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

INDIA.

Mr. DISRAELI, in consequence of the-contradictory
statements current respecting India, asked her Majesty's
Government if they bad any authorised information to
give the house relative to the insurrection in India ?
He also asked the noble lord at the head of her Ma-
jesty's Government whether it was their intention to
lay on the table any papers relative to the details of the
present state of India
Lord PALMERSTON said he did not feel surprised
at the right hon. gentleman putting this question to bor
Majesty's Government, after the accounts that bad gone
forth to the public relative to intAligence recently re-
ceived from India, but he (Lord Palmerston) bad only
to state that her Majesty's Government had only re-
ceived a telegraphic communication conveying very.
nearly, though in different words, the same informatioo
that was known to the public, and until the arrival of
the mails to-night or to-morrow, he could not add to
that information. • The outline of that commu-
nication was first the unfortunate loss of the Coturnau-
der-in-Chief, and secondly that the disaffection which it
was at first supposed had existed only in a few regi-
ments appeared to have spread to a large extent amongst
the Bengal army. A large number of the Bengal troop,
as stated in the despatch, had been dispersed to their
homes, and, on the other baud, the troops that
bad remained faithful had bai, with the British
tt"Pe, an encounter with the mutineers, under
the walls of Delhi, which bad been attended with
complete success. Twenty-six pieces of cannon
had been taken, sad tha mutineers had taken refuge
within the walla of the town, which were not regular
fortifications, but upright walls, without any of the de
fences which fortifications gave to towns. It was anti
•ipated that the town would be immediately assaulted,
and the house could easily anticipate the result of that
assault. When the dispatches strived, tier Majesty's
Government would be ready to lay. at. once before Par-
liament such portions (:)f them as would be ca'-
oulated to give to the house and the public

full information as to the course of events. There
might, however, be in those despatches many circum-
stances it would be essential for the public service not
to make public, but the house might rely on her Ma-
jesty's Go'vernment laying on the table of the house such
information as would put them and the public in posses-
sion of the actual state of India up to the time of the
leaving of the despatches. (Hear.)
Mr. DISRAELI said that his application referred to
despatches received before the occurrences mentioned-
He did not wish to limit his inquiries to the pro•
duction of papers giving a narrative of events that ba I
occurred within the last few weeks, but rather to the an-
ticipation of such an outbreak. He had now to make a
more precise inquiry of the Government indirectly con-
nected with India, viz., whether the noble lord had re-
ceived information that the Governor of Herat had
sworn allegiance to the Shah of Persia—that it had
been accepted, and that he had been empowered to coin
money at variance with the treaty of peace that had
been laid on the table of the house. (Hear, hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON said that with regard to the
first question, he could only say that her Majesty's Go-
vernment would endeavour to select, from the corres-
pondence relative to the unfortunate outbreak in India,
such as was calculated to give every information on the
subject to the house and the country. If that was found
insufficient, and further information was requested, the
house would probably state what was wanted, and her
Majesty's Government would endeavour to soppy it. In
answer to the second question, the noble lord said
that her Majesty's Government had received
no information tending to confirm the report,
mentioned by the right hon. gentleman. No doubt the
right hon. gentleman was aware that by the treaty with
Persia an agent had been sent to Herat. That agent
had not yet arrived, but as soon as he had he would re-
port on the state of affairs there.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was stated in the ac-
counts that in the encounter before Delhi the mutineers
mustered a force of 7,000 men, and the British only
1,800, part of whom were sepoys, and he asked if the
telegraphic communication confirmed that statement.
Lord PALMERSTON said that the telegraph com-
munication received by her Majesty's Government, gave
no details of that kind, bat simply stated that an en-
counter had taken place—that 26 guns had been taken,
and the mutineers driven inside the city of Delhi. The
question had not been put to her Majesty's Government,
but be would state the general outline of what her
Majesty's Government had thought proper to
adopt. (Hear, hear.) Immediately on the
receipt of the unfortunate information, steps
were taken by the noble lord at the head of the
War Department with the Commander-in-Chief, to
seleot a successor to General Anson, as Commander-in-
Chief in India. An offer was made to Sir Colin Camp
bell of the command, which he immediately accepted,
and when he was asked how soon he would be a' la to
start, he with his usual promptitude replied to-morrrow
—(cheer-)—and, accordingly he left yesterday by train,
a telegraph communication being at the same time dis-
patched for the stoppage of the mails at Marseilles
which left London on Friday, until Sir C. Campbell

