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THE FIRST DEBATE. The Premier has met hi...
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Tbe Itauans In Alexandria. (To The Edito...
nnajumously agreed by tbe above-named enlightened assembly that no Italian Christian should die in Alexandria without the presence of a E » man Catholic priest ? but knowing tile sick man's ayersion to the members of that body , and supposing that , the friend then waiting on ; aim would scrupulously carry out his wishes , they chose from amongst them an individual ( to be a feinct or mediator ) who enjoys in their minds the title of reiagee and liberal , also a , pretended Mend of the invalid , as the likeliest person to pay a visit to the-sick man ' s room for the purpose of taking a few soundings . This self-same andthe heart of
party , with a head of porphyry ; a mouse , for fear , we suppose ,, of , counteracting the great care he had bestowed at his toilet , previously had . abstamfid . from visiting poor Ciatti during his illness ; but no sooner did he hear that by the death of one whom he should have treated as one friend ought always to treat another , he could put something in the way of the Roman Catholic priesthood * the eternal ) enemies of his country , thajx , like the bird of bad augury , he rushed eagerly away to fulfil his mission ; but finding that the true friends of the dying man were determined , as far as they could , to carry out the wishes of theiaa sick brother , he had te return as
he startedv The priests , in the meantime , had been advised of all the proceedings , and , like the raver , that waits the death of the fallen animal to devour its body , so they waited tfie last agonies of Ciatti , in order to plant on bis death-bed the flag of triumph , and to appropriate the little money they might be able to find him possessed o £ " The soul , " said they , " the soul of this unhappy man will be lost ,, if we do not administer to him the comforts of our holy religion ! " And so echoed their zealous clique ; But the real friends of the dying man informed them that Ciatti would die with , indignation at the very sight of a priest about his bed ; he was replied to , at the instigation of the priest , that confession was not necessary , nor yet communion ^ but that the presence , at least , of one of the respected Padres was absolutely so .
But knowing it to be impossible to have the presence of one of these priests without the sick man being aware of it , they coolly proposed to bandage poor Ciatti's eyes , allow the priest to enter the room , and , as if the poor fellow were dead , to await his last breath . without even uttering a syllable . Of course the true friends of Ciatti would not listen to such base proposals ; but they were few and their adversaries were many , and soon the petty brokers of popish wares ran to inform the despotic Tuscan authorities , to whom , unfortunately , Ciatti belonged . By them , the iron arm . of the law was put in motion , which obtained for tbe priests a victory ; but even in victory they were despicably poor . Oh , miserable men , who could propose such frivolous means ! If the mercy of your God be such as he cannot draw under his mantle a poor
sinner without the aid of another and a greater sinner ; if your God in his omnipotence cannot save the soul of a poor creature without bandaging his eyes , we refuse his mercy . We deny such a being . No ! our God is not your God ; our God is not a malignant , revengeful , and frivolous being , selling out mercy by the poundweight—the more money the more mercy—after the manner of the Roman Catholic priests , who sell the mercies of their God . The God we acknowledge , venerate , and worship , and whom from tho innermost recesses of our hearts we silently adore , ia an immense , incomprehensible , and infinite Being , who by the waving of His hand creates and destroys worlds and nations ; our God is , in fact , the Fountain of inexhaustible light and life—yours , that of darkness and death .
There was sent to the house of the dying man art uneultivated-looking figure in shape of a priest , and it -would almost bo difficult for us to say whether the corpulency of his body or the ignorance of his mind bo his qualification for tho position which ho holds . But we know that lie was compelled to wait nil night in an adjoining room , as those who had the care of . the siok man's chamber would not allow him to enter therein . Finally , at daybreak , February X 9 t . li , 1857 , juat as tho clock struck six , poor Ciatti breathed his last . It was then that those who had waited upon him , seeing all human care would bo for over useless , with grief loft the room of death . Then tho priest , like a conquering herald , planted his flag of possession , singing a Misetwe in such a strong and gladsome strain that it appeared to be , and in fact waa , one of his To Damns .
Behind such a conquest tho God that waa consulted -was that of Mammon , in tho shape of the effects yoo .-Ciatti had left , and of which an account was immediately taken , in order to see whether thoy would pay for a first , second , or third stylo of funeral . And it ivas of the JlraU The- foregoing took place near Alexandria , Egypt . Wo could enlarge considerably on tho underhand doings o tho Koraiwh pricHts , but fearing that this may already require moro spaco than you can give it in tho columns of your vuhtablo journal , wo reserve ourselvea for some other time . Glorying in truth , we foar neither persons nor parties ; and being strong in our conscience and faith , wo fearlessly bring to light tho above facts , and oponly defy contradiction . Your obedient servants , Turn Italians in A & icxandiua . Alexandria , March 23 , 1857 .
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SATURDAY , MAT 9 , 1857 .
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...
There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep ' things fixed when all the worldiaby th-every law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Absox . I 7 .
The First Debate. The Premier Has Met Hi...
