The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

to be takes seder the ad be taken by ballot, ss under the
Metropolis Loot* liatmgement Act.
BARRACK MASTERS.
Mr. LANIGAN asked the limeetsry of Seats for War
when the amusgewent tor imp...visa the =damn of barrack
mouses would be carried into effect
Mr. 8. HERBERT mid, if the salogement were carried
oat, barrack mestere woold.,:to s certain degree, be besetited.
They would be div.ded iota dames, sad removed hem cites
to elms. The whole subject received great sitenti..n from his
predecessor, sad he hoped to be able in a few days to au-
natant whet decision bad been come to.
SHERIFF COURTS IN SCOTLAND.
Viscount DUNCAN asked the Lord Advocate whether it
woe the Inmates of the government to ialude any pro-
visioa in the emusatee of the patient year far sheriff courts
in Scotland ?
The LORD ADVOCATE mid in the eatimetes for the
present year there was no such rum, nor was there in the
estionvere of their preSeremors, sod indeed there could not be
without ea se* of parliament authoriaiog it.
LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE INDIAN ARMY IN

THE MUTINY.
Mr. W. VANSITTAR asked the Secretary of State fur
India whether the report from the government of India re-
'pectin coropeneation for losses sustained during the late
mutiny hod men received ; and, it so, whether it was hie in-
tention to ley such report on the tabled the house.
Sir C. WOOD staid a report had been received on the sub-
ject, sad was under consideration. He was not prepared to
my whether be could bring it before the hem.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Mr. R. JAMES asked the Seeretery of State for the Home
Department, whether my iniennettun had reached her Ma-
jesty's goverment to the effect that more than two data of
the provieeled and torsi stancluds of weight. and Pleasures
have beenueed months& twenty yeses without re verification,
and that the same are defective mad *sat, mad cannot be
relied on as tests of accuracy; that Onch steadied• neverthe-
less furnish the legal mans and evidence by which the in-
tegrity and accuracy of the weights and moisture utted by
the Mideenien for menmerelal purposes are secertabied and
testatd; that legal convictions take; place, and penalties are
enforced for non-conferroity to such standeres ; and, if
so, whether her Majesty's minister@ intend to take any stem
for the premed= of so greet an injustice.
Stir 0. C. LEWIS mid the quotes to which his hon. sad
learned friend referred was founded on a report by the Astro-
nomer Royal, which wu laid before parliament last seados,
and on which he stated that with regard to standard weights
which wee. &petted in the Exchequer under the called, of
the Comptroller of the Exchequer, there hod teen II da-
dewy of veriticatioe fir the purpose of comparison with the
weights and measures in actual use. At the same time there
were certain secondary weights and measures deposited with
the municipal bodies which were used for the verification of
weight. and memos formerly by the ineeectors of weights
tnd measures, and now by the police in case of information
fur detective weights and niesettrim The cemetim he was
now tithed was whether means had been taken for the earl-
Mutton of these local weightesed leeeeliele with the weights
and measures deposited in thiClimisquer. It queered from
the report that there had been a dallmency in neveritiosion
in the lent twenty years. He apprehended that the promo
of re-verification nted not be often repeated inasmuch as
the weights gni measures were nut subject to great weer sad
Mar, and the law did DOS provide any means of defraying the
mt.
it,. WALPOLE asked if the right hon. gentleman would
being in a toll requiring re-verilloatien from time to time.
Sir G. C. LEWIS bed no objection to bring in such a bill
provided that the question of expense could be settled. It
would be seminary to determine whether it should be de-
(rayed by Mired bodtco, or by the mummy, and he had
not had an opportunity of examialeg the question.
THE LONDON CORPORATION REFORM BILL.
Sir J. SHELLEY eakee the Home Recretery whether,
under the cireumatenese oldie eseskm, he would procited with
this MD, and whether it wen net desirable to memos it till
nest yew.
Sir G. C. LEWIS sad he had been led to anticipate that
them would no general opposition to the bill.
THE FINANCIAL uTATEMENT.
Mr. HORSFALL sekel the Chancellor of the Exchequer
when be intended en bring forward the budget.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I cannot,
I em drab!, give an absolute answer, sett Y dependent on
what time may be occupied by the naval and military esti-
mates; betel they should be happily concluded to morrow
night—scat I should hops the house would be Inclined to sit
later to tioish them—l shell be able to make my thawed
statement on Monday next. (Haar, hear.)
THE ARMY.
On the order of the day for going into committee of

