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]9in The Leader. ' ' F No. 503. Hov. 12,...
] 9 in THE LEADER . ' ' f No . 503 . Hov . 12 , 1859 .
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measure for the amended representation of the people There is another portion of public affairs ¦ which is not so much under our control as it is under the control of others—I mean onr foreign relations . Circumstances may occur in the condition of foreign countries which may render it impossible to preserve that undisturbed quiet and tranquillity : which I am happy to say bas characterised our internal condition . We have seen the minister whom we sent to Pekin to carry out the solemn ratification of a treaty met "by outrage and resistance . We know that he ^ . had acted literally in accordance with his instructions In ascending a certain river , and that in doing as he was fired upon by the Chinese , when a disastrous loss of life occurred . It will be the duty g
The Earl of Eu ^ enijorouoh has published his opinions on Italian affairs in the form of a letter to Lord Brougham . The earl says : — "I propose to subscribe a small sum to tho fund for the purchase of arms to be placed at the disposal , of Garibaldi . Arms , organization , and discipline constitute the real strength of a people . In proportion to that strength is the respect it obtains . Upon that foundation alone tho independence of every country must really rest . I admit , with deep regret , that the Italians have , as yet , made but little use of the opportunity which tho events of the war have placed before them . They have confined themselves very much to rejoicings in anticipation of the independence which they have never achieved nor desorvecl . They have been waiting to receive from tho hands of others that which they should disdain to owe to any hands but their , own . Acting ' under the direction of selectedand
men hastily , unequal to the crisis in which they -were called forth to govern , they are © yen now , I fear , in Central Italy , insufficient of the two most contemptible of armiesthose of Naples and of tho Pope . I will still hopo for better things . I will hopo that , stimulated by the insults to Italy which are conveyed in the demands France is about to make in the Congress , they will rlso to vindicate their right to choose their own Government , and clutch tho arms by \ vliich nlono it can bo secured . There is in Italy ono man who lias at once a head to direct , a band to execute , nnd a heart which tells him what is right—timt mnu in Garibaldi . Let tho Italians follow whei ' o he loads , and they will at least acquire the honour which has boon , so long unknown to thorn aa a pcoplo . He has no nrieasurea to observe wjih France . If ho should obtain success , ho will not t
dertake such an office as that without drawing upon itself the " hatred and , if they dared , the violence of less favoured peoples . The people of this country must be true to their duties if they would hand down this strong-liold of liberty to their children . It was a great matter for this our happy land to rise to the dignity to -which God had so manifestly summoned it , and to spread the blessings of Christianity throughout the world-, and that while we were preaching to every nation on earth that blessed liberty , we ourselves should retain our freedom .
At Halifax on Tuesday , the Bishop of Qxpord made a long speech " . . on . the political situation of Europe . He said there were not wanting many signs in the horizon to intimate the danger to which England was exposed . They might attempt to conceal the fact from themselves , but England stood the one lover of liberty among a number of despotic States . She was a last lingering home ( and God make it perpetual ) for the victim of persecution of every race and every tongue . No nation could
unconsent to hold the provinces he liberates as a fief of the French empire . He will not lend himself to the carrying out of the idea of the First Napoleon , that France should be surrounded by weak dependent States . If the Italians should obtain no change but that of substituting the influence of France for that of Austria , they will only have changed the outward form of their humiliation , and have laid the foundations of perpetual disunion and of constantly recurring war in their country . I believe that the creation of a great , united , and independent State in Italy ( and to be independent it must be great ) would tend more than any other measure which could be adopted to secure the peace
of Central Europe . Incapable of entertaining projects of conquest beyond the Alps , which it would be evidently impossible to realise , such a State would have a common interest with Austria in closing that natural barrier against the . foreigner ; and Austria , relieved from all apprehension on the side of Italy , would , in union with Germany , present on the Rhine and on the Vistula a concentrated strength which no ambition would assail , because none could hope to overcome . This was the opinion I formed at the Congress of Vienna . I expressed it in the House of Commons in 1816 . I hare adhered to it through life . The unexpected events in the early part of this year appeared at one time to place this great result almost within our grasp . I will still trust that such high hopes have not been
held out to Europe only for a moment , to be then dashed away and . to deceive . I will still trust thai the Italians may prove themselves not unworthy of their fortune , and may be mindful of other and higher traditions than those to which France has directed their regards . At least let us , sympathising with them in circumstances -which were once our own , place in their hands the arms by which alone , under Providence , their redemption can be achieved . In the will of Providence must rest their success , but with arms in their hands they may at least , instead of being unresistingly transferred , like cattle , by foreigners , fall nobly like soldiers in the field , and acquire that glorious name which has been accorded by the concurrence of all ages to those who perish in the attempt to liberate their country . " —
On the reassembling of Parliament steps will be taken with all possible despatch to determine whether Lord Bury , the Treasurer of the Household , can take his seat for Norwich , in respect of his election in July last , the noble lord having been declared to have committed bribery through his agents in the previous April . The Conservatives contend that it will only be necessary to tender official evidence of the decision at which the election
committee arrived in July , and that their candidate will then be declared duly elected . Matters are , however , in an extraordinary state of contusion , and the Liberals will no doubt endeavour to establish a counter charge of bribery against their opponents . It turns out , that to servo some electioneering ruse , some of the Liberals actually petitioned against the return of Lord Burv , on the ground of bribery , vliile some of Sir Samuel Bignold ' s supporters adopted a similar proceeding with regard to that gentleman .
