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all the other tenants that it is better for them to
be quiet. But suppose he gets access to the court,
he finds himself arrested as a debtor, not only for
the year's increased rent, but for the increased
amount with interest on it for ton years

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principle could
nuous advo sate of the voluntar
scarcely ask for more, or, if so, the
been anticil )ated. Of course, where propel
is
has
been legl;!y dedicated to certain purposes, it
a
should be scrupuloug3y applied thereto, unles3
some pri.uciple of mop lity or deceucy be
violated. But neither th,q Government nor
Government servants should act as trustees
or executors, should give offiThe cia\ l en
shcoould beurageme
no
nt
to what is radically wrong. re
direct connection with what we belitwe to be
idolatrous ceremonies. Without interfering in
any degree with the funds, the managemint
thereof should be entrusted to those who could
cordially and conscientiously concur in the objects
to which those funds were dedicated.
No man should be rejected because of his reli-
gion—no man should receive an appointment or
be promoted because be thought proper to
abandon what he believed to be errors ; but there
is no reason why we should identify ourselves
with such errors, by managing the funds provided
for their extension.

LATE

EWE.

BERNE, JULY 23.

The National Council has decided that an appli-
cation shall be made to Naples, Belgium, and other
States, in the name of the Helvetic Confederation,
to do away with the differential duties levied on
the productions of Switzerland. The committee of
the Council of the States has unanimously recom-
mended the rejection of the application of the
Genevese Government against the expulsion or
sending into the interior of political refugees."
HAMBURG, JULY 23.

back, and has no remedy but to pay, or
to lie in prison till he can pay. This
is no exaggeration, as the reader may see, but
.an understatement of the villanies which a
powerful landlord in Bengal can perpetrate on the
unoffending ryot ; and the wonder is, not that
the peasantry do not care for us, but that they
should care to live and breathe under such a
3ystem. It will be remembered that intolerable
as were the oppressions of the talookdars of
Oude, the peasantry preferred what they endured
there to the sufferings to which they might be
i exposed under the forms and technicalities of
the courts which we have established. With
certainly not dishonest intentions, the Civil Ser-
vice has allowed a system of legal chicanery and
oppression to grow up under their management,
which must be completely swept away, and the
punjaub administration of justice introduced in
its place ; the task will be indeed an arduous one,
but there is no time to trifle. The natives ought
at once to feel some tangible results of the trans-
ference of the Government of India to the Crown.
They ought to feel the difference between a Cor-
poration, whose only business was that of money-
squeezing, and an Imperial Government, which
seeks not the money, but the welfare of its sub-
jects. There is one man in India to whom uni-
versal consent there points as the right man to do
what man can do as the Governor-General for
India. How long is it to be before a respectable
English Postmaster-General gives way to a man
of such Indian repute as Sir JOAN LAWILENCEk ?

The "new Norwegian loan of 10,800,000 marks
banco, guaranteed by the Storthing, negotiated by
the house of Heine, the North German Bank, at.d
the house of Erlanger, collectively, has been
favourably received, and considerable transactions
done at 98.

The German press remarks on the sanguinary
drama of Jeddah, but the journals of Vienna, or
those which are the habitual defenders of Austrian
policy, alone venture to extenuate the horror which
that event has caused, and find in the occurrence a
sul,j ect for making an apology in favour of the mild
and paternal regime which they admire in Turkey.
The New Prussian Gazette had announced that
the occupation of Jed.clah, Candia, and some
points of Bosnia and the Herzegovina by French
and English troops was in contemplation. The same
rumour appears to have been current at Vienna, for
a letter from that city, in the Journal deFrankfort,
endeavours to show that such a measure would he
equivalent to a declaration of war against Turkey.
" A foreign intervention," says that journal, " to
cause the execution, by force, of the Hatti•
houmayoum in the Turkish Empire would be a
political absurdity—an act of violence which
nothing could justify, and which would fill every
small independent State with alarm. The case is
not such as to warrant a declaration of war against
Turkey, since the latter has nothing to reproach
herself with, and does not refuse satisfaction ;
neverthelesg, the attemp':, at intervention would
lead to nothing less than a war, since the Porte
would be obliged to oppose such a measure with
all her strength, and the other powers could not
regard it with a tranquil eye."

