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asked , are our numerous gunboats and frigates , which , might now be ascendiog the Indian rivers , and penetrating into the heart : of the country ? Only one was there—the Shannon ; but that lad been hailed with rapture by the inhabitants of Calcutta . Finally , Mr . Disraeli denounced the disposition , which some persons he thought had bean forward in evincing , to substitute revenge for justice in our mode of dealing with the mutineers—a frame of mind especially inconsistent with
the approaching day of humiliation and prayer . " I , for one , " he remarked , " protest against taking Nena Sahib as model for the conduct of the British soldier . I protest against meeting atrocities by atrocities . ( Hear , hear . ) I have heard things said , and seen things written of late , which , would make me almost suppose that the religious opinions of the people of England had undergone some sudden change , and that , instead of bowing before the name of Jesus , we were preparing to revive the worship of Moloch . " ( Hear , hear . )
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OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM . An edifying pictureof the state of our representative system , which is described by some persons as being free from aristocratic influences , has been presented during the present week in the shape of a correspondence between the Duke of Bedford and Mr . Edward Miall , and also between his Grace and Mr . Richard Sleman , the chairman of Mr . MialTs committee at the recent election for Tavistock . The first letter is from the Duke , who , -writing from Woburn Abbey , on the 7 th ult ., to Mr . Miall , says : — " I have read a report of the speech delivered by you at a meeting of your supporters at Tavistock on Wednesday last , and cannot deny myself the pleasure of thanking you , whkh I do most trulv , for
What you were so good as to say about me in that speech , and for the justice you . did to my sentiments and invariable practice in contested elections . It has ever been a rule with me to leave my tenants to the free exercise of their opinions , feeling that , whatever my own wishes may be , I have no claim on their political consciences . But , although abstaining from all interference with their votes , I cannot admit that the circumstance of my possessing property and a stake in the welfare of a county or borough is virtually to disqualify any member of my family from offering himself to the free choice of the electors—a doctrine that would lead to the arbitrary exclusion of one class only , and be in compatible with true liberty . When the late vacancy
at Tavistock occurred , my nephew was ambitious to fill the seat . I should not have felt justified in discouraging him on account of the property I have in the borough . A free expression of opinion , unfettered by the exercise of landlord influence , was all I desired . That desire was fully acted on , and a fair field for honourable contest was left open to all . Even my agent was absent during the whole « f the time occupied by the election , and did not therefore give his vote . But I have been sorry to observe in some of yonr supporters a disposition to deny to my nephew , or to me , the same freedom they claim for themselves . " To this , Mr . Miall replies , on September 10 th , to the effect that he believes the general opinion at Tavistock is that liia Grace
individually is quite sincere in wishing not to influence the votes of his tenantry , but that eome persona in his employ have not acted in that spirit . The next document is a letter from Mr . Sleman , giving ' a concise history of the proceedings in connexion with the recent Parliamentary contest for the borough of Taviatock . * From this it appears that , en the day of nomination , " Mr . Arthur Russell was proposed ^ not " by the chairman of his committee ( who had previously stated that he was ashamed to canvass for him , as he had been asked to do , and that it was a pity that the Duke should send fluch a man ) , but by Mr . J . H . Gill , and seconded by Mr . Robert May , a highly respectable yeoman , a Conservative , and tenant of your Grace . " With respect to the final result of the election , we find it stated : — " Among the 164 [ who voled for Mr . Arthur Russell ]
, to speak within bounds , tliere are not more , than fifty who ate neither in your Grace ' s employ nor tenants or pensioners . An . active canvass was » prosecuted by the clerks ^ in your Grace ' s office , and by " others' ' in your Grace's employ ; thia was done openly ' . We admitted their zeal , and that they did all in their power ; the number of yeomen , three of your Grace's tenants unpolled , one being ill , proves this , ar id , If it ' requires confirmation , this is afforded by the fact that the last person polled for Mr . Arthur Ruasell had been one of Mr . Miall ' a committee . Some vbtcjs in good health were brought to the poll in hired conveyances on condition that they voted for Russell . We express no- opinion on the legality of tliis , this being out of the acope of this letter , which ia intended to give a short statemonk of Home of the leading facts ,, . Wo also forbear to
express sentiments uttcrod by some of the tenants , and enlarge upon one being Induced to vote for Russell because Miall had no fields to lot . . Wc' « imr > Ly « sl < what was your Grace ' s intention ? We aUmtt it to bo a , natural feeling that your Graco would bo pleaafc « J , if , in the judgment of the electors , Mr . Arthur [ Russell should have been considered tho ¦ vaoat fitting < cj » ndidut » . " Thd question is simply ^— -Is ! tins-a nOiuiautioo % o * bugh , . or wtf tho electors to < acerci » e a free and independent © hoico , ¦¦ . ¦• ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; : ¦ ¦ •¦ I '¦ . ;( . h , i- > v . > t ¦ ..- . ] ,
a trust rendered more . solemn by the revolt in India ? Does your Grace delegate your influence to your agents , to be used in any "way they think proper on behalf of any candidate who comes heTe . under the sanction of your Grace ?" The Duke replies as . follows , on the 13 th ult .: — "I was not aware till I received Mr . Miall ' s letter , and read his printed address of thanks , that any agents of mine had taken part , in the election ; but I could not have prevented it if I had known of their intention , as they are free , like my tenants , to act according to their own feelings . " He concludes by * thanking the committee for the information their statement gives' him . The correspondence has been published in the daily papers at the request of Mr . Sleman , and by permission of the Duke .
