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      ¦ $ Jrie"mij » ht not go to p ieces . Sarawak is too young id ** isolation ; Indeed , it can never be safe without a . pyotectoratej which Sir James Brooke would not accept from Holland , but which it is the clear policy of this country to concede . The north-west of Borneo # ould firmly , connect our Straits settlements with ( 3 ilma , and if , as we believe , it be contemplated' to treat-EabUaii as Balambangan was formerly treated , aadrkbandon it' as an nnjlrofitable station—an act tvhicli wxmld be ^> f material injury to our influence xadi interests in the Indian Ocean—unless Sir James

      Brooke ' s proposals were adopted , we should hold not a foot of territory between Singapore and Hong-Kong ; The great and crowded water way to China should'be'exclusively in the hands of the Spaniards and- 'tlie Dutch , who , sunken and dwindled as may b ' e . their power m Europe , are far from insignificant in the vast and rich-. Malayan Archipelago , With-3 iit affirming , therefore , that the present Governrnenf will adopt the policy recommended'by the Rajah' of Sarawak , we may express a hop ' e that it will- recognize the wisdom of a course which , besides : securing the large English principality in Borneo against the hazard of a relapse to barbarism , would act beneficially upon our Chinese trade , extend

      our commerce among the islanders , who -number millions , check the Diitch—the persistent enemies of our flag in the Indian seas , serve the general caase of civilization , and render justice to su man of'wltom this country and this age have the highest reason . . to be . proud . We are happy to know that the Rajah Brooke is supported by powerful influences , on the part of the commercial and religious communities , and with the cordial approval of a vast ¦ majority of his countrymen , he may survive whatever is uttered from berifeath the' battered coronet of aKingjston , and the scriniony of ¦ & private cabal , which exists only by virtue of the principle that converts some men ' s animosity into an undying passion *

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      REFORM PROGRESS ; ^ EiiE Independent Liberal party in the House of Cbmraons has not been dumb or inactive this session ; Relieved from Lord Palmerston they have discovered- thati they , the Reformers , hold the balance , that they can . coerce the Tories and impose- stipulations upon the Whigs . Already they have gained something-, and , by managing their influence wisely next yeai' , tlic work -will go gallantly on . The Derby Government is competent enough as an administration ; , and , in point-of general policy , we have' certainly lost nothing , but rather gained , by the deposition . ' of Lord Palmerston .

      . Firstly , we have gamed the Abolition of the Property Qualification , upon tlie motion of Kir . Locke King , who deserves the highest , credit for his' -spirited and persevering conduct of the attack . One- " point" of " The People ' s Charter" is unconditionally conceded by lords as well as Commons , and awaits only the formality of a Royul assent . To Mr . Locke King also belongs the honour of having'i passed through , a secoiul reading in the H « vubc of Gommons , by a- large- majority , a bill for th ' et extension of the- county franchise- to ten-pound shareholders .

      The forty-shilling freehold vote for Scotland was n'oti' conceded , but the minority in its favour was powerful . The Ballot Division , was iho i most successful nppn record , a , ad the debate' was far superior to that of last- yeau . Wi \ IJorkeley brought up his supporters vigorously , and the Government and efoer Whigs were compelled to whip-up with exti'ftOfdittftfry energy l t 6 ' Tesisl > 'the motion .

      A bill for shortening the durations * of parliumtintfc was introduced by Mr- Cox , the Finsbury inenibcr , in a . speech which Mr . Walpolc , although Uo . heard only half of it—thought it easy to refute . We have no doubt but timt Mv . Cox will largely limrense ' his following on tliis question next year . Whence brought forward his measure an accidental misunderstanding deprived him of considerable sunr port . l

      Thus , we have had organization , action , and success , in Parliament , and it is proper to mention that the Parliamentary Reform Committee , with its hcad-quftrtcrs in King-street , Choapside , lias laboured ' assiduously to ensure ' support to every Motion brought forward in tlio House of Commons oni the subject of Parliamentary reform . . j |; \ ms been enabled to aot with energy , by a subserinlion almost ol ii private nature . Is not tlic time came for a more public movement , f Ihouannds would willingly cotiM-ilmte lo tlic clncHcy of an association which " has really proved

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      Tbiere is no learned man but will confess ne bath . . much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakettedv and < tai 6 jni « tgitten . fc « liaispened « It , then , i » tie profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least . betdlerable'fdr hi ^ ra'd ^ -fertfary to WTiteN-MiiiXOWi

