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No. 132, July 3, 1853.] THE LEADER. 629 ...
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THE INDIAN REVOLT. Again dp the telegram...
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Imperial' Parliament, Monday, June 2slh....
Ultimately , the preamble of the bill was adopted , and the chairman was ordered to report the bill to the House .
WEEDOS ESTABLISHMENT . In the evening , Colonel Forester brought up the answer of her Majesty to the address of the Commons respecting the state of the books and the manner of conducting business at the establishment at Weedon . The reply was to the effect that her Majesty had taken the address into consideration , and had directed that a ltoyal commission should issue for the purpose the House required . TRINITY COLLKGE , DUBLIN . Replying to Bfr . Fagax , Lord Naas said a scheme had been agreed upon between the junior and senior
fellows of Trinity College , Dublin , by which considerable improvements were proposed to be effected of an educational , financial , and administrative character . He was also informed that a Queen ' s letter would be submitted to the college , and there was every prospect of a satisfactory result being obtained . He believed that improvements would be effected which would remove manjdifficulties and unfortunate differences which had lately occurred , and would effect , in . a great degree , the efficiency of the institution .- —Mr . Ragan said , in consequence of this answer , it was not his intention to proceed with his motion on this subject .
GAUUISOX OF LUCKSOW , In answer to Mr . Kinjtaird , General Picei , said that the officers who composed the garrison of Lmcknow were gazetted to brevet rank on the 24 th of last March - A major and five captains liad been gazetted to brevet rank , and the senior lieutenants had been promoted to c > mpanies . Her Majesty has approved of the design for the Delhi medal , and it will be forwarded to the East India Company preparatory to the distribution . THE VICTORIA CROSS A 5 » LIEUTENANT SALKKLI > . Mr . Kek Seymku asked the Secretary for War for an explanation of the circumstances under which the
Victoria Cross was withheld from the late Lieutenant Salkeld . —General Perl regretted . ' . that his hon . friend liad not communicated with him before putting the question upon the notice paper . It was not intended for one moment to withhold from Lieutenant Salkeld the Victoria Cross . ( Hear , / tear . ) So far from that being the case , Lieutenants Salkeld and Holmes were recommandeJ . to receive the Victoria Cross for their gallant exploits . Unfortunately , they never lived to receive it ; but it had already appeared in the Gazette that , if thev had survived , it would have been distributed to them , and he was now prepared * o present it to their relatives . ( Hear , hear . ')
TROOPS IN INDIA . Mr . Alcogk asked the Secretary ofState for War whether he had made any fresli arrangements for the gratuitous supply of bedding and clot hi us ; , adapted to the climate , to her Majesty ' s troops in India . —General Peel begged to tell the hon . member with regard to any gratuitous suppl } - of bedding , that that must rest with the East India Company , by whom it is supplied ; but he had communicated wilh Sir Colin Campbell witli a view to reduce the expense of the kit supplied to soldiers in India , and he was also endeavouring to reduce the expense of the sea kit furnished to soldiers .
OOVKR 3 JMEXT OF INDIA ( NO . 3 ) BILL . The House having gone into committee on this bill , Mr . Gladstone proposed to add , at the end of the 7 th clause , the words , " and it ( the Council ) shall consist of the following persons , " his intention being that the first members of the Indian Council should be named in the Act of Parliament . Their object in the constiution of this council was to give to it great inoriil influence , without interfering witli the responsibility of the Secretary of State ; and he thought tliat this could be best secured by the selection of the first members by Parliament . If these gentlemen were named by Parliament , they would be appointed for a particular purpose mentioned in the act , and he thought it would secure care in the selection , and . would relieve the East India Company from a duty of a diUicult and irksome character . — Lord Stani . ky did not think it would bo
convenient to adopt this proposition . The object of the Government in drawing up the bill was not needlessly to interfere with the existing state of things , und they therefore proposed that a proportion of the council should 1 ) 0 elected and pnrt nominated , and that the selection of the nominated members should rest with the Eust India Company . Mr . Gladstone ' s proposed addition would upset this design , and moreover would delay the program of the bill . —Sir Kusiunh Pjj nnY regretted the course pursued by the noble lord ; and the amendment wim then negatived without a division . Mr . Vkknon Smith proposed to omit from the 8 th clause the words empowering the Court of Directors to elect the seven elected members of tho council from among persons " having been theretofore ) Directors , as well «» from persons then being Directors . "—This amendment was negatived upon a division bv 14 ( 5 to 71 .
bir J a Mies Gkaiiam moved to add to the words h »> retained tho words , " not being nominees of the Crown . "Lord Stanlkv objected , and the amendment was negatived . Mr . Gladstone then moved ( lint the number of
elected members be ten , instead of seven ; but this was also opposed by Lord Stanley , and , after a long and a very rambling discussion , was negatived . Lord Stanley then moved a proviso to the effect that , in cas « the Court of Directors refused or neglected to choose members out of their own number , the appointment should be made by the Crown . —This -was agreed to , and the clause , as amended , was ordered to stand part of the bill . The 9 th clause , which directs the mode in which vacancies in the Council shall be filled up , Lord A . Vank TKMrEST moved to amend by providing that alternate vacancies , instead of being filled up by the Council , ' should be supplied by election among the persons and by the constituencies proposed in the bill No . 2 , brought in by the present Government . —This amendment was negatived .
