The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-28 00:00:00

iIRTROPOLITAN GRAND JURIES BILL.

Mr. IN !OMEN Legged to ask the hon. number for Stam-
ford NT ha diet he intended to pinned with the Metropelitan
Grend furies Bill. It wee • bill of very meat importance,
and kept a great number of hon. numbers three until late a$
night watching for it. lie wished to know whether the hua.
member could conveniently ukase them from continued at-
tention to the matter, by stating that he would net proceed
further with the measure, seeing the hopelemnem of the bill
being carried thin *erasion f

Sir F. TLIESIGIiR said he Wee sexton, to obtain the
essent of the house to tbi.i bill, not only because it had been
long sod curni:stly call, d for, but beceuse he believed it to be
• measure Nvh,ch would b., highly u.eful. Ito had tried day
after day for ea opportunity to advance the bill, but he bad
tried in vain. There were various sinendioents to be pro-
posed. and, therefore, considering the shoo of publie busi-
ness, be thoughtit would be hardly possible to go any fur•
thor with the bill this *melon. Ile would, ouwequently,
withdraw the bill but, nest scssion, he alsiuld take a very
early opportunity of reintroducing it, and he hoped than to
emceed._

TVmk.

Lard PALMERSTON moral that the orders of the day
be postponed until after the motion of the right hen. gentle-
man opposite (Mr. Di+riie had been made.
Agreed to.

Mr. DISRAELI Olen row and said—l do not know any-
thing mole interesting, nor anything more instrnetin, than
to recoil the eommenerment of great events; it is remark-
. . . _

