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Ultimately , the preamble of the bill was adopted , and the chairman "was ordered to report the bill to the House . WEEBON ESTABLISHMENT . In the evening , Colonel Forester brought . up the answer of her Majesty to the address of the Commons respecting the state of the books and the manner of conducting business at the establishment at Weedon . The reply was to the effect that her Majesty had taken the address into consideration , and had directed that a Royal commission should issue for the purpose the House required .
TRINITY COLLEGE , DUBLIN . Replying ( o Mr . Pagan , Lord Najls said a scheme had been agreed upon between the junior and senior fellows of Trinity College , Dublin , by which considerable improvements were proposed to be effected of an educational , financial , and administrative character . He was also informed that a Queen ' s letter would be submitted to the college , and there was every prospect of a satisfactory result being obtained . He believed that improvements would l ) e effected which would remove many difficulties and unfortunate differences which had lately occurred , and would effect , in a great degree , the efficiency of the institution . —Mr . Fagan said , in consequence of this answer , it was not his intention to proceed with his motion on this subject .
GATtKISON i > h- LUCKSOW . In answer to Mr . Kinnaird , General Pkel said that the officers who composed the garrison of Lucknow were gazetted to brevet rank on the 24 th of last March . A major and five captains had been gazetted to brevet rank , and the senior lieutenants had been promoted to companies . Her Majesty has approved of the design for the Delhi medal , and it will be forwarded to the East India Company preparatory to the distribution .
THE VICTORIA CROSS AND LIEUTENANT SALKELU . Mr . Keii Sbymek asked the Secretary for War for aii explanation of the circumstances under which the Victoria Cros 3 was withheld from the late Lieutenant Salkeld . —General Pei-x regretted that his hon . friend had not communicated with him before putting the question tipon the notice paper . It was not intended for one moment to withhold from LieutenantSulkeld the Victoria Cross . QHear , hear . ) So far from that being the case , Lieutenants Salkeld and Holmes were recommended to receive the Victoria Cross for their gallant exploits . Unfortunately , they never lived to receive it ; but it had already appeared in the Gazette that , if they had survived , it would have been distributed to them , and he was now prepared to present it to their relatives . ( Hear . Keai ' . )
TROOPS IN INDIA . Mr . Alcock asked the Secretary of State for War whether lie had made any fresh arrangements for the gratuitous supply of bedding and clothing , adapted to the climate , to her Majesty ' s troops in India . —General Peel begged to tell the hon . member with regard to any gratuitous supply of bedding , that that must rest with the East India Company , by whom it is supplied ; but he had communicated with Sir Colin Campbell with a , view to reduce the expense of the kit supplied to soldiers in India , and he was also endeavouring to reduce the expense of the sea kit furnished to soldiers .
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ( NO . 3 ) BILL . The House having gone into committee on this bill , Mr . Gladstone proposed to add , at the end of the 7 th clause , the words , " and it ( the Council ) shall consist of the following persons , " his intention being that the first members of the Indian Council should be named in the Act of Parliament . Their object in the constiution of this council was to give to it great moral influence , without interfering with the responsibility of the Secretary of State ; and ho thought that this could be best secured by the selection of the fust members by Parliament . If these gentlemen were named by Parliament , they would be appointed for a particular purpose mentioned in the act , and he thought it would necure care in the select ion , and wmihl veliuvo the East India Company from a duty of a ' difficult and irksome character—Lord Stanley did not think it would bo
convenient to adopt this proposition . The object of th « Government in drawing up tho bill was not needlessly to interfere with tho existing state of things , and they thorcforo proposed that a proportion of the council should be elected and part nominated , und that tho selection of the nominated members should rest with tho E ; int India Company . Mr . Gladstone ' s proposed addition would upnot this desi gn , « ud moreover would delay tho progress of tho bill . —Sir Krskini : Pkuky regretted tho courso pursued by tho noble lord ; and tho amendment was then negatived without a division . Mr . Vkrnon Smith proposed to omit from tho 8 th olau . se tho word * empowering the Court of Directors to elect tlio pcvcu elected members of tho council from among persons " having been theretofore Directors , nn well us from persons then being Directors . " - — This amendment was negatived upon a division by 14 . 0 to 71 .
Sir Jamks Gicauam moved to u'ld to the words so retained the words , " not being nominees of the Crown . " Lord Stanlky objected , and the amendment was negativod . . b Mr . Glad 8 Tonk then moved ihut the number of
elected members be ten , instead of seven ; but this was also opposed by Lord Stanley , and , after a long and a very rambling discussion , was negatived . Lord Stanley then moved a proviso to the effect that , in case the Court of Directors refused or neglected to choose members out of their own number , the appointment should be made by the Crown . —This was agreed to , and the clause , as amended , was ordered to stand part of the bill . The 9 th clause , which directs the mode in which vacancies in the Council shall be filled up , Lord A . Vanis Tempest moved to amend by providing that alternate vacancies , instead of being filled up by the Council , should be supplied by election among the persons and by the constituencies proposed in tlie bill No . 2 , brought in by the present Government . — This amendment was negatived .
