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¦ " The one -iaeawhicli History exliibitaa ^ evermore developing itself mto greater distinctness is the Idea of Humamty-the agje ¦ endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by . prejudice arid one-sideaviews ; and by- "" m g asidethed « 1 mctaon 8 > . of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our s piritual nature . "—Uumboldt ' s Cosmos .. .
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~ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . vt AT last some explanation has- bceii given on qucs- c < tioiia in India wliicli had excited the most p intense interest in . this country . At the City dinner c in lionour of the Diilce of Cambridge . Lord Guam , r viiiiiE , speaking < V- Ministers , gave a formal con- n tradiction to the reports that there have been o disputes between Sir Colin Campbell and Lord t Canning . He also endeavoured to counteract the t conclusion that Lord Canning , as Governor-General t of India , has interfered with the military authorities t or shielded the Hindoos . Lord Gra ^ ville insisted t that the Governor-General of India has done the i reverse of these tilings . Short as the intercourse 2 between Sir Colin and Lord Canning had been , t he Governor-General had already found r out the great qualities of the Highlander , as a man , s and as a soldier ; and he had done all in his power ; to strengthen the hands of the Indian Commander- r in-Chief . The idea , that Lord Canning had shielded t the Sepoys originated in the circular which had been ( issued by the Governor-General in Council to the i civil authorities , directing them to carry deserters ^ before military authorities , and pointing out , some 1 rules for discriminating between different shades of 1 guilt . In order to prove that this circular had not 1 either the spirit or the effect imputed to it , Lord Granville quoted the authority of Sir John Lav- 1 hence , who exclaimed , when he read it , thai ; it was the very thing wanted . "With regard to the appoint- ment of Mr . John Pktkr Grant to a civil post in ; the North-West Provinces , and his exercise of power . to release one hundred and lii ' l . y of the Cawnporc murderers ruptured by General Neiix , Lord Gkanville expressed doubts of the whole . story ; but he maintained that , if Mr . Grant had been guilty of any such conduct , it was not in accordance with ( lie firmness of his character or with the instructions of the Governor-General . On the contrary , the Governor-General had expressly vetoed the proclamation of Mr . Coi / vin , the lute Governor of the North- West Provinces , which had promised pardon to any of the mutineers who . should submit . The proposal was one on ( he merits of which there may lie somo question , but the decisive conduct of Lord Canning ought 1 o have been a snllicicnt reply to those who suspected him of shielding the mutineers . Such is Lord Giianville ' s statement . It is corroborated by the Coimnundor-in-Chinf , the Duke of CamHiu » gk , who spi-nks on the authority of Sir Colin Campiuoll , in denying that there had of to ¦ I . ' I . i f i' I . , \ y I
: been the alleged difference between liimself and the Governor-General . The contradiction must be ac- tl cep . tcil as made on sufficient authority , and were- n : ceivc it with reference to the present . It is not w perfectly consistent with some accounts—not in- s credible—previously received . ! S o one suspected d LoVa Cixxi-sr , of really intending to shield the' i mutineers : the suspicion was directed at his love t meddling—of dictating to those who allowed him v think that they were acting ' for . themselves , while t those who allowed him to think that he was die- ^^ tating ' could easily manage him . Whatever maybe t the facts of the case , it is evident that public opi- 1 nion in this country has at last exercised a salutary 1 influence over the Governor-General , and over the £ Ministers that appointed him . 