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      ereismg the customary guile of that Government tfiat they have been "doing the polite" r ight and left ; and perhaps , in deference to that politeness , our Plenipotentiaries have waived some things by wliich they ought to have stood . Austr ia has promised to evacuate ^ theHrinei ^ ijbies on ^ gpr $ | i - ffeation of the treatvTMiipait to ^ Tiesf ^ o

      m ; but if she should evacua ®; he Turkish ^ r ^ ipalities , she has occupied t | g Italian—a gr ^ fpr breach of public lag and ^ op ^ iith than ^ herj | #% on the DanubeySfSfhis os ^ ifsibiy is to maintain order in the Italian duchies , but it is manifestly an act of hostility against Piedmont . Our Government has formerly encouraged Italy and then left her in the lurch : how does the case stand now ?

      The same inquiry has to be made with reference to the United States . The papers are promised as soon as they shall be completed , which is not yet the case . Iu the meanwhile , at the Mansion-bouse dinner , where Mr . Dallas acknowledged the courtesy of the Lord Mayor and City publicwhere he found Lord Stanley to speak to him on behalf of the British House of Lords ., the American Minister reciprocated the compliments , but made a remarkable reservation in his speech . Animated by a friendlyspirit , ' anxious fox the restoration of the- most harmonious friendliness of

      wife-bearer is taketWteM ^ rak , he still finds his best protectib £ | &t ho $ p $ . | J , s . The intej ^ gen 4 ^|| o |> nlation of Darlington has been giving a ngjjjjf judgmentvin the Woolkr case . Dr . jACKSO ^ ithe attendant on Mrs . Woolee at her death , ji ^ manded to be pajd for his services . We reogteti $ &c ^ fhat those ^ ser ^ ces were . Mt ^ W < ool ek refttsgp to acjsniowledge-that the first attendant on Mr ^> ^ VooyEJB had don&his duty and refused > therefbreffl ) pa # T The Doctor brings his actions in Co ^| b | i t is sbrown thatp $ r . JAqkscm is o nlj ? pbysicianiJuader-a Bavarian diploma obtained ^ without residence ^ that he ^ is nofr what he previously professed to be , a surgeon ; that he is only an apothecary . He admitted that lie might have

      made mistakes m his prescriptions ; he admitted jthat h « long suspected poison in Mrs . Wooiee ' s case , but did not avow his suspicions or act upon them . Everybody knows that Mrss . WooLBB ' was poisoned , nobody knows how the poison got there ; but' there was not a man in the world so responsible for finding out the truth , obtaining all means of finding out the truth , and acting upon it as Mr . Jackson . Everybody knows that Mrs . Woolee was poisoned ; there was no proof that her husband administered the poison . The local j ury , however , awarded to Mr . Jackson bis money , and the local public cheered every point that told against the husband . Certainly we have not got to the end of the Wooler case yet .

      relations , if I fail /* said' Mr . Dallas * — " I mayizfail-r-ip will- be because of some inexorable overrating State policy , or some foregone conclusion , not to be undone by uniform , steady , perseireraigj frank , and honourable conciliation . " In Ih ^ sentience Mr * Dallas spoke truly ; but what the British public is concerned in is to know how the facts stand .

      The seizure of a slave ship , the Malmouth 3 in the port of New Yorkj is a proof of good faith on the part of the United States Government which we are bound to recognise , but which we are bound to say is not singular . " Whenever distinctive evidence of fitting out slave vessels has been laid before ; the Executive of the United States , the proper , officers have been ordered to arrest the vessel , as in this instance . We in fact pass a slight upon the United States when we acknowled ge' acts tf £ this kind with too much emphasis .

      Lord Dalhoosijes is coming back from India , where he has attained a success which might be a lesson for the ftxindantise of public men at home . Although he has not been a popularityhunter , nor courted the high society of Calcutta ,, he departed Tamidst the strongest evidences of affection as well as esteem from all classess . And iwhy ? He is reproached as an annexationist , somewhat arbitrary int his policy and-somewhat austere , extending the limits of our Indian Empire , « nd ruling with a strong hand . He did not fall

      into routane > he did ,, not content himself with bit by bit ' reform . He annexed the Sikh territory , punished Burmah Jby annexing P « gu , confiscated Oud < j - ~ t » 11 points that may be questioned . He has assisted in beginning reforms calculated to subvert the whole system of India , Public duty may have sustained him ; but ambition must have been his impulse : he wanted to make to himself a great name , JXe ha& made himself a greatnaniej and fiatachieving renown * for himself , he has done immense service to India . We want such a man

