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-w — . HHE opening of tlie Session presents parties in L new relations to each other . On tlie first night rlr . Gladstone was seen in tlie position of offering imself as Chancellor of the Exchequer for any Goerament reversing the policy of the present Cabinet , rhile Mr . Disraeli placed himself at the head of
He Income-tax movement , and recovered an imnense amount of lost ground as the leader of the Dpposition . Alreadywe have had occasion to rcnark the junction between Sir John Pakingxon ma Ciro ^ l 4 ia . uchester party ; Sir JonN , however , was , is usual , a guest at Mr . Dis ^^^ S-ps ^ giia ^ i ^ agr before the opening day . It seems scarcely possible that a coalition Government could be formed in
competition with tlie Aberdeen coalition , and , indeed , we anticipate nothing of the kind ; but the movements of Tuesday night certainly might have been interpreted as having that tendency . Scarcely had the Royal Speech been ¦ delivered—and a right royally vapid affair it was—ere Her Majesty's Opposition stormed the breaches in the Ministerial
lines . The foreign policy—a compromise between peace-making and war-making , the Incomo-taxa war impost continued in peace , —these were tlie points that presented the readiest attack , and the assault was fierce . The geographical blundering of Ministers in agreeing to the Bolgrad boundary ; then- assertion that there should be no conference
followed by their assent to the new conference ; tlieir bullying in Naples , with the result only of rendering the King more obstinate ; their embarking in a war with Persia before obtaining the consent of Parliament or being able to calculate tlie cost ; their instructions , which primed Sir Joiin Bowiuno to take advantage of any incident , like that of the lorcha , —were subjects upon which Mr . Disraeli spoke tellingly . Lord Taxmerston had promised to come back , after the war . to domestic affairs . A Liberal Minister is
always expected to produce a lleform Bill , but Lord ^ almerston has promised none ; perhaps he leaves that to Lord John Russeix . And if ho is pressed for that and other improvements , or , if called upon to reduce the Income-tax , he may point to those disturbed relations abroad . He takes a pride uv extricating us from difficulties , himself being % creator of the difficulties . We are at this foment interfering in Italy , in Switzerland , perhaps ta other quarters , only to bring about results the very reverse of those which , in deference to public
opinion , Lord Palmkrston professes to desire . In a large part of these accusations Mr . Dishajeu found a ready support . Mr . Gladstone avowed that he must give to the right honourable gentleman his vote when he said that the House of Commons was bound to stand by the Income-tax settlement of 1853 . If that settlement had been curried out we should , after April next , be paying only fivepence in the poand . Mr . Gladstone and Lord
John Russexl joined in the verdict against Ministers on the s core of Naples . Lord John Russell insists that tlicy arc subserving the policy of Austria in Italy , and Mr . Disraeli accuses them of sanctioning a secret treaty between Trance and Austria , guaranteeing to the Emperor Prancjs Joseph his Italian dominions . Of coarse Mr . Milner Gibsox and the Manchester party agree hi condemning the war expenditure .
Tlie debate in the Upper House very closely resembled that iu the Commons , only that it was much more commonjilace in tone , and not much relieved from insignificance by tlie fact of a direct amendment ; . For although Lord Grey closed liis somewhat bitter dial ribe upon the presumption of declaring war against ; Persia without the leave of Parliament with a resolution embodying censure , he obtained only a fractional support—only twelve to the : forty-iivc against him ; and it is evident that none of the other speakers believed iu the reality of the contest with the Government . The real contest lav in the other House , where no formal
amendment was moved . The work set down for the scs . siou is sue . h as we might have , foreseen . There is to be a fight over the Income-tax , on which Mr . ArsLEYPella / it has notified a motion for the 12 th instant , and Major Reed ditto for the 10 th instant . The whole subject of transportation , ticket of leave , & e ., is to be brought before the House of Commons on motions by Sir Geokgih Giikv , Mr . Roebuck , Lord . ' Bkjixicivs , and others . Mr . Laijouciikiuc has obtained a Select Committee on the Hudson ' s Bay Company
and its territory—whether to recover the . land for transportation or colonization he said not . Tlie Lou i ) Ciia'ncklt . ok announced a list of law amendments , at which people laugh ; the Chancellor ' s list ol' measures for the session usually agrwinii ; with his list , of measures withdrawn at the end of the session . The Loiin Chanckllok ' s bills are like Mr . Caxton ' . s " G rrat Book" - they engage , all his soul ; and ho view ?) them with such reverenee , that Ik ; is never content , wil . h touching them up , never able to approach a finish .
It is not probable that Ministers will be let off without some further explanations on the subject of the Crimean Commission , Sir Jonx M / NeUiL ' s protest not having passed without a remark . Colonel Tin / LOCii is bringing forward a book ; various speakers take note of the movement ; and it is among the topics upon . which Ministers will be
worried . Tlie Association for the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge has been to Sir Geob , gi : Cornewall Lewis with a demand for the repeal of the duty on paper . It seems possible that Sir George may be deprived of his Income-tax , or at least of so much as lie intends ' to ask for ; and ,, if so , tlie question of other duties will be referred to another Ministry .
The -convocation of clergy , has been held in tue provinces both of Canterbury and York , only to go through the same paltry forms , or to put down some attempts at rendering the farce a reality . York adjourned at once ; Canterbury slightly prolonged its debates . JLt is agreeable to . turn from these pretences to something like a real mission on ( lie part , of the ( . 'lt-rgy . We allude to the " Church Schools" which
have been opened by Mr . Rowskll , the local incumbent , of St . Peter's , Stepney . The schools are intended us a place , for the education of the poor , mid also as h place of worship for those of the working classes whose diffidence and shame of poverty-stricken garb keeps them from the parish church . The Bishop of London appeared as a working clergyman to . assist in this movement ; Air . Gladstone and the Reverend Fuedkiuok
M . auuice also co-operating . We siiy it . not invidiously if we remark that , Bishop and Statesman might profitably use their sagacity and their influence to assist , the poor , not iv liumlml miles from that district , vivo have ; been thrown out of employment by the fluctuations , of the building trade . We have already explained how the poor are victimised by the alternating of . selfish speculation mid bankrupt stagnation . "When the , men apply for relief according to law , they are in some cases treated as if they were assumed to be rioters . Vet certainly they have a right to be indignant , for while they have no elieclual control over tin ; movements in the trade which subject
tbenitoUie . se calamitous consequences , they luvYC ( o endure at . once starvation and blame for being ; starved . "They ask for broad , and are otterjwL-akuicbreaking ! It would be Christ ini ^ i i /^ j foit ^ rt fld ^ . wise in statesmanship , to speak a \\ ' ( VH ot ^ r ^ o ^ wtge * ' p meat to tlicse men—to promise thcfoHh ^^ Iic- 6 & fts 0 v " ( * - ' 1 . ~ . , ' <¦• , V - ~> '' ' ^' 0 fi § £
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07021857/page/1/
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