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      JEngland arid Ireland , by which the Postmaster ^ General engaged to pay the contractors 105 , 900 out of the revenue of the Post-office , contrary to the provisions of the act 17 th and 18 th "Victoria , cap . 94 , observing that he concluded the violation of the jELct . to he not intentional , but the consequence of . some blunder . — Sir S . Northcotk admitted that it was owing to an oversight .

      suppi / r . TThe House then went into a Committee of Supply , -when votes were agreed to for paying off Exchequer 3 onds and Bills , and of sums on account for the Civil Services , the Revenue Departments , and the JNavy Estimates , after a discussion of a diversified and miscellaneous character ; among other topics , touching upon the finances of the country , naval expenditure , the form of the estimates , Dover harliour , the naval defences and Channel" squadron , and the conduct of the late Board of Admiralty in relation to the building of large ships and frigates , and tto the protection of our coast , which was defended by Sir C . Wood at considerable length and with a profusion of details—Sir J . Pakington replied to this defence , and the debate continued until the time arrived for closing it . The House adjourned at six o ' clock .

      Thursday , April . EAST INDIA XOAN BILL . In the House of Lords on the motion for the -second reading of this bill , Lord Derby said that the JJouse would look on this bill as a grant on account , -which it was necessary to obtain before the dissolution of Parliament , but that a further sum of . £ 5 , 000 , 000 would be required . He informed the House that a day of thanksgiving for our successes in India was about to be appointed , and that a vote « f thanks was to be given to Lord Clyde and the officers and troops under Ms command . He explained , 3 n answer to Lord Ellenborough , that the question of railway deposits was one not of revenue , but of

      account . He then proceeded to detail the steps ¦ -which had been taken to reduce the enormous ¦ military expenditure . The number of Europeans of all aims In India was 112 , 000 , to which a native army of about 320 , 000 , inclusive of police , was joined . The native arniy at the present moment exceeded by 50 , 000 men the native army which . existed before the mutiny . Orders had been sent put to reduce as far as possible the-native troops , and to prohibit new levies . Of the eighty-five regiments of ¦ Queen ' s troops teii were to be sent home ; but tliis -could not be done at once , as it would be attended with great expense , and would , derange "the estimates by increasing the expenditure for

      troops in this country . He would not express an opinion op . the number of European troops necessary for a peace establishment , but if , as had been proposed , 80 , 000 Europeans and a native force of 200 , 000 ¦ were to be kept up , it would require an expenditure of at least 15 , 000 , 000 ? . a-year , —a sum which the revenue of India could not be expected to pay ; and therefore a great reduction of those numbers would Toe necessary . The reductions which were about to "be mad 3 . would be a cessation of exterisive field operations and extraordinary commands , a diminu ^ tion of the native army and of the British troops in India . This would require great caution , and must not be done in too great haste , as it would be

      necessary for some time to keep a large force in India . — The Duke of Argyll wished to have the principle strongly and at once onunciated , that under no circumstances should theBritish exchequer be made responsible for Indian debts . This heinsisted upon , as a measure of justice both to England and India ; the creditors of the Government in Hindostan having , sis he observed , lent thpir money exclusively upon the credit of the local government , obtained a correspondingly high rate of interest in consequence .- — Iiord EllmnboroIjgh entirely agreed with the Duke of Argyll on . the question of guarantees , not so « much as regarded England as for the injury it would inflict on India . In an exceptional case , like this Loan Bill , however , it might bo advisable to extend the protection of a guarantee . It had been stated that the Bum of 40 , 000 , 000 / . had been guaranteed ft > r

      railroads , and charged oji the revenue of India . He protested against such a system as that , for it had saddled the Govornment of India with a doud loss of 6 ^ 000 , 000 / . All the present financial difficulties arose out of those railroads , and he trusted that the Government would put an end to the present state ¦ of things . Ho rogrottcd that tho Government , while thqy wero about it , had not asked for more monoy , for in fiimnco , as in war , time was everything . Ho thought tho Homo Government had some reason to complain of a want of foresight in the management of the Indian finances , and in some measure * he Governor-General was responsible . Ho eugdgestod that 100 , 000 porsons should be struok off -She roll of tho natlvo troops . Tho European force Jiawever , ought to bo double what ifc was before tho mutiny . Ho informed tho House that a fund had . fteoa set apart by tho Aot of 1833 to accumulate fox

      the purpose of paying off the Indian stock ; that fund had now reached the sum of £ 4 , 700 , 000 , and he suggested that the British Government should guarantee interest upon that stock , and thereby they ¦ would at once set free the whole of that sum for the present exigency . The real difficulties of the case were to be met , not merely by lightening taxation , but by good government , in order to render the people content , and so to dispense with the presence of a large military force . —After some further remarks from the Earl of Albemarle , the Earl of Donoughmore , and Lord Monteagle , the bill was read a second time , and , the standing orders being dispensed with , was afterwards carried through the remaining stages and passed . ' ¦ ¦ _ .

