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- —?¦— . WE must look to France in order to understand the great act of legislation in our own Parliament this week . The Emperor Napoleon still : continues the perfection of his defences , as if he put not too much trust in the bill which Lord Palmerston has brought into Parliament for his protection . M . Billatjlt , the Minister of the Interior , is removed from his post to make room for General Espinasse—the devoted and unscrupulous . Nor is this the only precautionary measure taken , within the last few days , by our very good Ally against fortune : the Police is to be entirely detatched from the Home-office , and the whole force throughout the empire placed under the direction of the Prefect . In the event of M . Pietri refusing to accept this organization—of which there appeared to be some likelihood—General Niel , another faithfiil servant of the Empire , is expected to have the command . At the same time that these measures are taken , the Emperor , having satisfied himself of the devotion of his army , and of the personal spirit of his Colonels especially , expresses , through Count Walewski , his great * regret' that the ' inadvertent ' publication in the Moniteur of certain military addresses of congratulation to him on his late escape from assassination should have caused anything like an unpleasant feeling in England ; and Count Walewski is furthermore charged to repeat in very choice language the certainty his master feels that the English Government will do as ho wishes it to do , and carry an Alien Bill without more fuss . And wo see how ready Lord Palmerston is to meet the Emperor's ¦ wishes , under tho flimsy protext of doing away with mi anomaly of tho English law , which makos it felony to commit a certain offence in Ireland , while the same offence is only punishable as a misdemeanour in England . In truth , it is timo wo had done with our old boasts about defending our rights against all tho world , and protooting our oountrymen against Continental tyranny , and all that fine-sounding talk : ~~^ a ~ MiniaWTto ]^ don't oaro a straw about tho othor defence . How are those poor fellows , tho English engineers of tho Cagliari , after being kept in an abominable Neapolitan prison for upwards of eight months , and put at length upon their trial , which is expected to laat for a month P In what a state are they to moot the accusations , that have boon so long taxing tho
ingenuity of Neapolitan Crown-lawyers to get up ! Broken down by the bad treatment to which they were subjected at first , and with the hopeless tedium of their confinement , Park has become subject to fits , and Watts has again relapsed into insanity ! This is the upshot of our bold Minister ' s Civis ¦ Momanus sum . But he is not alone in his glory—or his shame ; Parliament goes with him , at least on the beginning of the downward journey . A net majority of two hundred expressed the feeling of the ^ House of Commons on the question of the introduction of Lord Palmerston ' s Conspiracy to Murder Bill . The nature of this measure is to make an offence which has hitherto been punished as a misdemeanour a felony , punishable with penal servitude for life , or for any term not exceeding five years ; or with imprisonment , with or without hard labour , for any term not exceeding three years . All persons within the United Kingdom , whether British subjects or foreign , will be amenable to this law , whether the person conspired against be a subject of Her Majesty or not . The view taken by Lord John Russell was a just one ; he conceived that , apart from the objectionableness of the spirit of the measure , it would not answer the purposes for which it was framed , and pointed out , as one of the natural consequences of the severity of the law against a crime extremely difficult to prove , a disinclination on the part of magistrates to enforce its penalties . But there arc , moreover , objections which do not appear on the face of the bill ; what is to assure us that upon mere suspicion , or pretended suspicion , any person notorious for his antagonism to the Emperor of tho French may not be seized , with or without a warrant , and , on ' suspicion of conspiring , ' handed ovor to tho tender mercies of tho new Minister of Interior , General Espinasse P But though leave has been granted to Lord Palmerston to bring in this bill , it has yet to find its way through tho House , and boj-h tho . Opposition and independent members have reserved the expression of their intentions with regard to its treatment in tho later stages of its passage . Upon tho whole , tho vote of thanks proposed by Lord Palmerston to tho Govornor-Goneral of lffdi ' a "" SiTd ~ tlfo ~ ch ^ had been served during tho mutiny , passed with loss opposition than might have been expected . Certainly tho position was ono of oxtromo difficulty . To have omitted Lord Canning ' s namo from the list of those whom tho Hou 30 was called upon to thank for the scrviocs rendered by them during the lato triula , would havo appoarcd liko a consuro ;
even to have proposed a separate vote would have been to place him in an extremely painful position . The appearance still remained of an attempt to snatch a vote of thanks for the Governor-General under cover of that which was certain to be given with acclamation to the other persons ; and the representations of Lord John Russell and Mr . Walvole reduced Lord Palmerston to the necessity of accepting a vate with the understanding that the House pledged itself to nothing with regard to Lord Canning ' s general policy . In the House of Lords , the result of the vote , which was introduced by Lord Panmure , was more decisive , notwithstanding the more determined stand made by Lord Derby against the coupling of Lord Canning ' s name with those of the military and naval commanders . On Thursday night Earl Grey presented the East India Company ' s petition against the impending Government measure for relieving them of their lawful authority to govern—or as some will have it , misgovern—India . His Lordship was highly eulogistic of the Company , but failed to make out a very strong case in their behalf , and it was felt that the Duke of Argyll , in answering him , had rather the best of the argument . In India itself , that the work of pacification is steadily progressing , the contents of the last Bombay mail bring ample assurance . Outram maintains himself at Alumbagh , the country folks proving their reviving loyalty in the tangiblo way of bringing in supplies . Jung Bahadoor had attacked the rebels at Gorukpore , and scattered them . Seaton had joined Campbell . Thus Sir Colin is slowly , but surely , amassing sucli a force in Oudo as will put resistance on a large scale out of the question . Lord John Russeii , has carried tho "" second reading of his Oaths Bill , and at last there begins to appear some chance of this vexed question being settled . Tho bill proposes ono form of oath for Christians ( retaining the words " on tho true faith of a Christian" ) , and another form for Jows . Mr . Walpole cxprossed his approval of tho form of oath proposed , and Sir Theperick Tuesigeii dooUncd to opposo the bill at that stage , but in commit'tco ^ wilPinovb for ~ thc oiifussion ~ o"f * llio ^ lau " so referring to Jows , whioh will fairly raise that part of tho question and give it fair play . That tho bill will pass thoro is little doubt ; aud having passed tho Commons , it is understood that no soriaujsM ^ posjition will be given to it in the Lords . /' W ^ V regard , to Sir Jon n Pakington ' s Address taiwj |& TJ ^ WXt ^ to inquire into tho prosoat atato ofj |) W ^ aV oauoar ^ ' ; . 2 [ : ~ f * $ v , ' ! \ - * C - ¦*;¦ / ¦ .. ¦ vi . f" - ' ¦ 'pi " A ;^ vAr £ rH ? : A , , xV ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 13, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13021858/page/1/
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