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THE MINISTRY--GLADSTONE—DISRAELI . Mb . Gtladstone ' s disposition to coalesce with Mr . 'PiSRA . Biii'is only too clear . It maybe that the new compact does not extend "beyond the question of the estimates , the great battle-ground of the session ; Mr . GtI / ADsi-one is obviously and naturally eager to revive the principles of bis own settlement , and seems
? L nceM i&r broader and mdre enduring thaa that ot Whig survivorship . Tory adventurers and Cbnfiertatvtre < &&-trinaires are not a Hopeful coniraternity .
to have been enticed "by the adroit declarations of the Tory leader . But we put it seriously to him . and to his friends , whether he will not lose in prestige and in position by consenting to any actual alliance with , the Disraeli connexion . Are his motives their motives ? Is their morality his ? " Would he become the member of such an Administration as that which Lord Derijt introduced
to the Qtjeejt at '" Windsor , and which dragged itself through a general election more corrupt than any that had taken place for thirty years ? Constitutional G-overnnient -would , indeed , appear under an eccentric aspect , with the Byzantine subtlety , the refining and mystifying intellect of Mr . Gladstone in combination with the Asian mystery of his new-found friend . Such a political union , it must be evident , could not be the offspring of public spirit ; . it bears , at least , the appearance of intrigue ; it would be characteristic
on the part of Mr . Diskaeli ; but on the part of Mr . Gladstone it would be something more than a paradox . He might remember his own definition of Tory finance on a former occasion ; and now that he hears Toryism exclaiming against the immorality of Lord . pAiiMERSTON ' s Government , its habit of blustering to the weak , its systematic complicity with the powerful , its half-way meddling and insincere professions of Liberal
sympathy , he might with great propriety ask himself what have the Tories done , since 18-16 , but display incompetence when in office , and malignity when in opposition ? The promises of the Quarterly are old cards turned up again . Lord Derby played and lost with the same suit in 1852 , when Mr . Gladstone derided Mr . Disraeli ' s Budget as a shopman ' s scheme , and suppressed with merciless ridicule his pretensions as a finance Minister . What were Mr . Disraeli ' s
criticisms on Mr . Gladstone in 1853 , when the gall of the Coalition still rankled in tho Tory mind ? Not of a character to induce tho expectation that we should see these two ex-Chancellora of tho Exchequer , in 1857 , exchanging flatteries across tho floor of tho House of Commons , and combining to defeat a nominally Liberal Government . Wo are not concerned to solicit sympathy for Lord
Palmehston . His liberalism , as wo have repeatedly said , is , in our international relations at least , more damaging to tho cause of freedom than all tho prejudices that encumber tho Tory benches . But wo had hoped to see tho political heirs of Sir Uobeut Peel giving their aid , as tho great Minister would havo given his , to tho construction of tho Liberal party upon a basis more honourable than , that of Whig egotism and in-
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THE GHOST OF ALICE LEROt . When the case of Alice Lehot was exposed * , the whole public was suddenly made aware of the proceedings of a Madame Denis , a Frenchwoman , who imported girls from France and Belgium , and who rendered herself liable to a criminal prosecution . - In the '
story of the time an old marquis' figured . There was an old nobleman who is understood not to have been a marquis , and it now turna out that there is a marquis who is not old . The case was again brought before the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Wednesday . Two stories were told in court , and we must carefully discriminate "between tbem .
A . man named BL&jmisoisr , said to have beeo . a partner of one Denis , seems to hare been either the husband , or some other connexion of Madame Denis . This person represents himself as a wine merchant . He avows to have frequented the house , n&w notorious , No . 3 , Denbigh-terrace ,
Pirnlico , and he says that to that house came various noblemen—the Marquis ot Bath , Lord Somerton , Lord Batematt , and others ; the Duke of Cambridge being of the number . These persons , in 1852 , gave him . orders for wine , for it seems he did not serve Madame Denis , but professed to ae the creditor of the individual visitors at
the house . He also alleged that lie had eon veyed letters to various ladies , some ap parently in Paris , for the Marquis of Bath , who had paid him 101 . at a time . The Duke of Cambridge was subpoenaed as a witness , and was in court . At first Harbison swore to the identity of the Duke ; afterwards he said that a gentleman came to the house who was called " Cambridge . " He came there
as a friend of Lord Bateman . The Duke said to Madame Denis , " My name is Cambridge V * and when Lord Bate man was present , he said to the person in question , " Hallo , Cambridge ! " Subsequently , however , HAitittsOiSr thought he would not swear it was the Duke of Cambridge ; he would only swear that the person was U 7 ce the Duke , and was called Cambridge . Again , he swore to the persons of Lord Somerton and Lord Bateman , both of whom have denied the story ; and actions against them as debtors to Haerison have been withdrawn . Tho
