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THE LEADER .
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TITISREERESENTATION , unintentional as well ill as designed , was the rock constantly ahead of Mr . Bright ' s Reform -bark .- That danger he has , to a great extent , done away by the publication of his Reform scheme in black and white . " Thrice is he arm'd that hath , his quarrel just : " henceforth , then , let no man and no party arraign Mr ! Bright upon any issue but the one he has himself denned . Let it be always borne in mind that Mr . Bright has not forced himself into the position which he how holds with reference to the Reform question ; and whether Or not his Reform Bill finds acceptance in Parliament , the fact is indubitable that he has been deputed by a large number of people-, representing entire parties , and sections of other parties , to prepare such , a measure of Reform as he thinks will meet the reasonable demands of the country , and that he has boldly and honestly done his best to discharge the duties he undertook to perform . His scheme is not iu the least likely to bring all parties into a state of agreement , and before his bill is read a first time in the House , of Cpnimons ( if it ever reaches that advanced stage of development ) it will be sifted and i perhaps the greater part of its bulk blown away in particles , for it is not put forth in an absolutely final and unalterable state . Mr . Bright is not a finality man . Such as the scheme is , Mr . Bright has done wisely to publish it . Mr . Bright does not propose to add any more members to the House of Commons j his plan of Reform is " nothing more thau a redistribution of Parliamentary scats . He commences by taking away their membors from sixty- . fivo boroughs in England , Wales , and Ireland j and from Scotland he takes away tho clectivo faculties at prosent enjoyed by twenty-one contributory boroughs , that is , boroughs that help to makeup certain constituencies ; of these New Gahvuy , the lowest , has fourteen ten-pouud voters , and Invernry , the highest , hus 123 , who have tho satisfaction of I'otunung one-sixth , of a member to represent thorn iu Parliament . Having thus made room in the Houso of Commons , Mr , Bright' proposes to vofil the vacated soots as follows : — Sixty-niao boroughs , excoodin # 8000 and under 10 , 000 inhabitants , arc to return one member eaoh j of these , thirty-foul' at present return two members oaoh j they aro oaoli , thoreforo , to lose one member . With forty-ono of tho larger boroughs , exceeding 16 , 000 and under 25 , 000 inhabitants , ho proposes not to meddle , except to ( iivido three of tho largest Sootou groups , and to givo one member to each aiviHio ^; Kilkenny to have a , second mombor . l'orl . y-throo boroughs , oxooeding 30 , 000 and under HOOQ inhabitants , of ' whioU , sixteen now only
return one member each , are to return two mem bers each . Twenty-three boroughs , exceeding 54 , 000 and under 127 , 000 inhabitants , of which three at present return one member each , and the ' rest two members each , are to return three mem- . I bers each . Twelve boroughs , exceeding 127 ,-000 and under 270 , 000 inhabitants , of which one ( now returns four members , and the rest , including ; ! the Tower Hamlets , return only two members each , ^ are to return four members each * each borough to ¦ be divided into two wards returning two members , 1 each . Five great boroughs , ^ vvith inhabitants ex- 1 ' ceeding 31 G , 000 , and now sending to Parliament ' only two members each , are each to send six mem- j i bers , each borough being divided into two wards ¦' electing twd members each . These boroughs are ; ' Manchester , Liverpool , Glasgow , Einsbury , and Marylebone . Seven new boroug-hs are to send ! nine members to Parliament , Gravesend , Leaj mington , Stalybridge , Uurnley , and Birkenhead , ' I sending one each ; Chelsea aud Kensiugton two , j each . _ ' The English counties are to have eighteen addi- ¦ tional seats . The two . divisions of the West Riding of York to have six members , and the two divisions of South Lancashire four members . Eight additional members are to be given to seven of the Irish ] ' counties ; Cork to have four instead of two members , the rest three members instead of two . Some unimportant changes , with regard to the small county constituencies in Scotland , complete the scheme of redistribution . In the changes proposed by Mr . Bright , one thing is strikingly observable : it is , that the agricultural interest is altogether passed over iu favour , of . the great manufacturing boroughs . Indeed , Mr . Bright says that he does not believe the agricultural part of the country cares two straws about the subject of Parliamentary Reform . Perhaps . tho discussion which took place last session on the subject of the absurd forms of prayer i that encumber and desecrate our ritual , would result in their quujt abolition by Royal warrant , published in tho QazQtte \ but this is what has happened . We arc no longor to bo called upon to offer up thanks to Heaven for the dcliveranoo of King James and his Parliament from tho gunpowder puiT of Guido Faux and his oonfreros , nor to hold in prayorful recollection either tho " martyrdom " of Charles I . or the restoration of Cluu'les II . Even tho tortoise makes progress j may wo not then still hope to ^ ve to soo other rcvoront irrovorcuocs swopt into tho dust-hole of oblivion ? Tho news from abroad is Una weok oC a muoh moro specific character than it has boon for somo weeks past . Tho rolutions of Franoo and Austria , on which tho quostion of poaoo and war in Europe appeared to bingo , are said , ( for wo nro still left pretty muoh at the incroy of mcro report ) to have booomo
