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      REVIEW OY THE WEEKHOME INTELLIGENCE . PACE Imperial Parliament ............ ' £ & Gatherings from Lawaud Police Courts 2-W Criminal Record ... £ «> Ireland - 230 Accidents and Sudden-Deaths .... 230 Naval ahd Military 230 Foreign Intelligence . Continental Notes 231 ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCEFrance ? 32 Gemiany .. ¦• •••• .... 233

      LITERATURELiterary Chronicle of the Week 235 African l'liilology :. — 236 tife and 1 Jooks ..... 237 University of Oxford 230 FINE ARTSThe British Institution . » .. 238 THEATRES AND ENTERTAINMENTSOovernt Garden Opera House ... . 239 J-yceum' Theatre 231 ) "Willis's "Rooms . —Mr .. S . C . Halls Lectures on The Autors of the Age 230

      St . James ' s Theatre 239 Posteript ... 240 PUBLIC AFFAIRSGovernment Keform Bill » . 241 Lord John Kussoll on Bankruptcy 241 Mr . Gladstone ' s Mission 241 Dicksouv . AViltoii 242 The Expected Ovation .......... 242 INDIA AND INDIAN PROGRESSLord Stanley ' s Speech 244 3 Iadras Kailway 243

      COMMERCIAL Joint-Stock Companies 247 General Trade Keport 240 Kail way Intelligence * J < 5 G Hoinis Colonial and Foreign Produce Markets . .... . 250 Money Market and Stock Fxchange -... . 251 Shares . and Stocks 201 Bank Of England .. 251 London Gazette Miscellaneous .

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      T HE ministerial oracles have spoken thrice , and , at last ^ to the point . " You'll be disappointed if you expect to see the Reform Bill before the First Lord of the Admiralty has niade his statement , " said Mr . Disraeli on the first day of the Session . " The Navy Estimates will be laid before the House on the 25 th of the present month , " said Sir John Pakington a few evenings later . " On Monday , the 28 th ¦ 'instant * I shall ask for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the representation of the people in England and Wales , and for facilitating the registration and voting of electors , " said Mr . Disraeli , on Monday evening last ! The echoes of the oracular voice were drowned in the cheers of : friend and foeman . In the meantime , the position of Ministers has not been damaged even by the Lord Chancellor ' s scandalous nepotism ; but has , in fact , been somewhat improved by the flagrant contrast presented between the judicious and respectable application of their patronage which has characterised the rest of the Government , and this shameful proceeding on the part of Lord Chelmsford . The fueling of the country is , that the woolsack has been dishonoured , and sympathy is very generally felt with Ministers so ungratefully and recklessly compromised by the man who owes to them his elevation to the hig hest official appointment in the realm . Lord John Russell , it appears , does not look with complete satisfaction upon the bill now before the Upper House for the assimilation of the Bankruptcy and Insolvent Laws , for on Tuesday evening he asked leave to introduce a bill of his own . His measure , as he explained to the House , is a result of his connection with the Association for the Advancement of Social Science . The most important alteration of the present system proposed by his bill is the removal of * that costly personage , the official assignee . Lord John would give the creditor greatly increased facilities for the realisation of his debtor ' s estate , and would destroy tho present highly objectionable distinction between bankrupts and ' insolvents . JIo proposes also to introduce the Scotch system of voluntary settlement under judicial sanction . That groat evil , tho distance of the prosont court from the trader ' s , place of roaidcMvoe , he proposes to get over by making it permissive for the creditors to take their case before the County Court of their district . Loi d John liussoll is to bring in his bill , and tho Ilousowill therefore have un opportunity of comparing its provisions with those of tho Lord Chancellor ' s bill , which , it must bo reiiiai'koil , does not gain upon acquaintance . Tho reverse may with justice bo said of Sir Hugh Cairns ' s bill for tho settlement of lamltitlos . The evils for which remedies arc proposed j i » tho Solicitor-General ' s bill arc of such old standing , and tho interests affected aro so important , that it would , indeed , bo remarkable , if any strong opposition were mined against so uarnoat an attempt to deal with tho subject . The condition of our landhvwa ia most barlwous ; anil it ; says more for our dull spirit of acquiescence in old wrongs , however manifest they may bo , than for our boasted lovo of progress , that wo havo wot long

