The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-17 00:00:00

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to give a full explsnation of the part he had taken in the matter.
In reference to a remark of the right hon. gentleman (Mr.
V. Smith) which led the house to believe, on the authority
ce of a speech made by Mr. Prinps, that the directors were
rop viewparties to the invaaion of Affghanistan, Mr.
was ia that sweet explaining what took piece in the
secret t, with which the government bad nothing
to do. _ _

Mr. HINNAIRD did not think his hon. friend (Mr.
Mangles) had answered many of the points which had born
urged ths debate, and bad failed to clear either the com-
C6o:mdtimottrvernmettp t
leeas .cngtlttcharge of neglect, t
protection,
leaving
they had been forewarned of the au
danger. He could not
ogres with his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) that the whole
r=ty of the annexation of Chtde reeled upon Lord
who had done so much for India, and believed if
that noble lord's advice had been taken as to the mode of the
anneaation, all those evils would have been prevented.
- - - -

Sir J. PAKTNOTON maid he area In lopes, from the
manner In which the lest speaker followed Mr. Mangles, that
he was going to redeem the credit of the Indian government,
but, on the contrary, all he had shown was that the King of
Onde was an indolent end voluptuous sovereign, and he ;as-
sumed that the justice of the case was decided by that. He
might as well say that every indolent and voluptuous man
in this eounh7 ought to be deprived of his estate. (Hear,
hear.) He had been out of the house, and had been expect-
ing that the general debate on India would have been re-
sumed, and he wee not prepared to discuss the particular
question now before the kense; but he could not nimbi
from offering some comments en what had fallen bon Mr.
Mangles. Everyone who had studied the question of Onde
mast know that It tamed on the proper construction of the '
treaty of 1837; but the President of the Board of Control
Mansur referred to that treaty. His noble friend near him
(Lord J. Manners) had dwelt upon that treaty in just and
proper batgunge. Mr. Mangles had told them that treaty
was abrogated in this coun. But there was another qua-
' ties, was the fact of the abrogation ever communicated to
the King of Oude? If not, was there any man who would
get up and say that that abrogation had any moral or legal
effect? Mr.' Mangles said there was no intention to annex
Conde at that time, and therefore the sbrogationwas not tom-
monicated, but he thought no hon. member could have used
language more strongly condemnatory of the annexation of
Oode than the boa. member in this attempt at au apology,
lmowag as he did that the annexation was effected in the
face of that treaty. He thought upon this that they had a
right to say to those who vindicated the annexation of
Onde that they were bound to give some answer to
the treaty of 1837 very different from the statement which '
they had that evening heard. Then Mr. Mangles thought
to justify that annexation upon the ground of the degraded
state of the people of that country ; but Lord Aneklaes, in
hie despatch to the King of Onde, said he had the
lion to inform his Majesty that great improvements had
taken plate in his kingdom in compote= with other parts of
India. This despatch seemed to him clearly to prove two
things—ffret, that the government of Oude had improved;
and secondly, that in the year 1839 Lord Auckland was not
aware of the abrogation of the treaty of 1837.

Mr. MANOLES was understood to ask what year that
was?

Sir J. PAKINOTON said that did not matter. The
of the hon. member was a long and systematic abuse
speech King of Oude. Then Bishop Reber said he was
surprised, after what had been said, to find the kingdom of
Oude in as good estate as It wu. Them atrocities showed that
the misgovernment of Onde was not so serious as her Majesty's
government and the East India Company for their own pus.
per wished them to believe; but let that misgovernment
have been what it might, be entreated the house to bear in
mind that the treaty of 1837 provided only for the temporary
suspension of the government of Onde by England, in order
that abuses might be corrected, but it could not for a moment
be quoted as justifying that act of epoliation—the depriving
of the King of Onde altogether of his dominion,. The hon.
member mid it wu just ; but he believed it to be one of the
most unjust and unrighteous acts that ever threw a stain on
the history of a civilised country. (Cheers.)

