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The concurrence of Liberals and Conservatives was simply on the merits of the question , and no vote would confer more honour on the dying Parliament than that of March 3 rd . —Mr . Roebuck also warmly denied the charge of factious combination . —Mr . James M'Gregor thought it was due to the majority that Sir John Bowring ' s fate should be decided at once . Mr . Gi ^ Adstone demanded that the country should be 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 had condemned . " The combination" ^ of ¦ which so much had been talked was simply to check the mad career of tie Government in another quarter of the globe . — -Mr . Ditncombe 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 Palmerstcn , 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 Pakington pressed the Government to say whether or not they intend to carry out the resolution . —Mr . W . 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 war disproved that assertion . —Sir Frxscis Baking declared that he had never given a vote with more personal pain ; but certainly he had never supported a resolution with a clearer conscience , and it was most unjust to raise a cry of conspiracy . —Mr . Bentinck having briefly replied to some observations personal to himself , which had been made by Mr . Gladstone ,
Lord Palmekston 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 . " Whetheagit was a combination or an accident—a fortuitous concurrence of atoms —( lauffhter ) - —he had stated it as a fact , not as a reproach . The House , he admitted , had a right 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 obligations , 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 cf 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 rccal of Sir John Bowring . — Mr . Ker said that his duty was to look for Conservatism , wherever he coiild find it ; and , if he found it in Lord Palmerston , lie would support him . The Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 , ia rated to the land-tax at 3 s . 2 d . in tho pound , the opulent parish of Marylebone pays only £ d . in the pound , while the nourishing towns of Liverpool and Brighton pay only one half-farthing in the pound . The Chancellor of this Exchkquek said the Secretary of the Treasury would , not be able , under existing circumstances to give his attention to the subject . —The motion was 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 .
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THE DIVISION OF TUESDAY NIGHT . An analysis of the division on Mr . Cobtlen ' a motion is thus given by a daily contemporary . It will be found of considerable interest at the present crisis : Pairs . —Von Mit , CoisoknV ) Motion : Mr . Wyvill , Mr . Frcshticld , Mr . Buck , Sir ( lore Booth , Sir C . llurrcll , Captain Archdall , Mr . Percy , Mr . lioddurd , Sir G . Foster , Mr . Uuird , Mr . Long , Colonel Forever , Mr . Lloyd Davis , Colonel Lowthor , Mr . Lu . shingtoii , Mr . Wilson Pultun , Sir William Verner , Mr . Rluckburn , Mr . Montgomery , Mr . ( inorgti , Mr . Kurrowcs , Sir P . Kgnrtoii , Col . T . 1 * . Williams , Mr . Francis K « ring . — -Aqainbt Mil Cohdkn'h Motion : Mr . Viur . iltart , Mr . J . Duff , Mr . Kumbold , Sir . 1 . Mutlicsoi ) , Mr . llcywood , Mr . Bland , Mr . llennliy , Mr . Esmond , Mr . Density , Mr . Beamish , Mr . Hentlicoat , Sir II . T . Davit ; , Mr . At burton , Mr . Colvillo , Mr . Collier , Mr . Foley , Sir Thomaa Aelund
W . S . Lindsay , Mr . J . Locke , Mr . McMahon , Mr . Meagher , Mr . Miall , Mr . JMurrough , Mr . Otway , Sir J . Paxton , Mr . A . Pellatt , Sir T . E . Perry , Mr . J . G . Phillimore , Mr . Pilk-Sngton , Mr . J . Eicardo , Mr . Roebuck , Lord J . Russell , Capt . Scobell , Mr . J . B . Smith , Mr . Stai-kie , Mr .- M . Sullivan , Mr . R . Swift , Mr . G . Thompson , Mr . Tite , Lord II . Vane , Mr . G . Vernon , Mr . " Warner , Mr . W . Williams . The Government also loses the votes of the Peelitts on this occasion . The ayes include the Right Hon . E . Cardwell , Mr . Gladstone , Right Hon . Sir James Graham , Itfght Hon . S . Herbert , Mr . Roundell Palmer , Mr . R . J . Phillimore .
Mr . Taricred , Mr . French , Serjeant O'Brien , Mr . De Vere , Earl Grosvenor , Sir B . Bulkeley , Mr . Henry Baring . Radicals who Voted for the " Government . — Baxter , W . E . fMontrose ); Biggs , J . ( Leicester ); Challis , Alderman ( Finsbury ); Crossley , JVank ( Halifax ^; Duncombe , Thomas ( Finsbury ); Muntz , G . F . ( Birmingham ) ; Scholetield , \ V .- ( Birmingham ); Walmsley , Sir J . ( Leicester ) ; Wilkinson , W . A . ( Lambeth } . Members who neither Voted nor Paired . —Kershaw , J . ( Stockport ) ; Hendley , C . ( Ashtoh-under-Lyne ); Cheetham , J . ( South Lancashire ) ; Lwart , 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 Ministby . —Mr . Antrobus , Mr . W . Beckett , Mr . G . W . Bentinck , Marquis of Bhmdford , Mr . J . Butt , Lord W . H . Cholmondeley , Sir C . H . Coote , Mr . E . Denison , Mr . H . Drummond , Mr . E . C . f : gerton , 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 , Tollemache , Sir J . Tyrell . Liberals who Voted fob Mr . Cobden ' s Motion . — Mr . T . Alcock , Right Hon . Sir T . Baring , Mr . Jas . Bell , Mr . T . Bellew , Mr . G . Bowyer , Mr . J . Crook , Mr . Durilop , Mr . W . J . Fox , Viscount Goderich , Hon . A . Gordon , Mr . J . Greene , Lord R . Grosvenor , Lord Haddo , Mr . Hadfield , Hon . C . Hanbury , Mr . Heyworth , Sir J . Hogg , Mr . T . Kennedy , Hon . P . J . King , Mr . Laing , Mr . Laslett , Dr . Layard , Mr .
