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li A POLITICAL 11D LITERARY REVIEW.
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YOIj . VIII . No . 355 . ] SATURDAY , JANTJAUY 10 , 1857 . " ^ Prige { E ^ 1 ™ ::: IS 5 c e Z '
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riTHE whole world sometimes seems to take to tke JL game of "high jinks - —to put its tongue into its cheek and befool itself by making a jest of the most solemn affairs . The Plenipotentiaries sitting in Paris to settle the Bolgrad difficulty , and coolly preparing future traps ; Sir Robert Peel , colleague of Lord Palmerston , lecturing on the Brummagem magnificence and impudent pretensions of Russia ; the unfrocked priest Verghu
carving Archbishop Siboub ' s heart by way of retributive justice , and a final argument against the Immaculate Conception ; tke German States arranging to keep Prussia and Switzerland from getting at each other in mortal combat ; Mr . Superintendent Bowbin g bombarding the Chinese , as a compulsory mode of making them receive his visiting card—these are incidents which make tlie Review of the Week read like an account of a nightmare .
The Conference in Paris settled exactly those things which the superiors of the Plenipotentiaries had already settled elsewhere ; that is to say , with the lielp of aa abundawse of maps produced in December , to correct the bunglings whicli the Russian Plenipotentiaries gladly witnessed in March , the assemblage solemnly retraced a new and practicable boundary , keeping Russia back from the Danube . But when they came to settle the evacuation of the Principalities l ) y Austria , the evacuation of " the
internal waters of Turkey" by the British fleet , and " the final execution of the treaty , " they could only discuss , and write down that they had settled something , leaving the event to the chapter of accidents . The meeting in Paris was a solemn mystification , following on the mystification oi March and April last , aivd prefatory to the mystifications of April or May next , when the Plenipotentiaries will meet again and discuss what tliey have not done .
else ? Their only magnificence , according to him , consists in the magnificence of their knavery ; and if Sir Robert was a dupe , he had colleagues in the Paris Conference . But if Sir Robert sees through the trickery , how is it that his colleagues are so blind ? How is it that lie can describe swindlers who excel the Redpaths and Sawabds of oiir criminal life , and yet his chief , Lord Paimerstox ,, permits us to be formally bamboozled in Paris ? Is not this like a nightmare incident ? Like a nightmare , most certainly , £ s that scene in which Archbishop Sibotjr enters to bless tlie assembled congregation of a church , and is literally stuck by a butcherly agitator who had been expelled from the priesthood . It is M / ehcutio wlo says that " men wear their necks about them- !" The French are a mercurial people , and they will completely appreciate this hint , that if dignitaries in church , or out of church , are tyrannical—or even if they put down the absurd pretensions of turbulent subordinates—they may be made accoiuitable in a very dangerous and painful manner .
King Frederick Wiiliam of Prussia threatens to go to war for a toy . He claims a right of rebellion for those who sympathize with him in Switzerland ; a right of rebellion which -would unquestionably justify any Orleanist in France , any Moutemolinist in Spain , to raise an insurrection , without liability to be tried for the crime
The Powers cannot hit upon any expedient to arrest a King that is only marching to attain hia right j until at last they find that he cannot travel from Prussia to Switzerland without trespassing upon intermediate ground ; and the people of that intermediate ground intimate , in a sufficiently intelligible voice , that they intend to forbid the
espass , agoasemi ana xrancc arc relieved from their difficulty because Baden , Wurtemberg , and Bavaria , expecting no pxofit from the Prussian recovery of Ncufehatel , decline to facilitate the passage of Prussian troops . So there is a prospect that the afttiir may be settled . The story of the Canton bombardment has now been related to the public officially . Even now , however , we should prejudge the conduct of our authorities did we express a definite opinion before more complete information arrives . Having begun , at the latest date Sir John Bowbing was still going on . Yiiii , Imperial High Commissioner , affects good manners at least . Being at peace with our honourable nation , as ho said , lie had instructed the soldiers not to resist us ! He persuaded the " fierce" natives of Quam ? Timer ia
spare us ; and only drew the attention of Superintendent Bowrin g to the brutal fact that in . return for this Christian treatment vre had " contused " the Chinese . The Imperial High Commissioner , who piqued himself on the propriety of his manners , ends this " necessary communication" by wishing Mr . Superintendent Bowring " prosperity !" Having been smitten on one cheek , Yeh not only turns tlie other , but also his pigtail .