Mr . Gregson moved to amend the 11 th clause , enacting that every member of the Council shall hold his office "during good behaviour , " by substituting- " for five years , and to be re-eligible . "—Lord Palmijrston thought it better that the limit of service should be ten years , and . that tlie members should not be re-eligifcle or capable of being reappointed . —The Committee divided upon the question that the words " good behaviour " stand part of the clause , which was affirmed lrv 154 to 118 . The 12 th clause , disqualifying members from sitting in Parliament , was discussed at great length , and was carried , upon a division , by 245 to 121 .- —The Chairman was then ordered to report progress .
LONDON CORPORATION REGULATION BILL . On the motion of Mr . Walpolb , the order for going into committee on this bill was discharged , and the bill withdrawn . MAOWACJK LAW AMENDMENT BILL . On the consideration of this bill , as amended in . Committee , Xord Bury moved the addition of the following clause : — : " That nothing herein contained shall render valid any marriage with the sister of a deceased wife , U either of . the parties to such marriage shall * after Laving contracted such marriage , and before tlie passing , of this act i have married any other person . "—The clause was agreed to , and the bill was ordered to be read a third time . .. - The House adjourned at a quarter past one ,
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Again do the telegrams from India speak of important successes to our arms . A serious blow has been struck * it the rebels by the capture of Calpee on the 23 rd of May . Sir Hugh Rose , who commanded the force sent against that city , was attacked by the instirgents during his ' advance , and also in his camp , four miles ' bi-loir the town , on the 22 nd , but repulsed the enemy with great loss to them , and on the following day advanced by the . river-side below Calpee , having entered into communication with Colonel Maxwell , who held a position on the west bank of the Jumna , so as to shell the town and fort . The enemy offered no resistance , and the city and fort were occupied -without any loss on our side . Fifty guns , twenty-four standards , and immense stores of gunpowder and other munitions , were found in the tort . A flying column was sent in
pursuit of the rebels , quickly came up witii them , killed five hundred , and took all their guns and elephants . A rubble of three or four thousand crossed the Jumna into the Doab on the 26 th of May , apparently making for Oude ; but General Liignrd is said to huvo nearly completed their dispersion . According to one account , some of those whoeseaped " appear to have been attacked and dispersed hy the Zemindars of Kussulobad . Another and larger body escaped towards Gwalior by Juloun , nnd were about twenty-four miles from Gwalior on the 29 th of May . " That city has been attacked and plundered . Seiiului has taken the lluld in person against the rebels , and has despatched two regiments of infuntrv , one of cavalry , nnd eighteen guns , to the Molsir cantonineiit . A sinall force with twelve guns remains for the protection of Gwalior ; hut Seindbi isanxiam for the advance of Knglisli troops on his frontier .
Hie column under Drigudier Smith recaptured Chunduree from the Bundehihs on the 25 th of May . Tho LJrigudict' purposed to advance towards Ksayhur alter demolishing the works of the stronghold of Cliundnree . I hiving relieved Shulijchunporo , ns already related , Brigadier Jones found himself , on the 15 th of May , surrounded by musses of the enemy . On the same day , the Commiiudcr-in-Cliicf left Dureilly with the whole of his disposable force , reached . ^ hnlijehunpore on the 18 tli , niul drove back the enemy on tho 2 . 'ird to Alohundec , whiuli was afterwards captured by our forco . Three days later , Sir Colin Campbell occupied Jvllulabad , on the Kuttehyhurroad . ( Judo ia BtiIJi disturbed , and the rebels , at the last advices , were threatening I-oiukiiow ; but it way
thought they would not venture on an attack , as the city is well defended . The East India House 1 ms published the subjoined telegrams : — " Serious disturbances have occurred at Gudduek , in the Dharwar Collectorate ; the outbreak was headed by Bheem Rao , of Moonderger , and the Desayee of Hembgce , - who obtained possession of the fort of Fowul [ qy . ] by treachery ; and the chief of Nurgoond was suspected of being deeply implicated . The acting Political Agent , Mr . C . T . Manson , attended by a few horsemen , proceeded rapidly to the Nurgoond ' districr , in the hope of restoring order , when ha was treacherouslv attacked , on the night of May 29 th , by eight hundred men , headed by
the Chief of Nurgoond , and killed with all his escort . It being greatly feared that the dissaffection -would spread all over the Southern Mahratta country , reinforcements have been ordered to proceed immediately to Belgium and Kolapoor ; in the meantime , it is hoped that the outbreak has been promptly repressed . A Madras column , under Major Hughes , on June 1 st , took the fort of Copal by assault , and among the slain were Hheem Rao and the Desayee ; on the same-day , Colonel Malcolm , with a liglit Bombay , detachment , arrived at Nurgoond , and stormed the town . On the next dav , he occupied the
[ fort ?] , which was evacuated during the night . A pursuit of the Chief was then commenced , and intelligence had just been received that he was captured by Mr . Southern , the Superintendent of Police , on June 3 rd . " Nizam ' s Country . —The Aurungabad districts are much disturbed by Arabs and Itohillas , who have plundered several towns ; the . Resident strongly urged that n European reinforcement be sent immediately by the Government of Bombay to Jaulnah . A ii . 'ld detachment , about four hundred and fifty men of all arms , lia-j been despatched .
