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    652 _____ THE LEADER, ^0.433,^x10,1858.

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    THE INDIAN REVOLT. ?- ; ¦ ' . No fresli ...

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    Imperial Parliame Nt. • Monday, July 5tk...

    the amendment which the Duke of Marlborough was to propose in committee for the purpose of excluding Jews from the exercise of ecclesiastical patronage . —Lord Campbell said he was of opinion that the Oaths Bill should be dropped altogether , and that they should simply repeal the oath of abjuration ; but , to gain the great object contemplated by the hill now before them , he was contented that the Oaths Bill should become the law of the land . If the House of Commons did not pass the Oaths Bill , this bill would become a nonentity as it then stood , and he

    suggested to Lord L 3 'ndhurat to introduce words that would secure the object they had in view . —Lord Lyndhcrst was understood to say that he declined to adopt the suggestion , from a conviction that both measures would be passed through the other House . — -The Earl of Derby said he had heard with some surprise the remarks of Lord Campbell , and Teminded him that a simple proposal to repeal the oath of abjuration -would meet with great opposition , because reference is made in it to the right of the present Royal family to the throne . —The House having gone into committee , the Duke of Mahl-BORouQH'a clause was added , and the House resumed .

    The Commissioners of Exhibition ( 1851 ) Bill , and the County Courts Districts Bill , were read a third time , and passed . The House adjourned at about half-past six . The House op Commons , at its morning sitting , was engaged in committee with the Local Government Bilx , the clauses of -which -were agreed to with some amendments , when the Chairman was ordered to report progress . THE NEW PROBATE COURT . In the evening , ia answer to Mr . Hadfield , Mr . Mowbbat said that at present it was impossible to give an estimate of the total claims for compensation under the Probates Act ; but he would give all the information

    in his power . On the 26 th of March , the Chancellor o > f the Exchequer stated , from a rough estimate , that it was possible that the amount , at the outset , would be 250 , 0002 . In the Budget , that amount was reduced to 18 O , O 0 O £ ' Subsequently , a commission was appointed to inquire into the subject , and the result of the inquiry is , that the amount at present claimed is 83 , 000 / . a year , and the probable amount , judging from actual averages , 176 , 00 W . As to the fees , 28 , 000 ? . had been paid in stamps during six months ; and , assuming this to be an average , the receipts for the year would be . 56 , 0002 . to meet the charges of the Probate Court- As to the saving by the appointment of officers of the old court to offices in the new , he should be ready by-and-by to give the fullest infoTmation .

    THE G 1 J 3 S FOUNDRY AT "WOOLWICH . Replying to Mr . Hussey " Vivian , General Peel said that it was not a fact that the new foundry at Woolwich for casting iron ordnance had , up to the present time , proved a failure . On the contrary , there was every reason to hope and believe that , under the conduct Of Colonel Wilmot , the foundry would ho ultimately successful . From four to five heavy guns are now turned out every week .

    THE COLAEA BARRACKS . General Codringtox inquired whether it was true that , on the arrival of the 92 nd Regiment in Bombay in May , it was quartered in the Colaba Barracks -which had been pronounced unfit for European troops ; whether the regiment had not many cases of fever in these barracks } and why the usual Indian clothing was not given to that regiment till a-week after its arrival . —I ^ ord Stanley replied that , neither at the Board of Control nor the East India House had any information been received .

    MEDICAL DKPARTMKNT OF THE AHMV . Colonel North inquired whether the Secretary of State for War could state the reasons why the recommendations of the select committee on the medical department of the army , which it reported in July , 1850 , relative to the pay and position of the medical officer * in the array , had not been attended to . —General Pekl replied that a new scale of payment had been framed and submitted to the Treasury .

    Till !; KNGLISU IN BOTTPT . Mr . Wise inquired whether Ministers would lay on the table copies of the new police ordinance of the Viceroy of Egypt , and of u petition recently addressed to the Queen from the British inhabitants of Cairo , complaining of the -withdrawal of most important privileges for many years enjoyed by our countrymen in the Turkish dominions ; and whether her Majesty's Government considered those new regulations to bo in accordance with the treaties existing between the Queen of England and the Sultan . —Mr / Fitzgerald said the papers should he laid , upon the table GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ( NO . 3 ) BILL .

