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THE . LEADER,
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The . Leader,
THE . LEADER ,
Contents:
Contents :
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-t— w _ ' ¦ LITERATURE- ~ ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE— . ¦ COMMERCIAL' ^ KJLotaCE . PAGB Review of the Week .. 428 gSrS ?^^ . ICII ' . " " I ± » " 437 Gold and the Franchise . . 4 ^ t > v ™« t ,+ 4- » o American Literature 420 trcrmsiuy Money Market 4 +-• Imperial rarhament ............ ^ u The Now Quarterly ... 42 !) FINE ARTS- . General Trade ¦ Koport 4-i ± Gatherings from Law ana i . once Round the Sofa 430 Marylebone Institution . 437 Home , Colonial and ITorcisyn I ' ro-Cqurts ; ,. •¦ :: T £ ? The Bertrams 43 . 0 duce Markets . ... 1 4-13 Criminal Record ............ *~ t Tlie Mag-azines ..... 431 THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTS— Railway Intelli ciii > L- 1 « Accidents ....... •••• *** Books Received 431 Princess ' s 43 . 7 Joint Stock Companies 4 M w " n ? rind * Miiitnrv !'" . 424 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- St ! James's Hall 4158 Stocks and Shares 4 + 1 Naval and aiintary t ^ public flhhAms Chios .. 438 Commercial Miscellaneous 141 foreign intelligence . The Reform Debate 433 wp ' " ContinentalXotes 424 The Russo-Frencli Alliance . ••¦•*»» INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESS- " Ir ^ w - ^ hcov ^ ciai - »^ - ^^ - - g »^ fflt - B ^ i :::::::: S p ^ S- ..:::::::::::::: g ASerl ^ fediiion -:::::::: ^ I * Xv ^ t ™^ " : " :: & i . ^ tin ^ ajnum ^ ce . ...... 440 postscript . ^ lli :: j * __ .
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The battle lias been fought out ; no quarter lias been given or asked : after seven days'conflict the ' hereditary oj > ponents of Reform Lave gone down before the prowess of the younger and . more daring spirit of the age—Progress . ^ _ A majority of thirty-nine lias defeated the Ministerial measure on the second reading , Lord John Russell ' s resolution being carried without a division . The consequences , as far as the present Ministry is concerned , will be seen in a few hours , ' resignation or dissolution . The latter part of the
debate was carried on with a spirit and openness on the side . of the Government worthy of the question at issue . After listening to the lavish advice and suggestions of the leading men of all parties in the House , Sir John Pakington and Lord Stanley both pledged the Ministry to accept the carrying of Lord Jolm Russell ' s amendment us a vote of want of confidence ; but both reserved to Government the right of appealing from the verdict to the country at large—a right -which , without dotibt , they are at liberty to exercise , if , upon a nearer view of the matter-, they expect to gain anything by taking siich a course . Perhaps the speech of Sir James Graham , delivered on JYIonday evening , went nearest of any that has been made to lay down ; the sort of Reform Bill which the country is desirous to see carried . Sir James frankly admits that the old Whig notion of finality is untenable . The Reform Bill of 1832 he justly looks upon as a very successful experiment , but nothing more ; and he sees clearly that it is dangerous as well as unreasonable to withhold a considerable reduction of the borough franchise , The working classes are not what they were when the question of
Reform was disposed of a quarter of a century ago , and Sir James has the honesty not to deny this great fa ct ; these classes , he says , have earned the right to a share in the power of making the laws of the nation , under which they live . , An effective extension of the franchise must bo provided , and a rating or municipal suffrage , —that as , a lengthened residence of thi'ee years , nnd uninterrupted payment of rotes for two and a lialf years—would , he is of opinion , be a safe basis , "Who are the people who would be enfranchised ? The people who pay tho interest on the whole national dqbt . "On the ground of taxation , therefore , " he says , " they are entitled to that
wght- ' r-on the ground of ancient usage they are entitled to that right—and on the ground" of proved character and conduot , such as tho Chancellor of the Exchequer allows to exist on their part—growing intelligence , increase of numbers —regard this question how wo will , I come buck to the conclusion that a considerable inoroaso of the working classes in the election of members for seats in boroughs is most expedient and most just , " Even tho desire fox * the ballot— -against which ho himself retains his old objections—ho frankly admits , has made rapid progress ; and ho scouts the scheme of voting-papers proposed instead , as open to all tho evils of eeox'et voting , without any of tho advantages anticipated . from the operation of the ballot , oir James Graham ' s view of tho position of tho Reform question , in
The news from India confirms the intelligence brono-ht by all the late mails , that tue vrov * . oi pacification in Oude has been very completely done . A telegram from Calcutta gives the number of the cannons and other arms that hare been seized , or delivered up to the , British authorities , and it gives also the number of the forts dismantled—a formidable list . Nana . Sahib and his companion , the Begum , are still in JNcpaul , also continues to
representative institiitions , which lias pi-onouneed itself in a memorial to the Secretary lor the Colonies , prayin ^ for a commission of inquiry . JJus proceeding Appears" to have been received with very bad grace by the " official" party at Sierra Leone , who arc said to have taken verv offensive measures for putting down any-expression of the public" opinion . The affair , of which we shall , no doubt , soon hear more , will demand the immediate attention of the in-coming Colonial Secretary .