OceseraiTHOldPSON maid the subject before the haute
we.the cause of the insurrection in India. He we. not in
eminent man, but he knew hundreds of men like himself who
thought they could see with great sage into the cense of that
insurrection, and who wondered that our statesmen, practised
es they were in such subjects, could not do the same. The
hon. gentleman opposite bad detailed to them the conse-
quences and the dangers which erose out of the annexation
of Oude, and particularly that arising from filling our na-
tive Bengal army with natives of that country. But ahem
were canon at work which 00-operatedend which had been
at work for a long series of pars. The 'Mad principles
with those able men, who in early days ruled in India, were
that thereshould be no Interference with the religion of the
natives, end that the foresee of European colonists or plant-
ers should be discouraged. They said, end rightly,
▪if you interfere with religion, there will be resistance,
on the same principle that Englishmen would resist at home,
and if the introduction of colonists was encouraged, there
would to a certainty be introduced along with them that
horrid war of races which, when once introduced, ended
only in the extirpation or utter subjugation of the Dative
power. Then th, re wasi a good deal ofjustice in the state•
meat that the religioua bodies had a good deal to do with it.
He knew their strength and their infirmity. Their infir-
mity was in looking to that precept of their great Teacher,
" You shall do to others ea you would with them to do nnto
you." They always made en exception when one of the
partite WY I myself, end the other was of a different ereed.
Let them sift the complaints that came from India. One was
that the Bible should be prohibited in certain schools. Did
soy man doubt that in schools where Mehomedans sent
their children, the Christians desired that the Bible should
be introduced ? And if Charles Martel had failed etTours, end
. .

Mehomedentem had become dominant, would not atesdelTo-
medans have desired the Koran to be introduced into the
schools P He knew what the Christian mimionaries were,
and be did not expect them to admit that; but ho did wiped
that statesmen who were responsible for the conduct of affairs
should do what they could to prevent the danger of this
conflict. Then, again, there was another grievance
characteristic of the Planter spirit—that every man
born in India should do honour to Europeans.
This was seen in all their proceedings. The press—which
they said was put down—BEd every native of India should
show respect to every Englishman whom he pared. What
wee that bat rampant plantership ? These things ne!tep./
roused a spirit in the native army, who besides sat
that means were being taken to injure them in their relqioTt.
Then how did this insurrection break out ? A colonel of a
regiment, acting cn his sectarian principles, avowedly lec-
tured his soldiers, and induced a suspicion among them, and
it might be that from this, an 4 from Wang in liquor, one of
the men shot the adjutant's &Ise. That man was hinged far
that, and it could not well be otherwise ; but a native officer,
charged with not being sufficiently nimble in turning out the
guard, :was hanged also. He thought if the adjutant had
been substituted, might have been just. (Oh.) What
was the next outrage P A native etvalry regiment was or-
dered to pat that in their month which they said was WY
clean, and which they said would condemn them to lose
their reputations with their countrymen, and do them the
same sort of bijou as would be done to European dragoons
if they were told they were to be sent to a veterinary sttlt•OD
to undergo the operation usual with cavalry horses. (" Her,
hear," and laughter.) "'They respectfully declined, which
would be the ease in our own regiments, and 86
of those unhappy men were ordered to work In
irons on the reeds for 10 years, on which moderate
and delicate sentence the mutiny began. Men were taken
end executed in consequence, and then when natives had the
upper hand they retaliated. Reprisals never did much good,
but if Alva or Tilley had been in simnel- circumstances they
would have known that to do whit the Europeans did—wait
till 500 of the enemy had collected on a magazine and than
blow it up—that each an act, whether praiseworthy or not,
would be followed by the destruction of so many of their
own men as were in the hands of the other piety. But they
never complained of that as s horrid or a harsh thing. How
=a things had been dons since to prevent this insurrec-
tion P He passed over many cruel acts, and would only refer
to one, which was the sentence on the native princes of Delhi.
He could not, without infringing an the rights of conscience,
refuse to designate that act as anything but the vilest murder
ever inflicted under the face of Heaven. ("Oh, oh.") Gen-
tlemen said "Oh," bat there were parts of the country
where different feelings were aroused, and where it was bit
that this act wee a greet dishonour to the English name,
which never would be got over while the English name re-
mained. He had seen three different accounts of it, and
there was no doubt that English officers, by their own band,
became the execntioaam ; they adjusted the cops,_ they
twisted it, and that they hanged them. (" No.") Look sad
see. He wee unwilling to go into details, because therein,*
those who could not answer for themselves, because the
murderers and the murdered were now before God, and
ha believed the Brahmin would have the beet of it. Poste-
rity and mankind in general would judge severely dell these
sote and we should have the shame and disgrace left to us.
"We hang them like fun" said one man. He begged pardon
for making each a quotation in their presence, but this
showed the kind of inns who had got the upper band in
India. and with all this before them our Mamma were
doubting what could be the possible ground for an immerse-
tion in India. There was a time when they declared that it
was their opinion it was very unbecoming to look into the
causes. Those causes were in continuous aotion now, and it
would not be imprudent, he thought, to kick into them sad to
recognise them. Hs had therefore to thank the hon. gentle-
man for having brought this question forward, and he should
be happy if he, In the opinions he had expressed, had thrown
any light upon it.
Mr. PALK said he had never expected to hear in that
house that those who had dishonoured and slain the wives of
our fellow-countrymen, murdered infants, sled degraded
every feeling of humanity, would have found an edvocate In
that home. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.")
General THOMPSON rose to order, but failing in obtain-
ing a hearing, resumed his scat.
Mr. PALK said Meet of all did be expect that ono who
had held a distinguished commend under the sovereign of
this country would have raised hie voles in that house, still a
Christian parliament, to defend the outrages of th=
in Lydia. (User, bear.) He vas afraid to trait

