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between Turkey and for Europe , and the continuance of the war , he accepted the former alternative . Now , if the Austrian proposal had been made an ultimatum , it would have amounted to insisting that Russia should be where she was before the war began , under paku * fl »>™« rr ; : aad ofccfetofleshe must very readily have accepfcfed an " ultimatum " of that kind . Lord John could not see this ? he could not see the ridicule of Ms position , whea&e came as p leni potentiary to eafbrce Lord . Gjarendon ' s arguments , and returned to enforce Count
Bcox ' s — alread y reject e d b y his chiefs in the F orei gn Office and in the Cabinet ! He bad " a ri ght" to up hold his o w n view a s an individual member of the Cabinet , but it was only the ri g ht of being absurd . He -was continually making little well-meaning suggestions , and everybod y passed him over . He carried his peace-making so far that he acted as go-between to reconcile peace and war—the ' standing menace to Europe" with
the extinction of that menace—black with white . The public cannot understand paltering with t h e question of war , and is thoroug hl y disgusted ; and Sir Edwakd Lytton onl y expresses the universal feeling when he proposes to declare that there can be no confidence in a Cabinet of which Lord John is a member . It remains to be seen whether Lord PAiiMBBSTOisr 'will make it a point of honour to lower his standard to the Bedford level .
In the presence of the Eastern question , to which is now added the Ministerial question , Parliament works at its ordinary business under a difficulty . It is hard to get up an interest on general topics ; still harder to drag the" House into questions of railway accidents or Scotch education . The temper of the House , however , is not entirel y adverse to some degree of progress ; for it is inclined , where it does not expunge the question with a roug h hand , to let members who are in earnest have their way . Thus the Lord
Advocate does get on with Scotch education , notwithstanding amendments . The Partnership B ill proceeds , notwithstanding * the shining li g hts of Liverpool . Lord Brougham pushes forward a little unostentatious bill in the House of Lords , which will do much of what Lord Derby prevented Lord Shcaftesbdry from doing , for it renders t he registration of places of worship a ministerial act b y the Registrar-G-enbrax , instead of nn ecclesiastical act by a prelate . Lord Lyndhurst even lias hopes of a bill to abolish the
abjuration oath ! Sir Wiliiam Clay ' s Churchrates Abolition Bill ia favoured by Ministers , but is obstructed b y reactionaries , who talked a g ainst t ime on " Wednesday , so that an adjournment which they lose on division is carried b y the clock . When , however , Mr . Vincent Scully moves an addiess to the Crown requiring examinations on admission to the public service to be open and public , the results of thoroughl y
conflicting o pinions come out : Sir George Lewis and Sir Francis Baring hold literary qualifications to be no test of fitness for public work ; Sir Stafford INoitTncoTE pleads the example of France , and t h o ca suistical G-xadstonk l ends to th e literary test the damaging support of his refined argument ; while Lord Paimerston asks that the present systom of an examination without publicity should have a fair trial . The House prefers by 140 to 125 the Palmeiiston to tho Scully
. The penalties of war arc coming out in a new financial demand . The French taxes and loan are followed by a hint from our own Government that a supp leme nta l e stim ate of e x p enditure will bo produced , and a . now plan of raising tho requisito amount , while a T u rk ish lo a n of 5 , O 0 O , 000 i . under an Anglo-Gallican guaranteo is already in the English market . The sp l e ndid weather , however , tho certainty of fine crops from " * jj $ ! i £ ffifo ^^ -t ^ ft * ° ^ *' wor ^> tno unequivocally good jjrl ^ gB ^ p ^ WfflS ^ k of the cotton crops in America , tho ^^^ Bti ^ ittic * ' & '' 4 ' £ ^ v ' ' ' ¦'¦ ' ¦
prospectf-ttf a rec « v «« 2 Prfrom the bad state of tho wo o l cro pdurkSgftjhfc gtoid fever in Australia , and a general-recovery of credit , contribute to check the effe c f to f the s e loans b y decreasing the pressure on thertffibney market . Farcin "Vtiwina as-weitl as from the- Crimea we have littla to repoitt The rapprochement between Austria and Prussia advances . Count Biiox projecting interspace anew circular , ^ as sures the universe that A ««* ria iatends to abide by be * p ledges , present appearances and the undue pretensions of the Western Powers notwithstanding .
