The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-27 00:00:00

REGIMENTAL BANDS.

On the motice;OF fienTr;l66iiitiiiiiii,
'greed to for copy of the War-office letter of the 12th day of
October, 1857, declining to @auction the reconimeniation of
the General Commanding-in-Chief on the subject of regi-
mental bands.
BUPPLT.—THE ORDNANCE SURVEY.—THE
MILITIA.

The bons* then went into committee of 'apply.
General PEEL moved that a sum of 25,0061. be granted
on account of the Ordnance survey. By a mistake no vote
had been yet taken on this account ; and if the vote was not
now agreed to the survey would be stopped, or the money
diverted from that vote for some other object.
The vote was then speed to.
EXPENSES OF MINISTERS AT FOREIGN
COURTS.

Mr. 0. A. HAMILTON noieda vote of 477,000/. on ac-
count of different civil services, including 20,000 on account
of the extraordinary expenses of ambassadors and minlaten at
foreign courts.
Mr. WISE called attention to the great incresas la this
item. He took it for granted that 2/40001.was only a minty,
or a third, of the whole sum that would be required this year.
In 1861, the entire vote was only 18,0001. ;n 1853, 11,0001.;
and in 1856, 26.0004
Mr. O. A. HAMILTON said that these extraordinary
expenses had been very heavy last year on accoant of the
expense of telegraphs and nureages. Every ears world
he taken to keep down the amount.
, The vote was then agreed to, and the house rammed.
CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL.
This bill was read • emoted time.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then
nee, and after some prefatory observations, mid—l
will now at onus describe to the house the form of go-
vernment in England whiob we think ought to be aub-
@Stated for the East India Direction. In the bill which
I ask leave to introduce to-night that form of government
will take this shape we propose in the first instance that
there shall be a high officer of state, a minister of the crown,
who shall hold the rank anti fulfill the duties of a secretary
of state. When I remember the discussion of last night I
ought, perhaps, to pause for a moment and apologise to the
house for proposing to create another secretary of state ; but I
myself have never entertained such. opinion, and in all the
discussions I have never heard any satisfactory reason which
should render the institution of an additional secretary of
state in any case obiectionable—(hear, bear)—indeed, I have
always been taught that the model admuiistration: which
we should seek to imitate wee the old administration of
Prance before the revolution, which was adopted by the re-
public on account of its efficienoy, and has only ceased since
the establishment of the imperial institutions. In that old
administration every minister of the crown was a Secretary
of State, except the President of the Council and the Chan-
cellor. Ido not now wish to dwell on what after all is but a
point of form, but a question of principle. The Secretary of
State in our plan will be President of a Conucil of India,
with power to appoint a Vice-freakkeit. Rat, sir, I think
what the house is most 118110136 to dwell on is the mead-
tnUon of the Council of India over which this chief officer
Is to prtelJe and therefore, without any circumlocution, if
the housewill permit I will at 01108 COMB to the point. Sir,
we propose that the Council of India shall consist of eighteen