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THE Government of India Bill No . 3 is beingpushed forward with vigour , whether the task is grateful or not to Lord Derby ' s Cabinet .. " . ' Part Of one evening lias sufficed to get it over the second reading , notwithstanding the lengthy and singularly interesting and inappropriate speech of Mr . Bright . But tbe fact is , that the object of all parties is to get the bill into committee , when its details may be finally overhauled . The main principles of the measure have been already settled , nothing but . the details of the machinery remains to be determined , and ifc is only a waste of words and of energy to labour at a discussion the proper moment for which has not yet arrived . The organization , of the Council , with its mixture of elected and nominated members , will , of course , be the crowning point of the discussion . According to the bill , eiglit members are to be nominated by the Crown , and seven at first elected by the Court of Directors of the East India Company from those who are of their own body , or have beeu of it , the subsequent elections to be by the Council itself . The salaries are proposed to be fixed at 1200 / . a year , with retiring pensions of 500 / . a year after ten years' service , and 800 J . a year after fifteen years' service- A proviso is to be inserted in the bill that the Council shall meet once a week ; and with respect to matters requiring secrecy , the Minister is to have the power of creating a secret committee . With regard to the finances , regular accounts are to be periodically laid before the House . There is one clause in the bill , empowering the Governor-General to appoint Lieutenant-Governors , which the Government propose to submit to the free discussion of the committee , holding themselves at liberty to abandon it if it be not liked . After all , the bill ia a compromise , settled by all other parties as much as by Ministers , Another constitution is in s . spense . The discussion of the London Corporation Regulation Bill has been adjourned , after a strong attempt on the part of Mr . lioi / r to reopen the entire question by getting it referred back to a select committee . His argument that the revenues ol the City are as much " property" as the incomes of private estates , carried little weight ; and , if we may judge from tlic feeling of the House , the Corporation lias a right to expect no more than that Parliament shall deal leniently with it . The Bishop of Oxpoud hi s naked for papers on
the subject of the exportation of Coolies from the British settlement ; at Hong-Kong , and is to have them . In the comments of the French press on the communications which have taken place between our Government and that of France with reference to M . Regis ' s scheme of free emigration , we have been freely twitted with , our own proceedings in the matter of the Coolies ; and ifc begins to appear that we are a great deal to m uch open to the charges brought against us . The Earl of Carnarvon frankly admitted that the papers when produced -will tell a very ugly story . In spite of the regulations under which the Chinese were shipped —or supposed to be shipped—to Cuba in English vessels , the rate of mortality between the years 1847 and 1857 was no less than fourteen and a half per cent ., while in special instances it had far exceeded that frightful average . In these exceptional cases , the Earl of Carnarvon explained , the ships had cleared out of Hong-Kong after having complied with the necessary regulations , but had surreptitiously increased the number of the « emigrants" on board ; and ho said , "he was afraid that there was hardly a single device which had not been resorted to to procure these emigrants . They had been drugged with opium , kidnapped , bribed , and openly " bought . " In one case ,. . " the unfortunate Chinese who had been enticed on board under false pretences , were landed on the beach if they fell sick , it being too expensive to treat them medically ; they were left uncared for , and some were in fact devoured by dogs and swine , while many expired from sheer hunger . " Lord BiiouGiiAM says emphatically that there is nothing to be done but to prohibit utterly the exportation of Coolies ; but if the traffio is so profitable as to seduce British captains engaged in the regulated conveyance of " emigrants" to resort to every sort of device for carrying on a trade in men under cover of their ostensible , calling , prohibition will do nothing but " on horror ' s head horrors accumulate , " for nine-tenths of the miseries endured by tho unhappy slave on his voyage arc to be set down to the shifts and devices resorted to by the slavers in order to escape detection . At any rate , the production of the promised papers will put us face to face with the truth of one part at least of tho slave subject , and that will move us , forward one long stop on tho way towards settlement . Mr . Milner Gibson lias got the Houso of Commons to express a strong opinion on the subject of the Duty on Paper : if it has nofc pledged itself to do away the impost off hand , it bae decided , with
