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A change has tome over the spirit of the Minis-: terial dream . The fair omens that , even up to the end of last week , seemed to shed the light of promise upon Lord Derby ' s political path , retreat into 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 Derby has neglected his opportunity , thrown away his chance of popularity , and the penalty may 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 slight accession to the demand for
Reform by the secession of two members of his Cabine 1 > -r-Mr . Walpole and Mr . Henley . The bill stands for its second reading on the 21 st , and tJefbre that time arrives the country will have pronounced upon it . In the meantime , too , a meeting of the whole Libei * al party in the House of Commons is to be convened by Lord John 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 tlio First Lord of" the . Ad "" " ralty 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 havo boon 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 were 8 , 8 / 51 , 000 * . ; for the year 1800-60 they will bo a million higher . The necessity for an increased expenditure , on account of the present state of Europe , was recognised by all sides of the House ., , Fifteen lino-of-battlo ships ore to bo immediately added , to the fleet , which at present numbers 33 sail ; and by the ond of next year ja to be brought up to 44 sail . The recognition of another fact , also , helped to get Sir John Pftkington his additional million without
oppopi-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 Fridaj night last , was founded merely upon inference , as thJ further explanations of Lord Malniesbury made manifest ; the English Government plainly knows 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 entii-ely , fruitless . As to the intentions of the Emperor Napoleon , they are inscrutable ^ and as to the Emperor of Aus triaj , reports—^ coming by way" Paris , it must be observed—describe Mm as being " in . a state of petulant humour ^ and overbearing impatience of control . " The work of warlike prer > arations 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 andiSTaples , 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 present 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 may last for years , and change the social and political coiidition of half Europe .
The news which has reached us m anticipation of the Bombay mail is highly satisfactory . The war in Oude is over ; Lord Clyde has fought hi » last battle , and retired to the hills at Simla to recruit his health , previously to returning to England . His last engagement was on the frontiers of Nepaul , into which country -Nona Sahib , in company with the Bogum , has managed to escape . Sir Jung Bahadoor has pledged himself , however , to give an account of those notorious fugitives , and there is room to hope that justice
tion—namely , that , in the present condition of the 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 nticlor 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 . JsTewdegate and Mr . Disraeli , the House agreed to refer the matter'to a Select . Committee named by Mr . Walpole . Mr . Collier ' s billj 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 King ' s bill , relating to the real estates of persons dying intestate " , was calculated to carry terror 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 , find to give him influence to assist the rest to . a living in thy public offices . " It is useless , however , to tell landowners that the measure presented by Mr . Locke Iving left to them all their present powers of entail , * they fear the " thin point of the wedge , " and will not permit the law of sulccossion to be touched , for fear that-it might tumble to pieces- —from their -knowledge of its rottenness possibly . The bill was lost by a majority of 291 to 7 G .
mivy yet bo done upon the Cuwnporo mur-r dorer . Sir Hugh Rose assumes tho chief command $ and , at the time the news lc / l India , was making groat preparations for oilbotually subduing the Kohillas . The flying game played by Tantia Topee appears to bo nearly piuyed out . Not a mail comes in but wo havo news of bia < having boon once more " ovortakpn " and beaten . Brigadier Holmes hns mauled his forces and seat "him Hying towards the Punjaub , whore dangorsn will surround him more thickly than any through . ' winch l » e hns hitherto succeeded in threading hfa >
With regard to foreign affairs , it is plain that a change has takon place in the aspect ' of things during tlio week , though it is to 6 much to say that that chnnga h" for the bettor . It appears to bo certain that the French Emperor has given the word for the evacuation of Rome ? but the fact is accompanied on nil sides by doubts and suspicions as to the precise object had in view . The mere withdrawal of tho French and Austrian troops from
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Leader (1850-1860), March 5, 1859, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05031859/page/3/
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