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seem to be sent as startling proofs of the calculations which we have ventured before , and which are confirmed by the Report of the Emigration Commissioners , that the trade of Australia must continue to increase at a rate" u ^^ ecjaeiited a ^ unparalleled in the world . Traders and workingmen should equally keep their eyes / upon the brilliant and instructive history of th | % nd of the Rve Stars . '' . , < * -. - -,
Gloucester is succeeded this week by Mr . Mechi , who has had his annual farm-visiting party at Tiptree Hall . This . year the principal objects of attention were the use of liquified manure , and a digging machine . There is still a call for Mr . MeehiV accounts $ but this seems in some degree to arise from a misconception of his truly excellent position . It is a reproach to our great landlords , that they have done so little to make those
experiments , which would impede the farmer in the work of the day , and no doubt ruin him . The improvements which have enabled the British farmer to strengthen his plants against the weather , which have enabled him to extend at once his employment , his wages , and his own profits , which have led to the new and rising trade of Birmingham in agricultural machinery , have followed upon the" experiments of a Mechi and a Huxtable .
In Parliament , the incidents calling for remark are not very many . Most of the Government measures are proceeding quietly and steadily ; the Succession duties having passed the second reading in the House of Lords last night , without attempt at division , though not without vituperation from Lord Malmesbury . We need note little more than the exceptions to the general rule of quiet progress . The bill to . amend the regulation of Savings' Banks , which Mr . Gladstone has had entirely to himself , is postponed until next session , in order that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer may complete arrangements to render the security of those establishments " perfect . " The Advertisement duty is given up , in deference to a strong feeling in fine House ; an act which has been heartily acknowledged as attesting the excellent sense and temper of a Minister who might easily and successfully have stood out . The Metropolitan Commission of Sewers is renewed for one year ; Lord Palmerston promising next year to introduce into the commission the principle of representation ; another step in that direction which we hail with great satisfaction .
One Government bill has been less fortunatethat to amend the finance of the Established Churches in Edinburgh . They have hitherto been supported by a species of church-rate , so unpopular that soldiers have been obliged to protect the collectors . Now , since the sanction of the Free Kirk , many of the churches have been left empty , and hence this unpopular impost has acquired the additional odium of being raised to support offices that are becoming sinecures ,
buildings that are becoming curiosities . The Lord Advocate ' s bill proposed , to abolish the tax , and to substitute a municipal rate , with help from a n , ew appropriation of certain church property , and from the Consolidated Fund . Objections to that plan , and objections also by Mr . T . B . Smith to keeping up empty churches and pastors without flocks , led to a strong opposition ; and the bill has been withdrawn for the session , probably to be reproduced next year in a bettor form .
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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT . RUSSIA AND TUB-KEY . A oonybhSation on the circular notes of Count Ncsselrodo , and on tho replica by M . Drouin do Llmyn , ippk piaco in tho House Hf Lords on Monday . It ; was introduced by Lord MALMESliuiiY . After referring to the Russian documents , he eaid : — " I do ndt agxoo with tho premises laid clown in many PWtB of those documents , and therefore I cannot ; agree with argurnontu founded on whafi I consider erroneous protmueB ; but I have been waitihg with considorablo im-K ° * - , ! d I think your lordahipa may have joined in vo ? nZ ^ ° Hl ~ "f or a » . ° » wer from her Majesty ' s Go-SSS ^^^ V **^ notoa ' My lorVi have » wn myaelf particularly Moioun to avoid cmbortaBBinii
her Majesty ' s Governmenifin ^ w ^ Tb y observations relating to the unfortunate occurrence * now going on in the East ; but I think i&as now time' &r the dignity of this country and of thisifiCouse , and I think it is fair on the part of the Oppoai % m , to ask her Matesty ' Government , tghether they ' 3 j 8 $ ff ' aiode any replyjM $ iose notes ,. gkij wlpiher , if Mtfflaj ijp&ndto mafc 6 % reply > aittt to pfthpH liSp ^ ne satn ^^ annelfwhich . ' U&ssiaris adopted wtien thMfixab cir ^ kted | b ^ se two do ^ iineiife ? Mylords ;\| thauc it is infiitfrtimt ? # ' ask this oft ^ on j » -day , because f | r « nch ^ OT € rniiaenJt , now in alUfbce w « h ua in carryiut the obfejets ^" save m ^ onptwt Mwmade a *> yer ^ and a veryii&rj ^ iut yet a ^ -wS ^ y firnl ^ answer on thw aubiect . I think , if her Maiestr * s Government delay in
answering these documents , they will run the risk of being misapprehended or of being misunderstood , because silence , proverbially , gives consent . We have been told by my noble Mend [ Lord Clarendbifj ; that he does notagree in all the statements contained in those documents (' Hear , from Lord Clarendon ) and the delay may also be the cause of further misapprehension . Her Majesty ' s Government might be accused of being unable to answer those notes , ana even of fearing to answer them , under alarm at the acts of a powerful nation , which ore now attracting the attention of the whole world . " In reply to a direct question to the above effect , Lord CiAEE ^ DdN explained why tha Government iaye wished to delay and postpone any discussion oh this
