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    No, 436, Jttbx 31,1858.] THE LEAP ER, 73...

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    THE GAIE ON SUNDAY. Puking the greater p...

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    THE INDIAN REVOLT.. —» The news from Ind...

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    Imperial Parliament. Saturday, July 2ith...

    The House adjourned , at twenty minutes to one o ' clock , till Thursday .

    Wednesday , July 28 tli . MISCELLANEOUS BU 8 INESS . The House of Lords met at half-past four o ' clock . Various bills passed through committee , and the following bills were read a third time , and passed : —The Local Govkbnmjsst Bill ; the Railway Cheat Tbaiss Bill ; the Coknwai . l Submarine Mines Bill . ; and the Clerk of pKrnr Sessions ( Ireland ) Bill . On the motion of Lord Derby , it was resolved that the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with the Lords ' amendments in the Government of India Bill should be printed and tafceu into consideration on the following daj ' - .. __

    . _ In answer to the Bishop of Oxford , the Earl of Derby said that , during the recess , the attention cf Government would be directed towards the revision of the law affecting the sale of beer . Their Lordships adjourned at six o ' clock .

    Thursday , July 29 th . The Lords determined on not insisting on their amendments to the Universities ( Scotland ) Bill , which the Lower House had rejected . ? The PRiENm / Y Societies Act Amendsient Bili , , the Government of British Columbia . Bill , tlie Art Unions Acr Amenoment ( or Indemnity ) Birx , the Reformatory Schools ( Ireland ) Bill , tlie Drafts on Bankers Law Amendment Bill , and tie New Writs Bull , were severally read a third time , and passed . Several bills passed through committee . CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL . In committee on this bill , on the motion that the report be received , Lord Ebury moved the omission of the first clause , . which , enacts that a candidate may provide vehicles for the conveyance of electors to the poll , but shall not give them money to pay for their conveyance . —Lord Stanley of Alderley also entertained insuperable objections to the clause . If passed , the bill ought to be called a measure for the " promotion , " not tlie " prevention , " off corrupt practices . —The Earl of Hakdwicke and the Earl of Wickloav supported the clause . —Lord Campbell complained . * that so important a measure had been brought before their Lordships at so late a period of the session . -No evil could result from postponement , and life entreated their Lordships not to agree to the clause . —Earl Granville supported the motion . Lord Lyndhurst thought the bill in its present shape so objectionable ; that he had authorised him ( Earl Granville ) to obtain ii pair for him against the clause if their Lordships should divide upon it . —Their Lordships then divided : — Contents ... ... 43 Non-contents ... ... ... 23 Majority for the clause ... .,. 20 The report was then received . GOVERNMENT OF INDLY BILL . On the order of the day for the consideration of the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with the amendments made by the Lords in the Government of India Bill , the various amendments wore discussed at some length . Their Lordships resolved not to insist on their amendments on clauses 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , and 32 ; but to insist on their amendment on clause 34 , relating to the admission to the scientific branches . PASSINGr TOLLS ANJ > LOCAL DUES . Lord Stanley op Aldehley presented a petition from the shipowners of South Shields , relating to passing tolls and local dues upon shipping , and asked her Majesty ' s Government whether they are prepared to consider the subject , with a view to introducing some measure for . their relief in the ensuing session of Parliament . —The Earl of Donouoiimore , without pledging himself on the subject , hoped to be able to introduce a measure in the ensuing session of Parliament . The House adjourned at a quarter past nine o ' clock . The House of Commons met at four o ' clock ; but for a long time nothing was done , members being kept waiting to know the determination of the Lords with respect to the Commons' amendments on several bills . THIS KINO OF OUW 3 AND HIS SONS . Colonel French presented petitions from the two surviving sons of the King of Oude . One prayed that before -what was called tho trial of the King took place all the proceedings might bo brought before the Royal Commissioners of the Supreme Court in India , and that the King might have tho assistance of counsel to dofend him . The second petition prayed tho House to investigate the circumstances under which the seizure of the dominions of tho King of Oude took placo , that an opportunity might bo given to tho petitioner to bring forward evidence in defence of his own rights , as well as those of his father ; < arul that a committee bo appointed to examine into the t reaties between tho King of Oudo and the East India Company . FKRNANDO PO . Mr . Stai « li £ ton inquired whether the Government had

    any information to the effect that a Spanish Governor of Fernando Po had issued a proclamation forbidding schools , and prohibiting persons from going to any church or chapel except a Roman Catholic one ; and further , whether Fernando Po , which was an English , military station from 1827 to 1334 , is now recognised by England as part of the dominions of the Croivn of Spain . —Mr . Skymodr Fitzgerald stated that the district in question had been recognised as a Spanish settlement ; but the proclamation alluded to is under consideration by . the Government . The Lords' amendments to the Public Health Bill ( after an ineffectual attempt on the part of Mr . Duncombe to stop the further progress of the measure ) were considered , and , with one exception , agreed to . —The amendments of the Upper House on several other bills were also agreed to .

