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7 T 1 HAT great " Coming Man , " the " future his-X torian , " whose work the Hours are all so busily providing , will assuredly make much of the contrast presented by the xoyal progresses , of England and France this present autumn . The moral which speaks from that same contrast will be obvious enough to the admirer of Constitutionalism , less obvious perhaps , but . even more worthy of contemplation , by the supporter of Imperialism . Comthe
parisons iu such cases are not odious , but , on contrary , in the highest degree useful and salutary , furnishing assurance , confirmation , and support on the one hand , on the other , warning and wholesome ground of antipathy . At Cherbourg and at Leeds the : minds of the people of France and of England have been expressed in the most unequivocal manner on the two systems of G overnment represented by the sovereigns of those two countries ; there is not the shadow of a doubt in either case : at Cherbourg ,
the cry that rose in laudation of the Imperial rule was that of la France fonctionnaire , wholly and solely that ; at Leeds not a shout greeted Victoria , not a flag or a flower met her eyes , that was not a voluntary and spontaneous offering made by the people at the shrine of Constitutional Government , which iix her has found the completes ! representative that the world has yet seen . The story of the ovation at Leeds is One that unconstitutional . monarch's would do well to ponder : in it they will read—if they read it aright—the triumph'pf principles wliicli . will-one-day rule the world . ' .
authority has been to divide the council into three working committees . It is too early to inquire into the constitution of these committees with reference to their appointed duties ; but Lord Stanley ' s notable superiority to all party purposes in the appointment of the Crown nominees of the Council warrants the utmost confidence in him . in the disposition of the means at his command , to the end of conducting , the affairs of India in the most
efficacious manner . So far , the future government of India promises well , and , relieved of pressing anxiety on that account , we may the more energetically deal with other matters in which our interests and honour are concerned in distant quarters of the globe . In China , it is plain , even in the absence of official intelligence , that we shall have enough to do to make anything by our move at Tien-sin . Private correspondents have communicated to the Times what appears to be a circumstantial account of
all the diplomatic proceedings of the English and French missions , and a most extraordinary impression is left as to the result ; In dealing with the Chinese authorities we seem as if we were communicating with , the people of another sphere , to whom cunning , trickery , evasion , and subterfuge are as natural as the reverse of all these qualities are to civilised men . Foiled in their first attempt to impose upon Lord Elgin , the two Conir missioners sent by the Chinese Emperor to meet him were joined by our old antagonist ; Keying ;
but the British representative had eome into possession of a paper found amongst Yeh ' s correspondence , in which Keying ' s former services in throwing dust into the eyes of the British were set forth . Lord Elgin was thus placed well upon his guard , and he threatened to proceed with his demands direct _ to Pekin if they were not fully and satisfactorily met by properly accredited
representatives of the Emperor . The threat was effectual , and the treaty demanded , was accorded . But how . are its terms to be enforced upon a Government that will do nothing to which it has pledged itself until it lias exhausted all the resources of its cunning to evade the just fulfilment of its obligations ? One of the terms of the treaty is that a special Chinese ambassador shall be sent to England ; but how is he to be dealt with ? of what value will his word or engagements be P Prince Napoleon is giving signs of activity in the administration of the affairs of Algeria . He has addressed a despatch to General Baron Renault , who was appointed to the Governor-Generalship of Algiers on the withdrawal of Marshal Raudon . By this despatch the Prince announces that the office of Governor-General is abolished . This is the first step iu the great changes which , under tho new
regime , are to be made in tho government of Algeria ; the next step , or one of the succeeding steps , is to be the introduction of free trade into Algiers . The old and utterly unsuccessful policy is , in fact , if present signs are to be trusted , to be reversed , and tho attempt to colonise Algeria . commenced from u new starting-point . . . But the chiof point of French I news at the moment is tho determination of the
Imperial Government to prevent the publication of the Duchess of Orlcans ' s will . Only one paper in Franco has ventured to print even a few extracts from this important state document , for it is no less ; the rest of tho press has boon forbidden to print any part of it . Those signs of timidity must bo iu tho highest degree satisfactory to tho Orlcanist party . As for the will itself , it is worthy of her who made it , of tho mother who never for a moment sweiived ~ froni- ^ lmt ^* she « believedH ! 0 ~ beilwthewline * of
her duty towards her children . Sho has loft her sons to Franco , and has laid down for thorn the polioy whioh . they aro to represent and to fulfil whenovor their country shall return to Constitutionalism . Tho most remarkable topio of continental news
Considered merely as a ceremony , the visit of her Majesty to Leeds will stand in marked prominence on the list of her Majesty ' s " progresses . " Many circumstances have conjoined to give eclat to the royal visit . Leeds is rapidly rising in importance as the capital of the TVest Riding , and one of the signs of this is the erection of its Town Hall , the foundation of which was laid in 3 S 5 3 , and which , in its finished state , is in every respect worthy to rank with the finest public buildings in the kingdom . In size , indeed , it is . but a very little smaller than St . George ' s Hall at Liverpool , which stands second onlv to Westminster Hall . The consent of her
Majesty to open this splendid budding had inspired the corporation of Leeds wifh the ambition of displaying to the full the magnificence of its means as well as the boundlessness of its loyalty . Nothing which money could do or anxious endeavour compass was left unattempted to give splendour and warmth to the reception of the royal visitors . The results have ¦ been all that the designers of the ceremonies could have desired , from the execution of the National Anthem by 29 , 000 children on Wpodhouse-moor
to tlio knighting of Mr . Fuirbani , the Mayor , after tho royal opening of tho Town Hall , Nothing failed , if we except the weather , and that did not fail wholly . It has long ceased to bo a mattor pf surprise when groat mnsscs of the people arc found to . behave with propriety ; but tho ccnocurso of Leeds on Tuesday furnished a really remarkable cxamplo of tho progress which popular manners are making towards refinement ; not less than 250 , 000 persons were crowded togothor iu such narrow
bounds that massive barriers , sot up to keep clear the noqossary space for tho royal and oivio prooessions , snapped asunder beneath tho pressuro ; and yet tho task pf tho police was light—tho people , in fact , acting as their own polioo ; 21 , 000 cf them , mombors pf varieus industrial spciotios , lining' tho ^^ -MdJseopin ^ iUas-welKasHit ^ ould ^ mTo-b-eBir kept by an oqual number of infantry and oavalryor bolter . Anether lesson to despotic kings on tho behaviour pf pepplouaod to Bolf-gpvernment .
