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PKOROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. The only matt...
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While The Turkish Government Is Reported...
peoples were less compelled to watch with distant awe the movements of crowned and titled persons , in order to learn from them by divination—not unlike that with which the Rorntos Jiopljted intp the intestines of . a split fowl—Mid team from such portents the fate of nations ! - . A foreign invasion of England is threatened : there is again a dry of cholera ; but as yet the plague is too far JsJbrth to cause much
alarm . Coming from Persia , the cholera has ravaged Moscow and St . Petersburg * Posen and Warsaw , Copenhagen and Christiania ; and is now reported at Archangel and Hamburgh . How soon it may overleap the German Ocean is matter for conjecture ; but warning has now been fairly given to all dwellers in dirty places , all managers of sewers , and municipal corporations , to make them as sweet and wholesome as time may permit . These shocks from abroad are salutan r .
Meanwhile , Death has been busy among the veterans . Soon we shall have to look forward for a new race of leaders of men in the perilous strife of war . Adam and Saltoun , men who fought and commanded at Waterloo , and Cockburn , who knew what it was to earn words of praise from the lips of the great sea-captain of our century , have passed away , dying peaceful
deaths far from the carnage of battle . And one of their former foes—General Montholon—who shared that captivity of Napoleon to which Cockburn conducted the fallen conqueror — he , too , has sunk to rest j while report whispers that the Napier of Indian wars lies awaiting only the final stroke . Bransby Cooper , also , distinguished alike as the alleviator of human sufferings in war and peace , has gone to his grave .
Brutal crimes continue to be rife among us , especially those connected with marriage relations . Husbands beating and even murdering their wives , are among our commonest criminals . It will behove the magistrates to put the law in force with more vigour ; and Government must see if it cannot devise some mode of either preventing these demoralising incidents of city life , or of punishing them severely when committed .
We should be a greater nation if we pursued and eradicated the low vices that deprave and demoralize our poor , and paid less attention to the crimes against " property "—sacred idol ! Unquestionably , a man may nearly kill his wife , and escape with six months' imprisonment ; but if he steal a watch or forge a signature , he lives some years at her Majesty ' s expense , with other gentlemen of like breeding and vocation . Our Queen is a woman ; and this is not as it should be .
Some jurymen , mindful of their duty , have severely fined the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway Company ; decreeing damages for death and injuries sustained on their line to the amount of 7300 / . This is mere justice . But the company have retaliated by using a ticket which passengers are to sign , pledging them not to hold the company responsible whatever accident
may occur , from whatever cause . We should like to see one of these bonds . The devil always attacks us through our own foibles : Mephisfcophiles counts on the thirst for knowledge and pleasure to make the German student sign away his soul ; the railway daemon perhaps counts on the English love of speed and cheapness to make the passenger sign away his body .
Politics in a police-court are not of common occurrence , but sometimes we see them there . In fact , nearly nil the political matter of the week is connected with offences moral or legul . Clitheroe , notorious for bribery , treating , intimidation , all the corruption and terror of electioneering , has chosen another representative—the third within the year .
Stamford has received from its muster , the Marquis of Exeter , his second son as its representative . The metropolitan dockyards , lately under the immaculate guardianship of a Stafford , have been this week minutely inspected by Sir James Graham and Sir Baldwin Walker , who were seen eating hard biscuits , newly baked ; while Mr . Stafford ,
as ingenious publicists * fe | niii $ er , fed daintily last year in a tavern , # 1 Devohporifc , and expected the State to pay his # 11 . And lastly , Mr . Whiteside , late Solicitpr-0 fet ) igral for Ireland under Lord Derby , has insulted the Roman-Catholic professors at the Cork . College , and refused explanation or satisfaction . He . asserted in Parliament that the divisions in the college were due-to the machinations of the Roman-Catholie clergy , " acting under the mandate of the See of Rome /' . He is told that the Protestant Professors alone caused ,
and engaged in , the divisions . Still , wanting in manliness and candour , he refuses to retract or apologise , but " reiterates his opinions !" But Ireland is emerging from party anarchy , as she is from poverty . The Lord Chief Justice of England , presiding over the tenantry of his new Galway estate , and , with the parish priest on his right hand , preaching the doctrine of mutual trust , absolute religious equality , and education irrespective of sect , is not a bad improvisation of that better Union of the two countries which has superseded " Repeal . "
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Pkorogation Of Parliament. The Only Matt...
PKOROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . The only matter of any moment in Parliament on Saturday was a statement of Lord Paxmeeston with reference to the occupation of the Principalities . Mr . MiLNES inquired whether , in the absence of the noble lord the member for London , the noble lord the Secretaiy for the Home Department was able , under present circumstances , to assure the House as to the moral confidence which her Majesty ' s Government entertained with respect to the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities being such as to allow Parliament to be prorogued without anxiety ? To this one point the attention of the country was mainly directed ; and he believed that , for the security of commerce , it was most important that it should be settled . Lord Palmeestoit . — - " The answer as to the confidence of her Majesty ' s Government will be given in the shortest possible space—namely , that their belief is that Parliament may be prorogued under present circumstances . As to the evacuation of the Principalities , I have only to say that I am confident the Emperor of Russia , having that regard to his honour and character which every sovereign of a great country must always be inspired by , will take the earliest opportunity , after the settlement with Turkey , of his own accord , to make a merit of evacuating the Principalities without the smallest delay . That is my confident expectation and belief . " ( Cries of " Hear , hear . " ) The Commons were then summoned to the House of Lords , where the following Royal speech was read by the Lord Chancellor : — " My Lobds and Gentlemen- — " We are commanded by her Majesty to release you from your attendance in Parliament , and at the same time to express her Majesty ' s cordial approbation of the zeal and assiduity with which , during 11 protracted and laborious session , you have applied yourselves to the consideration of many subjects of great importance to the public welfare .
