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npHE English world is in suspense , waiting ; for A the Parliamentary battle which has been postponed until nest Monday ; and for the battle , at or about Bucharest , between , the advancing Turks and the retreating Russians , of which we may expect hourly news . The meeting of Government " supporters" ( who are always voting at least against the Government ' s propositions ) at Lord John ' s official house , last Monday , was only successful in staving off a crisis for a vreek , and , perhaps , also , in preventing some personal impertinence , from Palmerstonian liberals , to the Duke of Newcastle . But the
conference did not produce any better feeling between " the leader" and the led ; those who spoke at all , spoke of their disappointment and disgust with Lord John Russell ' s -conduct : and as the mass of invited gentlemen , who did not speak , left the room while Lord John was settling with the Irish members about Tenant Right , we may infer that no very affectionate or respectful party feeling prevails . The general question asked by these gentlemen of one another
waswhy were we invited here at all ? not that they took the constitutional ground , that these private Parliaments are improper , but the reason of convenience — all that Lord John coldly said , being precisely what ho could have said publicly . In fact , Sir John meant to have said a good deal more , had he seen that the tone of his audience was pleasant ; but it was not : ho is going down , amid general contempt : and the whole Whig party must be startled at finding ,
From what certain Radical members intimated on the occasion , that thoso Liberals who still adhere to tho notion that Liberalism must , be carried by One or other eoction of the aristocracy are beginning to think that tho Pcelitea are tho party for the " popular members" to follow . All that is proffered by partisans , in explanation of tho anarchy in tho ranks of tho Government
supporters , avoids the real truth , —which seems to bo that , -whilo we all know that there is a vast mass of splendid intellect and fine character in the Coalition , nobody knows what the Coalition is at , whether in war or peace . And , of course , it becomes the business of tho Radicals to consider whether their duty to their constituents is consistent with ft policy which is more politeness . If the Radicals cannot find fit loaders among tho aristocracy , why
not appoint a leader of their own ? Would not Sir William Molesworth take the premiership if the Radicals -would give it to him ? Monday will test our worthiness , as a people , of parliamentary government ; —at present Parliament does not at all control the Government , though it renders Lord John unhappy , and occasionally makes him cry . If the 3 , O 00 , 000 Z . to be allowed ( not new taxes , be it observed , but a seizure of current revenue ) , on Monday , be conceded , as a
credit , without explicit conditions at the . instance of the Radical members ( among whom ws may include Mr- Bright , ftn % as there is a war , it is his policy to make it pay ) , the sooner Parliament prorogues , after that , the better : — tlie Parliament is iio use to us : we must trust to tlie press , which is daily more and more usurping Parliament ' s functions , as in all countries where there are only forms of representative institutions . Parliament itself is impatient" for the l ' Recess ;" and it is on all hands always dealt with as an evil
that the session should extend to September . Lord Brougham lias aided Lord Monteagle in throwing out of the Lords ( that is , into a select committee ) the bill which was to effect the reform so long urged by Mr . William Williams , and at last adopted by the bold Mr . Gladstone ( the payment of all revenue at once into the Treasury , without drawback for cost of collection ) , on the ground that if certain fixed votes had to come fur the " annual control" of the House of Commons , that chamber , having so much more business to
do , would have to extend its sittings : —a sort of comment illustrating our complete oversight of what our " constitution" provides for . The Lords , as a House , havo been guilty of the same blunder , and which was properly exposed in the Commons by Mr . Bright ; for by deciding that they will receive ( practically this is what is meant ) no Commons bill after the 25 th of this month , thoy limit the action of our repi'Gacntativo senate—Unit is , check altogothcr
for the Peers can do very well without bribery , seeing what a splendid yet simple weapon is intimidation , —with which , if they lose all the boroughs , which they won ' t , they could still contrive to keep nearly all the counties . What time ¦ was not devoted to bribery has been spent in mere silliness : on Tuesday , an individual clutches at the public money , or , worse , in a mercantile effort to turn the House of Commons into a patent agent ' s office in printing-machinery affairs;—Mr . Gladstone talking common sense on the matter with no effect . When the House of Commons thus
