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      ' I1pekeal Parliament. • ¦ —¦—?—Monday, ...

      The concurrence of Liberals and Conservatives was simply on tie merits of the question , and no Tote would confer more honour on the dying Parliament than that of March 3 rd . —Mr . Koebuck also-warmly denied the charge of factious combination . —Mr- James M'Gregor thought it was due to the majority that Sir John Bowling ' s fate should be decided at once . Mr . Gladstone : demanded that the country should he informed what the Ministry intends to do with respect to the war in China . It was a novel position for the House to be asked to vote money for the prosecution of a war which they bad condemned . " Tie combination" " of which so much had been "talked was simply to check the mad career of the Government in another quarter of the globe . —Mr . Duncosibe censured the character of the union which had effected the defeat of

      Government , and ridiculed several of those members who had voted for Mr . Cobden . The foreign policy of the previous Administration had been contemptible ; but Lord Palmerston , being determined to uphold the national honour , might defy all petty and unprincipled cabals . Sir James Graham defended the foreign policy of the Aberdeen Government , and thought that some explanation should be given as to the amount of income-tax for the ensuing year . —Sir John Pakjngton pressed the Government to say whether or not they intend to carry

      out the resolution . —Mr . \ V . J . Fox repelled the accusation of being actuated by party spirit in giving his vote . He had been accused of belonging to the Peace Party ; but his uniform support of the Russian way disproved that assertion . —Sir Francis Baking declared that he had never given a vote with more personal pain ; hut certainly he had never supported a resolution with a clearer conscience , and it was most unjust to raise a cry of conspiracy . —Mr . Bentincjc having briefly replied to some observations personal to himself , which had been made by Mr . Gladstone , "

      Lord Palmerston said , it was not his intention to renew the debate upon this subject . With regard to the expression he had used of " combination , " he had said nothing which , he thought , could give offence to any man . Whether it was a combination or an accident—a fortuitous concurrence of atoms—( laughter )—he had stated it as a fact , not as a reproach . The House , he admitted , had aright to ask what was intended to be the policy of the Government . There -would be no change , and could be no change in that policy , which

      was to maintain in . China , as elsewhere , security . to the lives and property of British subjects , to enforce the rights of the country arising out of treaty obligationSj and to improve our relations with China . The intention of the Government , as he had stated on Tuesday , was to endeavour , in conjunction with France and the United States , to place those relations upon a permanent footing , and it must be a subject of serious deliberation on the part of the Government who the person should be to whom -was to be committed so grave and important a

      function . Mr . Spooner was of opinion that no consideration ought to be allowed to interfere with the recai of Sir John Bowring . —Mr . Ker said that his duty was to look for Conservatism wherever he could find it ; and , if he found it in Lord Palmerston , he would support him . The Chancellor of tub Exchequeh then made a brief statement of what he meant to propose on the ensuing night with respect to the Budget .

      LAND TAX . ^ Mr . Mackinnon moved for a select committee to consider the expediency of allowing a further redemption of land-tax , and also whether by any other means this tax could be made more beneficial to the revenue of the country and to the reduction of the national debt . In showing the inequalities of the present assessment , he stated that while the parish of St . Paul , Covent-garden , is rated to the land-tax at 3 s . 2 ( 1 . in the pound , the optilent parish of Marylebone pays only J-d . in the pound , while the flourishing towns of Liverpool and Brighton pay only one half-farthing in the pound . The Chancellor ov the Exciikquick said the Secretary of the Treasury would not be able , under existing circumstances to give his attention to the subject . —The motion waa then withdrawn .

      Some routine business having been gone through , the House rose at eight o ' clock , it being found that there ¦ were only twenty-eight members present .

      _ Harch 7, 1857.] The Leajeb. 221

      _ Harch 7 , 1857 . ] THE LEAJEB . 221

      The Division Of Tuesday Night. An Analys...

