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wfcea Akpabao , finding hnnself faopeteesly iHvoLved in debt * declared hi » inability to pay fete anmia * rent * or land-tax , to > tie Company , la this emergency Mr . Hod < ms PTO ™ f * Xm . the Madras Government to sequestrate Zemindari , and out of the proceeds to apptopritsbe a certain sum for the payment ol ihe yearly tribute , together with one-fourth o ± outstanding arrears . The surplus was to be devoted to the maintenance of Azpj £ ba % > , and the licraidation of his private debts . No
specification , however , of creditors was sent m , nor was it stated that certain villages had already been assigned to them as actual secu * i * y . live years afterwards * though decidedly of opinion : that the entire transaction was wrong and every way injurious , Lord Maoabtitht promised these private creditors that , on the surrender of their mortgages * would recommend their claims- to the favourable notice of the Company , so that they
should reeeive ^ any surplus which naighfcremam after the demands of Giovernment "were satisfied 1 . However , nothing came of this proposed' arrangement , and in 1803 the balance due- to the Company amounted to five lakhs of pagodas . The permanent settlement of the S-orthern Circars being then effected , they very liberally cancelled these arrears and restored the Zemindari , assessed at a tower rental or land-tax . Previous to- thro ,
AppjLrao ' s private creditors had made an application to the Court for payment of their claims , which was very properly decKned , as establishing a dangerous precedent . Nothing more was afterwards heard of them until the Jrear 1831 , when a private bill was brought into the Iiower House in favour of Captain Mttbrat , who had married Mr . Hodoes *
grand-daughter . There is no doubt that the sueeesa of this bill was entirely owing to Captain WfUKRAvY ' s great parMaatteEtfcary infiawnw . Aja& tbre was * boldly stated hi the TJpp « r House by &ord T&Bxyv&jBLAjx , -who strenuously opposed the bill , in conjunction with liord BtiiBirBOROir&H , not yet a systematic opponent of the Honourable Court
As might be expected , the result of this most objectionable measure was to invite other complainants to have recourse to the same means for the redress of their imaginary grievances . In the very next year a Mr . HurcHUffSOW endeavoured to carry through a private bHl x to compel the Court to discharge certain claims made by him as heir to his un . « te * s property , who had lent money to the ItejWr of Travaneore , contrary to- the reeulatrons under which he held office . This
bill , also , would have passed had it not been opposed by masterly skill and perseverance by Mr . ' Magattea ^ , one of the Secretaries of the Beard . Since the failure- of that attempt to interfere with tiie Government of India , no sraailar measures have been proposed until the one lately introduced for the benef t * of Mbbb Japi-ibb Am . But already others are talked of . Am Mobab , of IDryrpore , and' the King of Gums , are both mentioned as lively t& enter the lists against the Indian Government , and , by the aid of KTmtp wt , to aim at obtaining the reversal of
that Government ' s decisions . It is quite possible' that they may succeed . An appeal to the feelings is wsaalfy triumphant in this counAry when the display of generosity impo » e » no additional expense on . the tax-payers . It i » ¦ o-naKpfatoi decree that auch or such a mam ahadlboyid Ity the East India Company , fbrgefcfel for tbennoment © f the now stereotvpedi assertion ) tfcaitf th * y are only trustees for toe proper expwatdittwre ; , of the revenues , of India . And ifc ia aa . jkfeaaaufc i , tot , talk of our « omm » n brotherhood with our foppcvceloured feUo-vrnStdnjeeta , and to insist upotkifliehr being treated with liberality and defiejfeine * .. This ia both juonple- and pJieasamtr—rftiar ¦ a , t nutm
But the time will assuredly arrive n British Government will bitterly repent of their credulity or complaisance , should they ever take the administration of the Indian Empire into their own hands . Khutput will avail to set aside any decision whatsoever . By means of a private bill , smuggled through the House , every deposed Eajah or -Nawao , every fraudulent Zemindar—wi th , sufficient means to retain a solicitor and a couple of members of Parliament—may succeed in practically subverting- the Government , and in bringing the whole machinery of the State to a dead-lock . The Lords have , therefore ,
for once , deserved well of their country in throwing out a Bill establishing such a dangerous precedent . But we doubt not the Hon . Court will display a judicious and graceful liberality towards the unfortunate promoter of that Bill .
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A LIBERAL PARTY . It is the more surprising that there is no great , solid liberal party in the House of Commons or in the country , because there are excellent materials for such a party . The Tory union isr virtually dissolved . It cannot govern Parliament , or restore itself in the confidence of the nation . It has no policy . The "Whig connexion , under the leadership of Lord Ja m * Russeil , lost its parliamentary majority , and has not since regained it . If there be English politicians who have a
future , who may aspire to the position degraded by the Tories and abandoned by the Whigs , they are the Liberals , who have definite opinions , in real harmony with the genius of the constitution . They see before them an exhausted parliamentary machine , an electoral system utterly and hopelessly corrupt , a House of Commons that dares not displace the Prime Minister because it cannot point to his successor , a
Legislature that has ceased to discuss politics , Whigs who have adopted all the cant of Conservatism , Tories who , having nothing at present to conserve , because nothing obsolete seems in danger , split upon a score of crotchety and have almost ceased to be a party . When a real opportunity arrives for a declaration of policy , they shrink from it . One important debate has occurred this session in the House of Commons—the
debate on the dispute with America . It was the duty of the Opposition to aid in pressing upon th « Government the necessity of reforming its di p lomatic habits , and keeping clear of gratuitous quarrels with . America . But where were Mr . Disbaeli ,. Lord John Mannbbs , Sir Buxwer LrrTow , Mr . Walpoi / e , Mr . Henxby ;—that array which tells how low th © party of the gentlemen of England has sunk in oratory , in intelligence ,
in political character ? Their names were not in the list of the minority , for this reason , that their habitual supporters have lost confidence in them ; that a number of the country members have refused at present to countenance their struggle for office ; that , had they spoken and voted , they might have exposed the breach which has taken place . It may appear ingenious to disparage Mr . Moobjbj , but the iSsraelitee would have rushed after
him had not the ? party been divided . It is prudent to be qiaiet when you are weak . Therefore ,, as patriotism , was oat . of the question , the critics ol' the Government polioy were without' the assistance of Mr . jEtasBAEiii ' s knot of friends . With theser instances of incapacity y irresolution , and disunion among the old parties before them , the * Liberals may effectually occupy the recess in tho preparation of a political movement . To them exclusively the nation , looks , fear improvements and
developments of religious liberty , of commercial law , of army reform , of law amendment , of finance , of administration , of the parliamentary system—subjects about which the Tories and Whigs declaim loudly when ou t of office ; but in connexion with which both have practically and naturally failed . But some caution is necessary when the plans o £ new political associations are traced . Men of bad political character , the failures ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ' * /• 1 __»« ^ . 4-r . j-k-P M ^ linrirvtia liTlAivfcV- ftf tfSOTYIlZIAI'P . inl
of past agitations , frothy and vulgar talkers , should be carefully excluded or repressed . They taint from the first the reputation of a political movement . They form an obstruction and a dead weight . It is not every one who professes volubly his liberal principles that should be admitted to the government of a Beformer ' s League . Members of committees and councils should be chosen by the constituents almost as deliberately as- Members of
Parliament . We shall have to make some observations on the practical plan and operation of a political society ; this is a subject that should be attentively examined .
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A Pauper Vicar . —A story , singularly disgraceful to the present state of our rich " national Church , ' was divulged a few days ago in the Woodstock County Court , where the Rev . James Brogden , of Deddington , Oxon , appeared personally as defendant , in answer to a judgment summons for committal , as he had failed to pay 10 ? . per month , in accordance with an order made last November . In the course of the hearing , the reverend gentleman stated that , since the order was issued , his the charitable contribu
family had subsisted chiefly on - tions of friends ; that his living was unde r sequestration ; that he had no means whatever to pay ; that , although he had . done his own du-ty for three years , he had not been allowed any stipend to subsist upon , except from the 3 rd of October to the 3 rd of January last , at the rate of lOOf . per annum , but that the Bishop ' s secretary would not pay it ; that he had expostulated with the Bishop of Oxford in vain , stating what was the fact , that his wife , a French lady of rank , had been for months without a household servant , compelled , with her daughters , to do all the domestic work ; that all he had regularly to subsist upon , except occasional' gifts , was 11 per week , 14 s . of which were always deducted for bread . The order of payment was altered from 10 / . to 1 / . per
month . w AS QFF-8 HOOT FROJT THE FAWNTLSrBOTr CASE . — Judgment was given , on Monday by Vice-Chancellor Stuart in a case arising out of the Fauntleroy forgery . The plaintiff , Mrs . Derbiahire , was interested in certain trust property for her separate use for life , with a restriction on anticipation . Fauntl « roy , who was executed for forgery in . 1824 , was one of the trust « ea of that property , and he applied 3500 / ., part of it , to his own use , and represented that he had invested that sum in tho purchase of 4869 / . Three per Cent . Consols , in the names of himself and his co-tru » tee » . Proof against the estate of Marshy Steacey , Faviutloroy , and Graham was made for the sum of 3500 / . by the surviving trustees , and they had received dividends on that amount . The bill was
filed by Mrs . Derbishire against tho trustees for the purpose , among other things , of making thorn Hablo for the sum of 4869 / . Three per Cent . Consols and th * dividend thereout The case had been already partially nettled by a judgment of the late Vice-Chancollor Sir James Parker , but it now came again before the court on further directions . Vice-Chancellor Stuart decided against grantiag to Mrs . Derbishire the relief sought for . TwoTKASBDinain deb Cruoba . —Lieutenant Fierce , of tho Land Transport Corps , has boon , shot dead , in the Crimoa by some scoundrels who were hiding in tho bushes skirting tho path which he was pursuing , in tho early morning-, in company with a private , who escaped , and
brought the news to camp . A few days after this , a veterinary surgeon if } tha Turkish Contingent gavo a party to some of his comrades . They talked a good deal about the murder of Lieutenant Pierce . Mr . Elkos , the host , in the course of the night rose and walked nboat the room . A Mr . Weston war roused , and , being aJUurmed , he asked what was the matter . There was- no anawer-Weston again called oat , and , receiving no reply , said , " Fred , Fred ! I boo tho shadow of a man on tho watt , and I fear there is some villany about . Is it you ( Still tbore was no answer , and Weston fired , kitting bis friend Elkcs almost immediately . Tba table which they had dined on the evening before was cut up into plunk * to- make a coffin for tho host .
Thib Crimka . —A despatch from Yico-Admiral Trfthonart announces that the definitive evacuation of tho Crimea by the French troops took , p lace on July Gtlu Tbose portions of the peninsula ocoupi « d by tho AIUop wore given up officially by Marshal Peliaaior to the Russian Cbmmander-in-Chief on tho 7 th Instant ,, aim , from the 8 th , every one utill in tho p lace- woe undw Russian Jaw .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 662, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2149/page/14/
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