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      The one Idea whicli History- exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw d . owa all the barriers erected between men by prejudice aiid one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions 3 5 SraStSS ^ lSSi « &cKSf WhOla Huma * race - one brotherhood , having one grea / object ^ the free dement

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      NEWS OF THE WEEK- rioa Prorogation of Parliament 994 Miscellaneous S 96 UTERATURErj ^ e-Vfar 9 SG The IrishlliHtia ^ " ¦ : " 994 Summary , ; .... . 1001 AnecdoWofAtoa' : """ :::::::::::::: 988 ¦•' TunendOfMaraWsOrMuif ; 994 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- ™«™ i »? iJS ^^ 'ffilffcw "" S The Killed and . Wounded ..... 9 S 9 General Canrobert and the ¦ Bovelations of a _ Slave-Trader ... 1003 Listof Killed and Wounded 990 Charmed Medal .. . .... 991 A November Session ; . 998 Doctor Forbes . Window on In- - _ Map of the Battle of Alma 992 Departure of the Irish Exiles The Campaign in the Baltic 997 sanity 1001 ¦ Our Civilisation ; . .. 992 from Australia 994 The Army Made National ........ 997 THE ARTSTenatit Bight in Ireland . 992 The Arctic Expedition 995 feel ' s Auxiliary Medical Corps . 998 -p PriVio « inn < i The Church Militant 992 The late Samuel Phillips 995 Hartmann ..... S 93 \ imJ . totpA'iirinB ""' """""' innn Professor Masson s Inaugural Lee- Tisit of the Emperor and Em- . Englishmen Emigrate to the % UeSrt nr Ciam " inn £ ture ......,....,.........:.. „ 99 ? press of the French to Eng- Suffrage 999 A . Heart ot ixoia 100 c The Australian Colonies .... 9 EKJ land ' ., 995 JsirHi q Afarri-im >< s ind T > f > ntTi . » inm NewZealand 993 Resuscitation of Poland 995 OPEN COUNCIL- Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 100 o TheCourt 991 The Public Health ...... ' . 996 « -. ouimcil COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCpntinental Notes ........ ..... 994 The Enniskillen Railway Affair Babel . 999 City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-Sir James Graham not a Coward ... 994 —Murder 990 "A Family Bible " ... 1000 vcrtisements , &c , 1006- ICO

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      VOL . V . No . 239 . ] SAT URDAY , OCTOBER 213 1854 . [ Price Sixpence

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      QEBASTOPOL has not yet fallen ; that is tlie O news of the -week , But Sebastopol is to fall . The Allies are busybefore it : English , French , and Turks , with seamen and marines , who are to work at the guns ; they now number , calculates General Canrobert , 80 , 000 men . Well placed southwards of Sebasfcopolthey can be assailed—the presumption is that

      long ere this they have been assailed—only on one flank ; and they are therefore safe . After Sebastopol there will probably be a second pitched battle ; and as that -will doubtless exhaust all the possible Russian reinforcements , the Crimea , we may rely on it , will be soon clear of the Czar . That is to say , if Omar Pacha , on hid side , can supply a " Siege of Ismail . " On all sides the groat requisite is speed . The cholera is raging in the Crimea , and is more dangerous tlmn the Russians .

      In anticipation of a complete military conquest in the Crimea , German diplomacy is making further overtures to the Allies . Of the cautious but crafty Austrian Emperor they may now consider themselves secure ; and they are rcpoytod to be taking means to accelerate the rationality of Frederick William- —the means being a now regulation , that neutral bottoms do not make ncxitral goods . Of course a reaction of this kind to tho wisdom of our

      ancestors would expedite the disgust of Russian politicians with tho Prussian Cabinet . But wo still Uave groat doubts if it be determined on by our Government ; in tho first place , because one or two members of the Cabinet , Sir Win . MoloswortU in particular , have boon eloquently indignant with tho barbaric conditions of former maritime warfare , and , in tho next place , be cause wo doubt if tho Government would offend thu " mercantile world " by stopping trade iu ordoi- to spito Prussia . The whole report may bo u canard ; but it came from a Govornment oflice vid thu City ,

