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• will proceed -with a clear conception of the treaty-basis which would satisfy his own Cabinet and that of Washington . There are two main interests concerned — that covered by the cancelled -treaty -with the United States and Honduras , respecting the general neutrality of Central America ; and that in connexion with the New Granada route . It has been established "by general consent that the neutrality of the territory is essential to the commerce of the whole
world . Beyond this , the ground lies open before the diplomatists ; and if Sir "Wilxiam Ouseley recognizes the necessity of erecting Aspinwall aud Panama into independent municipalities , it is clearly aiot for the IN " ¦ GranadV Government to set up its forfeited claims in opposition to rights which have been , acknowledged in ^ England and America . The demands of the United States are for redress and security . Into this question Sir William OusELEYmay not be able to . enter as an envoy , ' although lie maymediate ; but ,
having ascertained the views of Mr . 3 uciiA ] srAN , he will , if the General Neutrality dispute be settled , he in a position to reconcile the litigating Governments , and lay the first stone of that political pavtnerslnp spoken of afc jNew Torlc by Lord JN-apier . He is a ready and acvite diplomatist , and has had considerable experience ; btit it is liis'highest qualification that he enters upon his mission , not to defeat auj r one , or to gain special advantages anywhere . . ; the object of diplomacy is , for once , to put a permanent end to contention .
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THE THIRD SESSION OF IS 57 . ¦ Tehee , times ' : will Parliament have met in the yeaT 1857 . The third session maybe the most important . There '¦ w ill be some men present "who were not there when the doors closed in the last days of August—Joitx BitiGiiT , ~\ V . J . Pox , and other Liberals of the solid stamp ; and there will be Barons Macattxay and EiruitY among tbe peers . The subjects that will probably engage attention are , the Bank Chatter Act , the Indian Military Rebellion , and Parliamentary Reform—the last comin ' ir in for no more than a
few dropping shots , since , of course , the Government has nothing to say , and it will not bo time for the Liberals to make any move . But the Bank Act will bring down the ' Economists in fprce , and make us regret that some of the most practical among them are not in Parliament . Then , with respect to India , there will of course be a coruscation of Ministerial fireworks over the fall of Delhi , the reinforcement of the garrison at Xucknow , the
gradual recoil of the insurrection , the probiible arrival of troops , and the aurora of ^ military glory which has brightened in -Asia , ami newly-burnished the British arms . It is understood that ] tf . i \ Djshaext ¦ will present himself with a lecture modelled after tho printed remains of Ed-HVNi ) . BmiKE , with a ¦ peroration carefully distorted from Sheridan , a touoh of dragon ' s " blood from On atkautjki . an d . and n radiant i n-
lerpolaLion i ' roin Vol > 'kv ' s lijtttis of Umpire . Conscientious members vlio will sit at the debates , must ; expect to watch the minute-hand of the clock while canopies , pagodas , dusky millions , gorgeous palaces of the Moguls , aiul standard-bearing races move with processional slowness out of the Asian month , with an impeached minister brinmno- im t \\ o . v « nr . an impeaciiecl minister bringing up the rear
, and ringleted statesmanship ' calling upon an indignant people to save an endangered empire . ' Other and more serious matters may bo pressed with regard to the- honours pmched oil" the corners of the Crown for bestowal upon Lawhenoe , Havklook , and "Wir-acm . I f theso commanders were voi \ nl , and served their country for the Bake of
reward—which , they do not , and this enhances their claim— -they would take a lesson . Lose a Light Brigade , and it will be worth as much ( to the loser ) as capturing Delhi . Escape out of action , and come home to get yourself painted on a window-blind as spurring over a blazing barricade of cannon , and leave Lucknow to its fate ; you will outstrip Havei , ock and avoid his risks . But then
Havexock and \ ViiiSOV are not peers of the realm . They must perform great services , since they have no great connexions . Possibly they an . d their comrades will be thanked by Parliament , but if their unornamental names had "been embossed with titles , how the municipalities would have vied in voting their praises ! The funeral orations of Neix and N ~ icho : lson are pronounced in fiye lifeless lines in the London Gazette . Lastly , unless the independent members are dummies , they -will insist upon knowing how Lord Pai / Mebston accounts for his
abandonment of two Englishmen at' Naples , and perhaps may elicit a point or two of information about the Danubiau Principalities . Sir GrEOKG-E GritEY , if he have any foresight , will come down to explain the Pooiet case , and justify the imprisonment of a poor , weak-witted labouring man for twenty-one months , witli hard labour , for using profane
and crazy language—six months being allotted because the helpless fellow spoke foolishly and coarsely to the police-officer who arrested him- This is a case too flagrant to be passed over , and the House of Commons will hear of it . Indeed , there is , at least , one party in tho Legislature which will not be so conciliatory as during the last session , when the new Parliament was on its trial trip .
