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      Imperial Parliament. V , —•—¦ . Monday, June 2uc Cakubmvxa&Sgholm, And Hawick Rajlwat Bill. % *^&^^^£^£F^J™ Agreemenfct;Witri Tlie Contractors Were So Objectibnable That They Oaght Riot To Be Countenanced By Parliament A^^T Iti^Ate Not Expedient To Pro Ceed Further ^Itu Ie ¦ „ _ *: ' :^ Go Verb(Ktent Of India. Tke Earl Of Ma'tmesbuj**, In Reply To A Questitm Put By The Marquis Of Lansdown^On Tlie Previous Friday ^^T ^^L^S^^^^ 1 ^ Nfc Of India Affirmed B

      BiggSp SS ^ Sed estates , under which they told er « ry StUr ; t "Jhe c «« ld not pro ** be had held l >» property w aH-wnWachable . title-for ninety years , they would ZpZess ^ . What « ould be . the state of thing ^ a Bnsla »< t « " «** a" commas . ©* were issued ? ( # «* £ tea ? V He would proclaim ' to the- people of India ttoat SbmohW hold sacred the . right of adoption- that had orovailed for centuries in that country . He would ^» th « m that their religion should be inviolable ; andn ^ peeted . Moreover , he would establish a ; court : of a » ue * U tha Judges ol which should b « the judges of the MS « t «* a ' acter itt lndia ' and wll ° woulcl , f 8 Oine " P . - .. ! .: „ ~~~^ a f , . vtho settlement of tli e wany

      « 6 p «*« B-that arise between the Government ot India and its-TaWeeta—some native * and some European . He '• ttwld not have those questions again- brouj , 'h *_ onr-the flBoroP that . House , He would mo * ; prohibit it by statatey but 1 h * would establish' such a court of appeal 1 <** t 7 i 2 man would think it worth Ms -whileto crow-the ocean togetih » t Justice , here whieh hfccould get « hpaply Md ' -Wfthwt « corruption i * the land of Ins birthv tie wul * earrv out the proposition lor Jhe formation , of a coraiW « 8 io » to inquire into the finan-ces of the country , imd would tell the people of India tbat there should be a < Be « r € hiBg iwiB * ry into-tb © grievances that ex . » t th « r ^ and that it was the vn & ot the Queen of England tha snouiu bb ™

      tShoee-ertevaiwes remwo . . TVIr ^ W » raE 8 iDB-acoufled Mr . Bright of having swopt awnvia a- light manner subjects presenting the utmost diffiettfcteft—particularl y the question of land ten-ores ; Hw scheme for the government of our Eastern-depemleney was altogether untenable , though no doubt in Inam-v instant ** of' annexation of territory there had Ateenftwanto * the principle of legality . At . the-same time * a » general sweeping- censmes of the East India Oompany Were reprehensible ; He augured good results ifem tWe ' schemebefore the House *—Mr . Peter O BHien Kopeck that religions-freedom would be kept in view as-one of < the- greatest objects . —Mr . Vkrnon ; Smith u l . il .. w . n ^ tn . Ki . ' asmmaitidiiwhether India mich

      not be divided into presidencies , without any Governor * General i was worthy of consideration . Still , he- thought temercentral authority would be required . The numfeer of ' counciHow proposed by the bill ( Bfteen ) would - be eumbrous- an * inconvenient : the bill , indeed , provided a sort- 06 shorn responsibility . Ott-tlve whole , however ^ he cwdraHy supported the , bttP , which only differed slightly from Ltod FWrnerston ' s . —Colonel Svkes suggested that , iftne House decided that the council should consist of cuvKiea

      fifteen members , tlie numbershould . oe mw suree committees / and- also expressed hw hope that a provision twrafel be- inserted 'in the- bill' giving the Minister ^ for Itoliei some control- over- the finances of India . —Mr ItouBtx ; saM < lie understood that a very important . eonn nwrnicfttion had been addressed by the Cdurt of Dweetow to" the' Government upon the subject of tow billj attd We wished to know whether there wuld be any objection to lay before the House a : copy oT this document ' together with the reply- of her M » jestyV Government to it . —Mr . Bokbock dfented'th * bill altogether , and . uropheried' that the- state , of things it instituted wowM ' aoon tumble to pieces , and tte . t the country would tt the tsnd be obliged to revertto his proposition- for govemios India by a Minister unhampered' bv any CounclL

      ffirretl' to « eo regislatfon for-India -tialt for -a time ; yielded tothe Wfch of tab H 6 n » e that legislation should proceed : Het » reftrred the presertt bill to the previous bills . The bill was then read a- second time ; arid the- contmittee -was appointed for the folio wing day . The Nist Pnius Ootm-r ( iRRfc awd ) Bil * was read a thrrd timci awl passed ; and ; other bills having been advanced ! a » tage » the House adjourned at one o ' clock ;

