The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-20 00:00:00

1 MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY, FEB. 19.
The Loin CHawczt.Lon took hia seat on the woolsack at
In o'clock.

Theßari of CARNARVON protected • petition from
Blendworth, in Bente, praying for the mementos of ad con-
nexion between the government of India and the rhea end
Cefoloollillll of the native religions In India, and praying that
further facilities sight be afforded to the propagation of
Chriatisniry In India
Lord WYNFORI) segmented a petition front the gntti
jury of the county of Jicementh, agateet the present system
of licensing public. houses, and complaining of the inseam is
, the number of these shops. The noble teed inquired whether
t government Intended to bring in any measare this session
upon the subject.
Earl GRANVILLE was net aware of ray such intention.

BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.
In reply to a remark from Lord BnouaKies,
The LORD CHANCELLOR repeated what baba salad
on the preTtona evening, that a MB upon the embject of bank-
raPtcY had him prepared under the sanction of she Boarder
Trade, and would be introduced in that or the ether boats
of parliament in a taw days—probably in the course of nela
week or the week after.

CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS TO INECA.
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- was expected to be there ready t convey them on; but
It appeared that she had broken the 'haft of h pese
wheels, and could not proceed. That might haveer been on
of those casualties which could not have been foresees or
preunted. Be that as it might, the couequsee•
was that the regiment was detained at Suer right
hem the 19th to the 27th of Deeenidar.
VIM the Ajdaha was sent there to convey them on. They
grrto , where they arrived on the 4th January.
eek Men
they sailed from that piece in the Ajdithis.
aid ca the 7th, that vessel, when she was 400 miles out It
we, sprang • leek, and was obliged to put beck. He wag
Informed that the Ajdaha had been condemned
'unworthy alektese months before she wee appointed
to this service. He might be told that there were
mot government vessels. H. wee aware that they
was not, the as being • vessel belonging to the
Oriental, and the other to the Fast India Company; but he
thought it was the duty of the government to by
means of some &coedited moon sppointed by them at
end at Aden, that they were seaworthy, and in all =peens
fitted for the conveyance of troops, before the men were
allowed to embark, and that they should not, by neglecting
this obrious precaution, recklesely rink the loss of valuable
line. (Hear, bear.) It =a surely sufficient that the
soldiers should be exposed to the thing= of the field and the
elitnate, without haring superadded thereto the additional
risk of losing their lives unprofitably and inglorioualy _hy
accidents at see, which might, with Ordinary ewe, be avoHaL
This was not the first instance in which great earehamuss
had taken place in this matter of the conveyance of troops.
Last year this Name regiment cams home from Bombay la •
vessel that was known to be unseaworthy—the Argent-omit
the eonsequenos was, that • portien of ths pump which
ought to tau occupied nineteen days, extended tee
thirty-three days, and it was, he was informed, quite movie-
dentist that the vessel arrived at all. He trusted the noble
lord would be able to afford some satisfactory explanation se
these mature, or at all events assure the house and the
country that • full inquiry should be made, and mean=
adopted to prevent their recurrence.
Lord PANMURE said that the matter was easily sa-3
*Wed. The Alma was the vessel destined to convey the
617th from Suez to India, but on her passage to Suez, bikes
the troops were embarked, she broke an Important part sf
her machinery, which made her unfit to perform the duty for
which she we. appointed. In the mean time the 69th se- •
rived at Suez, and found there • vessel—not, se the noble 104
had said, that had been condemned as unseaworthy—but it
Myst/belonging to the East India Compeny,named theljdaha,
• vessel of 1,460 tons burden, of 600-horse power, and tamp*
sufficient in all respects for the service that was required -et
her. It was true that after she had proceeded to sea she =-
fortunately sprang a leak, and, in consequence, pat back to.
Aden, where she safely disembarked the troops, whisk were
then conveyed by another are-sal, called the Osmbia, to.
