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      attention to those qualifications of the candidates which present a guarantee for their ability and trust-worthiness , yet at the same time to discountenance decidedly any obnoxious activity ; such an interference is , in tov opinion , the only allowable and worthy ' task of the high officials who have been entrusted by his Majesty with the government of the provinces . As regards the election of State servants for the House of Delegates , I do not think they ought to be excluded from serving their country on account of their official position , but , on the contrary , are preferable , being well-tried and practical men of business ; but "before they appear as candidates

      It would be as well for them to reflect whether their principles would allow them to support the measures of the Government . Those officials , likewise ^ whose services are indispensable in their sphere of action , would act wisely to consider whether it would not be their duty to remain at home rather than go to the Diet . For my part , I think the first question demands an answer in the affirmative . Finally , I think it unnecessary to remind you of the all-importance of this subject for the future well-being of our country , and confide the attainment of a favourable result to your exertions . —I am , - && - , —Flotwell . " _ _ _ ' ¦ ¦ ., to smile

      Your readers will doubtless be inclined on reading the foregoing Jesuitical instructions , which evince very confused notions as to freedom of elections . I have translated as literally as common sense will admit , but it is usually difficult to get at the true and undoubted meaning of German official documents , and this one , more than any I have met with , ieaves more to be imagined than is stated . It has , however , been well received by the German press , as having at least a pretty appearance if not a reality . Nothing more ha 3 been said of the loss of the Queen s portfolio . It is rumoured that the Queen was in correspondence with parties connected with the Catholic Church , and that there is a probability of her renouncing the Protestant faith , which , as is known , she adopted only as a convenience of marriage .

      There is another rumour abroad that the Prince of Prussia was desirous that his brother the King should abdicate the throne in favour of Prince Frederick-William . The young Prince having no antecedents would have disappointed none , and might have prevented the Koyal House from sinking lower in the estimation of the people . At half-past twelve o ' clock this morning tbe fine steam-ship Hudson , which was lately built on the Tjiie for the new Association called the North German Lloyd , was totally destroyed by fire while lying in the dock at Bremenhaven , the port of the Hanse Town , Bremen . Fortunately no lives were lost , nor any merchandise of value , for the goods sent down to the port had not been

      taken on board , the vessel not sailing till Saturday . The vessel was insured to nearly its full value , viz . twenty-one thousand pounds sterling in London , three hundred thousand marks in Hamburg , and one hundred thousand dollars in Bremen . The material loss to the company is not great , but the accident is unfortunate for the * reputation of German steamers , following so singularly close upon the catastrophe of the Austria . It is , indeed , very remarkable that all the maritime nations of the Continent should be so unfortunate with their ocean steamers . It appears so unnatural to merchajnts and shareholders on the Continent , that I have positively heard

      suspicions of foul play uttered . The suspicions tend to implicate their rivals ; but I mentioned in a former letter by what means the American steamer Ariel was near being burnt , and I would advise the underwriters , to cause a most searching inquiry to be instituted before they pay their money—not for the money ' s sake alone , but for the sake of the unlucky passengers who confide in their watchfulness , and that of the owners ; but in a losing concern the owners have no great inducement to watch over the safety of their property , and it therefore behoves the underwriters to be so much tho more careful .

      1198 The X. E A B E R. [No. 450, Novembe...

      1198 THE X . E A B E R . [ No . 450 , November 6 , 1858 .

      Jpqutioaii Foreshadowings. Messrs. Miaia...

      JPQUTIOAIi FORESHADOWINGS . Messrs . Miaia , and Price . —At a meeting held at Banbury , Mr . Miall and Mr . Price appeared to ropreaent the Parliamentary Committee , and the exposition of the views of this committee was received with groat approval by a crowded assembly . Mr . Miall , in the courao of hia speech , said that the committee would be prepared -with a Reform Bill of their own , and lie remarked that ho did not know any one who could bo fitly bo entrusted with their measure as Mr . Bright , Tho meeting seemed to be entirely of tho Bumo opinion ;

      Mb . Wvld , M . P . — -This gontloman has addressed his constituents at Bodmin on the events of the session . In regard to India ho advocated a policy of mercy and justice , and declared that wo should use tho resources of India for tho benefit of tho' Indian people . Upon tho Reform question ho oppressed himself favourable to an extension of . < t ? ho auftrago whfoh should include ovory taxpayer . Beprkbbntation of MANOiiKSTion . —Lord Stiuiloy has deollnod to stand as the Con , sorvatlvo candidate for the representation of Manohastor . Tho only candidate At present in tho fluid is Mr . Bnr . loy . LiNCOLW . —Tho Liberals of this place hold a , banquot

      on Monday night . Mr . Clayton , the chairman , an eminent manufacturer , in coupling Mr . Bright ' s health with the toast of the night , expressed his general agreement with the hon . gentleman in his views of Parlia mentary Reform . The banquet has had the effect of uniting the , Liberal party in the borough . Glasgow UNivEnsrrY . —We understand that the members of the Conservative Club of the University have agreed to bring forward tbe Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli as a candidate for the office of Lord Rector , as successor to Sir Edward Bulwer Ly tton . The Liberal Association are likely to nominate either Dickens or Thackerav . — Glasgow Daily Bulletin .

