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    • Oct. 13, 186QJ The Saturday Analyst and ...

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      Indian Finance. A Parliamentary Return, ...

      the year amounted to £ 3 , 783 , 018 , which , however , is too small a sum to be worth much serious consideration , if it did notfollow such heavy deficits during the last three years . The following table shows the rapid increase of the debt of the Government in India : — On April . 30 , In India . Tn ' London-. Total . 1857 ... : £ 5 f ) , 54 G , fl /> 2 ... . £ 3 ; 894 , 400 ... X-59 , 441 , 052 1858 ... 00 , 704 , 08-1 ... 8 , 760 , 400 ... C . 9 , 473 , 48 't lHnO ... ( 5 G , 228 , OO 7 ... 14 . G 4 ? . O () 0 ... 8 Oj 877 , 007 I 860 ... 71 . 202 , £ 07 ... 2 fl , « i 4 i ) , O 0 O ... 97 , 851 , 807 Thus the debt , which , in 1857 , was only £ 59 , 441 , 052 , had . increased to £ 97 , 851 , 807 in . 1860 ; or at the rate of £ 12 , 803 , 585 per annum . It is obvious that such a state of finance is alarming , the more so when the fact is considered that in 1834 the debt was £ 41 , 350 , 592 5 and had only reached £ 59 , 441 , 052 in 1857 j or at the rate of about eight . hundred thousand pounds sterling per annum for twenty-three years ; i while the last tlir . ee years swelled the debt at an average of j ni ^ var ds of twelve millions sterling per annum . j . This parliamentary paper contains also copies of correspondence ! between the Government of Iiiclia and tl-ie . Government of Madras ,, and minutes of members of the Government of Madras on the financial measures which are now exciting [ so imich discussion . Sir Cilvrlks Trevelyjin has been ' recalled , in consequence of his insubordination ; Sir Hexrt "Ward has died ; ' and the imtiiiiely death of ivfr . Wi . LSQJf fol- .: lowing so soon after Sir Henry Ward ' s ; , ; will probably create j much serious inconvenience in .- niany ways that have not yet j been duly considered . Sir Bartle Fiusre occupies the post of Indian Chaneellor of the Excheqiiei '' Aintil the sue- j ecssor to Mr .- . Wii ^ ipN is appointed , and he 'expresses his j deternainatioii'to carry out Mr ; Wxtsp > f ' s view's with regard to j the ; license-tax ; , but he acknowledges that there may be ; great 1 difficulty in doing so unless the new Finance Minister vigour- ! ously follows , up the steps of Ixis predecessor . The incometax is now iri full operation , add although tvyo or three years must . elapse-before any opinion can be formed of the extent to '; which it will meet the anticipations of its founder ^ the ma- j chinery for collebtipn wilt probably admit of progressive improvement , and : some minor changes may alsobe effected . For gppd , orfpr eyji ,- ; -l | owever , vt ' j ' . 0 ^ iocpnie-t ^ x . / . Tii . rtst be tried for one year at any rate ,: and there does not appear much prpspecfc : pf being able to meet the financial emergencies in any other way . ¦ •' . ; but : at any rate the subject ; should be fully considered by gir Charles AVoop in connexion with the appbititinent pf an ¦ p f ^ c ^ r . : ;\ vliipv- . -- ' un 4 cr ' .. - . th e' ¦ trips t favourable circumstaticeSj will find tnore than ordinary difficulty in either continuing orabandbning a tax vyhich , in this country ' , was at first considered equally p . bjeetionable ; Mr . ¦ . ¦ L ' Aika > the present I Treasury Secretary , ' has bepri . spoken of as the most likely person to be selected ,, to dif' 3 cbai"gc ! the i-espqnsiblg arid arduous dujty of managing the finances of . India ; Mr . Lowe , the member for paine , has also -been mentioned ; but it is premature ' ¦¦ to speculate en the choice cf Sir pH . vntTRs Wocp , as iiv all probability many interests will require tp ^ be consulted .. The post ; of Ghanoeilor ; of the Exchequer in hitlia . is one . qf , High hpnpvir , andtlie emolument ; is also rich ; there will conse--que-Vx'tJljibo no dojurth pf cahdulatcs ; , l ? ut it ' will bo altogether axiTipardoriablp if any dilettanti financier is selected . 