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      -THE IilADH II . [^ o ^ 433 ) , Jtjne 26 ^ 88 ^

      Vstemi The Petitionera Bekeve To Be Of "...

      vstemi the petitionera beKeve to be of " foreign suggestion . " They argue that , "if it may be considei ^ ed necessary bv other Powers , ba-ving Consular offices an Esrpt r to obtain a close supervision , by the : police , over their respective subjects , such , consideration on _ tbeir part does not affiuroV a valid reason why a similar supervision should be extended to Eritisti subjects in Egypt . " CHINA . At Canton , general distrust continues to prevail . The inhabitants were leaving the city at the latest advices . Considerable injury had been inflicted on Hong-Kong by a waterspout . At Shanghai , on the 27 th of April s the import markets were inactive , ana silks had declined twenty taels . Tlie "business done during the month waa estimated at six thousand , bales .

      TMR OltlE ^ X . 1 EGYPTi We learn ( says . the Mbminff SUt- *); by papers furnished to > H 8 j that a petitl 6 n > signed "by lord Henry Scott , - and mercantile tirmre

      afcxty-three © rthe leuatng- ano uanKing , ttavelters , nrid' most re « pectable residents withian , the I Jurisdiction of' the British Consulate nt Cairo , has been I transmitted through Mr ; Walne , the Consul , for preset- I tatlon to the Qiieen , TUo petitioners complain of cer I tnln police regulations recently put in force- by the I Egyptian Government , which would subject thorn to I Mohammedan jurisdiction , Instead of the Consulate I turladlctlon under whifth exclusively , ns they contend , according to treaties between thoSubltme P ^> rte and tier Miriest v . all such police matters should 'fall . The Paoha

      lias issued' n genoral' ordinance establishing a central ' office at Alexandria lor these purposes , with a director of poKce , an " adjoin ^ " iind a " snmcient number of iijispisctbw and Rhvasses . " The directors " will have the ofcertupertuteiMlence of tho office of police of foreigners , " and w . rrh the newly cwited force ho is to Irave power to Eake vUltaaml eoarcMea in hotels and fnrniihed houses spt by fKreVgnera . Then follow rulos concernraKthe arrival of ftnreii ( ner » , . their residence and establishments , tBiitifoald'dbcredir ' to B iwlghbt » urlttftprerfecttire : rPhto

      —? —¦ " - . ¦ ¦ . I-C Waa Only Yesterdti...

      —? —¦ " - . ¦ ¦ . I-c waa only yesterdtiy that telegrftms -were , received frona India < br tjjfr first time for nearly a fortnight ; and , when tliey arrived , the news they c-ontainedwas neither copious nor exhilarating . Still , t nrsher successes o » our part a » e recorded . Brigadier General Jones , on the lltlv of May , relieved oar troops who were besieged in tlie gaol of Shalyehanpore . lhe Moulvie > a * defeate < l , and thecava , lry w « nt irt pursuit . Sir Kdiward Lugard enteted . Jugdesi |» re oa the 9 tl » , reusisiw h i

      JiMUng KTcat nuiiftDets oi me , « , vu .. c . ««» , w ** e flyiua south- A jintction with Colonel Corheld waaeSfected l > y Sir Edward . A good deal of fightmg > withtho rebels ensued , and : tbe enemy were driven into the jungles , from which , however , " says the Foreign-office telegram , " it would be difficult to disr JlV Hugb- Rose halted on the 12 th of May at Aramker , near Cuttack , and on = the following dajr marched on Etyal » , three cosa from Calpee . lhe insurgents , were in position iia his , front ,, and had been joined at Calpee by tlie Nabob of fienda and the Kanee of Jhansi- They had made a bridge for a ! ' T ....... n » nv ^ rl 1-aail ' ^ aati > rh \ ron ' "t . nfi timinin i