      Cabixet Couxcil . —The first Council after the recess was held on Wednesday , at three o ' clock , at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in Downing-street . The Ministers preseiit were the Earl of Derby , the Right Hon . B . Disraeli , the Lord Chancellor , the Marquis of Salisbury , the ISarl of Hardwicke , Mr . Secretary Walpole , the Earl of Malmesbury , the Right Hon . Sir Bulwer Lyttou , General Peel , Lord Stanley , Sir John Pakington / the Right lion . J . W . Henley , and Lord John Manners . Sir Erskixe Perr y and Me . J . Wilson . — The members for Devonport , Mr . James Wilson and Sir Erskine Perry , met their electors last week . Sir E . Perrv , in his speech , surveyed the present state of

      politics at home . After referring to the position ot parties , he said many reforms -were not carried out because the Liberals were not true to their own principles , but feared to carry them out . But he had no fear of this sort . Since the Reform of 1832 this country had progressed and prospered , the people had wonderfully improved in education , intelligence , and material prosperity , and he had no fear but tliat a larger measure of reform would be followed by similar results . Mr . Wilson congratulated the meeting that although there had been a change of Government there had been no change of measures . Indeed , such was the disorganised state of parties at present , and such the power of the liberal public opinion , that whatever Government may be in office we may be sure that liberal measures will be

      adopted . This was shown in the measures adopted by the present Government . He did not approve of the mode in which the Jew question had been dealt with . It was a question that ought to have been settled by law , and not by a resolution of the House . If the disqualifications under which Dissenters and other religionists had laboured had been met by a resolution instead of legislation , it could not , have been satisfactory . This settlement was one of the ill consequences of having a Tory Government carrying out Liberal measures . It was done , but not in the best , and therefore not in the most satisfactory manner . With the exception of such drawbacks as those , he did not mind by whom Liberal measures were introduced and carried , and' by whomsoever introduced , if measures were to his mind satisfactory , they should have his support .

      Siu Peter Fairbaiun . —At a meeting held at Barnsley , Sir Peter Fairbairn animadverted in strong terms on the recent speech of Mr . Bright . He thought that a more dangerous speech was never made before a community . The object of Mr . Bright seemed to bo to set class against class—the worst course which a politician could possibly adopt . He had seen this in every speech which Mr . Bright had made fox the last few years . That gentleman had done a good service to the country , and , being one of the leaders of the Anti-Corn-Law League , had by his eloquence helped to bring about that issue , but since the repeal of the corn laws ho had directed hia eloquence into a w * ong channel . Mr . Bright wished to set tho working classes against tho middle classes , and the middle classes against tho aristocracy . But that was one of the -worst things to do in a community of Englishmen . We wished to be one

      family and live together in brotherly love . He seemed to have made up his mind that tUo constitution of the United States was the beau idc ' ul of a constitution . But having been in America ho ( Sir P . Unirbairn ) know that in Now York they had not near tho amount of liberty that one enjoys in E ngland . If any person held opinions which wore adverse to thoso of the mob he was in danger of losing his life . Mr . Blight forgot the outrnge which had been committed upon Mr . Sumnor in tho Senate-house of America . Could that brutal attack have been committed in the English House of Commons or House of Lords ? Could Mr . Bright forgot Lynch law ? Was ho not awnro that duels of a most brutal oharacter were fought in America ? Would wo have institutions like that introduced into tins country ? He ( Sir Potor ) could not sit silent without censuring that : speech as ono of the most mischievous over uttered .

      Tins Mornino Chronicle . —Tills journal has , we uro informed , entirely passed into the hnnds of now proprietors . It in , wo believe , tho oldest dally pnpor in tho metropolis . It has always possessed a high olmraotor as an organ of , tlie great principle of progress , and it has from time to Time , ' during what muy bocnllod Us historical career , been associated with ' sonta of tho greatest statesmen of this country . TIioho who have observed tho ohangos that have boon slowly worked in tho position of pnrtlos , will not bo surprised to lorirn that tho Morning CUronklo , without any sacrifice of Us consistency , will become the organ of tho govorumontal

      policy of the present Ministry . Already there arc symptoms of increased vigour and spirit in the various departments of the pnper . Mr . Bright . —We learn from a reliable source that it is the intention , of the Independent Liberal partv in the House of Commons to introduce a Reform Bin early in the approaching session , and that the task will devolve upon Mr . Bright . —Brighton Guardian . The Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone . —Mr . Gladstone , says the Times , has accepted the oflice of Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary to the Ionian Islands , and will leave England immediately for those interesting dependencies . The Ionians may see in the selection of such a man how forbearing is the spirit of English

