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T Eie Summer Sun Shining On The Bloody C...
risin g to a greater consideration : the post of a private soldier has annexed to it an income which many sons of the middle class would not despise . Mr . Thomas Doncombe moves to issue a writ for London , in the room of Baron Lionel de Rothschiu > , who has entered into a contract for the public service . London g & ty ejtapts the Karon , but he will not take theqaifesa ^ without ; Wtgch fee cannot take his seat—while < Gk > vernment keeps the Jew Bill hung up indefinitely—London City , therefore , elects one of its mewibers to represent it anywhere but igritfhe Housesof Commons ^ . # nd the Jew Bill standtjte over -atftil the conclusion of
the present war , Mr . Thomas Duncojibb moves to end the farce by favour of the contract into which the Baron has entered to supply money to Government . 1 * is pleaded on his side , that he is only one of a firm , not the real contractor ; also that the contract does not apply to money . Mr . Bright proposes to refer the subject to a select committee , and it stands over ; but the same process that would expel the Baron from the bar of the House w . ould expel some members who now sit there—possibly Mr . LreQDSAT , & contractor by proxy . Can the committee expel corruption along with contracting members ? Ask " my constituents . "
On the motion of Mr . Berkeley , the Beer Act of last session has been referred to -a select committee . All members who spoke on every side expressed a desire to learn how that Act had worked— -whether it had really diminished or increased drunkenness ; whether it impedes the harmless recreations of the people , or not . In the meanwhile the people have made a demonstration oa their own aecount , by taking possession of Hyde Park , last Sunday , " to see how the aristocracy spend the Sabbath . " The scene was strange : an Immense multitude , "whose ringleaders were prevented by the police from spouting , clustered
at the rails of the carriage drive , shouting sarcasms ¦ which went to the hearts of the horses as well as the riders , and startled more than one bashful animal into dangerous courses . Bishops were roasted ; Lords were treated like a stray dog on the race-course ; but what is not quite so amusing , timid women were equally exposed to the rough yell of the mob . It is not strictly true that the aristocracy were the movers of Lord Robert Gbosvenob ' s Sunday Trading Bill , but certain of that noble Lord ' s constituents ; and notwithstanding this demonstration and Lord Palmehston ' s
significant recognition of it , well-meaning Lord [ Robert perseveres with his little bill . So the demonstration is to be renewed again to-morrow . Lord Robert ' s religious zeal thus makes him the grand incendiary , and the people have at last showed that they can be stung into an outward display of their discontent at being subjected to these harassing restraints . If employers will pay them better , and not keep them such long hours at work , they would prefer to trade on the Saturday , and would not use the Sunday as the sole day of business for their private affairs .
As to Lord Robert Gtrosvenor ' s share in the matter , personally , it appears to us to be misconceived . There is no doubt that on the showing of several small tradesmen he supposes himself to be acting emphatically by the wish and in the interest of the people . That he meant any oppression it is impossible to suppose ; and although jt is well to check class legislation whatever its intention may be , it would be a grievous discredit to the working classes if they were to single out a man like Lord Robert Grosvenor . for their special indignation . The proposal to accompany him to church is the design of an insult which might lead to serious disturbance and ought to bo abandoned .
