas known to Imo been Implicated la the et 1537
or ISM. as assent of the image eastelmi by them is these reel.
litme. se in the mead Me mew of any mit WI teeseglatho two
Immo ail& parringe legidstmw 2. Whetter, eaandlig to the
emu of CanatM Y any soh bW dome have paned through both
roam= =Mere, end reed have become me age by the Go-
weasel • smanding Mew the money
thereby emlimeheil le hadd vase lie kehatih. What
bee lleissef sea
bad se °Webby her Ilahety
with mune ft the allowese at emb ad 'bather
say offided basitestre be hem yet asetesi reepeellog he how
asthma &Cam* end, Use, whether the garimment weed births
on the tableot the hoes.
Mr HAWES, in answer to the fleet question, said that no

itutruccions missies's? had been given at). nag k lard at the
head of the Cassels's government with reference to the intro-
duction of such a trill, or in contsmAation Veiny such measure.
The nshlas lord the Secretary of State had entire confidence in
the noble lord (lord Elgin), and watt n.A in the habit of fetter-
ing him with instructions. Respectebu the second question, the
right hon.geolculanwho had himself filled the (Ale of Colo-
nial Secretary must know that all colonial laws having passed
through their formal stages, and received the royal assent
through her Majesty's representative, cams into imme-
diate operation, unless they contained a suspending
clause. This would apply of course to all acts.
whether they referred to the appropriation of money or not,
and therefore the passing of such a bill would come into
operation, and continual* be the law, mama disallowed by
her Idejesty, and in that case only cease to be law upon the
arrival ut Canada of her hlejesty's disallowance. In answer
trthe third question, no despatch whatever bad been re-
ceived from Lewd Elgin. A private letter had been rewired
Maly yesterday by Lord Grey—(hear, /sear)—but no
despatch whatever.
Mr. HUME said be wished to ath the hon. gentleman
whether it was not understord that the government of Ca-
aria bad agreed to grant 100,0001., sad whether that sum
lied not been recommended by a eammbelon appointed by
Lord Metcalfe at the unanimous request of the *Native
assembly of that day, to mimics and report on the
damage
received by parties in the mbellicn, and hew it wasla
toC
made good • and also whether the report of that communion
did not a liise that 100,0081. should be paid, rejecting the
rebels as.d those who had been connected with than in their
procee
G. din
GRgs ?
SirGREY said that all questions of that kind had
better be psetpened tall the government was in pmeeedm of
the otedral whisk wonid be laid before the

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itafteeart. ka, read ; Mammy* Siam, stud
iamb ha aatta• eaM = was one w wewLl be &Shalt to =swift by a simple remit her; and even if our own possession, Gibraltar, and h. twsen our ambassador at Constantinople and the
Sampllis horm; gam mom Rpm Kaagamasksa Aso; affirmative at massaiwt, and which might lead to 000 side- which annually takes more than halt a million, Turkish government and the Russian minister there. Sir, the