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JSTo. 414, February 27, 1858.] JT HJE^ J...
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Monday, February 22...
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THE INDIA! REVOLT. —«—Our armies still c...
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Jsto. 414, February 27, 1858.] Jt Hje^ J...
JSTo . 414 , February 27 , 1858 . ] JT HJE ^ JL EA 3 ) E B - 1 __ . 195
Imperial Parliament. Monday, February 22...
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Monday , February 22 nd . THE RESIG-NATIOM OF * MINISTERS . In the House of Lords , Earl Granviiae announced the resignation of the Ministry in consequence of the adverse vote of the Lower House on the previous Friday evening . He understood that Lord Derby ( who was not present ) had been sent for by the Queen to form a Ministrv ; and he believed that noble Lord was desirous , as a matter of convenience , that the House should adjourn until Ihe ensuing Friday , although it would meet in the meanwhile for judicial business . —The Earl of Malmesbi / kv stated that Lord Derby was then engaged in the task entrusted to him ; and , after some complimentary remarks with respect to the high sense of honour entertained by the retiring Ministers , said , on behalf of Lord Derby , that the brief recess indicated
would meet his views . THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO ALIENS . In answer to a question from Lord Ltndhukst , Lord Campbell repeated his opinion as to the liability of aliens to the penalties of the law of England for crimes committed within the realm , which by a statement attributed to the Attorney-General in the House of Commons had been misrepresented . By that statement it appeared as if he ( Lord Campbell ) had declared that a foreigner might in this country do with impunity what would be a crime in a native . This , however , is not the law of the land , and it is important it should be known it is
not the law . Within the realm , the law makes no distinction between the natural-born subject and the alien . While within the realm , the alien is within allegiance to the Crown , and for any crime can be tried by the same procedure as a subject . " An alien conspiring to do anything malum in se , in this country , can be tried for the crime . He approved the bill of the Government , and should support it . —The Lord Chancellor thought it very probable that the Attorney-General had been misrepresented . —Lords Ltsdhorst , B rough am , Wensleydale , and St . Leonards concurred in the views of Lord Campbell .
priest , who had been resident some time in the island , and made himself active in fomenting disturbances , particularly against the Roman Catholics of Malta . Under these circumstances , the priest having left the island , the Governor forbade his return .
THE EAST INDIA LOAN BILL . On the motion for going into committee on this bill , Sir Henbi Willoughby pressed for some explanation respecting the condition of the Indian revenue , which could not stand additional charges or be materially increased ; how the interest of the loan was to be met ; and whether the English Exchequer was secured against being called upon to pay any part of the debt . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he would give the required explanation in committee . —After some remarks by Mr . Ayrton and Mr . WjVlpolk ( who thought that , owing to the position of the Government , members were placed in an awkward position with respect to the bill ) , the House went into committee ; when the Chancellor of the Exchequer said , the bill merely enabled the East India Company to raise money , either bv debentures or by bonds ; that it involved no new principle ; and that it was doubtful whether the Company
now needed any Parliamentary authority for this purpose . The deficit of the Indian Exchequer , at the end of the financial 3-ear 1858-9 , is estimated at 7 , 500 , 000 / ., and the Company have exhausted their powers of borrowing in the Indian money-market . From the gross amount of the Indian revenue , the amount of the Indian and home debt , and the charge upon the revenue , it might be inferred that there is 110 reason to doubt that , when the revolt is quelled , and the country has been restored to its ordinary state , the Indian Government will be able to defray all the expenses of its own administration . There is nothing in the measure to bring any prospective charge upon the British Exchequer . — The clauses of the bill were agreed to after much discussion ( during which Mr . Thomas Barltsg , Mr . Williams , and Mr . Ai'Rton objected to the measure financially ) , and the amount of the loan was limited to 8 , 000 , 000 / . The House adjourned at half-past eight o'clock .
The Havelock Annuity Bill was read a third time , and passed . Their Lordships then adjourned at a quarter to six till Friday .
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE . In the House of Commons , Mr . Roebuck , agreeably to notice , presented a petition complaining of a breach of privilege by a member of the House ( Mr . Isaac Butt ) , in having entered ( as alleged ) into a corrupt agreement with Ali Moorad Khan , under which a sum of money had been paid by the Khan to Mr . Butt ; and he moved that the petition be printed . — Mr . Butt protested against the course taken by Mr . Roebuck , and demanded of the justice of the House an immediate investigation of the charge by a public inquiry at the bar , or , if the House objected to that course , by a select committee to be forthwith appointed for that object . He then withdrew . —Mr . Roebuck having abrogated his motion for printing the petition , it was agreed , after a long and desultory discussion respecting the proper course of proceeding , that a select committee should be appointed forthwith . The members were accordingly nominated , and the petition was ordered to be referred to the committee .
