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JMo. . 400 ^ ISq^mpbb.21, 1857.] THE LEA...
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THE THIRD SESSION OF IS57. Three times w...
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BRITISH SUBJECTS IN NEAPOLITAN DUNGEONS....
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KEPRESENTA.TION OF TENSBURY. It is with ...
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Polish Mketing on India.—A meeting of th...
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Silt William Gore Ouseley's Mission. Lob...
¦ will proceed with a clear conception of the * treaiy - "basis which would satisfy his own Cabinet and that ; of "Washington . There are two main interests concerned — that covered by the cancelled ; treaty ; with tbe United States , and Honduras , Tespecting the general neutrality of Central America ; and that in connexion with the jSTew Grranada route . It has been established by general consent that the neutrality of the territory is essential to the commerce of the whole world . Beyond this , the ground lies open "before the diplomatists ; and if Sir Wilxiam Ouseley recognizes the necessity of erecting Aspiaivall . and Panama into independent municipalities , it is clearly not for the New Granada Grovernment to set up its forfeited claims in opposition to rights which have been acknowledged in England and America . The demands of the United States are for redress and security . Into this question Sir "William Guselet may not be able to enter as an envoy , although he may mediate ; but ,
having ascertained the views of Mr . BurciiAKAif , he -will , if the G-eneral . Neutrality dispute be settled , be in a position to reconcile the litigating Governments , and lay the first stone of that political partnership spoken of at New York by Lord JS-apieb . He is a ready and acute diplomatist , and has had considerable experience ; but it is his highest qualification that he enters upon his mission , not to defeat any one , or to gain special advantages anywhere ; the object of diplomacy is , for once , to put a permanent end to contention .
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JMo . . 400 ^ ISq ^ mpbb . 21 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 1119
The Third Session Of Is57. Three Times W...
THE THIRD SESSION OF IS 57 . Three times will . Parliament have met in the year 1 S 57 . Tlie third session may be the most important . There will be some men present who were not there when the doors closed in the last days of August—Jonsr Beiqut , " W . J . Fox , and other Liberals of the solid , stamp -and there will l > e Barons
MIoaulay and Ebttbt among the peers . The subjects that will probably engage attention are , the Bank Charter Act , the Indian Military , Itebellion , and Parliamentary Reform—the last coihiripj in for no more than a few dropping shots , since , of course , the Government has nothing to say , and it will not be time for the Liberals to make any move .
But thii Bank Act will bring down the Economists in force , and make ua regret that some of the most practical among them are not in Parliament . Then , with respect to India , there will of course be a coruscation of Ministerial fireworks over the fall of Delhi , the reinforcement of the garrisou at Lucknow , the gradual recoil of the insurrection , the probable arrival of troops , and tho aurora of military glory which has brightened in -A'sin , and . newly-bimrished the British arms . It is understood that MJr . DrsnAEU
"will present himself with a lecture modelled after the printed remains of Eu-31 UN 3 ) Bujikis , with a peroration carefully distorted from Silk hid A . N , a touch of dragon ' s blood from CirA . TKA . UBitiA . Ni ) , and a radiant interpolation from Vot / ney's Ruins of Empire . Conscientious members who ioills \ t at the
debates , must expect to watch tho minute-hand of tlie clock while canopies , pagodas , dusky millions , gorgeous palacea of tho Moguls , and standard-bearing races movo with processional slowness out of tho Asian mouth , with an impeached minister bringing up tho roar , and ringleted statesmanship- calling upon indi t
an gnanpeople to savo an endangered an mmgnant people to savo an endangered empire . ' Other and more serious matters may bo pressed with regard to tho honours pinched , oil' the corners of , tho Crown for heftfcowal upon Lawuenod , Havjelogk , and Wilson . If these commanders were venal , and served their country for the sake of
reward- —which they do not , and this enhances their claim—they would take a lesson . Lose a Light Brigade , and it will be worth as much ( to the loser ) as capturing Delhi . Escape out of action , and come home to get yourself painted on a -window-blind as spurring over a blazing barricade of cannon , and leave Lucknow to , its fate ; you will outstrip Havelook and avoid his risks . But then HAVEiiOCK and Wilsok are not peers of the realm . They must perform great services ,
since they have no great-connexions . Possibly they and their comrades will be thanked by Parliament , Ibut if their unornamental names had been embossed with titles , how the municipalities would have vied in voting their praises ! The funeral orations of 1 STjiil and NiCHOXSON are pronounced in five lifeless lines in the London Gazette . Lastly , unless the independent members are dummies , they will insist upon , knowing how Ldrd-. PAiiiiEitSTON accounts for his
abandonment of two Englishmen at Naples , and perhaps may elicit a point or two of information , about the Danubian Principalities . Sir GrJEoao-E G-bey , if he have any foresight , will come down to explain the Poojjey case , and justify the imprisonment of a poor , weak-witted labouring man for twenty-one months , with hard labour , for using profane
and crazy language—six months being allotted because the helpless fellow spoke foolishly and coarsely to the police-officer who arrested him . This is a case too flagrant to be passed over ,, and the House of Commons will hear of it . Indeed , there is , at least ; one party in . the Legislature which will not he so conciliatory as during the last session , when the new Parliament was on its trial trip .
British Subjects In Neapolitan Dungeons....
