The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

INDIAN FINANCE..

Mr E. PlERYlequirWwiten they Might expect liter
ecoments of the Indian revenue than those which were
already upon the table, and which only came down to April.
1867, end when the minutes of expenditure would be laid
on the tablet Ile also wiehed to know whether it was In-
tended to remove the political &pertinent of the Indian
government from the city to the west-end of the town P
Lord STANLEY believed that In the omits* of two
months the amounts for the years 1867.8 would be received,
and u eons as they imme to hind they would be laid on the
I table It would not be onvenient to lay the estimates of
expenditure before the house until those womb were re-
I m'ved, hut a despatch would be pr,,dueed givieig a general
summary of the &uncial restate of the year. With raped
to the other quution a site had beam selected for the new
Government of India Offices at the west- ad. The srebi-
I feet had been appointed, and plans were being papered, and
he hoped the building would be proceeded with as timidly as
poesibls.
NAVAL ESTIMATES.

Lord John RUSSELL gave notion that on Thursday ha
would ask gir J. Palongton whin he proposed to bring for-
ward the naval roguish:a.

MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
Viscotmt BURY moved for Imre to ding In • bill to
legalise mambo with • daunted wile's sister.
Mr. B. HOPE congratulated his noble friend= the ability
with which he had opened the canipsigs this year, acid the
manner in villas he had thee, es it were, taken the hare he
the forelock. They si sompoos4 611Miouahaftejuall
does toreoented last year, and the
brought f.rwerd In favour of the pep aril change in the
law. The bill, such as it was, passed that house the pre-
vious station, but wee summarily dispose I of in the other
house. If the grievance which was so strongly asserted by
the advocates of the bill rosily existed, it was scarcely pos-
sible that that summery rejection by the Howe of Lords
should sot hive elicited soa.c sight protest or ebullition of
f. el iep from three who were anxious for clmp°. So Sir from it,
however, except from wane oleuure newspapers, they het] nit
beard a single word of pro est. Thia he thought .to con-
do-iv* that the agitation on the question was fat:thin.
He hoped if the noble lord premed she bill to a second
reading, he would to prepared with some bettor
argnuant then hod yet heed advanced—because the feat that
the existing law was violated might be equally thasght for-
' ward as a mass f a vet eating any o her law as the statute
book. He Gould not allow the ne,Von to pars without est-s-
-ing his protest against it, and If any hon. member moved the
rejection of the measure he would @tippet rim.
The DV tion WAS then pat, and the SPEAKEII declared in
favour of the ayes.
Mr. H. DEC 111110 ND, however, Waisted upon a diviner.,
which wee taken, the result being—
Ayes l6ll
Noes
The bill was eccerdingly easel to be limaght in.

MIDNIGHT SITTINGS.
Mr. EWART moved—" That. on every Toeelay and
Thursday (being n'glata on *lda government busievrA deco
not take preccd. nrc) the helve do not sit later than twelve
o'clock at eight."
The anti, n use wooded by Mr. LAURIE.
Mr. L. KING 'wove % the mo,ion ; and
Mr. WALPOLE thought it would not be any advantage
to the conduct of brininess in the house to close the debate,, at
• 'mailman hour.
Lad PAL3IERSTON likewise considered it unadvirab'e
for the house to bind Itself to any or If-denying ordinance not
absolutely nerewery.
The motion, upon • dividon, wag negatived by 237 to 28.
THE MUTINIES AT MEERUT AND UMBALLA.
Colonel SYKES resat° move for an address for tette( of all
orrreeprmdenrel sworn tbe Commander-in-Clief's end Judge-
Advorate-Generste Departmcn'a and the military se•lttriti-s '
at Meerut, vitiate,. divisional, brigade, or negireestal, re-
rpectirig the court-martial at Meerut in April, 18.57, upon the
86 troopers of the 3ed Light Cavelry ; together wAh copy. in
estesio,o! the pr ceed;ngs of the court-martial sad correspond-
este consequent therer n; and of all eornspondeoce, reports,
or procesthogs relating to the 36th Regiment Bengal Entire
Wintry having, at Valhalla, In March or Ailnl. 18.57, ex-
pelled from their casts (ercommunkstrd) those of their com-
edies. constituting a detachment of the 36,12 Regiment, en-
gaged fa learning tits Enfield rifle practice at the
depot of inicrection at Umbella. The garvat colonel de-
tailed at considerable length the facts oonnected with the
trona:idiom in gnaw ioc, contendng that the papers slready
Mid before the bootie pre an imperfect and • poi ttil view of
them.
Lt-rd STANLEY promised to write to India for the papers,
but recommended that the not ion should be in the mesathus
withdrawn.
Colonel SYKES wAhdrow his motion.
ABOLITION OF CHURCH RATES.

B.lt. J. TRRLAWNY loosed for tree to bring in a bill
to abolish church tap a.
Mr. GRIFFITH protested 'grad the title of the bill,
which, if it was ietroduced in so rsp'd and unobeereed a
manner, might prsjudioe the entire question, and render any
amendment of the 11144U1U111 afterwards inadmissible. The
bill ought to bo in'roduced under a rierairsl title, such ea " to
amend the law relating to church Wee '' this would
allow the dismission to proceed fairly ; but under this tide,
✓"
a bill to eh dish church farm" It would admit but or
way of stetting the question. It wan not likely
that either house of parlians nt would allow church rotes to
be thus summit:lly swept awsy, without soy coosideraturn
of the 'Menem Involved in them. Ile I,•uld understand sleet
each a proport suited the political purposes et aentlemen
anxious to win the &pylons of popular tonshinew ins, but he
did not believe the country would approve of it, on that the
ttohreintitnrelstraidgioeu4u,sttsdisoßsef.inh.t;:auibilwali,nshi;:dt, rrya
nn y inzoilitrdim o
meet
etthen-w
free judgment of rho house being fettered by the title of the
Mr. FIRE asked the hoe. member for Tavistoth to
plain the provisions of his bill.
Sir J. TRBLaWNY said the bill was precisely of the
err characters that wbieh he introdnoed lest s. talon, and he
trusted no opposition would be offered to it to this stage, u
be had understood from the right ban, the Home Secretary
that the government would consent to Us latroductiou. He
desire I that the question thould bo Nettled • but in order the
everybody might have an ample opportunity of making his
views heard upon this bill, he would not ash for the mord
rending twill to-miaow (Wednesdny) fortnight.
Mr. DRUMMOND remarked shot the hoc. berme! wan
awesdesirou question should be settled, the meaning of
width hat he desired the church should allow herself
to be robbed quietly. It had been openly admitted by the
'reboot tram which this and 'imaar measures proceeded, that
critestyllionid air a are
oafbmgetttlasguarcththerastbresilitbuient caateitbne:ged. Telsathili
was what they wanted, and if they did not intend is
put the tithes 'la the landlord'a pothole, they in-
tended to put the church ntes in their own.
This bill being the game that to a certain *stint
pseud the bonze last year, some respect wee due to it, sad