The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

CHINA.

Lord PALIIERSTON having laid on the table sere
:ain papers with reference to certain despatches from
Paris, rose, amidst loud cheers, and made the following
statement, at 20 minutee to 6 o'clock. He said —1 wish
to make a statement to the house with respecto the
coarse which her Majesty's Government have thought
it their duty to pursue in consequence of the Tote
this house gave on Friday night. I think i can
scarcely be necessary for me to say that that vote
led her Majesty's Government to feel the only course
they could pursue, with due regard to their own honour,
and a duo respect to the house—(hear, hear)--evas to
tender their resignations to her Majesty. They did
so on Saturday, and her Majesty was graciously
pleased to accept them. We now, therefore, only held
office for the purpose of carrying on the business of the
country till cur successors are appointed. Under these
circumstances I am sure the house will feel that it would
be incenvenien.,:, for the house to meet, and therefore, as
is usual under similar circumstances, I venture to pro-
pose that the house do adjourn for a few days. T have
ascertained, from a private communicatim I bate had
with the noble lord who, I venture to say, is at
this time engaged in constructing a Gevern-
ment, that it will be sufficient for the hcoeiee to
adjourn till Friday, and I therefore propose that the
house at its rising do adjourn till Friday next. (Cl'eere. )
The motion was agreed to.
FOREIGNERS AT MALTA.
Mr. EOW YER asked the Secretary of State for the
Colonies whether it was true that the Rev. Father
Sapetti, a Catholic priest, greatly respected at Malta,
haviee,, left the island for a temporary purpose, was, on
his return, refused permission to land in Malta, and sent
in a Government vessel to Italy ; and, if so, for what
reason sod under what circumstances this was doe's..
Mr. LABOUCHERE,!aid that the Governor of Malta,
like the Governor of Gi, raltar, had a summary power
of sending any foreigner out of the colony over
which he
pro, bled upon his own responsibility. The Governor of
Malta thought right to exercise the power iu the ease of
the iadieidual rcb rred to by the hon. and learned mem-
ber. That individual was an Italian priest, who had been
re,ilent in the island of Malta, and during his etar there
had been very active in fermenting disturbances, the
object of his attacks being the Roman Catholic Bithop of
Malta. When, therefore, be le_ft the island Sir W. Reid
thought it right, under the circumstances, nut to allow
him to return.

RATE OF WAGES.
General CODRINGTON asked the Under Secretary
or War if he could lay on the table of the bowie any
I et,,rn of the rate of wages and skilled labour in England
and in the colonies, showirg the possibility of civil ser-
vants being engaged by staff officers at the rate of le. or
is 61. a-cay in those places respectively.
Sir J. REIAISDEN raid be was nut aware of the
existence of any such return.
THE COAL TRADE.
Lord A. V. TEMPEST asked the First Lord of the
Admiralty whether the Government had been made ac-
quainted with the results et the experiments made for
the Coal Trade Committee, by Messrs. Longridge, Arm-
strong, and Richardson, which proved that the report of
Sir Henry De la Leche and Dr. Playfair, in favour of
the Welsh coal for steam purposes, was based upon error,
and which established the euperiority of northern coal ;
further, whether the Government, in consequence of
these experiments, were prepared to reconsider the re-
port alluded to, and to institute a fresh inquiry as to
which coal was most advantageous for the steam pur-
poses of the navy.
Sir C. WOOD said the report had been brought under
the consideration of the Admiralty and was at present
under their consideration, and, in his cpinien, a farther
inquiry would he proper.
THE BELJAST RIOTS.
Captain ARCHDALL asked the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether any and what measures had been taken
by the Irish Government to prosecute Loughran,
who, as appeared by the report of Mews. Lynch and
smytb, wa.s the cause of the late Belfast riots which
commenced in July last, the said Loughran having,
as appears by the said report, been gailty with others of
conspiracy to riot.
Mr. 11. OF eaid that if his Iron. friend had
ra,ad the report on which he founded his question, he
would not have put it in a form which was opposed to
the facts as stated in the report. The commissioners,
in adverting to the incident in which the person alluded
to was concerned, stated that it had a very slight and
unimportant bearing in estimating the causes of the riot,
but rtill that person was taken before the magistrates
arid fined 401. for the offence.

