The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

COAL POE STRAY PURPOSES.

Lord A. VANE TEMPEST sated Whet Lithe govern-
meat had been made acquainted with the results of the ea.
primate made Sri the Coal Trade Committee, by. Monk
Lougridge, Armstrong, and Richardson, which proved that
the report of Sir henry De La Bache sad Dr. Playlet; k
favour of Welsh coal for steam purpcoes, wee based upon
error, and which established the superiority of Northern mad;
further, whether the government, la consequence of than
experiments, were prepared to reconsider the report alluded
to. and to institute • fresh inquiry as to which coal was most
edventageons for the steam pnrpone of the navy..
Sir C. WOOD declined to be bound by experiments which
the noble lord seemed to regard •• decisive. The report to
which he alluded, however, had been brought under the
notice of the government,
red, he (the right hon. baronet)
wee of opinion that further Inquiry would be necessary.
THE BELFAST MOTS.
Captain ARCHDALL asked whether any and what
nmestwee bad been taken by the Irisastesovernmant to prose-
eats Lougtwewhowerti me • by the report of
Mown. hyoth red woe Dame of the late
dots which commeoced InJuly lest, the laid Loildbraw
tube, as offered by the mid report, been guilty, with
others, et onspithey brief?
Mr. IL EILERBEEM thought the boo. and gallant gentle-
man seed& lordlave nod the report of the commissioners,
or he would oat have pat the question in the terms to which
it Pr owried. The area Loopraa had ‘dadoubtedly pas

with the mob and conducted himself in a manner which, bat
fo: the interferenee of the police, would have brought upon
hlm what he richly deserved, a sound thrashing. (Leanne...)
But the commimioners distinctly said that in their opinion th.
Incident had no important bearing in estimating the causes of
the riot. Loughran had been apprehended and Amid 40e. ; and
no other step had been taken to punish him for what was un-
doubtedly a eery gror act of folly and indiscretion.
_ KAM' INDIA COMPANY'S LOAN BILL, _

On the ortrierit;rlioTniinrocommiltee uponthe.--lal India
Loan Bill, a conrereation armee, in the noun of which
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY prowl for some explanation
respecting the condition of the Indian revenue, which, he
oontand4 amid not stand additional charges or be mate-
rially increased ; how the interest of the loan was to be met,
and whither the English exchequer was secured against
being called upon to pay any part of the debt.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
would give the required explanation in the committee.
After some remarks by Mr. Airmen and Mr. WaIrOL;
the house went into committee upon the bill; when
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
bill merely enabled the East India Company to raise money,
either by debentures or by bonds ; that it involved no new
principle, and it was doubtful whether the cowpony now
needed any parliamentary authority for this purpose. He
stated the maintated deficit of the Indian exchequer at the
end of the financial year 1858-9 at 7,600,0001., and that the
company had exhausted their powers of borrowing in the
Indian money market. He then proceeded to erne
from the gross amount of the Indian revenue, the
amount of the Indian end home debt, and the
charge upon the revenue, that there was no reason to doubt
that when the revolt was quelled, end the country had been
restored to its ordinary state, the Indian government would
be able to defray all the expenses of its own government.
There was nothing in this measure' he ssid, to bring any
Pr tive charge upon the British Exchequer.
W7elausen of the bill were agreed to after much discus-
Won, the amount of the loan being limited to 8,000,0001.
The home, after SOCHI further business, adjourned at half-
past 8 o'clock.