The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoxoAT JULY 13.
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Tiiiirai;;;;lst at lour, and the Royal assent was given by
oommidem le the following bills :—Trurnpike Trusts Ar-
Hanley Borough Isempiration ; Militia (Ire-
Warsieritetruesdinent ; Bound Dolle ; Sites for Work-
loads,: k Corporation Amendment Aet ; Wilruston
mall Lawton load.; Fimerburgh Harbour ; North-Eastern
▪ Mmtlepool Docks and Railway Company's Am**.
Mafia ; Forth and Clyde Junction RalL ; Laadport and
fisaglina Immovermats; Weymouth Farris., and
Approach's; South Durham and Union Rail-
way; Ely Volley Railway ; Glasgow Gan_ St.
Church ; Liverpool New River Company ; *set Hartlepool
Railway ; Mansfield and Workonp Road; Portadown Water
Fawnhope and Holcue Bridge; North Eastern Railway; imd
Ipswich Water.
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Harrowby, and Lord Campbell
THE INDIAN REVOLT.

The Earl of ELLENBORGUOH was anxious to put a
question to the noble earl opointe with reference to the new.
which had just been received from India, and with referee,*
also to the comae which her Majesty's government intended
to pursue. It was now three months since the winds of moat
men bad been directed to the state of the army in that
country, and every mail which bad deco arrived had only
tended to increase the anxiety which woe felt. Never-
thelme, no official informatien whatever bad been given
by her Majesty's government to parliament ; but they
had been left to depend upon private letters, and upon arti-
cles in newspaper. The empire was in danger, but they
knew nothing whatever either with respect to the causes of
that danger, or with !revert to the measures which had bees
adopted by the government to meet it. (Hear, hear.) That
woe a state of things which ought not to be allowed to en-
, thus They were told by succemire telegraph, that the
ends was past, that the danger was over, and that things
had been at their worst. But that wee not PO. In MCP like
this, when extensive mutinies bad taken place, things only
went on from bad to worse, until the strong hand of power
interfered sad minimised ode more the authority of the geo
vernment. (Hear, bear.) Those who called themselves the
public Matthews of the country were endeavouring to
induce wean to believe that thin was a wain, caluntity
to which ray slight measures indeed would eutffie to put en
esd. (Hear, hear.) It teemed to him (the noble earl) that
thereinto tees amongst us like that Pagtrintil animal which,
when pound by ita pureuere, hid its head in the sand and
thought that it was unseen bemuse it could not see. (Hear,
bear.) But all Europe wee regardin with the deepest in-
terest the conduct which her Majeety e government might
panne ; for upon that conduct would depend not only our
present eharacter but our future petition in the
world. (Hear, bear.) Ile did not believe there existed in
either house of parliament any indisposition to rant her
Majedja government any mettle for which they might acik.
Upon them, therefore, netted the rearusibility of the enures
they would pursue; and if they took a foam step, the diagram
would be with then], although the loan would un-
doubtedly be ours. It depended upon the noble viscount
(Led Palmerston) whether be would obtain for himself
a repatatien lOPOital to that which was obtained in difficult
'manageress eirrummences by Lord Chatham, or whether
hie government should be known to posterity ma the mot
onsentems, the moot disastrous, and the most disgraceful
which bed existed in this country sine, the time of Lord
North (Cheers.) Sine(' the government had received the
het telegraph, their conduct had been right—they could not
ban appointed a better officer than Sir Cohn Campbell.
(Cheese.) Ile (the noble earl) hod at all time, Id a higher
opinion of that gallant officer--en opinion derived fen. the
We Sir Charles Napier, sad confirmed by embedment ~leerr-
ation—than of any other in the Indian army. (Hear.)
But to give full effect to the appointment of Sir
Colin, two thlnge were necessary. In the fleet
tow, he meat be reneged from the thraldom
hieh it had been too customary to subject the remniander
In the field -the thraidoat, ninety, of t_e political agents
(Hem, Merl The same powers should be committed to
hire which were confided to Lord Harris by Lord
Wellesley; and he need not remind their lorclehipe what
swamis rewarded that generous measure. (Hear, beer.)
He perceivedlitoo, with great eatisfection, that the Indian
d appointed Sir Patrick Grant. (Cheers.)
a would not ask whether that appointment wee justilieble
in a aridly legal point of view; for he thought the Indian
government were bind, in a num of public chimer, to
*sleet the beet man; and in so doing they had deferred well
of their country, (Cheers.) But on the arrival of Sir C.
Campbell, the powers of Sir Patrick Omnt would cone;
but he (Lord lilksborough) considered that it was
of the utuimt impatience that the Oovernor-General should
bare Sir l'atrick Grant for a military dinar. That great
object might be effected by the Court of Directors appointing
Sir ratrsck an extraorthnary mediae of Council. (How,
hear.) There was at present a may respectable officer in
the Connell, and then was a very expectable military
secretary but there wee nothing is their previous serves.
which would enable them to give to the Governor-Genedil
' of India that authoritative drive upon which he might rely.
It was, therefore, meet desirable that the Council should be
reinforced by Sir Patrick Grant. (Hem, hear.)
Earl GRANVILLE demurred to the noble earl's com-
plaint that the government had withheld information red
peeling the Indian army, and ho challenged him to point out
any dradon on which they had hesitated to answer any
question which had been put to them on that subject. He
was quite sure that there would be no objection on their pert
to lay before parliament the information which would pro-
bebly be received that evening or on the following day.
With regard to the intelligence which had already arrived, he
molly thought that their lordships were in poseoraion of it all.
The government had only received three or four telegraphs,
won from Malta, some fromMPPSCHIPS, and some from
Trieste, the whole autdtance of which had appeared in the
usual sources of information; and he had nothiug to add
except that one telegraphic deep itch stated all wee quiet in
the Panjutb. (Haar, hmr.) Ile could mews the noble earl
that the government would coneider well the matter ho had
brought bone them, and that they would intender it was a
meat serious question. (Cheers) But when the noble earl
talked of calamity, diegrace, end diameter, he (Lord Gren-
ville) could not any that her Majesty's government tharod in
that view of the cam. (Hear, hear.) Ile (Lord Grenville)
would not enter into any prophecies, and he thought that the
noble earl, notwithetanding his experience and knowledge of
the enVect, would perhaps have acted more wisely if he had
madded himself with giving an opinion upon the facts which
bad transpired, and if he had not gone into speculations
which were need in a certain degree upon imagination, and
spun the probability of what was likely to come to
M(Hear, hear.) At the mine time nothing could
ore interesting than the noble earl's remarks;
and he could immure him that whatever he suggested
ea mach a aubjeit, though not always adopted, was always
tide the subject of odious eneideration by her Mejedy s
e. (Hoar, hear.) With regard to military detail...,
C (Lod Granville) we. quite incompetent to speak; but
even if he was not, he thought it would be inconvenient to
follow the noble earl into them. So farce her Majesty's
goviesment were acquainted with what had dimmed, they
Inn perfectly Mimi= with every atop which had been
taken (Hear, kw.) With regard to what they were doing
at May he weld arms the hoses that to, moat denied
Pronnekin world be tan to strewth= the hands of the
=verse= of India. (Hear, bear.) There was an im-
pend= =read that bar Majesty's government was in poe-
=miss of Indemethe rte pertieider pence= of whom they
had as Informaties whatever. He was sorry, however tu
a= they were Wont= that Gemend Antra had died hem
theism. Those who knew the character of that Reliant
''easy ware aware that he was • man of great ability, of