EAST INDIA LOAN BILL,
On the order of the day for considering in committee
the East India Loan Bill,
Mr. MANGLES said that it was of the most vital
importance that the Company should be enabled by
means of this measure to raise money, in order to carry
on the service of the Government, He hoped tke corn.
mittco would allow the act to proceed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that of course he should not ask the committee to discuss
the details of any measure under existing circumstances,
but he wished to say that there was a reason for prr•
cceding with this bill with respect to circumstances
affecting the state of the finances of the East India
Company. The committee were aware of the statement
which had been previously made. There wore certain
army and navy estimates which were repayable by the
East India Company, which it was desirab'e should be
repaid before the end of the financial year, on the Ist
April next, in order to prevent any derangement of the
finances of this country. If the Company were not able
to repay the amount of public money advanced to them
the estimates would be deranged. He wished the com-
mittee merely to be in posses-ion of these facts, and then
they could deal with the bill as they pleased.
Mr. T. BARING said that when this bill passed the
second reading it was understood that any details were
to be reserved till the committee. He certainly thought
this mode of raising money a very clumsy one, and the
general principles of the measure most remarkable. But
it it e.'ere perfectly essential, for the purpose of carrying
on her Majesty's Government that this money should be
raised, of course his objections must yield to their con-
sideration. If, therefore, the hon. and right bon.
gentleman said that it was necessary for the public
service. that this measure should pass through committee
he (Mr. Baring) should withdraw his opposition.
Mr. V. SMITH was understood to say that it would
be inconvenient, to discuss the principles of the bill at the
present moment, which could be more properly done on
the proposition of the right hon. baronet the member for
Portsmouth (Sir F. Baring), that the loan should be
reduced from 10,000,0001. to 8,000,0001. 14 bad also
been proposed that the 11th clause of the bill should be

altered so that the subscriptions to the loan should be
raised in this country. If these alterations were made,
he saw no objection rained why they should not go into
committee at once.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said the house had passed
the second reading without discussion, on the under-
standinmb that the principles of the measure
k:hoald be
discussed at this stage. He contended that they were
without adequate information on the subject, and he
should like to hear from the Chancellor of the Exchequer
or the hon. member for Guildford (Mr. Mangles) what
were the present 1 abilities of every kind upon the Indian
nin immense glike 901,i
aoboioh,
tOyooo/1.1
aocreloouon,toCo/of,
revenue. So far as he could make out they were some-
Oroalo.l/izaayncd tNheorew,whase
a ished to know how this matter stood, because the
proposition was to increase the funded debt of India
by one-sixth, and the question was would this liability
by any possibility
fall upon the finances of the exchequer.
Theta was a chronic deficit year after year,
and for the
last four years it amounted to 6,000,000/.
The revenue
of India was raised from land tax, salt, and opium, and
other things ; but a great portion of the revenue of the
last year could not be collected. He trusted that some
explanation would be given upon these points, viz.,
what was the present state of the Indian revenue—what
were the charges upon it in the shape of debt of all
kinds—and from what revenue it was proposed
to meet this additional item of expenditure. He believed
it was a great fallacy to suppose that the debt of the
East India Company could be paid off out of two years
revenue. In his opinion the two exchequers of England
and India should be kept distinct, or the house would
become entangled in Indian finance.
Mr. AYII.TON considered it extremely inconvenient
that they should go into committee at this time, con-
sidering the present state of the house and the Govern.
went, and the Government of India. The question before
the house involved serious consideration, for the rightr
hon. gentleman the member for Buckinghamshire° !M
r•
had spoken in terms very different to t
positions
contained in this bill. Now, (pro.
clear
they framed the bill, they would .
_vaible for the
this country would not be morally v: P°
debt, and have to coma forward
would advance their money for thee.
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The great question
the East India Company
borrow the money,
should not advance the.
Mr. IVA now was wh --
LPOLE said
was a public necessity
would a to go •
and relieves
those who
apeerviee of the State.
,”,. 12 should allow
nto the market and
betber the English Government
have to cot
"wamount the Company required.
°ard:rvewhrbether
d as it had been stated that there
that this loan should be raised,
et wisely and prudently in acceding so far to
he thought in the present state of India that the house
the measure as to go into committee upon the clauses.
At the same time, he thought they ought not to pass

Lord PALMERSTON presented to the house, by
command of her l'idajesty, certain papers which were
understoTd to be the correspondence which has recently
passed between Lord Elgin and Commissionee
The Noble Lard also presented a despatch ft.= her
Majesty's Ambassador at Paris.
These documents were ordered to lie on the table.
RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.