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"The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing it 3 elf into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice ' and one-3 ided views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spintualnature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK— v \ gv . Launch of the Royal Sovereign 41 fi Army Education 420 THE ARTSOpening of the New Parliament 410 Naval and Military 417 A Strong Government at Sea 421 Nature and Art 427 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 410 Obituary 417 What to do inChina . 422 Roval Academv Private View 427 State of Trade 410 Miscellaneous 417 Mustering of the Is ew Parliament ... 4 i 3 Her Majesty ' s " Theatre 428 TheOrient 410 Postscript 418 A Last Arctic Expedition 422 Theatrical Notes 428 ^ S ^ rrectiou afc . Sarawak :::::::::::: t \ l open council- literature- ^ Sninfai Notes-::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ! il . -endide-on thesi s ™ *» ^^^^ = :::::::::::: ti TuoGa » ue 428 The Royal British Bank 414 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Th , ? i \ T of Gleilcore * i * Oar Civilization 415 PUBLIC AFFAIRS Calvin ' s Letters 4 A , COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSGatherings from the Law and . Po- Sir James Brooke in Borneo 419 Pnautasmata * - £ ntoili ^ . ^ P Ttfavkpts & c T 429 lice Courts 41 G Manchester and its Inhibition 420 Novels ¦ " ¦ —¦;_* - ! 1 b illtclllSencc , MaiKcts ^ c I ^ tf
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? rTlHE opening of Parliament proved to be a very _ I tame affair . The Opposition did not feel strength for any attempt ' at resisting the dictate of the Government on the first day . The proposal of Mr . Evelyn Denison by Lord Harry Vane and Mr . Thornely , passed as if it had been a matter of course ; and on taking the chair , Mr . Denison was congratulated , not only by Lord Palmerston ,
but by his possible rival , Mr . Walpole . This was it characteristic act of gracefulness on the part of the Opposition candidate ; but it was perhaps intended to show that the Opposition concurred in the choice , for by accepting it they prevented it from being a defeat . That simple duty- performed , uothing remained for the House but to begin the investigation of its own members , their due return and qualifications ; a labour which will scarcely be completed before the expiry of live or six days .
We bid farewell to the old Duchess of Gloucester with regret . It is not that there was any importance attaching to the last of the Georgian Princessesan aged Duchess is no better than any other aged woman , we shall be told ; but an aged woman or uny human being who happens to be brought prominently before us must be , for the sake of our common nature , a subject of regret . There must , too , have been something of a kindly nature in the old lady , for she was manifestly an object of interest to the Queen , who is known to be a woman of
right hearty feelings and of excellent good sense . There was a time when the Duchess took her place amid the splendours of a Court , and shared the sense of an almost sacred power : how long that has passed ! There was a day when her name was chiefly known in connexion with her husband , illustrious for his involuntary wit : that day now belongs to old times . And the Duchess has latterly been known to us as nothing nioro than the aunt of a Sovereign Lady , the great-aunt of that Lady ' s children .