degenerates and neglects its grand old functions of ruling , why should the Lords be stifled in a London August ? We summarise in our news columns the position of the war ; and comment on the negative attitude which our forces have taken up would be useless . Our Ministers will , perhaps—it is not at all certain—tell us on Monday something of what we are to expect : how the negotiations stand , and
whether Dundas and Lord Raglan , and Sir Charles Napier , will measure their movements by those of the diplomatists . Our Court is receiving a Prussian envoy , and our Cabinet is answeringor has answered , and is waiting a rejoinder , in due course "—the Russian proposals communicated through Vienna , —no indications being noticed that Austria is seriously contemplating pushing her troops into Wallachia . The front of tho Czar is still firm : his last orders that we hoar of were
that bis generals should re-occupy tho lost positions in the Principalities ; and , meanwhile , ho negotiates . Louis Napoleon , as if expecting nothing , journeys -with his sick empress to the Pyrennees . Where ho will moot , very likely , Queon Christina , and , it is not impossibl e tho " filia pukhrior" Isabel ; for Madrid is in open insurrectionluilfu dozen of the chief towns of Spain have declnrcd against tho infamous rdtninu—and Espartero
wlint wo aro ploasod to call self-government . The Commons , however , take tho " sotting down " complacently ; suul , in truth , they have done so little , and lurvo so little to do ( thoy think ) , that this would scarcely bo a suitable sosoion for them to stand out on constitutional doctrine . This week they have hail two duya—ono ( lay lasting fifteen hours I—on the Uribery Bill , which will got into the Lorda before tho 2 Gth ; and wo do not approhond any groat opposition thero to tho moasuro ,
and Nnrvaez are appearing on tlio scene . O'Donncll has shown tho qualities of a first-rate party chief j and his proclamation is Unit of a bold statesmum . Wo have no great faith in hia hint * at ) " representation "—ono is ns weary o ^ wutdiiug that farce in Spain us in England . But his and Duko ' a plnn about " a militia" is something jmpro roal . Wo know , in a history which is partly ouff oavii , what Spaniards can < lo , in localities' nnd ' provinces , whon they aro trained nnd lijivoarina ' in tliuir hands ; and ns tho nation ifl ^ uvAtMVkC ^ somewhat into a distinct knowledge of what gwdr-
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"The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness 13 the Idea of Humanity the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected bet-ween men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human , race as one brotherhood , having one great object—tbe free development of our spiritual n . &t \ xre . "~ ffitmboIdtfs Cosmos - 679 The
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VOL . V . No . 226 . ] SATURDAY , JULY 22 , 1854 . [ Phige Sixpence .
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WEWSOFmWEEK- ~ o . M ^ to ge ^ . ........ ^ JJ « oer _ . __ 6 | 3 SftS'S ^ AES ^ 8 ! Parliament of the Week 674 Industrial Exhibition at Old- Public Rewards 685 Sydeuham Papers ' . ' . ¦ . ¦' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . 691 Ifotes on the War 677 hanl ••¦•¦ - 679 How to Make the Crystal Palace Continental Notes 677 A Proposed Railway 679 Succeed 685 PORTFOLIOContinental Loans . ' . 678 The Hood Monument 680 American Social Life sketched . ~ , , _ ¦ . Australia ... 678 A Tory View of the Houso of by an English Resident . — A Clerpman's Experience of America . ; ........ " ..:. " \ Z 678 Lords 630 Letter III .. 686 Society 69 a SS ?* -- "V * " "" S 3 C ™ & * . ^ . ™^ . e 80 . OPEN COUNCIL- ™ \ RTS-/ Gr ^ t ^ ay Accident ¦; :::::::: 678 Miscellaneous . 680 Bullying ia the Army and Uni- Th « Spanish Dancers 693 SjSSoya'frree Hospital Case 6 ? l PUBLIC AFFAIRS- versitfes ? . 686 _ louis Napoleon and Mr . Ander- Project for a Liberal Party ...... 682 LITERATURE- Birfchs , Marriages , and Deaths ... 69 $ son .... 679 Spain . —The Bourbons ........... 682 - •• *! % « ¦ vine . COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSOnaar Pasha . 679 Usefulness of the House of Com- I Summary .., ... 687 Citv Intellieencp Markets \ A TheQueonaudtheArmyClothiuB 679 mons ;; 6 S 3 I JJalbirnieon the WaterCure "I" & 1 ' SrtJSSSmff&c ff . . .. I ™ 693-690
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Leader (1850-1860), July 22, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2048/page/1/
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