Convocation has been sitting in its annual agony of spasmodic imbecility . Before the Upper House was a report suggesting a better representation of the clergy in the Lower ; before the Lower , a resolution advising a commutation of church-rates , free sittings , & o . Doubts , alarms , shrinkings from any renewal of power , were apparent in the Conservative , or Low Church party , Cantnar duce ; but the majority of the Bishops did pass an address to the Crown for a reformed representation . Tremendous effort ! Some day we shall have the Church of [ England endeavouring to load the English people ! We have already mentioned the mistakes of the Administrative Reformers . Their movement as
a whole , however , is no mistake ; and although Mr . Dickons has a sound contempt for party politics , he is not only a man of genius , but a
ibarless denouncer of servile shams , and his manly voice is gladly heard . It is sometimes ss » 1 $ Uhat the Administrative Reform mowementus out of date , since the ' cry ing proof of ii * saiecessity lay in the East , where all has bee » i « et right . That this answer is not true iM' the news of this week prove . If these- is fewnentatioitt anywhere it Ss in the rottiig * exwyiae of congregated mortality in the - Crimea . The winter had its diseases ; sunnwer is netting in with the expected dangers , and * S be swUainistratifiHkof health in tha ** qpaarter is breaitferr down aaain . Scutari is sfcnl in a
condition on a level with the lowest Irish cabins ; Balivklava is a sink ; and the camp is icitfiout a sink . The army is showing the consequence ; and Adj « tant-G eoeral Estcourt , who has recorded so many deaths , has left others to record his own . Dr . Gavin , who accidentally killed himself , is now without a successor ; Dr . Sutherland has been laid up with fever ; Mr . Rawlisson has been struck by a round shot , and disabled . Dr . Milroy and the other successors to this lapsed commission are still in this country ; and the corps of assistant commissioners to carry out th « ir plans has once more to be
formed . . Death , indeed , has been busy in the Crimea in many forms . The loss by the attack on the 18 th proves to be totally incommensurate with the reports of it , and not more than commensurate with the magnitude of the movement , and the advantages sustained ; but is still great—93 officers killed and wounded , and 1162 men . This large loss , however , does rot come home to the sympathies like the deaths of men who have made themselves individually known . Captain Lyons , the very type of an English sailor in our day , frank , fearless , and zealous—gentle , chivalrous , and faithful—has sunk under the effects of a rifle-wound in the foot ,
aggravated , no doubt , by chafing at forced abstinence from duty . Miss Nightingale will be welcomed home with the more anxiety , lest she should have suffered too much from her heroic services . Too much , in one sense , she cannot have suffered , since she was evidently prepared to encounter any Lord Canning has been appointed Governor-General of India—stepping at once from the
Postoffice to the vice-regal throne . He is said to be a man of the Duke of Newcastle stamp—hardworking and conscientious , but not of the very highest or strongest capacity—honest , but mediocre- The Post-office clerks are an unruly set ; but is the governing of them a sufficient apprenticeship for ruling over the Marattn , the Nayah , the Sikh , the Burmese , and the hundred barbaric races of India—Mussulman , Hindu , Buddhist , or
Parsee ? Respecting the Hango affair we have little more . Russia does allege that the English have abused the flag of truce . The important fact is , that the officers and men are still alive , with the exception of the five killed in the boat . Two questions , new and momentous , are raised just now on the Baltic shore . America insists upon the abandonment of the Sound dues , or she
will force tho strait . The Republic of the West thus threatens the revenue of Denmark . The Danish King lately fell from his horse , opening the succession to the Russian Duke do Glucksuerg , and so expediting the completion of that arrangement which would cut off the Danish succession ior tho benefit of the Czar , at which our Government winked in 1849 ! Will America defy the Danish Hag ? Will Admiral Dundas protect a Russo-Danish succession against an indignant people 'i
To turn-from the great offender to the lesserthe partners in the bunk of Htbahan , Paul , and Co . have mado their statement , and it is black enough . Their liabilities are provisionally stated atG 80 , 000 Z ., their assets at ] 4 O , 0 O 0 £ . or 150 , 000 / ., plus anything accruing out of " 270 , 000 / . sunk in Italian railwuys ; they have plodgod or sold securities to the value of 11 a , 000 / . This , at all events , was candid ; but what is the question moat mooted by lawyers just now ? It is , whether the disclosure would not exonerate them from
criminal prosecution under a clause of the act which otherwise subjects them to transportation . la it possible to insert a clause into any Act of Parliament which shall screw up all merchants , bankers ) , and traders to bo- a « completely candid ? What a magnificent rivnl to the CounuircUU Dictionary might bo compiled out of tho . general disclosurea I / invented ( iazaUttar for nil provinces of bankruptcy , smart trading , and adulteration .
M4 The Leader. [Saturday,
m 4 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
Imperial Parliament . The Hd««Etqtf Xord...
