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    534 THE LEADE ft. [No^ 428, June 5, 1858...

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    Imperial Parliament. » ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦ 3fo?I...

    divided on the original motion , when the numbers were— , For the motion *> 4 gainst it ' 290 Majority against the motion ——228 BEBUILDEJG OF THE FOREIGN-OFFICE . On the motion of Mr . Hope , a select committee was appointed to consider and report upou the reconstruction of the Foreign-office in relation to the future rebuilding of other offices on a uniform plan , due regard being had to public convenience and economy . The other business having been got through , the House adjourned at twenty minutes to three o'clock . Wednesday , June 2 nd .

    MR . AVASmSGTONT WILKS . A further petition from Mr . Washington Wilks baying been presented to the Hoose of Commons , Mr . Mickeb Gibson moved that he be discharged from custody . —Mr . Olive offered no objection Mr . Walpole considered that the retractation had been made complete ; and the discharge was ordered to take place on payment of the fees ,

    THE MEDICAL BILLS . The firsfc three orders of the day were for the second reading of the Medical Pjrjujtitionbks Bill , the Mkdicai , Profession and Medical Cobporations Bell , and the Medical Propbssion Bil / l . ; and the debate upon the first extended to and embraced the others .- —Mr , Cowper moved tUe second reading of the first natned of the measures , "which was opposed by Mr . Bi « ack . —Mr . W " a . ij ? ole proposed to m-trodace certain amendments in committee 5 and an amendment « f Mr . Black , that the bill be read a second time that day six months , having been withdrawn , the bill was ordered to be committed on the 8 th of June . — -Mr . £ > uno & hbe then postponed the second reading of the Medical Profession and Medical Corporations Bill ; and the third nreasure was withdra-wn by Lord-Elcho . PROPERTY QUALIFICATION

    BIIXThe adjourned debate on the oTder for going into cominittee on this bill was resumed by Mr . Be ^ tikck , who objected to the measure , chiefly "because it -was part and parcel of a Reform Bill , and it was not faix to call on the House to deal with , a great subject piecemeal . Be-JJides , lie thought the property qualification useful in fceepihgJbanlcrupts oat of the House . —Mr . DBtiMMosto looked upon this as the first attempt { to separate power from wealth , and as likely to lead to the destruction of the right of property ; while SiT Gr . C . Lewis took an exactly Opposite view . —Mr . KerSeymer supported

    the bill , and appealed to the example of Scotland , where there is no property qualification .- —Mr . Nkwdkgate objected to the bill on the ground that a , measure of reform shonld be submitted to tlie country as a whole . ^—the measure was further opposed by Mr . Kutightley and Sir W . Farqutiaii ; and Mr . Henley said he retained the opinion he had formerly possessed , that the question belonged to a larger subject . —On a division , the amendment was negatived by 222 to 109 . —The House then went 4 nto committee ; after which , certain formal business was transacted ,. and an adjournment took pla « e at twenty minutes to six .

    Thursday , June 3 rd . sm james n rooke . In the House of Lords , the Earl St . ( 3-ermans complained of a series of notices placed on . the paper by Lord Kingston , relating to a perfect " catechism of questions , " and , amongst other things , to a charge against Sir James Brooke , to the effect that he had " desecrated the name of English humanit }' . " No day had been appointed for the discussion of the charge , which , meanwhile , had obtained a wide circulation , while no opportunity was afforded for explaining or refuting it . —After some discussion , Lord Campbell , reminded the House that the minutes containing the charge were circulated all over the kingdom , and -were seat to every public library . —The subject then dropped .

    legaIj nrxLs . The Non-Pauochial Rbgistisrs Bill and the Chance ** Amendment Bill wore respectively read a aecond time on the motion of the Loud Ciianckllor , and , after a brief discussion , -were ordered to bo referred to a s <« ecfc committee . The object of the first of these bills i 3 to enable the registrars of dissenting chapels to give evidence in courts of justice respecting their duties which they cannot now do ; the object of the second of the bills is to onnMLo tho Court of Chancery to enforce its uewees , and to provide for taking evidonco in Chancery by a Vesa cumbrous method .

    Tine TfltOOKSE OP NEW ZEALAND . Earl P 0 WI 8 asked whetlier any moasurcs are now in progress for the subdivision of tho diocese of Now Zealand . —Tho Earl of Carnarvon suid that the arrangements he hoped and belioved were 011 the eve of completion . Ho had reason to think that the various sees proposed to bo erected in New Zealand would soon come into full play atid activity . The House adjourned at lialf-pnst six .

