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?— — ¦ 71 THAT great " Coining Man , " the " future his-X torian , " whose work the Hours are all so busily providing , will assuredly make much of the contrast presented by the xoyal progresses . of England and Prance this present autumn . The moral which speaks from that same contrast will be obvious enough to the admirer of Constitutionalism , less obvious perhaps , but . even more worthy of contemplation , by the supporter of Imperialism . Comparisons in such cases are not odious , but , on the
authority has been to divide the council into three working committees . It is too early to inquire into the constitution of these committees with reference to their appointed duties ; but Lord Stanley ' s notable superiority to all party purposes in the appointment of the Crown nominees of the Council warrants the utmost confidence in him . in the disposition of the means at his command , to the end of conducting , the affairs of India in the most efficacious manner . So far , the future government of India promises well , and , relieved of pressing anxiety on that account , we may the more energetically deal with . I 1 _ . 1 1 . "__ 1 *_ 1 . . « . __„ ^ -. J- a . VA n 4 ~ r ~ i * -i 11 r \ h / Ml / Mll < f \ 1 ^/ i niuii lmuieoio
is the arrangement entered into by Sardinia and Russia , under which the latter Power is to lease for twenty-two years the port and harbour of Villafranca . This advantageous position has been let to Russia at a yearly rental of four millions of francs per annum—though why Sardinia should have . made such a poor bargain ( after having determined to make any bargain at all ) it is hard to understand , seeing that Russia would , without doubt , . have given four times the sum had it been demanded . The purpose for which the use of Villafranca is ostensibly required is for trade by steamers between that port and Odessa ; it . will be as well , however not to lose sight of the fact that Villafranca is admirably well suited to become a Medi-& & ii / witnin
contrary , in the highest degree useful and salutary , furnishing assurance , confirmation , and support on the one hand , on the other , warning and wholesome ground of antipathy . At Cherbourg and at Leeds ¦ the : minds of the people of France and of England have been expressed in the most unequivocal manner on the two systems of Government represented by the sovereigns of those two countries ; there is not the shadow of a doubt in either case : at Cherbourg , the cry that rose in laudation of the Imperial rule : - was that of la France fonctionnaire , wholly and solely that ; at Leeds not a shout greeted Victoria , not a flag or a flower met her eyes , that was not a voluntary and spontaneous offering made by the people at the shrine of Constitutional Government , which in her has found the complctcst representative that the world has yet seen . The story of the ' ATrn 4 i am r \ i- 1 a / vHm i * V > w » ^ k 4 l » -rk 4- nn < " !/•> t » PTltiiT lAnn ] is iuui uuuuii ui
otuer matters in w uur uuu uuuum »^ concerned in distant quarters of the globe . In China , it is plain , even in the absence of official intelligence , that we shall have enough to do to make anything by our move at Tien-sin . Private correspondents have communicated to the Times what appears to be a circumstantial account of all the diplomatic proceedings of the English and French missions , and a most extraordinary impression is left as to the result . In dealing with the Chinese authorit ies we seem as if we were communicating with the people of another sphere , to whom cunning , trickery , evasion , and subterfuge are as natural as the reverse of all these qualities are to civilised men . Foiled in their first attempt to impose upon Lord Elgin , the two Conir missioners sent by the Chinese Emperor to meet him were ioined bv our old antagonist , Keying ;
terranean vronstaai or oeuaLopui , ua . ueu . ten miles of France , and affording anchorage in . its harbour for thirty ships of war . How Russia must enjoy the success of her diplomacy : driven off from Constantinople , she takes one step , and lo ! she is in the Mediterranean ! And constitutional Sardinia?—places herself under the protection of Russia against the threatened domination of Austria . And England ? and France ?— -. sleeping . From Constantinople comes news of revolt- — where revolt must be hardest of all to suppress— -in the harem ! The new leaf which has lately been turned over in the petty cash-book of the fair sultanas has produced tins tremendous consequence ; the pretty creatures will not be curbed in their expenditure . What is it to them if the treasury is exlausted and the country ruined ? What have they to do with affairs of state ? War to the bodkin and hair-pin against miserable Ministers who advise retrenchment ! Such is the cry within the most sacred of the sacred rtlaces of the palace . But the Sultan is
u \ auuu at ^ iccua < jiiu > . ^ utiujiai monarchs would do well to ponder : in it they will read—if they read it aright- —the triumph of principles which will one day rule the world . Considered merely as a ceremony , the visit of her Majesty to Leeds will stand in marked prominence on the list of her Majesty ' s " progresses . " Many circumstances have conjoined to give eclat to the royal visit . Leeds is rapidly rising in importance as the capital of the West Riding , and one of the signs of this is the erection of its Town Hall , the foundation of which was laid in 3 S 53 , and which , in its finished state , is in every respect worthy to rank with the finest public buildings in the kingdom . In size , indeed , it is . but a very little smaller than St . Goorge ' s Hall at Liverpool , which stands second only to Westminster Hall . The consent of her Majesty to open this splendid building had inspired the corporation of Leeds wifh the ambition of displaying to the full the magnificence of its means as well as the
boundlessbut the British , representative had come into possession of a paper found amongst Yen ' s correspondence , in which Keying ' s former services in throwing dust into the eyes of the British were set ¦ forth . Lord Elgin was thus placed well upon his guard , and he threatened to proceed with his demands direct _ to Pekin if they were not fully and satisfactorily met by properly accredited representatives of the Emperor . The threat was effectual , and the treaty demanded was accorded . But how . are its terms to be enforced upon a Government that will do nothing to which it has pledged itself until it lias exhausted all the resources of its cunning to evade the just fulfilment of its obligations ? One of the terms of the treaty is that a special Chinese ambassador shall be sent to England ; but how is j he to be dealt with ? of what value will his word or engagements be P Prince Napoleon is giving signs of activity in the administration of the affairs of Algeria . He has
