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— ¦ ¦ —? M R . OSBORNE'S labour was not lost on Monday night ; he did not succeed in getting Mr . Disraeli to make a statement which , in point of fact , lie could not make ; he did not taunt or banter him into declaring the policy and measures of the Derby Government—the Government having neither policy nor measures of their own ; but he did succeed in making the latter fact sufficiently manifest . And he afforded the Chancellor , of the Exchequer the opportunity of displaying to splendid advantage the power of being able to speak on both sides of a question . Out of office , of all the men of the Opposition , Mr . Disraeli was the man to go up to a new Ministry and say , " I want to know" your policy ; in office , Mr . Disraeli is the man of men to say whatever cau be said against putting such extremely inconvenient and useless questions as " What is your policy ? " to Ministers who have no policy . Brilliant was Mr . Osborne ' s onslaught , brilliant was Mr . Disraeli ' s defence—stroke and counter-stroke delivered and parried , or received with scintillation of invulnerable armour ; but for every Whig ' Roland' of Mr . Osborne ' s , Mr . Disraeli had a ready ' Oliver , ' and delivered it without compunction . But if Mr . Osborne ' s attack led only to a drawn battle as to the main issue , it was at least the means of drawing from Mr . Horsman a speccli of admirable temperance and quality on the present duties of the Liberal party . While ho accorded to Lord Palwubesxon personally unlimited praise for the manner in which ho had borne himself towards thoso who had business to transact with him , ho condemned him for systematically sacrificing the Liberal party , who were pi'eparod to stand by him , for tho sake of securing the voice of other parties in tho House , for appearing always to bo more anxious to win over the Opposition than to maintain the good-will of tho friends on his own side . Nothing can be truer ; it lias been tho constant stumbling-block of tho ex-Premier , —and would trip him up again wore he returned to office . It is with good rcaBonjthpn , that Mr . Horsman is content to wait awhile boforo removing tho present Government , cvon though it is one upon sufferance . If the Xiiboral party performs its duty , it will absolutely control tho action of Lord Derby ' s administration ; and when tho time arrives for it to resume office , it will bo , in every way , bettered for tho poriod spent in probation , in . evefy way more fitted to hold tho position
which its influence with the country entitles it to take . In laying upon the table of the House the correspondence which has taken place with the Government of France relative to the famous TValewski despatch , Mr . Disraeli made use . of expressions such as possibly any other Minister under the circumstances would have used ; but with how large a pinch of salt \ re can consent to accept the last word of Count Walewski as bringing the affair to a close " with all honour and good feeling on the part of both Governments , " we have stated in another page . If there is any cause for satisfaction in the cud arrived at by Lord Malmesbury , it surely belongs to the Emperor Napoleon , whose position is too embarrassed , not to say precarious , for him not to feel it as a relief to be well out of the dilemma into which the terrors of tho 14 th of January had precipitated him . Both in the heart of France and without , events are looming iu the distance that may put him to his last shift to hold his own . A war between Naples and this country , or Sardinia , would be such an event . And there are many more unlikely contingencies . Count Cavour ' s demands have put a completely new face upon the Cagliari affair . It is impossible for the Neapolitan Government to resist with any show of justice the representations of the Sardinian Minister , backed as they are by opinions such as that given by Dr . Piiilmmore . The Neapolitan authorities , in fact , do virtually admit the illegality of tho seizure , and consequently the illegality of all that has been done in tho mattor subsequently . For a long time past tho country has instinctively come to tho conclusion that a great wrong was being done by tho King of Naples , with a show of legality ; and having now the proof , it will demand that the account shall bo wound up without further delay . Tho means taken by tho late Ministry , which have , according to Mr . Diseaeli , bound tho proscnt Government , no longer stand in tho way j high , if not the very highest , authority on tho subject has dooidod that tho Cagliari was seized against the law of nations ; it is , then , the duty of tho present Govorumont to consult tho present lawl officers ^ oLihc , Crown , and if they oonfirm tho view taken by tho othor authorities as to tho illegality of tho soizuro , to demand rodross for tho wrong that has been inflicted upon our two countrymen ; and this duty Mr . Disraeli has all but pledged himself to porform . A subject of much intorost was introduced to tho Houso by Mr . Ewart , on Tuesday ovoni « g : the colonization of India . Mr . Ewart's motion was