I more friendly . Certainly the reports from Italy ' are less exciting . Austria has halted in the Tyrol ' the corps d ' armee which was to have entered Lom' bardy , and the Generals in command of her forces ' in Italy express their , ability to maintain order without rernforeenients . With regard to Servia , again , the news appears to be of an anti-bellicose kind-Explanations are said to have been made by Austria to the effect that she had no intention of doing anything contrary to the Treaty of Paris ; that , on the contrary , in placing her troops at the disposal of the Turkish . Commandant of the fortress of Belgrade , she had expected that officer to communicate with the Sultan , who in turn , she expected , would communicate with the great Powers before availing himself of her offer of military assistance . Prom the side of Piedmont , the news refers almost wholly to the circumstances of Prince Napoleon ' s visit . He has been introduced to . his future bride , with what results of liking or disliking the Court chroniclers have not thought it their business to inform us ; . enough for them to tell us that the Prince is well affected by the Sardinians ,, that at a review of 1000 veterans of the Grand Army , at which Prince Napoleon commanded , the air was rent with cries . of " Vivail Re ! " " Viva il Imperatore ! " "Viva l ' alleauza ! " " Viva Italia ! " And by a telegram , received hate on Thursday night , they tell us that there is a belief in Paris that an ' ¦ " alliance , offensive and defensive , has been entered into between Prance and Sardinia . " So that , if that is true , of course it does not matter whether or not the young girl was pleased with her destined husband . Another hurried telegram , received yesterday morning , by the Morning Post alone of all the London papers , startled us by the reported death of the King of Naples . No confirmation was received up to the hour of our going to press this morning , and therefore we know nothing moro than what we have known for some days days past , that the King has been seriously ill . Tho contents of the Bombay mail do not add muoh that is new to our knowledge of tho progress of affairs in India ; they are not , however , destitute of interest . Tantia Topee still leads our troops the old wild danco , cvor escaping their utmost vigilance . Tho latest nows of him is , that he had sacked a plaoo oalled Bauswarra , seized a field foroo and been , joined by ro'cruits said to number 15 , 000 . This is quite the old story of his wonderful ^ doings ; liis resources appear to bo inoxhaustible , his influence with tho peoples of Central India unlimited , for it sooms impossible to dony tho faot of his forces having boon reuowed again and again , after tho numerous defeats ho has sustained , aud when his fortunes soomod all but hopeless . Iu Oudo thoro appears to have been considerable activity , tho most important results of 'whioli aro said
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REVIEW OF TH-E WEEK— : page Hqme Istehtobitce . Political Foreshadowing ? 10 ° Gatherings from Law aud Police , Courts ............ . » . 10 » i Si ^ . aiidfMilitaiy *" : " ! " ! . . '"" I ! . "" 101 Accidents and Sudden Deaths ...... 101 Anslo-French Marriages ....... Mr ^ right ' s Keform . Bill ... 102 The Army and the " Hosts" 102 Death of Mrs . Wordsworth 102 Miscellaneous ' .. 105 Postscript 112 Foreign I JfTBrtiGEWCB . Continental Notes , 103
India .... « 104-China 105 West Indies . 103 America .... •¦ lyj . Mexico lOa South American States 105 LITERATURELiterary Chronicle of the Week . 107 Descriptive Ethnology .-. 107 The National Debt 10 S The Edinburgh Review 10 S TheVerueys . - 109 Jean Paul Rich tor ; 100 The Philosophy of Voice and Speech ... ; ..... 109 A Guide to Typography 109 Books Received .. 110
FINE ARTSMiscellanies ..... ••• i 10 THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTSCrystal Palace , Royal Dramatic College , &c . ; ... 11 ° PUBLIC AFFAIRS ^ - . ¦ Hopes and Fears of War 113 . Diogenes at She ( field 113 The Newest Irish Conspiracy ... 114 Virtue and its Reward ^ -in the Haymarket ..... ; . 114 Thoughts , Facts , and Suggestions on Parliamentary Re- _ form ...................... 115 Biographies of German Princes . 110 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEFrance .... ; ......... 117 Germany ... ¦¦ ... ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦• " 7
INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESSSir Charles Trevelyan and the Saturday Sneerers 119 Bombay and Baroda Railway ... 119 Notes on Indian Progress ......... 119 COMMERCIALA New" Hansa" Wanted 120 General Trade Report 121 Railway Intelligence ............... 131 Home . Colonial , aud Foreign Produce Markets 121 Money Market and Stock Exchange 122 Bankof England 123 Commercial Bank of London ... 123 The City Bank 123 London Gazette 123 Shares and Stocks 124
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 22, 1859, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2278/page/3/
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