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That the dissolution of Parliament is now drawing near is proved by more than the formal preparations which Ministers are ^ quietly making ; it is evinced in the general lassitude and want of interest which no party cares to conceal . The work done might almost be expressed in a circulating fraction , of which no addition will ever make up as much as a single integer . There has been much debate , though not so much as usual , but the principal importance attaches to certain incidental evidences or avowals .
The Militia Bill has dragged its slow length through Committee , although ou Monday night it had to undergo six divisions on one clause . Several members proposed exemptions—of Quakers , of medical men , of schoolmasters , of parliamentary non-electors , of married men above the age of twenty-five ; all of which glorious propositions were rejected by decisive majorities , with Mr . Milner Gibson ' s proposal not to exempt Peers . The Anti-Ministerial speakers all displayed a new - born confidence in the standing army , by preferring an increase of that to a militia force . On
Thursday , five more divisions . In reference to this measure , however , Mr . Disraeli has declared that Ministers are bent on carrying it before the dissolution . ^ The treatment of Mr . Gladstone ' s Colonial Bishops Bill is curious . It seems that at first , Ministers intimated that they might support the second
reading ; then they announced that they should oppose it ; and on Wednesday , Sir John Pakington entered into a long criticism on its imperfections and enormities . In the face of this opposition , Mr . Gladstone withdrew it . The "ill is not popular among the colonists in London ; and Sir John is trying to do his best to obtain the confidence of the colonists . In the
course of the debate , the Attorney-general avowed tnnt no law exists to forbid the meeting of bishops «« tUjo purpose of framing internal regulations . Ministers decline to go on with the Bennett case ; no royal commission will be issued to inquire . Mr . Horsman gave notice of a motion for a select committee on Tuesday night , when there
w *> " no house . " An attempt was made to shelve the Maynooth ww until qfter Parliament should be dissolved ; "ut lfc fa"e < l , and the debate will bo resumed n ^ oaday . Mr . Disraeli , however , cannot bo [ Town Edition . !
charged with evasion , since he declared that Ministers do not intend to abrogate the Maynooth grant , and that he himself could not at all concur in the grounds of the motion for inquiry . Another avowal is worth note : Lord Malmesbury has declared that our relations with the court of Rome are carried on in a circuitous underhand way , unworthy of this great country . Will Lord Malniesbury mend the Way ?
Touching the dissolution , Lord John Russell mentioned it as occurring in a day or two , or at the most , a week after the 16 th . A bout the middle of June , probably , it will be ; but Ministers are still unpledged to the precise time . On the eve of a dissolution , the Londonderry scandal in the county of Down is an opportune avowal . Having joined Mr . Sharman Crawford
and the Tenant-Right movement , Lord Castlereagh was informed that he must resign his seat in the House of Commons , and " Castlereagh ' s position" was offered to Lord Londonderry ' s nephew , Mr . D . S . Ker . In the sequel , however , Mr . Ker lets it be discovered that he could not rightly appreciate the relation of " patron and nominee , " nor the relation to Lord Londonderry who was to claim the member for Down as " his
member . " The joint enterprize , therefore , is broken off ; Lord Londonderry offers the post to " Alick Stewart ; " and indignant at the turn which the correspondence has taken , Mr . Ker resolves to shame the Marquis , and print it . At this the Marquis is very wroth , and h e publishes an appendix , in whi ch he intimates that he is only deterred from asking " satisfaction" by the relationship between himself and Mr . Ker . An idle story , except you regard it as a useful confession by the Marquis , that a peer may still have " his member" in the House of Commons .
The dispute in the Book-trade has attained the completion of its first stage , in the total defeat of the old combination . In a formal judgment , Lord Campbell and his colleagues have pronounced the regulations of that body unreasonable and inexpedient ; a decision so strongly backed by the general feeling , that no combination could stand against it . As yet , the trade seems to hav e come to no conclusipn ; and it would really seem as if no regulations were to be contemp lated , each doing as he likes . Meetings like that held at the rooms of the Society of Arts , on Tuesday and Wednesday , are significant of two things—the desire of the people for education , and that the associative idea i »
gaining ground in what are politely called "high quarters . " As our readers will see , the amount of speaking was limited in quantity , but on the whole sound in quality . Especially we note the energetie repudiation on the part of Ecclesiastical Religion , by the Bishop of Oxford , of all hostility to Literature and Science . Also , there is the unexplained phenomenon , so well brought out by Mr . Hume , that the Mechanics' I nstitutions are scarcely even self-supporting for years after their establishment .
It is pleasing to find an authoritative recognition , that am usement is necessary for working men , and that science alone is by no means to be insisted on . It is to be regretted that the men who could have given a good insight into the working of the co-operative principle , illustrated by the Yorkshire Union , as Mr . Holmes , of Leeds , or Mr . James Hole , did not make any kind of explanation — blocked out , no doubt , by the greater forwardness of those who had less to tell . Altogether , however , the meeting is deemed successful .
Smith O'Brien was a gentleman , besides being the descendant of an old race of Irish kings . But he was a rebel , and the Law , which spared his life , sent him into retirement in a penal colony . His old friends , Peers , Baronets , Members of Parliament , Bishops , and Justices of the Peace , thinking he is hardly treated , forgive the gentleman his rebellion , and petition the Viceroy to
release the convict . But the Chief of Dublin Castle is , officially , flinty-hearted : he hears the prayer , and in return , scolds by imp lication the supplicants . It is like their confounded imp udence , indeed , to ask the Queen to release a man who will not confess his crimes , and beg for mercy ! So the Lord Mayor of Dublin who , on Monday , presented to Lord Eglinton a memorial from Irish respectability , for the liberation of Smith O'Brien , was rated and refused .
There are other British subjects , not condemned by our laws , who claim attention at the hands of Government . At Rome there is a Mr . Murray , who is under sentence on a charge of having been in connexion with a band of robbers ; and there is really no guarantee that our Government has taken effectual steps to secure him simple justice In Spain , Mr . Grenfell and Mr . Seymour , two English gentlemen , are subjected to continued ill-treatment by the custom-house officers , without redress . The two things that appear to be making way on the Continent « re , coercion of
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YOL . HI . Ko . 113 . ] SATUKDAY , MAY 22 , 1852 . [ Price Sixpence .
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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 or Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having'one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' g Cosmot .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1936/page/1/
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