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      THE LEA DEB . _ L ^ A ^ ' ^ gg 17 ^ » 1858 -

      Imperial Parliament. Monday, Aw^Tst 2nd....

      IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Monday , Aw ^ tst 2 nd . Mon'd vt was the last day of the present session of Parliament—a session memorable on many accounts . 1 here was but a s-. nall attendance of members in the House of Commons ; but , while they waited to be summoned to the Upper House to hear the Prorogation Speech , a few notices of motion were given , and questions put . INDIA—EDUCATION . Air Warren gave notice of his intention , early next session , to move a series of resolutions , expressive of the opinion of the House as to the principles upon vhich the QueenVGovernment in India should be hereafter conducted with reference to the promotion of education , and the adoption of measures with a view to the extension of Christianity . NATIONAL GAIXERT . In answer to Mr . Duscombe , the Chancellor of the Exchequkk said that the National Gallery would shortly be open regularly every Saturday afternoon . HURDLES IN THE I'ARKS . Replying to Lord Palmerston , Lord John Manners said that the hurdles had been entirely removed from Hyde-park , but , with regard to the Green-park , the grass had been injured by some noxious insects , and it would be necessary to keep the hurdles there some time longer . nn « t >« vjf 0 ¦¦¦•¦ wntr tmA" 1 > TTTQ hikiw

      ^ ' OUR EELATlUJio w l . * n .- . a- . In answer to some remarks and questions by Mr . Dun-¦ combe , the Chancellor of the Exchequbr said le could not infer from the observations of the hon . member whether he considered that the renewal of diplomatic relations with Naples would he indicative of sympathy with despotism abroad , or otherwise . All he . One Chancellor of the Exchequer ) could say , -was that her Majesty ' s Government though ^ as all must think , that the suspension of diplomatic relations was most inconvenient and injurious , and that it could only be justified on strone grounds . With respect to Naples , perhaps a great

      deal that had occurred of late might not have occurred if her Majesty had been directly represented at that Court . But it was unnecessary to speculate on those circumstances . "When diplomatic relations would be renewed , it was impossible for him to say . HARBOURS OF REFUGE . Mr . Wjulpole brought up a message from the Queen , stating that her Majesty had ordered a commission to issue in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Harbours of Refuge . CHINA . Mr . White said it would be satisfactory to the House if the Chancellor of the Exchequer could give them any

      information respecting the state of our proceedings in China . —The Chancbixor of the Exchequer said that the accounts received by the Government justified

      him in believing that increased , activity would bring the proceedings to a satisfactory conclusion . The Usher of the Black Rod here summoned the hon . members to the Hodisof Lords , to hear the prorogation of Parliament by commission . The following ¦ w as THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . «« Ttfmt TjvpA * itnA Gentlemen . |

      " We are commanded by her Majesty to express her satisfaction at being enabled to release you from the ] duties of a session which , though interrupted , has , by your unremitting assiduity , been productive of many important measures . " Her Majesty is happy to believe that her relations with foreign Powers are such as to enable her Majesty to look with confidence to the preservation of general

      peace . " Her Majesty trusts that the labours of the plenipotentiaries now sitting in conference at Paris may lead to a satisfactory solution of the various questions -which have been referred to them . 44 The efforts , the gallantry , and devotedness displayed in India by her Majesty ' s forces , and those of the East India Company , have been above all praise ; and her Majesty hopes that those efforts have already been so far crowned with success , that the formidable revolt which has raged throughout a large portion of her Indian

      possessions may no-w , under the Messing of Almighty God , be speedily suppressed , and peace he restored to those important provinces . "In this hope , her Majesty has given her -willing aosent to the act which you have passed , for transferring to her direct authority tho government of her Indian dominions ; and her Majesty hopes to be enabled so to discharge the high functions which she has assumed , as , r by a just and impartial administration of the law , to secure its advantages alike to her subjects of every race and creed : and . bv nromotina their welfare , to establish

      and strengthen her empire in India . " Gentlemen of the House of Common * , " Her Majesty commands us to thank you for tho judicious liberality with whfch you have made , ^ revision for the exigencies of the public service . 11 The present state of X \\ z revenue authorises her Majesty to entertaiji a confident hope that tho supplies which yott " nave granted will be found fully adequate to the demands upon them .

