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called ( lie attention of the House on Thursday evening is one upon which so vast an interest hangs , that , although he did not entirely make good the ' grounds upon which he stood , we are glad that Government have determined to investigate the matter . Lord Clarence Paget calls for a thorough reformation in the present system of lighting and buoying our coasts and harbours , which , he maintains , are not even yet fitly famished , though we pay heavily . There was great diversity of opinion on the subject , and much disputing : of fads ; but enough was proved to warrant ( lie granting of a commission of inquiry . It ought to end in the abolition of tolls , aud the establishment of a complete lighting system ai the national expense .
Iiord Bum : has moved for papers on the subject of the Straits settlements—the islands of Penang , Singapore , &c . —with the view of placing them under the control of the Colonial-office instead of the Indian Government , with which , indeed , their natural connexion is not very obvious . The motion was agreed to , and possibly we may hear more of the subject—a propos of the Indian Government Bills ; though there is still a reluctance to make the change , because , forsooth , these once ' penal ' settlements are now so largely peopled by mongrel Asiatics , European blackguards , and other e scum / that they are thought to be better placed under the arbitrary rule of India than the constitutional rule of the Colonies . Bat are there no merchants in
Singapore—no independent settlers in Penang ? The straightforward speaking which we have noticed was freely applied to the subject of the passport-system , discussed on Thursday night in the House of Lords . In laying upon the table the correspondence between the English and French Governments on the subject , Lord Mamiesbury admitted that the restrictions demanded by the French Government were useless , and that , in fact , nothing was accomplished but the support of a ' great passport interest ; ' but with this conviction in his mind , why should he not have gone further in his
endeavour to do away with the inconvenience so notorious since the new Foreign-office regulations have been in force ? But , adding to the number of persons empowered to recommend others to the Foreignoffice as eligible to receive passports , the real inconvenience is hardly touched ; it is the obligation to find sponsors at all which is most offensive to the English mind . Now it is proposed to make anybody your sponsor—your lawyer , clergyman , or medical man ; so that the warranty is about as good as if any one on the grand stand vouched for the horso's pedigree and age .
The presence of Mr . William Wicholsox , late Premier of the Government of Victoria , Australia , was , on Wednesday , the occasion . of an entertainment in celebration of the introduction of the ballot into our Australian colonies by that gentleman . The speeches made went to prove what has been so often proved before—namely , that the ballot is the most reasonable method of recording votes ; Mr . Nicholson bore witness to its successful operation in Australia at least .
Among the public events of the week must be noticed a deputation which , on Thursday , waited upon Lord Derby on the subject of the abolition of the paper duty , the disadvantages of which , with reference to trade and education , havo been again and again repeated . Lord Djerbx agreed with much that was ¦ urgod against the continuance of the obnoxious tax—but , in the present state of the Exchequer , it was out of the question to ask Mr , Disbawli to givo up 1 , 200 , 000 / . a year . If the present Government remained in office for two or three yoars , &o . _ r-, ] S [ fl . plc 3-, hpUls _ by-rtlie , _ lcgalU ) y , ofmlior ^ prpcocding 3 . hi tho soizuro of tuo CagUari , and in that spirit hua sent an answer to tho demands of Count Oavour .