    The order for the second reading of the Trustees , Mortgages , & c , Bill , was discharged , and the bill was withdrawn .

    EDUCATION . Mr . Cowper , in moving an address for a copy of correspondence between the Committee of the Privy Council on Education and the Managers of Schools and her Majesty ' s Inspectors of Schools , relating to the distribution , publication , and preparation of the annual reports of the inspectors , said he trusted that the rumoured discontinuance of the circulation of the printed tabulated reports would not take place . —Mr . Adderley , while not

    opposing the motion , took the opportunity of stating that it was not the intention of Government to discontinue the circulation of the papers alluded to . "With regard to the motion of the hon . gentleman , the memorials were already very voluminous , and the correspondence had not closed ; but he -would not object to the motion , if the words " or extracts" were inserted after the word * ' copy . "—Mr . CowPEtt consented to the addition , and the motion , so amended , was agreed to . The House adjourned at a quarter to ten o'clock .

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    No , 436 , Jttbx 31 , 1858 . ] THE LEAP ER , 733

    The Gaie On Sunday. Puking The Greater P...

    THE GAIE ON SUNDAY . Puking the greater part of- .- . 'Sunday * and the whole of the previous night , an unusually strong gale of wind swept : over Londonj and was particularly felt in the Surrey suburbs . A tent in which a troupe of Indians perform in the Royal Surrey Gardens was torn to pieces and carried away . About two o ' clock in the morning , the wind blew down the recently established fire-escape at the corner of Arthur-street , Camberwell-gate , smashing the upper portion of it . The police-constable here on duty had a very narrow escape , for , as he rushed to the assistance of the conductor , the escape fell within a few feet of him . In the Wahvortb-road , a large number of the tradesmen ' s blinds were rent into ribbons . A

    police-constable on duty in that road states that at one period of the night he was obliged to cling to iron railings in front of a house to retain his footing . The roofs of nearly every house in this road suffered more or less , stacks of chimneys were blown down , and a portion of the ruins at the late extensive fire opposite Cross-street was demolished . The gale made itself felt with great severity in the neighbourhood of Sydenham , Peckham , Dulwich , and Camberwell . At Sydenham and the neighbourhood , trees were uprooted , arid an immense number of valuable plants in the pleasure-grounds of the various mansions were destroyed . In Camberwell , many more serious accidents took place . At the premises of Mr . Jones , postmaster and omnibus proprietor , of

    Denmark-hill , a noble tree , measuring nearly twelve feet round the base of the trunk , was split completely in two , and in fulling smashed in a row of outhouses , " partially destroyed a brick wall , and was . finally hurled at the back of a building which was formerly used as the Camberwell County Court . Many other trees were blown do \ vn a vast number of branches were torn off , and the roadways were strewn with the leafy wrecks . In the "Wandsworth and Brixton-roads , great damage was done to tlie roofs of tho houses , and in tho latter locality a gentleman was knocked down and received some very severe cuts and contusions on his face . Considerable injury was done in Battersea Park and the

    gentlemen ' s grounds in tho vicinity , by the destruction of trees and valuable plants . The gale also made itself felt in the N < iw and Old Kent-roads , Bcrmondsey , and Rothcrbithe ; but the accidents were chiefly tho blowing down of stacks of chimneys , damage to tho roofs of the houses , and other minor occurrences . In the northern districts of the metropolis , 1 ho wind likewise did great damage , and a part of the clock tower of the Metropolitan Cattle-market , Copenhagen-fields , was forced in . The storm appears to have been least felt along tho northern bank of tho Thames ; though some tents nt Cremome Gardens slmrcd tie fate of their counterpart in the Surrey Gardens , and tho new covered entrance from tho Kin «* 8-roa < l was blown down .

    Tho gale was very heavy on tho coasts ; several email vessels were Mr recked , and some lives were lost . A fatal accident occurred during tho height of tho gnlo at Norwich . Two servants wore on their way to church in tho afternoon , when they were struck by an arm of a tree which had been torn from the trunk by the wind . Both were much hurt , and one of them died from tho effects of the injuries on Tuesday morning .

    The Indian Revolt.. —» The News From Ind...

