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— ¦¦ ' ' - . .. , . ¦ LITERATURE— ~~~ ' ¦ FIN ^ ARTS— INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESSREVIEW OF THE WEEK Library Chronicle of the Week 397 Exhibition of the Society of British Municipal TnstitntiOHS ; .......... + 08 . , .. . « OMTB I > tellioeml . oat t ¦ hi-UHftnitv in India 307 ' Artists i ; * Kotos on Indian Progress 4 (!< . l G $ ffiKftiT » V and Police ^ American ' tileVat ^ e V . Y . T . \\ : \\ 3 OT ¦ ' In 8 titJig « i < tf Fine Arts , Portland Latest Indian IntclllgcHce ...... 401 , ' ? aCiff ^ rt -::::::: ¦ :::::: S Sl ^ ^ .:::::::::::::: ! l o $ ^ - ^^ r ::. v . " :. ™ c ^ mercul-AccStsA ....:::.::..,...::.. ** Postscript 400 THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS- The Trade ofTwo Jlontlis ...... 40 ^ ^ S ^^ oWNc ^ - ^ PUBuc affairs- . f ^ A ^ : ^ r ^^ ::::: ^ ^^^^ ::::::::::: ^ SSS & SK 25 :::::::::::::: S ^ -gSS ^ 8 SS ^ :::: ± ::: ffl r ^^ Sf ! S ? . ? . ^?~! ^ ^^ B « - ^^^ 2 ORIdlNAL CORRESPONDENCE- Crimes at Sea .. 401 St . . James's Hall *?*» . ptoCk 8 and Wiaii-V """ . I" I " - ' . ' . ' . ' . ' France M * The Forlorn Hope ... 402 Chips .... ... ¦ V'l * ifaiiwiv Intclli"cneo ... . 41 : } Thf > 4 KortfanE . xilcs ... m Street View * of Italy-No . 3- Major Godfrey Khodes on lent j ^ n ^ Stoek Gompanios . !!! .... I ! 4 Kt Political 3 rc . e « nffs " ..... 35 > o Iieffhorn—Pisa—Florence 403 ¦ Arehitectare ™ ] Gcnerai Commercial Summary .. 414 Cottonin India f 390 . Mutual Assurance Societies ..... 401 Crystal Palace w ' « - "^ " - J
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Nqp . - .. THE Legislature is engaged in the work of national stock-taking , with a view to a re-distribution of the gains of Progress . Whatever doubts there may be as to the sincerity with which the heads of the Government have set about the work , there is no sort of doubt that the work itself is rightly demanded by the country , and that it must be done in a way to meet , as nearly as possible , tlie justice of the demand . In the three nights * debate which has already
taken place on the ' motion for the second reading t ) f the Government bill , crossed by Lord John Russell ' s resolution , we have abundant proof that the demand for Reform is the healthy and legitimate consequence of the great social changes which have taken place in the quarter of a century which has elapsed since the last settlement of the Reform question , and that the repi-esentatives of the people are both competent and willing to enforce the popular claims in spite of party policy or party necessities- On the first and second nights of the debate it was
plain , that while the best speaking was with Ministers , ' . the -weight , both of argument , fact , and feeling , was against them . Su * . Edward Bulwer Lytton , on Tuesday evening , achieved an * oratorical triumph such as has not been surpassed within the present generation , if Ave judge by the effect it produced in the House ; hut the argument of his speech , admirably illustrated and enforced as it was , only went to show that the . country has no right to look to Conservatives for a large and liberal mepsure of reform . His answer to the demand of the working classes is this : by accepting Lord John Russell ' s amendment , which asks the House to resolve that no
Reform Bill will be satisfactory to the country , if it does not provide for an extension of the franchise downwai'ds—he says , ' * By accepting this amendment you commit yoursul £ ; to a pledge to the working olass—a . pledge which you . can never redeem to their satisfaction until you have p laced capital and knowledge at the command of impatient poverty and uninstructoci numbers . " There wns " frantic cheering" at the enunciation of this Tory gospel , wo are told by one commentator on the events of Tuesday night's debate ; but the aggregate intelligence of the country does not , and will not , ratify this maxim of ?* little faith . "
Upon the whole , however , it is romai'kablo how little has . boon made of the standard Tory objection to Reform , that it is simply a demand of " domocr ' aoy ; " the defence of the Consorvativoa is now , rather that the middle classes are ¦ committing a great mistake in lending their countenance to the enfranchisement of the " dangerous" classes . It is ingenious . But of all classes , the middle is boat able to judge of the tttness of the woi'king class to bo entrusted with the franchise ; and their voice is unhesitatingly given in favour of the intelligent working man , whoso intelligence , indeed , is as undeniable as « ny other great established fact in history .
