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plaining the exact cause of the catastrophe . It is , however , guessed to be the result of an assault , led by Mr . Charles Gavan Duff y , the celebrated Irish Kepealer , who had accused the Government ola job . The job was this . A MB-CSffuURBiffshad as & g © iffls a complaint against the Governmjsasfc . Emigration ( Dfoa & imissioners for sending out imganoperly selected emigrants , though no case of the Saind . appears to . B » w . been made out . Mtt » € niLtfcBBSi . however , teamed to come to England for a two years' visit , and any one can perceive how convenient it would have been if he could have come on a public mission at the
public expense . This was the job for which Mr Duffy attacked ; the Government , and soon afterwards the Government broke down ; making way for a new cabinet , in which Mr . Duff y formed part . He has established himself completely as a tutor for the people of Victoria on Parliamentary matters ; being highly conservative of metropolitan usages in such matters ; and now we have to see theEepealer of the Nation as a Cabinet Minister . He is , however , a man of fine feeling and accomplished taste , capable of really adorning any post to which he might be elevated .
The English public lias witnessed one stern exhibition of justice , and another is promised to it . Maxsell , the soldier who was convicted a fewmonths ago for murdering a companion , was respited by several objections which his counsel took to the technical proceedings of the court at Maidstone . Some of , the jury had been set aside , on the supposition that , being opponents of capital THinishment , they would not fulfil their duty under punishment , they would not fulfil their duty under
the law , and convict Manseix , even though he should be guilty . This was rather straining the course of justice ; and the question was , how far that proceeding , and some others of a similarly technical kind , vitiated the conviction . Mansf . lt ,, whose life has thus been hanging by a thread of red tape , was brought before the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Wednesday , and , after months spent between hope and fear , has been formally consigned to the gallows .
The other exhibition will be far more more instructive . In bringing the proceedings of the Bankruptcy Court to a termination , Mr . Linklater called for the prosecution of the delinquents of the Ro 3 al British Bank . Who are these delinquents to be ? Some arc far enough out of the way ; Hugh James Cajieron is nowhere ; John Macgregor is beyond the grave . The Government has before it two members of Pai -liament and some other distinguished persons ; but here the question is , where to draw the line between active fraud and passive delusion . Justice is so blind , that she is not always discriminating ; and her sword might in this sense as severely cut those who have really been amongst the worst-used victims , as well as those who have been active participators in the fraud .
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Need we go about Clothed ?—An article has been published in the Dublin Evening Mail , giving an account of an experiment which a Mr . , of St . Anne ' s , Blarney , near Cork , has been and still is making on his own child , a boy aged fourteen months , in order to test ¦ whether clothing is necessary in this climate . The child is perfectly naked night and day , and this in tho most intense froat . He sleeps at night , or whenever he likes during tho day , on a travelling rug folded in four , but with nothing over him , and with no fire in tho room Ho ia taken otrfc naked in sleet and snow , and seems to enjoy it . Ho ia very healthy , of a beautiful shape and complexion , and singularly easy and graceful in his movements . He is inured to hot and cold baths and to
sudden changes of temperature in order to harden him to oil mfluowocs . His muscles have become remarkably firm , but his skin is very sensitive to pleasurable impressions . Being made to sleep under clothes ono night , ho appeared much loss healthy tho noxt day . Ordinarily , lte ) sttoma tti be almost insensible to pain . His father tedcamras to devolop in him a stoical principle of self-control , and therefore frequently wakes him in the course of Tub dleop , and compels him to wait for his moala whflo tho oth ' ers h a ' vo theirs . It would appear , howevor , that ho sometimes- feola tWo cold ; for , on tho night of last December 27 thwhen
, there was a very hard front , ho cried to bo taken into his father ' s bod , and moaned ! i I ?' . » " *?* < «»« W , but on his father quitting the bed , followed htttt ottt of « . Sometime * ht moan ' s when cold water u , put on him , but Btops when told . Such aro t } 10 main features of tho otorv as rolTrodl at SSte ^ fcS S ^ Hblin r - ^ "id S ^ au applrtrtda tho father for making such an oiporiment on his own cluld for the good of mankind ; bit til ? , p £ hapo , if ) questionable . After all , moreover , wo are inclined to auk for a fownamos . Tho whole thing mav bo a bit of St . Anno ' s fclarnoy . B y
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IMPBtlAL PARLIAMENT . —*—The real * It osiness of the new session commenced on Thursdajfawhen Parliament was opened by Commission . The geefcWBdings did not . ^ cite much inttBW & t , either wflt & S » or without th « "waTTs ^ » md th « stffeittSbtnce ofi peeuTOses ire fffle gallery of the House of Lordfoa was bvet sligftC . That . Lords Commi ' ssSMiers having erfitoed the Hoaae , anditf & e Common ® being ? summoned , Ifte Lobs * Chaxceliusr' delSvrered as follows
THE . K 0 TAI * SPEECH . " jff y Loi'ds and Gentlemen , " We are commanded to inform you that her Majesty has availed herself of the earliest opportunity of having recourse to your advice and assistance after the dissolution of the last Parliament - and her Majesty trusts that there will be found sufficient time during the present session , to enable you satisfactorily to deal with various important matters , some of which had occupied the attention of Parliament in the beginning of this year . " We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that the general aspect of affairs in Europe affords a well-grounded conGdence in the continuance of peace . " All the main stipulations of the Treaty of Paris have been carried into execution , and it is to be hoped that -what remains to be done in regard to those matters will be speedily accomplished .