" Futteiighuh . —On the 28 th of May , five thousand rebels , in two bodies , crossed the Kalice Nundee , and inarched along the western boundary of the district , burning and destroying villages ; on the evening of the 29 th , they were crossing the Granges ., . The Rohilcund force of cavalry had gone out hi pursuit of tharu . Two princes of the Delhi family were arrested oil the 2 i $ th of May by the Tehsildar of llussunpore . "• Gawspore . District . —A .. party , of about one thousand men , with four guns , supposed to he from Hurneerpore , reached Azung , on the Grand Trunk lioad between Lullutpore and Cawnpore , oil the 29 th of May . The road is fairly closed . Some thousand rebels , horse and
toot , with eight-guns ,. in three division . , crossed from the Humeerpore side of the Jumna to the Shorapore Ghat , on the Ganges ; the last division . crossed . on-the 29 ih of May , and arc proceeding to Oude . Middleton's columns arrived at Mohar , opposite the Sliorapore Ghat , on the 30 th . Brigadier Carthew , with a small force , marched for the same point on the 29 th May . Brigadier Sir Edward Lugard defeated the rebels near Jugdespore on the 26 th of May , killing a great number . Our force , by the latest account " , was still in pursuit . " In the import market at Bombay , business has been limited , nnd freights continued depressed . Money was easy , and interest and discount had been , reduced one per cent .
A large mass of news , supplied by Government to tlie Calcutta papers , hus arrived with the Indian mails " tliis week . It refers to events antecedent to those noted above , and the main facts linvc already appeared in the English journals ; but , as further details arc here given , we append the messages tcxtimlly : " SKKVIUK MlCSSAOK ItECKIV-ICO FJCOM G . F . EojlONstonh , Ksq ,, watki ) AixAiiA « Ai > , May 7 th . —From various messages which have uuimi received from Futtehgliur , it would appear that , alter the force under Sir Colin Campbell hud lertSliahjehiinpore , a strong baud of
rebels from Mahoodee , in Oude , made an attack on tho few troops lliat had been assigned for tho protection of the station , surprised and cut off the picket of D'Kantzow ' u llnr . se , » ud destroyed many of them . The rebel * mo reported to have plundered tlia city <> l " Shjilijeliari | iorc , to have mastered many of tho inhabitant- ' , and to be in possession of the Fort , which is an old dilapidated building on the outskirts of tho city . Tho rebcil patrols are on the river , and communication ia dillicult and d : iii"crohh . The Cominaiulor-iu-Chicf was nt Furredporo , near Hareilly , on tho 4 th instant . "
• ' Skuvicic Mkssaok hiccicivkd i-kom G . F . Edmon-RTONK , K 8 Q , 11 ATKD Al , t , AIIAHAD , MAY Sri ! . —No better information of tho stutu of allaiix at Slutlijclianporo has beon received , but it is said tho cntrenuhinent round tho giiol in which our toopa nre po . stcd is vury strong , and that fifty cartloads of provi .-ions Wt ; r « saved when the attack reported in a previous nxss ige whs made . Tho invorttiniMic is not oonipleto , although the rebels , it i . Kiiid , him 8000 strong nnd have twelve guiin . It i . reported by tho Deputy Commissioner of IV . shmvur , under date tho 7 th , that . Sultana was destroyed by a force under (*« nond Cotton on iho -hli instant . Tho
Illndostancc fanatics tought with dittcsrinination , and viera cut to pieces ; wo liavi ! four natives killed and twelve wounded , l ' n'viom to tho attuck on Suit aim , that is , on the iii ^ ht- * of tho 2 Kth and 2 i ) th of April , Cotton ami ('( iloncl ICdwuids asccndiul tins I \ I alia tin mountains on the . right bank of the Indus , and dc-Htroyud a stronghold of a noted cliiul '; tho name id not
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3 STo . ^ 32 , July 3 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER . 629
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 629, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2249/page/5/
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