The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-02 00:00:00

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NORTH LEICESTER.

Mr. O'Malley stated, in answer to a question put by a mere-
ber of the committee on Saturday, as to the number of persona
who voted at Syston, that the numbers were 54 for Lord
Manners, 44 for Hartopp, sad 167 for Frewen.
Mr. Rodent! objected to any numbers being stated with-

oat proof.
Tito oUtssittlttfto divootred tho dark to mule the gal-books
end report during the inquiry.
Evidence was them oontfuued relative to the Intimidation
Chet took pleas et the Peck Bone et Syston, and sr to the
employment argon.
The committee adjourned until tuts day.

HUDDERSFIELD.
Mr. Serjeent Pigott having addressed the committee on
behalf of the "Alia, member", the prteeedings were ad-
journed till Thursday.

INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—The committee
of this fund bas received a letter from the Cape of Good
Hope, enclosing a remitter:we of 1,0001. from the local co.-
mime of that colony to the oentral fond. This sum is in
addition to 6,430/. remitted immediately after the outbreak of
the mutiny, through his excellency the Governer of the Cape
of Good Hope to the Governor-General of India. The libe-
rality of theerolonists and residents, and their sympathy with
the sufferers in India, wan sham nobly manifested by a sub-
uription amounting to 7,3871. A portion of this fund was
applied to furnish rations to the children of soldiers who had
proceeded from the Cape to India for the uppelealon of the
mutiny, as well as gratuities to the widows and children of
many who had died there. 17pwerds nt 5001. still remain In
the bands of the treasurer of the local oommittee to most for-
thee defies of a like nature. _

ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH
Col MOBL—Yesterday being the let of August and the 25th
annlversirry of the emancipation of the negro population in
the British colonies a public meeting vu held at the Music-
' ball, Atose-strut, Bedfotd-square, in celebration of the event.
The chair sou occupied by Lard Hroughsm, sod there were
also present Mr. Hicks, governor of Barbados and the Lee-
ward Wanda • Mr. ArosseaWallier, of Massachueetts ; Mr.
George Tbmnpeon,i &a. The noble chairman delivered an
eloquent address ea s subject which is so peculiarly his own,
and in the course of which his congratulated the meeting that
they bad lived to see the 26th anniversary of the pawns of
that great measure for the emancipation of their
negro brethren, and expressed his regret that the
example of England had not been followed by other countries.
Mr. h icb. governor of Barbados's, in a speech highly eulo-
gistic of the social virtues of the negroes, moved the first
resolution, stating that the retrospect of reniumipatton wee
satisfactory to the meeting. This was seconded by Mr. George
Thompson, and unanimously approved of ; am was also a
resolution moved by the Hon. Amason Walker, approving of
the culotte labours of the existing Anti-Blavery Societies In
Europe and America; whom the proceedings tenurnated in
the usual manner.

MR. COBDEN AND THE ROCHDALE NON-ELEC-
Toßo.—The non-electors of Rochdale have reuived from
Mr. Cobden the following letter in reply to their invitation
to him to address them before the soiree, at a public meet-
ing :—" London, July 27, 1859.—Dear Bir,—ln reply to
year Amur from the committee of the Nen-Electors' Re-
form Associatioo. I beg to my that It will give me very
sinnere erasure to meet them, It, well as all iither ulaswe
in Rochdale, at the earliest possible moment compatible with
my parliamentary engagements. Amason:wets are now
made for my visit to your borough on the 17th August,
end I have asked Mr. Walker to amuse fee the meeting
to which you refer. As far as my strength allows, I should
like to have the opportunity of efferiog my thanks for the
great kindness shown mein my Ablates to Wit who wish to
honour me with their presence at the naming public meeting.
There ie no desire for exoliyivenees on the past of env of my
friends in Rochdale.-1 tennis, years very truly, It. Cos-
DIN. Mr. A. Greenwood. Secretary."
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.—A clergyman of the
church of England, the donor of the Great Exhibition
Prize Essay, has offered two prizes of 60 guineas each—one
for England and one for realm, for the best way on the
Immense importance of a close anion of England and Franco.
both for their own interest and welfare, and for the peace and
happiness of the world, with suggestions on the beet mooni
of making this union Forpstaal. The Right Honourable
I.,rd Brougham and If wax, and the Right Honoureble the
Earl of Citywide°, have kindly consented to be the adjudi-
cators of the EntrHeh way._ . .

