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      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 bill 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 Lyndhurst to introduce words that would secure the object they had in view . —Lord Lyjjuhuhst 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 bad heard with some surprise the remarks of Lord Campbell , and reminded 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 Marlboko ugh ' s 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 sis .

      The House op Commons , at its morning sitting , was engaged in committee with the Local Government B ill , 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 , in answer to Mr . Hadpield , Mr . Mowbray said that at present it was impossible to give on 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 of the Exchequer stated , from a rough estimate , that it was

      possible that the amount , at the outset , wouldbe 250 , 0007 . In the Budget , that amount was reduced to 180 , 000 ? 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 , 0001 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 , 000 ? . 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 information .

      THE GUN FOUNDRY AT "WOOLWICH . Replying to Mr . Hussey Vivian , GeneTal 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 be tiltimately successful . From four to five heavy guns are now turned out every week .

      THE COLABA OAHRACKS . General Codrington inquired whether it was true that , on the arrival of the 92 nd Kegiment in Bombay in May , it was quartered in the Colaba B > arracks which had been pronounced unfit for European troops ; whether the regiment had not many cases of fever in theso barracks ; and why the usual Indian clothing was not given to that regiment till a week after its arrival . —Lord Stanley replied that , neither at the Board of Control nor the East India House had any information been received .

      departm : army . Colonel North inquired wliether the Secretary of State for " War could state the reasons why tho recommendations of tho select commit tec on the medical department of the army , which it reported in Julj' , 185 G , relative to the pay and position of the medical officers in the army , had not been attended to . —General Pekl replied that a new scale" payment had been framed and submitted to the Treasury .

      THE KNGLISH IN EGYPT . Mr . Wish inquired whether Ministers would lay on the table copies of the new police ordinance of the Viceroy of Egypt , and of a 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 be in accordance vrith the treaties existing between the Queen of England and the Sultan . —Mr . Fitzokuald said the papers should be laid upon tho table . GOVERNMENT OF ltf DIA ( NO . 3 ) BILL .

      On tho motion for tho third reading of this bill , Sir Erskine Pkrry objected to tho constitution of tho Council , -which ho thought -would prove unworkable Lord Palmebston aaid that , though retaining his objections to the Council , ho thought there were many excellent points in the bill , to the third reading of which heshouldgivo , nota grudging , but a cordial support Tho Solicitor-General having made certain explanations . Mr . Roebuck expressed his belief that they had m erely produced a patchod-up measure , and that in time they would have to roaort to a simple Minister for India ,

      responsible to no other authority than Parliament . —Lord John Russell thought that the bill posseses beneficial features , but 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 Mr . Blight ' s views he could not concur ; but he agreed with him that large powers should 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 bad laid down . { Hear , hear . ") This measure had 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 repressed 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 waa then read a third time , and passed , amidst loud cheering . GOVERNMENT OF JSTEW CALEDONIA BILL . Sir E . B . LvrxoN 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 the 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 is about two hundred and fifty miles ; but the greatest length , from comer to corner , id eight hundred and five miles , and the greatest breadth is four hundred miles . The climate is salubrious and the soil productive . The Government had already 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 no \ y 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 was any necessity for sued a measure , it would be' open to tho Crown to annex it to New Caledonia upon an address from the Legislature .

      Mr . Labouchere , Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Mili ^ s , Mr . Wyld , and Mr . Christy supported the bill \ but Mr . Lows said ho did not feel very sanguine as to its success , though he approved of its object . He apprehended that a fearful collision would take place between the whites and Indians , which it would not be in their power to prevent . The attendance of a frigate on the coast would not be sufficient , because it could not supply a force capable of keeping order . It was proposed that her Majesty , by order in Council , should lmtke laws for the new colony , or delegate to the Government the power of doing so : but would it not bo 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 tho power of passing supplementary laws as they should bo required ? Mo objected to the nnmo of New Caledonia being given to the now colony . They should not adopt tho name of a French colony in tho Pacific , and it would be well if some name tlinfc was not so thoroughly used-up should be adopted . —Other criticisms and suggestions worii offered by Mr . Elliois , Lord Sandon , Mr , Wiiitk , Mr . Crosslkv , and Mr . C . W . Fitzwiluam ; ami the bill was then road a . second time .

