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i 944 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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The first general order of the now Comma...
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MOURNING FOR TIN'! AKMV. llorHO-fJitiiri...
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Lord Derby has accepted the nomination t...
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THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. This week ...
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1852.
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LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT PERTH. Lord John Ru...
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Sattteday, September 25. The "Leader" An...
It would be a humane saving of bloodshed , to hold the ringleaders of the Absolutist conspiracy specially responsible , and , on the next insurrection of Europe , to make them examples . Hungary , Sicily , and Schleswig-Holstein , are kept down by breaches of public law ; Naples and France are held by favour of perjury and usurpation ; Gladstone is a witness of the cruelty with which Absolutism makes its rule , obeyed . I should be pleased to see the ringleaders in that cruel conspiracy punished as felons are punished ; and I believe that it would be an act of virtuous patriotism so to punish them . I justify this view by the precedent of your forefathers , who rose in arms , vindicated the freedom
of Englishmen , and brought the law-breaker in chief , King Charles the First , to justice . That lesson was not lost upon the world . I justify it by the example set in America , by men whom I may reckon among my own forefathers . And though I have no wish to see the English Monarchy superseded by a republic , until republics can be wiser than some have proved ; although I value institutions little as compared with the spirit of the people ; I do hold that every people is in bondage and humiliation which does not , in the freedfltesession of arms , hold in its own hand the instrumenipi defending its own liberties , and which does not possess in its own heart the will to use that
instrument . In the doctrine which I thus explicitly avow , to such extent , I differ from you , and therefore , of course , from the paper which you conduct . In few other things do we differ ; in most we agree . I believe that your labours are doing excellent service in every cause which I have most at heart ; I believe that your more moderate utterance is calculated to win the concurrence of larger numbers among those who support weekly newspapers of the class to which you belong , than the unqualified utterance to which I adhere when I am personally accountable . My forefathers have twice abandoned country and hopes rather than succumb to a rule which they denied ; and although , on both those occasions , they stood by a royalist cause , which I could not
uphold , centuries have not softened the stubbornness of the stock . You will pardon to so old a habit the trouble it now gives you ; the more readily , I know , since , although my personal opinions have for the moment been accidentally brought into question , you and I are not the less bound together by brotherly affection and by zeal , in the common cause to which you have devoted yourself with so much energy . Those who do not know you may for a moment mistake your motives ; but the habit of suspecting sinister designs in opponents , is one to which democratic politicians would not be so prone , if they knew all the weakness which it implies ; and , in expressing my dissent from you on a special point , I am proud , in the face of your assailants , to stand with you side by side . Ever , my dear friend , your faithful and affectionate , Thornton Hunt .
I 944 The Leader. [Saturday,
i 944 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
The First General Order Of The Now Comma...
The first general order of the now Commander-inchief is before us : — GENERAL ORDER . Horse-Guards , Sept . 23 , 1852 . In obedience to her Majesty ' s most gracious commands , . Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge ussuraes tho command of lior Mujosty ' H array , and all matters relating to her Majesty ' s military service , which have heretofore been performed Ivy his Grace the late Commandor-in-Chief will henceforth be transacted by bis Lordship . He confidently hopes that , in tbe performance of the dutie . i intrusted to him by her Majesty ' s favour , he will receive the assistance and support of the general and other oflicers of the army , and be enabled to maintain its discipline and high character by a continuance of those services which have identified the British army with the honour , power , and prosperity of their country . The Queen having , in tbe general order to the nriny of yesterday ' s date , expressed Her Majesty ' s sentiments on tho irreparable loss sustained by Her Majesty , the country , and the army , in the sudden death of . Field-Marshal tlie Duke of Wellington , Viscount llardinge presumes only on this occasion to give utterance to his devoted attachment to the memory of " tbe greatest commander whom Kngland ever Haw , " and whose whole life has afforded the brig htest example by which a British army can be guided in the performance of its duties . Hy command of the Right , Hon . Lieutenant-General Viscount Harpi n < mo ,
Mourning For Tin'! Akmv. Llorho-Fjitiiri...
