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London, England, 1858-02-20

GENERAL WINDHAM.

Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Sir E. Codrington,
said that an inquiry into the Cawnpore affair was
now going on in India ; "and I believe," added the
noble lord, " I am justified in Raying that Sir Colin
Campbell is satisfied that General Windham dis-
played on this, as he has done on all other occasions,
the qualities for which he is so much distinguished."
London, England, 1858-02-20

THE PRESS, FEBRUARY 20,N58.

great question, and the problem, "What is a
gentleman ?" remained insoluble.
Mr. ANDREws, coachbuilder and self-
designed representative of Southampton, fell
under a similar ban. But a coachbuilder's
gentility appears to have been too subtle fur
the Premier's intellect. The great senator,
therefore, at his classic villa of Broadlands,
took counsel of an ironmonger. The iron-
monger, who had come from Southampton on
the humble errand, it is believed, of fixing a
new grate, found himself, with Eastern ra-
pidity, transformed into a Prime Minister's
Prime Minister. It did not occur to the new
favourite, " snatched from a bowstring to pre-
" side at Court," that he was illustrating the
fable of the pot which called the kettle black.
The Premier and the ironmonger sat together
in judgment on the coachbuilder, and ignored
his social pretensions. Nevertheless, the
Premier addressed Mr. ANDREWS as " My dear
Sir," and consoled him with the title of
" esquire."
It is an anomaly in our social constitution
that, while Dukes, Archbishops, and even
Prime Ministers, are made by the Crown, gen-
tlemen should be made by Act of Parliament.
There is an Act which declares that solicitors
shall be gentlemen. We are aware of the dif-
ference between gentlemen by Act of Parlia
ment and gentlemen by will of society ; but it
is a mockery of urbanity to term your coach-
builder an esquire, and then to declare that no
member of the middling classes can be a gentle-
man.

In the same manner, certain articles in the
Edinburgh Review, which may be described as
the responses of the Kent-house oracle, dwell
with a characteristic difference of terms on the
distinction between "patricians and ple-
beians." We are willing to ascribe this dis-
torted view of English society to the infirmity
of a severe classic rather than to the zeal of a
modern landholder. But it is hardly decent
to see two Cabinet Ministers vaunting their
contempt for the very classes by whose suf•
ferance they are maintained in power. Mr.
BERNAL OSBORNE, when lately asked why
he was not in the Cabinet, answered with much
felicity that "he was not a Brahmin." It was
characteristic, perhaps, of that gentleman that
the possibility of his exclusion on intrinsic
grounds did not suggest itself to him. But
the answer was not less just than happy ; and
if the " ten-pounders " possessed any pluck or
spirit, they would transfer their allegiance to
that party which has never been tainted by
this oligarchical spirit, and has ever shown
itself ready to encourage talent, even among
the middling classes.
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lONDON,SATURDAY.FEBRUARY 13,1858.

POSTSCRIPT.

The Emperor of the French has placed the chateau
of I'au at the disposal of his Majesty the King of
Prussia, whose physicians recommend for him a
residence in the south of France.

Cardinal Gazzoli has just died at Rome, making
the twelfth cardinal recently dead.

SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.
The election for the county has resulted as we
anticipated in the defeat of the Liberal party. The
contest was close, the numbers at the close being :
Colonel H. Cartwright (Conservative) 1,1473
Lord Henley (Palmerstornan)....

Majority for Cartwright B5
Thus the advantage to the Liberal cause gained at
the last election by the return of Lord Althorp has
been lost.

LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
TRANSPORT OF TROOPS.
Lord DLTNGANNON called attention to the circum-
stances attending the transport of the (19th Regiment
to India. The corps were sent overland, but on
reaching Suez found that the Alma steamer designed
for their conveyance had broken her shaft. After a
delay of eight days the men were sent on in a vessel
which, he was told, had been pronounced unsea-
worthy, and which actually sprung a leak when two
days' sail from Ades. lie denounced this reckless
trifling with valuable lives.
Lord PANMURE said the occurrence arose entirely
from unavoidable accident. When the Alma was
disabled another steamer was provided, of ample
tonnage, and perfectly seaworthy. The subsequent
disaster was a pert?ct casualty, and fortunately
resulted in no loss of life. He observed with satis-
faction that throughout the whole series of transport
operations no mishap had occurred which proved
' fatal to a single individual.
The Earl of HARDWF;KE was surprised that the
Government still neglected the obvious duty of
organising a sufficient fleet of transport vessels for
the public service. The hiring system was, he
thought, exceedingly objectionable.
EDUCATION IN INDIA.
The Earl of ELLEsnoaorox moved for some returns
relating to education in India, rod cautioned the
Government against a system of instruction which
might, he believed, disseminate among the native
population ideas and principles destructive of the
British rule in that country.
After a reply from Earl GRANVILLE, the returns
were ordered.
THE HAVELOCK ANNUITIES.
On the motion of Lord PANMURE the Havelock
Annuities 13,11 was read a second time.
Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past six
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
DIMACH OF PRIVXLEOE.
Mr. RnErtucx gave notice that he should on Mon-
da:. present a petition, complaining of a breach of
privilege, which it was alleged bad been committed
by the hon. and learned member for Youghal (Mr.
I. Butt), and move for a committee to inquire into
the subject.
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CONSPIRACY TO MURDER PILL.

Lord PALMERSTON moved the second reading of the
Conspiracy to Murder Bill. Repljing to various ob.
jections that had been urged against the measure, he
observed that it had no special application to aliens,
nor armed the Government with any new powers to
resttict the liberty enjoyed by foreigners in this
country. Although no official communication had
taken place, the Emperor of the French had been
repeatedly assured i❑ confidential messages that no
infringement was possible i❑ the English right of
asylum.

Mr. MILNER GIBSON moved an amendment, setting
forth "that this house hears with much concern that
it is alleged that recent attempts upon the life of the
Emperor of the French have been devised in Eng-
land, and expresses its detestation of such guilty
enterprises; that this house is ready at all times to
assist in remedying any defects in the criminal law
which: after due investigation: are proved to exist,
London, England, 1858-02-20

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HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. -EXPLANATION.

Mr. LAnotierfEßE wished to correct a misunder-
standing which had gone forth to the public upon en
important point in the answer that he gave to the
question ache member for Sheffield in regard to the
territory of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was
represented to have said that it was the intention of
the Government forthwith to take the whole of the
territory from the company. What he said was, that
immediate steps would be taken to bring Vancouver's
London, England, 1858-04-24

THE INDIAN RESOLUTIONS.

THE following Resolutions were laid upon the table
of the Rouse of Commons on Monday
MONDAY, April 20.
Mr. CHANCELLOR or TUN EXClPNUER—Government of
India—To move that this house will upon Friday, the 30th
day of this iustant April, resolve its-l( into a committee
to consider the Act of the 10th and 17th of Victoria, cap,
95, " to provide for the government of India."

RESOLUTIONS TO DE PROPOSED DT THE CHANCILLOR OF
THE EXCHEQUER ON THE 30TH OF APRIL.
1. That, as the territories under the government of the
East India Company ere by law to remain under such go.
verntneut only until Parliament shall otherwise provide,
this house is of opinion that it is expedient that the transfer
of such government to the Crown should now take place,
in order that the direct superintendence of the whole cm•
pire may be placed under one exeoutive authority.
2. That for this purpose it is expedient to provide that
ber Majesty, by P4O of Ur Fri*cipal Oporttafmof stigso

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THE "EDINBURGH REVIEW" ON THE

MINISTRY.

THE article in the new number of the Edin-
burgh Review on the present Ministry is a sin-
gularly dull production. One might infer
from the internal character of the composition
that two or three hands contributed to its
stupendous stupidity. Upwards of forty (!)
pages are consumed by this patchwork pro-
duetion, which in the month of April, 1858,
discusses at full length the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER'S speech on India delivered in the
summer of 1837! The India question is
examined from the point of view presented
by it last year; and the style of the article
may be estimated from the fact that the name
of " Mr. DISRAELI" occurs at least jour times as
often as that of any other public character !
The article attempts to wind up with a damp
invective against the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER. " The public has been assured that ;
" Mr. DISRAELI is the real Prime Minister." (!)
Where was the public so " assured "? We can
answer, like our readers, in the columns of the
Times about a month since. And there is no
secret about a subordinate of the late Govern.
ment having been the contributor of that
article. One might suppose that the conduc-
tors of the Edinburgh Review had heard quite
enough by this time of having published in
the year 1853 a libellous article on Mr.
DISRAELI, which deeply degraded the character
of " Quarteily Periodicals." Even the " oldest
readers " of the " blue and buff" frankly con-
fessed that its onslaught upon Mr. DISRAELI
far transgressed all bounds of fair criticism
The attack on the Conservative Cabinet in
the current number is all set to the same
key ; for example, " Mr. DISRAELI has been
" able to overthrow a Government, but we
" doubt whether he can savo an empire," and
so on, ad nauseam.
We have rarely read so awkward and so
flimsy an attempt to represent a manifesto
from a party. It is quite evident that the old
patrons of the Edinburgh are quarrelling
amongst themselves. We cannot blame the
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guished organ of the Whigs, because
" Brookes's" is in an uproar, and the " Reform
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no doubt that in every political gathering of
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to those who have been so maladroit as to
commit the Edinburgh Review to Lord CLA-
RENDON'S " impolitic policy."
We ask our readers to observe the following
passage, which nccurs at page 565 of the article
on " The Second Derby Cabinet." The joint
writers of that article observe :
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THE BALLOT.

IN considering the moral effects likely to rise
from the adoption of the Ballot at elections,
three principal questions suggest themselves.
First, what are the evils for which it is pro-
posed as a remedy? secondly, will it really
remedy them? and, thirdly, will it produce
any evils new in kind or in increased degree?
To the first of these the reply is very brief.
In popular phrase, it is intended to'prevent or
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Will it, then, have these effects ? We reply
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our readers who incline to think the experi-
ment worth trying to ponder our arguments
on this bead. Let it be observed, imprimis,
that to have a chance of repressing either
bribery or intimidation the system of secret
voting must he compulsory. If it be not—if,
iu other words, the voter have it in his power
to give his vote visibly, the briber or inti-
midator will only have to insist on its being so
given in the presence of himself or his agent.
Five-pound notes, silk parasols, threats of
ejectment or withdrawal of custom, will retain
the influence dear to HATTER'S hopes or COP-
POCK'S gentle shade. The covetous or timid
will be lad or driven as now, with this
difference, however, that it will no longer
be possible to convict a candidate of employ-
ing undue influence. Clearly, then, secret
voting must be compulsory—a weighty objec-
tion, as will be seen when we come to our
third head of inquiry. We may believe our
neighbour's statement that he voted blue, or
orange, or any other hue of the political rain-
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if we distrusted his assertion could we prove
its falsehood. And this (say the Ballot-
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question your foresight, and especially we
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—a fact which a personal canvass may
establish for all practical purposes, though
it cannot be ascertained in detail.
There remain, let us say, 150 voracious free-
men or money-loving ten-pounders, who con•
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milliner—MATTHEW FIRTH and WILLIAM FIRTH,
TOrkehire, plasterers—WlLLlAM CAMPEING and SAMUEL
BROWSE, Norwich, shoe manufacturers—FßEDEßlCK WILLIAM
HOOPER and CHARLES W. WASS, 3, New Burlington•street—
TFIOnkS ETKESHED and CHARLES B. WHITCOMB, Gos-
port, soap manufacturers—THOMAS HEBARD, Broad-street-
buildings, merchant—FREDERICK PRIDOEON, King's Lynn, corn
merchant—BENJAMlN M'CLEISH CHEEKS, 100, Huston Old
Town, draper.