• speaking of such conduct, his indignation was so strong. He
bowed with respect to those who were older than himself,
and had peater experience, but he should be mining to the
name that he bore and to the feelings which actuated every
gentleman in that house, if he sat quiet and did not enter Ins
protest spinet a speech which he hoped sad trusted would
never be repeated In that house. (Loud chews.)
General THOMPSON wished to say that with respect to
these so-called outrages, with the Magi. :Timken of their
being originated upon the day which he y noted in
what he said, he simply disbelieved them— oh)—upon such
evidence as the were able to arrive at.
Mr. P. O'BRIEN did not understand that the bon. sad
gallant member's sympathies were with those who bad com-
mitted these outrages, and he regretted that when he rose to
explain he did not express any idea that such outrages were
not committed, but that certain statements had been made
which he did not believe. He (Mr. O'Brien) did not believe
that British 01/10011 had been guilty of such conduct as that
which had been spoken of. The speech of the learned
member for Enniskillen would not astonish Irishmen, for
they had heard it before. (A laugh.)
Mr. BAMLIE, on the part of Lord J. Manners, withdrew
the addition which bad been proposed by that noble lord.
and the motion was agreed to.
VACATING SEATS IN PARLIAMENT.
Mr. WRIGHTSON moved for leave to bring in a bill to
altar and amend the sot of the sixth year of Queen Anna,
chap. 7, so far as relates to the vacating of seats in parliament
on the acceptance of offios. The hon. member introduced
his motion by some observations, which, however, were
' totally Mandible in the gallery.
On the question being put, there were loud cries of " no,"
from the opposition, and the home divided—
Noes
The announcement of the numbers was received with
much cheering by the eppontion.
BANK ACTS.
Mr. GREER moved an instruction to the committee ap-
pointed to inquire into the operation of all the laws affecting
the currency in Gnat Britain and Ireland, and to report
what amendments, if any, they may consider dedrable. His
object was to direct the attention of the committee to objects
not referred to them as yet; amongst others, the question of
Limited Liability, and the small-note circulation in Ireland
end Scotland, his belief being that in both meanies
the small-note circulation was decidedly advantageous, and
that its introduction into England would be beneficial. He
believed that a circulation of small notes in England
would obviate the risk of any run for gold.
He thought it would be desirable, also, to refer to the com-
mittee the question of what effect the largely increased sup-
plies of gold furnished by Australia and California had had
upon the value of the precious metal% and whether it would
not be advisable to recur to the old standard of value—
namely, silver—as being less liable to fluctuation than gold.
The hon. gentleman proceeded, amidst some interruption, to
address the house on the general subject of the currency.
Mr. CARDWELL promised the hon. member that the
investigations of the committee would be conducted with
fairness and impartiality. With regard to the question of
changing the standard of value, the committee would have
enough to occupy it without entering upon so large
subject.
The HON. MYXBNR withdrew his motion.