      and- as Russian produce went up under the stimulus of the story , the reporter ought to be found out . We cannot forget how Mr . Gladstone ' s private secretary speculated in Exchequer bonds ; and the history of the last war supplies many instances o £ clev , er money-making by minor ministers . It is wonderful how the public view of the possibilities of this war is expanding . In France the Emperor is feeling his way by silently authorising the address to him of a pamphlet-letter , in . which the writer , " a distinguished personage , "

      points out that Russia can only be suppressed by repairing the oversight of tho great Napoleon , and re-erecting a Kingdom of Poland . And in England it is likewise- Louis Kossuth , who , with Mr . Spooncr , is supplying some simulacrum of a policy to the Tory party— " Poland" being now the cry , supcriidded to the cry of "Protestantism . " This we gather from the speech , this week , of Sir John Trollopc , who represents the best class of squires—prejudiced yet moderate , Tories , but scholarly and well informed—and who seldom ventures to offer an opinion in which he is not likely to be sanctioned by his party . Sir

      great war , in . which are risked great principles ^ The Danish Ministry was beaten on the 14 th by the surprising majority of eighty to six—a state of things so hostile to the King , that even the throne comes into danger . The Ministry refuses to resign : there is a question of who is to impeach them ; and meanwhile the anti-Russians obtain nothing but what they call a basis for the refusal of taxes .

      Our public opinion as to the holiness and justice of the war has been manifested for the behoof of ministers in the unexampled magnanimity of the public subscriptions for the sick and wounded in the military hospitals on the Bosphorous . The generosity is so profuse and so indiscriminate , that upwards of G , 000 ? . is sent

      through the hands of an inevitably unfit person for the distribution—viz ., the Editor of tho Times However , ho will do his best , generously too ; and the sum , with other resources being collected , will not only serve to heal wounds and alleviate sickness , but encourage the hale and stimulate the stroncr . Our soldiers and sailors will see that their

      John has been travelling in Germany , and has come to strong conclusions , that the German peoples and the German dynasties are different things , and that Germany would be Russia unless Poland stood between the tAvo . Tho suggestion was loudly cheered by the farmers present ; and it id likely to bo taken up generally by tho Farmer ' s Friend—more particularly as the ISTo Popery conspiracy i . s rather a failure . Left tho Government look to it that Lord Derby and Mr . Disraeli be not left to tako the popular ¦ view of tho war . Our Government can remain our Govornment , in this Avar , on one condition only—that it lead in the war .

      country is worth serving . At the same time , it would be well if public criticism upon the chiefs of our forces wore move accurate and unorc se-vorc . Mr . Disraeli has remarked that wo nevor won a great naval victory until -we had sliot an admiral ; and the sneer is so far true that tlie " service " is all tho better when the process of " pulling-up " is in constant resort . The courts-innrtial on tho ofi ' ieers of tho last

      Arctic expedition wore very desirable ; and despite the vagueness of the Admiralty instructions , under which ho acted , Sir Edward IJolohur , thouyh acquitted on technical grounds , stands condemned beforo his countrymen and his profusion for a lax discharge of tli ^ f inl ^ o ^ cgtod of him . May there not , nt ^ i ^ . piqwwiHi , ty £ Ptjior admirals and conumuidoragki ^* & $ && %$% Admiralty instructions ? $ y » te >« 3 . ; gM W * ot facing an enemy ; mid t ^ 'j ^^' S ^ . H ^ S ctosts tho prudont adnViraTwh © j povp ^ ofW >»>" experiment . ¦<• '¦•• - % ; # " " ( ' > v - > M V * > > . r .-rr ' / ' -V t ?" * Jt ¦ ''" '• ' 1 J t ~~ - < lL& £ i /'

      -Dot- 'is thu Government ' s evident disinclination to a Christmas Session indicate that it is also indisposed to take a popular course ? Tho Danes are bringing the wholesome machinery of impeachment into fashion ; and constitutional ministers must begin to be careful in a period excited by a

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 21, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2061/page/1/