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VOL . III . No . 140 . ] SATUEDAT , NOVEMBER 27 , 1852 . [ Price Sixpence .
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THE Free Trade debate has had so many incidents , that it has proved to be quite a romance of parliamentary life . Lord Derby graced it with a prelude from his place in the House of Lords ; throwing out a threat , that if Ministers were beaten , they would resign , and would cast upon their rivals the impracticable task of forming a Cabinet . To an attack in terms almost levelled at himself , Mr . Charles Villiers replied when he moved his resolution . He showed that he was not * factious , ' in doing so ; he declared , and we have reason to believe sincerely , that he had no wish to turn out the Government j and he showed that the speeches and proceedings of Ministers threw the gravest doubt upon the sincerity of their professed submission to Free Trade . Mr . Disraeli replied to this representation with great force , endeavouring to prove by a retrospect of the course which bis party bad taken , or rather , which he himself had taken , that protection had ' always contemplated maintenance of the welfare of the labourer , and the support also of " a considerable interest , " to wit , the agricultural ; and that concurrent causes , such as emigration and the gold , had conspired to supersede the necessity of protection . Admitting that the country had decided in favour of Free Trade , he now only insisted on carrying it out iu a ]] branches . Three resolutions were submitted to the house . The first was Mr . Villiers ' s , wh ich , by declaring the measure of 1846 " to be " wise , just , and beneficent , " undoubtedly implied that its opponents were not wise , just , or benefimit . The second , moved as an amendment by Mr . Disraeli , omitted that retrospective censure , a » d admitted Free Trade under the more offensive tltl (! ° f " unrestricted competition . " Here , unexpectedl y , Lord Palmerston intervened with a third ^ solution , omitting the retrospective censure like Mr . Disraeli ' s , but more explicitly acknowledging . *«* Trade . ' () the second night , however , these eomplicatl ( » is wer « in some degree simp lified by the witli"" iwal ° f Mr . Disraeli ' s motion , and the adoption Wd Pahnerstoii ' n Oti the Ministerial side ; the contest remaining between Mr . Villiera and Lord j . " ncrntcm . It will be observed that this new < Vision of the House cuts across the ordinary 1 'vision of right and left j but even that does not ex prcss the whole amount of confusion prevailing [ Town Edition . ]
on both sides of the House . The tendencies of that night were to place the Free-traders pure and simple in a minority . A new source of anxiety to the Ministerial party , however , arises from the indisposition of Mr . Disraeli : it is a nervous affection of a more serious character than his courageous adherence to his post would imply ; and it arises from over work . The Free Trade debate absorbs the political interest of Parliament , though several subjects of some importance have been slightly touched upon . Convocation , for instance , has been mentioned more than once ; and , from the explanation of Ministers , it would appear , that , so far as the formal act of Ministers , or the record of the body itself , there will be no departure from the " usual course ; " that no new powers have been granted ; and that the proceedings of Convocation , in fact , will end with vain discussion—if it should prove vain . Another point is , that Ministers do not intend to enforce a closing of the Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoons ; although an existing statute may prevent the taking of money for admission on the Sabbath , unless Parliament should abrogate that statute , or the company should evade it . In his outline of a tenant-right scheme , Mr . Napier legislatively recognizes , if he docs not effectuate , an important principle for Ireland . Out of doors the Free Trade contest has given rise to much discussion , and to some sliarpshooting amongst the correspondents of the papers , of whom the ferocious Westmeath and the faithful Paul Foskctt are the most remarkable . Pronouncing Lancashire " a Bastille of wretched beings , stewed up , to ho used up , for the selfish aggrandisement" of " the cotton lords , " Lord Westmeath proposes a capitation tax , payable by those cotton lords upon every child admitted into their factories . The worst of it is , that , with the competition for employment , the tax would have to be paid out of the wages of the children . Paul Foskctt , it seems , suspected Disraeli a year ago , and is miserably consoled by the fulfilment of bis prediction , realizing the full force of the proverb , " Save me from my friends . " " In the name of a hundred Protection Societies , * ' he indignantly protests against the " treacherous amendment , " " base desertion , " an " outrage , " a " sacrifice ; " and concludes , by a fri ' skiness familiar to the Foskett school of thinkers , with a dark insinuation as to what may become of the " Protestant principles of the
Reformation , " now that Protection to high prices is abandoned . The Poor Law Reformers find the ground opening to them . A numerous deputation has . been to the President of the Poor Law Board , to make representations against the " prohibitory order ; " and while Sir John Trollope ' s reply makes us believe that he means well , it convinces us that the views entertained in Gvvydyr House are not those of intelligent Poor Law Reformers . His notion of stone-breaking as the proper species of industry is sufficient proof . Still the movement and discussion will be useful . The movement will reawaken interest , and the excellent arguments put forth by Mr . Stark , in the letter to the Daily News , which the Editor of that paper has left us to publish first , will be read with the more profit . Unlike the Madiai , in Florence , Dr . Newman has obtained a new trial . Our court of justice is content to revise its own proceedings ; and it is admitted that the jury may have given a verdict opposed to the weight of the evidence which bore upon Dr . Achilli ' s character . Protestantism will not suffer from fairness . In France , the Emperor is collecting the suffrages which havfe not been given . The " Out" is found by approved methods in the expected numbers ; the zealous few naively distinguish themselves by the pursuit of " ZVrm" under difficulties . But the vast proportion who remain at home , and do not vote at all , are reasonably shocked to find that their " sections" have recorded an unanimous Oui . And all the while the Emperor elect is rendering his army , strengthened by reduction , more efficient in constitution and practice . Conspiracy is everywhere . A considerable force , 5 , 000 we believe , has been sent out for the relief of the English garrisons in the Mediterranean ; but we have reason to suppose that the " relief" is in truth a reinforcement , that the regiments relieved will not come home at present . Franklin 1 'ieree ' s election we had anticipated , ami the result , now proxiinatoly known , justifies our anticipation , that ho would be elected by the largest majority ever given to an American President . The "Whig party bus sunk to an " Association . " In fact , as with us , parties have been wholly broken up ; only in the election 6 f Pierce , more progress ban been made with the formation of a national party than we can boast . From our own Australia , the news is still rlv '»
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. ^ -., „ 1 A , „ , ¦ „ ¦* , „ :, atMm Eeinforcement of the French Army 1137 Gorgei ' s Life and Acts in Hungary u NEW OF THE WEEK- ^ Th ^ loyal Australian Mail Steam ^ ^ . ^ ^^ Y ^ Bookg Qn our TMe 1 M 4 m , Parliament of the Week 1126 Important judgment on the Bail- Taxation Reduced to Unity and ? a ™ Zm the Protectionists ... 1 W 9 way Cab-stand Question 1132 S ™*^? T- 7 ™ ¦ JSo PORTFOLIOf ^ frSpari- ¦ 1129 The Wellington Orders 1133 Ou the Cultivation of Flax 1139 ^ Barbara 1145 The Star * 7 nd Stripe * - « St . Do- Murder and Attempt to Murder ... 1133 How to sober a Man 1140 Y . n 1130 Miscellaneous 1133 « r » c » . i /»/ muioii thf flRT
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«« Thp one Idea which Hiatory exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour tr , throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside ths distinctions of Religion Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Ktitnboldt ' a Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 27, 1852, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1962/page/1/
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