TITE MINISTERIAL CRISIS . Lord Palmkrston , who was received with cheers by his supporters , then rose and aaid : — "I wish , Sir , to make a short statement to the House with respect to the course which her Majesty ' s Government have thought it their duty to pursue in consequenco of the vote to which this House came on Friday night . I < hink it can scarcely bo necessary for mo to say that that vote led her Majesty's Government to fool that there was only one course which thoy could pursue with a duo regard to their own honour and with n due respect to this House . (/ 7 c « r , hear . ) We therefore on Saturday humbly tendered to lier Majes ' . y the resignation of our offices , which her Majesty was graciously plonsod to accept , and consequently wo now hold our offices only for the purpose of carrying 011 the business of the country until our successors nro appointed . Under those circumstnncos , I am sure tho Mouse would feol that it would bo
inconvenient thnt wo Hhould continue to moot , and thoreioro , an is usual 011 such occasions , I vonturo to proppso that this House should adjourn for 11 fow days . I huvo ascertained by private communication from 11 noble lord , who , I bcliovo I mny venture to say , is at prcaont engaged in constructing 11 Government , that it will bo eonvoniont that tho adjournment should bo until noxt Friday . I therefore propose that tho House at its rising should adjourn till that day . " ( lhar , hear . ) Tho motion was agreed to , and it was furtliur resolved that all committees should hnvo leave to nit ,
uutwith-WtftTTdlH ^ flil 0 ^ 5 urnWoTrt ^ f ~ tironiWra 5 : r " "* HXl'in-SION OF A l'UIKST 1 'UtOJl MALTA . Mr . Lahoi'ouisiuc , iu reply to u qutwtioii from Mr . Bowyicu , stilled that tho Govornor of Multn , aa well as tho Governor of Gibraltar , had Nummary power lodged iu his huncla wf mending any foreignorn but of the colony , upon his own responsibility , whenever ho might think it desirable . The Govornor of Malta had thought it proper to exorcise this right in tho person of ( in Italian
Parliamentary Committees. The Charge Aga...
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES . The Charge against Mr . Butt . —The select committee appointed to investigate the allegations of the petition of Edward Rees Coffey , charging Mr . Isaac Butt , M . P ., with a breach of the privileges of the House of Commons , in agreeing with Ameer Ali RIourad Khan , to prosecute , in his place in Parliament , the claims of his Highness against the East India Company , met on Tuesday for the first time . The following members were present : —Sir James Graham ( chairman ) , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Mr . Serjeant Kinglake , Sir William Codrington , Mr . Bouverie , Mr . W . Patten , Mr . Bright , Mr . Roebuck , and Mr . Serjeant Deasj ' . The case on behalf of the petitioner was stated by Mr . Roebuck , who said he had no ill feeling whatever towards Mr . Butt , and that he only acted on public grounds . Ali Moorad Khan is a Prince of Scinde , who was endowed with certain property by Sir Charles James Napier on account of assistance rendered to the English . The property has since been confiscated , and the Ameer came to England to prosecute his claim . The petitioner is an Irishman who has been in the service of the East India Company , 'l > ut who gave up the office of postmaster-general in India to accompany the Ameer to England , and help him in hia endeavours to recover his property . Mr . Coffey had been in communication with Mr . Butt , who had received from the Ameer tlie sums of 800 / . and 2000 / ., in consideration of his good offices . The examination of Mr . Coffoy occupied the whole day ; and , from questions put by Mr . Serjeant Deasy , it appeared that the petitioner is no longer in the service of tho Ameer , having been
dismissed by Mr . Butt at Constantinople for charging his llighnoss with disloyalty to tho Government ; that n large balance of money wus duo to him from the Ameer , and that he had threatened to prosecute liiin . " Tho counsel retained by tho Ameer , in addition to Mr . Butt and his brother , wore Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Mr . Kearslako , I \ lr . Lloyd , and Mr . Cuirns . A consultation took place at tho chambox of Sir Fitzroy Kelly , at which Mr . Butt was present . A petition to tho Queen was decided upon at a consultation , but ho was not euro whotlier Mr . Butt was present . Mr . Butt received 251 . for attending a consultation . Mr . Butt was not ofl ' erod a feo for attending a consultation iu 18 GG . " The committee
adjourned to tlio following day , when further < jvidcnco was reooivod and documents ) wore roud , from vliich it appeared thut , since the brouking out of tho mutiny , tho Ameer desired to return to India , but that Mr . Coflby delayed him at Trieste , under the influence of a fear thut ho might join tho insurgents . On Thursday , a good deal of evidence of a complicated kind was received , tho tendency of whioh wus to show thut Mr . Coffoy and Mr . Butt lmd quarrelled ; tliot tliojattor lmd culled tho Tortuor a b " luokguard ; ' uuu ~ T hni "' iho Ahi ' oe'i' wus alSoVory ungry with Mr . Coffoy , whom ho designated " tho son of Sutau . "
EA . vr India ( Transport of Troops ) Committrk , — This committee continues its ulttings . At tlio meeting on Tuofiday , Mi ' . Gumndam , senior niombor of tho Council at Bombay , and Cnptuiu Harris , testified to the practicability of trnntmiitting troops to India through Egypt and by thu Itoil Son , Tlioro wore no obstacles which
could not be easily overcome . " I regard Suez , " said Captain Harris , " as , the sanatorium of the world . Troops would suffer nothing from being kept there a few days . " The committee sat again yesterday , when further evidence was received , of a similar nature .
