The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-26 00:00:00

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.

Earl GRANVILLE begged to ask the noble earl
opposite whether his cominunicalons with the Court of
Directors, with respect to the proposed bill abolishing
the Company, had bee❑ written, or merely verbal ? If
written, whether there would be any objection to lay
that correspondence on the table ?
Tue Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that, as it had
been decided that the government of India was to be
carried on without the assistance of the Court of Direc-
tors, and as they would t:us have little power in
respect to that country through private gentlenY-n,
he had not had any official correspondence with
them on the subject. He bad had some conversation
with the chairman, and that morning he had coufi-
dentially p'aced a copy of the proposed bill in his hands.
Earl GRANVILLE said, when the late Government
introduced the bid they had been greatly blamed for not
consultieg the Court of Directors. It was a strange
circumstance that her Maj:sty's present advisers were
pursuing precisely a similar course.
Lord DERBY denied that there was any inconsis-
tency in the course that was now being pursued by the
Government, because in the bill they were about to in-
troduce they retained so much of the former measure as
related to the abolition of the Court of Directors,
and therefore there was no reason for 00 -
suiting them upon the occasion. The new bill
however, contained several improvements, which he
trusted would remove eeveral of the objections that had
been raised in the House of Commons.

Earl GREY deprecated raising a discussion upon t►ho
merits of a bill by merely putting a question, and al o
the constant sparring between the late and present Go-
vernment.

Tue subject then dropped.
LAW OF LIBEL

Lord CAMPBELL postponed the second reading of
this bill, which stood fvr this evening, until after Easter.

SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.

Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that, alter Easter, he
should ask her Majesty's Governaient whether there
was any intention to introduce a measure for the im-
provement of the Scottish universities.
The Printing bill was read a third time and passed.
Tue Marine Mutiny bill was read a third time and
passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at foar o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills werd read a third time and
passed :—Caeltenbatu Water Bill, and Gospirt Wa-Ar
Bill.

ROYAL ASSENT.

The Speaker and members of the House attended the
'louse of Lords to bear the Royal Assent given by
commission to the Militia B 11.

INDIAN RAILWAYS.

Mr. LIDDELL moved fir a retur❑ of all sums did-
bursvd by the Government of [ndia on account of interest
upo❑ railway capital of companies carryiog on works in
India, t:oin the commencameat of railway operations in
that country to the present time, so far as the same can
be obtained in this country without reference to India,
and stating that the aggregate amount paid to the share-
holders of each separate company, and the total amount
of capital raLied by each company and paid by them
into the home and Indian treasuries.—Agreed to.
RETIRED OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN
ARMIES.

Colonel SYKES moved for copies of the despatch ad-
dressed by the Court of Directors to the Government of
India, on the 3d day of Sept., 1856, and of the letter ad-
dressed to her Majesty's Government regarding the ad-
vantages held out to retired officers of the lodian armies
on settling in her Majesty's colonies, and the reply received
to it, referred to in the above-mentioned despatch ;
and of the military letter from the Government of
India, dated sth Oct., 1857 (98 and 99), and its accotn-
pan.,ing reports from the several local Governments, on
the project of holding out advantages to European
officers and soldiers, retired or discharged, to settle i❑
ludia.—Agreed to.
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
Sir B. HALL moved for copies of a letter from Sir
Charles Barry to the Office of Works and Public Build-
ings, dated the ISth day rf Feb., 1853, in relation to
the expenditure of the New Palace of Westminster ; of
the answer vent to Sir C. Barry, dated the 19th of Feb.,
1858 ; and of a minute left in the Office of Works by the
late First Commissioner in relation thereto, and dated
the 24th Feb., 1858 (in c .ntinuation of parliamentary
paper, No. 49, of the present session).—Agreed t).

BARRACK I 11PROVE KEN TS.
Capt. VIVIAN moved an address for copies or ex-
tracts of any corro3pondence which has passed between
the Horse Guards and the War-office during the years
1856 and 1317, suggesting general measires cf barrack
improvement, or complaining of deficiencies in the existing
barrack arraugementi, so far as those deficiencies are of
general application, and do not relate to minute details
of particular barracks.—Agreed to.