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"The one Idea which . * History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to thr wdowS all £ ke barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object-the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldfs Cosmos . ^
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Continental Notes 101 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— , Living Greece 114 NEWS OF THE WEEK— PAOB Confession of the Murderer Bar- The Situation—not Comfortable 10 S I Five Fictions 115 Imperial Parliament 93 fchelemy 105 The National Party Tried by its Colonists and Travellers 116 Second-class Railway Carriages in The Murder in Foley-place 105 Opportunity 10 S England 101 Our Civilisation 10 o The War Henceforward 109 THE ARTSFire lit the Royal Arsenal , Wool- Sir Charles Hotham ' s Dilemma 106 The Dark Mirror 110 p hick and Johanna Waener 117 wich 102 Foreign Legions in the United To the . Duke of Newcastle 110 teluch . antt oonanna w agner lu The Division oil' " Mr Roebuck ' s States 108 The "Stranger" in Parliament ... Ill Motion 102 Libel . —The " Times " and tho , .., «« M « rn SffiSirtSSKStfSSSriaS 5 » J ™ H 5 K ° Aa * £ ; :::::::::::::::: 121 h ^' c ^» ttow ~ ::::: ; ::: Si commercial afca . m-General Sir De Lacy Evans . ... 104 , Varieties 106 LITERATURE- City Intelligence , Markets , Ad" ^^^^ f . !!!? *?! . ' . ^ : » £ Spr" ? .::::::::::::::::::::::::::: In- summary n » - vcrtisements , & c : 117-120
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"PAINFUL is the story of the last days of JL the Abekdeen Cabinet ; although we ai-e glad to get _ over -a crisis which appeared to be necessary in order to release the country and its military administration from the trammels of routine . On the whole , as it departs—while we cannot follow all its members with our confidence —while we must distinctly reprobate the conduct of that leading man whose movement occasioned the disruption—we must admit that its character stands high amongst Cabinets for integrity of purpose and the general purity of its
administration . The debate which , on Monday night , came to a conclusion so fatal to the Government , differed in -its last stages -from ~ the . earlier _ par .. t ... ; . Mr-JRoEbuck broke down with illness , and could not sustain his motion for inquiry into the administration of the war with reference to the disasters in the Crimea ; nevertheless , Mr . Sidney Herbert did something to soften the charges floating about , and to land them on the system rather than the
chief Ministers . By Monday , however , it began to be understood that the Whig defection had settled the division before the debate . Even in the hands of Mr . Gladstone the defence of ministers flagged . Members of the Government openly deserted . Mr . Osiiokne proclaimed the Horse Guards and the whole military system to be " rotten from top to bottom . " What need ,
then , of Mr . Disraeli ' s debating attack on individual Ministers ? What need , we might almost Bay , of Mr . Stafford ' s unadorned and unexaggerated report of the state of things in the hospitals and the camp ? The House had practically divided before the debate recommenced ; and it only remained for the tellers to report that the motion which Mr . Roebuck could not advocate was carried by 805 to 148—a majority of 157 .
