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armed coadjutors would seize upon some portion of territory as a material guarantee . At all events the Chinese race is to be thoroughly scourged . In fulfilment of our expectation , the Government at Washington lias adopted measures which will strengthen it both diplomatically aaod navaliy on tbe coast of China for protecting American interests . Now , American interests will most likely be assailied
exactly in the same way that English or Portugueseinterests have bee * : # ssaile& «—that is , by piracy , robbery , and murder . And * in protecting the American interests , the new plenipotentiary , Mr . W . B . Heed , will use exactly the same means that France and England are about to use- This is precisely what we expected ; and it is more probable , since , on his way to China , be will communicate personally with the Governments of France
and England . The American Government lias taken another step which appears not to have been distinctly understood . It will be remembered that when the proposition of Count 'VVaxewski , adopted by the Paris Conference , was sent out to Washington , Mr . Secretary Marcy replied by proposing a thorough drano-e in the law of privateeiing—the abolition of
the right to capture merchant ships by public armed vessels as well as privateers . It is reported that Mr . Buchanan has qualified this proposition , and now proposes to extend it , so as to abolish all blockades . We are inclined to tlrink that the reporter has mixed some of the remarks on the subject with the communication itself ; which , under correction , we understand to be that the proposal of ilr . Secretary Marcy is simply withdrawn .
The disclosures of the Royal British Bank must now be classed , amongst the periodicals : they come more regularly than magazines , and the interest rises as it ought to do in a novel published in parts . It is a moral tale illustrating the race for wealth , and we find all classes engaged in it , high and low . Three Members of Parliament have figured in it tragically . There is Mr . SxArLBTON , the new Member for Berwick , who became positively a
coadjutor in fraud by inudoertence . Inadvertence can scarcely be pleaded by Mr . Humphry * Brown , the Member who has been under examination . He accuses his coadjutors of deliberate falsehood , but he formed part of a Board which took deliberate steps for drawing in customers when the bank was not in a solvent state ; and he himself was concerned in strange transfers of securities , which the law of libel forbids us to characterize . A third Member of Parliament has died at Boulogne in a state of total ruin , pecuniary , mentally , and physicallv . Poor John Macgregoh , who had a
halfdreamy consciousness of the conspiracy into which he had been drawn , seems really not to have been the most morally responsible of the party . But here arc three Members of Parliament all engaged in this British Bank scheme , down to the very latest jratifying themselves , seeking re-election or election for the first time . It has been our constant averment thai these cases are peculiar only in being exposed , and we know that at this moment there are commercial men in the highest position with whom it is a mere chance whether or not they with whom it is a mere chance whether or not they
shall topple down or stride the commercial world like a colossus . The incentive to theae wholesale frauds is , painful avidity in the race for wealth . In that race , which has carried Sir Aljsxandjeu Cockbuhn to the chief scat on the Bench , men arc weaving out their faculties and their feelings ; and while prizes are given to those who gamble in the gamo of prosperity , the Government ; puts on u preaching air , and ou " moral" grounds refuses to assist . Liuly _ ' J ? ttAWK . UN in the search for her husband or his rcmuin . s !
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A amtVANT girl , aged thirteen , in the employ of a Duvoushiro former , has hung herself from a biam in an outhouse in a foolish attempt to ascertain the feelings of a person when brought to the gibbet . Sho had recently viaitcd tho Devon Gaol in comnuny with her master and mistress , nnd had been shown the place where criminals are executed . This edifying spectacle excited in her a thirst for knowledge , to which sho hua fallen a victim . A child , two years old , has boon oeuldcd to death in Brandon-street , Wnlworth-roael . Climbing on a chair near the lire , ho overbalanced himself , and fell forward . Ho tlicn caught at the handle of a Bnucejian on the ( ire , and drew it down , the scalding water falling over him . After about four-ami-twenty hours of intense sutlbring , ho expired . Some men were ongagod last Saturday at the Imperial Gas Light ) Company , Hethnul Groen , in Jlxiiig a set of lofty spears for tho erection of a gaaomotor , when a portion of tho scaffolding suddenly gavo way , and they were precipitated from " a height of llfty feet , ponderous masses of timber falling with thorn . A young mini , Henry Cobbing , was tnkon up dead , und tt < rvorai others were dangerously injured . Tho break of a train went off tho lino yesterday ( Friday ) on tho Crystal Palaoo Railway , bringing with it a thh'cl-cluHS carriago , in which wore live poisons , two of whom wore very seriously injured .