BRITISH SUBJECTS IN NEAPOLITAN DUNGEONS . The contrast is really scandalous between Lord Paij 3 JJ 3 RSton ' s patriotic nourishes at the Guildhall and his un-English submission to outrage at jSTaples . Here is a Minister of the Crown thundering out defiance to all comers , and warning states and nations to be careful how they venture to rouse the noble indignation of England , and even while he is speaking two Englishmen are lying in a prison at Naples , in contravention of the public law of the world , and in unconcealed contempt of our authority . There is a whisper about instructions sent out to Admiral Lyons , but , whatever may be in contemplation , nothing has yet been done , and our countrymen have been in captivity since July last . It is intolerable tbat the Government , blustering out its boasts of power , should permit the country to be thus- degraded by the insolent brutality of u , king supported by mercenaries
alone . No form of justice is pleaded to explain the detention of the two English engineers . They are accused of no crime . They have not even been sentenced by a Neapolitan tribunal , which regards an indictment as the means , and a conviction as the end . They have merely fallen by accident into tho clutches of Jb ^ EBDiNAND II ., and it is his pleasure to show the world how he can maltreat
tho subjects of Great Britain , in spite of hex strength , in spite of her navy , in spite of her Champion Minister . The glasses jingle , and ladies wave their cambric , and norid civic faces burn with Kulo-Britaniria prides Imt our squadron promenades in Mediterranean waters , and wo have not a Hnc-of-battle ship
to Bpi \ ro to enforce the protection of our fellow citizens . One of thorn attempts suicide ; tho other is tortured into frenzy ; both arc denied communication with tho English consul ; their treatment is cruel and humiliating . Our Pitt , our Chomwkli ., our Bi < a . k : b among statesmen , waves his arms nncl shouts to the Guildhall revellers , " Coino , the four
quarters of the world , in arms ! " but the belligerent challenge ? dies away in the groan of our English , fellow citizens illegally and infamously immured at Naples . " The simple people of Naples , " says a writer in . the Daily JFews , " cannot understand how a nation like England can put up with this sort of thing . " Of course not . They do not comprehend that we , being independent , have nothing to do with bur Administration , and that , provided we have a Premier who will bellow bis *
words at a- banquet , we do not object to see one or two of our countrymen chained , trampled on , starved , and driven mad by a gatng of Swiss gaolers . We , as represented by the Government , do not even insist that the two men should , be tried , and naturally enough ' the Liberal Neapolitan treats with disdain the notions of support from a country
which cannot protect its own subjects . ' "When Parliament meets , not a day will elapse before Lord Palmeeston is asked to explain what he has done for the Englishmen in a criminal dungeon . It would be prudent for him to anticipate discussion by transmitting an order for a frigate or two to proceed from . Malta to Naples . The new telegraphic wire gives him . every possible facility .
Kepresenta.Tion Of Tensbury. It Is With ...
KEPRESENTA . TION OF TENSBURY . It is with sincere regret we learn that MJT . Dtjncombe ' s strength continues to fail , and that it seems scarcely possible that lie should retain his Parliamentary position . Speculations are already afloat with respect to the representation of IPinsbury in the event of Iris retirement . The names of Mr . Muter G-rBSOir , Mr . Tobbens M'Ctjix ; a . gb , and ¦ pthe ' rv gentlemen , are mentioned ; but these anticipations are necessarily vague . We trust it is not too late to hope that a favourable change may preserve for this important and advanced borough the services of a representative so devoted , honest , and unflinching as Mr . Duncombh .
Polish Mketing On India.—A Meeting Of Th...
Polish Mketing on India . —A meeting of the Polish Historical Society was held at Sussex Chambers , Duke-street , St . James ' s , on Tuesday , the third anniversary of the death of Lord Dudley . Stuart . Major C . Szulczewski , who waa in tlie chair , alluded to the Indian revolt ; spoke highly of the liberality of the English Government in India ; and denied that the mutiny could be classed -with the uprising of oppressed nationalities , such as Poles , tho Hungarians , and the Italians . Major Gielgud followed on the same side ; and resolutions were passed , expressing sympathy -with England under her present circumstances , and pledging the meeting to contribute , as far as it could , to the Indian Relief Fund .
The Slave Tjkade . —The slave trade is reported as becoming quite brisk on the west coast of Africa . Her Majesty ' s screw steam-sloop Alecto has captured four slavers lately , one with a small quantity of specie on . board for the ; purchase of cargo . Her Majesty ' s sloop Sappho has driven one slaver on shore and rescued three hundred and fifty slaves ; about one hundred and fifty more were reported to be drowned and missing . Tho slaver was afterwards burnt as she lay on . the boaclu
Tiik West Indies . —There is little of importance to record from the West Indies , excopt in connexion with Barbadoes , where all people were in . exultation at tho favourable change in tho weather , which was bringing forward the growing crops admirably . Trade generally was very brisk , and tho health of the island was good . A subscription list had been opened in aid of the Indian Fund . At Antigua , the sugar crop promises to be abundant . Trade at Demerara was . dull . Fighting was going on at St . Domingo on tho 27 th and 28 th ult .
Mkktiko of PARL . IAMB 3 T . — A ltoynl 'Proclamation was published on Monday in a supplement to ^ tho tlazt ttc Extraordinary of Saturday , fixing Thursday , tho .-Inl of December , as the day for tho assembling of Parliament , " notwithstanding the same now stands * prorogued to the 17 th of December . " Tho preamble stntos th : it , "for divers weight } ' and urgent reasons , it seems to us expodiont" that Parliamimt shall assemble sooner than Uiu lust-men tinned day . ANcmiKU , Highway TsVvmnm . — A furmar , named Sullivan , got into a quarrel with aomo nien in a publichouso . After he had quitted this plnco , ho wae attacked on tho highway by these persons , and beaten till tho brains protruded from his lioad . Ho lingered for a short time after bo was found ; but the ohho was hopeless from tho first . Tho murderers uvc not yet in cuatodv .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21111857/page/15/
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