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No. 439, Atottbt 21,1858.] THE LEADER. 8...
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No. 439, Atottbt 21,1858.] The Leader. 8...
No . 439 , Atottbt 21 , 1858 . ] THE LEADER . 827
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Loud Palmerston's Appearance At Sligo On...
LOUD PALMERSTON'S appearance at Sligo on Monday afternoon was really not a striking success , notwithstanding that he was gaped at and crowded upon by a large number of the good folks cf the town wherever he went , and notwithstanding that theTo wn and Harbour Commissioners presented him with an address signed by upwards of twenty of their number . His lordship's " speech" was so fronting in Palmerstonian salt that the Sligonian political palate must be very keen if it found much flavour in it . A few mild praises of himself and of
his colleagues in office , a very modest reference to India Bill No . 1 , which after being taken up by the present Government with some alterations , " more or less in accordance with its principles , " has passed into law , " and will ensure stability to our Indian empire ' ( . applause ) , formed the spirit , pith , and marrow of the speech . Not another word to throw at a . dog ! But in truth Lord Derby ' s position is too firm to be assailed with any chance of hitting
by such a long-shot as Monday ' s answer to an occasional address . Humiliating as the fact is to the leaders of the Liberal party , Lord Derby ' s Government has won for itself a large amount of respect by the progress which liberal measures have made under it . What the Liberals have been endlessly talking about doing the Tories have done . It may , then , be the best policy , for Lord Palmetston to roaay for a time at least , as gently as a sucking dove . ¦ .. - ' . ¦ ¦ . ' . ' ; ' . '¦ .. ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦ '¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - - .. ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ' :
The formation of the new Indian Council is still the leading political topic . Since we last week noticed the progress made by the East India Board of Directors in the election of some of their number , and by Govermnent in the selection of its nominees , it has become known that a seat in the Council has been offered-to John Stuart Mill , son of the historian of India , and himself a far higher man ; Mr . John Mill is one of the examiners at the East India House , and , with Sir James Mclvill ,
joint author of the Company ' s protest against abolition . The state of his health , unfortunately , prevents his acceptance ; but the offer shows a real desire to secure for the grand experiment in Indian government the services of the best men , and it has brought great credit to Xiord Derby ' s Government The nomination of Sir Hcury Rawlinsou , about which there was some little doubt , has been confirmed j the name of Sir Frederick Curric is also added to the list of Government nominees , and more recently that of General Sir Richard Vivian , an Indian officer , distinguished as the
commander of the Turkish Legion in the llussian war . On the other hand , the announcement of Sir John Lawrence ' s appointment to a seat in the Council lias been a little premature : he has , indeed , been offered a seat , but his acceptance of the post is left contingent upon the course of events in Iudia ; and the probability is tl , at lie will not leave India until tranquillity is thoroughly restored . The appointment has been offered to him on the understanding that should he accept it and come to England , he may resign it and return to his present position any lime he mav think his presence in India
necessary . According to the Bombay version of the events subsequent to the recapture of Gwalior , things are going on so promisingly that Sir John ' s acceptance of the post offered to him may not be incompatible with the security of the North-West Provinces . Prom the news which reached us lately by the
Calcutta mail , it did not appear that the results of the Gwaliov success had been so complete as was desirable ; it now appears that the discomfit urc oi" the rebels has been really great . After their flight they were chased by Brigadier Napier , who came up with them , beat them , and look away their guns . After thia adventure , tho rebels were without
leaders , and were perplexed as iv whither they should turn their faces , towards Bhurtpore or towards Jeypore . They fled towards the latter place , but , as it would appear , to avoid an engagement with Brigadier Iloberts , who was moving towards Jeypore from Nusseerabad , they turned and plunged into the jungles of Rajpootana . Brigadier Roberts was following closely upon their track , and Brigadier Smith was well situated to intercept them , should they continue their flight
southwards . The general aspect of affairs in India may be judged by one of the concluding paragraphs of the Government telegram of the lotli instant : — " Matters arc settb ' ng down in all parts of India , though there are 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 rebels in the field . ' The rainy season had set in , and therefore operations on a large scale were at an end ; but it seems reasonable to infer that the overthrow and
flight of the strongest force of the rebels is directly due to the successes of our arms in the late Central India campaign . "We may accept Jung : Bahadoor ' s answer to the rebel chiefs who have been attempting to win him over to their side as a collateral proof of the successes of our arms : lie advises all who can to make their peace with the masters of India . Events at Jeddah have taken a very unexpected turn , and although we are not able to form a correct , or in fact any , opinion upon the facts , as they reach us under the disguise of an unusually obscure telegram , it is to a certain extent quite clear that the
talk were stopped . There is no desire for war on either side of the Channel , whatever M . Lechevallier , the quondam " Christian Socialist" of London , may say about the Emperor , with a large army at his heels , being welcomed bj a considerable portion of the people of this country ; so there is no use iu talking about it . A pleasanter subject by far is the journey of her Majesty to Prussia . The meeting of the Royal mother and daughter was a sight to make the English heart leap . No pomp or pageantry surrounding the sovereign could so move the affections of her people towards her as that exhibition of highhearted love for her eldest-born child . "Who wonders at being told that whenever she appears abroad she is received with acclamation ?
