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"The one Idea which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness la the Idea of Humanity—th e noble endeavour to throw down all the , barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside tne distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human , race aa one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual natare . " —Humboldt's Cosmos .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK- r * . on ! Miscellaneous 643 Austrian Confederation in Italy 64 S The Monarchy of France 655 Imperial Parliament 638 Postscript 643 j Developments 648 Books on Our Table 656 The War 03 'J PUBLIC AFFAIRS— I OPEN COUNCIL— THE ARTS _ The Sunday Demonstration in Hyde Park Legislation 64-1 Sibbitirianism 648 T , n :. fnr ! ATii-w . k « o ^ XL » ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: t \\ T 1 Q ,, o , ?!" . , , "" . J ... « ... . " 5 « ! aSffiffi ^ -fia ^ -::::::::: SS i- " - * " -- *^ . » Obituary 0-12 Survey of the War 64 , 5 j LITERATUREOpening of the French Legislative The Debt to Lord Raglan 6 i < 5 ' Summary 650 Births . Marriages , and Deaths ... 667 Assembly . —Speech of the Em- Convocation under Weigh 647 j The Biography of a Museum 651 pcror fi-12 The Civilisation Wo Defend 647 ; Lord HroughaWs Literature 652 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSContinental Notes 0-fc 2 Inquiry into the Conduct of the : A Batch of Books 653 City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-Naval and Military News 0 * 3 Police 647 ; Miller ' s Elements of Chemistry 655 vertisemeuts 657-660
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T ORD RAGLAN is dead , and buried , and his JLi widow is pensioned . Jt is but a week since "vve heard that he was recovering . Short work with the fate of men ih the Crimea ! A nation easily shuttles a hero into the grave , and then turns to the business of the day without much regret to oppress its energies . No sooner is Haulan dead , than we begin to understand the misconceptions that suppose him to be responsible for the very
calamities under which he has been sacrificed . The connected account of the attempt on the 18 th which we now have , would by itself suilice to correct much of this unjust obloquy . He recommended a general attack , such as those that succeeded under the most adverse circumstances in Spain , where the assault upon one point might succeed , though all the rest failed . Hut the French Commander preferred a double concentrated attack . It was more showy , more conspicuous , more suitable to the " t-lan" in which tlie spirit of one
man sustains the rest ; and English sagacity yielded to French impulse . The troops stood ready on the night of the 17 th to pursue the Pklissiku plan ; but the French Chief ' s own ollicvrs were faithless to his scheme , and JIathan , accepting any signal as the signal , ru . shed with his troops upon the llussian works before the time , committing suicide by wholesale , and ensuring the perfect failure of the whole plan . After that fatal misconduct ,, . the English assault became little more than an act of sacrifice for the sake of
cnmradcH . It was done in right earnest , to take any chance ; and General Eykk succeeded in making good his entry into part of the town , remaining there the whole day on the . IHlh . JJwt il Pelissikii had chosen the less probable plan oi attack , Mayban bad rendered victory imposr-iMe , and the descendants of those who sullcred at Waterloo succeeded in dragging ilefeal upon the companions of Wki . i . imjto . n at the expense of sharing it themselves .
