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AYRSHIRE AND BRIDGE OF WEIR RAILWAY. I
On the motion of Mr. DUNCAN, the Lords' Amend-
ments to this Bill were can Aid -rp,l and azreed to.
LORDS' AMENDMENT.
The Lords' Amendments to the following Bills were
considered and agreed to :
Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway 13i/i. I
Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Rail'"; ay B;11.
Buckinghamshire Railway Di 1,
Gloucester and Dean Forest taiiway Bill.
Great Western and
"7.ycombe Railway Bill.
London. and Croydon Railway (Thames Junction
Branch) Bill,
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham
aid Sunderland Railway and Wearmouth Dock Pur-
chase and Branches) Bill.
South Wales Railway Bill (No. 2).
THE ANNEXATION OF SINDE.
Mr. HUME, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the Pre-
sident of the Board of Control in his place, wished to
ask him a question with respect to Sinde. He wished
to know if Sinde had been annexed to the British empire,
as was declared by Lord Ellenborough to be tie: intention
of Goverment, in the same manner in which eylon was
annexed ; or whether it was to be considered as a por-
tion of the possessions of the East India Company ? If
so, he wished to ascertain what course was to be taken
by the Government, as the government of that province
was altogether different from any other place in the East
India Company's possessions, as it was in neither pre-
sidency, nor had it a civil government, but it was
governed by a single officer.
Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE said, that in answer to the
question of the Hon. Member for Montrose, he begged
leave to tell him that the province of Sinde was a pro-
vince kept by the East India Company in trnst for the
Crown. The Hon. Gentleman would recollect on perusal
of the papers which had been published by Lord Ellen-
borough with respect to Sinde, that Sinde was annexed
in the usual manner by notification, and the
management of it had been entrusted by Government
to Sir C. Napier, who reported his proceedings to the
Home Department. When his report was received, it
was determined that he should continue to govern the
province of Sinde in the manner which he had ex-
plained to them, and to that decision no dissent
or disapprobation had been given by Lord Ellenborough.
On account of that circumstance, the province continued
to be administered to by Sir C. Napier in a manner
which was, as the Hon. Member had said, totally dif-
ferent from the manner in which the other provinces of
India were governed. He believed that in the month of
July, 1844, the Court of Directors of the East
India Company addressed a communication to
the Governor-General of India, and advised him
to propose for their consideration a plan for
the civil and military administration of the pro-
vince of Sinde, in conformity with the usual prac-
tice in such cases. In consequence of the important
matters which had to come under their considera-
tion with respect to the affairs of the Punjaub, and
also several other weighty matters, the Governor-
General had not seat any plan, as he had been advised
by the Court of Directors. In December of the same
year the Secret Committee made a similar communica-
tion to the Governor-General with respect to the expe-
diency of governing Sinde like other provinces ; but the
Governor-General, up to the month of June in this
present year, had not returned any answer, nor sent
to any place. He could inform his Honourable
Friend, that on the 24th of June (that was June last),
timilar orders had been sent out to to the Governor-
General with regard to the annexation and government
of Sinde.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN wished to ask the Hon.
Member for Montrose, whether, with regard to the
discusion on the Charitable Trusts Bill, which came
on yesterday, he (Mr. Hume) had any objection to
place on the votes of the House the clause as amended?
Mr. HUME said he would do it on Wednesday next.
MINISTERIAL POLICY.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I stated that I would to-
day give notice to the House the general course of
policy which it is the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to pursue with respect to those Bills before
the House, and I will do so in moving the consideration
of the order of the day. On Monday I will state to the
House the policy which it is the intention of the Go-
vernment to pursue with respect to the sugar
duties. I will then unfold the plan we con-
sider ought to be adopted, after which I propose to
adjourn the further consideration of the question until
to-morrow week (Friday). It is now late in the session
to lose time, and I will make as little delay as possible ;
at the same time I propose a short Bill for the continu-
ance of the sugar duties for one month, or until Parlia-
ment shall otherwise approve.—(Hear.) With regard to
the Poor-law Removal Bill, I have; already stated my
general views respecting it to the House, and what is
further proposed to be done will be stated by the Secre-
tary for the Home Department. The next Bill before
the House is the Drainage Bill. Some Members
of the Government will undertake the care of that Bill,
with the hope of carrying it through. The next are
the Bills brought in by the late Chief Secretary for
Ireland—one of the most important of these Bills,
the Ejectment Bill, it is our intention to adopt with
some slight alterations, preserving especially that clause
which prevents the seiaure of growing crops: We
also propose to proceed with the Lease Bill ;
but with respect to the Tenants' Compensation
Bill, we find the machinery so exceedingly complicated
that we will postpone it for further consideration. There
are some other Bills affecting Ireland, regarding which
the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Labouchere) will be
able to answer whatever questions will be put to him.
