that all allegations as if she were changing her policy
towards the allies were unfounded. Whether she ever
took the field with her allies or not, of one thing he
was certain, that she would never take the field against
them. He deplored the state of Italy sincerely, and if
the removal of foreign troops would establish good
government, he would say, let the troops go to-morrow.
But, unfortunately, the road from bad to good government
was not always smooth and easy; great preparations
and much caution were required. After referring
to the efforts that were made some time ago for
administrative reform in the papal states, backed by all
the continental powers, he stated that the French and
English cabinets were united in the wish to improve
the condition of that country, and to facilitate its
amelioration and independence.—Mr. HENLEY said he
could not see why the subject was introduced at all. It
seemed only to be intended as the introduction of
another apple of discord, embarrassing the government
at a time when they had enough on their hands to
carry on the war. He thought that war might have
been prevented, but now that we were in the war, he
could not say that he had yet seen any fair or honourable
prospect of getting out getting out of it. He saw
no prospect of peace from the Vienna conferences;
the perusal of the papers had given him the impression
that none of the parties went there to make peace, and
he believed there was nothing for this country now but
to fight it out.

At the evening sitting, Mr. STAFFORD moved for
papers respecting the Sanitary State of the Army and
Nary in the East. He justified the disclosures which
had been made of the unnecessary sufferings of the
army, without which, he said, their sufferings would
have been still worse. He quoted extracts from the
evidence of several staff and regimental surgeons, to
show the frightful evils which existed in the army about
Christmas last. He quoted, also, the suggestions they
made for an improvement of the system, and asked the
government whether they had adopted those
suggestions.—Mr. PEEL, in reply to the statements of Mr.
Stafford, entered into some detail with regard to the
state of the hospitals in the Crimea, and first he stated
that an impartial commission had been appointed to
inquire into the condition of the hospitals on the 18th
of June. At present there were few sick or wounded
either in the military or civil hospitals, and the reason
was that there was little sickness in the army. They
had, however, made great provision for emergencies,
and he hoped they would always continue to be beforehand
with these contingencies. He hoped and believed
Sebastopol would fall this summer; but the government
did not trust too much to that, but had made provision
for the army to winter again in the Crimea. With respect
to the military medical department, he stated that
it was intended to appoint a head over every separate
department, such as the purveyor's branch, the
apothecary's, &c.; and that over all a military medical chief
should be placed. With regard to the motion, he had
no objection to give the ordinary medical reports asked
for. The motion, amended in some of its points, was
then acceded to.

The house having gone into a committee of finance,
Mr. V. SMITH proceeded to recapitulate a multitude of
facts and figures, tending to explain the Financial
Condition of our Indian Empire at the opening of the
present year. The ultimate result of the revenue returns
from the several provinces showed a gross income
of £20,351,239, leaving a surplus of £421,227 beyond the
expenditure. This excess, he admitted, was less by
£200,000 than the estimate formed a twelvemonth since
by his predecessor at the Board of Control; but he
showed that this diminution arose chiefly from the
augmentation of outlay, and not from a falling off in the
receipts. In the current year he was obliged to calculate
upon a gross deficiency of at least three millions in
the income as compared with the expenditure, and
confessed that no adequate means had been suggested for
filling up the chasm. For the future, he nevertheless
considered that the prospects of the country were
improving, much of the recent outlay having been devoted
to railroads and other public works, whose development,
both from public and private enterprise, promised hereafter
to enhance in a most material degree the prosperity
and resources of India. Mr. V. Smith then adverted to
various topics connected with the social condition of the
natives, and the administrative system of the government
of the Eastern empire, and pointed out many features
and incidents which, as he believed, testified to a
continuous and considerable improvement in the well-
being of the subjects and the efficiency of the official
organisation of the East India Company.—Mr. BRIGHT
analysed the recent operation which had taken place
with regard to the Indian debt, contending that the
reduction of interest, followed so speedily by the issue of a
new loan, was altogether collusive and indefensible.
The Indian government, he believed, had practically
deceived the public and defrauded its creditors. After
pursuing at much length his comments upon the
financial position of the Indian government, Mr. Bright
concluded by moving as an amendment a resolution
setting forth that in the opinion of the house, with a
view to bring the state of the finances of India more
clearly before parliament, it is desirable that the Board
of Control for the Affairs of India should consider the
practicability of making up the annual accounts of the
revenues of India on the 30th of October instead of on
the 30th of April, and of laying before parliament, during
the month of March in each year, a complete
statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Indian
treasury during the preceding, with an estimate of the
anticipated receipts and expenditure for the current
year.—Sir J. W. HOGG, referring to the statement that
torture had been employed in India as an instrument
for the collection of the revenue, vindicated the civil
servants of the company from complicity in that crime.
He could not deny the existence of the practice
altogether, but declared that it was unknown among the
class of European employés, and was diligently
suppressed and punished when discovered by the superior
functionaries in the service.—The discussion, which
subsequently related almost entirely to the question of
torture as an element of the Indian system of finance, was
somewhat warmly continued by Mr. J. G. Phillimore,
Mr. Otway, Mr. Henley, Sir C. Wood, Mr. Whiteside,
and Mr. R. Mangles.—Mr. D. SEYMOUR briefly
defended the administration of the East India Company
in its financial department.—After some remarks from
Mr. V. SCULLY, the original resolutions, which were of
a formal character, were put and agreed to unanimously,
Mr. Bright's amendment, with a slight modification,
being embodied in the series.

The consideration in committee of the Charitable
Trusts Bill was then resumed, and the remaining
clauses disposed of, all the provisions conferring judicial
powers on the commissioners being successively
surrendered.

On Wednesday, Aug. 8, the Burials Bill was read
a third time after some discussion upon an additional
clause proposed by Lord EBRINGTON, which was carried
to a division, but negatived by a majority of 29 to 26—3.
The bill then passed.

The Criminal Justice Bill was also read a third time
and passed, several amendments and additional clauses
having been successively proposed and negatived amidst
a miscellaneous conversation.

The Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Act Continuance
Bill was passed through committee, Mr. HORSMAN
agreeing to fix July 1 instead of August 31, as the date
when the act should expire.

The Charitable Trusts Bill was reported with the
amendments made in committee, and ordered to stand
for a third reading this day.

On the order of the day for going into committee on
the Despatch of Business (Court of Chancery) Bill,
Mr. HADFIELD objected to proceed with the measure
at a time when no opportunity could be found for its
proper discussion. He moved as an amendment that
the committee be deferred for three months. On a
division there appeared 35 votes against this amendment
and none for it. The house accordingly went into
committee on the bill, but the chairman was immediately
ordered to report progress, the hour for adjournment
having arrived.

On Thursday, Aug. 9, the house having gone into
committee on the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates