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The week has been marked in Parliament by what may ultimately prove the severest blow which the Whig party has received since it has existed . The recognised leaders of its three section * have been Lord Grey , whose ' ¦ '• crotchety ' - disposition has separated front him all but a few personal friends j Lord Lansdowne , who has retired ; and Lord John Russell , left alone in command . He showed , some time back , that he had mistaken both his position and his course ; and the events of the current week have at last made that clear even to his closest friends . He
opposed Mr . Locke King ' s ten-pound county franchise , and it was carried against him , the Liberal Minister : he had consented to put himself in a minority ! This year he proposes his own cento of a Reform Bill , and suffers it to stand over while . he undergoes the process of being defeated on the Militia Bill ; and then he moves himself to discharge the order for the second reading . Mr . Locke King renews his ten-pounder bill , and is defeated by the Conservative Ministers—Lord John himself aiding in the rejection . And in the debnte , Mr . Disraeli
tauntingl y advocates a suffrage for the working class es—just as Lord John had done in the ori ginal Locke King debate / without attempting to effectuate the idea . Lord John proposes a ¦ Militia Bill , and is defeated . Ministers propose a Militia Bill , and Lord John votes against the principle of such a bill ; but in that factious tergiversation he is beaten . The three-piled complication of these defeats , the desperate alacrity » n disco mfiture , disclose absolute unfitness in the
man the post of leader . He evidently cannot calculate events , nor combinations , nor personal actions , in the very place where he has passed a ] politicallife . But he is deserted . Lord Seymour , Lord Mjelburne , son of the Marquis of Lansdowne , Sir th w * > Lemon » Mr- Bonham Carter , seconder of the Whig address , and Lord Palmerston , ore a few among the more conspicuous Liberals who voted tho
« n Militia Bill at the second reading against Ie lftle Premier , and with Lord Derby ' s Government . l , ord John is left with the Manchester Bcnool and the Radicals ; amongst whom the « ion of the House of Bedford maintains a position , ""easy because it is uncongenial . Whether helping ^ misters to defeat Mr . Locke King ' s modicum of tn If exten « o « , or offering himself as a victim the victorious majority on the Militia BUI , the LTown Edition . " !
Leader of the Whigs seems always to be in the wrong place . A supporter of his Ministry threatens that if he be not better backed by the Liberals he may cease to bring the " great houses" to the party ; but he has already done the mischief : the
" great houses" seem inclined to fall back upon , the Conservative party , leaving Lord John amid the Radicals , whose band he cannot lead but only adorn , and who are beginning decidedly to prefer the " unadorned . " Glancing for a moment at the Militia Bill itself , let us remark that its distinctive character is singularly overlooked—the voluntary effect of it . The compulsory militia is only in reserve ; while the volunteers would not be too numerous for any district to find with perfect ease . To render it complete , however , it may need some more comprehensive provision for enabling the people at large to perform volunteer exercises .
Lord John supported the attempt to repeal the tests in the Scottish Universities ; a good measure , but beyond all chance of success at present . The great Whig might have effected the reform while he was in power : he advocates it now that he is in a minority . A measure advanced to the stage of second reading , but postponed for Ministerial deliberation ,
is Mr . Gladstpne ' s Colonial Bishops Bill . It has excited much interest , and a degree of distrust that can only exist by favour of misunderstanding . A contemporary attacks the measure as one to confer privileges on the clergy of the Church of England in the colonies : it docs no such thing , but only enables the members of the Church of England to regulate their own affairs by synodical action amongst themselves . Nothing can be fairer or more modest . Will the Secretary
of State for the Colonies consent to the Bill , or will he take advantage of the dishonest and prejudiced clamour amongst those who would defeat so just a precedent for this country ? It is not known , what course he will take : we only observe that he asks for time to think about it , and he is Understood to belong to the" Low Churcli party .
