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THE LEA i ) Eli . "
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REVIEW OF THE WEEKHOME INTEtXrGEilOE . PAGE Imperial Parliament ;' ....... 292 Gathering's from Law and Police . Courts . 294 Criminal Record ..... 29 o Ireland ... 29 § Accidents • • • 29 o Naval and Military - 29 j Foreign Intelligence . Continental Notes . * . * .... . 295 Steam Navies in Continental Wars .... 207 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEFrance . ..... ¦ . . 308 f * 1 nil -in n w « m ^ ' _ . _ _ - « ' \ l I rS
LITERATURE— i Modern History of Naples 299 | Literary Chronicle of the-Week 299 New Zealand and its Colonization 300 Faets , Failures , and Frauds , 300 The Magazines ..:.......... 301 General Literature ..... . 301 , 302 , 303 FINE ARfS-. Society of Female Artists 308 Government Offices 309 Kensington Museum 309 Artists' Society . " 309 . The British Institution 309 Tasmanian Art ..,. ' 300 Visit of a London Exquisite ..... 309
THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS—¦ Covent-garden • .- •¦• • • 310 Exeter HEall . ; ............ ........ 310 Drui'y L . ane . • • 310 Haymarket ....... — ............ 310 Musical and Dramatic Chips .... 310 St . James ' s Hall 310 Vocal Association . * . 310 Lyceum .......... .. .. 310 Ohio Minstrels 310 Postscript . . •¦• • 304 PUBLIC AFFAIRSThe Neyv Reform Bill 305 The Navigation Laws 306 The Politics of Numbers 300
INDIA AND INDIAN PSO 3 RE 3 SPublic Works in India . .. ; ...... 313 Notes on India .................. 313 . The Fate of M . Adolphus Sclilagentwert ......... * .. 314 COMMERCIALJoint-stock Banks 314 Railway Intelligence ............ 314 Joint-stock Companies 315 General Trade Report . 315 Home , Colonial and Foreign Pro- . duce Markets ¦ 315 Money 3 Iarket . 315 Miscellaneous ......... ' 298
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A change has come over the spirit of the Minis ' .- , terial dream . The fair omens thafc , even up to the end of last week , seemed to shed the light of promise upon Lord Derby ' s political path , retreat intb silence and darkness . The country has waited patiently upon the convenience of a Government for which . it has certainly not an ardent admiration ; it gave to Lord Derby ' s cabinet the fairest possible chance of establishing itself as a strong and good Executive , asking scarcely more than one thing in return— -a Reform Bill that should worthily deal with the almost universally admitted defects of-our present representative system . Lord Dex-by has neglected his opportunity , thrown away his chance ¦ of popularity , and the penalty niay be the overthrow of his power . Whatever hopes the country had indulged on the subject of a liberal measure of Reform coming from a Government whose supporters have been unceasingly proclaiming its ability and desire to deal with the question in a large and final spirit , have been much deteriorated by the measure introduced by Mr . Disraeli on Monday evening . But we have treated of this matter so much at large elsewhere , that it is unnecessary to discuss the subject here . Lord Derby has had to pay for his own s light accession to the demand for Reform by the secession of two members of his Cabinet—Mr . Walpole and Mr . Henley . The bill stands for its second reading on the 21 st , and before that time arrives the country will have pronounced upon it . In the meantime , too , a meeting of the whole Liberal party in the House of Commons is to be convened by Lord Joh , n Russell , for consultation on the course which he and the party are to take . Lord- Palmerston not having thrown any difficulties in the way of the First Lord of the Admiralty on Friday evening last , that important official proceeded , to make his statement on the Navy Estimates . His account of the state of his department was a frank and straightforward one . Great efforts have boen made of late years to develop our steam navy , and these efforts have not been made without a good deal of expense . Last year our Naval Estimates wore 8 , 851 , 000 ? . 5 for . the year 1859 ^ 60 they will bo a million higher . The necessity for an increased expenditure , on account of the pi'csent state of Europe , was recognised by » U aides of the House Fifteen lino-of-battlo ships are to be immediately added to the fleet , whioh at present numbers 33 sail \ and by the end of next year id to be brought up to 44 sail . " The recognition of another fact , also , helped to got Sir John Pakbgton liis additional million without