      THE DIVISION OF TUESDAY NIGHT . An analysis of the division on Mr . Cobden ' s motion is thus given by a daily conten ^ orury , it will be found of considerable interest at the present crisis : Pairs . — Fon Mr . Coudkn ' h Motion : Mr . Wyvill , Mr . Fieshfidd , Mr . Buck , . Sir < Jcm ; Uootli , . Sir C . Uurroll , Cuplain Arclidall , Mr . Percy , Mr . Uuldurd , Sir ( J . FoM . ur , Mr . Uaird , Mi ' . Long , Colonel L ' orcster , Mr . Mnvri Davis , Colonel Lowthor , Mr . Liihhingtou , Mr . Wilson Patten , Sir William Verncr , Mr . Blackburn , Mr . Montgomery , Mr . George , Mr . BurrowcB , Sir I' . Kgcrlon , Col . T . 1 * . Williams , Mr . Krunci . s Baring . —Against Mil Coudkn ' s Motion : Mr . Vnnsittart , Mr . J . Duff , Mr . KurnboUl , Sir J . M : it ! i <> . son , Mr . Uty . wood Mr . Bland , Mr . Ilenshy , Mr . Ksinonde , Mr . Deusoy , Mr . Bearnmh , Mr . Heath emit , Sir 11 . T . Duvie , Mr . Atlusrton , Mr . Colvillo , Mr .-Collier , Mr . Folcy , Sir Thomas Acland

      Mr . Tancred , Mr . French , Serjeant O'Brien , Mr . De Vere , Earl Grosvenor , Sir B . Bulkeley , Mr . Henry Baring . Radicals who Voted fob the Government . — Baxter , W . E . ( Montrose ); Biggs , J . ( Leicester ); Chain ' s , Alderman ( Fhisbury ); Crossley , Frank ( Halifax ); Duncombe , Thomas ( Finsbury ); Muntz , G . P . ( Birmingham ); Scholefield , W . ( Birmingham ); Walmsley , Sir J . ( Leicester ) ; Wilkinson , W . A . ( Lambeth ) . Members who neither Voted nor Paired . —Kershaw , J . ( Stockport ); Hendley , C . ( Ashton-under-Lyne ); Cheetham , J . ( South Lancashire ); Ewart , W . ( Dumfries ); Barnes , T . ( Bolton ) . —This list should also include the name of Sir De Lacy Evans , who was understood to have expressed his anxiety that the motion of Mr . Cobden should be carried , but who did not vote at all . Conservatives who Supported the Ministry . —Mr .

      Antrobus , Mr . W . Beckett , Mr . G . VV . Bentinck , Marquis of Blnndford , Mr . J . Butt , Lord W . H . Cholmondeley , Sir C . H . Coote , Mr . E . Denison , Mr . H . Drumtnond , Mr . E . C . Egerton , Viscount Emlyn , Mr . G . G . Harcourt , Mr . G . F . Heneage , Mr . T . B . Horsfall , Mr . Kendall , Mr . G . C . Leigh , Mr . Masterman , Sir John Owen , Mr . G . F . Robertson , Viscount Sandon , Sir W . Smyth , Colonel Smyth , Lord . A . V . Tempest , Mr . Tollemaclie , Sir J . Tyrell . LlBKRALS "WHO VOTED FOR Mr . CoBOEN ' S MOTION . Mr . T . Alcock , Eight Hon . Sir T . Baring , Mr . Jas . Bell , Mr . T . Bellew , Mr . G . Bowjer , Mr . J . Crook , ' Mr . Dunlop , Mr . W . J . Fox , Viscount Goderich , Hon . A . Gordon , Mr . J . Greene , Lord R . Grosvenor , Lord Haddo , Mr . Hadfield , Hon .

