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      Tioiw To Sir Hamilton Seymour/Wlki Will ...

      Government in rejecting , for the twentieth time , the claim of the Baron de Bode . The Baron is the representative of a gentleman who possessed estates in Lower Alsace ; the FrMcH Itevolutidti broke but , and his property was confiscated ; that gentleman was the son of a German f & tlier and ah English lady ; he had property in this country , and was confessedly an ^ tig lish ^ uHJeict , After " the Restoration , the French Government granted a sum of money to compensate all English

      subjects whose property had been confiscated . The Baron claimed to be of that number , but his name was excluded from the list by a mistake of the Commissioners , who regarded him as not being a British subject . From that mistake sprang a series of errors , and the Baron is to be excluded from his property in spite of authenticated admissions of his claim by the House of Commons , by the select committee of the Lords , by a Court of Law

      on two occasions , through the impossibility of overcoming the accumulated and complicated blunders of the official people . But to these mistakes the present Ministers add another ; the claim has lasted so long that they cannot pretend to unravel it . The Baron may perish without his own , because the official people have been so much in the wrong , and for so long a time , that it is hopeless to set them right . A nice plea for a constitutional

      government . The British working-man will be slow to join in the cry , ' ¦ " Thank God there is a House of Lords . " Last nig ht these hereditary foes of the rights of labour , and sentimental patrons of labourers , actually rejected the bill which places workmen on a footing with their employers in regard to combination . So much for equality before the law !

      The cases at law upon the social relations of woman continue with considerable multiplicity , and so do the outrages of violence brought before the police courts . In one case , a worthy husband has been exercising his traditional right of flagellation , after repeated punishments . It would seem as if Mr . Fitzroy ' s bill failed to check

      the crimes it punishes . That it has some effect we do not doubt . That its effect is complete we doubt very much , but as we have already said , perhaps the fault lies with the system of society which deprives the humbler classes of excitement , turns their fiercer passions inwards to their homes , and at the same time softens the natural

      resentments which used to be visited on the offender summarily . The Earl of Guildford , after enjoying an estate as a collective pauper , under the tittle of Master of the Hospital of St . Cross , has been at length called upon to account for the monies he has received since the date of the information . It is a pity that the Master of the Rolls could not legally extend the term of the account to the whole term of the Mastership of this Reverend Peer .

      At Warwick Assizes , Constant Derra de Moroda , the friend and companion of the so-called " Baroness Von Beck , " a spy , has obtained damages against George Dawson , and three others of the benefactors whom the Baroness deceived at Birmingham , by a trial and a verdict that have excited astonishment and disgust in those , not

      limited to Warwickshire , who know the character of the case , and of the principal defendant . But we arc promised a communication on the subject next week , which our readers will be glad to see ; and we understand that George Dawson ' s more intimate friends are impatient to gather round him at an opportunity which will offer itself in ' Birmingham next Monday .

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      THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT . TUB EASTERN QUESTION" . Ai > ditionati declarations of the present nituation of thiH dispute were- umdo by Ministers in both Houses on Monday , Tho following took pluco in the House of Lords . The Marquis of CiANitlOAitDM rose and said : — " My lords , I riso to put a question to tho noble earl , who X geo ift his place , respecting some reports % yhich have

      lately been received from thVDfrnubian provinces j rf Moldavia and WaMpua . From the accounts in the newspapers , it appeargliat the Eussian military authority lijve taken entift possession of tfaat ^ country , and hag Irb ^ eded to afenigte * the government thereof . ugb & JeSstowbM I allude go on to : Mate that the JWm & aW-in-Chief oflho Russian fortes ha ? ordered ! the SoSfibdat . nb 1 itb transmit any tribu . te ^ o Constantinople , and ft has befcii stated , id one report that k * went so far as 16 say thfit any tribute paid tq the Sultan wbuld r £ 6 uire to be paiOver again to nim . Moreover , tit stated that those ttf whom the local administration of the country has been intrusted have been ordered to hoW no communication with Turkey . This , my lords , is a virtual and real assumption of the sovereignty of that countrt by Russia . It is impossible that such an act as this caniake is

      place without leading directly to a terrible war . aq , therefore , of the highest interest to the country and to your lordship ' House , that we should have whatever ( information can be afforded us , without inconvenience , at the earliest moment , because it is a matter of the greatest importance . I hold that it is impossible for Europe , ! or for France or England , to submit to such an extension of territory in that direction by Russia , and such a diminution of the Turkish empire , without the gravest and most fearful consequences . The matter is of the utmost importance , not merely to the political balance of Europe , of this which is

      not merely to the honour country , a party to treaties with Turkey , but also to the material interests affecting the welfare of all classes of persons , above all in Germany , in France , and also greatly in this kingdom . It is a matter upon which your l ordships must all desire to have the fullest information that can with propriety be given , and , therefore , I trust the noble earl will not tHnk I am indiscreet if I ask him whether any such accounts as the reports to which I have referred have reached him officially , and whether he can inform your lordship ' s House how far it is true such an assumption of sovereignty by Russia has really taken place P "

