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rjlHE new Parliament opened on Thursday , and JL the Commons proceeded at once to the election of Speaker . The forms of that proceeding , and the administration of the oaths to Peers and Members , offer no subject for remark ; except a pleasant reflection at the display of English character in the reelection of the Speaker . The universal recognition of Mr . Shaw Lefevre ' s fairness , and the right recognized in him to his post on the score of that quality , agreeably illustrate that the power of the boasted staple in English character survives in full force . Broadly considered , the speeches and the act are a great political event , a highly calculated to revive the popular
reverence for the elective chamber . The whole tone of tho proceedings marks national respect and conscious power . The opening of Parlli « nent was harhingered by a great demonstration of the Free-traders in Manchester , intended to be an imposing review of their forces , and to define their position . It appears h
tat the y intend to take up a perfectly separate position ; that without consulting the convenience of an y political parties , they intend to force on an i mmediate decision upon the question of Freetrade or Protection , unless they be anticipated by " * -t' -trade declaration in the Queen ' s speech . Mi' . Cobden also seized the occasion to repeat MIS illniAn »^ ., k »^ . „ a . ai *!_ ¦ __ 11 1 •/• 1 i * "' s inmounccment that he is well for
, as qualified o « ice as many gentlemen that obtain it ; and to ex press doubts as to the possibility of forming any »< -w party iu the House of Commons . The rc-F «» cntations are both true ; but the tone iu which » y wore uttered implies n considerable coldness ol toclmnp on the part of Mr . Cobden towards the " - political order of Liberals . The muster . 1
oI Mei'vl , ors of Parliament and of the reprew'litativcs of towns ^ grcllt . JVl i ; . Macuula y ' s appearam » « t Edinburgh is less ' political than a personal and local f « H ; . He » l > okc an Edinburgh Review article , of a reserved " lJen « iam which astonishes his younger admirers , j r « n » nds his older friends of the pro-Reform « ay * i- A model Whig of H > 88 , his own peculiar 'Ms liuve been strengthened' by the irresponsin > ties of years , of an invalided health , an unso-« ite < l seat , and absolute renunciation of office . ° . " t » e revolt of 1848 was anarchy and tcr-Or *«> n , Socialism is " robbery / ' universal suffrage 1 [ Town Edition . ]
is alarming ; and in short , the questions of 1853 are terrible to the politician of 1831 . But the oral essay was a finished and brilliant composition , and was most alluring even to those critics of modern Athens who could not have shared its timidities . The declaration of the ex-Minister that he would never again be tempted to exchange a polished ease for the doubtful honours of Downing-street , lends to the position of our national historian in Parliament a peculiar dignity and independence , as his genius sheds a lustre and a grace on any assembly that his name adorns . The pale thin face , the failing energy , and the unflinching courage of the orator , saddened this remarkable occasion ; the suddenness of his peroration had almost th e accent of a parting , and the solemnity of a last farewell . On Irish ground we find our Ministers taking up a position of aggression . The Attorney-General has filed an information against the Anglo-Celt for a libel on the Thirty-first Regiment respecting the transactions at Six-mile Bridge , and has moved for a rule to show cause why the proceedings before the Coroner ' s inquest , in which the Jury found a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the soldiers , should not be quashed . Few English politicians will blame this decided course , especially when it is coupled with the generally liberal character of Lord Eglinton ' s career ; but it contrasts ominously with the vacillating conduct of Ministers in the matter of Protection , and in English polities at large . Elsewhere ; , indeed , our Ministers adhere , if we may trust all present appearances , to their plan of always taking exactly the position which they should not . The Morning Post has announced that the Allied Powers have required King Leopold of Belgium to exact from any new Ministry laws restraining the press , " England , " alias Lord Malmcsbury , joining in that " recommendation ; " and this assertion has not received the expected contradiction * from the avowedly Ministerial papers ; a silence which proclaims elo-. pvontly that there must have been something in it . We must indeed doubt whether King , Leopold would submit to a dictation no grossly violating the national independence of his kingdom ; since not only his diameter , but his declaration that he would only retain his throne so long as it should be with the concurrcitou of him embjci ; is , forbids the idea that he could sacrifice the dignity of the state to retain a degraded occupuncy of the throne .
