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      -W —. Hhe Opening Of Tlie Session Presen...

      of theii wretchedness shall be investigated , and to give them meanwhile guidance and support . What is given to them is reproach and penal labour ! Notwithstanding the opposition to some points in the treaty on Central Ai ^ erics ^ ( jjihe cpmij « jfee of the Senate on Foreign » Jfigarsi ^ 'advised # ^ t ^ e ratified . No doubt there ar $ advantages . in 5 ^ ie

      treaty for both . co \ tntries . It «(! feles many disp ^ d points , and the con ^ cssiqns ^^ Sreat B . rita ^ p . ^ iare unquestionable . So ^ dlso are ^ be concessions ^» ii the other side , and we are inclined io believe that Mr . Dallas might have attained all he did withoat conceding points which are scarcely appreciated here , and have been strongly felt in the committee of the Senate .

      The public in this country • wall be rather perplexed to sec an open opponent of the Presidentelect appointed by the suffrages of Pennsylvania against the presidential candidate . The real causes , however , are extra-political . No doubt Mr . Camieron has ^ had aid from the political opponents of the new ^ President , but he did not rely exclusively upon their support . He was formerly a

      zealous advocate of Mr . Buchanan ; and he might , we think , have remembered past times . But with some men the memory of a former friendship is a motive for vindictive bitterness . Mr . Cameron has used immense exertions to effect a coup-d ' eiat against a man whom , he once upheld . It is a personal rather than a political success , " . obtained by desperate exertions not altogether of a political

      kind . On another point our expectations are completely fulfilled . The Austrian amnesty , and even the illuinination at Milan , is now known , to have been got up by the mob tinder Austrian instigation . Statesmanship is descending indeed to lower depths . The Erench Empire and the clergy thereof ha . T . e been saved , for Yebgek has heen guillotined without beiflg allowed to open his mouth .

      The annals of the Law Courts give us a glimpse of high life—the Marquis of Bath taking getits sonpers with "le Traviate" in Denbigh-street , Pimlic . o . The case is interesting . The Marquis is no worse than others—nay , lie is better tlian most of us ; for he belongs to the highest class in the laud , and is a born legislator . He belongs to tlie same privileged class -with Lord Cardigan and Lord Malmesbury , who , on the second night of Parliament , occupy the " Upper" House for a whole sitting with their purely personal affronts . Unable to " call out" Major Caltiioiipe fora clever book mingled with follies , The Realities of the War , Lord Cardigan comes to ask the House of Lords for

      redress . He hints tliat Government should cashier the Major—he wants the servant turned away because he speaks ill of a Lord ! What , then , should be done with Cardigan and Xtucan—one of wliom tries to write , and the other threatens ua with a book—by somebody ? Lord Mamkesbuiiy is offended because the New Forest Commissioners will not attend to him !—an indignity which he ascribed to a ' prancing attorney , ' when it was really due to the caracoling Commissioners . They arc very c cmusing , ' these Lords , whether in their Crimea , their Denbigh-street , or their own 'House .

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      Rkpukhkhtation op Dumkriessiuue . —The friends of Lord Henry Scott , observing tho very general foeling in favour of M > . Hope Johnstqne of Aijnaadale , as expressed at public meetings of tho electors on the 21 st and 28 th of January , havo resolved to withdraw Lord Honry . Mr . Johnstono is therefore- the only candidate for tho representation of Dumfriesshire . RBPUBSKNTATiojsr q Cocchestbk . — Lord John Manners lias issued an address to the electors of this

      borough , intimating that ho is about to retire from the representation , bocauso ho believes it to bo his duty to como forward as a candidate for tho constituency hitherto represented by his brother , tho new Duke of Rutland—viz ., North Leicestershire . Thoro nro already fout candidates in tho Held for Colchostcr—two Conserv Yf !?> a Wni Ki and a nondescript . - The ' Southampton Elkotion . —Tho nomination will take place on Momlny , and tho polling on Tuesday SALVorm Election . —Mr . Langwortliy ( Liberal ) was ty B ? nday okctcd for Salford , without opposition .

      -^Kp^Ial Parli Ament. ¦ . ¦ . - . ¦ .. ....

      - ^ KP ^ IAL PARLI AMENT . ¦ . ¦ . - . ¦ .. . ¦ -i—?——Tuesday , February 3 rd . The sess ^| gi ? of 1857 was inaugurated on Tuesday . The Queen , H & 'previously announced ,- did not Jftprself open th «^ ft «* 6 « 8 , ' ' * p d the * p . y & fe : &» tergst wa ? < # ttrelfere less tha ^^ sual , $ fcere heing # > ut little state ftow t » attract the itoyal cp $ he idle . 'fTlje Jlouse of Lords Md not shofr ' jjmany ^ ers , but * Mfte pe ^ jesses' gallerys »» p well fill « , « an < l tfc ^ dip lornati £ . £ orps was present in . Sfflasiderable ^ u . w ^ bb . TUe jtof & s $ ^ missionar . s \ W * re—the i Lord G ^ ipacellor , the # arl of ^ flarro-wbj ' , tb » Duke of ' Argyll , Lord Stanley of Alderley , and Earl Spencer . These noblemen having entered the House of Lords , the Commons were summoned ; and , on the members of the Lower House making their appearance head « d by the Speaker , The Lord Chancellor read the following as

      THE ROYAL SPEECH . " 3 f y Lords and Gentlemen , " We are commanded to assure you that her Majesty has great satisfaction in recurring again to the advice and assistance of her Parliament . " We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that difficulties , which arose in regard to some of the provisions of the Treaty of Paris , delayed the complete execution of the stipulations of that Treaty . Those difficulties have been overcome in a satisfactory manner , and the intentions of the Treaty have been fully maintained .

      " An insurrectionary movement which toolc place in September last in the Swiss Canton of Neufchatel , for the purpose of re-establishing in that canton the authority of the King of Prussia as Prince of Neufchatel , led to serious differences between his Prussian Majesty and the Swiss Confederation , threaiening at any one time to disturb the general peace of Europe . " But her Majesty commands us to inform you that , in concert with her august ally the Emperor of the French , she is endeavouring to bring about an amicable settlement of the matters in dispute , and her Majesty entertains a confident expectation that an honourable and satisfactory arrangement will be concluded .

      " In consequence of ceTtain discussions which took place during the Conferences at Paris , and which axe recorded in the protocols that were laid befoxe you , her Majesty and the Emperor of the French caused communications to be made to the Government of the King of the Two Sicilies , for the purpose of inducing him to adopt a course of policy calculated to avert dangers which might disturb that peace which had been so recently restored to Europe . " Her Majesty commands us to inform you , that the manner in which those friendly communications were received by his Sicilian Majesty was such as to lead her Majesty and the Emperor of the French to discontin" *' their diplomatic relations with his Sicilian Majesty , they have , accordingly , withdrawn their missions from the Court of Naples . to

      " H « r Majesty has directed that papers relating this subject shall be laid "before you . " Her Majesty commands us to inform you that she has been engaged in negotiations with the Government of the United States , and also with the Government of Honduras , which she trusts will be successful in removing all cause of misunderstanding with respect to Central America . " Her Majesty has concluded a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with Siam , which will be laid before you . " Her Majesty commands us to . express to you her regret that the conduct of the Persian Government has led to hostilities between her Majesty and the Shah of Persia . The Persian Government , in defiance of rer peated warnings , and in violation of its engagements , has besieged and captured the important city of Herat .

      " Wo are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that a British naval and military force despatched from Bombay has taken possession of the Island of KarrAok , and of the town of Jiushirc , with a view to induce tho Shah to accedo to tho just demands of her Majesty ' s Government . Her Majesty has seen with satisfaction that the naval and military forces employed on this occasion have displayed their accustomed gallantry and spirit . " Her Majesty commands ua to inform you that acts of violence , insults to the British flag , and infraction of Treaty rights , committed by the local Chinese authorities at Canton , and a pertinacious refusal of rcdrcsg , hiivo rendered it necessary for hnr Majesty ' s oiliccr . s in China to have recourse to measures of force to obtain satisfaction .

      " ¦ Those measures had , up to tho date of tho last accounts , been taken with great forbearance , but with . signal success as regards the conflicts to which thoy had led . "Wo aro commanded to inform you that her M .-tjcsty trusts that the Government of rekiu will 8 eo the ' propriety of affording tlie . satisfaction demanded , and of faithfully fulfilling Uh Treaty ejigagoments . " Gentleman ofI / us House , of Commons , "Her Miijeaty has directed tho Estimates for tho ensu i" year to bo laid before you . * 'They have been prepared with eveny attention to economy , nml with a duo regard to tho efficient performance of tho public service at homo and nl > ron < l .