      Government . If they were the subjects of any other European Power their affairs would long ago have been put into the hands of some prompt old General , -who at tbe first breath of sedition , would send off half the Assembly to gaol . Our Government , after years of provocation , has selected a statesman of the highest repute , one eminent for his learning and eloquence , and for his sympathy with the laud and the literature of the Ionians , to inquire and to reform . He will proceed to Corfu , and , without superseding the Lord High Commissioner , will endeavour to remove the obstacles which

      impede the working of government . If the people have anything to complain of lie will listen to their complaints , and the character of Mr . Gladstone gives every reason to believe that lie will be more apt to condemn the faults of his'own countrymen than to remain blind to the wrongs of the natives-. Should the result of his mission be the tranquillisation of the islands , it ivill afford a good precedent for availing ourselves hereafter of the services of our great Parliamentary statesmen on a wider sphere of usefulness than the wordy contests of Westminster .

      Ministerial CilAxars . —The Dully A ' etvs says : — " Unlike his predecessor , Lord Derby seems fully alive to the importance of stowing away his lumber , aud manning as best he may every gun . It is said that Lord Naas is to go to Madras as governor ; and that the chief secretaryship for Ireland will probably be filled by Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald . " Representation- oh Banbury . —Three candidates are . ' now in the field—Mr . Hardy , Conservative ; Mr . Pigott , Whig ; -and Air . Samiielson , an ironfounder of the town . The last gentleman goes as far as the Guildhall programme on Reform , and hia address is far in advance of Mr . Pigott ' s . A bill has appeared stating that Mr . Cobden or Mr . Miall will comoforward . Solar as the former is concerned it is very doubtful .

      Political Kefokm League : —At a general meeting of the members held on Wednesday night , it was resolved that a bill emlody ing the programme put forth by that association should be prepared . To Mr . Henry Brooks the task of drawing up the document was delegated . This Members for Edinburgh . —A meeting was held nt Edinburgh on Wednesday , for the purpose of hearing addresses from Mr . Cowan and Mr . Black . Mr . Cowan said : * With nil respect for the honesty , and the earnestness , and the English courage which Mr . Bright possesses , I must be allowed to dissent from some of the views which he has enunciated . I deprecate exceedingly the attacks which Mr . Bright hns made in very strong Lords

      language , particularly those against the House of . I would put it to you whether the tendency of tho speeches of Mr . Bright , were it not for the good souse of the British people at largo—in sotting class against class , and in inciting the humbler classes of society against tho upper classes , would not be to produce ft revolution . " Mr . Black said : " When I offered inyscll for your sud ' ragos I professed myself favourable to the policy of Lord Palmerston ' s Clovornmont . Ah fur as I am myself concerned , I do not regret the change of my seat from the Treasury to tho Opposition bunches . Gentlemen , had Lord Palnierston been at the head of tho English Government , tho Emperor would have thought twice before ho would liavo insulted and wronged the

      oldest and firmest ally of England—before ho would have contemptuously thwarted tho people of tins country in their long-continued and philanthropic oftorta to abolish the accursud slave-trade—efforts in which they have expended countless treasure and thousands of lives . ( A voice , ' War again . ' ) I hoar some gontloman cay , ' War again . ' J hato war as much as anybody does . But there are things oven worse than war . " Alluding to tho rumoured Government monsuro , Mr . Black said " Wo aro promised a Reform Bill , in which case justice would not bo done to Scotland if wo did not receive mi addition to our representatives . As Scotland had nearly a sixth of tho population of England , we should have

      eighty mombors , or an addition of twonty-sevon . - " not suppose thut I nrguo for uniform clocitorul ( listriots , Jiko tho squares on a ohoas board ; our ruprosoutiiuve systoin is but n human itivontiou , and must purtalie ot tho infirmities of humanity , jiovorthdcsfl , it la tlio utsu nnd most efficient of oil tlio political machines that im \ o boon tried in any . country . 1 confess I Imvo a w » wui \ o droud of any rawh or opinionated iiivontor limiting o- > - norlmentB upon it . My own opinion Is , that tho awn ground on which tho fEimdilso oan bo based Is tlio iium lug of property . I am mvaro that on this «» J ° «' opinions aro very different , Mino , I four , aro not popular . 11 Numerous questions woro then put to tuo uuj

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1858, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06111858/page/22/