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a / m wy , ; ¦ - Spe air t x . 1 A POLITICAL AtfD LITERARY RETIEW .
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•• The one idea which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endearour to throw down all trie barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided -news ; 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 , J of ourspiritualnature . "—Humboldfs Cosmos . ' - . *
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NEWS OF THE WEEK- * agk The State of the ^ Thames 907 OPEN COUNCIL- THE ARTSnt intwccn . Miscellaneous 908 The Suez Canal 915 Close of Mr . Albert Smith ' s The War 902 Postscript 909 "Season" at tho Egyptian The Italian Nightmares 904 duqi i «~ acx-aidc : LITERATURE— Hail ' 921 Continental Notes 904 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- LITERATURE Sadler ' s Wells Theatre 921 Two Murders in London 905 ' The Pause in Diplomacy 910 Summary . 81 ° - — - Our Civilisation 906 Survey of the War 910 Sir Gc . C . Lewis on tb « Credibi- Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 922 The Question of the Day 907 Adulteration of Credit 911 lity of Early Roman History ... 916 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe Tyranny of Pharisaism 907 Russia in the Pacific 912 German Mythology and Legend 917 « Tt flii ^™ iwr . Vv . rf , a * ¦ N- ftvalandMilitaryNews 907 The Admission to the Bath 913 Learning and Working 918 City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-Ohitua ^ _ .....: ... ... .. .. 907 History's Telescope 914 A New Route to India 920 vertisemcnts . & c 922-924
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CO ULD we publish an Itineraire de Gotha , -with a supplement for tlie movements of persons unrecognised by that distinguished record , we might have a summary of the events this week , in relating the adventures of the knights-errant oi the world , crowned and uncrowned . The Emperor Alexander has a route laid down for him to the Crimea , whither , it is said , he intends to repair , either to learn the incredible fact with his own eyes that his troops have been defeated , to animate them with his presence , or to superintend their retractation . The actual state of the Uussian army in the Crimea can , ' perhaps , be better estimated by a calculation of what it must be , than by our reports . The rumours are perfectly contradictory : it is said that Gobtschakofp intends to maintain his position , and that he intends to retreat ; that he counts upon wasting the Allies in a Parthian warfare , and that he has positively asked leave to . retire ' * with the honours of war . " The choice does not remain with himself . His position is actually untenable : he has not the means of extending his defence , as he had while he had the south of Sebastopol in his possession ; he is more separated from Lipbandi than he was then . It would be so easy to cut him off , that on the first signs Of such an attempt , he must effect a junction with Lipbandi , and must retreat from his present position ; and as soon as he retreats , he leaves the whole of Sebastopol at the mercy of the Allies . : He , can then only expect to maintain a retiring ' 'fight through the Crimea . The public signs—from Lord Palmebston visiting the arsenal at Woolwicli to the vast preparation of the French Go-. yetrtraent for sending out reinforcements —indicate ^ tliat the' Allies intend to pursue him . In the mennwhile , we have the earliest despatches giving the details of tho bombardment at its commencement , and we are able to estimate in somo degree of . magnitude , the awful intensity , and tho continuance of that which Goutsciiakovf calls a "feu d enJvr : V although ho was " safe within Sebnstopbt , " it slew his men in one day at tho rate of i ^ orp than , n , hundred an hour , A hundred an hour , night and day ., was a loss sufficient to . touch GoivreqHAicoiw that ho must retreat ; retreat he did , and retreat ho will . Tho Czar ' s friend and cousin , the Einporor Francis Joseph , has at present been doing his