Last night the Royal Assent was given to
sundry bills, sufficient to prove that although some
time was lost by the change of Ministry, more
was accomplished than during any recent session
under 'Whig Government. We need scarcely
allude to the Property Q
has already taken
ualification Act, under
\
which an honourable gentleman
his seat, without making any dedaratiom respect-
ing his possessions, whereby by one, and not the
least important, of the popular demands has been
we speak here of
gracefully conceded. Nor shall
the India Bill, which has now passed with some
,
trivial amendments which cannot lead to a
collision between the Houses, and which
will thus practically solve the great
problem requiring immediate solution. But we
may with pride refer to the Jews' Bill, under
which we trust that Baron ROTHSCHILD may take
his seat on Monday evening, and of which we
have been the earnest advocate for the last twelve

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Crhis Day..
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA.
TION ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
Lcrd HOTHAM asked her Majesty's Government
to state what course they intended to pursue with
reference to the disputed clauses of this bill.
The exprees understanding for sitting to-day was
to proceed with unopposed measures, and it wa3 the
duty of her Majesty's Government to scrupulously
adbere to that engagement, He moved that the house
resolve itself into a committee on this bill on Monday
next. No time would be saved by proceeding with the
bill to-day.
Mr. S. WARREN seconded the amendment.
The ATTORNEY-GENERA.L explained that circum -
stances had arisen, showing that justice could not be
done in the Divorce and Probate Courts without an alte-
ration of the law, and these bills had been introduced
to meet these defects. The acts referred to emanated
from the late Government, and the noble and learned
lord (the late Lord Chancellor) introduced the amended
bills into the Lords, where they were considered and
passed, and they came down to this house in the charge
ef the learned gentleman the member for Aylesbnry,
but he finding it impossible to bring on the bills,
he (the Attorney-General) reluctantly undertook to
carry them through this house. If the session closed
without their being passed numerous and severe injuries
would be inflicted on the suitors. He intended to strike
out the 24th clause of the bill, to which so much objec-
tion had been made, and he asked hon. members to
withdraw their amendments, especially those relating
to contentious business, and the throwing open of the
Adm!rslty Court to the profession generally, He aho
added he should withdraw the sth clause of the Divorce

The Agrain Gazette says :—" The Bosnian crisis
assumes daily a more serious aspect, and the
greatest agitation is said, on good foundation, to
prevail in all the districts of Egalet, where colli-
sions have even taken place between the Christians
and Mussulmans. •In some points the former
assumed the initiative, and were generally victo-
rious ; they are pillaging villages and seeking for
arms. The Turks do the same in the places where
the Mussulman population is the most numerous.
Hitherto no positive organisation has been visible
in all these movements. It is only an explosion of
rage long suppressed—a struggle of the poor against
the rich. But if Turkey does not speedily send a
considerable force, the movement will assume a
political and religious character, the consequences
of which may be incalculable."

years.
The Act merely authorises what might have
been done by the sole authority of the House of
Commons. The representatives of the people were
just as well entitled to dispense with that portion
of the oath which was merely forynol, and which
related only to the manner in which it could be
rendered binding on the conscience of the party,
while the adjuration extended to the entire sub-
stance, as they were topermit Messrs. PEASE
and BRIGHT to make an affirmation in place of
taking an oath. The rule was essentially the
same in both instances. The House was the
sole judge of its own privileges ; and, but for the
moral timidity of Lord JOHN RUSSELL (we shall
not call it cowardice), the British Metropolis
would have been saved from par tialdisfranchisemen t
for a dozen years, and the representative branch
of the. Legislature would have received the cc-
operation and assistance of a gentleman of whom
his fellow-members might well be proud. As it
is, we have got rid of an unpleasant and annoy-
ing difficulty, and the imminent chance of a col-
lision between two of the co-ordinate powers of
the State has been averted. The Oaths Bill has
also been carried. It is, however, the play
of Hamlet, with the omission of the leading
character, still it removes great anomalies, and is
a good measure per se, although the object for
which it was mainly contested has been achieved

Bill.
After some remarks from Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Ayrtop,
the Attorney-Goneral, and Mr. Walpole,
The house divided. The numbtra were—
For going into committee
Against it
I‘ldilrity
The bill then proceeded through committee with
amendments, clauses being inserted throwing open non-
contentious business to the profession generally.
DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT
AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill also passed through committee.
THIRD READINGS.
The fo'lowing bills were read a third time and passed
—Consolidated Fond (Appropriation), Metropolis Local
Management Act Amendment, Drafts on Banktra' Law
Amendment, Incumbered Estates (West India) Act
Amendment, New Writs Militia (Service Abroad) Act,
ContinuancP, and the Militia Continuance (No. 2).
, The house then adjourned.

