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The Hellespont , -which anchored off Plymouth yesterday , brings files of Cape papers up to the 28 th of December , and has performed the shortest passage on record . The war is not one step nearer to a termination . Sir Henry Smith still remains in King William ' s Town , and the hostile Kafirs are cultivating their gardens within sight of head-quarters . The promised expedition had been sent across the river Kei into the territories of Kreli , the chief of
Kafirland , commanded by General Somerset . The latest intelligence informs us that the division had experienced little opposition from the enemy beyond the Kei , and had captured in all about 2500 head of cattle . But the operations had been greatly impeded by very heavy and almost incessant rains , and it was thought that the troops would have to return to King William ' s Town to recruit . -General Somerset ' s force , including irregulars , numbers about 4000
men . From Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre ' s division no later intelligence had been received ; but it was reported that he had been very successful in the capture of cattle . The Forty-third Regiment , about 600 strong , Lieutenant-Colonel Skip with commanding , had arrived at King William ' s Town from East London , together with small reinforcements of the Twelfth Lancers . The regiment made a fine appearance , the officers and men being mostly young men , and in excellent health and spirits .
The enemy within the colony had taken advantage of the absence of most of the troops to make a daring attack upon the town of Alice , and another upon the Eingo settlement of FortPeddie . The attack upon Alice was made on the 11 th instant , in considerable force , the number of Kafirs being supposed to be about eight hundred , of whom , nearly two hundred were mounted . They shot six Fingoes , and carried off above thirty head of cattle ; but were finally repulsed with the loss of a few of their numbers . On the
following day a party of Hottentots were repulsed with loss , in an attempt to carry off some cattle from the vicinity of Fort Hare . From Fort Peddie , a few days afterwards , the Kafirs drove off a small number of cattle belonging to the Fingoes . It is reported that the chief Seyolo is willing to come to terms , and that he accuses the " Prophet " Umlangeni of having deluded him . Rumours of this kind have been before spread , and have hitherto proved to be undeserving of credit .
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Mr . Gladstone has published "An Examination of the Official Reply of the Neapolitan Government . " Experiments are being made at Woolwich in the adaptation of rifle grooves to nine-pound cannon . The jury had not on Thursday returned their verdiot against the Kellys , charged with the murder of Bateson . They were locked up accordingly . A protest against the deorees of M . Bonaparte , confiscating the Orleans property , appears in the Independance Beige , signed " Dupin , De Montmorency , De Montalivot , Laplagne-Barris , Scribe , " testamentary executors of Louis Philippe . A letter from the Under-Secrctary in the Home-office to the inchoate Newcastle Rifle Club , informs those gentlenisters whether
men and the public that Mi are considering they shall sanction the formation of rifle clubs , and therefore declining to atato whether the Newcastle Rifle Club will be sanctioned by authority . A deputation from the Association of Employers of Operative Engineers , consisting of Mr . Field ( of the firm of Messrs . Maudalay , Sons , and Field ) , Mr . Ravenhill ( of the firm of Miller . Ravcnlnll , and ^ Co . ) , Mr .. Perm ( of the firm of John Penn and Son ) , Mr . T . Fairbairn > of the firm of Measrs . W . Fairbairn and Sons ) , and Mr . J Blyth ( of the firm of J ; and A . Blyth ) , had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office . We suppose this portende mfaohief . S p many W ' 7 » of the doctrines laid downln the » " ^^^^"' ie circular could not meet the chief of th > Home-offloe without an aim ; and , with those dootrlneB , they can have but one .
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HER MAJESTY'S THREE OPPOSITIONS . As their day of trial approaches , the Ministers , it is rumoured , grow more confident . If we were to ask why , we might wait long for an answer ; but we have still longer ceased to expect any necessary logic in Whig condjict . There is a growing dislike to have a reason for an act : it is not " practical . " Perhaps , as Palmerston remains so very quiet , the mice think that the cat is asleep , or dead .
