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"The one Idea which History exiiibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is 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 aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of ourspiritual nature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos .
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK— i'aoe Naval and Military ..... ., 2 i 7 Liberals at tlie Elections .... 252 The Spiritualist . 257 Tmnorial Parliampnt < M . o Our Civilization ; .. 2 * 7 Foreign Policy Reform 253 ABateUof - Books .. ......... 257 ^ A A ^ n roachin ^ enor ^ rFloetion "" Im Gatherings from the Law and Po- Retirement of the Speaker 253 Torrcns on the Act of 1844 258 ^ hpT « K vFiind ' ^* Hce Courts 24 S Cambridge Politics . 251 A Persian Allegory 259 A > ridBnt /' andsSdde \ Vr ) patns """'""" ' w ''¦ Miscellaneous 218 The Ruined Season ... 254 the ARTSAc ^ dento and Sudden Deaths ..... 24 o Postscript 219 The Literary l ' und Meeting ......... 254 TH , f *? I ... W , 1110 UIieuL Z-io *\ rnl ,. p , ^ ,,, rVnviiniccirvMixva O ^ i , JifMlUCl « 25 y America . 245 OPEN COUNCIL- £ le ^/ E SSa 254 ' The Princess ' s . ; . ; . M ..-289 StateofTrade 245 Convict-Converts 250 Direct lelcgiapli to India zoi . _ ^ Continental Notes .... 246 plim lf v ACCalDc LITERATURE- The Gazette I 260 The Law of Libel and the jSTewspaper cubuu Ai-hAiRb- Summary ... 255 rnwiMcopui . „ .. „ , Press .... 246 The General Election . 250 Helps's Spanish Conquest 255 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe Royal British . Bauk 216 The Newest Paris Credit Scheme ... 251 Sir John Bowring in Siam ............ 250 City Intelligence , Markets , & c ....... 2 C 0
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» . ; rpHE House of Commons is winding up affairs JL foT its o \ vra dissolution , and the country is preparing for the struggle in which so many will bloed at the gonoral election . Members are dividing themselves into the classes who will retire 3 who will be defeated , or will be re-elected ; and " prospective computation . " allots them into these several classes with much confidence—with more
confidence , perhaps , than , ¦ correctness . It has been calculated that all tlie Liberal members who voted against Lord Palmersto ^' s Government "will lose their seats , and the constituencies who elected those members arc bidden , to prefer even Tories to recreant Liberals . Some of the constituencies do not prove to be so obedient . Rather a curious example has been given by Mr . Apsley Peliatt , who voted for Ministers , but" declines to accept re-election on the ground of a Palmehston candidate , preferring to stand upon Ids own character as a Reformer . It
seems to be tolerably certain that some of the Tcclite candidates will be ousted ; but it is difficult to imagine that the Oxford University will divorce itself from Mr . Gladstone , notwithstanding the strange aberrations into which he has wandered . Portsmouth , which has been reckoned almost a Government borough , shows more alacrity in repudiating "Viscount Monck than Sir Fhancis Ba . iung , faithful as the Viscount was to his chief . LoitI Pa
immersion , and faithful as Sir Fjr . ancis was to his view of logic in the lorcha affair . Xondon City turns out to be better disciplined than some of these country constituencies , for it dutifully throws out Lord John Hussell , and the City looks out for new candidates . The leading members of the Administrative Reform Association arc seen promoting a better selection of candidates to represent a commercial constituency .
Others of the Metropolitan districts arc looking out for new candidates . Mr . \ V us teuton will probably stand for Westminster on 1 ' rotcsi . ant , anti-Lii > dem , principles . Mr . II . Raikkis Cujuue comes up from Northampton to take his chance in the City . And there are likely to be other changes . In the absence of any distinct rallying cry , beyond personalities which have been thrown out by Ministers and Hub . Majesty ' s Opposition , there is no definite principle for the selection of candidates j but it is more than probable that the cfl ' eef , of putting forth a personal cry as the principle of election will go far to defeat itself . Certain it ia
that the excitement ¦ vrliielv .-was at first raised , is already , to a great extent , ¦ worn out . But deprived of any political proposition or practical object for which they might work ,. tlie constituencies are to a proportionate extent left to ihciv own principles or fancies ; and lience there is far more than customary degree of diversity in the grounds upon which the different constituencies are acting . In one place they go . for Palmehston ; in another for their old candidate whose services are long tried ; in a third for the ballot or suffrage extension ; in a fourth for the promotion of useful improvements ; in a fifth for some combination which would " keep
out the Tory , " or would divide the constituency between Tory and Liberal ; in a sixth for Protestant interests ; in a seventh for making as much money as the electors can out . of a candidate who is buying a seat to promote his own railway objects . Thus , instead of marshalling the new or rc-clcctcd members according- to well-known political distinctions , the election is likely to send up an unclassified host , less than usual governed by the ordinary party allegiances . It is calculated by those who liavc the command of political arithmetic , that Lord Palmuhston will increase his majority , but on what principles he will be supported by his new majority nobody can in the slightest degree anticipate .
