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      the facts have the faintest bearing against Mazzini , none against Ledrtj Roliiu . The whole chain rests upon the confession of the incredible raggamuflin Bartolotti . The Emperor visits our Court at a time when our journals are making the most of the intelligence from India . He will beisBte , therefore , to study the details of our Indian difficulties , and . the policy of our journalism , both together . The ampler accounts supplied by ' -the heavy mail' do not add to the force of the nanratfiye receihred on Saturdfey , but together they certainly present a state of affairs somewhat different from that described by the

      imperfect telegraph . It is now tolerably clear that some persons m Delhi , collected there after the first arrival of the Meerut mutineers , suddenly got up a plan for a more combined action than any hitherto attempted . It was to include the dispossessed or dissatisfied Mussulman princes . One of the keys to . this combination consists in a proclamation issued in Delhi , but seized in Calcutta . It states that the new Mogul Emperor had been established on condition that the Sepoys should slaughter the British and become ' the servants of Delhi ; ' and while they should form a new army , receiving ' double pay , ' receive

      ¦ np . i-Krvns hrinp-ino- sunrilies for it should persons bringing supplies for it should receive * doable prices . The submission of Oude was pointed out as an example to be avoided . The approach of the rainy season was a formidable prospect for the British , hut in the meanwhile forces were gradually advancing from Lower Bengal , Bombay , ^ and the Punjab , upon the disturbed districts of Upper Bengal ; and thus on the 16 th of June we leave Sir Henry Barnard firing away upon Delhi , repelling sorties , and awaiting reinforcements .

      Officially , the most cheerful aspect is taken of Indian affairs ; yet it is quite evident that we have not estimated , and shall not for months to come estimate the real enemy with whom we have to contend in that empire . The Bengal army has ' disappeared ;' it -will be necessary to recreate a new army ; it will be necessary to reconsider the composition of that army , and the relation of many semi-iudependent states to the British . All this will require money India lias a chronic deficiency in her revenue , estimated in good vears at one million sterling ; in bad years at three millions . Business in Calcutta was

      entirely suspended , even in Bombay it was comparatively slack . The disturbed districts produce indigo , the trade in which is almost annulled for the present ; and in short , the productive and commercial powers of India are suspended , either by the disturbance in Bengal , or by the want of confidence in the great centres . Already they are ask' in ' the City' whether the British Government wnl be called upon to give a guarantee of an advance in aid of the Indian finances ? No ! says Precedent ; but Precedent has rather failed in recent events . . .

      Meanwhile our diplomacy is rather troubled by a storm at Constantinople , where the Ministry has given way under the threat of the French Ambassador that ho should demand his passports . On what ground ? Several of the representatives of the Allies hold that the elections in Moldavia and Wallaciiia , especially the former , have been iobbed by the local Governments . The ground of their dissatisfaction is , that the elections have gone in favour of continued separation ; the majority of the allied Powers wanting that union which Russia .-wants , and as a means of coercing Turkey , tho servant of our nearest ally , threatening to with .-dirnv his passports , has brought down the Turkish Ministry . _

      Titk Lath Sir Charles Napier ' s Indian Memoir . — Lieutenunt-Gonoral Sir W . Napier writes to the daily papurti : — " Lot mo call attention to the exceedingly ridiculous conduct of Ministers about a memoir of tho Into Sir CJ . Napier moved for by General Wyndham and by Mr . Disraeli : it has been rofusod as tending to public injury 1 Mo a gro s c raps , cooked and garbled , have been givon , indood , to Mr . Disraeli , but they do not contain th < - twentieth part of tho . memoir . The ridiculous part of tlio mutter ia this : —Three years ago , I publish e d

      thin mysterious , dangerous memoir m eastenso . It will bo found in the Appendix No . 1 to Sir 0 . Napier's posthumous work culled' I n d i a n Miagov e nv n cnt , now being xe |> ubUrthod by Wostorton , St . Georgo ' s-place . As a climax to this absurdity , it is said that whe . n General Wymlluun first moved for tho memoir ho wua privately nsl ' cud from whom he got an intimation of its existence , became , said tho quostionor , Lord Panmuro Bays there is but . oiio person in England besides himaolf who is cognizant of itl His secret intelligence must bo adttilmbly managed I "

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      3 Ionday , August 3 rd . EMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA . In the House of Lords , Lord Panmure broug ht i n a bill to . enable the Government to embody certain regiment * of the Militia , attoold the requirements of the public service render sjieh a step necessary during the recess . —After-some disenssiony in the course of which the Government was taunted by Lords Derby and Hahdwicke with having changed its mind on thia matter ( inasmuch as the Opposition had suggested the same cotwso a month er two Back , without effect ) , the bill was read a first time .

