The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-24 00:00:00

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.

Kr. G. A. HAMILTON having mood tbat the bow at
its rising adjourn to Monday,
The CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
lo =cl
the hoe. member for Leath (blz. C. Fortress)
on redaotka, ha considered the quentlaa he had gleam polio:
of introduclag was one that could fairly be brought forward
upon this media. (Hear, hear.) He was aware that the
ham. rearaber,loy • mere amortise of hie pdvilege, might
bring it on; hat to Macau such • QQneetlon would realty re.
=stes.whole evening, and en of that =loon-
the lemponse id the statka, Ala
Wllate the Nam am selfriablnd Whim as to tal:
( limiting Alpe stopectet of slave Inas( was tack
es much nreseemelly emotion remarles void& Woad not be
likely to promote asacesentd reenit to the nespodslione which
wore at this moment johqg on between the government of
England and that of the United States. (Hear, hear.) He,
however, wished to place his appsel to the han, gentleman on
the broad ground that the question woe one of such magni-
tude and Interest m could sot, with hinter, be dimmed
upon a mere formal motion of adjournment. (Hem, hear.)
The same remarks would apply to the notios of the bon.
member for Portsmouth (Sir J. Elphinetana), to call the
attention of the house to the reirolationa of the committee as
the transport of troops to India. That also would /vanish
materials for • night's debate, and he trusted that both the
hon. gentlemen would, under the circumstances, consist to
waive the right which the strict forms of the home gave
them.

Mr. C. FORTESCL'E did net consider that he was taking
at all an unusual or en improper mune In endeavouring to
elicit from the government some explanation of their inten-
tion' in reference to this important subject before the house
broke up, for assuredly, up to the resent time, those inten-
tions had not been announced in a manner that eculd be
satisfactory either to the house or the country. (Hear, hear.)
He had intended is introducing the question to make but a
very short statement, and to show that the government had
not dons ratite to the subject, in ignoring, as they appeared
to have done the proceedings of their predecessors. The
milister of the United Steen stated, at a recent meeting fa
this country, that our policy had been changed, and that
some great concessions had been made of claims which
hitherto every government of this country had resisted. He
thought it a perfectly legitimate question to ask whether that
statement was true? (Cheers.) The Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs enplaned on a previons evening that negotia-
tion* were to progress for bringing shout a convention with the
United States kr regulating not the right of searching each
other's ships, but for conferring the right of mutually verify-
ing the ass of the national dug. That was all very well •
but the language used by the government on the occurrence
of those unfortunate events in the Cuban waters was such am
appeared to him to concede everything for which this coun-
try and the predecessors of the moat government had
always contended. (Hear, hear.) What he wished to ask
was, whether they intended to adhere to the policy of Lord
Aberdeen or to sanction the Kimble that by hoisting a
foreign flag, no matter of what nation, it should be in the
power of any vessel to atop all further proceedings on the
pert of our cruisers, and render such vessel sacred and in-
violable, whatever might be her character ? Because, if 00,
we bad better withdraw our squadron from the waters of
Africa and of Cubs. For his own part, he protested sedan
thus imperilling the position of England es the flat maritime
power of the world. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. B. FITZGERALD was sure that the home could
not expect him to enter into long details in matter to the
question of the hon. gentleman. It must be the general
feeling of the hone and the country that the oecurremes
which had taken place on the other side of the Atlantic in
the. Cuban water., were not such as to make it damnable that
then ehoold now be any di__ 1. ems ohm. Me bed
stated on a former occasion that her Mejeety's government
had received emanates from the United States government
that they would consider—not only with eve, bet with every
desire to do justice—any proposition that wee made to them.
Thom proposition' had not yet been made, as they were still
under the consideration of the government. It was Impos-
sible, therefore to give any further information ; but he had
eery hope that this matter would be brought toe satisfactory
conclusion ; end the language need by the United States
government and the United States minister was such as to
fortify him In that opMion.
ASSAULTS ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

