The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-05 00:00:00

:NOVEMBER 5,'1,858.

strenuously opposed Liberal ineaSure. (" No,
no, and " Yes, yes." Tey have passed:, the India
Bill; by means of whicL\lBo,ooo,ooo_of our fellow-
subjects in Hindostan, when the presenV calamities
haveyassed, over, I trust; 'will-be I.CH-even from the
domestic 'oppression underwhich they, have groaned
for ages, that their material prosperity will thereby
be advanced, that secular knowledge and Christian
virtue and happiness-may be promoted; and though
it May appear but as the dream of enthusiasm, so
far from joining in the despondency of thoge who
consider•the power of superstition and idOlatry, the
prolonged debasement of vicOarid the proud claims
-of caste as invincible, I believ.e that Christianity,
with a .fair field and. no favour, will triumph over
every, obstacle. .(Cheers.) But the India B ill avhich
was passed by Parliament was not the-bill of the
present Government---:-(hear, hear)—their liill was
the laughing-stock of the country till, at the re-
commendation of
..Lord John 'Russell, it was passed
through the-mill of a series of resolutions, andcame
out as nearly as possible the bill of their -predeces-
.sors. . (No.) . of the first acts of the present
Ministry, in regard to India was rather ominous.
They had not been long in power when the 'country
was startled by-the announcement that Lord Ellen-
borough had sent out a public despatch reprimand-
ing Lord Canning for hisproclamation tothe rebels
-Of Oude; declaring their property confiscated, but
promising favour to such as'should lay d.owntheir
arms..- In, other countries,' as well as in .our own,
the. punishment of rebellion is death and the. for-
feiture of estate, but Lord-Canning-did not threaten
to _Punish with death-Arrebellion:- His •pOliey was,
merciful and wise;_ he obviously intended to protect
the smaller proprietors and villagers against the
talookdars and' great robber chiefs Who,, wiring the
anarchy and misrule -that preeeded -the annexation
of Oude, had been guilty of rapine-and cruelty, at-
tacking and taking the property of those 'weaker
than themselves.- Had Lord Canning at-once re-
stored them to the property they. were in poasession.
of during the rebellion, he would have inflicted
great injustice on the victims of these baronial rob=
hers, .(A voice--"' What are -we ?") In this
despatch, which _was published over all India, the
right of the Queen itself to the sovereignty of Oude
was called in question. - If the British Govern-
! ment declares itself- a wrongful intruder into the
place of the • Indian dynasty, are not those
who have been called rebels justified in
continuing to fight, against a, Power that 'acknow-
ledges itself -an usurper ?. (A voice-" Certainly.")
•Was • not the whole 'tendency of that despatch to
encourage our enemies, and to prevent the pacifica-
tion of the-country? - This deSpateh. seems to have
-not been communicated. to .all-the- menibers.of the
Government., though some acknowledged that they
were priVy to it, and all supported it.
.Lord Derby,
however, consented to throw Jonah overboard to
save. the crew-- (Laughter 'and applause.); When'
Mr. Card Well brought forward a motion to idis-
approve -this "despateli,•l -cannot say that.our con=
duct. reflected much. credit on us. the debate was
prolonged for some- day-% during vthish contradictory
rumours .of reports from India ,:were eircnlated;
which produced doubt and liegitatiOn. Some (lon-
sidered the saorifice of -Lord Ellehborough a suffi-
cient atonement, and:the threat, of a dissolntion in
the event of an adverse :vote made the Opposition--
glad - to' draw off their troops. In regard to this
despatch, if the Ministry still_ maintain the justice
of their censure on the Governor, and if the line of
'Conduct- he haS pursued, and which he declares his
'intention 'of 'eontinning; they - must 'immediately
recall him, or if he.is allowed:tohOld his 'office it
will be a standing censure on their owii. conduct.
They have promised Us" a-Reform Bill-I(hear, ligar)
—indeed, such -a blessing has been looming in the
distance through - three, if not four Ministries.! I
doubt, however, if the advent of this boon' willi be.
hailed with much favour by any party, espeeitilly
by the Liberals.• -(lronical cheers.) I should hope,:
however, that it will: disfranchise a: number of the
close boroughS. Thiswould let loose a good mal•ny
seats, in which case justice would not be , done i to
Scotland if we did not receive 'an addition to our
representatives. The counties, ,antl boroughs; of
England and. Wales have no less than 496, Ireland
-105, and Scotland has 53. The estimated popnla,
tion. of :England and Wales in 1855. is about
18,786,000, Scotland- 3,400,000, Ireland about
6,000,000. As 'Scotland has nearly .a sixth of ihe
Population of England, on that principle we should
hale 80 members, or an addition of 27. But.
England being the richer country it will
naturally 'contribute more to the revenues of. the
nation in proportion to_ its population than Sdot-,
land. If we' calculate the sum paid into the. Ex-
chequer by Scotland at a ninth of England we
shall be nearer the mark. This would give only an
addition of two ; but if we combine the elements of
population and revenue, and take the average,' Vie
addition would be 15. In regard to the extension
of the franchise, my opinion is that the safest
ground on which the frauchise can be based is the
holding of property; and AS small proprietors are
as Careful as any for the preservation and prospc r'ty
of their property as larger, it is not necessary that
the amount should be.large. We have a precedent
in the 40s. freehold of England. lam well aware
that in Scotland weroannot have the same franchise ;
but I believe that a property qUalifieation of 40s.
a-year would be. one safe mode of extending the
suffrage. I confess, however, I have
.no great
hopes 'of the tinkering of the representative
machineS by the Tories, the men who so stoutly
resisted the • last Reform IEII, and purposely
damaged it by forcing two rotten timbers into it.
Mr. Black proceeded at great length to advert to
the Universities Bill, and particularly to the re-
moval of the patronage from the corporation. He
referred in conclusion to the 'Annuity-tax Bill,
which was lost last session on the second reading
by 130 to 129, but which he was determined to in-
troduce annually till the question was settlled.
Sir W. Duman., M.P., then addressed the meet-
ing on the University patronage queStiOn, but was
received with so much impatience that he had, to
give way.
Numerous questions were then put to the city
members amid every description of clamorous de-
monstration, and numerous interrogators were still
competing for hearing, when the advancing dark-
ness and the confusion that prevailed brought the
meeting to a close.

