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AT last some explanation has been given on qucs-_ £ JL tions in India which had excited the most intense iutercst in this country . At the Ciiy dinner In . honour of the Duke of Cambridge , Lord Guan"VlLliE , speaking for Ministers , gave a formal contradiction to the reports that there have been disputes between Sir Colin Campbell and Lord . Canning-. He also endeavoured to counteract the conclusion that Lord Canning * Governor-General of India , has interfered with the military authorities or shielded the Hindoos . Lord Ghanville insisted that the Governor-General of India has done the reverse of these things . Short as the intercourse between Sir Colin and Lord Canning had been , the Governor-General had already found out the great qualities of the Highlander , as a man and as a soldier ; and he had done all in Ins power to strengthen the hands of the Indian Coimnanderhi-Chicf . The idea that Lord CakningIuuI shielded the Scpovs originated in the circular which had been issued by the Governor-General in Council to the civil authorities , directing them to cany deserters before military authorities ,, and pointing out some rules for discriminating between different shades of guilfc . In order to prove that this circular had nol cither the spirit or the cfrcct imputed to il , Lord Guanvio . e quoted the authority of Sir John Lawrence , who exclaimed , when lie rend it , that i ( , was > the very thing wanted . "With regard to the appointment of Mr . John Pjstkii Grant to a civil post in ( . he North-West Provinces , and his exercise of power to release one hundred and lifty of the Gawnporc murderers captured by General Neiix , Lord GitANViiJiE expressed doubts of the whole story ; but he maintained that , if Mr . Grant had hern guilty of any such conduct , it was not in accordance , with the firmness of his character or wifh the instructions of the Governor-General . On the contrary , the Governor-General had expressly vofocnl < he proclamation of Mr . Colvin , the late Governor of the North-Wost PrayiuccK , which had promised pardon to auy o £ the mutincm-H who should submit . Tlio proposal waa one on the merits of which there may be some question ,-but the decisive conduct of Lord Canning ought to have been a suilk-icnt reply , to those who suspectod him of shielding the mutineors . Such is Lord Giianvii / le's statement . It ia corroborated by the Commandor-iii-Chicf , the Duke of Cambridge , who speaks on the authority of Sir Comn Campbkm ,, in denying that there had
been the alleged difference between himself and the Governor-General . The contradiction must be accepted as made on sufficient authority , and we receive it with reference to the present . It . is not perfectly consistent with some accounts—not incredible—previously received . K " o one suspected Lord Canning of really intending to shield the mutineers : the suspicion was directed at his love of meddling—of dictating to those who allowed him to think that they were acting for themselves , while those who allowed him to think that he was dictating could easily manage him . " Whatever maybe the facts of the case , it is evident that public opinion in this country has at last exercised a salutary influence over the Governor-General , and over the Ministers that appointed him . We have little other Indian news except new manifestations of good feeling abroad . At the j same dinner the American Minister spoke in clear j and eloquent language on the subject . With re-1 gard to the mutiny , it was , he said , a subject en- j tirely for internal treatment ; but there are some crimes which arc perpetrated loss against any Government , than against human nature ; of that kind were the monstrous and atrocious actions of the murderous Sepoys ; " and , " said Mr . Dalxas , " language can be too strong , no language too im- 1 presaive , no force too sudden , no blows too severe for such crimes as those which have been perpetrated in India . " Tlic very welcome paid to the Duke of Cambridge himself in the presentation of a magnificent sword and the entertainment of a feast by the City of London proves the eameshioss of tlic public feeling 1 on these subjects . Homage wan done to the Dnke for his service in the Crimea ; for Ins honesty as a military administrator ; and for his zeal in endeavouring to strengthen our forces In India . Abroad , the thing of which we feel the growing want is a st vong Liberal Government . The use of the word nationality has become an olVenco-, and the will of the people an obsolete power . At , present , we sue Denmark steadily advancing towards Hu < absorption of the llolstrin Duchies ; and Moldo-Wallachia , ia spite ; of tlu > unanimous demand of its people for emancipation , 'will be secured to its irritated must or . Pence , peace at any price ; that is the meaning of the meetings at Osbomc , at Stallgard , and ' ait , Weimar . 'Both Spain anil Belgium arc in the throes of ministerial crises ; but neither event , excites any considerable interest ; out of the countries to which they belong .