      THE COMING REFORM . Lord Brquq-ham : moved , as a preparatory step towards the measure of Parliamentary Keforra expected , next . session , for returns of the number of electors ia every county , city , and borough in the United Kingdom . He wished to see a certain amount of reform , thoug ht protesting against the representation being made anymore democratic than the reform of 1832 had left it . But he would give skilled artisans a vote , if it could be managed ; and lie proposed the establishment of class voters , consisting of the cl « rgy ( rectors and curates ) , medical men , physicians , apothecaries , officers of the

      array and navy , retired officers of the army and navy , literary men of different kinds , men having degrees from universities , men belonging to scientific bodies—in a word , the class that was generally called the scientific , literary , and well-educated class . He should object , however , to admitting the votes of 10 ? . householders in counties , as that -would swamp the votes of the proprietary body , and thus destroy -what he conceived to be a fixed element in the constitution . —Lord Granville , on the part of the Government , had no objection to the production of the returns , which were accordinglyordered .

      THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL CONTRACT . Lord Hardwtcke called the attention of the Government to the subject of the Australian postal contract , and declared tha t , the company with which the existing contract was made having failed to fulfil its obli gations , the contract itself was void , and the Government free to enter into a fresh one . —The Duke of Argyll contended that the performance of the contract had not been hitherto so unsatisfactory as to warrant the Government in throwing it up , especially as an element in that contract was the enforcement of certain penalties . —The Earl of Derby thought the system of penalties one of very doubtful expediency , and warned the Government against continuing what was understood to be a very extravagant contract .

      The Banking Bill , and the Boundaries of Land ( Ireland ) Bill , were read a third time , and passed . The House adjourned at a quarter to eig ht o ' clock . SLIGO BOROUGH AND HUNTINGDON COUNTY ELECTIONS . In the House of Commons , the Clerk of tub Crown attended at the table , and amended the returns for the boroug h of Sligo and the county of Huntingdon ; on whi c h , Mr . Fellowes and Mr . Wynne took the oaths and their seats .

      LIABILITIES OF MONTE VIDEO . In reply to Mr . "Wyse , Mr . Wilson said that tho exact amount granted to the Monte Videan Government was . 50 , 909 ? ., of which 37 , 395 ? . were advanced from tho Civil Contingencies Fund . The advance was made for the benefit of the Monte Vidoan community , and nothing would be left undone to induce them to repay the money . CONFERENCE WITH THE LOBDS . On the motion of Mr . Massey , a conference was appointed with the Lords upon the subject of an address to her Majesty under the provisions of tho Act 15 and 16 Vic , c . 57 , and . with reference to the cases of bribery at the Galway election ; and tho proceedings of the Housq wore suspended during the conference . —On the return of the members of the conference , Mr . Massey reported that an address had been delivered to Lord Grnnvillo , to which the concurrence of the Lords was required .

      MILITIA MJOPENSES . Supplementary Army Estimates having been laid on tho table , Lord Palmibkston exp lained that they were for such portions of tho militia as her Majosty might bo advised to embody during tho year .

      THE LATIC SIR CHAM-IBS NAPIEU ON INDIA . In rep ly to Mr . Disraeli , Lovd Pai > merston stated that another lottor had boon found ut the Horse Guarda from Sir Charles Napier , not to tho Duke of Wellington , but to Lord Dalhousio . It was dated in Juno , I 860 , and it related partly to tho Queen ' s army , and partly to the native troops of tho East India , Company . Tho latter portion ho would lay before tho House . —Mr , Roebuck : " Sir William Napior says this latter was published throo years ago in his brother ' s posthumous work on tho Miayovormnent qf India . " ADMISSION OF JIDW 8 TO PARLIAMENT .

