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Sir A. H. Elton's New Kovel.* Th E Old A...
spite and malicious enmity of others , rather than of his own misdeeds ; though the author , wisely -. copying 1 from Nature , which does not indulge us in many specimens of ' perfect humanity , has represented him as no saintj and he may be justly considered as _ haying , in conjunction with the rest of his species , a fair share of vices and irregularities ' treasured up against him in the Book / of Doom . Herbert first . ' lays himselfopen to the voice of opprobrium , — by sacrificing the happmess of an innocent and devoted girl to the gratification of a selfish passion . In other words , having won the affections , and successfully solicited the hand of one Ada Littlecot . he first tampers witli the trust she artlessly reposes in him , and then allows himself to be entirely ¦ ¦ wi thdrawn / from liis allc'giancc by the superior attractions of' 2 id-v ( tatturf Jtx 7 / rr , whom lie ultimately marries , leaving- his first fiancee , in a state of hopelessness bordering ' upon desperation . Our -hero does not attempt to palliate his conduct in this matter , though he might , perhaps , J > e excused , under the plea of the uncontrolled emotions of youth and inexperience , but he protests against the punishment he receives as immeasurably greater than the offence . The father of the injured lady , Sir ' Hugh Littlecot , a man of an unforgiving and vindictive disposition , forthwith becomes the bitter enemy of his formerly elected son-in-law , the procuring of whose downfall becomes henceforward the chief purpose of his existence . During- a popular election , in which our hero holds forth for a place called Meadshire , his character and personal aftairs arc suddenly assailed in a most unjustifiable manner ; and he finds himself , from some mysterious cause , the object of popular hatred , violence , and ¦ - . contempt . The machinations of his secret enemy follow him into Parliament , and he is obliged ultimately to resign , in order to escape from the indignities and aspersions remorsely cast upon him . Soon after , by the exertions of the same indomitable foe , he is ousted out of his possessions , made to appear infamous in the eyes jr > f his wife , and . finally ruined ; his character and prospect : ? : being blasted beyond the possibility of retrieval . Thus have we placed before us , in glowing colours , the portrait of a man " more sinned against than sinning . " Doubtless , many of the " reviled" of this world , if their cases were thoroughly entered into , wotild turn out to be no greater culprits than Herbert Chauncey , though they , like him , might be able to trace the origin of their misfortunes to some error or wilful misgovernnient of their own .- This is a decidedly clever novel ; and will considerably enhance the reputation of the author .
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7 O 6 TAe Saturday Analyst and Zeader . [ Aug . 4 , I 860 .
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- PARLIAMENTAEy ^ CCENTI ^ CITY */ T HE late Mr . Henry praunmemd was well known to Parliamentarians as rich ; odd , fanatical / and . cleveiv At school he ~ was the coritempQrary of Peel and Byron , and studied with them at Harrow . From thence he went to Oxford , where lie remained two years ; and , in 1807 , on returning from a tour in Bussia ; he married , before attaining his majority , Lady Henrietta Hay , eldest daughter of the ninth Earl of KinnouU . His grandfather , ^ ord . Melville , had already brought him into contact with Mr . Pitt , and from that connexion he seems to have derived his peculiar political . . principles-, which in the iiiain were Conservative . More important still , perhaps , is the fact , that he became , by inheritance , one of thepartners in the bank . at Charing-cross , founded by the brother of the attainted T Jjord Strathallan , to whose integrity-the , sufferers under the proscription consetnient Upon the insurrection of 1745 , confided the relics of their fortunes and the management of their affairs . In l # 10 , Mr . Drummond entered Parliament for the borough of Plyrapton Earle ; and sat for three years , during which he carried through the House a bill ( 52 Goo . * 3 , c . 63 ) , which made the embezzlement by bankers of the securities entrusted to ^ them a misdomeanoui " , punishable by fourteen years transportation , the need of wliich lias been since exemplified . He founded , also , in 1825 , the professorship of political economy at Oxford . In 1847 , he returned to Parliament , as member for the western division of Surrey , In later years , he was the patron of the Rev . Edward Irving and his . ' ' . sect . ¦ ¦' ¦'¦ ¦!¦ ' . . - . '¦¦¦ ¦''¦ * . . ¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦ . ' . ' The course of Mr . Drummond in Parliament was independent , both in political and religious matters . His notions were , in fact , individualities ; conscientious , but odd . They were , however , not necessarily untrue , though bold exercises of the fight of private judgment . He had , besides , a power of sarcasm which made him rather a dangerous opponent in the House . Theso specialities , in the eyes of his biographer , look like genius , and , in a certain sense , were constituents of a genial power . that distinguished Mr . Drummond from the conventional wen with whom he was associated . " Fromhis sole political object , " says Lord Lovaine , " the assertion of the honour and dignity of his country , and the maintenance of the institutions wliich secure them ; neither the indolence too often engendered by wealth , nor the temptations of ambition , to gratify which many opportunities presented themselves , could turn him aside ; incapable of selfish ana personal motives , unwearied in labour , no ridicule could baffle , no opposition daunt lum , and in the pursuit of justicp ^ nd nght _ he was never known tc ^ fj ^ rjlio face of man . " " ~ : AH thiFis truer WTiatTthen , waslbno peculiar onginalifjrbf"IWiv Drummond ? It was this , that , as an opuiionist , ho had a bye-way of his own ; his thoughts travelled not in the high way of schoolmen or statesmen . Ho was a private theorist , shielding his individual notions under covei * of Catholic assumption and Constitutional fidelity . His mind did not progress with tho nge , but was over contriving nomo neat little system for its own private gratification , and making * points both of creed and conduct out of his own
idiosyncrasy , which sometimes appeared absurd enough . He stood alone , and ' liked to do so , thinking- thereby that he stood on an apex , in solitary greatness ; but he was in error , he had but esconced himself in a niche from which the prospect that belonged to the elevation he desired was shut out . He had narrow prejudices concerning the press , Sunday , capital' punishments , divorce , and other things , though he differed with Mr . Spoor ier on the subject of Maynooth College . Owing to these , Mr . DrummondV speeches , even when most clever , are of small value . They embody no principles on which -tlie world is acting , or likely again to act . In the second yoknne , wo have some religious essays and epistles , and among them one on the Fine Arts , which , perhaps , is the only thing truly readable in the collection ; that contains some shrewd remarks , and . sOiiie just criticism .