The result was received without a cheer . There were no party , triumphs ; thero was no desire to pursue the defeated . Tho Whigs , who had succeeded in thoir " dodge , " were half ashamed of their success ,, und could scarcely crow over their defeated colleagues . Hut the House of Commons , agreeing with the country , declared , by the motion , its total hatred of the sy stem" under which the war had flagged , and its resolve not to continue a Ministry which had not been successful in putting an end to that system . Wo will not have
it any longer—that is what the majority of 157 means . " The next ministry ?" - —that became , the urgent question . The House of Commons adjourned till next day , again adjourned till'Thursday , and then till Friday , —sitting on that' day only to witness the presentation of thanks to Sir De ~ Lacy
Evans . The House of LorJs listened on Monday to Earl Grey ' s revised proposition for a military " board , " like the Admiralty Board , which he withdrew because- of i & e -Ministerial crisis ; on Tuesday the Peers marked their annual observance of King Charles I . ' s decapital ^ fci by not sitting ; and did not meet till ThursdayP In the mean while the Queen sent for offe statesman
after another . Lord Aberdeen went to report the resignation of his own Cabinet . Lord Dekby went by summons to receive authority for forming a neVJL Ministry , and went again on Thursday t & repo 7 t $ haT ' totarfruiurc "; wliichTie ^ reported to * hc House of Lords in the evening . In' the mean while a cry had grown up in almost every quarter —it had been preparing for some weeks , if not months—Lord John himself echoed it—every town in the country now reverberated with
ita cry for Lord Palmerston . And it is nowfull y ^ expected thnt he will form a Cabinet , possibly with Lord Lansdowne as nominal Premier , to strengthen the cast with the authority of respectable tradition ;—by way of padding between the intractable Secretary aud the tender dignity of the Court : between the disgrace of December , ' 51 , and the triumph of February , ' 55 . As we write , Lord Clarkndox is " sent for , " and the defeat is lapsing into a modification .
On Thursday evening , besides the Ministerial explanation , there was a personal explanation by the Duke of Newcastle . This capped the evidence against Lord John Russeix . We now have the statement of four of his colleagues—the Duke , the Premier , the Chancellor , and the Home Secretary ; and the course pursued by Lord John is clear . While performing the part of a " provinciul lecturer , " as tho Times says , he caught the ideas of that ungrateful organ—picked a plan for remodelling tho army departments out of the archives of the Duke of Richmond—touched it
up : —sent it to Lord Aberdeen , and required its adoption by the Cabinet ^ almost confessedly , for tho purpose of ousting tho Duke of Newcastle . Subsequently , on tho advice of a friend , in conversation with Lord Aberdeen , ho said that ho had changed his mind , and tho subject dropped .
In the mean while there arose a general Whig expectation that , by hook or by crook , the Peelites would be expelled from office . " When Mr . Roebuck ' s motion was notified , the opportunity was offered by which the Whigs , resigning their posts , " drew the linchpin from the carriage , " and the whole fabric of the Cabinet fell down . General indignation and surprise , and demand of explanation ; on which Lord John says that the Duke of Newcastle had so strong a "~ wish to retain , the'War department , as to make his colleagues reject the plan of consolidation ; that other suggestions were not adopted ; and he , Lord John , left the Ministry because he could not defend its War
administration , which he would have altered . ISow , it turns out that if the plan was not adopted , it was not rejected , but withdrawn . The Duke had no strong wish to retain office , but offered to resign $ t . Lord John ' s suggestions were carried out , and , indeed , anticipated ; but he suppressed the reasons why they wore delayed . In short , he kept his" colleagues in the dark , before he suddenly abandoned'them ; and after he had executed that unprecedented evolution , he endeavoured to keep the public in the dark . The Duke of Newcastle had the misfortune to be personally attached to an inevitable failure . The evidence for
a correct judgment of his own share , however , is rapidly accumulating ; and the noble disinterestedness with which , for the service of the country , he placed himself , first , at the disposal of the Prime Minister , and afterwards at the disposal of Parliament ^ will mark him out , if not as a model for a W # r Minister , as an example of patriotism and single purpose which has become rare amongst statesmen . We remember few Parliamentary episodes more affecting than tho Duke ' s vindication , more jarring than the shrill jests of that mauvais plaisant , Lord Dehby . under
Our contemporaries appear to labour apprehension that the crisis in this country will obstruct tho progress of the alliance on the Continent , arrest the best movements , and precipitate a disgraceful peace . Wo cannot venture to contradict that fear , and yet we do not entirely share it , for tho very reasons which have made us hold a reserve in tho confidence given to tho Allied Powers . France is not . a commonwealth , nor is Austria . Whatever sagacity and good fuith may reside in tho Governments of Paris and Vienna , the qualities are personal and not institutional . The conduct of affairs , therefore , resides with individuals , and not with tte public . Now ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 3, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03021855/page/1/
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