THE FIRST DEBATE . The Premier has met his Parliament . His speech , by courtesy attributed to the Queekf , read very like a protocol , with a parenthesis on English affairs ; but , at Mr . Roebuck ' s suggestion , he added a rider , and promised a Reform Bill next year . The main difference between moving for leave and throwing down a pledge in connexion with that topic , is this : —A distinct proposition means something to be done ; a distinct promise means
that something naay be done , if a great many other things , all of which are probable or possible , do not happen . The House of Commons , after listening idly to the Royal Speech , about the Treaty of Paris , the unsettled questions between Prussia and Switzerland , the United States and England , and all the European Powers and the Danubian Principalities , heard with interest two announcements—from Sir De Ijacy Evaws , that he would raise a debate upon foreign
occupations ; and from Mr . Roebuck , that he would challenge the Government on the subject of Parliamentary Reform . The Government—that is to say Lord Palmerston , rose —and signified that , next session , he would himself lead the party of Reformers . It is not to the popular voice , or to theoretical convictions , that he yields , but to the body of influential opinion already declared in favour of an improvement in the parliamentary representation of the countiy . He
cannot afford , triumphant as he is , to slight the resolution of Lord John Russell to cany on the work begun in 1832 . Lord John Russell , out of office , and with the Vienna mystery still hanging over him unexplained , is yot a powerful political chief . The Examiner significantly raises its shield to parry the awkward and discreditable violence of tine JEdinburqli Review , and displays the
Bedford crest . Lord Palmeuston knows , therefore , that tho Liberal majority is bent upon reform ; with painful hesitation ho rises in his place , and replies to Mr . Roebuck ' s notice for Thursday week , by a notice for [ February or April next year . Wo can only repeat our decided opinion that he dislikes tho very mention of a Reform Bill , and express a hope that the nation will not suffer itself to bo misunderstood or misrepresented .
Meanwhilo Lord Palmiqrston is eager for official reinforcements . Tho gossip about tho Loud Chancellor ' s retirement is , however , very vague as yot ; better law ia wanted on tho Woolsack than Lord Cranworth supplies , as well as a more authoritative reputation j bub wo do not credit ; the rumour
I that it is contemplated to appoint' Chief Justice Cogkbtjbn ; his . successor ., CJbief tft * stic & Cockburn ! possibly aspires , to th & portfolio of Justice , should , that department be created ; but the Great Seal woulcf probably be tne prize 1 ef Sir Rich : a . b 3 > BfiTHBLEiir ; or Sir William Pa & b- Wood * Sir- Rj &© h : a , ed- Betbkebl should be promoted * Mr . Phinn might practically explain bis reason for giving , tip his- post as Permanent . Secretary ts the Admiralty , by
assuming- the Attorney or Solicitor-General ^ ship :.. That is to say * unless , he has , fixed hia eye upon the seat on tne- bencB . that is to be vacated , it is , said , by Mr . Justice Colebiixge . Lord Panmfbje . ' a secession from the Ministry is also problematical , as welL as . the . appointment of Mr . Sidne y Herbert in his ? place . It is understood , however , that Lord Panmure ' is weary of his duties , and Me Sedstey Herbert an enthusiastic army reformer ,
and strong personal friend of the Premier , certainly has pretensions to be his successor . One change in the department has been determined upon- Mr . Frederick Peel ,, as we anticipated some weeks ago , retires into private life — the Right Hon . Frederick Pekl . Sir Robert Peel , moreover , quits the Admiralty for a reason or reasons not stated . It was at first supposed that he was to be put out of the sight of the Grand Duke Cojsstantine ; bui the Grand
Duke does not seem to be coming—also for a reason not stated , although probably understood at Buckingham Palace . We do not know whether Mr . Ball is' to leave the Colonial Office- ; probably he will , and his absence will be sincerely regretted-The new Parliament " has begun by pacing along quietly under the guidance of the Premier , who adheres to his habitual policy . If this session is fcis , let next year be next year .
Sir James Brooke And His Critics. Former...
SIR JAMES BROOKE AND HIS CRITICS . Formerly there -was a band of men whose business it seemed to be to insult the reputation and to cavil at the proceedings of Sir James Brooke . The cabal has been effectually broken up . Joseph Hume , sincere in good and evil , is dead ; poor John Macgregor , who first worked the Indian Archipelago Company in his own special interest , and was then sworn into the British Bank conspiracy , is also dead ; Henry Wise , the
discarded agent , may be still in existence , but he no longer looks from the top of his dining-tablo at that portrait of the English Rajah which he once apostrophised as the representative of all virtue , after intimating to a private friend that he considered it the likeness of a murderer . The portrait haugs in a civic hall , and Mr . Wise is nowhere . Sundry individuals , however , lurking under the anonymous , still carry on the war of insinuation , assisted by the credulous
complicity of others , infected by morbid humanitarian convictions . Sir James Brooke , for instance , is to this day dogged by aji old foe , who , having mad © several failures , literary and other , in connexion with the Indian islands , yel ) retains , the will and the power to become his critic on every possible occasion . Hence has resulted , since tho intelligence of the Mareh massacres reached
England , a small chorus of halt-hinted objections , implying charges of tyranny and cruelty against the British Rajah of Sarawak . He is spoken of as a feudatory of the Sultan of Brune—who , wo beg to remark , is not the rialor of tho whole island of Bornoo , but only of an ancient state on tho north-west coast—whoroas bo is practically no ibuantory ab all , but an imlopondont govornor , paying ? no tribute to tho Sultan , acknowledging no
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Leader (1850-1860), May 9, 1857, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09051857/page/11/
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