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      A Political And Literary Review.

      A POLITICAL AND LITERARY REVIEW .

      Of Our Spiritual Nature."—Humboldvs Cosm...

      of our spiritual nature . "—HumboldVs Cosmos .

      Contents :

      Contents :

      ,. ... . _ Woik-I.V' V' Katlif-Rmc As Re...

      ,. ... . _ Woik-i . v' V' Katlif-rmc as REVIEW OF THE WEEK- >•*<¦¦ " Our Civ . l . / . n ! i . m ... / ^ ir , ; . VosiVruoke alldiJornV-o 13 ZU anv Thoughts on Many Things ... 18 «^ 2 ^? H &^? . ? . " « a ^ :::::::::::: s i ^^ 1 ^™^! ° :. % lfiXtiritiu \& n ^ u £ Kiir ^ fc ; r : r :::::: II ^ S ^ t ^^ n -india-::::::::::::::: ^^ a l ::::::::::::: =:::::: ^ 5 ^^^^^ 0 ^ :=: ^ , cW » iuatiouorseir-GoT « mmon * ... i 9 Direct lUilroad from London to Cal- OPEN COUNCIL- Metropolitan Poor-rates it THEARTScntta -t The Ik-form Movement 3 »» LITERATURE- Christmas at the Theatres 19 & ii Melti " nis « A AVorkhiB Man on the Currency ... 10 Summary 15 The Opera in the Winter 20 St ^ to of Trade 5 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- The Beauties of Nature and Art 15 — Ireland 5 I The Story of 1857 10 A Month hi the Forests of France ... 1 | $ . TUcGaxette 20 America "" . " . ' . !' . ' . ' . " . ' . !' . ' . ' . ' . !!' . !' .. . " ! . ' . ' . 5 I The Relations of the Bank with the Books on India 17 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSS ^ Not ! s . ; : : ::::::: = : ? I t &^ % \^ u ™ :: : == « ^ SS ::. " ::::::::::::::::::::::: " _; c-. ty intcnigonco , M . rkct , . * c 21

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      T?Ighteen Hundred And Fifty '-Eight Open...

      T ? IGHTEEN hundred and fifty ' -eight opens out JlJ before us—a year of work . Three great labours are plainly laid down : the substitution oi' a new Government for India , a searching and thorough investigation of our Mercantile and Financial systems , and the production of a Reform Bill at least adequate to meet the more moderate demands of the time . The items arc few , but the whole coming session of Parliament will be well spent if it achieves a satisfactory completion of them .

      India , obviously , will bo the most difficult to deal with , and the news brought by the last mail from Calcutta will not help to case the difficulty . Tliu intelligence received is of a decidedly serious character . There is not the least doubt 1 hat ( he Residency at Lucknow has been relieved , and the women , children , and sick sent in safety to Cawnporo ; but there our assurance stops . Sir Colin C . \ Mr-ru : i . i . reached the Residency—and , thanks to ihc bravely sustained defence of its holders , with

      comparatively small loss ; but that appears 1 o have been all he was able to do . The mutineers hold the whole of the city , with the exception of the outskirts , from which they were driven by the Commandcr-in-Chicf , and the force at hand appeared wholly insufficient to dislodge them . Possibly Sir Colin has retired to Cawnporc until reinforcements reach him in sufficient number to open thejjcxfc campaign wilh the certainty of prosecuting it with vigour . It is hardly possiblo , upon Ihe incomplete data furnished by the late mails , to

      form any conclusion as to the probable course ol events . Driven from Lucknow , the rebels may disporso and fortify themselves in the almost innumerable fortresses scattered over Oudc , or they may take to the- more impenetrable jungle ; in the former case the labour of subduing them would be immense in the latter , almost interminable . Of the Gwalior rebels we hear next to nothing by tho present mail . By ono account , they would appear to have marched ^ upon-Qw . aliox .. ^) COJlLMil . gftnPJ : QJ ! , i . Hl . J [ jfcn » res there como reports of danger ; and in the Presidency of Madras a band of Rohillns had attacked a town Bomowhci'o between Masulipatam and Hyderabad , and succcodod in boating the Sepoys and residents and in carrying oil" tho treasury-chest towards the Docoan . But it is towards Central India that wo look with most anxiety . Three romarkablo orders have beon issued , one