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      1 * HE ROYAD MARKTAGE ACT . ( To iJieJ ^ b ^ ofHM Lmtk ^ . ' ) London , June 21 , 1858 v SiBi—^ Nearly a- centu ry ago , the th / en . new K . ir » g o € England uttered the famous words , " Born and educated in tins country , I glory in the name of Briton : " ; For forty-siae : years befbrei these words were spoken Englishmen had been- content to submit to the leas of two evils , and to prefer the enjoyment of tlieir constitutional liberties undfer - a foreigxi ' sovereign 1 to thbtarbitcaivy'Aoniinion of an English prince . But now- the new sovereign was an Englishman by > birth and education we were to enjoy old ttagltsli freedom at home , and to :. be independent of foreign connexions' . 1

      Have these hops * 'been realized to anything - like their full extent ? Is the royal family , of thi s country free from dynastic entanglements ? And if not , -why not ? Notmerelydrdtheiing who gloried in the name ; . « jf Briton -select- iiis own -wife' from among the minor courts of Germany , but he caused an Act ¦ to be passed which renders it all but impossible for any of the descendants of George II . to do otherwise .. It is not necessary here to go into the scandals of Vhich tliis Act was the < x > riginr nor to endeavour to : estimate' the- amount of misery -which , it caused to the children of its deviser . Xet ua rather strive to avert such evils forthe future , ' to" allow the rnembenr of the royal family a reasonable prespect of domestic happiness , and to maintain a > proper independence of continental connexions .

      This pernicious Act is not even a venerable abuse . Lord Eldbh couhl wePl have Tetnenibered its enftctrnenfe , "What can be'said for it , but that families connected with ; the Crown by marriage would get an undue shsire of the loaves and fishes ? But we know very well that some great families do get a liberal share of plaGesr . of' power and emolument without being connected with the Crown > , < uid would scarcely get more if such were the case . It is true that some three hundred and eights * years b ' ack the mnrriage of the'then King- of England was a : good thing * ( or the-Greys ; but though it is tlicee centuries sinae any one bearing , that auspicious name hu « become a member by . afflhity of the royal family , some few of the namehave had'their share of place and ' power for the last qnarterof a Century ;

      Now is the opportunity for repealing ; this unnatural Act . If this occasion be let slip , wemny look for a renewal of the evils which' have been caused in ibrmer years by its operation : Engiishmenboaet that thoyi are loveri of liberty- —will they refuaothat boon to their princes , and princcBsos ? I am k sir , Your obedient Bervant , B . T .. S .

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      Modbij ob Sebastopol . —Tlio largo room of th « United '' ¦ ' Service Institution , iti which Captain Siborne's well ^ -krtownplan " of thte BiittlO'of'WAterJoohftft ldng'baeir exhibited , has juatr received * modei of >' Sebftsto ]) ol { tb « moat important hitUerto produced . Tlie model , wbidi has bbeo < ouptrucled expreaaly for the institution by Colonel Hamilton , C . B ., of the Grenadier Guards , Is bn ^ eA chiefly upon ^ tbo survdvaoo ^ the ^ offlc « TB « of the Kdyal' Enyinoerd , ) and tl * eQuarten » o « tof-QonamV 8 ; department , while a portion ia based'upon the , p ] ans of th « Sardinian and Russian ' armies . U- ' may ;; th ' erfrdfe , be ^ pronounted th e * onV ^ nccu rate rtfpTeNenbfctkin of > iH& setnYof the late Vfariim the OHmen . i THoconntry . TOpreisentodeKtend north and south fourteen ntilea froimthc river Iielboo to Baluktdva , and east and west sixteen railes and a half IVbm ttiO"Chcr 8 on 6 se- HgllthDus * e t 6- the Mdclrtnzlo'Famt a > ml VVir-flutka . VuUeyi on-a eeulo of eleven ^ ittflhos to tltfr

      mile , . It compriseB and'dUtinotl } ' shows-tho artos of th © flank tnarcli of tlie allied armios towards liaiuklavn on tho 25 th Se |» t « rtiber , 1854 '; tho geheral portion of the Hussians'in tlieir ' advance to thabatelo'of Bulnklnvn , and - tho pofliiion ooeupiod by tho allies on the 25 th November , 1854 ; tlie ndvunco of- the Russians on the 6 th of November , 1 R 54 , to the buttle of Inkermarni , and the position tnltcn by the allies on thlit diiy ; also tlie advimco of tho ttussiiuiflon tho Kith of August , 1855 , to tho attiiuk of tlio French troop * on tho Fcdurkiuo boights , and the movement of tho HritLsli and Suriliiiian arniieBto the support of their iillica ; tho sicgo works of the nllios ngainat Sebo . Ht «» pol , anit tho Buflsiun < lefen < : ea up tothe capture ( if tUo town on Septomber 8 th , 1865 . Th » Uuitod Sorvico IiiKtitution was visited on Mondwy . by . tho Quocn mid tlio Holyiau pridecs , her ' fiiif « t « . — J ) aUjt jt fettrs .