1 We have little other Indian news except new manifestations of good feeling abroad . At the t same dinner the American Minister spoke in clear ; and eloquent language ou the subject . With re- ] gard to the mutiny , it was , lie said , a subject en- j tirely for internal treatment ; but there arc some I i crimes which arc perpetrated less against any Go- i vemment , than against human nature ; of that kind were the monstrous and atrocious actions of the murderous Sepoys ; " and , " said Mr . Dallas , " no language can be too strong , no language too iniprcssivc , no force too sudden , no blows too severe for such crimes as Ihose which have been perpctrat cd in India . " The very welcome paid to the Duke of Ca ^ iijitri > r , K himself in the presentation of a magnificent . s \ yoi'd and the entertainment of a feast by the City of London proves the earnestness of the public I ' ecliim- on those subiects . lloniacrc was done to the Duke for his service in the Crimea ; for his honesty us a -military administrator ; and for his zeal in endeavouring to strengthen our forces in India . Abroad , the thing of which we feel the growing want is a strong Libersil Government . The use of the word nationality has become an oil ' ence , and the wilL of the people an obsolete power . At present wo see Denmark steadily advancing towards the absorption of the Hoistoin Duchies ; and Moldo-\ Vullaclii ; i , in spite of the unanimous demand of its people for emancipation , will he socunnl to its irritaUul master . Peace , peace at any price ; that is I Ik ; meaning of the meetings at Osborne , at StuttgJinl , and at Weimar . Both Spain nud Belgium are in the throes of ministerial crises ; but neither event excites any considerable interest out of the countries to which they belong . I ; i ! ; , : ; - i ) r ~ i
. itetu ruing to home politics , we note that India , the theme of nearly all the public speakers at meetings , is , for the present , exhausted , so that we are not surprised to find little interest in . the speeches reported during the week . At the annual dinner of the Amershain and Chesham Agricultural Association , Mr . Disbajeli took a very different theme , that of agricultural progress . He was - very pointed and severe upon critics who object to the insignificant sums given as rewards to praiseworthy labourers , aud insisted that it was not intended to ' measure the excellence of the individual by the mere money value of the prize , but to : single him out from the crowd and show that his services "^ ^ arc appreciated by the community in which he lives . ' But if so , wby give money prizes at all ? At all events , why give a sovereign in one case , thirty , shillings in another , and two pounds in another ? In . these cases , what is it marks the honorary distinction of the recipients if it is not money-value ? But too much has been made of this matter . A subject of more importance is the early closing of daily- business , advocated by Lord Brougham at Lecds a as a great andnecessary aid to popular education ,, the stepping-stone to popular advancement . Lord Dun gannon , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Orange Society in Antrim , writhes und ^ r the le tter of tbc Irish Lord Chancellor like a worm under a sprinkling of salt . His indignation boils over in several columns of a newspaper report of his speech to a meeting of the Lodge over which he presides . That it should be imagined that ' men like himself , who we to placed by Providence hi stations iu which they might act as cxamplo to those under them in another sphere of life , ' could ' prove traitors to those principles . "which they had always professed and strenuously maintained I' They have ¦ but one of three courses : to petition both Houses of Parliament ; to smnotxl to the Prime Minister ; 'or to lay their representations at the foot of tbo throne ! There is one other course open—but , of course , the Grand Musters of the Grand Lodges , of the Orange Society won't take it : it is simply to 'be quiet . ' Tbc newspapers arc still foul with reports of murders . At Stevenage , in Hertfordshire , the body of a policeman is found in ; t pond , the bead nearl y .. " : ; . /•/ s severed from the body . At Much Wooltoji , ueai * , ' , '/> , ) ''; Liverpool , a man in a tit of delirium ircu & As inulv ¦ •' * ' : /»^ J . A dors his mother-in-law , by strangling her jUidhfo 4 t = '> 'Tr * (\'' ' \\ Tr < lering her head agiiin . st ( lie wall or floor . 55 ll , ^ mo ,, ' - ' ¦>! , . ¦ ' ..- / f ^ .. .. / t h- ^ Eugaiuc , in lOsscx , n fanner is robbed and i ^ i ^^^/ 4 ' ' ^; i V ySj l ~" oiv tho highway . On the shore , near BwMi ^^ n' ' v /^ ' ^< ' < Si 13 ' ¦ *^? $ w *
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 7, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07111857/page/1/
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