From the Crimea the Allied Generals report t wo thin g s , —an effective bombardment of the R edan , and a decrease in the disease afflicting the troops . From Asia we learn with satisfaction that the Eussian army has been repulsed in an attack upon Kars . There is a war that we have too long for g o t ten —that in Spain . Th e r e port of Espartero ' s resignation , superseded , not by the tears of the Qu e en , but b y the entreaties of O'Donnelx , is foll o wed up by the report of a weavers' insurrection in Barcelona , ming led with some'Carlist
agitation in the North of Spain . Lord Howdbn has had tan gible proof of the Carlists , w ho hav e stopped his carriage on his way home ; and if Barcelona las somewhat recovered from the state of riot in which it was on the 28 th of last month , Spain has not recovered from that anarchical condition in which the only popular Minister finds his position untenable , yet consents to hold it , and is obliged to ask a new loan from a country which is bankrupt in means and mutinous in spirit .
With Hyde-park rioting we hope we have done . Last Sunday ' s parade of naug hty boys was a grand anti-climax which we distinctly disclaim on the part of the working classes ; and we call upon them to substantiate our disclaimer by their own marked absence to-morrow . The concession demanded on the two previous Suntlays in the withdrawal of the Sunday Trading Bill had been granted . The object of the demonstration was satisfied . ! Even the Beer Act , which was for a
moment the pretext for more meetings , is under examination b y a committee of the Commons , with every prospect that the evidence will condemn it . And Ministers , mot too voluntaril y , nor too soon , but still in time for justice , have granted a commission to inquire into the conduct of the police during the second Sunday . Every man who now prolongs riotous assemblages is a traitor to the working classes * who does his worst to confirm the calumny of their foes , and to justify measures of ri gour .
Two concessions Ministers have made to the sp irit of obstruction , and the spirit of corruption rewards them . Charmed with the extent to which the Commons have let him carry his measures , Sir Benjamin Hall repays the favour by lotting them off in regard to the Public Health Act , postponed till next year ; and tho Thames , meanwhile , grows more absolutely and foull y a sewer . Professor Faraday lately found i t to bo literall y so , and he pronounces it to bo
unnavigable for its pestilential proportios . For another ye a r , ther e fore , at least the Commons arc allowed to have cholera wafted under their noses b y the ebb and flovy . Tho pondering Lord Chancellor postpones his Testamentary and Divorce Bills ; the Lords aio at their work divorcing the rich ; while the Clerkcnwell magistrate is protecting ladies whose house is invaded by the friends of a husband in search of a fugitive wife ; and the po o r , who cannot enter into tlio refinements and am b iguit ie s of good society , go on divorcing themselves as usual .
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T H * VIENNA NEGOTIATIONS . JlfvtWe B&ttseof Iiords , on Monday , Earl Granvtlle , in answer * tfet . lord IjYNDHtrRsr , said it was the intentiomof CWtonment to lay on the table various papers * eiati *» to the recent conferences at "Vienna , including , those relating to the proposals made by Count B * oi . —A similar declaration was made in the CommotttebV I ^ ob ^ JPalmebston . JEWISfloPISABILITIES . Lord Lyn *> i » jRSt ( Mhflflined to accede to the suggestion of the Earl of OBrby to withdraw his bill for repealing- the Abjuration Oath ; and the second reading was fixed for Tuesday , the 17 th inst .