Fow events have chequered public life in our own country . The fact of u riot in Ireland comes (\ liuost with thci force of novelty , especially a riot to prevent the export of potators , or nnother to mob a Komun Catholic Bishop . The Green Inland appears to be roturuing to its character of "Ouhl Ireland" iu refurenco to potatoes , . while it is becoming wonderfully Protestant in election mailers . Tho oil ' onco of the Bishop of Ahdaou whs , that lie hud presided at a meeting to favour the return of tho unpopular oandidate ; lie had " sold" tho Liberal
cause , and at Newtonforbes , it seems , the populace did not approve of the combination between the Roman Catholics and the Tories . The incident is amusing ; but it docs show undoubtedly that the humbler classes do not feel that absolute subjection to the Roman clergy to which they have been accustomed . The rioting to prevent the export of potatoes has happened in various parts of Ireland . It is incited
by the fact that the price of the root is doubled , not only from the prospect of- a scarcity by the late sowing this year , but also no doubt from the great demand in this country and even in France . Across the Channel the price has trebled within a short time , and the intense need for all classes of provision has given a premium to every available import . Indeed , there seems no rescue for the French people from nn amount of distress that would occasion
great suffering , and might be seriously embarrassing to the Government , except some special measure to introduce importations , and to place new supplies at the command of the people ; and a measure of that kind is confidently reported to be just now under the consideration of the Emperor . In this country we have an interest in the subject ; for so long as Franco is restricted to the comparatively
limited field from which her supplies arc drawn , we must directly or indirectly feel the intensity of the pressure . Admit supplies from a wider field , and the pressure will be proportionately relieved ; the Irish will then once more be able to enjoy their staple root without returning to the most barbarous form of " protection . "
Besides the systematic announcement of Mr . Disuakli last session , and the tone of the Tory organs more recently , several incidents have tended to show that the Tory Opposition will rely upon the cry of " retrenchment . " They will attack the Government for lavish expenditure ; and the estimates are to be considered as tho weak point . The Tory leaders rely upon two probabilities . Should Lord PALMEitsToN ' inaintain a Conservative course , should
he refuse the measures which the Liberal party expect , there will be a great indisposition to give him a cordial support ; and the gradual formation of an Independent parly within the broader " Liberal " ranks is already a mat tor of calculation . One of ( lie principles upon which the ; leaders of the Independent parly , have started is " retrenchment . " . . 'But Ilia ! , is not all . Occurrences iu tho far Jilasl have indicated an extension of military movements ; and although the immediate estimates may not contain tho sums requisite for such proceedings in
India and China , it is tolerably certain that they will be large . They will comprise some advances for the purpose of military improvements ; and while an additional expenditure is " looming in the future , " tlic Tories no doubt calculate that the Liberals will be very severe in demanding thorough reforms in return for the increased outlay ; while the additional bill impending for a later season , will afford opportunity for a" redoubled echo of " retrenchment" from the Tory side .
The intelligence from India and China is indeed unpropitious . The Chinese race appears to be running beyond its Emperor , and even beyond Yeh , the Governor of Canton , in hatred of the English-This spirit has displayed itself in all directions , from Canton to Singapore . At Sarawak an cmis sai-y from Singapore had successfully urged the Chinese to revolt , and it required all the chivalry of Sir James Brooke , supported by the heroic fortitude of a small European band , with the aid of Dyaks and other local allies , to inflict vengeance on the insurgents and to recover the lost ground . The Chincac had endeavoured to spike the guns on
board several of the steamers at llong-Ivong ; they had persevered in the attempt to cut off supplies , by burning those bakeries from which Allum issued his poisoned bread ; t hey had seized one steamer , with tho massacre of the captain and Europeans aboard , only one passenger escaping . In short , they appeared to labour under a paroxysm of combined patriotism and piracy ; and they evident ly calculated on making a booty out of tho British with patronage from Yi : u . They had confounded the Porlug-ucso with the British , and it is more than probable that all members of the Caucasian race will become a prey to the Chinese , unless their wolfish fover be peremptorily arrested .
Of course this extension or spread of aggression on the purl of the Chinese called for reinforcements . Before Lord Elgin could arrivc'on the spot , it is probablo thai the British commanders had sent their claim to the Indian Government . By that lime tho news would have arrived that the Persian war was stopped . The troops in two of the presidencies ut least , Bengal and Madras , ^^ *^^!^^^ - hibiting some signs of insii bordi ^^ jf ^ u ^^^^ Wi ^ X pretexts , but generally , it , is sajjj , ' ^ m ^^^^^ W f . . ^ were unemployed , and thus ^ heixJ ^ wisH ^ o ^^ wp ' ij ^ S meal , in India to fall in withwvn ^ KL ^\ s ^! wi < jt ' ' r ^; Avar in China . Should I he ^ \^ >^^^ yi 0 ^ W ^ . : of the Coles I ia I Empire be , ull ' M i | H ^^^ |^^ *" the aubiiiirtsion of i he fierce T ^ ]^ f ^^ i ^^ TW l r yj / 1 Qiwngs , it is probable 11 ml Lord ^ tfrft ^^^ ^
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Leader (1850-1860), May 2, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02051857/page/1/
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