=try,
r. H. BAILLIE sailed attention to the report of
the cominimioners appointed to inquire Into the agents"•
lion of the Indian army. lie obeerved that this wee a
matter which involved the efficiency of her Majesty's army
in this country as well as in India, and ought to receive the
serious coneideration of the house in the poorest state of
political affairs. Au opinion was expressed in the report
teat henceforth an army of not leas than 80.00.1 European
troops should be permanently retained in oar Indian
empire. Now, there would be couch difficulty, in
his opinioo, in maintaining such an army in India in
time of wee. The force now in that country was
about 85,000 men; but the consequence had been
that, in spite of all our efforts, we had not been able to rates
in this country the number of men voted by Parliament last
year by 10.001). end we bad been obliged to call out 25.000
militia to do the duty of regular troops ; so that the army
was didelent 35,000 men. -The question wee, could we, with
vodentary eulietthent, ease end unnistats wo harp en army as
to allow of a permanent tome of 80,000 mw bdng kept in
ladle, with due regard to the wants of our numerous atoning
and tali souneencies of the mother country in the event a
wary He inquired whether the Secretary of State for India
intended to bring this question before the boom.
Mr. VANSITTART could not urns with his bon. friend
that this country was not in a posidon to =detain 80,000 Eu-
ropean troop its India. At the present moment there viral
86,000 actually io lone, independently of the old Coropasy'sl
regiments, which were 20,000 or 25,000 men strong. The
opinion of the ormothainnere was that thereought to 6.60,000'
Earopeau troops in Bengal and the Puojann, aid 15,000 in
mush of the two smaller presidencies. The commissioner.'
were not unanimoue as to whether three troop should form •
local forte. or 'isnot(' be part end areal of the Roy .1 Army.
His own opinion was that it should be composed of both de-
mefptions of fovea.
Der C. WOOD made a few remarks, the purport of which
could not be gathered with certain.), from the fragmentary
eentenori that reached the gallery. He did, however, agree
that the European force to be maintained in India would
depend entirely upon the way the taint ry was governed. He
also was understood to express en opinion that the force that
would be required if the country was properly managed wee
as greater than the Indian revenues would support. With
respect to the general subject of re•orgenising the army. he
mooed himrell from at present bringing it forward, on the
ground of the importance and complexity of the subject, and
the 'bonnets of the time he had been in °Ma.
General PEEL said It was important there should be no
iniatake as to the number of tromp there wale in this coun•
try; end he was very pled thereto' that hie hon. friend hid
given Mtn an opportunity of answering a letter whtela was
written in • very different spirit front those of an ationymone but
well-known correspondent of °mot the newspapers. Int:lading
the embodied regiments of militia end the men at the depots,
the number of teen voted let year for the British estebliehe
mutt we. 122,655, and for the Indian establishment 106,902,
mates thus a total of 229,667 moo voted by parliament. The
number absolutely raised was 219,912. (Hear, beer.) The
question with which be had now to deal wee where (tees
were stationed f There were in India 85,219; and there were
en their plunge home 6,725 met. These were still on the
Indira establishment, and still paid by the Indian govern-
ment. At home there were on the British establiehment
64,653. In the depots of the Indian establiehment et home
there were 2_1,769; and In the colonies, 42,546. Three
figures added together =told show 219,912 men actually
raised, and now receiving pay. (Hear, hear.)
Colonel P. HERBERT pointed out that the Dumber of
men said to be on the British establishment included
the °Morro, sergeants, and drummers. In reality the
rank and die did sot exceed 96,606, which was a material
diffarence from the figures stated by the right bun. and gal-
lant general.
Lord STANLEY said it was not possible to 111 with cer-
tainty the number of European troops required in India.
That must entirely depend upon financial, political, and
strategic considerations. Hs did not Martell attach much
weight to uierocsijecturalestlmates in such& care. The same
remark applied to 'lmproper ion of nstiveto Europeensoldiers.
That woe a question which must depend entirely upon the
working of that military police that had been established
now so large a portion of the country; and he did not be-
lieve that the government, either at home or in Calcutta, was
at parent in a pceiuon to form any very decided opinion on
the subject. He was strongly of opinion that a local
force should form part of the ledian eetabliahment.
It was a matter nut only of expediency but
shoat of necessity that a considerable portion of Hi. Euro-
peen forte should be specially raised for India,—(cheses)—
not only for the sake of leaving the expense of traneport and
relief., but in order that there might be soldiers acclimated
Di the country, for it wee well known that a great portion oft,
the mortality oconned in the regiments newly salved.
Atter is few ramarke from Colonel Sykes, Sir De L. Evens,
and bir B. Colebrook., the sahjea dropped.
SALE OF SLAVES BY BRITISH COMPANIES. I
Mr. GRIFFITH celled attention to ate recent awe at
"Bantc. e. Ilficlittl,“ sad raked whether the classes la the
sat 8 and 7 Victoria, cep. 911, authorising the eats es slaves
by British jralabotook cowponies, Amid not be repaid.
Lard J. RUSSELL said the matter was ander the cowl •
deaden at the law dime et the wows.
THE DOVER PACKET ON RACT.
Thae.A. eionk:Wletkett.
Dp.ragalepaubsilateltilig...ms‘thewhfoh tbewnwEinh des
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clued his istestka to make the saleset of dlscosekes,
end white te wait.