The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-29 00:00:00

THE PRIVILEGE OF REPORTS.

We received on Saturday afternoon a copy of the
report from the Select Committee of the House of
Lords on the Privileges of Reports. The committee

have agreed to the following resolutions, viz. :--
That the prayer of certain petitioners that there
shall be entire immunity for the publication in
newspapers of all that is spoken at all public meet-
ings, if the report be faithful, thus depriving persons
calumniated of all remedy, save against the speaker,
cannot safely be granted ; 2, That faithful re-
pe4s of the proceedings of either House of
Parliament, at which strangers have been per-
mitted to be present, shall have the same privilege
as is now granted to faithful reports of the pro-
ceedings of courts of justice ; 3, That if an action
shall be bronght for au alleged libel, it shall be
competent for the defendant, in addition to .1
any other plea, to plead "that the alleged libel
was part of the report of the proceedings of a pub-
lic meeting lawfully assembled for a lawful purpose,
and that the said report is a faithful report of the
said proceedings of the said public meeting, and
that the plaintiff has sustained no actual damage
by the publication of the alleged libel," and that
on proof of this plea the jury should be directed
to find a verdict for the defendant ; and 4, That
a public meeting for this purpose shall be a
meeting lawfully called by the sheriff of a
county or other public functionary to petition
the Queen or either House of Parliament, or a
meeting for the election of members of parliament,
or a meeting of the town council of any city or
borough, or a meeting held under the authority of
an act of Parliament for imposing rates on, or re-
gulating the local affairs of, any district. The
second resolution was only carried by 5 to
.3, and
the rest of the resolutions neon. dis. The witnesses
examined before the committee were Mr. E.
Baines, Mr. Alexander Dobie, Mr. T. Curzon
Hansard, and Mr. A. Ely Hargrove.

THE CHANCELVIR of THE ExCEIEQUEIea ELECTION
EXPENSES.—Perhaps fewer candidates at the late gene-
ral election were returned at less expense than the Right
Lion the Chancellor of the Exch(cuer, Sir G. C. Lewis,
for the Radnorshire boroughs. The auditor's account of
these expenses has just been published, from which we
learn that the return cost the right hon. baronet just
301. 25., of which sum M. 8,. (more than. one-third)
was the auditor's fee, the actual election, therefore,
costing under 201. The agent had 10 guineas, the prin-
ter.. 51. 153., and the cost of
roclaiming the notice in
the contributory boroughs (31. 93.1 made up the total of
the whole.
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PREDICTION OF MUTINY IN CHEINDIAN ARMY.--
Old Indians say, "There is no respect for yon in India
without magnificence and show." A. greater fallacy
'does not E X'Ht. Trumpery, and humbug are our enemies
in India, as they were and are the enemies of the bar-
baric Princes. Such folly ruin* Shore, and will ruin us,
for if we continue to imitate the Eastern style our officers
will deteriorate, and the native officers will take theempire
from us. A radical reform of the Indian army, and increase
of European officers is absolutely necessary. Some years
hence, for they will not increase the officers, my word will
prove prophetic. The Sevoy now bas no European offi-
cers to look to—no captain I mean ;he is devoted to us
as yet, but we take no pains to preserve his attachment.
It is no concern of mine, I shall be dead before what I
foresee will take place, but it will take place, I would
give this opinion in writing if it would do the Company
any good ; but it will not, for everything I say or do is
looked upon as war against them, and I will not play
Cassandra for the directors to jeer and laugh.—Sir
Charles Napier's Life.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT SWISH TOWN.—OR Sa-
turday the family of Mr. T. Cocaine, a gentleman resid-
ing
at No. 76, Gloucester-vil!as, Kentish Town, were
thrown into a state of the deepest affliction, in conse-
quence of the sudden bereavement of the youngest
daughter,
melancholy a beautiful. chill cfrhhiled
littlebetw girl,ee
n 2 and 3 years of age,
named Amy Rosa, and under circumstances of a very
affiwusitinhg
tohthemersl
seovfesthine
family, were, during the morning,
the grounds at the back of the ville, under the charge of
the nursery-maid. In an ho'-house adjoining the gar-
dener kept a large pan of water for the purpose of water-
ing the shrubs and plants, and it would appear the little
innocent, unobserved, reached the pan, and falling
into it was drowned. It was sometime before she was
discovered, when the utmost consternation prevailed.
The mother, who is in a delicate state of health, met the
servant with the lifeless childin her arms, and her agony
may be better imagined thin d'ascribed. Harris, thb
gardner, ran for Mr. Williams, a surgeon, of Kentish
Town, who soon arrived, and endeavoured by the usual
means to resuscitate the body, but without success.

CAPTURE OP A GANG or' SREEPSTEALERS.—EarIy on s
Friday morning Poli.:e-constables Booth, of Cudworth, '
near Barnsley, and Shaw, of Dar flqd, having had their
suspicions excited by thwaroceedings of a party of men,
followed them to a plaor called Storee-mill, where they
saw the fellows making preparations to slaughter a sheep,
which they had selected out of a flock belonging to Mr. Guest, of Cudworth. The policemen were armed with
cutlasses, and they had with them .a couple of dogs,
which, a 9 the thieves approached the constables' biding
place, broke loose and seized
were captured almost
one of the robbers, and
prisoners, whose names
the men charged with
saworietterrifiedany
s the
dsrturepeuss
lottnyt:h aotnTethheoe
fy
being concerned in the Manor Oaks burglary, John
Cope, and William Bennet, had on them two life pre-
two butchers' knives,
veils, striped slop's, in-
ssaetrrsuvaenies:nattshrfeoer crowbar,siOhraeri pgcpolSkekestg, kaa untl zdi er articles. The neigh-
bourhood of Barnsley has been long infested with sheep
stealers, and since the rural palter has been put on
two desperate encounter, have taken place be-
tween constables and these marauders, but this is the
ofinrsetotritinthwee any of them have been secured in flagrante
delicto.
EAST INDIA ACCOUNTS.—The total net "revenue' re-
ceipts of all the Presidencies of Lelia in the year 1855-56
amounted to the sum of 28,812,0971., and the total pay-
ment out of the income of 6,664,7501., being an actual
receipt into the Government treasuries of 22,147,3471.
The net revenues of Bengal atnoonted to 12,201,6281. ;
the gross receipts of the Eastern settlements, to 97,9041.;
those of Coorg to 20,477/. ; those of Burmab, &c.,
to 598 7761.;
2t7,
those of Nagpore to 529,127/. ; those
of ?ti Provinces,
those of the North-
Wes; those of the Punjab
and Trans-Indus territory, to 1,216,492. ; those
of Madras, to 4.956,8714 ; those of Bombay, to
4,643,464/. ; those of Scinde,
t 72,30581. 5 :2481.
to 309,422/. ;and those
of Sattara, to 251,8271. The sum of 498,904/. was
received in 1856 as tributes and subsidies. The
grand total revenue of India for the year ended
April 30, 1857, was estimated at 29,344,9601.,
being an excess of expenditure over income amount-
and war charges
at 10,537,3051. The
ied from 26,510,1851.
if ncrg
revenuet
ht to
slra,ei9dcBe
yearilp,ots62ow/f
rnedTi
estimated
militarymavae t e
var
to 29,344,9601. between 1853-54 and 1856-57, and
for four years there has been an excess of expenditure
*ter income varying from 972,7911, to 2,04.4,1171,