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" The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into . greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barnsrs 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 ass one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt's Cosmos .
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orwiFW OF THE WEEK- i-aoe i Miscellaneous 490 Tlie Lynch-Law Spirit at Stamford 495 La Traviata at the Lyceum ............ 600 REVIEW ur i ntwc . c . 1 % "Pnai-onrint 491 The Bouffes at St . James s Theatre 600 Mr . Disraeh in Buckinghamshire 4 S 2 Postscript < wi LITERATURE- Theatrical Notes 500 Imperial Parliament „ . „ . „ .... 482 pUBL | c AFFA | RS- Summary 496 A Morning Opera 500 gSr ^ . ^ : : : : S ^ ElAtTfewi Tax 492 Card ' s Cromwell 496 2 SS » £ : I " : g ^ Society for the Suppression of $ ^ T & i Z & i * ™ Z-=:. - ^ ntinlital Notes : ZZ """ : ZZ :: « 6 Ml ' iHsraeii-sRefoVmBiii-:::::::::::: 2 s A Batch of Books 499 The Gazette 60 ! ftur Civilization 487 The VrineessiBoyal 49 S THE ARTS- COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSS &^ ^ T ::::::::::::::::::: ::::::: 28 HE Saai ^ SSSSX ^ f ! . .:::::: 21 * o yai Academy 01 * mtemgence . Markets . & c 501
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T V ¦ - — - ^ fTIHE House of Commons has despatched an im-_ L mense amount of business this week , and the word despatch may be used in its murderous sense , for it has effectually cut the throat of one question which has sometimes monopolized many days of the
. In the first place , it has made provision for the Pbincess Boyal of England , on her marriage with Prince Frederick William of Prussia . A message from the Crown , invited the ' assistance' of the House ; and the Ministers of the Crown have invited the concurrence of Parliament , recommendhi " the marriage on the ground that it is dictated by personal affection , that it comports with the Protestant alliances hitherto contracted with this country , and that it " holds out to this country , " Lord Palmekston said , " political prospects
deserving of attention . " This business-like suggestion instigates the question , "What is the price to be paid for suck advantages ? Ministers propose 40 , 000 / . down , and 8000 / . a year ! Equivalent to something more than 200 , 000 / . down . Mr . Roebuck upheld the policy of giving a sum down—a ' generous sum '—and supported it with the precedent of George the Third ' s Princess Royal , who had 80 , 000 / . —but then ' Poor Ireland' gave her 5000 / . a year . The amendment found no effective support , and it was withdrawn . The question is , shall these lavish precedents still bind us ?
When Queen Victoria asks anything , both Houses of Parliament arc naturally desirous * to oblige the lady : ' that is the one general feeling ; and , on the other hand , there is a feeling of strong reluctance to make any objection , because , in the whole list of our Sovereigns , there is no one who has shown so striking a deference for public opinion , and whoso career has been so freo from blame of any kind , so distinguished by trustworthy conduct , public as well as private . And if we live in quiet
times , it must be remembered that iho position of the Queen has been one of the greatest delicacy , in which indiscretion would have become a fault ; so thnt very great credit must bo allowed to her individually . Again , the Court lias been distinguished by the reverse of encroachment , cither on the rights of the public or '' on the powers of the public . Therefore , in this particular instance , there can bo no oppugnunce . It is very questionable- whether the position of the O-urt , with rcfuronco to tho provision for its maintenance , is at . all upon a
satisfactory footing ; and that is a question for the future , which ought to be gravely and zealously discussed . There is no doubt that these applications are detrimental to the dignity of the Court , and are assisting , with some other influences , to undermine the allegiance of a large proportion of the English people . Mr . Roebuck , however , sinks his amendment , and the courtly House of Commons assents without a division . In other matters Lord Palmerstox gets on as swimmingly as he did on Friday night last , with the new measure he introduced for the amendment of the oath so as to admit Jews to Parliament .