      C . Hanbury , Mr . Heyvrorth , Sir J . Hogg , Mr . T . Kennedy , Hon . P . J . King , Mr . laing , Mr . Laslett , Dr . Layard , Mr . W . S . Lindsay , Mr . J . Locke , Mr . McMahon , Mr . Meagher , Mr . Miall , Mr . Murrough , Mr . Otway , Sir J . Paxton , Mr . A . Pellatt , Sir T . E . Perry , Mr . J . G . Phillimore , Mr . Pilkingtoi ) , Mr . J . Eicardo , Mr . Koebuck , LordJ . Russell , Capt . Scobell , Mr . J . B . Smith , Mr . Starkie , Mr . M . Sullivan , Mr . E . Swift , Mr . G . Thompson , Mr . Tite , Lord H . Vane , Mr . G . Vernon , Mr . Warner > Mr . W . Williams . ' The Governrn en t also loses the votes of the Peelites on this occasion . The ayes include the Right Hon . E . Cardwell , Mr . Gladstone , Eight Hon . Sir James Graham , ¦ 'Right Hon . S . Herbert , Mr . Eoundell Palmer , Mr . P . J . Phillimore .

      The Ministerial Defeat. A Cabinet Counci...

      THE MINISTERIAL DEFEAT . A Cabinet Council -was held on Wednesday at the Premier's official residence , Downing-street , to discuss the steps proper to be taken by the Government consequent on the vote of the previous night . After the conclusion of their deliberations , Lord Palrnerston left town to -wait upon the Queen at Windsor Castle . The result of these proceedings was communicated to the House of Commons on Thursday , and will be found in our Parliamentary intelligence . . The news of the defeat of the Government was received at Liverpool with feelings of regret . The excitement at Manchester -was very great . A meeting of the Council of the Commercial Association was held on Wednesday morning , when it was determined to convene a special general meeting of the Association for Friday ( yesterday ) , "to consider how far the interests of commerce with . China and elsewhere are compromised under the existing state of affairs in that country . "

      State Of Trade. The Reports From The Man...

      STATE OF TRADE . The reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday , describe no material alteration . At Manchester , the market has been flat , owing to the tendency to a decline in cotton . The Birmingham iron trade is well maintained , although there is scarcely so much activity as was expected at the beginning of the year . In the general occupations of the place , steady employment prevails , and the foreign orders are , upon the whole , good . At Nottingham , there has been an extensive business , both in lace and hosiery . In the woollen districts , the transactions have been on a satisfactory scale , and stocks continue low . The Irish linenmarkets arc fairly supported . — Times .

      In the general business of the port of London during tho same week there has been increased activity . The number of ships reported inward was 144 , including 12 with cargoes of sugar , 10 of corn , in addition to 11 , 000 barrels of flour , and 1 of tea , comprising 21 , 457 packages , the greater portion of which are chests . Tho number of vessels cleared outward was 131 , including 14 in ballast . The total number of whips on the berth loading for the Australian colonies i « di ) , being 8 less than at tho last account . Of these , G are for Adelaide , it for Geelong , 4 for Ilobart Town , 2 for Lnunceston , 4 for Melbourne , 8 for New Zealand , lf > for Port Philip , 1 for Portland Bay , lo for Sydney , and 1 for Swan River . —Idem .

      Messrs . bwayne and Bovill , merchants ami patentees of various kinds of machinery , have suspended , with liabilities which will probably exceed 100 , 000 / . Tho amount of the assets ia doubtful . JUos . sr . i . Cheapo and Leslie , an old established East India linn , have also stopped , owing ^ it is . said , to Home connexion with tho other ( inn . Here , likewise , tliu amounts of tho liabilities and assets are not yet precisely known . Several bricklayer * in the employ of Mr . Moxon , on the Government works at Dover height * , Imvo Htruck work , not on a question of wages or of time , but in order to enforce a resolution they have- come toof choosing their own foreman .

      The New Statute At Oxford. (From A Corre...

      THE NEW STATUTE AT OXFORD . ( From a Correspondent . " ) Tjhb event of the week in Oxford has been the " promulgation" of the new Statute on Tuesday and "Wednesday . The great question involved may he said to consist of two parts : — 1 .. Are the requirements now in force sufficiently strict , or not , as regards the quantity of matter required ? 2 . Is the existing Statute sufficiently liberal , with regard to the nature of the studies required ? Withjregard to the first of these questions , the quantity of matter required is undoubtedly too much : the general feeling among the most liberal in principle in the University ( e . g' among the Tutors of Balliol , ) seerned