arrived Thera, so that not a single hour might be lost in
his reaching his destination. (Hear, hear.) The house
was aware that 14,000 troops were under orders to pro-

teed to India, and precautions had been made for meet-
ing any emergency. Lord Canning had, on his
own authority, written to Lotd Etin, which he

thought would meet him at Ceylon, requesting him, if
he, could do so, to divert from its service part of the
troops now on their way to China. He (Lord Palmer-
ston) had no doubt that letter had reached Lord Elgin,
who no doubt had complied with that request. Her
Delajesty'e Government having made such arrangements
with reference to China as woull all)w of such a diver-
sion of the troops taking place.
Viscount GODERICEE asked if it were true that the
Gavernorin-Chief had appointed Sir Patrick Grant as
Deputy Commander-in-Chief in India.

Lord PALMERSTON was unable to answer the

question. He had only, as he said before, received a
telegraphic communication ; bat it sometimes happened
that persons knew, or pretended to know, more than
the Government. (Laughter.)
In answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER,

Lord PALMERSTON said that there were 14,000
troops under orders for India, pare of whom
bad already embarked, and her Majesty's Government
would feel it to be their duty, as eatly as poaible, to
embark a considerable addition of troops tor India ; bat,
of course, means must be taken, by recruiting, to supply
the gap that would be thus occasioned in the home
forceti. (Rear, bear.)
CIL&THaM ELECTION.

The SPEAKER announced that the petition against
the return of the sitting member for Chatham had been
withdrawn.

DIVORCE, ic., BILL.
Lord PALMERSTON stated that the Divorce, Sze..
Bill would acme before the house for a second reading
on this day week.
THE PERSIAN AND CHINESE WARS.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave
notiece that on Thursday in Committee of Supply he
should move the estimates relative to the Persian and
China wars. (Hear.) ,
_ _ _

Sir J. GRAHAM aiked the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer whether be would lay on the table of the
house the estimates of the East India Company
presented to the Government in February, containing a
rough estimate of the entire cost of the txpenditure with
correspondence annexed.

The CHANCEL:I.OR of the EXCHEQUER said that
to.° estimates had been made, one before the the war,
and one on its termination. He bad no objection to lay
the latter on the table of the house on Thursday

-(LEFT eITTIN G.)

Country Market!.

HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Jura' 10.
WILT. BARLEY I OATS. I sit, II
First
Second 46s Od ) 3Gs 5d ) 32s 3d) 464 3d
Third 33s Od 133 s Od 1 28s 6d 1 43s Od
Total quantity of wheat in market, 374 qrs., 311 ,oki
PP PP barley PP ( 8 qrs., 68 sold
PP , oats .; 195 qrs., 179 sold
PP PP ~ beans 21 qrs., 21 sold
AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
Wheat, 2/. 6 0 9-12ths i Barley, ...11. 16 5 4-I:3ths
Oats, ... 11. 12 3 4-12ths 1 Beans, 21. 3 6 1-I.2tts

DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET-JULY 9.

Qrs. Best. Current.
485 Wheat 63s 01 ... 40s f.)11
207 Oats 3ls 0,1 234 tid.... .....
10J Barley 40.4 Oti 33s 10,1
12 Peas & beans 40s 041 4ss 6 t.l

in rat io
32 , al
214 01
30. Ocl
44 Cd

ABERDEEN-JULY 10.

