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A / W ^ Wiw ^ / m ^ mW . ^ mtrna ^ tm Ji . f A POLITICAL AND LITERACY REVIEW .
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"The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater di 3 tin . ctn . cs 3 is the Idea of Humanity—the nobie enclea-vour to throw down , all the barriers erected between , men by prejudice and one-sided , views ; and , oy setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one grext object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Ilunihuldt ' s Cosmos .
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- faoe , ¦ Naval and Military News 221 Bousfield on Capital Punishment .. 32 G PORTFOLIOTie Peace .. . 311 Obituary .. 221 Dependence of Judges on th « Exe- r >(? ran ~ pr ' s T n « t Versos 322 The Wind-up-of tlie War 315 Miscellaneous 321 cutive . 327 Stranger * . Last ^ V erae 3 J 22 Imperial I ' urliameiit 315 Postscript 322 The Kiffht of Ji lection in France ... 327 tuc adtc _ Public Meetings ais \ I H t AKii Is Mr . John Sadleir Dead or Alive ? 318 _ ,. _ .. . _ . __ .., _ _ | . . __„ . _ ,. __ Portraits of the Queen , Prince Al-The . lievenue 318 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— i LlitRATURE- bert , and the Princess Royal 332 StateofTradc 318 The War and the Peace 323 ! Summary 328 Ireland 31 S An Italian Warning 324 Hours with the Mystics 328 n » r » , i . tf » < m America 319 Count . Montalembert on linglisli : The Kiii-opuun ! ievolutions of 1848 .. ;) 30 me uazcito * oo The Orient ...... 319 Politics 324 \ The Political Life of Sir Robert Peel 330 nnwiMFRPI ^ I AFFAIRS Continental Notes .... 310 Walker 3 J 5 Chunk History of the Nineteenth UUIYI iv 1 fcKOI / -4 l . rtr-rAircn Our Civilisation 220 Torture in India 325 ! Century .... 331 City Intelligence , JIarkets , ice ..... 331
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npiIE Western Alliance became , on Sunday last , ¦ * - the Holy Alliance by favoiu- of the new treaty of peace . Russia saw the policy of not a ^ penring any onger to knock her head against a stone wall , ami the W estcrn Powers saw the policy of opening the door to Russia , that they might have tlie assistance of that power instead of its hostility . For the Governments all perceive that there are greater dangers for them in Europe than any Eastern question can be . There are central questions . So anxious were all sides for peace that they agreed to accomplish it at once , although they could not publish the treaty . It was signed by the Plenipotentiaries of Austria , France , Great Britain , Prussia , Russia , Sardinia , and Turkey , on Sunday afternoon . Within twenty-four hours it was known over the -whole of the United Kingdom , and it has been received with a striking moderation . The universal feeling appears to be that a Christian people are bound to welcome peace , but that Hi is Christian people would not have been much chagrined if there had been another year of war , during which our fleets and armies might have done so much better than they have , and during which also "we might have had some interesting events . The text of the treaty is still withheld , and it was explained by Lord Palmrhston on Monday , that it was withheld in deference to n form—it being considered peculiarly necessary on this occasion that the Sovereigns , whose Plenipotentiaries here affixed their signatures , should themselves liavc an opportunity of renewing the text ; but , saiid Lord Pamukrston , the objects of the war have been attained , the- terms of the treaty m « o already known to the public :, and l'higlimd will bo quite satisfied . We have no doubt thut lioi-d Palmishbton is well-informed on tlin subject ; he has nlso so much knowledge of tins country that hu has a right to apeak ; aud on such an occasion ho would not venture to uso language tlmt would afterwards turn out to be inncnuvato . Wo nro inclined , therefore , to tiike Lord Palmbuston ' s word for the fact , and to