matter : — ' "Ifc has been in the interests of peace , and not to impair those chances , such as they are , of bringing this ques tion to a peaceable conclusion ^ My noble friend must be aware that the thode adopted by the Government and by Parliament is very different , in obtaining or asking information , from that which necessarily Obtains both in -Russia and in France . It is , consequently , easy for the Bussian Government and the French Government to give the public such information as they think necessary at the time when they may think it most convenient to do so . It is the practice in this country to lay papers altogether bearing on a subject at once before Parliament . ThiS is t t
the course that the Governmenhave undertaken o adopt , and which will be very shortly pursued . The whole of those papers will be laid before your lordship ' House , and before the other House of Parliament . And with respect to fheWo xiotea to which my noble friend has alluded ; and the doubts that he has thrown out as to" the capacity or courage which we may possess in answering them—on the first point , it certainly is not for me to pronounce an opinion as to the duty which devolves upon me . As to any fear of answering them , I hope my noble friend will rest perfectly satisfied that there has not any Buch apprehension at any time existed , either in toy mind , or on the part of any member of the Gdvernmefct . ( Hear , bear . ) To the first note no regular answer has been sent j because the ereater Dart of that note alluded to the negoti a tions
and the proceedings that bad been originated with the French embassy at' Constantinople , and the . ' negotiations to which they afterwards led ; and the remainder o £ that note had been forestalled by a previous communication from her Majesty ' s Government to the Cabinet at St . Petersburg , while a portion of it has been in substance answered in a subsequent despatch ; but it was not in the form of a regular answer . The second circular note from Count Neaselrode was one of a very different character , and which certainly did require an immediate answer . It was immediately answered , and that answer was forwarded to the Court of St . Petersburg ; and I have only further to add , that that answer was in entire conformity with the note of the French Government , as , indeed , I may odd , the whole of our proceedings have been . ( Cheers . )"
Lord Malmesbttby explained , that there was no analogy between those circular notes and usual diplomatic correspondence . " Those notes are an appeal to the public of all Europe ; they have been published in the St . Petersburg Gazette , and are intended to be read by every man who can read in Europe . The Government will bring on themselves tho risk of considerable obloquy if they do not answer the notes in the manner in which they wore at first delivered . " With a pointed and direct query , Lord Beaumont here intervened : —
" I hope my noble friend [ Lord Clarendon ] will not object to give mo an answer to a question I am about to put to him , if his eo doing will not be accompanied b y any jnconvonionco to tho public service . I wish eimpfy to ask my noblo frionrl when he expects to bo able to fay those papers before Parliament , and in how short a time ho 0 x 7 pcots to put us in possession of what tho Government have done P lam inclined to put this question , to my noblo friend in consqquenco of tho extraordinary position in which Parliament and tho country are placed with regard to a knowledge of what is going on in this ihattor ; because while tho utmost publicity possible is given to tho policy , actions , intentions , and opinions of I ^ ussja , tho most
complete mystery involves ovon too opinions , tho proceedings , and the policy of this country . It is true , wo aro told that England and Franco aro aasooiiited in' t ^ io interosts of tho Porto and in Iho interests of peace , n , nd wo havo reason to hope- that Austria and Prussia have taken a part , in conjunction with England and Franco , ' both for the maintenance of tho independence of tho Porto and tho poaco of Europe . I . hopo thin is tho case ; but Russia i « acting as if no negotiation wlmtovor is going on . "Wlien wo aro told negotiations for peoco are ponding 1 , Kuesia Jri actually making war . ( Hoar , hoar . ) , This ia ' nn awkward p osition far countries like England and Franco toheplacqd , in ; and I think it is only " reasonable to aak , on behalf pf Parliament and the country , how long we are to bo kopt in sUspouBO with regard to it , and how Boon wo are to know what aro tho acts , tho intentions , and the poHoy of her Majesty ' s Government , in order to Carry but this object ' ana to chock tho visible progress of itUBsia in this all ' alr r
agsmMtSSS v ' ' " —* ¦ information Wluf || p ^ rtant question ; The Earl Of fc ' i ^ fiE ^ RON said— . « I cW assure mFnoble friend that it is at no smaU sflJfiS * Sn « S »^ Government that , we have asked CS £ W « Wdiscuasion on thw ^ T ^ w BMmmmi if