The India! Revolt. —«—Our Armies Still C...
THE INDIA ! REVOLT . —«—Our armies still continue to make rapid progress in the subjugation of the rebels and the restoration of order . Sir Co ^ in Campbell moved on the 14 th of January with the head-quarters of his army to Kanowy , a ? position occupied up to that time by Walpole ' s brigade , ¦ which has since been moved forward to the Ganges , for the purpose of constructing a bridge at a point opposite the confluence of that river with Kumghur . Having effected this service , 'the Brigadier crossed the Ganges into Rohilcund . The brigade is to march to Bareilly , for the purpose of clearing that city of the rebels under Khan . Bahadoor Khan . Sir Colin himself was waiting , at the last dates , for a siege train from Agra , on the arrival of which he proposed to move with his whole force , in conjunction with that of Jung Bahadoor , on Oude .
The rebels who passed from Eohilcund into the Moozufferaugger district on the 30 th of January have been beaten by Captain Eoisragen , and driven back across the river . The Cat pee rebels are atill in force , and are said to be under the leadership of Nana Sahib , who is threatening us in the direction of Nagotee . Captain Montgomery , the Superintendent of Police at Ahmednugger , has encountered a gang of Bheels in the district of Chanelore , on the road to Managamur . The result is not stated in the telegram from Alexandria ; but from another source it appears that we sustained a defeat . The captain , three other officers , and fifty men , were wounded .
A report to Sir Colin Campbell , from Brigadier Stuart , commanding the Malwa Field Force ( now-1 st Brigade Nerbudda Field Force ) , describing his successful operations against the insurgents assembled near Mundisore , during four days , from the 21 st to the 24 th of last November , has been' published . The general results are already known . Further items of news are thus communicated in various telegrams : — " The Coolies (?) have risen in great number . The Commissioner , with a party of Sikhs , has been obliged to retreat before them . Reinforcements have been sent from Midnapore . There is a report that the great Oude Zemindars have offered to surrender on condition of
immunity . The Rajah of Bulubghur has been hanged at Delhi . The trial of the Nairab of Gurucknugger has commenced ; that of the King is still , postponed . The Military Governor of Delhi gave over the charge of the city to the civil authorities on the 10 th of January . On the 18 th , a mutiny took place among the gnnnera of the Nagpore Artillery at Sacepore . The Infantry behaved well , and arrested the mutineers . Captain Osborne , with the Rewah troops , haa taken the town and fort of Meghir . Sir Hugh Rose was to move from Sehore on Saugor about the 15 th . The legislative Council has extended to Bombay an act which justifies the detention of the prisoners sought to bo released by habeas corpus . "
THE KINO OF DELHI . Some interesting partieulnra with respect to tho mode of life of the King of Delhi since his capture arc contained in a letter written by the wife of Major ( then Cuptain ) Hodaon : — " Thero is a report , which haa been mischievously act about , and may have mischievous consequences—vir ., that the King has the whole of his retinue , and has returned to his own apartments in the Palace . This is perfectly untrue . I went with TVIr , Saunders , tho Civil Commissioner , and his wife , to bob the unfortunate and guilty wretch . Wo mounted a flight of stone steps , at tho bottom and top of which was a European sentry . A small low door opened into a room , half of which was partitioned off with a grass matting called chitac , behind which was a woman cooking somo atrocious compound ,
if I might judge from tho smell . In tho other half woo a native bedstead—i . e ., a framo of bamboo on four legs , with grasB ropo Htrung across it ; on this was lying and smoking n . liookah an old man with a long white benrd . No other article of furniture whatever was in the room ; and I am almost ashamed to any that a fooling of pity mingled -with my disgust at seolng a mnn , recently lord of an iinnorlal citv almost unparalleled for richness un < l nTn ^ ificciieo , corilll ^^ tho lowest hIovo of hia household would scarcoly hnvo occupied , in the vory palace whuro ho lmd roigned supreme , with power of llfo and death , untrammelled by any law , within tho precincts of ft royal residence as largo as 11 considerable sized town ; streets , galleries , towers , nios <| uon , forts , and gardens , a private and a public hull of justice , and innumerable courts , passages , and staircases . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27021858/page/3/
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