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      ROYAL ST . JAMES'S THEATRE . Kin'g-stiiket , St . James ' s . Lessee , Mr . F . IJ . Ciiatteuton . Nearest ' theatre to Chelsea , Pimlico , and "SVestminster , the i ' ark bciiig open to carriag-es arid foot-paBsengfers all hours of tho nijflit . On Saturday next , Christmas Eve , Now Farce , GARIBALDf > Messrs . Charles Young-, Barrett ; Mesdames Jivans , and Cecelia Uanoe . To be fallowed by an entirely now sketch , entitled , A HOUSEHOLD FAIKY . Miss YVyndham , Mr . II . J . Tocoucludc with the New and Gorgeous Pantomime of PUNCH AND JUDY : OR , HAULEQl . IN AND THE FAIKY OF THE CRYSTAL CAVES . Miss Lydia Thompson , and the Corps de Hallet . Clowns , Messrs . Paul Herrinff , and Granvillu ? Pantaloon , Mr . Parker : Harlenuin Mr . Asli ; Columbine , Miss M . Fowler .. ¦ THE PEHFO 11 MINCJ DOGS . Reduced Prices—Pit , Is . ; Gallery , 6 < i . Commence , at 7 .

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      THE GIUARDIN PAMPHLET . Although an aotivo und indefatigable writer , M . ( Jirardin , bus contributed to produco in l < Vnnoo that unfortunate condition which Wordsworth dosoribod'as " equally a want of * books and inon . " IIo has appeared in all aorta of characters , advocating all sorts of principles , continually gaining 1 notoriety , but never , either dudorving or winning respect . Acting upon the vulgarest nrinoiplea ol the literary and politjcal adventurer , ho forced a in i 1 « ] , , ,

      quarrel upon ono of tho noblest nion Iranco , and the death of Armand Carrol , left a stain upon his character which , judging from his subsequent conduct , ho has cared little to wipe . out . M . Girardin has , with all hi * changes , boon con stant to throe tilings , hatred to England , support of Russia , and the gratification of a rostloss vanity , inconsistent witu noble ambition or regard lor truth . That a pamphlet by such a man should possess any importance is a proof of tho unfortunnto state of tho society in which ho lives , and wo t < i t 1 i I i

      cannot doubt that if France had possessed , during his career , a free unfetterred press like that of England , his shallow smartness would never have been accepted as compensation for integrity of purpose or accuracy of thought . The Imperial Government seems to have been puzzled what to do with the pamphlet before us , but by . first stopping , and then admitting it into circulatipn , it has laid itself open to the imputation of desiring to use that irritation against England , which it is the . chief object of M . Girardin ' s labours

      to produce . In a country where despotism has encouraged political ignorance and demoralisation , men of the Girardin stamp are likely to be mischievous , for tyranny creates an atmosphere more favourable to the growth of vicious principles than of virtuous thoughts . M . Girardin exhibits an unblushing dexterity in the use of the materials which it suits him to employ . With ' . a pretended desire for peace , lie preaches doctrines that would involve Europe in prolonged and sanguinary war . Affirming a desire for free trade , lie stimulates

      hatred against that country whose influence is most powerfully dh'eeted to its achievement . Wearing a cloak of benevolence , he sows the seeds of rancour . Under the forms of the syllogism he sets the principles of logic at defiance ; and , availing himself of the cant of morality , he exerts all his insidious energy to confound the pri mary distinctions between right and wrong . According to his opinion , all'great public questions are at a standstill , and all diplomacy abortive , because Europe

      has no public law . Popular right denies the divine right of kings , which legitimacy still affects to believe in ; the rig ht of conquest denies the right of nationality , and the right of nationality denies the right of conquest . Out of this- conflict all the evil conies ; and , according to him , must come , until one set of rights is recognised , without restriction , by th . e general voice . In the moral thimble-rig , which M . Girardin works Avith significant dexterity ,