      *^^—esea-pe-. across uw , a « u » . «» »»«»« v road from Jhanai . to prevent the passage of artillery . Sirlliigh Rose is reported to bave attacked them on the WtUult . ; hu ^ no . Ue taiis are yet given . Some important items of news are thus , given by ihe < Times Alexandrian correspondeafc : — ; ^ Luekno w was th ceutened , in General Hbp ; e Grant s absence sonthward , by 2 & , 0 O 0 men under the Begum . Oa the 16 tb Sir Colin . Campbell , leaving a strong , force under General WaJpole . mawhed for Fufctebghur , where

      hewaa on the 18 tU . ¦ * . ' A sUlrmisb is reported with the enemy undei- the Moolviei 5000 cavalry and 60 QO ; infcuitry , lay betweea the , Gomrnander-inrChief : a » d Mobutady * On the arrival of-reia ^ cceiaenta * . e x-pected next day , the « neiny was , to . fee djri \ - « a . from Mobundy . Si » . Colin Campbell had ; crossed , the Gaogea . Theilueat waa . intense ^ . and the troopantLucknovw ! unhealthy . The garxiaon waa reduced to 2 * 0 jftinf « itttr . y . " KJum . BaWadoor and . Uana Suhib had attacked General Jones ' s poaitiott at Sliahjehanpore , but were , repulsed , with tho loss : of Forster . aid « -d « rcarop » " Ome * Singh had , crossed the Ga » ge 9 , and menaced the . Botnbay route from Allvghur . Qo . tho l » tl » Colonel Lishtfoot , whoi ha « L been left at Jugdeapore , was ai

      attacKed , anu nring cuuw ue-nearu * . « w « «« g »» intended moving ; hack on Jugdcsporo . " A conspiracy has boea discovejodr ia a wing of the Fourth . Native , Laiantry in the Pui \ jftb . The conspiratoms . were hanged , and the . wing at once- marched to Jullunclur . The . Rajah of Shunda , in Nagpove , on the , 1 Hj'derabad fcontiar , has . broken into open rebellion . " Toe Calcutta import . market , has slightly improved . Produce continued dull . The money market is

      unuunujj ^ u . THB PCNJAB . In tl » e-early part of May , greet apprehension was felt at Meean Meer that nnother revolt would burst | out amoxig 1 -the < li « ariued Sepoys at that stntion , aa n modaot ceUbmtinar thts first anniversary of the rising .

      AIL th < y Engliahv and Sikh troops were accordingly put under amis \ guns , loaded -with grape , were pointed so aa to be ready to batter down the huts . of thet tfepoya ; . and tlie port fires wore kept constantly burning .. General Windhatn , wlu > commands at the atationj had tbe Sepoy & paraded , on the morning : of tl «) i 7 th of May , when they were searched , nnd a few anna were , discovered on thorn . Some of the men I were taken i parisodacra ; bat the military aut 4 iositiea have ratlier endeavoured to hush the matttr up .

      MR . RUSSELL . The Ttmea of yesterday has the subjoined gratifying announcement : ;—' " Our reactors will participate in the satisfaction with which we announce , the receipt , of intelligence this morning * by telegraph of Mr . KusselTa recovery from the aun-atroko by which he had been id osjtrated on the njarctv from Futte ^ hur to Bareillj with the column under Sir Co ) tn Campbell . At tlie latest date , ho wits ' at Fotteghurj and *< jaite well ;* ' **

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      Ljjyj VViti * w v- ** " ^ - ^* w « •_ -v -w « , •«• « . o *******» the matter ; and so tlxe evil waxes apace , ' anil JLondou is threatened witli a pt & tilence . A death from Asiatic cholera lvas . already occurred , traceable to . tlie cotwlition of the river . The viutim was Uichavd Billingsley , aged fifty-nine , a Wiiteiman living in FaTthing-alley , a narrow court leading out of U |» per Eo- st Smithfield . He was ia the habit of woriing : on . the river from Ii"ongate-stairs ; and was a sober riuin , very regular in his lite . On the warm weaiiier settli ^ . iri , he coinplainua ot great debility , iMVUsea , and diarrhcaa , arLsing , as he believed ( and no doubt correctly ) ,. from the poisonous exhalations , of th « Thanu ; s . Tie spoke . ¦ .-particularly of ic uic oi

