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. ; .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ . ' ¦ . . ' . ; . ' ¦ . Ccnttnts : . ¦ . . ¦ . . , . ' . . . ' : . . ' . ' . .. REVIEW OF THE WEEK- -I'AfiB ; Gatherings from tho Law and Po- Signs of Insanity ... .. 516 Latter-Day Toetry ..: 521 Public Meetings SOO I lice Courts ..... 510 The University of Dublin ... 517 ltichelieu and the Ironde . 522 Tho'Indian Revolt .... COG I Naval and Military 511 Cavour and Italy ....... 517 Publications and Rcpublications ... 523 The Orient .... 507 i Mercantile Marino 511 Central Asia and . British India ...... 517 Mr . Disraeli onthe State of Parties ... . W ' - - Miscellaneous ... 512 Sanitary Condition of tlio Army ... 518 THE ARTSStato ^ f % mde SUddCn DeathS '"'¦¦'" fos : Postscript ... 514 . . | TERATUR-E- The Drama in . Paris 523 Ireland . »!!! i ;! . ' !!!!! ' ! . !! . !^\ ... " !!!" . !! .. -5 i » S . - | '¦ PUBLIC AFFAIR'S— . ; . Summary ... ; ............. „ 519 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS' 'America .... SOS ' Mr . Disraeli on tlie Slough of Exult 515 Doctor Thome 519 Continental Notes 503 j The Last Itoyal Marriage ..... 515 Scottish Zoology .. 520 TlieGazettc ! . 524 Criminal Record .......... 510 1 The Crisis in France ...... TIG Maud Skillicorne ' s Penance . 521 City Intelligence , Markets , &c 524 .
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"The one Idea which History exhibits a 3 evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is tlae Idea of Humamty ~ the noble endeavour to tkrovsrdpwn all the barriers erected between , men by prejudice and one-sided . views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the wbole Human , race as one "brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of ourspiritual nature . "—Htimboldt ' s Cosmos .
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"pAHLIAMENT is ' . making ' holiday . Considera-X tions of personal welfare outweigh , for a time , all party considerations . Por the most part , the honourable gentlemen who do us the . . -honour not to represent us in the House of Commons arc lying fallow after the over-exertions of the past week . Some few there are , indeed , who -carry the " shop " with , them down into the country , and while benefiting their bodily condition take any opportunity that offers for doing a stroke of business . Foremost among those who put in . practice the prudential axiom of making hay while the sun shines , is Mr . Diskaeli ; nay , his business activity is so great , it carries him even beyond the limits of the rule he follows ^ for he not only makes his Lay , but afterwards reduces it to chaff . His speech to the fanners of Bucks , at Slough , on " Wednesday , was really a large transaction , in which he went in for a very handsome profit for the firm which he just now represents . Mr . Disiueli was in high condition , his hearers were in high condition , and if the country is equally well-conditioned it will sec with half an eye that- its only chance of doing well is to deal wholly and solely with the liousc of Derby , Disraeli , and Co .. How much the country has already benefited by its dealings with tliat firm the country would , possibly , not have known but fov the statement rendered by the second partner . What arc these benefits ? Imprimis : England lias been saved from war with Irance , for the question of peace or war , when Lord Derby accepted office , Mr . Disraeli told his auditors , " was not a question of weeks or days , but of hours ; " Derby and Co . preserved pence and vindicated the national honour , —at the same time , not forgetting to use their best endeavours to procure the conviction of Dr . Simon Bernaud for the share he did not take in the highly objectionable proceedings of Oksini and his hirelings previously to the attempt of the Idtli of January . To the firm , in the second place , the country iy indebted for the release of the two English engineers after nine or ten months' captivity in Neapolitan prisons . . It may be urged , in the way of discount , tliat this transaction lias not been entirely completed , and tliat the country has been somewhat impatient , not tojsay disgusted , withtlic delays that have taken place with reference to the exaction of an indemnity for the illegal treatment and other wrongs sustained by our two countrymen at the hands of tho