TENANT RIGHT—
Mr. MAGUIRE moved for leave to bring in a bill to pro-
vide compenamtion to tenant timers in Ireland for improve-
ments made by them upon lends in their occupation, and to
limit the power of erietfon in oertain mew
_ MORTALITY IN THE FOOT GUARDS.

On tione;Wo-n—cl Captain ANvrst>rr Doc returns relating
to the mortality In the Foot Guards,
Mr. S. HERBERTexplained that by the report of the COO -
mission on this 'abject it was not intended to cad imputa-
tions in any quarter. He well knew that the duty of officers
was not to reform the army, but to obey orders. He would
suggest that, in order to make the return of practical value,
it should be extended from 1839 to 1853.
Captain ANNESLEY explained that the return, as he
intended it, would include those years.
Colonel NORTH said it was !car from what had ap-
peared in the papers that the wording of the report to which
the right hon. gentleman had referred bad been generally
understood as casting blame on regimental officers. He must
also complain that the report appeared to have been given to
the press before it was laid on the table.
Sr J. lIAMSDEN explained that the fact to which the
gallant member referred arose from delay which had oc-
curred in getting out the report. As a matter of form the
report, or a paper representing it, bad been placed on the
table at the end of thesvious eetteton. He might take thse_
ty of (explain that the noble lord at die heed id'
grirVtrir Department appointed a committee to visit each
barrack and report on the state of the sanitary exrangements;
and at the same time, to save useless delay, he had autho-
rised that committee to expend certain limited sums of money.
General CODRINGTON exproased his belief that there
was come mistake in the late reports of mortality
amongst the troops. Whatever fault there was, was attribut-
able to the Fovernment. Officers had long striven to get
their complaints attended to, but no r( ,ard was paid to them.
Colonel KNOX confirmed this statement, and said that
he had pointed out the inefficiency of the London barracks
years ago ; but nothing was ever done until last year, when
an additional room was added to the Kensington barracks.
Colonel TENNANT also spoke of the deplorable state of
the London barrack'. In one the men actually slept in tiers,
as they did on board a ship.
The motion, as was then agreed to.
BLEACHING A D DYEING WORKS.
_ _

Mr. BUTT mind the WiTpicdiTtnelicot alisComzOi tt ca.
Agreed to.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL.

The odicjinniJ.Bl;loB;i this bill ;isfiiiiits7 adjourned
until Thursday.
The house adjourned a few minutes before one o'clock.

