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    The Fireworks Act Amendment Bill was ' withdrawn . Mr . Hodgson moved an address to her Majesty to cause inquiry to be made into the existence of corrupt practices in the borough of Wakefield by the appointment of a commission . The motion was agreed to . . The House adjourned shortly before six o ' clock . Thursday , August II . EAST INDIA LOAN BILL . In the House of Lords , on the motion for passing the East India Loan Bill through committee , the Duke of Argyll made a statement on the present state of the Indian finances , similar to that made by

    Sir C . Wood in the House of Commons . He described the alteration in the state of the Indian finances occasioned by the late mutiny . Before the outbreak , he remarked , the exchequer of that country was in a satisfactory condition , showing a present equilibrium between revenue and expenditure , and promising a future surplus . —The Earl of Ellenborough supported the bill as being identical with one he had formerly himself proposed , and because he did not think the estimated revenue for the coming year would be realised . He congratulated the Government on their manifest desire to apply a cure to the present evil by the appointment of Mr . Wilson as a kind of Chancellor of the

    Exchequer . The remedy for these evils did not consist in increasing taxation , but in diminishing expenses . He * did not think that any redaction ought to be made in the salaries of the civil servants , as such a measure , by delaying retirements of the elder servants , would tend to throw the government of India into the hands of old instead of young men . In the native establishments and in the military expenditure the greatest reductions could be made , but at the present moment . np steps , as far as he could judge , had been taken to produce this result . It was imperatively necessary for the

    maintenance of our position in India that an almost equal balance should exist between the . European and native troops , but so far from this principle being observed , there were 270 , 000 native troops including police , to 120 , 000 Europeans . Here was the point where great reductions might be made , conducive to the" safety oi India , and the benefit of the finances . He did not look gloomily on India , as he considered it the noblest empire ever acquired by man , and it was the duty of every Government to do all in its power to preserve it . The bill was then passed through committee .

    north were desirous that their endowments should no longer be exempted from the operation of the law of the land . He therefore moved that the bill be committed on that day three months . —Mr . Bowter said Mr . Newdegate appeared in a new character , for he presented himself as the advocate of the Roman Catholics , for whom it was well known he entertained the bitterest hatred . The object of the bill was to prevent the confiscation of these endowments under the Superstitious Uses Act , until a measure should be devised to place them on a proper footing , and he hoped the House would agree to it .

    —Mr . Spooner said the object they had in view was to check the foreign interference which was carried on with the Roman Catholics of this country . There was not the smallest wish to bring their _ endowments under the operation of the Superstitious Uses Act , but they were resolved to do all hv their power to put an end to those continuance bills . — Mr . O'Brien made a few remarks , and , upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 70 to 47 , and the House then went into committee on the bill . Upon the report ; the bill was read a third time and passed .

    DIVORCE COURT . The House having gone into committee on the Divorce Court Bill , a discussion arose on the clause allowing the court * at the discretion of the court , to sit -with closed doors . —It was contended by Mr . James , Mr , Atrton , Mr . H . Berkeley , and other hon . members , that the principle Was un-English , that all our courts were open to the public , and if the principle were once admitted in one court it would be made a precedent for extending . it to the

    other courts of j udicature . —The Attorney General said the clause had been introduced on the recommendation of the learned judge of the court , its object being the preservation of public morality . The hon . and learned gentleman , however , finding himself utterly unsupported , gave up the clause , which was accordingly struck out of the bill . A clause was added empowering the court to make orders with reference to the application of property under ante-nuptial or post-nuptuial settlements , and the bill was read a third time and passed .

    The Sale of Gas Bill was likewise read a third time and passed . The House was counted out at half-past seven o ' clock .

