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style . He brought forward his motion against Maynooth , and delivered a speech of the old materials ; but the members on his own side went to dinner ; the majority of the Liberal members greeted every person who rose with shouts of " Divide !" and on a division the motion for a committee to consider the endowment A © fc § © f Mayna & tiU . was negatived by 125 to 91 . So , tjhe throat of that question is cut for the session ; which lrway In eonsequence be so many days the shorter ; and a shoyt session is the grand , e & ject .
A short session this year , an important session next year — such is the arrangement that ' proposes . ' It is that future of 1 S 5 S that engrosses Mr . Disraeli ' s attention . TTlien Lord Paxmekstou invites him to call upon Uini in Cambridge House to consider the arrangement for Friday night , and the duet which the two were to perform on the subject of the Princess ' s dowry , Mr . Disraeli pleaded a more important engagement at Newport Pagnell among the Buckinghamshire farmers . His object in going down to consult
with those statesmen was to arrange a Reform Bill agitation for 1858 . He explained to them how , on any previous increase of the franchise , the towns had been getting members at the expense of the country - ^ the proportion of members to population is about two and a half for the towns against one for the country ; and since the land is the great Conservative interest , Mr . Disraeli insists—should the representation be revised—that there shalL be a
larger allowance of members for the agricultural population . This would be compensation both for the ' unrestricted competition' to which agriculture has been exposed , and for the Reform Bill of 1832 . Among the strange exhibitions of the day , perhaps the Court of Common Council in London City presented not the least curious . On Thursday it conferred the freedom of the City on Dr . Livingstone , a moustached missionary who preaches the extension of commerce in Africa . After that real
step in one of the best Christian crusades ever contemplated , the court carried almost unanimously Mr . Ross ' s motion for a committee to inquire into the mode of improving the dwellings of the working classes . This is social action in its best aspects . Marylebone parish seems to be going mad with local vanity—or rather its Board of Guardians is . The Board has lately sent a deputation to Sir Benjamin Hall , as member for Marylebone , calling upon him to assist it in preventing ' the encroachment of the Poor Law Commissioners / because the Commissioners have inquired into the flogging of women and the brutal treatment of idiots . The
vain Board pretends , indeed , to assert its rights irrespectively of its conduct ; it purposes to reverse the principle of Mr . Drummond ' s maxim , and to separate ri g hts and duties . The courtesy of the Member , the policy of the Statesman , prevented Sir Benjamin from laughing in the face of the Board . A splendid illustration of the relations between England and America was afforded in the Niagara that arrived at Gravesend last week ; it is a frigate , but of immense proportions . Two facts will
illustrate this bettor than any measurements : to make tho voice heard from one end to the other , orders arc issued through tubes ; yet this immenso screw frigate will make seventeen knots an hour under sail alone . Wo have , aa Sir Chabjugs Wood confesses , no such vessel in our sorvico—nothing to compare with it . It has come over hero to show us how Americans can build , although they do not expend 8 , 000 , 000 / . on their navy . And it has come over here to assist in completing our entangling alliance' by laying down tho telegraph cablo botweon England and America .
If the cablo were already in existenc e , it miaht bo turned to immediate account ;* for a hiossa ^ o would bo nont over to antici pate tho arrival of M Charles Thurnmyssen , who in supposed -to bo among tho passengers of tho Arabia , flying from liabilities to ihe amount of noarly a million sterling .
This is the nep , the conspicuous agent of the great Russian railway scheme , tl * e associate of the Pereib . es and other magnificent * speculators who have given such a new turn , to ih & ( financial operations of all the great continental £ $ es . Who is to bolt next ? That is the question , -both in Paris ajad , London . Wyie ti * e Executive & hesitating befch fa naval and military reforms , wfi h ^ vve further proofs of the mu & n _ ous spirit that i ^ spyeading in the Seagal native army . The Nineteenth has been disbanded , and without a $ ght- But mutiny has been flagrant in the Thjrtef-fburth , which will , probably be disbanded also . It is doubtful whether anything will fully restore the moral health of the troops , except employment .
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Mr. Disraeli In Buckinghamshire. The Two...