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STATE OF TRADE . The Board < jf Trade returns for March were issued Monday , and show a continued increase in the declared value * of exportations . The augmentation is 1 , 007 7-r / or more than ten per cent , as compared with the corr sponging month of last year , and 3 , 145 , 043 / ., or fortv " three per cent , as compared with March , 1855 . on seed and wool are almost the only articles on the unf " vourafcle aide , and the falling off in the shi pment of these is simply to be attributed to their being retained to « upply the wants of our own farmers and manufactwrers . The total increase of our exports for the fir f quarter of the year has beea nearly fifteen per cent A compared ivitl * the corresponding quarter of 1855 " t has been about fifty-two per cent . With regard to im
ported commodities , a decrease is shown in the arrivals of wheat and flour , but other descriptions of grain have been largely taken . In animals and salted provisions there has been au increase . Cocoa , coffee , and sugar show a falling off as regards the home consumption , and also tea , in consequence of the limited deliveries pendin « - tlie reduction of the duty ; but the quantities imported and taken . into stock present an increase . "Wines , spirits tobacco , fruits , and spices , exhibit an increase both as regards importation and consumption . —The imports and exports of raw material show an increase in . each instance , except that of tallow , which was kept back for speculative purposes . — 1 'imes .
In the general business of the port of London during the week ending last Saturday , tliere has been Jittle change . The number of vessels reported inward was 187 , being 7 less than in the previous week . The total number cleared outward was 1 G 7 , showing an increase of 55 , including 29 in ballast . The number of ships on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 54 and , of these , 6 are for Adelaide , 7 for Geelpug , 3 for Ilobart Town , 4 for Lauuceston , 2 for Melbourne , -I for Xew Zealand , 13 for Port Philip , 1 for Portland Day , 1 for Perth ,. 12 for Sydney , and 1 for Swan River . —hhvt
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THE ORIENT . IXDIA . The 19 th Regiment of Native Infantry , which recently mutinied at Berhainpore , has been ordered to Barrackpore , where it will be-disbanded . A mutiny has broken out among the Madras troops at Yizieragram . " A most important despatch , " says the Times Calcutta correspondent , " has been received from hoine on the subject of the Madras tenure . The survey of the entire Presidency has been sanctioned . The Ryotwaree system is to be modified , or rather abolished , and the Khetwar introduced . ' Khetwar' means field settlement , and is so called because the assessment is placed upon each field . The owner , whoever he may be , is liable for the tax , and nothing else , his right of property while he pays it being perfect . " Five thousand villages have agreed to increase their taxation one per cent , for educational purposes . The Governor-General has for the first time exercised
his veto , in refusing to authorize a bill providing a municipal government for the suburbs of Calcutta . It contained a clause prohibiting certain native religions ceremonies . This was considered impolitic , and the Governor-General therefore vetoed the bill . Major Cuthbcrt Davidson , now Kesirleut of Baroda , k to succeed Mr . Hush by at Hyderabad . lie is hhnselt succeeded at Baroda by Sir Richmond Shakespear . Sir Henry Lawrence is to go to Oude , and Sir James Outram to the Kajpootana States , Colonel George Lawrence acting there during Sir James's absence on duty in Persia . A good deal of cholera is prevalent at Bangalore Brigadier Chamborlayno in now conducting a warlike expedition into the mountains on the Punjab frontier against a tribe called the Bozdars , who are constantly making raids into the neighbouring districts . There has already been a slight brush with the enemy , ending
in their discomfiture . " A serious attempt , " says the Bombay Junes , Ima been made against tho lives of six officers of tho M Regiment N . L , including Captains Symons and Scott , Lieutenant Brown , Dr . Treatrail , and two other * . Some poison was mixed with tho soup prepared for , and intended to bo taken by , them ; and it wan not until onooi them vomitod , and tho othors felt aovcro pain from the effects of what they had tukon , that tho treachery became < vpi > iiront- Several persons have been turo-acd on suspicion , and tho soup has been sent for medical ojsimmination . All tho oflicura aro doing well . " . A treaty with tho chiefs of Berbera has been ratuicil , and wo aro to reoccupy the island of Pcrim . Money is plentiful at Bombay . Tho lonnl wmi " have lowered their ratos of discount , and « xehungu Una fallen .
