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London, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

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DR. M. R. CULVERWELL and SON, Mem-
ber of the Royal Collee of Surgeons, Licentiate of
Midwifery, and Apothecaries' Hall, London.
Dr. C. was originally apprenticed to his brother, and assisted
him until his death in 1852, when he was appointed (through
his brother's will) by the present executors, SOLE SUCCES-
SOR TO THE PRACTICE, which he carried on in Argyll.
place five years, and has now removed to 3, Great Marl-
borough-street, W., London.
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TILE lONIAN ISLANDS.

At the meeting of the Assembly on the sth Feb.,
Mr. Gladstone spoke as follows :

"Mr. President and Gentlemen,

" Her Majesty the Protecting Sovereign desires, by cir-
cumspect but effectual measures to improve, up to their
highest capability, and according to the circumstances of the
times, the existing lonian institutions.
" This is to be done in two ways : First, as between the
lonian and the British element of the Government, by ex-
tending the sphere of the former, and by cautiously con-
tracting the agency of the latter. Secondly, as between the
different lonian elements, by dissociating powers that can-
not conveniently be exercised by the same instrument, and
by establishing the tees which experience has proved
to be most effective guarantees which experience has proved
to be most effective for the rights and the liberties of all the
classes of the community.
" The principal guarantees of full constitutional freedom
are these : —That personal liberty be subject to restraint
only by law ; that exceptional powers of legislation, from
which the representatives of the people are excluded be
abolished ; that neither tax be raised nor public money
spent, on any pretence whatever, except with their autho-
rity ; that they be provided with ready means of bringing
to trial all persons holding public employment, whom they
may conceive it their duty to accuse of grave malversation;
and that, besides this penal responsibility, the Ministers
shall hold office not for a fixed term, but during pleasure ;
in order that they may be in harmony with the legislative
body as well as with the nominating authority.
II" The chief guarantees, on the other hand, for the tran-
quil and stable action of the Government are the follow-
ing :—That the Senate, divested wholly of its executive and
initiative offices, shall have all the weight and indepen-
dence so necessary for its legislative functions ; that the
popular Chamber shall neither raise nor spend public money
except upon the demand of the responsible Executive ; that
the disposal of salaried offices by popular election be re-
nounced ; and that, if necessity require a partial exception
as to the members of both Chambers, they shall at least,
when the civil list is re-arranged, receive no more than a
carefully estimated compensation for the expenses which
their post entails upon them, so that the office may be
sought for its duties only, and in no degree for its profits
I recommend you to bring the lonian law, in this important
particular, more nearly into conformity with that of Greece,
where the members of the lower Chamber receive, in pro-
portion to the charge they incur, less than half what is
allowed in these islands ; and I feel assured that the
Assembly will now, as heretofore, merit the confidence of
the country by a generous and disinterested conduct.
" Of the changes, however, that have been just described,
the greater part relate to the division of powers among the
various lonian elements of the GoVernment. You will
naturally ask what is proposed in order to limit the action
of the Protecting Power in your internal affairs ?
" I answer at once, that the greatest of all the changes
proposed in this direction is to be found in the establish-
ment of a Ministry open to the influence of the Chambers,
combined with the effective appropriation to the Assembly
of what is termed the power of the purse. Still, in order to
give greater efficacy to these provisions, you are invited to
resolve that, upon a joint address from the two Chambers
praying- for the removal of a Ministry, it shall cease to hold
office.

"The Council of Ministers will, under the natural !play
ofsucins
styitsutteimonse,fbteheoe country,
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nistrativeand the Chief of the
Council will be the head of thar,
tY
hpe plan, proposed to you that, until more ptouwre
further erllt is, therefore,
the circumstanceshigh shall
permit of the development of some
station now enjoyed by the President of Senate shall
attach either to the Council of Ministers colle
its chief. If, however, you should conceive it your or to
duty to provide for the dignity of the Presidency rather
first
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than its political activity and power, I should defer to ytour
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wish as the most authentic organ of lonian feeling,- and I
should be prepared to frame or to listen to suggestions for
that end. It might perhaps be attained if a plan were
Adopted having this for its basis; thatthe PresideAt diould