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* ffpeechea In Parliament , and some Miscellaneous Pamphlets , qf the late Henry Vrummond , jisq . Edited by Lord Lovnluo . 2 Yole . London : Bonworth And Harrison . I
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FOREIGN . CORRESPONDENCE . ¦ Sl'JECT \ L . ' . " ' Hanovkk , July a 1 st , 18 ( 50 . L OUD PALMEllSTOJSTs speech upon the fortification of England , has been grist to the mill of the German-press , only they are somewhat surprised ami puzzled at the siuMctmass and tardiness of the noble Lord ' s apprehensions of danger from the vast armaments and ubiquitous interference . of Louis Napoleon . Lord pALirKusTOjf has , hitherto * been considered , by all parties in this country , as a personal .- ¦ friend of the Emi'EUOk ' s , and liis late alarming oration is adopted-as a sign , either that a rupture of their friendship has tak n ¦ place , or that : i war between the two countries has become more than ever imminent . " Mais ov , C 7 i sornrhe nmis ! " Is this state of things to be the sole result of the alliance of the two great nations , the heads of civilization ? We have been taught to believe , that an alliance between England and France would secure the peace of the world ; that * without their permission , no mouse should squeak . It is true , indeed , as I remarked in my last letter , that Germany has enjoyed a certain degree of liberty from the fears of their princes , but they have likewise shared , and still share , those ; fears , and , what is more , have had to pay dearly in consequence , in the shape of heavy taxes , dear provisions , and stagnant trade . If EngLind how declares her alarm , by the mouth of her first minister , what must be the , feeling of ^ he nnntediate neighbour of France ? If " NAPOMOir represents the defeat of WaterloOj and is resolved to revenge it , the Prussians , who made that defeat so bitter , who placed bags of gunpowder under the Jena bridge , at Paris—who attached ropes to the statue tmon the " Vendome column , will , theyknow it well , bethe first ; or ~ last objects of his worst revenge . It is worthy of remark , that the mass of liberals , in Germany , are by no ineans inclined for an alliance with England , under the Ministry of Lord PalmI-irston , whom they have long been accustomed to regard as a persistent opponent to the union ar id material progress of Geiinany ; they iloint to tlie anti-¦ ' . ¦ German- policy ever pursued by England , while Lord PalmeRstpx was Minister ; the support of Denmark against Germany / with reference to Schleswig and Holstein ; the threat to treat the Vessels of the Whilom German fleet as pirates , on their appearing in the waters of Heligoland ; and , more especially , they —remembei'Hfoafr ^ e ^^ s ^ Secreta ^ ¦ thwarted the Germans and ltussians in putting an end at once and for ever to the power and influence of France , by utterly destroying Paris , and partitioning- the countries which had been cribbed-arid ¦ united by the intrigues , marriages , and wars of the ancient kings of Franc ' e . The English made ^ ilse of Germany , to strip Francei ' her colonies , but left the latter on the Continent , as great as siu > was before , to be 11 constant thorn in the side of Germany . They can never forgive nor forget that , notwithstanding the insults Germany had endured from France , and the awful sacrifice of her sons , France was permitted to retain possession of Alsiitia , a 'country thoroughly German at that time and , indeed , still so , in ^^ spite of ^ he exertions of the French Government to Gallicise it . As nothing less than the partition of France , in caso of a war , would satisfy the Germans , both liberals and feudalists ,, and as they cannot expect England to join in it , they would much prefer an alliance between Prussia , Russia , and Austria , even at the sacrifice of their present liberty , such as it is . They think , however , their loss of liberty would only be temporary ; for , Franco crushed , and the excuse for the enormous standing armies removed , they would be able to deal with their princes themselves . It is certain that tlie diplomatists of 1815 , were neither very wise nor very far-seeing ; and to judge by tho results which have followed that settlement , it is as easy , if not easier , to be minister to a king than clerk to a merchant . The faith in diplomacy , as an art , is fast declining' —overwhelmed by the experience of the last twenty years . Nobody wonders now that the plain country gentleman Ckomweix , tho colonial planter Washington , the printer Fbankxin , proved bettor rulers , lawgivers , and negociators , than our Grace of-God Sovereigns , our hereditary aristocrats , and our drilled diplomatists , Tho exasperation at theso "overla 9 tlng r tocsin ^ - reached wuch a degree , that it inu « t bo calmed very Boon , or it . will find vent in a way that will servo as a lesson for all futuro timon Tho numerous Conferences of tho Princes show how ill the nil 01 s fool at ease . They begin to porcoivo the folly of relying upon their armed hosts , instead upon tho love of their subjects . They must perceive that tho educated classes . have not tho slightest confidence in tho ability of tho Governments to protect thorn in their national independance , or their privato property . Two or three hundred ragamuffins , with an imposing national rallying cry , may revolutionise all Germany at any moment , tho groat body of tho people
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 4, 1860, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04081860/page/10/
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