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o £ Bajh # u » ie . wheaJiejWasf abput ,, twent |^ x « Wfl * 8 &i h «/ had , a | r ( B * 4 y . receiyed his eaxlyj educ ^ iwn tat t Hwrow , and ,, st ^ . aiterwarda , took his * degree * at ; Christ Chuwdv in 4832 Laa , ft > fourth class iuiclassical honours . When . he ira » isc » xfs 4 y thnee-aud-rtweaty years of * gey in , Jaou « ay , 1835 , we find him , as Lord Ramsay , unsuceeB sfuUy < conrteaming Edj » hwrgh . in th » Tory , interest with the present Lords Campbell and DunfenaUoe ; and an this occasion , he alluded ,, in terms of something more than complacency , to , tKe fact that became of alordly . line , the representative of-whlcb : ih his day , some , century and ^ aJialf . ago , nao , been aposttophlzed by Allan Ramsay ,. from . his cottage iiiClydesdal ^ . as " i )» lh . « aa » ie-pf , aft . attld . descent ,, M y , p ide ; my . ^ o « p , , my . ornament .
, BRtc ^ rmw ^ pnwee d ; AttthesgeneraVelection of ^ 837 Loi * i Ra « ns « yi obtained : a seat m Barhameot for-Hadd £ S « shtrB ? hbt . ere many , mo * ths . were passed ^ was cSSbtTtha . Upper , Howe by ; Msfatherls death before hfthad time to take , any part in the ^ proceedmga . of SfciStephstfs- NoKwas it-iramediaiel y . thatrhe attracted noticTeven in thfe , H © use ofjPeere- Iikfta ^ anny-Scot ; he knew his- own . worth * andl patiently bided his tame . Five-lore years had passed when , in 1843 , the vicepresidentship of the Board of . Trade was vacated . by . Mr . Gladstone , . and . was- offered , bythe late Sir . Robert P , eel to /* tbe untried" hands-of Lord Dalhousie ... Here he succeeded admirably . He was no mere . " red 4 tapist , " or
manpfrofficial , routine . The subject of railways was becoming J > ne of increasing national interest ; Iiord Dakhonsie looked ahead , foresaw the growing . maniaY studied his subject . perseveringly in theory and practice ,. and made himself perfectly , master of : the details , of railway administration . Two years later , while- the mania was at itsrheight , he was promoted , to the presidency of the Board ; of Trade ,, and despatched the vast increase of business witfelconsummate : address . So valuable a ^ per ? eonage . had his lordship become as a man of business , that whleit Sir Robert Peel . retired in 1846 ,. Lord Dalr hQusie * . though a . " Peelite , " was requested . to continue . in oflS . ce . under . his successor , . Lord John Russell .
In ..: 1847 a . cr isis had arisen .. in , Indian affairs ^ and it was felt that neither Lord Hardinge nor Lord CTongh were quite the men to meet it . It was judged that , Lord ^ Dalhousie would . carry . the British atms ^ afe through the dangerbyhis ^ energy and resplaa tipn . He- landed at Calcutta in . January ,, 1848 ,. tnQugji . h « . foundlpeace . apparently . restored , he had no . jTajLthia its permanence . Nor was hi wrong in . his esr ti&iate .. Scarcely had he . been fdur . months in his new sept of ., government , when he learned that . Moolraj , had reToltedv . He matched into the north-western provinces , a * dM once , disconcerted and defeated the Sikhs by . a , vigorous , stroke , and . " annexed . " the Punjab , thus converting :. our fiercest , foes .. into trusty auxiliaries . In thV ? w . ords of Milton ,. " Thereat .
Were longj ; o . tell ; how many battles fought , Howtmany kiags destroyed or kingdoms won . " Enough ? to-say ; . -that ,- for . failure of heirs to the native dynasties ,- or-foraggressions on the rights and liberties of their own oppressed subjects , or for rebellion against oar-protectorate ; th *» satrapies of Berar , Peguy and Nagpore were-successively annexed by Lord Dalhousie to tbfc-BrHfch Empire ifr India . Still more -recently ) the vast- and populous district known as the Kingdom- of Qfcdehas passed'into our hands without striking a blow , trader-the-same system of annexationy" thereby swell * iofe the' -extent of Nour-responsibility and- Indian . expeaditover * roe »> aB onriwwer . _ _ __ ' alone thatLord
l B&i + it ^ ia * not < ifr mOttary-affairB - 'DaH housia haa , been-disthigui 8 hed : Of-him it may be said , a * - i » . - » ra » t > f " a f « r- dMWrenfc' character idtm pacts trot tnedUttque Mil * Theinteraection of the cofttry by railroads axtd ^ canala ; the introduction of chteap postage , togetlttrr-wftbVr emit- crKHaAnjf infinences as- gas and sewerage V tV » conneariom- of "the seats- of > government , Caleuttft , Madras , Bombayy and Lahore , by - means ¦ of the electric telegraph—the suppression of religious intolerance and- persecutiAn ,- and ' of the cr ime of infanticide—these are measures with which the name of -Xord Dalhousie w » M long survive connected in the minda of the inhabitants of * British India , when- the splendour of h »' conquest ** - emA ' ' annexations- shall have become , a nMttevfto / tlUMhiatorianu
JJovd DalhMiAiahafl-refcumed toEnglaady still la young , mum tfamgite writ" out' prematurel y , with th * - ; incessant r application of thirteen years of public business . He ban nvaiMMdi ltta * tb * a forty-five , summors ; amdi * int . his S « ottisl ^ hfta »« w «<< tJrust ( th » t * ye «« rti » o < f rc « t and , rrttoww * < Drill , HKmc » - htmmp « gai » to . « nt « r th ^ libUof potttl « al ) Mb , B » dy it SMybe * . to . r « Uy ron « d him a ^ tlttkmrttewil Hiiiiliiiiiln imij i lt » nua * a > e < M « n «< oiM'lifeKi TlriHiflilittiiinUi iiliiinii TihiiiU nil clea « , aaome <* to » ha » TuMUmakKMtovvimAi * , . pwtrrpalMlcaof < tfaa > lMtfwrjrfln > jfJ | lfcH , witti—¦ faloofctOj forrwnouldiagjowripubUO immd > - ^ if- - - ¦ - ¦ -.
ItmwBJmiiKiUHBlmiaiT tkxUf in , 1849 ^ Lord'DnlHoMU ¦ w niiiiiiiillUliliiy . W-Ti i ^^ taMer and th »« Ofd «* 'o £ < tk » T | X < t ^ fti » Mf » Wn >> w <<^» , ta ^ I > o ^ ab tmAtiba * I * lWy l ) Qj *\ Et * i > j mnnft—¦ Aitiyo » vhtoi th * WMimuMf QtMlMirCtmryiiJ ^ M pwm i liUbjr / th » d * aih .. o « . tk »> DUw oKmm * & «* VnM * Ha > i * + l * < U-1 ltlt < iM + Imwm €
that , ; the-East . India Board , have settled upeia hi » .-Ilordrtshin a . life ^ pension-of . 5000 ^ which ., we only ; tease bras been dearly ; hcrught : at < the , price of health and : strength ; In 18 & 3 . Lard Dalhoosie became a widower ,, his : Marn chioaess , a siater of . the Duchess of , Wellington ^ dying at . seai , within sj ^ ttof the Land ' s End ,, on her-homeward passage from Calcutta .. By her hi * - Lordship has two daughters ; the elder . of whom ,, it : ia rumoured , la shortly about to bestow her hand on the Marquis of Lothian . Jt may not be generally , known that in . event of Lord Dalhousie dying without male- issue by a second ^ marriage ,, the Marquisateexpiresj but that the Earldom and inferior , titlesjwill . reyert to his cousin , Lord Paomure , in right of ; "h * SL'f » therf wd » jwa » pth »< : n « Kt . " . hnrotb ) er ' Ofthejate EarL and assumed to © narae . of ; Maule on inheriting the estates' ofi hia maternal ancestor , the last Earl of Panmure .
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THE NEW EOAU OE EI ^ E MILLIONS . At ntoeebqwS' body of ' . capitalists and others attended on Tuesday afternoon , at theTreasoary , according . to appoints ntent , with a .. view . to ^ btaining / further . information previously to . the : negotiation ofi the loan of . 'five million * next . Monday . The . Chancellor ; of thio Exchequer observed ^ , that ,. in . order . to prevent any misapprehension ^ . it : would be ^ asweilito state thai the loan which dsn&Wi proposed is cal-t ciliated to- cover - the whole of thd estimated service of the . year with the exception of : 2 , 000 , 000 i , and that , fcrr raising , this- additionali sumy . it is . proposed' to take power ,- to-.- issue Exchequer-bonds or : Exchequer-bills ,
as the condition of the money -market may at ; the . preeise period admit ., It is not certain' that the ; Government w . iil require . the whole , of this Amount ; but , as in the ., case : of-the- warf . itiwas ^ not , possible accurately to regulate ; the : whole ofi the . expenditure , so it is nowdifficult to estimate . Whatmay be-the outlay , required for the return of . troops , &c » - - Under no circumstances iwill i the < 2 , 000 , 000 ^ . be ; necessary : before the lastr quarter of the present year , or the first three months of : 1857 . A vote * . however ^ may be taken . for - , contingencies , . since it is in the discretion ^ of ; Government to provide for an excess ; of expenditure ,. although ! there is no substantial , reason to : suppose that there will be any .
La answer to . JSir « Capel , the Chancellor farther stated that lie doea-not at- present ^ contemplate a funding of Exchequer-bills , or : any . sales » . of savings-banlb stock , unless i necessary . for ; savings-banki purposes . Powers wiU be taken - in the j act ; similar . to those , arranged in February . last ; with clansea . protecting . members of ^ Par - liament who may . take part in the contracts Mr . Capel : " If a funding be not intended , may I inquire . if 1 you . propose toi make any . alteration in the rate of ; interest ? " —Tfie Chancellor of the Exchequer : " All I can say with respect to . that is * the notice will ; be given in . the usual formf . at the proper ; time . '*'—Baron Rothschild : " Then the contract will be taken , oa More * day at ^ ten o'clock ^ and the-first payment -will > be .- made on , Thursday , the . 22 nd ? V—Thte . Gaanoelloiiof the Ex- , chequer : " Yea . ? . ' The parties then withdrew .
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THE CRIMEAN BOARD . SIR RJCHA . HI > AIRG , Y'S CASE . The Board , reassembled on- Wednesday , ' when a-letter from' Sir-John M ^ Neill , in reply to a request ' that he would attend ; , was read by the-Judge Advocate . In this communication ^ SJrJoha' declined to attend ; firstl y ^ on tha * gMHmd ! that h& was indisposed ; and secondly ^ becauses " with atti possible respeot for- the t Board / ' We coald i depart cfromr the -course- he had hither to taken "in the-absence- of ' authoritative information , more dentrite than , fha bad iyetr * CQivedyaa to the precise objects and the scope of the proceedings- going on- at Chelsea . " ( Tlie Board < being a . military body ^ and Sir-John M'Neill a civilian , there , is-no power to fo ' ree him to attend . ) A certificatewasthen read , stating ^ that Colonel Tullbch id convalescent , b " ut still ¦ so- weak ; as to bo unfit for the transaction of buajaeosv
Th »> Jodge- » Advooate ' stated that , * in-compliance with Si * Riohawl > Airey ' s suggestidn , an application- had been made to th » .-War-ofitoe to know if any preliminary report of , the Commiflsionera ,. dated June 9 / were ¦ in ¦ existence , and ^ suchi'a < reporfcf had i beea sub mitted to the Board , ' in case-theyisTMoold wish to examine it ; but it had been at thbrsamia -time- intimated by the War-office that the only report » recognized ; there was that datod Constantinople , Juve th »> 10 thv the other being confidential and prellmina » yi—SirRiaharAAlrey asked te-btefttrmshted wit ^ acopy of < thi »« pxelteiiaarr'repo « t ; -and : meanwhile lie should ¦ be
' glad if the Judge-Advocate wwilA read 'thte first sentence ; . Tha-JAdge ^ Adveoatewiftid thattlMe firs t sentence waa * - " We * have- * he < honour t » ilfovm ypun .-Lordflhlp that "vro hare ^ omplatedtbiO'enquirjr intrusted to ua . "—Sir Richard Aitey .:. '" Thatiis > enough ^ Tli « cBeard will see that , in their very first sentence the Comm 4 dsi 6 ners ¦ state that thay- Iteva completed the iftquiry . " - ^ -The Judge * Advocate called Sir Richard Alr © y ^* ttenti (» n ta a concluding sentence lia' -thfcii report / in > whtoh thto-Oommlssidners' stated thatr thayvhladVn ** received 1 air thfr-ovklenee upon- th * . sub ^ oU ^ Hth ^ iAqvifTv bM'tha ^ when they had received thai evidence ^ an * ' thto -replies- to- thn queries th * y had
fotwarded , . they , should ; have ith&horionr of . ' reporting upon theimatters | o which those queries related . Alluding to , what- he ; bad said on : a previous day . the Judge-Advocatei disavowed . any . intention of- imputing tb Sin Richard Airey a . disrespectful mode of addressing Golonei Tulloch ^ as , indeed ^ Jiis manner had . been marked with : the utmost , courtesy and consideration . The Board ¦ them proceeded to hear additional , evidence in the case of Sir Richard Airey , and Colonel WetheraU Major Hackett , and Gapitain Derriman , R . N ., deposed to- the difficulty of obtaining canvas .- and workmen towards the erection of shelter'for- the horses . After a shorti examinatiou of Mr . Wiatson , who was-in charge of the stores . of the Eirst Division , and' subsequently , removed to head-quarters ,, and who corroborated the views of Sir ; Richard Airey as to the uselessness of palliasses ,
Sir Richard proceeded to . sum up his case , by going through the whole of the evidence , and contending that its effect was to acquit him of any blame .