      to he that one School in the Final Examination -was enough to require , in the existing Statute . With regard to the proposed Statute , but one opinion can be formed ! by any one who gives it a careful perusal , viz ., that though it reduces the number of examinations from four to three , those three , if it is passed in its present form , will be considerably more than equal to the four now in force in point of difficulty . There is , moreover , in the University a great wish not to make a great change too suddenly , and this desire most especially exists among those most zealous in the cause of reform . They fully see the evils of the present Statute ; but , seeing those evils , and considering that they have been brought on a number of young men whose prospects in life have mainly

      depended on the success of their Academical career , they are unwilling to inflict the repetition of similar evils on a succeeding generation . In explanation of the above statement , we would merely add , that in a University any sudden change is necessaiily attended with a certain amount of evil , and that therefore , in University progress , it is better , if possible , to do what can be done to remedy existing evils , than to introduce a totally new system , and thereby a totally new experiment . Professor Jo-wett and the Uov . WVC . Lake , of Balliol , both seem especiall y to think that reforming the present system is better than introducing a new one , and the former especially advocates the reduction of the requirements in the present final examination from two Schools to one .

      Many other talented men , avIio have had experience "both as tutors and examiners , have given the same opinion ; but one gentleman , the Rev . J . E . T . Rogers , of _ Magdalene Hall , has , we believe , traced all these evils to their true origin . There can be no doubt , as this gentleman says , that the great evil of the University 5 s the admission of the large number of idle , do-nothing , Tion-reading men , who yearly burden Oxford with their presence . An examination for matriculation , such as he suggests , is doubtless the great desideratum , and would do more to remove existing evils than any remedy yet

      proposed- Singularly enough , Dr . Pusey proposed the same measure ; but , though that gentleman advocated a return to the exploded system of 1830 , ire were yet pleased to see that he was not averse to a proposal which , in the first instance , emanated ( Royal Commission , 1850 ) from the Archbishop of Dublin . We cannot unreservedly disapprove of the new Statute , though we consider that its discussion will have produced great good to the present system , and therefore wo rejoice that it has been brought forward , and hope for the best results from it .

      Ireland. Tolerance In Tippisiiaky. —The ...

      IRELAND . Tolerance in Tippisiiaky . —The Tipp ' erary tenantry of Captain Kobcrt Jocelyn Otway , U . K ., entertained their landlord at dinner last Monday , on the occasion of his return from service in the JJlack Sea . There ¦ was a great commingling of Protestants and Roman Catholics , including clergymen of both creeds ; and the llov . Mr . Jorden , tlie Protestant rector of Tcinplederry , who filled the chair , proposed " The Catholic Clergy , " coupling with it the name of Father Kenyon , who is described by a writer from Ireland as having been " a clerical firebrand of 18-18 . " Mr . Kcnyon , in reply , proposed , tho health of tho Rev . Mr . M'Donnell , and of the Protestant clergy of tho -whole country— " indeed , tho entire country . " In the course of his speech , ho said that "he had been at a loss to understand why a Catholic clergyman could not rejoice in the health of a Protestant minister . ( 6 ' // mx ) lie did not know the reason why they should be sparring and boxing instead of living in amity and good will . ( Cheers . ) If it were a Jewish or a Turkish priest , he could sen no cause for their going to loggerheads . ( Hear . ) So far as ho recollected what lie had read , even the heathen could nfibrrt to live on tcrnif of friendship , and why should those who had all th < benefits of Christianity bo violuting tho principles o : Christian charity , forbearance , and love ? ( CJieers . ' Though thin Htate of things might go on for a time , i ' niuHt ultimately come to an end , for mutual toloratioi must prevail . Itigotry was too revolting to the fueling ; of the Imman heart , to be perpetuated . ( SJfrcers . ) 'l \ ur lived there in a retired region , no doub t ; but it . was " beautiful region , and , though Hinall , yet , being central from that meeling would ^ o forth , caul , west , north , am Houth , tho wholesome principles of toleration and goo feeling , inid oLheiN , . seeing the happy efl ' eots , might , g und do likewise . " ( Hear . )

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 7, 1857, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07031857/page/5/