country , and from the unvarying attachment to the Crown of the people of England , that whatever change may be adopted , it will be consistent with the spirit of" the constitution , and will have no other object than that of increasing the efficiency of the representative branch of the legislature , and of making it more completely than it is at present the guardian of the interests of the country . As regards the national finances , I feel convinced that the House of Commons will refuse nothing which may be necessary to secure the honour and safety of England ; butj at the same time , as Chancellor of the Exchequer , I may be allowed to express a hope that next to the task of providing for the national security , they will devote their attention to the reduction of all burthens-which may press upon various classes of their fellow-countrymen .
me to speak lightly of the House of Commons , seeing that I am member of an administration which that House of Commons lias brought into power . I am bound to say that whenever , in virtue of my office , I have to perform the disagreeable duty of proposing an increase of taxes , the House of Commons answers the appefd with a readiness which has never been surpassed , and I do believe that in that readiness it does not go ft whit beyond the general wishes and convictions of the country . I trust , and I am convinced , that when that House is called together to resume the exercise of its important duties , it will not in its business of legislation disappoint your reasonable expectations . If the constitution of that House is to be changed , yre may feel assured , from the temper which prevails throughout the
fident that the position which the House of Commons has attained by centuries of noble exertions in the estimation of England and of the world is not likely to be forfeited and lost . It may happen that those who now fill its benches , or many among them , are personally not worthy to be the successors of the great men who formerly adorned them ; but we do not in these days depend upon individual power as upon the . enlightenment of modern public opinion , which gives to the statesmen of our country aids such as they never before enjoyed . The present House of Commons is as yet but a young assembly , and has scarcely had any opportunity of proving what it can do for the country ; but it would not become
POLITICAL FORESHADOWESTGS . Fhom the Lord Mayor ' s feast on Wednesday , Lords Palmerston and John Russell were both absentr-tne former at Windsor , the latter from aIIfSe ^ . W : sition . The ministers who attended this great annual festival were Mr . Gladstone , Sir Or . U Lewis , the Duke of Somerset , lord Stanley , Mr . Milner Gibson , Mr . Sydney Herbert , and the Duke of Newcastle . . ¦ Sir G . C . Lewis returned thanks for thehealth of " Her Majesty ' s ministers , " and , after alluding to the great prosperity of the country , and the strike m the building trade , which he trusted now approaches an amicable termination , said : —" Earlv in tie ensuing session we shall be prepared to redeem the pledges we have iven by the introduction of a
of her Majesty ' s Government to concert such measures , in unison with the Emperor of the . French , as shall enable us to obtain from the Chinese Emperor satisfaction for the injury and full ratification of the treaty , together with any further measures which we may consider necessary for the sustentation of the national honour . With respect to the . late Italian campaign , her Majesty ' s Government . have . abstained from all interference ; but the time may come when , the treaty having been signed , ulterior -measures may be contemplated by the great Powers < -of the Continent , and when probably an invitation * nay be addressed to the Powers which were parties
to the Treaty of Vienna to join in an European congress for the settlement of the affairs of Italy . Hitherto , I may say , no formal invitation respecting the affairs of Italy has been addressed to her Majesty ' s Government ; but if at . any future time such an invitation should be addressed to us , it will be our duty to deliberate on the matter with a view to the maintenance of that princip le which we consider sacred , namely , that no force shall be used for the purpose of dictating to the Italian nation the choice of its rulers , or for the purpose of coercing its people with regard to the Government which they may , after mature deliberation , prefer .
