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.. - ; " ¦ ' — + - - • ' ¦ ' ¦ •' . : ¦ . ¦ : ¦ TJ 1 HE proceedings of Lord Derby's Government X "with , reference to lord Canning have so tho-¦ roughly- laid tare its weakness and . want of even vrorldng unity , that nothing but the extraordinary indecision of its opponents could have saved it for aa hour . "Whatever the objection to be made to the Proclamation of the Governor-General , the mode > in which the disapproval of the Cabinet has been i conyeyecl to Lord Can king has been infinitely more I objectionable- That Government had the right to i object to Lord Canning ' s policy is not to be dis' puted ; but justice and policy both demanded that ¦ objections should have been urged with due conj si-deration for his position , that nothing should be ! done to weaken his authority in the eyes of the I turbulent people with whom he -was dealing . Lord ' Deuby and his advisers might have disapproved , "in every sense " - the policy developed in . Ihe Oudc Proclamation ; hut it was insulting to the ' Viceroy , and degrading to the character of the English Government , to publish a censure which sliouldhave been suffered to meet no eyes besides Uiose to wlricli it was addressed . i The question whether or not tlie late President i of the Board of Control ought t o have communii cated to Lord ELLENnonouGii the substance of a ; private letter from Lord Canning , in wlricli there / was a passage referring to the Oude Proclamation , : lias been made a great point by the Government party , but lias little to do with the matter . Lord JIixenbohotj Gil has been too long used to act upon the simple impulse of his " irregular genius" to > liave given much heed to Lord . Canning ' s sugjj gested explanations as to the intent and working j ; of his Oude policy ; it is doubtful whether the knowledge that Lord Canning was preparing to explain his Proclamation , or e-ven whether the actual possession of such explanations would have wholly deterred him from seizing the opportunity to strike at the nominee of the Opposition . \ Prom the letter to the Chief Commissioner of Oudo which accompanied the Proclamation we may judge the explanations by the light of which Lord Canning desired his policy to be read . That policy appeared upon the face of it to be excessively severe , . wut its severity is in a considerable degree modified : { » y the provisions for working it out . With few -i ^ options the lands of Oudc are confiscated to the j British Government , but only for the puiposo of ¦\ Clmbh » 8 tlie Government to deal completely with ! v it
the landholders and to mete out justice , for the most part offering them easy terms upon which to regain the occupancy of their possessions . With regard to those chiefs and others who have to be dealt with as rebels , Lord Cannin g suggests that they shall be dealt with ' in four classes . The first includes all who may have been continuously in arms , but are free from suspicion of-having put to death or injured any Europeans who may have fallen in their way ; these it is proposed to guarantee their lives , but to require that they shall live under surveillance in Lueknov ., until their ultimate condition and place of residence shall have been determined . The second class includes those who may have borne arms against the British Government , but less heartily , or even with reluctance ; it is proposed to allow these to go at large upon their finding security for their future peaceable conduct . The third " class lakes in all those who have been least compromised in the rebellion , and in whom , sufficient confidence may he placed to enrol them in the service of the police for the maintenance of order . The fourth class embraces those whose crimes arc so serious that their only treatment must be penal : to these nothing but rigid jns ticc is to be done , no overtures made , no promises given , beyond that of life to such as can prove that they have not been concerned in any special act of airocity . Such is the scope of Lord Cannjng ' s policy in dealing with reconquered Oudc , for which he has been so hastily censured by Lord Dehby's Government . Objectionahlc as many acts of Lord Canning have been , his Oudc policy , upon closer inspection , appears to be not so bad as it seemed at first , and the exulting spirit with which LordExiiKNUoiiouGH hastened to nmkc a vacancy in the Governor-Generalship was a treachery to the country . His self-immolation , his request to be allowed to take the whole responsibility upon his own shoulders , does little to mend matters ; nor should we get any advantage from the sacrifice of Mr . Baillik , to whose indecent want of reticence the publication of Lord Ei . usN ^ ottoUGH ' s despatch in its entirety was owing . Even if no direct vote of censure sliould bo carried next week in the lower House on the motion of Mr . C . uimviai ,, the damage done to Lord . Dkmsy ' s Government bv the course it has chosen to puivmc in this matter is bevon < l remedy : it standa elcailj incapable of conducting ihe Government of India . The majority which rejected the Lords' Amendments of the Oaths Bill was most decisive , being