      ;„ . _ The Patents for Inventions ( Munitions of War ) Bill and the Common Rights ( War Department ) Bill were read a third time and passed . _ Their lordships then adjourned at half-past eight .

      THE STATE OF EUROPE . In the House of Commons Lord Palmerston announced that on Friday night he should call attention to the state of our foreign relations , and ask her Majesty ' s ministers to explain the precise position to be held by England as mediator or negotiator in the pending discussion at Paris , or in the future Congress to be held elsewhere , with respect to the affairs of Italy and Europe in general . The Lords' amendments to the Manor Courts ( Ireland ) Bill were considered and agreed to .

      SUPPLY . The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up , and on the vote of 2 , 000 , OOOJ . to pay off Exchequer Bonds , Sir Gr . Lewis inquired whether the Bonds' were to be actually paid off or renewed . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was ! intended to pay them off definitively . —The report was agreed to . The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply , when votes on account for the remaining Navy Estimates and the Army Estimates were agreed to , after discussion , in which the policy of sending out to India batteries of the Royal Artillery was canvassed . . . . .

      The Lords' Amendments of the Medical Act ( 1858 ) Amendment Bill were considered , and in part agreed to . The Tramways ( Ireland ) Bill and the Superannuation Bill were read a third time and passed , after a short conversation on the subject of the latter bill . Certain other bills were read a socond time , and the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Acts Amendment Bill was withdrawn .

      NEWSPAPERS , ETC ., BILL . In Committee on the Newspapers , &c , Bill , Mr . Estcourt suggested that the bill should be abandoned for the present session , undertaking , on the part of the Government , that the subject should be considered , and a bill be brought in in the ensuing session . —Mr . Aykton assented , and the bill was virtually withdrawn . The Combination of Workmen Bill passed though Committee .

      THE IRISH YACHT CLUB . Mi . Cogan called attention to a letter from the Admiralty to the Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland , dated the 26 th of June , 1858 , withdrawing the privilege of wearing the White Ensign from that Club , although granted them by Royal Warrant , dated the . 6 th of February , 1832 , and confirmed by letters of the Admiralty pf the 30 th of July , 1849 V and the 29 th of April , 1853 , and ratified by vote of the House of Commons the 29 th of July , 1858 ' , and moved for copies of papers and documents . —^ After a short conversation , in which Lord Burghiley , Mr . Lygon , Sir J . Graham , Lord Lovaine , arid Colonel Frenoh took part the motion was agreed to . The House adjourned at ton minutes past seven , o ' clock , i '

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      GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . At the Guildhall , on Saturday , tho Boai'd of Conservancy summoned the City Gas Company on a charge of allowing noxious fluid to flow into' tho Thames . Dr . Lethoby gave evidence that tho fluid was noxious , while Professor Taylor , who was called for the defence , ontertained an opposite opinion . The magistrates deoidod in ftivour of tho company . Another gross act of "Vandalism has been porpotratod in Marylebone , this time at tho Marylebone

      , parish church . Some xnisoreant effected an entrance into the church , and destroyed a beautiful painting , by Benjamin West , and defaced several of the monuments . Great indignation is felt by tho parishioners , and a reward of 150 / . is offered for the discovery ot tho offender . ' At the Court of Bankruptcy , on Monday , a further , hearing was given to tho application for a certificate > by Messrs , Bohleslnger , Sclilesingor , and Parflft , L dry Baiters and general merchants , of Baslnghall-: street , The proceedings oooupiod tho entire day .

      and were again adjourned to Saturday , the 16 th inst . —On Tuesday the petition for a winding -up order presented against the IVCetropolitan , Saloon Omnibus Company ( Limited ) was dismissed . — Messrs . Oak and Snow , bankers , of Blandford Forum , whose certificate meeting has been adjourned several times for the purpose of enabling them to supersede the adjudication , offered , wi th that view , a payment which , with the dividend already made , would amount to a composition of 6 s . in the pound on their joint debts . The proposal was rejected by a majority of the creditors . —William Lemon Oliver , the notorious stockbroker of Austin-friars , who is undergoing liis sentence of 20 years' imprison men t , passed his last examination . —A wlnding-up order was made against the European and American Steam Stopping Company ( Limited ) .

