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      A POLITICAL AND LITERARY HE VIEW .

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      "The one Idea -winch History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is t"he Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all tlie barriers erected between men . by prejudice and one-3 idedviews ; arid , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Countiy , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race a * s one brotherhood , having one great object- —the free development of our spiritual nature . "— . Hkct&oW * Cosmos .

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      REVIEW OF THE WEPK- woe , Our Christmas Homily ...... 1226 The Indian Revolt 1227 Special tetters from India ............ 1227 Accidents and Sudden Deaths ......... 1228 State of Trade . 1228 Ireland ........... 1228 America 1228 Continental Notes 1229 The Jeufosse Trial ........................ 1229 Our Civilization .... 1230 Gatherings from the Law and Police Courts 1231

      Army Reform l' £ ti Naval and Military 1282 Miscellaneous 1233 Postscript 1233 PUBLIC AFFAIRS — Christmas Politics .... ; .... < 1233 Joint-Stock Banks ..................... 1234 President Buchanan ' s Message ... 1235 The Educational Suffrage Hobby 1236 The Staff School and Purchase System 1236

      - British Duty to India 1247 An Epitaph on Coppock ... 1238 West Indian Politics . „ . 1238 OPEN COUNCILAll the Difference ........................ 1238 LITERATURESummary 1239 Fairy Tales 1239 Beranger ' s Biography 1240 Louis the Fourteenth and the Regent . 1241

      Antiquary Archery . 1242 ; Nevr Editions ..... ... 1242 THEARTSTheatrical and Musical Notes 1243 The Polytechnic 124 S Another New Conjuror ............... 1243 The Lyceum 1243 TheGazette 1243 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCityIntelligence , Markets . Ac ... 1243

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      VOL . VIII . No . 405 . ] SATURDAY , DECEMBER 26 , 1857 . Price {^| J ^^ ;^ 3 J ^ -

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      npHOUSANDS of hearts will be lightened , thbu-JL sands of faces will be brightened , this Christmas by the telegraphic news from India . Lucknow— -on which our anxiety has so long centred—is finally relieved . "Unfortunately , the details of the occurrences wliich brought about this glorious result are imperfect in the despatches ; but the ' great and joyous fact being established , we can wait patiently for perfected , details . Sir Colin Campbell joined the forces at Alumbagh on the 12 th of November , and on the 17 th , after a series of severe engagements —six in number—with' the enemy , he succeeded in relieving Lucknow . Sir Colin himself was slightly wounded . On the following day the whole of the sick , wounded , women , and children were escorted to Cawnpore . So ends this glorious defence . Sir Coxin Campbell has now nothing to divert him from the vigorous prosecution of the campaign inOude , for which he has about twelve thousand men . Brigadier Stuabt has been active with the Malwa field force , and has dispersed the MeMdpore rebels ; and Brigadier Showers , with Colonel Cotton , is scouring Rohilkund . Troops are steadily pouring into India , and alarm is no longer felt for our outlying stations and garrisons . From Delhi we hear that twenty-four inferior members of the royal family had been executed . The Judpore Legion had been defeated by Gerard , who fell in action . Saugor had not been attacked . The East India Company has had notice to quit ; the Chairman and the Deputy-Chairman had an interview with Lord Palmerston on Saturday , and received from him . notice that in . the present session a bill would be introduced to place the Indian territories under the direct Government of the Queen . TMs announcement , of course , supersedes any of the minor questions which have been raised out of doors . The proposals of the Indian Reform Association have been loss specific than anything which Lord Palmerston's Cabinet is likely to introduce . A measure of the kind will of course have to encounter an extraordinary amount of opposition . Tlie interests at stake arc of the greatest magnitude , and men arc not likely to relinquish their property without making a struggle . Independently of the money value of the property , there arc certain honours and distinctions attached to the offices and proprietary of the East Judia Company