      Tho orders of the day having boon postponed on tho motion of Lord Palmickston , Lord John Russicll moved that a select commlttoo bo appointed to consider whether the 5 th and Gth William IV ., c . 02 , bo applicable to oaths appointed by law to bo taken by

      members of that House at the table previously to . their tal their * mats , and in what manner the said act can b app lied ^ and ' to- report their observati ons thereupo the ilouse . His Lordship observed that his Oi Validity Amendment Bill stood for the second reac that night ; but Baron Rothschild had been -adv that , under the act referred to in the motion , the H ( mi g ht , by an order , enable him to make a declaratio : lieu of the Oath of Abjuration , and that , if the Ht took that course , he was ready to make such a decls tion . On the strength of Mr . Pease ' s case , and of vari authorities , the House , if it pl e ased , might omit ¦ words ' on the true faith , of a Christian . ' A vexati obstacle would thus be overcome .

      Sir Frederick Thesiger , while intimating that would not oppose the committee , unless it did not elude a sufficient number of those members who oh to the admission of Jews to Parliament , accused L John Russell of inconsistency in his present course , a former years he had resisted the admission of Jew any other way than by an act passed by both Hou According to a well-known rule of construction , House of Commons could not be include ! in the t ' other bodies , ' which could only mean corporati quasi corporations , and other bodies ejusdem generis , that , according to another equally well-known rule , enumeration being from , a higher class to a lower , general words , ' other bodies' could not include anytt

      superior to the enumeration , as in the p hrase ' para vicars , and others having spiritual promotion , ' whic held not to include bishops . Bat , even if a declarai could be substituted for an oath , the words , ' true faith of a Christian , ' which had been decided \ a the essence of the oath , could not be omitted- The s porters of Baron Rothschild quoted the seating of Pease as a precedent in this case ; hut Mr . Pease not seated by a resolution . By the act 8 Geo . I ., affirmation was allowed to be made by Quakers in ev case where an oath was required to be taken . ' affirmation which was to be substituted for the patl abjuration omitted the words ' on the true faith o Christian , ' and this was confirmed by the act 22 Geo . under which Mr . Pease took his seat .

      Colonel French supported the committee ; bat . Garnett , though he had voted for the bill remov Jewish disabilities , said he would oppose any attempt effect that object by a resolution of the House . Lord Palmerston said he concurred in the moti considering the matter to be of sufficient importancf justify its reference to a select committee . —The mot was agreed to . A good deal of discussion then arose upon the m question , the number of the committee ; and it was length agreed that it should consist of twentymembers , to be nominated by the House , and all gen men of the long 1 robe members of tho House . 1 nomination of the committee produced another disc sion , and , Mr . Nbwdeg-ate having moved that the bate be adjourned , Lord John Russell consented defer the motion for the nomination until the next d This was agreed to .

      BEVERLEY ELECTION . The Chairman reported from the Beverley Electi Committee , that Edward Auchniuty Glover was not di elected for Beverley ; that the said E . A . Glover h signed the declaration respecting his qualification , i holding the necessary qualification ; and that the Atti ney-General should be directed to consider what sti should be taken in consequence . PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION BILL .

      The House wont again into committee upon this b and discussed at much length tlie compensation claui and certain new clauses , including one moved by B Malins , giving to proctors , by way of compensation , annual payment during life equal to ono half of the net proctorial profits . Mr . Malins stated that thia olai was identical with one inserted in tho Government bi of 1855 and 185 G , and that the proctors were , willin if it should be adopted , to relinquish the qualified mon poly of business secured to them by the bill . the und

      T he Attorney-General said that , upon < standing that tho proctors gavo up their monopoly business not only in the Testamentary C o urt , but in t Marriage and tho Divorce Court and tho Court of A miralty , so that all the Courts mig ht bo thro w n opo he thought tho Govornmont was pledged to tho pr posal of last year , from which he would not retire ; bi ho suggested that , at th o exp iration of throo yoars aft the Act came into operation , an account should bo talc of the professional gains of tho proctors , and , if should turn out that they had diminished daring tho throe years compared with tho thrco yoars preceding tl Aot for that loss they should bo compensated .

      , Mr . Malins . oloctod , on behalf of tho proctors , tl formor alternative ; and upon tho understanding tn tho clauses necessary upon this alteration should added to tho bill on recommitment profonnd , which t Attorney-General undertook to do , ho withdrow t clause . —Tho bill was then ordered to bo reported amended . Tho , Gibnmual Board of Hjsalth Continual Bill , and th o Superannuation Act Ambnwmw Bill , w or e road a third time , mul passed . —Other "i were advanced a stage , and tho House was counted o at half-past two o ' clock .

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      746 THE IEADEB , [ No . 385 , August 8 ; 1857 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 8, 1857, page 746, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2204/page/2/