The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-30 00:00:00

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
THE MARLBOROUGH ELECTION COMMITTEE.
Mr. KER BEYMEIX appeared at the bee and reported
that the committee to whom had been referred the petition of
Winton David Lewis, oomplaining elan endue sheens fur the
borough of Marlborough, hod determined that Hoary
Biaghara Bering, Eaq., we• duly elected a member to ease
for that borough.
THZ MUTINY IN THE
On the ands of the day that the INDIAN
ARMY.
house go into csamittee
of supply,
Mr. DISRAELI Kee and said—ln the resent Rate of
puma affairs the house willoot feel surprised rf,before we go
bib oommittee of supply, ere should niche some inquiry of
kentikenty's ssannimedikeegant to the present suite of
oar Indian emptre. (Hesclisier.l It is only a " very few
years since this country wait involved in • wee, if not of un-
exampled magnitude, of an imperhuss that lute seldom
occurred In our history, In which this country
made very great scribes of blood and treasure.
The public debt of this oountry was considerably
beeteell by that war, the taxation of this country wee arm
cossiderettly eaCe..oll, sad nom of the beet live. of our fel-
lawwitieena het in that encounter. The country never
lot • 010111011 l murmured at that great scritiee, end the Me-
try Wee enthusies and the parliament wait unanimous, ht
supper:dog her Majmy's goverment in the last war with
ItuMia. But I believe that belt the conntry and the perm-
sent were greatly induced to take the hoe of email's which
they pursued on that occasion became they believed that the
claims of Ramis had • tendency to endanger our Indian
empire. Well. sir no wooer had pees been proclaimed, and
happily • , between Russia and Engbutd, than we
tionad amine involved in mother war—• sus with Peri&
For a long time the cause of that wee was unknown, and the
object of that war was, to rye less, perplexing ; but
W
the ian le d the parlimlnt. with great forbear`
sea with the went of causation that then prevailed
en that subject, seam there was • general toiseasion
that the 'visions between POMP. aod England weed •
estate very dialcult end slakes, that the intenseand am of our
ladienresre were involved In • right appreciation
nagestent of them, and that the Sacroiliacs of Persia must
be minesktri to form • barrier Wises our rivals end our
llen aspire. The last document that concluded the
penes between this country sod Reeds has oily recently
Wu signed, and the treaty of peas with Penta has only re-
cently been laid on the table. Then we found ourselves in •
third war—• veer with Chine. It could not be laid that the
Chinese would invade our Indian empire: it could not be
mid it was seressry to maintain China es • terrier between
our rivals and the Indian empire, but it wee rid to be of the
utmost imperial's that we should net permit foe • moment
the slightest indignity to our Sag in Chine, Mous it was of
the first rmportenee that the reputation of England should be
upheld inviolate in the BM, otherwise our Indigo empire
was in danger. It es ioduenced by these reasons that the
members of the house and the country have contentedly been
involved during the last three years in three great eastern
were, beesime, however mot the sacrifice, however great the
exertion, bower, great the call on One own renames, there
was a general whites that nothing should be shunned or
meld. elm the safety otour Indian empire was at make.
Well, we nod after this great exertion that the Means of
our Indian empire la indeed imperilled, not by the sties of
any foreign power whose movement both as regards
sad time would require a considerable interval to
before It could act upon our condition, but 71at
oar Indian empire is now to danger not by the
manceuvree end machinations of oar declared foe.,
but by In
anseilie—lntental enemies in • form
that we could not poribly guard against. We kern, within
the last forty-eight hours, that the sanest capital of Hin-
dus= ie no imager in our peesesion. And in whose pee.
snake is it ? Is the seession of our inaurrectimary and
Melba's mope. SG, this Is *condition of affairs that causes
the enmity lb, the, hens to make ems dematds on her
ilajesty'aminktees to throw .01110 light upon it
soil
to gim
some informatics am to Its causes, and above all to tell us
what they pewee to do la this emergency. The information
that oat reached us within the lest twenty-taut hours corn-
municates, perhaps, the most important events that certainly
have occurred in my public life, end I should think in the
nubile life of most of lo
ad who ere preset. Whatever may
is the various views s emotions which the members of
this house or the country gessepLlll may feel at this intelligepos,
I see quite sure them ie one eminent sentiment to which
all others, howler important, mast be subordinate,
and that le • determination to support the euvervign and
her Majesty's goverment in all thus rtwasures which so
Sam and critical an emergency may require. (Cheers.)
