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No. 417, March 20, 1858.1 THE XEADEB. 28...
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THE MARKET OF POPULARITY. There is a goo...
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MR COLIN CAMPBELL'S CAMPAIGN. -Siit^oiji...
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MEMORIAL TO SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. The meet...
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• HOW WE APPLES SWIM !' An Envoy, addres...
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SHORT PARLIAMENTS. The shortening of Par...
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The English Prisoners at Naples. — A cor...
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^ Liberal Ins And Outs. Mr. Bernal Osbor...
to show his face to the county electors , and skeltered himself under Government patronage at Dover . The itching palm was emolliently salaried , and Mr . Behnal Osborne was too zealous in the performance of Ilia departmental duties to waste precious hours in cooking epigrams . At last the trance is over With ' a wild shriek of liberty , said Mr Diskaeu , Mr . Bernal Osbokne broke the bonds of five years , and on Monday evening came down like a Tartar upon the Treasury benches . He talked of ambiguity , contradiction , reserve , and plain principles , as if he had never inflicted lockjaw upon himself by the painless process
of a well-paid decorum . He would have no hand - to - mouth system , no speechless Ministers , no hidden budgets , no looming Reform Bills . He ridiculed Mr . Napier ' s solemnity , compared Mr . Mii / ner Gibson to a lamb astride of a lion , told Mr . Disraeli that he had got up behind and jockeyed the late Premier , and intormed Lord Talmjsrston himself that he had been somewhat careless in his riding of late . Then followed a declaration that the late Government was wrong in not answering ¦ the Walewski letter , but that it was an intrigue and a discreditable manoeuvre on the part of the Opposition to affirm by a vote the opinion
which Mr . Osborne himself was then avowing . Mr . Osborne ' s personalities fell like summer rain among the members of the House . The Attornev-Gisneral for England , he said , was the political representative of the late Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; Lord Stanle y was a Reforming ^ Eneas , Lord Derby a Conservative Anchises , and some one else a political Dido . All this is very fresh and pleasant , but where has Mr . Osborne been for the last five years ? Where would he be for the next five years , supposing him to have returned to office ? He would be a dumb and docile subaltern in a well-paid department , and he is not the only Liberal of that stump in the present House of Commons .
No. 417, March 20, 1858.1 The Xeadeb. 28...
No . 417 , March 20 , 1858 . 1 THE XEADEB . 281
The Market Of Popularity. There Is A Goo...
THE MARKET OF POPULARITY . There is a good deal of popularity in the market , and it is Lord Derby ' s privilege to make the irst bids . Things are to be done which any Minister , of any party , may do ; but which , being done , would largely increase his capital . The new Premier and his colleagues seem inclined to accept some of these graceful responsibilities . They have made the son of Sir Henry Lawrence a Baronet , and arranged with the East India Company to grant him a pension of a thousand a year . The late Ministers were reproached for doing nothing in the matter , so that the Tory sails have caught this little breeze . But why not spread the canvas more boldly , and appoint
Sir John Lawrence to be Governor-General of India ? The suggestion to this effect has become exceedingly popular , and there is a great chance for the Eaxl ^ of Durby . Next , he might interfere in the question of the prize-money for the captors " of Delhi . In Europe he has a broad path open to him . The House of ' Commons cheered Mr . Disraeli when he announced that the surrender of Mr . Hodge had been refused ; but let him carry through wisely and honourably the Cagliari affair , and not a little of the commodity ho wants will be forthcoming- at a very low price . If the Government could manage to protect Englishmen from arbitrary arrest abroad , and mitigate the passport tyranny , any success in
thufc direction Avould oil the axles ol power , lhcu , at home , there is no hick of favourable opportunities . Not that great political discussions can be postponed in favour of minute utilities or personal acts of justice out of doors j but the Tories want character no less than aulary . They stund upon no popular antecedents , und arc at present regarded as a race of rulers by accident , who hare been in opposition many years , and have muly liltlo public reputation to lose . It would , pcilmps , be worth while to buy up the popularity that lias been going begging for several months , rejected at Wliig doors , and now offered at a great sacrifice to the Earl of Dkuuy .
Mr Colin Campbell's Campaign. -Siit^Oiji...