    On the motion for the third reading of this bill , Sir , Eb 8 kine Pkbry objected to tho constitution of the Council , which ho thought would prove unworkable . Lord Palmitobton said that , though retaining his objections to the Council , ho thought there were many excellent points in the bill , to tho third reading of which heshould give , not a grudging , but a cordial support . —Tho Soucitor-Grnkral , having made certain explanations Mr . Roebuck expressed his belief that thoy had merely produced a patched-up measure , and that in time thoy wauld have to resort to a aimplo Minister for India ,

    responsible to no other authority than Parliament . —Lord John Russell thought that the bill posseses beneficial features , hut that it will be necessary to introduce considerable amendments in the course of two or three years . He could not close his observations on this subject without referring to the very remarkable speech of the hon . -member for Birmingham . With some of Sir . Bright ' s views he could not concur ; but he agreed with him that large powers shpuld be given to the governors of provinces in India to govern with vigour and efficiency , and he also approved the general principles of government which he had laid down . ( Heary Jiear . ') This measure

    bad been discussed without party spirit , and they had all agreed to pass it for the welfare of the people of India and the honour of this country . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer congratulated the House upon the stage at which this measure had arrived , and expressed his opinion that the country had reason to be gratified with the result of their labours . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them hope , by the skill of their commanders and the bravery of their troops in India , that they would soon be enabled to put an end to the mutiny in that part of her Majesty ' s dominions , and to re-establish our empire there upon those principles of truth and justice without which no empire could be established , and maintained . The bill was then read a third time , and passed , amidst loud cheering . GOVERNMENT OF NEW CALEDONIA BJLI » SirK . B . Lytton moved the second reading of this bill , the object of which , is to establish a Government for New Caledonia . The necessity for this measure is principally the discovery of gold in the colony . The territory extends between tho Rocky Mountains and the Pacific , and is bounded on the south by the American frontier . It is about four hundred and twenty miles long , in a straight line , and the average breadth 13 about two hundred and fifty miles ; but the greatest length , from corner to corner , is eight hundred and five miles , and the greatest breadth is four hundred miles . The climate is salubrious and the soil productive . The Government had alreadv received overtures for the

    establishment of a line of steam coastal ships , for the conveyance of letters , goods , and passengers , and it was calculated that the number of passengers leaving Liverpool for- this territory would be about thirty per day . Numerous , letters had been received in reference to the excitement prevailing amongst the white men and negroes in search of gold , and there was a general opinion that , unless some measures were taken by the Government , great evils would result . Those who are now hastening to this land only go as excursionists in search of sudden

    gain , and it was therefore proposed to establish only a temporary Government . This measure "was to empower the Crown for a period of five years to make laws for the district by orders in council , and to establish a Legislature—such Legislature to be appointed in the first instance by the Governor alone , but subsequently it would be open to establish a representative assembly . It was not intended at present to annex Vancouver ' s Island to this new Government ; but , if experience proved that there wub any necessity for such a measure , it would be open to the Crown to annex it to New Caledonia upon an address from the Legislature .

    Mr . Laboucherk , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Mius , Mr . Wyld , aud Mr . Christy supported the bill ; but Mr . Lowb said he did not feel very sanguine as to its success , though he approved of its object . Ho apprehended that a fearful collision would take plnco between the -whites and Indians , which it would not be in their power to prevent . Tho attendance of a frigate on the coast would not be sufficient , because it could not supply a forco capable of keeping order . It was proposed tbat her Majesty , by order in Council , should make laws for the new colony , or delegate to tho Government the power of doing so ; but would it not be better to follow

    the course adopted in other colonies , and put into the act a clause , giving the colony a fundamental law under which its inhabitants are to live , and conferring on her Majesty or Council the power of passing supplementary laws as they should bo required ? He objected to tho name of New Caledonia being given to tho new 0010113-. They should not adopt the uamo of a French colony in the Pacific , and it would be well if some name that was not so thoroughly used-up should be adopted , —Otuer criticisms and suggestions were offoreel by Mr , Ellick , Lord Sandon , Mr . Wiiith , Mr . Cuoshlry , and Mr . C . W . Fitzwilliam ; and tho bill wns then road a second time .

    rOLICK POKC 10 ( inii . LANI >) BILL . Viscount Naas moved the second reading of this bill , and declared that tho objections inado to the bill in Dublin were untenable and without foundation . In Uelfast and other places , the bill was received with approbation . At present , tho whole charge for tha police in Dublin is 77 , 000 / . ; under the new Bystero , it will he 57 , 120 / . The local income derivable from licenses , & c , will bo 14 , 800 / ., Iho Parliamentary grant 80 , 500 / ., nntl the police- rate 7 O 0 OJ . a yonr . Tlio forco , including officers , will bo something under 800 men , and it is not intended to disband a single man of tho present forco , though it will be necessary to remove some of tho officers . Tho best gunrantco of the economical portion of tho plan is that the Government propose to reduce the maximum of expenditure from 8 d . in the pound to 6 d . Tho Government proposition has tho important concurrence

    of Sir Duncan Macgregor . The bill has no sectarian motive or object . One-thiTd of the force is Protestanttwo-thirds Roman Catholic ; and the ratio is about that of the inhabitants considered with regard to religious sectarian profession . ° Mr . Peter O'Brikn moved that the second reading of the bill take place that day tliT

    MISCELLANEOUS BUSINKSS . The Sale and Transfer of Iasd ( Ireland ) Bili . passed through committee . —The Titles to Land ( Scotland ) Bilt , was read a third time , and passed as was the Lunatics ( Scotland ) Act Amendment Bili .. —The Medical Practitionkrs Bill , as amended was agreed to ; after which , the House went into committee on the Local Government Biul , when some new clauses were added , and the bill was reported . The House adjourned shortly after two o ' clock

    652 _____ The Leader, ^0.433,^X10,1858.