I em quite sure that the speed this country is so high, that
he resources are in great, that these is nothing they are not
pared to sedum, nothing they are not prepared to expend
pre
and exert in order to maintain that empire which has been the
best of this country for so long putt, and which is one of the
greatest sources of war power wealth, and authority. If I
have not Imperfectly expressed the general feeling of the
b... I hope It Is not unreasonable in one if I in-
quire from her llisjoety's ministers whether they an pre-
pared to respond to these sentiments in a =Meet con-
geeisl, whether they are prepared is • manner adequate to
the sermon to awry those frmlw into action. 1 think,
air, that we should not have been doing our duty
If we had lost • moment in making this Inquiry of her
Majesty's Waiters. I shoal be glad to bear to-night
whether se regard* their power or their promptitude thole
munres will be taken which an takulated to suatain the
honour sad power of this country, end to maintain our in-
terirmin India. I think that is the first end paramount in-
quiet which, under those circumstances, we are bound to
make of her Majesty 's government, and I think it is oat In
which we bare e tight to expect • fell end frank tionuansd-
cation. Bet, sir, I should not be performing what I think
to be my duty as • mobs of thin boos if I peseta with
that inquiry alone. I think we have a right to apse from
bet 114eaty's government that they shout ma en Stith in
their Opleige is the ems of this rest itheenalrt Viset,
bear.) This slunk, Ilse not been of • smiths
nature. Then have beet, and be no them
skiing& period, dark Tumours from India. ilia hole
made May anxious and thoughtful. Thee bes imeth the
messiest of many perOesmg incidents In that country
dank. estM net have been lett upon the eon-
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duty of ethanietring the Ore dr • pest sepia I
rat le knew, not tidy whet la •time 'pries a the arras'
mist has hoes the Erb ears d are alearliamerar leme
ha le w her her MeirWs eeleisier wa
I with slO
were herreserilf I whit is brew ass bat
=Mien whether, Is their frirks,ast or is at
ralgiser; whe It hme seisiniesi ia ate mehearaldillto
Nos of our elan ther
or is ma her liestbar,
which ought pabolo to ha" has *sumti.k.ava
if it could set have her reviser! f I to
know front her WOW, adielseers what hos her to raw
rel nature of the feemerialmtfiloo which they hew ease red
from the highest esetherlats, military and civil, fa Lao ea
these subjects. I wise to Low whether it tes=
months ego, the briers military eomthority in Lila
her Majesty's minister el the userethiectot7 Ler of ort
army to India. I with b: now earthier them bar her
placed before her ardesty'madder searresh err meow
plaints that our army is Isdis was irdradlawed. I via
ha know whether it hr has reporeeted to her IledieWO
ministers that
tridimiesereMilla had been ie:tn.,.
