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A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW .
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- ' ^ Imperial Parliament < 71 TheElections 7 ' * Sanitary Matters 773 State Trade ... 774 The Atlantic Telegraph 774 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 774 The Trial of Spollen 774 Ireland 775 America 775 The Indian Revolt 77 o Continental Notes 776
Our . Civilization * 777 Gatherings from the liaw and Police Courts 779 Naval and Military i 779 Miscellaneous 780 Postscript 780 PUBLIC AFFAIRS — India : Progress of the Revolt 781 The Bxpirinj ? Session 781 Murder won't Out 781 The Reform for India 782
The Duchy of Lancaster—Points and Protests 783 The Concession in the Principalities 783 Ladies totheRear ! , 784 Popular Services 784 LITERATURESnmmary 785 Memorials of Charles James Fox ... 786 Hen frey ' s Course of Botany .. 780 A Revised English Bible 787 Progress of an Australian Colony ... 737
Two Books of Verse vaa Miscellanies 788 THE ARTS - "The Lighthouse" at the Olympic 788 The Gazette 789 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCity Intelligence , Markets , &c 789
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1 VHE English mind is intent upon India . It scarcely knows how to estimate the latest intelligence , which , however , is not of a gloomy character . Up to the 27 th of June , Delhi had not fallen , and nine additional local mutinies had taken place , all within the Bengal or North-West Jurisdiction . By the Indian press it was considered that the rebels had done their worst . There no longer remained a native force to spread the insurrection in Bengal , while Madras and Bombay , although the flames were raging close to them , has escaped the contagion altogether . The concentration of troops around Delhi had been considerable ; General Babnabd was in possession of a siege train from the Punjab : he had three thousand five hundred eavalry , five horse artillery troops , and two light field batteries . It was expected , therefore , that the city could not long remain in the power of the mutineers . Outside the walls there had been frequent fighting , with results in favour of the English ; while near Sirsa , General Van Coubtland had defeated the mutineers in two severe engagements . All that the revolted Sepoys had done , elsewhere , was to add to their list of crimes—murder committed upon unarmed men , rape , cruelty , and massacre upon helpless women and children . The escaped felons , no doubt , had had a large share in this bloody and cowardly / work , but when we have myriads of military directors intoxicated with bhang , we need look no further for tho cause of the recent atrocities . In connexion with this Indian crisis , lot us put a question . By whose interest was General Anson appointed to his command in India P The interest of H . B . H ., we think . Was General Anson boarhunting among the mountains when ho should have been taking measures for tho safety of Bengal , as Colonel Sykhs alleges P And did certain Brigadiers , before tho outbreak took place , represent to tho Government , in ^ memorial , tho uniltncss of General Anson for las post P Obviously , lie was incnpablo of managing tho Bengal army , but did Lord Canning join in this belief P and if so , why was every one afraid to whispor a word in publio P Thcro is some one whom Ministers and Members of Parliament fear , and this somo pno is not tho nation . This is tho mysterious personage' to whom Mr . Lygon pointed . But tho Court , if it dispenses Indian commands , must bo content to share the responsibility . And yet why ? Parliament is
supreme , and why does Parliament suffer the Bengal sceptre to be converted into a Windsor boar-spear ? Last night , Lord Ellenbobougk returned to the charge , and challenged the Government to produce its military accounts . Perhaps he may think it worth while to provoke an explanation as to the Brigadiers ' memorial . A cloud has descended over the whole East . In China , affairs are in suspense . The northern trade was continued without interruption , but , at Canton , the silent batteries by sea and land grinned dumb defiance , and neither Admiral nor Governor had made a sign since the fight in the waters of Fatshan . Not much attention is bestowed upon Turkey , notwithstanding the personal diplomacy of the French Emperor at Oshorne , the promise of a renewed Conference at Paris , the hauling down of