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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS , The North Eastern Company is in the habit of granting tickets at half the Government fare to Irish reapers , and sending them in open trucks by goods , as well as passenger trains . On Friday week , an Irish reaper got one of these tickets at Darlington , for York , and was placed alone in an empty truck attached to a goods train . About two miles from Darlington , the driver of a train which met the goods train saw the man dancing about on the truck . A short distance further on the line he was found completely cut in two . It is supposed that he was thrown off by the jerk occasioned by the driver putting- on fresh steam to ascend an incline which exists uear the spot where he was found . An inquest was held on Saturday , and a verdict of ' Accidental Death' was returned . . As the Worcester and Hereford coach was proceeding half-way between Malvern and Worcester , one day last week , a sportsman in a field adjoining the road shot at a covey of birds , and one of the shots lodged in the cheek of a lady on the coach . : Mr . Thomas Ions , Mus . Doc ., of the University of Oxford , and organist of St . Nicholas church , Newcastle , has died suddenly . He had complained of spasms and pains in the chest , which Tie attributed to indigestion . He gave a musical lesson , however , and sang without any apparent difficulty * He left the house where this took place in a cab . On passing through a toll-gate , he appeared to be asleep , and the cabman therefore paid the toll ; but , by the time he reached home , he was found to be insensible . He was taken out , but did not utter a word . Once he opened his eyes , but in a quarter of an hour he was dead . Disease of the heart is the probable cause of his sudden decease .
A lad , named Patrick Garretty , was occupied in working a swing-boat on some waste ground , near Scotland-road , Liverpool , on Monday , when a pole on which he was seated suddenly broke , and the swing-boat , full of people , fell on him and crushed him so severely that he died at noon on the following day . The wife of a man named Brown , the proprietor of the swing-boat , was killed in exactly the same place , in July , 1856 . A boy , about eleven years of age , son of Mr . Bowie , farmer , New Ooldoch , n « ar Stirling , was accidentally killed last Saturday . One of the men was throwing a pitchfork to another , when the boy accidentally passed , and the implement struck him , entering the region of the heart . He wns killed on the spot .
' A . man was killed during a wrestling matcit at Seaton Delaval , Northumberland , last Saturday night . Several pitmen belongiug to the neighbouring collieries were drinking at a public-house , and one of them , a Cumberland man named Davison , was disputing with another Cumberland man , a ' navvy , ' whose name Is not known , as to who was the best wrestler . To decide the matter , tbey stepped out on to the etone floor of the kitchen , and began a contest of strength . Davison soon threw tho other man over his shoulder ; and , being drunk and unable to save yhimself , the latter fell tin the top of his head on the flags . He was instantaneously killed . Davison , who shows the utmost compunction , and who appears to be quite blameless in the matter , ia for the present in custody .
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OBITUARY . Gknkraij Sib John Dovktoh ,- —This distinguished Indian officer , of tho . Madras army , forrncrly aide-decamp to the Marquis WeUeslcy , died at Vic . ljy on the 23 rd ult ., aged seventy-four . lie was at the taking of Seringapatam , and served afterwards with distinction aa a cavalry officer ,.. . His remains will h ^ buried in tlio cemetery . of Pore Locfeaiae , at P ^ uria . , ' , ' Gbnbral . Sir Gkquok II ., l <\ , Bkbkbi . ey , K . C . B ,, died at Richmond , o » Friday ijreek , after a short illness , in tho seventy-third year of , hi * age , H « entered , the in 185
army OV , and . served in Egypt ,, Spain ,, and 1 'ortugal , and at Waterloo ,. where ho greatly diatinguifllied himself . Uplike the , rest of his family , he was a Conservative , and was Survey prTGeneral of the Ordnance during tho Derby Government in 1852 ., JIo , was made a General va-4 ^ 64 ; - (; .., ., .. . . '„' ,, ' ' , [ , '[ " "' Death ov thus Ki ^ jua Pupif ^ saon tcv j ^ ispioink at Oifoh » .- ^< uikis Ady , pglo , M . D .,. ItygW unit Aldri ,-chidn Professor , of ; Medicine ,, Tiuafrne ^ ' JfrxBlector aria Aldriohian Profcsflorpf ,, Anatomy , and , ; Clinical
Professor , expired at Old Shoreharn , at the residence of his son-in-law , the Kev . J . B . Mozley , vicar of the parish , at seven a . m . on Friday -week , after an illness of thirty hours . Dr . Ogle was a member of Trinity College , having entered that society in the year 1809 , under the presidency of Dr . Lee . He was a Scholar of his College , but married before succeeding to a Fellowship . ' . ' "
