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fall of Delhi and the restoration of tranquillity are synonymous , or perfectly convertible terms . But we see more reason than ever for denouncing any such impression , as both ill-founded and mischievous . Even as we write , the telegram embodying the latest intelligence from Calcutta brings us news that , in spite of recent successes , General Have-IiOCk's position ( encumbered as . he now is with women , children , and followers ) has become extremely critical . ^ Tay , it is even rumoured—we trust it may prove no more than an idle rumour—that the
murderous Nan a . Sahib , at the head of a numerous arm }' , had reinvested Lucknow . Other reports , indeed , have represented the NitrAas busily engaged in exciting the flames of insurrection in the province of Buridelcund . One thing at least is quite certain , viz ., that the above-named miscreant is still at large ; and that , wherever he be , he is surely bent on mischief .
It seems , moreover , to admit of no doubt that large bodies of the Delhi garrison have effected an unmolested retreat—upon Rohileund and Oude on the one side , and in the direction of Grwalior on the other . In either of these quarters , if averse to again trying their chance in the field , they will experience no difficulty in finding places of strength and refugee the possession of which will enable theiri to dwell in safety on the proceeds of murder and rapine , until expelled
by an adequately constituted force ; and such a force cannot be moved ¦ ' without a good deal of expense , inconvenience , aud delay in each several instance . There are , besides , other elements of danger . We remarked ; in a ; former paper , that the constitution of the Bombay ^ Native Army did not hold forth any strong priind facie hope of that body remaining faithful under any very strong pressure from without . Our forebodings hi this respect are unhappily realized . There is now , in short ,
very little , if any , doubt that the Bombay troops would for the most part rather fraternize with mutiny than lend a hand to put it down . This state of affairs must greatly tend to paralyze British authority in Central India ; and some time must needs elapse ere a Europeaii force of sufficient amount can be spared from the North Western Provinces . In the meantime , we are told that the
fugitives from Delhi are being pursued by two or three movable columns—a very proper measure , as tending to free some of the most important British districts from the presence of the rebels . But we do not suppose that the pursuing forces are at present sufficiently prepared to follow up the enemy in the fastnesses to which lie will probably resort . However , we have at last sure intelligence that the first batch of English reinforcements
had reached Calcutta ; so that there will soon be soldiers enough for tlve work . Not but ¦ what there is work enough for the soldiers , — if they are only allowed to do it . The Kiug of Delui has been captured by Lieutenant Hodson , of the 1 st Bengal Fusiliers . "We suspect that our original opinion that his unfortunate Majesty could not help himself is , after all , correct . The poor creature ia represented as being nearly ninety years old ! Lieutenant ; Hodson rightly spared his life ; but quite as rightly spared Mr . J . P . Gtiiant any anxiety regarding the succession of the House of Timouii .
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EXTENSION OF PROTESTANTISM . A ooKiiESi'owjDENT has called our attention to the curious spiritual treatment of an invalid . One Thomas Conway , a Roman Catholic , waa sent aa a patient to the ' Royal Soa Bathing Infirmary , ' at Margate . On the first Sunday after his arrival , the nurse of his ward discovered , to her Protestant horror , that
he was reading in a copy of the Douay Bible . The authorities were instantly apprised of the frightful discovery , and CoirwArwas ordered to hide his unorthodox book . Discussion followed , and he was told that he was a dangerous fellow and could not be allowed to remain to contaminate his Protestant fellowpatients ; at tlxe same time a work on the ' Errors of Popery from the Dawn of
Christianity down to the Present Time , ' was handed to him , with an exhortation to him to renounce his false faith on pain of being eternally lost . Conwa . 1 would not abandon his faith , and was forced to leave the infirmary in consequence of his perversity . We cannot but admire the perfect consistency with which the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary is managed . It is . quite clear that the course is the most effectual mode of
counteracting Papacy , and , therefore ^ encouraging Protestantism- Push the principle to its extreme , and it elevates the Protestant-Conservative to the level of N " a . na Sahib . The principle at work is exactly the same . Sea bathing was beneficial to Thomas ComvAY : it might have restored him to health , nay , perhaps , make all the difference between life and death to him . Now , if he had been a Protestant , it would evidently have strengthened tlie statistics of Protestantism , and added to the influence of the doctrine 3 if he were alive ; seabathing thus becoming
conducive to the faith . On theother hand , Coitway happened to be Papistical , and the withholding of salt bates tends to suppress at once Conw ^ y and Catholicism . The aspirations that prevail in the management of the Uoyal Sea Bathing Infirmary are identical in spirit with the prayer of Shuskeb Shah—that faithful chief who prayed that all the unbelieving dogs of Christians might be destroyed and eaten by the great mother Devee . And on obvious statistical grounds , if you diminish the number of Christians you diminish Christianity . KilL the Catholics , and you kill Catholicism .