for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the best means of promoting European colonization , &c . He was met by arguments of no very enlarged order , as to the cHinate , and as to the superabundance of native labour ; but none of the arguments were of a kind to show that colonization , in a large sense , would be impracticable or undesirable . What India reqiures for the development of her resources is not mere hand-labour , which is ready to any extent , but such an infusion of Europeans as would carry with it the advantages of European energy , skill , and scientific knowledge . Were these advantages given to India at the outset of her civil and military reorganization , there is little doubt that her progress would be as rapid and as beneficial in every respect as that of . our colonies ; at present , India is comparatively undeveloped for want of English mind thrown in like salt among her native races . Lord John Russell ' s Oaths Bill has advanced , or rather been pushed forward , one more stepit has been committed , and on Monday next it will be reported . The opponents of the measure , sinning blindly against the light of the day , will not give up one of their worn-out arguments ; the only change is in their tone : they persist in denying the right of the Jew to a legal as well as customary equality with their Protestant selves , but now they resist mildly . Yet the most perverse opponents of the present measure arc the Catholics , who ' cavil on the ninth part of a hair , ' and fight for protection when there is no disposition to deny it to them , or to interfere with that which they already have . But , in all probability , the measure will pass in its extremely modemto form through tho Commons : and then wo shall sec—what we shall see . Of all preposterous claims , however , was Mr . Duncombu ' s , who wished to bind Lord John Russell to produco a majority in the Houso of Lords . Before quitting tho subject of Parliament , wo must not overlook a topic whioh lias called forth a good deal of remark during tho week—the frequentinterruptions made by the Speak ma to various mom-. boA'sjyluAc ^ iv 4 to ~ -, — , — , — times did ho intorposo his authority in one evening , tho Chancellor oi ? the Exchequer and . Lord Palmurston furnishing two oi' tho four occasions . Tho explanation of . this outburst of Bumbloism ia that Mr . Denison had roccivod some strong hints that his conduct of tho business of tho Houso was not always quilo according to form , and that ho had ^ _ latterly boon roading up , and preparing himself ^/^^ - ^ " ^^ S ^
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VOL . IX . No . 417 . ] SATURDAY , MARCH 20 , 1858 . Pioce WSS ^^ SSSS ?™'
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"The one Idea which ffistory exhiWte a 3 " ev- « more develop ^ tS ^ of our spiritual nature . "—Jfumboldt ' sCosmos . ^
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- -ok Continental Notes 275 Lord ^ Imerston ' s After-Thoughts 278 ^ £ Hi 3 SS . TZ ^ ... " "'"" . £ S . Imperial Parliament 266 Naval and Military 275 S £ "V e " c &S ' Difficulty 230 ThTMo ^ ra aXtho FeM 284 The Refugee Question 269 Our Civilization 276 The Jew BillinnicuKy - |« Algiers in 1857 284 The Orient 270 Gatherings from the Law and Po- The PubUc Mojley ¦••• - ;;;— || 0 Publications and Bepublications ... 284 The Indian Revolt 270 lice Courts * i *> ™ , ^» i * Vi > it > r , i ~ i ! V 4- oai Special Letters from India 270 Accidents and Sudden Deaths 276 The Market of Popul * " * £ " fg fejasftisisaiSi-Kflsr : ™ -: S BKSSK ^™ - ™ r ==: 8 ? KSSa ^ fiteffiasa I : — JSS& -: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Si public af . ™ .- sKKiffiXi" : ™ :..::::::::::::::: Ii » " « " « « L * "a , rs-Execution of Orsini and Pierri 273 The Malmeslmry and "Walewski LITERATURE— TheGazette 285 Orsini and his Children 274 Correspondence 277 2 S 2 City Intelligence , Markets , &c 285 Stateof Trade 274 State of Parties 278 Summary ¦ ao-1 J —
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Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2235/page/1/
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