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    Parliamentary Magic. On A Former Occasio...

    * faen Aa * AKko , Ar fing gBii ^ iwfdfljg inwlved in dab * , declared his n » bjkty to pay his onntttti relit , of land-tax , to Qie Company . 3 Bi tWs « toerg © noy Mr- Hod & ss prevailed * rt » on t ! ie Madras Grorernment to sequestrate ¦ S fltabAtti , and out of the proceeds to « pptdptt »* e a certain 8 um for the pay ?* " ** « SnSafly tribute , togetnerwith one-fourth of outSo & g arream The surplus was to b « devoted to the niainteaam * *{ ^ J **>> "g * the Ikmidation of * to private . debts . No BpeeStfore , hoover , of creditors was sent i « nor w * iTh eteted that certain railages had

    already-been assigned to them as actual secmritr . Five years afterwards , though decidedly of opinion that the entire transaction was Wrong and every way injurious , . Lord MAOifcTKBY promised these private creditors that , on the surrender of their mortgages , he Would reeoitfmend their claims to the favourable notice of the- Company , so that they should receive any surplus which might remain

    fcfla * the demands of Gtoverninenfc were satisfied . However , nothing came of this proposed ftrrangemcaifc , and in 18 O 3 the balance doe to ' the Company amounted to "five lakhs of p ^ odas . The permanent settlement of the ^ Northern Circars being then effected , they very liberally cancelled these arrears and swstored the Zemin dari , assessed at ^ a lower rental or land-tax . Previous to this ,

    A ^* AJtAO ' s private creditors had made an application to the Court for payme-nt of their cteirttB , which was very properly declined , as establishing a dangerous precedent . Hothing m © T & waa afterwards heard of the-na until the year 1881 , when a private bill was brought mtothe Iiower Hotiae in favotep of Captain MukbaY , who had married Mr . Hodg * s * grand-Tfilaughter . There is no doubt that the success of this bill was entirely owing to Captain Mttrba ^ s great parliamentary

    influen ^ s . Ajad this was boldly stated m the "tfppe * 3 Itfuse by t # ord BaouoHAM ! , Who strenuouslyopposed the bill , in conjunction with liofd EtUBmBOKOtrefH , not yet a systematic opponent of the Honourable Court As might be expected , the result of this most objectionable measure was to invite other complainants to have recotirse to the same means for the redress of their imaginary grievances . In the very next year a Mr . HuTOHLisrsOJr endeavoured to carry through a

    private bill , to © omj > eH > WGaurt to discharge certain claims made by him as heir to his uncle's property , who had lent money to the Xfcajab of Travancore , contrary to the regulations under Trfcich he held office . This Dill , also , would have passed had it not been opposed by masterly skill and perseverance by M £ r . MAOAtriAT , one of the Secretaries of the Board . Since the failure of that attempt to interfere with the Government of India , no similar measures have been proposed tratil -the one tetely introduced for the benefit of Mbbu Japi-ibb . Ax . t . But

    already others are talked of . Axi Moead , <> f XAyrpove , and the King of Oube , are both mentioned as likely to enter the lists against the Indian Government , and , by the aid of Khutput , to aim at obtaining the reversal of that Government ' s decisions . It is quite possible that they may succeed . An appeal 4 o-the feelings is usually triumphant in this country , when the display of generosity

    impoaesmo additional expense on the tax-payers , dtt is Jao >« impl « nto decree that such or such a Ifum shall be , -paiid by the East India Company , fbir & etful foaf * he mbment of the now stereofcv . ped asseddoxii that ithey are only trustees for woe vprorpeK expen diture of the revenues tof tlntjia . And it iatiopleasant to talk of our « onamonbrotherhoodwith 6 urooppojr ^ coloured ffiaObwrSuhjects , and to ixxaimt upon their heing trmtajlutorth i . liberality , and defereboe . This W > both . simple and pleasant—for . a season .

    But the time will assuredly arrive when the British Government will bitterly repent of their credulity or complaisance , should they ever take the administration of the Indian Empire into their own hands . Khutput will avail to set aside any decision whatsoever . By means of a private bill , smuggled through the House , every deposed Rajah or Nawab , every fraudulent Zemindar—with sufficient means to retain a solicitor and a couple of members of Parliament—may succeed in practically subverting the Government , and in brineine- the whole machinery of the State

    to a dead-lock . The Iiords have , therefore , for once , deserved well of their country in throwing out a Bill establishing such , a dangerous precedent . But we doubt not the Hon . Court will display a judicious and graceful liberality towards the unfortunate promoter of that Bill .

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    THE & 3 BS A PER , [ No- 329 , Baotkday ,

    A Liberal Party. It Is The More Surprisi...

    A LIBERAL PARTY . It is the more surprising that there is no great , solid Liberal party in the House of Commons or in the country , because there are excellent materials for such a party . The Tory union is virtually dissolved . It cannot govern Parliament , or restore itself in the confidence of the nation . It has no policy . The Whig connexion , under the leadership of Xord Johst Bubsee ! ., lost its parliamentary majority , and has not since regained it . If there be English politicians who have a future , who may aspire to the position degraded by the Tories and abandoned by the "Whigs , they are the Liberals , who have definite opinions , in real harmony with the genius of the constitution .