This is no more than was to havo boon looked for , and L is , doubtless , what was expected by Sardinia , whoso Government has given a significant sigh of preparedness to say more on this ugly question : it 1 ms ordered homo all its military officers absent on leave . On our fiiclo , too , there has bocn ordering homo , not military but diplomatio ; Mr . Ebskinb , who took upon himself to
misrepresent the views of his Government in this matter , and by whose interference such ' load of misconc ,-ption' and difficulty has been piled upon it , has been ordered home to undergo an inquiry into his conduct , which will , perhaps , be .. found not to have been so ' extraordinary' as it / . has been represented to be . Meanwhile , acting upon i he advice of the law officers of the Crown , Government has demanded compensation for the illegal detention of tho two Euglisli engineers ; but it still delays taking iiuy steps on the international question of outrage douc to the ilag of an ally ; the law officers having still ' papers' to digest before giving an
opinion . It is still , then , to the spirit ot bardinia that we shall have to look for a solution of the difficulty , and of her spirit we have a new manifestation in the protest which she has entered against the proceedings of the Commission empowered by the Treaty of Paris to regulate the navigation of the Danube , and which has virtually handed over the navigation of the river to the states bordering it . There is no doubt that the view taken by Count Cavour is the correct one , and there can hardly be any doubt that the authority arrogated by the riverain Commission will be set aside by the Paris Conference , to which , fortunately , its acts have to be submitted for
ratification . The arrival of the Duke of Malakoff at Dover , on Thursday morning , was attended with circumstances that must have made the e vent extremely satisfactory to the old soldier ; he was no sooner on shore than he was welcomed by a little crowd of companions in arms , whose welcome he received in a way that said he at once found himself at home in England . All will be well if that feeling continues . The success of our operations against Lucknow is put beyond doubt by the telegrams which have come to hand during the week , which , though they do not complete the story , give us with sufficient clearness all its main features . The whole of the
city was in the hands of the Commander-in-chief , who was rapidly reducing things to order , both within and without the walls . The great landholders had tendered their submission , and the villagers were resuming their ordinary labours . So far all is well . With regard to the 50 , 000 Sepoys who have fled , towards Kohilcund for the most part it is believed , they may offer a desultory resistance of some duration , but they are not likely to be able to make any great stand ; and on every side our troops are moving upon them . . One very satisfactory circumstance in connexion with their flight from Lucknow is , that they left too precipitately to carry off any artillery ; in that respect , therefore , we shall pursue them with immense advantage .
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Monday , Aj ) ril 12 th . The two Houses of Parliament met for tlie first f after the Easter recess on Monday . In tllc u , e Louds , Lord Cuan worth , on the report , of amendment on the Transfer of Estates Simi'ukicatjon- is ,, moved the rejection of the iirst clause of the bill i the twelve clauses following and depending on it Aft some discussion , in which tiie clauses were opposed bv the Lord Chancellor and the Earl of Dunuy tl were negatived -without a division . The ri ' iiui ' t wT then received . The order for going into committee on the Law of PitrtrERTY Amkndmknt Hilt , was discharged , on lh « motion of Lord St . Leonakixs . Their Lordships then adjourned . BANDS OF REGIMENTS ,
In the House of Commons , Mr . Laviiie asked whether some arrangement might not bo mack / to relieve officers of the army from the expense of maintaining the bands of their several regiments . —General PEEL ° said the subject had received the consideration of the Co ' tnmander-in-Chief , who was most anxious to reduce the expense of bands to regimental officers . He ( General Peel ) was well aware that the reduction of twelve days ' pay from the salaries of regimental officers for the expenses of the band is a great tax upon them ; and hewould do everything in his power to remo ve the grievance . THK BUDGET . The Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated his intention of making his financial statement that day week .
THE GOVERNMENT INDIA BILL . On the report of the Committee of Supply , Lord Johk Russell observed that , if the Government India Bill were pressed to a second reading , and all the numerous objections to it were discussed , that di > cussion would have injurious effects . It would be desirable that the House should arrive at a conclusion without debating the subject in the form of a bill . In 1813 . preliminary resolutions were proposed by the Government and adopted by a committee of the whole House , - and that seemed to him the most convenient cour .-e tu be adopted now . If the Government did not think fit to adopt that course , he should propose resolutions embodying the chief points of a measure for the government of India . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted
that the proposition of Lord John was very convenient , and conducive to the public interest ; but the hue Government had proceeded by way of a bill , and . as it seemed that the feeling of the House was against delay , the present Administration thought it better to introduce a measure at once . The Government would not shrink from proposing resolutions , unless ( which would be more agreeable to himself ) Lord John Russell would do so , for which the earliest day possible should bo lixcil . —Lord John Russell said that , although he had u / K-red to propose resolutions , it was an office which belonged properly to the Government . —Sir Charm : * Mood agreed in this view , but doubted the advisability ol" proceeding by resolution ut all . The pruccdoni of 1813 was not applicable to the case in hanil .---Mr . Ki . i . ni :, senior , also thought that tho resolutions should be pronosed by the Government . —Mr . Wau'oi . k reminded the from Uie
House that Mr . Disraeli had not shrunk responsibility of proposing the resolutions . —Mr . l * " - Doseli-v Mangi . es implored the House not M u . m-le n party spirit in the debates on this important ihicmioh . — Mr . Aykton objected to proceeding by way ul resolution , and thought tho IIoumi ought to consider buth the bills , and reject one or both , if it pleased . —!<<> nl 1 . w . yiutston was opposed to tho suggestion made by Lord . lolm Russell , which is contrary to tho ordinary prariiro ot the IIouso , mid would bo an inconvenient [ . roivi'diiitf . --The CllANCKLLOlt OF THK E . VCHKQUKK CXp hmi . d tllllt whnt ho had said was , that he could not un . krtnUi ; tuo responsibility of introducing tho proposed resolutions , without tho sanction of tho ilouso and tho penui . *> io » of Lord John Russell . If ho had acted diuViviiily , it would havo bocn contrary to tho forms ol tho Hume , and at variance with tho conduct of a gentlumim . no would place thu resolutions on tho tnhlu ol Hi ; ' M"i "" - ' , so that thoro should bo ample time to <• .. ii .-i . ler i"i'' » bcf < . ro discussion ; and ho proposed thai th < : < iV . miv , i . > i should take placet that tiny fortnight .--n'l " ' . ""! ' , asked what was to bo doiio with tho bill ol the i ... vc | - mont ? Wero tho resolutions to 1 m dillL-ruiil I ... mi i »« bill , or tho same ? li' ( liffcraiit , wn * tint lull I .. !•<¦ n '" up ? If tho samo , wns tho Iluitso to hnvo two dU - Hlons?—Sir Uknjamin IIaij . also inquired wh . i •«¦ ' I' «• their bill ; or would tlioy nbuiuUrn SHind lirln f '" " other founded on tho resolutions ? — Mr . '"'• . thought tho House wiib now only sooiiitf < ll (> '" ' *" , ,,, ' : of its tlitllouItloH . Thofa . it that thoro wore two i . before tho House , and tho premonition to eoiiM . i . 'i v . whole question in committee , only showml Ihu "' . ' ,. difficulty of tho Hiibjoot . Tho ordinary cniiiw ol <¦ % inn proceedings in analogous eases wiih , him , ¦ i down tho mutiny } next , to Inqulru iul" ll '" ' . ; , ' thirdly , to apply a remedy . What was now « - ¦ 'fa bo done ? Wo woro going to app ly a rouiody , an d t « n
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^ ^ II E J LiJB JKP E R . [ No . 421 , April 17 , i 8 B 8 <
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . The Stranded American Vessel . — The American barque Potrea , Captain Samuel Osborne , bound from Havre to New York , which ran ashore off Chichester Harbour , on Sunday week , with two hundred and seventeen French and Gorman emigrants on board , was , by dint of a week ' . * exertion , floated last Saturday morning , and turned into Portsmouth harbour for repairs . Seven of the emigrants have made a declaration to the receiver of droits at Arundel , which is to the effect that they consider tho cause of the wreck to bo attributable to the want of sobriety and negligence of the second mate ( officer of tho watch ) , who drank nearly a bottle of rum when leaving Havre ; and this caused him to neglect taking soundings after twelvo o'clock at night . They also complain that the master did not allow them sufficient provisions and lodgings after they were landed . One of the passengers , an old man , wont on board last Saturday , and accidentally fell down tno hatchway into tho hold . His life is despaired of . Military Punisiimbnt . —Private John Dodd , of tho 84 th Regiment , wan on Monday morning subjected to fifty lashes at tho Spur Battery , Chatham , for nu assault on his sergeant . Ho was then taken to tho hospital , aftor which ho will bo imprisoned for oighty-four clays . Military Rewards . —The troops comprising the depdts attached to the 1 st battalion at Chatham Garrison wore assomblod on their parade-ground on Monday afternoon , for tho purpose of witnessing tho prosontution of a silver medal , with a gratuity of 15 / ., which had beon awarded by direction of tho Duko of Cambridge to Sorgoan , tnMajoi ^ ruinma ^ J ? . & ^ conduct and long service Good-conduct lnodalu and grutuitios of 5 £ onch hav o also boon awarded to privates Morrison and Davla , belong ing to tho a' 2 nd ltoylinont , for long and meritorious service . Tina IioYAi . Wiuum Fuhu-bisrs . —On Monday ovening , two hundred and forty non-oommissionod officers and men of tho 23 rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers , in ohnrgo of Captain V . V . Vane , proceeded from th « depot of that corps , at Chatham , for . Newport , Monmouthshire , for tho purpose of forming a sooond bntUlioii of that regiment , which is to bo nilaocl in Wules .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 17, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2239/page/2/
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