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thusiasm by the loudly-manifested sympathy , of the public , this royal approval will operate as an incentive which the soldiers were thoroughly prepared to receive . Ministers have laid upon the table of the Commons a supplemental estimate , the main item , of which is an additional increase of 15 , 000 men to the army—an increase which the experience of the recruiting officers Jndicate to be a work of no ^ iflp ^ ty ^ ^ ^ tn moyi ^ j | foe 01-dinance estimates , aS ^^ QgS 0 Si stated jtfaijy ^ nLi provements in the equipnj « j 4 of the sdldie ^ l , tbe most important of which , fiowever , is the ^ Miral
distribution of a gun mad <|§| i the most apjjji ||| ed form of the Hjgg £ rifte , ^ ilp hough . ifrjs - | i $ P $ r : cbable th ^ t attjHirTny of ^ p icked men « ptri e ^ aal the Chasseurs de vincennes , or any specially trained corps of riflemen , still , considering the improved training , the intelligence cultivated h ^ better treatment in barrtck , aHd the generally picked ' j > hy : si $ f | L f . " . ¦ eaft $ § H ^ - * > C * & * ' Men , , ; it id ; lately that Iney . ^ fill " nse " the" new arm wiui a degree of efficiency that a very short : time hack could have scarcely been , hoped . Mr . Sidney Herbert stated a very high , proDortion of sucweappn-its
cessful shots amongst me ^ ^ c ^ tl y practil ^ ad , in skirniishlri * order as well as ^ regular order . ^^^^ vS ^^ ge sibS ^^^ idiek &ad ^ pccuxi |!^ t ^ heri can eqjuip her army ^ 3 i ^^^ )^^( h ^ ' ^» 00 t 0 ^ elf , in time for thVap ^ roachingi ^ p ;*^ To a great ekten % ^ ii ^|^ - 'it « : i 3 MQr W ^^ Pi&t # e iare ^ seiid-! ng to army of rifles agamst an army- of muskets , ^ l ^^ p ^ Jl ^^ ra ^ Sa ^ ffifflafeit ' " ^ i * e ^ traiitfef TT Sih& ^ buse ^ f Cbnamone a debate arose about <^ Tntoig « f ^ fe « e ^ ii 9 by Government , -who
¦ th ^ plAiit was * fiefttdownli ^ j ^| tftriH ^||{^^ itt ; i $ | p * # ii ^ Jptu ^;;^ rote ^ ' " agajnst' Ybeing diepriyed qf ^ sthe ¦« Kl | p £ ^ f ^ $$ |§ ssi& ^^ Q ® B $$ ^ m $ j ^^ nonsense P ^ tate ^ nmtiufactaret » cauntit always opme up to « u 4 dett demaade : Eye « in Jthe anatter p | 4 <>^ pi ^ tiir ^ l | sf ; . d ^ isW * : Jw&i > hatm jfcntosk- * caBe of a | i ordjEtr whick « ould not be executed rfor
eighteen months , although a very high ^ prspaiwn IIas i j ^ g ^^ m ^ f ^ i ^ sgifte Qt ^ mrm ^^ &OU ikddu ? oopl : « a-e * eht ^ £ r . Sidney Herbert has found ^ : pame diffieij ) ty in the , gun manufacture . ' f Tbto 4 & ! Wfci ! iN ^^ ^ fiGggfaj b ^^ fon ^ ibrtlie'iHdd ^ n execution of * ' large * wft-un » expected damand , r „ & is Grovernnten * aloaifi which < Min * w « itnft ^ jfche meftug for eetablishiilg that m&-c ^ nei ^ writhe @ud 4 enness andthe largeness tequired ^ an imperative necessity . ; However , this pfcrtfojiklF jite&jn ifc * estimated > w ^ postponed for axnontb ^ ; ju& ojrder , to be con ^ id ^ repl .: ; We do not suppose tha * Government w | U actually ^ Lday ita own proce ^ din C 8 ibr jfeat , period .