'Hie man > vhp . aspires to ,, such dignity should be oblo to comprehend the various bearings of Indian Jiabils and prejudices ) neither of which can bo safely exposed . Co . ; suddori cliangos , Except in , caso . s of Ipiperial necessity One po ' uili , nt aiiy rate , my & i bo insistocliijjcm Svitlibiifi , hesitrttioa ; ib must l > c distinctly iindQiv stood thitt tho ¦ '' ¦ ¦ Fi iitineo Ministev wjll bo Toquire'd to sqhd \ homQ'pqriodlcal sfcnliomcnfis of inooino and pxp ^ ndituvo in a form winch Svill admit of full inyestignliion , Obsourity in acopu , nts is' only anothoi * naino forJjViiud ; and Mr . WrrsoN ¦ insist , eel . so strongly On an cflioiGnt . nlidit ., that any atfcoinpti at flip xiptiiol my ^ tifioation Av i t . h the Indian aocountjj will bo ¦ wel l i linderstood whon brought before tho ¦ House of Commons . It npponra strange tHtlt . so much liino , should bo lo ^ tiu , filling up . / mi . official nppoiivtmont whi ietlirav » lis . h j the otlu irhdu-ty ,, g » Juii » l , niul oi ' to-dny . 1 rJL : ho Onp nrtvlng ; no reupomie in tho . li . m « iu ) lufuit ; . but jii'OscnitiDy tho mouUly bone ^ of formali » rn ,. and 'grimly ^ WniiVudiiig the ^ roptmtiojiof hiincVos > t « 11 ua kUftO-r-Ptho other g'Qirtg ' Upwn to the ; ft ) u ^ dfttioi » s of GUrialifujity , nwl ¦ preitvwhiijg , ; i » v tho i \\ oo of . > ^ jjtpjiUhiB ^/ SiiuirwwhyV tilfx t gospel o ; f huirum ; ec ^ uiUi . ty , ; ; eb , , ; . ' ¦ ' ' ¦ '¦ ' : ' ¦ ¦ ' . " - ' ' / ' ; , /• ' ¦ '' ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ' " ' " ' ' ' ' . ' ¦ ' . '' .. : ¦• -. ' ¦ - .: ' : ' " ' . ' . . ' 1 ¦ ¦ ' ' i : ¦•¦ , . ' ' . ' . ¦ ¦¦ . 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      often covered over by the paraphernalia of churchcraft . The bud parson invokes the terrors of the law , the good parson . appeals to the consciousness of the human heart , and both in r their way achieve succe 5 s —the one comes triumphant from the , Law Court , and the other successfully beards the Squire in his den ; . Morally speaking , there is however , the greatest . : difference in the two kinds of success ; for the bad parson carries home a victory that will burn his fingers , while the good one enjoys a triurnph that will add to his power of ministering ' with beneficial effect . j The story of the Norfolk parson , Mr . Neal , will be found ! detailed at length in another article . We k-now nothing cf him as an individual , and confine bur remarks entirely to his public aj > - I pearances . In private life he may be a combination of scholarly \ j uttaiiimehts and Christian graces—ii fortunate mixture of Greek j hexameters , Hebrew commandments , and apostolic injunctidhs ; a man apt at paying his . batcher , daydling his babies , and doing the amiable to his -wife . Beyond this he , may be charitable with silver coinage and golden advice , but lie entertains' certain dogmatic opinions , which , to our minds , make him ' very bad as a parson , -however-excellent as a ¦ ¦ ¦ man . ' . ' ; '¦'• ¦ .. ¦ ¦ "• . ¦ ' ¦ ' ... ' ¦ . . ' . ' ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . - ¦ : ' ¦'

