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Ko.4gl, Jtjne 26, 1858.] THE LJADE B. 61...
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fabric miffht not go to rjieces . Sarawak is too young j for isolation . Indeed , it can never be safe without a protectorate , which Sir James Brooke would not accept from Holland , but which it is the clear policy of this country to concede . The north-west of Borneo ^ wxmld firmly connect our Straits settlements with Cliina , and if , as we believe , it be contemplated to treat ^ Iiabuan as Balambangan was formerly treated , antfd abandon it " as an unprofitable station . —^ an act wMch would be of material injury to our influence and . interests in the Indian Ocean—unless Sir James Brooke ' s proposals were adopted , we should hold not a foot of territory between Singapore and Hong-Kong . The great and crowded water way to China ^ would . be exclusively in- the hands of the Spaniards and the Dutch , who , sunken and dwindled as . be their power in ISurope , are far from insignificant in the vast and rich Malayan Archipelago . " Without affirming , therefore , that the present Government will adopt the policy recommended by the Rajah of Sarawak , we may express a hope lhat it -will recognize the wisdom of a course which , besides securing the large English principality in Borneo against the hazard of a relapse to barbarism , would act beneficially upon pur Chinese trade , extend our commerce among the islanders , who number millions , check the Dutch—the persistent enemies of our flag in the Indian , seas , serve the general cause of civilization , and render Justice to -a man of whom this country and this age have the highest reason to be proud . TVe are har > py to know that tlie Rajah Brooke is supported by powerful influences , on the part of the commercial and religious communities , and with the cordial approval of a yasit majority of his countrymen , he may survive whatever is uttered from beneath the battered coronet of a Kingston , and the acrimony of a private cabal , which exists only by virtue of the principle tlat converts some ; men ' s animosity into an undying passion . :
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Reform Progress. !&Ms Independent Libera...
REFORM PROGRESS . !& ms Independent Liberal party in . the House of Commons has not been dumb or inactive this session . Relieved from . Lord Palmerston they have discovered that they , the Reformers , hold the balance , that they can coerce the Tories and impose stipulations upon the Whigs . Already they have gained something , and , by managing their influence wisely next year , the work will go gallantly on . The Derby Government is competent enough ais an administration , and , in point of general ( policy , we have certainly lost nothing , but rather gained , by the deposition ' of Lord Palmerston . ^ Firstly , we have gained the Abolition of the Property Qualificat ion , upon the motion of Mr . Iiockc King , who deserves the highest credit for his spirited and persevering conduct of the attack . One " point" of " The People ' s Charter" is unconditionally conceded by Lords as well as Commons , and awaits only the formality of a Royal assent . To Mr . Locke King also belongs the honour of vh & ving passed through a second reading m the House of Commons , by a large majority , a bill for \
| its capacity , and which has framed and promulgated its programme , and carried on operations to this date , with an expenditure of less than five hundred pounds sterling . It may be useful to recal the objects of the committee : — 1 . ( a . )—The extension of the Borough Franchise in England and "Wales to " every male person of full age and not subject to any legal . ¦ incapacity , " who shall occupy , as owner or tenant in part or whole , any premises within . the Borough which are rated for the relief of the poor ; ( b . ~ )—the extension of the County Franchise in England and Wales to all 101 . occupiers at least ; . , ( c . )—the assimilation , as far as possible , of the Franchises in Scotland and Ireland to those of England and Wales . 2 . — Protection to the Voter by the Ballot ; on apian . similar to that adopted in the Australian colonies . . 3 . — A re-apportionment of seats , that shall make such an approach to an equalization of constituencies as shall give , in ' the United Kingdom , a majority of members to a majority of electors . . 4 . — Abolition of property qualification for members . 5 . ¦ - — The calling of a new Parliament eyery three ¦ : . : years . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ " . " ' . .. . . ¦ .. . \ The fourth point has been gained . The others are making way ; but the work stiU . to be done will hot be accomplished without sustained and extended efforts .