      ago found means for making the transfer of land as simple a proceeding as the sale of any commodity whatsoever . The question , however , is now fairly on the way towards a just and reasonable settlement , and the Government of Lord Uerhy , if it achieves nothing else , will have done good service to the country by introducing their measure . One important difficulty in connection with the distribution of land has j ust been pointed out by Mr . Locke King , who suggests a remedy at once , simple and ' equitable—he proposes that the landed property of a person dying intestate shall be treated the same as his personal property . The great incident of the week in . Parliament has been the production 6 f Lord Stanley ' s Indian statement ; The circumstances attending that statement were remarkable . It . was the first statement of Indian finances since the transfer of India , to the Crown ; it was the first time that , in a large sense , the question of the Government of-India , lias ' , been before the House since the passing of the great measure which called that Government into existence . It was the ' first opportunity which the Opposition Iras had for an attack ; but though Lord Stanley had to report an excess of expenditure over income , and had to ask for a loan of no less than 7 , 000 , 0007 . to meet the deficiency , not the faintest attempt was made to damage the Government ; even the discrepancies apparent between Lord Stanley ' s figures and those of the printed statement previously before the House were merely noticed ; no one seems to have thought of making political capital out of them . In truth , the condition of India has been stated by Lord Stanley with a clearness and frankness that fully commanded the respect of the whole House . Tho doficiunces of the Indian revenue arc no more than wore to have been expected ; and it is , on the other hand , quite clear that India is entering most hopefully upon a new career , in which , but for hardly conceivable accidents , she will not only recover her way , but will in every way surpass her former self . At the present moment the affairs of ^ Ionia threaten to be a thorn in the side of the English Cabinet . The popular Assembly is not silenced by the absolute refusal of hor Majesty to entertain the subject upon which it has memorialised her ; it has absolutely declined to enter upon tho discussion of the reibrms suggested to it . by Mr . Gladstone . Under these circumstances , the constitutional course would be , to disolvo the assembly , ' but it is perfectly well understood that , were this dono , the same representatives would be returned . Tins is a state of things which calls lor the interference of Parliament , says Earl Grey , who has asked for papers relative to' Mi . Gladstone ' * proposals to tho Ionian Assembly , and is to make a . motion on the subject on Monday next . In the moan time , Lord Derby is strenuously opposed to tho matters being discussed in the House of Lords 5 possibly ho is anxious to give time until the return , of Mr . Gladstone , which , if report may be trusted , is hourly expected , We must not -forgot to note the fac t , of two more Jews having boon returned to Parliament—Baron Meyer tie Rothsohild for Hy the , and Mr . Alderman Sulomons tbv GrcSnwioh . Three membors of tho Jewish faith have now seats in the House of Commons , ' and Puiicii U in alarm . Thivo Jews in Parliament ! The British Church and the British Constitution is in danger ! The " small point of

      the wedge" is inserted!—to' the rescue of the British Oak ! But first of all , perhaps , it will be better to give our attention to some other matters . The news from India is important . It appears that the Oude campaign ' 'is . ¦ ¦ nearly .. ended : in respect of ' militaryoperations ,- ' though ' . a . great deal remains to be done by the police and ' -magistracy , aided by the'British ¦ forces . The work , as" far as Lord : Clyde is concerned , has been very complet ely executed . The Begum , around whom the chiefs of the rebellion have for a long time past collected , has succeeded ' in making her way into Nepaul . It is reported , further , flint the infamous Xana is of her party ; if this should turn out to be the truth , we may expect to hear that Jung Bahadoor has taken measures for securing liiin . What . our ¦¦ ally will do with these fugitives , however , becomes an important question Other items of the news inform us . that Tantia Topee has been several times overhauled and beaten . In Roliilcurid , a large body of rebels still . liold the field ; they were attacked to the number * _ of between 20 , 000 and 30 , 000 , and defeated with slaughter , driven across the Sarthea .-, their guns ¦ captured , and two of their leaders .-slain . There has been some disturbances in the tei-ritories of the Nizam . Upon the whole the news is assuring ; and a proclamation issued at the beginning of the year by Lord Canning , in explanation of the Royal Proclamation * appears to have hud a good effect upon the native mind . The state of affairs in Europe has not undergone any considerable change during the week . Great doubt unquestionably attaches to the . conduct of France in the present juncture of affairs ; we are , however , still lef t pretty nearly at the mercy of report , so little of actual fact comes to light . One of tho latest rumours is , that the French Government has addressed a dispatch to the Austrian Government , pointing out the dangers that are inevitable on account of the present state of Central Italy . The tone of this document is reported to be peaceful , but at the same time suggestive , of the fact , that France is prepared for war , and does not fear it . Whatever the Imperial intentions may bey it is certain that the Imperial utterances ' » wo been , on the face of them , peaceable . This week wo have intelligence that the . Pressa has been favoured with a " first warning" ibr the too bellicose spirit in which it has been writing latterly . But . neither France nor Austria arc relaxing in the least degree their efforts to be ready to take the field . Waiting the final provocation , conforrences for tho settlement of / all outstanding difficulties are freely talked of ; it is even reported that Austria has expressed Lev readiness to enter into negooiations for tho withdrawal of foreign troops from tho Papal States ; but at tho ., same moment we have intelligence that Count liuoi has addressed a circular to nil the minor German Powers , with the view of drawing Jnrtl \ somothinn- like a pledge of their intent ions towards Austria , in tho event of hostilities breaking out . This proceeding would seem to indicate grave doubts in the mind of tho Austrian Government , as to tho policy of Prussia ? for otherwise its course would havo been to appoal to the co llective power of Germany through tlio Cabinet oi Vienna , us the central power of the con federation . Paris will vory soon havo Its conferences , however , of one kind or another . The ooumo takon

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2282/page/3/