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The Week.
Chancellor o | the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Comnmns , the Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli ; Lord Chancellor , Lord Chelmsford ( Sir Frederic Thesiger ) ; the Lord President , the Marquis of Salisbury Lord Privy Seal , the Earl of Hardwicke ; Secretary for Foreign Affairs , the Earl of Malmesbury ; Secretary for the Home Department , the Bight Hon . Spencer Walpole ; Secretary for the Colonies , Lord Stanley Secretary for War , General Peel ; President of the Indian Board , the Earl of Ellenborough ; President of the Board of Trade , the Bight Hon . J . W . Henley ^ President of the Board of Work s , Lord John Manners ;
First Lord of the Admiralty , Sir John Pakington . Not in the Cabinet . —Chancel lor of the Duchy of Lancaster , the Duke of Montrose ; Postmaster-General , Lord Colchester ; Secretaries of the Treasury , Sir W . JoiiifTe , Bart ., and Mr . G . A . Hamilton ; Secretary of the Admiralty , the Bight Hon . H . Corry ; Vice-President of the Board of Trade , the Earl of Donoughniore ; Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs , Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald ; Under-Secretary for the Home Department , Mr . Hardy ; Under-Secretary for the Colonies , the Earl of Carnarvon ; Under-Secretary for War , Lord ffardinge ; President of the Poor Law Board , Mr . Sotheron Estcourt : President of the Board of
Education , Mr . Adderley ; Judge-Advocate , Mr . Edward Egerton ; Attorney-General , Sir Fitzroy Kelly ; Solicitor-General , Mr . Cairns ; Lord-Advocate , Mr . Inglis . Parliament met on Friday and was adjourned to Monday—all that was done being to move for the issue of writs for the various seats which have become vacated by the acceptance of office on the part of the new ministers . Cn Monday Earl Derby made his ministerial statement ; he bore testimony to the efficiency of the army , and the energy with which the late ministry had conducted the Government . Though the present law punished conspiracy to murder , it was probably not sufficiently definite , and after having answered the despatch of Count Walewski , the Government would consider how far it could be amended . The House of
Commons having declared by so large a majority in favour of an alteration of the Government of India , a bill would be introduced on the subject . The question of Eeform might be left for a future session . The House of Lords stands adjourned to the 15 th , and the House of Commons to the 12 th of March . From India
the news continues most satisfactory . The latest dates are from Alexandria , the 24 th February . They represent Sir Colin Campbell to he at the head of 25 , 000 troops , preparing to attack Oude , which is to be entered from various points . Several minor engagements have taken place , but the most cheering of the news is that portion which states that trade is reviving , the cultivators getting in their winter crops , and funds rising . Such statements are sure indications of returning confidence in the British rule , which cannot be misunderstood .- — Perhaps nothing was ever more complete than the victory over the Chinese at
Canton , when Yeh and the Tartar general fell into the hands of the English . What may be the result of this victory , however , nobody appears to be able to form an opinion ; though it is pretty generally considered that neither Lord Elgin nor the French plenipotentiary are acting with sufficient energy to have any effect at Pekin . A constrained voyage of Commissioner Yeh to England , however , may give the Orientals a better idea of the power of the " outside barbarians " than they at jn'esent appear to entertain . From America we hear that there has been another of those scenes which make their legislation work for strongbodied rather than . strong-minded men . There has been a regular fight in
Congress . One of the slave party used rough language to one of the free party , got as good as he gave , went further , and was not merely knocked down , but placed hors de combat by the stroke of his adversary . Upon this , his friends rushed to charge the victorious free-soil man , and his friends in turn Hew to his
rescue . The combat raged , and it was not until a ludicrous incident of a senator tearing at another ' s hair , and finding that it was a wig , brought the combatants into amother mood , that peace was made . The American journals express great fear of the ridicule such scenes will draw upon the institutions of a country whose statesmen can behave in such a fashion . The trial of the parties who were connected with the late attempted assassination of the Emperor of the FVench has been brought to a close by the jury returning a verdict of guilty , without extenuating circumstances , against Orsini , lUulio , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
