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REVIEW OF THE. WEEK— j-aob Criminal Heco...
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THE Government of India Bill No. 3 is be...
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' The one Idea "which Hi 3 tory exhibits 33 evermore developing itself into greater distinctness i 3 the Idea of Humanity— -tiie iu ) I > io endeavour to ^ tturow down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-3 idedview 3 ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos . . J ^
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REVIEW OF THE . WEEK— j-aob Criminal Hecord .... 609 Sir James Brooke in Borneo ......... 614 j The History and Antiquities of Imperial Parliament 602 S i * JVr'Tl " ¦ " • Eeform Progress . 615 Lambeth .... 61 » The Orient ...... . ... 606 Aaval and Military 610 Day by Day at Lucknow ..... .... 619 The Indian Revolt ... 60 ( 5 Miscellaneous 610 OPEN COUNCIL- The House of Camelot ... 620 S ^ ffi- pJS ucTFrAlRsr-- " - ' - " - " ™ - ** ^ oya . Marriage Acts ............... 615 ^ S ^ ^^^^^ US ^^^ oi ^ z ^ -:--.-:: ^ *^ J ^? " * itics - ™ Ath 0 ^ LI I" ^ ~ filr the arts-State of Trader . ,:...:...:.::,. 603 OuVaSomuHhAmeVica ::: " -::: ell Ih ^ lS ^ C ^ u ^ in Frauee '" - " ' 1 lf Collccrts - - — - ¦ 620 GatK ^ rl ^^ India Bni . NumberTliree . ZZZ , Git 36 hvTWeStef" !! . " .: ™" . " ::::::: 61 ? : ' COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSliceCourts Y andil ° - « §"' ^ osiUonin China . 613 Peloponnesus 618 TheGazette 621 lice courts 60 S Moral Isolation of England .. .. 614 Mr . J . E . Reade ' a Novel 618 Citv Intelliironno . M » rTiot , « jto ««
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THE Government of India Bill No . 3 is being pushed 'forward-with vigour ,- . whether the task is grateful or not to Lord Derby ' s Cabinet . Part of one evening lias sufficed to get it over the second reading , notwithstanding , the lengthy and s ingularly interesting and inappropr iate speech of Mr . Biught . But the fact is , that the object of all parties is to get the bill into committee , when its details maybe finally overhauled . The main principles of the measure have been already settled ; nothing but the details of the machinery remains to be determined , and it is only a waste of words and of energy to labour at a discussion the proper moment for which has not yet arrived . The organization of the Council , with its mixture of elected and nominated members , -will , of course ; , be the crowning point of the discussion . According to the bill , eight members are to be nominated by the Crown , and seven at first elected by the Court of Directors of the East India Company from those who are of their own body , or have been of it , the subsequent elections to be by the Council itself . The salaries are proposed to be fixed at 1200 / . a year , with retiring pensions of 500 / . a year after ten years' service , and 800 / . a year after fifteen years' service . A proviso is to be inserted in the bill that the Council shall meet once a week ; and with respect to matters requiring secrecy , the Minister is to have the power of creating a secret committee . With regard to the finances , regular accounts are to be periodically laid before the House . There is one clause in the bill , empowering the Governor-General to appoint Lieutenant-Governors , which the Government propose to submit to the free discussion of the committee , holding themselves at liberty to abandon it if it be not liked . After all , the bill is a compromise , settled by all other parties as much as by Ministers . Another constitution is in suspense . The discussion of the London Corporation Regulation Bill has been adjourned , after a strong attempt on the part of Mr . Holt to reopen the entire question by getting it referred back to a select committee . His argument that "the revenues of the City are as much " property" as the incomes of private estates , carried little weight ; and , if we may judge from the feeling of the House , the Corporation has a right to expect no more than that Parlinment shall deal lonien with it . '" ' The Bishop of Oxford has asked for papers on
