The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-27 00:00:00

EDUCATION.

Mr. GILPIN moved an address for return "of the
name and profession of all parties receiving 1001. per
annum and upwards frota the Council of Education, as
inspectors or assistant-inpectorq, with the amounts they
receive ; and if any of such parties receive any and what
further income from public sources,—Agreed to.
IRISH MAIL coNtßA.ur VESSELS.
Mr. CORRY moved for a return specifying the hour
and minute of the arrival at and departure from the
piers at Holyhead and liingstown, respectively, of the
Irish mail contract veps-ls, during the twelve months
ending Dec. 31 last ; shoeing also the time of arrival off
the lighthouses at those places.—Aureed to.
CMr. LYGON gave notice ..tßO:rhe i:hould, to-morrow,
move for leave to introduce a bill for the abolition of
c'auroh-rates,

RECEIPT AND DRAFT STAMPS.
Mr. COWAN move j f•r a return of the number of
penny receipt sr.amps Rold or i•,sued in England,
Scotland, and Ireland, respectively. for each quar-
ter since the 10 h day of October, 1854. Like
return of one penny draft stamps ; and, return of
the total revenue f•it. the lbove f.ir each quarter (in con-
tinuation of Parliament►ry Paper, No. 297, of Ses-
sion 1855).—Agreed to.
ASSESSED TAXES.
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Mr. J. B. sNirrll moved for an account of the
amount of assessed taxes paid in the ye4r 1856 for each
county in the UL,ited Kingdom, exclusive of, and dis-
tinguished from, that (barged in the Parliamentary
cities or boroughs; and similar return for each Parlia-
mentary city or lo)rough.—Agreed to.
NAVY.

Mr. CORRY moved fora copy of the Statistical Re-
port of the Health of the Royal Navy for the year 1856.
—Agreed to.

,WORKHOLTSES.
Mr. ALCOCK moved tor a return cf the cost of
building workhouses m England and Waies erected
since 1840 ; hating the number of inmates intended for

originally,
a nthde laayset rfiavgee y eaanrnsu, aolf tehxep esTaled owf ofr ado u sandes
forclothing, .
to.
EXPENSEi OF TETE W All IN INDIA.
Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Secretary of War
whether the entire charge for pay, allowances, subsist-
ence, cloihiog, appointments stores, and horses of the
increased force of British troops now s ruing in India by
reason of the mutiny, will be defrayed and provided for
out of the Indian revenues sh ne, and it not, what pro-
portion will be charged on Imperial revenues ; also,
whether any portion of the cost of transport from Eng-
land and her colonies of troops sent to India since July,
1856, by reason of such mutiny, has been borne by the
Naval or War Department, and, if so, to what amount ?
General PEEL said that every farthing of the expen-
diture arising out s.f the service named in the question
would be paid by the East India Company. It would
be chargeable to their revenue, and not .on the Imperial
revenue. The expense was in the first instance by the
Admiralty, arid afterwards through the War Department.
PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND (LOAN).
Mr. C. FORTE; CUE asked the Secretary for the
Colonies whether it was his intention to introduce a bill
during the present session giving the Imperial guarantee
to a loan raised, or to be raised, by the Government of
Prince Edward's Island ?

Lord STANLEY said he intended shortly to submit
a bill on the subjeer, to the house. (Hear.)

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

The orders of the day having been postponed until
after the notice of motion on this subject,
The CILINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
—I rise to move that on Friday next this house do
resolve itself into a committee to consider the Act of toe
Queen which provides for the government of India, in
order that I may then have an opportunity of proposing
those resolutions which I have already laid upon the
table of the house. I think it would facilitate the
progress of affairs connected with this great subject if
the house would permit me to take this opportunity of
briefly, and I hope temperately, reviewing what has oc-
curred during the present session respecting it. At the
beginning of the year it transpired that it was the inten-
tion of her Majesty's then Ministry to propose the trans-
fer of the government of India from the East India Com-
pany to the Crown; and, accordingly, ♦ery shortly after
the meeting of Parliament, the noble lord opposite him-
self asked leave to introduce a measure to accomplish
that object, stating with great and requisite detail what
were the provisions of the bill. On that occasion an hon.

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that it wasinexpedient at this time to legislate
upon the Government of India. Whatever may be the
opinions of the house upon that point, there were no
doubt very plausible and very cogent reasons why that
amendment should have been favourably received. The
state of India at this moment, hardly reviving from an
extensive rebellion, with an important part of that
country still the ..oat of doubtful war—the suddenness
proposition, and the grave conse-
quencesgevinhiiltemriaigtht result from it,--ar. d this certainly
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precipitately entertained so vast a proposition. That
amendment, I may re:sand the house, was amply and
considerably discussed. It was rejected by a very large
—by what is called an everwhelming—majority, and by
that majority the noble lord obtained permission to in-
troduce his measure. I. apprehend the noble lord really
formally obtained nothieg, else.
(Hear.) None of the
details of the noble lord Bineasure were sanctioned by that
vote, and I should have raid, generally speaking, none ef
the prir spies contained !a it. But I think it would not be
candid unless we adinittel that, besides permission to
introduce the measure, we had a right from the gem ral
tone and tendency of theelebate to infer that the opinion
of the House of Commons, without giving any verdict in
favour of the measure, was in favour of the transfer of
the government of India from the Company to the Crown.
(Bear.) Very unexpectedly, almost immediately after
that large maj sity, a chaege of government took place,
and those who then became responsible for affairs had to
consider the very difficult position in which this important
question was placsd. Thee hai t, consider, in the first
place, in what relation the tew G,ives fluent would stand
with respect to the House of Commons, which had by so
I large a majority announced their opinion that this trans-
ferof the government from the East India Company to
1 the Crown should take place. They had to take into