barbariaii King of Naples ; and with Hie fast and loose < character of the diplomacy employed by the firm in i its negotiations with Sardinia on this very subject . < ' But if the . country is largely indebted to Derby : i and Co . on account of these transactions , its . obl . iga-- < tions would appear to be almost' overwhelming on account of-the services rendered it in connexion w'itli India . Tor the first time since the conquest of Lulia the policy of the English Government will include " respect for private property , toleration for religion , and a due and . decent regard for the manners- and customs of the people . " The . Indian policy of the late Government ' -was little short of infernal—a policy of " unmitigated vengeance , " pursuing the innocent and the guilty with unceasing " massacre ; and confiscation . " . The Buckinghamshire farmers cheered this idea with enormous energy . Dkkby and Co . have changed all that , and a peculiar feature of the corrective system they have employed is the care which they have taken to inform the Indian mind of the great fact , that England only holds possession of India as a robber holds his ill-got ten spoil ; that , as the Times says , " she is there an invader , a robber , a tricky diplomatist , a violator of treaties , a forger of false titles , and as yet the unrelenting destroyer of those whose only crime is that we have wronged them . " Such arc some of the services for which Mr . Disiueli debits the country in the books of Dekby and Co . Indeed , if we take his account of the enterprise and high character of his firm , there really seems no reason why he should not look down with utter scorn and contempt upon that other great firm which has lately stopped . In heaping so much ridicule and contumely upon his late opponents , it is tnic that , as some have suggested , Mr . Disjuaeli was crowing from a height upon which a cock is supposed to crow loudest , or at . nil events , with most satisfaction to himself . Bold of speech as Mr . Disuakli is on most occasions , he is never bolder than vvlicn he addresses the " agricultural interest " of the good county of Bucks , whether at Buckingham , Aylesbury , or Slough—which is cerlaiuly never to him the " slough of despond . " lie said some good things on " Wednesday evening , some things well worth pondering by the supporters of the Opposition firm . Mr . Disraeli cautions the country against dealing with the said firm , and it is for those who compose its members to decide upon tho amount of justice which there is at the bottom of his allegations . " Are these tho people you want to govern the
country , " he asked— " people in whose camp there is anarchy , between whom there is discord upon every point , and who are not even united by the common bondof wishing to seize upon the spoils of office ? " The' clear-headed , sharp-witted Conservative far mers of Bucks answered to a man , " No , 10 " iNovv that was , possibly , quite the proper answer for those highly respectable persons to make ; and the only thing that We . care to say concerning it is , that it will be well for the Liberal firm to set its affairs in order as quickly as possible , so as to give a practical contradiction to the adverse conclusion its xival has caused to be accepted , lest that conclusion should , by ill-chance , come to be more Widely credited ! Besides Mr . Disraeli , a few other honourable members have improved , the occasion . of * thcir holiday to " meet their constituents , " and otherwise to show that they know how to combine pleasure with profit . Sir Aimiuu Elton was at the Guildhall at Bath on Wednesday evening , and explained himself with generous frankness , apparently to the satisfaction of both the leading sections of his constituency , on the course taken by him during the debates on Mr . Cardavelx ' s motion . He also stated his views regarding the leading questions of the day . Lord Canning ' s Proclamation he disapproves , and though he is at odds with the present Government on many points , he approves the intention but not the style of Lord Ellewuorough ' s despatch , which he looks upon as an honest despatch , and , withal , one highly acceptab c . On the siunc evening , in quite another part of the kingdom , namely , Glasgow , a banquet was given to a soldier of distinction , returned to England for the cure of his wounds received before Cawnporc . The guest of the evening was Lieutenant-Colonel Alison , son of the historian . The point of interest in Colonel Alison ' s speech was his account of the stupendous difficulties which had to be overcome by Sir Colin Campbell in Calcutta , before he could set a foot forward to relieve Lucknow . The precious time , that seemed so endless when counted ns delay , he has accounted for , and shown the wisdom and foresight of the Commander-in-Chief in not going for "ward sooner than he did . The gallant soldier gave a stirring account of the operations which ended in the first relief of the Bririjtf ^ K&i jjfoftcy at L ucknow , and added Jus tes $ jm ; o < hy > i ; b- . fliij' Isejwsiti of Havklock , Outuam , and f ^ G # Ej . "fflif ? ' $$ c $ adds little to our stock of kivowffidjtije ^ - 'lju ^ ij ( JAgjrctf ,-ably confirms much that ^ q ^ bc ^ m ^ iiii ^ W fl-f ^ i' » remarkable for its torso and fer ^ Hj ^^ iwwt ^ - W . ^ s ¦* # ' £ ^ K * tf ¦*> $ * MiV ?
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Leader (1850-1860), May 29, 1858, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2244/page/1/
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