The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-27 00:00:00

INDIAN TERRITORIES.

Lord J. RUSSELL said, yesterday he promised to
state when the Government measure on the subject of
India would be disclosed to the house, and he was now
prepared to fulfil that promise. It was highly important
that the budget should be disposed of as speedily as pos-
sible, and it was proposed not to take any measure of
importance until the house had got rid of that question.
It was expected that it would be finally disposed of in
the course of a month, and therefore after the Whitsun-
tide recess his right hon. friend the President of the
Board of Control would announce when the measure
would be brought forward. It would be fixed for some
day between th 20th and 30th of May.
VINEGAR DUTIES.

Mr. FAGAN wished to ask the Chancellor of the
Exchequer whether, in the event of foreign vinegar being
admitted into this county duty free, it is the intention of
Government to remove the excise restrictions on the
manufacture of the article, and to allow a drawback on
the malt used by the manufacturer, so as to enable him
to enter into free competition with the foreign maker.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
not in a condition to answer the question at the present I
moment, but he was engaged enquiring into the whole '
circumstances of the case, and when the enquiry was
closed he would give the hon. gentleman an answer.
THE BUDGET.
In reply to Mr. DISRAELI,
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that it was intended to I
proceed with the dehate on the budget on Thursday.
THE CONSTABULARY FORCE.
Mr. RICE then rose to move for a select committee
to confider the expediency of adopting a more uniform
system of police in England and Wales. The advantage
of a uniform system of police in the metropolis arid the
large towns of the country could not be overrated, and
when the house remembered the unbiassed opinion which
foreigners had given in favour of the system, there could
be no doubt that it was the best that could be adopted.
Strangers in the metropolis experienced no difficulty in
obtaining information of particular localities from the
police, while the addition to the force being of great
public utility in this respect there could be no doubt
this the public 'peace was never better kept than it had
been since the establishment of the existing police force.
Now most of the rural districts were entirely without
such a service as this. True there was a kind of local
constabulary force, but the interests and prejudices
of those who at present held the office of parish
constables totally incapacitated them from perform-
ing the duties of an efficient police force. They
exercised no controul or supervision over public-
houses, but entirely neglected their duty in this respect,
and the consequence was that robberies and depreda-
tions were constantly being committed in rural
districts with impunity. (Hear, hear.) Why, accord-
ing to the confession of an unhappy man who
was executed a few years ago at Maidstone, it would
HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) appear that, within the space of three years, he was
concerned in seventy robberies, for not one of which
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