The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, April 6.
Lord REDESDALE presided, in the absence of the Lord
Chancellor.
THE MAYNOOTH GRANT.
The Bishop of LONDON presented three petitions
against the renewal of any grant to Maynooth.
ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES ACT.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented several petitions
against the Ecclesiastical Titles Act.
The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented several
petitions from Scotland praying for the inspection of re-
ligious houses; also for the repeal of the Idaynoth Act.
LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD.

In answer to Lord MONTEA.GLE,
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND said the Ad-
miralty, immediately upon seeing the telegraphic mes•
sage in the newspapers, sent down to the Admiral at
Devonport, and to the superintendent of packets, to
know whether there was any truth in the report, and
also to know why, if such an accident had happened, the
Admiral at Devonport had not sent notice to the Admi-
ralty, at least as soon as word was sent to the news-
papers? The Admiralty had as yet, however, received
no report whatever on the subject.
On the motion of the Earl DESART, the Bishop of
Quebec Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the Patent
Law Amendment Bill was reported.
On the motion of the Earl of DERBY the Mutiny
Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill passed through Com-
mittee.
On the motion of the LORD PRESIDENT the In-
demnity Bill was read a third time and passed.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
The Earl of DERBY moved that the House adjourn
until the 19th inst.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said that he
wished to make a remark which ho had re-
frained from making last night. The Noble Earl
opposite (Derby) had stated that communications
had been addressed by the Governor-General of
India to the commander of the Burmese expedition re-
lative to the conduct of the war. Those communica-
tions had been published in the Indian newspapers a
month ago, and at least a fortnight before military ope-
rations were commenced. The intentions of the Go-
vernor-General, his instructions to the general of the
army, the point against which the attack was to be
directed, and the determination to withdraw the troops
before the rainy season, would be known to the Bur-
mese Government. This constant and inevitable vice
in the administration of affairs in India must be abso-
lutely eradicated. It was essential to the credit of
the Government, the safety of the army, that
secresy should be preserved.—(Hear, hear.) He know
the difficulties which the Governor-General would have
to contend with in the preservation of that necessary
secresy, and Noble Lords would scarcely be able to form
an idea of the manner in which the secrets of the
Indian Government were betrayed. When he him-
self arrived at Madras on his way to Calcutta,
he read in a B3mbay paper several paragraphs
relating to the war in China, which he thought
he recognised as proceeding from his own pen.
Upon closer examination they turned out to be
certain instructions which he himself had written while
at the Board of Control, and not only was their sub-
stance given, but even the words, and so evidently were
they copies that a literal error which had crept into the
written instructions had also crept into the newspaper.
The same had been the can with regard to a report
forwarded to the Indian Government by a dis-
tinguished officer in Scinde, and at the time
of the Affghanistan war, when he (Lord Ellenborough)
was necessarily at a distance from the scene of opera-
tions, and not so well acquainted with the state of mili-
tary affairs in that country as he afterwards
became, he had thought it expedient to give a
discretionary power to the general commanding
as to the occupation or abandoning of Jells'abed. Every
particular of that order was known in the camp before
the general could have the opportunity of acting upon
it. Upon that he had determined for the future
that no military movement should leave hi; own
breast ; and, accordingly, except his own pri-
vate secretary and his aides-de-camp, no man
kaew anything about them beforehand. It was
by that secresy that the military operations
were afterwards conducted to a successful end without
loss of life. In his opinion secresy was more necessary
than any other point for the successful conduct of affairs
in India, and he hoped that some instructions would be
sent out to the Governor-General, that any means which
he took to obtain this end would be sanctioned by the
Government at home.

The Earl of DERBY quito agreed that this subject
was one of deep importance, and he entirely concurred
with every word that had fallen from the Noble Earl

their Lordships thea adjourned until the 19h instant,

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 6.
The SPEAXER took the Chair at a few minutes to Four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
—Derby Gas—Lancaster Waterworks, Cemetery, and
Gas—Medina River Navigation.
The Corris, Machynlleth, and River Dovey Railway,
with Branches Bill, and the Belfast Custom House, &c.
Bill were read a second time.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
Aberdeen Fire and Life Assurance Company.
Forth and Clyde Navigation.
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway.
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway.
PETITIONS.
Sir J. Y. BULLED presented a petition from Ply-
mouth against the Maynooth grant.
Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from a vicar in
the East Riding of Yorkshire against the removal of the
Crystal Palace.

ir B. H. INGLIS presented a petition from the
archdeaconry of London against any further endowment
to the college of Maynooth.
Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Hull
against the Extradition of Foreign Seaman's Bill.
Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from a
Young Man's Society against the taxes on knowledge;
also a petition from Bristol against the attorneys' cer-
tificate duty.
Lord RO3ERT GROSVENOR presented a petition
from the Metropolitan Sanitary Association, praying
for legislative measures to insure extramural interment.
ADJOURNMENT OF TUE HOUSE.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that the House, at its
rising, do adjourn until Monday, the 19th of April.—
Agreed to.
Mr' G. BERKELEY said the Chancellor of the Ex-
cheques had a
ment of the Ho
notice on the paper to move the adjourn-
; --ese at half-past four, and as it was only
a few la-flutes after four, he wished to know whether
the Hon. Member was in order to mow the adjournment.
The SPEAKER informed him that it was
for any Hon. 2a.competent
ADMISs ,-, Member to move the adjournment.
,-10,4 OF STRANGERS
Sir DE LACY OV COMMONS.
TNE HOUSE
sioner of Works whethe. rmitted
EV"E asked the e First Commis-
the public would be pe A-
to view the House of
journment? C911":"ai du.ring the Easter au
Lord J. MANNERS said the obstacles which pre-
vented straugers visiting the tic,
been removed, and those whol: of Commons had now
House a Lords would be permitted to
to see the
of Commons. A
pointed to inquire into the i
Committee, however,t° liait the House
pogrt,tMd ventilation
ghtin. had been ap-
, witioslvhich they
of the House, who had come to a re
recommended considerable alterations
ameliorate the sufferings of Members. Thereforeaiw tiot
would be impossible to give strangers access the
House during the entire Easter recess, but their 14adeais.
sion would only be subject to the alterations • going on.
PETITIONS.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Bel-
fast, against any public grants for horse-racing in
Ireland.
Mr. FITZROY presented a petition from Aberystwith
and other places in Wales, in favour of the County Court
Extension Bill.

Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from the
coal-whippers of the port of London, praying fur some
measure to redress their grievances..

Mr. GEACH presented a petition from Coventry
against taxes on knowledge.
PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.

Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the
public income and expenditure of the United King-
dom, in the years ending the sth day of January, 185 u,
1331, and 1852; distinguishing the actual payments
for the expenses incurred in the collection and
management of the revenue; for the charges of
the public debt (the terminable annuities being
also valued by estimate); for the expenses
of the Civil Government; the allowances to the royal
family, and to his Majesty the King of the Belgians;
the establishment of the Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland; tho
expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and the
Civil Departments; the other pensions on the Conso-
lidated Fund, on the gross revenue, and the ,Civil List;
also the payments for the administration of justice, diplo-
matic expenses, and on account of the sums voted for
the Army, Navy, Ordnance, and miscellaneous services;
also public works, bounties, Post-office, the quarantine
and warehouse establishments; and all other payments
not crazing under any of the foregoing heads; with an
appendix.showing the several items composing each
head of the account (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. .570, of session 185 I).—Agreed to.
THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD, AND TUB