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      Wo. 411, Itjsbruaby 6, 1858.J The - Il E...

      Wo . 411 , ITjsbruaby 6 , 1858 . J THE - iL E A D E R . 123

      Imperial . Parliament. Thursday, Februar...

      IMPERIAL . PARLIAMENT . Thursday , February 4 th . The Parliamentary session was resumed on Thursday , when , the House of Lokds assembled at five o ' clock , ia the evening . —Lord Campbell brought in a bill toamend the law of libel , which was read . a . first time ; Lord Granvillk gave notice that he would , on the fallowing day , move an address of congratulation to her Majesty oia the marriage of the Princess Royal ; and Lord Panmurts gave notice that ou Monday he would , move a vote of thanks to the army in Iudia-STATE OF TtTE NATION' . Earl Ghanvillk having moved the adjournment of the House , Earl Dkiiuy expressed his surprise that the Government had not shown any disposition to give a general summary of the state of affairs at the commencement of what was virtually a new session . The condition of the country , he . observed , shows many grave features . Great distress prevails among the working classes ,, owing to the late commercial crisis ; we have lost large numbers of gallant men in the East , of whose services there ought to be some acknowledgment ; an immense task still lies before " us in India , for which double the number of troops now there will be required ; we are hampered in our Eastern Empire by the embroilment Into which we have got in China ; and , lastly , we are painfully involved with France in connexion with the attempted assassination of the Emperor and Empress . With- respect to the last-mentioned subject , Lord Derbj ' thought that the Government is bound to keep its eye on foreign : conspirators , and to warn friendly Powers of any plot against the life of a sovereign . This might be done , without violating the sacred right of asylum . Iu connexion with military matters , his Lordship proposed that the whole of the militia should be immediately embodied , and that regiments should be raised in the eolonies . Earl Granville thought it would have been contrary to precedent if Government had made such a general statement as Lord Derby desired . With respect to the attempted assassination in Paris , no one regretted more than the Government the publication in the Moniteur of the intemperate addresses from the French army ; But it would be unworthy of this great nation if it allowed any temporary excitement mi tlie part of the French people to prevent it from adopting a right course . It would be impossible or criminal for any Government to propose anything which might attempt to abridge the personal liberty of any Englishman or of any foreigner who happens to live in this country . ( Hear l hear . ) But , if upon examination any defects should appear in the law , it would be their duty to institute as soon as possible an attempt to remedy those defects . He understood that already a notice in reference to a measure on the subject hadbeen given in the other House , and he hoped their Lordships would find that it would meet with tho requirements of the case , (// ear , hear . ) In answer to the Earl of Malmesbuky , Lord Giusvillk stated that the Government meant to introduce , during the present session , a measure to , abolish the double Government of India . — Lord BIalmesbuiiy thought it was a very dangerous thing to introduce such a measure during the present crisis in India ; at which Lord Deiuiy exclaimed " Hear , hear !" Lord Panmukk asserted that the troops hud been despatched to India with r . s much quickness as possible . Reinforcements are sent forward at tho rate of one thousand a month—a number which may bo considerably increased . As to horses , it is impossible to send them from this country in sufficient numbers . Steps are being taken to raise a regiment in Canada , chiefly ofilcored by the Canadian genti-y , to bo called the 100 th Regiment of tho Line . Earl Obey dill ' ercd from the opinion expressed by tho Earl of Derby with respect to the embodiment of tho ontiro militia , and oxpressed his conviction that it would bo found on inquiry that the militia during the late war with Russia had proved a most expensive and inefficient mode of raising men . lie warned the Government that a perseverance in their present policy with regard to China would cauao u groat consumption of men , because , if they took Canton , they must hold it . ( Jfear , hear . ) Tho result of their taking a wrong course waa this—thut ovory new atop lod to a freah difficulty . ( ITear . ) It appeared to him as something unexampled iu our Parliamentary history , that wo « ro now actually engaged in a war with China , and that no authentic declaration had been mado to Parliament or to the public aa to what are tho objects of that war . ( Hear , hear . ) They hoard from tho newspapers that ono of tlie objects of tho operations avuh to foruo tho Chinese Government _^ to-pay _ foivXUo « dainttgo-, dpiio .-to ^ lii : iU » U _ in , « ixl , w \ ata .. a , L Cunton j and , if that bo truo , tho demand id aa impolitic and unprincipled a « any that had ever been made by a groat country on a . liolplcas foo . Lord IJkouquam expressed hia amazement at the present time being cIiohqii as tho period for bringing forward a measure for tho reconstruction of tho Indian Government . Adverting to tho quostlon of tlio French ' assassination plot , ho yoid lio should rogrot if it wore found necessary to make any change iu tho law that would bo u revival of tho penal laws , but . that , if no