FATAL WRECK OF THE B.RITISHS-ffri)
SOUBADAR.-FORTY LIVES LOST.'

_ .
The following particulars have been received at
Lloyd's relative to the wreck of the English ship
Soubadar, Capt. Umfrevill, commander, and the
loss of 40 lives (coolie- passengers). The ship was
on a voyage from the _Mauritius to Madras with
301 coolie passengers and two native doctors on
board ; her. Lascar crew and European master and
officers, amounting in all to 52. On Aug. 11, at
two, a.m., she struck on a reef extending. E.S.E.
about four miles from the island of Forie and of the
Spadian group, and became a total wreck. The
vessel at the time was under double-reefed topsails,
courses up, ar.d jib and spanker in ; wind north,
and the ship heading up east by north. Breakers
were seen and reported on the, lee bow, and the
helm was at once put hard down. The ship, how-
ever, struck in a few minutes, and was bilged be-
fore morning. A very heavy sea prevcated any
attempts to lay out an anchor to get the vessel off ;
and at daylight the mate was sent away in one of
the ship's, boats to endavour. to pull over the reef
and get assistance from the island. - He was unsuc-
cessful, and some time afterwards a native boat_
came down to the wreck, having received informa-
tion about the locality. During the day the crew
and coolies were got upon the reef from the ship,which
was two or three feet under water ; but they were
unable to get to the island, either in the boats or
on foot, and the rising of the tide washed a
great many of the coolies off the reef. Some
were picked up by the ships' boats and the native
boat, but it was ultimately found on reaching the
Wand that 38 men' and two women were drowned;
the crew all saved. On the 19th the captain and
crew left Forie in three of the -ships' boats, and the
coolies in about 12 or 13 native boats, and landed
on Hunadoo Island, another of the same group.
Here they remained some days endeavouring to get
on to the 'Maldives. The mate, with the two
native passengers, three of the crew, and 70 coolies,
at length left in a native boat and reached King's
Island on the Gth Sept., and the captain and a fur-
ther portion of the crew and coolies arrived
in
coming
s iu. The
xpd days. The
SoubadarecarpenteNry
aasn dnie•eaiii.4a,nBleor were
tons,
and belonged to London.

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