of asehring eliken is tiVil 0311.1
fir* wetter wtheaciaMi men of experience a.. rellit
their reepoidee mahatma ; whether that has mamba say
tnjorions hamence on the midi end disdains eAtles
I wish te know from bee Hear Warm atisfiberelt
civil sad military authorities a India bar bar ta area
with the informers whith they have Rhea. maths Neer
erstatior whist they bar ware • ahalher fhawerall aka
:=ttyy is Inas hes see 'we'd wart Ibe =IBM
ia the rag wideble essemetraal mod te
mars I weeMeelteeea I the areenertiersel et bah
neaps/ dr Met he hi&
yore Ms reriars I SU, =the &Pf
stress her IhteseM'• getieserala ahead rot id* Ilier
iniedar. I Is. esdeswarei set le err hie tog major
11:ramarrerbramfma 7
re" a. esbir slitting •• • •
Theirs
rereed limper fo • the Whir, I
raspy the ' ethers& si
ItMasagis•rulars map be aadortravalrfse toe
tih
wprilammik meil width Inesper
ilt sat dr" her werrehM Moor easler •
she lls eye, to the errors pail is whisk ell lie mal*
car istherity h' Isis Is prod hi, dr, Mrs le ley ass-
lidera hes err her ia the geserroist ef Or sert.l.
er str eer that 1 aka those thrall ar
with Nerd to ear position, or with roped ieet=which
is a mama at eager fir of calamity are tee Mir revelest.
(Been WO I beg to ra
portednee is 01111"0—aa
lwaterl bar ex this herese—that
the Serve by whirl we bold Islas s bell ma Tibia
I rant that s ialetiller, by II ostler &Maar
is ear difbeent Bettis rsllldaa, ~la le lemamVmsay it is
DO 0•071111001•1 which .ad hoteregraseas te
he trifler rerhersec (Nair, bear.) Diet r
rerythatipeorate2eersi &list rodraglaar ten tP:
h es sr • grioanswat, the Rows will be
letforeft WiLbighre ettW
_the es~ opprote-
shy- due beliMpesee Wenter alt has preduced great
alarm in the capital of hoe Maimity's Ithids, it invites her
Majesty's government Lady to eayeeel what, in their
opinion, is the MUM of fhb greateattasity; and, above all,
whet am the means which they herd to take—er 0000 to
tek•—in order to encounter the perils which have arise%
sad to prevent the evil conerrewee which are to be err&
Kr. V. rose with mamas, molar as drip ewe
woad what of with plasmas/le MIL ea MIMI
Asir her gentletess. No or odd abbot inaggise.
sassiikries the gravity of the intelliOnla_whith hid bees
reseivell, rad the wertoest pcsithawhirt Ma bah
psalms had heil pablic rah., that the ,ht hew
robe sere inquiry sup maim
IMlArmilrendo.Veamentoment. la the re *hit
her s ere* them revery le to esetteeitke or
I!""jaamala a rata= be bards to the affect that the
war Nei hat inieteehma entirely In the secu-
rity star Isles oserriala—• staterasat err* he (Mr.
arr) anal aerie ett. (Hear.) The late war 11111
ast 'Warfel= tbet object. ,If it had been, we should
hare sill be. it, because he believed that if than
renew Tenor who objected to the conclusion of the peace,
it was the Wien government end persons in bar, who
woad have had Bank inthately am thwarted, and driven
Whiner farther hem the spreachr to our eastern p
sari
osses-
sions than Li bela the car The rightgent
sari what wars the airier her Merry's government hod
receival, sad what were the preparations they were making to
psi'e es& te the evd• which had braes out? 'ft bas.
gestimenbei den, berm te hisessM sad he sees
with the al the whole Lem end easeery when he
mid that he maidweeper, amen/ to forth& the government with
whereat aseameE.bie airmail. (Hew, bar.) Oma-
ha re ere. bee rarety's rrerarsort
tr=lif nod upon sending err releforomenta
In the IlAiddte of next mouth nearly ten
min woad leave them phone. (Hear, boar.)
Then dar 12110211.0 troops which were going out, partly se
rasa and pertly r recruits, amounted to 7,990 men, and
thaw Waiskaft to the nonipstey's trams mule up • total
aminthir 10,000 men. (Cheers.) The hones
Mee wen that the act of parlineent for the
posirememt of !bile prevented the home govern-
ing.' Rom seedier out more than a certain num-
ire of Queen'. troops, except upon the application
albs Court of Directors. Accordingly, the Court of Directors
'immediately on receiving the intelligence determined to make
epplicatien, but he seed not my that Mr Majesty's govern-
esses would, if memory, hem earl parliament to give them
fresh powers. (Hear, hem.) The court had, however, me
plied for 4,000 mesa so that in a short time 14,000 men would
he on their way to India. (Cheers.) lie (Mr. Smith) hoped
that the house would nut be led to exaggerate the mire by
the magnitude of the steps they were taking. Them troops
would be sent out solely. ea e measure of security. (Cheers.)