      other means could be discovered to- put an end to such proceedings , it might be well to consider whether a modified revival of the provisioHS ei tha Alien Act might not be adopted . He considered that the law aa it stands is sufficient , to punish sueh acta as- those referred toy and trusted tlve . Government would see the necessity o-f putting it in force as- soon , as they had obtained sitfV ficient . proofs Lord Campbell toe-Id a- simila * view of tl * e legal bearings of the case , and ; protested against anyattem . pt being , made to take away the ' protection hitherto aecorded to refugees . —The Eacl of Hard--wiohb advised the embodiment of the whole of the militia , so that the entire regular armyj might be sent to India . They ought also to increase tbe navy ,-which at present is in a contemptible states . The war ia China is a disgraceful affair , and was commenced under a sharn . The Bishops' Trusts' Sobstitcjtion Bill was read a first time , and their Lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past seven . In tbe House of Commons , Lord Pa-lmerstobt gave ; notice that he should move an address of congratulation in connexion with the Royal marriage on the following evening ; and also that on Monday he should . propose a vote of thanks to the Indian army , and should move for leave to bring in a bill for the purpose of amending the ; laws relating to conspiracies to commit m-urder . ANNEXATION OF ODDE . Mr . II . Baixlie gave notice that on the 16 th of Feb- . ruary he should call attention to the causes which had . led to the rebellion in India , and move that there be laid on the table of the House a copy of a secret despatch ,-dated ia 1831 , relating to the annexation of Oude , and also of the correspondence which took place in 1833 ,. 1834 ,- and 1835 , upon the same subject . EAST INDIA ^ REINFOP . CITXrENTS OF TROOPS ) . Sir De Lacy Evans moved for a . Select Committee to inquire into the subject of the reinforcement of our troops in India during the revolt . —Lord Paljierstos rose to restate what he had said on a former occasion . The Government could have no possible objection to the motion ; on the contrary , they would be happy to afford every information in their power oil , the subject . ( Rear , hear . )—Exception having been taken to the wording of the motion , which was not identical with the form of which notice had been given , a long discussion ensued on the point of order , and subsequently , at the suggestion of the Speakbk , the original form wasreverted to , viz ., for " a Select Committee to inquire concerning the measures resorted to or which were available , and as to the lines of communication adopted for reinforcing our army during the pending revolt ia India ,, aud to report thereoa to thia Honse * with a view toascertaining , the arrangements which should be made towards meeting any future important emergencies in > - volving the security of our Eastern dominions . "—Some further discussion , however , took , place , and ultimately the House divided on an amendment moved by Lord John Russeix , to omit all the words after the word ' Housed which was negatived by 147 to 7 &^—The motion was then agreed to . KEFOItsr OV TIIE COItPOKATrON OF LONDON . Sir Gicokge Gkev , in moving for leave to bring in a bill for tho better regulation of the Corporation of the City of London , stated that it was for the most part the same measure as ho had laid before the House in a former session . —Mr . Alderman Cubitx and Lord John Russell expressed a general approval of the measure ; and Mr . Williabis thought tliat the whoje of tho metropolis should bo included in the corporation of Lqndon . —Sir John Shislley asked for explanations in reference to the government of tho police of tho City . — Sir Gjcougk Grky said ho had stated , when tho former bill was before tho House , that the Government did not . thiuk it expedient to interfere in the matter . — -Leave was then givon , and tho bill was subsequently introduced and road a first time . Tho ordor for tho committee on Havislock ' s Annuity Bill was discharged , and tho bill was withdrawn . Tho llouao adjourned ut half-past seven o'clock .

      Ireland. Pnosecution Ov Tiir Mayo Piuest...

      IRELAND . PnosEcuTioN ov tiir Mayo Piuests . — The Lord Chief JiiHtico has fixed Tuoaday , tho lGth of February , for the trial of tho Kuv . Mr . Con way . Tjiiubatiumbd Rihiion Outrages . —Several plucarda ,. containing , throats of an atrocious character against obr noxious iudividuala , have boon posted iu tho county of KAldaro . Ono of those has led to the committal of a farmer . Tho tenantry of the peraon threatened mot and passed a surioa of resolutions repudiating and donounc-IHjflllo ^ IllaTnElfflriri ^^^^ alao aubaoribed nearly 800 ( 5 . aa a reward for the diaaovory of tho conoootoru of tho document . Abwuctjcon . —A young woman was forcibly taken , ai fow nights ago , from tho houso of a man ntuivad Ryun , living at « Con > lanty , neac Qhinrone , tho members of the f amily wlio rosiatuu being sovorely beaton . However , being reinforced , th « y rallied , pursued tho fair . Subiuo , and brought her back , though not without eomo ahurp lighting .

      The Uspdia.It Revolt. _: « Owing To The ...