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      its capacity , and which has framed and promulgated its programme ; and carried on operations to this datej with an expeaditure of less thaa five hundred pounds sterling . It may be useful to recal the objects of- the committee :- —¦ 1 . ( a . )—The extension of the Borough Franchise in England and Wales to " every male person of full age and not subject to any legal incapacity , ' " who shall oecapy ,- a «; owner op tenant in part or whole , any premises , \ v-khmthe Borough which are rated-for the relief of the poor ; ( & . ) t—the extension of the County Franchise in Enipfland . and Wales to all 10 ? . occapiera ' at least ; (<; - )—thaassimilation , a 3 far as possible , of the franchises in Scotland and Ireland to those of England and "Wales . " 2 . - — Protection -to the Voter by the Ballot ; 6 n' a plan ' similar to that adopted in . the AtistraUJaft colonies . 3 . — A re-apportionment of seats , that shall make such an approach to an equalisation of cdnstituencies as shall give , in th ^ e United Kingdom , a majority of members tcV a majority of electors . 4 . — Abolition of property qualification for members , 5- — - The calling of a . new Parliament every thre « ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' years . ' . ¦ - .. ' . ¦ . " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . :. The foarth point lias been : gained . The others are making way ; but the worlc still to be done will not be accomplished without sustained aud extended efforts .

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      . St . "Paul ' s Cathebbai .. —A correspondencehaa taken place between the Bishop of London and the Dean and Chapter' of St . Paul ' s on the subject of adapting the dome area of the cathedral to the purposes of Divine service , which has resultediin . a mutual consent between those authorities and an appeal to the public to assist by subscriptions the ' object . 'which they have in view . Although this circumstance lias not yet become generally known , and the subscriptions have hitherto emanated from only a few private individuals , the anionnt has

      reached nearly 30 001 . 1 The sum actually required for increased accomtnddatioh for persons attending an extra evening service-would be only 1 G 00 Z ., but the Dean has suggested that efforts should be made to extend thie fund to 11 , 0007 . or 12 i , 000 t , whereby not only would increased accommodation be given for an extra service in the evening upon the same principle as the service in Westminster Abbeys but something would be done towards the general adornment of the cathedral . — Times .

      The Rkgina Cacti . —The owner of this vessel has addressed the following letter , dated Nantes , June 14 th , to the Union Bretotme ; - * - " The journals of pur town : have'inserted in their ' columns different articles relative to the deplorable events which occurred on board the Regina Coeli , which ' vessel was sent by my house to tlie western coast : of i \ fricafbr 'the- purpose-of- recruiting . free labourers for Reunion in virtiie of anf . authorizAtion granted to Captain Simon by the Minister of Marine . Tho Paws and Nantes ; journals havoalso copied severnl articles from the Eogh ' sb \ press , and among- ¦ others a statement drawn up by the- captain- of the rEthiopei steamor . I have before mo a number of documents

      which completely invalidate all the . allegatfons of the English journnla : aud ; th < $ -statement abbve alluded t 6 . The French Consul spoken of is no > other than' an Etigu Ii 9 hman who exercises at Monrovia tho functions of consul , and-who appears to bo at the same time charged with' tha < a&t ) Q < oi French interests . Without entering into aiiy long . details , but reserving' to myself'tho-right to do so at tho proper time , Iiwill merely say that Captain Simon had effected his engagement of negroes in < a manner conformable to evtery feeling of humanity and justiae , aud under the superintendence of an * nssistantcommiissary of ninrine ; tliat he novoi made any complainta in his letters of the conduct of the mon wiiom-ho

      had engaged , whOj on the contrary , expressed the greatest friendship for him , and called him their ' rather ;' that ho had no instrnmentH of- repression' on- bbard beyond , what are carried by nil French merchant veaeels for tlic punishment of the disobedient ; that the letters received afc Nantes from the crew niako no mention of any bad-feelings on the pnrt of the natives engaged ; tlmt the revolt which broke nut on board had no other causo tluiiin dispute which arose between tho cook and one of tho blacks ; tlnU iho struggle between those two men

      acquired tho unfortiinalo projiortions with which we uvo nlrendy ncquiiinUvl , nnd tliat a niimbor of tho blacks , nt tho ooinmencouicnt of tho combat , cried out 'Stop 1 stop ! tho father is coming and all will ho nettled . ' This , in a few words , is what rul Um to tho blacks who had linen engaged 1 ennnot refvnin from Raying ths > t thootricera of tho navy who took the vcshcI out of tho hnndfi of thono who had iiosnossion of her oxprcHaed great indignation aft Iks conduct of tho uuptain of the Etliioiie on the occasion . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 26, 1858, page 615, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2248/page/15/