Is feet the only expression he objected to in the npeech of
the right hon. gentleman oppreite was elm be had used in
referee,* to the extent of the danger. When the right
honorable gentlemen told then ouse that our Judean
empire was imperilled by prober catastrophe,
he (Mr. Smith) must deny that that me the fact. (Cheers.)
Our Indian pneeessions were not in peril. (Hear, hear.) Ho
need not detail te the house the eireamstanees of the out-
break. for every gentleman had of course read the public
journals which centeimel pretty faithful narrative of the
transaction. Ile (Mr. V. Smith) was Irma of the India
service for the meaner in which they had acted. Nothing
could be finer than the conduct of Mr. Colvin, or of Sir
Henry and Sir John Lsorenee in Gude and the Vuejaub.
The Governor-General was delighted with them fur the way
In which they had acted. (Hear, hear.) The troops had
been collected round what the right hoe. gentlemen celled
the ancient capital of the Mogul princes, sod it was lucky
that the outbreak had taken place where it LI. Delhi wee
capable of being easily surreunded; so that if we could not
overrate the mutineers by force, we could do so by famine.
lie had no doubt, however, that their redaction would be
effected by form. Gemmel Amos hod sweated before
the place, and on the 27th of May he would
here had en ample force. unfortunately the need
left mat the 27th, and he (Mr. Smith) could not, therefore,
appriee the house that Delhi bad bees razed to the ground—
Geurreure)—but he hoped that by the met teal they would
learn that ample retribution had 10/11D emceed from the em-
irates. The right hos. gestlernaa (Mr. Dimeli) bad pro-
ceeded neat to inquire what were the amen of this drake-
thin. Various mum hid been bruited abut in wary, bat
nine of them had ever been peered neon the home govern-
ment, nor had my application ewer been me& by the Intel
governments for an inner. in the European troops at their
dimmed. The right hon. gentleman had allotted to the
withdrawal of military officers for the purposerof Ur civil
service. But that Li lien the habitual practice fr a long
series of year*, and had never been disapproved of by lint:-
mere gevernmente. At the mete time it should be renal-
heed that whenever • regiment wee called into action,
whether on foreign or domestic duty, it was the rule
that al the officers who were engaged in my
branch of the civil service *our immediately join their
mime (Rear, hear.) Mother rearm which had beer
alleged was on Interferrore with the Terrine of the native
roldiere. There bed arisen among the troops an idea that
there war to he a general conversion of the satire. There
bad been • mutiny, too, in the 19th Regiment, which arms
out of their reheat to bite a new cartridge. which was sup-
peed to be gleamed with en animal sulestance they armed.
Things Led occurred in Bengal which were well worthy of
the deepest erierdertition, but he did not think that anything
bed been laid before the government that would nuke out a
charge of neglecting to apply a remedy in that particular
tier. No doubt the Bengal wee the chief army that was
affected by this kind of disaffection. It was occasioned by
the enlistment of a higher caste of espori,. and the subject
would require the meet marching investigation at the hands
of the Indian government. (Hear, hear.) Then the riche
hoe, gentleman alluded to • matter which, comidering the
grave nature of the souse*, be could not help thrifts;
would hove loft better leR eat—be alluded to 11011111suppwed
differences between the Oeseuraaderia-Chtef .vent
the Go-
verner-General. He (Mr Math) was perfectly well aware
*at • rumour of Gais Idadibed be
Welted •about la Ovate
circles, but alas own kerwiathilo ha "ay "ahla 3 it.