    A conversation ensued on the passing of the Reserve Volunteer Force of Seamen Bill through committee . The other orders of the day were then disposed of and their Lordships adjourned at eight o ' clock . In the House of Commons Mr . W . C . Bekttinck took the oaths and his seat for Tauntbn , in the representation of which borough he has succeeded Mr . Labouchere . the builders' strike . In reply to a question from Mr . E . James , Sir G . C . Lewis said lie had seen a deputation from the master builders > vith respect to the nine hours'

    movement . Their object was to know if the House or the Government would not deem it advisable to endeavour to arbitrate between the parties , with a view to put a stop to the present state of affairs . He informed the deputation that , in his opinion , neither the House nor the Government were fitted to undertake any such office with respect to a subject . upon which they must be necessarily , uninformed . In answer to a question put by Mr . Griffith , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he did not think he should be justified in refusing the grant of the Chiltern Hundreds to a member against whose return a petition was merely pending .

    THE SERPENTINE . Sir J . Paxton asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it was his intention to proceod with the works , as proposed by Mr . Hawksley , for partially cleansing the water in the Serpentine . — -Mr . Fitsbrot said it was his intention to proceed with the works for totally and effectually purifying , not " partially cloansing , " the water , and he entered into an explanation of the plan in order to correct what he said were misapprehensions in this matter . —The discussion which followod showed that Mr . Stevenson and Sir . J . Paxton differod upon essential points . . ' CHARITABLE ) TRUSTS ACTS 00 NTINUANCK .

    Mr . Nbwdkgate , on tho part of the Roman Catholics of the north of England , called upon tho House to : Tejeot this bill . Those Roman Catholics had potiitonca the House for protection , fearing that Cardinal Wiseman and hla supporters contornplatod bringing aURoraan Catholic endowments under tho control and Wanttgomtmt of tho Roman Catholic Churoh . Tho carcunai claimod for hls ' chureh tho disposal of al 1 those on - ( lowinents . and the wholo of the Roman Oathollos of tho

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    THE STRIKES . On Saturday , at three o ' clock , the operatives of the building trades engaged at most of the large establishments in , and immediately around the metropolis , ceased work , but it would appear that out cf the 225 building firms which constitute the central association , there are several where the men are nob locked out , and where thoycontinue to work without any document . We think it is apparent , from what transpired during the interview of the deputation from the Central Association of Master Builders with the Home Secretary , that there is a disposition on the part of the masters to enter into an arrangement , and it will depend upon the conduct of the

    opera-Seth Smith , Wagstaffe , Kirk and Parry , Lawrence , and others , was read at a meeting of the Executive Trades' Committeej at the Pavior ' s Arms , Johnsonstreet . The meeting received with strong expressions of indignation the attacks which the masters have made upon the unions , and which they ( the men ) have pledged themselves to maintain in their efficiency . At the meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Hackney Union on Wednesday the chairman stated that many of the metropolitan parochial boards had determined upon withholding relief from the families of the men on strike , except on condition of their becoming inmates of the workhouse , and being employed in breaking stones .

    The movement on behalf of the reduction of the hours of labour without a corresponding decrease of wages , has commenced in Bristol , the stonemasons having struck for the nine hours' movement . Their employers , however , seem quite indisposed to give way .

    THE BIRMINGHAM GUN TRADE . The strike of the gun-makers still continues the men being resolved to obtain their price for the constabulary gun , which led to the difficulty . One master offered to give the prices demanded , except for that particular class of gun ; but the rnen firmly refused , it , and decided to remain out till the full prices were given for all guns . They have held several meetings during the last fortnight , but they have only led to a more determined resolve to continue the strike till they gain the higher rates demanded .

    tives to strengthen this disposition . Mr . Alderman Cubitt intimated that if there was a definite expression of public feeling on behalf of the men , the masters would concede the point . The builders , he said , would incur a heavy responsibility if they conceded the tenth hour of labour , and also if they persisted in keeping the men out of work ; unfortunately , it is difficult to accurately ascertain to which side public opinion preponderantly inclines . Among the gentlemen who havo offered themselves as mediators is Mr . Marsh Nelson , an architect , who has gone into tho whole case with much care and studied it with great minuteness , and , as ho has been in pretty constant communication with

    the Conference of the United Trades } t may be supposed that his views , if not exactly coincident with those of the men , are at least not antagonistic to thoirtt He puts forth as tho bases of an arrangement two general propositions- —1 . Tho withdrawal of tho declaration ; and , 2 . Tho payment by tho hour at the rate of 6 s . per clay of 10 hours for tho skilled labourer , leaving it to tho men to work what hours they please . Theso bases agreed upon , he proposes a conference between the heads of tho two associations , to bo presided over by an impartial chairman .