l / Uls y .. ' \ . 'Ul' ! AQlvJAl VI buu bUUUl > V AX CUlts-LllOlj UU U ^ lJ .-JkJV * UUVI . shareholders . 'The forty-shilling freehold vote for Scotland was n' 6 t conceded , but the minority in its favour was powerful . The Ballot Division , was the most successful B , pon record , and the debate was far superior to t | iat of last year . Mr . Berkeley brought up his supporters vigorously , and the Government and eilaer Whigs were compelled to whip-up with extraordinary energy to resist the motion . ' A . bill for shortening the durations of parliaments was introduced ijy Mr . Cox , the Fhisbury anembcr . in a speech which Mr . Walnole . altlioue ' h
Jie heard only half of it , —thought it easy to refute . 'We have no doubt but that Mr . Cox will largely increase his following on this question next year . When ho brought forward his measure an accidental misunderstanding deprived him of considerable support ,. Thus , we liavc had organization , action , and success , in Parliament , and it is proper to mention that the Parliamentary Reform Committee , with iua iu lvinsirccT
jiuiiu-quaricrs g- ., unonpsiUe , lias laboured assiduously to ensure support to every motion brought forward iu the flouso of-Common ' s on the subject ; of Parliamentnrv reform . It has been enabled to act with energy , " by a subscription almost , of a private nature . Is not the time como for a more public move-. ment . ? Thousands would willingly contribute to the efficacy of an association which " has really proved
St. Paul's Cathedral,.-—A Correspondence...
St . Paul ' s Cathedral ,.- —A correspondence has taken place between the Bishop of London and the Dean and Chapter of St . Pant's on the subject of adapting the dome area of the cathedral to the purposes of Divine service , which has resulted in a mutual consent between those authorities and an appeal to the . public ¦ to , assist by 'subscriptions-, the object which they have in view . Although this circumstance lias'not yet become generally known , and the subscriptions have hitherto emanated from only a few private individuals , the amount has reached nearly 3000 Z . ! The sum actually required for increased accommodation for persons attending an extra evening service would be only 1000 J ., but the Dean has suggested that efforts should be made to extend this fund to 11 , 000 / . or 12 , 000 / ., whereby not only would increased accornrnodation be given for an extra service in the evening upon the same principleas the service in Westminster Abbey , but something ; vrould be done towards the general adornment of the cathedral . — Times . The Regina CoEt , i . —The owner of this vessel has addressed the follo-vring letter , dated Nantes , June 14 th , to the Union Bretonne ;— Fhe journals of our town have inserted in their columns different-articles relative to the deplorable events which occurred on board the Regina Coeli , which vessel was sent by my house to the western coast of Africa for the purpose of recruiting free labourers for Hc * union in virtue of , an authorization granted to Captain Simon by the Minister of Marine . The Parisiand Nantes journals have also copied several articles from the English press , and among others a j 4 » *« w ^^ n v jm k *^ % mbw k % m ¦ ' i ft ^ ¦¦ ¦ ^ L * \ ^ «^ ^ b ^ h A . — - —^~ L- -m ^ ¦ . 1 - * . 1-P ^__ uioivii
* ^ *^ *^ ^^ ^ ^ BLULuuieiii' ujj uy ikuc uapim . il 01 lUB 'JCjIUIope steamer . I have before me a number of documents which -completely invalidate all the allegations of the English journals-And the statement above alluded to . The French Consul spoken of is no other than van Englishman who exercises at Monrovia the functions of consul , and who appears to be at the same time charged with the oare of French interests . Without entering into any long details , but reserving to myself the right to do so at the proper tiinp , I will merely say that Captain Simon had effected his engagement of negrccs in a manner conformable to every feeling of humanity and justice , and under the superintendence of an assistantcommissary of marine ; that ho never imade any complaints in his letters of the conduct of the men , whom ho
had engaged , who , on the contrary , expressed the greatest friendship for him , and called him their ' father ;' . that he liad no instruments of repression on board'beyond what are carried by all French merchant vessels for the punishment of the disobedient ; that the letters received nt Nantes from the crew malco no mention of any bad feelings on tho part of the natives engaged ; that tho revolt which broke out on board Imd no other cause tlinna disputes whicli arose between the cook anil one of thu blacks ; that tho , struggle between theso two men the untoi tunato with whicli
acquired proportiom wo are already acquainted , and that a number of tho blacks , at tho coivtmcnuemunt of tho combat , cried out 'Stop 1 stop ! tho father is coming and all will bo settled . ' Thin , in a few wordtf , is what rcl tcs to the bhieks who had been engaged I cannot refrain from fl « ying that the officers of the navy who took tho vessel out of tho hands of those who hud possession of iicr expressed great indi ^ nntion at tha conduct of tho cup tain of the Ethiopo on tho occasion . "
