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LORD 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 lavge number of the good folks of the town wherever he went , and notwithstanding that tlieTown and Harbour Commissioners presented him with an address signed by upwards of twenty of their number . His lordship's " speech" was so ¦ panting in Palmerstonian salt that the Sligonian political palate must be very keen if it found muuh flavour in it . A few mild praises of himself and of
his colleagues m office , a very modest reference to India Bill Wo . 1 , which after being taken up by the present Government with some alterations 3 " more or Iessin 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
fcy 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 winch liberal measures have made under it . What the Liberals have l ) een endlessly talking about doing the Tories have done , tt may , then , be the best policy for Lord Pahnerston to ioav , 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 thejr number , and by Government in-the selection of its nominees , it has become known that a scat 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 Coin pan v ' 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 , anil it has brought great credit to Lord Derby ' s G pvernment . The nomination of Sir Henry Riwlinson , about which there was some little doubt , has been confirmed - , the name of Sir Frederick Currie 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 Russian Avar . On . the other hand , the announcement of Sir John Lawrence ' s appointment to a seat in "the Council has 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 India ; and the probability is that lie will not leave India until trauquillitj is thoroughly restored . The appointment has been offered to him on the understanding that should he accept it and conic to England , he may resign it and return to his present position any time he mav think his presence in India
necessary . According to the Bombay version of the events sabsecment to the recapture of Gwalior , things arc going on so promisingly that Sir John ' s acceptance of tlie post offered to him may not be incompatible with the security of the North-West Provinces . From tho news which reached us lately by the
Calcutta mail , it did not appear that the results of the Qmralior success had been so complete as was desirable ; it now appears that the discomfiture of the rebels has been really great . After their llight they ^ oro chased by Brigiulier Napier , who came up With them , beat them , and took away their guns . Aiter this adventure , tho rebels were without
leaders , and were perplexed as to 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 Itoberts , who was moving towards Jeypore from Nusseerabad , they turned and plunged into the jungles of Rajpootana . Brigadier Roberts was following closely upon then 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 tlie Government telegram of the 15 th instant : — " Matters are settling 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 tlie 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 : he 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 Cyclops , which originally conveyed the news of 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 us every right to look for the complctest 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 forthcomingbefore many , days have passed . Meanwhile , Captain Pullen has all the credit pf " energy" and
success . The news from the United . States is extremely satisfactory , showing as it does perfect concord between the two Governments on tlie subject of Ncv 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 . Carticr and Mr . Macdonald were endeavouring to form a Ministry . There does not , however , appear to be the least chance of a
really strong Ministry's being formed in the present state of parties . The working of the present system since the passing of the Act of ISttO has , indeed , been so unsatisfactory , that the most promising course would appear to be fcdcrnlisation of the whole of the slates 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 seems to be not only the readiest but the safest and best way of drowning that cvcr-rccurring and dangerous cry from Upper Cauuda , " Repeal of the union !"
Politics in Franco , 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 noteworthy in the sayings of the French press , it is the irritable commentary which it bus made upon tho Newcastle speeches of Messrs . Lindsay and Roebuck : our suilors arc allowed to pride themselves upon their resemblance to monkeys and squirrels—as -well as upon being the beat suilors in the world , Hard words break no bones , we know ; but it would be as well if this irritating kiud of
wartalk were stopped . There is no desire for war on either side of the Channel , whatever M . Lcchevallier , the quondam " Christian Socialist" of London , may say about the Emperor , with a large army at his heels , being welcomed by a considerable portion of the people of this country ; so there is no use in talking about it . A pleasauter 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 ?
Tlie 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 iiffingham , 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 1 to the seed or crops . The charge was that the farmer was on the land of the Earl in " search of coneys , " or rabbits .
The point of law to be decided " was whether " coneys" were to be considered as " game , " and included under the term of " royalties , " the wliich were reserved by the Earl of Effingliam . The decision was in favour 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 to rule his tenantry by tlie 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 which has lately taken place between the Rev . Mr . Shaw , of Stoke Vicara ge , Slough , and the Bishop of Oxford , on the sabject ° of auricular confession . A statement of some -alleged scandalous excesses in the practice of the confessional having been made in a letter wliich appeared in the Windsor and Eton Express , a petition setting forth the . same allegations was signed by a number of the inhabitants qf ^ Stoke and forwarded to the Bishop . of Oxford , praying him to-examine into tlie facts of the ease , and to adjudicate upon them , whatever they might be . The allegations werethat
, the Roy ,-Mr . West , curate of Boyue-hill , went to a " poor woman , " who was very near her confinement , and endeavoured to force her to make confession to him ; that he examined her as to her sins with reference to the ten commandments , dwelling particularly on the seventh , and putting to her questions of a searching kind . According to the tale , he then told the woman that , as she bad never been , confirmed , in the event of her death she could not hope to enter the ICiugdom of Heaven , unless she confessed ami received the sacrament ; aud he is alleged to have enioined her
on no account to tell her husband of what had passed between them . This woman was afterwards visited by a lady calling herself " Sister Ellen , " who upbraided her for repeating the conversation 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 tho result of Jils inquiry has been communicated in a long ; letter to the llcr . Mr . Shaw . The Bishop of Oxford states the case on the side of Mr . West . The whole of the woman's story is denied , or her
statements arc nil " contrary to fact . " The explimntion given by the Bishop of Oxford—who stiuuls in the position of a protector to tho Rev . Mr . West—is that the curate only proceeded under the directions of " the Oilice for the Visitation of the Sick ; " that he only examined her to see whether she " repented her truly of her sins , " and thut ho went through the commandments only as a means of putting the interrogatories more conveniently to her , not pressing her lor answers , nor putting " improper questions" to her upon any one commandment . This is
the statement and the counter-statement , the " noor woman" uguinst the reverend curate of Bo . yne-liill ; the truth may lie between . The Bishop oi Oxford pronounces on the case without any misgiving : he exonerates Mr . West JVom clerical Maine , mid he lays it down that confession is p < jrniihMl ) l < : " as a reserved remedy for cvrlain cases of spiritual disorder . " Wilhin the ( Hcxtm ; of . Oxford , therefore , there is an cud of I he question of " auricular coufosaiou ; " it is authorised by the Bishop .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1858, page 827, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_21081858/page/3/
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