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August 26, 1854.] THE LEADER. 811
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neglected the experience of France during eighteen years , and the traditions of rbhat imperial system whiuh he personifies . Jit was easy for the most superficial . political observer to foresee that France would find an active and zealous ally in England against Russia . Tbe question , of the Holt Places furnished the occasion . In all the labyrinth of recriminations on this question ' between France and Hussia , one phase of the religious vicissitudes of the East has been completely lost sigjhrt of . -England has . always affected . an incredulous " sneer at the faith a & ke of the Latin and the Greek Church , treating both as Pagan superstitions , and seeking to make capital . out of both impartially . She had studied the ground well enough to know that in the East , the classic soil of faith , of revelation , of dogma , of heresy , of religious conquest , of persecution , the whole . political Sfe of the populations is saturated with religion . Jlence .
intrigues to establish a centre of Protestant influence in the East : the mireTy religious zeal of the Btble Societies ( even of those . off " the United States of America ) supplied a ready focus of political operations . For fifteen years the Protestant element had been seeking to undermine the reek , Armenian , and Latin Churches in Asia Minor and in Syria by schools and missionaries . In 1840 an Angfican bishopric was established qt Jerusalem , where there was not a single Protestant inhabitant to be found . TZhe 'Jews were to be converted on the ' very spot where Jews meet to weep over the destructionofthe Tjeniple , andto attest the fulfilment of the Prophecies . The King of Prussia contributed to this holj zeal : and the fir $ t Anglican bishop was a conyerted ^ Israelite . . ; ?*' . Pagan ! " were mentioned in tjheprogramme : of tfee bishop ; Christians were not talkect of . But he was recoutinerided to be on . terms of apostcflical fraternity with the pastors of the < 3 * eek Churcli . But •• the Greek ¦ tShurch stood alooffrora the Protestant bishop . Jn 1843 the religious meetings in London talked of the necessity ofGhrisiiauisingtlaQ ; i ? asternChristians , as if they vrere absolute *^ pa . gahs . " The successor to . Bishop Alexander / . Bish ^^ engagements to that e & et m ^ 4- ' 4 $ : v > y-:- -- ' -. ; - .: ¦ " . \ ¦• v- .. -- :. ¦ ¦ . : ¦ . v ° ° ¦ ; ¦ . ;/; . . ¦ . ¦ :
All this was npthing more , than a corisecration of the intrigues of many y « ars in Asia 'Minor , ; Artoem ^ and P ^ atcstiiie , where every church'had been attacked m turn with'bribes rather than with doctrines , sowing discorcl . iti the coinmunes and in families ^ ^ mp o ^ primitive ^ opiiliitions . inaccessiblefto new dogmas * One result , however , pf . ' ^; -t $ is-. T & Ligi 6 n 9 activity of England subsists in the creation of a Trotestant Patriarchate at ¦ C onstantinople , invested by the Porte withthe same prerGgativ . es as tfie Oreek and Armenian Patriarchs , for the £ videat purpose ofdiscrediting those prelates of the national churches . ^ This patriarchate has served England as a pretext for continual interference m the internal administratSbn of Ttn ^ key . After fourteen' years apostolical labour and the absorption of , some 40 , 0007 . sterling , the Jews converted to Christianity and
supported by the Mission at Jerusalem , number thirty-two individuals . - .-In- E g ^ pt , where the work of conversion had to encounter the dogniatic obstinacy of tlie Copts , the Yankee Missionaries ) with : the commercial sagacity of their i-ace , bought at the bazaar afew little Abyssinian or negro slaves , AToussa , Abdcillq , jjlerdjan ., baptised them , and sprinkled them with Christian names , to figure in their reports to the '" Society" at home that fumishes the funds . Throughout the Ottoman Empire this propagande was armed with the prestige of European inviolability , while the Uaia was denied all rights , andthe q hurches groaned under persecutions . As for the Mussulmans , we defy the whole legion of Missionaries to cite one conversion among the disciples of Mahomet , who have only learned to despise the religion in whose name . eu . ch turpitudes are committed .
