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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1853.

The discussion on the India Bill will be
resumed this evening. The anniversary of
her MAJESTY'S Coronation, coupled with the bap-
tism of the youthful Prince, afforded an ample
excuse for an adjournment of the House of Com-
mons on Tuesday evening, of which Ministers,
notwithstanding the late period of the session,
and the large amount of business remaining un-
disposed of, readily availed themselves. Well, so
be it : every day's delay affords an additional
argument in favour of Lord STANLEY'S amend-
ment, and the passing of a simple continuance
bill for one or two years. Indeed, considering
that the debate on the second reading of the bill
will be proceeding, and very probably not con-
cluded, on the last day of June, it must be
obvious that anything approaching to a Fabian
policy on the part of friends or opponents, must
be fatal for the time being to the Ministerial
measure. The public have become so well accus-
tomed to what has been facetiously termed the
annual " massacre of the innocents," to feel
any surprise at the withdrawal or emasculation of a
proposition, however urgent might be its claims
for immediate legislation, more especially if intro-
duced in the sixth month of active business. In-
deed Sir CHARLES WOOD could scarcely have ex-
pected any other result on a matter of such para-
mount importance, and calculated to provoke such
determined opposition. When rising to make his
verbose statement, on the 3d of June, he could
not have anticipated the permanent settlement of
the intricate question before the prorogation.
What, then, could have been his object in re-
fusing to comply with the earnest entreaties for
further inquiry, and for allowing the parties so
deeply interested to prefer their complaints against
the existing system, and to substantiate the same
by disinterested and impartial witnesses ? Such
conduct may appear inexplicable to those unac-
customed to party warfare, and unskilled in Par-
liamenta,ty strategy. But the initiated know
that the labours of the Danaides would not
appear so very irksome to the Ministerial
minds. The fruitlessness of the tMoilni would
constitute no objection whatsoever ; on the con-
trary, the heartiest thanks, the utmost would be bestowed on any person who could ene
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able them to imitate the system of PENELOPE, by
repealing, during the vacation, the enactments of
the preceding session. It is, therefore, sometimes
an object to consume the public time—to prevent
the discussion of inconvenient and disagreeable
topics—and under such circumstances, such a
speech even as that of Sir CHARLES WOOD may
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be regarded with toleration by such of the mini.
try as were not compelled to listen to its dreary
The details and prosy paragraphs. game may,
however, be carried a little too far, the motive
may become too transparent, while the debate
taelf may place the matter in a totally different