" The negotiations upon the subject of the differences which had arisen between the King of Prussia and the Swiss Confederation , in regard to the affairs of Neufchatel , are drawing to a close , and will , her Majesty trusts , be terminated by an arrangement honourable and satisfactory to all parties . " The negotiations in which her Majesty has been engaged with the Government of the United States , and with the Government of Honduras , in regard to the affairs of Central America , have not yet been brought to a close .
" We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that a treaty ^ of peace between her Majesty and the Shah of Persia was signed at Paris on the 4 th of March , by her Majesty ' s Ambassador at Paris and by the Ambassador of the Shah ; and her Majesty will give directions that this treaty shall be laid before you as soon as the ratifications thereof shall have been duly exchanged . " Her Majesty commands us to express to you her regret that , at the date of the latest advices from China , the differences -which had arisen between the High Commissioner at Canton and her Majesty ' s civil and naval officers , in China , still remained unadjusted . But her Majesty has sent to China a Plenipotentiary fully instructed to deal with all matters of difference , and that Plenipotentiary will be supported by an adequate naval and military force , in the event of such assistance becoming necessary .
" We are commanded to inform j'ou that her Majesty , in conjunction with several other European Powers , has concluded a treaty with the King of Denmark for the redemption of the Sound Dues . This treaty , together with a separate convention between her Majesty and the King of Denmark , completing the arrangement , will be laid before you , and her Majesty will cause the measures necessary for fulfilling the engagements thereby contracted to be submitted for your consideration . " Gentlemen of the IIou 9 e of Commons , " Her Majesty has directed the estimates for the present year to be laid before you .
" They have been prepared with a careful attention to economy , and with a due regard to the efficiency of the departments of the public service to which they severally relate . " My Lords and Gentlemen , " Her Majesty commands us to recommend to your earnest consideration , measures which will bo proposed to you for the consolidation and improvement of the law . "Bills will bo submitted to you for improving the laws relating to the Testamentary and Matriinoniul Jurisdiction now exercised by the Ecclesiastical Courts , and also for checking fraudulent breaches of trust .
" Her Majesty commands us to express to you her heartfelt gratification at witnessing tho continued wellbeing and contentment of hor people , and the progressive development of productive industry throughout her dominions . " Her Mnjesty confidently commits to your wisdom and enro tho grout interests of hor empire , and fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty God may bo vouchsafed to your deliberations , and may load you to conclusions conducive to tho objects of hor Majesty ' s constant solicitude , tho welfare nnd happiness of hor loyal anctfaithful people . " At tho conclusion of tho Spoooh , tho Commons retired to their own house , and tho Lorda adjourned till iivo o'clock in tho ovening .