      by the Commander-in-Chief , regulating the treatment of Native officers , non-commissioned officers , and Sepoys of revolted regiments , who were absent on furlough at the time of ihe revolt of their regiments , in the event of their returning at or after the expiration of their time ; the second regulates the amount of compensation to be allowed by the Indian Government to various classes of sufferers by the mutinies ; the third refers to foreigners , who henceforth are not to be permitted to reside or travel in India without a special license from the Government . A fourth , and by very far the most important order , signed by 11 . Montgomehy , the judicial commissioner in tlie Punjab , announces that" caste will no longer—at least ill the province governed by Sir John Laivkkxce—be allowed to carry wilh it any weight in the public service . The document declares it to be 'disgraceful' to us thitt native Christians have hitherto been held to be ineligible for public employment ; and henceforth , all functions under the Government of the Punjab will be thrown open equally to Christian , Hindoo , and Mussulman .

      In anticipation of the heavy work to come , Lord Pai .. mi : hston has been revising his Ministry ; on the principle of keeping no more cats than can catch mice , the Earl of Hakkowhv , Privy Seal , has been induced to ' resign , ' on account of the state of his health , and to enable the Premier to fill a scat in the Cabinet with a family Whig , the Marquis of Claniucaudk , who , besides good health , has the . special advantage of being brother-in-law to the Governor-General , and a man ' up' in the jargon of Indian polemics .

      The preparations for tho royal marriage on the 25 th instant are being elaborated with great zeal , and the result , as far as embellishment goes , will be , no doubt , all that oould be reasonably expected ; but with the public there will be an enormous amount of dissatisfaction , caused by tho insurmountable want of space , both in the Chapel Royal and in the places adjacent . Already the Lord Chamberlain is enduring the trials of a regular

      bcgjegement byjripplicnnts for fifty times tho amount of tho aoconlmodaTioTTlvPlTfjrcb ' miiihn'd" Bucking " ham Palace , on tho night of tho 851 h , will be tried to the utmost of its bed-supplying powers for the illustrious crowd of guests wlio will partake of linn Majesty ' s hospitality . Tho suites of all . these great Visitors will have to retire to Kaiikancjjb's and Fjonton ' s hotels , whioh have been retained entirely for thorn . A long scries of fostivitios , commencing

      with a state performance at Her Majesty ' s Theatre on the 19 Ui , will gaily lead the way to the crowning ceremony on the 25 th . The final public act of the interesting drama will be a Drawiug-Room at St . James ' s Palace on the 30 th , when Her Majksty will receive congratulations—the sincerity of which no one in the world will doubt . On Tuesday , February 2 nd , England will part with its eldest daughter ; affectionate interest will follow her , and never cease to watch over her in her new home . As the Victoria and Albert steams away from Gravesend , who doubts that a hailstorm of old shoes will follow it ?

      Nothing proves the decline of the Conservative party more than the late elections for North Northamptonshire and for Buckinghamshire . And the evidence is shown not only in the result but in . the proceedings . Who was brought forward to replace Mr . Augustus Staitoud—a gentleman of some social rank , of genial smartness , and of unflinching Tory protectionism ? It was Mr . Ward Hunt , a gentleman , avc believe , of not very high standing in the county , though much esteemed personally , and of politics which mav in the comparison even be

      called Liberal . And that gentleman had rather a smart contest with a young Whig candidate introduced on the very eve of ( he election day . Again , in Buckinghamshire , who was selected to lead the Tories against the son of the late member , Mr . Cavendish ? It was Captain Hamilton , a gentleman who was onco member for Aylesbury , and who has been kept on hand as a pis alley for that respectable borough . Mr . Hamilton stood forward professedly as the representative of the tenant farmers , but he docs not appear to have

      received any very sturdy support from that sensible body of men ; and his good-humoured , bantering , simple-minded speeches do not indicato a person of high intellectual standing . Such was to have been the colleague ! of Mr . PmiAjsLi . But his totul defeat has drawn forth proofs of weakness ominous for tho continuance of a Tory asoondancy . In fact , tho Liberals arc already calculating that they shall be able to replace two if not three of the members

      on the next election ; and the state of the Registry , ^ riiclHis ^ n "'^ ycirfect-nvehrcologieal-curiosil'yr ^ vi | Jl-i > 0-r doubt operate as a stimulus to remswod activity iA registration throughout all counties us well as . Buckinghamshire . . '" '¦ Tho financial aspects at tho close pi | thojcar aroi indeed renmrknbh ) . We find the rovojuvo exhibiting a decrease in comparison with 1850 , 6 ( 1 , 8 $ J 8 ,, QQQ / ., at tho ettino thno thut the Banks of ^ EwglWlBiitl '

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02011858/page/1/