ROYAL COLLEGE OE Striaamts.-110 following
gentlemen having undergone the necessary exam'.
madam for the diploma, were admitted mem-
bers of the college at a meeting of the Court of
Examiners, on the 20th ult.ortz. Masers. Jobe Bete/lee,
Camberwell ; Frederick James Pena., Bayswater; Stuart
Delmar, Canterbury ; Daniel O'Brien, Calcutta; John
Campbell, Kinneff, Kineardimehire; Luke Patrick ShenleYe
Etrostown, county Roscommon • William Loris Fiercely,
Dublin; Alexander Bremner Tampion, Bother, Moral'
shire.
MARZIAGE OF MIL ALBEIT SUlTE.—Yesterday
morning Mr. Albert Smith was married to Misr Mary
Keeley, late of the Adelphl Theatre, Aims daushter of Mr.
and Mrs. Keeley, the well•lorown aed highly respected
comedians.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, ORAT'S-TEN-ROAD.—lhe
number of patients relieved et tide hospital during the week
ending July 30 was 2.882, of which 936 were new come.
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LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2.

Tin Indian Budget, which Sir CO ULM WOOD
brought forward last night, is perhaps the most im-
portant financial statement to which any member of
the present House of Commons has had to listen.
Let us glance at its main features.
On the 30th of April, 1857, join before the mutiny
broke oat, the debt of India wee 69,600,0001. In
the year 1867.8, tae additional expenditure caused
by the mutiny was 8,600,0001., and is the following
year more than 14,000,0001., together about
23,000,0001. To meet this deficit we have since
borrowed in India 10,600.0004. and in England
11,600,0004, together 22,000,0001. The estimated
expenditure of the year 1869430 is 46,000,0001., and
the expected revenue 36,860,0001. This gives a
deficiency of 10,000,0001. for the present year, which
is farther increased by • sum of 2,000,0001.,
being the excess of the outlay on railways
over the amounts which will be received on their at
count. The total deficit of the year is thus sees to
be 12,000,0001. Towards shaking geed this defi-
ciency, Sir C 11•11.15 WOOD eakalatas that the Wien
Government will receive 2.000,0001. fie• the 611
cent. loan, and there are also 4,800,0001. remaining
of the loan borrowed by Lord STA:IL aT early in the
ysse. These same added together, and denoted
from the deficit, leave 6,700,000/. to be provided hr.
Biz CIA SLIM WOOD proposes to take power* to
borrow 6,000,0001., sad to issue the remaining
2,000,0001. of the 7,000,0001. loan, of which Lord
Bret LIT issued only 6,000,9001., thus obtaining the
sum required is addition to the revenue to meet the
expenditure of tbe year. The debt of India, it will hi
nee, is already 96,000,0001., and the Paustom of
the Coracit of Pipit tells us that before the
accounts of the mutiny are closed it will he
100,000,0001.

These are serious facts, and demand prompt and
vigorous haaelliag. Of coarse the first Wog which
occurred to the late Government so eves as the
restiay woe soppremed was to attempt a redseties
of the euermosaly increased militaty expenditure,
which use matiny had relied from 12,000,0001. to
21,000,0001. annually, by bringing regiments her.
As if, however, to show us ►ow completely we en
at the army of the most samisen eirmunstanoso,
the disaffectioe of the Earoposa tramps of the Beat
India Company broke out, and arrested tie swan.
• CHAIW Woou does not hold out the least hops
that the military expediters will be reduesd to the
figure at which it stied before the mutiny he expecte
at tie most to get it dews by 3,000,0001. or
4,000,000/, sad Iwo leek. formed to • hither doddt
el 3,000,0001. or 6.000,0001. neat you. Us matt-
'Pipit's that it will take two years to adjust tF
cease to expenditare, and in the meantime be, or
sow other lotion Minister, will have to homy
mosey. This la a serious progneeticatioe,sepoeialy
when taken in connexies with the memoe espga
meats of the Indian Government, to which Mr.
Ca w.% room has seasonably called agouties.
Aftn detailing them ■eeomfortable disclosures