MR COLIN CAMPBELL'S CAMPAIGN . -Siit ^ oijiN-CA » iwuiLL-luis , aLlcng ( Jxjuyj \^ c . diiuilc ,. ami has moved a division of his army upon the roml to Lucknow . For several weeks ho had boon acting with a deliberation similar to that of the Duke of Wellington boforo hjs second Peninsular campaign , and wo have no doubt but that the find event will justify his caution . It was his object to concentrate against tlio rebels in Outb an irresistible force , armed with powerful artillery and
cavalry , and immense trains were sent to him , simultaneously , from Calcutta and from the Punjab . Stationed at Futtehghar , with his brigades threatening every point of the disturbed country , the Commander-in-Chief remained ready , at any moment , to advance upon Lucknow , had General Outbam been pressed at the Alumbagh ; but the rebels appear , in reality , to have declined the offensive for some time before Sir Colin Campbell marched to Cawnpore . In the meanwhile , operations had been successfully carried on by Sir Hugh Rose , Colonel Malcolm , and Captain Pottinger , by the Madras Column and Hyderabad Contingent , and by several other detachments acting upon the general plan organized of
at Calcutta . Jun g Bahadoor , with his army Ghoorkas , who have been unjustly and ignorantly ridiculed as pigmies , had marched from the hillborders to Gondah , defeated the rebels at that place , and descended as far as the river Gogra on the Oude frontier , so that the hostile territory would be invaded from two points by converging forces . The rebellion had almost ceased as a hostile movement . In several localities the enemy still clung to fortresses , or wandered in large detachments over the country ; hut in all recent instances they had evacuated their strongholds without awaiting an attack . Their only offensive enterprise had been against the British post at Bhaugulpore , where the Gwalior remnant was repulsed by the skill and bravery of Lieutenant Thompson and his isolated
detachment . Sir Colin Campbell , having effected a junction with the Ghoorka prince and General Outram , would probably carry against the rebels at Lucknow not less than thirty thousand men , with upwards of a hundred guns . There is little reason to doubt that , with these , and the additional resources expected , he will be enabled to accomplish a final victory , and during the next cool season restore the entire country of Oude to permanent tranquillity .
Memorial To Sir Henry Havelock. The Meet...
MEMORIAL TO SIR HENRY HAVELOCK . The meeting yesterday at Drury Lane was a national memorial in itself , worthy of the metropolis , worthy of Havelock , -worthy of the British army . The Commander-in-Chief spoke with manly enthusiasm , and Lord Lansdowne and Lord John Russell rendered the tributes of the Peers and the Commons to the renown of one of the best men andgallant soldiers that ever fought a battle . What now remains is to subscribe funds for the erection of a monument on the site granted by Government in Trafalgar-square . The Havelock effigy will stand by that of Nelson . Every city and town and the country will , if properly canvassed , contribute to the cost of a durable und splendid memorial to perpetuate the patriotic gallantry and chivalrous worth of Sir Henry Havelock , the real saviour of Lucknow .
• How We Apples Swim !' An Envoy, Addres...
• HOW WE APPLES SWIM !' An Envoy , addressing the Sultan and alluding to his master ' s concert with England , speaks of " the two Governments and the two peoples , whose common action has more tliau once produced glorious and advantageous results to that empire whose interests God has confided to your Imperial Majesty and to your illustrious ancestors . " Who is this illustrious ally who aided us in saving Turkey — France , of course ? No . Sardinia ? No . Austria , perhaps ( she certainly gave us diplomatic and conditional assistuncc ) P No . It cannot be Russia P
' Survey mankind from China to Peru , ' and discover tins ally of England and friend to tho Porte . In vain . The speaker was the Ambassudor of Prussia . Then history must bo false ; and as to tho ' red , white , and blue' united in tho Crimea , for the lnst word read ' Prussian blue ' The occasion of this hit of history-making was the presentation to tho Sultan of the Black Englo of Prussia , the Envoy announcing at tho same time the
recent murriagc in his muster ' s Royal house . The Sovereigns of Europe- seem quite anxious to hang nio ^ ia ^ nTeTr ^ f ~ Cln-i ' stttin" * cliivnlry > - ( not--tliafc- 't ; ho Prussian Eagle is very old or chivalrous or Christian ) ; and as a consoquonco wo havo England giving its highest honour , tho Garter , to a Turk , who rejects both Testaments , Old imd New , and refusing tho honour of a- scat in it « Legislature to a Jow , who rojeots only tho Now . Tho announcement to tho Sultan of tho Princess Royal ' s marriago is a new
leaf in diplomacy at Constantinople ; it results from the declaration in the Treaty or . Paris that Turkey has entered into the ' European concert . ' But what if the Sultan reciprocates ? Imagine ' a malignant and a turbaned Turk' shocking the modesty of the Queen of Si ? ain by announcing that his august master had taken to himself a fourth , not to say a fortieth , wife ! .