travelling by proxy—that , is , he has remained still , but he has summoned Count Buoi . to > a special conference at Ischl ; while the Secretary of the French Legation at Naples has been suinmoned to Vienna , no doub > - ' specially to enlighten his chiefs on the actual state of affairs at Naples . The report of the Secretary must have been bad enough . Austria has managed , with more or less tact , to maintain a quiet neutral position , one technically in alliance with the Western Powers , tmt practically securing for herself an inactive attitude and the forbearance of Russia . The Emperor intends to defend hia position with force , as we learn by the movements of his armies ; and that he means to resist any pressure in Northern Italy we learn by the fortifications with which he has strengthened Verona , Pola , and other great stations . How exasperated then must he be to learn , through his secretary , that the King of Nam-es has drawn upon himself the positive intervention of the Western Powers , by irritating and ill-treating even their official representatives . Travellers from France have been annoyed by police persecutions of the most insulting and inconvenient kind . English travellers from Paris are warned that they may have difficulties if they enter the Neapolitan States . In short , King Bomba perseveres in maintaining a great scandal , risking the peace which Austria desu * cs to preserve in Italy , and provoking England to threaten force . Ho attempts an apology , and it is insufficient ; and he has the double humiliation of being compelled , after shuffling , to dismiss the police director who insulted the British attachd . It is , however , far from likely that his troubles have yet ceased . He cannot prevent his police from showing the malignant qualities of tho vermin they arc , and it is probable that he would have pei'sovered in his mad burlesque of magnanimous defiance , after tho Hussian fashion , if the example of the reverse sustained by Russia in tho field of Sebastopol had not boon proclaimed in Italy . Proclaimed and received by tho people everywhere—in Naples , Florence , Rome , Milan , wo need not say in tho Sardinian States— . with a delight more or less disguised , but everywhere unini . stnlcn . blo . In tho meanwhile , Prince Lucihn Muhat , ayIxo has been designated King of Naplos , has wandorod , not to his future capital , but to Glasgow ; where ho has been promoting the advancement of scicmco as a momber of tho British Aseociution .
It seems that he is more in his duty there than in Naples ; for Napoijson gives him no license to be King of Southern Italy ; Samceti cannot speak for Naples , and eminent Italians decidedly disclaim Mubat . The most remarkable disclaimer comes from Mane * , who proclaims himself " faithful to the idea of independence and unity for Italy , " and avowsihat if Italy be to have a King , the only possible monarch is Victob Emmanuel of Sardinia ! That ViCTOit Emmanttjei . is about to arrive in Paris as a guest and fellow-councillor , and is coming on . to receive in England the popular proofs of the universal esteem in which he is held . There is movement and change enough indicated for Italy , even in the few words that we have just penned ! Another visitor in Paris is a sovereign , Sayd Pacha of Egypt ; who comes surrounded by a staff , the greater number of whom are French officers Avith Mussulman names and Cairo employments . The descendant of the old Macedonian who rose to be Pacha of Egypt , and tried to cut the connexion with tho master that promoted him , meant to make a market of his journey ; resolved , like other crowned heads , to get what ho can on the resettlement of Europe—if there is to be a , resettlement . Sayd sets out on his journey in a hurry—rushes to sea before all his officers can pursue him , arrives at Marseilles , and thentakes his passage home again . Was he not'welcome ? Had he orders from Napoleon to return ? Who can say ? It is as impossible to divine the motives of an Eastern potentate as t ' o ' caiculpfo hia path . Two other foreign princes are on their travels in this country . Prince NArouaoN of France is journeying about from seaport to arsenal , from arsenal to harbour , seeing the lions and collecting information . As yet , however , the Prince has not presented himself at Court . Another Prince ha 3 done so—Frederick William , nephew to King Frbdjckiok William IV . of Prussia , and son to the Prince of Prussia . Popular report says that tho Prussian Ft ^ jm , ^ comes to ask tho hand of our Piunoess ^^ V ^ . . J , \ '>¦> girl not yot fifteen years ofngo ; niul iXMMWa '' J- - * expected that tho eldest ^& % \ ^^ ; ^\ VioxoniA will bo devoted to effect Jff «« \ . ^ } our throne with that of rruarin . P « jg jg ^ ^ , j i ^ daughter" « to marry into tho *< unil £ ©*^< MM |* , ;; . A , ' ^ " Vcry different from tho object * ondjflio ^^ ffl & jyy ^ ' ' £ J
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22091855/page/1/
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