The'recent complications on the Continent have led to the armament of the great Powers of Europe , and the storm which was raised in Italy has created a sympathetic distu rbance in other count ries . Looking to this unsettled state of Continental Europe , it would not do for us to be unprepared as regards our national defences , or to depend upon the sufferance of any other Power , how " ever -friondly , for the continuance of tranquillity . I rejoice in being able to say that her Majesty ' s Governrjaent continues to receive assurances of the most paoiftexjharacter from all our allies .. We "have no reason to believe that any nation . in Europe—or in any other part of the of
vorld ^ -entertains intentions hostility towards this country . ; Nevertheless , looking at tho feverish state of foreign countries , it becomes us to be upon our guard ; We should -remember ^—and it is satisfactory to do so ^ -that if any real danger should occur , the wealth of this country will always enable us to meet that danger in the most effective way . Probable dangers there are not , but it is for possible ¦ dangers' that we must provide-fiuid if ever that possible danger should arise , her . Majesty ' s Government will feel it their duty to take every measure for the protection pf our shores , in the full confidence that in , doing so they will have the hoarly support of a great , free , and a generous people ;"
In reply to tho toast of ** tho House of Commons , " the GHANOBti . on oir the Exonuairmii said , it is on every occasion an agreeable duty for an Englishman to flna his name associated with n body which oocupi « d so distinguished a place in the history of our country ; apd permit m # t p add , my intimate oonvioitifln that in no assemWyof England is the House of Oommopa hold Jin higher estimation than in . meetings < r f tho- cliiisRens of London . ¦ Inovory great crisis in % M ^* t ory 6 f otiv country , la whicU ; unhappily , there liasbe ^ n ; ft conflict between the dlflbront constitutional PWW , ' wq always find that tho pide takon by tho HduB ^ Mdf OWrnmons has 1 also-boon that which has wen' lidojnl'a'by tho citizens of ( London , I feel oon-
Brougham And Stanley On Mechanics' Insti...
BROUGHAM AND STANLEY ON MECHANICS ' INSTITUTES . At the Peel Institution . Accrington , these two noble lords were present ; and Lord Buougijam declared that he was riot a convert to the Maine liquor law , but that he considered the greatest car ? should do taken not to encourago inteinpcrance , it we Uia noi discourage it ; nay , that the greatest care slioul ( I do . , taken by all lawful , moderate , and rational moans w discourage it . Of mechanics' institutions lie said . —Wo have now come to a state of things who e 16 can no longer be said that tho mechanics institutions are of themselves fitted to attain those great objects of'which wo hoard twonty-live or tiiirty years ago . They have in a groat measure boon , biiccessful , and have given rise to other »»« titl ' " ' . which aro , in some respects , better adapted to _ tn © , wants of some classes of tho community , Jiusiu that time , when I was an humble supporter ot JJ £ Birkbook , I strongly urged the necessity M mo chanics' institutions where they could bo m . . am whoro there wore the means of obtaining « " > ir £ ^ but whoro they could not bo had , a great , go < , ana important service might , bo . »«»> dorwl b / laying libraries , and reading rooms , and news roo toi t 110 people . I romember it waa saUl that thora is a grow SfCty in establishing those lnBtUiitlon- tor vjj t of apparatus , but it is singular , whon >?« ^ fl J ? J it , hpV much miglit bo accomplished with very lltuo apnaratusj indeed , , nothing worth o » ' »«« JS - Groiut progress may bo made with very oliwp » na simple experiments j inaooil uomo of tho most im porUt , if not tho most showy , are tlio U-nB 00 vuy and complicated . By far tho grandest dU ™ «» JJ in natural scionco wore nmdu with »« r « 1 / JJJ apparatus . Even tho elements of moohanloa nio »«
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111859/page/4/
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