The Sun. — 1858-07-17 (London, England)

LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1858.  The Government of India Bill has made con. siderable progress in the House of Lords, 3:3 clauses having already been disposed of, and it may reasonably be anticipated that it will pass through Committ.o on Monday without any important change or modification. it could not, of course, be supposed that such a measure could be sanctioned without a proper amount of discussion, nor would it be desirable that such should be the case. Truth is invariably promoted by the most stringent investigation—the closest canvassing of every detail. Nor would it be quite consistent with the dignity of the hereditary branch of the Legislature to allow a matter of such ♦ast importance, in which the interests of 150,000,000 of British subjects are so greatly concerned, to be passed sub sitentia, It, however, exhibits the real value of the bill in the strongest point cf view, to show that so lit le could be fairly alleged against its policy or jnt.tice.  It was indeed too closely worked in the House of Commons to permit of much novelty being introduced even by such practised orators and skilful statesmen as many of their Lordships. That Lord KLLENBOROUGH should be a leetle dissatisfied might have been anticipated. He had framed an admirable bill, which was most unfairly and unjustly assailed. Ho was victimised for the course which was subsequently more than justified. The Ministry were attacked in his person, and with chivalrous generosity he sacrificed himself. But still he must have felt a certain amount of natural -annoyance; and' would dearly desire to vindicate the propriety of his own production. The Palmerstonians, too, would seek to follow in the footsteps of their leader, and to raise, even if they could not sustain, the objections which he put forward. But there was no enthusiasm or excitement. There was no real contest. It was universally acknowledged that the measure was a gcod one, the best that could be hoped for during the present session, and none would undertake the serious responsibility of arresting the course of legislation, under existing circumstances, for another year. It was a regular walk over for Lord DERBY, or, at all events, he won in a common oanter every disputed point. ludeed, the only real struggle was on the question whether th,B, members of Comical should be prohibited from carrying ou any profession, trade, or occupation. This so-called amendment was negatived by a majority of 15. But it was evident that if any doubt bad been entertained as to the result, that majority could easily have been quadrupled. Indeed, as in every instance where restrictions are imposed, the only limitation is on the power of . obtainingthe serviccs of the best awl moat eligible men. Many who would be quite willing to act, and whose names would carry With them popular approval, might be debarred from so doing by regnlatione, within the letter whereof, although not the spirit, they would fall. Disabilities are invariably more injurious to the community than to the individual ; and those suggested by Lord GRAIivILLEI if carried into 'fleet, would have ecuiiideraEy derogated from the value of the Bill.  The protogatiaia will gobably take place btfore  the end of the month, and it is something of which Lord DERBY'sGoverament may well I e proud, that they have effected more real business, within little more than four months, than their predecessors in any two previous sessions.  The atrocious massacre at Jeddah has, it ap pears, been supplemented by another act of Mahommedan brutality in Candia, almost enacted under the sanction of men high in authority. It is to the honour of VELY PACHA, and other influential persons, that they strenuously resisted the senile bending of their colleagues to mob dictation, and resisted to the last the attempt to enforce Lynch-law against a Christian, merely on account of his faith.  It is, as yet, impossible to say what may have been the magnitude of the offence committed by the unfortunate youtb, who was subsequently murdered, with the sanction and connivance of the Turkish Admiral,