Marquis of Bath denies the debt for wine . He admits having paid 1-Iarrison 51 . on one occasion , and probably a sovereign on others , but it was as « , gift . These discrepancies in tho evidence of Harrison and of the persons whom lie charged as his debtors , created , of course , a strong ; fooling in court . The jury gaA r e a verdict for Lord Bath ; the Chief Tustice declared tho claim to havo been " a most unfounded and infamous demand . " The
whole claim took the shape of an attempt to extort mouey under fear of exposure—a most baae and cowardly mode of . attack ; and the Marquis of Bath obtained some credit for resistance . That is one story . W ^ e now come to tho story which is not contradicted . It is told by tho Marquis of Bath , himself . He came of ago on the 1 st of March , 1852 . " I was induced , " ho says , " to visit the house of Madame Denis . "
owed nothing to Harrison . " I havo always paid for tho wine , if not at the time , on my second visit . " " I used to give Madame Denis presents occasionally , and I . understood thoy covered everything . " The Marquis " never sent Haiuuson with lottors to anyplace , but Madame Denis sent jotters to mo to the different clubs , and no doubt Hah-
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revere » d gentlemen to * render fcaem a , reality In the Convocation o € York , the Reverend Oanott TSbtob claimed the right to elect " our prolcutor ; " but the Reverend Canon Hargoubt , sitting as Commissioner of the Archbishop , could only " receive a written document . " He could , not even hear it read— " I can hear nothing at present ! " he cried . " Before you prorogue , sir— : — " exclaimed Canon Teevob . "In the name of Grod , Amen ! " rejoined the Commissioner . " We "William :
Vercibous treatment ? which' thoy receive * Is the Bishop able ? to open tlie church te > them ? He has no tfaefe power . He oofttraats himself with many of Ms brother elfeegv , 1 > y a really generoua act , when , in connexion \ fifch a local incumbent , he opens a poor school to < ~ be used as a place of worship , in which th ^ poor Christians may not be ashamed of their poor dress . The real Church , it seems , even in our own day , is to be found amongst publicans and sinners , in stables and catacombs . As to the High Church , its clergy are kept in order by poliee , and its denizens are an offence to the very burial-ground .
ITONHarcourt , &c . " The ! Rev . Canon Tbetor —" , sir , I claim to be allowed to elect a prolcutor . " The Commissioner— " You must not interrupt me . We prorogue this synod or convocation to Tuesday , the 3 ] st of March ; and we continue and prorogue the same —" The Ilev . Canon Trevor — " I claim my right to " The Commissioner— - To that day , or any other day , if occasion should require . " The Commissioner had beaten the Canon . Convocation is a delusion , a mockery , and a snare . We know of no attitude in whi ^ h
the Commissioner ought to sit , save one which may be seen in the Egyptian hieroglyphics . It is also described by Rabei / AIS . It consists of putting the thumb to the tip of the nose and extending the whole of the fingers . The historical painter who portrays that scene in Convocation will depict the Commissioner thus extending the hand of fellowship to the Ca-non . If we look into the sections of the Church , the picture is not much better . The gentlemen in black are cutting each other up , root and branch . The benefieed clergy in the diocese of Oxford met in St . Mary ' s Church to elect a Proctor in the Xower House of
Convocation . It is evidently an . election which should be free ; and clearly , the Bishop , a member of the Upper House , ought not to preside . It is as bad , said the Eeverend Thomas Curm-e , Vicar of Sandford and Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Maelbobottgh , as if a "Peer sat to preside over the election of a member of the House of Commons . Mr . Ctjrme , therefore , objected ; but the Bishop said that no one could interrupt the meeting until the Synod was formally opened ; that is , until the Chairman was firmly established . Mr . Curme still
protested ; on winch the Bishop "brought forward a very strong argument ; he sent for a policeman ! The peremptory Chairman , thus protected , opened the Synod , and declared himself " willing to hear any benefieed clergyman who wished to address the meeting . " Mr . Cukme wished to hand in his respectful protest . " But , " said the Bishop , " you cannot protest at this stage of the
proceedings ; it must be at the close ; " that is , we presume , when tho Bishop and the clergy had broken up and departed . It seems that the conscientious clergy must stand in terror of the police . If they attempt , on the one side , to introduce reality , some Bishop or Commissioner -will introduce the police . A clergyman who vindicates freedom of election is placed on a footing with the tickot-ofleavo men ; and it ia tho superior clergy who set up this regime ! Wo do not wonder that tlioro is no * Church extension' under these circumstances . The Church , for all its wealth , confesses its own beggarly incapacity to carry out self-extension . It aeems capable only of self-extinction . In tho parish ot Stepney there arc 80 , 000 persona , and in the whole parish tliero is church accommodation for 600 O . Besides , tho poor aro kept away , as wo have already said , by shame at their own poverty-stricken garb , and at tho auper-
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1857, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2179/page/11/
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