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THE QUIETUS OF REFORM . Theee has been a light let in upon tlie intentions of the Cabinet on the subject of Parliamentary Reform . The Palmekston "Whigs , Conservatives by sympathy , have at length abandoned the affectation of reserve . It is the fashion now to talk of the question as impossible , for a year at least . Therefore , if the Guildhall Coffee-house Reformers
intend their movement to be more than a rustle of paper , they will at once begin to act as far as possible upon public opinion . As to their general objects we have candidly avowed that we consider them excellent . They may be founded too much on the principle of compromise ; but the points included in the programme * are those for which the real Liberal party contends . The nature of these points we stated correctly last week . The Times , in observing upon that statement ,
inquires whether it may bo accepted as authentic . "Wo repeat that the clauses described by us stand in the draft prepared by the New lleform Committee , the names of the members having been reserved by us until we feel at liberty to publish them . However , it may bo announced that an association is ac-r tually in existence . We assure the gentlemen
comprising it that , so far as we know the views held by the Parliamentary and other prominent Liberals , there is no disposition whatever to impede their activity ; but the grand necessity is to avoid even tho nppearnnce of hole-and-corner organization , and to move the public , in a public manner , in the presence of a body of united Reformers . We have reason to believe that tho Roebuck Bill is objected to , on tho ground that it ia a special measure adopted by a special set of
politicians on a platform with little or no reference to the ' body of the hall . ' The resolutions have been passed by a committee , and not by the nation . That is not the way to fight the battle , which must be fought , it is evident , against the Cabinet , against the Palmeeston Whigs , against the Government organs . There are abundant materials for an agitation . The unrepresented classes , when told that their grievances form the stage-properties of certain professed
Heformers , * understand very well that this is no more than a trick to procure a delay of justice . They know best whether they want a new Reform Bill . And they are asking for it . Are the working-classes idle ? They are preparing for a great six days' conference , and the great cities and manufacturing counties of England are electing tlieir delegates . The gentlemen propose to meet the representatives of the middle classes , and a large number of politicians , including about twenty members of Parliament . The members
nominatedare : —Atjiton , Bright 1 , Bebkelisy , CoNIN"GHAir , COX , DutTCOMBE , FoXj GrlLPIS-, In GUAM , Locke , Milne s , Philxif , Roebuck , SHEILEY , ToWNSEND , TBEL ^ WNEr , Tbevelyan , Williams , Wire , and Wickham . We do not believe that any organization , representing the masses of intelligent working men , will act upon the principle laid down , by certain of their discarded leaders , to the effect that they should unite to crush any movement not aiming at once
at . every point iu their political programme This is an old and an . obsolete idea . We understand too well tlie feelings of the classes in question , to imagine for a moment that they will be so false to their opinions or to their interests . . The local meetings which- are continually taking place impress us with a more favourable conviction . It is by union tliat Reform will be carried ; it is through the jealousies of the unrepresented classes that the Whigs may be enabled to defeat them . As to tlie views of tlie
Grovernment there is no longer a doubt . The secrecy maintained until tiie present week is at an end . There is to be no ministerial Reform next session . That is to say , unless the public insist upon it , in which case Lord Palmerston is the very Minister to yield and astonish his colleagues , aud even himself .
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LORD PALMERSTON" IN ARMOUR . ... I'll assure you , a utter'd as prave ' ords at the pridge as you shall see in a summer ' s day . . . . . . . And such fellows are perfect in great commanders' names , and they will learn you by rote where services -were done ; at such and such a sconce , at such a breach , at such a convoy ; who canio off bravely , who was shot , who degraded , what terms the enemy stood on ; and this they cou perfectly in the phrase of war . . . . And what a beard of the general ' s cut and a horrid suit of the camp will do among foaming bottles and nlewashed wits , is wonderful to l ) e thought on . ... I tell you -what , Captain Gower ; I do perceive he is not the man that he would gladly make show to the ' orld lie is ; if I find a hole in his coat , I will tell him my mind . . . . Lom > Palmehbton , upon his legs , sees n . way to the heart of his audience . His oratory , at a dinner-table , stirs the blood , and brings flushes on the cheelt . It has all the qualities of Chian wine , and auswering to his call , loud echoes each bold Bacchanal . In fact , it ia the essence of Bacchanal bravery , and very proper eloquence for a Prime Minlater of England to thunder iu tho face of attentive Europe . If the Siamese Ambassadors could hear tho First Xord , they might fancy that he held a fleet ia one hand and mi immense militia in another , ready to overM'hehn any foreigner whatever upon the slightest exhibition oi' contumacy . As a Great Briton , everyone must be proud of such a Minister . " Seriously , his Mansion Jlouao speech wns all that it should have
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No . 399 , November 14 , 1857 . ] T HE 3 L E A DE B ,. 1093
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 14, 1857, page 1093, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2217/page/13/
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