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fpHE death of the Emperor Nicholas , the re-X turn of Lord John Russell to the Cabinet without yet returning from Vienna , whither he has been wandering by very slow stages , and the final construction of the Palmerstox Cabinet out of the old Whig Rump , and a few minor incapacities in subordinate posts , are the three grand events ofthe week .
Respecting the Czar , we only have what the telegraph could tell our Foreign Office—that . he died yesterday morning , not quite suddenly however , of " pulmonary apoplexy . " How few words can tell . events that involve the fate of empires ! ^ -Of thenew Cabinet , wo have more to say . If Lord , . Paimebston could have formed a Mio MaSy ' r < epngenial with his own active and cou-_ efAgeflji 8 imind , _ it . jf _ . extremely ^ probable that it -i ^ otild ^ iiave been such as might take up the con- ~ oj at
dttc ^ irffeirs a , point of difficulty in the history of 3 &agland v and have wielded the power of this f . . country with credit to itself and glory .. 't o ; 'th 6 nation . But he is surrounded by geh&emQTiwlid ' '" " ' have . claimp j'V -hd" has ; a House of Cfoininojas r elected ^ undej : the "¦ . Kb ' jbby r < Jgwi < a >^ These vmay ) perhipsy bereils ^ ns to account } fcV ^ WVsomparative . fajJUJfif which lie ; has had , in ^ ft ^ ifti ^ tmg , a Cabyafitfe promi ^ o . a courage equtil ' tb . ilie occa-1 sion . ^ The' new Ministers in placie ' . of Graham ,
G | % lAT 6 ifcW fibi *««* -HEBBBRTi find . eA ^ BBWEr . 1 ., ^ ' ^^ AEbs ' WooB , ' CoBNiiyJ ^ Jr ; . LiWisj ' , J"oitN .- c kvi m ^ i VmAl , ttw - % « W « ' i ^ ir . " Ghables Wob » -Kas : d 6 n ^ -muoU - bQtW . at the Board of » Coiitrptit l >^ V - ^ i ° X ^ . P ^« J is ^ * ° . \ ° .. 4 h ; M return / to- ^ o-Admiralty does , noV indicate any improv ^ ht e « neJ ^ T * p ^« ; , him ^ : 6 t . ; uftom , J ^ ^^ l ^^^ pm ^ f ^ Loi ; d ; J . oji ^ n . . ^ S ^ WIW ^ W' ^ . ^^ * i ' '"" ill " . of ; Mr ; - Sidney : JJ « iin ^ aT ; . -on . ' . the .. contrary , VadhilJttifiiatio
iheyVould ' -hhvo ' - a ^ tt ^^ fti ^^ tl ^ n from , the "Duke of f ^ j / f ^ ixfs ; brqtlici ^ . inf a \ uns . Lord Stanley of Alderley , an elderly anil oxpcT riencedoflicial , 4 sn 6 t IHcoly-to bo any improve ^ ment . upmi'Mi ' . CATCbwEr . Lat the Board of Trade ; Mr . X flaiNON Smixch > vill scarcely do better than Sir . CHABfcBsWdon at the Board of Qontrol ; and if Sir G-EOiiaB Lewis is well up in questions of finanoo , hb ' is confessedly a peace nmn and a closet man , and ; we . ; may look iq ^ ' a prolongation of an established passS " . polity / economy" spirit . in Government . A hint ' scem » t 6 have been given
to Lord St . Gebmans , that as his friends had left office , he must leave Dublin Castle , and he is replaced by Lord Cablisiie , followed by the chivalrous Hoksman . The general rearrangement is not promising . The accession of Sir George Lewis does not strengthen Lord Paj > merstoh's hands , and he has had little success in beating up recruits For the minor offices . Sir Robebt Peei , and Mr . Danby Seymour have been invited ; we do not know that th « y have acceded . Lord Doncax does take the place of
Lord Elcho as a Lord of the Treasury ; Mr . William Cowpeb succeeds Mr . Monsell ; Mr . Layabd and Mr . Lainq have been invited , and have not accepted ; and there is a strong feeling out of doors that they occupy a position more calculated ito advance themselves as public mien , by standing independently , than if they had prematurely entered into office : v •" , "'' . On this part of the subject considerable light is thrown by ~ the speech ., of _ vMjr . ^ AXA ] WBJ . t ^ bis constituents at Aylesbury . The treatment which he has received at the hands of Official iriaghates'ib
not of a kind to create confidence or to dissip ^ ie , the impression that H the cold shade of the aristooraoyV is really working mischievously , for ttiB -countrjr ^ if pot d ^ ngerpus ' ly . ' , ' } kr : ' ft- ; AYA ^ ijo . ijaaK dfetinguishea himself by- his ' official'Berviceai . in ., the . JEast , and . by the origiiiairty of his- reaearcjfes in _ a ^ fi eld : which was tliere open to jiin \;^ anjl , lip ' . wa » " off € [ rjed a post under the : RossEiLn Cabinet ' , wihich he took . He went" out with" that Cabinet " , ^ " attd he had reason to consider himself a , rcc 6 g ) aise d adherent of the party ; but ho was not inviWd to , resume office
under Lord John Russell , and he has been subsequently subjected to ^ a series ; of offers and retractations , terminating in tlip proposal of an office for Svhich his previous habits had not fitted him . Mi * . Layard had a hig her idea ofthe manner in which , tlio " p ublic inch pVight to be selected than the Minister , who invitcdjiim ; so he declined ollico and remained an independent member , of the British people . ' Respecting ono man , at all events , wo . now have the complete story . ' The offers made to Mr . Layaru show that Ministers