It was at the expense of the Eastern churches that the war between the 3 ? rotestant sects and the Roman missions was waged . The Roman Church foegan by defending herself against the Protestant'assailants , and then , warm with fighting , turned her blows against her ancient rival , sharpened by trials and strengthened by persecutions . It is to the Protestant intrigues that * h is recrudescence of the Catholic propaganda since 1840 is to be attributed , The creation of the new Latin patriarchate at Jerusalem , in ' 47 ( the year of illusions at Rome ) , was a distinct avowal he-fore Europe of the Papal jjrojeet . to realise the ambitious dream of the Council of Florence , and to oompel the submission of the national and independent Greelc Church to the Chair of St , Peter . Contrary to the ancient Catholic dogma , which
rccogaused the hierarchy of the orthodox Creek Church , Pius IX .. made no allusion to the Greek clergy in his address to the populations of the East . Hence , exasperation of the traditional rivalry of the Greek and Latin Churches ; and hence the question of the Holy Peaces which has served as ihe pivot of England ' s policy between France and Russia , although to her 4 he Holy Places are a sneer . And yet it is in the East that the necessity of restraining the systematic invasions of England , the identity of political interests , and even the emulation of religious feelings superior to the quarrels of a few monks , shouldhave
-cemented more closely the alliance o /* Fuance ¦ with Russia . We believe in that alliance ; soon or late the policy of expediency always snakes way for the policy of the permanent interests of states andthe traditions and feelings of nations . It is universally confessed in France that the Hussian campaign of 1812 was a mistake , oxpiated by tomble calamities . And thus we find Russia , still bleeding from the war , after the burning of tier cities and the profanation of her sanctuaries , become , in 1814 anu to 1815 , even at the risk of ollendiug her allies , ( especially her ally of the moment [ son alHde de circonstance alors \ who is uor perpetual rival ) the most zealous champion of the interests of Franco .
( 7 ' o . Ae continued in our ncxt 7 and concluded in four articles . ) X _ Wo fllisiH in duo ooureo briefly resume and comment upon the loading positions of this pamphlet . Meantime the reader will be at no loss to appreciate its ( significance « h a guide to Russian policy and as a point of < 5 omparisoi \ with the lucubrations of certain publicists at home . Whether rthe " Inhaibitmnt of Continental Europe" bo a Russian , or merely a Fhiloitussian , IJusiomzod Doctrinaire , -writing under the inspirations oi the liuaflian kgorm , the Princess L—n , his words arc worth making note of . ] rfiwHw ^ , ' "" ""; " . * ? l wtioUj , | WK « 7 « 7 , Ih ( j ouluniu , 17 th lino from tho top , for " after July 2 ™ iaii " a [ xl [ mH > at J" » y a 7 , \ m , " road < U ? buv tlio lumoua noto In alx Uuua , of
August 26, 1854.] The Leader. 811
August 26 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 811
Ro¥Al Hotel Guide And Advertisofg Hand-B...
RO ¥ AL HOTEL GUIDE AND ADVERTISOfG HAND-BOOK . * is the Recess the Hotel 'Question is a question of the day : and here it is answered . In this ( the secondQ edition there is a . aiataxal development of the original plan : a list of foreign hotels , with their tarifls , is given ; jm < i , throughout , . there is a . greater fullness of statistics and completeness ol specification . The book should be an item in the contents of everyone ' s carpet-bag . There are , however , reasons beyond those of immediate usefulness for which we would desire-to encourage this ingenious publication . It will contribute greatly in supplying data to that Hotel Reform which is as much , a social jaecessLty as . any one of the long list of Reforms an the Liberal programme . Cheapness is only ,-one point in the public ^ demands in . relation to Hotels : what the other wants are have been stated admirably by a contemporary , whom , in regard to this matter , we most respectfully bee to follow and quote : —¦
Now that railway traffic -has become so common and so extensive—now fhafc-ttie Intercanrse between . different ± ownsds as fiee as it used tobe between different parteof the same district—now t % t there are daily communications on all subjects o £ business between all parts of the united kingdom , a machinery is wanted which will enable travellers to more abont , fcnftwing beforehand ' the fate * # themselves , tbeir stomach , « na-their luggage , withqut wasting a tbougirt respecting those subordinate but essential claimants , " Ehe beau-MeoZ of a reformed , hotel system would-be— , not cheapness , let us re , peat that that is not the noaitt object—but sueh a system of woriiog together as would render the traveller , wrhether he h ^ ppened ; to -be in iLpudon , JEdiaburgli , Bublui , Manchester , Bristol , or Cork ; , able to ; deal wjtn theinn . accornmodaiion of all tljose places as one ; ^ knowi ng beforehandth « t lie could find a bed or a diiiner , dfipogit a message , secure perhaps tie transmission of luggage or parcel to meet him « r . « , compaqioh ; at eome distant town— - « nd that ie should iind all wiese aeMDtner Kinds ot