said to have fairly lost his temper , and he will not ( for a time at least ) give ear to anything but talk of horrid reform . Nay , there are rumours floating about that the Sultan intends to sell to the English dear , beautiful Candia , whose revenues are at present devoted to the maintenance of that part of the . harem of which his mother is the mistress ! But ^ vpart from the exaggerations of the excited wives of the Turkish sovereign , great changes appear to . be making in the imperial household , and Aali Pasha and Riza Pasha are taking the tide of the im ] Derial will , while it serves , to set the house in something more like decent order . _ Constitutionalism , which , as we said before , is the principle which will ultimately govern the world , ' is not wholly unrecognised even in . Spain at the present moment . The " Catalonians have presented an address to Espartero in his retirement . The old Constitutionalist is still firm in his faith to the cause which he so long ago espoused ; and though he answers guardedly the greetings of the countrymen who address him , the spirit of his answer is unequivocal . Whenever the hour arrives 4-1 . « 4 i Cia ? . * .. n ^ iit'ii n 4-r \ -fllA VYO'fll /"\ P PAH C + 1 ^ 11 "f 1 r \ Tk O 1 UUVAWMMl
ness of its loyalty . Nothing which money could do or anxious endeavour compass was left unattempted to give splendour and warmth to the reception of the royal visitors . The results have ¦ been all that the designers of the ceremonies could have desired , from the execution of the National Anthem by 29 , 000 children on Wpodhouse-moor to tlio knighting of Mr . Fuirbain , the Mayor , after the royal opening of the Town Hall , Nothing failed , if we except the weather , and that did not fail wholly . It has long ceased to bo a mattor of surprise when great mnsscs of the people arc found to . behave with propriety 5 but the conoourso of Leeds on Tuesday furnished a really remarkable cxamplo of tho progress which popular manners are making towards refinement ; not less than 250 , 000 iiauus
addressed a despatch to General Baron Renault , who was appointed to the Governor-Generalship of Algiers on the withdrawal of Marshal Raudon . By this despatch the Prince announces that the office of Governor-General is abolished . This is the first step in the great changes which , under tho new regime , are to be made in the government of Algeria ; the next step , or one of the succeeding steps , is to be the introduction of free trade into Algiers . The old and utterly unsuccessful policy is , in fact , if present signs are to be trusted , to be reversed , and tho attempt to colonise Algeria commenced from u new starting-point . . . But the chiof point of French ., news at the moment is tho determination of the Imperial Government to prevent the publication of the Duchess of Orlcans's will . Only one paper in in 1 ¦ ¦> , , , x i jenuicc ventured 10
llldU kJIJClfJLIX I V- \ \ I * V \ J \ il * l . \ J I / UUAA V * . WUMWV ^ government , he will be at her service , should she I need him . In the thorough faithfulness of one I such man as Espartero the germ of hope is kept ' alive . While he lives Constitutionalism is an , 1 active idea , and his death will serve to consecrate and renew it . The sudden stoppage of telegraphic communica * tion with Newfoundland has caused a somewhat unreasonable amount of anxiety and depression in many minds . Such an accident was at any time to have been looked for , and the only reflection it should give rise to is the necessity for more cables . The great fact that communication can be establisnod 7 , 'itl : A ™? rioa is determined for ever j the only thing now to be done is to guara agamat 1 HC ! j' " c" * nience from tho repetition of such mischances as the present—mischances which are likely enough to happen . Lot this , the first attempt , stand as an oxnorlnifinf ; mnrp . lv—tho nraotieal nrnof of t . hn
^ - were orowaeu togotlior m sucli narrow bounds that massive barriers , sot up to keep clear the necessary space for tho royal and oivio prooeasions , snapped asunder beneath tho prossuro ; and yet the task pf tho police was light—tho people , in laot , acting as their own polioe ; 21 , 000 of them , wombors of various industrial sociotios , lining' tho ^^^ - & JldJS eopin ^ iUfts-welKasHit ^ ould"lmTo-b-oi 5 ir kept by an equal numbor of infantry and oavalryor better . Another lesson to despotic kings on tho behaviour of people used to self-government labo , T- , ° TU ° f > Ma *«« commenced its , labours though tho Wture of those labours is no vot nmdo public . Lord Stanley ' s « use of Ms
nas prim ; even a lew extracts from this important state dooument , for it is no less ; the rest of tho press has boon forbidden to print any part of it . Those signs of timidity must bo iu tho highest degree satisfactory to tho Orlcanist party . As for tho will itself , it is worthy of her who made it , of tho mother who never for a moment ¦ sweii ved ~ froni- ^ lmt ^ "she « bQHevedH ! o ~ be ^ he ^ iire * 0 f ' her duty towards her children . Sho has loft her sons to Franoo , aud has laid down for them the polioy whioh they aro to represent and to fulfil whenovor their country shall return to Constitutionalism . Tho most romarkablo topio of continental news
problem of electrical communication with the further ends of the earth . Wo have only to turn tho experience now obtained to ready and reasonable acoount , and the laying down of not one but half a dozen new cables between England aud America will set all right—and moro than right . Meanwhile , wo may fairly put in tho scale against our temporary disappointment in tho failuro of tho Atlantic T ? n Tjro '' o \ { hl su odc s '' s iir ^ mr ^ f ^ tu ^ ointnwi"KimKJs : — With Alderuoy in instantaneous communication with London , wo may ono clay feel vory comfprfcablo as regards Cherbourg ; and in tho mean tirao wo may trust that every nnioofncw tclograpluo wire laid bouoatli tho ocean carries us a thousand miles , on tho way towards universal poaoo and brotherhood ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091858/page/3/
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