      which no money payment could compensate . The proprietors of the East India stock , unlike the proprietors of the Three per Cents ., have a vote , a right of public debate , and a certain nominal control over the government of India , and of the East India Company . A very numerous class in this country , which is quite independent of interested feeling , is of opinion that a commercial body , emanating from the middle class , both secures a greater amount of talent for the administration of India , and also protects the public against a monopoly of patronage by the upper classes . Such representations , and others , will of course be brought forward to resist the progress of the measure ; and if Lord Palmerston brings in a bill , it is most probable that Her Majesty ' s Opposition will propose to throw it out . A tremendous report comes from Hanover , that a commission of three English judges , appointed by Lord Clarendon , has decided that tlie long-standing claim of the royal family of Hanover to the major part of the jewels worn on state occasions by her Majesty Queen Victoria , must be admitted . It is explained that when George I . came to the throne of this country , he brought with him the royal jewels of Hanover , which were inalienable from that throne ; from his own privy purse he added to the collection , and , upon his death , the whole descended to his Queen , Charlotte , by whom they were left to be returned to the royal family of Hanover . Why they remained in possession of his successor does not appear ; but it is stated that repeated applications for them have been made . Upoji the ascension of the Queen , her uncle , the King of Hanover , made a demand for the delivery of the jewels ; but no result was arrived at . On the death of Ernest , his son , the present King of Hanover , renewed the family claim ; and ., according to the Hanover talc , his claim has been admitted . Nothing official has transpired with reference to the matter , aud we shrewdly suspect some error ; but there does appear to be a foundation of fact for the fiction . Queen Victoria , however , is the last person to wear another man ' s crown , or to be a beggar to Hanover for her state head-dress . Erom America we have the message and rather stirring intelligence from the outposts . President Buchanan surveys the "Union and its condition , exposing tho commercial excesses , explaining the complications in Kansas , proclaiming the temporary success of the rebel Biugiia&i Touno in defying the Itepublic , and reporting on the foreign relations . No present action ia possiblo in regard to the

      commercial crisis . In Kansas the President is changing the Government , making such arrangements as render it probable that the State may at last be practically organized ; and for Brigkak Toubghe proposes to prepare four additional regiments . The Turkish Government has taken advantage of the excitement which has prevailed in all the meetings of the Moldo-Wallaehian Diets to address a circular Of instructions to its representatives , at the European Courts . It is anxious lest the Divans should lose sight of the limited purposes for which they were brought together , and aet as if they considered themselves < a constituted body ; ' a state of things which would embarrass the proceedings of the Conferences . Therefore , it instructs its ambassadors to insist upon the necessity for dissolving the Diets the moment the European commission shall have sent in its report—whatever it may be . Spain gives us a fine illustration of etiquette . Towards the close of last year a bitter quarrel took place between General Nab . va . ez and Sefior Guelx y Rente , in the course of which Najlvaez grossly insulted the latter at the house and in the presence of a lady , a mutual friend . The circumstance caused some stir at the time , and was noticed by the correspondents of the French and English press . Sefior GuelIj y Rente sent a challenge to Narvajez , who accepted it , and the time , place , and we « us ( small swords ) , were agreed upou . But Nahvaez was appointed President of the Council , wliich , of course , adjourned the meeting indefinitely . After waiting for twelve months , and until Nauvaez was released from the restraints of office , Sefior Guelx y Rente wrote to him , calling upon him to fulfil the terms of the arrangements which had been previously made by their respective seconds . The letter led to new arrangements being made ; but a dispute has arisen as to the weapons to loe used . Sefior Guell , y Rente in the first instance chose the sword , wliich was accepted by Nauvaez ; but the Duke ' s seconds now desire to substitute pistols , fearing , it is to be presumed , that their principal ' s age and imperfect eyesight would put him at too great a disadvantage with Iiis antagonist . In this stato of the affair—and possibly seeing no other remedy—Sefior Guell y IIejnxh publishes the documents referred to , in which , notwithstanding the proved bravery of General Narvaez , he appears to have great advantages over his personal as well as political opponent in respect of temper apdr-gen-Mr . Coningiiam , M . P ., has been i ^ rme $$ T £ j £ Xty 4 Gjsougb GitBv that Thomas PooLE ^ h&aii % M- ' / & z p I ' D ' £ §? l ! M tj w ^ m -M ~ ¦ ft , ' ¦ l - . .- ; 1 . J / > -, ¦<

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 26, 1857, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2223/page/1/