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    THE LEADER.

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    The Leader.

    THE LEADER .

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    __ ' - •¦ -- ¦ — " —~~ ~ " r ^~ - f » mit arts— INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESSREVIEW OF THE WEEK- * aoe India ' J 04- a ^ cellluies .. - H ° Sir CharlesTrevelyah and the . . « s =: es === s i - ^ m ^ = ^ sp ^ : i Courts * w South American States 105 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- COMMERCIAL-- . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ „ Ireland ^ Hopes and Fears of War 113 a New '' Hansa" Wanted ......... 120 Haval and Mihta ^ . _ .... i »| LITERATURE- Diokenes at Sheffield ... 113 General Trade Report . ; MStSsBe ^ Effi- SSS ^ S ^^ e : ^ SSg & S * SSCtt . s £ - BS £ § g ^ TKas ~ ' . sfetfSSS ::::::::: 53 . . gl ^^^ EiS . -. '? K % SiS »« ™ . ^^» f ! EE « Miscellaneous 105 ¦ T ^ SS ^ fh ^ T " Voioe '' ' aud ' 1 J > ° Biographies of ' Germa ^ Princes ' . 116 Cqmmercia ^ Bank or l ^ nd ' on " . '" Postscript U 2 speech ...... Ifl 9- ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE- The City Bank 123 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . A ( Snide to Typography ........ ; ... 109 Prance , 117 ^ hareTanl ^ to cks "" 124 Continental Notes . 103 ___ g li ^ gi ! l :, jr ^ .- ^ n ^ l" : i 2 J- = ¦ G 6 rmany ¦ . ¦ 11 :: 1 ^ :: - ^ 1 : " ? Shares and btocks -us *

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    m ¦ ] l MISREPRESENTATION , unintentional as well 1 11 as designed , was the rock constantly ahead of Mr . Bright ' s Reform bark . That danger he has , to a great extent , done away by the publication of his Reform scheme in black and white . " Thrice is he ann' 4 that hath his quarrel just : " henceforth , then , let no man and no party arraign Mr . Bright upon any issue but the one he has himself defined . Let it be always borne in ' mind that Mr . Bright has not forced himself into the position which he now holds with reference to the Reform question ; and whether or not his Reform Bill finds acceptance in Parliament , the fact is indubitable that he has been deputed by a large number , of people , representing entire parties , and

    sections of other parties , to prepare such a measure of Reform as he tliiuks will meet the reasonable demauds of the country , and that he lias boldly and honestly done his best to discharge the duties he undertook to perform . His scheme is not in the least likely to bring all parties into a state of agreement , and before his bill is read a first time in the Hou'sc of Commons ( if it ever reaches that advanced stage of development ) it will be sifted and perhaps the greater part of its bulk blown away in particles , for it is not put forth in an absolutely fmal and unalterable state . Mr . Bright is not a finality man ..

    Such as the scheme is > Mr . Bright has done wisely to publish it . Mr . Bright docs not propose to add any moro members to the House of Commons ; his plan of Reform is ' uo tiling more than a redistribution of Parliamentary seats . Ho commences by taking away their members from sixtyfive boroughs in England , Wales , and Ireland ; and from Scotland ho takos away the elective faculties

    at present enjoyed by twenty-ono contributory boroughs , that is , boroughs that help to make up certain constituencies ; of these New Galway , the lowest , has fourteen ten-pound voters , and Invornry , the highest , has 123 , who huvo tho satisfaction of returning one-sixth of a member to reproscnt them in Parliament . Having thus made room in tho House of Commons , Mr . Bright proposes to rcfil the vacated scats as follows : —

    Sixty-nine boroughs , exceeding 8000 aud under 10 , 000 inhabitants , arc to return ono member onoh ; of theso , thirty-four at present return two members oftoU j they are eaoh , thoreforo , to lose ono member . With forty . ono of the larger boroughs , excooding 10 . 000 and undor 25 , 000 inhabitants , ho proposes not to meddle , oxoopt to divido throe of tho largest ; Sootoh groups , and to givo ono member to oaoh dlviHionj Kilkenny to have a second member . {¦ ovly , thrqo boroughs , oxooeding 25 , 000 and undor 51 000 inhabitants , of whioln » uteqn now only

    more friendly . Certainly the reports from Italy are less exciting . Austria has halted in the Tyrol the corps d ' armee which was to have entered Lombardy , and the Generals in command of her forces in Italy express their , ability to maintain order without reinforcements . With regard to Seryia , again , the news appears to be of an anti-bellicose kind . Explanations are said to have been made by Austria to the effect that she had no intention of doing anything contrary to the Treaty of Paris ; thai , on the contrary , in placing her troops at the disposal of the Turkish Commandaut of the fortress of