lie had read private corarrhaitare her bah . Ores
distinguiehed perms, in which they err ta the telgleat
term+, ~f one another : and be bad as rues to ad& that
three had been any differomme letwers the thears es
Re
might very fairly mist between twe Mittj.,
certainly knew of noes of a charactee to fairlise Witi the
effleient. discharge of 1100 k high fonellithe. ma the AMA
hoe. gentleman withal to know whether the Goversoe-
General had not oared Ida retaliather,
_in big, he
had not actually reigmat. lie (M *h) could imeglies
no one leas May to leader his reirriles. Ler Orrin
hod shown threafforat greet arm Ma loathsome. He
(Mr. Smith) kJ suss the noble Ws Were." mid they went
full at colorer mietemildare. The flab load
himeelf me quite mew& thet be al era =s
this rebellion; and be rid that alma to her se be
would give be
beet seamlies he dr desiarrese rlika bel
lett tc it. (Item, hem) 11.9.31. iliitalmort cad-
&woe th ht. Oars bleed equal to ths
weskit. at
(Bear, beer.) The wig LT. seatimmaa diked
sheet a pale at Calcutta: but the teal rated pails
Nat. was shows by what was always esseidred *V&

rehires.
Mr. GLYN admitted that the Chancellor of the Emile-
quer had not exceeded the limits of the law; but he thought
something should be done to regulate the action of the
government upon this large amount of stock, which the
Chancellor of the Exchequer ought not to be allowed to ope-
rate upon without some limitation, and without laying annual
amounts of them before parliament.
Mr. MALINS complained it the Chancellor of the Ea-
elegem. baying the power of going into the money market
with a lotitious transaction for the put-pone of raising the
VI. in Stock
; Forelimbs routines,—what was coned,
" rigging the market." if he h.&
been al
J;al=thi. had been dons in roped to Ex-
obequer bille
Mr. MEGA; ELIN defended the couren taken by the Chan-
cellor of the Exobequer, whose power to deal with savings
banks' funds be hoped the how, would not consent to take
away. .
After scar conversation, in whichthe Chancellor of the
Exchequer Mr. Spooner, and Mr. Ayrtun took part, the
subject Exchequer
TIPS lIUPERANNUATIO'N ACT.
Mr. RICE "dig attention to the report of the commis-
I denim nada illepmemnoation Act, recommending an Mane-
ARM inmeamtherll,ool3(. a-year to the oalaries of the civil
"la itaattim inmate of 30,000/. a-year more.
•40
=CHEQUES suggestedb
ark Ile Lod Nam bed a motion epic this sulject fixed for
Ws
(Teneley) night, it would be better to deter the dimme-
d.= ill thou; but
Mr. RICH declined to act upon this suggestion, and de-
livered speech of considerable length, entering into many
details.
Lord NAAS complained cf Mr. Rich's disregard of the
usual courtesy of tho lumse in forestalling thie question,
and making an experts Matetnent, swore that the Chancellor
of the Exchequer and other memers oho hod spoken
already upon the question could not address the house
Mr. LABOUCHERE entreated the house not to engage
in such • dimension upon the question of going into • Com-
mittee of Supply.
Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the government would not
delay • statement of their stews upon this subject.
The home went into committee of supply, and the re-
mainder of the sitting was chiefly occupied in miscella-
neous discussion of votes belonging to the Civil Servies

-WeOn the vote of 71,2571. for the national museums of art
at Kensington, ike.,
Mr. SPOONER mooed as an amendment, that the
amount granted should he reduced to 59,0001.