We have by the ITew York Herald a full account of the treaty between this country and the United States , and on the Central American point , and the details rather disappoint us . The Senate was going over the matter very carefully , but so slowly as to suggest a doubt whether the opponents might not after all withhold tlie ratification . This would be deplorable . But if it should so happen , it must be ascribed to the construction of the Treaty . We have , ho-vvever , handled that subject in a separate paper .
In the meanwhile we do not withhold a very strong approval of the choice made by our Government of the new Minister at Washington . The man is Lord Napier . The name was privately circulated last \ vee ~ k , but it has now been expressly and publicly avowed . Lord Napier has not generally been known beyond the diplomatic circle ; but he
is a man of high standing , excellent character , and good . abilities . He is now in the prime of life ; and even the Daily News , which strongly objects to him , admits that he is dignified , courteous , and liberal . All these are qualities that will be highly appreciated in the United States . Lord . Napib& * 9 rank even will be a guarantee to the Americans
ihat our . Government does not underrate the importance of the post at Washington . The fact that the Daily Netcs objects , will probably do the Minister no harm in Washington ; for , on the other side of the Atlantic , our most respectable contemporary is not regarded as a friend . Mr . John Lang records an affecting scene at Broadstairs—the return of the life-boat , the Mary White , after a third trip to save the remnant of the crew perishing on the wreck of the Northern Belle , an American ship . Tho cUngei ; MT /^ -x the exertion of the the two first tr \ ffid ^? $ d $ } $ - \ •> -V ; : ' those only can understand who arc | £ {^|^' -, t « St ^' - ^ vV ' ' - - the elements in their destructive fi' jCBJ ^ i ^ trW ~ ' ' ' '? >' , '• trip was undertaken in a spirit ofjwmoifturat ^ , y . : < , ...., j sacrifice : the master had refused to ka \ iO ^ fl | Mf ^'' ~ C ^ the pilot to lcavo the master ; and mi&wW 0 | rcL '_'; - £ 4 r , ' * -. ' crew set out to persuade them . The genei ^^^ tpft .-. w' j ^ wcro repaid by success . The Amcricait ^^ a ^ ij ^^
Sir IIobeet Peel ' s lecture at Birmingham is a commentary on this slowly consummated Treaty of Peace with Russia . The system of that magnificent Empire , he makes out , is a gigantic Lie . The Czar is engaged in an hereditary attempt upon the liberty of Europe , just as his subjects are engaged in a constant attempt to cheat the traveller . They made Sir Robert pay 60 / . for a dinner , 100 / . for the hire of a horse , and , in fact , performed upon Sir Koberx bu « 1 * tricks as make ua ask whether their success proves the cleverness of tho Russians , or somctldng
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- rxoe Our Civilization ..... 30 j British Policy in China 37 Poets and Plagiarists : Alexander Testimonial to Dr . Livingston 2 G ANoblftAct of Daring 32 Ministers in Vacation ... 33 Smith ...: 42 Sir Robert Peel in Cap and Bells 26 V - ^! a"d MlJliar / 1 v * - i ; i 32 "JUtt ' Fun -at Southampton »!> Memoirs of Richard Cumberland ... 43 Sanitary Matters .. 26 Accidents and budden Deaths . 33 Insurrection against the Income-tax 39 Stateof Trade ... 27 ^ ituary • " THE ARTSIreland .. 27 Miscellaneous 33 OPEN COUNCIL— ,, .,,. „ „ . , , «_ , ~ „ . W \) rienr :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::.:::::::: i ? postscript ... 35 ¦ TheM 00 Irtl Motion ... 39 Mr < WiU"eColhnsVC Frozen De <* " ^ America ... 27 public affairs " — ~ Nicaragua .... 28 pw ^ ic affairs LITERATURE- ThoGazette . ..... 45 Murderof the 1 Archbishop of Paris 2 S Will the Senate Ratify P .... 35 Summary . . 40 " ^ tmeutal Notes 23 Legal Resistance in France 36 The EiirusIi of Shakspeire """" I . " . " . *! 4-0 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSaneJJanK . Forgeries ... ..... ; ... 29 The Living Romance of Fraud .... 36 Monarchs ILctired from Business ... 41 City Intelligence , Markets &c 45
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enteavou ? 1-o t > a r ^ ^ His t ° ry exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble ofR ^ T 2 i £ i p& VZS o l fche ^ " \ e . ected between mealsy prejudice and oae-sided views ; ana , by setting aside the distinctions S-SSt ^ SSSt&e ^ SSg llrt CoZnoT ° Humai V race as ° ** brotherhood , having one gtea / object ^ the free development
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 10, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2175/page/1/
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