The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-31 00:00:00

THE BALLOT,

The Earl of ALBEMARLE pr, seated a petition from
the Ballot Society, and also one from Wtstminster, in
favour of vote by ballot.
SLAVE TRADE.

Lord BROUGHAM said, in the absence of the noble
earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he begged
to ask the noble earl tbe President of the Council, whether
the Government had received any information from our
Vice-Consul at Marseilles respecting the supposed re-
jection by the constituted authorities at Martinique of
the offer proffered to the French Government in re-
spect to the importation of free negroes into the West
Coast of Africa ?
Earl GRANVILLE said he was not aware of any
such information having been received, but he would
communicate the question to bis noble friend.
STATE OF THE ARMY IN INDIA.
The Earl of ELLENBOROIJGII rose to move for
certain returns relating to the means of carriage of the
army in India. He said all now depended upon proper
land carriage. If those measures which had been pointed
out to the Government some time time back had been
taken, he was of opinion that the present deplorable
calamity would not have taken place. The present
mode was not the way in which war used to be car-
ried on. When he was a boy he recollected reading
with great admiration the gallant conduct of Gen. Gillespie
who, when a similar mutiny broke out at Lahore,
though he was two miles distant when the news reached
him, lost not a moment in meeting the difficulty, and
within one hour, instead of waiting for 9-pounders, had
rushed through the gates at the head of his forces, and
sabred the mutineers on the spot. The mutiny
was thus put down. (Hear, hear.) That was in
the time of the Red Hand—(hear, hear)—it ap-
peared that we now had arrived at the time of
Red Head. (Laughter.) As to the position of General
Barnard, it appeared that he had taken a great
number of the enemies guns. 11l informed as he was
upon the facts, he was not prepared to say that
General Barnard could have done more. If
those affairs which it was stated bad taken place at
Barraokpore and Dumdum, had occurred under the late
Sir C. Napier, be would have treated them in a very
different way to that which they had been treated
by the authorities in India. General Barnard's present
Position would no doubt be able to repel any attacks so
long as he remained there. But it was not possible he
would occupy that station very long. It was stated
that he was waiting for reinforcements, but there was
no new force to send to him, unless they took away the
troops from the Puojaub. His mind was greatly re-
lieved when he read the last accounts from India in re-
spect to our army before Delhi as he had foreboding that
an attack would have been made, and that they would re-
ceive tbe information that it had failed, but was glad such
was not the case. He hoped that General Bar-
nard bad an appreciation of the difficulty of his
position, for when the rains came on he would
be cut off from all means of support, ;as in his
present position he would be imprisoned on a
narrow strip of land. His present situation was not
merely one of peril, but one that might eventually end

in ru n.
Earl GItA.NVILLE said there was no objection to
the papers moved for by the noble earl. The conduct
pursued in comment ing in such unmeasured language upon
the present state of affair 3 in India could serve no other
purpose than that of embarrassing the Government.
Statements such as those made by the noble earl could
have no other effect than to do serious iniiubief at a time
when the public mind was so seriously excited.
[LEFT SPEAKING ]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
T Liberties L
aidered and agreed :—Burial of the Dead within the
orodf
Larnonednodnin 0
London,
eiiiit:si t
io the following
n bills were con.
gden and Todmorden Roads,
Kinross-shire Railway, Metropolitan Railway (No. 2.),
and South Staffordshire Water.

the scarcity of cotton, and praying
PETITIONS.
Mr. CROSS and another hon. member presented
for an enquiry into
pe-
titions from the inhabitants of Preston complaining of
the causes that prevented its growth in India.
ELECTION PROSECUTIONS.
Mr. H. BAILLIE asked the right hon. the Home
Secretary if the Attorney-General had been authorised
to prosecute all those persons who had been reported by
election committees to have violated the laws of the
country, or whether it was to be confined to the offen-
ders in the county of Mayo I
Sir G. GREY said that the Attorney-General only
prosecuted such cases as the committees considered
were of sufficient importance and magnitude far such
a proceeding. The chairman of the Mayo Committee,
with, as he (Sir G. Gray) understood, the unanimous
approbation of the members of that committee, made
a motion in that house for the prosecution of two per-
mms in connection with that election, to which the
house had acceded. He did not know the other cases
to which the hon. gentleman. referred, but he had no
doubt if the chairman of any other election committee
made a similar motion, that the house would deal with
it when made according to its merits.
PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA-
TION (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill was committed pro forms, for the introduc-
tion of amendments,.
REVISING BARRISTERS (DUBLIN) BILL.

On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Mr. NA PIER, at considerable length, stated his ob-
jecions to this bill. It would have the effect of depriv-
ing one of the present revising barristers of Dublin (Mr.
which Mr.
and other hon. mem-
Shaw) of his office without compensation. He moved
that the house go into committee on this day month.
Mr. J. FITZGERALD resisted the amendment.
Mr. Hardy, Mr. I.
Bu
bers took part. ,eds,irirGl
G.
The house divided, when the numbers were—
Fortt, dMiEcr. RN'iVuTite esnire
going into committee
Against it 57
Majority .................... . —33

63
~ 88

The house went into committee.
On the first clause,
laras an amendment, that the
power NA
apPpioEinß moved,tMentsh should be transferred to the Lord
Chief Justice, and that he should appoint one in addi-
tion to the one already appointed by the Lord Lieute-
nant.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND op-
posed the amendment. contending that the English sys-
tem was not so much approved of as to warrant them in
adopting it for Ir.land. It would be an anomaly to
have two revising barristers, one appointed by the Lord-
Lieutenant, and the other by the Lord Chief Justice.
Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Butt, Mr. H. Herbert, Colonel
French, Mr. I. Butt, and other members addressed the
house, after which the committee divided—
For the amendment
Against it
Majority
Mr. NAP?IER then moved that the chairman do re.
port progres%
A discussion ensued, but it was stopped by the stand,
ing order of the house at ten minutes to 4 o'clock.
The Board of Health Continuanee Bill passed through
committee.
SLIGO ELECTION COMMITTEE.
Sir J. gag.4,l4a) cllairglitti of taka qipnaittee, brought