-3 &e debases © I ; thje week in Parliament have ,, generally speaking been , of less interest than the substan ^ ij ^ business transacted . jChe Lord Chancellor has Introduced a Bill to continue the amendment of the Common Law Procedure , including , in case of honest scruple , the substitution of affirmation for oath . Mr . Napier has carried a motion with the assent of the Attorney-General , « nd the hearty support of the Solioitor-Genejral , fov an inquiry into the regulations respecting the education of barristers , with the view to secure that the Inns of Court shall
operate m the law as the great universities operate in ^ tepting th . © " degrees" of qualification in those who / geek . to be members . Lord Donougbmore b ^ asr ^ Foduoed a set of Bills to regulate tenantright ; fnd improvement compensation in Ireland . IVUnisters nave sustained a defeat in Parliament . Mr . X Chambers has carried against them , by 168 to 118 , a motion to inquire into the state of conventual establishments , with the view to inspection , and to security against illegal detention of
the inmates . The object we regard as desirable ; but unquestionably the present is not a desirable time to move it ; and as unquestionably Lord John Russell was correct in eaying that discussion haa failed to bring forward any substantial facts to prove the necessity of an alteration . The facts appeared to be chiefly of that doubtful kind which maybe called " Irish facts . ' , ' The result © f the motion , however , is important , chiefly as showing that the Commons do not at present appreciate the necessity of utanding by Ministers . The Ministerial proceedings out of doors are important , and even startling . Jn reply to a
de-- putation from the City , Lord Aberdeen made the welcome announcement that Ministers intend to arrange for the collection of agricultural statistics , withtf view to ascertain the progress of the crops , and to allbrd tlhe means of enabling the produce markets to regulate themselves with a better intelligence of existing facts . The experiments in three . Scotch and two English counties have been sufficiently successful to justify Mini 4 p » in this st |»; " Some questions arose as to 4 # ^|» in . ery w $ M&h mtt § rr be use | M » a ilpubt whichi ' - ^ rogm ra t 6
tMis , tjipoyal Agricultural Society inll | tbmdi anlltb ^ iS ^ -Law ^ Jpcenlin En ^ h \ ndj | il « fe not ; been || 1 that Mn % feers "Wpiild desire f ^ mt there can be no real difficulty . That same machinery might "be improved , or other machineries might iSerbrdttght into the ^ serrice , -- * tliat , ^ br example , of the Registration Office , which Jias worked irith great and increasing success Jn the various branches of information collecting , to which . it has b « en applied . The Metropolitan C ^ mmis | ioii of Sewers has disappeared under a tidujp Welat . Lord
Pahmer-PAKLIAMENT OP TKE WEEK . By far the most interesting proceedings in Parliament Jxave beeu some brief conversations and answers fco queii € 8 in bpth Houses of Parliament in relation to the coniipg ^ rar . The questioning was begun on Monc ay ijy Lord Ellenbokough . **^ y HpWflte tf hfl sa ^> " I ^ ish to fat a question to rny noble firieild al ^ tJae head of her Majesty ' s Governmen t , in refer «» ct « t © A ' CTWHinstance which came to my knowled ge rearer i ^^ Baartl ^ , the general-orders issued from St . Peters-Durg ftrtlfhe preparation for sea of twelve frigates and eorwtwsijft ^ ie ( breaking up of the ice . The question I have to pnt ! M , ^ inMslher her Majesty's Minisiers do intend , if they ana cor veties
* % d £ SP ! M * r rose " ^^ SBfes worn leaving the - # « pr nBt | i ^ i ( Dapos 8 ible % o entertain the smallest doubt ~ 0 m . l th ^ ifhtenwod ^ with r ^ sfkct to these twelve men-of- ^ ar Is to se ^ d them oqfc of the B « 2 tic before our ships arrive at the entrance to tJ » te Gategat . If ih * y leave the Categat and reach the NaW of Norway before the 21 st of March , they may trice & north-west passage , and go round by Scotland and Ireland ; and before Sv « weeks have elapsed from this time , the trawqnillity ., 'whicli lias lasted so king at Lloyd ' s may he auddeBly diBturbed by tie notification of the capture of unsus " - pectitig | BrHish merctmntmen in the chops of the Channel or to * h » iMMth -of Ireland , and the feelings of all England would be distracted by the capture of British artillery in sailing vessels ,. without convoys . by Kussian men-of-war on theirvovace to the