" Her Majesty hns seen with much satisfaction that , by the remission and reduction of taxes which tended to cramp the operations of trade and industry , you have given fresh extension to n system of beneficent legislation , and have lai'gely increased the means of obtaining the necessaries of" life . " The provision which you have made for mooting the demands of the public service , not only in tho present but also iu future years , is of n nature to give permanent stability to our finances , and thereby to aid in consolidating tho strength and resources of tho empire .
" The buoyant state of tho revenue , and tho steady progress of our foreign trade , are proofs of tho wisdom of the commercial policy now firmly established ; while the prosperity which porvades the great trading and producing cIuhsok , happily without even a partial exception , nilbrda continued and increasing evidence of the enlarged comfor t * tho people . . " The measure which you have passed for the future ; government of India haw been readily sanctioned b y her Majesty , in tho persuii . sion that it will provo to have boon , wisely framed , and that it ; is well calculated to promote tlie improvement and welfuro of her Maiotfty ' n eastern dominions .
" Her Majesty v « gardn with peculiar antinfaefcion the provision you have made for tho bettor administration of eharital ) lo trusts . Tho obstacles which existed to tho just- and beneficial uko of property set apart for tho purposes of chart fry and of education , have been a hohouh public evil , to which her Majesty in ponmuded that
in your wisdom yoii have now applied an efficie remedy . u ¦ ¦ " GENOMEMfiN" OV THE HOUSE OF COMMONS" We are commanded by her Majesty to thank vo for the supplies which you have granted for the servic * of the present year , and for the provision which y * have made for the defence of the . country both by s * and land ; Her Majesty will apply' them with a due regard to economyi and consistently with that spirit which has at all times made our national security th chief object of her care . " Mx Lobds and
Gentlemen" Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she continues to receive from her allies the assurance of their unabated desire to cultivate the most friendly re . lations with this , country , ¦• i ' lt .-is . withSfleep" interest and concern that her Majesty has viewed the serious misunderstanding which has recently arisen between Russia and the Ottoman Porte . " The Emperor of the French has united with her Majesty in earnest endeavours to - reconcile differ , ences the continuance of widch . might involve Europe in war .
" Acting in concert with her allies , and relying on the exertions of the Conference now assembled at Vienna , her Majesty has good reason to hope that an honourable arrangement will speedily be accomplished . " Her Majesty rejoices in being able to announce to you the termination of the war on the frontiers of % settlement of the CapS of Good Hope , and she trusts that the establishment of Representative Government in that colony may lead to the development of its re . sources , and enable it to make efficient provision for its future defence .
" We are also commanded to congratulate you , that , by the united exertions of the naval and military forces of lier _ Majesty and of the East India Company , the war in Burmalx has been brought to an hononrable and successful issue . The objects of the war having been fully attained , and due submission made by the Burmese Government , peace has been proclaimed . " Her Majesty contemplates with grateful
satisfaction and thankfulness to Almighty God , the tranquillity which prevails throughout her dominions ; together with that-peaceful industry and obedience to the laws , which ensure the welfare of all classes of her subjects It is the first desire of her Majesty to promote the advance of every social ^ mprovement , and , with the aid of your wisdom , still further to extend the prosperity and happiness of her people . "
The Lord Chanceixob then , in the usual form of words , prorogued Parliament until Thursday , the 27 tli day of October next .
The Rival Yachts. " One Of The Finest Ra...
THE RIVAL YACHTS . " One of the finest races ever witnessed" took place 011 Friday last , at Cowes , the chief competitors being tho Julia and Alarm ( English ) , the Aurora Borealis ( Swede ) , and the Sylvie ( American ) . Precisely at five minutes before eleven , the preparatory gun was fired , and in five minutes more another for starting . In a moment afterwards the Julia began to feel the breeze , which was now blowing tolerably fresh from the W . S . W ., and she took a lend on the first of the ebb tide . Tho Sylvie soon set her mainsail , and was well under weigh , taking slightly tho lead of the Aurora Borealis , Arrow , Julia , and Aurora . At llh . 23 m ., when nearly abreast of Owborne House , the Aurora Borealis , who had been holding a good wini » > challenged the Sylvie , and an exciting race ensued between them . Shortly after passing Osborne , tho Aurora , that was now lying close to the wind , met with a most unfortunate aceident by carrying away her topmast , which had tho effect of ut once putting her at considerable odds against her rivals . Tho Arrow * Julia , and American were well up togethor off l y " ' but the wind now freshening ^ tho Alarm emerged ft " the position sho had hitherto been in , and took tw >
lead . t The Sylvie and Osprey were now close together , " half a milo astern . Hut little change of position too plnco in tho conroo to tho Nab Light , which was pastf in the following order : —Alarm , Julia , Aurora !*>«*» > Sylvie , Arrow , Ouprey . ¦ , , » , ( i ( U From this point the whole squadron were < u - — — ... « ' ^ *> ., u *\ ja a * i' v * p \ j vr iiv / iv > *~* 1 •*¦•* — nil
hauled , audit , was now supposed that tho Ame " would ut any rate exhibit those- extraordinary P ™ that report had assigned to her . When off W ^ Clifl' the Julia weathered her in gallant Btv ) o . " ^ f Arrow and Alarm being well together . A ' lc nll ( i fine manoeuvring now followed between th" ^ , ? orfu American , for , when oil * Sundown , tho Swede wcft « i ' ,, the American . Tho wind , that hnd been blowing from tho time of panning the No-man Buoy , no * } 11 ped , and , when off Shanklin Bay , a fin" trial , gj . took place , for in coining about from hor tack , «»
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 27, 1853, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27081853/page/2/
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