      ¦*' My Lords anu _ .... ' - « " Her | fa # e $ * y commands us to inform v ™ * w ,, will be fltfStt to your considerat oTfo ^ * ! dation a »! M * e amendment of important « L ? ° T - law ; «** «• Majesty doubts nTt Sat C ° * - / ? your eara « st attention to matters so deeply a ^ Zrln ^ interests ** aftl classes of her subjects . g the " HerWIajesty commands us to re ' eommemd tn , erariMfon the expediency of renewing ^ fiJT , period the-privUoges of the Bank of Enfland th mem imposed on the issue of bank-notes in ' the UnTted 55 SSk £ d the state of the law relati ^ ^ 3 E

      Her . Majesby commandsHis to express the gratifica tipn winch , affords her to witness the g < mS S " being and contentment of her people , and to find thi * notwithstanding the sacrifices unavoidably attenSS upon such a war as that which has lately terminated the resources of the country remain unimpaired , iJ 7 tl productlVe industry continues undecked ia its course 5 progressive development . BO ! " Her Majesty commits with confidence the great inte rests of the country to your wisdom and care and she fervently prays that the blessing of Almi ghty God may attend your deliberations , and prosper your councils for the advancement of the welfare and happiness of her loyal and faithful people . " aa After the reading of the Speech , both Houses adjourned until evening .

      THE ADDRESS . The Houses reassembled at five o ' clock . In tlie House of Lords , the Earl of Cork mo ved the Address in answer to her Majesty ' s Speech , commenting previously , from a Ministerial point of view , on the conclusion of the Peace Confei-cnces , the failure of the attempt to disturb the repose of Europe by the Neufchatel I ' meute , the necessity which existed for resisting the aggressions of Persia and the insolence of the Chinese , and the condition of the three kingdoms , which , he said , indicated industrial prosperity . —The Address was seconded by the Earl of Aiklie . The Earl of Derby objected to the shadowy nature of the Royal Speech , and observed that Parliament

      would be wanting in its duty if it did not insist on the termination of the income-tax in 1860 . He also noted with dissatisfaction that the Speech did not contain the formerly well-known paragraph in which we were told that peace had been steadily maintained . 1 'he affair at Neufchatel would probably have been more speedily and more completely arranged if our ally , the Emperor of the French , had not been interfered with . As regards Naples , we had played with the cause of

      Italian liberty . Ministers , also , had committed , a grave error in not assembling- Parliament where tlie war wW » Persia became inevitable ; and the same n » r »¦ •**•¦ ^ jp fiett to our proceedings in OJ " . I - ^ ie English autlwnk ., r . aft uoinmincu an indiscriminate slaughter of the innocent and the guilty . He ( the Earl of Derby ) would not move an amendment to the Address ; but he confessed he could not look upon the state of our foreign relations without distrust and misgiving .

      1 he Earl of Claukndon defended the course pursued by Grovernment in its foreign policy , and denied that Ministers had unduly meddled in the affairs of other countries . The capture of so important a city as Herat had Tendered the Persian war absolutely necessary ; and the conduct of the Chinese , in refusing to hold communication with our officials , compelled us to resort to hostilities . Earl Grby strongly condemned the Persian war , which he considered had been prompted by tho bugbear'of

      Russian influence , though , if Persia really had any leanings towards Russia , the attack we had made on the Shah would be very likely to throw him into the arms of the latter power . His lordship concluded by moving an amendment to the Address , to the effect that tho Govornment should have summoned Parliament together before declaring war with Persia . — Lord U « Ai \ "Vii-M 3 replied , defending the policy of the Government , and expressing a hope that Karl Grey would not stand lo his amendment , though the Ministry waa quite roa < ly to

      mcot him . Lord Biiouguam . spoke strongly against n further continuance of the income-tax , and urged the necessity that existed for legal reform . —The Lord Chanoi : i . i . <> k agreed in this necessity , and paid ho had given notice that he mean t to introduce several bill-s for tho inform of the law , more especially with reference to iiiarringe and divorce , testamentary jurisdiction , nml ecclesiastical matters . In the lower House ; , bills would be introduced to meet those crimes of breach of trust which had lalti-i'ly shocked tho public : to ho great aiv extent , and to cilVct a reform in secondary punishments . Earl G Kiev ' s amciulmoiit waa then pul , and their

      Lordahips divided , whin there appeared , For tho amumliiKMit—¦ Content ^ Non-content ''' Majority ngniiiHt , the iiiiion < lm « . ) it ... ~ iJ ; 1 Their LunlnhipN tlion adjourned . . In tho lloi ' rtf u ok Commons , the Ad-drosH wan moved by Sir John Hamhdkn , who after rctnnrUing upon tlie to pica which were also touched upon Uy the vtir am seconder of the Address in tho Lord * , « llu <«< : << «» «» " '< : 0 " " vict and criminal population , observing that < h < : probci state of things >» di * gracef » d to the J , i » giM « turo am

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07021857/page/2/