Already , it is said , the Peers are preparing a passive acquiescence in that measure ; so that Palmerston will accomplish what others have attempted . The House of Commons grants him money , and indeed almost anything he asks . It adopts the reforms he patronises , sets aside the reforms he discountenances . When Mr . Fagan moves the second reading of his bill for abolishing Ministers' Money in Ireland—transferring the charge to the Irish Ecclesiastical Commissioners—Lord Pal
meiiston supports the second reading , Lord John falls in , and it is carried by 313 to 174 . When Mr . Dillwyn proposes the second reading of his bill to strengthen the law against the flogging of women , it is discountenanced by Government , and it falls . The official law amendments make way , although they are not of the most satisfactory kind . The two principal—the Lord Chancellor ' s bills on testamentary jurisdiction and matrimonial law—we have discussed in a separate paper . They establish two new courts , a court of probate and a court of
marriage . And without altering tho present law essentially , they give an entirely new machinery for it , in which the old judge of the Prerogative Court , the old advocates and old proctors of tho ecclesiastical courts , arc brought into partnership with the judges of the common-law courts , to act on viod voca evidence , with regulated expenses , and to administer tho law in all cases of wills , matrimonial disputes , and divorce . We shall seo how . tho owls and tho barn-door fowls will manage this joint
hatching of eggs . Tho bill can bo nothing but a transitional measure . After a sufficient trial , the owls will bo unable to face the light of day , and they will die out , leaving tho process of hatching to 1 ) 0 carried on much better by tho congenial fowls . Tho bills aro an improvement , not a sottlemont . Tho Probate Bill passed a second reading without a " difficulty ; tho Matrimonial Bill croatud a debate , in which the Bishops and tho prorogativo
Lords stood up to use ' the Word' against the dissolution of marriage for the middle and lower orders ; advocating that the ' privilegia , ' or separate bills for divorcing noble and wealthy persons , should be continued . Their arguments amount to thisthe middle and lower classes , they think , must at once succumb to the authority of Scripture , the authority of which can be overridden by nothing but a private bill . Lord Wensleydale , however , was for extending equality to all classes ; and Lord Lynuhurst was for rendering Lord Cranworth ' s bill more effectual by widening its scope ., The second reading of this Ministerial measure was carried by 47 to IS . Sir Richard Bethell has introduced two very useful bills , though one of them must occasion a great amount of discussion . Its object is to render fraudulent breaches of trust cognizable by the criminal law , and punishable . This would apply to cases like the Royal British Bank , and to private trusts in which individuals are answerable for the disposition of money on behalf of others . The class of responsibilities , however , is so various and so complicated , that laws imposing criminal liabilities may perhaps interfere to check the acceptance of trusts ; and hence Sir Richard Bethell ' s bill will
be examined with very great care . The other has a more limited object . It is a bill to amend the Winding-up Acts , in such manner as to place the disposal of arrangements in the hands of the majority of creditors and the majority of shareholders , with a view to preventing such a preposterous state of things as that of the Royal British Bank ; where a crowd of creditors artpressing upon a regiment of shareholders , with a vast number of individual actions , wliilo private lawyers and the two Courts of Chancery and Bankruptcy arc , as Sir Henry Wjlloughby said , preying upon the carcase .
Measures or money , it is all the same m the House of Commons : ' if Palmerston asks , Palmerston has . Sir Charles Wood asked 8 , 000 , 000 / . for tho support of the Navy , although ho confessed that tho expense in the department was continually increasing ; that wo have not got tho vessels which would bo requisite in case of a new war ; and ^ J ^ M _ A > -. . we aro not training our officers and men as ^ thojpT ^; / , a \ ' should bo trained . Individual uicmlwre M Ml ^ Mtlm ^ an interest in ships or economy made kn ° rt ^ l p || f % ( x lIIh &• remarks ; but , no one saw his way to ^^^ f ^ ' ^^^ j ^^ ^ ported in an amendment , and the money ^ ^^ y ^ i ^^ * C as a matter of course . j *^ ' ^^ - ^ - ^^ P j ^ Mr , BrooNEB has been treated in an ^ ij ^^^^^/ fd
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Leader (1850-1860), May 23, 1857, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23051857/page/1/
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