Returning to home politics , we note that India , the theme of nearly all the public speakers at meetings , is , for the present , exhausted , so that we are not surprised to find little interest hi the speeches reported during the week . At the annual dinner of the Amcrsham and Ghesham Agricultural . Association , Mr . Disraeli took a very different theme , that of agricultural progress . He was very pointed and severe upon critics who object to the insignificant sums given as rewards to praiseworthy labourers , and insisted that it was not intended to ' measure the excellence of the individual by the mere money value of the prize , but to single him out from the crowd and show that his services are appreciated by the community in which he lives . ' But if so , why give money prizes at all ? At all events , why give a sovereign in one case , thirty shillings in another , and two pounds in another ? In these cases , what is it marks the honorary distinction of the recipients if it is not money-value ? But too much has been made of this matter . A subject of more importance is the early closing of daily business , advocated by Lord ^ Brougham at Leeds ., as a great and necessary aid to popular education , the" stepping-stone to popular . advancement . . . . - . ' ¦ . ' . . h .. j K r . ¦ . ' - ; Lord Dungannon , Grand -Master of the -Grand Lodg-e of the Orange Society in' Antrim ;;> rritlrf ; s ' mukr the letter of the Irish Lord ChancellorBt ^ BJ a ^ worm under a sprinkling of salt . His indignation , . boils over in several columns of a newspapervrfepdrfc of his speech to a meeting of the Lodge over which he presides , 'that it should be imagined-that "' , men like himself , who were placed by Providence iii' sfca .- ' tions in which they might act as examples to those under them in another sphere of life / could ' prove traitors to those principles which they had always professed and strenuously maintained ! ' They have but one of three courses : to petition both Houses of Parliament ; to appeal to the Prime Minister ; or to lay their representations at the foot of the throne ! There is one other course open—but , of course , the Grand Masters of the Grand Lodges of the Orange Society won't take it ; it ia simply to ' be quiet . ' The newspapers arc still foul with reports of murders . At . Stevcuage , in Hertfordshire , the . body of a policeman is found in a pond , the head nearly severed from the body . At Much AVoolion ,. ^ near-. . Liverpool , a man in a til of delirium fivincu ^ OT ^ r ^ \ . f , \ > ,.. ; ders his ino ( her-in-law , by strangling | % ^ ai qgM ^^ i ? ' ' * }' t" ~\ I firing-her head again . sl . the wall or lloipq M ^ OJ ^ / M "S- . Enguine , in Essex , a fanner is robbed i ^^ nijr d ^^ t ^;~ - \ |;_ on the highway . On tlic shore , nca ^^^^ w ( j >/ , V ' - " v : i > s ' wf ;^ m 4 ^ ** £ & * ££ ZJm \^ gSi ^> / -
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VOL . VIII . jSTo . 398 . ] SATURDAY , ^ OVEMBEE 7 , 185 ^ Pric e W ^^ Jg ****™ -
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- -i'acie State of Trade 105 S America 1038 The Indian Revolt 105 ' . ) Indian Names 1059 The Duke of Cambridge hit ho City lOfio Public Meetings Ifliiij The Great Eastern—Failure in the Launch . 10 G 2 TheLate General Cavaignac 10 i > 3 Ireland ..... 10 G 3 Obituary . - .. 10 G 1
Accidentsa .: nl Suililcn lJi ' . iths ...... Iikh C . inLiiiontal XoU-s loiil-Our Civil i / . aiion . : loot ; Gatherings ( rum t ! i « Law and Polie <; Courts 10 ij 5 i Xaval and Military ini > 5 ' MiscollaiKious lOUij . Postscript 10 i 5 t | i ! PUBLIC AFFAIRS- ¦ [ i ImperialI Goverunicnt in India .... 10 (> 7 : ! lie form in a Dark Corner 1007
¦ First . Stoii . ; of tii « Cin-islitr . i e'lnu ' cii in India ltji . iS Tlio . \ t ^ ' iiinuoil : i ! i'iii-l ' jipi - i' Maiiiiiacturor UtZS The llouuiaiiiau Union . lotj'J ( General Cavaifrnric 10 ( 59 The-Leviathan 1070 A . " . lillwall Illustration 1070 OPEN COUIMCILLord Canning .. 1071 LITER ATUR ESuinmary 1072
Rivorstnn 1073 Life of Lord Jiacou 1073 Dftbitan-l . Credit 1074 Ancient Husbandry 1075 Thorndale 1076 ¦ i The Gazette 1076 j COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS—; City Intelligence , Markets , &e 1077
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"The one Idea which . History exh . ibi . t 3 as evermore developing it 3 elf into greater distinctness is tie Idea of Humanity—the npDle endeavour to throw down all the Darners erected , between , men by prejudice a . nd one-sidedviews ; and , by setting aside the distinctions . of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Hainan race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of out spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 7, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2216/page/1/
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