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London, England, 1860-02-04 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1860.

that of gradually disembodying the militia regiments in
proportion as the regular troops were available for taking
their place. This operation was rendered very uncertain,
owing to the requirements of India, and to the demand upon
our regular force caused by the recent unfortunate calamity
in China. With regard to the claims of officers of the Land
Transport Corps, a committee of the house had sat, before
which was brought the case of certain officers who had en-
tered that corps under very peculiar circumstances, and who
at the conclusion of the Crimean war were discharged from
that service. The committee went carefully through the
matter and divided the cases into certain classes, mak-
ing recommendations as to the manner in which
those different classes should be treated by the
Government. The War-office, then presided over
by his predecessor, applied to the Treasury for the funds re•
quisite for carrying out those recommendations ; and after a
good deal of correspondence all the claims were satisfied
which came before that committee. That corps was raised
on the understanding that it was only to be continued dur-
ing the Russian War, and engagements for two years with
very high pay were given in certain instances. On the re-
turn of peace it became necessary to dissolve the corps ; but
the case of those officers to whom a committee of that house
recommended that compensation should be paid differed
from that of those officers of whom the committee took no
notice, and with respect to whom it made no recommenda-
tion. Among others there was the case of men who had
given up situations in the Civil Service which carried the
right to a pension, and who, when they lost their position
in the Land Transport Corps, were left without the expec-
tation either of the pension which their civil situation
would have given them, or of the half-pay which military
employment conferred. There were other cases to which
he nead not particularly refer, but the position of those gen-
tlemen was this, that they were appointed " until further
orders." The hon. member had quoted a letter from Col.
Wetherall to show that these gentlemen were to be treated
in the same manner as the others. But in this Colonel
Wetherall was entirely wrong, for the arrangement was
only a provisional one, and he could have no means of
knowing what course the Government would ultimately
take, To illustrate how little claim existed on the part of
the officers in whose favour the committee did not report,
he would mention a single instance. Lieut. Delamere, a
very respectable person,. was an ensign in the 21st Regi-
ment of Foot, when he joined the Land Transport Corps,
of which he was made a captain till further orders. He
still reraained on the strength of his regiment, so much so
that he actually received promotion in it during the time
he was acting ao captain in the Land Transport Corps. He
became a lieutenant and was sent back to his regiment.
He stands in no worse position than anybody else ; be
gained his promotion. But to make him a captain over
the heads of all the other officers, who were constantly
under fire and in the trenches, while be was not, would
surely be very unjust. (Hear, hear.) The House of
Commons, therefore, having given this subject its best
consideration, and the recommendations of the select
committee having been adopted—in carrying out which,
indeed, the Government had gone even further than its own
sense of justice might, perhaps, have induced it to go—he
thought they could not now reopen the question of the
claims of these officers.
Colonel SYKES, after what had fallen from the hon.
member for Stockport, wished to say that he was a strenu-
ous advocate for the opening of all communication in India,
by land or by water, though he thought that ought
to be done with the means of the country. His
opinion had always been that the opening out of the
Godavery was quite practicable, but that the cost of its exe-
cution would exceed reasonable bounds. The recent mutiny
had deranged Indian finance. The interest on the Govern-
ment loan was then 4 per cent. ; but the Government had
immediately to open a 5 per cent. loan. Finding that even
that increase would not take, they were obliged to
offer 51 per cent., with an undertaking not to pay off
for 26 years. They consented also to accept the new loan
half in paper and half in money, thereby raising the pre-
vious loans to 51 per cent. Still, these terms were found
insufficient, and the Government in India were obliged to
write to the home authorities for assistance. -*Very luckily,
there was a better appreciation of the real capabilities of
India in the money market of this country than in that of
Calcutta ; and the result was that the 51 per cent. loan was
at a discount of 4.per cent. in India, while a few days ago
it was at a premium of 1 per cent. in England. The
finances of India were now paying 51 per cent. for a loan
that could be obtained here at less than 4 per cent. The
Five per Cent. Loan open in Calcutta now stood at 103. All
contributions, to it were to the damage of the finances of In-
dia, and he therefore desired to know whether it was the
intention of the Secretary of State to direct that it should
be immediately closed. He also wished to be informed by
the right hon. gentleman whether the unanimous recom-
mendation of the Governor-General and his Council that
batta should be granted to the troops of the Persian expe-
dition, as had been done in the case of the first Burmah ex-
pedition, of the China expedition, and of the capture of
Delhi and Lucknow, would receive his sanction ; and whe-
ther the three officers of the 3d Cavalry who so greatly dis-
tinguished themselves in the charge upon a regiment of
Persian Infantry formed in square would receive the Vic-
toria Cross.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.

