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      "The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Ide f . P Humanity—the i ^ ble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and , bygettingaside the ^ tocfaons of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human , race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' s Cosmos .

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      W ITH rather less hurry of business , a little more animation lias been thrown into the proceedings of Parliament . The first Ministerial defeat for the session is of a perfectly unimportant kind , but certain occurrences of the delates have shown a rising spirit of independence in both Houses , audit only ht still

      awaits some striking event , such as mig happen at home or abroad , to bring out the old feeling in either House . We do not of course refer to the debate upon the Oaths Bill , which was a kind of parade , the nature of the contest being well known beforehand . Mr . Deasy put forward the claim of the Roman Catholics , and proposed such an alteration of the oath as would relieve

      them from the offensive disclaimers now imposed . He began a series of intended amendments by substituting the words ' civil and temporal 3 for ' ecclesiastical and spiritual' in denying the authority of the Pope . But there was no getting over the case presented by Lord Palmerston : for his own part he did not object to some of the alterations proposed ; but he showed , that if you presented to the Lords a " bill containing a Homan Catholic change , as well as that intended for the Jews , the measure would certainly be rejected this

      session . The Roman Catholics have already obtained their relief ; thoy arc now called upon to assist in removing the last disability from the Jews . The Roman Catholics are proposing a very unequal bargain :. they labour under no disability—at least that is not the point raised by thorn ; hut thoy dislike the compulsion to utter certain phrases . The Jews labour under a gross disability , and the question was , should wo delay the removal of that disability in order to make a useless attempt at relieving the Roman Catholios from a mere disagreeable P Sir FxiEDEKiCK Thmsigeu proposod to

      rcintroduoe the words ' on tlie truo faith of a Christian , contesting tho whole principle of tho bill in tho guise of a * verbal amendment . ' There were somo other amendments—by Mr . Uoisbuok , who disliked the idea of denying the ecclesiastical niul spiritual ' authority of tho 1 ? ove in a formul enaotment , bcoauso tho authority is a fact j and by Lord Robeux Cecil , who at tho last would have reported progress ioforo passing tho bill through tho oommittoo . The deoisivo majorities l > y whioh all those amendments were sot aside—by 373 to 83 in tho oaso of Mr , Deaby , and 341 to 201 in that of Sir EWb . EIOK Thesigeb . —showed that tho IIouso of

      Commons had thoroughly made up its mind . Here Lord PAiiMERsxoN was completely on strong ground . Even the contest over Ministers' Money in Ireland , between Lord Derby and Lord Graxville , although the majority was narrow , did not bring out the whole force of the Independent parties to which we have alluded . Lord Derb y , in fact , placed himself in a cleft stick . He had already abolished church cess when he was Secretary for Ireland under Lord Grey ; he had winked at other

      changes , and even at sacrifice of part of the Ministers ' Money ; the circumstances being exactly the same as those under which Ministers now propose to abolish this impost on certain towns . The answer to Lord Derb y was complete . He admitted the triviality of the question on every ground but the high ground of ' principle '—ground

      which he abandoned twenty-five years ago . In fact , Lord Campbell really explains the pith of the joke . It is quite evident that Ministers'" Money was omitted out of Lord Derby ' s own measure of 1833 by an oversight ! But Ministers received a damaging support from Lord Ellenbouougu , who exposed the lax administration which makes tho Church commission a burdensome , expense ; and

      lie showed how thoy might have saved the money , where they are now going to create a deficiency by abandoning tho impost . In fact , he taught them how to do their business . The Duke of Newcastle , too , asked for some explanations . The contest ended in tho defeat of Lord Derby . Tho defeat of Ministers in tho House of Commons took place on tho grand question of the Ordnance survey , with a long debate about tho

      comparative merits of the six-inch and the twentyfivo inch soalo for tho survey of tho whole of tho United Kingdom . The gigantic scale was favoured by tho officials and by certain landowners , who thus obtained , through tho Ordnanco , a survoy of their estates . A . squaro mile upon tho map is more than four foot square , giving a very fair representation of a gentleman ' s cstato ; and this is done for overy lanclownor in tho country by tho Ordnance department . Sir Pjbnham NoiiitiiYs moved to reduce

      tho money vote , virtually stopping tins gigantic survoy , and his amendment was carried by a net majority of ton . Infinitely more damaging to Ministers ,, howovor , was tho previous diaoussion commonood by General Peel , who called for a proper organisation of tho War departments in aoooL'danco with tho disclosures Of tho Sobastopol Committee and the Cholaoa

      Commissioners . Lord Palmersxon pleaded that General Peel was speaking without complete information , and . that much had been done since the Sebastopol and Chelsea . inquiries . But the discussion called out , with peculiar animation , Sir John Pakington , Mr . Henley , Mr . STAproBD , Sir John Trelawny , and chief of all , it' called out in support of General

      P . EEL , Mr . Edward Ellice , that eminent Whig wlio is connected by marriage , by long political association , and by sharing so many great struggles with the purest and most energetic of the Whig party , particularly Lord Grey . The conversation was brought to no definite conclusion , hut it drew forth a manifestation of feeling and of sympathies which will undoubtedly tell hereafter .

      Debates have taken place in the two Houses upon industrial schools for the erring children of the ' lower classes '—those who have already rendered themselves liable to the criminal law by pilfering or vagrancy , and who are to be remanded to school instead of prison . Bills arc before both Houses , and are steadily making way , notwithstanding practical difficulties .

      Out of doors there has been comparatively little stir . The Roman Catholics have held another conclave , persevering witli their purpose . The grand oyont has been out of the range of politics—tho Handel festival . The East India Company , too , has had one of its meetings ; and the illegality oE the opium culture has again been discussed . But ; who expects to wrench anything out of tho East-India Company P

      Some strange m ovomonts are observable in the Churoh—but this week we can only mention them . A . deputation of the Evangolical Alliance , returned after a visit to Prussia , in preparation of a oonforence at Berlin , has been recoived to make its report in tho Guard-house of the Archbishop of Canterbuiiy ' s Palace at Lambeth . At a banquet in tho Mansion Houso , tho Bishop of London

      glorified the rising importance of tho * lowest' m the Church—tho curates . And at tho annual meet ing of tho Nutionift Education Sooictv , tho siuiw Archbishop of Can' ^ erbury providing , approbation was expressed of tho withdrawal of tho Qukbn ' s letter , though it yielded 10 , 000 / . to tho clergy ; its ahsonoo being an incentive to voluntary cuoi-l . iou . Tlio Churoh ' of England' grows national ?

      Tho moat important event has boon in tho money market , whoro tho rato of disoouut has boou roduood by the Bank of England from (^ to 6 per oont . Tho Bank of Franco hus roduood tlio premium on gold from 6 to 4 per millo , but there ia

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20061857/page/1/