    652 _____ THE LEADER , ^ 0 . 433 , ^ x 10 , 1858 .

    The Indian Revolt. ?- ; ¦ ' . No Fresli ...

    THE INDIAN REVOLT . ? - ; ¦ ' . No fresli intelligence has arrived from India during the week ; but the detailed accounts of the events indicated in the last telegrams have readied England since we last addressed our readers . Extracts will be found below ; and we fear ; that ( as generally is the ca . se ) they put a darker complexion on the state of affairs than the laconic revelations of the electric wires led one to infer . True , our superiority on all large fields of action continues as marked as ever ; success follows success .-m open fight , and town after town is taken ; but it grows every day more painfully apparent that the rebels are seeking to wear us out by guerilla -warfare . Oucle , which , as we were told

    a few weeks ago , was rapidly calming down , is now . siiid _ to be " alive with rebels . " In the Doab , various parties of rebels have been passing to and fro in spite of us . Gangs of robbers and mutineers infest the Belgaum and Dharwar collectorates in the Presidency of Bombay . The chief of the Bheels , Kaja Sing !) , still gives trouble in the Santpooras , north of Kandeish . Report states that the Thakoor of Awah , in liajpootana , has again revolted , and taken th e field with a small force . The communication between Calpee and Jliansi has been cut off by the rebels , and a company of the 31 st Native Infantry , under Captain Roberts , is said to be in a dangerous position at Mai toon , being surrounded by the enemy . Such are the difficulties we have to encounter .

    Mr . Gnrtlau , of the Electric Telegraph Department at Chandore , in the N " agporo territories , has been murdered by a gang of marauders at a station in the zemindary village of Arneillo . Naua Sahib has blown from a , gun , in the neighbourhood of Bareilly , a person whom lie suspocte < l of corresponding with the English Government .

    ¦ THE TAKING OF CAIJPEK . A graphic account of ' .-the . taking of Cnlpee is given in a letter published in the Bombay Standard ;—" Calpee was taken by assault by our force , in conjunction with Brigadier Maxwell ' s Brigade , on the 23 rd of May . Before giving 3 ^ 011 an account of tli ? notion , I must tell you that , for five miles round and about Cnlpee , iYom the inundations of the . Jumna river no doubt , the ground U frightfully rugged and uneven ,, and impassable except by infantry , and that , too , with " the utmost difficulty—steep ravines , with yawning gulfc hetween . This of course proved very advantageous to the enemy , who caused us no small annoyance from these i-ccesBos . On the 22 ml , the day prcvicus to the

    storm and assault , the enemy camo out in full force , ahout 16 , 000 or 20 , 000 , chiefly cavalry , and made bold to attack ua . Heavy lire was leapt up till laic in tho day , when the cavalry an mhuiiI slurred oft " . The 80 th slaughtered a fearful number on the river bank , where , it is stiid , their infantry were ho thick that the County Downs wore kicking them into the water , and popping them oil like ducks . The 71 st , too , did its duty . Wo had thu Campl Corps of Maxwell ' * DHgtule , wli ' o also did capital work ; but for tlioin three of our guns would have been captured . The following morning-, tho 2 aril , at two p . m ., tho wholo forco moved off to tho nssnult—the infantry over the deep ravines and tho cavalry round to a roml loading into Calpee ; but to their great

    disappointment thoy discovered that the greater portion of tlie enemy had made off during the night . Tlie few that remained , however , resisted desperately . Nearly nil won slaughtered by the Flying Hrigtule while escaping towards Agra . Asad numberVnust have bit tho dust on the 22 ml ; but it was impossible- to find this out , as they took tho precaution for tho first timo of carrying oil" their dead and wounded from tho battle-field in strelehi-rs or dhoolics , When possession was tnken of Cnli'PP . ami our ( Ing waved proudly over its wall ? , which ivmi tip Jit 10 a . m ., tho infuntry all got into tho IJcsidoncy on * . <>' ' the sun , nntl one of tho 71 st pipers tonnncin-cil . 1 strathspey on liia bagpipe , when nil wlio could kick a log «' all stopped out to it . Tho ( jenenil mid all tliu oIlieciH

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1858, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10071858/page/4/