named as the probable representative of France . One of the conditions to the proposed Congress is that it shall be held in some neutral state , and Aix-la-Chapelle is suggested as the _ most convenient , and , upon the whole , unobjectionable place for its assembly . Meantime , Count Cavour has left Turin , on hi 3 way to Paris , at the invitation of the Emperor . Meantime , also , preparations on both sides of the Alps are dangerously ripe . The other day an Austrian patrol found itself "by accident" on the Piedmontese side of the . Ticino , and the Government of Turin has pointed out to Austria the danger of the present crowded state of--the frontier with Austrian soldiers-. . Vast stores of- 'forage are collected on the French side of the Alps , and an army of at least 120 , 000 men is ready between Besancon , Lyons , . and Grenoble . - "Whatever hopes of peace may be indulged , the attention of the French , Austrian , and Sardinian Governments is not for a moment diverted -from the work of
preparation for war , . A decree in the jlbniteur of Tuesday is deeply interesting to the Protestants of this country . For some time past there has been painful excitewent among the Protestant communities' of several towns of France , in consequence of the interference of the municipal authorities with the right of public worship .. The Imperial-will has cut the knot of the difficulty short by orderin" -that , henceforth , in the opening of now places
of worship , Catholic and Protestant shall bo placed exactly on the same footing ; both will have to get an order , from the Government , the council of state being pledged ^ to protect thu religious rights of both communities . The Neapolitan exiles : have many of them reached London , and nothing Qan exceed the sympathy which has been manifested for them , T ><> th m public and in private , by all clasps . TIki people of London were prepared to have innde a great demonstration in behalf of the eauso for
The powerfully urged advice of Mr . "VValpole as well as Mr . Horsman is , that the Government bill should be allowed to make its way into committee ; once there , it may ,, they both affirm , be made into a really popular measure , such" a one as the thoughtful watchers of progress will accept with satisfaction . Let this be done , they say , and the whole responsibility will be thrown upon
the shoulders of Ministers , if--they reject-the modified measure . Mr . Disraeli ' s answer to Mr . Mitchell , as to whether Ministers are determined to stand by the principle of uniformity of franchise , the present basis of their bill , seems to impl y their inclination to adopt the course thus pointed out to them ; he said , that there is nothing in the Government measure which is not open to the candid consideration-of the House .
Qf course , the other business of the Tlouse commands only secondary consideration ; it has , however , not been -without interest . The result of the division on the Edinburgh Annuity Bill once more made manifest the ministerial weakness . The second reading of Mr : Black ' s bill for abolishing that piece of ecclesiastical extortion hroiight out a show of Government defence ; the Lord Advocate pleaded for forbearance , on the ground that he had a bill of his own ia prepai'ation ; but under the advice of Mr . Bright , Mr . Black went to a division , and the result was that Ministers found themselves outvoted by 40 votes , or 216 against 179 .
By the publication of a supplement to the Gazette of Thursday evening , we have official corifirniation oF the news brought by all the late Indian mails , that the war in India , so far as the forces immediately under the cominand of Lord Clyde are concerned , is ended . . Lord Canning is to receive a Grand Cross of the Bath , and to be advanced ' a step in the peerage . The work , however , is not wholly finished ,. although the rewards aro given . There are still rebels in the field .
m r « * m * . i * ^ . ¦ * . it . . 1 _ ^ i . . 1 . , 1 Tnnti'a Topee still evades pursuit ,, the last "heard of him being that he had escaped with 300 chosen horsemen into Hindostan . A part of his forces were , however , fallen upon on the 10 th of February , at Koosana , and between 200 and 300 of them killed upon the field . From Nepaul very minute indications of the spot at which ho and his companion , the Begum , are " known to be" ; hut , for unexplained reasons , the two remain uncaptured .
which they-have-. endured such . enormous wronu ; and suffering ; . but a part of tlic exile : ! have published a letter , in which , while ox preying , their grateftil sense of the sympathy and kindness , with which they have been -welcomed to JJnylartd , they beg to decline the offered demonstration . A second lettei' , written by another party of tli . ' exiles , expresses dissent from the conelu .-iioii of their companions , conceiving that , at tho pivru'iit juncture , the expression of English opinion on ( !>• . ) Hubject of Neapolitan tyranny would bn ot ' tji ^ greatest service to the cause of I ' tiilinn t'in njcj (< . ition .
At the end of lust week it became known that Russia had taken a decided and enlightened course , of aotion on the question of the Italian difficulties . This courso is to propose to lTrance the foi'mation of a Congress of the five great Powers . On Saturday last , it was known that the Emperor of the French had g ^ ven his adhesion to the proposal , and smco then it has become known that England and Prussia have agraod . Up to
Of domestic news there is IHtlo that , calls for special notice . The result of thu prououdin . ^ in the case of tho Reverend Al / Vml l ' onlc ? nwy bo referred' to with satisfaction . It is n liiii ^ ninblo thing whoh there is the least appoamni-o < it , ju « - tice being denied to any app licant i that whmiwlint appeared to bo the case with regard U ; Mr . look-. lie has now obtained the Imiuiry wlniili liu n ; ii . l had boon denied him , and tho rusult if , that Uui Archbishop has confirmed the soutanuo pa » W upon him by the late Bishop . of London . Wo are not disposed to . quostion tho justice of ta . i present decision ; what wo havw all ninny cim > - tended for in Mr . Poolo ' s case has bocn , impartial and unquestionable justioo .
yesterday thoro had been no bflioial notification of tho adhosion of Austria ; but tho Mbnitaut ; of Friday , states that her adhosion has actually been given , subject , wo believe , to some small conditions . The ohiof difficulty in the way of the course proposed lias in the fact that Austria I'QjfusQS to admit Sardinia , to bo represented in the Congress ; but it is believed that tho Emperor Nnpoleon has undertaken to soo that Sardinia is effectively represented . The Prinoe Napoloon ie
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Leader (1850-1860), March 26, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26031859/page/3/
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