In reply to Mr. W. EWART and Mr. BLACK,
Sir CHARLES WOOD, in answer to the questions put
to him respecting India, assured his hon. friend that no
person could be more alive to the importance of opening
out the navigation of the river Godavery than he was.
As to the opening of that navigation, the letter published
at his (Sir Charles Wood's) request by Captain Hayes,
who surveyed the entire territory, would give every infor-
mation on the subject. Every obstacle which prevented a
free navigation of that river would be removed as soon as
possible, and directions had been given to the Government
of India to remove these obstacles. The river had been al-
ready opened for a distance of 250 miles, and he need hardly
say that the eenclusion of the work was most essential to
the cultivation of cotton in India, and his hon. friend might
depend upon it that every effort would be used to accomplish
the work. Piers were in course of erection on the western
coast to give facilities for exporting cotton, and works com-
menced which would unite the Ganges canal with the
river Godavery. He had received a letter from Lord
Elphinstone, which informed him that he expected the
work would be completed in three yea's. Then as to the
question put by his hon. and gallant friend the member
for Aberdeen, nothing could be done with regard to it
until the end of the next financial year ; and as to the
Persian expedition it had been already arranged that
one half the expense should be paid by India, and the
other by this country. The question put by the hon.
member for Dumfries, with respect to introducing into the
Legislative Council of India representatives of the com-
mercial class, was one of great importance and great diffi-
culty, and was now under the consideration of her Ma-
jesty's Government. With regard to the publication of
the financial statement of Indian affairs, no objection
whatever could be offered to it, and, in point of fact, it
had been already done by the Indian Government without
any communication whatever with the Government at
home. As to tho question put by the hon. member whether
the Government still contemplated legalising the importa-
tion of natives of British India as indentured labourers in
French colonies, all he could say was, that when he came
into offiee he found a treaty had been negotiating with
France to allow coolies to be carried to French colonies in
the same manner as to the British, and was acquiesced in
by the Government, in the hope of putting an end to
slavery on the east coast of Africa, as it was hoped would
be done on the Western coast. In the arrangement that
had been negotiated it would he believed be found with
regard to the terms upon which the importation of coolies
should take place, the interests of the latter had been well
cared for.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. BOUVERIE (in allusion to his rejected motion of
yesterday week) called the attention of the house to the
rambling form assumed by the discussions on Friday even-
ings, owing to the notice of motions having precedence of
the orders of the day. They had had about 20 speeches on
n
all over the world. They had commenced by taking
with the hon. member for Marylebene in Hyde
nthen they travelled with the hon. member for
apneaararl gas many different subjects, and had wandered
Park—then
nearlyr
Stockport te the Godavery river—then to Morocco with
the hon. member for Dungarvati—then they spent a little
time in Jersey with the hon. member for Sheffield, and
at last, after travelling over the greater part of the world,
they had amused themselves by discussing education,
coolies' emigiation, estimates, in all about 13 or 1.4 subjects.
(Hear, hear.) He thought that this was not a system cal-
culated to shed a lustre or dignity over their debates, and
that the present rule operated very inconveniently; a
stranger coming to the house for the first time on a Friday
would form a very curious notion of their proceedings.
Mr. WILLIAMS suggested that Friday should be given
up altogether to notices of motion, and commence the Com-
mittee of Supply on the Monday without interruption.
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION BILL (INDIA).
This bill was read a second. time.
PETITIONS OF RIGHT.
Tkis bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted on Monday week.

NEWSPAPERS, &c., BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. SPOONER objected that it was passing through
the house sub silentio, and that some explanation of its
objects ought to be made, so that the house might be fully
awaro what it was about.

Mr. AYRTON said that the bill had been fully explained
and discussed; and, it fact, had passed that house last ses-
sion, but there was not time for it to pass the Lords. It
was now reintroduced, and he had not thought it necessary
again to occupy the time of the house on the subject. The
object of the bill was to repeal certain acts and parts of acts
intended to strengthen the hands of the Executive Govern-
ment in times of peculiar difficulty, but the necessity for
which had long since passed away.
The house then went into committee, and having passed
the bill through taat stage, it was brought in and ordered
to be read a third time on Monday next,

MINE 4 AND MINERALS (CORNWALL) BILL.
The SOLICITOR. GENERAL- obtained leave to bring
in a bill for the limitation of actions and suits by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall (Prince of
Wales), in relation to real property, and for authorising
certain leases of the Duchy to be made by him.
The business on the paper having been gone through, the
house adjourned %t nine o'clock.