      THE USPDIA . IT REVOLT . _ : « Owing to the greater frequency with which- we- now receive ncwsfrom India , we are not presented at any one time witte a . sufficient mass of events to he able ta judge of the general features of the straggle-I > nring the present week , the mails have brought full psrtieulars of some of those events , previously telegrapheclto London ; but they- have not added any near . facts to our knowledge . The head-quartern division of the 69 th Regiment , commanded by Colonel Maekirdy , arrived at Madras , all well , on the 26 th of December , alter a fine passage from Plymouth , throughout , and received orders- to re-embark on the 2 nd of January on board the Robert Lowe steamer , for Rangoon , Burmah . Great astonishment has been created by a letter in . the Times , signed " Judex , " denying , apparently on , good authority , the various stories of mutilation and prolonged torture inflicted by the mutineers on English women and children . This statement is now con firmed by the following paragraph in the Times of Tuesday : — " We are requested to state that several members of the General Committee of the Mutiny Relief Fund have made careful inquiries , and have ascertained that no such cases have come down the Ganges in any of the vessels of the Inland Steam Navigation Company at Calcutta , nor have any come to England . in any ship belonging to the Peninsular ancf Oriental Steam Navigation Company . " Mr . Alderman Einnis sends to the London papera " an extract from a letter from the Secretary to the Bengal Patriotic Fund , correcting an impression ,, which is said to exist , that the families o soldiers left in the depot near Calcutta are in a distressed condition for want of adequate means of support . " : MILITARY MOVEMEKTSThe Bombay' Times presents-us with some farther " details-of actions of which the reader ha » aireadjp been briefly informed : — w Our latest advices from , the Northr-Wesfc are dated Agra , the 26 th of December , from which we- leant- tbuxfc Colonel Seaton ' s coIuhhij whieh marched from ) Allehghrar on . the 13 th , en route- for Etah and Mynpoorie , fell ia with a force of the rebels , 3 Q 00 strong , at Gungeree , on the morning of the 14 tk - Their surprise- was- eompletey amd . af ter a brilliantcbarge of the Carabineers the enemy fled * ia disorder along theJTuttebghur roadv leaving' several guns- behind , them- They were hotly pursued ! fop soma distance by this corps and Hodson ' s Sikh horse-, their loss amounting to three hundred and & Sty or four " hundred meo . The casualties oa our side were fortyeight killed and wounded . Our . loss arose from the uwfavourable nature of the ground , covered with thiek and high shrubs , in which the murderers ensconced themselves , and from their hiding-places ' potted' at our officers and men . Next day , the column inarched to Kaa ^ - gunge , but the enemy had fled , and it was said was posted atSaharwur , a village ten miles distant on the roadtoFuttehghur . On the 16 th the column reached Sahawur , only , however , to find that the enemy had continued his flight . Some seventy insurgents , who were not quick enough ira their flight , were cut up by Hodsoa's Horse . Colonel Seaton then determined to follow them to ; Putteealee , tea miles further , although his information of the movements of the enemy was nevor to be relied on ; still , be knew they had a number of guns , and the heavy , . sandy nature of the roads led him to conclude that they could not inarch so rapidly . On the morning of the 17 th ) his advanced guard cainc upon the enemy drawn ; up in position in front of tho village of Pcrtteealce . Their position which , was well chosen , was reconnoitred' personally by Captain Hodaon and Lieut . Great lied , of tho Engineers . Their centre and loft werei posted behind some very ugly ravines , and their right ; rested , ia a tope of treea iu front of the village . Colonel ) Beaton made hid dispositions iramudiatoly , halting ! the . main body in order to give tho . inon a short time for real , and refreshment . Tho light artillery sooa wont to . tho front , and . the action commenced with au pretty sharp ike on both sides , which disclosed bottec the position of tho enomy iuuI the number ofi liisiguns . Cotonel Soaton then imtacud the oovalry to tho right , taavoid tho ravines and to toko the onomy iu > fl » nkv Wlulu tiioso operations were > being carried out , his main ' body , advancing in buttlo acray , deployed into linq' fromquarter-distance ooliuuub . Ah , tho iniautry , undari MbaJQi ) Eld , cumo in aight of the enemy , the artilleryusing on both sides had reached ita hotteot point . " At ilha flrst iliisl ) , however , of the advancing , bayonuts gleaming in tho morning aun , tho onomy flod en maasuty while tho rapid and precise fire , of our artillery toUl with terrible ofl ' uct upon hid ranks . Tho cavalry had now qleured the rnvinea in frout of the po « itiou > nnd * > ' t ^ ff"Urclo " sViTat 8 mrof ^ tlTO-fiigitivos ^ for-soven . -milcBii——Their damp equipage , guna ( thirteen iu uiunbon ) , htigfgage , ammunition , mid , storon loll into our hauda , whiloi it . itt . awpposed that not fowor than six huudred of then * , wore killed upon , tho fluid or in tho pursuit . Not tlu * least grati f ying louiuru of tUla auccoaa ia tho HinnU I amount of cost at wliwli it was purchased , not a giapto Kuropoan having fiUUiu on our aido , and bat , three or foue being , wounded , and that only slightly . Ono oC Hodwmte MJorsQ was killed . . . . j

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 6, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06021858/page/3/