luo now Council eMudia has ' commenced its labours , though tho nature ef thpso labours is not yot made public . Lord Stouloy'a first use of his
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is the arrangement entered into by Sardinia and Russia , under which the latter Power is to lease for twenty-two years the port and harbour of Villafranca . This advantageous position has been let to Russia at a yearly rental of four millions of francs per annum—though why Sardinia should have made such a poor bargain ( after having determined to make any bargain at all ) it is hard to understand , seeing that Russia would , without doubt , have given four times the sum had it been demanded . The purpose for which the use of Villafranca is ostensibly required is for trade by steamers
between that port and Odessa ; it . will be as well , however * not to lose sight of the fact that Villafranca is admirably well suited to become a Mediterranean Cronstadt or Sebastopol , situated within ten miles of France , and affording anchorage in . its harbour for thirty ships of war . How Russia must enjoy the success of her diplomacy-driven off from Constantinople , she takes one step , and lo ! she is in the Mediterranean ! And constitutional Sardinia ?—places herself under the protection of Russia against the threatened domination of Austria . And England ? and France ?—sleeping . From Constantinople comes news of
revoltwhere revolt must be hardest of all to suppress—in the harem ! The new leaf which has lately been turned over in the petty cash-book of the fair sultanas has produced this tremendous consequence ; the pretty creatures will not be curbed in their expenditure . What is it to them if the . treasury is exhausted and the country ruined ? W-hat have they to do with affairs of state ? War to the bodkin and hair-pin against miserable Ministers who advise retrenchment ! Such is the cry within the most sacred of the sacred places of the palace . But the Sultan is said to have fairly lost his temper , and he wilLnot ( for a time at least ) give ear to anything but talk of
horrid reform . Nay , there are rumours floating about that the Sultan intends to sell to the English , dear , beautiful Candia , whose revenues are at present devoted to the maintenance of that part of the harem of which his mother is the mistress ! But apart from the exaggerations of the excited wives of the Turkish sovereign , great changes appear to be making in the imperial household , and Aali Pasha and Riza Pasha are taking the tide of the imperial will , while it serves , to set the house in something more like decent order . .. , . . Constitutionalism , which , as we said before , is
the principle which will ultimately govern , me world , is not wholly unrecognised even iu Spain at the present moment . The Catalonians have presented an address to Espartero in his retirement . The old Constitutionalist is still firm in his faith to the cause which he so long ago espoused ; and though he answers guardedly the greetings of the countrymen who address him , the spirit of his answer is unequivocal . Whenever the hour arrives that Spain returns to the path of constitutional government , he will be at her service , should she need him . In the thorough faithfulness of one such man as Espartero the germ of hope is kept alive While he lives Constitutionalism is an
active idea , and his death will serve to consecrate and renew it . The sudden stoppage of telegraphic communica * tion with Newfoundland has caused a somewhat unreasonable amount of anxiety and depression in many minds . Such an accident was at any time to have been looked for , and the only reflection it should give rise to is tho necessity for more cables . The great fact that communication can be esta-; »;;«! :- •; - " * i » A irmrioa is determined for ever j the only tiling now tp be done is tP guard agam&t ^^; . *
nience from tho repetition of such misohances as the present—misohances which are likely enough to happen . Lot this , the first attempt , stand as an oxporhuent merely—the praotical proof of the problem of electrical communication with the further ends of the earth . Wo have only to turn the experience new obtained to ready and reasonable acopunt , and the laying dewn pf not pne but half a dozen new cables between England and America will set all right—and moro than right . Meanwhile , wo may fairly put in tho scale against eur temporary disappointment in tho faihiro of tho Atlantic
wi ' o'W suoocss' arnransf ^ f ^ o ^ oinmggiTgimr osr—With Aidernoy in instantanecus communication with London , wo may ono day feel vory oomiprfcablo as regards Cherbourg ; and in tho mean time wo may trust that every mUQ pfncw telograp hio wire laid bouoatli tho ecoan carries us a thousand miles , on tho way towards universal poaoo and brotuerhood .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 923, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2259/page/3/
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