The notion is also forbidden by the character of M . de Brouckere , moderate Liberal as he is , who Las once more formed a Ministry ; and the disbelief is corroborated by the character of M . Piercot , the Prime Minister ' s Radical colleague . Meanwhile the popular party , the free-tariff , and the free press , are safe against the priest party of
Belgium and the intrigues of Paris . If England , therefore , has joined the Allied Powers in coercing Belgium , it is probable that she has been rebuked by the firmness of Queen "Victoria ' s uncle . But what says the English public on this uncontradicted prostitution of " England" to the purposes of Lord Malmesbury ' s continental friends ?
The position of England in Sardinia is a problem more important than clear . Count Cavour has been beaten , and Count Cesare Balbo has undertaken the attempt to form a Ministry . The Count ' s antecedents mark him as an uncertain Liberal , with a leaning to the priest party ; but his actual position is doubtful . Does England continue her moral support to Sardinia , or has England joined her enemies ? Hail to the manly and truly English declaration of the Times on the subject of Belgium and Sardinia !
But a much more ugly question is suggested by the letter of our Paris correspondent : what reception is " England" giving to the project which Louis Napoleon is said to have put forward for an European League against America ? The story is , that in order to obtain permission to found the Empire , Louis Napoleon has represented how desirable it is to establish in Paris a great power foi
keeping down France ; that he proposes to revise the treaties of 1815 , to yield various little pickings for the great power in exchange for the Rhine as a French boundary , and to purchase the alliance of England by securing to her the fixity of her American boundaries , on the guarantee of the great European powers , allied for that purpose against the United States of America . It would be quite right , iu the coming " war of principles , " to regard the United States as the natural leader
of the anti-despotic powers , and to array ngainst the American republic England , her natural ally ; but will the people of England be content to accept a position thus chosen in their name by Lord Malmcsbury ? The Paris rumour may turn out to be a mistake : <» r if true , the alliance of the Northern powers against Louis Napoleon ' s assumption of the imperial title , as " Napoleon the Third , " may break off the negotiation ; but , at any rate .
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VOL . III . No . 137 . ] SATUKDAY , NOVEMBER 6 , 1852 , [ Price Sixpence .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK- Hailway Smashing 1059 The Crisis in Turkey 1064 Abd-el-Kader ana Arcnaeacon jttue xvw p gh Progress of Association 1059 A Cheek for Railway Destruction 1004 Opening of Parliament 1054 Militia Prosecutions 1060 A Clerical Witness to Church LITERATUREMr . Macaulay ' s Great Speech at Miscellaneous 1060 Anarchy 1064 Thackeray ' s New N " ovel 1071 Edinburgh 1054 Health of London during the Week 1061 Sanitary Government 1065 Butler ' s Analogy versus Modern The Manchester Free-trade Gather- Births , Marriages , and Deaths 1061 A Screw for Public Health Officers 1065 Unbelief 1073 ing 1056 Hints to New M . P . ' s 1066 Letters from Paris 1057 POSTSCRIPT 1061 Fallacies of Macaulay 1067 THE ARTSContinental Notes 1057 „„» ,,-. «„„ . Taxation Reduced to Unity and Two Comeaies 1073 The lEectric Telegraph Complete PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Simplicity 1067 King Henry the Fifth 1074 from London to Paris 1058 What will Come out of it All P 1062 Dessert Banquets for Public Meet-The Launch of the Bengal 1058 European League against America 1062 inga I 069 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSThe State of Trade 1059 The Profanity of Present" Sabbath The Accuser 1069 j „ ,.., .. + * , it ^ i MV 7 Emigration and Colonization 1059 Observances" 1063 The Clock a la Francaise 1069 I Markets , AdvertiBements . &c . 1074-1076
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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 ol Keligion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldt ' a Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 6, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1959/page/1/
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