Mediterranean . I infer that this h the destination of thoss Ships irona circumrtances-which I eba-ll mention . There are not Idas than eleven Russian . men-of-war that I know cf dastributecl 5 ba different posit ions on foreign stations . A frigate and a brig are at Manilla , flanking the . China trade ; and we have a SOrgun ship , wlich . was lately in a state of mi | it 3 hy , at Hong Kotag . There is a 60-gun frigate off Australia , wier& we have-only a 26- ^ us frigate , which is ordered to ~ be relieved % Another frigate of the same « alibre . The wlole of the Australian trade will therefore be at the mercy of that mal ^ bf-- « rai ; . -A t Site there Is i 44-gtitt frigate , the Avir&rtt , which we , in the exercise <> f < t generous hospitality , recently repaired at Portsmouth ^ by * tti&&rB -who were -reqifirfed in consttactinc or repairiaij shipsJbrouur ^ own suxposes . That
vessel is now at K 10 5 and I believe the whole number " of guns which wchaveiTiOw at that steifcion ^ is iiQt . e ^ ual to the number of gu ^ i jM Wted % | Aat (^ e sli ^ Uotie . i , There is also at Madeira a ' schooner , heavily armed . Two heavyfrigates were seen oa the 9 tJhLQfJSpyerriber off Cape de Verd , and fjom the direction they were steering , and from the circna * anee of 4 ur w * filing hetcra £ tbern % ! aoe , iW imyr « 8 « ion is , that these Jfeggrteg ia ?« gna » found Qfo& Horn -Agaip , ia the / Adriatic , tkere are three Buman frigates , in * n Attstmiri Jiort , ftmentfing the ' Greek inspection . AJljthwQve ^ eUvarBToniWliihfd j andrnay » U pouncMipon our tiade in different parts m the wprld , . The , Emperor ^ f Russia IS at perfect liberty to giVe ordei'S to thatj efieptMeausd-WhatWeJuividdnetis » Jfti We m * ytelCeit a ^ Mnarim-iM as w »
please but itis war , irad justifies bju * iagitioginstrMions tothe . commanders of these vessels to act according . The . sliiba in the Baltic ; to which thav « alluded , inMbe met wita an BquoJ , or a ^ uperior for ce , to keap them oti | w the « Categat ; hut if they are not prevented from , l eavfl ^^ he Cfttegat threetimes the humber wil 3 not be sufficient t ^ Bptect our trade ; ttnd : th « refox « it becomes a , matter of bbsomp urgency that her Majesty's Ministers , should make aip them minds tvhattbey mean to do on this subject . Thi brderl should b « given iminedifttely not ¦» dfty or an hour shoulj b « lost . It -will diot do to issue imtractiotu ' to each , ship which Snay be sent to the Categat at « n interval of 4 hree or four weeks , . to send about to intimate to each Russian ship that may be met with , th * t she must go back to Her own
port , or come into an English port . The sending of such a message is « xtr « tn « l y inconvenient . It « mbarra . sses extreDiely all the operations of thB English vessels , for at the very time she is > sendiDgb bORt f Ptirmips she ougbt to be firing her guns double-shotted ,-tula Jims her movements may be materially impeded . I trust , therefore , that that course will not be adopted . I conclude tliat it can neyer be considered possible to attack wiftiwit : notice ; and th-ercfore I conclude that notice must be given to the Emperor of Russia as to the intention which we entertain ; and astJiese vessels may be at the mouth of the Categat before ours may mett them , m three weeks , not an hour or a day ought to be lost in giving that notice . And , therefore , I ask my noble friend if her Majesty ' s Government are prepared to prevent these frigates and oorvetteB from leaving the Baltic ?" The Earl of . Aberdeen : " My lords , I think rny noble friend , who has been accustomed to conduct and regulate
many operations of great importan ce , can scarcely expect me to give him an answer to that question . ' I think I might hope that my noble friend would give her Majesty ' s Government credit for possessing some of the activity and tho watchfulness which belong to binaeelfc My lordB , I am not inclined to give an . answer to this question—an answer wh ^ ch can only be useful to tho power against whom wo are to act . ( Loud cheers . ) And , my lords , henceforth , I beg to say that I shall consider it rny duty to answer no question respecting prospective military or naval operations of this description . Mj noble friend has , with more or less accuracy , described the position of tho Russian naval force in different parts of the world ; but ho has made one grievous error in his description , in saying that they aro nnwatched . I do not think it lveccssary to enter into that question ; but 1 decline to f ive an answer to the question nBked by my noble friend , M"i trust , uuder the circumstances , he will see that 1 am fully justified in declining to give un answer to it . "
