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of them ; and one of Hie . telegraphic accounts mentions that " a rabble / ' of some three or four thousand flying across the Doab , apparently towards Oude , had been nearly dispersed by General Lu-GA . BD . The sun is the most formidable enemy with which our troops have to contend- ; but the , health of the army is , upon the-whole , Surprisingly good . The point of greatest interest in the foreign news of the week is the decision of the Neapolitan Tribunal of Maritime Captures in the case of the
Cagliari . That tribunal has declared that the capture of the vessel was legal , and that the proprietors and captain are to pay the costs of the proceedings of the court . The question , as one of the Turin papers says , now is , Will the Neapolitan authorities proceed to the seizure of any otlier vessel belonging to the proprietors of th e CagHari in the event of their failing , to pay the said costs ? So that the case seems likely to be opened again on a new ground , if this last move is not merelv an insolent flourish
on the part of Naples . Whatever may be the intentions of the Neapolitan Government , Sardinia'is at the present moment in . the best possible condition to deal witlvher . Of the confidence-which is felt in the Government of Victor Emuantjel we have a significant indication in the fact that 4 = O , O 0 O , 00 Ofr . have just been advanced to it by Rothschild of Paris ., and by the ConamercitiL Bank of Turin . "Another railway accident" has -occurred , and seventeen or eighteen , persons have been injured- — several frightfully ' .. The accident happened on the Hamsgate and Margate branch of the
South-Eastern Kail way on "Wednesday . It appears that a train , composed of first , second , and third-class carriages , -was approachng the Ghilham station from London , when the crank-axle of the engine broke , and part of the train was shattered to pieces . We have yet to wait the result of the inquiry which ¦ will in due course be instituted into the origin of this melancholy affair . At present , the occurrence appears to have been purely accidental j but the keenest scrutiny must be made , —for it may , after all , turn out that a proper watchfulness would , have led to another engine being chosen .
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Reform of the London Corporation . —The report of the Corporation Inquiry Committee of the Court of Common Council , - with reference to the bill before Parliament for the reform of the City government , was received at a meeting of the Court on Monday , and agreed to . Mr . Deputy Harrison then made the following motion : —" That , in the opinion of this Court , every effort should be made to secure the passing of the Bill for the Regulation of the London Corporation during the present session , provided that the clauses confiscating the property of the citizens be expunged , and compensation be given instead thereof . " This motion
with the addition of the words , " and that the amendments proposed by Sir James Duke be submitted to the committee of the House of Commons" —was agreed to , and was referred to the committee , to carry out as they might be advised . Cdrious Phenomenon . —After tho late thunderstorm , a deposit resembling ; sulphur was observed in several places in the neighbourhood of Inverness . At Frasburn , it lay on the road « nd grass in some placO 3 to a depth of nearly half an inch . At Craighton cottage , Kessock , tho deposit was observed on the top of water caught in a cask from the roof of the house , like a thick
cream . The sulphurous substance wbb skimmed off and dried on a piece of flannel . "When dry it was a flno powder , and whea thrown into the fire ignited exactly Uke gunpowder , making a elight fizzing noiBo . Unfortunately none was preserved beyond what wan experimented on in this vray . A boat at Craighton was powdered all over with tho same substance ; anJ a countryman living on tho height nonr Kilmuir says that near his house , in the space of what an ordinary washing-tub would cover , ho could lift the powder with a spoon The heavy rains liavo since washed it all away Inverness Courier .
A Good Swimmer . —Tho son of Captain Smith of the schooner Sboppard A . Mount , of Brookhavon , Long Island , U . S ., waa missed from tho vessel nt half-past eight o ' clock , a . m . A heavy sea waa running nt tho time , and it waa blowing a nine-knot breeze . Tho voseol having boon aearchocl without effect , it became evident that the boy ( who is about fourteen yeara of ago ) had fallen ovorboard ( and tho vessel was put about to seo whether the lad could bo discovered . At twolvo o ' clock ho was Men , swimming against tho billows . lie had taken off most of hla clothing , and jays he ooald have kept up for two or turao hours xnoro .
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Monday , June 2 & ( h . the tonns' committee rooms . In the Hwjse of Lords , Lord Ravensworth brought under tilte consideration of the House the imperfect ventilation of their Lordship * * committee rooms , and suggested that the best mode of ventilation would be from the 'tap . THE THAMES . The Earl of jUalmbsbury announced that the Government bad resolved to adopt measures-to deodorize the sewers during the hot months of the year , according to a plan that luis succeeded extremely well in Leicester .
