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•« The one- Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble fv- ^ fJP ^ - v to throw dawn all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided viems ; and by setting aside -the distinctions o ^^ ° n Country ; and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one gieat object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Sumboldt ' s Cosmos .
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ucntr THE WEEK- Great Floods 1110 The Church ' s Parliament 1113 PORTFOLIONEWS Uf " PJtQH Inquest on the Women Crushed to The Cape Colony again Mutinies ... 1113 Letters of a Vagabond 1119 Parliament of the Week 1102 Death at Chelsea Hospital 1110 Curiosities of Literature—Plagiar- Passages from a Boy ' s Epic 1121 Proceedings in the Houses of Con- Miscellaneous 1110 ism . ( By Disraeli the Younger . ) 1114 vocation ll 03 Healthof London during the Week 1110 Disraeli—Claudian— Stilieho 1115 THE ARTSTli « State Funeral—Burial of Wei- Births , Marriages , and Deaths 1111 Son ¦ U 04 > OPEN COUNCIL- Vivian Not at the Funeral 1122 SS ^^ cied ^ ident " J £ P 0 mCR . PT . 1111 " Sabhath Observance" in Scotland 1115 . * %£ * " ^ * SSnTn Bu =-iyres-::::::::: Z - pubuc affa . rs- uterature- - Book ¦ National Defence 1108 The Funeral 1112 Butler ' s Analogy versus Modern COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSS i ^^ s ^ .::::::::::::::: S £ E ^^ e 1 : . ^^ I ^ : j ^^ ' ^ i ^^ zzzzt ^ ^ m . ^^ m
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YOL . III . No . 139 . ] SATUBDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1852 . [ Price Sixpence .
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rpHE event which has filled the public eye , in JL ^ ortdoa al ' least , has been the . burial of Wellington , which W & ed off : without any contretemps . All the metropolis , ^ d a large contingent from the provinces , assisted at the ceremony ; and an enormous massif i bumaife beings was collected on the long line > of the procession , ^ h ^ arran gements of the PP ^ fe |^ ®^ vPK ^ complete , and
that order wnsiir iirttt ^^ -Jfry ^ arti- ' the soi ^ fiw Ji ^ at hazardous experiment of dwtwiiagtogether so vast a host was attended byii « wWH ^^ pf »> c « Bdthe ^ e not arising from any fault in the pufcBc : arrangements . It is probably that the death of the two women on Saturday , by showing the fatal effect of ineffectual precautions , contributed to that result . The facility , however , with which such great numbers" were controlled , will serve ^ as a
precedent for some time to come ; and amongst the many reasons for remembering the burial of Wellington , will be the good order of the day . The chief proceedings in Parliament have related to the funeral . With an eulogiuna on the Duke , Mr . Disraeli moved a supply to the Crown , to defray the expenses ; and although Mr . Hume asked for an estimate , the supply was furnished without going through that desirable form . All parties conspired to treat the funereal arrangements as
matters of course ; and Mr . Disraeli ' s eulogium was felt to be somewhat in the nature of surplusage . This feeling arose even before the Globe had detecte d in t he very heart of Mr . Disraeli ' s eulogium , a passage borrowed , almost sentence for sentence , fro mThiers's eulogium on a French Marshal ; a discover y which has made no small sensation in the political world .
