The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

I KPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.)

Ths Royal asssent was given by commission to the
following bills :—Turnpike Trusts Arrangements; Ban.
ley Borough Incorporation; Militia (Ireland) Act (1854)
Amendment; Sound Dues; Sites for Workhouse ; Joint-
Stock Corporation Amendment Act; Wilmston and
Lawton Roads ; Fraserburgh Harbour; North-Eastern
and Hartlepool Docks and Railway Company's Amalga-
mation; Forth and Clyde Junction Railway; Landport and
Southsea Improvements ' • Wearmouth Bridge, Ferries,
and Approaches ; south Durham and Lancashire Union
Railway ; Ely Valley Railway ; Glasg Gas ; St.
Phil!ip's Church ; Liverpool New River Company ;
West Hartlepool Railway ; Mansfield and Worksop
Road ; Portsdown Water • Fawnhope and Holme
B..idge ; Nora-Eastern Railway ; and Ipswich Water.
The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Harrowby, and Lord Campbell.
Their lordships adjourned during pleasure.

Their lordships re-assembled at five o'clock.
STATE OF INDIA.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention
of their lordships to the state of affairs in India. Fur
about three months the British public had been
regar.llog the state of India with the greatest
anxiety, and every mail that bad arrived since
the revolt had broken out had been regarded with un-
usual interest, bat each, successively, had only tended to
increase that ant ety as to the state of the army in India.
Notwitbstaoding this state of affairs, not one word of
official information had been given on the subject. We
have had to depend upon private sources for any infor-
mation on the subject. As to the actual state of the
great empire of India, we absolutely know nothing about
the measures to bo adopted by her Majesty's Govern-
ment. He (the Earl of E lentorough) did not think such a
state of things ought to be. Although every mail that
bad arrived stated the crisis was over and the danger
was passed, yet he felt confident it was not so. Nothing
would be refused to the Government to enable them to
coreibat the difficulties that at present existed in India.
It the Govermhent did not avail themselves of th,se
means which weull be freely granted them, great
di,,aster and disgrace would follow. He wanted to know
whether they were going to adopt these means ? If not
the present Government would go down to posterity as
the most calamitous government since 'the days of Lard
Nortb. The late General Anson was a most efficient
officer, and his loss was to be lamented, but it was con-
solatory to think that the late Commander-in-Chief was
to be succeeded by. so able and gallant a soldier as Sir
Colin Campbell. (Cheers.) lie highly approved of the
temporary appointment of Sir Patrick Grant. (Hear,
hear) But on the arrival of Sir Colin Campbell this
officer would lose the command—(hear, and cheer,)—
but be hoped means would be taken to secure the aid of
Sir P. Grant to the commander-in-chief. A great many
persons were disappointed at not having heard by the
last arrival of the capture of Delhi, but he did not ex
pect that such news would be brought. He thought the
present aspect of affairs was most serious. The defection
of the native army was exceedingly alarming, besides,
all the regiments in the Punjaub bad been disarmed.
The troops that have been sent out would arrive about
the first of Nov., and assuming that Delhi would be by
that time retaken, he recommended that the most effective
measures should be taken to crash out the rebellion. It
such was done, the British power would be again firmly
re-established throughout the empire of India before .he
14 of April next. The information he desired was what
measures the Government intended to take to re enforce
the army, and if they would give before the expiration
of three days all toe nco.rmat-on they posses-4.d.
Earl GRANVILLE assured the noble tarl that the
Government were anxious to give every information they
poezessed cn the sulde4t. Ile thought it right to say
this most emphatically, bi cause it had been represented
that they were in the receipt of most eimstrous informa-
tion kept back from the pubic. They were most
desirous of giving all the information they possessed ;
but at the present moment they were not in the pm-
session of any fact which had not been published.
Toe Government ware quite alive to the seriousness of the
. matter, sad were not at all disposed to treat the matter
lightly ; on the contrary it was receiving the most seri-
ous attention by her Majesty's. Government, and they
were determined to take every precaution in their power
to overcome the diffleu!ty that had arisen. The not It
earl then alluded to the death Of General Anson, and
passed a gloaing. eclugium up n his successor,
Sir Cohn Campbell, who, when the subject was
mentioned to him proposed to go off on the instant to
tat: e the command of the British array in India.
Lord MELVILLE condemned the state of the
Brit sh army, and he trusted the Government would
compel the Board of Directors to remedy such a state of
things.
After a few words from the Earl of ALBEMARLE,
the subject dropped.

[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.)

The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
SAND WICII ELECTION.
The SPEAKER announced the abandonment of the
Sandwich election petition.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The L )rds' amendments to t;ie Australian Agricultu-
ral Company Bill were consider,d and agreed to.

- ROYAL ASSENT.
T. e SPEAKER accimpa,niud by Varli,l23 members of the
the house attended the House of Lords to hear the
r..y4 assent given by clmtnisslon to several biile.
(See Lards.)

GALWAY ELECTION.
Mr. CLIVE, chairman of the GA.vay election com-
mittee, reported that Mr. O'Flaberty was not duly
elected a member of the houAe, and they declire the elec-
tion vocal..

ORDER OF THE BATH.
Lord lIOTIIAM gave notice that en going into com-
mittee on Civil CoLtingencies, Le should call attention to
the officers of the army appointed to be members of t)le
Order of the Bath, and rt quest that at their death the
order should not be retained.
SUEZ CANAL.
Mr. DARBY GRIFFITHS gave notice that on the
17th of July, he should call the attention of the house
to the proposel construction of a ship canal across the
Isthmus of Sucz.
JEWISH DISABILITIES.

Mr. DILLWYN gave notice that on Friday nest, he
ibould move a resolution, that the words on "the true
faith of a Christian" should be omitted from the oath to
b.-/ taken by persons who did not- consider the words
binding on their consciences.