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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 Palmerston 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 witli China and elsewhere are compromised under the existing state of affairs in that country . "
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IRELAND . Toleranck ix Tippkkakv . —The Tipperary tenantry of Captain Hubert Jocelyn Otway , lt . N ., entertained their landlord at dinner last Monday , on the occasion of his return from service in the Black Sea . There was a fjreat commingling' of Protestants and liomnn Catholics , including clergymen of both , creeds ; and the Rev . Mr . Jorden , the Protestant rector of Tcmpledcrry , 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 Iir « - brnnd of 1818 . " Mr . Kcnyon , in reply , proposed the health of tho Rev . Mr . M'DonnclI , and of the Protestant clergy of tlie whole country— ' < indeed , the entire
country . " In the course of his speech , he said that " be hud been at a loss to understand why a Catholic clergyman could not rejoice in tho health of a Protestant minister . ( Cheers . ' ) JIo did not know the reason why they Hhould bo sparring and boxing instead of living in amity and good will . ( C'Am-. s-. ) Jf it were a Jewish or a Turkish priest , he could sec no cause for their going to loggerheads . (/ Mo-. ) So far as ho recollected what ho had road , even the heathen could ailbrd to live on terms of friendship , and why should those who bad all the Ix-iicfits of Christianity be violating tho principles of (
, 'firiHtinn charity , forbearance , and love ? ( Cheers . ) Though this Htfitc of things might go on for a timo , it must ultimately come to an cud , for mutual toleration must prevail . Higotry Wih too revolting to the feelings of the hutmm heart to lie perpetuated . ( f . ' / m ? v , \) Tlu-y lived therein a retired region , no doubt ; liul . it ; was u bountiful region , mi < l , though small , yet ., being central , from tluit meeting would go forth , cast , west , north , and sou ill , the wholesome principles of toleration and good feeling , find others , . seeing the lwijppy cfl'eet . s , might go nnd do liltewi . se . " ( Hear . )
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STATE OF TRADE . The reports from the manufacturing towns for the week ending last Saturday , describe no material alteration . At Manchester , the market has heen flat , owing to the tendency to a decline in cotton . The Birmingham iron trade is well maintained , although there ia scarcely so much activity as was expected at the beginning of the year . In tlie general occupations of tho 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 tlie general business of the port of London during the 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 / 15 7 packages , the greater portion of which are chests . Tlie number of vessels cleared outward was 131 , including 14 in ballast . The total number of ships on tho berth loading for the Australian colonies is 51 ) , being 8 lass than at the last account . Of these , G are for Adelaide , ii for Geelong , 4 for I lobart Town , 2 for LaunccHton , 4 for Melbourne , 8 for New Zealand , 15 for Port Philip , 1 for Portland Bay , 15 for Sydney , and 1 for Swan River . —Idem .
Messrs . Swnyno and Bovill , merchants and patentees of various kinds of machinery , have suspended , with liabilities which will probably exceed 100 , 000 / . Tlie amount of the assets is doubtful . Messrs . Chcupe and Leslie , an old established East India linn , have also stopped , owing , it i . s said , to . some connexion with the other iirni . Here , likewi . se , the amounts of the liabilities and assets arc not yet precisely known . Several bricklayers in the employ of Mr . Moxon , on tin : Government works nt Dover heights , have struek work , not on a question of wages or of time , but in order to onforce a resolution they havo come toof choosing their own foreman .
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THE NEW STATUTE AT OXFORD . ( From a Correspondent . ') The 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 , ) seemed to be 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 ia 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 Jowett and the Rev . "VV . C . Lake , of Balliol , both seem especially 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 , who have had experience both as tutors and examiners , have given the same opinion ; but one gentleman , the liev . 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 Universityis the admission of the large number of idle , do-nothing : , non-reading men , who yearly burden Oxford with their presence . An examination for matriculation , such as ho 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 , we 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 . AVc 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 rcjoico that it has been brought forward , and hope for the best results from it .
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Mabch 7 , 1857 . ] THE LEADER . 221
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Leader (1850-1860), March 7, 1857, page 221, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2183/page/5/
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