      iti / ¦ . ¦¦ — — — v w ^ p . — ¦&*¦¦ k TH & THAMES . Tub state of tlie Thames has really been Me subject of the week . The feculence and stench grow worse and worse every day ; the foulness simmera and steams under the-. heat of . the suit ^ is stirred up by the constant chuniiug of paddle-wheels , or lies in lazy lengths of pestiferous black sludge ou the sluxres of the river at low water—lazy , at-least , to look at , but very potent and active ia the venom t > f tlitir influence . Not lung is done , or only the . burlesque oi ' somelhing . last week ,, a few barges pottered up and clown the . great oiien sewer , throwing iu qmmtities ot ' lime ; hut to think of nullifying such a vast reservoir of poison by . a few sackfula ot antidote is like try ing to put out a conflagration with a jienny squirt . Tlie Goveauf teivt has handed over its power to the Metropolitan JBoard of Works ^ which , toge-. 1 . ... ! il- » iK /^ Oit-v f ! r \ nrh nf SpM . * PVR _ ifl fKtnlrimr nWmif

      the stench on leaving ou wor on evemug Thursday week . He then , took to-Ida bed » aud was ¦ rap idly in the worst stage of Asiatic cholera . Csamx ) in the extremities set . in , and death on Sudiday relieved the poou man from his agonies . At tlte inquest ( as we read in tlie daily papers)— — " The widwvwaa examined , and deposed to her hus ^ band complaiaing of a great nausea when . be came home oiv Thursday evening- He could not eat anything ^ as he said he . could not , , get the stench off Ms lungs . ^ Mr . English ( a medical gentleman ) said these was no doubt that the attack , had been brought oil by lubahng had air . Near Irongate-sUirs , where the deceased worked , ltsexc uiuu uie i

      a large sewer empues u > = ' «••*• • . .- ~« -. via arising from it -waa most oflfensive . Several of the jury alluded to the present dangerous condition of the river and tlie docks CSt . Katherine and London ) in that neighbourhood , the hasins of wluch could ouly be compared to large cesspools . The water was as black as ink , and emitted a most poisonous vapour over the whole district . It was a reproach to the large dock companies that they had not done something towards remedvinsr this state of things , -which eiidangered the

      lives of the whole population 5 u the district . Mr ,- English , in answer to tbe foreman , said there , was no doubt the present condition of the . water in the docka was very detrimental to the public health . The air was charged with a noxious vapour . This was the first case of Asiatic cholera that had occurred in the neighbourhood . The coroner observed there could be no di . ubt us to the state , of the river and the docks being prejudicial to the public health , and it was to be hoped that every possible precaution would bra taken to mitigate the evil . A juror trusted that this case would operate as a , warning . to the proper authorities whoso duty it is to protect the public health . The . jury then returned a verdict , ' tliat tho deceased died from the effect of an attack of Asiatw 1 cholera , brought ou by inhaling the noxious vapour of ¦

      the Thames . L , . Mr . Gurney has addressed a letter to the fopeaker of the . House of Coinmons , to say that ho can no longer be responsible for the health of the House , the stencil having made rapid advances witlim two days . Even tho Star Chamber , which had lniherto been com paratively free from the malaria , has . now become intolerable . Several of the clerks have been forced to get up and leave their rooms in tlio "' g " -

      aicrosa the windows of the House looking out on-we Thames ; but this mitigation of tho evil is iw , slight . Meanwhile , people crowd tlie steamboats , as usual , and some strange comments are uttered uy the nassenirers . We henrd a portly policeman ,

      yeaterday , exclaim , as lie held his nose with his lingers , " It ' s enough to breed a famine 1 " . . The preliminary report of the Sewage Commission contains tho following outline of a plan lor dounng with the sewago of the metropolis : — " Tho proposition now submitted i 3 , to construct cmbankir . cata detached from the shore , in . the form o ndvanccd terracee , continuous on the surfaces , bui \ flbrding- , at convenient distances , entrances to the > " « cr basins , «> n the principle reeommonded by the Coinniw-8 io 8 oi in uivu ^ i

      nor Metropolis improvement , -v- - 18-14 . In tho interior of tlieBO lengths of embankment , a . scries of separate reservoirs would bo focoicd ^ into which the whole of tho sewers of tho , metroitoWs »« w discharging directly into . tlie Thamea would Imvc their outfall . The solid matters would there be separated nil " precipita-ted , nnd Jthe liquid treated with some deodorizing- agent before diachargo . . 44 Intercepting sewers ; would cut off the whrolo of tnp Wgh-l < rrer dtalhBge of tb « -m « rtropoH « , now such « oourco

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061858/page/6/