    Belgrade , she had expected that ofiicer to . communicate with the Sultan , who in turn , she expected , would communicate with the great Powers before availing himself of her offer of military assistance . From the side of Piedmont , the news refers almost wholly to the circumstances of Prince Napoleon ' s visit . He has been introduced to his future bride , with what results of liking or disliking the Court chroniclers have not thought it their business to inform us ; enough for them to tell us that the Prince is well affected by the Sardinians , that at a review of 1000 veterans of the Grand Army ,

    at which Prince Napoleon commanded , the air was rent with cries of " Viva il Re !" , " Viva il Imperatore ! " "Viva 1 ' alleanza ! " " Viva Italia ! >? Aud by a telegram , received late on Thursday night , they tell us that there is a belief in Paris that au " alliance , offensive and defensive , has been entered into between France and Sardinia . " So that , if that is true , of course it does not matter whether or not the young girl was pleased with her destined husband .

    return one member each , are to return two mem bers each . Twenty-three boroughs , exceeding 5 i , 000 and Under 127 , 000 inhabitants , of which three at present return one member each , and the rest two members each , are to return three members each . Twelve boroughs , exceeding 127 . -000 and under 270 , 000 inhabitants , of which one now ret urns four members , and the rest , including the Tower Hamlets , return only two members each , are to return four members each , each borough to be divided into two wards returning : two members

    each . Five great boroughs , with inhabitants exceeding 310 , 000 , and now sending to Parliament only two members each , are each to send six members , each borough being divided into two wards electing two members each . These boroughs arc Manchester , Liverpool ,. Glasgow , Finsburv , and Marylebone . Seven new boroughs arc to send nine members . to Parliament , Gravesend , Leamington , Sialybridge , Burnley , and Birkenliead , sending one each ; Chelsea aud Kensington two each .

    The English counties are to have eighteen additional seats . The two divisions of the West Riding of York to have six members , and the two divisions of South Lancashire four members . Eight additional members are to be given . to seven of the Irish counties ; Cork to have four instead of two members , the , rest three members instead of two . Some unimportant changes , with regard to the small county constituencies in Scotland , complete the scheme of redistribution .

    In tho changes proposed by Mr . Bright , one thing is strikingly observable : it is , that the agricultural interest is altogether passed over in favour of the groat manufacturing boroughs . Indeed , Mr . Bright says that he does not believe the agricultural part of the country cares two straws about the subject of Parliamentary Reform . Perhaps the discussion which took place lost session on the subject of the absurd forms of prayer

    Another hurried telegram , received yesterday morning , by the Morning Post alone of all the London papers , startled us by the reported death of the King of Naples . No confirmation was received up to tho hour of our going to press this morning , and therefore we know nothing more than what we have known for some days days past , that the King has been seriously ill . The contents of the Bombay mail do not add much that is new to our knowledge of tho progress of affairs in India ; they are not , however , destitute of interest . Tantia Topee still leads our troops the

    that encumber and ilcsccralc our ritual , would result in their quiet abolition by Royal warrant , published in the Gazette \ but this is what has happened . Wo arc no longer to bo cnllcd upon to offer up thanks to Heaven for the deliverance of King James aud his Parliament from the gunpowder puff , of Guido Faux and his confreres , nor to hold in prayerful recollection cither the " martyrdom " of Charles I . or the restoration of Charlos IL Even tho

    torold wild dance , ever escaping their utmost vigilance . Tho latost news of him is , that ho had sucked a place oallod Banswarra , seized ft fiold foroe and been joined by rocruits said to number 15 , 000 . This is quito tho old story of his . wonderful doings ; his resources appear to bo inexhaustible , his influonoo with tho peoples of Central India unlimited , for it sooma impossible to deny tho fact of his forces having been renewed again and again , after tho numerous defeats ho has sustained , uml when his fortunes soomocl all but hopeless . In Otulo thoro appears to have boon considerable notivity , tho most important results of whioh are said

    toise makes progress ; may wo not then still hopo to live to sco other reverent irrov . erenocs swept into tho dust-holo of oblivion P Tho news from abroad is this wook of a much moro snooifio character than it lias boon for somo weeks past . Tho relations of Friuioo and Austria , on whioh tho question of peaoo and war in Europe uppearod to hiugo , t \ ro said ( for wo arc still loft , pretty mugh at tho mercy of moro report ) to htxvo bocomo

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22011859/page/3/