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      Saturday, July 24th. Tkk Fast-Approachin...

      The House adjourned , at tw « uty minutes to one o ' clock , till Thursday .

      Wednesday , Jwy 28

      Thursday , July 29 tk . The Lords determined on not insisting on their amendments to the Universities ( Scotland ) ^ Bill , which the Lower House had rejected . The Friendly Societies Act Amendment Bill , the Government of British Columbia Bill , the Art Unions Act Amendment ( or Indemnity ) Bill , the Reformatory Schools ( Ireland ) Bill , the Drafts on Bankers Law Amendment Bill , and the New Writs Bill , 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 Ebitry 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 the " prevention , " of corrupt practices . —The Earl of

      Hardwicke and the Earl of Wicklow 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 he entreated their JLordships 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 a 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 INDIA 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 .

      PASSING TOLLS AND LOCAL DUBS . Lord Stanley of Alderlett 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 Donoughmore , without pledging himself on the subject , h oped 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 .

      THE KINO OF OUDE AKfl > HIS SONS . Colonel French presented petitions from the two surviving sons of tho King of Oude . One prayed that before what was called tho trial of the King took place all the proceedings might be brought before tho Royal Commissioners of the Supremo Court in India , and that the King might have tho assistance of counsel to defend him . The second petition prayed tho House to investigate the circumstances under which the seizure- of the dominions of the King of Oudo took place , that an opportunity might bo given to tho petitioner to bring forward evidence in defence of his own rights , ns well as those of his father ; and that a committee be appointed to examine into tho trouties botween tho King of Oudo and the Eaat India Company . FISltNAMDO 1 ? O > . Mr . Stai'leton 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 1834 , is now recognised by England as part of the dominions of the Crown of Spain . —Mr . Seymour 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 Bilx ( after an ineffectual attempt on the part of Mr . Doncombe 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 , Sec , Bill , was discharged , and the bill was withdrawn *

      EDUCATION . Mr . Cowpeb , 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 . Cowper consented to the addition , and the motion , so amended , was agreed to . The House adjourned at a q uarter to ten o ' clock .

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      The Gale On Sunday. Durincj The Greater ...

      THE GALE ON SUNDAY . DuRiNCJ the greater part of Sunday , and the whole of the previous night , an unusually strong gale of wind swept over London , and was . particularly felt in the Surrey suburbs . A tent in which a troupe of Indians perform in the Ebyal 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 , Gamberwell-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 Walworth-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 liouse in this road suffered more or less , stacksof 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 Camber well . At Sydenham and the neighbourhood , trees were uprooted , and 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 tbebase of the trunk , was split completely in two , and in falling 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 tho Camberwell County Court . Many other trees were blown down , 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 the roofs of the houses , and in the latter locality a gentkman 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 the vicinity , by the destruction of trees and valuable plants . The gale also made itself felt in the Now and Old Kent-roads , Bermondsey , and Rotherhithe ; but tho accidents were chiefly tho blowing down of stacks of chimneys , damage to the roofs of tho houses , and other minor occurrences . In the northern districts of the metropolis , tho wind likewise did great damage , and a part of the clock tower of the Metropolitan Cnttle-market , Copenhagen-fields , was forced in . The storm appears to havo been least felt along th « northern bank of tho Thames ; though some tents at Cremorne Gardens shared tho fate of their counterpart in the Surrey < lardens and the new covered entrance from tho Kintr's-road was blown down .

      lho gale waavory heavy on tho coasts ; several email vessols wero wrecked , and some lives were lost . A fatal accident occurred during tho height of tho gale at Norwich . Two servants were on their way to church in the afternoon , when they were struck by an arm of a tree ^ vhich had been torn from the trunk by the wind . Both wero much hurt , and ono of them died from the effects of the injuries on Tuesday morning .

      The Indian Reyolt.

      THE INDIAN REYOLT .

      The News From India, To Some Extent, Bri...

      The news from India , to some extent , brightens . The capture of Gwalior is confirmed , and the fugitives are said to be hemmed in on all sides by our troops . Unfortunately , we have heard that state , ment so often . before that some hesitation with respect to its reliability is excusable ; indeed , it appears to be contradicted by later accounts . But there can be no doubt that the insurgents have received 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 Hose reached the city on the 16 th of June from the south-west ; Brigadier Smith approached it from tlie 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 Maharajah ( Scindia ) was conducted iu state to his palaca oil the same day , and the fort was found to be abandoned on the 20 th . Four of our officers feLl during ' the conflict . On the 21 st , the fugitives were overtaken on the old Bombay-road , and again defeated by Brigadier Napier , with the loss of twenty-five 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 Moulvje , for whom a reward of 5000 / . had been offered , was killed . Oude , however , is still very much disturbed . The Governor-General , on receiving Lord Ellenbordugh ' s despatch , issued ( on the 9 th of June ) a proclamation , giving , amnesty to all but murderers ; but the effect off this measure we have

      yet to learn . The mutineers are said to be assembling at Jeypore ; but a large . force under General Roberta left Hu 8 scera . bad on the 29 th of June for that locality . A telegram from F . Edmonstone , Esq ., { 3 ecretarj to the Government of India , and its supplement , both 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 re . ceived , and some additional facts . They are as follow : —

      "Oude . —Sir Hope Grant , on the 13 th of June , attacked a large body 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 , the Rajah of-Airowlee , one of their leaders , being among the slain . Rajah Khan Singh is being attacked in his fort at Shahgunge , but the rebels havo as yet made no impression upon it . The Rajah has applied to Government for ammunition and funds , which will be supplied , to him .

      "Nohth-Western Provinces : Benakes Division . —The districts of Azimghur and Ghazeepore have been again disorganised , owing to the presence of bands o £ rebels from Jugdespore . The main body , under TJnimer Singh , on the approach of Brigadier Douglas , abandoned Ghumer , and fled southwards , but several large parties 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 .

      " Goruckpore DisTMCT . —The column under Major Cox , which relieved the Rajah WuBansee , joined by the followers of that chief , pursued the rebels under Mehumee Dassain across the frontier into Oude , and on their return attacked and drove the rebels out of the west at Amorali . " AllaiiabjVu Division , —This division is quite quiet , with the exception of the frontier pcrgunuahs of the Allahgesad district , which have been somewhat disturbed . A large marauding party was attacked and dispersed near Soram by a small force sent out by Brigadier Richar j (?) tliirty-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 . '

      " Agjia Division . —Some excitement prevailed on tho southern frontier of the Agra , Mynpoorie , and Atawah ( Etawah ) districts , caused by tho state of affairs in Gwalior ; but the rapid movement of troops on Gwalior from all sides , and tho 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 nnd tranquillity . Fewsing , the rebel Rajah of Dynpoorie ( Mynpoorie ) , has surrendered himself to the magistrate of Etawas ( qy . Etawah ?) on a guarantee * of his life . The Deerut ( Meerut ) dLvisiou-is quit © peaceful . 41 Roxiilound Division . —Tho districts of Bodahpw , Bijnoor , and Moradabad are quiet A band of rebels has been routed near Buhcrcc , in tho Barcilly district , by a small column of the Kohileund forco and Kuttoeo police levies , under Captain C ' ostonmn ; seventy rebels were killed . Tho notorious Moulvie , -Ah medoola Fnhkan , of Fyzabnd and Lueknow , lias been killed in tho Shahjohnnporo district , at Puwean , which place ho had attacked with live thousand men .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1858, page 733, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_31071858/page/5/