lITDILLWYN begged to cell the atteation of the Seem-
hay of State for the Home Department to the prevalence of
aggravated meaults upon women and children, and to urge
upon his ecesideratles the necessity of making some altera-
tion in the law relanag to such offences. Ile said that the
recent act for punishing aggravated assaults on women and
children had perhaps done some good, but it bad not altogether
worked well ; for while it punished the husband for hie bru-
tality, by imprisoning him and depriving hie family of their
means of livelihood it punished the victims as wells the per-
petrators of ouch crimes. He had at two ocessireas propmed
that corporal punishment should be awarded for these offences,
bbeititieltdropositions met with no favour from the house. He
, however, that It would cheek the offences. It ap-
peared by »tarns that in 1864 and 1866 the number cd these
assaults dealt with was 878 in the metropolis alone; is 1866
they were 377, and last year they amounted to 01. This
showed that on the whole those offences had increased, being
now committed at the rate of one a day and more. He urged
on the Home Beesseat7 to turn his attention to the subject
daring the moms, and to introduce a measure adequate to
the requirements of the cue.
THE STATE OF INDIA. . .

Mr. V. SlllillPitisomequestiOsieto the noble lord the
President of the Board of Control respecting the condition
of affairs in India.

—L7etriffiliEli had to thank the right hon. gentleman
far the courteous manner in which he bad put his aeries of
questions. Still, of no one of the questions had notice been
given to him, except of the intention of the right bon. gen-
tleman to oak him whether he proposed to make any financial
statement. On that point he had to say that be did not
think that, in the present slate of affairs, and the varying
circumstances of India, any statement with respect to
the actual condition of Indian finance could be made with
advantage. With regard to the military operations going
on in India, the right honourable gentleman end other
honourable members had se much information as to what
was going on es be thought they could desire.
As to a proclamation of the authority of the Queen
in Indlathe Sheerest that,when the !wader of the government
from the company to the crown wee made, some formal an-
tof the fact should be made. The form sad
nature of that announcement would require the considers-
- would ts,

tionoi Tata government, mad they v _—... bars time to so&
, iccitx
der it, ma the act did not come into bras for MEV Ant
its passive. He did not porno W taw ma data.o
mint oa Indian sff.int, bet env tundin . tan* no
pat to blm, so far es was sombillail wkli Wide 01,16111,
he should be ready to air....
STAMPED LEWIS PAMIR. . .

Mr. MAGUIRE said he had Isfeeshd to snake some ob-
servations at length In calling sttentket to the advantage and
aceventeace of thethew of stamped letter papr and the ne-
cessity for its speedy lame by the Based Bars= ;
but he thought-be 'Maid satisfy _ his aided aging the
ry Secreta to the Treasury to asphalt bow the neatest stood.
He did not wish for a asmmeisory am el hair
paper, but it was of Insportana to comm Wes-
actions that instead of netts a sheet of piper 'm-
aimed in an envelope, which might be reek, that
halms should be written on stamped sheet' et piper.
An envelops was no proof that It oontdned a particular
letter, end trends were often committed b 1 the satatlon
of envelopes ; in proof of which be could refer to came
which bad come before the judge" of allk3 end the Bank-
ruptcy Court in Ireland.
letter He thouguld be ht It would be a great
adveatage If stamped paper co um&
Mv. 0. d HAMILTON said that errampommets were
smite edit patting stamps ea sheets of yew by the Commie-
dome et lathed thethewo, who Amon' en *meth at pew
that WWII mat in thew. The dorsal v net wet.~ bat they
were alma reedy to death the poor mg to them.

PROMOTION IN THE ARMY.
Colonel E. KNOX asked the fleceettey *Jr Wa when the
report of the Royal Commission on Prowling la the Army
would be laid on the table t
General PEEL said that the day he bad received the re-
port he bad forwarded it to her N4esty Ise her approval,
and immediately that It was returned be would lay it on the
table.