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BRITISH SUBJECTS IN NEAPOLITAN DUNGEONS . The contrast is really scandalous between Lord Palmerstok ' s patriotic flourishes at the Guildhall and his un-English submission to outrage at Naples . Hero is a Minister of the Crown thundering out defiance to all comers , and warning states aud nations to be careful how they venture to rouse the noble indignation of England , and even while he is speaking two Englishmen are lying in a prison at Naples , in . contravention of the public law of the world , and in unconcealed contempt of our authority . There is a whisper about instructions sent out to A . dmii-al Lyouts , but , whatever may be in contemplation , nothing lias yet been done , and our countrjinen have been in captivity siuce July last . It is intolerable that the ( Government , blustering out its boiiats ot' power , should permit tho country to be thus degraded by the insolent brutality of a king supported by mercenaries
alone . No form of justice is pleaded to explain the detention of the two English engineers . The } ' - are accused of no crime . Tlicy have not even been sentenced by a Neapolitan tribunal , ^ vhich regards an indictment as the means , and a conviction as the end . They have merely fallen by accidont into the clutches of i ^ CRDiNAND II ., and it is his pleasure to nhow the world how ho can maltreat
tho subjects of Great . Britain , in spite of her strength , in spite of her navy , in spite of her Champion Minister . The glasses jingle , and ladies wave their cambric , aud florid civic faces burn with "Kulc-lh'itnnnia pride ; but our squadron promenades in Mediterranean . waters , and we have not a linc-of-battle ship to spare to enforce the protection of our fellow t-itizons . One of thorn attempts suicide ; tho other is tortured into frenzy ; both arc denied communication with tho Knjrlish
consul ; their treatment is cruel and humiliating . Our Pitt , our Giutmwkll , our Blake among statesmen , waves his arms and shout a to tho Guildhall revellers , " Conic , tho four
words at a banquet , we do not object to see one or two of our countrymen , chained , trampled on , starved , and driven mad by a gang of Swiss gaolers . "We , as represented by the Government ^ do not even insist that the two men should be tried , and naturally enough ' the Liberal Neapolitan treats with disdain the notions of support from a country
quarters of the world , inarms ! " but the belligerent challenge dies away in the groan of our English fellow citizens illegally and infamously immured at Naples . " The simple people of Naples , " says a writer in the Daily JXews , " cannot understand how a nation like England can put up with this sort of thin < r . " Of course not . ^ They do not comprehend that we , being independent , have nothing to do with out * Administration , and that , provided we have a Premier who will bellow
biowhich caunot protect its own subjects . ' "When Parliament meets , not a day will elapse before Lord Palimerston is asked to explain what he has done for the Englishmen in a criminal dungeon . It would be prudent for him to anticipate discussion by transmitting an order for a frigate or two to proceed from Malta to Naples . The new telegraphic wire gives him every possible facility .
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REPRESENTATION OF STNSETJRY . It is with sincere regret we learn , that M ^ r . Dtjitcomb-e's strength continues to fail , and that it seems scarcely possible that he should retain his Parliamentary position . Speculations are already afloat with respect to the representation of Finsbury in the event of his retirement . The names of Mr . Mii / ver
Gibson , Mr . Torrens M Ctjx : lagh , and other gentlemen , are mentioned ; but these anticipations are necessarily vague . We trust it is not too late to hope that a favourable change may preserve for this important and advanced borough the ¦ -services of a representative so devoted , honest , and " unflinching as Mr . DuNco ^ njE .
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Polish Meetino on India . —A meeting of the Polish Historical Society was held at Sussex Chambers , Dule-street , St . James ' . ' * , on Tuesday , the third anniversary of the death of Lord Dudley Stuart . Major C . Sznlczewski , who was in the chair , alluded to the Indian revolt ; spoke highly of the liberality of the English Government in India ; and denied that the mutiny could be classed with the uprising of oppressed nationalities , such as Poles , the Hungarians , and the Italians . Major Giclgud followed on the same side ; and resolutions were passed , expressing sympathy with England under her present circumstances , and pledging the meeting to contribute , as far as it could , to tho Indian Relief Fund .
The Slave Tuade . —The slave trade is reported as becoming quite brisk on the west coast of Africa . Her Majesty ' s screw steam-sloop Aleoto has captured four sltirers lately , one with a smull quantity of specie on board for tho purchase of cargo . Her Majesty's sloop Sappho has driven one slaver < m shore and'rescued threo hundred and fifty slaves ; about one hundred and fifty more were reported to bo drowned and missing . The slaver - \ vaf » afterwards burnt as she lay on the beach . '
Thk Wkst In nuts . —There is little of importance to record from the West Indies , except in connexion with . Rarbadoes , where all people were in exultation at the favourable change in the weather , which was bringing forward the growing crops admirably . Trade generally was very brisk , and the health of the island was good . A wubscriptiou list had been opened in aid of the Indian Fund . At Antigua , the sugar crop promises to be abundant . Trade at Demerara was dull . Fighting was going on at St . Domingo on tho 27 th and 28 th ult .
jmkktuw of JL ' auijamknt . — A lioynl Proclamation was published on Monday in a supplement to ] tho flttzi lie Extraordinary of Saturday , lixing Thursday , tho ilrd of December , as th « day for the assembling of Parliament , " notwithstanding tho same now stands prorogued to tho 17 th of December . " The pivjunblc stutfs thai , " for divora weighty and urgent reasons , it sooms to us expedient " that Parliament shall assemble sooner than the lust-mentioned day . Akotiikk Highway Mruimit . —A farmer , named Sullivan , got into a (| uarrel with sonic men in a publichouse . After ho had quitted this place , ho was attacked on tho highway by the « o persons , and beaton till the brains protruded from hia head . lie lingered for n short time after lie was found ; but tlie case was hopeless from tlm Cir ^ t . The murderers are not yet in cuntoily .
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No . 400 , JSTovembeb 21 , 1857 . ] THE XEADEH . 111 Q
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 21, 1857, page 1119, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2218/page/15/
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