It 1 ms been the duty of the iWini . ster . s who sent Lord 11 a a LAN to his sacrifice , Id lay his * cr \ ices bqforo Parliament ; and , asking the poor compensation of pensions for his widow and immediate heirB , to lead the way in eulogising the ? ictim . Alao to appoint a Hiuvessor . ( leneral 8 » tt 8 ON , n meritorious odicer , with certificates ? TOW CliAm . ics Jamks Nai'iicu nnd other
wellknown generals , takes the chief command of the English army ; but whether he has got the scarf of real knighthood over his shoulder , or only a belt of red tape , no one can yet affirm . Another doubt remains behind . It is evident that the conquest of Sebastopol will require a great increase of strength , if it be taken by a direct pressure ; or that our armies' will require an immense increase , if we are to abandon the
siege , and , only keeping a guard upon the spot , to grapple with Russia in the open field . Either way the English public will have to pay in 18 . 56 , and subsequent years , for the mistakes that prevented our Government from closing the war , as it might have done , in 18 . 35 , if not in the previous year . We are paying something like twenty or thirty millions a year for trimming ; and trimminrr will cost us vet more before we have
done with its consequences . Already we see the financial etlect . . The revenue tables for the year and quarter have been published , and we are crowing over the u increase on both year and quarter ; ' * forgetting that the increase is an increase of taxation . If such are causes for crowing , we English shall have to crow still more lustily . It is true , that our trade can bear it—that our exports and imports have not seriously diminished ; that the commerce
of the colonies , and of the United states , is , according to the very latest account-, assuming a more healthy aspect— -that Australia promises us more wool and America more corn and cotton ; and that our own harvest is abundant . But the fact is , that the produce of this increa .-ed prosperity will have in great part to L > e expended in war , and that we shall spend the more , not for rood honest fighting , but for dishonest attempts 1 o evade fi < rhliii < r when the evasion was
impossible . In France , already , the finance of war comes upon the people in the shape of a new loan oi ; Ky )<)<> , <><)()/ ., ami new taxes to im amount not exactly stated , but seizing upon every railway traveller when he pays his fare . Napoi . kon thk TniitD has just summoned his senators and
legislative corps to countersign his edicts ot new taxes and loans , lie did it in a well-studied speech , inveighing against Austrian want of faith , and intimating his determination to exact more from Uussiu than the Four l ' oints . Not a word about INdand . If the nationalities are thought of , Louis Nai'oi . kon does not yet talk of putting hiuiHolf at their head .
The state of the Continent , indeed , like that of countries in other directions , is such that few men could venture to calculate where there will be war , or between whom . Both Austria and . the French Emperor point to the more than neutral position that Prussia has assumed . While our fleets have taken possession of the Baltic , and scoured everv Russian vessel from its waters , a ship
occasionally shows herself , perhaps under £ * orwegian colours , and creeps into the " neutral'' port of JMemel . Our Ministers still say , Speak not harshly of the Prussian Government , lest the people should resent it nationally . Trimming is still the dominant policy , and nothing decisive can be done , because Governments still desire to keep well with Governments airainst nations . In France
the nation does not really support its ruler ; and if these defeats are to be repeated , the Imperial master will soon hear more of his subjects . Nay . if llussia persevere , if Austria be not facilitated in becoming an effective ally , other allies must be found ; and then Louis Nai'oleon must speak to the nations . How -will they receive him ? Italy , indeed , is prepared to accept almost any suggestion for getting out of her present intolerable condition . Naples , true to Russia , is half-accused by Koine of bein unfaithful to her blind devotion .
Home itself is so torn by intestine anarchy , that the inhabitants of Bologna dare not travel unguarded , for four of the brigands ; and the inhabitants of Koine have been leaving it in fear of u sack . Piedmont , alone reforming and active in the war , possesses a Government decidedly more popular than it has been for many generations ; but so undecided is every Government , except that of Piedmont , . that even the next . future , the course of to-morrow , is an avowed mystery . . Austria deprecates any encouragement of Polish insurrection , lest it should weaken her ; and our
Government not only permits Austria to trnn , though reproaching her for it , but sets the example . We forfeit one set of allies and obtain no other . Even at home our Government has occ . isioneJ before the enemy , who can read the ' J'i /* ns newspaper , the appenraneo of division between thu Government and peop le Lor " * Uoukrv ^« ° s-VKNon ' s Sunday Trading 13 . 11—a liitlo measure to accommodate the well-intentioned scrupled ot certain small tradesmen in some parts ot Londonhus been the means of raising a popular tumult for two suf / ceoding S « "'lu . vri . After defying the
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Leader (1850-1860), July 7, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07071855/page/1/
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