MR . DISRAELI IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . The two members for Buckinghamshire dined on Wed ~ nesday with several of their constituents at the Anchor Hotel , Newport Pagnell . After dinner , Mr . Disraeli delivered a long speech on the chief topies of the day . Referring to the recent gold discoveries , he said they had baffled the calculations both of the advocates and of the opponents of Free-trade , and ought probably to be regarded as a Providential interposition for stimulating the consuming powers of the world and producing new markets . For the present , a high rate of interest on capital prevails ; but he still believed , as he always had , that the ultimate result of the gold discoveries will be to diminish the rate of interest on money . " With respect to Parliamentary Reform , Mr . Disraeli repeated those opinions with reference to the act of 1832 with which the public is already familiar . " Some tell you that population is the element of a representative system ; others tell you property is the proper element ; a third party tells you that property and population should be taken together ; and a fourth tells you that population and property always go together and cannot be separated . But I think there is one element in a representative government which is still more important than even population or property . I mean prescription . ( Hear , hear . ) An old European country , and especially England , obeys the authority to which it is accustomed . But no country of the antiquity of our own , no country where so artificial a system of society and of credit exists as in this , ever can sustain perpetual changes of government , and will always have a bias for obeying the authority which is traditionary . " ( Hear , hear . * ) Mr . Disraeli then quoted figures to show that in many instances large county constituencies have fewer representatives than smaller constituencies among the boroughs . This , said Mr . Disraeli , is a greater anomaly than that of which the Radicals complain when they say that some largo towns have fewer members than some of the counties . " I know it will be said that there is a fallacy in the observations that I have addressed to you . It will be said that I have merely taken the population represented by the towns , and , that , on an hypothesis that is perfectly unjustifiable , have assumed that the rest of the population is a rural and county population , whereas there is an immense number of people who live in towns who are not represented . I will meet that answer . There are 144 county members in Englandj , and they represent a population of 9 , 770 , 000 , which gives one member of Parliament for every 67 , 883 inhabitants . There are 319 borough members , representing a population of 7 , 144 , 000 , which gives one member for every 22 , 384 . I shall deduct £ he population of the unrepresented towns , which are supposed to be represented by the county members . Their population is exactly 1 , 000 , 000 . Therefore the 144 county members will represent 8 , 777 , 000 , which gives one member for every C 0 , 8 C 9 persons j while tho 319 borough members will represent a population of 8 , 144 , 678 , giving one member for every 25 , 535 . So that when I have rectified the balance and thrown into the boroughs what they have no right to have , tho case stands thua—that you have one member in the counties for every 61 , 000 , and one in the boroughs for every 25 , 000 . Are not these important facts ?" The speaker then glanced at tho affairs of tho church , observing : — " While , on tho one hand , what wo familiarly call ' low church' has checked tho advance of priestly domination , on the other hand , what we call 4 high church' has saved ua from tho consequences of latitudinarian practices . I am myaolf in favour of that via media which the most eminent prelates of tho country have , ever since tho Reformation , maintained and upheld . I desire to see a , full and complete ecclesiastical establishment on tho basis of a true Protestant ( feeling ; but , at tho same time , I wish to see our ecclesiastical polity maintained in its sp irit and truth . " Of churchrates , Mr . l > isruoli remarked that , " if the conscientious objection of individuals in to bo allowed to prevail against the maintenance of a national institution , ho waa at u loss to understand how uuy national institution was to bo uphold . " Having exhorted tho agriculturists to rouse themselves in tho defence of their rights , Mr . Disraeli concluded by observing that , notwithstanding their groat abilities and honesty , many of tho gentlemen who have failed to obtnin scats in tho now Parliament aro bettor out of the lloiiflo than in it , bocauHO thoy did not eudloiontly acknowledge Uie excellence of party spirit .