After considerable delay , and repeated demands fro m the leader of the House of Commons , the twins of the motion which Mr . Villicrs is to move ° 'i the 22 nd inst , have been announced . The motion will be a paraphrase of the passage in t »« Koyal Speech relating to Free-trade ; only ins tead of putting the success of Frce-trudc liypot hctiwilly , with nn " if , " the motion will assert it
Positivel y , and will proclaim u readiness to con-8 » der nny mcusures advanced by Ministers in acco rdance with that pr inciple . The excellent cond uction of this motion justifies the long deliberation to which it has been subjected : it stoutly in-» ista upon the merits of Free-trade , while it leaves the merits of the Ministry untouched ; it strips the [ Countky Edition . ]
Free-trade admission of the Speech of its conditional "if , " but does not call upon Ministers to forego their own official existence with the abandonment of Protection . Mr . Brotherton has renewed his motion to adjourn the sitting of Parliament at midnight whatever may be the business on hand ; with his usual want of success . Everybody admits that it would be desirable to do what he desires , but few admit the possibility . His arguments are uncontrovertible ; but so are the arguments on the other side . . It would be only prcber to desist
from making laws or passing money rifter mid-Slight j but if that were done , Parliament Could not' get through its work ! The practical inference is , that Parliament has too much to do , and thus midnight legislation is traced , after all , to the practice which makes Parliament undertake the immense mass of local business . Jf Mr . Brotherton desires to render his motion possible , he ought previously to cany a motion for relieving Parliament of that local business ; transferring parish or borough affairs to local tribunals , and reserving to Parliament only the , control over the practice and p rinciples of the local
tribunals . Lord Chancellor St . Leonard ' s has explained to the House of Lords a very comprehensive measure for working up reforms in Chancery . They principally affect the technical machinery ; but they will save both time and expense . Experience has now proved that the Houses
of Convocation can sit , vote , and do business without rushing into mad confusion , or affording any other spectacle than that of certain reverend gentlemen deliberating quietly on ecclesiastical matters . The short session has proved what we always thought , that the Act of Submission does not inttkdict Convocation from transacting business without the royal licence , providing it abstain
from making canons . By carrying out a system of party tactics , at once judicious and high principled , the High Church party secured the golden opportunity of showing that this can be done . That they have stopped short in the work , and not insisted on all the advantages of their position , augurs great foresight and prudence in the leaders . But we believe nothing has been left undone which could secure the position they have fought for and won ; and no incident in the deliberations ut Westminster eau be construed into anything like a display of acrimonious feeling or sacerdotal arrogance . Convocation haw wow u
vantage ground ; the first step has been taken ; the future has been initiated ; and it remains to be seen what that future will unfold . What share the Minister may have bad in this , what the Primate , what the inevitable leaven of principles so long set working in the Church—would form a curious and instructive inquiry . Be that as it may , the time has gone by when the Archbishop could safely interdict discussion , in either House , by a coup d ' etat , like that of last February . Oxford has beaten Lambeth ; and Exeter has yet to play
his part . -, In ' external affairs the grand event is the election of Franklin Pierce , as President of the United State * . * This we had already foreseen , as welt as the decided majority by which it was effected , fy is some satisfaction to notice that his return ik welcomed by English writers who had been less sanguine , but who foresee in his Free-trade principles , in his mastery of politics , bis conciliatory manners , his energy and firmness , the guarantees of a great future for his country , and a co-operation between that country and England mutually beneficial .
In Buenos Ayres , Urquiza , the dictator of : i bloodless and pacific coup d ' etat , has ag # in been ousted from the Presidency . The old Parliamentary party took advantage of his temporary absence , reinstated itself , and when the mail came away was in possession—for bow long , who can say ? We forbear to perplex our readers with the complications of Ai gentinc politics . At the Cape of Good Hope we iind trade prosp erous , General Catheart going on at the Kafirs , and the colonists menacingly insisting on their long-delayed constitution .
In Australia , one anecdote illustrates the continued abundance of gold . A digger going to pay for bis licence , linds himself short of half-an-ounce
of gold : " Here , old fellow , " cries auothev labouring man , holding out bis own bag , " take some of this . " On the Continent of Europe also wo have only to report progress . Louiei Bonapurte bus startled friends and foes by a coup de—Mtmiteur . The declaration for the Umpire , by the Senate , has Revolution
stirred the smouldering embers of the , and lias even been challenged by a famt weak , piping treble of a protest , < Vom an old-world gentleman at Frohsdorf . The republican proclamations , embittered and inflamed by oxi « and proscription , by the contrast of the Kupubhc stifled in its large-hearted clemency , and the reaction
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111852/page/1/
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