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      REVIEW OF THE WEEK- fao « Gathering from the Law and Po- The Indian Colonization Com- I ££ fj £ f >* % " ¦ £ thoiWe 328 The Indian Revolt 315 lice Courts 320 mittee 32 * , rultSt ? , ? rhi ™ % 9 Q Pho Orient : •»• " .... 816 Miscellaneous ,. 320 Turkey since the War 324 sSSrtine imin ^ thS ^ ifii « 329 \ Agricultural Wages in Kent ,. 31 G Postscript S 21 The Policy for China 325 SKH& G ^ nJi-alJoh nJacob 330 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 316 France and Piedmont 325 5 , 15 ?™?^ « td RpSuhli ^ Siioiis "'" Iso 1 Stateof Trade 317 OPEN COUNCIL- The Island of Perim 325 Publications and Republications ... 330 f Ireland 317 _ ^ T ., rH ^ -r ; n i- ? i The Quarterlies on the Currency ... 326 THE ARTS—! America 317 The New India . Bill 321 A Qu * tation 326 The National Institution 331 j \ Mazzini in Arms 317 diidi ir atcairc- i itc-o a tiir p— Pencil Notes 331 M Naval and Military 31 S PUBLIC AFFA IRS- LITERATURE COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS- W Continental . Votes 318 I , ord Ellenborough ' s Indian Juggle 322 Summary ........... 327 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS ¦ % Criminal Kecord 319 The New Dip lomatic Appointments 323 Essays and Remains of Alfred TheGazette ........- ; - ••/•¦;•»•••• * || < I Assizes 319 AVomen and Wills „ 323 Vaughan 327 City Intelligence , Markets ., Ac 332

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      i "The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing it 3 elf into greater diatinctneas is the Idea of Humanity—the noble : endeavour to throw down all the barriers ereoced between meii by prejudice and one-3 idedview 3 : and , by setting aside the distinctions i of Religion , Coantry , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      I VOL . IX . No . 419 . ] SATURDAY , APRIL 3 , 1858 . Price { ggg 5 g ™ ::: igSgg -

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      E 11 / -U l » ave until the 19 tli of this month to rumii TT nate the great Derby -Disraeli-Eixen-1 bobough measure for the transfer of the govern-R ment of India to the Crown ; but , in so limited a K time , will it be any marvel if we fail to discover fi even one tithe of the merits claimed for it by our i imaginative Chancellor of the Exchequer ? The scheme is so large , the organization so novel I arid unexpected . Bottom takes the place of top , ¦ $# ^ d ^ mi'ddje-is not perfectly assured as to position . fc ; w . J > owers *' are given far beyond those warranted by the I terms of the British Constitution ; and ten-pound I householders are apparently made supreme arbiters I of the fate of millions of men , to say nothing of I money . Even Mr . Disraeli evinced sigus of doubt I whether he was making the superlative advantages I of bis scheme of Indian Government sufficiently I clear to the perceptions of members on Triday night ; I these signs , be it remarked , were most m anifest when , I growing gravest under the sense of the solemn in-I tcrest involved in the carrying out of the project , 1 gentlemen on the opposite side of the House grew I merry—so merry that , after awhile , they began to laugh , and continued to do so until Mr . Disraeli left off speaking ; which he did much sooner , it is believed , thim lie would have done but for the levity of mind exhibited by those gentlemen on the wrong side . What could they have found to laugh at in a bill for the transfer of the government of India to the British Crown—a bill which proposes to substitute for the present notoriously inefficient system of government , a system of the organization I of which the following is a very brief outline ? I Supposing that the Chancellor oi' the Ex-I chequer wore to succeed in carrying this great I measure through tho House of Commons , and that I Lord Ellennorough and Lord Deuiiy were equally I Successful with it in tho House of Lords , this is I , how tho Government of India would ho adminis-; tcrcd : —There would be a ' Secretary of State for ! Iudin / nssidtcu by a council of eight con members , i who would o \ crt a moral control over him , against i which th »_ I'ijjljitvvo" ] " b ° secured to him of appointing ft Vico-Proaiclonl , ' onTuTComTcii : ThoconstItu'tioir of this council is peculiar , and may possibly have had a moving cH ' ccf- upon tho risiblo faculty of tho j ' gentlemen opposite' Of its eighti ; ou vnombors , j nino would bo nominal oil by tho Crown , anil nino would bo ducted—to tho glory of the ten-pound liouBoholclor uml unbounded admiration of every

