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rising 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 Duncombje moves to issue a writ for London , in the room of Baron Lionel beRothscfirLD , who has entered into a contract for the public service . London © ity e * & 8 ts the ]| ft * pii , but he will not take tliT ^ S * fh * = ivithouf -w-fiich fee cannot take his seat—while ; Qovernmenfc keeps the Jew BUI hung up indefinitely—London VHp therefore , elects one of its members to represent it anywhere but irfHhe Houtf £ t > V Comnronaj And the Jew Bill standing over ttfitil the conclusion of
the present war , Mr . Thomas Duncombe moves to end the farce by favour of the contract into which the Baron has entered to supply money to Government . It is pleaded on hfs side , that he is only one & £ a firray 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 would expel some members who now sit there—possibly Mr . LiSfbsatj a 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 . AH 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 on their own account , 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 from clustered
prevented by the police spouting , 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 Grosvenor's Sunday Trading Bill , but certain of that noble Lord ' s constituents ; and notwithstanding this demonstration and Lord Palmerston'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 hoars at work , they would prefer to trade on the Saturday , and would not use the Sunday as the sole day of tmsinesa for their private affairs . As to Iiord Robert Grosvenor ' 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 bo acting emphatically by the wish and in the interest of the people . That he meant any oppression it is impossible to suppose ; and although it 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 accornpany him to church is the design of an insult which might load to serious disturbance and ought to be 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 , &c . Doubts , alarms , shrinkings from any renewal of power , wore apparent in the Conservative , or Low Church party , Cantuar duce ; but the majority of the Bishops did pass an address to the Crown for a reformed representation . Tremendous effort ! Some day wo shall have the Church of England endeavouring to loud the English people ! We nave already mentioned the mistakes of the Administrative Reformers . Their movement as
a whole , however , is no mistake ; and although Mr . JDkjkens has a sound contempt for party polit ' ids } Ixfc is not only a man of genius , but a
fearcondition ° on a level with cabins ; Balaklava is a sink ; and the camp is icithout a sink . The army is showing the conseqitence ; and Adjutant-General 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 . Rwvlinson 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 their plans has once more to be formed _ . .
the lowest Irish less denouncer of servile shams , and his manly voice is gladly heard . It is son * etime 3 siicS that the Administrative Reform movement is Got of date , ~ since the ' crying proof of itTnecessity lay in the East , where all has bee # ; iset right . That this answer is not true " tii the news of this week p * We . If the «? is fermentation anywhere H fs in- the rottfrSg exuviae of Congregated mortality- in the Crimea , The winter bad its diseases ; suirrnSer is Setting in with the expected dSttgers , and the JMSteiinistratioTS of health in th a * ¦ Quarter ' is breafcifig down again . Scutari is sffll in a
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 not 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 doubfc , 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
sacrifice . . 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 Maratta , the Naynh , 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 the strait . The Republic of the West thus threatens the revenue of Denmark . The Danish Kino- lately fell from his horse , opening the succession to the Russian Duke de Gluckshekg , and so expediting the completion of that arrangement which would cut off the Danish succession for the
benefit of the Czar , at which our Government winked in 1849 1 Will America defy the Danish flagP Will Admiral Dunims protect a Russo-Danish succession against an indignant people ? To turn from the great offender to the lesserthe partners in the bank of Stiiahan , Paul , and Co . have made their statement , and it is black enough . Their liabilities are provisionally stated atG 8 O , 0 O 0 Z ., their asseta at 140 , 0 OOZ . or 150 , 00 ( K , plus anything accruing out of 27 O , 00 OZ . sunk in Italian railways ; they have pledged or sold securities to the value of 11 . ' 3 , 000 / . This , at all events , was candid ; but what is the question most 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 . Is it possible to insert a clause into any Act of Parliament which shall screw up all inovclwints , bankers , and traders to bo as completely candid ? What u ' magnificent rival to tho Commercial Dictionary ' might bo compiled out of tho general disclosure !—a Universal Gazetteer far nil provinces of bankruptcy , smart trading , and adulteration .
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . The llckWe'fef jLords sat only for a short ti me on kftfHday , ' - And adjourned after forwarding sevpi » ni b \ m a stUgte . s eral OOVERNMENT BUSINESS . In the Hous& of Commons , Lord Palmebston stated th © intentions of the Government with respect to sueh of its bills as are now before the House . Of these , several are to be deferred till next sessionthe most e&rtspienous being the Education Bills and tlKff JGVee Schools Bill . The Testamentary Jurisdictfofl BilHs te ^ be ^ abandoned .
Tire OUTRAGE AT HANOO . Sir Charge ' s Wood , in giving some particulars of the Hango massacre from a despatch of Admiral Dandas ( the substance of which will be found under out- Wat 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 , secondly , 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 . 3 jowe s Mr . RobbItck , 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 Rieo may be excluded from the markets of the United Kingdom until the Spanish government shall have effectually abolished the slave trade . "
AUSTRIA AND THE WAR . Lord Lynduhrst 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 lor 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 fro m the Gallician frontier , and disbanded a great portion of her army . — Lord Clarendon
thought that the indiscriminate blame which had been cast by this country on Austria liad 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 Ellenijorough , the Duke of AitovLr ., and Lord Denmanthe discussion ceased .
, The Frieni > lt Societies Bill passed through committee . , Several clauses of the Metkot * olis Local management Bill , and of the Biricenhead and Liverpool Docks Bill , were agreed to at the morning sitting of tho House of Commons .
THE SUNDAY TRADING HILL . In the evening , Mr . Oxway inquired whether tnc Sunday Trading Bill was sanctioned by the Government , and Whether Sir George Grey intended to oiler any opposition to its further progress ?—Sir Gkohob Grioy replied that it was not a Government measuro , and that it was not his intention to offer any opposition to Hie House going into n consideration oltne bill in committee . —In reply to Mr . Massbv , i ^ oru Robert Grosvhnor said he intended to persevere in tho measure—Mr . Kokiiucic gave notico that no should move in committee that all the clubs in London be included .
OUTRAGES AT KKRTCII—CIIlCMBSIA . Lord Palmerston , in answer to Mr . «'"•" , '« ChnBON , said that tho Government had received a » information with respect to the alleged »» «» i ; ' 1 ^ committed by tho Allies at Kortcli , but that ti cy would call for such information as could be given » y the offlcor in command . —Replying- to a 'l ^ JJJJJ from Lord John Mannkmj , Lord 1 ' amhkhbton stow that no relations exist between tho Uovcnnnei i " tho Circassians , witli tho exception of their nmtmi hostilities against Anapa . UARON ROTHSCHILD AND THE RHMtHBMNTATIOJ * OF LONDON . , . .. „ Mr . Dunoomjub moved that tho Speaker do iw
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Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2097/page/2/
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