There are some Bills which are now in the House of
Lords ; one of them is called the Small Debt:- Bill,
which is a Bill similar to the one which has been in-
troduced by the former Gcvernment, and which has
been repeatedly before Parliament. The present
Government entirely approve of the general purport of
that Bill, and although it is a Bill of great length,
containing many provisions, they do hope that they will
be enabled to obtain the sanction of Parliament
to it during the present session, as it is a
measure of very great importance. There is
another Bill, which likewise is at present in the House
of Lords, which the Government do not propose to take
into their own hands unless necessary, but which I trust
will obtain the assent of Parliament—it is called the
Religious Opinions Bill. That Bill was introduced by a
member of the late Government, in the name of the
Government, and, therefore, is a Government Bill. I
trust that the author of that Bill will continue to take
charge of it; but if he should not do that, some mem-
ber of the present Government will then propose that
Bill in its present shape. There are many other Bills
which are not of great importance, which we propose
to go on with. With respect to other measures pro-
posed to be introduced I will not give any detailed
notice. I will only say that, looking at the improve-
ment of waste lands in Ireland as a subject of
the greatest importance, we shall endeavour to
introduce a preparatory measure ; and it it is ne-
cessary to ask the aid of Parliament for any
measure of that kind, we shall do so this session.
At all events we shall endeavour to take steps between
this time and the next session for the introduction of
some measure on the subject. These are the general
statements I have to make, and I beg to move that the
orders of the day be now read.
POOR REMOVAL BILL.
On the order of the uay for proceeding with this Bill
being read,
Mr. E. DENISON, who was for some time inaudible
from the noise which prevailed after the Noble Lord sat
down, was understood to say that the Poor Removal
Bill would cause great injury and great inconvenience in
many parts of the country. He begged leave to ask
the Right Hon. Gentleman the., Secretary for the Home
Department whether irremovability or settlement was
contemplated by the Bill. He was sure it would not
meet with the approbation of the Hon. Member for
Finsbury to grant irremovability without settlement.
The word irremovability was a word not to be found in
any dictionary, and it related to a condition of life not
to be found in any law-book. Before that word could
have penetrated the understandings of half the com-
munity? it might have to be swept totally away. He
(Mr. E. Denison) thought it right to tell the Noble Lord
at the head of the Government that there was one remark-
able deficiency and one great defect in his administration;
there was one great thing wanting, and that was a want
of adequate representation of the landed interest of this
country. He said the great towns were amply and
powerfully represented. The law was represented more
than it deserved—(Laughter)—but he looked in vain i
for any powerful parties to represent the nterests of the
land. In the Government were the representatives of
London, Manchester, Halifax, Nottingham, Sheffield,
Devonport, and Edinburgh ; and when he namedEdinburgh, he would not do justice to his own feelings
if he did not mention the Hon. Member for that city
(Mr. Macaulay), not less celebrated for his great talents
than for his upright and noble conduct—an ornament to
an Administration. But he looked in vain for any re-
presentatives of the land. There was Lord Lansdowne,
an owner of land in England, and also in Ireland ; there
was Lord Grey and Lord Morpeth—(Hear, hear)—but
Lord Morpeth had his character as a representative of
land in the manufacturing interests of the West. Riding,
and in the membership of the League.—(Laughter.)
He said, Lord Grey, in pressing on the abolition of the
corn-laws, had said that land rents would rise from
fifteen to twenty per cent.—(Hear, and laughter)—and
he could only be regarded as a sanguine prophet.—
(Laughter.) When that had occurred he might rise
into credit; but he (Mr. Denison) did not think, that at
the present moment especially, he represented either
their interests or their views. As for the Mem-
ber for Halifax (Mr. C. Wood), he was no representative
of the land by his own address, and he (Mr. Denison)
found him applauded in the newspapers as the represen-
tative of the manufacturing interests of the West Riding,
and the repealer of the tax on wool. If this Was a de-
fect in any Administration, it was so particularly at the
present moment, when the landed interest had
received a rude shock from the hands of those
from whom it had least reason to expect it.
The landowners required to be conciliated towards the
measure which had lately passed. If at any time it
was a defect in a Ministry that it did not represent the
landed interest of the country, it was particu-
larly so at this time. No person could say that
he was one who wished for anything like exclusive
privileges, for on a former occasion, when exclusive pri•
vileges were sought to be afforded. to the land, he had
thrown his neigh& into the opposite Kale, gad hod boo