Of course , with a recruited army at his back , he will be able to snatch some decisive victories out of the House of Commons on its first meeting . He is not the man to let victory slumber . Should he contemplate retirement , as many anticipate , lie will probably bring bis power to a prompt test , will extort a vote upon ¦ some Ministerial question which can easily be made for the purpose , and will politically expire , like Harlequin at the end of a pantomime , in a luminous whirligig .
And some of the town constituencies appear to be altogether disinclined to give up their proper representatives . Manchester , for instance , is likely enough to stick to Milnkii Gijison and Bjuqut . Should Lord John Russell be rejected from the City , lie will easily find a seat for some other place . It is not to be expected , therefore , that the House will be so devoid of the old familiar speakers as some have imagined .
The impossibility of calculating what may be the course in that Parliament , is shown by tlie general resignation with which members notify the abandonment of their measures , not only for " the session , " but as if they threw up the schemes sine die , without any definite resolution to take them \ ip again . Sir . Toxin Pakingtqn oKprcssly ch . eck . cd
Sir George Gke ? , who anticipated that Sir John would rcintroducc his Education Bill in the next Parliament . Some of the members are more obstinate . . Mr . Gladstone ,- , for instance , who made an elaborate review of our expenditure , and was defeated by 187 to 125 , on moving that it should be revised and reduced , iu order to relieve the people from taxation , declared that he should bring the subject forward
again next session . He is almost certain to find Ids way into the House ; after the turmoil of the election the public will be disposed to turn its eye to reductions , other financial members will be thinking of administrative and similar reforms , and Mr . Gladstone , therefore , is likely to prove a ' troublesome customer . ' Not the less so , since Mr . Disraeli repaid the right honourable'gentleman ' s services by turning the cold shoulder to him .
Mr . SroosEii has resolved to investigate the Kensington Gore Estate advances , which the Chancellob op mk Exchequer has deferred until next session ; and it is highly probable that Mr . Spooler , will not be compelled to retire from his scat for Warwickshire . On one point Ministers have been virtually beaten in the House of Commons . But , with more tact than he showed in the Locke King debate , Lord PALME . HSXON lias deprived his enemies of a victory . A respectable agricultural Member took up tlie case of Sir John M'Njsill and Colonel Tuixocir , for the greater part of \\ vo years so familiar to our readers . Ministers sent these men
to tlie Crimea to supply them with information , and , in consequence , many improvements were speedily made by the Government , which disarmed the public impatience at the bad administration of the army . On the return of the Commissioners , they found the very men who had been , distinguished for misconduct receiving honours and additional emoluments ,, while not u word was said to tliciu for the service done . Months a tcr camo partial verbal acknowledgments ; months after again a
letter of cold compliments , offering tlie two gentlemen a thousand pounds apiece , which they declined . There it seemed ended , but Mr . E * 43 fSO 5 ? S would not have it so ; he referred the mattt ^ ^ AuftS 3 & H 9 HkS 21 Crimean question itself had been rp . fWiv lP i ^ Sn / BuKmT ^ m i House of Commons ; and on his motion t SI'Iots ^ S ** jjflA ** adopted a resolution applauding the two ^ ^ mWaMMlJ ^ j fB sioners , aud requesting the Crown to rcwjtf i ( sffil ^ iHflg L > honorarily . Till \\ u ^ mornenfc Lord P-Afflt lAyBrTBjB g had ( stood out obstinately—as 0 b . 3 tina . tdly *^ K | 8 » S ^^ y Efl dieted Locke King ' s instalment of Xic ^ F ^^ S 3 ^ ^ «
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Leader (1850-1860), March 14, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14031857/page/1/
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