The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-11 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

SAL SIIURY RACES,

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The County Plate was won by Miss Talbot.
THE WILTON PARK STAKES.
Himalaya
Borgia

Four ran.
THE STEWARDS' PLATE,
Weathergage •
Buckthorn

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented a
petition from a place in Scotland against the admission
of Jews in Parliament.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from native
born Jews of Great Yarmouth, in vestry assembled, in
favour of the admission of Jews to Parliament ; also a
petition from a place in Montgomeryshire in favour of
the extension of county court jurisdiction to cases of
bankruptcy.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from a
place in Yorkshire to the same effect.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition
from the British and other Christian inhabitants of Cal-
cutta and the neighbouring parts in the lower provinces
of Bengal, with respect to the renewal of the act for the
government of the Indian territories. The complaint of
the petitioners was the present state of the law, and
the inefficiency of the administrators. The judges
of the courts had to administer three different
laws :—English law for British subjects, Hindoo and
Mahometan law for natives. In all the amend-
ments of the law which had of late years been made
in this country, none of the acts extended to India, ex-
cept when some special clauses had been inserted to that
effect, or unless they had been adopted by the legislative
council. The consequence was that when any one went
out from this country he had not only to learn a vast
amount of law—Hindoo and Mahometan, which he had
never before heard of—but also to forget much of that
which he had learned in this country. Another point
of complaint wag-the system of the stamp duties which were
imposed upon all documents used in law proceedings,
which in many cases amounted to a denial of justice. They
also recommended that some course of study should be
framed in the Company's academy for the judicial branch
of the civil service, and that all who once embraced
it should be obliged to keep it. They complained next
of the present irlefficient system of police
.and the ad-
ministration of criminal justice. The police of India
was at present utterly worthlesss, and though ex-
ceedingl in number the whole military services, was
not of the slightest use except for the most unimportant
duties. With mgard to the facilities for the administra-
tion of criminal justice, they were so deficient that in
many cases justice was never done. It was after found
necessary to imp rison both prosecutor and witnesses to
ensure their prasence at the proper time, and a worse
expedient still was even resorted to that of proving true
facts" by false witneses. The petition then went on to
complain generally of the state of the civil service.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS EVENING.,

The SPEAKER, took the chair at four o'clock.
WIGTON ELECTION.
Mr. MILES reported from this committee that it had
come to a resolution declaring Sir John M'Taggart duly
elected.
The Windsor Election Committee were sworn at the
table.