COLONEL . GORDON S CASE . Colonel Gordon then read a statement with respect to tbe ^ c harge s that' had been- brought against himself : Colonel Tulloch ( he remarked ) had said that the original notes of the - evidence given by officers in the Crimea were sent-to them for revision . The original' notes of his 1 ( Colonel ; Gordon ' s ) evidence were not sent toMnv ; but the ¦ paper which was sent differed very much' from the original notes which had ¦ been-produced before the-Board , , and which showed that one portion of his evidence had been entirely omitted front his reported evidence on the 24 th of May . He found , upon reference to the original notes of his evidence , that the Commissioners had embodied in the . evidence given by him on
the 28 th of May answers to questions put to him on the 24 th . Colonel Tulloch had also stated that the omitted portion of Colonel Wetherall's evidence , had been sent to him ( Colonel Gordon ) for revision . Colonel Wetherall had previously applied to ¦ the Commissioners to know whether they wished to detain him in the Crimea , as . he was anxious , to .. proceed to Constantinople to join the Contingent ^ and : the Commissioners , . after consultation , informed him they did not wish to . detain him . They afterwards put questions to General Airey ; but , as none of those questions " feferred to clothing , he ( Colonel' Gordon ); when the evidence reached'him . on . the 4 th of Jnne , did not think it necessary to send it to Colonel Wetherall
at Constantinople , that officer s evidence resting uppn figures which could be tested by the books in the . Crimea . The paragraph , omitted from Colonel Wetherall's evidence was not in the minute which was sent , aud he ( Colonel . Gordon ) had never seen . it until he . saw it printed in . this country . The . colonel then quoted , various passages from his own evidence as given iu the , report ; and denied their accuracy .. They had . reference to the distribution of the great-rcoats ; and the assertions which Colonel Gordon now made to tho . Board were , to the effect that the ; men were . always ; , supplied with , greatcoats , and . that there never was any hesitation as to exceeding the limitation imposed . by the ? regulations whenever . it appeared advisable , to do so .
At the conclusion . of . Colonel Gordon ' s , statement the Board adjourned to Friday ,
. 3 VMU STUXBltfe < OASCl . Mr . Commissary-General Pilder opened Ms case on ThXixaday ,. and ¦ read a long statement in defenceof himsel ^ - the -. allegations of whioh , being * hta same- as those which he , advanced in hiawritten vindication , and having been then minutely . analyzed in-this journal , need notbfr here reproduced . His statement was-not concluded at the rising o £ the Board . '
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CONDITION OF-ITAIiYV Wk subjoin the important Note which the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries , under date of the 16 th of April , 1850 ,, addressed to Lord CIarend 6 n and Count Walowski : — "The undersigned' Plenipotentiaries of II . M . tho King of Sardinia , fuirof confidence in the sense of jua-ttice which animates the rulers of Franco and England ,, and 1 n the friendship they profess for Piedmont ^ . have . not ' ceased to hope , since the opening of th . « Conferences ,. that the Congress of Paris . would not separate without taking into sorious conslderatldn the state of Italy , and .. arriving at some means for the re-establishincnt of . the political equilibriam now disturbed by the occupation ofi . many of the , provinces of the peninsula by foreign .
troops . Assured of the aid of . their alliea , they , can hardly believe that another power , after having , dia ^ played so lively and generous , an intercut in the woliaro , of the Eastern nations of Slavonic and Greek raoo ,, would-refuse . to attend to the intcreata of tho .-La . ua .. peoploi . who are still more unfortunate , inasmuch as their . higher degree of civilization , renders them moto BonaiUvoi to tho evils of oppressive Governments . This hope ,, however , they have now lost . Hi spjito of tho good . wjU . ^ f England and'Frfance , notwithstanding , thoir kindlyi lefftorts , the persistency of Austria in demanding that no subject should be introduced into the Conferences foreignito tho matters they were especially called to diflCU 8 B , Jw » . jjermltted that . assembly , upon . which , the . anxious oyoa . of all Eutopo wore turned , to dissolve not only without
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Leader (1850-1860), May 17, 1856, page 462, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2141/page/6/
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