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M INISTERS did » ot improve their position last night , by the course which they took in Committee on the Canada Clergy Reserves . Lord John Russell proposed to omit the third clause of the Bill , which repealed a guarantee given by the Imperial Government , to pay out of the Consolidated funds any deficiency in the fixed sum of 92 S 01 ., calculated to accrue to the established churches of England and Scotland from the reserved funds . By this proceeding the measure remains very nearly the same as respects Canada , but it quite alters its character as respects this country .
Instead of promoting the two established churches of England and Scotland to take their lot in Canada along with any other sects , it pledges this country to sustain them . Perhaps the Canadians will not quite like to have Ecclesiastical Pensioners amongst them , although Mr . Gladstone asserts that colonists never object to payment of Imperial money within their frontiers . But it is for the tax-payers of this country to consider whether they will sanction Parliament in re-affirming the principle , that they are bound to maintain an established church
not only in England or Scotland , where it has shrunk to a mere shred ; or Ireland , where it is an alien excrescence ; or even in colonies rapidly advancing to practical independence . That is the question for the tax-payers of England . It is a question for her Majesty ' s Ministers whether , by yielding to Jesuitical influences amongst themselves , they are rendering their position in Parliament dignified or secure . Last night they had to confront the reproaches and ridicule both of Tories and Radicals ; and Lord John Russell was so downcast as to attract
the open notice of his opponents on both sides of the House . The release of the Madiai , although in itself a very satisfactory occurrence , is a poor subject for congratulation . The Grand Duke has yielded in a case which greatly damages his long standing repute for tolerance . His mercy constitutes no part of justice , and the position of Protestantism in Italy is very little advanced indeed by this concession . It is not half so strongly vindicated as it would be by sustaining the State of Piedmont , a State which , as a whole , strongly inclines to secession from the Church of Rome .
The position of Ministers in regard to the unannounced section of the business before the renewal of the Indian Government has materially changed within the last few days . The spontaneous growth of a very serious opposition , on Friday night last week , seems to have been the turning point of their resolution , and although they
have not announced the nature of their plan now believed to be in course of substitution for the plan also unannounced , which is laid on the shelf , it is felt that the Indian Reformers have achieved a decided hold upon the Government . This is due to many causes . In the first place , we are willing to believe that the justice of the claim on behalf of the natives for such a renewal of the Government as
would not preclude an immediate commencement of necessary reforms , has had its effect even on the official mind . But , unquestionably , that effect was materially strengthened by the very general expression of the demand on behalf of the natives , and even of English residents in all parts of British India . It has been still more deeply expressed Ly the interest which public men have taken in India , and the accession of Statesmen so important as Mr . Disraeli and Lord Derby to the
ranks of those demanding a proper time for deliberation in the Government , settled the matter . An opposition of that kind was too strong to be slighted . Out of doors a point of union has been formed by the establishment of the " Indian Reform Society , " which originated amongst the independent Members of the House of Commons ; though it is not exclusively limited to gentlemen
of that body . The degree of success thus attained should animate hopes for future influence on the proceedings of Government ; and although we are quite aware that the majority of the Indian Reformers are actuated by no desire to embarrass the Administration , we trust that they will perceive how much it is incumbent to secure something more substantial in furtherance of their objects . Manchester also is beginning to move , admirably represented in this matter by John Bright .
A large proportion of time in Parliament has been taken up with the discussion of election petitions , the issue of writs , and general questions of bribery or agency . The writs for Blackburn and Bridgenorth have been granted ; and inquiry has also been granted into the case of Canterbury . In the instance of Norwich , the petition that has been withdrawn appears to have had very little grounds ; but the fact of its withdrawal by the
agents , as a matter of bargain with another agent , and that without the sanction of the member on whose behalf it was preferred , discloses a scandalous system , which has attracted great attention out of doors . And , even in Parliament , members , if not very anxious for purity , are very anxious to know how far their own tenure is vitiated by these corruptions , that appear to be undermining the
foundation of every seat ; and the most unreforming members begin to talk with earnest language of reform . With Mr . Thomas Duncombe we havelittle hope in palliatives , and trust only to the great cure—the opening of the franchise , as closeness breeds corruption . The constituencies are getting almost as rotten as the old boroughs , and if there is any health in us , it lies in the English people at large .
Mr . Milner Gibson ' s Bill for the establishment of County Boards , is a more important measure than many merely practical speculators might perceive . In principle , it involves what would be two immense improvements in our systemthe restoration of local management to the citizens in their own places , and the relief of Parliament from that mass of private legislation , which prevents it from doing the worfc of the State efficiently . A " faction-light" varied the proceedings in the House of Commons on Thursday night . A
complaint by Mr . Napier , that having begun a prosecution against the soldiers for shooting the people in the Six-mile-Bridge affray , Government had not prosecuted the priests , gave rise to an Irish debate . The reply of the Government , that the formal proceedings of the inferior tribunals—the coroner ' s verdict of " U ' ul murder" against the men , and the ig * - . ig of the bill aigainst the prie 8 ta—dictate * . ic course taken by the Attorney-General , appears to be on the whole satisfactory . It was ft bad business altogether , and the sooner ill-feeling is suffered to subside the better .
Perhaps the most interesting fact in connexion with Parliament and its prospects ia the announcement of Lord Aberdeen , that lie is favourable to a representation of London University ; a body remarkable for being , on the whole , a fair representative of modern education , and for being , in one of its colleges , quite unsectariun . That is one of the best results of deputations to Ministers . The deputation on the Customs only got a promise that they should see the Government bills after their introduction ; and that on A < 1
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VOL . IY . No . 156 . ] SATURDAY , MARCH 19 , 1853 . [ Phice Sixpence .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK— Prevalence of Perjury 275 Corruption according to the Consta- LITERATURE PXGH Miscellaneous 275 tution 279 Books on our Table 284 The Week in Parliament 266 Healthof London during the Week 275 The Moral of tie " Bappers" 28 O St . John ' B History of the Indian Ar-President Pierce's First Address to Births , Marriages , and Deaths 275 Lady Tartufe and Uncle Tom 280 chipelago 284 his Countrymen .. 269 To oar American Headers .... 280 Larpent ' s Peninsular Gossip 284 Letters from Paris 271 _ ., _ . .- . rc . " A Stranger" in Parliament . 280 Nelly Armstrong 285 Continental Notes 272 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Shoemaker ' s Strike at Stafford 281 The War in Burmah 273 " Pierce is the Man for the Time " ... 276 The Government and the Working- THE ARTSCheering News from the Gold Colo- The Indian Eefonn Movement 276 Man ' s Paper 282 The National Institution 285 tries ..... 273 Sabbathmongering 277 A Eecognition of the Secular Advo- The Musical Season 285 The Sabbath and the People .. 273 Anarchy in Trade .... 277 caey . 282 Webster ' s Farewell 286 London University Franchise 273 The Exchequer Chancellor and his aofn rnilNCIL Anarchy in the Law 274 Taxes 278 „ * V "" 9 R 9 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSSuppressibnofaStrike 274 The Commons , Honourable but not Sunday Beform .... £ > u „ , T , ... n TWo ^ lrotft Af , EaUway " Accidents" 274 Christian 278 Mr . Brewin Grant and the Chriritan ^ dty Intelligence , Market * , Adver-The Late Duel at Egham 274 Yet are they Honourable ? 279 Spectator 282 tisements , &c 28 b- ^ a
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" The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity-the noble e ° ^ ea ™ £ r to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions oj ^ hgion . Country , and Colour to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humloldt ' t Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 19, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1978/page/1/
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