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IRELAND . The Government Ikquiky ax Bklfast . —The case for the Roman Catholic party having been brought to a conclusion , that for the Orangemen is now proceeding The Rev . Mr . Hanna was examined on Friday week when he was thus interrogated by Mr . Lynch , one of the Commissioners : —Mr . Lynch : "If you supposed a riot would ensue , -would you consider it your duty to preach in the open air ? " Mr . Hanna : " I did not think that a riot would ensue from my street preaching . " Mr . Lynch : " But wouldjyou conceive it your duty to preach in the open air if you had reason to believe that a riot would ensue ? " Mr . Hanna : " I would ; our most valuable rights nave been obtained by conflict , and , if they
are to be maintained , we must not look to the consequences . " Mr . Lyncli : " Do you know that open-air preaching was formerly practised in this town ? " Mr . Hanna : " Extensively , and wifhout opposition ; on the 12 th of July last , ten or twelve of my fathers and brethren in the church preached in the open air f _ the report of the General Assembly on open-air preaching was handed in to the CommissiorterJ ; the General Assembly was then holding its meeting" iu Belfast , and an umber of the country ministers were in town at the time . " Mr . Lynch : " Do you know that the proceedings of the 12 th of July last caused considerable excitement in the town ? " Air . Hanna : " Yes . " Mr . Lynch : " That you look upon as a temporary excitement ? " Mr . Hanna . 11
Yes ; I hope it will not become chronic . " Mr . Lynch . " Was it not in consequence of that excitement that the clergymen of the Church of England desisted from openair preaching ? " Sir . Hanna : " Yes , I apprehend it was . " Mt . Lynch : " They hoped that this temporary excitement would pass by , and then that they ought to resume open-air preaching ? " Mr . Hanna : " I have no doubt that that was their feeling ; but the precedent was a bad one , as it is always dangerous to succumb to a mob . I consider tliat the authorities are bound to protect the rights of citizens , and as a mob must be put down some time , the sooner it is done the better . " Mr . Lynch : " What do you call tlie mob ? " Mr . Hanna : " / call those the mob who opposed open-air preaching in
particular . " This is certainly a new definition of the word ' mob . ' Iu cross-examination by Mr . O'Rorke , Mr . Hanna said : — " I am not an Orangeman , and have had some political difference with the Orangemen . I am aware that the ship-carpenters have the name of being connected with the Orangemen . Some Orangemen have ceased to be connected with my church . I . consider it my right to preach in the open air , and I will never yield . my rights cither to a man or a mob . " The expression of this sentiment caused an explosion of applause in the court , which was greatly crowded . The
Commissioners endeavoured to put a stop to the applause , but it continued for some minutes . —Owing to the determination of Mr . Hanna to continue his open-air preachings , the Belfast Presbytery met on Friday week , and , after four hours' deliberation with closed doors , seven resolutions were unanimously agreed to , asserting the right of street preaching , andthe determination of the meeting to maintain that , right , and to transmit it to posterity , but at the same time imploring Mr . Ilnnna , ' as a mutter of Christian expediency , ' to postpone his out-of-door exhortations till a time of less excited
passions . The resolutions also expressed the earnest remonstrances of tho meeting with Mr . Hannu for ' the language he has occasionally employed ia letters to hfa Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and to the local magistracy ; ' and a committee of four was appointed to confer with the bcllicoso clergyman on the subject of tho resolutions . After some flourishing , Mr . Hanna consented not to preach on the following ( last ) Sunday . Tlie day passed off without any disturbance . —The Banner o VUler asserts that , on the 30 th Regiment arriving at Belfast , tscveral of the ltoman Catholics of tho town
attempted to work on the religious feelings of tho men , who ' are mostly Papists and natives of Tipperary , by telling them that the Protestants had committed the most atrocious outrages on the priests and followers of the opposite creed . These stories' were told to the soldlerB in various public-houses where they were regulliigi and might , of course , have led to very bad consequences . L / lTD ? LONl > ONt > ICRnY Atf » HEIt TlCNANT FAIIMEU 8 . --A dinner was givin at Caftllclough Town Hall , on
Thursday week , by the Marchioness of Londonderry , to about thrift liuudred of tlietenant farmers , on her Garron Tower e ^ tate'ri . In the speech w ; liich she read to them , she aaiil : — " My farming dxfierl ' encei ia but small , limited to what I gather from iny / visits ' amongst you , which thSft year , as before , I huvo befin ^ lud to accomplish , nnd fron » suck Information as'I'hav'e collected from the reports ' o others {' but H ' appeal ' s torriothat tjip land ia likd ' a jje * - ijon ' a banking account . ' 1 fl \ o " m < ire " ypu ' jpu ' fc in , m ot e
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944 T H EL E A DEB ; . [ No . 393 , October 3 , 1857 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 3, 1857, page 944, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2212/page/8/
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