§ SIR JAMES ELPHINSTONEsaid, h wished to refer to the arrival of the Australian mail, by the Simla, which had reached Suez on the 12th inst., having passed Point de Galle on the 2nd inst. It was possible that she might bring intelligence of the state of affairs in India since the last mail from that country. As there was naturally a great deal of agitation abroad in respect to the state of India, it would be most satisfactory if the right hon. Gentleman opposite were able to say whether any late information had reached the Government in reference to matters in India?
MR. VERNON SMITHsaid, that neither the Government nor the India House had received any news from India by the Australian mail, nor did he expect to receive any by that means. He had even inquired at the Colonial Office on the subject, and had ascertained that no information had reached them bearing at all upon the state of our Indian affairs.
§ Main Question put and agreed to.