    THIS HUKZ OANAL . In tno Housk on Commons , In answer to Mr . Milnihi GinsoN , tho Chanckllou of tub Exohkqujck said that he did not think il ^ would

    be convenient to lay on the table the correspondence between the Government and the English . Embassy at Constantinople , and also between the Government and certain foreign countries , with reference to the projected ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez .

    THE ADMINISTRATION OF THfi ARMY . In answer to Sir John "Walsh , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said her Majesty ' s Government would always treat with great and due respect any decision at which the House might arrive ; but , considering the great importance of the question which , was under discussion on Tuesday , the comparatively small number of members in the House when the division took place , and the bare majority by which the resolution was cavried , they did not feel that it was their duty-to recommend any measure in consequence of the . vote at which the House then arrived . NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA .

    In answer to questions by Mr . Kkoiake , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the hon . gentleman was under an erroneous impression that there had been a rupture of negotiations with China . "What the emperor had done had been , not to sfend a minister to Shanghai , but to transmit a message to Lord Elgin to return to Canton , there to meet his representative . Lord Elgin had , however , advanced towards the north . He would remind the hon . gentleman that we are acting at present with allies , and , therefore , it would be inconvenient to lay on the table any instructions given by the predecessors of the Government , or by themselves subsequently . BAURACK-MASTERS , «& C .

    Replying to Mr . "Warren , General Peel stated that no revised scale of pay had been recently prepared in the barrack department . The head of the barrack department had' informed him that the pay of barrack-masters is now under consideration ; but there were so many difficulties in the way that he did not think it likely that any change would take place in the present financial year . —In answer to Mr . Nicol-Lj General Peel said that the principal storekeeper at Weedori absconded on the 19 th of May , and had succeeded in escaping to America . The subject was under investigation ; but he was assured that the accounts of the establishment had been regularly kept and balanced up to the 81 st of December .

    MR . IIORSMAN . The report of the Committee of Supply having been brought up , Mr . Horsmam ( in connexion ' with the vote for the Chief Secretary fox Ireland ) entered into a long personal explanation , in reply to charges urged by some of the Irish representatives , to the effect that he had neglected his duties while Irish Secretary , and that members had found it impossible to see him . " The hon . member for Wexford had stated that he was fortunate enough to find him on one occasion , but had never been able to do so since . He was not prepared to dispute the fact . He recollected the hon . member coming to him to offer a suggestion , and Iris answer was that he would

    receive no request from the hon . member , unless it was put in writing , and he would then give a written reply . He steadily acted upon the principle that he would have no communication with the lion , gentleman , or his friends , except in writing , in order that it might bo produced at any time . { Oh , oh !) If any member of the House on either side called upon him , he was , ns a rule admitted ; but , when the hon . member called , he was referred to his ( Mr . Horsman ' s ) secretary , who requested that the business might be put in writing . " { Oh , oh !) "When first he entered office , lie ordered that business should commence every morning at ten o ' clock ; but he soon found that there was little or nothing to do till mid-day . He had certainly transacted business at his own house , which was exactly opposite his offico ; but anybody calling at tho latter place was sent over to him .

    A good deal of discussion , on the part of tho Irish members , ensued ; but tho subject at length passed , and tho report was agreed to . The House then went into Committee of Supply , and discussed a large number of votes belonging to the Civil Service Estimates , which , however , were agreed to . — On resuming , the Ecclesiastical Corporations ' Leasing Bill , and tho Propicrtvt Qualification Bilc , were respectively read a third tiino , and passed ; othoT bills were forwarded a stage ; and the House adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock .

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    534 THE LEADE ft . [ No ^ 428 , June 5 , 1858 .

    The Orient. Persia. Tims Paris Papers Pu...

    THE ORIENT . PERSIA . Tims Paris papers publish a statement that Mr . Murray , Minister of England at Teheran , lias proposed as basis of a treaty to be concluded with tho Shah , that Persia should cease to occupy Mcrswrotul . The PcrBian Government lias refused to accede . MOROCCO . Tho military demonstrations directed against the tribes of Zcmour , who dwell in tlic country between Fez and Tetouun , have not led to tho submission of the latter , who are preparing for a dosporato resistance . Tho Emperor of Morocco has taken up n . position twenty \ nilos from Fez , -with his nrmy of 22 , 000 men , and was to commence his attack , ia tho boginning of Juno .

