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

DUBLIN POLICE,

Mr. GROGAN —rose—; move for a select com-
mittee to inquire into the system and managememt
of the Dublin Metropolitan police force. He contended that
the powers of the police were arbitrarily exercised, and sub-
mitted that, as the queetion involved matters of considerable
detail, it ought to Le investigated by a committee, when the
evidence= both sides could be fully considered. (Hear.)
Mr. VANCE seconded the motion.

Mr. H. II ERBERT maid be bad hoped that tho private
mesons which he had given to the hon. gentleman would
have induced him to postpone his motion particularly asthe
Attorney-flatters' for Ireland wasunavoidably absent. For
two years bills had been introduced into tho house on this
subject ; and if the government were ready to discuss the
question—if they were ready to accept euggestions from the
other side of the house—if they were prepared to azruage
clauses which were objectionable—so far from Liking for
committee and thus shelving the matter, the hon. gentle-
man ought to assist the government in providinp a remedy
for the grievance/ which he complained of. That remedy might
be fairly and calmly conAidered when tho government bills
were brought under discussion. If the hon. gentleman's
stetiMica were Intended to show that a particular town or
district was over-policed as compared with places In England
he was likely to WI into a very great error. If it could be
shown to the executive that the present number of police was
momentary, they could have no reason for supporting an
excessive number. (Hear.) During the recess the Attorney-
General for Ireland and himself had turned their attention to
the subject, and but for the ;absence of his hon. and teamed
friend three bills would have been introduced, embracing
different portions of the subject, so that they might be
dealt with. It was to follow the
rtgPlal example, and instead of two to
have one oommiaidonar and an assistant commissioner. If

the police had exceeded their powers in any reepect, the
parties aggrieved had a remedy before the legal tribunals.
The subject could be math more properly discussed in the
house than in a committee, and he therefore trusted the house
would not agree to the motive. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. VANCE was astonished end surprised that the right
hon. gentleman had refused the appointment of a committee.
The house then divided, when there appeared—
For the motion lO6
Against it 2OO-96
THE RECENT ANNEXATIONS IN INDIA.
_ _

The next matter on the--
ppaper was a motion by Mr. H.
BAILLIZ, to call the attention of the house to the mums
which had led to the rebellion in her Majesty's dominions in
the Bast; and for copies of a secret despatch signed by the
President of the Board of Control, in the year 1831, ad-
dressed to Lord Winton Bentinek, and ordering him to
annex or otherwise annum the administration of the king
dom of Oude; of the despatch of Lord William Bentinck,
explaining his reasons for not carrying those orders into
effect ; of the correspondence which took place, through the
secret t of the India Howe, between the President
of the of Control and the Governor-General of India
in the years 1833, 1834, and 183.5, in reference to the annexa-
tion of Oude; and copy of a note or minute signed by Sir
Henry Ellis, when a member of the Board of Control ex-
plaining his reasons for dialoging from the projected an-
nexation of Cods.

Lord PALMERSTON appealed to the hon. member not
to bring forward his motion now. The subject to which he
was about to call the attention of the house was a sect of
renthesin to that on which the debate was adjourned, and
he thought it would be better to allow the house to come to a
conclusion at the latter Brit.

Mr. BAILLIE called attention "to the causes whisk
have led to rebellion in her Majesty's dominiona in the
Foot." He began by referring to the various hypo-
theses upon which different Indian politicians had emeders-
vowed to account for the mutiny of the Bengal army, sad
the causes to which they had ascribed it. Under these cir-
cumstances ho had deemed it his duty, he said, to date what
he believed to be the real cause of the rebellion. The general
opinion of our fello‘ countrymen in India—which they
were unable to express owing to the restriction imposed
upon the pre as—was that the rebellion had its origin among
• portion of the Mahornedan population, who had
taken advantage of the state of India, through a
policy which had been pursued there with a reck-
less disregard of oonsequences. Eminent Indian
statesmen bad recorded their opinion that the wholesale an-
natation of native states was alike impolitic and unjust. He
cited condemnations of that policy by the late Duke of Wel-
lington, Sir J. Munro, Mr. M. Elplunatone, and Lead Ellen-
borough, and enumerated the states which since 1833, when
the annexation policy commenced, had been incorporated
with the British dominion in India. He then adverted to
the eiree--' lee attending the annexation of Onde while
in - with Pirsie„and when tho

trir Vitae armed in a war v,._ _ num-
ber of European troops in India bad been reduced ; and be
declared that the manner in which that measure had been car-
ried into effect, by the derangement and dislocation of all the
easiest machinery of administration In that province
redacted the greatest discredit upon Lord Dalhousie
and apes the government. He gave no opinion regarding
the whims of the annexation policy, but he complained of
the faulty manner in which it had been carried out. Acme
of them acts might be, others were not, measures of neces-
sity ; but he toothed himself to what he considered to be the
Immediate cause of the late dimsters in India—Me annexe-
bon of Dude. He traced the history of this measure, In
which, he aid. Lord Dalhousie had been merely an Instru-
ment, sad emdemnel in severe terms the plea or pretext for
seizing the pommeling of the King of Oude—.sanely, the
oppreedvmante et his government —w
H.
hie
wee maw digesting than open violence. Es themernaciastt
et India would be better employed in
ON OVrirammetirsal administration than In wasting the mammas
(tithe eenetry fa inning native states. He concluded by
movieg_for eurtebt papers
Mr. V. PhilTE observed that Mr. Bairns had not thrown
week light wpm the cause of the mutiny of the Bengal
army ; be had dwelt upon only one came, the annexation of
Onde. eat It was notorious that we had made no advance In
the Imowledge of the reel causes of the mutiny. Mr. Baillie
bad alleged that the policy of annexation had began in 1833,
but he was completely mistaken. There never had been a
policy of musexation. which would be a policy of acquisition,
and no government had laid down such a policy. He was
sorry to hear Hr. Bailie my that the annexation of Dude
was doscroditable to Lord Dalhousie. That measure had been
long before the house, and be contended that Lord Dalhovaie
had acted in the tremactles with great dleciretiou. The King of