And truly , although Puss has a common habit of feigning death , she really is not immortal ; and truth may at last overtake the most wily wights * Again , it is supposed that the anti-invasion spirit will serve the same purpose of political diversion which the anti-papal excitement did , without the trouble of a Durham letter to get it up f And acting , perhaps , on the strength of these elements of" success , certain valuable aid is proffered to the "Whigs . The Times advances to encounter its
. The tactics of the Leading Journal are curious for naivete . There are , quoth the writer , not one , but three Oppositions ; and it singles out the one Opposition which calls itself Protectionist to show how contemptible it is . It displays for its leaders eleven gentlemen—a cricket " innings ** : Lord Derby , Lord Montrose , Lord Malmesbury , Lord Salisbury , Lord Burleigh , Mr . Disraeli , Mr . Herries , Major Beresford , Mr . Newdegate , Captain Vyse , and Sir Charles Knightley . These gentlemen have been stopping four days at Burleigh-house , discussing , as our contemporary surmises , the price
of corn and the prices of office ; and the Times infers that even the Whig Ministers will not flinch from a challenge thrown out by such an " eleven . " But then there is the Peelite Opposition ; also the Manchester Opposition—if it is an Opposition . And Palmerston , who may not be dead . However , having sneered at the disjointed feebleness in which the Tripartite Opposition must find itself , the Leading Journal marvellously takes to the whining tone , and tries to beg off its proteges , the Ministers—for the Ministers do appear to have been once more its protege ' s , at least during the astronomical day which ended with noon on Wednesday .
" A practical and ^ industrious people is apt to inquire what a man haa ^ tkme before they are lavish of their confidence . We beg ^ then , to suggest to all the three parties composing the ^ Qpnpgftion that their only way to run up a good credit with the nation , and so to make a foundation for future success , is to do rather than to undo , to forward auch measures as they honestly can , and not to seek every occasion to What is done
clog the wheels of Government . abides ; what is hindered , at best , is forgotten . For proof of this wo need only appeal to the history of the last half-dozen sessions . Why have the three Opposition parties lost ground continually , even in the face of an enfeebled Government i Simply because , while they have been intent on party operations , they have too often forgotten to establish a character for real utility . "
So , to acquire the confidence of the People , the Three Oppositions must unite to uphold the Ministry , which will fall if they handle it roughly ; and having propped up by a threefold compromise that tottering party , they will have earned said public confidence 1 It is the coolest and simplest attempt to catch old birds with chafl" that we remember . But it is as little to be expected that in
deference and mercy tp an imbecile Government , all Three Oppositions will' consent to be more imbecile , as it is that the anti-invasion excitement will again extend to Ministers the lease of a disdainful endurance . The People , we suspect—perhaps our wish may be father to the thoughts-will not be content to indulge the Whigs with plwfirig at popular indignation for another season * On the contrary , the miserable hollow cant of last Beieion ia now thoroughly understood—and not fargotttn . Before Lord John Russell can bo again believed .
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~~ " TO BEAPERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . « x . r —The length of his paper unfits it for our columns . t V ^ b repeat , for the benefit of all friends , that it is unhecesTaril y forcing upon us the pain of declining contribu-Jr , : to foreet the fact that the Leader is a newspaper , and ^ oW d evote » small portion of its space to purely literary Nicies We ' ^ re sometimes " obliged to keep poetry , and prose So , in type for . months together , unable to find space for -Umbers and the Trade resident in the City , may obtain supplies of the Leader from Mr . James Watson , bookseller , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one « ide of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them .
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Saturday , January 31 . The news of . the morning , especially political , is the announcement in the times of the long-expected retirement of Lord Broughton . from , the Board of Control . His successor is Mr . Fox Maule , leaving the War-office at the disposal of the Whigs . Whom will they appoint ? ^ Also , in the same leader , the Times reveals what it knows of the new Keform Bill .