the subject of the exportation of Coolies from the British settlement at Hong-Kong , and is to have them . In the comments of the French press on the communications -which have taken place between our Government and that of France with reference to M . Regis ' s scheme of free emigration , we have been freely twitted with our own proceedings in the matter of the Coolies ; and it begins to appear that we are a great deal to much open to the charges brought against us . The Earl of Carnarvon frankly admitted that the papers when produced will tell a very ugly story . In spite of the regulations under . which the Chinese were shipped —or supposed to be shipped—to Cuba in English vessels , the rate of mortality between the years 1 S 47 ' and 1857 was no less than fourteen and a half per cent ., while in special instances it had far exceeded , that frightful average . In these exceptional cases , the Earl of Caunabvoi * explained , the ships had cleared out of Hong-Kong after having complied with the necessary regulations , but had surreptitiously increased the number of the " emigrants" on board ; and he said , "he was afraid that there was hardly a single device . which 3 iad not been resorted to to procure these emigrants . They had been drugged with opium , kidnapped , bribed , and openly bought . " In one case , " the unfortunate Chinese who had been enticed on board under false pretences , were landed on the beach if they fell sick , it being too expensive to treat them medically ; they were left uncared for , and some were in fact devoured by dogs and swine , while many expired from sheer hunger . " Lord Brougham : says emphatically that there is nothing to be done but to prohibit utterly the exportation of Coolies ; but if the traffic is so > profitable as to seduce British captains engaged in the regulated conveyaucc of " emigrants" to resort to every sort of device for carrying on a trade in men under cover of their ostensible calling , prohibition will do nothing but " on horror's head horrors accumulate , " for nine-tenths of the miseries endured b y the unhappy slave on his voyage are to be set down to the shifts and devices resorted to by the slavers in order to escape detection . At any rate , the production of the promised papers will put us face to face with the truth of one part at least of the slave subject , and that will move us forward one long step on the way towards settlement . Mr . Milnek Gibson has erot the House of Co «» mons to express a strong opinion on the subject of tlic Duty on Paper : if it has not pledged itself to ao away the impost oif hand , it has decided , with
the concurrence of the . CirAN . CEi . LOB . of the Exchequer , that " the maintenance of the excise on paper as a permanent source of revenue would be impolitic . * ' Trom this result it follows , that whenever it shall be quite convenient for the Chancellor of the Exchequer—whoever he might be—to give up the 1 , 400 , 000 / . which the Treasury draws from this tax , the duty upon paper will be abolished . The advantage in the shape of cheapened books and newspapers are obvious enough ; but there is pro mise of more direct satisfaction to be opened up to adventurous Chancellors of the Exchequer : it is that the extension of paper-making , which will inevitably result , Will , by increasing tlie means of a large body of workmen , lead to an increased consumption of taxed commodities amply sxifficient to secure the revenue from loss . Lord Gode rich's Registration of Partnerships Bill was . discussed on Wednesday afternoon , on the motion for a second reading , and ' withdrawn , on the understanding that the subject should be referred to a select committee next year . The measure proposes to remedy the evils , real or possible , in cases where persons trade xmder assumed lur . ncs ; the assumption being that , in such cases , purlies giving credit to the persons so trading arc dctiling . in the dark , and liable to be imposed upon ; ami I ho remedy proposed by the bill is compulsory registration by every member of every trading firm . Tnulers arc afraid that the measure will be inquisitorial : they dread the question , " Who is Co . /"' and s ! ill more the necessity to answer the question . A very large majority in the House of Commons , on Tuesday evening , carried a resolution , moved by Lord Hoxiiam , to the effect that it is against the usage , and derogatory to the dignity of the House , " that any of its members should bring forward , promote , or advocate in the House any proceeding or measure in which he may have acted or been concerned for or in consideration of any pecuniary fee or reward . " Lord Hoxham's motive in bringing forward his resolution was above suspicion of personal bearing , however it bore upon the legal members . The result of the inquiry into lite case of Mr . Butt was accepted as the most satisfactory that could have been arrived at ; ami the resolution now adopted by the House is a sufficici ^^ cjriio ^ those wlio have been wont to uflinn / ' ^ 'f \ ^ ^ % ^ * - •' cacy of Members » e ^ . . { 35 H ^' st ^^ v &| l "' .. . va x'urjjnmcnt is M bfflbT ^^& « $ k " " ' ' payment of a retaining fee . If ^/^ l ^ l ^ o ^ Kijlrt'M £ . mentary agent docs exist , it must ^\\ i mji ^ S ^ m ^ \^ ' - vcry direful . r-l ' ^^> 1 P | IM ^ According to Lord « 1 Sd ^ alA $$ feT- &^) E ^ r ^ N 'Hy " ~
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061858/page/1/
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