Short Parliaments. The Shortening Of Par...
SHORT PARLIAMENTS . The shortening of Parliaments is a point of reform that has been comparatively neglected in recent discussions . It involves , however , a question of the deepest importance , affecting the direct responsibility of members to their constituents . The enactment of a bill establishing triennial Parliaments would go far to regulate the electoral system , deter Ministers from capricious appeals to the country , and prevent false and exaggerated excitement . Mr . Cox , the member for Finsbuiy , has placed on the paper a notice of motion for leave to bring in such a bill , and we trust that the subject will be debated , if not by the Conservatives or Whigs , at least by the Liberals themselves , who may do good service by bringing on explanations and manifestoes connected with Parliamentary Reform generally .
The English Prisoners At Naples. — A Cor...
The English Prisoners at Naples . — A correspondence between Sir . John McAdam , of Glasgow , who writes in the name of the working men of that city , and Mr . L . J . Barbar , acting British consul at Naples , on the subject of the imprisoned engineers , Watt and Parks , is published in the Glasgow papers . Mr . Barbar first writes , acknowledging the receipt of 201 ., contributed by the Glasgow operatives for the benefit of Watt and Parks . Mr . McAdam encloses a second hill for 20 ? ., begging Mr . Barbar to assure " our poor countrymen , that there is a kind , brave heart in Glasgow to represent
each penny in these purposely small contributions . " He also forwards to Mr . Barbar a token of the esteem of the working men of Glasgow , in the shape of an inkstand , which , " like Mr . Barbar himself , is of real , precious metaL" The working men of Glasgow accompany this present with an assurance that , in cool , calculating Scotland , even with those who have carefully refrained from any political expression in this case , there is " a high and a holy appreciation of your fulfilment £ f duty in the same old , noble English spirit which distinguished the days of Cromwell . "—Morning Star .
Mr . Westjland Marston ' s Dkamatic Readings—Except in very special cases a play in a lecture-room is an out-of-place a ' nd exceedingly dull affair . Griepenkerl , author of Kunstgenius der Deutschen Literatur , wrote a tragedy some eight years ago , on the subject of ' Robespierre , ' a subject which debarred Griepeokerl ' s work from a stage existence . He had , therefore , an excuse for reading the five acts of Robespierre from be - hind a desk and a water-bottle ; and we believe that approving audiences justified bis experiment . Ann Blake , on the other band , is a five-act play which has no disqualification for the foot-lights , save only the circumstance of its being a play in live acts . It is really a play to captivate a stage manager , and is quite remarkable for what the actors call business . However , Mr . Westland Marston has shown cause why Ann Blake
shall be read instead of acted ; und last Saturday evening ho assembled round him an audience of critics , at the Beethoven Rooms , for the purpose of taking their individual and collective opinion in the matter . The elocutionary powers of Mr . Marston are considerable , and he gave a spirited reading of his drama ; but its very dramuticity is fatal to its prospects in this new field . The stage directions , though they might make a manager ' s or an actor ' s mouth water , fall ludicrously fiat on the general ear . Mr . Marston looks for patronage to that numerous class of persons who object to enter a theatre , but will accept theatrical amusement whenever it is offered them in ' another place . ' Our sympathy with tho class in question is so imperfect that we dare not pretend to weigh Mr . Marston's qualifications for suiting its taste or touching its heartstrings .
Sir Hamilton Seymour . —It is announced that Sir Hamilton Seymour , our present ambassador to tho Oourt of Vienna , is on tho point of retiring from public life , after a service of forfy years . London Univkksitv . —Count Arrivabonc has been appointed Professor of tho Italian Languugo nnd Literature at tho London University . Lord Uuaydkookh , D . C . L ., F . S . A ., diod at Audley End , tho family seat in Esacx , at an early hour last Saturday ovoning , lifter a protracted illnosn of several months . , -CoN « BQ \ UUlXKP _ ELBC , WyMS * = ML
M . P . for l ) erkn , has just been appointed by the Speaker of tho House of Commons to fill up tho vacancy in the General Committee of Elections This Miimi-Hwicx Hospital , —His Royal Highness tho Prince OoiiHort lius signified lib intention of honouring with lib pcesonco tho concert for tho bonodt off tho Middlesex Hospital , which will talto place at the now St . Jainob ' a Hull , on Thursday next .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1858, page 17, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20031858/page/17/
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