      A house in Gravel-lane has been on fire tea times in the last two months . There was too much method apparent in such a succession of outbreaks for the cause to be classed as accidental ; and from the resulting suspicions a woman named Emily Elizabeth Fairburn was charged at Soutlnvark Police-court with wilfully setting fire to the house * The prisoner stands in the relation of daughter-inlaw to the occupant of the house , and the evidence was designed to show that she possessed a latch key fitting the door , and , admitting herself by means of this , had made these several attempts to destroy the house . In defence , the accused denied the charge , declaring that it was a conspiracy against her . Mr . Burcham , however , committed her for trial . ¦

      William Butt , landlord of the King ' s Arms , Dukestreet , Grosvendr-square , answered the charge at Mariborough-street Police-court , . of allowing liis house to be used as a common betting-house , and four other persons the charge of assisting to conduct the same ; in addition to these there were about two dozen more connected with the prosecution , charged with being present in the house while betting was going on . The case being proved , Mr . Beatfon fined Butt 5 OZ ., three of the others 20 Z . each , and di scharged all the rest .

      * At the Central Criminal Court , on Wednesday ,. Robert Newman , a pipe maker , was found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by attacking her with a hatchet as she lay asleep in bed . Sentence of death was recorded against the prisoner . —John Harris , a clerk , was acquitted of a charge of feloniously shooting at Nicholas Henwood , his employer . In the New Court , Ambrose Haynes , solicitor , was indicted , with three persons of the name of Bennett , who did nob appear , for haying conspired to deto deafness in ten

      fraud , by pretending cure minutes . As the case rested entirely on the uncorroborated testimony of two accomp lices , tho jury at once acquitted the prisoners . —Tlio charge of libel against the proprietor of the East- London Observer was postponed . —Jatues Thomas was fined 50 / . for a libel against a Liverpool merchant . At the Middlesex sessions , William Hcatlicotc was found guilty of fraudulently obtaining money from persons advertising for situations , under . pretence that lie was able to procure them what they wanted . The prisoner was sentenced to tour years

      penal servitude . .... n A summons granted at tho instance oi tlio commissioners of Sewers , against the City ot London , was answered at the Mansion-liouso , buforo Jur . Aldomian Cubitt , on Wednesday . Tho-ground ot complaint was , that a sum of £ 142 15 s . S . I ., expenses incurred by tho Commissioners in executing e « "t <«» works which ought to have been done by the t-itj , had not been paid on demand . There was some dUference of opinion as to tho construction to bo put upon certain clauses in the Sowers Acts , but inis > being settled in favour of the City , tho oaso was adjourned , that tho account might bo modified in accordance with the decision . , „ A person calling himself the Rev . Charles Goai y , and whose clerical toilet was faultless , has boon finally examined at the Lambeth Police-court on to chara-oof fraudulently obtaining money irom via us institm i

      parsons in support of a chaHtublo on » »» lnul no existence , and sentenced by Mr . Miwu iv throe months' imprisonment with hard Iabouj , James Clark and Joseph Smith , suul to bolo 8 . o a gang who commit extensive depredations oni mw river , wero chavgod at Lambeth Police-court vim having stolon a bout , a largo a ^ antity ot ous , ¦ j number of flacks , and other things . Tho pi , » o « ei b wero taken in tho aot of landing tlio oats , which nau been carried off from a bargo at Queonhithc . » u . Elliott committod both tho men for trial . At the Central C riminal . Court , Ron Thurj f j lYodorlok Slxackloford , sohoolnmstor , ploadocl ( iu uuy to embezzling tho sum of 122 / ., and other sums , u ™ property of his master . Tho prisoner hwl WJJ master of an industrial school at WoutmlnsUn , nna absconded with tlio monoy , whioh was tho P , ^ " ^ , of tho boys' oarnings . Sentonco , throo years ponw sorvltiulo .

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      - * 54 T HE L . E A D E IS U $ 0- ± 1 % April % 1859 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1859, page 454, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2289/page/6/