The party in the Church who advocate the revival of synodical action have held another meeting —Gloucester being the appointed scene , There were a good number of clergy , and spine men of station among the laity present ; but the proceedings are not likely to raise the character of the movement . There was a want of decision
in meeting nn opposition got up by the Low Church party ; and a weakness of purpose in the chairman which is lamentable . , The conference compares unfavourably with its predecessors , not
one step being made in advance . Obviously , tin tactics of the Convocation-party are to court opposition , or at least to make the most of it when it comes in their way , instead of flying before it , We may well say of them , that opposition is theii opportunity ; depend upon it they will never suc ^
ceed unless they are vigilant to let slip no chance for discussion . » Lord John Manners and Colonel Sibthorp have decreed it—the Crystal Palace comes down on the 1 st of May . In spite of the manifest opinion of the metropolis , in spite of the great meeting at Exeter Hall , attended by men so distinguished and so far apart politically , Government insists on the fulfilment of a pledge , exacted by apprehension last spring , respecting a building
to be made of bric , k and iron- —not iron and glass . Lox * d John Manners indiscreetly confessed the real motive of hostility to the present building . It is an invasion of Hyde Park—sylvan retreat of Fashion . The Birmingham cricketer would have no objection to the building at Battersea ! And so , to keep public faith and protect the sacred but Rotten-row , 221 to 103 refuse even an inquiry . The Amalgamated Engineers have issued a final manifesto , announcing that they abandon their
hostile resistance to the Employers , and that they shall in future concentrate their efforts for the protection of labour on self-employment . The employers have beaten by force of greater wealth . At the last , as at the first , the men preserve to themselves a monopoly of manly moderation and candour . Even their old opponent , the Times , has recently espoused their cause , and has advised the masters to withdraw their tyrannical declaration : it has not yet been withdrawn . Meanwhile ,
however , the men have given voice to the claims of labour , in a way which has excited the attention and the respect of many whose convictions were worth winning ; and if we mistake not , the events of tho last few months will not be without a reflex in the acts of the Legislature . Amongst recent adherents to the cause , wo must now reckon tho ' Edinburgh Review , which advocates an improved law of partnership ' , and gives utterance to
declarations that the object oi working associations is " perfectly legitimate , " that they " deserve the protection of the law , " that tho principle of association , " unquestionably a mighty and prolific one , " " bo among tho most powerful influences now at work for tho education of the workingclasses . " And the sacrifices made by the Amalgamated Engineers have done much to illustrate that influence in tho view of observers like tho writer in the great orthodox Whig periodical .
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VOL . III . No . 110 . ] SATURDAY , MAY 1 , 1852 . ^ [ Price Sixpence .
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ap -rue u / cf If- page Election Intelligence 414 On the Cultivation of Flax 418 THE ARTSNEWS OF THE wttR Miscellaneous 414 , Malmesbury ' s Allies 418 The Operas . 4-3 TheWeekinParliameat ^ ..... . 406 - " Health of "London during the nopw rniiKiriL- French Plays 4 £ 3 Society of the Friends of Italy ...... 408 Week ,........... ; ..... .....: . 415 OPEN COUNCIL ¦ „ . " ., Mind your own Business . 4 t : i Letters fromParis ....... ..... ........ 409 Births , Marriages , and Deaths ...... 415 Mazzuu and the French Socialists ... 418 Ifotes Theatrical . 4 £ t Continental Notes 410 * ,.. B ,, « - « ,,, e LITERATURE— Musical Gatherings -42-The Movement in the Church : Dio- PUBLIC AFFAIRS— ¦ lena ; or , The Silent Woman . 419 The Summer Exhibitions 4 i" -t cesaa Synods ....... ; ..... » ... 4 ........ 4 U The Season 416 The Student ' s Companion 420 Diorama of Wellington ' s Campaigns 4 kJ Who will Preserve the Crystal Palace 412 Coming Events . 416 . - * ¦ Proeress of Association .................. 412 The Working Man ' s Dominions ..... 417 PORTFOLIO— COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSMissionaries Starved on the Kocks The Disraeli Franchise ... 417 Cbmte ' s Positive Philosophy 420 Markets , Gazettes , Advertisements , of Patagonia ............. 413 A Check for Chicory 417 Mr . Disraeli's Cabinet Dinner 432 &c . ... ; .......... 425-41 ?
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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 barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , ancL Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "— -Stmbold ^ B Cosmot
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Leader (1850-1860), May 1, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1933/page/1/
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