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . The Hd «« eTQtf Xords sat only for a short time on Monday , - * nd adjourned after forwarding several b * B 6 a stage . ( GOVERNMENT BUSINESS . In the House of Commons , Lord Palmerston stated the intentions of the Government with respect to such of 3 ts bills as are now before the House . Of these , several are to be deferred till next sessionthe most oonspisuous being the Education Bills and the SV » e Schools Bill . The Testamentary Jurisdic-1 &» R Bill-is t < J'JJGvabandcuifid .
TIH 3 OUTRAGE AT HANGO . Sir Chariss "Wood , in giving some particulars of the Hango massacre from a despatch of Admiral Duudas ( . the substance of which will be found under our War heading ) , emphatically denied , on the authority of an officer from Kertch , the story of our having taken soundings under cover of a flag of truce while returning a carriage to a Russian officer . This alleged fact formed part of the enemy ' s excuse for the massacre .
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BILLS . The House resolved itself into committee —first , upon the Victoria Government Bill , and , secondl y , upon the New South Wales Government Bill . The clauses of both underwent much discussion , in the course of which the whole policy of these measures was severely criticised by Mr . Lowe , Mr . Roebcck , and other members . EDUCATION < NO . 2 ) BILL . After some conversation , it was agreed to defer till Monday next the consideration of the course to be taken with respect to Sir John Pakington ' s Education Bill . The other business , which was of a routine character , was then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
THE SLAVE TRADE . Lord Brougham , in the House of Lords on Tuesday , presented a petition from certain proprietors , merchants , and inhabitants of Barbadoes , praying " that the produce of Cuba and Porto Rico may be excluded from the markets 9 / the United Kingdom until the Spanish government shall have effectually abolished the slave trade . "
AUSTRIA ANT ) THE WAR . Lord IrNDUHRST rose to call the attention of the House to the treaty of the 2 nd of December , 1854 , and to the Vienna Conferences , his reason for making the motion being to obtain some explanation from Lord Clarendon as to the present position of Austria with regard to the Allies . He expressed his conviction that Austria had a secret understanding with Russia , acting on which she had withdrawn her troops from the Gallician frontier , and disbanded a great portion of her army . — Lord Clarendon
thought that the indiscriminate blame which had been cast bv this country on Austria had estranged the sympathies of that Empire . The recent negotiations had not prevented the Government from carrying on the war with vigour ; and England and France are free to make peace on their own terms . As to the conduct of Austria , it neither justifies censure nor merits praise . —After some remarks by Lord Ellen borouuh , the Duke of Argyll , and Lord DrciraANthe discussion ceased .
, The Fuiendlv Societies Bill passed through committee . , Several clauses of the Metropolis Local . ua-NAOEMENT BlLL , nild Of the UlBKJSNHKAI ) ANIJ LIVERPOOL Docks Bill , were agreed to at tho morning sitting of the House of Commons .
THE SUNDAY TKADINO BILL . In the evening , Mr . Oiwav inquired whether tm . Sunday Trading Bill was sanctioned by the Government , and whether Sir George Grey intended to otter any opposition to it * further progress ?¦—birUKORot Okkv replied that it was not a Government measure , and that it was not his intention to offer any opposition to tho House going into a consideration ot tne bill in committee . —In reply to Mr . Mahmey , J- « J HoiJEHT Ctkohvenou eaid lie intended to jierHovoie n tho measure . — Mr . Roebuck gave notice that u . should move in committee that all the clubs in London be included . OUTRAGES AT KBItTCH —CIItOABfllA . Lord Palmehston , in answer to Mr . « I 1 LN , Gibson , said that tho Government had roceiyc no information with respect to the alleged inhi 1 anities committed hy the Allies at Kertch , but that 'icy would cull for such information as could be l , n j the oilleor in command . —Implying to a 'I' ^ j from Lord . Town Manmkbb , Lord Pa ^ mkhhton stow , that no relations exist between tho Uovernmt t w tho Circassians , with tho exception ot then mu hostilities against Anapa . BARON KOTII 80 IHLU AND TIMS RI 5 PRK 9 KNTAT 1 ON OF LOK » ON . . u 0 Mr . ]> UKOOM 0 JU moved Unit tho Speaker do
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Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30061855/page/2/
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