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We are far—from sharing the regret of a contemporary , or of the Duke of Newcastle , that the subject of separating Canada from England should have been discussed . We know that a notion has been lurking amongst philosophic minds in this country that colonies are costly appendages , and that they are better separated ; and it is well that the notion should stfend ^ JbrtlMjD ^ fee scouteSt Children are costly apper ^ higefcjj fm t the « sono » scal rule holds good with childreraiM with strang ^ rsj-Aat
those who co-operate for cdggpaon interests Tiipfbe stronger to attajigt obj « ct ^| pfccious -to ^ boAi&an when they are ^ pCparateiilf and comnftpRty of blood should be an additional element of strength ] The colonies are not distinct from us ; we * tj ? £ iy them year by year , -IJterftUy , witac iblbod , mitt * -wealth , and wSflir the means of creating daose riches that they lew out of the rough esrth
and send back to us . We supply them xtith Government , with protection . The only pity of it is , that we do not-do rticke . The imperial feoSatatwrt wMcn ^ xistfe- flbfes . iM > fe necessarily preveirtsloea ^ ffliugcniaetrt ^ ' "B&&l > ake of Newcastle , who was engaged" on Thursday night in carrying a bill to render tlie ^ gislallTe C ^ ncil of Caoad * elective . instead ' . ' . f £ ! nomiiuri £ v ^;^ ecaiise tike
colot&a&wiak it , has <^ e wow ? -fl * an any Minister to pgggtete ^ flre ai leetibiMl tc aefeeg luu T ) Fthe" cdfonists to 4 be ^ SEwtibke ^^ c ^ mt ^^ ^ and amongst reform statesmen we may j > pmt to him _ as . the priacipaL cause wKy the American , as well as the African colonists % aye ^ aeclared tneic ; desire , to . staacLby the English = flag , aad to defend the ierritoriea of dor common SToyez ^ gnr : J jiord Cnaneeilor fias iijtrpduoed a . billjto improve fchelaw procedure ajad j / uSt ^ aX disposition
of matrimonial causes and divorce , . The , bilj is limited ;^ o strictlyt to these objects ^ it does not affect me relations of man and wife , does not alier tnWlaw Tetatibg ta divorce ; but it Ibrings together tne jurisdiction now icatterecl Mtareen several courts , ' ^ aji&jlt . over ip fiiua , Cpnrt of Chaijc ^ iy and of course ; introduces xa&nyimproveniQQtA ia * h # iw&SGdrof ooat « lub 6 ng a 'divorce xaseJ ^ ie bilt ^* ot fcny ttttertpt to reform the m ^ rnaje Master k ; i » » rfeiTr * fr « to ^ bis - » lie > ttw > c ^ ur ^ tiBife
the law as it stande e bat it < trill etear the tojt jfor more * . ¦ ., ¦ . • ¦ . ¦ . ' . ¦ .. " ' The passing of the Exchequer Bond Bill ii ^ the Efowte o £ JLortte his led to some new ^ complaints by Ik * rd Moiiteagfe , and to some co- utter-sfcatenM * t » finsm Lord Graiivilfe , b 7 W * H 5 h it appears that the applications for the' « erie * B and G of the bond * have iucr-a ^ sed in ttU » ber r wliile the quotations of the . money ., market ahow that the bondk atie risifng in value , Bijr alow degrees the dutawefer of Mr . Qtadtrttme'ff finance aa understood
Mtdtftppeeciated . r The Oxford University Bill is now a confessed failure as far as the-great objects for w&icb it was invented by Lord John Russell ace ooneenn ^ d Tne measure is not now compulsory , on the . colleges , commanding-themselves to refbrraijhem ^ elves , « wdec penalty of 1 >« ing reformed b y the cominis-GJWSH * . Xt , ift ww a permissive measure ; -tihe ^ elL ) W ^ -one of the worat institutions at © Jdfcrd —have . the power pf & v-eto ^ and of course they will ' veto ) everytMng . However , we agree fcoth 1
-witttJEr : Blacfcett and Lop * John , that the bill must do some good 1 . T * is-something to stir up O <* ibr < U Last night a ftirfcher concession was forced , "upon the ^ oyetfntaeht by a combined attAck of Tories < m £ PeeLites , headed by Mr . Kpundell ^ Pajmer . One of the grossest abuses in the-university is preserved T > y Mr . Palmer ' s clause . Winchester School supplies New ColTege -with follows , on the gconnd that they are founders ' kin ; and New Cpllege ifl , perhaps , the most illiterate in the university . A fine illustration of William of WykeLam ' s meaning in founding that school of learning !
