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"The one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing- itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanitr—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-aided views ; and by settuie aside the distinctions or Kengion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—ffumboldfs Cosmos . ¦
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MEWS OF THE WEEK— page . A Character that Cannot Afford President Pierce ' s Message ... 1212 ' Chaucer 1015 Imperial Parliament 1202 to be Libelled 1209 Steam Navigation between Civil Law "" . I ' . . ' . ' . " ' .. . ' . '" 1216 The War 1205 Election Intelligence 1209 Australia and England 1213 Rarnum . ... 1217 Lord Derby ' s Accuracy in Quo- Limited Liability 1209 ft pc rntiMru PORTFnnn " tation ........ 77 1206 Our Civilisation 1209 OPEN COUNCIL— PORTFOLIOMr . Bright , M . P ., and the War 1 1206 Postscript 1210 Last of the Preston Strike ...... 1213 Prince Edward ' s Christmas Continental Notes .. 1207 _ ,,-,,, _ ,.... „ The Marylebone Election 1213 Gift 1218 Brutality of a Cotton-lord 1207 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- An Injured Angel ., 1208 Arbitrary Government 1211 liiukatuke—The New Metropolitan Commis- "Whence the . Foreign Legion Summary 1214 . COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSaion of Sewers .. 1208 is to Come ... 1211 ZBorabardment of Russian Pi- City Intelligence , Markets Ad-The Militia 1209 The Austrian Treaty 1212 . nance 1215 v ' ertiseinents , &c . 1220-1224
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VOL . V . No . 248 . ] SATURDAY , DECEMBER 23 , 1854 . [ P » ige Sixpence
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'T 1 HE Government has passed its two War Mea-X sures , and further damaged its character : these are the facts of the Parliamentary week . The debate last night was the epilogue of the farce of the fortnight ; the point Was that this Government , which got majorities for its measures , and could afford to make no communications to Parliament , seems thoroughly contemned and distrusted in the House of Commons . Mr . Bright's masculine invective was cheered by all sides , the immediate Ministerial benches excepted . At the
same time this talking for talking sake— -a , debate followed by no real division , and occasioned by no proposition , the declamation -without action —does not present the Independent portion of the House in a position very much more respectable than that of the Government . The forcible speeches , however , may lead to action after Christmas . Messrs . Cobden and Bright will no doubt have last night made tlieir " mark" on public opinion ; and their addresses , together with
that of Lord John Russell , in which he indicated that the Government is earnestl y attempting to patch up a peace , will lead to the impression that the war may soon end . All the Governments arc fearing a revolutionary war , and are seeking to stop in time . Excepting in inference to the bill of Mr . Gladstone ' s about the Savings Bank Funds , the Parliament has been altogether a Council of war ; the two Houses interchanging topics , now the Militia Bill , now the Foreigners Enlistment Bill . The Lords have this week had the former measure
under consideration , and it has passed under their protest . Lord Derby's objections to it wore a matter of course ; it is his business in life to object to everything proposed by the coalition . Hut Lord Grey ' s criticism was of valuo , for , of all the statesmen of the aristocracy , he seems to be displaying , at present , the highest intellect and the loftiest patriotism . —as a thing distinct from purfcyisin . lie objected to the bill on the same ground on which he stood in objecting to the establishment , of a Militia : that it was to create a forco which could bo created in a cheaper and more efficient manner—by adding
to the number of regular soldiers . Ho had a belief in the u recruiting power" of the country ; and though only volunteer militiiunon will bo sont abroad , he appears to think tbat we could have got the same number in a more direct method , whilu keeping faith with those , on whom a moral screw in now used , who enrolled into thu Militia with no thought of things nioro serious than homo parade . But tUta ia arguing the mutter theoretically . Wo have yet to see what Militia lomi will bo go ) , together for foreign garrison duty . Wo * lo know that the recruiting for the Lino Una , as yet , been u failure ; for , despite all the boasting of " 1000 a
week , ' and the ardent patriotism , it is a fact that the sum Parliament voted last session for troops has unhappily turned out to be a sum in excess—that is , we have not raised the 40 , 000 extra men . Facing that fact , it is not logical in Lord Stanley to talk of " the resources of a people of 26 , 000 , 000 . " The case is probably this : the class that in ordinary circumstances would enlist in the Line is in the Militia , and will now make its appearance in the volunteers . But , undoubtedly , also , the Irish " exodus" has thinned the ranks of that class who carried the English standard through the perils of the last war . Furthermore , the palpable mad- ^ ness of enlisting into an army whose generals
carry it into Crimean expeditions , necessitating battles of Inkerrnan , must have deterred all but the wildest of the " boys" despised by the manly Mr . Herbert . And generally that sound class represented by the " Clerk" who writes to the Times , and which would raise so highly the moral of the army , is waiting for temptations to enlistthe temptation of a career ia addition to daily pay . Motives of this latter character are being- at last comprehended by the statesmen who are not convinced that the Duke of Wellington was infallible ; and among the very first of the liberal gains derivable from this war is coining a Reform Bill for the army .