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Model , op Sevastopol . —The large room of tbe United Service Institution , in which Captain Siborne ' a well- 'known plan of the Battle of Waterloo has long been exhibited , iha 3 jjuat-received . « model of Sebaatopol ,. the moat important-hitherto produced . Tlie model , , which has been < onstructed expressly for tho institution by Colonel Hamilton , C . B ., of 1 he Grenadier Guards , ia based chiefly upon the surveys of ; tbe . officers of tho Royal Bngioeets , jtnd theftuartocmaslferrGeneralTs deportment , while a portion is baaed upon the plans of tho Sardinian arid Russian armies : ft may , therefore , be pronounced the orrty accurate ¦ ro pwaottUttiaif of the aeat of the iatetwar . cn tho Crimea .. Tho country . represented extends north and aouth fourteen miles fromtlio river Belbec to
Balakiavn , and east and west sixteen . miles and a half from the Chersonese lighthouse to the Mackcnssie Farm and Varmatka'Valley , on a scale of eleven inclios to the mile . It comprises and distinctly shows tho sites of the Hank march of the allied armies towards Dalukluva on tho 25 th September , 1854 ; tlie general position of the Russians in their advance to the battlo of Baluklnvji , and the position occupied by tho allies on tho 25 th November , 1854 ; tho advance of tkio Russians on tho 5 th of November , 1854 , to tho battlu of Inherniann , and the at ino
position taken by the allies on that auy ; » o advunco of tho Russians on tbe lGth of August , JL 865 , to tbo attack of tho French troops on the i ' odurkino heights , and the movement of the British and Sardinian armies to tho support of their allies ; the Biego worlc-s of tho « 1 Hg 3 against SobnHtopol , and the Russian defenres up to tho capture of tho town on September 8 th , 1855 . TJie United Service Institution was visited on Monday by the Quocn and tho Belgian princes , lior guc-HtH . — Daily ATeio . v .
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There is rto < learned man but will confess ite hath much , profited by reading controversies , his senses arwaloened , and Jiis . j > -udRineBLt 3 iiarpexied . It , the s be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least . betolerableforMsadreraarytawrxtet—MitTOH " .
The 'Koyaxi Ma£Bia6£ Act. (To The Editor...
THE 'KOYAXi MA £ BIA 6 £ ACT . ( To the Editor * f the LwuUr . y London , June 21 , 1858 . Sib , —Nearly a century ago , the then new King of England . uttered the famous words , " Born and educated in this country , I glory in the name of Briton . " For forty-six years before these words were spoken Englishmen . had been content to submit to the less of two evils , and to prefer the enjoyment of tlieir constitutional liberties under a foreign sovereign t o the arbitrary dominion of an English prince . But now ; the new sovereign was an Englishman bybirth and education we were to enjoy old English freedom at home , and . to be independent of foreign connexions . Have these hopes been realized to anything like their full extent ? Is the royal family of this country free from dynastic entanglements ? And if not , why not 7 Not merely did the king who gloried in the name of Briton Select hi * own wife from among the minor courts of Germany , but he caused an Act to be passed which renders it all but impossible for any of the descendants of G « orge ^ II . to do otherwise . It is not necessary here to go into the Bcandals of which this Act was the origin , nor to endeavour to estimate the amount of misery which it caused to the children of its deviser . Let us rather strive to avert such evils for the future , to allow the members of the royal family a reasonable prospect of domestic happiness , and to maintain a proper independence of continental connexions . ^ This pernicious Act is hot even a venerable abuse . I * ord Eldon conld well hav « rernenibered its enncttnent . What can be said for it , but that families connectedwith the Crown by marriage would get an undue shnre of the loaves and fishes ? ButweJcnow very ^ w ell that some great families do get a liberal share of places of power * nd emolument without being connected with the Crowu , and would scarcely get more if sucli were the case . . It is true that some three hundred and eighty years back the marriage of the then King of England was a good thing ; tor the Greys ; but though it is three centuries since any one bearing that auspicious name has become a member by affinity of the royal family , some few of the name have had their share of place and power for the last quarter of a century . Now is the opportunity for repealing this unnatural Act . If this occasion be let slip , we may look for a renewal of the evils which have been caused in former years by its operation . Englishmen boast tliat they are lovers of liberty—will they refuse that boon to their princes and princesses ? I am , sir , Your obedient servant , E . T . S .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26061858/page/15/
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