MOURNING FOR TIN' ! AKMV . llorHO-fJitiirilN , Nopl ,. 22 , 1 H 52 . Tho Adjutant-General ban received Her Majo . st . y ' H moHt g raoiouHoommandH to ihhuo tho following general orders to * ho army : — I . Tho (^ uoon fools asHiired that tho army will participate in the deep grief wijLh which Her Majesty ban received the irftolligonco of tho iri * 0 |>» irablo Iohh HU . sluined by hei'Hcll ' and . by the country int ( tu tJiflfcU'" death of Kield-AiarHhal Mie Dalto of WHlingioiujk / ~ f , fn him Her M ajjoHtjr lift ' s W deplore a firm Hiipporter of Lhir-t | tirmM > , a faithful , \ ft . so , Ji lnd devoted councillor , and a iv ^ uAA ^ u ^ L honoured irjon ^ f ¦ - ** I ^& iiMihtf Arqay w / fl Jjukiont tlio lonu of u Commanderv ^ . «^ : w -
in-Chief unequalled for the brilliancy , the magnitude , and the success of his military achievements ; but hardly less distinguished for the indefatigable and earnest zeal with which , in time of peace , he laboured to maintain the efficiency and promote the interests of that army which he had often led to victory . The discipline which he exacted from others , as the mam foundation of the military character , he sternly imposed upon himself ; and the Queen desires to impress upon the army , that the greatest commander . whom , England ever saw has left an example for the imitatigffTJfc every soldier , in taking , as his guiding principle in every relation of life , an energetic and unhesitating obedience to the call of duty . It is her Majesty ' s command that this general order shall be inserted in the order-books , and read at the head
of every regiment in her Majesty s service . 2 . The Queen does not require that the officers _ of the army should wear any other mourning with their uniforms , on the present melancholy occasion , than black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat , the sword-knot , and on the left arm—with the following exceptions , viz .: — Officers on duty are to wear black gloves , black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat , the sword-knot , and on the left-arm , the sash covered with black crape , and a black crapescarf over the right shoulder . The drmns of regiments are to be covered with black , and blact crape is to be hung from the pike of the colourstaff ofmfantry , and from the standard-staff and trumpets of caialry .
3 . The Queen has been most graciously pleased , under the . present afflicting circumstances , to direct that Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge , G-. C . B ., shall be placed on me staff of Her Majesty ' s army , and that all matters respecting Her Majesty ' s military service which have heretofore been transacted by his Grace the late Commanderin-Chief shall henceforth be performed by Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge , G . C . B . By Her Majesty ' s command , G . Beown , Adjutant General . The Prussian army has been ordered into mourning for the Duke , for three days .
Lord Derby Has Accepted The Nomination T...
Lord Derby has accepted the nomination to the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford , thrust upon him by a clique of " waiters on Providence . " "We " hear that it is the intention of the Government to issue a Commission to inquire into the condition of the Cathedral Chapters . —Morning Chronicle .
The Norwich Musical Festival. This Week ...
THE NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL . This week tho tenth anniversary of the Norwich Triennial Festival , adjourned from last year on account of the Great Exhibition , has been held . Norwich is scarcely second to Birmingham in those celebrations . On Tuesday evening the Festival was inaugurated by a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music , selected chiefly from the " classical" composers . The principal singers were Madame Vim-dot , MaJiimu Fioreiitiin , Mios Louisa Pyne , Miss Dolby , Signor Gardoni , Mr . Sims Reeves , Mr . Lockey , Signor Belletti , and Herr Formes . The second part of the concert was the music of Mendelssohn ' s Midsummer Wight ' s Dream , the play being read by Mrs . Fanny Kemble . Madame Viardot , in the vocal , and Bottesini in the instrumental department , created tbe greatest sensation . " Nothing" ( wo quote the Times ) " could be more satisfactory than tho whole of tbe selection . There was not one indifferent morccau , nor one weak performance . " Wednesday morning found tho weather delightfully changed ; but the sunshine did not draw tho large audience of the evening before . Mr . Henry Leslie ' s Festival Anthem " Let God arise , " was capitally given under the baton of Mr . Benedict , " who took every pains to ensure a good result , and appeared quite as anxious and interested as if the Festival Anthem had been his own . " This anthem was greatly admired , and is pronounced by the critic whoso report we aro abstracting , ' certainly oneof the ablest compositions in the English repertoire" . Dr . Bexfield's oratorio , Israel Restored , came next . Tho Doctor is , it seems , a native of Norwich , and , as a boy , formed one of the choir of the cathedral . His oratorio had been performed once by the local choral society , and by them recommended to the higher spheres . . Dr . Bexfiehl , with questionable prudence , conducted bin work in person . The verdict of tho Times is , that Israel Restored is " a long , but not a great oratorio ; " but that it contains passages of merit , which , " if they fail to sustain the oratorio as a standard work , will at least prevent its being utterly forgotten . " After tho oratorio , the solo , " Ye sons of Israel , now lament , " the Dead March , and tho-chorus , " Glorious hero , " from Handel ' s Samson , were performed , as a tribute * of respect to the memory of the Duke of Wellington . The solo was delivered by Madame Viardot Garcia with exquisite pathos and solemnity .