      at home . He is coming back ; and if not broken Sjj > wn by exertion ariid the climate , even he may f trtill raise up a better standard fdr public action in . this country . t ^ 3 pJ- ^ W $ * ha * ? f * 8 ; On best at home still appear * ' •^ I ' raffMM ^^ -W ^ es ^ , Tl * e women ' s meeting ^ - 7 raTO 'f 9 | i > Pport certain ameridpjents of * P ® # ^ which { Wo iais give wdnteh greater indei » e ^ fen ^?»^»« gayaitJcJ property ; ended with a de''ftM'WPl BawTw'fl BiUfor flogging J V MW ^^ W P ' &IW m ** ' Jfe » the , old , story 1 'Sfe ® WSr 8 S& ;; ¥

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      ' { Monday , April 14 th . THE B 5 BE BRIGADE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS LoSJb REfiESDALE presented to the House of Loam the reporfeof the ^ brary Committee on the donation of the law-books of the late Lord Truro . He subsequently apprised-their Lordships that the whole of the fire brigade attached to the building had been dischargedKwithotit any notice to the officers of the House , and i the duties o f the firemen made over to the ^ pohce . Lord RedescWe thought the change objectionable , as . th $ police ,-, being frequently cLanged could notacquire / the same facility in managing the mains , &e : y » as fcfee firemen , wteo nave the advantage of long and continuous experience . —Lord Stanley op Aldebiet promised tha t he would cause inquiries to be made into the matter . TOKTTJRE IN MADRAS . The Earl of Albemajujs moved four resolutions , condemning the infliction torture to collect the revenue in the Preside ncy of Madras , and pledging the House to adopt the speediest and most effectual measures in its power to suppress the practice . These resolutions were supported by extracts from the i * eporfc of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the subject , -which showed that torture is frequently inflicted , sometimes to the extent of death , resulting from the prolonged agony . This tyranny though exercised by the native police ^ is tacitly permitted by the European officers , whom , therefore , Lord ATbemarle could not acquit of participation .

      The evil , he thought , lies in over-assessment in connexion with the land-tax . Let them reduce that assessment ; but reduction alone would do nothing . There must be no annual assessment , but a fixed and determined land-tax , settled for a long period , with a condition that , when an alteration takes place , it should be a fixed and determined one—say , of five or tea per cent . But , in the . meanwhile , the honour of the country , as well as tie cause of humanity , require . that ' stop should be put to the crying evil of torture as it now exists in British India .- — -The I > uke of Argyll expressed the feeling of horror with wlich the Government view the practice denounced by Lord Albemarle . That practice had not been

      countenanced by the Government ; and he believed the Indian Government had been ignorant of its existence , for it was onl y to be found in localities remote from the stations where the European officials reside . The system had not originated with us , but with the native dominion which preceded ours ; and the natives were no t shocked by its employment , but , on the contrary , conceived that it was necessary He would propose some alterations in . the resolutions , to which he hoped the nobl <* E ! n ' rl -would consent . In the first place , he thought it important that the whole facts should be stated , and should therefore propose the insertion of words , to the effect that the practice had not grown , up under the Indian Government ; and , secondly , that it is wholly inimical to our laws and customs . He would also indicate the opinion of the House , that the awards against native

      officers , in case of conviction , are often insufficient . He would next strike out of the declaratory part of the resolutions the assertion that torture is still practised by legal officers of the Government in the realisation , of the revenue and ' the administration of the criminal law throughout twenty provinces . In tlie second resolution , lie would insert words showing tliat the practice , although existing , is illegal . For tne remaining two he would substitute—if the noble Earl would permit him—words to the effect that that House viewed wifch great regret and disapprobation tlie very inadequate punishment awarded to the perpetrators of those crimes , and that it relied on the zeal and exertions of the Government both in tins country and in India to extirpate a practice which is derogatory to the Government , and odious to the feelings of the people of England .