      I'OLIOK VOUCH ( IRICLANO ) HILL . Viscount Naas moved tlio hccoiuI rending of this bill , and declared that tlie objections mado to tho bill in Dublin wcca untenable and without foundation . In Belfast and other places , the bill -was received with npprobntion . At present , tho whole clmrgu for tho police in Dublin is 77 , 000 ? . ; under the new system , it will bo 67 , 12 G 7 . The local income derivable from licenses , &c , ¦ will be 14 , 800 ? ., tho Parliamentary grant 80 , 500 ? ., and the police rate 70 O 0 ? . a year . TJio force , including officers , will be somothing under 800 men , and it is not intended to disbaiul a single man of tho present force , though it will bo necosaary to remove some of tho officers , Tho best guarantee of the economical portion of tho plnn is that tho Government propose to reduce the maximum of expendituro from 8 d . in the pound to 6 d . Tho Government proposition hns tho important concurrence

      of Sir Duncan Macgregor . The bill has no sectarian motive or object . One-third of the force is Protestant two-thirds Roman Catholic ; and the ratio is about that of the inhabitants considered with regard to religious sectarian profession . ° Mr . Peter O'Brien moved that the second reading of the bill take place that day three months . —There were cries of " Divide ; " and a division immediately took place . For the second reading 125 Against it ... 66 Majority for the second reading ... . 59 The bill was then read a second time . BIISCELI-ANEOUS BUSINESS . The Sale a : nd Transfer of Land ( Ireland ) Bill passed through committee . —The Titles to Xakd ( Scotland ) Bill was read a third time , and passed as was the Lunatics ( Scotland ) Act Amendment Bili —The Medical Practitioners Bill , as amended , -was agreed to ; after which , the House went into committee on the Local Government Bill , when some new clauses were added , and the bill was reported . The House adjourned shortly after two o'clock

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      No fresh intelligence has arrived from India during the-week ; but the detailed accounts of the events indicated in the last telegrams have reached England since we last addressed our readers . Extract * will be found below ; and we fear that ( as generally is the case ) they pxit 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 in open fig ht , and town after town is taken ; but it grows every day more painfully apparent that the rebels are seeking to Avear us out by guerilla warfare . Oude , which , as we were told a few weeks ago , was rapi d ly calming down , is now

      said 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 Blieels , Raja Singh , still Rives trouble in the Santpooras , north of Kandeish . Report states that the Thakoor of Awali , in Kujpootan ' a , has again revolted , and taien the field with a . small force . The communication between Calpee and Jhansi lias been cut off by the rebels , and a company of the 31 st Native Infantry , under" Captain Uoberts , is said to be in a dangerous position at Maltoon , being surrounded by the enemy . Such are the difficulties we have to encounter .

      Mr . Gartlan , of the Electric Telegraph Department at Chtindorej in the Nagpore territories , lias been murdered by a gang of marauders at a station in the zemindary village of Arpeille . Nana Sahib lias blown from a gun , in the neighbourhood of Baroilly , a person whom lie suspected of corresponding with the English Government .

      THE TAKING OF CALPK 13 . A graphic account of the taking of Calpee is given in a letter published in the Bombay Standard : — " Cnlpce was taken by assault by our force , in conjunction with Brigadier Maxwell ' s Brigade , on tho 2 tfrd of May . before giving you an account of tho action , I must tell you that , for five miles round nn < l about Calpee , from the inundations of the Jumna river no doubt , the ground is frightfully rugged and uneven , and impassable except by infantry , and that , too , witli tlie utmost difficulty—steep ravines , with yawning gulfs between . This of course proved very Advantageous to tho enemy , who caused us no small annoyance from these recesses . On tho 22 iul , tho day previous to tho

      storm and assault , tlie enemy came out in full force , about 15 , 000 or 20 , 000 , chiefly cavalry , and made b&M to attack us . Heavy lire was kept up till lute in tho tiny , when the cavalry as usual skirred of )" . The 86 th sluutfhfeted a fearful number < m tlie river bank , wliero , it is snid , their infantry were so thick that tlie County Donns were kicking them into the -water , and popping tlieni oil like ducks . T !> e 71 st , top , did its duty . We had tbtf Camel Corps of Maxwell ' s Brigade , who also did capital work ; but for them three of our guns would have boon « npturcd . Tho following morning , the 23 rd , nt two i \ m ., tho whole force moved oft" to tho assruilt—the infantry over tho < leop nivines and tho cavalry round Id a rani leading into Cnlpec ; but to their grant ¦

      disappointment they discovered that the greater portion of tlie enemy had made off during tho night . Tliu few thitt remained , lion-over , resisted ( lespewitclj ' . Nearly nil wc-iv slaughtered by tho Flying Hi-lgade while escaping towards Agra . A sad number must have hit tlie dust on il ><; 22 »< 1 ; but it was imposHiblo to find thi . s out , as tboy took tho precaution for the Drat thno of carrying <>» ' tn «' ' dead and wounded from the battle-field in slrctdiWH (>> dhoolios . When poHHCHNion was Uikon of <' jil ]> i't ' , ami our flag -waved proudly over its -vvalln , whirl ) vmh «)> « t 10 A . m ., the infantry all got into the Ucsiiloncy out . of tho sun , And ono of tho 71 st piper * cninmrncud ii Mrntlihpey on Iris bngpipo , when all who coulil kh'I < a hg nt all stopped out to it . Tho ( Jcnernl and all tho oilicdH

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      • ¦ 652 THE LEAjDJE R , [ No . 433 , July 10 , 1858 .

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      THE INDIAN REVOLT .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1858, page 652, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2250/page/4/