    Thero . appears to be some hope that a compromise may bo made In reference to tho hours of labourtho point upon which the dispute originally turned ; so that tho declaration upon which tho mastors insist . Till , in all probability , after a day or two , bo tho only question at issue between the parties . Some Of tho principal yards were partially opened for work on Thursday morning , men not belonging to tho union , and who are ready to make any declaration , having oome up from tho country , anxious to obtain work . On Thursday morning an address , being oirouatocl by Messrs . Trollopo , Poto and Bolts , Cubitt ,

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    NAVAli AND MILITARY . A sudden order has been received at Chatham garrison , directing that the 27 th company of Royal Engineers , which was to have embarked for the Mauritius , was to proceed , instead , to Woolwich , for the purpose of being employed on the factory which is being erected for making Sir W . Armstrong ' s guns , the men engaged on which have struck and refused to work . ¦ '• ¦¦ , An account has reached us { Dublin Evening News ) that the Himalaya , which left Kingstown on Saturday , having , on board the 16 th . Regiment , for Portsmouth , whence they were to have proceeded to the camp at Aldershott , has gone on shore , it is thought on the Arklow Bank .

    Although the French have been the first to use rifled cannon in the field , the plan is patented in E ngland , and was offered to the British Government as far Tback as 1855 by Lieutenant Engestrom , of the Swedish navy . A similar invention , by Colonel Cavalli , of the Piedmontese service , was also offered to our Government not less than three or four years ago . His invention was referred to Woolwich , backwards and forwards , till lost sight of . But for our dilatory mode of proceeding in such matters , our artillery might long since have been provided with

    rifled guns . The French are now making their cast-iron 30-pounders strong enough to throw a rifle shell weighing 601 b ., on a plan originally devised by Captain Blakely , of the Royal Artillery . The Commission d'Artillerie last year made experiments with a 30-pounder on this plan , and found its endurance and safety to be increased threefold without increase of weight . The steel-cased floating batteries , conveyed over land in pieces to the Lago ai Gardn , are constructed on a plan suggested in England .

    On the 23 rd ult . 'the Emperor of Russia , accompanied by the Grand Duko Constantino , Grand Admiral , reviewed a fleet of twonty-one vessels , all propelled by steam , and the greater part screws . The following is a list of the ships : —Lino of battle : Constantin , Viborg , Prokhor , SinopeV Orel , Cosarovitoli , Vola . Frigates , &c : Gonorale-Admiralo , Ilia Mouremets , Svetlana , Khrabrii , Grosiachtchli , Caloyala . Posodnik , Kamtchatka , Olaf , Rasboinik , NaojzdniK , Petersburg , Fontanka , Standarte . * In addition to these was a numerous flotilla of gunboats , nearly tue wholo of which are screws . This , wo must rocoiloct , is but the advanced guard of tho projected Russian navy . Since the close of tho Crimean war tho attention of the Grand Puke Constantino

    has been applied to the development of tho nary . l £ is to his influence that Russia owes tho Mediterranean port lately ceded by Sardinia ; tho fleet is consequently no longer confined to tho Baltic , w « ero naval manoeuvres were impossible during oignc months of tho year , and whore summer sailors omy could bo roared . Steam vessels havo boon constructed on tho best modola and at groat expense , botu w England and' America . During tho war but ono screw frigate , tho Palkano , remained motionless behind tho batteries of Oronstadfc , hopolossly rogara , ing tho magnificent stoam fleot of Great Britain . But If during the next twenty years Russia majcos such progress as she- has acquired since the peace she will bo almost as formidable with bor naval as she has long boon with her military powor , Oh the subject of manning the navy tho following

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    . 9 SO THE LEADEB . [ Ko . 490 . Aug . 13 , 185 $ .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 13, 1859, page 930, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2307/page/6/