1 hat was the only way they could meet the evil arising from the state of the river at present , and the Government were read } ' to introduce a bill , if necessary , to provide a guarantee for payment by rates of any expenses that should be incurred . He begged their Lordships to consider that fear is a very ill counsellor : notwithstanding the apprehensions expressed , they should not act in a hurry in this case . To carry out expensive operations , the employment of 500 ov 1000 men would be necessary , and those men could not without danger be employed in such works on the river in the present state of the -weather . It was much better , therefore , to
wait until autumn , when the ' - weather is cooler . Government would take into consideration the further measures necessary , and not a moment would be lost hi adopting such measures when the workmen could be safely employed on the river . —Lord Brougham suggested the appointment of a responsible body , operating through the Government , with strong powers to act in the matter . During the first week in August , cholera is frequently prevalent . —In answer to the Duke © f Newcastle , the Earl of Malmesbury said the bill would entirely apply to the temporary objects that are necessary / - / The larger measures were under the consideration of the Government .
THE POUUtTICAr . SERVICES OF THE CHURCH . Earl Stakhope moved an address to her Majesty , praying her to take into consideration the Royal proclamation of the first year of her reign , commanding the use of the forms of prayer and service made for the 5 th of November , the 3 . 0 th of January , the 29 th of May , and the 20 th of June ; and , should her Majesty see fit , to order the substitution for the said proclamation of one declaring- her Majesty ' s pleasure that only the service appointed for the 20 th of June , being ; the anniversary of her Majesty ' s accession , small henceforth be printed and published . The services which he desired to see abolished had been simply founded on Royal proclamations , and not on votes of Convocation , or on Acts of Parliament . He regarded them as blots and stains on the beautiful and majestic Liturgy of the Church of England . A century and a half had elapsed since the
most recent of the events celebrated had taken place ; and the language of the services is often like that of a party pampulet . "In the service for : the 5 th of November we ave directed , instead of the prayer for the Church Militant , to use another , in which thanks are returned to Almighty God , * who on this day didst miraculously preserve our Church and State from tho secret contrivances and hellish malice of Popish conspirators ; and on this day also didst begin to give us a mighty deliverance from the cruel tyranny and oppression of the same cruel and bloodthirsty enemies . ' And in another part of the same service we are warned against those who are declared , with singular alliteration , to ' turn religion into rebellion and faith into faction . ' Now , ho -wished their Lordships to consider what is implied in this . It is implied that there is some connexion between the tenets of Roman Catholics and the
practice of assassination . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho -was not standing there to defend the errors and corruptions of the Roman Catholic church , but he was bound to aay , in all justice and fairness , that in the days cf James I . there were many Roman Catholics who wero not identified in Bcntimont with the midnight conspirators who attempted the death of the King and the Parliament ; and surely no one would venture to say that , from the Revolution of 1688 , when tho present form of prayer was established , down to this timo , tho members of the lloman Catholio Church wore to bo regarded in the light of
conspirators . " ( Hear . ' ) He proposed to proceed by way of an address to tho Crown , rather than by an act repealing tho old statute , because , tho moment tho Crown ceases to provide tho services , tho statute will become obsolete . Even now , clergymen aro not compelled to road these services , as they fonn no part of the Prayer Book " as by law established : " very few churches retain them , and even some cathedrals have recently allowed tho custom to lapse . Tho tendency of such services i » to make tho Cliuroh political ; and ho thought it would bo an advantage to get rid of thorn .
During the delivery of this speech , hia Lordship waa interrupted by tho Lonu Ciianokm . ou , who intimated that tho Itoyal assent waa about to bo given by commission to several bills . Some discussion ensued as to tho propriety of this interruption ; and the Marquis of Clauhioaiidh and Earl Ghicy were of opinion that nothing but tho prcBonco of tho sovereign could interrupt a noble Lord who waa in possession of tho House . —Tho first of the bills to which t > uo lioyal naaent waa given waa
observations , the Bishop of Oxford said ho could not accept these services as proper exponents of the national gratitude and humiliation . They are in a different tone from the prayers of the Church ; are too political , toopolemical , too epigrammatical ; and have none of ' that chastened devotion which the Liturgy of the Church , possessed from the earliest times . He proposed to alter * the motion . of the noble Earl by omitting the prayer to her Majesty to issue a new proclamation with respect to the service performed on the accession . He wished to leave that service as it is , and thought they should pause before they gave any new authority to it . The other services were prepared by Convocation , and have ecclesiastical authority ; but the accession service has no such authorit }' . .