      The Earl of Clabendon answered : — "My lords , so far from thinking that my noble friend has committed any indiscretion in the question he has put tome , I can assure him I take so entirely the same view that he does as to what wpnld be the result not only to France but to Europe , and more especially to this country , of any permanent alienation of the territory , to which he alluded , from the Turkish empire , that I am glad he has put this question , in order that I may satisfy the public mind ,, so far as I am able , by giving him all the information I possess . By a despatch , dated the 17 th of last month , I learn from Lord Stratford dei Reddiffe that a communication had been made by the Consul-General of Russia to the Hospodar of Moldavia , informing him

      that Ma relations with the Ottoman empire were to cease , and that the tribute usually transmitted to Constantinople was to be placed at the disposal of the Russian Government , upon the ground , as it was stated , that during the military occupation of the province , the sovereign power was necessarily , though temporarily , suspended . I have to state also that the Turkish Government expected to hear similar information from the Hospodar of Wallachia ; but I have received a despatch this morning from Mr . Colquhoun , our Consul-General at Bucharest , dated the 22 nd oi last month , in which he says that , up to that time , no such communication had been made to the Hospodar there . However , such a communication was naturally expected by the Porte to be made to the Hospodar of

      Wallachia , and i t was the intention of the Porte , as soon as it received that communication , to order the Hospodars to withdraw and cease their functions . X . ord Stratford de Redcliffe further added , that , in such an event , he should consider it highly improper that British Consuls in the Principalities should continue to exercise their functions , and I lost no time in communicating to him . the entire approval of her Majesty ' s Government in his adopting that course . I can only further inform your lordships that I shall , by the messenger who leaves London to-ni g , instruct Sir Hamilton Seymour to demand from the Russidn Government those explanations to which we are entitled upon a matter which I view i n the same light as my noble friend . "

      In the House of Commons , Lord Dudi / ey Stuart , alluding to tho postponement of Mr . Layard'e motion , said to Lord John Russell : — " I do not wish to ask uny noble friend to state at present , or to fix a day , when this subject may bo discussed ; but what I would wish to ask is this : whethor he w ill , before the prorogation of Parliament , which cannot be very long delayed , set apart a day when rny honourable friend may make his motion—when tho Bubject may bo discussed , or at least whon tho Government would bo prepared to lay a statement before tho House and tho country , and explain tho present state of our relations with the different powers of Europe . " lord John RussisLii : " On tho laBt occasion whon

      thia important Bubject was mentioned , tho House concurred with her Majesty b Government in thinking that ; it woa not dosirablo to have a discussion in tho present ntnto of tho negotiations on tho subject . I am quite ready , howover , to give to my noble iriond and tho Houao all tbo Information which ' it ia , at present ^ in my power to give . Whon tho ambassador of his Majesty tho Emporor of Russia loft Constantinople , it appeared to her Majesty ' s Government that it , was doBirablo that ; there should bo a conforonco of tho roprosontiitivoH of all tho Groat Powera

      of Europe , in order to ondoavour to arrivo at terms . which might put an amicablo termination to tho differences between RuHHia and tho Sublime Porto . It was tho opinion of tho Government of Austria that it was not dosirablo to havo any such conforonco while tho matter remained in tho stato of diplomatic relations , and that it would not bo donirublo to havo such a conforonco unless tho Emperor of RuBsia , by invading tho Principalities , ohould , lor a time at least , put an end to the status quo in Europe , Whon , that ovent occurred , tho Government