The Home News of the week is plentiful , but not of a very striking character . A case , in which a farmer was charged with poaching on his own farm , is remarkable . The farm is held of the Earl of Effingham , who does not allow any of his tenants to shoot at all , either at seed time or harvest , not even to frighten pigeons or other birds , however much damage they might be doing- to the seed or crops . The charge was that the farmer was on the laud of the Eail in " search of coneys , " or rabbits . The point of law to be decidea was whether " coneys" were to be considered as " game , " and included under the term of " royalties , " the winch , were reserved by the Earl of Effiagnam . The
decision was in iavour of the farmer . But what an exhibition the case furnishes of the absurdities that , still hang about our land-laws ! Here we have in the days of steamships and electric-telegraphs a landlord attempting torule bis tenantry by the laws of the middle ages . How long is such an . absurdity to be possible ? Perhaps the most prominent topic of home news is the correspondence whicb . has lately taken place between the Kev . Mr . Shaw , of Stoke "Vicarage , Slough , and the Bishop of Oxford , on the subject of auricular confession . A statement of some alleged
Cyclops , / which originally conveyed the news oC the massacre to Malta , has returned and bombarded the place for several days . The proceeding is altogether inexplicable at present , the Turkish Government having taken the matter in hand , and given iis every right to look for the conipletest satisfaction in the shape of punishment to the authors of the atrocity . There is nothing for it but to wait for further enlightenment , which will , no doubt , be forthcoming before many days have passed . Meanwhile , Captain Pullen has all the credit of " energy" and success . '' .- ' '¦
scandalous excesses in the practice of the confessional havin g been made in a letter which appeared in the Wiiidsor and' JElon Esejiress , a petition setting forth the same allegations was signed by a number of the inhabitants of Stoke and forwarded to the Bishop of Oxford , praying him to examine into the facts of the case , and to adjudicate upon them , whatever they , might-be .- The allegations were , that the Rev . Mr .. West , curate of Boyne-hill , went to a " poor woman , " who was very nca . v her confinement , and endeavoured to force her to make confession to him : that he examined her as
The news from the United States is extremely satisfactory , showing as it does perfect concord between the two Governments on the subject of New Caledonia . From the other side of the St . Lawrence , the news is still of Ministerial difficulties . The successor of Mr . Macdonald has scarcely touched the reins of office before , as we may imagine , he has been obliged to give them up . A brief notification from Toronto reaches us , by way of New York , stating that Mr . dirtier and Mr . jtfacdonald were endeavouring to form a Ministry . There docs not , however , appear to be the least chance of a really strong Ministry's being formed in the
preto her sins with reference to the ten commandments , dwelling particularly on the seventh 3 and putting to her questions of a searching kind . According to the tale , he then told the woman that , as she had never been confirmed , in the event of her death she could not hope to enter tbe Kingdom of Heaven , unless she confessed and received the sacrament ; and he is alleged to have enjoined her on no account to tell her husband oi" what had passed between them . Tins woman was afterwards visited by a lady calling herself " Sister Ellen , " who upbraided her for repeating the conversation
sent state of parlies . The working of the present system since the passing of the Act of 1 S-10 has , indeed , been so unsatisfactory , that the most promising course would appear to bo fedcralisation of the whole of the states of British North America . It is a question of great difficulty , but the material advantages of the federal form of government arc amply proved by the rapid growth of prosperity in the Upper and Lower Provinces , imperfect as their union has been . It scerns to be not only the readiest but the safest and best way of drowning that cvcr-rccurring and dangerous cry from Upper Canada , " Repeal of the union !"
which had passed between herself and the Rev . Mr . West , and again advised her not to tell her husband . On the strength of the Stoke requisition , the Bishop of Oxford inquired into the case , and the result of his inquiry has been communicated in a long letter to the Rev . Mr . Shaw . The Bishop of Oxford states the case on the side of Mr . West . The whole of the woman ' s story is denied , ox her statements arc all " contrary to fact . " The explanation given by the Bishop of Oxford—who stands in the position of a protector to the Rev . Mr . West—is that the curat « only
proceeded under the directions of " the Office for the Visitation of the Sick ; ' that he only examined her to see whether she " repented her truly of her sins , " and that ho went through tho commandments only as a means of putting the interrogatories more conveniently to her , not pressing her lor auswers , nor putting " improper questions" to hcv upon any oue commandment . This is the statement and the countcr-statcmeut , the " poor woman" against the revcienil curate of Boync-hill ; the truth may lie between . The Bishop oi' Oxford pronounces on the case without , nny nu . sgiving : ho exonerates Mr . West from clerical blame , and he
Politics in France , waiting the publication of the report of the Congress , arc making holiday with the Emperor . The imperial progress is still continued this week through Brittany , amid exuberant demonstrations of popular loyalty . If there is anything 1 noteworthy in the sayings of the 1 ' rcnch press , it is tho irritable commentary which it has made upon tho Newcastle speeches of Messrs . Lindsay and Itocbuck : our sailors arc allowed to prido themselves upon their resemblance to monkeys and squirrels—as well as upon being the best sailors in tho world . Lu'H'd words break no boucs , - \ vc know ; but it would bo as V oU ^ ^ irritating kind of
warlays it down thai confession is iiavnuMihh ) " as a reserved remedy for certitin cases of . smrilual disorder . " AVilliiu llio diocese of Oxford , I hero fore , there is an end of Ilio question of "uiuiculiu coufessiou ; " it is authorised by the Bishop .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21081858/page/3/
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