written books elaborately satirical of the institutions of England , and ingeniously constructed to obtain Christian tolerance for Jews , on the expi-eas ground that , they crucified Christ . There is therefore not the slightest disguise about Mr . Disraeli ; and if the Country and Protestant party trust him and follow him , no one has a , right to complain , and all that bis political enemies' have to do is to regret that England ' s recruiting power is so thoroughly used up that she has to hire Germans for her soldiers , and Italian gentlemen for lier statesmen . Mr . Disraeli has further been unfortunate this week in his tricky misquotation of Wellington for passing purposes of debate . But Mr . Disraeli quotes Wellington as he quotes Cinias—they are both " foreigners" to him .
Ministers , by their modified explanations last night , threw some light on the Austrian Treaty and the Prussian Mission of Baron Von Usedoia . But both points are discreetly left in some confusion . And it may be observed that this reticence is in strong contrast with tho out-spokenness of the Czar . " Would not the liinperor of Russia be much obliged to me if I told you , " sneers the Duke of Newcastle , in answer to a question as to forces put by Lord Derby . But the Emperor of Russia tells us . Ho is raising a new army of
800 , 000 men . Affairs in Scbastopol are in progress . Some sorties have been maile and repulsed . Both sides are receiving reinforcements . Both sides are suffering from the winter—the Russians , no doubt , most . 'J he Russians are preparing fire-ships to scatter in our fleet . The Allies arc preparing •> raud rockets to fire into the harbour—possibly , to set fire to the Russian men-of-war . Soon there must bo something decisive . It will be , probably , when Omar Pacha ' s army has been landed . Mr . Gladstone is suffering from Iiis constitutional want of candour , lie broualit in a bill to
The debates on the Enlistment of Foreigners measure have been interesting , and , intellectually , worthy of Parliament . Tho speeches of Lord Palmerston and Mr . Sidney Herbert on one side , and those of Sir Bulwer Lytton ( who had . a complete Parliamentary success ) and Mr . Milncr Gibson on the other side , Avere true debating speeches- —keen , logical , and full of point . Lord John Russell was tediously feeble , here and there accidentally forcible , his second speech—on Tuesday ho favoured tho 1 louse with two , as if he were the Ministry—being the best . Mr . Disraeli distinguished himself by a prolixity of style which suggests either that his powers are failing , or that he has a great contempt for his audience . And ho risked Uis position as a patriot by his parallel
amend the administration of finances in connexion with Savings Bunks , iind tho funds go down onii pur cent ., in perplexity as to his real meaning . It is u pity that a man so nobly above all his competitors in genius and honours allows himself to bo thus lmHundur-Htoou . Why not have boldly stated to Kuropo , in the presont sitting , his whole financial policy' ? Lord Clarendon in suubrin * from nn old sin in his Irish administration . Tho sin was but a
between respectable Cnuas and genteel Lord Raglan—Syracuse and Sebastopol . Lord John Russell rexiiurkcd that Mr . Disraeli seemed to gloat over the prospect of England ' s misfortunes ; and there is no doubt that if it wore u party benefit , Mr . Disraeli would not regret if tho British army was driven into the sea . When , in the great Pahncrston ' um Foreign Policy debute , Mr . Disraeli ventured on a prediction similarly . sinister — that Kngland , isolated in Europe , would occasion a League of Cambrny — Mr . Roebuck tsiiocred that it was "• no Kngli . sh mun" who cherished that thought . Thu fact is that Mr . Disraeli is not an Englishman , and in that sense his disinclination to antru . sl
silliness ; and ha ia alike condemned and laughed at , not because ho bought Mr . Uirch and the " World , " but because Mr . liiivli mid thu World were not worth buying . Wo Mie ( hut nearly all tho London morning impure * ( ihu A / uniiiii / Advert tsar and the Mori / in ;/ flauld uro vigorous exceptions ) arc uiilhu . 'iiaM . inilly Minintunul , n » d yet tlu ; honourable < i" < l liij-h ¦¦ niiiidud JJiitish nrc'tfn , fearful of its chuniuUT bi . 'ing lowcnvd by ( he abolition of tho . sl . iini ) , is not in lliu lonst . shucked .
lvngliHh honour to foreign mercenaries in sulliciently ridiculous . Ho is a cosmopolitan gentleman , "who takes advantagu of tho want of u country to cultivate enlarged views . Ho huu
Sir Jume .-i ( Jmhuin in miHoring from u blunder in milking a bud bargain with ( . he Pru . ssim » n . Too inuuh , however , lms bouu mudu of the matter .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 23, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2070/page/1/
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