SECESSION vo R .ms.—The Rev. Evan Baillie has
placed his resignation of the living of Lawehell in the hands
of the bishop of the diocese, preparatory to his being ad-
mitted into the church of Rome,i in which step he had been
preceded by his late curate, the Itov. ti. De Burgh. The
state of the parish has been known to us for some time—afro
disgust of most of its intelligent inhabitants at the introduc-
tion of more than semi-Roman forms into the services; the
decorations of the building the curtain to les drawn up at
the tinkling of a bell, disclosing to view the priest, and hie
curate and attendant choristers •, the vestments of many co.
, lours and forms, with the goM-embroldered moss on the
back ; and we believe the lighted candles at the altar, the
absence of which during the communion service at the open-
' tug wan deplored In the communication we received. The
services were of course in harmony. with these sym-
bols of Laudian revival. But it is not only in
foams that the reverend gentleman has smoothed
the way for his present plunge, though, happily,
so far as we are aware, without drawing any of his con-
along with him. A sermon on the " Benefit of
Esilica olgution" was preached on the 25th of October last, the
Sunday before " Saints," which was specially observed
as the patron's day of the church, and was printed at the
"Union," or Tractarfan Prete. In this sermon Mr.
Baillie not only asserts in the fullest manner that the
power of remitting sins is given to every priest at his ordi-
nation, but declares it to be owing to want of faith
that "the exercise of so great and blessed an Authority
should be so little sought In our dey," " and so Chris-
tians die as they have lived, and to the last deprive them-
selves of that greatest consolation, viz., of hearing their
pardon pronounced by one whom Christ has authorised
to pronounce it." In consequence co Mr. Baillie's re-
signation, the churchwardens on Sunday last had pro-
vided for the performance of Mein., service by clergy
men from Bury and an adjoining parish, and the
parishioners who ham for some months absented themselves
were prepared to Sock to the church ; but the curate of the
late incumbent (the Rev. T. J. Redhead) afterwards deter-
mined to do the duty himself, and the attendance was in con-
sequence very scanty. The living, the value of which is re-
turned at 4281., is in the gift of Sir William Middleton, Bart.
Mr. Batiks is pommeled of a large private fortune, his acces-
sion to which was signalised by the expenditure upon the
restoration and ornamenting of the church before mentioned.
to the amount, it is said, of 6,0001. Tt is lamentable that •
mat of such liberal spirit, and such an undoubtedly amiable
character, should have abandoned tlat Protestant faith in
which leis vows were taken ; but it must be acknowledged
that his departure is far better than the continuance of some
others of the neighbourhood in the outward profession of a
creed, which by their practice and preaching they belie.—
ANT mod Norwich Pea.
GALLANT CONDUCT.—Recently, a small fishing-
bast, containing a men and boy (father end son), was sud-
denly upset in a meow squall in crowing Blomal or Blue Mull
Sound, which separates the islands of Yell and Unit, Shet-
lend. The boy succeeded in securing a hold of the boat;
bat the father' whose vigour Is considerably impaired by a
long-standing spinal disease, was scarcely able to maks say
effort for his life. The boy succeeded, however' in drawing
him close to the boat; and, by seizing the collar of his
jacket In his teeth, and holding up hie chin with one band,
while be retained his hold of the boat with the other, con-
nived to support him till relief was fortunately supplied.
Thar mks were heard on shore by a young woman,
Haan Petrie, who Immediately procured the aIF•
SWIM° of her brother and stater-In-law, and har-
ried off la a boat to their se.imance. The boy
was talent Into the boat; but owing to her littleness, and
the extreme exhaustion of the father, they had to ampere
hiss still in the water, while they palled away for the nearest
. Altar eihMing a landiag with coosidemble diner
andamwsy, odconveying the rescued people to thas
home, and seeing to their comfort,e
they immediatelyetartwi...
to save the poor fishermen's boat, which was gloom
on.
ci his worldly substance, and next broa6t it •Ifig.7 on moo~'
The generous and intrepid conduct of t=i4lflealf,
that[
more worthy of notice, as the two foe saw
aged father, were the mesas of mooning a polo, or boar.
crew last year in the same sound, 6141."7.
hearted fishermen were afraid to von t tne state.:
the imam. Their pliant 00041114110 M.
fromettrolLoton
a mall 111012 of roomy end a medal each
• Shipwreeked Markers' flulit7.—.Edetbary4 &press.