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    : _ ¦ - . ¦• ' . ¦ CHINA » . ' - . - ¦ ¦ ; The latest intelligence from China states that , in renix to an address from the British , merchants at GantoiL Lord Elgin assured th « m that the demands of the aULea were moderate , but that they would insist on . their beine complied with . They are prepared to resort , if neoesr sary , to force , and they will not shrink , should it lie found requisite , from carrying hostilities to the y < av walls of Pekin . The Hong-Kong papers say that Teenl-Sin , a small harbour about fifty miles from Pekin will easily fall into the hands of the allies , and they ' iu ™ that gunboats should be . sent up to the capital . At Canton , the native authorities ( it is added ) secretly petsel cute and torture all who are suspected of favouring tlie allies . Great atrocities are said to have been discovered In the inlaud provinces , anarchy appears to be ou tie increase .

    At Shanghai , Lord Elgin received at the British coasulate a body of mercantile men , who presented- ' an address of congratulation , in -which they expressed their hope that he might be able to subdue the hostile spirit so long exhibited l > y the Cantonese , develop the resources of China , and extend the blessings of a higher civilization . Lord Elgin , in his reply , said that he had large discretionary jiowers ; that he never made what he conceived to be ail unjust demand , nor receded from any demand once made ; and that , in course of time , the superior ' civilization of Europe , backed by . a' reli ^ ioa which gives the highest guarantees for public and private morality , must supersede the inferior civilization and materialistic ideas of China .

    The Indian Keyoli. A Large Mass Of. Inte...

    THE INDIAN KEYOLI . A large mass of . intelligence from the East has been , received during the week , and presents features of a very chequered character . Ifrom . Ou . de it is reported that a number of the principal taloolcdxrs have made their submission to the Chief Commissioner , either personally or by their- representatives , and that the settlement of the country round Jjucfcnow is rapuuy proceeding . The rebel Moulvie , and the mother of the insurgents' king , are said to have abandoned a place obscurely described , in a telegram as Datsowlil , where they had twk « n refuge , and to have fled into the Baraeta Jfergunuah , beyond the Gogra . According to a later account , the Moulvie and followers were flying back to Maguldee , in Oude . The main body of the Ghoorkas , under Jung JBahadoor , iras proceeding , at the last advices , to Nepal , viu Fyzabad , which is held by Maun Singh . They did not expect any opposition ; an < l intelligence has already been received of their having passed through Gorruckpore ..

    Three discomfitures of our arms arc reported in the batch of news which have arrived this week . On the 15 th of April , General Walpole ' s division made an unsuccessful attack on the fort of Kowas , and sustained considerable loss . One hundred of our men , and four of our officers , perished on , this occasion ; and among the latter ' was Urigadier Adrian . Hope . Notwithstanding the ill success of the attempt to take the fort , it was evacuated by the rebels during the night ; after which , our column moved on . On the 22 nd of April , it encountered a large body of insurgents opposite Kanouje , and dispersed them , with the loss of four guns , their camp , and five or six hundred killed . Five days after

    thisviz ., on the 27 th of April—General Walpole , with his-heavy column , readied JFuttehghiir , where he was met by the Com ina-nder-an-Chief , who advanced towards Bareilly , now the head-quarters of the rebellion , on the 2 nd of May . It was expected that that town would be invested about the 10 th of May ; and it is said , that Nuna Sahib is there . The Hindoos are reported to be friendly , and the Mussulmans were escaping . Sir Colin Campbell and General Wulpolo , on their road to Bareilly , entered Shahjdiiuipore , without opposition , 011 the 30 th of April . The people , who had deserted the town , voro passed returning as oiix army proceeded o » its wny . The English Commander expected to he joined by three additional columns .

    The second reverse which we havo sustained took place near Arruh , the sceno of a lamentable catastrophe in the caily days of the struggle ; and it was 01 a nature very similar to that previous disaster . A force of three hundred men , under Captain Legrand , advanced from Arrah , and followed the enemy into the jungle , where it was defeated . Three officers and one hundred and thirty-three' men were killed , and two guns were lost . Tho reverse took placo in an attempt which was beuii ; made to

    intercept Ivooor Singli , who , with about two thousand rebels , was making for the Ganges , which ho succeeded in crossing on tho 5 th of April , though hotly pursued by Brigadier Diraglas , by whom ho hau been driven from Azimglnur . Tho xebel chief arrived at Jugdespore on tho 22 ml ; since which date , Douglsie ' s brigade has also crossed the river . Sir Edward JLugiird , with the rest of the division , wns to cross on the 3 rd of May . Kooer Singh is reported to huvo died of " wounds .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/6/