the public , naveaperrec * jigw " : T T ^ Km been ner mVflictf % noble friend points put ; and it has been oSdesirb ^ hat there should be no W *? ^*** us cannot go over again the reasons whichhave inducei ja Kk Ir this delaW but , in answer to jay noble Jriend , a few days , indeed ! may say a very few days ^ , wnl be sufficient to show whether the negotiations on foot wdlsucceed or not : but , whether they succeed or not , as ; span . as these few dava ore over , I can promise your lordship that Se ^ ap ShaU be ; ^ i ^ , f : ^ lorSships ' ^ Tn reply to Lord C ^ AimiCABDE , Lord Claebndok said he doubted the report that the Russians had seized
the Moldavian post-offices . , ,. . Last evening , Mr . Layaed urged an early discussion , and Lord John Russeu , made a statement in reply He said' ~~~ ¦ ¦ Wfeen ' the honourable gentieman comphuns ^ hat papers have not , been laid on the table , and that thia House 10 not in a situation to express an opinion on the cpurse : ot proceeding adopted by her Majesty ' s Government , I must say that I think of all preparations for ^ war , the best is _ to esliausfc every means to obtain . peace —( loud and repealed cheers )—that it is not until , all the means of negotiation have been tried and , have failed , that any Musters ^ puld ¦ ha i . i « Hfip . d in tjlacine- at haziard that peace which £ as
happily continued for so many years , and by which tne prosperity , the wealth , the commerce , and the liberties of Ei ^) eh ' ave been so largely prompted . ( Loud cheers . ^ Ji thlis the case , I think the . House will agree at once that , vftbile these negotiations ore carried an , they can be Dettei ? carried on from Government to Government , than by laying all the papers connected with , such negotiations before a popular assembly , and exposing them to popular debate . ( Cheers . ) In so saying I have no doubt 1 ask much from the indulgence of the House—I have much to ask from the confidence of the House . But I ask , it on no party cround . I do not ask it of one party rather
than the other . But I ask it in full reliance on the . patriotism of this House , and on considerations which this House will always give to those persons who happen , at the" moment , to be Ministers of the Crown .. ( Cheers . ) I have only to add , that thege negotiations , bo far from having been brought to a close , b 4 ve hardly had a commencement at St . Petersburg . Considering the distance— -the necessity of applying at Constantinople to ascertain the opinions and the wishes o £ the Turkish Govern * ment _ the communications tha ^ have taken place between France and this country , and the distance again to St . Petersburg , I think the House will not wonder that
these negotiations are not in a state to be laid before ^ he House . My noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs has declared elsewhere that as soon as his publi 6 duty will permit , he will lay all the necessary , papers before the Houses of Parliament . I know that there may be' some disadvantage in ' not making public a protest or an answer to papers which have been ostentatiously circulated throughout Europe . ( Hear , hear . ) A despatch written by M . Dxauyn de Lhuys has , however , appeared in print—a most able , statesmanlike document , containing very convincing reasons , stating fanta -which undoubtedly weaken , if they do not altogether
do away "with the assertions in the state paper to which it is- an answer . ( Cheers . ) Had it been the custom and usage of this country to give papers separately , the present Government -would have been happy to' produce at once the despatch of Lord Clarendon on the sa me subject , in which he has used a similar line of argument . ( Cheers . ) But in conformity with the usage always adopted by Parliament , we think if right to reserve that papor untilall the papers can bo laid beforo the House . For my own ptfrt , X entirely agree wi , tb , what was stated at a tune when I was absent , r > y my noble friend the Secretary for tho Home department . We are ready to rely upon tho forbearance
of this House as long as forbearance con properly be ' given . If we were unhappily to find that these negotiations could hot bo tbrminatea honourably and satisfactorily in peace , wo should as fully rely on the patriotism of this House and its determination' to support the honour of the Crown . ( Loud cheers . ) I will only eay further that the conduct of tho Eniporor of the French , and of hia Government , has been entirely in accordance with that of her Majesty ' s Government , and that the two Powers aro united to maintain the faith of treaties—to preserve , if possible , tho peace of Euirope—to preserve it with tho honour of both countries unsullied—to' preserve it with tho view of maintaining tho happiness of Eurojpo and tho peace of tho world . ( Loud cheers . )
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THE INDIA BILL . Tho discussion on the clauses of this bill has been continued during tlid ' weck 7 ' 1 •" On the clauso relative to the appointments to the legislative council of India , Sir Hbebbb'I' Maddook proposed that instead of authorizing tho Governor-General to appoint " two persons , having been ten years in thoHorv ^ co ' of ^ ho company / ' we shouid allow the appointment of " throe pernohs , being European or native Indian Bnbjoctfl of lior Mrijcsty , not in the service of her Majesty or the said ' company . " ' ¦ Mr . HtJMi then moved' an amendment , milking * it imperative uptin the G 6 vernnient to appoint two nativeB of India , < mo
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Leader (1850-1860), July 23, 1853, page 698, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1996/page/2/
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