    THE INDIAN REVOLT . . —» The news from India , to some extent , brightens . The capture of Gwalior is confirmed , and tlie fugitives are said to be licmrued in on all sides by our troops . Unfortunately , we have heard that statement so often before that some hesitation with lespect to its reliability is excusable ; indeed , it appears to be contradicted by later accounts . But there can be no doubt that the insurgents have xe-r ceived a heavy blow . They lost twenty-seven guns at the capture of Gwalior , besides elephants and treasure , and several of their men must have fallen in the struggle . Sir Hugh Rose reached the city on

    the 16 th of June from the south-west ; Brigadier Smith approached it from the south-east . Early on the following morning , a series of severe conflicts occurred on Loth sides of the town , and on the 19 th the enemy were beaten and dispersed in all directions , and the town fell into our hands . The M . iliarajah ( Scinrtia ) was conducted in state to his palace on the same day , and the fort was found to be abandoned on the 20 th . Four of our officers fell during the conflict . On tlie 21 st , the fugitives were overtaken on the old Bombay-road , and again defeated by Brigadier Napier , with the loss of twenty-fve

    guns and many of their number . Another body of rebels was utterly defeated on . the 13 th of June by General Sir Hope Grant , at Nawabgunge , near ! Lucknow ; on which occasion , a great many guns were captured , and the enemy were driven across the Gogra . A few days previously , the Moulvie , for whom a reward of 5000 ? . had been offered , was killed . Oude , however , is still very much disturbed . The Governor-General , on receiving Lord Ellenborougli ' s despatch , issued ( on the 9 th of June ) a proclamation , giving amnesty to all but murderers : 'butthe effect of this measure we have

    yet . to ' learn . The mutineers are said to be assembling at Jeypore ; but a large force under General Huberts left Nusseetabad on the 29 th of June for that locality . A telegram from F . Edmonstone , Esq ., Secretary to the Government of India , and its supplement , botli dated June 24 th , were received at the India House on Thursday . These documents ( which , as usual , we -combine , ; for the sake of greater clearness ') contain some further details of news already received , and some additional facts . They are as follow : —; ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦

    . Oude . —Sir Hope Grant , on the 13 th of June , attacked a large botly of the rebels at Nawabgunge , on the Tusabad ( Fyzabad ) road , and , after a hard fight , dispersed them , killing six hundred men , and capturing six guns , tlxe JRajah of Airowlee , one of their leaders , being among the slain . Rajah Khan Singh is being attacked in his fort at Shahgunge , but the rebels have as yet made no impression upon it . The Rajah has applied to Government for ammunition and funds , which will be supplied to him . ~

    " NoBTii-WissTErtN Provinces : Benares Division . —The districts of Azimghur and Ghazeepore have been again disorganised , owing to the presence of bands of rebels from Jugdesporc . The main body , under ITinmer Singh , on the approach of Brigadier Douglas , abandoned Ghurner , and fled southwards , but several large parlies recrossed the Ganges , and made for Oude , burning , most of the Government thoughs (?) and fustreels , (?) and plundering many large towns on their way . The rest of the Benares Division is quiet .

    " Goruckjpore District . — The column under Major Cox , which relieved the Rajah Wu Bansee , joined by the followers of that chief , pursued the rebels under Meliumee Dassain across tlio frontier into Oude , and on their return attacked and drove the rebels out of the west at Amoral ) . "Allahabad Division . —This division is quite quiet , with the exception of the frontier pergunnahs of the AHahgesad district , which have been somewhat disturbed . A large marauding party was attacked and dispersed nearSoram by a small force sent out by Brigadier Richar ; (?) thirty-one men were killed and eleven taken prisoners in a charge made by the 6 th Madras Light Cavalry . The Banda district is settling down quietly .

    " Agra Division . —Some excitement prevailed on the southern frontier of the Agra , Mynpoorie , and Atawah ( Etowah ) districts , caused by the state of affairs in . Gwalior ; but the rapid movement of troops on Gwalior from all sides , and the vigorous measures adopted by Sir Hugh Rose , issuing in the recapture of the town and fort of Gwalior on the 10 th inst , have restored confidence and tranquillity . Fewsing , the rebel IUjnh of Dynpoorie ( Mynpoorie ) , has surrendered himself to tho magistrate of Ktawas ( qy . Etawah ?) on a guarantee of his life . The Dcerut ( Meerut ) division ia quite peaceful .

    "Rohtxcund Division . —The districts of Bcdahow , Bijnoor , and Moradnbad nro quiet . A band of rebels lias been routed near Buherce , in the Bnreilly district , by a small column of the Rohilcund force and JCuttoco police levies , under Captain ( Jostonmn ; seventy rebels were killed . The notorious Moulvie , Ahinodoolu l ' nhkan , of Fyzabad and Lucknow , has been killed in tho Shahjehanpore district , at l ' nweun , which pluco ho hud attacked -with live thousand mun .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31071858/page/5/