In the course of the discussion which ensued,
Mr. JOHN LOCKE rose, not eo much to epeak le
the vote before the eommittee, R 2 to to
• word
on behalf of the people out of whose pockets them
votes would be defrayed. and for whose benefit, oaten-
aibly, they were intended. Representing as be did a
large metropolitan censtintenry, he felt it his duty upon
this the Seat opportunity to mete hie view. upon the aultpot
to which he was about to refer. The people of this metropolie,
the working i lam, had this cornOaint to make—thet what-
ever sum of money the house chose to vote they derived no
beneet from it ; that they had no opportunity of viewing
there collections to which they by the taxes they paid con-
tributed. (Hear, beer.) Ile had had opportunities of raring
them engaged in their labours, must arduous labour's,
from morning tin night, during every day of the week, an
the, whilst Liege scum of money were voted for the National
Gallery and the littlish Museum, they had no opportunity
of setting foot within those buildings. (Rear, hear.)
was going to say that which would be extremely disagd
itr
able to many who were his eonteituenta, but he believe
to be just. lie would pay, that if the working dames had
not an opportunity of 'biting them places on • week
day, they ought to hove the opportunity of visiting
them on the Sunday. (Cheers.) It would indeed be •
•beeefit if such en opportunity of visiting
= two places were extended to them. As matters stood
they had no means of recreation on the Simile), except going
out of town—an amusement to persona in their situation
even
too
, wetly to be frequently enjoyed. And in the winter
that was impracticable. Sure they might go to church or to
chapel, and he for one wee most milieu. that a visit to a
piece of worship should occupy a portien of a working es
Sunday. But they could Lot be at church the whoreo
Sunday—it was more than mortal man could endure.
(Chain' and loud
alaughte:r.)
extent
point,n
chiefly
f:t;etti their
1, pablkih sea
mase, to the detriment of their pocket's, treir he'alth,
their use nee
their domestic happiness. (Hem, hear.)
LlLetrwr.sewlngepen the institutions to which he had referred a
means of TeeletltiOtt would be afforded, and might
be slibeeli at inch hours ae would not interfere with a visit
le a place el worship. Certainly it was List ama
in nifest ac
w t of
f
*lke that means should be given for enablg those h
geed (Mauch places to visit them. (Hear, heir.)
Mr. CON INGRAM, while he t
angydi intend to oppose
Ines before the committee, muet cein proton irmainst the
wean of voting money for heterogeneous museums set up in
different parts of the metropolis. There were already, three
mparate miliaria. of painting., all belonging to the nation, in
I London. All of them might Ise contained in
them the holding in
Trafalgar-square—the proper site for (chet)—if
the Herd Academy were get rid of. (Hear, hear.) 'rhat
institution, admitted on sufferance to a portion of the building
in Trefelgar-square, was attempting by underhani meens to
oust the National Gallery, but itself ought to be the body to
quit that building. (Hear, hear.) lie trusted that the go-
vernment would take means to bang about that result. The
feet wee, that there was too much of the Teutonic element
at work in this
matter. (Hear, hear.) The system el touch- ,
puff up, mid altering, and Limning the works of the great
mestere had come from Berlin—(hear, hear)—under the aus-
pice. of one Dr. GustavusWitagen, of whom he should have
much to say on a future °caution. (leer, hear.) It W. for
the people to melts their influence felt in time matter, fur
they,-ead not princes, were, and ever bad been, the true pa-
trons. (Rear, beer.)
On • divimou, the original great was affirmed by' a twsjo-
eity of 167 to 11-e1.24 WOW -4
A enhaequene vote for the fleece's College in Ireland was
opposed by blr. *lt-Luxe, Mr. ranee, mil other mem-
bers i and • divlsbaa taken on a direst negative to the grant.
Thee, ippeated—Ayee, 169; Noes, 66; majority fur the
e, 114.
The Turnpike Trusts Abolition (Ireland) Bill wee passed,
through committee.
Other balls were advanced • Maga
ELECTION PETITIONS BILL.
Mr. ADDERLET moved the wand reeding of this bill,
the object of which, be raid, was to give some check to the
cellusive presentation or within of elesiion petitions.
The bill ounaiated of five clauses; one and 6.0 pr
vided that of
affidavit shank! be made by the solicitor
at egret of the bent Mae both as to presenting