able how Mignificaut the incid;ts at the fine blush have
appeared, which have Dewed to he pregnant with mementoes
eouseqaencem, either at Constantinople or at Paris, where in
feet the two greaten revolutions of modem times have
taken place. Who would have supposed that when
we fleet heard of the rude relit of • Russian
sailor from a port in the Bleck Sea to Comtantinople
we were on the eve of the want of modern ware, and
en the eve also of one of the most difficult problems? and so
whoa a few months mu a paragraph appeared in our journals
of the mutiny of *mem regiment in India, I dare say that
very few people read that paragraph. I dare my they tamed
fur ammement to the MOM meting diaccunions in this hues;
and if the proceedings of the Ileum of Commons this year
bore not afforded than them resources, I dare say that
they were mote interested ie. the startling differences of the
polite offices. But, air, I hese always thought if man-
kind could only bring them/wives to ponder in time
on the commencement of those events that greedy
affect their fortunes and destiny, it la possible
that we might bring to transactions of various kinds
more prudence and wore energy than are generally brought
to bear at the ecinimencement of each incident., and that we
might prevent many public diseaters and calamain. It was
with that feeling that when the brat news arrived of the
capture of Delhi by the rebels I thought I was rely per-
forming any duty in attire...Mg atom inquirisa to her Ma-
Joey's ministers ea to their opinion with raped to the cause
Either* remarkable event., and the exact position of affairs.
I am bound to gay that at the time the sneerer which 1 re-
ceived impressed etc with the feeling that her Mojeety's
ministers did not view what had occurred in that spirit
which I thought Raiment important,. demanded. The house
will recollect on that occasion what was the infornettion
afforded us by the government. The eight hon. gentlemen
told the house that the Governor-General of India wrote
in very good spirits, and that her Mejeaty's government
hoped and treated—nay, believed—that by the next mail we
slip 1d hear that the city of Della had been razed to the
ground, and in order to afford that test of truth and el
damp, which la no thoroughly appreciated by the inhabitants
of the British Isles, we were told to leek at the state of the
public se enden Re were told that Mocks et Calcutta bad'
not fallen—cm the eirstram I believe had rather riern ; and
the inference to be drawn from that circurintance was,
that the danger wee wither profound nor extensive.
Well, the tone taken in the other hems of parliament by the
leader of the government there was not dissimilar. That noble
lord informed the country that the government were Dirty
taken by surprise both there sad in India, and that four-and-
twenty hours before the news of recent events arrived, they
did not suspect that inythhig was wrung. In that rieseratty,
moreover, which Is always considered to be peculiarly con-
nected with landed property, the fund test was also applied,
and when, in reply to the inquiry whether the public so-
melte. bad fallen in India, it DA* elated that they had not,
the answer was received with marks of approbation. One
ought not to view with tio critical severity the first ex-
premiime of the government on tee OCCUITPDOII of
each events that I fully admit; but when the
government bad had the advantage of being in-
formed, not merely by telegrapb, but by the
despatches, of all that had happened; when they had had
time to consider these events; when several evened., anxious
ones, I have no doubt, had been held, ten days, in short,
after the fret notification of what bad averred in India,
the bows was favoured by a greet ofilleer of elate, ono of the
principal members of the cabinet—incidentally, I mime, but
still on the occasion of • debate having some reference to
India—l mean the debate on the l'enien war—the house
wan then favoured, I say, with the natured opinion of the
cabinet on thews great events. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer informed the house that the revolt of the Bengal
army IV. • 'redden impulse occasioned by a auperetitious
feeling; and it was ekes. from the general tone ofthe govern-
ment, and from the expression of persons of authority
who, if net members of the guserninent, exercise
great influence in this house sad are &tenant the prin-
cipal supporters of the goverument, that the conduct of the
native troops in India was Imbed upon by the government
as merely a military mutiny. (Hear, hear.) That was, I
think, an elements which was used en 'het occasion. Now
I apprehend that it nee the greatest importance that we
should have as clear an idea as we can of the cave of these
event.. I said en the neemionto which I have just referred
that I thought we ought to be favoured with the opiaion of
the government on that subject. When the cause alleged by
the government appeared to to be insufficient, I 'maimed
to intimate that I-thought it wee the paramount duty of
parliament to investigate the causes, tf they deemed the OW
alleged by the government uneatiefeetory. Boma objection
was taken to that course. It we, said that this being a
military mutiny, what we bad to do was to pat it down, and
when we had done that we might mender the condition of
India. Now I humbly think that the question whether it le
a military mutiny is one of primary importaace. (Hear.) Is
it a military mutiny or is it • national revolt ? Is the
conduct of the troops the cousequenm of • madden
impulse, or is it the result of an °manned conspiracy? The !
house must feel that upon a right appreciation of that tome,
the greatest of all questions. nearly, the measures which the
government ought to adept and which parliament ought to
sanction, entirely depends. (Hear, hear.) The measures
which may be adequate in the case of a military mutiny may
not be adequate to cope with a natinnel revolt ; the treasures
which mey be perfectly sufficient in dealing with conduct '
which is the consequence of • sudden impulse may he totally
ineufficient in dealing with conduct which is the consequence
of a conspirmy emir matured, deeply laid, and extensively
ramified. (Hear, hear.) I therefore maintain that • right
lien by this house of the eause of the eresent Mate of
nin India is a primary step, without which we rennet
undertake or support any nissanme which may be brought
forward for the of putting an end to the disorders
that new I therefore, sir, would presume,
with the hatelgaase et the house, to address them
'pea thews two point,. I weld ask that brat to inquire
what are the weer of the present state otaffain in India, and
when they has enteral at a general ennele.ion on that
pelat, I wield ask these to inquire what are the proper
1001111111•1 to be adopted usher the circumstances. Those are
the two mints to which I would direct the attention of tem
house to-night, It Wag ay opinien that they ore inseparably
connected, and that airs we an veal • just conclusion
with rowel to Wares, it is impossible for in to adopt
a aut restudy. (Beer, hear.) Now, sir, it le not
aeg Wean= to Indio the boom to-alght with any
lagthard deeadglies et the eaulitica et the Ilengal army.
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