The kprrible naurder of six children by their mother , at Esher , near London , discloses the existence of one more disovdered home in tihe midst of the respectable / society oX the humbler class . Spme license appears to have been mixed up with . the discord that had driven the huaband ibooi hia house , and had made the mother the murderer of hQB children—ttawsc children having for their ioatejcbroihej ? tine l * rince of Wales .
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PARLIAMENT OF THE WEEK . Tbce chief debate of the week has arisen on the annual motion which * Mn . Henry Berkeley makes for leavevlp int » od « ce » i > ill for -taking votes at Parliamentary elections by the ballot . In maJEbig thik motion , Mr . Berkelet said ^ jjat encouragement had not rendered him sanguine , neither' Bad defeat taken away his courage . 'Ihe m&asuiie i « both just « n& , expedient , lip ^ h ere la lfl ) 6 feTiop » v * hat it williWWs untflXit b i—ii 3 B « . « aatter The
of « &mpu | pbn and ndowssil ^ . questionftag issoe i » dimply- * 8 hall thf ^ ectQES elect ? " I ^ aai ^ teouse dM | pKl notiHC § enly say | tte electars shall not dfettt , but tHNg | saj |( j ^ lte . will pjBpen t jpou from ^ lectfpp'tiioae yoainaip ^ itink fiti- MrnxowG Ihe spectra ^ ttJgumentr against ' which they ^ Rad tor- contend , is tWat one so much relied on , that the franchise is a trust . But that-delusive and dangerous dootriae ^ sutables to pieces at the touch o £ reason . Who caa define a breach of thcelectoral trust" ?
The Torr non-elector would say tna * the voter who voted for a Whig candidate was guilty of a % * e * ea- ^ f ^ tras * . Tfte ~ WBig wwtwelector ¦ vroutct strrthat the voter who vpfced I 6 r : tbe Tory candidate vaa guilty of abrejach of trust , and . the Radical nonelector , andtliat class was byfai the largest , wouTA say that tfte ^ Voter ^ as guilty © f a . breach of trust who did not vote . fpr . tb ^ e Radical candidate . Bathe ? denied thereBporisftiillty of the . elector to the aoa ^ elector . . .
At the seeeat Gdrk electioa the priest said it ¦ wotdd be _ a Ibreach of trust to-vote for < 5 hatterti « . WtienJa ^ eutikiBtee&gave votes for Ghattertonvtha non-electora chalkedJJheir backs ,, so that they miglat Tatow wnom to pelt " wfth stones ! The franchise is a r ^ httlitaitetlJb y ^ pTthmgs , abcoj ^ n ; gjto Bl 63 ekstpne . First , fhatf the vote sliould not "be purchased ; and ~ seew 3 ® y ; i * iiatr itrisflidttia am isa fee tfcer disposal or * Tj ^ aev of tbe ^ ieateur ; Ifr ^« aJu » : ofeec ± ^ rpre «« at 4 htBie two barriers fcombein ^; trodden , down ^ ' The ballot has succeeded in America , HollanS , Belginm , Switzerland , and France :. Ltnst year a great outcry was naade-bec ause the ibaliGrt hadigliren
< JFrance an Emperor m , . Louis iQrapoleoii , and thence ' it v-as argued the ballot was had . But . the . Emperor is tiow our'faitlftulvfiiy , % htin ^ with ua fbr JfreeaBto , &ncU l £ r . 'Berkeley 1 wonld have a uightj ¦ he - saia , % o choke gentlemen with their own arguroen ' ta , aaA point to this ballot-eleeted Emperor , odIv he disdained to do so . Hie ballot is not a criterion to test tTleVirtuesof ^ awdidafeSi that « m ' g « * B left to the jildgraerit' of . the ^ electajr s ; Bfe 3 utd ? been asfced mbay he . did notgiye upfthe ballot , ast ^ the Gkwennnenthad : withdrawn the Reforrn Sill . Hie . could not see that ' Ohe 'one nipfeniJed in any < way onthe other . / It might « 8 ^ well > ti& « a ^ l tnat'they ehduia nbt shoot grouse fa
Soofland ^ because ^ Mocd 4 > berdejeq did iriot wean the pliilibeg . ( Loud lauafa ? rJ ) The Reform Bill did not contain one scintilla of reference to the ballot . * "Msre wftrfi Mils introduced to eheek bribery and eorituption ,, and . they were sent up ^ stairs 4 o be tiav ( kexed ^ but they would end as all tinkering endedtlie tinkered work would fall to pieces at once , ' ( TJovShityhterCy He rejoiced that the Eefbrm BSH had been witlidtaw-n , because he did not think it contai-oed the ingrediemts oecessarj ? to produce sucoesa , whilst it did . possess ingredients which would in his opinion be destructive of the liberal interest He could not blame ae «« r&i niembepa of tfte HotiBC fbr