imcaptured . Tantia Topee evade pursuit . In Central India-a . considerable number of rebels , including four generals and several other officers , have surrendered themselves to one of the Native Princes . In Bengal and in the North-Western Provinces , all . is quiet . The most important part of the news , however , refers to the financial straits to winch the Governor-General is reduced ; for mim y a loii £ year this will be tlie great difficulty in the path of the Imperial Government of India . fthe quarterthough
At home , the revenue or , showing a decrease of somewhat over tfOO . OOOZ . on account of the remitted income-tux , ljours witness to the general prosperity of the country , as tested by its consuming power . In the Customs , in the Excise , and in the Post-oniee , there is an increase ; and , but for the loss of the income-tax , the nation ' s accounts would have shown an increase of some two millions on the year ' s income . . . On the Continent , of course , the chief subject ot interest is the Japproaching Congress ib y tho discussion and possible settlement of- the . Italian difficulty . An opinion is generally entertained that the end of April will find the represent lives of the Five Powers at their work . Meantime , speculation is alive on tho subject of the representation of England ; Lord Malmesbuiy wns supposed to . having token upon himself tlint important office ; but the recent defeat of Minwtew ' witli its contingent results may , even while we writ *' , liavd taken the matter out of the handa of Lord J > urby b Government . One of tho acts of Lord JNIulnicsbury ( supposing him to have ceased to Uu J < orcigu Secretary ) has Ud an important resull . Ho n }> - penrsto have caljod upon the Sardiniun dnveriwnont : o declare that it has no intention of iiMiicfemff Austria ; and Count Cavour hn » pnl » li .-ilioil hi * answer : it is to the . effect that , " > J Aiwinn will , for tho future , abstain from not * <> njitfivfwrcm a-ainst Piedmont , Sardinia will give t . u '"""•»» ' «« asked , " We believe that tho R ! y « ' » . t *;>»!< V ° » tho Sardinian people is suggoHtcl by thiil . I . Tho most remarkable oocurrume ol . tliu wook has boon tho sudden change of wmihw On Tuesday wo observed onto , clnmn Lo ihu k -l ogo of tho around by tho warmth of tho mm : on W < nl * neBdav wo sm ? the country about London covered v ! h th 7 oo o four Jnohi . of bard-ft-oKon snow ! It is tho complete realisation of Thompou ' s dccriptipn oi' vnxly Spring .
fact , is precisely that of the great body of ^ intelligent men who are demanding the recognition of their right of enfranchisement , and precisely that which will guide the majority of electors at the hustings , should the Government call upon them to exercise their functions . The . result ofThursday night ' s debate , though it takes nobody by surprise , has given rise to numerous suppositions as to the course which Ministers will take on Monday nig ht . Of course , it is only a waste of words to dwell upon surmises and suppositions which the events of a few hours may prove to be erroneoias ; the belief , however ,
that Ministers will resign rather than go to the country gains support from the fact that , after an interview of two hours' duration between Mr . Disraeli and Lord Derby , yesterday , a Cabinet Council was held , and at its conclusion Lord Derby proceeded direct to Buckingham Palace , where he had an audience of the Queen . Overborne by the absorbing interest of the Reform debate , the other Parliamentary business of the week appears tame ; it has not been without importance , however . Lord John Russell's Bankruptcy Bill , which has the support of both the commercial and legal interests , has gone into
committee with the Lord Chancellor ' s Bill on the same subject . Out of the discussion and comparison of the two bills ought to come a really good measure for the rerhedy of long ^ -admitted evils in the present system of adjudication in Bankruptcy and Insolvency cases . Another important subject has been dealt with in the House of Lords ; this is a bill for doing away with the necessity for a unanimity of jurors in civil cases . The result of the division on the motion for the second reading of the bill marks the wholesome dread felt by the Legislature at meddling with a system which has acted well , centuries Scotland
upon tlie whole , for many . In a different systqm is employed , and , in civil cases , a verdict of nine out of twelve jurymen is taken after a 1 deliberation of six hours . Mr . Dunlop has a bill before the House for reducing the time of deliberation to three hours , and the second reading passed without opposition , the change being favoured by both Scotch rind English lawyers . . ' ¦ , Tho course of Sir John Trelawny s Churchrates' Total Abolition Bill appears likely to be somewhat diverted . Lord John Russell has taken the measure in hand , and has proposed a string of amendments , tfie effect of winch will be to do away with tho simplicity of the original
measured Lord John ' anxiety is to pi'ovido for certain vested interests , rent * charges , and so forth . The first amendment provides , . moreover , that the bill , if passed , shall not conic into operation before tho 1 st of January , 1801 . Sir Henry Storks is not falling short of tho promises whioh ho made at tho outlet of his Lord High Commissionorship ; he is doaling Avith the lonions after the fasluon of his namesake in the fable . Having deprived the people of their Parliament for six months , he has appointed a commission , with himself at tho head , to inquire into all tho public departments , with a view to discover what ohanges can be effected within tho ttWi ' ' . ' A little diflloulty is looming in the distance of Sierra JJeono , where tliero is a growing desire for
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Leader (1850-1860), April 2, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02041859/page/3/
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