suppose that the objects of the war—the expulsion of Russia from meddling in the internal affairs of Tui"ke 3 , its Principalities or Christians , from blocking up the navigation of the Danube , and from over-awing , the commerce of the Black Seahave been effectually attained . We very much tloubt whether some of those to whom we are under obligations have obtained any corresponding advantage from their co-operation ; whether Sweden has been in the slightest degree reimburscd for the assistance that she gave , which was . so valuable at the latest point ; whether Sardinia , who has stood by us so much longer , lias been in any manner repaid her for outlay , her exertions , and her sacrifices . We do not know what France hns got out of the matter , except some increase of prestige , some extorted acknowledgment for the Emperor Nai'Olkon from the other potentates of Europe . We are sure that France has got even less than England , since this country will be one of the first , we avow , to reap all the advantages likely to be derived from the complete freedom of trade in the Black Sen , and the renewal of the Baltic trade on a much extended scale . These arc rcnl advantages , and no prejudice ngainst nny party can make us deny the fact ; but what France will get in return for the sacrifices she bus made it puzzles us to divine . If she is to get any extension of trade , she might have bad quite as much . without the war . Of all the parties engaged , France , wo hold , baa won the least , although the French Emperor has won the moat . The Conference ! continues to sit ; the members do not return home ; they have in some unaccountable way to muke the actual arrangements of tho Principalities . Other subjects , it is said , must come before ) them . Piedmont has some claims to new privileges—for instnneo . in the Danube ; and Count , Cavowii is understood to have demanded the consideration of some larger Italian question . It'is quite possible that other subjects may rise before the representatives of the live Powers . The Congress bus become mi Holy . VlUimcu : amid the apprehensions pressing ii ; ioii jhe Powers in the prescatdny . the paramount di ' . siir'iniist , be to prevent ; any of those- ooiiHeqiu'ucvs which Mere threatened if the war b : \ d been protracted another year that
is , to arrange amongst themselves that none of the peoples shall gain anything . The object must be to keep down " revolution " anywhere , because revolution iii one place may teach the people that if they do but exert themselves they ean obtain their rig-hts in other places . Louis Napoleon lias persuaded the potentates that a revolution of Frenchmen against him might , be the signal for a revolution- of Italians , of Hungarians , or Bohemians against Austria , of Poles or Fins against Russia , of " beloved Berliners " against King Frederick William ; and this is the danger -which is now to be blocked out . It is possible that discussion of these subjects will not be recorded in the minutes of the Conference , but that they are taking place we have no doubt . We cannot , then , reckon upon a continued season of quiet . Count Cavour . has already told the Conference that if they do not settle the Italian question , it will present itself urgently during the next two years . The expressions ercployedby Duke Ernest , of Saxe Coburg Gothn , the other day , show that he was quite prepared for the day when the Germans should ask for their own . It may be all very well for a German Duke to speculate in paying deposit upon the stock of a constitutional regime , butjthc potentates back their own stock , an . l they arc resolved to insure their own goods . Their union shows their sense of danger . They will disappoint Sweden , or Sardinia , or any minor State . The union will make English statesmen feel all the inconveniences of their constitutional liabilities j but union against the poopU > a—tJiat is , the thing that the Holy Allies must ; maintain . They do not count upon an easy reason , and they are right . An eminent aetunry once ciilcitlntcd thai ; tho duration of any peace is proportionate to the dumlion anil exhausting eiiucts i f tin 1 luiteeedcnt ^ wiir . On these grounds lie allowed t lie pence , to lust till about lrf . ") 0 . A little margin was lel ' i in pnu'tici . ' , but . the oidculatWm wiu very closy * - * The \ vi \ r just terminated luv * lusted twoyuar ^ iu > d . I ins not exhausted any of the . parties conccnMJ'fl * Count Cavouh baa calculated that the pe ^ CC tHll scarcely last two years — a remarkable coinoiAenfctJ between the actuary and the Count . Some of the Itnliim towns are strongly corrobo-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 5, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05041856/page/1/
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