reniyjig . to go into the same lobby with the noble lord , tp vote for a measure which vrould diafcanchiee the boroughs whicli returned them . If the noble lor * wished -to put an end to corruption he must l < K > t to t&e people . Tlie only yrajy of doing : that wae to give a much larger extenaion of the suffrage , less complex , more easily understood , and to join with that protection to the elector at the polling booth . Though the Reform Bill slumbered , he hoped he should not always have to apesik of it in the past tense , or to say of it * llequiescat in pace . " Mr . Berkeley contended thai ; penal enactments are useless against bribery , quoting Defoe to « how tfhatr they were so in lua time , and the testimony of Maoanlay to prove that they are so in our own . Those who had
looked into the Bystsra knew the utter insufficiency of an oath to control an elector . Why he knew an instance of an elector who went to the poll , received on going to the poll a 5 / . note , and took the bribeary oath , with the 5 / . note in one hiuid and the prayerbook in the other . Another elector was fought for on his way to the poll by two contending parties . One party contrived to slip a 5 / . note into his right hand ; the other party insisted on the bribery oaxh being taken . The man turned short round , and ran away . People of course said , " Oh , he cannot stand the oath . " But what was the fact ? He came up at the end of the day and voted , and lie afterwards explained that having the 5 / . note in his right hand , ] ic could not lay hold of the book without exposing it . iLaugliter . )
In illustration of the lengths to which intimidation may be carried , Mr . Berkeloy told a story of a horrible case that occurred in 18-11 , but which ho haul been unable to mention before , fcecause he had bound himself not tty do so until one o » f the parties died ;—11 appeared that a mqutor tradesman , an iksUyo oontnqrv » Y
date . Thteaoantiy nwajjeman bad a sister well married and ' satdMB ' 3 £ 4 ttte ^ oroogh -s ^ ere the debtor resided . On the « prtprecedmj 5-tB % ielection < Tiii attorney called npoii this lady . ' » 5 produced * toa < iket of Trtfcers , an&said to her , ' Through the deatt of a cliest of mine , tnfcee letters have come into my possession X Jalbw them to haver been written by you previous to your marriage . Look at them . If they fall onto your husl « ncUs possession , ruia and disgrace will overtake you . I know that y = 0 ur brother has advanced large sums of money to a man in Chig town ; I mast have that man ' s vote and inflttencefor the liberal candidate , or your husband will iMwe-possession of these letters . ' In short , tbis election age nt applied to this unhappy lady the screw of ruin ; the sister applied to the brother the screw of compassion ; the brother tne aeotor tne tue
tive in a certain boro > ugb , voted for the liberal candidate and influenced rive electois , his tenants and workmen , to do the same He paused to say that he was positive that nekher of thft-fiandidates knew anything of the case in question , and were mjjllhof them too honourable men , not to have turned ilheir ! btH&B npon ; such conduct with indignation . This [ trjudestnaat dil not hesitate to say that he had been intimi-^ & tA inte'JtlM » -Bcting by a man of property to who m he owed a wrtPJUlai ^ e sum of money . But the strangest p art of the caseiiWBs iSmb , tlie creditor was a country gentleman resi < fifle , ifci 4 istan % county , and likewise a strong conserva ! tiv * . ife ^ i cwy proceeded to pwint out tie nature of the . septa * wliifiih comjielled a man of property and a conservative &b cdHlanjpfc another conservative to support a liberal
candimppuea so creauor s . screwj . aeuppr appued to his workmen and tenants the- majster'i- and landlof < l ' 3-1 screw" ; and this rairufication of atrociouaelection scuevtt * was atptfHedito ^ fivfe electo > re , to eom | ioli them-tob « tray-iwl » irfiitjiiey befieye ^ to be the best interests of . their country- vlnVBap ^ brt of t 4 us bill he invoked members on * U sides of thtt * aOTfee-He had never treatetl-this- qoestfon as ^ Barty / qnesfiOn-. ' Ee ( did not-wish to deny that her waB a paemau , afldJia ^ bwai a partisan ; of the Liberal administrations which ha ^ existed during tte seventeen years that lie had had the "honour of a r seat in-tliatrHouBB ; But on-ftiis question he ^ vraH ofno parry , he belonged to neither facttion ; he was aother- * Montague nor a Capulet , but h&aaid- > -A plago » ori Both-yout-hftuses , ^ for through their , instrumentality liberty of conscience and