THE MAYNOOTH COMMISSION . The Earl of Winchilsea moved " that the recognition of those ecclesiastical titles prohibited to the Roman Catholic prelates by the Act of 1829 , in the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the management and government of the College of Maynooth , is a direct violation of that Act ; and that an amended copy of that Report be placed upon the table of this house , with those illegal titles omitted . "—The Earl of Harrowbv , while acknowledging that , as he had stated on a previous occasion , the insertion of the titles was improper and accidental , hoped their Lordships would not adopt the resolution . — It being the general opinion of the House that it would be inexpedient to press the motion , the Earl of Winciiilsea , after some hesitation , withdrew it .
The Accidents on Railways Bill , was read a third time , and passed .
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL . In the House of Commons , Sir Benjamin Hall stated that , considering the late period of the session , he thought it advisable not to persevere with the Public Health Bill this session . It would , however , be necessary to provide by a short bill for the continuance of the General Board of Health for one year . SIR . ROEBUCKS MOTION . Mr . H . Adaib gave notice on behalf of the member
for Cambridge ( Colonel Shafto Adair ) , that when Mr . Roebuck brings forward his motion , it is Colonel Adair ' s intention to move as an amendment the following resolution : — " That this House is of opinion that the counsels which determined the expedition to the Crimea were consistent with a bold and sagacious policy , just to our allies , and commensurate with the objects of the war ; and , further , that a perseverance in a similar policy can alone afford the hope of ensuring an honourable and permanent peace . "
THE BOMBARDMENT OF CALABAR . Sir Charles Wood , in answer to Mr . Anderson , stated that the Government had received despatches informing them of the bombardment , if they might call it bo , of the Old Town of Calabar , by the Antelope . It had been done at the special request of the British Consul ; and the reason assigned was that the Chief had . been guilty of infringing a treaty by which he was bound to abstain from murdering- persons by means of what was called the poison nut . The Consul had therefore requested the commander of the Antelope to bombard the town , and he had done so in consequence of tho representations nindo to him by the merchants and missionaries there . Sir Charles Wood vras not aware that the rebuilding oi the town had been forbidden .
TirE SUNDAY RIOTS . Sir George Grey , in answer to Sir John 1 ' akington , stated that he had given no orders that the ordinary protection of the police should be withdrawn on Sunday last . The acts of violence in Belgrave-square , and othor places , were so sudden that tho police were taken by surprise . —Replying to a further question by Mr . Addkrley , Sir Georgo Grey said that tho orders given to the police were to hold in readiness a large reserve , in order that they might be prepared to act wherever there should be any disturbance . In the event of such disgraceful proceedings being renewed next Sunday , every step would bo taken by the police to resist them ; and the authorities would be most happy to concur with tho inhabitants of tho district , and to receive their assistance .
8 TATI 3 OF THE RIVER THAMES . In answer to Mr . Walter , Sir Benjamin Hall said he was sorry that at present there existed no power whatever , cither in tho Government or in any othor authority , to remedy the nuisance which hud been so justly complained of us arising from the state of tho river Thames . EDUCATION ( SCOTLAND ) DILL . This bill was brought up for consideration a * amended in committee . Soveral additional amendments wore j ^ grced to ; one providing for inquiry by tho school committees into tho rollgioiw and moral touching of tho musters , in case of complaints ; another declaring thut tho schoolmasters under the act shall bo entitled to tho funds far tho benefit ol
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The Conduct ok tub Poliok . —On Monday , a meeting took place in tho Literary Institution , Jolm-streot , Tottonham-cowrt-road , whoa a petition condemning tlio proceedings of Sir George Grey , and culling upon tho House of Commons to inquiro into Inn conduct , and , if found guilty , to puniuh him , was unanimously adopted with great cheering . Statjs 010 Tuadic . —TUo iiumufncturing tpwnfl eontimio to hIiow , upon the wholo , a decree of steadinefw , tho prospects of n good harvnut tending to Hustain the ronowod fooling of confidence . JfunchoHtor nud Nottingham , howovor , aro exceptions to tlic rule , au rtulncHs ntill prevails in those localities .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 14, 1855, page 662, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2099/page/2/
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