and forebodings, we wed not to omit anything that
premier a bettor state of things. The meowed
ladia is =skill steady progress. In four years it
has yielded ea Immo of 4,000,0001. In 1856 it
radioed 31,701,0004 and in the next year, 'pewit's.
standing the Weeny ispensties of the matisy, it per
Wailed the craw. I■ 18131.9 it was 33,800,0001., aad
tie estimated imam of tho carnet year is
314830,0000 The woof annexations is at sa ead.Pre-
view to 1837 each year had been a yeast amptial-
lien, sad saki:sash sea► annexed state boraght mead.
ditioital revenge, yet the result was invariably a lose,
the charge always exceeding the increase. We
have clamed that account, and an immediate improve-
ment of the finances of the country is visible. The
Pawn's= et the COUNCIL of INDIA Obeervile that
" the difficulties of that country are only temporary
difficalties, caused by events which no one can can•
" trot;" and he infers that when they have pared
away, India will resume her former course of pro.
'verity. This is what we are all hoping; still the
very suddenness and strangeness of those events
have given a wrench to public confidence in the sta-
bility of oar system in India which it will not soon
recover.

air CILARLIII WOOD will not extend the Imperial
guarantee to the transaction he meditates, but pro-
poses torah., the nquired loan on such credit as the
Indian Government enjoys in this market. But he
points out pretty clearly that to this complexion we
must come at last. He lends no countenance to the
theory which one encounters from time to time that
we ought to buy our money in the dearest market
for the sake of the impressive lesson which hard
terms convey. He does not think that we enter
• new era with more likelihood of economy for bor-
rowing at 8 per cent. the money which is only worth
4. It is in vein to conceal from ourselves that it is ice
who went this money, with it to govern Lutist that
whateve: forme we may interpose between um and
the public creditor, limiting his facilities for holding
or selling hie stock, and inculcating distrust, it it
we, atter all, who shall owe the money. It has bees
truly said that the MINISTER for INDIA will set
stop payment as long as the CHANCELLOR of the
Excitant En i• solvent. Those who seek to disesede
the Government from extending an Imperial gua-
rantee to the kens required for the public service in
India employ arguments which would be unanswer-

able if applied to Canada. Victoria, or Loy self.
governed dependency or penession, but which have
no meaning when used in speaking of India. We
may preach to India that this er that course is the
beet economy, but there is nobody there to
hear as except our own servants, to whom we
should send over something stronger than advice,
As a matter of account we conveniently distinguish
between the governments of India and of England ;
but in so far as responsibility, moral, political, of
financial, is concerned, they am one. To the Quiets
Lord C4SSING and tits Council are indeed reopen-
giblet bet to present them or the general body of
Indian fanctionariet to the public creditor as re-
@passible to him, woald be as fantastic as if a
gentleman should rein his tailor for payment to his
Rtitotios to the looking-glase.

You eaaaot hare at the au& time sad in the
lame country the fall power et a &spotless end the
responsibility of a free govensaset. We lerre in
laths oaly two parties M seal with t t • ons
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hand, • (Wetly set of faatattaarise ; aid ea the ether,
a body of tax-payees leeseseivably ameivens, bet
unorganised, with no some of a collective responsibL
lity, and determined to pay es little as they can for
the services we render them. Hitherto we have
gees ea making our rule u agreeable as po;sible to
the natives, of course with the most benevolent inten-
tions, but at the same time with a pretty clear per-
ception of the hopelessness of attempting to govern
them otherwise. It would have been no doubt quite
conformable to European usage to make the rebellion
pay for its own suppression, and it would have been
• solace to the British taxpayer to learn that
the ungrateful cities and states of revolted India had
hem made to pay for the rod which chastised them.
Bat we know that Lord CLYDE was only too glad
to get India quieted without this formality. I.
fact, although the Quires does not summon her
Hindoo and Mahound= subjects to representative
assemblies, the sentiments of the Indian taxpayer
have to be very attentively studied ; the great con-
cern
being to ascertain to what point taxation may
be carried without engendering that disaffection
which, in its violent manifestations, may destroy in
400 meth the revenue if a year. If we can either
;sarcasm the revenue of India by improving our sys-
tem of taxation or by reducing our expenditure, well
and good ; but hitherto we have not, in any part of
the empire, shown the world an example of very
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