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London, England, 1857-10-30 00:00:00

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the grey•
c ty respecting readin chanics' institutions,
long after the time and aPprentic g' `room
me-
of his friend Dr. Bro.kmg, 80
These institutions were the institutio. .1r bee'k
the middle classes and the upper
bsuortttohfoltnheeawhlii:dlh-
dle cl uses had the management
rule had completely obviated th e difflculty. ;jar hade
been bron2ht about by his -friend, Dr. Elliott, had
been bron2ht about by his friend Dr. Elliott, of
Carlisle. The same thing had been dene by Dr
Nicholson,, at " Peareth,"• and the same rule had
been applied at Kendal, in-Chi:shire. and in parts
of Lancashire, and was.woricittg well wherever it
had been adopted, byVitting the management of
thoee institutions into- 'the han,ds
.7net._of Calve_
fourths or of two-thiras of worhilig- nib_ is,' but the
whole managing committee shall•he;- according" to
' this rule, men receiving and living by, weekly wages.
(Hear.) The chairman had alluded to the measures
of which he (Lord Brougham) laid the foundation
40 years age in respect of the charitable trusts. Ha
had recently witnessed an instance at Brummagem
(Birmingham) of the good which had resulted from
'he inquiry of the commissioners ; a large revenue
of 13,0001. had beenrecovered, and King Edward's
College founded, which college was disseminating
the blessings of education. His friend Sir John
Pakington had said that religious instruction was
the basis of all education. The great problem was
how different sects could be united under one sys-
tem of education, it being admitted that religious
instructieu must needs be the foundation- of educa-
tion. (Hear, hear.) It was found that all sects
enited together in that school, and his friend
was
,anguine enough to hope that the same kind of sys-
estn there adopted may become universal. In all
;he education bills he had presented, first in 1820,
hen in 1830, 1833, 1836, and 1837, and down to
;hree years ago, that had been the great obstacle,
he uaitiog of persons of different sections and opi-
nions, which would now, if the.opinion aids friend
Nits correct, disappear. The chairman had referred
to the establishment of local courts. He was much
satisfied with what had been acquired. His bills of
1828, 1830, and 1833, had not been Carried to the
length he could have wishsd, as the County
C-ourt ought to possess an (quitahle jurialiction,
and be extended to 1001. instead of 501. His lord-
.hip next r ferred to the petition presented in Par-
liament by several of the most eminent solicitors in
-Landon, in-which ,;r, was stated that they could not
ad vice any client to go into chanceryforany less sum
than 1,0001., as they would probably get no remedy',
aldose perhaps a remedy worse than the disease.
(Laughter.) His lordship next referre 1 -to certain
bills which he had brobghtintime after time, which
After passing the House of Lords, which was agreat
thing, were thrown out by the House of Commons.
The House of Lords had been called the obstruc-
tives, but of late it was the other way. His friends
Hr. Howard, Mr. N. Hodgson, and Mr. Steel be-
longed to the profession. (Laughter.) Butthetruth
must be told, and if there were obstructives in the
way they were not in the House of Lords. Some-
times they (the lords) did perform a little feat of
Astruction themselves • but the obstruction has
not been somuch with them lately as with the House
of Commons. The act of 1811, which he succeeded
in passing, put that infernal traffic of slavery, not
as an offence against the revenue, but as a crime of
he deepest dye, and which was followed by the
final abolition of slavery. These were great and
lorious triumphs, and as far as England was con-
torned, slavery in her dominions existed no more.
These were great triumphs of the principles of hu-
m anity and of justice ; but if we were called upon
to retrace our steps, and to retravel the ground for
7u or 80 years—if
.we were called upon to restore
Africa to the horrors of that infernal traffic, or our
West India settlements to their state of negro sla-
very, should we not rather any other course, than
be guilty of such weakness? And the abandonment
.4 our Eastern Empire would be productive of pre-
lisely the same effects—(appla,use)—for it was not
that England depended on India for wealth, not
that Englaud depended on India for power—if
England had never setfoot in India, or if Indiawere
taken from her, her wealth and her power would
still remain the same, but then we should hand over
millions of the unhappy inhabitants of India to all
the horrors of primitive barbarism, as when our
reign ceased, there would then commence. the reign
if anarchy, of rapine, and of blo3d. We, who had
for a lengthened period, in fact fr nn our possession
of India, imparted a partial civilisation ; -we, who
had con terred upon them the inestimable blessings
of an administration of justice, generally speaking
pure—pure when compared to her own, we should
then hand those unhappy people over to all the
horrara of thegovernment of their own native chiefs-,
still fighting among themselves, and bringing the
great,T amount of misery upon their unhappy alib-
i vs. Therefore the thought of ahand ining India
/as entirely out of the question--(hear)—that
is, providing we are not compelled to give it up.
Heaven avert the possibility of such a thing t He
(Lord Brougham) did not believe that it was within
the limits of possiblity that such an event should
happen. If it did, our prestige would be lowered,
our repu'ati el tarnished ' • and when national
honour &patted a country lost it i only safe protec-
t on. Some one once said to Mr. Fox, is a
war only upon a point of notional h "Only
-neon national hOualiri;_said tom, 1 should -
know how any war -could be defended lipon ttn.Y
other ground. (Hear, hear.) Unless you come to
a point of national honour, which means national
existence, you had better not go to war at ail." He
therefore called upon them to make every sacrifice
and to strain every nerve; for if they were driven'
out of India, they were safe nowhere else. His
(Lord Brougham's) hon. friend had said, that after
this great struggle was over—it was only a struggle
with an armed body of mutineers—that when the
s ruggle was over, much would remain to be done
to prevent the recurrence of mischief, and to im-
prove the administration of the country. The
giving of it up was impossible on all bands, for we
were habituated to supreme sway there; we wore
inured to empire, but some modification of our
government—of our administration rather than our
government—was required, which would come
under the consideration of Parliament. Another
point mooted was the limits of the retribution to be
inflicted, bait that question would be decided long
before Parliament was called upon to deliberate.
Justice ought to take precedence. Far be it
from him (Lord Brougham) not to wish that
every possibie meant should be taken whereby
the innocent should be Eeplra`ed from the
guilty ; but that severe punishment was ne-
cessary—that re ribution was almost a matter of
course—that, as on the banner before him, justice
must be placed above mercy, was a matter of ne-
cessity. Other banners might place the words
"Peace and harmony, honour and loyalty," on a
level, but justice and mercy must follow in 83..
quence, and justice must precede mercy. (Hear.)
Though not immediately connected with social
progress and social economy, it seemed impossible
for him (Lord Btoughatn) to refrain from saying a
word on the subject. (Hear, hear.) He begg, d
once-more to return his must hearty thanks for the
great, the almost unexampled kindness which had
been conferred upon him.
His lordship resumed his seat amid loud applause.
Several other toasts were afterwards given and
responded to, and when his lordship left the George
Rota he was lourtly cheered by an immense con-
course of people who had assembled outside.