Mr . Gregson moved to amend the 11 th clause , enacting that every member of the Council shnll hold his office " during good behaviour , " by substituting " for five years , and to be re-eligible . "—Lord Paljiicrston thouglit it better that the limit of service should be ten years , and that the members should not be re-eligible or capable of being reappointcd . —The Committee divided upon the question that the words " good behaviour " stand part of the clnuse , which was '* affirmed by 154 tollS . The 12 th clause , disqualifying members from sitting in Parliament , was discussed at great length , and was carried , upon a division , by 245 to 121 . —The Chairman was then ordered to report progress .
LONDON COKPORATION REGULATION BILL . On . the motion of Mr . Walpole , the order for going into committee on this bill was discharged , and the bill withdrawn .
MABK 1 AGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL . On the consideration of this bill , as amended in Committee , Lord BvitY moved the addition of the following ; clause : —" That nothing herein contained shall render ¦ valid any marriage with the sister of a deceased wife , if either ibf the parties to such marriage shall , after having contracted such marriage , and before the passing of this act , have married any oilier person .- —The clause was agreed to , and the bill was ordered to be read a third time . '¦ . ¦ - ' : ¦ The House adjourned at a quarter past one .
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The Indian Revolt. Again Dp The Telegram...
THE INDIAN REVOLT . Again dp the telegrams from India speak of important successes to our arms . A serious blow has been struck at the rebels by the capture of Calpee on the 23 rd of May . Sir Hugh Hose , who commanded the force sent against that city , was attacked by tho insurgents during his advance , and also in his camp , four miles below the town , on the 22 nd , but repulsed the enemy with great loss to tli-.-m , and on the following day advanced by the river-side below Cftlpee , having entered into communication with Colonel Maxwell , who held a position on the west bank of the , Jumna , so as to shell the town and fort . The enemy offered no resistance , and the city and
tort were occupied without any loss on our side . Fifty guns , twenty-four standards , and immense storc-s of gunpowder ami other munitions , were found in the fort . A flying column was sent in pursuit of tho rebels , quickly came up with them , killed five hundred , and took all their guns and elephants . A rabble of three or four thousand , crossed the Jumna into the Ooub on the 2 ({ th of May , apparently making for Oi , irfe ; but General Lugard is said to have nearly completed their dispersion . According to one account , some of those who escaped
" appear to have been attacked and dispersed by the Zemindars of liussulohiul . Another and larger body escaped towards Gwalior by Jaloun , an : l were about twenty-four miles from Gwalior on the 29 th of May . " That city has been attacked and plundered . Sciudia has taken the field in person against the rebels , and lias despatched two regiments o ! infantry , one of cavalry , nnd eighteen nuns , to the Molur cantonment . A small force with twelve guns remains for t ) ie protection of Gwalior ; but Bcindia is nnxi . m < for the advance of ICn ^ lUh troops on his frontier .
Tlie column under Urigndier Smith recaptured Chundiircc from the Uundelahs on the 25 th of May . The " Brigadier purposed to advance towards Ksut-lnir alter del > mailing tlie works of tho stronghold of Ohundaree . Having relieved Shahjehunporc . aanlready related , Briyadier Jones fouinl himself , on th « 15 th «> f May , surrounded by musses of the enemy . On th ¦ same day , tliu Coiuiiuui ( lcr-in-Cliicf left Hureilly with the whole of hia disposable force , reuHie-d hlialijehunporc on the 18 th , and drove buck the enemy on the a 3 rd to iMoliuiulcc , which was nfterwurds captured by our lorco . Three day * la tor ,. Sir Colin Campbell occupied . Icllulnbiid , on tho Kuttehghurroacl . Cludo is still disturbed , and the rebels , At the last advices , were- threatening Luckiiow , but it was
thought they would not venture on an attack , as the city is well defended . The East India House has published the subjoined telegrams : — " Serious disturbances have occurred at Gudduck , in the Dharwar Collectorate ; the outbreak was lieaded by Bheem liao , of Moonderger , and the Desa 3-ee of Hembgee , who obtained possession of the fort of Fowul [ qy . ] by treachery ; and the chief of Nurgoonii was suspected of being deeply implicated . The acting Political Agent , Mr . C . T . Manso ' n , attended by a few horsemen , proceeded rapidly to the Nurgoond ' districr , in the hope of restoring order , -when ho was treacherously attacked , on the night of May 29 th , by eight hundred men , headed * by the Chief of Nurgoond , and killed witli all his escort . It being greatly feared that the dissaffection would spread all over the Southern Mahmtta countrv , reinforcements