" The principle of the new Reform Bill is to propose as little as possible , on the speculation that either the House of Commons will accept that little , or will take on itself the responsibility of more . There is to be neither disfranchisement nor enfranchisement , as far as regards localities , if we are rightly informed , but only a general enlargement or swamping of the existing constituencies . For the £ 10 householders we are to have £ 5 householders - for the £ 50 tenants we are to have £ 20 hs to be
tenants : and the notorious borougare enlarged W copious annexations . On this plan there will not be a single change in the seats- —no new metropolitan boroughs—no more representatives for Manchester and Liverpool—none for the score or two large _ towns now unrepresented—and no obliteration of the names that have % rbught on the Reform Act the odium of having created more corruption than it destroyed . That , at least , is o \ ir present information . We confess that we can hardly believe it . " -
Sir Robert Peel and his colleague were entertained at Tarn worth on Wednesday . In his after-dinner oration Sir Robert made a fierce attack upon the Whigs and their Reform project . " " Was he ( Lord John Russell ) disisterested ? No ; the secret of his reform lay in a lingering thirst for political importance —( ' hear' and cheers)—& mean and shabby truckling for party purposes . ( Renewed cheering . ) Here lay the magnanimous self-denial of a tottering
government . Tottering did he say ? Why , that wh ich was and ought to be intended as a public benefit , was debased into the promotion of personal interest . ( Cheers . ) A family coterie governed the State . The honours and distinctions of the public service were not distributed according to the merits of the best men , but were mainly reserved for family connections . Take the Cabinet , for instance . What had they there with few exceptions—the Lord Chancellor and the Postmaster-General—but a web .
a net-work of family ties ?—( cheers )—the members of which would contract , if they could , within their own narrow minds and capacities the public weal . And what was the great victory they achieved ? They succeeded in destroying the only man that gave character and dignity to their counsels , who alone amongst them could secure respect abroad and countenance at home . ( Cheers . ) The Government ejected Lord Palmerston , let Lord Palmerston eject them—( renewed cheering )—and let him seek in the applause of his fellow-countrymen that which the Government could not expect—that respect and support w hich his talents , and courage , and mainly British heart , entitled him to enjoy . ( Great cheering . ) And what was
the result of this measure on the part of the Government ? Scarcely recovered from the effects of their own audacity , they would fain bolster up their tottering forces with the assistance of the friends of the late Sir Robert Peel ; but ho was proud to say that their generous offers were indignantly declined . ( Cheers . ) Was it probable that a ministry , in the very last gasp of political existence , should be successful in inducing their enemies to unite with them , at a moment ' s notice , to keep them in power ? He would as soon expect to see Mr . Gladstone Prime Minister to the King of Naples —( laughler ) ' -ov General Changarnier aid-de-camp to Louis Napoleon , Nas to suppose that those friends and acquaintances of an enlightened Statesman—the relics of a great party—his living parliamentary legacy to his country—should bp guilty of such
political apostacy . ( Cheers . ) Lot them boar in mind now SirRobertPocl , on the vory last occasion he addressed < tu " 0 u 8 e of OommonB , spoke of the Government . J . have not , ' ho said , the honour of their personal triendahip ; I have never had any political connection witn them . ' ( Hear . ) Lot those memorable words animate to a recollection of the past those who might be induced to saorifloe to the hasty dictates of political ambition their own political antecedents . If the Government had forfeited the confidence of tho country , let them give place to others . Let a liberal Conservative policy bo inaugurated . It would bo supported by publio opinion ; and surely there arc those who , perhupa ovon once colleagues , could now , In tho present crisis , forget former differences , which , after all , if nothing oloo waa , time » nd experience must have modified and
soothed ; and uniting their common efforts for . the public good , once again rally around the popular standard of a Liberal Conservative policy . But where was the recognized leader ? Where was the man to take the helm , and , supported by able co unsellors , guide the vessel of State through all dangers ? Scanning the long array of benches in both Houses ot Parliament , the eye wandered with fatigue for . some fitting object upon which to fix its attention . At length it was arrested by the presence of one whose powerful eloquence , character , abilities , and position , marked him out as the man destined to relieve this country from the slough of despondency . He spoke from conviction ; he was uninfluenced by motives which might thwart his deliberate judgment . He believed he recognised that leader in the man so well known to them all by the name of Stanley . "
Adopting the MMrEnglish suggestion of the Morning Chronicle , the Commissioners of Police have issued an order that the police are to undergo a severe course of infantry drill , previously to going through musketry and other exercises , the same as the troops of the line . They were to commence , says the Herald of yesterday , on Thursday . Did they ? When shall we have the continental system in full force among us ? May it please- your lordship to state when will it suit your lordship to introduce passports ?
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There is nothing flo revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law ot its creation in eternal progress . —Da . Arnold .
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SATURDAY , JANUARY 31 , 1852 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 31, 1852, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1920/page/11/
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