, i ^ nttrSQp taccoTnteodation , in any one builaing of the whole ^ sjefaem , of towns ; A railway eseoipluies what we mean , since at every station of the . . line , the traveller caii command all that the line can furnish ; and an njapiy cases , -wherelines are working ; tj ^ etherj ^^ .. the caii dispose jof . ' .-hitaself , h . is luggage , arid : ail thatbe / requiresfox railway ^ travelling , bj-one transaction . ' ^ . '*• The'feaf that ma $ 3 esinHkeepers withhold their materials 5 s quite intelligible ; they are aHfraid . ithat prices wall be brbvigliit down . "It may happen ^ o , but not to : the degree which iiinkeejters . rear ; ; 9 nd ^^ ^ iei » will be' coinpensation . Adjusling , ^ as ijtir . Disraeli xnigja , t say , our km system tb c > iir railway sjstem ; an amount of demandipr hotel accommo & aiioh would be exeateil \ v 4 iicih -would far niore than repay the speculator . The hotel system -will be perfect when no travelier ¦ will be found ea : inj ^ . sandwiches in a railway carriage , to avoid the uncertainty , the delay , and discomfort of inn treatment , far more than any excess of charged" ;¦ .: ¦ ¦'" ¦ . ¦¦ 'V '" ' ' " .. ¦ '¦ - . ' ¦¦ ; ¦ ¦• ..: ¦ . . ¦'' ¦• '¦¦ . . ¦ ¦ ; . " '' ¦¦ ¦ ' ' •¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ' ' ¦ . ¦ , ¦ ' ¦
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SOWSD AND ITS PHENOMENA . Sound and its Phenomena . By the "Rev . Dr . Brewer ^ Longman , Brown , Green , and Longmans . This thick little volume belongs to the class of bodks rendered popular fey Joyce ' s Scieiifific Vfialogues . It is an exceedingly plain monograph on tlie suhject of acoustics ,-with an accoixnt of sound , its causes , media , and varieties , and of the human ear .: It contains , of course , Daany interesting illustrations in the way of special instances , with anecdotes interspersed . A large portion relates to musical sounds and musical instruments , including
the humsin voice . There is nothing which carries this part of the science beyond the standard inquiries : into the very obscure subject of vocalisation , and the structure of the human organs . Perhaps Professor " Willis ' s paper "On the Larynx , " still marks the most advanced post to which inquiry has advanced . But while Dr . Brewer's book will be imusing and instructive to many young persons , there is no doubt but that most musicians , professional or amateur , would derive considerable advantage from perusing the volume . It would expedite the studies of some , and might possibly clear . away much rubbish from , the tuition of others .
Books On Our Table. Sylillmnard. By Mrs....
BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . SylilLmnard . By Mrs ., Greg . ( Parlour Library . ) Thomas Hodgson . The Diverting ^ Pathetic , and Humorous Adyantwes of Mr . Sydenham Greptfinch ^ ( gentleman , and of his Friends in London . Compiled from the MS , at present in thepossession of Tom Hawkins , Esq . George Roiuledgo and Co . Fashumand Famine . By Mrs . Ann Stephens . R . Bontley . The New Existence of Man upon the Earth . Parts L , II ., and IIL By Robert Owen . Holjoako aad Co . Robert Owen ' s Address to the Human Pace . . Holyotike and Co . Phrenology , Psgchohgg , and Pnaumatology . By Introviser . J . Cliapman . Putnam ' s Aionthly ; a Magazine of Literature , Science , and Art . No . 20 . Sampson . Lowe , Son , and Co . Tales and Lays for Sunshine anil Shade . By John gifted Langford . John Hughos ,
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SYDENHAM PAPERS . No . U . A . coMyAtiATivw viewof the Old Exhibition , with its offspring at Sydenham , suggests some obvious differences . The Hydo Favlc Exhibition had its antecedents , which should nofc bo totally eclipsed by its own brilliant success . The very first thing of the kind waa done a century before by the London Society of Arts , and similar collections were from time to time shown on a small scalo in some of our great manufacturing towns , at Birmingham especially ; when the British Association mot there in 1839 , tho application of mnchinory and chemical scionco to the making of useful articles of trade ivns mndo n very interesting feature , by tho exhibition of a vast number of machines and processes in actual operation . Again , too , in 1649 , tho same intention was earned out on a
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 26, 1854, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26081854/page/19/
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