no less than 113 . Th * House of Commons has , indeed , so strongly pronounced itself , that the only remaining question is how to save the susceptibilities of the Upper House . Lord Tohn Hussell has adopted precisely the best course . He has had a committee appointed to draw up the reasons of those who voted with the majority for rejecting the Lords' . Amendments with a view to holding a conference with their Lordships . These reasons axe excellent , and in effect recapitulate the best arguments th ^ t have ever been used in favour of tlie measure . It has now to be seen whether the last attempt to induce the Lords to move with the spirit of the time will be successful ; should the at- tempt be a failure , the House of Commons , it is understood ^ will at once proceed to act upon some new plan of seating Baron Rothschild . A curious and striking illustration of ' the unseasonableixess of their opposition will be presented to their Lordships when the committee appear at the bar of their House , Baron Rothschild himself being among the number , to plead his right to a seat in . Parliament with their Lordships' concurrence . The attempt of Mr . Ayrton to arrange an equalization of the Metropolitan Poor-rates has failcd-Throughout the debates which have taken place on the subject , the anomalies and hardships of the present system of rating have been over and over again admitted ; but the always-ready argument of opponents that the remedy proposed is insufficient for the perfect cure of the evil to be dealt with , has again triumphed . Mr . Atrton has withdrawn his bill , and the subject is put aside for another year at least . A better fortune has attendee Sir John Trelawny ' s Abolition of Church-rate Bill , which has passed through committee triumpijntly . On this question the battle has been fairly fought out , and the victory is so complete , that not a word need be said in the way of pointing a moral for those who doubted or counselled compromise . Mr . Lav Aim ' s return from India occurs at a convenient moment . His object in visiting India was to assure himself with his own eyes of the actual state of things there , and he has returned fully aasured . His first publicly-delivered words are the key-notes of 1 he dirge he is prepared to aing over India . The question will be how far Mr . Layabd's hastily acquired experience in Indian matters will be useful , or his conclusions trustworthy , Hp-po ^ - ; --- ^ scsscs all the qualities that go to mako irf > i 6 ij'fl < £ 'j . i ' / x /\\ ' ^ complishcd traveller ; but he underlain'i oity ^ l ^ ,. " , ; ' ! )" - / [ 7-scttlo the rights of a most difficult qi ^ i ^ ViWDa ' ¦ ' * ' M \ ^ mmm
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VOL . IX . No . 425 . ] SATURDAY , MAY 15 , 1858 . Price ^* amp * d 3 ! vepencb .-
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK— »• - *( " = Public Meetings 45 S Imperial ' Parliament 45 S The Iridiau Revolt 401 ¦ Mr . Layardou India ........................ 4 ( 52 Mr . Commissioner Yeh 462 Ireland 463 The Orient . . ' . 463 America .... 4 ( 5 : 5 Continental Notes .. .. 483 Accidents and Sudden Deaths ......... 48 * State of Trade 464
Criminal Record 465 Central Criminal Court 4 G 5 Gatherings from the Law and * Police-Courts 465 Naval and Military ... . .. 406 Mercantile Marine 4 . 136 Miscellaneous .. 466 Postscript .... 407 PUBLIC AFFAIRS — Our Indian Empire and Factions at Home . .... ' . 467 Tho Independent "Liberal Party .... 46 S
Public Men and " Private" Admiliistrations . " . 409 ' Opposition under Difficulties . 469 j The State Ball and its Dressmaker 469 \ Ar » Alisonic Ode 470 i National or . Local Charity 470 Russia and our North- "VVest Frontier ; 470 Divorces 471 . The Cow-oa the Kails 471 LITERATURE—! Summary ............ 472
! Merivale's Roman History ... 472 Mr . Forster ' s Essays 473 The Ancients and the Moderns 473 "Novelettes 474 Publications and Republications ... 4 . 74 [ THE ARTSThe Rojal Academy ..... 4 : 78 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe Gazette ........ 475 City Intelligence , Markets , &c . 475
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; ' « Tne one Idea which History exhibits a 3 evermore developing ifc 3 elf into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to ttxrow down all the barriers erected "between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and , by setting asidethe distinctions of Beligion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one greatobject—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 15, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2242/page/1/
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