do not think him disqualified for such p osts ; tho retractations proved that they think themselves free to take tho ' grossest liberties with men who do not belong ' to u tlio families . " And by keoping Mr . Lowe liv a subordinate post ; " they " proved that they . do not really wish , ' to ( lct tho " new blood" take tho place monopolized by " blue" *' blood . '
The proceedings of the week in Parliament have not been glorious . A new member has been added to Mr . Roebuck ' s committee in the room of Sir Geobge Lewis , temporarily disqualified by his appointment to office , and translated to the highest ranks of the Government . More discussion has occurred on going into committee of supply , or in committee , about the mode of working the transport , the contract system , and ~ Ehe military administration in , the East ; find the House of Lords have assisted in these criticising debates . The Secretary for War , Lord Pammure , admits the abuses , and affirms that the
are in course of being remedied . Unluckily , after so much mystification , the English people will not be ; Convinced without tangible results . We are sick' of bearing it said that all the misnianagementi in . tjie East wiil , be set . right , as : that . ¦ Sebastopol ¦ sirill'be ' taken , or that the Cabinet will be invag 6 rkted by . " new blood ; " when , in fac . t , vSebastopol v i ' s not taken , itnd' nothing but . hoary looks . are , shaken , at us from the mystic doors of the dabinet ; whileIthe imnnense : sums v ^ ted by Parliament 4-far iiaore than " dbubiing tKe ' ordinary naval and' . niHitary expenditure—form' the most § ub 3 ^ atiti ^ l test that the country is prepared to etr 6 n ^ tnen ; th ^ h ands of its Government : . T ^ ie ' division- on Lord Goderich ' s motion to
revise the ' system of . promotion in the army presents a more even balance of members than might have'been ' expected . Lord Goperich had to steer his way between two difficulties ; if he had made a proposition so extensive as thb interest of the case really demands , such ¦ a thorough reform of our military system as would satisfy justice ? and the l'cquiroments of national safety , he would have laid himself open to a charge of hastily overturning the existing order of things . On the other hand / by rendering his motion very limited , only suggesting aa extension of present promotions for non-commissioned officers , he did lay himself
open tp' the" retort of the ollicials , that ho wns proposing a partial clmngo "¦ vyhcro the whole system would have to be considered together . Tho retort comes with . a wry ill- » racc from those who uphold a system that entrusts the nwovcl of an officer oiily to ' inen ' i ) osses . sing" ft moneyed qualification ; but it sufliced , with a few promises from Lord Pai-mkhsto : v , and the House was satisfied to leave our present absurd and . '¦; mischievous army system unaltered . Lorll Goi > erich ' b opening of tho subject , however , is a great fact ; it is a great fact that he had so many as 114
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VOIi / VI . No . 258 . ] SATURDAY , MARCH 3 , 1855 . [ Price Sixpence
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NEWS OF THE WEEK— r ^ oE Meeting of English and Foreign i PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Two Novels 211 The Ministry , 194 Democrats , 200 j The Czar is Dead ! 203 Curiosities of London 212 The Baltic Fleet of 1855 .. 191 Law Reform 200 Tho " Moniteur" on the British Forster's Pocket Peerage 212 Imperial Parliament 194 Health of London during the j Constitution 203 Books on our Table 212 The War 19 tf Frost 200 The Papal Monitory inPiedmont 204 . tuf arti-The City Re-election 197 The Thaw 201 A Shake of " the System" 205 ™ a - , t » © i * Mr . Layard to his Constituents ... 197 The late Mr . Charles Dod 201 Going ! Going ! 20 G The Spanish Dancers 2 U Provincial Meetings on our Mili- Melancholy Death of an Officer The " Leader" and Lord Stanley 20 G I Urury Aiane < 2 l- $ tarySystein 197 from the Crimea 201 The" Stranger" in Parliament ... 206 State ^ f Trade , Labour and the ^ ^^ f ^ gffiS ? . ? . . ^^ m L . TERATURE- - COMMERC . AL AFFAIRSSSSSrSKT ::: ;¦ ::::::= ™ ^ SSSSS . ^ ..:::::::::::::::::: iSi i ^ SSSifB ^ dia ^ stSK " city 1 , ^ 1 ^^ , Markets , AdV " ublicWoXlnEgypr ......... 200 Postscript 202 I Reign of George III ..., 210 vertisements , &c 213-21 C
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"The one Idea which . History exhibits a 3 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 of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race a 3 one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humbol&tfs Cosmos . _________________^___^_________
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Leader (1850-1860), March 3, 1855, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2080/page/1/
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