      " My Lords and Gentlemen , "The sanitary condition of the metropolis must always be a subject of deep interest to her Majesty , and her Majesty has readily sanctioned the act which you have passed for the purification of that noble river , the present state of which is little creditable to a great country , and seriousl y prejudicial to the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the metropolis . " Her Majesty has also willingly assented to an act wherebv greater facilities are given for the acquisition by towns and districts of such powers as may be requisite for promoting works of local improvement , and thus extending more widely the advantages of municipal selfgovernment . 'Her Majesty trusts that the act which you have passed for the future government of the Scotch Universities will he found highly advantageous to those venerable institutions , and will greatly promote and extend a system of sound , moral , and religious education in Scotland . , , " The Transfer of Land Bill , which extends the power hitherto exercised by the Encumbered Estates Commissioners , and facilitates the acquisition of an indefeasible title by purchasers of land in Ireland , cannot fail to be highly beneficial to the landed proprietors , and to advance the prosperity of that part of her Majesty s dominions . ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ - " The act to which her Majesty has assented for the establishment of the colony of British Columbia was urgently required , in consequence of the recent

      discoveries of gold in that district ; but her Majesty nopes that this new colony on the Pacific may be but one step in the career of steady progress by which her Majesty ' s dominions in North America may ultimately be peopled in an unbroken chain , from the Atlantic to the Pacific , I by a loyal and industrious population of subjects of the British Crown . , ,.,. " Her Majesty thankfully acknowledges the diligence and perseverance which have enabled you , in a comparatively short time , to pass these and other measures of inferior but not insignificant importance . ll •««•_„ -. „? ., /¦ . ¦¦ in Mi-iirninn- to vour resDective

      counties , have extensive influence to exercise and duties t « I perform , of hardly less value to the community than those from the labours of which you are about to be released ; and her Majesty entertains a confident assurance that under the guidance of Providence , that influence will be so employed , and those duties so performed , as to redound to your own honour , and to promote the general welfare and the happiness of a loyal and contented Pe Parliament was then formally prorogued untiL the 19 th October , and the proceedings terminated at halfpast three o'clock .

      The Indian Revolt. | ' ¦ . —?=— ' . ' Th...

      THE INDIAN REVOLT . ' ¦ . —? = — ' . ' The Indian news of the present week—using the word " news" not in the , , sense of detailed accounts of events already knowji , but in that of absolutely fresh intelligence-is literally nothing . There have been no telegrams whatever up to the moment we we writing . The capture of Gwalior seems to have led to a pause on both sides , andI it appears to te Sir luruMur

      Colin ' s intention to spare ms troops any action on a large scale until the hot weather and tlie rains have passed . With the approach of winter , ye are to have ft vigorous campaign ; for it is quite certain that , though we hold the towns , the enemy possess the greater part of the open country . In the lull that has now set in , people are beguining to criticise the Commander-In-Chief in the spirit _ t \ .-i . . _„ „ . «»/< in / mii « Innriintr r » nliimna last week . WtS 1 5 vt ——

      -| Ill WlUdl H UH »*¦ *» »^ . m - ^ — "A Disabled Officer , " just returned from India , writes a long treatise in the Times of Thursday and Friday , to show that Sir Colin has been dilatory , over-cautious , and self-opinionated , andtoshowtliat our position in India is by no means the comfortable one suggested by sanguine journalists at home , lhe Times replies by pointing to the victories of Sir Colin , by displaying to the best advantage our capture of the great towns , by calling attention to some inconsistencies on the part of the " Disabled Officer , I « « ¦ „• ii * . i _ . l . MM it jlScsnVklarl nimoo f . inns idi * ic— «»»»

      ana oy ninung «« ««» v »« .... Still , it is unquestionable that the officer has done some damage to the reputation of the Highland warrior who commands our armies in India . 1 nus he ' summarises tho bill of indictment : — " Here 1 b the result of Sir Colin ' s campaign , with all the power of England at his back : —November : Cawnpore to Lucknow , relief of garrison , abandonment of Lncknow , and back to Cawnpore . December : N , ctmnff . January : To Futtehghur ; would hays ueaten the Nawab , but Colonel Seaton had done it beforehand .

      Lord Canning nas we . m ««> -.. « --..-proclamation to the Oude insurgents : —¦ " The Right Honourable the Governor-General hereby I ° _ — . _ _^ _* 1 xl ^ AnA nAn / tarnan in Tllff intormauon oi

      _ I notifies , for the * u . «««»> »»; *~ present rebellion , his ultimate views and intentions regarding principals , seconds , and followers engaged in the same durine the past twelve mouths . ™ To all parSe ! immediately concerned in the murder of Christian British subjects , no hope of pardon , on arrest , can be held out ; they must pay the forfcitl * £ 1 * of this and every civilised country have decreed to