by a different machinery.
The Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway 131
also become part and parcel of the statute law of
the land. The opposition at one time offere' was
eventually withdrawn. Neither the imaginary
reduction of the tolls of the new suspension
bridge, nor its quasi cesth,etic claims prevented that
which might be regarded as a boon to all classes
of the community, from "the select upper crust to
the unmitigated tag-rag and bobtail." But some-
thing more was done than merely giving railway
accommodation. The bridge is to be thrown
open free for every pedestrian on every Sabbath
and on certain holidays. The Park at Battersea
will thus be really rendered a people's park—a
new lung to the metropolis. Those who
earn their daily bread by their daily
labour, to whom every penny is of consequence,
cannot readily incur an expenditure of 6d., which
would be required to free the paterfamilias, his
platens uxor, and four pledges of affection
through the toll4Ar. The Park invite-1 him, but
it is a land of promise into which he cannot
return ; he regards it with a yearning heart, but
must be contented with a distant view. Now,
he may go on Sundays, and we trust the salutary
effect of the experiment will be such as to extend
the privilege to every day in the week, and to
render Battersea-bridge free as Westminster or
Blackfriars.
We shall only add that these advantages are
due to the fortunate change which displaced
Lord PALMERSTON, and substituted Lord DERBY
and his efficient coadjutors.

DON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 9,4, 1858.
TgE SUN, LO

THE PENINSULAR MAIL

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The steam ship Tagus, of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Captain
Christian, with the usual Peninsular Mail, in
charge of Lieut. Tickle, Admiralty agent, arrived
this afternoon at four o'clock. The Tagus during
the voyage experienced moderate northerly winds
and fine weather.
Her dates of sailing were :—Gibraltar, July 15 ;
Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto, 20 ; Vigo, 20.
She brings Ist class, 36 ; 2d class, 12 ; dock, 72
passengers.
The freight of the Tagus consists of 11 packages
of specie, value 4,6761., 20 boxes of eggs, 4 quarter-
casks of wine, 72 half-boxes of lemons, and 12
packages of sundries.
Her Majesty's ships Curlew and Red pole were at
Gibraltar. The screw steamer Sultan arrived on the
15th at 9.40 a.m., and sailed again same day at
2.10 p.m.
The usual Portuguese fleet at Lisbon.
The Tagus passed Feb. 22, lat. 46.22, long. 7,
the screw steamer Colombo, outward bound.

CO7,IZT OF COMMON COUNCIL,

-- -
A. Court of Common Council was held yesterday,
at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, to receive
a report from the Officers and Clerks' Committee,
on the reference to consider the nature, duties, and
emoluments of the office of Chamberlain, and to
reconsider the terms and conditions of the appoint-
ment.
Mr. H. W. VALLANCE, chairman of the commit-
tee, brought up the report, which was read. Its
principal recommendations were that the floating
balance to 133 kept by the Chamberlain in future
should not exceed 11,0001. ; that his account should
be kept at the Bank of Engand ; that the salary of
the Chamberlain should be fixed at 1,500/., instead
of 2,5001., its previous amount ; and that, instead
of giving security to the amount of 30,0001. in ad
dition to 30,0001. by himself, the Chamberlain in
future should only be required to give security for
half that amount, and that, in addition to himself,
he should only be required to find three securities
of 5,0001. each, or two of 7,5001. The report also
made reference to the Emolument Fund, and re-
commended that some new arrangements should be
made in connexion with it.
Mr. VALLANCE, in moving that " the Court do
agree with the committee in their report," said it
had been adopted by the Officers and Clerks' Com-
mittee, after a patient and diligent investigation,
during which they had the attendance of the cor-
porate officers, with every wish to support the
honour and dignity of the corporation. The three
principal recommendations of the report bad refer-
ence to the banking account, the floating balances,
and the salary. With regard to the balance, the
committee had found that the balance in the office
at the present time amounted to no less than
39,8341., and he believed that for five years past
the floating balance in the hands of the Chamber-
lain was on an average not less than 25,0001.—a
sum which the committee considered to be much
larger than was actually required.
A member of the court inquired whether the
Chamberlain would be allowed to follow any busi-
nes= or hold any other office or situation ? (Hear.)
Mr. VALLANCE—The committee have not re
stricted him in that respect by auy resolution. All
they require is that he shall properly perform the
duties of his office. (Hear, hear.)
The motion for agreeing with the committee in
their report was then carried amid loud cheers.
On a motion that it should be referred to the
Officers and Clerks' Committee to be carried into
execution, it was objected that no recommendation
had been made in the report with regard to pre-
cluding the Chamberlain from holding any other
office or appointment.
Mr. Deputy DAKIN regretted that the chairman
of the committee declined to take the initiative in
the matter. As he considered that there ought to
be a distinct resolution of the Court upon the sub-
ject, he would himself propose one, which he did
as folows
" That it is inconsistent with the position and duties
of the office of Chamberlain that he should be engaged
in any other business or occupation. It is therefore
necessary that the Chamberlain of the City of London
should be required to devote the whols of his time to
the duties of his office."
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Mr. VALLANCE then moved that the report
should be printed and circulated among the mem-
bers of the Court, which having been agreed to,
!ourt adjourned.

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
OF ENGLAND.

VTELLIGEIVOE.