. .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JOHN CRAIG, Kirkton Toll,
Renfrewshire, wright—JAXES MACIXAN, Glasgow, hotel
keeper—GEOßGE NIACDONALD and Co., Campbelltown, Inver-
ness-shire, hotel-keepers—WlLLlAM CRRIATIE, Elgin, cabinet
maker—JOHN KAY and Co., Glasgow, tea merchants—Joni
3.lsrritscw, Kirktown Mills, Dundee, fiax.spinner.
London, England, 1858-04-24

Tll E PRE S S, APRIL 24,, 185 S.

What is the value of tho hack phrase that
" voters require to be protected in the exercise
"of the franchise "9 Are they to be protected
in well-doing, or in ill-doing? If the Ballot
can protect them, we have shown that it will
do so more effectually in the latter than the
former. Now, impunity to wrongdoers is an
unmixed evil ; but even could it be proved
that a voter under the present system is oc•
casionally subjected to inconveniences and
hardships, which the Ballot would avert or
diminish, are these also an unmixed evil?
We think not--some occasional suffering for
conscience' sake is not only one of the general
conditions of an honest and upright career, but
it is also no inconsiderable part of our moral
training. Tho strictly fair-dealing trader—
the scrupulous politician—give up something
to maintain their principles in short, every
man who adopts a high moral or religious
standard will have something to endure from
those who walk by lower rules; but such en-
durance trains them to firmness in the right,
while virtue untried is proverbially feeble.
Why should the exercise of the suffrage be an
exception to those general principles? We
firmly believe, that were it possible to place
every voter out of the reach of any undue
influences from without, such a state of things
would tend to weaken that sturdy political
independence which is the boast of Britons.

Our Ballot mongers profess great tenderness
for the timid and the venal—for the man whose
wants or tears make him admissible to a bribe
or a threat. But how do they propose to treat
he mass of voters who are neither timid nor
venal—the men who wish to exercise their
franchise in the face of day, and have an
honest pride in showing themselves superior
to bribery or dictation ? They, too, must
needs vote in a corner—they cannot pay a
personal compliment to the candidate whom
they esteem or admire—they will be unable
even to escape the degrading suspicion of
having voted against their principles ! This
is a real hardship in the first instance—but it
will be a source of moral evil afterwards.
Take from the voter the stimulus of the open
political conflict—the honest pride attendant
on discharging his trust before the eyes of his
fellow-citizens, and you make room for other
and lower influences—for caprice—for pique
—for envy, hatred, and malice. The spirit
that ostracized ARISTIDES would find "ample
room and verge enough" under the unhealthy
shadow of a secret vote.

We must here close our remarks. We do
not profess to have exhausted the argument,
but we trust we have said enough to shake
the faith of any honest believer in the Ballot.
With those who admire it as a weapon of
destruction, it were of course in vain to argue.
We can only trust that the good sense of the
country will long deny them the opportunity
of seeing their " devilish engin'ry " in active
operation.
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1. How small an amount of " conscience "
may be really present when a result is obtained
which seems to betoken a great deal. When
we hear of a whole parish giving up Church-
rates, and resorting to the voluntary principle,
we naturally conclude that the amount of
" conscientious scruple " is very large. Yet we
here find a case actually paraded in a Dissent-
ing newspaper, in which it is confessed that
one Dissenter constituted the whole array of
" burdened conscience " in the parish.
2. We observe, too, in this case, how easy it
is for an opponent to any rate or tax to enlist
supporters. So long as he acted alone, this
one Dissenter could do little ; but there is
probably no pariah in which some ratepayers
are not to be found who would prefer exemp-
tion to remaining under the burden. To all
such, the first step is easy. They have only
to exclaim, " Let it be a voluntary rate, and
let only those pay who are willing." Having
carried this point, some of these persons will
pay the first year's voluntary rate, and then
raise some objection the year after. Then it
soon comes to be understood that " You need
not pay the Church-rate unless you like it ;"
and naturally, in each following year, the
number of contributors gradually falls off.
3. But in what other case do we allow the
" scruples" of one ratepayer to outweigh the
assent of one hundred or five hundred? No
stronger " conscientious scruple " could be
adduced than that of Quakers against war ex
penditure. Yet if Messrs. BRIGHT and GILPIN
were to advance their conscientious scruples
in bar of a vote for the army in the House of
Commons, they would merely be laughed at.
But when " one Dissenter " objects to a
Church-rate, the whole law of the land is made
to vive way to him.
We observe that in the debate of Wednes-
day, in the House of Commons, Mr. BRIGHT,
Mr. BALL, and Sir J. TRELAWNY condescended
to use the pretence that they " advocated this
` measure out of regard to the interests of the
Church itself." This is nothing else than
;NT. It is merely following up Mr. MIALL's
advice of last week, not to " drive these men "
the„ Whigs--" away befcre the appointed
nine. Therefore, " the flag of separation must
not yet be unfurled." It must still he pre-
tended that Church-rates are to be abolished
(jut of regard to the good of the Church—that
440,000/ a year is to be taken from her re-
venues, merely to do her service ! This bare-
!aced attempt to deceive as well as to injure
is almost too much to be patiently borne. Yet
the pretence catches a few votes. The strongest
pressure is used by the Dissenters in all the
constituencies. The beset and perplexed
Al P. hears little from the Churchmen of his
borough; but he is assured by Sir JOHN TRH-
LAWNY that " it is chiefly with a view to the
interests of the Church itself" that he brings
forward his motion. And thus urged and in-
London, England, 1858-04-24