Chancellor o | the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Comnmns , the Right Hon . Benjamin Disraeli ; Lord Chancellor , Lord Chelmsford ( Sir Frederic Thesiger ) ; the Lord President , the Marquis of Salisbury Lord Privy Seal , the Earl of Hardwicke ; Secretary for Foreign Affairs , the Earl of Malmesbury ; Secretary for the Home Department , the Bight Hon . Spencer Walpole ; Secretary for the Colonies , Lord Stanley Secretary for War , General Peel ; President of the Indian Board , the Earl of Ellenborough ; President of the Board of Trade , the Bight Hon . J . W . Henley ^ President of the Board of Work s , Lord John Manners ;
First Lord of the Admiralty , Sir John Pakington . Not in the Cabinet . —Chancel lor of the Duchy of Lancaster , the Duke of Montrose ; Postmaster-General , Lord Colchester ; Secretaries of the Treasury , Sir W . JoiiifTe , Bart ., and Mr . G . A . Hamilton ; Secretary of the Admiralty , the Bight Hon . H . Corry ; Vice-President of the Board of Trade , the Earl of Donoughniore ; Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs , Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald ; Under-Secretary for the Home Department , Mr . Hardy ; Under-Secretary for the Colonies , the Earl of Carnarvon ; Under-Secretary for War , Lord ffardinge ; President of the Poor Law Board , Mr . Sotheron Estcourt : President of the Board of
Education , Mr . Adderley ; Judge-Advocate , Mr . Edward Egerton ; Attorney-General , Sir Fitzroy Kelly ; Solicitor-General , Mr . Cairns ; Lord-Advocate , Mr . Inglis . Parliament met on Friday and was adjourned to Monday—all that was done being to move for the issue of writs for the various seats which have become vacated by the acceptance of office on the part of the new ministers . Cn Monday Earl Derby made his ministerial statement ; he bore testimony to the efficiency of the army , and the energy with which the late ministry had conducted the Government . Though the present law punished conspiracy to murder , it was probably not sufficiently definite , and after having answered the despatch of Count Walewski , the Government would consider how far it could be amended . The House of
Commons having declared by so large a majority in favour of an alteration of the Government of India , a bill would be introduced on the subject . The question of Eeform might be left for a future session . The House of Lords stands adjourned to the 15 th , and the House of Commons to the 12 th of March . From India
the news continues most satisfactory . The latest dates are from Alexandria , the 24 th February . They represent Sir Colin Campbell to he at the head of 25 , 000 troops , preparing to attack Oude , which is to be entered from various points . Several minor engagements have taken place , but the most cheering of the news is that portion which states that trade is reviving , the cultivators getting in their winter crops , and funds rising . Such statements are sure indications of returning confidence in the British rule , which cannot be misunderstood .- — Perhaps nothing was ever more complete than the victory over the Chinese at
Canton , when Yeh and the Tartar general fell into the hands of the English . What may be the result of this victory , however , nobody appears to be able to form an opinion ; though it is pretty generally considered that neither Lord Elgin nor the French plenipotentiary are acting with sufficient energy to have any effect at Pekin . A constrained voyage of Commissioner Yeh to England , however , may give the Orientals a better idea of the power of the " outside barbarians " than they at jn'esent appear to entertain . From America we hear that there has been another of those scenes which make their legislation work for strongbodied rather than . strong-minded men . There has been a regular fight in
Congress . One of the slave party used rough language to one of the free party , got as good as he gave , went further , and was not merely knocked down , but placed hors de combat by the stroke of his adversary . Upon this , his friends rushed to charge the victorious free-soil man , and his friends in turn Hew to his
rescue . The combat raged , and it was not until a ludicrous incident of a senator tearing at another ' s hair , and finding that it was a wig , brought the combatants into amother mood , that peace was made . The American journals express great fear of the ridicule such scenes will draw upon the institutions of a country whose statesmen can behave in such a fashion . The trial of the parties who were connected with the late attempted assassination of the Emperor of the FVench has been brought to a close by the jury returning a verdict of guilty , without extenuating circumstances , against Orsini , lUulio , and