      other class of electors and non-electors , no doubt . Four of the members nominated by the Crown would be supposed to represent the four principal divisions of British India , and a fifth member the diplomatic service ; the remaining four would represent the armies of the Queen , of Bengal , Madras , and Bombay . Of the nine elected members , four would be elected by persons interested in India , residents , holders of 1000 / . worth of India Stock , or 2000 / . of stock in railways or public works j the other five would be elected by the constituencies of London , Manchester , Liverpool , Glasgow , and Belfast . Perhaps it was that Mr . Disraeli was hopeless of being able to get the other side of the House into a proper state of gravity for the consideration of so elaborate a work of art as this bill ; but it is certain that he made no serious attempt to do it . Having , with very unusual gravity , explained the complex mechanism of his new machine , and drawn attention to its manifold beauties of detail , he asked for leave to bring in his bill , which leave was accorded to him—quite seriously . Indeed , by the time Mr . Disraeli had come to the end of his speech , members were very much sobered down , and some of them in an objecting state of mind , particularly Mr . Bright , who went so far as to say that he thought the elective part of the bill ' clap-trap ; ' and Mr . Eoeuuck , who , going beyond him , callod the whole Council a ' sham . ' lYom the spirit of these remarks , we may form a fair guess at the spirit of the remarks which the same gentlemen and those who side with them will be prepared to make some time after the coming 12 th of April , That the bill in its present state has the least chance of weathering the Parliamentary storm which certainly awaits it , not half a dozen persons even of those in * office' can bcliovc . If Lord Palmehston ' s measure , with its Council of eight , mot objection , on account of the virtuul irresponsibility of tho proposed head of the Government , tho Council at least had real powers , for four of its number could put n veto upon the financial proceedings of their President . Is Mr . Disraeli ' s council of eighteen , with its function of moral' induenco , likely to givo assurance ol-grcatei'nie 8 ponsibilit . y ? --Jl 1 o-whQnuai . .

      however , he is in noway bound to accept—can negative the whole of their proceedings , —if , under such circumstances they should trouble themselves and him by proceeding at all . But , looking no deeper into the scheme , is it anything mote than a biggish bid for the votes and interest of the five chosen cities , thrown out with reference to the possibilities of a not undistant general election ? In the House of Lords , on the hast night of the sitting before the Easter holidays , Lord Panmure and the Duke of Cambridge made each long statements on the subject of the condition of the Army , the moral of each speech being that the public has totally misunderstood the report of the Sanitary Commissioners , about which it has lately been busying itself—somewhat impertinently , according to Lord Cardigan—and the discussion has continued this week . It is curious to observe with what pertinacity military ' authorities' endeavour to talk down unprofessional *—or rather ' civilian' — criticism . The knowledge and experience which will apply in every other way , are useless with regard to military affairs : a military kitchen , a military hospital , a military lodging , one and all , are beyond the comprehension of the civilian mind—if we take the opinion of military authorities as conclusive . In spite , then , of the reports of Commissioners , and of the more satisfying evidence of personal knowledge , we are called upon to take Lord PANiiuitE ' s word for it that , during the last five-aud-twenty years , there has not been the least ground for the popular belief that the British soldier has been , in any respect neglected . It is only another ' instance of public ingratitude to rn . cn who , for patriotism alone , are content to ' eat their hearts' in ita service . "It ia because all has been done unostentatiously the public have taken no notice of it , and are quite in ignorance of the vast improvements which have taken place in tho condition of the soldier . " It will instantly occur to the civilian mind that this argument goes to prove rather the bad condition of the soltliur in past times than his good condition in tho present ; though to venture to suggest such an objection would bo to ensure instant conviction by martial law as a captious impertinent . But there is one ground upon J , vJiicJi _ wj ^ mj » yj ^ y £ ast a _ taud face to face with military " authority , with " out Toon 7 uTcirTlroiul ~ of "" coWcr : - ~ quencea , for we have an undisputed equal right to stuud upon it : it- is that of the ' military ostimutos . [^ N . /• • , Vou bully u « about nut taking mure euro oji-th < 3 > ; ¦ : " - ' ~ /^ , ¦ '' Army—" ' matters you know nothing about / £ say ' V . "' , •;*/ m , / ^ the ' ConinmiiUcr-hi-Cluol' aud Lord Pa ; naujjlu 3 ;) - '' - * - / \ : Z ¦ H •¦— " ? , <••/• * i— -k r ^ < . ) i' r ;^ v' lz ^ ¦ ' ^• ¦ w 'i > $ J ^ : ^ 3 S > *

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 3, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2237/page/1/