the Property Qualification Bilt ^; the rest werp ohiefly private bills . The debate on Earl Stanixofe's motion having been resumed , and his Lordship having finished his speech the Archbishop of Canterbury gave his hearty support to the motion , and was followed on the same side bv Lord E&dry , the Bishop of London , the Bishop of Oxford , the Bishop of Cashed , Lord Campbeu . ( who desired to see the daily service in that House for the failure of the Gunpowder Plot abolished ) , and Lord Ckaxworth ( who agreed in the remarks of Lord Campbell , and intimated that , in defaul t of any one else doing so , he would take some steps fur effecting the removal of the prayer alluded to ) . —In the course of his
Oh the other hand , the motion was opposed by the Duke of Maryborough ( -who , however , admitted that the services might be advantageously modified ) , the Bishop of Bangor , Viscount Dungaxhon ( who looked on the motion with " alarm" ) , the Bishop of Ciuchester and Lord Redesoale . The Earl of Malmesbxjrx said he did mot rise to > oppose the motion , but he thought that Eari Stanhope had riot taken the best course to effect his object . The noble Earl ought to have asked their Lordships to
repeal the statutes , because , if they were repealed , the proclamations would fall to tho ground . It was also desirable that the other House should have an opportunity of expressing its opinion upon the question . ' — -Earl Stanhope having replied , the motion ( in the amended form suggested by the Bishop of Oxford ) was carried . ' Their-Lordships , adjourned at a quarter to nine . At the morning sitting of the House of Commons , the Universities ( Scotland ) Bill was considered in committee , and several clauses were adopted .
COLLIERIES . In the evening , Colonel Kingscotk asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the decision given by Mr . Howard , upon the memorial presented to him by the colliery proprietors in the Forest of Dean , in July , 1857 , was founded on the opinion of the law officers of the Crown ; and , if not , whether there would be any objection to take their opinion . —Mr . Hamilton saiil the answer of Mr . Howard was not founded upon the opinions of the law officers of the Crown . The provisions of the Act of Parliament in regard to the erection of machinery for mine * appeared to be so clear , that it was not considered that the opinion of the law officers could be necessary . Mr . Howard had informed the proprietors that he was ready to afford them everjbpossible means for carrying out their wishes .
FUNDED DEBT BILL . On tho motion for going into committee on this bill , Mr . Wilson moved , as an amendment , " That this House is of opinion that the extraordinary expenditure incurred during a war , beyond what is obtained from taxation , should be raised in the form of terminable loans , tho redemption of which should be provided for within a specified period after the return of peace ; or if , with a A'iew to greater economy , it is r aised by loans in the shape of permanent annuities , that a provision should bo made for the liquidation of tho same by moderate annual instalments after the war expenditure shall have ceased , from surplus revoimo to be provided for that purpose . " Enlarging on
the themes thus opened , Mr . Wilson observed that ,. " taking tho amount of the National Debt at the commencement of tho late war , and the amount at the end of tho war , he found that , during that poriod , the funded and unfunded debt was increased by 29 , 000 , 000 / . ; and , by acts passed during the war , obligations wore entered into to pay 2 , 000 , 000 / . of bonds in 1857 , 2 , 000 , 0007 . in 1858 , 2 , 000 , 000 / . in the succeeding year , and 1 , 00 . 0 , 000 / . in 18 U 0 . There is also a sinking fund of 1 , 500 , 000 / . They hud liquidated 2 , 000 , 000 / . of bond * in 1857 , a « d had paid tho instalment of tho sinking fund but thin year it was proposed b y tho Government that they should postpone , for soveral years the 2 , 000 , 000 / . of Loiulfl falling due ,
and nbsolutoly and for over repeal the clauses by which tlio sinking fund of 1 ,. 000 , 000 / . w « 8 provided . " Mr . Wilson rncapitulatud tho history of tho National Debt , hymning in lf > 90 , and , mtuming to tho present times , asked wlmt prospect there was of a hotter Htatoof tilings . " Wo hiul postponed payment of 2 , 000 , 000 / . Kscilmquor bonds ; other bonds , to a like nniount , would lull iluo next yenr and in ( Uo year following ; and this ) would bo taking pljtco concnrn-ntly with the reduction and ixli » ction of Uiu income-tax . In 18 (> 0 , that tax would rmso ; tea nnd sugar duties were also to ccaso to tho extent ol 7 , 000 , 000 / . ; tho liabilitieH he had mentioned must bo met ; but , on the other Bide , there waa only it citation
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1858, page 626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2249/page/2/
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