      phrases change about in meaning and position , and nationality is impute : ! , denied , praised , or ridiculed , according to the- varying exigencies ^ the political game . If the claims of nationality are to be respected , he tells us that unless Ireland is emancipated as well as Italy , Poland as well as Hungary , an-1 all Greece , as much as a portion ^ of it , " " inequality will be grafted on iniquity . " To render the practical recognition of nationality impossible , not only are all conceivable and im-. but

      practicable demands to be made in Europe , the inhabitants of British India and Fvemeh Algeria are to be reckoned among the " . nations" whose self-government must be secured , in order to give the people of Tuscany or the llouiagna a right to manage their own nflaivs . By way of a further blow ti ) nationality , this pretended friend of liberty asserts that , if its principle be adopted , nothing can be more unjust than the union ( solidaritej between a people and ' its government ! suilieicntl

      Hut the confusion is not yet -y confounded . To be consistent , ' M . Ui rani in , having demonstrated the impossibility of nationality , ought to accept what liu wscrirt to Ikj t ] io only alternative—the opposing principle of conquest , and towards this he iuvlincs ; but Ik- must first make it ridiculous , by allinning that— " to deny tho right of conquest ia to shatter tho unity of the political system in the nineteenth century , as Luther shuttered the Catholic unity of the sixteenth century ; and to expose populations the

      to the same struggles , tho sumo persecutions , same exterminations , and the bwiw wars—wars not only of territories , but of pnnc . pl ^—that is to any , to wars tho most omul , nnd tho most long . The confusion here introduced is one of time , place and circumstance , and tho ' writer would have us believe that we must either recognise all conquests or none ; reverse all that lms taken place since the world be ^ an , or reopen an era of lunrreasion , nnd summon another WunOcung Jew of Victory , " as he calls Napoleon I ., to

      pursue again Ium devastating career . J M . ( Jirardin say * , if thu partition , o Poland was an immonsofai . lt , and tho nj-ostubjinhmunt of that kingdom necessary to tho security o Europe , merely abstaining from revenging " W aterloo cannot comprise the whole duty of France . In Wco manner , he say , , that if it is true that Uubbio threatens Europe , through Constantinople , J ranee lias more to do than rest quint at homo . It Austria in Italy is a source ol danger , why abandon Venice ? This style of argument would reduce

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      E-Tt ** T ** " * l ' j r ^~^—^ r- * — — . - — ; -- » . r , ¦ ..--s » - —— »^« J . ' **¦¦ ' — _— — -- ¦ ' — — - - " - NEW WEEKLY MAGAZINE •> OF POLITICS , LEGISLATION , LITERATURE . SCIENCE , AND ART .

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      THE old i-AsinoxKi ) Wkekly ' Newspaper , ; as ' regards mere intelligence , is fast being superseded , imu must lie replaced by that still superior species of publication which is exemplified in its leading ' articles . The pressure of activity in all matters '—but more especially in literary , and political affairs , has created an extraordinary rapidity of utterance ; and such are the means now offered for the circulation of news , that no one is content to wait ibr it until the end of the week , but procures it every morning as he eats his breakfast , or rides in his railroad carriage . * In compliance with this remarkable necessity , OX AXli AFTER SATURDAY , OF JANUARY , the lo . ig established and intellectual paper , THE L E A D E E , 1 YIM . CONSIST ENTIRELY OF I () Jl I Q I : N A J , All T I C L E S , BV WRITKKS 1 > K TJIU HIGHEST ANILITY IN TJIEIR VAiuoL-s rt .-usuriTS ; and the character of a newspaper will so far be abandoned that nothing will be admitted but A SPECIALLY W 1 UTTKX ANALYSIS AND KKCOliD . or Ar . L the > POLITICAL , I . ITKUAHY , SCIENTIFIC , AND AUTISTIC KVKNTS OF THE WEEK . The foatnros of a Newspaper will , however , be thus far retained , that a UICCOKl ) of the most important EVENTS will be afforded , and occasionally highly important and historical Documents will be reprinted lor fii 0 brc reference , liut in recording important and remarkable events , a narrative style ¦ will bo adopted , and nothing will be inserted that has not undergone such revision i \ h to entitle it to rank with the original compositions . In truth , to use'the apt plu-ase of a witty modern essayist , "the paste-pot nnd scissors will be banished from tho sub-editor ' s room . " Tun kkahkrhs ini > i 5 im-: npekcu which htia always characterised THE LEADEK will be continued and carried out to tho extremest limit when thus issued as A WEEKLY MAGAZINE ; ana there will be no indoeision in treating upon all subjects , POLITICAL , CLE 1 UCAL , PROFESSIONAL , UTJiRAKY , SCIENTIFIC , and AUTISTIC , without distinction of parties or persons , on sound philosophical principles ; and without submission to Theological sects or Political cliques . Nationai , Pitoc . jHK . ss , in its largest , widest , and most exalted souse , ? s tho only cause to bo justly advocated ; and although , happily , tho days of revolution and viulonco in England are gone for ever , tlioro uro numy vital questions connectod with our social relations still to bu Inquired Into , disousaod , and rosolvod . Calm , tbnrk' 83 , and conscientiouseoiisldoni- tiou of those is absolutely nocosaiiry for all pnrjios nnil ibr tho welfare of tlio ' nation ; and , THE LEADER AND SATURDAY ANALYST will iwnnly and fully trout of all such with a doop