      | Mr . ISeat . e is determined to enforce a doctrine which scarcely any one believes- —that of baptismal regencratiori , with its corrollary affirmation of the awful consequences of dying unbaptized . It may be true . that ' . a clergyman is not permitted to ieacl the Church burial service over any one . who he- 'knows has died without . ¦ . haying had that ceremony duly performed ; but his conduct- in prosecuting and perse-. ¦ euting- -a- ' -pp 6 r- > ron ' ia ^ hody of her own infant , must strike any , right ^ liearted man as a liar . sii and criieL ' exhibition of intolerance and ' priest- . craft . Q ut of tlie thousands sincere ' Churchmen ¦ who take their eliildi-eu to be t ) . aptize ; 1 , There are not many dozens who seriously believe that the' sprinkling of a-little-. ¦; ; Srkter by a professional gentleman is stifficient ; to determine , whetiierdeatli sliall cDnsigu ail innocent' infant to eternal happiness ; -. ov everlarSting ^^ pains ; and if so ' ihoiistrpus a dpctrine . ' . Aye-re , comnionlyreceived iii this country , instead of sending missionaries toAfrica we ought to cbmmissipii DnliiyiNG-- .. ' . . stoxe to procure iis a few teachers from her savage tribes . Mr . JfiSA ^ av knows perfeetly Avell that the great mass ofProtestant . Christiansiiiook upon baptism as a sacred synibpl , and not ias a , process of priestly coirjuration ,, a clerical ; hocus .. pocus ^ hich caii ^ ork . the stuperaclohs miracle of opening ox : clpsing . the gates of' Heaven 6 r llelL-. JSvery prie will App laud the pitrents , whose love and ¦ rcligi . ous '/ . feelings-despised . ' . ilus tmchristia ^ and iuh ^ inan eanfe / Th tion , stand- condeinnGd ¦ in ; - any ppurt of cpns ^ iencu in which tlie Aoyil is not thejudge .. ' . ' ; Iftlie . magistrates , thought , themsolves bound , in law toconvictj thcy ^ w / . " " in a sentence inrolying throo cl-iiys ' ' .. imprispiicmont , -as . the , : alternative of . payiirgwhat . . to the -poor . afflicitod . ; fathGr' rtncl mother ^ -m % b vith pcouliivr fulclity and zoal .. H ad ¦ ¦¦ '¦' . 13 ) 6 coromeny boon- an lH 3 iiGst ; 4 iqar | c <; l . thiug ' tho i ; ev . cipieats oi \ tho rowitrds > vould have botin , treated with ; great Qourlosy and voifpect . Instentl of this they'wevo shuffled iiV nnd but ; of . tho roonv in si manner >\ 4 violi iuducod a good p ; irson \ c ^ the looality td pour foi- 'tli" a iittl ( i Christian doctrine , ; tliat scemotl rank bl'isplxemy to tlio Siciulroavcliiosil ears ; we , wi , U let tho good piiisoii toll his own story : : " I -would tonlux-o /' - Riiid tli , e Ilovcrend Dr , ¦ Bowltrs , , V most rcspuoilfully lo Suggest to tl » o mom . bors of this spoi ' oty an nltctratipn , wliiolv X Uijulc avqiiUI Ihj , iv greiit impTOYonionr , in , tho modo < if distributing tho rownvds to , your farm ltibquiprs raid domc ^ tio sorvanl s , Uudoi : lh « present tlr « vangeniont- those wh ' . hm' you ( laoni worthy o |* so grout y p clbl'iixotibix nra hmlttlucl in ' nnd huddlod out of tho room witl * litfclo inovQ-rrmiy , with Hot ho m \\ Q \ x gbsorviinpo as tho pi-ino _ oiitt ' lq iii . your show-yard , nnd "hnyo soitrcdy tiiutv nllwwva - thorn to packet th ' yiv towiuxT ,, and gulp cl . y ^ yn . ' u gli » ff » .- »^ wuks Umlmivkt } " flif . lt oxiti . I think , ihn ' t . you will . Mgiv .-u \ vit ( i mes , that tliis jl . a nn oo cnBio jv " w . hcn ¦ tlu « vtoh and th . o pom-, Uus omriloyojr un < l . thu oniplovud , ¦ liini-t toffoihor on suinothing Ulcb nix ucj i in lily . I wuu ' W , tliovoMTcv niko tho Ubqrty oi ftugfloatiripT ' tlinc wlmir tlu ^ . (? ujn < 3 up ( . p ruo ^ vo tlxoir , re ! vH ; r < il « : tho patr ^ n-ol ? m # > optety » Uo . w . l ^ H | n »^ W >>' ¦ voquofibMtl

      Oct. 13, 186qj The Saturday Analyst And ...

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 13, 1860, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13101860/page/5/