In the evening , there was a second miscellaneous concert , admirably Helceled . Beethoven ' s Pastoral Symphony , played to porfeetion , was the great , work in tho first part . In the second , u selection from M . Benedict ' s MS . opera , The . Minrnmnyer , performed for the first time , " the only fault of which , " says the Times , " was its brevity . " On Thurmiay morning Mr . 1 'iorson ' n oratorio , Jerusalem , was performed . In the evening , tbe thirfl miscellaneous concert , embracing an extraordinary variety of favourite pieces , delighted twelve hundred auditors ,
On Friday morning the Messiah drew the largest audience of the wiielt , and in the evening a dross bail brought artists and audiences into pleasant companionship . We should not omit l <> add , Unit Mm whole ol tint musiciil proceedings word under the direction of M . Benedict , I him whom , says the Times , "it would be impossible to find a professor more zealous , indefutigablo , and thoroughly competent fur the task . "
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...
There is nothing so revolutionary , because therp ;„ nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain + keep things fixed when all the world is by the verv la ™ of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Aenold
Lord John Russell At Perth. Lord John Ru...
LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT PERTH . Lord John Russell ' s hand has not lost its cunning , nor his heart its daring , since he boasted of the effect with which his party had aroused the voice of a people to overbear the whisper of a faction . If he has been asleep for the last five or ten years , he has re-awakened to the animated aspirations of 1831 . If he has not undertaken the post assigned to him b y Sydney Smith , and has not placed himself at the head of the Channel fleet , he has , in terms at least , placed himself at the head of the " Democracy" the country . We are but copying his own
expres-. It has been the boast of the Tory party , that their function is not the hopeless enterprise of restoring Protection , but that of stemming the torrent of Democracy , headed , according to the Tory journalists , by Lord John Russell and Mr . Cobden . Lord John Hussell says nothing for liis supposed colleague , and Mr . Cobden does not
yet stand as the avowed Danton of the new revolution . He may perhaps retain some aristocratic scruples against accepting a post for which the ardour of his temperament has pointed him out to the alarmed but discriminating journalist . Speaking for himself alone , then , the less exclusive Lord John Hussell accepted the term . There is no alternative , cried the Herald , save Lord Derby or Democracy : "I am the Democracy , and the life of the next administration , " cries
Lord John , as " game" as in the heyday of reform . Instead of repudiating a strong term for his somewhat mild form of the thing designated , lie cherishes the name , boasts of it , revels in it , and flaunts it in the face of the alarmists . He evidently feels that he has got hold of the red rag which frightens the turkey-cocks in office . His Perth speech is a spirited manifesto , and the response which it has met , in the samo sense ,
from the sevoral sections of the Liberal press , may possibly keep " John" up to the work of showing that though not gigantic , he is yet " strong enough for the place . " Before we can accord any adhesion to the views which he enunciated , unexpectedly sensible and practical as those views aro in tho main , wo must record our most solemn protest against one passage , which odiously disfigures the
commencement of his speech . " I urn , " ho said , " sorry that on the continent ot Europe , whether we look to France , to Germany , or to Italy , wo have little cause to congratulate ourselves upon tlu ; progress of civil and religious liberty .. VVo shall find that tho attempt which was inailu in 1848 to introduce wild licence in place of sober liberty H « - tended , instead of fixing or extending freedom , to confirm tho claims of authority , and to make men ru . si » with willingness , nay , with enthusiasm and vehemence , into the of despotism" ¦
arms . , , Tf Lord . John were a man who weighed nw words , instead of putting thorn together wiu Home diflieulty , be could hardly have u ttered nny remark ho untrue , and bo unbecoming to f' / s I in particular . Where wuh the attemp t to « hi «; blish " wild licence in the p lace of ' Hoher liberty Nowhere : No epithet , befits that iiwinuft ion w the word false . Wo can only excuse it on tin ; h < of extreme thoughtloHHiiesn . Have tho A' »« ' niiyi-
iri (! iUMl . lawiuorio hon » andtlioroiii ( lerrn ,- j wiih not a Mingle revolutionary movement inn . ^ for its aim anything that even bigotry , ' « « " ' _ insanity , would call " licence . " Tho rovolu tiontfj ( iovornmentM were , for the most ; part , com , > ih night \ h to day , precisely for their huiriti * their order , mid their sobriety , with the I ' corrupt , and licentious conduct of the "" l ^ , powers which overcame them—which eve - ^ them , in great part , through the acquioflcoii . Enulaiid . Can Lord John JtiwBoll »» y w
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101852/page/12/
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