The Earl of Klj-knijokough : "My lords , T contend that 1 am not justified in giving her Majesty ' s Ministers credit for watchfulness in this mutter . (/ I laugh . ) For anything that c « n be drawn from within tlio four corners of tho book of political economy or finance 1 give them credit , and I believe they would generally pronoao mea . surea which to ft grout extent would obtain my confidence « nd sujijiort ; but as u u ar Ministry tli ^ y aro ns yet , utterly untiied , mid when I see thut they aro not aware of t lie value of time , which in war is almost everything—when 1 jsco they have , postponed for two or three months the moat necessary «» tl caecntial
stdtthasjjeremptorily recomtftehded % h& sUtyption of Mr . & O . WautcpB plan ^ teilJTilar l&iuuBfe ? and they answer by resigning i » a body , for oiir ovrn part f jwre hai ^ perfe < si ^ o ^ dettcei » titbtt- ; lar drainage ; but a sudden requirement upon the tespecfcable body of gentlemen to reverse all their proceedings , and Mopt the plan , of an ^ ti | f ) Werj " wa ^ - ¦ jpefhaps more vigorous thsm considerate . ^ o \? ev ^ , lydare ± a have a iijev central ccminis siooi' *? ponnectfed in spmf wa ^ - vntfc- kscai jpepiett sentdition , " an < f : resnitaiig * in urainage ^ la Warii , iwMek ^ promiBes to be « n " iffipiPOYement up 6 n the cpnuaiasiQn , and tbe old pl » n . , ,.
A £ se opportunity offers itself for MiniateM to ahow rthat th < by hav « the intenests of ¦ the juejeantllejaa ^ rinev atheariy niore thqiriuey / have proved it in « jttenduag free trade to that reluctiuit p&tient . The Tyae is to be made * what it : can well be Tea * desedj a harbour © f refoge ^ aA asylum ioc-shipping aiiich needed on the stormy and bleak nortb-east coast of Qve&t JBrltaiai . A plam has been adopted by Xiovernmeut * nd by ^ be local eojniliissioners ; and -the commissioners hav 0 been empowered to raise money-r-200 vOOOZ ., or about Aa ^ the sum re « Uy wanted ; to raise it . by local taxation- ^ -whichiwall pethaps raise that half in ten
yeare ! ^ The ! Tyne Gommissiowerfl , well supported by bodies interested in shipping and commerce , cftll"upon Government to be mote usefully prompt in . fiie service of shipping , m& t 0 enable tfeeni to raise the cash at once . If Government will put down half of the naoney wanted , the people , of the Tjne will lay down sovereign for sovereiffn ; the works can be exewted at once ; ^ tnd the sailors who are to bQ annually Bacriftced , the money to be annually eunk in that rough sea for the next ten years , will be saved . Surely it is worth tlie attention of the " FirBt Lord , " befoTe whom an influential deputation have arrived ip London to lay the
case . Something surprising is going on in Spain , but the Government endeavours to suppress both the action and the accounts of it . An insurrection broke out at a garrison town , * entirely amongst the soldiery , and the simultaneous order for the arrest of General Concha , who has evaded it by
concealment , connects him with the movement . In this case it is supposed that the object was to begin that movement which is to unite Spain with Portugal , under King Pedro the Fifth . The Government declares that the insurrection is a mere local affair , and is a total failure , yet it has been thought necessary to place Spain under martial law—a strange necessity , If insurrection be so partial !
Iu Francois Lamennais the really Catholic Church , whose temple is arched by the starry firmament , loses an eloquent preacher . To the last he refused the fussy interference of those more worldly clergy who wanted to carry to his bedside , in the name of " consolation , " tho cant of sect . Dying a poor man , ho insisted on being buried as a poor man ; dyinff out of the pale of , the church , he would not let his earthly frame be carried into a
church to receive tho inoclcery of forms ; and on tho same Jay thut Admiral Roussin was carried to bis tomb in pomp , Lamennais was carried on a pauper ' a bier to tlio trench in Pcre-la-Chaise . France , dead to patriotic feeling-, made little effort to resist the prevention of a gathering at his funeral ; liut when France regains a soul , tlie words of a Ueliever will still li \ a to stir that soul .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 4, 1854, page 194, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2028/page/2/
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