TIJE EPIDEMIC AT LISBON.

LIS BON, OCT. 24.
The prevailing epidemic appears to be increasing
instead of yielding be!ore the advance of winter
and the prevalence of a much colder atmosphere.
The deaths during the last ten days have averaged
some 80 to 90 daily. It is said that the Viscount
de aorta and Carlos Bento, Minister of the In-
terior, are indisposed. The well. known actor Epi-
fanio, of the Theatre of Donna Maria 11., is among
the recent victims of ti.e fever.
Although au immense number of the inha-
bitants of Lisbon have fled into the villages
and townships around the capital, few cases
of the epidemic have yet occurred there. The King
still continues to reside at Necessidades.

Political and commercial news there is none—.
still nothing is talktd about or thought of but the
dreadful disease which weekly adds its hundreds t,)
the bills of mortality.
Several engineers in the service of Sir M. Peto
arrived by the last packet, and the surveys' of the
e noarpwtckgeotin'gßaognu's arrived on the
2 line
2Ta bite: OportotP.
,ebuiiiotsaaural
usual
had
no
inh two city , she merely receiveacothinemunicationdwith
tarred boxts, for fear of infection, and let
te
mails ma e up
the same day for the south.

THE LATE ESCAPE Op A TIGER IN RAW/LIFT-HIGHWAY.:
ab`Tlrylallezthrit.ohyeac;SLOtßosiirleoonAussill
osinjured is progressing favour.
investigation of one of tArhlP.eitlicahlu.rz.—Ofn
fWednesdayaituhset
I.lr. H. S. Bright, the bankrupt, wasa
rso!srgutenreydaagt the
dull Police-court, before the mayor and several of the
other magistrates. At ten o'clock, when the court was
opened, a very large crowd of persons had assembled in
the Townhall-yard, near the court, and
aainundudeatdhletaornonumaibeu
era:
afterwards considerably increased, as intense interest
appeared to be taken in the proceedings. It was decided
th.,t the ease should be taken as near
u 1p
tlooth'caltoetkimaes
only
policebt very many
4hiabdl e
b,
eaennddai
ebpoouste
dt hoaft,
andt' time
tnehtttoheheectophourerirsdtoci
ennooaeurrrytt
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was brought •
into
the court and ascended the dock.
gbeecfilledro w d
wtrfwieeuaemwerriaenhiegart)ohedtmedhnbineoe euiwtnt
tshetodad admitted,d
.' admitted
ofi:Frtt
who
heludrori investigation,aclase o f
at, the close of the examination
against Mr. Bright,
bail being refused,—Leeds
Mercury, .

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