      The Marquis of Clanrxoabde said that lie could not acquit the East India Company of participation in the iniquity complained of . The Governors sent out from England were probably ignorant of the fact ; but the East India Company was not so , yet it wilfully and disgracefully concealed its knowledge . Had there not been a doublo responsibility in Indian affaire , the Home Government would long ago have been compelled to interfere . But at the bottom of the whole matter was the question of money . If tho Indian Government had proper officers to collect tho revenue , and a proper police , the subject of com '

      plaint winch then occupied their Lordships" attention could never have arisen . —The Earl of Eixenborougui said that , duringtho whole of his official connexion with India , he wua utterly ipjnoront of the existence of such a prnotice , and he considered it a reproaoh to tho local officers that they did not male the fact known to tho heads of the Government . The officials ought to spend six months every year in passing throug h tho country , and becoming acquainted with tho real oonditiott of tho peoplo .- ^ Lord Montuaolio bolioved the practice existed in other preaidenciea besides Madroa . —Some further jpemwkfl having be « n offored » y the Earl HABnovmr ( who , while denouncing tho

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      362 THE LEADER . [ No . 317 , SaturDAv

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      The Attorpey ^ Getteral , on " Wednesday , applied in the Court * of Queen's Bench ( under the powers of the act just passed ) for an order for trying tie case of William Palmer at the next sessions of that court . Lord Camp"bell gave permission to the Attorney , General to take a , rule to show cause . Mr . Gray then applied on behalf of the same prisoner for a copy of Dr . Taylor ' s Btatenaent with respect to the analysations of the contents of the stomachs of John Parsons Cook and Ann Palmer . This wais refused . Anot-her request : —that the witnesses for the defence might have leave to inspect a certan part of the body of Ann Palmer , called the ovary— -was granted . The Thames EMBANKJtENT . —A . memorial from the Thames Embankment Company has been presented to the Metropolitan Board of-Works , calling attention to their scheme for embanking the Thames from Westminster-bridge to Southwark-bridge , constructing a puT 51 ic road , earned on viaducts , between Whitehall-place and Chatham-place , Blackfriars , and laying down a railway from Queenhithe to Manchester-buildings , adjoining Westminster-bridge , with au extension line to tlao Greycoat IIoBpi-bal , Ylisturiastreet , Ihere to join the " Westminster Terminus " Railway . After some discussion > it was resolved by a small majority to refer the memorial to the Committee on Works and Improvements . A Fatal Mistake . —An inquest has been held at Bebington , a village near Bii'ienhead , on the body of Frances Mary Fielden , second daughter of the Eev . R . M . Fielden , rector of the parish , who died from the effects ^ of a wineglassful of sulpliate of zinc , selfadministered , in mistake for fluid magnesia . A verdict of " Accidental Death " was returned . Tier Rev . G . C . Gorham and his Parishioners . — Some disagreeable bickering has recently avisen between Mr . Gorham and a portion of his parishioners at Bamf&rd - Speke , Devonshire . Mr . Gorham himself , in a communication to the Times ^ in answer to a previo-us account , says that the dissensions have "been ; solely created by au insignificant section , afcoufc seven in number , who have withheld their inoumbent ' s tithe rent-ohai'ge , with the avowed inten tion of forcing him to take legal proceedings , and thus render himself unpopular . On Easter-even , Mr . Gorham was required to sign a- certain offensive , if not illegal , notice . He refused , and demanded that the churchwarden who brought the dooument should withdraw it . So far from , this being done , the notice was posted up . Some argument ensued ; and Mr . Gorham , though he asserts that he used no irritating language , received a notice of prpseoution for " brawling , " unless ho would " arrange tho matter out of court . " Mr . Gorham replied that lie was quite prepared to defend himself , and lias since heard no more of " ¦ the idle threat . " Boixbr Explosion at Glasgow *—A boiler used at tho Clyde Gmin Mills , Oommeroial-road , Glasgow , exploded on the evening of Friday week . The boilerhoua& was blown to atoms ; aotaa of the adjoining buildings wore injured ; two men and a horse wore blown fiorosa the road , and bui'ied in ruina ; imd five lives Were lost . Commutation cw Sbnthnoe ) . - —Wall and Carr , two men oondomned at Liverpool to bo hanged for tho murder of a aeom , an by strangulation , have had their ' sentence commuted to transportation for life . Tjct Bishop ov Norwich . — -The health of the Bishop , of Norwich has been slowly improving for aom « time past . I | t is now so far ro-ea . taplishod that no proposes t <) Hold a general ordination , and also a confirmation , during the ensuing ihontlu

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      IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1856, page 362, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2137/page/2/