the concurrence of the CirANCELiiOB , of the Exchequeh , that " the maintenance of the excise on paper as a perriianent source of revenue would he impolitic . " Erom this result it : ' follows , that whenever it shall be quite convenient for the Chancellor of the Exchequer— "whoever he might be—to give up the 1 , 400 , 00 ( y . which the Treasury draws from this tax , the duty upon paper will be abolished . The advantage in the shape of cheapened books and newspapers are obvious enough ; but there is promise of more direct ' satisfaction , to be opened up to adventurous Chancellors of the Exchequer : it is that the extension of paper-making , which will inevitably result , will , by increasing the means of a large body of workmen , lead to an increased consumption of taxed commodities amply sufficient to secure the revenue from loss . ¦ Lord Gode ricii ' s Registration of Partnerships Bill was discussed on Wednesday afternoon , on the motion for a second reading , and withdrawn , on the understanding that the subject should be referred to a select committee next year . The measure proposes to reined" tl \ e evil * ^ M or «~~; ' Mi > . in , t f ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . --v >¦ • •— ~ j > * ~ f < y- ii £ ivP 9 ** r . » j ti cases where persons trade wider assumed naniijsSj the assumption being : that , in such cases , parties giving credit to the persons so trading- are dealing in the dark , and liable to be imposed upon ; and the remedy proposed by the bill is compulsory registration by every member of every trading firm . Traders are afraid that the measure will be inquisitorial : they dread the question , " Who is Co . /"' arid still more the necessity to answer the question . i . A very large majority in . the House of Commons , . on Tuesday evening , carried a resolution , moved by Lord Hot ham , to the effeot that it is against tho usage , and derogatory to the dignity of tho House , " that any of its members should briug forward , promote , or advocate iu the House any proceeding or measure in which he may have acted or been concerned for or in consideration of any pecuniary fee or reward . " Lord Hotham ' s motive in bringing forward his resolution was above suspicion ol personal bearing , however it bore upon the le ^ al members . The result of the inquiry into the case of Mr . Butt was accepted as the most satisfactory that could have been arrived now adopted b y the House those who have been wont cacy of Mcmbera of Parliament payment of a retaining fee . mentary agent docs ptfist , \\ , very careful . According to Lord
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YOIi . IX . No . 431 ] SATURDAY , JUNE 26 , 1858 . Price { S ™™ ::: ^^'
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"The one Idea which History exhibits a 3 evermore developing it 3 elf into greater distinctness is the Ideaof Humanity—the - nubia - ¦ endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sidedview 3 ; and , by 3 efcting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our 3 t > iritiial nature . "—Humboldt ' sCosmos .
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IEVIEW OF THE WEEK- i-aoe Imperial Parliament .... 602 The Orient .... ... 600 The Indian Revolt ...... 606 The Thames ...:...... ; .. .. 607 Irelaiid . 607 America 607 Continental Notes 607 State of Trade ...... 603 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 60 S Gatherings ; from the Law and ] Police Courts ... .... ;„ .. 608
Criminal Record ....-.-.. ^ . 609 Obituary 610 Naval aud Military 610 . Miscellaneous ......... 610 Postscript ..................... 611 PUBLIC AFFAIRSTho Slumber of Politics—and the Awaking ! 612 Our Relations with America ......... 612 India Bill Number Three 613 Our Position in China ......... .... 613 Moral Isolation of England 614
Sir-James Brooke in Borneo ......... 614 Reform Progress ............... 615 OPEN COUNCILThe 3 toyal Marriage Acts . 615 LITERATURESummary .. 616 Tho liberal Cause in France ......... 617 John Webster 617 Peloponnesus . „ .. 618 Mr . J . E . Reade's Novel 618
013 I The History and Antiquities of Lambeth . ^ . 619 Day by Day at Lucknow . 619 The House of Caunelot .:. .. 620 One-Volume Novels 620 Publications and Itepublications ... 620 THE ARTS- - .. Concerts .............................. 620 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe Gazette . 621 City Intelligence , Markets , &c ...... 621
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Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2248/page/1/
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