1 'ISUSIA . , . Tho latest accounts from Bush ire nro to the < ilU ol March . They bring no reports of fresh oponitioim in tho Persian Gulf . The intelligence ! of the irwUr «' puuco between England and Per&ia arrived « l Ji »{ Ji " " on tho -27 th of March . Tho IJiiHhiro correspondent of the /( omOfiff '"" lt writes , under date March 4 th : — " Wo havo uovvh Iiuro <>' tho arrival ut Mahamruh of 10 , 000 Porsianw uml thowipeclod arrival of 1 H , OOO more with oovontoou tfuiw « °
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Twin ISibhoitwc of Norwich The Hon . and Rev . J . T , Fcllwn , who will shortly bo consecrated Biahop of Norwich , has Appointed tho ! R . cv . J . J . S . Perowno , Follow of Corpus Ghristi College , Cambridge , one of his examining chaplains . This appointment has given much satisfaction to the . evangelical party in tho diocouo . OoNyoOATION .- ^ Tho Rev . Dr . Coleridge , vicar o / Thorvortou , unt \ tho Rev . E . H . Browne , vicar of Kcu-• wyn nnd' Koyi havo boon unanimously elected proctors or tho Jj ' owor House of Convocation for tho province of Canterbury , *—Tho Rev . Mr . Soymour , and fcha Rev . Mr . Wbodtfato ,. have been re-elected for Worcester .
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410 T H E _ Jj EA P , IS . R . [ No . 371 , Saturday ,
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OPES 4 KG OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT . Thk new Parliament held its first sitting on Thursday This was merely formal , the only business which was transacted ! feeing the election of a Speaker to fill the place of ffir . Shaw Lefevre ^ It is needless to say that the Qneen 3 Sd not attend : * tnit , independently of the recenJtl > irth of a princessrfpeapacitating her for so doing , it is not usual for the monarch , to open a new Parliament in person ; , as the EOyal Speech is not delivered until aitex ti »« ompletian 4 rf the preliminary fiaanalitiesy which cogsmonly take afeout a week . The attendance of peers was very small ; but there was a better gathering in the House of Cominojis , where , however ^ the Ministers— - especially the Premier — were late in
a rriving . The new members , as might be expected , mustered thicldy ; but , among the old celebrities , Lord John Riissell did not present himself . The numerous voids— such as those of Mr . Cobden , Mr . Bright , Mr . Milner Gibson , Mr . Layard , &c . —were painfully obvious ; and altogether the composition of the House gave occasion for much thought and speculation . After considerable handshaking , conversation , and laughter , the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod appeared , and summoned the honourable gentlemen to the House of Lords , to hear the Commission read . This having been done , the Loud Chancellor said that the cause of the calling together of
Parliament would be declared as soon as the members of both Houses were sworn ; and he then signified that it was her Majesty ' s pleasure that the gentlemen of the Lower House should proceed to the election of a Speaker , and attend the following day at two o ' clock in the House of Lords , and present the person thus spoken for the Queen ' s approbation . The Commons then retired ; prayers , invoking the Divine blessing on the counsels of Parliament , were read by the Bishop of Gloucester , their Lordships kneeling during their delivery ; the oaths were administered to the several peers who were present ; and the House adjourned at a quarter-past four o ' clock .
The Lower House , in the meanwhile , was occupied in providing itself with a Chairman . Lord Harry Vane proposed , and Mr . Thobxely seconded , Mr . Evelyn Denison as the person most fitted to become the Speaker ; and both warmly eulogised the eminent qualities of Mr . Shaw Lefevre , and anticipated in the gentleman they then nominated a worthy successor , should-he be chosen by the House . There being no other candidate , Mr . Denisox , who spoke from his usual place on the Ministerial benches , briefly but warmly thanked the House for the honour that had been done him , and was then conducted to the Chair by his mover and seconder ,
amidst general cheers . Standing on the steps of the Chair , the Speaker elect again made his acknowledgments . The Serjeantat-Arms having laid the mace upou the table , Lord Pajlmerston congratulated the Speaker upon his election , pronounced a panegyric upon his two predecessors ( Mr . Abercromby and Mr . Shaw Lefevre ) , expressed his belief that their new Chairman would equal the virtues of him who had just left them ( to surpass those virtues , observed his Lordship , would be impossible for any man ) , and promised him the co-operation of the House in fulfilling the duties of his office . —These observations were followed in
a similar strain by Mr . Walpoi . e , who regretted the absence , through a mistake as to tho hour of meeting , of Mr . Disraeli , since , had ho been present , he would have spoken for the Conservative party . Lord Palbikuston then moved tho adjournment of tho House , and , the question having been put by the SpkaivKU , the members separated about three o ' clock .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 2, 1857, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2191/page/2/
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