The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

T HUI D EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock.

READING RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CAVERSHAM STAKES.

Raven 1
Greenwich Fair 2
Arcanum 3
Seven ran.
STAND PLATE.

Zitella.... ...
Little Gerard.

Eighteen ran.
'WHITLEY STAKES.

Cynthia
Misty Morn ..
Princess Royal

Seven, ran.
Julie came in first, but was objected to for carrying 71b
short of weight.

READING STAKES.
Madame Eglantine
Hartley Wintney
Six ran.
SELLING HANDICAP.

Whimsical
The Dove
„ , •

Four ran.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tats EVENING).

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition from the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh, praying
that the Medical Acts Amendment Bill might not be passed
this session.
Lord NORMANBY presented a petition from the
Superintendent of Police, against the ninth clause of the
Police (Boroughs and Counties) Bill.
Lord WODE HOUSE presented numerous petitions from
Aylesbury, Brighton, Newcastle, and other places for
legalising the marriage with a deceased wife's sister.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition to
the same effect from the Scotch Reformation Society.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the Warrington
and Southport Railway Bill was read a third time and
passed. • 11
CONSOLIDATION FUND APPROPRIATION ACT.
This bill passed through committee.
STAMP DUTIES BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
MILITIA PAY BILL.
This bill also passed through committee.
INDIA LOAN BILL.

On the motion that the house go into committee on this
bill, •

The Duke of ARGYLE said he was anxious to address a
few observations to their lordships on this bill. The late
mutiny broke out, and was suppress.d before any troops could
be despatched from this country. The sum provided by Par-
liament for the military expenditure in India during the
coming financial year 1859-60 was 124 millions ; and al-
though it appeared that the reduction, compared with last
year, was only 24 millions, it was in fact 4± millions, as
would be seen when the losses on Indian railways, and
other sources of expenditure were taken into consideration.
Thus, although 124 millions was the sum voted to
cover the expenditure, three millions were for
compensation, and restoring the balance of expenditure, 91
millions was the actual deficit of the present year. Ex-
cepting the expense of the mutiny, which of course was an
exceptional circumstance, and which seriously affected the
finances of India, they were, at the commencement of the
mutiny, in a state which must be considered satisfactory.
It was also very satisfactory to find that, notwithstanding
the mutiny, there had been no falling off whatever in the
revenue of that country, and although such a circumstance
might appear surprising, yet it, certainly was a fact.
Before he resumed his seat he wished to protest against the
statement that our Indian empire had been acquired by a
settled and deliberate policy of annexation. It had, on the
contrary, been acquired by the close contact which existed
between the advancing civilisation of the west and the de-
cay of the eastern race. The noble lord then referred to
the steps to be taken as to reducing the military ex-
penditure. The necessary steps would be to make
a complete disarmment of our native troops, he did not say
it would be necessary to remove all the small arms, because
that would be impossible, but we could insure that not a
single gun should 'be cast in India, and from what
we had seen in the late mutiny, we knew that
without guns native troops were useless. He could
not say the Government would be able immediately to
reduce the military expenditure to the scale on which it
existed before the mutiny; but of this he felt certain that,
until the military expenditure could be reduced to a very
great extent, it would be impossible to establish the revenue
of India on a sound and su.lid basis.
The Earl of ELLENBGROUGH said he should not
follow the noble lord through the whole of the topics
touched upon during his speech, but he wished to allude to
a point in particular, that was the guarantees gi"en by the
Government to the Indian railways. _

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 2 o'clock.

NE W MEMBER.
Mr. BENTINCK took the oaths and his seat for the borough
of Taunton.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendment to the Midland Railway and
Burton-upon-Trent Bridge Bill were considered and
agreed to

PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented in favour of reading the Word
of God in schools in India, of the repeal of the duty on
paper, for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister,
for the postponement of the improvement of the Serpen-
tine, &c.
CATHEDRAL AND • COLLEGIATE CHURCHES.
Mr. W. E WART moved for a return from the Ecclesi-
astical Commissioners for England of every payment made
to them since the Ist of August, 1857, on account of any
suspended stall or stalls in the cathedral or collegiate
churches of England and Wales (in continuation of Parlia-
mentary paper, No. 338, of session 1857).—Ordered.