TIIK ADDRESS . In tho Houais of Loki > h , tho Marquis of Townhhknj > moved tho AddroRs , nnd , In his introductory speech , blamed Lord Derby for tho diHparagintf remarks ho had niado towards tho eloso of tho last aosaiou on Lord Palmorston— 'remarks which tho verdict of tho 6 ount . ry had emphatically contradicted . Having touchod upon tho chief points , in tho Queen ' s Spoooh in tho usual manner , tho noble Marquis expressed his rogrofc that nothing about Reform was mentioned iu that snoocli . Ho wau
nimselffia , ftwour of Parliamentary Reform , the abolition of . chur « fc-rai ; es as regards Dissenters , and the admission < sSJews to Parliament—even to their Lordships' Hou —The . Earl of Portsmouth , who spoke with some lle «; tation , »» oh * s & the Address , and declared himself i favour < s £ lam reform , and of the introduction of an ao 7 with regard to breaches of trust . T & e Earl of Malmesburt regretted the absence of the Earl of Bterby , and expressed a hope that there would hi no © fffjWBafcHr to the Address . Glancing rapidly over « Be- main topic * included in tho Royal Speed ] , he" re p udiated with warmththe + i ? ukilc wim boiHB wiiruitn
some , aceusn ;« r . ,...- .. T' u . me accusation which Lord Palmerston had deliberately made against iu Conser vative party—that , in their votes on the China questi / in " they had exhibited a willingness to accept the cWada ' tion of the English flag for the sake of office . As the Estimates ; , he trusted they would be found satisfactory He should , on another occasion , draw the attention of the House to what he conceived to be extravagance in that department . But every possible attention should be paid to the manner in which the war is carried on and Government would not find on that side of the House any reluctance to assist them . (/ fear , hear . ) Earl Granville stated that information
had arrived that evening that , on the 5 th of April , the General of the English forces at Bushire had received intelligence that the treaty with Persia had been signed at Parisand steps were taken to put the Persian General—whose name he did not recollect—( laughter )—in possession of the fact , so that an end might be put to useless bloodshed . ( Cheers . ) He would only add , that he thought Lord Palmerstora ' s language did not bear the interpretation which had been put upon it by Lord Malmeslmry . The Marquis of Clanricarde" drew the attention of Lord Panmure to the imputation of cowardice at the battle of Sobraon which had been thrown on General Ashburnham , the newly-appointed commander of the
China expedition . lie hoped the Government would support the General from these anonymous attacks . — Lord Panmure vindicated the character of General Ashburnham , and observed that his accusers were utterlyunfit to bear the Queen ' s commission , and to associate with their companions in the service . The General had behaved with great gallantly , and had simply obeyed orders at Sobraon . —Earl Grey thought that a stop should be put to these pernicious attacks by junior officers on their superiors . He urged on the Government the necessity of supplying the House with papers relative to the Persian war and to the China expedition . There was no question that , as Lord Malme . sbury had pointed out , the Opposition had been vilified by the Government in connexion with the ¦ China , affair . The Chinese had committed some great
atrocities ; but they had been exasperated by our most unjustifiable attack on them , and the responsibility of all the bloodshed would lie on us . All nations , when attacked by an organized force , commit individual acts of cruelty , and a semi-civilized nation , unaccustomed to the modern arts of war , would be more especially liable to do so in self-defence ; but it did not become us , as Christians , to condemn the whole Chinese nation , on that account , as a set of savages , and to rake up outrages committed many years ago , for which reparation had been given , in order to justify our own attacks . The only way in which the Chinese excesses could bo stopped was by forbearance on our own part , coupled with a strong display of arms . —Tho Earl of Ai . ukmarle having said a few words in favour of Parliamentary Reform , and of an early attention to Indian abuses , the Address was unanimously agreed to .
On the motion of Earl Granville , Lord Redksoai . e was reappointcd chairman of committees . —The standing orders were re-enacted , and their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o ' clock . In the House of Commons—tho Sitsakkr having read the Queen ' s Speech —tho Address was moved by Mr . Dodson , who , in a maiden speech , reviewed the political features of tho day , and observed that he thought tho Houflo possessed peculiar advantages for carrying out measures of improvement , in the absence of any antagonistic nrray of interests against interests or of classes against classes . Ho conceived it to be a promising sign that tho Address should bo moved by the and
representative of an agricultural community , seconded by the member for so largo a commercial constituency as Glasgow . —Tho Address was seconded by Mr . B 0 OHANAN , who enlarged upon tho lesson tiuiglit by the country to Messrs . Cobdcn , Bright , Milner Gibson , & c , who , notwithstanding their great iihiliuca and eloquence , had found that thoy could not eon ( . rndi < Jt popular feoling and national honour with impunity . Tho population of Canton required strong cocrdvo measures . Ho hoped tho just expectations of tho people with respect to Parliamentary Reform would not bo disappointed ; and concluded by expressing his < i | 'l > l 0 VUI of the re-appointment of the commit too on banking
General Thompson protested against tho Government view of tho China quo 9 tion , and averred that ho u « not moan to lot tho Hubjoct pass without onco inoro bringing it boforo tho inquest of the country .- —I ' * Koiikut Gkosvknor thought tho topio might bo Mi " aboyanoo on tho present occasion ; but concoivca in some notice- should bo taken of tho great qucntiona political and social reform . With roforonco to H > urc - rates , if tho Government did not intend to le « '" ° ' , x wau himself prepared to propose a bill . —W- Auv
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Leader (1850-1860), May 9, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09051857/page/2/
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