freedom of eleetionT 5 adT 5 een staobed well nigh to deatfi . *" Lord D « k > i / EiiS ^ A ^^ co « ded , « id : MK Waener supported , the motion .. Then came Ifhe-great opponent of the motio-u—Lord Palsierstok—who made a slashing and confident speech , using np the old . materials with his customary ingenaity «^ neb yjgpnr ^ Hie said lie was not insensible to the advantages © f «« y system that wtfuliJ prevent bribery' otHtriSnDiaition , bi 3 t > he was convinced that aeidfer the ballot nor any other jmechanical contrivance nor Iegi « lji 4 iv enactment woujd produce secret voting in this country . C « nivtiB 8 rng could tiot fee prevented ; nttr wOTflfl men keep tiheit political opinions * o ^ keMrelWW There vras no such secrecy in ^ meric % 9 Phe ^ # ^ l > too honest and too manly to conceal their convictions > actually made ostentatious parade of tTiem . Away
with ^ the mmsense * nd delusion held out / totheptfblic on this subject . ( JLeueL ^ hs ^ r ^ y \ He jbdmitfted / 1 flifit » few shopkeepers might avail themsebresaf ithe-baBotr in the fear that Cheir interests wight be inj ured by acting opesady , but they ¦ would Tie canvassefj , an * if they gave a promise and Jcept it , W ^ l af emA ^ thtftiseof the ballot ; while if . they gm& a promise and broke it , where was the boasted morality , of the voter ? Bio objectedHto the balibt , first , because it would npt succeed ; and « eeonday ,. ibecaos « Ht mi $ M . Tho ^ ftw *« ii »« - was a trust to he exercised for ( the benefit of Jbbe public at large , and ought to be publicly 4 ischacged r and he Should hold the same doctrine even if universal suffrage existed ' , and if a . man -were invested witft a trust , he ought to imake up his mind to eoBfiront the inconveniences its execation might cause . M $ believed that the allegations of injury received from votings were greatly exaggerated .
, Siar Joshua Walmscet , Mr . C . ¥ orbtbr , and' Kft * . J . D . Fi rssoERAi « i > all spoke in favour of the motion ; but they were eclipsed by Mr . Bhi&ht , who doali less with the arguments an behalf of the ballot , assuming ? that it must some day be carried , than with the position of its supporters in relation to the Ministry . Some extracts will illustrate hie vieMr *—" It is not long since we £ the supporters of . tho ballot ) were sitting on the Opposition side of the House with these two noble lords . They , by means of a combination of Circumstances and of parties , and by the failure ^ f some schcmesiof honourable gentlemen opposite , walked qver to this ( the Ministerial ) side of the House , and we walkted ovenwith them
—( laugJtter from the Opposition )—and we accepted them ( I am speaking not so much my own sentiments as those of the gentlemen I Bee before me , and to the left oF me ) , we accepted them in seme sort as the leaders of the party to which wo are attached , and we took no socurity , nojguarontea whatever from them , that tliey should in any of thoir measures consult the views whioh wo held . They bad tho security which all Governments have , that they would not be needlessly disturbed ; that we would give our votes , at anyrate whenever we could with any sort of conscience , in tlieir favour . Now , honourable members opposite oppose the ballot . Nothing oould be more nntural—I do not in the
least complain of it . I do not deny that it is a question on winch honourable gentlemen tnuy honesrly diflfer in opinion , but at any rote honounable gent lemon oppoaite are consistent ; they uro not in favour of anything that may have Lho flavour of democratic progress ; they « lo not want this House to be I that power or thut assembly wliicb tho constitution , ae I understand it , intended it should bo ; they desire that it , jtliould owe a strong allegiance to the other House of Varliumcnt , and that the nobl » lords and great proprietors who have seata there should also sit hero l > y thoir nominees and ropit ^ sentatives to influence to a lwrge oxtent the deciaioua and conclusion *) oi' tliia Houeo ^ 1 do not blumo them for thttt
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554 THE LEADER . [ Saturday , ¦¦¦» " ~ ~ ¦ ' . ' * ' . ¦ ¦ " ¦ " —~~— ~— ——— a _ ~ ¦ - — - ¦ ¦ ' — ¦—¦ ¦ —¦ .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 17, 1854, page 554, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2043/page/2/
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