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"The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness i 3 the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting a 3 ide tne distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human , race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our apiritualnature . "—Jfumboldt's Cosmos .
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A BUSY week in Parliament ; a busy week also in the field of contest between Russia and the Western Powers—a field which now comprises the greatest part of the Continent . Both Houses have been actively engaged in affirming the conclusions which were already settled last week . Bills have been cleared olF merrily , as we had expected . The Lords , driven by Ministers , have registered the edict of the
Commons that Limited Liability shall be the law in Partnership : Ministers , as wisely as honestly maintaining Lord Goderich ' s amendment , and refusing to restore the 10 , 000 / . minimum for capital , or 2 o / . minimum for shares . The Turkish Loan Bill ; the Supplemental Exchequer Bill , giving 7 , 000 , 000 ^ . more for the purposes of the war ; the amended Charitable Trusts Bill , and
Others have been either finally settled , or are only deferred for the last touches on Monday next . Mr . Stafford has again brought the subject of hospitals in the East before the House of Commons , but he has not added to his previous disclosures ; and he seems not to have kept himself informed as to the improvements that have been really carried out . This he will do in the new visit which
he intends to pay to the Kust . A still higher authority is already there , in the person of the Duke of Newcastle ; and in fart the whole tendency of the present day is to place the public of this country in possession of all the information necessary for forming opinions on the war , its objects , conduct , nnd alliances ; always excepting those strictly military plans that must be undisclosed until they are accomplished . Amongst
thepeculiarities of the week is the statement by tlic Pbbsidkkt oftiie Hoabd or Controi , on Indian Finance—a very fragmentary disclosure , and based chiefly upon accounts already two yetu-u old ; but establishing the precedent , which will bo followed up from year to year , of bringing lh «' whole field of Indian finance , with the material interests of the British Empire and of the Indian * , under the review of Parliament . The last woi'lt
Of the session , therefore , bus been far from being tno least productive . In filling up some of the vacancies the Ministry has undergone several modifications in the direction of " now blood . " Mr . Bain us has retired from the Presidency of the Poor Law Board , <>*» grounds that tiro not stated , though there is »
suspicion that he is amongst those whose sympathies are not with the strongest supporters of the war . He is succeeded by Mr . Bouverie , and Mr . Lowe takes Mr . Bolverie ' s place as Vice-President of the Board of Trade ; while Mr . Cowpeb is appointed President of the Board of Health . This last appointment brings with it the least accession of strength ; but Mr . Cowpeb is acquainted with administrative business , and will at all events stand by his step-father , Lord Palmehsto >' . Mr . Bouverie is a man of business , considerate , and popular in his leanings ; and he is likely to make a good Poor Law Minister . We are convinced that Mr . Robert Lowe has not yet shown that power which he really possesses , which he did display as leader of the opposition } Q the New South Wales House of Commons , and which is likely to be brought out by the opportunity of hig her office and some more stirring occasion . He is a strong man , and hearty for the war . In accepting these offices , the newly-appointed Ministers vacate the seats for Kidderminster , Kilmamock , and Hertford—a manufacturing ; ind country borough , a Scotch district of burghs , and an English agricultural county . We shall see the opinion which those constituencies will deliver on the subject of the day . The proceedings out of doors have not been tnumpli . mt . A movement to get up a u Raglan testimonial , " indeed , promoted by some friends of the late Commander in the Crimea , promises well . The proposal is to purchase the lands adjoining Raglan Castle , as a gift to be entailed in the late Lord ' s family . A il House of llefugo , " also , is to be the Dvdi . ky Stuaut memorial . The meetin ^ on behalf of Poland assembled at last , Lord IlAUitiMiTON in the chair ; but those who took up the movement were not strong enough for their place . Lord Kiuungton , in attempting to redeem his lost popularity with a London audience , damaged the meeting ; and Mr . Gkouc . i : Thompson succeeded in diverting it from its special purpose into a useless personality . The most serious breakdown , however , has been that of the Administrative Reformers , who at their lust public meeting have brought forward a plan for the examination of candidates throughout the country by a kind of examiners "in eyre ; " and a specific recommendation that Rowi . / vm > Him . should ho Post , Master General—as if the Administrative licfonu Association had already attained a point that enabled it to nominate Cabinet Ministers ! From the seat of war , or rather from the
several seats of war , we have no facts , but expectations instead . At Sebastopol they are expecting , at Revel they are expecting , that the Allies will accomplish some great feat ; at Kars they are expecting that General Moukavieff may make an attempt against the Turkish forge . But Mouravieff is in difficulties , while the promises of reinforcements for the Turks , by favour of our foreign recruitment , or some other kind of contingent , imply that the Allied Powers will not be able to help in Asia till next year ; the sending out of new huts to the Crimea seems to sig nify the expectation of another winter in that uncomfortable lodg ing ; and the assurance that there shall be a sufficient supply of gunboats to attack the Russian fortifications in the Baltic cannot be fulfilled before September again rouses to destructive fury the Baltic's muddy shallows , until winter locks its storms in ice . AVe now have Lieutenant Gexeste's letter , with Prince Dolgououkv ' s explanation , and a Russian circular on neutrality . It is needless to go into the details of the case ; suffice it to say that we now know the fact that there was not an armed musket on board the boat ; that the Russians must have seen the flag of truce ; that , they p laimed their ambush ; that the excuses are false assertions , which are nothing less than deliberate lying ; that the cases in which the English were said to have abused the flag of truce are equally without foundation ; and that the preaching about neutrality is not less cruelly farcical than all the rest . The Russians are savage and treacherous ; but some of their statesmen are taught to dress up their barbarity and falsity in passable diplomatic language . Next year is already the field to which the view is turned , and not without expectation that some grand changes may take place in the political relations of our allies and enemies . We have not yet mentioned the speech with which Lord John Kcsski-l has astounded his friends . He announced on Monday nig ht that on Tuesday he should draw attention to the state of Italy nnd the occupation of the Papal States by foreign troops . Lord John scattered himself over the field of Europe , reviving every memory and sympathy that belongs to him . A reformer in lungand , a plenipotentiary in Vio »«« , n Sl )» ; *» L £ L _ Lord Mihto in Kaly , he ^ V ^^^ T ^^^^ mi most various and enlarged kind * w ^ fc $ ^^ y ~ sitively to iharo oppose feoluiga . &| $ 3 g » a ^ W sympathises with the friend * ot ponegft fe ^ J ^><;^ ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 11, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11081855/page/1/
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