Potato oats ' 263 Gd to 27s 6(1 1401bs per bushel
• Common oats... ..... 26s 0(1 to 26s Gd
• Bere ql5 Od to 330 0(1
} 531bs
, Barley 'lls Od to 33s Oil Pt
Wheat, red (spring)4os Od to 46s Od
1 621bs
„ white 4os 0,1 to 483 Od "
Oatmeal 203 Oct to 21s 0,1 per boll.
Flour 43s Od to 46s Od per sack.
PROVISION MARKET.
Beef, per lb 6(l to 9d I -Butter, p lb. a 103 to N 11,:
Mutton, per lb 6d to 9d Eggs, p doz. 03 81 to 0310 i
Lamb, do., Os 8(1 to Os: 9 , Hens, p pair 2s 6(1 to 3s 0
Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d Chickens,do.ls Gd to 2,; 0 ,
Pork, perlb...os 6d to Os 7d Ducks, do., 03 Od to 0,- 03
Salmon, per lb .........is 2d, Ducklings,ols 61 to 2s 0
Grouse, per brace., 0s to as Turkeys, each 4s 03 to 4, 6
Tallow, p stone, Os to lls 01 Potatoes, pr pock, 123 to 181
Rabbits, each 3d to 4d.
Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... 86s to 88s
Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen
RETAIL PRICES. -
..... _ ...

Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 6+l Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d
Oatmeal Os Od to 2s ld „ dust,
Beremeal ....0s Od to 2s Oti ~ per lb 2d to 22d
Peasemeal.., Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, 7d
Cheese, par imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 61
4-lb. 10af...-Bd. 2-Ib. 10af.,,4d.
DUBLIN, JULY 11.

We had again a dull retail market to-day, and we repeat
the quotations of Tuesday, except for Indian corn, which,
being scarce, brought an advance of 6d to is in small
transactions.

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She took out nearly 70 passengers, and 384 boxes and
bags of letters and newspapers; of these 26 box-s and
3 bags contained letters, and the rest newspapers. Tnere
were 159 brxts for Melbourne, 78 for Sydney, 36 for
Adelaide, 29 for Hobart Town, 11 for Launcestor, 21
f,r Wellington (New Zealand), 13 for Auckland (New
Zealand), 23 for Geelong, and 5 for King George's
Sound.

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BAIL WAY INTELLIGENCF.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

A special meeti' g rf the company was held on
Saturday at the Waterloo station to consider a bill
now beforc Parliament ; Mr. W. J. Chaplin in the
°hair.

The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting was con-
vened in compliance with the standing orders of the
House of Lords. The object of the bill was merely
to extend the Staines and Wokingham line to the
Great Western Railway at Reading, and to give
power to •the South-Eastern, South-Western, and
Great Western Companies to participate in any be-
neficial arrangement that might be made for the
interchange and working of the traffic.
The SOLICITOR read.the heads of the bill and the
clauses relating to the use and working of the pro-
posed junction line which was to connect the nar-
row guage litres at Reading ; and also those respect-
ing the collection, conveyance, and delivery of
goods traffic, and the apportionment and division
of the traffic during any specified time not exceed-
ing 10 years, subject to the approval of the Board
of Trade, and of three-fifths of the shareholders re-
presented at a meeting convened for the purpose.
Contracts or agreements in respect, to traffic may be
renewed at the end of ten years if approved by the
Board of Trade.

The CHAIRMAN moved a formal resolution al-
proving the bill.
Mr. HERAPATH thought it desirable on such oc-
casions that they should have a map of the lines
and district placed in the room to give them an idea
of what they were about. He was glad to see that
the Great Western and South-Western companies
were working harmoniously at Dorchester aad
Salisbury to develope the traffic.
The CHAIRMAN concurred in the utility of a map
on such occasions, but the junction line was only
about 1 mile 7 furlongs in length. The Great
Western Company would construct it for the Wok-
ingham Company, and, as it would run into the
Great Western line, it was quite right they should
have control over it. They were working amicably
with the Great Western Company, and they would
have a better station at Salisbury than was ex-
pected ; for since the Bill had passed the Great
Western Company had expressed their willingness
to construct the station at Salisbury, so as to be
conveniently connected with the South-Western
station there, with a view to facilitate the traffic.
Mr. HEREPATH was glad the two companies had
come to an amicable arrangement, as great injury
had been done to railway property generally by the
adverse proceedings of railway companies. The
subject now was better understood than formerly,
and it was found that amicable arrangements for the
accommodatiou of the public and the developement
uf the traffic were much better for all parties than
ruinous competition.
The motion approving the Bill was carried unani-
mously, and the meeting separated..