THE PRE S S, APRIL 24,1858.

which the Minister had brought against the French
Republic of 1848 for its conduct at that time with
regard to the Italian nation, spoke as follows :
Lamartine told the Italian deputation that, it the liberty
of Italy were attacked, the aid of France might be
reckoned upon ; and from the tribune he said that when
the hour of any nationality should strike, when any Italian
State should be invaded, when their right of alliance among
themselves should be contested, the protection of France
should not be denied. But the Sardinian ambassador
spoke in the sense that the Italian movement was and
should remain exclusively Italian, and that it would have
been a great evil if the armies of the French republic had
passed the Alps without being summoned. Marquis
Pareto wrote that Marquis Brignole ought to persuade
France not to interfere in our affairs. And a despatch
from Lord Palmerston, referring to the army of the Alps
and to an order of the day of General Oudinot, called the
attention of the Sardinian Government to the interest it
had in preventing a French intervention, and said that the
best way of getting out of it would be by a compromise
between the Government of Milan and that of Austria.
Thus spoke that Lord Palmerston who now, for the great
good fortune of liberty, has fallen. Therefore, if the Re-
public of 1848 did not interfere, it was because we did not
wish it. And here I ask leave, in my turn, to make an
indiscreet revelation. General Antonini, a few months
before his death, communicated to me a letter, of which I
have spoken to my Political friends, and in which General
Oudinot wrote to him : " I have 60,000 men, artillery,
cavalry, and infantry; give me an opportunity of inter•
fering. Ring the alarm bell at Susa. 1 will descend the
Mont Cenis, and we will go together to Vienna." After
Custoza assistance was asked tor, but then Cavaignac
already exercised a military dictatorship A republic
no longer existed, but the dictatorship of a general who
had killed 40,000 Frenchmen at the barricades. 1 say
40,000, because I consider transportation as a political
death.
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CHURCH R %TES AND INDIA.

On the motion that the house on rising should
adjourn to Monday,
Sir J. InELAwNY said that as he was determined to
pilie the sense of the house on church rates, he
hoped the Government would give tutu a day for that
purpose.
bord J. RUSSELL said he thought the Chancellor
the Exchequer was in error in saying that an
understanding had beeu come to to suspend the Bill
'No. 2 for the government of India. It was his im-
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house had decided on the resolution. lie had heinii
.3,1111 Fe* regre!, that deole,romon, bkit re 000*idered
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON

PUBLIC MONIES.
THE reply of the CHANCELLOR of the
ENCIIE.
QUER to the question put by Mr. RIDLEY, ask-
ing what course her Majesty's Government
intended to pursue with reference to the
Report of the Committee on Public Monies,
must give general satisfaction, since it is
another proof that Lord DERBY'S Ministry is
not opposed to change when change is likely
to be really beneficial, and that a Con-
servative Administration has no desire
to keep the publio in the dark as to the
manner in which the revenue of the country
is expended, but wishes that the House of
Commons should be satisfied as to whe-
ther its votes are appropriated to the services
for which they were intended, or otherwise.
The chief question for discussion with refe-
rence to the audit of the public accounts is,
whether the Appropriation Audit, as at pre-
sent conducted by the Commissioners of
Audit, shall be retained, leaving the exami-
nation in detail to be conducted fly each
department, separately, by means of its own
officers. To this we think that several grave
objections may be raised. The Appropriation
Audit is not, we conceive, nearly so satisfac-
tory a check as many of its supporters
imagine. Lord MONTEAGLE'S papzr on this
subject (Appendix 111. to Report of Committee
on Public Monies) shows that it is merely the
vouchers or books of the department, not the
original vouchers on which the payments are
made, which the officer of the Audit-office in-
spects in order that he may ascertain whether
each amount is charged against the proper
vote. The Chairman of the Audit Board
states that "in most cases the auditor has no
" access to actual evidence of proof of pay-
" meat, because that evidence does not even
" exist in the departments themselves ;" and
Mr. HOLLINGS, a War-office clerk, likewise
stated before the Committee that the Appro-
priation Auditor did not as a rule examine the
vouchers, and that he could not do so. Now,
it would appear that if the Auditor does not
see the original vouchers it is quite possible
for an incorrect entry in the books of a depart-
ment to pass unchallenged by him, and that
the certificate of the Auditors " that the
various sums voted have been correctly
" appropriated " is nothing more than a certi-
ficate that in the books of the Deportment they
are charged against the proper votes. This is
a very material difference. The original
vouchers can alone furnish satisfactory
evidence that each payment is chal ged against
its own vote. Another objection we see
in the present system of examining the
army and navy accounts is, that the exami-
nation in detail is left to clerks, serving under
the same chief as the accountants, and looking
to him for promotion; and, what is still worse,
expecting, perhaps, that the person whose ac-
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Pei iod become their superior officer. Besides
which, it is not likely that any item, however
extravagant the charge may be, which has
been sanctioned by the chief of a department,
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SARDINIA AND NAPLES.

THE CASE OF THE " CAGLIARI."
A telegraphic despatch from Turin, April 22nd,
states that the reply of the Court of Naples to the
last Sardinian Not' was olficially communicated that
day to Count Cavour. The reply is couched "
in
moderate terms," but contains "a flat refusal" of the
Sardinian demands.
Letters from Piacenza state that the concentration
of Austrian troops upon the Sardinian frontier is
occasioning much remark. The Austrian garrison
of Piacenza (in the Duchy of Parma) is being power-
fully reinforced. On the other hand, all otliceri of
the Sardinian army on leave have been ordered to
rejoin their regiments.

FRANCE.
The result of Bernard's trial has created a pro-
found impression upon the Paris press. The Mont'
teur gave a faithful account of the last day's trial
without comment. The Debuts " dare not" print
Mr. E. James's defence. The Constitutionnel 50-
110WKOS that the acquittal of Bernard has excited

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CHURCH RATES.

THE Nonconformist, Mr. NIIALL's paper, among
its intelligence of the past week, gives us the
following fact :
" STRADISIIALL, Suffolk.—ln this village, after
an attempt to impose a rate, it was at last
agreed that the amount required should be
raised by voluntary subscriptions. There is
only one Dissenting rate-payer residing in the
parish. Much praise is due to him for his
vigilance and successful exertions in bringing
the affair to such an honourable termination."
Here is a whole parish, accustomed for cen-
turies past to maintain its church in the mode
pointed out by the English law, suddenly
turned from its purpose by one persevering
opponent. Hundreds yield their views and
purposes to the objections of a single man.
From this little fact we gather the following
lessons :
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