    They see before them an exhausted parliamentary machine , an electoral system utterly and hopelessly corrupt , a House of Commons that dares not displace the Prime Minister because it cannot poiflt to his successor , a legislature that has ceased to discuss politics , Whigs who have adopted all the cant of Conservatism , Tories who , having nothing at present to conserve , because nothing obsolete seems in danger , split upon a score of crotchets , and have almost ceased to be a party . When a real opportunity arrives for a declaration of policy ,, they shrink from it . One' important debate has occurred this session in the House of Commons—the

    debate on the dispute with America . It was the duty of the Opposition to aid in pressing apoh the Government the necessity of reforming its diplomatic habits , and keeping clear of gratuitous quarrels with America . But -where were Mr . DisbaeiiI , Lord Johw Mawicbbb , Sir Btjitweb Lyttost , Mr . "Wai ^ om :, Mr . Hkni ^ bt—that array which tells how low the party of the gentlemen of [ England has sunk in oratory , in intelligence ,

    in political character P Their names ,, were not in the list of the minority , for this reason , that their habitual supporters have lost confidence in them ; that a number of the country members have refused at present to countenance their struggle for office ; that , had they spoken and voted , they might have exposed toe breach which haB taken place . It may appear ingenious to disparage Mr . Moobe , but the Disraelites would have rushed after

    him had not the party been divided . It ia prudent to he quiet when you are weak . Therefore , as patriotism was out of the question , the critics of the Government policy were withoiit the assistance of Mr . I ) ibkaeli ' s knot of friends . With these instances of incapacity , irresolution , and disunion among the old parties before them , the Liberals may ieffectually occupy the recess in the preparation of a / political movement . To them exclusively the nation looks for improvements i and

    developments of religious liberty , of commercial law , of army ueforin , of law amendment , of finance , of administration , of the parliamentary system—subjects about which the Tories and Whigs declaim loudly when out of office ; but in connexion with which both have practically and naturally failed . But some caution is necessary when the p lans of new political associations are traced . Men of bad political character , the failures

    of past agitations , frothy and vulgar talkers , should he carefully excluded or repressed . They taint from the first the reputation of a political movement . They form an obstruction and a dead weight . It is not every one who professes volubly his liberal principles that should he admitted to the government of a Reformer ' s League . Members of committees and councils should be chosen by the constituents almost as deliberately as Members of

    Parliament . . We shall have to make some observations on the practical plan and operation of a political society ; this is a subject that should be attentively examined . A Tauter Vicae . —A . story , singularly disgraceful to the present state of our rich " national Church , " was divulged a few days ago in the Woodstock County Court , -where the Rev . James Brogden , of Deddington , Oxon , appeared personally as defendant , in answer to a judgment summons for committal , as he had failed to pay 10 / . per month , in accordance with an order made last November . In the course of the hearing , the reverend gentleman stated that , since the order was issued , his

    family had subsisted chiefly on the charitable contributidns of friends ; that his living was under sequestration ; that he had no means whatever to pay ; that , although he had done bis own duty for three years , he had not been allowed any stipend to subsist upon , except from the 3 rd of October to the 3 Td of January last , at the rate of 100 / . per annum , but that the Bishop ' s secretary would not pay it ; that he had expostulated with the Bishop of Oxford in vain , stating what was the fact , that his wife , a French lady of rank , had been fof months without a household servant , compelled , -with her daughters , to do all the domestic work ; that all he had regularly to subsist upon , except occasional gifts , was 11 . per week , 14 b . of which were always deducted for bread . The order of payment -was altered from 10 ? . to 1 ? . per

    month . Aw Off-shoot from the FAtrarrtKBOT Cask . — Judgment waa given on Monday by Vice-Chancellor Stuart in a case arising out of the Fauntleroy forgery . The plaintiff " , Mrs . Derbishire , was interested in certain trust property for her separate use for life , with a restriction on anticipation . Fauntl « foy , who iraw executed for forgery in 1824 , was one of the trustees of that property , and h « applied 3 S 0 O ? ., part of it , to his own use , and represented that he had invested that sum in the purchase of 4869 / . Three per Cent . Consols , In the names

    ef himself and hie co-trustees . Proof against the estate of Marsh , Stracey , Fauntleroy , and Graham was made for the sum of 3600 / . by the surviving trustees , and they had received dividends on that amount . The bill was filed by Mrs . Derbishire against the trustees for the purpose , among other things , of making them liable for the sum of 48602 . Three per Cent . Consols and the dividend thereon . The case had boen already partially tattled by a judgment of the late Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker , but it now catno again before the court on further directions . Vice-Chancellor Stuart decided

    against granting to Mrs . Derbishire the relief Bought for . Two Tiuobjdibs m the Crimba . — -Lieutenant Pierce , of the Land Transport Corps , has been , shot dead in the Crimea by some scoundrels who were hiding in the bushes skirting the path which ho was pursuing , in the early morning , in company with a private , who escaped , and brought the news to camp . A few days after this , a veterinary surgeon in the Turkish Contingent gave a party to some of his comrades . They talked a good deal about the murder of Lieutenant Pierce . Mr . Elkes ,

    the host , in the course of the night rose and walked about the room . A Mr . Weston warn roused , and , being alarmed , he asked what was the matter . There was bo answer . Weston again onlled out , and , receiving no reply , said , " Fred , Fred ! I see the shadow of a man on tho wall , and I fear there is some villany about . Is it you ?" Still there was no answer , and Weston fined , killing his friend JElkes almost immediately . The table which they hod dined on tho evening before was cut up into planks to make a coffin for tho host .

    Tnm Ckiikba . —A despatch from VIce-vAdmirril Trc " - honart announces that the definitive evacuation of the Crimea by the French troops took place on July 6 th . Those portions of the peninsula occupied by the AlHea wore given up officially by Marshal Poliasior to tho Russian Commander-in-Chicf on tho 7 th instant , and , from the 8 th , every one still In tho place was under Russian law .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12071856/page/14/