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —?— . Monday , May 18 th . MjM ^ DMIinSTRATION OF JUSTICE IN INDIA lWtheHaroB of Lords , Lord Campbell presto i petition . Bigaed by persons of rank , wealth , and 2 / turn m Bombay , complaining of the manner in S justice Is administered in India by the civil servants nf the Company , and praying for the establish ment of . supreme eourt in Bombay , composed of English lawvL with a certam number of members to be appointed W t ile Governor-General in Council , and that they sha ^ form a united court . J au THE ALTERATIONS Et ST . JAMES ' PARK The Earl of Malmesbokt , reverting to a sub ^ t which he had brought forward on the previous Fridw night , mqmred by what authority the Minister for Public Works had incurred the serious expenses attend ing the improvements in St . James ' s Park . Presuming that some correspondence on the subject had taken placf between that functionary and the Treasury , he asked to have the documents published for the information of Parliament . —Earl Granville promised to lay the papers on their Lordships' table . MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL . The Lord Chancellob read the following message from the Crown : —" Her Majesty , having agreed to a marriage between the Princess Royal and his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia has thought fit to communicate the same to the House of Lords . Her Majesty is fully persuaded that this alliance cannot but be acceptable to all her Majesty ' s faithful subjects ; and the many proofs which the Queen has received of the affectionate attachm ent of this House to her Majesty ' s person and family leave her no room to doubt of the ready concurrence of this House in such measures as may contribute to the conclusion of the marriage of her eldest daughter , and may be suitable to the dignity of the Crown and the honour of the country . " Earl Granvtlle then proposed' an Address to her Majesty , expressing the affectionate attachment of the House to her Majesty , their sense of the merits of her Royal Highness , and their regard to the dignity of the Royal Family and the honour of the country . —This address , after a few observations , of the usual loyal character , from the Earl of Derby , was unanimously agreed to . PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION BILL . The Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of this bill , which he had brought before the House in the last session of Parliament . He proposed that the judge of the Prerogative Court should be the judge of the New Court of Probate at a salary of 400 ( H . a year , and that he should transact the matrimonial and divorce business , which would not impose too much labour upon him . There would be thirty-six or thirty-seven district courts of probate , which would coincide as much as possible with the existing diocesan districts ; but these courts were to have no contentious jurisdiction whatever . He proposed that , where parties are deprived of offices by the bill , they should be compensated , if some corresponding offices could not be provided for them . Every one appointed under the bill would be paid b y salary , except the district registrars , who would receive fees . The proctors would be continued ; but their fees would be regulated by the court—The Bishop of Bangob objected to the bill , which was supported by the Bishop of London and Lord Cajitbell . — Tho bill was then read a second time . DIFFERENT CLASSES OF DEBTS . In the House of Commons , in answer to Mr . George Clive , the Attorney-General said he had often thought that the difference between speciality mul simple contract debts in the administration of the estates of deceased persons should be abolished . Tho distinction exists in oourt $ of law , but not of equity . It wns his intention , immediately aftor the Whitsuntide recess , to introduce a bill to remedy that and some other evils . THE VICTOKKA CICOSS . Major Knox asked whether there was any objection to publish a list of the officers and men whose names nail been sent in by their respective commanding officers to tho authorities for tho Victoria Cross , but who had not been selected for that distinguished honour . — - Sir John Kamsden thought it would not bo desirable to piib" < "i such a list ; for , though it would be gratifying to those included in it , it would give disappointment to nmuy who wore not loss desorving , but who woro not eo loi tunato . THE VRINOKHS KOYAL . . Lord Palmbrston oppoiired at tho bur , and rcau message from tho Crown , to tho Biimo otl ' act , """ nearly tho same language , us that prosontcjl to Lords , but with tho addition of n rcquont that tl "' " will make suitable provision for tho Prinecw . "' j Tho Premier then moved nu Address , thankin « '" j . - josty for tho communication , expressing BuUalm "" the proposed / illianco , and immuring her Mnjo . Hly . " '' Ilouso would immediately prouood to cons < lur i" « , sago . — Tho motion was Hcooiuled by Mr . I ) WK 'V ' , uagroed to mm . con . —On tho motion of L » " » l ¦ ''' ' hton , her Majesty ' s Mosmigo was ordered to do into consideration on tho ensuing Friday ( yiwturuin ;•
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Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23051857/page/2/
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