their destination, where, no doubt, they bad by this times
arrived. It was obvious that in both these outs the amidst*
that occurred was such as no human foresight could &add-
pats or guard against; and he might be allowed to state that
in all the movements of troops consequent on the state of
smarm in Ind* there had not been a single casualty
resulting in lose of life. (Cheers.) Even in the case
of the burning of the Sarah Sands, in which eo remarkable
an instance of discipline, coolness, and presence of mind_
had been exhibited, under circumetanms of the moat ex-
treme peril, by her Majesty's troops that were on board at •
the time, not only by the officers in command, but by the
soldiers and the of and men belonging to the ship, not
a single life had been lost. (Hear, hear.) He could not
admit that vessels had been token up that were not fit for
sea, for nothing of the kind bad occurred. It bad been the
anxious desire both of her Majesty's government end of the-
East India Oxeye= that the troops should under no =-
I cemstances be embarked in vessels that had not been sub-
to the most strict examination, and ascertained to be
In all respects fit for sea and suitable for the service. No
doubt the difficulties were great, more particularly in con/e-
-quate° of the delay in the arrival of vessels at Suez, to con-
vey on the troops when they reached that place, and the 92nd
he we. ewers had been from that mute detained at Suer •
considerable time ; but they had subeequently been enabled to
proceed, and were now on their way to India. (Hear.)
The Earl of HARDWICHE thought the difficulty to
which the noble kid alluded might he met if government
would address themselves to the establishment of a system of
transport in connexion with the British navy, instead of de-
pending upon hired transports. Under this latter system
they did not know what ships they got.
Lord PANMURE—Yes, we do.
The Earl of HARDWICKE—No; they did not know
what they paid, DOT what they got for their money. No
doubt the noble lord was anxious to prevent accidents as far
as ypooerdl6bLL,, but accidents were constantly occurring not-
, and to the great inconvenience of the publics
service. He was aware that under no system could amdente
be altogether avoided, but they would be mach more rare
if the government employed for this transport service
their own ships, their own officers, end their own men.
Thin wan a class of result now in the possess on 'ti the
government which were scarcely suitable for war purposes,
but admire* adapted for the conveyance of troops six of
these had been fitted with engines and employed during the
late war. Hs would Nogg= that of these, two should be
constantly employed between this Gauntry and Alexandria,
and the other bar meet round to the Red Sea, to carryon the
troops as they arrived at Sues to the ports of debarkation in .
India.
The Earl of CAB.NARVON had beard that the conr,ect-
larrod of the engine in the ere of the Ajdaha was worn out
and broke, and had she not been clew to the shore there
would have been &sager from that source. He bad also
heard that this usual =althea up to ouvey spode an d the
malls, but that, having been examined, she was not tic night
geed enough for that surd= and that after this the troops
Two embarked la bee. Thu ought to be in the case of
every vie= taken up fee transport purposes ea examination
under the authority of the Admiralty as to her seerirarld.
neas and by= officer of the Quartermaster-G noes dep are
mut es le the aoccesmothition sad atovbiou made for the
men during the voyages
Lord PAN MURK said that the serving of the Ajdahe were
brought into requisition because she happened to be in pelt at
the flea She was not taken up,. but was ab*te belonging
to the lest India Company. He knew nothing abora • the
breakingof the courecting-rod. With regent to the employ-
ment of men-of-war on transport terries, the sublet had
been well conedared by successive governments, and it had
been decided =small groundt that it would be =advisable to
adept *it There ems • system of examinatica.
which he belfetud to be rofficieet : the yeseeim taken up =re-
invests& bhyy s e 61= appointed by the Admiralty) whose..
WPM' .VA the Quarternisater-flenerarn depart-
meat, which their torn reported to the Horse Guarde,looth.
as to the Atoms of the used for transport purpose, the nature.
et the accomamodatiom and the number of troops was pro-
posed she dwell °savoy.
After a for words from. Lord Dcwotortrow the !Abject