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      instance , in the ' jfresemt bid ^^^^ i ^|^ l 4 $ I ^ IPi *> - or mbre ^ is set ^ dp ^ i imder ^ it ^ ciency btlis , " and tlie public has ^ a ni idea that bills to that amount are necessary ^ W ^^§ 0 patj ^^^ f £ i meeting u a deficiencyt'iitt | a ^ B 3 ^^(«| K ^ pus ; surmise is stren ^ kefyei ^^ d ^^^ j ^^^ i ^ iBt balances in the Exchequer ^ whichvla ^ t ^^' stood ; at 8 , 579 , 000 / ., are now reduced to 2 ; 8 QaOO 0 t : t

      ce ^ f ^ % Qwiever , - ' there could not be tie smallest doubt . ' It' would be ' a very low minded and mean ap ^ recTati 6 ii ?* iF motives in public men , to suppdse that gny selfish ' consideration could actuate Lord John itv giving ' up the measure ; while the public was decidedly w favour of his doing so ! Thiswai felt by all parties in the HoUse ; and the true' iiiiture of his concession was perfectly linderstoodi l ^ ne scene , ; inSiee ^ was extraordinarily - ' imprest ¦ J 0 &J " 1 WW' ^ ieiittS ^ m ; 1 iigir' ^ ii # i ^^ i ^ il

      PARLIAMENT has broken up for the holidays ; X * having transacted in the first half of the session an . amount of work such as is seldom "witnessed before Easter . , "We do not speak only of reforms and practicaltinaprovemeEts which are in progress or , in cpntenttplation , such as railway regulation , r ^ p | lM $ iM ^ # ^^> r ^ dj ^ ii dictooi ^^ xdb'tea ^ iiBa ^ KtarrHtatfcewrcbntmuanjea

      of-. , t % afe ^ rita ^ tive reforms iathe colonies , or iinprovei ment in finance , '• especially that . unpretending improvement ^ yyliich " , brings tlie gross as TVetl as the net revenue under Parliamentary review , —rbut we speak of the more obvious transactions in which the Legislature has taken its share with the Executive Government . We tave instituted

      a great war , —xre have done so without disturbance to the national credit , —we have had frlinker explanations on foreign relations from Ministers than this country has been accustomed to receive , —we have made no small progress in ascertaining our alliances abroad , —and if the promised Reform Bill las not been accomplished , we have arrived at a distinct understanding of the reasons why it must stand over . Amongst the incidents of the session there have been more than one Ministerial crisis , including that created by the questions whether the Reform Bill or Lord John Russell

      should be withdrawn . Tlie Reform Bill had become an incubus on the Ministry , and therefore an incubus on pufclic affairs . So constructed as to suit the particular views of extremely cautious and even timid politicians , it possessed a character which could command no interest in the multitude of the English people . We should have been glad to see it pass , because we believe it would have "become the means of obtaining more ; but we lieartily agree with those who think that it was not worth the extreme embarrassment which a Ministerial

      crisis would have caused just at this particular time . It was understood that Lord John Russell felt honourably bound to stand or fall by the bill ; and it was natural that ho should da so . lie has before been reproached for the weak liabit of making professions a « d not attempting to fulfil them . This is the second time that he lias advanced a Reform Bill without getting it carried ; and from his demeanour on Tuesday night , it was evident that he fully appreciated the extremely equivocal position in which he stood . Of his

      sin-Jt ^^ a ^ gajRb ; ma ^ st ^ tas - ^ rl ^ ^ presentalWes of ^ Haistidn ^ ' a nd ;' -spea ^ a ^' . ^^ 'hcina .-, ; on / perpia 1 * gfourids , ! wSi ^^ et ^ uMbniJgM ^ jsignar of strong , emotion ; challenging the country ; , in faw ^ t , ifes / look into his hear-i atid to know himfox its faithful servant . Sueh uras tlie scene , however , ' on Tuesday night ; and oftan as we have differed from Lord John Russell , we should revolt from

      the idea of doubting such a man at such a time . If Englishmen would more often speak in such manner , directly from the heart , in plain language , straight to the people , it would , we believe , be not only better for the fame of public men , but it would create such feelings between them and the nation as would enable tha country to put more generous construction upon their actions , and would incite the public , men themselves to much nobler courses .

      The Reform Bill , therefore , is removed from amongst the fneasures of the session ; and we now understand tlat there is to be no essential modification of the Parliamentary system , at least until next year . The financial account is not so purely negative . In laying before Parliament the balance-sheet of the public income and expenditure , Mr . Gladstone has departed from the usual course , by making a statement . Tlie reasons why he did so wctc thi * eofold—first , because his budget was produced so early that he could not treat the finance

      of last year as a whole , and was so far deficient in his data for the estimates of the current year ; secondly , because attempts have been industriously kept up to mislead the public into the idea that tliere is some kind of tampering , with the balances in the I ' jxcliequer , and that there is a real de ficiency ; and thirdly , "because the nature of the public accounts is such as to afford the opportunity for keeping up those delusions , if it did not suggest them . His statement is singularly plain . On his showing , the manner of presenting the public accounts to the people is now condemned as worse than useless—it is misleading . For

      / and the piiblic has an ^ T <^ 0 ^^^^ 0 il ^ . p £ the Mnd ,- —no defici ^ ey ^ iiE ^ c- ^ i ^||> l ^ ja ^^ The so-called' ^ den cieri allowance made b y ^' the -BaM ^ jib ^ parity in the incoming and the ? outgoing 1 * of •» public money which are contmuaUy : gomg oh . The actual amount of allowance , which ! ia ^ cus- '

      tomirry is three or four millions ;; vat the present tune it is actually 2 , 800 ^ 000 / ., "butit is cuptoihary to calculate at the beginning of the ^ quarter the gross amount of those successive ^^ deficaencieSi '' as if they were to be presented in one-lump * which < is not the case ; a . ud hence the item of i * Deficiency Bills" is a posit ive falsehdod . So with the balance . Mr . Gladstone has reduced the amount ; kept in . the Bank by paying off the MinoKStockB , which the owners decline to convert ; -but it is

      admitted that he retains in hand amply more than sufficient to meet current demands , while the arrangement brings the account to closer quarters . That there is no deficiency , is proved' by : the , fact that last year the surplus income over expenditure was S ^ OO jOOOZ . clear ; and that the income is still going on at the Bame rate of excess over expenditure . The effect of this statement on the commercial mind is in some degree shown by the faplj tpat the day after Mr . Gladstone ' s statement , the funds

      rose . The nece ssity for this statementj was caused by the early day at which the bud ^ t was brought forward : by this time most of tke / &iajicial business of the session has been complefffcTcH' and in that respect we are nearly at the point wteetre we usually stand at July or August . We enter upon the war with a short account at

      the nation ' s Bank and undinainishedmeans . We also ontor upon it with a frankness between . Govcrnment and people . The explicit declarations of MirtiBters on more than om& occasion during the session , the very frank publication of correspondence on the Turkish affair , Including the secret correspondence , tlie publication of subsequent despatches , the tone and substance of the royal deola-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 15, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2034/page/1/