      from the sun , and the country more disturbed than when the Commander-in-Chief took the field . " The general position in Oude and elsewhere is sketched as follows by the " Disabled Officer " : " By my last accounts , General Grant was humbly occupying a position on or near the Cawnpore road merely keeping open communications . The northern ' enemy enjoying complete impunity had , it seems , driven in our posts almost or quite to the gates of Lucknow are hanging , mutilating , and bullying all who have had any communication with us , and in constantly increasing numbers threaten attacks on Lucknow itself . In fact , so far as I can hear ( and I can very well believe it ) , in Oude we hold nothing beyond the town of Lucknow ; the rest of the country is more defiant than ever , and we are pressed to hold our own . The garrison of Lucknow is very strong , from 8000 to 10 , 000 men exclusive of General Grant ' s strong column ; but there are very man y sick , and the orders are said to be stringent against fighting : except on the defensive . Even in , the Doab our posts are taken and burnt , now here , now there , by a flying enemy whom we cannot hope to overtake . Calpee and Banda , close to the Commander-5 n-Chicf ever since he took the field , have been taken ; fcut , instead of in November from Cawnpore , it has been in May from Bombay and Madras . There is now , I see , news tliat the Oude rebels are again invading Goruekpore—a part of the country where there is little to resist them . In fact , ¦ whichever way we turn , we find that , for the first time since last July , [ July , 1857 ?] it 3 s the enemy who are I _ " '¦ % _ : i . i- « nmrmofArc n ^ hffcv « frnn < l "nA \ vV \(* ro lint i tj —»» -w ^ » . . » .- » .. .... w . VM |

      © very \* ucrc me « Q ^«* - ' - ow »» . . , , j appear everywhere . They are very strong in cavalry , and their cavalry has acquired a spirit which it never had before . Everywhere it vigorously pushes us . Our troops which in the cold weather would liave done anythin" - ' ara now physically unfit to follow the enemy , and dying and sickening at a rate which it is fearful to contemplate . And yet it is impossible that they should rest . The enemy will not consent to an armistice till Sir I Colin can make new combinations . . . ¦ « A little dash might have rapidly extinguished the Irire . The opposite systein involves the cost of a great scale

      issueu iuh & war on a more than European or expense , wmca cannot by any possible means be supported by aii Asiatic revenue . It is in this light that the people of England must view it . They may , if _ they like . support Sir Colin Campbell . Let them send him fifty thousand more men at once , and keep up the supply . Authorise him to raise a couple cf hundred thousand in India , He may ( for we will not take a gloomy view I of the case ) possibly then , in course of time achieve the suppression of the rebellion . But the bill will be fearful , and England must pay rt . . m Some details of recent events we give below : — PROCLAMATION TO THE , ^ EINSIJKGENTS

      a mere brutal and gratuitous slaughter of the "" prepare ^ fhe defenceless , and the innocent ; th ^ - ^^ £ pale of humanity , and the magnitude ^ Z 11 . ?' ^? . . white they live will ever call aloud for retribution With thpse the British Government can make no terms . "To all those who have offered asylum to refugees or others % eing the murderers of Christian British subjects and knowing them to have been such or , hobav . been utui «» -

      leading movers against me ««» , v ; . ---- . vernment , and have persistently acted throughout tins rebellion ' against the f ™* " ** P ™ " ™ LEeral the land , the Bight Honourable the < lov « " 1 ° r U b C e n " . can offer only terms of life ; their punishment w } l ^ r 0 portioned to the offences they have committee L again t the State . All those who shall surrender on or b ore the 30 th day of December noxt , will ' ^ f . ^' onguaranteed to them , after which . ^ te ^ W they J tinue in arms or in opposition ^ . ^ . ^ V ^ T ^^ Z several cases shall bo summarily dealt ;» th by u

      authority in whose hands tliey may ennuw . - whether civil or military . # 7 « min ( lar ' , « To all others , seconds to principals , Zemin < lar . Sepoys disbanded , fugitives throughout the countij , o any persons whatsoever in arms against the Government , not acting on his own free will and authority , but , « and abetting some principal , the Right Honourable juo Governor-General offers at on « e a general ftinnca > ,, i them return to their liomes and pursue then oiuwi J avocations , using their best endeavour * to main tojn , pe « , i r ...- ^ ' rr » . « , t » « Qf «» na nhnll ho trunrantecd , anil mi » ^

      February : Back to Cuwnporo , and nothing . March 1 st to 15 th ; Capture of Lucknow , and escape of enomy . ; r > th to 31 st : Nothing . April : Nearly nothing . Several small successes , and increasing boldness of tne onemy . Moy : Capture of Baroilly , and escape of tho enemy . Kepcatod combats of Sliahjohanpore . Lucltnow surrounded by thorebelB . Doah disturbed and plundered . Benares districts invaded : In Behnr , guerrilla war maintained by tho enemy . Great loss of Europeans

      . of oblivion thrown over the past . Should ^ .. J ^; still continue to bear nrma against tho 13 nUHi 1 they muat boar the conacquonceH of their own acts . time for clemency will have pnsscd away . MISCELLANEOUS PACTS . Ta , liiin We derive , some itoms « f news from the Inuw newspapers : — « ., nirv ordci « Sir Colin Campbell has issued a comp hmentno °

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1858, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07081858/page/4/