§ MR. PARNELLasked the Under Secretary of State for India, Whether he has any objection to lay before the House the Papers relating to the recent dismissal from the service by His Excellency Sir Charles Stavely, Commander in Chief of the Bombay Army, of a Subadar of the 25th Bombay Native 683 Infantry on the charge of disloyal concealment of insurrectional circulars addressed to the Mahratta soldiers in the Bombay Native Army; and, whether it has been deemed expedient as yet to arm the Bombay Native Army with breech loading weapons; and, if so, to what extent the change has been carried out?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONNo Papers have been received at the India Office in reference to the dismissal of this Native Officer of the Bombay Native Infantry, and if we had received them, I question if it would be for the advantage of the public service to publish them. The finding of the Court Martial which tried him is to be seen in the published General Orders of the Bombay Army, dated the 31st of December last. It has been deemed expedient to arm the Bombay Native Army with breechloaders, 11 regiments having this weapon, a number which will be increased during the ensuing year.