The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-23 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, SCUP, o'clock,

NORTHAMPTON RACES. (This Day.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
80rderer..................................................
Cockatoo ............................................
Worcester .......

Nineteen ran.
Zuyder Zae scratched at 1-15.
TRIAL STAKES.
Fisherman walked over.
Sweepstakes of 40 says off by consent.
NENE STAKES.

Gunboat
Bianca Capella._
Princes Mixtur,L.

Four ran.

W lIITTLEBURY STAKES
Northampton
Eurydice
Aneurin

Eleven ran.

QUEEN'S GUINEAS.

Wrestler
Fisherman
Vandermeulin .......................
Sir ran.
PYPCLIELY STAKES.

Admiralty.
Geneva..

Nine ran.

STAND PLATE.

Kestrel
Barbarity
Queen of the South
Six ran.
Arrived—Happy Land.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at half past four o'clock.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented a petition
against any f .rtber grant to the College of Maynooth.
Lord CRANWORTH pre-anted a petition with refe
rence to the law of libel, praying that a speaker might
be held equally liable with the printer to prosecution.
THE ENLISTMENT OF KROOMEN.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he regretted
he had left the house when the noble lord opposite put
a question to the Under Secretary for War with respect
to recruiting the Indian army from the natives of the
West Coast of Africa. It was true a scheme had been
entertained for the enlistment of Kroomen, as ttley
were persons who for the last 50 years bad served with
good effect in a great many of her Majesty's ships and
other vessels trading. His object in taking the
scheme into his consideration was, that he thought
it would save the lives of soldiers in India,
and had enabled the Government to send a portion
of the troops now in India to China, where their ser-
vices were urgently required. The army in India was
now in a very peculiar position, it having usually had
the services of a great number of the natives, but we
have unfortunate y had reason to distrust that bo'y.
One of the dangers that most pressed upon the Govern-
ment was that as the native army was uniformly recruited
from Asia, the same cause that produced mutiny on one
• and therefore he
the Indian army
andas with this view
cthoughtatsoi o n p
irmte might so
ddsuout
ye 8:8
so to
eacvnoeomnt
thp, eorse
be had been anxious to obtain the services of the Kroo-
men, who had already proved themselves to be good
Tia.ir average height was 5 feet 9 inches.
They eat nothing but rice, which was very easily
obtained in Bengal. They had very small pay,
and were generally contented to take muskets
and ammunition in lieu cf pay, and in addition to all
this they were dead shots. (Hear, hear.) For these
reasons be thought it desirable to try an experiment
with the Indian army, in the first instance,
on the rivers whero her Majesty's seamen were
much required. He flood, however, that this
experiment could not be tried without an alteration in
the Mutiny Act ;- and he accordingly no:ified to his
noble friend that he wished that alteration made

but he was informed that 7su;ll-I;alter;iion
as was required could not be made on the third reading.
He was, therefore, obliged to relinquish the obj -et he
had in view, which be did with very great regret.
Lord BROUGHAM said he asked the question be-
cause he had been irf irined that the officers to whom he
had alluded were to have lest to n this evenirg.
Earl of ELLENBOROUG.I—Q ute so; tae mail
goes out to-night.

Lord BROUGHAM thought without the greatest
care was exercised in carrying out such a plan, it would
lead to a revival of the slave trade. He was afraid that
not merely the Kroomen w iuld be exported, but t,at it
would result in the takiiig of the free Negroes, as they
were termed. Und-T all the circuut,tances, he was glad
to bear that the tiob:e coil bad been unable to carry out
his object.

Earl DERBY protested against the doctrine that
because the country was determintd to take every step
possib:e to put an end to the Flave trade in Africa they
should be precluded from availing themselves of the ser-
vice of the liroomen, aho had been employed with good
effect in her Majesty's navy.
THE PATRIOTIC FUND. _ _

The Duke of NORFOLK gave notice that after the
Easter Recess he should call the attention of their lord-
ships to the second report of the comn3issionars of the
Patriotic Fund.

TRANSFER OF LAND BILL.
Lord CRANWORT.EI rose to move the second read
Lag of this bill.

(LEFT EMEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.)
The SPEAIun took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following private bills were read a third time and
passed :—Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas ; Edin-
burgh Life Assurance Company; and SYhitehaven Har-
bour.