      of the Eidp 6 §| fr of Ailktfia , in conformity with its previous declaration , ae ' clarea its willingness to Itold a conference , 1 and at Vienna suniitibned the representatives of the four other Great Poifrefs of Etirtfpe to attend , for the purpose $ f a conference onj & e 6 ffairs of Russia and Turkey . The JjjEinis'tQr of thef Eibiperor of Russia did not attend , but jiiie Ministers of England , of France , and of Prussia attended that conference . Certain terms were . then agreed Upon , whichj . ittthe opinion of the representatives of the four Poweri ji irilght be accepted with honour by the two Governments of Turk % . and Russia . Those , terms have been assented to by the Governments' of England and of France , and , according to our belief , have been transmitted

      from Vienna to St . Petersburgh and to Constantinople . In this state of affairs , I think the House will feel as strongly , if not more strongly than it did before , that it is quite impossible for me to say that it is desirable , at the present time , to discuss these affairs , or to fix a day for their discussion . I can assure the House that , as the time for the prorogation approaches , her Majesty ' s Government will be ready to give every information which it may think proper to give consistently with ' their duty to the public service . " Mr . Disraeli : " I wish to to inquire of the noble lord , with respect to the question addressed to him by the noble lord the member for Marylebone , whether there ^ is any particular time when her Majesty ' s ministers are induced to believe that an answer will " be returned from St . Petera-¦

      burgh ? " " .. . .-. Lord J . RttsseIiI . : " I should not like to be responsible for naming any particular time , for I do not know exactly how many days -the Russian Government may take to consider the proposition made to them . I think the proposition left Vienna probably on Sunday last , therefore the right honourable gentleman can calculate for himself . ' Mr . DisbaeIiI : " There was a phrase in the noble lords

      answer to the question of the noble lord the member tor Marylebone which appeared rather obscure to honourable members on this side of the House . The noble lord said that the proposition was agreed upon at Vienna , and that it received the approbation of the Governments of France and England . I inferred at the time that it received the approbation of the Governments of Prussia and Austria also . I call attention to the point , in order that there may be no misconception . " ¦

      . Lord J . RusseIjI . : " The proposition was an Austrian proposition , though it came originally from the Government of France , and no doubt the Government of Prusiaa is likely to consent to it . "

      THE INDIA BILL . In our first edition of last week we left Sir Charles Wood objecting to Mr . Bright ' s proposition to unite the offices in Leadenhall-street and Cannon-row . The amendment was defeated by 100 to V 2 . Sir Charles Wood met with a similar fn . fi > , when he proposed that the salaries of the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman should be 1500 ? . each , and of each Director 1000 / . a-year : 99 to 83 rejected his proposition . The salaries were therefore fixed at 1000 Z . a-year for " the chairs /' and 500 Z . a-year for each of the Directors . The bill then passed amid loud Ministerial cheers .

      The Scottish Universities Bill passed through Committee on the same evening . An attempt to introduce the words , " on the true faith of a Christian , " in the declaration by Professors , was defeated by 81 to 37 . The second reading of the Government of India Bill was moved , last night , by Earl Geanviixe , who explained at length its provisions . Ho was followed by the Earl of Malmesbttby , who criticised the Bill both as regarded its principle and its details .

      The Earl of Aberdeen briefly defended thri measure against the attacks of Lord Malmeabury . The Earl of Ellenboeottgh , without opposing , objected to the Bill , directing his arguments especially against the double Government . He , in some measure , agreed with tho plan of the Government for reducing the number of the Court of Directors , but objected that tho reduction had riot been carried out in the right direction . The Government had not availed themselves of the opportunity they possessed of dealing largely with tho question of the government of India , but had wasted their efforts on mere details . Several other noble lords addressed the House * among others the Duke of AiiOTLi and the Bishop of Oxpokb . Tho Bill was then read a second time . A CASE AGAINST " THE COMPANY . "

      Certain Pnrsee merchants advanced large sums to the Niznm , as security for which they received a mortgage upon certain districts . That mortgage was executed with tho full knowledge of the English resident at tho Court of tho Nizam , and deposited with him for siifc custody for the purpose of being placed among the records of Borar . After some time , without any notice or causo unsigned , the Nizam dispossesflod tho merchants of those districts with violence and cruelty , d ° " etroying ninny Of their servants , and repossessed lum-8 olF of tho land . Tho East India Company , through their servants , wore repeatedly applied to «> r protection and rodroBs . They denied both . Tl « 3 ^ shortly refused , on tho ground that their invu » iaM ° P olicv waH fto * * ° interfere in any money transactions between native princes and their Ejects . They themselves had money transitions with tho Nizam , originating from tho mmo cause as hm money transactions with the

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1853, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06081853/page/2/