the flags at Constantinople , and the other notorious accompaniments of an Eastern question . Lord Palmebston , to save his consistency , refers the matter to Europe , and Europe , represented in this case by Louis Napoleon , seems to have pronounced in favour of a union of the Danubian Principalities . The Emperor ' s decisive argument at Osborne was , it is said , that the Congress of Paris was only adjourned , and had not been , dissolved . Upon this hint our Premier struck his flag , so that probably Prince Vogouxdes will be invited to Constantinople , and Lord de B-edclipfe granted leave of absence from Constantinople , while the difficulty is settled by a new election and a concession to the popular policy . From the rest of Europe there is no intelligence . Naples frets at Piedmont , and Piedmont at Mazzini . Tho continental press busies itself , in its own authoritative way , with our Indian distresses , and France witnosses the deportation of Gbilli , BuRToiiOTTi , and Tibaldi , the first , it is said , being promised a settlement in India , with a pension for life , in consideration of his evideneo against Rodrone Rolloni . Meanwhile , with opinion in a state of porturbation , and the Emporor living within a circle of detectives , tho Bank of Franco congratulates itself upon its prosperous balance . shoet , and French securities lie very low in the market , Ouv own market , too , is in a dospoiiding humour , and practical speculators charge tho Greeks with the circulation of falso rumours . Parliament has sat laboriously this weok , debating through many hot and tedious hours , and furnishing tho daily papors with columns upon columns of small typo . The remaining votes in
Committee of Supply have been agreed to , with the usual amount of discussion and criticism ; and on Wednesday the Chancellob of the Exchequeb made a sort of supplementary financial statement in Committee of Ways and Means . He proposesand the House sanctions tho proposal—to continue the existing duties levied on tea and sugar for two years more , commencing from the 5 th of next April . Sir Geobge Cobnewall Lewis gave a flourishing account of the national resources , affirming that , up to the present time , all demands on the Exchequer had been satisfied from current resources . Two millions of Exchequer bonds due last April have been discharged , and the money for the redemption of the Sound Dues is forthcoming . Moreover , the East India Company does not want financial assistance from the nation in putting down the revolt—at present . Meanwhile , the revolt spreads ; Delhi does not fall ; but Mr . Disraeli rises in his place , and reiterates his assertions that the disaffection is not confined to the troops , and that we have brought our troubles on ourselves by our bad management * ignorance , and tyranny . Mr . Whiteside expresses the same opinions ; but the Government , aided by Lord John Russell , carries its head high with a haughty denial . Sir De Lacy Evans suggests the drafting of troops from all our colonies , so that we may concentrate a large army in India to meet the 100 , 000 rebels ; and Lord Palmebston replies that Government is doing everything to crush the crisis , and that , should more assistance be wanted in the recess , be will summon Parliament to aid him . The Oaths Committee has decided that the Act 5 and 6 William IV ,, o . 52 , will not help tho Jew to his scat in the Commons House ; and Lord John Russell has withdrawn his Oaths Validity Bill for the present session . It now remains to be seen what course Mr . Dillwyn will take , or whether wo are doomed to wait till next year . Several bills which have come down from tho Lords have passed various stages in tho Commons , with more or less discussion— 'the toughest fight being on tho Divorco and Matrimonial Causes Bill . On tho motion of Lord John Manneiis—who is of tho party which looks on all divorco ns immoral and irreligious—anothor ground of ilivovco ha . s been addod ; viz ., tho ground of ' adultery (!> y t hoJujfrbjqKpdph ; ^ oommittod in the conjugal residence / ^\ lf ^ 2 > v *> "" ' * stone and Mr . DnuAnroNi ? vcro aweng ^ 3 |^ ffl ) &rof , -t ^/ r ~ . porters of tills addition , which wns ^^ PP ^^^' mM \ ' posed by tho Attokney-Gknkhat ,, ^^^ r ^ ^^^ c \ * z ohara ' olor of tho existing lavr , which * ^ ^^^|^^ 'J &- *" nL £ jN jJL - - *
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2205/page/1/
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