have been ordered to proceed immediately to Balgaum and Kolapoor ; in the meantime , it is hoped that the outbreak has been promptly repressed . A Madras column , under Major Hughes , on June 1 st , taok the fort of Copal by assault , and among , the slain were Bheem Rao and the Desnyeo ; on the same day , Colonel Malcolm , with a light * Bombay detachment , arrived at Nurgoond , and stormed the town . On the next day , ha ocetipied the [ fort ?] , which was evacuated during the night . A pursuit of the Chief was then commenced , nnd intelligence had just been received that lie'was captured'by Mr . Southern , the Superintendent of l ' olice , on June 3 rd . " Nizam's Countuy . —The Aurungabad districts are much disturbed by Arabs nnd llohillus , * who have plundered several towns ; the Resident strongly urged that a European reinforcement be sent immediately by the Government of Bombav to Janhuh . A . ii .-ld
detachment , about four hundred and fifty men of all arms , ha ^ been despatched . " Futtehohuh . —On the 28 th of May , five thousand rebels , in two bodies , crossed the Ivaliee Nundiee , and marched along the western boundary of tlie district , burning and destroying villages ; on the evening of the 29 th , they were crossing the Gau <*< * s . The Rohilcund force of cavalry had gone out in pursuit of them . Two princes of the Delhi family were arrested on tlie 28 th of May by the Tchsildar of liussunporc . . " C-v \ vNi'onE Distkict . — -A party of about one thousand men , with four guns , supposed to be from
Humcerppre ,. reached Azung , on the Grand Trunk Koad between Liill ' utp » rc and Cawnpore , on the 29 th of May . The road is fairly closed . ' Sumo thousand rebels , hor-sc and foot , with eight guns , in three divisions , crossed from the Hunieerp ;> rc side of the Jumna to the Shorupore Ghat , on the Ganges ; the last division crossed on the 29 ih of May , and are proceeding to Oude . Aliddleton ' s columns arrived at Mohar , opposite the Shorapore Ghat , on the 30 th . ' * Brigadier Carthew , with a small force , marched for the same point on the 29 th May . Brigadier Sir Edward Lugard defeated the rebels near J ngdes (> ore on the 26 th of May , killing a great number . Our force , by tlie latest accounts , was still in liurauit . "
In the import market at Bombay , business has been limited , nnd freights continued depressed . Money was easy , and hit .-rest and disco int had been reduced one per cent . A largo mass of news , supplied by Government to the Calcutta papers , has arrived with the Indian mails this week . It refers to events aiutet- ' edent to those noted above , and tlie main fiicts h : ive already appeared in the English journals ; but , as further details are here given , we append the messages tcxtuully : " SlCltVICIfi MlCSHAG !• : ItEClCIVKI ) Ii'JtOM G . l' \ Et ) JtONstonk , Esq ., j > atici > Ai . ^ ahahad , Mav 7 tii . —Frjm various messages which have been received from 1 '
uttehgliur , it would appear that , after the force under Sir Colin Campbell h .-id leftSUahjehanpore , n strong band of rebels from Muhuodee , in Oude , made an attack on tho lew troops that hnd been assigned for the protection ' the station , surprised and cut oil' tho picket of D'Ktmtzow's Horse , and destroyed many of them . The rebels are reported to have plundered thncily of Slialijdian , iore , to have massacred many of ( lie inhabitant--, und to be in possession of tho fort , which is an <» M dilapidated building on the outskirts of the city . Tito rebel patrol * arc on the river , and communication U dillicult und dangerous . The Cuminnnder-lii-Chief wiih at Furreilpore , near Uarcill v , on the 4 th instant . "
" SlCICVICK MlCSSAOK JtKCKIVlCI ) KltOM G . V . Kl ) MOK » stosk , Ksq , » atki > Aij < auahai > , May 8 rii . —No bettor iiifornintUin of tho statu of Hllairs nt Slialijehiinpore ho « boon received , but it is said tho out ruiu-hnu'iit round the g . iol in which our toops are posted is vory atrong , and that fifty cartloads of provisions were saved when the attack reported iu a previous mcas igw was nin'it * . The investinont is not completo , although the rebels , it h said , Jiro 8000 strong and liuvc twelve irinn . Jt is
reported by the Deputy ( JoiinnisHioncr of r « slm \ vnr under date tho 7 th , that Sultana was ( lo-itruycd by n f « irco under ( jeneral Cotton on tint < lth instnnt . Tlio llindostanne fanatics loii ^ hr with d < : tc ; niin : iLion , nnd wcrii cut to pi « ' <* fi- > ; we , Ikiv >« f > iir nntivos killed and twelve wounded . Previous to tlio attack on Kuitnnn , that is , on t \ u : nights of the " 2 H « U and 2 ! Jth < . f April , Cotton and ( Jolmicl KiKvurds ascundud tlie Alaliattn inountainH on the ; ri ^ lit . bank of the lmlun , and do-Htroyed a stronghold of u noted chief ; the miinu la not
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071858/page/5/
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