      sense of the responsibility that rests on their exposition , and will take care to bring the knowledge , as well as the judgment , necessary for their satisfactory discussion . At the same time entertainment , will not be banished , from its columns , and its writers will rather elucidate their various subjects with the genius of worldly observation and practical knowledge than with the pedantry of mere scholastic erudition . The new career thus designed for THE . LEADER is , indeed , only " carrying out to the extreme its original intention of ¦ treating intellectually all Public and Social matters . The abandonment of the mere news , and the substitution of A COPIOUS SET OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES , will , it is hoped , not be displeasing either to its old Subscribers , or its new readers ; for , being newscrammed by the daily papers , it is anticipated that they uiust prefer to the unavoidably stale intelligence , able commentary and powerful elucidation of the topics of the week . No expense or labour will be spared in keeping together A - . NUMEROUS STAFF OF ABLE , INFORMED , AND INFLUENTIAL , WRITERS , wjio will pass ix REVIEW , ANALYSE , and RKCOHD ALL THE IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS , POLITICAL EVENTS , LITERARY PRODUCTIONS , ARTISTIC WORKS , SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS , and SOCIAL OCCURRENCES , OF THE WEEK .

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      THE LEADER AND SA . TTJSSJD . A . TSr . ATa \ A . I- " 52 * & XV A WEEKLY REVIEW AND RECORD OF POLITICAL , LITERARY , AND AUTISTIC EVENTS , To be 1 ' uMUheil i-eery Sntnrtli-u in time for the Morm » a Moils , a tut a I'rirfti'i Eccn ' wy edition will kino be jxublmhud in time for the Country Mails . , . PRICE F 1 VEPENCE—Sta-mi'KD , SIXPENCE . . A QUARTER—6 s . Gd . per Post . As a Specimeu is fur more explanatory than any description can bc ., ' x samplk corv of the first ntunher of the New Serins , to be publ ' ishvd on Saturday , the 1 th of January , will be forwarded-to umj one sending an order , and a postaae stamp . OF 1 ICK . —IS , CATIIJORINii . STREET , STRAND , LONDON . rv . ' •* 'W ^ gwiiB . aBiiiwir'j piy *'¦ !¦—liimMi'iiiff' Hwi *^ ' « g «* ftfWw > ^^| WOHw *^ w » ii

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      No . 508 . Dec . 17 , 1859 . ] THE LEA DEE . 1369

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      Dublin Sflfaira . "

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      riiore Is nothinff so revolutionary , btfciws . o thcro is nothing ao uniuiturftl lind convulsive , us the strain to keep thing's llxod whoii nil thy world is by tho vory law of lta oroution in utcriml progress , — Dk . AnsotD .

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      SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 185 < J .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 17, 1859, page 1369, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2325/page/13/