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LAST NIGHT Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Geddes Bull has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an Un-
attached Majority, he being about to become a settler in
Canada.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles, Viscount
Eversley, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Hampshire Yeomanry
Cavalry, to be one of her Majesty's Aides-de-camp for the
service of her Yeomanry Force, with the rank of Colonel in
that Force.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Worcester—The Hon. George Herbert Wind-
sor Windsor Clive to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Harry Foley
Vernon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Richard William
Johnson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
2d Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—John Usher
Cunningham, Gent., to be Ensign.
18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Thomas Bridgewater,
Esq., M D., to be Honorary Surgeon.
MEMORANDUM-4th or Royal South Middlesex Regi-
ment of Militia—Ensigns Thomas Allibone Norman and
George Rooke, absent without leave from the last training,
have been removed from the strength of the Regiment.
7th Company of Derbyshire Volunteer Rifles—Arthur
Neild, Esq., to be Captain ; Norman Bennett, Sent., to be
Lieutenant; Andrew Welch, Gent., to be Ensign. Bth
Company—Haughton Charles Okeover, Esq., to be Cap-
tain; Andrew George Corbet, Esq., to be Lieutenant ;
Edward Alfred Dyke, Esq., to be Ensign; Robert Doxey
Goodwin, Esq., to be Honorary Surgeon.
2d Royal Cheshire Militia—Ensign Walter Alexander
James Wakeman to be Lieutenant, vice James Taylor, re-
moved from the Regiment ; Arthur Bradshaw Salisbury
Isherwood, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wakeman promoted.
7th Company Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—Thomas
Phillips Tyacke, Esq., to be Captain; Frederick Vivian
Hill, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; George Reid, Gent., to be
Ensign.

2d Company of Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteers—Oliver
William Ferrer, Esq., to bo Captain; William Charles
Lacey, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Charles James Radclyffe,
junr., to be Ensign,__ _ _ _ _

7th Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Captain Francis Marcus
Beresford to be Captain Commandant; Robert Crewe,
Esq., to be Captain ; Owen Clutton, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; Joseph John Smithies, Gent., to be Ensign.
Wilford Volunteer Rifles—Francis Capper Brooke, Esq.,
to be Captain ; Frederick William Brook, Lord Rendles-
ham, to be Lieutenant; Arthur Geogre Brooke, Gent., to
be Ensign.
Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers—let Company—Sir John
Lees, Bart., to be Captain ; Charles Cavendish Clifford,
Esq., M.P., to be Lieutenant. 2d Company—Sir John
Shown, Bart., to be Captain ; Arthur Harbottle Estcourt,
Esq., to be Lieutenant ; John Tooke, Gent., to be Ensign.
3d Company—John Brown Willis Fleming, Esq., to be
Captain; Ernest Edwards, Gent., to be Ensign.
—Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
Henry Morton Orrae, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles
Hamilton Bell, promoted.
4th Sussex Rifle Volunteers—Bernard Hussy-Hunt to
be Captain.
Haddingtonshire Artillery Volunteers—No. I—Dunbar
Company—James George Hay, Esq., to be Captain; John
Jaffray, Esq., to be First Lieutenant ; Mr. John
Brown Wright to be Second Lieutenant. East Lothian
Rifle Volunteers--No. I—Haddington Company—
Alexander Kinloch, Esq., to be Captain ; Mr. George
Gaukroger to be Lieutenant ; Mr. Robert Richardson to
be Ensign. No. 2—Gifford Company—John Charles
Hay, Esq., to be Captain; Mr. Peter Burn Swinton to be
Lieutenant; Mr. Robert Hope Bogue to be Ensign. No.
3.—Haddington Company—David Roughead, Esq., to be
Captain ; Mr. David Shirriff to be Lieutenant ; Mr. Wil-
liam James Dods to be Ensign.
Ist Company of Denbighshire Rifles—Sir Watkins Wil-
liams Wynn, Bart., M.P., to be Captain ; Hugh McCor-
quodale, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John Devereux Pugh,
Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Company, Stirlingahire Volunteer Rifle Corps—
Francis Mackison, Esq., to be Captain ; William Macki-
son, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Christie, Gent., to be
Ensign.