opposition—namely , that , in the present condition of " country , to secure the national defences without impressment or conscription , the market price must be given for labour—the fundamental requisite in war materiel . In the cases brought before the House by Mr . Duncombe , with reference to the arrangement under which Jews are admitted into Parliament , and by Mr . Collier , with reference to the payment of voters' expenses , we see the inevitable results of compromised settlements . They are no settlements at all , but constant whets to the appetite for conclusive settlement . ; Mr . Duncombe proposes an arrangement which would very satisfactorily dispose of the question of admitting Jews into Parliament by resolution , by simply converting the resolution of the House into a standing order . So well was Mr . Duncombe backed , that , in spite of the opposition of Mr . Newdegate and Mr . Disraeli , the House agreed to refer the matter to a Select Committee named by Mr . Walpole , Mr . Collier ' s bill , if passed , will have the effect of reversing the provisions of the bill passed last session , legalising the payment of voters' expenses , and which certainly opened a wide door for a certain kind of bribery and corruption-Mr . Locke ICing ' s bill , relating to the real estates of persons dying , intestate , was calculated to cany terx * or into the souls of eldest sons , who look upon the law of primogeniture as the foundation of all earthly comfort and security . But great numbers of people in the land regard this same law as , little other than barbarous , and think it a scandal to the Christian feeling of any community . The general belief among the people , as pointed out by General Thompson , is that " primogeniture and entail are kept up in order to make one stout representative of an aristocratic family , and to give him influence to assist the rest to a living ' in the public offices . " It is useless , however , to toll landowners that the measure presented by Mr . Locke King left to them all their present powers of entail ; they fear the " thin point of the wedge , " and will not permit the law of succession to bo touched , for fear that it might tumble to pieces—from tUoir knowledge of its rottenness possibly . The bill was lost by a majority of 201 to 70 . With regard to foreign affairs , it is plain that a change has taken place in the aspect of things during the week , though it is too much to say that that change is for the bettor . It appears to bo oertainthat the French Emperor has given the word for tine evacuation of Rome ; but the faot is aocompaniqd on all sides by doxibts and suspicions as to the prooiso object had in view . The mere withdrawal of the French and Austrian troops from
Rome and from the Legations , does nothing towards settling the difficulties felt rather than defined , but , nevertheless , really existing between the Governments of France and Austria . Mr Disraeli ' s answer to Lord Palmerston , on Friday night last , was founded merely upon inference , as the further explanations of Lord Malnicsbury made manifest ; the English Government plainly known nothing as to the future course of the French and Austrian Governments , and nothing has transpired to throw light upon the proceedings of Lord Cowley . A pretty general belief is that his mission has been nearly , if not entirely , fruitless . Aa to the intentions of the Emperor Napoleon , they are inscrutable ; and as to the Emperor of Austria , reports—coming by way of Paris , it must be observed- —describe him as being "in a state 'of petulant humour jsmd overbearing impatience of control . " The work of warlike preparations is pushed forward unceasingly , and the Austrian newspapers have assumed a thoroughly warlike tone . On the subject of the illegal treaty arrangements subsisting between Austria and Naples , Modena , Tuscany , Rome and Parma , the Austrian Gazette says , " God has given us a certain advantage in our treaties with Italy , and the devil may take it from us if he can ! " If this , in any degree , represents the temper of the Austrian Government , the chances of peace are obviously not great . At the ju'esent moment the peace of Europe seems to depend upon the wills of two men : a word from either , and the first gun may sound the beginning of a war that maylast for years , and change the social and political condition of half Europe . The news which has reached us in anticipation of the Bombay mail is highly satisfactory . Tlie war in Oude is over ; Lord Clyde has fought hi * last battle , and retired to the hills at Simla to recruit his health , px'eviously to returning to England . His last engagement was on the frontiers of Nopaul , into which country Nana Sahib , in company with the Begum , has uianaged to esoapev Sir Jung Bahadoor has pledged UunseU ) however , to give an account of these notdriovP fugitives ,, and there is room to hope that justice may yet bo done upon the Cawnporo murderer . Sir Hugh Rose nssumoa the chief command ; and , at the timo the nows loft India , was making groat preparations for oflbctuully aub * duing the Rohillas . The flying game played by Tantia Topee appears to bo nearly played out . Not a mail coinos in but wo have news of baa . having been once more " overtaken " and beaten .. Brigadier Holmes has mauled his forces and seat , him flying towards the Punjabi } , whore dangers will surround him ' more tlxiqkly than any through , which lio has hitherto siicceedad iu tliroading bj %
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Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2284/page/3/
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