The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-22 00:00:00

REGISTRATION OF LANDED PROPERTY.

In reply to Mr. J. G. PHILLImoRE,

The A'ITORNEY•GENERAL said he entertained a
strong hope that he should be able to introduce a bill on
this subject in the course of the next session.
THE LOSS OF THE EUROPA.

Captain A-RCHDALL asked whether the Govern-
ment would consider the propriety of erecting a monu-
ment to the memory of Colonel Willoughby Moore and
the non-commissioned officers and men of the Inniskilling
Dragoons who lost their lives by the burning of the
Europa, transport-ship, on their [passage to the seat of
war in the spring of 1854 _
Lord PALMERSTON replied in-the affirmative.
DULWICH COLLEGE BILL.

In reply to Lnrd R. CECIL,
Mr. BAINES said the Government did not intend to
proceed with tai*- bill in the present sessioh,'as they
found that the subject would still require much con.
sideration.

---THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY REPORT.
Mr. VILLIERS brought up the report of the Cri-
mean Commissioners, and replied to some remarks made
by the Earl of Lucan hi the House of Lords, imputing
that the report had been delayed from political motives.
• General PEEL, as a member of the commission, re-
pudiated the imputation to which the hon, gentleman
referred as both unfair and unfounded..
The report was then ordered to lie on the table.

OUR RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED
STATES.
Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice to the noble lord at ,the
head of the Government that before the prorogation he
should ask him whether it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to appoint at an early period a successor to Mr-
Crampton, late Minister of this country to the United
States.

MR. J. SADLEIR.
ROB RUCK .moved, as an unopposed order,
that Mr. J. Sadler do attend in hia place on Thursday
fisxt.—Agreed

The Ch—aritlei sill, the Hospitals (Dublin) Bill, the
Burial Grounds (Ireland) Bill, the Mercantile Law
Amendment Bi)1, and the Lunatic Asylums Superannua•
`ions (Ireland) Bill, were read a third time and paseed.

JOINT STOCK BANKS BILL.
Mr. VANCE moved that this bill be read a third
time that day thrPe monthv.
Mr. ROEBUCK thought there was an injudicious
fear in-regard-to the bill. He thought it was for the
advantage of the shareholders that directors should be
re-appointed.
,The proprietors could at any time object
to their reelection.
The house then divided :
For the third reading
Against it
, Majority
The bill then passed.
EAST INDIA BUDGET.

92
12
-80

Mr. V. SMITH moved that the house resolve itself into
a committee on the East India revenue accounts.

Mr. BUTT rose, pursuant to notice, tp call attention to
the petition of his Highness Meer Ali Moorad (presented
27th June); and to submit a motion on the subject of the
confiscation of his revenues and territories by the Indian
Government. He was very unwilling to interfere with
the right hon. gentleman, and prevent'him from going
into committee, but in order to keep his observations
strictly in order, he intended to move as an amendment,
"That the house resolve itself into a committee to consider
how far the possessions. confiscated from the- petitioner
form a portion of the East India revenues." He submitted
each an amendment was perfectly in order.
The SPEAKER slid-that this was -not a Motion for
going into a committee of supply, and, therefore the hon.
and learned gentleman was not in order in bringing for-
ward a ease- of grievance to a particular. individual. •
Mr. BUTT rose to order. Ho said the petition,he. had.
presented-complained of a matter affecting-the revenue of
India, and the house was asked to go into committee to
consider the-reyeniii, of India ; and ho contended he hs4-a,
right 'to ask the house to consider how far those revel:limo
were derived from property that had been taken frtna. the
petitioner.

Lord PALIAERSTON said that the object of going into
crinisaitteesiita-tiiniiable-hiri right -hon." friend -Make
statement as te.the revenues olindia, and how they wore
applied. The- matter brought forward by the hon. and
learned member was art-individual grievance, which might
be made the subject of .a special motion, and had no inti-
mate connexion with the business of the committee.
Mr. BUTT would give way if the noble lord,wouldpro, 3
mice him Thursday for his motion. Ho was quite in order
in stating the grounds on which ho considered his amend-
ment to be regular.
Mr. FITZROY rose to order. It was not competent
fora member to argue a point of order when the Speaker •
had declared his proceeding was not in order.
.Mr. BUTT Submitted to the Speaker that•he was enti-
tled to proceed.:

'The SPEAKER should certainly say that the hdn. and
learned gentltman was not in order. •

Ttie putioa was then agreed to, and the honse wont into
committea.

Me. V. SMITFI then rose: - He said-beferii. proceeding
with his statement, ho would allude for &moment to what.
had fallen from the hon. and learned gentleman opposite, in
. .
order that the committee might Understand the nature of it.
The hdii. gentleman appeared to think that they were to dis-
pose of the revepues of India. , Such was not the.ease. It
was thought desirable that the general question of Indian
administration shoufd, be brought under notice daring the
session of parliament, and that the best way of doing so was
fortho person holding the office he had the honour to fill to
make a statement as to the finances of India, and so give
every theinber an opportunity of 'raising any question he
chose. He haduotobjected to the hon. and learned gentle-
man making his motion, as lie did not wish to appear as pre-
cluding any person fro m bringing forward a grlevance; at the
smile time ho must say, if the hon. and learned gentleman
had succeeded, his (Mr. V. Smith's) motion must have fal-
len to the, groaud, and at this period of the session he
could not have hoped for another opportunity of bringing
it 'forward. On the last occasion on which he had ad-
dressed the house on this subject, he had moved • certain
resolutions, the same as had been proposed by his prede-
cessor in office. Thelon. gentleman the member for Man-
chester moved some additional resoltitions,-Whiah' em•
bodied a.'wi=h that theraehoald be seine acceleration in
the preparation of the ageounts, and that the statement
should be made at an earlier period of the session. As he
bad alluded to the hon. Member for Manchester, he wished
to express his exceeding regret at that gentlenian't 'absence
and still. greater regret at the cause of it. (Hear, hear.)
He had devoted himself with all the.vigour of his mind
to the cause of India; from no other motive than his desire
for the welfare of his fellow creatures., of whatever country
or clime. • (Hear.) 'Pe ( V. Smith) had not been able
strictly to comply with One portion of the recooinienda-
tions of the resolutions ; for although it was somewhat
earlier in the . season, he was now as close to the end
of lace session as last year, bat for that he was not to blame,
as the house had not thought fit to enforce its own resolu-
tion, but had preferred the more important questions of
peace and war to the details of Indian finance. • Tu refer-
ence to the early production of the accounts, he had placed
himself in • communication with the Board of Directors:
lie was warmly aided by them. They applied to the local
government-, and the result was that the accounts had
been., presentrA this year on the 1 Ali of March, instead of
the 18th of May, as last year ; and although the actual ac-
counts had not been brought down to a later period than.
before, he.had been furnished with a sketch estimate for
the year 1856-57. He thought this was going quite as far
as 'was desirable: He would read to the committee the
figures ou which that sketch estimate was founded, and.
compare it with the actual statement for 1853.54. The
only inconvenience of this courae would be, that hon. gen,
tlemeu could not make the comparison for themselves, as
the itaterneet for 1856.57 had not been printed and circus'
lated.... The. statement for 1853-54, which was the-same
he ha given last year, was as follows: