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      Governmeht Of India. The House Resolved ...

      by a-very considerable majority in the other House . The example of Scotland showed that the test might readily and safely be dispensed with . —The measure was further supported by the Duke of Newcastle , Earl GJRAimrXE , and lord Campbell . It was then read a second time , and the House shortly afterwards adjourned . BIft . HOWARD AND THE COURT OF TUSCANY . In the House of Commons , in reply to Mr . Bowyer , Mr . SEY 31 OUK Fitzgerald said the Government had no knowledge that . any inconvenience had arisen from the neglect of Mr . Howard to present himself as British Minister at the Court of Tuscany . Mr . Howard had received the amount to which he was entitled for his outfit ; but , on the resignation of his appointment , he had return eel the money to the Exchequer . Lord Normanby bad been directed to explain the circumstances of the case to the Grand-Duke . THE ' ' ROMAN CATHOLIC PBIESTS CO 3 JAVAY AND RYAN . Mr . Whiteside ( replying to a question ) said it was the opinion of the Crown Solicitor that no additional evidence could be obtained against the Rev . Mr . Conway and the Rev . Mr . Ryan , and , considering this fact , and that the object of the House had been attained by the proceedings which had already been taken , as was proved by the fact that an election for Mayo had since ' taken place without the interference of priests , he thought it liis duty to announce that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed further in the case . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ;• ¦ ¦' .. ' ¦ ¦''¦ ¦ . ' ¦¦'¦ .. ' : ¦ ' . ' - v THE PEACE WITH PERSIA . '¦' : ¦¦ In answer to Mr . Guegoby , Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald said that Colonel Taylor was sent , with ethers , to see that the provisions of the treaty respecting the evacuation of Herat -were properly fulfilled , and , as soon

      as the object of the mission was satisfactorily ended ; Colonel Taylor returned . The independence of Herat , as guaranteed in the treaty of peace , had been fully recognized by the Persian Government , and there was no reason io think 1 hat the stipulation would be in any respect evaded . He could not say whether the object of the Persian war had been obtained , as the war was carried on without any explanation , being given to the House of Commons . CLAIMS OS THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT . Replying to Mr . Rich , Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald said that redress for the grievances sustained by Messrs . Swann and Smallfage has been pressed upon the Brazilian Government , which took a different view of the case , and gave a most decided refusal to . acknowledge the claims . The facts had since been placed before the law officers of the Crown , and the Government were advised that the circumstances were not such as to call for any further interference . The Brazilian Government had undertaken to pay for any actual losses proved to have been sustained by Messrs . Swann and Smallpage , and those were now in process of investigation . rACIFICATION OF OUDE . In answer to Sir Erskine Pebuy , Lord Stanley stated . that no official documents whatever had been received "by the last mail on the subject of the pacification of Oud « . With reerard to the uaners unon the conquest

      of the Deccan , in 1819 , he had made inquiries for them ; there was no doubt of their existence at the India House , and , if they were not too voluminous , bethought there -would be no objection to their production . —Sir Erskimk Peruv nsked whether any non-official documents had been received relative to the pacification of Oude . —Lord Stanley said he had seen private letters from pr ivate persons ; but these , of course , could not be produced . —Sir . Hohsman inquired whether it was true that the Chairman of the East India Company had read to the Court of Directors , on the previous day , letters from tlie Governor-General relative to the pacification of Oude . —Lord Stanley believed that the Chairman of the Court of Directors had received a private letter from Lord Canning by the last mail . There was not , as far as ho was aware , in this country any official documents relative to the pacification of Oude which it would be in his power to lay before the House . EXPORTATION OF NEGROES . Lord GoDEiircH asked thfl Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether there was any truth in the statement alleged to havo been made by Mr . Mason , United States Minister to France , that there had been some communication between the Governments of England and Frnnce . upon the subject of the exportation of neicroes from the

      French Government had consented to adopt the suggestion of the noble Lord at the head of the Foreign department , that a person should be named by France and another by England , to inquire upon the spot as to the facts of the case . THE COUNTY FRANCHISE . Mr . Locke King moved the second reading of his bill for giving a 10 / . franchise to county constituents , and remarked that his measure was but an item included , hi the Reform Bill introduced by Lord Aberdeen ' s Government . He therefore expected the support of the noble Lord the member for Tiverton , and the right hon . gentlemen the members for Halifax , Carlisle , the city ^ Oxford , and the city of London . Having expressed his concurrence in the doctrine of what is known as " electoral districts , " he showed that , while Buckinghamshire , with 165 , 000 inhabitants , has eleven members , East Surrey , with , nearly 600 , 000 , has only seven members . Again , the county of Buckingham , exclusive of the burghs , with a population of 115 , 000 inhabitants , has three members ; the " West Riding of Yorkshire , with 800 , 000 inhabitants , has only two . The comity constituency is 1 in 25 of the population , but in boroughs the constituency is 1 in 18 . Mr . Du Cane moved the " previous question , " by way of amendment . He objected to Reform being taken in the way of isolated questions . Uniformity of suffrage would be nothing more nor less than the vesting of the controlling power in the hands of a single class . Having extended the franchise on the ground of uniformit }' , they would find the controlling po-wer with those just above the lowest level to which the franchise is extended . Once sanction the principle of uniformity , and there would be an end to" all free and independent l _» tn 1 » a ! a— fn « a lA / vininfiAn ' * ir « t * als 4 1-vA CitnoUf ? **» # ¦ \ t t \ ? n __ lO UlLlUll 1 UU Olll ! *»•* LiiVi Ail

      of the old and the new town , were in favour of the measure ; and the proposition was to form one good university instead of two in a crippled state . His sole object in promoting the bill was to secure the prosperity of the Scottish Universities ; and he should receive suggestions for alterations with great thankfulness . —Lord Elcho -said he should reserve some observations which he wished to make , for the committee . — Mr . Baxter offered a few observations , and Mr . Black offered to withdraw his amendment ; but there were cries for a division , and the motion for the second reading-was put and / carried- ' MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS . The House then went into committee on the Joint Stock Banking Companies Bill , the clauses of which were agreed to . The Attorney-General obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to wills of British , subjects resident or domiciled abroad . Mr . EsTCOUitT moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the Acts 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , 10 th and 11 th of Victoria , and 11 th and 12 th of Victoria , relative to the removal of poor persons . —After a short conversation , the motion was agreed to . The Chancellor of the Exchequer obtained leave to bring in a bill for releasing the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 upon the repayment of moneys granted in aid of ttieir funds . Leave was given to introduce other bills , and the House adjourned at one o ' clock .

      l GiLISlilUUll ¦ IU 1 IV ^ IVVUU ^*^ - terests of those who would elect the House . — Mr . Miles seconded the amendment , and called , on Lord Palmerston to lend his aid in defeating the measure . The Conservatives had succoured him last year ; and he now claimed a return of tlie favour . Lord Palmerston disputed the validity of the claim thus set up . In February , 1858 , the Conservatives had joined the ranks of the enemies of the then Government , and had upset it . February , 1858 , might thus be set off against February , 1857 . The bill of last year had a different tide and a different intention—that of assimilating the county and the borough franchise ; but this bill only reduced the county qualification , so as to extend the franchise for counties . The late Government , when the bill of last year was introducedj contemplated a Reform Bill , and were of opinion that tho House should trust them , and wait for that measure . The present Government , however , -were not pledged to produce su ' cli a measure , but only to consider the question . This bill was not the bill of last year , and a person who voted against that bill might consistently vote for this . As he was one of those who thought it might be advisable to reduce the county franchise and " to extend the constituency , he was prepared to agree to the second reading of the bill , in order to see in what degree the county franchise could be i » Aflim < 3 fl pnnnKfrMiHv ivitli tliA "wolFmv * nf ffift f ^ mintrv i

      and the balance of interests . Mr . Henley charged Lord Palmerston with inconsistency . He bad not said what was the figure at which he would fix the county franchise in the committee . Everybody must see that the object of this bill , like the last , was to assimilate the county with tho borough franchise . —The House divided upon the question , " that this question be now put , " which was carried in th « affirmative by 226 to 168 . The main question was then agreed to without a division , and the bill was read a second time . UNIVERSITIES ( SCOTLAND ) BILL . On the order for the second reading of this bill , Mr . Black moved tliat it be deferred for six months . The measure would inflict a gross and irreparable injury on the city and college of Edinburgh and on the Scottish public . —The bill was further opposed by Colonel Syicks , Mr . Dunlop , and Mr . Cowan , ami supported by Mr . Cumning Biicuk , Mr . Stkuart , Sir William : Dunbak , Mr . Stirling , Mr . Warren , Lord Duncan , and Mr . Duff . —Mr . Gilpin thought the proper mode of dealing with the bill would be to refer it to a select committee , for them to report to the House , and then for the House to deal with the report of its own committee . He believed that tho nroner mode of refonnincr the Scotch

      Universities was to extend their basis , and alao to extend popular control over them . —Mr . Ellicis said the bill had almost been before a select committee of Scotch members . The proposed grant of 10 , 000 / . was small in comparison with the votes to other portions of the United Kingdom ; niul , considering tho largo amount of good to be derived from the grant , lie thought that so small an amount oiiglit-not to be objected to . The Lord Advooatu described the opposition of the hon . membors for Edinburgh and Aberdeen na being ; almost entirely of a local character : it should havo been directed against the details of the bill , rather than tho principle . The bill was founded almost entirely on the report of tho commissioners . The objections of tho Town Council of Edinburgh to tho bill were not , ho believed , sympathized in by tho inhabitants of Edinburgh . As to Aberdeen , tho Senatua Academicus , and portions

      West Coast of Africa , in tho course of which her Majesty ' s Government' had informed Count Wnlewski that they would not object to the French scheme for that purpose , while the wants of tho British colonies were being supplied by tlio coolie trade . —Mr . Seymour Fitzoeraij > said the attention of the Government had been called to tho statement to which the noble Lord ' s question referred , and he could only Bay that there must have been aonio grave misapprehension on the part of Mr . Maaon . There lind boon no such communication between her Majesty's Government and tho Government of Fjanco with regard to free emigration . On our aide , regret had boon expressed that such a achcino had been originated , and -was persisted in , in Fiance . Her Majesty's Government had no reason to suppose that tho scheme had been given up ; but so strongly had objectiona been urged by tho British Government , that tho

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      The Indian Re Volt. Slight, But In Some ...

      THE INDIAN RE VOLT . Slight , but in some respects important , is the intelligence from India this week . Oude is quieting down under the influence of Mr . Montgomery , the Commissioner , who has restored the talookdars arid established the zemindaree system , to the content of the people . Sir Hugh . Rose defeated the rebels at ¦ ¦ Bui ' . ' Sir Kooneh , about the 30 th of April , killing four ¦ hundred . However , they are making another stand at Oulpee , and the Nairn , with all the cavalry in Bareilly , is trying to cross the Ganges to join his brother at Calpee , and thence escape to Central India . _ . ' . . ¦ - . ' - .. ' " ¦ ¦'¦ ' ' ; .. . ¦ ' ' ¦¦ \ _ , . : : '¦ ¦ Jung Bahadoor has reached Azirughur on his return inarch . ; A slight disturbance lias been caused by a hill tribe in Assam ; and a small detachment of / Europeans and Ghoorkas , who had followed them into the mountains , were repulsed with loss . At Calcutta , imports generally were in active demand at the last dates ; but the export market was dull , though without a decline in prices , owing to small supplies . At Madras ^ there was no change in the market . GENERAL JACOB ON THE POLICY FOB INDIA . A letter from General Jacob , on tlie errors of our rule in the East , and on the policy which he conceives to be best adapted for the government of Tiwliii lm < hpon rkiililiQtiprl in tYif * f ~ tni / n AT ^ i / io T'Via

      General writes : — " The proposal to hold India by the bodily power of English soldiers—by force of muscles instead of by force of brains—which seems at present to be widely accepted , appears to me so unwise , that I can only account for its prevailing by supposing that it has been' entertained without intending really to net on it , in order to double the strength of tlie English army for European service without exciting alarm , and without directly taxing England for the purpose . If the attempt be actually made , it must [ result in the total ruin of the empire . Nothing seems more certain than that we can only hold this great empire of India by our moral superiority . The inhabitants of India arc not barbarians : science , knowledge , social condition , administrative -wisdom , & c . & c , were in India , under Ackbar , as advanced as in England under Elizabeth . No amount of mere brute force could coerce two hundred millions of such people . The influx of large numbers of the lover class of Englishmen , of tens of thousands of English bodies with very little English mind in them , will more than anything else tend to destroy tlie reputation and the reality of . our superiority « 8 moral beings . Coarse vice and brutul manners—us the Oriental esteems them— -will then be eliicily apparent to tho Asiatics as tho characteristic

      attributes of Englishmen , who will thus very soon be both hated and despised . In short , the idea of holding India by an army of English private soldiers appears to me to bo so impracticable that it is difficult to deal with the question with becoming gravity . . . . . " After all , what is it that has Tailed us in India , and caused all this outcry for European bodies ? H " ot the people , for they have remained quiet , and even friendly everywhere . Not the native qualities even of thu Sepoys in our ranks who havo been murdering our women and children , for those of our native Indian aoldicr . s , who most nearly remained in tho state of raw mutorial , who had imbibed the leust of what wo havo been pleased to call discipline , havo behaved tho beat . Our regulation m « n havo rebelled . Nothing indeed has failed us , nothing turned against us , except our own unwiso proceedings .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12061858/page/5/